fiilib "olxxxviii. THE OOI8TITUTIOI THE UFIOI-IFD TEE ETFOBOEMEIT Of TEE LAY8. Editor and Proprietor. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1884. NO. 4G. w tiif nH.lui; rose '"v n:'"' l"U,s Ktr: u 1'-oiu are, i!i.it -..r.-.l incut 1 i-vrvd lie. ' P-1' , , r".uckr.l.-U.e h buds a , , , . i,:.!! i.'ii. B(MhKB IHtWSMtfc. v-mi friends. Ilenuiker's "-n in manner, assured. j.n,l fr'ci,!s were his fellow tierM.orsiy's office for the f ,r';. " . With a uuauim 'iVi'i:ivfi- refreshing, they i dw-'aied Henniker s down s'' ... v. in in Ihev aliirmed. f, f,r Ion ' as he had beeu do F rT'u 1:3 1 - ..','i-ies tir.!s, ami the rest were ..... .. ,, i,ewtTv u"f rw "VrvW t'1"' ln t!lt'ir l,,lt' "Ja tofvess. ,n:,u limited ., .. , ,,,t rnin. Svnier nr ...r 111' ' ulllill f '!!ie and to Ilenneker 1 fact that 1,'iiie blood" ran fv.e::r. it woiiU come as surely as ". .,,,ieelse. :"' 0!:e did Heuneker's i 'V! I!"'le certain than to ; ,1.. iU; it. as lie sat alone one J ;:i his r" 'ins m Moane Street. v-Tlir 11 come very nearly to the iTifliis:!ier. and it was high time Vi'iM look aN ".it ami see by what JO ;e b-s tower lie could avert the 'JE-iZ tii.iW. I.ookiiii; .14. iritura, yaw no cue who could render him t i:Sjini.v. They had, it was true, i.-.v.i" i-: '.heir veins: but. le- ii 'JJt, with one exception a rich ......'a .nt . toivi-litrA in A 114. jfjr. ,1-,!, -"1 ' -lt,( wii.tm the family Lad Leard fir years they were as poor as tjf Air1 the "blue blood" re tir.llv likely to le of much advan-aj-to tiin iiule- in one way indeed; xi .'-ti ''3 ' reu.-ou of his social osl- l aon'V Mine one with money, and saaiette himself from hisdifficulUea. lie Mea of marryinp for money was itjsxtA to Frank Ilenniker. Like baa men, no uianer now "last," ue Ltloiied forward in his inner Leart line in the tuture when he should 'i woman who truly loved Lim, and kotttS'ttje u b into a quiei iue aiiu It verv bAi'i'V ; and this ideal the f,f uiarrym for money uissi itt Tii.it it would le possible for jso to -Jo he had not the slightest :c:it. Without lieing conceited, he bew that he wits more than tolera-SfwM.-okiiiff. a gentleman, and pos irJ ot iiiaiiiiers and bearinfi that en jtl b:m, at any rate among the ttiei lueml-Ts of Lis acquaintance, i iiary weloo.ue wherever Le went, f -to marry for money to give up all uiSritnueiita ideas of flndiug a dispo se thai would be thoroughly conge- a i.- own to marry a girl wno in ii;r v.iiiiity would not have a single i-aLT ur leeiing in common with him -iiwis iii.leeil a bitter pill to swal- l:wjsLovever no time for namby-jtif- Sciitiiueiit. Kuiu was staring j tiie U -e. and disgrace was not so t-:rlr:.::ii: but that Le could see '.'i:r..'!.;i,i,i. There could be no i-.lt al-o.it it ; he must marry for i- irj. li,fci;:reeal,le as the physic was. : ot tr taken ; and ujtm whom 4-tdlils choiee fail ? Cuc::a:lnff thus within himself. Lis upon a letter in a rack above j-cl.i.iiey-io-re.ttie atldress of which ie written in ajiretty feminine Land, icit.s lfr was the very thing ! That sc id :m':uz ht had received an invi x. c friui an exceedingly wealthy cot-i.:-?; ii.ner in Manchester, to whom he i rwvLtly hii.J the opportunity of be a si-nieservii.-e in town, asking him W V-i Wliitsunt i.Je with him. This ."'.'."j- iiiiiei whs a widower, and had ou!y dv'A, a daughter. Thought 'C -Heimiker opened the letter, and m1 ;Lr" i'li. Tiie contents ran thus: "TM:.j:..!i.!,I;dsl.ury, May 14.1S . Ii'ar Mr. Ilenniker, l'apa, for 1 "X 1 .mi art:!,- as secretary, wishes li!.w :f y.ri wi;l ilo us the pleasure i ;!i'i.:.ir V. hit'untide here. He un "l, I think, troin w hat you &id n lie w.is in town, that you were M ryed for that season. If you r. us know when and by what wr may ei-ct you, the carriage ii- i.i iiie.t y,,u at the station. Papa -! bis kind leards and hopes you 'Believe ine yours very truly, "I.ILY MAITLAXD." ( "I-;'.y," Ilenuiker, as Le laid ;!i t:.e letter "a pretty name I And 4sa nii-e l.lv!ike hand she writes. I "t wlmt she is like ? Just the op- Hf tlie l .niie. 1 dare say a shorty s'.ak;ud eiii with large red hands trea.ei.d.ms t.-t. who blushes fear j'.v whenever she is addressed and 1 a w,,r,l to sav for herself ; it is 5l '1 Hicult to understand what the "WTuter of an uncultivateil cotton-li.ni-l,t up under the extremely ;'i:.I Hi:!iie! e,,f Manchester Society, .ii e like. ( r (h i haps she is ne of si 'hool, Imld and masculine, a I'1 l,;v iu i-tt :eats. There's some 'ij r.it'ier !iei- ;nid easy aUmt the let W.Uowlc,,n,e t,,t!uhk of it, though wn;" s' ni'-fly. However, as I 'lei-'.led ti,.,; K. 1S t0 be 1Uy future ."'tscaireiy wise to pull Ler to I'm in f..i the nice, now, and it "M "! 1 the act of a very f.iolisli utode,,v,.ja;e . j,rze antl 1ul. La. Wr'i'l :4 cav towards Lim, he "".v wrote an acceptance of Mr, tuU.'1!1 '"v't',ion. promising M.iiicliester on the day but one 1'(-i.ir,N. ''with no very pleasant feelings fr.im k'. "'',,!"k,-r traveled down 14 on the day appoint-d. The - Vis, ,e feit snuiewliat disgU!ted 'I'li iii-if f,- tli errand on which Jr'"'"!"!. lie could not disguise 'iuiseif il.ai ,his uoing down to Uiain- "' W'"' ",elix,J lutentiouof trei a '"' ,,er i"('ey 'as ex iy mem,, srdid, and wrong. I5ut Ut i,e tu lo ? A drowning t,,.'. t"""'1 afr"i'd to be scrupulous as if 'i';'"'r "f tl,e lnat siives liim- ,,, n ms present work now. lie i,i,. . ' oinv reiiection ' '"'"oiild derive anv consolation and 7 'T"UlW the girl" was ill-bred Vitas,! , woultl t,u'y to tur r r" ;u1, r aU tlie UloIiey hAli Umi S'T' ''I'ly-t'i'iinected Lns- lilts' ' Vi I '" cre l!l:lt 1,13 I11 t . "?'