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Because he sells only for cash, takes no risks and lias no book accounts. .EF^ry ; instru ment is fully warranted for six years as strictly first class, and are pent on irom 5 to 15 days' test trial, monsy] refundrd and freight psiid both ways by him if th<-y ;ire usatis- factory^ Send for Illustrated Al>- vehtiseii (Catalogue Edition) and ion, and is prepared "to provide!ead testimonials from his patrons, some oLsvhom you may know. Ad- j dress ANIBL F/BEATTY, Wash ington,, efew Jersey.' . JOB P1UNTING of allkinds neatly itid. promptly executed nt th FREE PRESS OFFICE, Next the Pott Office 51111 Street. Two gentlenien sat nt tliu little round table in the ci/e of the St. Dennis Hotel, discussing tho five o'clock dinner. . At tin adj'iicent tabic, half hid den behind a newspaper, sat an other^ gentleman; waitiiig foi'-his order to be delivered. ' So Glenhnm has been caught at lust! You've heard of his en gagement, of course]" The oentletnuii addressed laid down his knife, in the very act. of carving" a slice of roust duck.. .' Glenham to be married ! Mark, where did'you hear eucli astound ing .news 1 Xonsense ; it can't be true ! Lrltnt/iiiiii .' Why . he must be ' Forty-four I happen to know. Well, he certainly- is engaged to be married in "a very short time, to Miss 'Baldwin.' ' Miss Baldwin ? Miss Lilian Baldwin? O-h !' and tho tone of voice said up plainly as words 'gould have said : ' Well, if that is" the case, iilon't. wonder. ,Mis3' Bald win is young, pretty, and a. society belle, and it ha3 always been un derstood that 6he wua to murry uiouey, and Glenham has any quantity pf it.' ' j ' Yes, she is tho lucky girl who has securel the greatest match of tho day. Of course it is his money that has done it only, with his well known horror of being mar ried for it, it is .decidedly very much to the fair young angel's credit.' ' It's all very very well, but you see I a.m .not bo sure of it. I tell you Glenham hitSL't -..'-the girl's heart; for I know to ; a certainty she was engaged to Harry Marion, and nearly killed her when her people broke it off on account of his impecuniosity. I shan't believe Glenham|s marriage to Miss B- until I read it in the papers.' Then these two noble specimens of the sex that never ia guilty of "weakness of gossiping went out, and Mr. John Glenham took his absorbingly interesting newspaper from before his face, behind : which he Bad heard every syllable. Was it true ? Had' these gentle men spoken the truth? Was his little Lily only? accepting him be cause he had so much money where with to deck her out like aJprincess? His dainty, affectionate /little be- throthed, who had .so often clung so lovingly to his arm, arid looked in his foce with her sweet, punp eye's was it possible tha':t she had simulated the tender, modest love she had shown, while her heart really was with Harry Marion 1 .' Sir; Glenham remembered young Marion well a fine-looking, dash ing jfellow, over whom girls and women had a way of going into ecstasies a gallant, lazy, good- natured fellow, who had made love violently to pretty Lily Baldwin, and who, rumor declared, had been engaged to"*him, and the engage ment had been broken on account of Marion's general shiftlessness. Mr. Glenham thought of all this, as he ate his dinner with less keen relish than usual and the more ho thought tho more uncom fortable he became. Ho knew ho was, as his noblo friend Lad said, on tho shady side of forty ' pretty old for my little ei"hteen-year Lily,' he had often thought, with a pang ; but ho did not take into consideration tho fact that he was the fine, manly, self- possessed, cultivated gentleman, or that his grave intelligently-hand some face, with bis luxurious whiskers of dark brown, and the heavy moustache, and the thick, cuvling-Mr,.sprinkled with gray, was far moro attractivo to most womon than! Harry Marion's ofiominato blonde boauty. ' ' . . : Mr. Glenham'a was a warmly affectionate nature, which., had nover- gone out to any woman but Lily Baldwin ; but all his /life ho had suffered a horror of being mar ried for his money. ' : -- ' I boliovo Lily lovoa me. I won't boliovo sho is so false ib those tonguoy, jealous follows would ma'ko out. Th'ore lis no roason why I Bhould fret myself into a Btato of misery until f havu some foundation, at least.' And ho bravely strove, to put tho horrid suspicion out of his mind, and went on with his dessert as if ho had risen superior to tho disturbances that annoy ordinary mortals. ; -' _ -"" But after he had.got into hii carriage, and was being driven slowly up Broadway, the thoughts camo back again with redoubled forco. " If sho doesn't.love me ! I won der whether I could be mistaken in thinking she could 1 How could she act and look ris sho does if she were playing a game ? My precious little girl ! Am I wronging you and . punishing myself by such thoughts 1 Or is it one of those subtile instincts of warning 1 If I thought her people had forced her into this, I'd release her now, for her own Bweet sako oven if it- kill ed me ! Ought; I to speak to her about it V j Tho self put question was still unanswered when Mr. Glenham jumped out of liia carriago at tho bank. " - . Ho went in, and was told by some one of whom he enquired that tho president of the bank, Mr. Delarclier, whom he wished to seo was specially engaged at the mo ment, but would see him very shortly. Would he be Beated a moment 1 Ho would inform him instantly of Mr. Delarcher's leisure, etc. So Mr. Glenham took off his hat, and picked up a last edition of tho Xrw*, and prepared himself to be patient, when all at once he heard something from the other side of the wnlnht and plate-glass parti tion that: divided off Mr. D.duir- cher's private oilice that made him wonder if Fate was in league with him that day, since it was the second time ho had heard his own name discussed. Only besides the wopder he felt was! another sensation of dismay,- and pain, and heart sickness for tho cruel words he heard were spoken in Lily Baldwin's sweet contralto vOice. , . ' But I am very much in earnest, Mr. Delarchor.- I am determined to back out of tho engagement somehow, and T came to you to help mq.' ' " ' Baok out of tho som'.how!" Ah, how it cut and thiust him, that sword speech from the lips of his darling ! Then his worst fears had their solid foundation, and John Glen- ham's hand trembled so he could control his hold of the And Mr. Glenham comprehend ed them both iu thb cold bow he gave them. ' I bavo boon waiting outside several minutes, and from, what I have heard, I took the liberty of forcing myself upon you, as 1 bo liovo 1 am equally interested in the matter under discussion;' His. words wore crisp, curt and emphatic. - ' Certainly you are interested. Sit down. Mr, Glenham.' 'Thank you, no ! I believe I bavo simply to say thot thero will 'Uo'not tbo least diflicilty in tho way of Miss Baldwin's backing out ofjlier engagement to me. Accept your freedom, Miss Baldwin,, and my endorsement of you- admirable tact in securing your dd lovo, Mr. Henry Marion." .. Ho was. stern, and cold, and sarcartic. Lily listenbd bewilder ed, and looked at him with wide open eyes of astonishment.- 'I don'tJrnow what you mean, John ! You release me from my engagement with youTl What do you mean ? "What hiye I done V Glenham smiled bitterly. i ' What have you done ? "What have I done? you haq better ask, that you deliberately- tell this gentleman friend and "adviser tbat you want to back out] of your en gagement. Did I not hear Mr. Delarclier admit it was Mr. Mar ion you were to bo good to Y Lily turned to Mr. Delarclier, piteous, quivers on . her lovely mouth. . . ' I don't understund what be means. Did I say any Buch horrid thing as that V L And the grave, portly, self-im portant bank president, laughed till he shook. 1 ' Such a mistake such a natural mistake ! Bless my soul, Mr. Glen ham, this young lady and I wero discussing a business affair ! She has agreed to buy a suit of pearls for her wedding,' at j Stone <t Sparkle's and desires to back out of her engagement to take them, on account of Mr. Marion's (that young scamp, Harry's) father knowing of a better bargain for her, and which will put. a stiff commission in hia pocket. Break the engagement ? That's rich !' Mr. Glenham listened with mingled bewilderment, relief and delight on his face. 