The Pittsfield Sun from Pittsfield, Massachusetts • 2

Id just like to how Id. look in the ITEMS OF Done with the penA dej Sergeant Hoff. He with his own hand slew twenty-seven Germans durng tne first six weeks of theseige. His gallantry waa rewarded bv raise lavished in his was rewarded by praise lavished The Pittsfield Sun la pabtiabad wry Wtdnaadty, by BOBACZ AH FIELD, Propriitwp S.E. NICHOLS, Publisher fKKMH-IMW Hr Aaaaaa, la aa 1 orac-a-io worth HRKT, boh fttnxbnBQt TIMELY TOPICS.

A Chinese, paper gives an aeeount of the cruel treatment to which the Coolies are who are employed ip the Dutch Islands in the Straits to clear land and plant tobacco. Every man, on his arriYal, fs tattooed on the cheek, and once and red they are neverreieasod. No letters are allowed to transmitted if one is sick no medical attendance is they are -dressed in cocoanut hark, and fJA004 house keeper had one -engaged Greta to make carpets at Place, and he had taken pains to show her over the house and grounds, and1 had nearly snatched a kiss in the shadow of the lindens. as he put her into his carriage to send her home Greta had never worked there ng-vin but perhapS-Mie was too grateful at finding a friend ft her side in such stormy weather. jpere fuse a favor from Mr.

GraftonT flUd perhaps she had forgotten his audacity. Yet in the midst of her humiliations Greta remembered, he bid's lover with a heart-throb that easier fop him ibeu lie was an Alsacianand spoke Ger man well. He said to the Minister of nearly haif die the first lu1sstOTT; but fuss howl of number of -deaths since the than for many French re in NTtenwenowioiiB regimental order of the day and in a general order of day, and the ILgion of Honor was bqstowed on him. The Minister of War told him it was very important that a dispatch should veaefc -Marshal Bazaine and offered him $4,000 to undertake the mission. It was perilous.

He staked his head on was Pmiafcion dignatjon went Sergeant IIofThad 3Ii Said that A Prussian spy and was now; a traitor The government gave the key-note to these howls to -sye Hoffs life if, lie were discovered as lie passed through the enemys lines. He safely reached Bazaine. -The war over- he was 'inndfe keeper rof Vendome Column. The keeper of the Triumphal Arch died the other day, and Sergeant Hofh to the delight of the Parisians, has been appointed to the. vacant A New York paper has an article in regard to the proposed plan of General Fremont, Governor of Arizona, to extend the Gulf of California by tapping tire northern end ami letting it run into and fill up the great -Co loradp It-seenis that the sediment carried down for ages by the great river Colorado at last collected at what was then its mouth, sufficient quantity dam off the northern arm of the Gulf of California from any connection with the ocean.

The water in this unfed resorvoir then slowly evaporated, leaving a dry basin 130 miles by thirty, and this, together with the surrounding slopes, soon became a bladeless desolation, while the river turning southward found entrance to tire gulf many miles below. Between this and waste and the present head of the gulf lies some thirty miles soft earth, just lifted above sea-level, and through this Governor Fremont proposes to cut his canal. It is a highway of commerce that is now contemplated, but originally tire main object aimed at by pouring tire desert full of water was to restore the natural harmonies which had been disturbed by the drying up of the sea. Human remains prove tliat the desert was lately fertile, and an old Spanish map is mentioned which places the boundaries of the gulf far beyond their present positions. Air.

AIcCormick, Commissioner-General from the United States to the Paris Exposition, is engaged in dispatching the diplomas and medals recently received from Paris to the fortunate exhibitors. The latter are of gold, those silver and bronze not having yet arrived. They are about two inches broad, weigh three ounces, and are worth $50. On the obverse side is the medallion of a female, the head of the republic of France, inscribed Republique Franeaise. On the reverse are the figure of fame, with the legend, Exposition Universelle International de 1878.

