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l e Gerard De Lalresse. Ah, but because you were struck bltnd,oouId bless Your venae no longer with the actual view Of man and woman, whose lair forma you drew In happier days bo dutoously and true Must I account my Gerard de Lalresse All sorrow smitten? He wus hindered too Was this no hardship? from producing plain To us who still hare eyes, the pageantry Which passed and passed before his busy brain . . Snd, captured on his canvas, showed out sky Traversed by flying shapes, earth stocked with brood Of monsters centaurs bestial, satyrs lewd Not without much Olympian glory, shapes Of god and goddess lu their pay escapes from the severe serene; or haply paced The antique ways, Ood counseled, nymph em- braced, tome early human kingly personage, uch wonders of the teeming poet'a age Were still to be. Say, am I right? Your sealed sense moved your mind. free from obstruction, to compensate Art's power left powerless, and supply the blind With fancies worth all facts denied by fate, Mind could invent things, add to take away. At pleasure, leave out trifles mean and base Which vex the sight that can not say them nay, c But, where mind plays the master, have no place. And bent on banishing was mind, be sure. All except beauty from Its mustered tribe Of objects appantlonal which lure Fainter to show and poet to describe That Imagery of the antique song Truer than truth's sou. Fancy's rainbow birth. Conceived mid clouds In Greece, could glance along Eour passatre o'er Dutch veritable earth, with ourselves, who see. familiar throng About our pacings men and women worth ttowlse a glance so poets apprehend Blnoe naught avails portraying them In verse; While painters turn upon the heel. Intend To spare their work the critic's ready curse Due to the daily and undignified. From Bobort Browning's "Parleying." t A NICE NEIGHBOR. "I don't think I should hare taken this house if I had known there was a marble-yard so near," said Mrs. Graf ton fretfully. "It almost drives ma frantic to hear that man chip, chip, flapping all day." "You can hardly call that a marble- ?rard, mamma." Laura answered sooth ngly, as she glanced across the way at tho solitary workman under a small shed, where perhaps half-a-dozen blocks bf fine white marble stood ready for the chisel. 'I call it an aggravation. They said It was a nice neighborhood. Well, it may be, but I don't fancy watching a man making tombstones all day." Is that what he docs?" tusked Laura, looking pensively at the workman over the way. He displayed a line set of muscles, S3 he stood with his ilanncl shirt open end his sleeves rolled up, looking about for a place to pnt a .large new block of marble. He was a tall man, close-knit and supple, with a good head and eyes of great power. Laura stood watching him, and won dering how many times that little Chisel he held had chipped out "Sacred to the Memory," etc. The little shed was an annex to a small one-story Structure. "I suppose he lives in there, poor man!" she mused; "all alone, cutting tombstones from one week's end to the other. Oh, mamma!" Her cry of dismay came from the fact that the stonecutter over the way had attempted to lift a large block of marble on to a small truck, and it was too heavy for him. There was :i great crashing thud, and then he dropped to the ground, white and insensible as the marble be side him. Oh, mamma, mamma!" cried Lau ra, springing up, "he has killed him self!" She dashed downstairs and out ut the front door, over to the marble-yard, where Mrs. Grafton followed her at a more leisurely pace. The man was Iviii"; on the ground, and a small stream of blood was ebbing from his lips. Laura lifted his head and bade her mother brinff salt and water, while she summoned a little bo who ran for trie doctor. "Stcfano!" exclaimed the physician, as he bent anxiously over the injured man. "This is too bad! I was afraid it would come some day. How did it hapjen?" "He was lifting one of those horrid tombstones,' said Mrs. Grafton resent fully. "I should think those working men would learn to be careful, when they know that so much depends on tho preservation of their health. I sup pose he has a wife and four or five children to supiort!" "No, madame," said the doctor with a peculiar glance at the patient; "he is a single man. That anil do, miss," he said to Laura, who was helping two volunteer aids to lift the injured man on to an improvised litter. "Take him tight into the house, please." The "house" proved to be one large room, furnished for the most part with pieces of marble, wrapped in drapery of brown muslin. The floor was litter ed with chips of marble and dust, while the bare white walls were rudely marked with charcoal outlines and cer tain ambiguous drawings, which Laura fancied were the beginnings of monu ments and other funeral stone-work. There were, besides, a couch and some chairs, a table and an extinct fire place. 