'Lily, is that truo? You had no "idea of throwing me oyer ?' ' Oh, John, you dear, foolish old darling ! If you only, knew how I He Didn't Treat. engagement The miser is, perhaps, the moat incorrigible of men. ; . " . Piggledy is a young* man of means about- town, always ready to accept tho invitation of friends to an oyster, glass, or a cigar, bnt who has never, in a solitary instance, buen known to return the compli ment. One day, as'he was standing on the1 sidewalk, in front of a fashion able St. James street restaurant, three of his codirades spied him from ufar, and Laws, the was? of the party, said : ] 'There's Piggledy. Let's make him treat.' ' ' Impossible!' exclaimed the other two. ' I'll bet you I succeed.' ' Done.' Piggledy was accosted, the usual salutations were exchanged, and the four entered the guilded saloon. The first treated to a Malqecque. The second, to a toothful of Amontillado. '" , The third, to a Golden Eagle. Piggledy enjoyed all these, but still made no sign. Laws was sharply eyed by his companions, who were inwardly chuckling over the winnig of the wager. He saw his straits, and re solved on a coup d'etaf. ' Piggledy,' said he abruptly, ' do you know that I had a very curious dream last night ?' ' Indeed V .'And all about you.' ' Ah !' - ' Yes. I dreamed that I had died and had gone down to the wrong place.' When Satan saw me at the gate, he expressed sur prise and even pity, saying that he didn't believe that I was so bad as all tbat. ; I replied, of course, that the thing couldn't be helped, and put on such an air of ,resignation as I could, which, so moved the old fellow that, after mumbling a while, he:suddenly said : ' Laws, I'll tell yon what I'll do. I'll give you a chance. If you can mention threevthings, one of which I can't perform, I'll let} you off. Now reflect.' ' * I knew it was an almost hope less undertaking, but as there is nothing like trying, I returned thanks to. my benefactor and began to reflect. At last I said : 'I see a wall over yonder, five million feet high ani as many feet thick. You can't knock it. down.' Satan quietly raised hia nhoof, A Colored Skeptic. When schools wire established in the Sauth for the '.education of the^ftegro, they were eagerly pat ronized by the colored folks of all ages. Coy maidens of 30, and bashful lads equally old, gayly. trudged to-school with diminutive primets in their hands, while trbe small fry swarmed in the school houses, and wore enthusiastic on the education question. Of Pete, the subject of our. anecdote^ it might be truly written that " ne'er did pencil trace a whiter eye' or blacker face." His former master, Dr. H--------r , had taken great pains with him instructing him daily in reading and writings In the fall, Pete was to go to school, and anxiously looked forward to it. This was. in, 1869, when the sun was in total eclipse in August. There were all sorts of rumors among the colored people about calamities which would happen1 at i the time of. this phenomenon.! A- few days before it occurred, | the following conversation took place between Pete and a friend : j " Pete, did yquknow there j was gwine to be a 'clipse ob de! sun next week." ' Yes," said Pete, " I heard de folks talkin"bout it." j -N Pete, I hear dat awful things is gwine to happen when it comes. i i Dey say dat de-worl'Vis gwine to" ercept,them I " .' No; you see we didn t know it, Or else we'd intercepted'them within an inch o' their lives.' < Samcntby's Elopement. 'Yes,'said the old lady, as she wiped, her eyes and proceeded to tell of theelbpement of herdaughter, ' yes, Mrs. Slobs, you may say it ar' a dreadful stroke. I ain't had such a shock since that iast'.spell o'.rheumafciz. To think! that a darter o' mine would: do such a dis graceful act after oil the-care an' affection me an' her father ravished upon hex, from ier infancy tip. I couldn't bear up under the affliction, nohow.' V ' > ' Did you not have some sus picion that they^were contemplat ing such a move V -asked the neigk- ' bor. 