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Jk of which ^h*v waxw wife .o or as I yiidrr why Alitor. me H^F^'v' BALLOON. V>^;' H^8*3" K?'(l Wclsted, e hud been aim by <>f our party. "Well, ju that she wasn't . lirirtened so. 1 hiring the first three years of her career I wasn't very well acquainted with her- in fact, never luid eyes on her. Hut untij tho end w or Hint pcuoil slio was Known as wr M-?, dio; so .rill informed. Bmlie Ti-edloo wus her mil name. I'll tell you how she camo to be called 'Baby Balloon. \ " Tho young nersou to whom ho referred was a lovely girl of 18. with dark lmir, serious eyes, fresh healthy color in her cheeks,''and a lithe figure, so graceful and bouyant that you might easily have expected her to lloat away if a particularly strong brcezo should happen to blow across tho seaward looking veranda < f the hotel at liccfer's Point, where we sat talking. The idea that she might he wafted off l>y a breeze would bo cs pecially ant to occur to you when vou saw her mincing in tho great parlor, as she frequently did of evenings. And I rather thought that handsomo Joo Terrill (one of our younger friends), who danced with her a great deal, would not havo objected to her k floating away if ho could havo been K allowed to lloat. with her. To be K plain, Joo was in love with Miss TrcdK Joe, or, as tho colonel called her, 9 "Baby Biflloon." Joo Terrill had ft plenty of money, but ho was not satisA lied with that; ho wanted Miss Trad* Bf 1 nc xv-nll l.? <lw1 llw. B honor to conflclo this to mo one day, I said to liini, ""Wliy in the world, then, jsT don't you usk her to marry you'f" F "Well," ho replied, "I don't feel nt all suro that she cares enough for uie to tako mo just for myself. I don't imagino she would want mo just for my money either. Th? long and tlx# short of it is, I don't amount to enough. My money came to mo by inheritance, so that's nothing to my credit Ann I haven't dono anything of importance in the world except just to he horn and to jnhorit this wealth. Now if 1 ha<] only dono somo great action or made a name for myself, I might possibly expect to win her. My notion is she wants a hero. Oh, by Jovo!?that's a good idea. If I could rescuo her from .^a mad dog or an angry bull, or savo her- from drowning, then sho'd bo suro to havo me." < . gfeft f~ TZ 1-T q-t enough fb bo just, at a moment when we oro not prepared to copo with them' So, not being" ablo to impress these animals into ms serwioe, Tcrrill peH sistently took MissTrodloo out cailin'gj as if with a view to soma- opportune marine disaster. It.-xvfld .positively amusing to notico how lvo dogged hei< footsteps with a design on'her life? not tlio design of destroying it, but of preserving it, so that she nbglit share it with him. ! But to return to Col. Welstpd. His declaration that he had not known the young lady for the first three ycafrs <jf? her existcneo seemed rather strange, considering that sho looked upon him as a father, and that wo all considered him in that light, notwithstanding the ditferenco in their names,, vile cxnlnino/1 <l?io ? * , itiiO, IIUUV.:\V.I, 1X1 mg^ CUlirbU of tlio storv which he proceeded to narrate. That Story is tho one I am going to tell hero. Col. Jack Welstotl was a tall, siuewy man with gaunt checks, and had a long reel mustache that drooped and slanted over tho cornel's of his mouth like a pennant hanging idly from the staff on windless day. lie was also celebrated as a crack rifle .shot, lie could . bring down almost anything on the wing, and could hit all sortsof marks, at all ranges.^ But his certainty of aim with tho rifle*did not seem to help him when ho oamo to lovo matters, lie failed to come anywhere near touching tho heart of the iady whom he loved. Evelyn Carter rejected him, and married another man, who was a great deal handsomer than tho colonel, but, X regret to say, not nearly so good. Then Col. Jack went oil" on his travels, carrying his.liro arms with him. 1 le made innumerable hunting trips, and shot endless numbers of df'i'f rjlliliil-: I-?n#?lrv TVIntinlnin rr,\nia wild cats, ducks, prairie liens and even alligators. For a long time it seemed as it lie was trying to wreak on these unfortunato creatures tlio disappointment of his affections. Put nil to no purpose. Ho could not forget Evelyn -r and so far as ho could see ho was as much in lovo with her as ever. Thus it was that about four years after her marriage ho caino wandering down to this popular self shore