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r ! 'I THE ADVERTISER - - O W. FAXRBBOTUKR. T. c. HACKEB. PAIRBROTEIER & HACKER, Publishers and Proprietors. ( THE ADVERTISER O.W.FAIRBHOXiIS5. .c.sacxeb . FAIRBROTHER & HACKER s FabIUhr,4fc Proprietors , Published Every Thursday Morning AT imOWNVTLLE, NEBRASKA. ADVERTISING BATES. Onelnch.one y ....,,, ,, ,,, fiooa 5 00; 1,00 5 Each succeeding Inch, per year- C2 One Inch, per month. TER3IS, IN ADVANCE : One copy, one year -., One copy, sir months .- One copy, three months Each additional Inch, per moutb. .82 00 . 1 00 so Legal advertisements at legal rates Onesqna'xev (inline of XonpareJh or leOttrstlnsertloni.OOk J8?a All transIentadverUsementaamst be paid forln advance. Nopaperjentfromtheonicenntllpa,ldli.r. ESTABLISHED 1856. Oldest Paper in tho State. J BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1879. VOL. 24 NO. 7. BEADING MATTER OX EVERYPAGE OFFICIAL PAPER0F THE COUNT miftiiwit. BHSBbfiR. Jk. I i Mw.'mjwwm imtmwT4jmjmrtm'A. 1 - i t,i t H it. -4r- -J l?iv 4 i : U. OFFICIAI. DIRECTORY. District OfHcors. H. B.POTJND J. C. WATSON WILLIAM IL HOOVER- -JiidKC .District Attorney .District Clerk. Countv Officers. OTIN S. RTULL County Judce WILSON1 K. MAJORS Clerk and itecorner ,A. U.GILMOItE -ireiwiiri'r K.V BLACK. ... SlierlH Oorotiei O R.PAUKER JAMKS M. HACKER. 1MIILIP CROTIIKU JOnNK. SHOOK. JOHN n. POHLMAN J. H. PEERY, .-.-Surveyor School Superintendent L ryimmlssloncrs City OIHcors W.T. TlOnKR'?- ,..Mavor -Police JudKe Clerk -.Trpasurer ,. Marshol l. l. inrr,noRD J. It. DOCKER R.A.OSRORV . JOHN. W. LOVE- COUKCILMEN. L-D.ROTUNSOV -1st Ward Joseph ntnv. W.A-JODKTN. -2nd Ward A. H.OILMORE. LEWIS KILL. u -rfrrtWard -aE."JIUDDART.v-. sza SOCIAL, DIRECTORY.. jf. Chnrchos. 4BIthndltr E. rhnrrli. Servlceseach Sabbath at 10:30 a. m.. and 7-00 p. in. Sunday School at 2i n. m. Prayer Meeting Thursday evening. 8. P.Wimos. Pastor. Proabrtcrlnn O.hnrch. Services eachRabbnth &tl0:)a.in..and7:l, p.m. Siibbath School after morhlnit services. Prayer Meet Ine Wed nesdav evenlngsat 7:o'clock. W. J. Wkkber. Pastor. ChrUt'M Cltnr -It. Services everv Sunday, a 10:50 a. m. nnd 7:00 n. tn. Sundav School nt2 p. m ItEV. Matthew Henry, Missionary In charge Mr. IMnnonnt Onniberliiml PrpsliTterlnn. Clinrch four miles south-west of Brown vllle. Ser vices first Sabbath In each month. B. J. Joiik Bov, Pastor. flltrUilnri Phiifnli. Tt-A.Hawlev.Elder. Prsch- Intc every SunrtTV at 11 a. m.. and 7:30 n- m. Bible Rcadlncand Praver meptllni: pvery Wednesd.iv pvpnlnir. Eldpr Chas. Rowcprcachcs the second Sunday In every month. Cnthollc Services every 4th Sundav of each month, at 10 o'cloch a. m. Father Cummlslcy. Priest. Schools. Urownvllle Union GrndrilSplino!". J.M.Mc Kcnzle. Principal; Miss Jessie E. Rain. AssWt nnt Hleli School: Miss Lou Tucker. Grammar Department: Miss Alice Hilt. lt Intermediate: Mls Kate Cox. 2d Intermediate: Miss Emma Smith. 1st Primary; Mrs. Carrie Johnson, 2d Pri mary." Tem-plc'of Honor. Brownville T.n.!-. No. meets everv jfon- rtayevenlntrinOdd Fellow Hnll. Vlsltlnirhroth ers cordlnllv welcomed. Jno L. Carson. W.CT: Win. II. Hoover W. Rec: T.C. Hacker. L.D. Juvenile Tonmlr, meets everv JJatnrdav nfter iioon. Miss 3race Stewart C T : Miss Mary TIackar, Sec ; Mrs. I. H. M I nick, Supt. Rod RifcTion Club" Meets the first Tuesdav of each mouth. B. M. Bai ley, Pres.; A. II.Gilmore. Sec I. O. of O. F. RrownvlMf Lodcr-Nn. 3. I.O.O. F. Heciilnr meetings Tnesdar eveiiln ot eaclrwiek. Vislt In?lirotlierrerectriiHy Invited. A.ILOIlmorc, N. (S. Jas. Cochran, Secy. Ne'nnha Cltv T.o.lee No. 40. T- O. O. FY Meets everv Staturday. Philip Crothcr. .O. T. . C. Klmsey. R. Sec KnitsTitq of Pvthios. ErorNlor-Loilce No. 1-. K. P Meets every We-lnesdav evenlnir In Masonic Hnll. Vlsltlm: EMehts corill.illv Invited. E. Iluddart, C. C. E. Lowmnn, K. of It. S. Masonic. Npmn'm Vnller l.oiler No. 4. A. F. Sr A.ni. Stated meetlmrs "Saurdav on or before the lull or each moon" Lodce room onen everv Sntnr dav evening for lecture. Instruction and socinl Ititereonrse, J.C.McNaughton, W.M. B.F.Sou Ier, Sec IIrovn villi Clnnrer No. 4. U. A.M. Stated ineetlnrsecondTtiiirsrtiyofeach month. A. It. Davison, M.E.H.P, It.T.Ralney.Sec IrCnrmcinoniMTjilerrNo.:i. IC.T.-Rtnted meetlnc-eond Mnndav In ench moujn. Ik v. Fnrnas. E. C; A. W-Nlckcll. Itec. Itoso nn-l I.UrConelnvo.No. fill. ' '5.H- Q.lt. AjO. Me-s at Masonic Hall on tliennhMon davs. It. W. Furnas, M. P. Sor. It. T. Italnej , Secretary. A.lhqi,npirrN..rlerottl.pcrnStar. Htaleo tneeiing inini ainnuny Mrs. E. a Handley. W. M. In each month. Societies. C.-mntr Fnlr Aoc1njlon. "R. A. Hnwlov, . President: John Rath. Vice Presto S. A. Os'orn, Secretory: J. M. Trowl.ridire. Tressurer Mana-eers-H. O. Mlnick. S. Cochran. F. E. Johnson. Thomas Rath, Cleo. Crow. J. W. OaviU T.lrirv .oclntion-B. M.Bailey, Pres.:-A.n. (tllmorc.Sec; W. II. noover. Choral Unlnn.