iff 1 I B. F. SCHWEIER, TEE OOI8T1TUT10I-TEE UII0T-1ID TEE EfTOSOIMEIT OF TEE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOI-. XXXVIII. MI1TLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21), 1SS4. NO. 4 I. . KO-S THE SIM-IT LAMI. r 4 I,o a ro-s tlie .-unlit laud, sL.t!i- :i- dryad daniing free, Vhi e tin lr '' silver tuud W'rlUiu ihe j;lasof raiuorj. Winter, in his recklew glee, jt ibw il the blooui with rurhiMs baud, Cui love, mrriw th sunlit land, f b'.yiiie as Jryad dancing freo. juJ al'. the years of lift? shall ba Like -:io-!'ul rales that wide expand J,, uieW bright UHtmuhleil y.r radiant azure arclie spanned ; t'.'.nie, lxve. ucross the suulit land, A b itlie a- dryad dancing free I THE CONFESSION. The little town of Cold well fast ris ix.z in importance as a resort for rheu n!:io pat t uts, who came theie to bathe in '.! e icy ferruginous waters of the ;ir:i.i whence the place derived its name this little town had never been -o articd as ou the day when a rumor as spread that Mr. lermereli had killed his wife. A wife-murder is al wavs an appalling thing, which fright r.-.i families more than any other sort of crime, l-cause it must needs le the outcome of those wretched domestic troubles aUnit which all married peopl have some experience ; but when thi su-i'et'ti-d mur-l-rer is a geutlerua known and resisted :is Edward Der- njiiit-li was, the shock comes with al the greater force. Pmse of the Cold we'.lites who had uu high opinion of artist- as a cla. necs'ue comfortably nx'lnl in their aut'imthy against them by this horrible -illair ; for Dermerell was a painter, and a very promising one, who had already made Cold well j-'pul.ir by the pretty i tudscapes of its environs which he had exhibited in the Academy. Many in the town had re called him in the light of a public ben etactor. and, as he was an artist who uiid his bills regularly and wore his Lair cut like other folks', nobody would Lave thought him capable of such an abominable thing ;is destroying bis wile by poison; though the persons aN'ie-said, who dislike artists, seemed to think it a natural thing euough.oure tbt charge had gone forth against him r..uvaru nermercii was not yet m custody ; he was being watched by the polite until the coroner's inquest should 1 over. 1 detectives slept in his house, and had taken possession of all his pa j per- : ne couiu not go out, w iuioui ue iiiir inilowed by constables, who, under J inv'fTirA of nrevent irn liint from lu.iti.r I - - r - - - - ....... iiioMd, -Jogged him to see that he did not rsidiT, vii Liic uioiiuu apiJU-lULeU 3 for tlie inquest, a crowd composed of j all the iiihabitants who Could leave thei shops or their work, tried to push iuto u.e town-nan. wuere ui coroner was going to sit ; and those who could nol gain admittance loitered outside to get a goM view of the accused wheu he arrived. His offense was meanwhile iliM. us.-cd with all the nauseous details which rumor had been able to collect aini mere was a name which every tongue coupled with the suspected mur derer'sthat of I-ady levington. wife of Sir Kichard Levington, of Torwood Hail. Sir Richard and Lady Levington had lieeii Edward Dermerell's best patrons. lie hud won his tn st medal by a por trait of the Uuonet's beautiful wife a-jl he hail since been invited frequently to Tor wood, to paint pictures for the devolution of the Hail being treated on hll occasions as an honored guest Ti.t-.-c things were notorious,and it was a wcil known that Dermerell s wife Lai never leen invited to Torwood with him. Why ? Some said it was lcau-e she wits a foreigner who could not speak English; others because she was au invalid ; but since her servants Lad lieguu to tattle about the circuin- stai.ce which had preceded her death. everybody in Cold well was aware that Mr. and Mrs. Dermerell had not lived happily together. The tradesmen of tlie town rememlerf-d the artist's wife as an eccentric dark-eyed lady, some times dowdy in her attire, sometimes absurdly over-dres-ed , and they had Lot iced this peculiarity in her, that, when smartly arrayed, she would bag gie over her purchases like a fish-fag, wiieiviia when she was shabbily clad she gave her orders In a good-natured caieiess style, never askine about the Oct of things, but apiwrently bent ou gratifying all her whims so far as her pur-e would allow. Her servants de- sci:U-d her as a scold, but they, too, Lad uWrved that there was a strange capriciousness in her behavior, for on some days she would lounge about the liotie in dressing-gown and slippers a languid, smiling, and childish creature, who would recline for hours ou a sofa, p!auig with her lap-dog, or telling for tunes to herself with cards, or else hanging aUnit her husband's studio and siiiok.iig cigarettes ; whilst cn the days when she donned her line dresses, she Ifave lieiself insufferable airs, screamed at ev.-rl.,Kiv aiut trifles, and accused her liu-Uind cf making love to Lady iev.iiglon. A housemaid afhrmed fiat Mr. Dermerell, returning from loruood, had one evening been as faaulted hy Lis wife, who beat him with her L-ts and pulled oflt bunches of his hair, :iliiig him all sorts of atrocious names, it was admitted, however.that Mr. Ih-ruieivll was very attractive, and. h.uring the fact that she could hardly read or write, a person who gave the idea of being a lady when she ihoe to put on comjany manners. "Truth is," said Mr. Chickwood. a fiivy local grocer, "I've heard that iladaiu lieniierell was a 'model,' what tver that may mean ; but I s'pose it's woman who postures, without much clothing alntut her, as a Venus, a Su w a. and all that ; and that Mr. Iter uiereil ui:ui ied her when he was resid ing abroad and scarcely able to serai a living with his brush." "Anyhow he never much liked her," Jj'i'I Mr. 1'eucuik, a serious chemist; '1 stiali have to depose that he came three times to my place to buy doses of chloral, saying thst his lady wanted ""in for sleeplessness." . "And didn't that excite your suspic ions?" asked Mr. Chickwood, with his head oh one side, as if his friend Peu cuik had not displayed the necessary inmnrt of prudence. '''''I'les.suess