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VOL. XXXVII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1SS3.
NO. 30.
SWKKTHEAKT.
n,f trs iin out on the wide, wide aea
With I'S111 'hat is ne'er forgot;
Rut voor eye, sweetheart, shine out on me
With hi'lit that the stars know not.
nt Urks sine ft, in the fresh green grass,
Ibeir heaven-taught melody;
But the birds are dumb as your sweet wonls
joss
Sirill-winseJ as the light to me.
jle ruse climbs up to my window-neat,
And fciluis In its rich erfuiiie;
Bat the breath of your lips is sweeter, my
And tlicir crimson is love's rie bloom.
Oh, Hps that were fashioned for kissing
mine,
XUat whiiT in love's low tone!
Oh. ey iliat out of love's vast deeps shine!
Sweetheart ol'niy heart, mine owu !
Von have feasted me, love, as the rose the
liee,
Ou the sweets of your lis and your eyes;
y,.u have ojiened love's portals and given
to me
Tli cycles of Paradise.
WAS IT FAIK OF UIM
X lovely day in September. The
raw of the sun are tempered by a slight
iuie that lies over the sea, while the
air is so calm that the flag at the end
of the pier has hung motionless the
hole morning.
At the foot of the cliffs, among the
boulders, sits a girl sketching a girl,
who. in her pretty pale tinted dress,
relieved by a bunch of ioppies at the
unk and another in the becoming little
sailor hat, makes a fair picture herself.
f-he has a sweet, earnest face framed
with curly dark hair that falls softly
un the White forehead, which is just
now prettily puckered in the earnest
ness of her task.
By her side, stretched to the full
length of his tall, athletic figure, re
clines au equally fair eciuieu of the
unfile sex, his thoughts apparently
air away, jui'ging by the absent look in
lie Landsoine gray eyes which are
looking out to the sea.
Suddenly he rouses himself, and
pushing his hat a little further back
from his broad white brow, turns lazily
on one eibow, and says, penitently:
-I am awful sorry, Miss Grey. You
mut think me a very dull companion,
1 am Mire, but the fact is, that from
Iring alone so much when I was abroad.
I Lave acquired a veiy awkward habit
ef going into day dreams without the
slightest regard to time and circum
stances; so please accept mv most hum-
hie ajiologics;"' he concludes, looking
pleadingly into his comiunion s lace.
A soli iar.iih answers his words, and
Dora Grey says, gently, without rais
ing fer eyes:
Tray "don't aiologize, Mr. Carelton.
I aui afraid I must plead guilty to the
weakness of absent-mindedness myself
occasionally, and at the present mo
ment I was so engrossed at tins difficult
piece of sky that 1 had almost forgotten
vuiir jiresence."
--"Oh," says Frank Careltou, blandly,
under his breath, w hile the girl's sweet
roice resumes, unconscious of the in
lerniption: "1 ahvavs think that one of the tests
of true friendship is being able to be
'with a jierson, and either talk, think,
or keep silence, as long as you choose,
without the expectation of giving of
fence." Oli," says Frank, tesuming his old
attitude, "1 suppose you go in for that
sort of thing; most young ladies do for
time."
"I don't know what you mean by
'going in for that sort of tiling,' but I
certainly believe that there are such
rople to 1 met w ith as real, sincere
lriends iu every sense of the word."
"Naturally enough at your age, Miss
Grey; but pardon me, when you have
lived a little longer you will find people
are not always w hat they seem, nor are
their protestations of friendship1 much
to be depended tllHili."
-However old 1 may live to be," says
Kr, -1 hoi I shall always have as
much faith in my fellow-ens Hires as 1
have now; and 1 tirnily believe it iossi
lie to meet with those who will,
through riches and ioverty, good reiort
and evil, lie steadfast and unchanging
Iriends." And blushing at her own
earnestness lkra resumes the brush,
winch she had been neglecting for the
last lew minutes.
Frank smiles under his mustache at
the girlish outburst, but turns and looks
gravely enough into the charming, shy
lace and says w ith a sigh:
"Ah, child, you don't kuow what
Jou are talking about. Just put it to
yourself a moment, aud tell me, do you
think vou could be such a friend if twed
be?" "
"I do!" is the quiet, earnest answer,
and something iu the pure face makes
Frank take, the little bare hand nearest
liim into his and kiss it reverently.
Tien, letting it go, he says gently:
"1 supiiose, Miss Grey, your theory'
would not allow friendship between two
f opposite sex?"
ertaiuly it would," replied Dora.
'"I can never understand why the re
gard which may exist between a man
and a woman should not be dictated
by a feeling of true, earnest friendship,
and, as such, be frankly shown before
the world. 1 dare say you think me
very foolish,1' the sweet, girlish roice
concludes, a little hastily; "my sisters
at home have often laughed at what
they call my 'peculiar notions.' "
There is no reply for a moment, for
Frank is looking earnestly over the
sea; then he tunis w ith an air of having
made up his mind to something, and
says, uuietly:
"Dora, w'ill you be such a friend to
hie?"
The girl's cheeks flushes, and she
turns to meet the expected smile; but
the glance which meets her is grave
and earnest, and the clear gray eyes
lik honestly into hers.
There is a memeutary pause; theu
she lays her pretty white fingers gently
into the baud outstretched to meet
them, and says, steadily:
. ''I will, Mr. Careltou, as far as it lies
in my jiower, if vou wish it."
"1 do wish it," says Fiauk concisely,
bis hand closing firmly round the
timid little fingers, over which he bends
his handsome head before releasing
tliem, and upon'which he imprints a soft
kiss to ratify the com tact.
The pretty white house, nestling
among the dark firs, which are such au
addition to the beautyof the coast near
Sandcornbe, belongs to Mr. Harrington,
"u he and his pretty wife are never
"wre pleased than when they can in
duce as many as possible of their num
"uus friends to visit them; and they
particularly happy in the selection
f their guests, and are never tired of
vising some pleasant plan of amuse
ment Kavenswood house is almost al
ways gay and lively with pleasant
laughter and merry chatter.
