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V0I, XXXIII.
MIFFLIN1WN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1S79.
NO. 35.
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DISEASES
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ADDER
MiiitT. Loss of Memory. Indispost.
Eienion or Business, shortness of
:.Iroc'ii.-d with Thoughts of Disease,
of Vision. Pain in the Back. Chest,
il Basil of Elwl to the Head, Pale
.n.l nrr Skin
srmptoms are allowed to go on,
- irn;oVnt!y Epileptic its and Con--:oa
follow, when the constitution
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- iffrclf'i it requires the aid of an
rvjnt medicine 10 strengthen and
-ilk sju-m a hich
Uelmbold's Buchu"
DOES IN EVEHY CASE.
IS UNEQUALED
ctweIt rnovn. It Is prescribed by I
"t tmtheui physicians all over tne
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Sjernutorriioea,
Xearalgia,
Nervousness,
Dyspepsia,
' Indigestion,
Constipation,
Aches and Pains,
wil Debility,
tdaey Diseases,
Liver Complaint,
Nervous Debility,
Epilepsy,
Head Troubles,
Paralysis,
General IU-nealth.
y Diseases,
iiitica.
Deafness,
Decline,
Lumbago,
Catarrh,
Nervous Complaints,
Female Complaints, &c
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OLD ETERTWnil
RETEXGE
Tbe fairest action of oar human life.
Is scorn ng to revenge an id jury ;
For who forgive without a further strife.
His adversary's heart doth to him tie :
And 'tis a firmer eonauest truly said.
To via the heart, than overthrow the head.
If we a wcrthy enemy do find
To yield to worth, it must be nobly done ;
But if of baser metal be his mind.
In base revenge there is no honor won.
Who would a worthless courage overthrow,
And who weuld wrestle with a worth ess foe ?
We say our hearts are great, and cannot yield;
Because they cannot yield, it proves them
poor :
Great hearts are laahed beyond tneir power
but seld ;
The weakest lion will the loudest roar.
Truth's school for certain doth tbis same allow.
High heartednees doth sometime teach to bow.
A nobler heart dotb teach a virtuous scorn ;
To scorn to owe a duty over long ;
To scorn to be for benefits forborne ;
To scorn to lie ; to scorn to do a wrong ;
To scorn to bear an injury in mind ;
To scorn a free bora heart, slave like to bind.
But if for wrongs we needs redress must have,
Then be our vengeance of the noblest kind ;
Do we his body from our vengeance save,
A'-.d lot our hate prevail against his mind.
What can 'gainst him a greater vengeance be
Than make his fee more worthy far than he
Her Love or her Life.
The road that led from the small railway
station to the business part of the pleasant
town wound for nearly a mile along the
oank8 of picturesque stream, across a
wooden bridge, and up a broad avenue
flanked by handsome villas.
Just across that bridge, at the close of a
dark, sunless day, I stopped before the tall
j nized interestedly the grounds and house
within the rather grim enclosure. The
i place attracted me irres'a' ably, although the
building was decidedly not a miracle of
j architectural art, nor were the great shiver
i ing pines behind it suggestive of anything
(particularly cheery. The low polygonal
structure was of brick, red as jasper, heavy
! crimson curtains shaded the quaint win-
! daws, and the only door visible was broad
' and solid, and paneled in curiously carved
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.oak, black with age. eeping willows
.,..; .) honWrnl the wide pra.
ana moiuiiain ashes Doriltreu tut wiue gras-
ST walk, and the scent of hidden violets
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uueu lue air.
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Back under tbe pines I saw a tall, mc-
' lancholy figure moving to and fro, his dark,
! handsome head bowed, and his white,
(shapely hands looked behind him. The
I clash of the iron latch startled him; he
looked up, smiled, and at once hurried to-
j wards me.
"You have come," he observed laeotii
i cally, but affably. "How do you like the
; place?''
j '"I can scarcely decide that as yet," 1 re
; turned smiling at his eagerness; ''but it
! looks to mc something like the nest of a
' wild bird who by mistake builded in a
' garden of rosea. It is very unlike the gay.
i modern mansion on the other side of the
avenue."
j ''I hope you do not regret having
'liought it, Philip?" he commenced un
1 easily.
"Not at all, Horace," I assured him
promptly; - "my business keeps me in this
town at least seven months of each year,
and I am heartilv tired of the noisy hotel
over yonder. I like the quiet of a retired
j !.o:ne, and I shall employ a housekeeper
I and make a bachelor Paradise of the house
you are leaving. "
"I have some fine old wine you must
taste before you go," he remarked as, after
' conducting me through tbe open door and
i spacious balk he led me into a large, dim
' room.
