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Ijeft Behind.
W started equal in the race nny. more.
We started liaud in hand Sow k'Oou seemed
lire! .
How shone the little waves upon the shore
Where first we wandered: whon he called
me wife. ,,.
I could not see the shadow's awsome birth.
For sunshine flooded all the fair young eartn.
How has it faded ! I.ovo that was so true
In those first davs hug lost its early grace:
Soft drirtinp clouds jmthpr below the blue
That seemed to be fair Ueaven s unclouded
fit CO
That shone above us as we turned to leave
A life of dreams that love alone did weave.
Yet home whs thetc; Tor that first home of
ours ., i
Wo did not scorn the voice that called ui
Our home should e'er be bright as Eden's
bower. .
Our love should wax with time more sweet,
mora tnlr. ... .
Work claimed us: Hie stood no one idly by.
Teaching- the happy hours how to fly.
A nd so we entered when- work held the reins.
Nor shirked ihe future whh Us heavy load;
At evening there were wandering in the
lveV lamp lit up the gloom in our abode.
Vet, who could watch i he swallows eager
juet ,
With lirrd eyes that only lontf'd for restl
He had his .1 reman to tlreiun. just as of old.
His fancies flew above on happy wings:
Escaping all that was bo dully told
The wearr march of useful common things.
1 cuilil not Vise: when quite worn out with
Dvin
Oi t'biMreli'e cries. I long
l r.u sleep sgsiu.
1 rliiprl aeiJe uuiniiiy -imt i Jtemu;
1 saw alone once more thai usppy time.
E- woik -u d sepiisf. or blur the fclestus
Tne sun nad .ent us turning prose to
rhyme.
He rose jet higher, and I loosed the band:
1 would not drag him down from fairyland.
For he is hupp, and bis life is sweet.
Nor recks tie itiat so far I Isg behind,
rVidiance beyond life's unsts once more we 11
III Oct
And in one strafed our lives shall then be
twined;
One st t and so strong it shall have power to
diaw
Our hearts together being one once more.
All the fear Kouud.
"OUT OF THE COMMON."
And the sunlight danced in at the
window and turned bor hair to shining
gold; touched the crisp gray locks of
John llogers. and made a friendly
circle of light and warmth about the
uair.
1 could not go against mammas
wishes, vou know," tho young lady said
freutlv. playing with the ring on her
oft hand. " "Site has had a long talk
with me this morning, and, though I
knew she disapproved of our engage
ment, I never realized before how her
heart was set against it "
And you do not think by patient
waiting by proving how earnest we
arc -"
No. John. Mother cannot look on
it as we do; she realizes all the disad
vantages and none of the hopes that we
have built on; and then " the young
lady glanced Mown once at her delicate
hands before she continued "would it
be quite fair. John, tor me to wait,
and let all other opportunities glide by.
and grow old and -ad wlnlo 1 waited?"
John started. There was so much
caution suggested in the words. No
doubt she was but lepeatiug them after
her mother, but they fell chillingly on
liia i!irn fifitll those OUIILr litis.
"It m true, Maud." lie answered,
while a look of nam lingered on his J
face. "You shall not let other chances
of happiness slip by because you are
bound to me. it is not the love 1
thought you gave me a love which
trusts anil hopes in patient laithfulness.
I am no longer young, dear, but 1 have
risked much on this dream of love com
ing late in life, but coming for the first
time, Maud, and" his voice broke
staying with me always."
He rose and turned partly away from
her, quite still, leaning his arms on the
mantelpiece- Maud Uranson rose too,
and came toward him. her delicate,
beautiful fa e lttil of concern. There
was nolhin about John Kogers to at
tract notice, lie was a very plain man,
no longer vntini:. but he had at least
sonic ctianii ol iti'itd or soul which had
won I In- iof ol' a very beautiful wo
111:111. liet die c.itng in graceful folds
to her -lctniiT limine, a fillet of blue
bound the golden hair, which was coil
ed in classic simplicity about her head,
lie turned aud looked at her. taking
in all the details of the picture; then he
put bis head down dejectedly on his
crossed arms.
Maud extended one hand appealingly.
"John, you will take it?"
"Yes, Maud," lie answered, drawing
his breath hard. "I take it and re
rounce it." He patted the soft surface
once or twice, thoughtfully. "All that
came with it, and all that' goes with it
Maud, good-by."
"There was such a noble sadness in
his face that it touched her. The proud
head bent lower, until it rested on John
Rogers1 shoulder. She raised herself
with eyes still wet.
"Good-by, John. The world can't
give just what we want."
"No. dear. What is it?"
"Your ring."
He took the pretty sapphire ring ho
had placed on her hand one day with
only half-realized rapture and slipped
it iu his vest pocket It was worthless
now.
And so John Kogers left the house
and threaded his way down through the
busy streets. The sunlight still danced
over him warm aud beautiful, kissing
his grave face, his hair, his hands.
" Aud let ail other opportunities
glide by' "; he repeated the words to
himself, ruefully. "It's not the old
fashioned love; cot the love I used to
dream of when I was a boy. Perhaps
there isn't any nowadays.'
He looked very tired as he ran up the
teps and rang at the door of his boarding-house.
Clarice noticed it, his land
lady's daughter.
"You look tired, Mr. Rogers," look
ing up from her work and speaking
through the open door.