Mrs. Barringtou wasa Miss Grey, and
Dora is her pet sister, so she often stavs
at ivavenswood for months together.
! Frank Carelton has onlv lieon dnu-n
from London a fortnight. He is a ris
ing young barrister, with a good private
income of his own; but this has not
prevented his overworking himself a
little, and he has accepted Oscar Har
rington's pressing invitation to recruit
his strength iu the bracing air of Sand
combe. There are not so many guests as usu-d
at Kavenswood house just now, so Dora
and Frank have been thrown together
a good deal; and Mr Carelton is too
fond of the society of pretty girls not to
think it a very pleasant arrangement
altogether.
The day follow ing the little talk on
the beach there is a large inllux of vis
itors; but Dora finds, to her satisfaction,
that iu walks or drives Frank seems
ever at her side, as usual.
One day she laughingly remarks the
fact, but he merely says, quietly:
"1 prefer friends to acquaintances,
Dora. If you are tired already of our
bargain, say so; but it is only natural
that, under the circumstances, 1 should
choose your society rather than that of
anyone else."
bo the two wander about together
contentedly, though not unnoticed, for
many are the glances and little innu
endoes they have to encounter, much to
IKira's expressed disgust as she freely
discusses tne matter with Frank.
"It is too utterly ridiculous," she says
angrily, as they were cne day walking
through the woods; as if we were bound
to be talking a lot of nonsense about
love just because we are alone together,
"Ridiculous, indeed," calmly asserts
t rank; "wait until Mr. and Miss Ilight
appear, and we go off with them re
spectively; then these clever teople will
see the dinerence eh, Dorai"'
Dora's heart gave a sudden jump, but
she answers in her usual gentle voice,
though she is rather silent during the
remainder of the walk.
"1 am extecting Miss Bruce down
here to-morrow, so I warn all those of
you gentlemen who still possess that
useful article, a heart, to guard it well,
for Nelly is a fascinating pussy."
So says Mrs. Harrington at the lunch
eon table one day; and to those who
know the young lady spoken of, the
announcement appeara to give univer
sal satisfaction.
"And who is Miss Bruce?" asks
Frank of lora Grey, by whose side he
is sitting.
"One of the loveliest girls you ever
saw in your life," puts in Mr. Barring-
ton, betore Dora can reply; "and just
your style, old man, I should imagine."
I rank Carelton looks at lora, and
rejieats, iu a low voice, meant for her
ear alone.
"Just my style. Can my fate be ap
proaching already i '
"l'erhaio," is the only reply, given m
equally low tones. "Do joj hoiie it
may be so?"
"I dont quite know,"" said the young
man, gently. "1 have my friend, you
know, Dora."
"But, notwithstanding, Mr. Frank
appears to find the charming, fair-hair
ed girl, who is told off to his care the
next evening at dinner, very attractive;
and when the gentlemen rejoin the ti
dies he makes his way straight to the
Ottoman upon which Miss Bruce is sit
ting.
-How selfish I am," murmured Dora
to herself, as she watches Frank's tall,
handsome figure crossing the room in
order to turn over Miss Bruce's music;
aud somehow everything seems a little
dull and uninteresting to the girl's
mind, and a heartache accomianied
her to bed that night.
But it is gone by the morrow, and
Dora is her own sweet self, and as days
go on she resumes her nit her neglected
sketching, thoug'i by degrees she finds
how often she is without her faithful
friend, and she misses his cheerful chat
ter and genial laugh more than she will
acknowledge. For Frank Careltou's
jesting words seem to have come true,
and he shows no signs of his evident
admiration for pretty Nellie subsiding,
forit is at her side he lingers now. And
there is evidently a very good under
standing between them, for it necessi
tates much low talk and apiwrent ier
suasive eloquence on Frank's iart; and
somehow the thought of those two will
persist in obtruding itself on Dora's
mind, no matter what she is doing.
At last matters came to a crisis. A
picuic is arranged to be held iu some
woods a few miles inland, and during a
luu heou on the grass Frank and Nellie
are, as usual, together, and the girl is
in such a merry mood that it is evident
she fells very happy. lora feels more
than ever the foolish position into w hich
her girlish ignorance has led her re
flecting Frank, for more than one re
mark reaches her, referring iu no very
llattering terms to his conduct. But
she defends him ou every occasion, and
iu such a sweet, unconscious manner
that suspicion is at once disarmed re
specting the state of her heart.
But the effort to dissemble her disap
pointment in Frank's sudden avoidance
is too great to-day, and she manages,
after luncheon, to steal away entirely
alone, intending to sketch a pretty little
glade she had often visited.
But when she reaches the spot she
merely seats herself on the Uink, and
fiercely argues out her own unreason
ableness, as she terms it. But the pro
cess does not seem to be satisfactory,
for presently one or two tears force
themselves slowly from behind the
closed eyelids, and the girl gives way
to a passionate flood of tears.
By degress the sobs subside, and the
soothing effect of the soft, warm air and
subdued quiet around begin to be felt,
and leaning her uncovered head against
the hard trunk of a tree, she falls fast
asleep. So fast, indeed, that the sound
of advancing footstej does not make
an eyelid quiver; and when Frank
Carelton reaches her he stands for a
moment looking down at the little fig
ure iu its attitude of careless grace
w ith au expression uion bis face that
is not exactly faithful to the memory of
Miss Nellie Bruce.
Just then Dora stirs a little, and a
weary little sob bursts from the pretty
parted lips. This is more than Frank
cau bear, and in a moment he is kneel
ing beside her, and the startled girl is
taken tenderly into his arms, while the
curly head leans for a moment uncon
sciously against his breast.
"What is it? Where am I?" mur
murs Dora, and looks up so quickly
that a soft mustache brushes her cheek.
"Oh, Mr. Carelton," she summers,
trying to disengage herself and blushmg
deeply at the position in which she
finds herself.
"Dora darling," says Frank, earnest
ly, "what do these tears mean? Tell
me, dear." And he holds her so firmly
sue can scarcely cove.
