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B. F. SCJIYVJ-JER,
THE C0N3HTDl'I0N-TnE U-..05.-ASD THE ESFOBCEMENT Of THE UW3.
J!iitvr Mini .';. t:ovir.
VOL. XXXI.
MUTUXTOWX, JUNIATA COUNTY. VJ-NXA., WWMOAY, MAY 30. 1S77.
NO.
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TARTAR LOVJ-SOSC
BT LUCl L MSI SI X
Tbrc dsn acrus tUa dmrrt.
Tare bight with th Ur o'erbead.
From tit lent ol my father ant kiudrei
To tli ceuu ol mj lo w tied.
Silent roe tlit first day,
I'eariug and looliug back
For mj (titer aud hi spearmen.
Who would follow cpon our track.
Hiipioi, rode we the eooud,
Atid oka to wh other in chear.
As we looked tow uJ the far-off mount-ina,
Tuat Uie teuu of my 1ot were uear.
Nor fear nor hope the third day
Oar eye or brts could more ;
For oar eye were turned to each other',
And oar hcmrta only beat to love.
Three day aero the deaert,
Three nights with the star o'erhead.
Fearing, hoping aud loving.
To the teuu f niv love we fled.
The Sergeant's Stratagem
"Oh, John, dear," ami the wife of
John Edge-worth ran Into the little
parlor where he was seated thought
t'ullv, before the fire, one December
night, "one of the soldier that have
just come Into tow n has been billeted
upon us."
"Send Xancv out o the Prince"
Arms, and engage a betl for him, Mary,'
he quietly said. "We a-sn't have him
here, anal Mattie, poor child, going to
be married to-night."
"Oh. Mess your heart. John, this
isn't a common soldier. He's a ser
geant, and one would thing, from the
nay he strutted in. that he was a col
onel. When I proposed to get a bed
for him outside, he bridled up, and
said, with as much authority as if he
was talking to a landlady, "If you can't
accomodate me with a' bed I can ss
the night on the rug before the parlor
tire. A soldier, you know, can sleep
soundly, however hard his bed. So
here I'll stay,' says he.
"And here I'll stay." echoed a laugh
ing voice; and the i-peaker, a tall,
manly feliovv, attired in the alressofa
British sergeant, strode into the room.
"The fact is, sir." he continued, ad
pressing Joint Edgeworth' "I am in
clined to think, either your good lady
must be a nioft unloyal subject of his
most gracious majesty. King William,
in denying a welcome to one of the pil
lar of his throne, or that, to-night, at
least, she is unwilling to lav an otter
ing at the feet of that beautiful house.
Hold-god, hospitality. "
Here one of the pillars of King Wil.
liaai'i throne dropped majestia-ally into
a chair, complacently stroking, as he
did so, a beard and mustache dark and
luxurious.
"My good man," John Edgeworth
replied, "mr wife ar.d mvxlf have
aiwars regarded and fulfilled, as
pleasing duty, the entertainment of a
soldier billeted nponus; but to-nlglit
the presence of any w beyond our
l all family circle must prove embiir
K.sslng in the extreme. My daughter
1 to be married to night and "
"Oh, do not Imagine for a moment,
my good sir," Interrupted the sergeant,
"that 1 shall find my situatilon embnr
raising, I assure you, l am always at
mv e.-. Ami wedding! Of all
things, ejffi f.'lng of course the delicate
arri'i-cmetit 'if a baffle flM, a wedding
delights a soldier."
"We triust endure his society, Mary,'
John F.'tgewnrth said III lot tone to
his wife. "IV. not If It annoy yon,
mr dear; f'r Matfle's sake be cheerful
Is Amy wlili her"
"Mie Is," answered his tslfe, sighing
alaeply as sh spoke. hies Amy
P.r alley!"
"Ood b.e her!" John Ealgeworth
said.
"Ooal ble.s her '." fUorA Uie sergeant,
l,d continued rapidly, "Yes, HiA es
alias goasl as ah U. I she your daiigb-
IT. sir?'
"Mies not," John r.dgeworfli sleriily
ld. "And ri-ini iu-r, my man, though
we are com jiell'-d to give yon shelter
for the night, any further Impertinence
on your pait l!l be r nt ' Ui your
oft!' er.
"Pardon tnr inrrtliieiiie, then, re
plied the scrire ifit ; afiri hi aoffened
Vitf arrested the steps of the couple, a
ll.ey wre hating the roi, "and bear
rn for a foomenf. rerba.s foil lxUi
have H'fV eortier In your rnernone
Keiiiied t;y the il-r ,' roi In your
l U'il'lliiifl't h'ioe, eie you ul to
sit iJm-liig i ii- long, Mild JnU-r nlliU
Ik (utr a he, bUiii away as nicnlly
a that wm oier ll,rc U lUlng now,
an I al h lh fUmcs m they hurst
! rib trout their frlsoiiand shed a faint
soleii.lor thronn the r-x-Mi I think
you ban-. Aliiio--t everyone has. I
know that I have, ami lo-nibt when 1
pa.i,g the wind' he', ol au
the lii-'lit ol that pleasant tire ilreaming
throi. gb the kluiifi rs, the shadow ol
many i.i'iou ful jcuisv.a. Illu-d front
my hi an. I na ujIh a li.'ippy boy.
tllt.Dgat n,y dear Uc'thci fce, my
head tiiKni her Wiiti!, knd Uiu Xwl ilh
wou'lei log Ihc ijunint pl iurr of
Me fj.itus-a. ' Vasal for yoil,'Hir liilow,'
fUnka I. k'-ep. ihi mt-iuory tfreh
lo-tlighi.", rnd I fitlrrfil here. 1
have bwri ru.l, hat pardon the rough-
i.ru of a oldier."
Mra. Edgeworth hurt Into tear.
"Hid the noor fellow Mar. Johii,"-he
bobbed. '
And John Kdgeuorth, w ith a falter-
inrvni.- welcomed the aerctaiil, for
both hupband and wife mw ain in
that same room, a littlu hoy kusliug
efore the fire searching with earueet
eyes the fccit of its hrijght iiiy-nc.
