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The Syrian daSQsela to lament his f at3
In amorous ditties all a rammer's cUy."—Milton.
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Shall we meet no more, my love, at the binding of
""the sheaves,
In the happy harvest field, as the sun sinks low,
When the orchard paths are dim -with the drift of
fallen leaves.
As the -ieapers sing together in the mellow misty
eves?—
Oh, happy are- the apples when the south winds
blow! i
orchard ere the corn had gath-
apples when the south winds
.'-'•^
Jjove met ns in the
«red plume—
Oh, happy are the
blowl
Sweet as summer days that die when the months
are in their bloom,-
When the peaks are ripe with sunset, like the tassels
o£ the broom - ■ *      -       -
la the happy harvest fields as the sun sinks low.
Bvreeh as summer days that die, leafing sweeter each
to each— . ;      .       .   • a
Oh, hapx'y are the apples when the south winds
blow! °
AU the. heart was full of feeling; Iidve had ripened
into speech, -
Hke the sap that tnrns-fo nectar in the velvet of the
In the happy harvest fields as the sun sinks low.
Sweet as summer days that die at the ripening of
oh, _5p?r_e r  --pies when the south winds" [ dfeath had taken the boy it would nave
blow!"        ""-v   ' I been far easier to bear; but they did not
Swe6tm^d^fores^^^"S "^-.^ :*f^fldfiM pbeKeve him dead, and where was he?
WSen the rusty orchard breathes like  a mellow j ha. whose hands ?    Had he mourned for
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'v|fffc|siug.- -.They posted,notices of. their,
loss b_ theWalM. - All in vaiih.^ "
After others knew that they followed
a forlorn hope they still pursued it as
earnestly as ever. And so the weeks
rolled by, tbe months faded,-the years
fallowed.   Theirs was a hard case";   If
_ drinkm^hora ......
Over happy fiarvest fields as the sun sinks low.
at the dying of the mellow autumn
the apples when" the south winds
7T
nove left ns
eves—
Oh>"a*appy are
blow! ■
When the skies are ripe and fading, like the colors
."Of the-leaves, /
_i& the reapers kiss and part at the binding of the
sheaves
In the happy harvest fields as the* sun sinks low.
Ehen the reapers gathered home from the gray and
misty meres—
Oh, happy atfe the apples when the south winds
blow!—
IThen the reapers gather home, and they bear upon
their spears
Jjove whose face is like the moon's fallen pale among
the-spheres; >?,--    •-.* \.:.    *■•-*-
With thetiaylight's-blightupon'i't as the sun sinks
lOW. .,„.,..,.--;       .-.-.-«. ;
S'aint as iar-Dif bugles blowing soft and "low the
reapers sung—
Oh, happy are the apples when the south winds
blow!
Sweet as summer in the blood when the heart is
ripe and young,
"Love is sweetest in the dying, like the sheaves he
lies among -.   .-■'■■ ".-'
In the happy harvest fields as the sun sinks low.
—Earper,s Mar/qslnefor October.
TO   "WE   SISTEK.
Sister, though I'm far from thee,
In a strange and distant land,
Dost thou oft-times think of me,
lonely, far from home and friend?
When the glorious moon appears,
Clothed in robes of golden light*1
"Fading twilight;, moon, and stars.
Tinging «arth wiBf beauties bright
Dost thy gentle spirifetouse
On thy brother, far away?
Or does memory's dream infuse
Visions of a brighter day?
"When, in childhood's brighter day,
Loud our happy voices rang,
Mingling with our sportive play,
As with mirthful glee we sang;
When the evening's fading light
Shows on earth a somber shade,
Darkening, deepening into night,
like man's beauty, born'to fade—
Do thy thoughts, as wandering round,
Occupied with father, another,
Make thy heart with pleasure bound,
As .they fix upon thy brother ?
THE EOST CHILD.
He bad looked for him all day—all
night. It was dawn again, and he must
go home without him—without his bttie
child—his treasure—his most precious
thing on eai-th. cHs-must go home and
tell its mother that .the. boy was not
found. Me would never be found now,
Sie man felt sure of that. •
...;_ '^R^'-K^euJlie^^
_-.- -^u~JLafcfie-*-iJXtft):^^ .as nau
"been like a man who wandered among
thieves with a diamond in his possession in full sight of all eyes. It seemed
to him that some one must rob him of
it. All the old stories of gypsies "who
stole children had troubled brm sorely,
and bis hgart had relied oveivthe- pitiful
tale bf tlie little chimney-sweeper who, j
-c-r-"" more .than _ -hundred years ago, while]
down ihe chim- |
\them and for home?   Had he been ill
j used—-b,eaten?^    They  knew   nothing,
j and the-suspense woretheir lives* away.
.It was an old story to others very soon;
if? was always terribly new to them.   At
any moment it seemed to them that the
door might open and their child enter,
and the patter of little feet upon the
stones set their hearts beating^ wildly.
Thus when ten"- yjars had ..passed^ and
the child of _would have been a child
-lib longer, but a youth taller, doubtless,
than his mother.
