i main ' --- -N TEE OOISTITTrnOI-THE TJ5I0I AID THE ESTOEGEMEHT OP THE LAWS. B. F. SCHWEIER, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVIII. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 16. 1SS4. NO. 3. " - '' 1 h LOVE AND FAME. The poet's toul that had the honey pressed From man and life, Ou eager wings had gone to seek lier rest I'ar from earth's strif,-. Fame said to Love: "The jKiet's soul Is mine. 'Tis mine to bring To uiy eternal tielils tbe voice divine That thus could sing." Love answered: "Tbouyh tliy claim I now eonf. 'Tnais I did give Hi.- v ie ail the tire and jrracefu'iiu'ss Wlieretir titer live." llli: 1IASKF!1S SIKCK. I; vas quite la'e in the evening ere lie 1 at Ler's t-lt i k, Pierre Puront, was able to n-eet his ti p;;gen.ent ami enter ti e si 'ei.'lid Kill rini of tiie Countess I). A noble-locking fellow, dressed with exqirsitc taste, and witlial britn fiil of mirth ami compliment, he was ever a desirable acquisition to the s..i:ve of Uie season, and as lie passed . along iiow. iiiUrchaiigiiig lnws and greetings, many a lady s eyes grew I bria'ut, aii-1 many a heart lieat tumult- uoiis'v. l'.ut tl.e clerk was too wearied i jusi then to regard any very closely; f aii.l, indeed. Lad only repaired t the i g;iv .-;ot U'CJiuse he could lot well I evcu-e himself. Threading his way i throujh the graceful dance he gained at length a drairied window and eu i rvo-.iiied himself hi hiii i Uie rich cur- tains and 1. Hiked, listened ard rested. ll:s attention w;;s soon riveted on the lute of a young gil who sat lieside an oi posite window. Not lecause she . , r i . 11. was not uauluui, lor ne iiiotigni iter verv jd:iia in features; uor because of her "costlv rol.es. for she was dressed In simple muslin; but only from the cir cumstance that she was the only niai it ii seated, tl.e watl (lower of the ball. the rest ail tril l ir.tr the mazes of the figures just then called, lie thought :-he looked a little sad, and d.d not wonder, she sat there so lonely and neglected. Pierre had a warm and kiidly heart hidden under his laughing inein, and he resolved at once that, fatigued though he was, he would seek an introduction and lead her to the i!iKr. The ci iintt . rasstd just then. He expressed his wish to her and asked the name of the unknown. To his astonishment he w;;S told she was the niece of hi en p'over, a :d called Louise Lascelle. "A liquid name, truly, my lady, I wotider ii her voice le as sottiv musi cal." "I can Laroly tell you. I have so seldom heard it. She was introduced to ue last wet k by her uncle, and, of course, as so i.ear a relative, I must Leeds invite her. iiut she is not happy here, 1 tnins. She is so clean and poorly dressed that cur beaux do not fancy her. She has not danced at all." 'Present me, if you please. It would ill become ir.e to pass her l-y." "lou thii'k, then, to gam the bank er's lavor. iiut I warn you. He told me sLe ha 1 no expectations from him to olTer to the v.oild, and 1 infer she is some iHXr relative to whom in pity he has g.ven the post of housekeejr,'" "Vet, preuit me. If inxir, 1 am her equal, if neglected, the more need that 1 thould thow her some respect." And he crossed the room and the couiite.-s InlRKlticed him. Pierre had thought her quite plain, but when she r.iUed her eyes to his he saw that she had at lea-t as brilliant a pair of oibs as l'ail.ed in thf whole sal.-on, and he noticed too, that the lasi.es which veiled them were long and si.keti. And when she responded to 1 i compliments he found that her voice was s fr.lv ri.usical, and when th-ir convtrs.itlon itcame animated, her whole countenai.ee, though very paie, became radiant with the expres sion of her thoughts, laughter now dimpling her thm lips, giavity cha.it entd their curve, and sarcasm rounded them into fulness. And when he led her away he maiked that her step was ligtit Mid graceful, Ler attitude a nioticl, and her w hole mien enchanting. He saw, too, that her hair, though not abundant, was rich and dark, and soft ami flossy as untarnished silk, and, though confined in braids, had a wavy outline that gave it the appearance of imprisoned liuglets. Her dr-ss, too tLough of muslin, was of the tinest and and h.osi delicate India fabric, and the litt.e 1 ice that tlounced her neck and sli ees w:i of the arest kind. ':;e has exquisite taste, I know," wlo.-pered he to himself, "or a rote ft piain would not hang in such grace ful loids, nor would i'j few trimmings l-e so expt nsive," And loi thw itr he began to wish that lie we'e licli, and to fancy how he wou.d array the maiden if he were burdened with the care. Strange thoughts f"r him! An hour Left ire, and he d.d not know she lived. 'ow he hoped she might live forever, and he beside her. He devoted himself exclusively to her during the remainder of the even ing, the oilier ladies wondered what he could find so enchanting in a maiden whom other beaux without exception Lad sbgiiicd. And when the banker's carriage, was announced, as the uncle had excused himself quite early, he begged and obtained permission to escort her home, arid the musical "ilousoir, monsieur," which trembled ou Ler lips as she parted from him haunted h.s meiiiory all night long and sang sweetly in his tarn tne whole of next day, no. wilhs au ling he s-pent it auudst Uusty ledeis. The succeed. ng evening there was a pariyat the banker s and the clerk, one of Uie invited guesis. went eailv this time, and thus obtained a half hour's conveisation with the niece, unmolested by heai eis or lookers-on. But he was better pleased than even he hud been before, and only left her side when jioliteness to other friends demanded. He sounded her mind and found that it was r.ch ia ores that rust could not corrupt; while her heart, for as she chose to show it. wa-s a verv heaven of purity and holiness. In short, he was in love, and he thought it no w onder, either, or rather he did not stop to analyze his feelings it was enough ;o know how he felt enough to kuow tliat her lightest tone was music to his ears, and the gentlest touch of her soft hand snt an electric revelation to his heart. They met evening after evenin?. sou etimes in the lonely parlors of her uncle; totnetimes at the theatre or oj ia, but oitener at the ball-rooms of her wealthy reia jves acquaintances. uiuiti sue weui ior wnal reason it seemed haid to tell. Perhaps to eratifv tier uncle's wishes, perhaps her curiosity because she hoped for