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made Lula start up, exclaiming:
‘I wonder what baa become of mamma! What
can she be doing all this time ?'
Dan Darkle coaid have told her. He bad
been in his element all day. His sport bad
opened in the morning when the Her. Silas
Podgett came picking his way along by the
pond, with a small carpet sack in his band,
containing bis nicely blacked shoes and a dean
collar and Bhirt front to repair the damages that
dust and perspiration might do to his toilet on
the road. He checked tip at the sight of Dan,
standing by the path with a small string of
perch and pickerel in his hand. Fishing was a
passion with the nverend gentleman. To do
him justice, he was not mercenary; only rather
lazy, and he would bare asked nothing ^better
in life than enough money to enable him to
smoke good cigars and sit by a fish pond watch
ing his bobbing cork until time to eat his dinner.
He did not belong to the class of self-sacrificing
apcstl s (to whom all reverence be given) yet
he was c! aritable and kindly in his feelings,
and he preached a very creditable sermon,
though some were unkind enough to pretend
that he cribbed unconscionably from Taylor and
Wesley and other storehouses of godly truth.
•Why Daniel,’said the reverend Silas, looking
with admiration at the wet* shining perch.
••You’ve been having luck with the fish this
mcning. Do tin y bite well ?’ .
•You bet!’ said Dan with alacrity. ’Pond s in
fine order, fish biting lively, and its fun to fling
’em out. Can’t you stop and try a worm or a
bob?’ ... ,
•I m afraid not,’ was the hesitating reply.
•I’ve an appointment with sister Fane, and it‘s
getting late. But I really wish I had time to
stop a bit.’
•So do I Sir,’ 'said Dan. ‘I*d like you to try
your hand on a big trout tl at's been bi filing
me this morning. He's hiding yonder under
the roc's oi ifcat ash. He's been playing round
my hock and fooling me till I got mad. I know
he w lucky you are aDd if-but you say you
hav nt time. Let's see,’ pulling cut his watch
that never was known to be wound up. ‘Why
it s not elev' n yet, and Mrs. Fane's dinner
Lour is one: you Lave plenty of time.’
*Is that so ?’ said Mr. Podgett. Well, I be
lieve I will rest a while and try the trout. I'll
bob for bim first while you catch me a fresh
minnow for a bait if you will Daniel. I may
have the trout it I land him I suppose.’
•All right, you shall have all you catch; I’ll
keep em for you till you come by tomorrow,’
returned Dan leading the way down to the
■* brink of the pretty shaded pond, where his cler
ical companion was soon sitting at e:se on the
{.rat sand bobbing so skillfully that he shortly
landed a r< spectable fish, but not the trout so
Dan declared. Dan was a long time oatching
the minnow, but he plied his comrade so well
with lively talk and parched goobers that time
slipped by unctnfcic usly to lie It zily C( mfort-
able gentlemen,and at last, Dan, looking round,
was delighted to percieve him in the act of re
covering from a nod.
•I believe I’ll try a little lower down for a
minnow. They're nothing but nibblers here,
Dan said. 'And you’d better give the trout a
r;s\ bad'nt you Sir, end take him by surprise
with the minnow ? Wont you have a cigar Sii ?
Real havara, tweet as manna,’ and Dan drew
oDe from L s coat pocket and tendered it to Mr.
Podgett. who did not reft se.
Ten minutes afterwatds, when he came softly
bsok to the spot where Mr. Podgett had been
fishing, he was ovet joyed to see that gentleman
leaning against a tree with bis hands crossed
peacetully on bis knots and fast asleep. Softly
Dan crept up to him and possessed himself ot
the carpet sack containing the Sunday shoes
and the shirt-sl am. He wt s slipping away
with them as softly, when a crackling twig be
trayed bim, and the Iiev. Mr. Podgett opening
bis eyes, took in the situation. Knowing Dan’s
reputation for mischief, be started up in great
anxiety, cabling out.
•DaLiel, what are you about? I say, ccme
beck here with that carpet seek— come back.’
But Dan kept on. He could’nt lose the ben
efit of his morning’6 work, this way, he said to
himself; and the old gentleman followed as fast
as Lis legs could carry him. He got over ground
pretty will, till he came to a ditch halt full of
water, but nearly hid by bending grasses and
water plants. Dan bad leaped it so easily ; s to
decicve bis puisuer who brought up on it un-
< xpeetc dly, m> de an awkward spring, got a false
footirg and tumbled down info the water.
