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B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE 0058TITUTIOI-TEE USIOI-AID THE EJTOaOEMEIT OP THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXVII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 16. 18S3.
NO. 20.
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KMKMBF.K THY MOTHEB.
Lead thy mother tenderly
Down life's steep decline;
Once her arm was thy support,
Now she leans on thine.
See uxm her loving face,
Those deep lines of rare;
Think it was her toil for thee
Left that record there.
Ne'er forget her tireless watch
Kept by day and night.
Taking from her step the grail,
From her eye the light.
Cherish well her faithful heart
Which, through weary years;
Echoed with its sympathy
All thy smiles and tears.
Thank God for thy mother's love,
iuard the priceless boon;
For the hitter jiarting hour
Cometh all too soon.
When thy grateful tenderness
Loses j iwer to save.
Earth will hold no dearer spot
Than thy mother's grave.
HIS KIVALt
and Dell's little squabbles, and did not
imagine that this was anything more
serious than usual.
But Kick did not come liack that
evening nor the next; and IV11 lvcoiue
uneasy, and then righteously indignant.
v nai a iuss kick marie alNiut noth
ing, on account of jealousy and ill-tem
per.
hy couldn't he have waited for an
explanation, instead of starting off in
such a huffy
Well, she was clad to set l id of him.
and hoje it was for good and all.
But for all that, LV11 did not feel
quite happy.
If only luck were not so inclined to
misjudge her.
1 1 lad news:
Jim llariKT was coming on a visit
Bolognme Customs.
floats in the heavens; not a water-drop
or blade of grass exists iikii the plain.
There is no atmospheric jicrspective, no
In the Bolognese territory some euri-
may have courted a voting woiuni for " w' " "' ."V,1 """TS.
several vears, walking with her home A'stil,!,t out hi..;he hoiU.w cones u,H n
from church, and assisting her in field l ,e lannesi 11011.0,, revca. noes
h.liors- Lot l is ..ever -.11. .wed to enter Sliarp HIK1 Clear as lliose O. ine gie.,i
l.... 1.. ..... ...,;i i... r..r 1..n.il, il I I
x.t .1 t i. : .1... I sun shines w ith a destroying brightness.
ocioie mc M icsi. xen iiiin una uir .11 : 4 r i
girl's father is not supiNised to 1 otli ''' the ns:ks N-neath us U-.n to feel
:..n.. :..r i ..r . ;i ..i I lis lNivvcr. and glow with fervent heat.
viiiov uuui liie. ol iiiraiiiiu iiiuu a i i n I , , - , , , . . ,,.1 r
e 14 NIK lllVVail, IIOI IIISIII il Iclilll "1
liefore the marriage is to take place, the
bridegroom's fatiier or some one in his
stead, goes to ask for the hand of the
bride. Her father "plays the Indian,
is astonished and reluctant, but at length
liestows his conset and they all set out
together to buy the marriage gills.
w hich consist of as much garnet jewelry
as the bridegroom can afford, liesides
that very afternoon, and Dell was to le several rings. The buying of these
It w;ts the time when lilies blow.
The liearl-grcv clouds were sailing
and piling themselves lazily aWive, and
W-hind these were '"depths lievond
depths" of clearest azure.
1 he crickets chirped drowsily among
at the station at two o'clock, with her
pony phaeton.
She made herself look very liew itch
ing in a light summer dress, with great.
goldenhcarted ausies at her throat ami
in her licit.
She was radiantly happy.
How nice it would lie to see dear old
Jim again!
After all, this world was a verv glad
world to live in, in spite of the jealous
tlm .1i...ii iiiiit imi; iw tu :mil tliun ii
bird uttered a faint protest against the Rij;k? wl, u ",ke " unhappy.
heat, and dropjied into silence again.
ltrick Anderton was at the station.
things is a fete to thefamily t heainoinit
of burgaimig for them and discussion
afterward as to whether they could have
lieen got lietter and cheiqN-r elsew here,
is something incredible to those who
have not heard it. When the bride is
dressed for the marriage ceremony
wearing her maiden necklace of coral,
the bridegroom is introduced with the
arnctsiii his hand, and asks her whether
she will exchange her coral for what he
brings. Her new oniainets add the
finishing strokes to her attire, which is
IH-ll Irving tripped down the garden-no,mSinK a,,ut wit1 a dissatisfied and usually a gay flowered dress and e
and not altogether happv
face.
As the train came up, shrieking and
puffing, lH'U flitted 151st him without
even a nod of recognition, and gazed
delightedly at one of the windows.
there were not many iiassengers
look on his broidered silk or muslin apron, tied with
a broad sash, and a white veil. After
the ceroinony the liusuuul laKes ner
home, and at the door slie finds a broom.
Her mother-in-law has designedly left
the dust thick on a table or on the floor,
if the bride does not notice it, it is a sign
path with its fringes of feathery ferns
and pale, sweet-faced violets.
She was looking as mil as if the day
were filled with delicious sea breezes.
The golden hair, piled on the dainty
head in the indescriWible maimer fash
ion uiuai, . 1. -Pv , vilhi.rp lmt amoiiiT ,i, i. ; l,.l l...n.Lwiier-. but she
nai. 1 4, i..:.... i. ...1... I : . ,1 1 ..i.:.. .....1 r.,!!
..:..4.,..A -t.rt ciiijtru I nil u wan one tiiiui ui uiiriir. nmi w usuailV wailliliu nun iifii'.diiu imir
H Hill a uur .-iir uiimr, 0.1, ... . . .. . . I . 1
in hand, she stood andcontemplateil the ul""w rapturously m.o in n l0 sweeping w in ine come.oe u o.uo.u.
.i.. u , iii.r..r l.r. 1 anus. it u very lu-cessjiry mat sue snoum
sweeuy-UKsiiiinis hoti-...-. ..v ., . ... - .,;1W ..r 1(
lie had heard, as naughty JJell well tor no mutter how old the sons may ne
knew that a certain Jim Harper was when thev uiarrv. the parents still hoh:
alsmt to nav a visit to Mrs. Belle Irving, iiiulisnuted swav. and as they usually
1 . .. 1 -'. - ..
and he had haunted the station in order all me together under one root ami ai
to lind out what sort of a hxiking fellow one table, a daughter-in-law's jmsition
this Jim Ilarner was. lis bv no means an easy one if she is
He found out at List. disliked by the heads of the lainliy.