'No, we never suspicioned nary- contemplation. After I'd run the conceited upstart off the premises with the mop, I didn't think .he'd have the v4nsuranee to speak to Samanthy again. And she appear ed to be so consigned, that Ijuever respected Irer of having" any under handed contentions'.' But all the time-! they UBed to meet clandestinely, when I thought Samanthy-was at the meet- in', an' decoct their plan to elope; Well, Samanthy has made her bed an' she will have to lie on it. I wash my bands of the ongrateful girl froni this time forthwith.' ' Did .you make any effort to: in- and him, 'come to an end." Curling his lip in scorn, fixing his big white eyes on Pete answered with contempt, " Go 'way, niggah. Don't you know dat school opens in Septem ber? How den, can de worldlcomo to an end id, August J" j A Laughable French Miracle; love you, you would neverliuri me1 and tuo maS0nry toppled ov^r as by asking such a cruel question ! ' easy ^ tjie wnua 0f'Jericho. . It is much more likely you will I j hesitated a long time before throw me over.' ... I making a -second attempt,' but, And he kissed her,, and tefyged looking hard at a mountain that her pardon, and Mr. Delarehar's, was tt|)0ufc r,w0 thousand miles off and promised never to be so foolish- (vision is very keen in the, lower ly jealous and mistrustful again. ' regions), I said t - Nor was he ; not- even 'when j ' You'can't blow that awav.' Mrs. Glenham danced three waltzes I Lucifer gave a geVitle puff, and' at their wedding with handsome tne mountain disappeared. Harry ' Marion for their was a | j wag deaDerate and incHn. light in her blue eyes when she ed ^ ^ - bufc ^ friend eQ_ Father Bridaine was always poor, for the simple reason that he gave away everything he | had. One evening he asked for a night's lodging of the curate of the .village through which he passed, and the worthy man having only one) bed, shared it with him. At daybreak he rose according to custom, and went to say his prayers at the neighboring church. Returning from his Bacred duty, he met a" beggar, who asked alms. "'Alas, my friend, I have nothing!" said the good priest, mechanically put ting his hand into his breeches pocket, where to his astonishment he found something ihard,' wrapped very carefully up in a -piece of paper, which he knew he ba'd nob left there. He hastily opened the "I mean did you try to have them stopped when you found tliey were gone .--.. ' Yes, indeeijl. Father telescoped to five or six towns, and-gave their prescription cost him lots of money, tod t but he said he would not mind -spendin' the price, of a cow to get S.imanthy back. . But we never heerd anything from : them, an' I told father to let 'em alone, and they'd come home after-5 a while with -five or six children, behind 'em. But I tell youj Mrs. Slobs, they shan't; seta foot in this-^ house except over the dead b'ody of.my defunct corpus. You just- ..my remember that.' On Smoking. A hater of tobacco asked'an old negro woman, the fumes of whosa pipe was annoying to him, if she thought she was a Christian. . 'Yes, brtidder, I 'spects I is.' 1 Do you believe in the Bible.' * Yes, bruddeV: If 1 . .. . 'Do you lenow there is a passage paper, and seeing four^half crowns ,-jn the Scriptures which says"; that --' ' nothing unclean shall inherit the in it cried out that itiwas a miracle. He gave the money to the beggar and hastened to the church to an nounce the miraclei The j curate soon after arrived; there, and Father Bridaine related the miracle with the greatest unctiou; tho hardly papers ' Well, I can't say I uphold you in your wish, Miss Baldwin'. I am old fashioned enough to think, when an engagement is entered into, it ought to bo kept. Still, if ' i you are convinced yon are dissatis fied if you are sure you will be miserable if you stick to your bargain why I suppose there's