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MILLIIEIM, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 16., 1885.
The New (lirl.
"Don't let your good looks turn your
head, Rally," were the words that Un
cle Solon said to me as he put mo on
the cars and handed ray little canvas
traveling-bag nfter nie. "Remember
that beauty is only skin deep, and
handsome is as handsome does.'
The idea of saying such things to
me ! But Uncle Solon always was ps
culiar.
My seat—next to a pleasant-faced
gentleman with a black mustache and
delightful mysterious eyes, just like
those of Fitzalban Mantaleuibeit, in
the last novel I had read—chanced to
be opposite a slit-like panel of looking
glass, and I could not help seeing the
reflection of my own face.
What was it I saw there ?
A round face, all roses and lillios
soft hazel eyes, with a fringe of thick
lashes a shade darker than my red
brown hair—a decided dimple in the
chin and a trim little figure neatly at
tired in brown debeige.
Yes, I was pietty ; Uncle Solon was
right there. And I meant that my
face should be my fortune. Unfortu
nately, I never had any time for books,
and my public school education had
gone into one ear and out the other, so
I couldn't enter the lists with the for
tunate governesses who are always
making great matches—in story books,
at least Neither could I be lady's
companion, f>r my mistiess' son or
nephew to fall in love with me, for I
could neither play nor sing, and what
ever I attempted to read about I iu var
iably stumbled over the big words.
But it was necessary for me to earn mv
living in some way, and old Mrs.
Fudgeby had sent oyer a New York
paper, in which site had pencil-marked
an advertisement for an "up-etairs
girl" who was wanted in a house in
Fiftli avenue.
"You may be sure it is an excellent
place," said Mrs. Fudgeby, "my niece,
Helen Maria, sews there, and ftio lady
is most kind and pleasant. And Hel
en Maria will speak a good word for
you. And if you suit,you'll get a good
home and capital pay, take my word
for it."
(Just like Aunt Peri 9 ! Because she
wasn't young herself, she had no sym
pathy for any one who was. Old people
were so selfish.)
"But," added Mrs. Fudgeby,"Helen
Maria says any one who comes to Mrs.
Marcati's must step very light, and
speak very low, and be careful not to
laugh too loud, for fear of her nerves.
She's quite, an invalid. She has just
discbargsd all her doctors, and is ex
pecting a learned American physician
who has been ten years in Paris,to take
charge of her case. But la 1 Helen
Maria says it's all fancy, and that if
her missis had to earn her bread at the
wash-tub or the ironing board,it would
be ditVereut, though it ain't a liiied
girl's place to express any opinion of
that sort."
"Is the family large ?" said I, secret
ly wondering if there was a handsome
son to fall in loye with me.
"No," said Mrs. Fudgeby, "a wid
owed daughter, who denotes herselt to
painting, and two sons."
Two sons I That settled the mitter
for me. 1 determined to apply for the
place at all hazards. Why shouldn't I
succeed as well a Jane Eyre, who by all
accounts, was an insignificant little
black thing without a word to say for
herself V
"There won't be much to do," said
Mrs. Fudgeby. "You will be expect
ed to make the beds and tidy up the
rooms and dust the parlors and attend
the door-bell. Mrs. Marcati has a deal
of company, and, hy-the-by, Helen Ma
ria says all the girls their are expected
to wear caps."
"Oh, don't I mind that,"said I,for I
had once played Grisette in private
theatricals, and the little blue-ribboned
cap had been particularly becoming to
me.
"The family ae quite rich," said
Mrs. Fudgfby, but they don't keep uo
men help. Mrs. Marcati was robbed
once by a Swiss butler, and hain't had
no faith in men since. And Helen
Maria says she keeps a lot of pearls and
diamouds and fine jewelry locked in the
etegere (which Mrs. Fudgeby pronoun
ced 'ettiger') because it's a place no
body wouldn't suspect. There are so
many burglars around New York, you
know J"
And she went on to rtlate a good
many family peculiarities of the Mar
catis, in her prosy, gos3ipy way, but
she never thought to tell me what I af
terward,learned to my very great dis
appointment, that both of the lady's
son's weie married men.
