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4 omc-co.r"wirtTw. ' ' kS - . AVA s ;A SS' Jvl"7X- Hr v Aiivm mi uvs im, 4 tUwi ' ' A v-. ' "- -: O Radical u opposing aaa Eipoaiag r - o . y--: - g ' ' , .. -y ; ; , ...y.i..,l - . " : . " .,, ., . J---' " ;.vv j'fliVr' ,'',,," "?"ZI2. 1 m " - " - - -: rui tram, Fui Pim, Fau hnru. . ' ; . Correspondents rltljiKecrMMalil(it w , - - - - - ;' ,,- ,j i jmm, , ( , ,, -. u. turn awl Mt kuivi tbtlr lo Ik ' " " ,. '-: -T, . ' ' ' . -""J" ' ' KJIIur.or m Bileatiun all I b gbrB to lba ' ' AnvRRTlMKM BKTM iBMrt4 o RMkaoaar VOLUME IX. ' PORTLAND, - OHEOONi TIIUItSDAVi AUGUST IO, 1HWO. NUM1IKH 40. "- 1 ft "1 i' i n - II- m- V t T V V - u l - - . MRS. HARDINE'S WILL- B AWOAIt COTT DIWIWAT, AOTBOB Or 0tT BKIB," IUM BOWD,' ' "AMIB ABB MBBBr IMm," "TBB BAPrT OMB," "MAMB IOUUOIlf . rACT.rATB ABBrABCf," v Bill. BTCf BIO. tBBUfd.B onUng to At of Conri ,1b tlK voar W9, la th offlo of tb UbrartM of Cob- rBi At Waahlagloa, D. C.J CHAPTER XI. AT S.ABT , r Tb M tarsail and kxmI bat . bioihaf villi ab a look aaoaa bbIkM bestow apoa aa laqvUllor Bpljrlu tbt tbaoib-BOftw. "Poor John !" tba aaltf, eompaiiotv At'.., "Hrt bavlng bU day af trlooapb so, but bU Mtur boaolllatloti wlll 1 oobbb la I la own good IIbb. I rapeat, . yoar Honor, Ihai I bob oo good taroia vltb my brotbar." "Mayba aba'd liba to d.tiy Ibat alia'a IraAlad a Ilk a dog, maoy and many Umtr' crlad iobn Hardina, who at (bit Janeiara wae nlSdly raprinandad by lb Court. "I ana not parrecV yoar Honor," oa tiovad lb 'wllnoa "and Joba baa oBaatlmaa provokad aia latoraullalloa for a naoaiaot, bat I bata alwaya baan ,norry for It. IJa itavar a-aoUd any fa or tbal a alatar eovild baatow bnl It waa graatad, and I baaa aavar barborad ao 111 foaling agatoat bin la nay Ufa. I voald do aaytblng thai waa right or raaaonabla to ounolllata blm now," "Tbaa wby do you eontond for tba oodltlona of thla fraadulant will V askad Jobu'a attoroay, aUroly. v ' MHaeaoaa, air, It la not fraudulattlt My brotbar knowaibaHtlanotl" - Jobn HanUuodid not dara t fartbar loault bla alatar wblla la tba wltnasa abalr, laat by ao doing ba ahould Inear aa alraady wall-daaaraad floa; aa ba tntantad blmaelX aa wall aa ba aould by aaylng darogalory tblaga In aa andr ton rafleetlng apoa bar chaalty and bonor,'1abBrUTg'or'a faw ennganlal pro too to ra of tba aas baavan aava tba aaark I who of eouraa anjoyad bla r ' navory and unbrotbaiiy aaparalona to tba Sttormoat aaparalona wbleb tbay er rlad boata. to tbalr wlvoa at nlgbt, roll log Ibaaa aa awaat aoraala andar tbalr tlnrtea gnaa;' and aaoal o ar tb om ITaaWwTriito eul Iba MqulnTiSoa" of Mrs. Tulba on baary Ural opporta vlty. .; . -.; It la llttla wondar that woman at bona foraa'aiijuat oplnlooa of woman wbo ara brought In oootMt with tba world of nan In tbalr alrugglea for a llvallbood. Tbay.bava oo opportunity la Jadga aueb woman a leapt tbrougb tbalr buattanda atpreaaad oplalona of tba alaaa, and It la wall known that ; aiao'a domaatlo vardlela la aaob aaaea ,ara aarar flaturlog, aud raraly Juet Tba arueltl aroaa quaatloalng to wbleb - tba lagataa was aobjsetad allelted notb log furtbar Wot that tbara was cot paga aftar paga. of qoaatlona aad an awara, wblb ware spread apoa tba re ports verbatim ef (Ueraiia, tbe wbola formpg . a voluminous documaot, aa prolix aa to preelode tba probability, aa Hardina and Hardpaa tboagbt, tbat Mrs. Tabbe or anyoa alsa would aar bring tba,m before tba . puplla In aon- dam nation nTtba aojoat Judge, wbo dla tortad tba evidence to suit blmaalf la so aqually tadloaa adversa "opinion," wbleb, It la bardly worth wblla to In form tba reader, Id due tlma became a law;' an opinion la wbleb tba Jadga aarapted not to set aside tba law and tba testimony, and by bteawa lafamoueflat rob tba widow ef bouaa aad lands and bread aad II was not bla fault tbal ba did not alaa rob ber of honor. T ' - X have bltberto spared tba reader tba repetition of tba tedieea verbiage re paired by tba law to beelood tba1 Urms of a last will aad teaument wjtb IU ambiguity, aad I will now spare him tba tedium of eommooplaoe verbealty 'that aovered sixty pagea of eloaoly writ tea fool toe p, wbeala tba njuat Jadga displayed tba sagacity of a Simple Bimon, tba honor of a Modoa Indian, . aad the Judicial lore of a Den la Kearny. Tba opinion, once safely delivered, waa blddea away la an official pigeon bole, and tba Interested part lee pocketed their sooti agent fees. One of Job a Hard I no's attorneys, who waa mora learned aad Ingenious tbaa tba rest, was amployed by Jadga Hardpaa i compile syllabus" for publleetloa ; aad this tba dear people road la tba morning pa pers, aad tba maaa of them dlemleeed It