"Jemima HariHT dearold Jim how she Is greatly separated from her own
delighted I am to see you again !" family, in a ceremonial ioiiit of view;
gushed Dell rapturously, taking good eight days after marriage she plays them
care to speak loud enough for Hick to a visit; and then and henceforward she
tender blue, but iiimiii a black abyss,
crowded with stars, as in the lunar
midnight. The earth still hangs from
the center of its black dome, but it has
waned to a hollow cadeut, and as the
sun glides past the light for a little
while utterly goes out, but soon liegins
to kindle again and grow, as the sun
sinks toward the west. The earth has
made fourteen revolutions since the
long day began, and now tln'sun s-cms
to rest ilium the southern slojie of
Coiicriiicus. The valley is a furnace,
seven times heated; the rocks are lumi
nous with a dull nil glow. Hut now
the sun goes down suddenly, without a
twilight, the earth, immovaine in mii
heaven. is now a hemisphere of soft,
plendid whiteness: the lien light climlis
tlie slo of the Apennines; and dies
upon their highest, crest; the glowing
heat of the rucks swiftly radiates into
mice; as the cold gains in intensity the
earth-light brightens, till our home orb
is once more the perfect sphere of the
lunar midnight. Since we pitched our
camp a iei iod eiiual to twenty-nine and
a half earthly days has jiasscd, and the
evening and morning are one day of the
dead world.
Itig Pining Itootit.
tilled with their old fashioned favorites,
as well as newer, rarer flowers.
A small, yet perfectly formed young
irirl her every action and gesture a in leui
in itself, so unconsciously graceful was
it
Hut when vou noticed the pretty arch
mouth, vou were somehow compelled to
believe that Miss Dell was not quite so
innocent as she looked, and that she had
a will of her own. if she only chose to
use it
Another figure flitted up the garden-
path that ot a young man. tall, darn
stalwart and handsome.
The ''dark, dark eyes'' lit up when
Dell, and he waved his hand
gailv to her.
'-Isn't it warm today?"
Kick said this with a profoundly wise
l.Hik, as if afraid Dell might not yet
have discovered the fact.
Then he fanned him.-elf vigorously
with his straw hat.
"Do vou reallv think so?"' with sar
casm. Why, I was lal n iring under the
mistaken impression that it is rather
cool. I'm glad you came to undeceive
me," gratefully.
"Don't Vie ridiculous!" said Kick An
derton severely.
Then "Won't yon give me a flower,
Dell V'-with au insinuating smile.
"Here is the 'last rose of sununer,' '"
said Dell, cutting the "last rose" off Us
stem with a vicious snip of the scissors,
hear every word.
And then she and her old school
friend drove away, while Kick Ander
ton stNl and started after them like
one dazed.
I don't think Kick deserved much
is addressed by them with the formal
Speaking ot stomachs that are nKi
ble. thev have lieconic u feature in
New York architecture, a warn up
I'ifth avenue reveals the fact that new
houses have had to liend to the require
ments of the era that Carl vie called the
age of the ln-lly. Dining rooms may
have always had conspicuous attention
in the nlans fur rich men s residences,
but never before were they made to in
trude tiiNin observation, and to distend
the wall lines of otherwise rectangular
buildings, exactly alter the fashion of
that human nriNif or high regard for
ieuetl Crook In Mexico.
General George Crook, couimandiii
the Department of Arizona, is alNiut to
march into Mexico with a force of In
dian scouts and a conqiahy of regular
cavalry, there to co-oierate with the
Mexican troojis m the enueavor 10 ex
terminate the hostile A nhes, who have
lately lieen devastating the Uinler. It
is further asserted that, in accordance
with the suggest ion of General Sherman,
the senior Mexican officer present wiil
command all the triNijis of Uith coun
tries vvhichopcratesoiith of the I Miundary
and the senior American officer those
that mav operate north of it or on the
United States side.
This exiNilition marks an era in the
military history of this count rv and a
new depart tire in its iuternat loiial affairs.
To have said ten years ago inai .vuieu-
cau triHiiis wouiu one nay couuitci an
Indian campaign under a Mexican oth-
cer would have seemed a wild prediction;
and a like prophecy in regard to Mexican
triNiis serving under an American ollicer
would almost have presupiNisiii me pie-
liininary of annexing the Kn Grande
States, or Sonora. Specially worthy of
note is the total change ol diplomatic
INilicy 011 this subject which has taken
place within three years. Karly iu l'resi
ient Hayes' Administration t bequest ion
of repressing the plundering and mur
dering raids of Indians on the Mexican
liorder came up. The main scene of
cattle-stealing and scalping was then the
liwer Kio Grande, and the criminals
were I.iiuuis and Mi-scalcros, who made
a practice of crossing into Texas. In
stead of inviting or accepting the co-o)N-ration
of Mexican trNipsiu checking
these laids, their prollers ol am were re
jected, and intimations were expressed
in official dispatches from Washington
that either municipal authorities iu the
Mexican river tow ns or some of the in
habitants were iu collusion with these
thieves, and that without their aid or
convenient negligence the raids would
not lie iNissible. Acting on this theory,
against the indignant complaints of
Mexico, and with au airy disdain of her
pleading that her express treaty guaran
tees were violated, the War .Department
directed General Ord to send his tnsips
. . . . , . . 1 niuui iiiiiit ns is iiniieii 111 ineaiuei-
vou" instead ol ine lender "inou m V""'-. .'.' . .
which she ha l-eeu accustomed. men of tradition, i i.e lameu nun"m
that nave laieiy anseu aions mc w-
one Lunar ijr. I jonahle thoroughfare seem all to! alike
I;.. t. .,4 i.na rtsii0ft Si loiich extra
lt us, in fancy, take such a journey . ',ias n requirel for ample ami
mercy at IM1 s hands, do you ' perhaps the emancipated soul niay T . .,.. ,l: lu tll.lt. th houses
I- . 1 . .r ,. c I iu.iiii"i ... --- --
Hut when he came to her that even-
incr. so renentant and humble, what
could she do but "forgive and forget'
Kick promised never to lie jealous
au-ain. and bills fair to keep his word.
Dell was a little sorry, however, mat
she surrendered so soon, for, as her old
schoolmate herself declared
Itick would never have touud so
ready a iwnlon from Jim!"
Coflrc llemus to (triler.
