H. F. SUHWEIER, THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE IjAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLVI. MIFFLINTOWIN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 1. 1S92. NO. 22. DPEAMS. TWO SONNETS T PIUUP BulTRK B M ARSTON. 1. Come to m In a Uimn. O'i T,ovp of mfnef Cume to me, Sweet est, from thy I,ir-oft piac Com- rloip. an1 Ian above me tliy fair face; WUitn my lingers I t tliy i.L'TS twine.. And my eye-Ltts, till they quiver and Milne With passionate joy. anil all Sleeps mystic :ivt Are lighted w (th the trlht, propitious rav That leam fim Love's own moou L.oyes star; divine. 4 th Love, for ;..r Vvp, aint for love of love, S ml I'Mlh thy soul arios (ho weary way, Autl meet me. where thrmli Sleep's vague Land I rove Seeking my bnnt d 1 1 e.isnre ah, but May lleie in ihene ;ii inn, till I tuve felt a-4a(a I he Jubilant blood exult through every vela II Sometimes I tm to tin 1 thee in mv dreams: I tit not hear thy voice nor do I see Ihy iaee but, weet, I feel, all tlntlv. 1 hy I'ie!euce watch n:y sleep: sometfines It see tin I catch ftoin f;tr the shin tin; of Iove's streams, r hear from fat Hih lltt Im. dear iniitMrelsy ; Hut when I uould draw near those streams and the, l hey niiH-k my vision w ith elusive gleams Ami then mv S ir it. hufti ! in dexire, rossossf only the Hi.ul n-:i1m of Sleep, And ;ikes to ..ice the hours that wound and tlte. In w hit'h no m. re the h:ippy pulsus loap Tu see the Imst ile V'.us i steep on steep, idle fi out 1 1 height Miine,: forth Iove's au sweni: u the GOL. HOLBROOK. BY I.. H. IiufLT. It is more tluin twenty years since whut 1 am about to narrate to k place, nud et it all sceius to rue ns fresh as though, it had happened but yesterday. I see the beautiful harbor of Bombay u p before me with its far fauiod caves of Klephania and its Apollo Bunder where bo iimny of us Lave watched both the incoming i.iul outaoiug I'. O. Steamers, while to the right ex tends Colaba, separating tho harbor Irom Back Hay, which latter ha I re cently earned a renown i-iuiiraT to that of the BnndeKuml Bauking Company. Yonder stunds Malabar Hill, the quar ter where most of t tie Anglo-f ndians have their hnuornlows, and from hence it will not take ns loug to drive to the Bycnlhi Club, where 1 first met Colonel Holbrook. I had two friends in those days; one as (leorge Leyden, a lawyer, with whom 1 Lad sh ired a bungalow before he fell a vict.ni to the charms of Mr?. Leyden, aud tho oth-r, John (more generally called Jack) Stirling, a sur geon in the army, to whose skill and patience 1 owe a life which 1 fear was hardly worth the trouble bestowed in 1-avmg it. Wu are most of us "falling among thieves" in our journey throngh tbe world, and should be grateful for a stray Siinnritau who helps ns on onr way. Mrs. I.eyden, being in England with her children, L yden, St lling and my self had been dining at the Byculln to gether and were enjoying our cheroots on the verandah overlooking the race course and Bycullu Flats. "So," remarked Stirling, "Holbrook does not often smile, und yet there are plenty who remember the time when he went by the name of llollicking Holbrook for his ceaseless good-humor and fun. No, one, however, who knows and his sbry wonders at the change." "And the story was- V" 1 asked. "Similar to many others that hap pened during the mutiny," replied Stirling gravely. "Holbrook was sta tioned in the i'linjuub, heiDg then a Captain in the 116 Bengal Cavalry, aud havmg his wife and two childreu with him. The regiment was supposed to be loyal, but alas, one dny as Holbrook was returning homo niter trying a new horse a magnificent Wuler his wief'a ayah stopped him when he was about to enter the camp gronud and told h.m to fly for his life for tho regi ment had tuutiuied and tho So.oys were sacking the ollieers' quarters and butchering all who resisted. For a moment Holbrook was staggered, and tbe laughing light in li s eyes we all liked to see, vanished never to return, the next instant he demanded in a hoarse whisper, which seemed to dread the answer, where the "Mere sahib" was, and on the ayah replyiug that she was a prisoner in the bungalow, Holbrook dismounted and telling the nyah to act as "syce" for a few ininutej aud hold his horse, he niud.i for his bungalow as swiftly and silently as possible. The scene which followed I do not like to think of, and Holbrook himself has never spoken of it. I had it from an eye witness some months afterwards, and it is sutlicietit to say that the mutineers did not anticipate a rescue and had taken more precautions to guard their prisoners from escaping than against outside succor. The consequence was that Holbrook effect ed an entrance into his bungalow, and was advancing sword in hand to the room where his wife nnd children were, before his presence was noticed. On the threshold of tho door lay one of servants the haraal, I think slone dead, in defense of hi3 master's home, ami then the mutineer sentinel on be holding Holbrook gavehislast shout as his Captain Jcnt him down and burst no the room over the body. 'I he fight which ensued must have been terrible, for Holbrook was one of the best swordpmen in Tndi, and was ftruggbng for what is dearer than life. One of the Sepoys, thinking to stay Hol brook 's amis cried out, pointing ft rifle at Mrs. Holbrook, that lie wonld fire unless Sahib stopped. I may tell yon hat tho Holbrook motto is "Peatli before dishonor," and I can qnite be lieve that it was absolute relief to lier husband (knowing it ws impossible to save hen when the fatal bullet killed Mrs. Holbrook. The blackguard next sheathed his sword to the hilt in the youngest child, a boy of four years, but this was his last crime, to" a a mo ment Inter his head, with the savage giiu still on his face, rolled on the floor, having been literally srvered from the body by a slashing sweep of Holbrooks' sword. This seemed to ap pal the mutineers for a second or two, bud Ho brool;, catching up his litiie rirl, nil that was lett him now bouuded out of the bunga ow j.ist time, us a large number of fresh mnti r.etrn wire arriving to reinforce tbeir comrades. He appeared to betr a chariued life, for in spite of the bu e;i tired i t l.ini he reached the epo whtre be had lelt his horse unhurt, nd of course .t wa not long before he was in the saddle "vit!i Isabel in fro t of Irm speeiiiiig away as fast as his Jig Au stralian could gallop. The baffled mutim ers pursued him some distance but th.i Waler, even with the exta weight he wts carrying, was morethau a match for tiie ordinary cavalry charg ers and the chase was soon abandoned. iJi-vertheless Holbi-ooK did not draw rein until both he and hts horse were ' about dead beat and his danghter had fallen fast asleep on his arm." There was silence as Stirling ceased speaking, and, before I asked what became or the girl, a tall military