Then, of course, I made my replica
tion at once, and was glad enough to
learn, through (lleu Maria Fudgeby,
that it had been favorably considered,
and that I was to c noo to No. Fifth
avenue at once. Auut Peris gave me
a new shawl and a deal of good advice
A PAPER FOR THE HOME CIRCLE.
to which I paid very little attention.
Uncle Solon presented nie with a pock
et Testament and a tialf-uozen crape
bordered handkerchiefs. And so I left
Milliken's Falls in triumphant pursuit
of that fortune which, like a will-o-the
wisp, always kept just a little ahead of
me. We had not gone far before I
dropped the key of my traveling bag,
and my newhboi with the dreamy eyes
gallantly picked it up for me.
"Very awkward of me," said I.
"Not in the least," said he.
This little occurrence broke the ic ,
and we soon became great friends. He
told me that he hud been moose hunt
ing up in Maine. I confided to him
that I wis going to be the companion
—I didn't quite like to say "up-stalrs
girl"—of Mrs. Marcati, of No. Fifth
avenue. He seemed very much inter
ested in me. He said there was some
thing so attractive in watching the ca
reer of youth and innocence—and
might he add beauty ? I said that was
all nonsense. He said he could not
help being frank, and he only hoped
that be had not offended me. And the
fruit boy came along, and he bought au
orange and some bananas for me ; and
next came the news agent and be pur
chased a new novo' and some pictorial
papers, for he said be knew by my face
that I was literary ; so that, altogeth
er, the journey to New York seemed a
deal shorter than I had expected. I
was ft little sorry that I had to!d the
dreamy eyed gentleman all about the
Martsatis, especially with regard to the
jewels in theetegere drawer and the ner
vous ailments of my new employer, e
ven down to the arrival of the new phy
sician who had distinguished himself in
Paris. But of couise it didn't matter.
Why should it ?
lie wrote down .ny address when we
parted at the depot and said that he
should certainly avail himself of the
yery first opportunity to call.
1 found No Fifth avenue without
any difficulty. Helen Maria hid writ
ten out the direction very carefully,
and everything was far grander than I
had any idea of. Mrs. Marcati, a
handsome lady in a black velvet gown, j
said I h;d a nice face, she hoped I
would do my best. Mrs. Maurice, the
widowed daughter, said she would like
to paint me as Hebe. The two sons
and their wives were at the country
seat in Yonkers. But I wasn't so
much disappointed about them as I
should have been if I had not seen the
dreamy-eyed hero of the railway train.
I did my )>est to learn my new du
ties and fultill tnem to the satisfaction
of my new mistress. Helen Maria was
there, and the cook, a very geuteel wo
man, with a kitchen maid who did all
the dishwashing and floor scrubbing,
took quite a fancy to me, although the
lauudress, a sour freed Scotch woman,
said that I was "a deal too giddy aud
light minded." Still it was quite a
pleasant change from Milliken's Falls.
The third day that I was there, there
came a ring at the door bell, and who
should stand there when I opened it,
but my dreamy-eyed hero !
•'Goodness me 1" said I, coloring all
"over as pink as a daisy, ".is it you ?"
"Is Mrs. Marcati at home V" srid
he.
"No," said I ; "she has just thi s
miuute driven away from the door. I
should think you would have met her—
in a dark blue landau, with black hor
ses and —"
"No matter, my good girl," said he,
"I will come in and wait. My name
is of no great importance. Perhaps
you don't know-I don't remember
that I mentioned it -but I am the gen
tleman from Paris."
"The new doctor V" said I. "La I
and you never told me V"
"Our professional secrets are not our
own property,'- said he as solemn as an
owl.
"Please to walk in." said I. "I am
so sorry Mrs. Maui ice [went out with
her ma, because—"
"It don't matter," he said ; "I can
avail myself of the opportunity to diag
nose some of the cases scribbled down
in my notes. I dare say she will not
be long."
He drew out a pocket tablet as he
spoke and put on a learned-looking
pair of eye glasses ; and I tip toed out
of the room, wondering how it would
seem-to be the wife ol one of these New
York doctors. So he was a learned
man who had really resided in Paris.
