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VOL. XXXIV.
MIFFLINTOWX, JUNIATA COUNTY. PEXXA.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1SS0.
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BUCHU.
& Eieldv Tonne eiri was Tmtn-; fir..
One proud nd detanninej to have her on
WST;
Aud ntber than band
Bh would lota her ka.t friend
She wai od upon whuin. yon could n.var da
pand. That she thought herself charming was plain
' te be aoen.
By her confident manner and satisfied mien;
She was obe of that kind -
. . JCdat oas often will find,
With a tmall, selfish head aud diminutive
mind.
Vi tor"- ray had a passion for urees,
TuoUj,!. -ooj taste and judgment she did uo
On the streets she would flirt,
And sweep through the dirt,
With thirty-aix. yards of light silk in her skirt
?he made raany lover, it mar be a score
She had promised to marry a dox:n or more;
Aud felt Lappy and ay
At the confident way
They were Utile J and loved ly Victoria Gray.
n;u tns Van Qjirk was her fortunate flame
(.Victoria loved his euphenioos tame)
j A w,ak little fellow.
! Whosfs hiekara weri yellow,
; W.th little whlia bauds aud a Toice rather
; u.aV.uw.
I He to.,k her to operas, dances and rlava;'
I H . cou:!ci and wooed her in. various ways
; lie whiepeied a store '
I Of affectionate lore
' Ihat Lighted the hopes of a desen or mora.
i They wero married at iabt;'twaa amcst famous
affar,
; XiaJe Lrilliant by presents of real plated ware:
'Twas a trausierit displav,
, - Tiie taik of tae day,
; AaJ this was the end of Victoria Gray.
F.vc y. are have i-oae br. and AoUatos Tan
J QrU
; lias never been guiify of gcinj to work.
Just over the a ay
j I a saistl sijrrj to-day:
i " EoarJing by lira. Van Quirk" (nee Vietoria
:ay).
The Pcrirai!.
3!aoric-c was wandering aimlessly in the
J ptlis of tiie furusi. 1: Lai ceased nin
iL out tiie drops of vratcr were s'iii
rcliiiij from leuf to leaf with tiie slight
ound of a necriy exhausted fouutaia trkk
ii:; into i'.3 hs!f-fiilei basin, and in the
distance the dink path opened out in'.o a
wet glade of a deep rcen of exquisite s ift-nut-s.
The trucks of the trees vfcrc very
b!ick, tljL-ir branches b!ackcr still, and the
ina.8ive boairbs of tLe chestnut trees above
the voting planter's head s- e r.ed like Li'a 1
arc'jes cf a cathedral at the hour when all
dark in the church and xvhea the colored
windows cast into the gloom, gleams of
light so mtensc and so mysterious that you
would tl.iuk them lit up by a lire of live
coals from wither.'.
Maurice loved this hour at the decline of
Jny, when after the rain the sun has not
hone out. and when a gray tint is cast
over everything, bleeding outlines, soften
ing angles and iuvtsling every shape with
a smooth and exquisite roundness, lie
walked s'owlv, discoverin'r evcrv moment
in the well-known forest some beauty till
tuen unknown, and he was thrilled to the
verv depths of hie bcins by that tender ad-
miratian fr nature which is one of the
characteristics of genius.
Ilaving reached the glado, he looked
amv.nd him. Tiie crass was creen and
briHiant; the delicate leaves of the shrubs,
shining beneath the -v.-ater which had
washed them, formed a fine, larre-like net
work against the dark background of the
srcat forest beyoniL He slopped in or
der to sec letter, to observe belter and to
take in better the impression of the wet
forest, more irr.pressivcand more human, so
10 speak, ia its great shadows then beneath
lui sunshine in all tiie splendor of tue day.
The urcitv and graceful figure of a
roun sir! stood cut against the foliage of
the birch trees. She advanced with a
sup'.e movement, without perceiving Mau
rice, who, as immovable as the trunk of a
chestnut tree, was watching her. en
two steps from him the yourggirl perceived
iuu. She stfcrteo, anu lei iaii a icw iwis
from the f.igot of wood that Ehc was c;irry
ir.2 on her hea L
'You fnglitcn me," said she smiling;
and her black eyes shone out merrily be
neath the tangle of her blonde lm'r.
lie loo!.-at her without answering. A
complete harmony, which no words can
render, reigned between the Sieniier Em-c,
the lnuhiDS face, the lace like fo.iase of
the glauc and the tints of the lan.!scape.
"Stand still," said the young rr.n: I a":
oing to take your portrait."
She wished to push lack her Lair, which
had fallen over her face, :mt he printed
her by a gesture.
Remain as you are.
Tie seated himself on a stone aad
sketched ra'jidlr tbc outline and features
of his young model, bbe was a peasant,
but delicate and refined as the young g.r.s
cf the rea3antrr often are before their
complete and often tardy development.
The eyes were already those of a woman,
the smile was still that of a child.
"How old are you?"' asked the painter,
still working.
"I shall soon be sixteen.
"Already: I saw yon three yean go
little bit of a thing."
"I was very little," said she, with a
pretty laugh and frank and bold es a spar
row, "but I grew fast, and on Bt Jonn s
iinw I shall have lovers."
"Why on St John's day?' astea tno
young man, stopping to loot at her.
"Because one must have a lover to dance
with rouud the bonfire."
a soon! That pure brow, those inno
cent eyes, that childish mouth, all these
.r. in he nrofancd by the boorish gal
lantry of a rustic' Maurice felt a vague
jealousy daxn in his heart,
"Wi'l you have me for a lover?" said he,
rootimtnfT his WOrk.
"Oh! tou! tou are a gentleman, and I
am a peasant; good girls do not listen to
(fenflrnien-' '
That Is the Tillage coda of morals; the
vatintr man answered nothing.
1 cannot see any longer, will yea eeme
back here to-morrow, a little earlier?"'
"For my portraits'"
"Yes.""
"I will come. Good evening eir.''
She raised her bundle of wood, and went
away into the deepening shadows, beneath
the archway of the dark chestnut trees.
Maurice wnt home dreaming of the fair
haired child. He had seen her often, and
had always looked at her, but with the eyei
of an artist. Now it seemed to linn that
he looked at her with the eyes of a jealous
lover. That night and the next day
seemed interminable to him; und long be
fore the appointed hour he was in the
glade.
