1 "7 1 i F. BOHWEIER. THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XL VI. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1S92. NO. 44. liiiila . . . i. 1 'ft I i THE LAND OF DREAM. Vanithln poloU f tb vittu that tIm t lb tremolo up k&z. Bmb through fiiin. t first darkly, and thn is lomlaoua haze. Pnki ef tb lur Alpiue utri'i e'er ftali of th borl ido. Tipped wnb th dinmnnd parklin tunacttiDg't oorlband filow, Buch a tb cert bare fanciwd. who Horb or Fiegah bve trod, Whrlnmban(iT guciug they gretod thm brow ct Ueir God ; Where o'er tb river, low -y trig, in gossamer, livery line. Land of tbe com end the olive, and land of the rubieiiDd win, Bp read panoramnn of heanty for ey that were glazing and dim ; M arm i: red welcome in zephyrs that rose like a feint Towper livmn ; Mocked him. tbe hoary lawgiver, at i training his tremuloaR gare. Suddenly daiker end darker the night wrapt tta mantle of mare Over bin hope and hts visions; alone on that UmmHft bright, "coked behtH last on Th living, and TanUhetf vanished tbt liht. Bat there were w'Hi-ers of angels as there in the rof k clc-ft he lav : Raxth in its noontide of beauty were darkling beside the new day ! UNDER A CLOUD. 1 wa9 stopping at Lakeside when I cuet Dr. Leonard, and in Wesponse to hi invitation spent man' - pleasant hours In his cov bachelor apart ments. One evening after returning from a patient ami seating himself before the fire to the enjoyment of a last cigar before retiring for the uight be told me the following story: A few years ago I left the care of my patiectj In the hands of a brother physician and went down to my old home in the western part of New York to settle up the remainder of the business connected with my fath er's estate. It proved much mare troublesome than I expected and de tained me in the old place for several weeks. During the time I was a guest at a farm houe at the edge of the villagj where an old friend of the 'amily resided. According to the good custom of the people of that section of the country, all the attaches of the farm were counted as members of the household and dined together at the ume large table. It was early harv est time and the family was increased by a number of temporary farm help who were hirea for the busy part of the season. Among these was a young fellow of about twenty, of fair complexion, broad, intelligent brow, hut of a cast of countenance express 've of deep melancholy. The men were a jovial set and filled in the bits of leisure at meal time and after the day's work was over in recounting tiieir numerous ex periences. This man, however, never shared in their hilarity, but sat silently apart in a dark portion of the room until time for retiring. I in auired who he was, and was fld that his name was Dwve: they had never learned his surname, in fact, the. had never a iked about it. Dave had come early in May and bad engaged for the season. He was an excellent worker, thev testified, but very reticent, never speaking ex cept in answer to a qu stion, or when it was an absolute necessity to ask one. He was kind to the animals, clever in taking hold of any new kind of work and very industrious, often performing more than two good men. They did Dot understand him, but hoped that be could be hired for an other season. I became deeply interested ia this Dave and resolved to make a study of his character, and, if possible, win him over to a more cheerful view of life. I began to address hiru when ever we met on various topics con cerning his work, but. although I re ceived courteous answers, was wholly unable to get him into conversation. He seemed to be brooding over some painful Idea that refused him a mo ment's respite. I noticed the restive, nervous energy with which he worked, as if only the most labori ous effort could keep down an inward demon of thought, lie continually wore a look of depression, and some times in the dim light of the corner where he sat after the dav's work was done I fancied I perceived tears in his eyes and a look of agony in his face, but he said nothing. I began to thini that he was one of those enigmatic beings upon whose spirit some hidden disease had shed an eternal melancholy, and that perhaps there was no conrcetc cause for hi? reticence and gloom. One day the sun rose warmer than usual, and by noon the air had be come so charged with heat and moist ure as to render physical exertion almost impossible. After dinner the men lay down in the shade of the cool maples and declared their un willingness to do anything further until late in the afternoon. They would make up for lost time after sundown. Dave, however, took his fork as usual and started for tho field, and when the old farmer called and urged him to wait until the worst of the midday heat had worn away he only shook his head and answered tha' he didn't mind the heat. their work, they found Dave lying in i the burning sun as though dead. They brought him to the house and placed him under my care. For many days afterward his life hung in a balance, and only the most careful nursing prevented the i-hodi from proving fatal. Much ot the time he was delirious, and in the ravings of his disordered mind I learned some thing of his past history. He ofter "ried mt: "Elsie, I didn't do