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ruined. or bloating powder. and melt: It nto No. 3. two aim smaller. The greet dongerln this work nrieee from the hot thet the meterlel ie not dump, on in the mnnnlmtnre of " green " or new powder. It in dry end very duety. Uenelly the men could not see to pick up n shovel trout the mom! .0 thick wee the duet in the mllle, out! this powder duet wee ell the time cloggingn the meohlnery. The rollere were grin in up blunting powder when the place the materiel goes to the press. where it is peeked into cakes by the epplieetion of enormous pressure. These onkes are eon. to the oreekere. where they ere run through rollers end ground he the required size. When she powder has gone through the glue house ie is ready for packing into kegs. Though there he never before been nny loee of lite er. these mills no one needs- to he told thsl the men who works in e powder rectory is nor in 3 very sole oooups- slon. Bu. is will be astonishing» meny to know shut men will work for ow wegse or such n deugerous business. for the nverege wages of she poor fellows who were killed was but 81.25 a day. ‘1‘!!! 1'!!le LIVES IN TRIKE HAXDS. I Not only in powder-muting “my: dm~ gowns. but ‘he olua of work on which we mills were running was more than madly so. For nbom u week put me mills bud not been making new powder. hm hid boon "grinding old stuff. An order Ind been noeivodto grind down No. 1. up large» _-.I_-.‘ _._ LI-_.!_4 ~_Â¥ I n colon cum. ho men know their dung", sud yester- duy it uu aid that seven! of them hul umonunml with Supotinundom 00:10“ _- __ â€". vva-V. mill. The to lieu "of it‘he whsslrhouso. who is in she e of the ohueosl depen- ment, is nsuslly called THE BLACK B058. It was the wheel house that blew up on the previous ooossions on which there were esploelousrsp she mills. From ibis V,____.,- are ecsttered among the trees with the view of preventing just what happened yesterdsyâ€"the explosion of one mill from the concussion ot the explosion of another. The compsny's lsnd is about three-quarters of s mile to the south ol the villege. A DANGEROUS BUSINESS. As slresdy stated, the explosions occur- red s few minutes after hell-pest 12, when only six men were at work. three in the crusher will end three in the press house. No person was in the glazing mill, which wss also destroyed. These three houses stood shout 100 yards apart. Little wooden tnrnwsys connect all the mills, and the powder is sent from one to theother on this nilwsy. The osrs are also built of wood. Powder is nude up chiefly of sods end ohu-cosl, instead of esltpetre sud chsroosl “formerly. The sods is ground in the grist mill. end. being damp, is then dried by friction. If it was sllowed to dry in pens it would crystsllise again. sud to over- come this the drying is done in the wheel house. where hssvy wheels pass over it. the triction drying it end the weight preventing crystallizencu. The wheel house iscon- sidered the dengerous. spot in s‘powder _:II ML - l-.. , H years. In a valley. on the edge of the Twelve Mile Creek. which finally empties into the lake at Bronte. standâ€"or stoodâ€" the diflerent buildings which constitute the works of the Hamilton Powder Company. There were ten buildings in all. of which seven now remain. These buildings were used for the manufacture and storage or the powder. which is shipped to order to the nearest point on the Canadian Pacific or any 0! the other railways. The buildings are all wooden. and loosely put together in view or possible accidents. They are of little value. The valley is thickly wooded. and the trees include many willows. which are used in the manufacture of sporting powder. The company has about 160 acres of land alonufhe creek. _and the buildings would add their force to the destruction that bed already been wreaked. For- tunately their tears were not confirmed. It iscnly powder in precees of manufacture that explodes so easily, and none of the debris or sparks reached the magazines that occupy secluded positions in the little valley, which yesterday wen the Valley of Death. \ _ LOCATION cfm mu“ Cumminsville is in the township of Nel~ con. Bolton county; north and east of Waterdown end about 16 miles from this city. It will homily derstood that the explosion muethavo tremengiue when \ is m felt and heard so plainly in Huniltun. The mills have been located there tor over 80 