"tiive me your opinion of tht--. young
mini 77 sain tne east sine mm-ci , .i ur
snread liefore the retN'rter a handful of
coffee Wans. "They aren't very iy
olur in sie are thev ? OVV comuire
"Its rather faded and old, but, of course, w.tn these, and tell me w hich you
vou don't mind, m a tone imiNisiine tl k u-tter.
io translate. . The irrocer nhu ed a second handful
"No. indeed," Siiid KicKprovoKingiy, , ide ,lf llle thei. The two lot:
wliile Dell pinned it to the lajiei ''." were of the same dark color, and at a
coat. Jt course i uoii i onoo " 1 little instance away presented mi iri;
a trifle faded." . marked difference. Uoser inspection
ito 9 liHikin? straight into 111 sLiiii tiiat while the coffee lieans first
evesasliesiiidil, and as ne was itei B hown wpre not an of the same size,
lover, Dell tiaik an unfair interpretation t,ieS(H,onii handful were of extraonh-
..f this last remarii. . . narv remilantv. ine neaiin in-ihB -ii
-twit where d Hi VOU gel Iliai ring. I i,.,i, qi1 hinre.-'
Tiii-v 'vndertou toiik Dell's snowflake ... ..,.. wi..lt VOH are going to tell
..f -x l.rind in his own great, strong one, ... t 4t glance any one would
.. . ....I ..l.,,-r,,l I"? . . 4 41... !.,
jinl iyed at it. a IIOVMI, uiiu l".'""i fiivso. 1 our opinion is urai ine i.i.-i
half real, in his eyes. . lt Ls the liest, lsn t it.' vv ell, ine tin-
oh. somewhere: ' saia ii'u
.,M us exonerating as it was vague.
ta.x. , -- I . . .1
"Hut which one do you mean, wia.- fair lot 4lf jy, uans. wmie ine oiiicit.
take, across the abvsses of space. V e
must leave our UnIU-s U-hind us, and
go on the voyage as unclothed spirits
go. We swiftly traverse the void, and
take our place in the center of the
moon's visible hemisphere in the depth
of the lunar midnight. We are not
untuned iii complete darkness; a sil
very earth-light illuminates such a
laudscaiie as Dante might have added
to his in. tines of the Interim. YV e are
ammsl uiNin a ruggi-d plain of glassy
liasalt and scoria. To the westward,
the prodigious volcanic masses ot
( 'onernicus rise twelve thousand ieei
. . . . ....i.i.
:i hove us. and to the lioiinvvaiu me
view Ls lNiundeil by the great wall ot the
Aliennines, rising to Andean heights.
Thev are not toiest-clothed or snovv-
crowned. We see only liasalt ic iu-eilles
and coluuins. and enormous vertical
precipices of glassy obsidian, standing
unchanged and immovaine lioui age io
seeni to present fat paunches to the
public g:ize. Starting down from the
Central Park, the first new mansion is
that of Mr. Frederick v . Stevens, the
millionaire lawyer, on the corner of
Forty-seventh street. 1 he dining-riNMu
extends beyond the great brown-stone
palace in an annex almost as long nd
tall as the main building. It is eq . i
tie.1 with a rare treasury of heavy pi.- e.
delicate china and lilmy glass, and the
carved hardwiNNl furniture and row of
nM candelabra are not surpassed else
where, but the main feature of the
riNiin is the collection of Moorish
saddle-bags of embossed leather that
nail the walls. Thev are the million
aire's pride. He collected them in long
ioiirneviiiL'S through Siiain and Mona
co. The dining-room ui me new nouse
of Mr. Kemp, the man who made mil
lions in Florida water, is au exception
to the rule as far as the manner of its
age for here is no wind nor rain, nor . .-m f,,r jt is like ordinary
any active agency cabbie of disturbing llllps a nire rmm i the house. Hut
the deathly stillness ami revise. vo
stream gnaws at the liase f the tre
mendous precipices; no cloud rests uinui
their summits: no sound ever rever-
U'rates from mountain to moumani
Under our feet the tliNir of lava seems
to rest uinui insecure loundalions,
Vast chasms and crevices, ot mconceiv
iiniu Mexican soil iu pursuit of raiding
liuIiMiis when on a hot trail. And it is
a matter of history' that United States j ha.yiuiig it, inliedcd in the ground.
mortar. If he has the least hit of im
agination he had lietter abandon the
business, for when the moon ls oliscured
by clouds and he is walking alNiut a
cemetery, shivering from his heels
upward, he will mistake tomiistoiies
for ghosts. He will think that the
owls, as they whiz ast his ear with
their mournful lusit, are unquiet
iiii its come to haunt the receptacles of
the iNxlies which they once jienneated.
When the noise of his footsleiis makes
the rats disapiiear with a rustling sound
into little thickets of evergreens he
will start and grasp his vveaiNin. The
very whine of his dog will make him
feel nervous, and bit by bit his reason
will In-come inqiaired."
"I could give you some sad remi-niscensi-s
of jieopic who watched grave
vanls,"said one of theoldest watchmen
at Laurel Hill Cemetery, in a strange,
.solemn tone. Then, half jestingly, he
added: "Hut they're buried in the
p:Lst, and it's my business to let what's
buried remain so." He did not mind
telling one story, however. ''I used to
work iu a HriNiklyn cemetery liefore I
came to this city, he liegan. "It was
there that the terrible scene which I
shall sjieak of occurred. We wanted
au assistant night watchman very
lutdly, but none of the iersons who pre
sented themselves could endure staying
up with the graves for more than two
or three nights each. At last there
came an unfortunate man whose he-alt Ii
seemed shattered by overwork ami
privation. It was his "last venture. He
had tried to get employment every where
without result and his wife and child
ren were suffering. We tsik him on.
I don't think 1 shall ever forget his
f.u-e the morning after his first night in
the graveyard. He said he had aiidured
unheard-of agony, but was Imj fill of
getting over it in time. The following
night was dark and windy. Haiti came
down in torrents and there were flash
es of lightning every few minutes. At
alniut I o'cliM-k the head wathman
heard a low crv; there was a sound of
running feat, followed by the rejNirt ol
a pistol. A search was made and the
unfortunate man was found lying on
his kick across a crave dead. There
was a small hole in his temple, and his
own revolver, one barrel of which was
enuitv. lav three feet away, where he
11
lell in a I' M 1 , . ' ! I . 1 t, h'es is th t di'l'tlM Ml"1 w ilh a myrterioiw
ell, in a ference iN-tweeu the two batches is that . . ' traverse ti,e plain. We seem
vas vague thoHp whk.,, , slume,! you hist are a lJw survivors of
nn Kick' i 4 . ... Itu.ji.e ulnle the others lu ,lc "s
ti.;., v hv. vou gave i i "t.
Il.l-1 -..n relnem!-!'?"
don't mean that one," said Kick,
the frown iii his eyes growing more
ominously dark, the playful expression
entirelv gone. .,
"Tlnstne, then? Aunt Rile gave it
last birtliday.
.4'...,'-44i44oi it ever so many times
liefore, I'm quite sure."
r .1....-4 that one.
i in ui i .... , i i
And Kick's voice was so harsh, and
...,ii i..aloiis that Dell almost
skiptJ out of here dainty slipi-ers.
i..n i..,.., .1 a reluctant siglu
J , 11 in 1 ' V - - - .- ,.
There was only one ring lefta deli-
..44.U-.li.isel gold one so sue di.i--
posed she would have to tell lnm
hi inn ii. . .
teach him a lesson,
though, for being so jealous without
Thia " die liegan, with a charming,
ii evasneratiug, air
am-e,
some avvul doom, dwelling uinui the
biinit-out cinders of a floating planetary
hell, now dead and frozen to its heart
We lNik upward and see a fairer vision
me of n anetarv lite. JU me center
all
aren't coffee at all, and never grew on
a coffee bush."
