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B. F. SCHWEIER,
TEE OOXSTimTIOI-TEE UVI0V-1ID TEE E5T0S0EEIT OP THE LAVS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXIV.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1SS0.
NO. 25.
BURIAL OF TEE PAST.
Twu the night before the wedding
AnJ the house was filled with guests.
After all the pleasant i reetinga
Q uietly the household rests.
On'v one from ont the many
Still ia sitting by the fire
Tie the bride. rho on the morrow
W ill have left her home and aire.
With her hair unbound and failing.
Like a mautle to the floor ;
Tlii re she siti among her treasures,
For the last time looks them o'er.
One by one she reads each letter.
Then consign, it U the flame ;
Fioji its case she takes a picture,
And her white lids close in pain.
For the face smiles out npon her
As of o d it nsed to do,
Kre tbat bit er hour of parting.
When each spoke what was not true.
Trembling fingers slowly clasp it,
Prop it on the ember's red.
Ne t r again will she behold it,
For tbe .face to br is dead.
There are violets in the caskit
Aud a lock of soft dark hair ,
There are books and little trinkets
Aud the ring ehe caed to wear.
In tbe firelight, while they're burning,
ls't in fancy or a dream
Tbit at: sin she sees the river
Aud the old famil ar scene.
WLere eo often tbey had rambled
Iu tbe autumn alternooa ;
Where on summer nigLta they floated
Mid tbe lillies, 'neath the moon ?
On the hearth the box lies emptied.
On the grate the fire bums low.
And the girl stands white and silent
A the Us: faint embers glow.
Streaks of gray are slowly creeping
O'er tbe portals of tbe moon ;
Vita tbe n ght tbe old life passes
Dawning brings her hopes new-born.
Elopement and Fursuit.
Win. L. Marcy was called to the bar in
f Mooter, Acting under the advice
of friends, he opened an office ia Troy, X.
V., and commenced the practice of hit
profession. He was surrounded by exper
ienced and gifted lawyers, who controlled
the honors and emoluments of their profes
sion. Voting Marcy. deficient in those
brilliant and rasyly talent so attractive to
the public, tufWfri poses: ng erudition and
strong intellect. ml powers, did not at firsr
meet with professional success, but, taking
an appeal to the future, he patiently await
ed the developments of time. With great
labor and perseverance he perfected himself
ia those solid acquirements, which subse
quently rendered him conspicuous befort
the world as a lawyer, diplomatist and
statesman.
Among the chrracterisjics that distin
guished the early days of Mr. Marcy s pro
lessinal life, was carelessness !n regard to
dress. Though he was not, like Martin
Grover. accustomed to appear in dilapida
te 1 attire, tt'H he held fashion and bet
votaries in contempt. His lKts were often
left for weeks without polish, and his hair
to say the least, neverappearcd in Hyperion
curls, and witha!, by casual acquaintance
he was regarded as a very dull and inactive
young man. But his persona! appearance
was in his favor He was slightly aliovt
the ordinary height, 'S-tout and masculine,
but not gross ; his forehead bold and full,
his eyebrows heavy, his eyes deep-set and
expressive, his mouth and chin firmly
moulded. HU manners were affable and
courteously free from pretence, yet digni
fied. " He was easy, pleasing and graceful
in conversation. In really refined and
cultivated circles, young Marcy, notwith
standinghisindiflerent attire, was a favorite,
though coxcombs attempted to make him
the subject of railcry.
His office was in a small one story build
ing, surrounded by a railing or veranda.
Directly opposite his office there w as a
fashionable female seminar-. In pleasant
weather he would seat himself on the ver
anda, with his feet elevated on the top of
it, and in this position watch the gambols
of the young ladies on the play -ground of
the school, or engage in pursuing his favor
ite studies. HU unpolished boots, thus
conspicuously exhibited, were often the
subject of merriment among the fair stu
dents. Though young Marcy was wanting
in those external qualities constituting what
is called "a lady's man," his society was
by no means distasteful to the f ir sex,
especially to those who had the peuetratioa
to understand the real beauties of his char
acter and appreciate his abiitic.
Among the more advanced pupils of the
seminary was a Miss DuBois, a young lady
from fpringfield, Mass., heiress, and
very beautiful. Marcy had frequently met
her at the residence of i. lady friend in
Troy. For some time a respectful friend
ship existed between her and the young
lawyer. She was pleased with the graces
of Lis knowledge, the superiority of his in
tellect. There was a charm in his
conversation, which nnconsciously revealed
the mental resources of the future states
man, stimulating intelligence in others.
Miss DuBois possessed that charming ver
satility that belongs of right to women
fncnltr of suitinsr her fine intellect to
all whom it encounteredof so tempering
her subtle wit with feminine grace as to
..Tomnt w from enmity or malice, and
that pride which is the necessary result of
the superiorly she wore easily ana gracc
fully. There were those elements in the friend
ii.; i,o.n rmini Msrcv and Miss Du-
Bois which naturally ripen into deep attach
ment and ardent love, yet singular as it
may appear, there was no affair of the
heart blended with it. But those who were
ware of their intimacy, not understanding
iu nature, naturally P"t another construc
tion upon it, and a report reached the
faculty of the seminary that Marcy was an
accepted suitor of Miss DuBois. Tbe rule
of the institution strictly forbade the young
ladies from receiving any attention from
gentlemen; and the patents of the lady had
strongly enjoiued upon the faculty the en
forcement of this rule In regard to their
daughter.- Therefore, the report of her re
latioa with the young lawyer caused aa w-
uicMB.il sensation ia the seminary, and
Miss DuBois was strictly forbiddeh to have
any further association with Marcv. The
report even reached her father, who has
tened to Troy, determined to remove his
daughter from the seminary. But her ex
planation of the matter was sufficient, and
he returned home satisfied that all reports
connecting the name of his daughter with
Mr. Marcy were groundless.
