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VOL. XXXI.
MIFFLIXTWX, JUNIATA COUNTY, PEXXA., "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1S77.
NO. 25.
C0XSTA5CY.
The weakest heart, whate'er its changes,
Hewe'er the varying life may run.
Ho ne'er the light affection rangea.
Is coust&ut in its depths to one.
Thrcugh mreetent lands the stranger wanders,
Vet none of all like home be sees ;
Ou many a maid his fancy squanders.
But gives his heart to none of these.
Ey night and day a constant yearning
Burns in his heart for one afar ;
To her his thoughts still backward taming.
As the fond needle seeks its star.
The lightest heart whate'er its changes,
I'ntil this litful life be done,
Howe'er the fickle fancy ranges,
lb constant in its love to one.
Kow Marion got his Rifles.
The close of the year 17S0 was a sad
day tor America. . The British held the
country from Charleston to the upper
Santee, and iu order to complete their
conquest bail established a chain of
po-ts throughout the stale, each of
which was strongly fortified and de
fended by a good garrisou. Organized
resistance to the British there was
none. Ou the American side the prin
clpal actors in the struggle were the
men who composed the famous "light
brigade" of General Marion.
The favorite rendezvous of Marlon
was at Snow Inland. This is a piece of
high river swamp, as it is called in the
Carolina, and was surrounded on three
sides by water, so as to be almost im
pregnable. Here Marion had his camp.
From this fortress he issued forth at
pleasure to ravage the enemy's grana
ries or capture a straggling party of bis
troops. Secure in his retreat, be bad
no fear of pursuit.
In the city of Char'eston, the despo
tism of the British was at its height;
the proud-spirited people of that capi
tal w ere presseddown by a grinding tyr
anny. Many of them were still open
am1 uncompromising iu their hostility
to the English, while others, thinking
they c"uld best serve the cause in that
way, affected a hearty submission to
the conquerors, and were semingly the
most loyal fo King George's subjects.
Yet, while the English saw this and
congratulated themselves upon the
good effect it would have upon the
colonists, these very "loyalists" kept
the American commander constantly
informed of all that passed within the
British lines, and many a disaster of
the English was in this way directly
a'tributed to them.
Oue of these persons was a lady of
line social standing and great wealth.
Indeed, there were few persons in
Charleston over whose submission to
the crown the British were more elated
than thev were over that of Mrs. Anne
Garden. She was a young aud beauti
ful widow, just 25, and for several
years bad been the standing toast of the,
beaux of the Carolina.. When the
British took the city she was oue of the i
first to submit to the King, aud since
then her house had been the favorite
gathering place of the red-coat gentry
Many of Mrs. Garden's friends, who
were staunch patriots to the last, quietly
cut her acquaintance, and shook their
heads in silent indignation when her
name was mentioned, and when they
dared speak at all it was only to con
demn the widow's treachery. In the
camp of Marion, however, there was
one cheek that kindled with pride and
not with shame when the lady's name
was mentioned; and as for General
Marion himself, be could have told tale
that would have startled the widow's
Charleston friends had it been safe to
do so.
While Marion was creating so gfeat
an excitement beyond the gates of
Charleston, Mrs. Garden resolved to
irive a ball. Preparations were made
on an extensive scale, and the loyal ele
ment of the city was in high feather,
The splendid mansion of the young
widow was dressed with flowers from
cellar to garret, and blazed with lights
on the evening appointed for the as
sembly, and the band of the garrison
. discoursed sweet music to the assembled
crowd.
The entertainment was at its height
when the crowd near the door parted,
and a young man came forward hur
riedly. He was tall and splendidly
loruied, and carried himself erect with
a proud, martial air. He was dressed
in the uniform of an officer of the tory
legion, and his general appearance was
that of a man who bad ridden far and
bard during the day. As the young
widow saw him, her face flushed and
then grew deathly pale, and she sprang
forward with aery of alarm.
What are you doing here?" she
asked, hurriedly.
"You will see," be answered quickly,
in a low tone. "Only, for Heaven's
sake swear black and blue to whatever
1 may say !" Then he added, calmly,
and in a louder tone: "You see, my
dear cousin, I have come back to my al
legiance." "1 am delighted to hear It," she re
plied, warmly, taking the hint at once.
I never tliougbt your heart would
cling to the rebel cause."
"Faith," he said, laughing, "if my
heart had clung to it, my stomach would
have driven me from it. I'm not fond
of starving, my fair cousin, and King
George lives well, you know. Here
after, Thomas Wilson lives and dies
loyal man."
Colonel Watson had beeu standing
by, during this conversation, watching
the couple closely. Xow he stepped
forward to the lady's side.
"Who is this gentleman?" he asked,
somewhat sharply. "He seems won
derfully familiar."
"Oh, replied the lady, laughing, "he
iJ my cousin, Lieutenant Thomas Wil
son, and, as you will perceive, in bis
majesty's service."
'You seem rather careless of your
dress, considering the occasion, sir'
said the colonel tartly. He was annoyed
at the great interest which the lady had
shown the new comer.
"My business must be my excuse.
Colonel," said the young man respect
lully. "I am the bearer of a letter
from Major Gainy, and my orders are
tl lose no time in delivering it. I
have ridden hard all day, sir, and upon
reaching your head-quarters learned of
your presence here. This lady being
my cousin, I had no hesitation in com
ing here at once, trusting for pardon to
the urgency of my mission."