What kind of a imsn uiu inev grow
our '
"No bush at all. lliey are a manu
factured article. oil need not look as
it you diuu i m-iievc .., V : ......tii.U northward and southward in a
on which you may salety risk vour ast Vibration, we see, as vast and
dime. They are nothing more or .ess . t.,o1(,.
than imitations, made out -; ril" is revt.aii :is a zone of dazzling
and browned up W ' ... . . Va whiteness; and cloud-masses are float-
.i-ifTn4k riiev are inane in ninw
collee. i uej ie 1 111(T.vei-vwliere.
lke.l afterward. tifteen full m.N.ns. our familiar earth
,rfect in shai-, and -u a Ke A d are the Wcll-knovvn outlines of
won't tmd genuine ..- thecoiitineuts. The earth has no seiret to
such regularity. ..-... hide from us. as the iihmhi hides one of
They look all rign i m . frtHI1 the earth. As
me inai no "oc - we lNik upward we ierceive sieanj
erage maile from them tor tout. ri,.:1ti,,. the continents marching luist
"Vou are WTong ag;un, j ."... .. , a,. As Asia
WlkllUI IIP KHI11M1 1
it is the costliest ami liiest of all the
n mi us. Its ceiling is made of sheets of
lustrous stamped brass. AH three of
the new Vanderbilt houses exiiose their
dining-rooms after the abdominal fash
ion. It will not be deemed an ovei-
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Slgllt 11 Hie opportunity mi ine iiiwii
sandth description of these gorgeous
apartments is not here embraced. Her
bal the liest examples of the new pro
trnlienint tmler of dining-room con
struction are seen in the grand houses
that the sons of the old Huguenot land
monopolist, Peter Goclet. have jusi
moved into on the comer of Forty-ninth
vitni-i and the corner of i orty-eigtitli
of the blm kdoiiiealNive us, unchanging stm;t These ises are exceeiliiigly
in its place except as it sways iniicr-
of reluct-
KT ix .-i ' r- . -
enough to give any eisti..er xvm, . western; the jN.lar ice-
, ,..... o. i. . . . s,lU.I1(iia wlllte light.
They mix u iu i - - Pni!lillS '.ivisl in our zenith.
Xo resectable grocer
..,. wrl. to nve anv cu
a lNiund of coffee a lNiund of the iinit
I , l Tl .. ... . V it ill tl
tion. Ao, niueeii.
or
XoInkIy examines
..i.. ..f lent collee an mc nun-.
pi...... v -- . . , t,
I'm sure l can i in. - -
I lillV llle l-oiirr;
1 am sure
vanishi-s iiimiii the eastern run, America
rises uinju the western; me
cans shine with a splendid vvi
' 4 . ti4i-.l;iv sn t . r r.mr nr live ol conee io i.--"- - , . .. . :. - . .. ..,i
er .1 nil sent mc . ... I tiroim n"" "l - - lmt. t ie stars marcu iwsi ii in .in cm
iiiiet in oiitwanl effect, but as marked
ly rich within, in cacn ine oiiuiig
r.Nim is extended into a conservatory
projection ln-yond tne lionst. The din-ing-riN.ins
jiroper are finished in the
French stvie, in while, lwneieu
gilt molding, inclosing oil wintings on
canvas, ordered lrom uie uiosi con
spicuous artists in Paris and in London.
Tne effect of leaving one end of these
rooms ojien so as to allow the tropical
disnlav of huge-leaved plants and gaudy
flowers in the glass-poneo conservaioi
ies to form au indefinite fourth wall,
and pernitting the concealment, oi an
orchestra on great occasions, is exeeed-
ingly pleasing.
;r tiiA lovelv?" gazing up at lnm with ,l tlie i,mtatioii. aoinkiv cxaum es Uie wnsU.l
those lvv -itcliiiig blue eyes. I each Wan. u "ear I,T ' lations of the ziliac, the planets in
Rick unule no reply, btixne.u :
ni.tK- rmsheil ill his own, displeasure
The leaf is the essential and really ac
live part of the ordinary vegetal organ-
housekeeper;
S ordcr aUse i T ivr are hidden ism; it is at om-e the mouth he stom-
f r a little wii e MLl great white ach, the heart, the lungs and the whole
? b wh cli sterns to take no W in the vital mechanism of the entire plant
lt on , w mu im i it i,1(i,wi from thestrictest biological point
- wh rTsiftrTand visd.y on iu axi of vievv every leaf must to as
. . . ,.t....4. ltui fur to some exteui an uiuiviiiii.ti oigiunsiu
rather enjoying the scene, with prouiid coffee, but vv lien couee i. rf pendulum swing, it Ls fixed
o intention of Ivernuttiug Utxli,ht in the Wan mrtli' R f u11Illwval.Iy in mid-heaven. It was well
a"u hurt iii; - Rick," W 1 ianandV-a it myself.
plaintively, i?u , U.. . mix dacory
her hand.
She w as
l.nt clio hail no
her hand to I nroKc. to im u"1' .., V" ,.,.-;, coffee beans to
With an impauc.u. B""m tl,e ."' " '..P. W. . " " ,V ,.f eor:.l .n.Iv.n or the seiuirate parts of
dr.P-lit... . ..i.itiv. or,U?r- " i the animal worlti. It is
I COHipieieii . ...4-.. l,..t .u, tilth, atten-
1 done. Some nriiiant that we left iur lslies hidden under
white atmosphere oi me
bv itself, and the tree or the herb must
li- looked uinui as an aggregate or col
ony of such sciiarate units InuiikI U-
gether much in the same way as a groin
triNiiis, of all three anus, did frequently
intrude upon Mexican icrruorv wiuioiu
ierini.ssion and against protest.
The aluindonment of this INilicy seems
to have lieen due to the logic of events.
Mexico, having the giNal sense to jnt-
ceive that she couui 1101 auoru io ne
drawn int a lNUindary quarrel w ith her
jNiwerful neighlNir, especially w hile fili
bustering designs tiNin Chihuahua and
Smora were rife, exercised great self
restraint and took care to avoid ail is
sibility of conflict lietween her tnsips and
ours. Hut she did more. Not only did
every exiNilition of our triNips into Mexi
co totally fail, but some of the reserva
tion Indians in 'evv Mexico and Ari
zona broke out, and, alter committing
great ravages on the American side of
the line, crossed over the Under into
Mexico and continued their devastations
there. The Mexican forces of General
Trevino had meanwhile, in several cuiu
liats, almost annihilated the Lipaus
and Mescalero thieves,- so securing to
the Texas ranches the almost complete
tranquility which they have now enjoyed
during four v ears. The Mexicans, With
volunteer militia and the regular army,
next turned their attention to the vari
ous Winds of Apaches that had escaiNil
from the United States, and they over
whelmed iu successive years the Winds
of Victorioand Nana, killing With of
these famous leaders. ,t last the vv an-
ington Government abandoned the
theory that Mexican communities fos
tered these common jn-sts of the Wilder,
anil the War lH-jiartiiicht rescinded its
order sanctioning and commanding the
armed invasion of Mexico. The latter
oiinlrv was then invited to help to de
stroy tiie hostileApachesoiitheArioiia
frontier, but it refused to allow its own
trNiis to cross the line, or to approve of
the presence of our trooiw iimhi its ter
ritory except under an express jreaiv
such as should W-til two friendly coiin-
t ries.