aaUafaotloa. What waa Mrs. Hardlaa' .lasy-to-lffe. Tubas T Had sba not beea Judicially of a grave m lade men nor, and i aha not appropriately pun lab ed by tbat same high tribunal T rheatorl4 VAggod em-tm Wrwthj6iir tw-,MostBIwJl 'of 'XaaatttMLMI John II a nil da took poeaeealen of hie sister's boms aad daly Inetalled tba gapplngton's tberela. Mrs. Tabbe aad bar children returaed ' n to Porttaad to battle eaoe mora with - - poverty and lu added aompaaloa, die- grace. Jadga Hardpaa "ml ap" his protected wife la a handsome boelneae la a country Uwa with ble share of the - - proflta, aad grimly grlaeed daflaaaa nt JaaUoe. Judge Orlando propoaed mar riage, by letter, to the widow Tabbe, v t provided sba would "bind out" her ebll drea, aad received tba rebufl ha merited; while Ttraah Hut: mJk ta fp X' cc-t" t" t t tT r: aaooatsnt meaaca to ber sense of Honor, bugced ber younger children moral closely tbaa aver to ber aunken bosom, sod continually coughed hereelf to. lower atsge of hesjib endvr tbe slo ravages of a lingering consumption. Tba robbery tbat Job a Hardina. had exultantly expected would crush bla slater to the earth but nerved ber to re newed endea'vor. Whan she returned to Portland, ber well-kuowflHaoelooea capacity served ber la lieu of other capi tal, ami, with only tba mesne to pay n oath's renlsl, she seen red well-fur aiahednbdglng-bouae, where, by close y and application, aba wae en abled toeuppart her family handsomely If ber beautiful hair turned a trifle gray, aad ber clear complex. oa was seamed by falut semblanofe of future furrows, bar wonderful eyea . oaly beamed' tbe brlehtlv.' and bar -avmmellieal . r . yf form acquired a loftier and mora elegant bearing tbaa aver. Her parlors became tba randesveua of learned and distin guished gsollemeo, and ber eons' end daughters grew rapidly la grace and In telllgenoe under the able tutelage of tbe public schools and the seeoelelloos of their mother's hired bouse. ' - year. passed rapidly away, and a Btale election waa ones mora apoa tbe tapU. Judge Hsrdpan was a eaadldala for office, hie election this time being II y subject lo the eu firs gas f bis mala eonsMtuents, rather tbaa tbe partleaa ruling of an Id tares ted Oover nor. : . - -. Mrs. Tubbe bad been too deeply occu pied lu the struggle for subsistence, and mlogly too much 'Interested in tba cultured companloaablp-of ber friends. to lay plans for thwarting tba aml-ltloo of her Judicial robbers. Johu Hsrdlne bad grown moraeonfi- deoMhso evsrin the security of hie Ill gotten wealth as tbe mobtbs bad sped on, and ha, la tba capacity of Adminis trator, bad absorbed the entire funde of tbeeetatet laavlpg jha etber members of his mother's household wllhoutny further share than tbe Court hsdjrfuo bis si star 'Lite ; and the Infamous de cision of the fraudulent Court was well nigh forgotten, when tba re-nominattoo of the Judges brought tbe whole matter again, before tba publla for readjudlea lion apoa the moral piano that, after all. Is tbe tribunal before which every sals- demeanor must come at tasffor'flpal trburniotrmdMrmmarii. 1 1 "" " 1 1 Tba fatea, or fortunes, of .the widow bad thrown her entirely wlluoot the pala of tba other characters In my story, leaving her to new acqoalutoneea. with wbleb my reader will not be Interested, as tbolr Individuality forms bo part la tb plot or plan of thlrtf sr-irue Isle. Tba polltloal situation aroused my heroine to active mental effort. Unseed as sba had been, tbrougb all the years of her womaobood, to opportunltiea for Intellectual culture, It weo.aot Imsglocd by any person, least of all by Judga Hsrdpan, tbat aba would know enough to write, compile and publish a hnnk. But tba sequel proved that the wily offlolal bad reckoned without bis host ; aud for weeke before tba election aa at tract I vs little work was scattered broad east throughout tba State, entitled. Mrs. Hardlne'e Will," It found lul way to every post office, and was read In every Jarm-hnuBa. Merchants, hank era, artisans, women and children talksd about It Tba partlsaa frlsnds of Judge Hardpaa tried bard to suppress It. John Hardlaa published a manifesto In feeble defensa of tba robbery aad tba robbers. Newspapers la ; the Jodge'e Interest threw editorial mad at Mrs. Tubbe, and Inflated atamp orators tried hard ta Im peach the veracity' of her hook. But sba bad goo to the records for her teetl- mooy, and la every paragraph bad oaaaed ber pages to speak by authority. Tba a i pa Dee of publication told heavily apoa her elender parse, hat sba did aot spare the fsctajtor binder tba free circa latloa of ber. work. ior D6snclsl consid erations. -" . . j ' It was nesting election time, and