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VOL. XXXVII.
"t rORTIOX.
Very little of gold have I,
Wraith and station Lave passed xtw bv
Hut something sweet in my life i old '
That I would not change fur place or eoid
lteneath my Iet the green rjh uZ g '
A love tuy head are th tendur skies?
I live between two heavens; my ryes
Look out to where, serene and sweet
At the world's lar rim the two heavens
meet. "
I hear the wbisperiugs of th hreeze.
That sweet, small tumults amid th. tr. .
Ami many a message comes to me '
On the wing of bird, In the hum of bee.
From the mountain peak and the surZ-ln
sea. "
E'en silence speaks with voice so clear
1 lean my very heart to hear, '
Aud all above me and all around
Light and darkness and sight and sound
lo s. ul and sense such meanings briut
1 thrill with a rapturous wondering.
Aud I know by many a subtle si 'n
That the very lest of lite is mine."
And yet, as I sjiell ea. li message 0-r-1
long aud long for a de-ier lore: '
1 long to see aud I long to hear
With a clearer vision, a truer ear
And I pray w ith the keeuest of all desire
For the lips that are Uu. Led by the altar
tire.
ratieuce ! oh, Soul ! from a little field
There Cometh often a gracious yield
V ho toucheth 1 1 is garuieut's hem is healed
" VOl SCi MB. .OKlH.
"Young Mr. Gordon
next wet-k. Pansy ? "
will be here
Miss Mollie Hendersou, familiarly
known as " Pansy "presumably be
cause she did not in any respect resem
ble that "flower of thoughts," lieing of
ait exceedingly vivacious tenqierameut,
and addicted in the earlier days of her
existem-e to top-spinning, marble-play-ing,
aud other amusements jipularly
supiosed to be the exclusive proi?rty
of boys looked up hi a very placid
manner as her father made this an
nouncement, and answered it fully and
effectively by an expressive snrug of
her pretty shoulders aud a verv decided
pouting of her small mouth. Then she
placed the book which had been engag
ing her attention on the sofa by her
side, caused her small feet to swiftly
descrilie a semi-circle, and wlien the
flash of brown hose and prettily turned
ankle was over she had assumed a sit
ting sture, her previous attitude hav
iug been one of comfortable but rather
uiidignilied recumliency. She then
placed her elbows on her knees, regard
ed her father complacently, and said:
"Is the Anqiahoe coining, too?"
Mr. Ilenderson'e manner changed at
once. "Yes," he replied, "Mr. Gor
don will accompany his son; and I
want you, Margaret, to treat hini with
every respect in fact, I shall expect
you to do so."
The figure on the sofa saw that a
mistake h;ul been made early iu the
campaign. When her father addressed
her as "Margaret" it meant serious
displeasure on his part. It also meant
that he must be placated at once, lor
Mr. Henderson wasous of that rut her
numerous class of men in whose minds
a real or fancied, injury continues to
magnify with each succeeding instant,
until it liually wraps their whole exis
tence iu an artificial, but none the less
effective, gloom. Mollie was well ac
quainted with the disease, and on
equally intimate terms with the re
medy. Consequently she at once
bounded from the sofa, flung her arms
around the paternal neck, squeezing
that useful ortioii of man's anatomy
until a fracture of the cervical vertebra
seemed imminent, bestowing at the
same time ujionlier sire a large numbr
of kisses, these being punctuated with
ejaculatory and highly incoherent re
marks to the effect tliat the object of
this tidal-wave of osculation was the
dearest, darlingest old papa in the
world, so he was, and that the oratrix,
on the contrary, was a naughty, wick
ed girl, who didn't deserve to have such
a sweet, lovely iapa, who was always
doing everything iu the world for l.er.
And then having finished this wild
flutter of disjointed English, Miss Mol
lie nestled closely in her father's arms
and indulged in that never tailing
panacea for all the woes to which fe
male flesh is penetual heir a good
crv.
"It's all right, Tansy, darling," said
Mr. Henderson, strokingly gentry the
mass of brown hair that lay uiou her
breast, the remainder of the uad to
which it belonged having been thrust
under his left arm in aU apparently
wM eudeaor to discover by burrow
ing any stray suspender or other article
of nenla' iuiiiishiuir totals that might
be concealed there. "1 was a little hard
on you perhaps, but you know Mr.
Gordon is "Si lite-long friend of mine,
and I don't like to have you allude to
him iu a careless or jesting manner.
The fare was slow I v withdrawn from
lieneath the internal ana and looked
up at Mr. Henderson. It Witt not ex
actly a pretty face, there being a tip
tilted nose somewhere about the mid
dle of it, and the features were not at
all regular or classic. But the big
brown eyes and their long lashes would
have attracted attention from any one
not a professional cynic or misanthrope
aud wnen these, looking up apia-aling-ly,
called to their aid a drooping mouth,
white, regular teeth, and lips that
seemed quivering with the agony of
great mental sutlering, the immediate
and complete capitulation of whoever
constituted the opposing force was a
matter of course.
