B. F. SCHWEIER, THE O0S8TITUTI0I THE TJHOI AID THE OTOXOEKEsT OP THE LAVS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXY. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1881. NO. 34. HO VT TAKE IT TO HEART. Tnere's man; a trouble - Would break like a babble, .lad into Uie water of Lets depart, Did not we rehearse It, And tenderly nurse It, An ' fif It a permanent place In tbe heart. Tbere'i man; a arrow Would ranisk to-morrow, Ure we not unwilling to farni&k the wing. So mOIj intruding. And qnietly brooding, I, aau-nes oat all sorti of horrible thing. Bow welcome the seeming of look that are beaming. Whether one's wealth; or whether one's poor. Eves bright as a berry. Cheeks red as a cherry. The groan and the curse and the heartache can core. Resolved to be merry. All worry to ferry A-roi the famed waten that bid as forget; And ho longer tearful. Bat happy and cheerful. We feel life has mora that's worth living for yet. THE MAJOR'S GHOST. It was the twelfth annual dinner of the club, and the colonel, the major, the captain and myself were seated around a table loaded with wine and fruit We were the remainder of our club, which originally contained all the officers of our regiment who had survived the war. At first there were fifteen of as, but the hardships and wounds of these four bit ter vears had taken the others away. Every year there was one plate less, and we began to look on our final dissolution. But we four who had met the previous year, gladly drained a glass to the dis comfort of the broken spelL It hal not been our fate to have the fame ot victory without toil, for ours had leen a fighting regiment. Dangers shared together had strengthened the lioud of friendship, and these yearly meetings were rich in stories of old times stories of daring, or of the kind ness of some who had gone to eternal rest. None of us were old men. The colonel was just forty, the major was thirty-five, and the captain was thirty three, and I six years his junior. We were all married except the major, and it was a wonder to us that he was not married, for the major was just the man who could have made a good and true woman's life bright and joyous. Handsome, brave, generous, a de lightful talker, an author of no common merit, and possessed or a fortune ample enough to make the world's comforts and luxuries accessible, the major was much sought in society and was ever ready to respond to the call. But while attentive to all women with whom he was thrown in contact, he was noted for the impartiality with which he bestowed these attentions. We knew that he could easily carry off a desirable prize, but he never made the attempt As our knowledge of his character had shown us his chivalrous devotion to women, and as we knew that during or? acquaintance he had never had prefer ence for any special one, we were puz zled to know why this was so. We had made him the poiat of subtle attacks regarding the matter, but the Major was a good strategist, and he turned the flank of every forward movement we essayed in this direction, diverting our talk "into other channels, until at last we had dropped the matter as one tht might touch on a sorrow of which we knew nothing. The talk had been lively all through the evening, centreing about reminiscences of jovial times during a raid we had made, which had been pro lific of amusing adventure. The Major had shown at his best, and we had listened to his humorous narra tive with keen delight So the dinner had passed and the dessert was before ns, the servants had been dismissed and cigars were lit Then one of those un accountable silences that come to such assemblages fell upon us, and we puffed away at our cigars and said nothing, until the stillness grew strangely weird and powerful. Suddenly the Major stopped smoking, and, looking at each of us in turn, said, "You have often wondered why I am not married, and now I will tell you.' "It is not a long story, but it may be of interest to yon, and as we are all that is left, I have thought that the secret should be shared between us." "When the war came I had but just graduated from the college, and, as you know, enlisted as a private. It was no matter fur me to do this but I felt it to lo mv duty. I was young, strong. and able to fight I had means to make the life of a soldier as comfortable as it fVinl. 1 lu Tiiaile and while my mind longed for literary and peaceful scenes, I still felt that 1 owed my country a bnt a short time after I enlisted when we wee ordered South. The reciment, as you know, had hard work and plenty of it, but my part was as well rewarded as I could wish, for I non advanced to the command of mv company. "You remember the time when we went south of the Rappahannock, and is, 1 in this oueer little vil- " w- m , lasre. where even though we were foes, tlie neonle treated us so kindly? You mud aian remember the large house back of the village, the one that crowned the hill on whose sides were so many orchards ? Well, I had been but a day in the village when I found out that it was the native place of Harry Wayne, mir AnIWa rlmni and also, that the house on the hill was his home. "For a few days I r. framed from call ing, thinking that my uniform might be distasteful to Harry s mother ana sisters, for he had gone with his State and was an officer in Lee's army. At last my de sire to know something of my old friend grew too strong to be kept down with such scruples, and one afternoon walked to the house, and, passing up the broad carriageway running from the road to the door, went slowly "up the steps leading to tie pleasant and shady veranda, and just as I was about Bound ing the massive old-fashioned kne-rker the door was thrown open, and a vounir and beautiful woman stood before me. The laugh that had been a moment be fore rippling from her hps, ceased, and she started back with a alight gesture of alarm, but my doffed cap and peaceful attitude reassured her, and she stood waiting. 