I "Thanks for the wine, if it will help ex
pedite our slight task of business," I d
j lightly ; "I must catch the next tram, you
know."
j He acknowledged my hint with a smile,
; and left me alone.
j I drew back the crimson curtains of a
j broad west w indow, and gazed curiously
! about the apartment. The ceiling was de-
licately frc-scoed, and the walls - exqui
1 sitcly painted in wmc pale-pink tint. fTlie
! velvet carpet wi like a vast bed of moss
' scsttered over with dainty red rosebuils. A
flosiui throucb the parted curtains of the
1 window and bgl
, , nicture on the
wall liefore mc It was the life-size paint
! in" of a woman a young creative whose
fonn was all quecnliuess and grace, whose
yellow hair was wound in great snaky coils
"1..t a lnui2h.tr but must lovely head,
I whose laughing, mocking lips were as red
as rubies, whose skin was as daintly white
1 as the leaf of a lily, whose eyes and brows
I and lashes were dark as night. She wore
! some old Venetian costume of purple vel
vet, draped with cloudly lace ana sown
;,h nv nearls. With a shudder I
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with
moonv nearis.
j (nm that nirturod Vision OI
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wieked. smiling beauty.
"It is the portrait of Horace Chichester s
1 n-neirade wife," I thought.
i i i- nn, vttrv little about tbe domestic
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friend. 1 knew that he had
- ied - encVhom he badloved passionate
that, she had deserted him, and hn
troublc bad made him a misanthrope and a
wanderer but I knew nothihg more. Al
though we had been confidential associates
j tuM.fi fnr sever-
in our college uaj , "."
al years almost strangers, and now 1
not care to question bim of a trouble
. .-M,.ntlv did not wish to discuss.
did
that
But
I bad no kindness or mercy for the wife
who, I believed, had made bim the wreck
be had Income, and whom I bad never
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her for til
Thai nay u !"- - .
first time. We had finished our business
. .n1 he had accompanied me
anu uui " in-, . , r
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to the gate tnrougu i. "
the Spring evening.
"I shall travel," he said. "I intend to
find my. wife wherever she has bidder.
, T sinned to w in her, and lt l
cannot nave hit -
life "
t t,i ,j l-r to look upon bis agf
:..wi vi..tenance expressive of misery akin
to madness, and a. 1 turned my eyes away,
a line of cabs came rattling down the slope.
r rom the window of one nearest, a beautiful
young face shown for a moment like a star
throusrh the twilight, 1 saw the jannty
hat with its sweeping white feather, the
dazzling blue eyes, and then the cab rolled
on.
"A traveling operatic troupe, "explained
my companion, observing, but not rightly
understanding my evident sudden interest.
"It is billed for a concert at the Academy
to-night.
''And I have lost my train and must
wait for the next, I answered rather ir
ritably. "Good night, Chichester. I shall
take the weird old road around the cemc
try to the station. It will be a glorious
walk in this unexpected moonlight."
The full, unclouded moon was rising as
I loitered on, now around a curve-where
the stream widened like a sheet of silver,
and now under a dim arch of budding trees
that shixik their scented dews upon me as I
passed.
As I reached the bridge, a tall, slender
woman, wrapped in a black cloak, hurried
out of the avenue As she saw me, she
uttered a sharp, startled cry, and shrank as
if in fright. At the same moment her hood
fell back, and in the splendor of the moon
light I saw the white face of the stranger,
who had passed mc an hour before. SUe
was trembling nervously, and seemed so
helpless and bewildered, that I stopped in
stantly. '"I am sorry I startled you," I apologize;!
kindly; and then noting ker doubtful, crit
ical glance, I supplemented; "Or perhaps
you nave lost your way?"
"Not at all," she disavowed quickly; "I
am going to the station. When I saw you
I thought"
She paused, glanced backward appre
hensively and shuddered.
"Can I help you in any way?" I asked,
puzzled.
"I think not" She smiled as if my
voice had calmed her, "I only wish tocatch
the train, that I may meet the New York
express at the next station."
"Arc you not afraid of the long walk
along the river?" I inquired wondenngly.
"Y'es," she answered, frankly, "I am.
But nevertheless I must go. I was to sing
in the concert to-night," she went on hur
riedly ; "but there are reasons, imperative
reasons, why I must go to New York at
once. The manager was angry quite
furious, indeed so, to avoid a scene, I
quietly ran away."
She said this with such charming Jiff iccc
that I laughed, and that laugh made us
friends then and there. She seemed inno
cently pleased when I informed her that I,
tx. was oa mv wav to New York, anil
should be glad to care for her comfort on
the jo'.irney. But not until we were whirl
ing away through the moonlight on the
midnight express did the shadows vanish
altogether from her most beauteous face.
But that wild rush through the delici'us
air seemed to inspire her, ami often she
would laugh like a happy child. I p;irted
from her at last at the house ot a:i elderly
ladv with whom she resided when not
traveling.
"You have Urn very good to me,"' she
said, as I was leaving her.
'Have I commended myself to your
friendship ?" I queried.
Her answer was satisfactory, aud for
weeks I saw her every day. I knew she
loved mo, and I knew, too, that I had loved
her from the first. But always when I
spoke of marriage she seemed troubled and
undecided.
"We are just as happy now as we can be,
Phillip," tbe would say sweetly.
'No, we are not, Edith," I would pro
test ; I want you for my wile, ana l mean
to have vou."
