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VOLUME XLII.
WHAT I LIVE FOR.
I llvo for those who love me,
Whose hearts are kind and true
For the heaven that !nines above we
And awaits my spirit Go;
Feral) human ties that bind me, •
For the task by Cod assigned me,
For the bright hopes left behind me,
And the good that I can do.
I live to learn their story, -
Who'se suffered for my sake - ;
To emulate their glory,
And follow in their
Bardi, patriots, martyrs, /loges, '
The noble of all ages, j
Whose deeds crowd hlstOrs pages,
And time's great Tolurno make.
I Ilve to hold communion
4•• With all that is divine ; •
To feel there Is a union
'Twixt.Nature's heart and mine
To profit by affliction,
lteap truths from fields of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction,
And fulfill each grand design'.
llye to ball that season, _
BY gifted minds foretold,
When, man shall live by reason,
• And not alono by gold ;
When man to man united,
The whole - world shall be lighted
As Eden was of old.
I live for those - wholove me,
For those who know me true ;
Torthe heaven that-Scalles above ine,
And awaits my spirit too;
For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrong that needs resistance,
And the good that I-can do.
•.• "dummy Banks
A CHILD OF 'THE DEVIL,
ERE
lit ETHEL DE FONISLA'X'QUE
I suppose• Most of the tourists of
to-day know the Harz Mountains in
timately, and have journeyed up to
the top of the Brocken. Probabl
there
. is a branch railway to take
passengers there prom Harzburg.
Probably the If; enfels has been uti
lized for a fashionable bathinn•b
estab-
lishment. ' . ,
However, when livent there twelve
year ago, we did things in a • primi
tive fashion, and drove all the way
up from Ilarzburg. •
I was a young diplomatist at the
time, attached to our embassy at
Berlin. I was strong and full of
spirits, well favored, and with more
money-at my command:* than I. knew
how. to spend. I found. myself one
hot Atigust morning at Berlin, work
ing away in my shirtsleeves, when
note was brought to . me fromLniy
chief, announcing that if I carekto
take ,a week's holiday I was at libeity
todo So. • ..
Berlin was a ivildernes, the 'Mier ;
garters rasa waste, and life was TM - -
endurable except between 0 in the
evening and ti in the morning.
Nothing loth, I oniered some,traps
to be put up, and wandered away to
Brunswiek. A, week in August Is of
very, little use, except to potter about
in the . German country. England
was too far, and the time to
two
there too'short ; so I spent days
in
,Brunswick, where, I became tired
with enthusiasm • about Henry the
Lion, his relics and his tomb, and in
the Duke's palace I round ..upon
banner.the ancient scroll : . -
A Dieu rrnn ame,
31a, vie all rol,
M6ii ("tear aux dames,
Ifounrnir pour
From Brunswick I drifted, as a, leaf
in'a stream, to Harzburg, where the
idea suddenly occurred - to
. the ;that
IL•would drive up the Brocken. •
chartered a conveyance, and
started at 10 o'clock in the inorning.
The drive, I was told, would take me
seven hours.
The weather was perfect, the way
Was solitary. The hells on the horses'
harness sounded faintly on the d-row,
sy air. My driver rolled about n
his
box, engaged at times in Profound
sleep, a. pipe in .his - mouth, and a
sweet pea behind
,his- ear.
Our way lay upward, of course,
and by the roadsidua delieiouistreatil
dashed and foamed over the• rocky
soil. Several times I followed .my
driver's example and slept ; at Ist,
impatient,, I descended, bidding my
kutscher bustle onward, and wait for
me a mile or two further on. .
I heard the heavy carriage lumber
away; it disappeared round a corner
of the road, and and the stream
were alone.
I walked 'briskly on, my hands in
my pockets, whistling. At the turn
of the road .lEisaw something that im
mediately arfested . my attention.
A rock, larger than the reat;_stooil
in the centre of. the stream. .The
water 'parted away from it in two
lines of foam. Seated upon it, her
face turned in profile toward me, - was
a young woman. Ifer head was bare
and her hands were bare, and her
naked feet were swinning in the wa
ter,earelessly flicking the foam from
side to side.
It was a strange apparition to come
upon suddenly in the - wilds. of - the
Ilarz Mountains. I approached dif
fidently, interested in spite of myselr
There is a •sort of Freemasonry
among some travelers, but no 'Free
masonry will explain the air of deli
cious familiarity with which thiS
strange creature nodded-at me when
she discovered my presence.
'You can't think hoW° nice it is,'
she said, Looking at ma in the fa;ac;
as if .she had known.me all her life.
Instantly her manner set me at m
Case.
'How did you get there?' I asked,
in the same tone.
`I . took off my stockingS, on the
bank and waded Acrqss,' she.answer
ed: • • -
I stood looking at her, a meagre
strip of running water between us. I
'Take off•yours and come too,' she
cried 'there is room for two on this
rock.' - •
The. utter ludicrousness of my po
sition never -.struck.ine at the time ;
then, I felt Irresistably prompted to
do as I was told ; so I . diVested my
self of shoes and socks,-and in two
moments wassitting by.her side.
• • The full midday sun fell' on her
face,- but she did not' seem to • mind.
I looked at her, and wondered at her
extremely.
• In appearance she was very yorith
ful. I should ha 'c guessel her be-
Olsen 20 - and 22. Iler.fac. was pale,
of elm pallor.) ha lipe was chic.
eled and of the richest carmine color.
Her eyes were cat's eyes, fringed
with long dark lashes—eyes like no
thing human—bewildering, absorb
ing, compelling. 1 caught , myself
wondering if they shone in the dark.
Her hair peeled finely off her low,
sensitive brow. It was arranged in
a delicious disorder. of which one
could not make- out the beginning
nor the end. Added = .to all this, her
gown was of fine texture and delicate
taste—the gown of a woman who was
fond of good dressing. ,
And this woman was sitting bare
headed, barefooted, alone on a rock
in the midst of the Harz Mountains !
• My conipanion appeared impatient
at my silence. '
'You are going to e Breekcia.?'_
she asked interrogativ .
'Yes ; are you ?'
She nodded.'
