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lewis m. grist, proprietor, t gin Jiulepriidciit ^aiiii'lp lleirapaper: Jbi; this fromotion of the folitical, Social, gigi[icultui;al and (^omiticijcial Jntercsts of the ^outh. j terms?$2.00 a year in advance. VOL. 40. YOEKVILLE, S. C., "WEDNESDAY, AUCtUST 1, 1894. NO. 31. i mmfof ? ? -h BY JOHN J. Copyright, lA)l, by llie American Press Ass?h CHAPTEK XV. XAKOAX AT WORK IK DENVER. Where was Mangan? Even his professional associates had come to the conclusion that he it was whose body had lain in the inorgne. The newspapers had notices of the death. The Bugle's managing editor said that Mangan must have had a few hundred dollars about him and that he had probably been clubbed, robbed and thrown into the river. But the coro- I ner's jury declared that Mangan had committed suicide, and that settled it as far as the public was concerned. And all the while Mangan was very much alive. The day after the penitentiary incident he drew some money from a trust company where be had a small account and a few hours later wus on the fast express'to Denver. He had never been in that hustling city, knew absolutely no one in it and bad not made ' up his mind what particular course to pursue. It was six days after he met Raymond in the penitentiary and five days before the announcement that the body in the morgue was his own corpse, when he reached his journey's end. He bad taken a couple of days in going around town. It would do hitn no barm | to get a view of the place and gain a I slight acquaintance with the topogra- j phy. He might remain there for weeks, j and tho knowledge would be of service to him. Had he parted with Isabel under circumstances more encouraging, he would have written. But, as he had intimated to Mother St. Gertrude, he bad no intention of writing to either the nun or Isabel until be knew the probability of success or defeat. He had been giv- ; en no hint that Isabel herself knew of " 1 !A * I a n?A ID0 OerilHgtt ILIMl was ucio, am? uo deemed it unwise to bold bat hope un- j til he bad pushed bis investigation further. He had thought of writing a note, giving his address, so that Isabel, if . she felt so inclined, might write a let- i terof explanation that would relieve him of the mental strain her last reception had placed him under. But he resolved not to do so. He would continue to prove his loyalty and fight for the : millions that were rightfully hers in her possession. He was too proud to exact any premise while engaged in 1 this mission, and the enigmatical nt- ; terances of the girl and the mother su- j perior, though puzzling, gave no indi- 1 cation that their solution would be un- j favorable to his conduct and character. He would wait the outcome patiently. But his plans to ferret out the crime he was certain Raymond was .guilty of remained undefined. One thing he had decided on. He would seek a situation on a newspaper. He could learn more of a city and its people in a newspaper office than anywhere else. The place j would afford better advantages for observation than any other, and there would be at least a few men on the staff sufficiently well posted to go back < to the days of Leland and help Mangan j in his mission. "I don't know that I can fix you," said the city editor of the Denver Times. "You're from the east, you say? Do you know anything about consumption?" "I have some medical knowledge." "Well, we have decided to give a : prize of $1,000 to the physician who can suggest the best remedy for con- i sumption. We have tTied all the other | schemes, coupons and the like, you east- > era newspaper men have started. We i want to boom the circulation. ^ We'll get physicians interested, and there are enough floating consumptives in Colorado to give a big circulation in themselves to any -paper," smiling as he said it. "We have sent to Koch and other eminent European scientists for their opinions of the public service this contest may render," the city editor continued. "When we get these views, we will push the scheme by interviews with local physicians.^ We want a man who can talk intelligently to these men. " We'll try you. Call in tomorrow,and I'll have a list of names and addresses. We must have these interviews ready. [ Of course if the first do not show your : aptitude for the work we will have to ; let von cro." "That's proper," remarked Mangan. j "I'll call in about 12." "That will suit." Next day Mangan received the list ! from the city editor. He went over to j a desk, looked over the names and was j surprised to see among them this: "George Leland, M. D., St. James hotel." He returned to the city editor, and i pointing to the name on the list asked: "Do you know anything about the Lelands?" "The Lelands?" "Yes." "There's only one?the doctor him- I self. * His father was killed many years ago, when the present doctor was a little fellow. His father was an eccentric man, and it is believed left 6ome property in the east. But it never was lo- | cated. Dr. Leland doesn't need it anyhow. What made you ask?" "I thought he belonged to a family | in whom I am interested." "You've made a mistake, 1 guess. He's away up on lung" complaints, and his will be one of the first interviews 1 want. You'll find him a sociable fellow." Mangan was feverish with excitement. But he looked self contained, i There was no visible 6ign to betray his i emotions. He left the office to collect his thoughts in the cool air beyond the city editor's notice. "Is this Isabel's brother?" he asked himself as he walked in the direction of the St. James hotel. "What is the mystery surrounding this? I'll talk to him on the assignment until I have studied him. Then I'll see what he knows of his relatives. And yet maybe it is only another coincidence." He sent up his card to Dr. Leland j and was ushered into the physician's presence. "I am glad to meet you," said Dr Leland. "We were expecting you. Have you seen Mr. Mortimer?" Here was a surprise. If Dr. Leland knew Mortimer and the latter was in Denver, something was wrong. There were three in the scheme instead of one. Else how could this address be accounted for? If his mission was known, and the language of the doctor left that inference, it was Mangan's policy to be bold. The physician saw his words had not a pleasant effect, Mangan surveying him with unfriendly eye, and he said: "Yon came in answer to Mr. Mortimer's letter?" "I did not. I know nothing of him ?nothing of him at present, I mean. I am a reporter of the Denver Times A tr. {nfon,;nin H1JU taiivu luicinwn jvu uu u oui/ject connected with your profession." "Then you have not coine in answer to this note? You are not the Mangan he knows?Mangan of Brooklyn." "1 am the Mangau he knows if he is the Mortimer who knows that rascal Raymond." "The same." "Then I am sorry to meet you as a friend of either." "Mr. Mortimer talks not that way of you. He said you were the one man to unravel the incidents that the death of rny father have shrouded in mystery. I ^ ? J ~ A An ?