When he was left alone, tlie fcifeant
drew his chair over to the w indo and
sat dow n tl.t ie. lie had si artely done
o, when the door was opened, and a
young pirl entered tbe room. She did
not notice his presence there, for he
went over to the fire, and remained
standing before it. ITer face w as partly
toward him, and the sergeant gazed
upon it with deepening iuteref-t. It
told its own story that sweet face
plainer than many words it told that,
lovely as it was, sorrowful tear had
marred Its gentle beauty ; and though
now a smile brightened over It, that
smile was the shadow of some pleasant
memory, aud uo the liut of present
joy. a tlouu'bUc came In, and started
w hen the saw the young girl.
"I thought vou wera up suir, .Mi
Amy."
Mis Mallle w Ul.ed to be left alone
for ;tw hile," she answered.
"Oh, MUs Amy. yon oughtn't to have
leu her alone, bhe might make way
witu uereu. i remember my poor
mother telling of a young lady who
w as going to be ui:de to marry a man
she didn't like, and when they went up
to call her, they found her dead, lie
killed herself, mis, rather than niarrv
him. To be sure, Misa Mattie isn'
forced to marrv old Fraser excuse ine
Miss Amy, but I can't sar inUter to an
old villain like him but anvone can
ee it killing her. Ah, Mi.ss Amv
if Mr. Harry w as here to-night Well
if she isn't gone!" exclaimed Xancy;
for at her last words the young girl had
hastily quit the room. "She's off like
an arrow whenever I mention Mr.
Harry to her. Good Lord ! who U that ?'
she cried, springing back on perceiving
the sergeant.
Don't be frightened, girl," said he.
Oh, the soldier! Ooodness! what a
fright you gave me !" ,
"So there's going to be a wedding
hereto-night, my girl!" said the ser
geant. "The hridegrooiu is no favorite.
I'm thinking."
The proverbial fascination of a scar
let coat disarmed Xancy s prejudice
against the intruder, for she answered
without hesitation,
"Your thinking right, then. Kverv-
thing has gone wrong w ith the master
of late, and the lat bund roil pounds he
had left he gave for a share in w hat he
heard wa a salmon fishery near Boin-
ford. The salmon turned out to be
frogs, and then old Fraser kept lending
him money, and making him do. this
and thi:t, until the master had bor
rowed seven hundred pound of him !
Then at once he came dow u on hiin for
his money, ami either the master nmt
go to Bridewell, or poor Miss Mattie
become his wife. And my darling
young lady went down on her knees to
her poor father, begging him for his
and her mother's sake, to let her marry
old Fraser: that she would be contented
w ith hiin if he was fifty times w orse, if
she thought they would be hnppy. But
he could not be w orse than he is; he is
as ugly as ti e big Cornish giant; It's
my belief he'd sell the last gray hair of
hiii mother s bead if he thought he'd
get a farthing for it. My dear young
mistress! What a husband he is for
yon!" Xancy hid her face in her
apron and sobbed aloud,
"The old story," said the sergent;
'ami to make it complete, my gil l, your
young mistress should have another
lover w horn she likes."
"And so she has," sighed Xancy,
dropping her apron and a tear at the
amc time. A fine young gentleman,
but not a f trilling he can call his own.
Ah, Mi-s Mattie and Mr. I'hilip would
have made a beautiful couple.
"I'hilip!" the sergeant repented in
a surprised tone. "1'hlllp w hat ?"
'I'hilip I!.i. kstone."
"I'hilip Itackstone! Why, my girl,
soon after wa marched Into town, 1
pressed a shilling Into his palm. Ideas
me, if I didn't think at the time no
common trouble made Mm ll-t."
"'List!" she exclaimed. "He kept
hi word then; lie said from the flrt
he didn't care what would become of
hiin if Mis Mattie married, f'li, my
gracious, to 'list !"
"Well," said the sergeant, half sncer-
ingty; "It's my candid opinion that
man is a fool w ho cannot meet with the
spirit of a man a disappointment In
lore."
f'y hear that?" Xancy exclaimed,
Ui-r cheek crimson with Indignation.
I know a better and braver man than
ever you saw, wbo couMu I bear a 11s-
apfwdiitriient In love!"
"I doubt It," tsas the iii.gallaiit re.
ply. . .
"Imiibt ll !" Want he my ina.t.-r'
son, Mr. U xrty, Ml Mafile' broil. er
sod Mi Amy's lover, Jle was f be
suie, a wild as a young coll, always up
to some frolic, ami still, for all lil
wild ways every one was a frteml of
hi. Whenever the players came to
t'tl, OM'l think le wa out of hi
M-n for Joy, Xow, tb ms'W-r was
si way hard ujoi the player, railing
!hW pack Of idle Vagabonds l;d the
like; and It didn't mend matters when
be found out that Mr, Hurry wcM on
I he stage one night, dressed like an old
wjjch, ll dl-giai.-d him-lf and us.
ay h, 'and w lib my consent he shall
never marry Amy Bradley,' and Ml-
Amv, wholsfbe master's ward, though
he loved Mr. Harry ill her heart, said
much th same thing, !ial hJ would
never marry a man she couldn't be
prow! of; so, fo make a long Mory
short, Mr. Harry ran away. This night,
live year ago, was the Inst time we
aw blm; but I can't help thinking
he'll come Uurk and make the poor
heaiU that love him happy,"
"He became a player, I dare say,"
the sergeant said: "just the kind of a
life a giMxI-for-iioihiug like him would
fancy. And yet he might turn HP one
of these fine days a rich as the grea)
ai-tor, Warden, w ho in to play here to
morrow night, so the hills say."
For Mis Amy's sake, jf for nothirg
!', I'd be glad if he'd come back as
fioor as he went. I think it's killing
her to have hint a war so long. Hie
could be married since, if she liked, and
to a rich man, too. But she loves him
too well to marry anyone ebt Why, If
you could only see her when a person
speaks of him, the way her facp lights
up, and the soft bright light tnat coines
Into her sweet eye? but tnercs tne
mistress calling me."
