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Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXVII.
MIFFUNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. "WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1SS3.
NO. 15.
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lieuiember, when the timid Dawn nnclaw,
UerbS!S P1C the SUQ, bright
remember when the pensive night reDose
Beneath her silvery veil i terJerdSSat
hen pleasures call thee, when thy heart
is light,
When to sweet fancies shade invite at
night,
last, through the deep woods rin
!weet voices, murmuring
Remember!
Uemember, when Fate's cruel hand has
broken
For aye the tie that bound my life with
thine; j"cnu
When, with long years and exile, grief un
spoken. Impairing heart and blasted hopes are
mine.
Think, of my love, think of my last adieu
Absence and time are naught when love is
true.
Long as my heart shall beat.
Ever it shall repeat,
Kemember!
Kenieniber, w hen beneath the cold ground
lying.
My broken heart forever is at rest,
Kemember, when some lovely flower is
trying
Its petals soft to open on my breast,
Thou wilt not see me; but my souL set
free.
Faithful in death shall still return to thee.
Then hark to the sad moans
Of a deep voice that groans,
Kemember!
A CHANCE WOBD.
Myra Sidney was sitting m the win
dow of her little parlor waiting the slow
rising of a storm over the opposite sky.
Kveu city streets have tlieir opportun
ities. This street in which Miss Syd
ney dwelt was in the outskirts of a su
burb, where building lots were still ge
nerously measured. It ran along the
ridge of a slope, and 'Miss Sydney's
house had the further advantage of
standing opposite a group of vacant lots,
beyond which, above the roofs and
chimneys on the lower streets, a line of
blue hills was visible, topped with woods
and dappled with cloud shadows.
Many au autumn sunset had she
watched from her front windows; many
a soft spring rain and whirling snow
storm. To some natures there are both
companionship and compensation In the
changeful aspects of nature. Myra was
one ot these. She would not have ex
changed her little house with its wide
view for any other, however magnifi
cent, whose boundaries were brick
walls alone; and sky, and sun, and hill,
made for the leisure moments of her
busy life a perpetual and unvarying
feast.
The room in which Miss Sydney sat
expressed its owner, as rooms will,
whether meant to do so or not. In no
respect of size or shape did it differ
from No. 11 on one side, or .No. 13 on
the other, yet its aspect was anything
rather than common-place. The pre
vailing tint on the wall and floor was a
soft olive, which made a background
for brighter colored things; for the old
Indian shawl, which did duty as a por
tiere; for a couple of deep-hued eastern
rugs; for pictures of various kinds and
values, and a sprinkling of bric-a-brac,
odd rather than valuable, but so chosen
as to be in thorough haimony with its
surroundings.
Everything had a use. Xo pitfalls
vawned for unwary guests in the shape
of minute tables, Queen Anne or other
wise, laden with trumpery biscuit or
Sevres, and ready to upset with a touch.
A couple of short old-fashioned sofas
flanked the fireplace on either side, two
or three easy-chairs and a nrm-set, low
table, laden with books and periodicals,
completed a sort of circle where teu or
a dozen persons could group themselves
around the blaze. Miss Sydney herself,
slight, vivid, and very simply dressed,
but without an ungraceful point or fold,
was in accordance with her room.
The clock struck seven. The black
cloud had crept to the zenith, and now
a strong gust of wind swept from be
neath it, bringing on its wings the first
drop of rain. Miss Sydney rose and
shut the window. At that moment the
door-bell rang.
"It's two girls with a parcel, Miss
Myra," said Esther the parlor-maid,
"They'd like to speak with you, they
SS&V "
Miss Svdnev went out into her little
entry. The g'irls about the same age,
were of the unmistakable shop-girl type.
"You are from Snow & Asher's, 1
think?" she said in her courteous voice.
'Yes'm. Mr. Snow said he wasnt
sure Which of the underwaists it was
that you took, so he sent both kinds,
and you will try 'em on, please?"
"Certainly. Are you to wait for
theni?"
"Yes'm."
Miss Syducy made what haste she
could, but before she returned the rain
was falling in torrents. "mus
wait till it slackens," she said. Y ou 11
1 very wet if you don't. Have you
far to go?" , , . .
"She has," replied one of the gins,
with an enibarrased giggle. "1 m
pretty near by, and the horse-cars run
just in front of the door. But Gary has
to walk quite a long way, and hershoes
are thin, too. She'd better wait, i
guess, but I must go, anyway.'
Miss Sydney glanced at the shoes
cheap, paper-soled boots, with a dusty
velvet bow sewed on the toe of eacn,
and she, too, concluded that by all
means "Cary" must wait
"Come in here," she said, leading the
way into the parlor Esth?.r had now
lighted the lamp. A little fire siarkled
ou the hearth. Myra urew an easy
chair close to it. "Sit down Juri have
a thorough warming," she said. " &
a chilly evening."
"Yes'm." . , i
pi... i.-..at M. velvet-bowed
.I..-- ..S.:i. -..I f.r M of bUttOBS,
out to the fire, and half from mbarrass
r. .. i.uni tsi shade her lace.
It w as a small hand, with an amyous
red gem on the iorennger. ---were
all bitten to the quick, Miss sju-
ney noticed. . , ... , t
.... . t, band was not
lie i ace suaueu vj ,
rr... l..n-n OVflS UaU
straight-forward, honest g0'.
. j timw was that
mouui was rauier swc; " .
delicacy of modeling, just torderwg on
fragility, which gives to the early youth
of so many American women a "n
i A f.. winch softly
banded liair and a low knot w 'ould auu.
but with the bad taste n
ure which became her least. Ail ue
front hair was an uniempi. "V- -
"bang." At tne uac - -; , ,
jute switches, braided
mY "V". bit lined
erection was peituou a - . .
with blue, and ornamented
draggkdcock'staiL The dress, of cheap
maferial, was blue also, and was frilled
aud flounced Into a caricature oi we
prevailing fai.ir.n
.. . .. i unit) oi soiled
wntch Tndedthe rVsuk, beneath
toll"" w overlean muslin
tie, hung a smart iocket of yelI
?. lender WTists. Beneath the
ltmd rurtled 8kirt a PrtO
fht 1 cotton PP Though
Tn t&t k Syd.ne3r noted the9e del"
thf tlme lt Las to describe
haiM,!i?i8,;red ?'ilh a fu-v that
na indignation, she said:
My chdd, bow coul.1 you think of
coming out on such a day as this with-
"I haven't any shawl."