But at length she yielded, and we were
quietly married. I was very proud of my
wire proud of the admiration that followed
her everywhere of the honor and rever
ence ate won frm all who knew her. She
was a being made for love and for a husband
to adore. No ignoble human passion or
emotion ever disturU-d her sweet soul ;
anger and hate and all petty feelings were
thinus her nature could not know.
After three months of content and happi
ness, I took Edith to my home, in the town
where I first met her. It was early in .May.
The scent of wild violets was in the air, the
trees were budding and the grassy hills
were golden with dandelions. My grim old
house, set among its pines and weeping
willows pleased her.
"I shall have tluit picture taken dow n,
I said to her one day. "I cannot bear to
have even the portrait of poor Chichester's
wicked wife in the same house with you,
Edith."
"Chichester!" she repeated, her blue
eyes fixed on my face with a look 1 could
not understand.
"Yes, dear," I resumed. "Horace fitted
up this place for that woman liefore she de
serted him and ruined him body, brain
and soul, I fear."
"But that is not the picture of the girl
who was his bride, but never his wife,
averred Editli, who bad grown strangely
pale-
I looked at her in mute wonder.
I know the whole sad, shamtful story,"
pursued my wife steadily. " Horace Chich
ester conceived a mad passion for a girl who
had not the slightest feeling of friendship
for him. U came to her one night with a
i.,f..i f.ilon tale of her father's dishonor.
Marry mc now, this hour, ana l snan ac
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your parent from a felon a fate. Keluse
me, and he will be in prison Deiore anoiucr
dav,' said her cruel suitor. She was scarce
ly more than a child, and sue uciievea mm,
and in her terror consented. An hour after
her marriage her father was brought home
dying, and his last words were a protest
against Horace Chichester's disgraceful act
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and unwarrantable accusation, r-ue
lieved her vows to be no longer binding,
and refused to see or speak to hcr husband
over again. Though he never held her in
his arms or kissed her lips, though she has
steadfastly resisted his claims, he has pur
sued and hunted her to "
" To death ! " thundered an awful voice
at the open door.
For one moment I stood motionless be
fore that savage apparition, and then I
'flung my anna around my poor Edith.
But I was too late. There was a sliarp re
port, a smoking pistol was dashed down at
my feet, ami, with a wild shriek, the crazed
Chichester rushed out of the house, through
the moaning pines, on towards tbe nvcr.
Edith locked her sweet arms around my
neck.
" He has killed mc, Philip," she sighed
faintly, and with her lips against my cheek
she died.
That was the end. My love-life was
over forever.
I understood now why my poor girl had
so abruptly left the operatic troupe that
night I first saw her she had seen Chich
ester as she' drove past the gate where we
were standing together, and it was from
him she was fleeing. The picture in the
dim old parlor was an ideal piece, and was
in the house when he bought it.
Chichester's lwdy was found in a shallow
of the stream, with the white water-lillies
drifting over his upturned face.
It was well for mc that by was found
thus, for I know not what rah thing I
might have done in the first agonies of my
grief, with poor Edith's young life calling
upon my love for vengeance.
The I-oouiit.
The Hebrews had several sorts of
ocusts which are not known to us.
The old historians and modern trav
elers remark that locusts are very nu
merous in Africa, and in many plaees
of Asia that sometimes they fall like
a cloud upon the country, and eat up
everything they meet with. Moses
describes four sorts ot locusts. Since
there was a prohibition against using
locusts, it is not to be questioned that
these insects were commonly eaten in
Palestine and the neighboring coun
tries. Dr. Shaw, Xicbuhr, Kussell and
many other travelers in the eastern
countries, represent their taste as
agreeable, and inform us that they are
frequently used for food. Dr. Shaw
observes that when they are sprinkled
with salt, and fried, they are not un
like, in taste, to our fresh-water cray
fish. Kussell says the Arabs suit them
and eat them as a delicacy. Niebuhr
also says that they are gathered by the
Arabs In great abundance, dried, and
kept for winter provisions. The rav
ages of the migratory locust have been
at particular tunes, so extensive as to
lay waste the vegetation of whole dis
tricts, and even kingdoms. In the
year 5113 of the Christian era, these in
sects appeared in such vast numbers as
to cause a famine in many countries.
Syria aud Mesopotamia were overrun
by them in .17. In s"2 immehse
swarms took their flight fron? the east
ern regions into the west, ard destroy
ed all vegetables not even spiring the
bark of the trees nor the thatch ot
houses, after devouring the crops of
corn, grass, A.e. Iheir dally marches
were observed to be about twenty miles .
each ; and it is Mid that their progress
was directed with so much order that
tlere were regular leaders amoug them
who fiew first and settled on the spot ,
which was to be visited at the game
hour next day by the whole legion,
Their marches were always undertaken
at sunrise. In 1141. incredible hosts
afflicted Poland, Wallachia, and all the
anjoiniiig territoi ics, darkening the
sun with their iiiiiuUts. and ravaging
all the fruits of tbe earth. The years
1747 aud 1VA, sfl'orded a memorable
instance of the ravages of these insects
in Germany and other parts of Europe
as far north a; England.