! '' ""l I'ave rendered it neces- S v,l? :T t.. 1 uf s,"irf i'""1"1' '" f,'lt Verv I,luch "OI,t irom Df tu "'o-1" luve between them out question. ti Le ainved at the London-road station, he found the carriage, as ar ranged, waiting for hiui ; and Le could not help thinking, as he lay back on its cus'iions and was driven aloug towards his destination, that for a vulgar coU ton-spinner Mr. Maitland seemed to have a very lair idea of what was a good carriage, aud bad displayed yreat taste in the selection of it. But then he remembered that very probably it had been chosen for him. Mr. Maitland was not at Lome, the butler who opened the door at the Mid lands informed him, not Laving yet re turned from business, but Miss Mait land was iu tbe drawing-room, if Le would be pleased to walk that wav ; and thither accordingly he directed Lis steps. As Le eutereJ, a tall fair girl of about twenty-two rose from Ler seat at the far end of tL rooru, where she bad leen reading, aud advanced to meet li mi. She was very different from his an ticipations, he thought, as he shook hands with her. This was certa'nly not the common insignificant-looking girl he had prepared himself to see. Oil the contrary, she was infinitely more lady like, both in Ler appearance aud man ner, than many of the aristocratic friends he had left iu Ixiudou ; and she had one of the sweetest faces he thought he had ever seen. With easy grace she bade him welcome to the house, excus ing Ler fatLer's absence as a matter of necessity ; aud then she resumed her seat, and they entered into conversa tion. Instinctively, during it all, Ilen niker felt that her clear brown eyes w ere scrutinizing him closely, that she was, as it were, summing him up, and making a mental estimate of bis value. He began to take an interest in tbe girl, aud the more sx because he felt that he had previously done her an injustice. ' The butler came in presently to show Ilenuiker to his room, and. when the young man went back, Le found Miss Maitland with Ler bat and jacket on. 'I thought you would perhaps like to look round the grounds, if you are not too tiled with your journey," she said. He answered that he should I only Uh pleased ; and they at once sallied out together. lioiiig along, she gtve him little de scriptions of the neighborhood, showed him her canine pets, the horses.fl-corfera, and did her best to entertain him. Ilen uiker found himself listeniug iu a way that Le could Lardly have believed pos sible. This girl bad a wonderfully at tractive manner. She was so easy and unaffected, so thoroughly unconscious that she was beautiful anil stylish, so different from the parrot-girls of society w hom he had previously met, and yet so completely their eiual iu the finer attributes of gotid society, in grace and i tinemtut, with tenfold more depth of character aud cultivation, that Ilenui ker enjoyed his wa'k as he had never enjoyed any walk before. He almost foi uot that his companion was only an uncultivated cotton-spinner's daughter. It was about Ave o'clock when they had finished their rounds, and tea was served in the drawing-room. Heuniker was surprised. It seemed that these MiUiWicatcr Jeoile Inni like otnei roiK, and weie as well-bred in their habits as the friends he had left in Loudon. At dinner, too, there was none of that gor geous display of plate that Le Lad been led to expect. Everything was con ducted quietly and unosteutatiousiy. Mr. Maitland perhaps, to those who did not know him, was the blot upon the scene. He certainly was a trifle vulgar. But his friends lost sight of this in their waim appreciation of his sterling gixid uatuie. Xo better-hearted, more generous-minded man than Walter Mait land ever lived. Originally the sales man in a small warehouse in Spring liardens, he had, by dint of steady iu dustry aud unwearying perseverance, raised himself to his present position among the most honored of Manchester merchants, but, unlike the majority of men who have rien solely through their own exertions, his success had not made him arrogant and self-assertive nor was lie in the habit of boasting of bis achievement. He knew that, compar atively sjieaking, an ignorant man, and he was not ashamed to own It ; but he never did so obtrusively. Kind to a fault, always willing to assist any one iu distressinnocent as a child in many of the world's ways, wuaring his heart upon Lis sleeve, and as unaffected as the day on which he was born, Walter Maitland, to those who knew him, was a man to respect, to honor, and to love. Unfortunately Frank Henniker did not know Lim, and he was obliged to judge Lim by outward apiearauce. He felt strongly that this old gentleman w ho sat at the head of the table, who laaughed so loudly and so heartily at his own jokes, who often dropped his "h's" and mispronounced his words, was a very vulgar being. Henniker had been brought up in an exclusive set, with whom faults of breeding were iniqui ties that could never be atoned for, even bv t he best qualities of disposition. At dinner, unconsciously to himself, he could not help showing the direction in which his thoughts lay. However, it passed off very well, aud Mr. Maitland did not ierceive that his guest was a trifle offended, uot to say disgusted with his ways. But once or twice Ilenniker caught the daughter looking at Lim with an expression on Ler face which he could not understand. It puzzled Lim. After dinner, in tne urawiug-rooiu, she sang some songs ror Lira ; and again Henniker was tLrown iuto a state or wonderment. Such a thrilling voice, so touching in its tender pathos, he had never heard. It entranced Lim, and Le remained fascinated by tLe piano all the time that she was singing. But. when he showed symptoms of the great de light that Le felt. Miss Maitland at ouce rose from her seat, and rather coldly re fused to sing any more. Henniker's thoughts, as he sat ln his lied -room that night, were anything but pleasant. Above everything he felt th..rMifriilv anerv and dissatisfied with himself. He had acted, it seemed to him very like a fool. He had come from Loudon f u'l of self-conceit, com placently satisfied that the people he was going tx see were an inferior order of creation to himself, quite an inferior race of beings, living in a common under-bred wav that to a man of culti vated tastes" would be most objectiona ble ; and here he found them every bit as refined in their hablUs as himself, and with none of that ostentatious display which he had so conuaenuy exiou. it reallv most mortifying. Then there was the daughter. He had imagined her coarse and lll-fea- ..ir rpd.faced creature who was to be had for the mere asking, who would drop into his arms at iu .: t nrriiiira ! and she uaa meuiiou 't - r - 9 - . , proved, to be so pretty and st-look- in? a cm mat nia pic'i" garding ber seemed almost