ft fot B. F. SCHWEIER, TO OOI8TITXmOV-TES TTH05-1TD TEE E3T0B0EMEST OF TEE LAVS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXIX. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 21. 1SS5. NO. 4. Wm) m am I aaw a a. aX a i m m aa. I aVVaV -4aV Sam aam. Am. aa. a ,;.rnh In ny garden - Ibe lopiaoat tpn; ; 7- ; TLr trie loudest , t tUi cleat) of ly. .. v,.i!.i ia bedroom, , in a ct suuw-wlitle, , is cvei liie gayest .ti ifce f ill of night. iiJ In Ler chamber, : : ii ; bird on itie tree, -n.es it, ye twin blithe spirits, , , .ut. K inl burst of gioo 7 - : i T;ie Jay just over, ,u inn Fast to rue? ,.r riio liriug Present? : t 1 K'Uid be like you I ill Eiitf ilirui.h h.m end,!, uriil Tbe child lios down ; ii! i-.ui i-e descended, -,-l iLui botb, liod'aoivn. 1:- ' W io- 1- .1 .Sc. in il J 111 l U1-- tui 1 it" !u-n! ul: luy pHlowr, l lie rii'-i tLe whole ulght loug; it. i I L -.i !,(' L..ui Irmu tbo distant tower .iv0 A direful On. Mi, in ', t,,e chiM's free spirit ! Ati, iiir lor the bird' (ry toue! , j,. f-.irrr we men inuerit, t .1 '!. (a, tree heart has thmu. t I- l LH.Kst I.I.1C I aw I.u. v IHxiliam. lam asked to mite- the story of these events. It -rein- tn i"-, looking back, that it all tr.-ji. "iir .-.iiiiiiiiu inifLt. 1 remember itw-;i. 1 was sitting in the twilight t,v ujv--:i, :tif lattice window wide open, hiie dusky beech-trees that fungi- tlie H'iiJ standing out darkly arias', a bright evening sky. Then, unui ar:'s the darkening room, I le.aa to dream. i was t!i;!: v ins? how ni.iiiy reasons I L.il fi-r lir.ng i-ai'i-y. I have beeu told a: utien L!;e dK-stliat it is a sure sign of ii!.iiiiiiiiif4. It u"y be so ; I am uoi riivuith to iltfide. My mother liid . !it-u I was six, aud I luiuie jjirlv lojinl anotlier iu Mrs. I'ayne. Lcr i-ji-s;-lrr. I had lived with her and tier son Ku'hard. iu this dear old eSJU? i-aili-d Hie Wixid Farm, tor iouitet-ii jt-ai.-.. And thru I thought of K.clmid Imtt hi- tound time; auiid the taira i'I mih-i iiitt-ndiiig a large farm, to Imcti lot- alid rl uie aud be at ouce tulLn a:id U..i!iei to uie, uutll, through li.-. gfii'..c school tuj; 1 learucU to see all ILii. Lbiouj;!i a uicdiuui of conteuted jiratr, ami ".o recognie the reat cum iortn ami guaidiitii of human life AuiK. Tlicii 1 iruieu,bcied the change that bad coujf oei tinu during the last few week. X!irie uai soiue scarcely per ceptiLle diiTneuce iu his manuer when be spoke to li:n mother, a greater differ ence atill wlini he siioke to me. If auy- Ibilig. bis v'icr :ts kiuder ; but Still it bad a be i -in; iu it which gave me a pdinlbatl ..-uiJiiot exiilaiu. It was pait of U.e lf'ili!l!!ig. ?i.ddcii! 1 b-4iau to cry. I took uiy- if seirrrlV to Ulsk. I Said 'Couir. c.piiir, Lucy Deuham you used to flatter yourself that if ever trouble came to you you would bar it brateiy aud iu s:ieuce ; aud now you arterrn.g r.m oiiiy trie saadow ui a dbappoilitlueut LltlUS to touch you.' Niuieoiie cauif brtweeu me aud the tiiit. and 1 l;eaid Kkhard's glad voice eltialll:- "Halio, little ui.Mloml All alone? Why, juu were so busy with your tbouliU .ju didn't hear me speak to you t ice iii no low tones either I What drt p plots are you devising for our good uuw, eh ?" S'.A. cciuiiii over to uie, he put his Lai-d caiess tigly on my wet cheek be lore 1 could pievent him, "WLat,'' he said, fliawiug me gently to tbe litfht "youe been crying, Lucy !" And he looked steadily into " "es. ''Come tell me what is the matter, little MS'.er." "Nothing is the matter," I answered, siuiiiu?. "I gir foolish, I suppose, in tbe tui!.g!,t. 1 really don't know my if wLat lu.idc me cry. I dou't in deed." "1'ou are happy here?" he asked OiuaiDiv. I nodded. "You djii't ieel lonely " "No, no," 1 answered "Uea don't take, any more eagerly ; notice of UiJ lounsbness. ' "Is ui) mother in '("' he allied sud denly. "No, ',.- is gone up to lht Mill Uoujeto talk to Mrs. Godwin. She aid sLe was coming back before dark." "Let u-s w.t.k- through the wood and bt her," he s.iid. "I have something ! tel; vou aa we go." "in a lew loouieuts we were iu the Jeep cool v o-id, the grand trees lacing oveijrad and nc.iily shutting out the duiky blue .iK. "iio )uu know what it ia to be in Ue, Lucy V he began. U aa Mich a strange suddeu ques tion to a-k a voung girl that I hesitated uouijnetisuipri.se. lie noticed it. "How tool:h of uie !" he said, laugh ing uieiiily. "UI course you don't! Hu should you ? but you have read "'out It J"' , "Irs," I answered quickly ; "I thiuk know." I Wondered, vet guessed, what wa. ewuihg. 1 found 1 was trembling. 1 "1 will mi vou, Lucy," he contin ue, in a louer ton-, putting his hand J shoulder. "It is to lose all In terest in y,,Ui own life aud in every SeUe, ex.-ept one. It is to rkk the xistence of every hojte you have ever u 0,1 tl"' w ll! of one Pf'soa- It is to rv: W-iiiJ you all the calm theories hicti y.;. have fashioned your life, "d to hve ii, .glad, feverish, wonder '"1 dieaiu, v. itl.out laws, without order, itti only a 5Hi:-. of some one's exist- iu vi.oin your life is lost. It is bettei tban that worse ttiau that ; and " 1 cannot tell you after all I" ICilVp!) knew him ; he pokt'so noiiatejy , pressing my poor shoulder it ached ntfaiu. He, who was al s j .j'ii-t and cheerful and steady, uied Ui have lost control of himself. L.M?1'11' J,,ul'1I"l!y. for I felt how ""'J it was of me to hazard an opinion uu buch a s,ihj,-cL "bo y,,u tinuk all love ia like that? u hve in a silent adoration of only one: .i"'1 "eet thoughu or that one li commonest duties of youx life: u"t,i the liiiiaiipit uf tbeiu gaim a new ""arm iu )our eves . Q1,','Aikll0wI knpw'" broke iu HuiKiy -j OM thought that such uid be my love Then he stopped, L 1 '"tly wntit on. "Uut. oh, Lucy, J-1 ''en your love is for one who oii.y a iitle of earthly bloom upon T' , tj'ui way lose in ao hour, as ' te the io!eU which you pluc. put ii, your breast only U kill them rrfn; -"-, you can understand the .., Ul. wv that must be I" t " 8ue ry beautiful V I thoughts. I tried to Mkd, to seep Hi voice staady ; but it shook In spite