doesn't excite a cheui- lst S SUSIlicMoim " ui,uun.,l 1r Ion. cuik i "i a tone of suierioritv. "l ou sell h fT- ,1, ifer matches, don't you, wit "linking that your customers are yithout n an T- I'i"s l" l"isou themselves with the phos phorus ?" "Ay, it deinds on the dose though," fj'l'ed Mr. Chickwood, rebuked and il'T "uf used, snli e"' 8ul,nsiuir a man buys several aa doses and then mixes them that -u.u make one ivm vnuiiint It?" said Mr. I'encuik, who, seeing an JtlVe CITcIb if liotonora otW itU?ative round him, 8iK,ke sententlously. "I wut say that Mr riurmii tne aoses; that will be for the Jury to -u irnuiiie ; out, i snail have to state iny opinion." "And no doubt the post-niortem will ieveai now much poison was found in t lie body," suggested Mr. lliuks, a local drapur. "As to that, chloral doesnt always cave trace, ' resoudel Air. I'encuik, with a shake of the head and a lower ing ot ins voice. ihe listeners were imnressed. and th'ckeued into a closer circle while the ciiemist continued to play Sir Oracle, uu some exclamations in the crowd an nuunceu wiai r.iiward Dermerell was conuug. He came, in effect, walking up uie street witu ins solicitor, a bar rister, and a Dr. liable, who was his irieuil. l wo policemen followed at a short distance, with a lot of boys at meir neels. air. iH-rmerell was a well looking man 01 auoui uiiriy. witn a goldeu lieard and large intelligent blue eyes. He looked sad and worried, there was a flush on his cheeks, but he did not apiear frightened. To give him self a countenance lie talked confiden tially with his friends as he came along, and glanced neither to right nor left of him. He was not so unobservant, however, but that he perceived the lxws which some made, and he returned them with a kind of alacrity which proved that he was on the look-out for every token that might reveal how the public thought alxmt him. No hoot ing took place, the crowd fell back to let him pass, and the general demeanor of the ieople was cold equally free from auimus or compassion. J ust as 1 ermerell reached the tow n hall, a landeau, which was recognized as Sir liichard Ievington's, came from the opposite end of the street. The artist heard the sound of the wheels, and lie turned on the uppermost step of the building in full view of the public to wait for the carriage. This was deemed a bold measure ; and the crowd swayed forward with curiosity to see whether Sir Richard would shake hands with his late rAtije. The baronet was a middle-aged man, of spare figure, gray-whiskered, and spectacled, about twenty years older thau his wife, and more respected than opular in the county, for he concerned himself nei ther about sports nor politics, but only alout art, archaeology, and scientific agriculture. His equals thought him rather a bore. Alighting from his car riage and giving his arm to his lovely wife, Sir Kichard walked pompously up the steis of the town-hall, but at once accosted IVrmerell and gave him his hand: Lady Levington also shook hands with the artist. Those who had pressed forward to catch the words that might l exchanged heard Sir Hichard express his syuiiiatby for Dermerell in an une motional way, as if he thought the ac cusations against him came from mere public tattle that would easily lie dis proved : "I am sorry for all this trouble that is put upon you, Dnruierell," he said ; "I suppose you are prepared with evidence to show that your poor wife's death was accidental." "It is my belief that she committed suicide," answered DermerelL "Intentionally do you mean ?" "I'm afraid so." "Dear me 1 Jlnt were you at home at the time of the occurrence ?" " Ves, I was at home all the even ing." 'Then you are not going to prove an alibi." "No o ; I cannot set up an alibi." Was it fancy 1 but it seemed to some of the people who overheard the artist that he hesitated and glanced towards Lady Eevington as lie pronounced these words. Her ladyship was pale as a statue. Sir Kichard on his side had slightly flushed ; and after gazing stead fastly at Dermerell for an instant, nod ded to him and passed on. But now a small incident occurred, for Lady Lev ington, by accident or design, dropped her muff, and. quitting her husband's arm to receive it from Derniereil's hands, she appeared to exchange word with the latter. Nobody heard what she said, and some doubted that she had spoken at all ; but these were mistaken. Lady Levington had whis pered ; "1 trust to your honor." And Edward Dermerell had replied : " 1 ou may trust me." II. What did he mean by that ? There was a secret between Dermerell and the baronet's wife, but it was confined to their own breasts. During the inquest Lady Levington 's name was not men tioued, though the servants who de posed were more than once near to say ing that Mrs. Dermerell had been mainly jealous of her ladyship. The coroner checked them from uttering the name. so that they were made simply to say that she had been jealous of a lady. The coroner himself and most of the people in court ierliaps everybody In deed, except Sir Kichard knew what this meant ; but the people pitied Lady Devington for being mixed up in such a case, without venturing to oreatue a word against her reputation ; and not a soul suspected that by a single word the Uaronet's wife could liave proved Edward Derniereil's innocence. Sie did not and could not speak that word for in saving Dermerell's charac ter she would have destroyed her own. tainted her husband's honor, put a stigma on her two little children, and caused herself to be driven forth as a social outcast So she 3at through the inouest with an icy weight at the heart. yearning with an awful wistfulness for some new fact in the evidence which miglit dispel the host of circumstanti- alities which bad accumulated against Dermerell ; and when at last a verdict of "Wilful Murder" was returned against the artist, and two policemen steped forward to handcuff him, she rose, trembling in every limb, aud so weak that she could hardly stand, iier husband had to lead her out hastily to prevent her from swooning. That evening when Dermereu nan been lodgod in a cell or the county gaol, his friend Dr. liable was sum moned to lorwooa nan u aiieuu uu Lady Levington, who had been taken ill. This doctor a little pot-bellied fellow was the best man alive so far as good intentions went, but he was an incorrigible ciiatieroox, nis muum uems like a leak which let out all that en tered his head. On arriving at the UaU. lie iouna air Richard pacing about his study deject edly. The Inquest had convinced uie baronet of Dorniereirs guilt, anu ne was stricken with remorse at not hav ing divined the man's true cliaracter before. He thought his wife's prostra tion but too natural alter wiiak ui hapined, and blamed himself as the cause of it. . , I outrht to have been more caremi. 