admiration or attention, for she was still neglected, and still called plain and dowdyish, though they owned her looks improved a little, and ber dress had more of t ne. The clerk thought she grew handsomer each time be saw her. They stood one evening in her uncle's winter garden, the breath and beauty of the summer time all aoout tnem with its witcheries, though without the air was chill, and hoarse the wind. She was toying with a rosebud, a sweet, half-blown thing, that she had carelessly plucked from a bush beside her. She had inhaled its fragrance, trailed it upon her brow and cheek, pressed it in dalliance to Ber lips, and now with her slender fingers was unfolding the green calyx. "Do not tear it, Louise" their in timacy warranted him in the ue of her liquid name; "give it to me or stay;" and he plucked its mate "exchange this with nie." They were simple words, but they brought rich color to the maiden's cheek, and she had no power to steak. Their hands met softly, lightly, to exchange uie buds, but somehow they could never tell, their fingers were en tangled and in the ecstacy that thrilled them the floral gift was quite forgot ten, an only brought to memory after an hour's delightful interchange of promises and love, by the words of the betrothed LouLse: "The rose has ever been my favorite flower; I will wear it more than ever now;" when the fallen buds were gathered up and borne away that night on human hearts. With a provta and manly step the clerk the next day sought the uncle and asked his niece in marriage. The banker seemed astounded. "You are too poor to marry, Pierre." "ilay be, monsieur, but not to love, We will live on that," "It is food for the honevmoon." "Then ours shall last forever," "Well, well, I'll see about it. now. The ledgers wait." Go So Tierre went to his work again, and the uncle to see his niece, and they were long closeted together. And when he came again to the counting room he whiiered to the clerk: "The girl is as willful as yourself, and vou may make your own way but mind, should the honeymoon e er wane, you come not here with pitying tale." They were married five days after ward, with none but necessary wit nesses. The banker gave his niece away, and as he pressed his paternal kiss ujon her cheek he hung about her neck a diamond necklace, wnich Pierre thought an unseemly gift for a ir tionless bride, and for a por man's wife. But he forgot its glitter soon in the dazzling radiance that flashed from her dark eyes, as side by side they drove out from the bustling city to spend a single day of leisure. The bridal eve was over, and the twain, now of one flesh, sat at their breakfast. But the bridegroom was strangely sad and absent, and e:e long the bride questioned him. "What ail's you, Pierre? Why don't you eat or drink?" "I have no appetite." ''Love suffices, I presume, but whv that wrinkled brow? One would think you were a cross old grandfather in stead of a youthful husband. . I say again what ails you?" '1 don t want to leave you." 'And who wants you to not I. I'm quite sure?" " 1 our uncle does, and I must go. I have stayed too long, yet I should like- to 8iend one week in honeymoon. ' "Aiid so you shall." "But our bread, Louise?" I "Our bread! Then vou think it will suffer from six day's idleness. My baker will take care of that. But it is time the play was out. Know that I have no expectations from the bauker, because I need none, I am mistress, in my own richt to a million and a halt." "Vou, Louise my bride?" "Ay vour bride Madame Pierre Dupont, not quite so musical a name as inv old one cf iladamoiselle Louise Lascelle, and yet I like it well. And, moreover, the lady has a villa in the south that a nobleman might envy. and there forthwith we'll go and stay for a week or a year, just as we please." "But why " "Conceal so long mv riches? That I might w in a husband who loved me and not my gold. I had many lovers, but on testing them I found it was not me they wanted but my possessions. I came here, and at a time when sick ness bad despoiled me of the little beauty I had owned, and, with uncle's permission passed off a dowerless niece. lou fancied me, in spite of my poor looks and empty purse, and I well, never mind. Uncle gives a ball to night, in honor of our nuptials, and it's time you were deciding on your dress. Mine is already ordered, and when our friends see the bride in snowy satin, queenly laces, and a veil thas is a fortune, floating above the ringlets on her neck, for the braids shall all be unloosed and my hair have its free will to-night, a loop of diamonds in each ear, a bracelet on each arm and a necklace around my throat, perhaps they will think they were mistaken, and credit beauty, grace, fashion and wealth to the bride of the hour." "And Uie star of the evening and the city shall be my own Iiouise, late but the banker's niece," Champagne. The Faculty of Paris in 177S pro nounced champagne to be the finest and healthiest of all wines, aud, except in cases of weak digestion, is, if pure, one of the safest wines that can be drankt It is the king of wines at the convivial board in this country so much so that when a "bottle" of wine n proposed, it is understood to be be champagne. unless some other Is expressly men mentioned, "its Intoxicating effects are rapid, but exceedingly transient. and depend partly upon the carbonic acid, which is evolved from it, and partly upon the alcohol, which is sus pended in the ijas, being rapidlv aud extensively aplied to a large surface of ttie stomach." I. he idea that cham pagne produces gout is erroneous, though it is to be avoided whe.e that disease already exists. It is a mistaken idea that champagne must be swallowed as soon as possible alter it is uncorked. It it is real aud good champangne it improves by letting it stand a little, as after the gas has partly escaped, it will entirely retain the flavor and body of the wine, which is, to some extent, con cealed by its effervescence. This is the best test of good champagne. i. he best method of disposing of half the slanders of the age is to pay them ' no attention. The other bail may be lived down. C ircus Folklns Winter. t.. ,n, int.v,..,,.f i.wi, and have their long, unbroken winter snore, just like the bear and other strollers t Or how do they hibernate ? Hie reporter addressed the qnesti to a group of circus people, and Mr. Sticknev tt ok the answer upon himself. "It has often been a puzzle to me