like sacn K lie despised himself for hanng allowed such ideas to come into his hesd. Vulgar indeed t Why, she seemed to him the very personification of re finement and of everything that was womanly and graceful I How pretty she was-! he thought, as he lay back ln bis chair and conjured up her image in his mind. What deep tender brown eyes she had, what a sweet tremulous mouth, what lovely hair ! Aud he had actually thought of this girl as if he would be conferring a favor on her by asking her to marry him I He felt that he was a horrible wretch, and ought no longer to be allowed to inhabit the same house with such a civinity a divinity against whom he had so treacherously conspired. the fact was that Heuniker was as much in love with Lily Maitland as it is possible for a young fellow to be in love with a girl after only eight hours acquaintance. It was quite a case of the biter bitteu ; and, as the davs rolled on and he came to know her better, and the beauties of her character weregrad ually unfolded to him, he yielded more and more to the iutlueuce that her sweetness aad grace were exercising over him. And the fonder he grew of the girl the more relf-reproachf ul he be came tor his previous thoughts and de signs concerning ber until at length the matter preyed upon his mind to such an extent that he grew perfectly miserable, w hat Lily's feelings were towards him he could form no idea ; her manner perplexed him sadly. Some times she would be quite frank and un constrained ; but Immediately he made advances of equal cordiality she drew back and became correspondingly dis tant. Ouce or twice he almost imag ined that she avoided him ; and he be gan at length to think that she disliked him. So the days passed until Whit-Sunday was at Laud. Those days had enlight ened Henniker very much as to Mr. Maitland s true character. He had beeu amongst his work-people and had seen how they all reverenced and re sisted him, he had seen how consider ate and thoughtful he was towards them, and he had heard from the peo ple in the neighborhood of the Mid lauds how good and unselfish he was. Hut, more than all, he had been brought into close contact with the ui.tu himself.aud he had had time aud opiiortunity to be come acquainted with his disposition. aud to luaik the many little ways lu which Lis geuerosity and true nobility of character showed themselves. The result uai a total revulsion of feeling towards Mr. Maitland, aluiost as com plete as that towards his daughter; aud he now condemned himself for Laving so harshly misjudged that gentleman. aud having allowed himself to be led away merely by siieech .111 1 manner. It was the evening I fore Whit-Sun day, the time a'10111 six. Heuniker, who had tieevr out ndiiit!, weut to !he draw- ing-rooui, not exiN-ctiug to find any one there, for Lily had driven into the towu to make some pin chases, aud he hardly fancied she could have returned yet. He was mistaken owever, tor she was seated liefore the tire, and in so deep a re- erie thfit he find to srieak to her he foie she Lsrs Hiue a are of his presence. ''Your thoughts Meein to be pleasant ones. Miss Maiil.01 1, if one may judge from the expression of your face," he said, as lie look a seat near her. She st.crted violently, aud a hot color stole into her cheeks. Henniker won dered why she should blush so much at such apparently innocent words. It was but momentary however, and, w hru the flush died away, it seemed to leave Ler face paler than usual. "Thoughts at V hitsiiutide ought to 1 pleasant, Mr. Henniker," she said ; "but 1 don't know that mine were par ticularly happy. Did you eujoy your ride "Very much. Sam, as I thiuk you called him, carried me spleudidly, aud 1 had no idea the country about Man chester was so interesting. It is really very pretty out leynd Clieaale." I am lad you liked it : you w ill, at any rate,have one pleasant remembrance of "Manchester to carry away with you." There was something in the tone in wh:ch she said this, something half sad and reproachful, that caused Ilenuiker to lose his head. 'There is one remembrance that will always be inexpressibly dear to me," he said, in a low voice. The moment he had spoken he felt that he had betrayed himself. There was no turning back now ; come what might, he must go on. A choking sen sation rose iu his throat ; but he reso lutely forced it back, and steeled him self for the coming ordeal. The flush again rose to her cheek. It was impossible to mistake his meaning. For a moment what he would have con strued as almost a happv look came over her face; but it passed away quickly, and her features grew hard and set. "I hardly understand you." she said nervously ; and he noticed that, despite her efforts to remain composed, the hand nearest to him was trembling vio lentlv. "The dearest remembrance I shall have when I leave Manchester will be of yourself," he said. "I scarcely in tended to make this avowal so soon, Miss Maitland ; but, now that circum stances have led up to it, it would sim ply be cowardice if I did not speak plainly. I love you I I know that this is great presumption on my part, and that I am not half worthy of you ; but indeed 1 couldn't help myself. It was impossible to be in the same house with you without loving you. I think I have cared for you from the very first day we met ; but how great my love now is, how deeply it is implanted in my'na ture. I can never tell you. Will you be my wife, Lily, and let it be the sole ob ject of my lire to prove it to you ? Oh, my darling, if you only knew how much I love you, bow passionately, sinoe I came here, 1 have hung upon every look aud every snide you have given me, surely your heart would come out to me as my heart has gone out to you 1 Will you try to love me, Lily r Will vou be my wife ?" He bad flung himself upon the ground beside ber as he spoke, and had clasped ber hand in his. For a moment she permitted it to remain there unresist ingly, while her whole woman's nature seemed to respond to his appeal ; then, with a sudden effort, she drew herself a wav and rose to her feet. "No, I will not be your wife n she said, witu nasiung ea anu quivering mouth. "Mr. Henniker, you came here despising us