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VOL. XXXIV.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. FENNA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 18S0.
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KlITT OF C0LIRU5S.
U beautiful Kitty one rooming was tripping
With a pitcher of milk from lb fair of Ol
eraine. When she saw me she stumbled; the pitcher
it tumbled,
And all the sweet baltermiik watere 1 the
plain.
"Oh what sLall I do now? twas looking at you,
now!
Sura, sure, such a pitcber 111 ne'tr meet
again!
Twas the piile of my dairy. Ob Barnev Ue
Cleary. Toner sent as a plague to th girls of Cole
raiue." I sat down beside ber and gently did chide
her.
That such a misfortune should give her such
pain;
1 kiss then I pare ber, anl ere I did lave her
She Towed for such pleasure she'd break it
sgsin.
Tsaa Lavxakiiig season, I cant tell the
Mi-fortunes will never cunesngle. 'tis plain:'
reason
Por vtrv soon after poor Kitty's disaster
The devil a pitcher wa wUole in Coleraine.
Sister Elizabeth.
Nothing is mote mortifying to a person,
especially if that individual is a maiden
lady of thirty-five, than the consciousness
that others begin to consider her toe old for
the society of young people. It Is a "laying
on the sheir' that is by no means agreeable.
Al least, such was my feeling as I glanced
at the invitations to a little moonlight ex
cursion on the lake, which were handed in
by John, while we were seated by our cosy
breakfast -table in Snow Cottage one lovely
morning in June. The note was directed
to Miss Lottie and Miss Cornie Whittaker,
not a ldressed, as previous envelopes had
been, to the Misses Whittaker, which would
of course, include Elizabeth Whittaker,
spinster. The last word I announced al
most audibly, with a bitter smile, which at
tracted the attention of my pet. Cornie,
who said tenderly
"Sister Elizabeth, docs your head ache
this morning?"
TTVkur mv I ti rt r.ann.l fWArtli.t fiVfirt.
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t .t i ix- i i .i I
father! e were now laving aside the
sable robes worn for three
years
in token
of our loss; but it seems to me that I should i
always wear the calm sober tintstf "second !
mourning," and in my inmost soul the
memory of that idolized parent would ever
be eusbrined.
My own mother 1 cannot remember; she
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drooped
ocpea ana lauea wnue l was an imam; i
I
and my stepmother, kind and indulgent as
she ever was to me, was not one to cal
forth the ardent affection which but few
had power to awaken in my heart. Gentle,
dignified and reserved, she had bequeathed
these same characteristics to her eldest
child, the golden haired Lottie.
But Coruie tras like our father, the same
buoyant spirit strong will, and impulsive
affection, the fame dark, curling hair, and
eyes of langhinz blue.
I thought of all this as I watched her
fondly on that June morning, and recalled
how I had been a second time orphaned
when her mother was taken from us fifteen
years ago. Since that lime, when Cornie
was four years old, the had been to me as
much a daughter as a fi.tir.
Lottie, who was five years her senior, had
always been so pelf reliant and womanly
that I cou!d never regard her as needing
that loviug watchfulness that our younger
iister seemed to require; and the relation
I et wee a u could never be so tender and af
fectionate.
As I reflected thus long after we had left
the breakfast room, and were seated in our
little morning parlor, I reasoned with n:y
lf tliat it was but natural that I should lie
omitted in the plans for enjoyment formed
tiy the young people of CaldwelL The
mothers were not invited with the daughters.
Why should I expec' to g Cornie,
my sister child?
These reflections made me more calm
and content, and I could bid my sisters
a smiling adieu when they left me early in
the evening.
Cornie came back to give me a second
kiss, and whispered, "I wish you were go
ing, too you old darling!"
"Old!" I repeated to myself. "Tea,
that is the word."
And that night I looked more attentively
than was my want into my mirmr, and
tried to realize that I deserved the epithet
But I saw no threads of silver in my dark,
heavy braids, and but few lines of care on
my fair, broad forehead. Anyhow, my
heart felt young, and wi;h a s:gU I tried to
realize that I must accept the position in
which of necessity I was placed.
The next morning my filters were eager
ia their recitals ol the charming walk and
tbe delightful sail by moonlight. There
had been a pleasant company.
Oh, Elizabeth!" said Cornie, "do you
know wc saw an old friend of yours! And
he is coming to call on you to-day."
"An old friend of mine?" I queried.
'Tea,' Lottie replied, "JIr. Loftus; be
is visiting at the Arments", and has Just re
turned from a long foreign tour."
Will Loftus!" I exclaimed. "Is it
possible?"
I felt the warm bl.xxl tingling in my
cheeks as if I had been only fifteen, instead
of five and thirty. Memory was busy re
calling the long-vanished summer, and how
often I used to see my boy lover, since lost
sight of for many years. Ours had been
one of those youthful attachments which
but seldom ripen into first and only love.
They are often but "the prelude to the
strain, before the song is sung." Wa were
on the verge of an engagement when Will
was suddenly recalled to his distant home,
and I had seen him i o more. Tet, foUUh
as it may have been, I had always kept one
corner of my heart sacred to his name, and
it was with a strange thrill that I heard he
was again near n.e, and that I soon should
see him.
That day he called with his friend, Harry
Mills. He was a tall, fine-looking man,
nouahed. refined, and fascinating in his
manners. I could hardly identify him with
the slender youth that I had once known;
but he referred so grauofully to our former
acquaintance, and expressed so much
pleasure at renewing the intercourse so sud
denly interrupted, that I fait at perfect
How pleasant were the days that follow
ed. We called each other "Will" and
"Lizzie' in the most friendly way, and
Lottie tnd Cornie seemed already to regard
him in a very sisterly manner. Wa read,
walked and talked together, and night after
night his deep, rich voice would accompany
those of my sisters, while I played the old
familiar tunes upon the piano.
