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SUBSCRIBE; NOW! And start in with the fiiat ehapfcc r of the great , SENSATIONAL SERIAL s ll( ,n t<> he given through the columns of tlie Courant-American. OUR NEW SEBIfIL. Soon to Appear in the Columns of this Paper. iiiiiiiiiiMiiimiiiiuiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiitiiitiifiimmimiii (IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIBiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKIIIIIISIIIIIfIIIIfIIKKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII A Delightful Story, by that Popular Novelist, Walter Besant. tmiimiuimiimiiimmitiiiiiinmmi SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED. liiitmuiiiii.Eiuismimiiimmiiimiiiiiiimimiimiiii! MORWICK MILL. Legends, and the most delightful stories of daring, adventure and love. The hero of I‘OVER THE BORDER” is Ralph Kmbleton, who leaves home at tlie age of seventeen, on account of the cruel treatment of his guardian, Matthew Humble. This la- ter character is .so generally mean a. id ui>V)vely that the reader * continuf.il / desirous of adminis vuA ! \ JT ' ' ' \ la,-a i !?>|- w\_ J 1 •• ' ’■ v. V WITH THEM AMJ HE HER ROMEO. ila L t::e ending is peaceful, and *' v ely, an 1 ever.- Tain ; that could )e wished. We vc luntccr this in t:ou for the bone ft of our ac ‘. v readers who may, perhaps, [- tais crutnl) of comfort to sus hiem througdi the varying, sometimes trying, situations, l h;h which the plot winds to its g ;; h c 'H *h ■ . ■ ,W : * ’ W * x* E t Ri *•: * .' /. f k . * -y vrV , SUBSCRIBE NOW! \ ■ M FOR THE tESM CHAPTERS The location with which this story deals is Northumberland, England, and the time about A. D. 1764. The Northern coast of En gland has always been noted as the scene and source of innumerable BUT THEN THE TABLES WERE TURNED. Utv..g ’ • f \ uthor recoiled t..-:e::;e:; t < i the most (:::* hro.i ■ ... r::uf.cd. ch.aracter. Lovcvcr. ; j not cur c.es "1 t. here detah the iucidcnts of tih charming ta.e furtb.cr than to assn; • the reader that b.c (and hhc': v and miss a rare treat in passing b\ , un read, one c f hesant’s very best, as well as latest, effort.;. While tlie story abounds in ad venture, and hope deferred, and all r r: " f! 'iL §s^ a /p, ■ m iip| f m MATTHEW sI'KA.n TO UIS I'EET. culmination. * Besant does not write any thing Uninteresting’ or Tame, and YOU should read “ OVER TEE BORDER ” from the fust chapter. Once beginning its peru s-al, thera is no danger that you <5; will ston short <#f the last line. A VOICE IN A DREAM. It was only a voice in a dream. But it spa ice to me sweet itud low Twas ; roiee tbat I used to fcDOw When it cheered my way In the poldeu day Of summer long a^t). It was only a voice In a dream; Twas n t strange that 1 cave a start When its deep tones entered my heart, That i:i loneness sighed As its pul>e replied; *‘Oh, so long to be apart!" It was only a voice in a dream; But it carried a joy to me. 1 interpret, and 1 can see A glorified day And not tar away, When m3* love comes home from sea. Come again, dear voice, in a dream. In tr.y sleep, tnv lone heart to cheer! There ** nothing so sweet to hear. Give me joy each night Till I wake to light \.nd to find my loved one near! —George Birdseye i:i Detroit Free Press. ITe Didn’t Seem Sympathetic. “How did you like Mr Battle?” asked her husband, over the tea table. “Wei!. I can’t say that I liked him par ticulariy," was the reply. 4 Why, I felt sure you would be pleased with him, he is such a thoroughly good and earnest man. ” “Oh. I don't doubt that,, and I do like his sermons. But 1 don't think much of him for a pastor ” “Why. what is the trouble?” The wrath and disappointment that had been increasing ever since the minister’s departure broke forth. “Well, I don't care who a maff is or how learned he is, when he comes to make a friendly call at my house, and I have my baby all fixed up and brought in for his special benefit, 1 think it's as little us the man can do to pay some attention to the child, and that man sat here a full hour, with that dear, sweet baby under las very nose, and never even looked at her, or asked her name. He don’t seem sym pathetic, and 1 know I sha’n’t like him.” —Youth’s Companion. Absolute Lost Time. What time is it? Before you answer, deduct a quarter of a second or add a quarter. Every watch or clock that is supposed to be correct, that is warranted, that runs by a chronometer, is out of the way at least a quarter of a second in every twenty lour hours. There is no such thing as correct time on the face of the earth Yes, that is so If you want the corrcctest of correct time dig a hole in the ground, take your watch or clock along, get some one to stand on the edge of the hole, call out “Greenwich time!” and then pull the hole in after you. There is no vibration in tlie hole, and it is the vibra tion or oscillation of the earth that makes the chronometer continually go wrong.