i ,rtA AAtA AA rttrA tS iA'AA 11 RIP riiAAAAlAyi1lA ri4 Ml Will SCHWEIER, THE 00 JSTITTJTIO J THE TJHOI AID THE ETFOEOEKEIT OT THE LAVS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVII. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 6. 1SS3. NO. 23. kwwww WWMWW WWW LWWiPWW B. F. t I HE MCHIISCALE. There Is a bird, a plain, browu bird That dwell!) in lauds fUr, Whose wild, delirious song is heard With evening's first white star. ' When, dewy-fresh and still, the ui-ht Steals to the waiting world, " And the new nun in slitters silver bright And the rlutti-riug wiuas are furled. ' When the ba'.ui of summer is in the air And the deep rose breathes of musk And there comes a wart of blossoms fciir Through the enchanted du.sk. Th.-n breaks the sikiu-e a heavenly strain And thrills the quiet night ' With a rich and wonderful refrain A rapture of delight. ' All listeners that rare music hail, All whisper softly: "Hark! It is the matchless nightingale, Sweet-singing in the dark." He has no pride ot feathers fine, I'ncuiiscious, too, is he That welcomed as a thing divine Is his clear minstrelsy. Hut from the fullness of his heart His happy carol iours; lleyond all praise, above all art, His song to heaveu stars. Aud-tlirough the whole wide world his fame Is souuded far and near; Men love to sjM-ak his very name; That browu bird is so dear. 15V Tub MIDNHiHTTKAIN. 1 here was a tiny circular garden, tilled to overflowing with pansies, ge-' ranimus and roses; a house which look- i ed like a magniiicent pepper box, com-1 pletely hidden from view by masses of, hop vines, honeysuckle and the red blossoms of some tlower noon sun poured its hot beans. The ! lieains over everything, making the dusty leaves sparkle as if some benevolent fairy had powdered theiu with diamond dust. In contrast to the outside heat and glare, Uuy Blasuiont, sauntering along the shaded piazza in his sixitless white linen suit .-sii-iiu-d a lx-ifect. iuir:icl of 1 coolness. lie wxs a shin, haulsiime lnan, akmt thirty, with regular feat urcs and a light olive complexion. His hair and the small black moustache he wore vied with hiseyesin intense black ness. Such eyes! they spoke w hen their ivner s eyes were silent, and expressed whatever he intended. He putted lazily at a cigar, and taking his stand where the shade fell dark, looked out on the suii-iieaten mid. 'Barbican!" he muttered. "What care 1 for heat? Heat is my element. It is well for doubtless 111 haveenough of it some day." And he laughed sar donically. ! think I'd rather enjoy a war with his Satanic Majesty." He paused au instant. "All. here he comes the young farmer. What brings him at this hour?"' A young man had just rounded the corner ot the nearest house, and was coming tow aid the Blx-mout garden. A stalwart, brown-faced man with a trunk, open look. He nodded slightly to Uuy iilasuioiit, and said: "Is Miss Kose at home?" "Mademoiselle Blxsinont is not at holm-," her brother answered, slightly raising his eyebrows ai)d playing with his moustache, to show the large dia mond ring that glittered on his right hand. John Brightly hesitated. He did not lielieve Uuy Ulasmout's assertion. He distrusted him too greatly to credit any thing he might say; besides, he did not feel inclined to retrace his way through the hot tields without accomplishing tlie end for which he had come. His hesitation did not last long. A petite iigure, clothed in some airy fabric of pink and white, came hastily through the French window. It was Uose Blas lliolit. "Oh, Mr. Brightly!" she exclaimed, smiling and ottering her hand. "I thought 1 heard your voice." -I understand from what your bro ther said that you were not at home." "Whv, he knew" she began, but she had" loo much tact to continue. "1 meant,"' said Uuy Biasmont, with au insolent glance at John Brightly, "that my sister might not lie at home to thus ahem! gentleman." John Brightly 's face flushed, but he took no other notice of the insult, for Uose laid a hand on bis aim, and whis iiered: . . , , "Poor Buy isn't well. He is what do you Americans call it?" "Insolent," John Brightly could not help saying. "Oh, no, no, no. Only a little vexed cross. Come into the parlor. It is much cooler there. 'Que vout etes bon! C'es tleurs son magnitudes. slie exclaimed, catching sight ot the large clusters of water-lilies that Brightly carried in his hand. "You forgot that I don t understand French," he said, smiling tor the-l.rst time as he followed her into the parlor. -Ah, oui! What a pity! But 1 am so thankful to you. 1 must sing at Mrs. Moreland's garden lrty to-night and these are the veritable flowers 1 love most to wear." . "You told me so last evening. "And thereiore you walked through the hot sun to bring them. How good vou are. -It is not such a sacrifice. This is We far- my dinner hour you know . . 1.. l......r iilt ;it lreS4'ltt- lners are extremes u;v j"t so I snatclied-suflkieut tune to jay you a visit." , ., r "Then vou will lunch with us. Ex cuse me for one instant, and 1 will pre pare " , x ., "X.i, I wish to siak to you. "Strawberries and cream ! Can jou resist the temptation?" she said, laugh ing, and trymjl to escai. "Besides, jou never tried my swinge cake, J "Uose," he slid, gravely, "P few moments. 1 have something to saj t0Uuy BUusniout drew near the win dow"and arranged himself iu a com fortable i-osition for hearmg all that down and the color varying : m her face "I have a question to ask on, nose, ....... niT?" w Er"., through the lace cur- - tain a sibulant "no. . , Uose heard the word and turned lle. To her, her brother's will f t., -I don't know," she faltered. i S-rtook on the young fanners face 4ve Twav to deep disapi-ointuieut If. ef. ytln abruit. but 1 thought that perhaps mv actions have given you iriH .T.iect that 1 might ask this question." . Uose was silent. . . , "You think I am too imiatient. 