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.1 i i . fil i: I i THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1883. Xattnl it ti Pettcfise, Columtai. Hrt., CliMaUtttt. it itcesi THE WHITES OF "HOME, SWEET HOME." K stranger in London, ell friendless, alone; He waited through the city, unheeded, un known; rhe lights of the houses shone forth on his face fhere were -thousands of homes, but for him was noplace. aweary and hungry, disheartened and sad, rhe time bad been Jong; since his spirit was glad, And bejtat on the steps at a nobleman's door. And for solace he sang the refrain o'er and o'er: " Home. Home, sweet, sweet Home, Be It -ever so humble, there's no place like home." He had sot a shilling to pay for a bed, When he wrote what in luxury many have said:' "JOd pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be It ever so humble, there's no place like home." 11m words full of cheer from his sorrows were wrung. He sighed, what in thankfulness others have sungr "A charm from tho sides seems to hallow us there, Which, seek thro' tho world, is not met with elsewhere: Home, Home, sweet, sweet Home, Be it ever so humble, there s no place like Homo." Old London looked fair to his eyes growing dim. But the Vghts of tho city no welcome gave him. " An exile from home, splendor dazzles in rain. Oh, giro me my lowly thatched cottage again;" So sang the poor stranger, and went on his way. But millions of voices have sung since that day: "The birds singing gaily that came at my call, Olve these, and the peace of mind, dearer than au. they reached their destination, and in a I those I-have so eraellj wronged. uatarou BW OK UI1UU. I1B OIM3VCU mr. Be Home, Home, sweet, sweet Home, ft ever so humble there s no place Home." like Did It need that one heart thro' deep anguish should learn That others the truth might more swiftly dis cern? A triumph of lovo by tho singor was won. Our homes are the dearer for him who had none! We weep for the exile that longed for a home. And yet was compelled as a wanderer to ream: But he had some rapture to banish bis pain. As ho heard in all lands the familiar refrain: . " Home, Home, sweet, sweet Home. Be it ever bo humble, thore's no place like Home." ica finds him with honor a grave. the laurel would But the toil and the sorrow are over at last. And the journeys and loneliness things of the past; Araerii And England above him wave: In all climes and countries the man has his fame, And old men and children are speaking his name. But the best of all is, he no longer shall roam, Tho homeless, tired stranger at length is at Home. "Home, Home, swoct, sweet Home. Be It ever so humble, there's no place like Home." Marianne Farningham. GODFREY DENYER'S PENAMJE. When young Godfrey Denyer repu diated his signature to a check for a large amount, drawn in faror of his friend Captain Wrake, he did not for a moment anticipate the serious conse quences which ensued. His object was simply to gain time to arrange matters with the Captain, for the truth was that he had not tho money to meet his draft. He was so extremely inexperienced and unbusinesslike that he did not imagine for an instant that his bankers liad any cause of complaint in the matter. He thought they would simply return the check to Captain Wrake's agents, with an intimation that there was an informality in it. And he was so stag gered and horrified by the amount Of the check that he eagerly adopted the the suggestion of the clerk who waited upon him from the bank, that the sig nature was a forgery, by way of tempo rarily extricating himself from embar rassment. To an .ordinary observer there certainly seemed something wrong about the signature, but Godfrey Den yer, bearing in mind the state he was in when ho wrote tho check, was not surprised that his handwriting should have been eccentric, he transaction took place at a supper party at Captain Wrake's rooms a few nights previously, on which occasion young Denyer dimly recollected having played recklessly at cards for high stakes, but as to what he had lost, and even how he had found his way home afterward, his memory was a perfect blank. Godfrey Denyer was a very foolish young man. He was, in fact, one of those vain, silly, weak-minded youths whose chief ambition is to lead the life of a fast man about town. Unfortu nately he had no near relatives to inter fere with his tastes and pursuits, while a small fortuno which ho had inherited on attaining his majority enabled him for a brief period to indulge in every folly and extravagance. But he was not naturally either vicious or profli- tate, though he aspired to bo taken to e so, and consequently the idea of having incurred a debt of honor which be was unable to pay filled him with dis may. When the bank clerk had left, taking the fatal check away, Godfrey Denyer at once set forth to seek Captain Wrake, feeling deeply dis tressed and humiliated, but Dy no means conscious of the heniousness of the lie he had told. Captain Wrake was not to be found, either at his chambers or at his club, and after rushing about with feverish anxiety to various places in search of him, young Denyer returned to his own rooms tired and disheartened. A hansom cab was at the door, and as he entered he ran