of me. He was quieter now. He answered, stroking my bair "As beautiful as my sister Lucy, aud as good. There I needn't praise her more than that. But 1 want you to do something for me. She is young very young ; aud I want you to know her, to be her best friend, for my sake, and to give her some of that dear old-fash-toned steadiness that 1 love so welL Will yoa do this for me, Lucy If" I will not pretend that I was glad ; I wiil not even say that I answered wil lingly. But I owed him more than that: so I murmured at last "I will try. Who is she ?n He seemed relieved by my promise. "Didnt I tell you ?" he said gaily. "Queenie Godwin. You don't know her ; she came back from Germany only a month ago. I knew her I-fore she went, hhe was a chit then. Vou will be great friends, I know. No one could help loving Queenie." "Here is aunt Maryl" I broke in gladly, as Mrs. Payne came in sight. And we hurried forward to meet ber. We three walked back together. By this time tbe stars were out overhead and the ground was dark with sliadow. I was so busy trying to fancy what Queenie Godwin was like that 1 did not listen to them talking, till Richard said: "What does little wisdom say ? Let us hear her." I confessed my inatteution : so ltich ard explained. "Vou must know," he said, in his quiet kind way, "that my father was once in great trouble. It was a matter of ruin. A friend saved him by the sacrifice of himself. This man's name all honor to it '-was Templetou. His son is now in trouble; I am afraid there is some disgrace attaching to the affair. But my good mother wants to offer him an asylum with us until the trouble in Madrid where he held some business appointment has blown over. Xow ( know. Lucy, you are ene of us ; you have a voice in tbe matter. It is a very grave thing to bring into a house hold a man who has disgraced himself. Shall he come ?" Of course I said that whatever they thought I thought. But, when they would not have that. I confessed th?t to my mind Uichard ought to help him. "Just what I think 1" said he. "Mother, tell him to come as soon as he likes, and stay as long as he likes." So that was settled. It seemed to u that night quite an unimportant matter. I did not know alL Before he went to bed, Uichard whis pered "On Sunday we dine at the Mill House, and 1 shall claim your promise." I can liken her to nothing but a pansy one of those dark purple pansies with that soft velvet bloom, that rich varying color which no other flower possesses. She was not dark, according to my notion of the word, nor yet fair, slight, but beautifully made, she had all the drooping grace, as she had the deep coloring of that flower, which is her emblem u me. ' Her eyes had the soft tint of its richest petals ; her hair and lashes even seemed to remind one of some shade of the same flower, so soft and dark were they, aud yet uot black, so bright aud silkeu in another light, but not brown. She wore her hair waving low over her forehead, tbe coil drooping against the warm white of her neck. Woman as I am, it was some mo ments before I could withdraw my eyes from tbe bewitching sweetness of her face to notice her dress. It was of the same deep color ; and it fell round her in the same full graceful folds. Before we had spoken a word I had yielded. She had w on me to her side without a struggle. The rest was settled before dinner. We stood together in her bed-room ready to go down. She came up to me, and put both ber hands in mine. "Will you let me kiss you ?" she said winnhigly. "I have often beard of you, and thought I should not like you. But you are differeut, oh, so different from what I imagined you 1" I laughed as I kissed her. I guessed that Uichard had frightened her with accounts of what he called my wisdom. She was looking at me in a serious thoughtful way, with a pretty little pucker on her forehead. When she saw 1 noticed it, she said "IK you know, I am wondering f I am thinklni; how strange it is that Uichard should be in love with me." "Why ?" I asked, astonished. "Vou are so pretty and so good," she said, with naive flattery. It was hard, harder even thau I had thought; but I answered quietly "I am only his sister, who loves him very dearly." "And you will ue mine wx, L,ucy, will you ?" she whispered. "Vou will soon find out how much I need one." I said "Ves" freely. Ho one could have refused her. Besides, had I uot promised him ? After dinner Queenie beckoned me from the room, aud we went out mto the garden, w hich ran down by the niill streaiu. "Now tell me." said Queeuie, "what do you like best to do ?" "How do you mean ? ' I asked. "Well, when you have two or three hours before you to spend as you like, what do yoa do with them ?" I was amused at the idea of my hav ing two or three hours to spare at a time, and I told her so ; and fien I de scribed my day's duties, and how we spent our evenings together, Mrs. Payne and myself sewing while Uichard read to us, or told us his day's experiences, till bed time, and then I generally sang one of my few old songs to make them "dream musically," as Uichard said. She looked at me wonderiugly, aud a doubting eipresslon stole over her coun tenance. "How industrious you are!" she sighed. "And how idle I am! Do you know I sometimes spend a whole day learning a new piece of music, or read ing a poem or story? Nay, worse; now and then I have a strange fit, and I wander away somewhere by myself for hours together, doing nothing at all but thinking." I thought of Uichard ; I pictured this frail beauty the wife of industrious prosaic Uichard Payne, and I was silent. "Don't think very badly of me, Lucy," she continued. "Try to re member that they have petted me al ways, because I am delicate. They are afraid I shall die as my mother died suddenly, of some mysterious malady which the doctors think I inherit. And so I am the useless thing you see me. "Hush, dearl" I said- "ou very well as you are. To every one is given a different duty, from each is ex pected a different work. I would not lave ou different from what you are ; I and I