1 i.,nr time for tnis oppor- rnnity. and it triay be my List , chance for mouths. I start tor -ew the midnight train." Rose gathered up all her courage. "Yes, John, I promise. I will be jour wiie whenever you choose. Ruy Biasmont angrily overturned the rustic ehair in u l.;,.l. t, u.. j i . - "nu or- urtLi ueeu , sitting, and entered through the win ! dow. Ah, mes amis," he said, coollv smil ing, "I have been au involuntary list ener to your conversation, and pardon me if I interrupt it, to correct a slight mistake. Monsieur Unfitly, the young lady who has this instant promised to marry you is alreadv pledged to an V.,-!,,;rllie ri, h l"""l'rittor, Monsieur ills." John l?rightly hxiked inquiringly at Lose. ; seemed astonished and then lier color heighteiieil, and she cried indignantlv: "It is false!" "It is true. I have promised Mon sieur Wills that you shall become his wife within the year." "You!" exclaimed Rose, with a ges ture of utter scorn. "l'.y w hat right?" demanded Bright- iy my right as the young lady's guardian and only relation." "I deny that any such right exists," cried the young farmer, iKissiouately. "Take care Buy Biasmont take care. If you attempt to force your sister uow my promised wife into a marriage with another, I will disclose that which will place you w here your interference will I useless." "Indeed!" sneered Biasmont : lint bis countenance fell, "Good bye, Kose," said Brightly, true to me. J. will it-turn as soon as I can. As for you, sir," he cnntin- "ed, looking at Biasmont, "I advise not to try to coerce Miss Blxsinont. doubt you n-ad the jwiiers. There Iw '"ecu a new forgery, (iood-dav." And with another good-bye to Uose, he left the room and walked down the garden iath. Uuy Biasmont went to his room, murmuring imprecations in an under tone. Uose sit down in the parlor.lost in thought. '1 lie Biasmont s. brother and sister. had come from France about two years previously, and taXen the small cottage not far from Moorland. Rose taught French and music in the neighboring families and in one or two hoarding schools in town. She had made herself a general favorite; her mu sical education had beeu thorough, ami her services were in demand and well remunerated. She was a pretty, true hearted little lady, who did her d ut v, and tried to make every one around lier happy. She regarded her brother as a hero. He was her ideal. For him she would have worked until she died; and he would probably have made no objec tion, l'eople wondered where his fast horses and chauqiague suppers came from. From his sister's earnings, ir haps. Soine of them, but not ail. He had no visible means of support. Moor laud lw-ople hoped that Uose would get married soon, if it were only to rid her self of that scamp, her brother. iiuv Biasmont had Ut-u cast on the world by the death of his parents, when very young. While he dissipated his fortune iu l'aris, his sister had remain ed in her convent. One day he found himself penniless. He needed somelio- dv to siipiKirt him. He accordinglv w ithdrew Uose from the convent, and the two started for the United States. Uose could see no flaw in the charac ter tif her immaculate Uuy, until she met John Brightly. Comparing the two men she was forced to acknow ledge that her brother was not ierfect. That he was sellish and insincere she had dis covered, but that he was so utterly base as to sell her to old Mr. Wills, whose offer of marriage Uuy knew that she had once refused, she could scarcely bu lieve. And yet he had admitted it him self! Hot tears dropped from her eyes as she thought of it. Stooping to pick up the water lilies which had fallen from her lyp, she no ticed an open paper on the floor. Half idly, she picked it up and read the words! w ritten on it: "Deak Siu. The man who forged vour name to a check for one thousand dollars has been traced. He is a neigh bor of yours Uuy Biasmont. lhe proof is certain. If you desire to have the matter hushed up, come to New- York at once. If Jou don t come, 1 w ill have him arrested without delay. "Thomas Richards, "Private Detective." To John Brightly, F.sq." Si-arcelv Jcnowing what she was do- in" Rose turned the note in her hand. On the back she saw written in lead pencil: Telegraphed t Richards Dont' proceed. Will start for ew i oik ny the midnight train. J. B." Rose Biasmont ieed the room, pale and tearless. She remembered now this note came there, lhe stems oi the water lilies were wet when John ltriditlv brought them in. lie liad pulled out his handkerchief to dry them, and Rose recollected that a scrap of laier, as she thought, had fallen Xo the floor. "He shall not impoverish iiimseit lor mv sake," she said passionately. "He is poor already. 1 know it. I will pre vent this sacrifice, even though I hand Ruv over to the law. i win pay nun every cent yes: ' And taking a smau book from her iocket, she ran her eye dow uacolumu of figures. "Yes there is something. 1 can pay Jonn isrignuy a iwrt of this money my brother has stolen." A shiver ran inrougn ner as she spoke the word stolen, -u nae mv mother's jewels which Ruy so often wanted me to awn, and three hundred dollars, '' savings, that 1 promised Uuy on his fete day. Yes I will pay him every sou. He shall not remain tKKir eveu one day, for my sake. I will ' take the jewels to-night by the midnight train to New York, aud on the morrow 1 w ill meet John Brightly with the whole sum." Rose was thoroughly aroused. She was naturally high spirited and proud, although those qualities were seldom shown in herordinary life. The knowi ed 'e of her brother's baseness, was proUibly the bitterest exi-erience that could have come to her. Sh i felt the hoiie of becoming John Brightly 'a w ife must be given up. She would not take to him a tarnished name. She hastily wrote a note to Mrs. Morelaud, by whom she had been en caed to sing that evening, and excused herself. Then she went up to her room and did not reaper until in the dark ness she stole to the railroad station. Uose was as impatient as she was un uulsive. The few minutes of waiting .1.- !irri office seemed as many hour's to her. With the knowledge of her brother's crime weighing on her bPiirt. action seemed the only thing that could give her relief. At last the midnight train started. Just as the last car left the station, John Brightly appeared running at full speed. The locomotive went on; he was left behind. He had spent all theeveuing in attempt ing a letter for Uose. So aUsorbed had he beeu in his task, that he had not no ticed the flight of time, and hence his lateness. The next train would lie in at 4:'V). The farm was at least four miles from the station, so John Brightly concluded that he might as well remain where he was. He entered thelittleotlice, which at present was occupied by adilnly huruing oil lamp and a sleepy employe, and gave himself up to thought. He looked Kick on the years of long strugg ling he had passed, in the endeavor to buy that farm ukui the hill; and when his object was almost attained when the last instalment of the purchase money was to lie paid to the owner Uuy Biasmont had to step in, and, bv a few strokes of his lien, swept it all away. It wxs very hard. "Ami vet she shall never know it," he thought. 