Stay, Nancy 1" exclaimed the str-
geant; but Aaocy naa aireaoy leu uus
room. He went after her, returning
soon, however, and going up to the
i re. he stood w here Amy pradley bad
stood, spying often to himself, as if the
words pleased him, "Happy Mr. Harry:
Happy Mr. Harry!" -
He resumed his seat as the knocker
sounded at the ball door; and bortly
after John Edgew orth ushered into the
room two persons, one evidently from
hi appearance n clergyman, the olher
an old, sharp-featured, sloiiy-cyed little
man, whom the sergeant supposed to be
me bridegroom. 1 lie cause of the sol
dier's preseuc. being explained to law
by John IMgeworlh, old Fraser, for it
was he, in a sudden tit of generosity,
tnrew Hi in a crown, desiring In in to
drink hU health w ith it. , ,
i Tbe coin' fell jiBuoiicctJ m thf ser
geant's feet, for the door was opened.
and Mrs. i.dge worth entered, followed
by Amy Bradley, on whose arm leaned,
or rather clung, a pretty, child-like
little creature, her pale young face im
pressed wild the sadness of a heavy
heart. She did not raise her eves to
greet her future lord, who hobbled
over to her side, and the hand which
he took lay cold and passive iu bis own.
It was a painful sight, that ill-mated
couple standing before the clergymen
to utter vow a that to one, at least, must
seem a death knell. 1'ainfiil i tided it
must have been to the ntaulv heart of
the sergeant, for his chest heaved w ith
suppressed emotion. He rose from his
chair, but sat down again, passing his
hand over his eves. He saw John
Kdgeworth's face w hiten with intense
agonv he saw tbe bowed heads of Mrs.
Edgew orth and Amy Bradler; he heard
the low voice of the clergvmrn falter-
ingly begin the marriage ceremony, as
if he felt that the blessing he would in
voke would be a mockery. He saw all
this, I repeat, until the clergyman,
turning to the poor girl, asked her -if
she would take that man there present
for her law fnl husband." then spring
ng np. he shouted :
.''Xever, Mattie! uever.mv sister!"
but the rest of the exclamation was lost
in the cries of "Harry!" that burst
from the lips of the astonished women,
and the next moment they were cling
ing around him weeping, heartily J
enongn, to be sure, out they were
blessed tears of joy.
"Harry. Harry, my dear boy?" falt
ered John Edgew orth, still half incre
dulous. Yes, father, returned the sergeant.
removing from his face at tbe same time
the beard and mustache which had dis
figured it, "your son, indued, who has
returned to ask your forgiveness, to
snatch Mattie from a miserable future,
and if Amy loves me yet, and won't
say no. why, to become her husband."
"Amy hiil her blushing face on hi
shoulder, w hispering,
"Indeed I won't say no, dear Harry."
"Oh, Harry, darling, are you in ear
nest V" Mattie cried, still clinging
sound his neck. "Oh, I know too are
and I won't have to marry him?"
That you won't oor little thing."
said Harry.
Where was old Fraser during thi in-
tere-.ting colloquy? where, indeed,
nt Hlaniling .over by tho windou,
gnawing his lips, and forcing his nail
into hi clenched hands.
My money ! My seven hundred gold
guineas, John Edgeworth !" he jra-l-c'l.
There your money, old ishylork .
Harry said, throw lug a w ell Ailed pur'e
aross the room. "And now, hark ve,
quit! Well, yes, satisfy yourself and
on nt If. You'll find it right, for I as
sure you It was placed In there for
you." '
Old Fraser deliberately , eiuptle 1 the
purse of il content uoii the table, and
finding the sum to be correct, uervon.ly
thrnt the eoln and bill hack into il,
and turned to leave the artuiet. In
doing so hi foot struck the crow n
piece which he had thrown to the
sergeant on hi entrance. He toA-.ed
down, and picking It up, hastened from
the room without easting glain-e te
hind him,
"Ha b gone V asked Mallle, fear
fully raising her head from Harry'
houl'br.
"He has, but somebody ele U to
come, Mattie," said Harry.
A he spoke, Nancy i-ame into (he
room, followed by a fall, handsome
young fellow, w ho, no K.ner had he
jercelved Mattie, than, regardlos of all
present, he held her In his arms.
"., I'hilip, my boy," laughed
Harry, "you took m for a wrgeani.
and thought you had really Misted'"
"He couldn't believe me for a long
lime, Mr Harry, dear," sobU-d Xancy,
J., found hiin sitting So dlcomo!ate in
the liltle room where you b-ft him."
"Took you for ergeant, lt:irry,"
said Mrs, Edgeworth, eyeing the mili
tary clothes, "are vmi nof one?"
"My dear mother," he n. rei "I
alii not soldier, ami though I Incur
my father' dl-plea-ure, eoies. J :i,
an actor."
"Forgive m, my dear boy," John
Edgeworth aid, warmly pressing bis
son's bund. I was too hasty In the pun.
I have long since overcome my f.jolish
prejudice against the theatrical j.rofe
sion, and, to convince you, that I w ould
rind truly intellectual gratification
in wilneiwing the owerful delineation
of the great Warden to-morrow night."
"You have witnessed one to-night,
father I am be!"
"Oh, goodness gracious!" cried
N'aney, clapping her hands. "Mr. Harry
the great actor! Oh, Miss 'Amy, can't
you now lie proud of him r"
"I trmt he may,'.' Harry eaid, draw
ing Amy Bradley to hie side, be ex
claimed : '"hince 1 have so well played
the part of a sergeant, may my per
formance as a happy husband be far
more successful, and, with the blessing
of a kind Heaven, be longer uxn the
stage," '
.1
A proud uiuu is a tool iu fermenta
tion, swelling and boiling like a porridge-pot.
He sets his feather like an
owl, to swell and seem bigger than be
is. He is troubled with an inflamma
tion of self-conceit, that renders him
the man of pasteboard and a true buck
ram knlht. He has given himself
sympathetic love'-powder, that works
upon him to dotage, aud transforms
himself into his own mistress, making
most passionate court to bis own dear
perfections,' and worshiping his own
image. All bii upper stories are
crammed with masses of spongy sub
stances, occupying much space as
feathers and cotton will stuff cushions
better than things of more compact and
olid proportion.
lutliaf rlnslwate ('hwrtiy.