am sure Richard would say the same." 1 said it to comfort her. She looked I at me with such a sad lost look in ber oeauurui eyes; uut she ww through me. "Ah, do you think so ?" she said doubtfully; then, before I could an swer "But 1 will try to be useful too. I will learn what things Richard's wife snouiu Know. Teach me, Lucy, will you ?" I promised, to quiet her. I knew as well then as now that my beautiful drooping flower would never learn to be otherwe than beautiful and fragile anu useless. So, when Uichard asked at our gar den gate, "What do you think of her, Lucy ?" and seemed half to dread my answer, lest it should blame her, I was glad to fell him 'She is worthy of you. But, Rich ard, be always very tender with her." "1 will," he said. And so the Sunday was over, and my first and greatest trial had passed. She was so innocent, so childish in her quaint way, that I found myself treating her as a beautiful plaything. At first she would come In the morn ings and watch us at our work in the kitchen or dairy, sometimes playing at helping us. But she soon saw that she hindered us, though we humored her fancy to the utmost ; and then she would trip in during the afternoon and pretend to learn to sew. This suited her better; but, after about half an hour's work, she would begin to look uneasy, glance up frequently at tbe blue sky, and at last throw down her work aud come over to me. "See how beautiful the day is! Why weary ourselves with dull stupid work 1 Come into the wood, and let us tell stones under the trees." Sometimes I would consent, so little could I refuse ber ; and in those days I began to notice in her eyes a strange shadowy look, as if she had thoughts we never understood, as if she dreamed of things we im igiuexl not. Then there was a change la our little household. Norwood Templetou came. He soon made himself at home, and seemed not at ail conscious of the em barrassing nature of his position. He was a tall slight young man of about twenty, somewhat fair, aud with a handsome face, save for a weak effemi nate something about it, which I thought I detected, tor the rest, he was excessively polite in his manuer towards -onieu, lazy and luxurious in his habits, and inclined to talk in rather a high-flown strain which offended me. It must have been a day or two after this that I had a dream which turned out afterwards not to have been so 'un real as dreams usually are, I was asleep in the parlor. Suddenly I heard Uichard say "I bad no idea of this. I would not have believed it of your father's sou, Templetou." He spoke sternly, aud there was a hard tone in his voice which I had never lu'ard before. "What would you have?" replied a lazy voice. "I confess I am not made for fighting. I suppose some men like it, or they wouldn't do it : I don't. Why should I risk all sorts of horrible pains when, I can avoid them by simply refusing to chance them r Besides, the man was mad . " Uichard interrupted him harshly. "If this letter is true, yoa made him so. Oh. Norwood. Norwood, you have so much pity for yourself, bad you none for him when you killed his daughter? "How horribly you talk !" said the other plaintively. "1 didn t kill ber, I didn't even ask ber to come away, She would come. I pointed out the folly of the step. But she was obsti nate ; she followed me to Madrid. Then she began to fret about ber father, fell ill, and died. It was a most unlucky business for me all through. When I refused to accept the brother's cliallenge, he yowed he'd ruin me and then mur der me. He has done the first. I came here to prevent him from doing the other. But, if you will not have me, turn me out, and I must take my chance in Loudon." When Richard spoke again, it was with a world of pity and scorn that he said "For your father's sake I say stay if you care to do so. You shall hear no more of this at any rate." Then there was a dead silence. Tem pleton began to speak but the other ap parently stopped him. I thought in my dream that Uichard was struggling with the horror aud disgust be felt for the fault of this man. At last be spoke, gentlv but firmly. "For your own sake though, and for all our sakes," he said, "yoa must get something to do. I should deserve the blame of all sensible persons if I al lowed you to remain idle without trying to get you employment. What do you say ?" "Oh. I suppose I must get into har ness again sooner or later I I will do what you like," be answered wearily, without a touch of gratitude ; then, as if tired of a discussion which did not concern him "Of course I am much obliged to you for your kindnass. And now let us talk of something else." By all ineaus," cried Uichard cheer ily ; "aud wheu I hear of anything else I will let you know." Then the voices died away: and when I awoke it was dark, and 1 did not know whether 1 had been dreaming or whether they had been talking in the room. Some days after w ants Richard came home with an offer from the village lawyer of a seat at the articled clerks' desk in his office. I -uspect tbat Rich ard paid for the stamp aud provided the money for the premium. Norwood Templeton grumbled pa thetically at tbe prosaic nature pf the employment, but ended by accepting it, aud all went well for a time. The winter had come aud gone. Spring began to make Redtliorpe Wool gay again. But it brought no bright ness to us at the Wood Farm. For soue weeks I had seen a sad look steal over Richard's face as he sat; with us now and then In the evenings. I tried to comfort him silently ; and be knew it, and thanked me silently too with grateful eyes. But he would not speak. I knew the source of his trouble, though I did not guess all the reason. I had only to look at Queenie to see (hat things had changed with her too. At one time that shadowy thoughtful gaze would deepen aud deepen, until ahe was wrapt in some pleasant dream which sent a soft smile rippling round her mouth. At another time it was turned to me with such a woeful, fear in it tbat my heart bled for her. But she wonld not speak either. Onlj to one la tb house dl4 