AAAVY-Vl(!CV fi(l fit ti t lID fit ft
B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE 00HSTITTJTI0I.-THE innOH-lffD THE EIFOBCIMEHT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXI.
MIFFLIXTOWN, JUXIATA COUNTY, PEXNA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1S77.
XO. 10.
rtfllltai. Good morning, miss," he said, with But the wind howled on, end the rai
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Arrab, Neelie, don't look like a thunder cloud. " ' " ,l!"e u,e P,es" ol continued to come madly down.
darlint; unumg .nr. neooai norner All at once the lawyer was startled
What hum if I did stale a Vim from your lipe? ' You will," she replied, as she opened "T a rPPing t his door. Fearful that
No aenaible bee meets a emiiiug young rose, the door. "He Is not w ell to-dav. but his ears had deceived him. he did not
Bara- will see vou. Are vou not the lawyer?" stir until it was repeated. Then he
But stop, Uiesly tnafe. and a honey-drop aipa. I "Mr name is Mavo. I helonr to th hurried across the room and laid his
Ana, rose or the warrala. snake sist now. u. t, t r i o . .. I ban. I iiu 1-....K
'I thought so. Please walk in, Mr. "ho is there?" he inquired, and
Mavo." held his breath for the response.
The seaker opened the door quite "Aldine!" came the reply in accents
wide and stood against it while Clarence which he recognized. "Mr. Mayo, if you
Mayo crossed the threshold, and passed are dressed, open at once, for I want to
see you. Something terrible is happen
ain't I
More etneible far than a vagabond bee ?
And bow could X see the swat kisa that was
lying
There on your red lips, aa though waiting for
me.
And Dot take it, darlut? Oh. Seel e. give into the house
Faith I'm awfully sorry I didn't take more.
Twas your fault intirely. Why did yon smile
at me?
Ho great a timptation no man could resist.
Her eyes seemed to be riveted on his ing in our house, I fear."
handsome figure, and she appeared to
look upon him as a superior mortal.
In a cosy room the young lawyer
found a portly old man reclining in a
For your laughing blue eyes, and your cheek large arm-chair. His gray hairs were
wid a dimple.
And your delicate mouth said.
be kissed."
And cou'd I be draining they didn't spake
truth, dear?
Mure beautiful features iike them never he ;
If they do, you should bide them, and not be
desaTuig
Such so innocent, trusting young fellow as I,
Are you frowning still, darlint
give o'er!
Don't I tell yon I'm sorry I didn't take more ?
brushed back from his florid face, and
we're here to he field out a fevered hand to his
A moment later the door was opened
and Clarence Mayo stood before the
w hitest face he had ever seen.
It was Aldine's.
"For heaven's sake, girl "
"Hush! not so loud!" she said, in
warning tone. "I hat man has got
visitor, whom the girl introduced as mto the house again, and is with papa
"the lawyer from thecitv Mr. Mavo." now. He is a bold, bad fellow, and
Merry Vale;
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chapter i.
. iareiice Mayo returned the volume
on law to the library and looked at the
gray-lcarded man who occupied one
corner of the oliice.
"Well, I think I'm sufficiently forti
fied." the young man said, with a
"mile. "I'm going over to Merry Vale."
The old lawyer looked over his gold
riuiined SMctaeles, and regarded his
youthtul partner with a humorous ex
pression of countenance.
"Sufficiently fortified, eh," he said.
"Draw a chair close to me, Mr
Mayo," the old mail said in a voice sin
gularly w eak for a person of his phy
sique. "Aldine, tell Martin to stable
Och. Xetdie. the gentleman's horse for I suppose
he rode over."
The golden girl left the room fol
lowed by Clarence Mayo's glance.
Nr to business," the man in the
anu-chair said. "I am dvins."
The young lawyer gave him an
credulous look.
"An: you needn t look o curious,
Mr. Mayo. I am the victim of the same
terrible and nameless disease that has
utKeu o many 01 our laiuily. "1 am
the last Webb "
" l our daughter , sir. oil seem to
forget her."
The man smiled.
My oaugnier? l he person whom
you have seen is Aldine."
Clarence did not prosecute his
quiries in that direction.
He resolved to hide a future time for
the gratification of his curiosity
Gerald n ebhv was fully impressed
with the belief that he was dying, and
before the lawyer left the room the
last will and testament of the owner of
somehow or other has a control over
my dear parent. I listened a moment;
they are talking about me. Oh, Mr.
Miyo, I dare not tell you what Ac said
Will you not go down, so that you can
be near papa if he needs help? I fear
that bad man will do something; he
always conies w hen it storms."
The girl talked rapidlv and with
fear.
"I w ill go down," the lawyer said.
happy to assist her and indignant at
the mid night visitor. "Slav here, A Kline'
It may not be a place for tender women
where thev are."
"I thank you," she said. "I pray he
may never come hepe again."
Clarence Mayo went down the stairs
and turned into the room where he had
drawn up Gerald Webb's will. He Jeft
Aldine in his bed-chamber ; but did not
see her creep half-way down the stairs,
and crouch there trembling, and with
her heart in her throat. She listened
w itli the terror of a prisoner for doom.
The room in which the young law
yer found himself was not lighted ; but
the sound of voices guided 1iim to the
door of the recluse's chamber.
"I'll come here when I please?" said
a voice which t larence Mayo did not
recognize.
A groan was the resjKmse.