tho riccd, but they will hang ci", :'or they h'ard me say that I would kill him. I didn't mean what I said, and didn't do it. 1-ls.e, don't you believe me? Come back, Elsie: come back, come back!" Hnd in his frantic eagerness I had to I'Old him down by force. His voice became aiinost pathetic as he pleaded for Elsie nut to turn awav with that k of horror on her face. "It ia rrVi'i ha''Klng. Elsie," be often CrVd out. -l could easily u,e 11 it .fo : not that you brieve me guilt v. Oh, that wretched threat and that rreiched quarrel; but I tell vou, isie, that I am innocent" Some tines he would grow quiet and mur- ?Z J('rUV: , "l knew' dr Elsie, that tou would believe me innocent." O-e morning he opened his eyes, JrtnrnS I 'k thRt reaSOtl had . HUeTaiked what had hap peea very 11L Are you tb .doctor?" he asked, "and whose bouse is this? 1 was never in this room before." I evaded the simple question by telling him that he was w'tb friends, and that he must keep quiet and talk and thick as little as possible until he grew stronger. He promised to obey, and lay back on his pillow. I looked lu a few minutes later and found him sleeping calmly, with a smile on hi face. He began to convalesce after this, but the old look returned and checked somewhat the progress of returning health. One afternoon I said: "Dave, 1 want to be your friend. You are in trouble. I ku?w that something was making you unhappy before you became ill, but during your illness I heard you refer to the cause. Do not be afraid, but tell me all, and I may be able to h -Id you." He opened his honest, blue eyes with a look so sad that I pitied him as I had never donr before. "Dr. Leonard," said he, "did you learn that I am suspected of murder ing an old friend, and thatJf I should be discovered here there is circum stantial evidence enough to convict me, although I really committed no crime? I had an intimate friend by the name of Iveson, and his sister had promised to be my wife. My Bar ents were dead, and lived with " my uncle not far from the Iveson man sion. .Everything went well with George Iveson and me until after my ngaement with Elsie. 'I was poor. The Ivesons were wealthy. My father had betrayed a trust and the blow killed my iuotr.ior. Father died while serving his time and I was left to the care of an uncle whose reputation was bad. My life had been very unhappy until 1 met George Iveson. He did not treat me like the rest, but invited me his ho:ue, and there I met Elsie. She was a beautiful girl, and her sym pathy for my loneliness grew to love nid we were very happy. ' It was some time before George learned about it. but we thought he ought to know and it was decided that I 6hould tell him. George was feeling mojdy the day I chose to dis close our secret, and at the news flew into a fearrul rage, taunted me with the ill name of my parents and said that uo such blot should ever le cast on his family. H-i said that I toad betrayed the friendship he had given me from pity and because he believed I was trying to do ri ht, but he was mistaken and wu were friends no longer. At nrst i tried to be reason able, but when b spoke of my par ents 1 lost an restraint and we ex changed iany bitter words. He swore that he would fix it so that '. should Cfver marry Elsie, and Isdid it you oo 1 11 kiu you.' l was in a threatening attitu le when I spoke these words, and frenzied with ra,re. They were heard by some passers by, anu among tneni oy Joe Ukinson. a man who bore me an old family grudge. "I weat to bed early that evening. but was unable to sleep, and about midnlgnt I arose and left the house. My head throbbed violently as I picked my way along tbe stony road leading to the river where there is a deep grge and a waterfall. I found a resting place on the edge of the precipice and tryed to descry the bot tom through the dim light. The clouds were scudding across the sky driven by a raw, damp wind, which swept through the gorge and kept the trees above moaning, as if bewailing with rae the loss of friends. i re mained in the place until daylight broke and the sun dissipated the ! chilly giay ot tbe east, then 1 started oack toward my uncle's house. "I turned through a neighbor's field, the same that had heard ay threat, but beforo I reached the road on the other side asavageroice called for me to halt I stopped and turned back in surprise. What was my hor ror when I reached the spot where the man was to sec George Iveson lying on the stony ground dead. There was an ugly wound on his head as it struck a heavy blow with a blunt instrument. I forgot my resentment in a moment and was overcome with grief. 1 stooped to lift the body into an easier position, but was knocked completely off my feet by a club which the man bad in his hand. 'You youug iDurd-3-cr,' he cried, 'your sniv eling will not help you out of this. You will hang as high as Hainan or my name is not. Joe Wilkinson. We beard your threat yesterday and I have caught you to-day. You will go a step higher than your dad, I reckon.' "I was thunderstruck, but sud denly the hopelessness of my condi tion dawned upon me. Wilkinson's fierce taunt roused me to action. I leaped upon him, struck him to the ground and turned back among the rocks. I found a hiding place and the next night got awav from the country. I wandered about like a beast for a ter weeks, until at last, growing bolder,-I came here and ob tained work. It proved some relaxa tion to the misery I suffered, but I am Innocent Do you telieTe me. Jvr' I told him that I did and would make efforts to learn all the subse quent circumstances and advise him accordingly. In the meantime he should be patient and try to get wel? 