Ho worked alone, aud when the girl ar
rived, a little late already playing tho co
quette she was quite surprucd.
"It is really mynclfl" said she. "Will
you give it te mt?"
"Xo, I will make you a little one for your-self?-
"And that one, what will yoa do with
i't?
"It will go to Paris, it will be put in a
large frame, it will be hung in a beautiful
gallery, and ev?ry one will come and l'k
at it."
"Ah! yes, 1 know, in the exhibition "
"Have you heard of the cxliibitiou?"'
There are gentlemen painters here who
work for the exhibition, as they say, but
they never took my portrait.''
Daylight was fading gently; Maurice
found as on the preceding evening, the ex
quisite soft tints which had so charmed him
and his work advanced a huudred cubits
toward posterity.
ne saw her again several times beneath
the checkerdaylight of his improvised stu
dio, and he took pleasure in making this
work his best one. Already celebrated, he
had no need to make himself a rami?, aud
yet he was sure that this picture would
put the seal to his renoun.
By the time he was quite: satisSed with
it, winter had come, and Maurice lovci his
little model lie loved her too r.;uch to
tell her so, bx much to sully thi3 field
Cower of whom he could nut make Ins wife,
but enough to suffer at the thought .f leav
ing her. She had noce of thue.J qualities
which secure the hap;ir,e-- of a life;
neither depth of feeling unr the ilcvo:i'n
which caus.-s us to forj. t c-.vrythiag, por
the passion wbiii is au excuse for every
thing: she was a pretty L-ld fbwer, a li'tie
vain, a little coquettish, with 110 fioai
faults, nor yet p-eat virtues. Maurice
knew that the was n-.:t far hittu an 1 yjt Lc
loved the graceful lines cf her flr-ire. ?J
yet scarcely developed, and with her bon.e
snun gown chas'c'y cnfo'.dc.! v. i'.i.ont dis
guising, lie loved the K-en eves, the
laughing niou'.h, the fair h:iir that 'nas al
ways in di-.rder, tho little ha.i'il.eroliief
tied acrws her br.-ast he lovd h ali, r.nd
it wr.s with reluctance tin' -he went away.
Yc always go away with reluctance v. hen
we have nothing to hope for on our return.
It is ) hard to ltave behind a bit of r.ne"s
life, of which nothing is to remain.
He carried away his picture, however,
and it was before it that he passed bis .hip
piest hours that winter, aiweys perfecting
a wort winch wn3 a:reuii- perlccl. i 110
picture was admired; the critics who were
unanimous in their enthusiasm, declared
that such facts could r.ot exit, except In
ho brain of a poet, or in the imagination
ol a p.aimrr. ..isnnce ii-tcnea smi::ng,
and kept to himself the secret of that sweet
face that had inspired him. lie received
brilliant offers for his picture; never hid so
liig'u. a price been offered for s.r.y of hL
works; but he refused, and he refused also
to allow it to be copic;L Since ho was
never to possess ant-thin;; of his mode! but
bcr likeness, he intended tlint that should
he lis alonc.
Auturun was drawing near when he re
turned to the village; twice had the fires of
St. John seen the whirls of the merry
ance since he bapaintcd the portrai.
and when he thought cf the youn? girl, it
was with a smile that was somewhat sa.l,
as he aeked himself on which of the village
rustics she bed fixed her choice.
His first pilgrimage on arriving was to
the forest of chestnut trees; at the fall of
day night comes quickly at tho beginning
of October he wandered down the long
path; but it was no longer dark; it was
traversed by an ambor sunbeam, which
seemed to haye fastened itself on every or.e
of the leaves which quivered on the
branches or crackled becea'h his fect.
The o.hr of the dead leaves brought to
hitn a whole world of regrets, of remem
brances ot bitterness, stirring up withiu him
an unsjicakablc sadness, and a more com
plete disgust with everything that he had
sought up to that time. When he reached
the glade he sat down on the spot where
eighteen months before he had made the
sketch which had since crowned his renown.
The cold sione seemed to laugh f-t hiu
ironically for all that he had su.Cercd.
A peasant girl acoquctt.-: a matter of
great conscqunce sure y: tue wemu nave
'.oved me if I had chosen. Aiaey oihers
have loved pointers, aud have followed
them to Paris, and then Lave tiis'ppim'a'
in the scum of the great ci'y without
loading with chains the one who had ini
tiated them into the myitcxicsof art and
intellectual life. He is a fool who sacri
fices to chimeras the real goods of this
world: tho love of a beautiful prl, the
glory which talent gives, the fortune which
success brings.
While he w as thus denying the goods of
his youth, he saw coming toward him, in
the well-known path, the young girl of
other days, who had grown np, who had
become a woman, in one Word. She was
not alone; a rustic was walking beside her
holding her by the little finger, a fine fellow,
for that matter, strong and well made and
richly dressed for a peasant. He bent to
ward her, end from time to time wiped
away with his lips a tear from the young
girl's check.
On seeing Maurice they stopped, confused
and surprised.
"Andi was for that," though the, "that
I lespected this flower! "'
And he was thinking with contwnptuons
pity of his folly when the young girl ad
dressed him:
"They will not let us marry, sir," said
the, her voioe Broken with sob. "I am
poor, he has some property, and his mother
will not have me for a daughter-in-law. She
talks of disinheriting hiai."
"And yon elo not wan't him to be dis
inherited, do you?" said Mnurice h-enical!y.
"IudeI!" auswered the lad, "we must
live."
"That ia only too true! I pi'.y you, my
children."
They went away. Maurics left alone with
his head bowed down on his hands, thought
for a long time.
His idle fancy had flown away nothing
remained of ths slender yo;;ng girl but a
peasant who was still handsome, but very
near beeor.-.ing an ordinary matron.
"So it was with our dreams," said he,
nsincr.
"The only sure thing that we caa gather
from them is to do a little good with them."
The same evening he wrote to Paris, and
a few days later he presented himself at the
young girl's house.
"I have sold your portrait," h said to
bcr, ia the presence of her astonished
mother; "I received a largs sum for it. It
is quite a fortune. I have brought it to
you in order tliat you may marry your
lover. '"
Down la the Critter.