nothing to do but break it.' Lily laughed joyously. John Glenham could hardly endure to: hear the sweet, light-hearted nielo- dv, while he sat there almost be side him withanguish. ' You dear, good old friend ! Of course it's best I should get out. of it. The only thing that worries me is, it is so near tho wedding-day ; but, then, I know I i will be so much better suited, and Mr." Mar ion will be so grateful, that I can afford to-put'some other people OUt.' ! - . < Mr. Marion ! She-was going to throw bitn over for~Harry .Marion ! Great drops of cold,perspiration were on Mr. Glenham'a hands. ' O b-h !' aspired Mr. Delurcher, half dubiously. ' So it's Marion you're going to bo good to, is it? Have you.thought what Mr. Glen ham willWiiiik?' ' John ? Oh, he won't ca;-o I" . And then Mr. Glenham found it impossible to remain quiescent.; His eyes were full of hot indigna tion, his face was stern and pale, and altogether lit looked quite what he lelt as he walked into the president's private office unan nounced. Lily gave-a little, startled, sub dued exclamation. - ' Why, John !* / Mr.. Delarclier looked a little annoyed ai the .intrusion, but" he bowed courteovsly. . ' 'Ah, Mr. Glenhami! Good- afternoon!' > sought her husband's and a cadence in her voice when she spoke to him, and a general way she had which was proof positive where her heart was; And he never regretted the day he first loved her. And she is a happy, cheery, joyous little wife, who realizes daily what a treasure she has in her fond husband. . , "Uncle Moses's Xess'on. Uncle Moses is the chief execu tive of a suburban colored Sunday-) school. The other Sunday, raising his black face with its snowy I fringe, he peered over kis ante-1 bellum " stock" and collar at little nigs, who were buzzing couraged me to make a final effort. I took courage, and began to think again. 1 Finally an inspiration seized me, and, looking steadily at the devil, I' said : ' Do you know Montreal V )' "Very well. Have plenty of friends there.' ' And do you know a-man named Piggledy?' ' Yes. 'He is one of my best customesr.' ' Then, clapping my hands, I ex claimed :;-.': 'I'll bet that you can't make him treat.' ' Get out of here, you rascal, as fast as you can,' roared the Prince the ' of Darkness, in a voice of thunder, like' as he opened the black gate for curate turned pale, put his hand in his pocket, and in an instant perceived,the Father Bridaine in getting up in the dark, had, taken the wrong pair of breeches. He had performed the miracle with the curate's crowns... , , kingdom of Heaven.'* ' Yes, I've heard of it.' ' Well, .Chloe, y6u smoke, and! dyou cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven, because there is nothing so unclean ; as the breath of a smoker. What do you say to that?' j ' ^T-r 'Why; I: 'spects to leave my breijf behind when I go dar.' Rejected the Ten ms. I: -I- me. I awoke, and found I was Bafe.' The .whole crowd received, this bees in a hive just under his nose. 1 "Ordah! Chillen, ordah ! Don't | yer heah cue, ehillen 1 L^etlo Jim I . , , , Lumpkins, dere, hesh hat talkin' , story^ wjth shouts.of merriment, in like a cunsterble on 'lection day." When Jiramie reased bis conver-1 sation the chief executive resumed which Piggledy joined loudly, but } _but he didn't treat. "I calls de detenshtin ob de school tr do way yoiis been a car- ryin" on dis bressnd day. Wot yer bin a-doin'? Yer knows ! An' de way yer tongues is bin a car- ruscatin' is scan'louv." The black fingers pushed the tall collar back and pulled the black chin fdrwardi " Now, i puts it ter yer, an' do you all listen, an' yon; too, Lize Milling ; I ax yotij dis question- How -iiieiiny eyejs you chillens got?"' , . ." " i Chorus " Two.