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I Ji ATUltlA lilZKU SPIRITS. A. Sojourn Among- tlio Faithful Who .Sleet Their Friends on Sun day Nighta, kt Somo of the Dark Circles in New lork Cl(y. Materializing from Under tho Medi um's Urcsa and Brlnirinir Mes sages to tho Believers. female Spirits that Hub nnd Kls Their Wicked hut "Willing Relatives on KHrth, Ind Qnentlons Anuvered from tho Spirit World by TIiosh Who Dare Interrogate. Special Corre-ijiondence. New Youk Citt, Sept. 80, 1S5. Did you ever hear of .Mm. Sloddud Qrav ind her wonderful son, D. Witt U. Ilouuhl Never did then you should know thai they iro materializing medium, nnd hold teamc !our nights each week at 8 p. in. film p, and ad rcrtsctull form matorlall. illons every night, together wdh communications from spirit trlcnds during the I tit rvals. '1 hey ho.d forth it So. West .Mth street, and thllhcr I nemlcdmywav a few evening elnco to s--ind feci and talk to the dcnlz 'lis ot the othi r norld. I wits a lltte early and yet found vcrv scut taki-n. mid had I squeeze In lie?lde "i lovely and bloom n t young thing, a dazzling :rcature In many respects, who kindly grabbed ii v hand and whispered that: "''The eh menls secmc I to bo favorable this jvcnlng, and it prom tej to bo an Interesting leancc." I thought so from the way It looked myself, ind was just about to answer when In stetiped tho laly mrd urn, and nho una welcomed by a rariety of expressions upon iho faces of the rxtci-n people pr sent who had paid a dollar sack for this privilege. I jolted down four of .lieso express ons by an lustantaucous proceis, i id present them below. TIIIJ FOUIt INVr.STIGATOI!S. It might ho a well to explain hero that dur ng the cvciing 1 discovered who these ecarch T6 alter spirit lore were, an I so present them ilphab-t rally. No. 1 win an od gcntlciiiin Irom tho country who camu to seek Ids de parted wife. No. li iioved to bu a searcher ifterhU lo.stsweetlieart. No. ilwas the iiuuoMc )clug who held my hand, and who had mcdl linls Ic t"iiileuelcs"hernc)f, will o No (, nil vas conildentlally liiformeil by my neighbor, van an Kngllrh lady, and a relntlvo of I.udy lano Gray of hlstorcal fame. Tho likeness jetween them was remarkable and pr of con iluslve i lint sliu whh a near lelalive. Shu ww )ver hero on a tour of Investigation, and had net Lady Jano several time In America, and tound her none tho wor-o for a century or two if wear and tear In tho world to come. The medium, Mrs. Stoddard dray, tho rola ilve of I.udy Jane, by tho wny, win iiulto go id 'linking for o spliituel o a party, and nolle ng Jiat tun circle was full, aim uueed that the rtino for tho swinca to begin had airlvod, and Ihatwhlo sho ecu d n't prom'so am thing In 'Jiu Way of devchipinent, sho hoped for tho list itiiil her sni:, who win thu real mat rlulla hig med uin, would now eo liiinlho cabinet, n'hlch ho forthwith did. Tho lights were now nirned down, not completely out, lint suf lclentlv low to dlsgulho tho'gcnenil appear inco of ililii'is and hide from h uht all tliu Itn perfoutlo'is of spirit fit mis who might up pear. Wo nailed piitloi tly lor about live nlnutca, when sud lenly th curtains of the :al)luet How open, tho nimol at my side gave a iuppreicd sigh uf Iii'ohho Joy, gently squeez ;d my hand, mid thu lira' spirit appeared In trout of tho cabinet, and was in thu medium xplalucd tlmaplrltof a Frenchwoman, who fro luently appeared, but couldn't up ak a word it Kngllsh. Still sho llled to eomo, and was pertectly willing to hhaku haluls ith anynuu nho would venture to tho opening ol tho ;abl ict. Nobody ventured, and tho spirit kept tiowl'ig and swinging Its uniH tu thu aunt affectionate manner at the audi nee, and ippearcd to feel Imdly because nobody eauio ap. Then tint medium tried to lmlucu It to :omo out Into thu circle, and Itflually consent lil, ami miido a dash for the joiiug mini who sad losthM sweetheart, but came very near ttrlktng Its head on the lowered chandelier, in I wo'ild have dnna bo had somebody not laid "Hold vour heud lowtr," 'imood Knjtllsh, uhlclt thu French spirit forthwith did. This mis a remarkable test tu view of tlio fact that :ho spirit couldn't uu lerstaud a word of F.ug lUll, nnd I made bo d uiiougli to suggest Unit it was li coming aciiualnted with the la iguige, In an undertone tothe