The result was an agreement, made in
July of last year, providing for the re
ciprocal crossing of the international
Wiundary line "iu the uiipopuiaieu oi
desert lKtrts" by the triNips of the two
countries " in pursuit oi savage, nosiue
Indians." Hy a modification suiise-
quentiy agreiii upon iu .-scpieunw-i i.ni
it was stipulated that the convcni ion w as
to remain in force until the lth of Au
gust next, though terminable by four
months notice. Jt is unoer mis in-.n ,
which prescriW'S theconditionsof cross
ing, that General Crook's caiiqiaign W
conies iNissible. There never has W-en
anv doubt that the Wmmlary should not
lie a barrier to check pursuit of Indian
thieves and murderers; yet never until
now- has a creditable iiiiN.e of surmount -
iiicr that barrier W-en effected. The for
mer nlaii of v iolating the territory of a
weaker ueighWir, without coiiceuiiig io
her a mutual right, was disreputable, but
inn h-r the iiresent friendly plan of co-
oneratinir there is cood lini of perma
nently subjugating nosuie .vpai ues
and securing iace to tne in inter.
VV hat l)'namlt Caa Do.
tecrration tor Ui Million.
..V.-. - t;,..D" 1.0 s:iid abruptly.
ao,nld friend of mine, Kick
"T onlv w ish you
ewJ'youVouldlW-tlyae,
lighted w ith
"1 beg leave
Rick freezingly, '
liiri.tod with him.
"f". .r. ... i l.it
jH-tl loohevi sii.....". -,
"Hut isn't the ring prettv ?
. . i i: it iiti TJlllLail.....;.
at last, iioiui it
-Aud see what's engraved on it.
. . i. i:.. TVoll from Jim.
. . i i.o na.ssionate jealous
.iV hrt l almost une,
Uur;l'"f.:, ...it tmst himself to speak.
. i ..i.-.,,nU- mi his ne
so ne ittnieii ..."i v.- , Bw muj - I to ciuiei
s-trmle ranidlv down the garutu . wiety M gcepery. --"- ,i -...i,,. The moon's morning
aughed, tnottgn - cent rtesmw, "TF Fraxee. hand. 1
it .. n ffiren to erery one to cross the
-eaa and make the tour of Europe; to abso,ute
to differ with you, ' said in the han.
1 would not v pori i --i -- -- . . flT(, rf0i.
I .K moiintam too, and there lor ne aoi-
. . . . .l. itfa.invincr air.
i.adiiUnHuio i4.-6.- o
The spirit may pe wunns u - --
Ana vei uio iwuo
"rrr:,-,7i A. hfe of those of mo-
TL""" " those of the rich. ThU
eompieico. "7 ".' " rULf . therefore, that so little atten
since me suiiiigi.i ..".; ' .,iv'u. ,L-ir. should
1 I ..i.iili.l tiki Id lt:tMIV lllllll. I tUIIIKtlUK'V ' -
J "l 1 t"V"V"'.. - .41H Which havele.1 to the
"LtrV ..irne wa cl, : It was different foims of leavts," says Sir John
c i'rv.i . p ..it i,iUk,i- I,.! till fur its 1 know.
if .1.1... .4- ho lim-jr tlltlllllTIII . inr H lilllMnrvn, iimv .-vm., - --- y
. : . . i .. ..i ... l.. ,.Kuiiki,(v diir-Aca I fXlM.lllll-u ill trn irn i ibTii.
mack " iiHp nianV In-autiful and varied
a neX" first fc natural sha ta surely worth a little
a iienec i spnere w ucu ...,idenit ion fiomt he evolutionary Wit-
uiKin u, ot - : "..,-. - . MI1ist !lt the nresei.t dav. the more so as
and is but a hemisphere;
was certain that some feartul creation
of the imagination had so terrified him
that he tisik his life to escaiN- from it
When the old man had finished this
narrative he was silent for many min
utes. He sat perfectly still, with a
vacant liNik. and allowed bright tears
to chase each other down his check
Suddenly he made a brisk motion and
forcibly forgot the subject of his narra
tive. "There are amusing things some
times." he said, sieakhig at first with
an effort. "A short time ago a man
was nut to work at night in a cemett rv
not far from here. He strolled around
iu an affected indifferent way. whistling
tunes dear to his countrymen. In the
course of his rumbling he tumbled
WnI'iIv into a newiv-made grave, and
lot of Iinisc earth feel on him when he
reached the Wittoin. He struggled
wildly, and iu aW.ut an hour and llut-e-quarters
managed to get out, screaming
lustily that the devil had dug a grave
and tried to bury him in it. With
single Wiim.l he cleared a four-foot
fence. rolI-d down a fortv-foot hill, and
that's the last of li in:, for no one aWmt
here ever set eyes on him again.dead fir
alive. He must have gone Wick to
Inland, for he wasn't hurt at all.
Some practical jokers once tried to
scare a watchman, a friend of mine.
It was immense fun for the watch
man. They got into the cemetery dis
guised as WNly-snatchers. and pretended
to In-oiicning 'graves. There were three
individuals, tine got seven buckshot
in him, the second received five iu his
leg, and I forget what happemil to the
thiiil. The onlv thing that is more
langeroiis than watching graves is
robbing them."
What is it priNluces this dreadtul
melancholia?" asked the rcirter.
The old man l.Niked around him mys
teriously and ai1ilil,as he moved away:
I in not a diN-tor nor a scholar, nut i
have niv W lief that it s the miasma
from the graves that nhsoiis the IiIihhI
and warjis the brain, .last st-e, cool as
it is this evening, the vaNir is rising
rising." And the old watchman
Niintcd toward the setting sun, against
which blazing iKicKgroiinii a miiiy hum
... i- . .. i
coiuil iN'seeuasceuiiingiioiii inegiouu..
like the genii from the fisherman s lix
in the Arabian tale.
