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THE COUSTITTmOIT THE TJITIOII THE EirOECEMEJT OF THE LAWS.
B. F. SCIIWEIEIt,
"Editor and Proprietor.
'MIFFIJN1WX. JUNIATA COUNTY PEXXA., WEDNESDAY, JAN U All Y 1. 1S79.
VOL. XXXIII.
NO. 1.
TSS DYKG TEAS.
fir. fir away t'rf-ro u ft glint of crimson In the
west
A rose;;. ViA'W. r-r rrks of fire set in the
' Whose shapes eacu moment, changed anew.
some beauties freeh unfold.
n.e red leaves strew the garden walk ; the
autumn showers fall
Vcrosa the path in gloaming gray ; t!ie whist
ling plovers call.
rte r comrades to the sheltering fen ; the
stealthy owl skims by.
What time the white moon 'gins to sho w be
crescent in the sky.
And rise from river-side the mists, and cattle
cease to graze.
ai lay them down beneath the bonghs ; and
in the fathering haze
Ihe narsh-li-lit show their glittering sparks
of all-delaaive fire.
To lnre the heedless wayfarer into the treach
erous mire.
Wet are the last few flowers with dew the
dahlia's gorgeous croro
tows heavilr its petals bright with glittering
gems bent down ;
1 he crimson foschia gently kuods her purpi
lined bells ;
The frosty nights creep on apace, and the
short daylight tells
tf coming winter, when the earth shall robed
be with snow.
Aid bare shall be the forest trees ; nor shall
there longer blow
'Jue bloom of ail the blossoms fair that bright
ened summer hours.
TU spring shall smile on earth again, and
briug n back the flowers.
200 000 Pounds.
I shall never forget the uncomfor
table position tli:it 1 foil ml myself in
through too free a use of that unruly
member, the tongue. 1 was a voung
IV 1 low th:i, clerk iu a Loudon bank.
My father w as an officer in the army,
tun! lie often told us boys that netting
each of us in some business or pro
fession was all he could ever do for us,
a the scanty pittance he would leave
behind him must belong solely to my
mother and sister. But my brother and
I w ere energetic and hojieful. So long
as each day brought us enough tosatis
ly our wants, we reckoned little of the
future.
One bleak, cold, January morning 1
was greatly surprised, on my arrival at
the bank to find my father pacing up
and down before the building. I was
not living at home just then, and his
presence there made me fear lest some
thing was wrong.
"I'hillip," he began, "are you iu
tim t'an.jou riiare.me three min-
"Ves. sir." I replied, "for a wonder.
1 ee I am ten minutes earlier than I
need lie. What is the matter?"
"Do not look so startled," he said.
"Nothing is wronir. You know )fr.
f O.s rTTs""- I
"Oh, you mean the half-cracked old
man w no is awfully rich, and is my
godfather, as well as cousin, thirty
limes removed?'
"Yea," was the reply. "Well, last
night I received a letter from hini.aftrr
years of silence, in which he asks after
you." And he read me the letter.
"What a queer old boy !" I exclaimed
"Vt list does he mean? ' for I did not
exactly understand it.
"Mean!" cried my father excitedly
sn.ncrnng tne letier Irom me, am
crushing it into his pocket. "Mean
why, to make you his heir, Philli
his heir!"
"Whew!" said I, blushing; "that
a pui l idea !"
"You must apply for leave and go off
it once," sai.l mv father. "Strike
while the iron's hot. It's a splendi
chance, Phillip, splendid ! 1'se it well
and your fortune's made."
So I thought, applied for leave, au
set on lor tne I'adilingtou Station soon
alter, with mr ears ringing with a le
gion of instructions for pleasing old
men, given me by my feliow clerks.
The only one I could clearly remember
as to rise w heuever lie came into the
room, and then eschew every comfor
table arm chair for fear he should want
it. I felt bursting witn importance
and actually treated mvself to a glass of
hot whisky and water at the refresh
ment room.
"Ilellow, W illiam !" suddenly cried
a voice.
"Why, Jack, what brings you here?
I replied, recognizing an old friend
"I'm going down to Gloueester,"-.aid
I.e. "Where are you off to?"
"Oh, to such luck !" I said. "I'm off
beyond Ilercford, to humor an old gen
tleman."
"What" said Jack.
"tome along, and I'll tell you all
about it," said I. "Second-class. Y"es,
!11 right. Here we are."
Alter we got settled in our places, an
old man got In. He was poorlv fixed.
and had a green shade over one eye,
w hile his other looked weak anddroop
ing. We grunted our strong disappro
val at ins entrance, and made mutual
grimaces, out as his blind eye w as to
wards us, they were doubtless lost on
him. As the train moved off I told my
story, which you know already.
ell .lone, Phillip. Your bread is
buttered for you !" he exclaimed.when
e nag heard me to the end. "What a
? i wu? chance
M an aifve, I wish I
was in your shoes, that's all !"
'Yes, yes, ,y jM,y A11 right ,,, j
exclaimed. "Well, it's a shame if 1
don't secure a good smoke before the
light of my pit goes out in obscurity.
Do you object to smoke, sir?"
This latter question was addressed to
the old gentleman in the corner, who
appeared a curious mass of seedy old
coats, railway rugs, and newspapers.
"1 do object very much," was the old
gentleman's gruff replv.
"Very sorry, sir," said I. "I'll keep
my head out of the window, then."