spring seem to bring any gladness and that was Norwood Templeton. He moved with a light step ; he never complained now of the dullness of his work, but would talk hopefully of his prospects of setting up for a lawyer himself in a lew years. But the storm burst one April night. was iu my bed-room, with my candle burning 1 too had lately contracted the bad habit of long reveries. That night 1 must have sat for two hours after the others had gone to bed. There came a rattling against my window panes, as if mould from the garden was thrown against them. I opened the window and looked out. As soon as 1 conld distinguish objects iu the dark, ! saw a woman's tig uie standing iu the path, and a whisper came up to me "Lucy, ceme down; It is I Queeuie." Putting out my caudle and wrapping a shawl round me, 1 crept down-tta:r without making any noise to disturb any one iu the house. The moon had risen from behind the trees, aud it threw a strong light down upon the garden. Queeuie was stand ing motionless, waiting so abseut that sue did not bear my approach. When I touched ber and whispered ber name, she turued, aud, throwing herself into my arms, wept so violently that I could scarcely hold her. Pres ently she grew quieter, and then I whis pered "When you are able, darling, tell me wnat is tne m itter. Wheu we got near Uie Mill House. she interrupted, in her quick impulsive way, some commonplace of mine "Do you know why I came to you to- nigui i- In my heart I thought that it was one of her strange eccentric doings, and mat there was no special leasoa for ber strange visit. But, while I hesitated what to answer, she weut on "mere is my home. 1 have seen many happy hours there and in this w oikL Somehow I think I shall not see many more. Lucy, put both your hands iu mine. Look at me so; let the light fall so that I may see your dear old face plainly, .Now will you believe me when 1 tell you that, whatever hapiens here after, up to this hour I am innocent in thought word and deed ? Will you kiss me. aud say that you believe me ?" Of course I kissed the sweet pleading face held up to me iu the moonlight. "One more question, Lucy. Would Guinevere have been so very bad if she bad refused to marry the king w hen, she had seen Lancelot V" Humoring her still,! replied seriously: "It would have been better than what she did ; but she would still have been a faithless blind woman." No sooner had I spoken than the truth dashed upon me. I was so angry with her tbat 1 stammerod breathlessly: "Vou canuot, you dare nut be false to Richard I" "I can never marry him," she mur mured "never. 1 am not worthy of him." How the hot blood tingled iu my veins I 1 never leit so indignant I fore. I turned "Tell Uie truth you love another I You are perjured as he is ; you are worthy of the coward uigrate, Norwood Templeton r As I uttered Uie last words, already nan repenting them, she gave a low cry. and, breaking from me, ran swiftly into tne nouse. When 1 was certain that she was safely indoors, I walked home quickly. determining to put things right in the morning, though I felt that trouble was near for all of us how great 1 little guessed. Here ends my own knowledge of the events l nave recorded, what 1 mean to say la that up to now I have related only my own experience. The rest has beeu gleaned from differeut sources, and 1 put it down here as plainly as I can, considering that 1 have had to col lect the facts from somewhat meagre and disjointed evideuca. While I was fast asleep the morning broke brightly over Redthorpe Wood. The east was still dusky red, and a few stars yet twinkled in the paling blue, when a man trod down Uie newly awakened primroses, brushed the dew from the drooping elm-branches, and by his presence broke the sacred stillness of the morning in those quiet glades. It was Norwood Templeton, walking quickly as with a purpose, until he came to a fallen tree, on which he seated himself, and, lighting a cigarette, waited. Even Uie birds were hardly awake yet, and, tbe deadly stillness growing irksome to him, he began to hum a tune, that bis voice might keep him company. Once he stopped, when there was a crackling among the undergrowth ; but when he paw Uie direction from which it proceeded, he looked disappointed and resumed bis humming. Presently with a cry of delight he sprang to his feet. Queenie Godwin stood before him. Wonderfully fair she looked that morning, the dew glistening on her soft hair ; and, when she looked up at him, a light came over her face. hiding the dark circles under her eyes, which told of a sleepless night, soften ing the quivering of her sensitive mouth, and sending a flush of life into her pale fair cheeks. "I am here," was all she said : but how much was conveyed in tbe words I "And being here," he responded gaily, placing his ana round her and drawing her to him, "all that I possess or care for in the world is with me," This was the first time they had met in secret. Those were the first words of love he had dared to speak to her. I do not know what they said after wards. It may have been pleasant hour for each of them. It was the first and the last they spent together. Richard, going out to his work at six. and yielding to a desire to see the casket that held his jewel, came suddenly upon tbe two lovers ; and, when be would have retired, they saw him, and rose trembling. Then he came forward. "Go home, he said briefly to her. 