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hkvht t. btantow. Ib marriage ft failure? I asked of n maid , Whose life bftl gone out (roui the shine to the . shade, . Whose skirts were al! drupgled and stained with the ill e Of grasses Ihe scythe of tlio years had gone I through Is matTinge r failure? nnd turning her hoa<l I 'Jo the long trodd n path she would never uiore t rend. 1 anient in; lier fftto, with an audible sigh, From out of her bittcruoss, answered me: "A>e." Is marriage n failltra? I nske.1 of a bride Who lived in ttie present with lullness of pride. Whose lips w re .ust moetln; tho ttagoti of wine Fho niui-1 itrink to 'lie toes In her revel divino Is mnriiige n fmline .' nnd iiuick in her cheek Tho hi ppv henrt-current, was eager to speak. Her lips w? re spatt nrd her eyes were nglow. As, out of her heaven, she answered bio: "No." Js marriage a fnilttro? 1 asked of a man Whose volumes of nature wre "rend as he ran,'' Whose pui po -.? in II e was "io have and to hold," Whose passion was sidr and whose dolly gold Js mniriiigo a failuie.' and quicker he wont? No mom nt in folly like litis to be spen' ? Hut ben iiig full we I as ho hastened on by. Ho laughed in my into, mid ho answered me: "Aye!" i In niu.r a;:o n I. Hit re? I asked of a pitlr Who stood in tli? Minset ?tlli silvery hair. w Whose evening of life ivns approaching its close, In odor of hay <1 in scent ot the roseIs nsrtiafs n fuilnro? Iiwl woman and man, Who toiling toget lior, hud tost d the plan, Who tittered tlio brook and kept on with its flow. Till reaching tlio ocean-they answered me: "No,' Is marriage a fa'luro/ t on'ted o' a beast, I'ntouch h| at. tho h mds of a hallowing priest. Whose will was his law. who to muscle bis ho vst. Who looked oil tho world as his brothel at m st Is runrriago a failure? and up from his lair From c iverns of darkness, fiom foulness of ftiv, Came loudly hi i savage and sen.-,uul cry, That told of his nature and answered mo: "Aye.' Is inarriago a failure? I nsked of tho birds. When their music of spring they were setting to .. w rds. When building their houaos on leafy cs'.ate3 Ai.-d tenchiug their young to bi couples and - matte ? i^Mbuai r.ai o a failure? aud out of the grove, ,^Kiclr odorous Kden of Innocent love, Tno singTs in answer were unified so That echoes front everywhere uttered their "No." Is marriage a failure? 1 said to mvsolf. As I peered in tho eyes of a tnngle-haired oif, And lion ill the gravor and holier ,aco Oi her of my bosom thank (lod for His graoo-Is rnarrlaso a failure? mil out of tnv In oast. Jn pity for all of such bondngo miblOKt, Willi every glad pulse of iny being allow. The answer came swelling, "A thousand times, No."' II GREAT TREASURE, The Strang Mystery Sorroitlii Its Disappearance. A STORY OF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST. cT CHAPTER VII. a\s?* /> UT I wan si III d iiu'rodulous. tla: [fimim. \I\ ^ )1) woods all day to '? ftwo-- ' know of the ex-tie sho hal &cc0*h to the It were possible for her to see AS' dark even from the bny window. wF Mr ~" would she risk ^-r-r *^2ldtat3k *St Ifait '"'r f?r 110 r1081' ^^$y^^JjyjBj?2g^^*.dnrin Miss Las>;v\\>'K? There ^~r/""7, $"'/*+ was too mneh strength in Lola's character for such a senseless and feeble device to bo acceptable to her. It was not the act of a rational being, but of a mischievous or malevolent idiot. I was inclined to bolievo that the explanu tion Miss Laseolles had olTerod was a just one. ami that what she had noon was purely imaginative and the result of four, inspired by thoso inystcri(>us sounds which mipht yet t?o explained. This was not Van Hooek's opinion. nor was it Draco's. -AkXwill not say the Kid lias done it." lie "tliero's no sayin' what preaser blood will do. For the sake of arpyment. we will nay she did. hut 1 undertake she shall not play the same bower twice, if her father's porsunsion counts for anythin';" and he went olT at unco to search for Lola in the woo I. When we were alone. Van Iloeek said: "Ask Sir Edmund; lie will toll you. as ho told me, that IIrace was in (ho woods yesterday while you wero pliilandorinp with Miss I.u.sccllo.-?. What was ho there for but to find his dauphter and employ lior in workinp out his plot?" "Good heavens!" I exclaimed, losinp my temper; "what mdioii have you pot hold of now? Last night you suspected S:r Edmunds " "I would suspe.d aav one who has I ho opportunity to p<>sscss liim <i I- of siii li atreasuro as you hold. Do you blame tho man who imncns iiimsfii wni'li l.is n o is in danger? Thnt diamond is lif>* to mo! What conlil I do if it with lost? Yoii hold tlnit diamond my life- in your keeping. Yon are hound to take i.vorv precaution for its safety. You has-* no right t > despise my warning because it does not. agree with your reckless t ii-a in liiummity." "Take tho diamond into your keeping. if yon think it is not safe in mine," I said. "You make that offer boenttso yon know 1 am powerless to accept it in my blind and helpless condition. How can I keep it agains' a man like 15race?" "If you havo more laith in my power to koop tho diamond, why do yon accuse mo of neglecting its safety?" "Because you blind yourself to the danger that oxists. Clod!" lie exclaimed, protruding his sightless eyes to the light, and clinching his h?:v.lu in frenzy, "to think that those who can see will not see!" "Wlint possihl connection can there be?" I asked, "between the safety of our diamond and (ho event of last [ "Ifl ?" mind. -" """Hon.^C. JTUiy .pv&ht <hX Ki,rl "''"'""kVha I'.v.m."- *' '"""l , "Yoti'sha/i1 hV.'p. nT-EII . rs,.'