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Bellefonte, Pa., Aug. 21, 1896.
“THE STERN OLD JUDGE.”
The stern old judge in relentless mood
Gazed on the pair who before him stood.
She was bowed, haggard and old,
While he was young, defiant and bold ;
Mother and son—and to gaze at the pair,
Their different attitudes, look and air,
One would believe, ere the truth were known,
The mother convicted and not the son.
There was the mother—the boy stood nigh
With a shameless look and his head held high ;
Age had come over her, sorrow and care—
These mattered little so he was there,
A prop to her years and a light to her eyes.
And prized as only a mother ean prize.
But what for him could a mother say—
Awaiting his doom on a sentence day?
Her husband had died in his shame and sin,
And she, a widow, her living to win
Had toiled and struggled from morn till night,
Making with want a wearisome fight,
Bent over her work with a resolute zeal,
Till she felt her old frame totter and reel,
Her weak limbs tremble, her eyes grow dim,
And he stood in the eriminal dock
With a heart as hard as a flinty rock.
An-impudent glance and a reckless air,
Braving the scorn of the gazers there,
With the proof of his guilt by captors found,
Ready to stand, as he termed it, game,
Holding not erime, not penitence, shame,
Poured in a flood o’er the mother’s cheek
The moistening prayers, where the tongue was
weak ;
And she saw through the mist of those bitter tears
Only the child, in his innocent years.
She remembered him pure, as a child might be,
The guilt of the present she could not see,
And for mercy her wistful eyes made prayer
To the stern old judge’in his cushioned chair.
“Woman,” the old judge crabbedly said,
“Your boy is the neighborhood's plague and
dread ;
Of a gang of reprobates, chosen their chief
An idler, rioter, ruffian and thief.
The jury did right, for the facts were plain,
Denial is useless. excuses are vain ;
The sentence the court imposes is one—""
“But your houner,” she cries, “he is -my only
son.”
The tipstaves grinned at the words she spoke,
And a ripple of fun through the court room broke.
But over the face of the culprit there came
An angry look and a shadow of shame,
“Don’t laugh at my mother,” loud cries he,
“You've got me fast and can deal with me,
But she’s too good for your cowardly jeers,
And I'll—then his utterance choked with tears.
The judge for a moment bent low his head,
Looked at him keenly and then he said :
“We suspend the sentence—the boy can go”—
And the words were tremulous, forced and low ;
‘‘But say,” and he raised his finger then,
“Don’t let them bring you hither again,
There is something good in you I know,
I'll give you a chance, make the most of it—go.”
The twain went forth and the old judge said,
“I meant to have given him a year instead,
And perhaps tis a difficult thing to tell
If clemency here be ill or well ;
But a rock was struck in that calloused heart
From which a fountain of good may start ;
For one on the ocean of crime, long tossed,
Who loves his mother is not quite lost.”
— Williamsport Sun.
MONTHS AFTERWARD.
‘‘Gossip— it’s a confounded nuisance,
that’s what I call it ! Why can’t they let
us alone ? Tam accustomed to any amount
of gossip. People must have something to
talk about, and I'm sure I'm delighted to
be able to afford them any amusement, but
when it comes to being smacked on the
back and congratulated six times in one af-
ternoon, it’s coming it a bit too strong. I
don’t mind for my own sake—a man can
look after himself—but I'm thinking of
you. I was in hopes that you had not
heard.”
‘‘Not heard, indeed ! I had two letters
this morning and three this afternoon—
four wanting to know when the wedding
was to be and the fifth from a girl asking
to be bridesmaid. I am afraid to go out.
People fly at me on every corner, shake my
hand off and say how delighted they are
and how charming itis and how they al-
ways knew it would come to this and that
we are made for one another—they never
did know two people so exactly suited.”
‘Extraordinary ! That’s what they say
to me. I never was so taken back in my
life. Of course we’ve always been good
friends, but’—
‘Certainly not.”’
‘“And I don’t think’’'—
‘‘Neitherdo I. It's absurd !
nonsense !"’ -
‘No; but really let us have it out while
we are about it. What can have given rise
to such a ridiculous report ? We have
been a good deal together of course, be-
cause we are in the same set, and always
seem to hit it off, and you are such a jolly
good dancer and all that kind of thing, but
I can’t see what we have done to set people
talking at this rate. Honestly, now—I am
anxious to know—did you ever imagine—
that is to say, did you think—I mean, have
I ever’’— *
‘‘You never have ! No, Captain May,
and I have never imagined ! On the contra-
ry I don’t mind admitting now that we are
upon the subject that I have cherished a
secret grudge against you because you
have never given me an opportunity of re-
fusing you. That sort of neglect rankles
in a woman’s mind, and now you see for
yourself, the awkard position in which it
has placed me. When people ask if I am
engaged to you I am obliged to confess that
I have never been asked. You ought to
have thought of this and provided against
it. It would have been so easy some night
at a ball, or in an interval at the theater—
the whole thing might have been over in
five minutes—and then I should be able to
say that I had refused you, and everything
would have been happy and comfortable.