"No other children came to these people," and they were very miserable. The
man seemed crushed—he had neither
ambition norenergy. The woman went
about her daily toil in a dull, listless
manner. Their hair grew gray, and their
brows wrinkled very early. "Friends
were pitiful; but grief does not invite—
it rather repels.
At last they seemed to stand alone in
the world; old acquaintances and rela-
[ tives were gone, or had forgotten them.
They made no new ones.   Poor, lonely,
sad, they clung to each other, and. shared
each other's sorrows and trials.   There
was no joy to share.   Their child would
have been 18 years old—ivas, if helived
—when what is called a piece of good
luck happened to   them.   A far-away
relative died and left them a little fortune.   He had not taken much notice of
them during life, but he had given them
a thought on his death-bed.    They were
comparatively rich.   When they knew
it, the same thought- came tfL?eac_ at
once.    The woman uttered it first.
'-'"Martin," said she, "perhaps we can
I find our boy after all.   "When once we
! have the money we will advertise him
| all over the length and breadth of the
I land.   He may not remember, but the
| blessed mapjfe you put- upop MslfoolJ-
| that he will know of.   He will come to
: us—-I feel sure of it—at last, Martin, at
.last." |
*'Yes, it may be so, Agnes," the man '
said.   " It may be so; the time has been
long, the days woful, but we may be
happy after all that has gone.   Agnes, I
believe it will be so."
They kissed each. ,other, and .made
ready for the journe^WbrcIt7*_-ey fiiust
take to enter upon their inheritance.
^a^^m^^^Ld^Mm^b^^&s^
this small sparl^qf -hope ih>their hearts
Through .aft-the proceedings -that iol-
owed, this "gi'ew and grew; and,when at;
last they found themselves undisputed
owners of a pretty house and money
enough to live on in comfort, they began to feel sure that their boy woidd yet
"share it with them.
^   -Ihe first e3"§ai*^|*r^tbeb" "Q^bo^e
was almost happy.'
" Agnes, we must put this cash away
her husband, blood upon his sleeve; on
the floor lay {i man in a crape mask,
stiffening in death.
" Martin!" sobbed the woman, " Martin!".,   .
"IMve killed him!" cried the man."
""Fasten the^door, put up the great bar.
Had I not "forgotten that, they could
not have entered.   Oh, it is horrible,
EfSOLTEBTCI" I WS.
! Provisions  of the Bankvpi .vy laws oi' the
■Various Staft. >.
Therankj"* of .the bant.upts are full,
says a New"-' York7 paper, and ho"5 mBre*"'
recruits will be taken.   It -will take some
time to prove all claims '.against their
estates, to levy all fees, <** *sts and ailow-
. _       ™.~~~™.    ~^, „ — _w_^„-,   anceg distribute what tl* >;6>is deft, and
but I could not lose every, chance of my * ^^°>   *p^mu.»o > « ^
boy. They fired at me, I at them. I
wounded both. This one is dying. I
am a little hurt—not much—and the
money is;safe—untouched". Oh, to
think I should have killed a man! 17'
" Martin, he may not be dead," said
the woman,* - " He is young. I hope he
is not dead. Perhaps he has a mother
somewhere. Let me bind up your
hand. Then we will try to restore him.
Dear Martin, even if it is so, who can
blame you ?   Poor, poor boy!""
She bound up the graze on her husband's hand. Then they lifted the
young man's body to the soft rug, and
undid the mask. A fase was revealed,
young, handsome, and pallid as marble, j "^
? -" Oh, it is terrible!" said the wife.
""No older than our poor boy. Oh,
Martin, he is dead, I fear,
his necktie. You take off his shoes and
rub his feet. Oh, morning is so far
away! This is such a lonely place.
Martin, what is it?"
She stared at her husband in horror.
His face was as the face of death. He
sat, ghastly and terrible to look upon,
holding in his hand one of the feet that
he had undressed.
discharge them from legk' Obligations on
account of their past d/;its. So far as
future operations are & ncemed, business must bftdone^with f i eye to Stgte
enactments for the enfelement of the
rights of creditors. Soluig as there is
property within the ret "eh of the law,
the ordinary remedies fra sufficiently
effectual, but, in the ease i >f insolvency,
it will be a difficult mattei^to secure an
equitable distribution of7-vailable assets
among those fairly entitle it to share in
them. In fact, the difficVlty and uncer--
fcainty will be so great aslYo prevent, in
very many cases, any cixcvt on-the--part
of distant creditors to- obtain their
rights. Doubtless one r' suit would be
more care in extending credit, and a
stronger disposition to -'irade for cash
I -will loosen j ^ or ^ P^s?ns ^)Se solvency ia
-    - ■ fully assured.   This enforced return to
more cautious and conservative methods
may not be a bad thing, liit it will not
absolutely prevent failure is or preclude"
the necessity of some mer lure for securing the rights of all p»i\7.23 when failures occur. But the present * condition
of the law is such tha*. to all intents
and purposes, the country is without
from State to State, and has become so
completely a national affair, that the
need will soon be felt of some means of
protecting the rights of those who are
-so, unfortunate as to have insolvent
debtors in distant States. In the meantime they must protect themselves as
best they can by guarding against having insolvent debtors.