— Chicago Times. The Philosopher's Acl vice. An 'old philosopher sat in his library. A beautiful maiden entered the room. “Good man,” she said. "I have come to ask your advice. Two men have made me an offer 1 of marriage.” “Ah. and you do not know which one to I accept," the philosopher replied. “You understand the situation. One I of the men is handsome, rich and a liter ; ary genius.” i “And the other one?” I “He is ugly, poor and regarded as a I fool.” ; “My child." said the philosopher.“marry ! the fool, for should you marry the genius, I you would occupy the place of fool.” — Arkansaw Traveler. It Happened in Chicago. Mrs Packer presents Mr. Northside to Mrs Southside. Mr. Northside—l have had the pleasure i of meeting Mrs Southside before. I be ; lieve Mrs. S. —Pardon me! I don't remember. Mr N.—Think a moment. Mu. S. (after a profound meditation) — Oh, 1 beg a thousand pardons! 1 recall the occasion now. You were rnv very first husband I’m such a stupid little thing. So glad to see you. How is the present Mrs. Northside?—Washington Critic. Forgot [Ns Other Name. Sunday School Teacher —Now. Bobby, can you tell me what the distance was from Dan to Deersheba. Bobby (hesitatingly)—The distance from Dan to Beersjieba was—was Sunday School Teacher —Well, what makes you stop? Don’t you know how far Dan was from Beersheba? Bobby Yes. sir; but —but —I’m just trying to think\what Dan’s other name was. —.Detroit Free Press. It Didn’t Take Much. I . Widow Hardfare (landlady)—My hus band used to say, poor man, that lie Always felt, better for it if he got up from the tabU just a littib hungry. Sarcastic Boarder (only a week behind with his board and consequently inde pendent)—l s’pose, Mrs. Hardfare, th&t • your husband felt good pretty much all the time. —Texas Siftings. Too Much for One. “Are you admiring the new moon, Miss j Clara?'” he said as he came softly up from I the gate. “Yes, Mr. Sampson, I have been gating at it so long that my neck fairly aches.’* “You shouldn’t try to look at it alone,” he said, tenderly, and then ho sat down and divided the labor- New York Sun. MckJ -Popnlur Paper. A reporter connected with one of our 1 leading daily papers canvassed a train | the other morning as to what paper \v£s I altogether the most popular Lis own | journal received four votes, while the re j mainiug sixty-two were evenly divided ; between wall paper and ily paper.—Har | per’s Bazar. Music for the Gabies. ,r Angry Citizen (to collector little Ger man Land) —No money hero. Your al leged music has just awakened nay four children. Collector—Ah, dot vas fine, my frent; dose font ieetie children, dey enjoys dot s-veet moosic, too, Dot vas line.”—The Epoch. Lawn T-ernis Suits. Some one who has noticed that lawn tennis suits are made loud this year says that they are made so to go with the racquet. ° , *“I earn my bread by the sweat of my browse, as the cow said in the hot . meadow.—Pittsburg Bulletin. I lie boy who undertook to ride a horse radish 4 is now tearfully practicing on a saddle erf mutton. —Truth. THE NUPTIAL KNOT. MARRIAGE CUSTOMS AND CEREMO NIES OF MANY LANDS. Weddings Among the Primitive Jews. Among the Ancient Babylonians —ln OiJ Norway—Tlie Laws of Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales. In the earliest records that have come down to us, very little is said about the ceremony by which a couple were ordi uarily united Among the primitive Jews there was a betrothal and espousal, but no further formal ceremony except the. mere removal of the bride from her father’s house to that of the bridegroom or his father At a later time the cere monies began to be more elaborate. On the wedding day the bride would be as elegantly attired as her circumstances would permit, and veiled like Rebecca A maid was always married on the fourth day of the week, and a widow on the fifth During the ceremony the father, if be were the celebrator, would take the hand of liis daughter and give-her to the bride gom, saying “Behold, take her after the law of Moses and lead her away ” If tlie father did not act as celebrator the rabbi or head of the synagogue would take the extremity of the scarf or gar ment which was around the bridegroom’s neck and cover the head <>f the bride with it, after which lie consecrated a cup of wine and gave it to the two contracting parties THE MODERN