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this," ho suul, tilt-niy his tlioiitfhts aloud, nud his hand in the tliree- PROSPERED IN THEIR NEW HOME, leeoK'nized, as he stoppHtl the woman in a wild etpr'ssion of in" huront lie tin t.eti to the speaker a imddie-n'rt I man of tnediutu size, shaven face, and kindly expression. "Tiiank von. he said, in hi Sontlinrneri Vli ll.vo ArMHimt''l Wealtli Nditti nf Mrfs.uao'l llnmi l.lin. buisiiess iniinner. "It is like veil to The Weekly Clarion.

SHE WARD TV Kit, I'ikm-cikhs. PARSONS, KANSAS Tub khodtvo of Kgyjii, has a great fondness to I- lie i- not the lifeline man In his sympathies he is moiuo-timcs painlod. Little by little we see tho transfer of Ihouiihtl'iil. Lead th.e woman to white individuality from portions of the southern states to tho north, say and half carrying the irl, he followed. "Thu old w'onian has lost all, in common with the others who lived on tho tioit of tins bell, "but will yo out myself and talaj a walk, posting thn letter as 1 yo.

A inoittliful of outdoor air will, jierhups, aive ui4 un inclination to sleep, A short walk brought him to one ol the di'op-l Mixes, ha deposited his letter. deep tlioutflit hu 1'wtraend his steps, and was just el'ossintf street, when he was aroused to a sharp eon-, seiousness by tlm clash of a llre-alann elosu at bund. Ha! Fire!" he inutten'd, toniinjc to a sudden hull. While yet lishaied. counting the strokes, there came, a rush of wheels, Gath in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Tlien emigres from tho south never return. first floor," said Parry, who was clerk, in a staire whis Hero is Inman, the genius of railway and telegraph matters in tho southern per, us the lawyer gently placed the girl in the arms of her "auntie," and closed states, who came to ew iork a clink out of the rebel army, I think. Hu is a smart fellow, though now and then lie carriaue door. Mns. Caimmk Wn.nv of Brooklyn received a legacy of wu, excited over her suiIiJ'mi wealth that "If 1 niiuht he allowed to surest.

Tnrev cont inued. hesitut i tiiid V. ''as theV you hear tho opinion expressed that he; Had luT husbnild i have" neither friends nor iiiouev, wouldn't would make a deal with his grand clatter of horses' bonis and hrt bad bare eho loft Lor. I il be as well for them to uro around mother and pick her dry. New York ly time to spring out ol the way as a 1 to mv old mother's in Coates street'; is good enough tor nun.

Hero is K. he.avv steamer mine at annul i "Us unite near, and the old lady A that, Patti has two oxl-n valves in her wind gallop arouml 1 he corner, and dashed down the side street, scattering a show T. Wilson, who, during the war, was something of a contractor for beef i bless her dear heart! would be d- i lighted to have them; and she can lix up i. er of sparks, audloMVitinu trail ol pitchy smoke hehind. and supplies to the rebel army.

He came from East Tennessee. Sinc.o She niiiy i oousi.h a kind nf bivalve. pipe. fore, the scanty wardrobe Irom jpir- liieius belongiiif; to poor i "It.s a uood idea, Parry." said "It must be near, he sant lollowinjj oyster I'Hti. the crowd.

Wilson came hero, a large, mild man, chiefly notabio for working hiniseif. almost to death in his banking-house. Lookinii'iit the iras-lainp on the corner- i ham, this time in his social manner, "and Kalakai a if the Sjiiuhvii'li he sow the name Melon street, which in Kin Islands and for his excessive tenderness to Iiih young children, he has married tbesn you are a goou noy to iiiiiik oi n. i nan a vague purpose of taking thorn to the house you knowl discharged my house is reduced liis arinv l.i ii stanlly brought to his mind Gabriel Hickson's storv ol' tlm yotmjf sewing-girl, blMSS fur, Such youngsters into the Astor, tho Goeiet, keeper last week hut it will he heller Mary Gibson, and the fact that she resnl-in ifmt street. biind My-live piece iniVit.