yon-a. ad the Superintendent. Mr Cor- 1m, lags been “ensued in them for 29 and terrible awakening yesterday when three of the mills were blown into tragâ€" mente and six men were hurled through the air like pieces of timber. The village in small and there wee hardly a household in it without I friend 0 relative who was in acme way connecte with the powder mills. The reports of the exploerone hed not died away before the villagere flocked to the little valley in whnoh the works stood. many of them yet ulraid that the three exploeione might be lollowed by others. end fearing every moment that the mugaznnee containing ‘ Men Risk their Lives for a Dollar and a Quarter e Day. Cumminsvills was a sorrow-stricken vil- lage Thursday. The terrible calamity that had deeolated the homes ot (our of its inhabitants was no unexpected and so awful in its results that the lace of every man was blanched and the eyes 0! every woman were red wizh weeping over the woes of their neighbors. The powder mills had furnished employment tor the support of many a home in the village in the long number of years the mills had ground out the deadly sinfl which created such havoc yesterday, and the leeling ot indiflerenee to the dangerous employment had grown so that the works were regarded very much as a foundry or a mill would he looked on in Hamilton. The grimy-faced powder makers worked on with death on every hand. hut with little thought of their per_|l. This taunted security had a rude I Visit to the Ruins of the Exploded Powder lillx. ‘ THE VALLEY OF DEATH. FIFTY THOUSAND nos 0! POWDn SCENE OF DESOLATION. " And be'ceuee we heven't must we let the compeny run as ea herd thet we cen‘t hope to eeoepe ellve ‘2 I tell you thtt thie eccident would never heve heppened if the men end the mills hedn‘t been crowded tlll nothing could etend the etrein. The meohinery wee run twice ee feet ee it ought to be. end there were eix of us in the orechere where the work need to be done by two men. The mechinee were eterted et deyllght end run right elong. The mllle were full of duet from the old dry powder end the oil holee were plu ed with the pertlclee. No time wee el owed to eleen theee cut. end there ie no doubt emong the men thet the ereeh wee the reeult of the huetling thet wee going on elnee Beturdey We bed only hell en hour now lor dinner. where we need to heve en ‘ Tho shock I Cnmmlnovillo was not nouly so severe nor the upon so loud u might bun boon expected from the proxi- “ You." intennptod the that speaker, and we would hove been told as the block bou told Bill Hetheringfion that omen could be found to do our work. The ply is n03 big, but it came regain every month. 5nd study work oolong u there is wntorto run one wheels. oud none of no hove much money to lay book on it we got out of “go tpille.” “ I blame ourselves." said another pow- der maker. “ We knew what eheneee we were taking. and we should have told Corlett that thie had to be settled and eighty barren was all we could or would with the Superintendent that the mills were running too herd. and the! it was becoming dangerous. Mr. Corie“ told him thet the company kept telegu hing and hurrying him up, and the work ad to be done. There wee no time to oil up or get the machinery in order. and something had to g_iv_e_betore long." and covered with seeks. Blackened and diefiguredmnd with their jaws tied up by bands or white cotton, the three bodies presented an awful eight. and there was but little conversation in the knot of people who stood about the door of the mill. Hetherington was taken to his mother's home. men. The three men in the press had seen the danger and ran. Two of them escaped alive, but George Matthews took the direc~ tion in which the debris Was blown and was killed by a flying timber. He was badly burned, but the burns were not the cause of death. The others were blown into the race-way, from which Albert Culp was able I to climb out and walk to the watch-house, though he is badly burned about the lace, hands. ankles and back, and has a bruise on the head where he was struck by a [iece of timber. Doherty was a pitiable object when taken from the water. He is burned all over the limbs and body, and terribly charred from the knees to the chest. The timbers broke his right arm and scalped him, but he is a man of extra- ordinary strength. and it was only his s lendid constitution that kept him alive. e