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B. F. SCHWEIEB,
THE 0013T1TUT10I-TEB UHOI-AID TEE EJTOXOEMEJT Of TEE LAYB.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXVIII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 4, 1884.
NO. 23.
A WAYSIDE SOXO.
I saw toJav a fair young cirL
Wh co!.l i.ro.n hair in braid and curl,
A face like anple-tilu" ln ,My
ludVouJruu ejra of purple-gray.
As willow ben.linz to the tonn,
o 5nPp:e her .lender torn. I
Ar.e''' breathes a perfume rare,
So digiiiiicJ Ut-r nueenly air.
Twa not azotic her perfect face,
But the nufonxri.u charming grace
V iih whii-h she movl an.1 (.poke that had
Sach power w uate me lalf fi11-
A love'y vrorr.au is tn me
The fairest i.f tiling fair to see,
Whciria all frarrfal parts combine,
A masterpiece of work divine;
And as the mlnstreNklng of old
In m'u-ic did tii" h-art unfold,
Soluth me fl'irit f r a ce
Been eiidcul by this beauteous face.
STOUY Of A imtTHKlC.UT.
ClIArTEU 1.
I aw an 11 man now ; my hair is
white, my back is bent, and the furrows
of as? are on my cheek and brow.
jCearlv sixty yi :irs have pa-sed over my
Lead since the never-to-be-forgotten day
when 1 tirst became acquainted with a
terrible prrtiou of our family histtry.
The remembrance of my troub'e 1 aunts
De sun.atui I som-times fear will tiover
as a phaiitom near my bed when the last
f i;e oi tuv eurthlv existence closes.
1 was a youi.ger son ; my elder brother
Inherited thai winch had belonged to
our :u.cetors for generations. I will
rxi'iain later ol the aat'tre of his birth-
ricbc
Never were brothers more un'ike than
Oiris and niv-lf. People used to say
thai he to.ik after my father, who was
i cur. of iouirh exterior, iron nerves,
and inflexible will, and that I resembled
my m iiher in apiearance and disposi
t:ox I I'wr knew my mother ; fhe
d.ed vvher. I was barely four years old ;
hut I hav v.igue recollections of a gen
tie, soft -eyed woman bending over my
bed .it nislit, pressing me to her heait,
and saving hs was thankful that I, her
darling, v. as not the eldest son. When
1 came to years of reason, I too was
thankful for that clrcumstarce.
We were Spaniards ; no a:ien blood
flowel ia our veius, for our family liad
never lnieirnirried with foreigners.
Tiie house in which we lived was situ
ated about three miles fro in Burgos,
and had c me down in at. unbroken
1 ne froir lather to son for centuries.
It was a low, flat building.conS'Sting of
on'y one story, ana painted right red
outside. There was notuinz unusual in
tha internal decorations,at d the rooms
were comfortably furnished , but no one
ever entered the house besides ourselves.
The windows cpened upon a Luge gar
den, aiound wuich was a held, or rather
common, aboit an acre in extent. The
who.e was t-urrounded by a wall, be
yond hich 1 seldom went.
Ur.r family consisted of my fathor,
my biothir, my.eif, and an old woman
a distant connection of ours wiio
acted us servant. My father always
wore a brown uhiform trimmed witii
red and yellow, also a hat, with very
!arj;e beads.on which were embroidered
certain devices. These bright colors
made a great impression on my childish
imagination, and, when, on one or two
occasions, 1 was taken to Burgos, the
uniforms of the cCiciais I saw in the
st. ecus struck me as looking very poor
hi comj'arixiu.
From childhood I was extremely timid
and sensitive, and this natural timidity
was increased by my brother's rough
and tyrannical conduct towards me.
When Carlos was twelve years old, he
wa sent to a remote par: of Spain to
finish his ed-jra&ou, and I five vears
his junior acquired the rudiments of
learning under the care oi a lady who
kept a day-schwi for boys in the neigh
borhood. "' he lad has abilities," my father
said, us he conliJed me to the care of
the ?!ior.i Lojauos ; and, as he turned
to leave the room, he added, "Poor lit
tle Alionso" every one called niei4poor
little Alfonso" "is the younger son,
and w ill h, ve to decide on his line of
Lfe betimes; so Uie more progress he
makes iu his htudies the better. My
eldest sou has his career marked out for
fcnn."
"Yes. yes 1 know j" answered ihe
Senora in a voice tuat trembled a little;
and, as w went to the schoolroom, 1
fancied her hand trembled too.
My governess was very kind to me ;
but my school-fellows seemed to avoid
my company, and never invited me to
join in their games. In addition to this
they always spoke iu whispers when I
approached. I lln.ik the Senora was
Sony f.irme, for she would ofun call
toetoherwLcn 1 was standing alone
in the playground, and, striking my
curly head, say gently
'Poor little Alfonso, poor little Al
ton) 1"
The conduct of my companions occu
pied my thoughts less than it would
have done had I not been too ailing and
timid for rough play ; but after a few
weeks I began to wonder why 1 made
no friends among the boys like the rest.
1 learnt the secret on my tenth birth
Cay. One of my school-fellows, Fernando
Torrodeas, was kinder to me than the
others ; and 1 asked him to come and
s;iend the evening at our houte, as it
was my birthday, lie colored, and
st jniuiered out a refusal. I pressed him
to come, and bnn? his sister with him
a pretty little girl whom I had seen
once i r tw ice; but to whom I had never
eiwiven. lie- again refused. Then I
asked him the reason. After a little
hesitation, he told me the truth. Young
s I was, I at once understood all that
berDre had been incomprehensible
to me, I thanked Fernando for his
frankness, and was turniug away, when
he seized my hand in rough boyish fash
ion and said
"-Vever mind, poor little Alfonso ;
you can't heip it, you know And, be
sides, you are not the eldest son."