How good it was of him to be so inter'
ested in my silly chatter that day on
the railroad cars
1 did not like to interrupt his scien
tific studies, but as soon as I had finish
ed tidying the bedrooms, I watched ea
gerly at the door for Mrs. Marcati to
return. It was nearly an hour after
waid when I ran down the steps',to take
her shawl aud parasol, and told her
that the new doctor had been waiting
for ber.
"That is nonsense, child," she said,
sharply. "I have just come from his
office, where I baveihad a long|interview
i with him."
"He's here, ma'am said f.
♦'There must he some mistake, mam
ma," said Mrs. Maurice, and they both
went up the steps and into tbo parlor.
No one was theie.
"Oh, dear I" said T. "He has fifot
tired and stone away."
"Mamma," cried Mrs. Maurice,"the
etegere drawers are broken open and all
your jewels and money are gone ! And
the silver card receiver and the thous
and-dollar brouzes, and t'e little
Miessonier that Julius brought you
from Europe !"
Oh, dear ! oh, dear ! I don't know
how lam to tell the end of the story.
The dreamy eyed gentleman was a con
fidence man of the most sharpe-like
desciiption, and I was arrested as his
accomplice and put In jail until uncle
Solon came up from Millikin Falls to
testify to my character and bail me out.
Oh, I often wonder that I didn't com
mit suicide, except there was nothing
to commit it with. And the judge
looked at me, with such terrible big
eyes, and the lawyer asked such inso
lent questions. But somehow it was
proved that I didn't mean any harm
and that I wasn't an accomplice—only
a dupe. But of course I lost my place
and had to go back to Uncle Solon.
Helen Maria Fudgeby was vety angry
with me, and the Scotch laundress said
she had foreseen all from the very be
ginning.
I don't Know whether Mrs. Marcati
ever got her things back or not, and I
am not likely to know now, for I am
determined to stay at home with Uncle
Solon and churn butter and feed the
little chickens and calves, for I've had
quite enough of city life.
Grant and the Sergeant.
'l'll never forget the first time I
saw General. Grant,' said William
Ransom, of New Haven, Conn., re
cently to a number of men in the Foot
guard's equipment room in that city.
'I was first sergeant in company C. of
the Seventh C. V., commanded by
General Hawlev. At that time we
were lying before Richmond. Day
after day we had nothing to do but
lie about the camp. On this never
forgotten day that I refer to I was
sergeant of the guard,a detail of eight
men being under my charge. _ Some
of the boys had swapped papers with
the rebs, whose picket line was not far
from ours," and had given me the
Richmond Gazette. I leaned my mus
ket against the toot of a tree and, sit
ting on the ground, braced by back a
gainst the trunk of a tree and read.
It was not long before I became deep
ly interested in a story, and I forgot
about the picket's duty, and even
such a thing as the war. Suddenly I
heard the tramp of a squadron of
horsemen approaching. I saw that
my men were engaged with some of
the Johnnies in a game of poker. The
officers did not stop, but quietly rode
past, not without looking at me in a
peculiar manner. Soon after a single
horseman rode up. He had on a
slouched bat, an old blouse, and his
breeches were stuck in a pair of old
boots.
Riding up to me he said.* 'Sergeant,
what are you doing here ?'
'On picket duty,' I replied.
'Where are your men V
'Oh, over there playing poker,' I
said, nodding my head in their direc
tion.
'I thought that he was a correspon
dent for some paper and answered him
saucily. Asking my name, regiment
and company he rode awaj r . I flung
a parting shot at him as he did so
asking him if he was not inquisitive.
When we were relieved I was called
to the captain's quarters, where I was
informed that General Grant had pre
ferred charges against me. It was to
him I had bceii impudent. When the
captain told me I was under arrest,
liable to be shot, I felt like sinking in
to the ground. A court martial was
held and I was sentenced to be shot at
sunrise. In the few hours that I was
in tte guard house I seemed to live
over my life again. Through the ef
forts of General Hawley the sentence
was not carried into effect. I was
disrated, however, and for three days
carried a snapsack filled with sand a
bout the camp When General Grant
visited this city I called upon him.