*AM +S\ inO IA ' Dave ueytjuueu uu iuu iv iwwio ^ i mmi i McGINNIS. i Mutton. my sister. ^Ir. Mortimer may give you 6ome clew." "Why does ho do this?" "He came to understand Raymond's character and the nature of his own work for him by recent news received. r-r* lnnlri no nvuv fUn hmno Tttmtirfl hfl saw he had been sent out here to be out of the way. He is acquainted with ! Raymond's schemes to gain control of property my father owned. Ho believes Raymond knows where my sister is, and since he wrote the letter you say you did not receive he has read in The Bugle a story of the work of the commission that will select the lands my father left and have the city purchase them and pay Raymond. But the story did not expose the scheme fully, and Mr. Mortimer said you could not have written it." "I did." "Then you did not know." "1 did, all that you have told and more, but the ends of justice would be best subserved by delaying its publication." "Have you any clew to my sister?" "She is alive and well, worthy of the wealth she is heiress to." "Where is she?" "You can learn no more until I see how matters stand. It is the old story: 'When rogues fall out, honest people get their due.' " "I would not say that," said Dr. Leland. "It might travel and pain bis sister. If you knew her well, you would understand how sensitive she is, and as he has not long to live his acquiescence to Raymond's schemes should I not be made known to her." "I would do anything for Inez Mortimer." U Von eViA M?QO f nil tvifl q Vvnnf vnfi A UO) DiiU 1TQO U1V uwwii J v*?? That's why I spoke. She said she would like to see you when she learned that you were coining hero on a newspaper mission, i must pay a visit a ' little later?a professional visit?and arrange for an interview with Morti"2 am glad to meet you," said Dr. Lcland. mer if he is strong enough. She would like to hear of a Miss Le Clair. She i j delayed writing until she was settled. Shall I bring her any news?" "That she is well. That is good | news to you too." "To me?" j , "Yes." "I may as well tell you, since I am satisfied I am dealing with friends, not 1 foes. She is your sister." "My sister?" -"Yes." "Explain!" "I simply know this: She was placed j in a convent when your father came { west" TVl f V* Vii m " jjxj u^iuq uiv nuu uiui* "That I only know from you. There was no one to claim her heritage and j yours, so Raymond proposes to take Ipossession. It is to get proof of his vil- ; lainy that I am here. Have you anything to show that your father made those investments and that she is your | sister?" - r "I have not. The lawyer who had i charge of his affairs in the east is dead, | Mortimer tells me, and Raymond has i the papers." "Raymond has the papers?" "Yes. He and Mortimer succeeded the lawyer in whose office they were. I should 6ay that Raymond succeeded him. for Mortimer allowed Raymond 1 to assume the control, although the busi- j ness was willed to both jointly. Mortimer said you would understand him better." "But did your father leave no papers to show his business dealings?" "The papers relating to his eastern investments and a sealed will were with the lawyer whom Raymond succeeded. Raymond must have known of our location. The sealed papers told j that. My father when stricken down could only say, 'Telegraph east.' He had faith in the lawyer, it appeared from this, aud wanted him to hear the i news. He lost consciousness before he ! could make a statement. He was very uncommunicative and had so much faith in his strength and purpose that, since Mr. Mortimer told me, I have often wondered why he ever made a j will." "What has become of the papers?" "Raymond has destroyed them, Mr. ! Mortimer believes. In fact, when Raymond first took the certificate for the property he now holds, he told Mr. Mortimer that the heirs had died and the family had become extinct. The guardian and executor named by tho public administrator here to manage affairs for me has frequently assured me that it was impossible ever to discover my relatives. I became reconciled to that view long ago. I can hardly believe now that I am about to meet my sister. Why is she called Le Clair?" "It was a whim of hers?the name j l/nnwn in UJ ? 11 XV 11 IIV.1 ^UdlUUIll ?? MO iWJV/ ?? ** ?M the world, and sho assnmed it. I am sore your sister will ho restored. I am afraid, unless Mortimer can bo depend- | ed on, your property will not." "Property? Never mind the prop- j erty! I want my sister, and whomso- j ever wishes may have the land. But if , Raymond has been responsible for our long separation, as 1 think he has, I'll spend every cent I hnvo to punish him for his perfidy." "And yet the greatest punishment you can inflict?the deprivation of millions?you will not avail yourself of. Why not get Mortimer to testify?" "Ho will never leave his bed alive. He was sent out here to die." "Take his statement, then, attested before a notary." "No." "You are a strange character. You are setting aside millions and what would be more to me in a case like yours?vengance." "True, but his sister will live. 1 mean to conceal from her the part her brother has played. Ho was weak and not culpable. I have promised?you pro a man to bo frank with?to protect her. The promise was given to him after my ( confession of love for her as an answer to his appeal to hold no resentment against her for any wrong ho might have done to me or mine. Do you realize my position?" "I do. Thero is an old saying that 'the devil takes care of his own.' He is saving Raymond." "Well, let's leave that for the moment. Talk about yourself. I want to know moro of you. I have had it dinned constantly in my ears of lato that you are a manly fellow. That was Mr. Mortimer's view, and I'm glad to meet you. .Miss Mortimer in speak- ' ing of her friend?my sister?uas referred to you in terms of no less praise. I understand your affection for a sister I have never seen. I am delighted that one bo honorable is so dear to her." Mangau was unable to check the flow of speech. Here in Denver, where ho expected to find no friends, his affairs were no secret. He had read that Mortimer was seeking health in Colorado, but Mortimer he had always considered a friend of Raymond, and ho would be about the last he would visit. Did Dr. Leland really know Mangan? the latter asked himself. If he did not, was it not likely that his zeal to win Isabel her heritage might be looked upon as selfish? Mangan was not willing to leave grounds for such an impression, and when the suggestion of its probability flashed to his mind he said: "I am grateful, doctor, for your kind words. But your sister has changed her opinion of me. 1 am hero to bring about her happiness. You are glad at the prospects; she will be doubly so. I will now drop my quest?after we see Mortimer. I mean?and you will settle the rest as suits you. But I must nev- ] er see her again." "Why? What is the matter?" "I do not know. Some day Isabel may explain why she has discouraged ! me. And yet I have never doubted ! her love. There is something wrong, i But it's all ended now." "What can I say? I know nothing." ! "There is nothing you can say or do. j I will now return to The Times office | and resign, so that they may assign another man to the work. You see Morti- I mer, and I will call upon you later." The newspaper man never forgets his duty to his paper. He may be sur- j rounded by danger, the man most exposed or injured, but he never regards 1 his own comfort. It is the credit that j will attach to his paper through his la- J bora and the discredit that may issue j through his neglect that come first to ! his mind. Hence Mangan retraced his | steps to The Times office to apprise the j city editor of his determination to leave i Denver and resign the work he had un- j dertaken. "Where next?" he queried of him- | self. "God only knows. I'll finish the story of that park commission, send it i to The Bugle and give Raymond one j parting shot. But since Isabel's situation is changed and her future showing up so brightly there is no reason why I should ever stay near her convent home. Dr. Leland gives up the fight for the property.' He has enough. 