1 fancied that iny own voice might have
luat a little of its early sweetness, and so
did not attempt to join the others, whose
melodies were so harmonious.
several other invitations wsre sent as
of yore, to the Misses Whittaker, and I was
fast forgetting that 1 was an old maid when
at an evening party, I overheard the envious
and ill natured remark
"Just see that Elizabeth Whittaker.
What youthful airs she does put on! Try-
ing to catch Mr. Loftus I dare say.
How those w.rds rang in my ears long
a!ter the lights, the music, and the dancing
were shut out, and I was alone in my own
roorr. How I catechised myself, and tried
to reason with my poor, foolish heart. Yes,
I had been trying t) look young, and had
appropriated Will's attention as a matter of
course,
Wliat right hud I to monopolize his time?
Was it IK far more likely that he would
choose Lo. ie or Cornie if indeed he were
to pay court to any of us? Even this was
by no means certain; he might go again as
suddenly as he had come; and I was startled
to find what a sad void his departure would
make in our circle, and still mora in my own
heart.
"Ah. Elizabeth. Elizabeth." I solilo
quised, ' take warning ere too late!"
The next morning I rose with a new re
solve firm in my mind; I would not yield
to the sweet delusions f love would not,
masked, give my heart. " The world should
no: have cause to laugh at the silly foolish
ness of an old maid. Streugtened by these
purposes 1 was better fitted tor the trial that
awaited me.
That very day Will Loftus came, and in-
quired for me alone.
I caught a quick
g'ance passing between Lottie and Cornie
6 '
as i itu the room, ana mere was a more
rapid pulsation at my heart as I enteied the
cool, dim room where ha was sealed.
"Elizabeth," he said tenderly, as he took
my hand, ' do you know what a priceless
treasure I have come to askt I hardly dare
n ov Iw.l.I . r.,lnl li.Mirt nmr vstn
, .
fair lady and i must not lose my courage.
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'lt nv rrv limtn nA li.a err
How very timid ho has grown!" 1
thought. "Can he not see that lie has but
to speak to win!"
I smiled assuringly, and he proceeded.
"Do not think me precipitate in my af
fection, though the acquaintance has been
so brief, for I cannot be mistaken in my
feelings, and oniy wait for your permission
to offer my hand to your pet sister, Cornie.
Ton stand in the place of a parent to her,
and therefore 1 ask your consent"
Ah, Will, Will ! It was well you could
not read my heart just then!
With a mighty effort I choked down a
convulsive soli, and replied tliat he had my
full, free permission; ajd adding that 1
would send Cornie to him directly, left tLe
room, a sadder and wiser woman.
There is not much to add. Cornie's love
was alrcrdy given to tbe handsome man so
recently a stranger, and a very few months
later she became his wife.
Lottie was the fair and stately bridesmaid
while I witnessed with a maternal compla
cency the ceremony which united the dt-s-tinies
of tbe only man I had ever loved and
my child-sister. Cornie.
Peace and contentment were my guar
dian angels that night, and with a serenity
both sincere and unaffected I returned the
kiss which the bridegroom gave me, as he
said, tenderly and gently, "Sister Eliza
beth!" 1 he Perjond Witness.
The late David Paul Brown, of Phila
delphia, was famons among his brother
lawyers for skill in manipulating a wit
ness whose veracity he suspected. Nothing,
apparently, could be farther removed from
Lull dozi3g"lLanhbiceurtIy politness. Tet
the wretched perjurer who full into his
hands had better have borne the whips of the
furies than the gentle inquiries of the
courteous old lawyer.
A notable instance of this occurred in a
will case, were the property involved was
large. Mr. Brown was engaged on behalf
of the rightful heirs. The will he hoped
lo prove was -a forgery, was excuted the
day before the testator's death, and by it
(he whole estate was left to a tricky law
yer. For sometime the case for the rightful
heirs seemed hopeless. A slirewu Irishman
and his wife, servants of tbe testator were
the witnesses. Grown confident, the man
ventured at last upon little voluntary
evidence.
"I saw him," said the man, sign, seal
and deliver the dockyinent"
"Ah ? Ha was scarce'y strong enough to
seal the will. You sealed it for him, you
mean?" blandly suggested Mr. Brown.
"Xo, zur he dhropped the wax and put
on the stamp wid his own hands, ile
was so strong in body and moind," with
a meaning chuckle.
'But surely you forget There was no
light to melt the wax. It was daylight."
'He said to me, 'Patrick, get a taper
out of the cliset. An' I got it an' lighted it
Give me the wax an' my seal,-' says he.
And I give thim. An' he dhropped it on.
There,' says he, its done!'
Mr. Brown paused a moment Then he
suddenly held up the will.
"Do you swear before Almighty God,''
he said solemnly, "that you saw the testa
tor sign this very paper? that you aawhim
seal it with wax and his own seal?"
The witness grew pale. "1 swear it,"
he said stoutly.
Mr. Brown opened the will and handed
it to the jury. 'Gentlemen." he said, 'the
man is a perjurer! It is fastened with
wafer."
The case was gained.
Whesu
When sabers are rusty and spades are
bright;
When prison are empty and granaries
full;
When the steps of temples are worn, and
of tribunals are grass-grown ;
, When the doctors go on foot and the
bakers on horseback ;
Tbe empire ia well governed.
t.OOO SlUes In a Canoe.