why the general public is so little informed aliout circus people in this country, With the doings and sayings tbe for tunes and misf or times of actors and singers and other show people the press is very familiar, aud devotes regularly an amount c space to them, but for us, the circus folks, not a line is avail able." Thus, said the veteran eques trian, musingly. However," he con tinued, "I'll tell you something about circus people, Tbe salaries of the ridei are generally large enough during the season to support them tbiough the winter. They do not bother about giv- mg instructions in equestrianism. The remuneration would be too small, and besides, not every bareback rider is competent or even able to instruct others how to ride. With circus riders the point is to learn how to do all kinds of daring tricks on horseback without losing their balance and hold of the steed. The manner in which they sit on their horse, whether correctly or Indian fashion, makes little difference. So you see they couldn't show others how to sit on a horse. Well, the most of them spend their winters in those few places in the country where prac ticing buildings are to be had. There's S. Q.StoKes' place in Fordham, X. Y where there is a forty-two foot ring to practice your horses in. These equestrians that have their own horses send them for stabling, and pay a certain sum tor their Keep and f ir the privilege of practicing them. The same is true of Eaton Stone's place near Newark, J., aud of Carroll s in West Chester. Barnum only keeps large quarters for Lis menagerie in Bridne- port, limn., but no practicing build' nig. ell, m these tliHereut plaees the regular circus riders go on practic ing their horses and their own limbs all through the cold weather If they did not they would lose their skill and never improve. They break in and train new horses besides, and learn all kinds of new tricks for the next season. Of course. I'm only speaking in this connection of the well-known rulers of reputattonlike Jim llobinson, Charley Fish, Frank Melville, Orrin HollLs, and Willie Sholes. This last one is the rising equestrian. quite a young fellow, but endowed with skill, grace, and daring that will make him eclipse all the present champ.-ons. Of the female bareback riders I nny mention but a few, like Mine, Dockrill, Lottie Ainiard, 101a luvers and E la Zuyana that's a man, by the way, but perforins in woman s clothes. Aud he s the most finished circus rider in this country, aud the most elegant. S. Q. Stokes graduated turn. As I said before. the equestrians don't give lessons in the cold season. It wouldn't pay them. The winter circus in our cities is un known in this count rv, but I am sure they would pay as well in such places as New loik, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago as they do in Paris, London or Berlin." "Don't some of the Americans ac cept engagements in European circuses in winter, such as m Ilenz s circuses in Berlin, Vienna, Dresden, or Hamburg, or at the . hippodromes in Paris or Lyons? " asked the reporter. "H hey tlo somet lines, but not this year. as it haptens. The show buis'iess has been dull in Europe this year. There are some A merican circus people, thotigh, a few, who will perform this winter in the circus of Orrin Brothers in the City of Mexico. Last winter there was also a circus running in New York, at the Indian Wigwam, Thirty fourth street ami Broadway, and L. B. Lent lias made ail his money in his win ter circiw on Fourteenth street, New York." 'How about the other circus people the juirglers, t amblers, gymnasts? " "They're better off than we eques trians. All those that amount to any thing can find all the engagements they want during the winter. They perform in theatres and such places of amuse ment, and generally have a series of en gagements running right up to the be ginning of the circus season." "New Mr. Stickney, tell me the A B C of circus riding and equestrian tricks." I will, with pleasure. In order to I make a proper ring horse, first make him bridle-wise. Tbe horse then has the pad put on him, if be is to serve as a pad hone. To get used to that takes some time. Then you must get the horse accustomed to the ring, which is done by leading him around the circular track, and always bending his neck in side, toward the track. Then give him a long dose of 'rough riding.' If he kicks with the pad on bis back, you work away at him until you make him understand that he's got to carry it and the object on top of it, and that it dont hurt him. The 'lung rein' is also used at that period of a horse's training. When thus far, bring in your objects, such as banners, hooiis, flags, hurdles, drums, weapons, etc., and get him thoroughly used to them. Let him look at them and smell of them; in short, take all the fear out of him by convin cing him that nothing of all this, despite the noise, is going to inj ure him. When he has become acquainted with all of these things, when the horse no longer shies, aud will pursue tbe even tenor of his way in the arena, no matter what happens, then be is .a good performing horse. Only about one in every fifty horses gets that far, though, just as it is with a circus rider, too. It takes special aptitude, skill, and constant practice, and even then a circus eques trian is never sure but what an accident may cripple him for life the next minute." Famous French IfiUlam Flayers. Louis Quatorze delighted m honor billiard players who could goon for any length of time making cannons against brilliant players, but who at the same time professed inability to beat the King. Chamillart rose to be first Min ister by suffering himself to be defeated each time be had the Grand Monarch for an opponent. It was in the reign of Ludovico Magnus that billiards first rolled on green baize in France. Ills Majesty was a gluttonous eater, and he wore light-heeled shoes and beribboned garments be could not trudge over hill and dale, gun in hand, in the shooting spasnn. 