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B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE 00IBT1T0TI0I THE UHOI-AID TEE EIT0E0E1IEIT OF TEE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XL.
MIFFMNTOWX, JUNIATA COUNTY. PKNNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 27, 1886.
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The March of the Tears.
One by "'
lT 0!lf.
1M yr
past.
till the march Is
Ij,e0lJT'3rdif to the so.onin knell,
and a nierr.v I-a'. f01" the chancing bell
rhorsiUeot;:.r ly one.
j-jv ib? march
:" tit- years shall at last be
a the ycar tl.it conn iu mystery clad;
Tboir faces :iri
' bidden -lud none can see
w rrv O! sorrowiin ejea win oe.
Bri 'it itd sad, dark :u:d glad.
Have bet" tUe years tU.it we all liars bad.
Fair and nb:Ie under the s-un
Somrthii. from ns each year lias won.
Hasit (riven ns treasures? Day by day
It 'la? tn ": ',: "2 we prized away;
We aiert iili te.irs, and couut with tears
Ibelur.'d :.. ; -! o: the !o:i;-past years.
b it so? And "t! '-' a ,lot ,ur?t-t
How fairly the sun '' ris0 auJ set;
F-ich year lias brought us siuie sunny hours
S lit a wrallli 01 soiii and a crown of tlow-
Porvr to iove ai.d time to pray,
lBjiftf tavo been ere it passed away.
We baU the New that has come In view;
Work coax wi'.b it, and pleasure too;
AnJrr-n iLough iiniay bring some pain,
kidi passing year is a tiling of gain;
Wsgrwt with sons the days tuat throne;
po tier Itrius us trouble? Twill make us
With snipes of hope, and not with tears,
w'emtttt t ar frieuds in theg'.ad new years;
Go.1 Is with them, and, as they come.
Tiiey bear us nearer our res:lul Louie.
Anionely one, with gome treasure won,
II?ycom3 t.' ar hearts till they all are
Nl.VETTE.
'Lia;iJ down, iu and out, round
iiid round, then up aud down a;ain!
N'eTer allowed to put my head outside
tie front rwle.execpt on Sundays when
vc hobble oil to church once once!
Oa,lim weary of ill I wish I were
back in Normandy, listening to fat old
VUJame's J'tiz ivir!' or Monsieur
Pierre's perpetual 'Faitcs attention
Mtloh '.!,.;." Anything, anything
but this horrid monotony! I feel like
some captive maiden shut up in a for
tress. Bali, you four high brick things
ttut bury me here, and shut oift every
thing from me, I hate you!" aVnd mis
erable "i:it-tte paused to take breath.
."'rj" v 'i' .1 not a prinn make.
N j: a j3 Oars a ease,
quoted a voice.
XiDette started and looked rouud.
"Who spoke?"' she cried, half frigh-
tered. '! see no one."
"Raise your eyes, captive maiden,
roar deliverer is coming over the wall
to your rescue," answered the same
laughing vo:ce, while a shower of ieo
hiescame rattling down on the gravel
it her feet
4"Get off the wall immediately, you
rode boy!"' she exclaimed, looking up.
"If jou come over here, yon we have
i dog!" she added, at a loss how to in
timidate him. ,
"1 have no intention of breaking my
neci,evea lor jou, captive maiden;
aly, as 1 heard you storming away. I
."rrraitese .
ra catcliinz it; and. lo. when I eet to
; ftetop of the wall and reep cautiously
r. --.n -a I'no'''
Xinette laughed she could not help
i-and the lad joined in heartily.
"Walter, come down. Don't be
rade.r said another voice.
"Are you not alone?" questioned
Xicette, in surprise.
"Xot I. I'm under tutors and gov
ernors at present. The gentleman with
me Is tie Ileverend OuesimusV" and
the lad shook so with laughter that he
could scarcely retain his hold on the
trail.
"You are vet y tude to your tutor,"
ste said, gravely, owning her brown
ejes wide at the hoy's free speech.
"Oh, he quite understands me," he
laswered, Ruins into a fresh outburst.
"Come, Walter, I'm going," said the
tutor; atid Ninette heard him walk
war. But the boy kept his seat still,
only calling out
"Alieu, Iteverei.ed Onesinius; I'll
join ynu presently.''
"What is your mime?" he asked cou
tiiair.g tlie conversation.
"What is yor.rs?'; was Ninette's au
ser. "Walter Stuart N '.tgent, at your ser
vice." "Are you Sir Archibald IS'ugeut's
s? And does your papa's park adjoin
oar (rardenV
"Verly."
"It must be very Wautif ul, I know;
lor I can see some splendid trees from
2 house. Cut then one can see
nothing from ?: re," sho added mourn
nlly. . "I iy, though, what is your name?
as Mrs. Be'.lairs vour tnamma? She's
Precious old!"
''My name is Ninette, aud Mrs. liel--"s
is my granduiamma," with digni-
"Do you go to school?" asked "Wal
Kr. "School, indeed! Why, I am grown
ipffiy education is finished!"
FraaoeU.0" ua'J t0 s t0 80,1001 in
r'TtS-at 'J"eu. in Xormandv, at
Jaie Llupont's ixnJonnat. What
PWty sister you have got! I f-ee her
rctl sometimes.
J hat is her jiame?"
"te. And now I'll vanish, for I
sonibodvcomiug. Good-bye, cap
''eiruidea; I'll come again some time,"
UUa great clattering of loose
rrte slipped off the wall and dis-
Xjcette's shoulders gave another lit
as she continued her mter
Mwalk, a.e was a pretty little
;'U a small graceful ligure, a
shining hair, and a iair of shy
is that reminded one of noth
S so rtuch us a startled fawn. N inette
n?rp,:a!1' :mJ liaJ left when
V;d '"tl cire of her grandparents.