ex- eltemoal waa at Its height, wbea Mrs. Tubbe was aroused from ber medltatloas la tba moonlight at ber bed -room win dow ooa evening by a fragile form that entered her doorway with a child la Its arma and paaaed tremulously la her preeeooe. J . Is It a spirit r sba asked, starting ap la aalonlabment. It bad been long since she had aeea aa apparltloa of the klod. No, 'Lisa. It la I, your poor sister, Tlraah Hardlaa,' was tba excited reply, aa the vlaltor fall panting and eonvhlnf. enad by tba fall, cat ap a piteous wall. Mrs. Tabbe rang a bail and eummoned bar daoghtcr to take tba . haba aad gathering 'tfia wailed flgura of the mother la her strong arms, sba laid her tenderly apoa the bed. aah, gating wildly around tba room, aa If aatlelpatlog pursuit ; but he told me he'd kill yoa, And ma too. If Judge Hardpaa ween'l elected. Td hacorry to tblak I'd have to live tlU be hi lie me, Ttrtabv Don't he afraid," waa tba Cheerful aaewor. "You ara safe with me new, aad yoa aball stay hers J oat as long aa yoa Ilka." May 1 1 OnHLlsa, you're ao goad I kaaw I'll get rU. sv I've some to you. . Tba words of aocooragemeot that Lisa would have gladly added died oa her i:-. There waa ao mlataklnj tz'- ef C-X t-! c:--":. ttr tbe'bectlc apoa bet eunkea elieeks tbat f1'0' WW ie moonllgbt. What do you think John will do wbeo be knows I am hare, 'Lisa?" "He'll let you alooe. of eoerae. -, Us can't help blmeetf.'L "But he'll coma and kill us.' 'Lisa laughed merrily.. - , "Dear 'Lisa, I do believe you're get ting yoaag again," said Tlrsah, fondly, 'I need never to ho afraid wbea you were with mt, and I don't feel afraid of hoy thing aoWi-But-nooldo't yon pre vent Joha from kaowing I am tiara?" No, dearie. I'll .write to him to- algbt and toll Ma ail, e be -' t he looking for yaa.Tttore'e ao daager tbat be'll search for you wbea be knows yoa ara with me," "Maybe so, ela tsr. I've beea sa weak I aoelda'I work much for aver ao long, aad ba anly eared for ma for wbal I was worth aa a scullion. I gueae I'm safe hero till I get well." Yes, poor child -till yon get well," aald 'Lisa, aadly. ' ' L-Mow do yoa tblak tbe election will go, 'Lisa r' "Against Judga Hardpaa, of eouraa. Tba people ara Always oa tba side of right wbea they know what la tba right." "But, on, 'Lisa, I wish you bada'l published tbat hook." Wby. alatar r' - : . Because It bss made John so eroea with me and tba children. He acta aa if toe bad dona It." . . . . ' He won't be arose with lbs reel of i, now that you're away, Tlrsah. We'll I nets 1 1 yoa right hero la my com fortable room, and I'll take care of yoa. dear and we'll live over tba old days, and we'll both grow yoang again. I want you to be Juet aa happy aa a bird and. aa ears-free as a paoay. John won't trouble you. Rest aaey oa tbat eoora. My bouse Is filled witb gentlemen lodg ers, wbo honor and re pact me, and they will see that my guest is honored elao." Tba ehaoge, to Tlrsah, from tba hare, unsightly walla and floors of her uofur j nlebed country home to tbe cultured elegance of ber sister's house waa Ilka A realisation of heaven. Nothing that would In any way Jar ber eeuaf live nervea was allowed to Intrude apoo her preeeuee. Once; oalyrdld ber husband attempt to visit ber. But !14e woald not permit It, and did Jiol let bar know Tfiatlii t a.aome. Tba changed appearance of Job a Har dloe wbea ha did noma ble aad ayes. aakempt hair and .heard, and general air of deepoodency affected 'Lisa strangely? Tba words of censure tbat welled to ber lips dlsdwoaaWh-. Evi dently ble great poaaeeslone bad Dot brought blm happiness. - Ha waa silent and aoostralned la bla eieler's presence, and felt relieved when tba brief Inter view was ended. He waa sorry tbat sbs bad not reproached blm aad for tba first time Ja hie Ufa bla eoneclenee troubled blmeorely. I "nesaia J mil ! o-1tniTio-yoetr sailor la almost audi said tba solema monitor bfe tones, as be lseended the etepsof bis sister's house aad Joined Judge Hardpaa oa the etreet, while both of them looked wretched aad crestfallen. uJ'Did you give the Jade a piece of yoar mind, John f asked tbe Judge. Pve wtebed a thousand times that I'd let her keep that ceaaed farm? I've aever beea happy a minute since I got It away from her." , . "Yoa didn't toll her so, I hope." - "Not much ! I'm Dot quite a blaeted Idiot, If I have beea a knave." Do yoa really believe I'll he elected, JobaT" " ;. I don't see much abow for It Dow, sura. The very devil's la tba people. All broogbt about by 'Line's meddling, If you're defeated, she'll manage to get the ease re-opeeed, aad . thea good-bye to my proepecta for holding tbe property.' Confound the lack I" "Dld you see jour Ifa, Joba f" "No; aad I don't know aa I eared to. Pve been, a low, mean, eooUmptlble wretch, Judge, and aha kaowa It. 