very ing uu ti.cm.v. l.i re -to When tiie aliailcw end Pin's in my-voiitvlilin, lieri! ntlii'i' weml. My l'inlti' head Toward ui.v In sly ir.m.d, My violin, i llo'ier mii it nf (tun a soul wldiin l'a oiiuIh us I he mi And olil ilidvs notn My soul hath mm wi'i' win, vinllii! What it its sons IN reeil lloiTuwi'il from Nature's book? PiraMire it il -ill nut plena lake tn l'an' ii' 'd, Plucked when' tliniaiili merry iiimiI I ta hides the hnmk Siimcst no lul nf sain, As llOl till' -hell ll 'II, Tcinptiiiur. nit! not in ain, 1 t.rusi tin1 tiiu, And I ne ipiMen jjtraiit luvc ton well All. Il softer Siujjfs it than reed iir iv 1 1 iii-1 a wl en tln-iina 'I' lillioilg, And wake to strophe long.

The woodland ir. J'oi whose every word Melt tins rapt heart nf mine, Joyunee of anil hint 'I'hy heart hath heard Till every liber xlirivd V'iih thrill divine! So when 1 iniietri-is Pleaded the huhiT Sum in Karlh' jub lee To Deity- How thy pnor en." to me Transit-lire I Vet lialh it smilrl, linn', t.v, hike to a unit icr's i i imii I tie Jov it knew. Thrilled thru' mid thro', When from the lath I bite' hone and ino.m Hark to tin- nielndy Klowiii'' clear. thin leid hear, or mm Hut tine and nie Sharinii' one eestay My violin! Ilea rest my l'rees tit 'throlihiinr le-nrt; Kacli tuttrniiir soft and Hear, ISavMied I bear Oh that our soul. nenr Km-y slinulil iiart -II.

T. IflAISV. as von suggest, lell them what you and liually into the family, of England. His daughter' a brother-in- nurnose. and get them there as quickly The thought (impelled him to hasten law is the earl of Pom broke, who in as you can.

In the meantime, J. will habits the celebrated Wilton house, at step down to Doctor Wallace and have his walk, lie had hardly taken a dozen steps when he heard a dull report, mingled with a crash of broken glass, and he saw tongues of "littering Ihitiie burst tuv hand dressed, change my clothes, tho town of Wilton, where they maka the carpets, in England, and which I and will look in upon vou, for a moment Dr. Oi.iVEtt Wi.npi.i.i. Hoi. mix suffering from a seven! cold.

As doctor he would like to euro himself, but a poc-t ho objects to treating an inflamed njcmbni.no. in about an hour il not too late lor you visited two years ago and described in out of the front id wooden tenement two or three blocks away. to sit up." your columns. Wilton house is iuu of elegant paintings and marbles, and Gabriel llicksou slept soundly that bears the record ot having entertained Spenser when lie wrote "Arcadia," inu'ht. Chinese mining They have it is a peculiarity of such men that Thkhf.

is large camp at Warren, Ma lie ipiickeued his pace to a run, ami was soon on the spot. But quick as he was. tho-e 1'ew moments had suMiced to increase tlm lire with marvelous rapidity. Fanned at once by the draught of oirl'mi'ii the shattered win they can sleep, even amid the crumbling fragments of their varied schemes for and bliakspeare when he camo down to play before King James a visitor there.wi lb the Shakspearcan troupe. Strange is this world when we find an old contractor for mule meat to the confederate armv and hustler for rail power and gain.

But no unpleasant been fit work for several years, and from iifty to seventy-five return to China each year with from JO which is a fortune, for thou. dreams came to disturb Ins slumber. On the following morning he was ear Iv awake, and his thoughts alert in fur road bonds in Now York, and cot ton therance of the plan of action he had de vised for his release from what he deemed factor for everywhere, linking himself with a family which runs back to tlm the ill-starred consequences ol Mary piratical ages about ami before Queen Elizabeth. Where is the equality of Wardlaw's death. Itobk oontintkh.