ungul, whosweetly io joined that ''Thcso were things beyond tho indciBtandlug of ordinary mortals." Iho In Mdent teemed to dampen th" ardor of the inirlt, however, and thu young man escaped ;hls time, while tlio spirit returned to tho :abinet and disappeared from view. After anolhr short wlt during which tlmo tho medium sto I against thu ononlng of tho cabinet in a rather expectant poslthiu, rhu rave thu older for tho light lo bo turned down i trifle lower, and It was done, when with a Hiccessjon of stubs and Mippressed groans t'io medium liegm moving slowly toward tlio :cntre of tho room, swaying I rum shlo to side, ind uppcartug to be lit giuat pain and mental iiigii'sh. "What' the troub ol" I whispered to tlio mgel. "Tucre'J going to bo a mlraelo," f aid she. 1 1 hen noticed list thu medium's dress hud iwolleil considerably tu thu tklrls, and In fact uas altoguiher dlnproporlloued lo tho skirts of the present age. c3 TJ1K SWKLl. DHK8S. At tlio mo Hum walked, tliu kept her liands rnu.l in it sort of Invent on attitude, ami crew mora mid more umruUhod ni tlio neaied Itiocentroof tho room. Hvldt-ntly ometling in,.rvilou nas about to liani-oii. and I strain id my evisl.bt In Uiu endeavor to tea thu whoa perfonuanro. Suddenly sho reached tho middle ol tho circle, gave n gp pressed agouy. and an a in ttcred fro u under her da'is. An ami with a hand attach- ...t ,.) in I , linml u row. 1 8eo. Mr, Httle( Hebeccn U liere.and brought jou bic tun row you io mr," saw iuo mo ttluin. "Dear Rebecca," sail Hale. "Can't yot coma out mid ene. tncl" "Mie will, Mr. Ilalc, Just clve her time to mater allzc. She Is a ilitle weak to-night" said tho medium, and then she explained thai Kebecca was tho wife of Hrother Hale, who had lived In Jlmoklyn while In lire but sue now dwelt above anil called to see h m everf Sunday night In tier circle. Suddenly there was n commot o i under her drcsj, she bent down and held Ut her bunds, slid n full fledged female spirit s'owlf but. suicly began to emerge from lhe drapery of her under plnnlmr. The spirit was all 1 1 white, and ap peared tobeglad to get out from what eeem-(i to tin rrainned nusrtcrs. even for snlrl's. I was c'osu to tho apparition, and thought the sp rli iinil a moustache, nut Kepi quiei aooui It, for If II. other Halo hadn't an. objectlons.lt certainly wasn't inv bU'lncts to kick about his dead wife's moustache. It was the first female spirit I had seen of the kind, however, and curiosity got the better of disci ctlon to such an extent t at tho angel uavo my hand a del leal o squeeze and suggested that thcie would oe moru oi mem wncn mis one &m through, and there were. into. HAi.r.s' wifi:. After Hrother Halo had thanked Rebecca for the roses, which she returned uft-r keeping three weeks, nnd had wlrspered to her words ot undying atreellon toll )! r about the chil dren, and bade her farewell, she, too, went into the box and skipped for heaven, as the nun hud done befoio her. Then of a sudden a bin k imp of darkness sprang out of the cabinet and pranced nnd capered arotiu I tho circle at a frantic, gait, swliigimrlts anus and lcits aroun J promiscuously, and looking real devilish, in tlio fcml-llgh'. "Who's tlilsl" I whispered, and the angel replied. "It Is Bomo stray sp'rlt which probably got In by m'stake. Stray spirits do cnino In some times, you know. Watch him. He's making a voll. ' Tho Imp was making motions of a cabalistic nature over thu carpet, passing its hands round and round each other in rapid gyrations, when suddenly there appeared along string of what appeared lo becuipo veiling, whlcu was Hung liit i tl o air, trailed about over tho carpet, nnd frisked nroiiud generally, and tho spirit disappeared with a rush into the cabinet. Then wo waited for more, but thu full, dollar's worth hail appeared, it seemed, and no more camu out, ami in a few mninciiis lhe medium announced that Iho franco was over for that evening. Then tho lights were turned up, and Lad Jiiuu's re'stlve looked puzzled, while tho young man who didn't seehislovo appeared sadder than before, the old mini from thu country shook hands with Hrother Halo, nnd sad lie envied Inm because Ids wife camu whllo his own stayed away, nnd was comforted with the assurance that lirother Halu camu threo week bo ore he got a thing, but that his wife came tverv tlinu he did. This