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O. I ?< >. I. ^ _ * APRIL 4, 1890, - ? his calculation. would bring! Ap I pondered. mr cys irrew accustomed | THE? I Q F) D T \T Tl I?T (1(111(1 I in, h1hbbI her to your window. I to the sloom. and I could boo dlmlr i ir..?,i ?ui.?_ ' I il I II I li It HI 11111IX FIFTV_F1Dct rnurinn^. t ? ir iimit. btamtojv. 1* marriage a failure? 1 asked of a maid Who?e life ba 1 gone oat from the ihlae to the -, shade-. Whole skirls were all draggled and stained vrtth the di e Of grasses the scythe of the years had gtmo through? Ie marrlnge a failure? and turning her head 'Jo the long trodd n path she would never mere i reed, I/amentlnt her fato, with ail audible sigh. From out of her bitternoss, answered me: "Aye." Is marriage a failure? I asked of a bride Who lived In the present with fullness of prido, Whose lips w. re just meeting tho ttagon of wine She mu*t drink to the lees In ber revel divine? la marilige a failuieV and quick In bor ohoek The hi ppy heart-current was eager to speak. Her lips were spai t and her eyes were aglow. As, out of her heaven, she answereil me: "No." Is marriage a failure? 1 asked of a man - V!Wise volumes of not-uyn were ""read as he r'ah,5' Whose purpovo in 11 "e was ":o have and to hold," Whose passion was self and whose deity gold Mm lumiii'tii II laiiuirr nun Ijuicnrr u< WOI1V No mom nt in folly like this to bo Bpen'.? Bat boa lug 'all wo 1 ns bo hastened on by. Ho laughed in my lnco, and ho answcied mo: "A yo!* 1 Sls marriage n f. lluro? I asked of a pair ^rV Who stood in tbo mnset wllb silvery hatr, w Wfcose evening of llto was approaching it* oIobo, In odor of hay m d in acant ot tbo tote? In niariin'fo a fullnro? and woman and man, . Who, tolling together, had teat d the plan, Wliointered tho brook and kept on with Ito flow, Till reaching the ooean--thcy answorod mo "No." Js marrlaje a faluro? I anked o' a beast, Untouch*! at tho h mds of a hallowing priest. Whose will was his law. who to muscle bis bovst, Who looked oil tho world as his brothel at m at? Is marriage a failure? and ap from bis lair From cwerns ot darkness, fiom foulness of air, Caine loudly hi i savage and senbQal ory, That told of his nature and answered mo *Aye.* Is tuarria"o a failure? I asked of tho birds, When tlioir music of spring they were setting t< w rds, , When building their bouses on leafy estates And teaching their young to bs couples and . i mates? " jAnsir.s; e a failure? and out of the grovo, NEeit odorous Eden of innocent love, TOjo slngirs In answer were nniflrd so That echoes from everywhere uttered tbeli -No." Is marriage a failure? I said to myself, As 1 pearcd iti the eves of a tengle-hatred elf, And i.hon in the gruvor and holier iace Of bor of my bosom thank (lod for His grace le marrtago a failure? ami out of my bieast, In pity for all of such bondage unblest, With every glad pulse of my being atlow. The answer cantu swelling, "A thousand timos, no.' A GREAT TREASURE. The Strap Mystery Snnumding Its Disappearance. PC A STORY OF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST. CHATTER VII. ^|TT I was sill hlt,,nR ,r IriTVr-s Xk\ *")Ml woods all <lay t< 4 V Vnow of tho ox the lodno In tin i strength In Loin's character for such i 1 senseless nhd feeble dovlco to be aocepta | ble to her. It was not tho net of a ratlona E. , being, but of a mischievous or malovolen Idiot. * ' L ** ?- ? I ???inclined to believe that the ejuil^ua tlon Miss Lnscolies hnd offered "WaTajusi one. and that what she had soen was purelj imaginative and the result of fear. inSDiro* by those mysterious sounds which mighi yet be explained. This was not Yun Uoeck's opinion, not was it Brace's. ATI will not say the Kid has done it." In ><BId; "there's no snyin' what grouser bloot will do. For the sake of nrgymont. we wil say she did, but 1 ondnrtaku she shall no play the same bower twice, if horfnther'i persuasion counts for anythin';" and h< wont off at once to search for Lola in tin wood. When wo were alone. Van Hoeok said: MAuk Kir RflinnnH' ha will full ?ai* ??? told me, that Brace was iu tho woods yen terday whilo you wero philondoring wit) Miss Lusoellos. What was ho there for bu to And his daughter and employ her ir working out his plot?" "Good heavens 1" 1 exclaimed. losing mj temper; "what notion havo you got hold o now? Last night you suspected H!r Ed munds? "Two* suspect any one who has tho op |w>ftu' / poHHoss himswlf of such ntrxiii uro r ,ofl liold. Do you blame the luai who protects himself when l.is li'o Is it danger? That diamond is life lo mol Wha could I do if it wore lost? You hold tha diamond?my life?in your kuoping. You aro bound to take every precaution for Hi safety. You have no right to despise my #wa.iiing because it does not agree witti your reckless tuist in humanity." "Tako tho diainoml into your keeping, 1 you think It Is not safe in mine," I said. "You inake that offer bocatise yon knov 1 am powerless to accent it in my blind an< helpless condition, ltow can I keep I against a man like Brace?" "If you have more fnlth ip my power tc * keep the diamond, why do you aocuse ntt V of neglocting its safety?" r "Because you blind yourself to the danger that exists. God!" he exclaimed, pro & trading Jtls sightless eyes to the light. nn<! that those who n?n"l *d?JLnan there be?" . What possib!) ?* ?>ur dim r .. . - "Tho pilot failed," ),0 cont)1' HS on "?