I this world? You do not hear of Mr. PECULIAR CASE. R. T. Wilson inhabiting a sunny grova somewhere in the bowers of his youth.

dows, the Haines It-aped into terrible ac- tivitv. and ran a lung the dry limbers and 'light wood work of the old frame dwelling in a manner which bid delianee to all ell'orts for extinguishment. Suddenly a cry arose in the crowd, wild, shrill, anguished. "My child, my darling child! My Mary save her, save' and a stout half-clad woman of fit with iron-gray hair and Scottish features, was seen to spring from restraining hands which sought to hold her, and rush toward the burning building. Hut strong arms kept her back.

Another and a different cry arose from the throng a cry followed by an awed hush: and every eye was up urned to a dormer window" in' the blazing roof. There upon the sill. In all the vildnes of dishevelled charms" with lire above and around her, which Fifth avenue is good enough for him. A Boy Afflicted With Hydrophobia Eight "Mai.k Twain" lot his bat. and co-it at a recent bail in Connecticut, and wan obliged to drives homo wiiu no protoe-tion from the cold save that afforded by his luxuriant lie kept warm by cracking jokes.

PnEslPENT Cl.l.VKl.ANI) does lint himself nbnit the details of a state dinner. He leaves all the arrangements to his wife vvlio very careful in her inspection of evervllihig pertaining to the banquet. Some years ago I had a talk with Years After he was Bitten by a Dor. About eight years ago David Barkey young v. Stevenson, wuose laiuer, of tho same name, and Wilsou and Duncan Kcnua and one or two others then about two years of age, son of a well-known Milton townsbi p.Ohio.

farm er. Jacob Barkey. was bitten on the up tier lin bv the family dog. The wound MARY (UBSOX; healed and nothing was thought of the matter. Eighteen months ago the dog I showed siji-ns of paralytic fits and was PHILADELPHIA SEWING GIRL.

THE killed. Several weeks ago the boy, now near I eleven vears old, became ill, be eveiy moment rose uigner aim oiici, appeared a young girl. iwr afflicted with on ailment similar to L'HA PTKR 1 Coxti sr e. paralysis of the muscles, which the phy sician Who was called in pronouueeu A SITUATION. muscular rheumatism.

The symptoms became more alarming and finally de Meanwhile, Mr. had returned to the apartment so lately occupied hv his visitor ami himself, and leaning veloped into a case of genuine hydro were in a pool to supply the confederacy with supplies and take out cotton, which was almost worth its weight in silver or gold in England. My report carried consternation, I was told, into the highest social circles of New York, where the Wilsons wete about marrying among the Astors, who had no idea, with the higher loyalty ol! this latter family, that they were to embrace some of the old blockade-runners of the war. There were all kindof blockade-runners, and toward the bottom you could touch Keith or celebrated fiend who blew up the Bremen steamship. Tin elder V.

K. Stevenson died, leaving a tine fortune here, of which his sou go 5 his V.K. doys not return to Tennessee, there he is connected with old families like the Bells and the Catrons. These things prova that where there is liberality men dock from everv land. JI APTKlt V.

THE UKSCIT, Ol'MAKV OIBSO.N'. Xaylor Clinghani strong, worldly man that he was recoiled before that iwl'iil nurture with a siToan of despair. iihohia. and was termed such by a mini T. T.

Barn I'M has been g-ivinj many of his books and curios to his children, Tantie.hiidivn and lie retains his rins, however, and he Iik a few curiosities which the public may continue to upon at the rale of fifty cents per head. of (Ion. liouliinjjer have lately been tryia to prove that ha. is descendant of the (leu. lSouhuiovr who.

on tho of July. 1 was appoint by the Couiedi-fiencral of the Commune "Comma ndaa t-( tcneral of tho firmed force of the city of Paris with his back against the mantel, and 1 'one elbow resting thereon, appeared to her of physicians who were called in consultation in regard to the case. The He had recognized the original ol Ga llrst stage of the hoy's illness is now said to have been a form of paralytic follow out some Irani ol newly siiggest- ed thought. i "There is a ili.M-repa iu-y as to dates i v.hich requires explanation," he linailv livdronhobia. durinii which manifested no canine characteristics, but was pros rated by a partial paralysis of the mus cles.