was quite conscious, and was taken home in terrible agony from his burns and wounds. Dr. Jones, of Oumminsville, was on hand 5 minutes after the accident. and his skill and care greatly assuaged the pain of the survivors. He could not give much hope of Doherty's recovery, but said that Culp might possibly recover. The men in the cracker mill were blown 100 yards away in difierent directions. Tibble was found in the creek, Hether~ ington was blown up and over the trees a hundred feet in the air, and Murray was hurled away towards the waggcn road lead- ing through the grounds. Matthews' body was not found until after searching an hour *or more. The water had been drawn of! the dam in the expectation that the body had been thrown into the water. All the dead men were blackened by the powder. and their hair had been scorched away except in the case of Matthews. They were not badly mangled, but most of the clothing had been torn from them by the violence with which they were hurled through the woods. The bodies of ‘ Matthews, Murray and Tibble were taken ‘ to liarvey’s‘flour mill laid in a store-mom , It the explosion of 300 kegs at a distance of 16 miles could be so plsiuly felt and hesrd in this city. whet would hate been the result it four or five magazines had caught fire. one of which. of 40,000 kegs oapsoiay. is said to be nearly lull? The glass and press house went up immediately alter the crackers. being exploded by the concussion. The shock would not explode powder ‘except in process of manufacture. and so abs meqwnes were sate except in case of fire. The little creek which supplies the power for the works bubbled: {esterdsy pest the charred timbers and lsckened trees just as it did before. but the mills had disappeared and the men who had worked there were dead or dying. SEARCHING 1’08 T113 BODIB§. Among the trees and down the creek the rescuing“ party searched _fcr the_ missing his mother's heart is broken over hie death. He never knew what happened him." HOW IT HAPPINBD. The three mille which blew up did not stand in a straight line. but formed the points of a triangle. the eidee of which were about 200 feet long. Most of the men were at dinner. and thus the number of men in the mills was smaller than at any other time during the day. The general opinion is that the cracker-house went first. None of the men in this mill escaped. and the house was ehattcred to matchwood. The roar of the ex loding mills and the crash of the flying tim rs and machinery through the woode were followed by a dead silence. The white oloude of smoke that ehot up with the flash of the deadly etufi were followed by a dark pall of think, heavy smoke, which hum: over the valley for hours. Then the debris took fire. The fire was put out by the mill hands and the neighbors. while the wives and children of the missing men added their cries to the general confusion and terror of the scene. The fire did not epread, fortunately for the neighhood and for plaoee that are no_t_in the immediate vicinity of the mills. 'i‘Vh-oyioihirurfi for June Greenlooa $0 aka piliob.»bu§_ _ill {on} 39 work. fife-pig!“ Mr. Ooflou yumdny um 80 hauls 01 not! In one I: to ma through in o day." “ Whnt In one shout m “ " Poo: Bill was told tho: omen could be got to do the work it h dsd not suit him. sad “no black boa. “Poor Bulletin I" ggldgnq o! the may yogtudgy._“ cynic! THE BLACK B788 BEHONSTRATED “I 0300‘ A? OUMIVILLI. ‘ A New York deepetoh seye : Mery Hoyt. deughter of thelete Jesse Hoyt. the million- eire. e content over whose will hes been in progress for months, wes erreianed e! the Yorkvllle Police Court yesterdey on the oherge 0! being drunk end disorderly. Bhe crested e distnrhenee yesterde el the Great! Oenlrel depot end essenlte epolioe- men end sergeens. She wee looked up. but releesed on bell. When erreigned yesMr- dey she melntelned the! she hed not been lnkxioeted. hm wee snflering from the effects of medicine. The police esd other witneeses unified the. she wee drunk. The justice fined her .10. Mles Hoyt is 40 eers old end hes been en lnmete 0! en nee-e esylnm. Your regular professional grumbler is generally a gentlemen inclined to be stout. and partial to a snooze after dinner. He elfacts ample folds of broadcloth ; is curious in the matter of worsted comforters for keeping his throat warm. and small India rubber boots for keeping his feet dry. He is a comfortable manâ€"very