Itsl This, Girls.
Learn to darn stockings neatly, and
then always see that your own are in
order. IK. not let a button be off your
shoes a minute longer than needful.
It takes just alout a minute to sew one
on. and oh, bow much better a foot
looks In a trimly button boot than it
does in a lopsided affair with all the
buttons off. Every girl should learn to
make simple articles of clothing.
We know a little Miss of seveu w ho
could do all this, and who also made
the whole of a blue calico dress tor her
self, aud pieced a large bed quilt. She
was uot an over-taxed child, either,
but a merry, romping, indulged, ouly
daughter. But she was "smart," and
she did not die young, either. Indeed
we have seldom known children "too
smart to live." Very few die of that
complaint, whatever their grandmoth
ers uiav think. So never be afraid a
bit of overdoing the business. Help I
. ail yon can and Rtudy over the busiucss
sg!
daily. Once get into the habit of look
ing over your things, and you will like
it wonderfully. Y'ou will have the in
dependent feeling that you need not
wait for any one's convenience in re
pairing and making, but that you can
be beforehand w ith all such matters.
The relief to yonr weary mother will
be more than you can ever estimate.
Something; That's Foolish.
To think the more a man eats the fat
ter and stronger he becomes.
To conclude that If exercise is good,
the more violent it is, tbe more good
is done. .
To imagine that every hour taken
from sleep Is an hour gained.
To act on Uie presumption that the
smallest room in the house is large
enough to sleep in.
To argue lliat whatever remedy
causes one to feel immediately better,!
good for the system, without regard to
ulterior effects.
To eat without an appetite, or to con
tinue to eat after it has been satisfied,
merely to gratify tbe taste.
To eat a hearty supper for the pleas
ure experienced during the brief timc
It is passing down the throat, at tbe
expense of a whole night of disturbed
sleep, and a weary waking in the morn
ing. A full bearded grandfather recently
had his beard shaved off, showing a
clean face for the first time in a num
ber of years. At the dinner-table bis
three-year-old granddaughter noticed
It, gazed long with wondering eyes, and
finally ejaculated, "Grandfather.whose
head have you got ont" . .
What His Wire Wanted.
At
the farmhouse
imtn
the other
morning, Mrs. Whitehall said to Joseph j
I
as he was ready to drive into town :
"Remember, now, what I told yon.
I want a spool of thread, No. CO, ten
yards of calico with a dot In it, and a
yard and a half of brown drilling to
line the waist."
Joseph drove into the city as straight
as a bee line and as happy as an old gi
raffe when the circus is out. He old
his butter and eggs, was on his way to
a dry goods store when he met a man
who once came very near marrying his
sister. This was reason enough why
they should drink together, and they
drank. When a man meets a fellow who
might have been his brot'ier-In-Iaw if a
mule hadn't kicked the prospective
bride arross the dark river, he can't
tell when to stop drinking. Farmer
Whitehall couldn't remember whether
he imbibed seven or seventeen glasses,
but the result was the same. When be
finally got ready to do his trading he
entered a store and said :
"Shir, I want shixty spools of dots !
wiz a waist in 'em !"
That was as plain as he eon Id make it
in any of the half dozen stores he en
tered, and by and by he suddenly dis
covered that be wasn't in the right
mood tor trading. He found another
saloon and more beer, and it was even
ing when be entered a jewelry store
and said :
"Shir, I want a yardan' a half of dots
wiz shixty in 'em !"
He was turned out, and late in the
evening he fell dowu on the street, too :
tired to go further. As the officer rals-1
ed hini up he murmured : !
"Shir, I want ten yard drilliu' to line !
Vr Khnool threuil wl. ' I
He was quite sober when walked out
for trial, and, moreover, a little anx
ious to know what had become of all
! his vest buttons and oue coat-tail.
"Do you feel better?" kindly asked
his honor, as he looked down at the
prisoner. i
"No, sir I feel worse," was the an- ;
swer.
'Nice time you had rolling round in I
the street last night." j
"Squar " began the mail, as Ie faced
around, "this is the fust time X ever
made a fool o' mysell with both eyes ;
open! I've got 'leven dollars down I
here la my vest, and you kin take it all
if you'll let me go. I'll bet a cucumoer i
the ole woman didn't sleep a wink last ,
night, and she'll put one o' the boys on ,
a boss and eud liim up the road after j
me this inoruin." i
'Then you plead guilty ?" j
"l do. I'm guilty, and an idiot to,
boot !" !
"Do yo'i want to dti-t right out for'
home?"
"Do 1? Wiiy 1 can't hardly stand,
s:ill. I want to meet the boy as fur out ;
as 1 kin, and 1 il tell him I iTot upsot. ,
"Can you remember what your wife ,
told you to get ?
I kin. She wanted sixty yarJs of j
waist lining, a yard and a half of dots, j
and ten spools of calico, and I'll gel
'em as I go out."
"Well, you may go."
"Thankee! Whar's my hat hk1-
bye.