Emboldened by be questions, I
ventured on one also.: • •
'Are yiin - alone ?' I sked. . •
'Yes,' she answer d, quite. tran
quilly: 'There is m carriage, and
there''—as. a man approached from
the road—',there is my—courier.'
There was an inflection—the very
slightest—olhesitation as she spoke.
The man, who came forward, - was
Short, dark, ill-favored, more like an
Italian.-___hoatinan of a diSreputable
class than anything else:— In" his
coarse ears hung silver earrings, and
on his dark greasy hand wps a. silyer
ring.
. -
He approached his mistress a
familiar air that appeared to me mast
offensiie and 'spoke to her in Spaiiih.
She ..answered in . the same language,
not imperatively, as I. had expected, -
but in -a tone that seemed to imply
confidence, friendlineSs.
After shrugging his shoulders at
her answer he lounged away and. sat
down somewhere in the shadow-of
the road.
'And do you mean to say you trav
el alone with this courier?' said
boldly.. `Where are you going and
where have you come from ?'
She Tiised her indolent arms over
her head and - stretched her lithe body
as a leopard dues in the sun. She
opened her_ strange eyes to their full
est extent, and stared. Whatever
she found in" my face seemed to sat
isfy lice, for a moment -later she
spoke:, .
`Yes, - I travel alone with mycouri
er. I haVe come from Spain, and I
am going somewhere,l don't quite
know - Whete.'l What does it matter?
I would like never to know where I
am going, nor what the country is,
nor the day, nor the, month, nor the
year. I wish I had - never learned
these things. • What is the use of
classing to-in6rro7s and yesterdays?
Isn't it enough that every day is to
day?' • ,•
As she's did this a look of fatigue
came over, her face, her lashes fell
and covered and hid away het• pecu
liar eyes, hei bosom heaVed feverish
ly, and her breath came and went
hurriedly. Whatever she was, the
woman had feelings,• and:very sensi
tive ones.
'But,' "continued, emboldened. by
icr words, 'where are your parents?
l'ho takes care of you r
My strange friend laughed softly.
'What does it ',matter *here my
mrents are ? MY husband is in.
'Your husband!' I ejacalatedi
she said serenely, as it I had
said;'your bonnet."l. was married
two• years. ago. My husband=,well,
my hu"Shand . has gone to America
he left me long ago.'
An hour went •by. I listened and
questioned, and all I heard filled me
with the: strangest suppositions.
Then in turn she questioned aiLd 16 7
toned:
I learned some
_curious details of
her 'life. Her name was Sylvia, her
husband's nameMbitivorth. lle was
a merchant, buti he failed and desert
ed her. ,
'I don't thin4;j minded much,' she
said with her l'onderful smile.
ShOeking.sentiments certainly, and,
a ver4ialpi*.ii)lb, unnatural story,'
no dolilit - ;01id had I been in. my
-tane senses, ~ as , I now am, 'twelve
years lacer, I should_ have laughed in
my sleeve. As it was, I was not in
my sane senses, and, I fell in loVe -
Withlier. `
\_"' • • -
• She was travelling she didn't care
inhere.:: For the night, at least, she
was to stay at the same hotel, as my
self at the Brocken. . From me :she
gathered. my•sliglit history, my na
tionality, my appointment at. Berlin,
my family, my age:
suppose,' • she said frankly, !that
some people might Wonder at my go
ing about so independently ; - but I
don't care a button what people think.
I 'suppose if I had any inclinations
jtoward wickedness I- should lie a
- very wieked . person but yOU s'ee I
' have no wicked inclinations. I. don't
look at it from the.moral point of
view, because I don't believe in ino
rality. I have no creeds,.but don't
thipk itrwould amuse me the least to
be wicked.' •
Presently we waded iishore. She
dried her feet, or rather-12dri0.4 them
for her, in a dainty laCe handkefehiCl..
She invited . me to enter tier carriage
with her. ,As we got in the .cour--
ier muttered - something rather_ sav
agelyi.and my:charming friend bent
her head dblin and Conversed with
trim eagerly in a tone which sounded
conciliatory.
. littld further on we met my car
_Tinge; we stopped, and with a pretty
air of command Mrs. Whitworth sig
nified her intention of dual-ging-car
riages. We got in, and I . arranged
my ings about her feet, my 4ualtions
at her back. !' •
She shut her eyes and went to
sleep, whilst I sat watching her.
As I watched hers madness.seemed
to come over me. I have never rin
my life experienced anything like! it
before or since; it waslike inagnetitim;
Perhaps it was doe to the sultry
heat, the utter stillness, the slow pro
gress of the carriage through the
most beautiful scenes; or, mor: like
ly still, the back-thrown head, the
sensitive and fine profile, the parted
crimsom lips, the regular breathing,
and the peculiar perfuine that hung
round about'
. my companion, that
fired -my . ardent spirit At, lftst i I
ooddeolr took poleoesion of the hood
Elill
TOWANDA,, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1881.
nearest me. It was warm and pul
sating ; the very touch of it seemed
to bring into life all the feeling&4hat
lay dormant in me. I beat forward
cautiously ; in another moment I
shouldhave kissed her patted crim
son lips, when suddenly, swiftly, the
strange eyes - opened wide and full as
if she had not been sleeping at all.
,‘Ah,' she said softly ; 'what were
you going . to do ti
I, flushing scarlet, was muttering
some excuses, when she. interrupted
'Never mind ; I am not angry.' -
Are you not happy ?' I asked,
glad to turn the subject. -
'Happy I' she echoed, '1 don't know
what it means. I live, I eat, I sleep,
I laugh, I feel well. I like, the sun
shine,-I, like to see handsome people,
and I dislikk to see ugly ones. I
I hate suffering, and I love enjOy
ment. I have more sympathies with
bail than good, and I have no
ion. Would you call me a happy
person ?' • • • .
I was going to answer, when, in
quite a different mood, she inquired
the use of a strong 'black box that
lay on the . seat opposite us. I re
plied that , it was my 'despatch-box,
containing my papers, my passport,
my valuables in ,the way of, jewelry,
and all the money tend .promissory
notes I possessed at the moment.
'But before I bad nearly got through
thy list my friend's interest had faded,
and she was leaning over the carriage
looking at the stream—the Ilsenfels I
heard her name it.. .