"Well, a jacket, then." '.
I havent anv oin,,., k
matches this dress," glancing compla
down at the berutlled skirt.
.i .yLu wo,,1'l raUier wear a jacket
Uiat uidu't match tour rf
. viiuu vbU
a cold, wouldn't you?"
"Y'es," admitted the eirl. in rather
an unwilling tone. "But the only one
i-ye got is purple, and it looks horrid
with this blue." Xoting disseut in her
companion's face, she added: " We poor
girls can't have a wrap for every dress,
like rich ladies do."
"2so," said Miss Svdnev m.ntK-
know it. 1 never attempted to have a
different wrap for each dress I wear.
l cannot afford it either."
"Cary stared." "How
began, then changed it to. "But vou
and us are quite different, ma'am."
"There was something wistful in
face which touched Myra Sydney. "It
win oe time wasteu, l dare say," she
said to herself, still, I should like, just
for once, to argue out the dress-question
with a gill like this. She is one
of a great class, and. poor thmus. they
are so dreadfully foolish and ignorant"
She made no immediate reply to her
companion, but rose and rang the bell.
"i am going togiveyouacupof tea,"
she said, "llark! how it rains. You
cannot go yet, and you will be less like
ly to take cold when you do go, if you
start well warmed. Besides, 1 was'ut to
have you stay. I should like to have a
little talk ver the question of dress,
which is interesting to all us women."
. She smiled brightly at her guest, who.
as if dazzled, watched the entrance of
the tray with its bubbling kettle, its
crisp, dainty cakes; watched Myra
measure the tea, warm the pot of gay
Japanese waie, and when the brew was
ready, fill the thin-lipped cups and drop
in sugar and cream.
"How nice!" she said, with a sigh
of satisfaction. Her heart opened un
der the new, unwonted kindness and
comfort, and Miss Sydney had little dif
ficulty in learning what she wished to
know. Cary Thomas was the girl's
name. She had lived "at home" till
two years ago. JJid she like the city?
Yes, she liked it well enough, but it
was not much like home to board. She
and another girl that worked at Snow
& Asher's had a room together out in
Farewell street They had pretty good
times when they were not too lull of
work, but in the busy season they
stayed so late at the store that they
didn't want anything when they got
borne, except to go straight to bed.
They got seven dollars a week, and
more wnen there was extra work to do.
"Can you lay up anything out of
that?" asked Miss Sydney.
.No. ma'm, not a cent; at least, 1
dont There are some girls in tue
store that do, but they've got sick
friends to save for."
"ow," said Miss Sydney, having
thus felt her way, "to go back to the
jacket question. As I told you, 1 can't
at all afford to have one for every dress."
"Can't vou, ma'm; and w liat do you
do, then?"
"I buy one jacket which will do with
everything! wear."
"But that isn't a sun, saiu ary
doubtfully.
"Xo; but is it absolutely necessary
that everything should be a siut?"
"The girls at our store think so much
of suits," she said In a puzzled tone of
self-defence.
"I know some people have a iancy
for them, and they are very pretty
sometimes. But don't you see inat
they must cost a great deal of money,
and' that working people, you aud my
self for instance, ought to manage more
carefully?"
Do you worK, nia ain.
"To be sure I do. You look sur
prised. Ah. vou think tuat because a
have a little home of my own, and live
in a pretty room, i must oe a uue umj
with nothing to do. That's a mistake
of yours. I worK neariy as many uum
a day as vou ao, ana earn wa
part of my own income, and I have to
consult economy to keep my home and
maKe it pleasant, and among the things
which Ican'tafford tohave,are "suits."
"I wish you'd ten me now ji-u u.
ma'am." . ., ....
"I wilL though I'm not in the habit
of talking quite so freely about my af
fairtbut I'll teU you, because it may
eive you an idea of how to manage beU
ter for yourself. In the hrst place I
top two or three colors. I have a
m,-fi or two. and an olive-brown,
atlSs yeUowish-green that you see
and some ngnw uu, ; - y -
vellow. .Now wiiu auj -
Emie bonnet will do The one I
lne is black, with a little
jeTaM pa feliow, and it goes perfectly
Jek.. ..'a. .i -,ir.s. and so does
S black calhmei jacTet, aud my pa
rZo and gloves, which are yellow also.
SS?n S TseeThat there is an economy
and a blue one ana .3 , - -----
nrnt a ainereui. ',..
rtferentgloves and jJJK"
"Why, yes, it does seem so, a
I think?" askea juj, b-"
- . . ill tHaiilt Villi-7'
::ftseeuis
-.h JrUwhowork in stores, is that
SSSf for being what they caU
4lithanfor being either neat or
KT A voung girl can look her best
pretty. A yous b . ou a;lJ
in a simple urc,
riavs likes me best in
And Mf. ;r Sure. he never
LrnST.oti:es"-Uestoppe
W&yourbror?"rS
Tlmn she smiieu ai. u - - - ;
i8Uk o flush as mantled in
?u..PseK evoked by the
for such a deep nusu
Sy's cheek isldoia
mention ot frieuiL His
"N'o'm, ne j"- - -.
Vminelive opposite.
"re.isoutmthe
XinTa'nd then he calculates voup
for himself-
"Does he ever come to the city?"
"No. not once since I was here, but
be speaks some of coming down along
toward spring, and that's one reason I
like to look as stylish as I can, so's not
to be different from the rest when Mark
comes."
ul think in his place I should prefer
you to be different," said Miss Sydney,
decidedly. ".Now, Cary, don't be of-
iended, but what you girls aim at is to
look like the ladies who come to the
shop, isut it? 'stylish' as you would
sav?"