FASHION NOTES.
''Dead!" he said, wildly. "Dead! I ^ means of effecting %? purposes of
and I shot him—I'"   • ' bankruptcy legislation, -u^eh are to se-
" Martin!" shrieked the wife. She I curf .to. f efto™> **? x!fyR i}le™ ™
laid the dead man's head down on the ! -finable to the hqiud ifaon of the;?
rug and crept up to her husband.    God1 cl£ums' and  to   release   ale  solvent
will forgive you," she said; and then
her eyes dilated themselves upon the
point at which her husband stared.
It was the foot of the young burglar.
The left shoe was off—the stocking also.
The high white instep was uncovered,
and on it she saw the little tattooed "W
with a tiny cross beside it. It was her
son who iay there.
" Martin!" she screamed again. " Martin, remember what I told you. He had
not us to teach him what was right—
remember."
But Martin only moaned.
"He is dead, and I killed him!"   He
felt blindly for his pistol.   ""Forgive me, j
Agnes, for I cannot li^e," he said; but
at that moment the woman, with her j
hand upon the breast of the prostrate i
man, screamed out: 1
"His heart beats, Martin; he lives!"     |
The next day a strange story flew}
about' "the: neighborhood. The child {
*%^^fea^*^a^_*people had lost years j
Sft^Se^^^^te_TO
danger. The doctor had been there all'
iihe morning, but .the mother had no ,
fears. in '
" God had sent him back, and he would :
[ debtor, who surrenders all he has, in
i good faith, from future liability.
It will be of interest to recall,.at this"
time, the principal features of the various States and Territories In the first
place, Alabama, Colorado^ Mississippi,
Montana, "Nevada, New _. .^xicoVOregOh*,
Texas, Utah, "Wyoming niA "Washington
have made no provision whatever for
the assignment or settlj'mefi-li' bf |jje
estates of debtors, whetht-*.* insolvent or
otherwise. In Delaware -Ahe District of
Columbia, and North anci Sbuth Carolina, the law applies only where the
debtor "has-been arrested l/cst exe§ptipji
against the property is
is intended only to get !.
on surrender of his prc^
lowing States have <"%
laws, which allow a dc"'*,i'-
to surrender his prop?"***^,-
uted among his erer*".-. - .
of their claims, mostc'*"'.
pref erenceSj. but
fehat7i*aay ...be
satisfied, and
is, out of jail
/ty. Thefol-
* assignment,
if be sees-fit,,
:o be distrib-
i Fr.tisfaction
A Variety of Items Kegartling the Prevailing Styles.
Swiss and linen Hamburg trimmings
are at remarkably low prices.
Silver bangles at some of the jewelers' are thickly studded with diamonds.
The charming rays of prismatic effects will figure quite prominently in
dress.
Metallic blue will be one of the new
and popular shades the coming season.
It is said that the moire antique silk
will be"used in trimming hats and bonnets.
„ The Princesse model is no longer
distinct in character. The autumn design bears a Hkeness to the uniform
toilet.
Bed, on dit, will be the ruling color
in the world of dress next season.
Garnet, currant and ruby are also favorite dyes.
Among the large variety of sbppers
Worn this season, those of black velvet,
perfectly plain, are the most desirable
for the house.
"Whole  breadths formed   of  bright-
tinted goods will set off, in a somewhat j
hold style, costumes arranged in somber
materials.
Bed has never been so popular as
now, for even the poppy is confronted
with a still more dazzling color, verg
ing upon real marigold.
* Satin-faced silks appear among novelties, and, though not new, black and
white stripes come up as decided favor-
Jqfjes for combining with plain black silk.
"-'vests, detached and simulated, are
made of bright-tinted materials. This
nobby form of costume presents a number of graceful curves and pleasant outlines.*
Basque simulations  are • convenient
and picturesque, and hence will become
favorites with all classes of   dressers.
. There are several basque and over-skirt
models.
Bibbon bows, with long flowing ends,
are fastened on the left side, of the
waist; in fact, bows of ribbons will
form one of the chief dress garnitures
Qf the season.
Handsome   fringes   for   grenadines
BEAB_Y .BUEL WITH KOYES*
A "Yankee's Mortal Strife With, a Border Kuf-
fiaii.
[From the *Leavenworth Times.]
An old inhabitant has recounted the
details of a famous duel fought here in
September, 1858, nearly twenty years
ago, the spot chosen for the slaughter
being almost precisely the one selected
by United States Senator James   H.
Lane, when he sent the bullet crashing :
through his brain, which put such-a;
sudden end to his Senatorial career.
The fact of the duel has, heretofore, !
been known as the "dark secret," and; j
far as is known, has not heretofore '
_JE£.
How to get ahead—Steal into a cabbage-patch. .  7 .
The song of the baker; rtI Knead
Thee Every Hour."
A suke cure for sleeplessness is to imagine you have to get up,
"STo man withurcold in bis head can
be an angel.   This is official.
The man who loved the watch-dog's
honest bark was not a tramp.
ACKNOWLEDGE
said when he
the corn," as the
so lar as
been divulged, as the parties concerned j but how
were sworn never to reveal it until at,;; glass eye ever be made to harmonize?
