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; , r ..; ^ Devoted to Ayriciilturc, HQctiou^wre,^ ^S^^jySSSS?i ^ the^Dfty? : ... .^ XX.?NEW SERIES. 'UNBN'S II.^^^St^5<^IiNAr^l5r^K^BEit 2t, 188!). NUMBER:?!). ? ' 1 1 I ? ? THE OBSTACLE ALWA1S AHEAD. There's always * river to cross, ni Always an effort to make. If thoio s anything gcod to win, I'1 Anv rich prire to take, ill Vender's t lie frnit we crave ; jf Yoit'ler the charming scone; lint deep nnd wide, with a troubled tide, Cf) 1h the liver that lice between. For, rougher the way that we take, W1 The stouter the heart and the narvo; The stones In our path we tuenk. lor ne'er front our intpulae swerve ; *" For the glory we hop > to win I Our lulKira we count no loss ; Tii to pause Mid murmur becnuso Of tho river we have to crosa. Wl TO LERAINE. ?t, PV JF.FFIF. FORBCSH 11ANAFORP. fl'i I'll search for you, lurling, all the world overOut whore the slinahlne kisses the clover; ltl| Where lords In the tree-topa their ni"rry refrniu t, Will sing for ate, darling, never a ;utn. rxevor npn'ti. imlosi you i\ro fourul. lovn; "Never nRnin !'?how M<1 the words sound. lorn I Pity me, darling, my winsome I.orniiio, And do not nwny from nio IrmRor romnin. Then como back, ,iy dnrllni;; yon know I a lore J'1 you. It' Pn not bo cruel, I entreat, I Intpt. fn von ; f |, Only como buck, d?sr, nnn lot mo expliun ? Listen, believe, nml bo Itnppv ftRnio. ?Ameticaii Commercial Traveler. lit! THE * >" , |?n LITTLE WAIF.loi Mi A Story of Absorbing Interest. c?; k ' * Dy BERNARD HERBERT. l'v clr 1 IK [CHAPTER XIII.?Continpki?.1 . Despite lirr ro|>ujrtiunee of tliodnty fnt tcioro IH'?\ Unit nn hour Inter little ""? Gracio cnhued 11 carriage, in company .|r< Willi the lawyer and the detective, anil ^ was driven rapidIv awav in the dime.* j|(,. ion nf Hellevue Hospital, on tlie edge jj of the river, within whose shadow j Rtands that temporary resting-place of f!|I the unknown and unclaimed dead. Naturally, the report of the mysteri- 1 1 oils murder up in Harlem had pot into K| . the papers, and hail heeti duly ntrcd. j Consequently the melancholy room was n| thronged with idle and curious sensn- (j(>| ion s %ekers. Among these ennte Mr. n IMa\ Hoyden, attired in the deepest j.(| ldaek, to look upon the grewsonie, hideous face of the dead. Though he knew full well what he '''V, had to expect, he shrank hack with a shudder of horror, as his eyes msted _ upon the distorted feiilureH, upturned to the garish light of the noontide sun. ^ Seeing nn attendant, he beckoned him aside, and said, assuming u look of Pain: r?, ,uk T enn't hoar to have ii?m no there ? any longer. Let me have him re- .. movtwl." V ' "Who are vou?" demanded the man, , ^ evinsr him suspic.ouidy. "A friend of the deceased." "Have vou got a permitV" "No. Is it necessary." ? "Of course it is." Casting about desperately in his mind for the means of effecting his oh- 1 joet, liovden produced a twenty-dollar 1 ' hill, ami attempted to thrust it into the J* 1 attendant's hand. ,lt! "Here," he whispered, "take this and I,r4 give me his elothes. 'J'here are somo letters from from his wife in his 1#l {locket, which she wouldn't earn to J11'1 lave examined." Somehow or other, the hill fluttered no' down to the floor unnoticed, and the 1WI man smiled a smile wliieli was not exactly pleasant for Mr. ltoyden to see. as "Send his wife round here, and I'll J give her her hnslmnd and all that he- cst longs to him. We don't want any part , of liim, you know." *JU And turning upon his liecl, he left ! the gentleman to digest his chagrin as in x l>est ho could. He was not long left to , liis ow n thoughts, for soon after raising his eyes he saw the group of hvstand- JV| rrs part, to admit Orncie and her companions to the side of the dead man. With a violent start, he skulked to the 4 ai edge of the crowd and strained his ears 001 to listen. Wl Jle hoard .Detective Uancker ask : "Do yon recognize this man?" ^ "Yes," came Gracie's voice, in a (shuddering whisper. f'0 "Who is it?" 7' "Nicholas Garland." ? "Thank you; yon may stand aside, if ^ you wish, while we examine the cloth- ? inp" , , i on The circle parted again, and little Graeie staggered out. pale and sickened at the sight she had seen. In a trice Uovden was at her side, his hand upon her arm. . "Graeie!" he breathed; "not a word! u On your life, not a word! Step aside <n here; I have something to tell yon of ' vital importance something which affects your life and the life of the man 1 you love!" . co She was faint and nearly overcome t , with conflicting emotions, and she | look. <1 at him hardly comprehending I n what lie said, scarcely realizing that it | U was he. I, Still keeping last hold upon her arm, . he drew her gently with him toward " the door, whispering: . "Come, eonie! I w ill keep you hut " a moment; hut no one must hear what I h ive to say. ('oine!" And she, as thoucli under a spell, 1,1 followed 1111 i meehanie.ilh . and not an rvi? noted lln in as tlio door tlosrd lie- { 1 hind their vanishing forms. Passing on, lie know hot jmt whith- J" or, and eared not so long as his victim r.ecompanicd liini, Boydon swerved 1 aside from the usual avenue of en- !' tranee, and, trusting to lurk, he thrust s 1 open a door upon lux right hand. 