'I will save her from disgrace, if it costs all 1 have." All that afternoon Uuy Blasuiout re mained in his room. He wauled money, and a large amount, loo. lhe only means to obtain it would lie to marry Kose to a rich man. Old, poinHius Air. U uhs, the wealthy man ot .Moor land, was the jierson he had selected for Uose's husliand. Uose had rejected him once, and then he applied to Uuy. Uuy had promised for Uose, never im agining that his sister would dare o Jiose his all-powerful will. Uuy iS.ismont hau loiind that Rose had a will of her own. Brightly was in the way. Brightly, doubtless, knew more about the forgery than was agree able for the forger. Brightly was a dangeMus Jiersou. Brightly would leave Moorland by the midnight train, l'arbleu! What can one do with a dan gerous person? Ruy Biasmont showed his white teeth, aud closed his eyes as it he were atraid that they would tell the evil thought show ing through them. He wxs not aware that Rose had left the house. Shortly liefore midnight'he stood on the side of a steep emUiuknieut, on the railroad, aliout two miles from Moor land. His hands were torn and bleed ing. He had just succeeded iu rolling a huge rock ,n the track. On either side of the embankment wxs a narrow path. Fifty feet lielow on one side was the river; ou the other were rugged masses of clay and rocks. Running along theemUinkmeiit until he reached the Held to the north of it, he crouched between the fence And the trunk of a willow tree, and waited the coming of a train. "l'arbleu!"' he muttered "Monsieur le diahle will thank me for the cargo 111 send him to-night, liah! they'll die sometime all the same." And he shrugged h:s shoulders. The light of the locomotive grows larger and larger. In another moment the train will be on the emUiiikuient. It Jiasses the held at lightning-like sliced. The moon Is at its full. The engineer perceives the obstruction; but too late. lhe locomotive strikes it, leaps back, crushing in the nearest car, and plunging down the embankment. lhere are shrieks and groans from men and women, and crushing timlier. The locomotive, lollowed by the tram, plunges in among the clay and rocks. At last it falls over on its side, and all who are alive pour from the cars. There are many wounded aud many dead; but Uuy Blxsniont does not see Johu Brightly. He sees another, however, and that is his sister Uose. With her pale, still face upturned, she lies among the rocks, near the dismantled locomo tive, the light from its reflector forming a halo around her. Uuy Biasmont kneels by her side. His lace liecomes rigid. "A mistake," he says, cooly taking a revolver from the breast-inicket of his coat. "I've killed the wrong one. This time I will be sure." He xiints the pistol at his own head and tires. The ball passes through his head and he falls back a corpse. The news of the disaster travelled quickly to Moorland. John Brightly was the lirst to reach the tiimt. He exerted himself nobly, tenderly caring for the wounded, ami reverently remov ing the dead. Approaching the sjiot where the locomotive lay, in search of uiore unfortunates, he received an im pression of horror that never left him nntil his dying day. He saw Uose Blxsinout. He staggered and almost fell. 'Uose! My Uose!" he gxsped. "John!" she cried, joyfully oicuiiig her eyes, "Where ain 1? Is it really you John? Then I am safe!" She wxs safe and unhurt. She had only fainted. iu a dark clump of cypress trees, near the Brightly farm, there is a marble siab. It bears the name "Uuy Bias mont." Mr. and Mrs. Brightly have forgiven him. The remembrance of his terrible crime is the only cloud iu the sunlight of their happiness. Z'Hilogteal Hosiery. The rage of the moment among wo men is zoological hose. Stockings are displayed in the shop-windows up ami down Broadway. They show designs of fowls of all wirts of gay plumage. The caprices of the fxshion-makers are limitless. One jair, 1 noticed, were of dark gray, with long green lizards crawling up the ankles on either side; another had insects of all sorts, such as lnes, Brazilian bugs, caterpillars, etc. The best of these stockings cost from $lti to $M a pair, and there is a ready sale for, them. Many of them have real lace let into the instep, and others are woven iu artistic imitations of flow ers. A iir that attracted a i. ood deal of attention had a wreath of foiget-me-nots elaliorately worked around the calf with a spray of vine running iu and out among the flowers. Another had rose buds scattered lixisely over the sur face. The rage for highly colored stockings hxs reached men. Silk half hose Is now the fxshioualile thing, and all sorts of fancy patterns are iu vogue. Orange, scarlet, Nile green, crushed strawberry and other hues are jro nouueed the correct thing. Men are becoming more fxstidiousaiidexiensive in the matter of jiersoiial adornment than ever before since the dandies of the olden time. Only a few years ago it was considered that a man had done his duty to himself and society when he bought plain half hose and white underwear of the utmost simplicity. Now he must have all sorts of fancy stockings, brilliantly-colored under wear, Turkish slippers, pajamas, dress ing wraps aud Jerseys, or else lie will feel that he is miserably clad. A Kentucky Veniletta. The lawyers in the late Thompson n ap- rue Daviess case in Kentucky were no ("prentices in criminal proceedings. The career of Ihomnsuu senior embraces not alone victories iu desperate murder cases. His own hands are not blood 1111 . 1 1 II hiii.i ,-,' ' . i.n.i. 