?pcd me. . .... ..nunTod, .Htrotching tits itrm to tin- right ami hit until ho encountered mine with his hand, and then clutching if tightly; "you shall see?with my eyes, if not with your own. You have urged that the girl could know nothing of the disposition of the rooms, hut she might receive Instructions front lor father. He wont into th" wood to give her those in^ structions yesterday. I.ook at your |>lan"? he handed me the diagram I had drawn at Ills rtMjuost ?"llracc, having his room at the back of the right block, wottl I naturally tell her when she got to the top of the stai^^He was not to pass through the pictiirMKllnry. but to go < straight to the landing over tho stairs she < had ascended, open Hie window In tho bay. f which would then he on her lelt hand, an I s ntako her way to the oriel facing iter. That, f ler to your window." t "Certainly." "But he did not take account of thAfaet that the door by which the girl enteiW the liouse is at the back of tho ri^ht blook. and Hint the stairs by which she would ascend to tho tlrst floor bring ber to U?e landing; between Kir Edmund's room nnd Miss Lascollos'. Thus, though carrying out her Tattler's instructions to the letter, sho must Inevitably make her attempt upon Miss Lascelles' room and not upon yours. Look at vour plan." "I loliow you perfectly well." I said, astonished by the ingenuity of his explanation. which had maao a perfectly incrodiblo supposition po islblc?nay. for the moment, probable. "Are you convinced?" he asked, triumphantly. "You have yet to explain how Braco thought to obtain tho diamond by the means ho employed. Ho would scarcely expect that I should faint with terror," ' "Who said ho would? Bwtce calculated upo" <2ca!.r.K wilh a heavy aioepOf,-.no_t a c nervous giil. Tlio tapping Is tit-scribed {Wf-fH so't and regular; it was intended to tost whether you wore asleep or not. Tho moment a light appeared tho sound coasod? j tho girl had gone back to tho bay. From ] tho landing she could seo when tho light , was put out. and it was safe to rccommonco tho attack. Tlio audio was lit with some , difficulty the second time; Miss Lascolles f possibly stood with hor back to tho window as she hold tho vesta. Lola may have de- | tooted tho llrst glimmer, and uncertain or ] not whether it was safe to continue, turned tho Id.ml. and looked through. At that moment tho wick burned up. and Miss . Luscollos turning, saw tho girl's eyes between tho laths. Tlio knocking was not ropeated. tor a simplo reason?I.ola lind dis- ' covered hor mistake, and retreated. Do you doubt now t'io purpose with which ' brace has gone to seek the girl to-day?" I was forced to admit that his oxplunation was feasible, yet I could not beliovo that I.ola. who soenied sincerely attached to mo. would consent to aid in my ruin merely at tho instigation of her lather, whoso authority sho habitually disregarded. I said tills to Van lloeck. "It is because she is attaohod to you?boeuiiB ; she lovos you." ho replied, with emphasis. "that she would readily enter her j?4thcr*t? projisu.4o raU.you.of aha diamond. Tho diamond is hor enemy?4t lias separated you from her. and placed you side ny side with Miss LaiOelles. lor whom sho has manifested a jealous hatred from the very first. What COUld bo more gratifying to her savage disposition than to tako away tho diamond iiiut has created this difference between you and her, and to ieduce j-ou onoj more to her level. It is the only hope sho can have of getting you awnv fiom Miss Lase lies, and restoring the former condition of equality upon which your companionship with her rested." Again I was compelled to admit tho forco of Van iloeek's argument. "but why." I aske I. "should Brace trust such a perilous undertaking lo his daughter?" "For an obvious reason." ho repliod. "If you caught her in the net of robbing, you would not raise your hand against her: if you caught him. you would blow his brains out. For her vou wou'd find excuse; for li i 111 none." In this there was truth-also. "Talking of that." ho continued, "what arms do you keep about you for defense?" "None. I replied. "I thought so. Tako this." ho said, drawing a Ion# clasp-knife from his breastpocket. Ho showed the spring with which the nariow blade opened, and tho catch which locked it u?? back fit J twhftrftAund lawful no iii at tor who lirtnt'iosY "Mi. i two* ytrrrtrrised to close my window, which I habitually kept open at night, and to secure tho fastr iiii# of that, sis well H6 the door, before point! to bed. Finally, he exacted that I should 01 c<? ino-fl inclose the Hespor in tho leather ens . and stiapitto my waist tiio 111-1 thin# uln'gh t. The J ml ?o (lid not return until dusk. He was f digued* and liis general appearance indicated si pursuit through rough sind tho-ny ways. "I liev seen the Kid." he said; "but she would not listen to reason; and not- boin' afeored of sp'iling her clothes she nut'rally got the liest of the argument, and played It low down on her father." He advocated starving her into better behavior. and woul 1 have had the door closed to out oft her communication with the dairy, but .Mis- l.aseelles would not listen to this; she would not yield to fear, and declined to change her room or niter her ordinary habitudes. We separated a little before eleven. The night was close an I study. I bad no inclination to go to bed. especially as f had given Van Hooek my word to close the window beforehand. There was a reading-lamp in my room. I lit it. put out tho candle, and seated myself in a comfortable chair with a l ook. Not a sound was to fco-hoanl after the clock struck I on wi'h "' moving from my .thair until past tnslvc? l'Tom time to time I had taken my oyes from tho book and listened Intently?not III anticipation of hearing the mysterious tapping at mv own window, but in apprehension of its bo'.ng repc.ato I upon Keith's?and in the last stroke ol midnight reverberated through the still night I closed my hook and listened again. Tho silence without was so complete that the burning of the oil in the lump at niv side was distinctly audible. At that moment. 