"Nothing much." falters the trirl.
blushing again as she recollects their
true cause. "At least, nothing I could
ten you,-' sne concludes, as Frank s
gray eyes look into hers as if to read
her very heart.
"Now, Dora," he says reproachfully,
"I thought you and I agreed always to
tell each other our troubles. Do you
call that looking upon me as your
menu.-
"But I could not possibly tell you,"
rejieats Dora, succeeding in drawing
herself away, though her heart beat
wildly at the tender look upon the
handsome face look ing into hers. "How
is it you are here?" she asks, to change
the subject; "and where is Nellie?"
"1 followed you, child," is the reply.
ignoring her latter question. "I intend
to know the meaning of these pale
cheeks. I have noticed them for the
last tw o or three days, aud I want to
unu out it mere is any reason for them.
Do you know what 1 would give half
my life that they did mean?" he savs
passionately; while Dora, a little fright
ened, raiters out a timid ".o" w ithout
looking at him.
"Well, 1 won't tell you yet," he
says, more quietly, "but I will let you
into a secret that will interest you, about
Nellie Bruce. What is it, child? Are
you cold or faint?" for Dora started
and closed her eyes.
"No," she says, with a smile, "Go
on, Mr. Carelton."
"Well," he continues, "It turns out
that Miss Nellie was a few months ago
engaged to one of my most intimate
friends, Harry Sylvester, and a rare
good fellow he is, too; but they man
aged to quarrel over something, and
the affair was broken off, though both
were as desperately in love as could
well be. I happened to hear poor old
Hal's woes at the time, and from put
ting two aud two together, and writing
a letter or two to Sylvester, 1 think 1
have managed that all will bo well
agaiu without any compromise of dig
nity on either side. Mrs. . Harrington
has asked Harry down next week, and
so I told Nellie; so let us hoi when
they meet they will see the error of
their ways once and for all. Why,
Dora, how pleased you look; you care
to hear about a love affair after all."
"It isn't that I thought you cared
I mean, Nellie cared "
"Were you jealous?" interrupts
Frank, passionately. Dora, my own
darling, is it possible that you love me
after all?" and he takes the sweet,
blushing face between his hands and
looks dowu into it rapturously.
"lk you kuow, my dear one, I have
loved you ever since the first week I
came herebut you seemed such a sweet,
ca'ui little maiden that I despaired of
making you even think of me, so, dar
ling, may I confess and tell you I fell
into your pretty little plan of friendship
just to try aud see if I could awaken
any deeper feeling iu that pure little
heart."
"Oh, Frank," savs Dora, reproach
fully, lifting her lovely dark eyes to his
face, then dropping them at w hat she
read there, "was that quite fair?"
"Everything is fair in love and war.
replies F rank, fondly kissing the pretty
lips softly, with au air of proud tosses-
siou, "esjieeially when the strategeiu
ends in surrender."
And Dora leans back her dark head
against his shoulder, sighs contentedly,
and says nothing.
lltcairn Ilaul.
After a fine run the Bark l'arsee
dropiied anchor a mile off I'itcairu
Island, where she was boarded by eight
descendants of the old mutineers of the
ship Bounty. These people, iu the ca
bin, sang several sacred songs aud held
religious services, and upon taking their
deiurtuie sang "l'ull tor the shore"
as good si vie as the Captain ever
heard, "even as good as the singing at
the monster concert held in Boston se
veral years ago," said he. They re
imi ted the number of inhabitants to be
lOo, and that all were well and in good
spirits. 1 he females were m the ma
jority, and instead of provisions those
boarding the shiiw seemed to preier
jewelry, castile soap and cologne. One
young leliow was particularly anxious
to secure a pair oi sleeve-buttons: so
pleased were the visitors with having
been presented with some of these gew
gaws that they went ashore without the
provisions and clothing they had been
presented with. They informed the
Captain that the Island was callable of
producing enough for 000 iople, and
that they had goats, sheep, pigs, chick
ens, dogs and cats iu plenty, iney
were all of somewhat darK color, snow
ing their Tahitian blood, and while the
meu were strong and handsome, the
women were well-formed aud beauti
ful. One young fellow aboard the ship
was so struck with the beauty ol one
fair damsel that he wished to leave the
ship, but the islanders would not ir-
ln it this, as according to meir law no
stranger cau find a home with them.
A Hone's yueer Pedigree.
' It was," slid Mr. CampbslI, "in the
old, old days, when conductors wore
conduct j; when he was 'captain of
the ship,' as it were. In those days
conductors were nabobs; thea it wa
that Bdly Mains palled the bdll-cord of
a glass window train on a Southern rail
road. Billy was a nabob, aud Billy's
dinmouiU flashed scarcely less bright
than the headlight of his trmn a loco
motive. Wheu his train pulled- up at
the end of the run the high-stepper that
trotted at the front end of Bdly s buggy
champed his bit restlessly till his tooy
master look the ribbons iron? me 'cuneu
pusses' who held him. and drove rapid
ly away to his hotel.
Billy never waiKea any wnerei ana ue al
ways wore diamonds, no matter who was
aroonc), o wheu it came tune for turn
to go to the general cuioe to mane out
his report, the horse aud buggy stool
at the door and he wot thre at a 2:10
gait. One day, after having made his
report, Bdly came to the fuse door and
met the 1'retUeut of the road (the horse
and boggy and colored boy had waited
for the conductor).
'Good mormnK. Billy. A ice horse
you have lhere,' said the President.
'1 should say bo a regular goer.
smil.d Bdly.
'Blooded stock. lSHlyT asked M.T. T.
Yes, oh yes, sir.
What's his pedigree, Billy?' ontiu-
ued Mr. Tyler.
'Ha's out of -Railroad by Conduct
or,' replied William, and as he 'took up
the ribbons again, he waited just long
enough to say: 'and I think dammed by
Stockholder .
The Kimball
House at Atlanta is
to be rebuilt,
The Haunted Lolt
There it was again.
That horrid scream.
Eve.y hand in that great mill heard
it and trembled with a dread of some
unknown danger.