He smiled, wearily.
"Do I? And what are you doing.
Clarice? Still sewing for those harden
ed little wretches?"
"Yes; isn't this a big hole I am darn
ing? Boys do wear out their clothiug
so fast. You are home early from the
office."
"Yes, I had an engagement at 3
o'clock and did not care to go back.
May I come in and have a chat with
you?"
"O, yes. if you care to," with her
quick smile, a smile which her eyes be
lied, and which always seemed to John
"made to order." She pulled forward
a chair without rising, aud went on
with her darning again. "I sit in here
because its cool, and I always do my
sewing afternoons; in the mornings
there is housework."
It was a shabby little parlor, seldom
used by the boarders, who were princi
pally gentlemen, and spent their eve
nings out, if not in their own rooms.
A few tawdry decorations only enhanced
the shabbiuess of the threadbare car
pet, dirty walls, and ancient lace cur
tains. "Do you never have any amusements,
Clarice?" asked John, trying to forget
his own wretchedness by interesting
himself in some one else.
"Amusements?" she repeated, push
ing the curls off her forehead in a puz
zled way. "O, yes; there is a Mr.
Jones; he plays the piano; and once Mr.
Aikens. the elocution teacher, read a
piece and all the boarders came in."
John smiled, eyeing the little maiden
lityingly as she stitched away. She
ooked up suddenly and caught his eye.
"We did not always keep boarders,"
he said, proudly, reading something
there she did not like. "When I was at
school we were well off and had a nice
house; but mamma is a widow with
eight children, yon know, and I have to
help her about the work."
"i know.V said John, kindly,, looking
at little Clarice with so much sympathy
that she quite warmed toward him, and
continued confidentially:
"Once I had a beautiful time that
was a good while ago a girl I knew at
school nunted me up, wrote to me, and
invited me to visit her. It was in Phil
adelphia." "And did you go?"
"Ah, yes, and it was a beautiful
time!" Then, her face falling, "but I
had to come home. It was all over in
three months."
"Ah. that was hard." sympatheti
cally. "Yes. it was. Mr. Rogers," taking up
another jacket and beginning on a new
hole. "For they were rich, you know,
and it was quite liko old times their
nice house and all and then to come
back here the noise and the children,
and clearing uo the rooms it seemed
worse after that But perhaus I shouldn't
have minded if it hadn't been for
there was something worse than all
that," continued Clarice, working hard
at the jacket with crimson cheeks'
"Will you tell me about it?" asked
John Rogers, very kindly, bis honest
gray eyes softening. "It does one good
sometimes to tell one's troubles, and I
am so much older than you."
Clarice looked up. quite gratified at
this unexpected sympathy.
"I will tell vou. Mr. Rogers. It was
when 1 was in Philadelphia that 1 met
Harris Harris Bell and 1 was--o
different there, at the parties I wenl
with Fannie, that he thought I was
pretty, aud told me so, and said that he
loved me, ami wanted me to be his
wife. 1 had a pretty white dress, you
know," timidly, and" glancing blushing
lv down at her present faded calico,
"and wore flowers and you can
scarcely understand it."
"Yes", I can understand it." said
John, noting the light in the brown
eyes and the newTy-acqiiired color.
Tell me the rest, Clarice."
"And we were engaged and 1 could
scarcely believe it but I was very hap
py. He was such a handsome gentle
man, too. and so aristocratic, aud 1 did
not mind the boarders, or anything,
when I thought about Harris. So at
last he came here to see me; and he
saw mamma and the children, the house
and the boarders, and 1 can't tell you
how it was. but he was different. He
didn't tell me ho was changed, but he
was restless, aud it worried him. aud 1
saw he cared. 1 am proud, Mr. Rogers,
though we are poor now, and I broke
it all up. It wasn't the lovel had
dreamed of. I had read a great many
novels, aud I thought life was a fairy
tale and love was beautiful. I always
used to think. Wheu some one comes
to love mo I'll never be sad or vexed
any more'; and Harris seemed to me
all"! had wished for until I saw the
house and the boarders fretted him.
For I had dreamed of a love that would
be out of the common, and that when I
went away with my iover I thought I,
too, would be belter, just as he wished
me to be. So 1 told him, Mr. Rogers,
it was all over, and he said perhaps we
were not lilted to mako each other hap
py. And then he went away, and the
work and the noise and the boarders
fretted me as they never had before.
For somehow, although I could uot love
him as much for treating me so, the
thoughts about him and the dreams
about him wcro all gone and I missed
them so."
"Poor child!" said John, tenderly.
"But it's my own fault Mr. Rogers.
1 expected too much. There is no such
love as I have dreamed about, and
mother says I did very wrong to break
it off. She was very angry with me;
but I knew these things would always
fret him. and I could not bear it."
"Clarice, would it help you any to
know that I, loo, have suffered as you
have suffered?" asked John, for two
shining tears had dropped on the boy's
jacket "I, too. dreamed of love, and 1
found a woman whom I believed had
given me that love; but because her
parents found in me only a plain, poor
man, no longor young, she gave me up.
She gave up faith, aud trust and hope
because she had not that real love which
you describe."
He stopped speaking. He had for
gotten the little girl in her calico gown,
and was gazing abstractedly out of the
window, uard lines of regret aud pas
sionate despair written on his face.