'r There was here a littl", dim, ehillv inner eourt, walled in l?y the walls of tee surrounding buildings; a useless . spot where boxes were stored away, nh. re the wind howled dismally in the f t winti r, and where the patter of the i.-in echoed mournfully in inclement wont her. Aeross, on the other side, a disused ga*i> limig o| en. ulVordiug entrance to a lawn rf sunlight, and granting a w< glimpse of the street beyond. . ( li iving reached this forbidding look- ||( i" retreat, Ornriernme to her senses i ad | aused. "Spink!" she said ; "I will go no farther.' ut -==== le Tho jailor stopped out into the poaanpe and beckoned. I >n An instant later a woman entered the cell with much frou-frou of silken 1 le robes, and the door clanged into place behind her. Borden sprang from the j Pr pallet upon which lie had been ruminat- < ?" mg, and regarded his visitor with ine tense curiosity. lo She was a toll, splendidly propor- t tioned woman, closely veiled, attired in 1 1( somber black of the richest materials, * and bore herself with tho stateliness of 1 et n queen. 3 iy After a cursory glance, Boyden cx- i claimed: i r- "Who are you?" 1 For answer the stranger slowly raised < y. | her veil and discovered a hold, hand- t Finding himself forced to make tl ost of his opportunity, and fearing ! it her obstinacy to the test, Bovdt need himself between the girl nnd.t1 >or by which they had entered tl inrt, saving: "Gracie, have you thought ovi hat I said to you when we last met "No!" came the defiant replv; "I r ember nothing you have said, nor ( wish to." "You had bettor do so!" he sail lrningly. "If this is all you have to say to m and aside and let me return to ni iends," she retorted. "Your friends!" he echoed, snee glv; "who are they?" "A detective and Mr. Clifford's lav r from Englaud." "Old Edgar?" "Yes." In the excitement of llie momoi >vden had failed to recognize tl ivyer, and his surpi ise was so mue e greater. "What is he doing in this country: demanded, excitedly. "You must ask him," was the tanti ing reply; "stand aside and let ni ss." "No! Grace Garland, 1 warn you thr use men are playing a sharp gam th von!" "I donot believe it! Besides, I am n iger Grace Garland." 'Who are you, then? Grace Arnim irried already?" "No; I am Grace Clifford, you usin, your uncle's daughter, and hi iress!" That shaft struck home! Turnin id to the very roots of his hair, an nching his hands, the villain yellei e an infuriated beast: 'You lie! You deserve to be strangle* saying such a thing!" 'I do not lie, and your guilty fac >ves it!" For answer, lloyden reached fo \ ihii. like n spirit, she fled ncros i court toward the ray of sunlight. Jpon reaching the street her pursue iglit. up with llie tl.viug girl ami seiz her. ii her terror she uttered a piereili| irk, which rang out like u clarion, nstnntly there was a rush of feet I in the twinkling of an eye Hoy 1 sprawled upon the sidewalk from i verful lilow administered by I nwve gar. ''earning with wrath, lie gained hi t and faced I he gentleman. You shall answer for this insult.V hissed Not until you have answered ine , Max Hoyden." put in astute Mr itckcr. How dare von speak to mo? Whal 'Wis l?um?c,\\v^" ' f Simply that I arrest yon for c*>ni ity in tho murder of Mr. Orrin Olif il, arid for tlio actual murder of Nich r. C?..i iuimi I CHAl'Tr.lt XIV. AN INFAMOUS sell F.MR, t was in the very desperation of de lir that. Max Heydon gave chase t< In Ciraeie out. of the court ??f tin ipital into the public streets. Jus at he intended to do with her w hci laid violent hands upon her, In ilmlily had no idea, fit* simply saw that his tether \vn ridly shortening, and, halt' insane, i ttered hut little to him whether In ttered his head against the wall o L It was his last chance to gaii ^session of the girl, and ho seized i seized it and sealed his own doom narrated in the preceding chapter All the wav to the Toinhn ninle ort of Detective Jhineker and a her lean policeman, for the remainder o it. to him, endless day, ami durili| i dismal night that succeeded, he sa his cell, a prey t<? the most violen xpondency. I'or so many years had he pluye< th success his high-handed game d enjoyed such perfect carte litanrli perpetrate any form of villainy tha me into his head, that his enforce) atinement, his utter hclplessnes thin four walls, maddened him t i*h an extreme that for hours h liliered like a maniac. A night of reflection, however, t< ther with the light of another da\ might him to his senses, and with th ring that had been the main sprin tiis lii>iimns <> v tst ciicc li?