And here a little explanation is ne
cessary. From the days of her infancy,
when her mother having died, she was
relegated lo the tare ot a maiden aunt
who-? spuiisierhood.iit view ot the tact
that Mr. Henderson had loved his w ife
very dearly and did not at aU desire to
replace her with another helpmate, ap
peared to be a special dispensation in
favor of the motherless little girl, Mol
lie had been treated by her father to
remarks concerniutr John Gordon, who,
she was informed, had gone to the far
West several years previously and had
lieen left a widower with one child, a
l.nv about five vears older than Mollie,
One of the first frets impressed upon
the child's mind was that Mr. Gordon
; i.i-.iin Subseotieutlv. in her
ii " mi iu n . - -
infantile perusal of the newspapers
which at the age of 10 she read regular
ly, and with great fidelity to dewil
she eleaued the information that Idaho
was the home of the Arapahoe Indians,
aud at once identified Mr. Gordon with
the noble sous of the forest,aud pictur
ed him to herself w a toucMMU1P!?
of carmine hue (having seen Indian
alluded to in the public "
men), carrying cousuntly with him a
large supply of tomahawks and other
destructive cutlery.wuile there dangled
at his belt a long string ot iruculariy
gory scalps. When, increasing years,
Same the knowledge that her father s
friend was not an Indian, Mollie stuck
the femuune mind is smlirf ttl
more orless interest m suKib eit!
aiwamrully through her retrousse nose
T? .Betting rid of her to some
time .Hrv 0,,t at tbe
dnlv 1 Chda ltUe l,rairie ouUUud-
aoubt MrT deead- she'h
doubt Mr. Baruum would part with
am- f r itall,,-T,,o a 8uitable fi
ance for her might not be frustrated.
At the close of one of these outbursts
she would generally weep copiously,
which action always , reduced Mr
Henderson to a state of servile humility
V'-,red ?Iiss Mollie "munity
from further allusion to matrimony for
at least a month.
But now the young mau who had
ptted m such a will-'o-the wisp fashion
before her mental vision for so many
years was coming to New York. The
trip was to be made, his father had
written Mr. Henderson, for the double
purpose of giving "the boy" he was
2l a chance to see the sights of a great
city and affording the elder geutleman
an opportunity of revisiting the scenes
of his youth, which, as Mr. Henderson
informed Mollie luirentheticaliy while
reading the letter to her, were about
four miles back of New London.Conn.,
and not, so far as he was aw are, of a
particularly inspiring character.
"Now Tansy, darling," said Mr.
Henderson when the letter-readiug was
finished, "I dont want vou to lnarrv
young Gordon or any one else unless
you do so entirely of your own accord.
rui i uo want you to treat him well.
and make his stay as pleasant as possi-
uie. "
,4Of course I'll do that, nana." re
plied Mollie dutifully, as she sat ujkiii
the sofa tapping one little foot with the
other and gazing upon the operation in
a reflective manner. "Of course I shall
be polite to him, but really I don't
want to marry him and eo out West to
live among the piairie dogs aud sleep iu
a wigwam." .
The day of the Gordon's arrival was
a momentous one for Mollie, aud when,
seeing her father enter the house with
two men, one of middle age and the
other young, she descended to the
parlor, it was with a feeling of some
trepidation, as she naturally concluded
that Mr. Gordon entertained ideas re
ciprocal to those of her father on the
subject of matrimonial alliance between
the two families, and had communicat
ed them to his son. The elder Mr.
Gordon was first presented, ami Mollie
found him anything but au Indian m
looks or manner. The son, "Johnnie,''
as her father persisted In calling him,
was a grave, dignified,, young fellow,
and returned Mollie's rather formal
and somewhat distant greeting in ane
quail y ceremonious and remote man
ner. Their conversation was not at
first ixuticularly brilliant or interesting.
In lieu of a more suggestive topic Mol
lie ventured a few general remarks
concerning the weather, but young Mr.
Gordon not appearing to take the
slightest interest m the existent me
teorological ioni:i:ioiis,siie was sieeuuy
reduced to a state of hopeless iniljecili
ty, so far as conversation was concern
ed. But presently she revived some
what, and essayed another attack. Had
Mr. Gordou seen mu-:h of the city and
how did it impress him?
Mr. Gordon's observation of the me
troiolis, it apiaied, had not lieen of
an extensive character, aud he was not.
therefore, prepared to commit himself
as to its general apiearance. lie then
ventured the assertion that Miss Mol
lie luul probably olteu seen the ocean.
Moilie at once admitted being on
terms of personal intimacy with that
bodv of water, and went on to describe
with girlish enthusiasm the beauties of
tl e Atlantic, teiling how its apiwrently
limitless area always impressed her,and
dilated on the grandeur of the scene,
when the vast billows, driven by the
nii"rhty energv of a gale, came leaping
shoreward with resistless force, their
foam-crowned summits show ing white
and haggard against the dull gray of a
cloud-ridden sky, while here and there
a vessel tossing halplessly iu the caul
dron of the teuipest attracted attention
and pity. She was getting on famous
ly, w hen the young man suddenly in
terjected a query as to whether mack
erel were not caught in the ocean.
Mollie replied that they certainly
-..rar least she had so red iu books.
Personally, however, (wuu a cuaiu.u.B
. ;..t ilt.M.1 nose), she
SHU! inrougu mo ui'- n
knew nothing at ail oi uie inauci.
"I like mackerel, -saiu juiuig
Gordon, 'especially- wueu u.e,
served with baked potatoes and toast.'
...i i.....;.ir delivered himself of this
edifying gastrouomical sentiment he
gazed abstractedly at the toes of his
. i two nniomii-7 a re-
very in which unlimited mackerel and
COUI1UC33 r ,(.,ul
tm.tlv nassmsr ueiore u
'There is some lovely needle-work at
" suddenly exclaim-
ed Ml iCh7having 1 formed in the
mita 5ean of her thoughts the nau-
. .i ti,. ii known as
known as "jiomg
which consists in iaUly ;Uter-
ing your course w uuoui.
