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VOL. XXXVIII. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA., "WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1SS4. NO7.
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GUOD-Btt UK BOWDV-IH).
Say pood-bye or howdy-do
What's tbe'odda betwixt th two?
Comin' soin' every day
lk-at friends first to go away
Grasp of bands you'd rut her bold
'J han their weight in solid gold, -Slips
their gratp while greetin' you,
bay guod-lje or howdy-do ?
Howdy-do, and then good-bye
Mixes jest, lau?h and cry;
Deaths and births, aDd worst and bet,
Tsngled their contrariest ;
Ev'ry jingiin' weddin' bell
tkee"riu up some funeral knell
Here's my song and there's your sigh
Howdy -do, and then good-bye I
Say good-bye or howdy-do
J est t he same to me and you ;
'Taint worth while to make no fuss,
'Cause the job's put up on us 1
Someone's innniu' this conoem
That's got noihin lse to learn
It he's williu' we'll pull through.
Say good-bye or howdy-do?
THE I'LAY THAT WE DID SOT WRITE.
Miss Xelly Maynard is quite literary
iu ber tastes atid pursuits. I called
upon lier oue evening and she asked me
if I had read Mr. Stockton's "Our Sto
ry," in the Century. "Yes," I replied,
"and I enjoyed it very much."
"I like them the best of all cur hu
morous writers." she said, "because I
never feel the effort that he must some
times make it to be amusing. It all
seems to come as naturally as the fun of
a little child,"
"Supposing that we write a story to
gether?" I proposed in an animated
way.
"O, no," she objected, "Mr. Stock
ton would think that we were just imi
tating him."
"lie would not be, offended, I am
sure. But we might write a little play,
if you do not care to try a story."
"Very well," she said, "1 am willing
to do that."
'Shall we have five acts?"
"Xo, indeed, we should be tired of
each other long before the fifth act."
"That is not. polite," I said, reprov
ingly. She blushed brightlr, and said:
"I did not say that 1 should be tired
cf you. 1 used the pronun 'we,' which
you know always means the man."
"Yes. in married life, but we are not
married."
"I should think not," she replied,
quickly.
"You need not look so indignant," I
said, as if it were something very disa
greeable. "I do not think that it would
be any worse than writing a play."
"1 do. I expect that this little play
will make us both famous.''
"And do you mean to say that you
would rather be a famous woman than
a happy, loving wife, with a husband
ready to die for "
"How perfectly absurd you are! Do
keep all that for the play when it will
be most appropriate, and do not waste
it all on me."
"1 am very sorry that it is wasted. I
supposed that you would appreciate the
holiest sentiments of which the human
heart is capable."
"1 sluill appreciate it when the time
comes. But now the play, the play's
the thin?."
"Don't quote Shakesjwarre."
"1 sltall, too. M-r. Vernon, you're
cross, and I think we had better give
up this thing."
I begged her pardon, and promised
net to be cross, as she expressed it
again. "Xow," she said, "how shall
we begin?"'
"You must be sitting quietly in your
chair," 1 suggested, "and I shall enter.
"O. no," she objected, that would be
exactly like the 'Morning Call,' and we
do not want to plagiarize."
"We cannot help that sometimes,
Tou might, perhaps, say that falling in
love is plagiarizing.
''But that is so natural. Of course
you will have to fall in love with I
mean the hero must fall in love with
the heroine'
"What did you correct yourself in
that way for? 1 think it would be na
tural."
"1 wish you would not catch me up
so." she paid, the indignant color
making her handsomer than ever. (I
forget to mention that Xelly Maynard
l b a remarkably pretty girl.)
'But 1 think that you might answer
an honest question."
"Your honest questions are so ab
surd."
"That is the second time you have
insinuated that I am a "
"1 have not insinuated anythiug st all
wnatever 1 may have thought."
"Well, what do ycu think?"
"I shall not tell you."
1 ou cannot tinny, then, that you
thought me a "
"1 wish jou would not be so per
sonal."
"How can I help being iersonal when
you fav such thu.gs to me?1
"What thing?"
"Alut our falling in love with each
otuer."
"Mr. Vernon, if you do not stop all
this nonsense, I will not try to write a
play with you."
"Well, then to business. IIow shaU
we commence?'
"Let us be iu the street walking
home.'
"O, yes, then you can wear that kill
ing new hat of jours, that Mr. Xiles
admires so much."
"And jou can lie kissing the cane
that Miss Lizzie Downs gave you."
"I had rather kiss something else."
''The donor herself, L suppose."
"I do not care a straw for the donor,
and you nc -i not try to flatter me with
the idea that you are jealous of Miss
Downs.".
"Mr. Vernon," she exclaimed, with
the air of a tragedy queen, "1 shall
leave this room," and she started for
the door. But I fell upon my knees so
that she could not pasi without tumb
ling over me, and then made a fervent
apology.
She was soon reconciled, anditthig
down upon the sofa I placed myself at
resjiectauie distauce from her.
"Well," I said, "we were walking in
the street together."
Not we," she replied, "the hero and
heroine,"
"But you said we."
"Did 1?" she asked, blushing again,
'it was very ttupid in me."
"Xo, it was not," 1 replied earnestly,
it was very swtet," 1 was going to
say, but she gave me a warning look,
and I substituted "exemplary." Then
he burst into a merry laugh, and I
moved a little nearer to her lovely self.
'Of course," 1 continued, "we 1 mean
the hero and heroine, are going to her
home. What shall we do with them
after we have put them inside the,door ?"
"Give them chain to ait upon. They
may be very tired you know."
"No," I objected, "a sofa would be
more natural."
"Chairs would be the .most proper."
"I don't think so," I said, preparing
to move a little nearer to herself, but
restrained by a quick motion of her
pretty hand. "Just thinK how absurd
it would be if you and I were to take
two chairs at opposite ends of the room."
"It would not be absuiy. sitting on
the sofa together denotes "
"What? I interrupted quickly.
"Xo matter," she answered so dryly
that 1 could have bitten my unfortu
nate tongueor having interrupted her.
"You do not treat me very well," I
said, in a reproachful tone.