"I
man said when he pulled on a tight
boot.
Me. Boey has absconded from Montreal because he was fearfully in debt3
and nobody would let Bory owe more.
Examination in a South American
school: "Now, my boy, bow is the
earth divided?" ''By earthquakes, sir."
. "When the apostle Paul said "all is
vanity," he was looking straight at a
young man wearing a. straw hat with a
blue band around it.
The papers are searching for the man
who is always ready for an emergency.
The woman always in waiting for an
offer will be found first.
* "When usefulness is considered, the
man who smokes cigarettes dwindles
into "insignificance by" the .side of the
individual who smokes hams.
A late fashion note says "every lady
arranges her hair to suit her face."   Yes,
will carmine hair and a blue
some future time, when concealment
would be no longer a necessity. The
necessity for concealment no longer exists. As is well known, the period prior
to the reception of Kansas into the
Union of States was a time of trouble
and tribulation; a time which tried
men's souls; when the bowie knife and
the readv revolver were the sole* arbiters
of quarrelsr The strife for supremacy
between the "Free State men and the
border ruffians was bitter to the last
degree.
Among tbe "Free State men who were
conspicuous for their advocacy of equal
rights was   a  youthful Massachusetts 4 UWM ue
lawyer named "Williams—brave, resolute j an(^ -^chen.
and daring.   He was a marked man at
| An exchange says that onion-juice
| will destroy the pain of mosquito-bites.,
| But oh, what strong, oblivious antidote
: will settle the pain of the onion smell!
! Pqtjiee—" You'd better not go to thd
! fair, Pat. Micky Elynh down there
! swears he'll kill ye." Pat—"And had
; he begun fightin' of me before ye left,
'sor?"
The mushroom season has opened.
You can tell them easily.   Pick and eat
j them.   U you survive, they are-mush-
' rooms; if they kill you, then they are
i toadstools,
|    A countet exchange in blowing its
own excellencies says "the household
are not forgotten."   Oh no,
,.    ..       -   , ,. .±. l^li. itlJ: of course not, you reeolleet theni three
the time, and the opposition was deter- j ^^gg a ^av ,
mined tbat he should be put out of the ;    _ \      '','"'■ „
way. -Enrolled in the border ruffian- 7,  Yotr can keep a bee away from-you
ranks was a lusty Southerner named   ^ *he use of tobacco smoke, but a bee
Jackson, a Tennesseean, a firm believer i x? ^W8 m ?11^ a confounded hurry
in the "code," a crack shot, and utterly
fearless; cold-blooded, cool, a man of
fine presence, and who hated a Yankee
as he hated tbe devil. He was the one
selected to put "Williams out of the way;
to pick a quarrel with the victim and
then let the bullet finish the work.
Meeting one afternoon on Delaware
street, the-two became engaged in conversation, and a hot dispute arose, ending by Jackson spitting in "Williams'
face.   This was an insult too gross to be
that he gets in bis work before you can
light your cigar.—Breakfast Table.
Peudent ministers will make pastoral
calls in the next few weeks. The cool
season is upon us, and a minister is liable at any time to come upon a man who
is putting up a stove, and surprise him
in the midst of unorthodox remarks.
It is a lamentable fact that a piece of
pasteboard with a verse on it, given as
a reward of merit in a Sabbath-school,
has not half the charm for a boy as the
brooked, and nothing but the interfer-' same size piece of pasteboard with the
•mit&igij^e^^
Jltt
Idaho, Iowa,
not die," she said. * i ■■■-    •«- n   «    „    ,   ,.   , .,
It is never too Late for repentance, and 1 may be a final discharge after
the love of those poor parents was very  ™OT,f   lw *"™™™°™   <*
strongr " Strange as'the beginning was,
plying his trade, came
neyof the nursery from which he had   .     t° -. ', «-   -i^    -i    -,     -t
been stolen when a tinier fellow still, I m & ^ to-morrow, said the husband,
and, recognizing.it and. his mother, was *<&**>*& over a roll of notes. It is
restored to love and home at last. ! flot |af to k^eP ^exe and we must be
Often in the night had the thought! careful; we have that to do which must
so overcome him that he had stolen ! make us economical,
from his-bed in the darkness to feel the ' ,*-„*?* ^S^ i^ld ^l^H a*l'fH
•■-•j-Lt. ,t-^_-ji ^ -uio, o*mqv.,*t,o- Wvtr/vn ±wi held the light for him and he locked the
small,   old-fashioned   safe.   "You see,
little bead bf his sleeping boy on the
pillow of his crib. Even his wife, the
child's mother,-who had loved himso-,
wotdd have laughed at his fancies. So
he kept them to himself. Only once—
once he "was. forced,.to tetflher. That
was "When,"**he tattooed 'the child's foot.
Bight on the iustep he had marked it
with a little5 blue "W. It was painful-—'
every prick hurt him worse than it did
tbe boy. And the mother, coming
home, had been angry and grieved, and
then he told her:
the end was peace, and tbe household,
so strangely Teunited, was a happy one
at last.