1 heard u board creak. It was so slight a sound that, bad my atten lion boon Itxod upon tlx- hook, I should not Iiiivij noticed it. I could not toll wlioio it onino front; I was not rum Hint, it was not from tho floor un<lor my foot ha I changed my position. Instinctively 1 looked toward tho window. I ootild see nothing boyotid the oirolo of light roflootcd bv the lampshade. It wu? too ntisord to tnko tbo lamp to tlm window?thoro wna no board tlioro to creak. I waited koiiio minute*, ami tboro being no repetition of the Hound, I reopened my book, but I pause 1 with my linger on the page to listen onoo more. A shuddering High, like that of a ehild who is crying itself to sloop, reached my ear. I went to tho window, drew up tho blind softly, and looked out; lor th? sound had seemed to eonie from a distance, and I thought it might be tbe flutter of leaves in a breeze. Hut the night was unchanged? heavy and still, the moon obscured, and a thin gray veil of mist hanging over the lawn, as F.ditli had seen it the night before. I opened tIk* door noiselessly. All was dark. I could seo only the miillion of the l?ny standing out vagu dv agaimd the graynoss. I listened. At night heavy cm tains were drawn across the head of the corridor, shutting it off from tho passage upon which it abutted at right angles; nevertheless, 1 n.llll.l ll..,.r III,. ul,.rt...v.l.u l.i-.,..ll.i,..r ..f (1... Judge or Van llooek from flio rooms hovoiid. 1 was sure that thn sound I lia<l lu-ard was not imaginary. and dnlorminod, if possible. to disoovor the eauso. I wont hnok to thn tub In and fotohnd the lamp. I had rcturnnd to whcro 1 stood l?y tin* door, whoa my eyes foil upon something lying at thn threshold. Another stop, and I should have put my foot upon it. In steadying thn shade, my loft hand I screened the light; us 1 withdrew it I saw / at thn object at my feet was Lola. oheejc with an undrlod tear. "* to h"r P<?or child,'*" I' sajlj" ('a"ll'i Kf,p you now. 'hlnk III ofyou." tn.vsoir. -could not ligh^nntl'l"he wi'is^ln T', 1 Mm the table, fi ,p,,lCod " soif whom I could mad ?n "n<l my1 sleeper. As I ,|| | this tlm ,1 y1 .Wrt,,!h try chimed the i,?if i. . !"?k '? Mm bo|- i watch. and s?,v that it wa I, ,f ko<l at mY i . 'could lint fix nil- ?##. ,wplvn. J book for sente time in,. f'Mitfori upon thn P'"<l With Con,o^ ;.r:> "ln,, oecuprosoncn. |( a?c?>unf for Lola's thoorv ami warning In ? Van ,foo<'k's l possibly beoauso niv io I n>qnn,'t?. ynth.v snutrnma, -7c was biased * onio tlo ro with mVv J! i hnlieve she had I it rather o'"tontion , a '"ind solitude llo , ' think that she had i ""Kht this rosIInir.on f ?IJrab'c and had h< ri?au she kucvT "m fo 5,0 near the only Rr I m .-==? As I pondered, my eyes grew accustomed o the gloom, and I could see dimly ho girl's faco, her arms scarcely disinguishable against her dusky cninisole. md tlio darker mass of licr red |>olticout. iho did not move. If sho had evaded her athcr. it is possible that she had fatigued lersolf as well as liini. My heart was itirrod with pity, and I resolved thnt when die awoko I would try, if sho would listen o me, to reason her out of her savago solution, and induce her to accept tlio I ;bullions that Edith longed to bestow upon icr. I would not purposely awako her. for ,n sleep there was the relative happiness of ] orgettulnoss. I It was past one when I again began to | cad. From time to time I lookod away rom the page and assured myself that sho vas still sleeping. And so I sat watching md reading until past four o'clock, when he light began to fail, my eyes grew heavy, ind unconsciously I fell asleep. I was iwoke by my book falling from my hands Ai the floor. The lamp was yet alight, but Miruiitg so dimly that, looking toward the loor, I could seej^tilng. I carried the -T?la H a^Trtift 'i n~ [ ? * When wo met at breakfast. Edith was In icr customary bright and cheerful mood. Iteassurcd by her uppearanee, Bir Edmund mid. smiling: "Well, my dear, has thore been any remrreneo of strange sounds and spectral lights during tho night?" ??-- >. ?...? a... ai.i ,,nf I 1CH, HIIO (IIlHWt)rVU, uut I no j uiu I?vv 'righten mo, for I knew it was only poor Lolu." Tola!" I exclaimed. "I lmd left a light burning," she said; "the | blinds wore turned downward, and the light j 'hone upon them: the tapping woko mo. It was just, the sumo sound that I heard before. While I was looking at tho blind before the open window, tho tapping stopped, and I saw a linger eoine down botwoen tho third and fourth lath from the bottom, and lurn tho third: alter that the finger slid in between tho next two. and turned tho second. Then I saw her two lustrous black eyes looking through. Almost immediately a terward they disappeared. 'Don't be afraid, Lola,'I said, in a low voico, for I fcarod it she were frightened sbe might slip from that terribly nurrow ledge. I waited a few minutes, to give hor time to got back to tho bay. if sho Intended to. and then drew up the blind *mi~iooked out. There was no ono there, and the window In the bay was as we left It last night?closed." "Are you sure it wits Lola?" I asked. "Yes, they were her eyoa." "Do you know what time it was when you saw hor?" I asked. "I ran be sure of that, for in taking my I watch from tin' stand, it fell, breaking the glass and stopping the hands, and very soon after that I heard tho clock strike." Sho showed me the watch, the miuuteiinnd was so bent that It could not pass tho hour-hand: when I lifted it. tho movement I recommenced, proving that the spring had not run down. Tho hour marked by the hands was five minutes to one. "At ftve minutes to one Lolu was sleeping ut my door," I said. I TO HE CONTINUED. | Two Blue-Bottle Flies. A gentleman making a call at the house of a friend was astonished to And the rooms and passages in confusion ; and, on inquiring the cause, was answered : "Oh, we are very much annoyed. exact place, hut wo*cannot endure tho stench anv longer, so we have removed the furniture, rolled up the