> itit.riii i nr> face the music, to whatever tunc h is called upon to dance, and fight ; < till lie died. ltonndly cursing the detective whos cusntion had "jugged" him, h owled to himself: "Tlie devil has liitten r?fT more thn can chew! How can he jirovf ni mplicitv in the murder of the oj an, with the affidavit that 1 can pr< ice that I was up in London when tl ing occurred, and the only man wh uld turn state's evidence against rr dead? Though I killed the rasca lio saw me do it? llali! I'll engap ile counsel and soon silence their waf ng tongues!" Here his face darkened as a ne ought suggested itself, and he adile utallv: "How did that It rat of a girl get hoi the fact that she is a Clifford and in usin ? (food (lod! How could flu ad secret come out ? Well," with a different shrug of his shoulders, "if eceed in clearing nnself of tl urges that hold me here I'll tight In i her own lines, and give her such cket that she'll wish she had nev< en horn. Curse her! I can concoi storv about her birth, and substai ite it, too, that will wither nor ho tin o il Hover raise lior head again. It hv enough to orush sneh worms i at!" It was in such n defiant frame of min at the jailor found Mr. Max Hoydei lion aliout 11 o'clock lie ontorod li II to infoini 11im that a lady wishr speak it It liiin. "A ladv?" echoed Hoyden, with art of surprise. "What ladv xvonl ine to such a hell-hole as this to ?< o ?" "Couldn't say; didn't ask her name, is the abrupt reply "All vou've gf do is to say whether you'll see her < it.* Von can do as you please ahor "Ofcourse I'll see her!' "All right. You can have ten mil es." some Tare, 01 a decidedly Southern i tyi;ct judging t\y the rich olJVe com- i ltlcxion 'And the laigo, dark -ayes, setbeneath the low brow like shining '-j ,e stars. At sight of that face Boyden re- t coiled with a cry of amazement, while n singlo name escaped his lips. That e ?? name was: f "Cora?" I "Yes, Cora." came the echo in a rich, f l0 melodious voire. t "What brings you here?" he demand,t ed, "at tlie eleventh hour?" ft lC "It is never too Into for a dutiful wife i; to visit her husband," replied the worn- j o an, with a cruel smile. "I don't Knr> it in (lot " - ? ? ? R ? "I do; therefore I have eome. y A momentary oilcnce fell hetwei a the t ir pair, (hiring whieh they eyed eAch other 8 s curiously. ^ "It is years since we met., Max," the 8 g woman said at last, seating herself c ,1 upon the only stool that the cell nf- n forded. "It is just as well, since wo couldn't P agree." was the sullen reply. ji "And I suppose you haven't thought 0 of mo twice in nil that time." Boyden fretted nervously and glanced tl v up at the slender lav of sunlight that J h s found entrance at the Harrow grated window and shimmered upon the white*- h r washed wall, as he answered: I h "Look here, Cora! According to you J t) it isn't too late for us to meet, accord- ' tl ^ ing to me it is too late for any silly j sentiment between us. I'hl in ltete to ' 8( be tried for my life?for murder, and I f( ! have quite enough to think of!" n The large, dark eyes watt-hod him as tv r he spoke without a suggestion of a tour (| in their limpid depths, and the voice s was firm and musical without a traco of f( emotion as Hho rejoined : ? "I have not troubled vnn ^bTce^ wc p parted four years ago, and I have 110 w intention of troubling you now. *1 ' have kept the secret of oitr marriage to tl myself, and travel tinder an assumed J? j name. No matter why 1 have Wen so a. true to you; perhaps it has been a satis- ft fo say now is, that I shairbe glad to be 8( of assistance to you, if I can he." ei She paused here, keeping her eyes fixed upon him steadily. With the ce- h lerity of lightning, and almost with its a vivid effect, ft new light leaped into C( Hoyden's eye, a flush mantled his putlid face, and lie seemed to expeHehee t] some triumphant satisfaction. Dfop- (j ' ping down upon the edge of the pallet p '' beside which the young woman sat, ho said, with swift eagerness: s, "Do you mean what you say, Cora?" 0 f> "Every word." u "You're a good girl 1" ho murmured, c * trying to take her hlack-gloved hand 0 in his; hut she resolutely withdrew it c n from his clasp, saving, with a cutting ( 1 smile: t "Aeeording to you, it is too late for g any sillv sentiment between us, and I t agree with you." I] r He hit his lip, ami his manner li changed. I f "Very well," he said, tersely; "our. 11 ? time is short and we must make the* t most of it. TelJ mo, how are yon get- I t ting along ?" f. "As usual." f, I "What are you doing?" e "Oh, singing in music halls and tho-. 'p aters in various parts of tho country, y ^ wherever engagements call me." * i "Do you mako all the money you n s want ?" '] 0 The. fine dark eves gleamed hungrily J as the woman replied: I, "I should not have money enough if n I possessed tin- wealth of tho Indies. I'm famishing for it' 1 want to ride p ' over these proud ladies who look down j, I upon and despise me I would give ten 1 (j years of mv life to compel them to reo,- 1 ognizo me I" * :? Hoyden fairly smiled with sntisfac- f tion in sj?ito. of himself; she was as I soft wax for liis hands to mold; e alio was ?n instrument awaiting his i touch. < n "Cora," lie said, his voice trembling ' v with eagerness, "you say that you ] '] i would he glad to bo of assistance to , 1110?" m She bowed her beautiful head fillinn- J 10 atively. 10 "You can bo!" 1. "How?" ;o "You can bo. and with advantage to r- yourself. 