1Jed, it w;,s u ,reary life for a li ve
jjjoung sm. Xo wonder poor ch)jJf
il ajKd to death. But bntrht
itot t .c,,lr'inS the person of her
tonn, , ybuic,'vl. wh knew all the
hW? tiiauhes ior milesaiound Ablet's
arr7. ""Saya uuie mamen
could wish to meet
aor'V3 dinette!" she said, the
?ifl ib f "r hei ''-'rival, holdine the
"Whata nt of 1,er for inspection.
Ui , m? companion to go visiting
"'-"'d you hke to do so,
"Y n
me3 ' ai'Sv.ered Ninette, with a
at her waslied-out muslin
"c. an( ..... .-.
r, .?e ' call on
the Xugents
i the
nearest, and we are
ifi q
tsrbro;SrUfcful look deepened, and
"What s eiT3 were suspiciously moist.
kwk a , matter, child? You do
"h j, , Jou cared to go."
""ot that. Aunt Adelaide, but
J u033 or nnet, or anything!"
finished inette, bursting into tears!
o clothes!" ejaculated Lady Sum
ner In astonishment
unly my school clothes, aunt ; grand
mamma thought 1 had better wear
them out," stammered Xiuette.through
her sobs.
"If they are all like what you have
on, dear, I don't think we shall be very
extravagant if we indulge in a new
wardrobe," said Lady Sumner, kindly
'sw you and I will start off to Holms
and have a long day's shopping. Thanks
to the inventor of ready-made costume
dresses, we can speedilv 'rig you out '
as March would say."
IVinette's bright face was a picture.
'Oh, how kind! How nicel But"
nu a graver expression -'but grand
mamma?" "I will settle it with grandmamma
while you run away and don your very
best hat and dress."
"I must trust to fate that the child
uoes not make a fright of herseir,"
thought her ladyship. "What a sweet
little thing it is! Any other girl would
have looked odious iu that shabby out
grown frock. I shall certainly carry her
off when I return to London.
When Lady Sumner returned to
town, .Ninette was visiting at IVugeut
Park.
There were eight of them grouped on
the lawn nine, if the figure standing
under the cedar tree was counted. This
figure no one had seen but Xinette.
Kate Nugent, the bride cf to-morrow,
was sitting full in the bright moon
light, with a scarlet wrapover her white
dress, holding high court; bending over
her chair, and toying with one of her
blonde ringlets, was her fiance. Two
elegant girls, with attendant cavaliers,
were seated near; whilst on a tiger-
sklii spread on the grass lav Walter
Stuart Nugent at the feet of Ninette,
"What a dreadful thing it would be
if Arcaer did not arrive in time!" ex
claimed Miss Evelyn, rising from her
chair and approaching the bride-elect.
"Don't suggest such a possibility,
Millicent," answered MissNugent. "It
would cause such a fuss to put off the
wedding, and I won't be married with
out Archer," and she looked at the
expectant bridegroom with a saucy
smile.
"I hope to goodness he will come!"
exclaimed Walter. "It will be a jolly
nuisance if he doesn't."
"l'ou will be merciful, will you not?"
w hlspered Lord Eflingham. "My busi
ness in Home must be my pleader, dear
one."
"Your business must w?jt" answer
ed Kate aloud. "I am determined not
to be married till Archer comes."
"You will have to obey after to
morrow, Kate," remarked Miss Con
stance Evelyn, gaily; "so I cannot
blame you for making use of your lib
erty as long as you can,"
"If you think lam going to give up
my will directly after I am married,
you are greatly mistaken, Conny," ex
claimed Miss Nugent, with a shrug of
her shoulders, "I hope you dof ex
pect it, Lord Effingham?" -y---
"Sot ar te , an5erjPia-.
That is right; a ii just ari we
should understand each other." -.
"But, Kate, women are bound to
obey their husbands," said Miss Evelyn
"They promise, you know."
'Tshaw, my dear!" remarked Miss
Nugent, with a worldly-wise air. "There
is a way out of every difficulty, if you
only lcok for it I do not intend to
say 'obey.'"
"What word shall you substitute?"
asked the amused Lord Effingham.
"Nobey!" exclaimed Kate, trium
phantly. "That's no word at all!" shouted
Walter.
"I would not marry any man if 1 did
not love him well enough to obey him,"
said Ninette.
"It is very well for you to say so,
little Simplicity," retorted Kate.
"When you have seen as much of the
world and men as I have, you will be
wiser. I don't intend to say 'obey.'"
"Then I would not say 'honor,' "
ci ied Ninette warmly; "for it means
ever so much more tlian obeying."
They laughed at her vehemence; but
Kate sat silent for a few miuutes.
"You uncomfortable little thing!"
slnsaid at last "You have taken
away every ray of hope. Now what
shall I do?" And she turned to the lit
tle group with a comical air of en
treaty. "Have a new service compiled," sug
gested onsof the gentlemen.
"There is no time for it, I fear."
' I wonder who that gentleman is
who has been standing so long under
the cedar watching us," said Ninette,
presently.
Walter looked In the direction indi
cated, and sprang to his feet
"Archer, by all that's wonderful!"
he cried, rushing up to his brother.
There was such a buzz of welcome
and chatter that for a little while Nin
ette vras quite overlooked, but when
the laughter and questioning had a lit
tle subsided, Walter brought the new
arrival to her side, and introduced him
as "The Reverened Onesimus Tooth to
Miss Bellairs," and then boy like burst
into a ringing peal of laughter. Archer's
surprise and Ninette's blushes only
provoked his merriment, till Kate came
to the rescue.
"My brother, Captain N ugent Miss
Bellairs," she said, and then, turning
to her younger brother, added, "I do
not understand your joke, Walter; but
it appears very ill-bred and out of
place."
Walter was sobered at once.
"It was awfully rude, Kate. I know,''
he said, apologetically, "but if Ju
had seen the joke, you would have
lauzhedtoo."
"We will hear It some other tune,
Walter. Remember, Archer has not
seen mamma yet, and is fatigued, no
doubt, so we will adjourn to the house."