'in - Kiiinu wiills fluihnKiiii senior ami Tlieo- V.w. re.... ,'....ri nr.k u-itloti tli.a dore Daviess were at suit over a prom-J worry, indoor work, and the excessive sisory note. The suit was full of spirit . use of toliacco." and "heat. Crowds Hocked to hear it, "Do you mean to say that smoking and among those who went were the causes the hair to fall out?" three sons of each of the litigants. The "Just exactly. It is exceedingly in Daviess lioy who bore his father's name, jurious, not to the hair alone, of course, Theodore, promised to young l'hil but to the whole lmdy, drying up the Tlioniiisoii that they go tint into the blood, and thus slipping away the very court-yard and settle the matter. On: life of the hair. The lirst question I the way out, in the hallway, before reaching the yard, a shot wxs tired. Kvery man's hand iu the court room reached for his hip pocket. The Thoin- sons anil Daviesses all ilrew ami iireti I-inie fell desuL Sharp work, mean- while, was going on in the yard, where! departure of your tresses, say 'yes,' young Theodore Daviess had clawed j every time your tonsorial artist asks young l'hil Thompson's scalp like a you if you w ill 'have a little tonic on tiger. Old Hiil, his pistol still smoking, I your head, or w ill take a shauiio.' looked through the window at the com-1 The last mentioned is sure death to the !ataiits and, seeing his boy's face lie- hair,forsoiueof them use a preparation, smeared with blood and supNising him j the ingredients of which contain am to have lieen knifed or shot, siimim over uiouia and animal oil. Now, the hair the sill. Young Theodore ran out of the vard ami started down the street Thompson chased as far xs the gate, when he fired at the retreating figure and the undertaker made three Collins instead of two that week for the Daviess family. The preliminary heal ing satisfied the conimiuiity that every body had had a fair chance and the grand jury refused to indict. The blood and thunder stories told of loe Blackburn may be mythical, except as illustrative of Kentucky principles, but mythical or not it pleases the natives to relate how, when he wxs young at the liar, it fell to him to prosecute a ise that had enlisted public svmiKithv. The evidence went in and they sav Blackburn got as the argument when he wxs warned to quit under penalty of trouble. The next day he appeared in court ami began the argument. He hail nt proceeded far when there was a suspicious muse from the rear. He wheeled to turn confronting him a sym pathizer with the accused in auger and about to strike. Whether Blackburn tired through his pocket or not mythol agy doesn't say, but an instant later the would-lic assailant was ready for an in quest and Blackburn turned coolly to the jury w ith "and now, gentleman, as I wxs saying." Xo one seems to locate this story xs to time or place or to have wrsonal recollection of its occurrence, hut it is told just the same as a sort of tradition. It runs suspiciously current with a well-authenticated experience of Colonel Denny, of counsel for the pro secution. When attorney for his county some years ago it became his duty to prosecute his uncle. Certain meuiliers of the family objected and threatened him with violence, even iu court. The situation becoming critical when the argumentative stage of the proceedings wxs reached, Denny care fully laid a iiir of revolvers on the table in front of him ami saying mildly, "I shall now argue this case," proceed ed without interruption through a snorting argument. The closing day of the trial wxs not more eventful, except in its consumma tion, than had been the most ordinary day. Thompson leaves for Washington where he says he intends to spend most of the Slimmer. His daughter, a child of thirteen years, is at the Georgetown Convent and is in utter ignorance of the events of the pxst month. lie will inform her of everything and then they will plan for the future. Mrs. Thomp son is at the Garuett homestea l, ad joining the residence of the Congress man's uviits. Sue declares her inno cence of the charge against herself and Davis. The Congressman's son remains with his mother. He holds out the pleasing prospect of another murder trial growing out of this case by declar ing that he will kill Jessie Buckuer, to whom he attributes the scandal and its results, on sight, whenever and wher ever he in:iv meet her. Artistic KiMitMtmil. The foot of the fxshiouable woman is just now on exhibition, like a rare thing at a fair, and we need hardly say that it Is made to look its possible best. In the first place, somebody discovered that footstools might lie developed from clumsy chunks of dull caniet into art objects. The consequence is that the rooms iu fxshiouable houses have levn decorated with quaint, novel, and often iieautiiul articles taking the place of the old-fashioned foot-rests. The covers are either of costly woven mater ials or are elaborately embroidered. Im lorted French footsUiols are mounted in frames uixm four light feet, which are covered with plush, aud ujioii which rests a cushion upholstered in jute plush satin velours, silk velvet, or a combina tion of different fabrics. The cost of some of these new toys Is sometimes pretty high, for the covering is often of xs gootl quality as the choicest parts of a lull -dress. They have applique work of exquisite Eastern designs, on deep toned plush or velvet, outlined with gold or silver. Footstools that purport to be relics are prized xs trexsures, though some of these are of extremely doubtful authen ticity. We know ot one which so its owner declares came from Father Hyacinthc's chajiel in Geneva, wnere he used it to kneel on before his let-turn. Another is proudly exhibited as having been brought from Wagner's audience room. Heirlooms and mementoes in the way of fabrics are ruthlessly cut up for footstool purimses. A piece of For rest's "King Lear" costume, bought at the recent sale of the tragedian's ward rolie in l'hiladelphia covers the stool of a leading New York actress. An artist's wife has sacrificed a figure out of his most cherished specimen of Gobe lin tajiestry, and we suppose she would have xs readily cut a clft-rub from au original Raphael if it had been within reach. A favorite stool has no legs at all, but is iu the form of a double cushion, with rings of gimp aud heavy txssels at the comers. In contrast with these soft ones are stools flatly coveredwith em bossed leather, studded with fancy headed nails, and deluding for beauty and value ou the fineness of the carving of the the mahogany, ebony, or other wooden frames. The shapes are square, round, octagonal, and irregular, i'aint ed covers are also in vogue. A bunch of flowers on light satin or a few sprays scattered carelesly is a usual design. A fancy style is made in miniature imita tion of a camp-stool, the seat being in plush, embroidered iu raised work, and the stool of gilt in sticks so slender that a little weight would inevitably break them down. Tha Baldest Cltv. I - T .. .. 