I don’t feel as if I could ever forgive you!’’
**Sorry, indeed ! You see, I should have
been most happy, only I could never feel
quite sure that you really would re’’—
‘How odious you are ! You need not
have been afraid : there never was any-
thing more certain since the beginning of
the world. I wouldn’t marry you to save
your life ! I would as soon think of fal-
ling in love with the man in the moon !
We have always been friends, of course,
but that counts for nothing. One may like
a person very much and yet find it impos-
sible to go any farther. I could better love
a horseman !”’
‘Same with me ! I think no end of you
but when Lewis came and congratulated
me the other day I was struck all of a heap
If he had said the same thing about a doz-
en other girls I should have been less sur-
prised, but it never occurred to me to look
upon you in that light.”
“Oh. indeed ! I'm awfully obliged, I'm
sure, but I don’t think much of your taste.
Utter
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agree with you ; that’s one comfort. AsI
am So utterly repulsive in your eyes, I
think I had better say ‘Good-afternoon’ at
once and relieve you of my presence.’’
‘‘What nonsense you talk ! I neversaid
a word about your appearance that I know
of. | That's the worst of arguing with a
woman : she flies off at a tangent, and
there’s no good with her. I don’t see why
you should be offended. You seemed to
think it quite as impossible to fall in love
with me.” ,
““That’s different. I mean I don’t care
what you think, but other people think—
that’s to say, I have always been told.
Some people think I am very nice, if you
don’t. I think it’s perfectly hateful of you
to say such things. I should like to know,
just as a matter of curiosity, what it is in
me you object to so much.”’
“You won’t like it, you know, when
you do hear ; you’ll be in a bigger rage
than ever. Much better leave it alone.
Well, if you will have it, I dislike the way
you do your hair. Wait a moment. It
means more than you think. It is not on-
ly ugly in itself, but it shows a fatal want
of perception. Your beauty if you will al-
low me to say so—is of a classic order, and
if you adopted a more natural style of coif-
fure your appearance would really be—er
—uncommonly fetching. ’Stead of that,
you persist in following a hideous exagger-
ation of fashion, which destroys your in-
dividuality and is utterly unsuited to your
style. It seems a small thing in itself, but
it has far-reaching consequences. The mo-
ment we met I noticed it, don’t you know,
and felt annoyed. The whole time I am
with you I am worrying about it. It sets
me in a chronic state of exageration. Per-
haps you don’t understand the feeling’’—
“Oh, yes, Ido! I feel the same toward
you because you will insist on wearing
enormous stand up collars. I call that a
want of perception, if you like. I would
not be personal for the world, but I have
seen men with longer neeks. When you
want to speak to your neighbor, you have
to twist your whole body. It makes me
“die with laughing to see you-"’
“Delighted to afford you so much amuse-
ment. Sorry I make myself so ridiculous.
You are excessively polite, I’m sure.”’
“You were a great deal worse yourself.
You said that I"’—
“Nothing of the kind. You misunder-
stood me. I simply remarked’’—
“Don’t contradict ! You said I was an
ugly thing, and that it exasperated you on-
ly to see me. You did! It makes it
I can’t think how you
can look me in the face !”’
“Why get excited ? It’s really not
worth while, and you will make yourself
hot. It is not becoming to be hot. I was
about to say when you so rudely interrupt-
ed me that you had misunderstood the
meaning of my remarks. I simply observ-
ed”’—
“IT don’t care a little bit what you ob-
served. Iam not going to talk to you any
longer. Good afternoon, Captain May.
You needn’t dance with me at Lady Bol-
ton’s this evening, as my hair annoys you
so much.”
‘I shall ask Miss Cunliffe instead. She
is a capital waltzer. Your mother is wait-
ing for you at the door. Fourth and sixth
wasn’t it, and the first extra ? I must ask
her at once, as she is so engaged. Good af-
ternoon, then, Miss Blanchard, if you will
go, and as the good little boys says ‘Thank
you so much for the pleasant afternoon !’ ”?
ON THE WAY HOME.—HER SOLILOQUY.