1 would not ask you to do mo a favor unless I could make you w some recompense*. Being able to do <| this. I will speak frankly. You knew niv uncle, Orrin Clifford, as well as f. id You know that it was he who came beiv | tweon us. he who refused to recognizo it | you because ho <lid not consider you m ; sufficiently well born, he who has i I ; driven yoa to singing before the lowest ie i classes for vonr livinir! You remember! i >r And being dead, you bate bis memory, a do you not ?" ij- "I hate him dead and nlivol" cnmu t, tho low-toned, venomous reply, v "You also know the story of his past *t, as well as I. Well, that ehild of his, 'h that trouhlesome brat, Grace, whom ih Nicholas Garland fathered, has tr>rned up with the law on her side." <1 He fixed his eyes upon her face and ii^ saw that she was keenly interested; in is fact, that she was drinking in every word he uttered. "On the very day of his death." ho a went on, "the old man made a will leaving every cent of hi* property to this Grace, though he died without acknowledging her as his child. How ' she has get wind of the fact that she is ,t his ehild, I don't yet see; lint such is ,|. the case. Moreover, the will is miss- 1 it ing, and until it is found you have tho same right to his property as I have!" " I see. Go on." j. "Now, should tho will l?o found and Grace come into the property, pbo ~ "?H r ? would Bet h< nj>on yonr throat jus, m surely as r father did. Being hen for the,.pres t, of course I am tiet hand imd f< t, and cnn't net. Yoi being & olevi woman, I soy to you, g< in and Vin I W11 that you can mak< out of it you kali have." "And whntto you get out of it?" "My reveni ? - Stay! There is on* condition I mkt impose u|)on yon; ant that is?I xvanyou to stab this girl Oracle, a dcam blow through her Tov< for an " artist lamed Rupert Arniin Kaseinate him, yt him into your toilj md briflg him uyour feet, as you cai f yoKfdl. B4r in mind that whci :hese'people ftmbut that you have t laira upon the estate, every one o heir hahds will i> turned against von ?hd Uwwjwill hoi you, as they hat* >Yr/ThVS8dresses of these peoph to fatf f you knotv them, that I ma; Ind ttfm without delay," she said, nnt ?y t words he knew that he ha< ound / feady accomplice in his in fa nous/cheme. Bcfeeiy had ho finished writing Iowa such directions as would assis ler. Ihen footsteps sounded in tho cor idojoutsid? tlio coll. "Tloy are coming for you, Cora," lu aidfhuiriedly; "do what you can h oi/owtl bcllnlf; I- slinll prolmby novel rnftbld yOu for n division of the spoils itto I nui a doomed m m, but I aliul lid content if I know that you lmv< udeeded as thoroughly as even yoi oiid wish. Remember, you will be ; lilionaire if you succeed. " 'Ihe cell-door swung open with i l.Tig as be ccnscd speaking, nnd tin il\cr appoared. "Time's up I" he remarked. Cora turned to the criminal, nnd foi liftlirst time gavu him lier hand, whicl e jrcestd with eloquent fervor. "You shall hear from me befor< >tig," she said, in a low tone; and >wering her veil, she passed out will to jailer, the heavy door closing nlte iem with its tneluhchol v clang, t.hti ?ii at *?-??I? <i I.:? AJUl V ftivuv, 1UIIA liU^Ul'II UUII^ II I III if uj>on his pallet, and his liardcim matures broke into a grim smile. "The trail is laid !" lie chuckled ; "tin x plosion will follow now as surely a; rough I held the match." Meanwhile. surrounded by her new nind friends, little Oracio_ littL reamed of the inf??n?ev.s p!oi Ih.d lia< oen laid with such masterly cunning ti reck her future happincs*. Bho had rebutted from her visit t< le lntlrgtte in company with lift wye dgar, and both were now impatietltl; waiting the return of Mr. Bauekc apja.thfrr XflflpboL rf-iT-mfti ti^ioil mo pet an of Nicholas Garland, in the prea rice of the detective. He camo at last, and reported tha o had seen Boyden safely in career ketl, an nnnouneement which was re aived with silent satisfaction. The' right littlo Mrs. Molly Baneket bits Ifcu aliout ftnd cleaned a t able, at w hid liey all sat down, and thy papers wer rodneed. They proved to be two letters, an. ome odd scraps of accounts and bill f no importance in tho ease. Nat rally, then, the attention of all pret nt was directed to the letters, the firs f which was addressed, in an ur outh, scrawling hand, to "Miss Gtfle Clifford." It whs tlie first time that the poo ' 11*1 lio/l (Inoti il/V?? > rt It1 A it A hat tl.o fealty tears sprang 15 tier ev6f llinding her so tlit>t she was forced t nuid the letter to the lawyer to rear ts contepta, badly spelled and blotter fr/TIdgar read aloud, as follows: Should anything happen to inn snddenh believe that 1 should rest easier in m ravo il I make a clean breast of inv part > lie secret of your life, young ladv. You ither's purpose iu putting you under m harge in your Infancy I havo no buslnos o reveal: that must remain between hi Jod and himself?and you to find ou Vhat 1 wish to say, and do hereby take m olentn oath to. is that you are ilo eliild t iilnu. 