look ing man, with a drooping iron grey moustache, advanced towards us, whom Leyden and Stirling addressed as Hol brook. He was introduced to me, and l must confess that I have seen much handsomer men in my day, but there was an indefinable something about Holbrook which seemed to fasoinate all those he w as brought Into contact with. Though grave there was noth ing morose in his demeanor; he was quiet without giving yon the idea of melancholy, and iok spite of the fact that in the dreadful Jays of '67 when face to face with the foe he had never been known to give quarter, he had a gentle if somewhat distant courtesy towards natives which many of us mieht have taken pattern by. But the chief charm to my mind in encounter ing Colonel Holbrook was his straight forward honest eyes, the sort of eyes which you felt would never flinch at any danger or swerve a hair's breadth from the path of honor. For the rest, the Colonel, owing to his eroct bear ing, aud lithe, muscular figure, did not look over forty years of age, whereas he was the wrong side of fi'.ty. The Colonel told ns presently he had taken a small furnished bungalow on the L'reach Candy road near the Vel lard, as he was expecting his daughter out by the "Malta," which was due in a couple of days. Here was news in deed, for to Anglo-Indian society tbe arrival of a young unmarried F.nglish girl is as welcome as rain in the desert. "I suppose you have not seen Miss Holbrook since she was quite a child?" remarked Stirling. "So, the last time I saw her was eleven years ago, when I had my long furlough and I went home to arrange about her education. l?y Jove, she must bo almr.st out of her teens now. 1 wonder whether I shall know her wheu I meet her." Here is one of the drawbacks to life in ludit; you cannot bring up your children there after they are five or six years of age, and consequently the country can never become a colony. There is something pathetic when we recall the Colonel having at the risk of his life saved that of his child being about to meet the latter as a compar ative stranger. Did the blooming young lady, so tall that even the Col onel scarcely needed to stoop to give the paternal greeting, remember the day when, almost blinded by horror and blood, the same father who was somewhat shyly gazing at her, had, after rescuing her from a terrible fate, borne her in his arms over a long and painful march to rest and safety? I am afraid Isabel Holbrook's memory did not go so far back; she was charfued to see her father, who looked every inch a soldier; delighted with the new night around her, but tho mutiny happened a long time a,ro, and alHiut which the Colonel never opened his lips. I am therefore not blaming Isabel for not recollecting what she owed how many of us do so? but she soon came to know her father, whereas standing on tho "Malta's" qimrtor deck the was just making his acquaintance. Ah, she was a brigbt, beautiful crea ture when she arrived to gladden the Colonel's home like a auubeam, for alas so short a period. I like to think of those hnppy days, and it was a pleas ure to wateh the fair yonng girl by her pretty ways coaxing back the old smile which had been so long missed from the soldier'H face. You see, as I grow older, life appears to have inoro of shadows about it than formerly, and I am tempted to linger in the sunny spots ns I come across them. During the hot season Colonel Hol brook managed to escape for a few days to the little hill sta ion of Matb eran, where Isabel had her first, en counter with the deadly cobra, and was surprised to see how quickly her father dispatched the reptile with his riding whip. When the monsoon burst about the end of May, the Colonel and his danghter moved up to Poona, a mili tary station at the top of the Chore Ghaut, a hundred miles or so from Bombay and a very farorite resort iu the rainy season, as the hills surround ing it seem to draw away the heavy rains for tho most port leaving l'oona comparatively dry and cool. Every one is aware what a delightful place Poona is in the monsoon, but I wish with all my heart Isabel Holbrook had never gone there, and then perhaps these pages would never have been written. I forget where Isabel first met Stan ton Jarvis, the manager for the great Parsee banking firm Dhuramjee, Jee jeebhoy and Jehangeer; robably at some "bnrra khana," (dinner party) at any rato no sooner had he made his appearance on the scene than her highness, M iss Holbrook, had no eyes for anyone else. Poor Stirling, who 1 fancy in his deliberate Scotch manner had been letting himself down rather than falling in loving with the Colonel's daughter, found himself left suddenly out in the cold, while your humble servant, who had only ventured to worship the star from a distance, be came no more to her that tbe dirt which her Arab horse Subadar kicked up with his beels. Her father even found himself beginning, as it is called, to "play second fiddle;" he who had saved her life and loved and waited for her in solitude for eleven years was no longer first, but came after one only known a week! Is not this always so? We rear and tend our flowers, guard ing them through many a cold winter, and just as they reach perfection they are transplanted by some one who can merely give promises as against our performances, and we have to watch them bloom elsewhere. Bloom did I say? Do they not sometimes fade? But pshaw, because I have seen one miserable marriage I am growing like Hamlet, trying to set right a wor Id out oMoint and forgotting that both Stir ling and mvstll in after years took two daughters 'from their parents roof without the slightest compunction. it must be admitted that Stanlon Jarvis was a handsome fellow; he rode well, which ought to have been a point in his favor with tbe Colonel, who ad mired good horsemanship, and yet al th ugh there bad never been a whisper against the character of Mr. Jarvis, ,.i his manners were irreproachable, our friend the Colonel would some times repeat tho lines abont the famous Fell nnUl he found his daughter bVcae annoyed, when the result was wha might have been expected. Re member that since the mutiny the Solonel had led a retirei hfe, doing his d y Quietly and nnostentatiously, and eschewing as far as possible the society TZ'Jlt1 air Isabel or thlit he f Tor Indulgent with the fetter'- whims and fancies than any doting mother with her first born. Here again 1 must ask yon not to impute heavy blame to Isabel. The girl had been educated at a somewhat austere school, could scarcely recollect a mother's guiding band, and on arriving in India found herself worshipped as only reg ular ol t "qui hies" cau worship a fresh English maiden whose roses have not yet been bleached by the Indian sun. She hardly knew her father, whose re Ferve bad grown so habitual that per fect confidence between the pair was at first