A youth beside the figure holds a tablet, upon whichjs engraved the name of. the exhibitor. There are 140 of these1, and with each goes a diploma. The latter are heliotypes eighteen by twenty inches. The upper sections contains an allegory Peace and Fame clasping the hand of an verselle de 1878.

Le Jury Internationale des Recompenses de cerne line Aledilje Dor, with the name of exhibitor, group, etc. There are 225 silver medals, ,200 bronze and about 200 certificates of merit, which is the lowest prize given. Mr. Hitt, secretary of the American Legation at Paris, says that the principal officers of tho French government are. very enthusiastic over the character and conduct of the American department of the Exposition.

s. ri The Mormon Creed. JS IP The diamond field TheT''' jSu nl lot kv dSSr i When a doctor ianre doesnt, lie cut a swell? Fifteen i farmhouses i Italyhave been J5 -Whats the use ot i Vith bbd 1 pre Via lio' 4e use. Of eoinv A i A 'i A joke is not so durable i beli. After it has beealJwV times it is worn out.

I The raindrops that fail I brightness' is gone are' the 5 Bky for the loss of the sun nm tbot Jtb A Sioux school on a basket hung on the ear of the nntc4 There is nothing eetrwige-two-fridit Jj! and may gome day be Sel I an O. 1 The annual importation of in the United States form 000JTOI, amounting in value to Pf vwOjvOO Baltimore papers but very general revival that eity. which is krirelv the labors of Mr. Moodyf 7 Two Italian journalists fboria.f with pistols, near Naples, andeS twenty-eight shots at a distanS? paces without doing any 127 normal schools UaJ ihk trta and Hungary; 115 7. Uahrjiii Russia 31 in jfth -ea imp bora 41 in England; 33 in Spain; 86 in France, Switzerland.

You may speak of chills and fere damp air, and the great danger oftalv cold, but it never has the least ft Vumf nn a. I the couple who are bent on enioTiw I 'm evening ramble. A Hindoo has reduced laziness to tfe t. He says It is better to wal a art. He says It is better to wai'tw broo to run, better to stand than to walk ter to sit than to stand, and betterto! down than to sit.

i pric In figging a cellar at' St. the workmen unearthed tod chalice and salver of fine worfanahr 1 and they are thought to be part of a. mumon service taken from Father Hr-li i nepin in 1680. jj Small boy (entering shop) I a pennyworth of canary seed." SwM rwj keeper (why knows the boy) it I j. your mother? Small boy (contempt! mn ously) No! its for the bird." con The Chinese have a curious mode 7 punishment not unlike the old-fashkm practice ot placing criminals tb: stoc ks.

hey Listen a heavy yoke aboc a convicts neck and make him wear flight and day, and parade him about tl Bublie squares and streets of the city bf ie' police. 1 SayS the Jowa City Prtsfi The vation of wolves is profitable. dont catch a scalp-hunter killing an fo wolf. lie makes the acquaiitance that that old one, finds its burrow, and ia spring, when it has a litter of twin whelps, kills ten of tjiem, and lares ii seed. capable of good wmiussuvnu.j Vefyk Pasna, who has in two 'drained some thousasds sOC'aere swamp in tho beautiful ki lie is now employing a vast ber of the unfortunate Mussulman fugres in planting and sowing this lank the once noted eb the Paul Morphy, playyr, in his insanity inyigiGS-iiimrj a great lawyer with an abundance! clients.

'The great -ease that sfcjorj neuly his whole attention is na one against parties who had fh--' of an estate left him by his father, utterly repudiates chess, and denhsev; Tia file im file dot of it sl cot on dre 1 pai fm iar io 4 Jj 4 thi nu They piake quick work in, for fires in Uucago. The ben the floor directly ova thea ''-beds arranged in a circle about tw doors opening directly ov4r UK When aa alarm is struck, the sra rent, that strikes the alarm ut covers from the beds, opens uk, and lowers three stairways i to the drivers seat and theotq The inf ca of tn (X of Er the body of the vehicle. Tht ble down the stair wavs Alean while the cu places. into place, are hitched, the dnv the reins, and the wagon star. the moment the gong t.9 the wagon is under uLji and one-half seconds are A plan by which doling persom ing the neighborhood of or any wliers for Gist mat of la te bi or any wikts n.s the mulberry tree Will iant wort.