'Yes : I suonose it is." admitted
Cary.
'H ell. then. 1 must tell you the plain
truth; you utterly fail in your attempt.
Xo one would mistake a "girl, dressed
as you are at the moment, for a Udy ;
nobodyl but" disregarding the deep
flush ou her companion's cheek "If I
went into a shop, aud saw there a young
lady as pretty and as delicately made as
you are, Cary, with hair as smooth as
satin, and a simple gown that fitted ex
actly, and a collar aud cuffs as white as
snow, aud irhaps a black silk apron
or a white one, and with neat shoes aud
white stockings if I saw a girl dressed
like tliat, with nothing costly, nothing
that any girl raiinot have, but every
thing fresh aud neat and pretty, 1
should say to myself, 'There is a shop
girl with the true instincts of a lady.'
And Cary dont think me impertinent
if Mark came to town and saw a girl
like that among ttie crowd of untidy,
over-dressed ones at Snow & Asher's, 1
think the contrast would strike him as
it would me agreeably!"
Miss Sydney paused, half frightened
at her own darling. Cary looked stead
ily into the hre without speaking. I he
rain had ceased. Myra rose and threw
back the blind, revealing the moon
struggling through the edges of cloud.
Cary followed her to the window. Her
cheeks were a deep red, but there was
a frank aud grateful look in her eyes as
she said:
"1 must be going now, maain.
You've been ever so good to let me stay.
I shan't forget it, anu I guess you're
about right."
'1 wonder if I said the right thing,
or have done the least good?" queried
Miss Sydney, as she watched her guest
depart.
It was some weeks beiore she liad oc
casion ag-.iiu to visit Snow & Asher's,
and she had half forgotten the little in
cident, wheu one day entering the shop
in quest of something her attention was
attracted by a face which beamed with
sudden smiles at the sight of her. it
was indeed Cary, but such a different
Cary from the draggled vision of the
wet evening. She still wore the blue
dress, but the flounces had been ripped
off, aud the front was hidden by a black
silk apron. The tingle of nair was
smooth like ordinary waves, a white
collar with a knot of blue ribbon was
round her neck; one of the objection
able rings had disappeared, and so had
the yellow locket. So changed aud so
much prettier tvaithe little maiden that
Miss Syauey scarcely knew her till
blush aud smile (tomted her out
Mie waited on her customer with as
siduity, and under cover of a box of
ruffles they exchanged confiden
ces. Did M iss Sydney tliniK sue looted
better? She was so glad. The girls had
laughed at her at first, but not so much
now, and her room-mate, Ellen Morris,
had got herself au apron like tier's.
Miss Sydney left the shop with a pleased
amusement at her heart She meant
to eo otten, to keep a little hold on
Cary, but circumstances took her off to
r lorida soon af terward, and it was late
in April when she returned.
"lhat girl from buow Asher's was
here to see you about a week ago
ma'am," said Esther, the evening after
her arrival. "I told her you was ex
pected Tuesday, and she said she would
come to-day, for she wanted to speak
to you particular, and she was going
away. There she is now."
Cary Indeed it was, with a steady,
manly looking young fellow by her side.
"lt is Mark, Miss Sydney," she said
by way of introduction. Later, when
Mark had walked over to the window
to see the view, she explained further
in a rapid undertone; He came down
about two months ago, while you was
away, ma'am. 1 came out to tell you,
but you was gone, and day alter to
morrow I'm going back with hiin to
Gilmantou. 1 told him he must bring
me out to-night, for I couldn't leave
here without saying good bye to you."
"You are gomg to be married t"
"Yes" with a happy look "to
morrow morning. And oh, Jliss Syd
ney, what do you think Mark says? He
says if he'd found me looking like the
rest of the girls at tne store, witn raise
hair and jewelry and all that, he'd never
in the world have asked me at alL And
I did look Just like that, you know. It
was what you said that rainy night that
made me change, aud except for that
nothing would have happened that has,
and I shouldn't be the girl I am "
'Bread on the waters" tuougut
Myra, as a little later she watched, the
lovers walk down the street.
Never Xo More.
n j h.H -inot nit hia ovster sIijd ODjaed
tn the nuhiic the other day, when in
came a man wh i asked:
Got any rawrf
Yes sir
"e have some ot the large oyster -i
I ever saw."
- ' . .. nr; mrttm Aakeri and piven. and
s 11 seemed to be perfectly sv.isfactory,
1 .1 1 n 1 .1 .
the man oruereu a uvwu wu www.
"I've got a alUxtil joutractioo of the
i.r ihH ilimat. an sooietimes 1
choke. If auyiliiug happens to me, run
me to the aoor wnere 1 can net ui air
and then rush tor drink of water.
The caterer promised to ODjerve the
-.,!; n hni it wu only wben the twelfth
V. . V "J " .
and latt oyster was taken in between
twj rows of leeiu wnicu ruoj out nae
ten penny nails that anything happened,
t hen the ester suddenly raised one leg,
bis eyes bulged oat, and he began to
skip arouni 1 kc a goal dodging a club.
Tne cnoke had come.
MiMrpr T..ii him hv the arm
ant UJhcred bun to tbe do f, sod then
bitrried to tne rear ena 01 me reuauraoi
f . i.ik f water. When he returned
ith it, ball expecung to see tbe customer
1. ;.. . m the 3.r in ino airmies of suffo-
caliou, no one w in sifCiit. Tbe man
as n in the a r, uor at tue uoor, nor
around tbe door, lit was two blockr
away, u-l the twelfth oyeter had gone
down to keep tue company of the other
eleven.
1 . ... . .rM Icr iinfirlier ii:th thinff won t
UN v.n..j 3 "
happen in that p'.ace again. Some other
mtn with a Goniracieu inrom may sian in
. - th. rrTt hit t hafvM hP hit 4 Mtll
IU JIIJ "
his sec wd oyster, he wdl be dispatched
wiih hickory club, and hi body sent to
some medical college, to find where tbe
loose spoke was.
