infill Mil liffi 'f gCHWEIER, THE OOSSTTnmOI-THi: UHOI-AID TFT E5T0B0IHT 01 TEE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. 8- file. xxxvin. MI1TLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DKCEMIiKU 10, 1SS4. NO. 50. roi 7 r.u, , n !H. o t. EE 78 J v a iTl l.K s N hi . - -iili tn.inies ret : PiTLi.-'"1!,i",ll,,!e,u' uiJ l..iu a.-. nf niiy red ,u. r tin fr.wt yT.wt led pride. I "", ..,:. i"-"." 1"L lit " , i" friendly uow. 1" ... il.,. i-ci-ac I "mill !!.. eye. ...in klai-k :iierius linus iOmmU,'"r,l!iUOW Uw- tu order lor lit the evening lire. i'"-: ,n-' !U-4t breitUe .v Cieu Master Johnnie, are vou ..-fMSUau"" j ; . . . - . l,ier Johnnie s -rT i. inn. fi-.iin K:u'hHli , iauus TJi-k I v hair-brush, he rilru lUI'i'lii;" ""'"'J j!.al!siai!s; while ILicliel, lfft ... .u- ri.l t h 1ril4h in jc."5ru,ll"'rvi- Ur15liie MHIUL'fSt ! live ium. nai Uin'ii-'li l. ni.ls, ami, in sj.ite 'vfmiueiit MiM.iinsiinJ occitsiomil K-TSMe, J-stti Ej.1 i-s iJi" I'1 "' 1,rr -tilrtt." hf 11''" the letter u ui) titlier. "iieiu is Violet's Wi SheS.l)S U Uli.tlll lailUOl UUUK iiji Lome hr the next three jb" rwi-tiy tin- liUiug iiliu-e fur a (jg 11 to l-e untiini up mi, sue itjiov'i ia U) a.vepl my oiler or looK- i!!rr K-Uie, lutnl as it will be to a: ;:L ber. tl as t iirmiig to us ouu?i!i .Ksiiie I.inell is coming n i:h us Ur iKiuie time. I hoie ' M.luess." she a.Ued to hei-self. kul kuow !ii'v 'o be civil to her!"' nraiiuuuiiiriiH'iil mxs received lit a Iiulut (Lr!.iii.v iiKiuiier. -Jio'.lier I"' ej.truhUed lob, Wltll Lis uiUi full of liitteiel toast. "ialiier a:i iiicuineiiience, I sliould i;"dniwlcJ Kuthveii, the Bwell of t bmiiY. lot in tlie world is a pirl to do 1 iii'iuaeii ; viiae ioui niuir IifJ .s.nuell.itij; eiuivaleiit to "1 hate "a-r-ai-o'd J"bnnits, from his high f tC.i'timlflrd hv I ri y nice, nuitniiia ?" Tin aie ti.e only ireiitleiuaii aiuoiiE I risi!, J Jii.iiie. 1 hojie she will be I w'wi : a' -V at a!'; vc!'-ts, she is I iwiwu'dii, a!il vou uiiist all be kind I; irr,ai,J try to niaLe her hapoy when ir a t) faraway from home." "Wtv, the eh;!d must have almost ir.vtJ by this lime V said my father, iiit-A-ttu the letter. "1 saw in yes 'eiif'i p.i-r tlial the Jhxjxrux was iiJt tiittti J, iind that is the vessel wi sialer si s she is coining by, Joys, :a of jou will come with me to is:v..mrci'iiiu r Bub .is tli-e ji in the Timifi, and iilLvtii exainiiiiiiit the state of the i&:vr; si 1 vol nut t-ered my services. Uri''it, Harry; be ready by lunch- hu.-ijiie.ai; J c"l! take the two-o'clock 't I'ufiu.Mitli. Most likely we shall I ti.i stop there a couple of days, ;is lm-wthi- j-xir little thing will be Uniiiul kinK-ke l upafter her journey i .ijTilays uiter saw us back at trress- If M.iLi'iu 1 he carriage w;ts wait- I H U a ; and, u hile my lather placed i!'jlilaik-e)fd girl in it, 1 saw to !i licr.ifiv, and then took my seat oo le.tu lu) cousin. "lX'L"t ya think the Ik-vensliire ""s w) pietty, Ksiue?" 1 asked. irt.vciv." he answered, aud then. ttiliif-hesitatiiiL' t.ine. atldetl. "Is it Wtutl Manor House, Harry ?" 'U. liu not in. in- than lialt an bul's drive AJ't-r lh.it rrhmsod int.l silencp. Ulwshewastiretl. it ii we re:icliel home. ise.lrve up the avenue. I could see burning t.rilitly in the drawiug "i"; tut tlie other rooms a(ieared lo "Ui'lailne: nu,i the !auis were not W ht. My ujoth.-r met us at the "ty darling child, dear Violet's I canm.t tell you bow wel ty ,ii . ; sllt. as she folded te tier arms. JAt-iiie was h my mother's side ; r me distance 1 caught sight of wnii(; out from iH-hmd a door to rt a look hi the new-comer. Esme ru into the warmth and light " lite, and iuy mother began re iu? Iier wraiw. & f'' Esiie, I had no idea you were 1 fancied you a little thing of "ITLeMi iii f.. i . r 1. ii "ii-ii, i ii n aiioii iiui:il. u'uJ aiv . .111 .l.. .r V" 1 was sUt.t u some time before I ii ii'iuie." "What a nity ' sjjji,, Johnnie from jMlraof anann-cha-ir. , "Uisaiuty.-i a.-Jved my father, ""filing. J 1'ityshe 1 so old," he answered, J'U head sadly : " 'cause now f cant May with u Um't I afraid, Johnnie we sliall "' lM "f lun together. You "Stead, UK. yo jj ."'liainu.v-i: lIepTsllllsittilK ' tne firelight , 'h and Kue came in from slioot ') fiith.-r intr.luced them to and 1 stw tlie surprised look on ,: rfaces-lor they too had ex gnZl , a -"'! insteiKl of the tall Ll , . B"1 rose at the introduc- h i ller ,,:tl,d in ms tWzft um a"'1 "10,e Wi4rmly, I il ,l!t' ;isiou reijuired, r 4J d,"e1' '" "versatiou with '"S"! ' Iili-t.ill,""t '"'r voyage aud Ml,,,ll(,'lil howslie had tr sf'' -ars without a daugh Wrou. 'i k Jo,"iiiie's lessons into i havi'v.'r vt,i,1.ii,e Chilj 1 tU,uk '.uVeU'forher ifif! I" , ;' l,,m" i"nV yo are look- i i ' . 10111 1 ' breath one iie.w.r, "e ,;uu)e 8 f,,r nue. into the library. KWliven?re 'a ,'erre"t r"':'a," said Lb heart '"g lo' witU ula ,mnd ou You, Mr. lluthveu Gore," she answered, with a mock curtaey. -Much obliged, Harry aud Tom." "How nice you are looking, Esme !" said lVd, coming iBlo the room ; and he took her hand to button tlie ridiutf glove she was busily drawing on. Certainly she made a pretty picture, the dark green liabit show ing ofT her slight Hgure ; a hat and feather of the same shade were on her bright auburn hair. As 1 looked at her, 1 saw the color mantling in her cheeks and her long diirk eyelashes fall over her brown eyes. Perhaps it was tiecause she was so busily watching lJob's lingers that she could not tiud time to answer liiui. We stood at the window watching theiu as they rode down the avenue. At last Hue, shrugging his shoulders. Mimed away and iluug himself moodily down upon the sofa. . "1 say. Hue," asked Tom, "why didnt you go with them ? You haveu't ridden for more than a week." '1 asked Rachel that," proclaimed Johnnie, who entered at the moment, and who, as usual, made a curious use of his auxiliary verb ; "and she said, 'Two am company where three are