1 Will also sale positively that ytdl aother still lives, and I do beseech you. ou have any love in your heart, to find h? ait. hear her story for yourself, and judg ler as I havo judged. Tray God to pa do ne for the wrong I have done. Nicholas Garland. At the closo of t'io reading of thi nystrrioMs communication dead silent ell upon the little group, broken onl iy the sobbing of little Oracie, wliei die rested her head upon tlio bosom i ?oo<l Mrs. Baneker, weeping as thong tier heart would break. Mechanically the lawyer look up 11 incnml letter which was contained in h >blong, grimy jtellow envelope, an started atth'fi eyes rested upon tbo hi [>erseription. "Why, this letter in addressed 1 ' Mrs. CliiriSMA Clifford, widow of tl lute Orrin Clitford ' !" he excluime 1. Tn ft trieo Oraeie snt erect, dnsliir the tours from her eyes, and holdir out her hand. "That letter is for rny mot Iter," si said; "give it to 1110 ami 1 will give to her with my own hands, for I am g ing to seftroh the whole world overunt I find her. "Hnd you not better read it ?" sii| gested Detective Ilaneker, "it may gh you some clue to her whereabouts?" "No!" was the firm response, "it addressed to her and sealed. 1 Inr no right nor wish to pry into its co U'lUN WMIHMII lit" I |M'I III m -IIMI. Ami she placed the sabred trust her bosom, never ir? leave that safe j coptacle until tier missing mother w fount). "That settles that point," rcmaihi Mr. P"*iqkej; "well, we don't seem 1 iVtef IWll." "No;" answered the lawyer, "and fear we cviver shall. It looks to nie if it had boon destroyed." "Oh, do^'t got down in the moot sir, until tpe last gun flresr respond Mr. Ilagcl|?r; "that's my policy. ai it's a IV ? in a drape, ate ease li ^ p?.?!>< ???? that ' mecty.^'d ?\ .ferri twr'vo o'clock sha to-.tnorrot* i.^tvch will give i thno to eLp e>'cir^ -,vft\ V*.;nt of the m (Inrlnnd, V, \V\? ftVV ,\pA W \ hack in tl country. JL^ pe.tj?' ^jvft li (that the < building i\ n>^cV'^, co*7Used only blind, a IfiiVO^vynsequent Me must fawod^ . 'p^veV (ere. I v make it fiiy Xty W. t ) jnst who and who knojn wh* ^nd ",Cl In the Meant , A'i? will \ . ;i y niajn with my wife, and we shall 1m? glm ? to have you stay with us, Mr. Edgar, i 1 you oau put up with our humble fare, i But with many thanks the lawyer e\ j eus?d himself, ami soon aftu returnei 0 to the hotel, having first said a fei words of comfort and encouragement t Gracie. And so tlio pregnant hour 9 sped on. 1 They saw nothing from that hour o ? Mr. Bancker, until just as the clod 3 was striking noon upon the followinj day, when he suddenly made his aii s pcomnce in their midst, the same littl 1 company being convened. It is face he 1 frayed nothing as he took his seat 1 tliough every eye was upon him will ' eager scrutiny. It was his tirst word ? which cruelly dashed their hopes. "No success!" ho said; "the will i loptr | j^^j^au^jfrrescjrcli ed every where ?" in 0 "Tho old building contained notli J ing?" "Nothing! I searched ovorv erne and cranny, even lnul tho Honrs take Up nnd the cellar dug over. It is a bare as a barn!" J "Jhit. von thought (Garland mjgli have had a lodging place?" suggestei Mr. Edgar, still vainly hoping. ''So he had; a wretched garret, roor down in Houston street, which I <1 is covered after infinite trouble. p "Well?" J "It. contained only an i mply valisi B and some pieces of clothing." , That settled that point, as the detec t tivo would say, and each person fel the force of the situation. 1 The will was irretrievably d? stroyed ? Mr. Edgar rose to his feet. "Very well," hn said, forcibly; "in client shall no longer be kept out o r her property! I shall proceed to j A sharp peal at the door-bell inter rupted hiin, and occasioned a visibli 3 start. Mrs. llaneki r answered th summons. and a moment lattir th , stately figure of ft veiled woman ?-*>n r fronted them upon tho threshold o their council-chamber. (to UK COMTNtrf.U.] Economy W?s Not Wealth .lust There r* H There lived not very many years ng ft short distance from the town of Men . vera man of extraordinary ineunnes* p One day asliuwaa ctaTttTrg^TTnrTbr lie': } ver to do iiin weekly shopping, his wif caino out and asked him to buy her darning needle. "What's til1 matter with the needle j. bought you last winter?" y "The eye's broke out.," she replied. r "Bring the lleedla here," said lie U->viv tn-vv? t*x- 1 h> nv? r(lC . . , The woman was wise in her goner I ation, and made no protes'. Kb brought out the broken medio. ,, The economical fanner ro le inh ^ Beaver and stopped lirst of all at tli blnckftmbh's shop. Me tenk out th j, tteedle fltld handed it to the blfteksfnit.! e "1 want that mended," lie said. The blacksmith know his eilstoiflor ,1 and keeping liis fneo perfectly struiglP ,, said that tho eye should bo made wli -1 in an hour's time. Tho farmer r? d away, and tho blaeksmilh walked aero* ^ the street and bought a new needle fo i_ a cent or two. G When tho farmer railed again tli blacksmith gave him the new ncedh The farmer looked at the smooth po 0 isle d surface of the steel and romarke , that it was a good job. p "Mow inuCli ?vill it be?" said he. 1 "Ten cents," siiid thelilneksmith an [ the farmer as he paid it remarked tllr ' lie knew that the needle eould 1 .. mended, but bis wife would have gon y to the expense of buying a new oye >f he hadn't interfered. ? J'ittsbunj Dh Z patrh. * Mini wit It (lie Class Fye. y A round *?f baMlo floated out upo if the street. from tile remdenc <?f Si T and Mrs. Alexfiilder liOe, of Ollicag* Officers hurried to the house, wliei ;0 they found Mr. Lee seated with li n head swathed in bandages, which we! reeking with gore. He looked appea inglv at the oftieers