t r' i B. F. SOHWEIER, TEI O0X2TITUTX0I THE UHOI AID T3S EfTOSOEXIST 0? THE LAYS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XL. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAECH 3, ISSfj. NO. 10. Your Coming. t nr no' !"" f,r,it J0" found m Wht tart""-, led you here; " , ih, world has changed around ma uLtocn tou came to Bear. . vd a thciiMnd clairaa to nourlsk this, 't'.jst tfce .li";irrtt hope, the nearest tla, t$A looking I''!' to roar happlneas, l;ppy am I. Hi '.U'Iy ral''' !':6 maiden leuure Thit Tu:b r.J mvKiom chose, fl-ecarelw" !ar of peace and pleasure, Tbt n rl:'" of r repose! . ,j , touch could eet the tune tmlwt o brief a flia-low Wot ,ha ntorning skyl Ts if tfc' brt ! i;iad fcr happiness, Harpv am L 0'o'. yur Ua2ht ",e trouble; Ycur rrTliu taught me pain, j.y Mvath prew nuick, my blood raa JouMt It leipcd in vv:y vln. Ytt all t-s f-!n ua00 'he lover's kisa, Tb :( !je burning lock the low re p'y? rt-htft i all he bo'.Js of harpinesa, lliipi'y am 1. Tic i"! t o rar.h .1 vj::e emotion, VT;fatra:.K-ruis, T,ur"r-'" i""1 w,th ky and ocean; Tour vice is be.id dreams ji,(kll cfco.wii is wetghod with that I wiss, Mv idX daughter tuatM -with a sigh, jU,i;ujvir,i: !i;y in your happiness, II ;:" L UXCLE JOEL'S BOAT. It was a de'.lclous June afternoon. Tse tog was riling a great white band out at sea, bin alongshore everythimr was dipped m sunshine tbe sea, the 2ds, the little winking village in the background, the hills which seemed trying to touch the sky with the pme plumes in their crests. it was very still by the waterside. The fishermen, as a general thing, were out ia their ltoats; the children had eo2f strawberry in? in the ' 'salt marsh," aid their wives were Indulging in their usual sic-rtas within doors. Tempted bjthis lovely quiet, and the sprightly, whose sweet breadth, mingled with the Sod and meadow fragrances, had stolen in at my window. I came out of the house and strolled along the beach toward I'luumer's Cove, where, seated on the si!; Ins eyes fixed with loving admiration upon a new yacht which was anchored just outside, sat old Joel Xickersou. lie was a weather-beaten old fishenr.au, v. ho looked as much like the natural outgrowth cf the place as did one of the rocks, or the half-dead trees which kept an insecure footing in tie rreriees of the cliffs. His coarse, jrjz'ed l.air was not unlike the long, pay moss suspended from their scraggy br::ches, which was blown out to-night by the tianip sea winds. The figure was bent and crooked like their gro tesque and broken shapes. Ilis face wis filled with seams and crevices like tte rocks, and was of the same brown, weather-stained hue. But in his eyes, which gleamed .ander shaggy brows aattrfis of gray1 lichen, there wa3 i.o segzestion of rough weather or the blurring mists of time. They were clear and blue as those of a child, with an expression of cheer and trust in their untroubled depths, and a quick g':eam of hutuor, which lighted when ever he spoke or smiW. "Good afternoon, Uncle Joel, what a use new bor.t vn have here," I said, nodding in the direction of the craft which he w as gazing upon so fondly. "Ain't she a regular stuanin' out n' out beauty? Ef she dont cut her way hamsoine over the water, I'm mistaken; stiddy n' swift.as a guIL. I got a pres ent ov that there craft this mornln'. Yes. a present ov her. 'Taint many icen that is favored like that, let alone a poor, unedicated old fisherman, with the rheumatics tuggin' at all his limbs, V a long spell o' layln' still, clearin' out hi3 locker 'n' a bringin' him to the very door o' the poor-house. I'd about made up my in;nd a spell ago that mariE an' I'd got to spend next winter at the poor-house, if the Lord should teep us alive so long, though I said, ao's ter kinder comfort her, sae wuz so terribly out 'bout things in ginral, that Frovidence would pint a way outer our trials. "'But,' says she, 'it may be dread ful wleked. bnt what with the sickness in Lysarader's family, an' all the rest' Lysamder, he's our only obild, 'n' bis wife, alius a poor, sickly cretur, 's got the spine in her back, now, 'n' ean't move hand nor foot, 'n' the oldest iflrl's all wore out waitin' on her, V down with the low fever 'I feel all enter consate with Provurdunce, that's tract. "But twarnt an hour after that there bote was giv ter me this mornln' before Some summer gentlemen that's a-goin' ter spend a mouth or two In these parts come ter me 'n' engaged both me 'n' the bote, five dollars a day 'n' found, right straight along, at least in fair weather, 'n' dretful anxious ter keep me bound ter 'urn, too, as they've got more folks a-ccnimin' the latter part of the summer thet they say'll keep me busy till the summer is over. You see the bote took tbelr eye the minute they e it, v Josiah Towle, up ter the hotel aezhe: ""V I ran vouch fur Uncle Joel's bein' a good skipper. Why. I should just as soon think of a sea bird's gom' astray 'n' bein' wrecked, as any bote whatsof ver in his handj.' "'X' they laughed 'n said they should know that by my looks. I wnz a sailor clean through. "Then 1 went home 'n' told marm U about it. " 'What do ye think about bein' out er consate with l'roverdunce, now?" zL 'Xo wet-weather work, nogiltin' soaked in cold water, a pullin' in fish, no n.-k, no rsrUi' out, no bein' up all night, no rheumatics, no poor sales, no ayin' still, no waitin1 fur pay, 'n' no more or thet tarnal bay berry tea.' "X' niarni, slielmrst out a cryln'. 