against a rather pomp ous, elderly gentleman, who at once ac costed him: "Mr. Denyer, I believe?" ".Yes," replied Godfrey. " I must ask yon to be good enough to come with me at once," replied toe paiueman, wnose tone ana manner were unpleasantly peremptory. " I am Mr. Grantly, the solicitorfor Messrs. X. & Co., your bankers." ".What for? What do you want with me?" demanded Godfrey, uneasily, as Mr. Grantly led the way to the cab. "Jump in. I will explain as we go along. I shan't detain you many min utes, ' said the solicitor, taking him by the arm. Young Denyer entered tho cab, and Mr. Grantly got in after him, having first given a brief direction to the driver! As they rattled ever the stones the so licitor briefly explained.that he was go-' ng to apply for awarrant against Cap tain -Wrake in connection with the check, as the bank had determined to prosecute. "Prosecute! What for?" exclaimed Godfrey Denyer, startled out of his senses. " Forgery. It was b most impudent attempt," said Mr. Grantly, curtly. "But but Captain Wrake is a friend of mine," faltered young Denyer. "Ev erything can be explained." "He will have-an opportunity of ex plaining," said the solicitor, in rather an ironical tone. "I am sorry to hear he is a friend of yours. I am afraid you hare been keeping had company, young 'Godfrey Denyer was too agitated and confused to continue the conversation. He was not by any means clear as to the purpose of this visit to the police sourt. The ominous words "prose cute" and "forgery" were ringing in kjaeaxs, but he was too bewildered to realize their significance, and he felt less apprehensive on Captain Wrake's Grantly request that he would follow mm. wue passea at cue police court happened so quickly that he hardly knew what he was doing. To add to his agitation and nervousness Mr. Grantly's manner was very overbearing, and bein? a weak-minded lad he.heln- lessly did what he was told, without. re flecting. He was sworn and again con fronted with the signature to the check. For the life of him he could not sum mon up courage to retract or qualify his original statement, and as a mono syllable was all 'that was required by way of answer, he found it easier to, say "Jso" to the question put to' him than to enter into an explanation. It was not until he found himself alone again, disconsolately wending his way back to his chambers, that it began to dawn upon him how fatally he had commit ted himself, -and how grave a wrong he had done Captain Wrake. While his mind was wavering between right and wrong an "Incident happened which afforded nim an excuse for adopt ing the less compromising alternative. In the afternoon ho received a visit from a lady who announced she was Captain Wrake's wife. She was young ana pretty, but shabbily dressed, with a careworn iook upon ner paie iace. Godfrey Denyer "was the more startled at beholding her, because, like more of the Captain's friends, he was unaware that he was married. He knew Captain Wrake as a man of pleasure, a gambler and profligate, and in the poor wife's pinched features and threadbeare attire it was easy to read a tale of suffering and neglect. But she had come, never theless, to plead for her husband, who, it appeared, had already been arrested; and the sight of her distress and her piti ful allusion to her young family touched Godfrey Denyer's heart and aroused his better nature. "What can I do for you?" he said, summoning up all his fortitude. "Shall I go at once to the police and acknowl edge the signature?" "JMy lawyer says that would be use less, as you have already denied it upon oath," sobbed the poor lady. "But if you would be merciful and not give evidence against my poor husband." "I will not, I will leave London at once." he interrupted, eagerly, with a strange feeling of relief. " Heaven bless you!" cried his friend's wife, impulsively seizing his hand and kissing it. But Godfrey Denyer hastily drew his hand away, for the spot she had kissed seemed like fire. A tingling sensation of shame and unworthiness took posses sion of him so that he fairly lied from the room. When Mrs. Wrake had left he lost no time in making preparations for his departure Having packed up a portmanteau Jeaving the bulk of liis effects to the mercy of the landlady he went trembling to the bank and drew out the balance which stood o his credit The same, .night ht reached Liverpool an 1 tho next morning sriled for Now York. Godfrey Denyer remained in America more than five years, and owing to one of those singular chances which read like romance and which usually happen to unworthy persons, he was able tolay the foundation of a large fortune. An American fellow-passenger on the voy age out took a great fancy to him and offered him employment in his business. Godfrey Denyer at once entered upon a prosperous career and developed an un expected capacity for his new duties. He not only gained the confidence of his employer but also his affectionate regard, so that he was afforded oppor tunities for advancement which rarely fall to the lot of a young man. But he was no longer the vain, fool ish lad he used to be before he left En- fland. A great change had come over im, which dated from the day when, shortly after his arrival in America, he