A few weeks after her father's visit, Miss
DuBois obtained permission to visit Albany
with some friends. Some time after her
departure it occurred to one of the pupils of
the seminary, who had interested herself
n the affairs of Miss DuBois and Mr. Mar
cy to quite an extent, that although the
day was beautif uL the young lawyer had not
been seen in his accustomed place on the
veranda of his office. On making proper in
quiry she learned that he had not been
there at all that day. This aroused her cur
iosity and excited suspicions, leading her
to make further inquiry, and she was in
formed that he had accompanied Miss Du
Bois to Albany. Without further consid
eration, she believed that an elopement had
taken place, hud immediatly informed the
faculty tbat young Marcy and Miss DuBois
had fled to Albany for the purpose of being
clandestinely married. This aroused them
to the highest pitch of excitement. The
rumor ran like wild-fire through the insti
tution, reaching the city in a short space of
time. There was a strange "hurrying to and
fro" in the seminary. Consternation was
everywhere mingled with the silent mirth
which the affair had crested among many
of the young ladies who really enjoyed the
scene. Cupid had slyly found a lodgment
within those walls, dedicated to science and
study, though all thought the little winged
good was sternly forbidden there to many
known only in the beautiful dreams of
girlhood. Vet he had actually been a
sojourner in that temple of science; one of
its fairest inmates had yield to his enchant
ed bowers. Fear that the wrath influenc
ing the young lady's father and her other
friends would be turned against the insti
tution, and dreading tbe odium which an
elopement would bring npon it, an imme
diate pursuit was decided upon. The sher
iff ot the county, with ipo'e comitutu,
was sent in pursuit, and proceeded with hot
baste to Albany. Learning that the tady was
at one of the principal hotels in that city,
he rushed thither to forbid the bans before
it was too late. iSans ceremony he enforc
ed his way into the ladies' parlor. Miss
DuBois was there enjoying herself with
her friends, but, to the astonishment of the
sheriff, young Marcy was not present. The
officer bad entered tbe room sternly deter
mined on breaking the chains that love had
forged with the strong arm of the law. lie
had anticipated tears, cries and shrieks
from the lady, mingled with deep curses
fi on the lover. But no ardent lover was
there no priest about to pronounce the
solemn but happy union could be seen.
Tbe lady and her tnends, taken by sur
prise at the sudden entrance of the sheriff
and his assistants, started to their feet in
alarm. One of the ladies present summon
ed courage enough to demand of the officer
what he meant by this intrusion. Confus
ed and embarrassed by the awkward posi
tion he found himself in, he said :
"We we have that is we wait to
find Lawyer Marcy aud Miss DuBois.
We are told"
"I am Miss DuBois, sir. As for Mr.
Marcy, I have not seen him to-day. What
do you mean, sir?"
"Why, thepeople at fie seminary said
that you and he had irone off together to
to get married, and
"And so they sent you in pursuit of us,
I suppose. You will not arrest me on mere
suspicion, will you ?"
"We have to obey orders, madam. I
have a warrant against Mr. Marcy for ab
duction tbat is for carrying you off for
they made that out before the Justice,"
said the officer.
The deep, clear, silver laugh of Miss Du
Bois, in which her companions joined, rang
through the room at this announcement,
while the sheriff and his assistants, finding
themselves 'sold,' as the saying is, retired,
ereatly chagrined at the singular adventure.
It happened that shortly after Miss DuBois
and her frVnds left Troy, 3Ir. Marcy, ha v.
ing business in Albany, proceeded to that
city alone by stage. Having transacted his
business he returned home alone, as he
came, to the surprise of cituens aud his
friends, who verily believed he had eloped
with the pretty heiress. His own astonish
ment was unbounded w hen informed of
the commotion and excitement he had un
consciously caused, at the seminary especi
ally, when he learned that, during the day,
it was believed throughout the city that he
had absconded with a clandestine marriage
in view; that for the time being he had
abandoned the law for Gretna Green.
Nothing could exceed the mortification of
the seminary at the useless aad ludicrous
excitement they had produced. For a long
time this elopement made much hua-riment
in all circles both at Troy, and Albany.
None, however, enjoyed the joke with a
tiir nlinh than Marcy and bis fair
friend. .
At length she graduated an! returned to
her friends, leaving the. young lawyer to
plod on towards the fame that awaited
him. In the course of time Miss DuBois
married a highly respectable citizen of Bos
ton, with whom she lived in great happi
ness and prosperity. With the lapse of
time honors accumulated upon William L.
Marcy. He was elevated to the bench of
the Supreme Court of the State of New
York. He occupied the gubernatorial chair,
and afterwards became a member of the
United States Senate, and then Secretary of
the State in the cabinet of the President of
the United States, gaining honors as Mints
ter of State which few of his predecessors
had attained. While a Senator in Congress
lie attended one of those . splendid recep
tions given by a distinguished official to
the heads of departments. Senators, mem.
bers of Congress and other eminent persons
ntiild to an invitation. In the course of
j the evening a lady, whose beauty, rwomp.
jllshmenU, fascinating manners, and re.
j puted wealth attracted mueh attention U
the fashionable sitwleief Washmgtea, ap-
toached Mr. Marcy. She was leaning on
the arm t a dignified and courtly gentle
man.
"ionator,"she said with a graceful so
lution, "I cannot resist my desire to renew
an acquaintance with you, once the source
of great pleasure and profit to me. Do you
not recognize in me an old fnend ?"
Certainly I da You are, or rather
were, Miss DuBois. I am delighted to
meet you again; nothing could give me
greater pleasure, " said Mr. Marcy, after a
inoment's hesitation.
"Permit me to introduce to you my hus
band, Mr. D , of Boston," said the lady.
"Mr. I) she continued, "this Is the
Hon. Wm. L. Marcy, whom you know so
well by reputation. He is ar old friend of
nine. I once enloped with him; but
trust yoa will forgive him, as you have me,
tor it was only an indiscretion ot our
youth."
"Such elopements are easily forgiven,
Senator, said Mr. D "espocially since
the one Mrs I) alludes to has afforded us
fund of amusement from our first ac
quaintance."
"It was so well managed that neither of
as knew anything about it until it was all
over, said Marcy.