A Philadelphia traveler writes from
Naples as follows: "Now that Mount
Vesuvius is belching out smoke and fire, a
visit to tiie summit is the fashionable thiug
to da Recently, the eruption being unu
sually strong, I made a hurried visit to the
lop of the mountain. On the way to the
Hermitage, a small cafe, near the Observa
tory which wa3 erected by the Government
to watch the operations of the mountain,
you pass many vine-yards, and through a
district showing its volcanic origin. You
can go as far as the lieruutuge in a Car
riage, but after that it is necessary to walk,
and to assist you ia tint fatiguing ppera
tion, one guiile will pull at a strap he has
placed around you, aad the other will puah
behind. The material over which you
walk in some places U red, in others black,
aad of a shifting character, so that at times
you slip back tuo steps after taking one.
from one totvo hjurs is reepurcu to reach
tho sumuiit, but, when reachi.il. if the day
ie riisr. the grand paaorarr.ic viev of
Napha, the Bay, tiie Island of Capri and
ruins of Potnpiii are a:i distinctly
marked. 1 lis crater is ai.iiost m an a:a-;
phitheatre, tiirjc-foi'.nhs if which are en
closed, while T.e-fourth is open. The cn
cl.'iag wa'ls rise above the KJ e.f the
crater from 3'l to fU feet, a-id are apparent- j
iy ctmp.itd of sulphur. The (iiaux'ter of 1
ine openiKi isover :.0J yards, and the
h"le of this area is fiiled with lavaon fire,
hut cni'led on the surface with a skin a
few inches deep, which is of chilled lava.
Looking between cracks in this covering
yon ses the i.1 wiug fir.s only au inch or
two bc!'w v:ir f-.'fc'. The operation ef the
Mi juutain ia i'li r-Ting oui thj burning lava
is as r-r-gnlar sl,i;o.-l as the movement of a
clock or tho pi- ton of a s'ea-.n engine. The
de'itsj s-rioke an 1 fumes of sulphur cri!i. ri
al ly isrne irom tec csine, anil at every pu';a- 1
ti'in of V.c great mountain, a r.o:t"j is hrard
like the tiring of tT.nno', and then iur.r.ense
q'ian'i;i"s of mnlen lava f'.i w'. into the air
at ica-t 1) feet, and spreading emt ii its
descent sinctiiing like a la; y's fan, pre
sents a sight to tec eye that it is not ; oiStb e
to see in any olinr place. This upheaval
is continuous, anil teeCiS to get mor; wond
rous at each grand tii.-ph.y ol shooting lava.
Notrt ithstaiKiing Xh'.i operation, it is safe to
dcsccnil t!ie crater, tusU is, the opening be
tween the con", through which the lave is
ejecled, end the outer rim of the crater. Ia
your i:'ceut you pas over thinly en
cnvterl lava, which can be penetrated with
a siiarp s;ick, a:ul the fire seen beneath.
Asyo-.i descend the noise of tho explosions
every Lnlf minute er so. and the volumes of
spioko above your head lit np by the sun
light, create an impression of awe anu
wonder upon the iuin;L At night tiie
burning lava as it pours over the side of the
mountain is plainly visible, and the up
heaval of the burning mass above the cone
could be plainly sen at Naples. The de
sci from the mountain hi quite e;isy, and
caa be madj froat the top to the starting
point in eight or ten uiiuines by au active
young B an.
lionr tlt rjramlita W ere itullt.
To g t the base of the pyTamiii 7C2 feet
onepch cilire perfectly level, they inu?t
have adopted the recthcxl of cutiing out
from the rook a place for the foundation of
the pyraaiiil, and theta pouring waler,
marking the height to which it rose on the
sides. To obtain a duo north, and south
i'me it would have been necessary to bore
into the solid rock in such a direction that
from the shaft tlin made the north pole
star couid have lcen observed at its lowest
point in the small circle it C:akes around the
pule. Then by boring another small per
pendicular hole to meet the shaft, aud drop
ping a plun.b line and conneclirg the ori
itcc at the surface-with the orifice of the
shaft at its corrcvpondiag point there was
formed a true north and south line. Ac
cording to Herodotus a fresh set of 100.
Oou men was employed in building tho
pyramid evtry three months, to that there
was plenty of labor to conduct all these ex
periments". Af'er getting the 1 ase stones
laid the ollur layers of s:ur:c could be put
on carrying up the shaft that fcnd been
sunk. Tins would terminate one of the
faces, and to continue it higher it would
have to turn or branch cut in another direc
tion. A reflected ray of light would give
them the means or turning the shaft at right
angles. Thus wa3 cos'pletej the iusiru-L-tent
for the niea-urir.g of the exact time,
and its large galiery into which the interior
pas-age wide-reel out wou'. l be useful f r
o'oservi!!g th-i sta-s pnsimg over i:, ana.
Icing very deep, the stars could be seen in
the day time, uu J o'erved not enly by one
ervi r but by many, who could ta,;e tue
time of the stars southing at the sar.se mo
ment, and get rid of what is called 'per
sonal cepTaii'in" or diUcrei.ccs in the roadi-
aess of u:itcrcjt o'jsoivcrs.
r.rnnrkjl.' SnjrrcitT of a Cloe.t.
A romnrkablc iitsiur.ee of the sagacity of
animals occured recently at the residence of
Peter Kille an, tew Orle-ans. Ihe partici
pants in the event about to be related were
a goat, which for some years past has been
a great pet with the children of the family,
and a pup, a comparatively rcc:ut arrival
in the domestic circle, the goat and dog
were on the best of terms, anil had come to
enjoy occa.:on!y rambles together around
the yard during the goal s spare moments,
when there were no ovsercans, door scrcp-
crs or other edibles for it to dispose of. The
singular behavior of tiie goat during the af
ternoon, some days since, attracted the at
tention of the family. It ran to and fro,
crying in the most piteous manner, and
seemed half distracted. Pome one at last
suggested that the animal should be follow
ed, and it seeming to sppreciate the fact that
it bad been nndcrstrxxl, led the way to the
rear of the yard, where its canine compan
ion was found in the vault, almost in its last
struggles. The puppy was quickly rescued
and restored to th goat, who greeted it
with the fondest earestts.
Tli a Yt ila and the Burglar.