1a an ill i nir!. to the doctor; "but the truth is. Dermerell charmed us alL Hisgeaiusuunqeusuonaoioi iu fw- trait of Lady levington was worthy of uaiiisborough. Dear, dear I to thin that so much talent should have beeu given to a rascal 1 Do you know, by- the-bye. who that woman is of whom M rs. lH'rmerell is said to have been so jealous V ny, it's lady levington " an swered the doctor, blurting out as usual the truth that came to his lips ; but when he saw the stupefaction ou the barouet'8 face, he bit his tongue so sharply that he pulled a grimace. "On my tongue 1" he cried, puttiug up his hand to that member ; "who can have set such a- useless clumsy thing in my i ie:ii ; it's always playing me tricks. "! you mean to say that Lady Lev ington 's name is being associated with this murderer's ?" asked Sir Kichard in indignant wonder. "Of course it's all moonshine." stam mered Dr. Bable, stumbling over his words like a man who has stepped into a flower-bed. "IVople talk folly be cause they are fools. Dermerell often came here ; her ladyship was kind to him ; aud his wife, who was a hyster ical devil in petticoats, grew jealous. mat, is all I've heard." "inat is obviously the natural ex planation of tlie matter," said Sir Kichard, after a moment's pause, dur- my which he had recovered mastery over his features and voice. "Lady ievington never quite shared my infat uation about Dermerell, but she was kind enough to receive him because I w ished it ; aud I am sorry now that I put this tax on her good-nature. wont trouble vou to see my wife, doc tor ; it you will lust leave a Drescnn- tiou, that will do." "But 1 can't prescribe without see ing the iatieut," replied the doctor, who perceived that he had got into dis grace. Oh, she is simply feverish, witn pulse capricious, and a bad headache very much afflicted, in short." W ell, quinine if fever sets in, aud a little dieting meanwhile. Of course if the prostration continues. 1 would advise you to take her ladyship abroad lor a change of air and scene.' "lbat is what I think of doing." an swered ir Kichard coldly, as the doc tor sat down to write a prescription. I think it will be better that Ijidv levington should not remain in hug- land during Dermarell's trial. Well good-evening, doctor." "uood-evenmg. Sir Kichard," an swered Bable, who went out with a tlea in Ins ear, feeling that he should never again be summoned to Torwood Hall When he had gone Sir Kichard sank into a chair and buried his head in his hands, meditating on what he had just heard, ihe shock to him had beeu very great, for he trusted blindly in his wile, aud he now tried to recollect whether she had on any occasion so lie- haved as to justify the asiersions of slanderous tongues. He remembered that, during the tirst teriod of their ac quaintanceship with Dermerell, she used often to speak his praises, but that latterly she bad ceased doing so, aud had even spukeu of him iu terms of dis paragement. No judge trying to get at tlie truth through a clouded cause ever looked sterner than Sir Richard did at this moment. At last, uncertain what to think, he rose and repaired to his wife's room. There was only a night-light in the large chamber, and Lady Levington lay, dressed, on her bed, in a semi-comatose state, for she did not immediately realize that her huslund was standing by her. "Do you feel letter,dearr" asked Sir Richard twice before be obtained an answer. "You will save him, wont you? was the reply which Lady Levington abruptly gave, as she sat up, rubbing her eyes ana staring around her wildly a strange dishevelled figure. " hy should I save him if be is guilty ?" asked Sir Richard calmly ; aud be felt as if something within him broke. It was his confidence in his wife which was destroyed. "But he is innocent," continued she, wringing tier bands. "How do you know that r" "Ob, it Is all as plain as day," ex claimed Lady Levington, speaking as if to herself, for she did not look at her husband. "It's that odious wife of his who killed herself, and did it so that suspicion might point at him. She cun ningly chose her time and her poison. and site had made him buy it. She was a bad heartless woman, aud no wonder he hated her; but be bore with her more patiently than any other man on earth would have done, for be never told even me all that she made him suf fer " Lady Levington might have said a good deal more, for she was talking faster and faster, but her maid Han nah suddenly entered tne room, and proceeded with gentle authority to quiet her. Hannah, a middle-aged serious-looking woman, was her mis tress's confidante and deeply devoted to her. She exercised a sort of ascend ency over Sir Richard too ; and now ushered him out of the room, saying my lady was feverish and ought not to be disturbed. When the baronet had gone out, Hannah locked the door and re turned hastily to the bedside: "My lady, you'll lose yourself if you go on in that way," she whispered in alarm. "No thing will happen to that man if you only keep quiet and trust to me. What's the use of getting yourself divorced, and robbed of your children, and turned out into the streets like a beggar, sim ply for the pleasure of making a fuss?" "But they say lu committed murder," wailed Lady Levington, who was weak as a child in Hannah's hands. "Well, they'll find out he didn't, and there'll be an end of it," answered Hannah bluntly. "If things come to the worst we can bribe