none " The young geutleman was rewarded for his sagacity by being put through the window out upon the lawn beyond. "Why do you expect a fellow to go out riding when you know that his horse is laid up with a cough If" an swered Hue. The next day that Esme and I5ob rode Kue accompanied them. It was in May that Esme had come to us, and the days went by happily through the summer and autumn. One day, about three weeks liefore Christ mas, I had been kept in at school, and 1 was coming home late, through tiia dusk, by a path in the woods. The snow, w hich was lying thickly ujkni the ground, deadened the sound of my footsteps. Pausing for a jump near the river-bank, 1 heard a voice below me "My little sweetheart, you are a mil lion times too good for me and 1 be lieve you kuow it, lu spite of all you say. One more kiss, darling, and then we must go in ; it is too cold here for you." 1 leaped down ; aud there by the river were Bob and Esme, sauntering along the half-frozen bank as though it were the mouth of August. 1 stood staring at them ; and they, in return, favored me with a scrutiny more in quiring than ioJite. At last liob began lo laugh. "Well, Harry, you have found us out. Esme has promised to be my wife ; aud you are the first to congratulate us." My congratulations were neither slow nor small ; Bob aud I nearly shook each other's hands off, and unhesitatingly 1 claimed my brother's kiss from Esme. The knowledge of tlie cousins' en gagement was received with evident satisfaction by my father and mother, though they would not permit it to be looked upon as a definite thing until Esme's imrents had siguiued their ap probation. Tom aud Johnnie were wild at the thoughts of a wedding, and Kuthveii tendered his congratulations in the most approved form. Immediately afier Christmas Hue K it home for 1-oiidoii, where he was now obliged to pass some time. It did not transpire exactly what happened then, but 1 feared Hue was not going on all right. J-eUers very seldom came from him, aud when they did they were the immediate forerunners of gloom and ill-temper on my father's part aud a sorrowful face and long conferences willi Bob ou my mother's. At last there came a terrible day. line arrived by the early tram, and walked straight iiast us all to my father's study. An hour or more elapsed, then Hue opened the door, and came out with a white face and heavy step ; lie shut the door and passed ou to the library, where Tom. Johnnie, and myself were. "I loud-bye, boys !'" hit said. "Are you going away V" asked John nie. "Yes. Johnnie ; I aiu not your brother any longer. Are you sorry you will uever see me agaiu ?" The little fellow began to cry ; and Hulhven took him up in his arms and kissed him. "Good-bye, Harry aud Tom I We have had some jolly days together. haven't we ? Tom, will yen have my books and tilings put together and sent on to me ?" He went up to my mother's room, and a few miuutes later came down alone. As he passed the library door, 1 caught the words, muttered half aloud "Some day perhaps he may find out his mistake 1 Then he walked away by the front avenue, with head erect, and never once looking back. Tom aud 1 ran up to our den in the roof, and watched him till, a mere black sieck upon the road, he d!sapieared in the distance, and the blue heathery hills hid him from our sight. 'I wonder what he can have done ?" 1 said. "1 don't believe lie ever did anything, except behave like a gentleman," an swered Tom gruilly, scarcely, 1 think, aware how true his assertion was of in dolent handsome Hue. Through thick and thin Tom had always stood up for him ; and he did not desert him now. Next day he packed up all Uuthven's things, aud a good many of his own and otlier people's too, aud sent them to him. Some days later I noticed that Tom did uot wear his watch. When I asked him what had become of it, he told me that he had left it in Gressbrook at the watchmaker's, I supposed; aud it was not till years afterwards that I discovered lie had sold it there and seut Hue the money. When my father came In to dinner that night, he l-aused before saying grace to announce that Huthven Gore was no longer his son or our brother, aud that his name was never again to be mentioned in our house a command which was not quit obeyed. A dreary mouth followed ; then my r-. , or nxl to wake ui. and insisted on Esme's going out as before. She had been with us a year now, uu spring had come round again. 1 he sum mer had passed away in a ientual round of files and entertainments. 1 think it was towards the end of August .!... t that K.SII1B WOUld UOW lli.lL A. and then.rise at dawn and go by herself for a walk before ureaiirasu s always silent on the subject pf these walks: and, except myself, I thmk no ,rsou observed thenu One morning I proposed accomiauying her, but she an swered nervously "Oh. no, thank you ! I am only go ing for a stroll, and Hector is quite pro lector enough. Hector was the dog. and he certainly might have been surlicieut protection i , but 1 doubted if he accompanied my cousin only ou a strolL A two hours' ramble through the woods would scarcely have fatigued Esme so as to knock her up for the rest of the day or have covered Hector with dust. About a week afterwards 1 was rid ing home through Gressbrook, when, as 1 passed the post-office, the post-mistress steped out aud handed me a letter. "For the young lady, if you please, sir ; she desired lue never to send her letters by the carrier. This lias been lying here wince yesterday morning, and she has uot come for it ; so ierliapsyou would take it." Involuntarily 1 connected Esme's letter with her morning walks, and re membering that on one occasion she had not wished for my company, I de termined to leave the letter aud not ap lear to know anything of it. Bob aud 1 went out oue day for a row up Hie river. It was dusk as we were returning, aud Bob was lying at full length along the cushions, asleep, as 1 sup)osed. After a while, tired with rowing. I drew in the sculls and let the boat drift along with the tide. Presently It approached one of the banks, just where, two summers liefore, we had built a little rustic wooden house. The door was open, and there, engaged in earnest conversation, stood Esme. I rectguized the tall graceful figure in a moment ; and I knew the dress too. Her companion was stand ing back in the shade. 