A canoe voyage, unprecedented in the
aunals of cauoeing in this country, was
undertaken and successfully accomplished
by Mr. Charles K. Chase, a correspondent
for the Boston Journal, who traversed a
distance of over 2,0U'J miles in his canoe
Bubble, a craft fourU-en feet long, thirty
one inches in bvain, ten and one-half incites
in depth, and weighinibout forty pounds.
Mr. C hase started on his trip on tbe 7lh of
May last, from the foot of East 110th Str.,
N. Y., with his tiny vessel loaded with
provisions, change cf clothing, shelter tent,
a!l eompf ctly arranged in the limited space
of the hull of his boat, and proceeded up
tbe Harlem river to the Spuyten DuyvU,
and entering the Hudson commenced in
real earnast his solitary voyage. Proceed
ing along that majestic stream, under
paddle and sail, Mr. Chase soon reached
Tarrytown, where he stopped for the night,
and the next morning continued his cruise
and reached Walcrford, the end of tbe
ncvigahle Hudson, in ten days after leav
ing New York. From Walcrford he pad
dled through the Champlain canal to Lake
Champlain, over which he cruised for some
time, and finally reached House's Point, at
one extremity of the lake, by dint of hard
paddling, as he had constantly to encounter
head winds. Passing from the lake to the
Kiclielitu river, the voyager glided by some
of the finest scenery on this continent, and
through a region to which railroads and
steam are comparatively unknown. From
the Kiclielitu river he entered the bt Law
rence, and sailed up that broad stream to
Quebec, were he was hospitably received
by some of the leading residents and the
Palisade Bnat Club. After remaining a
short tune at Quebec, he traveled by poruige
over one hundred miles to the Chaudiere
river, and launched his canoe on this beau
tiful stream. Paddling some distance along
the river, he remained nearly two weeks at
the Chaudiere Uo'd mines, discovered a
short time ago, exploring the magniticent
scenery, and examining the mines, which,
by the way, Mr. Chase says are returning
a handsome profit to the English company
who aro working them. From the Chau
diere Mr. Chftse traveled by portage to
Wheeler's Mills, in Hereford township,
Canada, and entered Hull's stream, a tri
butary of the Connecticut Entering the
Connecticut, the canoeist followed i s tor
tuous course to Long Island bound, and
paddled down to Little Hell Gate, and
entered the East river on the morning of
the 20tu ult, tmd landed at Captain
"Bills" boat house, bis starting point,
seventy-eight days, four hours and forty
rive minutes after his departure, and mak
ing the longest canoe cruise ever attempted
in this country. Mr. Chase related to an
inquirer the story of his cruise, which wrj
replete with incidents, his canoe on three
occasions having holes stoves in her while
shooting rapids iu the Canadian streams,
and his kind recpetion by people living on
the route of his journey, surprised at his
attempting to make so long a journey in so
frail a craft, and (lid all they could to make
his stay at their dwelling places com
fortable. How rtlsinark Did Iteaign In 187".
It will be rememliered that altout the end
of March, 1ST", a report was current that
Prince Bismark had resigned and that his
resignation had been accepted by the Em
peror William, la Mr. Hansen's "Coulis
ses de la Diplomatic" the following account
is given of the event: The Emperor Wil
liam spent the evening of Thursday, tiie
J7lh of March, in the house of lrinrv An
ton iludziwill, who is disuinlly related to
the roy:d fiunily, and there met Count N.,
who also is an intimate friend of the Barlzi
v. ill family. "Well, Count." said the Em
peror, "arc you going to dine off the Easter
lamb with Prince Ferdinand on Easter Sun
ilay?" "Certainly, yiur Majesty." replied
ihe C'onnt, "unh-ss Herr Ealk confiscates
the lamb." "In tliat case," replied tlie
Emperor, "you need not be under any ap
prehension for vour dinner." "I am, how
ever, not quite certain," replied the Count:
for how can vour subjects feel safe when
even her Majesty, the Empress, has to hide
her charitable acts to avoid being annoyeuf
"How so. Count?" asked the Emperor.
"Why, sire," replied the Count "the Em
press gave officially 200 marks (about 5o)
to the I'rsnTme nuns who had been expelled
from Berlin; but secretly Her Majesty sent
1,CM0 marks." Encouraged by the Emper
or, Count N. cited a great number of other
petty vexatious arts of Herr talk, acting
according to the orders of Prince Bismark.
The Emperor, evidently much annoyed, left
early, and the next day he sent for Prince
Bismark, who pleaded ill-health. A second
messenger ordered the Prince immediately
to appear at the Catle unless he were so ill
as to have to keep his bed, in which case
the Emperor would call upon him. Prince
Bismark had to obey, and was closeted for
more than an hour with the Empcior. On
returning home he at once sent in his resig
nation. Hard-wood Decoration.
Hard-wood decoration is characteristic of
the interior of many of the fine new houses
that have recently been built, the rage for
marquetry floors and wood decoration on
ceilings and walls have agaiu been revived.
ainscoting and doors exhibit the same or
namentation where doors arc introduced at
all, but the arc not unfrequently omitted
altogether between drawing and reception
rooms and the dining-hall, portieres being
sulistituted as much more artistic and in
some respects more convenient. The tapes
tries dividing apartments are suspended on
rings dropping from pole cornices. The
wood-work appearing in dining-rooms is
for the most part mahogany, to suit the
present fancy for lighter woods than were
formerly employed in this part of a house.
iicd-rooms show a finish of oak, while par
lors arc fitted chiefly in ebony or rosewood,
the taste for which is reviving. .Not un
frequently the woodwork of drawing and
reception rooms is relieved by a little line
of either white luilly or ivory. For floors a
dark wood, walnut, for instance, forms the
base on which many colored wocds are in
laid in intricate and artistic patterns.