Suddeuly he felt a little, warm, soft
hand laid" gently on his, and Clarice
said:
"Mr. Rogers. I am so sorry."
He wrung the little working hand,
and then he rose and went to his room
aud gave way to his new sorrow.
Clarice folded her sewing and put it
away; but it comforted her as she went
about her evening duties that Mr.
Rogers had listened to her story, and to
kuow that he, too. had missed the love
he dreamed of.
CHAlTKIt II.
Several months had passed away.
John Rogers had often found his way
into the shabby little parlor and chat
ted with Clarice. Once he had found a
bunch of flowers on his bureau, and no
room in the house was such a model of
order.
One day as he sauntered into the par
lor toward dusk, hopiug that his little
friend would come there with her basket
aud mending and sit awhile, he heard
the rustle of feminine garments, and
looking up, saw that his landlady stood
before him. Mrs. Dean was a woman
who prided herself on her former digni
ty: She wore a very long and dusty
alpaca. It being no longer within her
limits to trail silk, she trailed alpaca.
Some persons are of this mold. Her
hands, which she folded majestically,
were very grimy. Rogers remembered
with pleasure that Clarice was always
neat
"Mr. Rogers," began the lady with
unusual dignity, "pray be seated. I
have noticed for some time past that
you have frequently of evenings found
your way into my parlor aud passed the
time in conversation with my daughter
Clarice. I should not 6peak of this
circumstance had uot events which have
already come to pass taught me to be
guarded. Clarice is no longer a child,
she is a woman, with all woman's readi
ness to love pathetically. You. though,
not a young man. are a bachelor, and I
ask you. as a mother, to spare my
daughters feelings. As 1 said before, I
should not have spoken of this had not
a circumstance which transpired this
morning, led me to believe it was my
duty, my most urgent duty. My daugh
ter is in'the habit of assfsting'with the
housework, in cleaning and putting in
order the rooms of my gentlemen board
ers. This morning I entered your room
expecting to find Clarice dusting dust
ing with all the light-heartedness in
spired by a well-fulfilled duty," contin
ued Mrs. Dean, waxing eloquent "Im
agine my consternation when I found
her kneeling by the bedside, her face
pressed against "the pillows, in tears.
She sprang up and tried to hide her
agitation, but Mr. Rogers, I am a
widow with eight children and a large
household of boarders. I cannot have
you trifle with the feeling of my daugh
ter. If you are in earnest you must de
sist" And the lady applied a hand
kerchief to her eyes. "
It is said by some people that poverty
is degrading. It had certainly proved
so with Mrs. Dean.
"Madam." said John Rogers, with
dignity, rising and laying his . hand on
the chair, "if I had not already learned
to love your daughter this tale might
work upon my sympathies and appeal
to my honor, but it could never make
words of love pass from my lips that my
heart could not echo. I cannot applaud
your course in revealing your daughter's
emotion, and which she would no doubt
bitterly regret 1 love Clarice; she stole
into my heart when it was sore and
bleeding; and if I have awakened any
response I am a happier and more hon
ored man than 1 had believed."
He bowed with the gentle courtesy
which .Foh ii Rogers always used toward
woman, and paswed out of the room,
leaving Mrs. Dean very much relieved,
but somewhat humiliated.
John entered his room and shut the
door. He struck a light and turned on
the gas, pulled down the shade, and
stood irresolute. Like one in a dream
he went to the bedside aud laid his hand
against the pillow. It was slightly
damj). He sank down m a chair and
covered his face with his hands. For a
long time ho sat there motionless; then
he arose, look out his evening news
paper, aud lighted his cigar as usual.
It was a calm June afternoon.
John." said Cl.trice. touching his
arm with a cvtUtn timidity site had
never quite otit-jr.vii. lii i- a l.ury
talc, ami lve is lic-iiiitful. only it counts
iu a different wa."'
'Ami this is thu love we have dream
ed of." And John Rogers looked into
the dewy brown eyes of the little girl in
the calico gown, and putting his arm
around her waist pressed her close to
his heart.
And the sunlight danced in at the
window aud touched the sweet lips
learning to smile with heart content,
and the grave, fond face of John Rog
ers. Aud it folded lhein in iisembracs,
wariu anil besutitul. bright and golden,
and it i glorified vn lue shabby little
hoarding-house parlor, and lilted it "out
of the common.
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A POOR MAN'S WIFE.
Thev were a happv and hopeful
bridal couple. This life upon which
they had entered was like a new and
unexplored country, but Clareuce meant
to work ban! and felt little or no doubt
in regard to their future. He had been
head bookkeeper for a number of years
and had the promise of something bet
ter yet the coming season.
They rented a house in the pleasant
part of the city, kept a servant, and
Stella wore tbehandsome clothes which
had been provided at the time of her
marriage. But toward the end of the
lint year of their wedded life his firm
was said to be under heavy liabilities
and the anniversary of their marriage
found the house bankrupt and Clarence
out of a situation.
"I shall find something by and by,"
the husband said bravely.
It was at this trying time that a little
speck of humanity was put into Stella's
arms, and its feeble cry told that the
responsibility of motherhood was hers.
