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MIFFLIN1WN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. "Y EDNESDAY. JULY 23, 1SS4.
NO. 30.
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M uac i:ittox.
..,.,,,,. ,.r man, l--sr nrm, thief.
'vr Iimv. t, merchant, chief!
V-iJ el' '1 li-'l-fl " r"'h man woul,t l tPr
I'.itf.
r n K barton ti:'. M's row was done:
lu'. U.t V;u-e l-ri? liteued the rich uinu bad
wii i
:! be eveu a prince," said
she.
palace far over the
r ,r s-i-' a'.is buttons four,
i,,, 'h Vomit-l aiin, ht could roaka
tl more:
j;nt. uh.I.t the collar, where one might
Vou ;: have to m.irry a thief!" they cried.
M.-r.-l:ar
oVief," st counted Kate:
:irtliy savage to le lier maw :
;hr t- luton on either pocket,
V. iiiii'tluT lrneath her locket.
IMt
Ai"i '
rvir .a ''ve and two on th other;
Jj .., ,,, ,i:.irrv a .l.vtor, as did her mother.
1ii-ar.'" "but (turning to
ward less)
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u.-i Tlian weu.migaiuiri, i g 111-991
it ..rr." fu" F.iss i nowhere seen:
k.il at isaoeue, uai cuura
it
mean .
;l. vexed, saia ueue, at iuo i .
it came out,
.V' in the house crying. I havn't a
,l,.:a.t."
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Au.l
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A'-i!
In 1:
earn
a s'ep, they turned tbelr eyes,
Hewitt, to thetr surprise.
iv "own of lutle skv-blue.
Wi:h ::Vl.u''i'i: of silver, bright and new.
f uiatry a thief," said Bess,
, I went in to chance my dress;
a mii'.ate, I'm almost throucU
. . a re -A iwtia at mil as you I"
.lut
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"IVar tue," crieil Belle, in sudden grief,
'liv tiv new dre-s should marry a thief!
T!,r-e"s"a d"7"ii tuitions, I know that well :
Oh, buw are we ever going to tell ?"
a" a ' umha;," said Kate at last,
l".r ru th in the magic vanishing fast:
"I tell vftu a chanu can never come true
TU' J. i'. ii Is on an extra button or two."
THE AKTISTS STORY.
Ti..-v had leen engaged onTy a week,
ai,.l s'i"e Lad uot vet lost tlie feeling of
tmre;ii:tv alsuit it alL It was so strange,
si wonderful, that he should have
Kvi lier i-l.oseu her from her bril
liant s.'.ers
to crown her life with his
loie.
v , si e divannnff still ?
"Was it all
o ,'e.im that must pass with the dawn
,l 1,.
.ve the
cold familiar light of real
her once a.iiu ? And,
Lie nr. uiiJ
in t!;e warm corner by the
su::.n
::s. with her biz hat shad
v z her ;;iit
ni the sun, Janie thought
i: ...1 over a-T:i:n.
lie l.a.l come t.i stay in the villige
sv weeks a- i. TlieT were all havinjr
1. 1 An tLe lawn when he came in and
was :iri.iuced to the cay party "Mr,
Ix-an. t'ae creat artist, the man whose
P cture is iLc- picture at the Academy
t! s ve;ir.
Ketiiarks alxtut him buzzed round
wl.ilehe (ha: k his tea and talked to
ilrs. Ar.:l.-r Wilmot and looked with
crave kimilv eyes at the njerrv girls
round the table. And then Janie re-
reeuiiered it all so well he went to in
f:-et t'.;e j:i:ieiis w lth two of her elder
sisters; as.-l die joiued the lawn-tennis
panv a-.' in:, and playetl very badly, for
she c-'uM think of nothing but his dark,
sal faee, and the stracze lingering
g'ancetLat l;c had caught from his
e.es wl.eii she ventured once to look at
Cm.
lie seemed to lie always at theFriory
after that, lie w;ts aii old friend of
A ... . -
tii.:! tav.ei .s, ti.e gtrls heard, ana tney
Mere t.
i
ive hiiu warmest welcome.
Now of t'..e:n were loath to do that,
f.r lie prove.! to be one of the pleasant
est of couipajiions.
Tie jrirl tease.1 Lottie, the eldest
girl. abou. hiia, and U-2ged to be al
lowed to stay with her in her beautiful
Lome at Ua-iiuicud. one of them had
any of the truth of the case ; Janie
herself never thought it in the least
Isfil.le that he couM care for her,
Uioii2h she dearly loved bra uot till
that womleiful evening a week ago,
v. j en they h id met accidentally in the
f! .-'i lane by the church.
J..:, e had len on her weekly visit to
an oM l-dri(lden woman in the village,
and was wandering slowly home, with
Lerilo.; beside her, feelhiLl disconsolate
enough. .Kir child, and wishing that
Mr. liin would go away and leave
them all at ieace again. Then he step-1-1
out quite smldeuly from the lich
gate and smiled down at her and took
her little trembling hand.
'I have been waiting for you," he
said "sitting on the wall here and won
dering why you were so lone."
Janie said something a few incoher
eht words for his manner and glance
startled her out of all composure. lie
stool just beyond the shadow of the
ancient gateway, holding her hand close
in his,
'I was waitii.g to sjieak to you," he
said, after a moment's silence, in which
Janie heard as iu a dream the twitter
of the swallows in the blue air. 4I
lave your father's permission to ask
Tou. Will you be my wife ?"
That was a week ago. Just so lone
had Janie worn her pretty betrothal
ring, the blue stone of which she looked
at now with a tender smile ; and once
mere she tried to think how he could
have cared for her. She was the plain
est of the sisters, merely a small, fresh-
inetKeii little maiden with sott Drown
eyes not a fit bride for an artist whose
beautiful imaginings had won him so
much fame. It was of no good endeav
oring to understand it ; she could only
try to be more worthy of his choice, to
he true and faithful to him, and, ah, bo
luvinj; !
Thinking thus, his voice cams to her.
calling her. She sprang np and, with
the shy blush that came so easily, went
down the path.
"Little truar.t. 1 have been searching
for you everywhere! My next step
would have been to drag the pond I
he re have you been ?"