learned that Captain Wrake had been found guilty of forgery and sentenced to a long term of penal servitude. Godfrey Denyer's absence had availed no more than the prisoner's eager pro testations of innocence to avert an ad verse verdict, for independent persons had sworn to their belief that the sig nature to the check was not in the hand writing of the supposed drawer. The news gave Godfrey a severe and painful attack and had a sobering effect upon his character. He conceived it to be his duty at least to provide for the ne cessities of the poor woman and inno cent children whom he had rendered miserable. He had not the courage to roturn to England and clear Captain Wrake's reputation, but short of that he resolved to make every atonement in his power. With this object he devoted himself assiduously to business, and regularly remitted the larger portion of ins earnings to a trustworthy agent who applied the money for Mrs. Wrake's benefit. The .poor lady frequently blessed her unknown benefactor, but Godfrey Denver never dared to disclose his identity, lest the wife of the man he so cruelly wronged should spurn his gifts and thus deprive him of the small consolation he derived from helping her. At length he was informed that Cap tain Wrake would shortly be set at lib erty, and he then resolved to carry into execution a plan which had been slowly forming in his mind for years past . In spite of the pecuniary sacrifices he had made he felt that he had by no means atoned for his sin. It was not a ques tion of money, for he was prepared to continue his benefactions and to provide Captain Wrake with funds to make a fresh start in life if he would accept any favor of him. But his chief purpose was to return to England and to place himself unreservedly in Captain Wrake's hands. If the Captain would accept no apology or compensation, and insisted on his publicly acknowledging his baseness, Godfrey Denyer was de termined to do so, regardless of the con sequences: This resolution had cost him a severe struggle with his moral cowardice, but at length he succeeded in summoning up the necessary .fortitude for his seff imposed penance. If he secretly hoped that Captain Wrake would be satisfied with some smaller sacrifice, he was nevertheless perfectly sincere in his mrpose. He returned to England, ooking prematurely aged, with streaks of gray in his hair, though he was bare ly thirty. But his bearing was calm and resolute, and a shrewd observer would have guessed at once -that he had suffered some great trouble which had darkened his young life. On the day when Captain Wrake was released from prison Godfrey Denyer seat to him a request that he would grant him an interview at an inn near the gates of the jail. He felt deeply agitated at the prospect of finding him self face to face with the man who must have been cursing him bitterlyforyears, and who would now be the arbiter of his fate; but.his firmness did not desert him, and when Captain Wrake ap peared his purpose never wavered. To his amazement the Captain hung his head and accepted his outstretched hand without hesitation, but in a very humble manner. Godfrey could scarce ly believe his senses, and donbted at urat wnether i, was reallv his farmer And you, of all others, are the poison from whom I had the least right to expec-f kindness." "Why," demanded Denyer, hoarsely, with a wild throbbing at his heart. Why? How can you askP You know my offense," said the Captain, averting his face.' "Doyou.uiean do you mean that you were really guilty?" cried Denyer, with a blessed sense of a load being sud denly lifted from his mind. "God forgive me, yes! I was desper ate, your helplessness tempted me, and and " the Captain paused and hung his head again, while Godfrey Denyer involuntarily gave a long-drawn sigh of relief. London TruVt. Youths' Department. IRONING SONG. This practical little song sung by little girls In the and chorus can be JutcneuHJ anion," A Ride Oh an Avalanche. Everybody knows, or is the worse oil for not knowing; Uncle Alex Hvland. He came over here from Boise in 18CC and got a good claim on Elk Creek, where he has lived ever since, save when he came up to Deer Lodge occa sionally to spend a week or two with his friends. We don't want to say anything even cordial of Uncle Alex. He don't like it, but when he says the last "good-by" to the boys there will be more sad hearts than there has been for many a day in Western Montana. He is seventy-six years old, hale, hearty and vigorous for his years, and every day through the season does his day's work in tho placers alongside such stal warts as James Hartford and James Fleming, and never misses a lick or a meal. And he don't let the long winters debilitate him either. A few days ago John Gerber wrote to him of his intended departure for California about this time, and in due course of un certain mails the letter was placed in Uncle Alex's hands. It had been rain ing two days' on the Elk; tho four or five feet of snow that covers the moun tains and gulches in the vicinity was soft and honeycombed, and the streams were running a freshet. But Uncle Alex concluded to come to Deer Lodge to see Gerber. The first eight miles to Bear, crossing the heavy range, had to be made on