Ibr this time we bad arrived at the
Jodi of the apology for a hotel, which
was then the only hostlery on the
Brocken.
I offered to assist Mrs. Whitworth;
but she turned shortly-away with her
courrer,• and I occupied myself in
having wy.things stowed away in the
room I had engaged over-night.
It was *a tiny apartment, with walls
no thicker than paper. In' fact,. the
whole place was like a rainblingand
ill-built hut, , T heinterior 'of. this
cabin was lunt'and"Stutly,lso,.aiter in—
quiring the hour for table:d'hote, I
lit my cigar and strolled 'outside. -
At some diStanee 9g-ktio*ct i. , hill
top, -where then hotelt*-asqtAeed,
could see my new 11i*nd ,her
courier walking ''tiv,;,,upitiown, cu=
gaged in an animated
turned off short, not *Shiner them to
know I saw
Infatuated 'as - -- I Wag~ Rithl thiS
stranger, I 'could not help feeling her
position was a peculiar one. Perhaps
the
,romance and_ 0e myStery only
served to enhance'llie charM.
At table d'hote I Saw no signs of
my friend ; afterward I went out to
look tit the sunset: The place was
crowded with tourists—English, Ger.'
man, Swiss—all uninteresting to - my,
eyes, so I avoided them.
I went round toward the ban, and
some one pointed out to me the curi
osities- of the place...-wherethe-w#ch,
es assemble son Walpurgisnacht, the
Devil's ; Well, i'tbe Devil's. Pulpit.
Rough stones: Of volcanic strata;
thrown up years 'before, strewed the
bare aid rugged mountaintop. In
one place they were-heaped about in
great
_masses ; ',among them was a
hollow called Sehneefels,. where, In
the winter, the*low is said to be
thirty-five feetite—ep.-
Auiong these barbaric ..roctis I
found Sylia. Whitworth. 1 .n,Sked
her how she had dined. . :
dined here,' she said, as if her
rocky scat
.had be 4 her boudOir.
table. 'There:were — So many peOple
in the hotel - 011 ugly and all old; and
I can't.eat . when I see ugly sights.
My—my couriet brought me nty.dln
-11-r:Ot.'
• tithe'sun was setting in ppmp and
splendor. From our high 'point !z)f
view. we - could 'see all the. shimmer
and color and all - the_varying tints of
-a glowing August sunset. pointed
it out to my friend; she did not turn
her head:" .•
don't care for views,' she said
gently.; have seen so very maii3i,
and I am tired of them.'
.1 looked - ia:ter. face. Her
_eyes
had caught some, strange.lus y c froth
the beautiful
. cloud land of - color about
there was.a vagno'disquict in her
manner, a fluttering. in her voice. 'lt
seemed to me that she:was under the
mastery of • some profound itnpres•
sion;
The warms night' crept Onward.
We were aloile, quite alone, 'under -a
throbbing summer sky,. with the
clouds in the: heavens around us;
Instinctively, when I , spoke, I
spoke in a Whisper.. .
'HoW neariwe_arelto: heaven,' I
murmur' erl, 'in this high place? How
far better than heaven it isoto be with
this
She smiled a slow, languorous
smile, a .smile that - intoxicated and
led ine,oh. She laid her hand upon
My arm.
' ---4 13eaven ' she said, in a low rapt
whisper, 'heaven is whateVei we like
to. mae . for - ourselves, on earth ;
when we die,• we go out—so and
Sfie pouted her two perfect lips, and
brew a sudden short breath. 'When
I-think,' continued, 'Quit life, and
life only is ours, -I sometimes wish-,to
do more with my days—it would„—
would not matter 'to me, if I could
Tina enjoy it, whateVer it was.' .
'But,' . I whispered, awestruck,
'crime is found out - . and then, comes
punishment:' ' -
. 'There are-some crimes:. she said,
.'which leave no trace. 'What trace
does a ship lea Vein the sea five min
utes after she has passed over it?'
- To this profound reasoning I re
plied noticing. Just then her surly
,courier approached;` they talked ex
citedly. for a few "moments, - and then
she turned to me . : .
'This is pleasant. I hear there is
no. room for me=the last room was
given to you—not a corner left any
where ; and lam to sleep ala belle
etoile.'
Of ..course Lida was impossible
Willingly - I
,'gave, up my -room, am
the ccitirier lounged away. .
For n few moments we sat silent,
whet! suddenly-upon us there sank a
darlthess as: swift and as obscuring
as a curtain. It was one of tin
strange atmospheric, changes of, the
Brocken.; In a breathing space it
scemcd as if the bright night s lad
turned tn, rolling black snivt.
groped for Sylvia's hand; ' I took it—
she was , not a bit frightened—into
my clasp warm and yielding. I drew
her up from tier low rocky seat, and,
placing - her hand upon my arm,
I
tried to remember my wiS7 back to
the hotel. I could not see one yard
in front , of us; a thundering,promise
of, great heat throbbed throtigh the
darkened air. I could hear niy com
panion's hurried breathing.
wonder if we are all going to be
killed.?' she said quietly.
Just. then she stumbled over a
stone. I threw out my hands to save
her, and she fell forward, 'literally
inteiny arms. ' •
For one 'moment of madness I
held her. close in a wild , embrace,
kissed her . perfumed hair, •and her
eyes and her soft wet- lips, rapturous
ly. The next moment she was lying
passive in my arms, and sobbing like
a child ; whilst I endeavored, With
every excuse , and with. 'every'.prayer
I could think of, - to reassure her: - We
found out' way at last to the_door,
and I led her, still shuddering,_ up to
my room; and, imploring her to for
give me, I said good-night, and stayed.
outside while I 'heard
_her close the
dooiand- lock it. I then repaired to
the drawing-rooM, -..wherc an im
proinptu 'couch - had -'been prepared .
for me. •
I never saw her again.
The next morning when.' all the
tourists turned out to see the sunrise,
I-could discover her nowhere I in
quid of mine host, and learned that
Nits; Whitworth had departed. before
sillmse with her carriage and courier.