I.. ,l,ii.a
w ''.w"xL .rrdon recalled himself
frou it E mystic dreamland of macker
. .,.ps and eazed at her
''"" likdv" was his
. l...f iruneral reulv.
ThaveKot ' iwful, tu,te,cnlZy
quilt, contmuea f
ever see a crai-j-H""-; , . nf
A solemn and prolonged shaki i g of
th head couveyeu me iu
he PonVlrW-dwas wholly r iguor
. inn bed-clothes of any de-
Ul Vi
Foraotherhour Mollie bravely en
sbiect concern
vo v Mr. Gordou would
cZseTtouktheflof
mind, but wiuioui
. . tl.. .i,-i t. lier n to 111.
g "He isTbTld To..kig, papa," -he
:i... i,..rf .n,..rin an ante-breatlast
SLt ti.p next morning, the subject be-
me young Mr. Gordon, "but he isi such
Stupid?"' And then she related the
But as the days wentou MoUic found
voung Mr. Gordou to improve wonder
fully on acquaintance. She soon dis
covered that he could talk fluently
Cl T w-:ision reuuired. aud
Zt8m The lin of paying the little
MIFFLINTOWN.
courtesies to which all women attach
so much importance, he was a verita
ble Bayard. Thev ml w.ill t.wilr
long drives, and availed themselves of
various other amusements which a
country life affords. Insensibly they
became very confidential with each
other, but it was th- frank confidence
of friendship at least Mollie thought
so, and never was mortal more surpris
ed than she when one evening, as they
sat together on the piazza, young Mr.
Gordou suddenly took her hand in his
and asked her to marry him. "Vou
must nave seen how you have grown
into ny heart, Mollie," he said very
earnestly; "and I'm sure you believe
my love one that will be true and faith
ful." But instead of receiving the answer
he hud hoiied for. vountr Gordon found
the little hand suddenly withdrawn
irom ms, and a pair of very snappy
brown eyes looking at him.
1 am obliged for the honor. Mr.
Gordon," she said, "but you can tell
your father that 1 wouldn't fall iu with
his plaus and be disiiosed of like a load
of hay. You can tell your father that."
and Miss Mollie was gone, leaving
young Mr. Gordou alone on the piazza,
very sore at heart aod very much mys-
titied.
"I am sorry that yeu and Johnnie
should have fallen out," said the elder
Mr. Gordou to Mollie the following
day, "because we are going away to
morrow, and it seems too bad to have
anything mar the pleasure of our visit.
1 had no idea that the boy would fall
love with you that wasn't what I
brought him East for."
"It wasn'ti1" queried Mollie, getting
suspiciously white around the mouth.
"hy. no," continued the father,
why should I?"
"Oh, of course not," incoherently
replied Mollie, aud iinutadiateiy bolted
into the house, leaving Mr. Gordon to
emiciate confidentially to himself the
roiositiou that girls weie hell when
they got started."
1 he next morning Mollie arose very
early, and was unusually occupied with
various household titles so much so
that it was not until the time for de
parture arrived that young Mr. Gordon
had a chance to speak to her. He came
into the iiarlor, where she was assidu
ously dusting a spotless statue
Good-uy, Miss Henderson.' he said
very slowly.
'G-o-o-d-b-y," was the reply . in a
somewhat falsetto tone, and young Mr.
Gordon noticed with surprise that Mol
lie did not even look at him, but kept
the duster going vigorously.
'Is there anything i can do for you
in the West?'' he said, going close to
her.
"Xo-o."
".Nothing at all? Is there nothing
you want?"
' J -e-e s."
"What is it?"
"I want vou!" she suddenly exclaim-l
ed, and U tnie jouug Mr. Gordon had
tune to iv-lcct ou this extraordinary de
claration he found a very pretty young
lady sobbing violently in his arms, aud
from the hall heard his father remark
that if women didn't totally eclitse the
infernal regions he had failed to dis
cover what did.
Tha Unite a 'llure.
A letter from Brooklyn, says: The
Brooklyn bridge is a failure, and the
iieople of New York and Brooklyn re-
coguize it as such. Of course it is a
grand piece of engineering it is simply
magnificent by day and night, but it
doesn't till the wants of the people.
Betweeu 5.30 and 7 A. X., aud the
same hours at night, thousands of the
poorer people use the bridge in coming
from lirooklyn to their work and re
turning home again, but the vast mass
of the people cross by ferry. It is no
fault of the bridge that people do not
use it, but on anything save a pleasant
calm day the elements make a walk
over the structure very unpleasant if
not really hazardous. A slight breeze
ou earth means a hurricaue on the
bridge. During a blow on Sunday a
woman crossing had a very narrow es
cape from serious injury. The wind
caught her clothes and sent her whirl-
: ..i 1 .i:..:. 41.,,
tug aiuiosL utei 111c ii-iiv.c uiviuuig iuc
promenade from the cable-car tracks.
And this is merely one of hundreds of
similar incidents reported. To l sure
there are cable-cars running ou the
bridge, but they are few iu number and
mighty uncertain in their time oi go
imr. So. all things considered, a person
going to Brooklyn from the New York
city hall can make time by cutting
down Fulton street and taking the old
ferryboats. There is but one thing to
do. Ouit fooling with the impractica
ble cable cars, running by friction
wheels on elevated cables and run
trains of four to ten carsovorthe bridge
by the small, almost noiseless locomo
tives, and make the fare 3 cents.
hile discussing rpiu transit, the
elevated roads show a queer state of
affairs. When first opened to the pub
lic the elevated roads were popular be
cause of their novelty, and the news
papers began o yell"! tie horse-cars
must go." Well, they did and do, and
are liable to continue going, though
not in the sense the newspapers meant.