‘‘He never thought of such a thing. It
never occurred to him to think of her in
that eight. Hateful creature ! And why
not, I should like to know ? Doesn’t he
think I’m nice ? * * I never cared for him
but he has no business not to like me.”
What horrid taste !
*‘And to talk of other girls! That
means Lucie Charvie, I suppose, and Adel-
ine Rowe. I have noticed that he dances
with them. * ¥* * I don’t see why he
should like them better than me. I'm the
prettiest, and I can be awful nice if I like.
I have never-been really nice to him, not
my very nicest, or he wouldn’t have talked
as he did today. * * * I might try the ef-
fect this evening.
“I meant to be offended, but perhaps the
other would have more effect. I believe
I'll try it. No one can ever say that I am
a flirt, but there are occasions when it is a
girl’s duty to teach a man a lesson, and he
had no business to say that about my hair.
* * * I wonder if he was right ? He has
awfully good taste as a rule.
“I believe, after all, it would be rather
becoming. * * * I'll get Elsie to try to-
night and wear my new white dress and the
pearls, and I’ll say to him the very first
thing that I am sorry and ask him to dance
with me all the same. Then, when he sees
how nice I am, he will be vexed with him-
self for being so nasty. It will do him no
end of good.
““I’d give worlds if he would only pro-
pose to me before the season is over ! I'd
refuse of course, but that wouldn’t matter ;
it would be kind of me to take the trouble,
because it is dreadful to see a man so con-
ceited, and, if it were not for that, he
would be quite charming. * * * I'll he-
gin this evening. How exciting! Poor
Captain May !”’
HIS SOLILOQUY.
‘‘She looked disgracefully pretty. Noth-
ing like putting a girl in a good stand up
rage to see what she’s made of. I never
knew she had so much in her before. And
she would just as:soon think of falling in
love with the man in the moon, wouldn’t
she? That’s pretty tall! Hang it all,
why do they put things in a fellow’s head ?
I was happy enough before, and now this
has unsettled me altogether. * * * A man
may not want to marry a girl, but that’s
no reason why she should be so precious
indifferent.
“I always fancied that she had a decided
weakness. * * *¥ So she wants to laugh
at me, does she? Little wretch!
She is always up to some mischief.
“I wouldn’t object if it was at some oth-
er fellow, for those dimples are uncommon-
ly fetching.
“‘T believe she is right about the collars,
all the same ; thought so myself more than
once. If another shape would suit me bet-
ter, it seems rather absurd to stick to these.
‘Man in the moon,’ eh ? Hump ! Well, it
doesn’t do to be too awfully sure ; it’s a
bad thing to get into the way of boasting.
How would it be if I took her in hand and
tried to work a cure? Do her all the good
in the world to be brought down a peg or
two and find her own level, and the pro-
cess would not be unpleasant. Hi cabby !
Stop at the first decent hosier’s you come
to. I want to get ont.”
Extract from the Times four months la-
ter :
‘On the 28th inst., at St’ George’s, Han-
over square, by Right Rev. the bishop of
Oxbridge, assisted by Rev. Noel Blanchard
the brother of the bride, Carl Aubrey May,
captain of the Royal Horse guards, second
son of James Eaton May, Fsq., of Bromp-
ton Manor, Hants, to Phyllis Mary Olivia,
only daughter of Major Blanchard of Bar-
hs County Wicklow, and Floraire.”’—
Sketch.
Two Famous Wives.
Women in Whom the American Public is Interested.—
It Seems that Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. Sewall Have Not
Much in Common—The Former is Active and Aggres-
sive ; the Latter is Retiring and Shuns Society.
The wives of the two Democratic stand-
ard bearers are women of an entirely dif-
ferent type. While Mrs. Bryan is a studi-
ous, retiring but energetic and highly in-
tellectual woman, with advanced ideas,
who is both an orator and a lawyer, Mrs.
Sewall is a refined woman of artistic tastes
who lacks that aggressive determination
which led Mrs. Bryan to wade through
dusty volumes in order tobe a thorough
helpmeet to her husband. Mrs. Bryan is
young and in full vigor of womanhood.
Mis. Sewall is somewhat older and is al-
most an invalid, being a sufferer from a
nervous malady which prevents her from
taking a prominent place in society. While
Mrs. Bryan has been compelled to practice
economy ever since ‘her marriage, Mrs.
Sewall has enjoyed the advantages of
wealth and position all her life.
Mrs. Bryan's madien name was Mary E.