It is evident from 1. 1 1. IS that lave
been w ritten to the- newspapers dm in
this winter that thcie are those who
siineiely think that careful imiuiiy re
gauling poverty, and r-ruhiUon of re
lief based upon it, must somehow
deaden human sympathy and deepen
the unenna ol tlie pint. 1 his is so
ingeniously incorrect a theory that it
would le exceedingly auiui-ii g if it
wero nut so sincere, ami even general.
1 ho. rely tiist thing that careful iuves-
tigaia;iq accomplishes is to aciiuuintlhe
comfortable, class with the real condi
tion of the mill win if, to show the
latter that they are not forsaken or
turned otV with unimitui ingalms. They
are conscious of an intelligent sympa
thy with which falsa hood will 1m- ot no
avail. They are tattarht self-respect by
the perception that they ate not for
saken, and self-respect is the ninin-
Bpiinir of siifceslul exertion. When
the street beggar undetsiaiuls that Ins
tale will he' tested, that if he needs
succor he will surely .-ea-eive it, and
that if his plea is but askinir for dram
he will not receive, the number of
street beggars will aeusibly decrease.
And the sturdy tramp aud professional
pauper, when tliey know that they
uiu.st go to the woik-honse or starve,
will often conclude t'-at even woik is
better thau the poor-luiuse, and they
too will cease to lie a nuisance and a
terror.
Nor need it be feared, on the other
hand, that if irresponsible street giving
is stopped, nobody will iuTrstirate the
actnal situation of the poor. What is
asked of the street giver is not that he
close his pocket and his hand and his
heart and his soul, but that, if be w ill
not take the troub'e to inquire before
giving, he will give his alma to some
body who will take that trouble, that
bin alum ma v be true charity, and re
lieve sutler in g, iiiteud of relieving
nothing whatever, but fostering vice
and crime. 'Hie street giver must lirst
of all clear his mind of caut. He must
cease to be a Fhuiisa-e. He must see
that be is not a good Christian exercis
in if the heavenly gilt of charity, but. an
indolent aud reckless citizen who is
promoting poverty and multiplying the
public burdens of the honest poor. He
is that lazy, absntd boy who wishes to
eat his rake anal have it. He would
satisfy his soul that he is good lieeausa
he gives, without aeoing that to give
iiriiorantly is, socially, lo be bad. No
body is exhorted to surrender liifjiiii.v
toothers. Every one may hiyuiie for
hiuisa If. If a Ix-iTKar stops y on and aska
for a penny in the name of Clod, and
say that his family is starving, go and
see if it is so. If yon have not the time
air O sophistical Sybatite inclination 1
send him to tharse who, as yon know,
will ininirn. Will hi family starve iu
the mean timet That is something you
aio not Imlieve yoursa-lf. I'o you feat
that the visitor will nattitot Then go
yourself, lloyour eniraimiia-nU pre
vent! 'Then you know that it is a
thsiUMalnl to one the stoiy ie but a plea
for whieky. Will you take the cliana-et
Thi n yon Income an immediate accom
plice iu the vast niulupliaation of ha-r-editaiy
panpa-rim and crime. The
pretense of your giving U Christian
chaiily and hiunaiiiir, the teal cause i
indolent eclf-lniliiltrerire and s;iii
ymirm-lf ttaiuhle. Hu'u Chair.
iliaa he education one a au obtain 1
the education eapati ia:lici: give. In
paesiug through life h am every thing
yoiia an. It w ill all canoe In pl.iy. Ijoii'I
filghlene.l away from any pursuit
bc Mil-e y on have only a liltle time to
devote lo ll. If v on can't have any
more, a smattering is lnrti.il. I better
than nothing. Even a slight knowl
edge of lh rt, sa-iene.-s, languages,
ojen up a whole wail Id of thought. A
liltle y ti insf !e endeavor mis hour, or
even half u hour, a day and a man
my I con lib-red .-ii..l lfore he
dies, fjKulH thoroughly what you
learn, r It ever o liltle, and you nriy
pek a.f It with conflt.-ii.-e. A few
clearly da fined faa-l and Idea- are it'orth
a wl.ole library of uui-.-ruin know
ledge, (v the "number of oca-!oii.il pH-r-on
Ama-rVau sports' nrio'ii.i-. -I by
Hr.r,l,ntr'$ ilimlhl'i In last November,
three have already hecti publl-hed, vl :
"Halmon KUhli.g," "Biy Shooting,"
and "Trout-Ebbing In the Ifangeley
lkes." flic. papi-rs have all la-en
written by men af rea-ogniza'd authority
and have uniformly appealed to the
spiirtsman and r.ot to the "sporting
man." The same may be truthfully
said of the fourth, "M.nie American
Sjxirtlng Iogs," which appa-ars In the
April number, and I- from the pen of
William M. '" Heston, E'i , a,f the
"Fairest and Kircam." The ni.l'jile il
lustration of this H-r liia-lu.le wesU
cms of o lebrsued American huutiug
dog. The writer discm-sa-s the com
parative raliia of pointers and setu rs,
li uiiilng alogs for the field, etc. Ol a
light character alo is Howard i'yle's
illui-trats-d ska-U h if ". hiiieoteague"
a little-vi-lied Island of w ild ponies off
the Virginia coast. "O il of my Window
at Moscow ," by Eugene iScbuyler, con
tain aketa.-hc of itussiiui life and man
ners by an acute observer, w ith some
remarkable pictures. A fourth article,
"A Trip to tho Black Hills," by I-i au.lei
I. Jticliardon, shows that all is not
gold that glitters in the Dead wood re
gion ; while a fifth, Mr. Clarence Cook's
"Beds and Tables, titools and Caudle
sticks," contains some informal "talk
here and there" about dinlng-tables,
decorations, etc. There is also an illus
tration with each of the serials: Dr.
Holland "a "Nicholas Miuturniu which
Uiere is a dinner at tint Coau-s's; and
"That Lass o' Lowrie's." bv Mrs. Bur
nett, which is to end with the May in
stalment, aud to appear in book form
at once. , Two drawings by Mr. Moran
are given Willi "The Hills of Linga
iiore,"apoem by Mis. M. W. Hackelum.