Assassbiation of Gen, Mezentsol".
when the boy comes to us, we will want
fco do all we can-for him, and homeautist
be a pretty place."  "We can live oh al-*
most nothing until he does come."
-   Afterward, in tbe dark, then* "heads
—Sn^sT^^effiStcky, Minnesota, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, Tennessee, "Virginiai and "West "Virginia.
None of these have insolvency laws,
properly so-called.   In Missouri there
""""*" assign-;
• ment, by unanimous   consent of   the
j creditors, and, in Maryland, any of the
i creditors may sign a release, and the
s debtor will be free from their claims,
but Kable for all others.   In New Hampshire, those accepting dividends from
the estate are debarred from further re-
I covery.
!    Maine has ah insolvency law, passed
at the last session of the Legislature,
only for voluntary
but for compulsory assignments.   The
ence of friends prevented a tragedy then
and there. Tbe result was a challenge,
the parties to -meet upon the Government reserve the next morning at daylight to fight it out. Pistols were chosen,
after the first two shots the parties "to
close with kniveSi
Jackson, being the challenged party,
bad the selection of the weapons, and.,
being an expert with both the revolver
and knife* chose them to be used in the
duel.   "Williams, while comparatively a
simple tahsmanic words, " Admit one."
!    The human heart is a strange creation.     That which we have we prize
least, that which we have not we most
; desire,   and   our . desires   continually
; change.   At night a man will pass iee-
' water by with disdain and give his most -
j loyal service to old Borabon, but next
morning the ice-water is at a big pre-
[mium.
close together,on tbe-pillow, the elderly.I »"-«•«««■■  ««^«*» "° «.«—•£.- — i"--™
-■ -i -i°ii?-liii?,„_ ?. jS^™a« 7*1-^. „i>iTj. phade toward the Newsky Prospect.   His
"If the-child was stolen, he 'should j
know him, though his face were altered 1
—though he forgot his name and us.'
That is why I did it."
And she had said:
"People have children enough of their ;
own. Children are only valuable to j
their parents. You are so romantic—so ;
foolish!" |
Now it had come. The foolish fear j
was realized. Lost or stolen, the boy j
was gone, and that tattoo mark was the !
only thing that comforted him. Alive '
or dead, they shotdd know him—now, or .
after long years, for those marks were i
indelible, and no one else would mark ;
his foot with that tiny "W and the tinier j
cross that followed. (■
Alive or**dead!   Could the boy be;
dead?   He   cast up his   hands in his !
agony  and  uttered a cry  that  rang !
through " the   sleeping   street.   People |
turned in their beds, and said to them- |
' selves that there must be a fight or that j
some drunken man was making night i
hideous.   Some early risers ended their '■
sleep then and .there, for no one knew
why the man cried out, or who he was,
or where he went, save the solitary policeman, who gave him a grave salute as
he passed.   Neither  asked the other,
"Have you found  the   child?"   They
knew the question was useless.
But at home, where the Hghts had
burned all night, the mother, who paced
to and' fro", asked it, though she knew
the answer would be "No."
" You have not searched everywhere,"
couple*tal_e_ion,*-dfearning _ke- chil-
j dren.
I     " Martin," said Agnes, " when he does
\ come, our poor boy! perhaps he will be.
' rough andcfiot'^well mannered; he has-
I not had us to teach him; we must be!
j?P"he following account of the assassination of Geii. Mezentsof, Chief of the ,
Czar's Private Police, is given by a cor- , ^bich provides not
respondent of the Paris. Temps:   "He I but for compulsory .
was in the habit, each morning, of tak- | assignee is chosen by the creditors, and
ing a walk after performing his rebgious " '"'—1— *»«"*- *"""» «n-»*«+^ if tWa 1ms
duties.   He generally.went in the di
rection of the Gestinoi Dvor, or bazar;
at. other times he extended his prome-
very lenient."
" Yes, yes," said Martin; " but the boy
will improve*I Hj3 will improve. Yoiing:
as he is, be can go to college yet."
"Away from us?" said the mother.
" No, no, he shall come home every
day," said the*fatber.. ""Will he be- tall;*
I wonder?" "We''are iisuaJly tall,"but
your people are shorter."
" Something may have happened to I
hurt his looks," said the mother; "but!
we would only love him better for it if
it is so. However he comes we Avill be '
so good, so good to him. He will come, j
will he not;-*Martin? he' could not be.I
dead, after all?" j
"No, no; I feel  sure that he will j
come.   I've known all the while he was
not dead," said Martin.   " I'll advertise
all over the United States—all over Europe.   If tbat fails, even in India, in
' some way,   Yoti see, he may have been
carried to some foreign country.   Men
, who know all languages that are spoken
shall see that my advertisement is put
j into each one.   Yes, we shall have him
j back."
"Hark," said Agnes; "what is that?"
They listened.   A low, grating sound
at the door below, regular and carefully
subdued—a click—a crack.
" Some one is trying to break in;,''
said Martin.
Agnes. had,. her face in the pillows.
