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Editor and Proprietor.
VOI, XXXVIII.
MIFFIJNTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEI'TEMIJEK 17. 1SS4.
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ithoiv spirits of III.- 1'ast
iute-rol'tsl, rose-crowned, youthful
Willi daneing f.-tT.'i.sM-a.nd bio
iliroiisT,
. j. ross the ruyless uijiLl.
Tlirtrsi'-vr':,":,Iui"-1 aiuiei.ts 51
how ;
web Love's Liii trust lue heart is light,
Ii'e!l .rf a'.i mortal -v.w.
, to the prayerful search
i of hiiUt aud sound is iven ;
With fnwraiHf ' the Summer breatti
Wall"! llhi- messages of heavetl.
Ibeir is uo "i'"'11- l'ut ra.iiau.-e liejius
V-erst uu calm Tropic seas:
Ami iali Life's ri-iuiuiscfut dream
Licked '" heavenly hariuouies
lre'li uuV uiethe guiding baud ;
lirfir nearness by the scattered siiju
u; i.iim ami odorous laitrn.iliette,
1 Uh' is forever, uiiue !
Ilwiiili 1 st.uiJ here, beneath the uiglit,
Ati.1 tlVy IvNtMlti, awie ii mi,
;ray (.'!
ns of the celestial light
Vt'Weai they move, ui-.u me taiL
MldLiiiht x''"1"1'- aroun.i.
Is peep'ed the crai'inus throng,
Hi! brings me all that h-art can crave
o: er.ci'y, I'larance, trust, and jwuj;.
1(11 t. AM UUV.
'hr i nut even pretty," soliloquized
EJiLund Darby, as lie turned out of
tLe Kcctoi v varden iuto the steep nar
row Line winch led to Croft, the home
id" nun tfeiitT.itioi.9of Darltys, tenant
farmers and substantial yeouieu. "She
is Lot even pretty, 1 suppose ; itud I'm
not li- either, to 1 taken captive by
the first wouiau who crosses tuy path!"'
be added, with some bitterness and a
slujrt contemptuous laugh, as he lighted
Lis pn and strolled slowly onward ma
U.eJititlV UliKKi.
Oure more iu the family "keepinj;
roi'iu"! i'roft, Kdiiniutl lhirby thiew
hiuneif listlessly iuto the cushionetl
aijj capacious depths of au tld oak
ctiair, once his great -i;reiidfather's, and
fril to ca. :i!a nioliIy at a big wood tire
h;ch glowed oa the hearth.
While thus eiik'atfed. his mother, a
statrlv liuiuisiiiije woman of nearly
accuti wiiiteis, regarded him from her
collar with covert disapprobation.
Re 'as obviously ill at ease as be
louLgrd in tiie hih-backed old oakeii
chair, for he turned restlessly and
tjiuotheied a sik;h as he lichted a flesh
pin- anJ bvk a bik in haphazard fa.sh
luli fu ni the table at his elbow, as a
litic ti'tit to his womai kind that si
leuiT j ist then would le more accepta
i;t to hiiu tliita conversation.
Auiit.l.Hie.apUcid little womauknit
tiu quieiiy iii the chiiiiuey-coriicr, at
ui. an-epted the hint, aud .'becked the
lwiocriit iii j uiry whicb had nseii to her
hps. She was a 1 arty born aud bred ;
aud the female I'arbys bad always been
as uicrk and submissive as the uien of
ttat name had In-eii resolute and master
ful, lu Aunt Jaue's eyes the good
p'.easme of the head of her bouse was
law as unalterable as that of the MMeS
afcd I'eisians.
It was not so with bis- mother, a wo
man of a dittereitt r'tce. from whom
EJmund Lai detied much of the
btrenirtU and originality of bis charac
ter l! Mrs. larby felt curious aud
iBCliLeil to converse, neither gixli uor
liitu could coiuiiiand silence.
"Vou ve come from the Itectory, Ed
Uiu:l ?" she began aluuptly.
"Yes. mother," was the brief au
er, civcii wiil.oiit raising bis eyes
from his book, of which however be
had Lot turned a single page smce. be
opened it.
"And w hat is doing up there ?" asked
ills. Darl-y, as determined to eugaire
Ler son in conversation as he wasquietly
determined to prevent her so doing.
"They are much the same as usual.
I'lu no cossip, as you know, mother ;
the lo-ctoi and myself seldom exchange
a Word on the subject of our neighbors.
Tu-hlttht he wanted to show me some
1raiiu's made in Ixiudou from those
fossils I found in the new railway-cut-t:u2
last spring." he ended briedy.
Aa iaarticuiate sound greeted bis
reply, and, ai'ler a minute, she contin
ued "iV;k think, If you aud the Rector
handed juur bioks less and your busi
ness more, it would be better for bo b
of you."
"We are not the men to mind what
folk sty I" was the quick response.
"And no one can charge the Hector
w ith neglect of his parish. 1 1 is personal
influence, his hearty sympathy aud real
kindness are felt and known throughout
the leniith and breadth of it. As for
thyself," he weut on uore quietly, suiil
ihga little, '"if you can prove that my
knowledge of chemistry and my reading
inake me a worse farmer than my
giandfather, we'll sav, for example, or
tiat I've ever neglected my work for
Hy books, there will be some justice iu
ycurcoinplamt."
ihs. liaiby was silenced for a min
ute, as Jvlmiiiid's skill iu farming bad
almost passed into a proverb in the
counit -side since the management bad
fallen into his hands ; aud she was se
cictly pioud of ber sou, though, with
strange femiulue liiconsisteucy, loath to
Show it.
t "Well," she retorted, iu a bard tone,
'it may be very tine, as you say ; but
thtre were no such ways in your grand
father's time, nor iu your father's
either."
"Mother,' he answered, with a short
impatient laugh, "how often have I
tried to show you that the times dou't
stami stiil any more than the earth does,
Wid that a mau must move with them
Jf he wants to 1 abreast of the men of
tiia day unless indeed lie is content to
fall out of the ranks and sink iuto the
Social condition of an acricultHral Ia-JAM-'er
'i If my w ays don't content you.