"I am the happiest man alive,"
Clarence exclaimed, caressing wife and
baby boy. "Let pride go to the dogs,
Stella," be added, remembering that
now his responsibility was greater than
before. "They are iu want of workmen
on the new city-hall. I'll take my ham
mer it will give us bread."
He went out in the early niornin!
and came home late at night", his hamf
some face glowing with love. But the
very thought that her husband war
brought dowu to the level of a com
mon laborer hurt her. The little priva
tions she endured worried her, and in
a little while the sweet-tempered woman
became moody and down-hearted.
"How can you expect mo to live
among such surroundings?" was her
appeal when he bogged her to cheer
up. "It is cruel in you. I want to go
home to my own friends."
The warm glow came to his face and
he drew her tenderly toward him with
out a word, but there was a look pite
ous to see in his handsome eyes. Then
came a day a little later when it did
seem that matters had come to a crisis
The city-hall was finished and Clarence
must look for something new. They
had moved about a great deal, hoping
to find a place in which the fretful
girl-wife would be contented.
"These people are all alike, you
know, and I may as well be in one
place as another," was her reply to
Clarence when he suggested that they
move.
"I have heard of something new this
morning, Stella, and I'm going to New
York on the next tram."
"You are always hearing of some
thing new," was her quick reply; "but
what does it amount to?"
"I am hoping for something better,
and think 1 have found it now. Are
you going to kiss me good-by, Stella?"
he asked. "1 may be gone a day oi
two."
"No!" she replied coldly; "you'll be
back soon enough."
"But 1 might never return, you
know."
"See if you are not back again in s
day or two with the same old story."
Clarence turned quickly and left her.
She heard iiiru cross the room, and
knew he bent over Freddy's crib, and
kissed the little sleeper agaiu and
again.
"He'll come back before he's really
gone," whispered she going toward the
door; but a turn in the street hid him
from sight. He had gone without bid
ding her good-by.
"Well, we've been married long
enough to be done with such nonsense,
she said by way of consolation, yet
there was a terrible pain in her heart.
She sat still till Freddy awoke, then
with a cry of anguish simran across the
hall to the nearest neighbor.
""Please come, Mrs. Wilson; my baby
is dying."
Mrs. Wilson came, for, though rough
in manner, she was kiud in heart.
"He is in a tit" she said the moment
she saw the child. "Hold him so till I
run home and get some medicine. Such
women ain't tit to be mothers."
The hour for Clarence's arrival had
passed, but only remorse came. At
last the strain became too great and
the wife's chastened and" softened
nature succumbed, and good Mrs. Wil
son had two patients. When Clarence
came be found his wife rehearsing in
penitent tones the welcome she bad
prepared for him.
When at last Stella awoke from the
horrible dreams her husband was bend
ing over her.
"Clarence," she said, very softly at
first; "Clarence," she repeated, putting
her arms about his neck, "If you'll
forgive me I'll kiss you, O. so many
times!"
Foolish fellow! He cried like a baby.
"Listen, Stella," be said, as soon a?
he could command his voice; "listen
I did get the situation and you cap
have everything you want, and yor
are going to have such a pretty housr
in Brooklyn."
"All I want is your love." clasping
him closely, "and" that Freddy get
well. I am ready to be a poor man'i
wife."
Prof. Palmor. of Adelbert college,
Cleveland, Ohio, has gone to Europe
to have packed and shipped to this
country tho library of Prof. Scherrer, of
Berlin university. This collection of
books, comprising about twelve thous
and volumes, is regarded as among the
most valuable in the late professor's
line of study that of German language
and literature. During bis studies in
the old couutry Prof. Palmer was for a
time a student of Prof. Scherrer, and
thereby became aware of the valuable
character of the library. Soon after
the death of the professor during the
past year Prof. Palmer wrote to the
family inquiring whether the library
was to bo disposed of, and by subse
quent correspondence he finally suc
ceeded in securing it for Adelbert The
prico paid for thu collection has been
subscribed by Cleveland citizens.
O Sata San, a young Japanese lady
writer, has been taken on the editorial
staff of tine of the best papers iu the
City of Tokio. This is the lirst woman
iu the kingdom who bus been admitted
within thu circle of journalism.
MISSING LINKS.
A prospector found a nugget worth
962 at Big Creek. Ore.
In Arizona men with fur caps are set
down as tendcrfcet from the East
There are 101 persons who bear the
name of Smith in Bourbon county, Ken
tucky. Gov. Lee of Virginia is credited with
being the champion checker-player of
the South.
The interesting assertion comes from
Paris that in the last vear the dogs there
killed 1.700.000 rats. '
The wine makers of Los Angeles. Cal..
have decided to send someone to Wash
ington to secure needed legislation.
An ordinance requiring the removal
of all swinging signs from the streets of
Baltimore, Md., has gone into effect.
In New York city there are said to be
8.600 families who recpive help from
charitable associations and the city.
In the stomach of a bullock killed a
few days ago at Adin, Cal.. were found
horseshoe nails, screws, bolts, and
tacks.
It is claimed that San Diego county,
California, is raising raisins that can
compete successfully with those pro
duced in Spaiu.
Mayor Hodges oi Baltimore says a
trup Marylander wonid hall outside the
gates of Paradise to e.it a dozen raw
Chesapeake oysters.