Beyond the scare and the ducking, he bad
sustained no di.mage, but he was fighting mad
for a few minutes; and spntterd out his wrath at
Dan, who fished him out. But, that well-pleased
strategist was so profuse in bis apologies, so
humble in his penitence and so honestly ai x-
ious to do all in his power to rt store his victim
to comfort, that the auger of the good parson
melted away presently and he actually set him
self to cor soling the aggressor, whose remorse
for his freak of mischief seemed to be overpow
ering. At Dan'S suggestion, he repaired to a
cottage close by occupied by Mr. Jon< s-a farm
tenant of Mrs - Darkle—where Dan mixed him a
strong toddy, put him to bed, hung his panta
loons out to dry and induced him to write a
note to Mrs. Fane, apologizing for his absence
but not entering into particulars as to its
canse.
•My dear s’ster,’wrote the poor gentleman sit
ting up in bed; wrapped in an old calico dress
ing gown of M s. Jones. *1 trnst you will par
don me for not keeping my appointment with
you to-day. An unhappy ciroun stance pre
vented my having that picasnre. I cannot tell
yon how much I rc gret not being with yon: but
if my bodj has been absent, my heart has been
present,’ cor chided Mr. Podgett with warmth,
for a thought of ihe roast turkey and cranberry
sauce almost brought tears to bis eyes.
■Tl ere,’ he said dolefully, handing the note
to D n. T think that will be satisfactory. But
I m air* id they li be disappointed.’
•Ob ! I know it,’ groaned Dan. ‘That's an
other bitter drop for rue. When I thick how
my foolish trick Las disappointed that good la
th Mrs. Fane, I feel like flogging myself v i h a
ca'-of-nine tails. And Mrs-Fane tbiol: ah the
world of you and erjoys rour c- mpuny so
much. She’s a spier did woman, too such a
head for Lus'ness; so active and stirring, worth
a hundred of that little silly, white-handed
daughter of hers, who is forever siglirg after
Ji.ck Be. ry. He - s come now and I reckon shb'll
be satisfied.’
‘What do you mean? 1 demanded Mr. Podgett
anxiously, but Dan had already vanished
through the door, and was on his way to Straw
berry Hill with his missive. He delivered it
* jrh such a grave face that Mrs. Fan6 forgot the
ill ham or she was in at the j arson‘s delin-
qnence and read the pencilled lints in some ex
citement.
‘What ht s happened to Brother Podgelt ?’ she
asked looking at Dan;butDan was non-oommit-
tal and mjsttrious. He shook his head omi
nously.
•Is he sick or anything ?’ she insisted.’
Tt‘s sorter dangerous for a man to be in cold
water so soon in the spring I should say,’said
Dan at laatin the impressive ton s of an oracle.
• jd the wafe ? Has Mr. Podgett fallen in the
watei? Where was it, and how came he to fall
in ?’
‘I did'nt say fall,’ said Dan laconically.
•How then ? What do yon mean ? Tell me
1 oy. Dent trifle with me. Come here and tell
me. So he did ’nt fall in the water—Surely he,
did ‘nt— r
Humor,
An old Bachelor finds the water frozen in fhisfpitclier.
-"D'T:.
gott's in trouble I know, and folks will do
strange things when they are in trouble.’
‘Troubb ! wbat kind of trouble has Mr. Pod
gett, pray ? Is he in debt ?
•No ma'am: no; le's an honest man, but
there's worse troubles than about business.
There's heart troubles n a'a.m,’ said Dan laying
his band on his shirt-front, but rather low
down for the organ of sentiment. Dont yon
call it trouble for a man to love one woman and
to have her refuse to see it and keep pushing
another woman at bim that don’t suit him in
age or serious turn’ oi mind or nothing, but
that he don’t know how to refuse, because she
pushes her on hin ?'
‘Why - why; wl o are yon talking about ?’
•I m not going to betray confidence nor tell
wbat I may bear a man say wheD he's Dot him
self and don't think wbat he's talking. But I’m
sure you’ll see ma'am how things stand if you’ll
think on it a minnte. You're older than me
though you do look vouDg enough to be youi
own daughter— aad youdl understand how a
tender-hearted man like the parson can love a
lady fit to kill, and stTl hold back sorter, be
cause she's so—so dignified and superior-like.