1 am sorry for it ; but I cannot change
retrograde, even to please you,
luuther." He smiled agaiu and went
Wi "but I can't be discussing this sub
ject eternally. You might as well ask
bie to dress myself in ski us and adorn
iiy body w ith woad, or use a bow and
B-rruw instead of a breechloader, as ask
J"e to return to the babitsof my gruiid
latherand his times.''
. Sso saying, Kdmund rose, aud, liglit
ig a candle, included mother and aunt
in a hasty "good night," and retreated
t bisowu airartuieut, a small rooin,half
lihiary, half oflice, where alone, it
iued, be could possess bis soul in
lace for a lime.
1'oor gentle Aunt Jaue said
"J-'oor dear boy 1 If we don't uuder
"taud him, Susaunab, we have much
reason to be proud of biiu. A3 to set
tling down, I've nc doubt he's reuieui
itriijg t' night what you seem to forget
--tliat to-morrow it will be two years
since we lost poor darling Essie."
v-i'.!i tlcMe words the gentle little
Wom.iu's eyes Ulled with tears; aud,
gatliei-iug up ltr kmtti!nf, she also beat
baaiy retreat, leaving ihe common en
emy In full possession of the field, but
a doubtful victor.
Alas for the, inconstancy of men
ill oesl' 01 lLem 1 11 nwrelatives
could have inetrated into the stret
tboughU of EdlUUUd )Arhv" ..! l.o
night, they would have learned that
poor darling Essie's" image held but
a scvonuary piace in ins memory.
Nvine seven years previously Esther
leaulands had come to Croft as the
girlish bride ot her staid cousin Edmund
Darby, who was her senior by nearly
ten years. With her the widowed
mother bad also returned by commou
consent to take up her abode in the
uouse wnere she was bom and had
speut a peaceful girlhood ; and there,
after Essie's death, she still remained,
almost as quiet and unobtrusive as tha
grave old tabby cat who dozed by the
r'.mui uie.
When Edmund darby married his
geutle little cousin Essie, it could
scarcely have been called a love. match
on either side, the affair had been tacitly
arranged so long before between the
two families. Esther was the very girl
for Edmund's wife so said bis mother;
aud Aunt Jaue, as docile and easily led
as shy little Essie herself, agreed to the
dictum of her more energetic sister-in-law.
The pair were wedded ; aud Edmund
Darby brought bis bride and her uiodest
dower home to Croft, where henceforth
she was merely "Edmund's wife, "never
the bead of the household or the ruler
of domestic affairs, for the elder Mrs.
Dai by wits not the woman to abdicate
so lorn: as she could contrive by book
or by crook to hold the reins of govern
ment ; and Essie was far too timid aud
characterless to strive to oust ber from
ber iost ; so she submitted, with a little
sigh of reiief that so much responsibil
ity was taken from ber.
Thus it was that no storms came to
ruffle the matrimonial calm of Esther
Dai by 's life ; aud w l.eu, in the course
of live years, she had born Edmund two
Uiby-girls, tiuy replicas of herself that
faded out of existence from sheer lack
of vitality within a few mouths of their
becoming acquainted with a troublesome
world. Essie begau to fade too so
quietly aud uncomplainingly that no
one ever suspected bow strong the iu
st inet of maternal love was in the other
wise characterless woman, or what a
bitter crushing grief the loss of the two
children had been to ber. Very surely,
if slow ly, she faded ; aud almost before
any one aUmt ber had U'guu to realize
that things were looking serious with
Edmund Darby's wife she h'ul passed
from their midst aud bad rejoined ber
children.
Her death was a great shock to Ed
mund, and be grieved for her in bis
owu quiet undemonstrative way .though
he bad loug siuce beeu fain to admit,
iu silent communing with bis own
heart, that, so far as be was concerned,
his matrimonial venture had been a to
tal failure.
Two peaceful years, with changing
seasons of sun and snow, bad gone by
since Edmund Darby became a w idow
er, aud no temptation had come to him
to change his solitary condition. Indeed
he thought little of Contrac ting a sec
ond marriage, despite his mother's
hopes aud covert hints ; and poor aunt
Jane was secretly rejoiced because be
bad uot sought a wife to till ber daugh
ter's vacant place, aud she fondly im
agined that he cherished Essie's image
even as she did, aud that such unsub
stantial visions could till and satisfy the
eager soul and warm heart of a mau in
the very prime of life.
The simple explanation of his appar
ent contentment lay in the fact that, as
yet, Edmund Darby bad not found a
woman capable of meeting bis matured
requirements. The woman be could
love, as be told himself, must be his
equal iu heart aud brain, to complete
andMuake perfect the full summer aud
autumn of his life; aud he was content
to wait a while, or ierchance finally to
seek his fate farther atield than Erls
mere. But dreams of wedded bibs bad only
a small share in Edmuud Darby's act
ive life, llis daily work aud the loug
evenings spent with his scientific friend
the Kector had a much stronger and
more substantial hold Uxn his affec
tions, until, in au evil hour for him as
bis mother thought he began to Cud
iiis ideal realized in Dorothea Wynde.
His straying fancy was first arrested
by her utter unlikeness to any woman
he had ever met before a piquant orig
inality which rendered her totally dis
similar and distinct; and by slow de
grees he began to recognize her rare
charm of maimer and a perfection of
culture combined with intellectual
powers considerably above the feminine
average. She usually talked little; but,
when she could, through her own keeu
interest in the subject under discussion,
or by a direct appeal to ber, be drawn
into conversation, Edmund experienced
a new delight in listening to her words,
and often found himself at idle times
dwelling upon such reminiscences. The
mere tones of her voice lingered iu bis
memory like the echo of a Song, aud
the nameless little graces which made
her so specially delightful iu Edmund
Darby's eyes frequently recurred to
him ; agaiu aud again be pictured the
girl's lithe slender shape with the cling
ing folds of some soft material which
formed her dainty gown Itorothea's
dresses, be thought, always fitted ber
so exquisitely aud her small wtll
shaped bead, with just a hint of pride
in its carriage, set so gracefully on the
faultless shoulders.