The elevated roads at first struck a
severe blow at the surface roads, and
friirhtenad the small stockholders of the
latter class into giving up their hold
ings, which were promptly gobbled by
the bier fish, and they in turn bought
heavily of elevatext stock, so tuat to
day both systems of roads are virtually
owned by the same men, and whatever
they may lose out of their left hand
they grab nacK w iui ineir rigui. uue
thing accomplished uy uie eievaieu
roads is the forcing of the surface com
panies to put stoves iu the cars. On
the Third avenue line the stoves will be
in zinc boxes, on the middle of the seat,
in the centre of the car.
Taa-Urinkinc in Knelaad.
Now that the English people have
done so much to stem the evil of in
temperance in the use of alcoholic
liouors. tliey are devoting their atten
tion to iuleuiiierauce in other things.
One ot these things is tea-drinking,
concerning which there is now con
siderable agitation in England. At a
large meeting in Loudon, the other
day, the Heau of Bangor spoke of the
necessity of good cooking, aud arraigned
severely the pernicious practice of
(11 lllKM1B IVHk. A 1119 ClMbM., OtUU,
renewed three or four times a day,
made men and women feel weak, and
the result was that the tea kettle weut
before the gin-bottle, and the physical
and nervous weakness which had its
origin in the bad cookery of an ignorant
wife ended in ruin, intemperance and
disease.
JUNIATA COUNTY.
The Mart lag. Broker.
A few years ago a young man of fine
peiaonai and mental advantages, bnt
without a dollar in hia pocket, arrived
in Paris from one of the provincial
towns. Bis parents and frienos had
cast him off becan-e of his distaste for
commerce and his obstinate preference
for literary pursuits. His father had
given him 24 iranos and then closed the
paternal door upon hiui.
The day alter his arrival he offered
one of his manuscripts to au editor, who
glanced over :t aud returned it to him
with a smile. He tried successively
four or five editors, with the same suc
cess, and returned to his humble lodg
ing with bis litetsry ardor somewhat
cooled. Still he was not totally dis
couraged. But after a week spent in
Irmtlesa effort, finding that his 25
franc had beoome reduced to four sous,
he determined to write a penitent letter
to his hither, - Uo clapped his hat on
his head and went oat to take a walk.
It ai bright, sunshiny afternoon, and,
arrived upon the Pont heat, he sat
down npou a bench. He had not not
sat there long whenageutleiuaaly look
ing man sat down by his side, and re
marking his melancholy, kindly asked
him the cause. The young mau frankly
told him his position.
"Come with me; I will soon put yon
in a way to escape from all your difficul
ties." The young man accepted his new
friends invitation, acd lellowtd him to
one of the mobt elegant restaurants of
the qnaiter, w here he was soon seated
before a luxurious dinner. When the
dessktt was placed upon the table, his
new friend asked:
"Wuat do yon take me to bt?"
"1 am sure I don't know," replied the
yonng man, "a count, perhaps or a
marquis, or, at least, a man of for
tune." "Not at all," replied the other; I am
in a business, and my bnmuss is to
draw just such young mm as you out of
such oifliculties as yon are in."
How?
By marrying them to some rich
heireas."
The yonng proviucial listened most
attentively wlrlo the speculator ex
plained the business to him.
"Now," taid the latter, "what is your
father's lortune?"
" fcr.aue in landed property most
ly, but representing a value of at least
4U0.00U fi auca.
' My dear sir," exclaimed the mar
nagi -maker, "you have a right to a
first-class dowry. Let ns see; who
have I to give you? Do you like
blondes?"
Passionately."
"That's perfect; I have your affair."
"Well, present me to the young
lady."
No, no, young man, yon are too
fast. e do not compromise fanulies
in that You must first give me
500 francs to pay for the negotiations,
without which the whole affair will
fall."
"Five hundred fraucs! I oouM not
give yon five sous if mo life dejiended
upon it!" exclaimed the young mau.
But," rt joined the other, "you can
write to your father, tell him tuat yon
are about marrying a young lady with a
dowry of 300,000 francs, and double
that when her father dies; that the
father is apoplectic, and the mother
dropsical. Yon see, the affair is
superb."
After a little more discussion, the
young man sat down aud wrote a letter,
which was calculated to impose upon
the oid eenlleman; in fact, by the re
turn of post the son received a forgive
ness and a bank note of 1,000 francs.
The marriage maker conducted his
dupe tli9 opera, where he promised he
should meet his future bride. The or
chestra had just finished their overture,
when a box, directly in front of our
ceedulous youth, was opened, and a fair
haired yonng girl of great beauty en
tered, accompanied by an elderly lady
and an officer in n&Jress uniform.
"There she is with her father and
mother," said the match-maker. "Look
at her; what do yon say?"
iteiiutUuII beautilul returned the
other, already desperately smitten; "bnt
does she know that I am here?"
"Of aonrse, tor I have made all the
necessary propoeitioua and advances for
yon; and if joa imt the young lady at
well as sue eeems to please yon, the af
fair is arranged at once."
'Hut she does not aopcar to notice
me at all," remarked the young man,
after a time.
"tihe noticed you without your seeing
it," replied the other; "but wait a mo
ment, 1 will go and find out the impres
sion yon have produced."