-J. C. McNaughton, Prest. J. B. Docker. Sec IllnUe Ilfnnntlc AHorlntln". W. T. Bogers, Prest. J. R. Docker, Sec and Trcas. aietrooolltnn Cornet UnniL-D. T. Smith. Mn Blcal Director. E. Hnddart, Treasurer nnd Busi ness Man iiver. BUSINESS CARDS. A R. HOIiTiADAY. A, Physician, SnrRron, Obstetrician. Graduated In 1S51. Icatd In RrownvllloJ8.5. Offlce.41 Main street, BrQwnville, Neb. T' Ii. HULBURD. Xj. attorney at iiAW And Justice orthePcace. Ofllce In Court House .Building. Brownville, Neb. STULL &. THOMAS. ATTORSKVS AT LAW. omce. over Theodore Hill & Co.'s store, Brown ville, Neb. rp L. BCHTOK, 1. ATTORNEY ATLAW. OBlceoverJ.L.McaeeitUro'sstore,BrownvIlle, Nebraska. SA. OS HORN. ATTORNEY AT LAW. OCicc. No. 81 Main street, Brownvlle, Neb T H. BROADY. J Attorney ail Counselor at Ln.iv, OUicc overstate Bank.llroNvuvIUe.Neb. -T T. ROGERS. VV Attorney anil Counselor at Laiv. ' Wlllglvedlllsentatteiitlon to anylccalbnslncss entrnstedtohlscare. Office In the ltoy building, Brownville. Neb. T W. GIBSON, BLACKSMITH AltfD HORSE SHOEtt Workdone to order and satisfaction guaranteed First street, between Main and Atlantic, Brown vllle. Neb. pAT. CLINE, w.n FASHION A IIIjK VW BOOT AND SHOE MAKER . CUSTOM WORK made to order, and llts always guaranteed. Repairing neatly and promptly done. Shop, No.r? Main street. BrownvIIIe.Neb. B. M. BAILEY, SUiri'KB AND DEALER IN LIVE STOCK i XROWXVILLE, NEBRASKA. e. Farmers, please call and get prices ; I want to handle yonr stock. Office 31 Main street, Hoadley bnlldlng. pHARTJES HELMER, Boot and Sho I . -, TTo,(nrr hnnnrht Hi..nn. U(l1Ug W.W VUQIJUJ). torn shoo of A. Iloblson. , I am prepared to do work 'of all kinds at Reasonable Rates. .-V, !... wnntlir OTIfl rj-"r chnn " ? TV.fnln Street. JSroicnvllZe, Nebraska. TACOB MAROHN', MERCHANT TAILOR, and dealer! a PlneEnslUU, French, Scotch aad Fancy Cloths, Testings, Etc, Etc. Prowuvillc, Nebraska. W1&f3i rrfV U. S. GOVEItXJIENT, OE- BROWJNirXJE. Paid-up Capital, $SO000 Authorized " 500,000 IS PBEPAREDTO TRANSACT A' General Banking Business BUY AND SELL I'jyxxH ifccs&L u n.n.riM u lmjjjxjxj: d on all the principal cities of the United States and Europe MONEY LOANED On approved security only. Tlirie Drafts discount ed. and special accommodations cran ted to deposito rs. Dealers In GOVERNMENT BONDS, STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES deposits: Reccelved payable on demand. and INTEREST al lowed on time 01 oepobit. DIRECTORS. Wm.T. Den, B. M. Bailey, M.A Handley. Frank E. Johnson, Luther Hoadley Wm. Fralaher. JOHN L. CARSON, A. It. DA VISOX. Gishler. President. I. CMcNAUGIITON. Asst-Cashier. ESTABLISHED IN 1856. o i r e s T EEAL ESTATE AGENCY William H.Mcover. Docs n general Real Estate Business. Sells Lands on Commission, examines Titles, inak.es Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru ments pertaining to tho transfer of Ileal Es tate. If as a Complete Abstract of Titles to all Ileal Estalo Iii Xemaliu County. J". Xj. K;0"2", Kecpb afullllneot ES&C1SIER Ornamented and Plain. AlsoShroudsformen, ladles nnd infants. All orders left with Mike Feltuouser "will receive prompt attention. J&- Bodies Preserved and Embalmed. 56 Main Street, JK0WNYILLE,XEB. At Tho GROCERY AND PROVISION J STORE OF 11 Is the place to get Groceries. Provisions, Confections, JTine Cigars, Toilet Soaj), Canned Goods, JPresh Butter, JEtc, JEtc, JEtc Wo also keep all tho best brands of flour, and everything usually kept in a llrst class grocery btore. Wo have In con nection with our house a llrstclass FEED STORE a TGNSORiAL. The old Barbershop, No. -T7 is now owned and ran by J". IR. BCaTkins. It is tho best fitted shop In the city, and the place Is generally patronized by tho people. Mr. Hawkins keeps noasslstauts whoaronol Experts at The Business, and gentlemanly and their conduct. accommodating All kinds of In T0NS0RIAL WORK done promptly and satlsfactlonlguaranteed. THE BEST DYES made are always in preparation. Nervous Gufferers-The Great European Seni-edy-Dr.J.B.Sinipson's Specific Heiicine. It is a positive one for Spermatorrhea, Seminal weakness. Im potency, and all diseases resulting from self-abue.as bkfoke. after. luniiai anxiety, loss uf memory. Pains In Back or siae, ana diseases vi'" 9 ,'5 sumptlon.lns uni ty and an early grave. The Spe cific Medicine is being used with wonderful success. Pamphlets sent free to all. Write for them and get full particulars. Price. Spedflc, J1.00 per package, or six packages for $3.00 Address all orders to J.B.8MPSON MEDICINE CO-.Nos. KM and 106. Main street, Buffalo, 2J.Y. jeS-Sold In Brownville by AAV. Klckell. Cyl-al TETTER HEADS, 8 BILL HEADS Neatly prlntcdat.thieofflce. AUTHORIZED BY THE First National Bank Undertake mm Mau Woman. BYKON. 'Mr.n's lovo is of man's llfo a thing apart ; TJh woman's whole existence. Man may range Tho court, camp, church, tho vessel, and the ninrt. Sword, gown, gain, glory. Off In exohnngo Pride, fame, ambition, to nil up his heart, And few there aro whom these cannot es trange ! Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and bo again undone,' From "Don Juan." A Siveet Disorder in tho Dress. BODEItr HEKBXCB. A sweet disorder of the dress Klndlesin clothes n wantonness: A. lawn about tho shoulders thrown' Into a flne-dlstrnctlon: MfAB erring lace, wnlca.hero68d there 3min thralls tho crimson utomabhor ; A cunnegneciiui, ana tnereoy A winning wave deserving noto. In tho tempestuous petticoat; A careless shoe string, In Whoso tio I see a wild olvility, Do more bewitch me than when art Ishjopreolselnovorypart. TWO LOVEES. BY FLORENCE H. BIBNEY. Joshua wanted me to marry him, but I refused. He wasn't my Ideal at all. I was pretty, and my friends as sured me that I might pick and choose. But I had read so many nov els, and my head was so full of ro mances that I wasn't Inclined to choose any one of the tall, sandy haired, freckled youths of PIkeville. The ideal of my imagination had dark, flashing eyes, hair like the ra ven's wing, teeth like pearl, and a haughty mien. So, could any reason able person expect me to be satisfied with plain Joshua Hobbs, who was fair aud freckled, with; pale brown hair, and fat bauds, brown with toil? But mother and Jane expected me to marry him, and Bald I waB very fool ish to think of throwing away such a chance, for, In spite of being very plain In appearance and manner, Joshua had made his way In the world, aud was in possession of a very handsome farm, well stocked. "You will never receive another auoh offer," said mother, oue morn ing In May. "I cannot understand you, Leuh ; you appear bereft of your eeuseB. There isn't another girl In Pikeville who would refuse Joshua Hohbs." "Then he will Qnd no difficulty in marrying," I replied. 'I am suie I don't begrudge him to anybody." "So moral, bo upright, so honorable In every respect," continued mother, as she etitchetijaway on Ben's dimin utive pantaioouB, whioh were suffer ing from a complicated, compound fracture of the knee. "But homely, mother, fearfully homely," I said. "How can you say so?" said Jane, whom I had always suspected of a Warm feeling for Joshua. "He Is very nice-looking, and will make the best of husbands." "I wish Joshua hadhad the good sense to fall in love with Jane instead of with you, Leah," said mother. "She would never havejbeen so fool ish aB to refuse such an offer, aud with me in suchUpoorcircumstanoes, too. But j'oung men appear to care only for pink oheeks and curie, and marry women with not an Idea above jewel ry and ribbons. I did think Joshua knew better, This was rather hard on me, but I did not feel vexed, for I knew moth er was too angry to be entirely just, bo I excused her. We Jived in PIkeville, a small, hum-drum, sluggish town, and had just enough money to enable ub to live respectably and make both ends meet at the time the year's bills came in. Mother had a righteous horror of debt, and we owed no man a cent; 'but, of course, we had to pinch a great deal and deny ourselves any lit tle extra extravagance iu the way of a flower or a ribbon. There wero five of us to support, and perhaps mother was not to be blamed for wishing to see Jane and me well married and in comfortable homes. She thought it really wicked in me to refuse Joshua, for his farm was almost the best in the county, and lay only three miles from town. But I did'not fret over the matter myself. I was too sure that my hero, the Ideal hero of my imagination, would come along to claim me, and take me away from lit tle gossiping Pikeville and the petty economies over which mother fretted so continually. I liked Joshua very well, but had no idea of ever marrying him. I was too vain to think my flrsfc offer would be my last, and had no fear of being left an old maid. I know Jane envied me my good looks and my lover. She was a quiet, industrious girl, fond of country life and farm work, and It did Indeed look to me very hard .that Joshua should not have ohosen her instead of singling me out, and thus bringing down on me mother's reproaches and complaints. But then, things gener ally go crosswise in tbiB bias world. Joshua did not come to the .house any more after my stern and decided refusal of bis suit. We missed the presents of butter, milk and eggs, whioh he had been so fond of bring ing, and whioh were, of course, of more use than the flowers and jewel ry most lovers present to their god desses. This loss of the butter, milk and eggs fretted mother more than anything else, and not b day passed without some allusion to my "stub born folly" In rejecting Joshua. "What can yon have against the young man?" mother would ory. "He is all that Is honorable and good." "His name Is enough," I would an swer. "Fanoy my name being Mrs. Joshua Hobbs !" "It 1b a Bible name as well aB yours,'1 mother would say, sharply. "Hobbff a Bible name! Well, I didn't know that before. I will look It up." "I meant Joshua," and then In a lachrymose state 'mother would in dulge In quotations