1, 41 i Do you know there are luore kilo heads in Chicago than anv place I have ever been in, and. I lielieve than in any ritv in the ' I',.itl States" ,,eri.,l JlR.M.;ilxshan,s,;alpsurg.-on. There are numerous reasons for this, she con - tllltleo "liminlliefir HIIWIlKr W'lilcll urn -1 I "".-) : fxst livhiL' and dissipation, excitement ask a male patient is 'mi you smoke ' "What do you consider the mi'ist fruitful source of liald heads?" "Theliarliers! theharliers! Only stick to tneiii long enoiign, ami i uou i care ,'1 will ruin it. If you w ish to hasten t he is a vegetable, more like a grape-vine than anything else it can be compared to. The ammonia in time sucks out all the life-giving mwer, leaving it dead ened ami faded, and after such a wxsh hxslieen applied, if you examine one of the hairs under a microscope you will see that the oily substance in t lie centre has lieen entirely dried out. Then your ku l XT, when your hair commences to fall out from the frequent doses of poi son applied, recommends cutting it close, or even shaving the head entire ly." "That certainly is lieneficial?" "Beneficial? Why don't you know if you cut a grajievine close to the ground it will die, hut that occasional pi nning is good? The same truth applies to the hair. But it is far lietter never to cut it at all." "You do not advise all the young men to cultivate Bvrouic locks?" "Oh, certainly not ; but I never cut my patients' hair. I bum it off, think ing that far preferable. 1 take a light ed taper, and, gathering up a comhful of hair, run the lire along the edges, burning it off evenly, aud I assure you it is much more lieneficial. 11 "Why is it that there are .so many more bald-headed men than women?" The reply came with a hearty laugh. ''There are not. You see you are not posted. 1 treat just as many women for bald heads as I tlo men. Well, 1 dou t Know xs 1 have lianllv bad xs many who were glassy bald, but they are very nearly so. A short timeagoa young lady, who is well known iu Chi cago iu fact, she Is a north side heiress who moves in the very U-st society, came to me and complained that she wxs not only losing her hair, but that her mind was going. She could not re member from one day to another, and was also unable to sleep. I examined her head and fciiml it terrible diseased. The hair had fallen off iu spots as large as a silver dollar, giving her a singular appearance. 1 put her under treat ment, and in a short Mine removed from her scalp parasites many of which were a quarter of an inch long." 'Do the parasites cause other diseases than those of the scalp?" "In mv opinion thev certamlv do. A diseased head of any kind w ill de velop other ailments, for the brain is a sensitive organ. Ilubln HmnI and the Beggar. Robin Hood, one dav, met a strange looking beggar in the road. The fellow wxs covered with many thicknesses of rags, in fact, his cloak was so patched mil reuitched that, m its thinnest part. it was more than twenty-fold Ills hat was really three hats put together so as to form one heavy covering for his head. He carried a sack of meal swinging from his neck by a leather strap, fastened by a strong buckle. It wxs near night-fall when Uohiu stepped out of the woods, and called to tlie beggar to stop and talk awhile with him. But the clouted tramp iaid no heed to his words, and walked right on as if he had not heard. 'Stop when 1 sjieak to you!" cried Robin, growing angry. "I won't do it," responded the lieggar. quite lxildly. "It is some distance to where I lodge, and I don't care to miss my supper." "Ind me some money." jeeringlv cried Robin. '! must have supiier, too." 'I've no money for you," rescinded the beggar, grutliv. " You are xs young xs I, and you seem lazy aud good-for- nothing. If you wait for your supiier till I give you money Ut buy it, you'll be apt to fxst the rest of the year!" This lxst speech made Robin very an gry- "If you have but one farthing," lie exclaimed, "111 takct from you. So you may xs well lay aside your ragged old cloak and offer no further resistance. Untie your sack, and let me see what is in it, and, if you make any noise, I will see w hat effect a broad -headed arrow can have on a licggar's hide!" But the beggar only grinned at the outlaw, and very quietly said: "loud better let me alone. I in not afraid of your bent stick and little ixiinted shafts, which are only lit for pudding-skewers, If you offer ine any harm, I'll baste you till you'll be g'a l to let me go." Kobin at once flew into a towering passion, and bent his bow to shoot the lieggar; but, liefore he could draw an arrow, the clouted tramp stnu k at him with his oak staff and knocked Ins bow into splinters. Robin drew tils swonl; but, before he could use it, the beggar struck his sword liaud, disabling it, and knocking the weapon away, i'oor liobin wxs in a bad fix. lhe sturdy vagrant now fell upon him, all defense less as he was, and belalsired him might ily. He bxsted his head, his shoulders, his back, his legs, till at hist Uohin fell down senseless. "O tie! stand up, man! Don't lie down to sleep this time o' day! Wait till you get my money, ami then go to your tavern and be merry!" shouted the beggar, in derision; and thinking Uobin was dead, he trudged on his war, not caring a whit for what he had done. Shortly after, Little John, Much, and Scathelix k came up to where Uobin lay. He was moaniruz and writhing, the blood flowing freely from his head. They poured cold water on his face, chafed his hands, and finally restored him to consciousness. "Ah!" he exclaimed with a deep sigh, "I never before was so thrashed. It is forty years that I have, wandered in the greenwood, but no man ever so mauled my back as has that beggar whom you er.I i see trudging away up the hill yoinl J. UKl IJUt II"C IMM11I1 ill UIC till , , . ; . . -,. ,f ,T ,, '"""'.Wl f 1 I T . ! , n,e . tl,Ia,t 1 fear 1 ,,exer shuI' w,1 a"-. . IfOU l'"e H W1 1 a,l,i I did not think he could do me anv ' '' ! larIu ,,B l"Mf ?f ' . i jw.