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B. F. SCHWEIER,
TEE G0J8TITDTI0I-THE T7BT0I AID TEE HTTOSOEMEIT OF TEE LAVS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXIX.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMI5KK 16. IS85.
NO. 51.
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rJbr the anu f 'lhn2.
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A PEKIUU'.S I'OSITIOX.
"Joia our riur ; corny with us to Si.
Veiusiiiue. V) be in rsii.UeJ. It is a
woaderfu!'' eUe..
Oiii can live there
foTDtxt to uoUiinr."'
Sjsa!'l my frkn l. Mrs. Iltulcr, to
me, ose uiomiiij in July, wuen I liad
cisualiy iiicatioaeJ that some uncer
tainty existed ast J our being able to
accomplish a chants tu.it sauiuier.
We Lid recently ha 1 to utat, out of
avery limited in::i-,1 the heavy ex
pases of a so r-re illi:e-ss. frota which
mjhcshaal v.as just recovering, and,
although a co-.i:;';e'o cha:i?e wai very
desrabie for hici, I felt unwillin? to
mgast aiiFth:t:j v'aidi rciht aJi to
Isaiiieties ia a ir dietary .way; sj I
U3 oa le up my uii.-:! thai we must be
atisSed wih a s:;Oi t Siijourn somewhere
rithin an easy distance of home.
"It sou&Js ven- ir.ee,' I replied. I
ia sure it would be leliIitful; but it
is lion? journey. That would be ex
jensive' "Oh bo,"' reminded ilrs. Ililder,
"not at all. We can all ro third-class
toXew llaven, and it is a mere trifle
crossinj to Uiei'.pe, and after that there
isonlytlie di'neuce, wcich Is very
cheap. I would not have thought of it
had it !een expensive," she continued
The S?ytnours were there ali last sura-
Kei, ana they tiarSTy spent tmytbin. j
liaoiri: wouid do cai-tain Annesiey
a world tf sini, atid we should like so
ffindi to Lave you both,"
Mrs. IlilJtr -.vas :.n old friend ot
Biae, for whom I had a strong affec
tkn,aud I felt, in the somewhat de!i
cate suite my husband w.ls still in, that
it would be a very great comfort to b3
w!:h her. w.is to b3 accompanied
by lit r t'.vo li.iughters. Florence and
iih, z'l'-i "t" 1 1 and 12, alsj by her sis
ter, .Miss iitutiuier, a very plea ant
person of ab ut oJ.
TLey had arran;.tl to stay at St.
Veronique for one month, and had al
ready made iii'iuiik-s as to the possi
bility ot sccurim the s.iiin house which
tbN".niiurs !i id o?ciiiiid, and it wa
a.most ct-rta:n
.ha:
i'ihv ven to have
To be as brief as p i -y ible,
I need on-
ft to say t!ia:
wi'.hmv l.ns'
witUMk in;
atier i::e cjnsu:taiion
in., and liavinj settled
er 'hat we were to share
y, v. t- ma de up our minds
hem.
ei!nsesii:i;i::;.
tuacconi;;;;::v t:
St. -I ero:;f(iUi'
tkeseashor.-. sit
raiitsfroiu ::;
j a small liamlet on
it:'! s::ie tweuty-Svfi
i. I shall newr forget
oaramv.i: ti;.-:.-. We Lad I:ft London
the preceding ai n moon and had pone
down by tram b Xewhsveti, where the
toppe boat wai in waiting for what
toned out to 1-e a j ollf array of pa-.- I
ttigers. X!.e I.i-at was tremendous, s j '
we all (It-eiiled tu renaming on deck, i
. oi retiring to our berths an
WiEgeasp:.; svhui; was rendered still
H pleasant lrum the iact that we
taken secon d class passages. The
n&t was lovely; it was twilight all the
yover, until an exquisite sunns?,
herildedthe c n. :.g-(,f another dav.
ffe cr-ise i to Idippe with hardly a
??j.e upon the water, and the steamer
i alongside the pier almost to our re
Ptt, so thoroughly had we all enjoyed
lie trip.
Bat then came lather a wearv wait
We had five houi-3 to get through
wjreraedi!:g.-Uc'e slarte 1, and alter
sp!es3 Li-n .;;t,y secied rather
However, v.e beguiled part of
tic in w.u: I, ring over Dieppe, and
W of it ia rvfresLing ourselves. .
asttbedi;!geac3 was ready to start
"t found it sUnding opposite a curi
iso!(l inn. surrounded by men women
M children, all intent uixm watching,
Jaiy our ascent upon the top of it,
W'toehanit.-iinT f fl);ir huge Fleni
3 torses, wii.. :, s-.cine.l powerful
to Lave male two quite sufli
"ft for the vehicle.
k!our K'wssijus were stowed away
wRCm"u" m.tnne.-, and we ourselves
Faciei together in rutles3 fashion.
I'Hh re wasnorule in Dieppe
Uie number of persons to b3
However, the blue-bloused driver at
.7ve signal, and olf we went
'r.n; down a stone-paved street
Pace which to Mrs. Ililder and my
L rJtUer alarming. The horses
kv, r"euy usea to it; mey st
r Mttappdyfor u?, never fell
to,.,wllour4,d''ve we were
1 and
e were m-
. "ecaiae to
dashed
Tf
a vsy steep lull; the
down it; we wheeled
W,4 5!arp Cdrue'. anil there lay St.
fcwT, "u,ru 111 me giory oi a
VU1IJ1W lvl,J " .
fenrtTV. J- A,'e blue sea,
the yello sv
cliffs, crowned
overtiia wassy grasses growins
bonsM lesummi-s; below them a line of
5 some small, some large and
iian ut a11 Picturesque, formed
fcVnif M. Uiz th;lt 1 !iavo never 1 jr
tt'r'jli'iljouSu when I recall it I
w t of a rTXOii ' the greatest
jsni was ever called upon to suf-
eJ!0.:we were
to pay one
. '
""ona- t ' we arransed to get
"fevfcn l0.ceinfor an hourors
Wa?iD? t0 heiP us in our house
wereiueomy jinglUU people in St.