snow-shoe, and the next nine to the stage station on foot; but Wednesday morning, of last week, ho strapped on his eleven-foot Norwegian snow-shoes and started over, by way of Deep Gulch. The ascent from Elk was tedious and laborious. It is a long trudge up the mountain to the top of the ridge, a thousand feet above Bcartown and six thousand above the sea especially to a man seventy-six years old. The summit was reached at last, and he was congratulating himself on an easy run down to Bcartown, when the snow sank in the trail and down he went. Another trial and the same re sult The rains had honeycombed and undermined the snow. A little distance on, the whole body of snow had slid away and plunged down the precipitous canyon side into the bed of Deep Gulch. This would never do for snow-shoeing. Tho only recourse was to ascend the canyon side to the dividing ridge be tween Elk and Deep and follow along on the edge of the summit He muffled his shoes with rope brought for the pur pose, and the climb was made, good footing secured and all looked clear ahead. Uncle Alex then thought it was about time for a smoke. He halted, filled his pipe, lit it, took a North American whiff or two, and was just striking out when wh-e-w-w zip, away went the en tire body of snow with a wild whirl, and in a moment he was riding an avalanche 200 feet wide with lightning speed, headlong down the precipice toward the waters of the creek, nearly 400 feel below. Fortunately ho was hurled "head on," and was within a few feet of the top of the slide when it started. He struck with his alpenstock, braced himself in the shoes he could not disen gage from his feet, and flew through space with the acceleration of speed produced by both tho declivity and snowslide. Before he could say "Erin fo Bragh" the slide had carried im into and across the gulch, crushed his snow-shoes and swamped the snow up around him until only enough oi mm was leit free ana un fettered to have whipped Gerber had he been in sight But he wasn't, nor any other living thing, and the winds sing ing a plaintive monody in the neighbor ing pines alone broke the stillness that succeeded the roar of the avalanche. He looked back to see if any more snow was coming The canyon side lay bare and scarred to the summit with tho bowlders and stumps holding white fragments of their recent shroud. Ho had ridden on the crest of the slide and was safe. He was about to rest a spell before exerting himself to extricate him self, when suddenly his feet grew cold. The chill crept up his ankles and was feeling for his knees before he realized his situation. The snow-slide had dammed the waters of Deep Gulch. They were coming up after him. Some thing was necessary to bo done without unnecessary delay. Some willows and brush projected near. He reached over and caught them and was speedily free. He concluded to leave the vicinity forthwith, and was soon after picking his way down the gulch, arriving at Bcartown at five p. m. without a bruise or a broken bone. And that's the way Uncle Alex came up from Elk Creek. Many and many a sturdy man has been lost in snow-slides that were small com- Eared to this, but they were under and e was on top. when asked if he would return that way, he said: "No, I think I will go over by Henry Grant's cabin. The supervisor seems to have neglected his work this winter on the Deep Gulch trail." Deer Lodge (M. 21) New Northwest. with appropriate movements: First your iron smooth must bo, Chorus:) Hub awayi rub awuyl Bust and irons disagree. Rub away 1 Kub away 1 Though your iron must be hot. Glide awayi Slide awayi It must never scorch or spot. Glide awayi Slide awayi Then the cloth, so soft and white. Press away! Press awayi On the table must be tight. Press awayi Press awayi , Crease or wrinkle must not be. Smooth away! Smooth away! Or the work is spoiled, you see. Smooth away! Smooth awayi Every piece, whon pressed with care. Workaway! Workaway! Must be hung awhile to air. Work away ! Work away I Then you fold them ono by one. Put away ! Put away ! Now the ironing is done. Happyaayl tWg ceo. OUR BABY AND' OUR MINISTERS. No wonder every one loved her. She was such a tiny, laughing, dimpled lassie witn great surprised blue eyes and soft fair hair, with stray ringlets clustering about her snowy temples, and long eye-lashes sweeping checks of mingled rose and pearl. Grandma could not bear to have the wee witch for a moment out of her sight, and grandpa, old and rheumatic as he was, seemed happiest when racing with our baby up and down the garden paths. Papa, stately, dignified papa, threw kisses back to the winsome maid as long as he could catch a glimpse from the village street of the pretty face pressed against the cottage window; but who can express the mother's love, or the many brilliant hopes concen trated in that dainty bit of baby beauty. All the villagers petted and spoiled her, and, indeed, our Mabel made friends witu everybody but our minis ters. Some way circumstances were always unfavorable for her being a fa vorite with clerical gentlemen, and she seemed most mischievous when in the presence of these exponents of deco rum. Well, it happened one day, when Mabel was a little more than two years old, that our good pastor