'Lisa says aba can't last long, ana I won't bother her with tbe press see of my ewe carcase tba balance of her dsys. Tbat Sapplngton aba-devil haa beea my rata. If I should lose tha property yoa saved for me by setting aside my mother's ill, I wouldn't be worth a dollar. Everythlag aloe I have aa earth Is mortgaged." : i , Ah I How did that comer' "I don't know, hardly. Tba womaa Mlt"t Jotfljlt .by dMrasacTbJagv bavea't prospered with ma lately.' My last-wheat crop waa a falters. Your wife-will aiwayv adapt tierseirto year circumetonms, Judge yoar m 1st reae. aever. .1 aever had another friend like poo Tlraah Iagletoa." Tha electloo day came and went.fs- aaawliag Lha, anjuea Asattoaary -srho had abetted tha robbery of a dead asetb efs grave to tha ahadea of private life aad tba reaoaraas of hie wlfWe eouatry etore,; :,r-, Mrs. Tabbe did e exalt aver bla de feat among her Irieade aa they had ex pected she would. Poor maar aba aighed. "I eWt know what will become of him I He'a lived an long at tbe pa bile crib that II will g hard with him to ataad) baek daring the reat of hie Ufa. Aa4 I da pity poor Mrs. Hardpaa, for I kaew by bitter experience how hard It will he for har to ea-rt klm aad aavixra kla asm ported by bis, wjfs hut be thought be wse abused and wrorgea oy ner," ""AftaV the election Mrs. Tlrsah Har dine sank rapidly la spits of bsr loved slater's aaeeaalug care. "Don't grieve for, - ase, 'Llxa," abe woald aay, tenderly, "for It wl H be light by-and-by.-Jobn will be brought to poverty yet, for be will need lu sad eiperleoce. to open bis heart ecienoe and lead tt l m ttr repentance. 1 1 Is Ibis tbat comforts ma. I know, aow that I cannot reeovcrjnd I'm BOlooger afraid of John. Willyoa send for him add tbe children V "Yea, dear sister. -The door-bell raoa with a tremuUue Jerk, and a portly gentleman was ad- milted Into tba sisters' prvaeooe. .. . . Exeuae me for not. sending ap my aard," said a familiar voice. VI really could aot terry . John InaUtonl -1$ it po-Mef ei led 'Lisa, Ja aalonlabment. ".dlfaefT" be exclaimed. In transport, aa ba clasped bsr Id a close embrace. "At last I" echoed bis sister Tlrsah, to whose bedside he lovers advanced, and tbea knelt before ber In a mingled ecstasy of Joy and pala... - - To be aoaelode4 Beat week. Mmll . LETTE1 rSOM IEV TOSZ. - raoM ec BKOULARWitRAai-owuA.TT N iv York, July 81. 1880. - To tbb Enrroa or tiiNiv HoBTawsav ' It Is aonaldered quite tbecorrrct thing la tbeee days to speak of New York as being entirely empty, and If you catch a man with any pretensions to knowing bat le wbsl walking ander an um brella on the shady side of the street, ba will be pretty certain to eiplslojbst bo. is merely In town for a day or two to cutoff bis eoupooe or collect hie-divi dends, nr upon soma other squatty dell- elous erraud. But ao stranger walking along Broadway at four o'clock la the afterdoon. or protecting ble endangered life and llaiba by dodgiog carta, tracks and horse earn I u. the lower part of -the city, would believe tbal tbe city was Any lorn crowded than usual J and these sojourners amoug os provide the shop keepera aleo.wltb plenty of lucrative occupation, pravenllug them from loo- log heart durhlg these arid beats and tbe abaettee of tbelr regular customsrs. Neeity-etreete In tbeworld preeent a goTcooaTnoToWAfl'AnTrv ance tbaa tboee of New York in gum- Tbe dark-eklnnod tCubaa with blue-black cbla elbows tbe blonde sons of Albion In bob-tailed plaltTsulU, and tbe keen-raced New Juiglandere maks a strong eonlraer with tbe swarthy South era erst a broad-brimmed bataaacb with a knob la one tbla ebeek, repreeentlng aoncealed solace. - - ,- Tba splsndid success of tbe Coney Island experiment baa stimulated oilier enterprlees, until we now have, In sea side resorts near the city, privileges such as another metropolli In th world ,mD,r,V .to Beach baa been eo make It a formidable rival of Brlghtou, Maobsttaa and tbe other Coaey ; Island attract looa. x Long Beach, Just beyond Roekaway, puts la otrong claim to popular favor, and, with Its railroad accommodations and grand new hotel. Its success le Dot doubtful it-mw probably eouu niitrTnome, or they would be were It do! tbat rivals springing up aloog tbe slip of aoasl still remaining unutilised wee! of Fire Ialsod.'Beeidee these eplendid sea side resorts, open to the full sweep of tha Atlantic Ocean, there are other places, wltbeat leaving tbe anil of our owa Btale, offering health aod reerea tloo to v lei tors from the metropolis. Wbea we go outside tbe 8lste, the .ad vantages of New York aa a Sammer city rs,re, of eouraa, largely multiplied. There are Long Branch and the other places along tba Jersey coast, all enjoy able, although ao better, for bathing or era air tbaa our Loog Island resorts, aad lose easy of access. There are many beautiful places alongtbs Connecticut shore of tbe Sound, aud there ara tbe Orange Mountains eeroea the North River within sight of tbe ally. Uudertakere, with a grim seass of bamor, dally lueodato Dr. Tanner, tbe with their bus! usee cards. Al'OUBT. Btatcr or "Pemji.