Jpiftiel jySk' Mi gepilim i f F. SCHWEIER, THE OOI8TITUTI0I THE UTIOI AID THE EJTOBOEMEIT OP THE LAYS. Editor and Proprietor. voi, XXXIX. AIIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10, ISS5. NO. 24. 1'"" U1U',U: of Ilir Summer ..viireJW. be cheerful; f' o leave u fl-. , nl.ol wiiL cbeertultiesa . . ,1 .rk. l.e trustful; .j tar a iv ivi Jjal .it inert V. A-l M litre ''-"iK l. to .lo. wlof love i ". r-t. t'jrinrf in every ..V-re. ""? ti....i Muue caret And wwr" uai. thankful; ..jiw'ularettie ,Im.Io, II wlrt.ce aul " UHW.!'" giad to cuuie. ..JU. '-r J-.y m Luu AKLlt BIIAkE. -WUtisyour friend like, Grace, aud J. H J to arrive?" my brother --keJ uie one evening, as lie sat 1 iu abu lialf "III Ol LUC W IUUU W Ul wjCi4iM"iini;-r.itu. -Liie?" 1 rroea''"'1 slowly, "I wish m oii!d uvt a uie such questions, rlt You know it is one of uiy short Mai:Dt ut-vrf to 1 able to describe any .. I uevrr have done so iu my life, ul I du not sup!- 1 ever shalL Let & t if 1 possibly can make you uu fcnUud tit lettie is like. She she ,vrrt n:cr, Kaiie." M ('brother laughed, and blew a long cloud of smoke from beneath his lt:t E.iuftacbe. "A l girls are nice, Grace," he said, i Uvf uever yet coi.ie across one that toe not. Hut "this special oue is she UA r otherwise':"' -Vrr. otherwise," I answer, smiling. ! is fitir; and, oh, Earle, she has n-ti Pffltv eoiuplexiou! It is like a ,:' "Like ttis, for iustance?" he asked, jaci ii? one of-tlie rare dark rises, of a kit of maroon, color, for which our fioli Harden was famous. "Not a bit like that;" I laughed. "But you must wait and see; I cannot kstnue Ler, as I have told you, dear. Io-iuorrow evening she will be here. uA then you shall see for yourself. I toodrr what she will think of our cot ttrt, and Use village, and our friends''' IcoLtinued, half to myselL "Sb will like everything, and go itio azures ever every oue; od, if juu lant to eouiidete her enjoyment, I iiouiJ su.-iiL'ly recommend you to bor m soiueltHiy 's infant girls are always Sufuiid of hiiljies,'' my brother said, as tt'irtwaway his cigar and stepped iu ftiuufli the oien window to tea. "'Jok iw aiart, Grace, I am very pleased ltd! sbp is coining; for 1 have to go out m o'leu that I fear at times it is dis tuliy lonely for you. I sometimes tl:Av( moving uearei to Itedstoiie; it Ma. dull I ere m the winter time." "Never think of it again, Carle," I rtjlifd, "fur 1 am neither lonely nor dull; and I do not know of a house or cotur lietweeu here and Redstone tint uciilj suit us. I am attached to Uiisqutet little fHt; 1 love to sit at Umt wiLdow aud watch the beautiful curhug waves come rolling iu: I am utver Uitil of lo kin2 at the sea." "Now, (irace Trafford, be a candid oL.au if jou can, and tell uie, is it uot U! on cKH-t the sea to bring you is the cause of your never being f4i of lixikini;, and nut the sea it Mi 'ome now, Cttufess. It is ex odiii'l) lomanllc, I know, to profess tuluwtl.r uietancholy diiue. But how U.ui Uiis, Mi.v. (irace?" Ami my UutLcr's sueri deep voice sang softly "irKill n.ii.evfs tit .la wtiea a Ooat I a. rkr.. i . ..nr. till, a Ui.-iu tuote, thrlJ-0..;l- on !:. in'Mtiiill ("Will: AI.J 1 9Ul. k ill., I i It.- .M-ar l,,viM butU, -U'l hit in .t.'it. jii wt-rt- )ut lu b t. Alia u. jrriii. up u l!r .lllow.' "A very pretty little song. Karle, am! ' iiiiely sung; and you shall sing it kgjiu !.eu 1-ttie comes, if you are foul." Ttn.utfh I spoke laughingly, inl did not wish Karle to think hecoulJ kuie, I wasiainfully conscious thtt ""J cheeks haI grown many shades darker. . "1 Wonder whether Lettle's complex t all resembles yours uow ?" Karle 'd, bis dear handsome face beaming ilk Siippresstil mirth. "Grai-e dear, 'wt leiuark uf mine brings us back to w laities of even day life. When does your friend arrive t"' , "To-ui.irrow evening." I replied. "Tie, iler,. js iiiinisUmeiit in store for "U for teasing your suiter," 1 added. J"r tlie surgery liell ringing." The next inoiiient Karle's quick step sounding down the hall, and I was 't a.one. 1 arose from the tea-table, "d, taking up my work, settled myself m " ) favonie seat, the broad old fash luned .k s,.; iu tie w indow. 1 Homlered whether Earle and I were ""dunuuale iu being the last of the iraff,,nls 1 was lather inclined t J ""uk not, for the examples continually ouirht before me led me to conclude s a rule, friends were very much T1Jr Uian one'sown ieople. Earle and ad in 4 one relative in the world not Jiteeuth cousin twenty time removed "-and we were none the worse for it. "ut our fiiemls we could uot count, tveiy one was kind to us 1 think that as all ow ing to Earle there was not mu. woman, or child, from oue end " '"Istone to the other, who would sot Lave dmie almost anything for the "jewr at the C'lyfTe." lliruugii the open window came the Wjud of the rising tide, and my work i at my fjvt, while my eyes gazed at f-'Wiiius tints thrown by the dyiiu '1ii the r.K ks before me. I watche.1 " lading of the iose-gleams, watched 1'urple shade dime over the sea, aud ihoiuji,!, -Ah, Kaile was rightl 'Sir in .iu;'!! n ,, were atiout the boat, Ainl u.v aieuis u'ii.D the puiow.' " "out a dear briyht sunny bead whi-h as sailing somew here far away in the Mjiev west the gloi ious west, w hose UI"h! were crowning the dusky rocks be re me with the fading splendor of the "Vine day. Tw. yu-g (0K jjuge ball had Kiven at Redstone by the officers ? U- M. S. Gwlcr. To that ball lad taken me, and there I had Brat met Hastings. It appeared to me that there had never beenja ball like it; neither had music ever sounded so beau tiful as those dreamy waltzes plaved by the band of the Urouler. I knew now that it was the bright blue eyes and golden curls or the handsome young second orlieer which bad made that night one to be remembered afterwards for from it the happiness of my life sprang. Time after time Hastings and 1 met. He was 'always coming to the Oly ffe, w hich was the name of our cot tage, until at last one evening he asked me to be his wife. Any oue might have guessed what my answer had been could