'aster. A few days after this occurrence a carriage containing a lady and gentle man stopped at the old farmhouse and the gentleman requested tbe privilege oi rvStiu nis' boi.-es and ootaiui. g dinner. The farmer took the horses and I led the way to the house The young lady was beautiful, but there was a tinge of sadness in her man ner. She spoke softly to her brother and called him George. I thought nothing of this, but a few momenta later, when he addressed her as Elsie, I was so startled that 1 leaped to my feet. "Pray, what is your name?" I exclaimed excitedly. The gentleman appeared surprised, but answered quietly: "My name is George IvesoD and this is ray sister Elsie." "Have you a scar on your head?" 1 exclaimed, hardly knowing what 1 was saving, I was so excited. "Yes," said Mr. Iveson, looking ai me in wonderment "But my hair covers it up and I wonder at your noticing it I fell," be went on, "and was nearly killed a few months ago, but it healed rapidly and I am per fectly well now. A neighbor accused an old friend of mine of doing tbe fleei f.or TMter M quarrel. My friend disappeared ano has never been heard of since, al though I have done my utmost tc find him." Elsie was crying. I arose and g. ing over to her said: "Providence sends us strange experiences: som bring sorrow and some happiness; was your friend's name Dave?" George sprang to his feet "Cat you tell me where he is?" he cried. I explained everything, and shortl.v afterward, when I opened the door tc Dave's room, I felt that life was a very dear gift when used in behalf of others. "Dave," I said, 'what wculc you consider the best news 1 could bring you?" "That the past Ave mouths of tn life .las been only a dream," said Dave, sadly. "Wouldn't it suit you as well t. know that George recovered from hU hurt," said I. "That is impossible, for be ii dead." "It Is possible," said 1, "and really believe that he may haie re. covered. " Gradually I told him all and then, came over his tired face a look ol tranquil happiness. A few years later, when a squar envelope appeared in my mail out morning, I was so interested that 1 forsook my patients and went to the wedding. George was the best satis fled brother-in-law iu the world, and Joe Wilkinson swore that Dave was the brightest young lawyer in that section of the country, and if he didn't deserve success no one did. Chicago News. Cauclit by fh. Battery. "1 once went up the Amazon am. Orinoco Rivers on an animal captur ing expedition for the late P. T. IJar num," said Dick Cowper, an old show man. "I got quite a collection of snakes, birds, and monkeys. I hit on a novel plan for the capture of the latter and it worked like a charm. A monkey is a greater imitator than a Chinaman. He will do anything he j sees done, and that is what geLs so many of his kind into the cage. I rigged up an electric battery and at tached it to an apparatus that would allow a score of the Simians to gel hold of it I then look a party of natives and went into the forest where there were troops of monkevs. We put the apparatus down, attached the wire, and removed the battery to a considerable distance, the natives then took hold of the apparatus, danced and yelled, then retired. The monkeys made a dash for it Half a dozen caught hold and I turned on the current. They began to skriek and squirm, but the others thought their performance a part of the pro gram and fairly fell over each other to get hold of the machine. I could have stuck the whole troop if they could have got hold of the concern. We then made a descent on them with sacks and soon had a score of them corralled. But u would only work once. We tried it a month af terward at a point fifty miles distant, but not a monkey came off his perch In the trees. They viewed the pro ceedings with evident curiosity, but without any apparent desire to imi tate our war dance around the ma chine. " Globe- Democrat Sulfildes In Montenegro. Suicide is regarded by the sturcij Montenegrins as a despicable and cowardly act During the past fifty years not a single instance of self destruction has been recorded among the Inhabitants of the Black Mount ains. One can therefore imagine the excited feelings of the populace when it was learned that a merchant by the name of Lye.ar had attempted suicide in order to elude his creditors. The poor fellow had a narrow escape. He was taken to the hospital, where the bullet was extracted, and he is at present on the way to recovery. Prince Sikita came in person to the hospital and severely rebuked the wounded man on account of his cow ardice. Leyezar begged the prince to pardon him for his rashness and swore that his creditors had driven him to distraction. Nikita was touched by the man's story, and Immediately ordered that his creditors be paid out of bis own exchequer, but at the same time tbe Prince was determined to