In addition to the eight Illustrated
papers before-mentioned, there are
about a dozen drawings of Insectivo
PlauU," by Mrs. Herrick, who explains
the proceeses by w hich the insects are
eaten, and pays a bib tribute to Mr,
Darwin. . ;
Of tbe uuillustrateJ papers, Colonel
Waring' "Farm Villages" deals with
the ttuKiu iwl and moral di-advautage
ol the prex'iit .lew of isolated Isriu
lil'e, with plans showing how they can
be remedied. 'J,hUapvr l-to 1 fol
lowed mm. u lv a'theis u Village Im
provements. There t-t alsai some advice
tut "Old Eyes mnl Spi-a-taeles," hy Dr.
Bnrueu; thoughts on ' April,'1 having
the chainlet John Burroughs; aud a
long-shot t story of New England life,
by K atharine It. Knot, entitled "Mar
tin's Fi.rtumt."
The poa-try inelinres "A Kose Song."
hy it 11. Stoddard, "Webster," by W.
V. Wilkinson, "Where la Ciadr" by
Miuot J. Savage, "Song," by John
Vance Cheney, and "Houseki-eping,"
iu the "Home and Sna'lety" department.
Dr. Holland, in "Toplcsof the Time,"
discusses "The Multiplication ot Indus
tries," ami ''Civllege Tnistea and I'ro
fe.M.rs," nd speaks lor many another
over winked editor iu "Editorial Trial-."
"The Old Cabinet"' w rites about
"The Water-Color Exhibition," ,sThe
Hoarding House in Literature," and
"Bryant's l'oems and Emendations,"
and prints a letter about "Church Dec
oration iu Boston."
The other departments are fuller than
U'ual and have a wide range of Interest.
The Lniialnn letter In "Culture and
Progress" is to be a iero.aiieut feature,
'liric-a-r.rot" hae a place in magazine
literature not shared by any similar de
partment. Mwldea Meatltistlow.
What Is the good of being uiarried.
da-ar; we are better as we are." So a
listless Bohemian caught . the words,
dieamfully uttered by a dreamy-eyed
girl, leaning with two fair companions
over a fence, and overlooking a haillow
in the rear of a sunken thoroughfare.
All three girls were pule, ye, fair
pale w ith long hours of labor in a great
cotton fai'tory, hut fair with the beauty
of youti.. Thadr arms Were twined
about one another, and all three were
gazing into the hollow below. , There
was no hing there cxoe; t a filthy little
Mind of mud and stagnant water, where
grimly-legged ducks paddled and gob
bled up thai slimy things that wriggled
to nod fro in the noi.som- fluid.
The word haunta-d the hearer, even
a little after the pretty speaker's form
had dw hulled into a tiny eck In the
distam-e . behind. She w as certainly
irangely pretty for a factory girl;
with large, lu-trous black eyes, and
locks as glossy as the bosom of a bird,
ami : lis ru.Idv with the riiwness of
youth. Therefore we wonJered why
she saw no brighter life In the future
f a i the moiiotonv of labor In the great
factory day after day, with Its roar of
win-els and burr of spindles and uffo
eating du-t and dingy walls; and with
holiday spent In looking on a nasty
Utile mud pond, a hungry duck broasl
and slimy, craw ling lug.
The a-ther girls sai I nothing, but
hinged their pretty companion a little
closer. I'rormhlr their heart were no
longer their own ; and they felr trust
ful and hoM-ful for the long future to
come. Yet the day inu.t come when
the three w ill lie parted lorever, aud for
a time forget the little mud aiud and
their dreamy reverie while gilng
uiMin It. The day may come w hen life
will look even darker to them than the
shallow of tlm great f u-tory In the
winf-! evening; when thai staggering
step of a drunken husband, and the wall j
of hungry little ones in the night, will
wring the mother heart ; w hen beauty j
and love have fadi-d awy together, and
tbe gaunt hadour oi Hie wolf ha fallen
n sin the threshold,.
An 1 In that dark day the old memory
ui 1 1 -t a nine hack. Only a memory of a
wawelen fena'r, and a Ilf'Ie mud pamd
with waddling ilueks and slimy things;
lhts and shadi w of gold an I blue in
(! hazy evening east; aplres ruddy In
western gleam; Uie e;horS of a won
ih ring reporter' fooUta-ps; and the
ilvery voice of the alay-dreamer.
'What Is the u- of getting married,
de:irf we are better a ire are." And
ll.e prMty day-dre.mier may happily
hsvaa falieu intolliar long slumler which
dream riever haunt, while her fair
eoliij.hiiloii ti.ll am, heart and hope
withered like the grass upon the slum
lierer'i grave.
. Iwra tHa l.lss.( Xutf,
Hunt's Merc-haul' Magazine. A sil
ver dollar represent a day' work of
the laborer. It i given to a boy; be
baa no idea of what it baa rost or of
w hat it i win th. He would lie a like
ly to give a dollar a a dime for a top
oranyofln:r toy. But if tho boy ha
learneal to earn the dimes anal dollar
by the swent of his faee he knows the
difference. Hard work is to biin a
measure of valuea that ran never be
riihbeal out of his loimt. Let bira b arn
by experience that a bundled dollars
repra-scnt a hundred weary days' la
bor aud it seems a great turn of money;
a thousand dollars is a fortune ami
10,0ii0 is almost inconceivable, for it is
far more than he ever exiM-ct to pas-
sa ss. V lion he has earned a dollar, he
thinks twia-e befoie he spends it,, He
want to invest it so a to get the full
value of a day's work for it. It is a
great wrong to society and to boy to
biing bun np to man's estate without
this knowlealtte. ' A fortune at 21 with
out it is almost inevitably thrown
war. With it and little capital to
start on, be will make hi own fortune
better than any one ran make it for
him. ' - - ; :
' afcaelaff HaarMw (a Twrkcy.
Traveler in Turkey describe two
different w ays of shoeing horses in Tur
key and Kuula, which may seem very
awkward compared with tbe simple
method of the American smiths. In
Turkey and Servia, the horse is held by
one man, anot'ier holds the leg on his
arms, while a third operates on the
foot. In Russia the horse is placed on
a souare cage made of rough planks of
wood, and is strapped round the belly
with wiJe leather straps attached to
cross-bars of the framework ; his head
is also tied safely ; the foot Is fixed to a
stake in the ground and held by an as
sistant, w bile the smith placet tbe slice
Ion.