Shame seizes me when I recall this
incident. In lieu of attending to the
old man's wishes, I coolly lit my pipe
and though I knew the wind would'
blow the smoke right into his eyes
though I heard him growling with
rage I puffed on heedlessly. I should
tro
be sorry to be so rude, now, but you see
I was young and very excited.
The short January afternoon was
drawing to a close, and very soon after
we were dependent on the lamp that
, r "rtre rer!aje
roof lor iic.
Whether it was the old man's exam
ple who had gone to sleep, or the mo
notonous noise of the train as it speed
ed along, or that our powers of chatter
ing were exhausted, I know not, but
anyhow we too began to feel inclined
for a nap. Hut we found the lamp an
iuto'erible nuisance, with its inces
santly flickering light.
"Bother it! Can't we blow if out?"
I exclaimed.
Not if we cracked our cheeks. But
I've a notion!'' cried the ready-witted
Jack. "Hand me the old boy's hat."
"What lor?" 1 asked.as I handed him
the article in question. It was worn
and rust)", but well brushed and well
shaped
"To make an extinguisher of," said
Jack, and so saying, he fitted it on to
the lamp, making the globe net like the
bald head of the owner of the hat. It
fitted to a nicety, and so tightly as to
keep well iu its place. The arrange
ment answered splendidly, and not a
glimmer of light was to be seen.
When the train stopped at Swinden
we awoke, and rushed out of the car
riage to get refreshments, quite forget
ting our fellow passenger aud his hat.
Ou returning we found they had both
flown. The irain started, and when we
arrived at Gloucester, Jack left me, J
had a coid, lonely journey to my desti
nation, a little station just below Here
ford. When I arrived it was nine
o'clock; a dark, raw night; I was very
sleepy and tired For some moments 1
could not find my portmanteau; then
my hat box was missing, and while I
was searching, the guard was exclaim
ing about the delay of the train. At
last it was all found, the guard whis
tled, the train moved off, and I was left
standing on a little country platform,
in a strange place.
"Any cabs or flvs to lie got here?" 1
asked the station master.
"Dear me, no, sir," was the reply
"But we can get vou something down
In the town. Where is it to, sir?
"1 want to go to Mr. Fosberry's of
Castle Hall," I replied
1 paced tli o wretched little station till
the conveyance came, with my mind
full of the coming meeting. I asked
the driver how far we had to "0.
"How far, sir," said he. "Oh, on!r
about four miles."
I got in, and w e bowled along the
dark narrow lanes. After half an hours
drive we entered some handsome iron
gates, and drove into what seemed to
1 . 1 . l : ... 1 ; .,1. r . vai-it .l.iu!v.
I pars. J lie whole aspect imnni,l me
-it., memeaof a grand estate. And
I questioned the driver on the subject.
"Indeed it is a big place, sir," said
he. ' It's about fifteen mile-round the
eiaie. r.h. ilr. rusbcrry s very rich.
People flo say he ha two hundred
thousand pounds to leave, if he has one
penny, besides this property."
My driver jumped down and pulled
the bell. The peal resounded through
the house like the clang of a triumph.
A footman in livery flung open the
door, and I was admitted into a hall
glowing with light and warmth, and
then shown into a large, brilliantly
lighted drawing room.
Soon we were at the house. A mo
ment later and the tall footman reai-
peared. He apologized for his master
uon-apearance, aud requested me to
obey the instructions of a note which
he handed me from a massive silver
salver.
I tore it open and read :
"-MK. 1 UILI.IP r KOSBKKKY Vtll.I.IAMS
The next time you travel bv rail do
not smoke nor annoy old gentlemen ;do
not make the infirmities of age am
seeming poverty your laughing stock
do not tell vour friends of your great
expectations; do not speak of vour old
erack-braiiied relatives; do not make
extinguishers of old gentlemen's hats
do not be slangy, vulgar and insulting
to strangers; Uonot nourish vain hope
of inheriting me, and finally, do not
lose any time in leaving forever the
house of your old 'fireworks' of a fel
low traveler. I'mi.Lir i kosbki.kv
1 . S. I enclose a i-'M note to pay
your exiN-nses."
Howl got out of the house how I
got back to the station, and spent the
uight iu a wretched inn how I re
turned to town and told to mv enraged
relations my woeful tale, w herein
played such a sorry part how my ab
ject letter of apology was returned un
read I cannot tell.
I only know old Fosberrydied worth
the 2(10,000. leaving his niece sole heir
ess, aud that I quarrelled with Jack
Evans about it, nor have 1 ever spoken
to him since.
font Judge.
Don't judge a mail by the clothes he
wears, for Ood made one aud the tailor
t.ie other. Don't judge him by his fa
mily connection, for Cain belonged to a
verv good fa mil v. Don't judge him by
his speech, for the parrot talks, and the
tongue is but an instrument of sound.
Don't judge a man by the house he
lives in, for the lizard and the rat often
Inhabit the grandest structures. Don't
judge him lor his activity in church
for that is not unfrequently inspired by
hypocritical and selfish motives. Don't
judge him by his love of display, for
the long eared beast is the humblest of
animals, but when aroused is terrible
to behold. Don't take it for granted
that because he carries the contribution
box he is liberal, he often pays the Lord
in that way and keep the currency .
Minnesota planted 823,000 acres of
amber sugar cane this year.
Make but few explanations: the char
acter that cannot otherwise defend it
self is not worth vindicating.