I walked home in silence and, as
JBiial, alone. My reflections were very
v!eT ,hat ni&ht and wneQ 1 'as ln
bed and sure nobody could see me, I
cried bitterly. From that day my sen
sitiveness increased tenfold, and I im
agined premeditated slights where in
all probahil ty n-me were meant Soon
afterwards I left the Senora's school,
im my urotiier returned home, I soon
discovered that his society was by no
-"Tins congenial to me, for be was
"ongh and rude in sjieech and brutal in
Banners. This obnoxious behavior
was always more observable when he
t5 my fal,ier returned from one of
joeir periodical absences. Myonlycon-
""khiou was in books, for they diverted
I "Jy thoughts from n vsdf and tnv mia-
rab'e position.
Alter a time I implored my father to
let me seek milnvnunt ahnuit hut ts
I refused, and said I must remain where
I was another year, and then go where
Carlos had been to complete my educa
tion. The thought of another year at
home was unbearable, and I resolved to
run away.
A species of friendship had arisen
between Fernando Torrodeas and my
self from the day be had told me the
bitter truth concerning my family. He
was a warm-hearted fellow, and alwavs
regretted having leen the first to tell
me a painful fact, although it must
have come to my knowledge ere long.
Before I carried Into effect my inten
tion of running away, I wrote to Fer
nando, who was studying law at Ma
drid, and asked his advice. He was
older than I,and,before leaving Burgos,
had promised tostaud my friend in case
of need. He answered my letter.saying
he was acquainted with the head of a
large publishing firm in that city, and
could procure me a situation in the of
fice. So, one dark night in November.
I turned my back on my native place,
with an earnest wish never to see it
asain. After undergoing numerous
ditliculties cn route, I reached Madrid,
and weut to Fernando's lodgings. The
following day he presented me to my
employer, and I entered on my new du
ties without delay.
Years passed, and. by the time I was
Cve-and-twenty, I was gaining a toler
able income on the staff of a leading
journal. I might have been happy but
for the one absorbing terror of my exist
encethe fear that, by some untoward
fate, the birthright would eventually de
scend to me. I led a solitary life,and stu
diously avoided making acquaintances.
In a word, I had no friend but Fernando,
and took Interest in nothing but the
daily work of my brain.
My father had been dead some years,
anu my nrouier nau inherited tun birth
right. He was married, anc had a son.
I remember, when I told Fernando the
news, be grasped my hand in his hearty
way, ana exclaimed
'Bravo, Alfonso ' you have my con
gratulations." One evening a few years after my
brother's marriage, I went to Fernan
do's lodgiugs. Keceiving no answer to
my knock, I was turning away, when
my friend came running up the stairs
and bade me welcome.
"Don't you go away, Alfonso," he
said, shaking my hand warmly. My
sister is here just comefrom Burgos."
Then, as we entered the room "Juan
ita, let me introduce you to my friend,
Alfonso Mendoza."
In Madrid none knew me or my pa
rentage. From the day of my arrival
in the capital 1 had adopted the name I
still bear, that of Mendoza.
"Take your customary place, old fel
low," continued Fernando, "and we
will enjoy ourselves together."
Nothing loath to pass the evening
with Fernando and his handsome sister,
I drew my chair close to the fire and
glanred at the latter, to ascertain if
she hud any recollection of me, I came
to the conclusion that the fourteen
years which had elapsed since I quitted
P.ureos had effaced every trace of my
former self, -tnd that I ran no risk ol
discovery as far as she was concerned.
In fact it could net have been otherwise,
to. the now grown-up girl was a mere
child wheu I left hom. Juanita Tor
rodeas was very beautiful of the true
Sp iuisli type of loveliness with clear
dark complexion, large liquid black
eyes, uiagniliucnt hair of the same hue,
small rosy mouth, and . regular, white
teeth. She was short, but well made,
and possessed that great charm in a wo
man an exquisitely sweet voice.
As we s:it ehatting round the fire, I
thought I had never seen my friend's
room look so pleasant before. The soft
1 glit of the lamp fell on Juanita 's face
as she bent over some delicate embroi
dery and abstracted gold thread and
sparkling beads from a work-box on the
table beside her. The blazing logs on
t'.e hearth threw out a ruddy glow,
crimsoning the old mahogany furniture
and making the brass nails round the
chairs and antiquated sofa glitter like
diamonds. On an old piano that bad
belonged to Juanita 's mother.and which
had arrived from Burgos the preceding
day, lay a heap of music, chiefly, as I
afterwards learned, quaint old Spanish
ballads that told of the glories of Ma
drid in days gone by ; and a few family
portraits that had also come from Ju
an ita's former home graced the walls,
and looked life-like as the flickering
light of the fire fell on them. The
deep-crimson curtains were drawn
across the windows, making the small
salon look homelike and cosy. A large
bouquet of hot house flowers stood on
a slab near the fire-place, and a few
choice plants were placed here and
there about the room.
"Juanita," said Fernand3, as a serv
ant entered with a tray, "when we have
had our chocolate, you must sing that
old romance I like so much the one
about Don Quixotto I mean."
The young girl made no reply ; ap
parently she had not heard what her
brother said.
"What will you sell your thoughts
for, Juanita?" asked Fernando, laugh
ing. You look very serious."
"I will let you have them gratis,"
she replied. "I was thinking about
my vis-a-vis m the railway carriage yes
terday." "Indeed I A lady or a gentleman ?"
"Neither. A horrid man, with a
mot repulsive face. Who do you
ttrnk h was ?" she asked with a shud
der.
"I have no idea," answered her bro
ther. But, if he was so horrid, why
didn't you get into another compart
ment ?"