But she took no notice or my re
proach, and I said, in an abrupt, busi
ness-like way. that I cannot bear in a
pietty woman! -'Let us go task to the
play if you please."
"Just as you say. What shall we
have our lover's talk about?"
' Let them quarrel, as a matter of
course. He must b jealous of euuie
one. Men always are.";
-'Xo, indeed, it is always the lady
who is jealous of some Mary, or Jennie,
or Lizzie ''
"Xo, it is nos."
"You should not contradict me so,"
"You contradicted me."
"Xot so abruptly."
"You talk to me as though I were a
school girl."
"Pardon me, then, I did not mean to.
As I was saying you must be jealous of
Liz "
"M. Vernon," she exclaimed Indig
nantly, "wont you please move further
away and give your attention to the
heroine."
"Yes, ma'am," I replied, moving
Labout a quarter of an inch, "but ws
havenot really commenced yet. emust
begin to talk in character and I will
write it all down. You must reproach
me for my attentions to Liz well,
anything you please to call her,"
o, that is not the thing at alL
You are to be jealous, not I."
"But I am not jealous of Mr. Xiles.
A mere sujterficial butterfly."
"He is not a butterfly. Mr. Vernon.
The term would be much more appro
priate applied to Miss Downs. Silly,
little vain thing."
"You said you were not jealous."
"I am not. But that has nothing to
do w ith it. I am not Xelly Mavnard,
now, and you are .pot Mr. Vernon.
You are Mr. Mr. "
"Cadwallader." I suggested.
"Oh, no, I never can get my tongue
around tbat."
"You might you lips, perhaps."
"Mr. Vernon, If you make any more
such objectionable remarks. I shall take
a chair." .
"Oh no," I remonstrated, moving
back several inches. "But I am not
Mr. Vernon now, you know. Oull me
Borneo."
"Indeed I shall not," she replied. "I
will call you Mr. Spencer." .
"Very well; at yiur service, and
what shall I call you?"'
"Miss Burnhain, if you please. That
is a name ot mine."
"Oh, why was I not born a Burn
ham?" "I do not know as it wou'd 1 ave
made any difference."
"Xow it is you that are'eross."
"Do you mean me or Miss Bum
ham?" "You; and Xelly Maynard is a much
prettier nam. However, Miss Burn
ham it mast be, and you. Miss Burn
hm, are supposed to be jealous, I be
lieve." "How provoking you are! We set
tied that before, you kuow very well."
"Well, well, we will not argue the
matter, and I will be the green-eyed,
one, or try to be. Tell me "what you
were doing the other da-, or how you
came to be riding with Mr. Xiles?"
"Why should I not ride with him
when he invites me? He is a gentle
man."
"But I should think that a youn:
lady of your culture and Intelligence
would hardly enjoy the society of such
an empty-beaded popinjay.
"His head is not empty and he is not
a popinjay, by any manner of means."
"Y'ou certainiy are quick enough to
defend him."
"I always defend my friends,"
"Mr. liiles is very fortunate."
"He is veiy polite, and although he
is net a Leibnitz, or a JJacon "
"I should tlii.ik not. X'o one would
ever accuse hiii of anything of the
kind."
"Y'ou need not be so sarcastic. He
can make himself quite agreeable, even
if he cannot write a poem, or essay, or
uttie piay,
"Xow you are insinuating again. I
suppose that you despise a literary
man."
"I did not say so. I said and still
maintain, that Mr. Xiles can make
himself agreeable."
"I noticed that you seemed to be
quite fascinated with him, and I cannot
understand bow such puppies manage
to make their attentions so agreeable to
sensible women.
'And I cannot understand how cul
tivated and superior men can be so
charmed by such silly dolls as your
favorite. .Miss .Downs."
Hsng Miss Downs! She is not in
Uiis play."
"That is not a polite way to speak
either to a lady, or.of one
Excuse me if 1 was rude."
"Certainly."
"It annoys me to have you keep drag
ging la poor Miss Downs."
But you began it. 1 ou will keep
alluding to poor Mr. Xiles, and he ts
not in the piay either. .
"Xo; but it might just as well be
Xiles as anyone else, and I happened to
thiuk of him."
"You seem to think of him a great
deaL"
Xot any more than you do of Miss
Downs."
"Let's drop them both," ,
"Certainly, if you will promise not to
ride any more with him."
"ilow ridiculous that would be."
"I do not see anything ridiculous in
it."
"Xot for me toell him. when he asks
the reason of my let usal, that Mr. Ver
non requested me not to ride with him."
Jim 1 am not Mr. ernon now; I
am Mr. Spencer."
"Well, Mr. Spencer, you have not
written one single word."
"I am going to write in a moment,
but I must sharpen my pencil first.
By the way, if you will promise not to
ride with Mr. Xiles again 1 will agree
not to waltz with Miss Downs."
"Wilyou promise that? ' she inqui
red, so eagerly, that 1 moved a little
nearer, but she drew herself up, and
remarked, with quickly-assumed indif
ference. "Of course it Is nothing to
me."
"Oh, well," I replied, drawing fur
ther away again, "if you do not care
anything about my waltzing with Miss
Downs, 1 need not deprive mvself of the
pleasure. Sue is a superb waltzer."
"She ought to lie. I am sure that
she is light-headed enough."
"Ii is not necessary for a pretty,
attractive girl to be either a scientist or
philosopher.".
"Certainly not. Mr. Xiles has Invi
ted me to ride with him igaiu to-tuor-
rew. He has some splendid new
ponies."
"Hang Mr. Xiles."
"A little while ago you proposed to
hang Miss Downs. But you, never
will begin to write. Have you not
mended your pencil yet?"
'Yes, and I think that we have quar
reled long enough. It is time for the
reconciliation now."
"Yes, I agree with you."
"Then let us rehearse, it. Lovers
always take each others hands," I said
making a mvtion to that effect.
"It is not uecesary to rehearse it,"
she replil utterly ignoring my intend'
ed demonstration.
'But we can describe the scene with
far more fervor al ter practicing a little. "
, "ltis not necessary or proper," she
replied, with an air of extreme firmness
aLd rigid fry.