--The era wa of William Psnn's bat, wbloh la ta adore bla tbirty-ela foot stalee eurmonntlng tbe lofty lower of tbe aew Philadelphia nubile buildings, will ha Jusl 63a feet from the pavement. Tble le higher than any other tower vet constructed. Trinity eteenle la New York City, which seems so Imposing wUavHe hoie;a4 ad Sk Ami ah risks Into signiftcanca ta com par) eon with the tony spire which is intsndsd to be tbe crowning glory of Psna squars. Tbe blgbeet to were which have yet bee constructed are those of tbe Cologne Co I bed rat, which have at preeent a helght4.ar at Baratoga and patiently endure tba of 624 feet 11 Incbee, or 10 feet 1 Inch below Mr. Penn'e proposed hat. As, hswsvsev Ih4 CeJagae loweia ana atitl aawadawewaawatm area am no ate altti- tuue of 671 feet Inebea, tbe Pena sqaara tower may never enjoy tbe d te ll net loa of being tba blgbeet la the world. ' " x Tks rWeulUof aeaadlag avvr the bad of the Allaatle have made clear, It la be lieved, the e a lata boo through the mid dle of the aceaa, extending from aorth to south, of a sunken ridge, oftea lees tbsa 1.000 fathoms from the serf see, while oa either aide tbe waterhaa a depth of from 1,000 to mora tbaa a, 450 fathoms: ao that the elevation of the n'a bottom required to make tbeee depths an dry laud would bring ap be- to 1 (CO feet high, r Tbe higher r-atva ar tnia eaatsa rt ' aow lorm LITTLBJHODT." rROXAOA BXOCLAA CORRB8FOX0EHT Protidxtjcx, R. I , August 1, 188a TovaB'BMTOBor .vnB Viv NoatuwearTi , Tbe last was Indeed a gala month for the Little Rhodians.'Our gallant Brig. ado of Militia have Juet returned from tbelr annual camping out, which Is In tended a be made as thoroughly imlta- Use of. reel camp life aa any Imitation can be of a reality. We rather iniux that they would find the privations lo eldent upon real camp life very dlflersut from tble "tenting apoa tbe beech," where they are catered to by our city caterers and are not .even depri ved of tbe smell of the savory, succulent, lus elous bivalve, tbat jgod of true Rhode Islaoders, tbe clam, i -; . This Is lbs festive sessonof excursious everywhere "under the sun," by laud or water. Tbe palace steamers Massa chusetts and Rhode Island run thslr nightly trips to and from New York, and twice or thrice a wse k lbs public are Invited to enjoy thslr msgnlflcenoe by dsy light and a trip "oulelje" to Martha's Vineyard (now Coltags City), or perhaps out upon the "ocean wave" below and around BloekJsland. Theee eieurelooa are moat highly prised by the atay-at-bome brigade, and we are sometimes oflhsTVpTBTbn that they hsve raTtrfelSayTtbeal bTTfnSerUlnly one day of eocb freab, healthful 'enjoyment Is more Invigorating than a fortuigbt of frivolous bops and dinner parties at those resorts where fashion reigns pre eminently. Twenty-five years agoi o'-tUi peopls tell ns), "going out of tbe city" mesnt eometblug aensibte ; famillee of wealth really left tbe crowded eltlea in pursuit of health aod rest. Ws will not deny that Saratoga endNewport are more healthful than New York In mid-summer ; . midnight dances and tbe daily roand of faahlonable full-dreaaand folly Will Dot at these places exbauet ope as the same amount of criminal frivolity t this heated season In our crowded cities. We say criminal, and we mean It. At title bested season, when besttb Is held by such a slendsr thread, we do believe It wicked for per sons to nnnaceesarily expoee themselves; to tbe debility of Injuring tbslr consti tutions. Wealth ' Imposes obligation, tnd -WheHlhe' Claae that noeeeee the maonrTufrnd"sT3ftd realise tble fact, tbay will better do their duly to themes! tee and tboee be luga less. fortunate as regards this world's goods.