'The minister said thet the uses of per versity wuz good for folks,' sez she, 'n' niade 'em more religious 'n' nearer to Pwfecshiu, but 'taint been so with me lt makes me feel ez if I hadn't never got religion et all; kinder rebell!n"n cold-hearted. I 'spose I'm nateral J'icfeeder than other folks, but the Lord knows that I'm thankful to Him fur this creat maicy. " 'Yes,' I went on, "n' bi a leetle thankful ter Hob Haley, too, whilo yer .wui il, mr ne giv me Dote;' hoi ier ue m-ev'rent, miss, you know, bnt when oann gits teary ye hev ter tech ber up bit. or she'd flood the whole kentry. "Then she slopied a minute fur ter give me a lfetlo advice, as I knowed Jbe would, 'n' didn't git ter cryin' ser Wd agm. But 'tain: no wonder, she's got more'n common feeliu's, now, fur "e bote rightly b'loiiged ter her, ye K." tt hadn't beeu fur her savin' ays, we shouldn't never a bed it. Ef J d a bed my way, I should a had thet re liaddick syerfcoard. for 'long side er a cod, a baddlck Is tarnation poor eatin'. Even the Old Herry wouldn't her nothin' ter do with the critter. He caught him onoe, as the story goes, but when he sea what he'd got holt of, he let him drop powerful sudden, an' tbere's the matk er his flngert where he grabbed him, ter thto day, plain ez ken be. Pr'aps you'd like to henr about my flndln' the merrage stiTkit ' Bob Haley's father an' mother. It sounds like a regular sailor's yarn, what folks call a fish story, bnt It's true every word on it; ef yon don't b'lieve it, you can ask Bob Haley himself ef 'taint jest as I tell it. He's a goln ter put up at the hotel back there in the village, fur quite a spell yit. Them summer gentlemen that I told it to this mornin' seemed ter be real tickled with It. One on 'em, 'n' a real eddicated gentleman he is, slick an' smooth ez a minister, had knowed ov a greenback bein' found In the stomach of a ced, somewhares down Cape Cod way. 'N' Bob Haley, he was standlu' by all the time I was tellin' on it, 'n' he sez: "'Gentlemen, Uncle Joel ain't a spinln' no yarn; the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction." I said that I should like to bear it above all things. It was just the time for a story, such a still, dreamy after noon, with nothing about to disturb one's full enjoyment of it. "It's just the time for a sail, too; the breeze has got Into a notion o' comin up. towards sunset, these days, 'n' dont die down till pretty well into the evenln'. What d'ye say to tryira' the new bote, miss? She hain't got no name, ylt, but inarm 'n' I ran on an Idee that we'd call her Deliv'rance, since she seems to be deliv'rin' on os out of all oar troubles fur ye see, when I git ter be too old 'n' used up ter ran her, we kin sell her fur enough to keep me 'n' marm mlddlln' chirk, till we git through. Lysarader's wife, she thought of it fust, poor soul, fur she's got beau tiful leurnin', as well as a pious mind." I accepted the invitation to sail, with delight. The sun was lew in the west and the air becoming deltclously cool. The sky, overhead, was o the tender ed azure, and the sea stretched away, rippling into various lovely hues which shifted and melted into each other. It was deep purple In the shadowy cove, a soft blue under the broad sunshine, and in some far away places streaked with silver, almost like the touch of moon light. The old man assisted me on board the craft with grvat gallantry, and was anxious to display all her fine points, te fore hoisting the anchor and setting his sails. "Two bunks, ye see. 'n' a place ter crawl inter ef a spell o' weather should come on unawares, 'n' a leetle cook stove to warm up vittles, 'n' make tea, 'n' coffee on, ef ye wanted ter go on a long trip. See here, did ye ever come across anything hamsomer than this hard wood flnlshin', 'n' ez I tell marm them there cushions is ernough ter tempt a ravin' t?arln' hurricane ter in dulge in a lazy lit 'n' stop awhile "a rest its bones." I admired everything to his satisfac tion. "But you nasn't forget the story you were going to tell me, Uncle Joel," I said; "1 should be sorry to lose it." "Oh, no, miss ye needn't be afeared o' thet, you Jest wait till I haul up the jib. 'n' git sot down ter the heflm, 'n' I'll fetch a beglnnin'. "Ye see," he commenced, afUir tbe boat had got well under way, "'nigh about thirty years ago, some folks by the name o' Cram moved over frctm Flreto wn. V located in thet there house on the pin, the third one from the school'uv, as ye come along the oeach road. They wuz good folks ernnff, as folks go thoush the old man was kinder lazy 'n' shiftless, 'n' marm, she got the notion thet they badn't none o 'em any onreasonable ill will against dirt. There wuz three or four boys In the ram'ly, with nothin uncommon about 'em but their names, 'n' fakelty far poor luck. I kant jest recall what these names wuz, now, only thet they wuz dretful highflown, n ez the boys haint nothin' in pertikler ter do with; the the story, taint so much matter. ' 'But the one girl amongst 'em was an uncommon picter. Her hair wuz Jest ez black ez a coal, all kinder curly 'n' crinkly over her forehead, 'n hang down her back in amazln' long shiny ringlets. I never see no blows In a powsy bad that could bold a candle to her cheeks for redness, 'n ez far her eyes, they wnz ez bright 'n' sparklln' ez a flash o' lightning on a dark night She wnz a trig built 'n' pootv gailln' little craft, too, 'n' 'peared to be smart though folks said she warnt no great hand fur work. But ez fur's looks goes she wuz a regler three-decker 'n' no mistake, 'u I hardly ever come acrost her without she wnz all trimmed out, ez ef fur mectln' er a dance, with ribbins 'n posies, ef Iwarnt morn'n a bunch o' beach peas, or a haraful o' merrygools. Pritty nigh all the young fellers in these parts wanted to court her, 'n' no strange sailor ever stepped ashore but what wnz dretful took with her harnsome countenance. Bat she onlv kinder laughed at 'em all. "I tell ye, miss, we're makin'allQred good time, now down inhearin of the bell buoy, so soon!" exclaimed the old man, suddenly dropping the thread of his discourse. "Haint shea steppin sl'ddy n' pretty long, with this span kin' breeze? I swan ter man, she's even more nv a stunner than I calculated at fust " We were, indeed, flying around the uoint like magic The little craft seem ed like something alive and glad, puf fing and swelling her eager sails, toss ia tho salt spray with her prow.careen in" gracefully on one side, thn righting herself with a gleefull little spring. "But there I've most forgot where I was in my story. Lem'me see; why. I hain't told ye what the girl's name wuz yet. hev I? 