ve i mo acceptance. There is a nr 5C a arketfc-' jK.v:cjHAiiv;r. g-AivnS11 cocoons at about seventy-m pound, and the Ogg of py be procured without troun near to a stove, the worms aPl the eggs in a few days, snu to feed. The worms are hardy, Oj pure air, and must be warm. Cocoons raised nw town were sliipied to I irert Ac.

ft is was reported that they in quality, and reeled off The children can do most oi wliicli lasts about six weeks June. The care and tnmfflinf trees should be attended to but the little ones CHIV Tb leaves and feed the worm- berry tree growswapidly. immediately the leaves apP" A blue-satin parlor. i And 11" this me Greta had not even consented. ia true? wealtbr and comfort were alluring; he had told herself that Providence Would provide; 'and how coaid she know bat this was the very provision road for her? Jt be delightful, no-doubt, to enjoy snob U.

establishment as Grafton Place, i Only let her say Yes, and she might wear her velvets and laces with any lady in the; lrive her aati i eft car- ring cyan df liuve servants lmdtfri ler arid, all hat heart juld wAU? all but- self-approval, love and Stephen Sotherne. Still, let answer and Stephen and love still be lacking, and hardship, want pad public disapproval bes superseded. The miserable little thief! thought the exasperated Airs. Stoughton She, has played her cards to perfectiofi cozening that old fellow' into marrying her- No doubt hell rue the day, and serve him right. 1 In the meantime, as Greta had not given, him a refusal.

Air. Grafton chose to consider himself accepted. lie consulted' her about the wedding journey, about the new servants to be engaged, as if the marriage was a matter of course. She acquiesced in his-suggestions, but she had no choice to make she was drifting with the stream, not rowing hard against it; she was making believe that she could love him by-ana-bye his at-' tention; his consideration for one so fbr-lom, his generosity, touched her; that was all. One day Mrs.

Stoughtons husband returned home. It would seem as if no event could have less effect upon Gretas fortunes. She watched him walking by, and wondered if Airs. Stoughton was. glad to see him.

Any news In Hampton? he asked, at his dinner table. News enough. Air. Grafton is going to be married, returned his wife. That reminds me must see Grafton directly.

AlarrifM, eh? Well, hes old enough. Whos the bride elect? That little hussy, Greta Loring. Softly, softly, my dear it sounds envious. I envious of that little thief! Thief What has Greta stolen old Graftons heart? Nobody knew he had one before. Perhaps she has only developed a latent organ in him.

Oh, Herbert, I am so sorry to tell you I never could make up my mind to write it; but she was at work here Greta Loring by-the-way, I havent paid her yet and aad my diamond ring was in the same room, and its there yet, only the diamonds gone. Nobody else had been in the hpuse. What could I think? Of course she stole it, though she brazens it out as she does. Air. Stoughton turned ash-color, laid down his fork, and stared at his wife.

And you accused her of stealing the liamond I wrote to her very kindly and considerately. She replied in a high and mighty tone, which was simply insulting. I put the ease -into Air. Graftons hands. Into Graftons hands! Well, and what did lie say about it? Say! Why, hes going to marry her!" Looks as if youd win your case, laughed Mr.

Stoughton, uneasily. And so Greta is going to marry the old fox. -fekl ALv dear, I loss. He took up his haf-and went out grimly. He had a very disagreeable duty to and he wanted it over with it had spoiled his dinner, and that was enough.

He knocked at Gretas door. The diamond again, she thought. After all, he cogitated, why not et well enough alone? Perhaps she oves the fellow. Greta bore herself like one with good news: a tender color trembled on her cheek, a sort of suppressed joy shone In ier eyes. An open letter lay before her, and Air.