1 am not wanted, and I'll seek in other scenes the waters of Lethe that will drown the memories of the past." CHAPTER XVI. MORTIMER'S LAST WORDS TO MAN'OAN. Dr. Leland went up stairs to the apartments of the Mortimers, where Inez welcomed him as warmly as if he had been absent years instead of hours. In the short time they had known each other these two had become great friends. There was a sympathy be- j tween them that had spoken more in j actions than in words, and Inez, as she j searched her heart to account for the j strange fascination he exercised upon | her, was convinced that for the first ! time in her life she loved. In all her intercourse with Raymond , Bhe had never been swayed with the j A? L_ J ~i.Z J I emotions mat nau iateiy tiiineu lici. < She had respected Raymond because he had been her brother's friend, and her brother himself had frequently spoken to her of Raymond's attentions and their significance. It was gratitude to a benefactor that she showed, not love 6uch as was now surging within her, and in the innocence and simplicity of her nature she was being dragged into deception?a deception to herself more than to Raymond. Now love in its fullness cleared the vision of her affections and brought before her a truer appreciation of the eccentricity of feel- j ing that refuses to play upon the sub- ! tier senses till the song of the emotions j has an affinity for its audience. When we last saw her, she was read- ; ing the home paper that reported her ' brother's resignation. Philip explained ; it to her. He did not thoroughly re count the details with which we are familiar, and the suppression of his own inner questionable relations with Raymond gave to the story a stronger sem- I blance of injustice to her brother, whom | Inez deemed the soul of honor. It was ; mis aevouon to tier uruuier, mo ami tion of years of 6tndy for his happiness, | to preserve which Dr. Leland would sacrifice millions and forego vengeance on Raymond. He did not want it un- | dermined, and his physician's judgment j told him that its destruction might ! mean her own. Give woman an ideal in which her affections are centered, and her own reason is overthrown with it, if the , iconoclast succeeds in toppling her little god, whatever it may be. There are women who turn to fad3, pastimes of an idle hour. These fair daughters of Eve, susceptible to the regnant frail- j ties of humanity, pass from one allurement to another, untouched by the deep- j er passions. But the woman with a heart and soul spurring the exercise of mind cannot be fickle, and the man or cause she warms to can be dealt 110 j blow she does not feel as keenly as the direct object of assault. It is this concentration of sentiment, created and crystallized in undivided interest, that keeps the memory of first love safe from everything but the grave, and that warms the mother more to the first born, round whom cluster the delights and the anxieties that ushered in the crowning glory of her womanhood? maternity. Inez loved Dr. Leland. There was j a tenderness in his words and actions toward her that evidenced reciprocity j of feeling. There was much in common between them in their tastes, outside of the peculiarities of his professional researches, that brought them together in conversation and exalted each 1 in the other's view. There was a mu- j tual love for certain pursuits, and just , as men or women, separate or jointly, i beget from enthusiasm in one work? work agreeable and commanding united allegiance?a regard for one another, so did these young people draw closer ami grow moro dear to each other. Be- j yond that, they had a special cause for mutual esteem?building from an insight to each other's character an ideal that had a vivid personality typified in the pictures each saw while looking at ( the other. "I have brought you news of your friend, Miss Le Clair," said Dr. Le- : land to Inez as ho entered. "Have you!" she exclaimed delightedly. "Oh, I'm so glad. How is she? Was it Mr. Mangan who brought it? Oh, I wish I could see him! Tell mo how she is." "You will not let me." "I'll be so quiet. Goon." "She is well. But ho didn't see her when ho left. Do you know they havo quarreled?" "Oh, no; they couldn't. She thought ! so much cf him." "You cannot account for it?" ' V" .15.1 l,r> toll vr>n AW, VW.. iw. J Is lie so worried V" "I'll answer later. Do you know who Isabel Lo Clair is?" "I fancy sho is some relation to the mother superior of the Convent of Mercy, but I never inquired." "Sho is my sister." "What! Your sister?" "Yes. It is a long story. Wo were parted when young, and circumstances kept ono ignorant of tho other's existence. Mr. Mangan will bring us together." "And ho and Isabel part?" "I liopo not. Wo shall see, but I judge it will bo hard to induce liim to | return. I can see that ho is not willing to mako advances since her posi- j tion is to ceaso to bo dependent." "I can fell him something. I know | how much she cares for him. And just i think we shall all go home together!" i Dr. Leland said nothing. Ho had, : in many little ways, tried to suggest to her the impossibility of her brother's return. Mortimer had contracted in- j Bidious pneumonia on the journey? sneaking pneumonia, some physicians term it, from the fact that its germs ; imperceptibly develop and give no out- I ward sign of their annihilating influ selves in the system anil combined to down the victim almost at the first onslaught. Inez attributed his silence to the retrospect suggested in the strange revelation he had received from Mangan. In reality he did not want to concur in her expectations and hesitated to make known the truth?that her brother would soon bo summoned to appear before the tribunal of the Most High. "How is your brother today?" he asked, turning from the subject of the j homeward journey. "He seems to me to bo better, but the i nurse shakes her head when I say so." "I'm afraid, If the nurse doesn't agree with you, that you are wrong. I hope not, though. I'll go in and see J him." In a few minutes Dr. Leland and Philip Mortimer were alone. The physician saw that the sick man's vitality mnullv ehhinir sand that his hours were numbered. The breathing was more laborious, and each word of the greeting to the doctor was punctuated by asthmatical interruptions. "Philip," said the physician, who ! had become friendly with his patient, 1 "did you see the clergyman I sent here today? He came as the pastor of this ) parish, and Inez has not suspected, he I tells me. But what 1 have told you cannot now be concealed from her. j You will soon leavo us all. Have you been prepared?" 'I am ready; but, oh. what would I i not give to be able to go back with j you!" The words came slowly. Tho doctor took Mortimer's right hand and held it. 'Everything will be all right, Philip. " And you'll care for Inez?' "I love her." . 'Ask her to come in. It is best." '1 will. Mangan has arrived. He knows all. Ho has found my sister. ! She is known to you as Isabel Le Clair." Dr. Leland volunteered all this to spare the energy of the dying man, who j would be sure to ask questions on all these points "That's good. I would like to see him." "He will ho here later. I'll call Inez." Dr. Leland left tho sickroom and Bent tho nurse to notify the clerk that Laurence Mangan, when ho called, should be sent up to tho Mortimer i apartments. Then, turning to Inez, he j said: "1 must ask you to be brave. A i change for the worse has taken place. 1 The long neglect of himself has sapped i your brother's energy, and he cannot j combat the disease. For his 6ake bear i up. He wants to see you." "It is the worst, then?" "The best lor him. His suffering j will not be prolonged." The curtains of night were drawing closer, and the rooms were growing darker. The doctor reached up to the electric chandelier in passing, and the light soon streamed down through the tinted globes?a mellowed, subdued and | harmonious radiance. Dr. Leland and Inez entered together. She went to Philip's bedside, fell down on her knees, put her arms around his neck and kissed him. He felt the warm A. LJ_ _t 1_ tears on ins cuees. "Don't cry, Inez," ho Baid. 