resort of Reefer's Point, where wo were now otaying, and wlicro lio now told us the story. Lots of other people canio there for their health or for amusement. Tlio colonel canio becauso ho did not know what clso to do; and although there was not much shooting to bo lmd at Reefer's, ho was constantly seen carrying his rillo about with liim, in Iho crowds about tho hotel, or uloug (ho lonely beaches, or in the boat which ho hired Den Pivcr topsail for liim up and down und across thointet, or sometimes well out hi. i to sea. Fleoplo laughed at liim a little, good' naturally, for Jugging tho gun with him on all occasions. But ho 11 TT - WiMWlAXM-?jr WVIU^IIUU IV It. 11U VVUrt U lonwy niafl, and the riflo washisprincipaXdompanibn. When ho was in a romantic mood ho would pat Iho stock or tho fin? "twist" barrel of tho gun affectionately with his hand, remarking, "This riflo, sir, is my brido, and Jiho nover talks except when I want her to." At that remark his friends would nrivately laugh more than over. fr SCK)ll UlSfOVClHHl, US 1 SIUUtM c ^HTy demonstrate, that his roinan- { c, ^HFTachmcnl to the gun wasn very | Vly/lhing, which rendered him and I j: Pw-t:;in other ]iersotis on unexpected p lndf importance Scrvico. rt jLitlle Birdie Trodloe, Uicn a bright, brown iiuired child of 8, was a great c favorite umCng tho visitors at the" Reefer's Point hotel, whither sho had n been brought by her widowed mother ^ U? recover from the effects of a severo .< illness that had lasted several weeks, f All the old tallies and old gentlemen j atxVit the place, ami even souio of the young ones, wore fond of talking with ( her and jictting her. But Col. Juck s Welstcd, if he had seen her at nil. did not appear to have notieed lier. He | was much given to solitude, and did | not s[ r.d much of his time o.i the hotel i !:i7.7.n. Moreover, although fond , of children, he could not-help rciufiti- , hering l'.is disappointment n> i;ui L ., ii'.g able to marry lSvelyn Carter, and j the sight'of"a pretty child frequently made him melancholy by reminding ( liitn l'.o lnul nunn of liis own . Besides, ho had been at tho hotel only two or three days when the important ' event connected with Birdie took | place. It is certain that he had not , once seen her with her mother, and ( did not even know her name. One afternoon when a brisk wind 't was blowing otF shore, tho colonel had gone out in his boat with lien j Pivcr, hiking his gun as usual, and | promising himself a shotatsonio stray , sen gull if lie could flnd 110 bettor j game. Some of the visitors were bathing on tho beach, others wcro sitting | on tho steamboat wharf, and some j were promenading in front of the < hotel; whilo n group of children at tho ] Indian teyt, not far away. were buy-, ing bead moccasins ontl birch bark baskets. Tho veranda was crowded, and Mrs. Trcdloo was sitting there ] with little Birdie, when benevolent ^ old Dr. Haygood hanpened along, and asked tho widow if lio might take the child down to tho tent to buy something for her. Mrs. Trcdloo consented, and tho old gentleman and his little companion descended tho steps together. Beforo they had reached the tent, and as they were walking along the high ground close abovo the water, they met an Italian peddler who had a couple of dozen toy balloons for sale, all fastened by long strings to u stick, and bobbing merrily in tho air above his head. "Oh, beautiful big apples!" exclaimed Birdie, rapturously, her 1.1: / 1 4 1. _ 1 spurivimg fji's t>n inu lurgu uiuatic crimson globes, which sho seemed to mistake for fruit. "Givo Birdie one?" Dr. Ilaygood liegan to bargain with the Italian, and took tho stick from him to select u balloon from the bunchy llis small friend was delighted, imag^ ining sho was to have tho entire bunch. "All?all for me!" sho cried, and clapping her hands, slio- stretched them out toward tho coveted treasure of the dancing air globes. This so amused tho kind hearted doctor that ho resolved to humor her, for a moment at any rate. So gathering tho long strings together, ho tied them around Birdie's waist, then lot go, and tho balloons ull lloatcd up around nnd abovo her head and shoulders, making a gay spcctaclo of her. The doctorand the Italian both stood by, smiling at her satisfaction, when suddenly to their amazement, a strong gust of wind caused all the balloons to swav to ono side, sweeping Birdio olf ' i --A.H ? * -- -lappcncd SO Ui.iu.