banish the man from the princi pality as soon as be recovered. This anecdote explained the following de cree recently issued: "Be it known to the people of Montenegro that the dead body of any person committing suicide will be exposed to the public gaze on a lofty gallows for a period of twenty-four hours. It is unworthy of a Montenegrin to kill himself. His life is in God's hands, and can be sac rificed only on the field of battle." Hones With Tells. It is very comical to see in the streets of Colorado Springs horses decked out with veils. We have grown accustomed to the jaunty little hats worn by many horses in our own towns to protect them from the heat of the sun. We can even see an um brella fastened over their heads with out surprise, but a veil gives to the noble beast a dandyish look that is Tery droll. Some of these veils, be longing to fine saddles, are mere fringes of fine strips of leather that hang before the eyes; others are pieces of mosquito netting drawn tightly back and fastened like a lady's nose veil; but the most stylish, and altogether effectire, are of netting drawn overa hook which holds it away from the eye3, yet completely pro tects them. Anything funnier than a pair of horses going gravely about the streets wearing these exaggerated goggle arrangements Is rarely seen. These veils, however, though fash ionable at tbe foot of the Rocky Mountains, are not worn for fashion's sake. Tbey are Indeed a stern ne cessity, and the comfort, If not even the life of tbe horse demands it Col orado, with all its great attractions, has one plague the plague of flies. Flies of all sizes, from the least up to the enormous bluebottle are every where. Most parts of his body the horse can himelf protect if not de prived of bis tail, but his eyes be can not, and these cWicaoe organs are special objects of attack by tbe fly tribe. It Is ths least a man can do to provide a protecting veil for hl9 most faitbf ol servant Congregation- alist ; NO CRANDMU 1'HER'S NOW. th. Style r Their Gom They Hare Uon Out ot Fanhloit. The grandmother is no more! Tiifc inodern woman whose daughter bas a laughter is not a grandmother. Sha wears a curly front face, massage and unguents have kept the wrinkles away, an J iter grandchildren call her "Aunty." She is vivacious and up-to-date:sb ,-eads papers before clubs and enjoys skirt-dancing. She wears fashionable clothes and gives afternoon teas. She knows no more about a spinning wheel than her granddaughter does; she never made butter, and she em broiders, but she does not knit She is charming, well -bred and lovable, but she is not a grandmother. Years ago there was a little, oli lady we knew her you and I she was small and slight as a fairy god mother and fragile as porcelain. Her skin was neither white roi pin:, but yellow-white and full of tine little lines like a bit of Ivory carving. Her hair was silvery white and was brushed back under the little white cap Madonna-wise from the low seamed forehead. The lips had lost their color, but were still sweet and full and firm, and always about them there was that serene look that made you so often wonder why "Grandma" always s:uiled. Across her eyes they had bi-en dark once, with little gold-brown lights iu them like a shady brown pool in which the early juiuiuii leaves were slowly dropping had cornea little film like ftost, anil t :ey looked far away, instead of fo cusing clearly and sharply near at hand You loved the dear dim eyes ana et sometimes you were afraid of them, and once you said when you saw the picture of the Sphinx, "Grandma, what makes its eves look like yours?" The little figure sat in a low t hiiit by the window so many tedious hours in the day you wondered that she never grew tired and knitted with her eyes far away from her work and always the far-away look on her face. When she rose from her chair she always steadied herself with her hand on the arm. Then you saw how her back was bent and how she swayed unsteadily before she moved slowly off. Sometimes her dress was black ana sometimes it was gray, but there was always a white kerchief folded about her neck and fastened with a little round gold pin. When she neither knitted nor rear ihe folded her hands in her lap thin hands with the fingers slightly bent and a curious look of patience about them that even a child's eye could 6ee. There wasn't much, although sht Jid nothing nut knit now, that grand mother hadn't done. She had made her husband's aud children's clothes and woven the cloth for the clothes beside. She could make butter and soap, and cure beef, aud milk the cow9. She had made shoes for the children, and plaited straw for their hats, and you knew when you heard these things why your father some times kissed the crooked hands sc gently. Grandma had a dread of Strang faces and new ways, and slipped quietly out of sight when strangers came in, or answered shyly, like a child, yet with a quaint little dig nity, when they spone to her with the ostentations kininess that people use with the o'd. The world and its ways did not iu terest her much, except sometimes, when it struck upon her with a sharp sense of contrast with the past This was not the feebleness ot extreme age or the listlessness of an invalid, but the calm withdrawal