touched tho old countryman deepl), mid ho said he would trv again, and hoped next tlmo to feel .Maria In his arms iiualu, as there was no good reason why she should slay away. Then tlio angel uiko t 'mo If It wa not a glorious thing to bu able to scu thu friends of other davs and mid that sho would invito mu. when bIiu herself became developed find gave seance. I thanked her from the bottom of my heart, and lult the assembly in thu ml.Ut of a general handshaking and discussion of medium and matcrlalizati ns generally. Mv experience hoio having bcou po gratify ing 1 thought it in orucr to Keep up ma otau lishcd Intercourse with spit It nuil become tlioioii','lily acquainted Willi some of them before going over myself, with a, view of get. tint' a few pointer on the matter of returning, and to the next night found me a member In good standing, of a circle ot tweuty-fo r in vestlga'ora assembled at tho p irior of l'rof. CatTray nod wife, at No. fUJ Suventh Avenue. '1 li so were the best In their lino In the city, it was said, and tlm splilts caui't out two and three at a time, an 1 hugg-'d and UI-kmI their friends In regular earthy fashion, quest Ions were answered, tin 1 mess 'go appeared on slato. The nrofessor opened tho ball bv stating that ho expected all present to behave them selves, aim not try to cite i tho spirits, a ho had stopped the soancu on several occasions and tiutp opluout whoattempled theso things, and lie looked ilereelv aiound tho circle. I tu was a little man, with light hair nnd eyes, ......1.. ....... nl. , .,.,,1 I,. ,1.1 I,.,,,, I .... I.,,, .....1 UUIIUJ' iiivuo,u.uu. huh uuiu ui-it.i, iu "')', ivil his manner awed the uud cuce, so uu )f whom piotoited that there wi re none but gentlemen and lad es present, and that it was a harmon ious circle Irom tho aimo-imero which perva ded the room. Tho professor appeared )iicl lied, and then told everybody to write out a name of a relative on a piece ot paper, a dead relative or friend, and roll up thu paper so that ho could no' tee the name. 1 asko I tho old gentleman next to me, who said he was from "Deetiolt," what wa to bu done with thu palter. Ho said it was his first experience, mid hu "lowed that thar would bo some tall developments from all leports." So wo wrotu a inline each mi tho slips, and the professor came round and toru up some ot ti em, stat ing that ln y would get no answers, and mind ed others back, after pu ting them aga nst his foiuhead without opening them, so that thu tiaiiio was stilt luvislb.o, and to those he handed them back to ho s tld they would get answers from tho ep rlt named In tho roll uf piper. Ho tore up ni'iie, but gave tlio "De troit" man his roll b ick, and then ho asked all who had rolls to come into the other room one by one and gut their answers. They tiled in, aiid came out looking ra her dissatisfied than otherwise, and my filend said he hadn't "got list what ho expected, but 'lowed hu would la ter on." UKK-TltOlT fllVKS HIS ItOI.I.. Thftithoprofesior announced that tho dark circle would begin and that all must Join hards and keep quiet If they expected to get any thing. They did both. Iho Unlit wont out, and tlio cplrlt camu In. Thoy wow lively Imps, and one called "Joey" was especially frisky. Ho sent halt a dozen fans tlytinr around over tho heads ot thu audlettc, ami a tamliortno Jumped up and down on my frl n t'a knee i n til hu got frightened and leaned lvorccptllily ovcmgalusl m-, and then a hand slupicd my houlier from behind, and tiuoth r tore up a fan 1 held in mv baud, wh le "Joey" talked to lilt friend In tho audience a though this was an every night occiii rente with bun, arid It probably wat. Thl continued for about ten minutes, and all wa still. Then iho professor aid iho ilurk clrc'o wa over, ami the light were turned up, and everybody looked happt except oiio young lady two teatt away wlioailu lu au undertone to fier innsculliio uelglibor that the "Didn't thluk It uecestary for bliu to squeeze her hand quite so much, If It wai Jiand holding clrc c." He dropped tho hauf with a cic-lfallcn air, olid sho looked liappj again. He was nt ut slvty-flvu, and lookee liko an animated tithing pole, which may ao count for the remark, as one or two othc: couples continued to nom nauus alter lliellgu had been turned up. Thcu the slate writing was In