In this way Edmund Darby caressed
the secret idol be had enshrined for
himself, aud yet from day to day de
layed to cross the Kubicon. Vanity
had no place in Edmund's moral nature,
aud his irresolution arose from two
causes, the chief of which was, as he '
now acknow "edged to himself, that, lov
ing Dorothea Wynde with all the passion
aud intensity of a strong nature which
bad hitherto suffered from lifelong re
pression and the fail u re to find its spirit
ual couutenart, he dreaded the issue.
Fate decided for Edmund Darby that
which he had been so slow to decide for
himself.
Uu paying one of his usual visits to
the Itectory, he learne 1 quite casually,
iu the course of conversation with
Mrs. Fane, in which she alluded
to her owu extreme regret at parting
with Mi3s Wynde, that Dorothea was
going away in a couple of weeks.
Going away in a fortnight I
The news momentarily took away his
breath. He had been dreaming on in
peaceful security, looking upon Dor
othea as almost as much a fixture in
Erlsmere as himself.
That illusion was shattered in an in
stant, and he knew that he must speak
uow or lose her for ever. There was
no more time to waste In idle delay aud
iiresoluti.m.
Edmuud Darby bade his host adieu
that night at a much earlier hour than
he was wont to do usually. He longed
to get away from them all. to be alone,
and try to realixe that Dorothea was
really going to leave Erlsmere, and to
think over what he must do aud how
to make an opportunity for seeing her
by herself. They had been so little to
gether, after all, he reflected, that it
might be the height of presumption to
areain even that she cared for hiiu. But
it was too late to think of that now,
too lace to do anything save go forward
to meet his doom.
The next thought was how to gain
access to her. Her mornings were not
free, aud tor the rest of the "day she was
seldom or never alone. His first idea,
that he should go up to the Itectory aud
K'ldly demand to see her, was after a
moment's consideration, abandoned as
totally impracticable. Then he thought
of writing to her. A dozen letters
were iwnned and torn up in luick suc
cession. Xoue of them suited his fas
tidious taste, aud therefore could not
possibly suit hers. Ha had said too
much or too little ; his letter was cold,
absurdly formal and coustrained. Could
such words reveal anything of what he
really felt aud was breaking his heart
to say If Would she guess at all how be
loved her from such a poor, inadequate
expression of his passion?
He ended by telling himself that he
must see her there w as no alternative.
U would be difficult at first to sieak,
but it would be easier than writing,
after all, and he would know his fate so
much the sooner.
The result of this conclusion was that
for some days after Edmund heard of
Miss Wyude's impending departure his
business was sadly neglected. His
work-people seldom saw him after the
early morning, and he had suddenly ac
quired a deep interest in the natural
history of the partridge, a branch of
science hitherto somewhat slighted by
him, for, though he was an excellent
shot, be bad been au indifferent aud
careless sportsman, aud did not as a
rule shoot over bis extensive acres more
than a dozen times in the whole season.
But uow, with his favorite pointer at
bis heels, as the ostensible excuse for
his unusual indolence and this strange
departure from his ordinary habits, lie
sallied forth each day, and seldom re
turned until dusk, when the contents of
his came-bag considerably surprised the
astute Mrs. Darby, who was not slow
to divine that the partridges had receiv
ed but a scanty share of Edmund's at
tention. Her suspicious would have
been still further aroused had she beeu
able to witness her son's peculiar aud
decidedly unsportsmanlike couduct in
pursuit of the game.
But at length the bliud god had pitv
on this forlorn lover, and brought about
the meeting he so ardently desired aud
yei found so difficult to procure.
Towards sundow n on the fourth after
noon of this novel kind of sport, after
consulting his w atch, he decided to re
trace his steps to Croft, aud observed to
himself
"She w ill not come to-day ; but I'll
take the Itectory lane on my way home,
at any rate."
He turned listlessly, bis dog following
slowly, almost as dispirited as himself,
w hen an unexpected vision caused Ins
listlessuess to disappear as if by magic,
and bis heart beat furiously as he quick
ened his steps and weut forward at a
swinging pace to meet a tall slender fig
ure which bad just emerged from a lit
tle gate opening into the lane and was
advancing slowly towards him. And
unlooked-for bliss Dorothea was
alone 1
After the first greeting, he turned
aud strolled at ber side, walking now
at a uace which surel v indicated extreme
lauguor aud fatigue ; wherefore Miss
ynde was iu a measure compelled to
slacken her steis or to apiear rude, as
the alternative.
"1 began to be afraid I should not
see you at all before your departure,
Miss Wynde," was bis first remark, of
fered iu a tone of abject depression.
"ludeed 1" she said, smiling, though,
iu some occult mysterious way, bis
nervousness aud agitation uow painfully
appareut,liad communicated themselves
to ber. "Well, I hoped you would be
able to spare a few minutes from the
partridges some day before the eud or
uext week just to say good-bye."
"Of course," he answered hastily.
"I shall be at the Itectory more than
once lots of times, I hope before
then. But but; 1 want you to un
derstand, Miss Wyude.it wasn't merely
to say 'good-bye' that 1 wished to see
you that's a word I never want to say
to you," he added ; and then, not
waiting for an auswer, be weut on, and,
trying to look into the sweet pale face
now so iersisteutly turned from bis,
poured forth, in a lew hurried, impas
sioned, almost incoherent words, all the
burning love and desire which bad
grown in him day by day during many
mouths.
He did uot say a tenth part of what
he meant to say, of what he yearned to
say even uow ; but it was enough
more than enough.
They were uo longer walking side by
side : unconsciously they bad stopjied
together close by a stile with broken
uioss-growu steps. They were standing
by it, and Dorothea, still keeping her
face turned from him, leaned against
it au instant to steady herself before she
spoke.
"I am grieved," she began. In a low
pleading voice "more grieved for you
than I cau say. For myself I should
feel something worse than grief the
bitterest scorn and contempt if I could
believe I had led you by any fault of
mine to feel as you do and to say what
you have said to-night. Tell me it was
not my fault 1" she cried suddenly and
piv-H-'iouately, raising her eyes to his
eyes in which love and anguish were
unmistakably mingled.