the prison ward ers to let him escape." "Oh, the prison I" ejaculated Lady Levington, with a shudder. "Do you think it would really be possible to plan his escape ?" "Yes, my lady ; you leave it all to me. You know I never liked Mr. Der merell from the first, aud didn't ap prove of his goings on with you ; but I helped and protected you both for your sake, because you're dearer to me than any of my own kin, my lady." Here Hannah whimpered somewhat. "Well, I heard Sir Kichard and the doctor talk about taking you abroad for your health : and if that's done. 111 stay be hind, and you'll give me some money to bribe those warders with. I'll suc ceed, no fear." This promise appeared to soothe Lrdy Levington, and she spent a tolerably quiet night. Next morning Sir Richard announced to her that, acting under medical advice, he was going to take her to the Continent. He needed change of scene, said he, as much as she did. Lady Levington made no ob jection, because Hannah had advised her to consent without demurring to anything that might be proposed ; and. 1 moreover, her nerves were in such a condition that she felt anything would be better for her than to stay at Tor wood, which had liecouie associated with such mournful recollections. So the same evening. Sir Kichard, his wife, and two children, with their nurses, started from Ixmdou, and thence went to Dover to cross the Channel. Before departing. Lady Levington gave Hannah all her spare money and some jewels to sell, in order that she might be able to brilie Edward Dermerell out of prison. It was a woman's plan, weak and wild, but both parties to it were sincere in thinking it might be executed Sir Richard had stated that he should go to Ostend ; but on arriv ing in this town, he told his wife that it would be better they should proceed to Blankeiibeigh, as being quieter. The baronet received no visitors and no English papers He had discharged bis servants aud taken Belgian ones ; only his valet, a liard-headed German, remained with him; aud this fellow seemed to have received orders to watch his mistress, for Lady Levington no ticed that he followed her at a distance whenever she went out. She did not care much about this, for she trusted to Hannah ; but three weeks passed without her receiving a line from her servaut. Then another week went by, and Lady Jevlngton, whose health bad not been much restored by the sea-air, could contain her impatience no longer, and one morning a eked her husband abruptly when Edward Dermerell's trial would take place ? She had never alluded to this subject once since leav ing England, and now trembled as she awaited her husband's answer : "Oh, it dont come on for two months," replied the baronet coldly, "and I suppose we shall be home before theu." It was three days after this that Lady Levington, having gone out for her cus tomary morning walk on tlie esplanade alone, sat down ou a form where two English ladies were muling a uewspa ler between them. The first words she lieard them pronounce, as they niade remarks about what thry read, made her thrill from head to fooL "Would you mind lending me that paper for a moment, please ?" said Iidy I-eing-ton in a broken voice. "There is a re port of Mr. Denuvrell's trial iu it, is there not ?" Yes, he has been sentenced to death," answered one of the ladies calmly. Death r exclaimed Ijuly Leving ton, and almost snatching the paper out of the astonished donor's hand, she rushed off with it, running down the esplanade and tearing into her house. Her husband was just coming out, and she met him in the passage : "Here, see this I" she panted, thrusting the jour nal into his hands. "Mr. Dermerell has been sentenced to be hanged 1" "What of it V" asked Sir Kichard. with icy Indifference. But he's innocent 1" aried Lady Levington, in despairing agitation. Seeing the impassiveness in her hus band's face, she drew him by the sleeve lxito the bailor aud . Uiraiw herself oe her knees. "Kichard, hear my confes sion ; you may spurn me afterwards if you like, but I must speak the truth and save this man " My poor child, you are mad." said the baronet, with au affectatiou of kind ness, when he had heard her first words. No, I am not mad : hear me to the end 1" screamed the distracted woman. clasping his knees. No, uo, you want tending : I must send for a doctor," said Sir Richard, and he tore himself away so resolutely that his wife fell forward ou the floor and remained there with her arms out stretched, convulsed by hysterical weep ing. The same evtming two Belgian doc tors certified that Eady Levington was suffering from hallucinations which made them fear brain-fever ; aud they were right, for during the night the fwver declared itself. lit Edward Dermerell had been sen tenced to death. He awaited his doom in gaol calmly, and never by a word de murred against the justice of his sen tence. A report was brought to him by tlie chaplain that an attempt had been made to bribe h m out of prison. but that the authors had been discov ered and would be punished. He ex pressed his disapproval of what his friends had done, saying that the jury's verdict had been given on the facts laid before it, and that he had nothing to complain of. He added that he wished for no attempts to get him a re prieve, as he preferred death to penal servitude. This serenity lasted until the very night before the day appointed for the execution, and then Edward Dermerell asked to see a Roman Catholic chap lain. He was a Protestant, but he wanted to make a full confession, said he, and would only make it to a priest whose lips would be sealed. Next morn ing at seven o'clock, wheu the prisoner had but half au hour more to live, a Roman Catholic priest was Introduced into tlie condemned ce.lL. The attendant warders, without leav ing tlie cell, withdrew, into a comer. and Dermerell fell on his knees, then said in a low whisper : '"Father. I wish to tell the truth to a man who will never reveal it, that one iierson at least may think well of me when I am gone. 1 am innocent. On the night when my wife died I was with Lady Levington. used to have clandestine meetings with her, but my wife found.lt out, and in a fit of mad jealousy poisoned herself in such a way as to make suspicions of her murder point to me. These are the facts, I swear it before God. I die now. because Iady Levington's honor was entrusted to me, and 1 could not betray her." "Great heavens, but this Is suicidel" exclaimed the dismayed priest. "Is it not yet time to save you ?" No, 1 nave purposely puf, off my confession till the last minute," said Dermereu quietly. "Hark, the bell is already tolling : there are steps in the passage. Now give me your pardon and blessing. The cell-d xir was thrown open, and the governor coming in all dressed in black, saw Edward Dermerell sten for ward to meet him with his face shin ing. It was the priest who wept. Some weeks later Sir Richard Lev ington, standing by the bedside of his wife, who was recovering from illness. said, with cold tranquility : "Let us say no more about Edward Dermerell. If he murdered his wife he was rightly hanged : if he was innocent, as you said in your crazy wanderings, then he was justly punished for his offence towards me. I purposely let him meet his doom. Do you bear?" A moan was the only answer he re ceived. But LaIv Levington did not die of the blow. Fate, more unkind, let her live to mourn by herself the man who had died that her name might remain stainless. Bsaltb Uinta fur Wo ma a. "Have you many sick people to look out for. Doctor?" said a New York reporter to an up-towu physician. "X es, indeed," was the reply; "plen ty of sick people all the time, most of mem women, nowever." "How do you explain it?" "WelL women have a stronger ima gination than men, and besides, they are not so caref uL Here are some rules which, if followed, will help women very mucn. Sleep In rooms so thoroughly ventila ted that the air will be as pure and sweet as the out-door atmosphere. If women would increase the capacity of tuetr lungs and breathe air abundantly charged with oxygen, four-fifths of their ailments would be prevented. But wno has the wisdom to convince them of this? When a mother thinks her rosy nine year old daughter is deformed and she must put her in stays to change tier "horrid" figure to one that is trim and neat, what can we hone for the daughter when she takes the responsi bility of her own garments? If 1 could do the greatest thing to stay degeneracy and disease of the human race it would be to convince women that lung power more than anything else contributes to health, longevity aud power of endu rance. Ihe dress and exercise that increase ability to breathe with the diaphraiu and abdominal muscles do 'more to pre vent and cure diseases of women, if not an diseases, than all other possible pre ventatives and medicines. Uin rising in the morning three or four times a week, take a quick, luvlgo rating sponge bath, accompanied by inction from the hand, a Turkish towel or brush. Follow this by a draft of cold or hot water, the latter if there is dysieisia. If one has been accustomed to high living, to rich and greasy food compo sed largely of the carbonaceous starch. sugar and fat, a change to a simple diet will work wonders in a short time. The whole system will be relieved and a new life will be lived. The habit once established for a diet that furnishes nutriment demanded by the system, one cannot be induced to return to that which gorges, stimulates and rattens, but does not nourish. The real relish and gustatory pleasure found in a fruit and grain diet can never be appreciated by those who Indulge in inconsistent mixtures of stimulants and disease-producing elements. We have only to look at the records of such lives as Humboldt, Goethe aud Bryant to know what a life of tern tr ance and plain living will accomplish. II there is no apiietite wait for its bidding; do not coax it by stimulants and appetizers. Rest of the digestive organs is often the best and surest cure lor many -diseases. Let the woman who is a sufferer from hot flushes, dizziness, neuralgia, etc.. give np strong tea aud coffee, hot bread, porn and rich pies and cake. Eat only what the appetite demands, and until Uie symptoms are relieved, partake of food not more than twice a day and possibly only once. In fasting, if Uie stomach has a feeling of goneness or craving, drink a cup ef hot water, bet lemonade or thin gruel made from wheat, barley or oats. Sli Bravely UelJ tba roru The other day a Bismarck gentleman was coming up from Standing Rock and stopped to see a man whe lived near the Cannon Ball river. In response to tlie knock on the door he beard a shrill, sharp 'Come in!" and upon en tering found a stiarp-faced angular wo man sitting in the room under an open scuttlehole leading into the loft above, with a shotgun on her knee. "Is the gentleman of Uie house in?" he asked. "Yes, sir; he airL" "Can I see him a moment?" "No sir; you can't see a hide nor hair of 'im!" "W hy can't I, madame? I would like to sieak to him on business." "If you was a-dying and Jim war the only doctor In Dakoty you couldn't sot an eye on him till he gives in an' talks decent. At dinner a while ago he told me to pass 'im Uie apple boss, an' I tol' him it wasnt soss but sass; an' he said he knowed better, it was soss, an' i tol' him that when he took a notion that a apple sass'd feel soothin' to his stom ach to say so, au' he said he'd have that soss or die. Then I tol' him I'd defend that sass with my life, an made a break for the shotgun, an' he made a break up through the scuttle inter Uie loft. When his senses come to him an' he gives in that sass is sass, he kin cum down; but if he makes a break afore that, oft goes the top of his head. Thar sets Uie sass, stranger, rud thar's Jim up in the loft, air that's the way Uie matter stands just now, an' I reckon you'd better mosey along an' not get mixed into the row!" As the gentleman moved away he heard her voice saying: "Jim, when you get tired o' yer foolln' an want this sass, jest squeal out!" And a gruff voice from Uie darksome garret respond ed: "Soss!" No Goad. "Is there a left-handed barber in this shop?" asked a man as he walked into a tousorlal establishment. "We have one, sir. Take a chair." A reporter watched the strange cus tomer as the left-handed knight of the brush scraped his chin, but could not discover anything different from the manipulation of a right-handed man, but theie was, just the same, and here it is: "You see." said the boss barber. "when a man Is shaved all Uie time by a right-banded barber the beard is pushed over to the right, and when it grows out it looks like a lop-sided map. The left-handed barber counteracts this tendency and the roots are directed In the way they should go. A left handed barber is a new wrinkle, but be is a good thing to have in the bouse." 