They *w"ere alone in a lonely house on a
lonely road. They had several thousand dollars in their .possession.   Mar-
favorite walk was the Place Michel," j
near the center of the town. He, as a
rule, went out between 8 and 9 o'clock
in the morning, and alone. This habit
of the General was, evidently, well known
to the assassins. On the day of his
death he rose as usual, dressed himself
,in, ^uniform, and, accompanied by Ms
friend and companion-in-arms, Col.
Makaroff, in civil costume, went to take
his accustomed and favorite promenade.
On reaching the corner of the Place
Michel two weE-dressed men were observed close to a confectioner's shop
which is situated there. They had, according to the Golos, the appearance of
civil servants. As soon as they found
they were * observed they hurriedly
made off. The. General and his companion paid no attention to this apparently insignificant circumstance. But
suddenly a man emerged from a corner
behind and drove a poniard up to the
hilt into the abdomen, which it penetrated as:far as the peritoneum.    Col,
a discharge may be granted if there has
i been no fraud practiced, and, on agree-
; ment of a majority of the creditors rep-
| resenting three-fourths of the claims to
i accept a certain percentage, a discharge
follows as a matter of course. Massachusetts and Yermont also provide for
both voluntary and compulsory assignments in insolvency cases, and a distribution of the assets to meet all proved
claims. So far as siich claims are concerned, there is a final discharge of the
debtor. The law in Bhode Island,
passed last spring, is similar. Li Connecticut a trustee may be appointed on
petition of a creditor after an attachment has been issued and no property
found. A final discbarge; ;is granted
only in case 70 per cent, of all claims is
paid. The law in this State provides
for voluntary assignments only, makes
very inadequate provision against pref-
j erences, and works no final discharge.
; The case is similar in New Jersey and
! Pennsylvania. In Ohio, Indiana, Hli-
i nois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska
there are insolvency laws, but they pro-*
! vide for voluntary proceedings only.
1 The assignee is selected by the insolvent
j debtor or the court, and must give
1 i bonds.    Schedides of assets and habili-
in millinery show a decided gain in the
size of hats and bonnets. Straws, richly
trimmed, will be among the first
chapeaux for early seasonable wear.
Ladies are slowly becoming conscious
tbat the cut-away jacket and waistcoat
,are not at all becoming to slender fig-
ruies.   As a natural consequence plaited
and blouse waists are coming into favor.
Trimmings of all sorts have grown into
favor, and the coming season bids fair
of giving a surfeit of dress adornings;
hence great care must be exercised in
this direction in the proper quantity of
garniture determined.
Sacques that have a center seam, with
tbe seam under the arms brought well
toward the back, are again one of the
fashionable out-door garments. Sleeves
to both dresses and sacques are sewed
in with a small cord.
The fashion of yoke bodices, which
are now largely worn for morning dresses, has once again made waistbands popular. ' Preference is shown to belts made
of Bussian leather, at the same, time
soft and pliable, and the colors are di-sk
and rich.
Bows of ribbons, with flowing ends,
are once more worn at the back of the
neck, where frequently the collaret is
cut open. Bows of wider ^ribbon or of
double silk are also placed on basque
extensions, just below the waist, or
wherever the figure of the wearer may
indicate the best position.
The old-time underkerchiefs will figure this fall in mode toilets. This neat
bit of dress adornment consists of white
linen, mull and Swiss, placed en forme
of a surplice around the neck and bust.
This style of dress is designed exclusively for the house, yet it may be seen
on our promenades during the early
autumn.
Theee are times in the life of every
man -when he feels that an enlargement
could not back out, and laiowihg inevitable death to be the result, he proceeded to the spot chosen, determined to
sell his life as dearly as possible. _ 	
In the gray daylight of the autumn '^ neiT man that comes in with "a
morning the two men, accompanied by j good one » ^6 ^^ put j^ ^^ ^ a
two seconds and a surgeon, met upon   barber's chair, spread a big cloth all
nis nose, and realizes the - fiSsS"*" m&&~ ims
arms have exactly straddled it, ifc is one
of the times.    "*—*——*  ■ ■ ■ -"~-^^T~~r^
We know now what we will do with
the reserve a short distance northwest
of the head of Broadway, andF prepared
for the bloody work before them. Both
were cool and collected—the first because of the anticipation of an easy
victory, the other firm in the belief that
he was in the "right, and resolved to
make his mark, even if he could not
kill his adversary. Ten paces was the
distance; both men grasped their revolvers and awaited the word; the seconds looked anliously on, as spectators
would at a pubbc execution where a
victim was to be
over him so he cannot use his hands,
blow our breath in his face, and tell
him stories he used to hear when he was
a little boy. If that does not fix him
we don't know what will.-—Breakfast
Table.   	