precise and regular in his habitsâ€"and has a comfort- able house. with everything in it as precise and regular as himself. He has no great misfortunes to bewail. consequently he grumbles at the smallest miseries. Bis very comfort turns into the serpent that stings him. He is perpetually finding out subjects for pathetic complaint. If he is‘ not eloquent upon the dust in the street he will be overpowering on the mud. The weather always seems to be engaged in a con- spiracy against him. The east wind he holds to he the ringleader. He is persuaded that it was only created to wait rheumatism on its wings and keep up the average sup ply of sciatica. If, however, the weather be still and close and hot. he knows very well that fever is brewingâ€"he is sure of it. mark his wordsâ€"nothing else can be expected from this confounded chcky day. If he goes out without his umbrella and the clouds gather and the rain falls he is almost speechless with indignation. It is always so. always his luckâ€"were he to have incum- bered himself with a great awkward umbrella the rain would never have thought of coming on, never. To hear him you would suppose that the clerk of the weather signal office was a real personage ; that he and the grumbler had quarrelled in their youth and that the ofiicial in question being of a spiteful turn of mind had never for- gotten the old grndge.â€"Brooklyn Eagle. Railroad men have for a long time been aware of many faults in the common arrangements for coupling engines to pas- senger trains, the usual plan followed being the use of the ordinary link. formerly the only coupler known for both passenger and freight train service, but at present con- fined almm t wholly to the latter. Although inventors have been at work for halfa century improving passenger coach couplers to keep the vehicles from bumping against each ether while running. and, while their efforts have been attended with eminent success. the coupler on the tender has remained practically untouched. In some instances horn castings have been attached in the tender drawbar. thus reducing the loose distance by meeting the car buffer. but this improvement was far from being rfiecuve, and was merely better than nothing. Under certain conditions of train running. this loose coupling would give an uncomfortable - vibration to the whole train, and at times the application of the brake would cause a l jerking cf the cars in a disagreeable way. I To remedy the many drawbacks to a | loose coupling, Mr. George H. Colby. 1 master mechanic of the Boston aAlbany 1 Railroad, has invented an attachment for i locomotive tenders. which in effect con~ ' tinues the Miller hook throughout the entire train. This device is easily applied to any tender. is automatic in action and prevents accidents in coupling. When it is remembered that the engine is coupled and uncoupled many more times than the separate cars of a train, it must be . acknowledged that these are important advantages. There are no links or pins to break. and no slack to be taken up. thus securing the smooth starting and stopping of trains. resulting in increased comfort to ; passengers. It also prevents the swaying . motion of the tender and forward car. and consequent side wear and tendency to breakage of truck boxes. Being within reach from the platform of the forward car, it can be operated With perfect case. It practically couples the locomotive to a car just as two cars are coupled, and makes the whole of the train an unbroken unit. As every improvement of this kind increases the safety of train operating. and tends to weaken the force of accidents. besides increasing the comfort of passengers. it becomes a matter in which every one is interested. The Colby coup~ ling attachment consists principally of aheavy casting, which is attached to the tender frame and holds the miller book, a spring banter and the means of operating the drawbar. The forward end of the ‘drawbar is pinned to a heavy threaded spring-encircled bolt. secured under the tender, between the frames. in a strong casting. A spiral spring. secured to the draw-bar immediately behind the bumper beam. draws the head to the position it occupies when coupled. The act of uncoup- ling is done by awheel and staff. which operates a chain and ratchet. The inven- tion is being applied to the passenger engines of the Boston 6: Albany and several of the eastern railroads. and locomotive builders of the country have adopted it as their standard for all passenger engines. Hutsâ€".H‘ A 4 ._._. ..._ La.