"liv the summer-house. I thought
you were going with papa V"
"I lfted off, I knew yon would be
miserable without me ; so I was self
denying, and came to look after you."
"Indeed 1 was very happy 1" Janie
returned.
"Oli. .T.mie 1 You know how dreary
the afternoon seemed, how long the
hours were. Why, I believe you have
been erjing V
Janie raised her eyes for inspection ;
hut they dropped again instantly, and
lie drew a little nearer, tracing the
threads on his gray sleeve with trem
bling little iingers.
. "Arthur, I wish vou would tell me
just how y, ,u thought of me first I have
oeen thinking of it all the afternoon,
it is so strange that you should care for
such a foolish child as I am."
"How do you know I do, Miss Van
'r.v 'oi,se sit down here ; it is cool
and skut and out of the way of those
sisters of yours ;" and he drew her
down beside him upoa the bench that
stood under a great beech.
It was very quiet there, the path
shaded by a double row of fine trees,
with the lawn on one side and the iark
on the other.
ow try to be exact aud logical for
once, yonng lady, and tell me what
grounds you have for believing for an
instant that, to put it as you do, I do
care for you,"
Jauie's eyes auswered him.
"As if that was a reasou that could
satisfy any logical mind I Why, you
goose, it might be that I hate you and
want to have the opportunity to lead
you a miserable life 1 But come I will
tell you all alxmt it."
"Aud dout laugh tt me."
"Laugh at you 1 Bless the child I If
you would only look at me instead of
teaiiug your handkerchief iuto small
pieces" -Janie desisted with a blush
"you would see that I am as grave as
as Dick there pointing to Jauie's
white dog, who was regardinn them
with steadfast eyes from the middle ol
the pathway. "Xow I will proceed
with my explanation. Many years ago
I was staying iu Bagdad and fell in
with a magician." janie looked up
with wide-open eyes. "Queer people,
those magicians 1 This oue was a good
fellow in his way ; and he told me that,
if I went down to Thorndale on the
fourteenth of July and visited my
friend the Squire, I should meet a
young lady in a green muslin dress who
was the queen of all the fairies. Her I
must wed, ind then obtain ossession
of the fairy revenues aud live happy
ever after. You wore a green muslin
dress ero, you are the queen of the
fairies, aad I am marrying you for your
money."
Jauie's merry laugh made Dick d;ih
round them wildly, expecting a race.
But the girl was not daunted in her in
quiries. She tried a little coaxing.
"I want so much to know. You
Icoked at me so on that first evening,
aud you weren't in love with me then.'
lDad sheplierl, now IJiiul thy sic of
I17io errr bn-(d that hrd not at Jirst
Do you intend to correct Shakspeare,
mademoiselle ?"
"Did I remind you of anybody you
once knew ?" jiersisted Janie.
lier question startled him into grav
ity.
"Have you heard ? Has any one told
you "
"What was I to hear? Ah, then
there is something 1 Wont you tell me?
I could not bear to hear it from anyone
else."
"My darling, I meant to tell you ; it
is better you should know. And yet,
my Janie. I love you so dearly that 1
could wish the past away and you my
first love!"
"Oh, I knew I could not be that 1 It
doesn't pa;n me a bit to think you cared
for somebody else. I knew it was so.
But please tell me."
"I will." He hesitated still, bending
forward to fmile into her earnest plead
ing face. "When you have heard my
storv. darlinir. you will know how
dearlv I love you ; for I am glad to have
lived through it all. ou have not only
made niv future a bright one, sweetest,
but it robs the past of its worst gloom
to look at it by your side. It is a long
story, Jauie, and I will begin at the
verf becinniiur. that you may under
stand it alL"
It seemed a difficult story to tell, lor
he sat for three or four minutes in si
lence, looking straight before him. his
dark handsome face very grave. There
was a strange feeling m his mind tnat
the cast had come back again ; time
slipped back eighteen years, and he was
again a penniless tutor, i: or once ue
fore in the beautiful long-ago he had sat
on that same bench one summer after
noon, with the same trees waving to
and fro above, and a eirl with soft
hrnwn pves Janie's eves beside him ;
and they two had been all the world to
each other.
To break the snelL he took the little
hands lying loisely clasped on Janie's
holland dress and looktxl tenderly into
the childish downcast face blushing rosy
red under his eyes. .
"it was tout aunt I loved, Janie.
T.nok" and he pointed to two initials
rarvpA on the oaken rail they leant
"'IL W.' Helen Wilmot.
Kvervhodv called her Jfellie. You have
heard of your aunt Nellie, darling ?'
"She died long ago. Her grave is in
th rhiirrdivarrL"
"Yes. lone aeo. It is a long time
since eighteen years and yet it seems
. X' nM liba liAr
but yesieraay. j. ou mg
she had just your eyes, so softly brown.
it wan vour dear eves tnat struck me
on t hat first evening. You have her
"And you loved each other ?" asked
TnlA (TPTltlV.
"Yes. Midsummer madness it was
5,inod and we suffered bitterly enougn.
You don't remember your grandfa
ther?"
"Til. not"
"Of course not Well, I won't speak
evil of your ancestors ; but he was a
hard man. Your father and I hail been
fvion.ia at. wdionl : and. when I lett cot
Ice, I came down here to coach up his
younger brothers for the Civil Service
imnii nations. I bad always dabbled
in painting, and spent all my spare time
; f.- rfvia studvinz trees. When
there was some talk of the only girl
coming home from school, Mr. Wilmot
asked me if I would give her lessons in
iiainting. Of course there was nothing
for me but to consent not that I much
relished the prospect, for you know
what your uncles are hke, Janie, and
uro Mia same then handsome,
headstrong, brainless fellows, with as
-.b i.w nf art as a thorouguureci
greyhound : and I pictured their sister
the same kind of creature, lour fa
with his regiment, and
the boys could tell me nothing about
her. Their holidays had been at differ
ent times, and they scarcely anew
t- ., loot cir months she bad been
staying with an aunt in London, and
. i,o rominz home for good, i
am dwelling on this part of it because
r want von to see how naturally every-
ahnnt There was no wo-
th house: vour grandmother
had been dead for year,, and Nellie was
the only girh You can fancy how her
coming was talked ot and looked for
and prepared for. At last she came,
??.rr.iXn.tllv after all ; they had
cau-htan earlier train than they ex
Sl, and we were playing cricket on
Frr1 i k c!.i of the house when her
i"e, "7,; hlr t see her brothers.