'It was impossible, for he Jumped
into the train as it was moving, and I
bad to travel with him more than forty
miles. It was the express, and only
stopped at the principal stations."
"Hut who was ha ? I suppose he
didnt interfere with you in any way ?"
"Oh. no ; certainly not I He slept
all the time happily but such a trav-elliug-companlon
I it was the man who
wears the brown uniform, and lives in
the red house near Burgo-i he public "
"Juanita' interrupted Fernando
hastily, with a glauce at my pale face,
Mo sin; that ballad at once, there's a
good girll"
She flushed angrily at the interrup
tion, but rose and went to the piano,
merely saying, as she selected the ro
mance "Madrid has not improved your po
liteness, Fernando."
"When the song was ended, I thanked
Juanita, and, having regained my com
posure, complimented her on her ex
quisite contralto voice, and wished her
good night. Fernando accompanied
me part of the way home. On the road
he told me that, his mother being dead,
Juanita would have to take a situation
as governess, and that she had come up
to Madrid for that purpose.
"I am glad to have her near me," he
added. "And listen, Alphonso, yon
will probably see her at my lodgings
from time to time ; but It is not neces
sary for her to know your real name, if
you don't wish it"
"It is better she should not," I re
plied in a low voice.
"Not that it would make any differ
ence to Juanita," continued Fernando
nastily ; "she is too noble-minded for
that, and would never pause to ask her
self what people would say, as long as
she acted up to her own sense of right.
But it might make vou feel awkward."
"But you heard what she said about
Carlos ? That shows what her feelings
are on the subject"
"Pooh, pooh I You are not Carlos.
If you were, why, of course it would
be different 1 You are too sensitive by
hair."
No, thank Heaven, I am not that
unfortunate individual," I said, in re
ply to the first part of my friend's
speech "at any rate, for the time be
ing. 'But who knows what may be my
fate in the future 1"
"Don't be a fool, Mendoza ; leave the
future to unravel itself. Good night
old fellow" and we shook hands and
separated.
CHAPTER II.
Juanita remained with her brother a
fortnight, then entered on her new du
ties. We met every evening at Fernan
do's lodgings, and all went to some
place of amusement together. Long
before the end of that fortnight I be
gan to dread her approaching depart u-e,
and, when we said good-bye. the whole
world seemed a void to me. ' I realized
then how truly and sincerely I loved
Juanita Torrodeas, and I believed she
was not quite indifferent to me. For a
few happy hours I gave way to the
sweet delirium ; but soon, alas, came
the bitter awakening I
"FooL fool 1" I repeated bitterly, as
I tossed restlessly on the bed where I
had thrown myself without undressing,
the night after her departure. "Mad
man that I have been to dream for a
moment that she would marry me if
she knew my parentage I She would
pity me, if 1 were to tell her.but would
shrink from a anion with one of my
race. Ah, that horrible birthright'
When, and by what dark doom, did it
become ouis ?"
My intense sensitiveness even magni
fied the evil, and caused me to pass
many solitary hours in bemoaning my
hard fate.
"And the birthright may be mine
some day ! I repeated, shuddering for
the hundredth time that night "1
could not bear it Every fibre of my
frame revolts against it Flight, death
anything rather than thatl And I
have dared to think of marriage mad
ness, madness I"
When morning dawned, I sprang out
of bed in a raging fever, and walked up
and down the room for hours. Pres
ently my landlady brought me my
breakfast, a cup of chocolate and a roll.
:-he looked at me earnestly, evidently
amazed at my manner, and asked if she
could do anything for me.
'You can go," was all the answer I
vouchsafed to her anxious inquiries;
'you can go."
She proposed sending for a doctor,
telling me I looked ill and haggard.
I pointed to the door, saying
"I have all I want ; don't disturb me.
I wish to be alone."
The woman made no further remark,
but glanced uueasily at me as she left
the room. The moment she had crossed
the threshold, I shut the door and
turned the key in the lock.
"To work, to work," I exclaimed ex
citedly "to work harder than ever,
that I may not have time to remember,
that I may tear her image from my
heart 1"
I sat down to my desk, snatched up
a pen, and began to write. At that
time I was occupied in compiling a
work entitled "Indian Mutinies and
Massacres. " I tried to fix my mind on
my subject but in vain. Two figures
stood between me and the paper Juan
ita, pale, indignant with angry averted
eyes and scornful gestures, waving me
from her ; and by her side my brother,
with a demoniac smile upon his coarse
brutalized face, beckoning me on. At
last by a tremendous effort, I mistered
my mental agony and fixed my atten
tion on the page before me. How I
managed to do it I cannot say ; but I
wrote all that day and far into the night
vouchsafing no answer to the repeated
knocks at my door and my landlady's
petitions f oi admittance. Then, as my
trembling fingers could no longer grasp
the pen, some one forcibly entered the
room, making me start from my seat
in agonized fear, believing that they
the phantoms of my brain were com
ing to take me where? to whom
why ? oh. Heaven to replace my bro
ther to do his work I I fell backwards
on the floor, and for a time reason en
tirely fled, and delirium reigned.
For many weeks I knew neither where
I was nor by whom I was tended no
thing, absolutely nothing.
The first thing I remember was hear
ing a woman's voice behind my curtain,
a mere whisper; but 1 knew whose
voice it was. A long time passed lie
fore I recovered ; and, during my tedi
ous convalescence, Fernando came to
see me every evening. He told me I
had been at death's door with brain-fever,
and, little by little, I gathered from
him all the details of my illness. My
ravings had all turned on one subject
on blood spilt by me and flowing through
my hands on to the white robe of Juan
ita whom I believed to be my wife
and on to her child. He said my cries
were appalling when, in my delirium, I
strove to stop the crimson stream, and
strove in vain.
"Did your sister hear this, Fernan
do 1" I afked anxiously.
"Yes."
"That is well," I said ; "it is better
so." Then presently "What did she
say ?'
'Titled you, as every one who knows
you must"
"Did she leave me when she discov
ered my secret ?"
"No, surely I She wept by your bed
side, and said, 'Poor fellow, poor fel
low ; he is so sensitive and feeling ; it
must be hard to bear."
"Did she come to see me afterwards?"
"Yes, as often as she could."
I saw nothing more of Juanita, who
did not come again after the day I re
gamed consciousness. Fernando told
me she was not happy in her situation ;
but he offered no further explanation.
At length my health was completely
re-established, and I resumed my usual
occupations. The first time I went to
see Fernando. I found him hastily leav
ing the bouse. He told me he had re
ceived a letter from his sister that morn
ing, that nbe had something important
to communicate, and begging him to go
to her without delay.
"It was impossible for me to get
away during the day." he said ; "so I
am off now. Await my return here ; I
shall not be long absent."
Accordingly 1 took my place by my
friend's hearth, and in the semi-obscurity
gave fuh scope to my imagination
on the subject of Juanita's mysterious
communication.
"What can she have to tell her bro
ther V I asked myself over and over
again. Then the most unpalatable solu
tion of the enigma presented itself to
my mind, and 1 exclaimed, "She is go
ing to be married 1"
The thought that Juanita was going
to be married gave me unmitigated vex
ation and pain. In vain I said to my
self that it could not make any differ
ence to me, since I bad resolved never
to marry. That reasoning only made
me more desperately miserable ; for did
I not love Juanita Toirodeas with all
my heart, and was not the idea of her
belonging to another bitterness itself i
I had sat musing thus nearly an hour,
when the door suddenly opened.and the
object of my thoughts entered the
room.
"Fernando," she said, in an excited
manner, as she approached the corner
where 1 sat ; "why didn't you come to
me as I requested? The Senora has
dismissed me eremptorily she is cruel,
unjust " Then, seeing who I was,
she stopped sh rt, and exclaimed, "Sen
or Mendoza I"
It was the first time we bad met since
my illness, and for a moment I felt ill
at ease ,remeinberiag that she bad dis
covered my real name and parentage.
But all thoughts of self were forgotten,
as I saw, by the dim light to which 1
had grown accustomed, that her eyes
were red and swollen. Scarcely know
ing what I did or said, I rose and caught
her hand.
"Juanita, my darling, my darling,
have they insulted you ?"
She stood abashed and silent for a
moment then agitatedly replied
"I thought it was my brother sitting
there, or 1 should not have spoken as
I did."
"But, darling, tell me what is the
matter. Tell me, for I love you dearly
oh, so dearly ! tell me everything
everything, dearest."
Tnen in an instant my resolution
never to niairy flashed across my mind,
and I dropped toe little hand that had
lam so unresistingly in mine.
"Forgive me toi what I have said."
I resumed, in an. altered voice ; "for
give me ; I will never trouble you
again." And I turned to leave the
room.
"Don't go, Alfonso," she whispered.
I did not move, but remained near
the door, and continued
'I have said to you what I ought
never to have said ; but, for the sake of
my great love, you will forgive me, and
forget that the son of of "
The word stuck in my throat ; I could
not give it utterance. Juanita came
and stood close teside me.
"Never mind whose son you are, Al
fonso." 'But the brand Is on me," I said, in
a quivering voice. "If my brother and
his iy should die "
"They are living and well."
"But they mav die, and m that case,
I "
"Then then Heaven help you, Al
fonso, and me too, for I love you as you
love me, and sliall be with you I"
She laid her hand in mine as she
spoke the last words, and I opened my
arms and clasped her to my heart.
It was the eve of our wedding-day.
I had been dining with Juanita and her
brother, and we were sitting talking of
tee morrow, when Sener lio, an old
friend of the Torrodeas family, was an
nounced, lie was starting for Burgos
the next morning, and came to offer
his congratulations on our approaching
marriage.
"By-the-bye, Senor Torrodeas," he
said, as be rose to -take leave, "have
you seen the evening papers ?"
"No," replied Fernando ; "is there
anything important in them ?"
"Yes ; the account or the trial of
that villain Valenzo for the murder of
his wife. He is sentenced to death.
The new executioner of Burgos will
have his hands full that is, if tbey can
find him for there are two women con
demned to receive capital punishment
the same week."
"The new executioner," stammered
Fernando, turning pale, while a death
like sickness came over me, and Juanita
looked ready to faint "the new execu
tioner I What has become of the old
oi e?"
"He and his son were killed in the
railway accident near Salamanca yes
terday ; haven't you beard of it t His
successor is a younger brother who.they
say, is living iu Madrid under a false
name. It is believed he lias a nervous
presentiment of coming in for the lugu
brious cflice, which, you know,is hered
itary in Spain. The papers are full of
it ; but I suppose you have been too
busy with preparations for the wedding
to read them. Aud now I really must
be going good night Senorita, I wish
you every happiness once more good
night I" And the Senor left the room.
' So it has come at last I" I muttered,
sinking on to a chair and burying my
face in my hands, while tears of agony,
which I did not attempt to conceal,
forced their way through my fingers.
"The birthright has descended to me.
Oh, Heaven, that I should have lived
to see this day I"
"Alfonso," said Juanita tenderly,
coming to my side and taking my cold
hand in hers "Alfonso, my affianced
husband 1"
"They are on my track, and may be
hereto take ma any minute," broke
from my trembling lipa. "It is all over
between us, Juauita ; I give you back
your promise."
"Do you think me capable of desert
ing you in your hour of sorrow, Al
fonso V" replied the brave girl, almost
reproachfully. "No, no ; this calamity
shall not separate us 1 You must leave
this country at once and for ever and
I will soon be with you, come what
may."
Juanita's courage communicated it
self to me, and I determined on imme
diate departure. I was afraid of ap
pearing in the streets, lest I should be
recognized by those In pursuit of me ;
so Fernando went to my lodgings for
such things as I required, and for the
sum of money I had laid by to defray
the expenses of my marriage with his
sister now, alas, to be spent m putting
hundreds of miles between us ! It was
hard to leave the girl I loved so dearly,
and who was to have been my wife in a
few hours ; but we consoled each other
with vows of fidelity and the hope of
meeting again soon. My darling's last
words were
"I will come to you, Alfonso, as soon
as vou can have me :
and, remember,
T .YstnH- om Iiai, nnm mir hnmn i. f rr
A UVU wiu ..w v w 1 J C
we shall share it" Van, and possess tmniitull l
Well disguised, I left Madrid VVS- " "To
night express,and reached St Sebastian
about the time I was to have been at '
the church to be married. I continued !
my route, and crossed the frontier at
Irun. Although then on French terri-1
tory, I could not rest, but hurried to .
Paris, and thence, via Calais and Dover,
to London. Once in the capital of,
England, I breathed freely and felt
safe, for I knew no officers of justice
could touch me there, and that I had
nothing more to fear from the dreaded
birthright
I took a small lodging in a quiet!
street off the Strand, went at once to ;
the house of a well-known Spanish
grandee, and told nun my story, lie
kindly promised to do what he could for
me, and within a month took me as his
secretary. Soon afterwards, Juanita
Torrodeas became my wife, and, for
love of the executioner's heir, bade an
eternal adieu to her native country.
Two Huabaad. ax raral.
In August, 17"i2, a gentleman pur
porting to be a Mr. Williams, a Ham
burg merchant, landed near Colchester,
England, with a chest, which was
promptly seized by the custom-house
officers. One of the officers opened the
chest, and was going to run his hanger
into it, when Mr. Williams clasped bis
hand upon his sword and desired him
in French to desist for in the chest was
the corpse of his dear wife. As there
were other boxes of fine clothing and
jewels belonging to the deceased, and
as a distinguished foreigner always ex
cites the suspicion of the British official,
the custom-house people insisted on
plucking off the coverings and setting
the corpse in the church, where any
body might come and look on it while
they refused to allow the agonized hus
band to bury it until he should give a
better account of himself. The poor
man at last acknowledged that he was
a person of quality; that hi name was
not Williarasi that he was born at
Florence; that the lady was English
and his wife, and that she desired to
be buried in her native Essex. The
officials, however, bluntly told him that
in order to clear himself of murder he
must disclose his name and condition.
The husband refused to do this, but was
allowed to have a key to the vestry,
where he sat every day with the corpse.
The story I shall continue ln the words
of the correspondent of a newsjiaper of
the period, from whose letter this ac
count is taken: "My brother went to
see him there, and the scene so shocked
him he could hardly bear it he said it
was like 'Romeo and Juliet.' He was
so much pleased with my brother, as
be talked both Latin and French, and
to his great surprise, told him who the
lady was, which, proving to be a person
he knew, he could not help uncovering
the face. In short, the gentleman con
fessed he was the earl of Kosbery's son
(the name in print ruse), and his title
Lord Delamere (Dalmeny); that he was
born and educated In Italy, and never
was in England till two or three years
ago, when he came to London, and was
in company with this lady, with whom
he fell passionately in love, and pre
vailed on her to quit the kingdom and
marry him; that having bad health, he
traveled with her all over Europe, and
when she was dying she asked for pen
and paper, and wrote. "I am the wife
of Rev. Mr. , rector of Th , in
Essex My maiden name was Canuom ;
and my hut request is to be buried at
Th . The poor gentleman who had
last married her protests he never knew
(till this confessioa on her death bed)
that she was another's wife; but in
compliance with her desire he brought
her over and should have buried her at
Th (if the cotpse had not been
stopped, without making any stirabout
it. After the nobleman had made this
confession they sent to Mr. G who
put himself into a passion and threat
ened to run her last husband through
the body; however, he was prevailed
on to be calm. It was represented to
him that th is gentleman had been at great
expense and trouble to fulfil her desire,
and Mr G , consented to see hiui. They
say the meeting was very moving, and
that they addressed each other civilly.
The stranger protested his affection to
the lady was so strong that it was his
earnest wish not only to attend her to
the grave, but to be shut up forever
with her there. He put himself in the
most solemn mourning and on Sunday
last in a coach attended the corpse to
The . w here Mr. G , met it in
solemn mourning likewise. There
never was anything like his behavior
to his dear, dear wife; for so he would
call her to the last Mr. G at
tended him to London yesterday, and
they were civil to each other: but my
lord is inconsolable; be says he must
fly England which he can never see
more, Kitty Cannoin Is I believe, the
first woman in England that had two
husbands attended her to the grave
together. You may remember her to
be sure; her life would appear more
romantic than a novel." This old let
ter appears in the Cambridge Journal
of October. 1752.
tVhitcwaah That Will Stick and Waah.
We find in a German paper a formula
for a wash which can be applied tilime
walls and af erwar 1 become waterproof
so as to bear washing. Resenchek. of
Munich, mixes together the powder
from three parts sillcious rock (quartz),
three parts broken marble and sand
stone, also two parts burned porcelain
c'ay, with two parts freshly slaked lime,
still warm. In this way a wash is
made which forms a silicate, if often
wetted, and becomes after a time
almost like stone. The four constitu
ents mixed together give the ground
color to which any pigment, that can be
used with lime is added. It Is applied
quite thickly to the wall or other sur
face, let dry one day, and the next fre
quently covered with water without
losing any of its color; on the contrary,
each time it gets harder, so that it even
can be brushed, while its porosity
makes it look soft. The wash or calci
mine can be used for ordinary purposes
as well as for the finest painting. A
so called fresco surface can be prepared
with it in the dry way.
The Turcoman.
The most valuable possession of the !
Turcoman is his hoise, and he bestows
more than ordinary attention on it
He, his wife, and his children may be
in rags and starving; but his deaf steed
must want for nothing and be richly
caparisoned and wraped in several
horse-cloths. A fact connected with
these horses is that they are never
washed. When they sweat, they are
carefully rubbed down with the hand,
and then wrapped up ln felt horse
cloths. General Grodekoff says that
the animals are always scrupuiusiy
OSS'
A California Well.
Ontler Salmon of French Camp, not
far from Stockton. CaL, sank a well
with a aeven-inch tube to a depth of
about 840 feet, and struck a copious
stream of excellent water. Desiring to
learn whether he could increase the
flow by going deeper, and fearing that
should he continue the well the same
size, he might injure the quality of the
upiier strtU of water, Mr. Salmon hit
on the plan of sinking a four-inch one.
and thus making what might be called
the experimental well four inches in
diameter. This Inner one he bored to
a depth of 1,2."0 feet and then came to
water again. This lower stream came
to th surface, and, indeed, rose ir a
tube twenty-two feot above the ground.
The last water found was unfit for
di inking, aud but for an accidental dis
covery of its properties might have been
considered a liuisance. It was found
there was a large amount of gas in this
water from the lower depth. This came
bubbling to the surface, making one
think of a gigantic soda fountain.
Some one auggested the idea of seeing
if the gas would burn. A coal oil can
was put over the top of the can, and
having a few holes punched in it, an
improvised gas fixture was at hand.
Only a match was required to complete
the preparations. The match was
lighted and applied to a hole in the can
and the flames sr.ot up three or four feet
into the air and bumed steadily. The
gas woula burn. Mr. Salmon had fire
and water coming out of the same hole
in the ground. The tube of the outer
well, that wtiich was only 840 feet deep
and furnished tbe good water for all
domestic uses and for stock, etc., was
led oil in pies to the bouse and other
localities. A curbing was built around
the twiu wells in such a way tuat it
formed a ieservoir lor the water from
the 1.2o0 foot level, and that portion
liomauove which was not conveyed
away in the pipes. All through this
water in the reservoir cams bubbling
up tiie gas generated somehow sou e
w here down below. When Mr. Salmon
next weut to Stockton he had a gaso
meter made with a stop-cock in the lop,
aud this tie took home and fastened
over his wells. The bottom was beneath
the surface uf the water in the reservoir,
aud the gas speedily filled the bell-shaped
receiver. Tiie next thing was to attach
a gas pipe aud connect his home-made
gas machine with, the house.
He put a pipe perforated with small
holes across liia large, open fireplace,
turned the gas, applied a match, and
the problem of cheap fuel was instantly
fcolved. Alter that gas-pipe was put
into the lire-box of the kitcheu stove,
aud now the meats are prepared with
the new fuel. Mr. Salmon has also used
tne gas fur illuminating, but it does not
seeiu to entirely fill the bill, although
it is a great improvement on a tallow
dip. it has been suggested that as
this gas seems to be almost pure hydro
gen, it might be carburretted and its
illuminating power improved. The gas
thiow off a great amount of heat, and
without doubt such a well would supply
a large number of families with the
meaus of wm ruing their houses and
preiarmg their food.
No Mora Frontier.
Bill Nye says the system of building
nt'lroads into the wilderness and then
allowing the wilderness to develop
afterwards, has knocked the essential
joy out of the life of the pioneer. At
one time the hardy hewer of wood and
drawer of water gave his lifetime
willingly that his son might ride in the
''varnished can." Now the Pullman
car takes the New Yorker to the
threshold of the sea or the bound ry
line between the United States and the
British possessions.
It has driven out the long handled
frying pan and the flapjack of twenty
years ago, and in joduced the conden
sed milk and canned fruit of com
merce. Along the highways where
once the hojieful hundreds marched
with long handled shovel and pick and
pan, cooking by the way thin salt pork
and flapjacks and slumgulhon, now the
mid is lined with empty beer bottles
and peach cans that have outlived their
usefulness. No landscape can be pic
turesque with an empty peach can in
the foreground any more than a lion
would look grand in a red monogram
hoiseblanket and false teeth.
The modern camp is not the camp of
the wilderness. It wears the half civi
lized and shabby genteel garments of a
sawed -oil town. You know that if
you ride a day you will be where you
can get the daily patrs and read them
under the electric light That robs the
old canons of their solemn isolation
aud ieoples each gulch with the odor
of codfish balls aud civilization. Civil
ization is not to blame for all this, and
yet it seems sad.
Civilization could not have done this
all alone. It had to call to its aid the
infernal fruit can that now desolates
the mot obscura trail in the moun
tains. You walk over chaos where the
"hydraulic" has plowed np the valley
like a convulsion, or you tread .the
yielding path across the deserted dump,
and on ail sides the rusty, neglected
and humiliated empty tm can stares at
you with its monotonous, dude-I ke
stare.
An old timer once said to me: "I've
about decided. Bill, that the west is a
matter of history. When we cooked
our grub over a sage brush fire we
could get fat and fight the Indians, but
now we fill our digestors with cold
pizen and pewter of the canned peach;
we go to a big tavern and tuck a big
towel under our chins and eat pie with
a fork ana heat up our carcasses with
antichrist coal, and what do we amount
to? NuthinI I used to chase Indiana
all day and eat raw pork at night
bekase I dassent build a fire, and still I
lelt better than I do now with a wad
of tin can sodder in my stummick and
a homesick feeling in my weather
beateu breast
"No we don't have the fun we used
to. We have more swarrys and sciatica
and one bloomin' thing and anotbtr of
that kind, but we don't get one breath
of fresh air in a year. They are bring
iu' their blamed telephones now and
malaria and ague and old sledge, and
fun might as well skip out There
ain't no frontier any more. All we've
got left Is the old fashioned t'rantler
joose and rhumatiz of '49."
Meerschaum has been discovered
in parts of North Carolina.
800 000 bushels of wheat are used
every day in the United States.
St Helena was discovered by the
Portuguese in 1502.
Huido witnesses are sworn by the
-Mrs " v-ps.
A Typical Tvxaa Town.
The hour of 8 P. M. is a fitting one
to arrive at Fort Worth, for thin Is the
Texas citv which never sleeps. The
census of 1880 gave it the population
of a good-mred village. About that
time the Texas and Pacific pushing
westward reached "the Fort," as it is
still known in common psrlace. and a
growth set in which has been so ratdd
that the legitimate uses of th night
have been forgotten. Probably this
wakefulness is just as well, for tran
sient arrivals increase faster than the
hotels do. and every evening the haras
sed clerks wrestle with the problem of
finding beds enough to go around.
Single rooms are impossible luxuries.
Of all Texas cities this takes the palm
for liveliness and a peculiar combination
of metropoltan and fnntier character.
The street cars run until midnight stop
two hours, and then resume trips.
When most honest merchants are abed
the two long business streets, which
run parallel from the railroad a mile
and a half to the bluff overlooking the
Trinity, are ablaz with lights from ti e
still open shops. On the main thorough
fare one of the most conspicuous
rtructures is "The White Elephant"
The sum of f 27,0U0 has been laid out
in mirrors and interior decorations to
make the cowboy feel ac home as he
takes high-priced drinks over the mas
sive counter. Behind the saloon there
is a billiard hall as large as any in St
Louis. Adjoining is a restaurant of
metropolitan size and elegance. Djwu
the bioad, richly carpeted stair-case
streams a flood of light from the second
floor. No closed doors niufuxl the
click of chips and the monotone of the
roulette roller as he sings:
Bound and round the Uf le bail goei
Low, ereo. ibe Mack win.
All paid and here we roU again,
A dime, a quaiter, a lulf a uollar,
feTerytiung gut ui Texas.
The dusty boot of the cowboy sinks
In the body brussels as he moves from
faro table to black and red, and thence
to the Mexican monte, on to stud
horse poker, and brings up at the gaudy,
rattling roulette circle. "The While
Elephant" was built to meet a want.
It furnishes the visitor with food, drink
and amusement in variety., everything
but a place to sleep. As has been re
marked alreadv, people don't come to
Fort Worth to find beds. So the insti
tution may be considered typical of the
restless, s, eculative people wuo inliabit
the city.
Sh. Was in DM Debt
A tramp struck Detroit the other
day who will grow rich where others of
his class will freeze and starve. It has
long been a wonder that none of these
men seemed to know bow to laKe hu
man nature, but here is a man at last.
He was yesterday working several
streets in the northern part of the city,
lie made his calls at the front door.
Selecting his house, and when his ring
was answered be would remove his tat
and inquire:
'Beg pardon, but is this place lor
sale?"
"No. sir."
"Ah! excuse me. I was told it was
for sale, although I could not under
stand why you should want to part with
such fine property. This is one of the
prettiest streets in Detroit"
"Yes, I tnink so."
"The air must be sweet and pure
here?"
"Oh, yes."
"How nice everything around you'
house is kept upt Any stranger could
at once see that the family had taste
and culture. Sorry the place is not for
sale."
Did you wish to buy?"
"Not exactly, but 1 know a gentle
man who is looking for just such a
place, and I volunteered to run about a
little for him. I presume you want at
least 1 20.0U0."
"Oh, my, not my husband values the
place at about fU.uOO."
' Ouiy 9,00bl Beg pardon, but 1
hope be won't be loolish enough to
think of selling at that figur. He might
just as well get $10,UUU. 1 see that your
neighbors try to imitate your curtains.
Hal hal Poor imitations! That is a
grand flower vase you iiave there. 1
priced one in New York the other day,
and it was $601). "
"Y-e-s," she replied, pleased and
smiling.
"If I was an art connoisseur I should
like to look over your bouse. Every
thing betokens that you have made art
a study and traveled extensively in
Europe. By the way, I'll step to the
side entrance for a glass of water, and
if the girl can spare a bit of biead and
meat I'll be thankful. My long walk
has made me faint beautiful frout
view here taste and culture apparent
even in the way this matting is nailed
down on the steps. Sorry your resi
dence is not for sale, and I'll just step
to the kitchen door."
He not only git a square meal, but
she tunted him up a coat hat and a
pair of boots, and then felt that she was
in his debt
"A CalamltT Sir.'
On an incoming Yandalla train was
a family of five a fat good-natured
man, bis wife, a pretty but nervous
lady, ani gracious knows, twas enough
to make her nervous, the trouble she
had with their three children. The
eldest, a boy of six, mashed his hand by
pulling a window down on it A little
later, the three-year-old, at a sudden
jerk of the train, turned a somersault,
bruising and gashing his head. Then
the half-year-oid baby npset the alcho
hol lamp from the window sill, which
frightened the mother nearly into hys
terics, which was a signal for all the
children to set np in chorus. But during
the next five minutes, when that ball
distracted woman was trying to stop
the music, that fat man, from the seat
back of ber, looked on with never an
effort he was really charming in his
complacency. When quiet reigned again
the wife raid with a sigh:
"I do know I have more trouble than
any woman on earth."
'Oh, no, my dear; don't say that,"
answered Benedict, not moving his eyes
from his paper.
'I do say it!" she replied more stout
ly. "There's no calamity could befall
a .woman which I hava sot suffered."
"Oh, no, my dear; not so bad as that
For Instance: You are not a widow,"
he answered sweetly.
She held her breath two seconds and
then retorted and it made the Sentinel
man laugh the next hour to hear the
shot:
"I said calamity,' sirl"
Eonigsbcrg was founded by the
Teutonic Enltrhta in
NEWSINCTJKF,
G'ass Lath tubs are the latest nov
elty. Brazil's navy consists of 3000 men
and 50 vessels.
The kindergarten system was first
practised in Germany ln 184!).
Three-fourths of the oQcers ln tha
German army wear corsets.
The stealthy moth has begun flying
in clothes closets aud boudoirs.
The anc:ent Britona worn leather
cuirasses until the Anglo Saxon era.
Eighten colored teachers are em
ployed In the Nashville. Tenn., schools.
An Industrial expition will be
held at lUleigh, N. C, next Septem
ber. For the year 1833 the South spent
18,000,000 for new railroad locomo
tives. There are 31 cotton mills tn the
Southern States, against 130 fouryeava
ago.
A CTiicnuo widow ordered hr fu
neral outfit before death, paying $5,000
for it.
There are twenty-eight direct
heirs to the succession to the British
throne.
The semi-annual dividends pava
M in Boston tn May aggregate $3 -138.0S0.
Mrs. Quincy Shaw, of Boston, Is
said to spend $220.0X) a year iu
charily.
Jay Gould expects to buill a
winter dw.lling Louse at St Augus
tine, Eta.
Saw mills are said to hav beau
first used iu Europe ln the fifteenth
century.
There are eleven Sfaes. lt is as
serted, in which women vote for Sjhxl
Directors.
About 125.000 elephants are an
nually slain in Africa to supply the
ivory trade.
Turkey Imports about $1,000,000
worth of petroleum from this country
annually.
It Is expee'ed that the Panama
Canal will he opened for business as
early as 1S92.
Tli" rieople of tills country con
sume $100,000 000 worth of patent
medicine a fear.
The French originated the indos
tHal exhibition; the first was held in
Paris in 1798.
The Japanese entangle whales In
nets and then kill them with birpoous
and lances.
There area hundred students in
the Irish College of Paris, all of whom
are laish by birth.
The houses built ia London ln 1S3
would cover a ftreet for a distance of
over seventv-flve miles.
The game of curling was intro
duced into S.otland from Holland la
the sixteenth century.
A leather cannon was proved at
Edinburgh in 1778. fired three times
and prouounced good.
Depression in the English ship
building trades has thrown 25,000 men
out of employment
The new inperial palace at Stras-
burg is to le com Dieted in three years,
at a cost 1,250,000.
In India 'he natives have 1 oared
$1,000,000,000 in gold, which cannot
be got into circulation.
About two million sheep are at
present in Coloraro. Tue clip this year
will be ten million pounds.
James Uilly founded the Univer-
salists in England in 1760 and John
Murray in Boston in 1 0.
Queen Victoria saves annually from
her Parliamentary allowance, five
hundred thousand dollars.
The Spanish army averages one
officer below the grade of brigadier
general to every Ave privates.
Four million three hundred and
forty thousand boxes of sard iues were
packed in Lubec, Me., in 18i3.
HomiBpathy was first brought to
the world's notice in 1310. It was In
troduced into England ln 1T27,
Chicago, accoid.ng to one of her
newspapers, has lfXO more saloon keep
ers and bartenders than preacheri.
A Committee of Safety has been
organized at Los A-jgeles to rid Ui
place of burglars and peity thieves.
Thera are several at its of fishes
which are armed with poisonous spines.
and many which have poisonous flesh.
Only 32 of the 177 divorce appl'ca-
tions now before the Massachusetts
Supreme Court this term are uncon
tested. rhe old ballad of The Babes in the
Wood was a covert account of the
murder of bis nephews by Richard
I1L
Louisiana has school accommoda
tions for but 73,000 children, though
mere are at least luu.uuu uttie ones in
the state.
A wealthy citizen of Cleveland.
whose name is not disclosed has given
$150,000 for the erection of a new
building for the Cleveland Medical
Society.
The members of the German Com
mission express the opinion that thera
will be no outbreak of the disease in
India this year.
The low price of wheat has led
farmeis in South Mio ugan to pay
more attention to grass and corn ln the
production of stock.
In two years there were left in New
Yora Elevated carriaes 1207 tack-
ages, 1001 umbrellas, 180 vallsrs, books.
canes, and small articles.
The earthen pitcher out of which
John Brown drank while ln jail at
Cbarlston, Va., is still in the posses
sion of a family in Albany.
The total number of cattle, affec
.cd with foot and mouth disease ia
Ireland in 1383 was l 173: sheep, la,
603; swine 682 a toUl ot 114.305.
Since the establishment of the New
York Flh Commission in 13US over
85,000,000 young shad have been liatca
ed out and placed ln the various rivers
of that sta'e, at a total expenditure of
but $215,250.
Near Heppner, Oregon, recently,
Al Weir, a herder, h id down to sieep
and tied the rope of bis saddle horse
to bis wrist The horse became fright
ened, ran away, and dragged Weir to
his death.
At the recent annual meeting of
the American Bible Society, the report
showed that 2-115,705 copies of the
Bible were printed or purchased during
the year; of which nearU 2.0UO.OO0
were distributad ; the circulation ia
foielgn lands was 510,240 copies. The
receipts af the society were $010,719,
and the expenses $7U2,106.
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