impossible. Jsaliel admire I the colonel greatly, used to dub him a true ISuyard and all that sort of thing, but he was just a trifle grave, yon see, and youthlike she loved to be in the neigh borhood of smiles and laughter. Stan ton Jarvis bad plenty of these at hia disposal, and I could not help thinking his stock increased when he learned that tbe Colonel had a csnple of laks to his name. 1 can no longer delay re lating what I wish to Heaven bad never happened, but these pages only form a reminiscence.not a three volnme novel. ! so before the close of the Poona season it became generally known that Isabel Holbrook was engaged to Stanton Jar vis, and that the w.adiugwasto take place at Bombay some time in Movem ner. In this sketch I have not space to describe the "ever old yet ever new"; yet some day 1 hope to give yon a thrilling love story, and all that dear est Henry murmured under tho pal myras to sweetest Edith, aud what the latter whispered in return. I eanuot promise that snch conversation will be very different from what thousands of others have been under th onk tree in England or ths maple in Canada, and yet they never seem to grow sta'e or monotonous to the majority of renders, indeed, when I remarked one day that there was a sameness in love-making, I was quickly taken to task by a certain lady who siid, "Ah, my dear, yon di 1 not think so once." Well, perhaps not, but to resume: As soon as Stir :n; learned that Isabel Holbrook was Ih; yond his reach, he declared Poona was iusnflerably dull, the "gymkhana" beastly slow, aud the races tiie poorest h" had ever seen. Finally after wreak ing his ill-temper upon his friends aud making bimself generally disagreeable all found, he letook himself off to Bombay, much, it must Ie confessed, to everyone's relief. The Colonel, like the gallant soldier he was, did his best to bow to what was inevitable, but all his grave tenderness to his daughter, and his scrupulous conrtesy to Jarvis could not disguise the fact that the projected match was not his choice. The smile, which had lately been play ing round the corner of the Colonel's mouth, especially when watching his daughter, legan to fade away again, and he would sit almost impassive while Isabel and Jarvis were laughing with all tbeir might at PaveCaison's great character song "The Bengalee Baboo." Tru:y "Man never ii but al ways to be blest," and all the Colonel's dreams of making a happy home for his daughter and himself, of which be had a brief foretaste, were vanishing into thin air. Isatiel at first had in sisted upon her father's taking up his alMide with her after her marriago, but though the Colonel was pleased at his daughter's desire not to lose him, he steadily declined to comply with her behest, which caused a little passa -e .it arms between two who had uncon sciously been drifting asunder. "You will be so lonely, papa," said Isabel, with a pleading fiance. "ot more so than I h.ive lieen for the last dozen years," replied the Colonel. "That was no fault of mine papa, and now that 1 and Stanton offer you a homo- oh, papa, I don't believe you care for me a bit!" cried lsdcl, breaking off. Notcarofor her! Not ci re for the single treasure he had fought so well ; for and saved on that fearful dav never to be recalled without a shudder. Col onel Holbrook was an nndemonstrativo man, and hated everything theatrical, and he simply placed his hand on li s daughter's shoulder, saying, "1 think, my child, tlie best answer I can give you will be to tell you something I have never spoken of to anyone, and would ask you never to refer to the subject aga!n." 'then he shortly related the bare tacts of what I have already told yon. There were no emliellishmenta, but I think Ioabcl as she listened supplied those and began to realize what a noble fellow her ?rave and gentle father was. Before he had finished her arms were round his neck, and the two approach ed nearer in spirit than they had beeu for sometime, but fate whs to bring them closer yet before the last parting came. The inevitable took place at the ap pointed time, and Stanton Jarvis, may the gods confound him, led Isabel to the altar. Jack Stirling bad gone pig sticking somewhere neir Ahiunadeb had, but Leyden and the writer were present on the memorable occasion, and very beautiful Miss Ho biook ap peared in bridal at lire. Tbe breakfast was pretty much what all such break fasts are. Everybody complimented everybody else, and Colonel Holbrook, with the air of a man riding at a rasp ing big fence, said so many handsome things about Jarvis that you might have thought the latter was the otic of all others whom the Colonel wonld have picked out for his s in-in-law. Al though Jarvis did not teem to appreci ate the encomiums heaped upon him, Isabel's eyes glistened with pleasure, and I am snre she felt that her father for her sake was doing hi.s best to give her unalloyed joy upon that day. The-honej moou was just over when a panic commenced in business circles in Bombay and stocks of every descrip- j tion begju to fall, first slowly and then with a run as though they wonld never stop. Merchants and bankers looked doubtful at one another, 1're rue bund Koychund, tbe great Hindoo mer chant supposed to be worth one hun dred laks of rupees, was utterly and irretrievably rained, and dark rumors were whispered abont the largest Fng lish houses, while even the great Parsee baronet was said to be heavily involved. 1 ought perhaps to have mentioned that Colonel Holbrook previous to her marriage had settled a lak of rupees on his daughter in such a way that her hm.band only benefited to the extent of sharing tbe income derived from tbe interest, so that when the bankers, Dhuraujee, Jeejeebh' y and Jehangeer became slightly embarrassed and found their manager's account overdrawn in consequence of an unfortunate spec ulation in Back Bay shares, it was natural a peremptory demand was made upon Mr. Stanton Jarvis to make good t he overdraft within twenty-four hours or be prepared to meet the al ternative. It was equally natural that Jarvis should tell Isabel of his pre dicament, and that tbey should both forthwith lay Beige to the Colonel, but inasmuch as we never confess all our ins, Jarvis did not tell the Colonel hia position as msnager of the banking) firm was forfeited, nor did he tel Isabel of an awkward letter he had in, hi pocket which h id made him fully1 del. rmined to qnit Bombay at once slid for ever, leaving ber to mourn wrecked life as best she m ght. 1 think when the worst became known, when one morning an illiter ate half-caste woman arrived by tbe steamer from Tellichery, who proved to be the real Mrs. Jarvis, it was just as well the villain was beyond the reach of tho Colonel's Jarm. And poor iaabel, all her trnst was - nattered and her idol lower than the di. t beneath her feet. It was a rude au likening from her