The story of the elopnient soon fo:nd its
way into Washington society, where it was
the subject of much merriment.
"Marcy," said President Jackson, at one
of his receptions, at which Mrs. D and
her husband were present. Marry, by
the Eternal, if I had been in your place I
should have given full occasion for the re
port of an elopement with that splendid
woman. Why did you not f "
"Because, Mr. President, I had my eyes
on a still lovelier woman the future Mrs.
Marcy," was the reply.
"Ah, that wcas all right; an excellent ex
planation," said the President.
Summer Kieaniloni via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Summer excursions, long or short, are
now necessities of American life. All
classes indulge in these relaxations from
business during the Summer months. The
rich extend the time to months the
poor content themselves with a much
shorter withdrawal from the store, the
nanufactury or the workshop. To foster
and encourage this feeling, the various
railroails of the country have inaugurated
Summer excursions to the sea coast, the
.uountain top, the shady valley and the
miet rural sections of this great country.
Foremost amocg the Summer excursions
both for variety of location, the cheapness
of fare, and abundance of natural scenery,
ire those gotten up and managed by the
Pennsylvania Iiailroad. All tastes can be
gratified by these trips over the stem line
f the Pennsylvania Koail and its numer
ous Drenches, tight hours rule iroin
Philadelphia brings the traveler to Altoona
and Cresson Springs, in the Allegheny
Mountains, and the famous Bedford
Springs are reached by the Pennsylvania
Railroad to Huntingdon, and thence by the
Huntingdon and Broad Top liaiiroau to
Bedford. Leaving the main line at Har-
risburg the route of the traveler leads north
ward over the Northern Centrd and Erie
Kailroads to the mountain resorts of Kenovo
and Kane, to Watkins' Glen, and the many
pictursque localities in the vicinity of
Seneca Lake, all reached from Philadel
phia by express trains with luxurious Pull
man -palace cars. Delaware Water Gap,
a most pictursque and delightful retreat
fr mi the heat of Summer is reached via
Trenton and the Belvidcre Division of the
Pennsylvania Road, which runs along the
Delaware river, and presents a constantly
changing panorama of enjoyable views by
land and water. By leaving the main line,
a hundred other points can be reached,
where repose, comfort and health can be
ahtained by all classes. At the same time
all the most popular and attractive sea-side
resorts on the Jersey Coast can be readily
and pleasantly reached by cars on tbe
Pennsylvania Railroad. At the depot of
the company, in West Philadelphia tour
ists from inland localities will find cars
in waiting to transfer them at a cost of
six cents to the depot at the foot of Mar
ket Stre, from which point Cape May,
Atlantie City, Beach Haven, and Seaside
Park may all be reached within two hours
and without change of cars. The traveler
continues his journey from the West Phila
delphia depot to Sea Girt, Spring Lake,
Ocean Grove, and Long Branch, all of
which points are also reached in about the
same time and without change of cars. In
this way a vast extent of country, richly
endowed with all natural cluums and
health giving properties, is opened to the
enjoyment of persons of even moderate
means. The excursion rates are most
moderate, and cover such a period of lime
as will sitisfT even the most exacting, aud
living accommodations, at all points, can
he obtained in such shapes as to fit all pur
ses. The -Summer excursion programme
of the Pennsylvania Railroad was never so
extended, encircling ana complete as for
the summer of ltWO, and no doubt the
travel will be correspondingly enlarged.
When a person can enjoy a Summer vaca
tion on tbe mountain or by the ocean side,
almost as cheap as living in the City, or in
the inland town, it is folly to tread the
nearls of comfort and health under foL
This blessing the Pennsylvania Iiailroad
puts within the reach of all by theireuter
prise and liberality.
Spanish and German.
The delights of the compartment railway
carriaires in use in England and on the Con
tinent were demonstrated to the satisfaction
of a German and a Spaniard, who were shut
up tc-geth? inja compartment on a 3 wis raik
road. A recent murder had occurred on
the same line, and tbe German knew about
it aad was nervous. lie was more than
nervous, he was frightened when the
Spaniard, who was admiring his cane,
wanted to know if it was a sword-cane.
The question, if asked in the usual manner,
might not have seemed particularly terri
ble ; but the Spaniard, not understanding
German, nor the German Spanish, Don
Quixote's countryman carried on the con
venation in pantomine. He made the
gesture of a man drawing a weapon and
brandishing lL The German thinking his
last hour had come, proceeded to propitiate
his supposed assassin by taking out his
pocket-book, portmonnaie and watch. The
Spaniard, endeavoring to explain to him
only terrified him the more. Seizing the
alarm signal the German stopped the tram.
The guard thinking another crime bad
been committed came forward, but the re
marks of the two passengers did not help
him to clear up tbe question, and he there
upon got into tbe compartment with them
until they reached a large town where the
station-master explained the affair. But
tbe Gorman refused to travel any more
with a man who had mad alaualf so diss
Bramble by giving htm this fright.
Talbot's Steady Nerve.
Jack Talbot, the minstrel comedian was
a wonderful shot with a pistoL In talking
upon this subject he said :
"Well, I shot occasionally in public, but
it was not until, I think, 18(12, that I gave
an exhibition on a theatrical stage. Tha'
was in San Francisco. By the way, there s
a good story in connection with the affair.
Johnnv De Angelis, one of tbe company.
agreed to let me shoot an apple from his
bead, after I had demonstrated practically
tbat there was no danger in it. A few days
before tbe exhibition his nerve forsook him,
and he resorted to a nsd little stratagem to
test tbe accuracy of my aim. We were to
have a rehearsal that morning, and when I
got on tbe stage I was surprised to see De
Angelis propping up a skeleton against my
practice-target. 'VVhat are you doing with
that thing V I asked. 'I want you to
shoot an apple off its bead,' he answered,
'just to see where the ball will hit if you
miss the mark.' I fired a few shots, split
ting tbe spple each lime, and that reassured
him. Before the show was given we heard
that the city officials would object to the
shooting oo the ground of its danger, and
we invited them to witness it. Tbe night
came and De Angelis, who had previously
taken an affectionate farewell of bis wife.
stood like a statue, waiting for the first shot.