of one w nose- active interests were over, and whose mind chose to look out on life as lrer eyrs 1-joked out on the world from the quiet of own room, through the clear muslin curtains of her window. This was the grandmother of twenty-five years ago the grand mother you and I and many others knew, the grandmother that grew old because the leisurely limes per mitted it, and to whom old age was neither a dread nor a reproach, but the "stilly twilight" of a life that has been as beautiful In activity as It was in repose. New York World. When Brandy Was Good. In the old drenching times of Tou, when patients used to get their bot. tie of brandy in tbe twenty-four hours, a comparison of the kind would have been of extreme value; bnt the routine treatnen!, of nfiammation by alcohol is now a tfcl'ig of the past, and, as a rule, we merely look ort for special symptoms and complications, and meet them as they atise. But as a contribution to the discussion, let me quote Brudeell Carter, who quotes Dr. Braun of Moscow, who says that he bad 45 per cent, of bad cases after eye operations among the peas ants until he gave tii-ru wine or brandy, when the pcrcentPKe fell t 8 per cent In the sudden coi'ai'-': of far-titiM or snake bite, or when any one is called on to make violent physical effort almost beyond his powers, alco hal again shows Its power. Swiss guides well kuow the help that a mouthful or two of white wine gives theru; and I remember an incideuton the Alps where a timely stimulent probably s.ivcd three lives. We were rashly struggling up an Ice slope without guides, and the tlist rosn on the rope, an experienced moun taineer, vigorously cut steps while we shivered in our places, dodsizg the falling chips and trying to feel brave and happy. Suddenly the sound of the ax stopped and a voice fell clear and sharp from aloft: Brandy at once or I can't go!" Luckily we had it, and a sip or two set him right; but, as he told us af terward, no overpowering was tb! feeling of exhaustion that he could hardly have raised his arm, or even remained much longer in his place without the stimulent, which fortun ately was at band. As we were at the moment halt way up a perpen dicular wall nearly 200 feet high, with little but a narrow leoye to pro tect us from a frightful precipice be low, 1 invite your readers to picture for themselves what the consequences of an accident would have been. R'ftPkwood's Magazine. UUM0R0US SELECTION'S. GATHERED BY OUR PATlfM I cD REAPER. fofte. or Prsavlier, Lawyer, Ttaotorm, ntt K,lltom Kome ot Tbem Very Dry aod ubera Somewhat Juicy They Will A I.I lu.tlon If Perused Alter Meals 1 h,at KeaU Theus Cpon sva avuiptjr sWuiuuta, CTnooiiilliniilMry Krpeutaii?. Nell I do think Bert DooMttle is too mean for anything. Do you know he had the impudence to kiss me good-bye when .ie. was leaving me last, evening. Belle Wei!, that isn't always criminal offense, is it? Nell Well, niaylw not; but when 1 scolded him a little about it what do you thinn the fellow did? He actuahy said he was scrry for haiiu" done It! Somcrville Journal. The Kind ol Sti It Was. Ihree different waiters at a Soutb crn hotel asked a little, prim, precise Harvard professor nt dinner, in quick succession, if he would have soup. A little annoyed, ho said to the las waiter w ho asked: "Is it compulsory?" "No, sah," answered our friend and brother, "no, sah. I think it am mock-turtle." Texas Sittings. A Question of Tinie. Fe.Hherstone Briggs tells me thai you vere a winner at poker down to the seashore the other day. Ringway In one sense 1 did, bet in another sense I did not. Ftatherstie What do you mean Ringway The proprietor of the hotel was in tbe game. Puck. The evolution of tbe lugger. Judge. Matrimonial Felicity. Judiic Petcrby and his wife have frequent discussions. In the last de bate they held Mrs. Peterby came out a little ahead. "You women are possessed of the devil," exclaimed Teterbv. "Not all of us are possessed of the devil. Those that are not married are not possessed of any devil." Texas Sittings. Aunties Opinion. Aunt Pauline (from the countryl No, Sarah, I hope you'll never marry that young Mr. lnstyle. Why, he's to lazy too black his shoes! Jest look at 'em all yalier! Sarah Why, aunty, those are rus set SlKiCS. Aunt Pauline More shame for him to let 'cm git rusted. Puck- No Time to Ask. First OTice Boy Did you ask de boss ter get off this afternoon? Second OrSce Boy Not much. Y'ou don't catch trie inaking no such break as dat 'Why, what's dc matter?" "Didn't yer 6ce de big package oi clothing dat came from the dry good' store?" Cloak Review. Slightly Improbable. Judge Duffy You say you are in nocent. What then were you doing with the watch If you didn't intend to steal it? Sam Johnsing I jest wanted tet wind It up for him. Dat's the solemn troof. I can't tell a lie ef I wus ter try for a week. Texas Sittings A Fatal Objection, "Mother are the WoadcrgilU very rich?" "Yes, Silva, very." "Mother, I hope we shall never ba rich." "Why. darling?" "It must be so vcw expensive!" unch. In XfW Jersey. Miss Knickerbocker I notice out hotel is without Are escapes. Mr. Vanscuyler Such arrange ments are not necessary as far as 1 am concerned. After what I have suffered from mosquitoes and othei discomforts I