carpets, and callc d in the carpenters, who are just beginning to take up tho floor." "Now, don't he too hasty." said tho visitor; "you need not pull up more than one board. I w ill show you what I mean presently; and, meanwhile, shut down the drawing-room windows and close the door." He then stepped down into the garden, walked round to the horse stables, and aft or a few minutos' absence came back to tho drawing-room with loth hands clasped. Placing himself in the center of tlio <1 rawing-room, he opened his hands and out flew two lafge bluebottle flies and buzzed around the room for a second or two. But prosently one of them alighted on a certain plank of the floor, and was almost immediately followed by tho other. "Now, then," said tlie .visitor, "tnko up that board and Til engage that the dead rat beneath it." The carpeitffflw applied their tools, raised tho board, and at once found the cause of the unpleasant smell. A ttov's ltcmliinr. On early reading largely depends the boy's tntte in after life. If lie can he induced to take good hooks at the start, he is seldom likely to have any dangerous leaning toward poor ones thoroaftcr. Whether it ho true or not that virtue wins followers by its inherent qualities, it is certain that a knowledge of good literature makes the tnsto of )K)or reading Hat, stale and unprofitable on the nicntnl palate. It is nirdly to* much to say that any parent may cultivate a taste for good literature in his child if he is only willing to take the trouble. It is sometimes hard work, perhaps, but it can certainly lie done. How to combine the two ends, that of having the lad road whatever will interest him, and having him read what will beget in him a tssto for dosirablo books, is a question which will have to he answered dill'erently in each individual case. There is a point where the two considerations come together, hut >n evory case the personal oquation comes in, and no general rule can ho laid down to c >ver all. In our dav, however, the i, ? , well hllf1' .?, tl?i? ! > iweH lh? ,,TOb" loin. ? Veneered The manufacture of w hjrt veneered ,!llim,,J! 1uH\y of tlio gem i'j trv in 1'ftTin. t \{tev being cut of quart'/. ?r it u pat into a VOaXVi NV? liftR moiidn tvliiCnT^Tj^i smuli ?? i.* ??t. ami of tlio clippings "taken from diamonds during the process of sharpening them. In this way all the amalf particles of diamonds that heretofore have been regarded as comparatively worth- ' less, can, by means of this ingenious i proo-RH, bo made of scrvioo to tlio ewoler. Two Sounds by One Word. The reason a person at one end of a r?ng pipe will hear twice over tho minds made at the other ond, is that on is a l?etter conductor of sound than I ir is, so that tho Hound which ia l aanl list travels through the air, ? id honco more slowlv than over the , t eial. 11 THElfNEWS. O.ren Palmer, nJf*1 ***'*7 years, elops?] with a yeajP~old *,rI * Vincennei I?d.t and rairfiiedflr ^er- H? "?? ?rre*ed( charged ly the flf'1- P?"f *IU? "doer, ping her, but wajf1 "cqultled, .nd the coorl gare him pos8Jf,on ?" ??U glrttride. r.n Soman skeleton?*? **> bones of Henry Macken*? *ud P?rt7. ?ho were na?sacred in DakotaWJ lnd,?*. tbirtj-fire years ago, were found i%* pi[mt ? "*. ? D. A general .tnke of Worka*~? the bnllding trade In Boston ia th? ew,#ned- The eeons lory of the comiriittM* of ?* Evangelical Cjurcb (hit trio I and? deposed Biehop Estoer at Reading, Pa.,ba?b<Ien >?8truoted to notify nil llie conferences in **mericnaud Germany of Eiher's ?"a|^n^i"^C~~jfcJ^SrT QaBhant/ was arrested Id JsMSHBMIHPW) wero iiiis>rld*d^^W-7K^6w^fMBpltoena, Micli. A. H. Pntter8cyp^^?'<K?0', in Morris townt-bip, near JnKd?o. Pa., was burned, and Mis. Patter/*&rw??dangerously injured by Jjmpinj fro^ jjftrlndow.- lh? striking operatises of j'Ettrick Cotton Mills, Petersburg. Va, hjT #1 effected a comprom ao with tho operd^Pf* ?nd resumed work. Win. H. Myers} V well known clti* *=a of Cincinnati, was tie'to the penitentiary for two years fcr/eoiW*kllng funds amounting to f 14,0>.'0 biH by/.him aa guardian for minor children, f jMhes 8. Hyde shot Wm. Stambull, a r/<*lJHclcet speculator, in front of a New /oTwthoatre.. A new labor union, called flflpVorkin^men'ti Benevolent aud Protectl ^A??ociation," has been formed at Pottsvilj * P? Hon Chas. Emory Smith, United"-States minister to Russia, was given n din;|?r b/ bis New York I friends A terrlflo w|jd storm nearly en. j tirely d? molished tbe U ?* of E Igetnoor, 8. i C., and Mrt man was kl.jd ani several persons injurod.??TEsTranirSfBlrtrfacturing j Company, of Boston bis bought four acres of land in Knoxvlll? enn , and will transfer their works to O city. a ennrrer was , .utKltottie I-nbsnon and Healing Kfiilroul, a branch of th? Pennsylvania sy item. There we 215 business failures in the Unite J Sta^jfcnd 4) in Canada tho past week. W. nhla lory pre si lent of tho Mallory StonmselffLlne, died in E ',T York A party of mvsko.i men at I laiufleld. N. J., gave a man-who was im plicated in a scandal vr tu a tnarriaa womau notice t-) leave Ihi town la a hurry, which ha di I. Miss Gertie Hsiske, aged slsteen years, was fa'ally shot at L?xington, Pa. Webster Campbal), who wailn her company at the time, snjs the shooting jjas accidental. He has, however, been aihwl C. T. Oaks, a young man who bujelt indelicate h.-a)th for soma tlioe,.dlflH?d from bis | home in Chicago, IeafWSSftqUtat be waa I (irnlo. living,,apdln^j^^l^jltlrowii himto Miss Leonora f^raraBHJ^^nia. A company with a 2,000,000 has been organized in CfflKIKty build thee largest plati glass faetorjJBtbe world at' Klwood, Ind. A rich ogjMtohelor called "Lucky" Morgan, of DodaatU^alo .was murdered and robbed and his mdjfsibrown into ft well. Tho pouch prospect lb M c'llgan is reported to be a failure. -4-In ft dispute over a game of marbles, k mtoy Wineman. twelve years old, shot onikilledBertie Poly. mm, at Joiiet, 111. Ttjt Nijtfft York sti'e Court of Appeals dcolnrp tlj|BE.ectricil Kzccution act constitution^. MfHbi jor General G.