-vi, t'l iic ia vuuu nit: lilt uui ui .til ui yoU J . Xever fear." snid Little John: "Scathelock and I w ill takehiin. Much may stay and take care of you." So the two seized their lmws and ran after the beggar, w ho was leisurely pur suing Ins way over the distant hill. They did not go along the road, how ever, but took a route through the woods, and, running very fast, got ahead of their victim and hid on each side of the road, When the beggar came ou they sprang out, Little John catching hold of his staff and Scathelock holding a drawn dagger In fore his breast. "Give up your staff, or 111 slay you on the sKit!" cried Scathelock. The liegger let go his staff, which Little John stuck in the ground hard by. "Don't kill me!" cried the beggar iu a whining voice. "I never did you harm." "You have nearly killed our master, who lies kick yonder by the road," ex claimed Little John. "Come -along with us, that he may give you your sentence!" "Now," .said the lieggar, assuming a different tone, "I know you are honest fellows, and do not wish to harm ine for acting in self-defense. If vou will let me go, 1 will give you a hundred iMiiinds in good money which I have in my bag." To this proposition Little John and S-athelock agreed. It was a wicked thing; for they intended to get his money ami then take him all tlie same. So they liade him count out the money. The lieggar took off his cliak" and spread it iqion the ground. Then he Hiislung his ineal-cag and put it in the middle of the cloak. Little Johu and Scathelock drew close, to see him count out the good money. As they tl.d so, the lieggar thrust his two hands into t.V Utg, and taking up a lot of meal in each he dxshed it into the eyes of Little John and Scathelock. They were blind- ! ed so that they could uo notlun but dance alxitit and rub their faces. The beggar quickly seized his staff and began thrashing them terribly. He rapx'd them over the head, he basted their backs, he lielabored their broad should ers till the woods resounded with t'ie heavy blow s. As . kiii xs they could escape. Little John and Scathelock bxk to their heels ami ran. It wxs with great shame that they re turned to Kobin ami reported the result of their adventure. The chief laughed at them, and they all three felt iu their hearts that they had got no more than they hail deserved. They had broken their rules in attacking a ixxiruiau, and had Ixx-u soundly punished iu turn The Motli.r m eneral ;rut. Mrs. Hannah Simpson (Iran , the mother of General Clysses Simpson Grant, died recently at her lesulence. No. .VfcJ Pavoiiia avenue. Jersey Citv Jersey She hail reached the givii old age oi eighty-foiiryears. Mrs. Grant was born ou the farm of her father, John Simp son iu Montgomery county, Teiui. She wxs of S-otch origin. Her father inovnl West when she wxs young and settled at Point Pleasant, Ohio, where she was niarrinl in June, 1J1, to.Ics.se R. Grant. General Grant wxs their first child, ami wxs Ixim on April -.'7, lt2. Mrs. Grant hail other children, of whom Mrs. Cor bin, the widow of Alxd U. Corbin, Mrs. Cramer, wife of the Minister to Switzer land, ami the General, are the survivors. Orville Grant dhil two years ago. Mrs. Grant was a Woman of much tiriuucss ami strength of character. She was a inemlierof the Metlnxlist Church from her girlhixid. She li veil for some time at Galena, and was for many years in Covington, Ky. The fame a-hieved by her eldest son seemed to have littleelfect on her. She wxs very little interested, iu matters of display and wxs never Ixixslful. To In r he wxs simply her Ixiy Hiram, as she called him, whatever he might lx- in the world outside. She was at the While House at his first in auguration. Afterthedeathof her bus kind, who dinl at Covington in 171, and who left her a comfortable main tenance, she tixik up her residence with her son-in-law, Alx-I U. Corbin, in Eliza beth, X. J., aud retiiaiutil with him until his death iu ls7:. She tl moved with her widowed daughter to her last residence iu Pavoiiia avenue, At that jxiint the avenue is a broad, country like road, linul with trees. Mrs. Grant's house is in the rear of the Hudson Coun ty Court House. It is on the north side of the way, three dixirs from the comer. lhe house is a two-story frame building, dormer windows, and is aliout twenty five feet wide. It hxs a piazza one story high on the front, and is painted drab. It is furnished very nicely. Mi's. Grant wxs of medium height and build, stNiied slightly but walked w ith out a cane. She wxs verv active for a woman of her years. Her face was round and had "a lx'iievolent expression, which was heightened by hersrow-w hite hair and a pair of sxi taces which she wore constantly. Sue dressed iu dark clothes, tixik frequent walks, and was a familiar object to the neighlxirs. She wxs the first one up ill the house, and was busy all day at something. She al ways read the newspapers, ami kept her elf informed of the news. Her manners were gentle. She attended the Metluxl ist Church regularly until lxst winter. She wxs buried k-side her husband. l'!.t. Mlltl AeleKrup.... The Director of Posts and Telegraphs under the French National Defence, has prepared a complete history of the operations of that branch of the provis ional Government during the Franco Prussian War. One of its mo-it interest ing chapters describes the means to which he resorted to communicate w ith Paris during the siege. Kvery device which ingenuity could suggest wxs em ployed to get disKitches through the German lines, and there were plenty of volunteers for the ditlicult and danger ous service whose devotion wxs equal to any test. Among the contrivances to secrete desimtches were hollow cigars, cigarette pajx-rs written on with invisible ink, shoe soles with concealed cavity, hollow umbrella rils, artificial cavities in the messengers' teeth, the handles oi picket knives hollowed out from the under side, a piano tuner's key, the fer rule of au ordinary walking stick, and so on through a list of all conceivable devices. But the Germans met every scheme with such invincible scrutiny that not a single messenger succeeded in reaching Paris, although many came within a hair's breadth of escaping detection. 4 y !.