have become indiffer ent to death. Small Amount or sunshine. Comparison of tbe results of tbe sunshine recorder at Greenwich, England, for fourteen years shows that throughout tbe year the average daily amount of sunshine la little more than three hours. At a wedding where neither party nas been married before, It is quite DroDer to refer to It as an amateur eater taiameDt" If J Wife FIGS AND TKISTLES GOD is not a di. covery, but are eiaiion. Kill your doubts, or the' will kill you. A sucker on a corn-alk neve' helps it any. A rest within a rest a good bed .on a saff ship. Gonhasa righ' Does He do it? to govern vou. W e love flowers most when we dr not need bread. There is no spiritual life wherr there is no love. , It never takes a liar long to blinc himself with bis tongue. It takes a great deal of humility tc be as bumble as an angel. The right kind of ambition is neve hurt by being disappointed. The prodigal's first wrong step was In thinking only of himself. God has never yet made anybody ho could please everybody. We must be willing to belike Christ before we can receive Christ. A selfish heart has as much kil' 'u it as a pound of gunpowder. A boilixo tea kettle does its best to whistle like a steam engine. No max ever thinks of failing untb he has stopped trusting in God. Until we are willing to be guided we are not willing to be helped. TiiE divine commission is not to defend the gospel but to preach It Wiiex we comply with God's condi tions God is responsible for results. Youth's greatest danger lies ia its determination to have its own way. The hungriest men on earth to-day ire those who have the most wealth. To be able to say that God is near Is to know that He is willing to help. With all his practice the devil ha3 never improved on the first hypocrite. The love of God for us is the only .hiog that can not be bought nor lost Nothing strengthens our heart like knowing that we are right with God. It is hard for the Holy Spirit to Oil i man who is already full of himself. Real trust in God expects to see a giant fall every time it twirls it sling. The cross we pick out for ourselves generally looks nice, but it is alway Vavy. If vou are in trouble don't expec sympathy Irom people who have neve had any. If you want those around you to be religious, you must make your religior Httractlve. No matter where you see a sin, you may know that there is a judgmen' on its track. Ir Is a serious thing to die, but a much more serious oue to live, anr not live right. The man who preaches the rea gospel of Christ wtl'i give emphasis V 't with his life. The rest of Christ is only for those who can be happy without having their own way. .God never stops trying to use an earnest man because he now and ther makes a mistake. God will hear no prayer that doel not come from a heart full of gooc" will for every one. It is hard tor God to do much tot .ueu who think they can get happioes by getting nijney. Catastrophic Denandatlons. Comparatively small glaciers uan, nnder cortain circumstances, hold back water so as to form lakes like a Marjelen See behind the -Eggisch-horn, or the Mattmark See in the Saas Valiey. What bodies of water may have been held back by the huge ice sheets of the great glacial period what inconceivable stupendous events ',ould the bursting of their bounds le. Yet this is not altogether wild speculation. Already much evi dence has been brought together Which tells of the former existence of such masses of water of a great ice barrier at Cincinnati damming back 20,000 square miles of water, and of another lake of the same kind, further north in the Red River region, 100,000 square miles in area, 100 to 200 miles wide, and riOO miles long. And the same evidence goes to show that these gigantic reservoirs (Lake Ohio and Lake Agassiz they have been called) did actually burst, not once, but several times, just as the small, temporary pond of the Eionassay glacier gave way tbe other day. With such an example before us one cannot but hesitate before as signing too unifoim a degree of In tensity to the various agents of de nudation, nor can one easily avoid tbe conclusion that, as regards some of them, their rate of work Tat oc casionally far greater in pas- than Id reseBt times. Atcena um. A Csefut Toy. The kaleidoscope is of wonderful assistance in geometrical drawing. The greatest portion of the geometri cal designs emp.oycd in art and archi tecture are copied by the artist from the figures produced by the kaleido scope. Tne instruments employed are somewhat larger than the toys sold in the shops, and some of them are fast ened upon stands in such a way aa will enable the draughtsman to re tain his instrument in the same posi tion for a considerable length of time, aud ttjus give him an opportunity to make copies of the figures produced. If a man remains an old bachelor, be can manage to get through life very comfortably without making tb acquaintance of a doctor (!T-Eaters. Hens can bo onred of eating eggs by blowing out the contents of ao egg, and filling It with mustard, made Into a paste. Make a bole lc each end and then blow tbe content! out, and whe filled paste paper ove the bole. One taste of tbe mustard effects cur. Don't live ao aimless life. LOST LANDS. e Keoent Submersion