Taking her brother s arm, and ac
companied by Lord EfflEghain. e
crossed the lawn; but the others re
rSd for some time longer chatting
aud laughing in the moonlight.
The village organist struck . up . the
wedding march, tne cuuuicu
neirflo hor pranced, and peo
ple cheered, for Kate Nugent was Lady
E-lSftermaUvoudidsay obey,'Kate
said ord Effingham, as they drove to
the station, after the usual fatiguing
Memory of breakfast and speech niak
ine had been endured. . . M
"Did 1? I scarcely knew what I said
fnVfip lifted to his so confidingly.
SfeiSSi wasNmctte'sfirst ball.
Her cap of pleasure was full almost
too full to be real: she thought, as she
stood before her mirror, and watched
Lady N ugent's maid give the finishing
touches to her dress.
At the foot of the stairs she -found
v alter awaiting her, with a peace of
fering in the shape or a bouquet of
flowers.
"I say, Miss Dellairs. you didn't
mini last night, did you?" he asked,
enigmatically. "I hops you'll wear
these to-night," he ndied, tendering
the flowers.
"Thank you, Walter; you are very
kind. I was wishing for soain flowers;
those I had in the morning looked so
drooping."
"That's all right, then," he said, his
face clearing. "Coi09 alons the? are
just going to begin dancing; and you'll
dance this set with me, won't you?"
"I claim that honor, Master Walter,"
said a voice at his elbow, and Mr. Eve
lyn, who had been her partner in the
morning, offered his services.
"I will dance the next with you, if I
can, Walter," said Ninette, moving
away.
The next was Captain Nugeut'a
dance. Alas for Walter! He got uo
dance with her that evening, and Nin
ette was too happy to think of him.
"What a lovely little creature Miss
Bellairs is, mother!" said Archer, as
he stood by Lady Nugent 's chair watch
ing the dancers. "She is by far the
prettiest gill here."
"Yes," returned her ladyship, smil
ing, "so your father says."
"If I were not obliged to return to
morrow. I should ask vou to keen hpr
for a little while.
"You will stand a much better chance
of seeing her in town," said his mother
with an arch glance. "She is going to
visit her aunt Lady Sumner."
"I have treated Sir March very shab
bily of late; I will repair my neglect
immediately," laughed Archer. "And
now I will leave you, for 1 see Evelyn's
dance is concluded and the next is
mine."
"I siy. Arch, isn't Bertie Evelyn
siKxms?" whispered Walter, waylaying
his brother as he crossed the room.
"You are jealous of Evelyn's mous
tache, Walter," said his brother lightly.
"On whom is he 'spoons.' as you call
it?"
"Why, Miss Bellairs! He's awfully
struck, auy one can see; and. Arch,'
he added, as his brother was moving
away. "I believe she's frightened!"
"Frightened?"
"Yes, she is such a shy little being,
you know. Kate always called her
little Simplicity.' "
Another moment brought Archer to
Ninette's side.
"It is my turn now, Evelyn," he
said. "Miss Bellairs, will you allow
me to take you away?"
She rose quickly and placed her hand
on his arm. "If you would not mind
if I might be excused this dance?"
"Just what I was going to propose.
Miss Bellairs," answvred Archer, look
ing at the flushed face and timid eye
raiaea to his. "There are several peopie
"-e tbe b'- v ' ,tb r'-'tV i
. .J,'y I J i..t i yoa
would take cold it ly let ms wrap this
cloak round you. Would you like
that?"
"Oh yes, if you please," she agreed,
eagerly.
"You looked just cow as if sime
thing bad annoyed you," he said, as
they sauntered up aud down in the
moonlight.
"Did I? Oh no, it was only I mean
please don't ask me it really was
nothing.' she returned, with embar
rassment. "I am so sorry I must leave Abbot's
Home to-morrow," he said, changing
the conversation. "I should like to have
some rides with you."
"I cannot ride."
"Then I should have petitioned for
the double pleasure of teaching you.
You would not be af raidi"'
"Oil no at least I do not think I
should," she replied, with a blush aud
smile. "But are you obliged to return
to town to-morrow? How disappointed
Iv.tdv Nugent will be!"
"I should have been more so, but
that my mother tells me you are com
ing to London to stay with Lady Sum
ner; so I hope orten to have the plea
sure of seeing you."
Another bright blush came for an
swer. " ou are not tireo f " I
"Oh no.'
How lovely that cedar looks iu this
soft light! I watched you for a long
lime last night from under its shadow."
"Yes, 1 saw you."
"And I heard you. also;" then, after
a sileuce. "Do you think it is part of I
love's duty to obey Miss Bellairs?"
"Yes," answered Ninette, softly.
"Y'ou must trust where you love; and I
feel sure I should never be asked to
obsv if it were not for my happiness."
"I think you ought to be loved very
dearly." said Archer, gazing admiring
ly into the pretty earnest face.
"Why?" she asked, childlike.
But he spoiled all by his answer.
"Because you are so lovely!"
Timid, startled Ninette! She feared
a repetition of Birtie Evelyn's foolish
nonsense. "Please take me in," she said
eagerly. "I am afraid I shall be want
ed to dance again."
Captain Archer saw his mistake, l
beg your pardon." he said, leading her
back to the drawing-room. "Will you
dance, or shall 1 find you a seat near
my mother?" '
' Oh yes, if you will. I would rather
rest "
With a grave bow he left her and it
was long before they met again.
Ninette seated herself by her aunt's
side, her thoughts far away from the
gay scene, and refused all offers to
dance, while she watched the door
eagerly. "I have a presentiment that
he will come," she said to herself, "and
then I shall hear why he never came to
see us. I wish we were out of this
crowded London; we always seem to
miss the people we want to meet and
meet those we wish to avoid," she ad
ded, seeing Lord Singleton approaching
Ninette excused herself from dancing
and be turned away to seek another
Pa" You are making yourself very con
spicuous, Ninette," whispered her
aunt. "I insist on your dancing the
"ThJrew no help for it, Ninette was
obliged to comply, and Colonel St
Eluie presenting himself carried her off
to loin the waltzers.