-'- In Kurope. Thegyiisy is a thorough ami irre claimable vagalxmd. but he hxs manv I U'ixcI xiiiits alxutt him. Ills notions of honesty, rsK-cialy when a fowl or a horse is iu question, do not exactly eor resjxiiid w ith our own, and he cannot e brought to understand the game laws; but he colnp;ires favorably iu most of these resiiects with the tramps ami beggars, and even with the rustic Ialx rers and the lower classes in towns. The mad is literallv his walk in life, ami he practises such trades xs tilikerin" chair-iiiendiiig. cutting clothes-tic". and the like", with assiduity ;Uid indus try. When the weather makes out-of-dixirlife unlx-.iral'le the gypsies settle down afier a fashion; those who have covered wagons, with the sight of whi;-h we are so familiar, halt with them iu some convenient sjxit and live in small communities; others hire an empty cot tage and simply camp down in it. re quiring no I in nit lire but the few arti- cles of Wilding and cooking utensils which served them in their tents. But the English Uomauies do not alTn-t a town life; they keep strictly totheir old nomad traditions. Kiik Yethohn, in S-otland, Is the place iu the British Isles where a settled colony of gypsies exists, for even their haunts in the west of Loudon are deserted as the summer comes round and the country holds forth its irresistible charms. Else where, especially in Turkey and the Dintihiau principalities, there are many villages inhabited by gypsies. Strange to sav, these ix-opie are verv little nnderstixxl. and among other fictions in vogue concerning them, the most xipiilar one, that thev have a king, is totally without foundation. A ineiii lr of the trilx- who hxs reached au ad vanced age, and ki-ome the head of a numerous family of children, grand children and great-grandchildren, is, of course, visited by them at any spot where he or she may have settled down, and as the travels of the clan are regu lated by the seasons, fairs, markets, and so ou. the gatherings naturally k-coine periodical, and greatly exercise the Gentile mind. Of the curiosity thus excited the gypsies themselves are not slow to take advantage, ainl theaucieiit one is dubbed a gviisv king or umi-n for I " ",,ler purixise than to attract visits aim oueuns iioni ine g ,isies. Gypsies are not by any means the out casts of society; they lead a roving life liecause their instincts and traditions induce them to los. The sternest laws are promulgated against them w ithout bringing alxuit the least sign of reform iu their habits, and thev are now only slowly yielding to the influ ence of the enclosure acts, which crowd tiwin out and force them, not to Ix-cmne alisoilied iu the rest of the .ipulaliou, but to seek the free space and fresh air in the far West. Since Mr. Barrow lust tol l how interesting a race they were, with a language, traditions, and customs of their own, differing so en tirely from the ix-a-sintry among whom they live, many nave made them their study, and some very amusing and learned woiks hac been written upon tiieir habits and six-ech; among the most recent of such ixxiks those of Hans Breitlnauu and Dr. Bath Smart are the k-st. The gypsy language is very quaint and expressive, and, although lii this country, at !ca.-t, they have but a limited vocabulary left, they manage by ingenious coinixitiniis to say all they want in it. The origin of the gypsies is a piobiem which hxs never k-c:i en tirely solveii. The aplx'araiice of the gypsies in Wesiern Europe wxs iu the year 1117, when a band of three hundred, under the guidance of thru shrewd and in telligent leaders, asknl and obtained from the Eiupcn-r Sigismtiud. thexix-, and other sovereigns, leave to travel iu their domains. I'hey gave out that thev were emigrants from "Little Egypt;" that they had relapsed from Christianity into heathenism, and had lieen conquered by the king of Hun gary, w ho inqxised ll'xin tlieili a x-ii-ance of litty years wandering xs pil grims k fire reluming to their native land. It is needless to say that the story had not a word of truth in it, but the uauii- Egyptians" hxs clung to them ever since in this country, though they are elsewhere known to Gentiles xs Tohiiiglane, Zmgiin. or some imxli ticalion of the name. They first made an apix-arauce iu England akml the year 1 1) in kinds consisting of from thirty to one hundred families, travel ing in light carts and camping by night wherever a convenient spot presented itself. The women told fortunes, pil fered coins from t hi les men's counters and "drahk-d ktulors" (that is, xis oued pigs) just xs they do at the present day, while the men worked at tinker ing, hxski't-liiaking, and thw like, and occasionally varinl the monotony of their existence by stealing a horse and taking to the highway. Their lawless, nomad life s.x.n brought them under the suspicion of the authorities, and they Were accused of and punished for these crimes and for many others w hich they never thought of committing. During tiie reign of Elizak-lh they were persecuted with exceptional rigor, and nothing but their ix-rsistent nation ality and healthy vagrant habits could have saved them from extermination. l.'vciftiint 4ruwmi iu Key llisl. A coii.e of men in the vicinity of Key West, Fla., have started a grove of 4.IKHI encoauut trees on a small island, an i the young plants are said to Ik- thrifty and vigorous. They had no trouble in ger minating the nuts, but their chief trouble is the aiinovance of rats which eat down theshixitsand to some extent check their growth. At or 7 yeans of age the trees Ix-gin to lx-ar, and it is estimated that the tree will pnxluce a nut for each day of maturity. The cocoanut shows fruit at all stages of development, from the tlower to the riiieunl fruit. Besidi s Itt-ing highly ornamental iu aptx'tiiiince. the fruit is an article of considerable coiniiierci.il importance, xs the demand from the factories that prepare it in a desiccated form and also its large em ploymeiit in confectionery are constantly ou the increase. The estimated value of tiie yield is from .7 to ? l'J for each tree and the cultivation is not xs care ful or exi'iisive as that required for the orange. Many others are contemplating engaging in tins industry m that State, around the coral reefs in the southern liart. The cocoanut tree attains great age and is a certain producer: therefore tiie result cannot fad to lie highly profit able to those who engage in the btisitiess. In a few years the Keys will, no doubt. present a k-autiful apjx-aranee, 1 ringed bv a border of this most graceful variety of the palm family. Bit bow is it possible mat ir: will take warning when they wjf not eveu be advised? MWS IN Bl.lKF. It is est imated that over ."U.nj Ameri cans are studying art in Paris. U halclxiiie. cut into line strips, is now woven into hats. - The llimNxis arc si;:d to have -'".'lO -O00.0o0g.xls. The semi-annual dividends naiab'e in Boston in May aggregate cJ.jj.