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THE BEbT OF BRA3DXES, T7HOS, GINS, IH1.IIES 49 Main St opposite 3hrnsaa Hooisa, Urownville, - - Xebrahlia. SEW RESTAURAKT. AT ALT, SOTTAS. CQH FECT10 H ERY, CAKES, H UTS, FBESH AND CHEAP. Oysters Cooked to .Order. 22,ossselJ Old. Stand. 3Iri. Saraii RauscbUolb. J. SATJSCHKOXS'S Luncli Beer I hay my ber t J axe. PfcIL Dtunwmmdxia.ml. BroTViivilJ e, - - arcbra&ka rtHARLE? HEL5TER. FASHIONABLE Boot and Shoe ."" J tor-, siioa of A. KabisAB-1 yr I aa prepares mw wrs: of all sums a Reasonable Rates. Ji3-Reps.irtwr neatly- aad pro!tlyrfet)e. uup y. c 31am. Street, XSroimvillc Nebraska g-aiiiniriwr lOBISON, -jZ-ZS? , -r 2 -. ? .f- g 1 Vr -- --be i-irvr: - a t a vl r d a , i IJi-V,- Ie0 ii xsa ? Mi gjS&SSssSi ES ALCOflOISUD w g IteB't. 2?&SS -USrpp ft- ZSTA3LISHZD 1856. Ol-est Paper i- te State . lrTH&KIZBB BT THE C. S. G0THK5HE5T. irst National BAR or BSOWIS" Paid-up Capital, $50,000 Authorized " 500,000 JB PEHPAEEBTO TBANBACX A General Bankino: Business CM3HT & OTjEHEIfOY DEAITS onaUlb9riBCiaIettie3 of the United States and Exirope MONEY LOANED Onappraviiflsrit7MilT' TlaeIraXte ilbcOBat Dealers im GOVEKXXEST BONDS. STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES DEPOSITS Receded reJ payaMe oe tieamnfl. and INTEREST al- owed e Sc :eeerJlcatea c ' ieeett. WK5XTTCHSS. Wjs.T.Bl B. X. Buney. 3f.A Ifandtey. Fraat E. Jafcaiian. IKhf kr EeaJtey Wei- xralafcer. J0H3T L. CAP.SOX, X S. DATT30S. Casteiw. I. CJCeXAUGHTON. Aaet. Cashier. PresWeat. 5tX3"eAJ '5S JTJXHJS riLEITAG. Carriage, Housed Sign Painting, Grain i-ng. Gilding. BrsziBS. Papr Huasis? and Cafcimiaiaz. g-CliQnp and lint etoss. For rftr-aoe. apply to Svtoh'imi A CTom. sbop over Abbott 4k Emery's BROWf VTIXE. yEBRAggA. ALBERT SI. SMITH. 13 11. JEl 15 SI JR JIS r3 S S3 iSil 3 fi n a ssn s 5 Brovnviiie, Heb. Shaving, Shampooing, Kair- drsssJBg Sg. In the Latest tyiss. THE ADVERTISES DEPAET3IEST A fine assortment of Type. Bor ders. Roles, Stock. c, fwcprtatisc. I ffiSMSSE. TOaffi 1 WBHS3 CARDS. Cotocrd aa Brsozed Liick, ST ATEJCEXTS , LETTElt & BILLHEADS ENTELOPES, C tree lars.DHfeers. Frog ram Hies. Siiow Cards, BLAXK WOEK OF ALL KI5D5. With aealueSB aad dfepeteh Cheap oe Ijfebioe TTobk 1 joraoircnxD. m.rs r.jL fc xz --, i Carson. Bioek, BHOWSTILLE, 5EB. rTAlTS TOUSSBST H3vinfrpcreii&al the 'ELEPHAXT' LIYEBTAiD FEED STABLL I -wteh u aaaocBce that I am prepared to d j a first etnas ilverr aegises;. JosJi Rofjw.s. Meat Market BOZD"3T & BBO. BUTCHEJBS, BROTCyTCLLE, NEBRASKA. Good, Sweet, Fre&k Meat' Always sa has, aad satis&etfcta gaar aatiedto al postooaers. f5 1 Z il fi S J?cdudl nc Shooting OtrHTC. i'iJ SfeSIf V8fy Cun Warranted. feS S 2 W VHassS. Jlw Ercacs St. Laos. jD y nCddEil 1 n 0 DDiPTiyp Juo 1 1 H In 1 1 Hb m pi mtm m ' ri &r S 1 Tl ill" 1 I IB I T ' p ibLD RELIARLB Wfft?iTTW: V &4I--I . 41 Wffl Cure Rheumatism, 3J- AXBEET CHOCKEE, the weH-kaawii drag atet aad apothecary of bprhurvale. 3Ie. aiarays oclvfees e?ery one troubled with TtfirTrrrteHm to try VBGEnTK. Bead bis Statement. Sprisgvale. 3Ie Ocu H, 1S7S. Xr.H-E.Etereas- Dear air Firwen years 050 last dliltvas taien slclc wlta riwnmntkri, was enable to move nntll tteatTSADriU From that tliae nnttttliree years L a? tills CU1 I suffered everytainx Trtta rnennia- tuaa. Sameuzies mere wooio oe weesa aiitmiie UuitlcsnM not sfep one step- the attacks were qafce Aes. I severed everything t&at a Tfan caaM. Over three yeaw ago last spring I com BteBeed tuiiBsr VBjEUSE, aad firilewed it np Bfltil I nod taken even bottles - have had no rSearaailsm since that time. I alwava advise everyone that Is rroobled with rheumatism to try VEQETDfE. aad not saffiSer fer years as I have dose. This statement la gratuitous ad far as ir. fatarena la caacerned. Tasra.etc ALBEET CHOCKEB, Itatsf A. Crocker ifrCoDrnsslEEi Apothecaries YEGETISE Has Entirely Cured Ma. Boston, October ,1379. itr. H. E. STETTESS, Dear