Tbe Kahinoor Pearl.
The past season in the Miami River,
pearl fisheries was signalized by the discov
ery of an agatized pearl, weighing forty
ix and a half grains. The groundwork is
beautifully agatized with the pearly irides
cence shining through. It is tbe only
petrl of the kind in pearl history, a history
which dates back at least two thousand
years, for the Ceylon fishery has been
known for quite that length of time. Ue
ing tbe first of its kind, its value can not be
estimated. It is singular too, that it was
found embedded in the flesh of the mussel;
all others taken from this river were found
between the flesh and the sheik or imbeded
in the shell. The prosecution of this indus
try is due latgely to Mr. Israel Harris, a
banker of Waynesville, Ohio, who has al
ready a collection of over a thousand Miami
pearls of all sizes arid values, some of them
of odd and irregular forma. Some resem
ble human hands; one ia a small shell to
which a coating of pearl has been added.
His latest important acquisition, tbe agat
ized pearl, he call the "Kohinoor."
Mating.
I Frequent allusions occur in lite old Xorth
i era poetry, which prove that proficiency in
skating was one of the most highly esteemed
! accomplishments of the Northern heroes.
One of them, named Kolson, boasts that he
is master of nine accomplishments, skating
being one; while the hero Harold bitterly
complains, though he could fight ride,
swim, glide along the ice on skates, dart
the lance and row, "yet a Russian maid dis
dains me." In the "Edda" this accom
plishment is singled out for special praise:
"Then the King asked what that young
man could do who accompanied Tuor.
Thlalfa, answered, that iu running upon
skates he would dispute' the prize with any
of the countries. The King owned tliat the
talent he spoke of was a very fine one."
Olaus Magnus, the author of the famous
chapter on the Snakes of Ireland, tells us
thut skates were made of polished iron, or
of the shank bone of a deer or sheep, about
a foot long, filed down on one side, and
greased with hog's lard to repel the wet." j lo JU111P on- 1 nere were a aozcn or rm.
These rotigh-and-readv bone skate were the fd lT ,a(i wonderfully narrow escape
kind first adopted by the English; for Fitz- ,Ic P"eil up that hand-car; rails and a!!,
'Stephen, in his description of amusements i nd sent etn flvm' m the air in all direc
; of the Londoners in his day (temp Henry tions. A low hand-car with rails on it
1L ), tells us that "when that great fen that
washes Moorfichls at the north walls of the
city is frozen over, great companies of
j young men go to sport upon the ice. Some
i stnding as wide as they may, do slide
swiftly; some better practiced on the ice,
bind to their shoes bones, as the legs of
some beasts, and hold stakes in their hands,
headed with sharp iron, which sometimes
they strike against the ice; these men go as
swiftly as doth a bird in the air, or a bolt
frrm . Tl,n i, m. o. t.,
say that some, imitating the fashion of the
tournament would start in full career
asniimt .me another nni.e.1 with noire
... i i i... i
tueji uir-Li, ciciuic tutrix puiea, Bliuea aiiu
strike each other, when one. or both of them
fall, and not without tonic bodily hull."
Sl-ecime ns of these old bone skates are oc
casionally dug up in fenny parts of the
England. There are some in the British
Mu-eum, in the Museum of the Scottish
Antiquaries, and probably in other collec
tions, though perhaps some of the 'finds''
are not nearly as old as Fitzstephen's day,
for there seems to be good evidence that
even in London the primitive lione skate
was nut entlreK nTttfnwhl hv imnllnipnta
of steel at the latter part of last century.
Mr. Roach Smith, F. S. A., describing one
found atmut 18 .9 in Moorslields. near
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torsiZyi U oI -"d " U hut destroyed the invading ' t young dogs, named for their pugnacious
V A. athe same time j PU AiTt
our side with a hoV atT.ne eilreiiilv f,,r a niaking head against the disatfection of two H. Beutoa. 1 L were continually nght
tZZfi?JnK!Zlrt vasls, who have since made Houston's political sentiments leading
end a hole is also drilled horizontallv to the
rte,.tl, f thr. inei., mioi.t i.,.-.
.,-ive.l nlii-. with -,u,il,r oor.t t .r
it more effectually." I
For Toting Men at Church Fairs.
The following bits of advice, culled from
e leading magazines of the day, are m-
nded for the eye of the young man who
the
tended
attends churchf-iira" lie nlenaant and smi!
Mil ami i iotrf n 1 Wlt.n llmv i fT.. !
the seductive bowl ol oyster -soup, bend
ever it, affect to examine it critiinliy, smell
it, then rise up, shake your head sadly, and
with a sweet, suggestive smile, uy. "No.
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umi.a.jou, iHuessuot. i u.s u. griao y
io tiie iiapp ness c,i me si ver - naireu,
boldly to the first lady who wants you to
take a chance in tho parsonage-cake. 1 e!l
her that you have already taken two
chances. This will make it easier for the
next lie. Then, when she looks over her
list and says she can't find your name, tell
her you bought your chances of the other
young lady. Then, when she says she is
the only person selliug chances in this cake,
tell her then it must have been in the other
cake. Then, when she ays this is the only
cake they are ratllingon, brace up, look her
right in the eye, and tell her, "O yes you
remember now, it turM have been iu the
cake last year." She can't tleny this, and
you can look triumphant But remember,
inv son, if you start a thing of this kind
you will have to keep it up. If you pick
up any pretty little article on tho fancy
tallies ask the price of the same, and, when
you are told, drop it from your nerveless
fingers, and, as it falls upon the floor, rx
ciaiui, in tone of amazement, "Well, I
am ," and leave the Audience, to ima
gine what you are. This never fails to
please the yo-ing lady who bos charge of
that table. She will mention you to her
friends. Affect a plea-ant hut natural and
undisguised, horror of the tidies, and desig
nate the worsted work as "stuff." Wonder
what the lambrequins aro for, and laugh
short, explosive, sardonic laugh when the
ladies tell you. If some girl Las sent a watir
color or oil-painting of her own to the fair,
affect lo mistake the road for a river, and
wonder why people arc driving aloug the
top of the water in a wagon. Aiso, try to
spell out the name of a hotel on the elm
tree in the foreground, aSecting to mistake
it for an old-fashioned swinging country
inn sign.