"1,, 1, "J across the smooth ex-
x " all in the sunshine,
fnSiil Indeed by your fa
ft8,. .. i aai in some gray stuff,
with a bow of w-lt she
neck. Do you want to know w hat she
v. like. Jamer no "
for she was as like vou as two blades of
grass are alike different, yet scarcely
known apart, l ou are taller, I think,
by the merest trifle, and she was the
laler ; but you are her sweet self. 1 o
find her again in you ah, I am con
stantly afraid you will fade into no
thingness and leave me more utterly
alone than evjr! Janie, it does not
grieve you to hear all this ? You look
troubled, darling."
Only for you. Arthur." she answer
ed eagerly. "It is because I can guess
something of what is coming. I wish
oh, I do wish that it had been different,
and that you had married her and been
happy all these years I"
lie put his arm rouud her with a fond
protecting look.
"She would have loved you dearly,
tnie ; but you are all to me that she
was, my darling and how much more
will you be iu the happy years to come,
my own little wife ?"
-Tell me the rest." was her whisper
ed response.
"it, seems strange to tniiiK or it now,
ut 1 rememlier I was disappointed in
her at first Stie was not in the least
pretty, aud her cheeks had not your
wil 1-rose bloom. 'A pale uninteresting
schoolgirl,' was my verdict as I watch
ee her playing chess with her father
that evening. My first lesson came
next morning, the first day of that won
derful summer. She knew nothing of
art could scarcelv hold a pencil prop
erly ; but one could not be with her and
not feel the better for her sweet pres
ence. I had no sister; I had never
known my mother ; the women I had
mixed with were commonplace temt-
ine mortals. In Xellie I saw a reali
zation of my Ideal of perfect woman-
ood. Pure, tender, true as steel, she
was too good to live."
"since her death I have never men-
ioned her name to any one but you,my
arlmg," lie went on, after a moment
But 1 want her to be a memory in
both our lives, that you may fully share
my thoughts."
"Thank you for telling me," was the
low remark. "I'lease go on."
"There was a man living near he
had the bouse at Woodlands, where
our uncle Jasper lives now. He called
loustantly at the house after Tellie
came home, and, from what happened
afterwards, l know vour latner encour
aged his visits and gave his full consent
to bis engagement to .Nellie if he could
obtain her concurrence. But at the
time I scarcely realized his existence;
aud it was just the same with .Nellie,
e were so happy together ; she was
constantly in the scliool-room with the
boys, who adored her, aud she would
iu us in our snorter waits ; moreover.
there were my painting-lessons, which
threw us much together. 1 cannot un
derstaud even now how they were so
blind. So the summer went on, till on
morning, as I was sketching with her
Do you know the old bridge just
bevond the park f "
It was swept away hi the flood ten
ears ago. and papa built a new one.
"l ou shall ee my picture ot it wnea
ve go to London. It was a capital bit
of work for a beginner, and Nellie and
I used to sit down in the meadow uy
the river-bank just where the sweep of
the three arches could be best seen. This
was our last visit, for the picture was
finished : aud I remember she was look
ng at it, very proud of her work, when
I told her what we had both ot us
iimvD for so many happy summer days.
And that evening, when the lessons
were over, 1 went to ner iainer in me
l.rarv and made my couiessiou. ui
course I knew he would be angry
exoected that ; but he would not listen
to me he was lite a mauman. uo you
know I cannot go into the library now
without a vision of him standiDg up at
the eud of the great table shaking his
hands at me in blind rage t His (laugh
ter was promised to a man who could
maintaiu her he meant Mr. Scott of
Woodlands she was not for a penniless
adventurer an(1 ue ordered me irom
the house. I left that night without
seeing Xellie again ; but I wrote to her
from the village beiore i went up io
Indon. I had an answer a lew nasty
words begging me not to write agauu
There were marks of tears on the page
iipr irentle soul was not tit to bear
such trouble. I went to London, half
wild, without any fixed plan ; and just
as things looked darkest a great stroke
of ln. k lfell me. I was offered an
apiointment In lloine witn a capiun
ahirv. the onlv conditions being that I
should be ready to begin my duties in a
mouth and bind myself to remain in
Home for four vears. 1 accepted uie
,.frr at. once, and came down nere io
fetch mv wibj. I watched ior ner on
Sundav afternoon, for she always went
to church alone and came home across
the park. It was just here that I met
her, poor darling, loosing so sau, uer
fv rol.ld of its bright bloom. We
had a long talk, till she grew frightened
for fear of being missed and hurried
away but not before she had promised
to go with me to Italy."
The artist stopped here with a sigh
and then, looking at Janie, said, with
a smile
"Von think she was wrong r
"Oh. I I don't know I Please tell
ma thn rest."
"Ah, yon do think It wrong, and so
- ..... .
did Nellie ; but, when i pur. it an ue
fnr her. she could not say me nay ; and
we settled that she should come to my
cousin's house in London, be married
from there, and then go straigni w n
aly. She took one of the servants into
herconnuence n was uecaij w -
that and on the day appointed sue leu
he boose just at dawn left it, as she
thought, for years. I was waiting for
her in the park ; and we walked across
the moor to catch the nrsi train ai, uy
land and so reach London by elghl
nviock. Faccv. darling, what a walk
that was for her, leaving her home like
a criminal, expecting every moment to
hear the sound of her father's angry
voice behind her 1 But we got safely to
the station and started on our journey
without having seen a face that we
knew. Once in London, .Nellie's spirits
rose ; and she felt safer when my dear
old cousin Anna whom you mustlove,
Janie received her with eager wel
come. We had some breakfast, or ra
ther drank some coffee, for we could
not touch any of . the dainty eatables
provided for us; and then Nellie
changed her dress for something more
Qt for her wedding something very
quiet and simple and we drove to the
church. I have no clear idea of any
thing happening till we stood together
at the chancel-rails and I took her
hand in mine and felt that all our trou
bles were over. But it was too soon to
feel secure, for, just as the clergyman
began the service, he was interrupted
by hasty footsteps entering the church
and a loud voice raised to forbid the
marriage. It was Nellie's father, and
behind him was Mr. Scott, with a smile
on bis face which, told me that I bad to
thank him for discovering our plans.