'It is all for the best." "Oh, Philip, don't talk that way! God will spare you." "No, Inez. Dr. Leland will tell yon." "Oh, doctor, is it true?" she implored. "Too true," he answered as he also j knelt down, appearing to feel the pulse of the dying man, but really to be I nearer with consolation. TO IIK CONTINUKD NKXTWKKK. A Clianco to Make a Million. Five years ago a Russian princess who died in this city left by will Jfil,000,000 to the person who would consent to remain for the space of one year in the chapel which is erected over her tomb in the cemetery of Pere Lachaise. The princess lies in a crystal coffiu. Thus the whole body is distinctly visible, and this is what causes so much fright to all who have as yet attempted to gain the prize. But the will forbids all visitors. Tiie , candidate must be aloue with the dead for a whole year before the $1,000,000 is won. No work is allowed. Books and newspapers, however, are permitted, and a servant brings meals regularly to the watcher. One hour's walk a day is allowed, but this must be undertaken before 5 o'clock in the morning in summer and 8 o'clock during the winter months, i Several Frenchmen have essayed to win the prize, but all have given up after a short trial. One lasted out nearly three weeks, by which time he had completely lost his reason and still remains a jabbering idiot. The will makes no mention of foreigners being ineligible. There is every chance, therefore, j for a strong minded American who fears noifii,.r frimsts. trhnuls nor irravestones to become rich in the short period of 305 days. Application is to be made to the municipality of Paris. ? Paris Correspondent. Interesting Rail Tests. In tests conducted at tho Watertown arsenal it has been found that old steel rails, when submitted to a bending test in which the head of the rail is put in tension and the base in compression, will invariably fracture, making a clean j break across the rail, while if the same j rail is turned over and the head put in compression it will bend without fracture. Again, if before conducting a test about one-'sixteenth inch of metal is planed off the head of the rail, there will be 110 fracture, no matter which ; part of the rail is in tension. But if in planing this head care is not taken to remove one-sixteenth inch of metal from the corners as well as the top of tho head, the rail will fracture as before. The explanation of lie matter is that a thin layer of metal on the head of the rail has been greatly hardened by the contact and pressure from the wheels passing over it and fractures when put in tension. When once started, thefracfnrA fif ftnnrsfi extends entirely across the rail. If this hard material is removed, the fracture cannot make a start, and the head of the rail is as good as the base. ?Exchange. Crywtul Island. That known as the Crystal island is one of the small islands of which so many aro dotted about in tho Pacific ocean. It received its name owing to its being one mass of beautiful crystallized carbonate of lime. One ol tho most j remarkable features of the Pacific ocean, and onothat distinguishes it from every other, is tho vast assemblage of small islands with which, on tho map, it appears to be crowded, particularly in tho portion situated between the tropics. These islands are of three distinct foims ?tho coral, the crystal and the volcanic. Of these tho first formation greatly predominates, but tho largest islands \ aro of tho last description. Of the crys- I tal formation Crystal island is ono of j the few specimens Known, mere is a mountain known as Crystal hill on tho coast of tho Caspian near Baku. It is described as sparkling like a huge diamond, 011 account of tho sea glass and j crystals with which it abounds.?Brook- j lyn Eagle. ' PisrrUanrousi ^tailing. THE FUX THAT ADAM MISSED. That Adam wits a lonely man I'm ready to believe, Although his many days were blest With nature's fairest Eve; by maiden aunts and cousins fair The man was never kissed, And thus I often think about The fun that Adam missed. It seems to me his life was like An oft-repeated dream; He never treated girls and paid Three dollars for ice cream ; He never, when a little boy, by grown-up girls was kissed; And when he died he never knew The fun that he had missed. He never went security And had the note to pay ; 11< never saw ins diuik msuier Steal gracefully away; In all liis life lie never by A mother-in-law was kissed ; lint why go on and numerate The fun that Adam missed ? Perhaps, if he were living now? Hut, then, why speculate? He'd Le too old and not inclined To play with fickle fate, For centuries the wanton winds Ilis unknown grave have kissed ; Perhaps he sleeps the better for The fun that he has missed. OUR WOMEN ARE NOT THRIFTY. Tlic Average American Girl is KiicourageU in Extravagance. It is so thoroughly unfashionable throughout this country to be economical that the American woman doesn't seem to realize that she has become a spendthrift. Not only are the mass of girls of marriageable age quite innocent of any knowledge of household economics or frugality in personal expenditures, but the advunced woman and the fin de siecie production who may be willing to wed have any number of expenses that women never used to have. Alphonse Karr wrote: "The prodigality of woman has reached such proportions that one must be wealthy to have one for himself." Few young men are to be blamed if, after a study of possible wives, they decide matrimony is too expensive for their incomes. It is said that so well established is the spendthrift trait in our women that no matter in what nurt of the world they appear, the natives look at the average American j woman as a princess ot prodigality, , and the extortionute prices foreign . shopkeepers name to our compatriots , are well known. . ltich young women have the instinct of money-spenders naturally, because , they never know the value of a dollar , bv earning it. So generally accepted ] is this fact that when matrimony was suggested as young Jacob Astors in- ; tention it was insisted that his mother would never approve of any engageinent until he chose a fiancee of hnaneial prudence. When his engagement to Miss Willing, of Philadelphia, was announced it was agreed that just such a woman had been found. No one | could blame Mrs. Astor lor her satis- j fUIf?Mrs. Astor, with her position as | leader in New York society, can afionl to be known as an exponent of thrill and prudence, and Mrs. J. J. Astor can practice the same doctrine, certain y the great masses of marriageable > oung women can afford to adopt similar idens. Yet not even the Astors can , make thrift fashionable. To be sure, among the the most opu- j lent circles there is a tendency to en- . courage young girls to leaju the valu I of money. The cashier of the bank of j New York's -100, whore veiy young girls of millionaire families follow he | fashion and keep an account says that some of these girls are developing; unusual prudence and thrift in handling | their allowances. But this sma1 gram of leaven has not spread an> into the , 1U The edict in general society is : "Go abroad and economize. Come back to , the United States and cut a aide I swath" Fashionable women are willing to be known as following those | laws, but economize at home-never! , Next to fashion, mothers are the mischiefmakers. In our great prospering middle class, ps soon as a girl is horn her mother begins the struggle to , dress her better than the other baby , U1 The 'strife goes on as she grows up and there is no class distinction here to frown on the impulse to rise higher !n fashion or teach the mother the good sense of cutting her aspirations , for the girl