"Indeed,-' I persistea, "it is proVe-
aua even laudable, if you will only look
at it trom an esthetiopoiut of view."
I am not esthetic."
Yvs. you are. And you know
lovers are not satisfied with ierelv
holding each other's hands; they em
urace ana. kiss. " sue gave me a very
severe glance, but 1 coutiuued with tin
uaunieu courage, "i minjc that we
had better rehearse the whole thing,
-1 tiiiiiK tLi at you are verv.iuiuu
dent," sHe said with her face tumed
away from me.
"I do uol mean to be." I rep'.ied.
think we should consider this as-a liter
ary matter altogether and not regard'
our own feelings at all."
"les, she-said, "but we are not act
ing, wc are only writing a play; and
even in acting, amateurs only do those
things in a shadowy sort of way."
How do you meau?" I askedwith
great interest and animation.
''1 niD the lover only put his arm
behind the lady, without touching her
at all and kisses the air instead of lies
lips."
" ery shadowy' I remarked, "and
very unsatisfactory also. How great a
distance do you demand a quarter of
an inch.-"'
"Xo, indeed, fully six inches," she
answered with the utmost gravity.
"Let us try ft," 1 said with a gravity
equal to her own, as 1 put my arm be
hind her on the back ef the si fa. 1 hen
I made elaborate and praiseworthy
preparations to kiss the air, but her
eyes looked so gentle and so sweet and
her red lis so tempting that instead of
the air 1 kissed her.
"Mr. Vernon!" she exekumed, spring
ing up indignantly, with eyes lookui
anything but geutie now.
"Oli, Xelly," 1 cried, "don t vou
kuow that 1 l4ve you dearly, dearly?
Tell me you are not angry, my darling
I could not nelp it, to save my life."
She was not very much offended,
after all, and we did not talk any more
alK:ut the play during that sitting,
which was a pretty long one: but we
are to be married next week, and Xelly
says that af ter 1 get over being silly we
will write a p'ay in good earnest.
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How Some Writer Write.
Amo ig the novelists of to dar the
women are apparently more Mrelul
to the neatness and legibility of their
MS8. Mrs. France Hodgson Burnett
is precise write'', patting into her
storiei inet so miuj hundred words,
telling her publisher the exact number
belorehanu. Miss Looie Alcott affects
a bick-hand style, making her letters
clearly and putting her words h r apart,
so that they are easily read. Mia
Fletcher, "KwinetV authorr writes bo
evenly and distinctly that ber pages
have the appearance of being engraved,
and are sugc-stive of .much rc-writing
and care.
The copy of Jean Ingelow showg nu
certain, almost childish, characters,
traced on an unruled surface, Xorah
l'erry inclines to violet ink and has a
flowing, extremely graceful handwrit
ing, together with a habit of scenting
her paper. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
has an Italian style or ehirograpby,
and scrawl bat few words in a line,
and a style neither easy to read nor
pretty to look at. Elisabeth Stuart
Phelps writes with a tremulous hand
of an aged woman, and Lucy Laroom's
writing also looks as if the hand that
wielded the pen was old and stiff.
'Jennie June" (Mrs. Croly) writes
easily and legibly, as does also "Graoe
Ciret-nwood" (Mro. Lippinoot ). Emily
raithful writes in an English, mascu
line Land. J alia Hawthorne make
her characters cltarly, but her writing
is so line as almoot to require a micro
scope to dtfiue it. Mrs. Julia Ward
Hoe wastes no time on shading her
letttra, and has a way ol patting pecu
liar twi.-ti tj thtm that look funny, and
yet don't make them illegible. Mrs.
Celia Thaxter is always careful to leave
a m-trgin to the lett of her page; bat
writes a back-hand, and is liable to ran
off the sheet to the right. Mr .
Miry Bouth of Harper'i Bazar writ
unevenly, but easily; Mrs. LoaiSi
Chandler .Moulton is the model writer;
punctuates, capitals a ndparagruphi
with utmost exactness. Once, at a
New York press dinner, Oeorge Wdliam
Curtis proposed her health as the cou
tubutor who lurnishes perfect copy.
Mn. Lucy btone Blackwell of the
Women's Journal is said to jot down
her ideas ou whatever kind of paper is
handiest old envelopes or circuiari
iu a handwriting awkward and unformed
with mauy erasures and paragraph
marks.
Among the men, Wui. D. Howells'
writing is cramped aud liregular.
Henry James wnte firmly, with heavy
ink, his letters looking as though made
witn a quilL X, B. Aldnch writes so
nastily that nis chirjtetera Boem but
half formed. Mark Twain's peuman-
ship is basin-. as-lite and perfectly plain,
but he usbs ofutii a ty ye-writer. Dr.
HoluieV writing is exceedingly neat:
he docs it witn ease and rapiuity; and
GeorgeTFartons Lathrop sends oupy to
tue printer that, though rather nervous
ly written, 1 correctly punctuated, and
has ail the print jjV marks added.
CELi:nr boild in a little milk flavored
with i-ait and thickened with a little
floor makes an excellent sauce for
boiled mutton.
The Jane Family.
"Jeptha, what is this?" asked Mrs.
Jones, suddenly confronting that gen
tleman as he sat reading.
"That is a hairpin," answered Jones
quietly, apiwrently absorbed in his
book.
"Is it, indeed?" retorted Mrs. Jones,
"aud not one of niiire, either I A
twisted hairpin. May I ask what has
become of the rest of the woman ?"
"Maria," exclaimed Jones, looking
tip with the fearlessness of conscious
guilt, "why these unnecessary and dis
agreeable questions? What is that
hairpin to me ?"
"That is just what I would like to
what I am trying to find out." said
Jiis wife, turning white around the
mouth and Waning faintly against the
mantel.
"Where did you find it?" asked
Jones, looking at it as if it was a Gat
ling gun directed toward hiin.