They took her away from me, sc tn-eiy
granting a moment tj say good-".
But that moment was enough ior ine io
remind her that two years niore woull ,
give her power to act for he, self. I (
claimed no promise of faithfulness, for ;
knew I could trust her. iney looa
heraway; I could do nothing."
Oh, how cruel I How could you ;
bear it?" . .
1 dou't know. It was like being
stunned by a heavy blow ; for a time
the sense of pain was crushed out by !
a time
the shock. But the cruellest exjer-
ience of all was that 1 could not hear a
word of her. I wrote again and again;
but your father was in India, and her
other brothers were but boys, and there
was no one to take my part She was
watched continually ; sdme old hag in
Mr. Scott a pay was with her always.
ity her, Janie, spending the long
dreary days here where you have been
so happy. She spent hours in the gar
den, I heard afterwards, tending her
flowers till she grew too weak to do
anything but lie on the sofa by the win
dow and look at the sky. I was in It
aly, making a home for her. It was so
bright and tastef ul ; all the little things
I knew she uked I gathered together,
and I was almost happy in the work.
The two yean passed, and I got the few
weeks' holiday I had bargained lor, and
started to bring her home. I could not
sleep, I could not rest; a feverish anx
iety had eeized me: and 1 traveled
night and day till Uylands was reached
and only a mile or two parted us. i
could not ask after her something
checked my speech and I started off
once more to walk across the moor. You
know the way, Janie over the moor.
down the long meadow by the bridge.
and through the churchyard, it was
a sunny evening, and, as 1 passed be-
ween the graves, the sunshine scone
whitest on a white cross just oil the
path. You know it, Janie ; it was quite
new then, and the letters were freshly
cut I read them at a glance .Nellie a
name ! She had died a month before."
Janie could not bear to hear any
more ; lier U-ars long oeen running
silently down her cheeks, aud now her
composure broke down altogether.
Don't don t cry so, my janie. near
Nellie has been all these years in heav
en, and you have come to make it all
up to me. lsiit you can understand
now why on that first evening your eyes
had such a charm for me the only eyes
I cared to look iuto since t-he" was lost
to me. I loved you first Ior Nellie's
pake; but I wooed and wou you for
your own, my darling I"
And at his eager words ine pamiui
feeling of jealousy of the dead that had
been in Janie's heart as she listened to
the story died -vay for ever.
Luxury ot New York.
The luxury of New York life is ever
increasing. Here is a picture ot a nouse
which has become famous for its hospi
tality. The present mansion represents
the results of two bouses turned Into
one. At the right, as one enters, is the
aTed-' with Gobelin tatrvT The
: ., i rr-"
hostess receives there in the af ternoon.
Next comes a little music-room in blue
and gold, containing cabinets wuh
choice specimens of bric-a-brac, and
enameled clocks and watches. One
passes through this Into the banquet
hall, which is twenty-five feet square.
Gobelin tapestry lines the walls, covers
the table, and borders the curtains.
The crimson plush portieres have ap
i.lioue work composed of old Spanish
saddlebags, and are bordered with gold
and silver embroidery derived irom al
tar cloths. There is - portrait of the
young daughter of t! e house, from the
brush ot Uarol ns uuran, over uie ure
place. Ancestral plate la heaped upon
a massive siueuoani. anu i.ue cuuiuei,
contains a celebrated dessert service of
English porcelain, designed expressly
from some of Angelic; Kaufman's most
celebrated iaintings,and valued at altout
VW. The nquare table seats about
twenty-four gne'-ts, and wheu covered
with sunerb varieties ot roses always
one color, pink, red or yellow and glit
tering with soup plates of gold repousse
work, presents a oruuant signt, ine
guests are seated in can ed high-back
chairs, and over all is the tender illu
mination that comes from silver candel
abra and lainps shaded in pale blue and
rose color. Six servants wait at tne
table. Superb bouquets of pink roses
tied with pink satiu ribbons, and such
substantial souvenirs as vinaigrettes
and bon bonnieres, are given every
ht'ly- ..-
Tse dinner-room opens on tue leu
into a billiard-room, where there are
some excellent pictures, and thence one
emerges into a large, square hall, which
extends to the top ol the house, uere
the Hungarian band is stationed
throughout dinner. The hall has an
enormous fireplace, chairs covered with
old petit point tapestry, and, for decor
ation, a number of stag heads, shot by
the host on his Scotch moors, north of
Ivernes'. This estate costs $13,000 a
year, comprises 00,000 acres, and covers
a territory of nine miles. Erom the
roof to the hall swings a lantern, sus
pended by a wrought steel chain. The
stairway is of carved oak, aud would
do credit to an old English manor
house. The ball-room, whnh opens into
the hall, is a large, square apartment,
fitted up in the Louis Treize style.
The walls are in white and gold panels
of cupids, painted by some French art
ist, adorn the ceiling, and the gilt fur
niture is covered with crimson and gold
velvet brocade. The onyx tables,
mounted in ormolu, are superb. The
room is lighted with candles, aud it Is
here that the amiable hostess received
her guests. The portieres are of altar
clotlis, purchased abroad, and remarka
ble for their old Spanish and Italian
embroideries.
Bleep.
About one pint of air is inhaled at a
breath. A person breathes about Id
a minute during sleep, or two and a
quarter hogshead in an hour or 18 hogs
head in a night. Every particle of air
is used up in a room where there is no
ventilation, in eight hours, and the air
becomes so vitiated, that it Is no long'
er fit for breathing in an hour or two.
Hence the great importance of ventila
tion if refreshing sleep is to be enjoyed.