- The poor must work, must si nose I beat selves to tbe beat and turmoil of life aud ita attendant evils ; but tbe rich should make the most of tbelr release from these obligations and show us tbe beautiful slghfof what we might he-wlth leisure to' property care for our health mentally aud physically. The poor and tbe stsy-st-homes here la this cosy little city of Provldeuee, which a late writer lelle'us "fifty years sgw bad more t ue appearance 6f a vll- Isgs by tbe sea than of a city, and which tba UttU boys tbat have taken tbe een- sus inform. uA BPW-haa. 101.700 inhabit ants," ara so well situated aod so bouotl fully supplied with healthful parks and gardens tbat they easily oonvlnce them- eelveathatthey a re pe rfitil oootented at so maoy of tbe lilies of the Held who "toll joot, neither do tbey spin," must really go to soms fsslilonable resort to live over agala la mid summer the ele gant pleasures of tbeast Winter.: It Is do wonder to me that the laboring husbands and fathers of theee beautiful but anfragraat lilies should scorn the reqoeet of womaa to be recognised as man's equal la the political Held. As long as man must endure tbe eonflue ment of tbe office, store, or shop, evsa If thereby he gains a handsome Income so long as that income cannot be re ceived without tbat labor, ar would be greatly diminished were be to fall la that constant attant Ion, ft it not Hjfhl for wife aod danghlers to rsslds In a three-etory palace with from two to four servants to relieve Ibsm of all cars, as, dressed la elegaace, they sit la magnifi cently fernlebed reception' rooms and receive tbelr elegantly attired eallera, wba are, of course, other .wlvee aad daugbters af equally hard-worked men. Ooa Una lady la "reduced" elrcum sUooee 4- , carriage sold aad coach msa dismissed, aad now only one man servant and fere mald-eervants said, "HI nee brother had to go lujgo the office, we have breakfasted at half-past seven. aad- it-is aa. JkamtLHtuMam iarha ASasla- j tbelr goods and personalty wall apoa customers should aot support tbelr fern ITIee lu"TmlUlIbu"brTToe-bIooJ grandeur and build haadsoms aottagea by lbs sea loaellDsaa of a deserted home, aa tbsy plod -along with- A-shrswd eya Xoc-ao. Xtla good be rf SUnhaT WSf aThTsH tba last extravagant Indulgence Asked for." ' . -v.,. , ; ' . . ..... I . But we have wandered somewhat from what we at first Id tended a descriptive allusloa to our lovely perks, oar oases, where the exbeneted may breathe. la tbe heart ef tbe elty, hetweea the rail road stalloa And the old Bute prlsoa, Is ear earliest park, or Cove Promeeede. la our childhood, A visit lo Ibis city waa aever complete without af least ana U Irlp aroaod tbl. fovsly circular prome aada, with lie plala wooden beaches be neath each of the double circle af beea UfuL woode-llke treea that stood Ilka I trey aaaaaia U eaal c'.slanosa fraaa each other. Tbeo we would look down upon tbe limpid water In the Cove Ba ln; but Fashion and Fate have set Its glory far In the past ; II Is not tbe thing at all to go there, lovltlug as the ever more beautiful shade tres really are. LTo-day the gem of a plateau, leading by f-i " J i rustle baluatradea, of! and up tixttaX' Brodajr, and ehrisisosd 8sns Houci, eutertalus the elans of peopls that once patronlssd ths Covs Promensde. Its beaotieeare eo tempting that everybody goee, yet it la moat vsseolially the mid die Class, or the by neealty pedee- triana. "The carriage artsloqracy will .HHve to the old 41 mr aristocratic, daaky atreets upon ths east aide (where for agee our blue blood, baa etagitaled), and from Proepect Terrace will wltneea tbs glorious vlewe for wbleb tbal place le famous at sunset; or they will folio tboee sams dusky' avenuee yet farther it to Blaekatoue Park, tbe shady hanks of the historic Heekonk, or. to tbal charmingly beautiful "city of tbe deai,Swen Point Cemetery. A more charming .drive than either of theee three could bardly be Imagined. If westward one would prefer lo go, there la Reservoir avenue, leading to our magnificent aud expenaive watsr works. Or out may spend many happy hours driving qr rldltig throughfiogrWll- llama Parkrtba beaotiee of whlsh, 4f de-4 ecribed, would alone furnish a long 1st- tsrto the New Northwest; we msy sometime do so. it is said tba Nalura bss doue more for us there than it did for Central Park, New York. Wbal possibilities for us If well endowed I KE8IAH 8 HELTON. A Remarkable Dream. The following appeared. In Black' wttott UttgatUf iu KM I - Bui u in oompany the other day wlien the roiveraallou turoexl upou dreama, I related one, which, aa It happened 10 my own father,. I can ensvar-for -the perfect truth of II. About the year my rattier, Mr. 1 of K , la the County of I'um- berlaird. came to Edinburgh to st'tend Ihsclssaes, having tbe advautage of an uncle In the regiment I lien lu the castle, and remained' under the protection ( hie uncle and aunt.' Major aud Mra.On Otha, during the-Wluter. -When the rjprlng arrived, Mr. I), aud three or four young geutlemeu from England (hia Intimate) made parlies to visit ail the neighboring plseco about Kllubutbrliii TThteHnrArthat'e Dealt Orair-Mti' lei, etc, I