%T tho girl mfstooa .oOtn. " Ml' A? ,nor?rtulons exclamation escaped me. u Yon shall hear me," ho muiterod, stretchw ?n? hta arm to tho right and lolt until ho encountered mine with his hand, and then clutching it tightly; "you shall see-wlth tyr* eyes, if not With your own. Vm, urged that tho girl could know nothing of the disposition of the rooms, but eho might receive instruction* from her father. He went Into the wood to give her thoso instruotions yesterday. I<ook at your plan"? i h# handed me the diagram I had drawn at- hie request?'Brace, haying hla room at the back of the.jkfbt block, wool I I naturally tell her jf^Byvfcon she got to the top of tho Ntsf^^^Kpree not to pass through tho platuq^^^BK)r, bat to go straight to the IsndlH^Kf the stairs she had ascended, open tliowWaow lu the bay, whloh would then be on her lett hand, and way to oriel fa^Mj^V | "Cettatnly." t "Blit he did not take account of the fact t I that the door by which the girl enters the i houso is at '.ho \-aol. of the right block. ami t tlint the stairs by which she would ascend f to tho ttrnt floor bring ber to the lauding I between Hir Edmund's room nnd Miss 1 Lasoo lies'. Thus, though carrying out her i father's instructions to the iotter, she must t inevitably make her attempt upon Miss I Lasculles' room and not upon yours. Look I at vour'plan." 1 "I lollow you perfectly well." I said, na- 1 tonished by the ingenuity of his explana- I tion. which had maao a perfeotlv incrodlblo supposition po islble?nay. for the momout, 1 probable. I "Aro you convinced?" he nskod, triumph- i nut I y. i "You have yot to explain how Brace 1 thought to obtain the diamond by the means i he employed. Ho would scarcely expoct i that I should faint with terror," ' < "Who sold ho would? trace calculated I utw.wiiaA.-vi vr'iYn a heavy sleeper, not a i nervous gii I. Tho tapping Is described -i so't and regular; it was Intended to test whether you wero asleep or not. Tho moment a light appeared the sound ceased? tho girl had gono hack to tho bay. From the landing sho could see when the light was put out. and it was safe to recommence tho attack. Tho candle was lit with some difficulty tho second time; Miss Lascelles possibly stood with her buck to tho window as sho held tho vesta. Lola may have detected tho first glimmer, and uncertain or not whether it was safo to continue, turned i tho blind, and looked through. At thnt moment tho wick burned up. and Miss Luacellos turning, saw tho girl's eyes between tho laths. The knocking was not ro |rvutc;u. iui n mnii>iu icubuii?XiUiu imu uiscovorod her mistake, unci retreated. Do you doubt now t'.ie purpose with which , brace has gone to seek the g!ri to-day?" I was forced to admit that his uxplunation was feasible, yot I could not believe thnt Lola, who soomed sincerely attached to me. would consent to aid in my ruin merely at tho instigation of her tather, whoso authority she habitually disregarded. I said this to Van lloeck. , "It is because she in attaohed to you?bocuua: sho lovos you." he replied, with cmnhasl^"that she -vould readily enter her t f.iJfc<<g%-y?-swVTKnr-??v f-" rf diamond. Tho diamond la hor enemy?It-hue neparntod you from her. and placed you aide by aide with Miss Lamelles. lor whom sho has manr ifosted a jealous hatrod from the very first. What could bo more gratifying to her savage disposition than to take away tho diamond thut tins created thin difference between you nnd her, and to ieuuee you onei inoro to her level. It is tho only hope she can have of getting you away ftom Miss Lascdlos. and restoring the former condition of equality upon which your companionship with her restod." Again I was compelled to admit tho forco of Van Hocck's argument. "Hut why." I asko I. "should Brace trust such a perilous undertaking to his daughter V" I "For an obvious reason," ho repliod. "If I you caught her in tho act of robbing, you would not rnlso your hand against her; if you caught him. you would blow his brains but. For hor you would tliul excuse; for > him none." In thin there was truth also. ' "Talking of that." ho continued, "what arms do yon koep about you for defense?" ni'iifi * M3|'in;u. "I thought so. Tako this." ho said, drawing a long clasp-knifo from hia breastpocket. , Ho showed the spring with which the nariow blade opened, and tho catch which Ised to close my window, which I habitually kept open at night, and to secure the fastenii g ot that, as well an the door, bofore I going to bed. Finally, ho exacted that I . should oree mo o Inclose tho Hespor in tho 3 leather euso. and strap it to my waist tho 1 last thing atn<gh t. 3 Tho Jud.zo did not return until dusk. Ho - was fatigued* and his general appearance 3 indicated a pursuit through rough and n thorny ways. 1 "I hev scon the Kid." ho said; "but she b would not listen to reason; and not bein' , afeored of sp'iling hor clothes she nut'rally f got the best of tho argument, and played it d low down on her father." 3 Ho advocated starving her into bettor bora havior, and woull have had tho door cloned i to cut off her communication with the dairy. . but Mis i Luscclles would not listen to this; j siio would not yield to foar. and declined to . change lior room or alter hor ordinary habc limit's. 3 Wo scparatod n little bofore clovon. Tho 3 nigiit was close an l stuiTy. I had no Inclination to rro to bed. csnaciatlv as I had given j Van Hoeck my word to oloso the window i beforehand. i There wiih a reading-lamp in my room. I lit it. put out the canulo. und seated my1 self In a comfortable chair with u hook, t Not a sound was to be hoard after the clock struck ? loj^^JUcead-L f to ti me I Iliad taken my eyOsfrotn the book r and listenod intently?not in anticipation 1 of hearing the mysterious tapping at niv t own window, but in apprehension of its bo'.ng roponto 1 upon Keith's?and a? the r last stroke ol midnight revorborutod through the still night I closed my book and listenod 3 again. The silence without was so complete I that the burning of the oil in the lamp at I my side was distinctly audible. t At that moment I heard a board creak. 