absence of Citizen Sau- Several days ago the boy's illness assumed another stage of the allliction, and the attending physicians who were in ne during terre." a miandary in reirard to the case saw The "Women of Nicaragua- that voun'g Barkev was sull'eriug with briel Hickson's description, he poor sewing-girl who resembled the Quaker heiress; for it was Mary Gibson. The alarm that had roused her from her sound slumber and the peril of her situation had almost stupefied her. She appeared incapable of any further exer-t. on, and made no reply to the many voices that called to her in a chorus of advice that was only confusing. A ladder was placed against the burning walls but the names curled up it in an instant, and the Ih-emen who attended to ascend soon shrank' from the Haines, blistered and blackened.

During this hardy attempt at rescue the figure of the young girl disappeared from the window'so suddenly as to leave un doubt of her having fainted; and the hydrophobia. He "was subjected to par-oxvnis which would be of about twenty said. "Let me He went to a small cabinet and unlocked a ilruwer, from which he took a newspaper somewhat torn. It was an old copy of the Loudon film's, dated some six weeks before. On 1lie lirsf page was a paragraph with a iencil-niiirk drawn around it.

It was under the of "Births. Deaths. Marriages," and read as follows; "On the l'lh of October, near Marseilles, while en rout? for Italy, Miss M. Wardlaw. after a brief illness of thirty-six hours." Mr.

Clinghani folded the paper and returned it to the drawer, locking it, and putting the key in his pocket. "Hickson savsthat his ward had been minutes' duration, and would begin in a peculiar way. The patient would pant like a sticking- out his tongue and Tjie American Cultivator remarks: Should a war unfortunately occur at Borne future period between our government and powerful maritime power, bombii.ru ing ships in our harbor can find no difliculty in singling out vulnerable points of attack, i'or modern Boston is bristling all over with towerin? edi frothimr at the month. He would occa sionally simulate the bark of a dog and would snan at everything within his reach. Pillows and pieces of clothes were thrust into his mouth and would This lake called Tiscapa is ths public laundry of Nicaragua's capital, and here the htvendaras (washwoman) comes to cleanse the city's soiled linen.

A rugged broadway lea'ds down to the water, where at all hours of every day a novel scene is presented. Standing knee-deep or waist-deep in the water, dressed (or rather undressed) accordingly, the native women pouud tho clothes on flat stones and afterward dry them ou the surrounding bushes. The industrious workers are themselves the most striking pictures, clad iu but a single short, sleeveless, and extremely "low-necked" garment, aud even this slight trammeling they discard in the ardor of business if compelled to streams of water, which had mostly been 1 1 1 i i 1 1 j- on the adioiniiin- buildings prior linailv annease his desire to bite. His fices, which loom up over the ancient city like monuments in an otd-fanhion- ed bnrviiig ground. condition became so serious that it be came necessary to lash him to the bed When the rea trouble was learned, va rious remedies for that allliction were tried and the paroxysms have hecome less frequent.

Manv physicians in this community to tier appearance, were instantly turned inside. Fortunately the old building was isolated from the surrounding dwellings, save on one side, where a ten-foot alley sepe rated it from a row of modern houses, the roofs of which were nearly flat and rose two stories higher than the burning building; the nearest presenting only a side surface of dead brick wall without window or door. Suddenly the tall lithe tigure'of a man appeared on this roof, scanned the space buried some days when he arrived at Marseilles; should it not have been some weeks, rather'; Yes, there ix a discrepancy, as I thought, but it must have arisen through the confusion of mind incidental to liis position. The mournful fact remains unchanged. The letter ol' Girard Hope, who heard of it at Genoa, confirms what the paper says.