11m rrultt In & fjirrutira wlitn hn followed a stag -hunt. Heavy eating and no exercise to speak of irritated bis peccant humors. Fagon did not dare to try the effects of his medic iner on so I illustrious a personaee, and was afrai 'to tell him dtsagreeble truths. It would not have done for him to say: "You eat too much, sire, and walk to little." But. be had the ingenious idea to hand him a billiard cue, and to tell him that it was "a lance of Achilles, which would torn vanquish bile aud spit en. The King risked a pun on the occasion "If what I am told," he said, "be true. I shall return to a state of nature and 'ue plus nieseparerde ma queue.'" He was a man of his tvord. On rising from the table, the first thing he did was to seize bis billiard cue and play intermi nable ganws with Madame de Montes pan,Iler eclipse was not so much due to the art of her rival, Madame Scarron. as to her own want of tact in allowing courtiers to judge of her superiority over the King at the billiard table. His Majesty at hrst staked church livings, militaiy grades, civil functions, against money. But, when he found that his courtiers preferred risking his displeas ure to losing their stakes, he played for honor alone and gamed easy victor ies. In his old age Louis XV wielded the nnce of Achilles against the Du Barry. The Xuncio used to look on while the King and his favorite played, and was observed to blush at tbe sayings ot the latter when she had lost patience. Louis XVIII was also a billiard player until his obesitv hindered him from getting near eiough to the table to be master of his cue. Under the Empire publicans were encouraged by ministers of the Interior to demacuratize what had been for nearly 200 years a noisy game. By its noisiness and the space the table and players occupied, it pre vented villaeers crowding into wine shops to talk politics. In old court times French ladies were among the best billiard players. I have seen, in an old curiosity shop, a stayinaker's signboard, in which the tradeswoman who bung it out claimed to mate cor sets which did not hamper the action of the muscles in using the cue. "La bel Caraniboleuse " or "pretty Can noneer," figuring on the board, held in her hand a be-ribboned cue. and had her hair dressed in the Du Barry style. Billiards are held in honor at the Elysee. Urevy's facility in calculating ricocchets is phenomenal, and his hand is deft in striking a bah at the exact point winch he wants to hit it. He is one of the rare meu who are first-rate players without having made billiards a pro fession or entirely devoted themselves to them as amusement. The owner of the Cafe de la Px'gence used to maneu ver to kep him fiom the table there. beeause the lenght of his breaks was a cause of loss to the hous?. Buylnc a llerse. The man who can bay horse and feel sure of his purchase is neeowarily an expert. There are more chance for dea ptioa in a horse trade, ikolr, than there are in any other trittiu. A bus- ceestnl dealer in horseflesh generally learns h'S trada by year or expenenai wh ou is usually qnite expensive. Tnen too, be mist ba very f miliar with the horse, its habits and its aiiments. Few men ho have attempted it can say they were never betten at horse trade. There seems to be no exact standard by whiea to judge a g od horse. LnDg henes txvta been speedy and saort horses have been speedy. Tall horses ave shown good qaalicits on t jeroi l, and so have short-1 'pgfd ones. There are, however, cert.au rules an 1 lavs of by.ie e wlilo1! may be studied and con- ulted in niaktng aa equine purchiue. The horse-buyer rr.nst renimcer that horse-tlesh is subject to exactly the same direase that man is. ' He has headache, earache, tojthache, fever and all ether ailment," as a veter inary surgeon expressed it to the writer. Lttmil ailments oia seldom be dis- ovored by any other tbau a veterinary nrgeon expressed. There are surface indicat.ons. however, which aro easily discernible, and should always be looked fcr by a horse buyer, whether amitttur or a professional. Oae point the amutear might make in pur chasing a torhe is this: ''Never buy a horse from a man yon do not know In buying a horse," said a professional in the bns.nesa, "always take him when Ue is cold that is, wbeu the annual is esh from the ettbie. In this wav yen may discover lameness whicU wid a away wbeu the horse warms np. it wmch, nevertheless, is a very bad point. No mm will buy a horsa if he mows it. If there are any too great eurfes about the animal, such as a ry back, a man who U at all familiar w.th the horse will easily discover them. String halt or a depi eased hip will also be Uisccreiel. The eyes mnt aiways be examined, for while a blind horse is not oseles, oue with rerfect vision is much more detirable. The teeth, too, always come in for their thare of in spection, bat they are not aiways a guide a ilea the buyer is well np in his business, for a trader who so wishes oan make tnem yety deceitful. By til ing aud a process known as bishoping, an old horie that hss seen nearly a -cote of years Can be given a Sdt of teeth which will pass with many as ihoe of a five-year-old." "In buying a horse lcok part ealarly at his Kgt, tiee that he is not sp int ered in tha fore 1 gi orspaiiaed beUin i These diseases are thoeo of the bona, nd affrtct a horse about the back joint The bene goe through a process of malformation, causing a swelling and otifTueas, which are usually very evident to the horseman, A similir diseate or afilicii'jn peculiar to the horse, which uiUit also bj looked for, ii r.ngloje. This muoh r.eembl spavin, and is louud last above the hoof on either thi lore tr hind les of tiie ammal, auj also produces swelling aad in time lame ness. 'A nether thing that mast be looked at in bus in a horse is the glanders. A horse that is afflicted with t jat plague yoa might a- well ailL He is incur able and will transmit it to all the animals with which be oomei i i eou tac Fortunately it is not a very com mon disease. Tha symptous of It are very cancerous sores in the nostriis an t at lioies a very d sagreeable discharge. As stated above, there is no criterion by which to bay a horse lor speed. lu proof of this 1 will cite yoa a touple of instance. Some time ago a horse was I ought in tbe Filth street market for btreet oar purposes' He was driven on the Elm surest line for a long time for a long time, and nothing unusual was noticed about him nuiil oae day. when having beeu accidentally bitchtxl to a buggy, it was discovered that he could spin cia mile in about 2:50, and was much too valuable to be driven to street ear, Dinner Glvinic. Givers of dinners should lose no time in making themselves acquainted with all that has been written by the great masters of gastronomy. The following golden rules of Brillat-Salvarin should be committed to memory: '.'Let not the number of guests ex ceed twelve, so