A Detactlva'a Discovery.
"Where did these burs come from?"
and Mrs. Popperman pulled three real
old-fashioned burs from her husband's
coat as he lay on the lounge the other
evening.
Xow, it would have been very easy
for Mr. Popperman to have told where
the burs came from, but he thought it
would be a good joke to mystify his
wife, so he pretended to be surprised.
"I I don't know."
''Have you been in the country to
day?" "Xo." .
"Well, it's very singular how a busi
ness man can get burs on his clothes in
Xew York."
"Well, I'll tell you. The health offi
cers have planted burdock bushes on
Broadway to purify the air and prevent
the horses from having the blind stag
gers. Sometimes I brush up against
these bushes."
"Ohl" Mrs. Popperman eyed her
husband suspiciously, but said nothing
more.
The next morning two more burs
were picked from his pants.
"Xow, I want to know what this
means. I went to Xew Y'ork yesterday
on purpose, to see if there was bushes
ou Broadway. There wasn't one.
Xow, I want an explanation."
"Well, I'll tell you, my dear. These
are burs. They are the fruit of a re
markable tropical plant which is now
ou exhibition at the Fifth Avenue Ho
tel. This plant is twenty feet high.
Occasionally I go into the hotel, and,
while standing under the leaves of this
plant, the fruit, which resembles burs,
drops on my clothes,"
" What is the name of this singular
plant?"
"The botanical name is Luinty turn
olius."
After Mr. Popperman had departed
the next day his wife sought a detec
tive. "My husband comes home every night
with burs on his clothes. Xow I want
you to follow him aud find out where
he goes."
The detective undertook to solve the
mystery. Xo burs on Mr. Popperuian's
clothes that night nor the next The
third night he returned with the usual
complement. The next day the detec
tive called upon Mrs. Popperiuau.
"I've discovered alii"
"What! Is my husband then false to
me? Does he go to the country to visit
some woman, or does be spend his after
noons at Central Park?"
"I followed your husband two days.
He attended strictly to his business.
The third day he left his otlice about
2 o'clock, and"
"Went in the country?"
"Xo ma'am. He came to Brooklyn
and rode to the vacant lot which he has
just purchased ou Schermerhorn street.
While superintending the erection of a
fence around the lot he often came in
contact with the burdock bushes, and
there is where he gets the burs."
"Oh, I am so glad. You have done
your work well. Good day, sir."
That evening when Mr. l'opierman
returned his wife threw her arms around
his neck and said: "My dear, I'm so
glad to know that you are not a villain."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, about those burs, you know.
I put a detective ou your track aud he
told me that you got the burs in that
lot on Schermerhoru Street, and that
you are innocent"
"Hal Ha! So you put a detective on
my track, did you?"
"Yes."
"Good joke;" and Mr. Popperman
laid back in his chair aud fairly roared
with laughter.
"Yes, dear, and here's the detective's
bill, which you have got to pay."
"To shadowing Mr. Popperman for
three days, at S'J ir day, $27.
The laughter subsided, and for au
hour it was so quiet that you could
have heard a bur drop.
An Alleged Miraelo.
An account from Lafayette.Iudiaaa,
says that Agues Walter, a young lady
residing in that city, was recently un
able tb move and was blind; now she
walks and can see. Eight years ago
she was seized with cerebro-spinal
meningitis, which left her lower limbs
paralyzed. She had gone to Oldens
burg, Ind., to enter a convent, and was
taken ill the second day after she ar
rived. In a few weeks she was taken
home, and for eight vears she has been
a constant sufferer. The best physi
cians of the city have treated her and
pronounced her incurable Dr. l ount
has been her physician for three years.
She was in convulsions most of the
time, and these would continue as long
as two and three weeks. Dr. Y'ount
states that she presented a most terri
ble appearance. lor weeks at a time
she had no nourishment whatever. Re
cently a young lady friend, Miss Kins
man, returned from Europe and brought
with her some water from the fountain
of Our Lady of Lourdes. This Miss
alter has been applying and drinking.
A nine days' season of prayer was be
gun by herself and other members of
the church. This terminated when she
was removed in an unconscious condi
tion to the church. She at length was
revived, took communion, and instant
ly she could see and walk unaided. She
believes that prayer did it Dr. Y'ount
and others pronounce it a most marvel
lous case. When the doctor and re
porters called, she walked across the
room to show that she was indeed cur
ed. Her case seems miraculous, and
there are many more besides herself
who are familiar with the case who at
tribute it to the power of prayer.
Female Infanta,
The Chinese custom of killing the
female infants of a family is, of course.
admirably adapted to keep down ex
penses and obviate inconveniences, but
as public opinion in England could not
be reconciled to so simple a remedy,
other channels of relief have to be
sought in that country. In the case of
persons of high position, who groan
under the infliction of six .or seven
daughters, the (jueen has in more than
one case evinced her royal sympathy by
selecting from such quiverfuls her
maids of honor; but maids of honor are
limited in number, and are generally
endowed with a barnacle like tenacity
of life and office. Under these circum
stances the owners of "AY e are seven"
turn to the sister-hoods, which promise
to be to Protestant young ladies the re
lief valve that convents have long been
to Roman Catholics. There is scarce
ly a family of rank now which has not
a member among them. The daughter
ot an Earl Is managing a child's hospi
tal in a provincial town as Sister Somebody.
Lmdlas ot Seville at a Ball-right.
"The ladies of Spain, except In some
remote town in the mountain regions.
have laid aide the natlocal costume, and
dress accordine to the dictates ot Paris,
preferring even the French fan to their
own decorated with (be incidents ot the
bull-flint and the serenade. In Seville,
says writer, the black lace mantilla
is still worn at churco, and to snie ex-
lent on tbe street; but the ha, is the
cover of toe new fasmon, more s tbe
pity, and tbe high combs have gone al
together. 1 do not know why a woman.
even a plain woman, shou'd be so utterly
fasc aating in a mantilla, thrown over a
high co!ub and falling gracefully over
tbe shoulders, stepping daintily in high
heeled shoes with pointed toes, and
inov'mz her kuve fan with just that non
chalacl air so accurately calculated to
wound but not to kuL In the whole
assembly I saw only one or two na
tional costumes; the mantilla and the
uiifh comb, with tbe short petticoat-
brilliant in color. Xo'.hlig could be
more becoming, and it mates one doubt
whether woman's strongest desire is to
please, and whether it is not rather to
follow the fashion, when we see a whole
nation abandon such a charming attire.