And, between the acts, the match
maker went to the officer's box. spoke a
few moments with the oid gentleman,
and itnnuiliatel returned to his com
panion. V elv said he, ''they are all very
well pleased with you. The parents say
yon are a serious- looking yonng mau,
and the daughter asked me one or two
questions, which augurs well. But,
enough for this evening. Come to-morrow
to my bureau, and we will have
some further progress."
The ronng man was exact at tl e ren
dezvous. The matchmaker began by
asking tor the pnee of the opera box
which the lady and her parents occu
pied, pretending that he had presented
them the tickets in the young maii'i
name. But our proviucill began to
have his suspicions excited, aud after
putting some very close questions to
him, which embarrasod him greatly,
the young man left him, and, oonvinced
that he had been duped, went to cool
his agitation by a walk in the gardens ot
the Tuillenes. There, one of the first
groups he saw was his promised bride.
accompanied m tbe same way as the
evjmiig txiore.
Going up to the old officer he begged
a moments private conversation, and
when he had taken him aside, he
said:
"PrJon me. tir, but you were at the
rpsa.fc.kt night?''
"Yes, sir,"
"Are yon particulary acquainted with
the individual who entered your box
and spoke to yon between the second
and third acta?"
"I dou't know him at all," replied the
officer. ' He came to ask me if 1 was
not the Count d'Estriea, and if I had not
served in the late king's body guard.
Upon my replyiua: in the negative, he
excused himself and went away. Bat
why do you ask?"
Oh! sir, there are some great rogues
in yonr city of Paris.'
Certainly, sir; but why remark that
which is as little consoling as it is pos
sible to be?"
FENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 1SS3.
"Sir " Bald the young man, resolute
ly, "would yon believe that that man
who entered your box last night pro
posed your daughter's hand to me, with
her dowry, and your fortune, tor a cer
tain sum of money?"
"The old man s Uoe became red with
anger, and the next day, accompanied
r.y the young provincial, be called upon
the match-maker, each armed with a
heavy cane, and the old man was quite
disposed to open the visit by exercising
his weapon upon the impertinent marriage-maker's
shoulders. But the latter
apologize 1, begged and prayed so
earnestly that the father, to avoid nnca
dal, contented himself with a severe re
monstrance. Appreciating, however,
the service the youug man had rendered
he invited him to his house and there,
without paying and without negotiation.
by the sole effect of the sympathy of
the hearts, a marriage was made, which
promises to be as happy as the most
exacting friends nbuld wish.
Stained tilaoa.
The glass used in this work is of
many grades and qualtities. Glass of
varying thickness is raucu used for
giving lighter or darker shades. The
glass is heated to a red heat and is then
punched by various tools, pressed by
dies, squeezed into ridges, or rolled
over an uneven surface. In this man
ner the glass is so pretiared that the
same effects of light and shade are pro
duced as by hand painting, and th
blending of the shades is more harmo
nious. In addition to the better effec
thus produced, when the light is shin
ing through the glass, the reflection
of light from the uneven surface of the
glass, when the light is shining from
within, reveals the form of tbe design
clearly, and yet the color varies as the
light strikes upon the raised surface
from different angles. Another new
method of treating glass, or rather a
modification of an old method, is to
paint "Hashed" glass with acids, in
stead of etching the glass as formerly.
By this new method the work has a
more picturesque look. A design is
sometimes painted with acids ou the
colored side of the glsas The color is
thus removed, and stained glass of an
other color or shade is placed behind it
to produce the proper shade or combi
nation. The old Venetian style for the
productiou of "marbled" glass is also
coming into more general use. In this
work shreds or bits of different colored
glass are placed upon the table ou which
the glass to form the plate is poured
while It is m liquid form. As the glass
cools it Is rolled and pressed in the
usual manner to force these bits into
it. Another style much in demand
is known as "granulated" glass, and is
made in France. This glass is very
heavy, and one side is roughened, pre
senting a surface appeaarance like
sand-paper. When held to the light.
it resembles ground glass, but the col
ors are rich and warm. Another new
style of material is known as "cracked"
glass. This is made in large circular
sheets. As these sheets cool after
moulding, they are placed uiou a cable
having a slight depression iu the cen
tie, and the glass is pressed down into
this hollow, producing the effect of
many small seams or cracks running
through the glass in various direc
tions. There has never been any siecial
rage for one particular color or shade.
since the "blue glass consumption
cure" fever broke out about seven
years ago. Many dealers say that they
still have a considerable demand for
blue glass from people who place great
faith in the theory that the rays of light
shining through the glass are beneficial
to persons suffering from various com
plaints. The manufacturer and de
signer, from whom the greater part of
the information here given was ob
tained, said that he had many calls for
blue glass from people who had been
advised to use it by well known phy
sicians in this city.
Wages In Germany.
A discussion concerning the rates of
wages in the chief towns ,of North and
South Germany has brought out that
the average weekiy wages, the working
day being 12 hours all through the
week, paid in Berlin to stone-masons
vary from 15 to 23 marks (the mark be
ing equal to our quarter dollar); to
turners about 20 marks; gold and silver
artificers, according to the classof work
upon whioli they are employed, from 12
to 30 marks; belt makers, workmen in
foundries, 12 to IS marks; locksmiths,
13 marks; smiths, 15 to 2-1 marks;
workmen in machine factories, from 17
to 31 marks; watchmakers aud soapma
kers. 18 marks; tanners, 15 to 13 marks;
linen and calico weavers from seven to
13 marks; cloth weavers, from ten to 20
marks; carpet-niakers, 15 marks; join
ers and kindred trades, 15 marks;
butchers, 12 to 20 marks; brewers, 21
to 31 marks; tailors, six to 15 maiks;
female dressmakers, seven to 12 marks;
shoemakers, 12 marks. A Munich in
dustrial journal, commenting on these
rates, observes that wages in South
Germany are about equal to the Berliu
rates; but the cost of living and lodg
ing is much less.