\ji*:olcu]y {hat, before they could do anything to prevent, tho light little creature was borno away by tho cluster of fantastic looking crimson balls, up and oil" over tho water. And ns the wind was otf shore, it seemed inevitable that sho would bo carried by it across tho mouth of tho inlet straight out to sea. "Great heavens!" shouted the doctor in helpless horror. T1 10 Itali an, smitten with despair at tho loss of his balloons, began a frenzied dance, at tho same time exclaiming to the unhappy old gentleman, "\ou payee rne-a for all-athose-a! you payco alf-a!" '1 he bathers in tho water ohser-rerl tho extraordinary sight of a liltlo girl cheerfully sailing through tho air with her improvised llying machine, and stood guniug upward in amazement. Everybody on shoro became awaro of tho catastropho iT> an instant, and began* running to and fro in a hubbub. Mrs. Tredloc, ou tho voranda,' fainted, and Dr. Ilaygood was called up to restoro her, while tho Italian vainly tried to keep one eyo on him for security of payment, and to follow with his other eye tho Hight of the balloons in tho opposite direction. A dozen men hurried to tho water's edge, launching row boats and sail I boats, with which they tried to chaso th.c shadow of Birdio and the balloons, so as to be on hand at tho right spot ? -l-~ -1 ? .. .. hucijuvu oiiu miuuui urop into llic water. But it was p. hopeless pursuit, i "?ho don't show any si^n of dropping1," shouted Mr. Middleby, who was i steering tho foremost boat. "She ( moves through tho nir faster than wo j can get over tho water; and unless i thoso air bags cxplodo or fall olf sho will be swept so far from land that wo never shall get her." All at onoo help camo from an un- , foreseen quarter, and ono at least of t tho balloons did cxplodo. It happened ' in this way: Col. Wclstcd's big cat- i boat was seen rounding tho point, with tho wind on her beam, preparing 1 to tack into tho harbor. Ben Piver at tho helm uttered n startled cvy. , "That's tho queerest gomo "bird that ^ I ever sec," ho declared, pointing up in tho air with a big yellow thumb, j < "It's got shoes and a shirt and about ] twenty-flvo heads, I should judge, but < no wings." I Tho colonel was on tho alert, hut ' tho strango object in tho air was somo t distanco uwny, and so unlike any fly- ' ing thing they had ever seen Ixjforo ( that it took both men two or threo < minutes to comprehend what It wus. i Even then tlicy could not account for 1 it. They did not fully understand rj wimt imu Happened. nut Uol. Jack t mado up his mind that, whoovcr the t girl was or however alio had got into that situation, she was not in tno right place for a child of her age. And thero was only one way to get her out of it. t Ho raised his rifle and let fly. But r tlio motion of his catboat and tho r progress of tho balloons through tho t air mado it vory difllcult for him to c tako a suro aim. Tho first shot had 1 noelTect. Bon Piver gave a short dis- c gustcd laugh. Tlien tno colonel g.ew o "mad." Ho perceived now that tho t harbor was full of boats coming out t towurd him. uud that there was a bur r ,\ * ; * '.'31 ruwu on tnc Miore wuicinug r.ie projodings "If i don't hit this timo,r said lio to ton, r,s ho | I-afresh cartridge into *" lie brooch, "my - renutAliont gono. , lid I leave Reefer's Point to-night." Crack! went the second shot. The ' w rowd and Ben hoard its mournful 'wlioo" as it sjied through the bright ir; uud almost instantly one of the *w >allooii3 collapsed .and shriveled up. ^ Ui audible cliccr camo blowing out Yom the iieople on blioro and in the louts, and Col. Jack loaded again. * V But-just imagine how Mrs. Trcdloo ? vlt when she saw that pull' of gun f* moke from the oat boat, und realized hat some one was liringat Birdie I Bhe J" md Windy rocovoml from her minting il when this happened. "Belter to , ct Iter drown or blow away boyoiul ccovery than do that," she gas(>cd in P ingutsh. "Why, it is tnurdcrl Can't my one stop that man from shoot- ? "iff" ' i Dr. Ilaygood and her friends tried ^ o explain the matter to hor, but she a in ted again lieforo they could do ;,o, . j, md it was lucky for her that sho bc ame unconscious, because tho gal- ant colonel was blazing away again (Villi his ritlo at closer range. An;ther of the balloons was punctured, j md seemed to vanish. Col. Jack's r :atboat all the time drew nearer to a >pot 011 the water just below tho hov- 8 ring baby, who n^ifejiung susjiended. c fortunately very close to a long sand ipit that jutted out into the inlet just ( beyond the harbor's mouth. t Une nioi-c shot finished off a third ( balloon, an there wero not enough left ' in tho bunch new to hold Birdie up. ( Slowly steadily, softly, she began to j descend, precisely as if she Wero being j let downward by <#\>air of arms ruov- . injf gently, ami in a fow minutes Ool. j Jack bad the satisfaction of seeing her ( sink quietly and comfortably down on the sand heap, with tho remaining , balloons still fluttering around her like so many Hugo bubbles of gor- , gcous color. . His boat was tho first to i-each tho J point of sand. Ben Piver leaped out. | ran to the child, and turping, waved j his hat as lie shouted to tho assembled fleet, "Gent lemon, sho's alive and kick* , ing!". whereat another cheer arose, lon? and loud. ,j Col. Jack all but wept over tho ( child as ho caught her up and kissed ( her. But Birdie, on landing amid tlip , sand, had calmly and unconcernedly begun playing with it. Her hands wero full of little shells. "Deso for momma," sho remarked, cheerfully. Ho hurried her iuto his boat, antL sailed oack to mo wnari, accompanied by tlio rest of tho fleet. There was a tremendous press of men and women on tho wharf. Mr. Middleby, who received Birdio as sho was handed up, started to rush with her to her mother. But, strangely enough, in the crush and confusion of tho crowd, ho missed his way, and stepping accidentally over tho side, fell with a plungo into tho water, carryingBirdioaloug with him. The colonel and Ben Piver were overbourd in a moment, and soon had her safe ashore; so that before tlioy brought her to Mrs. Tredloo she had been rescued twice. Some 0110 had run . ahead to tell tho poor mother that Birdio was all right. With Dr. Haygood's help sho rose up 011 her couch to welcome tho littlo maiden back; and us the colonel entered with Birdio in his arms thcro was a cry of recognition on both sides. "Jack Wclstcdl" exclaimed tho . as Tor uoi. Jack, fid sioou irom liirdio to her mother, in whom he beheld his lost .love, formerly Evolyn Carter. Her husband, Mr. Tredloo, had died not long after Birdio was born: but Col. Jack had known nothing about this, having heard no news of them for three years or moro. Tlio cud of it was that CoL Jack Wclsted and Mrs Tredloo were married boforo tho season at Reefer's Point was over, and that was how lie came to bo tho stepfather of "Baby Balloon." All this happened soino fifteen years umuiu uur uuuversauon Willi tlio col- I oncl that evening on the* piazza. The day after ho hau recited the circumstances to us, Joo Tcrrill came to him and said: "Colonel, 1 was very much interested in tho story y ju told us last night, but it spoiled a little plan* of nnno. I have been intending to savo Miss Birdie's lifo myself as soon as I could get a good chance to do so, proeiratory to usking her to marry mo. ut as I found you had already saved i her lifo twieo, fifteen years ago, tho t wind seemed to have been taken clean out of piy sails. It occurcd to mo that . if I wero to attempt saving her again I might bo overdoing matters. Bo I i havo spoken to her today, and 6ho i agrees with me. Slio says it's no use my waiting around to rescue her. bo causotho opportunity -might not occur in a long wliile, and sho lias consented to marry mo if you'll givo your approval. Will you?'" i Col. Jack gavo it "I'm glad I I saved you tho troublo, Joo," said Ihc. ? "It's bard enough to win a good wo- < man's lovo anyway, and if you've ] lone that much, you'vo dono enough ' lo suit ino."?Gcorg) Parsous Latbrtjp in Harper's Bazar. 1 < Curious if True. Mr. A. D. King, a well known law- ^ per of Orillia, lost his lifeon tho Grand CVunk railway. Ho had been away . >n business; and on returning got off ; ,lie train while it was in motion. Initead of getting oif at tho station side . no took the wrong side of the train uid had hardly touched tho ground when ho slipped and fell so that his c two legs wcro run over by tho Pull- r man car. Ho died in twenty-threo hours. Tho accident took ulaco at 2 >'clock in tho morning, and at day- 0 light a brother of tho dying man r Irovo a few miles out from the station to tell his father of tho sad business. I' To his surprise ho found his father up uid dressed awaiting for him. ? 