1 saw that he was bending eagerly towards her. They had not noticed our approach ; so 1 guided the boat noiselessly away agaiu, aud we were soon hidden from their view by the overhanging trees. Then I turned to liok at Bob, in the hope that he was still asleep ; but his eyes were wide open ; and, looking me straight iu the face, he announced calmly "Never mind, Hairy, old fellow I saw it too ; but she need uot kuow that either of us passed." "Do you mean to say," I cried hotly, aggravated at his apparent coolness, "that you were awake, aud uever got out of "the boat to see who that fellow was?" He tuniefl on me iu a minute, all fire aud animation now. "I meau to say that I have a pretty good idea already as to who it is, and that, if things are as 1 suspect, she cares more for him than she does for me and there is an eud of the matter." We reached the landing-place aud moored the boat iu silence, aud iu si lence we walked up to the house. As we reached tlie shrubbery. Bob laid his hand on mv arui. "Hemember. Harry not a word of this to any one," 'Xot a word,'' I answered. Then we went luto the house ; and all that eveuing Bob kept every oue iu roars of laughter by his jokes aud queer S leeches. All the next day he was away from home ; and when he came back in the evening, he did uot seem to have a very full account to give of his proceedings. Iite that night, when Tom was snoring away, 1 heard the door of the room open softly, aud Boh stepped in. . "Hairy '.""Well V" ; " Are ou aw akv. ?" " Yes. "Wliafs wrong ?' "Hush! Don't waken Tom. Harry, I have found out all about it, aud it is as 1 thought. To think that she must have been caring for him all these mouths, while I thought her love was all mv own I" "W'ho is it ?" T asked iu a whlser. "Tlie very last man in all the world that I sliould lave supposed capalile of a dishonorable act Ion 1" "You dou't mean Hue's friend. Sir Arthur Trench? That pretty little sis ter of his used to be a great deal w ith Esme this summer." "Xo, no, it is not he. But listen to what I have to say, Harry." "Stop I I must know whom it is you suspect. You don't " 1 stopped, half afraid toflnish the sentence, "You dout think it's Kue ?" "I do not think I know," he said, shaking his head sadly. "Iet us say no more aUtut that now, W hat I want to tell you is this. I heard twoor three days ago from a friend of mine iu Eou don. lie wants motto go aud stay some time with him ; and 1 am going to morrow morning by tre first train. I sliall be gone before any or them are up; so you must say that 1 made up my iiiind very suddeuly. 1 must be think ing of returning to India next January. Perhaps I may come down here again for a few days, and i-rha)S not. In any case remember that Esme is your charge as long as she lives here." "Are you uot going to see her before you go ?" "Xo. I don,t think I shall ever see her again. Good-bye I" and he was off. Every one was astonished the next morning to find that Bob had ruu away during the night. And I had nothing to tell them, except that he had come into my room to say that he had ac cepted his friend's invitation, aud was going. He had been gone nearly a month, and had never written a word to any of us. Poor little Esme I How quietly she sat every morning in the drawing room window, pretending to read.while I knew she was only watching for the IHwtman. My mother was angry with Bob ; aud, through vexation at him and Kue, though he attributed his illue to the damp weather, my father got thor oughly knocked up. Once since Bob went I knew that Esme hiid met Hue if Kue it really was. What was to be done, or whither things were tending, I could not see. Between them lioth, Esme had lost all her vivacity and animation, aud seemed pale and listless ; they had made my father ill and had nearly worried my mother to death; and, as to themselves, I did not doubt that they were both on the high-road to destruction. "I uever did see such a pair I" I mut tered, throwing a fresh log upon the fire, "Well, we are rather good-looking certainly," remarked Tom complaceutly he was kneeling before Esme, holding a skein of red worsted wliile she wound it. "I wish I csulil succeed in throw ing myself iuto the melod ramie attitude that Hue used to assume iu similar cir cumstances. Is that auy better, do you think. Esme ?" "Oh, yes. much I Poor Rue 1 In deed 1 wish he were here himself to give you a lesson." "Halloa I Three o'clock, and I pro mised to meet some fellows at half past two I It U well your worsted is all wound, for I have not another minute to stop." Silence reigned in the library for the space of half au hour, Esme on oue side of the lire aud I on the other. Esme shivered, and drew closer to the ore. "now cold It b ; and I have to go out I" "Nonsense, Esme! With such a cough, you must not think of it. In fact, 1 shall uot allow you." "Indeed, Master Harry I And who gave you the right to ItK k after me, I should like to know ?" she answered laughingly. "Some person to whom you once gave the riirht yourself, Esme." "What do you meau ?:' she asked, coloring. "Before he went away he told me to take care of you, aud that you were to lie my charge." "Aud pray who may 'he' lie V There are a great many 'he's' iu the world, 1 lielieve." "Vou know quite well whom I mean, Esme, 1 mean Bob; and 1 wish to goodness one or the otlier of you would have the sense to siieak out, aud not make a fellow's lite a burthen to hlim" "My poor Harry, am I really