Baird. Her father wasa prosperous mer-
chant of Perry, Ill, and she was given
every advantage to develop the unusually
fine mind which she early gave evidence of
possessing. After passing through the pub-
lic schools of her native town she went, at
the age of 16, to Jacksonville, Ill., where
she entered the annex of the state college.
Mr. Bryan entered the institution at the
same time, and their acquaintance was soon
begun. They graduated together, each
with honors, and hoth were the vale-
dictorians of their respective classes.
While Mr. Bryan was studying law at
the close of his college career Miss Baird
returned to Jacksonville and took a post-
graduate course. Then they were married
and removed to Lincoln, Neb., where Mr.
Bryan sat patiently down in a little office
to wait for clients. Mrs. Bryan resolved
to keep him company by studying law her-
self. She proved an apt pupil and two
years after her marriage was admitted to
the Nebraska state bar. The society wom-
en of Lincoln looked upon her asa good
deal of a curiosity at first, but after her
husband had been successful in politics and
had been elected to Congress they found
that the brown haired, brown eyed little
woman was very kindly, unaffected and
entertaining.
Mrs. Bryan cares nothing for society or
fashion and pays little attention to either.
Caring for her three children and working
with her husband leaves her no time for af-
ternoon teas or dressmaking consulations.
When in Washington, the Bryans lived in
a modest, quiet - boarding house not far
from the capitol. They went out very lit-
tle, for a $5,000 salary had to support them
and build up a reserve fund for the days
when Mr. Bryan should return to Lincoln
a briefless lawyer again.
With zool deliberation Mr. and Mrs:
Bryan worked on that famous tariff speech
that first lifted ‘The Boy ® Orator of the
Platte’’ out of obscurity. Together they
rounded out the periods, polished up the
metaphors and made the speech fairly scin-
tillate. Its success was no surprise to
them. That night there was a reception to
the young Nebraska mother. Mrs. Bryan
appeared in a high neck, long sleeved dress |
that was not even fashionably made. In-
deed, she never appeared at any of the
Washington social functions in full dress,
and it is doubtful if she ever wore such at-
tire in her life.
During the last few years of her resi-
dence in Lincoln she has been an active
worker in literary circles. She was one of
the founders and is an ex-president of the
local Sorosis. She is an affectionate moth-
er and is very proud of her three children.
Ruth, her eldest child, is 11 years old ;
William J. Jr., is 6, and Grace, the baby
of the Bryan family, is a little miss of 5
years.
Mrs. Sewall is the daughter of the late
Charles Crooker, who was one of the lead-
ing business men in Maine of his time and
one of Bath’s most successful shipbuilders.
She was educated at a once famous fitting
school in Ipswich, Mass., and afterward
traveled considerably abroad. She has
been a student and a book lover for years,
and French is her favorite language. She
is a water color artist of no little ability
and is an enthusiastic amateur photog-
rapher. She cannot swim or ride a bicycle,
as can Mrs. Bryan, because her lack of
health does not permit her to take such ac-
tive recreation, but in her long journeys
across the continent by rail she has always
been accompanied by her camera and has
many trophies to show of her success in
taking snap shots in many states.
Mrs. Sewall has two married sons, who
live in Bath. She is said to dislike very
much the prospect of publicity which the
campaign opens up, as she has lived for
many years almost in seclusion in her
beautiful home in Bath.
ALFRED R. RoWLEY.
Baron De Hirsch.
It is, of course, impossible to give a com-
plete list of Baron de Hirsch’s henefactions,
but the following are probably the best
known : Jewish Colonization ‘association,
$10,000,000 ; De Hirsch trust for United
States, $2,500,000 ; trust fund for educat-
ing in Galica, $5,000,000 ; fund for assist-
ance of tradesmen in Vienna and Budapest,
$1,455,000 ; fund for the Hungarian poor,
$1,455,000 ; turf winnings during 1891-4,
distributed for chatitable purposes, $500,-
000 ; gift to the Empress of Russia for
charitable purposes during the Russo-
Turkish war $200,000 ; gifts in 1893 to
London hospitals and other chaaities, $200,-
000 ; gifts to Alliance Israelite Universelle,
$400,000 ; proceeds of the sale of his son’s
racing stud, distributed among charities,
$60,000. These alone amount to the enor-
mous sum of nearly $22,000,000. Baron
de Hirsch’s noble work does not cease with
his death, but rests on carefully planned
foundations, administered by agents he
chose in the several gountries.
Compulsory Vaccination.