'The injured man was laid down on the couch, and made comfortable with pillows and covers, which Laura brought over for him. The doctor worked with him anxious ly till he opened his eyes and betrayed signs of consciousness. "You must not speak," said the doctor warningly. "Lie perfectly still and put your hand on the place where the pain is. Ah, is it there? Not here? Are you sure there isno pain here? Good!" He made a careful estimate of the ex tent of the injury, and then called Lau ra aside. "It is not so bad as I feared," he said confidentially; "but he must not be moved on any account. Every thing depends on his being kept quiet And yet," he added doubtfully, "I don't see how we can manage here." I will take care of him, "doctor," Laura said quickly, "if that is what you mean " "Laura, my dear," interposed Mrs. Grafton. "Well, mamma, wc can't leave him here to die!" He, must have friends somewhere. They ought to be sent for." I happen to know, madame," ob served the doctor, "that he is quite alone. He is a foreigner an Italian, I believe. They call him Stefano." I will stay with him," Laura reiter ated. And stay she did, though Mrs. Graf ton was scandalized by her uncalled for devotion. As the man began to recover she made him all manner of dainties, which were set forth on tempting china. When she found that he cared to read she scoured the library for )ooks that would please him, but failed to find what he liked, until one day he asked for Petrarch, and Dante, and Ariosto. "What are you thinking, signori na?" he asked one day, as she sat with one of the great poets in her hand, af ter an hour's reading. "I was wondering," she said hesi tatinglv "why you ver euose to be a Marbleuttier? I should have thought aome other trade would have suited you better." How, signorina?" he asked with a peculiar smile. "Thero is not much scope in toml stones for poetry or a love of the beau tiful. What are you laughing at?" she demanded, as he indulged himself in a merry outburst. I was laughing at the idea," he said, strlvimr to reirain his eravitv. "Yes, it is a mean business, cutting tombstones." "And I .don't suppose it pays very well?" sad Laura, doubtfully. No, not very welL When one is sick and can't cut tombstones, he might as well give up and get one of his own." This was uttered with such a sudden accession of gloom, that Laura hasten od to say: Don't get despondent, Stefano. You will have some work just as soon as you are well. My mother wants a tombstone for my grandfather's grave indeed, I am not quite sure but it will be a monument and she has promised to let you have the work." "I am much obliged, signorina,' he said in a smothered voice that came from behind his hand. He coughed vigorously for several minutes, and then he managed to say: "How can I ever repay you for all your kindness, Signorina Laura? Will you let me teach you Italian when I am well? I should "like that." When Laura proposed this to her mother. Mrs. Grafton was up in arms, but Laura had her way, notwithstand ing, and the lessons began. "I saw you out in the shed this morning," said Laura reproachfully, one day when Stefano had gone against the doctor's orders. "True; but one must live!" he an swered with a shrug. "And there is your grandfather's tomlwtone." "Never mind that. He has waited eighteen years for it. and he can waif a little longer. You must take care of yourself, Stefano. It is not fair to me for you to overtax 3'ourself." Ills face suddenly lighted with joy. "Is it possible that you care, eignori ua?" he cried eagerly. "I I want to see vou well. If you get sick again, it will throw discredit on me as a nurse. I do wish you would- give up marble-cutting alto gether.'' "One might if he had some inspira tion," he said in a low tone. "I could give up anything for you. If I thought some day you would love mo' one-half so well as I love you, I would do any thing make any sacrifice." "Stefano!" she cried indignantly. "You forget yourself. You must not talk like that "to me." "Forgive me. I did not mean to of fend you. One cannot help loving what is good and beautiful, if one does cut tombstones." "Oh, I never dreamed of this?" cried Laura, bursting into tears. "You must go away, and never come here again." The next day he was out in the shed, chipping marble again. Laura went by ami saw him. "You ought not to do that, Stcfano," she said reproachfully. "You are not able." "It matters very little to me now whether I live or die," he said sadly. "If I. did not hate cowards, I would soon settle it," She went homo, and for some time he did not even sec her face. Meanwhile, he wi:nt on working, and one twilight he threw himself down on the couch in his work-room, tired out in mind ami body. As he lay there, with his face in his hands, a voice that sounded to him like the voice of an angel called: "Stefano!" It was Laura who came towards him, holding out her hands. "Stefano," she said, "I did not know that I loved you, but I have found it out, and I have come to tell you." He uttered a low cry and fell at her feet. "My angel!" he said, kissing tho hand she held out to him. "Can it be that you love me well enough to be come the wife of a marble-cutter?" "I have made up my mind not to care about the tombstones," said Lau ra. smiHnr. And Stefano caught her in his arms, laughing gaily, radiant with joy. My love," he said, "the tombstones existed only in your fancy. I am not a mere marble-cutter, if you please My name is Stefano Michetti." "Michctti!" Laura echoed. "Stefano, it cannot be that you are the sculptoi of the famous bas-reliefs in the Hall of Justice?" "Even so; signorina," he said, laugh ing. "They who know me call me generally nothing but Stcfano, but my family name is Michetti. I rejoice that its fame has reached you." "Oh, how could you deceive meP" she cried reproachfully. "I never tried to. You jumped at a conclusion, and I let you alone; first because it amused me, and then be cause it amused me, and then because I hoped to win 3'our love, even In the capacity of a poor stone-cutter. Laura mia, the sculptor would not have eared for the heart that was too proud to bestow its treasures on the statu ary." "I could not resist you," she mur mured, "In airy capacity." He kissed her fondly, and then, glancing around the room, he said: "This Is my siudio my atelier but elsewhere I have a beautiful home, where