order, and I folding iatc ws tir Klueed and n pencil wi between the folds, the Professor held one end, and one of the audience held ti e other end, and the pencil could be heard writing between the slates, moved by sp rit hands, tlie I'rofes said, hut my friend sal I it was thi Devil, fot when the slato opened there was a mcsngc fot h'm with tlio name of the party ho had written to on the roll, attached a a signature to tht communication. It read: '-Dear Hrother. You arc on the rlg:it trac. I didn't believe 11 when on earth, but you are; keep right ahead. Joslah t'amnbcll." " This completely dumfounded my friend, whe forthwlt'i gave me the genealogy of the Camp bell family, which appeared to reach back to Noah, during nil tlio time others received messages on tlio sla cs, and several were re ceived before the professor announced thai now he would Introduce Ids wife. Mr.'. Cat- ruy, who was tho mat rlallzlng medium, and who would finish up tho evening by giving l materializing seamc. Mrs. CdlraV was a very pretty little woman with modest man ner and m Hit ir blue eyes, and took tht gen leui' n of the and we quite by storm, us it were, and Ihen she d sappcarctl lnto the cau net in tno uacK parlor, mo I'roiessor announced that the splrl s would control the light as trey wanted it, without mortal In terference, and I noticed that a fir ng reached acio.s tho ceiling and disappeared behind s Japanese umbrella on thu wall, and as soon us tlio ilglils in the chandelier were turned out the umb ella lighted up, casting a sort ol wlerd shade over tlio loom, while tho back parlor was altogether dark. Ti e Professor admonished everybody to keep still. The umbrella grew a l ttlediirkci in line, and the splr.t of u woman appeared lo the doorwiy between the two parlors. Hie was dressed in white, in a loose sort ot robe, nnd thu Professor F.iid t i spirit hadn'l elrength enough to talk vet, but was the sistet of a certain Mr. Iliiyuo present and wanted to eco mm. Mr. iiayne wus nothing imn, una hastily arose and made his way toward the si lilt as If lie had been there befote. Ho evi dently had, for when they met lie embraced the spirit most nllectloniiteliind the splril embraced Mm, and idthough the spirit hadn'l sticngth cnnugn to talk, It mtistcied up stifll clcnt cucruy to hug ami kiss lu the mostug, ri valing way ami a' tor the most approved earth ly fa-lilon. llltO. 1IAYNB AVADUS IN. Mr. llavnu whlstiered to her words of tender ness, nnd evidently thought agrcit deal of id sister in lift and was In no hurry to relinquish herghost, but tlnally she gavo him onu last af fectionate hug, ki-sed li ui until nil tlio men in the room wus jealous, and bade him farewell. Tills wus interesting, and mv Detroit fr cud wanted to know If spirits always acted this way, and wondered If any of his lemule relatives would iippuJr, but they didn't. The next tiling in order was an Indian, and a Chief, for the Chiefs never let the ordinary In dhinscomoback, or else they all get toboChieft when tuny cross tlie oorilcr. I ills one announc ed himself as C'h ef John, and was gotten up In th" mostupprov d Ind an fashion, I ut dlda't appear to comeback to see anybody In panicu Jar, ami extended a general inviliilion to an present to come UP and "Shake hands." I went up with several others, one at a lime, and present below u fnc simile ot Chief John as he appeared to me. Theiowas substance In lili grin, at lcat, as ho shook mv hand most cor dially, and pointed upwards to tno skies as much as to say that wo would meet above. 1 was glad of It, for f confess that certain doubts havo at times troubled mo as to whether 1 would get there or not, and this was the mos! lavorablo omen yet presented on tlie alilrmatlve aide of tho question. "OUIKF JOHN." Chief John then disappeared Into the back narlor. and another female spirit came out and asked for a certain gentleman prescut, who promptly responded, and got hugged and kiss ed like Ids piedceessor. only not quite so much o. and ho returned looking happy. Then n little girl appeared, nd talked quite vol ami to tho point, for such a little thing. Somebody lu tho audience who knew her 8 atcd that they loved her, which brought forth tlio answer that "Lots of folk do. Colonel," for hu was a Colonel. It seemed. The professor now announced that the seance would probably