poor Manchester peo ple. You thought we were half sav ages, devoid of all cultivation and re- " . i-i a. m Hnemeuu 1 rom tne neigui 01 your in tellectual superiority you looked down upon us and ridiculed us, I saw it in your manner, in your looks. Amongst others you thought fit to despise was my father, one of tbe best, the noblest of men. You scorned his speecn and manners, because he did not happen to have been so fortunate as yourself ln receiving a good education, but had worked his w y upwards by energy and industry from a comparatively low rank in life. I saw quite clearly what was passing in your 111 tnd. And do you sup pose I would marry such a man Y No a thousand times no 1" Henniker had grown very pale. "Wi'l you listen to me tor a moment, Miss Maitland ?" he said very quietly, as she turued to leave the room. "For what purpose ?" she asked, the tone of passionate indignation still thrilling her voice. "Do you fancy you ct uld alter my decision ? Never 1 Even the daughter of a Manchester merchant has some little resiect for herself and her relatives. I am ashamed of tbe man who is ashamed of my father. If you were to go down on your knees and offer me all the riches the world con. tains, I would not marry you I Tbe subject had better be dropped between us." In another minute she had swiftly, but none too steadily, ascended the stairs, and was lying on her lied, her face pressed Into the bed clothes, sol. bir.g as if her heart would break. Only a woman after all I Whit-Sunday that ff-ar was a glo rious day. All nature seamed at her brightest. Mr. Maitland, Ilenuiker, and Lily weut to church. Coming back, the merchant joined a friend, and Henniker and Lily were perforce thrown together. He I ad seen verv little of her since the affair of the previous evening. When they had met,she wa shy and constrained, aud there was that In her manner towards him which almost amounted to an apology for her indig nant and perhaps, as she felt, rather unladylike outburst of the night lie fore, could he but have read It aright. In church be had once or twice cast quiet glances at her Indeed his thoughts were far more occupied with the pretty figure dressed in black at his side than with the service ; but ber eyes at such times were always downcast, and her attention seemed whollv riveted oa her prayer-liook. Henniker was terribly dejected, and he looked quite pale aud haggard. He felt that he could endure this torture no longer. To be in the same bouse with this girl whom be loved with all tbe strength and ardency of a particu larly strong nature, to feel the constant charm and attraction of her presence, to know that she was not nor ever could be his, and to realize that It was en tirely through Lis own fault that he Lad missed winning Ler. was more than Le could bear. He would go away ; but, before Le went, Le would explain matters to Ler. They walked aloug iu silence for some distance. At length HeuuiKer said, with a slight effort "I am sorry. Miss Maitland, that 1 sholud still stay to offend you by my presence. IWlieve me, 1 would willingly have gone away last evening could I have done so indeed it is misery ir uie now to remain" here. But, as "M.T Maitland expressly asked me for Whit Sunday, it seemed rude to run away on the very eve of it ; aud, iudeed I could thiuk of no excuse that would justify such a course without introducing your own name into the matter." "I hope you won't think of leaving on my account," she interrupted hur riedly. "As this however is perhaps the last time I shall have an opjiortunity of speaking to you alone," he went on, without noticing her remark, "I should like, if you will bear with me, to say a word iu answer to your charge of List night- I will speak frankly to you. Miss Maitland. 1 did come down to Manchester with theviewsyou descrilie. aud 1 was an ignorant man in doing so far more ignorant than the very eo ple whom 1 despised. I did not think your father well educated or well bred ; but I see now how wrong I was to judge a mau by a f w external characteristics, for I have discovered that he jiossesses a true nobility of disposition beiore which I, with my small narrow mind, ought to blush. I am all the lietter for having known your father, Miss Mait land ; and I Lave received a much needed lesst.i that I lio I shall never forget. But I will confess more than that. There shall be nothing but truth between us now. After to-day I shall never see you again ; but, at any rate, 1 shall have the consolation of thinking in my loneliness that at our last Inter view I showed my true disposition to ou, that there was no deception be tween us. Wheu 1 came to Manches ter, I did so w ith a purpose I came to marry you." "To marry mel" she exclaimed, startled out of Ler silence by surprise. "Yes, to marry you." "But you Lad never seeu me V" "1 know that ; but I had heard of you. 1 knew that you were wealthy ,or rather that your father was. I was poor and unfortunate ruin w as staring me in the face. 1 determined to come to Manchester, and, if possible, to marry you, to relieve myself from my debts. But before I had been twenty-four hours in the house circuiiihlances al tered my case. I was now really, hon estly iu love with you. I could only think of the motive with which 1 had come to Manchester with hoi ror. More than once I determined to run away to leave yon to get back to Iondon, and, beginning a new and better life, to face my ruin like a man ; but the sight of your face chained me to the spot. I could not bear to part from you I was powerless. I dare say. Miss Maitland, you think all I have said the mere emotional talk of a man of the world, accomplished m such matters ; but, fortunately for me, I hve the means of convincing you of the sincer ity of my words. By this morning's post I had a letter announcing to me the death of an uncle, to whose property I succeed. I am now a richer man than your father. Will you come to me, Lily just as you are, without a penny ' If you like, we will live iu Manchester, and your father shall stay with us ; I shall be proud to live under the same roof with such a man. Oh, my darling, do have mercy on me I Don't be hard upon me I I can't part with you ; you