Stopped His
"Why the Eev. Br. Mudge
Paper,,
Some years ago, when the writer was
a reporter, it devolved on him to write
for the same edition an account of the
presentation of a gold-headed cane to
sacrificed; the word : Bev. Dr. Mudge, the clergyman of the
was given; both fired simultaneously, place- and the description of anewhog-
and, when the smoke cleared away, nei- killing machine that had just been put**
ther had fallen, although by the nervous in operation at the factory. Now, what
twitching of the muscles of Williams'; made the Bev. Mr. Mudge' mad was
face it could be seen that he had been . this: The inconsiderate compositor
hit, while Jackson was uninjured. At \ -who made up the form got the
the second fire Jackson's bullet whistled "    " " ""
over Williams' head, while the ball of
the latter imbedded itself in the fleshy
part of his' adversary's thigh. The
knives were then* drawn, and the two
closed in mortal strife. Maddened by
hishvound, Jackson fought with the desperation of despair; Williams, cooler,
stood like a Hon at bay, defending himself against the fierce onslaughts of the
tiger.   In an unguarded moment Jack-
,.~ ._,. w two ac
counts mixed in a frightiul manner, and,
when it went to press, something like
this was the appalling restdt: "Some
of the Bev. Mudge's friends called on
him yesterday, and, after a brief consultation, the unsuspecting bog was
seized by the hind legs and sbd along
the beam until it reached the hot-water
tank. His friends explained the object
of the visit, and presented him with a
handsome,   gold-headed  butcher, who
I
she said.   "You have forgotten   some [tin was not'a powerful man, and, though
place—some one's house where he may  " " •-..■..
have gone. Go out again—go. I will
go also. -You told me you would bring
him back, or I would not have been left
at home.   Go!"
The nian turnedon his very threshold.
"I thought he might be here," he
said; "and! wanted to tell you—the
tattoo mark, we shall be sure—"
Then be fe_ forward on Hs face.
For twenty-four hours he had not tasted
food, but only his faintness told him
that he was hungiy.
Then; tbe mother remembered that
she was also a wife. The wretched
people ate and drank—stones and sea-
water, for aught they knew; but they
needed strength. For days they looked
for their child in every direction. The
river was dragged, the hospitals, even
he prisons, searched.
They spent their small means in ad-
he had a pistol, there might be two pr
three against one, and * then there was
little hope for.him.   . :
He arose and took his weapon ib his
hand, and felt about* .in the dark for
matches. And Agnes beard a creaking
of the flooring and the sound of muffled
f ootstepsj iand; also ..sprung tor the floop«e
"They are at the safe below!" cried
Martin. "Agnes, the money—the money
for our boy! Olil-ii my-lifeislostfor
its sake, I cannot lose that. I cannot—
I cannot!"^.,    =.STr, B^.   „
'^Mar|ni?'Martili! st^dos not'ga
"What can you do, one man alone?"
screamed Agnes.
But he was gone. She was alone in
the darkness. It was all oyer in a moment. There were** shots, oaths—a fall
—a silence. She crept down stairs,
trembling so that she could scarcely
stand.   Leaning against the safe *was
Marakoff threw himself upon the assas- i ~     ■--—      - -■ ■>,  .
sin; but a second person then suddenlv  fees are filed, and creditors are notified
csme forward and fired a revolver at' ^ allowed to wove their claims.
Makaroff,    without, '.however,   hitting, - , .
him.   Profiting.by the confusion which ! discharge, so far as the claims
then arose, both the assailants entered j "
a droschky, whieb drove off through the [
Bue Italianskaya in the   direction of j
Sadovaya.   This droschky   or  cab   is j
said to have been an elegant private -.
vehicle, with an excellent horse.   All i
that is known, at present is that one of I
the two assassins wore a gray coat.   So
successful a flight would be regarded as
incredible*, but there were no   police
near, and, at that early hour, the Place |
MicheHs^abnpstdeserted.    Gen. Mezentsof was taken borne severely wounded, but not, it was believed, dangerously.    Gen. Zouroff, the Ministers of War
and of Justice called afterward, and the
physician," Bogdanovski, arrived about
r 12 o'clock.   A dose of morphine   was
given to the patient, whose condition
was not_despaifed 6£   At 5 o'clock in'
the afternoon grave symptoms manif est-
«d,;fhemselvesJ and, at twenty minutes
past that hour, he died in great agony."
The abcounts of the harvest received
in JDublin from all parts of Ireland are
enebiiraging. The barley crop, however, in Carlpw and Kildare, is disappointing. The decline of cattle diseases at present is very marked, and the
compensation given by the unions for
animals slaughtered is every week less.
The reports circulated as to a deficiency
in the yield of- the cereal crops in the
South are not well founded.
and allowed to prove their claims.   In
Michigan and Wisconsin there is a final
are concerned? of those creditors who take part
in the proceedings, but not as to others.
In the other States named there is a discharge only so far as the claims are satisfied, the creditors still having redress
against any property that the debtor
may subsequently acquire. In Louisiana a debtor may surrender his property
and obtain a discharge as to creditors
,wbo prove their claims and share in the
dividends. California provides for voluntary assignments, and bars all claims
not presented.
The details as to proceedings differ
widely in different States, but the general aim where there are insolvency
laws is to secure an application of all the
debtor's properly equitably for the
liquidation of claims proved against the
estate within a certain allotted time.
All others are left to be collected or to
be-lost, as the case maybe/under the
operation of the general laws for collecting debts. In no case has the adjudication any effect beyond the limits of
the State in which it takes place. All
remedies that can be enforced elsewhere
against person or x>roperty remain unaffected. Hence no cliseharg-e can be
regarded as absolute and«no-settlement
final until the uttermost farthing is
paid. It may be stated in a general
way that State laws are likely to prove
a benefit only for the citizens of the
State in whicb they have force." But
the trade of the country is so extended
Extraordinary Enterprise.