Kallroad Incident.
"Oli, that a nothing," facetiously re
marked Carpenter. "Jule Parker once told
mj about his running after two full grown
bucks on a Southern railroad." Parker
was a chivalrous, dare-devil Soutncrn en
gineer, then running the lightaing expresses
on the Eastern Division Of the Erie. 'He
said," Carpenter went on to rolale, 'that
the pair of bucks suddenly bounded upon
the track from a thick wood, and so fright
ened were they by the roar of the approach
ing train they started down the track not
more than twenty feet in iront of the en
gine. Parker put on all the steam his boiler
would make and carried his train along at
a break-neck speed, but iu rpite of his
fireman's efforts he could not turn his
drivers fast enough to overtake the fleet
deer. ' He never said how fast lie was
running at the time, but we know the man
and when be told that he was going at
breakneck speed' we can imagine some
thing aliout it The road was a splendid
one for speed. It was mostly new, the bed
was in prime order, but notwithstanding
his engine chawed up fuel as fast as his
fireman could feed it to her, he could not
run the deer down. It locks astounding,
but he said be finally chased the n after a
run of ten miles into a village. There they
left the track, ran up and down the streets
as wild as cows, and scared tbe people into
spasms, but before doing any serious harm
were shot and captured. Parker sail he
greatly enjoyed the venison steaks that
were afterwards presented to him by an
old bootmaker, sixty years old, who was
the lucky shot"
"Did you ever bear Hughey William
son tell of his adventure at Wasl.ington
ville on the Newburg Branch?' asked Car
penter. Williamson is another know-no-danger
runner, and is now on the road.
Fisk selected him, because of his courage,
to run the Chicago relief train. "Well,"
he went on to say, "that was a rarity, one
that seldom occurs. Williamson was in
Newburg when he was telegraphed to run
to Greycvurt to assist pulling a big six
wheeler on the track that had run off
a switch and couldn't get back herself, as
they sometimes do, you know. Of course
time was an important thing, as the en
gine that was off blocked up the westward
bound main track. He started from New-
berg with nothing but his engine, and,
having a clear track, you can just bet he
flew. He left tbe rails echoing behind like
1 a never ending water-fall. The station
I 81 ",9 V? , . rusnea 10 lje door
W1J wuU nSht thinking it was a runaway
the population of which village is but a
few feet from the track, the people rushed
out of their houses utter! " dismayed and
unable to believe their own eyes. They
thought it was a spectre, which they could
not describe, so suddenly did it appear and
as quickly vanish again from sight Over
the Washington ville fiats the gait was so
rapid, the telegraph poles looked like
blades of grass, they were so thick. After
turning the curve of the Wasltingtonvd'e
station, 'Hughey' espied a hand-car full
of track hands, rails, tools and forth. They
had no sign of a flag out and did not ex-
P" y""'g "e mima.iaieiy cun-
cluJed lhal he not gtoP " lluie. 80
hc ou1t blew wlU!itle to wara the men
l -"""5 " """ ujs" """S
?ou can VW hit.
but the rails this
time, instad of piercing every paitof the
boiler and engine, swerved off and did
little injury. '1 lie dinner ketlies of the
laborers flew up like popcorn on a frying
pan, and crowbars shovels, pickaxes,
tamping bars and spikes made a complete
kaieid'iscope in the air. One of the axles
i of the car, to which was attached one
wheel, bounded over tlio smoke-stack and
I came crasning inrougii I tie can window on
the fireman s side, who was nearly killed
w S1 hurry to get out of the way.
1 The most of the car landed on the froi t of
the engine, and before 'Hmrhev' ci
the engine, and before 'Hughey' could stop
be had carried it through one of those old
fashioned covered woodpn bridges nearly a
quarter of a mile off. In all my experi
ence," concluded Carpenter, "I don't think
I ever heard tell of such a miraculous es
cape as 'Hagliey' had. He must have been
going through the air like an electric cur
rent when hs couldu't stop an empty en
gino before hitting such a dangerous
thinj."
King John of Abyssinia.
KlnS J,bn. of Abyssinia, although only
m h'8 thirty-eighth year, has already proved
i himself a man of no ordinary calibre, both
Uft snhlu-r and a nvpriirTi- Hp hit thrift
1 ."'-mission and accepted commands in his
I anuv. Among his immediate attendants is
! the lfcis arcnia, the conquered Chief of
the Amhara Province, who seems auite con-
tent with his position at the court of his arrival of the day was 0:40 a. m. Just be
eonaueror. A traveller, who snent some I fore tliat hour "Gen. Jackson" barked
time with the King in his camp at Am-
barlmrai dt.rihos him as short in stature.
glna han(ls anil fcet but r-erfectlv
urorrtion,,i .nd nossessin!? e-rt-al stren-ti,
i.n..,. ,n;,.r... i i tvin. mit i.,,nti.