-_. - O c o Eurâ€"Hun ram nu an Murray. Henry lehle. William Hethanng- sou. Daniel Dohsrty. lxwuo.â€"Albort Culp. All of the men killed and wounded. except Bethefingmn, had large families to support. and Hothorington was the mainstay of a widowed mother. who is now almost dis- uaoied over the loss of her favorite son. mily ol the villsge to “lo mills. The shock trevelled mom. in min dimtlon nnd mu. or no demege wu done in the villeao. Pieces 0! timber were blown hell e mile ewey. but did no dunege. Poor Tibblo's house in the orohud above the mills was the neuest dwelling. The plaster was knocked tron: the wells Ind the dishes thrown from the tables. Dr. Mongregor. of Waterdown. drove to the mills in thirty-five minutes. The Praia-Iona! (Btu-Inlet. A Blue. lfllr one. Conn." For Travellers. thirty-five minutes. Mntthowa! Wdlim " Indeed 1 Poor ohlldl How I wish I could help you I" " You on.” “ How 7" " Let me hm your femlly weeh New Oonnteee. whoee former been wrote for the Philadelphia Call (weedly)â€"¢Yee, three monthe, three months. " The count in well. I hope ?" “ Yes. he is. I believe." " And I enppoee you enjoyed life in his gang nestle ?j' " " For Awhile. you; but you see it took “I my gogtuqqtolny offflgq olfiAdobm on n." 7 Mre. Nobodyâ€"Ah 1 how d'e do.oounteae? I em so glad to see you home egain ;bnt l wee in hopes you would bring our buebend with you. Let me see. n is I. no monbhe since you were mer‘ried. )3 it nag? The situation of the hotel where 1 am stopping is especially charming ; it is built over the water, so that the sea aetually passes under the rooms. There is a long. glass-incloaed balcony locking seaward. from which one never tires of surveying the blue Mediterranean beyond and below. There is always variety in the movements of the sea. Now its swash is so gentle and soothing that it is the most efiective of lullabies when one wishes tofall asleep Again, the sea isin an uproar,and the spray leaps nptothe very windows. The illu~ sion that we are actually at sea is quite hard to shake of! at times. The fish have learned t3 watch for the refuse that is committed to the sea from the hotel galleries, and are conse- quently very tame. Partly-looking fellows afoot or two long come right under the balcony and stare up impertinently at us. The temptation is strongto make them atone for their temerfty, and not a few of them have been hauled up with rod and line to the broad verandah. One day somebody not up more enthusiasm than usual and cast a torpedo from the balcony into a school of inquisitive marine beauties. A boy sprang in alter the explo- sion and brought three fat fellows tothe suriace. Many others were stunned, but not sufficiently to keep them from evading the swimmer. Nets are also cast in front of the hotel and many bushels of fish meat capturedâ€"Baron: Letter to New Orleans Ta’ms-Dcnwcmt. AN ( BJIOTIONABLE 3812030303“. A last Friday night's Montreal despatoh says Mr. Alexander Buntin emphatically denies that he gave his daughter away yesterday at her marriage. as neither he nor Mrs. Buntiu attended the wedding. which they disapproved of. The ceremony did not take place, as is usually the case with Presbyterian, at the family mansion. There is much sympathy felt for Mr. Buntinuuder the circumstances. as he has had a good deal of trouble lately. It may be stated. however. that the hrideproom has always sustained a high moral character, and is without a stain upon his esoutoheou. It is understood the objection of the parents of the young wife is purely personal. A Obinou nunâ€"0.1mm music. A last (Thursday) evening's Montreal deepatch says: Another of those romantic nuptials took lace here late this afternoon. surprising all at the immediate friends of the families. which shows that the Cana- dian fair sex belonging to wealthy families. when they come of age. are following the example of their sisters or cousins across the border. giving their hand and heart to those they love in preference to pleasing their parents and families. Although the celebration did not partake of as much privacy as the marriage of the young heir- ess of the St. Euestaohe at Notre Dame Cathedral here in all its environments it differs exceedingly little from that episode in two young lives. Miss Jessie