"But the white mantilla is tie rigueur
for a bull fight, and every lady wore one.
lt was a little odd to see ladies in the open
liglt of a brilhaut, cloudless day, and in
the gaze of tbe public, in lull (as it is
called) cotume of ths b ui-r-Kiru; but the
crem n) -white mantillas softened somewhat
he too brilliant display, and threw over
'be le the htrinmy of sublued splen
dor. What superb Spanish face, blonde,
soft, with a silken luster, falhag in lovely
folds that show its generous and exquis
itely wrought figures, each leaf and stem
and fljwer tue creation of dainty fingers!
Such work as Ibis, of snob a tone and
SneneM, in sici la-g m intilhu, sweeping
from the hea i to tue trin, is scarcely to
be fojud m the shops nowadays. These
were heir-looms, grea'.-great-graod -moth
er's lsce. long yellowing, and growing rich
in locked cbest. worn only oa stale occa
sions, aud now brought forth t make a
bull's nolid-ty.
"We speul a goxl deal of tbe waiting
time in scrutiniz.ng tbe pacxed seats for
beautiful woui-n, and, 1 am aorry to say,
with hardly a reward adequate to our
tunety. 1 am not sure how much the
beauty ot the women of Seville is tradi
tional. Tney have gjod points. Graceful
fi'ures are a A uncommon, and One teeth:
and dirk, liquid, laree eyes, which they
ae perpetually in oetllaac destructive to
peine aul security. And the fan, the
most deadly weapon of coquetry, gives the
coup de grace to lhosj whom the eyes
bave wounded. But the Seville women
have usually sallow, pisty, dead com
plexions, l'eth ips the beauty of the skin
is destroyed by cosmetics, for there was
nut a lady at the bull-fight who was not
highly rouged and powdered. This gave
an artificiality to their appearance n
mama.' Beauty of feature was vtry rare,
and Mill rarer was that animation, that
stamp ot individual character, loveliness
in the n!ay of expression, and rpriht-
huess, tuat cuartn in any assembly of
A.uericn women. Ho, tbe handsome
women in the rinir were not numerous
enough to make any impression on the
general oitss, aud yet the total effect, wiih
the blonde Inc.-, the artificial color, the
rich toilet, aud the ag.tation of fans, was
c'larmiag.''
Keform In Prison.
The lion. Mitrun U. Bvee. of Wis-
cois'.n, arrived in Cleveland recently on
a temporary visit. The gentleman is a
handso ne man, apparently absut 50 years
of age, with a military bearing. II is
cireer as a prison reformer dales from
bis connection with the Stite Senate of
Wisconsin. Kjvee believes that the crim
inal of to-day who goes to t'.e State
prisou is irretrievably ruined. "All pen
alties," said be, "should contemplate the
reformation ot the criminals, and when
leforinition is impossible life imprison
ment luuat of necessity be tbe confw-
qu'.'uce. socic'.y mul protect itself.
Whenever any individual disturbs the
peace of society he should be promptly
restricted of his liberty. 1 bis being done
the safety of society is assured aipunst
him, but this gives the State no authority
to bebsse him nor to blot out his manhood,
but tbe su'e should surround bun with
the best moral influences at her cjmmand
and save bim to the State an 1 his family
if possible.'' Bovee believes in reform
schools and State prisons, but they must
be conducted oa a ditf jreut principle from
lhat now in force. He attacks the jail
system of tuis country and ad rotates in its
stead employment house, and says en
forced ldlene&s is pernicious in its effects
and that men waiting trial bad better,
even if luuocent, have employment.
liovee also protests against capital punish
ment as a barbs'ous taw and argues that
the States of Maine, Hbode Island, Wis
consin and Michin, which had repealed
that law, are just as well protected with
out the penally as they bad been w'th it.
He has aiven tbe subject ot crime and its
pumshmeais greater consideration than
any other Individual in tti Uuiten States,
and has made a public canvass of nearly
half the States in the L nion, leaving his
impress upon tbe pjnal codes of nearly
every S aie he b is visile '. He will de
liver public addresses in tight Southern
S;a'e this winter to open up the question
of prison reform and industrial schools for
boys in the South.
The Night-Shooter.
In the Adirondacks once came a re
markable episode in the annals of the
night-shooter, but which is true to a
word. We had paddled barely zuu
yards from where I killed a deer, when
we heard another one walking among
the grasses at the head of the lake. The
moss-covered log rustled through the
rushes, with the weird half-circle of
light spreading shoreward with each
sweep of the silent paddle, and again
the white outline of the deer seemed to
grow out of the gloom ahead. Splunge,
splashl it is walking toward us. Now
it stops! and in the full glare of the
headlight we see a beautiful, fat doe,
her coat beginning to assume the blue
tint of the winter covering. With
head outstretched, she gazes earnestly
at the lantern, while we sit silently aud
admiringly in the impenetrable gloom
enshrouding the dugout behind the
light. After satisfying her curiosity
she turns to feed, and the canoe steals
upon her. ' Now she is watching her
shadow, cast by the light, on the lily
pads and grassy water. Another quick
stroke with the paddle, aud L prod her
in the ribs with my gun. At the first
punch she stood like a beautiful statue.
At the second I would stroke her with
my hand, but I fear she, waking from
her astonished trance, would kick over
our dugout in her terror she gave one
great bouud,ca using our log to oscillate
violently and showering us with cold
spray, and then we heard her bounding
up the hill.