to fit the family income The girl grows up with her desires foolishly granted. She spends money Without looking at it twice Instead , of saving, "I'll save so much moncj, , when she has her own little allow- , anccs, she tries to get more han the ( money will pay for. By the time sl e is ready to marry she is grounded in spendthrift ways and intends, togive j up nothing, but to gam by fc When a young man would |lkc endow her with his name and a fair share of his salary, lightning calcula- , tions decide him that she is too expen sive and hasn't any characteristic* j that are likely to develop his income and make it big enough for two. bo he cuts off' his courtship with the lovely spendthrift, whose parents are not too rich, nor yet too poor, but in just that state denominated middle, but j aSl" don't sec how a young man can be blamed in these cases. Its the -e made "faa.no,, | able" it would certainly have good ( elfect in families whose heads nave m- i comes ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 I per,year. It is in this grade of society : that young men must plead that they j can't all'ord matrimony. Girls in these | families are not taught those mysteries of household economies or general frugality that are daily diet in German 1 and French households. Many of them live and die without ever realizing the heights and depths of the purchasing value of 100 cents. How women of this kind can bring up daughters endowed with more thrift j than their mothers is a problem. The advanced woman, or she who is truly fin de sieele, is one of the most costly wives ever known. The man who takes one to himself must ; make allowances for many expenses j no woman used to have. This advanced woman who tries to | keep up to the age has us many club ; dues as most men, and a great many j more than the average one. She out- j does him on his old exclusive territory, j She has to pay for club and society suppers to distinguished women, and ....... .,,..1 I liiin ?n n Illiin. She subscribes to all sorts of entertainments, courses and classes that her feminine predecessors never dreamed of and that are quite as expensive us anything men do in the same line. She is continually taking up new charities of whose invention her grand- j mother never dreamed, and most of them come high. .Radical movements and those for the amelioration of sociological evils have to be followed up. Kvery movement and most of the clubs that are worth anything | have conventions, which cost good | money. The 'woman with modern improvements'' insists she must have all these tilings. Therefore when she weds, man must add her club dues to his , club dues. Women used to think men were the only spendthrifts, but they have j caught up bravely themselves. Meantime, matrimony doesn't become any j cheaper.?New York Press. * ? * I'Kcri.iar Fok.msokTk.mpkkanck.? i Temperance in Russia takes peculiar | forms which would make some Ameri- j can leaders of the movement stand aghast. Thus the temperance society of Tobolsk meets in church every yeur and after singing a Te Deum, its members pledge themselves to total abstinence for 12 months. Twenty-four hours' grace, however, is always accorded between the expiration of one temperance year and the beginning of the next, and during that brief period the members are permitted to "decorate their j heads with vine leaves" Whosoever breaks the pledge during the remainder of the year has to pay a fine of 25 roubles to the church for each offence, while the faithful members have the questionable priviledge of spitting in the face of the erring brother. W11 tf Ul'DITIV! LMIMMTII IUEJ IIUUlAil UAUun 111 The Puritan Sabbath, in the villuges 1 of New England, commenced on Saturday afternoon. No labor was performed on the evening which preceded the Lord's day. Early 011 Sunday morning the blowing of a horn in some j places announced that the hour of ( ! worship was at hand. In other vil- . lages a flag was hung out of the rude building occupied by the church. Al Cambridge, a drum wus beat in 1 military style; at Salem, a bell indicated the opulence of that settlement, i The public religious services usually commenced at 9 in the morning, and i occupied from six to eight hours, divided by an intermission of an hour for dinner. The people collected quite punctually, as the law compelled their attendance, and there was a heavy fine for any that rode too fast to meeting. The sexton called upon the j minister, and escorted him to church in the same fashion that the sheriff ; now conducts the judge into our State courts. There were no pews in the church, and the congregation had 1 places assigned them upon the rude benches, at the annual town meeting, according to their age, importance, and social standing. A person was fined if he occupied the seat of another. Our local histories reveal mat priae, envy, | and jealousy were active passions ! among the men of olden times, and it?. was delicate and difficult business to '"seat the meeting-house," as it was ' quaintly called. Many of the early churches of New England had two clergymen?one who was called the pastor ; the other the j teacher. The Sabbath services were as follows: The congregations assembled at an early hour?never later than 9 o'clock. After prayer, a ! chapter from the Bible was read by j one of the ministers, and "expounded" ' at length. In many of the churches, however, the Bible was not read at | nil, and it took years of agitation to carry that "innovation." A psalm in. j meter was next sung, which was dictated, line by line, to the congregation ; this service was usually performed by one of the deacons. The preacher did not take part in the introductory services. The baptisms, eases of church discipline, and collections always took place in the afternoon. The "long" j prayer usually occupied from an hour to an hour and a half, and many j of the sermons of this period make j from a hundred to a hundred and fifty pages. There was a contribution every Sunday, preceeded by an appeal from one of the deacons. The ! hoxes were not carried round, but the congregation arose and proceeded to 1 the deacon's seat, and deposited their offerings. The magistrates and "brief gentlemen" walked up first, the elders next, and then followed the "common [ people." This ceremony occupied much time. Besides the money given, j persons brought various useful urticles and goods as offerings. The collections were distributed by the deacons to the ministers and the poor. The trials of ecclesiastical offenders, at the close of the services, often afforded much excitement and amusement; for some offences a particular dress was worn, and the "confessions" of the offenders were head with much interest. Oftentimes the public services were continued until after sunset. After the benediction, the ministers passed out of the church, bowing to the people on both sides of the aisle, as they all satin silence until the clergymen and their families had gone out. THE LOST FORTUNE. GlimpKC of Life in the Kentucky Mountains. "I had a glimpse of life in the Kentucky mountains the other day that I will not soon forget," said a capitalist. "I made a trip into that section as the representative of a syndicate to look at some coal lands. I went as far us I could by rail, and then took a horse and rode into the wilderness. Toward night I brought up at a little cabin, of which I had been previously informed, aud made arrangements to spend the night there. This was about 20 feet long by about 12 feet wide. On the ground floor it was all one room. Above was a loft, to which access was gained by ' means of a ladder and a hole in the floor. There was a little corn growing around the place, and there were two hogs. In the rear of the cabin was a low shed, open at one end and with a slanting roof. It was just big enough to hold a cow at night. The cow, [ which was a lean, woe-begone unimal, the two hogs, and the corn constituted : apparently the entire assets of the 1 place. "In this establishment were living a J i i _ ?s* -. 