you shall reign as a queen! See, iny darling, here is my work!" He drew aside the brown drapery, and revealed the most exquisite panels and fret-work, beautiful sculptured bas reliefs in Carrara marble, about which the artrworld was raving. But you need not cancel the order for your grandfather's tombstone," said Stefano mischievously. -I will execute that, as I promised to." What Mrs. Grafton said when she heard it all is a matter of small conse quence as long as she yielded her an tipathies gracefully. Laura was married very soon after wards, and Stefano's fame still rises. He has just made a splendid stone capital, embodying a frolie of cupids, for which his own beautiful boj' did the posing. m 1 THE CITY OF THE SUITAN. Will It Ultimately Come Under the Rule of Russia? In a certain very limited number of years from the present time it may be two or it may be twenty Constanti nople will have changed hands, and the hands into which it will have fallen will not be those of England. As to the change, there can, humanly speak ing, be no doubt whatever. Two cen turies ago the backward movement of the Turks began. Things moved slow ly then, they move quickly now; but not for a single day has there been a cheek in the movement Hungary, Servia, Roumania, and last, but by no means least, Bulgaria, have each in their turn been relieved from the pres ence of the Turk. Even now little more than Roumelia remains of the European province of Turkey. The last chapter has not vet come, but it 1 has very nearly come. The teaching of history is uniform and conclusive, but it is not required to prove that the great city on the Bosphorus can not much longer remain in the hands of the Ottomans. To see Constantinople and to see the Turks there is enough. The continuance of such a regime in the central joiut of modern Europe is inconceivable, incredible. A to who will be the successors of the sultan, that must always be a question of deep interest for England. Whether it is a question which is worth fighting about is an entirely different matter. At present Russia and Austria are racing for the goal. The forthcoming com pletion of the Bulgarian section of tho railway to Constantinople, the annexa tion of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the commencement of a n;w line of railway under Hungarian control, giv ing a second communication further to the west, are all points which seem to favor Austria at the present moment On the other hand, the divided nation ality of the Austrian army, the unpro tected nature of the northern and north eastern frontier of Hungary, combine with man' other circumstances to fortify tho position of Russia. This is not the place to go into a discussion of the probabilities of a Russo-Austrian campaign or the enumeration of .the strategic advantiges of either power might be prolonged and would form a most interesting study. But one great fact remains clear above all details namely, that if ever the unaccomplish ed can be foreseen and the unknown deduced from the known ait early con flict between Russia and Austria is among the most absolute certainties of the European situation. As to the re sult, it is of course idle to prophesy, though there can be hardly any doubt that English sympathies would lie and ought to lie on the side of the kaiser as against the czar. But to whichever side the victor for the time being may incline, the main spring of action on the part of one, at any rate, of the combatants must remain absolutely Intact It is well that English people should realize fully what is the strength of the idea which is behind the descent of Russia to the sea. Looked at from the out side and without prejudice, the situa tion is a very striking one; the forces at work are cnonuous. A nation of one hundred millions is shut up against the north pole with no outlets save the Arctic sea and the shallow and often frozen waters of the Baltic. To all in tents and purposes this vast nation is one people a Russian can be under stood from Archangel to Odessa. That the irresistible pressure of a hundred million people, speaking one language and moved by one idea, will break a way to the sea I firmly believe. There arc two points at which the sea may be reached: the one is Salonica, the other is Biissorah. Granting that one of these two points for tho moment will ultimately be reached, thero can hard ly be any doubt as to which can be oc cupied with the least disadvantage and danger to England. Assume the worst, and picture Rus sia seated on the Bosphorus with the control of the Dardanelles. According to all the accepted traditions of English statesmanship, such a consummation would-be equivalent to the end of the British empire, the one great and aw ful calamity to avoid which all our re sources should be expended and the four quarters of the world involved in war. But is this so? It would be un fortunate, certainly. Constantinople is a wonderful city; the Bosphorus is a magnificent port. But Marseilles is also a great city. Venice is a great city; Toulon, Spezzia, and Flume are great ports; and yet in the face of all of them the work of the British empire goes on and prospers. Why is it so self-evident that the existence of one more great military power upon the Mediterranean could conjure up a danger which the presence of the great French, Italian, and Austrian strong holds has not yet created? To Austria, doubtless, the establishment of Russia at Constantinople may be death; that is owing to the internal constitution of the Austrian empire, which no power can alter. But for England there is no such danger, and consequently no such need for a conflict But it will be