The Bad Boy Away Frona Homo,
"Oh, people are not all as good as
you and I are," said the groceryman,
as he watched the boy making a sneak
on a bunch of erapes. "But did you
go to the circus?"
"Circus? Well, I should assimilate
And it is a wonder I am not there yet
Hut, whatever you do, don't ask pa if
be was at the circus, 'cause he will kill
you. Y'ou see pa and I drove up to the
race-track, where the circus was, in the
evening, and after the circus was out
we waited to see the men take the tents
down, and after they had gone we
started to drive home. It was darker
than a squaw's pocket, and I drove out
on the race-track, and the old horse
used to be a racer and he pricked up
his ears. Pa took the lines and said he
would drive, 'cause we were out pretty
late and ma wonid be nervous. 1 told
pa I didn't believe he was on the right
road, but he said he guessed nobody
could fool him about the road to town,
and bless me if he didnt drive around
that track about eight times. .Every
time we passed the grand-stand, which
pa couldn't see on account of his eyes,
I laffed; but I thought if he knew the
road so confounded well I could ride as
long as he could.
"After we had rode around the track
about eight miles, and I was getting
sleepy, 1 mildly suggested that we had
better stop at a house and inquire the
way to town, and pa got mad and ask
ed me if I took him for a fool. Then
he drove around a couple of times more.
and the man that keeps the track he
came out with a lantern and said,'Uel-
lor l'a stopped and asked tnni what
he wanted, and he said, 'O, nothin','
and pa drove on aud told hiin to mind
his business. We went around the
track again, and when we got to the
same place the man was there, and I
guess pa thought it was time to inquire
the way, so he pulled up and asked the
man what he was doing there, and the
man said he was minding his own busi
ness. Pa asked him if we were on the
right road to town, and the man said if
we wasn't in a hurry he would like to
have us drive on the track all night, as
it was a little heavy, and he wanted to
get it in condition to speed the colts
the next day, hut if we had to go we
could drive out at the gate and take
the first left-hand road.
"Well, pa was mad, and he wanted
to know w hy I didnt tell him we were
on the track, but I told him he seemed
to know it all, and it was dangerous to
advise a man who knew it all. He
didn't speak all the way to town, but,
when 1 put out the horse, he said,
'Hennery, if this thing gets out your
pa will have the reputation of being
drunk, li you tell of it you are no
friend of mine.' So I sliall not say any
thing about it, 'cause it is a bail boy
who will go back on his pa."
t.mbalmlnc- Taugbt,
A "School of embalming" Is in pro
gress m Detroit, and, after several re
fusals, a reporter gained an interview
with Prof. Kenouard and asked him
about the proceshe is to teach. The
professor is a man of medium height,
heavy build, a little over 40 years of
age, and Las a marked French accent.
He began by referring to the popular
prejudice against embalming, and said
that he didn't wonder that the old
methods excited such a prejudice. One
great advantage of embalming is, that
is destroys all germs of disease, so th:it
it is impossible for the living to become
affected from the remains of those who
have died of contagious maladies. This
is not the case with bodies placed in an
ice box. Embalming prevents decay,
and there is none of that evolution of
gases which no ground can wholly ab
sorb, especially the cemeteries of large
cities. The features of the dead can also
be preserved for a great length of time,
and repeated tests have shown that
embalming, to a large extent, restores
the features when through death by
violence or delays of various kinds titty
have ceased to be life-like."
"How about the process itself."
"It is a very brief one. The old
Egyptian process occupied 70 days,
while now it occupies scarcely an hour
and a half. Nor dues the present pro
cess necessitate a removal of the cloth
ing of the deceased. In order to use
the ice box as is commonly done, it is
demanded that the body be compara
tively unclothed up to almost the last
hour before the funeral, but in embalm
ing, the friends may, if (hey wish, ful
ly clothe it immediately after death
and before calling in the embalmer.
That this is so, is evident from the fact
that the process is in the main similar
to that in which morphine and other
medicines are injected beneath the skin
of the living. By the passing of a
hypodermic tube into one of the con
venient arteries, an antiseptic fluid
flows into the arterial system and pre
vents those changes which so greatly
add to the frightf ulness of death. A
body thus simply and quickly prepared
will continue as at the time of deatb,or
even in better conditioner six months.
Or, if thought best, it may be covered
with a slight but impervious fluid pre
paration which will resist all agencies
of destruction for ten years or more.
In this length of time the body will be
come greatly shrunken, hard as wood
and in color like mahogany, but noth
ing more. In fact I liave some such
bodies in my rooms at Rochester, which
I prepared in Colorado ten or more
years ago, and which 1 was permitted
to exhume and take .bast as speci
mens." Pro. Benouard has ten pupils in his
Detroit class. He was formerly a drug
dist, but went into the embalming
business thirteen years ago, and since
then has instructed hundreds of under
takers. Ashland, the Borne ot Clay.
A drive of a mile from Ashland south
east along the limestone turnpike that
paves the stteets of towxs and highways
about them, brings the visitor to the
home of Henry Clay. Tae road is
dotekl mitu be an til ol suburban resi
dences most of the way on the north,
and part of the original Ashland larm is
soon presented on the south. It is
beautiful fields, green with tne noted
Hie 'grass tht is credited with the
creation ot the famous stoek cf Ket
tuoky, bat it is now thefproperty of the
AgiiiuitirU College. Further fo the
soutu is the home of John Clay, the
only surviving son of the founder of
Ashland, who lives the quiet life of a
farmer on soma two hundred acres of
the old homestead. Beyond Ashland is
the home of the lata Thomas Cisy, a-
other son. and it is still in possession of
his family; bnt the Aahhtud a hose aged
trees were planted and whose mansion
was planned and fashioned by Clay him
self, is now the residence ot his grand
daughter, Mrs, McDowell, and her ac
complished and hospitable husband. It
was long the reticence of James B.