The bed chamber should be on the sec
ond or third floor, and its windows
should face the east or south, so as to
have the drying and purifying influ
ences of sunlight There should be no
curtains to the bed or windows, nor
garments hanging on the wall. Have
no heavy covering on the body, but
cover the feet and lower extremeties
abundantly, so that the blood is with
drawn from the bead and dreaming
prevented. Never go to bed with cold
or damp feet Retire at a regular hour
not later than ten, and rise aa soon as
you wake in the morning.
MelMonlr.
. ,. . . ,....... i ,t '
Among the pictures that attracted the
greatest attention at the rewnt exiiosi-
tion of Meissonier s works at I ar;s was
"holfenno." awleoii III. is pain ed
from the orignal. Meissonier often
.tells bow he came to mane tne skeicii.
-"The Emperor," said the artist, "often
invited me to come to I-ontau.H.Semi to
.show him my work. Healwas .receiv-,
ed me charmingly and after looking at t
'mv canvas, where only the central tig-
ure was wanuiiit, aeu ... w.H.se .me-
place.
l ours, sire,' I answered.
lSo you will paint my iortrait?' said
the Emjieror.
"'Certainly.'
"owr , I
'1 rom memory and from the pub-;
How?'
lie prints.' i
then you can dispense with a sit-
ting?' !
'..v?ur.r. ' y' . ,
---eiu twiuieuyo.i wnai i
do,' suddenly exclaimed the emiror. f
'W e will get on horseback and take a
ride and chat as we go along. Iu that
way you can study me at your ease. '
My old fneud Jadin bad a studio at
Fontainebleau; I ventured to ask Na
poleon whether he would like to visit
it. He was in a gay moo 1 and agreed
to my proiHisition. We found Jadin
hard at work, in a blouse, with a short
pipe in his mouth. The Emjieror rolled
a cigarette, pat astride of a chair and
began to talk. I picked
up the first
pencil i couiu lay uiy nanus on to uw.no .
... . . . . . . ;
DAClll O. dUUOb liwt, l. Ala ......
an hour I had completed it,
... .. . . . :
Maiaa.inii.T hQ. n. ror liin 0VI.1.I pn in
devotion to the technique of his art. He '
prefers his studio at the country house
at Passy to the one in Paris on the Bou
levard Malesherhes. The villia at
Passy stands between the railway em-,
baukment and the Seine. He Lad a
special railway carriage made in order
to observe the movements of a horse
galloping at full siieed alongside the
track and note the play of the muscles
and joints, together with the attitude
and gestures of the rider. If Meissonier '
uis..e w pa.nt hum . , .,.
.Miencoereu wan uiuu, in .n o.w u.
his grooms gallop the brute across
ploughed fields after a rain and dashes
off a sketch of it when it comes back
to the stables all flecked with foam and
besiiattered with clay. If he wishes to
lint a dusty horsemen he sends a groom
for a sack of dust and befprinkles the
unhappy animal with it. If be wishes
to paiHt a snow-storm he goes out of ,
doors and paints in the open air, under i
an enormous umbrella, until his fingers '
become too stiff to hold his brush. !
None of his models dares to plead bad
weather as an excuse fjr suspending an
out of -door sitting. In course of time
they become case-hardened. Two ioor
wretches, who represented M reau and !
Disaix in the picture of "iloheulin- '
den," posed for their jKirtrait with the ;
thermoneter ranging ten degrees below
zero, with live feet of suow under their
boots.
.mer l.??': '
vaia i' .m w pn.uia wu i, lie aero tw
( . . . a . . ,., . -
orcri) m uvuiwuii;. im ... v.
bright pigments, at Oiher times all Is ;
pale gray and of a neutral tint As he
does not paint by any fixed rules he
cannot teach his met hoi to others. "lo
as I do," he tells them, and the pupils
try to, but with the exception ot Da
table possibly they don't.
fttj'iro tells rather a doubtful story
of Meissonier and Billionaire Vander
bilt "This monstrously rich Ameri
can," the newspaper records, "was
sitting for bis nortrait in the great
artist's studio. The painter expressed
regiei uiat we uuioua p.iau.e u. uru-
eral Desaix, one of his favorite works,
was at lierun ana wouia not lorui one
of the collection of his p aintings about
to be exhibited, t our days later the
Yankee Croesus came for another sit-
ting and said to the painter: "May my
wue come up siairir ner carnage uu
the door."
" hy of course," replied ileissonier,
touching the bell. "Introduce .Madame
Vauderbilt," he tells the servant who
answers it
After a few minutes Mrs. Yamler-
bilt comes into the studio with "uen-
eral Desaix and his Mall" under her
anu. uer uusoauu nau pu.cnau ii
by a telegram of two lines:
1'ay for picture of Desaix what,
please. Mu3t have it at once.
V AXDEiir.iLT.
Commodore Oil the retired list
"So, you see," said the financial
Titan, "your picture will have a home
in ew 1 ork in ruture, instead ot iu
Berlin."
CnElt Koouand short.
At the International Health Exhibi
tion, in London, the section allotted to j
boots and Fhoes has been highly success
ful In exhibition of its special hygienic
points. One exhibitor sends children s
shoes sensibly cut, with sufficient room
for the tender little toes to grow com -
r.irtaiiiv withnnt mitiiimr tiim over on
each other. The "elastic waist" is
said to be a great improvement on the
t;r i .i,,i. r,.,in
..1.4 111 CI DVir, niui.ll J I W 1 1 V. IV ' .
dnce eramn and fatifrnn. Retwepn the
urtrpniM nf nirlv and eTacnrenitpd foot
covers and the old-fashioned narrow
aniP unH hirh hooi it. i imssihia trt oiw
tain a fair medium. For walking boots,
the sensible and fashionable rule is low,
broad heel, and sufficient width of sole,
a nr noli Binined lmnr i nnssiiii
with comfort Another exhibitor shows
an invention for the benefit of those'
who do not tread straiht and conse-!
uueutlv get their boots worn down at 1
tiio ui.it. Tii ranmlv fop tiiP in a-hat
is railed" "straights:" tbev am be worn
nn AitliAr f.-uit liL-A a firoekinir thus
counteracting the evil tendency. An
iagenious arrangement of buttons and
tui.a nrovidea f.ir linttoninir on either
side. Other exhibits claim their special
point of lightness, weather proof qual -
itien Ptfetera Wil h these new "chaus-
iiii.itp.i epi-tain rnr-
iosities among them a shoe said to
huirn 1k1iiiitm to Oneeii Ebzrilieth.
whose Shane goes far to establish the
1 supposition that Q'leeu Bess dispensed
with toes altogether.
I'aper Kottlea.
A great trade in paier bottles is grow-
ing up in Germany and Austria, Ten
per cent of rags, forty of straw, and
fifty of brown wool pulp are used in the pores are stimulated and ine ieetper
making them. Thin paper is coated spire unequally with other parts of the
ami imiwprnfpd with a solution com-1 hviv thus rendering them far more of-
posed of sixty per cent of defibrinated
fresh blood, thirty five of lime, and five
of sulphate of ammonia; dry and coat
again; put ten or twelve sheets togeth -
er and then dry in heated moulds unuer
nressnre. They are made in two pieces
and ioi ned afterward, and are said to
be perfectly proof against spirits aud
other liquids.
Hard Sheila.
The fisher pf the crao lias come to the
conciusion and for the flve or six
, ... ' i..,.i i j,i oi.na
f)aye , catl(rnt and transplanted to
the Grat South Bay. on Long Island,
. ,. C0Ildi, jon9 are favorable
. t pr.,iIBllldT. inches and rushes
,,,:,,:.... vVP Ilow the result of thU
,,,.,: iss4W1 , the Imnortant
nnlii . n. ,L, h .. h nt,ht
r, . jnnw , . . . ,ir11(,,lt to th vw
..... .i,ih i.-
antly' increases, while the importation
. f 'oui the Shrewsbury diminishes. There
: is something in the luscious flavor of
the latter that is far superior to the
, Long Island article. There is believed
i to be some food in the Shrewsbury un
known to us which makes the crab fat
and juicy and highly-flavored. The in-
,,,' 't er-Jiw:.te,inT a an indnstrv.
: therefore nerham not less profitable
,., ... . f.,,,,.-,,! ,,... it was.
The nriees obtained are betterthanthev
used to be, and even in the middle of
the season the fisherman will ask you on
lhe sp)t $2 or 2 50 a dozsn for crabs
. -.. a feW ..., mi-ht have w,-
bought very easily for $1.
Indeed the fishing industries of the
Shrewsbury at old Nauvoo have
lieen falling off in every way the past
few years. Bluefish, which used to be
plenty as blackberries in these waters,
are disappearing, owing, no doubt, to
the excessive catch of menhaden which
is constantly going on. When the last
menhaden shall have been caught the
last bluelish will have disappeared.
, . ,;,M t,..r
i ill t J Ob . lll.'.J OCT, C U4.lt.
dozeu
I steam vessels opposite the coast scoop-
1 t.. ... ; 1 . i 11. V. ..1. nrraL.
11 1 If UU UillilUUa VI bUC97 uau CAU "
r 1
The crab goes as the bluelish
goes,
and both will before long be a high-pric
ed luxury on the table of New Yorkers.
The crab, like the oyster, must be cul
tivated. He is not, like the blueQsh,
nomadic. He has a home and sticks to
it in spite of all the depredations of hu
man kind. Yet that species of crab
which produces the soft shell exists only
in our waters. His existence and his
fiavor are unknown elsewhere.
During the season, which extends
from May until September, 3,000 people
mHxeii , tUe soft shell crab bust
. i.hprnl miH,Ilpmn and re-
tillers. It is one of the important trades
of the summer season, and proves pro
fitable. Though nothing has been done
about it, there is a widespread feeling
that it is before long coming to an end,
or will be so diminished that the men
engaged in it will have to make a living
elsewhere,
Soiueuuics nuMKraua,
A well-known farmer who lives in
one of the "back" counties, came to
Little Kock several days ago with a
drove of cattle en route for Memphis.
V hen the cattle had been loaded on a
train, the old gentleman said to the
conductor:
"Ain't it customary for a man that
ships a car-load of cattle to get a free
ride?
"Yes.
"."''all, I want to go over with these
eatll "
,
"v iiniu up into tne cauoose.
"20 I'd rather ride in the car with
the cattle. When we stop at a station
somebodv might steal some of the
steers."
. .Xo danger of that, but you may ride
anv place you choose."
The old fellow climlied into the cat
tle-car, and seating himself at one end.
lighted his pipe and proceeded to enjoy
himself. The train did not start till
after dark. Bain began to fall and the
wind roared anion? the cvnress treps.
; xhe conductor thought that he heard a
. WiUl louder than the cry ot the storm.
uut deciding that it was only a fancy or
M,e shriek of a n cht b rd. he arrested
llot the wild course of the train. When
the train stopped at a station, the con
1 ductor heard some one say "amen.'
Going to the cattle-car, he held up bis
lantern and asked:
I "Ail right in there?"
I The man was climbing around on the
backs of the steers.
, An right, thunderatioul I'm dead.
j These things have tramped me nearly
to death. Let me ou of here and I'll
' nde on top."
, The traill proceeded. A brakeman,
coming along, said:
what are you doing up here?"
pve got a right to be here. I've
i 0i charge of them cattle."
"That's too attenuated, cap'n. The
' Mttl man's iiisid. Can't steal a rid
i over tlli3 road. ciinib down, or I'll
throw you off.
He jumped off, thinking that he could
catch the caboose as it passed. He did
not Alone in a swamp he spent the
ireary night A free ride is sometimes
disastrous.
Cm ue of Corn.
To what cause do you attribute
corns?" was asked of a noted chiropo-
;dist.
I ' Fnctlon is the one and only cause,
It Is a loose and not a tight shoe, as is
generally supposed, that makes corns.
if the boot fits snuglvand lsnottoonar-
I , . .
row about the toes, It Will not engender
corn 3 or bunions. Bunions are the
! same as corns, except in location, and
' both are formed by friction on an in
flamed foot. At the place of contact a
I blisters is formed, which is filled with a
watery liquid. The outer skin becomes
callous, a new blister forms under the
oldone.and gradually layer after layerof
the corn is made, building down further
into the flesh each time The pressing
of this callous iuto the flesh by the shoe
is what causes pain.
i "Who are most afll.cted With such af-
' feet ions of the feet?"
"The ladies by allmeans, andjust for
this simple reason. They wear very
' tight-fitting shoes upon the street, and
returning home lay them off to relieve
: the pressure, putting on loose shoes or
slipshod shoes. The friction of the loose
shoe upon the inflamed foot does the
' work, and eventually sends the lady to
' me.
"Excuse me, but do you ever meet
with offensive feet?"
I N ot as much as vou would expect
' ratient generally.makes preparations in
i the way of cleansing before coming to
1 me to be oterated upon. One trouble is
that some persons bathe the feet too
' often. The feet should not be washed
'any oftener than the body, for if they are
fensive than if they had not been washed
so often. A person affected in this way
will find relief by sponging tne ieei
1 slightly with bay rum, for it both puri
fjes and naruens tne skiu.
, "Yes. The street fakirs bother me
tro.ul deal. Every year a new corn rem
edy is introduced by them. Tbey get
some ou w uicuuc, uw-vu,
oil and mixing it, put it in vials at a
cost of about of a cent each. Supplied
with a dollar's worth of this harmless
and ineffectual stuff, the fakir comes to
me and gets an array of corns wuicn 1
removed with a knife, and then starts
out. He loudly proclaims that his med
icine removed the corns, and sells the
great corn-eradicator' at 2j cents per
bottle. He makes big prohts, and, as
hisbusiness does not interfere with mine.
take no particular interest in it I
have known a fakir to sell little pieces
of common soap, such as you buy for 5
cents a bar, at 10 cents each, and make
several thousand per cent profit out of
his own cheek and the credulity of the
people."
Like VtatMcar.
Many lawyers were seated around.
and, as their wont is, they began to tell
stories.
"When I was a young man," said
Judge M . whose stock of legal an
ecdotes is inexhaustible, "there was a
lawyer in New 1 ork whose name was
. He was not much or a genius,
but he prided himself on being like
Daniel Welster. He got himself up to
resemble the famous lawyer, adopted a
collar and necktie like his, and wore
his hair in the same fashion. In court
and in private life he affected Webster-
lan attitudes and tones and was thor
oughly satisfied that he was Webster's
counterpart V anity was not the only
failing that characterized 14 ne
never paid his debts when it was possi
ble to avoid payment One day a credi
tor, to whom he owed money for a long
time, and whom he haa put on wun
excuses over and over again, entered
's office. The lawyer was seated
at his desk, and on the top of a book-
tand in front of him was a bust oi
Webster.
" Hiood morning Mr. R ,' said the
creditor, 'how well you are looking.
Good heavens!" he ejaculated, raising
is eves to the bust 'what a splendid
ikeness; when did you have that taken?'
"'Think its like, eur tue lawyer
said, smiling.
"'Likel' the cred'ier exciaimea,
whv it's marvellous. Who is the sculp
tor? I never saw such a fine work. When
did you sit for it?'
' 'Ha. ha,' the lawyer laughed gently,
do you think it's good.' elLI sup
pose it is. it doesn t natter anno w.-
"Hatter, the creditor said; -it is
the very living representation of you.
By the way, Mr. K , I called on a
little business, but that splendid bust
drove it out my head about that little
bill, yon know. If it's pertectiy conve
nient and won't incommode you, I
should like to have the money.'
"'Why, certainly, said the lawyer,
with a gracious air, and forthwith he
produced his pocket-book and paid the
amount
'As the creditor was quitting the
office, he paused, with the door m nis
hand, and, looking back, said.
"'You don't suppose lm sucn a
blank blanked fool as to suppose that
bust was ever intended for you. it s
no- more like you than it's like ilei
chezidek.'"
bh Lett Him Watching.
She was reclining on a steamer-chair
out on the front stoop, looking wistful
ly in the gloaming.
"Are you admiring mac natnrai etcn
ing of the poplars softly limned against
tire sky?"
'No," she replied.
'Are you watching to see the first
star or the first fire-fly?"
'No," she responded.
'Are vou watching to see the lazy
kiue come wailing homeward through
yonder splashing brook?"
"I am not."
"Are you wrapt in pleasant dreams.
listening to the robin's vesper song, or
awaiting the mellow rhythm of the cur
few bell?"
"I am not"
"Then you are looking for some
one?"
"I am." she said, as she opened and
closed her ivory fan.
"I see." replied the other; "1 suppose
you are greatly interested in him?"
"Yes, 1 am, u you must Know.
'Is he handsome?"
"No. he is not He is red-headed.
bow-legged, freckled, and has but one
eye."
"Then, he mH3i ie weanny:
"No," she replied, "he is poor."
"Then, why do you want such a
man?"
"Because I am hungry."
"Ah. I see hungry. Is he going to
bring you caramels?"
"No.-'
"Ice-cream?"
"No: but if vou must know, I am
looking for our fisherman. He prom
ised to have the clams nere Dy mis
time, and if he doesn't hum it will be
too late to have clam soup for dinner.
I dote on clams; and while I close my
eyes in reyery, wiil you kindly watch
and let me snow u you see rauvw
backed clam-wagon etching against the
purple ringlets of the gloaming?"
Open Tear Window.
American women do not seem to un
derstand that they add very much to
their natural nervousness by bving in
darkened rooms. Houses from which
the sun is excluded are not wholesome.
There is always, a damp, depressing
condition in them that makes itself
evident at once to a sensitive tempera
ment The minds and bodies of all
who live in such houses are affected by
it Both health and spirits are depres
sed. Their occupants have not only
the depressing effect of the lack of light
and seem to contend against it, but the
reaction consequent upon living in un
wholesome conditions. All the rooms
in the house should have both light and
suushine freely admitted at all times,
whether they are in daily use or not.
They are thus kept sweet, and are in
good condition when thy are wanted.
Many a woman and child has been sac
rificed to save the carpets and keep out
the fl.es. Many a fit of illness has re
sulted from the same cause. Many a
disappointed, cheerless life can be tra
ced back to sunless rooms as a begin
ning. Multitudes of women and child
ren are enly half living to day because
only half fed. Sunshine and light and
air are as much food for the body and
soul as the fruits and grains and vege
tables that we take into our stomachs;
and we cannot get a surfeit of them as
of food. The more we have the better.
Open your windows wide, then, my sis
ters, and let the sun, that always car
ries health in its rays, have free access
to every part of your home. Screen
will keep out the flies, and if you have
occasion to temper the heat of the sun,
use a white curtain that can be rolled
A)wn at will.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Milwaukee brewed 1,006,0.T0 barrels
of beer last year.
The Swiss Federal Coun-il his
agreed upon a new customs tariff.
Nearly 2o,0iX) women are engaged
in glove-making iu England alone.
The annual mortality in Great
Britain from intemperawe is 40,'jiiO.
There are less pr pie in Sau
Antonio to day than there were a year
ago.
A man in North Tisbury, Mass.,
says he has recently drawn up si) snakes
from his well.
The Emperor or China recently
rdered the destruction of l,OU0,0OJ
worth of opium.
The value of an unskilled laborer
at 23 years of age to his count rv is esti
mated at $1,200.
Some practical jokers cut a man's
beard off, and he now sues them for
$10,000 damages.
The Cae Cod canal dredger is the
largest in the world, and takes out GOO
cubic yards an hour.
The railway system of Prussia
covers about 9.000 miles a little more
than that of Canada.
Foreigners own 20 ,647,000 acies of
land in this country, a'most wholly in
the West and Southwest
It is estimated that over 40,000
visitors will attend the Conference re
form at Dallas in August.
Newfoundland, which is one-sixth
larger than Ireland, has a scanty popu
lation of only 200,000 souls.
The crop of wheat of li,!4. bids
fair to reach 520,00).i. bushels, 100,
000,000 in excess of last year.
The plains of Texas cover an
area of l."2.MJ0,0u0 acres, on which
feed 3,S00,000 head or cattle.
Louisiana has school accommoda
tions for only 7.",000 children, though
there are 2.10,000 in that State.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
railway has been granted a right of
way through the Indian territory.
Mrs. Pyrke, the granddaughter of
Robert Bums, is still in receipt of aid
from the London Scottish Corporation.
Miss Anna Jacques of Oldtown,
Massachusetts, has given $.".000 for
building an invalids home in Newbury-
port.
A gun weighing 212,000 pounds
has been successfully cast at Soutb
Boston, Mass., for the United States
Government.
The Niagara suspension bridge is
2.200 feet long, that of Kief. Russia,
2,.1t)2 feet, and that between New York
and Brooklyn 5,'JSO feet.
New Mexico embraces 77,.1rsT),C40
acres of land, on which almut 5.000,000
head of stock, over 3.000,000 head of
which are sheep, are kept
Admirable wax casts of the face
and bust of the late Archbishop
Purcell, of Cincinnati, were made
immediatly after bis death.
Nine defaulters, formerly bank ot
Government officials, now in the Tren
ton, X. J., penitentiary, are said to
have stolen a total of $3,000,000.
Gas is made in London, it is said,
at a cost of 20 cents per 1000 cubic
feet, and in some of the works the sale
of the residuals pays the entire cost of
gas-making.
Forty-four deaths occurred from
starvation, or were accelerated by pri
vation, in London during as set
forth by figures in a return recently
made to Parliament.
There were, in round numbers, at
the time of the recent enumeration,
24,.100,OuO of inhabitants in Spain and
the Spanish territories. Of these 16,
000,000 were in Spain itself.
The total exports from the United
States to South America during the
last fiscal year were $23,SOS,0oO, as
against $4i,S29,00 from France and
$0,9.10,0u0 from England.
The sparrow appears to be quite
cosmopolitan in his pestiferousnes, so
to speak. The inhabitants of Fer
ganios, in Asia Minor, are urging the
Turkish Government to abate him.
The average area of the 4.0OS,907
farms in the United States in IjvSO was
133 acres each; the "proper division"
of what remains of the public domain
would add about S.000,000 to the total
number of farms.
At the close of 1S.2 there were in
New South Wales 21,220.744 comb
ing and S.o60,300 clothing Merino sheep.
There were also 777.SH4 Lincolns, C22,
44 Leicesters, 51,743 Southdowns, 4,
524 Romney Marsh and 840,700 cross
breeds. The shop where Benedict Arnold
sold drugs before the Revolution and
his stone bouse are still shown to the
curious at New Haven, Ct, and hid
wife lies buried in the cemetery there.
About 2.100 Chinese coins, some of
which represent mintage of thirteen or
fourteen centuries ago, are to be added
to the coin department of the British
Museum. They are from the Tamba
collection.
The value of the poultry consumed
in the United States annually is esti
mated at $300,000,000 or $0 to each in
habitant. The value of the eggs con
sumed is set at $240,000,000, or $540,
000,000, for poultry and eggs together,
or about $10 per year to each inhabit
ant When Feter the Great becanw
Empeior of Russia, the country could
hardly be said to have an army, but at
the end of his reign she had 210,000
soldiers, besides 23,000 men In the navy,
forty-eight ships of the line and Sou
smaller vessels.
The backward condition of India
with respect to female education is
shown by the fact that out of a total
female population of 99.476,411 only
120,349 are at school, giving a percent
age of f4 on the female population of
school-going age, while in the case o
males it is 16,2 3.
Out of a total areaof nearly 21,000,
000 acres the woods and copses of Ire
land are not less than 330,000 acres.
In Great Britain out of nearly 57,000,'
000 of acres, 2,500,000 acres are now
thus returned. The forests of Europe
are estimated to cover SOO.OoO.Ot'O
acres, or nearly 20 per cent of the sur
face ot the Continent
The lowest dividend per annum
among the joint stock banks of England
is that of the London and Yorkshire,
which paid 5 per cent, while out of
thirteen corporations, eight paid each
10 per cent or more, five paid each 15
per cent or more, aud one, the Bir
mingham, paid 20 per cent, as it haa
during the past five years with entire
regularity. Similar dividends are com
uaon on the Continent of Europe,
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