'"I f-f-found it In your overcoat pock
et," sobbed Mrs. Jones, 'that's
where I"
"Then you put it there 1" suggested
Jones,carrying the war into the enemy's
camp, "i don't use Hairpins. What
do you suppose I want of the thing ?"
and he assumed an obstinately virtuous
look that might have deceived even a
woman. But it didn't deceive Mrs.
Jones, who suddenly changed her
tactics.
'Jeptha," she said, in a soft, persua
sive, sealskin-cloak tone, "if you ever
loved me in the s-s-sweet days that are
past if if ou have the least regard
for me now, tell me tell me, where you
got that hairpin 1"
She could not have chosen a more for
cible way of appealing to his feelings.
The wietched man twined his fingers lu
his gray hair, dug his toes into the Am
sterdam rug, and gritted his teeth as he
nerved himself to tell the truth, the
whole, truth and nothing butthe truth
"s' help me M'ria !''
lie beiran with his eyes cast down.
and hiai low- troubled voice, that trem
bled with canned aud condensed mis
ery:
It was only yesterdav."' he said.
feeling as if it might have been a cen
tury before; "I had been to the iestau
rant " "
Oh ! oh Lou ! you told me you never
ate a mouthfu all day," intcrruptem
Mrs. Jones. " to collect a 'bill
ow ing me," continued Jones in hollow
sieecii, "aud as 1 came out I saw some
thing glittering on the walk. I thought
of what my good m-ai-mother had told
me years beiore
-To ee a pin an1 let It lie.
You'll come to waul before jou die;
To aee a i.n aim pirK it up.
You 11 be sure lo Bare g MX lurk.
"Maria, I had no thought of evil
when I stooped down to p.ck up the
pin, as 1 suAiosed, but it was that mis
erable hairpiu. I 1 wasn't it, An
thony? aud I picked it up a thing"
that any man might do Willi peafccl
impunity."
Is that all.'" asked Mrs. Jones calm
ly.
That is all," asserted Jones, with a
truthful smite.
Then where did this blonde hair
come from?" inquired his wife, hold
ing it up for inspection. "Did you hud
this on the sidewalk?"
Then Jones realized that the way of
the transgressor is harl, and he owned
up and really did tell, the truth; how
that lie stepped into a diy gocds score
on the avenue to get a pair of new kid
gloves; how a pretty girl buttoned them
lor him with a hairiurr. how she eave it
to him because it was more convenient
than a glove buttoner, and that he
hoped to die if he'd kuow her again
from a side oi sole leather a story that
any reasonable woman would see car
ried truth on the face of it
Did Mrs. Jones believe it? A-heni !
The neighbors complained next morn
ing of the racket, and said if Jones was
going to rehearse private theatricals
again this wiuler they'd comiel hiin to
uiove see if they wouldn't.
A Koiimm Cix.as.
Rome Is astir early, citizens and
strangers, slaves and soldiers, all are
hurrying toward the great pleasure-
ground of Home the Circas Maximus.
With flutes playing memlv, with
swaying standards aud gleaming sta
tues, with proud young cadets, with
priests, and guards with crested helms.
skilled performers, restless hoises, and
glittering chariots, down the Sacred
street winds a long procession, led by
the boy magistrate, Ma;cus of Kome,
the favorite of the Emperor. It passes
into the great circus and files into the
arena; two nunurea thousand excited
people think, boys, of a circus-ter.t
that holds two hundred thousand
people? rise to their teet aud welcome
it with hearty iiand-clappinr. ihe
trumpets sound the prelude, the young
magistrate, (standing iu his awjtjestut
or state box) flings the mappa, or white
ag. Into the course as a signal lor the
start; and, as a ringing shout goes up,
four glittering chariots, rich iu their
decorations of gold and polished ivory.
aud each dravfn by four plunging horses
burst from their arched stalls and flash
around the track. Green, blue, red,
white--the colors of the drivers strea in
from their tunics. Around and around
they go. Xow oue and now another is
ahead. The people strain aud cheer,
and many a wager is laid as to the
victor. Another shout! The red
chariot, turning too sharply, grates
against the imla, or short pillar that
stands at the upper end of the trace,
guarding the low central wall; the
liorses rear aud plunge, the driver
struggles manfully to control them, but
all iu vain; over goes the chariot, whi e
the now maddened hoises dasn wildly
on until checked by mounted attendants
and lei otf to-their stalls. "Bine!
blue!" "Green! green!" rise the varying
shouts, as the contending chariot
struggle for the lead. White is far
behind, -Now comes tne seveuiii or
final round. Blue leadsl Xo, green is
ahead! Xeck aud neck they go down
the home stretch magnificently, aud
then the cheer of victory is heard, as.
with a hnal dash, the green rider strikes
the white coid first and the race is
won!
Xow, iu the interval between fie
races, come tne ainieuc sports, foot
racing aud wrestling, rope-dauciug and
high leaping, quoitrluro wuig aud javelin
matches. One mau ruus a race with a
llet Cuppadocian horse; another exiert
riiier drives two bare-bicked horsea
twice around the track, leaping from I
back to back as the horses dash around. 1
tween the circus performance of A. D;
13S aud one of A. D. 1S81?
Two thicknesses of newspapeia make
a good lining for apple barrels.
Kmc If nanism.
A reporter who was behind the scenes
at the play of '-In the Banks," says.
After travelling along a passage 'the
stage was reached just as the curtain
fr moment thl
fell on the first act.
huge cloth was fairly down, the stage
was overrun with busy mechanics and
assistants removing the kitchen scene,
with its rural bric-a-brac and arranging
the wood scene" with its wonderfully
natural cascade that follows.
Colored lights are grouped about the
stage to bring out the .beauties of the
artists work, the water is turned on,
ascends through an extremely matter-
of-fact hose, rippfts and babbles over
the crumbled tin that forms its bed, falls
musically into a trough that is lined
with heavy cloths to prevent undue
splashing and is cartied off again by
means of another unromantic piece of
rhose. The stage is entirely cleared of
the ordinary scenery anq the grooves in
which tue oia-iasiuoneo, scenes are run
we.-e hoisted out of the way. the stage
scenery or moaern days being held in
place by braces tbat are clamped to the
uoor. After the fall of the curtain at
the close of the second act, confusion
again reigned supreme. Iiopes were
towered from the "flies" aud the solid
hillside, trees, brook, logs, etc., were
weisked into the upper regions like
magic. The scene was torn to pieces
with the most apparent recklessness.
and the diuerentnwrtion heaped to
gether in seeming inextricable confu
sion. The church scene is now set tlte best.
of.it being let down from above, dur
ing which time it behooves the stranger
on the stage to keep an eye overhead.