out of his lone ey 18 The place where the other eye shou! !e hilve been was a raw, red blank. II ' v wito stood eX lltinglv over hit pe "Where's your other eye?" ask* d \ :)? officer. "It's all broke up," answer* Lee, the teals rolling out of his h>i eye, "Who did it.?" asked th" office ,0 "I did," screeched Mrs. Lee, feroei >u 1,1 ly, "and it's nob xly's bminess. It w I(1 my eye. 1 paid for it and the otli ll* giu sware in this establishing n4, reckon." It appears tha1, Lee wore glass eye. Hhe is theolder of th" pai ,p and she frequently found fault becau her husband rail around town mo 'P than sh" liked, and to keep loin at hon 'P gonged out and destroyed his queer ware eve, of which he was verv prou le (\[ Hates of Notable Events* il The Hefonnation b -gan in 1517. Magna Charta was signed in 1215. g- The Suez Canal was opened in IH? ire The first watches were made in 141 Organs were lirst used in the ye is 1755. k'#? i ' I'lie War of I lit" lb S:\S OCCUired n- i4.r>:>. The first musical notes were used in I.'ISH. o- The tiist newspapers wrre printed ns 1494. The first postoflire wns established .,1 iftio. to r^hiniel Webster and llenrv Clay hi died in 1HV2. | The Lapse of Time. Continued Ihieliolor Mow time di 'j flv. Miss Seaside! Why, it was \ ' vems nco (hat von relnsed nie on i ke 8p?l'. . -i Miss Seaside (who wishes she h nil --So long as that! 1 was voting i 1'' foolish (lien. Mr Smith n< lhieltelor Hut we are holli older f !\ 1 wiser now. IIS tld as An instrument en I led the phono/ lv, ograph is intended l>v the Due do I 'ill tre to iudienfo the direetion < f nn.v > re, taut sound A inierophonie pine re? peculiar eonstructio.i is moved ah re- until the maximum efleet is obtain i THE NEWS. . I if A man calling himself Tascott, the murj lorer of the Chictxo millionaire, lias turned *' lV ip in Buffalo, N. V. The convict* of the 0 rennesseo penitentiary have liecn leased to k| 9 :he Tennesseo coal and Iron Company fv./ per annum. \ mormon emigrant B train was wrecked on the Norfo'k and West- w ^ >rn Kailroad near Lynchburg, Vo., and llf, teen persons injured. Incendiaries have i. ieetroyed 'iO.O'JO worth of farmer's property e -tear OladesvilL*, IV. Va. I'residont Ilar rison bus the nppointmont during his term st nf nine briaad.er general. A committee * !i jf the Grand Army of the Keputdio has Ins restigate.I the management of the i'acltlc tl jo ist lirancli of the National Soldiers" Homo In s }t Santa Monica, California, and rrport *d 1,1 ^ho institution in a had condition. -Two i. ./ il.. ll-in.l i , .* ai ?. .iiviui iuu3 tiumciu ?cui|( nave uoen * iofWIdteiteritrordflr at PikcsVlUe, Ky., and t< m 1?u m>yl?H>cn?m._W?lUf- T l* 0. C mpbell, of Yonn^toWn, I*, v., wo- di oessiully passed through the Niagara Whirl- *' k pool Hspl Is. Two children were killed hy 0 ii lightning in a Sunday School at Columbia ge s City. Ind. Lu her Wallace shot his sweet- |c h'Virt and himself in a hotel nt California in ' Mo.' Severn! llrem"n were killed l?y fnll'' log wnl'a in I/outsvillc, Ky. Timothy " O'Brien, a rcs'dent of Now Durham, N. J., ,'j 11 was killed hy his brother Morris during n n quarrel. V mail agent named Text on was arrested in Pittsburg for robbing the di mails. Negotiations for tho settlement of ^ '' tho strike at the works of tlio Columbia Iron b Company, in Lancaster, Pa. are olT. t Thomas Culllninn, of New York, committed ol suicide on the evo of ids marriage. Milt lard Jones, a druggist, of Clayton, Ind., fatally stabbed a baptist minister named u v Smith. In Sparta, III., John McCiilly, a ? f young tough, shot ami killed William ? " Cr? s?in, a con?t?hle, who interfered in a '* - fl-ht A staluo of General Grant was tinn veiled with imp >slag ceremonies In Fort r| e I.-arenworth, Kb Maria Lsrai, an ital- o n inn woman, was struck t?y a train in t'hi-nKn d - and became a mother prematurely from the jj f sliock. Tho mother is dying, and the child c is doad. Captain ltoss, the noted Indian tighter of Texas, is dying Charles Pen- t dleton shot ami mortally wounded his futlier- * in-law. Col. Wm. B. Goo.lwin, near Fred- ,, rlcksburg. Va.- Roger I). Brandt, of t ' Charleston, B- C., comniitt. d suicide. <1 . . . I 0 , i?y me explosion or a Doner m n wrwi t?< | (7 | lory nTTjakbiud, Cal., ic*. >> <: *?oi? aiiiwi 0 and several others hurt. The Michigan I |>ench crop is short. Tho pork crop of the Western stitrs equals that of last year. 1 The burton building, In Chicago, destroyed by fire. I^jss f l'),0 0. Two negro murderers were tiken from jnil und lynched near Morgnntown, II. C. Tho town of Khont tvewis, colore I, w hile trimming n strip in nil ?dg!r:g miohiuj or u saw mill at Wiluiington, N. C., was stru-k in tho side, shot ? through the rollers, and instantly killed. John Black, a farmer, of St. Louis county, " Mo., was waylaid by fo jtp via nnd killed. ^ Half a milo of enrtb over mines neor Plymouth, Pa., lias caved in, but 110 lives ?ro reported lost.?A band of so-callod WhiteRogulatorsnt Lafayette, La.,attacked ' tlift Cabin of an old colored man who tired upon them. They then flogged him und his ., daughter and murdered tlinm. A number ,H of other colored men In tho vicinity wero n wtiippo I. An Immonto derrick at? quarry near Hummolstown, Pn.. broke and two 111 u 10 wero seriously Injured. Four hundred r?. miners employed nt Morris It id go colliery, 1- near Mount Carniel, Pa., struck to compel ?l the operators to observe tho Semi-monthly Piiy law and restore the prico of powder. Tbe Kncnmpment Sons of Veterans has gained 13 t>J0 members during the past year. l' The hotel at B.