In accordance with the provisions of the
act of assembly on June 18, 1894, section
11, Pennsylvania laws, page 206, all school
children of the state must be vaccinated,
provided they have not previously had the
smallpox. Principles or other persons in
charge of schools, are required to refuse the
admission of any child to the schools ex-
cept under a certificate signed by a physi-
cian, setting forth that the child has been
successfully vaccinated, or that it has pre-
viously had smallpox. The violation of
the law is subject to a penalty of not less
than five dollars, or imprisonment in the
county jail for a period not exceeding sixty
days.
An Ambitious Hen.
Jagwell—‘‘What makes that hen in your
back yard cackle so loud ?”’
Wigway—*‘Oh, they’ve just laid a cor-
‘ner-stone across the street, and she’s try-
ing to make the neighbors think she did
it.”’—Golden Penny.
Gems as Omens.
Stones That Bring Good and Ill Luck to Their
Wearers—Complete List of All Known Gems.
The lucky stone for each month is as fol-
lows, together with the lucky flower :
January—Garnet, insures power, grace
and victory ; the flower, snowdrop.
‘By her who in this month be born,
No gem save garnets should be worn ;
They will insure her constancy,
True friendship and fidelity,”
January—Amethyst, = deep love;
flower, primrose.
“The February-born shall find
Sincerity and peace of mind,
Freedom from passion and from care,
It they an amethyst will wear.”
March—Bloodstone, courage and wis-
dom ; the flower, violet.
“Who on this world of ours their eyes
In March first open shall be wise,
In days of peril firm and brave,
And wear a bloodstone to their grave.”
April—Diamond, purity, preserves peace
prevents storms ; the flower daisy.
*¢‘She who from April dates her years
Diamonds shall wear, lest bitter tears
For vain repentance flow. This stone
Emblem of innocence is known.”
May—Emerald, immortality ; the flower
hawthorne.
“Who first beholds the light of day
In spring’s sweet flowery month of May
And wears an emerald all her life
Shall be a loved and happy wife.”
June—Agate, health, wealth and long-
evity ; the flower honeysuckle.
“Who comes with summer to this earth
And owes to June her hour of birth,
With ring of agate on her hand,
Can health, wealth and long life command.”
_July—Ruby, charity, dignity and di-
vine power ; the flower, water lily.
“The glowing ruby shall adorn
Those who in July are born ;
Then they'll be exempt and free
From love's doubt and anxiety,”
August—Sardonyx, prevents misfortune;
the flower, poppy.
“Wear a sardonyx, or for thee
No conjugal felicity ;
The August-born without this stone,
Tis said mast live unloved and lone.”
September—Sapphire, constancy, truth
and virtue ; the flower, morning glory.
“A maiden born when September leaves
Are rustling in September’s breeze
A sapphire on her brow should bind—
"Twill cure diseases of the mind.
October—Opal, hope ; the flower, hops.
“October's chill is born for woe,
And life’s vieissitude must know ;
But lay an opal on her breast,
And hope will lull those woes to rest.”
November—Topaz, friendship and fi-
delity ; the flower, chrysanthemum.
“Who first comes to this world below
With dread November's fog and snow
Should prize the topaz’s amber hue—
Emblem of friends and lovers true:
December—Turquoise, prosperity ; soul
cheerer ; the flower, holly.
“If cold December gave you birth—
The month of snow and ice and mirth—
Place on your hand a turquoise blue:
Success will bless whate’er you do.”
She forming of mottoes and sentiments
or given names upon rings with gems gives
a curious personality to aring. The Greek
word ‘‘zes,’’ meaning ‘‘mayest thou live,”
is an appropriate motto, and is formed in
this way :
Z— Zircon.
E—Emerald.
S—Sappire.
Another, ‘‘Aei,”” meaning ‘‘eternity ;"’
A—Alexandrite.
E—Emerald. _
I—Indicolite.
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The President's Private Life.
The following is a fair idea of the many
incidentals that come free to a president:
Every bit of linen, bedding, towels, and
such things is furnished. He is shaved by
the White House barber. His table is
spread with the finest, daintiest damask,
set with the most exquisite china, and
bountifully supplied with flowers from the
White House conservatories. If he sendsa
telegram, it is done from an instrument in
the White House, for which the govern-
ment pays. His stationery, postage, etc.,
cost him nothing. Should he desire a
game of billiards, there is a beautiful table
at hand ; or if he wants to take a drive,
his stables, which the governmant pays the
rent for and takes care of, are amply
equipped. When he enters his business
office, a man is stationed at the door to
open and close it ; and a private secretary,
to whom the government pays a salary of
$5000 a year, assists him with his corre-
spondence. The services of a type-writer
are all furnished. He is protected from
the curious by a number of private watch-
men. Should he want a cruise, a magnifi-
cent steamship from the navy is placed at
his disposal.