And then, when she icill be blind to his love
and pick out somebody else for him to marry-
her daughter let's say—why he don t know how
to refuse because of the respect he bears for her;
and so he's in trouble and there's no telling
what it'll drive him to.’
‘I don’t comprehend a thing you are sating,’
said the widow, but a faint blush overspread hei
faded but not uncomely cheek, and she took < fi
her specs and put them in her pocket. 'Bui
Dan,’ she said, in a tone, unlike her usual sharp
accents, ‘tell me straight out what has 1 appeneo
to Mr. Podgett and where he ih ?’
‘Well ma’am, he’s at Peter Jon s’ that lives on
our place; and he’s not dangerous, only chilled
from the water. If he can have some hot wine
and a little cheerful talk to keep up Lis spirits
I hope it wont turn into pneumonia. I'll go foi
rnotner and get her to see him and take him
something.’
•No yon Eecdn’t trouble your mother,’ quick!}
interrupted the widow. She don't belong to
brother Podgett’s church and would think it
wasn't her place to see to him. I’ll go myseli
and take him sherry and brandy cherries, I feel
it to be my duty.’
•To be sure it is ma’am, and I’ll tell Jeff to
have the carriage round in a j fly. I hope
though ma’am you woLt mention to the parson
the matter I hinted to you. He’s soft-hearted,
and ’twould mortify his feelings. And it might
have been an accident, you Know, ma’am,’ ana
Dan bowed himself cut, leaving the old lady in
aflutter of delightful txcitement.
As he passed Lula in the hall, Dan stopped to
shake ban 's with her.
‘I come to bring some news,’ he said in &
mysierioi s half-whisper. ‘Ihe pa son is no 1
coining, but Lieutenai t Be rry is. And off he
went before the astonished Lula could ask a
question.
He chuckled to himself as be rode back to
Peter -Jones’. His patient had taken a nap and
was feeling all right and &i xtous to know if his
cloth s were dry.
•Not quite,’ i sserted Jack. You don’t know
how inti r sting you look in that flowered go> n
You’re pale though. What you want is soon
good sherry, and its coming right now, and so
is the widow.’
•Whioh widow?’ asked the parson excitedly.
‘Why the widow Fane to-be-sure. ’Totbei
silly thing didn’t care a straw for your not com
ing. Sht s waiting for her old love, Jack Berry,
whose goiDg to see her this evening. But Mrs.
Fane— I tell you that woman's got a heart. She
was mightily put out and sorry about you and
nothing would do but she muet drive down in
her carriage to see you here at Peter’s. She aim
proud if she has got three thousand dollars on
inter st. She'll be here dirt ctly, and I ask }ou
as a favor, not to tell her of the trick I played on
}ou, running iff with the carpet bag. I should
visit. It was brother Podgett, ofwbese excel
lent preaching he must have heard (Jack b< wed
assent.) He was much 1 etter and would be
able to fill the pulpit to morrow and to take
dinner with them at Strawberry HiT. Would
not the Lieutenant dire with them also, and do
himself the pleasure of meeting Mr. Podgett?
Jack could hardly stammer bis thanks and
acceptance. Had it thundered in the clear sky
overhead he could not have been more sur
prised than at this sndden graciou-nes c '. He
did not guet s that it was due to the agreeable
frame ot mind in which the widow was left
by her comforting* interview with the Parson
at the Jones’ cottage,out of which interview had
also grown a willingness too see her daughter
provided with a lover that was not Mr. Podgett.
and whose presence on the scene might pre
clude any rivalry in the affections of her rever
end friend, who, through Dan’s manouvers, had
been suddenly transformed into a lover.
The roasttr rkey.w ith cranberry sar.ee,was not
in the least spoiled by waiting, and the Reve
rend Mr. Podgett was able to do full jus ice to
it after having preached an unusually feeling
sermon. Jack found him a pleasant, well-in
formed gentlemaD, and the two 1 ad an agreeable
confab together. The senior widow, however,
soon monopolized his attention, and Jack and
Lula wtre in ho wise sorry. They were left to
themselves to sing sweet old hymns together
at the neilow-tor ed organ, and afterwards to
wander along the shrubberied walks or thiongh
the shady orchard, with the fi sh grass und< r
their et and the sunDeams sifting upon them
through the young leaves.