said there is the Suez canal the Suez canal is the key to In dia. Russia on the Mediterranean will threaten the canal, and will have it in her power to seize the key of India. Now, in tho first place, I say that the Suez canal, save in time of peace, is not the key to India, but that, on the contrary, it is a dangerous temptation laid before our eyes to lead us to neg lect the real and only true key to our Indian empire. The road to India in time of war is round the cape and not through the canal, and if a hundredth part of the money which has been spent in securing us from imaginary dangers in north Africa had been ex pended upon fortifications and docks at Simon's bay and Cape Town the terrible dangers of the present situa tion would have been reduced to a minimum. As a European power in competition with the armed states of the continent England is at a hopeless and permanent disadvantage. As a member of a con federated empire of sea-bordered English-speaking states she will be in an absolute"- impregnable position, in which the quarrels and bickerings of the European governments will be ab solutely without importance, and ouly interesting as a study of contemporary history in its smaller developments. So long as we give hostages to Europe by claiming an interest in its quarrels, and a right to participate in them, so long shall we be at their mercy. The day on which we declare, once for all, that we have no concern with the do mestic politics of Europe, and inform pur enemies, if we have any, that if they wish to quarrel with us they must take to the water to obtain satisfaction, we shall enter upon a now and brighter period of our history. At present the indiscretion of a Roumanian patrol, the ambition of a Russian colonel, or the intrigues of a Greek patriot may drag us at a day's notice into a conflict in which we have nothing to win and everything to lose, and in which we must inevitably spend our blood and money in serving the cause of other nations. Already events are helping to im press upon the colonies the nature and extent of the privilege and of the re sponsibility. Our real through ronte to the cast has within the past few months been completed through the west Already the military authorities in India are looking to Australia as a base of supply which can bo reached more easilv than England. The proper fortification of Esquimalt, Sydney, Singapore, Simon's bay, and Mauritius will make us absolutely independent of the Suez canaL Close the cape route and Sydney and Melbourne are still open. If the great Australian ports are momentarily unavailable, the Cana dian Pacific railway will ouce more en able us to turn the flank of any enemy. The one and only route, throughout the greater part of which wc move on sufl'erance under the guns of every man-drilling power in Europe, is the one on which we expend all our fore thought and all." our resources. It is time that we recognized the new facts of the political situation. All this comes of our forgetting that a new England has sprung up, destined to be Infinitely greater and infinitely more powerful than the old on the one condition that she breaks forever with the old tradition which made her one of the old land powers of Europe, and accepts the new and brighter role "of the greatest sea power of the world. H. 0. Foster, inNinctcenth Century. i 1 How the Germans litre. The Germans begin the day, not with a good American breakfast of meat and potatoes, but with a cup of coffee and a piece of bread sometimes honey with the bread, but rarely but ter. About the middle of the forenoon everybody eats a "piece," the peasant and day-laborer eat their hard, brown bread, and wash it down with a muddy-looking liquid; the skilled workman also eats brawn bread, but has good beer to drink with it; the merchants and professional men usually eat their sandwiches dry; school-children at their morning recess eat their "pieces" which they brought from home, or else buy sandwiches and pretzels (German, bresel) from the bakers' boys who are on hand with big baskets. Others oat as they go along the streets. Almost invariably I relish my 10 o'clock sand wich, but it makes me feel so like a boy to eat a "piece" between meals. The big meal of the day is dinner, which is usually taken between 12 and 1, and consists of soups, meats, aud vegetables, and a dessert of pastry and fruit Tho soups arc excellent and vary according to the day of the week. The meats aro genorally roasted or boiled, with ocoasional fried cutlets or steaks. The vegetables are potatoes (not so large or mealy as in Massachu setts), red cabbage, white cabbage (fresh, or as sourkrout), cauliflower, kohl rabi, beets, peas, beans, etc. The pastry is destitute of rich, juicy pies, but has cakes, dumplings, tarts, pan cakes, aud bakers' sweetmeats instead. Fruit varies with the season I have had peaches, pears, plums, grapes, apricots, apples, etc., but no water melon. I miss the sweet potato very much; and I have eaten sweet corn only ouce in Europe, and that was at a hotel. A few other Americans and myself seemed to be the only oues who knew how to manage the puny cars, the rest not knowing whether to cut them up with knife and fork or to eat them like bananas. This reminds me of an American who, at a hotel one day, called for some crackers, and thereby astonished a party of English people who heard him. The English say biscuit instead of crackers, and fully expected to see tho waiter appear with a plateful of firecrackers. In the middle of the afternoon the Germans have bread and coffee, after which they fast until between 7 and 8 in the evening. Then they have sup per, which is similar