Clay, the ouly son who reached national
distinction as a pul lio man aud who
was twice elected to represent tbe Lex
ington district in Congress. He died
in the prime of life, and tbe citizens of
Liexington and the Stte contributed to
ttia purchase of the property for an
Agricultural College. The College was
not successful on the plan adopted, and
Colonel McDowell, a Kentuckiaa of cul
ture and fortune an 1 the husband of the
only daughter of Henry Clay, Jr., who
fell at bueoa V lata, purchased Ashland,
and it agaiu became the home of the
Clays within the last Tear. The man
sion La 1 been rebuilt by James to arrest
decay, but the old foundations were un
touched, and the new Ashland mansion
is the exact counterpart of the original,
in both architecture and material, lack
ing only the sanctity of ag. Colonel
McDjwell welcome the friends of the
Clays to the home they regard as one of
tne shnnes of patriotism andstateenbw-
ship, and his wife hears with filial firide
the homage paid to tbe grandaire she
more thau idolizes. She is a thorough
Clay, with alt the marked features and
complexion of her grandfather, softened
in refined and e egant womanhood.
The architecture of the house is as
original and novel as it is beautifu'. A
piJared portico fuces Lexington to the
northwest, from whiclt th imposing
statue of Clay, two miles distant in the
LexiDgtoa Cemetery, is visible between
the forests which ekirt the road and
towj, and single-storied wings with
gables to the front, flank the main
structure and ad l to its palatial propor
tions and internal comfort The o ipa
cioas gronnds are a forest of shade,
variegated in type anl threaded with
walks aid drives aud beautiful with
shrubs and newer. It is a home worthy
of Henry Clay, and that exhausts the
power eulogy. Colonel McDowell in
herited Clay's love for horses, and bis
stable would have delighted Clay wheu
he was m walled tue horse-racer, because
he believed that men and women and
all the creatures committed to their
guardianship, should attain the highest
measure of perfection, The quality of
his stable may be understood when 1
speak of "Dictato"," a twenty-year-old
horse, fcr whom he paid $25,000 only a
few w eeks ago, and could sell him at an
advance to-duy. and of a fitly for whom
he refused $10,0D0 at two years of ae,
and they were but two of many kindly
exhibited, the least valuable of which a
yearlings, would rate iu the thousands.
"Dictator" is, learn, tiie must noted
horse on the continent, and the royal
disdain with which he tt :ps the earth
leaves no doubt of his self-appreciated
nobility. All that is about AsQland has
the appearaLO J of grandeur. Its gently
undulating fields, neat as a Lan astjr
model farm; the clearly exhibited fer
tility of the Boil; the high-bred cattle
grazing on the biue-gr.is coated lawns,
aud the primeval forests which fresben
the fascinating landscape ajd stand as
sentinels over the beaa'ilul fields, all
tell why the home of Henry CUy was
to him the dearest tpot of earth.
Turning from the hospitable home of
the desjvudants of Clay, it is most na
tural for the visitor to bend his steps to
the grave of the great Commoner. Xo
direction is needed, as it towers aliove
town and loiest and guides the wor
shiper to tbe shrine he seeks. Ou the
northwestern suburb of the town is the
Lexiugton Cemetety, one of the most
beautiiul resting places for the dead I
have ever visited. It is grandly and
bouutifnlly "haded by forest tree, va
riegated with tvergreens and fragrant
hillocks and sadijn ravines are all
dotted with the records of the dreamless
sleepers of this lovely City of the Silent.
Neui the centre on a gentle eminence
with a large velvety lawn around it, are
the grave and monument of Henry Ciay.
A broad base of Kentucky limestone
twenty feet high, encloses the dust of
the beloved aud lamented statesman,
anl by hissile is the partner of his joys
aud sorrows, who survived him a full
decade. Facing the sonny Soutn is an
opeT grating that offers full view of the
beauUiully chiseled marble tombs
which contain the dust of the Clays,
Ou the top of the marble siruapbagis
are tbe simple words, Henry Clay.
O J the large base is erecjed a reand
column of ii ite limestone, nearly oue
hundred feet iu height, and ou the pin
nacle is the life like statue of Clay, fac
ing the home his name and love have
made immortal. With all his grandeur
of character and attainments, his destiny
was dust to dust, tue common destmy
of al1, aud the heart and tongue whose
eloquence inspired the liberty loviug
people of every clime are silenced loi-
eer, but nis memo y anu nis leaemuga
will endure while the Itepublio lives
After half a century of distinct ion in
both hemlspber 8, and victories aud de
feats which are alike immortal, the
story euds m the pe useful sbades of
Lexington C.ni stery. and records, atter
all, ouly the brief but fretful journey
froa the cradle to the grave.
Cheyenne's Cattle Trade.
Cheyenne has been made and is sup
ported by the cattle business. There
are downs of men who began business
ten years ago with a capital of from
$oU0 to $1,000 who are now worth from
?Jo,000 to 100,OUO. Xot long ago 1
visited the Kmgman ranch, six miles
from Cheyenne. On this ranch is the
.largest herd of thoroughbred Hereford
r" ... - . - . i; :
cattle m America, a uey ate uue speci
mens and no mistake, lt beat any cat
tle show I ever saw. In the large barn,
which cost $4,000, 1 was shown eleven
fine Hereford bulls, worth from Jo00 to
$1,000 each. Some had been imported
from England, ine .territorial siock
laws are very stringent A cattle thief
would be hung there almost as quickly
as a murderer. Every butcher in Wy
oming is required by law to keep a
complete record of every animal slaugh
tered. That is, he must Keep a dook
in which is given the date of purchased,
the age, sex and breed of the animal
slaughtered. This record is at all times
open to the inspection of stock growers
and their employes. The hides of
slaughtered animals must be kept at
the place of slaughtering for at least
seven days.
To if axk hominy waffle", to two tea
cups of hot hominy add one tablespoon
ful of batter; wben cold, add one
cap of sifted wheat floor, a little salt,
and enough milk to make a stiff batter,
and two eggs well beaten; mix well
and bake in a warns tin.
Thx next shorthorn herd book will
contain the pedigrees of 4,800 bolls and
6,000 cows and heifers and will be pub
lished in two volumes.
The Wild Turkey.