Jack Hm lii:rt.
Jack Pinebart had a noted name
in Texas, in Ariz ma, in Kansas, in j
New Mexico; uot a gambler from Tex- ,
as to the Black Hills but respected the j
name. An expert gambler, an uuer-i
ring shot, unequaledas a companion on j
a spree, he was. nevertheless, scrupti-
lou.-ly honest, teuder-hearted, sensitive I
and easily provoked to tears. He hail I
one love affair, and it was the rouiauce j
in his life. I don't know the history j
i of It. Nobody docs but Jack, and he j
was not communicative alx u". it. It '
seems that bis brother was tqtially iu- :
volved about the girl, aud, after much
bitter feeling and exchanges had beeu
indulged in betweeu theui respecting
the lady, they came to an understand
ing thoroughly typical ot the hard, un
compromising nature of western quar-
rels The understanding was to the ;
effect that the men. pledged themselves
never again to speak to the girl, the
penalty for au infraction of this rule
being that one brother should kill the
other. This was the compact. To any
oue familiar with the history of the
West there is nothing strange, unnat
ural or startling about it. Tbe broth
ers separated, and each went his way.
This was some years ago. This sum
mer Jack sought out bis brother, and
found him in Deliver. He told him
briefly that be had broken his oath.and
that he wanted the compact kept.
There was nulling sbout Jack's de
meanor that indicated fear, he war
melancholy and quiet. This Indeed
was his habitual manner. He was firm
In bis determination to die by his broth
er's hand. The witness of the com
pact was in Denver. He was found by
Jack, aud the fact was narrated to him.
He offered remonstrance, of course;
Jack was as firm as Iron. His Influence
over the witness, and the desire of the
latter to see it out and put In as many
obstacles as possible induced bim to ac
company his friend. The brother was
waiting, and tney walked out on the
Platte river bank. It was late In the
afternoon. The sun w as making count
less beautiful shapes and colors over
the mountains. The air was cool and
dry, and the earth looked very fresh
and green. It was a singularly invit
ing aspect, and the world never ap
peared more tempting as a place of res
idence. The men spoke- not a word,
but strode steadily along, Jack in front.
The witness was alarmed and horrified.
He knew not what to do. It was im
possible to influence these men ; but he
could not now back out. They at last
reached a quiet spot in a shady valley.
The Tlatte ran beside them, and would
carry the body of Jack along with it in
a few moments. They paused. Jack
drew a Derringerand examined it care
fully. Apparently satisfied with his
inspection, he cocked it and handed it
to his brother. Then walking a few
rods be turned a two-thirds profile to-
war 1 him. presenting his heart as the
mark to shoot at. There the Texan
stood, with his arms folded and an ex-
pressiou of q iiet melancholy on his
race.
"I am ready." he said, casting a sin-
gle glance at his brother, with whom
he had previously shaken hands, and
then turning his gaze toward the river.
The brother took deliberate aim, and
pulled the trigger. The cartridge did
not explode. Jack flung a quick look
at it, and seeing bis brother about to
try again, once more gazed at the river.
After another long aim the brother
suddenly threw the pistol into the riv
er and wheeled about. Jack advanced
in anger.
"You're
a pejurer " be said. "I
would have killed you.'
The brother did not reply, but turn
ed and walked toward home.
Jack followed with the great'y re
lieved witness. He did not utter a
word until they parted iu Denver. He
made related efforts to induce his
brother to carry out the eompact, and
seemed more anxious to die the more
he reflected upon his escape. He ap
peared to court death with moody anx
iety, and long after this affair had ceas
ed t torment him, this strange, rest
legs desire to meet death by violence
teemed to bauut him. At three o'clock
on the morning of his death (he re
mained up because he was filled with
the Suffocating sense that death was
coming), be walked down Sixteenth
street with a friend, and said :
"It's coining, coming, I feel it in the
air; but I don't know how, and I'd
like to know, I've got the 'sand' to die
game, and I'll die in my boots, but I'd
like to know how it's coming."
You ought to go somewhere, Jack,"
said bis frieinl.
ti. . .
couutrv where Jack Einehart is not in j l,,ea ""Keu " eyes, anu maue ;-;'""" " " .
danger " he replied me bold the pan of milk close to her fl,ht allJ precious delay of the pack.
At ten o'clock he' was attending to ! "outhjand nostrils. Iu a few minutes; -2 and again the action was re
his duties as vard-master. A switch n breatI'e though : ptej!, unt: at length the barking ot
engine . .i,., .In. th- ,-ar.i i be was being smothered. Dr. Whet-I " - dogs alarmed the wolves.
hind a passenger traio, and Jack.kuow-
iug the engineer to be a Denver & Rio
Grande man, and being distr.stlul of
him, jumped on the step and rode along
with him. Tbe ricketty engine was
going very fast. It went off the rails
and fell over, and Y'ard-inaster Fiue-
hart was crushed to death and badly
mutilated. The engineer w as alio
kilie'l.