'Ts Mrs. Wayne in?" I asked. " 'My mother is at home, who shall I say desires to see her?" "Charles Talbot, a class-mate of her son, and at present with the regiment quartered in the village." What, are you the Charley Talbot who was Harry's chum at College ?' " "lam." " Then come, for we all seem to know you, and though on opposite sides are fnenda, and she held out her hand." "I took it, and its warm clasp thrilled me strangely, as did the clear glance of the bright eyes that were upturned to mine." " 1 am Mabel Wayne, Harry's sister, she went on. 'We have heard so much from Harry concerning you, and your kindness to him, that we have often longed to meet you. Harry said that he knew you would be in the Northern army, but for us, in your ease, there is no war. Please be seated and I will call mother.' " We had passed into a large, airy drawing-room while she had been speak ing. Here she left me and soon re turned with a middle-aged lady, whose beauty was of that quiet, motherly kind, so rich in the power that makes one comfortable and at ease. I found that, despite my antagonistic uniform, I was held a friend ; and glad was I to know this, for the first glance of Mabel Wayne's eyes had broken down the barriers that I had raised against love barriers of which I had made many boasts to myself and I knew that, come what would, my future life would garner its joy from her kindness, or have no joy at alL I was invited to remain to supper, and did so ; and when my duty forced me to take my leave, I was asked to make my calls as frequent as my time and inclination would permit "You can easily surmise that both time and inclination made the interval between my visits very short, and I soon noticed that the door was always opened by Mabel often ere I had reached the steps leading to the veranda. Who could mistake the motive of such a mark of favor? And you can know that to my soul this brought a glory that was brighter than sunshine and whose music was sweeter than the spring chorus of birds. "I have not told you of Mabel Wayne's beauty. It was of that clear Saxon type, which denotes a bright and sunny disposition. And she was as merry as one could wish, possessing a finely cultivated mind, a sparkling wit, and a sweet, ringing voice that made it a delight to sit and listen to hear her talk. As you know, we were quartered two months in that village ; but before our regiment mwched south I had asked Mabel to be my wife and had beard her low voice tell of a love that I knew would bless me all through the years. Her mother gave a willing consent, and the time fixed for our union was the close of the war "Then came our marching orders, and the raid in which I won my major's commisaion. During the year which followed, and the campaign of which Gettysburg was the conclusion, I heard frequently from Mabel, for the com. mnnication between her borne and our lines was kept open. The last tremend ous struggle southward with Grant fol lowed this, and as you all know, we were on patrol duty and reconnoitenng all the time ; and when the flank move ment began, kept well on the outskirts of the armv. and made that last raid down the peninsula, which brought the crisis of my life. Do you remember the day we were expecting to meet FiU Hugh's men ? I was on picket duty that evening, ana had a battalion of our regiment deployed along a road that ran through some broken country. Just after night began to deepen, and the shadows lay heavy between the trees that flanked the road, the rapid gallop of a horse sounded up from a narrow valley ; and telling the men near to be ready, I rode down the sloping ground to meet the person ap proaching. Soon I came to a place that gave me command of a long stretch of road and halted just in the shadow. In another moment a horseman dashed into view, and came rapidly towards me. As soon as my voice could be heard I com manded a halt, but the order was un heeded. " 'Halt or I fire, I cned, and still the horse came dashing on ; and the next moment my pistol was levelled, and the aharo report rang out on the still night With a low cry the horseman tumbled from the saddle : and then the flutter of white robe made me spring to the ground and run to where the prostrate form was lying. "The person I had mistaken for a foe was a woman : and as a on w -r . tk. white face, I felt my heart grow cold, for it was the face of Mabel Wayne. "T took her in my arms, and her eyes Wited no in mine, so full ol love mat a .mtilwwl likn a child. unk arlinir. mr darling, l cried, 'what brought you here ?' " 'I heard you were with the troops, rri; and I wished to see you. 