Victoria Buntin. third daughter of the mil- lionaire paper manufacturer. Mr. Alex. Buntin. voluntarily became engaged four years ago to Doctor A. Lspihorn Smith. a member of a most respectable family. which has distinguished itself in. the service of the Dominion. from one of the Maritime Provmces. and who cem- menced practice three or four years since in this city. after holding the position of resident Medical Superintendent of the General Hospital. It appears the young couple wore disposed to jam hands at a much earlier period. but the parents of the young lady positively refused to even listen to the proposition. If patience be a virtue. the devoted pair are entitled to credit. for 1 they have waited long and anxiously for the ' natal day of tne fair young bride to come. . when she could exercise her legal right of » deciding for herself. When the mother ‘ saw that her daughter was resolved to fol- low her own heart’s desire she relented. and through her persuasion got the obsti- nate father to finally but reluctantly give his consent. The climax was reached by a private wedding this afternoon. at which the family pastor. Rev. James Barclay. M.A . assisted by Rev. J. Edgar Hill. B.D.. the bridegroom's pastor. officiated. and made two yearning hearts as one. The remaining unmarried sis. ‘ ter. Miss Caoouna Buntin. was the j only brmeemaid present. and Mr. Nolan ‘ Delisle acted as the husband's best man. ‘ The bride. who is petite in stature but exceedingly attractive in appearance, was elegantly and tattefuily dressed in a grey Ottoman silk. thh trimmings and every ornament to match. was given away by her father. Thenonple left immediately by train for St. Albans, being given an ovation at the depot when they alighted. A trip through the chief cities of the States will follow. and the young couple will return very soon to the city. as the doctor is in extensive practice. This is the third mar- riage in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Buntin. : The eldest young lady was married to an Italian Duke of old family. The second to a doctor practising in Detroit. who was Dr. Smith's predecessor in the General Hospi~ tal here. and who subsequently settled in Michigan. All the marriages but this one were on an elaborate scale. the elite of the city being present. All the young ladies were superbly educated in Paris. France. The last one married was a universal favorite in society here. and many of her former admirers wtll envy her respected husband his good luck. sl-FD UV- u-vvr-vurâ€"te-Iu --A_.__x___._.-_ Edaflflngl’fi'dfl A t‘o-nlcu null-II. A [10th In the sen. ,uc Mud-[o at I You“ lady I. “A” III. OWN WAY. Novek toriioinrrwfifit'nlontod d P090"? yogpn aopmo sing : N ever to see u verenile en Mug young noun- eol ; . Never tone“ 3 brillient y mourneliet ; Never to be mueedot w on peace; Never to be tendered e rend compli- mentary teetimoniul bene Never to be out in 'weuher/I“ ‘8 I" the) could be deeired ; 7 _ Boston Globe: Never to be nywhero wllgn it in u_ 3‘]. (In; ; A last (Wednrsiay) night's Collingwool despatch says: Last night a burglar entered the residence of Mr. Thomas Best, Maple street, and stole from the pocket of Mr. David Best 872 in hills and his gold watch and chain. Alter securing all he could in this room he entered Mr. Thomas Best's room. stole his watih and a couple of brooches. and managed to get away wnl his booty without being heard, and thi morning the Meeers. Best discovered thsl‘ lose. Before coming upstairs the burgh took of! his overcoat. and. when leaving to house. forgot it. th this clue. Ulef Constable Lewis and his assistants be!“ a search and finally captured a man the had been seen wearing the coat the ev inn previous. and who they supposed to the thief. On being searched at the jail. ere were found in his pockets 850 in cas the twowatohee and two brooches. Th man had onlya few days ago applied "19 Mayor for assistance. and was all all to sleep in the lockup. He will be 0081" before the Chief Magistrate to-mo '- Some recent attempts with white pine appears to give it a value as an ornamental wood which its common uses have not heretofore suggested. The softness of its texture and its su-ceptibility to injury may have had some influence in preventing its general use ‘for ornamental purposes. but the wood can be " filled," so that much of this objection is removed. Its pure white colorâ€"white