sir ily daazhter. aftr havfcjr a severe attack of Whooplac Cocch. was left in a feeble state of health. Being advised by a friend she tried the VEGETIOE, aad after using- a few bottles sv restored to health. I have been a great aaSerer from Haenmatigp. I have taken seven bottles of the VEGETTSE tor tWa eomptalnt. aad am. happy to say it has entirely oared me. I have recommended the VEGETCTE to others with the same good results. I: is a great cleaasec and portlier of the blood; It fcj pleasant to v asdX ean cheer&illv recommend it. JAMES ilbESE, 364 Athens Street. RIienEuatlsm Is a Disease of tlie Blood. Tb Wftod in this disease is found to contain an excess ef florin- VEGETEVE acta by converting the Mood from a diseased, condition to a healthy ejrcniatlon. VEGETXXE rwrciatec toe uowes wbieh fe very Important In this oomdlaiat. One bottle ot Vegetiaewai give relief bnt to effect a permanent enre. It mast be taken regularly, aad mav take several bottles, especially in. cas cf long standing, VEGETETK ts soW bv all Drng gteu. Try It. and your verdict will be the same as iboasaad beftp vob. who say, I nevor fmind so moefa relief as from the ce of V3GETTSE." which is eompoeed e.Teinstvely of EABE2, BOOTS and HEEBS. YEGETESTE, Says Boston physician, has soeqaat as a blood pariUer . Heariag of tts many wcaderfal cares af ter all other remedies aad nuled. I vtelted the lab oratory, aad convinced my If o' its geanw aer H. It prepared from borfc.root3 aad herbs, each f watch m highly effective, and they are compoea-rfdlnsachamanuera.-?Co produce aataBEsteg-re-sate. YEGETIKE jITOTHiaiG EQUAL TO IT SflCTE Saixst. 3Ias.. 2TOV. M, E3. 1 jCE. H R.STEPSES-b. I Dear Sir I have Ween trjnbled with Scrofula, (anker and Liver Complaint Ibr three years. Nothing ever did me any zood nnti I comment! a.ing tee Vegtine. I am nowgettiac ateogiirst rate. and still a;4ac the Yegetta. I consoler there is nottng eqnalto it Air socn complaints. Can 1 heartly recommead It to everybody. 1 oari iraiy XBS. LTZZTE 3C PACKARD. Xo. li Lagrange Street, Sooth Salem, llass. V E G E T I w 5: il i. FEEPABED BY lfeS?SlitvMSrBOSTOF,lEASS. Tezetine is Sold bT all Drmnrists. J. H. BTJEI5 XasniactBref aad Eealer is "C3 J S3 o cr o en Slaoiiets, Brushes, x"ly rteta, &c. r3" Rppoiriflg done on short notice. The cele brated Vacanm Oil Blacking, tor preserving Har aeas. Bootg, Shoes, cc, always on hand. 6-4 Hain St., Broimville, 3"eb. S3TABLISSSD 127 1SSS. OLDEST EEAL ESTATE AGENCY Ef KEBEASHA. William H. Hoover. Doas a general Real Estate Btslness. Sells Lamte on 033 mission, examines TUI en, nnikes Deeds, 3fartsnges, and all lastra Bients partainlsg to the transfer of Real Es tate. Has a Gomplete Abstract of Titles to an Real Rstate In iexnaba County. NEW RESTAURANT ! Attention is callM to the new, ns&t and aobby Restaurant lost opened a fe doors I east of the post office. If yon want a dish, of Haw, or cooked in sioat excellent 3lyie. at EITCEEETT'-'S easy reomsis the place. If a. nice famck Is preferable to oysters, -ktIUi hot coffee It is served on the shortest notice. Gentlemen aad ladles of the city and cccntry are Invit ed to call and be made happy in quiet, neat cad Isolated rooms. ifltf Bookkeepers, Keporters, Operators, School Teachezst At Grtat jJercantaeCoHesB, KroknkXcvra- trect. .... .- 1 iv 111 ,m . Ofci.iu 1 Sllll" "ill W k -sj Bfc! ft J&f J S3 f I 1 iav a- f rfS'fe.VW fc-i-4 f Z3 2 UZ0?, OPIUM BEOWJmLLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBEE li 1STS. THE LOST GHUD. He had looked for him all day all night. It wa3 dawn again, and he mu3t go home withoat him without hi3 little child hia treasure hia most precious thing on earth. He must go home and tell its mother that the hoy was not found. He would never be found now, the man felt sure of that. All his life he had dreaded this all thPr little life of that babv bov. He had been like a. man who wandered amongst thieves