I W Xtaea.lKKHlrt In l.rM.
A tine mocking bird ( H.. iJ .jit.jU.Uui
Is king of the grove, hat his more im
mediate dominion U iu uIimo proximity
t l In Uou-o. Noar the hollas of nj.nn-.-h-lwyoueu
Is a mail cypress coin
plelely covered by a native grape-vine,
forming a pyramid of living green.
Ihis is his throne which he mourns,
aud where he "llpses all the songsters
with his cuderlul aud varied uiusio,
aud at the same titno he can overlook
the lielie. w hich he considers his ex
clusive p iM'rty.
The fruit oi live Spanish-bayonet is
about the sue of the banana, and grows
iu a large cluster at the top of the plant.
When fully rie it is soil and sweet,
and highly relished hy many birds.
The carilinal-gros-hcak, long-billed
thrush, and the cat-bird, as well as the
nocking bird, are all fond of the fruit,
and sometimes attempt, to plunder; but
while this tyrant mocking king is on
guard, no J.Inl except his mate is al
lowed to touch It.'
'His throne forms a very pretty arbor,
w here he retires at night and during
rainy days. When he Is away from
home I often step iu; bat he is seldom
so far away hut that his keen eyes, see
me, and fhear his scolding note, which
I always promptly obey. Nothing will
. quickly make a bird familiar as to
show him that he can drive us; and
following this up with patience aud
care, he will soon confide In us, ami
learn our voice, and manifest delight
upon meeting us. This is specially true
of the mocking-bird and his cousin the
cat bird. But the mocking-bird of East
Florida Is less i-oiifldliig than our north
ern cat-bird, for the very good reason
that he looks upon man as an enemy
who robs him ol hi young; and this
shyness or distrust upon the part of this
glorious bird of songster, is In large
part attributable to the rapacity of north
ern visitors, who sometimes pay as high
as fifty dollars tor a goaai singer. As
long as this continues we cannot ex
ect the birds to confide in us withont
much care and labor.
Nearly two weeks, w ith the greatest
caution upon my part, were necessary
before I could approach this mocking
king's domain without hearing his
threatening cry. He seemed determined
to keep at a safe distance until he found
he could drive me; then h ventured
nearer; and now I have gained his ron
Il'leuco, mlliclently that he Ji-tlH to
my tiou-c-.se. He turns his head ia a
comical maimer, first one side and then
the other, and looks dow n upon me in
a sortof patronizing way, a If pitying
my poor attempts at bird language.
Then be raise , himself in a dignified
manner and ponri forth such a strain
aif music that I mn humbled In his pres
ence. This characterl.-tia; rating Kiwer of
the mocking-bird 1 ma-'e available by
goaid observer. A Methodist clergyman
residing aa ross the river. In the neigh-
bnrll'Msl a.f Mr. Harriet Bea-her Stowe,
Inform me that a mocklng-t.lrd saved
hi grapes. Oui! bird will do comp ara
tively little, damage in a vineyard ; he I
a light feeder of foM, and has a habit
of returning to the same spot. In the
great cluster of fruit f the Spanish
bayonet be work systematically; be
aloe not peck i be w hole cluster indis
criminately, hut takes one berry at a
time, and this one lusts blm several days
No among grapes, be has a particular
pot where he feed, hill he overlooks
and takes care of all within his domin
ion. If tlie-e biriN are unmolested hy
man, they alii regulate their own
affair so aa to assist him.
The a-lerifyman above mentioned had
a near neighbor, wbo, 15 mill. g a raM k-Ing-bird
eating his grae, shot him.
Lawlessness now reigned among the
birds, and the neigh W kept on shoot
ing until a large number were slaught
ered. Tlse result was be lost all of his
grapes.
1 Imi IWMHovr asMl II Tim low.
The b.iroineicr i- an lii-ir.nii. iil for
uiea-iirlng the weight or pre. sure ol
I be atmo-pberv. fln-re re t lea -l a
(ioza-ii diif.-reut form- of if, naiu.-.) from
diUereuea-a eiliier in Iheir . on-tl iKtioll,
mounting or titling, or from the pur
joe for which they are alcignr-it. The
i-fern baromeia-r i the iin..-r. aud
thai in ordinary uf. If eonsitsofa
glass lube thirty-four ile he long,
elo-.-.l ja (be lop, exhaiistcal of air, and
having Its lower end. which Is i.m-ii.
Immereal in a i-up of mercury . a part of
which Is fon-ed up into tbe vs. iiiu.i in
lh to tie by the pra-sure aif the atuio.
phere on it surtax e. It asa-eieU under a
greater and le. en.U under a b-rs pres
sure, and an aafnratcly graduated M-ale
alongsiale the tube enables the a.l.-erv.-r
to reawlily r-aij the variation-. As the
li.piid risa-s aud fails, its level in the
cup varies, and the true height of the
column is found either by bringing the
zero point of a movable scale to the sur
face aif the metal in the cup. or by press
ing Oil the flexible bottom of the latter
until the mercury ri-c lo the same
js.illt iu a fixed scale.
The Instrument was invented about
the year by Evangllistl Torrieelii.
a pupil and friend of Galilao. and was
at first known as the Torricellian tube.
In the experiments that led fo its in
vention, the object of Torrieelii was to
ascertain the truth of his theory that at
mospheric pres.-aiire on the surface of
a reservoir was the fora-e that impelled
a column of wafer up the exhausted
suction piie of a pump. As the weight
of mercury is about fourteen times that
of water, it would be c-a-a-isive af the
correctness of his views if the same
cause that made w ater rise about thirty-,
three feet, on a fine day, at the sea
level, would also support a column of
mercury twenty-nine inches, or 1-14 of
that height. Having hermetically closed
one end of a long glass tube, he filled It
with mercury, and pressing his finger
against the open end, submerged it iu a
vesad nearly full of the same metal,
while holding Uie tube iu a vertical po
sition. On removing tbe finger the con
tents of the tube flow ed out until re
duced to the height of about twenty
nine inches, thus demonstrating the
W-tucs or In-, coiii-iuiious, f..r ever
exploding the time-honored bi lief in
Nature's athoi reuoeof s vacuum, a term
thai fur a&c, had, under U.o plansiMe
guiie ol philosophy, covered man's ig
norance of the real cau-e of the phen
omenon. Ibccst a- ot part ol the uierciiiy
li lt, iu tlm upper -art a.f the tube, a
Void, which haaever hcii called the
Torricellian vacuum. The ascent of tin'
liiitild is due to I lie existence of this
void, for if air occuph d the spa. a' It
would exercise a prcsiire on the top of
the column siillh ieut to counterbalance
hat on the cXHe. metal in Tin- cup in
which its h'Wer end terminates; but
with a vacuum at one end of the duid
eolu , there i nothing to resi-f lis
yielding to the ..iihlcs variation of
pressure of the otha-r.