CUSTOM. In modern times a canopy of silk is usually put up under which the bride and bridegroom stand on either side of the parents or guardians, and in front is the chief rabbi, standing between the two ministers of the synagogue. Then the bridegroom presents the ring (which \yas only a modern custom in lieu of dower) The ring is examined by the chief rabbi, who asks the happy man if the ring is his own. and being answered in the affirma tive the bridegroom places the ring upon the forefinger of the bride, saying: “Be hold, thou art sanctified to me, according to the law of Moses and Israel ” Then follow blessings and prayers by tlie rabbi, after which one of the synagogue officials deposits on the ground at the foot of the bridegroom a small board, upon which an ordinary wine glass is placed The bridegroom then stamps upon it and dashes it to pieces, when all assembled cry out: “Mazzletouri! Mazzle touri!" (Good luck! Good luck!) Then follow the usual handshakings and con gratulations, and the ceremony is over. Among the ancient Babylonians the ceremonies were originally the same. There were festivals lasting three days, and in their course occurs the following curious custom The bridegroom was placed within a circle of dancers, and the guests and bystanders then proceeded to stick small coins upon his forehead As the money fell it was caught in an open handkerehiof held under bis chin. After this a party of young men would rush into the crowd and carry off the most wealthy guests and lock them up in a dark room until they paid proper ransom, which would go to sweil tlie dowry. The custom that guests at a wedding should make presents to the bride and bridegroom is very old; in fact, it has been observed in all parts of the world by many people arid at all periods of the world’s history The old Greek, the Roman and the Jew all did it, and it is a common custom among even savage t ribes to.this day, but the presents made vary with the t v ple making them, and with ' tlie rank which is given to woman in the national customs In old Norway the bride’s wedding outfit included a shield, a sword and an ax, it being supposed that she would need these to protect herself against her husband’s blows TIIE LAWS OK SCOTLAND. The easiest wedding to make hi any civilized country in the world at the present time is what is known as a < <<m mon law marriage under the laws of Scot land. Such weddings have been held valid for at least 700 years, but labor un der the disadvantage of being considered disreputable “The leading principle,” said Lord Deas. in a judgment delivered by him a fewmears ago. “is that consent makes mamage. No ceremony, civil or religious; no notice before or publication after, no consummation, no cohabitation, no writing, no witnesses, even, are essen tial.” A peculiar feature of this kind of marriage is that the “law of the place” governs the marriage, hence all persons, though not of Scottish domicile, may, by a very little foolishness, find themselves securely married by the operation of the Scottish law. Lll Ireland an important part of the ceremony is a collection for the priest, which sometimes amounts to £2O cr £”0. The Irish peasantry are ingenious in do ing this so as to secure the largest re sults. and here is one of the methods A wedding feast is provided and eaten Im mediately upon the removal of the cloth the priest marries the young couple, and the bride cake is brought in and placed before tlie priest, who, putting on his . stole, blesses it and cuts it up into small slices, which are handed around on u large dish among the.guests '■-Each one takes a slice of the cake, and lays down in the place of it a don tioiwfor the priest, consisting of pounds, crowns or shillings, according to the ability of the donor If the amount given by any guest bo not considered sufficient, Close present are by no means slow in making it uncomforta ble for the guest until he shall pay a proper amount. In many places in England and Ireland it is considered prudent on the part of the bride to take care at frhe altar to put her right foot before that of the bridegroom, for then she will be sure to get the better of him during the whole of the married life. This is especially prudent in Wales, for, under the Welsh law, a husband might administer three blows with a stick on any part of the person (except the head) of his wife in case she misbe haved, and another directed thatWhe stick should not be longer than the husband's arm nor thicker than his middle finger.