with a diamond in his possession in fall sight of all eyes. It seemed to him that some one mu3t rob him of it. All the old stories of gipsies, who stoic children had troub led him sorely; and 0.I3 heart had ached over the pitiful tale of the little chimney-sweeper who, more than a hundred years ago, while plying his trade, came down the chimney of the nursery from which he had been stol en when a tinier fellow, still, and rec ognizing it and his mother, was re stored to love and home at last, Often in the night had the thought so overcome him'that he had stolen from his bed in the darkness to feel the little head of his sleeping boy on the pillow of his-crib. Hven his wife, the child's mother, who had loved him so, would have laughed at his fancies. So he kept them to himself. Only once once he was forced, tctell her. That was when he tatooed the child's foot. Eight on the instep he had marked it with a little blue W. It was pain ful every prick hurt him worse than it did the boy. And the mother, com ing home, had been angry and griev ed, and then he told her: "If the child was stolen, he should know him, chough his face were alter edthough he forgot his name and u. That is why I did it." And she had said : "People have children enough of their own. Children are only valua ble to their parents. Ton are so ro mantic so foolish!" Now it had come. The foolish fear was realized. Lost or stolen, the boy ; was gone, and that tatoo mark was the only thing thatcomforted him. Alive or dead they should know him now, or after long years, for those marks were indelible, and no oneelse would mark his foot with that tiny W and the tinir cross that followed. Alive or dead ! Could the boy be dead ? He cast np his hands in his arony and uttered a cry tnat rang through, iha sleeping etreeft- -PeoptaAagji n3.JfcteInimj weJ turned in their beds, and said to them selves that there must be a fight or that some drunken man was making night hideous. Someearly risers end ed their sleep then and there, for no one knew why the man cried out, or who he was, or where he went, save the solitary policeman, who gzvs him a grave salute as he passed. Xeither asked the other, "Have you found the child?" Theyknew the question was useless. But at home, where the lfght3 had burned all night, the mother, who paced to and fro, asked it, though she knew the answer would be "No." "You have not searched every where," she said. "You have forgot ten some place some one's house where he may have gone. Go out acrain go. I will so also. You told me you would bring him back, or I would not have been left at home. Go." The man turned on his very thresh old. "I thought he might be here," he said; "and I wanted to tell you the tatoo mark, we shall be sure " Then he fell forward on his face. For twenty-four hours he had -not tasted food, but only his faintness told him that he was hungry. Then the mother remembered that she was also a wife. The wretched people ate and drank stones and sea water, for ought they knew ; but they needed strength. For days they look ed for their child in every direction. Thejriver wasdragged, the hospitals,, even the prisons, searched. They spent their small means in ad vertising. '.They posted noticesoftheir loss on the walls. All in vain. After others knew that they follow ed a forlorn hope, they still pursued it as earnestly as ever. And so the weeks rolled by the months faded the years followed. Theirs was a hard case. If death had taken the boy it would have been far easier to bear ; but they did not believe him dead, and where was he ? In whose hands? Had he mourned for them and for home? Had he been ill-used beaten ? They knew nothing, and the suspense wore their lives away, f It was an old story to others very soon; it was always terribly new to them. At anv moment It seemed that the door might open and their child enter, and the patter of little feet upon the