roseate dream, an I she could I ardly realize the dull, cold dawn which had come upon her. She was lying with her face buried on tht sofa, moaning as th ough in paiu, when a hand was laid gently ou Iter head, and tnrning sho saw her father stooping over her. The Colonel did not speak, but hia daughter could read him at last nnd fell sobbing into thoso arras in which she had rested a little child years ago. After the storm cime the culm; tho Col onel took bis retiring pension and he and isaliel left India nud resided for some years in the South of France. When lust in England, 1 learned from Ley den, who had also said adieu to the Fast nud was practicing in Londou, that the Colonel had died recently of a disease which caused him intense suffering laime with fortitude and patience. His daughter nursed him fondly to the end, her name was the 1 Inst upon his lips, and his last thought of the child he bad loved so well. A e the jnst always rewarded and the ( unjust punished in this life? In San I Francisco there lives a millionaire amidst every Inxnry, much courted a ml sought after, whose name used to i be Stanton Jarvis, whilo in a small town in Devonshire a lady Called Mrs. Holbrook has a bumble cottage, and whom hardly anyone knows. She has a sad, pale face, and wonld never recall the Isabel Holbrook who turned the heads of half the young fellows in Bom bay some fourteen years before. You cannot please her more than by telling her she is very like her father, and j wheu her boy comes home for the holi days she will point to the Colonel's portrait remarking, "Try to Iss like your grandfather Frank, and never disgrace a name which in peace or war he always kept nutarn shed." When onr turns come and the grass grows green over our graves, reader, may those we leave behind so speak of us. WOMEN MUST MARK THEIR CHOICE. A celebrated woman physician in Loniton says: "Women should not attempt to carry on a profession after marriage. I mean the women oi tbe upper and middle cl isses who go into tlie professions. It is not neces sary that they should be the bread winners Uist duty should devolve upon the husband; and I am confident that the rising generation would be healthier aud stronger in every way if the m.it hers wo"l I exert them selves less. 1 look anxiously at every baby tht comes nnd r my notice, in the hope that I shall find some im provement in the type, some increase iu stamina, compared with the genera tion thut has preceded it; bnt instead of this there is ouly steady deteriora tion observable. This deterioration is particularly noticeable among the children of very active mothers. The cleverest and most highly educated women, the women wl o take tbe most active part iu public affairs, have the most weakly and puny children. An o'uer thing, womeu are going into too active forms of exercise. When a youug married women tells me that she is captain of a cricket eleven or a footbsll team, I can only say I am, perfectly agnst. Women must j l c before themselves the alternative to earn their living, to exercise their fao-, nlt:es and to gratify their ambitions) in a professional career, or to become good wives and mothers. Aud if they choose the dome tic life they mimt rec ognize that they must sacrifice their personal happiness and ambitiou iu the future happiness aud success of their childien." SUNDAY DINNER AND TEA. The problem of arranging the "Sun day dinner" is one which perplexes many housekeepers In a large number of families it it the only day iu the week that the hus band and father takes his midday meal with them, and naturally it is desired to have it especially enjoyable. But on the other hand it is day that the maid must be regarded also. As far as possible it should be a day of rest to her, and a conscientious mistress will so order her household duties that ber maid can attend church some time dur ing the dny, even if she is unable to gi e her the entire afternoon and even ing which is so often claimed. A mother witn yonng children needs all the tact aud management that she is capable of, to gtt through the day so that it may be ono to lie enjoyed and looked forward to a? the happiest one in the week, which in theory we know it should be, but which in practice is often the reverse. If we wonld commence to prepare for our Sundays ou Saturdays, it might simplify the question and be of great assi.ita jee. This Saturday preparation does not mean a cold Sunday dinner; or a warmedover dinner; in place of that it should be made especially good, for by judicious forethought on Saturday one can select dishes that could le quickly cooked, a dessert that could l made the day b. f re, at d an additional delicacy might bo added for this dessert which requires do c oking, such as nuts and raisins, or confectionery, or fruit. Pretty little fancy dish' s, that are not used through the week, will help make the table attractive, and one or two flowers with a cluster of green leaves will give a touch of refinement and brighten even the plainest-looking table. Changes in the tablo linen through the week should be made with a view to having it perfectly fresh and clean for Sunday. If the customary change of clothing for each member of tlie family is taken from bureau or closet and laid care fully on a chair iu the Wlrooms, before going to bed Saturday night, with buttons all on, rents repaired, 8ots removed from dress aud cloaks, shoes blackened, a id fresh ruffs basted in neck and sleeves, much will have been d.oe to ensure happiness and peace of mind for the coming day, and we shall have n.ore time tl.jk how we ean mike the day brighter for the others, by striving to make our tones aud man ners more gentle and affectionate, and to give expression to the love and good will in our hearts for the dear ones in our home. MOTHER'S HANDS. Buofi iwmitlful. beautiful bands! Tbnugh heart wen) weary an. I sad These patient hands kept Mlliiu ou. That the children mlitlitftn kU'I Tbe tears well forth . I .okliiK back To childhood's dlstaut day. I think how these hands rested not W hile nnno were at tbeir play. But, II, beyond the shadow land, VN here all is b U it and fair, I knny tail well lhVse dear old bands Win altns of victory bear. Wneii crystal s-reams through endless years Flow over golden unils. And where the old r..w yonng again. I'll clasp my mother's bauds. Pretbyttrian journal. MAKE HOME LOVELY. Most of every man's and woman's life is spent in contemplating the idea of a home; first in chil I hood in uplaying house;" in maturity in gathering together household goods, keeping house, and trying to have a finer house than one's friend-1, so that it is little wonder that art and science turn to embellish and perfect man's abode, if one have plenty of money one ran lurronnd ore's self with tbe most per fect appointments. And even when ne is refined and has 'ideas" on Jecorating