'I saw that city lawyer ride to Merry
I want to see w hat you
"Clarence, my boy, you may be attacked
from a quarter entirely unlooked for. Merry Vale was written
iiieioemaj nuua weak place in poor "You will not return until alter the
defenses." I storm," t lie testator said, noticing the
'":)U7 ,., Kae l'a""r voung attorney making preparations Vale to-dav, and I said that he was go
a curious look as if he was not wholly for departure. -Look! the rain is ing to write Tour will. I w ant to see
auiriu.iraiue me mixture ol Humor already lieafiior on tl i V,, .i. .
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must not go back now. Merry Vale have left me."
r.xpiain, ne sanl. " r course, II contains a guest chamber, and, beside. I "Xo. Danton : it is sailed u it I. v "
to not wish to tail in my mission. If I may need vou ti-ni.'ht." I "U i. ,i ,i.i ..... tr ..i.,.i ...:.i.
The last nart of the seutcm-e was holy wafers Whore isitV"
spoken in such a strange tone, that
Clarence .Mavo agreed to remain over
night in the cottage, and the overcoat
was put aside.
He encountered Aldine again at the
supper table.
She had exchanged her white dies:
for a gray popl in, ir: which she served
who was recovering I
to the man,
from his blow.
"I will not," was the response, and
The Fanner Poison.
rhe old "dead-head system" on the
the speaker roe. "But I do not intend ral,roaJs. n entirely done away w ith
renewing the combat. Look to Gerald now? M onl br"th of Pup'sin,
Webb, and tell me if he is dead." nd " U astonishing to see how many
I 1 1 . . . .
With much difficulty Clarence Webb JC"l"e "T "e WMm w"1,n
lifted the ai.Kri.lar mn Into 1.!. W " ,lU --respeCl in Omer lO g
sn.l hM n.. lia-ht 1.1. " ,rec P rauroau or sieamooat
"Heiadvinr I rhii.t- nuju, .nuc, uk expeiise 01 uicu
i 1 ' . 1
Gooil! Mar I stay here 'till he ".",rwu e,se 10 u,e
dies?"
The question startled the attorney
and Aldine.
"Who are you?" the girl asked. I
know that this man is not my father.
Are vou?"
"So."
"But you know all about me. Will
you uot tell us?
ordinary human soul, exceedingly
sweet. If the willing and rejoicing
dead-head is to be found plentifully
scattered through good society,, it must
not be wondered at that among the
humbler classes his equivalent is met
with at every turn. This whole matter
of "tipping" waiters, and of waiters
expecting to be "tipped," is a very
The storm-visitor glanced at Gerald markeJ. manifestation of the poison of
Webb.
es, he said. "Long ago, girl,
when you were a balw, that man hired
me to sink a ship, on hoard of which
were your parents. I did my work
well. You came ashore, for the waves
would not engulf such a beautiful babe,
and I took you to my employer. I made
him swear that he would be a father -to
you, for I half repented of my crime,
and prayed that God would keep you.
lour name is Aldine Hope. It was on
your baby clothes when I picked you
up. My work made Gerald Webb rich,
This is all. It isn't a long storr. Aldine.
but it is true."
"True, John Danton !"
The trio started at the words, for they
fell from Gerald ebb's lips.
Aldine hastened to his side,
"The secret is told, girl," he said.
I ve tried to be a father to you
"ou nave neen," and Aldine was
sobbing. "Do not leave me now."
And would you have me here, now
that you know me as a murderer? Xo,
no! girl, let me be sone."
pauperism. A man steps into a restau
rant to purchase and consume a meal.
He finds a waiter at his side whose bit
iness it is to wait iihii hnn. It was for
this service that he was hired by the
proprietor, and he is paid for it w hat
his labor is worth. At any rate, his ser
vice is reckoned into the bill of the cus
tomer, and when that bill is paid, the
customer's obligations are all dis
charged. Nevertheless, there stands
the exectaiit waiter, who Iiohs to le
twice paid for his work, or, rather.
hopes to receive something for nothing
The whole army of waiters have lie-
come, 111 their souls, liesrirars. I heir
little arts of extra attentiveuess are the
arts 01 beggary and nothing else, ihnr
practical and obtrusive iauM-risin is a
nuisance to the community, as well as a
curse to them. Manhood goes out as
the fee, unearned, comes in. Manhood
stays out of one whose expectation is
always hankering for a tip.
We have said that t'.ie waiter is paid
for his service by his employer, but this
is not always so. The proprietor him-
She saw his lips close and oien spas-1 self is often a pauper. He tries to get
modically, then pressed her lips to his something for nothing. He charges
heek, and held them there until the full price for his food, and cheats the
soul passed from the weary body. waiter out of his wages, ami lie may
"I am going," Danton said. "I ought compel him to collect them of his cus-
not to bear the dead any ill-will; but he tomers. He not only practices the arts
helped to make me bad. God pity him !" of a pauper himself, but he actually
you can strengthen my defenses, for
the sake of the cause, do so!"
Jothani Truce, the old attorney,
laughed outright.
"You view everything w ith a serious
ye." he said. "You have never been
to Merry Vale?"
"Never."
"And, therefore, know nothing about
its inmates."
"I might say that you are correct,
though I have heard something about
the eccentric old fellow who lives
there."
"Is that all?"
"All. Mr. Truce."