"Allow me," said Mousieur Dulau,
meeting them as they sauntered to
wards conservatory after the dance
wm over: "Miss Bellairs-Captain
AWe areUquite old friends, monsieur,"
corrected Ninette, offering her hand
with a bright smile. .
''I was afraid I might have been for-
gotten," said Capjain Nugent, as theyf "There Is a genera, eclipse," added
proceeded to Join the dancers.
"No; I wondered why you did not
come to see us," returned Ninette,
softly.
"Stern duty took me away," he ex
plained. "Walter, too, was tU and had
to be taken abroad. Y'ou must let me
tell you all about it after our dance.
Does this remind you of the dance at
Nugent?" he asked, as they took a few
turns.
"A little,"
"Only a little! Ah, v. e could do noth
ing as grand as this out of London."
"I did not mean that," said Ninette,
indignantly; then, "What a lot of dis
agreeable people there are here to-night
I do so detest foreigners."
"Most young ladies adore them,"
observed the captain laughing. '-They
tell me you ate quite a fashionable
belle, and have refused innumerable
grand offers. It is poor news for a
baronet's son."
"Why?" asked Ninette, opening her
bright eyes widely.
"I see society has not spoiled you,"
he said, thinking or the "why?" she had
asked him once before.
"I think people must get very tired
of society; I do. I wish we were back
at dear old Sumner."
"Or Nu?eut," he suggested."
"l'es, I should like to see Nugent
again," she said, simply; "but that is
not likely, you know, now that grand
papa has sold Abbot's Home and come
to live at Sumuer Hall."
That is news to me. I liave not
been down to Nugent yet I arrived
from Italy only two days ago."
"I wanted so much to hear all about
your Journey and Lady Effingham; but I
see Aunt Adelaide looking for me.
Please take me to her."
"You scarcely deserve recognition,''
said Lady Sumuer, shaking hands with
Captain Nugeut. "Why have you never
been to see us?"
' I have been in Eaglaud only two
days: but to-morrow, it I may, I will
repair my negligence."
"Yes come to dinner; Sir March has
a few friend?, and will be delighted to
see you. Now, Ninette, we must be
going."
"Adieu till to morrow. Miss Bel
lairs," said Archer taking her hand. "I
did not expect such good fortune when
I accepted Madame's invitation yester
day," he added, softly.
"Good night flu reeoif!" said Nin
ette, turning away with a happy fac?.
It was a very line September, and
Ninette thought the sun had never
shone so brightly berore. There were
a great many people staying at Sumner,
principally Sir March's old sporting
friends and their wives, the exceptions
iieing i mette's particular friend Maud
Kingston, the Misses Evelyn, their
brother, and Captain Nugent
The fonr young ladles were out on
the lawn awaiting the return of the
gentlemen from shooting, Ninette with
a broad-brimmed straw hat secured
under her chin with muslin strings,
and adoruod coqnettiJy rt the !de
wit a Vil erle 'jiXiuxx-: a"nj.;
S. W.Wo-1-iKit la her LanO, WIOl WUlCh
'he was refreshing a stand of flowers;
Constance Evelyn was assisting her.
while Miss Evelyn and Miss Kingston
were chatting together on a garden
lounge close by.
"Are they not late?" said Ninette
removing a dead leaf from one of the
plants.
"It is only your impatience, my dear,"
answered Constance, Uahtly.
"Are you ready to aiy 'obey' yet?''
asked Miss Evelyn, who had overhrd
her sister's remark.
"What do you mean?"
Mis3 Erelyn laughed at the blushes
she had raised.
"Why, Ninette, don't you remember
our chat the night before Kitie'swsl
ding, and how warmly you took part
in it?
Oh, yes," replied Ninette, with aj-
parent indifference; "but I cannot see
what it has to do with me."
"A great deal, I should say," observ
ed Conny, looking a kanceat her fi tend,
"uuless you have altered your mind,
and voted obedleuce an unnecessary
item in the marriage service."
"Don't, Conny. Y'ou know I object
to jokes of that sort," said Ninette,
quietly. "If the time ever comes that I
shall be requiied to speak those vows,
jou will find me ready to subsenba to
all of them."
"Why, here comes Captain Nugent,"
cried Constance, suddenly. "What
brings you home before the rest of your
tribe, Captain?" she demanded, saucily.
"A strong desire to know what you
weie saying about me," he answered,
laughing.
"What could have led you to inrucine
that we were talking of you?" Miss
Evelyn inquire!, with raised eyebrows.
The tinaling of my ears, which,
they say, betokens scandal."
Y'ou must follow another route,
then," said Miss Kingston; "you will
fail to discover a trace here."
"What sport have you had?" asked
Ninette coming forward.
Individually, bad; collectively good.
I am afraid to say the number of brace
I heard Sir March count over."
"It has been a lovely day for you,"
said Ninette.
"Nonsence," laughed Constance,
merrily. "Don't you know gentlemen
of a sporting turn are impervious to
weather?"
'Our suns were at home," Captaiu
Archer said, giving the ladies a sweep
ing bow.
"I always understood that luminary
to be of the masculine gender,"remark
ed Miss Kingston, Willi a little play of
the lips.
Who ever heard of more than one
Dan Pcaibus?" cried Constance, merri
ly. "Fancy the ravages of the green
eved monster if there were!"
" "I dreamed of the sun last night."
said Bertie Evelyn, who had joined the
group, looking ardently at Ninette.
"That is a sign of riches only," in
terpreted Miss Kingston. "It is only
Luna who is favorable to lovers," she
added cruelly.
"Ah, well," he said awkwardly, re
turning her shot; "Luna's is a borrow
ed light you know."
"But we are only stars, Bertie,"
said his sister, gaily, as he retreated.