from the Bible about the sharpness of a serpent's tooth, eto. October came at last,, and still my hero bad not come upon the soene. Sometimes I was tempted .to. recall Joshua, to put an end to being har assed by mother and Jane. I could IDOakOf'pWA-aproixjr.colIar but tney would sign, ana compiam 01 our scanty means and say, "If I'd mar ried Joshua, eto." Some times I real ly wished Joshua was at tho bottom of the Red sea. But in the middle of Oc tober relief oame in the shape of a let ter from my aunt, Caroline, who lived In Barstowe, a large town Blxty miles away, asking that either Jane or I 1 should pay her a long visit. I felt sure that mother would eay at once that Jane must be the one to go. She was the eldest, and generally had all the nice times and the best of ev erything. My prophecy was a true one, for as mother finished reading the letter she looked straight at Jane: "You can get ready to go by the 1st of November, Jane. You can stay until May; and I tell you what I will do: I will give you my pearl-colored silk, for you will see n great deal of compa ny at your aunt'B." The pearl-colored silk ! Was it In deed true that mother had offered Jane that wonderful aud much-prized garment? 0,'could I but be Jane? "I shall not go," said Jane, very quietly, while my eyes distended in amazement at her refusal of this boon. "Leah can go, for she will en joy it more than I should." "But Jane, I wish you to go. Leah is younger than you are, and doeB not deserve any pleasure after her stub born folly of last May. She may come to her souses if she has to stay hero in Pikeville, and Joshua may possibly give her another ohance." "Nevertheless, I shall not go," per sisted Jane ; "so you might as well let Leah take advantage of aunt's offer." So, when all persuasions and argu ments failed to shake Jane's resolu tion, mother told me rather ungra ciously that I might prepare myeelf to go to Barstowe. .. . "Will you let mo make over the pearl-colored silk, mother?" I asked, my heart beating high with hope. "Certainly not," was the cold an swer. "If you had chosen to marry Joshua Hobbs, iBhould have given it to you with pleasure, as a wedding present.'' I actually felt sorry I had not mar ried Joshua, bo great an admiration did I have for the pearl-colored silk. As I whirled along in the train to Barstowe In the first week of Novem ber, I Indulged myeelf in building many air castles. Of course I should now meet my hero, the Ideal lover of my vivid and romantio imagination. Iu May I should return to Pikeville, bringing him with me ; aud when mother should see that noble form, the eyes like midnight stars.Jthe hair rivaling the oolor of the raven'a wing, the marble pallor of the haughty brow, and the proud carriage of her son-in-law, she would "rejoice with me that I bad not been sacrificed to homely Joshua Hobbs. So vivid was my imagination that I almost expected to see my hero in the car, but there were only four boys and an old woman, so I waited, with what patience I could, my arrival in Bar stowe. My aunt greeted me very kindly. She lived In a handsome house, and had but one child, a son, who was at present stationed at a fort several hun dred miies away. Thinking tho win ter would be a lonely one without her soldier son near her, Aunt Caroline had sent for one of us girls. I expected to meet my ideal at once, but three weeks slipped by and still he bad not made his appearance. I never went out of the house that I did not think that this might possibly prove a red-letter walk, aud bring my lover to me. But, as time slipped by and he came not, I began to grow un easy. I felt as if I could not endure to return home without a solitaire dia mond ring on my finger, and the pros pect of a plain gold one, whereby I should cause mother to confess that I had been In the right all along. One rainy day in December I puton my waterproof and overshoes, an old I hat and a once-discarded dress, and. with a family umbrella the worse for wear in my band, started to go to the worsted store in the town for Borne split zephyr with whioh to finish a tidy I was working as a Christmas gift for my annt. The gutters were bo swollen as to be almost too wide to jump. The deep est and worst of all oame in view juBt as I neared the store. But I was not to be cheeked In my career after worsted by a gutter, so I gave a little run and a Bpring and landed In the middle of the muddy pool. My hat went off at the same moment and the old umbrella went 07ashlug against the curb-stone, and became a wreck at once. I scrambled out on the pavement just as a melodiouB voice fell on my ear: - "Allow me to assist yon, Mies." I looked up, turned scarlet with mortification.