MalMA,0am' MYn! the man. principles which. most guide
toatAe Pennsylvania Railroad Company half of it jUst lfore dawn; him in his search after their causes are
SWSta during the season of "s coining. There iJ simple and patent to every- inquirer.
i..nn j- .rnuilar HajIv CXCUT810I18 DelW66II i-i a. :.. olv lmt 11 tP trfa. The great function ot a leal is me an-
,elf to sjieak wo -V Newbutgh, m route furn- no ;'" ' V" T. " j ies ij,, son-tion of rarWmic acid from the air, s
his heel, and of mterest, Md an ""V; "uWuirite and its deiixidat ion under the influence ;1
"dentil l"feietyof scenery. The magn A- to g Utter itli .a in n. fe t ofwllliight From tl.efn-ecarlN.n thus
Trm In the North fl.
to-night," she
There is no jniiiip of prepiira-
u.u-ii as we sjiw on eartii: no
obtained, together with the hydrogen
lilierated from the water in the sap. the
Dell laughed
easilv. , ,
doubtmg me, ami then a. m., (excepting iuuo-, -- - gates of day; the glanng blue ngni is s nes,
lainrh when he knovvs all alut it. d arrlTe at J! iTBub- strangely contrasted with the utter plant
UKlovely Wue eyeswere trule t ZTZ"nT fflof the 8hatlw.'ly tl of car
clouded for all thar w - - tlauy - y the
said .. ..u Tji.t And- W5U "TlJuin. Rleenr UoUow. btooy
"WTiat is the matter u. TTWL Iona island and Kew.
-rt. Dell? He walked away as Point West 1.10
. r -41 knnrh Kim l)H"""B , - . I
In for wager. de. named tor a ume yaryin, -ju. uepun, o. ....o. - - 0f 0Us other animals have
hvdro-carWiiis
j .w n Utwrencex. ni1!
?.,U ,h Pennsylvania Railroad mm, sucu s , niaiiufa. tures the hy.li
' , " ererr morning at etumx , tl- Uirii (.nm tlif mw o( to various tis-
aocM, fl:30 . m.1 crmisou Clonus, uo iiuiu..r.. r --- .... , 4rnp or
.(excepting atesof day; the glanng bine ng.u is s ,rv , -" .:..
1 pi.iin n1u.w1111.11 .' -
of mrlmnic acid and water, and rear-
.1,. . ranwrneni Ol l cu auuiB iu iim ivuuo,
S S talSv.he reception of external en
malum 1 reein uo u u . , . v..,i miorfrv is snn-
... 1 c.i.l, Ii. u v tlie rim oilers, uiiu um , p.- .
horizon; plied by sunlight
1 vnv -' .
without a moment's preparanon, 01 a n.
A w Form ol Mailmw.
The men who jKitrol the cemeteries
:ifter the sun has gone down are anneu
w ith pistols and chilis, and are generally
accompanied bv traineil and savage
bUNNlhounds. In addition to these ex
ternal and tangible means of defense
they must In gifted w ith rare and l--
cnliar mental organization. So many
men have lost their reason through
watching graves at night that iN-rsons
iu that jNisition have come to W lieve
tl.ut thev risk laosm? into a state of
melancholia perfectly distinct from any-
other form of insanity. Sextons and
grave diggers call the affection "tomb
stone madness."
A startling realization of this fact
was telegraphed throughout the coun
try recently. It was announced that
several of the soldiers who do sentry
lutv dav and night at the tomb ot
Airfield, amid the dreary solitude ot
Lake View Cemetery, near Cleveland,
have liecome insane. Anything or any
device is used by the men to get away
from the ghostly muster of toinl atones
or the dark array of mounds. An old
watchman at tiienwood Cemetery ex
plained this to a reporter recently by
saving that in all probability the
soldiers detailed at the grav e were not
picked. "Take half a dozen men from
any walk of life," he continued, "and
place them at night to watch grave
yards, and the chances are that m
Economy has led to tree planting on
mi extensive scale iu the .North and
Northwest. ISelts of tiniW r are taking
the places of pine fences along the ex
posed imrtious of tlie railroad wnere
some Wirrier of necessity W- maintained
against snow drifts. The fences that
have Wi n relied uinui have to in' eigiu
feet high, and, liesides costing a
mile, misl constant attention and re
pair. Furthermore, the fanners carry
off the Wiards, and the stoutest oak
iNists snap like pi stems in a thor
oughgoing prairie gale, trees answer
nil the reiinireiiientsniuch W-tter. The
white willow, which grows to a height
of twelve fi-et in four years, lias W-en
found to lie the chcaiiest and liest.
thoie'li the Wix elder, cotton wo.n1, and
rreen ash w ill serve. The soil must lie
prepared bv harrowing, however, and
prairie soil is often so jNNir as to require
two or three vears' work. Even then
it is said that it is cheaer to use live
fences than dead ones. These tree ten
ccs are constructed by planting two
parallel lines of trees on the side of the
tracks exuised to the strongest niuds
and one line on the other side.
A "l'liit to Blow up Loudon" has
Imi aunotiuced; but Loudon is more
difficult to blow up than to burn. A
couple of hundred weight of nitro-gly-cerine
is a fearful cargo, and would
a use tremendous damage. The noise
nut contusion would strike terror into
thousands, and many buildings not actu-
illv launched into the air would be
throw 11 into a heap of ruins. A W.x of
uniNiwder would In? far less terrible
111 its effects, and yet a large proiNirtioii
of the energy nisscssi1 by the 'nitro
glycerine would In practically thrown
iiwav. That is to say, if all the force
iplN-rtaiiiingto the nit ro-glyceiine were
presented iu the form ot guiiiNiwder,
much greater ruin would In- wrought
among surrounding buildings.
Considerable excitement was created
iu the summer of lsl by the discovery
of sundry "infernal machines concealed
111 the cargoes which arrived at Liver-
piNil from America. Each machine was
1 metallic Wix fitted witti a clock-work
irrangeinciit, and containing aWmt two
INiuiuls ol dynamite, vol. .viajeii.ue
mil ,M.ioi toiil. m their last annual
rejNirt under the Explosives act of l-s7."i.
late that the experiments which inev
iftciward conducted with one of these
machines against a masonry structure
showed that the machines were not
nearly o destructive as was iopiilai'l
snpNsed." The exjiermieiits conduct
ed hv Col. Majendie and his colleague.
is well as some of earlier date by the
Koval Engineer Committee, were cou
ntered to prove that "tne eltcct ol
small charges of dynamite and similar
explosives iiimiii masonry structures is
.ssentially I.N-al. the results wouiu
ucccssarilv vary according to the rela
tion W-t ween t lie charge employed, the
strength of the building attacked, the
irea presented bv the structure, and tin
position selected tor the charge, "lint,"
it was added, "-any general, or even
partial, destruction of a public building
or ol a suiisianiiai uweiung mmse.
could not ! accomplished except by the
use of verv much larger charges of dy
ualiiite and similar substances than
could usiiallv In brought to hear wilh-
oiit attracting oliservation; and the ef
fect of a single -infernal machine' con
UiiniiiL' a few iNiiiuds of explosive, w ould
In slrucliually insignificant. in tin'
explosion at the oihces of me Local in-
veriiiueut Jjoard the IiN-al ellecl was in
tense, the stonework close at hand W -ing
pulveri.id, wliile the general struc
ture of the building sttil lam.