'And I have killed you, and blighted li'fA ' T answered. "No, not blighted it, Charlie. You did not mean to harm me, and it was my fault , . "Even with the chill of death making her blood grow cold, her love would not let me bear blame. I e w. rapidly growing weaker, and, saying would get a surgeon, was turning away , when she stopped me. . "OJo.itwmbenseless.'ihesaid. i. am visiting at a house only a short dis tance away, take me there.' "Binding up the wound as well as I could, I obeyed her. And in that house, clasped in my arms, her head on my heart, she died, and there I left her lying asleep. "I wrote an account of the affair and sent it to her mother, and one to Harry. They both answered, telling me they held me free from blame. But more comforting than this, more comforting than aught but her bring for me here, is the knowledge I have that her spirit is with me ; that her love is still my own, and will forever be so. I have seen her face ; I have heard her voice ; I have felt the pressure of her lips ; and soon we will be together, and the love that was separated for a time on earth will be joined in heaven for all eternity. I can see her now, as beautiful and kind as in the old years. Yes, I can see her, and she is mine." The Major ceased talking. A glad light grew brilliant in his eyes and suf fused his face. Then he covered this with his hands. We did not say any thing for a time ; bnt at last the silem grew oppressive. 'Let us take some wine,' said the Colonel. And all but the Major filled their glasses. TV ill yon not loin us, Jlajor, asked the Colonel. He did not answer, and the Colonel rose and, going to his side, toncnea him. There was no response. The Colonel took down his hands, and chill fell upon us. The Major was dead. The Rothschild Family of Millionaire. The Rothschilds have been attracting no little attention to themselves in Paris by the announcement of the extension of the act of partnership to 1903. The Paris branch of the famons family is quite large. The dowager Baroness Rothschild, who lives in the family man sions in the Rue Lafito, had five chil dren Baroness Alphonse, who is at this date at the head of the family ; Baron Solomon, who died a long time ago; Baron Gustave, Baron EJniond, and the Baroness Nathaniel Rothschild. The venerable dowager is a veritable foun tain of charity. She gives away hun dreds of thousands of francs every year. In the summer she lives in a splendid houso at Bologne, where apartments of each of her sons and daughters are kept constantly in order. B::run and Baroness Alphonse Rotlischild live in the old man sion in the Hue U r. lorentine, wuere Talleyrand once resided. They are gay and are extremely fond of society, and are seen everywhere in the mondc. The Baronecs is one of the most accomplished equestriennes who frequent the Bois de Boulogne. Her husband is an enthusi astic patron of the turf. He has his stables at Meantrif and Chantilly, and lavishes millions on them. Solomon RothsclsUd was a delicate-miuded man, fond of conversation, books, pictures and society. His widow has a daughter who will, it is said, be the richest heiress in the Paris family. Baron Gustave is the inly one who has married outside the family. One of the sons of the late Nathaniel Rothschild has just purchased the splendid mansion of Count Toistol, in the Avenue de Friedland : and another named Arthur spent his life in collecting books. It is said that no one else in France, exoept the Duke d'Aumale, pos sesses such inestimable treasures of rare editions and curious binding as this young Rothschild. One of the latest additions to the delegates to Paris of this phenomenally rich family is Baron Adolphe Rothschild of Naples, who has closed out his business and retired with the serenity of conscience promoted by the knowledge of the possession of a for tune of 180,000,000 francs. He may be seen now and then in the Bois, lolling negligently in the blue carriage, which is one of the peculiarities of the house. He is a great collector, and will spent hundreds of thousands of francs upon any trifle he happens to consider he must have. There is but one Catholic in the family, and that is the young Duchess of Grammont who, it will be remembered. was the daughter of Baron Rothschild of Frankfort-on-the-Main, one of the richest members of the group. A Sponge Plantation. For many years the sponge fishers of the Mediterranean have carried on their avocation so recklessly that tier is reason to fear that the supplies from the great sea (which yields thebest article) will practically cease unless means are taken at once to prevent the men from destroying as they do at present in countless numbers the young animals while securing the full-grown victims. Meanwhile Dr. Brehm, the illustrious naturalist, has suggested a plan for raising sponges artificially. Selecting a f.,w linnilred specimens, he divided them into several thousand small pieces, fastened separately into perforated cases, which were then towed out to the bay of Socolizza. He next attached the pieces to wooden framework, which was then lowered in a shady spot to a proper depth. In a few months the sponges had grown to the size of good natural ones, exhibiting their distinctive black color. The authorities regarded his scheme with favor, but the fishers, with that ignorant prejudice which so often has delayed sound reiorm in aimosi " . - , . every industry, attacked the plantation by night, destroyed the frames and made off with 2,000 sponges. By sub stituting copper wire for wood work, Dr Brehm immediately checkmated the teredo, whose ravages in wood are notorious, and by fastening the sponges to stones, it was observed that they speedily attached themselves firmly. .Building of the Great, Eastern was begun in lew. ... -;: t i. - .