"It is not your fault that 1 have been
a fool." he answered hoarsely. "You
haven't tempted me by a word or a look
uuless ludeed to be yourself is a
temptation to a man. But 1 have uot
beeu answered at least, 1 nave a right
to that 1" He paused a moment, then
weut on, "Xo I have no right ; but
for pity's sake you will speak."
With pleading hands outstretched to
him and pleading lips aud eyes she an
swered brokenly
"You did not know no one here
could know but I I have beeu en
gaged to my cousin Philip almost five
years, and he Is coming home from In
dia for me now. Have pity," she con
tinued "you shall hear everything ; it
is your right, as you said just now.
Forgive me help me to bear it all 1'
she entreated, with a strange pathetic
break in her voice.
A sudden ray of light flashed upon
him.
"Dorothea I" he cried ; and his tones
of love and bitter pain rang in her ears.
It was the tirst time be bad ever spoken
ber dear name, and she felt an exquisite
joy in hearing his lips utter it. ''Doro
thea, uiy owu I" and In au instant bis
arms were round her, enfolding ber in
au embrace so firm that she fouud it
iuiKssible to free herself at once.
Yielding to the passionate impulse of
the Instant, she lay passive in bis arms,
trembling in their shelter, and ber heart
throhlied wildly with a guilty rapturous
joy while he raised her white face tolus
and impressed long, fervent, passionate
kisjesou her unresisting lips, inui mur
ing the while b'oken words of love, an
guish, and triumph.
For he knew in kliat brief burning
moment that she loved him ; but be also
knew too well that her noble heart could
suiter anything save dishonor aud dis
loyalty ; aud, recognizing this, be felt
with au unshakable despair that Doro
thea Wynde would be henceforth as far
beyond his reach as the very stars then
glimmering coldly above him in the
.September twiliglit-
" Unclasp your arm; let me go I"
she entreated at List. "Let me go
before this kills me !" she Implored,
agaiu hiding her face against the blessed
shelter she longed to call her owu for
ever. "Help me, Edmund 1 Dou't
uiake my duty any harder, this barren
honor more bitter to bear 1" she contin
ued, still pleading. "I can't explain
all ; but you will understand. The en
gagement was made before my mother's
death. We were both poor ; but l'hilip
he's my cousin, you know was wil
ling to wait, to do anything, as long as
he had my promise ; so be went to In
dia with the hope of of returning some
day for his promised wife."
Her listener set his teeth hard, aud
almost crushed the soft band be held iu
a couvulaive grasp.
"I cau bear the rest go on 1" he
muttered.
Then Dorothea continued, gathering
courage for his sake as well as for her
own while she s)oke.
"He has worked and waited these
live weary years vviththisone hope ever
before hiui, his faith in me strong and
changeless as the yeais went on."
"Aud you forgive me, Dorothea
you did not share those hopes ?"
"I looked to the eud with a trauquil
pleasure ; I fancied cruel folly 1 that
I cared for my cousin as much as I was
capable of caring for any mau ; it had
been so long a settled thing between us,
and "
"I kuow, I understand too well," he
interposed, with a groan.
"Three mouths back." she weut on,
"I received a letter telling me that he
could return even sooner than he ex
pected, that be had succeeded beyoud
bis wildest hopes, aud was coming to
claim bis own the iwor prize for which
he has worked so earnestly and waited
iu such single-hearted faith."
A sudden heart-breaking sob burst
from her hearer, strong man as he was,
and her owu heart answered his.
"if it kills me, I'll goon now and tell
you alL When that fatal letter came,
everything I had striven for moutlis to
blind myself to was made hideously
clear iu au instant. But I thought to
bear my suffering alone. Some kiuds
of aiii are worse to lar if others have
to share them," stm mI1v1. - - -
"And now to-night's chance has
made it impossible for either of us to
deceive the other or our owu hearts."
"But, Edmund" and her voice was
sharp with exceeding pain "what
should I be worth to you ? What should
I be iu my own eyes, If I could betray
my cousin at the last hour even for
our love's sake ' It would lie all too
dearly bought a price, I am bound to
think, neither of us would bo willing to
lay."
"Heaven knows how bitterly true
vour words are 1" he answered gloom
ily. She put her hand In his, and said
"I knew I did uot misjudge your no
ble nature ; it makes the parting easier
and yet more hard to bear I At this
bitter last moment I cau say, with no
touch of shame, how proud I am of the
man 1 may not love."
lie had not moved while she was
speaking, aud her hand still lay in his;
and now big silent tears from the gray
eyes he loved so well were falling fast
on the strong shapely hand whicb clasped
her own.
"This is the last tune we shall ever
see each other,' he said brokenly ; "and
this parting Is like, but worse than,
death. He the other man will have
you for his whole life. Iear, being
merely a man aud no saint I cant
speak of that now -but you will spare
me these last moments anly these ; the
rest are all his. Think of me alone
just now love me, live for uie. one brief
minute. You have never kised me
yet, Dorothea," he whispered, after a
moment's pause.
For answer she raised her tear-stained
face and looked straight into his eyes.
"1 love you better thau my life bet
ter than anything on earth save honor;
and your own noble soul gives me
strength and courage for this bitter
duty. This farewell is, as you have
said, the very last for life aud for
death ; and I have uo comfort to give
other than this,"
He took her silently iu his arms for a
last embrace. Their love and agony
were all too deep for words.
"Heaven help you, Dorothea all my
life's hope ends tonight. The best you
can do for me is to pray that I may
never hear your name again.
Turning away to hide the fresh tears
that rose unbidden, threatening to shake
her resolution, she weut swiftly down
the lane, her light footfalls growing
ever fainter on the fallen leaves as she
went onward, and was lost to him in
the gathering gloom of the dark Sep
tember evening.
Edmund Darby remained by the
stile, standing as she had left him, his
eyes still fixed on the dusky shadows in
which Dorothea had disappeared.
Aud thus the remorseless hand of
cruel Fate crushed out the brief ro
mance of Edmund Darby's life.