Sir Fiedei ick A. AWi ol .serves that
the shattering and sjilittiug elfect of
ilwiaimle uiNin r.N-k ls mucli greater
than that of gunpowder; in quarrying.
the ris k is not generally throw 11 off bv
them to the same extent as by the less
violent agent. Dviiaiiutc has sometimes
Weu cinplovcd to fissure the riN-k, and
afterward huge quantitiesof guiilN.wder
have W-en iNiureil into the crev ices, by
the explosion of which enormous masses
of ris k have W-en removed, in sin
inariiie deino 111011s it has ill like man
ner Win found that when iron-built
shiiis have to W di-stroved, the IiftiiiL
cllect of large charges of gui!iw.ler is
advantageous in clearing the frame
work and other parts which have Wi-n
shattered, but not actually removed, by
the more violent class of explosives, lt
is a curious fact that even giiiiN.w.lei
can be made to approximate in its cha
racter to the uitro-glycei ine coiiiniuihIs.
if it lie tired by means of a l-owcrful de
tonating fuse. If this plan W adopted
it Wtoiucs 110 longer mit-ssary for the
guiqMiwder to In close! v confined, but it
shares w ith the tlx ualiiite class the pro-N-rty
of displav ing great force vviien
placed merely in contact with the ma
terial to W destroyed.
It is this quality of lon e, iuili n-ii-ilent
of confinement, which makes ml ro
glyceiine coiiioiiiids so available for
ev il purposes. The . !. ku.n k ai range-
inenl is also disNnsil with by the Use
111 acid which is set tree to eat its
way through a few Ihickncs-esof pair,
until it reaches a chemical coinNiiiii.l
w hich detonates, and starts the explo
sive in contact with it. Comisiring dy-
iniite and gun-cotton w ith piiiqiow.ler.
we are told that "ill military oN-rations,
where gnat displacing action is re-
liiiiiil. guiiiNiwder has the uiuloubtiil
idvautage." Tins is really what the
ilvnainite arinv" would di-sne in carry
ing out their designs for the destruction
of London. Hut as the conspirators are
iblignl to act furtively, they have re
sorted to a fiercer and less cumbrous
itgent than guiiiNiwder. If the lilt
glycerine seized by the (silice in oiitti-
iinpton street was intended to form the
Uisis of one explosion, and if it was ar-
-angtil that similar quant it ics should 1
tired iu Soiithwark and elsewhere, the
ITti-t must iiiuls have W-en tleinend
ous. supising the lieiiilish prognnnme
have Wi-n success! nllv carried out
l'he deafening nature of explosion would
itself constitute a moral ellu t of a very
intense description. The smashing of
brickwork and masonry, the crash of
ailing buildings, and the general u
roar ami couiusion, woium cicine a
scene of the most feat I ul nature, in
evitably accompanied by an extensive
-c:n-riiii M ul" I.miii:iii life. Yet even -Jul
weight of nitro-glyceriiie. despite it
n il le eneniv. would fail to accomp
lish all the desolation which write
have "eiierallv predicted concerning it.
NEWS LN DRIKF
Tlie vearlv priNluct of gold in Cali
fornia is from ?l.-.iiti in to SJumii.-
INIO.
-The lands in Texas, callable of pro-
lucing sugar, are placeil at l,t,iiii0
icres.
A little Atlanta W.y deiiounced his
snoring brother tor "sleeping through
his nose."
During tlie last ten years we have
Id f 1 -Jo'i.Sit.Ti'.l more than we have
brought from foreign natons.
Taris will gain S-ti.'i.( worth of
and by the removal of her citv walls
which are to come down.
The reply ist cards are regarded
is a failure iu England Wcause thev
have not come into general use.
During the past six months TeXiis
las sold .MS.I.iNm acres of school land.
-Smie of tlie farmers in San Ileniar-
lino county. Cal., are killing birds bv
placing jNiisoiie.1 apples on trees.
-An Ashland. Ohio, wife recently
W-came the mot her of a nrfectly healthy
siIn weighing less than one pound.
Ex-Secretary Columbus I Maim is
qN-iidiiig his old age in luxury on his
irge sheep (arm in Knox county, O.
Internal revenue collections for the
Sail Francisco district for the yearend
ing February -Jsth. aL"'reir.ite SV.- -
-Light-weight husliands are wonder
ing how Djivid Daviswillget to his ph. m
it 2 A. M. willi. ut making tlie stairs
creak.
A granite monument is to In erect
ed at Aiidcrsonville. (.a., iu memory of
tlie Federal soldiers who are hit'ried
there.
There were twentv-two contested
seats iu the Forty-seventh Congress and
it cost the country 1ii.iki to settle
them.
France iu Is?-"! priNluced 17.i'ii.in,ii
pounils of eiN-iHius: in lST'.i onlv 1 !.. -
mio im. mills, lind in lssii 14 inhi inm
iinds.
Alexander II. Stephens was worth
aWmt :hi.inii i of w hich lie made
nit of his Wmk. "The War among the
Stati-s.
In the L'niteil States there isaWiut
h'l.ooo.iHio ,,f capital invested in nailer
mills, the annual product W-ing Tk.ikki.
mm Hiimds.
Ex-Secretary KiikvviNNl has recov
ereil fully from the effects of his recent
accident, and is lecturing in low a ou
" Education."
Anrient lihN.
"on. ue go- low
Point. West Point, lona V t " Z i, w-e mss from the -Remains of a mastodon and num
W "lth ?T.rmf,m of"mtowS to the light of the ber of cu
ion 01 1 ous tuner
ea ea. a sail mine at y- . T . t.rf man wants to enter this pro-
ruuis, ashes, tnem were some - at ,t he must
auu inr oi u " " r - i. 44 i
The ticket are
' i.nf u'fiiu i 4- im niiuib -w - m i
lightfully vague, as was . - liad "TAbie rates, and we know oi m the
'The mountain and 1 re- d. n b pteasanUy We
n.mi laughed Aunt way in wncn - on one of scoi
S her book without giv.ng iu"" spent.J" m tne stockte
thought to the matter. Ri
She was quite accustomed to
curious bones belonging to vari- ort tinie five of
. , a .. ... A4t.n. n moia iaru nvn tmmn npar iruiniK j " - -
a i . t hu iiua.i v nnsiuai 11111 i i uuo uiiiri ouiii r , -
F" iuiku -u.j. - . i. I . ..h i.vo at Vpw Iliria. Ia. Amoi.2 iuili.
oiiA onlv volcanic
. . i i a,.w-a 4Q -ri 'mi.
scoria, umun. 'r.rr" i-:V" -Tj lx-i rviwo Miiodiim.
o of hnrnt-OUt Craiers. oi a vioun i o.c w 6-
tj.tr j "
i lie aliout as impressionable as brick and
The British museum has just acquir
ed an interesting collection of thirty
nine silver objects which gives an in
sight into the daily life of the IJany
lohians, and reminds us of the discov
ery of the bird dealer's shop at I'miim-ii,
These objects, which were all found to
gether on the site of llabj Ion, consists
of fragments of silverdislies, the broken
handle of a vase and coins, most ot the
hitter Irciii!? defaced and cliplNil. It is
.. ... , i i..
easy to see thai au nave oeeu uniKeii
nuruoselv by a practiced hand, with the
view of using the metal again, and we
may fairly conclude that tlie collection
U the remains of a silversmith s or
coiner's shop. Among the coins Ls a
T.vcinn one iii co.n1 preservation. S)
far as can be judged from tlie vase
handle aud dishes, the art is distinctly
Itabvlonian under Persian influence.
and "the workshop may date from the
conquest of Alexander.