-. - - - On Picket, The relief is going out from the reserve picket Between tbe reserve and the camp, where 10,000 men are slumbering, is half a mile of woods ; fields and broken ground. Between the reserve and the ene my is a thin line of picket a man stationed here and there to give advance warning of any movement Follow the relief and yen will notice how cautiously the men tread. The dark line winds around through the trees, flits across open space, and halts here and there for a moment to relieve the old picket Musket shot away are the pickets of the enemy, and a loud word may bring a volley of bullets. The line might pass you-' twenty feet away and you would hardly catch a sound. Sit you here on this bank where you can look dawn upon the picket aye, almost touch him. A little creek runs between you. There is an open space of thirty feet and all around it are trees, (tumps, logs and brush. It would be a lonely place m which to pass two long hours even in times of peace. There is a warning in the midnight breeze as it rustles the branches, and the waters of the creek have more than once been colored with blood. The lone picket takes his station under a tree. In the dark shadow you can hardly make him out As he finds himself alone his eyes are constantly searching the dark ntss in front and his ears catch every sound. Tbay tell of men found asleep on picket It must be a strange man who could close his eyes in sleep with the night wind whispering in his ears : " .Beware I beware! In the bushes to the left is a foe!" and the waters of the creek are plainly saying, " Keep watch to the right t right I ight! right 1 That man has been in a dozen battles. and bas been wounded three times. Don't call him a coward, and yet he trembles and turns pale before he has been fifteen minutes alone. The skirmish line with its deliberate murder is not as bad a place as this. If that man is dead when the relief comes again it will be worse than murder. Call that babbling creek company 7 Hark I hear what it is saying to him, every word as plainly spoken as if their language was the same I "Lookout! Look cut! There is a fierce-faced guerrilla crawling through the bushes toward youl He has a knife in his teeth and he is cumins; to assassinate you !" If the creek did not say so, and if the picket did not understand, why did he give that sudden start and change his po sition T Why does be kneel to get a clearer look around him ! Why does he keep bis eyes fastened upon that stump until the intensity of his gaze brings out every knot and splinter If fifty men were asleep in that space and one other were awake he would feel the loneliness and danger. By daylight a school girl might weave a ro mance from tbe babble ol the waters. Hark ! Is there any romance in this : " Beware 1 beware 1 That man with landed hair, fierce eyes and savage face is stili advancing! Be on your guard, watch listen !! Coward! count the scars on his body I lookup his record! No, not a coward, a .t.: . , UIIU JfCV UU paiC lUUC IXmiCB UJ JUU IIUU If it was fear he would crouch down. U was cowardice he would bide, or desert his post. No. it is not fear, and vet De 3t fear, and yet be thiaks it a feeling unwi orthy of him, and he braces acainst it He turns a deal ear to the whispers of the creek. Ee refuses to hear the warnings of tbe breeze. You can almost see him as be shuts his teeth hard together and tries to force his thoughts into another channel "Look out I look out! whispers the creek, but he refuses to hear. Something is moving over the ground behind him. You can see it from where you sit It is something darker than the ark ground beneath. JNow it moves now it halts now its fierce eyes almost light up tbe darkness, as it makes out the muffled form of the picket leaning against tree. Murder 1 11 urder ! Murder ! gurgles the creek. I louhearrt, but the picket is thinking i of home. A thousand miles away il l quiet farm house. If the same night wind blows there it kisses the apple blossoms and lulls the wife and children to deeper alum- bers. lou sec max aara someuung coming nearer. It is creeping up behind him. A tiger would rustle the leaves or nap a twig, and his victim would have time to caU God's name before tho sorine. This is a human tiger. God put mercy in his heart, but it was driven out by hate. ,,.v You start at the call, but he does not .1 move, lie is thinking ot the wife wuose . . l : . . w 1 1. I X.7h TT, ,77,u. m... i nat sometmng rises Deuina mm. iiun temble kmfe is transferred from mouth to hand, "Murder! Morderl Mur 1 but it was done. Not a cry-not even a gross, The head sank down with only a sigh, The picture of wife and children i ?""""r 1 a lir hirtHon h.tvivn Afirth ami ffpavAn J T Z,"aT.ZZZ: ijne less l nisseu uie uuuuui uga, he peered Into the blanched face, and with a gurgle in his throat as if he had lapped at the hot blood flowing toward the creek, a a u " This is war 1" whispered the creek, as it shrunk away from the blood, " and war is murder I" An Important Labor-Saving Dance. In the building of railroads new-labor- saving devices are from time to time coming into use. The latest heard of is a plow now in use by several com panies extending their roads in the Western States and Territories. It is designed to dig a ditch and at the same time throw dirt on the track for the purpose