that the conversation may 1 ge'ieral. Let them be so selec ted that their occupations shall varied, their tastes similar, their points of contact so nu morons ttiat to intro duce them shall scarcely be necessary, "Let the dining room lie superbly lighted, the cloth of exquisite fitness and gloss, tbe temperature of the room from '1 to OS3 Fahrenheit. "Let the men be cultivated, without pretensions; and the ladies charming without coquetry. "Let the dishes be exceeding choice. but not too numerous; and every wine nrstrate or its kind. Let the order of dishes be from the siilistanti.il to the light, and of wines from the simplest to those of richest bouquet. Let the busiuess of eating be very slow, the dinner being the last act ot the days' drama; and let the guests and host consider themselves as so many traveler's journeying leisurely towards the same destination. ''Let the coffee lie hot and the liquor be chosen by the host. Iet the drawing-room i large enough for a game of cards, if any of the guests cannot do without it. and yet have space enough remaining for aiter-dmner conversation. Let the guests be retained by the at tractions ot the party, and animated with the hope of some evening meeting again under the same pleasant auspices. Jet not the tea be too strong; let the toast be buttered in the most scientific manner; let tiie punch be prepared to perfection. Let no one denart before 11 o cIock and no one be in ld later than 12. 'If any one has been present at a par ty fulhlhng these conditions, he may boast of having been present at his own apotheosis." The CraileM t'raae Tet. "You can never tell what these wo men are going to donext,"saidaloqua' cious barber in one of the large Chicago hotel shops to a reporter as lie forced about half a pint of lather into the scribe's alabaster ear. "Now that elegantly dressed lady just going out of the door has had ber hair cut off as close as yours is all over her head. She has don it simply because it is the proir thing to do, and will probably ruin a most luxuriant crop." "Yon don't mean to tell me that the practice of 'uocking' women's hair is becoming common in Chicago?" queried the hirsute newspaper man, becoming somewhat interested. "It certainly is. Why, it already amounts to a 'craze.' I think that woman is the third we have 'clipped' to-day, and we have averaged two or three a day for a month past," "Is it for the sake of comfort that this fashion is coming into vogue?" "No; I think it is bectuse of the novelty of it. It gives some women a very striking appearance which is relly very improving. Others appear abso lutely absurd, and probably feel very much worse than they look after it is all done. It is simply the result of a desire id be noticed, to be looked at, to attract the comment aud admiration of peop'a as looiish as themselves. In the summer time, wheu a heavy head of hair must be a burden to a woman, there might be some sense in the 'craza' but at this season it must be a great piece of folly to give up such a wonder ful protection against the violent winter weather. To cut even a man's hair close to the heal in this uncertain cli mate at this season of the year, is dan gerous, but the exposure is nothing compared with 'cropping' the hair of a grown woman." "Are aiost of these womeu voung or old?" "Ob, all ages; but mostly middle-aged and young women from 2) years of age upward, lou can never tell what a woman will do with her hair, or what sort of fool she will marry." "Lwu l some of these women have their hair cut in tbe hope that it will grow out stronger, thicker and heavier in consequence?" "I don t believe they do, for that is a great mistake. It has not been my ex perience that women's or men's hair grow out any thicker and heavier after cutting or shaving it. Women's hair that is wavy or curly more oftea than not comes in again straight aud no heavier than before. Nature gives people a certain grade of hair, and if they will not take care of it, no amount of cutting will help it. Brushing the hair and taking care of the general health are the sure means of keeping the hair fine aud beautiful." Tbe Kmprena F.egenle. Tnose who have seen the ex-Empress of the French lately cannot help con trasting the face of fifteen years ago with tbe face that has looked on the ter rible scenes that followed Sedan, the dead husband at Chiselhurst, and the dead son who was brought home to ber from the plains of Zululand. JLiose who saw the imperial lady in ParL-r-tix- teeen or eighteen years ago have no 11 or gotten how beautiful she was. "DoAn'-t sue deserve a throne for her beauty?" said an American gentleman who saw her for the first time in Paris. She united the most handsome features of the German aud Latin races the lore head high and free the eyrs splendidly blue, but not very.large; the hair of a slightly darkened hue; the form of her face small, oval; the li'ise tine, in beau tiful symmetry, but not too high; the mouth a trifle too large, especially when she smiled, and the least bit Jewish. Her whole appearance suggested a beau tiful model for a Hebe neck, shoul ders, arms and above all, her hands beautifully shaped, and ait this combi ned with the witching grace of an An- dalusiau danseuse. But. time an sor row have wrought their changes. The beauty has been swept by the rough lingers of adversity, and the lady, whose suite consists ot a few faithful French friends, is no longer that bright particular star that shone so long in the galaxy of Parisian fashion and splen dor. Osa three year old ostrich, will yield $150 worth of feat lers a year. Cjntid eriug that an oatrioi will eat a week's washing at one meal, if it gets a chauce, aud swallow a few fenoo-pickets for de sert, there daesn't seem to be much profit in ottfvit 'ari&.iog. A Prorewtonal Hunter. "see i.ti at old luan? taia a companion of the writer, as he s'opped tte horse tad wagon to let a curious figure on tbe Iod drive on the south Sta'.en Inland "tiore fbp by. The individual in question 'was bent way over and, when looking up sidcwise, howed a remarkable physiognomy. I iice Dlacsenrd ry exposure to the sua aad distorted until all evidence of iuteili eence seemed to have ditapDea'ed. Over the low forehcid and sunken eyes buug great masses or tangled and matted hair, protected by a stlk hat that was) the orUt nal tvoe of the kind a head covering so dented, worn, snd shiny, that it teemed to be pan ot lis owner. Tbe rust