close, as hu saw a light appearing In tin' nack parlor, which was a tori of lantern ca'rlcdby the spirit when they de sired to bid farewell to tills world and sojourn to tho next. They carried it on their heads, and sure enotuli the sp rlt of a woman In white appeared wltn a green'sh looking light on her head, which burned like tho ordlnarj stave light, for u few minutes, and then she lucked Into thu room, and the Profess r an uouneed the close, lleforo go ng 1 looked back of tho Japanese umbrella and d scovuicd that the spirit light was r gu'a til In a ven simple manner, a lamp htiv ug been (dared In ft hot with sliding cover, mi l iho tnns would raise or lower the cover up and dowu ft was desired by tho spirit In the next room. Thus ende I those two seances, and I am iiroiipscd some startling revcUtiotis shortly 1 will only c mo to a prlvato sitting with a famous medium, which will probably take place, and If It doe, you iliall m ow the iidr nele tuat occur. Si'ihto liuMiu A Philadelphia druggist ha forty-four do fecttvo prescription, which ho ha received (from reputable physicians during the last fill mouth. A Pennsylvania farmer has a tomato stall tht imaiurcs twelve feet lu leuglh and lui eight) -tlyo perfect tomatoes ou It, A man at lUlnbrldge, (!., wai seized wltl a tpell of ueexlug h few day tgo wldcl luted for eltven hour. GKOWINO OLD. Growing oldl Tho pulse's measure Keep its even tenor still; Eyo nnd lmnd nor fall nor tulter, And tho bruin obeys the will; Only by tho whitening tresses, And the deepening wrinkles told, Youth htm passed away like vapor; Prime it zone, and I grow old. Laughter liusheH lit my presence, Guy young voices whisper lower, II I daro to linger by it, All the stream of life runs plowcr. Though I love the mirth ol children, Though I prize youth's virgin gold, What havo I to do with either? Time is telling I grow old. Not so dread the gloomy river That I shrank Irom so ot yore; All my first ol love and friendship, Gather on the turther shore. Were It not the best to join them Ero I feel tho blood run cold?" Ero I hear it said too harshly, "Stand back from us you are old." All tho Year Hound. SYMPATHY km LOVE. Taking tea tho other evening with an old acquaintance, now professor in a New England college, tho conversa tion recalled somo of tho friends of our younger days, and ho surprised mo with this remark: "A woman's sym pathies lio nearer her heart than her love." But ho surprised mo mbro by the story ho told to prove it. "I guess it was seven years," ho said, "that our chair of astronomy remained vacant. You know Dr. Merdon? It was justly that tho world finally gavo him fame. Well, after his death, tho trustees were at a loss to fill his place. A weak man would have been insufferable there. "Do you remember his family? Charming wifo and daughter. They spent several years abroad after his death, and when they returned, not withstanding that tho widow still woro mourning, tho number of our littlo so cial events doubled. Tho daughter had a string of millionaires after her constantly. Fenmlo society, perhaps you know, was limited, and it was with a foundation of truth that the fellows grimly joked about calling on tho girls their fathers had courted be fore them. Charlotte Merdon was as fascinating a young woman as her mothor had been, so say tho old folks, and it was to her that Professor Lutz quoted from Horace, 'Oh, daughter! moro beautiful than thy beautiful mother!' when he brought down on himself the ridiculo of tho mountain day party. Yes, she could havo had the pick from a dozen rich boys, and I think she would have taken it, too, if sho hadn't discovered that her mother was trying to inllucnco her in their lavor. At tho senior party that year, Char lotte held court, as sho didoverywhero. Sho was surrounded by the rich fellow's of Charlie Elliott's set. Elliott was happy that night. Charlotto had been unusually gracious, and her mother had made her favor clearer than ever. "'Ed,' said he, turningto his chum, I tell you what will bo great sport. Bring Seymour up and formally pre sent him to Miss Merdon. It will con fnso him. Ho won't know what to do, and there will bo a douco of a scene.' "Tho chum complied, and in a mo ment ho had tho reluctant Soymour by tho arm. Tho sceno that followed must havo been all that Elliott desir