"Then go and understand the tenants cluse's reply to what the lawyer had in
f Merry Vale better than you do. But I tended as a reminder had told him as
lookout for an attack. I fancy that much. Then, who was she, and why
you are destined to meet it." did she dwell in that secluded place.
Jothani Truce was talkins in a mock seeing nothing of the world save its
seriousness of manner that further nowers, raindrops, and birds?
mystified his partner, who awaited the The recluse was not talkative after
conclusion of his remarks with much the evening reoast. As he could not
the tea at the little table, and now and
then joined ill the conversation.
In the few autumn hours whit h had
fled since the meeting Wfore the cot
tage, Aldine hail grown into a mystery
to the lawyer. He knew that she wa
not Gerald Webb's child, for the re-
lmpatience.
"But, Mr. Tru-e "
"You will find out
soon enough,
rest on the bed, a servant wheeled him
in his
from across the threshold of which his
boy!" the old attorney interrupted voice came, kidding his guest good
w ith a smile. "I am over head and ears I night.
in this troublesome Bodle case, so uer- A moment later Aldine came from
mit me to w ish you success at Merry I the room.
ale. 1 "1'apa says that 1 shall show you
larence, finding himself dismissed, your sleeping apartment," she said. "I
h ft the office and mounted the chestnut suppose you are tired. I'apa had a great
horse that stood before thejjuilding." deal of writing for your hands. It
Ills .l.-stintinn ia a Ivsntifnl estate does weary one to hold the pen so
about three miles from the city. It lay steadily for hours."
in the centre of a i.icturesoue valley. "You must sieak from exNrience,
la- l.- t nf T..l.leii hair in a settinc of miss," Clarence Mayo found himself
diamonds. There seemed to hang over sayi'ig.
it s.n.o i...li..i.l.l. mvsterv whieh kent 1 ne 'rl s faw f11
lieople away. But few persons ever
mentioned the name of the estate, and
its owner, noted for his seclusion and
eccentricity, was looked upon as a had
man.
He never came to the city. An old
servant, whose lips were as a sealed
look to the curious, made the purchases
required at the cottage, and the daily
life of its tenants remained unknown.
The young lawyer revolved these
things in his mind as he rode along,
and the strange place burst suddenly
upon his sight when he reached the
summit of a rise. The beautiful valley
seemed to lie at his very feet.
"They ought to be happy there." he
exclaimed, feasting his eyes upon the
cottage shaded by vines and stately
trees. "It looks like a romantic para
dise. I am sure that some angel must
inhabit it."
With such like expresions falling
from his lips, t 'larence Mayo descended
into the valley, and rode down the elm.
Uirdered avenue towards the dwelling
Dismounting at last, and leaving his
horse at the hitching-post, the young
man continued his journey on foot.
The air seemed heavy w ith the perfume
of flower, and birds flitting from
branch to krauch made the day redolent
Tl ere w as a moment's silence.
"You are as exacting as a tyrant !"
"So I am ; but come, Webb, the will !"
Spare it, and I w ill tell you its con
tents."
"Seeing is believing. Xo new sen
tences on this subject if you please. I
can't stay here all night. The will
"Open the desk, there. It is in the
topmost drawer."
The lawyer heard the lid of the desk
fall after the removal of the document
which he had lately penned for the re
cluse.
In the silence that followed the mid
night visitor seemed to lie reading the
will.
All at once his hoarse voice broki
out again.
Curse such a will!" he cried
"Gerald Webb, you haven't left me i
dollar."
"Why should 1?" .
"Why should I not have all that you
call yours, sa ve the m.rtion u-hiih tu-
great chair into his chamber, , ongs to the girl? Didn't I get you the
wealth you possess? And haven't I
leen liberal with you ever since?"
"Don't talk thus. Let me try to bury
the past."
"Remorseful at last, eh?" cried the
visitor, in a sneering tone. "ou did
not possess qualms of conscience when
you hunted me up and bought me for
a price.
'Danton, for mercy's sake cease,
What do vou w ant to-night ?"
Money, of course."
How much?"
"All yon have! I am going away.
This accursed country shall not know
me after to-morrow."
"I have no ready money," was the
response.
'Then "
"Then, what?"
"I'll summon the girl hither, and iu
yonr presence, tell her who she is."
lou almost divulged the secret
aw hile ago. If she was listening she
might have guessed the trulh. Danton,
I am almost dying."
'Better men have died before yon,"
was the cruel response.
"I teel death at my heart now. Go,
and let me die alone while the tem
pest, so like my wicked life, is raging."
"That is sentiment," and the last
n rant ii red the young orJ WM followe1 "J cutting laugh.
1 - rt I , -t i . i . : ...i.i
o, l uu lioi itrate una iimi w iiiiuul
ten thousand dollars."
"I haven't got it."
"Then I'll call the girl. No ! I don't
want to see her. You have helped to
make me bad, Gerald Webh. If you do
not give me what I want, you may die
before the storm is over. I am the most
desperate man in America."
The next moment there was the sound
-o one moiesieu nun, ana with a
glance at the dead, John Danton left
the room.
Out into the night and the storm he
assed.
"TWs is an awful hour, Mr. Mayo,"
Vldine said to the lawyer. "I feel
helpless, weak and alone now. May I
all vou my friend?
forces his waiters into practical pauperism.