To think thut a man w ho was cover-
ed from bead to foot with knife aud pis-
toi scars- a man whose death was many
tunes due, perhaps, from tbe hands of
other men, should meet it at last by a
railroad accident. His funeral was at-
tended bv rreat iiii'iibers, and as be I
lies i:i me cemeiery, one -, u.err.: ... ..u... .mui.., .... s the trustees of Washington's head.inar-
rave the simple inscnplion, Mark you never beard or Captain Phillips' .twat Xewj1 r , uave ju,t pilrehlaiM.a
1 "U'l,1,rl- . .,t,1,.m r:lilr0','1 V" WrU nJ Pced in that venerable structure
Captain Phillips is a conductor on the . .. , . , ...
Imurove.1 Conditions. i , ',.. , ... , . . mo;1t valuable and interesting relic.
As we review the close of the fiscal 1 Road, and at the tit.ie I speak of, was
year, there Is a general satisfaction at j running a freight. A heavy storm bad
the improved condit:o:l of tiuanee and ; followed his train from Cincinnati a
trade over tho preceding twelve severe winter storm that was accom
months. Men ot business, w ho a.e , panied by fearful wind and rain, and 1
taking a backward glance at the situa- had raged a considerable time. His
tion, express themselves with entire ' tiain was just beyond Walton, thirty
unanimity regarding the past, and are ; miles the other side of Cincinnati, and
i., . .1... r... tvl..iA tt-ss nftf.rviiliiii tiriTr t , t sr,-i nit
activity that has been so marked a fea -
aire of this years business begins to
show the cusLnary relaxations' pecul-
iar to the Summer months, there is a
universal oeiiei inai our progress in an ; lonnn. - i4.i9ciiB:i usm
that makes a nation great has been far : !ad crossed tbe bridge safely, but is
more t'ecided than the mot sanguine gave way uuderCaptain Phillips' train,
had reason to hope a year ago; and "as in the caboose, w hich was next
w hile iu some minor respects there the tender. Ho w.-.s alone there. s the
might have Ueii more improvement. ; caboose rolled upo-.i the bridge, Cap
yet the solid basis we have achieved j lain Phillips fell car, bridge and evcry
has been doubly satisfactory iu banish- '. thing else suddenly sink beneath him
mgau uouoisoi iiiiure prosperity. itieieii me iuuut.se imi engine pan,
,l't:l..1 l.-.l. t . !..! 1. .... .... .1... . L.
line mere lias ueeii au increase in
... .
our exports ol several leading staple,
and the ueneral n a k Is show a de-
cided advance over the average
of the business
of the last two.
diuipor are cited ,
ater degree or con-
. . i .i. .
years, our increasei
as exhibiting a gre:
fideuce in the enlarged purchasing
power of the people and affording am
ple proof ol our increased ability to in
dulge iu many foreign luxuries where
hitherto we have often restricted our
home necessities. It is jnstlv argued
that Ibis tendency of the times must
soon develop a broader scale of scale
of living and create a more active in
interchange of nierchantile commodi
ties and manufactured fabrics, which
mut necessarily result in a better de
mand for money at more profitable
rates. While economists of the cynic
school may fail to accept tbis view of
the situation, and deem our increasing
imports, as compared with those of
last year, as unfavorable symptoms of
our trade balance, it will furnish to
many others the surest signs of our
growing prosperity as a nation.
Nor is this all. Tkv shrewd mer
chant and importer, far seeing and
quick to read aright the slgus of com
ing prosperity, will gauge his import
ation of foreign goods thereby. For
hi in the rich harvest fields of the South
and West hold out bright hopes, for
with that assurance comes greater pur
-hasinsr nower to the people. These
ImiiArlnilima niMti nnniiestloniiblr
that there will be a more active trade
In foreign goods next fall, and a con
sequent greater stimulus to the pro
duction and sale of domestic fabrics.
And this w ill soon vitalize all the chac-
ols of trade.
Wonderful Tenacity of late.
Thirty-three years ago, an Egyptian
desert snail was received at the British
Museum. The animal was know n to lie
alive, as it had withdrawn into its shell,
and the specimen was accordingly gtimmeil.
mouth downward, on to a tablet, duly la
j lieled and dated, and left to its fate. In
j stead of starving, this contented gastropod
j simply went to sleep, in a quiet way, and
never woke up again for four years. The
tablet was then placed in tepid water, and
the shell loosened, when the dormant snail
! suddenly resuscitated himself, began walk
1 ing aliout the basin, and finally sat for his
loortrait. Now, during these fonr years,
i .... . .t.r..i c
the snail had never eaten a uiouimui ui
any food, yet be was quite as well and
flourishing at the end of the period as he
had been at its beginning.
Reptiles ib the Stomach.