called, and, noticing the oright child-face, asked why we never brought our baby to church. Mamma smiled- "I am afraid you would wish we had left her at home," she said. But he, not knowing the mischief in that little pate, spoke of his love for children, while wee May, with wide open eyes and all-hearing ears, listened quietly, no doubt intent upon some wickedness at that very instant We did not think much of what the good man said, but Mabel did. When Sunday morning came, nothing would do but Mabel must put on her delicate white frock, blue satin bonnet, and tiny blue boots, to accompany grandma to church. Some looked pleased when they saw the sweet baby face beside the wrinkled aged one, like the promise of a new youth, but when they reached that part in tho service where the choir, after each line repeated by the congregation, sang: "Wo beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord," Mabel's wonder increased every minute, and pretty soon she ex claimed: "Why don't they keep still, and let Dod answer them, gradma? IsDoddeaf like you?" Papa looked daggers at Mabel. Grandma told her that was part of the service, and she musn't talk aloud in church. Evorybody else but the min ister smiled, and the young folks were convulsed. Mabel was quiet after that until she grew tired of the sermon, then she became uneasy; she pinched grand ma and punched papa, and said she wanted to go home, but, getting dis couraged, began to cry softly. At length a bright thought struok her. "Grandma," said she, loud enough for the minister to hear, "don't you suppose Mr. H . wishes I was to home?" It is needless to say that in spite of the good man's protestations to the carried the day, and ' FACTS AND FIGURES. Land on Wall street. New York; is worth $15,000,000 an acre; on Broad way, $2,000,000. Ten years ago one steamboat could hardly pay expenses running down the east shore of Puget Sound. Now ten boats are kept constantly busy over the same route. The first piano was made at Padua, in Italy, in 1711, by Christofort. The ! first one seen in England was made by father woou, a monk, ana very lew were made there until after 1760. Ordinary glue can be dissolved in acetic acid or-strong vinegar without heating and makes an excellent glue, almost as good as when heated. Keep tightly corked to prevent evapora tion. ' During the past three years ivory has. risen at least one hundred percent, in value, and pearl, whichis also largely Envelopes were not then used, be cause they would have made the letters "double," which doubled the postage. Each and every inclosure was charged one rate. Thus, a letter iu an envelope inclosing a dollar bill would have cost seventy-live cents postage. Hence, very large sheets of letter paper were used, especially by affec tionate mothers when writing to their sous at school. Often, when the tender soul had filled four immense pages with family news and good advice to my dearest boy," she would still have something more to say, and then she would cros her writinr"to save an extra postage. This crossing was a sore trial to impatient youth, who did not in those days read any writing with perfect facility. It was a high art then to fold a letter nicely. Years elapsed before a boy" could tuck in the outside lap without any bulge at the ends, and make a neat. compact, well-shaped packet. Some used in'hafting cutlery and other goods. ciunisy-nngerea ieuows never couia get : nas aavancea very materially in the the knack of it. To all such the envelope was, indeed, a precious boon. It was considered a frightful vulgarity sixty years ago to seal a letter with any thing but sealing-wax. This was a very awkward article in a Southern or East Indian mail-bag, as at a high tempera ture it melted and stuck the letters to gether. The operation of sealing, too, was one that baffled the school-boy and often burned his fingers. It had to be dope, however, even after the post-office chiefs had given public notice of the in convenience to which it subjected them. It was only the envelope that ended the wax nuisance. Everything was more difficult then than now. In 1824, the daily stage for the city of Washington left New York at three in the morning, and a man went round the town at two to call up the passengers; so that when the stag came for them; it might not be kept waiting very long. If all went well, the passengers reached Washington tho next morning soon after sunrise. Those were the times when college students were fined ten dollars for going to the theater, and it was reckoned un becoming in a clergyman to have a copy of Shakespeare in his house. At that remote period, before the Erie Canal was finished, what was the largest inland town of the United States? It was Lancaster in Pennsylvania, with a population of something les3 than four thousand! Youth's Companion. a Only a Cent. i contrary, Mabel nothing more was said about our baby's going to church. About six months later a new rector came, a young and rather handsome man, who used to como often to the house to see Mabel's Auntie Lou. One day while these two were chatting with other friends in the parlor, our baby, who had been busily engaged with her pencil, demurely walked up to the young minister and holding up her