— Marcus Lane in Chicago Globe. Ihe Indian’s Ethical Qualities. The only results of Indian education I have witnessed (ire those which 1 have’seen at Hampton, Va., and Carlisle, Pa. The Indian mind appears to be a slow moving mind. The Indian is less quick to imitate than the negro. Lwit his ethical qualities appear to me to be higher , than those of lie has less imagination but a keener sense of honor nnd integrity. He is more honest, more fruthfffl, more faithful, if he is fairly treated. There is some truth in the j charges made against him of lying and stealing; but these vices chiefly due to liis'ready adoption of th'qAmotto that “all is fair in war;” and Ins ie'hitions wifti the white races have been for years those of almost constant warfare. —Lyman Abbott in The-Epoch. Right Doing from Inclination. Contemplate mow the doings of one whose aets according to Kant have no moral worth He goes through his daily work not thinking of duty to wife and child but having in his thought the pleasure of witnessing their welfare, and on reaching home he delights to see his little girl with rosy cheeks and laughing eyes eating heartily When he hands back to A shopkeeper the shilling given in excess of right change, he does uot stop to ask what the moral law requires the thought of profiting by the mans mis take is intrinsically repugnant to him. One who is drowning he plunges in to rescue without nay idea of duty, but be cause he cannot contemplate without horror the death which threatens. If for a worthy man who is out of employment he takes much trouble to find a place, he does it because the consciousness of the man's difficulties is painful to him, ana because he knows that he will bencht not only him but tlie employer who engages him; no moral maxim enters his mind. When he goes to see a sick friend the gentle tones of his voice and the kindly expression of his face show that he is come not from any sense of obligation, but. because ] ity and a desire to raise his friend’s spirits have moved him. If ho aids in some public measure which helps men to help themselves, it is not in pur suance of the admonition “do as you would be done by," but because the dis tresses around him make him unhappy and the thought of mi:igating them gives him pleasure. And so throughout; lio ever does the right thing, not in obedience to any injunction, but because he loves the right thing in and for itself And now who would not like to live in a world where every one was thus characterized' —“The Ethics of Kant." by Herbert Spen cer. in Popular Science Monthly American Inventions in Madrid. The Spaniard makes no distinction be tween Englishmen and North Americans, but labels them indiscriminately as “In gleses.” “American" heie means South American, and if you tell the natives you are an American they are apt to express surprise that you do not speak Spanish as fluently as they do. What is particularly aggravating is to find a number of Ameri cau inventions utilized in Spain and in variably placed t*> the credit of the “In gleses." I was annoyed to find that street cars are supposed to be an English in von tion; but my indignation rose to fevr-r heat when I entered a place marked “English Drinks” and found—a genuin- American soda water fountain, an article positively unknown in England. The word “Ingleses” meets the eye at every corner in modern Madrid There are for sale English hats, English cravats. English biscuits. English candles and matches, etc One also comes across German goods occasionally—a lithographic establishment or a Wagner opera in the window of a music store by the side <>f “Carmen;" but the English predominates, even over the French, which has always hitherto made its influence felt in Madrid In fact, the Spanish capital has never been a thoroughly Spanish city Though known to hist'-cy almost a thousand years, it remained a mere village until Charles V made it his occasional residence, and Phillip 11, in 1560, his capital and even then it did not grow with special rapidity, for of its 500,000 inhabitants, 300,000 have been added in the last thirty years—con sequently a large part of the city has an essentially modern aspect, resembling other European cities.