4 It wiiHso slight a sound that, had my atten3 tion boon Used upon the book, I should not 3 have noticed It. I could not tell wlieie it canto from: I was not sure that it was not from the floor under my foot as I chanted a my position. Instinctively I looked toward - the window. I could see * nothing beyond i the circle of light reflected by the lanijf/t shade. It was too r.hsurd to take tlio lamp I to tho window?there wiut no hoard there to crouk. I waited ho mo minute*. ?n<l f there boing no repetition of tho sound. I f reopened my book, but I paused with my - linger on the page to listen oneo more. A shuddering sigh. like that of a child who is - crying Itself to sleep, roaehod my our. I went to tho window, drew up the blind 1 softly, and looked out; lor the Hound had i seemed to come from a distance, and I t thought it might be the flutter of leaves in t a breeze. Hut tho night was unchanged? l heavy and still, the moon obscured, and a i thin grav veil of mist hanging over the ' lawn, as Edith hod seen it the nl.rht before. I f opened the door noiselessly. All was dark. I could see only tho mullion of tho f bny standing out vagu.dy against the graynoss. I listened. At night heavy rui tains i were drawn across tho head of tho corridor. I shutting It off from the pasnsgo upon which t It abutted at right angles; nevertheless. I could liuar the stertorous breathing of tho > Judge or Van Hoock from tho rooms be> vond. I was sure that tho sound I had lieard was not Imuginary, and determined, if possible, to discover the cause. I wont ba<<k to the table and fetched the lamp. I I had returned to whore I stood by tho ; door, when my eyes fell upon something lying at tho threshold. Another step. , aim > Biiuuia Hitvn pui my loot upon 11. I . I In steadying the ahado, my left hand screened tho light; as I withdrew It I saw ' iT iijft ""* no, yon now. twj&jMlM'" I sold to myself, "could not I'SMk awake her: I withdrew the light uMHke was In shadow. placed It on the tabltrafcbed my book, and seated myself whenPflBhuld read and yet watoh the sleeper. VnLI this, the clock In tho belfry ohlmed^vS^yf-liour. I looked nt my watch, and It was half-past twelve. I could no^HPnny attention upon the book for some time, my mind being occupied with conjectures to acoount for Lola's presence. It fitted In with Van Hoeck's ] theory and wurning in some respoota, yet? . possibly because my judgment was biased J by sentiment?I could not believe she bad < oorao there with arty sinister Intention. I i was rather disposed to think that ahe had J found aolltude no longer bearable, and bad sough' this resting-place to be near the only tjrtf Ou she knew. 1 - 'IftttiMiraii-iJi he girl's face, her nrmx scarcely dis- o Ingulshable against her dueler oainisole. ... ind tho darker masa of her rcu petticoat. She did not move. If sho had evaded her ind. athcr. it is possible that she had fatigued chai herself as well as liiin. My hoart was . stirred with pity, and I resolved that when P " she awoke I would try. If sho would listen gan o me, to reason her out of her Bavago bun Isolation, and imluio hor to accept tho .? (Indnoss that Edith longed to bestow upon tier. I would not purposely awako her. for In sleep there was tho rolutive happiness of 0go, forgettulnoss. I . It was past one when I again began to | B read. From tinio to time I looked away trad from tho page and assured myself that sho |or< .vms still sleeping. And so I sat watching ,, ind reading until past four o'oloek. when ?JV tho light began to full, my eyes grow heavy, at 1 ind unconsciously I fell asleep. I was nli t nwoke by my book falling from my hands . . to the floor. Tho tamp was yet alight, but burulitg so dimly that, looking toward the wa8 door, I could boo u?Ablng. I carried the end Lauip .tjjatXola wifs ^ JT. ? * | When we met at breakfast. Edith was in w*" her customary bright and cheerful mood. Mi< Keassured by hor uppearance, Sir Edmund said, smiling: ' . "Well, my dear, hua there been any re- DUI curronco of strange sounds and spectral inji oigiiin uunnK iiiu mgin r |(r "Yes." who answered; "but they did not frighten mo. for I knew It who only poor ** Lola." pre "Lola!" I exclaimed. wo "I had left a light burning," she said; "the j tmj blinds wore turned downward, and the light ; phono upon them; the tapping woko mo. ; >l? It was just the same pound that I heard be- am fore. While 1 was looking at tho blind be- .jg fore the open window, tho tapping stopped, ! ant! I saw a finger come down between the ! ?b< third and fourth lath front the bottom, and toi turn the third; alter that tho finger slid In bctweon the next two. and turnod the second. Then I saw hor two lustrous black Be eyes looking through. Almost Immediately 50, a forward thoy disappeared. 'Don't be p afraid. Lola.' I said. In a low voice, for I feared if she wore frightened she might slip Rt from (liat terribly narrow ledge. I waited fr\ a few minutes, to give her tlga* -to back .. to tho bay. if sho IntefltttM to, and then drew tip the bltiMf&4U?