L,r England, of Newark, New Jer
took five lizards from the
r""" " lu""cu uiai
j l'""- " "eu C!U,eu UP" 1118 uoclor
exnioueu two oi me iizarus, preserveu unbroken woods when the howl of the
in alcohol. One U four inches in length , woIf ,gailJ slm)te her ear anJ thu time
and the other about two and one-half oUll.r TO, 0.,e ,fu, muotlier JoineJ
inches. They are of a light mud color,,, . The k g;,thereJ on her
and are perfectly formed. The larger , trajj .
one is half an inth in diameter at the she t climb a tree, one would
thickest part, near the shoulders and s..iy; but si,e J:J nt she did not even
head. Dr. England said that when lie throw away her fish,
drew tbe large one from Lucy Davis's j The woiTes gailieJ upon bcr mo.ue,, t
throat she screamed so loudly that ; by moment, the great gray wolves of
score of colored people Hoiked into the tbe Xorlh) that stand as high as a man
room. When they saw the liznrd wbeI1 they rar u WM a Ri,e ailJ a
crawling ou the floor they stood with half to the n(.arC!;; houie w hen she first
mouths agape and eyes starling from )c-us,ht a glimpse of theapproaehof the
the sockets. He never saw such a ter-! demons
rifled set or people in his life. I.uey j i?he had for the last two miles walk
Da vis's case, Dr England added, was ( ed at her utmost speed : it was now
an unusual one, although lizards had i time to run. Yet still held firmly her
before existed in the stomachs of hu- j babe an! her tili
mau beings. He tempted the largest; A quarter of a mile more, anil swift
lizard up in Lucy's throat by putting a , 'y "be had passed it. the wolves
decoction ou her tongue. When the , we biu a few yards. Slit could
head of the lizard appeared, he seized it tuc'r white teeth and hear their
with an instrument and quickly pulled . laboring breath above her own. She
it out. "When I was a student with , loosened and threw down a single fish,
the lite Dr. E. P. Whetmore of Brook-and ran. The pack diseoyeied rare
ly n," said Dr. England, "I assisted in a : ffne, and fought together for its pos
somcwhat similar and very peculiar : ion.
case. Ir. Whetmore wassummoned to! BJ tl,e timc lt wa eaten tl,e brave
attend alady living tear Flatbush. Uei won,an ad gotaq-i.i .ter ofa mile in ad
took me with him. We arrived at the var,ee; b:,ttl,e Pack were so" " her
farm i:f the af:ernoon, and saw the pa-1 ,'ecfIs taS:,!n- Another fl-h checked them
tieut. Dr. Whetmore told her not to i 811,1 t1,,elr eMrU J -' tlloy g1"
., i.t,. ,.. , I fought each other for a bite of the sav-
would attend to her the next day I
Early the next morning the old dot-tor,
without saying anything to me or the
lady, procured a pan of fresh, warm
milk from the barn. He carried the
milk into the bouse, and told the lady
to sit in a chair near the window.
jje
!- , i . i
i ,uor. " anxiously looking
! Jown her throat, suddenly inserted an
instrument, and iu a few seconds pulled
' out a milk snake. The lady went into
j con vulsious, but soon recovered. The
i snake was as beautiful a specimen of a !
milk snake I ever saw. It was nearly '
1 two feet in length, and half an Inch In
circumference. It was of a blue-water ;
'color, with cream-brown spots. The'
, ajv recovered her health -spidly. Dr.
j tvbetmore i:ad uot said what was the
! rallse f .r iunes3 untH he pulled out
,nc snake."
;
a Ktiirot wreck.
I Utile creek that empties into the
1 Wcklng River. Csually this stream is
; ow. but on that night (.his wa some
, four years ago) it had become a swollen.
aim men mc i-jiuihc sum- uie rusn-
.... . . .
: ing stream, i ue caooose ngni weni
j out, and the water poured in up. n the
i flooring upon which he stood. The
Captain was thrown down, but he re-
gained bis leet aud uu nag.d to stand
while the car was swept along. It was
r.. I :.: ti
au awful position. The w ater poured
in ana rose uiguer ana nigner arounu
him ; the car floated, but it turned
j from side to side, pitching and rolling)
; lA'UIrl IIjT UIIU V (lllllllltlll sHUI L iiiir .
anu struck w uu leariui iorce upon me , jeath f Mr. ,-jrler the watcll wa:J solJ
cotton trees that stood in the w ay of the : to settie up his estate, and purchased
torrent. Phillips did not loose hisibyMrs Kyer, a sister of the deceased
presence of mind, but struggled per jj.-ntleman. This lady died over a year
sisteutly to reach the car door. Again i af,0, au 1 the valuable time-piece has
aud again he approached it, but tbe been bought from her heirs, so that It
rolling and plunging of the car threw can be placed and .reserved iu that
him back. The minutes seemed hours j bulldfbg which its owner giaced with
to Phillips. The water in the caboose her presence.
rose higher and higher past his knees, I The w atch bears the name of it
past his waist, up to bis chest, over his I maker. "Barwie, Loudon. No. 713."