ALTHOrflH Mast are meitlsnnsed tn tune tmo.
blrs Irom bir.h. yet even ucu may escaoe con
sumption or other Pulmonary or Bronchial dis
eases 11 d ecare and watchtulues be observed,
and all excitlutr causes are Diomtulv treated as
they arise. It is In tuete cases ir. J yne s
peciorani exerc.tes its mosi beneficial efleets.
and Um produced the larirest proportion of its
cures. Hesijes prompt If removing Coughs and
Colds, winch, when lea to themselves, are lh
(be Uiiinedlate cju ot tuberculous develop
ment, tins standard remedy ullav-anv unims
tion wiiicb m.y raut, and "by promoting easy
eiteewratk n,ilea .aes Uje luujrot tnesuostan.
ces which clc? uu m up. and wul. h ruDiiiiy des-
whaa tucerio) is stiuaio.
St. Petersburg. "
Russian affair are attracting consid
erable attention just now, and this de
scription of life in the streets of St. Pe
tersburg la therefor especial? Interest
ing. The fine streets of St. Petersburg,
well paved and broad, axe lined with
elegant residences and handsome shops,
which contain not only the rich goods
of other countries, but are temptingly
supplied with the furs of Russia, the
products of its manufactories, which
are very numerous, and the peculiar
silver-work cf this country, which ev
ery traveler invests in. Here one can
buy the shoes worn by the peasants, a
sort of braided straw, curiously formed,
and copied either in silver, gold or por
celain these for flowers, cards or for
cigar ashes; water-carriers, in bronze,
on stands of any of the peculiar stones
from Siberia. The three-horse carriage
also is a favorite in bronze and silver;
and a bronze table, with silver cloth,
ou a foundation of malachite or lapis,
is often seen, with Russian peasant and
wife drinking tea, thus showing their
dishes and their eculiar way of pre
paring the tea, with a great urn In the
middle of the table, and the whole
forming a beautiful inkstand. There
is no end of this sort of temptation here,
and if one's money holds out he never
knows where to stop; iu factour Amer
ican party kept buying until the last
moment, and then hadn't enough, be
cause. I suppose, we all felt as though
we should not probably ever come to
RiMla ajrain. Prices are at a very hlsb i
figure, I am told, for all "articles de
luxe"-not really needful things-while
the necessaries of life are very reasona
ble; and if they were not, these people
could not live under the governmental
condition of affairs, as the lower classes
hive to live on almost nothing, and pay
for that well in taxes. Everywhere
there is constant life and activity. The
little droskeys, only large enough for
oiie, but in two often ride, the larger
public carriages, and the elegant pri
vate turnouts, are all driven in the main
thoroughfares as if in a case of life or
death regular John Uilpin fashion. As
onesitsina public carriage, being iu
the midst of this curious melee, he in.
voluntarily holds on, and holds his
breath as if at any moment he should
be crushed to atoms and nobody would
know anything about it. We took many
such daring drives and erjoyed the scene
extremely, feeling comparatively sate,
for where people always drive fast there
are but few accidents. The p'ople were
a novelty, so were the shops, then ev
ery few blocks there was a chapel, and
the people praying all about, and at
certain points, men in peculiar Russian
dress were kneeling out on the edge of
the sidewalk with fruits and small
wares, sometimes whole rows of them.
and if a carriage stops they immediate
ly flock up to sell their goods ; and as to
Uicm little droskeys, one can take one
for a g:eu point and pay only ten cents,
then pick up one again at any time. 1
found that if we could not tell the driv
er where we wanted to go, we could do
as well by pointing aud keeping them
going till we wanted to stop, but they
drive as though they would break one's
neck, even at small pay.
The man James Donnelly recently
taken from the hold of the luman stea
mer City of Chester well nigh starved
to death by eleven days fastening, is
fast recovering. He is a young
Scotch lad, twenty years old, about five
feet seven and a hilf inches high, with
blue eyes, light hair and a faint mous
tache. Kxcept for the emaciation re
sulting from his long fast, he is perfect
ty neaithy. ins tliet is confined to
brandy and water or brandy and milk.
with occasional sips of beef tea, and
this will not be varied much for several
days. His eyes are sunken and his
cheek bones prominent, his tongue dry
and hard. His constant demand is for
water, which he sips lovinglv. Ac
cording to his own sory, told with ma
ny pauses to gain strength or moisten
Ins parched tongue, he is a native of
Dumbarton in Scotland, where lie has
a brother. He has two aunts aud two
uncles living at "Only Villa". Marina,
R. I., and it was to get to them that he
became a stowaway. He had worked
for a time as a plater or rivetter in the
shipyards ou the Clyde, and latterly in
the boiler shops at Birkenhead, near
Liverpool. Finding himself out of
work aud out of money, he got a Dottle
of whiskey and the day before the City
of Chester sailed weut on board at the
Albert Docks, Birkenhead. The whis
key, he says, he save to a sailor and
begged the man to hide him away. Car
go was then going in and the sailor told
him to go below where tiie cargo was.
stowing. Donnelly describes this friend
of his w ith sufficient minuteness to in
sure his identification. The man took
the whiskey and afterwards threw the
bottle down Into the hatch where Don
nelly had stowed himself. This occur
red, Donnelly says, about 4 o'clock on
the afternoon of September 22. It was
perfectly dark in the hold and he can
tell iiothipg of days or times after that
event. In groping about after the
hatch separating the orlop from the
lower steerage deck was put ou he fell
through to the bottom of the hold.
Felling about he discovered some salt
meat, but it was so very much spoiled
that he could not eat a mouthful, al
though he was beginning to be hungry.