I must see him again, and thank him personally for yielding to rny request in the mat tor of the port rait." are watching the case with great interest, and hundreds of persons have called seek deeper rinsing places. Honi suit qui nial pense. Aud these creatures seem to be the perfection of innocence, for they remain entirely undisturbed if. to see the hoy, one hunitreu and live strangers being at the house Friday afternoon, although the paroxysms Thr Bev. Dr.

William J. Holland, pastor of the (lellelield Presbyterian church of Pittsburg, has been requested by the United Stales government to make a scientific exploration of the West Coast of Africa, lie is to bo paid 110,000 and ex pen sea. About a year ago Dr. Holland was selected as naturalist to accompany a government expedition to Japan. lie made valuable collections and discoveries in entomology.

His report wa.s so abla and complete that tho government wishes to retain his services. perchance, a company ot passing muleteers descend the mountain path and proceed to water their beasts and bathe themselves as unconcenjuuiy and as unnoticed by the women as though each were aloue in the wilder And as it guided ly an impulse he could not control. Clinghani took a mil of wax taper from the mantel, lit it, and opening the door of an adjoining room, passed in, closing it behind him. The room inla which he thus entered wus small but elegantly furnished; the walls hung with pictures, and the tables Idled with rare books, medallions, prints, an! artistic bric-a-brac from all parts of are much less frequent. Physicians in attendance say that his death will occur just as soon as the action of the medicines are overcome by the poison in his system, which is expected to eventually take place, but just when is not delinitely known.

The supposition was at lirst entertained that the boy was insensible to his surroundings, but for the past few days he has surprised his attendants by recounting what transpires in the room during his paroxysms. The sight or touch of water throws him into convulsions, which are horrible in the ex ness. Among these workers, ranging ia between the two nuiiuiugs, mm men, with a light spring forward, made a flying leap for the gabled ridge of the blazing house. He alighted on his feet, in the midst ol flame, and smoke, and steam, with a jar that shook showers of sparks and blazing fragments from the glowing pile beneath, while a wild cry of mingled fear and admiratuion at his daring arose from the excited crowd below. But the position was not enable an instant: nor did lie seek to make it so.

With a light but lirni step he swiftly age from maidens of l'i to matrons ot oO, one may sec some surprising ocau- ttcs, whose advent in iNew lort in civilized attire would turn the heads the world. On the wall fronting the entrance, in a frescoed niche, was a crayon portrait. F.viilently the one to which he had alludil: or be now st ood before it, the light, raised above his head, looking at it with an earnestness horn of something deeper than mere admiration. It was that of ii young girl attired in Indicia costume, with her hair lightly entwined in a wreath of budding flowers, Mrt. Gladstone's absorbing study of Homer has led him to form uurmerous ingenious theories.

One is the belief that the Greeks were color-blind. Otherwise it would bo impossible, be contends, for Homer to have spoken of "a flock of purple lie was stating this view one. day, when a celebrated Agriculturist who was present remarked: "Ah! but I know that in cer-rain parts of England there- are flocks of "purple Mr. Gladstone expressed surprise. Ino.uirie3 were made, ind it was found that these sheep were uh'of the ordinary brown color.

cleared the intervening space, swung himself into the window, and a moment later reappeared, with the limp and lifeless girl supported in his arms. In the meantime the gallant liremcn had not been idle. A long ladder had hoisted to the roofs of the adjoining row of houses, carried across, and one end treme. Thursday night Barkey was seized with horrible convulsions and a paroxysm for one hour and a half, during which his writhings were awful to he-hold. He managed to get one of his hands in his mouth and hit oil" two lingers.

The paroxysm was the most severe yet experienced and death is.be-gitinfng to fasten its grip upon hint. aud capture the hearts of all the dudes in that beautv-adoring metropolis. Though the Phoenician blood, which Nicaraguans are so proud to claim, is probably lost in the now more clearly defined Spanish and Indian, yet these mild-eyed, sweet-faced, aud graceful children of Central America have retained iu their characters many of the traits that distinguish their earlier ancestors, including simple contentment and a passionate enjoyment of nature aud a love of home. Niairagnn Letter. Prunes.

us if it were May Day and she the embodiment of spring. ller eyes sparkling dropped upon the burning gable, just as Clinghani -for it was he slipping, staggering, breathless, reached it with his burden, and was instantly drawn up to a place of safety. Then, and nottill then, did the lookers 1 .1.... ...,.1 AltU 1 lUtl lOtllllt I I An Actress' Critnu.1 During the days of the old Vine-street Opera House. Cincinnati, when under the management of both Gabriel and uiiong their cards were.