Grafton sat in her easy-chair. Airs. Stoughton, watching from her window, wondered what under the sun Herbert could have to say that would take so long, and hoped he was giving Greta a piece of his mind, but grew air the more bewildered when he and Air. Grafton came out together and separated without a word. I guess her cake is dough, she conjectured.

When Greta was left once more alone, she turned to her open letter, written in a strange hand What does it mean, my dearest Greta? it began. I sometimes think Im not quite sane yet, and its all a fiction of my disturbed brain. Hero I was, just picking up from a fever, in a str ange city, when I received all nry old letters and keepsakes from my sweetheart, and not a word of explanation. It was like a bombshell. I was out of my head for month afterward, and small wonder.

Greta, I love you love you; so much love was never meant to be wasted. Tiie hospital nurse kindly writes this for me, since I can only swear that I am still, and ever will be, your devoted lover, Stephen Sothekne. Air. Stoughton looked very sober when he sat down to his tea table that night. Im dying to know wliat Miss Greta had to say tor herself, remarked his wife.

The stronger vessel smiled. Your tea, my dear, resembles the church Laodicea it is neither hot nor cold. It waited for you long enough to cool. I wonder you didnt see that you were tie Irop at Auss Lorings. I tiiink maybe Grafton found me de trop.

In the mean time, my love, I am happy to restore your diamond, and he passed a tiny box across the tabic. Then she has confessed! sparkled Airs. Stoughton. You jump at conclusions. Women are fond of such gymnastic exercises, hear.

No; the confession comes from your humble servant. I am the culprit, Mrs. Stoughton. It was I who, wanting some ready money for business purposes, abstracted the diamond from your ring, and pawned it to Air. Grafton, lie advanced a considerable sum upon it, ant I never meant you should know it till I had redeemed it perhaps not then After all, perfect confidence is the only safe thing between you and me, I find.

Now we must go and beg Gretas par don. And Air. Grafton The blue satin parlor is a mistake as wellas the boudoir; he will remain bachelor. How how does he explain him self? Alls fair in love and war, even forgery, is his creed. Then Greta will return to her 1 Not if Stephen Sotheme can help it.

Harper's Bazar, Breeches- shrink. 01 contract Those that The Album, My photograph album Certainly, can look, ft iyou iny der; To me it ia jjuat like a graveyard. Thong ET go through it once a ear. Any hew tacee No, No I topped eolleedng some yeamjt And yet, Jeannette, look well at the book Itia lull of hiatoriea atrange; The laces are )ut an index, dear, atoriea ol pitiful change .1 Drama and poem aad tragedy, Which 1 alone have the power to pe. Ah! I thought you would pause at that face; 8he waa lair ae a poeta lay, The aweetest rose of her English home, -Yet she perished far, tar away: In the black massacre at Cawnpore She suffered and died we know no more.

And that Ah, yet, tie a noble head! Soul aits on the clear, lotty browj She waa my friend in the days gone by, And ahe is my now Mistake, wroagt and sorrowi eln! One of liie's tragedies 1 let it pane. This lace He waa my lover, Jeannette; And perchance he remembers to-day The passionate wrong that wrecked us both When he sailed in his anger away. Heart-sick and hopeless through weary years. At length I forgot him despite these tears. That handsome fellow He loved me too; And he vowed he would die, my dear.

When I told him No tia long ago: He married the very next year. That one I liked a little, but he Cared much for my gold, nothing for me. Brides and bridegrooms together, dear, And most ol them parted to-day Some famous men that are quite forgot, Some beauties faded aild gray. Close the book, for tia just as I said-Full of pale ghosts from a life thats dead. Harper Weekly.

Mrs. Stoughtons Diamond. Greta had seen her household gods fall about her before she was able to put pride into her pocket, where there was plenty of room, and turn hand to the only work she understood. It was some five years since she had begun to go out bv the day to make and mend carpets, old and new, for the housekeepers of Hampton. She had plenty of employment now, some money in the bank, and a lover.