It was one of the most mvs'erioiisaiid
evasive disturbers I had ever attempted
to straighten out, and it proved a ver
itable puzzler, and took many long
months before I at last got the ghost
laid. And then it was by the merest
acciden that but I have not vet told
the story.
Iu most old mills there are old men
who have been for years among those
who daily went their rounds, and on
Saturday nights smoked the pii of
lace 'neatn the shadow or their own
lintel. In the Peacock, however, there
was but one of these old fellows Geo.
Wood by name a faithful old fellow
who had seen the first suule full of
earth dug which made a way for the
heavy foundation, and he hail almost
literally counted each brick as the
walls slowly rose to their "four-storv-
aud-attic" height. Somehow the Pea
cock had always a difficulty in retaining
its hands, various causes having oiiera-
ted to keep them changing, but George
nau, inrougu all the years of disaster
or prostierity, faithfully and regularly
answered at the gate to the morning
rou can. lie had worked in all parts
of the mill and at all times of the day
or night, and was as familiar with all
the ins and outs of the labyrinthine
cellars and the cobwebby lofts as it
was possible lor any one iierson to be.
V hen 1 was first startled out of my
composure by this most unearthly yell,
and failed to find its cause. I sought
George and asked if he had any idea of
the cause, or if he knew anything of its
origin, h hiie 1 was yet talking with
him, near one of the converters, the
most heart-rending scream acrain
sounded, apparently from the rag room.
wnicn was on me top noor of the east
wing. It sounded loud and shrill, clear
above the clatter of the null machinery.
L gh. 1 he marrow in my bones seems
even now to freeze into a painful solid
ity as l thiuK of it. lhere was a liecu-
liar vanty about it that w as boai start
ling aud fascinating. Indeed, the
thing came to have such a horrid fasci
nation for me that I caught myself
listening for it and simulating as to
the probable character of the next ner-
tormance; for, that it was human I telt
quite well satisiied though who could
be playing the disturbing prank I could
not tor the lue of me determine.
At times It was the wail of a lost
soul, at another it was a cry of terror,
men it would be as though m the agony
of desimir, but the most riigbtful of all
was a yell of demoniac rage, which
seemed to ring and echo through the
remotest iarls of the mill, and for
time completely upsetting the nerves of
every one withm its walls, and depriv
ing tneui or au ntness for their work,
Another peculiarity of it was that
once outside the building even a few
feet away not a sound could be heard.
I hunted high and low. but had so
far failed to tiud it. I grew mote and
more determined that 1 would hnd it
and stop it, or I'd own nyself dead
beat and leave the mill; for that some
thing must be done was evident.
could scarcely keep together enough
hands to keep the mill running. Aud,
outsiue, n was the talk of the town.
l studied the wuid, read books on
deinouology and witchcraft, experi
mented with all kinds of hideous sound
ing whistles, but had not arrived at
anything which gave even a clue to
the mystery- Night work iu the lofts
was at a complete standstill, 1 could
get no one to woiK up there.
"What! Go up there! Why, Mr.
Green, I'd sooner die than do it."
"I'd die with fright." said another
So I sought Wood in my declaration,
hoping to strike a trail which my
mind s eye had but dimly seen that
evening. I'll let George tell the story
in his own words, merely premising
that he had a quaint delivery, which
gave a iculiar charm to the narration,
although it was of no advantage to me
in unraveling the all-absorbing mys
tery.
GKOUUK WOOD'S STOKV.
"Lemme see, 'twas 'bout in '47 I
reckon, thar stood right over that on
what was then the river bank, a two-
story frame house, which used to be
used ior a tavern; so they sed, at least,
though it hadn't but two rooms up
stairs an' two down so far as I know.
But it was a drinking aud litin' place,
bein' a kind o' headquarters fur the
raftsmen and other hard nuts that
b'long 'bout rivers and river towns.
L's boys were all feared o' that house,
an' wouldn't none of us go nigh it il
we could git 'round it any way. Peo
ple used to pint thar lingers at it au'
look kind o' mysterious and shake their
heads whenever it was mentioned. I
guess it was a purty tough place, and
that many a murder was committed
thar that nobody never knowed about.
" 'Long iu the winter, or late in the
fall o' 47, a handsome, big stranger
came iotowu a huutin' lor his brother.
He sayed they was goiu' to Mexico to
gether, and that Jean had come down
the river first, with some lumbermen,
an' was to write when he got here.
But they never got nary a word, and
finally t:ie brother came down to look
after him. There was some ugly stories
floating about, but nobody seemed in
clined to take much part, for in truth
most was afeared to git 'Ole Greasy,'
the owner of the shanty, down on 'em.
n ell, one evening the stranger strayed
iu there, iuteudui' to keep his eyes
oeu and his head clar and mebbe he
would find out suinp'u 'bout his
brother. He had been thar praiis an
hour, w hen there was a terrible rum
pus iu the shanty a big fight was ap
lrently agoin' on. Soon a crowd of
us boys congregated and stood with
oin eyes and stretched ears, but about
all we could hear was a lot of cussin';
and one thmg l heard the stranger say,
l ou kuieu my urotuer ana now you
want to murder me.'
"They fit out to the door, and busted
it oien, and three men, with clubs in
their hands, apiieared pounding over
the head of tint stranger. They killed
him right before our eye3. He told
em that every drop of his blood and
his brother's should grow iuto a demou
to torment them, aud that nothing
should grow or prosper on the cursed
pot."
"Boss, that wall stands ou the very
spot where he was killed. An', boss,
you kin believe it or not, but, sure as
you are a livin' man, that man's sperit
walks along hat wall every night at
twelve o'clock, and if you'll take the
trouble to put the lights out an' watch,
as I've had to do many a night, you'll
see yourself."
1 thanked Wood for his Btory, but
was no nearer a solution than before. !
Shortly after this we found it necessary i
to make some openings under the eaves
ior ventilation, and we found what.'
An old fruit can hung by a string to a
rafter just in front of a knot hole. In
the can was a round pebble which very
successfully imitated at a distance
the death rattle which all had heard
aud shuddered at. The only mystery
now was, how did the can get there.
Cut Ubua.