The wild turey was once found scat
tered over the whole of the North
American Continent, bnt. as the axe of
the pioneer was heard advancing further
and farther westwards the noble bird
which raised in Audubon raptures of en
thusiastic admiration lias been pushed
towards the frontiers of the settlements,
until each succeeding year sees its num
bers diminished, so that ultimate exter
mination is a matter of certainty. In
liouisiana, Alabama. Mississippi, and
Arkansas there are still many fastnesses
inacosttible-to man where the wild turkey
will find a binding-place for many years
to come. The same obscurity and iso
lation, however, which protect the wild
gobbler afford shelter and immunity to
his formidable enemy the wild cat, who
incessantly preys upon him, aud m ike
his life conditional npon cunning and
vigilance. Nor is its finely flavored
meat unappreciated by the swamp fox
and weasel, which selects the young
birds for its evening repast whenever it
la passible to catch them. Oceasional
!y the Mississippi and other big rivers
arise daring the nesting time, anl over
flow the lowlands and the islands npon
which the turkeys breed. The young
bird, unable to fly and too delicate to
resist the inflaeuce of the wet, sickens
and dies. In order to appreciate the
finest sport that any game bird in crea
tion affords an English sportsman should
become acquainted with an American
turkey-hunter. Having made the wild
habits of the bird and its exceeding sly
ness his especial study he has learnt to
use a call, which modulates the note of
alarm and the doloet whisper of bird -love,
or gives forth the mimic sounds of
joy at tne discovery of food hidden
under tbe failing leaf and npon tbe
swarming ant-hill. The hunter knows
that tt-e cracking of a twig under his
foot, the clatter of an alarmed squirrel,
the scampering of a deer (hrongtt the
forest, will rouse the wild turkey's
easily excited suspicions, and prompt
him to immediate aud headlong flight.
The implements of this peculiar
sportsman are few and simple, conaist
of the call, generally made of tne large
bone of tue turkey's wing, and a sore
rifle. The bird changes its habits with
its haunts, growing wilder where it is
most pursued. Oauiiug in wisdom and
cunning according to ttie danger of its
surroundings, the old gobbler is so
wary that no ordinary sportsman can
circumvent him. "I once huuted regu
lar aft n the same biril, said a famous
Mississippi marksman, "lortlirex years,
and never saw him but twice, I knew
the critter's yelp as well as that of
Ales c, my old deerhoand, and the bird's
track, was as clear to me as that of a leg
hauled along a dusty road. I hunted
him always about the same scratchiiis.
and when I called he would run from
mi." Let us taae an imaginary scene.
The day wears towards ncou, aud the
patient hunter has met with no "sign."
Suddenly a slight Bound is heard, not
unlike a thousand other woodlaud noises
out enough to satisfy the listener's prac
ticed ear. Stealthily he intreuchea him
self behind a fallen tree; a few green
twigB are arranged before him through
which peeps the nrnzzle of his trusty
rifle. Thus prepared he emits his call,
ai.d gives one solitary female cluck, so
exquisitely modulated that it chimesn
with the running brook aud the rustling
leaf. Half a mile ctf a splendid gobbler
is lee J ing. As he scratches up the
herbage that conceals his food he giyes
utterance to the sound that hrst attrac
ted the hunter's notice. His wings are
awry, the plnmage on his breast seems
soiled with nun, his wattles are con
tracted and pale, when suddenly ho
starts, and, instantly every feather is in
its pi ice. He raises his uuinty head
full four feet from the ground, and lis
tens. What an eye flashes, what a
stride is suggested iy that lilted foot.
Again the cluck greets his ear. L prist s
the head with lightning swiltuess; the
bird starts forward a pace or two, and
answers to the caJL He is uneasy, and
picks np his fcoi pettishly, sniootliiDg
down his feathers, aud at last springing
np to the limb of a tree to peer into the
wood. An hour passes away before the
framed hunter ventures npon another
caiL Tbe wary gobbler is satisfied that
it comas from no human lips, and there
rises to his mind tne picture of some
disconsolate mistress. But he is au old
bird, aud has escaped with his life by a
miracle upon previous occssions. He
has grown extraordinarily cunning. He
never roosts for two successive nights
upon the same tree, and rarely gobbles
without running away from the sound
himself has made. But the last cluck
has fairly roused him. He begins to
strut; his slender lithe body swells; the
beautiful plumage of his breast is ruined
his neck curves, his wattles grow scar
let. The long leathers of his wings
brush the ground, and the tail rises and
opens like a fan. Ou he comes, with a
bitching gait, glowing in the sunshine
like purple and gold. The siren cluck
is twiee repeated, and scaice tilty yards
intervenes between him and the murder
ous rifle. The hunter, anxious to draw
him still nearer, in order to shoot him
through the head, fools him to the top
of his bent- At length he hops upen a
fallen stump, some twenty yards distant
from the doom that awaits him. The
sharp crack'cf a ntle rings through the
forest tae glittering plumage, the
proud step, the pieiciug eye avad him
not, aud withont a movement of the
muscles he has fallen a headless body
to tbe earth. To those Eng'ish sports
men and they are many who find
pheasant shooting tame, we would rc-
oommend a vt-it in the snperb autumn
of North America to tbe Southern
States, in the hope that many such
gobblers as we have described may fall
before their unerring bullets.
Fading Mineral.
Tt mav tint Im cenerallv known that
many minerals lose their color or lade
wheu expooed to light, .experienced
collectors frequently keep their most
finely colored specimens in a dark place.
r luonte is especially naoie uj iaue.
Amazon stone, however, sometimes
traiiid in color when exoosed to light A
greenish gray foldsptr from the grauite
veins of Ammeberg nas ueeu iouuu tu
assume a bright emerald gieen wben
exposed to the a r. Experiments made
by placing fragments in sealed tabwi
and exposing tuem to the light for a
year led to the conclusion that air and
moisture had no influence, bat that
light alone effected the change in
color.
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a hard problem in India. In the Bom
bay Piesidency 9,433 cases are under
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