There are many other things that cost
him nothing, such as the culinary arrange-
ments, his steward, who does the market-
ing, the many fancy delicacies sent him by
enterprising firms. This, by the way, is a
sort of nuisance, for it seems to be the de-
sire of some new eatable or drinkable to get
it into the White House. Things of value
that find their way there are never accept-
ed.— From Harper’s Round Table.
Nose Bleed. :
Bleeding of the nose is often nature’s
wise method for relieving the head from an
excessive pressure of blood which might
otherwise cause serious results, and there-
fore inordinary cases strong measures
should not be taken to stop the flow of
unless blood, it seems likely to become ex-
cessive. :
‘When the nose begins to bleed the suffer-
er should stand fairly upright over a basin,
placed to receive the drops as they fall.
On no account should she lean over and
cause a further rush of blood to the head.
For a few minutes it is unnecessary, if the
subject is in good health, to prevent the
continuance of the bleeding, but if it seems
likely to go on indefinitely the following
means may be tried for stopping the flow :
Very cold water applied with a sponge
to the forehead or back of the neck.
The arms raised above the head. ~
Something cold applied to the back—the
old-fashioned remedy, a large key touching
the spine—will often have the desired ef-
fect.
A pinch of powdered alum placed in the
palm of the hand, mixed with cold water,
and sniffed up the bleeding nostril.
Cold water and vinegar may be used
with good effect, if the alum is notat hand.
Should the bleeding seem likely to prove
excessive and the patient is weak, a doctor
should be summoned to plug the nostril if
necessary.
Mr. Dana stops the procession to an-
nounce that he has no adopted son who is
a large wheat raiser in the State of Wash-
ington. If Mr. Dana should ever adopt a
son it would be on account of his ability to
raise something warmer than wheat.
——*No question is too deep for the
American people, and the 70,000,000 of
people acting as a great jury must finally |.
decide, and they alone can decide, every |
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public question.”’—Bryan in Pittshurg.
More ¢‘Distortions,”
Eminent Republicans Who Declared for Silver.
“The Republican papers not being able to
produce arguments to combat the
opinions of former statesmen, some of
them Republicans, can only say that the
Democratic press are publishing ‘‘distort-
ed’’ statements. We herewith give some
more of these ‘‘distorted’’ statements :
“I am certainly of the opinion that gold
and silver, at fixed rates by congress, con-
stitute the legal standard of value in this
country, and that neither congress nor any
state has authority to establish any other
standard, or to displace this standard.’”’—
Daniel Webster.
‘Every man who is opposed to the use
of silver coin as a part of the legal curren-
cy of the country, I disagree with. Every
man who is opposed to the actual legal use
of both metals, I disagree with. I would
endow the two dollars with equality and
make the coinage free.”’—James A. Gar-
field.
‘We need both gold and silver, and we
can have both by making each the equal of
the other. It would not be difficult to
show that in the nations where both have
been recognized and most widely diffused
the steadiest and most continuous prosper-
ity has been enjoyed—that true form of
prosperity which reaches all classes, but
which begins with the day laborers whose
toil lays the foundation of the whole su-
perstruction of wealth.’’—James G. Blaine.
‘There is much in a mere name. News-
papers under Wall street control are calling
gold money ‘honest money’ and unthink-
ing people do not stop to inquire’ whether
it is really honest or not. Asa matter of
| fact, the bimetallic standard, 16 to 1, is
the only truly honest money. Honesty re-
quires that debts be paid in the manner
and at timed agreed upon. It is not-honest
but simply foolish to pay on a debt twice
what one contracted. And when a creditor
attempts to compel his debtor to pay twice
as much as he owes, that is downright dis-
honest. By adopting the single gold stand-
ard Grover Cleveland and his British mas-
ters are forcing our nation to pay in gold at
a value of 30 to 1. And private individual
debtors are obliged to follow suit, for all
ordinary debts are payable in ‘lawful
money of the United States.” Thirty
bushels of oats must be sold to pay the
same debt that sixteen ought to pay. A
farm worth $3,000 will only bring enough
to pay a mortgage of $1,600. Every farm-
er feels the hurt but does not know what
hit him. Low prices for everything can
mean only one thing and that is the value
.| of the dollar has been arbitrarily increased.
A man must work thirty days now to pay
a debt that sixteen days work would have
paid when he contracted the debt. Is that
honest ? ‘Behold the hire of your laborers
which is kept back by fraud crieth,’ is the
scripture text that our people should send
to the brokers of Wall street and the Roth-
childs of Ilurope. Silver men demand
really honest money 16 to 1.”’—FEtsha
Kent Kane.