are the whole world to me 1" The tears were standing in her eyes now, and 'her heart was throbbing fast. She felt how noble he was for having thus bumbled himself before her, and her whole soul went out ln response to him. She could not speak she would have burst out crying If she had at tempted to do so ; but somewhere from the folds of her jacket there came a little band, and it was held out in a half penitent fashion towards him. He took it in his, and the compact was sealed. "You were awfully severe on me last night, Lily," he said later in the day. when they were alone in the drawing room. "So I was ; but I never said oue thin," she remarked shvly. "What was that ?" he' asked. "That I did not care for you because I did, you know," .;he added, w ith de licious fiui'iefe. Such was Heuuiker's downfall that I e. a man of family and high social pos ition, should marry tbe daughter of a Manchester cottou-merchant I There are some people however who consider it was no dowufall at all ; aud amongst such most emphatically is Heuniker himself. Llf f ft. racArabars. People here all arm themselves for the winter. There can be no question as to Its severity. Iudeed, one would be inclined to imagine it was almost welcomed as a freud, for keen disap pointment is expressed when the snow is tardy in falling. After the heavy rains which fall in the late autumn snow roads are almost a neccessity of existence. If frost suddenly sets in before they are made it is under great difficulties that the country people bring supplies to ttie metropolis ; the price of provisions rises in proportion, aud distress ensues. Double windows are uuiversal ; they are an absolute ne cessity. For the admission of fresh air oue pane of each wiudow is left so that it may be opened at pleasure. The rest of the window is so thoroughly secured that not a breath of keen air can enter. Th s process accomplished, the differ ence of the tenijierature within doors is sensible I'ercejitihle, and heat Inn by means of fctoves may then be delayed for some time. The interior of a Rus sian house is uot familiar to all, so un der favor of the lares and peuates, we will enter the sacred domicile, first promising that a well-kept house in St, Petersburg or Moscow is exceedingly comfortable, A tall, portly, Suisse (bouse (Kirter) admits you. when a foot man ushers you up a most spacious, handsome staircase, often of marble, and, after passing through the usual double diHirs you are introduced into an anti-room, where you leave your in evitable garment your fur cloak. The reception rooms are then entered, and these often seem interminable; eight or nine In n urn tier in the houses ou the l-alace or English quays are not uncom mon, generally opening into one an other. The inlaid parquets of the rooms are often very beautiful the floor polisher is an imiortant institu tion in Russia ; of course, some rooms are richly careted and do Justice to the looms of Turkey and Persia. The silk or damask curtains, wall hangings and coverings for the ottomans are superb. All is luxurious; vases of Iapsis-lazuli, porphyry and malachite, pictures and objects of art in general are hi profu sion. The Russians are very fond of promeuating through their suites of aiiartments, and ample space is left for this purpose. The winter being so long, eveiy conceivable means is used to shed around .the charms of warmer climates; AiL?. "Tlf which various creepers !V- ; are introduced; pretty baskets of plants (tulips, bvacinths and camelitis in full bloom, while winter is st '11 raging outside,) the constant warm temperature indoors being favorable to their cultivation. Tbe continental fashion of living In flats, much pre vails here. Sleeping rooms are not, in variably numerous in proportion to the reception rooms ; but this state of things naturally Improves with the in crease of civilization. Ai Inland uf rreity Women. The Chanel Islands and particularly Jersey, possess much of interest to the stiangr, but the crowning glory of Jersey is the beauty of her women. lor general comeliness they would readily be awarded a prize in any com lietition of feminine grace. Hire, creamy complexions that would put the bloom on the peach to blush, figures made grac- f ul and sinewy by bodily toil, with rathtr strongly cut features, eyes like aloes tail lustrous dark hair, the girls met on the streets of St. Htiier's seem to the stranger the personification of womanly independence, beauty aud maidenly reserve. 1 he soft white mists that wrap the Island every night from sundown to sunrise give them carnation cheeks. The toil that brings with it the healthy body. Is due to causes which will enlist on the side of these women the .sympathies of true manhood. It is lecause of the woful dearth of men in Jersey that the women do all the work. Where you meet one man in these tor tuous stieets of St. Helier's you meet ten women. Out among the green farms this disproportion of the sexes is even more painfully apjiarent. Tne heavy, ungainly carts 011 the country roads, are, almost without exception, driven by women, and handsome women, too. t'rous of cherry-cheeked girls may be seen in way-side orchards, some picking apples from the trees, others straining at the rude cider presses. The little fields, with their luxuriant growth of turnips, cabliages and rutabagas, all are tended by women, while the bloom ing flowers In the house yards show in their rich variety the evidence of wom an's care and attention. None but women are to be seen in the big public market of St. Helier's women buying and women selling. What men you see aie either too young or too old and de crepit, boys who have not started out in life, or old sea captains who have come Lome to end their days, smelling of salt aud f ull of reminiscences of stormy voya ges to Buenos Ay res. to Australia, or through the Ciiiua seas Knowledge worth Having The knowledge which we crave and work for which we look for and find, which we think o it or dig out tor ourselves, which we rejoice iu as in a newly-found treasure that is the knowledge, be it small or great, that is worth having. It is like the food foi which we hunger; It gives us fresh power aud fuller life, it