The manufacture of glass has always
been an attractive aud interesting
study, and many of your readers will
doubtless recall with pleasure, prob
ably, the only in-sight they have ever
had into the details of its production.
as they lingered around the glass-works
ot our Centennial Lxpositiou, so fasci
nated with the process by which the
fairy-like shapes were formed in crys
tal, they were loath to pass on to other
attractions so patiently waiting to ab
sorb their attention in some new quar
ter. It will probably be news to some,
but nevertheless a fact, that the cut
glass now being produced in America
rivals the very finest sjiecimens impor
ed. in cutting as well as in purity and
brilliancy of material.
The present demand upon the manu
facturers, from the leading houses iu
New York and Philadelphia, and, in
fact, all large cities, is so great they
require a long time for delivering of
orders. One of the largest furnaces for
the manufacture of glass, from the
most ordinary lamp chimney to the
largest fruit bowl, destined to adorn
some aristociatic sideboard on Fifth
avenue, or perhaps our own West End,
is located at Corning, in the State of
New York, where one may follow the
sand, creamy white and clean, to its
fiery bed, note the addition of the
'flux," and theu turning toother aer
tures in the great stack, see the nyjlten
mass drawn from crucibles iu incande
scent bulbs deejiening rapidly to orange,
as it rolled, blown, and shaed into
something comely and useful.
This pure white sand comes from
Cheshire, in Berkshire county, Mass
That it may be melted there is mixed
with it oxide of lead, sulphurate of
liotash, saltpetre, borax, and arsenic
iu proier quantities. This is put into
crucibles, which are subjected to the
fiercest furnace he-it for thirty-six
hours before it becomes clear. These
crucibles are made of clay from Mis
souri called "Christie fire-clay." This
is mixed and softened by treading with
the feet and theu moulded into shaie
by hand. .Each crucible will hold a
torn' Ten of these are built into each
furnace. In these furnaces tires are
kept burning constantly, ten tons of
coal being consumed in each one daily.
The crucibles require tilling up every
twenty-four, hours aud time given for
melting. When the glass is melted it is
taken out in quantities needed, on the
end of au iron tube, about live feet
long and an inch iu diameter, the glass
being of about the consistency of mo
lasses candy when ready to pull. Bv
blowing In this tube the glass is made
hollow, and of almost any shaite which
may be desired. After the glass is
shaped it must be put into ovens and
heated, and gradually cooled in order
to anneal or toughen it. The best
skilled workmen receive as high as jJl
per week for their services.
The same deep interest follows the
process of cutting. 1'irst comes the
horizontal iron wheel, uiton which
water and grit or saud, drip continually
On this the edges of the glass are
squared or smoothed. Then the arti
cle passes into the hands of the skilled
artisan, who grinds out the glass into
any desired figure, uikmi a grindstone
brought from Cragleith, Scotland. This
is a thin stone, brought down to an
edge, and uin it the workmen grinds
the glass according to the pattern be
fore him, the glass often being entirely
unmarked. I his process is very slow.
and therefore very exieusive, many
days being required uinm elaborate
places. It a mistake is made, ever so
slight, or any flaw occurs, the whole is
consigned to the waste as broken glass,
ht only to be remelted. Ss precise are
these manufacturers that some pieces
uiou which worth of labor have
been expended are frequently con
demned for flaws which an unskilled
eye would not detect. The cut dish
goes next to a wheel made of wood of
willow, for polishing, and theu from
washing and liuishiug to a wheel of
tarapico brush, wet with putty. The
cutters receive from 2,00 to 1 a day.
The Stomach.
The stomach has no more to do with
digestion than have the liver, pancreas
and intestines. Each contribute to the
process of digestion. By the constant
motion of the stomach, the food is more
fully brought into contact with the di
gestive glands. Iu this, and its special
action iu at length forcibly expelling
food from it, the stomach is not parti
cularly different from the vermicular
(worm-like) motion and expulsive power
of the intestines.
The stomach acts as a receptacle by
which we are enabled to take a sufficient
quantity of food at convenient inter
vals, so that we may not be always eat
ing. Even its iower to reserve its ac
tion, as in vomiting, is possessed, and
sometimes used, by the intestines.
I he glands near the intestinal oiieii-
ing of the stomach (the pylorus) secrete
an alkaline fluid; the others, au acid.
.acn, however, equally digests meat.
V onuting does not necessarily imply
a foul stomach. A thought in a sen
sitive person a blow ou the head,
tickling of the nerves near the gullet,
the synqiathetic influence of other or
gans, may cause vomiting. It is pure
ly a nervous action, and the nerves
causing it may be irritated in many-
ways. Even the foul contents of the
stomach cause the vomiting only by
irritating the nerves of the brain.
Hence the pain and vomiting of sick
headache may be due either to foul
stomach or solely to an independent ir
ritation ot the central nerves.
Xfpat, isrfitfpstpi! in tlipstnmnrh? f:if
bread aud other articles further along.
But the stomach is not essential to the
digestion even of meat. The latter can
be digested just as rapidly and well in a
bowl with iepsin at the right tempera
ture. Of course, the pleasure ot eating
depends on nerves in the mouth, not in
the stomach. And the food, too, is as
readily digested if put into the stohiach
through a bole in the side. It is now
found that, in certain diseases, the
stomach may be thoroughly aud advan
tageously washed out dally, and the
food introduced through a tube, and
the patients can be taught to do this
themselves.
No liberal man would impute a charge
ot unsteadiness to another for having
hpanged his opinion,
The Art Loan.