'Twas Galassy, 'n' aproud, elevatin' name Uke that seemed ter jest suit her. he hadn't no notion o' set tlin' down here, she said, a wearin' ov patched close. V eatin ov long-neck clams; so oue fall when she was about nineteen years old. on she went .down to Greatport, V got some kind ov a sitooation la a hotel there, V wasn't Safore we heard how she'd be'n V got nch sa Cap'n, named Haley, onto her hook, 'n' was married to him. it wlz prittv plain that there wuz money in U.S bargain, for all tto o; menced right away ter g t BMt wmmoQ sot up in the world. The oU m m bought a new stove P'P, J14? .n. wore it a fishin', 'a' 'twas said that a whoe school o' mackrel was .cart away by las fust appearance in it, 'n it must hev been kinder surprising ter ay tae easCen ter the gulK f he boys wuz round a flourishiu' white handkerchieS sure coats, 'n' t e old woman made her brags tbat she'd got a ew Kt or suver spoons, n came near upsettin' Se mostifyin' f uneril she tver went ter, morm says, by appearin' to it in a silk gown that was rich 'n' stiff ernough fer ter walk off alone. A silk gown in the neighborhood o' the cove In them days would make a stone wall stare, 'n' more 'specially on to a fisherman's wife thet gUirally felt pritty proud ter get a new caliker. Some folks thought 'twas kinder lnsultin' ter the parson's lady, thet hadn't nothin' better than alapaccy ter her name, ter hev thet gown flaun ted into her face; 'a' she did look real kinder convicted, 'n' solemn, 'n' dls approvin' when she sot her eyes onto it; but I say now, as I said then, that Miss Cram had as g03d a right to wear it, ef she came by it honest, ez anybody livln' "But Galassy, herself, didn't come borne on a visit or nothin' fur about five or six years, 'n' then she appeared, bag 'n' baggage, as if she'd come fur good, a bringin' with her a nice little light-complected boy, thet she said wuz the graven image of bis father, about four years old. 'X' after a spell folks begun ter say in the store as how her 'n' her husban' didn't pull oars together dretful welL 'n' she'd been 'n' left him. though he still forked over enull casli ter keep the boy 'n' her like kings 'n' queens. " 'X' some folks was a whisperin' that she warnt married at all, 'n' all kinds o' bigoted and nonsensical ru mjrs wuz talked over on an evenia' when the mackrel fleets was in. But ez fur me an' marm, we alwez stood up fur Galassy. She wuz a fust-rate neighbor, powerful good in a case o' sickness, 'n' warnt never ashamed ov her old friends nor stuck up obove 'em, ef she could wear a silk gown aud ride in a stable team. She was dretful good ter her own folks, too, bought a new bole for the old man, fixed up the house, tbat warn't nothin' but a shaky ole cabin in the first place, till It look ed jest like a palace outside 'n' in, 'n' pervided tbe best kind er vittles fur the hull famly. I tell you there warnt nothin' but store tea drunk there. Her Tittle chap, Robert she called him, took a great likin'ter me, 'n' would ernough sight rather go out with me in my bote than with his grandady in bis'n, 'n' me 'n' marm both liked him fust-rate fur lie WQ7. a proper smart, good- natered little feller, always chock full o' busi ness 'n' a playin' off his little jokes on me Whenever he got the chance. Him V my boy, Seth, got along fust-rate tergether, too, 'a' wuz grate friends, though Seth wuz quite a spall ahead on him in years, 'n' scarce ever an evenin' went by but he'd be over a settin with us 'round the fire, a coaxin' of me ter tell stories. lie wuz a master hand fur stories 'n' could listen ter the same one over and over and over ajain with his eyes jest as big as saucers, 'n scarce a dtawin' ov his breath. 'X' it seems, heIikes ter hear my yams now jest as weA as ever he did in the world, 'n' him chock full on college learnin', 'n' able to holif his own with eny parson livin'. His motftcr, she wuz jest bound up in him; accordin' ter her recknin' he wuz as nigU perfejshin ez ylhia' ever born inter this imparflc stat9 o' exis tences 'n'n hevin grown kinder sub dued like 'n' qniet sence she wuz a girl ef she could only foller him round with her eyes, 'n' know't he wuz all right, she 'peared ter be parfectly contented, 'n' twas hia likin fur this place that kept her here summer 'n winter. Now 'n' then she'd Uke him off to the city for a spell in cold weather, bnt the little tyke would git ser hemesick she'd soon hev ter bring him back agin 'n' let him tumble about on the rocks n' go oat on the water with the fishermen. But ez he grew bigger she begun ter git kin der nerved-up about his eddication, 'n' when the news o' his father's death came, that wuz when he wuz about ten years old, she'd nigh about made up her mind fer ter send him off ter some boardin' school whether or no. "Now I'd seen Galassy 'bout every day durin' ber long spell o' livin here, 'n she never wuz the one ter mention her husban's name ter me, but when he wa3 dead, she seemed all up into a heap 'n' the day she went off fer ter see 'bout hevin' his property settled 'n' make her cloims, she wuz je3t as whita as a ghost. She war'nt gone mor'n three weeks, "n' when she came back agin, she wuz whiter still, 'n' her coun tenance looked ez mournful ez thot there old hulk over yonder does, et nightfall. "I was over ter the village when the stage come in, 'u when she got out'n' see me, she busted right out a cryin'. Oh, Joel,' sez she, 4what is a gom' ter become o' my pore boy? I've been'n lost my merriage stifkit, Vail his fath er's property is a goln' ter distant rela shuns.' " 'Lor, says I, a tryin' ter comfort her a leetle, 'Bob baiut one o' the kind o' chaps thet needs a fortin fur ter build him up. He'll make up his own way in the world fast enough, 'n' take care of his mother lik a lady, too.' X ' Bob was ez smart ez a cricket, enyhow. But she only shook her head kinder mournful. "'Strange, how everything iz agin me,' she wen on. 