Veal Loaf.
Chop together until very fine three
pounds of veal and half a pound of ham.
Add to them one cupful of break crumbs, one
and a half teaspoonfuls of salt, quarter of a
teaspoon full of cloves, quarter of a teaspoon-
ful of allspice, half a teaspoonful of pepper
and a half a teaspoonful of sage and three
eggs well beaten. Mix altogether thor-
oughly and press into a deep pan to mould.
When well pressed turn about, brush it
over with beaten egg and bake in a slow
oven for two hoursand a quarter Melt an
ounce of butter in half a cup of boiling wa-
ter and baste the loaf frequently with it.
When cold serve cut in thin slices.
——Our next distinguished visitor will
be Li Hung Chang, China's venerable prime
minister, who is now making a tour of the
world, holding audiences with emperors
and kings, keeping his eyes and his ears
open to their full capacity, saying little
to newspaper men, but doubtless holding
confidential discourse with imperial min-
isters and their masters concerning the
future of his nation. The old man will be
here in September, and it is said he means
to spend a month in the country. As he is
not a laborer within the meaning of the
law, it is not probable that any opposition
will be made to his landing. Nay, it is
fair to presume that he will be cordially
welcomed and treated with the utmost
courtesy.
——*If any Republican tells you: that
the gold standard is a good thing, tell him
to look at his platform. His platform says
that the Republican party will substitute
bimetallism for gold monometallism when-
ever some other nation will help us to do
it. I have said, and I expect to keep on
saying, that there are two gGuestions that
will drive the Republican party from the
field. The first is, if the gold standard is
a good thing. why not keep it? If it is a
bad thing, why should we keep it? Ifitis
a bad thing, who dares to say that the!
American people shall suffer from a bad
thing ?”’Bryan in Pittsburg.
Kflling the Fish, =
The sawdust and other -refuse of the !
Lackawanna lumber company at Cross
Forks which is emptied into Kettle ereek,
is killing large numbers of fish in that
stream. A remonstrance, signed by 100
persons, complaining of the cause for the
killing of the fish has been sent by fish
warden Moyer to the state fish commission-
ers.
——Teacher—‘ ‘Tommy, when was Rome
built 2”
Tommy—"*‘in the night.”
Teacher— ‘How came you to make such
a mistake ?’’
Tommy — ‘You said yesterday Rome
wasn’t huilt in a day.”’—Brooklyn Life.
——He—*‘‘As near as I can get at it, the
general idea of heaven seems to be a place
where it is always summer.”
She—*‘‘Yes, and the proportion of men to
women will be about as it is at the most of
the summer resorts. Am I right ?"’—In-
dianapolis Journal.
——Mr. Elwell—‘‘Isn’t it strange, but
true, nevertheless, that the biggest fools al-
ways marry the prettiest girl ?’
Mrs. Elwell—*‘Oh, now, go on, you flat-
terer.”’
——=Slimson—*‘I wonder where the step-
ladder is ?”’
Mrs. 8.—*Willie had it last.”
“Then it must he in the pantry.
——————————
——The watermelons grows wild all
over Africa. It was cultivated in Egypt
B. C.2500.
——Too many men are saying the nation
while their wives are splitting kindling |
wood.— Minneapolis Journal.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
To prevent buff and gray linens from fad-
ing or growing streaky in the process of
laundering, add a tablespoonful of black
pepper to the first water in which they are
washed. To keep pinks and blues from
growing dingy, add a tablespoon of salt to
the first washing water.
If a spoonful of horax is put into the last
water in which white clothes are rinsed it
will whiten them very much. The borax ™
should be dissolved in a little hit water
before it is added to the rinsing water.
No rollers should be used on furniture
over polished floors. Each part which
touches the wood should be fitted with a
piece of thick felt securely glued on. This
protects the floor and allows easy move-
ment.
These floors require only the sweeping
with a hair brush and the wiping with a
dust mop or soft cloth.
Wax, alone, gives the highest polish ;
but is always slippery. It should be rub-
bed on evenly. Any little bits remaining
will show as black specks after the polish-
ing. The brush should be used across the
grain at first, afterward with the grain.
Wax and turpentine furnish a less degree
of polish, which is, therefore, less slippery,
while the addition of paraffine oil lessens
it still more. If it be desired to keep the
floor very light the oil mixture should not
be used, for oil always darkens wood.