stones set their hearts beating wildly. Thus when ten years had passed, and the child of four would nave been a child no longer, but a youth taller, doubtless, than his mother. No other children came to these peo ple, and they were very miserable. The man seemed crushed he had neither ambition nor energv. The woman went about her daily toil In a dull. listless manner. Their hair grew gray, and their brows wrinkled very early. Friends were pitiful; Knf ftM 7no n.tf f 1 - . . . bub" uucsuuMuvue itratnerre-t pels. At last they seemed to stand alone in the world ; old acquaintances and relatives were gene, or had forgotten liieci. -jjiiev maue no new ones. Poor, lonely, sad, they ckmg to each other, and shared each ether's sor rows and trials There was no joy to share. Their child would have been eighteen years old was, if he lived when what is called a piece of good luck happened to them. A far-away relative died aad left them a -little fortune. He had not taken much no tice of them during life, but he had given them a thought on his death bed. They were comparatively rich. When they knew it, the same thought came to each at once. The woman ut tered it first. "iTartln," said she. "perhaps we can find our boy after all. When once we have the money we will ad vertise him all over the length all ov breadth of the land. He may not re member, but the blessed mark you put upon bis foot, that he will know of. He will come to us I feel sure of it at last, Martin, at last." "Yes, it may be so, Agues," the man said. "It may be so, the time has been long the day woeful, bus we mayjbe baj py after all that has gone. Agnes, I believe it vriil be so." They kissed each other, and made ready fbrtbe journey which they must take to enter upon their Inheritance. And theytraveled together over the road witheyes that grew brighter for this smalfsparkof hope in their heart Through all the proceedings that fol lowed, this grew and grew ; when, at last, they found themselves undisput ed owneis of a pretty house and mon ey enough to live onjin comfort, they began to feel sure that their boy would yet share it with them. The first evening "in their new home was almost happy. "Agnes, we must put this cash away in a bant to-morrow," said the hus band, counting over a roil of notes. "It is not safe to keep it here, and we muss be careful ; we have that to do which most make us economical." "Yes, Martin," said his wife, as she held the light for him and he lucked the small, old fashioned safe. "You see when the boy comes to us, we will want to do all we can for him, and home must be a pretty piaee. We can live on almost nothing until he does come.'' Afterward, in the dark, their beads close together on the pillow, thee Wer ly couple talked on, dreaming like children. "Martin," said JAgnes, "when he does corser our poor boy I perhaps he will be rough nd not wellmannered must b"very lenient." "Yes, yes," said Martin ; "but the boy will improve, He will improve. Young a3 he is, he can go to eoliege yet." "Away from 1x3 f said the mother." " No, no, he shall come home every day," said the father. "Will he be tall, I woeder? We are usually tall, but your people are shorter." "something may havehappened to hurt his looks," said the mother; but we would only love him better for it if it is so. However he comes, we will be so good , so good to him. He will come, will he not, Martin? he could not be dead, after all ?" "No, no, I feel sure that he will come. I've known all the while he was not dead. said Martin, I'll ad vertise all aver the United States all over Europe. If that fails, even in India, in seme way. You see, he may have been carried to some foreign country. Men who know all lan guages that are spoken shall see that my advertisement is put into each one. Yes, we shall have him back." "Hark," said Agnes; what is that?" They listened. A low, grating sound at the door below, regular