- and pale' with surprise jand dismay for (here, wonderful to relate, stood my hero. Yes; there were the fiaehlng eagle eyes, the mar ble brow, the hair like the raven's wing, and the haughty mien. I could only stammer out something about being very wet. "Yoh must go at once to your home," Bald the musical voice of my beroj "andt If you will permit, I will hold my umbrella over you." I stammered my thanks as I walked by- his side in the direction of my aunt'B house How bitterly I regret ted my plight! How unprepossessing I must appear In my wet, muddy clothes, battered hat, and olingidg- to the shattered umbrella !' At my aunt's door he bowed, hoped I would suffer iioiiiVeffeatsLfronLmvibatb'. thrust in- to myBand his card, and vanished like a dream. I ran up stairs, and, before attempt ing to remove my-wet garments', read the name on the card : "Horatio Fitz Allen." What a delightful combina tion ! How elegant and patrloian in .- t'- a .--.- -s J .. ...fu.ii. sound ! How widely different from Joshua Hobbs! Oh, to think that I had ever been wooed by a Joshua Hobbs ! .My aunt laughed over my adven ture, and said she had heard of Mr. Fitz Allen, who was reported to be very wealthy, and was In Baretow for a few weeks on business. The next evening I met my hero at the house of a Mrs. Gaines, a great friend of my aunt. He paid me undi vided attention, and my heart beat in a transport of joy. The days now went by on golden wings, and I was the happiest of the happy. Mr. Fitz Allen was with me constantly, and at the end of three weeks proposed for my band, aud laid his wealth and heart (figuratively) at my feet. My aunt gave her request after re questing my Horatio to give her prop er credentials of his respectability and honor. This he promised to do. as boon as he should return to his home, which must be almost immediately, owing to the press of business. I wrote at once' to my mother and Jane, telling them In rapturous lan guage of my conquest, and describing my lover. I compared him with Joshua Hobbs, and said I was happy that I had not been sacrificed to the latter and a farm-house home. Hew happy I was! I wanted every one to see ray lover, and bo I was de lighted when in Mareh my Cousin Paul came home on a furlough of two weeks. It was expected, and a great 'jqy Jo-hot hmy aunt and myself. "How fortunate that you came to dey," I said to him; "for Mr. Fitz Al len leaves Barstowe to-morrow for several weeks. I am so anxious that you should Bee him." "I am glad you have done so well, little cousin," said Paul.. "I am very desirous of makiug the acquaintance of this hero of yours, this paragon of excellence." "He will be hero to-night," I said. Horatio came about 8 o'clock, aud we were conversing in the parlorafter the manner of turtle doves, when I heard my aunt and Paul coming. My lover rose to hla feet as they oame in, and so did I. "My Cousin Paul, Mr. Fitz Alien," I said, blushing deeply. I beard no welcome, no salutation of any Bort, and looked up lit surprise. My cousin was looking straight at my lover, both livid with eome emotion. . "So!" at last gasped my couBin; "This la the man who has dared to woo my Cousin Leah ! This black leg, this swindler, this rascal)! Joe Harris, alias Luke Hartwell, alias Horatio Fitz Allen. Hound! low, sneaking scoundrel, out of this house!" thundred my cousin. "O, Paul! Paul!" Isobbed; "there must be some mistake." "Ask If there isa mistake. Turn to hlm.jLeah," replied Paul. Oh, where was the man I had del fled? Crouching against the wall like a whipped"cur, white aB aBheB and shaking with fear! I approaohed him, but he waved mo back. "Let me go," he said. "You will not tell of this, for it would shame her. 'The game is up, aud I have lost her fortune." "My fortuno!" I repeated. "I have none "Then I was deceived," and he bowed himself out. Who can estimate the extent of my mortification! Cousin Paul had met Mr. Fitz Allen (as I will still call him) several times, and knew him to be a low villain, on tho lookout for money, no matter how It was to be obtained. I was congrat ulated on my escape, and felt thank ful for It, but It was a bitter mortifica tion. The days now crept by, and I long ed for home. I thought much of Josh ua Hobbs, of hid true, manly heart and tender love for me, and determin ed that when I went back to Pikeville I would give my homely lover some encouragement, and reward him for his faithful love by my hand. . May came at last, and I was once more iu Pikeville. I had not written of my coming, for I wanted to give mother and Jane a surprise. The very first person I saw whom I knew was Joshua, who was at the station in his buggy, talking to the ticket agent. "So you've come home, Leah," he said, giving me a pleasant smile. "Let me drive you to tho bouse in my buggy." I consented very gladly, for we lived in the suburbs, and it was a long walk from the station. "Jane is not expecting you," he said,' as wo drove along. "How do you know," I asked ; "do you visit there now?" "Yes, very often," he replied. "You must know that I am fond of going there, eince Jane has consented to our marriage taking place next week." I sat still, stunned by the news. So Jane waB to marry