W. ft. Deshler, a millionaire banker
of Columbus, O.. has presented the Wo
meu's Benevolent Society of that citv
with a check for $100,000.
As proof of the Democratic tendencies
now ruling in royal Britain it is said
that Miss Gladstone danced recently
with her father's coachman.
The house of Mrs. Hicks-Lord, in
New York, looks like a big bric-a-brac
store inside. She sets out very strong
punch at her entertainments.
Ex-Empress Eugenie is now at a villa
just out of Naples, in such close retire
ment that even her nearest friends have
difficulty in securing admission to her
presence.
The need of a strong leader in France
to-day is made plain by the enthusiasm
aroused by Gambetta's. name and by
the praise lavished upon him by former
enemies.
Congressman Tillman, of South Caro
lina, never wears an overcoat, and iu
the coldest weather leaves his sack coat
unbuttoned. He is sixty years old and
in good health.
The amateur dramatic company of
Pelouse City, W. T., broke up iu a fight
with guus and knives because it could
not be decided which oue of three men
should playMacbeth.
Queen Victoria never eats any but
stale bread. This, however, is believed
to be more a matter of taste than necess
ity. She is probably able to buy fresh
bread if she desired it.
There is a dog at Magog, Quebec,
that will mount the toboggan sled, go
down the slide, draw the sled back, aud
go down again as many times as his
owner commands him.
Jordan B. Noble, the drummer boy at
the battle of New Orleans in 1816, and
a veterau of the Mexican War, is
still living in New Orleans. He is 87
years old, and quite infirm.
Miss Bessie White, who, by the decis
ion of a Kentucky court, is" allowed to
dispense medicines in that state, is a
sister of ex-Congressman White, of Ken
tucky, and is a profound mathema
tician. A tunnel twelve miles long is to be
run in Nev:ida county, California, for
the purpose of draining certain mines
in that section. A company with $1.
000,000 capital has been formed to do
the work.
John West, colored, w ho in his time
bad been a slave, a doctor, and a
preacher, aud who was the oldest mau
in Huuterdon county, died at Lambert
ville. N. J., re. etitly". aged 17 years. He
was boru at Knleigh.
One of the most successful commercial
travelers iu York state is a uegro. He
knows his business thoroughly, is re
spected by all who know him, and. so
far as known, is the only colored drum
mer in the country.
In Eastern Europe politics is in its
usual state of deep complication. The
report that the Czar's mind is affected is
generally accepted as true, anil any sort
of an explosion may be expected in that
autocratic quarter.
John C. Calhoun, grandson of the
great South Carolina nullitier, is the
second largest cotton-planter in the
United States. He was a Captain in
the Confederate army at 18, and is now
only 41 years of age.
Levi P. Morton's sign, put up when
be conducted a tailor shop and dry
goods commission business in Hanover,
N. H., is still visible to the students of
Dartmouth College as they take their
walks through that village.
Mrs. John C Miller, of Keysville, Mo.,
has a ship biscuit which, it "is said, was
brought from England in 1630, and
which has been handed dowu from gen
eration to generation. It is kept in a
glass bottle, and is as hard as a stone.
Mrs. Catharine McCoy, an aged,
blind, and very poor widow who lives
in Huntingdon County. Pennsylvania,
claims that she has in her possession
indisputable evidence to prove that she
is a second cousin of George Washing
ton. Charles E. Grover, late Division Su
perintendent of the Boston & Albany
Railroad, began service on that road as
waterboy on a traiu. But this is by no
means the only instance in which rail
road men have risen to place and wealth
through water.
The Emperor oi China is the shortest
monarch in the world, being only five
feet tall; the Emperor William of Ger
many is the tallest, being just six feet;
Prince Albert of Germany, nephew of
the Emperor, is six feet six inches tall
the Emperor of Russia is nearly six feet
The feasibility of using the telephone
upon moving trains especially where
the traffic is not crowded, has been sat
isfactorily demonstrated by experiments
upon thirty-three German railroads. On
heavier lines, it appears, the telephone
has not proved sufficient for the pur
pose, and has been used as an auxiliary
to the telegraph.
Ben Ahmar was recently rewarded
with the cross of the Legion of Honor
for bravery as a lion-killer. In Algeria,
in twenty-six years, he killed over 200
lions. One lion is estmated to destroy
10,000 francs' worth of capital annually
and to keep it up for ten years at least;
so the lion-killer saved Algeria about
20,000,000 francs.
An inebriated prisoner, on being led
into a San Francisco police court, de
clared that he could "buy out this old
prison," and as he spoke ha slammed a
big sack of coin on the prison-keeper's
desk. The latter calmly emptied the
sack, but as it only panned out $365.80
he refused to sell, and instead gave the
capitalist the use of a cell for the night
They have what is called a "spotter"
car on the New York Central road. It
is provided with a tank of colored fluid,
and when the wheels roll over a rough
place in the track the fluid is spilled on
the spot It is so arranged that the
track superintendent can, while seated
on tho inside of the car view the track,
and thus detect any flaws that may
exist.
There are thirty-seven persons and
corporations in Boston that are assessed
for more than a million each. The tax
on $1,000,000 is $12,700. Among the
millionaires are Frederick L. Ames,
Samuel C. Lawrence, Arioch Went-
worth. James 1,. Liitle. QtiincyA. Shaw,
and Joshua M. Sears, who is the largest
individual taxpayer. Mr. Sears' tax
bill this year is $47,531.