—Cor New York Post. Lecturing the Na'fvcs. Four native carriers were missing They had got homesick, and run away in the night. I knew well that as soon as the other three men of their tribe heard the news, they would go and do likewise, so 1 ordered them to be told what bail happened, and then sent to my tent Their dialect was quite unkn fvn tome, and yet 1 must impress them somehow They appeared, and, like the judge put ting on the black cap, I drew my revolver from under my pillow, laid it before me, and proceeded to address them. Begin ning with a few general remarks on the weather, I first briefly sketched the geoi ogy of Africa, and then broke into an im passioned defense of the British constitu tion. The three miserable sinners—they had done nothing in the world—quaked like as pens. I then followed up my advantage by intoning, in a voice of awful solemnity, the enunciation of the forty-seventh proposi tion of Euclid, and threw all my energy into a blood curdling “quod erat demon strand uni.” ** Scene two followed when I was alone: I turned on my pillow and wept for shame. It was a prodigious piece of ras cality, but it succeeded perfectly. These men were, to the end, the most faithful I had They felt that they owed me their lives, for, according to African custom, the sins of their fellow tribesmen should have been visited upon them, and they never forgot my clemency.—“Tropi cal Africa. " The Ht'.'rew’s Financial Methods. It is in finance rather than in trade, however, that the Uelfrew millionaires have acquired rh. st of their millions. They may nave begun as peddlers or office boys, but when they had 'scraped together a little capital they commenced to use it in the money market to make more. It is worth noting, however, that Jewish speculators, in the sense of mere gamblers on the stock market, are rare among the millionaires The Seligmaas, Vv'ormsm-s mid lire rest have gained vast profits in stock speculation, it is true, .but the foundations of their businesses ■*are laid on a legitimate and sound bank ing basis Intrepid as the Jew is in taking chances, it is an instinct with him to have some force in reserve, while the average gentile speculator will gamble a wav his last dollar, and that of other people entrusted to him, going fairly mad under the e::ellament of the act. —Alfred in New'York Nevys. No Hope for the Future. “It grieves me to look back over a wasted life,” said a comparatively young doctor to a Chicago gi-rl "To think that with fame and fortune i,n my peach I have turned from them ki order to pursue an humble career. ” “But it'is not too late to begin anew,” she suggested. /> “xYlas; I realize too forcibly that k is.” “Can you not one great final effort?” J “No. lam too old*to learn to plav baseball. ” “Yes,” she said softly. “It is very, very said.” —Merchant Traveler. % Not a Difficult Matter. The inventor of the circular saw lies buried in a Michigan church yard, and it is proposed to, monument over his remains. A dollar apiece from every man with a stub thumb or a short complement of fingers will do the business.—Once a Week. A WONDERFUL RAILROAD. From Moncow to St. Petersburg— Ivan and 11 i.< Friend. When the railway was first opened be tween Moscow and St Petersburg it was an object of great terror to the supersti tious peasantry of northern Russia who thought there must certainly be some witchcraft or magic in an invention which could make a ti/dn of heavy cars run along without horses at the rate of twenty miles an hour, when the best speed of the wagons to which they .were accustomed was only three miles an hour, or four at t lie very out side Some of them would not even go within sigiit of a train, and made the sign of the cross whenever they heard one rattle past. Others peeped timidly over the palisade of the railway station to catch a glimpse of the smoke breathing creature, which they believed to be a living monster, and when the steam whistle sounded they cried out. “Hear him screaming! He’s hungry, and wants to eat somebody*" and took to their heels at once But little by little this terror began to wear away. The village priests were seen to go to and fro by train, and the simple country folk thought that what they did could not be wrong. By degrees the peasants themselves began to try the “smoke wagons" too, and one day an old man named Ivan Petrovitch Masloff, who had never been out of his own village till then, made up his mind to go and have a look at “Mother Moscow." which all Rus sian peasants reverence as the finest city in the world, and the real capital of Russia Now it happened that the down express and tlie up express met each other at the station of Bologoe (midway between Mos cow and St Petersburg), the pass engers of both trains stopped half an hour to have supper Among the crowd of people that got out of the other train Ivan suddenly recognized an old friend. The two went into the refreshment room together, had a chat over their steaming tumblers of tea and lemon juice, and then Ivan, without thinking of what lie was doing, got into his friend’s train instead of his own, and was soon traveling back toward the spot whehce he had started. Their