Water is the worst thing that can be ap-
plied to any waxed surface. A damp cloth
may be used. All spatters or drops of any
liquid should be wiped up immediately.
When spots come—as come they will—rub
them hard with a piece of thick felt under
the foot or with a flannel moistened in tur-
pentine. :
Remember to keep the surface well pol-
ished, then dirt can not stick and sub-
stances spilled can not reach the wood and
make spots. With all these precautions
the floors which are constantly used will
need an entire renovation occasionally.
They should i rubbed all over, with
steel wool till ever¥ spot is scraped out. If
the wood has grown drak it may be whiten-
ed hy a wash of oxalic acid. Rub perfectly
smooth and clean before applying the wax
‘or other enaustic. :
A good encaustic which will clean and
polish at the same time may be made from
wax, sal soda, and any good soap. The
wax and soap should be shaved and dis-
solved in boiling water. Stir frequently
and add the soda. Put the mixture in
something which may be closely covered
and stir constantly until cool. This may
be applied to floors, furniture, marbles,
tiles, bricks, ete. It will remove ink from
polished surfaces. The French use white
wax on while marbles, but this is not abso-
lutely necessary.
In Michigan, two towns, Decatur and
{ Marcelius, seem to be under feminine con-
i trol. In the former town, with a popula-
tion of 1,500, all the town officers are said
to be women. The leading physician of
the town is a woman ; one of the most
popular pastors is a woman. Two women
conduct the principal restaurant. The
proprietor of the largest dry goods store is
a woman, one of the best shoemakers isa
woman, and there are women painters,
harnessmakers, florists, and brokers. The
postmaster of the town is also a wom-
an. The women have shut up the saloons
of the town.
No costume, however brilliant in color
or however sombre, is considered complete
| without a touch of black. It may be in
| the belt or the hat or the gloves, but the
deep, dark touch must be there. It is said
to add distinction and undeniable chic to
any costume.
The best poultice for bronchitis is made
of chamomile flowers hoiled in vinegar,
which will ease the breathing in less than
half an hour.
To secure the correct combination and
picturesque effect you must wear a Gains-
borough hat when you put on your Marie
Antoinette fichu.
The new sleeve is still experimental, so
far as its final shape is concerned. It is
surely coming, yet its precise nature differs
so much that it is hard to say whether the
prevailing type will finally be such a
sleeve as where the arm shape
is outlined by transverse pleatings
down the inside, or by tight sleeves with
the cape oversleeves, flounced and furbe-
lowed with lace, or the elbow sleeve slash-
ed deep to show a tigh undersleeve to the
wrist, or the odd, ugly sleeve which begins
in a huge bell at the wrist, runs tight to
four inches above the elbow and then ex-
pands into an absurd little fat puff at the
top.
An autumn gown of brown cloth in a
| golden shade, the skirt perfectly plain in
front and on the sides, and sweeping out in
eight or more sharp folds in the back. There
is no sign of the threatened bustle, nor, in-
deed, any fulness in the back below the
waist line. To be thoroughly conscientious,
T examined the lining of the skirt, and
found no trace of even a hidden. steel.
About the-bottom of the skirt is an elab-
orate trimming, the conspicuous part of
which is a flat indentation of fancy velvet
in many colored stripes. These scollops
are headed by a ruching of golden brown
silk, and on the lower edge is a border of -
mink. Between the scollops hang fans of
brownish lace.
The bodice is a round waist, showing
only side seams over the fitted lining. A
yoke is made of the golden brown silk, ar-
ranged in a mass of tiny ruffles, and below
| it are points to match those on the bottom
of the skirt, of velvet edged with fur.
There are two of these circular points in
front that end under the arms, two smaller
ones over the sleeves and one deep one in
the back. The chokeris a straight band of
| brown velvet, with above it tiny loops of
{ baby ribbon, in the colors shown in the
| fancy velvet. Under the ears are wings of
| ecru lace, with longer loops of the narrow
i ribbon. The sash ribbon of black satin
commences in the back, under long loops,
and ends hanging down on the skirt ; it
passes half about the waist, crossing the
back breadths, and ends in the left arm
i sleeve. The sleeves, of the cloth, are long,
[and with only enough of fulness to hold
! the velvet points falling over them.
Don’t dress the little folks up in fussy
| fashion if you want them to enjoy their
summer outing.
Apple water is a delicious and refreshing
| drink for an invalid. Pare and slice three
{ large. sour apples ; pour over them two
| cupfuls boiling water and let it stand three
| hours ; strain and sweeten ; fill a glass a
quarter full of chipped ice ; add the apple
water and two slices of lemon.