^4poked out. There C. was no ono there, and the window in the aoi bay whs as wo left It last nfghu^closcd." "Are you sure it was Lola?" I asked. ^ "Yes, they wore hor oyoj." of "l)o you know what time It was when you ye1 sawhor?"I asked. "I. nn be Htito of that, tor in taxing my n watch from the stand, it fell, breaking the gloss and stopping the hands, and vor/ va soon after that I heard tho clock strlko." f?l Bhe showed mo the watch, the minute- , hnntl was so bent Hint It could not pass the au hour-hand; when I lifted It, tho movement do recommenced, proving that the spring hod yj not run down. . Tho hour ntarkod by tho hands was flvo 1 ' minutes to ono. pit "At five minutes to one Lola was sleeping no at my door," I said. [to bk continued. i y w Two Blne-Bottle Flies. at A gentleman making a call at the H< house of a friend vixftKi/ininhiui fn fln/l I o, the rooms and passages in confusion; h.and, on inquiring the cause, was an- ho ewercd: Hi "Oh, we are very much annoyed. ^ exact place, but we cannut endure the Btcnch any longer, so we have removed the furniture, rolled up the carpets, and callid in the carpenters, who are J1" just beginning to take up tho floor." "Now, don't be too hasty," said the E1 visitor; "you need not pull up more 1,1 than one board. I will show you what de 1 mean presently; and, meanwhile, shut w< down tho drawing-room windows and re close the door." a He then stepped down into the gar- tw den, walked round to thelrorss stables, mi and after a few minutes' absence came c, back to tho drawing-room with loth ec hands clasped. Placing himself in the q. center of the drawing-room, he opened his hands and out flew two large blue bottle flies and buzzed around the room . for a second or two. But presently one *J of them alighted on a certain plank of 3* the floor, and was almost immediately " followed by the other. " "Now, thrn," said Uufteftrffor, "take Up that that the sl raised the board, and ftton'ce found the ;,n cause of the unpleasant snlell. ?p-; N' A Boy's Heading. * Li On early rouding largely dopends Bi the boy's ta ite in after life. If ho can bl l>e induced to take gcod books at the M start, ne is seldom JiKely to have any "VV dangerous leaning toward poor ones of thereafter. Whether it bo true or not mi that virtue wius followers by its inher ent qualities, it is eertain that a knowl- tb edge of good literature makes the i je taste of i>oor reading Hat, Htale and un- j gj, uroHtabln on the mental palate. It is J Tnrdly too much to say that any parent prj may oultivate a taste for good litersture in his child if he is only willing to tako the trouble. It is sometimes hard "n work, perhaps, but it can certainly be done. How to combine the two ends, that of having tho lad read whatever will Minterest him, and having him read what At will be^et in him a taste for desirable of IkxiIcb, is a question whieh will have to vil be answered differently in each in- tb: dividual case. There is a point where ) tho two considerations como together, rit but in every case the ]>ersonnl equation ha comes in, and no general rule can le A. laid down to cover all. In our day, \y however, the Held of jnvonile literature er| is so well Hlled that there is tho widest of latitude for ohoice, and this in itself m goes far toward simplifying the prob- ( lom- IE Veneered Diamond**. y? The manufacture of wha1, are termod *1 veneered diamonds is a notable indua- R7 try in Paris. The bodv of thejgem is s<d of quarts or crystal. AfteV fifing cut Ca into a proper shap?s*?lf is pnt into a Inj ^^^ojntej^iaaHwhirh coats it with a th? and of theefi5Befc|ken from dL- [1* monds during the proQIHMAtfReninff ? thorn. In this way all the nSjHMrttcles of diamonds that heretolttSw^LMa ^ 1 been regarded as comparatively woSBstir* less, can, by means of this ingenious l~? nmi>an , wo wiHitj ui service to the """ jeweler. pft ? ? oon Two Hounds bjr One Word. Ral The reaeon a person at one end of a b* ' long pipe will hear twice oyer the b,lb founds made at the other end, is that Co,< ron is a better conductor of sound than bad lir is, so that the sound whioh is tw:c leard last travels through the air, ud henoe more slowly thai) oyer the . been net al. J terf< a , were founJ i^^B_ . . enoral .trike oTW^ ?to tb. b|l(tfng le in Boston is thV * Tj"~~~The ^,r<v r of the irch (hit trio t andV^ B?J?P *"*" leading. Pa.. has bJ[f" l""'r'IOt^f ? BotifT ;h3Conr,r,noesinT^^"",d German, iiber's suapen?iotl^|^ ^ ro rris township, near BaBlo^dod. P* . was :ned, ani! Mi s. PattenBSrwasdangerously J ured by J .imping fronijj?jrinddw.?-?Tfa? i iking operatives of ^ j?ltrick Cotton J lis, Petersburg. Vs., h\ fflp^ted a com- j >ara9 with tho opsroMpn^and resumed ? rk. Wm. H. MyersVk Wknoan clti" ' i of Cinoinnati, was He the penntiary for two years f<;'V eiMtesllng funds 1 mtinfincr to SU Oi'O hi U tflHRtll OB Clinr in for miuor children. S. Hyde >t Wm. Btambull, a r vaj^Rket specula f in front of a New fOwthoatre.' A w labor union, called ttKS^ork'n?<nen's nevolent aud rrotectyWRsoeiation," has en formed at Pottavil j, Pa.??Hon Cbas. nory Bniitb, United 'States minister to issia, was given a din ,er j1** Now York n iends. A terrific jf&Z ?n? nearly en. ? ely d> moMshed * f?moor, 8. j^nnd r ue man walk ? several per- " di injnrod^-^TBn^ w^wirfs^iiuffni{ jj >mpany, of Boston, b? bought four acres tl land In Knoxvllle, ?enn , and will transr their works to tha, city. ' i cnarter wasgr.iutHl totiie ljitwroa and j( all ig K/illroid, a brnrtcU of thi Pauusyl- p inia syitem. There Wje 215 busineij iiurea in the Unite 1 BfaMfend 4) In Cann tho past week.'?lory pre si- e nt of the Mallory tSteamffflcblne, died in t w York A party of jtqtt^ed men at J n in field. N. J., gave a tnak^Fbo was im- j icaU d In a scandal w th a married woman v ! ice t-> leave ths town in a hurry, which hi r 1- MIsj Gertie Heiskp, aged sixteen j ars, was fa'ally shot at dfcxlngton, Pa. i eLster Campbill, who wasfa her com piny s the time, says the shootiqwrasaccidental. 'v > hns, however, been artWed. C. T. f tks, a young man who tfigglLdf indelicate alth for some tlme^dkM^Bw^d from bis roe in t'hicsja llMt be was ed o; livingr.|i#4 IntXSMg^ArQwii blm- \ t in MIo>,i?rJWfclBA . . company m beeu organized id OfH^E t# build tb?%i rgest plat j gloaa fact<M|^H|ue world at ( wood, lad. A rich o^Haahelor called J jticlcy" Morgan, of DodftflHKqt,was mur> red and robbed and bis tflBfctbrown into H a slL The peach prosmMm M origan is ported to be a fail ure. ?1A dispute over game of marbles, am 1ST Wineman. 