of tbe old an's appirel was of tbe same lot and bad a flavor of Evacuation Day. "lies working tbe south beach," con tinued my informant. "I've known htm for years. He's in ad on the subject of Dading buried treasures, Captain Ktdd. and what not. Looks as though be doem't know anything, but tbats where you would be mistaken, ne is really a man of more than ordinary intelligence thoueh outward'y an idiot I fl s; met him on the Maine coast, where he w is il gging for some gold tfcat tie believed bad been stowed awny but whether he found any or not I don l know. He ha money I think to live on, or else he finds sotnetbieg to keep Lira going. An hour later the writer and his com panion turned down a road that led to tbe south beach, and, walking up the beach. soon f und the old hunter, wbo reenz. nixed his acquaintance with a snort. "We meet kinder, as it were, on the same lay," he said, shutting np one eye; "but I know ye ain't," be continued, with a contortion that passed current as a laugh; "it don't pty. What ju9t started meonlf Well, it's hard to say. 1 m a D own-Eister, and where 1 was raised, on a meek that led up from the mouth of the Keenebzc, about tbe first thing I kin remember was my fttber a-p!oui(bia' up a pot an! about $500. He bought a share in a schooner tb it, and died leinn' o lite a' fortune. and the last words o sense be about said to me was there was jest as much mony buried as th."e was in Circulation. Where, said h", 1z sll the money they used 500 years ago? It's somewhere. that's sartin.' Well, that put met to thinkin', and I got a huntln' on the the old farm snd due up another lot o' stall, and I've been at it ever since. lou might wonder Low 1 git my clues. Well, tbey come in all bortf of wavs. 1 had a partner once He was on a cuts sort o' lay. He worked it tin ler like this. He used tosav: 'Tbe average thief has stowed romethini; away, and can't git it until be gits out if he's licked un. So be eocs round to all tbe prUni' n the country p-eleodin' that hs was a minister of tbe Gospel, and all the time a lUrnptir tbe men. A eood many said they bad stuff stowed away, bur wouldn't trust him, and then he'd out with refer ences, and agre to get ih-m out cf limbj for a share of tha proceeds. Well, you gentlemen would hardly le- lieve it, but when I fust lined hi in be had over fittv clues of buried stuff plunder's 1 tbe Lnclish of it. A'j. ut oue-tmrd was generally bous, but I gave it up; it was akiii too many cbanc s; cost t o much flow sot Wtlu hire's one. In a nil in Ohio tbe Preacher that wm tfce name he went bv struck a cbap wbo ws in for twenty years, and his statement was that he'd been smugi;lin' on the Cinada line. and was arrewed for manslaughter while br'ngin' over SjO.UOO worth ol diamonds. intra was five Hones, and where do vou suppose tiey wtrt? Tue paper snid the? were plugged in tbe tejtu of a Uanuitoman mare called liose, that be.onged to a stableman in a little Canada town near tbe river. He d hired her for the time. Well, we slatted after the mire, found tne stablemsn, and be'd sold her to a farmer in a p. see caitd Lincoln, V erxont. W ben we K"t tbete tbe man had sold her to a ew lork city di-alcr for a broodmare. His name was Smith, aud he lived in New ork north of lOOtli street. It took about two months to run him down, and when e did be'd sold the mare down in Jersey, an 1 there we I mnd her. A sportin' farmer bal her. Soe looked pretty bad, but we'd spent over $1,500 trac n' her, and my pal tried to buy her. But the nan wouldn t sell, sc we bad to brea . in: o the stable, and that put u into the grip of the law. But we wau't caught Oh, nj! We got in all ruht, and 1 held Uie mare a mou'.h open while be felt tor the s' oae J with a dark lantern. Every one was gone but one. ine nilines bad 1 been broken off by the bit probably. and the s'ones hat droped out or been swallowed; so we didn't pay expenses. The tooth dodge is tol'able, but the sraall-pix patient treats tba'. They nevur int to examine turn. It s been playeJ 11 along tbe lino. As I was cay in', I got out of this aad weat on my own hook. Most every town has yarns r stories about buried things, and when 1 made up my m ud there was any truth in it, I located bat 1 thought was the i-pot and went to work. "But how do you locate tLe treasure?'' asked one of his listeners. WelL that's a secret of the trade," was the teply. "It took me ten years to learn, and 1 reckon I won t give it away i minute, feomeiimes I don t locate Yes, I've struck some curious thins. especially in trees. Now there's wkere it takes science. If you bide something in a bole in a tree, when it grows over it most always makes a bunch; sometimes it leaves kind of a si t in the bara, and then a seam, uver on iiong island i iouna an Indian Latctiet in a tree that the owner bad stuck in the bars, and forgot. An- other lime I found the skeleton of a man a big willow. The man had either been ttowed away in the bole or had climbed in and beet struck by lightning or mething. Anyway, the tree had grown over the old hole and completely overed the skeleton. JNo, gold scarce. though I have found coin in trees. "I've dug every county on tiie Oist from Maine to Honda, " he continued. Tbere's been more diggin In Jersey aud lees fount thn in any Slate. Some laruis has been sa'.teJ, to my knowledge. know an o d bog of a place, wor.b about $50. and ons day a cbap came along aud paid $1,000 for it. How wa? It done! V by, tbe owner b itigtit up a lot of old coin, put it in an old box. aud buried it Then he bad a party tug it up aud show the coin to aotna pirlics, who, thinking that there was more 'h re, biught it t'p as soon as possible, aud i reckon tnat old farm was well dug. 