and furnishing, It is just as well always providing one has money ind a trreut deal of it to leave the sarrying out of those ideas to some person who has made a study of and practiced that sort of thing. For snch there is all the beauty of tbe past and of all nations to cbrose from, while charm of color need not be lacnficed on the altar of utility. But to the men and women who must a-ork out their own salvation, as it were in the beautifying of their homes, a "color scheme" mea is nothing and the ityles of periods aud nations are so many empty words. It would lie safe to wager that not one man or woman out of ten can tell to a certainty the lifference between the Louises, ami ;hat the harmonious combination of solors or tints in a room would plunge tnem in a sea of disrair. Every woman has some time in her life had her heart set on having a wbite ind gold room, a blue room, a pink room, a terra cotta ro:un, or a room oi lome color dear to her heart ana be soming to her complexion and the ef fects she has produced in her attempts Co realize ber wishes have been horrible fnough at times to make the colors Jght it out with each other. Rooms are rarely furnished in a lingle color now, although one color isnally predominates. Contrasts are pleasanter, and less monotonous. Take, lor instance, a room that is to be in white and gold. In the old days it would have leen white and gold straight through, with an indescrib itdy chilly, barren effect. Now the woodwork is made white and gold, aud .he ceiling is decorated iu white and ?o!d, and, also, the walls, but in tbe atter there are panels let in of some rery delicate shade of blue in silk or latin damask, and again on this there nay be a composition in white and ;old, leaving only a six or eight inch narglu of the blue. Tbe floor cover ing, if the ro. m is a boudoir or draw ng room, is usually a handsome Ori ental rug harmonizing with the sur roundings, and the furniture has white nd gold woodwork with either gold arooade or delicately tinted coverings. The hangings are of some contrasting olor to the panels on the walla, of a ielieate pink if tbe panels are blue, ir vice versa, and they are hung on poles instead of cornices. The effect if introducing these delicate tints into the white and gold setting is far more jheerfnl, bright and dainty. Where one color is used, as a green ir a terra cotta, the monotony is re jeved by using as many shades of the ;olor as form harmony; but it is rarely, .ndeed, that an amateur succeeds so ell iu handling a single color as in nuking contrasts. In drawing rooms the effect sought is a mingling of tbe light and airy, and the solid and comfortable a combina tion of riebne s with grace. In a dining room an imposing lignity is tbe order of the day. Oak is the standard favorite for furnishing Jiuiug rooms, but mahogany is the more elegant and expensive furniture. An effort has been made to bring into nse the beautiful, carved high-backed chairs of the Renal sauce, with tbe lovely old faded coverings of tapestry, or else the new leather covering in which the wrong side of tbe leather is turned out, and looks like ooze. The backs are too high, however, and interfere with the service, causing all sorts of dire mishaps to guests, dishes and waiters, and in consequence the huh backed chairs are relegated to library and ball. - The furnishing of liedrooms has un dergone a marked change. Everything must be light aud dainty and admit of easy cleaning to be in good taste. Carpets are more generally used than mgr. The Empire and Louis stiles are ue I in furnishing. Tbe hangings are inexpensive and dainty. Tbe preference in these is given to tbe pretty Fret ch cretonnes and ohintzes,and where there are only two windows in a room the window, dcor and bed draperies are alike. The Empire style commends itself most highly for nse in a bedroom, for there is a chaste beanty about it that tbe more ornate French anil clumsy English lack. Next to that the prettiest furniture comes in the Louis XIV stvle. In the most unpretentious household where good taste reigns, there can at least be one room pure in style and harmonious in coloring. Ooo 1 pieces of furniture of adistiuct period furni ture that has character cost no more t' au pieces of furniture that have no character, and a littlj bit of historical research will help any one to determine for himself wbat is the true character and wbat is a corruption of a style. It is just as easy, too, to carry ont a color scheme harmoniously as to boy a yellow cbair, a red table cover, have terra cotta walls, blue hangings, green sofa pillows, and the like of that; and it's far more satisfactory in the end. A Harlem chnrch recently gave what it termed a conundrum supper. Everyone bad to guess a conundrum nn the menu before he could Deserved. Some of the dishes were: Boston over throws; woman's weapon; have eyes out see not; skipper s harbor; Boston brains; son of Noah; enohantress of the beaiib; Tabby's party; tree cake; wooden manipulato s; berry extract and a lot ot other puzzling expres sions in lieu of the proper names of the dishes to be served. Have eyes bnt see not, meant potatoes, and son of Noah meant ham, and Boston overthrows stood for tea. Thk new clock being made for St. Paul's Cathedral in London will Lave a face thirty feet in diameter. The ham mer which strikes the bell weighs 680 pounds. It is not hard to do right when we are right. OTHER If the question, "How many kind of frogs exist iu England?" were put to anyone but a professed naturalist, the reply would almost invariably be, "I know of bnt one." This, however, would not be a correct answer. Two very distinc species of frogs are found in this country. The common frog, which is universally distributed in places near water, which is known to naturalists by the fciontiflo name of Rana te.nporaria, a title which was given to it by the great Linmeus, in conseqnence of its being distinguished by a large patch of dark color behind the eye over the temporal bone. There is, in addition to the common frog, another species, known as the edible , . ii, i i . frog (R. esculents), which exists in large numbers in many parts of this country, bnt which, in conseqnence of its habits being so different from those of the common froP. is less known, and to many pi rsons not known at alL Tbe edible frog rarely leaves the water in which it cbi. fly resides. It does not, like the common frog, wander a long way from the elements in which it was born, consequently it is not frequently seen, and w'ten it is dis turbed it immediately eaps into the water, and remains submerged for a long time. Tue engravings show the two species, the black m irk on the side of the head of the common frog readily distin guishes it. In the edible frog this mark is absent, but the marbling on the sides is much more distinct and beautiful. The ma'es, also,' are