'My lawyer he says there haint nothin' ter be done less I ken ffnd thet stifkit, fur the town hall over in Greenville where we was mar ried hez been burnt down, 'n'all the records with it.' " 'Well, likely enough you'll come acrost the stifkit,' sez I; 'a bit o' paper like that ez terrible likely ter git mis laid.' " 'But I sarched the house through and through fur it, 'fore 1 went away, knowinl fur sure that It would be called fur,' she sez; 'but twarnt nowhere to be found, 'n' I reckoned I'd put it away ez safe ez anything ken be in this world Why, twarnt more'n two weeks ago that I came acrost It folded up in a bag, 'n' looked it over. I remember wonderin' why the paper had grown ser yaller in 'leven years, though to be sure 'leven years is a good stretch.' "You shore you didnt put it where the wind could ha' blowed it away?' sez I, kinder reflectin'. I'm sure I put it away safe my self ' sez she, 'but s'pose somebody might ha' rubbidged, 'mongst my things 'n' let it git lost that way. It's cer tain that no one in my own family would ha' destroyed it a purpose, 'n' if there's them in the place that has spite agin me ter steal it, I don't see how they could ha got inter the house fur ter find It; we alwez keep our doors locked when we're away.' "Wesl. anyhow, the stifkit warnt found, 'n' matters begun ter 'pear kiu der solemn over ter the Crams'. The old man he traded off the gold watch he bought when Cap'n Haley's death wuz fust heard heard ov, fur provisions at the siore, V didn't brag no more 'bout his rich darter. Miss Cram she wnz took with hysterics, the boys baa to go flshin' wather or no, an' Galassy went about with a look on her coun tenance ez ef livin' wuz like a spell o' sickness to her. Bat lor! Bob be didn't mind It none; he wuz livelier'n ever, J want no thanks. Such s. disposition as an' sez he, 'Uncle Joel, you must let he's got is reward enough ov Itself, me manage the bote when I go out with j - "I declare, miss, I wish yoa could you; sost I ken learn ter sail her fust- j see that feller, I'm ez proud ov him as rate, fur when I git a little bigger I'm er he wuz my own boy, 'n' ef he haint a gom ter be a cap'n 'n' earn anuff harnsome to look et, 'n' don't kerry sight more money than my father ever j himself like a man, then I dont know, did.' -. lie haint one that learn'n' 'n' riches "'Twas about a month from the time f .-ould spile. There haint ncthln' stuck o' Galas?y 's comin heme, ez fur's I kin j up about Bob, nothin' mean could live reckon, that I had my fust good day' ;n the same neighborhood with him." fijhin' fur the season. 'Twas the spnna"f "Bat how in the world did the mar o' the year, but back'ard 'n' we' been T -lage certificate happen tobe swallowed h8vln' dretful unfortunate weather al J by a liaddick?" I inquired, along till thet mornln', when the wiii3 i "Xobody ever bed the leastest idee, she held In a spell, 'n' 'twas real kix- ', A pritty droll, as well ez a lucky haul, der warm 'n' moist 'n' cloudy. Me 'n i thet there fish wuz. 'Taint likely Seth wens outside, down by Hunt'f ' there ever wuz or ever will be agin te bridse. 'n' come homo at night with a i '.lie end o' time, another one o' them pretty good haul of cod. When we got ashore I filled awheel barrow with fish 4 fur our own eatin', and wheeled it up ' ter the house, 'n' sez I ter maim she J wuz a ttandla' in the door a luokin' otJ fU,F,mf r'f m,CZ hUD,g'y fZ UU na"UJ 19 111 inafai.llf mtnn "r ulnln a frA lit ' no time, 'n' we'll hev some filed fur j supper.' ' "But, marm she's dretful-savin' ia eaUhat fust, fur that wont soil f ur VTJ u lJlZtZ nothin' and the cod will.' I " ' , iT'rJZ l """t? "Shaw mrm ser I 'heave the ' wUl able to do will arrest it. The tarnet dovetboard Do you ! southern indlan reserves, whiah lie be SeSlffsota" th0 Canadian PaciQc railway A nnVtKhM i u iff 7' ! the international boundary line, in no use a talkin'. Marm she was de termined on the liaddick, 'n' then? warn't nothin' fur me ter do but teH give in. So I ketched it dp. 'n' taking ov it into the shed, I out with my knife ni nn . th.r. oil r.. 1,1,1.1 nr. w tuxvlr title white ez neat ez vou please, ia k:h. '.i nra.i it r,;it ,ri r.,r fiMrhr S r w fc15 o' tearin it, far, or course, twuz mc - drwet, 'n' what dv yer 's'pise it prov- edtob-? What bat the merriage stif- .;.-(.:. i IbL V .nv aJi T Jr, ;,' kel thet Glassy Ililey bed wuz i takin' on so about! Think n.n. f . .. nnltitnt till .iaIil0 IlAin P I f t nun if f.jr uuiuiu 11.1 iiuuvaij 11 u . , .u, 1 . V. Mnf .. . ...van.,.,, .t h.r 1 elbow then the moon hez stars, 'n' 'twould be full as well if the sarkym stances wasn't talked over yit awhile,' so I finished my job, 'n' flinging the fish outer tie kitchen table, I said I'd got an arrant ter do over yonder whilst the supper wuz cookin' 'n' made fur old Cram's ez fast ez I could go. Gal assy she wuz alone iu the kitchen, the . ,K, .1... ., . . An t K - water. V the old woman at a neigh-: 'There ' w I t bm.lin' her the I Wiir messages to her Biackfeet kinsfolk , i tfn J'i w, i t further to the south. Crowfoot has So tite?n Ura Steer 3 2h- gelded to the appeals of his daughter, I r,Siu vl L vif,?iPf who is now looked upon as the queen SUIu thu 111 f r , ? of Crees, and seizing the opportun WhlP docke.munt, fur it,.Uj. t0 aven8 the WTOugs from which S , ,, ,hon his own people have recently suffered, "She gin one glance at it, then fetch- , 8umoned a council of his head ed a scream 'n' wet 'n fishy ez I wuz, "eDrasentinir Bloods PieeanH and 'X ' when I bergun fur ter tell her hev. I found it, she bergua fur ter cry, 'n then she'd laugh, 'n' then she d cry agia' till I kinder tired o' waitin' fur fair weather and started fur home. 'X ' there I wuz a sheddin' tears myself, all the time unbeknownst. Curus how sech things works on a man, haint It? "Wall, Galassy went ter the city agin' n' proved her claims this time, for the stifkit, after it was dried and the ku.ks ironed out er the paper, told it story plain euoujh, 'n' ther' warnt a migh ov it gone. 'X' she's got her fortin, too, nigh about $30,000 in all, then come back ter the cove the richest woman in the hull town. "Afore she'd took off her t'u'u.gs or stopped ter rest a minit, down she came ter my house all highly tlghty. 'Joel,' sez she, I cant never pay ye fur yer sarvice; twarnt alone the money, but 'twas my name, ye know,' 'n' her eyes was sparklin' like coate o' fire through the tears. I never dreamt folks bed dared to say tbet about me. " 'X' then she tried fer ter make me take $100 on the spot, fur a token of her gratitoode, ez she said. But me V marm couldn't see our way clear fur ter do thet, though we wuz dretful kinder worked up thet sue should want ter gtve it. Me 'n' Seth wuz both a doln' well then, 'n' bed a leetle money laid by fur a rainy dav, 'n' then I hadn't uone nounn-ai an i!i;iL ucmucu ici u paid fur. 