Army of Germany.
The greatest numerical strength of
the German army in the late war with
France never exceeded 1,400,000 men
but a writer in a recent number of the
ILview declares that in a future war
half a million more soldiers could be
sent into the field. He estimates that
Germany can almost immediately
niobiliae. au army of 33,000 officers,
1,450,000 men, 27,000 physicians and
officials, and 300,000 horses; for which
number all clothes, armaments, outfits,
carts, etc., are provided in peace time,
aud held in readiness in the different
garrisons. To the mobilized army
would have to be added the surplus of
drilled reserve and militiamen, num
bermg 150,000 men; the depot reserves
of the first class, numbering 220,000
men; one contiugeut of recruits, one-
year volunteers, volunteers under
twenty years, and ten contingents of
Landsturn; which make up a grand total
or 2,830,000 trained men, commanded
by officers who have fought some of th
greatest battles of the century, and
have never turned their backs upon the
enemy.
Th Hotel Vaaker.
"That 's the fourth case of booze I've
handled to-night, and it's only two
o'clock; the boys must be bavin' times,
and no mistake," were the somewhat
mysterious words of a strapping big
watchman as he strolled up to and
leaned against the office counter of one
of the principal hotels ot this city last
night aud helped himself to a couple of
toothpicks. The remark was addressed
to the night clerk of the house, who
was sitting with his feet up, reading a
newspaper, and was overheard by a
reporter engaged in glancing over the
register.
"What do you mean; what's the
row?" asked the scribe, the haughty
autocrat enshrined behind the counter
not having deigned to make any reply
or even glance up from the article he
was reading.
"What do I mean? Why, I mean
I've run four drunken men up to bed
this blessed night, and a devil of a row
a couple of 'em made about it, too."
"Are four iu one night more than
your usual share of such prizes?"
"Well, yes sir, it is; although I've
seen the nights when I've had seven or
eight fellers, all as tight as drums, to
put to bed. Oh, the night watchman
of a hotel ain't got no soft snap, and
don't you forget It."
"Do they give you much trouble as a
rule?"
"Some does, and some doesn't; but
most of 'em is easy enough to manage
if you know how to work 'em. You
sea," he continued, seating himself on
the counter and tiking another tooth
pick, "there are different kinds of
drunks, you know, such as mild drunks,
silly drunks, fighting drunks and blind
drunks, and all must lie treated in dif
ferent ways. Xow, the last feller I
took up to bed, f 'rinstance, was jut as
easy to handle as a wax baby, aud no
more trouble to take than a drink; but
the man that came in before him was a
terror, a regular ugly one, who wouldn't
go above the first landin' without half
an hour's coaxin' ami pushiu', ami he
wanted to knock out the bronze man
what holds up the gitslight at the head
of the office stairs. Old chaps and
countrymen seems to be the easiest to
manage; but some of the young city
bloods that come in late are worse than
so many lunatics. Why I took a sort
of dude up to No. 431 last Tuesday
light that threw all the bedclothes out
of the window while I weut to get him
some ice water, and was tryin' his best
to get the mattress out when I got
back. I had t ) go out in the street
and get the things, which was scattered
all over the pavement. Then they
sometimes make a fearful row aud
wake up the other guests, and holler
for more grog, and get sick, and are
more trouble than twins with the mea
sles;" and the night watchman sighed
as the memories of his by-gone expe
riences with various kinds of "drunks"
flitted across his brain.
"Do they ever give you anything for
for your trouble in taking care of
tLem?" queried the scribe.
"Well, no sir, not often, though
sometimes one of 'em will come down
handsome, but mostly when they have
to be helped to bed they are too rummy
to know enough to d' th s right thing,
and, of course, when they wakes up
next morning they generally have heads
on 'em, and goes away without even
thinkiu' of the trouble I had with 'era
the night before, and even if they did I
wouldn't be on duty, so they couldn't
remember my kindness anyhow. The
only case when I ever struck it real
rich was one night last May. I had
lugged a great big fellow, from C'ol-o
rado, I think, up to 245, on the third
floor, and was just helpiu' him into bed
when "
Here the hotel annunciator began
ringing, and the night clerk, looking
up, remarked with a yawn; "That's
the third time 219 has rung; Bill, s'pose
vou let up on that fairy tale you're
giving us, aud run up to see what he
wants;" and the much-enduring friend
of the intoxicated patrons of the hotel
winked at the newspaper man, said
"that's one of 'em," and slowly wert
up-stairs.
Natoreasa ilealtir.
One of the most remarkable cases on
record is attracting attention at the
Massachusetts General hospital. Bos
ton. Two weeks ago Charles Briggs,
a well-known gentleman in the prime
of life, while driving between Millbury
and Worcester, was. thrown from his
buggy, striking on his face and head
against a curbstone. Ho remained
there for some time unconscious, until
picked up and taken to the Worcester
hospital, where his chances of recovery
were considered so poor that nothing
was done for him beyond what was
thought necessary to make him as com
fortable as possible. Tliat evening lie
was identified by an old college mate,
a physician, and the next day he w;is
removed to Boston and placed iu the
Massachusetts General Hospital.