'elr j years old, shot anmtlJHttMrtie Poly. us, at Jo'.let, 111. Ttf Jj^H^ork State 1 jurt of Appeals deolarittj^Kleotriozl Exutionaot constitutioujLffl^fcijar General -orge Crook, U. S. A^^Hmand of the ' jpart i.eutof tbo In Chicago. d ? James J. 81ocum, lA^^^York baas-ball y ayer, was sentenced i death for the mar. ^ ir of his wife.??ThJ committee of min* j, tors of the Evangeliitl denomination, at a ading, l'a., found iLbop J. J. Esber, of fl hioago, guilty of the targes of falsehood, [ % ander aud -?the | g A meeting was beld'at Fr^ertcVs' org, Vo. the interest of tbo proposed Nort'uern ? eck Railroad along tbe Uappahsnnock. ?J. W. Woodruff, !X-pr. sklent of the r fe r.nJ Reserve Insu'nnoj Company, of v jffalo; Is missin.z, a> is also bis iretty ? onde typewriter. ^nn!e lx>veric ai.d p amie Mcbermott, f d^sfar operator* at v 'estport, Ct, fought oW^he attentions fl a young man, the bat to lastingabout ten 8 inutes, and Annie coxijgotft^ victorious. o ?Benjamin G re well wai lynched at Cyn- ^ lana, Ky., by a roore of farmers, whom be t frauded two years ago BitUfton, Ala.* a res (500,000 to tbe Msthodlst Episcopal 1 lurcb, for the looatlon there of tbe South- ? a University.? Tbo American laundry>u of Mew York held a meeting to perfect raugement* to oust th? Qjfcin.we from tbo sines*. By tbe buratln8>f a%rindstone tbe Whitaker Mill, fcjjieeltngAW. Vs.. , uiuei iviggaruioi^Ma|^^^^UfMiei lantloCity.??Fire d^W^wTOwee blocks t buildings in Saejlta, aBjkurb of Jookaon* g le. f tin 1 m 1 " 1 J i! Walker and bis depaMMMr* after the ? L-rs of in'.oxicsting liquorTfn I dlau ier- t ory. The new state Washington is to a va the Australian eleotian aystem.?C. t Bear lie and W. C. Paine ware arre ted at I issonia, Montana, for r iij^ng the North- ' 1 Pacific Express offlx atflnberd, Mlun.| , >15.003.??Jamee& KensAw, Jr.,foreign < ?uey-order clerk of theflEi Francisco iiolttoe Is anemteksiw^Kbe extent of 1.00U. Miss Jessie WlNHf aged idoetostoare, committed suicide Ty sbootin ( her' thrcngh tbc heart wbilisiitin { in a I ug- ? in front of a hotel in Jolliet, III- ??Tue g l/wtl nnf nKft'laKini* ?Lafe>? Af f? - ???? ? tbolics to bare separate schools and oblig- & E all claasos of the comma tit j to patroaizs j; t national secular sohco.a, has passed the j, ngtobi legislature.? Ellen Dsviln, of ? nAiV In ATI lU*VOllg :1<>UW' jl guests, tboaJhSf -7/S?t? jtfHotel Brit- 1 'snce of Ifri psr 1 Pifl ?m??* I ' T to bt<kt^oWa.Yvi|/I 'to ths l>riea of I , duotor ow t&q JLgqfc * >u, Ohio, glaaioom- I ' lroad, wns shot aSL Jfe MoCurdy, a | fd the Isttor. if id wounded i >r ido Springs, Co" 4 ^Hprn bot *n<* t hi. nsideu^s LanJ j I ?/? AU11U IJLIUUDUl Heafy Rains and MeltingSncr Raise the Rivers. TUo Mountain Mrcani<i In Wf.<t Vli glniaOut of All llonndi nnd Doing <oiis (Irrnblr Damage. ll?ports Irotn about a uozen points In tt mountains of West Virginia show that all lb streams are bank full and still rising. Tb Indications for dis istrous fl>ods wore neve better, and there is a good deal of apprehen sion. Along tho Tvgarls Valley river, tb Cheat an 1 the w s. Iork of the Monongah di everything is nfljat. At W.ston, Lowii county, on the west fork, the river is twenty live leot deep and still rising, and there ur< of^gre^tUaiu i ^^HH||^P^Pp|ls9CftWVR3pVTvWV] m Monon.aholn, nnd at Phlll.pi, oil th? I agart Valley, the river is wry bign an 1 still ris:ug at the rate of one lo>t per hour. A Charleston telegram says the U real Ktniwba marks show thirty feet, and there is a general fear that a consider ible portion ol ihe city will be inundated. O.d rlwr men ut (Jbarlexloa ssy the 11 >od will b < the worst mown for years. A i tho tributaries of the KAuawba are dangerouiiy high. Eiormoui piantiths of lumber have gone out of 1S.K ind oth >r tributaries of KAnawba. The L tt.o KL tuawha is also very linrh, nod still ri-lag. I lie 51o longnlie nunu JfonghleR'aeny 1 irrSBUlta, l'A?A flood of sorbin* nr?>. HJruoiia threatens this section. Tlio warm till of tho pu8tlew duys has ciused the snow Mitbe mouutuin* to melt,and this hisswollen ill the small streams u.itil they are oat of heir banks. Dispatches from all points along he Allegheny, Yougbiojieny and Monon ;ahela r.vers report the water rising rapid J*. At the head waters of the Moiiougeh >.a uo water is higher than ever known belore, nd it is still fast creep ng up. Ksrin lands long the sire iras are a.ready under water, ad great alarm is felt. A McKeesport, Pa., dispatch says the Moougahela and Yougbioglnny river are Ooth Isiug rupiJly at thai |-u.ne, Th- wafer OS Igher now than at any ttmethi* snann, nmr he in ilea;ions point to a greater volume of rater tnan has been known In these streams i years. People living along the streams are prcpirsg for submerged dw.-l iugs, and mauy are revering to move out. The Ohio on Hie K!ae. Cincinnati, O.?The O-iio river is apparntly ai out 10 reach a greater height tnan at be last 11 od, when it uaroly rencued 67 feet, iere it is aire idy 48 feet 8 iiuho-, and is r.sng at the rate of two inches a*i i.ojr. At 'ortsinoutb it is rising three incbot uu hour, vhile above the reports say it is rising and ainlng. The Big Sandy rose 10 feet in an lour at Louisa, Ky. The Licking river, at falinouth and Cyuthiaus, is rising very rap* dly. Here the temperature u growing lightly colder, hut the fall of temperature, irohablo at this time of the year, t an present a very high river hers within the next ew days. Alarm at Joubstown. Johnstown, Pa.?The effects of the steady am began to be app iront ia the rise of the iver. No particular damage has been doue .. ??. ?..?