Two months afterwards there was a double
wedding at Strawberry Hill, and four hearts were
made happy. Jack—the tall tar-looked down
with radiant triumph upon the hh shing prize
he had won after such long waiting,ana Mr. Pod
gett, looking meekly satisfied, led his fourth
partner to the altar, everybody declaring they
had no idea the grenadier could look so young
and handsome. No body ei joyed the specta
cle more than Dan Darkle, who rejoiced in the
secret consciousness that it was all his bringing
about. And indeed his management of the case
had shown a talent for diplomacy that,when de
veloped, may give him a place among the nation
al intriguers that draw such big pay for apocry
phal services.
Jack r. signed hie commission and the Presi
dent’s ‘nav* e’ lost a gallant cflieer, while the
nobler army of grangers gained aD energetic re
cruit, and Strawberry Hill blossomed like a rose
under the joint management of farmer Jack aud
his amiable papa-ic-law, parson Podgett.
FASHIONS, STYLES AND GOSSIP.
Tli" edges of bonnets are left unbound this season.
Gold ornaments for bonuet strings clasp like
bracelets.
Square C'huddah shawls are the favorites for
house wear.
The straw hats, in bright color.*, are to be used for
travelling.
Lace gloves with long lingers are coining into
fashion again.
Immense quantities of Lisle thread gloves have
been imported tor summer wear.
Cotton Valenciennes for trimming summer
dresses costs two cents and a half a yard.
Straw beads, arranged in fringes and galloons,
have been importea by the milliners.
Dark velvet, light shirred satin or India muslin
are all used, for facing; tlie new spriDg bonnets.
White cambric waists are made up with ten
plaits in front and eight^in the back, and have
plaited belts.
Underskirts have plaited ruffles of Hamburg em
broidery, and are made with deep yokes at the top.
Princesse overdresses of camel’s hair that can be
Warranted to keep—A woman’s age.
The bankrupt man rests on his ewers.
A colored gemman the other day referred to *‘de
nee flux ulster of songs.”
“I hope I see you well,” as the bucket said when
it touched the water.
A bachelor's toast: W< mar. she needs no eulogy
she speaks for herself.
Take things easy—take thun just as they ccme,
and take a good many of thim.
‘‘Nothing but leaves,” said Eve pleasantly, whe s
Adam praised the taste shown in her polonaise.
. (Young swell: “Ishould like my mustache dyed;’’
Polite; barber:| Certainly; did you bring it with
you?
Persons who write anonymous letters forpublica-
tion, should send their fool names to publishers.
A negro who pretended to be a linguist, being
asked what foreign language he knew, replied:!
‘•Gum Arabic.”
HereXmachine poelry for you: ’Twixt women
and wine, man's lot is to smart; ’Tie wine makes
his head ache, and woman his heart.
‘ I’m sorry your cousin Sullivan is dead; a decen
lad he was ever always. And now tell me what he
died of.” “He died of a Tuesday!”
Says Giles, “My wife and I are two, yet faith I
know not why, sir!” Quoth Jack. “You’reten,
if I think true—she’s one and you're a cipher^’
A dreadful little for a shilling,” snid a penurious
ellow to a physician who dealt out, an emetic.
“Can't you give a fellow a little more?”
He was sitt ing by the fire,
With Marier;
And toward her every moment he
Drew nigher,
"Till her chair did interpose,
When be kissed her on ihe nose—
They'll be married when this sloppy
Weather's dryer.
“When I was a child I spake as a child,” and olten
got spanked for doing it.
A San Franciscan, who was sued for the value
of hall a dozen shirts made to his order, pleaded a
misfit, and appeared upon the witness stand wear
ing one of the garments. He won the case.
"This,” said an agricultural implement dealer to
an old tanner, expatiating on the merits of a new
machine, “this is a patent corn planter,''and put
ting it down, he planted it on the old Granger s
corn, and raised ar. acher on the spot.
Jenkins, having a crying baby which has cost
him three successive nights’ Bleep, was asked by a
friend if he had been to the opera. “Oh, yes," he
replied, “I go every night now, and keep a prima
donna at home.”