to the dinner, with the exception of dessert Fre quently the family remain around tho supper table after it is cleared, and spend the evening (especially if com pany is present) in conversation moist ened with beer or other drinks and sweetened with confectionery. Cor. Boston Advertiser. They All Want Free Passes. A member of the produce-exchange who is a large shipper over the New York Central applied to William H. Vauderbilt not long before his death for a pass to Chicago and back. Mr. Vanderbilt then told him that dining that year the New York Central had is sued of yearly aud trip passes more than thirty thousand, and that this was such a serious drain on the company that it had been decided very greatly to limit the number. Railroad men woidd have felt easier about the inter state commerce bill if it had prohibi ted tho issue of free transportation to anyono except employes or officers en gaged in business for the road. A Reading railroad man recently said that few knew how greaty the free pass was used to influence traffic, for very often a large shipier of grain or pork would be controlled in his choice of roods by the possession of a pass of ono of them. "Men, and good business men, too," said he, "will often pay a higher rate for freight simply because the road over which they ship has sent them a yearly pass. It is an open secret among railway men that the Grand Trunk captured a very large business from Chicago east by tempting shippers with passes. I have seen men-worth hundreds of thou sands, shippers of thousands of bushels a year, go into sulks because a pass to New York and back was refused to them. The whole business has been demoralized by this custom, so that now in the west a man who charters half a car thinks, that free transportation for himself ought to be thrown in. I came through on the Grand Trunk from Chi cago to Boston once, and there were nine through passengers. The con ductor said it must be profitable busi ness, for seven of them were deadheads. "If there is a number of the ex change who doesn't carry a yearly pass, or who can't get one," said the produce-exchanger, "it is hccaune he don't know how to work it. But there s one mighty hard road to work, and that is the Pennsylvania. I pulled the string that did it, though," and the man chuckled as he said this as though he had made a turn on the right side for 100,000 bushels of wheat and he was worth a quarter of a million, too. 'It isn't because men aro close," said a railway superintendent, "but there seems to be a failing of human nature to which a free ride on a rail road ministers, just as you will some times see men abundantly ablo to buy champagne and terrapin making a set for a free spread like a newsboy scrambling Htm. for pennies." Xciv York Speak and Write Plainly. A lady stepped into a cab and said sweetly to the driver "291 Huron." All seemed well for a time until the jehu gavo signs of going over to the west division. Upon inquiry he was found to be setting forth for Van Bnrcn. It was in vain Booth cried out Sic scrn per tyrannis, because the plain man who heard the words did not possess any familiarity with the Latin tongue and very naturally reported the words as being: "I am sick, send for Magin nis." While Lewis Gaylord Clark was in our world and was helping N. P. Willis edit a paper, his note that h would write for the Home Journal as soon as he could find his lost muse, was so printed as to put Clark in the attitude of seeking a lost mule. A doctor in the country left a dispatch at the telegraph office ordering "a dozen limes" for a patient The man in Chi cago filled the requisition by express ing to the invalid a dozen "2ics." A fashionable girl of this city scut a letter to Winona, but it reached its true destination in a month after it had been well inspected by the postmaster at Yienua, Austria. Poor letter, it did not know where to go! A" city lawyer fell into a terrible pas sion over a letter he had received from a brother attorney. After making some hot remajks about wasting time oVer hieroglyphics," "puzzles," "chicken tracks- and "ink ligiunmg, no sat down and gave the offender some red hot advice about writing more plainly; but the letter did not hurt the man's feelings in the least; he could not read the note, and put it aside with the re mark: "I never could read that fellow's writing." Mr. Emerson sometimes wrote so badly that sentences lay in manuscript for hours or days before they would give up tho writer's mean ing. Once when this great man had written a sentiment in a book for a friend, and had- gone far away east, that motto or maxim refused day after day to show its face. Each neighbor who called in was set to work at the puzzle. It was solved at last by a man who knew about Mount Monadnock. He worked from that base aud found that A score of winy miles will smooth The rough Moimdiiock to a gem. All which puzzles of enunciation or of written thought, coming from great people or common people, are blem ishes which can not show any good reason of existence. David Swing, in Chirugo Journal. Liszt and the Ladles. Mme. Janka Wohl contributes to the International Review, of Florence, some interesting reminiscences of Liszt Sh'e says the abbe was very discreet as re gards his lady admirers. Only once did he satisfy her curiosity on this point "I was working one morning at Lowcmberg," said he, "when a card was brought in to me. It contained a name I did not know. The visitor, a fine young Englishman, entered the room. I fancied I recognized him. He approached me, and whispered a word in my ear. I at once detected the voice. I was thunderstruck. What have you come here for? Have you run away? Have you left your husband?' She had thrown herself in to an armchair, and was laughing out right 'This is a nice reception, in deed,' said she; it was not worth the while my risking myself as I am do ing.' 4But you are ruining yourself,' I exclaimed, fearing somebody would come in. Shu flew to the piano and began playing. 