* minute is fraught with dansen houses were blows down, a negro named ramedMil^? was killed, and *vpral persona eriomly Injured. The roof of the Georgls, Carolina and Northern Depot was blown iair a mile away. Robinson & Bro?\ estabIsbmentand Dickey's drug sto.e were totally lemouanea. n>jgetnoora new cburoh was J go destroved. THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS. jarffe CctTSOifs Formed In Ijoaislana . S and flflsalsalppt. The crevasse at Raleigh, Li? as wall as batat Offutts, Miss.,will likely cause serious iamage to the railroads la their respoctive ioinltie*. The Riverside Division of the Mississippi rul!ey Railroad launder water and the track being staked down t > prevent its Leing rasheJ away. Unless the crevasse at Ofutts, which is now 500 feet wide, is soon losed, larged portions of Washinttont !kd>?U<iy ?ii \ O- uwhtr'j, wnA ?Wa. arden of tho Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, covring an immense area, will be floododtad&* The situation on the Bhreveport Division f the Queen aud Crescent Route is becomsg s ?rious. The Raleigh crevasse is enlarg'ng at the ate of two feet an hour. Ad attemps to preent the ends of the levees from oaving have o far been unsjccats ul. A p-irty of engteere left Vioksburg for Riieigb, for the mrposeof riveting the ends ot tlie leve s ritb willow m ittresses. There is great distress in the track of the lood caused by a lack of skill* to move porons and property out of danger, but uo loss >f life has bean report*!. It has been reported that the Nita revasae is now 4'H> feet wide and from six o eight feet deep. The two ulantstions ibore the break' have covered "with bnck vatt-r and the tl xxl is spreading over the tountrr below for a distance of twenty fire ilea SHOOTING ON A TRAIN. i Dlapnto Over a Faro C'ttnaca a Fatal Kncounter. -R B MoCurJy, ooaduotor on tho soath ound Loaisviiie an l Nmbvilfa Road, was hot and seriously wounded by a ne^ro named fake Daniels, and in turn the conductor shot ind ki led the negro. This happened on tha .rain while it was near Bay Mtostte, Ala. rbe negro refused to pay the rate of fare d.<nanded by the conductor, and the latter tried o eject him, hut the negro resisted, drew a >istol and lireJ, hltiing tne conductor in the Ight bre .at. The oonductor then flred four Jrae*, bitting the negro e*oa time, and then itabbed him with a pooket-knifa. Th> negrc lied almost instantly. MARKETS. B ahtimobe?Klour?City Mills, extra, $4.30 $4.40. W hoot?Southern Knits, KltfS; .,rn?Southern White, 37a38 cts, Yellow Oata-Southern and Pennsylvania ladOcte.; Uye?Maryland & Fsniwylvan a Sa57ci?.. Hay?Maryland and Pennsylvania i 5oa$13 lW;?traw-w dmi,7.oum9..>u; flutter, laitornOraeunary, 'Wa!38o.,ue?r4)y receipt* Dakota; Cheese?E<wt?rn Fancy (Jr earn, 11 ^TSssfc^2*-^1 '?"?siir sBr'^rKs^Ka". SSsTS^""^. * eALn-o"-*?', *? '?' 8h~?-"S' d&S?? - Stntiif KrMlonv tV 61st Dat.?Vice- President Morton oocu plod the obair at the op?mug of Co daj's set Ion. 1 lie resolution ofterod by Mr. Voorhee r- 1 ??t Monday as to agricultural depressiot was taken up, anJ Mr. Voorbees ad i reset tlio tfenate in relation to it. Mr. Wilson an. i'f al"?, "P0*?- The Blair Eduoa tional hill was taken up as uuQuUbed bust 6 n-fs. and Mr. Pierce male a speech. Mr. ? Averts mad j a long address on the hill. Mr r Call spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Bats ob taiued the fljor, and tho bill want over till > to-morrow. The Senate then adj rnriied. e o-nd DaY ?Un motion of Mr. m*aiin ih? 4 E lucationai.bill was takvn up (at oneo'o.'ock) as the "unfinished bu-iue^' Tne ^S ! to rote on the bill an 1 atnendmints. The first rote was on three amen 1inents, off. red oy Mr. Moody (S. D .) to the 1 to the amendments in prdrr tc defend the 1 constitutionality of th> bill. Mr. Moody's amendments were agreed to. Too Senatj thou proceeded to vote on the third readiug ; and engrossment of tho bill Wben the vote was concluded, and it was known it had re?u t-d against the hill, Mr. Bl-alr changed bis vote from aye to no, so as to make a motion, to reconsider. The icsult was then announced as?yens 31, nays 37. Mr. Blair made a motion to reconsider the vote, whicii motion was ent rod, and then, on motion of Mr. EJuiu.ids, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of ' X'cutive business. Tho Seuate, at 4.60, ndJ turned. Oini) Day?On motion of Mr. Sh?rmin, the i.ill to declare uniawiul trusts uudcombmtiois in restraint of trade and production was takea up for considerat.on. The substitute reported by Mr. Sherman, from the Finance Committee, on the 18th instant, was road; also, an amendment that was offered by Mr. lteagan. Alter a long debate tho bill went ovor till Monday. After a short executive session, tbe Senate ad j -urned. Mr. Blair renewed bis raotiou to reconsider the vote of yesterday by which tbe Educational bill w s rejected, and Mr. I iga Is moved to ;ay that motion on tbe tablj. No actiou was " a$*For a puliTTeTfefflUfltig TtT'Scranton, Ph., whs reporie 1 and plactl on the calendar. The Senate then took up the calendar. The first bill reached wns one appropriating 13.10,000 for a public building at San Diego, California. Mr. Sherman suggested that that was rather t? large appropriation for a pub'ic building in San Diego. Mr. S'anford, chairman of the Public Buildings and Grounds, stated that San Diego had a pcnutition of about 40,000, and that the building I In nraimmalBls the custom h?i.? ?> | internal revenue < ffi ;e and tie land o fflw, as well as the posti (Hoc. Alter an cx ended debAte, during which reference was made to the growlh of c ti-s in the West, the bill was passed. Mr. Hlatr introduced anothor educational bill, and it was referred to the Committee on Education an 1 Libor. Altogether there were 5J bills piss d, most of them private pension bills. 