"Pray what star are you, Mi33 Bel
lairs?" inquired Captain Nugent, laugh
ingly. "As we are going in for astron
omy, we had better get our lesson per
fect" "I am sure I do not know," answer
ed Ninette, looking puzzled, "unless I
am one of the Pleiades."
"Why, they are a family group, you
silly child!" exclaimed Miss Evelyn,
beaming with fun. "Y'ou have not six
brothers and sisters, have you? Cap
tain Nugent she Is Yen us."
"Having received one lesson, I pro
pose an adjournment," said Miss King
ston, rising.
Conny, gaily, following the others
towards the ball. "Do not look sad.
Captain Nugent, the stars will appear
with renewed splendor at dinner.
The flrst in the drawing-room was
inette. A dress or pale green, soften
ed with white lace, set off her bright
hair to advantage. A bunch of natu
ral leaves was fastened amid her curls
the girl had a passion for nature's or
naiueuu. Captain IN ugent who was
the next to enter, thought he had nevei
seen her look so lovely,
"Ninette!"
She looked up quickly, with a criui
son bliisn.
"Why are you so shy with me?
"Shy with you! I am not a bit," she
answered with a brave little smile.
"Then I am with you, I suppose, for
I want to tell you something very
much and I can scarcely Uud the cour
age."
'What is it?" she asked, softly.
"I love you, Ninette!"
She gave him a startled, joyous look
men uer eyes tell, ana the red roses
took full possession of neck aud brow.
"Will you say nothing for or against
mer" ne asked, making prisoners of
tier hands.
"I have nothing to say against you,
slia murmured, after a few moments
of patient waiting.
"You love me too! Is it so, Ninette?
leu me, sweet
"Yes."
It was so softly spoken that he hard
ly heard it;hls arms were quickly around
her, and the rosy face was hidden
ajainst his shoulder.
''Ninette, are you happy? Speak to
rue."
"Very," and a little low laugh fol
lowed the whisper.
She lifted her face then, and he took
it in his hands; but A inette spran
from his embrace aud darted through
the open window
Archer turned to see the cause of her
sudden flight tnd beheld Sir March
standing at tbe drawing-room door,
"I will ask for a few words with you
iu the morning. Sir March," said Archer
flushing under his host's serio-comic
gaze.
"All right, my lad," he returned
kindly. "I have never been so blind
or so obstinate as 'my lady.'"
However, "my lady' cannct have
proved very obdurate, for one of the
latest announcements in the Court Cir
cular Is that of a marriage between
Captain Archer Nugent and Miss i5el-
lairs, daughter of the late . C. Bel
lairs, Esq., and niece of Sir March
Sumner.
XOT MASSACRED.
The ("oojtrnphioal Expedition to NVw
Guinea Safe.
A dispatch from Cooktown, Qnmis
IiiikI, says the Geographical Expedition
whirh was re'Krteil to have leeu m.issa-
rrvd in .New Guinea has arrived here.
V'Ua tuclubem are wtlL r-
i iT'ieyDedition.referret' to above was
I .w..aiie-CistAaliIw Vhsului
fEvefill, - and was rent to New Orleans
bv the Geographical Siciety of Austral
asia, which was founded in May, lss;.
The staff of the expedition included a
naturalist, a surgeon, two sub-leaders,
niie on land and the other on sea, a
photographer, three natural history col
lectors, a surveyor, an engineer, and a
"general utility" volunteer. The in
structions to the commander included
directions not only for surveying work,
but for obsei vat ions on the natives, on
zoology lKitanv, and geology, with
directions for the collection and preser
vation of specimens, the cxiiedition
was to enter the Aird river, which is
piobablv imlv an east arm of the Uv
river. A telegram in the London Tima
of S'ptcmlier 1 announced the arrival
of the lUmito (the vessel in which the
! evpedilion sailed from Sydney) in the
1 lv river. It was to penetrate as far as
lios-iilile into the interior. 1 he Jr ly river
whs partly explored in IST-j by a iarty
nil the hllangowau, while in liOthe
I Italian explorer Dr. Alliertin navigated
the river to near its source. He was
twite attacked by the natives, who
snowed themselves very intractable, and
any exiiedition up the river would have
to lie conducted with the greatest tact
and caution. According to our present
knowledge, the central course of the
nver lies west of the 141st meridian,
mid therefore in Dutch territory.
While much of the country through
which it flows is swampy, the banks in
many parts are covered with thick
forests. With a suitable steam launch
it is navigable to near its source, and
would no doubt form an iuiiortant
route for opening up the interior of the
il;iud. The results of the expedition
ill be awaited with interest, as New
Guinea is now one of the least-know n
stations of the habitable globe.
Snuff-Dipping Senators.
A binall black enameled box is secure
ly fastened in a panel on each side of
the President pro tempore of the Senate,
and an inquisitive reporter constituted
hiulstif a committee of inquiry about
the matter. He found that each box
contained a fine quality of snuff, subse
quently ascertained to be imported from
Copenhagen, and costing 51 per pound.
These auuff boxes are relics of antiqui
ty, and have been in tbe Senate Cham
ber as far as tbe memory of tbe oldest
employe can recall. Modern progress
has relegated snuff-taking to a few
senior Senators, and they are not very
numerous, '.either. In fact, only about
five ot tiie Senators can be called invet
erate snuff-takers, and Senator Wilson,
the successor of ex-Governor Groome,
of Mao 'and, is probably the most con
spicuous frequenter of the snuff-lox
locality. Before be came to the Senate
this honor was held by Mr. Johnson, of
Virginia, who was succeeded by Sena
tor Riddieberger. Senator Edmunds
does not disdain to use a pinch nowand
then of tbe seductive stuff, but often he
goes for days at a time without Taising
the lid of the box. Senator Van Wyck,
of Nebraska, is another lover, of snuff,
and he never lets a day pass without
indulging la his weed, aud carries bis
own box of Maccaboy in case of emer
gencies. Energetic, busy, bustling
Senator Beck of Kentucky, finds that a
pinch ot snuff has a soothing effect
upon bis nerves, and after some pitched
battle with a brother Senator he seeks
solace in the snuff-box near the presi
ding officer.