making your life a buitheu to you '( 1 am so sorry ; but 1 do not understand what you mean by speaking out." It struck me that the tiuie was come when by speaking out 1 might do some good, and 1 determined lo hold my peace no longer. "Will you l angry with me if I ask you what 1 am afraid you will think a very iinertiiieiit question ?" "No, Harry ; you know I sha'u't." "Then whom were you talking to in the summer-house three days before Bob went ?" "I cannot tell you." "Well, Esme, Bob knows, or lie thinks he does, and he is jealous; and that is w hy he went away. Aud 1 would give anything iu the world to lie able to prove to him that it was a mistake, ami to have him hack again. "And he dared- Bob dared to play the spy on me, and to watch my actious? Then 1 am glad he saw what he did ; and I hope he is as miserable as he tie serves to be ; and I am glad he is gone away, aud hope he may never come back agaiu !'' The big brow n eyes were blazing w ith anger ami the sunny hair lay tossed all about her Hushed face. 1 could not help stoppiug to think "What a little Wauty you are !" even before I began Bob's defence, "He didn't play the spy ou you, and he didnt watch you ; and 1 do not be lieve one bit that you are glad he is un happy, even though you are in love w ith Hue, as 1 suppose, if those are your sentiments, you must lie." "Iu love with Hue I What do you mean, child '(" "1 am not a child auy more than you are. Why do you meet Kue and talk to him and let Bob torment himself about hint, if you are not iu love with him ? We could not help seeing you on that day iu the suuiuier-house, for the boat ran right up against it ; but you were both much too busy to take any notice of us. Indeed, now that 1 think of it, he made me promise uever to say a word of our having seen you together ou that day." The anger had all gone out of her face uow, and she was looking sadly into the lire. f - -"' "Poor Bob I So h tliouvbt 1 was in love with Hue, aud weut away to leave the tield clear for him 1 It is a pity so much generosity should have been mis placed." 1 had said my say, and 1 did not in tend adding any more ; so 1 held my peace. After a while, Esme held out her hand to me. "Harry, you and I have always lieen friends, aud 1 do not want you to think me worse than 1 am. lh you know that, liefore Hue got into dk grace w ith your father, he was engaged to Cicelv Trench? No? Well, neither did 1, until poor Cicely came lo me iu au agony of grief one day at a ftte. Of course it was very wrong of them to have kept the engagement secret, even though lluthveu will uot have anything to marry ou for the uext year or so; but I promised to do my utmost towards making peace lietweeu him and my un cle. First however 1 had to find out what Hue's offence was; aud he was the correspondent w hose letters 1 used to walk over to Gressbrook to receive htst summer ; and the substance of theiu was Unit he hail got i l lo debt in some very foolish manner. It had come to your father's ears eveu liefore Huth ven applied to him for assi tance ; aud he was of course justly annoyed." "But surely he did uot turn Kue out for getting iuto debt ?" "No ; he w rote and told him to come down here ; ana when Kue armed ou Unit day he heard all he had to say, aud told him that he had arranged tor the iiayineut of his del its. Hue was de lighted, as you may imagine, when your father stopiwd him just as he wa-i be ginning to iour out his thanks, and told him that it was not for Hue's sake, but for his owu houor that he had cleared him ; and then he accused him of liav iug forged a bill iu his uaine. "Aud wliat did Hue say?" "He was so uiad with pride and pas sion that he actually said nothing at all, but got up and walked out of the room ; his father stopd him to ask if he had anything to say in his defence, aud Kue would not sieak a w ord ; so he took his silence for a confession of guilt, aud told him on the spot that he was disinherited." "1 declare 1 hardly know whether Rue or Bob has the least sense I uever saw such a pair in my life I" I said. "Well, Harry, dou't you want to hear the eud ? Your father has fouud out somehow or other that he made a mistake in the matter of the forgery, aud is longing to forgive Kue. Kue has fouud out his mistake also, aud is dying for your father's forgiveness. Aud uow, as it has got so cold aud late, 1 think if you will undertake my com mission for me, I sliall be glad to stay in the house this afternoon." "Of course 1 will, Esme : but first let me write and tell Bob that it was all a mistake, aud that he can come home agaiu as soou as ha likes." "Indeed 1 sliall not; he chose to go to London without seeing me or asl.iug auy explanation, aud no word of mine shall ever bring him back. Hemember, Harry, if you write him a syllable of what I have told you to-day, 1 shall never forgive you." Well, the end of it was that Esuie went to my father's study, and I weut down to the lodge, where Rue was waiting ; aud presently Huthven came up to the house, and Esme took him, without a word, iuto the study. 1 heard my father say, "My sou 1" aud theu the door was shut, aud I weut away. A week or two later saw such a gatn eriug as bad seldom beeu at the Manor House. 1 had braved Esme's auger, aud written to Bob ; aud one day, when I came in from a snow-balling match with Rue and Tom, 1 fouud the lovers sitting over the library-lire. New Year's Eve was spent by the greater number of us, including John nie and the two bridegrooms-elect, at Sir Arthur rreuch's. Sir Arthur could not endure long engagements and Cicely's lortuue, he said, was quite enough lor two. And the second week of the New Year saw adouble wedding m the.' pretty village church. There was i ii'.rk-eyed bride aud a blue-eyed one, aud, as they drove away amid parting cheers and a shower of old shoes for li' 'k, no one could tell which was the lo-velter. U hile. as to the bride grooir.s, 1 suppose they were as happy as ium in the circumstances cau be, for each hail had a struggle for his wite, and : tther had forgotteu the old adage "A. any lost, dearly loved." Turkey l ulled HtatM. Gent 1-ew Wallace, Lulled States miul-er to Turkey, says; the relations bet wfeu the Porte and sultan and the I'niU d States are of the kindest nature. The Turks are a strange people and are nwt understood by us as they should be. Theyuie fully informed about us. If any '! imagines that the authorities there are Ignorant of America they are gr--.it T mistaken. They are making piii.