Site looked forward to the time, not so far off, when she should begin upon her own carpets, when the noney in the bank would be drawn out to buy the parlor set and the household pictures and knickknackerv perhaps, the wedding gown and bridecake. She had been working for Mrs. Stoughton for several days, when her troubles began, and had gone home, quite tired out with the conflict over that ladys cJimVT carpet, seen Its oest days. She had been obliged to rip and match figures and insert patches to deceive the very elect, and at the end Airs. Stoughton had told her she would settle the bill when she heard from her husband, who had gone away on business, and taken the key of the money drawer with him by mistake.

Greta shrewdly suspected that the drawer was os empty as a drum, but made no demur, She would oblige a neighbor, and never remember it. The following day she was engaged at Dr. Cardamons, when she heard Fred rush in from school, and shout I say, ma, supper ready? Give a hunk of gingerbread, anyhow Wheres Greta Luring? I want to ask her if shes Btole Miss Stoughtons diamond out of her ring! Jack Stoughton 8s his mothers going to haul Greta over the coals. I dont believe a word of it, and I want to ask her Ilnsh, Fred, hush I said Airs. Stoughton.

What do you mean? Dont ask Greta any such silly question. Well, I dont want Jack Stoughton saying things, and Ill just thrash him for it. Diamonds laughed Grpta to herself. Who would suspect Airs. Stoughton of one? Then she suddenly remembered having picked a ring off the floor of the chamber where she was sewing at Airs.

Stoughtons a gold ring in which a stone or good size had no doubt once sparkled, and she had dropped it on the mantel, and thought no more alout It. as that cavity going to bear false witness against i her? What nonsense But that pveuing. when she returned to lier lodgings, she found a note awaiting hPr, which read: If Aliss Loring can give Stoughton any information about the diamond missing from a ring left; in the chamber where Aliss Loring was at work, it will be gratefully received, and no mortifying disclosures made. I'oor Greta slept little that night. How could any one suspect her of such a dreadftil thing Where could the diamond have gone? How could she de- fend herself except by her word Ought she not to have been above suspicion, ike Ciesai-s wife? What had she done to deserve it? In an angry, moment she returned this miriudged reply: Airs.

Stoughton is at liberty to make whatever mortifying disclosures she may choose, but she must excuse Aliss Loying from rendering account of a diamond or whose existence she was ignorant. This naturally exasperated Airs. Stough ton, who flattered herself that she had transacted the affair with great delicacy and decorum. She had expected to bring Alias looting to her feet, witli contrite tears and confessions, and' here was absolute defiance Did such a hussy deserve consideration at her hands? And if Alls. Stoughton was more or loss afraid to-say her soul was her own before that impecunious other half of herself, how much more was she afraid to say that her diamond was no longer hers! Accordingly she made haste to put the matter into the hands of the law and the mouths of the Hampton gossips.

Doubtless Ireta would, been lodged in jail at this time had not Air. Gpifton secretly esi kuis-. cd her cause, while lie undertook the rase Mrs. Stoughton had intrusted to him. Grafton was a wealthy bachelor, somewhat gray, and a good deal bald he had smiloU upon Greta more than once, without receiving any answering smile; perhaps he thought now that everything arrivre to him wlio can afford to wait hat this was his opportunity.

JIi Hofein and the total trade began is more than 10,000. rigorous- watch- is kept upon them that jio one has ever been known to escape. The grave can have no terrors for an eccentric individual out in Illinois. He scoffs at the comforts of a patent spring mattress, -with the accompanying pillows, bolsters, sheets and snowy coverlids, -and eyen deems tlie Indian luxury of. a blanket and a fire effeminate and unworthy of man.

In his back yard there is a shallow trench, in which he lays himself- each night at bedtime, and a faithful man servant shovels earth over him till nothing but head is left uncovered. He has na fear of fire or burglars, but sleeps serene and happy in his couch of earth. If he should wake up and find himself dead some morning, he would be both dead and buried. It is hardly necessary to say that he is not a married man. The recent marriages of several wealthy girls to coachmen and others out of their set, leads the Philadelphia Times to remark that New York fathers with good-looking daughters are instituting a reform in the matter of employing and using coachmen.