and carefully subdued a cliek a erack. "Home one is trying to break in," said Martin. Agnes had her face in the pillows. They were alone in a lonely house on a lonely road. They had several thou sand dollars in their possession. Mar tin was not a powerful man and though he had a pistol there might be two or three against one, and then there was little hope for him. He arose and took his weapon in his hands, and felt about in the dark for matches. And Agnes heard a creak ing of the flooring and the sound of f rnnfSed footsteps, and also sprang to the floor. "They are at the safe below !" cried Martin. "Agnes, the raooey the money for our boy I Oh ! if my life is lost for its sake, I can not lose that. I cannot I cannot!" "Martin ! Martin! stay do- not go. What can you do, one man alone?" screamed Agnes. But he was gone. She was alone in the darkness. It was all over in a mo ment. There wereghofe, efcbs, a fall, silence. She crept down stairs, trem bling so that she could scarcely stand. Leaning against the safe waa her hus band, blood upon his sleeve; on the floor lay a man in a crape mask, stiff ening in death. "Martin !" sobbed the woman, Mar tin !" "I have killed him!"ried the man. "Fasten the door, put up the great bar. Had I net forsotten that, they could not have entered. Oh, it 1 hor rible, butlcouid not lose every chance of mr hov. Thpc firpd nt me. T at them. I wounded both. This oue is dying. lam a little hurt not mneh and the money is safe untouched. Oh, to think I should have killed a man! I!" "Martin, he may not be dead," said t the woman. "He Is young. I hepe he is not dead. Perhaps he has a mopaersomewhere. J,et me bind an your hand. Then we wHI try to res tore him. Dear Martia, evea if it is so, who can blame yeq 2 Poor, poor boy!" She bound up the graze on her hus band's hand. Then they lifted the young man's body to the soft rug, and undid the mask. A face was reveal - ed, young, handsome, and pallid as marble. - "Oh. it is terrible!" sold the wife. "No older than our poor boy. Oh, Martin, he is dead, I fear. I will Iosen his necktie. Yon take off his shoes and rub his feet. Oh, morning is so far away ! This fe such a lonely place. Martin, what Is it?" She stared at her husband in hor ror. His face was as the face of death. He sat ghastly and terrible to look upon, holding in his hand one of the feet that he had undressed. "Dead !" he said, wildly. "Dead ! and I shot him II" "Martin !" shrieked the wife. She laid the dead man's head down on the rug and crept up to her husband. 'God will forgive you," she said; and then her eyes dilating themselves upon the point at which her husband stared. It was the foot of the young burg lar. The left shoe was off the stock ing also. The high white instep was uncovered, and on it she saw the lit tle tatooed W with a tiny cross beside It. Ic was her son who lay there. "Martin!" she screamed again, Martin remember what I toid you. He had not us to teach him whsfc was right remember." But Martin only moaned. "He is dead, and I killed him!" He felt blindly for his pistol. "Forgive me, Agnes, for I cannot live," he said ; but at that moment ths woman, with her hand upon the breast of the pros trate man, screamed out: "His heart beats Martin he lives. The next day a strange story flew about the neighborhood. The child those two strange people had lost years ago had returned to them. That very night burglars had entered the boose and wounded him. His life was in danger. The doctor had been there all the morning, but the mother had no fear. "God had sent him back, and he would not die," she said. It is never too late for rapentoaae, and the love of those poor parents was very;strong- Strange :.a the be- ginning was, the end was peace, and j the hooseholu, so strangely reunited, was a happy one at last. A Hick Joke. A gentleman played offa rich joke on his better half the efche day. Be ing something