1 11) 11II 2111(1 IIlis wilt; uuu nyiiL tuiiuicw, the eldest being 12 years. They lived on cornuieal and milk, with oecasionaly i some pork, ltoth the man and the ! woman were barefooted. The elder ! children had clothes enough to cover their nakedness, but the younger were not so fortunate. * The man seemed to he slow, dull sort of fellow, who had lived in destitution so long that he had i become used to it. The woman was i di lie rent. Her face wore an expression of abject despair. If a painter had wanted a model for a picture entitled 'Hopelessness,' he need have 1 gone no further. After supper the man ' went out to feed the hogs and cow and ) do other 'chores.' "I talked to the woman for about an i hour, and succeeded with great difficulty in getting her story. Her pride stood in the way of her telling me anything for a long time. During all the time in which she talked the expression of dull listlessness, to which her face had become habituated, never left it but once. Then a look of something like happiness came over her features. This was when she said that they had not always been poor. 'We weren't always this way,' she said. 'We were well off once. We saved enough, him and me, so that we were rich. We had $27 laid away once.' That was her idea of wealth. Twenty seven dollars! She went on to say that the children had come fast; that a cow had to he bought, and she had cost $1S. The children had fallen sick, and a doctor had to be brought in from civilization, and lie cost $">, and so it went till their fortune had gone, and they had nothing left of that magnificent $27. "The next morning I paid them my lodging. I had slept in the loft, and the family had slept in the room below. None of theiu took oil' their clothes. I had brought with me a huge lot of roast beef sandwiches, and ate three for my supper and breakfast, fori had been warned that I probably could not get anything to eat there. Hefore leaving I took ?27, and, wrapping it up in a newspaper, left it 011 the table in the middle of the room. Then I rode away, feeling vastly pleased with myself, and knowing that there was one | mountaineer's family in Kentucky that had recovered its lost fortune."?True Flag. HOW UK HOT HIS START. In a recent address at Sun Francisco, C. It. Huntington, the millionaire railway magnate, said : "When I was a hoy I earned and saved in one year by the most rigid economy, $85, and ut the end of that year I was as I ever have heen since. Start two young men upon the road of life, and if one earns $75 the first year and saves half of it, and the other earning the same amount, saves nothing, it seems an easy problem to figure out the probable difference at the end of 20 years. Nothing is more surprising than the result, for while in the second instance the 20 years produce no growth, in the first case the habit of economy of saving the pennies becomos the most finely tempered and useful in his possession, and the growing capital becomes a servant that from a child grows into a giant for his master's advancement. "Nearly all of the great merchants of New York city commenced as boys without other advantages thau habits of health, iudustry and frugality. They were not sticklers for a scale of wages, but were ready to take the work that lay nearest them ; and they put so much of energy and intelligence into their early work that their capabilities were quickly recognized and rewarded by promotion. It is by such men that great industries are built up, and great cities established. The begining seems small, but they are like the little rivulet, which, springing from the mountainside, pushes its way steadily and persistently onward: checked, it may be, every now and then, by obstacles, but waiting patiently until it can surmount them, gathering new stores from every side, until at last it becomes a mighty river. And so with a man. If as a boys he starts in life with one motto that 'anything that ought to be done can be done,' all the time taking the work nearest to him, and, while doing that, watching out for something bettor und higher, he will find that there are but a few things that he cannot accomplish between his boyhood and the three score and ten years allotted to human life." SOLID FOR TUCKER. Apropos to the distribution of seed from the department of agriculture, which was recently under discussion in the house, Representative Tucker, of Virginia, told a story to the Washington Post. He said that down in Appomattox county there lived an old farmer to whom he had on several occasions sent packages of seeds and shipments of fish from the fish commission, with which to stock the creeks and ponds on his place. One court day, when the representative was in town, his farmer friend approached and in a confidential way said, "Tuck, you've sent ine seeds and fish two or three times, and I am very much obliged to you for them, but there is one other thing I wish you would do, if you can." "What's that?" asked the representative. "Well, I want a thoroughbred hound pup for my kennel, and I thought maybe you folks up at Washington could send it down to me just as well as not, if I only asked for it." "Why, certainly," responded Tucker. "It will give me great pleasure to send the pup to you, ami as suun as I get back to Washington you may look out for him." The representative said that, so far as he could see, there was 110 reason why the government should not go into the business of supplying the constituents of congressmen with dogs to improve their breeds as well as seeds to improve their crops, and fish to add to their food supply. "So," he continued, ' "? xt 1-1 1 1 "l nunicd up a inorouguureu huuuu pup, had him uicely crated, prepaid the express charges, and sent him down. And you can bet that constituent is solid for Tucker." BLOOD 'PURIFIERS. When a person has been slightly ailing for a time with ill-defined symptoms, and the cause does not appear, he is quite apt to assume that his blood needs purifying, and straightway he doses himself with nostrums reputed to have the desired effect. Such people should understand that there are no medicinal blood purifiers, notwithstanding the emphatic claims to the contrary. The blood of many people contains waste matters which render them uncomfortable, if not really ill. Dosing is not the way to remove them. The food should be carefully selected, and limited to simple and easily digestible substances. Water, perfectly hot, should be freely indulged in, for the purpose of rendering the kidneys more active and washing out the system. Fruits should also be freely indulged in, for the purpose of keeping the intestinal canal open and promoting the elimination of waste through this avenue. The lungs should be made to do more work, and this eud is best attained by means of brisk walks in the opeu air. The pores of the skin are minute sewers. These are liable to close up somewhat unless quite free exercise is takeu. To assist in the work of purifying the blood, exercise should be pushed until perspiration is induced. Of course, to keep the skin clean is one of the essentials. These simple measures are about all that are needed to purify the blood of those who suffer simply from derangements. They are also the best nerve tonics, and not only restore lost vigor, but extend the development of the nerve exercise much as exercise developes the muscles.?Boston Journal. ThkConscience Fund.?The "conscience fund'' has figured in the statements of the treasury