Tom was to be gone several days, and 1
cuel not liKe to stay aionc, ana got ousie 10
come and stay with me. There had been
several burglaries attempted and successful,
'" ui.. . w.
Besides, a ma a who owed Tom Quite a
lare sum of money had come to pay him,
and I bad taken the money, and tuu not
been able to get to tire bank and deposit it
I bad often heard that burglars kept track
of all these things, and talked the matter
over with Susie, as a way of fortifying
ourselves. I plan of escape which he had conceived.
Wc grew more and more nervous every j He fixed a hook on the board to keep it in
miirfite, and when bad time came we could j its place when he wa inside. As there
hardly get courage enough to go and lock I was a lavatory attached to the workshop
the doors. We finally did it, however, and j he had an ample supply of water, anil, he
then the consoling thought came to us that sustained life on two siires of bread a day,
we should have done it saveral hours sooner . abstracted from the breakfast of the pris-
that if there were any burglars about, oners, which were placed near his hiding
they had had a glorious time to get in and 1 place. More he dared not take for fear of
secrete themselves. It was not comforting, j exciting suspicion. With a piece of steel
but could not bo helped; and we tried to
pluck up courage enough to search the
house. We finally did it, and found no
.1 !..:.- 1 . .
one, though Susie thought she had when
she put her hand on Tom's overcoat in the,
closet, and drew back with a scream that j
frightened us both half out of our wits,
We taiked a little after we went to bed, but
f!l asleen Quite soon, in spite of our anxi-
cty.
In the middle of the night -we were j remain concealed untu the following but
awakened by a terrific crash in our bed-1 day, follow the warders to the garret, stir
room. I think I never experienced a fscling : in unperceived and lie there perdu unt"
of more perfect terror than I did as I lay j nightfall. Then the garret window heir
there, breathless, with the thoughts of our i unbarred., he would, by the aid of his kner
evening conversation rushing over tue, I ted rope, have let himself down to the'win
aad the confused consciousness of that , dow-leilge below, on which there is sufii-cra.-li,
which had awakened me from a ; cient standing room for a man of bis cat
sound sleep. I was sure some one was in ! like agi'ity, and so on until he reached the
the room. The blinds were closed ; it was
perfectly dark, and utterly impossible to see : been a comparitively easy task. 'As be
anyone if a person were there. I imagined j would have taken the rope with him, no
he had knocked over something in his at-, body would have known how or when he
tempts to go about in the complete dark-1 had escaped. But this hopeful scheme was
ness. I reached over and touched Susie, marred bv rn untoward iucideut one of
cautiously. t
'Are vou awake?"' I whispered, as nearj
noiselessly as possible. ;
"Yes." ,
"Did you hear anvthing?" This time ;
with my head under the ciothes, to shut 1
out tho wiund. '
"Ye." i
"What Uo vou suppose it U?"' '
"I don't know."
Then we lay pcrfcctlv motionless, and '
lamv fhivenng with terror. Alter what
...... A ... 1 - !... ... --.t
half that time. I whispered a-ain : "Bo
VfMt stiritxiv there is itnr one lu ru r
"Yes. Hon't whisper."
T..ea we lay still airaia; si perfectly
still that I felt as if petrified, and i: seemed
ns if we should never be able to breathe
free again. At the end of another seeming
1 indefinite, or infinite, period of liiuc,
uij whi"pcrcl to me: "What shall wei
do? i Jo you tiare stru;e a ligut t
'So" very decidedly.
Anotner long time ot peneri s.iuncs ana
uit- r ne:;i u must ic-, in our utiei.-.,.t to
breathe quietly. Then Susie wlii-'pcred
a.iaiu: "1 Hon I se Low any one cou..l
keep still so long. It must be a mistake."
Just then there caruc a rcpon. like that
or a pUtr!, but nut as loud, though wc f-it
sure that wr.s what it was; and it seemed
03 if it were in tho kitchen or tiown the
cellar, we could not tell which. We bs-
cair.? lueatiiiess with terror then, wuat
coul 1 it be i Whom could they be shoot
ing ? Then I rememliereil tiie dog. I had
not heard him I ark. but it mut be they
had shot him. We did cot dare move af-
.cr i:iai, anu lay mere perieciy stiu umu
it began to grow daylight. Such a time as
it Bccmcd judgeng ly our leciiu we;
should have been old and toothless when ,
it seemed judgeng by our feelings we
that faint streak of dawn crept m through
. n,i, w i.t .1-. v. ti.ink ,1 .it.i,v:'.;i
knocked it ilown, Ann wnen we went to
the bead ol the cellar-stain and found a
can cf tomatoes popped open, on the broad
shelf, we knew what had been shooting.
lorn said: "Just lite a coupto ot wo-
men, to scare themselves to ileal u: uy
..it. onuus. j"- i -vou re a nans casmerujwn in ine loot- sei: that tne con-.lueior ua'l no eiea.uy nie of sii'-kiu e" 's. '
to o ir tcrriued eyes? A sn of hanging, hi";;.-." weapon concea'ed on his person, the cigar- ! f wha'," aVee! the 8st.rin.5ea citizen,
shelves, loaded with books in an ignon.m-1 "Hw elid you know that i" stammered U-ss citizen ventured : I who iho,:-hi a v .'her r.vehiliorj was t
ions heap on tho fioor. with the owtlbrosen . t!l0 p,.n:icman, n.uch amazciL , "One of you fellows strjeko'd in Chicago cor.t.
where it had been worn by the picture-nail I -And your ca'.i and accounts are io be ; the oilier day !" , "I mean of lIY;-' " r-niit-d t''e coaduc
which siipportcd it, and so not leaving ni -nnc over ry the lirecto.-s on the r!rt, and. The "conductor" km! his fVe! r ows as if t.T -jd th-ear s'opocL
the chance to believe that some one had T.vi c-.n't relizeon vour stocks vou want the word "iVllows" ha 1 alarmed the bile on ' ' '
di.la't you load my revolver at night, and -Why, I g "4'e.l i'. It's the regular
have It ready ? j thing, you k: .'. Got turco orders to nt-
' 1 tend to ahca;! t;i yours now. lA-ianie se?.