distin guished by large vocal air sacs, which are distended when tho auimal croaks, and appear to be the means by which the voice is rendered infinitely more powerfnl than that of the common frog It is singular that so well marked a creature conld have so long escaped c imtuon observation, but it is a very timid a linial, taking to the water on the least alarm and not easy to catch. The species is, however, common in Cambridgeshire, and there are certain districts where thev abound in such , , , , i i numbers, and mnke snch exceedingly lonn croaaing, in it iney are kuowu as "Organs." The study of tho growth of tbe fro? is one of the most interesting that can attract a practical naturalist. The eggs themselves appaar iu tbe form of a mass of transparent jelly with black dots leach of which is an egg) distributed throng i it. If a few of these eggs are taken and placed in an aquarium in an ordinary sitting room they rapidly de velop. Intbec011r.se of a couple of days tbe black spot alters its shape, a rudimentary head can be observed, and a tail is gradually elongited; tho head lieeomes separated from the liody by a short neck, gills make their ap pearance on each side of the head, the animal escapes from the membrane which confines it, and is, in tact, hatched: Dot, indeed, into a frog, bnt into a little fish-like form as a tadpole. As the egs aie usually deposited in the latter en 1 of March, the present is a very advantageous time for stndying this inter, sting phase of natural history. Tbe uqnarium in which the tadpoles are reared should be allowed to be come covered with tbe green slime which is so rapidly developed when it is placed in tbe bght, as tiiis contains tbe minute animals ou which the tail- TUB COMM. I. PBtMl IB. poles feed; by allowing a sufficient quantity of this to lie produced, the tadpoles thrive, and their fore and hind legs may be seen to grow, at the same time their tails and gills are ab sorbed and dissappear, and the little gill breathing fish like tadpole gradu ally becomes developed into a perfect frog, breathing air by means of lungs. As an object lesson iu natural his tory, 1 know of nothing more interest ing than the stndy of the growth and development of this common animal. Tadpoles are not, as i generally stated, vegetable feeders exclusively. It is the minute animals existing in the green slime that furnishes tbe greater part of their dielarv and those that dio ire eaten by the others. In many . ... J . , , J navta .if Ih. MtlllltrV V IAP. 1.1 .TO OVA parts of the country wtiere frogs are abundant, there is a legend that it oc casionally rains frogs; this myth arises from the thousands, or perhaps mil lions of these young animals making tbeir appearance at tbe same time, usually after a shower of rain, which is readily accounted for by the fact that all these youug tadpoles were hatched, develop, and emerge from the water on the same day, and cover the surtaco of tbe ground so thickly as to give rise to the legen I that they come from the heavens. There is another cirenmstance con nected with the frog which may inter est some of our readers. On the Con tinent it is well known frogs form a favorite article of food. Tbey are sold in the markets, where they may . , . i i : i - DO eeiectea, ana tue venuor w.i.as uu - proceed to cut off the hind legs the only part that is used for tod, skin them, which is done almost instantane- i i .1 r n.n.r. ih. ..nr. " " 1 Chaser. More than o0,000,000 was expended on the Escnnal Palace in Madrid.' " . aP"m- Horticulturists savs that apples grown in grass ground will keep longer than me same iruit grown ou cuiuvawu ian d. "Consistency, thou art a jewel.' There are paste j jwels, but they ar of a consistency of their own. FROU3 EDIBLE AND WISE. THE SARATOGA MIRACLE I'LKTIIEIt INVESTIGATED BY AN EX" Pit ESS KEI'OUTEU. Tiik Facts Already Stated Pbllt Com. riRMKD Interviews With Leadinu Physicians Who Treated Quasi Tub Most Marvklous Case in tbe History or Mew cal, Science. A few weeks ago an article appeared in this paper copied from tbe Albany, N. V Journal, giving the particulars of one of tbe most remarkable cures of the 19th century. The article was unier the heading "A Saratoga Co. Miracle," and excited such widespread comment that another Albany paper the Express detailed a reporter to make a thorough investigation of the state- nients appearing in me journals arricie. 1 ,,e lKCU f Tn.iT!! are ir i ven in the followmir article, which ap- M..,rwi in that p,. ou Apri7 i0tlli au;t i;es one ot the most interesting stones i vir related: -A ' w weeks ago there was published in Allainy evening Journal the story or mo-t reniai kable indeed so remarkable as to well justify tbe term "miraculous" cure ot a severe case of looomotor ataxia, or rr e, in iaralysts, simply by tbe use of l ink 1'ills for 1'ale People and, in comply Hiiee with instructions, an Express Reporter has t-eeii devoting some time in a critical 'iiv. stiation of thereat facts of tbe case. Theslory of the wonderful cure of Charles A. Vtiunl, of Ualway, Saratoga County, N. V.. as first told in the Journal, bos been copied into hundreds if not thousands i .f other daily au t weekly newspapers ami has create.! such a sensation throughout tbe entire country that it was deemed a duty due nil the ieop.e, and especially the thou sands of similar. y art! cted, that the state ments of the case as made in the Altiany Journal, and copied into so many other new-iaiers should, if true, bd verified; or, if lalse, exposed as an imXsition upon public freituiity. I be re-ult of the Exoress reporter's in vestigations authorize hun in ssying that the slory of Charles A. Quant's cure of locomotor ataxia by the use of Pink Pills lor Pale People, a popular remedy prepared and put up ty the Dr. Williams Medicine L'oiiiuuy, Moiristown, N. Y., and Brock ville, Ontario, IS I Rlj K, and that all its statements are not roily justified but ventiel by the fuhor ilevelopmeut of the further , tacts of the case. I'trliai tbe readers of the Express are oof ad ot them fully familiar with the de tails of this miraculous restoration to health i ot a mail who after weeks and months of Ilriatmeiit by the most skillful doctors iu two of the tiest hospitals in tbe State of New York the Koostvelt Hospital in New York i City and St. Peter's Hospital in Albany was dismissed from each as incurable aud, I because tbe case was deemed incurable, the ' man was deuied admission into several oth ers to which application was made in his be ! bait. 1 he story as told by Mr. Quant bim j tell and published in tbe Alliauy Journal, is as follows: I "Aly name is Charles A. Quant; I am 37 ears old; I was born in tbe village of Ual way and excepting while traveling on busi ness and a little while in Amsterdam, have ijieut my whole life here. Up to about eight ' ' years ago 1 bad never been sick and was then in perfect health. 