they have watched his .light,' bounding, happy step, as, some three hours afterwards, he spraug like an an telope from rock to rock until he reached the shore where the boat waited lo take him on tuiard his ship, which was sta tioned just opposite our windows. Time !W all too qu ckly, and at last sailing orders arrived from the Aduii laity. Our dream of happiness was broken up, and 1 saw my sailor's bright eyw grow dim for the tirst time since 1 had learned to love them. "It will be only for twelve months, fi race," he wUisiered, as he held me in his anus. "It will soou pass, aud then I shall come back attain, iuv darliue. If there were no partings, there would be uo meetings." It was six months now since I had stood and watched the Gruwltr diminish into a "moving sieck," aud the speck sail far away beyond the rauge of my glass, and in six months more i hoped 1 should again see Hastings. It was to help to pass away this last six mouths that I had written to ask uiv Ineud Lettie l'reston to come to us. Earle, being a doctor, was so much out, ana 1 was so often left aloue that, when he inquired oue day if I woull not like to ask some one to come to the Clyffe aud help me to admire the sea and the rocks aud the beautiful summer sun shine, 1 was quite delighted with his suggestion, and wrote off at once to Ietue, urging evtry possible ana impos sible inducement for her consideration ; and my pleasure was great w hen I re ceived word that she was coming. "Dreaming?" Karle's voice asked me, so close to my ear as I sat on the seat of the window that 1 almost jumped to my feet. "Dreaming. Grace? Aud what about, little sister? I am afraid that you are so much occupied that you do uot want this. Well, 1 will send it back agaiu." As he spoke, he put a letter iuto his pocket, and then be walked off down the garden; but ! had caught sight of a crest of a bull-dog with a broad collar ou, aud I knew that on the collar there was priuted "II. M. S. Growler," so I was off after him as fast as my feet would carry me. I soon get my letter; and, oh, what a happy night that was! 1 had beard from Hastings, aud on the morrow Lettie was to come. The next morning I was up and out iu the garden, gathering the prett;est (lowers I could lind to put into my vases, long before lazy Earle had drawu up his blind and opened his window. There seemed so much to be done before the evening came, bo m Tc a -t-r r i ib") m rearrange for I wanted Lettie's tiist impression of our little home to be a pleasant one. So 1 bustled about, and let Earle laugh at and tease me as much as he pleased. "We are much too busy to-day to sit anil talk with you. Sir Kdward," he said as a shadow fell across the window. ' We are exuecting a young lady this evening; she is coming to stay with us; aud the unusual novelty is making Grace and me quite ill. Will you take a duster aud help us. Squire?" Aud, w ith a droll glance at me, Earle held out my little check duster to Sir Edward Melville. "Is it so, Grace?" Sir Edward asked, as he seated himself ou the sill of the window. "I am so sorry, for 1 came to ask for some breakfast; 1 am ou my way to Hexlstone." "And you shall have some," I said. "Do uot jay any attention to Karle, for he is uot very accurate iu his state ments, but come iu aud rest in your own favorite chair. Breakfast is being brought iu uow," Sir Edward Melville was oue of my greatest friends. I had a sincere liking for his kiud genial uature, aud warm admiritiou for his fine handsome old face. Although iu his seventy-Grst year. Sir Edward was younger-looking and more active than many a man of fifty. It appeared to us that we had always known him, for his face was as familiar to ire as Earle 's. 1 knew he had been intimate with our father and mother; aud he alone, with my brother, who was very little then, had followed them to their resting-place iu the cliutcbyard on the cliff, where the ever soundiug waves sang a perpbtual re quiem. Our breakfast passed off with an un usual amount of laughter aud noise; in the midst of it Earle rose to go his rounds of daily visiting. "Xow, Grace," he eaid. after kissing me, "I may be detained somewhere: so do not wait for me after five. or you will not be at the station iu lime yourself. If 1 am not here then, tell George to bring rouud your ponies, and I will be home as early as 1 can." There was generally the same charac teristic of vagueness aud uncertainty about all Karle's arrangements, but I knew it was because he had so little time at his own disiosal. He was the only doctor iu the neighborhood of Red stone, and very frequently he was called away many miles along the rough wild coast, "I am sure you are wanting me to go also Grace," Sir Kdward said, rising and choosing a flower lroin the vase, "so I am off. But firs let me tell you that I shall expect you to drive your friend over to Melville very often. If she is fond of an old bachelor's estab lishment, I can promise much to amuse, aud iben there are my flowers." As he concluded. Sir Edward finished fixing in his coat the rosebud he had selected, and held out his hand. I re membered too well the many happy days Eaile and 1 had sint at Melville not to accept gladly Sir Edward's kind offer; and we parted with the under standing that in two or three days the Squire himse'.t was to drive over for us. The day drew to a close at last, and Eaile had not returnee, 1 ,.tri mv Donv-carriage and ran up- sta rs to put on my hat. I was soon driving through the quiet . ti. Redstone Station, and reached it some minutes before the train drew up slowly alongside the plat form I was busily loosing OUl Wl iir ti? when 1 was startled by the souud of her laugh aud well-known voice be- Why. Grace." she said, "for whom ... i,-,.