rtaroo TraoO Itlrallad. anyljlir!; for voa ncxt WfH.U, but
The jail a! Geneva. Switzerland, consists 1 $ you V, ctli.es.lay ami Thursday
of three stories and is se panted front the I ", '- How 11 that suit you :
Rue du Cloitre bvawall reaching to the Ine cr-.er saU ho thougi.t he could
second storv. At" the angle of the building ! "k thtU do, and 1:1 k tuir. nve miliums
nearest to 'the street are three windows, j th-y hndjitruek a bargain and arranged th
one aliove the other, all heavily barred : i v'-.-' ir.
the Highest of them i further protected l y j
a hood or pent-house and lnjiongs to the
nn.n tt-r.fl.-1 1 .W-ntlT- 1 1 e tvnrtlprlt
pe.'ir.tendent of the workshop was having it j
l,.-,i..! not ! v two nrisoiierr. one of whom :
bears the name of Mcr.assade. When the
vor: rtim nearlv finishctl Menassado was i
told to carry some cinilers into the yard, j
When thev arrived in the vaid the superin-
teudent was surprised to s?e a long cord
tlauzling from the workshop wimlow. He ;
ran hastily upstairs to ascertain w hat this
could mean, leaving the prisoner alone with
the turnkey. The turnkey, having no ap
prehension as to the safety of his charge,
ran to the chief jailer on duty to inform
hi.u of what bad happene.h t'n.'.cr the
pefit-l.ouse of the workshop window the
superintendeut found a r ipe-la.lder, oi
which the cord hanginr fro n t'ie window
formed a part. It hart been pieced there
by Menassado when be was cleaning the
window cariy in the morniag. r.n.l. at l.e-
catno known later on, the making of ii Lad
occuoied eight mouihs. iiis work wes
slioemnl.ing, and with the biis of springs,
thread, boot -laces, &., l.c nr.nagetl to
crete, he wove a long rope, and then with
pieces of wl he haJ picked tip here and
ihiT-c be torre-d it into a bidder in every
re?pcct sui'iiciciit for his purpos?. His idea
was when he tik the tindeis into the ya.-d.
oa which occasions lie was nn&cconipar.icl,
to drawdown the ladder from the pent-! ef she kind o totters, it 3 evidence to my 1 1 he back should be just plump enough
house, mount by means cf it to Ihe top ofj Asa ferry-boat steamed out ol the Fulton j mind that she is sueeptihlc ; cf not, I take ' to prevent the veins fro:;i being too pro
file wall, then et.-.ch it (to which end he slip 0:1 theXew York side on Sunily morn- j it she liaiut no use for me. or else she loves i minent-
had connived a very ingenious device), de-j mg, a pretty girl of about 13 years'of age 'another. Did I get your ticket, sir?" : The fingers must be lo.ig and tapering,
scend by it into the Ruedii C'lcitre, and eet j entered the iaiiies' cabin, which was filled ! The citizen bad given np one ticket, bu', ; forming utile graduated columns of perfect
clei:raav. On the return cf the superin-! 1th persons going to chtirc'a in Brooklyn, ! ret'ier than run the risk of petting into m proportion.
leadent to the y-rd Meuassade Lad disan-
nerircd. The thecrv formed bv the prison
authorities was that while the supennten -
dent went np stairs to the workshop, Men
agndc, by the means of his rope and with
the connivance of the turnkey, had contri
ved to get over the wall and make good his
escape. Under this improshion the turnkey
was arrestjd and lodged in one of his own
ceils, telegrams were sent off in all direc
tions, gendarmes stationed on all the roods
leading to the frontier, and every place in
Geneva likely to conceal a fugitive from I distributed.
justice, carefully overhauled. All this! Pennies and larger sums were poured into
time the missing man was insiJe the jaiL the tin plate, and when the boat entered
The momeut the turnkey had turned his I the Brooklyn slip the liitle girl was drying
back, he had followed the superintendent j her eyes aad counting up the net results
to the workshop, and while tho latter was 1 of a very rich harvest,
busy with his discovery of the rope-ladder j Her father did not seein to have kept his
he "had hidden himself in a place where appointment with her in the ferry-hoa,
it never occurred to anybsdy to look for but she was met outside the gates by a des
him. High above the superintendent's ros- peratcly drunken young man, into whose
truin, whence he surveys the prisoners at ' pocket she freely poured her earnings, and
work, is a window, almost dark and sunk ! then shs accompanied him, in an apparent
deeply in the wall With the agility and ly contented state ef mind, along Fulton
Boiselenness ef eat, Menassade elimbed I street
' up to this recess and doubled himself up in
; such a fashion that when, shortly af terwards,
1 the police searched the room it neveroccur-
; rea to them that the bundle or rags they
saw lying there was other than what it
seemed to be. In this position he remained
( uuiii tiittt, tut u UU UtXUUIi JIVIU 1117
: nerch. and with the helD ot 4he tools found
I j the workshop ramoved a board from the
stage which sustahis the su(H.-rintendent's
reielrum Creeping inside he made it his
hitting place for eight days and cignt nigu'.s,
only comir.g out in the intervals between
j the warders' rounds to prepare for another
and a stone he struck a light ; by the help
of some cardboard he converted an old pu-
i troleum lamp into a dark laulern, ane from
i . . , 1. 1 I . l . . 1 1 . t
the string which abounded in the workshop
he manufactured a strong knotted rope,
On Sunday mornings after the rooms were
i swept it was the custom of the wardtrs to
j carry the waste material? up to the garret
on which occasions thev treneraliv left th-
door unlockciL Mcnasadc's plan was
; wall, whence the desceut into the street had
the warders in leaving the workroom turn-
ea the kev in the lock. Thea Menassade's
courage failed l;im ; another week of semi-
starvaiim and suspense under the suoertn-
tendent's rostrum on the chnnce of the
door hcimr left open the following Sunday
was more than human nature could bear ;
and when the wariltrs returned thev were
sunrist;d to see Ixforc them the man they
had so cag.riy sought, and for whom the
police even then were scouring the coumrv
i tar a:i(l wiac. ".i;.' he riciaiaieu,
lit tv ...c- ' u.iu, i.u e.v...i.u:u,
xcrnuur The individual most re-
at ,
' joiced at this denouement was natnrallr the
uisaraoed turnkev who had been locked ur
; a wh ile week for an offense of which he
- was innocent. As f r the superintendent,
he io slid greatly disturbed, that fo- seven
, day he siKmld have literally sat upon one
of Lis prisoners with
! .
ut knowing it.
Itnrgiarv as au A rt .
I , cm of the most nror.iinent vountr hnr-
0f j;in F.aucisco was walking out ef
i Clyur, t-eotnor dav lust otter tawing secur-
( ti M ymx rer-nrs his latest job bvl
, :l prompt aa l business-hke '-elivy" withthe
pnWCrs Iu a )K. a! .iie usual rate, a veil -
io-do but anxious lking stranger touched
: nrru ai;tl hcekoncil him into a eloorivav.
' Vot; am Ttddv, the Ferret,' aren't
,,' .skc,l the irciiilemsn. ";h e n-.an who
j wa, ,r;Cil ioT Kl f0.f racking?"
ell, wot of it J" replied the house -
breaker.
"Why, just this you'll excuse my
sneaking so low, but the fact is I've com
all the tvav from the Sin Joaouin to look
up a pJr;y ,3 yMT ,ue 0r business."
: "Hav-e eh?"
; "Yes I well, I've a little proposition
-y(s I well
j rj3bz to vou."1
i.!',.iv' ,;. th p,.r. i.tlmr-"
... . e ,. , . i . r .
we , g3 votl M.lle iure PxU sh,x.t
vo,,r i,al ff,;; 0f i,,, c j t:ic combination
i m volir tirfast pocket and g- through the
: Sijf; ia tLc n;u;ar Rar."
. '(;rcat heavens, man! how did vou fiad
.1! that oufi""
Tiie Same OKI Story.'
A Yule stadent was showing his siste;
over Lis rooms in college, wh-u seuue on;
kn.xked at the d.x.r.
w".s one of Lis friend",
be chatted, I.e h.tl Her i:e::ina tne cuit.un.,
adnittcl nr. elderly gentleman who itpolo-
gized pnfi:s.-iy for rr. intni-ion, and exeus-
e.1 himself by sa irrg titit it was mar.y 5'ear
since he had iieea at Yale, and could no;
leave without paying a viMt to lis dear old
co. lege find tue oiu rooms ne uau occ.ipieti
aj .-. stu.ienu
.Vh!'' cried lac o'd gentleman, looking
around, ' the same oi l sofa! yes, and. the
same e:;d carpet evervthing the samel"
Then, w ilking i:;. the bedr .:a, he re -
:e..-.i.e;l. "les. u.i tae same oei oeu. ana
tixfa::.c washstand! t-3. ever.thmg t.ie
sa nc.
Presently he s'epped toward the curtains,
Mid remarked, "Ah! and the same old cur
t iin?:" Looking around he bchel i the
t un?: Looking around he bchel 1 the
youngTady, an 1 turningarour.il, saiu: -yi,
i you young dog, tad tiu saeje old garae!"
' "Uut." ha-iny replied the undcrgra.iii;c.
"that young I: iy is my sister." io which
tiw lv.v tame. "Yts, I knjw, and tiie
! sa ne old stor.,-;
j m .
j Ti-ant.'orn. iilon rene.
and walking ht.-.:i!y around deposited ia
. evcrv iir a rrinted card, headed "I
! bund.
"It's mv father, ma'am," the little girl
explained, addressing herself, with tears in
her eyes, to a lady. He is very old, and
blind and he has only one arm, and he's
waiting for me in the Brooklyn Ferry
"Poor little girl 1" the pitying lady mused.
"Your's is a hard lot," and she dropped a
dime into the tin plate that the child earned
1 around as s'ae gathered up the cards she had
Webster, Cttoate and suuincr.
Thirty years i.go, when a student at Am
nersi conege, 1 reniemoer gomj over wun
several of my classmates to Northampton.
where lanicl Webster and Rulus ( hoate
were the eppewing lawyers in the great Oli
ver Smith will case. I shall never forgert ,
, . ... 3
the impression made by the great contrast
between the manner and gesticulation of
these two distinguished pleader in tteir ;
closing arguments. The court toon was,
crowded almost to suffocation and the im-
ucu,.- tii...-tS t..Svtuc. .i.t tttt.
higa , reputation , of the opposing counsel,
combine to exc.te ilie attention and interest
oi aa 10 . mnraaoie ..egree. ccer
atitra 4 well aq bi vt-irtl spm vtM.rtiir.
itively few, but weighty, massive, the very
emlMtluuent of d-gnity and conscious
strength. Most .of the Ume during bis half-
- '' 1
uuurarg.ime n. ue 8louu peritcuy moiion,e. ( eri ,a?l.lncnt to ni,,ct ca);h other down ,t
his bcxiy slightly bent forward and his ! ,he hl)r she showed n,e the sculpturin'
hands behind his bacK, Choate sjke for , ,Uc m. to!J who 0Qe w
nearly two hours in a manner the V-Ty conn- aa what he had been tioin' f..r a livin'.
terpait ol ebster s, aiid yet cqiial y appro-; Ta,k about ,pan
.in,' there was theeducatce!-
pnate to tho sneaker s mdiviuualty. lle:(fm.u i c, i, ... ...
was all alert, every veiu swelled to fullness,
j every muscle at ils utm.-st tension. He
.aelvanced toward the j'iry and rttreu j-
He rte on tiptoe, and several times in
, excitement scorned to spring up entirelt
his
v oar
I bis feet.
He ran his lone, nervous fingers '
through his dark hair, and anon shook them ;
in the air above his .l.etul with so swift a '
motion that they seemed to run into eacu :
at Luey ier;uiiAi tu iiu uiu t.ii
other lt0 tho spekes on a spinning wheel.
... , , . , . , rn i
Hi3 plea lasted two hot in. The dav was
hot, and when be had concluded he' sank
infrtii.. r.f .h ita in nf
rwrfeel nl.n!inn. n.l hr.ru nnt int.il
the lobby like a corpse.
The excitement
en;-e, but Web-
in the court room w as mt
i 'er's calm, stera logic carried the elay over
Choate's brilliant aud fie.ry rhetoric.
ruc
verdict was for Webster and the wiil.