Jets of gas are arranged in different
parts of the stage, behind trees and
tombstone whose presence is entirely
Unsuspected by the audiencf ; the curi
ous projecting window 5f the tavern
is hiMated in place; the stage is sprink
led with pasteboard autumn leaves and
all Is ready for the curtain to rise on
probably the most artisctic scene ever
presented iu a Washington theatre.
There are thirty-six drops that are low
eied d firing the progre.- of the play
from the "flies." Tius other scenes
those mounted on frames are placed
on- rollers, and it is a curious sight to
see a man handle nnn nf IFima trmnan.
dous frame" of canvas as easily as an
experr waltwr does his partner. .
The stage manager is an interestinir
and important figure. He is a small.
quiet man, giviug directions in a-cool.
authoritative manner, and displays no
peciai energy, except when he is roused
to unholy wrath by the appearance of a
much-be-roughed young lady, whose
costume is a trifle odd. "Do you go on
in the next, scene?" he asks, in tones
laden with horror. "Yes, sir." "Wh-
a-a t! In that costume!" "Yes, sir."
"Young woman are you are aware that
the next scene is an exterior, In the
snow, and that a crimson dress, cut low,
with a lace collar, is not exactly an ap
priate costume? Go, immediately, and
put on a hat and shawl!" audtlien the
stage manager turns around with a sigh
of relief and asks a couple of supernu
meraries attired as soldiers Jif they diai't
think that they could remember to go
through the formality "of closing the
cell door after they hurl the prisoners
in, so tbat he may languish with some
tlegree of propriety. The engagement
is drawing to a close, and be would like
to have that prison door closed once.
just IUI iue&.
: . . i i.
Then he walks up to Miss Forsvthe.
who is standing in tlie "wing." and
sympathizes with her as she coufplains
of a severe headache. A moment later
she makes her entrance, smiles the
smile-of devoted love on her sorely per
secuted - husband, and enchants the
audience by the tender pathos of her
acting.
Detriotd Kjre-SlguU
The causes to whiuli this deteriora
tion of eye-sight has been attributed are
alleged to be cross-lights from opposite
windows, light shinii.g directiy on the
face, iusufiieient light, small types, and
to the position of the desk, forcing the
scholaj to bend over and bring the eyts
too close to the book or writing-paper.
etc.. But, were all these defects reme
died the integrity of the eye would not
be restored not its deterioration pre
vented. The chief causes of the evil
would still remain. These are the
colors of the. paper and ink. White
paper and black ink are ruining the eye
sight of all reading nations. The "rays
of the sun," says Lord Bacon, ''are re
flected by a white body, and are absorb
ed by a black one." Xo one dissents
trom this opinion; but, despite these
indications of nature and of philosophy,
we print our books and write our let
ters in dire t opposition to the sugges
tions of optical science. .
When we read a book printed in the
existing mode, we do not see the letters
which, being black, are non-reflective.
The shapes reach the retina, but they are
not received by a spontaneous, direct
action of that organ. The white sur
face of the paper is reflected, but the
letters are detected only by a discrimi
nating effort of the optic nerves. This
effort annoys the nerves, and when
long continued, exhausts their suscepti
bility. The human eye cannot long sus
tain the feroad glare of white surface
without injury. The author of "Span
ish Vistas," says of Cartegena that
"blind people setm to be numerous
there, a fact which may be owing to the
excessive dazzle of the sunlight and the
absence of verdure." Mr. Seward, in
his tour around tlie world, observed
that "in Egypt ophthalmia is univer
sal," attributing it to the same "exces
sive dazzle' of the wide areas of white
sand; and the British soldiers, in the
iate campaign in that country, exhibit
ed symptoms of the same disease. In
the Smithsonian Report for 1S77 li is
stated, in a paper ou "Color-Bluidness,"
that "M. Chevreul has produced 14,
420 distinguishable tiuts of elementary
colors, from which the paper manufac
turers could select colors more agreea
ble tolhe eye than the dazzling white,
so weakening and lacerating to the
nerves of that delicate organ."
Combinmaon;luillinent.
A combined harrow, roller, seeder
and cultivator has been patented by a
Fort land, Ore , man. Tbe harrow
teeth ate beut upward and backward
with reference to the direction in which
the barrow revolves, to beat down and
nn!varia Miule. t t ho Kufctmlvanrafra l.nt
lue teeth are screwed into the cylinder
tllv r he chanmi for annthpr form
for different kinds of work, and the har
row may be raised or lowered or sus
pended above the ground. There is a
detachable roller shell, and over the
harrow Is a seed hopper, in which a ro
tary seed dropper may be arranged
AtrM Lot Uogs.
All good actresses havd a canine pet
and Miss Alice Basting, of Itoland
! Rrd'8 Py. exception to the
"Here's -Ctiio,' " said the pretty sou
brette, a sue entered the green-room
with a rosy cold nose, cheeks and ears.
and a small black-and-tan snugly tucked
away auJer the sleave of her sealskin
sacque. The maid took the little betst
in her lap, unstrapped his woolen
blanket, tossed him up and down as
though he were a crowing baby, talked
moat aflVctionaiely to him.
Alias Hastings removed her wraps,
and taking a couple of chop-bones,
wuicn were rolled up in tissue paper
like so many suck c-l Jiqnonce, from
her retiuBle gave -them to "Chic," and
ordered mm to oeo un tne piay was
over.
"Oh, 'Chic' understands me," said
his mistress. "He's a Chicagoan, too,
by the way. His mother belonged to
MoVicker's stock company, ana when
this fellow wits born we christened him
Chicago. He waa the first and only
doe born in McVicker's thastkre, and
wo had a great time over it. Chia'
conies to tne tbeatre whenever I do.
but lis' good, takes a bone, and sleeps
through tne p ay, bnt has to Lave his
supper when it's'ivr,"
'Does he travel with you?"