1 was fully tix feet ! tall, weighed lw pounds and was very I ctrong. For 12 years was traveling sales i man tor a piano and organ company, aud bad to do, or at least did do, a great deal of ' heavy lilting, got my meals very irregularly Bn(i ,ept m enougn ()are 1 ? try house to freeze an ordinary man to death, or at least give bim tbe rheuma tism. About eight years ago 1 began to teel distress in my stomach, and cou-ulte i several doctors about it. i'hey all said it was dyspepsia, and for dyspepsia 1 was treated by various doctors in different places, and took all the patent medicines 1 could bear of that claime. I to be a cure for dvspt p-ia. But 1 continued to grow grad ually worse for four years. Then I began tohavepouin my back aud legs and te canie coicious that my legs were gettiug weak and mv step unsteady, and then I staggered wheu 1 walked. Having received no lienetit from the use of patent medicines. and feeling that I was constantly growiu wore, 1 then, upon advice, began the use of electric belts. pads and all ttie many different kinds of electric appliances 1 could hear of, aud spent hundreds of dollars lor them, but they did me no good. (Here Mr. Quant showed tbe Jourual reporter an electric suit Dt underwear, for which be paid tld4. In the fall of IdsS the doctors a 1 vised a cuan; of climate, so 1 went to Atlanta, Ga., and acted as agent for the Estey Uran Com pany. While there I took a thorough elec tric treatment, but it only s -emed to aggra vate my disease, aud the only relief 1 could get from tbe sharp and distreesing p tins was to take morphine. Tbe pain was so iu tense at times that it seemed as though I could not Btaud it, and I almost louged for death as the only certain relief. In Septem ber of lS-sa my legs gave outentirely and my lett eye was drawn to one side, so tiiat 1 bad doutde siht and was dizzy. .My troutde so affected my whole nervous system that I bad to give up business. Then 1 returned to Mew York and went to tbe Kooaevelt Hos- Eita y ' ital, where for four months i was treated specialists and tbey pronounced mv case locomotor ataxia and incurable. After I bad been under treatment by Prof. Starr and Dr. Ware for four months, tbey told me tbey bad done all they could for me. Then 1 went to the New York Hospital on Fif teenth street, where, upon examinatlon,they said 1 was incurable and would not take ma in. At tbe Presbyterian Hospital they ex amined me and told me the same thing. In March, lb'.K), I was taken to St. Peter's Hos pital in Albany, where Prof. H. H. Hun frankly told my wife my case was hopeless; that he could do nothing for me and that sue bad better take me back home and save my money. But I wanted to make a trial of Prof. Hun's famous skill and I remained on ter his treatment for nine weeks hut se cured no benefit. All this time 1 bat been growing worse, I bad become entirely paralyzed from my waist down and had (artly lost control of my bands. The pain was terrible; my lega felt as though they were freeziug and my stomach would uot re tain foo.l, and I fell away to 1-1) pounds. In the Albany Hospital they put seventeen big burns on my back one dav with red hot irons, an. I alter a few days they put fourteen more burns on and treated me with elec tricity, but I got worse rather than better; iot control of my bowels and water, an.f, Uon advice of the doctor, who said there was no hope for me, I was brought home, where it was thought that death would soon come to relieve me of my sufferings. Last September, while in this helpless and sintering condition, a friend of mine in Hamilton, Out., called my attention to the statement of one John Marshall, whose case J"1'1 bwn sin,il tml .,w D;"n n"pmir lieen cured by the tMe of I Ir. Williams I ink . ... ... . . .... .. Pills for Pale People. In tbisca.se Mr. Mar shall, who is a promiuent member of the lioyal Templars of Temperance, bad, after lour years of constant treatment by the most "eminent Canadian physicians, leen pronounced incurable, and pail tbe IIOUO total disability claim allowed by the order in .u(.i, cases. Some months alter Mr. Mar hall began a course of treatment with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and after taking some Jes w-J a (ur two of tbe pMa au j i theal aceor ling to the directions on the wrapper on each box. or tbe nrst few days tbe cold baths were pretty severe as I was so very weak, but I continued to follow in structions as to taking the pills and the treatment, and even before I bad used up the two boxes of the pills 1 began to feel beneficial results from them. SI y pains were not so bad. I felt warmer; my head felt better; my food began to relish and agree won me: l couia airaignven up; xne leeung . back into my limbs: I be- , v. abl8 to et -bout on crutches: my eye came back again as good as ever. and now, atter tne useoi eignt ooxes oi me mils, at a costof only 4.U0 see! lean with the help of a cane only, walk all about the bouse and yard, can saw wood, and on pleas- I ant days I walk down town. My stomach trouble is gone; I have gained 10 pounds; I feel bke a new man, and when the spring opens I expect to be able to renew my organ and piano agency. I cannot speak in too high terms of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, as I know they saved my hfe after all the doctor, bad given me up as in- B h , th wooierfuI BtorT wich the Ex press reporter hajauooatvied In aecuring T Br nication in sul lLa aetai.a, i ru.u ...a pital records where Mr. Quant waa treated and from the doctors who had the case in band and who pronounced him incurable. Let it be remembered that all this hospital treatment was two and three years ago. while his cure, by the use of Dr. Williams' Fink Pills lor Pale People, his been ertVcted once last Septom tier, lS'.H. So it is beyond a doubt evident that his recovery is w iiohv due to the ue of th-se fam ms pills wlncli have been found to have made such reiuui li able cures in thi an I other ca-es. Mr. Quant placed in the bauds of the re porter bis card of admission to Ro'evelt Ho-pital, which is here r. produced in uir thercoutiruiation of bis statements: rsraira iu O ' ROOSKVELT HOSPITAll" I!T.PATII7 VT CZCzr cu: yt Birtkolacj .7--V Civil Condition . - Si Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. toea.l To verify Sir. Quant's statement our n aorter a few days ago, (March 81st, 1MI '.) jailed on Dr. Allen .Starr nt his oili.v. N.,. K West Twenty-eighth St., New York city. Dr. Starr is house physician of the P.oo,e. relt hospital, situated corntr of Nintn svenue and Fifty-ninth street. In repiy to inquiry he said he reraemliered the case of Mr. Quant very well, ami treated him some, but that he was chiedy treated an I uu ler the more especial care of Dr. Ware. He aid he regarded this case as he did all c.i-si 5f locomotor ataxia as insurable. In or.i.