slate, said: "I made this picture for you, Mr. B. , but it don't look much like you, so I'll just put a tail on it and call "it a dog." Mr. B looked slightly embar rassed and hardly pleased at first but concluded it was a good joke, and joined in the laugh with the rest. But to cap the climax, a few weeks later, Uncle Harris was a carpenter, and had a shop in the country. One day he went into the barn where Dick and Joe were playing with two tame pigeons. "Boys," he said, "my work-shop ought to' be swept up every evening. Which of you will undertake to do it? I am willing to pay a cent for each sweep ing." "Only a cent!" said Dick. "Who would work for a cent?" "I will," said Joe. "A centis better than nothing." So every day, when Uncle Harris was done working in the shop, Joe would take an old broom and sweep it. And .he dropped all his pennies into his tin savings bank. One day Uncle Harris took Dick and Joe to town with him. While he went to buy some lumber, they stayed in a toy-shop, where there were toys of every kind. "What fine kites!" said Dick. "1 wish I could buy one." "Only ten cents," said the man be hind the counter. " I haven't even a cent," said Dick. "I have fifty cents," said Joe, "and I think I will buy that bird-kite." "How did you t fifty cents?" asked Dick. "By sweeping ;ho shop," answered Joe. " I saved my pennies, and did not open my bank until tins morning." Joe bought the bird-kite and a fine large knife, while Dick went home with out anything. But ho had learned not to despise little things, and he was very glad to sweep the shop whenever Joe would let him, even though he received for his work only a cent. Our Litllt Ones. same period During 1882 the murders commit ted in the United States averaged two a day, while the executions averaged only two a week. There were in tho year 212 murders and fifty-three executions in the South. New York State had 231 murders and only four executions. N. Y. Herald. Tlie Vicksburg (Miss.) Planters' Journal describes live apiaries whose total product last year was 55,287 pounds of honey, 49,105 pounds of which was extracted and 6.182 pounds comb honey. The whole product was sold for $5,628. The yields ranged from $10.73 to $49.84 percolony. Bee culture is proving profitable in the Southern States: New York City was a better city morally, last year, than during 1881, according to the annual report of tho Police Commissioners. The number of arrests by the police was 66,867, against 67,135 the previous year. Of the of fenders, 49,b25 were males, and 17,242 females. The Police Justices collected S75.591 in fines, an increase of $12,000 over 1881. While pur Judges are doomed to retirement at the age of 70, Judges in England and Ireland have presided in the several courts long, after that age. At present there are five in England over 70 Vice-Chancellor Bacon, 84; Mr. Justice Manisty, 74; 'Mr. Justice Phillimore, 73; Mr. Justice Grove 71; and Lord Chancellor Selborne, a little over 70. The late Lord Chancellors St Leonards and Campbell presided ovei the Courts of Chancery in admirable j mental vigor at the ages respectively bi ou ana i, ana the Irish Lord Chancellor Plunkett at 74, apd Lord Chief Justice Lefroy at 91. The two youngest Judges in England now are JudVes Cave and Bo wen, 48 and 47 respectively. An Undisputed Fact Babies Wedded. menu who stood before him. It was, indeed, he, however, though he, too, bad aged and much changed in appear ance. For a moment neither spoke, and then suddenly the Captain burst juui icars ana said m a choked voice: ajmv -!. -. ?-. TT l.J3.. I T . wv I- uii on nis own. uup; Denver, don't say a word. I can't ague suspicion that he had somehow J bear it I-I guess now who has been j t oi y Pr e chil naaenimseii amenable to the law in connection with this wretched check, sad suspected that the errand on which they were bound had an unpleasant per sonal bearing. .Y1 "J to jour noble conduct? You first stand my friend by not appearing against me at the trial, so as to give a poor devil a chance, sad the then you act Mfuardia angel to One of the most youthful couples that were ever married in Kenton County, Ky., were joined in wedlock recently. The groom is George F. Kyle, aged fourteen years, son of George F. Kyle, and Lizzie May Hollingshead, aged thir teen years. They were married at the residence of the groom's parents, near South Covington, in the presence of a few of their most intimate friends. The bride is an orphan, 'and in order to ob tain a license to wed, the groom's fath er qualified as her guardian and he then consented to the issuing of the license and gave his assent to the marriage. The combined ages of the twain is only a iew yeara more wan uie lawiui matri monial age in the grand old common wealth. The bride is not a voluptuous looking girl, and, in fact resembled a child that had not passed the spanking age, and the groom is not much her superior in this respect. The bride wa modestly and neatly attired, and re sembled a little girl that was dressing for her first attendance at a children's Jiarty. The twain were evidently quite ond of each other. There was none of that style of love there is generally dis played a$ a wedding, and when the min ister pronounced them man and wife