"Yes, indeed. iJut you know tlie
don't allow dogs on the cars, so 1 have
to smuggle him in. I wrap him up in
an Ulster, and he keeps quiet tail we
want a drink. Alter refreshments I
double him up again, and he's good till
we reach our destination. Sagacionn?
PI should bay so; he knows when he is
a railrtoad car as well as I lo."
Her friends say she has read herseli
nearly blind, and is conversant with
every character in Shskspere and the
English novelists Dickens, Thackeray
aLd Baiwar especially. In build ue is
I lump, bSt has very small bones and
weighs about 130 pounds. .Her fat
annoys her extremely, but is of (h.t
mailtable, manageable texture which
cau be pressed down to a very small
compass, or squeezed into a tight waist
wiui admirable etlect. Sue weacs her
hair, which was not long ago thirty-
nine inches long, cot clo to her head.
'Oh, 1 eon t wear flannel of any u:s
cription; ailk stickings, gauze merinoes
aud one suit of luualui underwaro I find
auflijient, I'm a great hand for cold
water, and t ike a plunge bath every
morning in tue year.
".at? oh, anything I can get. But
I never have any supper till after the
play, because 1 think a fail meal injutes'
the voice for several hours after.
lmm luck I have a good supper alter
the pliy; if not 1 can subsist on bread
and cheese aud beer."
As she talked she began tp rub grease
paint ou tbe hair over her temples, an
in reply toau inquiry said: " "Oh, that
is to match my. wig." Eindiug her
thick brown, hair from her forehead
with a cotton bajd. ahe got a little tin
..., . .. ...
duckoi iuii oi coiu cream, wnicn aue
rubbed over her face before "making
it up. As tuis cream is made by Miss
Hastings and used dalir, and at it ha
preserved nor complexion from all
eruptioas, chaps and dwsj.o.atins, the
receipt may be ol service.
"I never nsa glycerine, because it is
too powerful; it burns the skin and in
creases its sensitiveness. I go to the
chemist and g t four ounces of almond
ol, two ounces of rose-water, two
ounces of cocoa batter, tme ounce of
spermaceti; throw all in a bowl, set it
in a pau of hot water till .melted, and
when cold add the almond oiL Fat it
in a mug or tin box, and you have
good and perfectly harmless cream to
pres rve the skin."
Hsre shepicked up a little hare's
foot and bi;gan to rub her lace. Her
eyes were made in a jiffy.
Miss Hastings has a figure that will
improve any dress, bat few women are
ever seen with such rerfectly fitting
basques as she wear, on aud off the
stae. Tney are simply perfect, aad
admit ot no improvement. Fa.it, she
has her corsets made to order by special
measurement, and all her dresses are
clot el in the back with cord?. There
is not a crease nor a wrinkle, and it
doe seem a? though thora was not two
inches difference between tbe surface
measurement of here kin and the material
in her waist.
I'oatuiue Id Athens.
One of the great attractions of a stroll
through modern Athens is t o notd the
variety of costumes. The most curious
and the most striking is the Albanian,
which tlie Greeks have adopted as the
national dross. It ooutliU of a black
jacket, cut away, with open sleeves,
nd rich embio.dery; a red waistcoat
and a white embroidered suirt. The
breeches are of blue, cloce-fittiug:
stockings of white or blue; red gaiters
nd red leather shoes without heels.
pointed, upturned and long. Kunl
the waist is a leathern girdle, from
which protrudes an alarming diai I it of
pistols and knives such as are ail acted.
by the EeJouin; the bead is covered
ith a high fes, or long auk tassel
which sways stoat as the wearer walks.
The principal part of tbe drees is the
white "fustauella." a kilted shirt of
lineastarched and wotn over the breech-
. Sometimes as many as sixty yards of
linen are used in a "fustanella," and
the eflejt is lather that of a burlesque
on a ballet dancer's oostuma. It is a
ourious sight for foreigners to see a
Highland regiment march out, bnt it is
a lar more curious Bight for an Euglisu
man to tss the Greek National conn
parade in this feminine bat pictureqae
and extravagant co tuma. The Greek
aitisan wears a co.-tauie not online the
Turkish, consisting of a short dark
aiket, red wai txxt, very wide calico
trousers, worn short and general y bine;
bare lets and buckled suoes. Tuis u
al-o the dre-ta of tha Cretans, witb the
exception that instead of wearing shots
they bava high boots, which hide the
bare legs and give a bett r appearance. '
Sometimes ladies may be soon wear
ing the national red oap or the The
saiian headdress a. tiara ef gold and a
Vii. thrown back bat a a rule they
dress iu FaiLian styls. The reasant
women almost invariably wear tue
Albaniaa costume, and very striking it
is, consisting of a long embroidered
pattiooat aud a white woolen dress over
it, while on their lieads aud neck are
chains of coin.
A hard-working young man with his
wits about him will make money while
ouiers will do nothing but loose it.
Cha? abd Good Food.
T. F. Allison, of London, a- noted
doctor, says, "allow me to brimr under
the notice f the public some expert
ments I have just conciudext to solve
the difficulty of feeding our poor ft
Londou, and elsewhere. The err
that food is so dear that the people can
scarcely hva. This cry is truo if they
want to live on luxuries, but if they
will live on wholesome, bat plain and
heahby fare, they can do so for very
little. A lvttle over a month ago I de
termined to give up all expensive articles
of food and live almost as cheaply as
possible. Having left off flesh foods for
nearly two years, aud lecturing frequent
ly on the question of food, 1 knew what
to select.
Looking over my food accounts
found milk, butter, eggs and cheese,
witn tea and couee, wese fairly ex pens
lve articles, and none of them necessary,
so I gave them up. On October l'Jth
I began my experiment; my weight was
then 9 stone 8 ounces. I continued
tnis purely vegetarian diet for a mouth.
wnen my weight waa 9 stone 3 pounds
li ounces, or a gain of 3 pounds.