ed. For a moment tho poor student stood before tho hello. It was not un like the beggar and tho princess. Her easy attitudo contrasted strangely with his painful awkwardness. Elliott had not miscalculated. Thooffectwas immediate. All eyes wero turned to ward tho couple, and a smilo went around. "Charlotto Merdon saw it, and her cheeks llamed. Sho had divined tho heartless joko. To tho surpriso of thoso about hor, sho begged Soynfbur to bo seated insisted that ho should bo seated. Then sho tried to draw him into conversation. Hut it was impossible. Embarrassment seemed to liavo driven his wits away. Only ono remark ho ventured to make. Glancing at a protrait on tho wall, ho stammered out, 'That's agoodpicturo of tho president.' Tho protrait was taken thirty years beforo, and was anything but a good likeness of tho president as ho then appeared; tho un Jortunato remark caused another smilo. Elliott was delighted. His joko was a splendid success. Poor Seymour twisted about in his chair and hung his head. His discomfiture was com plete. "Miss Merdon took adoliboratolook nt tho picture, and did not smilo. Yes' sho said 'it is called a very good likeness of him just aftor graduation. Have you seen tho president's llowers, Mr. Seymour? Lot mo show them to you.' "Rising and excusing herself, sho led A.ho young man into tho greenhouse adjoining tho parlor. " 'Tho dovil! said Elliott. 'I didn't look for anything liko that.' "Seymour, rescued in this way from tho trying ordeal, hardly knew what to do or say. He felt as if a millstono had been taken from his neck. Tho pain and tho manner of relief worked strangely on his sensitivo nature. Ho clt that ho was in great debt to his rompanion. Ho wanted to kiss tho horn of hor garment. Ho wanted to cry. Ho knew ho was feeling and act ing liko a fool. Ho felt that ho would tnako a greater fool of himself than in tho parlor. Hut somo way ho didn't wire. Ho had lost all fear of thobeau titul girl. Hor act of mercy hexl brouglit him nearer than years of acquaintance could. Ho talked rap Idly of tho llowers, for ho know of thorn. Charlotto listened, listened, wpmlering why 6ho cared to listen, lit tlo thinking that hor sympathy had brought tho awkward student nearer than ho would havo been had sho known him a Hfo-timo and had nover seen him in pain. So, whenhopointed out the observatory whero ho worked tho queerly-shaped building th.t showed its dark outlines in tho moon light, just over the campus on the hill sho wondered what it was that prompted her to beg him to take hi" there, to exact the promise that on tin very next night he would conduct het through the buildings that had been built after her father's orders. She persuaded herself that it was a desire to sco some manuscripts of her father's which Seymour told her had been left there. Perhaps it was. Notwithstanding her mother's mild remonstrance, the next evenino found her with Brent Seymour in tht telescope room of tho observatory. The roof had been let down and she was watching tho stars. "'I wonder if father often studied thorn from his room?' said she. " 'Whenever tho sky was clear.' " 'I wonder if he can see them now?' '"No, I think that through ono ol them he is looking at us.' "Far from science and astronomy, far, very far from his scholarly stand point, tho man's childish reply had taken him, but it carried him nearer to tho heart of tho girl than he dreamed. "Mrs. Merdon's disapproval of her daughter's visit to tho observatory with Seymour broadened into anger as his calls wero repeated, and repeat ed often An intimacy grew between the young people, that oven to them selves they did not undertake to ex plain. Tho girl's friendship had open ed a new world to tho hard-worked student. Had ho known moro of life, ho would have known ho was falling in love. Over tho other a secret was steal ing as steadily as comes over us the morning. A month had passed since tho senior party. Tho two sat in the telescope room. Sho seemed to be studying tho stars. " 'And do you remember,' sho was asking, 'that evening you thought through some of them father was look ing at'us?' " 'Yes.' " 'Do you supposo ho can see us now?' " 'Yes,' (in a surprised way.) " 'Then, hesitatingly, 'do you think ho is glad is glad to see us together?' " 'Won't you,' (tho voice was very husky) 'won't you answer