He then climbed to the orlop deck,
where lie discovered some loose salt,
and after a while ate some. Of course,
as be knew it would, it made him hor
rible thirsty. He say he felt no hung
er at any time to be spoken of In the
comparison, but to slake his thirst
would have given all the world. It
was perfectly dark, and he could tell
night from day only by the sound of
bells which reached him from above.1
On what he concluded was the second
or third day out he got hold of a bar
rel stave and managed to work it up
between the hatch and the deck com
bings, lie made all the noise be could,
and the barking of a dog followed.
Then he heard and felt the dog lay hold
of the end of the stave and break It off,
and heard shouts of laughter of some-
body evidently amused at the dog'e
tics. He shouted and cried till uod
no voice left, and then he fell t4 he
deck and became uncousci m L
knew no more of anything imr!'1 m'j
water poured upon hi in as he lay sj
the steamer's deck on Friday erennj.
Donnelly insists that he had aot been
drinking the whiskey, but liaf brougl.t
It merely as a bribe to the siilor. As
soon as he came to his scnics his f.rst
sensation was a great gna'iug at the
pit of the stomach, and tbn his thirst
returned, which h'.s continual sipping
of water has not taken ft away. The
chief officer of the City of Chester sid
the story of a bribed sailor he did lot
consider to be true, siuce the crew' of the
ship were an exceptionally line lotof
men. A sailor, moreover, would not
have stowed a ay a man in such a fa
shion. It was more than likely that
the supposed savior was a stevedore
connected with one of the gangs at the
Birkenhead docks. Those men wire
the blue smock of Iunian Hue sailors.
The salt meat Donnelly got at was a lot
of rancid bacon, which lay in the hold.
The deck aliove the orlop deck was the
lower steerage deck, and there was a
dog there, kept by one of the passeng
er s though the hatch was entirely se
vered by a heavy tarpaulin, which ex
tended over the deck on all sides. He
did not see how a man could thru-t a
stick up from the lower to the upper
compartment, and thought that this
was a dream of the starving man befoK
be fell into unconsciousness.
p k
Knew a liitte too Much.
'
Intelligent young man of Burling. ot:,
who has picked up a little agricultiirtl
argot, to old granger sitting beside
him on the cars :
"This has been splendid weather for
fall plowing."
Old granger, pleased with the general
intelligence of the young town man:
" It hez, stranger, it hez; couldn't ha'
been better."
Young man of Burlington, warming
with his subject, and well pleaded
with his success :
" The farmers have a greater acre:ge
of ground ready for sowing than tVy
have had at this season for scvtral
years."
Honest old granger, fairly deliglw-d
at the really good sense and observing
habits of the young man.
'Yes, I 'low we hev, I rather lw
we hev."
Young man of Burlington, ruined by
excess and over-confidence :
" But I'm very much afraid tliey
won't be able to get another crop of
corn out of the way of the frost iids
year."
Disgusted silence for the next sixty-,
Ave miles.
The Ealers off Morphine.
The morphine eaters, as a classare
the most peculiar I ever dealt wj
particularly in their negotiations tor
their favorite drug. They will under
take anything, will promise anything
to obtain morphine. 1 remember some
years since, w hen I wa in a dow n
town drug store, a young woman came
in one morning, and ordered a large
quantity of toilet goods put up, saying
that she was from the country, and
that her father, who was out doing some
trading, w ould call it! and pay for them
very soon. Among other things she
ordered an ounce of morphine to be put
up with the rest of the goods, but first
took a large dose from one of the bot
tles right there. Then she went out
and never returned, while the clerk
who sold her the goods waited in vain
for the father fro the country, and
was for months af the butt of vari
ous jokes on his confiding nature. 1
afterwards found that the young wo
man visited a "urge number of drug
stores in town, and did the same thing,
but she one day tried the game upon
one drug store where, after she got the
morphine, the proprietor refused to let
her go nntif she paid for the goods. She
immediately stepped to a room in the
rear of the store, and divested herself
of a chemise, which she pawned for tlie
morphine taken. I have quit the s.ile
of these drugs, except iu filling pre
scriptions, because I do not care todetl
in them, or to supply the people w it,
are addicted to their use.
Cashmere Coats In Nevada-
Pure Cashmere goats Cnd among the
wild sage brush barrens of Nevada ai
acceptable climate, where their healU
is excellent and their fleeces unusually
fine and silky. A herder near Carsot
has a flock of 8,0n0. Eastern farmers
and esecially that great multitude wh
to admiration of rural life do not unit
much affection for farm labor, are soli
cited to give reflection to this intelli
gence. Here is a whole State, 120,000
square miles, oien to superficial pre
emption, its mountains exactly adapted
to climbing goats, and its sweet gratt
sheltered by every bush of artemesia
Everywhere the flashing-leveled white
sage abounds. In the growing time of
summer no animal can stomach its bit
ters." But the first frost that kills the
summer food turns this bitterness to
sweetest pasture. It is savory and fat
tening to all animals that herd. It ten
ders their meat and gives to their coats
a glossy fur that defies the frosts and
the tempests of winler. Here is invi
ting occupation, most remuneratin,
least laborious, most healthful, len'
risky ami involving small initt.il otn
lav.
Pompeii.
Excavations at Pompeii Drove th'
city to have been one ot the most fash
lonable aud beautiful of Kom.in sum
mer resorts, and, but for the eruption i;
might have remained so to tins day.