A tobacco journal says that when a
cigariuaker gets right malicious and
desires to do his employer great damage
he gets to work on the' best brand and
then puts a single hair from his head in
each cigar. Tnis trick is exceedingly
difficult to detect, and will destroy the
flavor of every cigar it is applied to,
with a far-reaching iujury to the repu
tation of the brand.
'WHEN NIAGAUA WAS DRY.
A Remarkable Oajr. Forty Years Ago, la
tho History or tho C.reat Cataract.
"Thirty-nine years ago next spring,"
said an old resident of this village, "a
sight was witnessed at the Falls of
Niagara that had never been seen be
fore, at least by people then on earth,
and in all probability such a sight will
never be witnessed agaiu. It was noth
iug more or less than the running dry
of the great cataract, or at least so near
ly dry that it is no exaggeration to call
it so in which condition the falls re
mained for one whole day.
'The winter of 1848 had been one of
the coldest on record, and such ice has
never beeu known on I.aLe Erie since,
I goes', as formed thai season. It was
of enormous limine-. It was quite
late iu the spring before the ice was
loosened, even about the shores of the
lake. One day 1 think it was near the
end of April "a very stift" northeasterly
wind came up, aud its force was so
great that it moved the great fields of
ice, theu entirely separated from the
shores, up the lake, piling the floes in
great banks as they moved. The sight
of those ice-banks is described by those
who witnessed it as one of most awful
grandeur. Toward night the wind
changed suddenly to the opposite quar
ter, and grew into a terrible gale from
that direction. The lake's surface was
packed with minature icebergs, and
these were hurried back by the gale
with such tremendous force that au im
penetrable dam was formed in the neck
of the lake from which Niagara river
flows, and the great current of water
which tin ds its way from the lake in
the rushing channel of that stream, to
be dastied over the gigantic precipice of
the falls, was so held in check that uo
more than one-quarter of its usual
volume could find a passage through the
immense pack of ice.
"As this pack was stubborn, it was
naturally but a short timo before the fall
had drained nearly all the water out of
the river. This, of course, occurred
duriug the night, and we people who
lived iu Niagara village knew nothing
of the phenomenon until next morning.
I remember that I awoko very early that
mprniug with the sense of something
exceedingly strange oppressing me. It
was some time before I discovered that
the feeling came from the fact that the
cataract was almost missing. 1 jumped
out of bed, ami on leaving the house
found that scores of others had been
awakened by the same circumstance,
aud were hurrying toward the falls to
see what the trouble was. We found
that the great Niagara Falls was about
one-quarter of its former volume.
"We had not heard of the trouble at
Lake Erie, and the terrible thought
that the falls were running dry created
a feeling of alarm uot easily imaginable.
The American channel had dwindled to
a creek in comparison with its original
proportion, while the British channel
resembled somo ordinary river iu the
drouth of August Goal Island was as
big as two Goat Islands, as the water
had shrunk from every side of it, leaving
a wide expanse of wet, slimy, jagged
rocks which uo eye in that vicinity had
ever seen before. The bed of the Cana
dian rapids far out into the stroam, was
dry, as was the space between the lower
end of Goat Island, and out beyond the
tower, lbe rocks thus exposed were
black and forbidding, giving the dry
river bed the appearance of a tract of
charred stumps. The Three Sisters
looked forloru in their enhanced dimen
sions. The great jet of water which
had, from time out of mind, leaped into
the air about S00 yards south of this
group of islands in the great rapids,
and which is leaping there to-day, was
uoi leaping that morning, and, so some
oue remarked that day, the tremendous
roar of Niagara had subsided to a
moan.
"The scene was at once desolate,
strange aud awful to contemplate. The
picture will never leave my mind. The
whole village was out exploring caves,
dark recesses, curious formations in the
rocks, and other remarkable features of
the cataract and rapids that no mortal
eye had probably ever gazed upon be
fore. These explorations were made
safely to the very brink of the Horse
shoe Rapids. A Mr. Holley drove a
horse and buggy from the head of Goat
Island clear to the spot where the leap
ing jet of water had always writhed
and foamed. He also cut several sticks
of timber near the brink of Horseshoe
Fall, had ttiem hewed there, and hauled
them away with four horses. These
sticks they were large, fine timbers
are in the frame of some house at the
falls now. This remarkable condition
of affairs at the cataract continued all
day, and showed no sign of a change
when the people went to bed that
night When we arose in the morning,
however, the old familiar thunder of the
falls was again shaking the earth as
before, anil the river and the rapids
were agaiu the seething, whirling,
irresistible torrent of old. The ice in
the lake had shifted again, aud some
time in the night the long-restrained
volume of water had rushed down and
reclaimed its own."
A Snail Race.
I'm told that a foolish Frenchman,
as a new amusement for his idleness,
lias invented the sport of snail-racing.
The course is a loug. smooth board, at
the end of which is a lighted candle.
When the room is darkened the snails
naturally begin to creep along the
board toward the flame. To make the
race more interesting, various obstacles
are placed across the board, as shown
in the picture, and the fastest snails, so
to speak, are burdened with pellets of
clay.