'Whcro's Daniel ?" eagerly asked the )ld gentleman. "I saw him about 2 j'clock or a little after. IJo came to f ny window and rapped at it. I saw { urn tnreo times and spoko to him 1" ? Cho grief of tlio father on learning of ? ho sad affair was very great.?Mon- ^ real Witness. Tbe nnnchbaok'i Fortune. Tlio Mon to Cristojtreasurcs left by hejluto William Keane, the hunchback ' lewsboy, have about reached their " naximum. Sinco the discovery of * ho $2,050 in his room and the box " ontainintr bonds and stocks worth at ? cast $18,000, his brotliers have been y n tbo alert for the development of v jiothcr mino of wealth. Another w >ox belonging to the deceased was P ound, but it contained nothing but P apere.?6t. Louis Republic, 01 of llto Fellow* Who y "Sw Ortnl It nofor?." I It is dificull to dwell iu love and . nlty win the men who inevitably j ms yourf.JboHt story with the rcmarlL , Yes,* I w hoard that before" antl | ho lnvsjKnbly has seen hi thp paper , ha(e veiwoj >inlon you have to offer , pon any |of ttfe momentous questions : r the oat \ i UpstirJmt| one of this kidney, lie , ad exm>";wailed Fogg repeatedly, until )rbearunc<>(\tud ceased lo bo a virtue; ut Fbffg \Vns pretty hard 011 Upstir rhoh no did strike buck?though, to 3II the truth,' U|?stir hadn't souse nougK to Utiow what'a rough linn* ling ho was getting. But -wo antidote/ Fogg?It is u remarkable fact that attle, when oXjioscd to tho weather, tivariaoly fore-tho wind,- which if hoy turned "their backs to* it would >low under their hair and chill them. Upstir? Yes, 1 saw tliul in tho puiier ast evening. After un. interval Fogg has some hing to say about tho turilF. _ "pay what you will, no system of mpost duties run be |>eniiunent which Iocs not recognize tlid. rights of tho . nosscs." Upstir?That's just what Blcnkin op says In his tivatiso .on "Coinmoriial Equities." Fogg (with ovil in his heart) ? iVhen Georcro "WasUintrton arrived on he field of Waterloo tlio First Michigan cavalry, which was nearly dccinated, reformed spontaneously at the tight of their beloved chief, and in an ncrediblv tvoWHimo they had drivon ho Paynuh host into diro confusion ind took several thousand prisonors, ncluding the rcpowncd cavalier Kosdusko. Upstir?Yes, that is word for wprd svhat Bancroft says in his history.Fogfl^?And sneaking of ce??v.r#minds mo that it is tho custom otftlfo plains for the mon to ride with th?r [aces to the horses1 tails, in ordenrftat the enemy may not advance too closely to their rem*. Upstii^?f saw that in tho paper the ather day. Fogg?It is n very interesting fact that on the plains tho men frequently beoomo lost in tlio thick for-* csts which everywhere abound; a squadron of horso has been known to wander for years, withoqt food or water, vainly endeavoring to extricate themselves. The trees ou tho plains, you must know, grow to an immense height and are so close together that it is impo^ibje for a snako to pass between tpom. . it will therefore ho seen that tho men; as thoy wandered through these impassable giant ?;royvtns, must suffer untold agony rora the sun, whicli beats down upon them unmercifully. Upstir?What a memory you have, Mr.- Fogg! You quote from Parkbom's "Great West almost verbatim, Fogg had his revenge and tho rest of the company wero scarlot with merriment; out Upstir was quite unconscious of the fool he was making of himself. On tho contrarv. lie crow prouder of himsolf every moment. What is the use of trying to stab n rhinoceros to death with a toothpick? ?Boston Transcript , The Adjutant Dlnl. Talking of*adjutant birds, I heard a good story from Mr. Richards of the Baptist mission at Lujcolola. It seems ^ a l'l trtahfail^teto ^5r '.viLa?u) alnuuii, which roamed about the station, with clipped wings, in company with monkeys, parrots and other- pets, among them a kitten belonging ;lo Mr. Comber. One day this kitten' was heard mowing pitoously, thotigh it was nowhere to be seen. At last, noticing that the sounds appeared to he proceeding from the adjutant who was standing with his beak wide dpen, as though on gaged in swallowing something, with an effort, Mr. Comber walked up to him, and looking down his throat saw the end of the Kitten's tail about to disappear. Thereupon bo grasped tho tail and hauled tho kitten out still alive. Mr. Richards told mo that the truth of this story had been doubted in England : for my part I see no reason to disbelieve it, and would recommond those who do to pay a visit to tho Zoo and insneot tho adinfant* 1 have seen on" the Congo held their heads ad high as- a tall man and had beaks and throats of enormous capacity, adapted?like those of pelicans and other birds which lead a similar life?to the catching and swallowing wholo of large