As be spoke be handed the colonel
sealed letter. Watson took it hastily
ana broke the seal. As he read it
smile of satisfaction overspread his face.
"this is very good," be said, glee-
iuuy. "Gainey is picking up recruits
oy the hundreds. Wants four hun
dred rifles, fifty sabres, and some am
munition. Will I send them? To be
sure, 1 will. ILtve you any wagons,
lieutenant ?"
'Xo, sir," replied the young man.
-Major Gainey was afraid to seud them
,1 mt . ...
uuwn. mere s no knowing when or
where one may meet that Swamp Fox
ana his sneaking cut-throats."
"Very good," said the colonel. "I'll
furnish you with four wagons and a
guard of filty mounted men. You will
start at sunrise in the morning, lieu
tenant. Call at my quarters at mid
night and you shall have the necessary
orders. Xow, sir, you had better take
rest, as you will need it."
"First let me offer him some refresh
ments," said the widow quickly. "He
is tired and hungry, I know, aud no
guest must leave my bouse in such a
state."
"Return quickly, then," said the col
onel. "I shall be miserable while you
are gone."
The young man offered his arm to
the lady ; and they left the bill room ;
but instead of going to the dining-room,
she led him straight to her chamber,
and then, locking the door, said anx
iously: "For Heaven's sake, Charles, what is
the meaning of this?"
The young man did not answer ver
bally, but, catching her to his breast,
kissed her passionately, and, to be frank,
the young widow did not resist him.
"It means," he said at last, in reply
to her repeated questions, "that we
want arms, and I have come in quest of
theiu."
What they else said matters not now;
but before they separated, Mrs. Garden
seemed very well satisfied with the
young man's explanation. Tlioy then
repaired to the supiwr-room, where the
young man found ample refreshments,
aud the lady returned to the ball-room,
where Colonel Watson was impatiently
awaiting her.
At midnight the lieutenant called at
headquarters, and, faithful to bis prom
ise, Colonel Watrou was there. The
necessary orde.s for the delivery of the
arms and ammunition and wagons to
Lieutenant Thomas WiUou of the 'loyal
legion, were made out, and the colonel
also placed in the young man's hand a
sealed letter of instructions to Major
Gainey.
The rest of the night was
spent in procuring the desired articles,
aud at sunrise the next morning. Lieu
tenant Wilson, with his wagons and
their contents, escorted by a guard of
fiity men, set out for the "High Hills
of Santee," where the tory major's
headquarters were located.
The wagons and their escort made
good time, and by sunset they were
forty miles from Charleston. The sun
was scarce half an hour high, when
Lieutenant Wilson ordered a halt, for
the purpose of encamping for the night.
The mounted men fastened their horses
to the trees, and removingtheir saddles,
prepared to cook their evening meals;
the teams were unhitched from the
wagons, and the command busied them
selves in preparation for a comfortable
night. Every one was busy, and .10
one noticed that while these arrange
inents were in progress Lieutenant
W. bad drawn off from the party, and
disappeared in the woods that bordered
the road. Suddenly there was a crack
ing in the brushwood, which caused
the British troopers to spring to their
feet In alarm. As they did so. a voice,
which sounded not unlike that of the
young lientenant, shouted, loudly:
"Surrender, or you are all dead men !"
General Marion secured his prison
ers, together with the arms, ammuni
tion, wagons and horses, and set out,
after a rest of a few hours, for "Snow
Island." At the request of the bogus
Lieutenant Wilson, he sent back one of
the red-coats to Charleston with a note
to Col. Watson, informing him of the
trick that had been played 011 him by
the young officer who so far from
being a lieutenant in the tory legion,
was none other than the famous Capt.
Hampton, a captain in Marion's brigade,
who planned and carried out the affair
successfully thanking the colonel for
the excellent weapons and other mater
ial he had sent him, aud promising to
do good service with them.
The British commander was furious
when be read the note, and saw the
hoax of which be had been made a vic
tim. He went in haste to Mrs. Garden,
but tiie fair widow had sailed for Eng
land. He was compelled to swallow
his mortification in silence, and a few
years later, when the war was over,
his chagrin was not a little increased
by the tidings which reached him that
Mrs. Garden had married tlie young
officer who had tricked him out of his
rifles.
;aa Bills Here and In Kngland.
The Londoners apiiear to have gas at
a very low rate, indeed. The other day,
at a public meeting in Xewingtun, a sub
urban district, liehl lor tlie purpose 01
protesting against the high prices of
gas. It was resoivcu mm in uir ohihi
of this meeting, the Phttmix Gas Com
pany ought to supply the consumers
with gas at the same price as the South
Metropolitan Coinny does, namely
per 1,000 cubic feet, free of metre rent."
Thia is at the rale of -thout 73 cent per
1,0(10 feet, under rf4 'V.1'1"
of sixteen sjieriii cano 1. .. mimore
the present price ot gas is ti..s. per
1 000 feet, discount off; In Philadel
phia it is f2J9 per 1.000 feet. Tlie other
day a proposition was made to Cougress
to contract for the supply of the public
buildiucrs at $1.50 1,000 feet, ana to sup-
ulv the private consumers of the city at
l".75 per 1,000 feet.
-oble Engineer, or Bessie Kendriek's
Journey.