The aflherence of the mercury to the
glase, however, lends in beget an error
in, estimating the true height of the
column, aspecitllv iu instruments of
-in. .11 Is. re, in which this source of in
accuracy is proportionately greatar
Water anil aitlier fluids form a a-oneave
surface at I lie ton of a small column bv
climbing up the glass, ibroiigh capillary
attractions, whereas, the top of a ina-r-
curial column is twivcx while rising
and i-oneave w bile falling, but iu IkmIi
casa-s the ai'iitre of he column indicates
the ubsohite height. Another cause of
(Missibb' error is due to the e..nisi..n
anil contraction ail' the mercury accord
ing to tin- lemiieraiure of the air. inili--
pciidcrit of p.-a-sstire, so that the heijbt
jf the column varies w ith everv a-hange
in the former as well as in the latter
As the amount of mercurial ex)iansion
however, is aceuratelv know n. bv oti-
serving thebeightofthe mera-ury in the
Ihermenieter whh h is usually attached
to the barometer, proier corrections on
this oa-coiiut ciau always lie made.
The chief rea-oii why mercury has
been selected for haromet rical purposes.
Is that the retiired w eight of it oa-a-ii-
pies the lea-t space. Water barometers,
have, how ever, neeo const rui ted. an.la-
e:ich vertical inch of mercury is equiva
lent to a trifle over thirteen and one
half inches aif water, the length of the
column renders it sa extremely sensitive
to slight atmospheric i li:ing s that in
temN'tunus weather it is oniinu.-illy
vibrating up and dow n mnler moment
ary ll i ict nations of pres-ure.
oliservatiou has i-oncluMvcly -bow n
that our own sen.Htioiis .,re unlrii-t-worthy
a-riterion f atmo-pheric re
sure. tin airy, braa-ing lsys. w hen the
spirit- ;ire high and the ImmIv buoyant,
one s apt to imagine that the air it-elf
prc-s.-s lightly 1 1 1 m . ii him ; but ju-t on
-uch day s ja high barometer ii-u.illv
indicate' a heavy atiiio-phiTic pressure,
and hints that our exhilaration i- soma--what
akin to that exs rienr.'l by tllo-e
undergoing the "air-cure," when con
fined in a chamber where the aerial
den-ity ha- bca-ii art itld.-Ily iin rea-a-d.
In foul, moi-t, and foggy weaito-r, on
the other band, hen -oul ud lsly are
alike "luggi-b, and the very air -.eni-
au a.ppri iva- burden, a low burometer
generally pr lailn-a light almo-plierie
preure, and the tle.lg. ling ienti-t Is
apt t attribute hi- inertue partly to- a
lack of the normal amount of oxygen in
the alleil'lated air..'.!'" .V"' Y'lrlrr.
helllia Turtle
The tortoise shell of commerce is
merelr the scales that cover tbe bony
blel.U of the turtle. These scale are
thirteen In number, varying from an
eighth lo a quarter of an inch In thick
nes. A large turtle will furnish about
eight pound. "To detach this shell
from the living turtle," says one who
has seen the op-ration, "is a cruel pro
xt which made my bioaei creep to wit
ness. The II -her do not kill the turtles.
Did they do so they would In a few
year exterminate them. When the
turtle ia caught, they fasten him, and
aviver his bau-k with dry leav-s or grass
to vrhla-h they et fire. The heat cau-e
the plate to separate at their Joint. A
large knife Is then carefully inserted
horl.oiiUHy beiath thera, and tbe
binlna lifted from the baa k care being
taken not to injure the shell by Vmi
much heat, nor to fore it off until tbe
heat has prepare! it for separation.
Many turtla alie un ler this cruel opera
lion, bait instances are numerous in
which they have been caught a second
time with the outer eoatingreproduced ;
but in such eases Instead ot thirteen
piea-e it Is a single pieee. I never could
bring myself to witness this cruelty
more than iwi, and wa glad the pro
cess of scaling was carried on out of
ight of the hut. II id tne poor turtles
the power of shrieking, they would
have made tbe barren island a very hell
with their cries of torture."
A Lwa Ikssi -.
There' is a legend about coffee a
legend In which a pious Mussulman hi
the hero. The Mussulman used to get
sleepy during his devotions, and so be
prayed to Mohammed, who came to hi
aid. Mohammed sent him for advice
a goatherd, w ho took a bint from bis
goats. He observed that when these
animals ate the berries of a particular
tree they got frisky aud excited
bou.ided about all the night, in fact.
The Mussulman took the hint, a' e the
coffeeberrles, slept less, aud no doubt
prayed better.
That was the legend. That coffee.
how ever, was sold In the streets of Cairo
toward the end of the sixteenth century
is not a matter of legend, but history.
In fact, it was not only sold, but it was
forbidden to be sold. An Arabian his
torian recounts that in the year 13S a
cafe was attacked by the authorities.
and the customers who were found on
the spot hurried off to prison, from
which they were not liberated till they
had each received seventeen strokes
with a stick, for the encouragement of
others! And, In fact, this raid served
the purpose so excellent that live and
twenty year afterward the town of
Cairo could boast of more than 2,0U0
shops where ciiffee might be bought.
Genius is tbe gold In the mine. Talent
is the miner who brings, it forth.
MOD fOS TC3C-2T.
There w III ever I a place for Virlus
io:o.i.