Joshua, and she had not written me a line, telling ine the news. "I was afraid she would not have me, Bince I'd been your lover first,, but she said she didn't mind that. I am very happy, Leah. I am sorry your marriage was was " . "Don't speak to me of it," I cried. ''I. cannot bear the mention of that man or ny folly." ..When I asked Jane why she had not written.meof'lierehgageaentto Joshua, she said she was afraid I would write something back about her being second oboioe, bo she thought she would wait until I oame home to tell mo the news. They were married the next week, and have been very happy together ever since, while I am only an old maid, of no use to any one except my small nephewB and nieces. I have seen the folly of giving up the sub stance for the shadow ; of creating an Ideal and worshiping it blindly. I lost both my lovers, and my life has been a lonely one. The Sun A'evcr Sets on States. the United It is the proudest among the boasts of Englishmen that the sun never sets on the British Empire, and tho gorge ous magnificence of oriental metaphor could not have adorned this boast with a more glittering and im pressive array of imagery than the memorable words of Daniel Webster have done : "A power whioh has dotted over the Burface of she whole globe with her possessions and mili tary posts, whose morning drum beat, following the sun, and keeping com pany with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of themartial airs of England." On the 7lh of May, 1834, when these bri'liant phrases wero uttered in the Senate at Washington, they could not be said of any other country ; but, since our acquisition of Alaska, the same grandeur of idea is applica ble to the United States. San Francis co, is only about midway between the farthest Aleutian Isle and astport, Maine. Our territory thus extends through 137 of longitude, or 17 more than half way around the earth. The Ttocky Mountain Presbyterian, In commenting on this fact, says: When the sun is giving Ub good night kiss to our westernmost isle, on tho confines of Behring Sea, It is al ready flooding the fields and forests of Maine with its morniug light, and in the eastern part of that State, is more thau an hour high.- At the very moment when the Aleutian fish erman, warned by the approaching shades of night, is pulling his canoe toward the shore, the wood-ohopper of Maine is beginning to make the forest echo with the stirring musio of his ax. But here the parallel between the British Empire and the United States ends. The former is a conglomerate mass of discordant element, of divers languages, of religious hierarchies, of antagonistic customs, of widely, sep arated fractions, forced into and held underone combination by the strong armjof military force ; the latter con sists of voluntary components, of an unbroken expanse of States and Ter ritories, boundaries broadside of boun daries, and extending In uninterrupt ed series from the Atlantic to the Pa cific, aud, with the Blugle exception of Alaska, of homogeneous institu tions, laws, manners, and customs; of a population having the universality of one language a national phenom euon which Is one of the most extra ordinary occurrences in the history of groat empires. .The last named point was thus put by Daniel Webster, in his oration at the completion of that work of gratitude and patriotism The Bunker Hill monument: "And whatever may be said to the contrary aoorreot use of the English language is, at this day, more general through out the 'United States than it is throughout England herself.' There the vernacular Is corrupted by vari ous dialects. English muy be the prevailing speech, yet the mother- tongue of many large division, of the people has Its own llnguestlo peculiar ities whioh generations of contact have not been able to assimilate with or absorb into the general. language of the kingdom. Among our native cit izens, we have no such departures from tho common standard. Even the foreigners who become natural ized here acquire, In time, a fair pro nunciation of our words, slightly modified, In-many cases, by a touob of foreign accent; but tho children of these alien-born early reaoh proficien cy in our homogeneous utteranoe. One who travels from Maine to Tex as, or from Oregon to Florida, will find only trifling and occasional dif ferences from his own use and pro nunciation of words. Our universal tendenoy Is to a symmetrical oneness of language. This Is the characteristic of no oth er populationjunder the sun, occupy ing a territory of very considerate ex tent ; aud it marks, above every other indication, the affinities of the Amer ican people and their .natural nation ality, in conspicuous contrast with the linguistic dissimilarities, the pro-1 mlsouous communities, and the radi cally different Institutions embodied in thn "Rrfllsli "Rmniro. Tn n rnao , , tho sun nover sets upon an artificial combination of natural disassociated