department for over SO years, writes Francis Leon Chrisman, in Lippincott's Magazine. It was opened by the register of the treasury department in 1811, and appears in the general fund of the government under the head of miscellaneous receipts. Like other assets of the treasury, it can be used for any purpose that congress may deem proper. Its origin was due to the fact that away back in the beginning of the present century some unknown person began to feel the sharp thrusts of his conscience. In some way he had defrauded the government, and could find relief only by returning the money to the treasury. This was the beginning of the account showing receipts of money by the government from unknown persons. Since then the fund has been accumulating in large and small sums, until at the present time it aggregates nearly $270,000. Remittances are received nearly every week, and frequently two or three times a week. During the prevalence of hard times the receipts have fallen off considerably* and sometimes a fortnight elapses before a communication is received, showing that even a * * i*- - 1 aU ^ mums conscience can icei me uim ui tight money. ?aT The Dutch have.worked out tlie trump question to what they cohsider a filial conclusion. The State maintains a farm of 50,000 acres, and every man applying for relief is sent there to earn his living. If the man won't work, he is sent to a labor colony where he has to work ; but if he shows a disposition to get ahead, and learns how to cultivate the soil, the State rents a small farm to him, where he is left to his own resources. lorces are 100 lew 10 pruuucc u jicruiunent impress of this kind upon the feutures. The commanding officer, assured of his men's obedience, does not ; habitually keep his lip muscles in a state of tension. Look at the sea captain, the most absolute monarch on earth. He carries authority and power in his face, but it resides in his eye and the confident assurance of his easily set j mouth. Every spar and shaft and muscle in his lloating realm must obey i him, and he knows it. This is probably a reason why the sea-captains j and the engine-drivers show a certain similarity of type. The engine-driver ! can make his captive giant, strong as 10,000 men, obey the pressure of his ! finger. His lips are usually calm, like j those of the statues of the wielder of i thunderbolts on Olympus. Who ever i saw a man commanding a man-of-war ' or driviug a locomotive with the con' tentious lip of a school usher? Had No Pudding.?One of the strong parting injunctions which perj sons receive who take the Keeley cure, ' says a San Francisco paper, is that tbey shall never again even taste liquor j : in any form, not even in their food, j This explanation is necessary in order | that the reader may fully appreciate the experience which a "graduate" recently underwent at one of our prom- | incnt hotels. Plum pudding was on j the bill of fare, and was included in j his order. When it was served the j guest caught the unmistakable odor of brandy, and sent the waiter back with instructions to bring him some pudJ ding without brandy sauce. The j waiter appeared again with a palatable-looking dish of the desert, but ini vesligution proved that the cook had simply substituted wine for the brandy. "Take this dish back," said the gentleman to the waiter, with some asper! ity, "and bring me some of the dessert, but I don't want any brandy or wine or anything of the kind on it." In a few minutes the waiter reappeared the second time, and deposited i the dish before the guest, but the tell- j tale fumes which arose from it warned him that something was yet wrong. "What kind of sauce have I now?" , asked he. ; "Rum sauce," said the waiter; and the guest cut the pudding from his orj der. Hf.rk's thr Truth.?When you I want a newspaper fuvor you strike j your "home paper," don't you ? If you want your town boomed and | your property increased in value you expect your home paper to do it for I nothing, don't you? Yet you kick because your home paper hasn't as much reading matter as a city paper, don't you ? And you preclude the home paper j j from thinking the town is a good place j j for it, by not giving it sufficient pat- I j ronage, don't you? You are mighty free about telling I | what a good thing for a town a home j ! puper is, but are backward when it comes to helping that paper with cash ain't you 2 - ? You often sneak oft to some other I ! town to get your job work done to j | save a few cents, don't you ? You are mighty auxious to have the j ! home paper spend money with you, i ' but are careful to spend as little as | ; possible with it, ain't you ? I)o you think a publisher can live on | promises and pay his bills with the same material ? | Don't.?Don't vote for a man who can save $10,000 a year out of a $5,000 salary. If he is shrewd enough to do : ! that, lie is probably able to make a | living honestly. Don't vote to re-elect | a man who, for personal or party advantage fails to stand up and be countj ed whenever called upon in favor of the principles he advocated before the ! people. Don't vote for any man be- j cause he is entitled to the position; ! the reason is insufficient. Don't fail | to vote for a man who has made a faithful public servant simply because his opponent is a "good fellow and | i needs the office." Don't confound a noisy mouth with wisdom, nor rant ' with political integrity. Don't forget ! that the best men in any position are men of works rather than words. | Don't fail to inform yourself and have 1 opinions of your own. Don't forget that mooted questions cannot be fully grasped by hearing or reading arguments on one side only. Don't fail to I make your vote count one at prima- 1 ries or general elections. If all would observe these don'ts, they would have to go out of politics to find something i to grumble about. The MasculineGikl.?Ladies who ' affect masculine shirts, short hair, felt j hats, stand up collars, and the other articles of wearing attire usually the property of the other sex, must not complain if they occasionally suffer inconveniences and disconcerting mistakes occur. An instance of the kind comes from Manchester, Kngland. At the Victoria station a porter was ac- i costed by the occupant of a first class ! i carriage with the inquiry : "How long will this train wait?" The individual addressing him was i arrayed in a felt hat, ulster coat and | cravat, and wore shortly cropped hair, and the porter, naturally imagining a male passenger was seated in the carriage, replied: "You 11 just have time to get a drink, sir; but you'll have to look sharp." The young lady, for such the mascuI linely attired one was, blushed consid: erably at the unpleasant imputation of unfeminine bibulous propensities thus cast upon her, hut her fellow passengers, us may be imagined, seemed rather to enjoy herembarassinent. A Simple Water Test.?In The ! Bulletin of the State of Iowa there is printed each month a simple test that I i any one can apply if he suspects that ! the water he is) using is in any way j contaminated with organic matter, i Here it is: "Into a ground glassstopped bottle (this must be perfectly I tight to prevent the access of organi isms from without), perfectly clean, ! put not less than live ounces of the water to be tested. To the water add 10 grains of pure granulated white sugar, close tightly, and set in a window exposed freely to the light, hut not in the direct rays of the sun. Do not disturb the bottle, and keep the temperature as near 70 degrees, Fahr. as possible. If the water contains or j ganic matter, within 48 hours abundance of whitish specks will be seen i floating about; and, the greater the amount of organic matter, the more specks. In a week or ten days, if the water is very bad, the odor of rancid butter will be noticed on re- | i moving the stopper. The little specks will finally settle to the bottom, where ! they appear as white flocculent masses. i Such water is not lit to drink." ; Thk !