'Twas Providence thet se;fc lues mere uauutca, ici uno uu mj uw, 'n' I hauled him in a-usin' some pritty gramatical words that he warnt a cod, 'n' then agin, may the Lord forgive me, I was rebellious azin eatin' ov him 'n' wanted ier ter throw him away. How could I know thet he'd been a diulng on a merriage stifkit? "Galassy, she was terribly out be cause we wouldn't except of it, but, sez she, T'r'aps either me or Bob will git a chance ter do somethin' fur ye some day.' 'rs ' them wuz the very last words I ever heard her speak. "Poor Galassy! She took Bob V went off ter the city ter live a few days after thet. 'n' in the course ov a year or tw we beard she wuz deal. TUy all the Crams up 'n' left the place, toe"; 'n' we never heard or see anything more o' Bob till about a week ago. Me 'n' marm was a settin' ter the supper table one chilly night, when an awfu. harnsome n' swell young feller about twenty-four or five years old come in, a-smiiin' 'n a-seemiu' tickled ter death ter see us. " 'Dont you know me, Uncle Joel?' sez he, seein' ez I looked kinder numb founded. " 'Xo,' sez I, 'I must confess thai you've got the ad varntago o' me, though yer countenance doe3 seem kinder fa miliar.' 'M' thei he said how he wuz., Bjb Haley, 'n' I swauey I couldn't help a j'iuiu' marm in the sheddin ov a tear or so. Ye see I'm a gittin' old 'n' jest like a woman, when I'm in sorrer I ana jest as starn as the meetin'-h'us', bat when I feel glad I find myself a cryin.' ,X' then, ez fine ez he wuz, we fell to 'n' hugged each other with a good will, 'n' he kissed marm a good smack 'n' then sot right down ter the table with us like own folks; 'n' such an evenin' as we bed a talkin' oyer old times I never enjoyed in my life. There haint nothin' but what thet chap remembers, though he warnt but tea years old when he left the place. "Well," with a long-drawn sigh "them last words o' Galassy's come true. Bob hez had a chance ter do something fur us, sure enough; when he found out how many more rainy days I'd bed then I looked for'ard tew 'n' how much discouragmentall 'round he come 'n' give me that there bote in a way that wuz jest as soothin' 'n' per lite ez if I'd ha bin a giv in' or it ter him, tn' no liviu mm could ha' helped takin' it jest ez he meant fur ter. Of course I felt kind er so: back at fast, 'n'n couldn't fiud no words fur .ter thank him with, but lor. Bob didn't iesky fish wuth fifty thousen dollaral" mmm as ixdias ALLIANCE, Many Tribes of the Northwestern Sav ages Have United for the Purpose of a General I'prisintf. about 20,000 natives, consisting of i Bloods, Blackfeet and i'iegans. These I tribe3 are in federal alliance, with " "J wii ,h,.f WI? " &e ir L"?J?f and Three-bulls as their commanding " '", ! war-cuier. war-chief. 1 he latter Is now in a posi- I tion t0 harass the country with more i than 3'000 brave3- further to the north there are the Crecs ana Moneys, wbo were, with Pounduiaker and Big lea.ters, more or less mixed u , ... . 1:, ...ki. . th?mL M&tZ.ngi mmtenMtUWud I Alley cuiuwr m iiu auuui. w.v.v uu have neary 2.000 Picked fighting men. I Poundmaker, the Cree chief, who was tha first to surrender to Gen. Middle- after the defeat of the Metis at Baioche, and who has been sent to pri son for three years for bis part in that outbreak, is a son-in-law of Chief Crow foot, aud tbat, too, in more than in any ordinary Indian sense, for the B'ackfoot chief's favorite daughter is at the head of the Cree chief's olygam OU5 household. Poundmaker is in tbe penitentiary, but the principal Mrs. Poundmaker is whetting a thousand fceVaJS sendm Crees on the frenzied -y .?Z " TJr r.':: ...m-iTT. path as soon as the grass is sufficiently uncovered for the ponies. This fierce war chief is already astir, and around many a Blood snd Piegan fire, and in hundreds of smoky Blackfeet tepees the scalplocks taken by dead heroes of their race are taken down and waved 'u the dim firelight to the ugly strains i r the war-dance songs of impatient bruves. Horses and cattle are rapidly di& ipiiearing, to the dismay of Cana dian ranchmen. Thes, it is slated. Dud their way into the possession of the m ire reckless of Montana traders in exchange for rifles and cartridges, whose dpaily crack will, before another June reaches U3, render every piece of tuil grass or clump of brush and every ravine or reed-bordered coolie things to be avoided a3 depositories of certain death. Among the bad results of the Metis tebellion is the contempt with which all the Indians regard Canadian troops. The latter were woe fully beaten, with the odds in their favor, both at Frog Lake and Fish Creek, and the so-eaTled battle of Batoche was rather a successful retreat of the rebels than a well-earned victory on the part of the militia. Col. Otter's dash upon Poundmaker's band with his celebrated ('ieen's Own regiment was a disorderly rout, and his almost miraculous escape was achieved only bv a march of over forty miles in a ( . . lnroucll swamps mXgs! Xeitherpoandmaker and gs. .Neither rouunmaKer nor B'g Bear was defeated. Both surren dered only after tiring of harassing and evading the volunteers. The half breeds will not likely join the hostile Iudians. They lost their leader on the gallows at RegiM. The government has redressed their wrong3 partially, but they have no heart or courage left. The rebellious natives complain chiefly of the too officious, presence of Cana dian militia, or mounted police, whose number and vigilance have been doubl ed since tbe late disturbance ; of the Intrigues and dishonesty of Indian agents and instructors ; of the tyranny aud flunkeyism of Lieut. Col. Gov. Tw-In.'y, who is the Indian commis sioner, and of the unlawful encroach ments of settlers and ranchmen. The Canadian government is taking steps to nl? the prospective outbreak in the bu!, but preparations have already gone so far that the very acts of the govern ment, intended to avert the calamity, will prove the immediate cause of trou ble The more the Canadian authori ties make preparations to meet the ex pected emergency the greater the in sult to the Indians. They are determ ined to be aveuged, and the coming summer will be one of hardship and devastation in the Canadian North west Settlers south of the ConaJian Piiciuc line are pretty much all prepar ing to serve, and to-day a delegation from the ranchmen passed through this city for the federal capital to urge on the authorities the necessity of a regi ment b?ing at once