A quarter, of a century ago there was
a memorable   conflagration at   Sacramento city, Cal., by whicb the entire
business portion of the city was laid in
ashes.   When tbe great fire was at its
maximum  fury  a  wealthy   merchant
named McNulty, who owned some of the
heaviest business estabbshments in the
city, gazed for a few moments upon the
work of destruction, and then, instead
of folding his hands and weeping over
the disaster, he went to the nearest livery stable, hired a fleet-footed horse,
rode like John Gilpin during the remainder of the night, and before daylight the next morning had purchased
every foot of  lumber and every sawmill at Grass Valley and Nevada City.
There is, possibly, no human being on
earth who would think of running off
by the light of his burning property in
order to literally make his fortune out
of  the   disaster   except an American.
McNulty did so, however, and almost
immediately realized out of the sale of
his lumber fourfold as much money as
he had lost by the great fire.— Grass
Valley Union.
Lawvee Evaets is raising some big
watermelons on his Yermont farm. He
goes out early every morning to pick
the bugs off the vines. "These parasites," he remarked to a visitor, "remind me of the parasites at Washington. You think you've got rid of them
by night, but they're back again the
next morning."
A young- -woman in West Virginia
eloped the other night. She threw her
clothes out of a back window, but they
lodged in the branches of an apple tree,
and her lover had. to shin up and get
them down,
son was thrown from his - guard, and at ■ grabbed him by the tail and swung Mm
that instant the keen blade of his an- ' round, and in less than a minute the
tagonist pierced his left side, nofc inflict- i carcass was in the water. Therefore, he
ing, however, a mortal wound.. ! came forward and said there were times
But Wilhams, from the effect of the | when the feelings overpowered one, and
bullet wound and loss of blood, was be- \ for that reason he could not do more
coming exhausted, and, being a novice j than attempt to thank those around "him
with the luiife, he could not long stand for the manner in which such an animal
up against so trained and practiced an ! was cut into fragments was astonishing,
adversary as Jackson, and the end soon : The doctor concluded his **     '*
Jackson,  although  weak  from  machine seized him, and,
came.
.remarks, the
in less time
loss of blood, pressed fiercely on. He than it takes to write it, the hog was
succeeded by a quick movement in ; cut into fragments and worked into de-
parrying a side thrust by Williams, "" * ~~" 1--*
dashed forward, his bright blade gbt- \ re
The occasion will be
licipus sausages.
■emembered by the doctor's friends as
the most   debghtful of  their
air, and then being buried deep in the J lives
tering and flashing for a moment in the i one of   — . _ .
. "^b ,  ,,       , _._?„  _._-_j ,i—;„ +i,„ 11*™,„    The best pieces can be obtained
throat of his enemy, the point protruding from, the back of Wilhams' neck.
The latter stood erect but a moment,
his knife dropped from his nerveless
hand, his eyes glazed in the semi-con-
scioUsness preceding dissolution, and
then he fell—dead, without a groan.
'Jackson was seized at once by his
friends and hurried across the river,
where, after a time sufficient to recover
from his wounds, he turned his steps
homeward and never again set his foot
upon Kansas soil. He entered the
rebel army, and died at tbe head of his
regiment at Gettysburg. The seconds
and surgeon returned to the city and
said nothing about the affair. The body
of Williams was hurriedly and privately interred; and, while the disappearance of both Jackson and "Wilhams for
a time excited comment and caused the
institution of a thorough search by
their friends, the ■ matter was soon forgotten in tbe midst of the wild excitement of the events then transpiring.
Mes. Lewis Caebattgh, of Union
township, Adams county, Pa., had her
right hand amputated recently to x*>re*
vent the spread pf mortification caused
by the sting of a catfish, winch she was
in the act of cleaning. For a week or
more her hfe was in imminent peril.
A son of the-late Siamese twins is a
student at Chapel Hill Institute,"N. 0.
for 7 pence a pound,; and we are sure
those who sat under bis ministry will
rejoice to hear that he has been so handsomely treated."
Mad! Well, about 8 o'clock that
morning the oflice had been abandoned
by every man but the advertising clerk,
and he ascended to the roof, so that he
could see the clergyman tearing around
down in the street with his congregation, all wearing the panoply of war, and
carrying stout cudgels and other things.
The next day he apologized, but the
doctor stopped his paper.
"WasMiigiom ImprovememtSo
Notwithstanding the much-talked-of
"financial depression," there was never
so much building going on in Washington as during the present summer. People who own real estate, and have
money, are taking advantage of the
cheap labor and materials to improve
their property. The Inspector of Buildings reports that during July and August he issued building permits amounting to over $1,000,000. The recent
legislation by Congress reorganizing
the Government of the District of Columbia, fixing a maxrmuTn of ts&ation,
.and settling beyond dispute tbe proportion the "United States should pay toward tbe support of the district, has had
the* effect to establish values here and
ehceiprage improvements. —Washing-*
ton Cor, Chicago Inter-Ocean,
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