"Cars stop twenty minutes!" called
out Conductor Richardson at Allen's
J unction. Then, as the train came to a
dead halt, he jumped down upon the
depot platform, ran along to the front
of the long line of passenger cars, where
the engine was standing, and swinging
himself up into the cab, said to the
engineer:
"Frank, 1 want you to come back to
the first passenger coach and see a little
girl that I don't hardly know what to
make of."
Frank nodded without speaking,
deliberately wiped his oily, smutched
bands in a bunch of waste, took a look
at his grim, dusty face in a narrow little
mirror that hung beside the steam
guage, pulled off his f-hort frock, put
on a coat, changed bis little black,
greasy cap for a soft felt, taking these
"dress up" articles from the Under
box, where ail engineer has something
stowed away for an emergency, and
went back to the cars as requested.
He entered the car and made his way
to the seat where the conductor sat
talking to a bright looking little girl,
about nine years old, oddly dressed in
a woman's shawl and bonnet.
several or the passengers were
grouped around the seat, evidently
much interested in the child, who wore
a sad, prematurely old countenance.
but apiieared to be neither timid nor
confused.
"Here Is the engineer," said the
conductor, as Frank approached.
She held up her hand to him, with a
winsome smile breaking over her
pinched little face, and said :
"My papa was an engineer before he
became sick aud went to live ou a farm
in Montana. He is dead, and my
mamma is dead. She died first, before
Willie and Susie. My papa used to tell
me that after he should be dead, there
would be no one to take care of me,
aud then I must get on the cars and go
to bis old home in Vermont. Aud lie
said, if the conductor wouldn't let me
ride because 1 hadn't any ticket, I must
ask for the engineer and tell him that I
am James Kendriek's little girl, and
that he used to run on the M. & S. road.
The pleading blue eyes were now
suffused with tears; but she did not cry
after the manner of childhood iu
general.
Engineer Frank stooed down and
kissed her very tenderly ; aud then, as
lie brushed the tears from his own eyes,
said :
"Well, my dear, so you are little
Bessie Kendrirk. 1 rather think a
merciful Providence guided you on
board this train."
Then turning round to the group of
passengers lie went 011 :
"I knew Jim Kendrick well. He was
a man out of ten thousand. When 1
first came to Indiana, before I got
acclimated, I was sick a great part of
the time, so that 1 could not work, and
I got homesick and discouraged. Could
not keep my board bill paid up, and I
didn't much care whether I lived jo
died.
"One day the pay car came along and
the men were getting their monthly
pay, and there wasn't a cent coining to
me for I hadn't worked an hour for the
last month.
"I felt so 'blue' that I sat down on a
pile of railroad ties, and leaned my
elbows on my kr.ees, with my head on
my hands, and cried lik a boy, out of
sheer homesick ness and d iscou ragemen t.
"Pretty soon some one came along
and said, in a voice that seemed like
sweet music in my ears, for I hadn't
found much real sympathy, although
the boys were all good to 1110 iu their
ways. 'You've been having a rough
time of it, and you must let me help
you out.
"I looked up, and there stood Jim
Kendrick, with his month's pay In his
hand.' He took out from the roll of bills
a twenty dollar note and held It out to
me.
"I knew he bad a sickly wife and two
or three children, and that he had a
hard time of it himself to pull through
from mouth to month, so I said, half
ashamed of the tears that were stream
ing down my face, 'Indeed I cannot
take the money, you must need it
yourself.
" 'Indeed you will take it, man,' said
Jim. 'You will be all right in a few
days, and theu you can pay it back.
Xow come home with me supper and
see the babies. It wi do you good.'
"I took tlie note and accepted the
invitation, and after that went to his
house frequently, until he moved away
and I gradually lost sight of him.
"I had returned the loan ; but it was
impossible to repay the good that little
act of kindness did me, and I guess
Kendriek's little girl here won't want
for anything, if I can prevent It."
Theu turning again to the child,
whose bright eyes were wide open now,
the engineer said to her :
I'll take you home with me when
we get up to Wayne. My wife will fix
you up, and we'll write and find out
whether those Vermont folks want you
or not. If they do, Mary or I shall go
with you. But, if they don't care much
about having you, you shall stay with
us and be our little girl, for we have
none of our own. You look very much
like your father, God bless him !"
Just then the Eastern train whistled,
Engineer Frank vanished out of the car
door, and went forward to tlie engine,
wiping the tears with his coat sleeve,
while tlie conductor and passengers
could not suppress the tears this little
episode evoked during tlie twenty min
utes' stop at Allen's Junction. Mr.
Preston.
The Carnival In Pern.
It would require a man of wide and
varied experience to describe how they
"play at carnival In Peru." The aim
all have in view is to get as much wild
enjoyment out of the three days as pos
sible. A Iady'"uSay receive a little
scented water from a delicate spring, or
she may receive the contents of a bottle
of pickles and the yolk of f J e?g on the
crown of her bead ; she may stand In
her balcony and pelt the passers-by
with ega shells filled with sweet things,
or she may find her house Invaded and
herself placed gently In her bath. To
pass through the streets of Lima is to
insure a drenching, either from those
very convenient balconies or from the
brawny negress who cooly awaits your
coming with a pail of water, which she
empties right over you. In the country
the object is the same, but the means
sometimes differ. At Matucana, a poor
little Choia, coming along with a fe
potatoes, Is seized and laid lengthwise
in the8tream which runs by the side of
the railway. Another, who has
"played" oftener, stands knee deep in
the same stream, with a calabash, and
to her descends a man with a wooden
bucket, and for half an hour they dash
water at each other, resting at intervals
to recover breath. Here a gentleman
has a handful of bitter herbs, which he
rubs In the teeth and mouth of his lady
love, while that lady's friends dexter
ously insert between his shirt and skin
a hanlful of nettles. But she does not
escape harmless, for, just as she has
planted the nettles well home, her
mouth is rilled with blue mixed Into
paste. They seem to enjoy it.