'I've bad belter lucS," said tbe old hunter, on t ie Maine coast thai any where. On an island, about a mile around. I matte my best Aad. 1 wat sailin' among the islands, and seein' a little barbor I put in. and the first tning that struck my fancy was two larze pecu liar trees, eacn having a huge branch that looked like an arm, anJ bo'.n piatin' to spot about fifty yards away. Says 1 to myself, 'it anybody ver landed here, and wanted to bide any stuff, they'd look tor pints to remember it by, and them there 1 mbi is jut tbe lhings; so I weat to wr' and commenced on tha spot tba limbs pinted at, ami du trenches lea tin' out snd around for about twenty toot, tnd after work i a' hi t a day. sure eaonsh 1 struck a chest, the pick goin' clean 'hroug'i. 1 worked It out careful, and thought my fortune was made; but, when l came to open tbe blamed thing, theie was nothing there but some old papers deeds and the like, I reckon all mouldy, and not a word m them that vou could mike anything out of. recon thev wis valuable paper once. "Yon said Just now it was your best Qnd, said the reporter. "Worst 1 meant; my wjrst it wa. said th old man " nothin but old papers. "I beard vou deposited over $5 000 in gold bars about that lime," we continued. "i never saw so.uuu in mv me. re plied the old man, evidently somewhat confused. Yon ve cot me mixed with another party. Yes. i know old Mtrhle of Duczcon Kick. I ain't seen hira for years, and 1 reckon he's deaL H 'nougnt me spirits told him that there wis treasure in the rock back of Lvnn. so he dug and b'asted for twenty years or mote. snd there s a cave there now that's a S'gh to see. They called him a cratik, but. an 1 here ihe old man closed his wicked eye, "he had horse sense enough lo charge twenty-bve rents to show folks aroaol the cave, and they do sav as bow it paid." A Horse Thief's Romance, Recently a ro nance was consummated away up in tbe Adriondacks winch, in tans'ed plot and novel details, claims fabulous Christmas tales that are just now being printed. The story is told by a man wb came to G'oversville from Ssge7ille, Hamilton coun'y. Fred Koderick. a yoong mat of 2o or 23 years, or burly frame, but witn a certain manly charm in his rotizh ways, the son of a popular old guide up at Indian lake, has been confined in the Htratltori coun'v Jail at Sageville, for the pst tour or five months, awaiting trial on the eh ark e of stealing a pair of horses from a farmer of that county. Every Sunday afternoon the Kev. Arthur Chambers, th pastor of the Methodist church in the village. In company with a dozen or M- een members of his congregat'on, holds a priyer-meeting and soag-meeting in the ail. For two years it has been the habit of Miss Agnes Am in, tbe youn and bv n means uncomeiy daughter of the vrlage apntheciry. t join the missionary band, and her sweet voice is credited with hav ing influenced many a t High-hearted pris oner to experience conversion. Tae first Sundiy after Kxlerick's arrest s'ae became arqua;nted with him during the meeting t tec I without exciting remark that she was oftener in a side corridor dome ind vitiuai work, wun rrisoner it wencs, as the chaplain and his band tho ig' t, than at her cui'oiuary post in the choir labor ing for the general salvation. After a month or so, by permission of tht Soenff, she made special and irregular week-rlav isits with the prisoner, assunrg the j ill attendants that her beatben was fast fill ing under the influence. Fina'ly she be gan to neclect her Suuday work, but btr wee'i-tlav visits liecame more frequent f ios led to some little whispering am ug1 ber deserted co-workera, but do g-nei a) r-usp cion was aroused. some five or six weeks ago Roderick confessed conviction at a Simlay meeting giving at the same time hearty praise and credit to the evangehz ng eff xts of Jlis Austin. But this onljr bred envy in tbe several breasts of her deserted co-workers, and tongie after tongue began to wae until at every fireside in the community it was tbe cbl.-f topic discussed With tbe post-off loifers Agirie Aistin'i name was in an opprobrious sense connected with that of r'.ed. K idenck and ail s iris of reckless talk was indulged in. .Mr. Austin vainly forbade his daughter from c tatinuing ber vwiis to the j.iL Tbe f itaiT tlieu ra led on the sheriff, and in this way was more suocessful, for the visits were at once Interdicted. Two weeks ago Agaes disippjjrel Iroin her home, and nothing wis heard of her whereabouts until last Friday, when a consta'ile came riding into S igeville with A roes behind him. She was taken before the magistrate and sent to jail on the charge of stealing one of the very horses for tbe theft of which her lover was suf fering cinaneinent. The constable said that she stole tbe horse in brud daylight, and when pursued made but a feeble at tempt to escape. Htr story is thit Fred to'd her to so lo his father's camp and await bis arrival, which would be as soon as an opportunity for escape preseate.l itself. After waiting for him at the camp tor more than a week, she says, sha be came desperate, aii 1, resolving to j nu aim ia tbe jail, she ran away from the camp witii tbe deliberate intention of oui m tti gsonecima that woud place her by her I wtr i side. Her stealing the same borse that Frsd had once stolen, she as sens, was a simple accident. 31ns Aus tin s bail was fixed at $600, but she re fused to accept bondsmen and resutns ber liberty. On Friday morning Koder ick sect for the sheriff and informed aim that be wished to wed A;nes Aus tin, wb", when brocgit btfore the sheriff, declared a similar desire. Tbe girl being 19 years old, and, therefore, of tba legal age, the sheriff deemed it his duly t comply with their wishes, and ihe era mining magistrate, JarvLs, was sum moned. At 3 o'clock in tbe afternoon, in the corridor of the jail, with tha sheriff and two deputies as Witnesses, -the felou lovers were made oae. The D strict Attorney uupoetically declares ibat this moat remirkible of Hymen's c jnsolidations will not hinder him from prosecuting the bride and groom ou tbe eparale indictments. He promises, how ver, to try and bring both cases up at the same term of ourt and thus allow the pa r to make their bridal journey tigathet to their future motiulain home at Clinton prison. mil .w. Senator Xye was uov so particularly witty in debate, ami the speeches of Procter Knott, MiKJreery or Sam Cox were funnier than his were; neither had ne any Senatorial dignity whatever. Ue had, in its place, a vast store ot humor and geuial humanity better irticles that broughtiiiu iu love all that he lost iu respect. II s had more mmor than wit, althouga many of his rood things possessed the sharp scintil lations of the last mentioned aiticle, as when Horace Greeley sat down ou the Senator's new bat, and picking up the crushed stovepipe, he said, gravely: "1 could have told you it wouldn't nt oefore trying it on." Or when, at a dinner, emotional insanity was being discussed, he remarked: "I admit the right of the injured husband to vindi cate his marriage bed by murderin, right and left, bat, after such viudhv tiou, he should come out aud be haug like a gentleman, tor society has