The spoils doctrine, as it has been
held and practiced in party politics for
the last thirty years, is a pauper doc
trine. It has grown out of the almost
universal wish to get a living, or to get
rich, at the public exjiense. To get a
chame at the miblic money, men bai-e
"Yes," was the reply. "I shall be ,cen willing to sell their in.leiwn.Ie..e.v
hut too happy to deserve your friend- to do the "dirty work" of ambitious
hip. 1 shall do all I can to make your politicians. ,! to heeomr morally .le.
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based to an utterly hopeless extent
all sides. Fanciful forms, resembling
iu their quaiutness things one reads of
only in the gnome kingdom, rise from
the ground or hang pendant from the
roof. The "Trone de Pluton." "Bou
doir de I'rospreine," "Galerie de la I
Bread.
The original signification of this word
was anything that may be eaten, or, in
general, food; but as uow used it siffni
lies a preparation of some of the cereal
grains. Since the day that "Abraham
Grenouille," are some of the names hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and
given to these curious formations. But said : Make ready three measuresof fine
w hen, alter many windings through meal, knead it, and make cakes upon
innumerable pa-sages, we came to the the hearth," bread has been among all
Salle du Dome, our w onder and ad-1 civilized nations a staple article of food
UUI.IIIUU mine 10 a cuinax. i u is mag-1 ine various processes used hy the an-
uittcent chamlx-r rises to a height of cient Egyptian in making bread are
sixty feet. Its vast proiortions were distinctly represented to-day In the
brought out to great advantage by the paintings on their tombs. The nrimi-
guides, w ho, torch in hand, ascended tiye mode of making bread was to stir
by natural steps nearly to the summit, the cereal, ground Hue, with water mi
while others lit up the scene from be- til a thin dough was formed. This was
low. I made into cakes, laid on hot coals and
At this moment the fantastic weird-1 covered with allies and cooked, then
now ol the ;i was jierfect. I eaten warm. The Arabs of the desert
One extraordinary feature nf these cav-l still employ this method. Later, ovens
ems is the continuous sound of rushinirl were invented. Ihese were round ves-
waters heard from the IJiver I.esse, I selsof brass orearthenware, which were
w hich runs completely through the I heated by afire kindled around them
caverns, forming tor itst-lt an under-1 uen hot the dough was spread upou
ground passage through the hill, their sides in thin flakes. Duriii!' the
The water, w hen reached, look cold I war with Perseus, King of Macedon,
and dark indeed, and reminds one for-1 about 2t) years before the Christian era.
cibly of Dante's "Inferno." Charon's! the liomatis learned the art of ferment-
boat is ready ami we step on board, ing bread, and on their return from
Gradually a pale light begins to steal Macedonia brought bakers w ith them,
in; the lamps are extinguished. One These bakers ami their successors held
can scarcely lielieve that it is daylight very high place in the public-estimation ;
w e s,-e creeping in, so still is it to the they had the care of the public granaries
pale moonlight. Suddenly a fearful ami enjoyed many privileges. From
noise is heard louder than any thunder, Koine the art of bread-making w ith fer
w hich diesaway again in low rumblings, mentation found its way into France;
It is the gun tired by the guides to I hut not until near theclose of the seven-
awaken the echoes of the cavern, The I tenth century was yeast iu general use
noise is simply appalling. Xearer and iu the north of Europe for bread-mak-nearer
we approach the lisrht. aiid I iii.r. In ltLss the i-olleeoi' i.liv.i. b.iw ii.
jain, after lour hours' darkness, we Paris, France, declared bread made
see, framed like a picture by the cav- w ith yeast to lie injurious to health.
em s month, the bright sunlight and I whereiiMii the government prohibited
the green fields. bakers from iiiintr it under a sVfre
Have we lieen in another world? fine penalty, but the sueriority of yeast
might almost fancy so; but the stem bread became so apparent that the pro
reality of feeing the guides soon dispels hibitorv laws were enforced, and soon
the illusion. T-iUU Vhi'tr followed, to became a dead letter. Before yeast
w hich we did ample justice. w as ns.il in raising bread, h aven was
Let me. in conclusion, urge any w ho I employed for this ntirnose. This w hs
i i -
may find themselves at Jemclle or made by mixing floor an, 1 wafer ii. to
Kochefnrt to make a x.int of seeing the dough, and keeping it in a temperature
sister city like heavy pieces of artillery
would set on edge the teeth of Utrecht!
There is nothing to annoy you, or to
grate upon you. Its streets are quiet,
wonderfully clean, well built; it has
groves of trees which are called the
boulevards, and form pleasant walks Iu
the summer. It bas a mint w here all
the money is coined that passes iu thtt
pockets and stocking-toes of this thrifty
people, and travsls even aa far as the
Dutch Fast Indian possessions. It bas
a royal observatory where the sage old
astronomers can keep sympathetic
watch with the lovers iu those shady
groves of the Mai only another proof
how closely allied are the sublime and
the ridiculous."
Th Importance at a Pawport In Italy.
A recent
i rot to of Han. Linnhu Sufiiti.
Magic Virtue In fui.
future life full of sunshine. God knows.
"I do write sometimes," she said,
blushing.
"An authoress, then?'
"Xot so much as that," w ith a smile
Clarence Mayo wanted to see the
effusions of the lovely being who stood
before him. fairer than ever for her
blushes, but he dared not be so bold as
to request the happiness,
But Aldine seemed to read his wishes
iu his looks, for she stepied to a table,
took a book therefrom, and placed it in
his hands.
Owning the album, the young law
yer walked to the lamp and turned leaf
after leaf.