Information from the intelligence offices is to the effect that deeply-colored, ugly and aged drivers are in great demand, and their services command a better price than those of young and better appearing men. When the employment of the latter kind has been found unavoidable, the most thorough inquires are made into their social habits and possible latent qualities. The absolute determination of so many young women to marry somebody, little regarding whom, has set matrimony forth in, new shapes and made the position of a father a hard one to bear, as a general thing. It has been stated that desperadoes in the West have been known to kill men in order to test the Quality of a new weapon This became known through confessions made at the gallows. Recklessness in the use of allfhearms is the characteristic of most outlaws, who nevertheless understand theirweapon perfectly.

A sheriff of one of the counties in New Alexico was killed not long ago. The desperado who did the killing owned a beautiful revolver. lie wa mortally wounded, but was standing on his knees facing the sheriff. The latter bade him turn the weapon around and hand the breach to him. The wounded ruffian did so, holding On to the tip of the barrel.

As the sheriff bent over to receive the pistol, the wounded man, with the rapidity ol lightning, threw it back, seized the handle and pulled the trigger on the sheriff, whose heart was pierced by the ball. WHS a week toward the support of his six children in the workhouse. Ilis wife is i an insane asylum. He said that about a fortnight after the children entered the workhouse he was laid up ten weeks through an accident. When he got better the frost set in, and he could obtain no work for thirteen weeks.

Through lis long illness he got into debt but he iad paid the guardians as much as he could-. An entry in the police 1 00k showed that Aloran was carried to the infirmary on a stretcher in September. Notwithstanding this, the magistrate sentenced the defendant to a months lard labor. The defendant burst out crying, exclaiming, For Gods sake, gentlemen, give me a chance! I was never in prison; if you send me. Ill lose my work; if you give me time Ill pay all.

He was, however, removed below, still appealing bitterly for mercy. The London Times lias sensibility enough to call this a hard case. If any one should be required to express in brief terms the immediate motive of Peru in causing the tliree-sided war between Chili on the one hand and Peru and Bolivia on the other, it might be done very fairly in this way the imme diate cause of the war is the effort of Peru to get up a comer in fertilizers, guano and nitrate of soda. Behind this, as a contributory cause, was the great earthquake wave a year or so ago, which swept destruction along the- coast of Peru, crippling her fertilizer works and shipping depots. Further back is Perus heavy public debt, mostly due to Eng-hvnd, which debt and interest is secured 1 her guano and other trade in fertilizers, which trade and her ability to pay her obligations on her bonds were embarrassed by her losses and ly competition springing up among Chilians domiciled on Bolivian territory, and by Chilians on their own territory, in which nitrate and guano beds are now bein worked.

And beyond all this are the treaties and other relics of an old dispute between Chili and Bolivia about a piece of sea-coast territory lying between tire two countries. Occasionally the newspapers contain accounts of the exhumation of bodies that give what is called unmistakable evidence of having been buried alive. Speaking of this matter, a city paper opposes the belief which prevails in the minds of many that persons are frequently buried while the spark of life has not yet left the body. It says that while such things have happened, add may Btill happen, they are ol the rarest occurrence. Winslow, the celebrated anatomist, is said to have had two narrow escapes from burial alive, and to have published in consequence a treatise on the signs of death.

Bou-chut, Alicliel Levy and other physicians have also expressed their views on the subject; but all testimony procurable establishes the fact tliat burial alive hardly ever takes place in these times. In corroboration of this, many German cities have in their cemeteries mortuary houses, in which the dead are kept some days before final interment, the bell-pull being so arranged that the slightest motion of the body would sound an -alarm. So far these precautions have been superfluous. In lndre than forty years notone supposed corpse Inis proved to be any thing else. During the seige of Paris there nobody more popular, and afterward there was nobody more unpopular than tqcflme.

to. her rescue ifrhe chose to call, him that she should not be dependent upon. Mr. Grafton's tender mercies after Stephen Sotheme had been notified of her strait" the, same time, she felt disinclined to break the bad neiys to him till after all was ovr. For how could it be possible for an innocent 'person to suffer? But Greta was not a little stunned one morning on receiving a letter in the handwriting of her love, which ran, in this wise Mr Dear Greta It is some time since I had the pleasure of hearing from you, and it has occurred to me to ask if time and distance were not weakening our hold each other; to wonder how long you would continue to love a man whom you saw only once or Jwice a year, since it seems to me that owing -to the bad times-our marriage is as indefinitely postponed as flie millennium.