or Sangir and of Expedition Island. A few davs ago mention was made 3T the disappearance in an earthquake of the principal Island of the Sangir it roup, in longitude l-o depress, mid way between the islands of Minda nao and Celebes. News now comes that a Dutch skipper, sailing along tbe northwest coast of Australia, re potts the disappearance of Expedition Island, at the mouth of Collier Bay, In Western Australia. -The island is almost in the same longitude as San eir island and nearly 20 degrees south. As the sea in which it lios is unfrequented by shipping it is quite possible that Its subsidence, if it oc curred, was simultaneous with the submersion of Pangir below tbe waves. The Dutch skipper reports that he sailed over tne spot where the island had been and found eight fathoms of water, whereas all around the place the depth was normal foi the Sea of Timor, say, seventy to one hundred fathoms. The island was thirteen miles long by one mile wide. It was forty miles from the coast of Australia. The whole crust of the globe is probably in motion, changing its rela tive level as it gradually adlusts itself to the contractions ot the interior, on which it rests, says the San Fran cisco Call. In the North the circum- polar regions are rising. If we had , records to guide us we should p ob abiy And that Grant Land, .Grinnell Land, and Franz Josefs Land are several inches higher than they were when thev were first discjvered. Ar.d simultaneously the coast of Green land, In the neighborhood of Disco, is stating, so that the stakes which were driven into the beach to moor boa'.s to are now under water. It is easy to understand that, without any volcanic agency, the earth, resting as it does on a foundation which mut be incandescent, mu-it rise and fall as the action of fire expands and con tracts its subterranean support. This process has gone on through jut all time. In the Arabian sea, not far from the mouth of the Indus, the voyagers in the Bombay steam ships can see, when the water is clear, the peaks and manarets of a drowned :ity at the bottom of the ocean. The steamship pas-cs over then, is they lie in their watery grave. At some far distant period that city lived and flourished, probatV.y on the ocean border, and may have been a place of trade, and prosperity. The hungry waves gradua ly ro-e and ruse, capturing a street here and a square there, until the people were driven out and the city was ingulfed. It was an Illustration on a great scale ol the action of the ajeaov which ter minated the terrestrial life of Expe dition island. Dying by Proxy. nuraan life is not a priceless article in China. It is often o!d. The other day I pointed to a fat jolly Chinaman in Hankow, about 800 miles up the Yang-tse River, saving: "That is a very happy-lookics uian." "Yes, for a dead man be does look jolly," said the Consul. "Dead!" I said. "What do you mean?" "Why, that man is legally a 'lead man. He was legally executed after tlie Taiplng rebellion and pronounced dead offlcia.ly." "What's the puzzling paradox?-' 1 asked. "Well that man, like many others, was condemned to die, but, being rich, he hired a substitute to die for him. There are plenty of starving sons in Cb.na who at ibi command of a father will kill themselves for Rain. That Chinaman the're paid about S50 to a poor, Igno ant brotner to take his place, so he died by proxy. The poor substitute had llve.l a hunger all his lfe. With $10 he lit erally wallowei in wealth for three months and then died for it This ofttn occurs in China Hundr ds of thousands of rebels were massacred after the Taiping rebellion, but thj rich generally e-,capsd." A Reasoning Dog. A family in Staten island has a Jog that seems to show a distinct reasoning faculty. The dog had long been accustomed to take a morning walk with a member of the family, but was not permitted to accompany his friend to church. The animal soon seemed to understand that one day in seven he must remain at boxe, and the conclusion was that be could count On Sunday morning, however, the dog surprised every one by join. Ing the family on the way to church Tbe conclusion was that he had for getten until it was called to mind that the church bell had not rung that morning. The dog evidentiy associated the sound of the bell with the fact that he was not to accom pany his companions as usual, an 1 when the bell did not sound he saw no reason for omitting his usual wali New York Sun. How to riease By a Boy. Itz ritch boiz that ketches 'ht gurls. Tha kin by cande and sody watter for tl e gurls, an t hats what gurls wants, It a bol kant be ritch an wants to pleese the gurls the best thing fur him to doo is to le a solger or somethin an ware a yuvfurm. Yuneforms gitz gurls. If a boi kant be ritch or hav a yuneforrn hed bet ter bee tuff. Thats tbe cheei est. way too ketch fiurls Detroit Tribune. In W ar. An Austrian chemist claims to have invented a fluid of most destructive properties. This fluid when brought into contact with the air. after the explosion of a shell in which it bad been contained, is transformed into a gas, which, being heavier than the air. descends to the ground, killing ai) men and animals within its reaca. The French Miners. Officers and soldiers of the Trenct army will