Amid the tropical scenery of her new
home the queenly wife of the celebrated
Indian judge is a distinguished and
biilli mt addition to the Anglo-Indian
society iu which she moves. But, of
all the men who admire and the women
who envy and criticize ber, not one will
ever know aught of Dorothea's real
nature, or guess dimly at the desperate
conflict between "love aud duty" fought
out in a far-off English lane, oue deso
late September evening, wheu the still
air was heavy with the scent of fallen
leaves. Still less does any of them im
agine how passionate aud loving is the
heart which beats beneath the proud
calm exterior.
It is a proud heart, but a noble one,
from which she has resolutely crushed
out all, eveu a thought, that could stain
or cloud her husband's honor. But
Dorothea (iordou Is sometimes glad
there are no such September nights In
India, with chill autumnal breath laden
with the scent of fallen leaves, to re
mind her of that English lane aud the
sweet slain love she tells herself she lias
forgotten.
Flliu-Flaui I
1 think you ought to warn the public,
against the swindle." j
"Oh, that game is more tbau half a
dozen years old," replied the reiiorter. I
"I have good reason to know that,
for I was one of its first victims. But j
! don't lielieve oue person in ten knows ,
anything ab.tut it, and you would lie
doing them a favor to tell them altout
it. It'll catch most anybody."
"It caught you, you say?"
"Just as easy as the angle-worm
catches a trout. Oue day, about six or j
seven years ago, a well-dressed and ;
quite pretty young lady came md I
bought three or four articl. i a
small basket, the whole cosl... less
tll-.ll. ! .l..ll .r I ...1.1 if I ..!.... I
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send them around to her house, to
which she replied iu the negative, say
ing that she bad just moved iuto the
neighborhood and wanted some of theui
right away. I asked her where she was
living, and she named a cottage over
on S street, a cottage that 1 knew
had been vacant for two or three weeks.
"During thus conversation I bail been
putting ber itackages into the basket,
aud she bad taken from a well-filled
p-u'lemoiiuaie a bill aud laid it uion the
counter in front of me. Just as 1 was
opening the money drawer, or about to
ojieu it, she poiuted to the shelf behind
me and said she would take a can of to
matoes. I turned around, took down a
cau, placed it 1b her basket and pro
ceeded to make change.
"To my astonishment the bill was
not lying upju the couuter. I glanced
down at the floor, thinking it might
have been blown off by a puff of air.but
It was not there. I glanced at the lady.
Her attitude, expression aud all indica
ted that she was waiting for herchauge.
Van It be p issible that 1 put it in the
drawer?' thought I. 1 opened the
drawer, and there, right ou top, lay a
i-'i bill. 1 hesitated no longer, but gave
her $.'J 'J5 change aud she went away.
Nevertheless, 1 was not w holly satisfied,
and as soon as I had an opportunity I
asked my clerk if be bad taken iu a i"
bill that moruiug.
"Yes" said he, "I changed one for
Mrs. Kelly about half an hour ago."
"I put on my hat and went around
to S street. That vacant house was
vacant still. 1 had lieeu lliui-tUmmed."
"Aud that was the last you ever saw
of the sweet damsel, I suppose?"
"Oh, no, it wasn't. That evening a
detective whom 1 know happened to
drop iu here and I told him alioiit it.
He grinned about six inches widejotted
dow n a loug list of the articles she
bought, looked at a basket like the oue
she bad purchased, asked me a lot of
questions as to her dress, features, voice
and actions, aud weut away laughing.
The uext day he seut for uie to come
down to the police headquarters, aud
there I fouud her and my basket of gro
ceries. He wanted me to go to the
I'olice Court aud prosecute her, but I
.nrM'nt have gone uu there and been
li-ughed at tor ten times the money."
"So you were $o out?"
"No. 1 wasn't. Out of six of us whom
she sw indled that day, one made a com
plaint agajust her. but before the Case
came to trial a man who claimed to be
her father went around aud settled up
with the whole of us, aud she was let
go."
"To go to some other city and flim
flam somebody else?"
"1 suppose so."
Home GyuinaHtlc.
In our country round shoulders, a
stoo.ied gait and a tiat chest are the
rule instead of the exception. They
can be cured in a very short time by fif
teen minutes exercise night and morn
ing iu the oteu air of a well ventilated
room. The morning exercise had bet
ter be taken immediately after rising,
before dressing for the day, as tight
clothing will interfere with the free
movements required. The first thiug
to le done is to stand erect, with the
heels together, the head thrown buck,
the chest out and the hands hanging
loosely at the side. Then the luugs
should be thoroughly filled with air aud
slowly exhausted, iierhaps half a dozen
times. The arms should now be
brought forward at full length in frout,
on a level with the shoulders,
the palnis of the hands held in contact.
Keeping the arms extended the hands
should be forcibly thrown backward
until the backs of the bands touch be
hind the shoulders, while the palms
come together before the chest. Let
this motion be gone through with rap
idly some thirty times.
In the next move hold the arnn
ssraight above the head, with the palms
of the hands forward ; now, bending
the hips, bring the arms down in front,
keeping them straight all the time,
until the lingers touch the toes ; theu
return the arms to their original posi
tion above the head. This motion
should be performed very slowly twenty
times. At first it will be almost im
possible to touch the floor with the An
ger tips without moving the knees, but
iu the course of time it will be perform
ed readily.
In the third movement the lady
should hold her hands close to her
sides, with the thumbs still forward ;
theu return them to their first position.
The arms must not be bent at the
elbows. It persisted iu, this move
ment will straighten out stooping shol
ders. Are these directions perfectly
plain?"
TerfecUy so.'
Any lady who will vigorously prac
tice these movements twice a day for
fifteen minutes will presently have a
full chest, straight shoulders and sound
lungs. Take the biceps muscle of the
arm, one of the most noticeable features
of a woman in full dress. How much,
in your judgment, will a few minutes'
exercise each day for a year increase
the girth of this muscle?'
'Give it up.'
'Two inches. Enough to make all
the difference between a thin arm aud
a plump one. Aud the same amount
of exercise given to the chest will in
crease it how much? You have no
idea? From four to six Inches or more.