1 1 - ii:- rt....i.?... :i .
aim triiuui uiiec. ins linen iui promt-, uri-
irate mouth and chin, and almost feminine
smallness of ear. are striking enough in a
barbaric African chief. "He is grand to
see on his beautiful cliarger," continues the
narrator, "carrying his spear and shiehL
, , ,.irrhcaded and barefo. .ted, with Ordv the
j ue o( f(M tbe glimip whith
is merely a tilvcrring. He is a splendid
shot, and very fond of fire arms. His de
meanor is extremely simple, being entirely
devoid of the boastfulness and vanity that
distinguish most 'savage' princes; and he is
naturally of a studious disposition, well
read in the laws wf Ethopia, and of remark
able temperance and piety of life." King
John's ceaseless activity and wonderftd ca
pacity for business recall the popular de
scriptions of Frederick the Great, to whose
personal habits his own are in some points
closriy akin. He rises every morning at 3
and rcatls the Psalms of David by candle
light for two hours. Then comes church,
after which he holds his court of justice for
several hours, often before tasting food.
The rest of the day is divided between State
affairs and the native sport of gohaoks, a
sort of javelin-throwing, like the Moorish
djcrid. The evening hours are spent in
study, and by nine lie is in bed, as berits
such n early riser. The King's ordinary
dress h the simple native kaurie oj while
blanket, with a crimson strife along the
left side. These are the synibolicid colors
of the Abyssinian Church, the white typify
ing the innocence of our Saviour, and the
crimson His atoning blood. The King pro
fesses great fricudsuip for England, and has
placed a translation of the Queen's letter to
him iu every church of his Kingdom. One
of this model ruler's London agents was the
late well-known publisher, Mr. Henry S.
King, in whose store on Cornhill the auto
graph of "John King, of Ethiopia," ia still
to be seen.
A Sharp lien.
A gentleman resident of the Sixth district.
New Orleans, is telling his friends of the
singular and wonderful performance of a
favorite hen of his. This hen is one of the
best layers he has, and his stock of poultry
is a large one, but for some time she has
manifested a miserly desire to accumulate
a htrge number of eggs, and has in many
ways shown ber object ion to being depriv
ed of an egg after having laid it
About ten days ago it was noticed that
the hen would come from the chicken -house
cackling, and giving the usual notice of duty
done, but careful search for the eggs thus
announced failed to find them. This went
on for a week, and then by aa accident the
point of an egg was discovered by ils project
ing from the soil below the nests in the
chicken-house Investigation brought to
light the egg. and further search revealed
the fact that six other eggs were concealed
in tho fame manner. The day following
the discovery the hen was watched, and
was seen to carefully dig a hole, after the
egg was laid, place the egg in it and then
cover it with dirt. This work completed,
the hen, who had not given a cackle dur
ing the whole time it was in progre-s, walked
out of the chicken-house and announced the
lay. -
An Aaeleal Delicacy.
According to the French author who has
s udied the history of the queen of vegeta
bles, the trulue had become a favorite dish
in Egypt, long lief ore the time of Moses,
and the proof this is to be found in certain
legends which tell of a grand feast made to
celebrate the birth of the infant legislator.
It appears that the menu of this royal ban
quet has lieen preserved, first, by means of
oral tradition, and then by patriotic annal
ists down to the present day, and that the
tubercle in question figures among the
dishes in a very honorably place. It must
not, however, be supposed that the truffles
set before Pharaoh at all resembled the
stunted and diminutive prodacts of our
time. Unless some strange mistake has
been matle in the figures, the weight of
those which the chief butler handed round,
or rather carved, was sometimes not less
than seventy pounds, and it must have been
a serious and arduous question what was
the best method of cooking such a mon
strous delicacy. We must descend to the
time of Pericles and cross over to the land
of Cecrops before we can learn anyihing
certain as to the style of cooking adopted
by the ancient.
Sam llou-itob's Duel.
In 1S2G, six miles south of Franklin,
Kentucky, on the farm of 1L J. Duncan,
two hundred yards from the Tennessee
line, was fought a duel which created
wid-.-spread excitement throughout the
Union, owimr to the reputation of the prin
cipals. In l$.i, Gen. Sam Houston was a
member of congress from the Nashville
district in Tennessee, and sending home for
distribution a number of public documents.
he claimed that Curry, the postmaster at
Nashville, surpressed and failed to deliver
them, and denounced iiini a scroundrel. For
tlii-i Curry sent him a challenge by Gen.
liite. Houston refused to receive the
message, as he stated, "from such a con
temptible source," throwing it oa the
ground and stamping on it. Gen. White
said he was surprised, as no one expected
Houston to fight To tins Houston re
torted, ! von try ir.e. ur course a
challenge followed from White which
Houston promptly accepted. Tho terms
and conditions were, "fifteen feet distance ;
holster pistols ; time, sunrise." The place
chosen as slated, was in Simpson county.
On the 2oddayof September, 1SJG, th?
parties met at the designated poiut with
lueir seconds. The fact that a duel was to
be fought had gone abroad, and a number
of persons had secreted themselves near
the field to witness the affair, a fact un
known to either principlas or seconds.
After the first shots had been exclianged
ami White had fallen to the ground
tbe people rushed to the spot. Houston
seeing them, and fearing an arrest, started
toward the state line with a view of escap
ing. Gen. White called to him, "GeueraL
you have killed inc." Houston then faced
the crowd willi pistol still ij hand, and in
quired if there were any officers of the law
ainoiig them, ami being answered in the
negative be advanced to the side of his late
antagonist and kneeling by him took his hand
saying: "1 am very sorry for you but you
know that it was forced upon me." Gen.