sent to the neigh borhood of Calgary to put a stop to the inroads which Indians are miking upon their horses and cattle. The Kev. Dr. S., who is a prominent divine in a city not farfrom Xew Y ork, had been spending a few days not in this weather on an island on the Maine coast, and, intending to depart on a certain morning, he started for the boat ia company with a friend. A porter followed with the doctor's valise. Arriving at tbe wharf, they found that to take advantage of the wind or tide the boat bad gone before the advertised time. Xot aware or the clerical char acter of the company, the porter swore several shocking oaths in quick succes sion. "What do you think of that.doctor?" asked his friend." "Wtell," said the doctor slowly and impressively,"there are times when the services of a layman are indispensable," IS KRAO THE MISSING LINK? Curious Freak of Nature Fonntl in the Wilds ofSiam. Krao, who is called Darwin's missing link, is a little ten-year-old Asiatic maiden, with big black eyes, black, ropy hair, a prodigious silkeu moustache, and langs that might make an average Xew Y'ork girl feel envious. She has besides bunches of silken feathers on her back and spinal column. In her cheeks are small cavities in which she sometimes stores nuts and bonbons. She is bright and intellegent, and can speak English, German and French fluently. Krao was captured three years ago in the wilds of Siam by Professor Carl Bock, the English scientist, and Anth ropologist George H. Shelly. She fought hard to get away and succeeded in in flicting a few ugly bites upon Mr. Shelly 's arms and hands. Her rarents, both specimens of an alleged new hairy trilte, were also captured, but the king of I.ao. being superstitious, would not allow them to leave his kingdom. The tnle to which they belonged live in nests, they are both barbarous and stupid. krao was ou exibition in Xew Y'ork recently Representatives were present from various colleges. The men of sci ence thought Krao was the queerest freak of nature they had ever seen. She was clad in a neat, loose-fitting short gown and had a big blue ribbon wound aliout her flowing black hair. She wel comed the visitors and shook hands with each with as much grace and condescen sion as if she had been brought up in Xew York and was 20 years old. She said Xew Y'ork was a lino place, and that she would like it better if she could have a sleigh ride. Professor Way of the Xormal College said it might bo that Krao was a distinct species of the human family, but he wasn t sure of it. Anyhow, he was puz zled, he said, and would like to study up Darwin anil other scientists before he made up his mind. Anthropologist Shelly, who is an out and out evolution ist, said there was no doubt in the world that she was the missing link between man and monkey He felt enthusiastic alxmt hi3 discovery and wanted all the scientists In creation to come ami be con vinced. Krao will enter a Bowery mus eum. Krao came from Siam, where her re-: hit inns tlit about the jungle to save dress maker's bills and sleep under little hut.s of woven branches. She has been in process of education and exhibition for five years, and is now warranted to le the most intelligent missing link on the road. She has the Largest and most lus trous black eyes thai ever mortal or mis sing link ever gazed into; a high but narrow forehead; a wealth of long and soft black hair, a flat nose that is guilt less of cartilago and doesn't require one of Sullivan's sledge-hammer blows to spread it over the larger part of her face; ears that are like India rubber and pro truding cheeks with pouches in them in which she stows away nuts as readily as thtih ?'ie was the tr.fssinsr link to the chipmunk family. Her hands and arms are apelike. She can tie her arms iu a double bow knot about her neck with the greatest ease, and lay her linn gers and thumbs along the back ot her hand or twist them into any other seem ingly impossible jwsition. She grasps an object withon' using the thumb, and her lingers close about a penholder with a grip like so many little boa constric tors. She is blessed with an extra link in the backlxine to match it. Her skin Is of a light brown color. She seemed to be a most docile and affectionate little puss and is as happy as the day is long. Disagreeable Habit.-. Xearly all the disagreeable habits which people take up come at first from mere accidents, but they are persisted in until they become second nature. Stop and think before you allow yourself to form them. There are disagreeable habits of body, like scowling, winking, twisting the mouth, biting the nails, continually picking at sometlring, twirl ing a key or fumbling at a chain, drum ming with the fingers, screwing or twist ing a chair or whatever you lay your hands on. Dou't do any of these things. Learn to sit quietly, like a gentleman, we were going to say, but wc are afraid girls fall into such tricks sometimes. There are much worse habits than these, to be sure; but we are speaking only of those little things which are only annoy lns: when they are persisted in. There are habits of speech also, such as begin ning every speech with "you see," or "you know" "now-a," "I don't care," "I tell you what;" indistinct utterances, nasil tones avoid them all. Stop and think of what you are going to say, and then let every word drop from your lips just as perfect a3 a new silver coin. Have a care about your way of sitting and standing and walking. Before you know it you will find that your habits have hardened into a coat ot mail that" you cannot get rid of without a terrib,lo effort. The KiMsinn Army. The following is a translation of the decree removing Prince Alexander from the Russian army: "Lieutenant-General His Highness Prince Alexander Bul garsky is excluded from the rolls of the Russian armv. The 13th Rifle Batta lion of Ills Highness Prince Bulgarsky will henceforth bo named simply 'The 13th Rifle Battalion. The Czar has passed upon the Prince of Bulgaria, irritated by his independence, and prob ably by other causes of which we know nothing, a public humiliation almost without precedent m tne annais oi European Courts. The affront is the more conspicuous, because the Russian Court is not only most punctilious about such matters, but