Time's chariot wheels mako thou
rosd in fairest faces.
evt-r kill ally wall club when
feather a ill do a -I Well.
Ood gives every bird its food, bul Joo-
not throw it Into the uet.
Hewhosovs courtesy reaps friend
ship, and he who plants kindness gath
er love. Sul.
Never relate your mi-l' u tunc u an
other, aud never grieve over w hat you
cannot prevent.
Never meet a woman on the day sh.i
is not couuiul w ith herself. Site will
not forgive you in a lifetime.
Let your expenses be such a-a to leav.
a balance in your pocket. Uavidy money
is always a friend in need.
The liberty to go higher thau we are
is given only w hen we have fulfilled
the duties of our present sphere.
Every to-morrow has two hantlln.
We can take hold of it br the handle of
anxiety or Uie handle oi faith. -Jam i
VrttmttH C.irve.
B; thon the rainbow to the storm of
life! the evening beam that smiles th
clouds away, and lights to-morrow wilh
prophetic ray.
Human brutes, like other beasts, find
names and pol-ons in the provisions of
lifc, and are allured by their appetite
to their destruction. .
Truthfulness is a corner-stone iu
character; and if it not be firmly laid In
youth, there will always be a weak spot
in the Inundation.
Otten the grand meaning-i of faiv-a
as well as written words may lie chiedy
iu the impression of those who look on
them. lw-Tjf A'if.
Is it to be thought unreasonable that
the people, in atonement for the wrong
of a century, demand the vengeance of
a single day. Jlttf-mpierrt.
By annihilating the desires you anal
hilate the mind. Every man' without
passions has within him no principle of
action, nor motiv. lo act.
Satires and lampoons on particular
people circulate more bv givine cnoles
in confidence to the friou.ls of the par
ties than hy printing them.
Self-satisfaction Is the cnmpensatioia
of littleness. Greatness is discontented
and self-upbraiding, and remorseful
that It accomplishes so little.
By looking Into physical causes our
minds are opened and enlarged, and In
this pursuit whether we lose the game,
the chase Is certainly of service.
Indolence is a distressing state: we
must be doing something to be happy.
Action is no less necessary than thought
to the instinctive tendencies of a human
Irame.
If you have any curio-Kr to know
how subtle the d. vil i, you need not
ask your neighbor. Just take a quiet
survey of your ow n hie and you will
mm out.
There Is something in religion, wbeu
rightlycomnrehen. le.l, that is masculim.
aud grand. It removes tho-e llttU de
sires which are "the constant hectic of
fool." Cerit.
Profligacy consist not in i.en.lii.,r
year of lime or chests of money, but in
spending them off the line of your ca
reer. Siend for your expense, and re
trench ilia expense which I not your.
Bayard Taylor Is said to nave re
marked that It Is a withering satire on
our clvilizition fhit no sculptor ha
Ureal, or ever will .1 a-e, to m.slrl
statue wearing a stove-pipe hat.
In China any criminal posee. ..i
fifteen dollars may procure a subiii.jia
w ho, having (lepo-lte.l the money la,
the hands ot his pa,r relatives, win
cheerfully undergo lb operarlort . le
es pi tat hm.
There are thre means ajf believing
by inspiration, by rei-m, and hy cus
tom. Christtaiilty, which is the only
rational institution,. foes yet admit name
for Its son- who.loiiol believe by In
spiration. Piwitl.
"It we are tolly- afer Jeth, why
don't we have some knowledge of if"
said a skeptic to a a-iergyman. "Why
didn't you have sarnie knoa letlge of this
world before y oaa cauie Int. via
the caustic retort.
Whatever is preached to us, an I
w hatever we lern we should stl.l re
member that it I man that gives vn l
man that receives; it is i a mortal hr4
that present it to u, It is a morui han i
that accept it. Jf..cnys.
It 1 remarkable that Provi.Ienc b-i
given all things for our advantagaienear
at baml ; but iron, gold and silver . be
ing both the Instruments of blood an 1
slaughter, and the priare of it, nature
has hidden them tn the bowels of the
earth. .Sisei.
FaJsehaioal isdiftVuH to lie maintained.
When the materials of a building are
solid blocks of stone, a very rude archi
tecture will suffice; but a structure of
ratten materials niels the rno-a careful
adjustment to make it stand at all.
H'Aovy.
George E!lat ought to live upon honey
anal rue; tint she d.en't. A clever per
son who Uveal for three weelu Iu the
same htUs) wilh her in the days before
-he was known preserves bis recollee
tlon of her as a plain young woman with
a strong liking for beef-leak.
It Is a sad weakness In u, flint the
thought of a man's death hail"- him
anew ton; as If life were not sacred
too; a if it were comparatively a light
thing to fail In love and reverence to (he
brajther who has to dim!) the whole
toilsairne steep with us, and all our tears
and tenderness were due to the one w ti
ls spared that hard fortune.
htmud sl-ri.
It in w 'underfill how mii.-lj may be
done to protract exi-fence by the habit
ual restorative of sound -leep. Late
hour umler menral strain are. a.f conr-e
ilu'omuatihle with t lii- sola, em.-nt. Ou
this topic Dr. iticbardsou rays it has
been painful for him lo trace the begin
nings of pulmonary auii-uiiiption to
late hours at 'unearthly balls and even
ing parties." hy hich re-t is broken,
ami eii.-roe liui. nls made on the consti
tution. But, he adds. "If iu middle
age the habit of taking deficient and Ir
regular slea.p lie -till maintained, every
sonr.-e of depressiaiu. every latent form
of disease is ajuickeiieal a,,.l iiiieusided.
The sleepless exhaustion allie, it-rll
with all other pras-es,). af exhaustion,
or it kill- iniiereeptibly, by a rapid in
troduction of premature old age, which
leads directly to premature dissolution.
There, at muv, is an explanation why
many people die earlier than they
ought to do. They violate the primary
principle of taking a regular night's
rest. If they sleep, it is ili-turoe.l.
They dream all sorts of nonsense. That
is to say, they do nat sleep soundly or
for any useful purpose; for dreaming ii
nothing more than wild imaginative
notions passing through the brain
while half-sleeping or doing. In
dreaming there is no proper or restora
tive rest.