of raising the grade on imper fectly prepared roadbeds, upon which a track may be temporarily laid. This plow weighs 2,500 pounds and will be attached to a flat car, which is loaded down with several tons of iron, so that it cannot be thrown from the track. The plow, moved by locomotive power, ine piow, nioveu uy the dirt ou the track. One plow does the work of 2,000 men with" shovels, on prairie land, while with a plow on each. side of the track, if desired, double the work is done, - It frequently fa tiie case on prairies anil 'through 'valleys that on prairies suu uuuuju longstches-oftxackma out nv grading at all. and with a ma- chine of this kind to perfect the track jri .V V - ' - alter w aru, a wuuuwiu. wuuuu. " v can be done in a short time with a few men. ' " " A card of stone, three bushels of lime and a cubic yard of sand will lay 100 mbic feet of wait A Vitriol Ftead. On the morning of the lath of No vember, 1878, the mutilated remains of a man were found on the bank of the River Tula, in the suburbs of the city of Panuco, Mexico. The body was clothed in coarse garments, and though authori ties endeavored to solve the mystery their efforts were without success. The fact was disclosed that besides being gashed with a knife, the face, hands and body were burned beyond recognition by ajtrong acid. The ghastly remains were buried, and further investigation ceased. A short time before the occurrence of the above facts there came to live on the outskirts of Panuco, one Baptiste Monzani, accompanied by his pretty Mexican wife. They lived in princely style, and were looked upon as people of fabulous wealth. Baptiste was known to absent himself from home for days and weeks, daring which time the fes tivities at his house continued without interruption. Rich and venerable seniors seemed to be the principal guests during Baptiste's absence, but as everything passed off in the most decorous manner gossip was denied its swing. One morning a charcoal burner while at work in a forest just up from the river noticed that his dogs were acting in a mysterious manner, and following their lead for a distanoe through the under growth came upon the mutilated body of a woman almost nude. What little portion of the garments still remained upon her were of the finest material and her feet and hands were of a mold which indicated that the unfortunate was of a higher class of iwirtv Tho face was diafi cured beyond i,- .-.i.i Ti,i in ivmu. nr.Ai.cfl nf th intensA baat decomoosi- tinr. l,d aet in. A short distance from Monzani lived Senorita Jurez. an old nrl wealthy widow lady. who. three ; lf.rA tho Aiavmm by the , it i - i portion of her city property and had drawn a large sum of money from her banker in the City of Mexico. On the night before she visited Monzani's villa, and when departing stated that she i t i. yr. rtmi ilia (nlWnir morning, whence she would sail for Eu- rope, to 1 abaent some time. That was the last seen of her alive. During an excursion to Panuco, Juan I Mevannez, a voting and handsome Mexi- who by" the death of his father a , - w , . immtns . ... ... fortune, men ix ..:t, t,.l.,l.t.,l anfortAinivl the vonnff I HIUi uu uiwu-t r o fashion. He be-1 L.mn TOrv confidential with hia hosts. . . . ' . x.;, :,v ,J oame very i r, f, nr T Tl (TT """"6 . . , . "I. """"T"0 . . , . abroad for a number o, year ana oe- side giving uapusie a ieiw?roi uiuwuv- tion to his banker in Mexico. ma. t.o fil,nmn were in their i.t tu rWTW oha morning they LPVMaV vll xv w -w J at . , i .v Z. pu.aeuuy.wg-."-;- o and upon opening 11 "T body of a man mutilated and hacked to piece. This, like the others, was i surrouuuou in a mystery, and all efforts te discover a clue proved fruitless. The fetes at the Monzani villa contin- cA to an on uninterrupted, and it was considered a great favor to gain admis- ,;on to any of them. Baptiste had f re- .rt .hannted himself, under " tense of lookmg after some business pretense m iwimg ,. , matters, but his pretty senonU continued to dispense hospitality with liberality that provoked admiration. About this time there appeared on the tATiA m. von nor Mexican named Rudigo, whose attentions to the beautiful senor- ita did not escape observation. Though noticed certain acts on the part of the pair that would cause disruption in any well-regulated domestic circle, I he, to all appearances, quietly winaea " ... - 1 1 .t them, firmly believing tnai u waa I. ... . . . . - e Wh wnnl.1 tmiov a harvest This state i - - of affairs continued for some tune with- lout any objection being raised by Bap- tiste. until one morning he unexpectedly tunled hifl home and, unnoticed, returned to nu. . T InWWVsAilMI UI Slat 1UVU1. wv I astonishment he discovered nis wue anu , . v. a:.A .; -if- ami -i .t. tw. ., ItUOlgo taut asicep m - g, noise .wakened Rudigo.who.with- upon any ceremonymade dLppearing before I ft creamiare iiikus ff"& --av the astonished BabtisU could fully real- I ize the true state of affairs. x- .wti, wonld satisfy the in- . . , ii. ,KA..Anw1 on both. About a week after the above occur rence the servants oi uie uuuso c startled by loud shrieks coming from their mistress s room, and, on going in thA 1irpction of the sound they saw Monzani running through the corridor icsamg w m kuui . wu. .Vi f. ntilnw in t1 a TMirtlCO. and thence to the ground. As .1 th tima and uiuiKanuu 1 ' ing to stop Monzani, whom . . ., w.i jzrrrz ku ma, in. o dropped to the ground, mortally wound ed. - After great difficulty, the senoriU, BUU(jUUll(S4"" i 3 t. -ZZ- . mmm.inwl wl,ol"", " , r Z c . uiija, '7 immediately discovered -thai- the unfor tunate woman had r been-. Jogfltlully burned with vitripL .her'faoa being cut timW destrored. 