fish. The Luteto adjutant, I am told, on another occasion swallowed a small dead monkey entire.. As for the kitten?it is a well known fact that cats have nine lives 1 ?Blackwood's Magazine. Mistaken About the Boric. The other day one ot the customers in a Lewis ton, Me., dry goods store failed to get her purchases, and she appeared at the store next morning in i ferment. "Here, Guy," said the proprietor, "take this lady's bundle right home with her." The lady preceded the boy out of he store, and wallang along to tho curbing stopped into the wagon standng there. The boy took the blanket >tr the home,' unhitched him and umped in. At the watering trough. m nna rvf A V.?.1- - * ... vuwwi wiu iwib?m hjo nurse Beemeu o want to drink. and the clerk said: 'Shall I give the horse a drinkt" "Yes," said the lady, "give the old lorse a drink," and tho hor?? drank. Arriving at the lady's house, the .lerk looked for the stable and said: "What 'toholl I do with tho horseT Jhall I tie him ut>?" "Sure," was the reply. "I don't aro what you do with nun. He's not ny horse. Aini he yours?" To say that the boy was astonished s to .tell only half the truth. Ho was rightcned. Talking a philosophic iow of it, he rei^oned that very likely ho police were on his track. Instead >f returning by a direct road to the tore, he tome a roundabout way. In ho meantime the owner had notified he police and had made a thorough earch for the animal, only lo find it rhero he had left it?Lewiston Jourml. , ft . TflMbv ftUoaortefc On tlve ovo of my marriage I mode arco men t&l~ vows. They were?never > aggravate him, never to have a I scretfrom him, nor .by'any selfish or tioughlless act of Mine to lead him nw step toward bankruptcy. Fifteen cam afterward I told htm of these own, and although 1 have been a idow for ton years, I should blot this ttpcr with my tears if I attempted to ut in writing the love and tenderness r his reply.?Good Housekeeping. ' ' T *,; Vf * ' /} *" * ' x > - THE LEADING , / The best and .cheapest Hosier The best and cheapest lot of A nice line of Ladies' and M ' All to be found," with nam ^ 1' ' Emporium tf HARRY: April 10 * 1( GUNS AND ~A * W E have a liirjje s(? ok <>r Im; orfe I awri A Mu/.zlo and llrei ob-Lo tdtnjr, wli'oh wo aro Prophetic Visions. Ono day in the spring of 1861 I sat ivith a lady friend conversing pleasintly, when 1 saw on my left knc6 a pile of bank notes; the top ono was a e3 bill. 1 strw .it distinctly, and ?o told uny friend; she could not ieo it. It quickly disappeared, and wo speculated over the matter a littlo and soon forgot it. This happened in the forenoon. In the afternoon of the same day a man come in uncjcpeatodly and paid tno rent money. He was not in the habit of paying at stated times. After ho had gone 1 took a bank note detector to cxamioo the bills to Bee if they wore all good. I laid them in* u nilo on the left of my lap. and, with tno detector in tho right hand, proceeded. A $3 bill lay on the top, and 1 instantly recalled tho vision of the forenoon, und drow n?y friend's attention to the situation. At another time 1 saw two $20 bills in the air. I was suro some opo would pay me liionov. I "could think 6f no ono unless It was my mother, who owed me that much or nioro, and was to pay it when she pleased. 1*1 bought slie would send it in a letter, but days J tossed and no letter or money catno. felt puzzled, for 1 could not remember any mistakes in these experiences. It might have been a week artef- tho vision when mv two children cuino in on tho stage, 'i'hev lmil been staying at my mother's anil 1 hud_not expected them homo. The girl was 11 years old and somewhat careless. She had been homo three days, and wo had seemingly talked over everything about grandma's -affairs, when she spoko-up loudly nnd quickly, 6aying: "Oh I ma, 1 forgot to "tell you: grandma cent you some money, and it is sewed up in tho bosom of my dress." Wo got her traveling dress and found tho money, just two notes of the amount I bad seen.?RcligioPhilosophicnl Journal. Forty-nlno Vcnrs In PrUon. Tho Franklin County nhnshouso at present affords shelter to a man who has a remarkablo record in the criminal annals of this part of tho state. His name i3 William Pierce, and ho was released from Auburn prison a few days ago, ufter serving a term of imprisonment amounting to fortynino years, four'months and six days. Tho crimo for which Pierce suffered this terrible punishment was for tho murder of his o^rn father on Jan. 10, 1889. Pierce, who was then about 16 years old, was working in the woods with his parent- when a dispute arose over tho uso of n liorso which lio desired to drive in tho evening to attend a party or spelling school in tho neighborhood. Tho father, unable to stand tho abusive languago of his son, attempted to chostiso him. In return, William seized his ax and with two or threo Wows killed him. Tho parricido was arrested and tried in this villago in July, and sentenced to bo liauged on Sept. 2 of tho saino year. On account of his youth Governor Seward commuted tno sentence to imprisonment for life. Pierco became hopelessly insane a fow years ago, and a second commutation was granted, which allowed his rcleaso. Every ono of his relatives in this county has boen dead many years, and tho story of his crimo was almost completely forgotten?Malone (N. Y.) Special to New York Sun. t WHIIo ongagedTrTft hunt I tried tc iCtUri so induing 4 rum iho hair breed about these strange animals, but, al though ho had killed scores of thecj, I10 was so uiieomniunicativo that J was given precious littlo information. ju-uwevur, i icarncu enough to know that tlio rnco is nearly extinct, having beca hunted with great vigor on account of the hides by thoso who didn't caro for tlio sport, and also having boon pursued so hard by genuine sportsmen, who were carried away with tlio delights of tho chaso. I had formerly thought that they had these big curving horns you havo seen in fiictures, 011 wliich they alighted unlarmcd after springing from some lofty height; but that's all nonsense, for their horns aro small and sharp pointed. They uro. fearless, however, iu racing over tho mountains, and make ! somo astonishing leaps and climb up to seemingly inaccessible heights. I taking n suro foothold wliero it would I seem almost au impossibility for them to stick. Altogether, I don't wonder that thero is so much of an effort to canturo them. By tho way, I learned that in tho Sawtooth ltange another animal could bo found which is unknown except in Europe?tho ibex. At least thero is a tradition to that effect, but I saw nono, and couldn't ascertain that any had been killed; so after all it may l>o a fablo.?Chicago Tribune. Jnlifuin Mozart. Joliann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus MoZart, ono of tho greatest of musical composers, was born at Salzburg on tho 27th of January, 1756. When but 6 years old ho composed 6hort pieces, which ho performed with great applause before tho court at Munich. The next year he astonished Paris by his performances on the organ and his powers of improvisation. Mozart comlffiscd numerous operas which still hold their place on the stago, and excelled in all departments or composition and in the universality of his genius. lie died at tho ago of 05.? Philadelphia Times. "Sptke Teams." llQ^IrA I? - ' " uuit^u icuuis aro an institution peculiar to the south. The Georgia team consists of a mulo or a jenpy and un ox; theso are geared, to an old rickety wagon to naul guano and watermelons in. Tlio Florida team is less complicated and more economical. An ox is harnessed to a pair of shafts fitting to a yoke on the animal's neck and connecting with a pair of wheels in which a box is placed, a ropo attached to the crenturo's herns answering for reins. The box generally contains a man and a woman of a type that can be found nowhere but in Dixie.?Chicago Times. A Valuable llorae. America is not tho only country whose what looks liko extravagant* valuations are sometimes put upon horseflesh. It is said that \V. Burdett-Coutts is tho possessor of a famous hackney stallion?Trifill's Firoaway?that represents in bis stock a monoy value of ?250,000. Ho. is 80 years old, and his get sell readily at 800 to 400 guineas a pair in London.? Soil Francisco Chroniclo. S .