As with Pompeii, so with thousands i:
people who have beauty of form anl
leatuie. They might always be aa-
niired bat for the eruvtion. that makes
the face unsightly, aud betrays the
presence of scrofula, virulent blonl
poisons, or general debility. There is
out one remedy that positively cures
these affections, and that remedy lsl
vr. fierce a Irolden Medical Discovery.
It is the best known tonic, alterative
and resolvent. It speedily cares pim
ples, blotches, liver spots, and all dis
eases arising from impoverished or
impure b'ood. It also cares dyspepsia,
and regulatea the liver and bowels,
bold by all draggiata.
BowTralMw Itocsaaid MiMUfiLir.
When the monkeys and dogs had fi
nlshed their performances, all of the
hundreds of people left the Aquarium
- litdlng. or scattered in various tllrec-
ons, among the tanks or nsiies, out
I was not satisfied. I wanted to see
the man who bad taught these ant
raals such astonishing tricks, so a
messenger started off behind the stage
to find him. while I hurriedly gathered
my tras together, and put them on as
becomingly as I could, ready to be res
pectable and middle-agil again on the
approach of Signor Taddei. He came
before long quite surprised at having
been sent lor, a kind looking, sober
gentlemen, who could'nt sjeak a word
of English, llow fortunate that I was
grown up again ! Perhaps I could un
derstand him. As he proved to speak
French, we got along very well, and I
always shall be grateful for the patient
way In which he answered every ques-
ion, often adding some welcome bit of
information. Has Monsieur owned
these animals long? Oh yes, some of
them for twelve years; he had been
training animals for fifteen years. Did
he have to whip them? "Oh, no. In
deed; that would do no good; it would
frighten them. Kindness was much
the best," and soon until we obtained
man interesting facts. I shall rcpeit
th" to you in very much the same
irky way in which they came. Signor
laildei had come to America a few
month before, bringing his animals
with liimt hia daughtjir, who eaoae aU
), assists him very much, and bis pets
l UH . r.... ...I ..f ka. i. .M t v. ; .
ic an ivuiiu vi 1 1 i as iijt-j ai VI iiiiu
She always stands behind the scenes to
receive them when they run off the
stage. They are fed and petted after
each performance. The dogs like
meat or sausage; The monkevs son:e-
t lines take meat, but generally they ea
bread, milk, and rice, ihey like to
drinK raspberry or strawberry juice
mixed with water. His monkeys tasted
bananas iu New York for the first time
iu their lives, and were delighted with
them. Where did he get his animals?
Certainly, Madame should be told, with
great pleasure. The dogs mostly were
obtained in Austria, but his monkeys
he picked up at circuses aud zoological
gardens in fact at anyplace where he
could find the right sort. He selects
his monkeys usually by what he sees of
them at the menageries, or zoological
gardens. The best ones alwavs are ac
tive and on the alert. Were monkeys
as intelligent as dogs? Well yes; no;
he could'nt sav. Sometimes monkevs
are brightest, sometimes dogs; it de-
pends entirely upon the individual ani
mal. Monkeys often forget their tricks
when they come to a new place, are
I CiilCluitmA s- - .1.1 --
dogs don't forget at all. A long time
generally is needed for training either.
but this, too, depends niKn the animal's
iV'i'1.li''eiiee and the difllculty of the
trick; it may be three month, six
months, nine months, or a year. It
ook more than a year to train th
j chief ladder dog. Madame would n't
believe it, but another dog has been
tn.ining for the same trick for a wltole
year and cannot perform it sueefu!ly
vet.
The Mory of Chub.
Everybody about the
dejKJt knew
Chub, the basket boy, for he was always
limping through the room crying "ap
ples ! eanuts ten cents a quart ! Ap
ples two for a penny! Right this
way, Mister, for your lresh-baked pea
nuts and rle, apples!"
WhereChub came from or to whom he
belonged seemed a mystery, lie was al
ways at his post, from early morning
till nine at night. Then he would dis
apiiear only to return punctually the
next day.
He wasn't at all communicative, and
said but very little in the way of gem -ral
conversation. Yet everybody liked
him; his pale face and withered limbs
were sure to appeal to their sympathies.
I used to like him myself.and it always
,'deased me to see him get a good day's
tustom.
But it's over a year, now, since Chub
Tonl apples aud eanuts in our dejMit,
and I miss him yet. There Is a real
lonesome place over in the corner; here
he used to sit and eat his lunch at noon
time. It was his favorite seat, and "t
never seems filled now.
If often hear our agent and Simons
remark, when they glance in that di
rection, "It seems kind o' lonesome
not to see Chub around."
I remember as if it were but yester
day, the lady coming in leading that
little witch with a blue silk bonnet
crowning her curls. It w as the sweet
est baby I ever saw. As she ran about
the depot, laughing and singing, she
happened to espy Chub limping his
rounds. She ran right up to him, and,
putting out a tiny hand, touched his
crutch.
"Oh, oo poor 'ame boy," she cooed,
Ise dot a tiss for oo."
Chub's fae fairly glowed with de
light as he bent his head to receive the
kiss from the rosebud lips. He leached
her a handful of peanuts which she
took and placed in her little sack pock
et.
"I loves oo, poor 'ame boy," she said,
softly, "tause oo was dood to me."
"Come here, Birdie," called the !a-
dv.
'", mamma, no! Ise doing with
ij",T. poor, "ame boy," she said, reso
lutely sticking close to Chub.
But the lady took her away. Chub
hobbled into the other room.
The lady was busy with her book,and
did not notice her child slip out; but
I did, and every now and then caught
stray glimpses of the little figure as she
ran up and down the platform. By and
by I heard a whistle. 'Twas the fast
mail going up, but it don't stop. I
thought of the baby and so did her
mother.