7.1 went to my empty room, and dis
covered that „Mrs. Whitworth had
taken with her n33%despateh-box,cOn
taining . all my valuables. I made.no
inquiries and told - no one of my kiss,
for I had just enough money about
me to take me bark to Harzburg ;
and Sylvia, with all he faults, had
infatuated me. I never Met heiagaini-
never made any search for her, never
sought to. learn who and what she
w,as.. It was an episode which took
a great hold on my imagination; and,
though an expensive One, I never re
eiretted
It is now twelve years ago,-and I
have often Pondered over that day.
I have come to a thousand'ditferent
conclusions ; but one idea bee:ln - Mil
fixed Otie—th6 courier, coarse conf- .
MoniSpaniard a§ he.ivas, must have
beetithe husband of that inex
licnhle Press.
• The old fiddler! What hawheeonie
of him ? The dear old-fashioned fid-
filer of—our boyhood,who occupied
the one chair in thelitchen;and beat
such heartyitime to his musie : on the
bare oak tlobrl Ah- ! 'what a whole
soled thing his foot was No dainty
and , inaudible pulsation of the' : : toe
but,ri,genuine 'fiat-footed ''sto'mp,''
whose boisterous palpitations, heard
high above the rhythmic patter of
the dancers' feet, jarred and tingled
the • little eight-by-ten window panes
at his-back,;and thrilled ,the very
china on the eubbard " . shelves.
There were no affectations about the
old fiddler. his instrument was just
a fiddle ; he a fiddler, and for this
homely reason alone, perhaps,-it was
the youthful listener felt the vibrant.
currant of the tune in every vein,
With.. such ecstatic spurts of inward
mirthfulness at, times he felt his very
breath sucked up in siiirla of the.in
toxieation, as 'one may feel it fOst
and caught. up, swo6ing• down the
breezy, atmosphere in a long Pendtt
:Whig, grape-vine swing. ;And what
quaint old-tunes he played !
Guilcle
roy'was
.the name of one of \them,
The Gray Eagle was another,r•and
The Forked Deer, and Old Fat Gal
favorites: Telling the names
.ov-eri again,' in fancy they all come
whisking, back—he bottom or the
preSent is knocked out, and peering
through a long, madstromic vista;;.-
We see the fiddler through the dusk, •
Tminglng the ghost of Money 3lusk ;
we see tle dancers-scurrying to _their
placeawe -- feel once:- - more encased
in our " - best "- ;suit of clothes—and
all mechaniaify our hand goes up
again to stroke the bear-greased
roach" upon our forehead ere - We sa
lute 'our .blushing. " pardner," who,
for all her shining face and chaste
and rustling toilet, has Still an odor
of dishwitter.;clinging 'to the mellow
hands we loVe to clasp no less. .We
pauseimpatiently as the fiddler Slow
ly "rosums up" again ; we hear the
long premonitory rasping of the bow;
we see thd oil man cross his legs
with the old-time abandon, and -with
a bewildering llourish'of wrist and
elbow the - frolicsome old tune comes
mitering ,tiVer- the strings like:
,a
aamesome, colt down a corduroy road,
.
and then, " Salute _your pardners!
Corners! All; hands round ! " and
away we ; go, too happy, happy, hap
py,lto recall the half of . the long-van
ished delightlrom this old, hopeless
and baldheaded standpoint of to-day,
And the magician—the-maestro—tho
old fiddler whose deft touches either
lulled or tired our blood in those old
days—all ! where is he ? We wander
wearily in quest of him. - We dofnot
find -him at the:banquet, the &ow&
ed c o ncert limn,. the theatre. Th ey
do not want him in .the opera. The
orchestra vqiuld blush. - to ;have
• there. In the wide, wide wo Id
he had not 'wire to lay his •head,
and. L .sc-t-he old musician-journeyed
on, simply because-- •
Atid yet we !Idly, sadly fear •
.Suen tfinos-we nevermore may hear ;
Sumo were sad, nd some BO gay
-, !rho tunes Dan Harrison used to play.
I—lndianapolis Journal.
A LEADriLt,!. man in ono week, was at
tabked and scratched by a catannitint,'
hurt by an explosion, had a boulder toll
down on Im and stave in tWo - ribs, and
Was kickedby a mule. And a local edi:
tor remarked that be had :" been Some.:
what anuoy'cif by ircumstandes litely."
REICREATTON at the Cape' :: A .Pbiladel 7
phia drummer, recreating- in. the South
ern part of New Jersey, was aw,akenol
by, the poise,
.nU he supposed, Dia burglar
trying to creep in at his window. tie
drew his pistol-and tired at the intrtider,
dimly vhiblo by the starlight,: It tinned
out to be only it Cape Wt. County bed
tUg, - • -I
t -,.- 1 .::,. ..t: I 1
...
•
The Old Fiddler
Ilk Instrument, perhaps, was made
:War from ctaisle Italy. _
=II
Tryihg on the .Bonnet.
A New Haven ientleman, whose
business keeps him up late at nights,
was persuaded tc - do a millinery er
rand for liis wife the otherbight,and
As - a. result stumbled up the front
- staii*.at about 2 o'clock in the morn
ing with a brand-new bonnet. held
carefully uncle his arm, in a tissde
paper. As soon as be turned on the
gas his better half rubbed open her
eyes and_lrowsily inquired : _•
"YOu—forgot my--;.bonnet, 'didn't
r
—you .
'IsTo. I didn't. Here's the business.'
- 'Oh is it?' and thitt woman
sprang up and ripped Ake.wrappitigs
off in a jiffy and, slatting her night
cap into the-corner, adjusted - the new
Purchase carefully. on her head.
'How do you like it? It's becoming.
isn't It P
`Aradain,' reSponded the husband,
'the" bcinnet -.certainly is becoming;
but, somehow, the remainder of your
costume don't jibe.. Your dress, ifJ
may call it such, has too mut h Ham
burg edging amt not 'enough oyer:.
skirt. I think you need a little knife
pleating and a_coulite extra ruffles—'.
'And then,-too, that bonnet has
too much color for The rest of the
toutplyenibte,if I mtiy tiorroir from
the French.' - •.
'You hateful, I'll throw the thing
out of the window it you don't tell
just how it looks, so there.'