for mo?' " 'Yes,' sho said, in a voice as clear as a harp-cord, 'I know ho is.' "Seymour wondered if his senses wero giving away. Ho hardly knew what followed, ilo meant to ask il sho did not think her father would be glad to seo them always together. Somehow the words seemed long and heavy and ho could not make tho words come. Ho had a chok ing sensation in his throat and his eyes wero blinded with tears. Ho felt just as hedidinthegreenhou.se, tho night of tho senior party. He wanted to kiss tho hem of her gar ment. Ho felt that ho was in deot to her and falling deeper in debt every moment. Ho know ho was making a fool of himself, but ho didn't care. Ho was tho happiest fool that moment in God's hapjjy world. "'You are just as much mine,' she said at last, her hands resting bn his head which somo way or other had found a placo in her lap, 'you ore justas much mino as if I had dono all tho wooing myself.' "Tho Merdon mansion had never seen such a storm as followed Char lotto's avowal of her betrothal. Her mother insisted that sho should nover consent, nover in thu world, and the girl who had always honored her wishes above everything elso was in distress. " 'But you did not marry a rich man yourself, mother; why should you want mo to?' sho urged. " 'I married a man who was great whom everybody knew; why, if you wero to marry tho man, whoever ho is, who will fill his chair, I should bo hap py forever, but this fellow,' and her indignation almost overpowering hor, sho left tho room. It was late in tho evening v.'hen Char lotte stolo ui) stairs. Passing her mother's room, sho saw tho door was partly opened. Sho knew what it meant. Women, even among them themselves, mako their reconciliations gracefully, gradually. She pushed tho door open as her mother intended she should, and wont in. Tho lady sat by her writing table; her head resting on her hand; and sho was ovidently sleep ing. A littlo pile of letters lay before her, aptcturo besido them. Tears had dropped upon the letters and tho pic ture boro tho stain of tears. Char lotto looked at tho picture closely. Tho face was familiar. Surely sho had 6een it beforo. But where? Sho could not place it among her ac quaintances, whoso face was it? A broken uncertain voico seemed to say, 'That's a picture of tho president.' Her lover's remark of tho portrait on tho wall, tho picture that her mother cried over. It was all clear, very clear, and 6ho didn't caro to read tho open letter by tho picture "'My poor, dear mother,' sho thought, as, without awakening her, glided from tho room, carrying with her tho greatest secret of her lifotimo, save ono. ' "It was after midnight when Mrs. Merdon awoke. Sho had hoped her daughter would come in. She wanted totellherthatshowas no longerangry, sho had been earned back over parts of her own lite, nnu sue wanted to ten Charlotto, that after all, sho must follow tho voico of her heart that hor own experience had taught her so. Sho was almost ready to confess to her although 6ho had married a man who was great, whom overy ono knew, she no, no, no, she coulil not tell her daughter that she could not toll her daughter thatl Very slowlv sho nut tho letters away, saying, Yes i loved him then, and, God for givo mo, I havo loved him ever since.' "At noon tho next day, a servant brought a note to tho president's study: Charlotto E. Merdon requests tho pleasuro of a fow moments private conversation. " 'I wonder what Addie Mather's daughter wants of mo,' thought tho old bachelor, as ho passed down into tho recoption room. 'How that girl brings her to mind!' ",Tn a dignified manner that even surprised herself, Charlotte began: " 'I understand that tho trustees havo given you tho power regarding the professorship which my father's death made vacant?' " 'Yes. " 'Have you made any provisions yet?' " 'No.' " 'I have a candidate to present.' "'What! you! A candidate! Who is it?' ' 'Brent Seymour.' "Charlotte's intimacy was not un known to the president, but this as tonished him: '"It is impossible,' ho said, 'I don't seo how you can think, of it.' " 'Would you not do much to bring to you one you loved?' she asked boldly- "A peculiar light camo into the grey eyes behind tho steel-bowed spectacles. "'Yes.' "How much?' "'Anything.' "'Would you givo a professorship?' "Tho peculiar light increased. It was