' He recognized me and as I left he said:
'Always do your duty.'
To live is not merely to breathe ; it
is to act; it is to make use of all our
organs, functions and faculties. This
alone gives us the cfonSbiousness ofex
' istende.
Terms, SI.OO per Year, in Advance/
The True Friend.
A certain merchant had three sons.
When the youngest came of age he call
ed them together, and said to theua in a
voice husky with emotion :
♦Now, hoys, you all go out into the
world and acquire a knowledge of hu
man nature. At the end of the year
you will return, and the one who has
acquired the best friend will receive
this magnificent diamond ring.'
The young men having taken the ring
to a jeweler and satisfied themselves
that it was not a California diamond,
accepted the situation and started out.
At the end of the year they returned,
looking somewhat the worse for wear.
The old man immediately issued his
call for a mass meeting and they gath
ered around him. lie called for the re
ports from the various committees.
The first one lifted up his voice and
said :
*1 had an affair of honor. I got into
a|quarrel and a challenge passed. We
were to fight at ten steps. My friend
came forward and took ray place. He
was badly wounded, but I believe he
saved my life. I claim tlie ring for hav
ing acquired the most self-sacrificing
friend.'
No. 2 then took the floor and address
ed the chair :
'I was on board of a ship. We had a
collision. I found myself in the water.
My friend was near me on a hen-coop.
When be saw me he swam off and let
me have the hen-coop. We were both
picked up afterwards, but he undoubt
edly saved my life. I think my frend
was the boss.'
'What sort of a friend have you got
to'show up on P'asked the father of the
third son.
'I was in a tight place,' he responded.
'I had been fooiing with the tiger, and
had lost all my money. My friend came
forward and advanced me SSOO, and re
fused to take my ncte for the amount.'
'To you belongs the ring,' said the
merchant. 'Your older brother's friend
was simply a better shot. In the case
of the other brother, his friend was
simply a better swimmer. They took
risks, I admit; but your friend has sus
tained an actual, bona fide loss, for he
will never get his money back. \oa
gained the best friend, for he has made
actual sacrifices. Here is the priceless
gem of the Orient.'
He Only Wanted to See.
Judge Gerald Cummings is a re
spected resident of Fort Worth, Texas,
notwithstanding that ho is immensely
stout and a member of the legal pro
fession. He tried many anti-fat rem
edies to reduce his weight, but with
out any satistactory result. He final
ly went to the Hot Springs in Arkan
saw, and much to his joy he lost con
siderable adipose tissue, and returned
to Fort Worth in a most happy frame
of mind. He thought and talked of
nothing else except his loss of flesh.
He went to market one morning re
cently, and said to the butcher :
'Cut me off twenty pounds of pork.'
The request was complied with. The
judge looked at the meat for some
time, and then walked off.
'Shall I send the meat to your house,
judge ?' asked the butcher.
'Oh, no,' was the reply, 'I don't
want it. I have fallen off just twenty
pounds,and 1 only wanted to see how
much it was.'— Siftings.
Independence Day.
There is a wide spread belief among
Americans that the Declaration of In
dependence was signed on the "Fourth
of July." The writings of John Ad
ams and Thomas Jefferson, as well as
the printed journal of the Continental
Congress, bear out this idea, but a re
cent investigation by the chief librarian
of the Boston public library,shows that
we have all along been laboring under a
mistake. The declaration was read
and agreed to on the 4th of J ulj, but it
was not signed. It was ordered to be
authenticated and printed during the
afternoon, and on the following day
copies were sent all oyer the country.
On the 19th it was resolved that the
declaration be engrossed on parchment
and signed by every member. On the
2nd of August nearly all the members
signed it. Thorntou, of New Hamp
shire, did not sign until November 4th
of that year, and McKean did not sign
until 1781. Of coarse no one proposes
to change our day of celebration. It is
a fact that our independence was an
nounced to the woild on the 4th of July
and that is enough. The signing of the
document was of less importance.
At the sixth annual commencement
of the Jefferson medical college, in the
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 170
new doctors were graduated, of which
89 were from Pennsylvania.