",•That's what I'm trying to do, my
dear. The bonnet Jocks. immense:
your present costume you couldn't
fa►l to Make a hit on `tl►e street and
just as like.as not land in ,tale police
station. 1 should think sorae . milliner
had hired the statue of Queen Zeno
bia for a dummy to .show off her
goods.' -
'Dummy, dummy, did you sad• ?
I'll let you . lhow I'm no dummy;'
and .she sat on_the edge of the bed
and. lectured - and- lei•tured .and lec
tured until the .deluded manhail been
hummed to sleep by the ihonoiony
of her ; voice Dut She didn't take
that bOnßet off. She-went and rigged
herself) up in the best duds she had,
and when he awoke. in the morning
she was promenading the room try
ingthe effect by posing in attitudes
before the .mirrof.-!-New Haven 'Peg.,
inter. -
He Got a Raise.
They tell a good story at the es
pense of Schoenfeld; the lessee of the
lintel l)el Monte -rat- Monterey. , It
seems that said proprietor was taking
a Prowl through the kitchen depart
ment at a ratherunusual hour one
night, when he discovered the stew
ard seated in an- arm-chair . in !the
pantry with his 'feet on a shelf, and
further eugtiged in sliailnp• an im-
ported pafe and a few bottles of $8
Burgundy with agood-looking cham
bermaid.
whois himself a connois
seur in Burgundy i . NWr into a rage
and discharged the:unfaithful steward
on the spot. The latter the next
morning packed , his trunk, dressed
himself in his best and had his beard
shaved ofr,prefiaratory to a few Clays'
pleasure trip' to Santa,Cruz. He . then
the
went to the .otlice . for a settlement,
and S., who happened to be behind
the counter just. then, said:
.'Well, my •man, what are you look
ing.for ?' •
'Well, I'm looking for
.‘ a .job as
steward just now; said the fired-out
employe. \ -
All right,' said the hotel keeper;
who had
s not recognized the, man,
owing to his "changed appearance.
have just discharged a. worthless
rascal to whom I have been paying
$(10 a month. Now, yon look like a
clever, blight man, and if you give
satisfaction, - I'll let you have the
place and s7:i'
And 'in five minutes the steward
*tiOntek in this pantry, and to this
day his - employer innocently conipli
ncks the new man on his superiority
to the old one. The steward is now
rating up a job in conjunction with
the same chambermaid to ,secure
another- raisvc-San Francisco Post
A NEW-AND SENSIBLE
A sensible - and much-needed inven
tion, and one which it seems strange
has not beforecalled in play the me
chaniCal ingenuity of YankeelaMl,,is
reported fro - in Ithaca, N. - Y.—an ear
ring that is adjusted without piercing
the ear and inflicts no Pain.- The in-.
ventor is the Hon. E. A. Wagener, of
Ithaca ; who confidently expects, as
he says,_ to 'revolutionize the whole
civilized world with his earring'—
meaning, we • suppose, 'the world or
earrings. The 'ring bing adjusted,
a close examination is necessary to,
show that it is not held, in place in
the usual way by a wire passing th - rO'
the
. ear. There is one . way' to
detach the ring . from the ear, and .
that is by means of a spring. The
same spring is usel in aljusting it
to the ear, by reversing the lever.
Only last week the 0/meretir record.
ed the sad death of a child from the
effects of ear-piercing. 31r. Wag,en
er's invention,* if it 'possesses the
meriks claimed, will emanciPite the
feminine world from.-the barbarous
and painful necessity of fashion, and
prOve 'public boon. • - ,
•
SPIDERS ON TELE9RAPIT
One of the - chief:hindrances to tele
graphing in - Japan is the grounding
of the current by Spider . lines. The
trees bordering the highways swarm
with spiclers,'which spin their webs
everywhere between.the earth, wires,
posts, insulators 'and. trees. When
the spider-webs are .covered with
heavy dews they become good Con
dubtors, and run the messages to the
earth. The only way to remove tbe
difficulty by -:employing men to
sweep the, wires with brushes of bain
boo ; - spiders are more
ilumercm o atid - persistent than the
brirshliiets the difficulty. remains
alwayS a ..serious
A inerica •
1==1::::
A YOUNG man •in Litchfield who. ltas
been in the habit of carting his s - nirth
tobacco anti, pistol cartridge,:o.lle
ihic:ReCiais reformed, and In lime to save_
the larger part of what was melt tis hand
ionic a).Wite ae 00.1111 b 9 'Nillid •in Lit' l-
Ittld,' • .
I\ \
•
_
_ _
• GIVING.
Is thy crime of comfort wasting? .
Arise and share le with another;
And through all the yeari of raniinf,
it- shall serve thee and My brother
.• Love divine 1,11211 ad thy storehouse,
Or the handful still renew;
Scantylave for one wiiitotten _
• Make a.royel feast for two.
_ For the heart grows rich In giving—
! All its Wealth is living grafir; - ,
Seeds whichmildew in the garner.
Scattered, till with gold the plain.:
Is thy burden hard and heavy?
Do thy steps drag wearily?
Help to bear thy bro*er's burden
Cot will bear libtliqtand thee.
Numb and weary on the mountain,
Woulds; thou sleep amid the arrow ?
Chafethat frozen form beldde thee.
And together both shall glow.
'silly heart alaid empty?
Naught but Go that void can till—
Nothing a rVaSeieSS Fountain
• Can its ceaseless longings still.
BONNFITS ''AND :WRAPS-THE STYLES
'FOIL THE COMING FALL SEASON. •
The coming bonnet will run to ex
treaties,_ being either very large or
very For full dress and - for'
evening wear the...reigninfr• style is to .
be the small capote, so Air to Phil
adelphia women. Such bonnets will
he little more than brilliant -head
dresses, sparkling with gold and steel
and jet ; dainty taps of lace or plush,
or else massesof flowers, with.a.bOr
der of leave's falling on the hair.. For
the , sake of other people, it is to be
hoped that ladies will adopt these
small bonnets for wear to -places of
publicsamnsemeitt, since the other
extreme in 'head-gear will ,effectually
shut out anybody in its rear from
view of all that may be going on.