1'be Senate, at 4:30 adjourned. Hease Hesstssa 07th Day.?After the morning hour ex| pireu tue House went into committee of the i whole?Mr. Burrows, (Michigan) in theohair Pension Appropriation bill. ^Mr. law, the number of pensiomSrs on tbsups^f would bo 750,000. Pending debate, the committee rose, and the House adjourned. G8th Day.?Mr. Cooper (O.) a member of the Committee on Elections, called up the Maryland contested case of Mudd against Compton, It being agreed that debate shall bo limited t > six hours, at the end of which time tho previous quo>tion shall be consideret as ordered. Mr. Lao>y (la.) opened the discussion with an argument in support of tho claims of the contestant. Mr. Dalxell ) anil Mr. Green bulge (Alas;.) alvoca'-cd tu*- case of tho contestant, and the esse of it e silt ng member was upheld by Mr. Moore (lex ) an i Mr. Gibson (Md.) Pending a vote, tl.e h use adjourued. (WtH n A V Thn If/vteo -J . ^ inmuiu 111 j coi1siieratioii ot the Mudd Compton contested flection case, and was addressed by Mr. Compton, the sitting member, in bi< own be^ batf. He was followed by Mr. McComas, yflio spoko for Mudd, and Mr. Cooper (O.) In charge of the bill, c'.tM^tfvthe debase. * "18. Mr. MuafrBeB^pilHn hud tbofc oath of ottiee. Mr. Morrow, of California, (novel that the flousj go Into committee of t .o whole for the further consideration of tbe I'onsion Appropriation bill; pending which Mr. HojUer, of Mi-udsdppi, moveil an adJ "irnmout. Ixjst?Yeas 122. nays 153. Mr. M >rrow'e motion was then agreeii to?Yeas 10S, n ays 5'J. Tbe committee Immediately rose and the Housj adjourned. 7. til Day.?Immediately after tbe reading of th? journal ibo House weut into committee of the whole?Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, in th) chair?on the Ponsion Appropriation bill. On motion ot Mr. Morrill,oi Kansas,(acting under uostructions froui the Commute on Invalid Pensions,) a resolution was adopt d calling on the S.-cretaryof the Interior tor a copy of tbe evidence taken by tbe committer appointed by him to investigate tbo management of tbe Pension Oltioe under Commissioner Tanner. The lioute then took a recess until eight o'clocx, tbe evening session to be forth* consideration of private pension bits. 7 1st Day.?Mr. Lawler, of Illinois, preRe .ted thi remonstrance of the Chicago Wholesale Shoe and L-ath-r Association against the iinpos.tion of duty upon hide'. Referred. Mr. Morgan of Mississippi, pre* sented resolutions ofthe Fanners' Exchange I of Memphis, opposing a lax on cotufojod | lard. Referred. I ? the mornin r hour, on motion of Mr. Pason, of Illinois (acting under instructions from tbe Committee on Pub1 1 io Lands.) a bill was pa 8*1 repealing the fpu.kwtw riitlfnwa law at- i?a alaualr WW????W *MTV| ** VWV V V?WA |/UUJ1\) ' business wao suspended, and the House pro' o eded lotbe consideration of r.-soluti ns relative to tlie deitli of E. J.'Uay, late m -ml er fro n Louisiana. Kuiogistij addresses were made by Messrs. Wilkinson, of Louisiana; 1 Heard, of Missouri; Gear, of Iowa; McMlllin, ' of Tennessee; Hlauchnrd, of Louisiana; Hemphill, of ISoutb Carolina; Butterworth. of Ohio; Brnum, of Indiana; Cleinenta, of G orgia; Kinsey, of Missouri; Coleman of Louisiana, and Robertson, of Louisiana; and then at four o'clock, the House, as a mark of res peat to the memory of too doceassd, adjourned. FIRE AND PROHIBITION. The Residence of an Advocate of the '^^^^ro#lemenl5^^Klor?rtoB^lnje, Csl. Ttas was so bitter that two monthi ! ago tbo resilience of M iyor Rtookbridfe, i 1 prominent Prohibitionist, was burned t > th< Kround, loss, $11,000, and it is rumored hii political enemies had a hand in the matter. At a meeting of tht? Kipubl.oan and Lib ersl parties, Btookbridg-* was nominate' lfayor, and at three o'clock his new re*id -no was tired an 1 burned to the ground. The lo la $3,000. The Ara<noan Hotel, adjolnlm ~ was damaged $0,000, X) Flannigan,\the author of the "Parnailis and Crlm*.* article, has been black balled l W the London Atber mum Club. Ix>rd Jusiioi Coleridge and several Oladst?>?pl ? Cabinet minister* canvassed against ithe gaa, icrtf . % SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTKItNATIONAli LK3SOX '* A 1*111 I, ?. r | lifNsim Text: "Christ's Law of Love," I Luke vl .27 :M-CoWlm Text: Luke vi , 31.?Com memory on tho LcMon. '27. 'Hie command, 'I/)Vt your enemies,'* i strikes t.lie average citiz-M? of the world ax strangely as it must liuve appeared to the i Oulilu>an Jew. It seems to hint unnatural. It is not according to human nature, but to the divine. The verb "to love" lias*lit least tlireo different meanings' (I) To bo please-1 or delighted with, to l>" fond of. or to regard with affection ltccause of qualities which exhove a moral regard for. In this sense wo ought to love enemies. Oh Lovo is used in a ball sense of lust. It is the love which has benevoleuee toward others and a regard for their moral wellboing which we ought to exercises towanl eiioniif**. ^ h 11i*iV- lint** tli*? rt"** soul of the sinner Tliis will prompt unto do g'xxl to those whose characters we cannot approve. Jf*. There are four-stepsor grades between wickedness and |>erfeet righteousness (1* Man may l>ate those who love liisn. This allies him to devils. Had men hate tfod, who loves them. "Cod so loved the world," etc. (John iii., Itii ("!i Man may hate whoever hates Iiiim. Tins is human nature. It is natural to give blow for blow. * hard w ords for hard w ords, hate for hate. ' ti Man may love those who love him. This too is human. Men generally are up to that standard; even ''sinners also love those that love them '' it- Man may love those that, hate him. This is the divine rule. It is not uncommon "to act out hwmau