A visit to the Art Loan Exposition
: building shows the work of decoration
in the interior nearly completed and the
hanging of pictures begun. Ihis latter
task is one of not only ernormous pro
portions, but puzzling, exacting and
ofttimes exasperating iu the extreme,
and there is none too much time to
finish it. However, the same iudom
itable energy and tireless determina
tion which have characterized the
leading spirits in the enterprise from
the out set, will undoubtedly succeed
in having everything in readiness for
the formal opening
Anything reflecting credit upon the
City of Detroit in an art sense is of
course ieculiarly gratifying to the cit
izens. especially in view of the Ar
Iuii ExiNtsition, therefore it is thai
ike tret I na speaks with pleasure
of works by two Detroit boys, which
are already ou hand, aud will be exhib
ited alongside the works of the leading
artists of Europe aud America, where
the citizens may have a fine opportunity
to make intelligent comparisons,
1 he Detroit artists thus alluded to
are Gari J. Melchers and Mr. Kols
hoveu, sous respectively of Julius Mel
chers, the sculptor, aud k KoLshoven
the jeweler. The two young meu went
together to Euroiw a little over six
years ago,since which time they studied
at Dusseldorf and separatiuz later
sought according to their tastes, one
the art schools of Parts and the other at
F'lorence. Mr. Melcher's pictures are
"The Letter" (which was admitted to
the Salon in ltfsJ , "The Gladiator"
aud "The Lictor,"i;aiutedat Home this
year, a scene at Attina, Italy, aud
"In the Cloister." Mr.Uolshoveu'spie
tures are "A Southern Moor" aud two
Italian laiidscaiies. The first one of
Mr. Melcher's pictures shows a mother
and daughter in picturesque Brittany
peasant dress standing near a window,
the mother listening to her daughter as
she joyfully leads the last letter from
her sweetheart, who has gone to Amer
ica. I he drawing of the figures is de
cidedly correct, while the handling of
the light as it comes through the win
dow to the faces of the women, their
clothing, and uimui the window-sill and
other articles iu the domestic interior,
shows fine strength and appreciation iu
modeling and handling colors. Mr,
KoLshoveu's"Southeni Moor" shows an
aged African of the intellectual type
found on the Northern coast. He is
dttqied in the bright yellow and white
ropes of his nation, a.id is seated in a
thoughtful attitude before the dark
hangings of his cafe. The pose is per
fect and has treatment ot the an itony
and the contrasts in color evidences the
utmost confidence in his ability on the
part of the artist. In this connection
it may be said that both young gentle
men are prosiieriiig artistically and
financially in their chosen professions.
Uretliiis the 11 ft unit.
The second of the three dredges built
m ruiladelphia, for work oa the Pana
ma Canal, the l'rosjier Huerne, named
after a distinguished French engineer,
was launched recently from the ship
yard ou Petty's Island, formerly ooer-
ated by Doughty & Kapella, and now
leased and ruu by Slavau Brothers. The
first dredge, the Count do Lessens, was
I.. 1. 1 .1... 1 .1. . If .
Kiuucucu vu me ii iii oi -iurcu, ami nas
ueen used 0:1 the I'anama work since
August 1, dredging 10,000 cubic yards
a day. ihe l'rosier Huerne will be
ready to start for the Isthmus about the
first of October. Slaven Brothers are
olhcers of the American Conti acting
and Dredging Company of New York,
which ha the contract tor dredging
seven and a half miles of the new canal
on the Atlantic side to Gettun, which
is an iinioitant station. The excava
tion to be made by them under this con
tract will involve the removal of 8,000,
000 cubic yards, at a price or c.2,000,000.
The machines iu iteration dump the
dredged mat ter into a discharge 'pine
which carrius it off bevoiid the banks
of the canal. The De Lesseps digs to
a depth of twelve feet and to a width of
100 feet. The Huerne, following in
the wake of the De Lesseps, digs to a
width of 20J feet, and the third dredge
in the rear will dig the canal to the f ull
depth of twenty-seven and a half feet,
giving the sides an easy sloi aud a
width of 110 feet at the bottom.
Thus far the I'anama Canal Com
pany has sjient ?2O,0O0.OO0 on the work
of severing the two continents by a
tidewater canal. As $:JO,000,000 of
stock subscriptions have been paid in
there isa margin of $10,000,000ou baud.
De Le.sseis promises to finish the canal
by lsss, the contract of Slaveu Bros,
requiring them to finisli their sectiou
in fifteeu mouths. There are 10,000
men now at work in the service of the
company. They have been, brought
from Jamaica and South America, aud
are presumed to be able to withstand
the dangers of that region. There is a
story w hich may be true, but probably
is exaggerated, that pictures th3 terrors
attending such enterprises across the
Isthmus by figuring that more lives
were lost in building the Panama Bail
road than there are ties in the line of
forty-seven miles of road. This line is
now owned by the canal comininy, and
is utilized in distributing the machinery
aud iu the multitudinous uses inciden
tal to such a great enterprise. The
conqiaiiy has erected hundreds of houses
for its workmen, it has extended and
deeiieued the harbor at Aspinwall, and
is building a breakwater there. A
large sum has been spent in this couu
try for laud excavators, locomotives
and construction trains. The highest
lioint 011 the line of the pro;jsed e.iu il
is 'MO feet above sea level. All this
must be razed:
TheKetiuctioouf loiter iostae.
The Postmasters throughout the ejun ry
are now receiving circular instruclions'rjm
the Department at Washington relative to
the reduction of postage which is to occur
on the 1st of October nei. Ihi new
sumps will be ready oa the 15 h f Sep
tember but are not to be placed on sal
until October. A two cent ttanip will
cairy matter after that date, and the three
cent stamp will be relegated to the mtcer-
mg wartime. Tuere will also be issued a
four-cent btaoip for double postage, Tois
ill contain a he id of Jackson, and be
omcwhai similar to lue present two cent
stamp. ro change will be made in the
present rates for drop-letters where there
are free deliverers, and one cent will be
charged for drop-lettera where there u no
delivery. Tne rates for second, thud and
lourth-cass mail matter will remain as at
present. Tie Post Omce here is bemg
deluged with orders from stamp collectors
who disire to purchase large amounts of
stamps of aU sorts, especially the threes
and stamped envelope. In a mouth or so
the three-cent stamps will be very scarce.
A Line and lU OutUM."
"I used to think it was my duty to
cut 'eui with the whip, aud I took satis
faction in striking hard, but I wouldn
strike a boy now for the best thousand
dollars ever coined."
He was a car-driver, and his atteution
had been called to three or four boy
stealing a ride on the rear platform.