1 esterday two blacksmiths were con versing in a South Side saloon on Uie relative abilities of two helpers. "Jim Is a good enough man, but he can't use his left hand." "You see," said the speaker in re sponse to a query, "blacksmith's help ers have to stand on both sides of a forge, and while one strikes right hand ed Uie other hits with the left. If a man can't hit straight with his left hand he' no Mod. Bt)iu facta AlMtut auiuiua "Tlie proportion of female to male suicides isalxiut six to one." Women are free from business cares aud do not drift into intoxicating hab its; they also take disappointments in love more philosophically thau men they regard a disapiioiutuieut as a na tural sequence, iu fact are disapjiointed if they are not so disapiointed. A great many men do not cx-ct it, and not being prepared, are so upset that they generally resort to extreme dissipation or suicide. The great majority of wo men select poLwn as the easiest method of crossing the Styx. They are natu rally afraid of a pistol, and would na turally scream and run if they saw one while seeking a self-destructive method. Next to poison they select haiiging,aiid they almost invariably make a bung ling job of that, just as they do in at tempting to cut their throats. Very often they jump from a window, and in variably scream; no doubt they shut their eyes when they tike Uie fatal leap. The proportion of marne I suicides is scarcely large enough to admit the ar gument that marital iiuhappiuess was the main cause. On the other hand, it is argued that family ties tend to check suicidal intent, or rather execution. Being of a more refined nature than man, and less inclined to the tragic or heroic, women naturally select the ea siest and less barbaric methods of death. Shooting or cutting disfigures the body, and a woman wants to be beautiful even in death, and besides, when she takes poison, she has an opportunity to say a last word which she may have forgotten. It is argued by some that womau. being less courageous than man, selects the easiest means of poison ;but it is a ques tion whether suicide is not more a mat ter of bravery. Many hold that it re quires no heroism to commit suicide, and no doubt the great majority of self killings are done in moments of intense frenzy and without deliberation. The absence of deliberation accounts for so many failures; which are 'M or 40 per cent., and this is the strif-gest part of iL While attempts to commit other crimes may be resisted or disturbed. the would-be suicide almost invariably seeks retirement, where he is free from prevention ;yet he often fails. Of course, this is owing to natural nervousness, want of method, and fright. It seems a parodox; but they are frightened at their own declaration. The extreme tutor class furnish the largest ercetitage of suicides, owiug probably to the trials and disappoint ments of their checkered lives. The middle class furnish the remainder, ex cepting iu a few cases there is no sui cide among people of wealth. Not hav ing to comliit the world, pride of txisi- tion and a greedy desire to revel in the luxuries that wealth can purchase eveu for the miserable, is no doubt the cause of the scarcity of suicide among the wealthy class. A I'rvmoullt". One afternoon a few years ago, I was sitting in my chamliers In the Temple, London, working at some paiers. Mv desk is between the fireplace and one of the windows, the window being two or three yards on the left side of my chair aud looking out into the Temple. Sud denly I became aware that I was look ing at the bottom window pane which was alxjut on a level with my eyes, and there I saw the figure of the head and face of my wife, in a reclining position, with the eyes closed and the face quite white and bloodless, as if she were dead. I pulled myself together, and got up and looked out of the window, where I saw nothing but the houses opposite. and 1 came to the conclusion that I bad been drowsy and bad fallen asleep, and after taking a few turns about Uie room to rouse myself, I sat down to my work again and thought no more about the matter. I went home at my usual time that evening and while my wife and I were at dinner she told me that she had lunched with a friend who lived in Gloucester Gardens and that she had taken with her a little child, one of her nieces, who was staying with us, but during lunch or just after it, the child had a fall aud slightly cut her face so that the blood came. After telling the story my wife added that she was so alarmed wheu she saw the blood on the child's face that she had fainted. What I had seen In the window then occur red to my mind and I asked what time it was when this happened. She said. as far as she rememljered it must have lieen a few minutes after 2 o'ulock. This was the time, as nearly as I could calculate, not having looked at my watch, when I saw the figure iu the window pane. I have only to add that this is the only occasion on which I have known ray wife to have had a fainting fit She was in bad health at the time and I aid not mention to her what I had seen until a few days after ward, when she had become stronger. mentioned the occurrence to several of my friends at the time. Tbe Clerk saw the Tulnu On one of the excursion steamers run ning out of Detroit the other day. the clerk found a passenger who had neith er ticket or money. He began to be rate the man for a dead beat telling him he ought to be ashamed or himself,etc, but the strapiHtl passenger held up his finger and