henceforward have a num bered metallic plate fastened on their collars for purposes of identifica tion. A similar scheme is being coo sidered for the benefit of miners. It roust be nice on a hot day liJre this to be a seed in tbe heart of a watermelon on ice. KEWa IX BSIEF. A cat sees as welt by night as bv la;. Canned rabbit is a New Zealas- export Quakers are said to be unusual Joi.g iired. France has the cheapest rate of dol, age. Alaska has ylded J33.000.0C0 Id teal skins. ' Ibere are lOOfi "baunted" bouse! In London. Bright violet is tbe Turkish mourning color. Some New York organ grinler make from (10 to $15 a day. Tl e foieign trade of China last year aggregaUd $250,0.0,000. Light LowitzTs, for field use, wer Oral made by Pmxnaua In 1828. Tbe mocking bird bates tne color red as mucti as tne bull. An Indianapolis man bis Invented a process for 'ging' violins, The Prrt silver coi- was made by PUldon, King of Argot, 8C9 B. O. Gold mines about Nevada City err the deepest aud richest iu tbe world. "riiere arc 4909 JohnsDus In Chica go and inly 4200 Smiths. Cee ir d'Aleoe are three French words, meaning 'ue.trt of an wL" Seven-eights of the forest growth of tne Slate of Washington consists o' tt.e Doug as fir. IJho it said to be the only State whi ai name has never been satsfactor f;y accounted for. The first postofllce opened its doors in Taris, 1-.C2; in i. gland lu 1S81; Ir AiLerica, 1710. The Salvation Army are about to build a he q mrlers for Ireland a' Belfast, to cost $40,000. Tie bas an IgDoble soul who Is un wi ling to rerve a royal cause molest rtat deckeu in its livery. Dan it 1 Weiser of Pottafowo, Penn., fo win a waer, ate a dozen angle wuruis. Gas was first made from coil by Clayton lu 1733 nd first used for 11 tuuiIuHtion in 1792. Tbe rifla was Invented by Wliit worth It 1S00; t'ae repeating rifle by Sharp, 1818. It Is calculated that 1CO0 thrifty crT-e trees will yield a fair average of 3200 pounds ot coffee per annum. Tl e leaves of the life tree, wtlcb is found only In Jamaica, grow after they have been sevried from the plant. An ol 1 man In St Louis, wbo bad teen hiccoughing at Lalf-minute Inter vals for two Cs6, was tupped by hypnotism. At a i utl.cenlerUlnment in Taris, a jour.g rrau was hypnotised. Two days elapsed before be was lealored u consciousness. John F. Shine of Dedham Centre, Mass., bas a Loise that chews tobacco. ben its driver takes a chew the ani mal wants oue ako. No bird can fly backward with out turning. Tbe dragon fly, however, can dj lls, and can outstrip tb' swallow lu speed. Clusters of clover, If bung In a room and left to dry and shed tbrir pei fume ib rough tbe air, will dnv away flies. A cactus plant In a house at New. portvilie, Penn.. last winter, grew so f-st ttat it is too tll to be taken out o' doors. tn many places it is believed tbat the person who hears thf whip-poor-will In the daviime will die before toe end of the year. Over SOO officers, high and low. have been r ti,ed or pnt at disposition (half pay) m.hin the last four years lr the army of Germany. One man finds history and epic river of heroes with thsir splendid deed?; anotht-r finds it a sleazy web of intrigues with their vile scandals. Russia recently celebrated the nine buudre ith auniveisarv of the founda tion of the first Christian Bifhopnc in Valhynla, under the reign of St. Vlad 'mir. Horace wrote the first of his ' O Jes," on which bis fame was to rest through all lime, at tho early age of t wenty-ti.ree. An alligator at tbe Crystal Palace, London, lived in perfect health upon nothing for eighteen months. It lately to k a piece of very high mutton wlib relish. Out of 50,000 guesses on a big cake of soap on exuibiliou in Berlin only to were correct The cake was a soap-n-Mker's advertisement, and it weighed 1122 pounds. Japsnes" jugglers are deft smokers. Seveil of theui ill sit before a curtain and from the tobacco smoke, whicn issu' s from their mouths, will form succession of readable letters. The natives of Vera Cruz, Mexieo, do a large trade In firt-ll.es, which they capture by waving a burning coal at the end or a stink. Tbe Insects fly toward the light aLd are captured ir n-ts. In rniilsumrrer the coasts of Spitz oergen are icebonnd aud praeticady iua.ces-ible to v-seli Tbe prefix "O" before so many names of Ir sb leaders is an abbreviation of the word ogliH, meaning frrao'lcbiM. v. 'O nnor, therefore, means grandchild of Conner. Advantages of Tasrntng. According to the Medical Record yawning is by no means a useless act, for It often cures catarrh and other affections of the throat, in many cases giving instantaneous relief. It pro duces a considerable distention of tbe muscles of the pharynx, constituting a kind of message, and under this in fluence the cartiliaginous portion of the eustachian tube contracts, expel ling into the pharynx the mucosities there collectea. According to M. Naegeli, yawning is much more effica cious for affections of the tube than the methods of Valsalva or Politzer, and is more rational than the insuf flation of air, which is often difficult to perform properly. A yotrx'O man named Bartholomew Benjamin Stuart Iversda Jones, re cently went west to make a oarae for himself. " " 4:
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