a;i lo vindicate the law. We must t oiouize between the rights of host), and hangman." Felling a Tree. The chopper down of trees in the woods of Maine works upon landed kue. Before b-arinuing to cut, he has looked to sea w.iich way the tree is in clined For this he steps back a short distance to where he can see to its very top. If he is in doubt he lifts his axe by the end of the helve and and lets it bang freely suspended. This gives him a plumb line by which he measures tbe inclination of the tree. But it is not enough to determine in what direction the tree will fall most readily. It may be that large trees are standing right in the way of iti fallin on that side, and against these the tree will be lodgtd. It must be carried to one side or the other and herein consists one of the ravsteries of woodcraft the skill to guide a tree in ltsmu m wai direct it with the greatest ease. Having decided where he wants it to go to avoid the risk of lodging against other trees, or being broken by faring on uneven erouud. or to have it lie so that the loirs will be convenient of removal, the cuopper first uuuercuis tne tree that is he cuU upon the side toward which he will have it fall, an 1 in such a manner that the line along which the tree is to he. it the tree stands nearly uernendicular. and has no inclination to fall as he wishes, the chopper cuts a little beyond the heart on that side. By doing this he reoioves the base when the tree is ready to fall, and rests upon a base of but an inch or two in breadth. The effect of this will be very great in mov ing the base so that tUe centre of grav ity win iau on the siia desired. Though lie works in so cramped a post ure, tue chopper cuts the stuinu so ie vel aud so smooth he thinks his little boy could spin his top upon it. Having undercut the tree with the greatest care, the woodman now changes his position a little, but re mains on the same side, rests on his other knee, and sh.fts hands, that is. wields the axe with the upper hand for ward. He now cuts upon the other side, leaving the stump two or three inches higher, according as he wishes to gain advantage for the last few- strokes. The work goes oa with little concern until the base is no thicker than a plank and quite as even; then a blow is aimed full at the centre, aad the chopper looks quickly at the top to note the effect. If he perceives a tremor in the trunk, or if a bit of bark or moss is loosened from Its hold, be knows how every stroke will teii. and he aims these with tue greatest precis ion, soon as ever tue top bows to its tall he ui irss the directiou in wiii :h it moving. If he wishes to brinz It in re toward him he strikes a blow upon the farther edge: if to carry it farther rom him, the blow is given upon the ide that is nearer. These List strokes need to be given with great, nicety. If teeble, they will fail to effect their pur- pose; if of too great force, the tree wdl be severed from the stu m upon tnat side, and then all control of it is lost at once and it plunges blindly forward. A tall tree like the pine is broken from the stump by a force acting quite dif ferently from that waich is applied in ne case of shorter trees. Ia its de scent the pine acquires at its lop a cen trifugal force so powerful as to lift the tree from the stump and carry it for- ard nve or six teet betore it reaches ie ground. When it does come to the earth the top and the butt strike at the sarre time, and the tree lies halt buried in the snokv. Sea-Oreen and rink. Practically speaking," said a Fifth avenue modiste, "there is very little change in the fashions. Of course we are ad the time getting iu new dresses and wraps that are ne ia triiumng and drapery, but the style remains the sunt;, although they may look differ ently. "Here," she continued, "is a dress for a debutante who is coming out in a few weeks at a maniiijeut ball given by her father. Tiie dress is re lily a work ot art. The long court train is made of cream white satin and has a niching of fine point aopliquo lace ab ut it. The front is a petticoat and entirely separate from the train. It is of soft China silk and is covered with lace rutllesgradu ited to the waist. The bodice is entirely of point duchesse lace anil Is cut in a triangle in front and m uie with very short sleeves. She is to have the front covered with tiny pink roses natural ones, you know sewed ou the evening she comes out," "It is pretty enough lor a bridal dress." said the reporter. "She will probably only wear it two or three tunes,"said the modiste, "and if she goes anywere aud dances in it there'a an eud to it. Why, most of these wealthy people coma home from one o f there F. C. 1. C.'s or Patriarch bails with perhaps a $-J0 lace do u nee all torn and a satin train costing $- a yard, filled with dust aud ruined. They do not seem to mind it, however, and that is wed for us." "What color is to be most fashiona ble for evening dresses?" asked the re porter. "N'ot any one color in particular. It was pmk last year, but white was worn extensively, and will be also this winter. hite always is fashionable, and some young ladies will wear nothing else. V e make costumes for a young lady on Madison avenue who h.is ail her house dresses, as well as evening dresses made of white material. I do not think she has more thau four colored di esses, and two of those are of black velvet." Sea-green," she continued, "corn- flo-ver blue and apple-blossom pink are, hever, to be worn extensively. We are just making up a dress of the first aud last named colors. The m iterlal is tulle, and the effect Is beautiful. It is called a sunrise costume. The under dress is of the apple-blossom pink aud is made plain with a Josephuie waist. and over it is worn another dress of the tiliny sea-foam green tulle, through which the pink is dimly seen. A girdle of silver couiiues It at the waist aud claps of silver Listen the shoulders and sleeves, the dress being made with low ueok and short sleeves." A oanArciin fr.pjei: tiryurl stu dent to M it; hew Arnold "Wd take great pride iu oa; Lugilsh aucestry, air. Ataotd." ilr. Arnold- "Yon ought to; there is no better stock." Harvard .-tuieut ' Bus I am glad the man of Eaglish blood ae not so n i-uaroas in ihisaiuatry ;tiey ara in Ei-jltud." At. Arood (soiuroTiui c-inmsxi) Why?" H.irv.i stu leat JoVwaaae tee saving virtues, yoa know, abide with the minority.'
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