In addition to the beauty given the
figure by the full chest, the increase in
lung ower will serve to vitalize every
orgau in the body, and will bring with
it a clear eye, good blood and its
attendant, a fair complexion, a springy
step, high spirits, and a capacity for en
joyment unknown before.'
An Ontario village is lighted with
excellent gas made from sawdust. I
Xeaily 23,000 women are engaged
in glove-making ic England alon
Hough Oallantry.
In the early days of California the
men who gathered in the mining camps
in tfce gulches or among the moun
taius seldom saw a woman's face. They
grew careless of their own appearance,
left hair as well as beard to grow
hair which never saw a brush or comb
till they came to look like wild mec
of the woods; yet beneath the unkempt
locks, and under the shaggy breast and
tattered garments, there lay in the
heart of every man a memory of some
farm-house far away, and of a mother
or sister for whose dear sake he rever
enced the very form of woman as sacred
Her approach commanded every token
of restiect. Said one who had lived
much among the miners: "If they were
driving a team ou a dusty road, and
met a woman riding the other way,
they would turn to the right or left to
give ber the side of the road where the
dust would not blow iikii her." And
if, perchance, at long intervals there
appeared iu the cauip the face of a
woman, every mother's son of them
stood one side on the mountain trail to
let her pass, and pulled off his miner's
cap, and not seldom the tears stole into
his eyes at thought of the old folks at
home; of the mother who sat iu the
chimney-corner, and who, as the winds
blew and the rains fell, eered out Into
the darkness, and sighed as she asked,
"Where is my wandering boy te-iiight?'
It would not have beeu safe for auy
one to whiser a disresiiectful word as
that face passed by. If some vulgar
fellow ventured a coarse remark, the
eyes of others flashed, but they bit
their lips and were silent till the wouian
was out of sight, and theu, said our in
formant, "that fellow hail got to take
a licking!" It seemed as if every miuer
felt that bis owu mother or sister was
Insulted by a sneer at one of ber sex
and they answered the insult with
heavy blows till the coward was kicked
and cuffed out of camp.
When I hear such stories as this, my
heart relents towards a class of which
I ba.1 judged hastily and unjustly. Aud
for the same reason I would stand up
for the miners, 1 would say a good
wonl for the cowboys. We need not
m frightened by a name. They are
not worse than other men. Why
should they be ? They pursue an
ancient and honorable occupation, one
held in esteem among every rural and
pastoral jieople since the time of Abra
ham. The sons of Jacob themselves,
as well as the men who attended their
father's fiocks and herds, were cow
lioys. lu our new states and territories the
increasing influences of civilization will
work great changes in the character of
the imputation. Time will soften their
roughness ami give them more polished
manners; but it is to be hoped that it
will not ab.ite their courage or their
chivalry; for these are elements of a
uobhe manhood, and may iu the future
contribute to form the mighty in-ople
that are to constitute ;nd govern our
western and southern commonwealths.
Three Aleut, a Day.
An English writer gives some much
lieeded advice as to the times and fre
quency of mea's. Iu his opinion the
present usual practice of three meals a
day has good reason, as well as custom,
in its favor. When work of any kind
is being done, whether mental or bodi
ly, the intervals between taking food
should not be so king as to entail de
mands on the system when its store of
material for the generation of force is
exhausted. An ordinary full meal, in
the case of a healthy mau, is generally
considered to have beeu completely di
ge.sted aud to have passed out of the
stouiHch in four hours. A ier:od of
rest should then lie granted to the
stomach. Assuming that two hours
are allowed for this, the interval W
tween one meal and another would be
six hours; aud this accords with the ex
perience of most men. During rest
and sleep there is less waste going on,
and especially during sleep there is a
greatly diminished activity of all the
functions of the lxidy. The Interval,
therefore, lietweeu the last meal of one
day and the tirst of flie next may 1
longer, as it generally is, than between
the .several day meals. Assuming that
breakfast be taken about 8 or ! o'clock,
there should be a mid-day meal about
1 or 2. The character of this must de
pend on the nature of the day's occu
pation aud the convenience of the indi
vidual. With women and children this
is generally their hungry time, and the
mid day repast, whether called lunch
eon or dinner, is the chief meal. So is
it with the middle and laboring classes,
for the most art. But for merchants,
professional men and others, whose oc
cupations take them from home all the
day, this is inconvenient, and, more
over, it is not found conducive lo
health or comfort to take a full meal iu
the midst of the day's work. There
can. however, lie no doubt that much
evil arises from attempting to go
through the day without food, and then
with exhausted Niwers sitting down to
a hearty meal. .Something of a light,
easily digestible, but sustaining charac
ter should be taken toward 1 or 2
o'clock.
illcken. lu IS 14.
Charles Dickens, wheu he first visi
ted Washington in was just en
tering bis oOth year. He was a middle
sized, soiuovvhat fleshy person, and be
wore a brown frock coat, a red-ligured
ve.st and a fancy scarf cravat, that con
cealed the collar and was fastened to
the bosom in rather voluminous folds
by a double pin and chain. His lu.ir,
which was long and dark, grew low
uixni the brow, had a wavy kiuk where
it started from the head, and was cork
screwed as it fell on either side of bis
face. His forehead retreated gradual
ly from the eyes, without auy marked
protuberance, save at the outer augle,
the upper portion of which formed a
prom uent ridge a little within the as
signed position of the organ of ideality.
The eyeballs completely filled their
sockets. The aperture of the liils was
not large, nor the eye uncommonly
clear or bright, but quick, moist and
expressive. The nose was slightly
aquiline, the mouth of moderate dimeii
sious, making no great display of the
teeth, the facial muscles occasionally
drawing the upir lip most strongly ou
the left side as the mouth oeiied in
speaking. His features, taken togeth
er, were well proportioned, of a glow
ing and cordial aspect, with more ani
mation than grace, and more intelli
gence than beauty.
By actual count, Dr. Wilson, of
England, has found the hairs ou a
square inch of a fairly covered head to
number 1,000, from which he estimates
that the whole head must have 127 .'J'JO.
Pricked In with Needle.