-i..irV 1 am heie." , "liTtherVshe was.suuling.and look- ing as well and happy as I could possi bly desire to see her. "Grace, what is that pretty little spot there where the trees are?" .Lettie asked, as I drove her through the siiady and romantic lanes ou our way home. "That is a charming place," I replied. "You must go and see it. It Is Arlle Brake." "Arlie Brake?" she repeated. "I like the name; it sounds interesting. Is there nothing behind the trees, Grace no house, or anything of that kind?" "No," I replied "nothing but trees, and tall gigantic ferns aud briars. There are numerous rocks and hollows; and I have heard some stories about its being a favorite place for smugglers having contraband goods to bide, but whether they are true or not I would uot venture to say." "How uicel" Lottie exclaimed, turn ing round iu her seat to obtain a last j glimise of Arlle Brake as It was shut I from her view by a turn iu the laue. "I am so fond of dark fliysterious places. 1 should like to know whether there is a story In connection with it." "I have never heard of oue," I said, as I pulled up my ponies Sir Kdward Melville's kiud present to me in front of our pretty rose-covered porch. Karle came out to receive us, aud very soon lettie ana lie were cliattiug away as if they had known each other all their lives. When we were at school together, 1 rememliered that I used to consider Iet- tie a chatterbox; but uow, as I sat at tea and listened to her humorous de scription of her journey, I could uot help thinking bow pleasant it all was. and how nice it must be to be without a natural shyness restraining the flow of a bright and happy spirit. i he next few days passed very quickly. Lettie was delighted with the sea, the cliffs, the over shadowed laii"8, aud the pretty walk round our cottage, and, most of all, she was enchauted with Arlie Brake. "It Is so pretty, so romantic," she said, as she seated herself upon a moss covered stone. "1 should like to speud a day in dreaming here." "I think girls are all the same, "Earle remarked, reclining upou the falleu trunk of a tree and lighting a cigar. "Grace would sit gazing at the sea, aud never think of anything else, for a whole day; and now you would like to come here and moon amongst a heap of trees and ferns and hollows! Do you think your mooning will ever benefit any of your fellow-creatures. Miss Pres ton?"! "I do uot know; it might. Who can tell?" was the reply. "Well, when it does, I will confess myself mistaken," my brother said. "Aud now, girls, we had better make our way homewards; it is growing damp here." And we very reluctautly followed in his wake aud wandered slowly towards home. On the day after our visit to Arlie Brake Mr Kdward Melville fulfilled his promise of driving over to the Clyffe for us, and we sneut a very happy day with him aud his kiud, handsome old sister at the Hall. . ' . "I uever saw a more geuial couple in my life," lettie observed as we drove home iu the evening. It has teen a splendid da v. aud 1 have thoroughly en- Joyed looking at Sir Kd ward's beautiful collection of curios, dear, Kina man I Grace, I could tie anything for Sir Ed ward Melville," lettie added iu her earnest hearty way. Earle and I smiled at her. How lit tle any of us knew then how soon it would lie in her power, aud hers aloue, to benefit our dear old friend! One evening, when Lettie had been with us about a month, she came to me and said "Grace dear, will you come Jwlth me to Arlie Brake? I want some of those beautiful leathery terns which grow by the little stream. I think they will look so pretty with the geraniums in our hair to-night." Earle was to take us to the Redstoue ball. I looked up from the letter I was writing. "I cauuot come yet." I replied; "the mail sails to morrow, and Hastings would think something dreadful had hapieued if he did uot hear from me, Besides, dear, is it not too late uow to go and get the fern.i?" Not a bit," she replied; "it is only eight o'clock 1 should be back again at nine, in plenty of time to dress. I believe the carriage is uot ordered until half-past ten." "Well. Lettie, I will tell you what to do if you w ish to get ihe ferns, aud are uot frightened. Suppose you go to the Brake for them by yourself ; I shall uot be more than half au hour over my let ter, and I will follow you aud be com lany for you home." "A capital arrangement," she said "I will start at once." About hair an hour afterwards I was walking rapidly after Lettie towards the Brake. I thourht it was rather strange, when I reached the little wood with its rocky hollows, its fair wild flowers, and tangle of briars aud ferns, that 1 did not at once see my friend. 1 walked ou, expecting every turn iu the path would reveal her to me, but she was no where in sight. I looked at my watch; it was after nine; aud the dusk and shades of night were falling. "She must have gone home another way,'' I said to myself, .rying vainly to understand the circumstance. "It was very stupid of me not to specify the di rection I would go. Perhaps she has returned by Holland's Farm. If so, she Is at home now, and will be wonder ing where I am." And, with a little quiet smile to myself at our so com pletely puzzling each other, I hastened my steps, and won arrived at the Clyffe. Earle was standing in the garden smoking when I pushed open the gate and joined him. "How long has Lettie been back?" I "I did not know she was at home," he replied. "When I ret urned, half an hour ago, I was told you were both out, I have been here ever since, and cer tainly have not seen her." I began to feel rather alarmed, aud ran into the house to make iuquiries. None of the servants had seen Miss Preston, and she was not In the house. I returned to Earle sadly frightened. "Come with me to the Brake," I said: "she must be there. Earle, perhaps she has stepped on a loose stone and fallen into one of those dangerous hol lows; the poor girl may be lying there with a sprained foot, unable to move! Do let us hurryl" And, putting my hand into Earle s, we set off at a good run. It was almost dark wheu wo reached the Brake,and quite so when we left it. We had gone over every foot of the grouud, peered into every crevice and hollow, dived into every clump or bushes, but had not found ber any where. Earle called and shouted until the little wood rang agaiu with sound; but there came no answer to his call, none except the faint echo of his own voice. "Come, Grace," he said, after a long pause, during which we listeued in tently, "it is wasting time. She is uot liere evidently. I will tuke you home, aud ride into Redstone and make inqui ries. Something has happened, but 1 cannot make out what," The carriage was standing at the front door when we returned the car riage which was to have takeu ns to the ball Earle sent it away and ordered his horse. I had never seen him lock so pale and troubled. In a few miuutes he was gone, aud I was leaning over the gate listening to the ring of the rapid hoofs growing fainter aud fainter ou the still night air. I heard the clock iu the church tower slowly toll eleven as I wandered rest lessly about the garden. 