talk went on merrily for a while, for Ivan’s friend nevei thought of asking the old man which way he was going. But presently Ivan began to grow silent and grave, as if pondering something which puzzled him very much; and at length, after sitting for nearly five min utes without uttering a word, he sud denly broke out; “Ah, Pavel Yurievitch" (Paul, son of George), “what a wonderful thing these railroads are, to be sure! Here am 1 going to Moscow, and here are you going to St. Petersburg, and yet we’re both traveling in the same carl” —David Ker in Harper’s Magazine. Himlu Women and Children. Hindustani women are passionately at tached to their children, especially to the sons, who are the crown and glory of their lives. Nor are they without affec tion for tiieir little daughters, who must be transplanted so early to other house holds. They try to take good care of them all. If prayers and offerings to the gods and to Brahmins could keep the little ones in health, then would Hindu children never know a pain, but in their ignorance of the simplest rules of health, the mothers often cause sickness to come to the beings they love more titan life. Diseases of the eyes are very prevalent in India, and the children suffer even more than adults. A curious custom prevails of drawing a black line at the base of the lower eyelashes witA; preparation called surma. They t Link This protects the eyes from inflammation, and also that it adds to their beautv In sickness they formerly depended upon their prie.-,: s who have a little knowledge of roots and herbs Now there are well educated native doctors in all the cities, who are employed by government to take charge of hospitals, under the superintendence of an English physician But the poor people in the villages suffer greatly from the lack of medical treatment When a child is sick, the anxious mother gets the best advice and mediciue she can, and,redoubles her prayers to the gods If the child dies she is overwhelmed with sorrow and despair, fearing that some sin of her own has caused the death of the child, or that its sin has hurried it into another exist ence where, as a savage beast or venom ous reptile, it must expatiate its guilt. The vague doctrine of the transmigration of souls does not afford much comfort to the Hindu No hope of recognition or reunion is held out. and yet, with the utmost inconsistency, the people often speak of paradise and of meeting dear ones there.— Mrs. H J Humphrey in Demo rest’s Monthly. Victims of “Nervous Dyspepsia.” A malady that seems to have become alarmingly pr valent of late goes by the name of “nervous dyspepsia. ” The doc tors are getl ing up as great a run on this term as they did on malaria a few years ago. If a man has a queer fancy of any sort, ora woman imagines that a burglar is really under the bed, it is a certain case of nervous dyspepsia, just as an ordinary headache is sM down to malaria It is astonishing, though, how heartily some of these victims < f nervous dyspepsia car fill themselves.with food, and ho.v iioady they all are to grab every good thing go ing that they can reach It is sheer hum bug in the doctors to use this term at all, or t’o encourage people in the notion that they have any such malady, but then there is quite as much humbug among the doctors as among any other class, possibly even a little more Hundreds of men in perfectly good general health, and attending to business as regularly as they ever did, will tell you, if. asked how they are, that they ire utterly wretched from nervous dyspepsia, and go on to dilate <>n the symptoms at a tiresome length The doctor has told them that’s want’s the matter, when probably the real trouble is only a stomach temporarily cut of order, and as t he phrase sounds.well they repeat it at every opportunity It is a peculiar ity of the man who fancies he has nervous dyspepsia to be more of a crank than any other crank.—Nee* York "Cur. Detroit Free Press. *• His Cast Girl's- Photo. It is the proper thing for the young man who can afford it to keep the photo graph of his best girl, framed in solid sil ver, standing on his writing The frames are about an inch broad, and are plain or fancy to suit the taste, but tho | majority of those imported from England are.faney. include cherubs and cherub faces, heads of beasts, heads of goblins, forms of elfs, masks of fierce aspect, and a running vine of some sort, that twines in and out among'the figures. The inner edge of rue very pretty frame is made of a rope, ith a square knot where the ends of the rope come together at the bottom. The frames cost on the average fpdO each.—New York Sun.