A gentleman, whiskered up to the very eyes, was
passing along the street, when a couple of jolly tars
on a land cruise observed him. “Shiver my tim
bers, Jack,” said or.e’o the other, “thatfellow looks
like a ret peeping out of a bunch of oakum.'’
A little girl was asked by her mother, on her re
turn from church, how she liked the preacher.
“Didn’t like him at all,” was the reply. “Why?’>
asked licr mother, “Cause he preached till he
made me sleepy, and then hollered so loud he
wouidn't let me go to sleep.”
How to cook a husband.—According to a Toledo
paper, the first thing to be done is to catch him.
Having done so, the mode of cooking him so as to
make a good dish is as follows; Many good hus.
bands are spoiled in cooking. Some women keep
them constantly in hot water, while others freeze
them with conjugal coldness; some smother them
with hatred and contention, and still others keep
them in pickle all their lives. These women always
serve them up with tongue sauce. Now it is not
supposed that husbands will be tender and good
if treated in this way, but on the contrary very de.
licious when managed as follows:
Get a large jar called carefulness (which all gooq
housewives have on hand) place your husband in
t near the fire oi coi jugal love; let the firebepret"
iy hot, especially let it be clear, above all let the
heat be constant, cover him over with affection and
subj ction; garnish him with the spice of pleasant,
ry, and if you add kisses and other confections, let
them be accompanied with sufficient portion of
secrecy, mixed with prudence aud moderation.
T3ie Ghost Witness.
just perish with shame to have her know it. ] j let down and worn for wrappers are economical
told her yon got wet by an accident. I knew
yon wouldn’t betray m
•It 'might have been an accident,’ said Dan re-
ictive.'y. *1 wont say it was’nt, but Mr. Pod-
No I wiil not,' said the good parson, well-
pleased at the widow Fane’s atltention, as well
as at the thought of the sherry and the three
thousand dollars. Dan txclaimed that he hear. '
the carriage wheels, and went out and assisted
the widow to alight, and escorted her through
the broken gate into the bouse.
‘He’sgetting on pretty will; only he’s agitated
at hearing you were enuing ma’am,’ said Jack,
and then he wtnt out and down to the pond
and tolled ov< ron the grit s and laughed till his
sides were near ursting.
The sun was down wntn the carriage stopped
befrre the drive gate at Strawberry diil with
Mrs. Fane inside. Jack was just taking his de
parture, and Lnia accompanying him down the
walk to say goodbye at the gate. The two stop
ped and looked at > ach other in some const* r-
nation, as they saw the oarriage. But Jack
plucked up courage and advanced to meet the
dragon with assnmed confidence. He opened
the carriage door and held ont his hand to as
sist her. The hand was accepted with a smile
and hts salutation was graciously returned.
Jack was aim zed, but he improved the oppor
tunity. With his finest grace, he said that hc-
had taken the liberty of calling in at Strawberry
Hill. He could not go back without paying h s
rtspects to old frienfs, and he hoped he was not
unwelcome, notwithstanding a certain piece ot
youthful impertinence that he trusted had be r ,n
forgiven.
‘Long ago, ‘ assured Madam with a smil".
She was sorry she had not been at home during
bis visit. She Lad gone to see a sick friend.
Jack politely hoped she had found her friend
improved. She cast down her eyes and looked
interestingly embarrassed as she answered,
yes, she had left him mnch comforted by her
novelties.
Balmoral sic iris of£ grey mohair, trimmed with
one or two plaited flour.ces, are^shown for summer
wear.
The cashmeres in alternate glossy and watered
stripes, are to be used lor morning wrappers and
dressi nc
sacques
Turbans for morning wear arc made of Algerian
scarfs of soft wool, with g; y patterns on white or
black grounds.
Trench women turn their pianos so that the
player faces h. r hearers, and cover the back of the
instrument w.lh rich silk.
Organdy evening dresses are ornamented with
imitation old point and a great quantity of loops
of Persian ribbon.
A Russia leather case with a small handle is now
considered the proper thing in which to carry a
prayer book to church.
A feather from a tame ostrich is inferior to one
taken from a wild bird, and will become stiff after
dressing and curling.
Queen Victoria has received from the Empress of
Brazil a dress of spider webs. When it came she
was in the parlor and she caught it on.the fly.
English hostesses request all their par.y guests
to wear gowns of one color, so that their dress may
harmonize with the decorations of the rooms.