countries; In the other case, the sun never sets upon an almost uninter rupted expanse of contiguous territo ry, occupied by a people speaking one language, joined by the- ties of a com mon heritage, and surrounded by cir cumstances and influences whioh con centrate tne popular mind upon na tlonality. Inter Ocean. Boh Yasccy or Georgia a Pntle son of the God-Liko Daniel Tho Story of His life. .It la not generall,knoWn that there la to-day living in the olty of Atlanta a son of Daniel Webster, but such is .thcfaot.vfor th ..proof we- rely not only on the intelligent account which the son gives of hla own life, but also on the corroborating evidence of sev eral prominent citizens, who say there ia no doubt of tho truth of the story. The son of Webster fs a mulatto bar ber, well known all over Georgia, as Bob Yancey, a man of more than or dinary Intelligence. In appearance be has eome marks of striking resem blance to Webster. His broad fore head and widely separated eyes are noticed as circumstantial proof as soon as ,you near tne story or niB birth. A few days ago I had a con versation with Bob, tin whioh he made the following statement. It Is due to him to say that hla story Is corroborated by the members of his former master's family, who are still living. It Is as follows : Robert Yancey, whose real name was Robert Webster, waa born at Gadsby'a Hotel on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenuo and Fourth Street, in WaahlngtonClty, on the 20th of August, 1820. Hla mother was Charlotte Goobrlck, a mulatto of rare beauty, and her father was one of the old aristocrats of Virginia. Mr. Gadsby bought Charlotte from Billy Buliardof Fredericksburg, Va., and took her to Washington to wait In his hotel. Daulel Webster board ed with him, and in this way saw Charlotte, and iuduoed those Intimate relations whioh Bunply a subject of this sketch. The matter was kept quiet In Washington at the time, though the truth was suspeoted by several of Webster's friends. After the birth of Robert, Charlotte became the waiting maid of acme of the most distinguished ladles at the capital. She was iu the Bervlco of Mrs. Clay for a long time, and she continued to enjoy an Intimacy with the greatest man of hia time. Mr. Webster once gave iter a beautiful gold ueoklaoo, which sho accidentally left in a draw er In Mrs. Clay's dressing case, Her mistress found the necklace, and ask ed Charlotte whose it was. The girl waa oonfused and frightened, and told the whole truth. It Is said that Mrs. Clay showed the necklace to Webster, aud asked him if he had ever seen it before. Afterward, Charlotte was purchased by Mr. Web ster. He took her to Boston and gave her perfect freedom, though 6b o con tinued to be a house-maid in bis home. She died In Boston only a few yearsago. Bobfrequently heard from her. He eaya she talked freely to him of hla origin, and told him many anecdotes of the private life of Mr. Webster, to whom she was pas sionately devoted. Whenf her Hon grew up he became the property of young Gadsby, who was a rash, hot-beaded southerner, and led the gay life bo common In the old flush times. Once in Riohmond he bad been drinking and gambling desperately until be had lost all he bad. Me staked Uob, nls body ser vant, against $1,500 in gold, and lost. A man named Billy Martin won the son of Webster, but shortly after ward sold bim to a Mr. Cinningbam, of Charleston, S. C. This Mr. Cun ningham waa an uncle of Col. Ben. Yancey, a prominent member of the present Georgia Legislature. Colonel Yancey fancied Bob, bought him, and kept him as a body servant. Bob was Buch a faithful slave that hla master, in 1853, gave bim bis liberty and enough money to start a business in Atlanta. Here Bob did well, and before the Confederates surrendered the olty, had saved quite an Independenoy. When Sherman's army passed thro' Georgia, with It came Captain Fletch er Webster, a aon of Daniel Webster. He had heard the story of Bob's na tivity, and accidentally found bim while stationed in Atlanta. Hebe stowed various attentions on bim. He gave him a picture of Daniel Webster, which BobBtill has. Fletch er Webster waa killed in a battle near Atlanta. Sherman's soldiers destroy ed an ine property nob nad accumu lated. One hundred boxes of Tobao- co and other valuable of his were burned in the destruction of Atlanta. Bob now has a claim pending at Washington for recovery of damages. He eaya that when he went there, a few montns ago, several distinguish ed gentlemen who knew his origin paid him very kind attentions. He Is getting quite feeble and is very poor. His creditors not long ago closed out his barber-shop in Atlanta. Bob now does little but stand on the street corners and talk of the grand days he saw long ago. He speaks with remarkable accuracy of all the greatest men of Webster's lime, and refers to bis parentage with evident pride. He will not associate with negroes, and la passing bis last days in