Here it was found that his nose was
broken, his skuil broken in two places
and his jaw-bone in four places. It
was not supposed that his recovery
was possible. . The ablest surgeons ex
amined him and said the cliances of
his recovery were not one in ten thou
sand. For one week no attempt was
made to repair his Injuries, except to
stop the hemorrhage. The accident
had driven the jaw-bone on each side
back into the skull, and at first the
broken cartilege of the nose was out of
reach, but nature giadually pushed
them back into place, though in knit
ting the jaw-bone became irregular in
shape, so lhat it became necessary again
to break and reset it a dreadful oper
ation for a man in such a condition.
The doctors now say Us recovery is al
most certain. They think he will be
able to leave the hospital within three
weeks, and that his face is not likely
to be permanently aisnzured.
Gay's Krn(e.
A hunter was hurrying through for
ests in tbe direction of a small settle
ment on tbe banks of a stream that
mingled its waters with the Mississippi.
His age might have been thirty years.
His companion was a large dog,
la the settlement he was known by
the title of Guy Greenman.
He and his young wife dwelt a little
apart from the settlement, about half
a mile from their nearest neighbors.
Many had thought that they ran
considerable risk from the savages;
but this idea they did not entertain.
The savages had been at peace with the
whites for a long time, aud they felt
they had nothing to fear from them.
They had fled to this spot to escape the
persecutions of a whits man, and they
felt that the redskins could not be worse
than he.
A villain had once sued for the hand
of the young wife and he had been re
jected; he swore vengeance aud they
had fled to this quiet retreat. For a
year they had lived hearing naught
from their old enemy.
But let us return and follow the hun
ter who, with his dog, was hurrying
homeward.
'Well, Swiftfoot, we shall be there
shortly," said the hunter. Do you
think your mistress will be glad to see
us to-night?"
The dog looked up into the face of its
master, giving an answer in the affirma
tive as plainly as words could have done.
Suddenly, just as an opening in the trees.
far ahead, was discerned, the dog, who
was in advance, iaused, with his head
raised aloft, and seemed to be sniffing ,
the air.
'What is it, Swiftfoot?" said the
hunter.
The dog turned toward him aud ut
tered a low howl. The blood seemed
turned to ice iu the veins of the hunter.
Surely that howl was the forerunner of
danger to the one he loved so dearly.
Once more theanimal gave utterance
to that same dismal how!, and then
darted forward, the hunter following
him. It was but a short time ami he
was at the edge of the clearing. His
cabin staod as he had left it, but there
was no smoke curling from the cluiu-
ney, indicating that the gixxl wife was
preparing the evening meal.
With bis heart oppressed he hurried
forward. The dog was there before
him bounding in at the opeu door, but
he was out again the next minute,
giving a fierce growl.
"Swiftfoot, where is your mistress?' '
shouted the hunter, as a glance
showed hiin the empty cabin.
The dog gave no answer, but ran
round with his nose to the ground. A
miaute later and he gave a bark; the
huuter hurried to the spot There
were the footprints of savage feet, with
those of the one he loved. There was
also anothei that of a white man.
The trail led away to the forest. Their
old enemy had discovered them, and,
with the savages, had carried away his
wife into captivity.
For a moment he stood as if unable
to move. Then he raised his right
hand ana exclaimed: "This world is not
large enough for us both, llalph San
ford shall die!"
With these words he hastened on
ward, following the dog, who kept the
trail. Thus they sped onward again
into the heart of the forest. Should he
be too Lite to save his wife from the
villain who had her in his power? He
could only strain every nerve to the
uttermost.
The darkness gathered thicker, and
the two pursuers kept on their track.
It was midnight at last. Xot once had
the dog paused. Suddenly the hunter
beheld a light faintly glimmering
through the trees before him. His
heart gave a great bound. Swiftfoot
came lack and turned his eyes up to
his master's face. The hunter gently
patted him on the htad, and then inti
mated that he should now go behind
him. He at once obeyed, and they
moved ouward.
Closer aud closer they drew to the
spot from where the light came, aud at
last two figures were revealed by the
light of the fire. At the sight of one
(his wife) his heart gave a great throb
of delight; but it thrilled with raze
when ho beheld the other. It was
Ralph Sanford. About them lay
stretched three savages whom Sanford
had hired to help iu carrying out his
infamous scheme. The hunter was so
near them that the voice of the villain
came to his ears, so that he did not
lose a word of the conversatian. -
"You are mine, Alice Greenman,
now and forever," he said,
He took a step toward hex.
"Back, villain! Touch me not!" she
cried. "Death would be far better
than a life with youl My husband will
yet be avenged upon you for this out
rage."
II ardly had tliees words left her lips
before the sharp report of a nfle ran;
through the forest; and, falling at her
teet with a bullet through his heart,
Ralph Sanford's soul was sent before
his maker.
The savages jumped to their feet,
but the hunter and Swiftfoot dashed in
among them. W ith the butt of his
rifle Greenman struck one of them to
the ground, while the dog caught a-
notlier by the threat. The third sprang
away aud was soon swallowed up in the
gloom of the forest,
A moment more and the husband
and wife were clasped in each other's
arms, their hearts filled with joy at the
reunion.
Guy and his loving wife were never
after ward molested by white man or
redskin. And thus it was that Guy
and Swiftfoot wreaked speedy vengean
ce npon the marauders.
NO. 46.
Tata In Dressing.