Beautiful ioeins, chaste and deii-
catelv written veritable strings of
glittering pearl
man.
He read them all, knowing that their
young author's eyes were fastened upou
his face, and when he closed the book
it was with a sigh because there were
no more to read.
He could not tell her how he had en
joyed them, could not shae his sen
tences, and he stood before her like a
t.i i : - 1 .....
"",""""" -. ofastruggle. Clarence Mayo who lis-
1 .i.- latnr tne voonu- lawyer "Danton! My poor throat !" gasped
stood alone in the guest chamber of the recluse. "Don't . choke n.e!"
inkinir of the blue-eved - "rse J uu- 1 " .T"u 1
n I a 1 a. a. 1 a .UA .1 A....
" " ' : , " : , , mytery and her piems. insiaui uuw - .......
enery greeted the lawyer, and he ,f s,knew tbe of ,,er life, she wide open, and the young lawyer burst
had doubtless been schooled in its keeping.
u itli t1ic.tr no.lf
All at once a vision lovelier than the Merry i ale.
so
paused suddenly in the path.
A door had ojiened right in front of
him, and, w ith a song on her lips, a
young girl had appeared to his view.
This was the vision.
She started at sight of the unexpected
visitor, the sonr was broken, and, with rain
.. - the latch, she wimlow: the tempest
erease in fury, and ine winu uien
CHAPTER II.
The law ver heard the great drop9 of
beat against the shutters of his
seemed to in-
gazed into his face. crease in niry. anu ...r -
Dressed in spotless white, with no or- bows oi me enus again.. - -
nainent save the wild rose that seemed Merry aie, ami i"n-.u
to blush on her bosom, and with a mass throw the structure.'
of golden hair that appeared to touch In all his life, and he had taken a sea
the ground, so long and w ondrous it voyage, Clarence Mayo had never heard
looked to the law yer, she was very such a storm.
beautiful. There w as a depth of won- It drove sleep from his eyes, and he
.l..r..,..t ; h.- 1,1 -bi.h he resolved to remain up until it had
could not fathom, and he attempted to abated sufficiently to insure hiin undis-
remove embarrassment by speech. I turbed repose
into the room
He saw a strong man's hand at the
recluse's throat, and his eyes flashed
fire at the would lie murderer.
Who are you?" cried the stranger,
starting up, but still keeping his hand
on the recluse's throat. "Oh, the law
yer, eh? See here, young man, you
don't want to be interfering in this
affair. It is one of my own."
But Clarence did not pause to parley
with the fellow, but thrust himself
upon him, and dealt him a blow that
sent him reeling towards the window.
Gerald Webb fell forward on the
floor as Aldine, with a piercing cry,
rushed into the apartment.
"Lie still there, sir !" said the lawyer
Aldine, that it has had enough of Men have hung tb corporations in the
s'l!"''' same way, and the- cannot yet be
Can the reader guess what followed shaken off from them. To r..t some.
the events of that stormy night in thing for uothing to get something for
Merry ale a misnomer then for the than it u wr,h,0 rt something
sweet little home! m.t f, it i, ,.i,--i.... i,.
"I told you to fortify yourself," said ood. ho wrk st.ciallr ifit conl.1
otham Trn.-e to his youthful partner, ukl.n from the jjovernment or a cor-
a long time after the bad night. "I poration-this has been the shameful
knew there were a pair of bright eyes of the .Iu, it :s
at the cottage, and just as I expected, ism. n comes from the genuine noi-
fortificatinus, and
tney stormed your
captured the citadel.
"I w as overjiowered," said Clarence
w ith a smile, "and surrendered with
the honors of w ar !"
He is happy now the husband of
the blue-eved mystery.
Hastily Formed Intimacies.
You can always judge better of a
jiersou's character by her manner of
talking with others than by what she
addresses directly to you, and by what
she says of others than by,whatshe says
to them. A conversation like this
ought to put you on your guard against
any intimacy of a girl capable of it.
The vivacity of youthful feelings is
such that it often hurries girls into inti
macies which soon after nrove uncon
genial and burdensome. You mistake -
... ....:.!.. i. . ft.. i miction
a ii iui iiiiai "ft1 mi ic in- I
natliv. on rrwxhe itifprvlpw far an I to1""
insight into the whole character, and tions Of the popular affection, and gifts
' I 1 a, .1 1 . a, 1 ; 1 ; ? .
tiaiiu f...l.n-..i k-;!- . I iiiai arc uuieu win w mm irvaiiM u ij
' r P Ji. J I . . . I., tl '11. a a
w ronjrly. Far be it from us to reeom- " "' ' "ri
mend a suspicious character; w e w ould c" " uonor; out ine
. v.. ,i!...i .,,: I second cannot lie received, in any case
and again, than see it nourishingsuspie- m me money nas oeen nonesuy
on asahabitof the mind: hut we would rar"ru' """ .sS...cr - --
have you make it a rule never to pledge "I,,,t a",, moral l''age.of the
yourself to any intimacy until you have ,,onor- Bl,t k "W"9 tbat multitudes
taken time to consider your first ini- of ""i"ters are actually trained for
pressions. ami to distinguish between P"IHrism. In a certain notable th.-o-
the charm that really belonirs to a new '" ', wnicn now contains one
acouaintance. and that which w.. hundred and ten students, there are
thrown over your first interview by ninety young men who are receiving
accidental circumstances and associa- " " m"i is i, possnue to pur
sue with these men so sure to destroy
their ludeiieudeiu'e and manliness as
this ? Srrilmtr,
sou. it is a direct ami legitimate devel
opment of the moral scrofula which
taints the blood of the country.