My friends said I looked weli; I felt
well, and did my usual work the same
as ever, i walked from 10 to Is miles
daily, seeing patients or taking exer
cise. Here is an account of my dietary,
wnicn cost me little more tnan six-
penoe a day, and. I could easily live fur
iwa without luxuries, .breakfast con
listell of a basin of purride, made from
a mixture ofckoatmeal and wheatmeal,
whicn J- found more paiatabla "than
either. singly. This 1 usually ata with
bread to insure thorough lnsalivation.
Then came bread tried in refined o-jitou
seed oil, or fried vegetable haggis. For
drink I bad a cup of cocooa or fruit
syrup, with warm water and sugar.
ine coccoa used was au ordinary oue
with pWnty Vf starch in it, which makes
a tnicK drink, and no milk? is then re
quired. Dmner cisised of a thick
vegetable soap aud bread, potUoo pie.
Bavory pie, vegetarian pie, vy-,reUble
stew, stewed rice and louiitoes. etc.
For a second coarse I had bread plain
pudding, stewed rice ani fruit, baked
sago, tapioca, aud apple stewed prunes,
ngs, raising and bread, lea meal eon-
slated of bread and jam, stewed fruit
or some green stall, ai watercress,
ctlery, tomatoes, etc. I hal only ttire
meals a day, and- treqaeutly wiie a Very
busy, I hal only two, aud a cup.ol
coccoa aud biscuit forsupper. 1 always
use the whole-meal bread, as it is laxa
tive anJ contains a good deai of nitro
gen, whicu is thrown away wit a the
brau. The cotton seed oil is a cheap
and good cooking oil, and is impossible
Id detect. Tuis diet 1 continued for a
month, and now 1 only ta statue auiui-U
products when oar, not havmgrheai
at my table.
-w compare this diet with oue of
fleeli or a mixed oue The latest an
uaiysis shows flesh to contain from 7 J
to ii Ler cent, of water, the dry resi
due being vefy rich in mfrogaa, and it
contains a litue carOozuceous or IMy
mutter. rUnce, tj live ou meat aioae,
as much as eight pjunds a day is neces
sary. I hen tnere are to be ojnudereJ
the disease of animtis, which are coal-
niunicable to man if tuat lies a bo not
thoroughly oooted all tnrougQ; Sad as
very few of Our animals live a pertectlT
nut u nil lifn miv.it nf tlium ira m..M ...
leas diseased, especialy the fat ones.
X ue excess oi nitrogen taken into the
system in eating deti mjat has to be
got rut of by the ' liver, kid aeys, aud
lungs; henci, thesj oraa-t are over
taxed, and much disease is the con
sequence. Iu fact, were it not for flesh
food ws doctors should have verv little
to do. Mai living in towns canio:
afford to eat much flash, because Ue
does bo get sufficient exercise and ox v-
geu to barn up the ui rogeo. If lie
does eat this than, and if he eat niacb
then he must suffer from manr com
plaints, such a iudieiti jn, bilious at
tacks, congested liver, hemorrhoid.
gastric catarrh, and otlier gas tic troubles
if the habit be oontlnued in. g ill stones
or urinary cal ja!i may foil jw, or riiuni i-
tism and goat. Then the kidneys be
come diseased, ani more work is thrown
ou the heart, which hgcouies also di
ea ed; tue end is death by one of the
lingering diseases winch sU jws a dis
ease J organ somewhere Even epilepsy
and mauy nervous diseases are aggra
vated by flesh.
Cancer is on the increase, and. from
some observations I have made, it may
be ludrectiy trace 1 to flesh. Con
sumption has only a remote connection
witn nesh, it being chiefly to want of
fresh air. Vegetable food is cheap.
contain an abundant supply ot nutri
ment at nrst cost, and our systems are
so formed as to use it with least ex
penditure of vital force. Ws use no
ci nelty in obtaining oar food, and cau
eaulwsee if it bp wholeioma or in a
rot'eu state.
I t means of oar diet much disease is
prt vented, and even most chronic cases
of present disease can be alleviated by
it. If ws want a cheap dietry we have
tha follofcig foods to choose from:
V beat, oats, barky, maize, rice. sago.
tapioca, Mmolina, hoaiiay, peas, betas,
lentils, etc, which are all conoentrated
foods and very rich in nutriment. I'o
tatoes, parsnips, beets, carrots, turnips
onions, eabbage, sprouts, etc, give
variety, balk and flavor; to these m-ty
be adued the sweet herb for making
savory dishes. Apples, pears, currants,
gooseberii , plums, strawberries, rasps,
bia.'kberrie, and otuer fruits, with
melons, peaches, grapes, etc., are high
prieei bat wholesome traits. The
dr led fruits, as dates, tigs, appla rings,
currants, raisins, etc., are cneap and
good. To these may ba added tinned
goods. Taos oue ojn sea tne im jiense
variety of tasty things we have, and
these to suit all parses. We caa add
to these milk, butter, cheese, eggs and
honey, which are got without killing
animal. Bat if wa take annual lood,
tlieu tisii is least uijarioai, ttiea beef
and mutton, while, veil, park, game,
eta, are very indigestible, aad ou'ht
to be avoided.
A new form of window is being intro
duced iu London, Etilaud, for p re-
Tenting ac-l Je its iu cleaning and secur
ing good ventilation. Tue two side
bars of each of a pair of ordinary sash
lrames are divided into two parts verti
cally, and the part carrying tne glass U
swiveied or pivoted in tue side pieces
at a point central to its height. The
frame with tn glass is held in position
ty two small bolts in the top rail, whicu
shoot into the Bide strips. When this
latter fastening is effected tha two
sashes may slide up ani down in the
ordinary way. It will be seeu that to
clean this kiud of window there is no
necessity for servants to go outside.
Poker la Kentucky.
Frankfort looks like a country vil
lage aud is. The headquarters of the
different candidates tuat have been
buzzing like a bee-hive all week are de
serted. The hotel lobbies are empty.
The town is given over to poker-pUty-ing
and church-going.