'When her slight form had disappeared down the path, he turned to the other, his eyes ablaze with wrath. ''You traitor I" he cried, seizing him. But the man who had eaten his bread cowered before him ; so that Richard felt disgusted at the vileness of tbe creature and, hurling bin) f rnu klin, he strode away. Ten minutes afterwards two shots rang out together, startling the birds by hundreds in the wood : aud iheu there was a crashing of branches as some one sprang away, followed by still ness a silence more horrible tban be fore ; for among Uie blue hyacinths lay Norwood Templetou, and a dull red stream dimmed their bright blossoms. In the afternoon Richard came in, and went straight to his room, locking himself in. He had scarcely arrived, when two men entered and inquired for him. I called him down Mrs. Payne was out and, when he refused to give them a private hearing, one of the men ad vanced, aud, charging him with the tuuruer oi .orwoou lempielou ar rested him. He seemed too bewildered by some other event to take any notice of this: and, wheu he went away with the one iu authority to ;.u k up a few things, the other explained to me that Norwood had been found dead, shot in the chest, with a discharged pistol iu his hand. The man had evidently something else to tell. I pressed him. Iteluctantly he said "Well, miss, you uiut know it sooner or later ; but she who it's all about is dead too. She was found dead in the hall by the servants wheu they came down." The next moment Richard, who had just returned, had hurled him violeutly back against the wall. "What?" he yelled furiously. "What did you say. She dead Queeuie? Oh " and he fell dow n senseless. Mrs. Payne came back while wo were trying to restore him. and then there was another scene. Meanwhile all sorts of fancies aud persons had beeu floating in my dizzy head my dream, the figure last night in the wood, the Spaniard who wanted Norwood to light a duel. Need I dwell longer on these fearful scenes? 1 have beeu plain enough. It only remains to tell that before night Richard was at bberty aud Uie Spaniard in custody; that the latter confessed his crime, and considered that he had acted fairly towards his enemy iu allowing him a shot at him. He suffered the peualty of the law. The cause of oor Queeuie's death was a mystery. The doctors disagreed about it. For myself 1 cannot say whether It was the heart-disease in herited from h-r mother, aggravated by the excitement of that fatal night and morning, or whether a deeier, stranger must be sought for the flight of her pure spirit from its fair tenement. Richard mourned as strong men mourn. But he could uot bear to stay where he would se 1 daily the objects which would remind hiiu of his loss. Aud be at last agreed to go to Canada. His mother and 1 accompanied him; and here, as Iu old England, good fortune waited on his patient labor. I hat is all; and 1 am glad it la told. RICUAKb'S I'OaTSCKrPf. Mydarl'ng Lucy has forgotten to tell how one day I fouud out her secret, how I learned what she had so nobly borne for m7 sake, and how proud, but how ashamed 1 w as at the kuuw ledge. Clilnemv le,l The Sau Francisco L'tiruukle iu a rw 1 1 1. f.voirt fttvs 1'!i-rt4 ai-A itwt imtv .Tun-Ms ctiAiut-a-tue' uoues .f sevanu hundred Mongolians to be sent back to the Celestial Kingdom, Iu accordance with the soleuiu covenant made by the various Chinese companies with each of their members. From November 17 until yesterday the,e have been resur rected at the City Cemetery about one hundred and eighty cotlins, with their decaying contents, and this number will probably see a large increase before Uie year expires. Yesterday Ah Sam was digging up the women's corner iu the plot. Five living Chinese women were ready to welcome the planted ones back to light, and whenever a cover would be knocked off the decaying cof fins these Celestial beauties would eagerly bend over the contents, without regard to the direction of the wind, and begin a search for the jewels aud money of the late lamented. Generally the bodies proved to be swathed iu so much cloth and blanketing th it poking with a stick would uot reveal the treasures, aud in such cases Uie Mongol dames would daintily dejiosit their cigarettes upon the Collin's edge and dive into the horrible mass with their fingers. The first arUcle looked for was generally the coin which is placed iu every Chi naman's mouth so that he may get to heaven's gate with sufficient toll to purchase admission. To search for this in Uie depth of a grinning skull and to And it wu3 pronounced as good luck by these dames, who were said to be res pectable married women, as otherwise they would not be permitted to enter the burial plot set apart for the lords of creation. The money found, the ear rings were the next prize, and if by chance a little piece of cartilage ad hered to the bit of silver and jasper, the living tauds would pluck it away as if it were a sweet morsel of prime roast pork. Then the jasper bracelets would be disengaged from the bones of the hand and forearm, aud, this done, the professional bone-picker would begin his work. These bone-pickers plainly were not men of sentiment. They went to work In a matter-of-fact way, smoking cigars furnished by Uie friends of the deceased. Their hands were their tools, no matter how repulsive looking were the contents of a coffin. Beginning at the feet, these men pick out of the coffin every bit and sliver of bone, carefully mashing any soft sub stance between their fingers to make sure that not even a trace of bony structure remains iu the land of the white devils. The bones are then cleaned after a fashion, and if it is found that even a joiut of the small toe is missing, the grave, the cctnii and the ground are thoroughly searched. When all the bones have been found they are WTapped in pieces of muslin, each part cf the body by itself, and then the whole is placed in a little zinc-lined box, which Is ostensibly the package which goes to China. Italian Chertnuu. The poor people who live among the mountains of Northern Italy are greatly helped by the chestnut harvest. They do not have the abundance of food with which we are favored, aud therefore prize the nuts. The chestnut harvest lasts three weeks or moie. V ben the fruit is all gathered in, it is spread above Uie open rafters that form Uie roof of every kitchen in these Italian cottages, there to be dried during win ter by the tire's heat rromctlow. When the chestnuts are dried and the outer skin has been cracked off by Uie beat, then they are ground in a mill, so that the flour goes to make chestnut Meau and cakes aud porridge during tbe barren seasou, when there is but little fresh food to be got by the poor. The dried chestnuts are boiled whole like wise, so that, in one form cr another, the fruit of the woods forms a support during this time for all the peasants throughout the lan4- Boyhood or Fmla.uK Men. Dr. Abbott was for half a ceutury principal of Phillips Exeter Academy. He recently talked about school-boys as lonows: "Lewis Cass was a verv wild bov. One day his father, Major Cass, came to me aud asked me if 1 would lake his sou. ' "Certainly, but wuy do you ask?" Oh! the youngster is headstrong and hard to manage. I am an officer, aud can govern soldiers, but that boy is uw uiucu ior me." 