Comlng borne one evening from soms of those plaoee, Mr. D. aald : " 'We have made a party to go a-flatting to Inch-Keith to-morrow, If tbe mnruing le floe, and have bespoke our boat. Weahall be off atalx.' "No objections being made, tbcyaep arsied for fhenlgbjl " - "Mrs. OrlflUha bad, not been ssleep loog wbeu she screamed out In a moot violeot aud aglUled manner, Tha boat is sinking Have, oh, save them I' The Major awoke ber and said, 'Are you nneasy about the fiahlos: party T "Oh, uo,' abe replied. '1 bad not MIAI ttlfklltf 111 Ilf It Hhs thea-eomposed hereelf and soon fell awleep ' Again. In about nut bar HiraTlW cried out la a dreadful fright, 'I see the boat la going down.' The Major asaln awoke ber, and abe said, 'It Itaa been owing to' tbe other dream I had. for I feat no ansaslusM aiMiut It.' ' "Af'er some conversation, they both fell saleep; but uo ret for ber. In tbe moat ex treme agony she agal n screamed, f TTiVf a re an d a T 1t aliomt le When lire-Major awakened ber. she said, 'Now, I can not reel; Mr. D. must not go, for I feel, should he go, I should be mlsersble till his return; lbs thought of It would aloioflt kill me.' - "Hhe Instantly-aroee, threw oa her gown, went to hie hedelde, for hia room waa next -tbelr own, aud with great difficulty got bie'promlae lo remain al borne. " 'But what am I to aay to my young frleuda, whom I was to meet at Laath at alt o'elock Y "'With great truth yoa may say yoar aunt Is III ; for I am-eo at present. A)un elder, you an only sou, under our pro tection, aud, ebould anylbtu bsppeng to you, it would be my death.' "Mr. D. Immediauly wrote a note-to hie friends, saying he was prevented from Joining them, and eeul his servsnt with It to LeatbTha weather cams lu most beautifully, and continued so till three o'clock, wbea a violent storm arose, aud In aa Instant the boat and all who were la It went to the bottom, aad were oevermore beard of. nor wae any part of It ever seen. I have oftea beard the etory from my father, who al ways added, It has not made me supersti tious, but with awful gratltade I aaa aever forget that my life, by Providence, wss saved by a dream.'"' '" A Pbtomaxi Pkoplb. Mr. Tremlett, tbe Br It lab Consul at Ma I sen, mentions aa a remarkable peculiarity of Ibe na tives of tbe country that tbey have the great toe of each foot separated from ths others liks the tbamb of tbe haed, aud It though not to the same extent. This I distinctive mark of aa AnnamlU la aot. bawever. uauslly aeea thteteUy wf I He Iron, bet Is now confined to the la- of the empire, where the race has re mained, more distinct, Thle peculiarity le tbe meaning of the native name for thw Awwamlie I Be; aa-t That thaBame itrdpeenftarity are or great Aatlqulty Ik shown by tbe mention le Chinees aouale X300 B. C, as tbal (or those) of ana of tbe "four barbarlaa" Irlbee that tbea formed tbe boa ud arise of tha, CblBsee Empire. . . Tbs i relationship of a man aad a womaa Is easily discovered la relay weather, aecordlag to tbe Albaay -"Writ ai. If they are lovers, the womaa will bsvs all tbe ambrells, aad tbe maa won't ears how wet he geu; hut If tbey are married. It le Joet tbe opposite. A Brest us Dabble (srtlst V "Don't saw thttth U to aboot lime I exhibited eomo Ihtngr" Hevere critic (exarut-nlag Dab blWeialeat production "Yes a little Uleot, for lOOtl niam.M harvard Imm-1 Charlci Picksus' Owa Story. Ths 'great story-ulier, wbo. haa AsT ofun roused our sympathies for. the , bard. hips aud struggles of tbe boys af bis Imagination, and wbo has dons real boys a lasting service by his terrible picture of "DotbeboyV Hall" (aa tbal ny such cruelty now draws dowa IU prompt puuisbmsnt, as wse seea la aaa of our large eitlee not so long ago), baa Isft us a leaf out of ble own etory, which , may serve to put a brave bear! Intoi ome boys wbo tbiuk thelrJJ.vee a little hard, or wbo are Impatient and restless under dlfflaulUsa. . We wlU read it ! . his own words tnHJw--a-iiii . i. . Ia aa evil hour for me. It wae pro posed by a cousin who owned a blacking ware-bouse, that be ebould Uka me Into the- business, I to moke myself oeeful for a salary of aix sttrHtncs a week. Tba offer wss accepted by my father, aad aa a Monday morulug 1 began my business lib. Tbs blacking ware-boo ao waa a erexy. tumble-down eld house, abutting oa tba river, aud literally overrun with rata. Its wsiuscoated room a, aud IU rotten floors aod atalreaae, and the old grey rata swarmed down In the cellars, and ths sound of tbelr squashing and scuf fling eomlnr up the stairs at ail times. aud tbe dirt and decay of the place, rise up viviuiy before me, as it I were there sgsln. riie counting Hbuss was on tbe front . floor, looking ovsr the coal bargee and rtveri -There wae a receee - tnrtrtO"' which I waa to tit and work. My work wss to cover the pole of paato blacking - - nrat witn a piece of oil paper and then with a piece of blue paper, to tie tbem round with a string, aud tbsn to clip ths psper close aodJiaAt all around aa . til It ItMiked aa snssrl as a pot of olq went from an apothecary's shop. Wbea a certain number of grosses of poU bad . attained Ibis pitch of perfection, I was lu pssts on each a' printed label, and " then go on again with more pots. Two ' ' nr Ibree other boys wsre kept at similar .'