"Did not the sight ot the boundless
bine sea, bearing on iU bosom white
winged fleets of commerce, fill you with
emotion ?" he asked, "res," replied
the fair one, "for a while it did ; but
after a time. It didu't Ml me with any
thing ; it sorter emptied me !"
WILD WESrERX STEED
The Ileitis of the Mountain and Their
Kiert-e Bosses."
With the wild horses a stallion is at
the head, and is the leader of everv
herd, having such control over them
that no band of cowbovs are able to
drive a band of horses so fast or well so
a stallion can. All in the baud are as
thoroughly afraid of him they keep in
a bunch, and their speed is gauged by
his own, he running behind with his
head low, scarcely aliove the ground.
He advances quickly on the hinder most
ones, giving them a sharp bite ou the
haunch, thereby giving them to under
stand they must keep up. Should one
turn out he follows hiin. much after
the fashion of the shepherd dog, and
runs him back. Until his band are out
of sight in the mountains lie keeps this
up. Here they seeni to understand that
he can't follow Uieni all, and they scatter
in all directions, in ravines, eanyonsand
inaccessible places, so that when the
rider arrives at the place he last saw
them (usually around some sharp iniut
or some high eV) he Ls mortified to
find his own horse almost exhausted and
his herd so scattered (probably onlv two
or three in sighp that he gives tip the
chase in disgust.
I he usual idea is that a very tlivt
horse, such an one as Ls usually used by
the hero in a novel, carries his master
up to a wilil horse sutlicieiitly close to
lasso him.
This is erroneous, for no horse on
earth can carry a rider and saddle suffi
ciently heavv to stand the strain of a
hi-vso fust enough ou the rough ground
f the mountains to catch a wild horse
m good health, anil I doubt very much
their ability to do it on a smooth plain.
It is surprising how easily and thor
oughly domestic horses go wild under
the influence of these wild stallions.
Many is the emigrant or horse-raiser
who gave gone to ImhI at night full of
confidence and often pride at the con
dition and uumliers of his stock, onlv
to wake up in the morning to find noth
ing left but the one horse on the picket
roiie and the train of their fleeing ani
mals, driven or eoaxed away by these
wild horses gone, and forever. I recall
to mind now an acquaintance of mine
in Nevada, one Joseph Gilbert, who
lived on iieese River Valley, in Louder
County, who took a pride in the qualiey
and quantity of his horses. His herd
nuinliereil alwit five hundred head, and
was generally conceded to be the lest
in that section. Joe was in fine circum
stances, and bore the reputation of
icing well off and an excellent man,
but somehow a kind of wild horses
began to prey upon his herd, finally
securing to themselves a beautiful
stallion recently purchased by Joe at an
expense of one thousand dollars. After
his capture Joe s herd was of short
Miration, as with the assistance of this
stallion they nearly or quite all went
wild, and though rewardsof live dollars.
n l iiftenvard ten dollars per head was
offeniTTdt the horses in any corral.
wit-l W-frtMr .-Cer of f.ve hiindii
dollars for tlie stallion, 1 never heard or
more than fifteen or twenty horses
lieing returned. Some Mexicans hear
ing of it came to capture them with
wenty men and forty or fifty horses,
but after racing for them until their
own horses had given out, they oidy
succeeded in getting the fifteen or
wenty almve mentioned. The result
was .Mr. Gilbert was ruined, .viany
other cases of the knd have happened.
Horse raising, however, on the plains
is very profitable, and norses win live
where" cattle will die and never have
diseases that assume the character of
an epidemic; barring the continued
langer of their going wild, there is no
such profitable business in stock raising
on the plains or mountains.
Wild stallions often liecome aggres
sive and even dangerous, .vir. iiod
soin. a friend of mine, was going on a
trip with his family partly hunting and
partly to look over the range to see the
oiulitioii of his stock. One night while
in camp at Antelope alky las team ot
horses (two line mares) disappeared.
.Vwaking the next morning he found
himself without his horses, and starting
his two bovs to follow some tracks in
me direction, he and his wife started m
uothcr. Presently he came in sight of
his lot horses in coinaiiy with several
wild ones, and to his horror, he saw
timing toward hiin the stallion "liossof
he herd." and although he had his
'tihle-barreM shot-gun, he knew it
was loaded w ith fine shot, and these two
ads were the onlv things standing
K-twccii him and destruction. Had he
ut ii a tender foot'' undoubtedly he
would have lieen injured. Being, how-
ver. an old-timer, he stoixl his ground,
lling his wife to keep continually
M-hiud him. On came the infuriated
tst. head down, ears lack and mouth
qien, to within a few ices of Blossom,
ho, at this critical moment, iiegan to
wing ins arms in me manner none
when throwing a lasso. This recalled
his horseship the unmerciful and un-
oiitiollalile character of these ropes
when once in their fold, and, fearing
is own captivity, he stopped on his
charge, but continually circling around
ust out of reach of a rope, he endeavor-
1 to scare his enemies away. Blossom
cpt swinging his arm and yelling
instantly, working toward nis own
u-ses, until finally he reached them.
ortunateiv thev were the gentlest
jtossihle. and not yet under the influence
of their wild companions.
Assisting his wife to mount one, he
mounted the other, and as he started
back to camp the stallion saw his efforts
ere hoieless and went back to his wUd
ierd in the distance, assisted by the two
loads of small shot before mentioned.
IId Blossom, when first attacked, shot
this horse and failed to kill him, as he
id after ljeing mounted, he would un-
oubtedly never have lived to tell the
tale. Should he have killed him the
report of the gun would have stamped
ed the band, and in all probability his
team would have followed; but once on
their liacks he had them, beside forming
combination, viz.: "Horse and rider,"
f which all horses and cattle arc afraid
iu the far West.