-r that our reporter might get a codv of tn. tistory of the case of Mr. Quint from tno hospital record he very courteou-dy gave him a letter of which the lollowin is a copy: Dr. M. A. Starr, ifri West Forty -eighth street, ottice hours, 9 to 1- a. m.. New York, March 31st, Is'.' Dear Dr. Vouht: It you have any record of a locomotor ataxia by name of Quant, who says he came to t lie clinic 3 or 4 years ago. No. 14,0:17. of the II. D. Dept., Roosevelt, sent to me Irom tre, will you let the bearer know. If you bavr o record send him to Roosevelt liosp. Y"i.urs, Stakh. By means of this letter access to tue I" -or-is was permitted and a transcript of tin history ot Mr. Quant's case made from the u as follows: "No. 1,K7. Admitted September b'.t'i, 19, Charles A. Quant, aged 34 yer. Born U. S. Married, ilobokeu." "History of the case: Dyspepsia for pas1 four or five years. About 14 months' parti i loss of power and numbness m lower ex tremities. Oiniling sensation about abdo men. (November 29th, ISS'J, not improve I, external atroldsraus of left eve. and dilata tion of the left eye.l Some difficulty in pars ing water at times; no headache but some dizziness; alternate diarrhoea and constipa tion; partial ptosis past two weeks in lett eye. .j . "Ord. R.P. Bi pep. and So la." .. These are the market symptoms of a severe case of locomotor ataxia. "And Dr. Starr said a case with such marked symp toms o iuld not be cured and Quant, who was receiving treatment in the out-patient de partment, was given up as incurable." "There never was a cise recovered in the world," said Dr. Starr. Ant then said: "Dr. Ware can tdl you more about the casj as Quant was under his more personal treat ment, I am surprise.1, he sail "that ttie man is alive, as 1 thought he must be dead long ago." Our reporter found Pr. Edward Ware at his office. No. Hi2 West Ninety-third str.t. New Y'ork. He said: "1 have very distinct recollections of the Quant case. It was a very pronounced case. 1 treate I him about eight raontns. This was in the early su n mer of WO. I deemed him incurable, au 1 thought him dead before now. Imagine my surprise when 1 received a letter from hi.u about two weeks a-o telling me that he was alive, wis getting well and cxiiecbe 1 soon t be full;, -ecovered." "What do you think, d.vtur, was the cause of bis recovery." "That is more than I know. Quaut sa-s he has been taking some s irtof pill-, and that they have cured turn. At all events 1 am glad the poor fellow is getting well, for his was a bad case and he was a great "iitferer." Dr. Theodore It. Tuttle, of 3W West Eighteenth street, to w hom our reporter is iudebte 1 for assisting courtesies siid of locomotor ataxia: "I have ha 1 s-v.-rat cases of this dieae in the course ol' ni'.- Eractice, 1 will not say that it is incurable, ut I never knew of a ca-e to get well; but I will say it is not tlee'u.si curable bv anv remedies known to the me lie il profession." After this success! ul and c murni itory in vestigation in New Y'oik, our reporter, Saturday, April 'J l, lMfi. visited St. IVt- r s Hospital', in Albany, corner of Albany and Ferry streets. He had a courteous r. c ptiou by Sister- Alary Phiiomeim, the iter superior of St. Peter's Ho-pitai, nnd wh.-u told of the object of his visit, sai 1 she remem bered the case of Kor Mr. Qjant very dis tinctly. Said she: "It was a very distress ing case and excited my sympathy inu.-ti. Poor fellow, be couldn't be cure. l aud had to go home in a terrible condition ot h.-l.it ss ness and suffering. " The bouse .ln si. i.ui.oii consulting the recordsof St, Peter Ho-pital. said he found only that Charles A. Qu re entered tbe hospitjil March 14ih. W.i i, was treated by Dr. Henry Hun, ami -.ted by Dr. Van Derveer, who was then, is'. i, at the head of the hospital, and that his ens' b 'iu deemed no possible of cure, he left the hospital and was taken to bis borne, as he supposed to die. Such is the full history of this most, re markable case of successful recovery Irom a heretofore supposed incurable disease, an I after all the doctors bad given bun up. hy the simple use of Dr. Williams' Pink I'd s for Pale People, Truly it is an interesting story of a most miraculous cure of a dread ml disease by tbe simple use ot this popular Temedy. A further investigation revealed the fact that Dr. Williams' 1'ink i'ills are not a patent medicine in tbe sense in which that term is generally understood, but are a sclent uio preparation successfully n,eil in general practice for many years before being off. -re I to tbe public generally. They contain in a condensed form all the elements ne.s-.sary to give new life and richness to tho blood und restore shattered nerves. They are an un failing specitic for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis. St. Vitus .Ian e, sciatica, neuralgia, rhcumati-in, nervous headache, the after effects of la gripp palpitation of the heart, pale aud sallow complexions, that tired feeling resulting from nervous prostration; all dise i- -. depending upon vitiated humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas e c They are also a secillc lor troiioles peeuliar to females, such as suppressions, irregu. un ties and all tonus of weakness. They bu I 1 up the blood aud resbire tlie glow ol h. alth to pale or sallow cheeks In the ease of m.-n they effect a radical cure in all c.ises arising from mental worry, over-work or ex.-essos o: whatever nature. On further inquiry thj writer found that these pills are inaniiiactiired by the Dr. Williams Medicine Couiany, Itroekvi le, Ontario, and MorrUtowu, N. Y., and are old in boxes (never iu loose lor.u by ta" dozen or hundred) at SJ cents a box, or six boxes for li.-'iU, and may be bad ot all drug gista or direct by mall irom Dr. Wi li iins Iledicine Company, from either address. The price at which these pills are sol. 1 makes a course of trei tment co.i.parai iveiy inex pensive as couiiared witr. oilu-r rem-die-, or medical treatment. M. J. llendrlcK, of Union Spiings, N. Y., ha-i sold to J. 0. Swan, of Brockton, Mas,, the chestnut mare AI lie A., by Seneca Chief. William McFailand, of Rridgeton, N. J., recently sold l.is young mare frladvs Wilkes to (1. K. Moorehejd, of Philadelphia, for lltfO. Eugene Leigh has sold to J tcob Reiser, of Glorcester, the Idly Innova tion, 3 years old, by Imp. Woodlands North Audo. The Decoration Day meeting at Waverly, X. J., this year promises to be more than ordinarily attractive. The races of the Maryland and Dis trict of Columbia Breeders' Ass.icU tion will be held at Frederick Md., this vear. Mollie Wilkes beat Tom Allen, Black Jim, Little sioux and Wsinahk ia a 2 -in lie race to harness, in Franc recently. Time. 6 41. TheTerre Haute Stallion Futurity of $10,000 closed with a handsome nom ination of 60 of the leading sires. (i s "A
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