almost ablaze. ' 'Yes.' "'Will you givo mo this. professor ship if I bring you ono you love?' "Tho grey eyes wero now fairly aflame. Sho was understood. H3 sprong to his feet. "Ago seemed to fall from him like a scale. "'Girl' what do you mean?' heshout ed. " 'That sho loved you all the time.' " Exchange. Essay on Toothache. From the Fittaburgh Chronicle. There are a great many alleged cures for tho tooth ache, such as hot poul tices, cayenne pepper, dynamite, to bacco, etc. If tho sufferer is not od dictcd to tho use of tho last-named remedy, it might givo him temporary relief that is, it will make him so hid eously sick that ho won't havo timo to think about anything else than tho troublo with which ho is grappling. Ono chew of tobacco will give such n, person about an hour's relief from toothache then look out. Porhaps tho best remedy is to sit on a dentist's door-step; sometimes look ing at his sign is all that is necessary. Still, it is best not to trust too im plicitly on this means of relief. I have known people to travel for miles in search of a dentist, and when they finally reached his door the toothache would disappear, and they could only look foolishly in the servant's face who answered tho door-bell, and say they didn't want anything that they had pulled tho wrong bell, etc. And I havo known those same people to go homo grinning all over at how they had out witted their teeth and saved fiO cents into tho bargain; but tho moment their own door was reached there came a blood-curdling, nerve harrow ing, hair-raising twingo of pain, and the accompanying shriek of agony told that tho "battlo was on onco more," and tho dentist several miles away. Then tho first performance was ro-on-acted, with tho exception that the tmflerer walked right in and sat down hi the inquisitorial chair, and had tho offending tooth removed without any more ceremony than being hauled from his seat and around tho room at the cud of a pair of forceps. It is an ex perience that once enjoyed is never forgotten; it will return at tho dead hour of midnight to threaten a man until ho is almost scared out of his boots if ho happens to havo them on at that unseemly timo. It will cast a shadow of gloom over the most soul satisfying enjoyment in tho world to think that in another hour a fellow's wisdom tooth will resumo its satur nalian orgies, and mako him regret that ho was over born. Personal Gossip. Queen Victoria woro tho Koh-i-noor diamond at Beatrice's wedding. Tho actual cost for Gen. Grant's funeral, at a moderate estimate, will bo $875,000. This for tho city of Now York alono. Tho late Colonel Fred Burnaby prided himself on his descent from Ed ward I., and when reminded that monarch was a tyrant, would say: "No doubt. But 1 would sooner bo descended from thoso who dared op press the peoplo then to belong to tho people who are cowardly enough to submit to oppression." Somewhat astonishing is tho fact that tho formerly notorious Victoria Claflin Woodhull is married in London to John Biddulph Martin, a wealthy banker, whosocousin.Georg-jBiddulph, is marriell to tho daughter of Lord Sel borne, who is connected by marriago with Lord Salisbury. Charles Neuville, a gentleman with a talent for matrimony, has just died in tho State Prison at Columbus, Ohio, to which ho was sent in Decem ber, for bigamy. His usual plan was to provide for anillegality in tho mar riage, and to plead that when arrest ed, but tho thitreenth case proved un lucky. Ho left a message to his wifo at Peterboro', Canada, declaring that sho was his only lovo, as sh was his only lawiul spouse. Tho appointment of General Mac Pherson as successor of General Rob erts in tho command of tho British army at Madras, in India.is significant. He greatly distinguished himself in tho Afghan campaign, and is ono of tho best fighting men of tho British army. Tho now British Cabinet is putting the best men at tho front in India. It is said that Mrs. Sartoris will make a short visit to .England this fall, and will then como back to this country with her children for tho pur poso of educating and bringing them up as Americans. It was tho wish of General Grant that thochildren should bo so educated. Besides this, Mrs. Sartoris is anxious to bo with her moth .r for some timo at least, and Mrs. Grant wishes to have her children about her.