This bonnet is the poke, a huge coal,.
scuttle shape, like that-worn by our
grandniOther, tied doWn over the
ears and tising high above the face
in front. Sjime exquisite models are
show); in these in - soft velvety felt,
with 'border •of marabout feathers
bluding the brim-inside and out, the
whole in solid colors to • match the
new shades in dress-goods. The
trimming for such - bonnets
,consists
of- fancy feathers, impeyan, pheasant,
etc., the - head at one end, then the
neck and breast arranged in a long'
band terminating in the tail. Other
pokes have a wide ribbon passed
from behind the crown, lapped -on
top, , and tied in a stiff, phtfashioned .
bow that lies on the right side,
thence 'passing down as if to the sides
close to the head, and then forming'
strings. A long-looped bo`w with
the coops drooping softly and short
ends fastens the bonnet undei the
chin. Sometimes the ribbon bow is
tied at top of the Brown on the left
side, and its two loops are sewed flat
ly On the', hack of the crown ; this .
bow seems to hold the panache of
feather tips, which curl, outward and
forward on the .left sido, and' may
consist of any number from two., to:
six, or even eight. . For young faces
nothing can be prettier than • the
pOkes of moss green plush
. with rose :
'rink lining-next the face, and both
Colors repeated in the feathers, white
for the mote elderly the orange and
dark, ruby facings will be used with
old silver colors outline,- or brOwn,
seabici4o 'or 'myrtle ,green. A ruche
of ostrich feathers bn the. edge of
_',woke. is also becoming; warm-look
tug and tones the complekion.
Fancy feathers this season ate
more. gorgeously, beautiful than ever.
The golden pheasant, bird of para
dist, impeyan, lophophore and pea
cock appear in their own bright
hues, while artmakes all manner of
radiant! combinations from. dyed
I I feathers. ' Ducka' plumage in the
natural colors is wrought into exqui,
site feather bands, while the soft
blacleteathers of the cock give.an ef
fectlike that of thick plush -or 'short,
tine fur. Doves' brettsts with the.
heads attached. and the 'plumage
the guinea-fowl are quite enough in
their beauty to .please a Quaker.
Feather turbans again appear, and
an effective trimming is shOwn, two
wings on the' sides meeting at the
back, while long, cOftfeathers falling
from. the front cover the crown of the
velvet-covered frame which_forms the
foundation.
04trich plumes, always handsome,
liffittnew charm added., this season
—long plumeS in dark, rich hues,
with a few filaments near the ends
dyed in bright gold, 'red, or• some
light shade; which blazes out on the
.•
dark back-ground. -
Beaded- crowns are to much
'worn for•evening bonnets, and eco
nomical ladies buy a bit of Spanish
lace in of design and :bead it
for themselves ;- net for the' crown
and lace fringe for the front, white
beaded with pearl and black done ei
they in jet, steel or fridseent beads..
While-the materials the such bonnet
are, expensive, the work is still more'
so, and doing the beading at hoMe
.saves about half the cost.
Artificial flowers are more and
more exquisite. Roses are undoubt
edly the faVorites par excellence, and
th€4l4l.melyeabbrige roses, called In
France roses du, roi;have been more
affected by Parisians tlutn any other
floral treasureS. • Marguerites are also
very muck used. Clusters orflowees
are worn on eiipting', dresses, either
at the waist or shoulders,. and often
a bunch of pile pink blush roses or
'the delicate roses de - thee are sti per 7
feet thatinvoluntarily "we bend over
theth to inhale their fragrance:
These, however, arc works of art in
their way and out of reach' for .slen
der purses, especially when constant'
ciipig,e is requisite. A very good'
pint' is to mix a' few 'fain& of
fern or any .la4ting foliage with' two
or three .unmounted roses, and When
this is •skillfully done they wilLaten
defy iletection„ especially when . the
roses are t . tose krown to the trade
as "cut- flowers," . copied from natu- .
blO.sSotns. The g,4lt-edged fancy
of rich people is' for natural, flowers,
hut they soon fade in a Warm room
an give rtm.untirly . appearance -to
costume befOre the evening is over.
I As, however,/ this is stylish, as'prov
ingtheir frailty, art copies . it, and
wives us drooping blossoms appar
ently wilted-by wearing. '
.%xn MANTI,Es.
Tint iltit; wrap,' 4tgglni•Aci tit' tilt'
El
For the Ladies.
• , -
.-61.00.00 r Annum In Advance.
coming season by New York whole
sale houses show no decided change
in. Shape. The new, overgarments
aroconaiderably larger than those of
last year, measuring usually forty
lour inches from collar 10 :edge. The
plain, wraps, for ordinary wear, which
form the first importation of the mer
chant, are oftenest in .domain-sack
shape,a loose front; double-breasted
sack, fitted to the - figure :it the back.
and finished with - dolm a n or Chinese
sleeves. They depend for. their beau,
ty on 'their fine fit and handsome
tailor's finish ". rathef 'than on any
excess of ornamentation. The Mate-
rial usuallfehosen is, 'oped fleecy
lined beaver, thOugh the bands(rnest
wtapS yet exhibited . have been ..
11 -
smooth castor beaver, and show a're.
turn otthis fine, sensible fabric to
popular favor. A stylish
.garment
in this material was in dolman-saCqUe
shape, with Chinese sli2eves. The
neck was Quishedby a deep collar'of
heavy silk plush.. A five-inch band
of similar-plush and . a deep, fringe of
Chenille bordered he lower'. edge.
Three-inch lapels of plush, laid . in
small
_box pleats so that,they
.looked'
like fluting, -were inserter.' in' the
seams at the back. A similar box-
pleating 'of 'Kush, bordered the
sleeves, headed by "satin cord passe
menterie, and the - sleeves were
caught on either side to the lapels by
via cord and • passementerie orna-
Ments. .
Silk mantles for the fall arb'clabo
r'ately trimmed with L rows of blaci ,
lace, black satin,,
bows of ribbon, ele
gant beaded applique bandS and jet-
Led cords, and are brightened by gay
colored linings ot surah. Cos - tly and
ample "dowager" wraps are. made
of heavy broeatelles—some of- the
- novel 'designs showing odd Egyptian
heads or quaint Persian figures'. Oth
ers are made of brocaded satin, close
ly shirred about, the shOulders and
wrists, many of the - leeves.being cut
in the old leg-&-mutton style.