Health.
Modern science ha discovered that
there are certain principals and laws.
outside of the nvrteria mrdira, which
almost magically eradicate from tlie
human system the ills that flesh is heir
to, and particularly in all cases affect
ing the muscles and joints. And this
efficacious mode of treating diseases has
been most successfully uursued in the
Metrosdis by a woman, and one self-
made in the profession she follows, that
of manipulator and electrician. Mrs
E. T. Maycrink is well known, aud
indorsed by most of the iminent physi-
chins of this City, Philadelphia, Balti
more, and Washington, and like Char
lotte Cii-liman, Mrs. Maycrink Is "dead
in earnest" in all she does, never having
time to listeu to the wiseacre isms that
of late years have so interested ambitious
females fond of sensation and excite
ment. Mrs. Mavcrink has a number
gentlemen ami ladies studying with her;
her son, Mr. 1 .011 is Maycrink, is fa
gaining an envious reputation 111 the
profession at which his talented mother
rands without a rivel. So much for
the success of a lady of brains, who has
teadilv and courageously attended to
her ow n business, and hence can show
a practical example of what a true and
good woman can do in the support of
herself and family.
Striking San IXsl.
Another of those curious devices
striking sun dials lias been invented
hy M. Allegret, the apparatus being a
modification of what is known as the
olar counter for registering the times
at which the sun shines or is obscured.
I'o etl'ect this there are two balls, one
black and the other yellow, fixed at the
pposite ends of a lexer, sustained by a
central pivot. When the sun shines the
black ball absorbs more beat than the
yellow one, and the vaiior of a liquid
outuined ill the former is elevated to a
higher teuiieratiire than in the latter.
As the result, the vaior leaves the one
ball, and, being condensed in tlie other,
this becomes the heavier, disturbs the
equilibrium of the system, ana 111 so
loing liberates a weight, giving motion
to a clockwork attachment. In M.
Allegret's dial, a pair of these balls is
fixed at every hour mark. When the
shadow of the gnomon reaches any
particular hour mark, one of the balls
is -haded, a preponderance of liquid
enters the ball, the lever tilts, the
mechanism Is set going, and a gong
sounded as often as the number of the
hour to be indicated. It is, of course.
necessary that the sun shine when the
hour mark is lieing passed by tlie
shadow , or the time will not lie struck.
A Bird's Charity.
Last summera pair of robin redbreasts
built their nest in the vicinity of a fash
ionable country boarding-house. In
due time the heads of four young robins
w ere observed by some of the boarders
peering above the "sides of tlie nest,
when some thoughtless hoys passing
that way shot both the parent birds and
left the young ones to perish. The ladies
and gentlemen, moved to pity by the
hapless condition of the poor birds,
were devising plans for their relief,
when a little brown wren flew to the
nest, surveyed the unfortunate state of
things for a moment, then disappeared.
In a few minutes it returned, liearing
food of some kind to the starving robins.
Much surprised at this, the human
sympathizers resolved to await further
developments before proceeding to put
their plan of relief into ojieration, and
were delighted to find the wren had in
real good earnest assumed the care of
that orphan family. With untiring
energy it hunted worms and food of
such kind as was suited to the wants
and tastes of its proteges, and continued
its kindly offices until the birds were
full fledged and able to take care of
themselves.
The Antiquity of Felt.
Felt probably preceded woven fabrics.
In Central Asia, the home of the Argali,
from whence the domestic sheep has
probably sprung, the clothing and tents
of the people are yet, and have been
since the first recorded times, felted
fabrics. The latticed-huts referred to
by Herodotus and ..Eschylns are covered
with felt, of which also the flapping
screen which answers for a dtxir is
made. The Chinese traveller, Chl-fa-bian,
who visited India in the fourth
century, dceeribes the people of Chen
clien, who lived about the Lake of Lob,
as w earing dresses of Chinese cut, but
made of felt. Felt covered the funeral
pile of Heplne-lio, whose obsequies were
so splendidly celebrated by Alexander;
Xenophon says that felt was used to
cover chairs and couches; the Medes
also used felt for sacks.
A Schweitzer cheese factory Is the
latest addition to the manufacturing ln-
teresta of Reading.
Maxwell's Cood Fairy.
BT A.NN'IC DALE.
It would have beeu difficult to imag
Ine a greater contrast than was pre
sented by two women who were con
versing together in a small cottage
house at Pendleton, one summer day
One was pale and sickly looking, with
a woe-begone face, wearing close
mourning, and speaking with a lugub
rious whine.
The other and much the younger, a
girl of eighteen, was a brilliant blonde,
neatly and becomingly dressed in a
chintz suit of blue aud white, with a
coquettish chip hat with blue flowers.