nature. * It takes grace and a Christ-like nature, a renewed human heart, to "hless them that curse you," and to "pray for tliem Ilia* despitefully use you " Christ, on the cross Srayed for His eueiyie,>. an-J Mtcuiign a.Lti del . catb. W. The lihwul tctuls prevailing in the Knst needed a sharp rebuke. The custom was: blow for blow, blood for blood, and the spirit id retaliation ran through whole families and generations. The principle here taught is that followersof Christ are to submit to and stiller wrong rather than to lake I lie law into their own hands or return violence for violence. It surely does not rouuire us to place ourselves at the mercy of a drunken man cr allow n cra/v person to la-at old our brains, with uo elTort to save our lives. The rule hasobviousipialillcalions, but ilic spirit of tlie principle lashings b.? tlm loumlalion of all true Christina life. 10. Again it is not indiscriminate giving thnt is commended, but the spirit of true, wise mid considerate i-hnrily t\'e might givo I of some things and in such a manner as to ruin t lie soul of the receiver To justify such acts from Uiiscoiiiiiiaud is completely to per vert its purpose and meaning 11 is the habit of generous, unselfish and loving lienevolenco that Jesus would liave llis dis I* ijjiri* mini. '? i' are nm iii flint llui world into a crcat 'iioorhonse,' nor In !tl ^Tiiis is known tis ilio Saviour k Golden Rule*. Tliin law li.nl lieen originally written in the hearts of men. hut was Tost in the fall. a A few great minds hail groped nftor something like It, but found it only in a negative format tlio best. Confucius nliout ."VHi l?. C. states it in this way '"What I do not wish men to do to me. I also wish not to do to men.'' Jesus put this truth in a positive form, and not merely required an abstaining from evil to our neighbors, tint en joined into do the same good to them whieh we would have othei-s do to u.<; a wide dilfereucc tietw?>eij these two |?rim-i|iles. ifci Man may return (li Good for g<xv1, evil for evil, this is Innna i; even sinners do that. Evil for good, this is devilish, but some l>ad "men do that and so lieeonio like demons. CI' Good for evil, this is divine. No thanks are to bo given for loving those that love us. or for doing good to those who do good to us; sinners do that, disciples .^KOUld-not on that level rise above common ?5rtpaer*. | na.~ff<otoo tt yontefut to those that jou ex| peotwdl repay you. that is still on rlie lower irvci in common siniul men. There is no proof of Christ-likeness in such nets. The disciple is to rise t? a higher plane of con duet, one more nearly al'ied to the spirit of ( that Father who so loved the world in its sin i that He gave His only In-gotten Son, that whosoever believctli 111 Him might not |>erislt, but have everlasting life. While we were enemies Christ died tor us. This is the spirit which Christians should exercise toward the worldly the enemies of Christ and ..of the Christ like. 115. Are Christians to offer themselves a sacrifice to the cruel god of this world, to bo persecuted, buffeted, made wretched and to lie hacked in pieces by the sword, roasted by tire or torn limb from limb by the rack or the i wild tieasts and have 110 compensation no reI wardt Nay. the reward is great. ExI ercising this lovo of beuevolonco toward I enemies exalts to sonship of the I Most High. As h? is kind toward th? uuthnnkfiil and the. evil, Christ's disciples, following this example, may become heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. Merov >s one of the attributes of God Himself were it not so, all men must have miserably perished forever. Discijdes are to imitate tho irnrnpr m UIIK Pitmnju grnc. Harsh, censorious judging of others is a . common fault of worldly men in all ages. The motives of others are censured and often uncharitably judged, and a spirit of faultfinding works much harm lo religious life and growth. We are not exhorted to regard all men alike, irrespective of their character. A man is not to l>e a "goodisli weakling." thinking or s]>oaking of wicked mon in the same terms that ho would of the godly. While avoiding a . censorious, severe, harsh spirit of condemnai tion, he is not to fly to the opposite extreme ; of counting all men alike good, and go so far as even to excuse the devil for his most flourish acts. The disciple is to have the loving, forgiving spirit of the Father, even in dealing with the sinner, wliilo he must condemn his sin. 18. in Christian conduct there is to l>e a generosity born of the renewed nature, like the divine. Not judging, but giving, must be tho characteristic of Christ's disciples. This boundless generosity is lo go out toward saint and sinner. If you would have generous measure, give it; thus again the Golden Rule as a positive principle is enforced. The gift will lie in your bosom; an Eastern figure. For in tho dress then n nr? tbffa usi ii InriTti *ol?l-? w* Krflf ovtf*-1minim wn.rvaa arm ?fj needed. Gift-; nian in my e erks in Chicago, skipped w^H 1 | keepseko* biul fur 'lot | W6re about to be marrled^^^ k . large IM*R je.AVKantKHO M?l.?? nhn ? 6Vnd/*!/-i* wo-nen in Malue *bn Harrison and party retui^^B Ap|H>nrniKO. their Southern trip. Kol^B j Becret'.king the other day ploy.H of tha Sheldon Axe^l (J When They met a man with WIltabUT.', Pa., have go le a Now401ll the child looked a g_ |n explosion in the CbioH I, P^,cd ftnd th<m flnery one man was fateltyl not laugh at him," aaid tha othersserloudy Injured. 1 in Gkhrral. r?ANK Coxa, <9 General P. M B. Young nmfl lade that man." bought the grant OkeeflnqlM h!" said tho child, "it must bare Houth Georgia, at oenJH first man he w?a?r- lesion estimate is that the tracfV k< 000 acres. The property is ? and dmraiop^, *