One
word concerning
Sumner. iie
the gesticulation of Charles
"always tlignincd and
in 1,;. nm-mrali
well as words, always conveyed the idea of ,
! deliberation and scholarly culture, rather,
than that ot spontaneous wartuth and im-
pulsivc feeling which is most apt to stir ;
! emotion in a hearer. But he had one ges-;
ture which ha used not cfte-n, but always
j once or twice in his great speeches, which ;
! never failed to send the blood thrilling to,
j my temple, and 1 noticed it had a similar j
effect-on many others. He raicd his hand ;
; higher and higher, with appropriate geslic-
i - T ' ,
he came to cap it, he r.ve oa tiptoe and
I'M"'"! u'w uwimus anuni, ura
, thrust Lis hand dp into the air with great
i force and with a look of exuhant tnuuipu.
; It was magnificent.
It fitted tho sublet
land the nia:i.
' "ltore-car- ltomnce.
the
t-
the
! Having finished ro'lf ering the fare,
j conductor of a Washington avenue,
j Iouis horse-cur ca'e.e to his perch oa
. re.ir nlati'omi and s:t-d there woidd be
no
, stuoking allowed on the car. It seemed to
de l.iht Lnu tasv this: l:e looked as if he:
were a scii.t. "
The passcugcr s ud he had seen people
1 smoke on the cur before, and the conductor
IsakL "Not this car." at he jerked the
Kil-stran aud slnick hi thumb in the back
i of a lady to support her as the boarded the
Icmveva-.n. nf ri.iliyjuio...
"I didn't say this car." s.ti 1 the p.is-
i senger, ss he threw bis Havana into the I
street. i
i "It's nothing to mc whr'hcr a man'
i smokes or not." crowled the conductor,!
oulv 1 c.tteu thunder for it from the
Company.
. noticing a regretful clanc trwp over his'
i r'l'i'in'' i ill;, rrtn icit'r.v n t t'h.i h i i .
face, tho passenger concttide J to c.-.gnge .
h',T, in .tr.fft e.ipvcrz,- ' I ?.-"l5rttri n ':ioi- '
i .- iMt.r!n !,;.. I.
i .. . . . . . .
. his liver, and then ske-i, "ilow wasthat.'" '
"Ri.-li m.ui's daughter 'eecame fascinated I
I with h'u.i ; ran away from hoi ,e and mar-
I ri,H him. Aud it has caused .elite a stir." ,
"tiirl didn't weakenr' he asked aulcklv.
for tne statement interested hiia grea:!y.
"X ; she iirtr,:!."
'Do vou !;n'v what I think :"" he akcd.
It would he.vc pu.'zie i a jihrvnologist to
have gur-svd what hi thought or whether
iie ha;i v"-"'T th ought at ali or n K ; but the
citizen made no a.l ision to ihi
; tli j fellow in a good io i by
what it wes he :id think.
an 1 kert' i
' -' :r.-- hi'ai i
, v- a i
'I think
a how-car ccndtietor has as
r.ic.eh right to nimry rica as anyoo-.y eise, taiIor-s is TKT U aml bed-ticking an
it lio r.r, get tue cuanee; lon t you i , y,-crs f,upe UsWeiIt but ;3 Ulirirr to
11V, Ol COUrse. I
"An mow of mwou.dgt there if j jjon. one at a time, and as close as pr
only had li.ne to .levote io the g.rli a , gj,, eacJ row of foft,hir itr,-,itZ well
sec, i.u-:er, acon;:ctors u.e .o-.i t give i ov..r .... row K..f,,r ;. , ... m..k .
tllng that it ; h;m n ch tnee t ) wnle po try and soft lct
and r.ot wishing to , ter-. orto hang around the cites."'
i 1 lie citizen ve iture.i tnat t!:e ro-itme or
the lives of sura men a Horded little titr.e
: or the pleasures incident to cn;irihip.
! "An then when v.c malic- a maiii
some
i drv-giKvls clerk wiii li:i 1 it out, and" wiil j
foiler his girl an' take her home. I have
notice una', a ury-g vust.ert; 15 lac mo.( ;
1 iiiouscst 01 men. rn specially 01 con iuc-:
; tors."'
j "You interest re.c !" said the citizen,
f "You see we h ive chances of makin' a
, ni.ash where rtotwdv e-ls.i kiiu We llirt oil I
tlle s'.y ; s.ov tinies it taes, aa sometimes ;
, ; don t. 1'rinstance, 1 see a pury high- j
Strang girl onthe cornr w,t.i her finger up ;-!
I put up riy linger anu smile, tins way.
l.tia, llie ljrtt ueutei tiie o.t.n inutett-i .
; siting such a smile as that again.)
'-Kf she gives a ccrrejxneun smile,' he
jeontiiiui'd, "1 stop the kcer, and 83 she
.gits award I gently spiceze her ann as she
j comes up. noticin li r f iu-e a'l the while to
, .see if it blushes; el it r? , know she has
noticed it. an' then I centlv press my :
thumb between her siiou'eWs osiciiihiy to j
steady her. but in reality to test her more ; j
, di-putc and snapping tne thrcaa of the!
ciiarmmg narrative, he gave up aDotuer. !
Yes, iudt cd!" said Ine fellow with a
sigh. What be said it for the citizen could
not divine. It had no earthly connection
with what he had been talking r.ljout, but
the citizen did not allude to the irrelevancy naiis. Tlie3?, if cut t close, deform the
of the remark. finger en.ln, rendering thm st.ibhy. Tne
"Then, when she sita down I appear in-; upper and free border of the nail should
different for a while, an' finally venture j always te left projecting a liao or so b
up aa' say 'Fare, please." I have my voice 1 yond the estreeity of xht linger', anl
trained, an' kind o' put a trembls on the '. should be pared only to a slight curve, with
word "please. ' Ef she fumbles around for . out tccroaching too much on the angles,
change it's a rurty good evidence she's : Soap and the finger brash are all that is
willin' to flirt. Ff she pulis out a half case, ' necessary for cleaning and polishing tha
or case note, when she's got a quarter, I nails. The hahit of biting the nails is a
you kin bet your boots that she would send : ugly cs it is fatal to thetu.
a volenteen' around ef she had the addre?s. j Y.'L en the skin of the hand is hard and
I give her change and a slip without tc.inn rough, they should be kept almost coo
off any ticket, for ye see we aiut got oar ) stantly gloved and washed frequently but
necks greased yet on this line, and she ' not too often with lukewarm, water and
notices that she has not been charged for ; fine soap, to which rr.iy be added a little
her ride. No matter how rich her father , bran. A little cold crca.u before going to
is, or how many sparks she has got ca to ', bed is a common and useful application,
her dukes, there ain't no girl but what fee's The skin of the hands should always . be
a thrill at bain' dead-headed. After a while i soft aad flexible.
she- puts up her ringer again, and I s:iiile."