'I am your pupil; that's all.' And she continued sing ing, filling the house with her voice. For heaven's sake,' I cried, 'hold your tongue. Tho house is full of people. They will come, and you will be re cognized.' 'What, she cried, twirling U10 mustache she had not, if they re cognize me? I will congratulate them. They will have seen worse than I am.' Enough of this childishness,' I re plied, seriously alarmed; 'tell mo what brings you here.' She was a cautat rice of European renown and irre proachable character." "Malibran?" "O, no, she was dead." "Jenny Lind, then?" "She was also dead. My heroine- was not only watched by a jealous husband who did not deserve the treasure which had fallen to his lot, but also by an infatuated, un scrupulous admirer, who tracked her like a demon, hoping some day to profit by a fault she might commit. Everybody knew this, and I trembled for her. I had met her occasionally, I admired her greatly, but you know I never coveted the moon. To sum up, I could scarcely believe my eyes on seeing her there, disguised as a young man, calm aud candid, as if she were paying me an ordinary visit How over, I persuaded her to go, but not before we had breakfasted together. I promised to call on her, but never went I have always avoided ad ventures of this kind; I detest melo drama, particularly in private life. Two years later she came to me again in the same way. I was then living like a recluse at Monte Mario. I made her sing my 'Ave Maria.' She sang it in a way that would have tempted a saint. Alas! it will never be sung again like that What has become of her since? She is dead." Liszt never divulged her name. Elopers Sure Enough. "There had been an account of an elopement in the morning papers," said the commercial traveler, "aud I was thinking of it when a couple drove up to the country hotel and registered Mr. and Mrs. So-and-so.' I winked at the boys and said: 'Here's for a joke.' The old hotel-keeper was a very dear friend of mine and took my word fot gospel truth, so when I said: 'Look out for 'em! I think I know 'em, and they are eloping and they are not married,' ste., you ought to have seen the old fel low. He scowled and lifted his chin, and wagged it half a dozen times, sort of as though he was thinking it over, aud then he walked off. All the other boys in the house were put onto the joke and we agreed to watcti the old man aud see what he did. "Supper rang, and the party of trav eling men took scats at one table and left the new arrivals to the sole occu pancy of another. The hotel proprie tor, who helped serve at the table, took his station as much as possible behind the young couple, his eyes all the time watching their every movement "Will you have some sugar in youz tea?' at length said the young man to his companion, as he passed the saccha rine for her use. No, thank you, I never use sugai in my tea,' was the sweet response. "We were watching the old man as he stood near them and hoard this an swer. He grew about a foot in a sec ond. 'He's got a clue,' said I to my self. And it was a clue such as would make the eye of a Pinkerton detective sparkle. The idea of a husband not knowing whether his wife used sugar in her tea or not! The old man didn't linger long nltout coming to a decision. He leaned over and said: 'Young man, you leave the table. That woman is not your wedded wife.' "The couple never whimpered. They called for their team and drove on. The most surprised party in the aflaii was ours. We hadn't dreamed we were so near the truth. The next day the same pair were arrested in a neigh boring town and carried back to their homes. If I should tell that landlord now that the Methodist minister 'that boards with him was Jesse James in disguise he would believe me." Lewis ton (Me.) Journal. a Murriage In Holland. An Amsterdam correspondent writes: Until the betrothal of the young lady has been announced she remains the solo charge of her father anil mother, and she makes acquaintances always in the presence of a third party. The Holland young lady does not go to tho theatre with a gentleman who lias been introduced to her a week before, neith er does she vary her beau to suit her dress or complexion. Unmarried daughters in this country are chaperon ed to all places of amusement; even dancing parties are interspersed with songs, recitations,- etc., for the amuse meut of the elders of the. family, who sit around tables, socially sipping their coffee, wine, or other favorite bever age, while the younger members glide over the waxen floor to the fitful strains of music. Here the young must make the best of their opportunities, for when it pleases the parents to seek the quiet solace of the home the daughters also quit the gayety of the ball-room. It was an old oriental doctrino that women havo r.o souls. More enlightened philosophy concedes that they havo purer, finer, more exalted souls than men. But they aro too often contained in feeble, suffering bodies, which hamper and retard their full development. For all these painful ailments incident to the sex, Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" is the best specific in the world, and is sold under 11 positive guarantee that it will do all that is claimed for it. Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists. Europe appears to be uneasy on ac count of the feeling manifested all over the country- in exjwetntion of war, which has induced a general military prepara tion now going on, it is said, from tho Bosphorus to tho English channel. In order to live in comparative peace, they must bo fully equipped for destroying lives. The Pepalatltm rJlurahaK Is about 3,000, and we would say at least one half are troubled with some affection ol the Throat and Lungs, aa thone com plaints are, according to statistics, more numerous than others. Wc would ad vine all not to neglect tht opportunity to call on us and get a bottlo of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial tize free, ttes pectfully, Dr. A. Ileintz. Willicm Ihuid, was reported in tho Herald ut Rochester, N. Y., tho other day, killed by lightning at Livonia. Henry Minnehan, who took shelter in a barn with Hand, was prostrated and may not recover. Itch, Prairie Mange, and Scratches of every kind cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Uao no other. This never tails. Sold by O. B. Stillnian, druggist Columbus. Jamestown, N. Y., was visited the other day by a terrific, storm. Four buildings at Kaudolph were struck by lightning and burned. Several horses and other stock were killed. Fruit and forest trees suffered considerable dam age. ' From the earliest historical times down to the present, there has been nothing discovered for bowel complaint equal to Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea ltemedy. There is no remedy as near perfect, or one that is as strongly endorsed by all persons who have had occasion to uso it. Sold by Dowtv & Becher. A report, comes from Pesth, that two hundred houses had been destroyed by life in Krgy-Karoly, Trinsylvauin. Tho castle of Count Kuroly narrowly escaped destruction. Do You Know that IJeggs' Cherry Cough Syrup will relieve that cough almost instantly and make expiration easy? Acts simulta neously on the bowels, kidney and liver, thereby relieving the lungs of tho sore ness and pain and also stopping that tickling sensation in the throat by removing tho cause. Ono trial of it will convince any one that it has no equal on earth for coughs and colds. Dr. A. Ileintz has secured the sale of it and will guarantee every bottlo to givo satisfaction. 3feb23 Several Rock Island freight have been arrested recentlv. thieves Good MesHll ! Every Case. D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer at Chattanooga, Tenn., writes that he was seriously afflicted with a severe cold that settled on hia longs; had tried many remedies withont benefit. Being induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, did so and was en tirely cored by the use of a few bot tles. Since which time he has used it In his family for all Cougha and Colds with best results. This is the experience of thouasuds whose lives have been saved by this Wonderful Discovery. Trial bottles free at Dowty & Heitksmper's drag store. The post office inspector tho other day nt Grand Bnpids, arrested carrier Joseph J. Barry, charged with robbing the mails. It is claimed that tho total stealings amount to 86,000. Salt Rheum or Erernia. Old sores and ulcers, Scoldhead and ringworm, Pain in the back and spine, Swelling of tho knee joints, Sprains and bruises. Neuralgia and toothache, Tender feet caused by bunions, corns and chilblains, wo warrant Beggs' Trop ioal Oil to relieve any and all of the above. Dr. A. Heintz. Miss Mary Lahee, a highly cultivated young lady of Burlington, Iowa, com niitted suicide the other night by hang ing. She had been in ill health for some months. A CSreatt flararla Is lu store lor all who use Kemp's Bal sam for tbe Throat and I.unge, the great guaranteed remedy. Would you believe that it Is sold oa its merits aad that each drujrgist is authorized to retund your money by the Troprletor of this wonderful remedy if it falls to euro you. Dr. A. Ileintz has secured the Agency for it. Price 50c and l. Trial $ixc Jree. President Cleveland has appointed Charles J. Russell, of 111., and J. P. Thome, of Md., to le members of the Board of visiters of the military acad emy nt AVest Point, in place of General Palmer and Mr. Gwinn, of Maryland, declined. Fifty cents is n small doctor bill, lmt that is all it will cost you to cure any ordinary case of rheumatism if you take our ndvico and use Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Everybody that tries it once, continues to use it whenever they are in need of a remedy for sprains, painful swellings, lmno back, or soro throat. It is highly recommended by nil who have tried it. Sold by Dowty k Becher. It is reported that the Spanish Cham ber of Deputies hnve abolished the right of trial by jury. Do Not lie Alarmed at the rising of blood from the lungs. It is one of tho earliest symptoms of con sumption, and only shows the healthy effort of the system to throw off the scrofulous impurities of the' blood which have resulted in ulceration of the lungs. Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" is a positive remedy for consumption at this stage. If taken faithfully, it will cleanse the blood, heal the ulcers in the lungs, and build up and renovate tho whole system. Ah Ead te lloam Scraping. Edward Shepherd, of llarrisburg, III., says : "Having received so much benefit from E'octric I5itcrs I loci it my dutj :o let et-ffe: ins: humanity know it. Hive hail a !:i::ing Bore on my lc lor eight ( -r; my doc tors told me I would havi- !o Uve the bone scraped or ler ampiKa'.cd. I us.ed iusld. three billc4 o' K .vi Diners ana seven Arnica S i!ve, aud bi-xus P:i-k1 514 U ::o.v my lej aound and vclJ." Electric Bitter are cents a bo: tie, and I-i Salvo Ht 2.1c. per box soi'l at i ly :v l)-.vtv .V A remarkable phenomenon in Noble county, Ohio, having tho nppearanco or something like snow covering the whole face of tho country, but upon investiga tion turned out to. be saltpetor. Tho citizens of the county aro alarmed about it, as thoy are unablo to explain or ac count for it. Purify Your Uiood. If your tonguo is coated. If your skin is yellow and dry. If you have boils. If you have fever. If you are thin or nervous. If you aro bilious. If you aro constipated. If your boues ache. If your head aches. If yon have no appetite. If you havo no ambition, one bottlo of Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker will relievo any and all of tho nlxn-e complaints. Sold and war ranted by Dr. A. Heintz. A frightful death roll is reported from Portland, Ore., of tho total number known to havo perished in tho mining disaster at Naniamo is ISO. of whom 82 were Chinamen and OS whites, more than half tho white men leaving families. Rtf?frnVi -ral-i ;! Tin- P. -st Si! i vv 'in! Cute", I;ir'-es, S'i, V Xill ulieum. I1 ever bores, i,-iu-r. . . -.pp-: Hand--, Chilblain, Corn, and al! Skin Eruptions, and positively euros Piles, or no pay required. It i guar anteed tojive perfect satisfaction, or money rel anded. Prico 5 cents per 1mx. For Hale by Dowty Jc Becher. i;m.ijui- i i ru TIE LARGEST Al FIM&ST STOCK - west or Omaha, at GREISEN BROS. The best manufactories of the country represented. Not to lo undersold by anybody. Come and see prices at GREISEN BROS. This Is the most PBAOTIOAIt HXQH-CUT BHOB ever Invented. Itla very GENTEEL andDEKSST and gtTea the samo protection aa a boot or over-gaitcr. it la convenient to pat on and the top can be adjusted t0 lit any ankle byelmply coving tho boUOOS. For sale by GREISEN BROS. 1:1th Oct. 'e-tr PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. An Offer Worthy Attention from Every Reader of the Journal. VOUK CHOICE OF FOUH OOOD PAPERS, FREK. SUNSHINE: For yonth; also for tlioee or all bkw whose hearts nro not witht-rwl. is a luuid Homo, puretnieful and ruo;t intorvtMinK paper; it is published moutldy by .(. Allen b Co., Angusta, Maine, at 50 cents n j ear; it is hand somely illustrated. DAUGHTEHS OF AMERICA. Lives full of usefulness aro worthy of reward and imitation. "The hand that rocks t lie cnulln rale the world." through it gentle, guiding influence. Emphat ically a woman's paper in all branches of her work nnd exalted station in tho world. "Eter nal fitness" is tho foundation from which to build. Handsomely illustrated. 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BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. This Magaziae portrays Ameri can thoagat aad life from oceaa to ocean, is filled with pare high-class literatare, aad caa be safely wel comed in aay lamily circle. PIKE 25c. M $3 A TEA! IT MAH. Sample Copy of tumttt number mallei upon ft eelpt of 25 ctt.; back numbers. IS eU. Premium List with either. Mdrese: 2. T. BUSH SON, Publishers, 130 dc 132 Pearl St., If. Y. fati Congretsjr HlM ffBBBJJJto JPJBBBBBBPBBBB MUfJl 1 Bskim. Lu Bf JBBBVSbw uniaaAa BEAST! Mixican Mustang Liniment Sciatica, Scratches, Contracted - Lumbago, Sprabu. Motelca; Ihoamatua. Strains, Eraptioat, Burns. Stitches, Hoof Ail, Scalds, StiffJoiats, Scrsw Stinga, Backache, Worms, Bites, Galls, Swiansy. Bruises, Sores, Saddle Gall. Bunions, Spavin Piles. Corns. Cracks. THIS GOOD OLD STAND-BY aceomitUihea for everybody exactly whet Uctlniil for 1C One of the reeaoa for the greet popular It j of tho Kustanff Liniment t found la !U Matveraal applicability. ETOrybody needesuoh a medicine. 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KeepaBettlelatheFaeterr. Italmmeclate aae la case or accident seres pain and toes of wages. Keep a Settle Always la the Stable fer aae when wanted. AND BUSINESS COLtEBE. 3?re:m.oza.t 2SJ"e"b. Tliis institution prepares young opl thoroughly for Teaching, for Business Life, fur Admission to College, for Law or Medical Schools, for Pnblic Speaking, in Instrumental and Vocal Music, in Drawing and Painting, and in Elocution, Short-hand nnd TjiKswrlting. In tne rionnal Department, thorough in struction is given in all branched required toe' any certificate from Third Grade to State Pro fessittnal. The Business Course include lVnmanbhip. Commercial Correspondence. Commercial l.ww and Book-keeping, with the beet methods of keeping Farm, Factory. Banking and Mercantile accounts. (Five premiums were awarded t this department at the recent State Fair.) Expenses aro very low. Tuition, Room Rent and Table Board aro placed at cost, aa nearly as possible. Spring term begins April M, 1S87. Summer term begine July 5, 1887. For particular ad dress M. E. Josbh. novS-Sfitf Fremont. Nwl. LOUIS SCHREIBER, All kinds of Repairing done on Short Notice. Baggies, Wag ons, etc., nade to order, and all work Guar anteed. Also aell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers. Beapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best made. Shop opposite the 'TattersalI," on Olive St.. COLUMBUS. 26-m TBASSTS SELECTED SHORE ASX TRASH'S' lAJW THKOMOINALaiKl ONLY OCHUIMif Taka no otnerBraMl MONEY! to be made. Cut this out and return to us, and xto will sent I yon Irew. something of great allluand imnnrtunm tt. rmi that will "start yoa in business which will bring you in more momey ridit awnv than mvikinif in the world. Anyone can do the work and live at home. Hither sex; all ages. Something new, that just coins money for all workers. We will start you: capital not needed. This ! nn. f tha I genuine, important chancen of a lifetime. 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