1 used a large-bore tolt s revolver. I bred
and chipped off the upper part of the apple.
'Shout a little closer, said Johnny, who
wanted to show his nerve. Ibis time I
sent the bullet through the centre. H. loser,'
again said Johnny, who was grow ing more
courageous. The third shot dut; out the
bottom of the apple and raised a lock of his
hair. 'That w.ll do,' said he ; that's low
enough.
"Bitly Birch had a benefit in Frisco in
1864, aud I voluntered for him. Tbat time
a woman held the app.e. During that year
John K. ilackett, who was then living in
Calafornia, bad a wide reputation as a
crack shot. Some friends arranged a match
between us, but for some reason or other
it did not conic off. Dan Bryant, who was
a bosom friend of mine, had great faith in
my shouting. hen he was leaving Cali
fornia, in 18''.l, a big part of us went
down to the steamship to see him off.
There was no Pacific railroad in th.Krdays.
Dan got up on the hurricane deck, ami
shouted to me : Got your pistol, Jack ':'
Yes,' said I. Dan held a bottle of wine
on the palm of his hand and said : 'Let's
see you uncork this.' I blazed away and
knocked the Cork out without breaking the
bottle. Dan drank mv health as the ship
carried him out of the Golden Gate. I gave
several exhibitions after that, generally as
sisted by De Angelis, who often held up a
twenty-five cent piece for me to shoot from
his fingers, at a distance of about forty-five
feet. My best feat was igniting a match
with a bullet without breaking tbe match.'7
"You never knew George Winship V
"Never met him."
"Well, George and I were traveling wil D
Wilson's circus a few years ago, performing
this shooting act, he doing the standing.
hue in Oakland tbe act was placed well
down on the bill, aud when wc came into
the ring the candles in the chandeliers it
was before oil and gas were introduced as
circus illuminaries had burned so low that
they shed a very dim light. There was not
an apple to be had, and I had to sultstituta
a lime for it. I fired and the bullet hit the
lime faily, but the concussion raised a lump
on George 8 head. He died about three
years after of paralysis, and he always
blamed tbat shot as the origin of it, but I
never could believe it had anything to do
with it."
"Frank Frayne, who is now an expert
rifleshot, has often stood for me, and so
has my wife, but I have never injured a
a hair of their beads. Dr. Carver, whom 1
regard as the most wonderful shot in the i
world, performs many feats with the rifle
which I have often accomplished with the i
pistol, both mounted and on foot. In Gold ;
Hill, Nev., I shot a match at 75 yards
against a Henry rule, using a Colt's re
volver. The target was a medinni sized sar-1
dine box' I put six balls through it, against !
my opponent's five. I have performed j
with ood s, Campbell s Moore & Bur
guess's in London, Carncross & Dixey's
aud other well known minstrel troups, so
that my time has been well taken up ; but
a few days' practice with the pistol and I'll
guarantee to show you in private some
points in pistol-shootiug that you never
dreamed of."
A Clevr (ox.
On a summer day a gentleman was ly
ing under the shelter of some shrubs on the
banks of the river Tweed, when he saw a
large brood of ducks, . which had been
made to rise on the wing by the drifting of
a fir branch among them. After circling
in the air for a little time they again settled
down on their feeding ground.
There was a pause for two or three min
utes, and then tbe same thing took place
again. A braack drifted dow.i with the
stream into the midst of the ducks, ami
made them take to flight once more. But
when they found that the bough bad drift
ed by, ia 1 done no barm, they flew down
to the water as before-
After four or five boughs had drifted by
in this way, the ducks gave no heed ts
them, and Iiardly tried to fly out of their
way, even when they were near being
touched.
The gentleman who had been observing
all this now watched for the cause of the
drifting of the houghs. At length he saw
higher up the bank of the stream a fox,
which; having set the boughs adrift, was
watching for tbe moment when the ducks
should cease to be startled by them.
This wise fox at last seemed satisfied
that the moment had come. So what did
he do but take a larger branch of spruce fir
than had yet lieen used, and, spreadins
himself down en it so as to be almost hid
den from sight, set it adnft as he had done
the others. The ducks, now having ceas
ed to fear the boughs, hardly moved till
the fox was in the midst of them, when,
making tapid snaps right and left, he seiz
ed two fine young ducks as his piey, and
floated forward in triumph on bis raft.
The ducks flew off in fright, but did, not
come back.
Tbat fox must have had a fine dinner
that day. Tbe gentleman ' who
saw the trick pitied the poor ducks but
could net help laughing at the fox's cun
ning. Train tbe Memory.
Here are two methods to train the worst
memory. One of them is to read a sub
ject when interested ; the other is not only
to read, but think. When you have read a
paragraph or a page stop, close the book
and try to remember the ideas of the page,
and not only call them vaguely to mind,
but put them in words and speak them
out. Faithfully follow these two rules and
you have the golden keys ofr knowledge.
Besides inattentive reading, there are other
things injurious to the memory. One is
the habit ot slumming over newspapers,
items of news, smart remarks, bits of in
formation, polities! reflections, fashion
notes, so that all is a confused jumble,
never to be thought of again, thus dill
geatly cultivating a habit of ears ess read
lag hard to break. Another is the reading
of arsshy novels.
A Umall Man hi Blark.
Years ago. when Delmonico's was at
Fourteenth street, New York, the cafe was
not always as quiet and orderly as it is
now. One eight a notorious bully walked
up and down its marble floor flourishing a
loaded pistol, and putting all the waiters
to flight iu his attempt to intimidate
another guest, who calmly sipped his wine
uunng the display. I pon another occa
sion, a young man about town, boasting of
bis psuck and science, engaged in a fisti
cuff affray with a light-weight piofessionaL
and was coolly knocked out of time, after
several rounds, nobody daring to interfere
during the combat. Warned by these af
I airs, jar. Uelrnomco took 1ms measures
accordingly. The next time the bully
with his pistol attempted to enter the cafe.
he was touched upon the shoulder by this
UUle man in black, and tremblingly lis
tened to a few whispered words, carried
his mania a potu to another saloon. The
next time the light-weight prize fighter
and his "crowd" approached the door, they
found the little man in black upon the
threshold and moved on to more congenial
localities, as if be had leen a referee or a
detective. Since those memorable nights
there nave been no disturbances, no quar
rels, no boxing matches at Delmonico's.