"Birdie!" she called; but no "Bir
die" answered. Just then I glanced
out, and there stood the little one in
the blue silk bonnet right upon the
track.
I fairly stopped from very terror.
The mother ran shriking forward.
Will no one save her !"
"Yes," shouted a voice. I taw Chub
iiiup w ihl out and Miatth the little form
from its perilous position, and throw it
oo one side just as the train thundered
by.
The ba'ty was saved; .but unrai tbe
track was a crushed and mangled form.
They lifted him sadly, and, laying him
down upon one of the seats, weut for
help. It was too late; for he only open
ed his eyes once and whispered, "Is she
safe!" .
They brought her to him, but he did
not heed. She stroked the still white
face with her tiny hands, and cooed
in sweet baby fashion, as she looked
around upon the crowd :
"Poor 'ame boy gone fast seep ! gone
fast seep !"
Aa Indignant llead and Seek.
A most extraordinary sensation oc
curred in the American colony of Lon
don last week. A young lady from
Philadelphia was walking down Regent
street with the mother and sister of a
young gentleman of rank, when the at
tention of all three was attracted by
some photographs of notables and
others exfosed In a window, and they
drew up to look at them. Fancy the
astonishment of the American girl on
seeing her own photograph exposed
there among the others, but in the most
amazing shape it is possible to con
ceive. Her head, her foce, the arrange
ment of her hair, the turn of her neck;
it was impossible to mistake ; and ret
there she was, almost as undraped as
the Venwo oleltvi - Its feet, -r- e
tights and fleshiugs, and labelled "Ma
zeppa." "Khat can this mean?" she
cried to the elderly lady, her lips
blanched with shame and terror.
"I really cannot tell you," replied
Lady Disdain, with steel-hard eyes and
icy voice. "You perhaps can tell us
w Jiether on any occasion iu America
you were in the habit of appearing in
this dress?"
"Oh, what do yon mean to insinu
ate," uttered the poor girl. "IK you
think I ever stood as Mazeppa? Oh,
how cruel of you to speak so."
"It is certainly your portrait,",added
the other lady.
By this time one or two bystanders
had drawn up to the w uidow, and no
ticing the likeness were nudging each
other.
"It is ome coincidence of course it
cannot be meant for me."
"You had better take a cab and go
home and tell your father about it,"
said the lady, still with her frigid man
ner. "My daughter and I have some
calls to make."
In a half-dazed state of mind the
young Philadelphian drove home and
told her f . 1 1 w wk li.il fcnyyiwd. 'I'o
get back to that shop, to have that pho
ograph out of the window, to demand
an explanation of the stationer, was
pot tH sa of many ns'.cutcs for the
enrngeilr father. But though it was
easy enough to demand an explanation,
it was not so easy to get one. Suspi
cion falls upon the servants in the
house, one of w hoin might easily have
abstracted a photo out of a package of
them which has been kept hitherto in
an unlocked drawer of the young la
dy's writing desk. Of course it is a
"cooked" picture; only the head and
neck of the American lady's photo
graph, the rest that of some one else,
and together the picture represents one
of the most boautiful women it is pos
sible to conceive. The matter has
caused so much indignation aud so
much comment that it is not impossi
ble it may check the mama so
prevalent among society beauties for
having themselves photographed for
sale at a sinning a rnrtt de visile.
1 he Uead Cauest.
Lord F. was ou his travels on the
continent, when he met a young man
engaged in similar way, with whom he
grew very familiar. Mr. G. gave him,
in the course of conversation, to know
that the end of his life had been predict
ed to him, and that he had some ground
for believing that this prediction was
not without iu weight and credibility.
"As how?" asked Lord F. "I was trav
eling with two friends," replied the
other, " In Italy, aud at Florence we
agreed to have our nativities cast by a
woman there, who had a great reputa
tion for astrological skill. She foretold
that none of us would live long, and
named the days on which we should
each die. My two friends ara dead, and
each at the time she uamed ; It remains
to see whether her prediction will be
verified to me." "Pshaw !" cried Lord
F., "a mere coincidence, impossible
that it can happen a third time. But
what is the day she named?" Mr. G.
named one about six months distant.
"And where shall you be then?" pur
sued Lord F. "At Paris." "Why, I
shall be there too. Let it be an engagement-
Come you and dine with me on
that very day at seven o'clock, and keep
up your spirits till then. I shall be
found at Xo. Rue de . Do yon
agree to the bargain ?" "Willingly,"
replied the other, and In a short space
of time the friends separated. The six
mouths passed and a little before the
appointed day, Lord F. found himself
iu Paris. He sent a note to Mr. G.,' to
remind him of his engagement, and re
ceived for answer thai he would come.
However a day or two after, another
note was brought to him, in which Mr.
G. said that he was not very well, and
must postpone the pleasure of dining
with Lord F. till another time; that the
Indisposition was very trifling, and ere
long he hoped to have the pleasure of
waiting upon him. Lord F. thought no
more of the matter, ordered dinner ou
the day that had been named, at seven,
for himself, and about six o'clock sent
his servant to Mr. G.'s with a merely
formal inquiry as to how he was. Seven
o'clock came; Lord F. sat down to din
ner, when just as he was beginning his
meal, the door opened, and In walked
Mr. G. He walked In, it is tne.buthe
said not a word, went up t '. table,
and went out again. Lor was a
larmed, and rang the bell, J it was
answered by the servant whom he had
sent with the message of inquiry. "How
is Mr. G. t" he demanded. "Dead, my
lord," was the reply : "be died just as I
reached bis house."