-Vm. Xinety-ihree thousand acres of land were planted with timlx r in Kansas last year. A Florida alligator culiurist has l.' little reptiles in stock to till orders from the North. A dark lantern worn on the shoulder is considerably n-d in Germany for night shooting. It has lxtii estimated that there are six hundred ihoiisind miles of barUnl w ire fence in" use. - Th ft.-r-iioii .icainers in ImiIhu j haiixir hasealreadv lx gun iheir summer ' trijis to Xantasket' ' Z t. Governor Sheldon, of XV w M.':o. lives iu a house which is years old. It is a iiiaiisiouof one story. Nearly .? 1 l.noo.imii worth of cattle are now grazing in what six years ago was Indian country in Texas. Maine trap'x-rs have k en paid near ly dming the past winter by a single dealer iii furs iu Boston. Ex-Governor I.et.ind Slau ford has lieen coiitiiii d to his house ',,- n. arlv two months by muscular rheumatism. The Assessors- valnat ion of Buffalo, X. V.. shows au inciea-eof s::.'.i.,r, ,gi i.", over last year, k ing now tI 'J.o.U.-j:;",. A lulu breathes about eighteen times a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - and uses:; roocubte Vet, or about :7'i hogsheads of air per hour. On the Western end of the Cana dian Pacilie road sihmi ( ;.iu.iuie!i and JOO whites and Indians arc ciuploved. There are slid to k- l i practicing young lawyers in Xeu II tveu. Conn., whose income does not average cl' t pel" week. Mr. Joseph Mel, II. editor of the (.'hi eago T, ;'.'. has i c;i traveling ::i th.' South all winter and has just arrived al home. Three thousand ili.-jki-itnis iu Con necticut savings banks have not made inquiries alut their nioiiey for tvvcntv years past. N-uator Pain, t" Michigan, has st year's salary to found a :i!!i,- .''licit t "mc:iiii'i'.i ' S. C. . ui il -s given in a Iv.infe his fu tile city of Iv.ioit. to museum of ai l. The ground lip n w stands was puri-hase 1 ! ikmt ninety yens ago b!' sixty -seven cents x-raeie. Great Britain Ins thir.ei-n tlioii sitid registered chemists and druggis's. a id twenty-three thousiu 1 register.-1 m- Il eal practhioui-rs. The Canadian I' n li i ut r.-m tins ui session an average of To working dav s. and costs a iuur.i;e, or about "--'.-i)0 xu- session. The largest mice plantation in Brazil, and probably in the world con tains l.iO!Mi.kilx ai i!igt!i s ;,u. I h takes ' slaves to work it. I lie total estimated hildreii of si hixil age in I' ;u!,i'!ou of land is 1.- I'i'.'.'.U !. of w hom "i.V mi litary day schools. The En I of J. lakiring lin n in one villages fifteen acres .i- 1 are m t.ie c!e- I'sey has given to of his ( Kf'ordshire ui" ground, iu plot or from halt an acre to three acres each. The Jewish Times notes that lie brews in Kussia who keep Ciirisiiatis as domestic servants, eveu without trving to proselvtie Uieiu.aie iined live roubles daily. The aggregate value of the property of colored xi.ple throughout T.-ua- sse,; is set ilow n at ?. I7s.:."il. being an in crease of Jol.l.'.l over the ti'e:'ediu' year. Mr. George Bancroft. Ihehistonaii. is in his eighty-third year. H- loves roses. He loves nis.1 to rid.' h.rs. !it k. lie sits erect, an 1 eni ivs tlie in it ion oi the thoroughbred. Massachusetts li.sheries employ 117 persons, and at least ItHi.ooo are sup ixirtcd by this industry, which has just passed through an uuu-ua!!y- prosperous year in lSti. In England in the year H-g there were -go::.'.!.-, marriages, s-w.tiin births. and ."1'.7S.'; deaths. In London there were .'fci.lll. marriages. t:;.;.-g hi births. ami SJ.;; i.", deaths. There were on the farms in the Uni ted States on June 1, lss horses, l.sij.;:y mules. :.i:; h..Ti7.!-7 s. !.i:!,,.7ii oxen. . lss..v. I oi bel li, and W.i.'i.d 12A',S; milk cows. cattle, :; "i.r.il.l.i!; shee swine. The p i.st season in J icks.mv ille. Fla., though rather short, hxs ken tli most prosxTous m the city ". history. A iretul investigation sho.ys that H.b.7 tourists have visited the citv during the iast w inter. The Hon. Miver II. Morton, of Chi cago, Mrs -ssi the oulv bust of John Wesley known to l- la!. i n directly fn Iu life. lie purchxs."d it from Mr. f.eorge .lohn Stevenson, of Loudon, during the Ecumenical Conference in lss A trestle work k-iiigcon-t rm !-! for a railroad across Like I'outch.irtrani, lmisiana. ktok-l miles in length This distance comprises l ;; miles from People's AveiiueCau.il to the Point. -"; miles across the lake. and 2I-I' Hides from the north shore. A company has k en forim-d in Vienna to undertake the general busi ness of washing windows. It is likewise prepared to execute orders for t he scrub bing of house fronts aud vestibules and the cleansing of mirrors aud slow eases) and doubtless for all kiii'Iredi-crations An Irishman named Foley, in Brad ford, England recently iu a spirit of bravado drank thirty-six glasses of u bis key in rapid succession, (f course ho died just after his thirty-six! ! drink. D-Iamiay, the famous Theatre Fraiieaise actor, hasdetermined to for sake the stage k-cause the authorities refused list .lau'ury to grant him tin Cross of tiie Legion of Honor. It is in tiinatcd, however, that, should the cov eted jewel now k- offered him In; would accept it, and consent to remain en ti.e stage a few years lung'-:-. Xevvslead Al.licy has thrice changed hands since it ki time the property of Iud Byron. It wxs sold, with lhe es tate, by the x-t to Mr. ( 'lawton for.7w, iill, and resold by the latter in Isi-i, to Colonel Wildinaii, for -slTo.tMo. The Colonel left no Issue an I the estate was sold after his death to Captain Webb, the present owner, w ho it Is understixxl would entertain a reasonable offer of purchase. The place has k-en vastly improved since Byron's time, when it was in a miserable plight. f; v u
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