"Yes, I was a sort o' terror ou this
route to the boys," he continued after
a time. "Not one of the crowd could
put his foot ou the step and get away
without a cut from the whip. Big or
little, rough or gentle, 1 served all alike,
and if the passengers scowled at me for
lashing a little kid of or S, I solaced
myself with the retL-ction tint it was
mv duty."
uwsenger was dropped at the corn
er, aud as the car started up again the
driver went on:
Well, one day when the boys had
botherei me more than usual, I dodged
through the car and found a little bit of
a chap, not over seven years old, seated
on the lower step, lit! was all humped
over and softly crying about something
or other. At another tuuj I might
have felt pity, but the boys had got my
mad up and what did I do but give the
little cnap a cut with the lash and call
out with sucli a voice that oil he turn
bled iuto the dust. I saw him rise up
and limp away, and there was some
thing 111 the look he gave ma that 1
shan't forget 111 a hurry. Wuoa! now!"
Ihe car stop ed to take on two ladies
ami presently the driver resumed:
1A you know that 1 felt so con
science stricken that I kept looking for
that boy on every trip, calculating to
make up with him aud secure his tor
iveneas for my brutality. I did not
see him again until the atlemoou of the
second day."
And what did he say.'" was asked as
the driver hesitated.
"He was in his colliu!" was the reply,
It was his funeral procession which
stop:ed my car two or three minutes.
I hat child was ill when he tried to steal
ins way home with me, and death was
wenty-four hours away wheu I lashe I
him aud chuckled over the way he roll
ed into the street! 1 tell you, sir, when
I saw his colUn iu the hearse, and
caught a look from the mother, which
seemed to charge mj with being his
murderer, I got a stab at my heart that
pains me yet, and 1 wouldn't strike an
other boy if the reward was to be the
whole line and its outfit."
The suae tu the Frnciil l-'luue
A recent writer says; I will try a.i 1
descrilw the ap;earaiice of the Frau
conia Flume. After crossing tiie brid
(which was not carried away) iusteal
ot" the open siace where the platform
or mounting and dismounting use! to
Ijc, you find the place covered with
large boulders, iiebbles, pavuig-stoues,
and gravel, scattered in wild confusion
to the depth of eight to ten feet, pre
senting a scene of desolation which
makes the heart ache in remembrance
of the former beauty aud piet-uresque-
uess. Here and there are seen rem
nants of hugo trees, stripped of their
bark and splintered. Much of this
debris has been removed in order to
build the substantial wooden wulks.
which make the ascent of the flume
much easier than before. Soon you
come to the smooth stone floor, dowu
which the water slides as formerly, the
stones and rubbish thrown iiia it by
the avalauche having been removed to
the sides. You go on to where the
solid stone walls rise to 00 and 70 feet,
formerly covered with beautiful mosses
and ferns, now entirely denuded by the
rusn of the avalanche which carried
away the boulder. All this mass of
rocks, trees, ami bouiders, starting I
igh up on .Mount Liberty, swept down
with irresistible and increasing force
till the bridge was nearly reached, wheu
it divided, part going to the left through
the forest, aud part to the right, luis
mass, coming in alwve with tremendous
force, made an extension of the tluiue
of several hundred feet beyond the end
of the old' passage. In passing, it
hoked the old channel and diverted
the water to the top of the high wall
on the left as you go up, and it now
tumbles over the did 50 or iJ feet in a
ery beautiful waterfall. This is the
only coaqiensatioii for the loss of the
old-time wonders and beauty. At the
top where the channel w;is obstructed,
huge boulder has lodged, leaning
iaiiist the right wall, winch is tipied
to meet it, making a sort of cave.
rom this oiiit, looking dowu the
hole length of the flume, the view is
ery grand.
Tonueut of the liorte.
Among t:ie everyday tormeuts to
which the horse is subjected we will
enumerate the following: 1. Abraded
breast, 2. liillamed back from defect-
e saddle or harness tad. 3. Sore
mouth from a too tight gag-reiu, a se
vere bit, or both. 4. A sore tail from
too tight or illy-made crupper. 5. An
abrasion under the body, caused by a
too tight or badly-fitted "belly-band. 0.
Irritation of the eyes from blinders be
ing strapiH.il too close together, or on
the other hand being allowed to swing
around, first striking one eye and then
the other. 7. Ears chafed by the brow
band being placed too high, or by lint
a! lie rosettes with a sharp outer rim,
the base of the ear pressing across this
at every motion. 8. The excessive fa
tigue of atl the structures of the neck
under the influence of the bearing rein.
The bearing rein, if made taut, and
kept so for any considerable length of
time, is a source of great discouiort to
all horses, and an insufferable torment
to many. A taut rein can be used
with entire propriety on horses of tine
easy tip-carriage, especially while iu
motion; but if the muscles and bony
structure of the neck extend forward
horizontally from an upright shoulder,
rather than striking ou; from a slanting
shoulder, theu the most intense, suffer
ing' will be indicted by straining the
neck up to an angle entirely uuuatural
to the annual, especially if th:s strain
be long kept up. To strain a culprit
up by the thumbs till only his toes
touch the ground is certainly one of the
severest admissible punishments that
can be inilicted tqiou mortal, aud the
check-rein is undoubtedly akm to it iu
its extreme application.
Cabrotsaxo ckbam 1'nm a quan
tity of tne sm Ulest new carrots that
can be obtained, and bod thea iu salted
water. Wheu done, drain off the water.
Melt an ounse of butter iu a saucepan;
add to it a dessertspoon! ul of flour, pep
per, rdt, grated nutmeg, a pinch ol
powdered sugar, and a small quantity
of cream. Put in the carrots, simmer
gently a few minutes aud serve.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A single pji bu i pl.rit.jl in II--mony,
M.iine, hist spring, pn 1 1 1 "
beans.
A ennva of rj 1 h t ii 1 w n a 1
ancient piiaisiim !:it for re'jjls 1 1 1 rj ;i
cides. The Gauls loved to decorate their
helmets, swords and bucklers with
coral.