Now, my dear girl, I do not wish to tand in. your, light if you were not engaged to me, some more eligible partner would fseek you; I feel certain. More-oyer my health is precarious, and the doctors nave advised me to try the airof California. It is a prescription more nauseous than drugs, since I must leave ou behind me; but I could not, in onor, carry your promise with me for an indefinite space of time for my own selfish satisfaction merely. At the same time, believe me, it is no easy thing for me to say adieu to the dearest girl in the world.

Sincerely, Stephen Sotiierxe. To say that Greta was surprised would be the same as if we should call an earthquake unpleasant. She was thunder-struck, overwhelmed, with just enough spirit left to Air. Soth-ernes letters and presents by the next mail without a word. He has heard all about the diamond, and believes it, she thought.

It would be a comfortable arrangement if one could cease to love the instant a lover proves unworthy, but hearts are not fashioned after that manner. When every thought and motive of ones life is woven up with those of another, one cannot unravel the tangled web all at once. Another such shock will send me to the insane asylum, sighed Greta. But there was another yet in store for her. Mr.

Grafton had taken to dropping 'in upon her after her days work. One evening he said: Aliss Greta, what if you should be found guilty of this this If they should find me guilty How can they find an innocent person guilty? If I took the diamond, where is it? Mr. Grafton smiled indulgently. Ieople have been imprisoned, branded, exiled, hanged, and quartered for sins they never committed. If you were guilty, you would be more likely to escape; you would have laid your plans.

'Greta gave an involuntary sob; tears shone Eer eyes And tb. no one to help me, she gasped, I ng aloud, rather than speaking to Yes, yes, there is some one ready to iclp you, Greta, said that gentleman; I will help vou, if you will only give me the right, he petitioned. You, Air. Grafton? Whatriglitcan give you? I dont understand. If you were my promised wife Ah my dear Aliss Greta, dont turn away your head disdainfully; hear me out.

Mr. Stoughton is under some obligation tome; if you were my promised wife, I could write him. There would be no more said about the missing diamond; it would be accounted for in 6ome natural manner, ou would be no longer suspected, No one could suspect the woman whom Thomas Grafton delighted to honor. You you are very kind. I thank you but I do not love you.

Air. Grafton. I dont ask you to love me. Of course you dont; the idea has never, perhaps, entered your head before. only beg that you will marry me.

Love will come sooner or later, as I deserve it at your hands. And, my dear Greta, what better can you do? Who will give you employment, with this blight upon you? How will you earn your daily bread? I dont know, returned Greta; how shall indeed? But, all the same, it would be contemptible to reward your unselfishness by merely marrying you for a home. Onlyagree to marry me, and I will not quarrel with the; motives, he implored. What could Greta do? Her lover had deserted her; her good name was tarnished. Withoutliome, friends or work, was it not the height of folly to refuse such a way of escape And yet, how could she love him But might not one survive the luxury of loving? Come wealth, ease and position; vanish all illusions that make life sweet.

She begged a fortnight for consideration up to her advan- Bometbinghiight turn u. tage the diamond, for instance. But the fortnight'passed, fortnights will nothing happened, except that Air, Grafton, feeling confidence in the woman who hesitates, refurnished his parlor in blue satin and pale gold, fitted up an apartment for his wifes boudoir like a suburb of fairy land, bespoke the parson, the ring and the caterer. Do tell said one gossip to another Greta Lorings going to step into clover, nnrl nm miafftlrft and no mistake. 1 Its a nowerful change for her.

hear Air. Graftons always had a hankering for her. lie told Air. Jobson any man could marry any woman he set his heart upon, if hed only work hare, enough and wait like. a spider in his web.1 I guess he eh? I dunno; there was that Sotheme who was sweet on her.