The signs of the poison are every w here.
They are notably wherever there is
a spirit of speculation. Wall street is
the very paradise or its hell, it matters
little w hich. Wherever there is a man
who is getting something for nothing
receiving it, not as a dire necessity, but
gladly and as a matter of policy there
is a pauper. There are multitudes of
churches that insist that their ministers
shall tie paupers. Thev never establish
a thorough business relation between
themselves and their teachers, but it is
a gift by whatsoever the latter may lie
benefited. Inhappilv, there are too
many ministers w ho accept the position
Of course there is a vital dis-
between the gifts that flow
a public teacher as manifests
of from 70 deg. to 0 deg. until it fer
mented, which would be in three or
four days. This leaven was then mixed
with a quantity of fresh dough, and
w hen the w hole mass was fermented it
About the seventh century the super.
titious regard for precious stones
reached its height. The number of was ready for the oven, and all baked,
properties attributed to them at this -ave a pound or more, w hich was re
time Is wonderful. They were said to served for the next batch of bread. If
have the iiower of conferring health, buried in a sack of flour the leaven
beauty, riches, honor, good fortune and w ould keep many days w ithout . spoiling.
influence. Men and women carried I As wheaten flour contains more gluten
them about their persons ar.d called than the flourof any other of the cereals,
them amulets. Thev were thought also it is very difficult to make w beaten
bread spongy and porous w ithout the
use of some kind of fermentation. In
the South hammered biscuit are in re
quest on account of their freedom from
yeast and yeast owders. They are
made of flour, water or milk, and salt,
hammered with the rolling-pin for an
The Twelve apostles also were repre- hour or so, made, into tiny shapes and
sented by gems, called Apostle-stones, I baked iu a quick oven. The hammer
riz.: I iiiir introduces air between the nartic-
t. The hard and solid Jasper, representing the h-s of dough, and thus makes it light.
I Oatmeal, coruuieal and barleymeal cou-
t. The origin blue Sapphire was emblematic of lal" mm " les'' man w neat Hour,
the heavenly tall hot Andrew. land can therefore lie readily made into
3. The Em, raid, of the pure and gentle John. liirht. thin rakes without anv fermenr-
to have some connection with the plan
ets ami seasons. A special gem was
worn for each month, thus:
In Jin The tlyarlntn. In July The Ovrix.
- rrt. " Am Uii si I "Aug. - cvrixliin.
"Jt.rch- J.-per. -S.pt, chrysout--
- Airn - luppnire. I - i i. B ry'-
May - Aaie. I - N..v. Tpaz.
" June K u. laid. I f. Kuny.
Knl for tbe Mind.
When the daily occupation is mono
tonous and uuengrossing, a full- supply
of excitement for the leisure hours may
be desirable; but where fhe mental
powers have been taxed to their utmost
through the hours of labor, it is abso-
utely necessary to health and happi
ness that they be entirely released for
at least a portion of the time that is
left. It is not enough that the usual
amount of time be spent in the absolute
A Fanning Cavern In Belgium.
leaving the Hotel Bironat Kocliefort
the road turns to the right after two
and a half miles, iassing through a
picturesque valley, and gradually as
cending until a point is reached over
looking the village of Han-snrLcsse.
Here a deep descent brings one to the
Hotel de la Belle Vue. from w hich we
rest of sleep, it every waking hour be started for Grotto de Han, having first
filled to the brim with eager serious oc- besiMikcn seats at the table d bote.
cupation. It is not enough that certain
hours be secured, free from absolute
work, if they are still permeated with
energetic thought, intense feeling or
exciting pleasures. The mind needs
rest from effort in its waking hours, a
time when it may rightly lay anide Its
The entrance to these wonderful cav
erns is at a considerable height on the
shqie of the hill, at some little distance
from the village. A party of alxiut
twelve persons, with one guide to each
three persons, entered the cavern. The
guide under whose care we found our-
acuvny anu enjoy oemg acieu upen ny veg was a ,.hiu, alout f)(llr y,LZrf .
calm and gentle Influence.. . raffi,, iamu he ,,,5 was con-
tuient suOeruia:. Isequcntly just under our noses. An-
These tbinirs are often unknown to other drawback besides the smell of the
the world; for there is much pain that ,amP was the exceeding slipieriness of
is quite noiseless, and vibratious that the ground, which constantly brought
make human agouies are often mere "oftealfoa an marcher' from our juvenile
whispers in the roar of hurrying exist- guide, shoute.1 in a shrill treble voice,
ence. There are glances of hatred that "attention a la (."' from the men,
stab, and raise no cry of murder; rob- spoken in a deep bass,
ies that leave man and woman forever How I w ish that I could convey to
beggared of peace and joy, yet are kept the mind of the reader some faint idea
secret by the sufferer committed to no of these marvellous caverns. Passage
sound, except of low moans in the night after passage, room after room, followed
seen in no writing, except that made one another for fonr hours in the very
on the face by the slow months of sup
pressed anguish and early morning
tears. Many an inherited sorrow that
has marred a life has been breathed into
no human ear.
bowels of the earth, each chamber
decked with tbe most beautiful stalac
tite formations, or supported by natural
columus, some of pure white marble,
and glistening with the moisture from
4. The white chalcedony, of ihekjviug JumcS'
4. The friendly &irdyux,of Philip.
. The red Cornelian, of tbe uiurtyr Bartho!o-
h.ew.