[' . " How menny mouves yer got V TJnanumously j" One." " Wat does dat mean 1 It means yer must see twice' as much as yer tells. Now how yjeres yer got 3" ChoniB " Two.j" " An' how many mouves ?." . "One.". | -'- . - , i "Dat means yer mils"Llieah twico es much es yer talks. (Now, 'member dis leSsorj, an' you, Henry Gills, contribute de papers 'rutin! r ~ ::nn in *,i.,i " So lie Thouslit. fore we jmes in prar.' I Yesterday forenoon a' s'e'date-], looking young man of five .and; twenty walked into the Central i Station and. said : ' ! " I was sitting in a saloon, dowq here apiece, minding my own busj iness and saying nothing to nobody, when a big fellow with a double chin walked up an 1 epifc on my head.' - . ; I " Did,' eh 7 queried the captain. ! 'Yes, and then-he said be begged my.'pardon hiy head was a wood-box.' ' ' And what did you say V J ' Why, I didn't say nothing, bill} I've been thinking it over and there's a deep mystery about the transaction.' . I j ' He didn't think your head was' a wood^-bux:.' he meah't to insulb you,' replied the captain. ' That's just what I think !' said tbeyoung.man. * Wood-boxes ar-s always square, 'while my head is round, and I don't believe he could have made such a mistake,' and tble young man went out musingly. The old saying that son o men would want more if they had a billion was exemplified the other day when a Windsririte and a De troiter got into a dispute at the ferry dock. I . Said the Canadian : - ' You ought to be well pounded, and I'm the man that can do if! However, I don't understand the' laws over here, and don't want to be locked up. If you will come over to Canada I'll pay ypur fare both ways on the boat, buy your dinner, treat you to the cigars, lick you till you can't squeal, and send you home with ;beef on ypur eyes?' The American thought of the proposition awhile, and the n asked: 'If I go over with you will you buy me a new overcoat V ' I -yes, by thunder ! I will!' replied the mad Windsorite. ' And a suit of clothes ?' 'No, I woa't ! That';! asking too much !' ' Well, those are the orlv terms I was ever licked, on,' calmly re. plied the other, ' and youi- rejection of them shows that yot are all blow axid no fight.': They took it out in j Detroit Free'Press; The oldest lunatic- mind. .-. -Ti Barnnni calculates thf.t he; baa tickled people outof 83,000,-000 Why is the rigging o: a ship, when it is wet, liije a school boyr? Because it is taut The difference between la and able s: are barn is that shingh plied to the roof of the bi.rn. A "young lady in Wisconsin re fusel an offer of marriajje on the grotnd that her father! was not to support a larger i umily. Slosh Billing's Proverbs. . There are but phew things a man du? in this life, be they good, bad, or indifferent, but what kan be traced to self-luv. Good clothes make the im- preshnn, hiu they doii'.t make the 'man.' , I have got a patent rite way tew induce people to be happy. '- It iz this, make everybody think they are better oph than yoii are. TEare are cortain things in this world that are bound tew win. I 'doru't kare what trumps are. It iz kind 0|V pliunny that the more christianized the, world be- kums, th^ more laws, and,, oifiaarj of the law, we hav tew h>jv. "Around Town." ue out of It is surprising to think of the widespread interest taken in scien tific thought and study by'ojir young people. Astronomical, geo logical, biological, etc., etc. ydiscoVgF-. iea are read" with a real, interest andiest, unknown..a: few.yeors ago ;!T and -not only- are there great read-' ers, but Experimentalists abroad. The solution of the. question, ' Is diptberia transmitted by kissing involves many experiments before a satisfactory -answer c*n be hazard ed, and the mi umbers engaged would largely swell the list of martyrs to science. As the result of the ex periments, we glean that there is danger in even the ordinary^frieud. ly salutation; but when it-c"Onies to ono of'thoso red-hot, hangman- till your-breath's gone" slobbers, if the young lady has evea-'the slight- eat symptom of a cold or.red fiari- Inel," we earnestly advise the young', man to run home,"soak liis.feefc in - .a pail'or tub (according to the size of the feet) of hot water, put on as many mustard plasters as therer is room for, swallow a pint of ffoar o( sulpher, and go to bed, because ht. Mas tue>'diphtherry," sure. j ' 7 ' Ik \*t- i\4- mYH 1*. II S-SS - It > 1 -::--"K3