White replied, "I know it and forgive
you." White had been shot through just
above tne hiis, and to cleanse the wound
of blood the surgeons run one of their old-
1 fiItii itiiHl till n.M-l'ur.li:.r.i tl,-f-iii.'H tlia
wound. Gen. White recovered from his
fearful wound as much to the joy of
Houston as to himself. During the w.ek
preceding tbe duel Gen. Houston remained
at the home of ban ford Duncan, near the
field, practicHig meanwhile with pistols.
At his temporary home were two belliger-
. him the cause or the Jackson
P'-P. ho, very much to his delight was a
potwf'Uit winner in th t-v ThA tir.nrnf
arising and pre-Miricg for the duel on the
j heneath the window of his admirer's room.
"weening him. Houston aro
' distuiliing his attentling friends,
'. the task of molding bullets with
aro-e wuuoui
Is, and began
. the task. (tZ n'oldut? bullets with wliieli to
1 tirht lleiif-rr,! Vhil. a tin. fir-rf lHil1..t f-.ll
. ..
. the mol l a game-cock, which he had
admired scarcely lcs than he did the doj,
crowded a loud, clear note. Houslot:, with
that element of superstition which finds a
Plac in nearly every ruind. accepted the
rati greetings in uis menus as a nappy
omen, and marking tlio bullet one side for
the dog and the other for the chicken, made
up his mind that his pistol should be loaded
with it, a:id that he would first fire that
particular ball at General White. He af
terward said that "he was not supersti
tions, but these two ciicumstances made
him feel assured of success" thus disprov
ing his own words. The bullet was used
and White fell at the first fire, as stated.
After the duel HiMiston selected as a coat-of-anns
"a chicken, cock and dog," and
many were the comments made by thoee
unfamiliar with the facts in after years,
when as president of Texas and senator in
congress, he spurted so stiange a crest
These facts are authentic having been re
lated by Gen. Houston to Sanford Duncan,
jr., late of Louisville, while the two were
en route to Washington city during Hous
ton's term as senator.
Fuulnz Children to Death A Railroad
Incident.
Opposite is a young woman with a little
chiid. An angelic child. This is no com
mon creature, and it would be dithcult to
exag,-e, ate her beauty. She is as deUeate and
dainty as a fairy. At first one only saw the
lovely picture of rosy cheeks, deep blue
ryes, made quite angelic by dark lashes,
Ihe enchanting, laughing mouth, absolutely
illuminated by the sweet baby teeth, and
the finishing touch of a loose yellow curl
showing below the white cap. Very soon,
however, any woman notices that the child
is uot only becoming, but very expensively
dressed, and when it becomes manifest
that the mother is probably the wife of a
mechanic, it occurs to one to wonder what
would be the emotions of a European
mother of this class on seeing a child of
hers arrayed in all this lace, embroidery and
the softest and showiest of woolen wraps.
At once all eyes are drawn to this sweet
est of sweet things a beautiful chihL The
first person to notice her is a pleasant look
ing man, who sits with his wife in the seat
uext the liahy. Something about them
makes one feel that this is a childless pair.
The baby, at this moment is half sitting,
half lying, on her rrother's lap, kit-king up
one little red shod foot against the buck of
the next seat She is almost the only un
conscious creature in that car, as he lies
there perfectly Lappy and at ease. Friend
ly man stretches out his hand toward her.
I'p springs the mother, and with a nervous
baud seizes the little foot, puts the baby
i ti a conven'i nal attitude, saying with an
accent of horror "Why, Maud! Your foot
does not look very pretty up there."
"What is your name?' asks the man.
The baby. Mesa her heart! has now
worked herself down again into her pretty
attitude, and again kicks np the little red
foot, making answer to the stranger. Again
the mother seizes the foot, glancing anx
iously around f.t usalL and repeating: "Why
Maud: Tell the gentleman what your
name is, tell the gentleman what your
name ie, Maud! Maud! tell the gentleman
what your name is."
Baby is gazing happily now at a bird in
a cage hanging near, and visible through a
rent in the paper cover; but the mix her
cannot leave her in peace, antl begins, a vig
orous pushing back of the yellow hair un
der the cap. We can all feel how it pulls.
That done, she stiffens up the angel in her
lap into the attitude of a wax doll, and be
gins the exhibition again: "Can't you tell
the gentleman how old yoa ukP
"Most two," the baby answers prompt
ly.
"Oh, no; not most two," the mother says
solemnly; ,ltwo year old, Maud; say two
years old." And then Maud, say this
and Maud say that, is repeated over and
over, the little victim being shown off and
put through her paces, without a moment s
peace or rest for so long that it makes
ane s ear s and heart ache.
It is a relief when tbe friendly man
reaches out his arms to the baby in a gentle
way, ana she raises her blue eyes to his,
and seeing that yearning look there which
a love of children often puts in a man's
eyes, and which even a very young baby
knows how to read, straightway holds o it
tier arms tn him, and he lifts her over fit
ixitk of the seat with that cxpressiin,
wholly pleased and half surprised, which
becomes one who has received tho bigh-st
of compliments the confidence and prefer
ence of a little child. How have any of
us ever deserved that the kingdom of
heaven should be given right into our
anus?
For a very few minutes our dear bob
was allowed to rest in tnis quiet man'
arms to play with his watch, to hunt
through his pockets, to be let alone to do
whatever she pleased. It was not Ion.;,
however, before the mother began strug
gling in an ornir.o.u way with her traveling
basket and then, while baby was eutirely
quiet and happy, watching tho reflection of
the lamp on the bright wuteh, a lara
piece of what looked like pound cake was
passed ovor to her by her mother.