-es there under difficulties. Their financial situation is the greatest obsta cle, but they are striving to maintain thecrvjit of their government. They have made what Inlanders here would call iD assignment, I think there is a gre it' misunderstanding iu the world regarding the sultau himself. Prom the impression that has goue abroad he uiigh lie regarded as a mau of no ca pacity, Ou the contrary, 1 believe l!u .s no monarch to-day actually ad- mini: lering a government lu Europe wlui la his superior. He is a mau of great intelligence, aud has a thorough appreciation of the needs of his empire. lie is an energetic worker, aud devotes huujxlf night and day to the business that presents itself. My candid opinion is that if he lives he will carry out the reforms most pressing upon him. He is a man of acute intellect, sharp, shrewd and a thorough diplomatist. The people are patient, enduring aud tolttiaut. They are suffering lu many ways, but they are hopeful. The rela tions between them and our people coul.l be easily drawn closer. The com mercial relations lietweeu us Could, w ith proper steps, be so fostered as to put our producers and manufacturers into that 3eld under the most advantageous circumstances. What is needed ou our side m begin with is that we should have fbips to carry our products direct ly to that country, but there is no hope for us as long as our trade is carried there in foreign bottoms. In the three years Uult I have been in Constantino ple, which is a commercial center, I have seen our dag ou two ships in the harbor. Oue was the Namouua,Jauies Gordon Bennett's yacht, and the other was ou Uie (Juited States Quiuuebaug. This bad for Fourth of July orators, but -t is a fact which the people might as w -Jl know. 1 never have seen our Mag upou a ship of commerce or a steai r. there. 1 1 is a matter of astou ishDi . to the Turks. They know our f liejJ'T r wea.th, aud 4ur prod ii-Viu- -fr i tyf "T? m.O. iepeaUUJy, "VVhwe are your ships ?" "Where us your flag?" "What is the matter?" There' is no answer to be given to theiu except "Wait a little while." Turkev is naturally a rich country, of Irolu .OlU.UUU to 3t),00U,tHi0 of peo ple. They manufacture uotluug, but. are dependent for the most ordinary necessaries of life upon foreigners. 1 know of no lietter market to be striven for in Europe or Asia thau Turkey. !t is well worth the wliile of our people to give attention to the budget. It is true they are jmhit and money is scarce, but they have enough to buy with. A Mourl.tl Houm. Coming by what may be called a mistake up one of these unguarded archways iu a deserted alley, we had a confused glance of a splendid court of bright greenery, walls white as snow, playing fountains, rich mosaics, marble paveiueuts a sight to fill the head for life with delicious dreams. It Is a type of a lirst-class Moorish house: many of the dwellings which lie behind these prison walls are built on the same plan a reutral court surrounded w ith long, narrow w indow less rooms oieuing ou to a balcony of Moorish horseshoe arch ways by a w ide door, w hich serves iu the day for both air and light aud is closed at night by a curtain. Oue side of the court is for the servants, one for the women aud children, and oue for the master, the other being reserved for receptions ami friends. The court yard of the wealthier class Is laid iu chased marbles, with mosaic basins, aud fountains, which play surrounded by graceful greeuery, under whose shade meals are often taken; in the heaveu-opeu courts the grander parties are held. These rooms are furuyshed w ith uever-failiug taste, aud thy gala attire of the family is marvelous alike for simplicity and pomp and grace of color. The poorest and richest dwel lings are of the same general plan. tJpUmu Women oil the Nile. A letter from Egypt says: The only primitive costumes we saw was on the first day after leaving Asson on the left liank- the country of ihe Kalabesh where the young ladies simply wore round the loins a fringe composed of thin leather strips. The married ladies were clothed to their feet. Curiously enough the women oil both banks hate or dread being looked at through a glass. Oue 1 saw run away, screaming as hard as she could; others at ouce cover their blanching faces with their hands. It is a fact not generally knowu that dark-skinned ladies blush white. Others again anathemize you according to a fashion extending all over the east, even among the Greeks of Constantino ple, by holding up the baud, palm out wards, aud jerking it towards you. This I am told means, may five devils seize you! If they wish to emphasize the spell, they put up ten figures. Others say this is a protection agaiust the evil eye. At some villages, encour aged by the soldiers' who fluug biscuits from the decks, lads and girls ran fran tically along the banks, screaming for them, to the great Indignation of the landowners, over whose crops they ran riot. In vain those colored gentlemen stood iu the way, Hinging mud aud stones at them. They scrambled by, aud continued the chase as long as bis cuits were Hung, or until dead beat. Mistress of the house (to new nurse maid, whom she finds deeply absorbed in a dime novel) "Why, Aunie. yon can't read and niiud the baby at the same tiurel" "Begging your parding, mum. the child does uot disturb