'What does he do?' "flays truant, runs awav from his work, steals off without permission to go a gunning, bstuug aud swimming. auu is iuii oi an Kinds or pranks. ' .if n - - - ..... ncu, seuu uuu to me and I U see what I can do with him.' -j.ue uoy was placed under uiv charge. Several months later 1 met his fattier and asked him how his son was getting along. 'Well, sir, said he, if iwis was naif as traid of the Almighty as he is of you, 1 should never have auy more trouble witn mm.' In relating Uiis incident Dr. Abbot fairly shook with the laughter which the recollection of Majr Cass answer excited. It is scarcely necessary to add that, controlled by the preceptor's extraor dinary power of discipline, the strong motive energies which led young Cass into all sorts of boyish mischief were directed to nobler objects. The results of the wise management which quick ened the ambition and roused into ac tion the faculties of a powerful nature are recorded in American history. It was, however, intimated that at Kxeter the future statesman evinced more talent for practical affairs thau for the details of scholarship. In speaking of the school-boy traits of Darnel Webster, Dr. Abbot men tioned an unexpected fact. He said that "louug Webster showed au in superable aversion to declamation. As 'the boy is fattier to Uie man.' it might have beeu supposed that the lad who was destined to be pre-eminent in ora tory would hate exhibited an early fondness for declamation, but no per suasion could overcome his natural diffidence." Dr. Abbot remarked that "There was a popular misepprehensiou with regard to H ebster 'a scholarship. It was gene rally believed that Webster was a dull and unsuccessful pupil, but such was not the fact. His mind rarely seemed to be occupied with his studies. His large, lustrous, thoughtful eyes were gazing about the room, or looking out of the window; but at recitation the pupil who appeared uot to be engaged iu studious preparation alwaysacquitted himself well. He often showed a far better giusp of the subject than those who were more familiar with the minor points of scholarship. W bile Dr. Abbot was telling these anecdotes his tones became more earn est, and his eyes lighted up with a glow which these agreeable recollections kindled. It was quit obvious tint, ag bad not wholly quenched the tire uf earlier manhood. fu Ola Liberty Mali. 1 he following is au Interesting ac count of the origin of the old Liberty bell which is about to be shipped to New Orleans from Philadelphia: The trip of this venerable and cracked piece uf metal will be the second one it has ever made since its reception In Phila delphia. In 1701 the Pensylvania As sembly authorized Isaac Norris, Thomas Leech aud Ldward arner to procure a bell forthe State House. Accordingly, under date of November 1st of that year, these gentlemen wrole to Robert Charles, uf Ijndoii. stating their order and authority, and applying to him to get them "a good bell of about 2,000 pounds weight." which they fancied might coat i'-'iH) or more, iucluding charges. In the letter ia inserted ; "Let the bell be cast by the best workmen aud examined carefully before it is shipped, w ith the following words well shaped iu large letters around it, viz; By order of the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania for the State House, in the city of Philadelphia, 17o2." And underneath: 'Proclaim liberty through all this land unto all the inhabitants thereof.' LeviL xxxv, 10." Iu due course of time the bell reached Iliitailelphia, and under date of March 10, 17.V1, Mr. Norris again writes; "In that letter I gave information that our bell was generally liked aud approved of, but in a few days after my writing 1 had the mortification to hear that it was cricked by a stroke of the clapper without auy other violence, as it was hung up to try the sound; though this was not very agreeable tu us, we con cluded to send iL back by Captain 15uldm. but he could nut Uke it back on board, upon which two Ingenious workmen undertook to cast it here. When we broke up the old metal our judges here generally agreed it wan too high aud brittle, and cast seveiaj little bells out of it to try the sound and strength, aud fixed upon an ounce and half uf copper to one pound of the old ben, and in this proportion we now have it." The casting was done by a native of thd Isle of Malta, named Pass; "and a son of Charles Stow." It was disco - ered that too much copper had been used, aud so a second casting was found to be necessary, and in the first week of June, 17o0, it was iebung iu the belfry. its weight being U.OSO pounds, the base of the woodwork of the steeple was so decayed that it was taken down and a small belfry alone covered the bull. Since then, however, the steeple has been reconstructed it originally stood. In 1777, at the time tbe British were expected to occupy the city, the bell was removed to Bethlehem. It occupied one of the wagons of a train oi 700. all under the charge of Colonel Polk and detachments of North Caro lina and Virginia troops. At Bethle hem, September i3, 1777, the old bell met with its first accident, the wagon which carried it breaking down, but fortunately it sustained no injury. After the evacuation it was returned to the State House people, and some yean afterward was cracked, this ended lb- career of usefulness. "Wise men are instructed by reajon; men of lea understanding