of an epieure, be took it into his head that he should like to have a first rate dinner. So he ad dressed her a note, politely informing her that a gentleman other acquaint ance, an old and true friend, would dine with her that day. As soon as she received it, all hands weatto work to get everything in order. Precisely at 12 o'clock she was ready to reeeive her guest. The house.was aselean as a new pin, a sumptuous dinner was on the table, and she was in her best j attire. A gentle knock was heard, l and she started with a palpitating, I hears to the doar. She thought it must be an old friend perhaps a brother from the place whence they once moved. Ob opening the doorshe found her husband with a smiling countenance. "Whv. mv dear.' avs she. in an 1 , w , w anxious tone, "where is the gentle man you spoke of in your note?" "Why," replied her besband com plaeently, "here he i." "You said a gentlemen of my ac quaintance an old and true friend would dine with us to dey.M "Well," said he good humored iy, "am I not a gentleman of your ac quaintance, an aid and true friend !" "Oh!" she cried distressingly, "is there nobody but yoo ?" "No." 'Well, I declare, this is too bad," said hia wife in angry tone. The husband laughed immoderately his better half safd she felt like giving him a tongue lashin-g but finally I they sat down cosily together, and for once had a good dinner wkhoet hav ing company. Insanity Tested. One day, writes Eli Perkins, I met George Francis Train in Madison Square, rurroanded by children. Dr. niiiri iiniHii uau LUZU LLTC suat kRilbUR j a n infofthlo fefc far msnnitv ' . . . , . that if a man got mad at a harmless . . ... - .. ,. joke, with no animus m it, it was a J pretty sore sign of insanity Do yoo see these hands?' eoca menced George, as be always does. -See the blood run Into them. There's health for you ! AH this comes from vegetable diet, sir. No meat for me. I eat nothing but vegetables. Veget ables make muscle, sinew, strength, manhood.' 'Yes, George, Isold, 'you're right. f Meat is weakeninsr. I always notice that all the strong animals live on vegetables. TbereTs the weak lion. land tender panther; they live on veg- etables ; and there'3 tbe sturdy sheep, the hardy goose, tbe savage calf, tbe wild and ravenous jackass, they live on meat entirely. They Tt alway? makes mad to talk to an infernal fool.' said Train, coloring rrnf T v v while he turned on his heel and left in a hu3. Then I knew George Fran- 1 cis was insane. To keep apples from rotting, put' them in a cool plaea where there is s I large family otcnfMrea. YOL. 2:3 NO. 25. HT QTTEE5. I am a Frenchman ; ray isaoae fe Paul Le Moyae ; my home is in Tar - enne, where I was broeghs ep by ssy uncle, the miller. In the little home, j within sight of the great mill-wbeel, 1 my aunt best)ed aback, with a white bandkerchief round her head aad a white apron covering her hlue gown, from morning until night. Everything was clean and bright; everything was pretty. Mannette lived very near as. She was a little younger than I. She was a modest little creature. One could not call her pretty, thr she had a good face and a neat figure. She was always pleasant, always good humored, always as busy as a bee. No one eouid help liking he&; but no one fell in love with her. She was, as I have ssitj, not it beau ty, and she was poor. She would have no portion. She could not afford line dress and ornaments. Beside Marcelle, she looked as a lit tle brown bouse-sparrow looks beside some gay tropical bird. Marcelle might have been a queen. Her father "2T35 rich. She would have a portion worth counting when she married. She had 3H that beauty needs for its adornment. She had no cares, no anxieties ; and if Marcelle gave me her band for the dance, I was proud and the other yonng men envied me. When I danced' with Maneite it was out of kindness, because I would not slight a neighbor, who had