. duty down'slalra on similar wares. One of 4wem came up In a ragged apmw ana- paper cap, to ahow ms the trick of using tbe string and tying the knot. I suppose my lodging waa paid for by my rattier, but I had no aaeietanee ex ee4 lue making of my elotbea. I waa o young aud ao chlldleh, f aould aot. real at the atale pastry sold at half prlee st the eoneetiouere' doors, and I oflao u thai way spent tne money I ebould have kept for my dinner, and had to dine ofl a roll or a slice of pudding. It) ore were iwo pudding shops bo- wee 11 which I was divided, accord lag. to my fioaucee. At one tbe pudding had .eurranU In It, aud waa dear. The other wss a stoat, fcrale Dui- dlng, heavy and flabby, with great rale I lu II nwt i fPA', ft g-r-t it- tance apart. Many a day did I-dlne on It. When TWad money enough, I need to"" go to a eoflee abop aod have half a plat" of eoflee and a el tee of bread aod, hatter for my tea. Wbea I bad no money, I , took a turn la Coven t Oardea M arkst -uj -and stsredal the plaeapplea. ' f uo not esagrerate the scaBttnem of my iv)oumeeaud tbedlffiealtlesaf my , life.- If a shllllpr was gtvea me by aay - one, I epent It in a dinner or tea, I worked iroin morning a nil I night, A ahabby child. Mr led, but loefleaiuaily. not to anticipate my money aad to make It last the week lb rough, by pat- ..'. ting it away ta a drawer I had la tba eountlng houi-rj wrapped Into slg.Jlttle ' parcels, eacu parcel eonlalnlBg the same amount and labeled with a differ- : en l day. I have lounged about tba tree la of London, Ineufficleotly-aad uosaliafAotorlly fed, ' audr but for tba 7- msrey of Ood, I might have beea, for any care that was takea of me, a little roooer or a um vagabond. ... Ccnoblng AppelT From a late lesue of the New Orleans Times, we clip Ibe followlngrfurolabed by a oorrespondsnt of Ibsl' Joaraal, blob truly. exhlblU "tbe leader heart . bid In tba breast of a rugged maa 1" There Is nothing lu tbe world ao aad " as bumsa nature, and Ibe Wars eoma Into my eyes aow aa I tbiuk of tba pill ful story Tom told me se be smoked hie after-supper pipe last nlgbt. The other day, Juet before-1 -came home, Tom had - occasion to make a loo rosy. Oa bis way back, aud when the tralo stopped at the bay, be noticed a maa gsttlng lato the ear In rront of htm with a little baby lyiog la ble arms. The baby seemed young, and Ibe man gently rooked It la bis arms, bending over aow snd then to klm IU little white face,-' Alter the traia got -underlay,- tha owa doctor came to Tom aod aald t Come with me. I want to shew yoa . the saddest, strangest slghl yoa ever Ja all your life," and he led the way lato the next ear. "Uo yoa boo that msa over there V eeld be, end there ear Ibe maa whom Turn had Ba tlced witb tbe babe. . A precloae little bundle lay quiet aa tbe seal la froatef him. aad, as tbeee other two mea watched, be leaned aver. looked loog and earnestly In Ibe little white face, and thea ki-eed tbe frail finger tlpe be held aa geatly Id hia ' hand. : - - Tbat baby's dead," aald tba eoo- deetor. "It died tble morolag at tba . bay. He couldn't bear to put It la without htm la tbe baggage ear, aad ao , be le just earrying 11 borne to iMsw Or -ieaaeia hie araV: j . . " '"'' Aad the ear rattled oa the boy eellsd- thf xute slices of sponge eaka aad-hle cigars tbrougb tbe I rain tbs pasesagere Uugbsd, and amofcad, aad fought tba mosquitoes end be, etrickea to the hsan'eaiw,Bat there quiet asd awbsed" lng,"vrktrhlrrt Over hts dead child, klsa Ing Ibe flugers tbal would aever agala softly slssp bis, looking dowo apoa the wbiu lids tbat aaa closed aver tbe bright eyee as tbe petals af a seaeltlve flower doss el nlgbt-timeaver lu dell eate heart, aod tba trorld waa nothing tohlm. A writer ad vices tbat girls who. wish . to have email mouths sboald repeat al frequent InWrvals daring tba days1 "Venule r ncn mea roar Bounoerloc frogs for Frsncis Fowler's father." ,. . , . Talk about a bull la a Chlaa shoo. wby, we've seea a eowblde la A echeol ' ; - ' ' k' " Rosa Boo bear wag eaoe AppreatleeA 1 to a aremmaAer. - ir