Dow Huntsman, at that time, about
1SSO, a wealthy mining and stockman,
brought a lieautiful sorrel stallion from
'alifoniia, called Patchen. This horse
becoming nearly wild on the range,
ithen-d his band, and was so energet
ic in ins endeavors mat ue got to siop-
in2 the stage on the road between
Battle Mountain and Tuscarora, in Ne-
ada, endeavoring to dnve the stage
horses into bus uind. It required all
the efforts possible by the drivers to
nmke him desist. One unfortunate night
for hiui he ran his head into the lasso
i!l was deprived of Ids liberty, assum
ing the role of the common saddle-horse
oif the range, on whose back I ran
recall many pleasant days following tlie
chase or in quest of game, for he fiai'It
fell into luy possession.
I should guess from my observations
and the extent of the country, viz.:
about 1,200 miles wide bv nearly 2.000
long, there must l at least kOho to
the limits of the t nited Mates west of
the Missouri River.
A VOLCANO IX XEW JERSEY.
liow the Trap Rock cf Orange Moun
tain wax Formed.
On the summit of Orange Mountain,
a ten minutes' walk from the town of
frange, N. J.,Ls an extinct volcano. For
several years past powerfuLstone break
ers, driven by steam engines, have lieen
breaking the hard basaltic rock of Uiis
mountain by the hundreds of tons every
season for the pui-pose of macadamizing
public streets
i and private drives and
work of demolition has
far that the scrutinizing
walks. The
advanced so
eyes of some geologists perceived the!
tlistinct outlines of a huge crater that
was once filled to overflowing with
melted stone, similar to an immense
caldron full .of iron in a molten condi
tion. To appearance nearly one-half of
the rock that composed the crater has
lieen so far removed by working toward
the middle, from the east side. The
outline of the rocky crater apix-ars to
be several hundred feet in diameter and
of unknown depth. The veo' summit
of the crater is said to lie about fiuo feet
aliove tide water at New York city.
The mind of the geologist runs back
ages iikui ages ago. when the I blowing
of this extinct volcano could be heard
distinctly for many miles around and
when the lurid names darted hundreds
of feet in the air like the terrific
flames
(if Vesuvius; and from this new cold
and silent crater large streams of lava
once unwed in every direction, which
eventually cooled and formed the
immense deposit of trap rock of which
'range Mountain is chiefly composed.
Then there came a time when this huge
cauldron ceased to overflow and the im
mense furnace legan to burn with less
and less fervor.
After the internal fire began to burn
out the molten stone liegan to cool, ami
as the cooling process progressed the
liquid and half-plastic mass assumed
regular colurnual forms, as true and
smooth in many places as if the huge
blocks had been dressed out and neatly
fitted to each other by the planes, rule
and plumb line of a master builder.
But in some places the formation is
quite irr-gular and of a great variety of
curved ami rectangular forms. Thou
sands of curiosity seekers and devotees
of pleasure have traveled a longdistance
to see this wonderful curiosity, and
many can perceive nothing but a vast
deposit of dirty rick, like a worthless
"elephant,' standing in full view lie
fore their enraptured sight. The exte
rior of the columns is of a dirty slate
like color, while the surface of any
portion newly broken presents a bluish
black appearance, somewhat tinged
with a green shade. At one time the in
terest anl excitement of cert am pcrsoaii
r" o "'.ieh a phv" tty-i rojr3f
TrruiTiuiseTTin portion of the moun
tain embracing the extinct volcano, and
to hold it in statu quo for the benefit
and satisfaction of those who might
exist in ages to come. But the mer
ceiiary ow ner fixed a valuation of 5 "0,
() fin the rare curiosity, which fabu
lous amount will prove to be a most
effectual quietus on all further efforts
to preserve this American causeway.
This trap rock is of ingenius origin.
One theoo' of scientists is that when
the volcanic fires were raging in the
bowels of old earth, all the oleaginous
material flowed into immense reservoirs,
where it is now found in the form of
petroleum, while the molten residuum
continued to roll slowly over and over
in the crater until all tlie carbonaceous
matter had been driven out by the
intense heat, after winch the mateiial
that now forms the basiltie columns
liegan to cool: and as the plastic mass
Iiegan to ass into a solid state, reel- J
angular and jkiIv gonal crystals or bhx'ks j
were formed. How many long ages
ujion ages passea away oeiore me
subterranean tires had gone out, and
liefore this vast mass of red-hot rock
became cool, is quite beyond the ken ot
mortals. Finite creatures, as wean-,
can grasp a few hundred, and even a
few- thousand years, but when we be
hold terrestral phenomena which suggest
millions of ages, the mind is bewildered
at the contemplation of the immeasur
able extent of tlie van eternity liehind
us and the boundless vista of duration
that stretches out before the most vivid
imagination.
No doubt there are along this moun
tain range other extinct volcanoes, which
in ages to come will 1 unearthed, and
will present geological phenomena of as
much interest to scientists who may
then be dwelling ou the earth as we .i
the present age perceive in the forma
tion of this cold and extinct miniature
Vesuvius.
A Natural Salmon-Trap.
The salmon, tbe cousin ot tha trout,
is famous for its method of going np
stream; it darts at falls tea or twelve feet
high, leaps into tbe air and rushes up
the failing water in a marvelous manner.
So determined are the salmon to attain
the high and safe waters, that in aome
localities nets are placed beneath tbe
falls, into which the fish tumble in their
repeated attempts to clear the hill of
water. Other than human hunters,
moreover, profit by these scrambles up
hill. Travelers report that on the banks
of the Upper St John Biver.in Canada,
there was onoe a rock in which a larga
circular well, or pothole, had been
worn by the action of the water. At
the salmon aeason, this rock proved a
favorite resort for bears; and for a good
reason. Having an especial taste for
ealmon, the bears would watoh at the
pot. hole, and as the aalmon, dashing np
tbe fall, were thrown by its force into
the rocky basin, the bears would quickly
scrape them ont of the pot-ho!e,aud the
poor salmon would be eaten before they
had time to wonder at this unlooked-for
receptian. Tbe Dominion Government
finally authorized a party of hunters to
destroy the pot-hole, and thus break np
the bears' fishing ground.