they faced each other for a moment and suddenly the childish groom bash fully embraced his diminutive bride. It was a rather strange sight and looked more like a children's mock marriage than a solemn reality. The couple are not wealthy, and their parents are only in ordinary financial circumstances. Cincinnati Enquirer. an old-time school friend of Grandma's, a venerable, bald-headed clergyman, was visiting at our house with the young rector, enjoying their recollections of days long past. That morning Mabel, having burned her hand, had for the first time learned the use of sticking plaster, and was quite delighted with the little black patch over her knuckles. No one of the happy group in the libra ry was thinking of Mabel, for mamma supposed her safely taking her after noon nap, but no! The aged clergy man sat near a heavy window drapery in which, it secms.our household divinity was snugly ensconced, with a large piece of black plaster which she had abstracted from her mother's drawer, and was most busily engaged in getting it ready to cover up that great white spot on the top of the old gentleman's head. When Aunt Lou discovered the little mischief, she was standing on tiptoe, just ready to clap the plaster on the unsuspecting head. At a gesture from Aunt Lou, the old gentleman turned, when Mabel, not at all abashed, said, coolly: " 'Twont hurt; make it all nice, like the rest" and would have proceeded with her operations had not the rever end vacated his seat not appreciating the situation, to her evident dismay and disappointment and the intense amuse ment oi tne company. However, since this last escapade, when the minister comes into the front door, Mabel, our mischievous baby, is ushered up the back stairs to the nurse ry, where she remain sin watchful charge until his departure. Lellie L. Burlm. game, in N. Y. Tribune. It is no use disguising the fact. Farm work is not popular with either the young men or the young women in farmers' families. Many a farmer who is getting old sees with a sort of vague dread of an approaching calamity the silver threads streaking his loved and faithful companion's hair, as the aged pair sit alone m the long evenings, thinking sadly of their son who is in the city, and of their daughter who is also far away. They-realize, too, that new tastes and new desires and hopes have estranged their children from the farm and the homestead, the memories of which cling and twine around their own hearts and bind their affections to the' place, on every foot of which there is some work or improvement done by their own hands some tree planted, some spot beautified, some waste re claimed, some building arranged and now all must go, by and by, into the hands of strangers who will tear down what has been built up with so much Irnins and has been tended with so much oving care. In thousands of farm houses such cases as this may be met with,- and they are very sad to one who knows how it is himself. To know that one has some conipan- ions in ins misery' is supposed to no a consolation. If this is so, we in Ameri ca may look across the Atlantic and take comfort to see the same thing go ing on in France, where the French farmers are mourning because their boys are abandoning their homes and becom ing cooks and valets and shop men, and the girls become nurses or waitresses and stand behind the shop counters, as they do here. And German and Italian immigrants work on the farms and in the vineyards, and when the old farmers die these new-comers buy the land which the young men and women think to be below their notice. N. Y. Times. A Few Points in Etiquette. A Connecticut paper declares that "the Vanderbilt wealtli: does not repre sent a life of honest toil;" but it does. Somebody had to sweat for it if Vander bilt didn't Detroit Post and Tribune, Batland, Vt, elected Miss Isabella M. Brown, City Clerk at tke recant election. Only a Little While Age. Our youthful readers can scarcely form an idea of the world as their grand fathers saw it, in the days when John Quincy Adams was President0 Boys who went to boarding-school thirty miles from home had a stage ride of five or six hours to endure or to enjoy according to the weather for boys were apt to perch on the outside seats. In muddy seasons, the five or six hours would stretch out to ten, with a possible alleviation of a dinner at the Half-way House. If they were homesick, or wanted a box of good things for solace, they paused before writing a letter to reflect that their "Honored Parents" woald have to pay twenty-five cents postage on the epistle. Now, honored parents who paid so much for a letter expected It to contain a good deal of matter, cor rectly spelled, oa a large and dean ahect of papex. Wedding and engagement rings are both worn on the same finger, third of the left hand, the latter serving as guard to the former, when both are in place. The bride does not give the groom a wedding-ring. She gives him a seal ring, a cat's-eye or a broad ild ring: with gems sunken in it. No ride should wear at a wedding: any thing that has been worn before, unless it be some trifle to conform with the superstition that a bride, for luck's sake, should wear something old and something new, something borrowed and