Celluloid is a complex cjiubin.it ion
formed by mixing guii-cjttou and cam
phor. The hair of the beard w.rs so.us
t imes added to the seals of ancient deeXs
ami character-!.
The famous Marshal ilacMilua,
now 75 years of age, stands erect an I
soldierly as ever.
Oil or essence of pine apple is ob
tained from a product of the actio. 1 of
putrid cheese and sugar.
A hornet's nest being the finest
woody substance known is the ia"
polisher for ghiss lenses.
The elephant was put upon th
coins of Ca?sar because that animal wa.
called Citmr in Mauritania.
The average wages of workiugui ;u
in i ranee are only t.ii cju.s a dav;
those of woui3u ol 1 ceu:s.
According to seamen a green hue
of the ocean indicates soundings; an
indigo blue profound depths.
The annual cheese product isabjut
400,000.000 pounds, and the butter pro
duct 1,200,000,000 pounds.
The brick walls of Libby Prisja
are covered with thousands of an:o-
jraphs of Northern visitors.
It costs $. iu California to pre
pare an acie of land and grow grapd
vines to the ienod of production.
The old Touro Jewish Synagogue
it Newport, K. I., will be reopened un
der the charge of Kabbi II. P. Meudes.
Among the Indians iu the Iuli.ri
Territory there are ninety Baptist
churches, with nearly C,000 church
members.
The Jewish p.ip.'rs are rej..ciu'
over the fa;-t that Uvo Jews are 111 -:u-
bers of the uiuuicip.il c jutioil of S o'lia.
iu Bulgaria.
The va'u of Ci-3 r lilr 1 U in O 11 .
is a-isese 1 by thi St V.e 15 ir I of U lil-
ro.ul h. pi.ilizitio.i, is $J.!,.l,si;.3l.
This is au increaseof $tiJJ,.;iSl over
the valuation for 11.
Our imports averaged $s7,3 , 411
for the first live ve.irs of t!u pic dj-
cade, against c"H,:Js,0"7 for t!ii tivj
ears just elosxl. Tms iultj isj is 11
per cent.
Mrs. Alma Tadem i. Mis. F:. W.
Gosse and a third sister are the daugh
ters ot Epps, of coe:oa fanu, aud are
known as "Nutritious," Grateful" and
Comfortiiii."
In 1"J, California pro 1 1'3.1 from
her vinevards lO.OJJiU) gi'lons ol
wine, ." j j.o M gallons of br.n ly, I ) ),-
000 worth of raisinsan 1 ?t"J,0 )i worth
ot grapes tor table usa.
The new call8 ra'e b:t vjrru BV.izit
;ind the United States via G.il7esti.t is
2.'J2 per word. Bifjra t'n est i'lis!i.
meiit of the AnLTictu line the eh irgj
was $1.00 per word from this country
la London.
Miles of s:ruje forests inMiin.t
are dead. L'im'jjriuiu are uo:are? 1
as to the causj. Aluut eiga: years a r
the heavy aatum-i rains loj.-nj I t!i
earth, arid that w.n follo.ve 1 b: terribla
gales and a severe winter.
Next to Texas, Wyoaiin is p.'j
ably the greatest stojk-growiu 1 region
in the United States. It is siil tu,
about 1,000,0 JJ cattle are nw fee Jin
on the plains, the estiuiitj.l v ihuof
whL-h Is abjut o D,OJ,OD.
The mut'ial bandit societies iu
England are I"v'!7; in uiiu ,-r, wit 1 a
membership of 4, J,0J I, an I fu 1 Is t
the amount of JL'l i,U-,ojo. T u bail l
ing societies h ive M,2j),i)) i iu fun Is,
ami the industrial aul provid.'at s;i.--ties
about i,'u,0Jd,00J.
There has recently visited New
Orleans Mr. Paekenliaui, a grandson of
the British General wh lost his life
while leading the desierate attack upon
General Jackson's cotton-bale rampart
011 the plain of Chalmutte.
One hundred chests of tea have
been rejected at the Bay of San F'ran
cisco by the inspector, ou the ground
of adulteration with foreigu and ex
hausted leaves, sand and other impur
ities. The tea will be taken back to
China.
Canadian capitalists are talking
about the region lying !etween Lako
Superior and Hudson Bay. There is
slid to exist in that region 00,000 square
miles of laud, some of it valuable for
farming putroses, much of it covefbd
with fine forests, and some of it he la
mineral wealth.
Humboldt Ills estimated 41,010
pounds of bananas cau be produced on
the soil that would be required for 1)
pounds of potatoes, and that the same
area that would be reiuire lt ) rais.r
wheat enough for one mm would pro
duce enough bananas to feed twenty
live men.
It is estimated that wh ;:t c r.i
worth fifty cents a bushel is fe 1 1 fat
ten hogs the pork produced costs tne
farmer five cents a pound. Wheu corn
is worth much over tweuty-:ive cjaU a
bushel it dies not pay to turn it into
iMirk. The estimate is a bushel of core
for every ten and a half pounds of pork.
gross.
The South now has nearly 2 )J, or.
more exactly, l'Jl cotton factories iu
jiieratiou and in course of erection
there, which is more than half the num
ber in the New England Suites, though
tne former, of course, are ou a much
smaller scale, and they manufacture
only the coarser yarns and fabrics.
The large order for steel rails
which the Burlington Koad has given
to the steel works of the Colorado Coal
and iron Comiany is not only a sign of
continued pros;ienty for the works at
Pueblo but an evidence that we can
make as good rails in Colorado as can
be made anywhere.
The largest cable ever made ou the
Pacific cxtst was finished at the Cali
fornia Wire Works some time ago. lb
is 1,000 feet in length, and weighs
tons. Boiled on a shaft it makes a
bundle about 20 feet in diameter and
10 in depth. It is made of steel wire,
and cost c-O.Oi). The cable Is for the
California Street Railroad.
In Faris the Post-office Depart
ment is at work laving additional pneu
matic tubes, which are to be utilized
for the prompt delivery of letters from
one part of Paris to another. All let
ters will be sent from the stations to
their designation within au hour of
their being posted, aud hi some locali
ties ten minutes will le sufficient.
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