is especially Conserva tive, never cancelling rank or privilege without the gravest reasons. The affront is intended to announce to the world that Russia regards Prince Alexander not only as an enemy, but as an enemy who has forfeited his claims to respect, and whom no Russian can serve. The act will exasperate all Bulgarians, and make an agreement in the Conference, which is supposed to be sitting at Con stant inople, next to impossible. " "The Conference is paralyzed by dissensions, and the smaller Powers, weary of wait ing, are determined to act That is to say, Servia will invade Bulgaria, and Greece will pour her troops into Epirus as a measure of precaution." Colonel Hugh Sterling of Wheel ing offers twenty acres of land on the Ohio river, near Bush run, on the C. and P. R. R., to any nail company that will erect a factory upon it. ! "Revenge is mine, at last! at last!" and the villain laughed fiendishly. And is the record now clear?" ; "Aye so it is. I have introduced a toboggaa into the family nf ray enetsj! tUal ha! hal" AS ILLINOIS VENDETTA. A Family Quarrel Starts two Family Vraveyarda- The recent arrest of Tom Russell in Carbondale, Jackson county. Ills., has revived interest in the most bloody ven det'a ever fought in that country, which resulted in the almost complete exter mination of four powerful families, "ussell is lield on two indictments for murder in the first degree, which have lieen jiending ten years. Among the prominent families of fanners li.'ing In the western portion of Williamson county, Illinois, in 1S73, were the Russells, Bulliners, Hender sons, Cranes and Sisneys, There were several grown sons and daughters in each family, and one of the Bulliner 1-ovs kept company with one of the M inses Russell. The latter was betrayed in the earlier part of 1873, and the Bul liii'TS and Russells ceased to be friends. Election-day, in 1873, they had a pitched buttle at a small polling-place called Crawville, in which two Bulliners and one 1! ussell were wounded. Then the friends of the combatants espoused their cause uutil a half-dozen families were involved on each side. Dec. 12, l!73, "old man" George Bulliner was shot from ambush and killed just inside tho Jackson county line while on bis way to Carbondale, He died cursing his unseen foes, and calling on bis boys to revenge his death. March 23, 1874, while David Bulliner, one of the boys, was returning from church with a woman named Mrs. Stansill in a buggy, he was shot from a hedge and killed, and his companion dangerously woun (le.i. The families were opposed in this wi.-: the Russells, Sisneys, and Hender sons against the Bulliners, Hinchcliffes, and Kuihls. The score at this point ttXHl two to nothing in favor of the Rus sells. The night of the loth of May, while Joseph Henderson was standing in his own doorstep, be was shot and killed and a man named Jacob Ditmore wounded. Two days later Ditmore was ambushed and killed with a i ad of buckshot, thus tiemg the score. Oct. 21th Dr. Vincent Ilinchcliffe, while on iiis way to Carbondale on horseback, was shot from behind and killed. One month later Levidiis Kudd received a load of buckshot while plowing, but re covered. In January, 1874, G. W. Sis :icy wxs shot, but recovered. Aug. lth he" was shot with a rifle, the ball jas-sing through his liody, but he again recov ered. lXc. 12, 1874, just one year after the death of "old man" Bulliner, Sisney was at home surrounded by his eight .hildreii and a neighbor named Jamts Ilimlman, when "crash" went the glass in the window and Sisney fell mortally wounded and Hindman dangerously. Two weeks later John Russell was killed on the streets of Marion, and the new year of opened with following bal-lance-book of death: Bulliners George Bulliner, Dave Bul liner, Vincent Ilinchcliffe; wounded Ledw as Rudd, John Bulliner, Mr. Stan di. Sisneys James Henderson, Jacob Ditmore, G. W: Sidney, John Russell; wounded George Hindman, F. Ilen lerson. The Bulliners began the year with ;iie ahead, and the sheriff appealed to liovenor Beveridge for aid to stop the vendetta. Warrants were sworn out against a number of the parties impli cated. John Bulliner was arrested and sent up. for life, bnt was lately pardoned. The two Hendersons, Cook, Coyle, and one Crane were sent upto.Jolietforloiig terms. One of the Cranes was hanged at Murphysboro, 111., for killing G. W. Sisney. Tom Russell escaped and re turned a short time ago and was ar rested and released on bond, nearly all the witnesses against him having met violent deaths since. The four families were nearly decimated and two grave vanls were started in the vicinity durinf "3 and li. Shark Stories. ' One tieculiaritv of the fchark," said Capt. Gildcrdale recently, "is that he never will swallow a negro. White men and most anything else he redily de-' vours, but a colored man never. There's an old tradition among seamen about man-eating sharks, w hen one has been killed the sailors look in his belly for gM waw-nes ana oiner vaiuaoies. i ou see, the shark swallows anything which comes in his way, and we used to find all sorfs of things In his maw. Once on twxird a steamer the crew had been kil ling beef, and threw overboard a hide and horns. X'ot long after they caught a shark, and sure enough .they round that he had tried to swallow the refuse. He cot the hide part way down, but couldn't get away with the horns. There was a scientific man on board, and he thought he had discovered a new species of shnrk with horns. "I remember once when I was mate on a ship from Calcutta. We were be calmed, and I saw a shark snoozing around the ship, so 1 suing over a une and hook with three or four pounds of lork on it. The beast didnt appear to lie hungery and wouldn't bite, so I gave it up and went below. While 1 was dow n in my room the Captain sent word from the poop deck that the shark was close by the hook which I nad left over board. I picked up my rifle and went on deck. The fish was over twelve feet long, and was making for the hook, when I fired right into his mouth. He gave a flop over on his side and never moved a muscle. We lowered a boat, threw a painter around him, and hauled him in. The boys cut him open, and instead of the gold watches, they found a lot of young sharks the