Oil seem 10 nrenioi-; shout, that lor the moment drowned all 7 i 1....... it tho tiiici.nxu miu' Sheeran ami Ada Hume, supposed tui.ei wuim, Wjft Thev nol verv ol the uaringacniexeimuii. aui ti.p with a luminous luster, like dew-drops, had in their lucid depthsa world of girlish tenderness and a wealth of womanly attributes: while her lips, slightly parted, like win roses aliout to hurst out-va'd Ihe budding decorations of her luxuriant hair. For some minutes Mr. (Jhughani stood gaziti'g upon this picture of loveliness, with repressed breathing and drooping ee.

everv nobler of his manhood out Alining in his face; and then, with a sh-epsigh, he turned and slowly i left the apartment. Seatnu himself at the cabinet I he had taken the paper, he revolved an I ingenious wi-ituig-cae into place, and i ii.ni mil writ intr niatevials, wrote a wIipii lilt IV tTII i y. it hail nanny uieu i j. n1A he came a rushing sound, a burst of con- sl. i vrjtl imia it n- 4 I line at u.

mill rial irom aso, ie.iis,siiwiniii murderess. The female has become a special says: "Jack Brown, known all I shot upward, and heating Iragmentst I tilled the sky. The roof bad fallen in. Through the pressing, demonstrative i thronir. Mr.

Climrhiini made his way to i Prunes are very ancient aud were e-rown ages ago in the East. Eleven varieties were kuowu to ancient Roman horticulturists, and in the region around Damascus a vigorous and wild variety thrived that was much used a.i a stock for grafting, and is so used to this day. France got the prune from the Crusaders, and it was lirst cultivated near Chirac by the inmates of a convent. Some of the best and most famous primes are now grown in the extensive French orchards. Thepruues of commerce are classed bv numbers, No.

1, the smallest, taking to to the pound, the largest, 10 to 31 to the pound. Hotis'-kping. nv-er the South-west because of his ex- uloits as a scout, was shot and killed Mk. Lock, the London upholsterer, was chosen by the Empress Frederick to refurnish the Palace of Charlotten-burg. and when Queen Victoria went to Berlin to visit her daughter they both went to see b'tui at his oftiee there.

He showed them some hang ings which dazzled them, a glorious, rich brocade of gold bullion and pink silk, that literal- would "stand alone." "Why, Mr. said the queen, in astonishment, "for whom can you have male such divine material?" "For Mr. Leopold do Bothsehild, your majesty." "Ah! there you are. my dear," said the queen, turning to her daughter: "Such people as those can afford that sort of thing, don't you bee?" v.wti-i-dov hv Ada. Hume, known as the the st reet, ami placed the young girl in 'Territorial Miss Hume Iriiwer.

he il. iiis of the dei lV woman. Whose Ictt'T. L'nlo. kiiisr another has been lillimr an engagement here, but ml a blank ir.oitie attempt to rescue her child had lu.ik a check-hook, lillei induct bv Brown to so to Silver vand sinir under his management Iiit made known the fact that some one i still rtmained in the house.

Needless to isav, she was the girls "aunt Mrs. disagreement arose, when the singer i i -n: I. i I'or thr-e bi.iub-.-d dollars, and inclosed it with the letter in an envelope ad- 1 dres-i-d to Giuaku Hoi'K, Comment lloifl. Philadelphia." SlIOl Drown, Killing mm I Hrown was well oimsctod at Gal veston." Macgregor. have a carriage close at hand." before said a voice, that 'liughain immediately 1L kolel at I hrt clock.

inu-4 have ivlm.