matters far less even what this knowledge is than the way in which it was gained. The most systematic and well-prepared course of study worried through by a Hudent whole only care is that he may get his diploma, is of far less value to him or to the world than the vital thought of the young mechanic, who, anxious to master the secret of his trade, patiently studies its details, dis covers its principles, and infuses iuto it his own fresh and living force, per haps in the form of some new inven tion, or perhaps in a mor skilful touch or a more delicate finish than It his yet received. Do ws know how to live on a small salary, and will we tell you how? We wish we could; bnt we can't because we don't know. We never received a small alary. Cold Wmtar. The most expensive tbiug and the hardest thing to get in Europe is plain water. At the hotels even in Switzer land where the Ice-crowned Alps are in sight, they charge you for Ice water to drink. There is no water on the cars, aud at the stations they look at you in amazement if you ask for it. To pro tect myself I now carry a bottle of water strapped to my catret bag. Oue day in the Bon Man-he in Paris where they employ at least 2J0 clerks, my wife, who was making purchases, asked the clerk to be kind enough to give her a glass of water. "A what?" he exclaimed, iu utter amazement. "A glass of water plaiu, wet water," repeated the wife. ''There lsu't such a thing in the store," said the clerk. "But in this great store what do you do when you get thirsty'!"' asked my wife. "Why, we wait till noon or night and drink a bottle of wine." But if it is hard to get a glass of water in France, Switzerlaud or Ger many to drink, how much harder is it to get enough for a bath. The idea of water enough to bathe in all over sets them wild. At Dresden, the boasted art center of Europe, my wife wanted a hot bath. In America, when a guest wants a hot bath, he rings for the chambermaid, turns ou the hot water, takes it, and finds '25 cents charged for it in his bill. Well, 1 weut down to the office and saw the clerk about it. He seemed half-dazed at the idea of a bath, and went off to see the proprie tor. The proprietor came puffing back to the office aud asked me what I wan ted. "My wife wants a bath." I said. "All over bath all oerl" he gasp ed. 'Yes, all over, in hot water." "Hot water hot water all over mein Gott in hiinmel I" he exclaimed, throwing up his hands, " Yes, a hot water bath," I said; "tell the girl to turu on tbe hot and the cold water." "But there lsu't an? hot water," said the landlord; we'll have to send a commissioner and have It brought here." "WLatI" I said, in surprise; "send for a bath-tub and hot water send O'-it for ifr" "Yea," he said. Lauding the Commis sioner a note. "It will be brought here in an hour." 1 then went up to the room aud awaited results. The hotel was iu an uproar. It was a great event to take a bath in Dresden, and I've experienced the same trouble and surprise in Berlin aud Cologne. After waiting an hour, there was a great noise and clatter in the halL Pretty soon a man and wife came to the door. They were carrying something that looked like a coilin. It proved to be a long, black, rusty bath tub. They placed it in the middle of the rom, Then they went down two pair ef stairs to a wagon standing in front f the hotel and commenced bring ing up hot water in large tin buckets. This water had been heated at the bath-house a half mile away. They soon had the bath-tub full and my wife took her bath. Then the thing was carried down stairs to the wagon again. Wheu I paid my bill I was charged three marks (seventy-five cents) for this bath aud thirty cents for the com missioner. You can never get a bath in Euroiie for less than sixty cents. It is five cents for a drink of ice water eveu with youth dinner in a Paris restaurant. Wb.B the Babr Waka. Did you ever watca a baby waking from his morning nap? It is one of the prettiest sights in the world. There is the crib, with its small preparations, and snow-white draiiery that covers something outlined, round aud plump. There is nothing to reveal what it is, not the slightest movement of the pil lowed whiteness that is visible no sound to indicate keenest actual life, until the hour-hand of the clock that stands sentinel, like yourself, has twice made its circuit. Then there is a slight pulsing in the white drapery, a small, pink, tremulous hand, fair as a rose bud, is thrust out aud from the nest thus broken into appears a round dim inutive face, with wide open eyes that have not much speculation in them yet. Soon, however, they cease to stare, and become questioning, serious, as if wondering what kiud of a world they open upon; and the head lifts it self just a little, and two snow-white feet start up spasmodicaliv, with a simultaneous movement, each one of which lias an attendant dimple. But the head is too heavy it falls back on the pillow with its own sweet weight, the hair all damp and golden, the cheeks peachy, the mouth pouted, as if angels kissed it iu dreams. The first lingering go-o-o conies from its rosy depths, sweeter than any bird's song, for it has a spirit tone and yet retains a thrill of its native skies. Fin I Saw Mill. The old practice of making boards was to split up the logs with wedges, and Inconvenient as the practice was, it was no easy matter to persuade the world that the thing could be done in a better way. Saw mills were first used in Eu roie in the fifteenth century, but so late as 10o5, an English embassador, having seen a saw mill in France thought it a novelty which deserved particular de scription. It is amusiug to note bow the aversion to labor-saving machinery has alwas agitated England. The first saw mill was established by a Dutch man, in 1GU3; but the public outcry against the new fangled machine was so violeut that the proprietor was forced to decamp with greater expedition than ever did a Dutchman before. The evil was thus kept out of England for seve ral years, or rather generatious, but in 1708 an unlucky timber merchant, hoping that after so long a time the public would be less watchful of its in terests, made a rash attempt to con struct another mill. The guardians of the public welfare, however, were on the alert and a conscientious mob at once collected and pulled tbe mill to pieces. Tears are the showers that fertilise this world. Time sooner or later vanquishes love; friendship alone subdues time. 