*n Air, a summer risort 011 tho 0 Richmond altd Danville Itailroad, near ltich'.? inond, Va., was destroyed by fire. Loss ? ">>,1 OiX); partially insured. 1 ho Master Car and Ixrcomotive Painters' Association mot in Chicago. la a collision on the Nickel Plate ro id near Miller's City, Ohio, two locomotives and fifteen cars were demolished. 11 J. I* Patterson, a mine tupcrinteudciit j J '' Uoggett, CaIr., wnsknocked off liis horse ami robbed of |5,0;t0.?Tlie Boll Telophone Com- i ' * I'ttiy hoi increns-d its capital stock from $1,000,000 to $12,500,000. Thomas Carroll, j. aged twenty-six, died in Philadelphia from ! r being stiuck on the head by a poker by John |,l Bnrra, un Italian ragpicker. There was in no trouble in the Cabinet bocauso of Cotr.n. missioner Tanner's retirement nor was the >11 resignation demanded. Various names <1 have been mentioned In connection with the m commissionership, among others that of oxr Congressman Warner, of Missouri. II. s" Hafnrr, aged twenty nine years, a steerage lls passenger on the North German Lloyd steam, r or Elder, from Bremen for New York, jump *J overboard In mldocean. Ouo hundred 11 and fifty Mormons arrived at Now York 1 from Europe and proceeded to Utah. st? _ Tbo Gorman rliip Geestemunde, from Btet- j tin tor P. :i lade I phi i, went ashore on Abscon ; ls_ Beach, an l is a total wreck. The crew wero j (1 saved. James Caliban, a fireman on a freight train, was kille I in a collision at Loch j Laird, Va. The whita granite waro manti facturers of Pittsburg ?n<l vicinity liavo j formcnl a protective as ociution. Mrs (ieorgo H. Dunsford, of Hcuding, I'm., kwoI- I lowed I? r falso teeth while laughing, and ' died in terriblo sj>nsm?. Many cases of I Texas fever are among tho cattle in Bethany j and Huntingdon, Pa., Two negroes wrro killed a (I several fatally Injured in a light jn in Mercer county, W. Va. Waterloo, a ' bttlo summer resort on tho Delaware Boy. is ' j,, reported to hnvo been washed away. Tho ! schooner Henry Wilhington, from Baltimore in for Boston, went ashore at Lewt s, but all j han ,'s wore saved. John Divis, when reilli fused lodgings at the house of Andrew Savage, at Stafford, Mo., shot and killed Mirs Savage. Tho funeral of Congressman Cox took place from tho First Presbyterian 1(if< Church, Mew York city, and was attended Ion mnny dis'lnguUhad statesmen and citiliis et'ns?Joseph Met7., an Italian, while cleaning an awning In New York city, touched if) an electric wire and was instantly killad. md There were 170busiiio s failures iu the United States and 2d iri Canada the | ast week. IM(I Judge W. Milo Olin (lied at Augusta, (la., In his seventy sixth year. An accommodation rain from Baltimore on the I'altimore t,?. and Potomac Kailroad collided with a freight train at tho navy yard tunnel, Washington, ' li? and the engineer of the accommodation was of killed and a numb r of passengers hurt.?? o'll Five hundred miners in the Clarion and Clear ictl. Hun collieries, Pennsylvania, are on strike. DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES. Mr. nnd Mm. John Q inning weredrown?d t Baltimore by tho nonet ing of their boat. Tho holler in the coal mine nt Portsmouth, hode Island, exploded. The engineer was nod. John and Edward Brocher and Charles luhnie wore drowned in Like Michigan bile fishing. Two children of Divldtiuy sot fire to a lrnnt Blue Springs, Nebraska, and perished i the building. They were playing with atchce. A train on the Pennsylvania Railroad ruck a wagon and killed two hoys, who ere dri ving across the track, near K: izxbetb, ew Jersey. J. T. Robinson, of Ixing Island, and Gip? in William Short, of Ocoju Cilw. Maryn I, were drowned at the latter place by le capsizing of a surf bo it. ? The roof of the casting house, nt the Stewrt Iron Company's work, at Sharon, Peunn., U In, injuring four men, one of ttiem Auk <1 SI or fur (I. fatally. Large nipnfiors 01 hay are dying of a [sense rwioiuDiinif "BWJI'iK In ltn? eovntry round Haokcttstowu, N. J. One former has >st &> nnd bns others siok. Tho fl xxi# in Mexico horn cnuro 1 n loss of ivernl lives at Toternla, in tho State of More?. Tho inundation at T.tmpico Is increosig, and ninny of tho peoplo uro destitute. Tho town of Flocolulu, in tho State of Ifdalgo, Mexico, lias boon owl troly destroyed y 11 Hxis. Tolegra|ililo commuuionth n irou'ihout the Htuto of Hidalgo is interjpted. Frnnk linvons, 3^ years of nge, dropped uud lii Counrils HluiTs, 1 two. A poet-inoron examination sluioid that his heart was a tho right sldo, nnd his death was caused y a ruptnro on tlint organ. ? William Hon not t nnd Miss Cnrrlo Ernest, f Baltimore, worn rim oyer nnd killed by a 'allien tho rhiln lolphis, Wilmington and altimore Kail road, near rerryinnns, Md. Samuel C. HhowaRer, aged <W years, yol. ntnrily submitted to an injection of tho elixir of llfow at Diyton, Ohio, three works go, to obtnin roliof from rhoumntisin. B'oo.l oisoning and gangrene set in, nnd ho died ftcr horrtldo suiTeritig. Report* from points in Kansisnnd MissouI show that a light frost prevailn I throu/hut the northern pi r s of those Slates. No nmego to corn crop is repnriod. Telegrams roiu l'liiuin.viu, Nebrnskn.nnd Dodge (Jenre, Mlnnescln, report damegw n> tin tui >, ro.i by the frosts. Hugh Ferry, an eloctrlo light linomnn in luffnlo, New York, cuuglit hold of n 11 vo rire wltilo working on a pole. Ilo fell tan roM bar and bung there In the wire*, uuuhlo n save himself, and giving evl lenoe of exmho suiToring. Ferry wn* alive when taken ?wn, hut spoechltBS. He dioil a few minutes ftor reaching the hosp't I H ornpn \_ .