"Don t stop, to smile, go right on with
- the storv." said the citizen.
. j !CT tae bgpst-sn aclj vt n(.r ojr
! 1u;s -i,.-; 1 v work'in. he'-in' her
off tne twr j tan-t gjve ,,e secret
away."
A shadow crcot over the feliow's face as
uc iiirucu uis eves ua a mansion ue whs
; He gh(k bis sqJ proretl,cJ.
r ..iji, 1 ,i;,ivi i,.m i , u .1 1.,
he turned his eves on a mansion he was
j an j m,
., m..TA r..v ,. s.
j flllr m on of ,be au':; 1Ve" h,,arJ a,KlIt
, j commenct with h(.r Xi j u,ve t,.l;-m'
; Tou ncVcr ii,mUi,,' that there would be
: . . su u , f ,
; Uc,,r. even ,f it wa3 raini:1-.
1 .. .
One day she
; enve ree a little neinnL nml .a
-Mercantile
with her
, Li, tu.ket was c , on
, MnCin ,he tac; n . jn hnr
! ,fcc nicest I ever sec. One dav
her own hand,
1.,..
! n-;s)1jncs She said she p ttied me aii' often
1 noticed how attentive 1 was an' she asked
n:e if I tiiou'-ht she w:is tuo "c-nl for me
I can't tell ye all that happened ; but wound
up in a disaste r, to me, au' to her, poor
thing."
The citizen tore off another ticket and
handed it to the sad conductor, who put it
r , , : , T.: l - ...... t, K.t
: , ' . , ,
i paui on one rule.
: . , . , ...
1 , iS lclc' .I,e saK' 8r,"n' havin- DO
: reference to any! mng as before, "you see
K l. 11 V, a.s sue Sill.l.
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Now,
i tnert s an.r onc thing I can't do it is t
''-7- Iie ai! she was jest too awful t-
live without a sens.itioa. Then she told
: me abtiiit her lover that hail liecu pieke I
' - P a ' an a ' J1"1 Ue"P'K
1 uinu She wm wantin" to ilo somcthin' to
, ct eTe,n wi,:h he P- 1
;te- I told her I had n
was honest with
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! ab"nt t,ie P' Bsu3 ,to ''Pf-
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, ? tne kcer lo.ctuer. 1 lunKm
1JV0U-'1 ,m o s.rise the olel man, 1 s-z:
'This ri.le for the f.iu!ii" oi r.:e : (lover-
! nor, p'lt up your ca.'.li.' He took hold of
I me an' called mc a puppy. It was an ern-
barrasjtu place to put in, especially to
, the maiden. She coiae ;o the front an'
c.;!,;: I'apa spars him. She meant well
enough, poor thing, but fhe jest five the
whole thing away riht there, 'i' he old
man rushed on me, su' says : 'You're one
nf tl.ea,- f, !l. r ti,n.
ia with coach-
r,,..n i,.t n..v.., ,!,.,., r
! -Vi he I to:.! l.ln'li.. h-.r h
, sr.y.
wouldn t have it. An' he took his family
i c3 of the k' er, I never saw nt r agin."
j "D.'l she diel" a';ed the citizen.
; "2v ef she was deail I would hitch my
soul onto s-ilvasli'in aa' prepare to meet
j her ; but she's lockt in a runnery, au' ef
she ever get T don't know whether I'll
! get her, er the ftilerou t-'ourth stni-t. It
j well be an iue.reM.irr ti.a eli when it elocs
cjaicoit. J)ida t 1 ted you you couldn t
smoke en this tar?'' te thun lered of a
sudden.
The ti r.en s-.id he hftdn't be'
een stnoiiing
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! srx.;.-i",: evche.l l. s:v,l ",'mt
her, as I do when I piss the bouse. I alius
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Feitti-r Mat.
Tiie choice plumage should be plucked
I from the fowis without scalding, and euch
j variety kept separate. Put them, not too
i many at a time, t. to shallow pans and place
j them in a mod. t ..e. even for twenty ruin
! ute, licing 8W-- not to let them get over
heated and rj .rchcd. Afterwards hang
them away ia paper or c.tton bars, and
it-.iot to . s. t.; a,: iiul 't:i:j n irw nt a
?' J!e' -n hoses ! "ge enough to keep- tliero
f,,, fl.-ii;jr. Any strong material may bo
used for a foundation Vt the niflt. The
common gnty canvas to be found at the
Tl-.n f,..!,m mnf hr. ll.i, ,.!,.
mat full and durable. The simplest arrar.ge-
ment 13 alternate rows of tho dillrrent
varieties, which will give a mottled elect,
or. a centre of partridge, feathers and a
wide baud of green, from the neck of the
i tlrakc, or so;
similar combination. If
) geometrical designs are used forcen'r. ssnd
i corners, th' v must be perfect to be elTt-c-
(jve and this is
ditlieuit to accomplish
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flaking a feather mat i
rather a tedious undertaking to i sure, but
i then there U a satisfaction ia having quite
an elegant ailuir when it is oone, auu one
tnt r...M tt.t h l-T,ltt fur a O'irtf Tl.
0,, mat must be lined with a heavy
co;(iro,i 3nn.i or cCllh ninko-l oa the
edges: it r suitable for rarior doors, and
tvouM be a valuable possession to a person
1 troubled with cofi feet.
Care of 'ia Hand.
A handsome hand is a charming object
in l'soif and seems to indicate rcllnernent
in its owner.
To be perfect, the hand should be deli-
cate and sr.rjcwhat locg.
ucn the hand is open there should be
little dimples at the knuckles, which ought
to be s'.i-utly pronanL-nt when the Land is
clcscd.
31uch of the hcanty of the fingers and
hand depend upon the proper care cf tho
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