something blue. .When asked to dance, a lady need only bow in accepting tho invitation. There is no necessity to return thanks either before or after tho dance; your Siartner will thank you. It is "bad orm" for a lady to thank a gentleman who invites her to dance, ride, drive, row or walk with him. It is always presumed that he is the obliged party, and that she trraciously confers a favor. There is no law of etiquette as to which side of a woman a man walks in the street. He allows circumstances to de termine on which side will be most agreeable and safe for her. Nor does he keep changing at the street corners. A man raises his hat to the woman to whom his friend bows. This is the acknowledged etiquette of the polite world everywhere. A woman's one bow, if gracious, will do for several ac quaintances whom she mar meet at once. Smile and glance at all as yosr do so. Clara BtUt, in Cincinnati Mn quirtr, - WIT AND WISDOM. The certain way to be cheated is to fancy one's self more cunning than oth ers. Charron. He who has fair words only is like one who feeds the sick with an empty spoon and talks about gruel. Judge not by appearance. A wom an can carry a pocketbook in her band just as proudly when it' only contains two horse-car tickets and a latch key as when full of bills. Lotcell Citizen. "One might have heard a pin fall, is a proverbial expression of silenoe; but it has been eclipsed by the French phrase: "You might have heard the unfolding of a lady's pocket-handkerchief." A good old Quaker lady, after listening to the extravagant yarn of a person as long as her patience would allow, said to him: "Friend, what a pity it's a sin to lie, when it seems sa necessary to thy happiness" " You wouldn't take me for a mar ried man, would you?" asked a student of a Cortland girl, the other night " I rather think I would if you should ask me," was the response. He bought a ring next day. N. Y. Mail. A " college graduate " writes to inquire if we understand " the generic importance of the term 'fragment'?" We do. We look upon the word as the biography of the first man that ever attempted to trim the tail of a Georgia mule. N. Y. Tribune. The Chinese pay their bills yearly, instead of weekly as is generally the custom in this country, among those who pay them at all. " When a bill is presented and one is a little short, it must be nice to say: "Ah, yes; I have been a little disappointed to-day; just step in next year when you are pass ing." We like tho Chinese system. Itodiesler Post-Express. A young man at a social party was vehemently urged to sing a song. - He replied that he would first tell a story, and then, if they still persisted in their demand, he would endeavor to execute a song. When a boy, he said, he took lessons in singing, and one Sunday morning he went up into the garret j iu practice aiuoe. wmie in mil cry ne was suddenly sent for by the" 61d gentle man. "This is pretty conduct!" said the father, "pretty employment for the son of pious parents to be "sawing boards in the garret on a Sunday morning, loud enough to be heard by all the neighbors. Sit down and take your book." The young man was unanimously excused from singing the proposed song. m Value or New York Bank Stock. One of the best tests of the financial condition of the metropolis is the value of bank shares, some of which may be given as follows:. The North River has advanced from par to 114, and the Park, which was also down to par.'isnow 158. The Phoenix has risen from 93 to 101. The Bank of New York, which is the oldest in the city, stands 145. The Im porters' and Traders' is quoted at 155, the City is 261, whilo the Chemical has reached the dizzy height of 1,952. The latter presents the most remarkable ex pansion in the records of finance. Its capital is only $300,000, being divided I iuiu o,jw suure ui tpiuv eacu. at me present quotations this capital is worth $5,856,000. This, I repeat is unequaled in the history of banking. The Chemical is the great note buyer of the metropolis. Having a surplus of $5,000,000 and an average of deposits of nearly double that amount it is ready to discount or purchase all the good pa per that can be offered. At any time from twelve o'clock to two o'clock you can see the note brokers rushing into the Cashier's rooms to display their array of names, over which he rapidly glances and checks off all that meet his ap proval. Business is done rapidly, and a transaction of $250,000 may be finished in fifteen minutes. Year after year the Chemical has been buying paper, anal its former President (John Q. Jones) could call off the gilt-edged names ar readily as he could repeat the alphabet. He knew all the first-class men in the city, and they were always under a close surveillance which insured the bank against loss. The question al ways before him was how much paper the gilt-edged houstfi were issuing, and mis coma easily oe learnea Dy tne oi ferings made by the brokers. Hence the Chemical made but few losses, though its purchases were estimated at $50,000,000 a year. Out-of town banks frequently invest their funds in the same manner, the Farmers1 & Me chanics' Bank, of Albany, being the oldest and most extensive of this class. 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