Carpets are cheaper now than they have been for
several years, and those made in the United States
now imitate the English patterns so closely that it
is impossible for any oue but a dealer to detect the
difference between the imported aud domestic
goods.
Rev. Lewis R. Dunn. D. D., of Jersey .City, is
prepat ing a work on ‘The Angels of God.’
Near Wheeling, West Virginia, there is a
glroruy stretch of the Ohio, very different in as
pect from the usual • ieturefque and charming
look of that river, and a dark, wooded bottom,
called the Black Swamp, which border? on the
s’reaiu, imparts a superstitious suggestion to
the place. Four years ago, Steve Templeton
went there iu a boat to cut some hoop-; oles.and
the w xt day the boat was found adrift, and, ns
no iSteve appeared, it was taken for granted he
had been drowned, until his wife b> sought the
neighbors to drsg for his body, explaining that
her husband liai that morning received a thou
sand dollars, and that though a husband wi s a
comparatively easy thing to get, a thov sand dol
lars was different. They dragged and dragged
but no St've Templeton did they find. The
man who paid him the money, and another who
saw the trar suction, were entirely above suspi-
sioD of any foul play; so after while the whole
thing died ont,
The other day, however, a party went over
from Virginia to a dance in Ohio, and coming
back late at night, five of the ‘boys' took a race
to the liver, the hindermost one to treat. The i
one who found himself getting behind took a i
short cut t ci s? the field, along the 6dge of the
Black Swamp, saj iDg to himself s he rar.:‘Dev
il take the hinderin' st.hey; well, the devil won’t
get mep but the last words expired on his trem- j
hling lips, for there across the path stood a j
headless man, with a lank band < xtended and a
sepulchral voice, ia; ing: Dick, don’t you know
me? I‘m Steve Templeton. Billy Grafton cat
my head off in the Swamp with my own rxe.and
buried it under the big black gum tree a hun
dred yards irom the river. ‘ And the head It-: s
witness vanished. D ok, the spirit interviewer,
arrived at the ferry considerably before the rist
of the boys, for fright lends wings.and he swore
he ban seen the biggest scare ever heard of.
The next morning they dug at the root of the
big gum tree,and sure enough there was a head
less skeleton; and the moment Mrs. Templeton
saw the boots she screamed and said: ‘They are
Steve's boots, because he always had a piece let
in the side of ‘em to keep 'em from hnrting his
corns. Where's the vile murderer and the thou
sand dollars ?' This question was about to be
decided by Judge Lynch, but it was discovered
that Billy Cratton, on hearing t hat ghost story,
bad incontinently jnmped the neighborhood.
The last sweet thing in the booming of the
Grant movement is a moi ster trans-Continental
Excursion party to meet Grant when he lands
at San Franc sco. It is estimated that it will
require from one hundred to one hundred and
tw*.nty-five trains of ten cars each to carry the
gangs ot welcoming admirers.
Recently in one of the L well Baptst Church
es, the Bell telephone apparati s vas pi. ced in
the pnlj it on Sunday, and theservice was heard
distinctly by people having connection with it
in all parts ot the city. The singing, both tune
and words, was heard at Foxborougb, fifty-five
miles distant, and, via Foxborougb, in Boston,
eighty miles away. I
What Women are Doing.
MrP. Clarissa 0. Cook, of Davenport, Iowa, re
cently deceased, has, by her will, devoted $161,-
900 ont of $223 000 to the churches, parishes
and oharities of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Among some fourteen bequests, the large sum
of $50,000 was given to a -Home for the Friend
less.’
Mrs. C. M. Williams hes jnst been elected
president of the State National Bank, at Raleigh,
N. C. Her husband bad held the office. When
he died,Mrs. Williams was elected. This is per
haps the first instance in the history of the
country where a woman has been chosen ns
head of a public corporation of this character.
Queen Victoria, it is rumored, has expri ssed
a strong wish to see Canada and the Prince of
Walis is encouraging her to visit both that
conn ry and the United States.
The Empress of Austria tad her first day with
the hounds in Ireland at Batterstown, when one
of the largi st fields ever seen at a si ag hunt in
Ireland, assembled in the demesne. The stag
was enlodged at Dunshanglin, and on tie word
‘Go,’ the Emprei s, Capt. Middleton and Mr.
Leonard Morrogh jnmped off in front, the Em
press being always iD the front rank, at times
completely outrunning her escoit.