-orge Crook, U. S. AllirajHmand of the Depart r.eutof tho MigstirjKpod in Chicago. James J. Slocum, if^^^York base-ball player, was sentenced t death for the murder of his wife. Thai committee of ministers of the Evangclutl denomination, at It ading, i'a., found ifehop J. J. Ether, of Chiosgo, guilty of thejpurg ,s of falsehood^ slander and ere at' a* lu the church. A meeting was held at Fredericks' urg.Va. :in the interest of tho proposed Northern Neck Railroad along the lta|-pah uinock. J. W. Woodruff. *xpr. si.lent of the Life r.nJ Reserve Insu'ancj Company, of buffalo: is inissin ?. n? i * e'so his ire: Iv i blonde typewriter. i.nnlo Loveric ui d j Mamio McUeruiott, f ctory operators at Wcstport, GL, fought oror The attentions ' of a young man, the bntte lasting about ten initiates, and Annie co i:itg out victorious. j Benjamin Grewell was lynched at Cyni thiaua, Ivy., by a f core of farmers, whom ha I defrauded two years ugo. Biuffton, Ala.? | gives (500,000 to the Methodist Episcopal ! Church, for the location there of the South| era University. The Amorican laundry* ! men of New York held a meeting to perfect 1 arrangements to oust th? Cbin .-se from tho business. By the bursting of a grindstone at tbe Whitaker Mill, iu Wheeliug^W. Va.? Samuel Richardson, lei M. Fox, tx mayoriyj^HMW^HPrufc^~~ Atlantic City. Fire destroyed uifee blocks of buildings in Bavilla, a hu.i urb of Jaokson' vtlie. Ross ft25.000. United StaUs Mar fh tl Walker and his deputies are after the s.-IL-is of intoxicating liquors In I diun Territory. The new state Washington is to have tbe Australian eleotion system.??C. A. Soar lie and W. C. I'alne were arreted at Wissouia, Montana, for robbing the Northern Pacific Express ofttieat Brftiuerd, Mtiin.( of #15 000. James S. Kennedy, Jr.,foreign money-order clerk of the Ban Francisco post cilice is an eratezr.ler to the extent of #12,000. Miss Jessie White, aged nineteenyears, committed suicide lyehootint her sc 1' through the heart whiJ - siltin { in a I uggy in front of a hotel in Jolliet, 111. Too school act, abolishing the right of the K xnati | Catholics to have separate schools and obliging all clossosof tbe community to patronize the national secular scboo.B, has passed the Manitoba legislature.?Ellen DdV.iu, of "ivivshss! c Jr, foiuiJ in an i'" -o^;iom. intoxicated contlit3Bfc^~"Mut ' j 0,1 a 1'UbJic road. **zon todtalh I tol, Now York cit^^^Bftorn jy.Uotel Britj iho guests, though ^(^B^ics fl/j>auio among I 11(1 VAnna 9 is . a .. I ~ tot p3r amm-e Sr,.onuru ? " l? ash ouus Hi the Cantf/t "? th? Pr'c? ol pany to elau doi*n,-Ohio. kIusjooiuconductor o? Ul? ioC?rJy,, HaiJroad, ,hot nafcgjgftud Nwl.vuli ,'^1*iCo ored paswnger/id^n^Htf'y wouiide* 1 d ,h? 'attar.- ?BLm shot an olorado Spring#, Col, a ]f S^K^libridge o a risideuoe burne/J Ira^Mftlonist. be * co by hi#political eiien J Jl?b< grown n'net#on years, a JjKa^HtkP'red Jcmi *feo ar??i?I at St. joae^^K^Bjr artist, hi erfeitiqg United FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. HfBMlc ACMIOOV. I 61 bt Dat.?Vice-President Morion oocuplod the obair at the opening of (o day's slon. Tue resolution offered by Mr. Voorbeea l ist Monday as t > agricultural depression j was taken up, and Mr. Voorhees ndlresaed the Senate in relation to it, Mr. Wilaon and Mr. Stewart also spoke. The Blair Eduoatlonal bill waa taken up as unfinished buii* n m, and Mr. Pierce male a speech. Mr. Smarts mad > a long address on the bill. Mr, Jail spoke in fa*or of th. kiii u- u-'?* J f? FLOODS. Hea"\ty Rains and Melting*Snow Raise the Rivers. , Tlio Xounlnln Ktrciimi In W?*t Vlr? I RlniaOui cr All llonntU itnd UoIiir Cons ?lrruble DkniK|r. 11?port* from about a dozen points in tbi j no jiitains of West Virginia show that all the i streams are bank full aad still rising. The Indications for dis istrous floods were never J better, and tbere is a good deal of apprehen- ( sion. Along tbe Tvgarls Valley river, tbe Chest an J tbe w s. fork of tbe Monongah-la ' overytbing is afloat. At W.ston, Lewis j! county, on the west lor It, tbe river is twenty- {, live leet deep and still rising, and there are .. ^reports_^>f^j^e^t dam*ge bibber up tbe e) ''^^Tn^Mononiiahela, nnd'at Phillpi, on the " l( I agart Valley, tbe river is very biguauJ still 0 rit:og at tbe rate of one to >t per hour. __ Q A Charleston telegram says ibe Urent K in- tl awba marks sliow thirty feet, and there is a n general fear that a consider ible pjrtion of w the city will be iuund'ited. U.d riv.r men at M Charleston say the fl ?od will b < tbe worst Vl known fof years. A i tbo tributaries of tho i Ksnawha are dangerouily bigh. Eiormoui a. quantiths of lumber iinvo gone out of E.k t, und oth *r tributaries of K*uawba. '1'ne b tv.o Ktuawba is also very lunh, and stiil ri-ing. tt lboflo tongnbe auuil sfougtilcgr'.icuy j' 1 irrBBURQ, l'A ?A flood of serious proportions tbreatens this section. Tbo warm raili of tbo past lew days lias caused tbe snow ^ on'cho mouutuins to melt .and this has swollen lt ail tbe small streams Until tbey ure oat of eu tbdir banks. Dispatches from all points along ttl tbe Allegheny, Yougbio^lieuy and Monou- w gabela r.vers report tlie water rising rapid j0 ly. At tbe bend waters of tbe Mouongebo.a tl] tue water is higher than ever knowu bo I ore, C1 and it is still last creep ng up. Farm lands u aioug tbe stromas are a.ready under water, Vl and gtvst alarm is relt. bi A MoKsesport, Pa., dispatch says tbs Mo- ,a noagabela and Youghtoglnny river are oofcb ^ rising rapid I j' a I sln?s pwnt. '1'h* ^ higher now than at any time*m? sou. ft tbe inlicaiions poiut to a greater volume w water into nas uean unuivu iu iuchj >nraius ?j in year*. (i People living along the streams are prep tr- ^ ing for submerged dw.