big one was a she shark, you see and I ordered the youngsters to be counted and thrown in to a barrel. Well, sir, that barrel wa3 chuck full of man-eaters about ten inches long, and there were just seventy one in all! That's a fact, and I can show you in my log book the exact latitude and longitude where we killed the old one. The boys fried 'em and eat 'em, and found 'em pretty good, too. I saved out one, and put him in alcohol, and gave him to the Gentlemen Anglers' Society." The Size of Our Country. The Rev. Dr. Barrows gave some idea of the magnitude of this country in a statement recently made by liirn. ne said that if the entire population of the globe, estimated at 1,400,000,000, were divided into families of five, the State of Texas alone could give each family half aa acre of land to live upon. In conversing with men, the woman of tact and wisdom is always readjr to hold the inferior position that of the -crson instructed, not instructing'. NEWS IN BRIEF. Gravity is only the bark of wisdom, but it serves to preserve it. The Prince of Wales can play tha banjo. Engineering In Cleveland is very dull. Tho California wool crop of last year was 41,000,000. Xot a boose is for rent in Los Angeles, it is stated. Cincinnati workmen are solid for the eight-hour law. Signor Brocolinl's real name is Bald to be plain John Clark. A new silk mill is projected in Rockland county, Xew Y'ork. A great many Eastern furniture factories have failed this winter. Two wolves are said to have been killed in Essex, Conn., last week. An oyster shell kept in a tea kettle is said to keep the vessel free of crust, There are said to be only 13,000 Quakers in Great Britian and Ireland. Eighteen colored teachers are em ployed in the Xashy llle, Tenn., schools. Last year t27,000,000 worth of matches were consumed in this coun try. A co-operative nail works is to be started at Wheeling with 10,000 capi tal. The Czar of Russia has been again warned of Xihiiistic designs upon bis life. The death rate from chloroform is, according to a recent estimate, oue in 1,000. Tbe Government envelope factory at Hartford, Ct., uses a ton of gum a week. Walerville, a Maine town of 5,000 Inhabitants declines to accept a city charter. Mormons are trying to make con verts in Minnesota, among the Scandi navians. A party of Baton Rouge. La., bird hunters recently killed 1,400 robins with sticks. i The Earl of Buckingamahire, nine ty years, is the oldest peer of the Bri 'tibh realia. At Bridgman, Mich., William Wil liams caught an eagle that measured nine feet. A sea dog was killed on the beach near Long Branch., X. J. It weighed 143 pounds. Constantino ordered the pagan tem ples to be destroyed throughout the em pire In 33L Eighteen thousand homestead have been entered in Florida during the past year. Lots have been drawn by four Irish Invincibles to kill McDermott. now m Paris. Alaska is said to have in its forests at the lowest estimate, 5,000,000,000 feet of lumber. The silver workers of Connecticut are in trouble. They are, however, completely organized. Tbe introduction of natural gas has greatly increased tho consumption of old rails and scrap iron. An exhibition of drawings by mod ern artists is to be held next year in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. The venerable Sojourner Truth is very ill at Battle Creek, Mich. She claims to be 107 years old. Twenty million dollars' worth of property burned in tho U. S. during January and February. The eight-hour law has been strictly enforced in Australia since its adoption about thirty years ago. The administration of an oath ia Judical proceedings was introduced in to England by the Saxons in GOO. The assessed valuation of the State of Tennessee this ftill Is $222,637,873 an increase of $708,000 over List year. Of the 15,000 cigarmakers cf Xew Y'ork about 300 only are skilled hand workers, the rest working with molds. The Smithsonian Institution no longer gives away its publications, but offers them for sale at about cost price. The famous battle between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis and Scarborough took place Sept. 23, 1779. The first Thanksgiving Day was in 1021, and was appointed by Gov. Brad ford, In gratitude for the season's har vest. A baby down town cries so inces santly, and withal so lustily, that the neighbors think it must be sick when it stops. The German Emperor, who Is over 80 years old, is hale and vigorous, while the Empress, at 72, is a confirmed in valid. Roses six Inches in diameter aro raised la Los Angeles, California pa pers say. Though policemen wear stars and convicts wear stripes, that has nothing to do, necessarily; with the American flag. Tbirty-six glandered norses oeiouu ing to the proprietor of theXew.uk and South Orange horse car lino were shot this week. The general ofliacrsof the National Federation of Miners are urging their members to agitate the eight-hour sys tem of working hours. CoU King, cf Texas, has sold his ranche at San Antonio, said to be the biggest In the world, to an English syndicate for $4,000,000. The name Esconal is derived from the fact that the scoria of a neighbor ing Iron foundry were thrown on the site now occupied by the palace. It is said that Marshall, tho great steel manufacturer, who employs 3,000 hands at Sheffield, England, Intends to remove his business to America. W. S. Morrow, of Cliambersburg, interested in manganese mines in Shen andoah county, says he will soou be able to ship 3,000 tons per mouth. A young African in Crockett, Tex., recently succeeded In gorging himself with ice cream and getting Sit) 75 in change out of a Confederate $20 btlL A bill has been introduced in tho Xew York Legislature prohibiting the employment of more than 5 per cent, of convicts In any one branch of industry. Gas freezes at 32 degrees. It con denses, makes water, and freezes. The best way to thaw out a gaspipe is to pour about a pint of alcohol in the meter. There is aa alcohol faucet on top of the meter. Pour it into this. The twelve-hour system with the $2 standard of pay has been adopted by the Brooklyn City Railroad Company, which controls eleven of Brooklyn's horse-car railroads. It affecU about 2,300 men. 11 't 1 r "T
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