Every habitue remarks the perfect order
preserved and the atieence of any apparent
attempt to preserve it. No tramps or
beggars, no b&no-steerers or stool-pigeons
infest the restaurant, which attracts the
best custom of New York. It is as if the
house was a t lub, at which none but gen
tlemen were allewed to enter. In fact, the
company is severely sifted at tbe door,
and the man in black is tbe sieve through
which all must pass. They go through
unconsciously; they never remark the pro
cess or the operator; but tbe results are
the peace, order, comfort and refined ele
gance for which Delmonico's is famous.
The effect, therefore, is acknowledged by
everybody; the cause is, Mr. James Cusirk,
the man in Hack at the door. Our readers
do not need to have Mr. Cusick introduced
to them. They will not soon forget the
trainer of John Hecnan, who accompanied
him to England, and made him fit to win
the international fight with Savers. Of
i nose gooaoia uajs Jir. cusick nas still
murn to relate wuen the doors of the cafe
are closed for the night, and he unbends
for a while with a representative of the
press. To hear his outspoken opinion of
English fair pluy would rouse the British
lion even in his degenerate epoch when
Berlin decides the fate of Asia. To listen
to his stories of the poisoned water, the
bribed policemen aud the Yaukee shrewd-;
ness which out wilted all attempts to "get
at" Jleenau during his training, stirs the)
blood like the souad ot a bugle, even in
these piping times when the prize ring is
as dead as its champions, and has only
glove fights for its ghosts. But Mr. Cusick
is a living example of the practical uses of
the noble art of self-defence, which ought
to gladden the hearts of such scientific ex
ponents as Colonel Monstery. The spec
tacle of one little man iu black
mounting guard over a magnificent restau
rant, crowded with ladies and gentlemen,
anu protecting them from insult and an
noyance by the prestige of his skill aud
experience, has its moral aa well as its
mystery.
Two Beautiful Murderesses.
At an early hour in the morning of the
17ihof May, 1317, the inhabitants of St.
Denis, one of the suburlis of Paris, were
startled by the discovery that the corpse of
an aged woman had been found in the Rue
Yainrirard, the only aristocratic and most i
quiet street in the place, under circum-l "You musn't go home ; your mamiaa is
stances which left no doubt of the fact that j sick, and you must go with me."
she had been murdered. "What makes mamma sick!"
She was taken to the town hall, and ex-1 "Never mind, she'll be well again in a
hibiled to public view just as 6he had been j week or two."
found. I ''But I want to know what makes her
The corpse was entirely naked. Only a sick "
part of fine cambric chemise covered the "Never mind, dear."
upper part of her body. Her head was j "Why!" but just then the boat swung
terribly bruised, apparently form the blows up to her pier at Stapleton,and the luquisi
inflnned by a blunt instrument. Fronijtive young lady and her submissive aunt
the shriveled condition of her skin, and disembarked.
from the fact that she had but a few teeth
left in her mouth, it was evident that at the
tune of ber death she must have been at
least sixty years old. Who was she? And
who had murdered her?
At that time even Paris had but few I generally iaiaiue that the stock-men see
clever detectives, the best of them having their cattle every day and milk their rows
been dismissed on account of the services and feed their calves as they do ia the East
they had rendered to the Emperor Napoleon 'era States, and they will be surprised when
the First. Hence, it was not to be won- We tell them that 'stock-men owning tuou
dered at that for two days no clew to the ! sands of heads, may cot see twenty of them
perpetrators of this crime was found. ! from November until the " round ups' be-
The corpse of the murdered woman was gin to come in, in the Spring. .Many
buried early on the third day, aud it was , readers will not know what We mean by the
truly a strange coincidence that the same 'item "reund up." We will therefore tell
hour there were furnished to the aulhori- I them :
ties of St. Denis, information which ena-1 Every man knows his cattle by the brand:
bled them in the course of a few hours to ' that is, a mark or letters made on the cattle
ferret out who had committed the at roc- with a hot iron and so that it can be easilv
ious crime. seen. In the Winter the cattle scatter or
It was a letter addressed to the Commis- drift with the storms for a hundred miles
sary of Police tliat furnished this important j or more. About the first of May, or when
information. No name was signed to the
letter, which read as follows:
"If you will goto the young ladies,
boarding school at Bevcrnay, you will find
out who the murdered woman is, and, if
you are sagacious enough, also hor assassins.
They are at the house."
The Commissary of Police immediately
repaired to the place indicated, where he j
was received bv Mme. Chestnav, the prin
cipal of the school. He said to Mme.
Chestnay :
"Is there an aged woman missing from
this bouse !"'
'An aged woman i" she exclaimed, "we !
bad only one aged woman hers my house- j
keeper. Mile. Sustenne. She is now en a i
visit to her sister in Normandy,"
"When did she leave!''
"Three days ago."
"Can you tell what kind of a chemise
she wore at that time?"
The lady looked at him in surprise.
Then said :
''Mile. Sustenne was always particular
about her underclothes, fche never wore
anything but very fine cambric chemises."
"How about her teeth?"
"Monsieur?"
"Excuse me. I have an object in ask
ing this question."
"Mile. Sustenne bad very few and very
bad teeth.''
"Did she have any enemies, here?"
''Enemies? Yes, monsieur. She was
rather crabbed and sour, and hence, all my
young girls hated her."
"Did any of the young girls hate her
particularly i"
"Let me see. .Yes; Anais Lenor and
Sophie Breston had, the other day. a bit
ter quarrel with her. Bur. tell me, mon
sieur, why do you put all these questions
tome?"