-.it jn, > member of a deer noting party in Hullivnii county. Now York, ras nooidently killeil by Howry Fountain, mo of Ills companion*. It i* i bought u twig mi 'lit the hummer of Fountain's irmi. A. G. Htaley, l'resldont of the Ktnley Wool* tiii Miiit. iu South Bond, Indian.i,was poisond by inorphuio given Iniii by n druggist for piimno. lit* is 72 year* of a;?, and all efurt* to bring biin out of tho stupor proJ::tt.cs CfiLeeii ? ?? kiiiod and Wltifljld 'cott, it is f oh red, fatally injured by being tucked from tlio top, of a Iruln which was > issing under a ..bridge near Chdlicotbe, ).iio. They wero members of the Knights of Ifanhte, of Athens, and were 011 their way with the other meinliers of tlio company to Jolituibus, to'glre on exhibition on the Ka r Jrounda' <? A gravel train on tho McKoeiport and idle Verinm iiailiwnd struck a cow near iVetoster. Statifip, I'll.,. Hprernl cars were doailed gnd demolished. U110 inuu named tobert Carney was instantly killed. His wo brothers, ClinNes and .Samuel, were riously 'injured, tlfh latter thought to bo atnl'y. Tho men were ull minors, and were iding on the cars. - r 1) train A. Henry, Hup >rintf?ndoiit of C01* 1 notion for the. East. Hirer lOlectric Light jo'.npuiy, at New York, was killed at tli > 10 npuny's works by receiving a shock from t HMO-volt current. Henry h id gone t> tho wilchbourd a id mounted a Imluer to fix tome wires that wore out of order. Ho in-auiiously placed his hand on a live wlrs and ell to the ground dead. lie was only 23 rears of age. Tho limited train from the East Was 33 uinutes Into in arriving at i'.tfehurg.throu f h me of tho most singular accidents which mve happened siaco the vestibule train has icon started. Between Philadelphia and llarrisburg tho roofs of tae two forward loaches caught lire through the friction, ahich woro off tho rubber casing and go; tli? ite"l plates red hot. Tho llro was easily extinguished at llarrisburg, but tho fact to it Doing so easily onginatod lias set ihe railroad lieoplo thinking of a now way to obviate luch accidents. Reports from North Dakota aud portions )f iUlMTK-noui ua?o ueun rwrivwi Of u lieavy storm. Grand Korks snys a terrible sleclrical and wind etorin prevailed within mi ore* of 10i> miles of thatuity. Tolograph poles iwtween there and Kargo were blown down and communication interrupted. The datnago in the nuighhorhood ia thought to be heavy. The w.-nther is now wintry in nature, and it is feared considerable damage will result. IN THE FAR NORTH. Stories of Starvation Anions Indiana II i'iiuho of a Lack of Snow. A terrible talo of sntfuring in the far North is told Ly tho Itev. K. II. Black, a Church of Kngland missionary near Kort Blmpsoii.who Ins just arrived in Wiiinf|?eg, Munitobc. I.ist Winter was a very hard one for tho Indians, owing to tho abaci nee of reindeer and tho impossibility of hunting mooso successfully in tho absonco of much snow. Ten persons succumbed lit Kort Wrigley. Mr. Black fears Hint the mortality miring tiie coining winter will also I o great, unless there comes n heavy full of snow. Provisions guve out lit tho lort l ?*t Winter in the beginning of January. Flour is doar enough at any timo, the regular price lieing #30 a b?g at Kort VVrigley, white it is #.'7 a bag at Fort tfinipfmii. lint Mr. lilack says iie would have given $JO0 a hag Inst Winter if ho could have purchased some ami have given tlio la inns a share. The <1.stress in that district was terrible. lie had to leavo to avoid starvation. At Kort Liard seven died from starvation last Winter. AN EXPOSITION BURNED. Only the Carriage of I<af.-?yette S :v <1 ? Heavy Lories The St. Joseph, Mo., Exposition m t with a great disaster. About 10.30 I*. M. just as th ent rtainment intho great amphitheatre had closed, a lire broke out in the main ball, a magnificent building 1,100 feet in length, ami fitted with all manner of exhibits. The entire building and contents were consumed in rpite of tho most heroic efforts on the part of tho lire department. It Is understood that nothing was saved but tho carriage which was limit to convey General I.af syctte during his vliit to this country in 1843. The exposit Ion grounds are located two miles from ti e city. The origin of the tire is said to ooine from the electric lights. The Kx|?oaition will continu", hut will be short of its vast exhibits iu tho main halt. The loss must exceed quarter of a million do lare. /