1 felt as though 1 could not endure to be iu the house. 1 must be where my ears could catch the first sound there might be to hear, my eyes make out through the darkness the first thing there was to see. It wa a long weary miserable waiting; but at lasi 1 fancied that 1 heard the souud of distant wheels. With shaded ryes I leaned over the gate, trying vainly to see; I knew that the wheels were approaching I could easily tell that. It seemed, in my ex citement, so long before anything came in sight; but pre.-entlv I made out a trap of some kiud, and the next instant Sir Edward Melville's voice called out to me "It is all right, Grace; Miss Preston is here, safe enough. She has a little wound on one arm she thinks it is not much. Call Karle to help me lo lift ber down. "Here I ami" Earle said, jumping from his horse and ruuniug forward. I had not heard his approach. 1 had heard nothing except that Iettie was there, and safe; but he must have been riding close behind Sir Edward's dog cart. "What is it all about, Lettie? Do you know I have been dreadfully fright ened about you?" I heard Earle say as he lifted her dowu. "It is a long story, aud I am I am so faint," she answered; and she reeled, aud would have falleu had not my brother caught her iu his arms and run iuto the house with her. We followed, after seeing the horses led away. "Why, she has been shot all" Earle exclaimed, slitting up the sleeve of L.'t tie's light muslin dress and disclosing a wound in Iter arm. "Sir Kdward, where has she been, and how is it that she is wounded?" he continued, busily dress ing the arm while he spoke. "I know very little more than you do," our friend said, sitting on a corner of the sofa by iett'.e, who opened her eyes and smiled at him. "I will tell you about it," she inter posed, speaking faiutly. "N'ot oue won! uutd you drink this," Earle said, stooping over her with some wine. "You are quite exhausted." it. om tun- before bo would al low her to speak; and, wheu he did, it was a strange story she told. "I reached Arlie Brake all right, Grace," she said. "I bad found some lovely little fronds, and was just return ing home, when a waft of air brought the smell of tobacco to me. I thought it was Earle coming to look for me; and so, in a spirit of mischief, to frighten him, I crawled into a BsHiire of rock which was quite hid from view, and there 1 waited while I listeued to what I imagined were Karle's footsteps ap proaching. I was soon aware of my mistake, for I heard rough men's voices. '"I tell you, man,' said one, "that Sir Kdward Melvillle will drive through the Black Laue to nk'ht at about ten or thereabouts, and Tom will be at one eud and we at the other; when he gets to our eud. we will put & bullet into htm; then we will jump np, drive ou to Melville, put up the trap, and sack the house. "But how about the servants, Tim ?' asked the other. "They are all right. Sir Edward uever lets them sit up for him; he al ways goes about by himself. A groom meets him at the door for the horse, aud he lets himself iuto the house with a key we must borrow. "I heard nothing more distinctly, for the men iassed on. I trembled like a leaf ; and while I was waiting for the sound or their fooUteps to die away in the distance I was bracing my nerves for action. I must reach Black Lane first, so as to speak to Sir Edward. I knew the lace, Grace, and 1 knew it was seveu miles away. 1 had uot quite au hour and three-quartei-s to get there. Well, I came out or my hiding-place; and when 1 began to ruu I began slowly I bad heard of men who wanted to go a distance doing the same thing. Whenever 1 found my legs trembling aud I assure you, Earle, they often did, though you have always given mecredit for selt-possessiou 1 thought of Sir Edward's lire being iu danger, and my fers for myself grew very unall in comparison. Between running aud walking, 1 managed to reach Black Iuie before Hie time, but not many minutes too soon. " 'Sir Edward,' 1 said, stopping him, take me up beh nd you, will you? (juickl There 1h no time to be lost. I will tell you all as we go ou.' "I preferred the back seat; I thought it commanded a better view; though the darkness caused by the trees meet ing overhead made seciug at all a mat ter of difficulty. They may well call it 'Black Laue.' We had not proceeded mauy yards, and I had not recovered breath enough to begin to speak, when a woman got up from the side of the lane where she had been sitting " 'Maister,' said she, 'will ye give me a lift? I have walked all the blessed way from Coppleton.' " 'Surely!' repliISir Edward. 