said: Have I been among the passengers and Uirown out hints that the boilers of this boat were rather old and liable to explode?" "Not thst I know or." "Have I been around predicting a storm, and thus detracting from the pleasure of the trip." "Haven't beard of your doing so." "Have I slipped up to this one and that one to slur your boat for being slow, and have I said that you were carrying at least ninety eople more thau your license allow sr t wice thus far this boat has neglected to answer the signals of vessels coming down. Have I said 1 would make complaint under the law? Have I counted your life preservers and found the comple ment short? Have I overhauled your small boaU and found that none of them could be launched?" "O. I see! Au old steanilioat man shakel" stammered the clerk. " Excuse me for not identifying vou. Just make yourself at home and ride as far as you please. It you happen down-stairs come to the oilice and try some of my cigars." To prevent the incnrsions of mice strew wild mint where you wish to keep Uie mice out, and they will never trouble you. Hgua Itrle-a-ltraa. As I was going Into the Wardoui street shop of an acquaintance, Ioiidon, who deals in bric-a-brac, I was passed by a rough-looking man,making a rapid exit My friend was in a passion. Of course, I inquired the reason. "Did you see that wretch leaving as you entered?" "Yes." "Well, he's the worst fraud in Eng land in the matter of curios." 'Ah! invents bogus bric-a-brac, does he?" I gently inquired. "So, but he's the agent for those who make it iu France aud Spain and try to foist it on the dealers here," "How has the mail nulled vou?" I asked. "Kullled ! Why this is the second time he has tried to play bad business ou uie," said the dealer. 'You know what a diptych is, don't you?" 1 confessed I did not "Well," said the dealer in old trash, "a diptych is a couple of ivory tablets put together, and they were used by the old Greeks to write upon." "What's the good of 'em?" "They're curiosities," replied he. "There are few in existence. The British Museum has two, said to have been in use in the time of Moses." "Diil that old guy get one of them?" I asked. "Why, tliat old guy, as you call him, is rolling In money," said the dealer. "A piece of rare bric-a-brac himself, then!" I remarked. You wouldn't think these things, human or other wise, one meets in your place.are worth anything at all, and yet they command fortunes from fools." "That man who just left," contin ued the dealer, "came here a year ago and with great secresy produced from under bis coat what seemed to be a rare diptych. He wanted .0 for it. I'd have Itought it if he had said JC5U0, but i:X was like offering Buckingham i'ahu-e for the price of a villa. This made me suspicious. I examined it closely and found it a patchwork of carved ivory, but Uie work was new and consequently bogus, r said noth ing, but refused to buy. The man. who Ls a good actor, begged that I would not betray him, saying he had stolen it from a monastery in l'avia." "You didn't buy?" "No." "Then why this rage?" "Well, ouly two weeks ago I was seat for by a millionaire to value some property he had Itought In Saxony, I went to his residence and Uie first thing my eyes lit on was this bogus diptych, which my disreputable visitor had man aged to sell at last, thus cutting into my business." "Did you betray the fraud?" "Xa. That would discourage the millionaire all through aud the genuine bric-a-brac trade would languish. "And the fraudulent dealer?" "Oh! I bad it out with him. He came back to-day. as you say. This time he bail a twisted sword, manufac tured in ShelfieM, which he wanted to jell as an old Damascus blade, but 1 gave him a piece of my mind, and he was glad to skip." "But he'll sell the Damascus blade, I supixse.'"said I. "Of course he will, and to the same millionaire, my old customer, perhaps, and I dare not show him up. Isut it an outrage?" exclaimed my furious friend. I did not feel much pity for him, but 1 heard enough to entertain a whole some suspicion of the integrity aud an tiquity of old curios and this conver sation may be turned to profitable ac count bv Americans who are bric-a-brac bunting in Europe at the present mo ment. V erbuui sat sapieutt Nlvknautea of General. Every general of prominence has nickname bestowed upon him by his troops. Some of these names were of a sarcastic nature, but usually they in dicated the confidence or the men in their leaders or their admiration for thein. General Grant was commonly known over the watch-fires iu the army of the l'otomae as "Old United States, from the initials of his name, but some times he was called "Old Three Stars, that number indicating his rank as lieu tenant-general. McClellan was endear ed to his army as "Little Mac." Meade who wore spectacles, was delighted to learn that the soldiers had named him "Four-eyed George," for he knew it was not intended as a reproach. Bum sides, the colonel of the First Khixle regiuient,rose to the dignity of 'Khody' when he liecame a general. Hooker never liked the sobriquet of "Fighting Joe," though he always lived up to it during his career in the field. Pope was saddled with the title of "Sa.Mle b.' John," in memory of his famous order about headquarters being on horseback. His men used to say that their headquarters moved pretty rapid ly at tunes. Sigel. the German gener al, was know ii iu the other corps as "Dutchy." Hancrck won the brevet of "Superb" from a remark made by General Meade at Gettysburg, wheu the second corps repulsed Lougst reefs men. Humphrey, lieing a distinguished en gineer, was invariably styled "Old Mathematics." The Pennsylvania re serves used to call Crawford 'Physics,' he being a surgeon at the beginning of his military career, Igan, with hi king black hair and dark complexion, was "Black Jack" with his men. Sher idan, the cavalry leader, was "Little Phil," and Sherman's tr)os spoke of him as "Old Tecuiuseh." The ster ling nature aud steadfast purpose of Thomas earned for him the significant and familiar name of "Old Reliable." Alexander McDowell McCook, riike Hooker, was called 'Fighting