by exper ience; the most ignorant by necessity; and tbe best by nature, Begin your ooom in life with th least abow and expense possible. Yot may at pleasure increase bath, but can not easily dimmish tnem. Euergy will do anything that can U done iu this world; and no UlenU, n circumstances, no opportunities will soak a man. without Vmlor a Barn. Soon alter dinner a "juv who was very much out f breath halted a man on Miami avenue. Chicago, and mfortii-U bim that he had seen arabbit rue under a barn in an alley near by Th inf. nation wasn't so veiy startling, to lr cure, but . was enough to affect the pedestrian. He was on his way down tow n of an errand, but no sooner had he braid Uie story than he followed the boy at a run. A fioy who aw 'hem running follow.! After, and as ihev turned into tbe alley two men suspected tbat something was up and joined the caravan, ll waml ten minutes before twelve men aud a score of boys had surrounded the barn, aud then a serious consultation wa held. Men gut oow n on their knees and thrust head and shoulders under the barn. Boys got uumu auu ureimj ana Poked. I wo women came up aud began fo throw out uggestiomt. A crowd instantly looks for a leader. This crowd soon found one. He was a man who said he had spent the best portion of his life driving rabbits from under barns. He ordered everybody to get down and cry "scat!" but the rabbit caught on. Then ivervbody got poles and clubs, aud everybody poked and pounded. The rabbit was too fly. i or thirty minutes the crowd, crow ing larger every minute, uut iu some awful licks against tbe peace of mind of that bumble hare, and he had not been budged a foot when a boy came along with a terrier dog. Boards were nulled off and the dog ordered to go in aud win lenown. tie weut In, but it wasn't over a minute before he re membered that he had forgotten some thing, and he came back for it A bit- cat followed close after him, making the hair fly at every jump, aud as he reached the alley she took a skip over a fence and was lost to view. 'And now." remarked a woman who had a hoe-handle in one hand as she opened the back gate with the other. "it you loafers have got throne b foolinir around here you'd better take vour- selves off before 1 get any mad ler, or you'll want a cure for Uie head hr!" 1 bey hac got through. Water la train. Thine who have staid in Yemen hav learned what it meant to be dependent for water upon an army or men, w ho, with barges, fetch a daily, or rather nighUy, supply of liquid, rarely tit to drink, across the lagoons, from a stream emptying near a place called Servola. these old travelers, and those who have yet to visit that much-visited city, will be glad to learn that the Inauguration of the Venice water works, by w hich a real piped waUr supply is carried into Uie romantic city, took place ou the 2-id of June last, and fully realised the expectations of all concerned in this piece of hydraulic engineering, which Is internationally interesting. The con tract for works has been carried out bv the Public Works Company of Italy- Messrs. Iireda X Co. including the construction of the reservoir ami liiter beds at Moreno, on the maiu laud, and the laying of the pipes under the Itgu na to tbe city of Venice of a total h-mm oi some w nai over four miles, of diameter of 31.5 inches, aud the laying oi uie uuu lengin oi mains in the thor oughfares and canals, of about sixteen mues, uf a diameter of 11.4 inches, in the course of laying these mains they were taken at eiirhty-Ave places across canals and twice across the Grand Canal work which Involved considerable difficulties. The work also included tne construction of an engine house aud reservoir at St. Andrea, the erec tion (J" a pair of fifty nouiiu 1 horse- power engines, together with laying on the water to all the principal buildium aud hotels in the ait. The work was commenced early iu January, lssi, and was consigned, to tne entire satisfaction of tbe ooncrssMiHiires, on the 23.1 of of June, 1SS4. Th concession was originally granted to Mr. D. C. Dal gairns, C. of Palermo and Penge, iu 137a. upon provision! plans and studies then deposited, and the works have been carried out on the definite plans presented by him on the H.'ld of June, 177. The company to w hich the proj-erty now belongs is the Socie'e det F.aus pour les Estrangers, of Paris, wbicb was formed for the purpose of carrying out this scheme in January, lou. Arioaa' Naiua. The name by which this Territory Is known was first borne by a mountain near the celebrated "Plancbas de Pla ta," ou its southern boundary. Aiizo- iia, however, was first called "Piiuera.' Authorities "diner as to the oneiu of the present name. Some say it is a cor ruption of Amoma," first given to the country by the early Spanish explorers. Others maintain tliat it is of Pima ori gin, and means "Little Creek." Still others hold that its derivation is from two Pima words, "Art" a maiden, and .on" a valley, in our opinion this i. all bosh, and we are more astonished when Uieae "derivations" are beleived to be true and correct by gentlemen wbo make pretensions of letters. A few days ago we gave the only true ety mology of Uie word. It is not an ety mon. It is a derivation a comiiound of two latin words, viz: "Aridus" and 'zona". Aridus dry, from "areo." to be dry. From this root also comes the word "arid," which signifies dry. exhausted of moisture, parched with heat, as, for instance, an arid waste. X his is without doubt oue of the roots. the prefix (Ari) of the word Arizona. there is no difficulty in the way as U the juthx This is plain enough to anv one who has studied word analysis. Zona "or "zone" stnipW mean a gtrdlt or belt. Hence we have the different zon es ocjgirdles on tbe earth "s surface twt frigid, two, temperate and one torrid, tc mark the average heat from the sun's rays upon certain portions of the earth. Hence the suffix "zone" oi "ona," aud we have the word Arizona, wboeV meaning is simply "a dry or parchec belt of country." This name, however, is a miaaomer. as far as the greater por tion of Arizona Territoiy Is concerned' UI4 Madeira Wlaa. The ttuest of old Madeira wine is to be found on Uie tables of several of the Justices of the Supreme Court at Wa hlngtoo, and the way It was pro cured is interesting. Before Uie Revo lution a few old mercantile houses in Alexandria Imported a large supply oi Madeira, and some of this ia still in private cellars In Washington city. The Honorable Josiah Lee, of Balti more, had a large Supply from, these Aldxandria importations, and at In.