complaining of the loss of what was once quite a little fortune. Cor. Chicago Times. Wonderful 3?q. You havo beard of wonderful dogs and horses by the score, but I fanoy you have not often heard of a pet ele phant. In India- wbrero elephants are numerous, they aro employed in different kinds of service, and X will now tell yon a true story of one who was a pet. Old Soup (for that waa hla carious name) was born more than a hundred years ago, and be lived about two years since on the banks of the river Ganges, near the oity of Cawnpor'o. The story of k.l& life, would be a very interesting'one, If ho could only tell it ; but, you see, be has outlived, alt his early friends, and so thers is no one. to tell it for bim. , When Old Soup (or soupramany, aa the natives called him), waa ycungnha wasjtralned for, war; "and used to. go, out fighting and hunting with, his black masters, and many a savage bat tle did he have with the hard-skinned one-tusked rbinooeros. Well, Old Soup was ono day work ing with, a, member, of other, elophauf and some soldiers in loading a ship with bags of rice. Major Daly was the officer In charge of the soldiers, and Old Soup and the other elephants belonged to him. This was just about the timo of Old Soup's hundredth, birthday, and as the elephauts, ono by one, marched up to tho ships side, and deliverer their bags of rloe, Maj. Daly's little boyand girl stood watoh Ingjthe old fellows at their work;. What was the reason I cannot say whether it was the beat of the sun,, or the hardness of the work, It la im possible lor me to tell but all at onoo one of the elephants began to throw his bags of rice into the river, and tb major soon saw that the animal had gone mad. The mad elephant, having killed his keeper, turned and ran toward tho major's ohlldren, who were hur rylDg with their nurses to get in-doors. How they would have fared if they bad been left to themselves I oaunot say; but Old Soup was there, aud when he saw the mad elephant chas ing tho major's children", he dashed in between tbem and fought the, mad creature until ho laid bim dying on the ground. It waa a terrible fight. It lasted for an hour and a half ; and though Old Soup was conqueror in the end, bo had many wounds to remind him or the struggle. Hia ears were, badly torn, and his bead bruised, and one of his tusks was broken off short ; but be saved the lives of his master's children, and Jfani not surprised that they made him a pet after that. But he became something more tban a pet; he became a nurse as well, and often would he take tho children out by the hour together; and the major said, over and fover again, that he would far rather trust his children with Old Soup than with any number of Hindoo nurses. He became quite a fisherman, too, and might often be seen on the banks of the Ganges helping bis little friends to catch tho golden tench whioh abound in that river. One of the boys would bate the hook for him and take the fish off, but he would hold the Ashing rod with the tip of his trunk, and would always know when he bad a bite, and would land the' -fish 03 well as any one. Children's Magazine. Easy Lesson in Xa?ic. Almost all tricks of Legerdemain owe their effect to some cunningly -contrived apparatus, and not to say skill on the part of tbe performer. The trlok we are about to describe is an exception. No apparatus Is need ed no paraphernalia Is necessary. But slight of band is. Also some "cheek : The Eaa Trick. Although this trlok may seem to partake of the mar velous, it is, in fact, very simple. An egg Biignuy inaisposeu will answer tbe purpose, if a healthy one is not obtainable. First pass the egg around the audience, to oonvlnoe them that it doesu't contain a false bottom. Now attract their attention by relat ing a little story about a hen in.Oah kosh that laid fourggs on eaeh week day, and seven on Sunday. This will put the audience in a good humor. Then call upon a young man with light trousers to assist you in the trick. When he comes upon the stage, motion bina chair, and, as ho is in the aot of sitting dowD, deftly place the egg under him. You will be astonished at the fluent manner In whioh he quotes profane history. In performing this trick, always select a small man to assist you, as it will Trr,TTO ItAnTt hfafni tha TUlvfnvmav Puck. Boiled Codfish. Tie the flub sev eral times over with string, lay it ia cold water plentifully salted, and let boil gently, carefully skimming j when done lift it and let it drain' ' then serve. An ordinary sized piec will be done two or three mluuto after tbe water comes to a boiling point. i The Eab. This is a very delicate organ and many have made them selves deaf for life, by carelessly hand ling it. Remove insects or any for eign substance from the ear by tepid water. Never put a hard instrument into it. A country blacksmith out West put up a notice: "No bosses sbodded Sunday except sickness aud death," ?l .51 IS1SKS!3a3RSSS