Veronique they came later on, the
luiuiuim us. x eraaps it was
iroui mis circumstance tnat we found
ourselves the object ot a special amount
of curiosity amongst the natiYes, who
haunted our windows and doors so per
istntly that, had it not amused us, it
ai:s?ui, uave ueen miner annoying.
laid not care for Lhesn rwnnm Imf.
Mrs. Ililder .m l Jack talked and joked
with them, so I beran to get accus
tomed to their black eves and ranid
talk. They were intensely curious with
regard to our relationships; they could
uot understand which was Jack's wife
if we were sisters; in fact, they were
Perpetually demanding to be informed
ou these points; and as Miss Mortimer
nai volunteered the information that
sne was the grandmother of the party
uiey could not ouite make ud their
minds that anything they were after
wards loid was correct or to be relied
upon.
Every morning baskets of fruit, ezs i
and poultry was brought to us. We,
however, went marketing oa our own
account, and contrived to combine
abundance of good things with a very
moderate expenditure living, as had
been represented to us, being very ch?ap
at St. Veronique The first morning
we ladies repaired to the beach in order
to enjoy a bato, but Miss Mortimer beat
a quick retreat when it was discovered
that we were to share and share alike
with the gentlemen, whose bathing
ground was only separated from that of
the ladies by a rope fastened to a stake
some short distance from the edge.
over which the Frenchmen chattered
most cheerfully to their fair friend on
the other side.
Mrs. Ililder, the girls, and myself
decided on not sacrificing ourselves to
o i- sensitive feelings; with British pluck
reeling very much tbe reverse of
plucky inwardly we marched into the
sea and were preseutly relieved to find
that here at least we were not so stared
at. The water was deliciously warm
and clear, so we were rewarded by an
enjoyable dip, and after a few mornings
we induced Miss Mortimer to waive
her scruples and join us.
ly his doctor's orders Jack was not
allawed to bathe, but he was out all
day inhaling the pure sea-breezes, and
already, after only about ten days stay,
he was besinuing to look a different
man; the pale, rather worn face was
assuming a healthy tan, a sight which
caused rne inexpressible thankfulness.
For Jack was all I possessed iu the
world. We had been married for about
three years, and though we had had our
full share of worldly troubles, our ln
uerlifdwas wocdrously happy. Per
haps his recent illness when, for some
dreadful days, I was neirly losing him
had made meeting more closely than
ever to him; but when wo went to St.
Veronique, from the very hour of our
arrival I had a nervous dread of letting
him out of my sight.
sometimes I could not avoid doing
so, for I heljd Mrs. Ilelder in the
mornings, and then Jack, feeling, per-
traps ttiat bo was better wuS ut '.in wuj
would go for a walk on the beach, taking
Iris iawn-net with him, and he never
failed to bring back a basketful of
pawns as the result of his fishing. The
shore of iL Veronique was rather a
iecul:ar one; it took sudden curves.
au l there were long ledges of rocks.
which at low water could be walked
over, running quite far out into the sea
between these ledges were deep pools.
in which these pawns abounded, and
hither it was Jacks delight to come.
Occasionally we all accompanied him.
and then I was at rest, but more fre
quenlly he went alone.
I a the afternoons we would lock up
the house and start off up to a beaut i
ful wood which lay just beyond tbe
cliffs, where we made tea, and came
liLitue in the cool of the evening. Some
times we went to the pier and watched
the laden vessels coming m or going
out, and it was there we made the ac
quaintance of an old weather-beaten
sailor, who was invariably accompanied
by a splendid Newfoundland dog, who
was gieally attached to us all.
Tlu old man's name was Pierre Blanc
Pierre lived in a very tiny cottage
almost on the pier. Ilia wife had been
dead for several years and JJrave was
liii only companion. He took us in to
see his abode
one day, and we spent
onita a long time examining all his nu
merous strauge possessions, whic i had
been collectei from all most every quar-
ter of the globe. 1 supos3 be must
have s.ived some money, for his house
suia'iasit was, -contained every com
fort ia a humble way. It was exqui
sitely clean as trim and nice as his
iiO.it, which lay close by his door and in
which he went out fishing every day.
His boat was called the Marie An
toinette. I fancied he mu3t be a Roy-
ilist from the circumstance; but as Im
perialism had vanished from trance,
-e asked no questions; we oaly admir
ed the Marie Antoinette; and Pierre
there and than volunteered . to take us
all out m her. But neither Mrs. Ililder
nor I fancied the sea very much, so we
declined with many thanks.
Some few days before we were to
ieave St. Veronique, we saw a vessel
come xn, and we all remarked that we
had never seen so villainous-looking a
crew as she carried. Tnere were, per
haps, ten men on board some were
foreigners, but I fancied one or two
were English; we met them more than
once as we walked about the little town
and I fancied from being perhaps a
little nervous that they regarded our
party with rather sinister glances.
O.ie morning, whilst we were in the
market-place, Ada Ililder happened to
ask Jack what time it was, and he took
out hi3 watch, a handsome gold one,
and told her. As he was replacing it,
I looked across the square, and there,
just a few paces away from us, were
two of the men belonging to the crew
intently regarding us. We moved off,
and when we got home I told them all
of my having observed these men.
To tell the truth, I Wt rather afraid
of them. , , ....
Why afraid?" asked Jack, who did
not know what fear was.
"I feel sure they are watching us,
and I was sorry they saw your watch."
Everybody laughed; it did, perhaps,
s-em absurd, so 1 said nothing more,
hut inwardly thought how very, yery
glad I would be to find myself with Jack
safely at home again.
It was a lovely afternoon, but our
morning walk had tired the Hilders, so
it was settled that we should not go
out until the evening.
Jack, however, declared his inten
tion of strolling alonir the beach with
his net; it was low water, and, as it was
ilmmt our last aav. no wuicu
is much enjoyment as he could.
Had
we been by ourselves, I certainly should
have gone with him; as it was, I did
""u" '.'. WiM-r so Jack.
not HKe lo ieao -- - -
rnmi,;nJnnt to eo far. started off
t watched him out of sight, and th g
I returned int the house with a Strang
sense of uneasiness which I could not
-hake off; it seemed to bo weighing me
down. In vain I tried to conquer it
to seem cheerful and at ease, but at
last Mrs. HUder said half laughingly:
"I do believe, Amy, that you are
worrying about Captain Annesley. He
is quite safe. I dare say he will be in
very soon now."
"I hope so," I replied. "I wont
deny that I am extremely nervous. I
should like to go to meet him, Ada," I
continued, "will you come with me?"
Ada was delighted.
It took only a few seconds to put on
my hat, and then we started off, not to
walk along the shore, but to go up the
cliff, from whence we could see round
the corner far off. and probably bo able
to distinguish Jack coming towards
home, lie was rather a conspicuous
figure from the style of his dress, which
consisted of white flannel trousers and
a flannel cricketing-jacket or violot and
orange stripes. His straw hat was also
adorned with a muslin puggaree, so I
knew we should have little difficulty in
recognizing him eveu from a consider
able distance.
Ada and I mounted the hill very
quickly, and presently we were scan
ning the shore for what I most earnest
ly wanted to see. The first thing we
saw were three black figures on the
shore perhaps a mile away three men.
.no signs ot Jack were to be seen.
"Perhaps he has gone home." sug
gested Ada.
"Perhaps," I agreed.
But we walked a littl9 farther on.
and we noticed the three men suddenly
separate. They were opposite a very
long ridge of rocks. The sea was very
far out, and the rocks were all visib'e.
Piobablythe men were prawn-fishim?.
One of them went in advance; he was
going along the road swiftly. I could
see him leaping from rock to rock, un
til he got near the end, and then the
three came after him more slowlv
slowly but very surely. They were all
making ror one point, and closing round
it.
Far off a3 it was, I could distinguish
their every movement in the clear sum
mer air.
All at once a fourth figure showed
clearly against the dark rocks, I could
see the white hat, the dark jacket and
the white trousers. I knew it was my
husband. He had sprung to his feet
and was facing the first man.
I heard Ada trying to reassure me,
but her words were lost upon rue. I
was watching these figures with almost
paralyzed terror. I saw the two meet
in a struggle. I saw the figure of the
first maa disappear, and then I saw the
other two, with a fourth running along
the ridge to join them, dash forward
toward Jack.
They were almost upon him, when in
au instant I saw him spring from the
rocks and apparently strike out.
I saw no more. Though - the very
pulse j of life seemed to be palsied wi' Il
ia me, and I felt the death-like chill of
Xtintinz stead over me. the - v.
IU1 MifiHniry nr ri.q ..if n r-
to instantaneous action.
I did not feel as if I ran. I felt that
I almost flew down the hill. Merciful
ly it was close to the pier. As I reach
ed it the first person I caught sight of
was Pierre Blanc He was standing
with his dog, as usual.
How I made him understand the des
perate case I never knew, but I man
aged to gasp out enough lo get him and
myself into his boat with hardly as lit
tle tims lost as it has taken to tell.
Pierre pushed off the Marie Antoi
netle with the celerity of a strong young
man, and Brave, not to be left behind
jumped into the boat, whining with
suppressed eagerness as if he knew by
intuition the errand we were on; that
once more a life was in the balance a
life to be save!, if it were not already
lost. Pierre took both the oars.
I would fain have taken one, I felt
sa strong, as if the agony I was endur
ing must nerve me to drive the little
craft on at a greater .speed than his
long, slow, firm strokes. I was obliged
to oi)3V him and sit in a state of com
parative inactivity with the tiller ropes
held in my trembling fingers.
All I had to do was to keep her head
straight, and surely no race was ever
rowed with so agonized yet so careful
a steerer.
Fully fifty yards had to be covered
before we rounded the corner, and as
we did so I felt, despite the sea bstug
comparatively calm, a long swell. The
tide was still running out, it seemed to
be against us, but Pierre did not falter;
on he rowel and as we turned the cor
ner my eyes swept over the water in
search of the swimmer we had come to
save. I saw no trace of him.
Suddenly I fancied I saw a dark ob
jectsomething much farther out than
the line we were taking.
"Therel" I exclaimed, pointing in
the direction.
Pierre ceased rowing and calmly stood
up to investigate, and then we seemed
to my terror to drift backwards.
By this time I had, half in English,
half in French, managed to convey to
Pierre the circumstances of tbe case.
He seemed to know the very ledge from
which I told him I had seen Jack jump
into the sea. He knew the tides, and
he knew just the direction in which
Jack, if he had kept afloat, would b3
driven.
Ah," I heard him mutter, "that a
IU"
And then Brave barked, and 1 sat
holding the rope3. but dumbly praying,
realizing that all I loved all I cared
for in the world was iu desperate and
deadly danger, for. though Jack was a
good swimmer, his illness a severe
congestion of the lungs had weakened
him greatly; his clothesand boots would
impede him fearfully, and unlsss assis
tance reached him speedily, I felt that
in a few minutes rmre, probably, all
would be over. Xearer and nearer
we came, Brave growing more and more
excited every instant; Pierre sticKing
gallantly to his oars. The waves were
stronger the farther we went out, and
every other minute we lost sight of the
object we were trying to reach. But
we saw it again mis lime more uis-
tinctly. Then I forgot tiller ropes ana
everything. I could only see one thing
and that was Jack's face in the distance
Jack swimming still, but feebly.
He saw us. too. That nerved mm
whpn his strength failed him. The first
sound of possible rescue had come to
him in the shape ot israve s oarn. auu
h had then Dut forth an effort which
could only have been sustained a short
time longer. We were about thirty
yards off when I missed him again he
had sunk in the trough of a long wave
but he appeared about ten yards
nearer. . - -
Xearer and nearer ne crept, up, uuui.
with a shuddering sign or nearaeu
thankfulne-is, I saw him alongside.
Pierre's strong arm araggea mm inio
the boat, lie was save! from the sea.
but was his life saved for me? I
thought, not, as I - bant over him and
siw his blue and half-uncouseious face.
I think he must have dial oa our
homeward journey had not Pierre pro
duced from the depths of the Marie
Antoinette a bottle containing a qma
tity of brandy, which I instantly gave
to him, and befcre we had got back to
St. Vero iique he was quite conscious
again.
Ada rushed home with the tidings,
and Mrs. Ililder had made every prep
aration for Jack's reception-if I brought
him back at all, which they half feared
1 never might.
The three others met us at the pier,
and Jack was lifted out and carried.
not straight home, but into Pierre's
little house, where we got his wet thing
off and had him wrapped up in blankets
till the deadly chill had gone somewhat
off.
Strangely, and most mercifully, ha
suffered comparatively little ill-effects
from his long immersion. In a couple
of days ho was as well as ever. He
told us how he had basn as Ada aul
I had witnessed surprissd by these
men, whom he at once recognized as
some of the crew we had observed
watching us; how the first man had
immediately assaulted him after a de
mand for all his valuables; how he had
closed with him in a struggle, and
shaken him over the side of the ledge;
and then seeing the other three one
armed with a long knife running to
ward him,he had instantly perceived the
hopelessness of struggling against such
odds, and chosen the alternative of
leaping into the sato probib'.y bjiug
stabbed first and thrown iu afterward.
He meant to swim to Su Veronique,
the distanbe, he fancied, was not
much more than a mile but he had
not reckoned upon the swift currents
winch abounded there, and after a few
strokes he found himself b.'lug drifted
outward, 'lint he struggled bravely.
Life was sweet, aud so Jack bore up
uu il all hope had died within him, and
he felt in a very few minutes more he
must succumb. It was just then he
heard llrave'sbark.
Sj b.ave and his master saved an
eighth life, and when we left St. Ver
onique, which we did iu a few days
time, we left as substantial marks of
our gratitu le as our m;ans permitted.
Pierre was greatly pleased that he
had been instrumental in saving Mon
sieur's life, ba, with true Froaai po
liteness he shar ?d the glory of having
done so with ui i Jams, who had, he de
clared, behaved very well. By which
I imagined he had not perceived in
abandonment of the tiller-rope; when I
first caught sight of Jack'a hca I above
the water.
Tiie assailants were never caught.
They returned to St. Ver mique instant
ly, and when inquiries werd made it
was found that their ves -el with the
whole crew on board had departed.
I do not think, despite i:s beauty,
that any of U3 were sorry to a ty adieu
to St. Veronique.
Though w encountered a tasyje:
rossjug over f rota . uTcpyw t
Xewhaven, and were five hours longer
on tbe passage than we ought to have
been, I was too happy to mind it. J ick
wa3 beside me Jack, who might at
that very moment have been tossing
about on these very waves, a lifeles;
corpse, but for the merciful proviclecee
which had impelled me to go up on the
cliff that sunny afternoon.
The Expert in Wines.
Tnere are no professional wino tasters
in this country. Here every dealer is
his own taster. In France there are
wine tasters, cailed brokers, who reg
ularly test the wine i in the cellars
there, and classify them according to
their qualities. The dictum of these
gentlemen is the law of the trade. To
become an expert a man must add years
of experience to a naturally lino snse
of smell and taste. He must also be
able to see well. There is a certain
routine through which exports pus in
tustiug wiees, bat a knowledge of tho
routine will not make au expert by any
means.
Whoa a list of wines is to !e submit
ted to a dealer he will usually select
thin glass goblets to hold the samples.
It is asserted by some that the taste of
the wino varies with tho thickness of
the glass.
The glass should bo perfectly puro
and the hues of the goblet parallel. In
a goblet, it is imposaiblo for tho color of
the stand on which the goblet is pi iced
to affect the eolor of the wine. The
Freucli use a silver aaucer in testing
the color of wine. In using tho goblet
we hold it before a cauiio in a dark
room to determine the brightest of the
wine.
Good wine of the proper ago is called
caudle bright. If tbe wine is cloudy or
druggy it is out of condition, bnt may
be clearirieJ. Tuen tho gjbiot of wine
is held between the eye aud the window
in daylight to determine the degree of
color, whether it is taint or deep, ana
also tho quality of tha color. Thus pur a
port wine when held up to the light
shows a bronze red color.' If it bo pink
it indicates bad grapes or fusoine, or
adulterants of some kind.
If claret shows a bine color or tho
color of blackberry jalca. objection is
ma lo to it. There is one kind ol grape,
the Jjeuoir. that makes a very excellent
claret except for this bluish color.
Having found the ocdor all right, tha
expert next smells of the wine. It is
impossible to describe tbo peculiar aro
mas of d-ff jreut wine , but by many
comparisons tho nose becomes so well
educated that some exports can toll very
nearly the age of tha wiua submitted to
them, the kind of grapes frora which it
was made, and whether it is a pure
sample of one kind of wine or of one
wino blended with another.
Last of all the expert takes a sip of
the wine, retains it a moment in his
m utu to get the first taste, end then
ejects it and holds his month open for a
moment to get the after-taste or what is
technically called the "farewell." Tho
farewell taste is the crneiil tass.
Wine may be bright, it may have the
right quantity aad quality of color, it
may have the smell desired, it may even
have a rich, luscious taste when taken
in tbe mouth, and the farewell bo un
pleasant. Wines may be doctored until the or
dinary purcnaser may think he has an
ancieut brand of the purest vintage,bnt
they have never yet been blended or
dragged so nioely that the expert can
not tell that they are not pare, nor docs
an inferior wine exist that cannot be
properly classified by an expert.
Hurry and cunning are tbe two ap
prentices of dispatch and skil'; but
neither of them ever learn their master's
trade.
6EXATOK MAIKWE AT HOME.
floif hf Live lroiNo, Siuoki-, Etc.
I, --
William Mahoiie lives iu the baud
aomtst honee in Petersburg, and per
hap the finsst ia Virginia ontsido ol
Itichuond. It atauda upon Market
tree', .the hand ouio residuuee street iu
tbo aty. The p.-roa is very wide, rau-
mnftacross Iho front of tl9 hoaae. The
Uigur of steps aud tha porch aro all
paved with eneaustia liduR. and the
coiimg of the piazza is fiuished iu Liu
orusta-Walton. Tuo rooim are veiy
lofty and are fiuished iu native woods,
the barving and the wood-work, having
beeij done ia iaw York. New York
artLXa also did the frescoing, which ia
very hue. The uiaiu hall which u
yery largo aud lofty. It leads b -.ck to a
winding Etaircase, Bhowilv uaisued in
duTout colored woods. Uxu the lolt
is the large drawing room, filled with
rich furniture aud costly works of art.
Among other pictures upon the wall ia
Eidtr's notod painting of "The Butle
of tbe Crater," which has been nude fa
miliar to the couutrv through photo-
frraptno and other copies. Across the
hall from the parlor, aud opening upon
the piazza, is the library, aud back of it
the dining room. After tho Southern
styld the kitchen, servants' quarters and
all pertaining to that part ol the estab
lishment are in a house separate from
the -main building. In the rear are
lawos, fountains, conservatories and a
large rose par den. in which Mrs. Ma-
hone cultivates scores of varieties of
that qneen of all flowers and brings
then to great beauty and perfection.
Alahone sets a royal table and re
joices in rare old wines, bat he is very
abstemious, eating and drinking very
Utile, as he tuflers from what he calls
dyspepsia, Tho fact that be smokes
six or eight big Perfccto cigars a day
would seem to account fcr the dyspep
sia. Senator Sherman wrested with
those Pcrfectos and a single one of
thsm knocked him out in the fitst
round and cent lum back to his own
mild brand. Mthouc's personal ap
pearance has often been described, and
it is somewhat remarkable, from his
sleuJerness, long beard, and 6ome ec
centricities of dress. Ho wear a N . 5
sho?, of kid, with silk tie, and indulges
in n endless vanety of embroidered
silk stockings. The bones of his aukle
aad wrist are as small as those of a
wosmn. He has bis trowsera pleated,
or gathered in, at the waistband, and
his shirt cuffs are little, narrow affairs,
without buttons. I don't remctu'icr
ever to have seen him wear a wan-tcoat
or "vest," as we cad it. Oataide of
the honse he wears the yellow slouch
hat. and generally a short sack coat,
into which he tightly buttons bis slen
der body, including his long beard.
ahone is exceedingly fond of and
demoted to his children. A vary cute
bkje dog named Bijon, that had been
givaa to little Miss Mahone by John
McalL the theatrical manager, me
jrer rl always kept near htm while M'b.
foae--V &- lime g in-..were-in :
wi'Vme. fle would sd? 'lsuo to "
minuiES it it got out ot ma signr. xi
aid it made him feel almost as though
the little cirl were somewhere near. He
would hold the dog up to a picture of
the daughter, and talk to the knowing
fetlow abont his little mistress.
"Adam ana Eve."
Every morning visitors to the Cen
tral Market Galveston, Texas, can see
near the fish department au old and
shriveled couple, before whom are
plaxd baskets of crabs, which they
peddle out until the bell strikes the
hour for closing the market. The old
man and wife are known as "Adam and
Eve," and spend" the day along the
wharves catching crabs in nets, and iu
the morning sell them in the market.
and thus manage to procure the necessa
ries of life to keep body and soul to
gether. Their sleeping apartment is
six by eight shanty oa the western
wharf, where they have sqatted for
years. Tbe old man, whose name is
Bernard Buolenti, speaks English very
imperfectly, but in a conversation had
by him by a corresio:ideiit enough
was learned to show that his care r had
been a checkered one.
Born in the Province of Calabria, In
the southern part of the Italian pen in
sula, m lelo, his early years were pass
ed in a quiet maner in the manufacture
of the famous red and white wines for
which the province was celebrated, and
in the playing of cards, a great passion
among bis countrymen. Marrying at
the age of 29 years, he became involved
in a difficulty soon afer with an Arna
out, and stabbing him in the heart, lied
to Spain, arriving in the northern part
of that country during the height of the
Carhst war, and espousing the cau.- of
Don Carlos, followed ins varying lor-
tunes until he was compelled .to flee to
France in 1S39. Buolenti then drifted
to Trieste, on the Adriatic, where he
engaged in merchandising, and in a few
years, acquired a competence. Tiring
of a commercial life, he emigrated to
South America, and entering the Bra
zilian army, rose to the rank tf a mnj-ir
of cavalry, but for some fancied du-o
bedience of orders lost hi3 commission.
He then drifted over to the Paciflj side,
and remained in Chili for several years
without bettering his condition.
When Maximilan moved upon Mexi
co, isuolenti made ni3 way to mat
country, and was given a subaltern
commission in the Austrian contingent,
and served until the downfall and exe
cution ot the Emperor at Queretarj,
declining to leave the country when Ba
zalne and the foreign troops departed.
After the death of the Emperor, Buo
lenti, upon whom age and hardships
were making inroads, made his way to
Vera Cruz, and eked out an existence
in that place until some years ago,
when he managed to get to Galveston
on a passing schooner. There he em
barked m the crab catching business,
which he has followed ever since, and
the oil coupie dressed in ratrs, form
one of the most striking of the many
queer sights to be seen along the water
front of this southern seaport. With
all his poverty, the old man scorns to
solicit alms, aud, with a. spark of pride,
will exclaim: "Me no tramp; mono
beggar; me old soldier."
Maurice Is a sharp youngster with
a sweet tooth. The other night his
mother had some company, and refresh
ments were served. Maurice got hold
of a big piece of cake, and lay down
with it before the fire.
He was very still for a long time, and
finally his mother spoke to him:
"Maurice!" she said, wainlngly.
"Yes'm," he replied, raising his
bead.
You'll go to sleep there, dear."
"No'm I won't. I never go to sleep
when there is cake to eat."
THE OCCULT WOIUJw
Talk with Gentlemen who Claim
Adcptstiip in Eastern Mysteries.
Said a friend. If a noted truth teller
had told me the experience herein nar
rated had happened to him I could not
have believed him. I would have
thought he was dreaming, and did not
know it, though it would havo hurt his
reelings by tolling him so. Spook,
ghost or goblin were to me the crea
tions of a disordered 1 in. I could no
more have believed iu the existence of
a spirit apart from the body, or surviv
ing it after death, than I could have
believed in tho trinity, or tho twelve
gods of Olympu?. Whatever was out
side of the known laws of matter was to
me absolutely non-existent.
"I had read of astral bodies, so
called, lighter than air, so ethereal that,
like gaei-s, they could pass through
brick walls. When the material bodies
of which thy were the counterpart were
chained ii doad slumber it was said the
spirit, clothed in this astral shape,
could escape and flit whither it would,
over tho face of tho earth, like will
o the wisp, realizing veritably Mrs.
Browning's aspiration:
"If men could ride witu naked sou
An I mate no noise, aad pay no price at
ad."
Nonsense! Blatherl
"It was a figment of fancy. Those
who pretended to have, or hod faith in
such stuff were about equally divided
between lranda and fools.
' Nothing short of what actuully did
happen could have ever changed my
mind. It was necersary for me, with
my own eyes, broad awake, in lull pos
session of my senses, to see an astral
body. Only such evidence, I contend.
should be taken by anybody in a case
like this.
sinso the experience here men
tioned many others, more remarkable,
hava been mine, bnt concerning these
there is silence. That was the first con
vincing one.
It was in September, 1834. A
pleasant acquaintance and friendship of
6oruj years standing had existed be
tween Dr. Elliott Cones and myself.
He had just returned from across the
water, with head and ears full of the
strange beauties and mysteries of oc
cult science. He called one evening
It was very hot, aud we left tho 6 tuny
parlor and I h; took onrselTes to the com
mon eoplo'a open air breathing place,
Madison Square park. We sat there
under the twinkling eiectric lights till
pat 10 o'clock, two hours perhaps.
And nearly all that time the doctor was
trying to convince me ol the realities
ot things which now all good theoso
phista know to be true. He was pass
iag eloquent as he often is and I wes
stupidly incredulous, as I often am, too,
for the mutter of that.
I would as soon admit the raoou was
made of green cheese," I said.
Ii-3 told mo of wonders ho had wit
nessed, I laughed. "I believe yon
belif ve it," I said.
v erv well, you may '"g'l. . .pt1-
swertd Dr. Couea; "but its true, all
r. -n Clairivwsya.SMajnerica,
astral visitations, are facts, and the
scientific world will be forced to admit
it sooner or later. Happy they who
have sense enough to give into it
sooLer."
I cannot remember the half he said,
or tan quarter. Bnt it was all in the
same strain, the stnpendoosand dazzling
acquisitions occult science offered to her
votaries, and the perfect purity of life
and lofty unselfishness theopsy de
manded of its disciples.
Finally tho doctor said: "I will tell
you what 1 inteud to do. Some night
I am coming to visit you in the astral
shape."
"Don't," said L "It might be em
barrassing." " ell, I shall come, he replied.
"When you do, I'll believe in it"
It was a rash promise.
"Dr. Cones went to his hotel. I went
home and to my room, and bolted tho
door and retired. In less than no time
I was asleep. Never did slumber seal
a mortal s eyes more "tight-fast" than
mine that night Towarus morniDg I
was startled fron. a sleep so profound
that it seemed like coming from another
world. It was the touch of a hand and
arm that roused me. Just as I waked, it
flashed upon me that I had been dream
ing about Dr. Cones. Somebody was sit
ting upon tho edge of the bed. I
started up wiidly. And as I did so. I
saw that the person who sat beside me
was Dr. Cones. Tho form and face
were shadowy, bnt distinct and unmis
takable. Then it was gone, in an in
stant; vanished "like the baseless fabric
eia dream." It faded cut.
The impression the apparition left
behind was so startling that I cannot
describe it It was there in my own
room, in my own bed, sitting np and
gazing through the dim light at the
blank wall. 1 was awake, in my full
senses, if 1 ever had been. Ulten, In
my past life, I hod been wakened from
sleep by a hand touching me. Most
people have. Tbo sensation was too
familiar to be mistaken, let nobody
was there. The door was fastened with
au iron bolt as 1 hart lelt it Nobody
had been there. Nevertheless, I had
feen and been touched and waked by
my friend. He had visited me in astral
form, just as he said he would do."
Bonaparte Park.
A correspondent, In a description of
the present condition of I'oint Breeze,
the estate of Joseph Bonaparte at Bor
Oeiitoun, N. J., says:
Born of an obscure family m Corsica,
he rose with his immortal brother, de
fended him with energy and talent as a
member of the Councu of t lve Hun
dred, became a senator, invaded and
conquered the kingdom of Naples, be
came its ruler, aud was made the king
though &ever master of bpaiu. As
such he was the peer of such marshals
of France, as boult Ney, Massena, Jor
dan, Bessiere3, Lannes, Mortier, Vic
tor, Marmont, and with France,
"fought all the people of Europe." The
wearing of two crowns had not worn
him out. While at Madrid he studied
the landscape gardening about that sep
ulchral pile of Philip II, that stands
about thlriy miles to the not th west of
the capital and is called the Escurial.
These effects he set out to reproduce at
Point Breeze after the sun of Napoleon
went down forever amid the defeat
and carnage of Waterloo. Ah, yes! ooi
thing be did. He declined the crown
of Mexico. He was visited at this very
place by a commission from our neigh
borly peninsula and tendered it The
memorable words of bis declination are
honey to every lover of this country.
Here they are: "Every day I pass in
this hospitable laud proves more clearly
to me the excellence of Kepublicac in
f
stitutions for America. Keep them as'
a precious gift from heaven. Settle!
your internal commotions; follow thei
example of the United States and seek
among your fellow citizens a man more
capable than I am of acting the great
part of Washington."
This Is a day ot all the days in 114
year to visit this Park strewn with
acorns aud opened chestnut burrs.
Amid the woodland the falling leaves
threaten to smother us as was Caniby-
ses by the sands of Africa. Long rows
of stalely sentry ptues keep melancholy
guard along the southern side of the
broad Ivtwn. In thij grass plot are fully
twenty acres, and on the northwestern
side (not In the center) stands the mod
ern manor house, built bv Ilenrv Beck
ett, son of Sir John Beckett, of Somers-
by park, Lincolnshire England. It is a
tine Italian villa of three stories and
contains twenty-five spacious apart
ments, besides many corridors and pas
sageways. It has been untenanted for
many years. Its massive door frames
and really imposing stairway aud rotun
da stamp it as an architectural effort of
considerable taste and skill.
The main drawing room consisting of
two large parlors, contains the famous
alabaster mantel presented to Joseph
Bonaparte by Cardinal t each, his uncle.
It is one of the most exquisite bits of
sculpture in this country, and tbe two
figuies that gracefully support the mar
ble ledge recall the two statues that
stand in the charmed treasure room of
the Alhambra, at Granada, pointing
toward concealed goid that nobody has
yet been able to hnd. That mantel
should adorn some pnblic gallery. In
the dining room i3 another mantel, also
sent by his eminence the cardinal. Two
dragons glare at each other acro3s the
tablet that crosses the front of the fire
place. ' The lacework on the pillars i3
as delicate as the fabric of Valenci
ennes, it is a dainty example or the
best Italian stone cutters, but it does
not rise to the level of a work of real
ait as does the mantel piece first men
tioned. A fine glass chandelier hangs
in one of the largest rooms that was a
gift to Bonaparte from his sister nor
tense. The climb to the cupola is made by a
neat stairway, and the view frora the
top is quite extensive. The broad Dela
ware is seen beyond the narrow strip of
lowland that separates Crosswick's
creek from the larger stream, and at
the base of the bluff, which ends the
plateau so abruptly, is the ste
landing whence the small vessei.
Philadelphia. A realization of t ie . -extent
of the park Is gained fron. iiiis
lookout In the days of its prandeur
Bonaparte park contained twelve miles
of graded gravel drives. Scope for
cross country riding was vast ' Up
hill and down dale" was an experience
that any rider who had the sweet privi
lege of hunting there might enjoy. As
one walked along the wide avenue that
swings gracelully round the rear of the
house, constantly pelted with hickory
nuts and acorns, it was easy to imagine
the presence ot the tall, fine figure of
Joseph Bonaparte striding through
these glades, with his trusty pruning
hatchet in his hand an advance upon
Charles Martet and hta tsnyssr ?ees
ing for small boys, who, despite his nt
most vigilance, persisted in setting his
tra: tor ins bares.
Prluce Bonaparte had only one cross
besides the downfall of his family to
bear. That was the persistency of the
American small boy. The two individ
uals did not, never could, understand
each other. The small boy of Bonlen-
town was the Blucher of Joseph Bona
parte, lie would invade his domain.
between two days and set traps that
nobxlv but the prince could find. Many
a cold, raw morning, in the fall or win
ter, would the prince rise early, swal
low a cup of coffee so hot that it made
his valet tremble to see him bolt 1
?eize his hat and sally out into the damp
woodlands in search of the small boy's
traitt. It is not recorded that he ever
threatened ill to the small boy himself,
but he could demolish a rabbit trap at
sixty yards by a well directed cast of
his weapon. He loved the rabbits bet
ter than he did the boys. The urchins
were industrious, and during his long
seeking he round many a one. Though
the spectacle of an ex-king cf Spain
seeking poachers is not splendid, no
doubt it would have gratified Mr. Hen
ry Bergh to have seen him break a rah
bit trap and release it3 prey. Over
these wild land3 Prince Murat hunted
during his visit to his uncle. This son
of a waiter in a Paris cafe, who rose to
be a marshal of France, was a tough
lad, and spent his time and money with
equal prodigality.
He Knew ihc Story.
A business man on the third floor of
a building on Griswold street, Detroit,
bought a ton ot coal the other day, and
when a boy came up to ask him for the
job of elevating the chestnut he asked
the youth to take a chair, and then
said:
"My boy, you should start right in
entering upon the path of life."
"Yes, sir that's what maw says."
"I was a poor boy a very poor by
myself at your age."
"Yes, sir I don't doubt it; you wore
ragged clothes and didn't have half
trough to eat."
Ahem y-e-s. I felt that I would
have to make my own future, and I de
cided to start out right In the town
where I lived there wa3 a five story
building."
"Yes, sir, and there were offices way
up on the top floor, and no elevator."
"Just so, my boy."
"And a man who had an i Hi .-eon the
top floor bought a ton of coal, and you
asked him for the job of backing it
up."
"Exactly."
"It was worth fifty cents, but he of
fered you a quarter, and rather than
lose the job you accepted it The man
took a notion to you, secured you a
place iu the office, and you are to-day
rich, respected, and likely to be sect to
W ashington as a United States Sena
tor. I know the story like a book."
"You do! Why, where did you ev:r
hear it before?"
"Twenty times over right oa this very
strtet, I tumbled to it after carrying
up two tons, and you fellers can't wal
lop me again!"
'Why, my son, I "
"'S all right, mister; but my terms
are fifty cents spot ca3h or no lugging.
Powerful thing that all you chaps who
have been poor and worked up to riches
want a peuniless cub to work for half
cash and half taffy!"
The occupant of the office said that
he would reserve the job for some boy
with a meek and humble disposition.
The sun shines ror everybody, the
floweM smell sweet for all noses ; and
the nightingale warbles for ail ear.
NEWS IX BRIEF-
Old lloman coins for bracelets are
! manufactured ia Connecticut
j . Sheep raising m Southern Miasis
j sipni paid 50 per cent this year.
, i ne total number or physicians la
the world is estimated at lfW.OOO.
Ti:e price of diamonds has fallen ia
i.emion from 5l" to S'5.7o par karat
By a new invention blind people
can pUy whist as well as those who can
jsee.
. Pocket handkerchiefs came inte
,use In the time of Edward IV. of Eng
daud. j Jamestown, D. T., has advertised
'for a brass band.
Dakota built nearly o,fX school
houses in the past year.
'. Tennessee employs 1031 colored
male and 4J2 colored female school
teachers.
i Atlanta is now credited with a
population or dg.buO, cf which 18,000
are blacks.
the rector of a fashionable church
in Utah is spoken of as the "Apostle of
the Geutee's."
Russia produces annually over 13,
(M tons of honey, valued at about four
million dollars.
A manufacturing company in
Athens, Ga , has provided free schools
for its employes.
It is illegal in Paris for a news
dealer to lend out a newspaper to any
one far reading purposes.
Over the grated door of the county
jail in Winona, Minn., is the motto,
"God Bless Our Home."
A larger ratio of people born in Ver
mont have emigrated than from any
other State in the Union.
Two centuries ago the oonulation
of Berlin was 17,4'X, of whom over
5,000 were French, chiefly Huguenot
exiles.
The annual income of a famous
Baltimore chiropodist is S10.000. He
is employed almost exclusively by the
wealthy.
The Catskiil mountains are already
covered with snow at various pointi,
aud Ice half an inch thick is frequently
met witu.
A man in Louisville had the first
tooth of his first grandchild mounted ou
a goid pin, and wears it on his scarf as
an ornament
Kev. Dr. Cha3. Moldehnke. an
American Egyptologist, says the obelisk
hi Central Park is "lunina awav from
homesickness."
The suttee is still largely practiced
in India. Over three thousand widows
by this means devoted themselves) to
e'eath last year.
Prairie grass is now turned into
paper. A mill at Quincy, Mo., has
used 400,000 tons of the grass for that
purpose since June.
A pearl as large as a pigeon egg
was shown in Paris recently. There
were 114 others m the bivalve from
whieh-it was taken.
A factory for the manufacture of
idois for use in Chinese precessions airt -temples,
has been started by a Celestial
ia Sacramento, Cat
The Victory, the war ship on which
Nelson fought and fell at Trafalgar, is
at Portsmouth, England, in a good
state of preservation.
The prospective coxswain of the
Y'ale University crew weighs sixty-five
pounds and is the lightest man who has
ever been in the college.
A little girl only 9 years old took
the first prize for oil painting at the
Los Angeles fair. Her subject was
"Christmas roses."
Within a week two men have com
mitted suicide by jumping overboard
from steamera plying between Fall
Kiver and New York.
Smoking at funerals or in funeral
processions is a practice that has caused
Birmingham (Conn.) citizens to organ
ize for its suppression.
France, Greece and Italy have
agreed to redeem silver coins in gold
for five years more, but no additional
silver coinage to be made.
Mohammedan women in Constan
tinople greet their Christian acquain
tances witn tne loving salutation:
"May the dogs devour your bones."
The people in Madagascar on the
death of the Queen recently, were, It is
said, forbidden for two months to wear
hats, carry umbrellas or plait their hair.
Au English scientist believes that
fragments of Noah's ark are still in
existence, and he proposes to take a
party to Mount Ararat to search for
them.
A graduate of a theological semi
nary in New York has been refused a
license to preach because he lived too
expensively and dressed too fashion
ably. A Buffalo surgeon says cancer Is
becoming alarmingly prevalent in this
country. In two years' practice he has
encountered over 150 cases of the di
sease.
Since 1S52 the sum of S373.00O.00O
has been expended in the improvement
and embellishment of the French cap.
tal. Of this amount 5170,000,000 was
laid out on the streets.
Underground telegraph wires hav
ing proved successful in France, the
Government has determined to lay
abont 4530 miles of cable, the cost of
which is estimated at 510,800,000.
a missionary in India says new
heathen temples are being built in many
of the cities and villages of that coun
try. He therefore concludes that pag
anism i3 increasing rather than dying
out
Russian inspectors of provisions at
St Petersburg not long ago found pack
ages of tea adulterated with 40 per
cent of pea shells, and also a factory
where exhausted tea leaves were worked
over.
Wealthy people in New York, on
the occasion of a party or other special
gathering, employ a "professor" to de
scribe the good points of their paintings
aud extol their excellence and value.
: There is a movement on foot among
the colored people of the country to
raise a large sum of money for the erec
tion cf a monument at Washington to
commemorate their emancipation from
slavery.
' Five years ago two gold fish were
placed in the pond of the Cohassett,
Mass., common. When the poad was.
drained the other day it was found that
the single pair of fish had increased U
thousands.
California is said to be the only
State in which the distillation of salt
from sea water is carried on to any
great extent. The production has rlseu
lroin 44,000 bushels in 1S00 to upwards
f fcoO.UOQ bushels iu 13-Sfi
fo"nd loom
our surprise that we
alone.
iiio iirtiim