Her lips and cheeks bloomed with
health, and her eyes were radiant w ith
youth's happiness. Yet, as her compan
ion spoke, a shadow came over her
lovely face, faint, but clouding the ra
diance there.
"1 am sure I can never be thankful
enough to dear Maxwell the older lady
was saying, "but it breaks my heart to
think how I've ruined his prospects."
"Ruined his prospects!"
"Yes. I will tell you all about it.
You know he has beeu with Drewett &
Co. for ten years, aud they have agreed
to take him into partnership, but they
require a thousand dollars from him.
Young Xewbold Is very anxious to buy
a partnership, but they gave the pre
ference to Maxwell. But, oh my dear,
when he had the thousand dollars
saved, and would have been in the firm
next week, only next week, my trouble
came. Just as soon as he got tlie tele
gram that my poor husband was dead.
be came to Omaha at once, and my dear,
I had not oue dollar to put upon an
other, and be paid for everything, and
brought me here with all three child
ren, and I never knew until to day that
he had taken so much of his savings
that he must give up the partnership,
aud go 011 working as book-keeper."
"And you."
"1 do not mean to be a bunion upon
him. I have secured a situation iu the
seminary to teach German and music,
and the children will be educated, iu
part payment. I can easily meet my
expenses in the future. But Maxwell
has furnished tills house for me and
paid a month's rent. There never was
such a brother, never; aud to think that
I have taken all that money. He never
told me, but Mr. Drewitt told me atiout
the partnership, and when I congratu
lated Maxwell the truth had to come
out."
But it is only a delay," said the
pretty blonde, Ida Hunt; "he will soon
save again."
Not for this. Old Mr. Drewitt re
tires next week and if Maxwell is not
prepared to go iu, Frank Xewbold will
take the place. Oh, if only some good
fairy would drop a thousand dollars in
Maxwell's hands.
Good fairies are out of date," Said
Ida softly, with a little quiver in tier
voice. "But I must go now. 1 will
come In again very soon."
Hhe wanted to be alone. She wanted
to think over this story Maxwell Burt's
sister had told her, the story that drew
her heart closer than ever to him, aud
yet which set him so much farther
away from her.
She knew that he loved her. He had
woed her frankly, In straight-forward,
manly earnestness, and she knew, too,
that he had wailed to secure this part
nership before speaking the words she
scarcely needed to bear to read bis
heart. And she had given him love for
love, without unmaideiily boldness, but
sweetly end shyly from the womanly
tenderness of her nature.
And now, now," she thought, hur
rying along the village streets, "he
will never ak me. He is right. I can
not love him less for being so good to
poor Laura, but oh, Maxwell, Max
well !"
She was at home nearly au hour,
when her uncle and guardian came in.
He found Ida at her sewing in the sit
ting-room, but after she had brought his
slippers and dressing-gown, she sat
close beside him, baying her cheek
caressingly upon his arm.
"Uncle John," she said,coaxiningIy,
how much money have 1 got of my
very own."
"About five thousand dollars, if it
was all gathered in."
"Could I get a thousand or it?"
"A thousand dollars! Bless my
heart, what do you want with a thous
and dollars?"
"Please don't ask me. I'll tell you
some day. Can 1 have it?"
Certainly you can, hut really, Ida,
it is all securely Invested; anil is it not
a large sum, my dear, altogether. To
take out one-fifth for some piece of ex
tra vaga nee"
But I want it so much, so very
much. Please, Uncle John; and 1 want
it in money."
Very well. It Is your own to keep
or waste, hen do you want it?
To morrow."
"I'll give you acheck then, and w e will
settle the matter after I sell some of) our
securi ies."
"Thank you! Some day I will tell
you all about It."
"H'm! Very well."
But, while Ida fully Intended to make
a free confession, Mr. Hunt more than
suspected the destination of the money,
and in his heart he approved of it.
The next day was a dull one, and
Maxwell Burt, coming Into the little
cottage home he had fitted up for his
widowed sister, bad a weary, despond
ent air. that went to her heart. He was
a cheery, light-hearted young fellow.
and seldom depressed, but within
twenty-four hours he knew there must
be a downfall of the hojies he had cher
ished for three years, the hopes of
gaining a partnership In the firm of
Drewitt & Co., and the hope of winning
Ida Hunt to share his life aud property.
Are you sick, Max?" Laura asked,
after a long dreary silence, "you have
scarcely spoken since you came in."
He roused himself then, with a feel
ing of self-reproach for bringing his
troubles to add to his sister's burdens.
I am only tired," be said. "There
were but few customers to-day, and we
have been very busy winding up the
business for Mr. Drewitt to retire."
"Do do you stay there?"
"Oh, yes!" and Max battled with a
lump in his throat to speak cheerfully
"I shall keep my old place." "Xo,"
he added, taking Laura's face between
his hands to kiss her lips; "you are not
to cry! I won't have it!"
"But if it had not been for me,
Laura faltered.
"It U best as it is. I love you, dear,
far, far better than my business pros
pects."
But down in his heart, a sharp pang
reminded him of oue he loved better
than either business or sister.
"It breaks my heart," said Laura;
"Oh, if these were only good fairy tale
times."
And as she spoke, there was a rap
upon the door. A ragged urchin stood
there with a letter.
"Is Mr. Burt here? They said to his
boarding bouse he w as over here."