'Here, give meyoui bag!' And betook it fnm her, and put it at the bottom of the dog-cart, while she seated herself beside him. "As the bag struck the bottom of the dog-cart, I beard the sound of iron; and all my blood seemed to freeze as it flashed upon me that this woman was the very Tom' of whom oue or the men had spoken. I looked round; aud, be fore Sir Edward could speak to either of us, I had quietly tilted bis hat into the middle of the road behind us. ' 'My good woman,' I said, as Sir Edward pulled up, 'would you be good enough to get tliat hat? The horse is extremely tiresome to manage; and I am greatly afraid of it,' "1 felt certain site would think I was speaking the truth, for my teeth chat tered in my head. I gave Sir Edward a nudge not to say a word. My bait took, aud she got down." "Which. I understood, wonderful to state," said Sir Edward, "though I could not make out what it was all for." ' 'Xowdrive like fury I'" I whispered, the moment the supposed woman bad touched the ground. It is not a woman, but a man, aud they waut to murder you!" "Sir Edward did so at once, and the horse bounded forward in splendid style. A loud oath followed from 'Tom' ai we went off, succeeded by the report of a pistol, a bullet from which touched me slightly here," Lettie added, pointing to ber arm. "I suppose the two other men thought you were Tom," Sir Edward said, "for, when we got to the other end of the lane, a voice from the hedge-side called out, 'Hold on, Tom here we are!' However." be concluded, "I need hardly say we uever stopied until we got here. And now, Grace. I think I must stop at the Clyffe to-niitbt, for I feel really upset with the events of the last two hours." TIM wouud ou Lettie's arm was found U be very slight, but Earle seeoied to think it required bis constant attention. Whether the two made the discovery of their mutual affection over It ouly themselves know; Earle however came to me one day and said "Grace dear, Lettie and I have ar ranged that, as we both have a taste for saving lives, we had much better be partners." And so it was arranged that, when the six mouths bad passed aud the Grinder had returned, there was to be a double wedding at the little church ou the cliff, when Lettie aud I were to lay down the arms of our own sweet wills at the feet of our resictive conquerors. The men who made the attempt upon the life of Sir Edward Melville were never heard of again: it was thought they had left the country, as, in spite of the keenest search, no trace of them could be found. The bag belonging to the one who shot at Lettie remained iu the dog-cart, and was found to contain all kinds of housebreaking implements, intended, no doubt, to be used on Mel ville Ha 1. Sir Edwaid never forgets lettie's timely help, aud is coutinually loading her with rare aud costly gifts; while Ear e dear handsome Earle has been obliged to admit that one instance of "mooning" was of benefit to a fellow-creature. War with ttraat Britain, In 1SU there were 5,000 American prisoners of-war confined in Dartmoor prison, England the same horrible place where Michael Davitt and many other Irish patriots have spent dismal years since ISOti. There was a barba rous massacre of the defenceless Amer icans in the yard of the prison early iu 1S15. There were 5.0U0 men iu the yard, aud some who were playing ball made a disturbance. Without a word or warning, and without trying to sepa rate the hasty ones rroui those entirely blameless, the guards opened fire on the dense throng from all sides. Some let bi8 written by au "American prisoner, IK.";. Drinkwater. of Yarmouth, Me., iavacei: Jr come to light Lieut, ihiiikwatrri was captured by the Kuglish in January, 1SU. In May of that year he smuggled out a letter to his brother in Yarmouth by giving it to one of the French prisouers of war, who were going to be released. The Frenchman was true to his word, aud the letter reached Yarmouth seven mouths later. In relating the suffer ings of the American prisoners, Lieut, Drinkwater says: "I waut to get out of here before the war is over that I can have the pleas ure of killing one Englishman and drinking his blood, which I think I could do with a goodwill, for I think them the worst r all the human race, for there are no crimes but what they are guilty of. If these are the bulwarks of our religiou I think I will uever have any, for 1 cannot think or being so much like them. Receutly when they called up 5u0 Frenchmen to go away there was oue that bad worn bis blank et out so that he bad but half or it to give these rebels; and ou that account they sent him back and put him on the bottom or the books for exchanging. The man took it so hard that he cut his throat and was found dead between the prison doors. Aud a thousand other such deeds they have been guilty of since we have beeu confined here in this cursed place.aud I shall never die happy until I have the pleasure or killing oue of them (Englishmen) which I am de termined to do ir ever an opportunity offers to me to do it." Writing about the massacre in April, 1315, Lieut Drinkwater says: "It was done ou the 5th of this moutlu The soldiers fired on us wheu we were all iu the yard, about 5,000; they fired on us in all directions, and after we were iu the prison they killed a number in the prison. It was one of the most wretched things that ever took place amongst savages, much more amongst the people that are the bul wark of our religion. I had the good fortune to escape their fuiy, but they killed some while begging for mercy after being wounded. They likewise kicked and mangled the dead right be fore our faces. Wain Perry, of Xortfc Yarmouth, was one that was wounded, but not bad." It is a strange fact that the bones ot these brave murdered Americans lay on the grounds outside Dartmoor prison as late as 1S07, when they were reverent ly collected and buried by the Fenian prisoners confined there. Moral Suasion. It was a pleasant town in the Genesset valley thai a party of boys made night, or the early art r it, hideous to the residents or a quiet street. Particularly afflicted by the uproar or the urchins was a good woman, who was at hei wits end to discover any feasible meth od of relief. From sad Experience she knew that entreaties were in vain and that scoldings were worse than useless, as applied to the juvenile roisterers. Finally, in sheer desperation, she hit uion a happy expedient. Calling the boys to her door, she said: "Now, boys, if you will go quietly away and not make any noise, I'll give you all the apples you can eat," They greedily assented to the term: of the compromise, and filled them selves with the proffered fruit. That night the ingenious lady