Peewuarltlea of Prominent Xia,
The Duke of elnngion was not re
markably sedulous ot dress, although
on Krand occasions he roatle a antnetent
d!plr.j whenji ixre f i iutor.y-g.
ders and decorations iTsL,g on a com
more gorgeous than the celebrated bub
it of Prince Esterhazy, which, it is
said, cost him 2(0 in repairs and dam
ages, every time it was put on. The
duke had a custom of weaiing a neck
cloth in uniform, which gave him
rather a slovenly appearance, and a
flippant French duchess once called
him "Le Due de VU'ianton," because
he appeared at a full dress party in
something less than grande tenue. He
was also familiarly called in the army,
"the Beau," from his usual plain at
tire, and apparent negligence of out
ward splendor. That vanity is an in
herent compound or attendant of great
ness, is a wide position, which admits
of ninch argument and endless demon
stration. Many distinguished men ef
fect or adopt eccentricities, of w hich
vanity may be the inciting cause.
Lord Nelson was fond of exhibiting
his stars, and delighted in having his
horses taken out, and hi carriage
drawn by the mob.
The celebrated Lord Peterborough,
though light aud vain and proud, had
no weakness of this kind. Once, the
populace taking him for the Duke of
Marlborough, insisted on dragging him
through the streets in triumph.
"Gentlemen," said he. "I can assure
you by two reasons that I am not the
Duke of Marlborough. In the first
place, I have only five guineas in my
pocket, and in the second place they
are heartily at your service."
So, throwing his purse among them
he got out of their hands with loud
huzzas and exclamations. The Earl of
Peterborough, who had much sense.
much wit, and much whim, leaped out
of his chariot one day on seeing a dan
cing master, with pearl colored silk
stockings, lightly stepping ' over the
broad stones, and picking his way in
extremely dirty weather, and ran after
him with his sword drawn, In order to
drive him into the mud, into which he,
of course, followed himself.
All singularities mav be traced home
to a certain degree of vanity, of w hie h
prevailing weakness the old leather
breeches of Frederick the Great, the
coarse coat and brass buttons of Charles
XII, the small cocked hat and gray ca
pote of Xapoleon, the blanket and f.ib
of Diogenes, and even the pious beaver
and modest drab of the (Quaker, may
te included as samples.
A Fatal t'lre Hunt.
Recently, a party of four hunters left
South Canadian Station, for the pur
poe of hunting deer aud turkey. A
Creek negro by the name of Andy Gill-
pin tccouifardcd t!:c f.'.iiy. O'jirre
of any consequence was killed during
the day, so ihe hunters determined to
remain in the woods all night, for the
purpose of engaging in what I famili
arly known as "fire hunt." After leav
ing the station, they struck the Cana
dian River east of the railroad track,
proceeding along its bank for some dis
tance, until they arrived at a point
where it was known that deer were
plentiful. Here they separated, two
striking into the woods and the other
two crossing the river. Gillpin took a
torch and struck out ou his own hook.
The agreement was that the hunters
should meet in the morning at day
break on the South Canadian Bridge,
and return with their spoils to the sta
tion. Sandy Waite, one of the hunters,
while walking in adence cluster of un
dergrowth, saw ou a slight elevation of
ground near the river, what he sup
posed were the eyes of a deer. Tne
moon had gone dow n, and the surroun
ding woods were shut in som her gloom.
In a "fire hunt'' the sportsman is al
ways ou the alert for two shining orbs,
which glow in the darkness like balls
of fire. They know w hen they see them
that they are "shining" the eyes of a
deer. Waite placed his torch against
a tree, raised his rifle and took delibe
rate aim lietween the two balls of tire
which glowed on him from the dis
tance, a sharp report rang through the
woods and a terrible cry of agony broke
the night air. Waite stood transfixed
to the ground, staggered with the awful
suspicion that he had shot and killed
one of his companions. He sprang
through the woods, running with all
possible speed to the spot where he saw
the two shining balls of fire. Lying at
the foot of a tree, face dow n, w as the
lifeless remains of the Creek negro,
Andy Gillpin. a stream of b!wl ami
brains oozing from between the eyes.
Gillpin held in his right hand a torch.
which had been extinguished, and
clutched in his left hand w as a rifle.
Waite remained with the body of the
negro until daylight, frequently firing
off his rifle to attract the attention of
his companions. In the morning he
started for the Canadian bridge, w here
be met his companion, w ho returned
with him and brought in the body of
the negro. Waite ava that the eves of
the negro shone in the darkne.. like
those ol a deer.
Ultle Hertle's Frock.
He was walking up Macomb street,
peering on the Italians, glancing nto
open windows at junk buyers, and now
ami then entering an alley to inspect
rickety old vehicles standing in front
of barns.
' What am I looking for? he an
swered the policeman; ' well, it may
strike you as foolish, but I have been
lookir.g around for a w hole month, and
1 may have to keep it up for another;
I'm looking for a rag-buyer; I'd know
bis rig if I should see ita-ain, but I
haven't the least Idea where he i or
where I'll find him."
" Did he steal something from you?"
"Xo no," was the hesitating reply.
" Want him arrested for anything?"
" X no."