This sort of thing may do to amuse a
Frenchman whose time hangs heavy on
his hands; but the best excuse for it
that I've heard is a verse, supposed to
come from the snails themselves. Here
it is:
Our motto is "Festina lentc,"
And it's better I ban ten out of twenty;
For tbe later you start, and the slower you go,
Tno sooner you'll learn woo is beaten, you
know!
"Jach-in-tke-Futyit." St. Nicholas.
A Fair Muker of C'hocolute.
The secret of Mi.-s Evart.' popular
ity a4 a maker and disptner of choco
late when her father wa. Secretary of
State lay in the fact that the chocolate
was exceedingly rich, and calleis re
lished it greedily iu the tiny cups, in
which it wa served. More chocolate
was u-cd in one of thoM; small cups
than ordinarily enteis into the compo
sition of two coffee cups of this levcr
ti"e. Beaten white of egg with cream
va .-erved with it. and the mixture
was so toothsome that it gave the
voting lady a national reputation.
The Crown Prince of Germany, like
Von Moltke, i a vety sileui man. Ho
lives iu a quiet, domestic way, and is
said to be bitterly opposed to the en
timVnts of Prince Bismarck, and. this is
a source of considerable annoyance
to the Emperor. After his first audi
ence with the Pope his only remark
was: "The Pope is a Frenchman."
Little Carl aired 4. had leen seriouslv
bitten by mosquitoes at niyht. The
following evening, after saying the usual
"Now I lay me," he asked his mamma if
he might pray for himself. She readily
consented, and Carl begun: ''God. please,
don't let your flies, bugs, mosqiiitos and
hornets bite me any more, 'cause jou
know I'm only a little ly not half
grown. Amen." BubyluHnL
An obituary notice the other day re
corded a death4'from failure of the heart."
The paths of fame are. always open to
women, say what you please.
From tho earliest historical times
down to the present, there has leen
nothing discovered for bowel complaint
equal to Chinnlierlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhcea Remedy. There is no
remedy us near perfect, or oue that is as
strongly endorsed by all persons who
have had occasion to use it. Sold by
Dowtv A- Beeher.
When justice is doubtful. I should
1 IkiU to the side of mercy. Don Quixote.
The HomelleMf Nua ia Colutu
liu.
As well us the !i uiU-oiiiest, and others
are invited to call on Dr. A. Heintz anil
get free a trial bottle ol Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that
is selling entirely upon its merits aud in
guaranteed to cure and relieve all
Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma,
Bronchitis and t'oniumptiou. Price SO
cents and St. DecUi-3ti
John T. Raymond's wife and child
will only get alxiut $1,000 from his es
tate. - m
English Spavin Liniment removes all
Hard, Soft or Cnllotisf-d Lumps and
Blemishes from horses. Blood Spavin,
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney. Stiller;. Sprains,
Sore and Swollen Throat, Coughs, etc.
Save ."0 by use of one buttle. Kvcrv
lMittle warranted by ('. B. Stillniau.
druggibt. Columbus, Xeb.
Col. Ocheltree now says: "The more I
know men the better I like dogs."
Purify Your Itlmi.l.
If your tongue is coaled.
If your skin is yellow and dry.
If vou have tails.
i
I If you have fever.
If you are thin or nervous.
i If you are bilious.
i If vou nre constipated.
I r. ' . ,
ii your uoiics acue.
If your head aehes.
If you have no apjietite.
If you have no ambition, one
liottle of Beggs' Blood Purifier and
' Blood Maker will relieve any and all of
the above complaints. Sold and war
ranted by Dr. A. Heintz.
A man's home and iireside are the
sweetest of all possessions.
Young or middle-aged men suffering
from nervous debility, loss of memory,
premature old age, as the result of bud
habits, should seuil 10 cents in stamps
for large illustrated treatise suggesting
unfailing enre. Address, World's Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
X. Y.
The theatrical manager is lest known
by the company he keeps.
Salt Rheum or Kizema.
Old sores and ulcers,
Scaldhead and ringworm,
Pain in the back and spine,
Swelling of the knee joints,
Sprains and bruises.
Neuralgia and toothache,
Tender feet caused by bunions, corns
and chilblains, we warrant Beggs' Trop
ical Oil to relieve any and all of the
above. Dr. A. Heintz.
Sam Jones says: "I don't know where
bell is, I don't want to know, for I ain't
headiii'thnt way. I'm going to let them
fellers us are goin' thar find out."
Nome l-'owlinb l'eople
Allow a i-oiijrh to run until it gets beyond
the teJi Ii uf medicine. They often nay.
Oh, it will ve:lr :iv:iy, but in most cases
it wears them awuy. Could they be in
duced iu try the siiccechlul medicine
called Keuip'n Hal-uui, which we iell on
a positive guarantee to cure, they would
iininedi.itel ee the excellent e fleet after
taking the. lirst dose. Price J0c aud $1.00.
Trial size fret. Dr. A. Ifeintz.
Base ball men arc till on a strike now.
and yet business is nourishing.
Fifty cents is a small doctor bill, but
that is till it will cost you to cure any
ordinary case of rheumatism if you
take our advice and use Chamberlain'!;
Pain Balm. Everylmdy that tries it
once, continues to use it whenever they
are in need of a remedy for sprains,
painful swellings, lame back, or sore
throat. It is highly recommended by
all who have tried it. Sold by Dowty A
Becher. Mrs. Crahtree, Lotta's mother, is stiid
to lie a bold financier.