slept the sleep of the just; but, to her horror and amaze ment, the following evening the small boys again mustered in force in front ol her bouse, with lungs redoubled in ener gy by the slight rest they had token. "Boys,"shecried.in the shrill falset to or despair; "after your promise of lasi night, what do you mean by again dis turbing me In this way?" "More apples," was all they said. Bow Ha Bocama Blclu Ex-Congressman Lamieson of Lima, Ohio, is an old aud intimate friend of Cal Brice, the millionaire, who has grown up iu a night, like Jack's heaven reaching bean stalk. Said he to-night : "About five vears ago Brice wasn't worth a dollar ; uow he has maJe two or three fortuues.lost enough to build the new national library, aud lias o,UUU.U0V left. He is under 40. of medium height, wiry, and like Jerusalem, compactly built together. He has bright eyes, red whiskers, aud a common-sense democratic air. He began life as a young lawyer or Lima, aud his first railroad simulation was with the strip or road that rau from Fremont to Lima. Me thought he saw money iu it, mortgaged his property. went to Europe, interested some par ties iu it there, and-coining back, with the aid of Charles Foster, made a nice little speculation out of it. He netted, 1 think, about $00,000. His next en terprise was the Ohio Central, running iuto the coal fields. In this be lost his (00,000, and w hen he had finished it he owed Foster $115,000. Foster bad confidence iu him, however, and the two got their heads together and ran a branch of the road into the Sandy Creek valiey coal fields. This branch paid so well that it redeemed the other, aud the result was that Brice paid off Foster, and had about $135, 000 left. Then he originated the Nickel-plate, aud pushed it through, aud iu connection with several others, made from it $13,000,000. Since then he has been speculating iu railroads and lost some money, but made more. He was largely interested in a railroad in Ten nessee aud Georgia when the crash of about a year aud a half ago occur red. He was absent in Europe at the time, and he round matters iu a bad way ou his returu. He has since beeu straightening them out aud putting the road into better shape. Mr. Brice is now living in N'ew York. He has a residence ou Murray Hill for which he paid $25,000. It is filled with furni ture, bric-a-brac and pictures which have cost a fortune. He has a very tine library, is foud or literature aud is a mau or considerable culture. He has a strong mind, great speculative power aud uever loses his head. Uogs' Scent. Whatever may be the natural scent ing properties of a dog, it is certalu that a great deal depends upon the nature of the land cros-'ed. When I hounds run over some of those uu I drained sedgy fields so ofteu round in j the neighborhood brooks or river, they . can generally push their fox ; but drained and dressed land is not so fav orable. Then, again, as far as the fox is coucerned.it is a common idea that he leaves a better scent behiud him ir he be round and well bustled iu covei t before making for the open, than if he steals off unperceived, iu which event the scent is said to be indiffedeut. Further, the scent fails when a fox is getting beateu ; hence, when a fox starts up wiud, aud is hardly pressed at the outset, he not uucommonlw reaps ax- dTBiztrirWBefT-Je turns llowu wind, for the twofold reason that the ! scent is fainter, and what there is, is ! blown ol in advance of the hounds. That the scent is shifted by the wiud no hunting man need to le told aud we once saw a striking instance of it. The Oieen's staghouuds were in Buruham Beeches, whence the deer came away iuto the open, and ran in the shape of the letter S. A minute or two later the pack came out or the woods, and. there being a side wiud, the hounds ran a letter S as the stag bad done, but about sixty yards to the left of the deer's actual line. Whether the scent of the auimal comes from the contact of the feet with the grouud, or from the whole body Is not au acer taiued fact ; some say that the breath has something to do with it. In the case of the fox and the hare, the body theory may receive support, but with those who say that the tread leaves the scent have a certain amount of reasou on their side, as the body is higher than theuosesof the hounds. If the atmosphere weighs dowu the scent, so to siak, other observations the steam from au euglue, for example seem tf show that hounds will not ruu. Florida. Some Interesting discoveries have beeu made in Florida by Prof. Lawrence Johusouof the United States Geological Survey. Just south or the Alacahua county Hue he round several specimens aud skeletons or animals which relative ly belong to a uot far distant period. In piles, aud sometimes mixed, there were the remains of a mastodon; two or three specimens or the rhinoceros; a large stag; a camel, fully as large as the Arabian camel, but iu structure more allied to the llama: also a tapir very much like the South American tapir, which lives iu swampy places; two teeth or some car niverous auimal allied to the tiger and lauther; oue set of teeth and loues of a hippopotamus; several crocodile or al ligators, aud innumerable bones uot Identified. Apparently the territory south of Alchua was at one lime a large fresh-water lake. The Faalr uf An. The fakir of A va, so called, famous as a performing necromancer some 2J years ago. Is uow retired at the age of 70 His name is Isaac Hughes, aud he got his Oriental title from another showman, one Marshall, who made much money by fwats of legerdemain, but drowned himself ou account of family troubles. The duplicate fakir has been explaining how he advertised bimseir and achieved his tricks, Ou oue occasion he borrowed, at Nashville, Tenn., the bonnet or the widow or Jas. K. Polk, who was iu the audience, tore it to pieces before her eves, aud then re turned it, whole, shooting it out of a conjurer's gun. He had caused a com plete copy or her bounet to be made by a milliner in towu, after seeiug the ori ginal m the street