Quiet color is most effective. Bril
liant colors at once atrract the eye, but
soon exhaust it. Quiet colors need not
necessarily be dark; gray is quiet but
also light- Au artist declares that
what is known as white should all be
made over to babies. The usual white
musliu, organdie, victoria lawn, nain
sook and their kind are not for women.
Such whites are too cold iu shadow and
in sunshine too glaring. The only
whites that should be worn are the
cream-whites. The dresses of the
time of Titian, Uubeus and Vandyck
own their distinction to the way in
which they display the face. This dis
play was chiefly due to the ruffs, worn
not alone by women, which with special
intent surrounded the face and niade a
background for it, softened by broken
lights aud shadows. Women with
beautiful necks do not require high
neck dressing, and even the stately
ruff, so far as it is introduced now,
should come down at the side and not
eoneeai the melting lines of cheek and
throat. Women with pointed chins
should wear the laces of their neck well
up m front, which tends to soften this
line and gives breadth to the chin.
American women rarely have stately
column-shaped necks. Their necks ark
long enough but tend to sinews, and
this revival of high ruffs is being exten
sively recognized. The taste for esthe
tic dressing is cropping out amid our
fashionable assemblages, and standing
out with vivid effect against the back
ground of modern modistes' art. Dress
es of creamy and delicately tinted sa
tin are so seamed and gored as to con
vert a respectably robust woman into a
being long-waisted and sinuous, and
wtiat would be called a -'slithy cove."
(towns simply made, but deluding for
effect on harmonious tint and graceful
drapery, rich stuffs and low tones of
color, luiving a charm that uo one with
a thoroughly cultivated taste in dress
can deny. Ami if the scant "clinging
clothes" are not to become popular with
all, women are at least unanimous in
their admiration of such iu pictures.
The use of flowers is objectionable;
unless arouml the head and face. The
numerous "bouquets de corsage,"
which are the delights of the women of
the present day, are only effective in
concealing graceful contours, and are
read I y no more than an excrescence on
the dress. Equally objectionable is the
use of flowers on the skirt of the dress,
with which they have no possible rela
tion. But nothing can be prettier than
the clustering of flowers about the
neck when they garland the face like a
picture, or gleam m the hair, where the
tints may blend with those of the com
plexion. Another aUiuiiuatiou is the
bow. henever the dressmaker is at a
lorvs for decoration she sticks au awk
ward bow of ribbon ou the dress mater
ial, and very effectively spoils the grace
ful lines and curves of the now ing
material. When tbe bunchy, knotty
forms of decoration are abolished the
ease and beauty of the tiguie will have
some chance for development.
The FloriUa fcTergladea,
When the general Government sought
to remove the Indians to their reserva
tions, many of different tribes tied into
tbe everglades, aud it is estimated that
00 or 800 are now living there. Only
80 appear on the rolls of the census.
oecause no census officer has been able
to penetrate the wilderness. The M0
Indians who appear upon the census
rolls are those who eome out to trade;
but it is known that the large majority
are averse to trading or mingling with
the whites. Indian hunters come ont
with besr, deer and panther skins,
showing that the everglades must con
tain good hunting grounds. A number
of negroes, bay tnirty or forty, are
known to be held by the Indians. They
speak the Indian tongue, wear the dress
of Indiau women, and are made to do
the women s work. These negroes ani
evidently the progeny of runaway
slave, who escaped before or during
the civil war, and are still held in slave
ry. Only eue missionary ever attempt
ed to carry the news of Lincoln's proc
lamation into the everglades; he lelt
the border of the Indian country with
great speed. A few months ago Chief
fieer laii became displeased with oho
of his colored servants, aud brought
him into Fort Myers tv oth?r him for
sale. When informed that tne negroes
were all free he ejaculated, "White
mau a nigxer mebbe free, bnt Indian b
nigger, no." Whereupon Tiger Tad
grasped the darkey by the nape of the
ueek, pU4h d him into the cauoe and
puddled buck to the everglades. Tne
Semmoles are quite jealous of any in-
terferen e with their domain aud will
uot aeive as guides throngli their count
ry. So strictly is this rule maintained
that an Indian boy, who has been raised
bv a New Orleans Keutlemac, under aa
agreement with the India us tuat ha may
stay six months of each year with hit.
and six months with his people, could
not be prevailed npon for any consid
errtton to guide white mun into the
country.
Gotug Yr.
The fact is that going West has ceased
to be the serious undertaking that it
was twenty years ago. There are yet
bardhis to be encountered, of course,
aud it requires industry and economy
to accomplish anything; but it is no
longer a flight into the desert and a
farewell to civilization. Some of the
luxuries of life must be dispensed with
for a season, but all necessary comforts
aud conveniences are within reasonable
reach, and the luxuries never fail to
come along as soon as the conditions
for their enjoy mt nt are provided. A
man cannot succeed there or auywhere
else unless he is willing to strive and
save and study to invest his time and
his gains to the liest advantage. But
he need not make a slave of himseif ; he
need not destroy his health, and he need
not miss a fair measure of happiness.
The opportunities are still abundant
and inviting, notwithstanding the great
number of people who have gone West
since the war, aud it is quite probable
tliat the immigration will not stop as
long as unreclaimed prairie remains
and men continue to have pluck and
enterprise enough to change their resi
dence for the sake of bettering their
tirospects.
W read in an exenange of a yonng
lady having Deen mule craay by sad
den kisa. Thia should teach young
ladies to be constantly expecting aomo
thing of that kind, and to be prepared
for it when it comes.
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