me a bitl" Onto Death, Look I A gauut, shambling wolf which has beeu making erratic circles ou the prai rie suddeuly stops, lifts his uose high above the grass, aud snuffs the air iu every direction. Hark 1 A long-drawn howl a sound which rasps ou your nerves and brings a chill. The honest growl of the tiger would tie music iu coiuparisou. It has no honest echo, but you hear the r-r-r-r-r sneaking across the half-mile of prairie lo tiud evil company in the thickets beyond. See I The echo is hardly lost in the pines before it is caught up aud seut back from a dozen throats, and a moment after a pack of wolves break cover aud race across the grass to joiu the U.un auinul which seut forth the rallying call. Skulking malignant devilish! There are bexsts which will look you square iu the face. The wolf never does. Kestless eyes uneasy bodies lolling tongues yellow fangs ! There they go ! The pack head across the prairie to the south, suifling at the summer breeze as they ruu, and at each loug leap their eyes grow fiercer aud clots of foam tly from their red mouths to blotch the velvet grass. It is a trail they are fol lowing, aud the scent is fresh. Couie ou ! It is a strange sight which meets our eyes. I.yiug stark aud stiff on the prairie, lingers clutching the grass and a look of agony ou the face already turning purple under the hot sun, is the body of a hunter. Dead? No need to ask that when you have seeu the terri ble hule iu the breast, and the blood W hich was welled out and soaked the grxss aud changed the color of the flowers. His riile at his side his pack at his head. No accident? Perhaps yes perhaps no. There is one who could tell us if he could but siieak. "Here, dog I" Eying beside the dead rising quick ly up as we approach is the hunter's friend and companion a grand old dog. He looks straight into our eyes. If we have come to bury the dead with kind bauds, it is well. If we have come to rob the master beware I There is Courage aud Fidelity and Jietermina tiou. Hush! The dog wheels about and faces the north. A sound has reached his ears which sets his eyes allauie aud raises every hair on his back. Yelp I yelp 1 yelp 1 It is the wolves the pack which picked up the trail he had made as he weut to the north in search of water. Now watch ! There are twenty to one, and the scent ot the dead adds to their fierce ness aud daring, but as they advance to wilhiu teu paces of the dog every wolf comes to a stop. Standing with his fore paws on the breast of the corpse, the dog growls a warning at each and every one before him. He could ruu away and save his life, but the base idea never comes :cj him. Ho wll! tight tho whole pack he will die defeudiug his dead I Seel The wolves huddle together for a moment, as if iu consultation, and theu they break up and form a circle aliout their victims. The dog wheels slowly, growling his wrath and utter ing his defiance. Even now he could break through and escajie, but he will not. Of a sudden the leader of the pack dashes at him, but he returns to the circle whipped bleeding venge ful. His place is lilted by three com panions, and for a moment the coipio is hidden from view and the uproar is frightful. i i rand old dog 1 They have tasted of his blood, but he has sent . them craw 1 iug back. Agaiu and again the charge was re newedjand the assailants weiednveu off until the early dawn crept over the mountain-top when the wolves retreat ed, leaving the noble dog master of the Qeled. Uow to be nouns at r.ltlily. "The first element to lie considered lies beyond your reach aud mine, iu the home where you and 1 were born and matured. One great rexsou why 1 uever had a really sick day iu my life was that I was born and matured iu a sweet little home, where we lived ou oatmeal aud milk and biowu bread and butter once a week, potatoes and a bit tif meat when we could catch it, and theu oatmeal again. So 1 dout kuow to-day as 1 have a system or a consti tution or a digestion at all; I am never conscious of such a thing. Hence 1 say we must go back to the parents for the first answer to our question. Thou sands of young men come to such cities as this from the Green Mountains or from New Hamiishire or Maiue, with just such a constitution as mine. They have wilhiu them all the conditions for a long, sweet life. They can use their years wisely and well, write at the eud of each oue, "Value received." or they can overdiaw their account as many do, God help them! Instead of saying at fifty, '1 am young yet,' they say at forty, I am indeed old.' They are so ambitious to get ou, some of them, that they use up two days in one, and waste their vital powers. They ride when they ought to walk down town, aud they take 'a little something' as they say, to restore their lax ener gies, for which they have to chew a clove or coffee berry, I am told. They are overdrawing their account, 1 say, and some day nature aud the grace of God will shut down ou them. Those who do differently, keep a good diges tion, stay young and buoyant, love good sweet company, aud are uot ashamed to look their mothers and sisters lu the eyes aud kiss them. Auother secret that must be known to the young at eighty is, that you must keep faith in the common manhood aud womanhood, and in the advancing progress of the day. Never say that the past was bet ter than to-day is, read new books, un derstand all the new ideas; and keep your faith iu God and man and in the victory of the good over evil. If a man wishes to become rich, he ni Disappear to be rich. Mobe Thax a Curiosity. "What is a curiosity, ma?" asked little Jamie. "A curiosity is something that is very strange, my son." "If pa bought you a sealskin sack this winter would that be a curiosity?" "No, my son; that won Id be a miracle. ' Thru different civil engineers have made estimates of the quantity of water pouring ever Niagara Falls every min ute, and there is a difference of two