been so kind, too; for when I had the fever, which made every one else fear to ap- proach the house, Mannette came and nursed me ; and when I was bet ter, never wearied of amusing me. "I would thou wert my sister, Uttfe friend I" I had said ta her. She answered : "Call me slater; it will be the same." But as I looked at her, I saw a straage, sad look steal across her free. ! "Art thou weary with all tby watching, little sister?" I aska4. She smiled and shook her head sad said: '-No." . Bet I was troubled. Oh! Mannette was pieasaat, sitting at the fireside in the Winter tin. knitting so deftly and rapidly, the fire-light glinting in her black eyes 1 aad on the black wavesof her hair- She was full of chat then, and laughed merrily, and I liked to sit near her and listen as I watched her Sagers fly ; but when we were la gay company I forget her for Mareelle. Marcelle was beautiful and a eoqeette. Now she smiled on one. now on an other. Yoc aeYer knew what to hope or what to fear. Mannette "was always the same. If she liked once it was forever. I believed that I was in love with Marcelle, aud I knew that I loved Mannette. The night that English folk; call Twelfth-night is with us the Hie dew Boil. On thataight there was always a dance at Varenne, and a large eake was baked large enough for every man to have a piece. In it was pet a bean. Before the dancing began the cake was sliced and served i whoever re ceived the slice in which the bean was placed had a right to choose the prettiest girl in the parts to os his jqueenlfbr all the time of the fete, to dance with her, to walk with her; In fact, to devote himself to her as en tirely as he pleased. The man who drew the bean was csiled the king. Naturally he was envied by all the men, and every girl was eager to be chosen. If I drew ths bean, Marseile should be my queen, and there would be an opportunity to say to her a few sweet words, to pave the way to what I meant to say one day; or, indeed, I might even then ask her to be my wife. Who would not be proud of such a bride? And she smiled vey kindly on me. I dressed myself in my beet, aad looked among the potted flowers ray aunt kept upon her window-sill 3w a l flower for my button-hole. Bet there I were no flowers of the eoior I wasted there. I knew Mannette had some her flowers always bloomed bravely, and I ran down the road to the little hoase to ask for one. The door was opened and I slipped . in. ah was qari- xnepfeefi aoecr shone with the rnbbiae it bad had, so L. . It - , , tt ". , . that it reflected the swiaeriag ease in ... ... - , ! which a canary bird flattered aad sung. Through tbe mestfa curtains tbefeaayee tell aw whose this w-tblej-goiden sunlight fell apoa tbe saow-f way lo&db to? white walls. Every solt pane ia tbe diamond lattiee was bright h& The eonner nans elittered. Tae flow-1 ers bloomed in a row on tbe wiadow- sill. Mannette had made ber poor little home be&Btifs! wkh tae work of berl (own smatl nanus, -tset waere was she? No matter. I woaid take a flower. land tease ber with tbe storv of bow a thief had eBtered her boose. What I wasted was a seariet gera nium. There it was, it? velvet petals glowing warm and brkrbt amidst lis green leaves. I took out nv knife and eut it off". Then I went to the giass to arrange it in my coat, and standing there 1 heard a little murmur. Mannette was talking to some eneia the Bert room. Softly I thrust my bead in st the deer, which was aar. I otjciai. pint raifscrri It ra 3. littie f white, s;e jar s -SK s , dz&s m he Her wmfr was j -xas terosd, ba fest j was pcajrtag. I beard 1m "Have pity a snl TslntUe wie& ed joaloasy from wax tweet. l&t a sot eavy MareelU 2aeaey aad: fc wealth ; aad if they boy Mr Jose th. Jove I easaot wia, beo&esd I fair, aad ara peoraad wi let tae sot cherish evil tboogkto. Ota, f help me, pity e, eoaajort aer I board her weep, aad I stol away. Oat ia the ooeo al; I stood stilL Somethiag bad eoeso to ae some thing that I did not yot aadessiaod. It wa3 22 when one bora sited re-, eeives his sight fee th first tfcao. I went to the Bate Vm iSofe. Wbai a. crowd was tfe&ra! Aroaad te great hall, which w&s prepared joroaoetog. hung evergreen beegfae aad acttfteiai Sowers. The musieiaashad come. Toa girls. were all oa tip-tee with excftoeieat,, for now Sber aea sfetggarod fat, bear ing the great cake amoogst theas. It wa3 covered with fros-ttag aad looked like a .sound of saqsv. Pere Louis took the knife to eat it. How quickly the sUoes of eake fiew from hie hand to those raost eagerly extended for taem 1 Each looked earnestly at hie oak a. As he bit it some laaghed, sosoa. scowled. Bet seddoaly I Jelt botwoec my lips somethfa? bard. I took it from my mouth. It was tae oeao, "Hurrah I" I ecied. Tbeve KU I am kiag!M Then Pare Loeftg shote: "Paul Le Moyae bos the baaf; bo is king!" Then there wme sf le&oe, aad all eyes taroed apoa ate aad toea apoe tba girls raa-ed ia a, row aloag the side of the ball. At the heed of toe room steed Mareaiie. Oa her fece was a sa pereilioos smile. "I shall ba cfeosaa," ft said, "oad it will ba the kiae ofaoa to ba pleased, notralae." Oe tbe otaeCkglcfe feoee I sow a look of exaeeteiioa. Vaay boNrted they mfeht bo cbogaw. quota as sooe as Mareelle. Bat drawn apart in taeafcadtew. her eyes east 4owa, her aoade folded bmaWy together, I sow Maaaette. Sbe wag sad, aad be aaeded soat!s f to bofifftffr her. Her drees was plain. her aaodg bore marks of toll. No 00a dreaiat that sbe mtgat be tae oaeoo, nor bad see any tbonejht of IL The least beautiful of all tbe wanes there, she stood tnat aowgnt. Bat that which bed aoae to rae, aad which I aad sot eadecstood, ease to xae, aeraia. I saw bar ae saooat ay ray aedsido nursing sae la aj fever. I sasw he ia the brightness of tbe aoae fireside stalling ia my aiee. I saw her as she kaelt ia tears before the "Wrgia'a statue; aad I forsofe laceelle. I crossed the loaj? naiL I stood before Mannette. I took nor bead sad led. ber from the shadow. "This is my oaeoa," I sets. Aad, looking dowa I saw her face tisa&t figured. God knows bow i! baapea ed, bet a beaetffal wonaa looked bb. at me with eyes full of aaoe eontest. For all the Fate doe Sam she waa my qoeen ; aad wbee K was o9or aad we went borne through tbe scUl star light, I asked ber if sbe aroeld be my queen for ail ray life, aad sae mode me baapy by seyiag ye ; for bow I knew that what bad eoete to me as I left ber sseetiag )a prayer waa leva-; aad that ever ia my eyes aad to ntj heart Mannette would b beaeeffol. 'Mother, waal is sa eaaoz? 'An aagel ? Wei!, aa aaeel is s child that flies.' 'Bet. mother, why does papa al ways call my govetaeselas, aagei? 'Well,' exalaiaed toe raotaer , after a moments aaoso, 'sbe fe going to lie immediately V Albany Tom mil He was a-eoaatryaaa, aad be walk ed aJo oar besy taoroogJafoce aad readia sfea over tae door of s sons- feetertar estaeifeomeoi : 'Cost Ipor Sisks.' It mode hia and. He said that any fool event to kaaw taac Scet&e Atmet foaa. 1 1 Instead of sitting a Bacafc; aad wearing the dowa oa nor cheeks off oa some fellow's vest, aa ladiaae c-irl hfe daria? tae !aot jmr, medeste hundred dollsrs nr oaltinatear t . B 1 eora. A Gcave loaaeke laddeideai iseeb. I from Me eta : M jr one sir, f Mej, Sedate Party 'To the oaaoakpacd..1 Mr. Wat. Goodvia.of PetfecaoBta, N. H., TOted a tbe late ilaoHoB fo the sixajr-sereailk tiao, never aaejafj Hfesdd an elootioa. He was a WaJa; a , aad taoa a Aepoblfoae. PHty-oae aetals are kaowa to gxi' ist, thirty of wbieh nave bsea dira-oi ered witliie tbe present eewtovy. Fa head red years ago bet sevee kaowH. The Up-Gich Starter le tae Basse of a new eaeer raeeatly sfcar&ad $ F Dead wood. It will be reUgfoucty asrfc f disposed, doebUess. 1 ' c ( American-sWer oaariaca ae oat fa two by tae 3refoaaeL aadira air- ( oafated ae W fBNI OmWs