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A Crushed Bore.
On a West-bound Michigan Central
train the other day were a delicate ap
pearing young woman and an intelli
gent looking young man, evidently
husband and wife. Immediately behind
the couple sat a man—to be found on
every train—who would die if not per
mitted to* hear the sound of his own
voice at all times and in all places.
The young lady had a troublesome
cough, a fact which seemed to bother
the talking machine behind bar greatly.
At last he leaned forward aud address
ed herescorfc :
"That gal's got a bad cough,"
"Yes."
"Ever try catnip tea ?"
"She hasn't drank anything else for
more than two hundred years. She
caught a severe cold in Jerusalem in
1568. I had fifty barrels of catnip tea
put into the baggage car Tor hot use
between here and Chicago." Pause,
"Lungs fR
"No, bunions. That's purely a bun
ion cough, you will notice, if you watch
her closely." m , r5
"Ain't the draught a leetle strong
from that window ?" after a longer
pause.
"No, she has to have it. If takes
15,000 pounds of air to make her a re
spectable breath I We have a patent
breath incubator which she uses at
home. It covers 17,600 acres of valua
ble laud.
"Did you say she was your wife ?"
"No, I didn't say anything of the
sort. She's one of these new fashioued
infernal machines that I'm taking o •
ver to England to blow up the qfieen.
The onlv trouble is that I'm subject to
fits,and when I get one of them I break
things up terribly !"
"What brings them on to you ?*'
"Talking ! Why, it was only yester
day that i killed three men, a woman
'and a pair of twins before I could be
got under control. I feel very queer a
bout the head now. I
"I reckon I'll go into the smokin'
car," said the bore, sidling out of the
seat. "I don't feel very well myself !"
"Don't hurry away !" shouted the
young man, while a general titter Tan
through the car.—Louisville Courier-
Journal.
A Modern Tower of Babel.
Our great monument at Washington,
erected in memory of the Father of bis
Country, enjoys the destinction of -be
ing the highest monument on earth. It
is over 500 feet high. But in the next
Paris exposition it is proposed to build
a tower higher than anything made or
imagined since the days of Babel. It
will be more than 1,100 feet in height,
which is three times higher jthan the
top of the dome of St. Peter's at Rome,
and double the height of the great pyra
mid of Cheops. The constructor will
be M. Bouraais, the same who built the
famous Trocadero Falacet the late
Paris exhibition. In a recent report he
gives a comparative table showing what
elevations can be obtained by building
with different kinds of material. The
limit he places to man's power of build
ing upwards is fixed by ascertaining at
what time the lower parts of the struc
ture will give way beneath the load
resting upon them, either by becoming
crushed out of shape or by cracking
and breaking in pieces. And of sub
stances the most stubborn in this in
spect is not iron,as some persons might
suppose, but porphyry. The former
can, as M. Bourdais believes, be used
for a building carried up to the height
of 7,000 feet, while the latter might
form the foundation of a pile fully a
thousand feet higher. But this is sup
posing that the pyramidal form of con
struction is used, which is, of course,
the most solid and durable. This could
never be admitted at a Paris exhibition
and so the cylindrical form would have
to be used .which would reduce the pos
sible height to about one-third. But
the proposed tower would be built in
several pieces, of which only the lower
one would be of the expensive marble
cal'ed porphyry.
About Advertising.
Poster advertising, rock and feDce
painting, and flooding the mails with
circulars ana postal cards are some of
the forms of advertising which disgusts
more people than they attract,and even
when effective, are a very wasteful
mode of reaching the public.
In the selection of a proper medium
many points of value might be takeh
" into consideration by advertisers. News
papers which are not respected and
faithfully read are not good mediums
for advertisers. Newspapers that are
purchased to] while away a half hour
on a street car or elevated railway, and
are not carried home do not sell any
body's wares. Such papers are no bet
ter than circulars and almost as waste
, ful.
The experience of enterprising and
sagacious business men demonstrates
that the best results attend advertising
in home newspapers—those which go
into families aud are read by one after
another in the home circle.—A*. Y.Nfcflfc