The officer was wondering w hat the
cause could be, when the man said :
" I feel a bit ashamed to tell you, but
perhaps you won't laugh at me. But
you see I have old clothes on, and I
don't look as if I had plenty of cash to
i i i.. i :
spm r. i iu uiiiy a jwvr mwi ni uiwi,
renting a Cottage up by the reservoir,
and though I've ouly the old woman
with me, it's often that we barely have
enough to eat. W hen Vio-e' plenty of
w .-v- 1 " ti .lt-i'-s " a - J
whtT. -ve7e in health the world goen
dead against us. It is a sort of a life-and-death
struggle with us, and some
times we sit in the darkness and wish
we were dead and buried 'longside of
our little Bertie, up In the poor folk's
share of Elm wood. That little grave
up there is all that keeps us here wo
cling to life that we may keep dowers
growing green there. I've -stood on
the streets many a time, and felt like
going todeathat a jump, but that grave
rose up to warn me back. On my way
home at night, I've feared, time after
time, to find the house deserted or a
corpse on the door ; but that little grave
has restrained my wife as well as me."
'How old was she?" asked the otfl-
cer, his own heart aching a little.
Th three years old," replied the
man ; " and she was the only child ever
coming to bless us. We had luck
enough before she died. I had work
day in and day oit. My wife was sing
ing the whole day long, and when I
started for home at night the know ¬
ledge that Bertie would be watching
for me through the bar of the gate
picked my feet up faster than anything
has ever since."
Well?" queried the otlltvr, as the
man paused.
" Well, she toik sick and died. I
lQnt .want to tell y im.ro tSan alia. -
or I'll be 'breaking right down heie In
the street, and the people will wonder
if I've been drinking. It was three
years ago she died, and her voice rings
in my ears to this hour, the same as if I
bad left her at home. It's the same
with the wife, sir a dozen times a day
she runs to the door, thinking that s!'e
hears Bertie's voice; and I never go in
that she doesn't look at me w ith re
proach for not having our dead darling
on mv arm.
"I've lost two children," sighed the
officer, as he turned away his head.
'Then you know how the w ife tra-
ures up the little dresses and stockings
and hats and such things. We put all
those things away after the fuueral,
and though it almost broke our hearts
to set the bundle down and look it
over, we somehow had to do it every
Sunday, and there was'nt a thing that
hadn't been tear-wet before the. first
year was gone, the-ie rencs were our
riches. We wouldn't exchange them
for the wealth of anv man vou can
name. One day, about a month age, a
rag buyer came along. Y'ou may think
it funny, but even the iorest of the
poor sometimes have rags to ell. My
wife made up a little bundle that day
enongh to get a tin cup, or something
of that kind and in -oine way or other
T''c"r"'r j""1'' "OrOei' i-,;;; -Oil
day frock got mixed up with the rag
and papers, and was sold and carried
off. My wife has done nothing but
weep and lament since that day, ami
I've looked here ami therein hopes to
find the ragman and get the precious
relic back. It may seem a little thing
to you, sir, but to us we reincmlier
the first time she wore it how proud
she was how we took her out walking
how much she looked like a rich
man's child. That dre-s had more tear-
stains than all the other relics, ami,
though I haven't $-0 worth of furniture
in the house, I'd give every stick of it
and go into the street to find Bertie's
Sunday frock. I don't expect to get it
now. It has probably lieen shipped to
the paper mill ere this, and we have
lo-t it forever."
' I'm sorry,'" said the policeman.
"And when I go home tie-night,"
whispered the man, " my wife will be
standing at the gate, w arching and
hoping; and as far as she can see .-he'll
k'low by my face that the search has
not availed. I had rather lo-e a linger
than meet her white and reproachful
look. I wish we were both dead."
And with a weary step and hopeless
heart he dragire 1 along, having such a
mission as neither hoje nor despair nor
love brings to one iu ten thou-and.
Too UI a Itir.l.
A couple of chaps, u hose years will
be few in the land if they do not re
form, entered a Gratiot avenue saloon
five days ago and one of them ex
plained to the proprietor:
"This fellow and nie have got a ler.
I bet him ID that Grant will be the
next Pre-iden', and he takes me. Here's
the money. We want you to keep it
until the l-t is decided i l.s.sti."
"I will do zo," was the calm reply,
as the money was rake. in.
The strangers departed, each vigor
ously asserting that he wasn't afraid to
trust the salooiiist, ami they were not
seen together until two days after
wards. They then appeared to rein n :
"We have been talking the thing
over, and have concluded to withdraw
the bet. It has been some trouble t
you, and if you'll hand over $9 we'll
call it square."
"lam no mon as dot," replied the
saloouist, as he opened the till; "I
makes no charge here is der cash."
He threw them out the two tens they
had left, a sly tw inkle in his eye, and
as they slid out he called after, them :
" Schentlemens, ven you makes any
moar pets cal ir: ,u U."
But they won't. The two bills were
base counterfeits, and they didn't get
mixed up with his honest cash.
atnrai HiiUory.
A lecturer on natural history was
called npon the other day to pay for a
live rabbit which he u.i l in a basket in
a railw ay car, and which the conductor
-aid would be charged the same as a
dog. The lecturer vainly explained
that he was going to use the rabbit in
illustration of a lecture he w as going to
give in another town. ami. indignantly
taking a small live tortoise from his
pocket, said, "You'll be telling me next
that this is a dog, and that I must pay
for it also." The conductor went for
sujerior orders, ami on his return
delivered this lecture oa natural his
tory : "Cats is dogs, rabbits Is doga.but
a tortns is a hinsect." The professor
had to pay dog fare for the rabbit.