as compared with other woodsâ€"recommends it for purposes for which holly has been heretofore used; and the size of the timber from which clear lumber may be cut is greatly in its iavor, boards of a width of sixteen and even twenty inches being not unoommon.with no shade of distinction between sap wood and heart. and only the faintest pertepti- ble grain. Some specimens lately exauined show a greatly enhanced beautg by very simple treatmentâ€"the filling with warm shellac varnish. bleached slsllao in alcohol. applied with a brush thile warm. Several coats are given. thelast cost being rubbed with pumice and reten stone moistened with water. net oil. A finish ofa flowing coat of copal vanish completes the preparation. Thus treted the wood is of a faint creamy tint witlan appearance of semi-transparency. Bean. ful gradations of tone were obtaineday panels of this prepared pine. mouldings): belly. and stiles of curly or bird's-ea maple, and fine contrasts were made wi; the pine and oiled black walnut. Tb pinelstoo soft for doors. but for door, casings and chamber furniture it seems 1 head ’rably adapted. The finest spec. mouse the wood noted came from Michi gan. having fewer pitchy streaks and being ‘of a more uniform color than the Maine product. Its ease of working by carving, and the coherence of its grain. are being utilized by masters and amateurs in the interior wood dtOOI‘EIlODB. A beautilul carved mantel relieved by pilasrers or oiled black walnut has been recently finished, which suggests the mellow tints of statuary marble after ashort exposure to the atmos- phere. while being free from chilling sparkle and sheen of the marble. 0nly 'lhlp, and Noni-l Mon, ADI!- All Old Couple Attempt to Trade Their hamlet 0. for u Earnâ€"lite [new '“Ifle A Port Jervis deipatoh says: A wealthy middle-aged widower named Dominick Mines owns a farm on the border of Wayne and Luzerne Counties. Penn. It is occu- pied by a farmer named Obert. and Mines boarded there with his family. Obert's daughter Lena is a pretty girl of 18 years. Both Obert and his wife are noted for being extremely close-fluted. and for an almost insane desire to be rich. A month or so ago Mines offered to malts a deed of alarm near the one on which he lived if he would i give him his daughter in marriage. s Although the daughter was entirely unor- 1 ant of the fact that the widower Mines . desired to marry her. her parents eagerly . accepted his offer. They said nothing to . the girl about their intentions toward her. . and Mines never alluded to the subject in . his daily conversations with her. The . Oberts at once began to prepare for the wedding. which was set down for the even- ing of Oct. let. Week before last Mrs. Ouert greatly astonished her daughter by telling her that she intended to give a large party. She gave her no hint. however. as to what the occasion of the party was to be. The people who were inVited were also not informed of the true character of the gathering. The fact that the Obellii were to give a party created great surprise in the neighborhood. asthey had never been known before to extend the slightest hospitality to any one. A new dress was ordered for Lena. and it was brought home from Scranton by her father on the afteran of the day of the party. with it were so many things that suggested bridal apparel that the girl laughingly said to her mother that if she wore them peo le would think she was to be a bride. {{er mother thereupon told her all. and that the neighbors had been invited to Witness her marriage to Dominic Mines. A neighbor's girl who had been engaged to help in the house on the day and evening. says that upon hearing the truth about the party Lena stood for some time staring at her mother pale and speech- less. Then she seized the wedding gar- mente. and. tearing them into shreds. scattered them about the room. After denouncing both her father and mother for their unnatural conduct she left-the house. She walked all the way to Scranton. where she has friends, where she is still. The true situation at Obert's was explained to the guests as they arrived for the party, and all of them left the bond! filled with indignation at the parents of the girl and with feelings of sympathy rnd admiration for the daughter who had so bravely refused to barter herself for their gains. “ the Pine ova-eunuch. A rosrrounn WIDDING. llh 00-! lieu-y- Illn-