oue day, and had de pended on ber coming to his entertain ment. That cheat established his repu tation in the South. Good, the more commasicated, the more abundant grows. A bookmaker witnesoes in the street the accidental death of au acquaintance. He seta off to break the news to the widow. He is charged not to tell her too abruptly. At the house he auks for Muie. Wid ow X" "I am Jlme. X., " says the lady, "bnt 1 am not a widow. " "WonlJ you like to bet on it?" re sponds the booknutor. laacboly Aalmaia. There Is a peculiar hospital on Cal low hill street, Philadelphia, a visit to which amply rewards curiosity or a lesire to obtain kuowledge of au uu :ommou kiud It is no more or less lhau a cat aud dog hospital, but, strage ly euougb, the Inmates do uot lead "a sit and dog life." Mutual sufferings nd infirmities seem to have a sedative affect, aud these proverbial enemies lie Jow u together eveu as the lion aud the iamb, aud take their medicine with a ood grace. The place is conducted by Dr. J. Janvier, who devotes his whole itteutiou to the treatment of canine ind feliue disea-ses. The doctor is au MJ practitioner, aud is acquainted with U the ills to w hich cat aud dog tlesh is aeir to. A regular physician, he retired from practice about tweuty years ago iu Pa ris, and devoted himself to the study of inimal maladies. He came to Phila delphia about six y-ars ago aud estab lished his "dog hospital," which he has made a success. A reporter visited the place recently, ind was shown round by the doctor and treated to some uovel sights. The rear f the house is well ventilated and light ed and partitioned off by fence-like Hates. making about thirteen small apart clients, which is thrown into oue by the removal of the gates. In each of these rooms or wards, as the superintendent chooses to call them, are from one to 8ve c4its or dogs. Misery makes at rauge bedfellows, aud it is by uo means unusual to place a cat ind do or two cats aud oue dog to gether. Indeed, the doctor says this ikiraugemeiit is l requeutly the best, aud more conducive to the health of the patient. "For example," he said to the inspec tor, "here are a dog and cat. They have been living together for eight months. and are as fond of each other as two ascetic creatures can be. The dog, you see, is a fine 'coach,' aud the cat au ex cellent Maltese." ' What is the matter with them?" was asked. "Oh, nothing iu particular. They are both hypochondriacs melancholia. you might call it, the uisiiositioiis of both are identical, aud neither will have anything to do with any of the other patients. "They pass the day and uight in silent contemplation of each other, varying the monotony once m awhile by indul ging in a methodical and dignified ca ress. Both have been under my treat ment over a year, aud it took several mouths to diagnose aud fiud a treatment for their peculiar malady, as the symp toms iu each case are identical. "The dog exhibited the most intense sadness, aud would not notice any of the other patients, aud would seldom accept food, though I offered the most tempting dainties. The cat was the same way, only she seemed lo have a thorough disgust for the society of other cats, and the only time she would ever give a show of spirit was wheu some other cat would come near her. Then she would curve ber back iu dis dain, and with a conteinutttons hiss. walk away. It became evident tluit aha was proud and fell berseU abov her companions. 1 concluded at last to try the dog, who was also a supercilious auimal, aud it was not long oerore tne arrangement proved satisfactory. Dis appointment in love, 1 imagine, is the cause of their sorrows. These haughty aristocrats get along well to gether, aud I have hopes of bringing them out of their 'slough of despoud.'" "Where did you get themr" was the curious inquiry. "The dog belongs to a wealthy and old N'ew York family, aud the cat is, or rather was. an inmate of the household of au aristocratic Baltimore maldeu lady." "Do you believe in class distinctions among animals?' "Mi st assuredly. 1 have evideuces of it all the time. Eveu under ordinary circumstauct's, you know, neither dogs nor cats fraternize. 1 hey are uot gre garious animals, aud solitude is prefer red, as a rule, except where man is con cerned. Over there, you see, is a cur dog. His lite there is miserable in the extreme, but it caunot be helped. All my other patients are blue-blooded, aud ignore the vulgar antecedents of the cur. lie does not seem to appeciate it much, as his sensibilities are not fine enough, and his waut of cultivation prevents any annoying reflections which miL'ht be engendered by an injured anujur propre. The only time he ever displays any consciousness of the in sults hourly heaped uion him is wheu that maguificent tortoise-shell cat you see over there visits her spile upou him. ''.She is a high-toned cat, but meau as she can be aud is always creating trouble by her meddlesome aud swell headed manueis." Just then the cat referred to came near, with a mincing gait. She was indeed a beautiful animal, all save the tail, which dragged ou the floor, and was or unnatural size, aud gave her the appearance or two cats joined together. At the nrst glance one would lake uei for a feline Siamese twin. "She is suffering from elephantasis," explained the doctor. "She uot ouly has the big bead, but the big tail, too. Yes, 1 am afraid she will die by becom ing all tail. It is strange that the dog she despises so much should have an affliction the opposite from here. He is slowly wasting away aud is incurable. I would have him killed but for the fact bis case is a peculiar oue, and 1 desire to study it. He is urllicted witn acute muscular atrophy, a disease not extra ordinary in human beings. There is a gradual ossification of the muscles aud a consequent loss of flesh. His food u not assimilated to the system, and be u rapidly becoming a dog skeietou. Aftei a while he will be a good addition tc the -freaks' in the museums." The doctor continued a very interest ing narrative, explaining the diseases ol the various animals under his care. There were about tweuty in all, two- thirds of them dogs, embracing New foundlands, terrleis, Skye, black-aud tan, and bull, and two Pomeranian ot coach dogs. Four dogs and two cats had consumption, but the majority were suffering from disease brought ou by accidents. Oue or the cats had no ban whatever, and was as bald as the most confirmed front-seat portion of the bai let. He was a funny sight, and wa- used by the convalescing patients, whet in a good humor, as a roller-skatint rink. 