-l iuga, and m??y are [( preparing to move out. w The Ohio uii Hie Klae. *' Cincinnati, O.?The Oaio river is appar- ^ en tlj Hi out to reach a greater height tunn at the last fl od, when it uaroly reacucd 67 feet. v Here it is aire idy 48 fuel 8 nuho.*, and is r s- j, ing at the rate of two inches a i l ojr. At H i'urtauioutb it ia rising three inchei uu hour, ,j while above the report* say it is rising and ^ raining. The Big Bandy rose 10 feet in an v hour at Louisa, Ky. The Licking river, at ^ Falinoutb and Cyuthiaua, is rising very rap* ( idly. Here the temperature is growing t slightly co:der, but the fall of temperature, t probablo at this time of tlie year, < an pre- ^ vent a very bigb river bere within the next few days. Alarm at Joubitowa. 1 Johnstown, Fa.?The effect? of the steady I rain begau to bo apparent la th? rise oM he ? teenbouBeswero blow*down.a nog named | JameettiUsr was killed, and rfSreral persona 1 veerfoHaly Ihjured. The root of the Georgia, ' ' Carolina and Northern Depot was blown 1 half a mile away. Robinson & Bros*, estab- v llabmentand Dickey's drug ato>e were totally 11 demolished. EJgemoor's new churoh was also destroyed. 1 iS ?? c THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS. .b o Large CrtTsnrs Formed in Louisiana . ' mid Mississippi. The crevasse at Raleigh, Li? as well as thatat Offutta. Miss., will likely cause serious damage to the railroads in their respective vicinltie*. The Riverside Division of the Mississippi Vulioy Railroad is under w iter and the track la being staked down t > prevent ita tein< washed nway. Unless the crevaste at Offutta, which is now 5'JO feet wide, is soon , closed, larged portions of "IVashin tton; . ilkaihiy ?ui nr -O^whttbi ? I >1 ?F garden of the Yasoo-Misslssippi Delta, cot-m | ering an immense area, will be floododfc|A** The aitualioa on the Shreveport Division of the Queen and Crescent Route is becoming sirioua. The Raleigh crevasse is enlarg'ng at the rate of two feet an hour. Ail attemps to prevent the ends of the levees from caving have so far been unsjccess ul. A psrty of engineers left Vicksburg for Rvieigh, for the purpose of riveting the ends of the levels witb willow m kttre.<ses. There is great distress in Che track of the flood caused b/ a lack of skiff * to move persons and properly out of danger, but no loss of life has been reported. It has been reported that the Nita crevAsse is now 4>0 fe.'t wide and from six to eight feet deep. The two plantations J above the break have cov -red with bnck water and the flood is spreading over the country below for a distance of twenty Ave miles. SHOOTING ON A TRAIN. A Dispute Over a Faro Oanses a Fatal Kn counter. E. B MoCurJy, conductor on tho southbound Louisville an l Natbvillo liotd, was , shot and seriously woundeJ by a negro named Jake Daniels, and in turn tho conductor shot . and ki led the nogro. This happened on thi | i train while it was near B ly Minette, Ala. , The noqro refused to pay tho rate of fare do- i manded by the conductor, and the latter tried ! to eject him, C ut the negro resisted, drew a | pistol and lireJ, hilling tue conductor in the rl-rht lira af. "Iia onniliir-tor thnn fired four ' timet, hitting tho negro o?ca time, end then stabbjd hiiu with a pookot-kuife. Tht negro died almost instantly. MARKETS. BM.TIMORB?Flour?City Mills, oxtrn, $4.20 a 114'I, W boat? Southern Kultz, hOit-d; Corn? .Southern White, 37a38 cts, Yellow 8i^a35J^c. Oats-Southern ami Pennsylvania ifadocts.; Rye?Maryland 6c Pennsylvan a &.W>?cu>., Hay?Maryland and Pennsylvania 13 .Via# 13 0J;Straw-Wb?wt,7.d0a#b. 50;Hutter, Kaatern Oreainary, 26a28c.,iiear-by receipts 10a30cts; Cheese?Eastern Fancy Creara. 11 all>4 cts.?Westorn, OalO cts; Eggs?13 L?'K71/. Hye?State. 57a60; Corn?Southern Yedovr '37.VV7^.0aw-White.State JMXa*?tt ! ctt Battel ?State, Hal7>{ eta. Ohee?-SfcH>. ctv F./gs?Mal4>< cU. ' I ^ainluEi.PU'A ? F.our ? Ponnsylvann 1 I fancy 4 25a4 75; Wheat-Pennsylvania an 1 4 ^ .there Red, S5ii?l; Rye--PennsylvanU I fhS iiiOc Cora?Southern Yv*llow, ^ , Oa^VS/, cts; butter -Stai*. **20 ot* ; ! SSso-N. Factory, Ha** cts. Egg*? ??*?* l3*iU CUCATTT.E. i B\t-TlUORB?Beef, 4 75a I 0); Sheep-?5 CO M "'^wyoKK-li'-W 00a7 00; Sheep-45 50 " ah -45; Hogs?44 4) O 6? Shaeoq. Bast L?u?*at* -be?.??4 45*4 50, onaep $1 Witt Hogt?4* 30-i4 45. .y**. . ? >r,;<ir. ained the fljor, and th? bill went over till .< ^ 8euat? then ?dJ turned. *j 6-ndDay?On motion or Mr. iagatls the (i '"cetionaLl.tll we? takvn up (at one o'clock) It a the unfinished bu-iue*?." The Senate tl rjoceded to vote oa the bill an 1 amend- ti ?cota. The first vote was on three amen 1- o, eata, offered by Mr. Mood/ pi. D ) to the w ml'IiilMi! * j the amendmonte in 91-drr tc defend the In oostitutiooality of th> bill. Mr. Moody's ot tnendrnvnU were agreed to. Tue Senatj i>i ion proceeded to vote on tho third readiug nd engroisment of the bill. When the vote ot as concluded, and it was known it had re- Ik i t -d against the bill, Mr. HI air changed bis en ote from aye to no, so as to make a motion, so i reconsider. Tbniesult was then announced g? i?yeas 31, nay* 37. Mr. Blair made a motion ?| i reconsider the vote, which motion was en d, and then, on motion of Mr. Edmunds, wi 10 Senate proceeded to the consideration of mi i -cutivo business. TUo Souate, at 4.50, ad- tin urned. tli 6 Inn Day.?On motion of Mr. Shermin, iii to Lill to declare umawlul trusts andooui- hi nitiois in restraint of trade and produc- is ou was taken up for considerat.on. The * ha ibstitute rojiorto i by Mr. Sherman, from ?;! le Finance Committee, on the 18th instant, to as read; also, an amendment that was of- st< red by Mr. Reagan. Alter a long debate lu' ta bill went over till Monday. After a short lis tecutive session, thefconatea'j -urned. Mr. m lair renewed bis motion to reconsider the ta ate of yesterday by which the Educational nc 11 w s rejected, and Mr. I iga Is moral to <-u iT that motion on the tab Is. No actiou was sp i ten. m apuiiii7()ftlftluK tn derail ton, fs., "*? 'us repurte 1 and placed on the calendar, he Seuate then took up the calendar. The rst bill reached Wo8 one appropriating $3.X),JO for a public buildinxat San Diego, Call- of arnio. Mr. Sherman suggested that that B,! as rather a large oppro.iriation for a pub- 1,1 c building in San Diego. Mr. S'anford, * ? hair man of the Public Buildings and Jh [rounds, state! that Sin Diego had a popu- 101 Ition Ot APOUt iufvw, f%!iu tuab tuo uuiiuing '' 1 ras to accommodate the custom house, the B' aternal reveuue cfflje and tie land oMm, **1 s well as the posh filoe. Alter an ex ended >>n ebate, during which reference was made l'1 t> the growth of c ti?? in the West, the Mil ?*1 ras passed. Mr. Uln.tr introduced anothor ducational bill, and it was referred to the lb >in?mitte*on Education on! Libor. At- w ogelher there were 5J hills piss d, most of i ?l hem private pension bills, i'he (Senate, at >'< ,:3'J adjourned. M< VI Hsrm Nsssloaa |f. _ - - ,.i 07th Day.?After the morning hour ex>iredtbe House went into committee of the hole?Mr. Burrows, (Michigan) in the ohair -y -on the Pension Appropriation hill. Mr. j i ?v~ tbe numlK-r of pensioners un thti " rould be 75'J,000. Pending debate, the comnittee rose, and the House adjourned. j, 06th Day.?Mr. Cooper (O.) a member of he Committee on Elections, called up the i larylaud contested case of Mudd against kimpton, It beiug agro-id that debate shall >o limited t > six hours, at the end of which ituc tho previous question shall be consider1 as ordered. Mr. L<ac?y (la.) opened the iscussion with an argument in support of ha claims of the contestant. Mr. Dalzell Pa ) and Mr. (Ireetihalge (llass.) atvocaled ae case of tho contestant, mid the esse of e si:t ng member was uphold by Mr. Moore lex ) an t Mr. Gibson (.\ld.) Ponding a vote, t.e 11 use adjourned. (JJth Day.? Tho House resum)d tho conideration of the Mudd Compton contested lection case, and was addressed by Mr. < 'oinpton, tho sitting member, in bis own bealf. He was followed by Mr. McComas. fpb apoke for Mud.l, and Mr. Cooper (O.j <1 i charge of the bill, olbijiivtlie debate, | * itlad to I he's -at w^'^pted?'t -* ro. Mr. Mudd thenTPppeared and took tna ? >ath or otHce. Mr. Morrow; of California, ' novel that the House go into committee of . .o whole for the further consideration of the ,] 'oiision Appropriation bill; p>nding which ,| Hr. HojUer, ot Miisisuppi, moved an ad- t 'irnmout. Lost?Yeas 122. nays 153. Mr. j t il >rrow's motion was then agreed to?Yeas y OS, nays ,VJ. The committee immediately I, ose and the Housj adjourned. e 7 tii Day.?luimediateiy alter the reading ? if th ) journal the House went into commit- w ,ee of the whole?Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, i nthichuir?on the Tension Appropriation rill. On motion of Mr. Morrill,oi Kansas,(act- K ng under unsiructionsfrom the Commute on Ij [nvalii Pensions,) a resolution was adopt d (, ailing on the 8 -crotary of the Interior tor a u opy of the evidence taken by the committer | ? tppoioted by bimto investigate tho manage- , v n nt of tbe Pension Olllce under Cummin- . r iioaer Tanner. Tbe lloute then took a re- e :ess until eight o'clock, the evening session { j to be for the consideration of private pension \ l hit's. 1, 7!ht Day.?Mr. Lawler, of Illinois, pre- (j se .ted thr remonstrance of the Chicago Wholesale Shoe and L-ath-r Association ? against tho impos tion of duty upon hide'. n Deferred. Mr. Morgan of Mississippi. pre- , V ?ented resolutions of tho Farmers' Exchange i it Memphis, opposing a tax on coiu(oatid ' lard. Deferred. I i the rnornin r hour, on I. motion of Mr. l'ason, of Illinois (acting under instructions from tbe Committee on Pub- J! l o Lands) a bill was pa Bed repealing tbe ^'"per culture law. at iwoo cicck puouo business was suspended, and the House pro* P d eded tothe consideration of resoluti ns rel- ? ative to the doitb of K J.'Uay, late m *ml er * fro n Louisiana. Eulogistic addresses were w made by Messrs. Wilkinson, of Louisiana; * Heard, of Missouri; Gear,of Iowa; MeMillin, c of Tennessee; lilunchnrd, of Louisiana; * Hemphill, of Houtb Carolina; Rutterworth, ? of Ohio; itynum, of Indiana; Clements, of 0 O orgia; Kinsey, of Missouri; Coleman of I '' Louisiana, and Robertson, of Ixmisiana; and , then at four o'clock, the House, as a mark of ' !' respect to the memory of tuo doccasod, ad- j ' journed. If FIRE AND PROHIBITION. J j rti? Kcslicnre of nn Adviitntc of (Ite ' <11 lino Burned. > Cil The fedlng wai so bitter that two months ago the residence of M lyor Stock bridge, a prominent Prohibitionist, was burn.xl t > the ground, loss, $11,000, and it is rumored his political enemies had a hen 1 in the matter. At a meeting of the Ktpubl.can mi l Liberal parties, ritookbridg* was nominated Mayor, and at three o'clock his new re?id -no was llred an 1 burned to the ground. The io<s is fS.OOO. The A in -rioan Hotel, adjoining, was damaged $3,000, Flnnnignn,',the author of the "I'arnellism \ and Crlim." article, has been black balled b-JT the London Athera?um Ciub. I/>rd C? /?7\| Jos'.icr Coleridge and several (iladstr . ' Cabinet minister* canvassed agaloit , ? >> m < LiuiUDCjH 14. 'H SUNDAY SCHOOL. ' NTKHNATIONAL LR3SON *Y>R APKIb O. irunii Text: "ChrUt'a Law of f?OTf," Lukrvl ,27 33?Golden Text: Luke vl., 31.?Cuinnteui?ry on Iho bct>M)ll. 27. The command. *'l.ov.? w '.rikes the average ritir.311 of the world rs iraugely a* it most have nppwed to the alikean Jew. It se?no to him unnatural, t is not according to human nature, but to >0 divine. The verb "to love" lms?>it least, iree different meanings- (It To bo pleased ' delighted with, to b" tend of, or to regard ith nffeetion liccause of qualities which exive a moral regard for. In this sense wo iglit to low enemies. (3) Lovo is used in a *<1 sense of lust. It is the l?->ve which has benevoleuce toward hers and a regard for their moral walliing which we ought to exercises toward lemios. We may hate the sin, but love the ul of the sinner This will prompt ua to do k?I to those whose characters we cannot prove. There are four-steps,or grades between ekedness and |iorfect rigbteonsness (It Malt , ly l?ate those who lovo liiin. This allies ni to devils. Had men hate (I,*!, who loves em, "toMl so loved the world,etc. (John ,, 10s t'!i Man may hate whoever hates is. This is human nature. It natural to give blow lor l?lo*-, rd words for hard words, bale for bate. Man may hivetho.se w|n? love hint. This o is human. Mon generally mv tip to that tudard; even "sinners nlso lovo those that ve them it- Man may love those that; ite him. This is the divine rule. It Is not icoinnton "to act tint haman nature. " It kett grace and a Chrisl-like nature, a re* * weil human heart, to "bless I Item that into you,'1 and to "pray for them that dettcfiilly use you ' Christ, on the cross aved 01 Hwr-lf- ..ut ?.-tT .tn.iLt m^fm W, The blood tends prevailing in the i'Jist soiled a sharp relmke. The custom was: ow for blow, blood for blood, and I lie spirit retaliation ran through whole families and monitions. The principle here taught is at followers of Christ are to submit to and ller wrong rather than to take I lie law into eir own hands or ret urn violence for vhince. It surely does not reuuire us to place irselvcsat the mercy of a drunken man er low a craarv person t<* la-nt out our hraius, ith no effort to save our lives. The rule IS obvious tmlilli-nf Jons lint lli.? siirif of e principle belongs to tlm louiidnt ion <?f I truo Christian life. Again it Is not indiHrrlininalo giving int is commended, l>nt tin? spirit of trim, ise and considerate charily Wn might give soma things anil in such u manner as to ? tin the soul of (ho lis-river To justify such 'ts from this command is completely to fier ert its |>iir|Hwo ami moaning If is the halnt ' generous, unselfish ami loving honovouco that Jesus would liave llis displea form. "Wo aro not In turn Iho orltl into n groat '|HK?rlmus?\' nor (?? icoiuago vagabondism ami shifltessiiess" ho spn .t t tinl would t*Nn>l u .l^w I,, |^n| ? SI ^Tiils is known as the Saviour * Golden lu!e. This law had Itecn originally written t Mia hearts of men. hut was Tost in the fall. ? i few great nilmls had groins I after miiiicling like it, but found it only in a negative >rm at Iho laist. Confucius almut Ski It, > .slatesit in this way "What I do not 'ish men to do to ni<?, I also wish nut to do )men,'' Jesus put this truth in a ixisitivi >rn?, ami not merely roipiired an abstaining rom evil to our neighbors, but enjoined ir> J do the same good to Iheui which we would avp others do lo u.?; n wide dilVereuco lwween these two principles :i'i Man may return (li Good for gixvl, vil for evil, this is huma ?; oven sinners do nat. (VI Evil for good, tills is devilish, hut line had Then do lhat and so Ikk'iiiiiv like unions. (J* Good for evil, this is divine. h> thanks are to he given for loving those hat love lis or for ilniio' .r.nt.1 to tli.iui ivlin o good to us; sinnon ?l< that; disciples rouM.not on that lovol rise aImyv common UHJII Jfiiii left. I to two that TOU *x ectwill repay you, that is still <>ri rhe lower evel of comniou sinful men. There is no roof of Christ-likeness in such nets. TIim liseiplo is to rise to n higher plmio of eon loot, one more Hourly nl'ied to the spirit of hat leather who so loved the worhl in itssin lint He gave Jlis only liegottcn Soli, that whosoever belicveth in Him might not |ierish, ut have everlasting life. While we were neinies Christ died lor us. This is the spirit liieh <'hristiuus siiouM exercise toward Hut rorldly the enemies of Christ and ..of the 'hrist like. V>. Are Christians to offer themselves a leriflce to the cruel grid of this world, to lio ersecuUxl, bufTeto<l, mado wretched and to e hacked in pieces by the sword, roasted by re or torn limb from limb by the rack or the did beasts and have no compensation no rerardt Nay. the reward is great. Exercising this lovo of beiievoloneo toward uomics exalts to sonship of the lout High. As lie is kind toward the uulinnkful and the evil, Christ's disciples, tol wing this example, may become heirs of loci uiid joint heirs with Christ. Merer is ne of the attributes of (iod Himself; were it. ot so, all men must have miserably perilled forever. Disciples are to imitate tho 'af.her ill this blessed grace. . VS Harsh, censorious judging of others is a omuioii fault of worldly men in all ages. 'he motives of others are censured and often ucharitably judged, ami n spirit of ibuHnding works much harm to religious life ud growth. We are not exhorted to rear! all men alike, irrespective of their haracter. A man is not to l>o n 'goodisli cakling." thinking or sjieaking or kicked moii in the same terms that no rould of tho goclly. While avoiding a ensorious, severo, harsh spirit of conde.mnaion, he is not to fly to the opposite extreme f counting all men alike good, and go so far s even to excuse the devil for his most, Iiouasli acts. The disciple is to have tho loving, orgiving spirit of the father, even in deal ug with tho sinner, while ho must condemn lis sin. . . . , * ?,. I 1,1,1'., u lA 1M> a K*. ill v. in wimii iuuuw v a *- ,o . 'onerosity born of the renew?*! nature, like he divine. Not judging, but giving. must hj the characteristic of Christ s disciples^ I'll is boundless generosily in to go out oward saint and sinner. If you would iave generous measure, give it; thus again he Ooldeu Rule as a positive priucip.e h enforced. The gift will bo in your bosom; m Eastern ttgure. Kor in the dr?* then ? >v<>ro there was^lanre 1 needed. Oiftf/ of Pr,*?, carried ?? \bU keepsakes ?P,?gl?t ?Mjjy ()Vcr tho l?o?oin. ".r "-uor at rlim striking htm u? to i# \atb3?^bty * ai ?? f\ Mr. U^SSSTJS^