'And bo you were st tallies wed ding?" said Aunt Catharine. 'Yes, and the groom did look splen did?" "The groom, did yon say? You don't mean that she, too, has gone aad war ned a coachman?" Aa Arcadian Villas. Within a radius of twenty miles of the city of Detroit, ou the Canadian side of the river, there nestles aiuoug the trees a village that for Arcadian simplicity and for perfect Neojiolitati indolence is imrhaps unequalled ou the American continent. Situated ou the north shore of Lake Erie, aud ou a rich walnut and oak soil, nature hits been an equal factor, by her very productive ness, with the indolent, almost somno lent disposition of the Inhabitants, in making them the bappy-go-lucky class of iople they are. Kingsville appears as if it were a part of some med ieval English village of fifty years ago. The villagers possess a conservatism almost iheuonienal, and yeC they long ago banished the idea that any person was a stranger after a sojourn of half a day there. So great is the feeling of fraternity among them that the utmost cordiality prevails, and such a thing as theft or robbery by one of themselves Is a thing unheard of, even by "the oldest inhabitant." Any day from early spring, basking iu the sun, and through out the summer sitting iu the shade of the stores, may be seeu a group of half a dozen to twenty men, smoking aud lis tening to the latest story brought by the Toronto drummer, or to some wonder ful hunting tale that happened in the long ago when deer were plentiful in those parts and could be shot any day before break f ist. Woe betide the man w ho goes mar keting" in a hurrv and expects to get served at once. He is doomed to dis appointment. He must wait till the story is finished, or go without the de sired articles. Another characteristic of the people is their almost phenomenal love for the game of "marbles." The soil is sandy and absorbs moisture very rapidly. The ground is nearly always in a good condition for marble playing, and so fascinating appears the sport that middle-aged men, and some even older, can often be seen playing mar bles in a shady coruer. Nor is the cus tom considered undignified because of its commonness. Some of the younger members of the community are experts in tbe manly games of cricKet, base-ball and football, bnt the greatest luxury of the majority of the people is to lay on the grass and smoke and watch vthers play. Falao. ot chrt-JianftborK. This palace w hich was lately destroy ed by fire has been the official residence of the Danish kiDgs a century and a half, though the present ruler has never lived there, preferring the less magnificent but cosier palace of Ama lienborg, in the fashionable end of the city. Christiansborg is a massive, granite structure, w ith a facade of lofty pdlars, devoid of all architectural orna mentation, flanked on the east by the curious old Bourse and os the West by Thorwaldsen's Museum. The castle was built in 17:13 bv the extravagant Queen of Christian VI, as the result of spiiHvWiril'S iiiourjf w - yirii.nu at the Danish Court despite th waste that characterized it, and the Swedes across the sound became slarmed, his tory has It, lest the Danes should re sume their old amusement in idle hours of makiug war on their neighbors. To prevent it the Swedish Government hastily decided to begin building opera tions on a large scale at Malmoe, and let the intelligence go forth that a great castle was to be built, the greatest in the north, sure that the Danish Queen would immediately set about erecting a greater aud so sjiend the money that should have gone to pay the armies. The bait took promptly aud Christians borg was built at an excuse, the chron iclers of those days complain, of 4J7 barrels of gold. The castle in Malmoe never got beyond the show of digging the foundation, and war was averted. Two Danish kings hav lieen born in the palace, and one died there. In 1791 it was burned down and the people re built it by voluntary contributions. The year after, when half the town was burned, the King let the homeless snu ter under its roof. Half of the burned out population easily crowded together in the vast builitng aud its outhouses till the work of rebuilding could be got underway. In Christ lansborg the late King, Frederick VII, received the pop ulace on his ascension to the throne 111 and promptly granted their de mand for a const itutionaHtovernment. In its great hall the constitutional con vention sat and worked out its problem and there both the houses of the lielgs dag have since held their meet fugs. The Supreme Court also met there. The palace was used by the present royal family only 011 public festivities. Iu the upper stories was the national picture gallery, a collection of very great value, rich esjiecially in paintings of the old masters of the Flemish school of art and in the works of modern pain ters. The pictures uumlier fully "2,0"i Bow Thlm KIM ana rail. Let us consider the moou first, as its action, from its greater proximity to the earth, is much more effective in producing tidal waves than that of the sun. We know- from the laws of grav ity that the moon tends to draw the earth towards itself. If the moon lie overhead, its tendency is to draw the earth upwards; if it be at the antipodes, beneath the feet.its tendency is to draw the earth downwards. Now, if the earth were a rigid, solid mass, like a ball of iron, this action of the moon would have no other appreciable effect than to draw the earth as a whole up wards or downwards. The case, how ever, is different when on the surface of the solid globe there Is an ocean of liquid matter. The force with which gravity acts is greater the nearer t-.vo bodies are to one another; consequently when the moon is overhead the surface of the sea is attracted w ith greater force than the solid yields to this force, ami is raised up iu the shape of a wave. much in the same manner as we may have seen the hair of the head rise up