'What on earth can thai mean? asked a friend of Thackeray, pointing to an inscription over a doorwar "Ma tual Loan Omoe." "I don't know." an wered the novelist, "unless it meant that two men who have nothing agrei to lend it to one another. NEWS IN BRIEF. Texas Is overrun with tramps. Ireland is to have a second electric railway. Mount Holyoke Seminary has 270 students. Idaho will build a capltol at a coat of $80,000. Barrios' widow has seven children aud $8,000,000. Silver has beeu discovered near Abiliue, Texas. A Tampa, Fla., turnip measured XI iuches around. The Indians or Sitka, Alaska, are threatening trouble. A street ra'lway is shortly to be built in Rome, Ga. There are 8,000 coal miners idle or ou a strike iu Illinois. Briulty Richards, the Welsh pianist aud composer, is dead. River pirates are becoming "undu ly festive" at Savauuah. The people or Texas are calling it "the new Empire State " Eight men shot tJ0 ducks on oue Louisiana lake in one day. Circus parlies are a fa-d.iouable en tertainment iu N'ew York. Gadsden, Ala., will build water works at a cost of $50,000. The state general fund at the eud or April was iJ.lo'.t.'iOOJS. A cabbage showu at Palatka, Fla., recently weighed 1H pounds. There were 4S,0UU visitors from the North to Florida last winter. The wool clip of Oregon will this year reach ll,n)0,0(iO pounds. There are more than 2,500 lady physicians iu the United States. There are uine American countes ses and marchionesses in Rome. The South Pennsylvania Railroad is to be pushed to completion, The indications of coal in Perry county are attracting atteutiou. Vegetatiou iu sections of Georgia is suffering for the want of raiu. The numlier of colleges In the United States is set dowu at 370. It is estimated that 1,250.000 cats are annually killed for thir skins. Seveu miles of the railw iy from Suakiui to Berber have beeu completed. A piece or gold worth $1,515 was receutly found near Placerville.Califor uia. The Russian government is about experiment in balloon steering by elec tricity. Geul. Robt. Toombs pronounces Atlanta "pre-eminently the capital of the South." It is estimated that a tou of gold is buried each year with those who die iu this country. The telegraph and telephone wires in Melbourne, Australia, are beiug put underground. Immense numbers of hogs have died in Onondaga couuty. New York, from cholera. In Boston there are 1309 iuwiuk wholesale milk aeaiexa,a!id SS!'S licensed retailers of milk. Ellen Terry's visit to this country had considerable effect upou the styles iu American dress. A Georgia ma -hlnist has invented a fire-proof cotton bagging that wiil take the place of jute. Crop prospects on the Pacific coast have beeu brightened considerably by a recent heavy raiu. Freshets have caused Considerable loss in Kendall county, Tenas, within the past months or so. Tourists can uow travel to the Yo semite over the t'oulterville and other trails without paying road-loals. A Maine granite company has con tracted to furuish the city of St, Louis with a half a milliou pavtug blocks. During theyearemled Slay 1, 1S85, the collections of the First Preshytenau Church. Reading, were neatly $3,000. In Paris it has been determined that the cost of gas lighting, as com pared with electric lighting, is as 431 to Mi. Fourteeu policemen are employed in Jacksonville. Fla.. and the neouln complain that there are too many ot them. Nine Australiau telegraph workers are said lo have become insane from overwork during the past thirteen mouths. Jacksonville, Florida, comes to the front with a lady who has beeu a wife; a mother, a widow and a wife again iu one year. In the neighborhood of four or five hundred new ptoi h orchards have been planted this year in the lower part or Delaware. The new rope recently attached to the machinery of the inclined plane at Mahony Plane measures XK0 feet and cost $4350. The White House at Washington, it Is stated, is modelled after a castle iu Dublin, and has cost up to this time about $2,000,000. In one case in Thomas (Ga.) Court the value of the article stolen was $2.50, while the cost of the trial, Ac, to the couuty was about tluu. The ship State of Maine has ar rived at Victoria, B. C, tfj days from Shanghai, the quickest trip on record, it is stated, between the points named. A couple of wild youii'' fellows put Total Wreck Camp iu Piuia county, A. T., iu a frenzy over a false Indian alarm, and were driven with rocks out of camp. At Ash Ford, a station on the At lantic and Pacific I tail way, in northern Arizona, the water supply is brought by rail a distance of 60 uiile- aud sold for 50 cents a barrel. A check for over niueteeu thousand dollars was round in N'ew York receut ly by a man unable to mad, but who knew it was a check, and forwarded it to the proper persons. Maurice Kinusley, son or Charles Kiugsley, the EDglish writer, is about to settle in N'ew Haven for the purpose of educating his children. He posses ses a fortune, niade in Colorado silver mines. In the erection or new buildings last year Chicago is credited with hav ing spent more money than any other estern city, Minneapolis ranking sec ond, St. Paul third, and St, Louis fourth. The whole or the architectural work of the new Hotel de Yille, Paris, is finished. The magnificent collection of tapestry of the Golieiina du Mnbiller has beeu transoneti to tne Hotel in honor of a grand fete, and used to dec orate the Salle da Conseil Mc'cipal.
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