"Come in! I'm here!" cried Max
well. 'I was to put this in your hand, sir,
and to say your good fairy sent it."
"Who gave it to you ?"
"I don't know, sir. It were an old
woman I never seed afore, all miitnVd
up in a waterproof with a caliker hood
on, an green glasses and spoke thick
like, and sez she, 'you give this here to
Mr. Maxwell Burt, and say a good fairy
sent it.' "
Itisall right then. Here is a quarter
for vou."
"That's two. She gave me one."
He shuttled offthen, with the step pe
culiar to boys who wear cast off lioots
two sizes too large for them, and Laura
closed the door after him.
Why dou't you open it, Max?" she
asked, seeing the envelope the boy had
given him still unsealed in his hand.
"Why, it is not directed,"
It was indeed a blank envelope, and
as Maxwell slowly 0ened the seal, two
bank notes fluttered out, fur five hun
dred dollars each.
"Oh, Max."
And then Laura did cry, happy tears,
and Max, putting his arm around her,
diil not try to check the outburst of
grateful affection.
'Some rich man who knows how
good you have been to me has taken
this way to give you the partnership,"
she said. "Perhaps old Mr. Drewitt
himself.7
' Perhaps," said Max, "God bless my
good fairy." 1
The partnership was an established
fact, and the new firm well inaugruated
when Maxwell Burt, seeing Ma in her
own home, pressed his suit, and won a
promise from her to be his wife. He
told her very frankly of the wondrous
w ind tall that had so brightened his
business prospects, and his sister's be
lief that old Mr. Drew it had sent the
mysterious letter, and Ida gently said :
"It would show he appreciated your
long service iu the store, wouldn't it ?"
"Yes." was the dry reply, "aud be
about the first recognition he ever made
of it."
Mr. Hunt gave gracious consent to
the wedding, aud Laura was in a great
state of delight. But it was not until
the young couple returned from their
wedding lour, and were settled in their
own home, that Uncle John came over
one evening to talk business.
"I have a small sum of money in trust
for my niece," he said, very gravely,
"and it is time I gave an account of It."
Then he explained fully all bis in
vestments of Ida's fortune, adding:
"That accounts for four thousand
dollars. The remainder thousand Ida
drew out about three months ago."
A little soft hand fell over bis lips,
but Max lifted it away.
"My guess was right, then," he said,
kissing the little trembling figure he
held in his clasp. "I always suspected
that hooded female was not so old as her
messenger supposed. But, Ida, had I
not hoped to repay you a thousandfold,
I never should have accepted the gift."
"Xor should 1 have sent it," was the
frank, blushing reply, "had I not hoped,
on my part, to be for life, most truly,
your 'good fairy.' "
Iieorerrof lloman Porterien.
A di-coverv of no small intere-t to
student s of Komaii antiquities ha" re
cently la-ell made, cloye to Colchester
a town w hose liouian remains are sec
ond to none in England. The discovery,
or rather series of discoveries, has been
made on jart of the estate of Mr. P. A.
Papillon, of I.exileu Manor, and iijmih a
field which extends almost I'roin the an
cient Roman walls of Colchester paral
lel n ith the small river Colite, iu the di
rect ion of l'xdeu.
Soiiieindicatioiis havingliecn observed
clo-e to the sMt w here two footways to
Ixdeii join, a tentative excavation was
made, w liii-h led siicetlilv to the uncov
ering of a Roman sittery kiln, of h--
culiar rorm. A floor of rectangnla
form, live feet four inches by four feet,
formed of clay ja-rfcctly vitrified, was
first met with, and this was found to lie
pierced with eeiiliar small holes into
the furnace Ix-nealh. The latter was
then cleared out and was found to con
sist of a central passage two feet four
inches high, w ith small lateral cells 011
either ide arched over n ith clay, the
w hole, roofs, w allsand floor, being com
pletely covered w ith a vitreous glaze,
the result of extrenieanil luigcontinuel
heat. Tl-e entrance wasthe only aer
ture except the boles through tothruiw
por baking floor, aud the latter, as well
as the small lateral cells, were evident
ly constructed to distribute the heat up
to and equally over the baking floor.
Tln-re w ere trace of steps dow n from
the surface to the firing place of tlie
furnace, but there were none whatever
of the covering of tlie kiln, w hich led
to the natural suposition that this had
been formed at each baking by cover
ing over the articles as soon as they
wore placet on the floor with a temj Ho
rary covering of clay and lioughs to
retain the heat around them, w hich
would be reinovei! as soon as the pro
cess of baking was complete. The kiln
had produced the gray mortaria so fre
quently found on Roman sites, and with
all the singular diversity of patterns of
their moulded lips. Xotwo fragments,
in fact, w ere found alike, and there was
the same diCerences of sizes, for while
some could o.ily have been of the ordi
nary size of about eighteen inches across,
othi rs must have beeu of the large size
of aliout thirty inches. LnJun Tiiuet.
A Collector, Disappointments.