qnarU between the highest and tha! lowest. Perhaps some cow was drink ing above when the figuring waa going I an. tfTdah Laud and !ta People. Mountains clothed with dense for ests of cedars, spruce and hemlock cover most of the surface of the coun try we are about to enter. Numerous wonderful inlets, sounds and channels divide it into au archipelago of many Islauds, of which Graham, Moresby, Provost, North Lours, I.yell aud Baru aby comprise the greater portion of their area. Although so far north, lie ing directly under the lutiuence of the warm Japan current, which sweeps along these shores, their climate is mild. Winters rarely severe, snow fall gener ally lignt except in the mountains, and rainfall ranging from forty to seventy inches, according to lK-al topography, the western slopes of the mountains re ceiving much the largest amount. Their most valuable resources are fish, lumber, fur, seal, sea otter aud coal. Veius of gold and copper have beeu found, but not sullicieiitly developed to indicate their extent and value. They are inhabited exclusively by the Ilydah Indians, now numbering about KH souls, who live iu the villages of Mas sett and Skidegate, on Graham Island; Gold 1 1 arbor, on Maud Island, in Skide gate Inlet; Guiustrewa, on Moresby Is land; Skedauee, on I.yell Island; Tanoo or Iiskeck, on Tanoo Island, aud at Ninstints, on a little island opposite the west coast entrance to Houston, Stew art Channel. Their origin, in the absence of auy written record or historical inscriptions is au interesting subject for speculation. Their features, tattooing, carvings and legends indicate that they are castaways from Eastern Asia, who, first reaching the islands of Southern Alaska, soou took and held exclusive possession of the tueeu Charlotte group. Their physical and intellectual superiorty over the other north coast Indians, aud also in irked contrasts in the structure of their lauguage, denote a different origin. They are of great size, w ith exceptionally well developed chests and arms, high foreheads and lighter com plexion thau any other American In dians. Mxssett, the principal and pro bably oldest village of the ilydah na tion, is plexsautly situated ou the north shore of Graham Island,at the entrance to Mxssett Inlet. Fifty houses, great aud small, built of cedar logs and planks, with a forest of carved poles iu f rout, exteud along the fine beach. The house of Chief Wecah is 55 feet square, coutaiuing timbers of immense si.e and plaukg three feet and a half lu width and eighteen inches thick. The v illage now has a population of about 'J.VJ, the remnant of a once numerous people,the houses iu ruins here having accoi"iuo diited several times that uumlier. Mxs sett is the shipyard of the Hydahs, the best cauoe makers ou the contiue.'it, who supply them to the other coast tribes. Here may be seen iu all stages of construction these canoes, which, w hen completed, are such perfect mo dels for sei vice and of beauty. Tiis is the abode of the aristocracy of Ilydah I .and; of head chief Edeusaw and of Wecah Stilta, Kiuaskilas Kiltslouia, Spence and Cootav. miuor chieftaiua, who have but Uttle uow remaining ex cept their titled, of which tlwy aitf v'eiy proud. Mumely Ulrla. "Why are homely girls always the best scholars, the best workers aud make the best wives?" This question was proposed by auol servant and intel ligent gentleman, who hxs beeu twice led to the hymeuial altar aud is ready to be sacrificed again. "Is such really the case?" "I have reason to know that it is. It is natural enough, isn't it? The girl who is handsome in feature and form concludes very early i life that these are ber stock in trade aud w ith them she enters the matrimonial marset. Nine times out often she is soon off the hooks and at the head of a bouse. Her homely sister hxs scarcely entered her teens until she discovers she is made to stand aside for the pretty fiu-ed girls. All that neatness of dress, elegance of manners aud proficiency iu the arts of making one's self attractive she does, deliberately and for a pur pose, perhaps, or possibly for no other reason than, Topsy like, she grew that way." "The chances are she does it solely for the purpose of compensating for her lack of physical beauty." "My observations lead directly to the opposite conclusions," replied the in telligent observer. "There is among the great laws of nature oue known as the law of compensation, and 1 am thoroughly convinced that to it the homely girl Is indebted for the tastes and disposition that prompts her to make herself useful when she cannot be ornamental." "Theu if you had the choice of two ladies, one beautiful and the other homely, you would take the homely one?" "Experience and oliservation both teach me that would l the wise thing to do. The first impulse would natur ally be to take take the prettier of the two, but 1 would give the first impulse time to p iss off, and act upon sober second thought. The old gentleman may be entirely right in this matter. Sugar. The exact date of the invention of sugar is lost in the midst of fable. 1 lowever, sugar is said to have beea kuown to the Chinese three thousand years ago, aud there is not much doubt but that the manufacture of the article was carried ou under the Tsin dynasty two hundred years, B. C. A strong claim for priority hits been made for India. Probably the Hindoos learned the art from the Chinese, and from India the knowledge was carried west. Three hundred and tweuty years B. C Alex ander seut Nearchus with a large tleet down the Indus to explore the adjacent countries. When that officer returned from his expeditiou, he brought to Greece an account of the (sugar) which the Asiatics made from cane, without any assistance from bees. This was the earliest idea the western nations had of sugar, the Jews, Egyptians, Babylonians aud Greeks knowing noth ing of its use. As late as A. 1). 