I reckon that's blown over only young mans pastime. Im surprised at Tom Grafton, though, with all his airs and frills, with liia family tree and his coat of arms, and his ancestors and his money; llow does he et over that little aflair of Airs. Stougritons diamond? I spose lie expects folks to visit his wife and ask no questions, once shes Grafton. Law! its the way of the world: pretty face makes a man forget trespasses and get rid of his judgment. Its no Use quarreling with such things at our age Greta 11 make a fine lady, and I mean to at Grafton Place directly I pay my respects at1 1 1 ia juft crazy to see the new fixings.

The Alormons, it seems to me, have no religion. They, however, have a creed and believe in it. They have a system of theology, too, but such a conglomerate affair is it that it defies description. It is worthy of mention only as. a curiosity.

It teaches primarily that there are many gods, and that eminent saints become gods in heaven. They rise one above another in power and glory to infinity. Joseph is now the god of this generation. Above him is Jesus of Nazareth, whose su- Serior god is Adam. Above Adam is ehovali, and above Jehovah is Elohim.

These all have many wives nnd they all rule over their descendants, who are constantly increasing in number and dominion. The glory of a saint when he becomes a god depends in some degree upon the number of wives and children which he has. Hence it is that is taught and enforced as' a i ves are sealed to saints here on earth to increase their dominion in heaven. The gods are in.tlje form ofo men, and are the fathers of the souls off men in this world. The ten tho e-rief bf the Russian Student-ments are the rule of life, together wfthtffinteJ A a revelation given to Joseph Smith in lniying known it One of the new industries of Gernu reported by Dr.

Stutzer to be nos a flourishing condition, is the msr facture of artificial clover seed. Foments of gravel are sifted until of a suitable size arc obtained, and substitute for the seed is then shakes with some coloring substance rati nmblrna Hip llpci rill blip. An OrdlB suffix acquires the desired- hue. Iioeket-microseope is Quite lowever, to expose the cheat. In the government of Cberson, in the bed of a river, a peasant found egg of unusual size.

It is equal 1 to hens eggs, whearus the ostrich tsf equal to only It yellowish color, and being found benci the clay and gypsum layers, is suppe to belong tQ the tertiary foniation. purchaser of this egg offered it to imperial Academy of' SeK-iees, Petersburg, for 10,000 roubles. academy fasled to buy it, onac Lack of means, but asked pcrmissw take a mold from British Seam has now bought union natural syicnCe, 1863. This revelation is called A Wore! of Wisdom, and is- regarded simply as counsel not as kiw. According to the Mormon creed infant sprinkling is condemned.

At eight years of ae children are immersed. Baptism for the dead is practiced, a living person being baptized for one or more dead persons. Some of the great men of rtb nation and of the world are by prtixy members of the church of Latter-Day Saints, as Washington, Franklin, eto There have been many dispensations of religious truth, but the greatest of all is that made through the Prophet Joseph. This dispensation will culminate in the settlement of the saints in Jackson county, Alissouri, whence they were expelled. Here will all the saints be gathered in due time, and all others be cut off.

All preaching, so far as doctrine is concerned, is ringing a change on these points. The people know their articles of faith by heart and are not allowed to forget them. Neither can a Gentile, though a fool, fail to learn what the saints believe. It is an eclectic theology that they hold, made up of contributions from every creed. It is a compound of Christianity, philosophy and mythology in about equal parts.

The form of church government is that of the Methodist Church, although the leaders were originally CongregationaHsts in the matter of church order and Baptists by profession. This conglomerate theology is diametrically opposed to the doctrines of the Bible, (I) being purely materialistic, (2) in teaching the eternity of matter, (3) in declaring the pre-existence and transmission of souls, (4) in preaching a plu-rahty of gods, and (5) in advocating the doctrine of a plurality of wives or celestial marriage. urnlay Afternoon..