"Because Mile. Sustenne is undoubtedly
the old woman who was found murdered
at St. Denis three days ago."
"Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu !" she cried,
wringing her hands.
"Please send for the two girls whom
you named last."
The two girls made their appearance.
They were only sixteen, tender, graceful
and handsome.
- "What do yon know about the murder
of Mil. Sustenne " said the eommlaaary
re thera.
I The girls turned deadly pale, and made
no reply.
"Did you murder her ?" thundered the
commissary.
They burst into tears, and confessed
that having a violeat altercation with
Mile. Susicnne, they bad beaten her on tbe
head until she was dead. Tbat tbey had
stripped off her clothes and carried her in
the dead of night to St. Denis.
1 be beautiful murderesses were senten
ced a few davs afterward to be branded on
both shoulders with a red hit iron, then to
stand in the pillory for three hours, and to
be confined for life in the House of Correc
lion.
IhatConfouadml Five-Tear-Old.
A prettv little girl, about five years old.
with one of those sugar loaf hats modeled
after r ra Diavolo s in the play no doubt-
came on board the Staten Island ferry boat
esttiehL in her train was a weary look
ing, middle-aged 'atly, whom she treated
with condescension and called "Auntie."
After the young lady had found a comfort'
able seat in the bow of the boat she allowed
her aunt to take a camp stool near by.
When the boat started she beean a syste
matic method of torture to which the middle-aged
lady submitted with wonderful
resignation.
"Is that water, auntie?" she asked point
ing to the bay.
"Yes, dear." said the weary looking
lady.
"Did the rain make all that water!"
"Xo, darling."
"Why didn't tbe rain make all
water ?''
"O, the rain wouldn't affect it.
that
you
know."
"Why wouldn't the rain 'fift it 1 "
"Oli, you can't understand that now."
"Why can't I understand it f "
"Never mind ; do keep still, that's a
dear ; auntie's head aches."'
"V hat makes your head ache, auntie ?"
"The heat, I suppose."
"What makes the beat ?"
"The sun of course, dear."
"What is tbe sun."
"You know what the sun is well enousrh:
I shan't answer that."
The little girl twisted uneasily In her
; chair for a moment and then burst out
1 with the question
"What makes horse's bones?
"I don't know," said the aunt In a de
spairing tone.
"1 think tliey're made out of skin," said
the little girl, with an air of conviction.
"Yes, they're made out of skin an' wool
an' rubber; that's what horse's bones is
made out of."
"Yes, dear,'
"If my pa
said the shameless woman,
gets that bone taken out
of his k-g he'll give me 'is watch.
Would you have a boue taken out of your
leg, auutie?"
"You ridiculous child, of course not."
Why not J"
"Oh, keep still!''
The young woman then got up and
nearly fell over the rail into the water.
The aunt uttered a shriek, anil the writer,
much aj-Uust bis will, rescued the young
lady.
"Thank you sir," said the aunt.
"What for?" aked tbe terrible infant.
"For nothing." said the rescuer.
1 "Auntie, did you ever see a little dicky
! bird flirt up its tail au' sing ?"
"Yes, dear."
"Where V
"I meant no, dear." ( Desperately),
i "Did you see tbat colored lady, auntie i
She had on a fearful pretty hat, ever so
'much -.iretlier than voura I want to go
home.
CMIienng t ultle on tlie rialus.
It is difficult (or ny one who has never
been ontbe plains touuder.auJ how tbe cat-
tlet rade is carried on in this counti v. r'eop!
tut; gnus is ni sinrn-u, in siuea-uien senu
out their "out-fit," each consistingof a
wagon with provisions, bedding, etc, and
'a cook together with two or more herders
or "cow-boys" as ihey are called here.
There arc three or four horses to every
mankind these arc sent by the stock-men
into all the adjoining counties to collect
the animals. The "out-fits" from each
neighborhood meets at an appointed place
These places of meeting present a lively
appearance for a few days. There are,
perhaps one hundred wagous, oce thousand
j horses, and from two to four hundred red
men. After making all arrangements these
scatter, surround the country, and drive all
the cattle to one place. This is called tbe
'round-up.
When they are all gathered, there will
be from eighteen to twenty thousand ;
then the men from one county or neigh
borhood proceed to separate the cattle be
longing to their county or neighborhood
from the main herd into a herd by them
selves, holding them at a short dis'ance
from the main herd. This is cilled "cutting-out."
While this is being done, other
men are "cutting-out' their brand, and so
on until the large herd is divided up into
small herds. Then a part of the men start
to attend other "round-ups" and a part
start for home with the cattle already
gathered, stopping at every ranch and
"cutting-out" the cattle belonging to the
the place and then driving oo to the next,
and so on until the last man gets home
with his cattle. These "round-ups" are
coming in all Summer, and, as they come
in, the cattle are held on the rang; by
! rounding them in every few days, to brand
1 calves and ship beef. This is kepi up un
til all the "round-ups" are in, all the
! calves branded, and all tbe beef shipped.
Then the remaining cattle are all turned
loose until tfae nex Spring.
Ship Lighthouze. One of the Trans
atlantic Company's steamships instead
of carrying alight ia her rfgglnz at
night, has an iron lighthouse buiit for
ward, from wutcn is shown a power
ful electric ll'ht. By thts plan the
horizon is lit up all around, and the
light is visible at a great distance. The
company's managers have resolved on
adopting it in their Teasels as greater
safeguard against the danger ef col
lision.
The Same Old Game.
The other afternoon the tools, imple
ments, fixtures, appurtenances and what
ever else belongs to tbe game of croquet,
were put in position on a lawn up Wood
ward avenue, Detroit, and as a young lady
and young man who seemed to be ber lover
took up the mallets to start the balls.
bony-looking old tramp halted and leaned
on the fence and got his mouth puckered
up for something good. The young man
took the first shot, and, before the hall
ceased rolling, the girl's voice was heard
calling
"You don't knock fair you've gf to try
it over:
I , r ... ... ...
neiore euner oi tiiem were ball way
uown sue bad occasion to remind him that
he wasn't playing with a blind person, and
that she could overlxk no cheating. As
she went under the last arch be felt com
pelled to remark that her playing would
ruie ner out oi any club he ever heard of.
On the way back she asked him why he
c-ouiun i lie an none! man as well as a
jockey and a falsifier, and he inquired why
sue uidn t write a set of rules to tally with
ner style oi playing.
"It's coming 'tain't five minutes off
chuckled the tramp, as he took a new grip
on the fence and shaded his eyes with his
nau
Don't you knock that ball
away !
shouted the girl, a minute after.
"Yes I will!"
"Don't you dare to."
"I'm playing according to rules."
"No, you aren t : You've cheated all
the way through !"
"I never cheated once!"
"And now you are adding the crime of
perjury: bir, 1 dare not intrust mv future
happiness to such a man ! 1 could never
trust or believe in vou!"
"Nor I in yon!"
"Then let us part forever!" she said as
she burled her mallet at a stone dog.
"?s we will : he hissed as be Humr his
mallet at ber sleeping poodle.
Mie bowed and started for the bouse to
pack up his letters.
He raised his hat and made for au ap
proaching street car to get down town in
time for the Toledo train.
"That's all I wanted to know," sighed
the tramp as he turned away. "I've been
out in the wootls for a few years past, and
I did'nt know but there had been some
changes made in croquet, but I see it's the
same old game clear through !"
Preserving the Eye-Sight.
A remarkable proof of the harmlcssness
of useing glasses, even a Bingle glass, is
furnished by watch makers, who appear to
enjoy an enviable immunity from eye dis
eases. It is uncommon to see a watch
maker in a ophthalmic hospital. The
habitual exercise ot the eye upon fine work
tends to the development and preservation
of its powers. This is in analogy to the
truth now getting currency that brain-work
is necessary to physical health. The man
who would preserve the full integrity of his
functions to a ripe o'.d age must avoid ex
cesses of every description, aud endeavor
to employ the higher faculties of his mind
somewhat more energetically than is now
always customary. A time comes to every
one when the physical powers begin to de
cay, and then, unless the brain has been
kept active and recipient by exercise, there
is nothing left to live, aud the' man per
ishes. We say that he died of gout, . of
overeating, or ot heart disease, or of kidney
disease, or of the failure of the particular
organ which was tbe first to exhibit symp
toms of the approaching end. In reality
he has died ot stupidity, artificially pro
duced by neglect of the talents with which
he was endowed. Tl'-.t which is true of
the organism as a whole is tnie also of its
parts; and the eyes, anion; others, are best
treated by an amount ot systematic us1
which preserves the tone of their muscles
and the regularity of eir biood supplv.
Tbe acuteuess of sight, moreover, is in a
great degree dependent upon the mental
attention haoitually paid to visual impres
sions; and we have ofteu observed this
acuteuess to lie lielow the natural aver.tge
in agricultural laborers, who, if able in
some -nse to read, were n-4 in tbe habit
of reading; and who were not accustomed
to look carefully at any small o'-jects.
We have even biul reason to think that the
wives of such men were indebted to their
household needlework for tbe maintenance
of a higher standard of vision than tbat of
their husbands; and we have no doubt Hint
idleness of the eyes, if wc may use such ex
pression, is in every way hurtful to them,
and that proper varied employment ia em
inently conductive to their preservation in
lwuty and efficiency.
The Kn&w of Terror.
During the Reizn of Terror iu France, a
party of tbe revolutionary myrmidons went
to the house of a gentleman in Marseilles,
whose name was on the proscribed list, in
order to apprehend him. They found bis
wife, who said that her husband was not at
borne ; he had been absent for several days,
and she did not know where he liad gone.
The party, however, insisted on searching
the house, which they did, witiiout finding
their intended victim. They tken quitted it
and went to make some other visits with
which they were eliargud. One of the party
returned very soon, and finding the house
door open went in. He looked about and
saw no one: and then hastening upstairs to
a room on the first floor, he knocked at the
panuel of a wainscoat and said "Open
quickly." The panel was accordingly
opened, and at the same instant a double
liarrtl pistol was discharged from within.
Happily it did no injury to the erson on
t he outside. The master of the house, who
hail been concealed within the panel, came
forth from his hiding-place. "How," cried
the visitor, "I came to save you and you
would kill me.'' Thtn addressing himself
to the wife, whom the report of the pistol
had brought tothe spot. "Hear me madam,"
said he : "I have only associated myself
with those men who were recentlr here,
that I may save my fellow citizens as much
as lies in my power. As we were search
ing your house I observed a strong emotion
in your countenance, and a tremor in all
your frame as we passed this spot; and I
had no doubt, therefore, that your husband
was concealed within. This occasioned
my speedy return to warn you that your
good man is not in safety so long as he re
mains in this bouse, or even in the town.
It is not doubted but that be is here; and
you will never cease to be troubled with
like visits till he is fouud. I will, however,
engage to procure you the means of escape,"
added he, turning to the gentleman,
"provided you dare confide in me." This
was not a situation in which to hesitate
about accepting such an offer, and with
tears and thanks it was embraced both by
the husband and wife. It was now dusk
and the benevolent visitor said be would
return in about half an hour and take the
gentleman with him to bis own house,
where he might remain hi perfect security
till means could be found for his escape.
This was accordingly done, and three
nights after, he was consigned to a Genoese
vecael which carried him in safety out of
the republic.
Crewels, aad Bow lo I s Them.
Crewel should be cut into sh rt threads,
never more than half the length of the
ske-n. If a long needle is uaed.ft is not
only apt to pi:ll the work, but is very
wasteful, as the end of it is liable to be
oome frayed or knotted before it is nearly
worked up. If it is necessary to use it
double (and for coarse work, such as screen
panels on sailcloth, or for embioidering on
Utrecht velvet, il is generally better
doubled), care should be taken" never to
pass it through the eye of the needle, knot
ting the two ends; but two separate threads
of the length required should be fussed to
gether through the needle. Crewel should
not be nunufaclured with a twist, as it
makes the embroidery appear hard and
rigid; and the shades of color do not blend
into each other so harmoniously as when
they arc untwisted. In crewels of the best
quality th colors are perfectly fast, and
will bear leins rcpcatedlv washed, provided
no soda or washing iowileris used. Crewel
is suitable for eiubroiderv on all kimls of
linen on plain or diagonal cloth, serge,
flannel, Ac It is also very affective when
used in Conjunction with embroidery sila,
filoselle, either in conventional designs or
here flowers are introduced. The leaves
may le worked in crewels, and the flowers
in silk, or the effect of the crewels increased
by merely touching up the high lights with
silk. Tapestry wool is ua-rc than twice
the thickness of crewel, and is used for
screen panels, or laree curtain borders.
where the work is coarse, and a good deal
of ground has to be covered. It is also
used for lath blankets and carriage and
sofa nig. Tapestry wool is not yvt made
in all shades. Fine crewelj are used for
delicately working small figures, doily, 4c;
but there is also a difficulty about obtaining
these in all chadts, as there is not much, aa
there is not much demand for them at pres
ent, Arrasene is a new material. It is a
species of worsted chenille, but is not
twisted round fine wire or silk, like ordin
ary chenille, though it is wxven first into a
fabric, aud then cut in the same manner.
It serves to produce broad effects for screen
panels, or derders, aud has a very soft rich.
appearance when carefully used. It is
made also in silk; but this is inferkr to
worsting arrasene, or the ell-fashioned
bemlle. Good crewels will always wash
ar clean without inji.ry ; b it the cheap in
ferior worsteils will not do so. Ordinary
crewels work on linen may be washed
at borne, by plunging it into a lather made
y water in which bran has been boiled, or
even with the simple soap-suds, so long as
no soda or washing-powder is used. It
should be carefully rinsed withent wringing,
and hung up to dry. When almost dry, k
may be stretched out with drawing pins ou
a Ixwrd, and will not require ironing. Ein
broiderv on t'oth or serge may often be
cleaned with benzoliue, applied with a
piece of clean flannel; but in any case.
here a piece of vt,trk is much soiled, or
in the c ise of fine doily it is safer to send it
o the cleaner's.
A Valnaltle Discovery.
A recent examination of old pack
ages in one ot the vaults of tbe Mer
chants' National Bank of Baltimore, where
they had been locked up years agr has
brought to light property whiaii had been
long lost sight of by the original owners.
In one of the Ikixcs, the key to which was
the bank, were discovered f lo immi m
first mortgage honils of the I'eniisvlvania
Itiilroml, with the interest columns for the
past fifteen years attached, making the
airrcgat value of the property about
. These bnU,it has leen ascertained,
lielong to the Hagerslown (Md.) Hank, of
w hich Gov. Hamilton is now the President.
In dealings between the two banks these
bonds were deposited with the Merchants"
Bank fifteen years ago as rollabTal. The
then President of llagprstown Bank, Hon!
lanx-s li ton Konian, ilieil ; the cashier
was siicrcedeil, and that bank lost traces
of the transaction. The dis-ippearance of
the bonds, however, always remained au
unpleasant mystery, which is now happily
cleared up, and the Vnk al.!s $',(Ki
more to its surplus. The securities are
ranked as among the best. The other val
uable pnckagti found iu th; vault of the
Merchants' Bank was a sn'all tnnk, con
taining papers and some diamond jewelry
valued at ?loo", which, il has been ascer
tained, were deposited with the bank by a
laniard for safe keeping more than a
"pmrtcr of a century ago. One of the let
ters was. signed with the name of Robert
.. Fisher, now Prcsiik-nt of the Bonrd of
Trade of Rilliniorr, who, on investigation,
found that he had at the date named re
ceived a consignment of coffee from the
Spanish gentleman wh-, when here.dcpoeited
the trunk with the bank, as was the cus
tom in the safe keeping of valuables af
that (icriod of time The trunk was never
calleit for, the gentleman is dead, and his
heirs will get the property through the
Spanish consul. The Merchants' Bank has
been in business lorty-five years, and sev
eral of the original otlicers were a, their
posts until a comparatively recent date,
and of course kept record ot the existence
of the valuables alnivc referred to. Mr.
Wm. f Gill, one of the tellers at the
starting of the bank, and afterwards the
cishier, died last year, and Mr. Mifflin
Couiter, the other teller, was retired last
January, after a service of forty-five yea.rs.
The Worst of It.
Several years lieforo his death, Mr. Web
ster started off from Marshfield on a In sit
ing expedition to Sandwich, a neighboring
town of Cape Co-i. Jn approaching the
tine stream he alighted from his wagon,
aud just then he met the owner of the farm
through which the stream run.
"Good morning," says Webster, "is
there any trout here i"
" Well," says the farmer, "some people
fish here, but 1 don't know what they do
get."
"I'll throw my line in," says Webster,
"and see what there ia."
Webster waiked the banks of the stream
trying his luck, and the old fanner fol
lowed him. So n Welter remarked :
"You have some bog on your farm?"
"Yes." says the farmer, "that ain't the
worst of it.".
Fishing still further along, Webster
ays:
"You seem to have plenty of mosquitoes,
here?"
"Yes," he replied, "that ain't the worst
ftfil."
Webster still kept on throwing his line
into the deep pools, and then said :
"You have plenty tf bnars here?"
"Yes," said the farmer, "and that ain't
the worst of it."
Mr. Webster, getting somewhat discour
aged in a hot August day, bitten by m
quitoea, scratched by briars, and not rais
ing a single fish, dropped his rod and said :
"I do not believe that there ia any trout
here."
"And that ain't the worst of it," says the
farmer.
"WelL" says Mr. Webster, "I should
like to know whst is the worst of it t"
"Tbre never wss any here !" says tbe
fajatar.
Mr. Webster eaiovsd the ieke, aad efts.
. tola) tt to his parti enlar fries da.
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