"Have I ever tattooed anybody for
the show business? was asked of a
professional. Certainly I have. I
guess I've done at least half of all w ho
are on exhibition. About a mouth
ago, 1 finished two ladies in Cincinnat- 1
ti. A man here in .New York cave
me $2U0 aud my expenses to go ou and I Unity, X. H.. has a HI year old
do one of them, and, while doing the Treasurer, Amos I'erkins.
first, one of her friends thought she ! The Roman laws were first collect
would like to go into the business, too, ed altout 00 1. C, by Varus.
and paid me J-'23 to do her too. Both j CommeK. in the Black sea is seri-
of them are travelling around now as jousiy interrupted by pirates.
some kind or Princesses, and they can Tbere Wvn min f(r twe,
get $M a wek easily. It took me mollths ,n x SouU Va,
about six weeks to do each of these . , ,
ladies, working only two or three hours 1 . IUJy . ,s, J""1 allve ,tl 1 13 14'lv-1"-adav.
That's as much as is good for . U,2es ot outh American trade,
theui. It takes about two mouths to' The poultry crop of North Caro
bnish up a man, because he has more bna is said to be worth S2.siw.Uih!.
space to cover. I am working ou one I Six thousand cigarmakeri are out
man now. He works on a steamer, so 3f employment at Havana, Cuba,
that 1 can only get a hold or him alMiut ! The annual mortality in (livai
once in two weeks. He is going to lie Britain from intemperance is M..-ji.
the finest specimen I have ever turned i The fu., strati, ,lf y,tun.r.
out. He has got about every kind of
animal in the world ou him, and a big
picture of the Egyptian pyramids on
bis back. He's got a rattlesnake curl
ed around his neck, and I'm waiting
fur the election uow to put on the next
President and Vice President, one on
each breast.
"IK) you see all those photographs
there on the wall? They've all been
brought here for me to reproduce ou
men's arms aud chests, and then becu
left with me as souvenirs."
The photographs which the artist had (
reproduced were almost Innumerable,
and represented every conceivable de-
gree of beauty and ugliness; figures of
women with dearth of clothing predom-
mated, however, ami there were many
faces from real life. Among them was
one of Maggie MiU-hell, the Tictress and'
another of Sarah Bernhardt in a riding
habit. Mr. Thomas laughed when he ,
poiutedtoBenihar.lt. "1 came pretty '
near having a tight over her," said be.
"It was some kind of a pale student j
that wanted her done, ami he was!
bound 1 should make her as thin as she
really was. Well, you see, I signed my
initials or my name to portraits, like all ;
artists, and I hated to have such ashaie
as that go out over my name, because it
might hurt my business. Anybody
that saw it might th'iik I could'nt do
any better. So I filled her out and
rounded her up. But the voting man
was wild, rinaiiy i com promised ov larger thau Ireland, has a scanty injpu
putting a big shawl around her that hid lation of only ii0,0iHi souls. '
her shae entirely, and left nothing dis- . .., ' . T , ..
tinct but her face That satisfied him. 1 f -TJ'ef l1,'1 uys the
I've got a ifculiar customer now. and " ' f. wuul'
I'm expecting him in soon. He's an arom J the Wur'J 1 t""t
old General at least he sal she is over single cattle rancher. Colonel
00 years old. He's got seven bullet Kohrs, the "MouUua cattle King,"
wouuds in his body, aud he's hired me , OXVU3 'ad of beeves
to tattoo under each wound the inline' A theatre in Savauah, tla., built in
of the battle where he got it and the 104, has beeu used exclusively foi
rank he held at the tiuw. I'm up to the theatrical jxTformances ever since.
General now, and one or two m re sit- j There have len 2.-7J hotels burned
tings will finish him off. ' iu the United States in the past eight
"Now I'll tell about one more branch years, an average of almost one a day.
of the business, and 1 must get ready During the past four years North
for the General. He's proud aud just , Carolina has established more schools
now I'm at work on a wound in his hip. ' than during the previous tweuty years.
Ibe branch I was going to ted you
about is covering up old uebign that
nave been tattooed on long ago. l nave
cases of the kind pretty oiteu, and they
pay well, because w hen a mau ls anx
ious to get rid of some design he doesn't
care what it costs. The commonest
thing is when a sailor gets a jealous
sweetheart, or, what's worse, a jealous
wife. He may have half a dozen d: tier -
ent girls marked over him, an 1 he
comes to me to cover them up. I maik
them out iu black and then put a red
design on the background. I covered
up as many -as three girls on a mau s
arm with their names and loviug mot-
toes, with a big sign 'In God We Trust'
reaching from his shoulder to his elliow.
But here comes the general, so 1 must
say good day, and find out where he got
the bust wound."
Taklu a l.eou.
A few minutes after midnight ou
Sunday morning a Celestial operative
at tub and wringer called at adruggist's
store iu Ninth IJostou. As be ojieuetl
the door Ins Mongolian face wore an
appearance of deep meditation, which
soon gave way to the placating smue
which every son of China can iiSsr.me
when occasion requires. "Me wan.ee
a me forget tee name a you
knowee llit'ty two." And, thinking
his explanation )ierfectly clear aud sat
isfactory, his smile oiseued into a broad
grin. !
"Flifty-t wo?" queried the druggist's
clerk. ' What in the name of the big
Chinese idol is that?" "Fhftv-two !"
again, with emphasis, quoth the man ot
Mongolian extraction. ' 1- In ty-lwo !
I glo you I You slee me !"
il was no use. ine cici k was knock -
ed out in less than the usual numlierof
rounds. He was sjieechless "1 clall ! '
cried lie of the indigo bljuse and soles
of wood.
"Y'es; I know you call," said the ris
ing pharmacist, running his bony lin
gers despairingly through his greasy
hair. "And 1 glo you I" continued the
Asiatic. "Flifty-two ! Ilifty-two I" and
he attempted to make some cabalistic
figures ou the wrapping paer.