Matthew Hamilton, a miner of
West Lafayette, O., claims to be a sur
vivor of the Light Brigade, which charg
ed at Balaklava.
I.hilmn KxlorntMii.
The Chilians have several thousand
. - . . . - 4- t
men at work in ine province u .i..-
ania. and the latest result of explora
tions is the discovery of tlie site of the
ancient citv of illarica. the rums
are now thickly studd.il vv ith full grow u
tak.s. and among them are traced street
which were f nil v one mile iu length and
which had Wi-n divided into bl.N'ks pNi
yards soiiare. as was customary in most
of the cities founded by the Spaniards.
The citv had Wen surrounded bra
wall, w hich is yet in a fair state of pre
servation from three to six feet from
the ground a sufficient defence in for
mer davs against any ordinary inuian
ittack. Tiles were found which have
hardened to the consistency of stone.
In the vicinity there isa very extensive
lake, -in which an island is sitiiat.il
which is reiNirted to lie swarming with
the descendants of the domestic animals
L-loiii'-.ir' to the Siianiar.ls who Were
here sacrificed bv the victorious Aran
canians. who tiNik tlie city after a siege
of over two vears. All the districts
now l-cine explored and notably that
surrounding Villarica aWuind in mines.
w hich returned large sums during the
nanish occunancv. These mines w ill
again lie worked mi.ler different auspi
ces, and w ill lend their assistance
promoting tlie rapid settlement and de
velopment of Araucania, so long occtt
pied bv the scattered Winds claiming
dominion over it, but which now prom
ises to liecome one of tlie richest pro
vinces of Chili.
T.-xas now leads the southern states
iu the production of cotton. The crop
of last year will aggregate 1 .."l Hl.t n n i
Wiles, worth tT."i,im,HHi.
o-n. Francis A. Walker will deliver
the oration at the oieiiiiig of the Manu
facturers and Mechanics" Institute Fair,
iu Boston, next N-ptcinW-r.
A recent letter from Honolulu.
Hawaii, says that King Kalakaua's
"Army" con-ists of l'. soldiers, exdu-
iveot Winds and attendants.
The proprietorsof the liiarlilcquarrv
Ilawkins. Teiin.. have for the last
ar lieen realizing .v'Uniin rf.Nif fortheir
marble delivered on the cars.
The niimW-r of hogs pack.il in Chi-
igo for the year ending March 1. lss;:
as t.'J-J.'!.! I. a iln-rease . if STS.t ci uu-
mriil with the preceding vear.
One hundred and sixty active sin
gers and two hundred a.ssNiate lueml-ei.-t
W'lolig to the Moart SiN-ietv :iml Con.
rvatoiv of Music of Memphis, Teim.
The state of Nevada has for the past
ixteen years Wen collect imr a cabinet
f minerals, and now lias a magnificent
ollect ion. over two thousand siiecihiens
all.
The total aimmiil of int cent
Winds ex.-liaiigiil into r tvr cents, to
late is. ?j!N.i,iani. too. Of this amount.
5-s.l"i'i."ob have W-en exchanged since
February 1.
It is asserted that Minnesota con
tains no less than Io.inni lakes, w ith an
iverage extent of .'ino acres each. These
lakes, it is slid, cover oni'-t Went ieth of
the surface of the state.
The curfew is still rung at maiiv
tow ns in England, and at Biiniu a horn
blown at ! p. m. in memory of tlie
presentation to the city of a horn, still
xtant, by King Allied.
The sand business in AlWuiv. X. Y.
i tin unit -s foqiiite an industry. Molding
sand is shipNil ill large quantities from
that citv to California, thie man ships
nit -J'i.inni tons vearlv.
-It is said that the finest sleeping ears
iu the country are those which run into
New Orleans, and that fully four-fifths
f them are equipNil with paper wheels.
listing ?'.m each, or Sinso a car.
It is found by K. Schneider that dis
tinct traces of silver are obtainable in
many of the commercial preparations of
bismuth. Fine oxide of bismuth, when
free from silver, is not affected by light.
A young man died in Ihuiie. ft a., a
few .lavs ago, after an illness of forty-
eight hours, and Ins physician sml his
hath was due to congestion of the
lungs, causul by smoking cigarettes.
A dy ing thif was cohiiassionately
cleascd from the ltinle Island State
Prison and sent to pass his remaining
lavs at home iu l'rov uleiicc; but liefore
his deaih lie cravvlnl out and robW-d
seven liimss.
The quaint old town of Boscawen.
X. II., is to celebrate the one hundred
mil fiftieth anniversary of its existence
luring the coming summer. This town
has given to the world Daniel and Eze
kiel Welister, .en. John A. Dix, Will-
im 1'itt Fcsseiiden, Nathaniel and
harles . (.rii-ii.anilotherilistiiiguish-
d men.
. ( )f :1J houses insiiccted by the Lon-
lon Sanitary Protection SN-iety hist
vear. six IN-r cent, were loiiiiu io nave
drains completely chokul up, preventing
all communication with a sewer. In 117
houses the soil piies leaked, allowing
sewer gas to enter the house. Perhaps
it is no W-tter here.
The Treasury depart lnent has de-
i.lcd that onlv si 'lHHl of -the S72.t
iinironriateil bv congress to reimburse
( iregoii for exNnses incurred by it in the
MinIiV war shall W' paid over, Ini anse
Oregon still owes taxes to the United
States amounting to ?'S),MJ.
Statistics of suicides in Kussia that
include every iiuimut i-mi-ci uurr m
four, rive a total of 2S) liersons who
destroyed themselves hist year, and i .1-1
for a jieriiNl of five years. 1 he greatest
uumliers of cases are cred;te!lo thedis
tricts of Moscow, St. l'etershurg, War
saw and Irkutsk. In the Russian army
the uumlier of cases has also increased.
This Ls likewise true of the army iu
Germany.
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