McCook.' The New York city regiments iu the Fifth corps changed Sykcs to 'Sksey.' Ilalleck was derisively nicknamed 'Old Brains,' and Koecrans hail his name shortened to "Kosey." Iew Wallace was "Louisa" to the soldiers under bis command; he was a great favorite for his fighting qualities, and the soldiers adopted that appropriate name for want of a better. Kearney, who left an arm in Mexico, was invariably known in the ranks as "One-armed Phil." Butler was styled "Cockeye," for obvious rea sons. Kilpatrick was nicknamed 'Kill,' while Custer was called "Ringlets'' ou account of his long 'flowing curls; and so the catalogue might be prolonged indefinitely. Among the confederates familiar nicknames were not so common as with the federals. The soldiers of the army ff Northern Vircmiin nsiuillv annVu nt General Lee as "Bob Lee." Little Ma-1 hone was best known as "Skin and : Have Uie courage to work and sii Boue." Early was called "Bad Old port yourself, though It may be by Man," aud Jackson will live la history handling the pick, rather thau sponge aa "stonewall," on your relatives, and act as a dude. NEWS IN BRIEF. Modern needles first came into use In 154 1. Michigan lias tW.OtiO Knights ot Lalior. Coaches were first used in England in I.'jO'J. The average human life is thirty one years. The hotel business in New York is overdone. There are 123 incorporated clubs in New York. Queen Victoria has nineteen grand daughters. The first steaiulioat plied the Hud son in lSoT. The firt newspaper advertisement apieared in ICoi There are IjO distinct varieties of the banana. Five railroads now run into Jack sonville, Fla. The firs' n-wsiaiT was published in EngLind in I.ViS. London has a society to promote window gardening. In Sierra Mojalia, iu Mexico.water sells for 52 per barrel. The first use of a locomotive in this country was iu lsjti. Horse thieves are operating exten sively in Chester county. Birmingham, Ala., has gained 4,000 population within a year. A certain cornfield in Georg'a will yield 113 bushels jer acre. Savannah harbor will soon be twenty-two feet at meau high tide. Freemasonry, the world over, em braces H,liV,5l'i members. The postal service of the United States cost l',2., ,'.HJiJ in M. iitreal ioliceiueii are required to speak both English and French. There are said to le 1,S7I.217 illit erate voters in the United States. Savannah is now the largest ship Ier of naval stoics iu the world. It is said that S,0Oi ,t meteors pass through the atmosphere daily. The entire city of Cumlierlaud, Md., is to be lighted by electricity. I-higli couuty. Pa., boasts of the first church organ built in that State. A man at Keno, Col., has had his tongue paralyzed so that he cannot eat. Thirty-six men and nine womeu Committed suicide for love in Italy in ISA!. The last liattle fought on the soil of England was on "v-dgeiuonr, July t'. . It cost the United States $', l.";, .' ''.'.t'.l tu take care of the Indians in Near Norwich (Conn.), there aie said to Im two square miles of poinl lilies. The wind clip of lss is estimated at .Tun.oon.wy pounds and is worth $.", IH.IU,0U0. Experiments in raising tol-acco near Quakertown, Pa., are proving suc cessful. A Bucks county, Pa., man ow ns a dictionary printed lit the sixteenth cen tury. Mine. Allan!, it is announced, will sing iu concei t here early iu the com ing year. In Canada, one per on in every 17, 230 is an inventor; iu South Carolina, one in 21.1S2. For the purpose of transportation to America the Hart hold i statue will ln divided iuto three hundred di.-tinct parts. A Taris physician is quoted as say ing that "it is a legend, not a fact, that cholera hastens the corruption of a corpse. A prisoner in jail at Louisville is said to have no less than ten wives liv ing, and he is not a professional Mor mon, either. Pennsylvania manufactures io'J."), So4 gunpowder a year; also in p.tier bags, $-So4,47; upholstering materials, ?17o,0uO. Alligators' teeth are now used for buttons, bracelets, earrings and ban gles. They tike a high polish and are very durable. Tlie Indians who were found on this continent east of the Mississippi by the first European settlers did not exceed 200.000. The Worcester (Eng.i. Musical Festival recently held, netted JL'10 over that of 1SS1, Uie total receipts being X10C0, Is. 4d. Sharks, some of which are nine fert long, have become so numerous in Img Island Sound.that scaring them is now a popular pastime. The ball which surmounts the dome of St Peter's at Rome, is hollow, and has room inside for 13 persons. It bears aloft a monstrous cross. One-third of the tioiiulatiou of Jeru salem are Jews. They uumlwr .", m , and devote themselves exclusively to mercantile occupations. A movement, it is said, is on foot to expunge all traces of English con quest in Dublin by substituting Irish for English names to all the streets. There are seventeen quinine facto ries in the world six in Germany, four in the United States, three in France, two in Italy, and two iu England. There are three Sundays every week in Jerusalem. Friday is olwerved by the Mohammedans, Saturday by the Jews and Sunday by the Christians, A Los Angeles fruit grower has several banana trees in growth, con taining nearly 100 buuches,aud believes the raising of the fruit is au assured success. A bill will be presented to the next Vermont legislature forbidding the importation of or manufacture of oleo margarine or any of the imitations of butter. A white pine forest, containing (es timated) 1,JU,(HW,000 feet of lumber, is situated iu the centre of the Terri tory of Arizona, which is supposed by many to be a treelesi waste. Discovered among the ruins of the Zuni and Aztec cities are spindles aud whorls remarkably like those employed by the Highlanders iu Scotland. The position of some would indicate an an tiquity of at least 2,0XI years. Six thousand tons of silver money in round figures $130,000,000 are now in the U. S. Treasury, the bulk of it lieing stored in New York. Only about f ",000,000 of it, it is stated, is actually held at the Treasury Department in Washington.
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