I w rote and told him of one gentle-
ma n 's vast col lection of shells; anot her's
noble collection of meerschaum pipes
another's elevating and refining collec
tion of undecipherable autographs; an
other's priceless collection of old china ;
another's enchanting collection of post
age-stamps and so forth and so on
Soon my letters yielded fruit. My un
cle began to look about for something
to make a collection of. You may know,
perhaps, how fleetly a taste like this di
lates. His soon became a raging fever,
though I knew- it not. He began to
neglect his great pork business; presen
tly he wholly retired and turned an
elegant leisure into a rabid search for
curious things. His wealth was vast.
and he spared it not. First he tried
cow-bells. He made a collection w hich
filled five large talons, and comprehen
ded all the different sorts of cow-hells
that ever hail been contrived, save one.
That one an antique, and the only
specimen extant was jxissesseil hy
another collector. My uncle offered
enormous sums lor it, but the gentle
man would not sell. Ihmbtless you
know what necessarily resulted. A true
collector attaches no value to a collec
tion that is not complete. His great
hearts breaks, he sells his hoard, he
turns his mind to some field that seems
unoccupied.
Thus did my uncle. lie next tried
brickbats. After piling up a vast and
inten.-ely interesting collection, the for
mer difficulty siiervened; bis great
heart broke again : he sold out his soul's
idol to the retired brewer who possessed
the missing brick. Then he tried flint
hatchets and other implements of
Primeval Man, but by and by discovered
that the factory w here they were made
was supplying other collectors as well
as himself. He tried Aztec inscriptions
ind stuffed whales another failure.
alter incredible lalMir and exiien.se.
When his collection seemed at last
erlect. a stuffed whale arrixeil from
Greenland and an Aztec inscription
from the Cumlurango regions of Central
America that made all former specimens
insignificant. My uncle hastened to
.ecure these noble gems. He got the
whale, but another collector got the
inscription. A real undnrango, as
possibly you know, is a possession of
in b supreme value that, w hen once a
collector get.- it, he will rather part w ith
Ins family than w ith it. So my uncle
-old out, and saw his darlings go forth,
never more to return; and his coal
black hair turned white as snow in a
single night.
Xow he waited, and thought. He
knew another disappointment might
kill him. He was resolved that he
would t-hoo-e things next time that no
other man w as collecting. He carefully
made up his mi in I. and once more entered
the field this time to make a collection
of echoes. Prrriiittrr.
How he Ki.liCI Know it All.
He was a practical but rather pedan
tic sort of a man, and said he did not
believe language was made to conceal
thought. More than this he did believe
that the dictionary was a work made to
use. and that every man should be fa
miliar with its minutest contents.
But." said the student, "that would
be impossible tor any man."
"Xohsense !" exclaimed the practical
man, "why, there are few words that
could be mentioned that I wouldn't be
perfectly at home with."
"I should like to give you a few sam
ples," replied the student. "I believe
I could commence with the beginning
of Webster, and stump you before we
got through the A's."
"Go on with your sample A's" de
manded the self-confident one, "and
then tackle the B's and run on to the
Z-s."
"I'll try," said the student calmly,
by first giving you a few sentences In
A's."
And squaring off for the work the
student asked the practical man to
please bear in mind and translate, when
he had done, the few sample sentences
following:
"Approach, adorers of Alliteration's
altar. Assemble abJals and abderian
adepts, and analyze an ambagitory and
amphibiological allocution. Accept, as
an apparently acataleptic and absonous
arrangement, an alliterative aggrega
tion, actually anagngetical. As an
acephalist, abjure all adscitit'ous arts
aud adventitious aids as addititious;
and ardently advance. Ablepsy and
audacity are like anatreptic and adia
phorus, and adjuvants aud anamnestic
adhibitions at abstringingand ahlaque
atlng all abstruse anfractuosities aud
anagogics, as all adepts are aware.
Avoid anastrophes as anacoluthic and
anisomeric; and abandoning abtitories,
advance against apparently antiphras-
tical anagraphs. Apply apomecometry,
aud arrive at an apodeicticrl anagnor
isis, and accept an author's acknow
ledgment." There !" demanded the student,
"translate that, and I'll commence with
the B's and run on to the Z's!"
But the practical man who was so in
timate with his own language had fled.
t'ornl.
From early times the coral has been
highly valued for ornamentation, and
great curiosity has ever existed to dis
cover Its real origin, some or tne
ancients proclaiming It to be a plant,
others the product of a plant. One
naturalist averred that it belonged to the
vegetable world, from the fact of his
having discovered its flower, but an
other put this fancy to flight by the
disclosure that what hail been taken for
a flower was, In reality, a tiny insect.
That statement was at first received
with much opposition, but in course of
time it became understood and believed,
and no one at the present time thinks
of doubting the animal nature of the
coralline.
It Is said. that we do not see the coral
at its best, for wheu we get it much of
its brilliant coloring has departed, and
that to admire It fully, we moat see It
in its wonderful home, the depths of
the beautiful ocean.
The poetic Greeks called it "the
daughter of the sea." It is now known
that the coral is formed by household,
of little creatures living together in a
wonderful way, so very strange that It
is difficult for unscientific people to
comprehend it. Coral dsliingisusually
perforuied by Italian sailors, who work
under a padrone or master. But it is
at the cost of fatiguing labor and im
minent peril, that this precious article
is obtained. The apparatus with which
ft Is taken from its marine home, is
called an engine. It consists of two
long pieces of wood, strongly fastened
in the center, to which is attached an
mmmse stone, bearing lines arranged
In the form of a bag. There are thirty
of these, anil spread out in all direction,
with the motion of the boat.