1 thought thai the poker-playing at
the last session was aouieUiiu; phenom
enal, but It was mild compared wit tha
e'xeesses that some of the statesmen-are
indulging in this year. Games an
going ou everywhere. All tastes caa
be gratified. You cau find games of
one cout ante and ten cents limit aud
games of ten dollars ante and whose
limit no mau kuoweth. Tnere are little
minnows of gamblers whoun about
in little private gaui.-s aud great whales
for whom the ocean for limitless betting
is hardly large enough. Cjusidenu
that there are few rien men here, tue
betting is simply amazing. It is a
nightly occurrence for a mau to losd or
win $-XW and several lucky players have
quit tlLMA) auead at a sittuur Louis
ville politician got into a KJwfTUie other
night and after losiag jj pulled out
$7iA winner aud the game wasuot what
is called a large oue, either.
And what a list of gamblers Frank
fort cau boast of having seeu 1 All tue
great names iu the State, orators,
statesmen, lawyers, politicians, journal
ists tne mtelleJt of tne S;ate aav
for thewgreater part of a century bjeu
concentrated hero at somtweasous ofths
year. Tney still show you the tajle
that Clay played at, an! the old psoule
cau tell you tue very night that Iurn
purey Marshall beat Joan C. BjcKeu
ndire. What rows old blavers -were
tnese men of tlie- olden tiui? 1 Joies
that were gotten otf between tha deals
have become the property of the uauoa.
Sentiments that were ut.ered then have
since be-joma houseboid words.. It is
universally conceded mat Kentuckians
are tha best poser players iu tha warli
aad the palmy days of Kentucky pjier
playing were wueu lueu like Marsnall
sat at one side of a table au i iu ju like
Clay sat at the oluer; wueu a mau
would burn kis rigtu hand oil betora
he would cheat aud wtieu tue u-t a il be;
was 'two negroes a;rtu fifty acres o
bluegrass." iJut ala aul ala 1 Tus
days tue royal days of poker-playing,
n id the days ot cnivairy, are over aud
gone aud tne time of coli dec aad
ruu-up bauds aud market cards is here
aud the glory of the old gam has faded
lorever.
Uelleb of tne Karbere.
There it goes for the secon 1 tirn-
this week," petulantly ejaculated a bar
ber in a Chicago Jousorial parlor, as he
held up a razjr and looked a! iu a puz
zled manaer. Ha stropped tha blade
and again applied it to.tne chiu of the
soap-bedaubed man la his ch.iir. Tue ,
facial contortions ot the m in, the ratp
ing sound aud the look of disgust ou the
barber's face plainly showed that all.
was not right. . He tried several razors,
but they would not work. Then ha
borrowed a razor from the boss aud suc
ceeded in scraping some of the hair from
the face of tha customer. Judging
from the remarks of the customer after
the operafiou was performed, he serapjd
something more thau hair. After tha
man left lUe barber weut to the boss'
and said:
"That razor has gane back on me
again." He suoke as thou 'Ii all hooe
had departed,
"fnat's your fault" cooly observel
the boss. "Dulu't I tell you to put it
near the stove when we locked up last
night?? Y'ou can't expect a razor to
stand by yu if you neglect to treat it
rignt,"
lha barber weut back to his chair.
and a reporter of thaDaiiy Xews be
sought the boss to tell him sometliiu;?
about razors. ,
Lvery barber has his pet razor." ha
began. "Whenever a beard comes ui
that can't be touched by any of the
regular razors the barber takes out his
box aud picks out his favorite razor.
the barber believes that that particular
razor will cut any beard, aa 1 its pre
vious performances mkts this belief
reasonable. Gradually he begins to
respect that razoc and to tlevote especial
care to it. When it goes back on him
he is lost. Ha almost believes that tha
razor is thing of life. Why, I have
seen barbers accuse another of "hoo
dooing' their pet razor.
"What is the matter with this bar
ber's razor? I see he is soaking it in
hot water,''-a;ud t!ie reporter.
'Cold weather and undue exposure.
The edge of a razor is a very dehcato
thing. Heat and cold affect iu L uder
a strong magnifying giass, theede of a
razor, which has been exposed to tha
cold, would seem like a saw. Hot
water throws tlie little particles back
into place and makes the edge smooth.
A sudden change in the weather always
affects tha razors in a barber shop nd
ths tempers of the barbers."
Tbe Smtea Mad in Sweden.
Every one has seed the Swedish
atvenes aad wondered at the quaint in
scription on tbe top of the box: "land
uticior, tanda acten svafvel och fosfor."
Few, however, are there woo, when
traveling in Sweden in tne home ot the
t&udstickot s, leave the fjords, rocks and
firs for a day and trace the match bacit to
its source. And yet it would more than
repay a day's bojsira at Jonkopiog to
vuit the factory whence proceeds not a
small part of the liht of the wjtld. The
latest novelty, only at work for about a
uioBih, is aa enormous engine, which
daily produces 1,000,000 boxes of Swedish
matches. This wonderful nrachlne re
ceives the raw material, namely, blocks of
wood, at oue end, and after a while give
jp at the other the matches neatly ar
ranged in their boxes, ready to be dis
patched to the utterwt ends of the world,
lbe wood, which in the course of last
summer was brougnt over to Jonkoping to
oe made into matches, tilled ttffcuty
steamers and eight sailing vessels.
Power af Heltlag.
Horse power of a oeic equals velocity
in feet per minute, multiplied by the
w idth the sum divided by 1,00,). Oue
iuch single, moving at 1,000 feet per
minute 1 horse power. Double belts
about TOO feet per minute, per 2 inch
width 1 h. p. ,For double belts of
great length, over large pulleys, allow
a aout 500 feet per minute, per 1 inch of
width per horse power. Fower should
be communicated through lower rua
niiitside of a belt; the upper side to
carry the slick. Average breaking
weight of a belt, 3 10 xl inch wide
leather, 530 pounds; 3 ply rubber OOJ
pounds. The strength of a belt increa
ses directly as its width. The coeffi
cient of safety for a laced belt is Lea
ther l-lt breaking weight. Rubber-
breaking weight.
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