7. The Chrysolite, pure as Millfrut, of Matthias.
S. The Indefinite UeryL ot I be doubt tag Tlmuiaa
t. The Topaz, ot the delliale James the
younger.
10. The Chrysopra.se. of the serene and trusifu
Tuaddcua.
11. The Amelia st, ot Matt! ew the Apostle.
11. The p nk Ilyacln h, ?. tbe saet-Men.peied
Mimeoo vt ana.
ing agent. Barley and oatme.il were
for a long time the dependence of our
Saxon am-estors for bread. It was pro
bably barley bannocks the great King
.Mired was set to watch when he took
refuge in the sw iue-herd's cottage.
Willi the facilities within reach of al
most every housekecier, there is no
gi mm I reason w hy every household
diould not have a iTs'tiial peacemaker
iu laicr times an aipnanei was lormetl iu the lamilv in the shaiM- of well-com-
ol precious stones and half-precious I Miiiudeil, nutritious and palpable bread
stones.
Onanup I l'hrctritire f a Tecullar Iutch Town.
Aifate"
Basalt.
i 'acholong.
Dlaxpore.
Tran.-parcnl.
A met lu st.
BerL
ChrysolMTyi.
Dkuu'iod.
Emerald.
Ffl.par.
iarn. t.
Hyacinth.
Uocrase.
Ky anile.
Lynx-sapplilre.
Milk opal.
Natruhle.
tipal.
Pyrope.
Quartz.
huby.
SappUlre.
Tupaz.
1'raulie.
VesuTlanre.
Water-aappblre.
Xaullille.
Irccn.
If, for instance, you w anted the w ord
Alice represented in a ring, you would
choose Amethyst, Lynx-sapphire, Ido-
crase, ChrjsolKryl and Kmerald; or
any group of ttones whose initial let
ters sjk-11 the name.
A.
B.
V.
D.
E.
V.
ii.
H.
I.
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
K.
8.
T.
r.
v.
w.
x.
z.
I Iran lie.
Heliotrope.
Jasper.
KrukldiiUte.
Lapla-buult.
Malaklte.
Nephrite.
my.
Porphyry.
Vuartz-aKate,
Kime-quaru.
Hurdonyx.
Turquoise.
I'll ra-uianne.
Verd-autlijue.
Wood -opal.
X ollte.
Zurllle.
MyMeriea of a Lump off C:tHkl.
A writer In the Arytg says, in ?ieak
ng of ttrecht:
You cannot be long in L'trect without
EBj-piian Pebble, discovering that you are in a new ele-
r irc-tiioue. . . ,. . .
uiriii.. is uiuerciii, irvui any otuer
town in Holland. In Amsterdam you
have all the hurry of commerce ; of men
jostling each other to grow rich that
race for wealth that has become so tierce
a battle and so perpetual a motion. Rot
terdatn is equally commercial, but here
the shipping element more loudly de
clares itself and throws over Its bustle
and work a charm very nearly allied to
the romantic; the freedom ot the broad
ocean, the good-natured carelessness of
those who go down to her in ships, in
lluence her very atmosphere. The
Hague possesses fashion and pleasure
to its heart a content. ulgar com
mi rce most not run a race beside its
dashing equipages and fair occupants.
The tone of society is here, though
much less observable than in Mayfair
and the new Boulevards of Paris; that
wonderful tone which will not allow
its votaries to be natural, and is only to
r or years no one supposed that a piece be be described br the odious and arti
of soft coal, dug from Its mine or bed fieial; assumed as much as the paint
in the earth, possessed any other quality am padding which compose these bril
than being combustible, or was valuable iiant complexions and Venus-like fig
for any other purpose than as fuel. It Ures. Leyden, in spite of a past history
was next found that it would afford a of absorbing interest, is dull in this its
gas which is also combustible. t hemical I day. You almost feel that its atmos
analysis proved it to be made of hydro- phere has become impregnated with
gen. In process of time mechanical goIne 0f the dryness of its University
and chemical ingenuity devised a mode tomes; lifeless and stagnant as the
or manulactiirlng this gas ana applying numberless stuffed birds, beasts and
it to the lighting of buildings and cities fishes contained in iu extensive muse-
on a large scale. In doing this, other Uro. Haarlem, dear Haarlem, lives in
products of distillation were developed, p p8t; iw town hall and wonderful
until, step by step, the following ingre- Id room, its cathedral, and sense-touch-
dients or materials are extracted from ins organ. You wander about its
it: 1. An excellentoil to supply light- streets in a dream of bygone days, and
houses, equal to the best sperm oil, at there is no unusual noise or confusion
low er cost. 1. Benzole a light sort of rudely to awaken you. Hand in hand
ethereal fluid, which evaporates easily, you walk with ghostly phantoms, and
and combined w ith vapor or moist air, go through the horrors and excitement
is used for the purpose of portable gas of that terrible siege as vividly as if
lamps, so called. 3. aptha a heavy 300 years had not rolled on since then
fluid, useful to dissolve gutta percha, and passed into eternity. But Utrecht
India rublier, etc. 4. An oil excellent is apart from one and all these charac
for lubricating purposes. 2. Asphal- teristics. There is no element of com-
tum, which is a black, solid ubstance
used in making varnishes, covering
roofs and covering over vaults. 6. Par
ratine a white, crystalline sjibstance,
resembling white wax, which can be
made into beautiful wax candles; it
melts at a temperature'of 110 degrees,
anJ affords an excellent light. All
these substances are now made from soft
coal.