It was hard to see her put her little whit j
teeth into it, and to judgu. from thi i what
the ordinary diet was likely to lie; hard t
glance from the beautiful peach-like cheek
of the chlid to the sallow one of young
mother which, together with the fragile,
broken American teeth, told the story of
chronic dyspepsia and general debility. I
this what our bhiOiiing baby is coming to?
Shu throws half ihe cake on tbe floor,
thank heaven, but eats the rest carelessly
and without ap;etite (there's no member of
the S. P. C. C. present to prevent this casa
of cruelty lo children!, and then standing
for a moment on the man s knees she
glances up, and through the narrow win
dow iu the roof of the car she catches sight
of the moon.
".Moon!" she shouts with an enchanting
latigli. "Moon up high!" Then go up her
darling hands and she calls "Moonie!
Moonie! Come, moonie!"
'Why! she never did that before," said
her mother! ".Maude, sit down and tell
the genileman where you went with par
per." "Where did you go with parper.
Maud? Maud, where did you go with par
per?" The dear cheeks are growing too red
now. "Water," she says as sh? is dragged
down, from the comp inionship of the
skies. "Water, water." It becomes a
moan, and we think of the pound caku
No, iVere aint no water. Marine
can't get yflj no water. Water is all gonu
tell the gentleman where you are going
Maud."
"Water," moans the babv, and turns
her flaming rheek toward her mother.
stretchimr out her hands to her, "water.
" ater is all gone; perhaps there 11 be a
boy round with water time bye,'1 says the
mother. "Tell the gentleman where yoa
went with parper, Maud. Tell the gentle
man where you are going, Maud."
31 v Journey is ended. 1'oor bahy goes
farther, night though it be, and the last
words I hear as I leave the car are '"Can't
you tell ihe gentleman where you are going
Jlaudr" .
A Deiul ira Thing.
A few years asro Mr. Hammond wa
coming up the Mississippi on a steamboat.
Among the passengers was a certain well
known rambler.
The boat had been tfoV"v.n New Orleans
two days but owing t Mr. Hammond's in
fluence, not a card had been played or a bet
matle by anylody. This was ruinous to
the gambler's business.
He had tried everyone on the boat for a
rime of some kind, or a bet on something,
but bad failed in every attempt He was
getting desperate.
Along iu the afternoon h approached
Mr. Hammond who was setting on the hur
ricane deck, and called hi attention to 4
couple of gulls flying across the river, a
few hundred yards ahead of the boat :
"Yes, I see them,"" said Mr. l'.acuuoiid,.
Well, I'll bet yu five ilolia. one of
them fiUIs into the water before we get by
them." ,
"I never bet, you ought to know that,"
was the reply.
"Well, 1 11 make it twenty to fi now
come."
Mr. Hammond turned on his heel tad
left him.
The gambler looked mournfuly after hira
a few moments, anl then continued h-S
walk ai,'a:n.
Presei. ly he came back and accosted iL:
U. again.
'I'll bet you twenty to five that this boat
blows up before we go ten miles further.
Now there's a good bet what do yon say I"
He w is informed again of Mr. U.'s cal
ling, n:id that such pn(osition were scan
dalous. "But that's a dead sure thing you can
not possibly loee; come, what do you say?"
Mr. Hammond sought another part of
the deck, and left the obtrusive gentlemen
with the "dead sure thing'' to himself.
The boat bail scarcely proceeded five
miles when, sure enongh, it did blow up.
Mr. II. somehow got upon an earlier start
than his late prosecutor, and went up quito
a distance. As he was coming down. h
was met by our sporting friend, who cried
out as he passed :
"ilallj parson! Bet you ten dollars I
got higher than you did ; what do you say?"
Tha "Stone Roll."
About two miles north of Hill church, iu
Pike township, Berks county. Pa., is a real
natural curiosity called the "stone roll,"
Stuh liiML It is a large rocky surface,
about 2oU feet long and aliout 100 feet high
al the highest poiut This surface for
about 50 feet from the bottom is as smooth
as the roof of a house. The upper part U
Utile more uneven. The position of the
surface is a little steeper than the roof of a
house. Down this surface hundreds of
stones were thrown down, whence it re
reived its name "stall roll." It is supposed
that there are about 10 feet of stones laying
at th bottom cf it which have been roled
down. All the .'oose stones within about
fifteen yards from the size of a hrad np to
as large as the people were able to roll them
have been roiled down. They make a ter
rible noise rolling down the rocky surface,
and are generally broken to atoms when
they come down. This place is often Vi
sited by the young people of that vicinity
on Sundays during tbe summer season. It
is said that there was as high as fifty per
sons there at one time. The height ha
been considerably redure.l, as there were
stones broken off at the top and also filled
up at the bottom, so that the original height
might have been aliout 120 feet. Since the
loose stones are all rolled down the young
men are try ing the experiment of climbing
up. Only one is said to have succeeded iu
getting up List summer. The following
story lj related, which is Said to have
h:.ppened some years ago: A hound was
after a fox, the latter ran down the em
bankment and away. Tbe hound followed,
but was dashed to pieces down the steep
hilL
Names.
Emma is from the German, and signifies"
a Nurse; Caroline, from the Latin, Noble
Minded; George, from the, Greek, a Farmer;
Martha, from Hebrew, Bitterness; the
beautiful though common name Mary, ia
Hebrew, and means a Drop of Salt Water
a tear, Sophia, from Greek, Wisdom;
Susan from Hebrew, a Lily; Thomas, fro;n
Hebrew, a Twin; Robert, from German,
Famous is Council.
OLD STUrWSXU
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