Come Home to Hie.
At a period of life when budding
womanhood requires till her strength to
meet the demands nature makes upon it,
many a young woman returns home
from the severe mental strain of school
with a broken-down constitution, and
her functions disarranged, to go to
un early grave. If she had been wisely
counseled and given the benefit of Dr.
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" her
bodily development might have kept
pace with her mental growth, and health
and beauty would not have given way to
decline and death.
Gladstone has only three fingers on
his left hand.
.
Do You Know
that Beggs' 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 the sore
ness and pain and also stopping that
tickling sensation in the throat by
removing the cause. One trial of it
will convince auy one that it has uo
equal on earth for coughs and colds.
Dr. A. Heintz boa secured the sale of it
and will guarantee every bottle to give
satisfaction. 3feb23
Mrs. Jane McEwen recently died at
Studeholm, N. B., aged 94 years.
Closing Out at Cost.
We have decided to quit the jewelry business in Columbus, and will sell
everything tit cost, and even less than cost. Cidl in and see the astonishingly low
Ggitres we will offer you:
A liOIMl .'tllli'l'lCiin Wfltl'll .........Sp ;) IHJ
- JIM (111 Ollllllll vltlll............ ... . W
A (jood P.'.tenl (Inlil-ftlletl Centlenen's American watch ."..... 15 00
Ladies' (Jolil watches r 10 00
lSear.tt gold rings, per pennyweight 90
Set silver-plated Roger spoons 1 00
(Jood 5 bottles ilver castors 2 50
Fine nickel clocks 1 00
In fact everything- for less than
half the usual retail price.
This is no humbug to boom the business, but we want to get rid of the goods
and must ami will sell them. Call and get prices. C. V. Berritiger will be;n at
tendance, and wait on ou, ami be pleased to bbow ton the stock Kverthinf
will be warranted, as represented, or the motn-v will be refunded.
G.HEITKEMPER & BRO.,
The leading Jewelers of Columbus,
fft
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Mexican
Mustang
Liniment
Sciatica, Scratches Contracted
Lumbago, Spraini, MokIm,
Bheamatism. Strains, Eruptions,
Burnii Stitches, Hoof Ail,
Scalds, Stiff Joints, Scrtw
Stings, Backache, Worms,
Bites, Galls, Swinney,
Braises, Sores, Saddle Galls,
Bunions, Spavin Piles.
Corns, Cracks.
THIS COOO OLD STAND-BY
accomplishes for everybody exactly wbnt U claimed
forlt. One vt tho reiuous for tbe great popularity of
tbe Slustang Liniment Is found In Its universal
applicability. Everybody needs aucb a medicine.
The I.nasberiaaB need It tn case of accident.
The Housewife needs it for general family use.
The Caaaler need It for hts teams and bis men.
The Mechaaic needs it always on hts work
bench.
The Miner needs It In case of emercency.
The Pienoer needs It can't get along without it.
The Farmer needs it In bis bouse, bis stable,
and bis stock yard.
The Steamboat man or the Bontiaaa needs
It In liberal supply afloat and ashore.
The Horse-fancier needs It-It Is his best
friend and safest reliance.
The Stock-orower needs It-It will save him
thousands of dollars and a world of trouble.
The Railroad man needs It and will need It so
long as his life Is a round of accidents and dangers.
The Backwoodsman needs It. There Is noth
ing like It as an antidote for the dangers toUfe.
limb and comfort which surround the pioneer.
The Merchant needs it about his store among
his employees. Accidents will happen, and when
these come the Mustang Liniment Is wanted at once.
Keep a Bottle la the House. Tls the best of
economy.
Keep a Bottle la the Factory. Iulmmedlate
use in case or accident saves pain and loss of wages.
Keep a Bottle Always la tbe Stable for
se when wanted.
$1,500!
Fac-slmile of Patent Chess and Checkerboard, ad
vertising Uie celebrated Synvita Block Kennedies
and a KEWAKU OF Sjl.Oe. If yon fall to
And It on this small board call on your druiqrNt for
full-size. Handsomely Lithographed board, FKKK:
or send S cents for postage to us.
COUGH BLOCKS.
From Mason Long, the Converted Cambler.
Fort Watxe. Ind.. April 6. 1331.-1 have given the
Synvita Cough Ulocksa thorough trial. They cured
my little girl (3 years' old) of Croup. My wife and
mother-in-law were troubled with cough of long
standing. One package of the Block has curen
them so they can talk "as only women do."
JIason Lo.o.
WORM BLOCKS.
Lixa.O.. Jan.23.lS87.-The Synvita Worm Blocks
acted like a charm in expelling worms from my lit
tle child. Tbe child is now well and hearty. Instead
of pnny and sickly as before.
Jon.- G. Konni.vso.v.
IULCKBEMY ILOCKS.
The Great Diarrhaa sad Dysentery Checker.
UtLrnos, (X. July 7th. l-Our six-months old
child had a severe attack of Summer 'imnllnt
Physicians could do nothing. In despair we tried i
eynviia macsDerry uiocas accommenaea Dy a
friend and a few doses effecteu a complete cure.
Accept our heartfelt Indorsement of your Black
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