# Al-r, Powder, ?lio'( lllank nnd I, >a led Sh II anything in this lino, it wi 1 pay you to cull a THE BEST SEWING WOR only E$19.5C THE CELEBRATED ' DEMORI BOLD ON , FOSTER, W Jan 4 Great Clearing 1 AUCTION ON S See the Prices 7G0 ynrds Colico ai 3} o worth 5 o. 8it0 " ? at 4jc worth GJo. 400 yards Wool ft led Kentucky Jeans, lit 2-JJe. Ticking, nt GJ an I 8o. Fcntlicr Ticking, at lljc and 13 o worth 15 nnd 18c All-wool red Flannel at 13Jc. Wrmens soli.t leather Shoes at f?5c. Chi'drens copper tip Shoes, nt 86c. Children* Bolt ahoes at lQe. Mens Brogans at 75o. High priiceB are dead. FLYNN has kit A fresh lot of Clothing rooeived last mo prices : $8 Suits for $1 85. $10 Suits for $C 25 Black Cork Screws, $8 75, $10 and $12 50. Tins, Hairpins, Buttons and Thread (hi CLEARANCE SALE of LEADER AND CI May 27 Stop af WE will ask you to drop in and lecled Stock-***' New Good* that are not n p "Pi a a t JUS XV XJ KJf Our Stock of Dress Fabrics is com Henriettas, Cashmeres, Mohairs. Plaidi Wc wish to'call the Ladies' specia Inteft styles. BOO T S A I Our Hoot and Shoe department Co to the Public. Our largo Shoe trado is wo rcprcseut theut to bo. CLOTHING! ClOT] i In this department we have purch now ready t?? supply tl\e demands of ev suit to tlie.old man in his sober suit of HATS AT We psk you to examine our Lrgt Caps, of every shupe, quality and style, anco" Hat. We havo a polite corps of Salesuiet . through our Stock. All Goods sold at I March 29 the banner it We have our banners hung out on the outw high prices. Wc have piices down flat and < Our immense stock uf Ltry Goods, Boots, tirely new and fresh from the Faotories. THE PASS-WORD IS Brognn Shoes for 90 cents. Uents Congress and Lace Shoes, $1 25 an>l up. Tlx best 8cotch bottom Soot for $2 50. Chddrens Shoes from 15 sents to 50 oents. A Lady's good Button Shoe for $1. A good heavy Boot for f 1 60i Can give Man or Boy a Hat for 20 cents. Heavy all wool Jeans for 25 cents. 40 yards Celioo for415 cents. 6 papers Hair Pios for 5 cents Oil Cloth for Table Covers, 20 oents per yard. We cannot and will We have the best line of Gejits and Boys ( We can fit tho largest man or smallest boy in Clothing, so don't forget to call and examine Please remember that all of our inimeuse i and fresh, and we have no shelf worn or infe Be sure and call at the BANNER STORK o RO: Sopt G NEW JEWEL] 1 \JLj1L JUST RECEIVED at F. O. TREFZ and most choice selection of Jewelry to b< WATCHES, CLOCK8, EAH RINGS, . FINGER Rl 8ILVER AND SIEVE all Rinds of fi which he intends to eell lower than ever. After eighteen years experience in the manner of work in his line with skill Sept 6 36 en's Underwear. erous other bargains at the^^^H NL. COHEN &B^O. l riMU nition^B in ricnn Guns Single an I I>ouVe Barret, selling at pi ices (b it cannot be b atCQ." Is, Uu i iinplemrnlft, etc. I( jou t POST! R, BILtlNS k 00. | B MACHINE IN THE? ) AnD FREIGHT, . ^1 3ST" STILL IN THE LEAD * A ILKINS & 0^T| [ sue at .ATORDAY 9TH? Quoted Here : ^ Mens heaxy Hoots, *11 sizes, fl 80 fl Ma*ch those- prices and yon will ?trik? oil. -9 Ilemminis Corlio >. 2o per yard. Kemnanis Dress Goods 4o per yard. 8o Dio-s Goods 5o por yard. lt)o Dress Goods, CJc per yard. 16c Dross Goods, 10c por jud. * 4()o black llenr etta for 21c. G6o " Cashmere for 42c. V,v '<S\' r 75o " " ?' GOo. ' 80p " " " 68c. ' ?' led them. iith now offered a' the following ridiculous' $t> Overcoats for $3 65. -.> $8 Overcoats for ?5 60. / ' g $12 60 Overcoats for $8 50. own in to any person buying at the QBE AT. 1>. O. FIjYIVN. Ill IAMPION OF LOW PRICES. jd Look. 1 give a look at tbe?large and well-sc* w arriving daily. djtartft n. A A T\ rSH ^ v U JL/ u , plcte in every particular, consisting of ?, Farm Cloth, &c. I attention to our Dress Patterns of the < D SHOES. ufibts of Goods that we can liouimend proof enough that our Goods are what aiNG ! CLOTHING! ill n?cd a larger stock than usual, and are C ery one?from tho little boy in his first - ^ blaok. V I> CAPS. i and well-selected Stook of Hats and Wo oall speoial attention to our "Alii , i whq, will tako pleasure in showing you the lowest prices for GASH. RICE & MCLTJRE. : ?_:k 1 3Y GOODS STORE. 1 ?rd wall and the war cry is down, down with* will keep tbem down. Shoo*, Ha'e, Trunks, Clothing, Ac., are eo> v.-^9 LIVE AND LET LIVE^ ? rj 8 Papers Pinft for 6 cents. 20 Balls Sewing thread for 80 cents. : 12 Doxen.Buttons for 6 cents. Suspenders for 10 oents. A 10-4 Blanket for $1. A full-grown Quilt for 00 cents. , A beautiful Counterpane for 75 oents. Oents Undershirts, "for 25 penfS. ' Gents Collars, all sisee.'.for 10 OSOtt. Beautiful Lace Curtains cheaper than ever - " before, and only a few pair left. . * I not be undersold* 3 Hotbing, that has ever been shown in Uniong the county. We have the insiile track on our stook. Hook in every department is entirely new rior goods to get rid of. DGER & PURCELL. M 36 .. ly M RY! g JEWELRY ! IEIt'S Model Jewelry Store, the lergts e fouud io tbe upcouotry ; consisting o BRBAST PTN8, NG8, CUFF BUTTONS, IR PLATED WARE. !$ NE STATIONERY. business, he is fully pri Vto do sit rod do^jateh. All gOdtW ?tyod work F. 0 TREFZEB . jj|