150, sugar wxs prescribed by Galen, the fa mous physician, as a medicine. During the wars of the roses, about 1454, Mar garet l'xstou, wife of a wealthy gentle man of Norfolk, wrote t- her husband, beggiug that he would "vouchsafe" to eud her a pound of sugar. As late as the year 17U0, all Eugloud consumed only tweuty million pounds in the course of a year. Second crop cherries were rlf-e. on a Marietta, Ga.. tree la October, NEWS IN BRIEF. Brazil's navy consists of 3000 men aud 50 vessels. I Omnibuses were first introduced in New York iu 1330. Louisville has decided to hold an- : other exposition next year. j Schools in Italy now double the number there was there in 1361 The oil region in the Caucasus co vers au area of UX) square miles. I Paris drinks more claret than all England, a French vintner declares. j A factory at La Honradez, Cuba, urns out 2,53O,u00 cigarettes daily. Thirty Chinese pupils attend the Mission School at Walla-Walla, W. T. Minnesota has no less than 70UO lakes taking up over 2,7UO,OUO acres of terri tory. The Empress of Germany has not been able to walk for over a year and a half. Philadelphia manufactures twenty two million dollars worth of carpeU a year. Paris has nearly eighty popular li braries which have over lu0,0uo volumes each. Portlaud, Oregon, now ranks fifth among Uie commercial cities of this country. Cremation has been adopted in Por tugal. Iu time of epidemic it is com pulsory. Three thousand men have signed the Murphy temperance pledge iu In dianapolis. Malaria-breeding pools in Brooklyn are being filled up at a cost to the city of J30,0"H. It Ls proposed to put a "time" staff and ball ou the top of Washington's Monument, "Malicious tever" is the name giv en to a complaint prevailing iu South west Georgia. Kentucky has a law prohibiting the sale of illustrated police literature w ith iu its borders. The printing offices in London uow number over two thousand against two hundred in 13U5. A large public library, devoted ex clusively to newspapers, is to be estab lished iu Vienna, Austria. A water famine is feared iu the vi cinity of Greensboro, N. C no rain having fallen for seveuty days. An "army" of European drummers is operating in the Western States aud said to be doing m1 business. The ouly paper issued ou Sunday evening in this country, probably, is one published at Woodland, Cal. The effective strength of the Brit ish army is giveu as l4l,U, lower.it is said, than it has been for tweuty years. To eat four quails a day tor thirty days or forfeit fluOl is a wager at Los Angeles on the result of the election in New York. The streets of Rome In the time of Domitian were so blocked up with cob tiers' stalls that be caused theiu to be removed. Deer are reported to be very few in number and bears numerous this season ou the mountains near Renovo, Penn sylvania. A parrot, of the profane variety, was the cause of a neighbors' dispute that reached a city magistrate's office the other day. A tou of mushrooms is sent to England daily from Irish ports, aud now watercrosses from Duudalk are be ing largely imported. A man living at Orville, Neb., says he has frequently beard the whistle of the railway shops at Grand Islaud.twen ty -eight miles away. In several Georgia towns artesian wells are used as a source of water sup ply. The practice is extending to other States iu the South. Strawberries, the second crop grown this season in an opeu field, near W ino na, Minn,, are ou sale in that city at oue dollar a quart. Women are now admitted to the Corcoran School of Sciences and Arts of tlie Columbian University on the same terms as men. The citizens or G uadalcazar.Mexi co, have united to alleviate the miseries of the prisoners iu the public jail by sending them food. Ou a wager, a barkeeir of Pitts burg is reported to have killed, scalded, plucked aud cleaned a chicken ready for market in 33 i seconds. Over $200,000 a year is realized from the sale of the fifty thousand tons of soot taken from lamdoa chimueys, and which is used as a fertilizer. Auother case of dementia being caused by cigarette smoking is reported that of a young man who w as a clerk in the last Nevada State Senate. The Poor authorities in Paris ask for $S,UO0,0uO for the coming year. They say they will be compelled to give assistance to over 400,000 people The Apple Mission is the name of an organization, in Boston, which dis tributes apples to the poor of that city, hundreds of bushels being given away annually. A fellow who stole some money from a colored woman on a train bound for Tallahassee, Fla was given 150 lashes ou the back with a rope aud al lowed to go. The sunset glories of last autumn have beeu frequently repeated lately iu portions of England, whose papers bear frequent descriptions of the brilllaut and gorgeous spectacles. A blind man who weut to register as a voter in Willimantic, Conn., was recorded, after he had read some words in raised letters on a block of wood, un der the reading qualificaUons required of voters. It is estimated that the population of the United States has increased 12 per cent, since the census of ISriO, and the number of voters in the couutry is uow estimated at 14,000,000, of whom 1,500,000 are colored. It is said that in one block in New York, that is bounded by Fourth aud Fifth streets aud First avenue and Avenue A, there are boused over 7,uoo human beings, as many as would form a small-sized city. The first regular compauy of play ers that ever appeared In the United States gave their initial performance in Williamsburg, Vs., in 1802. They pre sented "The Merchant of Yeuice" aud the farce of "Lethe." In the reign of William HI of England those who received parish re lief bad to wear a badge. It was tha letter P., with the initial of the parish to which they belonged, in red or blue cloth, on tbe shoulder of thu right sleeve. 253 2S3S!
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers