f jiiwfet Jpif Mil mfe nil ImII B. F. SCHWEIER, TEE OOIBTITnnOI TEE UTIOI AID TEE ETFOSOI1CEBT OF TEE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVIII. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. "WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1SS4. NO. 5-2. rBE BROOM'S WLILOgi'I .I'm oniv n iiisitfmtieaut broom, rVj tl, ."vtf-i. u uim.iy room. Awl llu i" I hidden ay, lt-.irn trv.'jg I cannot be Lurtting .Unit, oraweettosee, Wliere tl: I'fht auJ th '1!'11"" i'U Ijk ! 1 Jrar litIie chl"r Twt buM ti ti-""'! baby. ; TuUv iut I ulJ proudly taud uJ.idi nit marble table. ir tbie is 'b looking-glass, jou know, V liiih rrvlly H.lmiis so; loa cu all m- theMinie Willi which 'hey PP ly pats it by, Hu an'."''1' '' 1,au u,l AuJ l li"'k.il :it all the while! -Kai t:!r t''''Hl tiling to bold Tlif tks itl. vvr of ird ami gold, Kstwli'ii'y distillled O'tlut oiil where i iiiUreii crowd td -.bolt sml I'roiir aud laii(li aloud Ami i iiv ..ii it- i ur.hloBS wide. -Hut wha? i tl " use of wisbir g to be Au!l.mc rl 1"" P111- I "J l-tt.-r ! trying to do u, be-t, I tliiuk, for a boiuely lir.xuu, i'oi ? to is tb.il I sxwp my room Ai !' a-1 ' Dou'tyou? "Nurrvrr grumble, though ouly made lo uv. aud "of iu ,b? 4U''1 "hade; Kotauv itb t-yra ni;t see 1U: if el tl "' us do uo mor Tl-ui krri. m order a single "" A i t-n world 'twill be." 'The Deceased Wife's Sister Bill tas main failed 'i paso tLe House of Loro." I was holding the evening newspaper in in) baud, glancing over u neediessiy, when inveye caught these words. I mad theui indifferently, and then I let the newspaper fall, never thinking thai erelong the woi lis would be impressed in fetters of lire ou uiv braiu. I bad not berii loug enough married to tave become accustomed to evenings without Hu,'h. though I was often otligvd to spare him as best I could. Life and all its delights for me centred mliim. ludd seemed a different wo iuao since lie had married me Circum iUaces Lad hrn ad against me once, sLapiitif me to their cruel pleasure, but that seeuied long ago now. 1 beheveil the ihnty rpirit within me bad died when lie 'married uie. Such softening powers have unexpected blessings, aud itcertaiuiv had been unexpected that J, ratLcr than one of twenty fairet , sweeter girls, had been chosen by Iiugli LevereL I Lad U-en a shy soul always, aelf eotitaiueu, silent, never able to teli him ho dear tie was to me ; but per hM u.'v love was all the deeper because - uf that Vety reticence. He as not a hero irhaps to any one btrt me to uie he was all the w ot Id. Why, 1 had been jealous of my baby even at its lir'.h, lest it should come be tween us and take me away from him, till 1 lad leai nrd that it must always be seco'id to both of us ! Iiugli n.isa mill-owner, and a rising man. "What ': :u'd keep him down Y" Ithuaglit pioiidly, as I sat that night and waited for him. It was Saturday iitit,aiid he would lie Liter than usual, I knew, as he had the hands to pay. Sitting up wa tedious work. I had 0 ten to possess my soul iu patlenct;. Ills mid was iu Manchester; we lived in the pretty subuib uf Kingsend ; and 1 could scarcely expect him home in less than three hours. , The house was very still ; up-stairs Lihy was asleep, outside January snow was falling tl.ikily, deadening the sound of pacing vehicles, enwrapping lling nd iu a shroud. I pushed the newspaper from me im tieiitly what was any Act of 1'arlia inent to me ? and, foldiu my bauds, I resumed my waiting for Hugh. A r:ii at the door-liell which echoed through Die house startled me. The door was opened, a familiar footstep sounded through the tiled hall, and, sit ting up, 1 nihbed my eyes; it was Hugh hu stood under the gas-light. I re member yet the wet gleam of bis hair, ana how the snow-liakes fluttered to the ground as he shook his overcoat. "I left 1'iescutt to iiy the men. I Lope you are ii' t sorry to see me back a few hours earlier, little woman ?" be said, stooping to kiss me. 1 was five leet six, but by the Side of u feet two 1 was diminutive enough. "I am so glad ; I feared something Wis wrong when you were goue," 'Nothing new only I am always it-ad to leave that old mill now ; since it Las l,eeii paying so badly I have ceased to love if with a laugh. "Aud business is no better ?' "Uh, no rather worse, I should say; America has ruined ts, and you know our mill w as not a leader at any time, 1 should not w onder if we had to lessen our expenditure. Could you be con tent to wear a vear-old bonnet and go into a smaller house, Helen " I looked at him and smiled in an swer. I could have been happy In a flungeon w ith him and dress had never u one uf my weaknesses ; but it was my self-contained way not to tell Ln so. and I thought be understood. Oh, by-the-bye, I havo a letter for Jon r " he said, feeling in all his pock- "It came to my office," He ex it at List, and threw It into my I'oreign stamps, foreign postmarks, back edge, 1 looked at it before open a? it, and read it through before I nanded it to him. R Jlf M from m sister Katherine, Mrs. fortli, whom I had not seen since w w.re cuiI,lreu Uer nu3banai Cap. u Basliforth, had iust died in India, nu she was coming borne, for the for PKj' Soil winch hid his dear remains JJ" grown hateful u her, she said, and sne iiegijtd me to have a corner in my "art ready to receive a mourner who " nu fritud left but me. Uf course she must come to us," Wygh decided. "JJo you think so'r" I said doubtfully, f ml ,Uo desii-B for a third person in our household, fri"0!1,' yes- dear 1 Slje ,s young and wietidltss and alone ; the least we can flow to ask her here." op my sister Katheriue came to live 'U us, in answer to our invitation. a hough older than I, she looked much younger, haviug that fraile, appealing "uty that does not fade till it yauishes I1' ; yet, in spite of her beauty a her widow's cap, I did not-figura-"veiy take her to my heart. l,(?Aryu gLid to see me?" she asked, Tiling hoth my hands, and looking up me with limpid eyes of the color of IurgH uie-nots. am" 1 an:wered briefly, feeling ternanj kward i;iae he;.'then. SltL's was but scant welcome, I ..ti' But 1 am nt gushing jihen you think I am? Is 'gush' a that jon Lave noner'1 rt asked, tuintn; from me to Hugh as she apo.B ; auu irom mat moment 1 felt iuai we were antagonists. Dj you like her J"' I asked nuirti when she had left us. les. as 1 Should liL-a a l-itta- When I think of her having been any man's comforter and friend. I could iaugh. 1 should always feel inclined to pai ner ou uie head if she said a clever IU1D. 'Some men consider that the perfect type of womanhood," I said, the first jeaimis sung beginning to rankle, "Yes, some men do" But we had yet to learn that Katie could lie something else than a dolL The crisis Hugh had feared in the factories came, aud I could see by the deepening lines between his eyes how it was affecting him, as he sat evening after evening with us, wordless, all his conversational poweis having utterly The market for cotton goods had al most closed ; demands had been made on him for his current debts ; his capi tal was all gone ; he had nothing for the factory hands to do, and he was re luctant to dismiss them since no other mill could receive them. lie was suf fering agonies of anxiety, I could see. with a gnawing sense of inability to find help or comfort ; but he was trou bled for others as well as himself for the poor souls who depended on him. "If I dismiss them, they will starve." tie sttiu 10 me, speaKing or the work men. When lm talkMl alxiiif hiwin he was as iudiff ereus to Katie's preseuce as to that of a canary. "Could you not employ them upon some Kinu or wore that must come in useful after this crisis is past white goods, lor instance," she asked, her dulcet tones she had a sweet voice breaking the silence that had fallen on us "and pay them half w aires ?" Her clear eyes were shining on him as she spoke ; and he answered with a smile "I could if I had capital ; but I am neariv done tor now." "How much would you need ?" She stood fronting him, the color coming aud going in her rouud cheeks. her feathery hair glittering about her face, till even I saw bow beautiful she was. "Oh, too much to mention!" he an swered, with an embarrassed laugh. Would fifteen thousand pounds be or any use r" "Yes more than enough, he au swered iu his kind way, though perhaps he thought both her aud the question frivolous. '-But you might as well speak to me of fifteen thousand uni verses." "Oh, no, for you can bare it ! I own that amount ; it is invested at Bombay manes invested it, 1 snail be so glad if you will take it," "But, my dear Katie, I could not think of accepting such a sacrifice. You are too good too geuerous," "Don't talk to me of generosity. Am I not your sister ?" She laid her hand upon his knee as she spoke her face was that of an eager child begging for u toy. "Aud, besides, it wlil be better for me to have shares in your mill than simply to obtain bauk interest iu India. -' 'But, Katie, if 1 should fail aud lose your money V "You fail !" and she smiled on him with loving confidence. "Hugh Deverel is not of Uie stuff of which failures aie made." I could never have talked to him like this, and he was my own, but she had words at wilL So the money was accepted and the crisis tided over the firm of Deverel & Company stood unshaken when older houses crashed in ruins around it. I tried to think that Katie meant this kindly, but I could not thank her for her deed. Hitherto Hugh had owed no man anything, aud it burned me to reflect that to her perhaps he owed his safety and our home. After this Katie crossed the barrier that had hitherto held her not quite one of us, and even upon the things that I had deemed wholly within my province she could be fluently discursive. "She surprises me," Hugh confided to me, not thinking that each word smote me like a blow. "She Is that most fascinating combination half wo man, half child, with the charm of both. I wonder blool has not been shed about Katie ere this." And truly, when her weeds were laid aside, I saw she was fair enough for a poet's dream, but as to her infantile simplicity I was very sceptical. It was my own pride perhaps rather than any fault of hers that first planted the bar rier between Hugh and me. When she got into the habit of talking gravely to him. I learned to keep sileuce utterly, unless he appealed to ine and he did not often appeal. I saw with eyes that burned with a jealous (ire that she had usurped my place and held it with a tenacity I could not shake. My nature was a silent one, as I have said before ; therefore I hid from every oi e the fires that were consuming ine. But, even had i chosen to speak, of what could I accuse her 1 Was there anything wrong in her trying to please the brother-in-law whose guest aud benefactress she was? Was it unnatural that she should like and wear Hugh's favoiite flowers? Was it more than kind that she should sing to him when he was an ardent music-lover and na ture had denied me a voice ? "You are ill, Helen," Hugh said at last, noticing my leaden face and sunk en eyes. -I shall send for a doctor." But I shook off his caressing hand, and answered that I was well enough. "'ou never talk now, aud you are looking very ilL" I laughed as I drew myself back among the sofa cushions a laugh that was sadder than any tears. Katie lifted her upward-curling eye lashes, and looked at me in grieved sur prise ; and I took advantage of the darkness in which I sat to clench my fists aud glare at her. "What ails Helen ? Do you know?" I heard him ask her. I should have turned away, but I was greedy to hear every word that passed between them. , , "Oh, aome fancies ! Toor Ellie has an irriUble temper." Pityiug me to him I ..... , "I never suspected it till lately," he answered. . , . I knew she was looking at him ap pealingly with her false blue eyes, though I could not see her, as jhe """have been thinking that perhaps she is unhappy because I am here. If you think so too, UV-fcer- her treacherous Yoice' uavdtea X am auite ieady to go away; J should not bke?o bring uiiSom inu a home where I have found at least one fnend. On that I could have where she sat childishly deferrtuu to him t "You haTe never done anything to "v ' answered gravely. ..u uarv ueen a messing in our bouse lle'Sa is to just to harbor fanr;iw "A jealous woman can harbor any idea." she said, with a little ring of muuiuu m ner tone. A jealous woman l My wife has no need to be jealous of anv one " Thpn he turned to leave her ; her victory over uhu was uaraiy gained. "i know she has no cause," she said. iouowiug nim; "but she is jealous nevertheless. I think she is angry that you were ooiiged to accept a favor from me. I know she dislikes me," she added, with a mournful droop of her wuiie eyelids. "If 1 thought that were so But I shall explain to Helen. 1 cannot vex her for any reason." Then he went slowly up-stalrs, and I follow d him, despising myself for hav ing played the eavesdropper to such a man, and wondering to what depth of meanness misery may not drag a wo man uown. Why would she not leave me him ? He was my chief treasure, and I had never injured her. Oh, if I could only open uis eyes u l could only show him mar. sue was makinir nulowreck of both our lives, of all the happiness that had been sufficient for us before shcame ! It was in his own dresiing-room that I found him. "Do you feel better ?" he asked anx iously. "yes." I looked un into his face. and noticed there the now habitual look of depression to which a year before it naa ueen a stranger. "You have not been happy lately, Helen," he went on. "I want vou to ten me wnat it is that troubles vou Loug ago I should not have needed to ask." He put his arm round me as he snoke. but it had not its customary clasp. It was like the careless caress he would have given to a fretful child: and I felt this, and drew away from him. is it about the money Katie lent me r" he asked: after a pause. "If debt does not trouble you. why snouid it me X" l said indifferently. I suppose you are as honorable as I," How often words serve to conceal our feelinjrs I Even as I spoke I was think lug how much too noble he was to ex amine closely my sayings, as I had ex amiued his.' "I dont think you quite uuderstand about the money." he said gravel v. "It was most generous of Katie to offer it ; many persons would not have ventured to do so, seeing that the business ap peared very unsafe just then. But Katie trusted her money to me trusted to my honor not to accept it unless it would save us. We are saved now; and in the future she will find her investment a very profitable one. Her shares are already paying interest, and in time will pay a much burner rate ; therefore, if 1 refunded her money to morrow, the loss would be more hers than mine, though my obligation to her will continue as great always as I feel it now. I think there are few people in the world wtio would have behaved as nobly as she has done. To her own brother she could n-ji nave showu her self more trusting and generous." "I dona think she would Lave shown herself so to her own brother," I an swered In a tone that even to my own ears souuded obstinate aud unconvinced. "I don't know what has come over you, Helen," he said, sighing. "Loug ago you were so reasonable ; now " ow 1 am most unreasonable, am I not ? I must seem so, 1 am sure, after that sympathetic tender angel down stairs." I had come to make peace, and this was the result ; but sureiy I was mad with the sense of my own misery. I do not understand you." be said coldly. I turned from him. Why had I said the things I ought not to have said, and left unsaid all that I should have told him ? Then I looked back. He was resting his elbow on the window sill. gazing out I knew with unseeing eyes ; and in his whole body there wan a list less droop that touched ine to the heart I went back to him ; 1 dropped upon my knees beside him I took hold of the hand haaeing so listlessly by his side and covered it with kisses, the love and desjiairof which he must have felt. "Send her away." 1 pleaded. J you not see that my heart Is breaking ? She is taking you from me ; and with out you I shall die. Oh, Hugh, send her away I" "You must never kneel lome.ueien," he said, lifting me on to my feet. ' "Is it Katie you wish me to send away ?" "Yes: she is false and wicseo. ue wants to win your love fnni me ; and, Hugh, my fear of her is' driving me mad." "This is all fancy." he said, holding my hands and looking into my face. I never knew oerore, iieien, mat you had such a wicked imagination." "Will you send her away?" I per sisted, "You must choose between us." "Snd awav vour sister, a woman or her age, who has not a relative in Eng land, after all she has done for me ? Send her out of my house as I would a servant who had robbed us is that your wish ?" he asked incredulousjy. "Yes, she must gc or I," l awnserea doggedly. 'Then, Helen, I cannot consent. I shall think the matter over ; but to day at anv rata I cannot tell her that, since she has served aur put pose, she can go." I looked up at him. "Then let her stay." I said. "Per haps I am wrong ; but, right or wrong, it does not matter. Let her st y." ne would have petted aud caressed ia tint I could not bear it. I kissed him once aa wc kiss the dead, and I left him. I thought my cup or bitterness was full ; it had yet to be set flowing over. A Hush's lcve and mine nickered and went out, my baby, by some subtle influence, faded, blighted by I could not tell what. The gray-black eyes, so like Hugh's, lost their lustre, the little hands grew thin and feverish, the burn ing lips turned from food, and a f uf fering wail rang constantly in my aching ears. 'Scarlatina," said the doctor, and then be shook his head when the dis ease proved to be something else. "It has caught the fidgets from you. dear." said Katie to me aimy, wnen Hueh was not or. xec me nurse i am not so excitable. Nurse it I bhe should not toucn it i IJke 'myself, it was withered by the contamination of her presence. Oh. the slow fading which my agony was powerless to arrest, the burning hands clinging to my neck, the scorch ing bream fliuterug ua W cbeek fluttering fluttering Anally stopping, while I loeked on dry-eyed I 1 was childless! There was a blank after this, in w hich I forgot how I discovered that I had lost Hugh's love utterly ; but I did dis cover it, and I could not wonder at my loss. Haggard, ugly, uutidy, never speaking, never smiling, I seemed naif mad. "You really ought to rouse yourself," Katie said, speaking with the cheerful wisdom that would have fascinated a third person. "You have lost your baby, but you have your husband ; you have not been bereaved as i have beeu. " How I wished for strength to crush her I "Leave me alone," I growled. "Leave you alone ? Certaiuly, dear; it is what most people will soon long to da But I think, for poor Hugh's sake, you ought to strive not to be such a de pressing person." Foor Hugh 1 How dared she men tion him ? "Indeed you should not foster these humors," she said soothingly ; "you seem anxious to kill yourself, to judge uy your own acts." 'As if you cared as if you would not be glad I was dead I" "And what benefit might I expect to reap from your death?" she asked, with the slightest possible elevation of her arched eyebrows. "What benefit? Hugh!" I almost shrieked. "I suppose you think you could marry Itughl" My long self-control had at last given way and I stood before her gasping and panting. 'Perhaps I might do worse than marry him," she said, with her slow, aggravating suiiie. "But you could not, you could not I" I cried, triumphant even in my misery. "The Deceased Wife's Sister Bill has not yet passed the House of Lords. Your marriage would not be legal " "It would in America." Ha !' "Yes, Hugh told me so." "Oh, Heaven I" I reeled backwards. as though bereft of all vital Dower. Hugh had talked to her of their possi ble marriage if I were ead I I had no sensation but a crushed, stunned sense of Inward agony, and in the midst of it my sister's next words were vaguely heard, but not comprehended lie was not referring to me, you goose I It would be like you to go aud tell him a whole romance of your own." 1 had a dim knowledge that she was saying something but her words con veyed no meaning. Hugh loved her had told her evin how she might be his wife if I were dead. It was euough I must die to accommodate them, I had only strength to think the one thought over aud over I must die," I got up calmly, and went up-stairs slowly, stony-faced. leaden-hearted, but strong with my purpose. I dressed myselt for walking more carefully than I had done for weeks, and quietly weut out. The street door closed after me with a bang the icy wind smote me shandy ; hut did not feel it as I weut swiftly towards the railway-station to meet the train by which Hugh was coming home. There was a grim humor io the idea that I should fiud death so near him. I laughed noisily as I hurried on through the well-dressed crowdllit was amusing. There would be a scurUe, a cry of "A woman killed I" a hush, aud Hugh would come with the rest to look. and Uie mangled remains would be his wife. Let him marry Katie then if he liked, with that sight ever in his eyes and tingling iu every nerve of his body. I burned ou lights were flashing at the station, porters were signaling to each other; away in the distance was the train, its steam shining in the dark ness, its red eyes glaring hungrily. while the engine emitted short sobs, as if it knew aud i egret ted the work be fore it. I stood on the very edge of the plat form and waited. The tram came on quickly the station was a long one. Leaning from one of the win lows was Hugh, with the lamplight ou his face. In one uiiuu e more he would be wifeless. Oh, my lost lovel "Stand back l" a porter said gruffly, catching hold of my shawl. 'You are too near," I certaiuly was too near. I threw gesture, into the blood, I off the shawl with a frantic and then with aery that rang night, chilling even my own leaped I Helen. Helen I" a pair or arms were rouud me Hugh's arms Hugh's voice was calling to me. "Let me gol" I shrieked. " l ou are too late you cannot save me now I" It is 1, Helen vou are sale." Safe I Let me die I Oh, for Heav en's sake let me die P "Merciful goodness, Helen, what is the matter? It is I awake, awake I You are dreaming, love." "Oh, Hugh, where am I ?" "Here, in the drawing-rooni, at home with me. What has been the matter?" "I clung to him I held him as though I should never let hlui go. It was all a dream, but its uorrors were over me yet. "How long you must have been sleep lug here I The fire is out. and you are almost frozen ; and I have been fancy ing such a -osy room, and such a bright faced wife, all the way from Manches ter." 1 was not yet fully awake. I held him close to me, while tears rained on his wet sleeve. Oh, Hugh, J have dreamt such hor rors I I thought you had oeased to love me, and were going to marry my sister Katie," "What sister Katie ?" 'Katie Bashforth. I thought that the Captain was dead, and that she had come to live with us, and " "I think you are dreaming yet, little woman, xou nave no sister, lou were too good for there to be another of the same. " "Xo sister ? Oh, Hugh, she was too real 1 I cannot have invented her in a dream. Why, 1 see her yet I" "WelL unless she was born to-day you have none; and a sister a few hours old is not likely to be formidable, even if she were possille in your case," " What o'clock is it now ?" 'Nine." "Then I have slept more than two hours; but in that time I have lived years upon years of agony. ) thought that baby was dead, and, that yau did not love me; and 1 was trying un kill myself when you awoke ma." He rang the beu "Tell nurse to, bring dowa baby," he said to the servant: so baby was brought out of his crib, and for an hour f. held uim close to me that might cocyiuce myself of his being really aliya. l ears have passed since that night oi horror: but J, qUll maln.talA two, UaUvjs , first, that I have a sister; second. that I am older than Hugh, It is experience that ages one, not years, and iu one night 1 gained much. In consequence I have laid one injunction upou Hugh ; that is, that when 1 am dead he is not to marry Katie, even if the Deceased Wife's Sisler Bill should have become an Act of Parliament though, for the peace of many English households, I hope there will be a long time between that event and now. If Hugh disobeys me, 1 have threatened to return and hauut him. The Mother's Affection. Alas I how little do we appreciate a mother's ten derness while living I How heedless are we in youth of all her anxieties aud kindness 1 But when she is dead and gone when the cares and coldness of the world come withering to our hearts when we know how hard it is to find true sympathy, how few love us for our selves, how few will befriend us is our misfortunes, then it is that we think of the mother that we have lost. It is true, I had always loved my mother, even in my most heedless days of infan cy, when I was led by a mother's hand and rocked to sleep in a mother's arms, and was without care or sorrow. "Oh I my mother I" exclaimed I, burying my face again in the grass of the grave, Oh! that I were once more by your side, "sleeping, never to wake again on the cares and troubles of this world." Scarcely a day passes that we do not hear of the loveliness of woman, the af fections of a sister, or the devotedness of a wife, and it is the remembrance of such things that cheers and comforts the dreariest hours of life, yet a moth er's love far exceeds them in strength, in disinterestedness, and in purity. The child of ber bosom may have forsaken aud left her, he may have disregarded all her instructions and warnings, he may have become an outcast from so ciety, and none may care for or notice him, yet his mother changes not, nor is her love weakened, and for him her prayers still ascend. Sickness may weary other friends, misfortune driveaway familiar acquain tances, and poverty leave none to lean upou, yet they affect not a mother's love, but ouly call into exercise, in a still greater degree, ber tenderness and affection. The mother has duties to erforin which are weighty and responsible; the lisping infant must be taught how to live, the thoughtless child must be in structed in wLsdom's way, the tempted youth must be advised and warned, the dangers and difficulties of life must be pointed out, and of virtue must be im pressed on the mind. Her words, acts, faults, frailties,-and temper, are all noticed by those who surround her. and impressions made in the nursery exert a more powerful influence in forming the character or youth, than do any later instructions. If passions are unrestrained, if truth is not adhered to, if consistency is not tetM, K them be a want of alloc t ion, or murmuring at the dispensations of Pro vidence, the youthful mind will receive the impression, aud subsequent life will develop it. But if all is ia purity, sin cerity, truth, contentment, and love, then will the result be a blessing; and many will rejoice in the example and influence of the pious mother. There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood that softens the heart, an 1 brings it back to the feeling of infancy. ho that has languished, even in advanced life, iu sickness and despondency, that has pined on a weary bed, in the neglect and loneliness of a foreign land, but has thought of the mother that looked ou hU childhood, that smoothed, his pil low, and administered to his helpless ness? OhI there is an enduring tender ness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart. It is neither to be chilled by selfishnes, nor daunted by danger, nor weakened by wordlessness, nor stifled by ingratitude She will sacrifice every comfort to his convenience; she will iurrrender every pleasure to his enjoy ment; she will glory in his fame aud ex ult in his prosperity. If adversity over sity, overtake him, be will be dearer to her by misfortune; if disgrace settle upon bis name she will still love and cherish him; and if all lb? world beside cast him off, she will be all the world t him. Bound, the idea of one's mother the mind of a' man clings with fond af fection. It is the first deep thought stamped ujion our infant hearts, when yet soft and capable of receiving the most prefound impressions, and all the af Ur feelings of the world are more or less light in comparison. Even in our old age we look back to that object of our filial love, and remember, with deep regret, bow often we have violated her commands and neglected her affection ate counsels; but when death lias stilled ber monitory voice, and nothing but calm memory remains to recapitulate her virtues aud affections, be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious word, every improper action will come rushing back upon memory aud, knock ing dolefully at the heart, will tell us of our ingratitude. Whan to Bang! Oving to school. Dr. JacobI, who has made this a spe cial study, concludes that, as a rule, a child should not be sent to school be fore he ia eight yean old. Not till this age is its brain substance sufficiently developed. An infant's brain is soft. It contains a large percentage of water. It is deficient in fat and phosphorus, on which, to a great extent, intellect ual activity depends. The convolutions are fewer. The different parts of the brain do not grow iu ize and weight alike the normal proportion of the front, back and lateral portions not being reached before the age of ten. So too the normal proportion of the oliest to the lower portions of the body is not attained until the eighth year, while that pai t of the back (the lumbar) on which the sitting posture mainly de pends, is even then only moderately developed. About the fifth and sixth years the base of the brain grows rap idly, the frontal bones extend forward and upward and the anterior portion grown considerably. Still the white substance the gray ia the basis of in telligenceAnd the large ganglia pre ponderate. It la not until about the eighth year that the due proportion of parts ia reached, aud a certain consoli dation, both of the brain and, the or gans of the body generally. Before this period, memory alone can, be safely trained. Ta form hard phts'r casts, to a pint , of milk of time add ten to fifteen drops ' of liquid silicate of eoda (water glass), then mix in plaster of parts until the consistency of a thick cream. This will et (a abot tttjiuiea. September, 1793 When the first white settlers entered the Chemung valley, about lm years ago, they found tl e skulls of hundreds of horses piled iu mounds ou the sot where this village now stands. Accord ing to the tra l iti. .n, these skulls belong ed to horses iu the army of Gen. Sulli van when he made his historical raid upon the hostile 'ndian tribes, in 1779. On the return march of the victorious army from the Genesee country a por tion of the troops encamped here. As he intended to go down the Chemung with his forces ou rafts, lieu. Sullivan ordered the killing of all the suieirIuous horses. Wild animals devoured their carcasses, and subsequently the skulls were heaped up by the Indians where the first settlers found them. On ac count of this incident the settlement re ceived the name of Horseheads. Iu 1837 the villa ie was iucorporateJ, and the name was changed by the legisla ture to PairiKirt, agaiust the wishes of most of the ieop!e. For eight years they petitioned regularly to have the original name restored. This was doue in 1S45. Xo stranger ever comes here whose first question is not: "Why is this place called Horse heads?" Citizens are always lying iu wait for strangers, and as soon as the invariable question comes, it is their one great de light and recreation to tell the story, with much detail, about Gen. Sullivan and the horse-skull mounds. In fact, competition iu retailing the story has come to be so close among enterprising Horseheads eople that the one who gets the ear of strangers liist aud most fre quently is looked up to with envy by his fellow townsmen The wide awake citizen has even reduced the thing to so exact a science that he does not wait until the stranger asks the entire ques tion. The mau who alights from the cars here and begins his first utterance with "Why"or "What" or" Will you" need speak uo further, for the citizen, lying in wait, launches the story of Sul livan and the horse skulls at him at once. The mau who is now looked upon as the smartest one iu the place is a distinguished citizen w ho sat up for the 3 a.m. train the other night. Two strangers alighted They were so sleepy they did not stop to ask why the place was called Horseheads. The wide awake citizen collared them. "I see you want to hear the story about Sullivan aud the horse heads," said he. "Give me your valise, I'll tell you the story as we walk over to the hotel." It may well be supiosed thai the fact that a strong effort is now being made to have the name of the village changed has raised a howl of indignation Iieie. It seems a capitalist from another place wanted to become interested in manu facturing on an extensive scale iu Horseheads. He visited Uie pla.-e a day or so ago to look over the prospects and talk witha I Lust-heads capitalist. After walkiug about the streets aw hile, and being unable to find the m.-.u for whom lie was looking, he stp;ieiLiutv i saloon to ask where the man live I. There were four citizens in the place. The visitor approached the man behind the bar saying: "Will you kiudly tell uie-" That was as far as he got. The four citizens were ou their feel and all sides of him iu less than . second. They all addressed him: "In Septemlwr, 177'J, Geu. Sullivan, on his return from chasing the Indians in the Genesee) country, enc.imped ou this very spot," Tbeu folio ed the story of Uie horses and their skulls. The capitalist was speechless with surprise. "They ot it all mixed up," said the saloon keeper. ''Order your dunk sent to the buck rovin and I'll come iu aud tell you the story slow ami straight." The visiting capitalist hurried out Meeting a boy on the street he said: "My sou cau you tell me " "Oh! yes," said the boy. "In iu-p- teinber, ln'J, uen. Sullivan ' The visitor dashed wildly down the street and met the man he had come to see. This citizen explaii e.l the slate of affairs to him. Then he di oared that he wouldu't put a dollar ol his money iu Horseheads unless the name was changed. Some of them want his money, and are working hard to induce the people to petition the legislature to change the name. Patriotic citizens, however, aie outraged at the sugges tion. As one walks along the streets he sees groups of residents discussing the subjec t, "It is sacrilege!" some of them ex claim. ''Here, where Geu. Sullivan camped iu September, 1T7U, after" Then if he doesn't pass on he will hear Uie rest of it. The movers iu favor of a new name waut to have the place called Xorth Eliuira. A Cruaa-Stltclt Dag. A wild-looking mau, who resembled one who bad wrestled with misfortune in a catch-as-catrh can hold and been thrown in the contest, went into a bird store the other day aud approached tha affable proprietor. "Iok here," he said, "may I take you apart for a moment? " "Certainly," replied the man of ani mals, "if you cau put tue together again." ell, here's a letter from my wife; say, come out and have something?" Ihey went and bad something: when they came back the wild-looking mau resumed the letter "She writes me," he continued, "to get her a white can vas-back dog in cross " "Sow you go," said the bird man se verely. "Business is business, and I've no time to fool away." He sat down ou the curbstone to rest. He w as still reading the letter wheu a sympathetic lady stopjied to look at bim. "Poor man, are you ill?" she asked kindly. "Heaven bless you, madan, read that letter. If you can and will, I am a saved mau." The lady took the letter as if she were humoring the whim of a lunatic and ran it over. "It is easy enough to read," she said "Your wife, who seems to be an excel lent woman, w Lilies you to buy her a white dog in cross-stitch, stamped on a canvas splasher, with crewels Uk finish it, and send by express at once. I'm sure there1 nolhiug about it that isnt plain enough. " "Thank you, ma'am. I'll never for get your kindness. Where did you say the cross-stitched dog ou canvas could be found?" "At any art-embroidery itofe," aud the lady walked away, remarking sotto voce: "Of all stupids, men are the stupid Xot to know what cross-stitch, ul" Trick of tfaa Trad. "Have a cigar," said the commercial man as he nonchalantly lighted one himself and tossed the match away, "and come over here and sit dowu while I tell you about it" Comfortably seated, he went ou: "You see. a drummer's life is peculiar in many respects. In the first place it is a roving, restless sort of an existence that keeps him alwaysouthego. What ever success he achieves is due to his own individual exertions, Th? compe tition in almost every line of trade is iutense, and if a man wants to sell any goods he has got to make himself solid, as the boys say, with his customers. The only way for him to do this is to make himself popular. Xow populari ty in nine cases out of ten is due to an off hand good-fellowship and liberality that drummers as a rule must possess iu order to succeed. It is absolutely essential for him to be liberal with his customers, and occasionally invite theut to dinner or to the theatre. He must do this even with his old custouiers,ad when he wauls to catch on to a man whom a rival is selling it is even more essential. Well, now, of course the drummer can't tand the expeuse of these rackets out of his salary. They would soou eat it up. How, then, does be fix it?" "I really give it up.'' "The ouly way obviously Ls forhiiu to catch on to some extra source of in come. And tins as a matter of fact, is what most of us do. Whether the means that we take to do this are al ways just what any one would call er fectly square is a question. However, I'll give you uiv idea of what they are on the strict 't. X.'. you understand, aud you can judge for yourself. "Suppose now for example, that I travel through the western part of the state or iu Uhode Island or Connecti cut. Of course I pass over the same roads very often, and in time come to kuow all of the conductors, baggage masters, anil other railroad employes very well. The conductor passes through the train, recognizes me, stois and shakes hands, and. after a little chat passes ou, never thinking to ask me for my ticket. I don't thinlf, of it either, and the result of it is that the next time I go over the road the same ticket answers my purpose. Xow, who shall profit by this mistake? Xot the firm, certaiuly. I charge two fares ou my expense bill aud pocket the profit, "Or, supjiose again, that I have a few hundred pouuds extra baggage. 1 kuow the baggage-master well. Perhaps he has smoked more than one of my cigars or taken sundry drinks with me. At all events we are good friends. I go to him aud say: 'lxok here, old man, I've got a little extra luggage; what is it going to cost me?' " 'How much is it?' " 'Oh, not a great deal;;! few pound.'!, perhaps.' " 'Well, I guess we wou't charge you anything for it,' " 'Much . obliged. Have a cigai?' Aud I hand him ove two or three cigars. "Xow, clearly, the firm ouht to pay for that extra liiggage.and you can rest assured that they do, too. Iu the course of a year it foots up to quite a little) sum. "Then there is the old racket of hav ing your letters sent to the Fifth Ave nue hotel, Xew York, and slopping at some up-tow n hoste'.ry. This, howev er, is something that the more respect able members of the profession rather look down upou. It s rather low, you kuow. But now. here's another ones tiou. Suppose I have a friend, as very often happens, iu some of the toAtis where 1 have to stop two or three ilavs. and they invite uie to stay with them. Must I charge the firm the regular bill for expenses? I lather a delicate ques tion, ain't it? We generally do.thougli, all the same, and, as 1 tlunk , properly. "There are lots of other little tricks of the trade similar to those 1 have spoken of that I could relate if I had time. As 1 have au appoiutuie:it,hovv- ever, with a country customer at three o clock to Mor him a little of this wicked city, 1 must leave you. Good day. KlEr for Order. Xothiug conduces more to the com fort and happiness of home than regard for order. The work of to-day, is to a great extent, the rejietition of the duties of yesterday, a large portion of which has been brought about by the negli gence of others. Every mother appre ciates this as she steps into the deserted apartmeuts of the children early iu the day. Sarah's books scattered loosely over the table top, while the shelves show empty spaces, articles belonging to Mary here and there uicet the eye of the order-loving head of the home. So with the boys boots, hats, tops and balls, which to the owuer it was but the work of a minute to be placed where each belonged, lie scattered everywhere, making iu the aggregate a deal of unnecessary labor for some one else. Discouraged mother, the remedy for this, is what? Determine not to be the servant of your children ; their re spect for you will diminish so far as your attitije before them is that of a meuial. Many mothers unconsciously slip into this position in their effort to save time, trouble aud those little con flicts so jarring to one's nerves that in variably ensue when the taste and will of the younger person are crossed. If Sarah's books are found out of place, wait for her return home that she, not you, may have the restmusiuil ity of putting Uieiu where they belong. So with Mary and the boys: throw upon ea'.'h one the responsibility of order, until it ceases to be a burden. We are all what our habits make us, aud what lietter work can we do for th'ise com mitted to us than to see that these right habits are formed? A little decision will soou bring this about. We know of one mother who by this plan has shaken off many of those petty cares that are at times so rasping to the disposition. The question has been fre quently asked her, "How do you, with so large a family, accomplish so much? It seems to me I am never doue." "My children all know what 1 require of them, and the work seems to work of itself. I am never willing to do for a child what that child is perfectly able to do for itself," is her reply. As a result, in the midst of manifold cares, a fair degree of health aud limited meaus.she is moving quietly along in the line of self-improvement, fitting herself to take the judicious aud intelligent guidance of the boys aud girls as they approach their manhood and womanhood. To the generous niiud the heaviest debt is that of gratitude when it ia not 10. oar povor to repay it. NEWS 'IN BRIEF. Uranium ore from the Black tiii'j Ls sliipjied to Germany. It is said every country is uow sel ling wheat below cost. Xear Medora, Dak., the coal lielda are on lire, The 4th of next March will fall ou Wednesday. Taffy pulls ate ragiug in Warren, Ohio, society. Shipments of oranges from Florida have already begun. Los Angeles has two great il.nuin mills in full oieration. Wild game is n-pirted very abund ant in Virginia this season. At Salem, Dak., a piecoof fine g-lj was drawn up from a well. Diptheria is reported to he making terrible ravages in St. Louis. Over $.".lXiO was realized by a fair at Virginia City, Nev., receutly. Kuroi cunnct begin to gel alonjj Without United i-iates meat. St. Louis is experimenting with pwpared gum-wood pavements. Ahout 5,iXO patents on churns have been granted by Uncle Sam. Neither of the great fairs recently held iu llostou made any money. The Russian Government is build ing ironclads for the Black Sea. The taxable wealth of Missouri Iras increased $U,UuO,UtXj since 1-sj. There is at present a great scare. ty of female domestic help in Denver. The receipts of wheat at Dulut't last mouth were 3,20'.,5"O buMiels. The carriage business is dull at "the Hub," as it Ls most every w here. There are bA clubs in London which meet iu their own club houses. Extensive deposits of copper aro said to have been discovered in Texas. Mule meat is among the favorite dishes iu Paris, and brings high prices. During the last teu years Italy has expended ibXi.iK ki,i k I oil monster war Vessels. And now New Yorkers are pro jecting an ice palace, after the style of Montreal. There are -J.KI.IiUO head of cattle in Tex;rs and their value is estimated at i.-.MilU.j.U The late Senator Authonv's present of ;,tiO volumes to 1'rowu University is valued at ;J.,0H0. The mosqtiitoes,it is said, annually drink C'.ouo nations of humau Mood in this country aloue. Ktched glass plates have been ce lneuted upou blocks, and printed from on ordinary tresses. The Laud Otlii-e report shows that theie have been 4'Hl.iiOU farms taken up by settlers iu the last year. A conservatory of music has been established at Charleston, S. C. Its oilicers t n all Germans. Wisconsin will send to the next session of i'f'm--i : -S-ve-ir r.' meyi lKr, II if. la Follette. The city of Honolulu is now said to lie au imposing place, full of beauti ful and stately edifices. Des Moiues, Ia., has a new p.nk. covering sixty acres given to the city by an enterprising citizen. Oak pillars are uow considered to be safer in a tire than iron ones. They do not warp from the heat. Over three hundred in a baud of Ari'ora goats w-re killed ia a Califor nia thunder -storm recently. "Lady MedicaVis the plnase em ployed by some of the Knglish jourual.-j to describe women doctors. The expenses of Harvard's navv last Jearain. united to about ii'.."i(iii. The association is now jHIO in debt. K. P. Weston, who was a celebrated man fifteen vears ago, is not dead vet. lie is giving exhibitions out West. Ticket scalpers are besieging New Orleans In anticipation rif a great rush of business during the World's Fair. India is said to have 21,0K,0t"j widows, and uot one of them, accoul ing to II ndoo usage, may marry again. The oldest tersou in Xatlck.Mass., died a few days ago, Mrs. Johanna Smiddy, aged '.s years. She was born in Ireland, and emigrated to Xatick with her children. She could speak only the Irish language. During the twelve years occupitd in the translation of the new version of the old Testament twelve of the twen ty -seven translators died. Kngland is at the head of the mir ror manufacttiriii' industry of tho w orld, producing 7-"x),HA,iuo vards au uaily. The newly discovered cave in Mer cer county, Ky., has been explored for three miles without the end being reached. French copjiers, which have for luany years done duty for the English lieimy , are now being refused by Kng iish post-otlices. Prince Bismarck issaid to be greatly in favor of a more direct communica tion l.ietween Berlin and Loudon by rail and steamboat . Naples is the dirtiest, most ragged aud squalid city iu Europe. It has a population of 000,000, of whom about 4 kj,ihjo are priests, Ttie road bed of the Smthern Pa cific ltailroad through the Colorado des ert is ballasted with silt, vast beds of which abound iu the vicinity. The finest church music in Europe is believed by some to be heard in the court "chapel" in Dresden. This struc ture is a cath.-Hlr.il as to size A hotel at Hawkinsille, Ga., will r.ol take lady boarders. The laudlord says he wants all the merchant travel lers, but he doesn't want any trouble. From to lSS". the lotterv play ers turned into fie Koval Italian Treas ury 'J7"i,Xio,UHj. Count Cuvoiir used to call the lottery the ''tax on fools." lt,rrop ot cringes iu Malta, so . hi njr prizi-u on .cuiopean lames ou account ot delicate flavor and thin skins, is nior abundant this vear tha-i ever before. In Ontario, passenger trains ate not started on Sunday. An attempt was made recently by a new road, but so strong was the public feeling aroused that the company discontinued the Sun day train. The culture of salmon in Maine is a succe-'S. Parties are now on the lakes, and it is expected that 10O,0uO.-0- 0 eggs will be taken for propagation. The introduction of carp has been an immense success. The chief cofTee-Consuuiing coun try in the world Is the United States, and the coffee trade is oue of the lead ing iteui3 of our foreign commerce, the value of our imports during tho year past haying been $40,949,1-.,
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