'and her' bosom and , . - , . . , ., . . I ?" "ev """" --- .. I V h..AU.llu trtOr InniT . 1 lacasrrnrA T ZT ,1 C the ininistrations of 'the doctor the i . . , , , wounded woman tore ana rsvea, ana . i uyuu i 1 her murderer in awful terms. "Onr lives have been cemented years," she said, iby crime in its very worst phases. I aided him in all his nefarious deeds, and without me he never could have succeeded. While I slept this morning he plunged a stiletto into my bosom with one hand, while with the other he covered my face with sponge saturated with vitriol. Bnt he has not escaped me. If he recovers from his wounds my evidence will guil lotine him." Receiving a stimulant, she continued har narration which lor pure fiendish- na nannnt w MnilM in the annals of crime. "Bom of an opulent drover, my father had educated me in the best schools of Europe, and would have made me his cism in dignity of bearing, whose pres heiress but for my blind love for this ence is as necessary to the enjoyment of wretch. I had scarcely reached my ma- jority when he sednced me. After that I lived for the stratification of his desire alone, until in Monzani I found a lover to whom my soul went out with all the fervor of my hot blood. I planned and pat into execution deeds that he could never have accomplished. We lived in magnificent style, and as a consequence attracted considerable notice. When we took up our residence at Panuco our funds were nearly exhausted. Monzani, during one of his trips, made the ac- quaintanoe of a rich young Spaniard named Lapnesta, whom he invited to our home. "One night the man became stupefied with drink and while in that condition jtionzani muraerea nim, ana navuiK uw i . , . - 1 1 i i figured the body with vitriol, clothed it with coarse garments and threw it into the river Tula, where it was subsequent-1 lv found. From this victim we obtained in money, notes and forged orders over 410 000 I "Senorita Jura bade me farewell on th v of her derjarture lor turope. I LHu. ihwrnoh thn tnrui nn I h way home. When about half way. Afnnzani who lav in wait felled her to the wound. Vitriol was again used to diafimre the body, which was hastily vrA if T. I., ami left to rot. In ... . . i j $7,000. "Our next victim was Juan Movannez, whom Baptiste had inveigled to the house. He became smitten with my charms and went so far as to propose Li -t. tt r.hi nnt li in. I duced to drink anything but light wines .ml consuvmently. never became intoxi- cated. - "One night I placed a powerful drug in his wine. As he was about to drink he suggested to change glasses. We ,1i,l an but T rmrrjoselv broke mine upon - v v 5 .m-l .;,1.r,tl o- - . : 7 T finally succeeded in drugging him, - . ' - when Monzani dispatched him with a daer i it,t knmivl th face and body I U . .-n t.. ...;nn,'. , v a :t ; . I oeyouu VmlrTit uog u , ------ , was subsequently found by some nsner- men. I ingratiated myself into the man's confidence to such an extent mat aftr hia Wh I succeeded, by forged ktlar. drawing from various finn, oyer $60,000 belonging to J Rnim, .ml mvanlr were planning to - , - . " murder him, butne was tooquica ior ua. i r- Awi tr liv in for revenffn. and should Monzani recover from his wound. I am determined to hunt him to death. What was once love for him has turned to bitter hate." The unfortunate woman lingered a few days, and at last defeated justice by hArdAath. Mcnzani died the same day h. rflCAiVml hia wounds, cursing the name of his mistress, and making the .,v MnA with tha Ttnt a few hundred , trinnA thn remises, . - :v, -m. m, Knrial . , to the ground by . lV- j tb .i (nn.un.A hfe.r .Attintr firn to I lUllUlUiV v.vmv - 1 I the building, Graves at Callodrn. . .. ... . tt-uij , I bodies OI me unionunauj mgimuiucio .... . , . . .. nrnl . 8 , f V r..llo.hn pnetor of the estate oi wuaen. Formerly the graves were distinguish- s . - m . 11. M in tne level 8u - i . , , i I roadside oniy py tue nugiiu,-.- , . - v nf the ne. T" hTe t been erected at the head of trencb- 011 one Btono 18 scribed the names of the clans M - finiiyray MXean and MXauchlan," and there are separate stone, for "Clan . . L a o'uaninF "Clan Mackintosh." Two graves are marked "Clans mixed." At the abortive "great cairn" a slab has been placed bearing the following inscription The battle of Culloden was fought on this moor, 16th April, 1746. The graves of the gallant Highlanders who fought gcotiand and Prince Charlie are nmked b ythe names of their cians. I . . .. . : : -. iarec . : ., o ' 1 from tne owner Ol tne property, oumo i . o down w been set up; unfortunately, r. r? lHtm nnM way trom wnai. mit uiu - 1 --n-riT. The olact) othenrise ' has toed. In elearigJ u: tl.e. A i . .'.,,- I v viHumnMstHL -oaths have been 1 discoyerr jesoang rrom me cairn in a straight line to- three of the outer stahding stone. Local IpgUU have, also found a great numoer . . vr .On. stone dioved had cup of "cup markings on tne stones in tms I marks troon both sides said to be 1 .... Ter7 unusual thing. ' .. ii - Totjao ought to bs a good place for " v. . l.ttU xltnotr nr carbonate of soda fori with waur. and U will Drtacrve flowers I two weeks. r In a Coaching Club Stable. It is only a part of the pleasure of coaching that the public see when a shining drag dashes up the avenue, the ladies and gentlemen on its top all aglow with excitement, fresh air, and sun shine. The canter through the park, the brief trip into the country, are the reward of the gentleman who has spent a deal of his money, and a deal more of his patience, in bringing together the horses, the coach, the harness, and the servants. But there goes out with every lm. aw.l coaching party a company oi elegant gentlemen, faultless in attire, solemnly decorous in deportment, beyond criti- a drive as the horses or the coach are to its accomplishment These are not the gentlemen who have been invited to occupy the front seats ; indeed, they are far more gorgeous in appearance, more oppressively dignified, than any of the merry party on the front of the coach, They are the guard and the footmen, without whose services a coach could not safely be taken out They are not merely for show, these gorgeous creat- ures. The horn is necessary to warn other drivers of the drag s approach ; for it is not easy for so ponderous a vehicle to turn out of the beaten track, or to give even half of the road. The footmen, generally kept inside the coach, are the keepers of one of the . . x i . t .i. ... i uiuHi uupuruuis j)m.a vi uw wuuuui the big iron clamp that must be fas- teneu against one oi uie xunu wueeia i whenever the coach is going down a I ateep t1" ana leasl three footmen to bring out a drag rn proper English style. Then there is always an extra servant or two along to UJU- luggajje. The guard and the footmen have a "v ume oi it wuen mo iwu i u the road. The horn must be blown at hnef intervals, and if the road happens to be rough, the guard is in great dan- iter of losing a few pieces from his front teeth. There is at least one guard m -,tw ior "u " the horn jolted against hia mouth so often that he has scarcely anything left to bite with. And it is not as easy work as it looks, blowing the coachman's horn. It takes an immense amount of wind, and the guard often reaches home weu nreu out. xue .oouueu, Kept continually springing iu buu uui , . . ,1 ! " 1 X . tor t the slightest alarm the iootman s place is at me leauers ueu. uu iu he must be, no matter how fast the coach is going. So the guard and the footmen are not so much to be envied when the coach is on its iournev when tlie coacn is on its journey. It is when the coach reaches home mat mese genuemen vi uip-uuum auu i rosettes really begin to enjoy existence. VThcn it i rnt awav in its eWant When it is put awav in storeroom, and the hJrses are stabled, . - mey are ui uieu: F B1 sta ,ie is no oruinary .u - understood. its httings in every way correspond witn those oi me eiegani residence to which it is attached. Its floors are clean, it is well aired and understand the dignity of their position. ti...i-vi 1.1 H. ,' xuo bluuic imu, ... t,"" no longer a servant, but a king. Stable- men and stable-loys treat him with def- erence, and the footmen are glad to curry his favor, for wnai can ne noi uu or them ? t irst and foremost, ne can teach them to Mow that wonderful horn, so that some day they may reach the dignified position he now holds. And there are the whips to be mended, and no one knows the proper knots half so well as the guard. The whip is constant source of trouble. It is a long I thonrr little thicker than twine, but very strong, and fastened to a long wooden handle. It would be difficult ... to do more than ickle a horse s sides withit Thecals so high and the whip so long that it is constantly eaten- ing in limbs ol trees, ana winning iboi around telegraph wires. American coachmen have learned to let go the handlo when the lash catches, for nei-1 ther the thong nor the telegraph wire i " - - will break. One of the prominent mem- bers of a club narrowly escaped a sen- ous accident last season by holding on The lash caught a hAW I TPIS'tTTMIIII Win?. B11U MMi ,.",- been thrown to the grouni, du vub - .. . . UB ioumwu, ea sprang out and caught him. for his instructions and his gracious smiles, the guard expects and 1 receives all sorts of attentions. The stable-boys are proud to black his boots. Even the dog-and what stable has not it dog '-looks up to him with admira- 1 tion. The artisthas well pictured the I interior ot A coaching stable; and he na8 not forgotten a characteristic like- ness of the aristocrat standing in the background as great a man in his way as the owner of the coach and the horses and all the livenes. Tha CI Ming; of mowers. Of a few familiar plants the hours of opening are about as follows i worning ijlory, from 3 to am. punlerne o.w ft P- i """-"-e " T .7 hours Of Closing are as qeumus aa ujc yi opening, and thus welnay arrange quite a i . , . - rm -. wv. jfi.i. ?", nou W ATrTwr'jr ttSM. --with. th. mntiiinl cnnditions will. sooner or later, resume their normal record. ft is cunous- to w. assume in re nose, in the botanic garaen m vmonugo uio wnici 1 .. . , j oseawgo the changes, lhe movements are some- times very quick, especially those of the I pS obcorcate leaflets, these turn in aDOD other from the expanded condi- i uwu c-i. uvuu ..v. v-w.-. uou, . - JStV! quite a perceptible little "click" when the movement occurs, me peiais ot some nlanta droop in slumber ; others fold i wise : still others cun up lenginwise. ou I with Ryflorets of composite. The I whole aspect ot a Karueu is, ikuvb, Hui I changed in theevering; in fart, it does for not do to allow our investigations to cease with t WUght NEWS IN BRIEF. The rose gardens of Adrianople cov er 14,000 acres. Coaches were first let for hire in London in 1625. Richmond voted $13,000 for York town festivities. Parpyrns was used until alxmt tbe seventh century. First gas works established at West minster. 1810-12. Pliny mentions twenty-three dilfer- ent kmJa ot PPle- A rwi 4T in ITiirliim AT Y., speaks u , 250 different words. Une person out of every 2-h,532 struck by lightning. Cotton has been used for irarniout.s in India for 3000 Tears. Of the 6S9 missionaries in India, 117 are from the United States. The profits of Maplesou's opera sea- son in this country are Jl.i.tMrO. It it estimated that the cottou crop of 1881 will yield 7,000,000 bales. The value of the taxable property of Iowa increased $16,000,000 in lsso. A strip of land one inch wide and 300 feet long was sold in Milwaukee for $1,500 The late Asa Packer, it has just leen discovered, left an estate of $t!,4l:, 849.74. It is proposed to tnunel the Thames between London and Poplar at a cost of $1,000,000. In 1779 the British peerage contain ed 21 dukes, and in 1879 precisely the same number. ti. rwinn Tj.n,i. i.,.u i tne last twelve months more tlian 11,000,000 eggs. Texas expects soon to have a school fund of $100,000,000. derived from the sale of public lands. The coinage of the United States mints in July was 2,952,000 pieces, valued at $3,896,200. The amount of common salt in the sea is estimated to be about five times the bulk of the Alps. -There are said to le 134 Baptist churches in the Indian Nation in a popn- lation of about 60,000. There is said to be thirty-six Me- thodwt churches in Baltimore, with a membership of 11,500. Forty Indian prisoners have leen sent from Vancouver barracks. W. T., to Fort Hall reservation. The two church of England Foreign Missionary Societies report this year a total income of $1,689,940. Professor Charcot, a Paris doctor, is said to have been paid $10,000 for a consultation in St Petersburg. Pennsylvania now holds third place as a tobacco growing State, having ad vanced from the twelfth since 1870. The revenue collected on cigarettes the past fiscal year was $993,000 an in crease of $299,000 the preceding year. Judge Watts, of Dallas, Texas, re cently named a little daughter "Com- roissa Appeiia, in nonor oi ms court. A thermometer plunged into the snow to the depth of four inches will mark nixe degrees more heat than at the surface. Mr L of Xew York hM reomntI - Jed 50.000..to his endowment Emony College, lear Cov- Eight bushels of Jrood lime 16 husb els of sand and one bushel of hair will enough mortar to plaster 100 square yards. There are in Great Britain and Ire land 22,836 doctors. Of these there are 15.818 :in England : in bcotland, d,4,4 ; in Ireland. 3.564 Concord, N. C has organized a cot ton factory and $90,000 of the stock taken. The company has the privilege to increase it to $200,000. It is admitted that the Royal Irish received the greatest amount of approbation of all the regiments recently paraded before the yueen. Chicago has one single rolling mill, the capital of which is ,000,000, aud the annual output is 470,248 tons of iron and steel, valued at $12,297,21t. One thousand shingles laid four inches to the weather will cover 100 I ..itki ra fAAt tit snrf:uA ami 5 ponniLt of r?r,". .Z n r.V.riZ " snpl0e,lto be the largest eTef in the Columbia river, had a i wejght when dressed, of eighty-tour I pounds, and filled sixty -nine cans. I California ha shipped to Euroix since the beginning of the present cereal year, in round numbers, 225,000 barrels of floor and 12, 600,000 centals of wheat. From Cairo it is learned that, in a single catacomb in Upper Egypt, thirty six wellpreserved sarcophagi of ancient royal personages have been brought to light In 1870 the cost of moving a ton of bread stuffs from Chicago to New York -- - - - 16J5In 016 fT T be moved from Chicago to Liverpool, via Montreal for $3. I trom a bnc from the pyramid oi Uashour, wnicn nates oetweeu oowwy B. C.remains of animal and vegetable life and of the manufacttinag arts of the time nave been ooiaiaeu. The German Government have an nounced that commencing from Fein . ruarv. 1883. F-"Kl'h will le a comuuU - I gory subject of examination for tbereu- . I trance of officers into the army. I The late Lord Hatbrriey was a Sun day school teacher for f oity years, - and ' lrrtiW hrn men now uvinI- who hfiV . boVn-liOrd Chancellors Lord CaiffTs iSfA ri8cittornO have also be-u-Hiinday - rl sented the Jardin dea 1'lanlea witn a non i - - , 1,1 .lnt , T i ZT1 Ik" i a oouuie oi veasra uiuci. wmti ouc lately made use of as modeL at her -p I " u",r . " " ' i use oi louuus ot starcu n u hiuuuk t" , , , i- poisons in general, ana, as nas no ui- 1urTeeahle M, bee from irri- tant properties of iodine, it can be ad ministered in large doses ; also, without fear in all cases when the poison is un known. It will be found very efficacious in poisoning by sulphuretted hydrogen gas, the alkaloids and akaline sulphides, ammonia, and especially by alkalies, with which iodine forms insoluble compounds; and it aids in the elimination of salts of , I. ,Aa f wntu i 1 lc J- f soiling an emetic is to be given before the antidote is administered. r1 n : I -:.-.- ill
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