When, .alter long, tedious, aud almo-t
fruitless toil, it at length fastens on ths
coral, the engine opposes for a long
time the most laborious efforts of the
suffering men, who, hall-naked, and
exposed to the terrible fierceness of the
southern sun, work 011, regardless 01
their pitiable condition, aud while they
labor, the crew chant a solemn, weird
melody, the words of which form an
appeal to their favorite saints. When
at length they succeed iu detaching the
precious coral from its native bed, the
men set to work with a will iu sorting
and cleansing that which cost them bo
much labor to obtain. 1c is then
shipped to Mediteranean ports ami sold
to those whose work it is to fashion it
into the pretty jewelry and beads w hich
we all so much admire.
Try Aaaiu.
Everybtsly makes mistakes. Things
w ill not always come out just as w e try
to make them, because some little rong
thing is done, or something that needs
to be done is overlooked.
Well, what then? Shall we get dis
couraged, and let things go as they w ill ?
Some people do; but Mich people have
a bard life of it. Thev think themselves
very unlucky, and complain of their
hard fate.
The little fellow who is at work 011
his example in multiplication finds he
has made a misUike. What'docs he dor
Drop his slate, and go off fretting, and
wishing there were 110 such things as
old bothersome figures? Xo; he is puz
zled; but he knows thereis a mistake
somew here, and he means to find it.
"Try again," is his motto. He will
In-gin again and go slowly and carefully
through all the work. If he does not
find the mistake then, he will do the
Mime again, running through the lines
of the multiplication-table in his mind,
or making them by additions on his slate.
He will hit upon the w rong and get the
right, vou mav be sure. Km-lt lr.
Wrestling in Macedonia
Colonel James Baker, in his Tnrlr'tM
Eurl, gives the follow ing acwount of a
wrestlidg match he uiiucsscd while
traversing the great plain of Mace
donia :
'I passed through a very tine town
called Barakli-Djiiiuaa. in the middle
the plain, and inhabited principally
Christian Bulgarians. A great wre-i-ling
match was going on just outside
the low 11, and I slopH-d 10 w itnes, the
sHrt. A circle of about thirty yard-in
diameter was formed by the men,
women and children Turks. Bulga
rians, and a plentiful supply of gypsies
all sitting closely packed together
round the circumference. There was
the usual accompaniment of a j'vpsy
band. coiiiosed of a drum and a clari
onet, which was kept going contin.i
otlsly. A competitor, iriped to the
waist, steps into (lie ring and walk
round with a grand air as hedisplay
his muscular frame to the admiring
gaze of the bystander. Presently hi
antagonist enters the ring, and IhiIi
conietilors shake hands in gissl-nat ureil
way, ami a little laughing and chatting;
goes on. Theu they commence wait
ing round, every now ami Ihen turning
in to shake hands again, uniil suddenly
one pounces iiMn the other to get the
catch.' and tlie struggle coiuoieuces.
Xo kicking Is allowed, and the throw
must lay the vanquished man upon hi-
back, so that Mth shoulderblades touch
the ground at the same time. The cham
pion was a burly Bulgarian of herculean
strength, w hen. at the invitation of some
black-eyed gipsy girls, a tine but slim
young fellow of their tribe entered the
lists against him; but, although consid
ering his youth, lie made a gallant
struggle, a quick throw laid him -ra
ling 011 his back, to the evident chagrin
and lisapHiutnient of thegy p-y women.
Their eyes flashed with anger as they
now held a hurried consultation, w hen
off started a very pretty girl, evidently
iMMiud iimui some errand. She soon
returned with one of the most splendid
sHcimens of humanity Ietersaw. if,
as is asserted, there were princes and
hikes ninong the ancient tri'x-sot gvp-
sies who emigraiited to Europe, this
must certainly have Ix-en a descent lent
of one of them. His fair escort pushed
him into the ring w ith an air of nride
and confidence, as much as to sa . ' ou
you shall see what a g.vp-y can do.'
The young man w as about '! years of
age, ami uearly six feet high, w ilii .
handsome, aristocratic ami cheery coun
tenance, and as he took oil his jacket
nd handed it to his lair one, and thus
stood strip-l to the waist, there was a
buz of admiration Irom the whole
crowd. He was slightly made, but an
was sinew. laughingly and hail'
niode-tlv he shiH.k his miw erful antag
onist by the hand and then the walk
round w as commenced, the young gip-v
talking and laughing all the time, it
seemed as though neither liked to he the
first to begin, w hen suddenly the Bulga
rian turned sharp upon his antagonist
and tried a favorite catch, but quick s
lighting the lithe figure of the gypsy
eluded the grasp and a sigh of re.ief
w ent up from his clan. The excitement
was now intense, and the young girl
perfectly quivered w ith nervousanxlety
as she watched every movement of her
swain. She would have made a splen
did picture! They were still walking
round, and it seemed as though the
struggle would never begin, w hen, lo?
a simultaneous cry went forth from the
w hole crowd, as the great Bulgarian lay
sprawling and half stunned upon the
ground. The movements of the gypay
had been so quick that it w a imjiossible
to say how the throw was done, hut tne
Bulgarian was turned almost a somer
sault in the air and came dow 11 w ith a
heavy thud. Theyoiiiigchampion shook
biin by the haud, "lifted the heavy man
high into the air, and theu set hiiu uu
his feet."
Troubles, like babies, get bigger by
nursing.
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