Polonaises figure among importa
.
Lions in•wraps by our leading houses.
Some of these are. in . heavY silk
goods,..while . others are •of the fur
cloths, this year more perfect than
ever. Long ulsterettes tightNitting,
in Astrachan cloth, will be worn tbr
cold weather, thOse.in sinuted gray,
resembling Persian lambskin, being
most - ,desirable. •
A- great many wraps Wilk be made
to match suits, the triminings ',dug
of velvet plusi),fur 'r fur cloth, put
on as deep collars-Or roun-1 shoulder
capes,-culls, pocket's and bils . . But
tons come—in two, sizes, dress and
jacket buttons, and are wore elegant
than ever. Abromt wealthj - ' Pari
sians have setS.'of buttnns made to
order, ev rve Nipoli,• chased en
graved silver, or even gems prettily
Mount( d. The latest novelty in hut
tons is a monk(N's head cared in
%rood ; with . refd lair attached to. the
head. An odd set ot . porcelain b,it-
tons has be;:tit..s u 4 tite painte•l de;
sign, each dial:tent, the one from the
other,,and lifelike enonun to fright
en anybody iiosz•essed of a - terror. . o
lulus; yet ft young-woman who will
scream al, a -roach will wear these
-works of art with calm satisfaction.
Fine wth•lens are aboti•e all to be
the popular fabric of the season. For
street suits : - °mitre sintings are the
lateat novelty, with one-half. of the
-double-breath shaded, the other half
plain. A great many • checks .and
stripes will =be worn in cloths and
fine camels hair.
Some beautiful imported toilets .
are of - white ca-hmerit,'nearly cover
ed with .cream-tinted lace, either
Spanish: or the new .11flmissance
pOint. - A very stiking inwiel is an
:esthetic dress in Greek styli:. with
no trimmings save a heavyy cord of
twisted white silk and silver Which
edges the 'Junk: and silver clasps
which; fasten the drapinxs; The
plates foreiffn nMlzazine: while
very pretty, • have.- some IN .tt of a
scrappy etfLet, three or f r fabrics
being used for. a dress. - Thus the
bodice may he of embossed velvet,
while the skirt is of velvet anit satin
combined -with, perhaps, panels or
vandykes of embosSed velvet to
match the bodice. •
Thoughtful Thoughts.
TIIF. man who saves five cents by walk
inn gives ten cents to the shoemaker.
:NEVER exentwa wrong action by say
ing-some one Else does the same thing.
MAN'S good breeding is the best se
emit) , against other i)eople's-manner..
A At. , ix's characicr is - like a fence.
cannot be stremohened by whitewash..
DoAlutt which is assigned you and yi
cannot hope ton much or dare too nmc
IT is a difficult point to ileeitlo when to
leave oil' otie who. cannot 'help
himself.
BEWARE of saying to others anything
of which they may. avail thernselves to in
jure you.
FOUTIT CIVE. another name for strengo.
Ile brave mail escapes 'where the -timid.
ought not .to become answerable
for others, a,§ we can hardly be: answer.q
ble- for ourE:Elves.
,
MAN v of the trials N't; brood over in the
dyspeptic watches of the night, vanish
with the rising of the sun.
TuE-0-eatest events of an age are itS
besciliought:i. It is the nature of thought
to find its way into action.
. Al VICE that is giyen arrogantly ut?
slim ply can spayeci.y be expected to be rw
ceived with humanity and gratitude.
Tnouutrr ineati life, 'sine those who
do !Mt thiuk do uw; live : in' any high or
real sense. Thinking makes the Wall.
THERE is-no remots-i
: so deep as that
which is unavailing ; tC we would be spar
ed its torturesilet us remehlber this id
GM!
31E5touf is the cabinet of.
the treasury of reason, the registry of
conveienee and the council .chamber of
thought.
. TitEnv. are limn in the world who re
senthle the one of whom 4eriold said he
wits.iike a pin, only he had a head and no
point.
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PAY a 4iecent r&ip •CCL to the opinions
of the work!: but tiespiA3 .arid reject it,
false conventionalism. .;
vast , : mares hortas At the right, but
a fool's at. the left. That is to say, wise
'mope are very . pea ree. -• . .
" not very proud of your progress
in school," remarked a Nero Haven moth
er to her fte, Wilo was struggling along
in grade live: " There's Charloy. Smart
warahead tif you, and ho isn't us dd.'?
"Ikhow it, teacher' said' he'd learned
nll Vtiery wad to learn in my , worm, Hod
that tats whbotit anythlrlit t. 9 lastn."
Q. Who, was Adam's mother?
_ A. The anti., •
.---- Q. How many calves' tars wool('
i;., take to reach from the earth to the
sky? . , -
NUMBER 16
Pastimes Long Ago
So much of our Weis made up from
books and paper:4ond wricaniscaree
ly imagine what people did in the
old times before they bad such things.
it is said, hoa►cver, that they spent a
good deal of their time in the even
ing telling iiddleS and guessing hsrd
questions; and an old book printed
-in 1611 gives the following speci
mens:
A. One, lift, were long enough. • ,
. Q. What is that that neVer, was
and never will be?
A. A mouse's nest in a - eat's car:
- Q. Why do men make an. oven in
&town? • •;
.A. Because they cannot make' a
taFri in an oven.;
Q Which 'reasihe 1174, the hen
he ecid?-
• A. The hen, at the creation.
Q. How many straws go to make
a goose's nest ? 1
,
• A. Not one, for straWki not having . -
feet rean not go anywhere.
(t Who killed the Fourth part of
tll.the people in the world ?
A. Cain, when he killed Abe L.-.-!
Advance.
.
Fun, Fact and Facctim.
Ilr.F.s think there is no place like - crmib
honey comb.
BE - content with ,yonr lot—especially if
ea a corner one.
A uarEi'ocusc is made circular; that
,s to ray, a mile tr a ck is never--a square
mile. .
• SOME men's noses are like Some books -;
he moie,immoral they arc the more red
~ .hey are.
A DOCTOR down in Connecticut poison
!d himself the othdr day. "Gone to meet
his patients.".' .
THE lilies of the field "toil not neither
Jo they, spin," bOt they have their blOw sv
lufjust the same.
IT is estimated of th - e oldest Mason that
if ho was laid end to end he-would reach
wound the State. ,1
IT is never too late to, mend. Which is
why the cobbler never his your boots
'lone at the[Litne promised.
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THIRTY-two circuses are bleeding this
unhappy land. What a tough . time it is
those poor old jokes are.hayieg.
•
.licsitc chairs are .
pretty objcchs i and
as long as , a man can resist the inclination
to sit in them. they are desirable to haie
Apo t-.
THE difference 'b:tvreen a boy and a
bcc is that a boy's, happiest days are his
ichutil days, and' a bee's are itS swarm
tlay4.l
Tn I F Patmers Wire bad .their, re-unirin.
When shall the World be - enlarged suffi
ciently to i ermit the Smiths to have
theirs? • -
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WHEN a New Orleans man *anted his •
OCture in an heroic attitude, the artist
i)iinted him in the act of refusing to
.'%
drink.
A MAN can .get into good society in
fAadville if be hasn't had the jim-jams,
but he'll have to :timid bein' , regarded as
rather frecli.
WIRT a memory Miss Dickinson has,
to be sure!. She ,remembers when tim
projvaid hniltliu, the Wasbkt - en mon
ument Was first started.
CAssAGNAc, the French editor, - has
fom.ht 110 .duels: He has -therefore run
shout as much risk as a man who has
phyed three games of base-ball.
Fr was ridiculous i to believe thcr&wcro
"Infernal machines concealed in those bar,
ills of apple;. Every.apple is, just now,
,sn infernal rinkelline in itself.
You do notiiud any flies in the but
!.er which I put on my teilc.,•' said a Bus
ton kityarain, - ; inistresis• proudly. ." No,"
Ire-plied a Warder," "-it's too strong tor
thetn.". -
, THE lightning used on theatrical stages
mists $241 an ounce 'ilia then so little is
required that you CAn Lill a *in brigand
ai.d. ten sl'2. brigands beautifully for
about twu cents.
)liss SwissnEtm says "If men wear
loots at all the boots should reach to the
waist and be fastened to a belt." Think
of a man with such boots having the jun
jams. Great snakes !
"No," said Mrs. Goodington, castin.,e
her eyes irier her specs to the silhouette
of her lamented Daniel, "I cau't say as .I
like to see a man too stout, but just a lit
tle incliued to petulancy, you kuow.."-
"I'Aumo is such sweet sorrow," re
marled a bald old bachelor to a pretty
girl, as he told her good night. "I should
she - replied, glanciug• upon his
hairlrssness and wondering how he ever
did it.
.
POSTAL. card with a pocket attach,'
mut :to enclose a stamp for a reply is dm
latest idea. The next _ great invention
should be a postat card with, a bay
dow annex, into which a- man can crawl
and travel anywhere in the country for
one cent.
THE Buffalo Commeieial Adreitiser
mentions whit smay be safely set-down as
the wor t case of ipelliug of recent re •
Cord. It occurred in a "nobs " of a "sul
lybrashun" to be held on the shot-es of
Lake Eary," and mentioned the caeca.
sion.as a
. "guble." This word troubled
the editor good deal, - but with rare per
spicacity ho - at length resolved it ,tuto
"jubilee." ,
A YANKEE coachman was driving some
Englishmen about recently, and at 'last
brought them to the monument on Bun
ker hill. "Ali, yes ,".said one'of the ex
plorers, " I believe ads is the place where
we"•Englishmeti' gave you Yankees a
sound thrashhig, isn't it?' _The- driver
scratched 61s head, and then quietly 're
plied : "lister, can you tell me ,who
owns this arcel - of ground at the present
•
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DANatTny's_krateful policeman was at
breakfast on Sunday morning; wrestling
with a Piece of remarkably tough veal.
His wife said to him : "You always say
there's something to be thankful for in
everything. I guess you'd be puzzled to
tind anything to be thankful for in that
7pirce of veal.'" "Sot at all," ho cheer
fully responded, stopping to breathe; "I
was just thinking how grateful we should
be that we met it when it was young."
THEY Organized a debating club is
Deadwood - last week. The fact that the_
president was a dead shot, and sat with: —
rwo'revolvers in hand, kept the society ins
comparative- quiet while tbo questions,
!..o,tiglit a thisil royal to beat four aces?".
and,. " Is it wicked to lynch Mexicaus on
Sunday?" were debated. .But when they
tackled the question, "Ought you to fire
%Chen a man reaches for his hip-pocket,
or are you bound- to 'wait till you see
whether it's - - a revolver, - o — r-Wlasky.bottle
he's drawing the pres,iaent couldn't
control them, and - fiie funerals was the
result. .
" Wnit"do you Wisb to leaie whoa at
your age ?" sadly asked the principal of a
country school out near Danville, renion
.stiating with a sandy-baired pupil of It
year*; "you have learned comparatively
nothing up to Ulla. time." • "II- learned
one tiling mighty soli4, anyhow," persist- -
el the student. "And what is that:"
asked the tear;ber. "I've learned .that a
mistake in spellin' that only fetches a boy
!a, cuff on the , ears keeps abig girl iu
:two Ia i;fri after school." " Young man,"
said the principal, handing the •boy his
tesoks,." you should have left school three .
years ago."
-A LV
ATeV background, tyro n ob le trees,
a hammock swinging beneath. and she on
whom your heart is fixed lazily swinging
in the same, is a very pretty picture,
young man; very pretty, and. we ;Alon't
blame you fol. being attracted by a' wog-
net of such
_wondrous power. 'Hut con,
sider if your means_ will enable you to
keep that picture,all your dabs, or wheth
er iu the coming time it will not, be •sup.
planted - by a chromo of a - worn-out. jaded .
woman frying doughnuts over a hot tire
in the middle of a ho..aumner day._ The
two pictures are intimately connected.
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THE Plulattelphia Easy 11 ter mentions:-
Mr.: J. A. W;tlton (4 11-5 N. Twelfth
--.-
street, that city, ai an entllntiastic indor
ser et St. J.tcubs Ott for the rrlief an 4
eat* Of clinsuss of Ittrtilfe.