merce about its streets; royalty throws
no refined flavor into the air; it has
simply and peculiarly the calm, grave,
sedate diguity of a cathedral town. It
knows how to respect itself and how to
make itself by the world respected
though the one fact, you will say, Is a
natural consequence of tbe other. Those
heavy and alarming camions, which
thunder through Rotterdam and Its
case illustrated iu a very
forcible way the ill-treatment to w hich
incautious Englishmen may be sub
jected in Italy. Dr. Giles, the Vice-
Rector of the Knglish College in Rome,
got out at a roadside station between
Rome ami Naples in search of uew
.scenes to draw or paint. He was strong
in the iuniM-ence of an arti.-t and a
priest, hut he was insufficiently provi
ded w ith iaHT of indeiititication. H
slept at a village inn, and at midnight
was awakened by a brigadier of car
biners, w ho requested to lie at once in
formed who the strange visitor might
lie. As it hapM-ued, Dr. Giles had a
iassMirt, but it bore the date of 1S7,
and this would not do for the brist
lier. Dr. Giles alsu produced hi
pne-1 s mtiiiismoii to celebrate mass.
But the brigadier was as illiterate as
a brigadier could lw. He could make
nothing of the passport or of the priestly
document, and he got hoM-lessy con
fused iM'tween the William of the pass
M.rt and the Guglielmo which Dr.
liles said was his name, and between
the Cardinal w ho issued the permission
and the priest who prisliiced it. The
Englishman suggested blandly that the
brigadier's sujierior ollii-er might un-
lerstand the documents, but the brig
adier proudly replied that he w as the
superior ollicer: so there was no help
in that direction. ' Dr. Giles was locked
up for the night in the guard-house,
and when morning came ami he asked
to lie allow ed to telegraph to his friend-,
the brigadier simply Mwketel the tele
gram. In the afternoon he v as taken
to Sora, where a siili-pref.H-t resides,
and after a short time of further deten
tion he was released with a simple
message of regret from the sub-prefect
that a mistake had Is en made. But
this was not all. After spending a week
at Sora, Dr. Giles made a further tour,
and al another little village was a-ked
by another brigadier for his papers.
Again the ancient date of the pnssiort
puzzled the official, w ho told him that
he must stay where he was until the
prefect of the district had examined
his pajM-rs. Dr. Giles insisted on going
w ith his "paiiers ami the brigadier to
the town where the prefect lived. The
prefect saw him, and immediately re
leased him. hut said that the brigadier
had only done his duty, and M.inted
out that it w as very imprudent to travel
without proi.cr papers. It was in vain
that Dr. Giles urged as an Englishman
he did not need a passjiort. The prefect
was insisting on a distinction which
seemed to him so natural and obvious
that no one could fail to nude r-taud it
or need to have it explained to him. A
pa-sMirt in the sens.- of a pcrmi ion to
vi-it the outside of Italian life in tiie
lN-aten track of tourists is not neiv-sarv ;
but every stranger intruding into the
inner Italian life of country districts
where tourists are unknown mii-t have
his pajiers of identification. All the.
officials understood the duties of ad
ministtrtioii in this sen-e. The two
brigadiers acted as in the course o'
their duty. They had no notion that
they could take any course but detain a
stranger who had not his pajiers iu
order. The sub-prefect and the prefect
thought that it was quite right he
should have been so detained. They
were heartliy sorry that fir. Giles had
been subjected to inconvenience, but
they did not for one moment allow that
anything had been done, so far as the
injury he had sustained was one of
provisional detention until his identity
had been established. Sutnr-ln; Hi-nrm,
Civility anil Orerooaay.
Nothing is more honorable and pleas
ant than civility, and nothing more
ridiculous and burdensome than cere
mony. Civility teaches us to behave
with proportionate respect to every one,
according as their rank requires and
their merit demands. In other words.
civility is the science of men of the
world. A person of ginxl address, who
conducts herself with due circumspec
tion, conciliates the love and e-teera of
society, because every one finds herself
at ease in her compiny; but a cere
monious woman is the plague of her ac
quaintances. Such - one "uuires too
much attention to be a plea.-. -.t associ
ate; is too seldom satisfied with wha Is
paid her, and every moment feels her
pride hurt by the want of some frivo
lous etiquette. You cannot be too
formal to her, nor can she dispense
with her formalities to others. In short.
ceremony was invented by pride to
harass us with puerile solicitudes,
which we should blu.th to tie conversaut
with.
A Land of Wonder.
Roraima is a great table mountain
on the borders of British Guiana w hoe
steep and inaccessible sides rise from
the height of 5,UU0 f t above the level
of the sea, 20,11 feet sheer into the sap
phire tropical sky. This wonderful
place is in other resjiects a marvel of
the world. The highest waterfall
known tumbles from its summit at one
leap of 2,000 feet, and then rushes im
petuously 3,t0 feet more on a slope of
forty-five degrees down to the bottom
of the valley, broad enough to be seen
thirty miles away. Only two explorers
have yet even reached the base of the
table, which, it is estimated, is froui
eight to twelve miles long.
The tied of travel the stay-at-home.