toward a charged electric machine. The converse of this action holds good also at the antipodes at thesametime. There the bottom of the sea is attracted more ! than the surface of the waters; conse quently, the latter drop away ,as it were, from the earth, and also assume a wave like form. Thus we have at opiosite sides of the earth simi'ar waves raised at tbe same time by the moon's attrac tive force. Theu the earth revolves ou Its axis, brings every place in turn uu-1 der each of these waves, when it is high water in each place as it arrives at the wave, and low water when between the two waves. j A Milwaikks jury iu a breach ol promise suit gave a young lady $3,000 , damages "for expenses incurred in prei paring for the wedding aud for Reat ! mental anguish suffered." NEWS IN BRIEF. The most fashionable ladies now wear scarcely any jewelry. The famous Dark Day of New England w-n May 17. The i4 saving banks of Maine now have .'2.27.,74 ou deposit. A North Carolina Postmaster re ceives a yearly salary of 'J cents. Oregon is said to send 10,000,OiXJ feet of lumber to China every year. The rents of French Cats are 011 the diminuendo scale in New York. The Association of German Engi neers numbers about 54'X members. Insanity, Southern authorities re port, is increasing among the negroes. There are 138,003 masonic lodges in the world, with 14,100,313 members. New York marketmen say the crop of potatoes will be very short this year. The manufacture of pins is sa'.d to now reach the number of 8,0(111,1101.1 dai ly. A girl of five years six months Las traveled alone from England to Michi gan. It is said that over three milliou trees were planted in Great Britain in 18.S.1. Oil is now extensively obtained from the seeds of grapes iu Italy, it is stated. Portious of the petrified forests of Arizona are now being worked up into jewelry. Ten milliou years is the ae fig ured out for this planet by the Duke of Argyle. The w holesale cost of the ovsters consumed iu New York yearly is f'J,- HMKHJ. ' India is threateued with a small wheat crop iu consequence of a severe drought. The mausfacture of matches re quires annually over 8 UO0 dollars worth of wood. The confectionery trade of the United States amouuts to J'52,OoO,Oi.0 yearly. It is proposed to punish German soldiers w ho attempt suicide with In stant death. Virginia will contribute 1,100,000 bushels of peanuts to hutnau happi ness this year. A perfect opal with a movabte drop in the center was found in California a few days ago. At a free ice-water tank iu New Yoik over 1,2 ) pounds of lee were used iu one dav. The Assessors of PinIaJelphia re port that there are '21 1,211 qualified Vvt-U-rs in the city. It is estim ited that the wheat crop of California this year will amount to 37,00! 1,000 bushels. There are now about l'KJ,0oo miles of railroad in the United States. The cost was $300,000,000. - A new counterfeit ten dollar note with a Vebs'.er bead, issue of 1673, has appeared in Butoa. Oue of the most saline hot springs in the world has been discovered at Idaho Springs, Col. The chief figures of the Garfield uionmient at San Francisco are made at a foundry at Nuruberg. In St. Iiuis, says one of its news luipers four-fifths of the inhabitants lia ve taken to chewing guiu. Two hundred head of cattle and horses were killed by a terrific hailstorm at Jalisco, Mexico, nceutly. Indiana Las no less than 2j0 coal mines, w hich produce annually two and one-half million tons of coal. The price of gas in London is only sixty-six cents per l'Xxi feet.and theie is a prospect of a further reduction. Twenty-one thousand widows of soldiers of the war 1S12 are stated to be still drawing pensions from the Gov ernment. Dakota, it is said, is the only Ter ritory that yields revenue to the Post oilirie Department. But ten States do likewise. Louisiana has the veritable lotos of the Nile. A pond near Opelousas is covered by ttie umbrella-shaped leaves of the plant. Steel casks and bairels are now be ing manufactured by an English firm. They are said to be lighter and more durable than wood. For the last ten years a woman in one of the mountain towns of Kenl ucky has held the office of Justice of Peace w itiiout legal authority. Scarlet fever has been alarmingly prevalent in Boston during the recent mouths, but the mortality reiorts show it to be of a mil J type. 1 11 some provinces of Brazil iron ore is used iu large quautities as build ing stones, so abundant and ready to hand is it to 1 found. S uuggliiig at the port of New York during the year ending June 30 Las increased sixty-five per cent, over any of the three previous years. The etiquette of funerals iu Mexi co, it is said, does not permit tne female relations of the deceased to attend. Only men attend the departed to the church aud the tomb. In a single game of lacrosse, at Toronto, one man was knocked sense less, a second hal a thumb broken, a third injured his collar Ixme, and a fourth his arm. Five larcre springs of water In the County of Xiinenes, Mexico, have sud denly burst forth on the open plains, where there has been continued drought for ten years. The Czar's wife, a sister of the Princess of Wales, is extremely foud of jewelry, and ixissesses the most an cient patterns and artistic sets that money can secure at Rome. In his su;erb garden at Varzm, Prince Bismarck makes a Sieciality of roses of all varieties, and whenever at home takes great pleasure in attending to them with his own hands. Natural gas was found a few days ago five miles from Birmingham, Ala., issuing from fissures iu the rock form ing the bed of Village creek. A large vein of gas is believed to exist in the vicinity. While excavating a well in York, Me., the workmen found the roots of neighboring oak and hickory trees im ldded iu the r)ck forty feet below the surface. In many Instances they have formed cylindrical channels in the stone. Four mountains, three of alum and one of alum and sulphur mixed, are said to be located in Lower Califor nia. The alum and sulphur are almost chemically pure. It Is estimated that in these mountains there are 100,000,000 tons of alum and 1,000,000 tons ot sulphur.
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