shoulders, even up to bis chin. Finally ! It is of the oid-iashioned "bull's-eye
his head si ruck the top of the car when pattern, reduced iu taicknes-. The
the car changed its motion. Suddenly handsome gold case i inlaid with white
when all chance of escape seemed out , enamel around the edge of the back and
of the question, the car door burst open j face. The hour marks are numerals,
and by a tremendous effort, Phillips and over the figures are the words
reached and braced himself in its frame- j "Martha Cust't.s, oue letter being over
work. The i.ext instant be seized a ea:n "ure- The watch shows signs of
,, . - .. , . . aue. tigers at the cases being w or, i and
limb of a cottonwood tree, mgain-t ' trai.ke), n nnl
which the caboose was carried. He . .
held tight, and tbe car was swept on,; stron - Tra
whiiehehungtothe tree. The other; General John Bcatty.on one occasion
cars of tbe train rushed past one by ; w heu on a march rejj.lIt.j !liu.self
one, and more than once tho tree he j .:.,. Wuat lie M:)Dosed to be tea. but
B clung to was struck by them. So great
, was the force of the torrent that the
! locomotive was carried many yards
down tbe stream, and seme loaded cars
of wheat were swept into the Licking
Klverand down to Cincinnati thirty
miles aw y
Phillips was rescued in
'
i le morning
! more than usual for some time before,
Woman's Escape from Wolves. j be tobauco t;ljte wa4 tbere.
In the year 1S4J died in the town of, fore not iu the liquid but in his mouth.
Greene, Me., an old man "jaincd Thorn-1 When the General returned from his
as, who bad a thrilling wolf story of! march, lie happened to mention to bis
his own to tell, though the experience . servant that the tea tasted like tobacco
was too early for bis memory, be being : j uke, and was astounded at receivine
at the time k baby in arms. Jlr. George 1 the reply, "it is terbacker juije, sir!"
J. Verney relates the adventure In the "Why, you must Ik? an infernal fool
Lewistown Journal. Mrs. Thomas was ; John," said the somewhat horrified
a fisherman's wife who lived in the General, "to give me tobacco juice to
town of Brunswick, Me., where Bow- drink!" "Can't help that, sir; you
doin College now stands. At one time gave me pnper o terbacker and tole me
when her husband was in port, but I to make tea of ii. Did jest as you tole
could not coaie home, she started on I me sir." The reasoning was conclu
foot to Harpswell. a distance of ten I sive, and the Gcueral was obliged to
miles, to see him, carrying hex young-j content himself w ith pouring the rest
est child in her arms. Returning with 1 of t..e "tea" out of bis canteen.
' a load of fish on her back as well as the
burden of her babe, she heard a wolf
, howl in the forest, and teror quickened
her pace, although she was already fain
to sink with fatigue,
She was mid wav of the rive miles of
ory fresh codfish, hurried the labor-
! rt: . .
j '"V, ? I ,7 . "
, "er . annoyed by the shaking it
h3'1 rclJ pid Pa. t
length cried lustily, calling the wolve-.
j to renewed pursuit. In va'n the poor
j mother tried to soothe her infant, but
llinl hlr lull n-'id ful nu-Ml hv a f ra.li
past tbe friendly brutes to tbe door of
the farmhouse, thrown open t receive
her.
The great dogs are trained to their
duty, and no sooner was the fugitive in
the house than they also retired in good
order to tbe same safe stronghold, leav
ing the foiled wvlves to rage outside,
and fall before the guns that were
, speedily brought to bear upon them.
The weary mother found safety and
rest, but whether the saved any of her
fish tradition does rot relate.
Slurtna Washington's Watch.
Aided by several wealthy citieus.
whlch is a gold watch made in London
for Jlrs. Manha Custis, ou the order of
General Wa-liiiigton, just previous to
the marriage of the General to that
lady. General Washington had two
love affairs, the first being with Mary
Phillips, who after a time refused his
band, and :n 1 To'i became the w ife of
Robert Morris. In 175S General Wash-
" ",f 'Jl 8"d
' ;V" ".'V 'a"-
, -
; r r.,i..,,t w..r .r
for many years after she became Mrs.
Washington, and while a: Mount Ver
non, after the clash of arms had erased
she presented it to a favorite niece wh
afterward !eeame Mr. Halybnrtoii, ol
Virginia. That old lady presented the
heiiloni to her son, dimes l. Il ily-
, burton, ,'hn. nt the breaiiini out of tht
rebell;o.i was the owner of an
exteu-
. . . . . . , . t
ssve plaafal.on and
sive plao'at.on and many slaves In
Virginia. The emancipation procla
mation and the stu-eess of the Federal
arms left the Hal;, burtons poor, and
j wu.h wag 0 Uirkt.. ,
, ,M owuer ,t pnrcltA!Vl hv tlie
! , , h Cartt,r of xewhUrg. w l.o
j jlirin!, ,,u lifetSlll was a devoted relic
; hunte, ailj bv wllolll mallv f tne U1(.t
?aluable armies in headquarters w ere
be.jui.ea to that institution. On the
wajJ n realitV ,obaoeo jllice, had
j CoIloocU.J from a pat.er of chew-
in ' tobacco whiih the General had
handed to the servant by mistake. The
, General thought once or twice that the
'tea" seemed slightly impregnated
i w itli flavor of Utacco, but attributed
it to the faet that he ii id been smoking