Little did Mr. Jno. T. Potter, of O'.tawa, IP.,
know when courting Miss Lizzie Frey a few
months ago, that bis mother-in-law apparent
was watching the endearments he lavished upon
the fair Lizzie, by means of a mirror placed in
an adjoining room so as to reflect scenes going
on in the parlor. For some reason or other Mr.
Potter concluded not to wed and now las a
breach of promise on his hands. In court, the
mother of Miss Frey testified as to the reflec
tions she saw in the tell-'ale mirror.
Miss Berrian, a wealthy and philanthropic
Stamford woman, has purchfs&d a new brick
building in thi village for $10 000, the first floor
of which :’s to be used as a reading room, while
the remainder is to be fited up as a temperence
I boarding-house for young men who refrain from
' infrxic ting drink or are trying to do so.
Professor Maria Mitche'l is engeneering a
! course of free 1*. ctnres on ‘Science,’ by women,
j iu Poughkeeps e, N. Y. Mrs. Ellen Svvullow
I R chards, M ss Graceanna Lewis, Mrs. A. B.
Blackwell and Dr. Helen Webster are among
the lectuiers. The movement is under the au
spices of the committee on Science of the -Asso
ciation for the advancement of Women,’ of which
Miss Mitchell is chairman.
Mme. Grevy, in the early da}s of her hus
band’s eleyation, drove in a hired carriage one
morning to the door of Liferriere, the famous
dressmake-, and entered, dragging after Lera
hnge bundle containing an old velvet gown.
She was received with much condescension and
was told to wait, inasmuch as the great milliner
was then engaged with a customer, no other in
fact thaa an actress of the Comedie Franca se.
Mme. Grevy sat down hnmbly with her bundle
in her arms until the great artist chose to inter
view her, when she explained that she wished
to have her dr ss ‘done up’ and improved. ‘Oh,’
said the great one, ‘we don’t do up dresses here;
sometimes for our own customers we do such a
thing to oblige them; but we do not know Mad
ame.’ I am Mme. Grevy,’ was the reply, ‘and I
thought I could have this drees arranged for lie
receptions at the Elysee. ‘ Thereupon the whole
esti blisUment fell at her feet and implored par
don, and :t is probable that the velvet dress will
still r joice the hearts of amba sadors.
A Ten Thousand Dollar Heart,
Marrying for money h: s been one of the world’s
most vigorous and successful industries for hun
dreds of years, but so secretly has the whole bu
siness been managed that all evidence npon the
subject has been of a circumsiautiai and des
ultory nature. A suitis now pending, however,
in which a ht sband alleges and admits that his
lone heart was coaxed to beat with another and
tenderer one by the witcLiog influence of ten
thousand dollars, the same to be paid upon the
delivery of the romantic organ before mentioned.
We are glad that some one has at last been hon
est enough to confess to a business venture of a
nature of which so ma-'y other people have been
suspected, and his avowal is particularly valua
ble because of its specifying a fixed considera
tion, which n ay serve a useful pi rpese ns a ba
sis of comparison ia heart cxchanges yet to be
made. We h ve i o opinion to express u; on
the merits of the bargain, for the heart itself—
th6 vital point o: the transaction—has not yet
been submitted to txperls for valuation. It is
not sufficient to say that a heart is a heart. Such
taik may do in a meat shop, but trade in thy
matrimonial market recogn z:s standards other
th in size. There are ha*rt«, mostly masculine,
of con: ss, which should be ten thousand times
too costly at the price named, while on the oth
er hand millions of young men kno w of hearts
worth ten thousand tinus as much. As the
suit progresses the public will note with inter
est the various points of a ten thousand di.llar-
hiart, and thus arrive at some standard of val
uation which may be generally accepted, sub
ject to such modifications as the varying rela
tions of supply and demand may induce, it is
probable, too, that prices may alter according
to the method of settlement, and a liberal dis
count be offered on cash transactions, for the
complainant in the case alluded to, has not yet
got his money, although the goods were deliv
ered, it is claimed, according to contract.
•gwr » 'VT'UIk BY A LADY OF SEVERAL YEARS
Tf iYix I EiU experierce, a situation a* teacher » f
the English branches and music, or as Governess, either
city or country. Address,
J »• ■- l n Care Suxxv South,
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