- death In 1H.VJ it sold at prices ramrinv from &t to $77.o0 per gallon. If would be hard to tlx a price upon the few bottles of this wine that stiU re tuaia in tha hand ot wnnobww, NEWS IN BRIE. Cleveland (Ohio) has measles int',e epidemic form. Kansas City now claims a ivpula Ion of 100,000. There are 2,000,000 acres of deer parks in Scotland. Sly Dubuque girls carry their noon lunch In a music roll. Cotton ties are again being manu factured at Pittsburg. France will not decrease import duties on foreign cattle. Texas increased her assessed .rv perty $73 000,000 this year. Olive oil is becoming one of the great products of California. Florida expects to raise 3,ouo,ui.o boxes of oranges this sea-ju. There are 2-,uOO,("00 workingmau out of employment In Chicago. The Moravians have just been cele brating their 427th anniversary. Over 300,000 cans of fruit were put up at Couneaut, O., the past season. Another silver mine is reported tu have been discovered in North Georgia. Over one hundred thousand person pay taxes on real estate iu New Yuifc. The aggregate losses by the Hock ing valley strike foot up over 4,ooo,- 000. The Armstrong well iu Pennsylva nia is flowing 7oOO barrels of oil pet- day. Four million pounds of wool ha to been received at Abilene, Texas, thia season. Gardening Is practically taught in more than 'J0,00o primary schools m France. A whale eighty feet long wa washed ashore at holiuas, v'hI.. a few days ago. Three billion wooden toothpick's are now auually made in this country it is said. Pennsylvania spends about Jy.OOO, 0b0 yearly in providing for free common schools. Threats of lynching are driving Mormon missionaries rapidly out of Tennessee. Fifty thousand men will be em ployed on the Panama Canal during tue dry season. New buildings of Uie value of J-!-. -000,000 have been erected in New Voik this year. John B. Gough delivered his drat temperance speech iu New York foity years ago, The postal service of the L'n tcJ States costs the Government this yeai , 4o.-22o,9oo. The newcapttulat bisuiaick.lhtk., Is said to be the liuest Territorial Capi Itol in the West. Three hundred thousand doieu of eggs were destroyed by tiie at Watei loo, la., recently. Tbe French Miuister of Agricult ure is in favor of reducing import du ties on cereals. Jersey City has a debt of over $15, uuo.ouo, and there is nearly $7,000,uui iu taxes unpaid. Andrew Carnegie, the Pittsbuig millionaire, owns more newspapers tbau any man In the world. James Rilly founded the Luuet sa tis ts in England in 17U0 and John Mur ray iu Boston in 1770. The assessed value of real and per sonal estate property in the State of New York is $::,0l 1,491.7-2. Petroleum wells to the number or i'S'.io were put down in l-vt, against S.tXI in 1& and 2Soi in 1SH. Indiana employs 5400 men aud f ..- 000,000 In getting 25,O0O,0uo tons of coal out of '2u0 mines yearly. It is estimated that the wool clip of this year will amount to 3UO,oou,Ouo pounds and be worth $&,,000,0oo. A new counterfeit five-dollar note. national currency. Is reported to have made its appearance in New ork. The garnet districts of Arizona aud New Mexico are looked upon as th possible diamond Gelds of -the future. A teletrraphic dispatch was lately sent from Kansas City to Scotland and an answer returned in forty minutes. A father and sou are under sen tence of death in a Louisiana prison, and for separate and distinct murdeia. One hundred and one thousand oranges were borne this year by trees on an acre of laud in Plant City, Flor ida. It is estimated that Uie average daily consumption of eggs throughout the tnited Mates amounts to lo.ouo, - 0U0. Oil is now extracted from the seed of grapes in Italy. Voung grape yield most, and black kinds more thau white. New Jersey girl, it has come to light, donned her brother's clothes aud voted in bis name at the recent elec tion. The total production of cigars la this country, as estimated by one of tn largest manufacturers, is about 3.000.- 000,000 a year. The English Postmaster General says the condition of the English work in g man has not been improved during uie past niiy years. Oskaloosa, Iowa, is said to have a spring that will tan skins either with the fur off or on. In from twenty-four to twenty-eight hours. A Gutenberg Bible was sold In London, a week or so ago. for $19,500. There are said to be but two copies of the book in this country. -Theie were 1,064 pictures exhibited in the I loyal Academy last year, oi which 'JO.'l have lieeu sold at pi ice -i ranging from a guinea to X'l.ouu. Judson W. Lyons, colored, has been admitted to the bar at Augusta, lit. Fie is the third colored man thua admitted in that city since the war. In a population of t2.':,0u0 in Cot, necticut there are persons wbo are more than SO years of age. Of thii number twenty-one are centenarians. What is claimed to be the Urgt grain elevator in the world has been erected at Newport News, Va., by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company. A crematorium is to be built In New Orleans by the cremation bociety of tbat city, which has purchased 23 building lots of ground for tbe purpose. The Pequot Indians, whose tribe now numbers less than dtt), have ap pealed to the United States authorities to protect the graves of their ancestors against relic hunters. The chief attraction of Winches ter, Vs., is the doable cemetery in it suburbs. On one side of a stone wall are bcried over 7000 Union dead, wtulo over 3VO0 Confederate soldiers lie en th 5ttS,
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