"You've got me dead !" cried the
compounder of prescriptions, dropping
into a chair. "1 glo bliud!" yelled the
Chinaman, thoroughly aroused. Then
looking in the direction of the cold,
sheet-iron stove, which w as taking a va
cation preparatory to service in a cold
er season, he rushed madly toward it
aud seized a poker. Fearing that some
thing dreadful was about to happeu.the
drug clerk jumied to his feet, aud, with
eyes starting from their sockets, cried
loudly:
"Here! Drop that poker quick!"
"Ah!" exclaimed the Chinaman, let
ting fall from his baud the crooked iron
rod, and smiling the happiest of smiles.
"Ah! I'lokerl Me forgettee the name.
Ploker lifty-two."
"Oh, I know now," said the clerk,
scowling at himself for his dullness.
"Why ould n't you have said playing
cards in the first place? Who's going to
know what you mean by 'ploker' and
'glo you' and 'slee you' and all u-'
You can't expect Americans to uu !er
stand about Cbiuese games, can oar
These are plaving cards see?
C-a-r d-s!" "Clard's!" repeated the
Chinamen, with another broad grin, as
he paid for the package aud broke the
seal. "Clards I glo yvu fifty-two
better."
To Keep It So.
Paris Is a beautirul city, but it costs
a gTeat deal of money to keep it so.
Iliirimr the uast twenty vears more
than Ji:i0,iHK),000 has btcu spent n
new streets, sewers, waicr works ano
public buildings. The cost of thd Ave-
uue de rOpera alone was SlO.OOO.iM)
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Loudon has 20,000 acres of forest
parks.
The Thugs were suppressed in
India in IS-'iO.
The Russian army costs 1130,000,
000 a year to maintain.
armed force iu Ireland is 4" i iueu.
I Buffalo is to have a crematory,
modeled alter the famous oue at Milan.
! The births in Spain during l.s:i
numbered 43S,tHJO, and the deaths 115.
000. Colorado has to buy JJ,ii0.ik.i
worth of grain every year for cat tit?
feed.
i The production of raisins in Cali
fornia now reaches Iikmxhj Uixes
annually.
The oat crop of Southern f.eoi 'ia
has been harvested and the yieid is
satisfactory
Ice water im , t, E W
raihvaV3 M charged for at the rate of a
iuny a ziaSs.
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f f U hls '"""tiv w l!'
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T , Emperor of China recent v
ordered the destruction of i4,l"V,lM
w,,rtu of P'"i".
Lightning, during a recent siorm,
near Santa Barbara, Cal.. split fifteen
telegraph poles.
The railway system of l'uissia
covers about 9,tHI miles a little ln.m
thau that of Canada.
An English syndicate has purchas
ed 1010 square miles in Mexico to Ur
stocked with cattle.
Tu-f.tM ti.llii ml U'liif.t. .v.... ui.tl.
iA young lady. Miss Benedict bv
name, is said to hai
l.orU.ll.a M.I.. I!.... r.t I
I ii . hi v , u .'ai i. uot wi lur 1UICU11UU u.
; attempting to swim the Enulis'j chan
nel. I Since last year the total amount of
assessable real estate in New York city
has increased about forty mil! ion
dollars.
j of the 27 translators uf the new
: version of the Old Testament, oniv
tifteeu have survived to see the work
completed.
j In Woodbury, Ct.. salmon trout put
in lIw streaul f,mr years a ,0 are uw
WuiJ, tlk and some of thru weigh
' inuds.
.B,,lin lyal ..
1 ha? beeu successfully cast m Ninth
Boston, Mass. for the United States
. Government.
j The population of Kamschaikahas
; fallen from 00,0o0 to 02m i in lso; the
j mortality is very great. The average
annual income is $3.
j In a few localities on the Pacific
Coast horses have lately beeu dying
; from a disease resembling iniluen.'a
combined with pink-eye.
j Xew. 5r,t'xit' embraces 77.30,04
acres or land on which aliout .j,to,wo
head of stock, over 3,tHJ0,i AA head of
which are sheep, are kept.
One hundred aud twenty-five thou
sand francs (525,UiH) has been subscrib
ed at Vienua for the erection of a
monument in honor of Mozart.
The building of a house hig'ier
than the width or the street ou which
it is to stand, will be prohibited in
Berlin after January 1st, lafio.
At Cold Spring, August 3d, the
earthquake dislodged large uuuibers of
oyster spawn in the artificial hatcheries
1 at that place. Many were killed.
The civil courts of Bengal pav not
only all their own expenses and those
of most of the criminal courts, jails,
etc., but leave a net profit besides.
Butchers in Vera Cruz, uuder a
new law, are compelled to produce
cerebral concussion, or division of th?
spinal cord, In the killing of beeves.
A pensioner at Kingston, X. II. ,
has painted his dwelling red, white and
blue, on the patriotic ground that t!ie
Government has paid for the house.
The use of opera chairs, instead of
liews, in churches, is lieing advocated
iu New York. One house of worship
already has them in use in the gallery.
Horse thieves have been given
rather a warm reception in Montana,
fifty of them having been shot or hang
ed in the Territory within ninety days.
The population ot the United
States increases at the rate of 23 per
cent, every ten years. At this r.tto
there will be M,000,000 inhabitants in
lwo.
The Bishop of Gloucester Eng
land, has given great scandal 1 6 many
good churchmen by appearii at a
recent cricket match at laird's ti ith a
cigar in his mouth.
The gas companies of Newark, N.
J., have reduced the price of gas to $2
i ,)rr nm wjtu a -o per cent, rebate
: for payment Iwithin five days, virtually
j to $1.0i) per 1000 ft.
A ierfectly smooth tweuty dollar
gold piece, upon which the stamps
were barely perceptible, was fouud m
tin: wind-pipe of a cow killed at
Dayton, Oregon, recently.
The Mexican Government has esta
blisned several industrial schools, at
which youths of both sexes are to bo
taught, free of charge, the different
trades, employments, etc.
South of Long Island, six fathoms
.beneath the Atlantic, are the remains
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a vu.it luuisu. au vc.it cieti m.uc(
roots of great trees cau be set-u from a
( ooai, auu in sioriuy weauiei masses oi
decayed wood and peat are thrown
upon the shore.
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