><><; Days.?These are the dog days. They began July 2 and will end August 11. They have nothi ing to do with the dogs beyond making those animals uncomfortable, like the rest of us, from the heat. They get ; their nume from the fact that Sirius, j the brightest star in the constellation | Acqfiked Facial Expression.? The compressed lip so loved (and so i often misinterpreted) by novelists is a , sign of weakness rather than strength, - ?: ? 'fi.~ Ml) ? U U I liri III A lie X UJ/UKW UV.1VIIVV Monthly. It tells of perpetual con- I llicts in which the reserves are called into the fray. The strong will is not , agituted into strenuous action by the small worries of the hour, and the great occasions which call for its whole ' of the Great I)og, and called the Dog star, on these days rises and sets with the sun. You can see Sirius any bright winter night. It is a beautiful bluish star, as bright as Jupiter, and rises soon after Orion, the great giant who has stars for a belt and stars for a sword. The ancients, who did not know enough to discover that the world was round or moved around the sun, took notice that the days when the Dog star kept pace with the sun they had the greatest -heat, and they thought, therefore, that this star produced it. A Hum;itv Boy and Do?.?A waif of a boy was eating a stale half-loaf on the street corner with the air of a starveling, when a stray dog came along and crouched at his feet. The hungry look remained in the boy's eyes, but he glanced down at the vagabond dog and said in a friendly way : "Wot vou want? This ain't no bone. Git." The dog moved off a little, and again it crouched and looked wistfully at the food. "Say, do you want this wuss nor I do?" asked the waif. "Speak, can't yer ?" The dog gave a quick bark and theAboy threw him the rest of the loaf. "NufF sed," he remarked, as he watched him eat ravenously ; "I ain't the feller to see a pard in trouble." And the boy went one way and the dog another, uotn me oeuer ior me encounter. A Peculiar Will.?A man named Zalesky, who died in Poland in 1889, left a peculiar will. The envelope which contained the will said, "To be opened after my death." When the envelope was torn ofT, another was found underneath, with the words, "To be opened six weeks after the first envelope has been opened." The next envelope bore the inscription, "To be opened in a year." After waiting a year, the envelope was opened and found to contain still another, which said, "To be opened in two years."? And when the will was finally reached, it was found that he had bequeathed 100,000 roubles, or half his fortune, to his relatives having the largest number of children, while the other half was to be invested for a hundred years, at the end of which time the principal and interest were to be divided among his relatives. This lapse of memory is, however, not surprising. We are all liable to it, and the more so the older we grow. While they last, cold weather is always the coldest and hot weather the hottest we think we ever knew, and nothing but the record can convince us to the contrary. So, too, every calamity that happens to us the worst that we ever suffered, though we said the same thing of the one just before it, and will say it again of the next one after it. It is fortunate for us that ? " A J _ 1} 1.. 1 I ills is so. ii we reiaineu a nveiy ruuuilection of all our sorrows their accumulated weight would crush us. As it is, we shake off the effects of one before we have to encounter another, and thus take them, as it were, in detail, instead of having to endure them all at the same time. Learn to laugh, a good laugh is better than medicine. Learn how to tell a story. A well-told story is as welcome as a sunbeam in a sick-room. Learn to keep your own troubles to yourself. The world is IOU~tiusy to care-for your ills and sorrows. Learn to stop croaking. If you cunnot see any good in the world, keep the bad to yourself. Learn to hide your pains ami aches under a pleasant smile. No one cares to hear whether you have the earache, headache, or rheumatism. Don't cry. Tears do well enough in novels, but they are out of place in real life. Learn to meet your friends with a smile. The good-humored man or woman is always welcome, but the dyspeptic or hypochondriac is not wanted anywhere, and is a nuisance as well. July, more than any other month in the year, has been the time for riots and revolutions. Beginning with our own Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, we find also the French revolution beginning in July, for on the 14th of July, 1789, the Bastile, that infamous Paris prison, was destroyed. The beautiful "July Column," erected on the site of the prison, is not only in memory of the heroes of 1789, but of those, too, of the revolution of July, 1830. Then we had the draft riots in July, 1863; the Orangemen's riot in July, 1871; the Pittsburg railroad riots in July, 1877 ; and the Homestead riots in July, 1892. Perhaps the hot weather has something to do in rousing people to resist what they consider injustice. BHT "I can't sleep at nights with the heat," said a man, with a tired, up-allnight look on his face, to Dr. Clarke, the New York biological expert. "That's because you keep your windows opeu all day," said the doctor. "Why, I thought that was the best way to let in fresh air." "We're not talking of fresh air now," said the doctor. "We're talking of comfort. During the day, if the room is moderately large, the air outside is much warmer than inside. If you let the hot air in, it stays there, and you're in an oven all night. Try shutting the windows during the day to keep the hot air out, and not open them until night, when the atmosphere is 10 degrees cooler, and you'll be able to sleep." &&T In a recent book on "Pets, and How to Care for Them," the writer linds out that reports have been got from prison and reformatories showing that very few of the men who are prisoners in these places kept pets when they were boys, or were taught kindness to the lower animals. So you see that the boy who robs birds' nests, or kicks and hurts dogs and cats, not only does an unkind and cruel thing to these creatures, but he also gives himself a little push on the wrong road in life. ?aT A couple in Hungary celebrated last winter the centenary of their marriage. The marriage of the aged pair is officially recorded as having taken place in 1793, at which time they were of a marriageable age. As in Hungary at that time a bridegroom must- have reached the age of 20, and a bride that of 15, the pair must now at least be 120 and 125 years old. The venerable couple have been awarded a State pension in recognition of their great age and fidelity to each other. ff&P An English paper says : "Many and weighty are the reasons why swearing should be discouraged. It is, in the first place, an utterly senseless practice?every fool can swear. Again, swearing is next door to obscenity. The man who uses blasphemous language will scarcely fail to indulge in foul and ribald speech. Moreover, it is shameful, in an advanced state of civilization, that men should be accustomed to converse among themselves in language which would be intolerable when used in the presence of ladies. When a man abuses his church for allowing hypocrities to; remain in it, he does not mean that he wants them turned out. He has probably declared that he will do nothing so long as they are kept in, and if they are turned out, he will have to go to work to get up another excuse for not working.