The Rev. Dr. Hanson, of Chicago,
recently lectured at Chautauqua, his
subject being "Fools." The Rev. Dr.
Vincent, who is somewhat of a wag,
introduced him thus "We are now to
have a lecture on fools by one" long
pause and loud laughter "of tbe wisest
menot the country." The lecturer
advanced to tbe desk and responded as
follows "I am not half bo biff a fool
as Dr. Vincent"' long pause and loud
laughter "would have you suppose."
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Chicago has 30.000 paupers.
Nearly 3000 births occur in London
, Verv '
A water famine seems imminent in
Boston.
Savannah is improving her fire de
partment. The Diana-Empress of Austria
writes sonnets.
Burglars are reported to be over
running Salt Lake.
Lincoln. Neb., is building a i40,ii0
Methodist Churclu
The only church at Dublin. Texas,
has been sold for debt
A roarkid inc rease in vagrancv la
reported from Montreal.
Lord Coleridge denies that he will
r-v. , , ...
! f. Masons have s:x lodges in
I CoDDl?Uci' Wlth- '2o mem".
write a book on America.
ine -.uaisy .Missionary Soc'ety" is
a Columbus, Ohio, organization.
Doss in Waterbury, Conn., have
been suffering with epidemic catarrh.
It is stated that 5,000,000 people
visited Prospect Park, Brooklyn, last
jear.
Alabama has over 200,000 children
that are not enrolled at the public
schools.
Tlie New Y'ork elevated roads are
said to carry OJ.OoO.OOO passengers an
nually. The damage caused by tlie recent
Ischia earthquake is estimate.! at SI -OUO.OOO.
It Ls estimated that there are 2o,.
OoO.OliO ionle of IiLsh bt.ml in ti,
suites.
Apothecary shops, of uie veiy
scarce in Berlin, are beginning li in
crease in number.
New Haven has experienced an
alaiming increase of tvphold aud scar
let fever this year.
The State Insane Hospital of Ar
kansas now contains 230 patients, the
limit of its capacity.
It is announced that the Empress
of Austria has been advised by her doc
tors to give up limiting.
A firm ia Denver a few days ago
purchased 20,000 head of cattle and 4 JO
h irses for 000,000 cah.
A movement i looking u iu Balti
more for the revival of the sugar-refining
interests of that city,
Such a severe drought as Connecti
cut is experiencing has been unknown
in that State for a generation.
A St. Loui3 hackman is in jail for
sending false orders to other drivers to
get them off oa a Wild goose chase.
Bob Ferguson, a well known ba.se
la!1 man. ha3 refused f'?,000 to manage
the new Union team of Cincinnati.
The Harvard lacrosse team work
st(matically in gymnasium during the
winter. Such meii deserve success.
Oue of the students at Harvard
College is said to have expended S4'Xii
in fitting up his room in the dormitory.
y.
VmIwmi! J unfits tn tha
of fully a million urJrarsaTI"
lying in Massachusetts savings banks.
Roller skating is becoming a pas
time of the people or Massachusetts.
Every town has iu rink, and Boston its
dozens.
Henry C. Michei.er, of the Bucks
county. Pa., bar, has become one of the
editorial staff of the Doylestown InUl
li'jat'cr. In England the average of life ex
ceeds that of France by eleven years,
though the French climate is consider
ed superior.
A movement has been begun in
Buffalo to take the management of tlie
public schools out of the control of the
Aldermen.
j At Tanagona a white marble col-
uinn has been found, which Is assigned
to the monument erected there to Aug
ustus C;e jar.
Rev. Mi. Kiiklind, of Mtnloc n,
Texas, is paid so poorly by his congre
gation that he works ia a saw-mill dur
ing the week.
Contractois for an artesiau well in
Americus, Giu, have abandoned work
after going down ifJO feet without get
ting signs of water.
Florida fishermen kill sharks by
feeding them with small Csh loaded up
with the root of the dogwood, which is
deadly poison to the sharks.
There is a policeman in Eugland
for every 821 inhabitants. The total
cost of each policeman is il'M) per year
aud there are i'l.OOU of them.
London h-is 105 disused church
yards, which are skfwly being adapted
for purposes of recreation. Thirty-four
of them Lave been fully completed.
On the oath of a bright nine-year-old
boy in New Y'ork, a womtn was
sentenced to three mouths the other
day for stealing a baby carriage.
Prof. Alpheus S. Packard, of Bow
doin College, who is now in his eighty
fifth year, said the other day that he
has never been ill a day in his life.
Sanguine persons out in Wyoming
Bay that tne petroienm belt there is
tw ice as wide as In Pennsylvania, and
a railroad is started to develop things.
The payments for dut;e3 at the
Custom House in Boston during 13S3
amounted to 22,730,000, a decrease of
2,000,000 from the payments in 1S32.
Eugland paid foreign countries
$34,000,000 for wheat last year, f 10,000,
OtAI for flour, 5l0,503,0U0 for corn, $5,
000,000 for cheese and 520,000,000 for
meat.
It is estimated that eleven thousand
bushels of star fish have been killed in
the last two months on the oyster
grounds off Bridgeport, Stratford aud
Milford, Conn.
Governors' salaries are lowest
(11000 per annum) in Vermont, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island and Michi
gan; and highest (ilO.OOO) ia Pennsyl
vania and New York.
George L. Thomas, of London,
Ont, author of a book on fast type sett
ing, offers to bet from SooOto 51,000
that be can beat any com:ositor in Am
erica In a match.
The German Minister of Public
Instruction intends to add a Denial In
stitute lo the Berlin University, the
plans of which have already iten sub
mitted to the medical faculty.
The club-house of the Springfield
(Mass.) Canoe club, put up at a cost of
$1,000, is 55 bv 25 feet, built on a float
which Ls composed of six watertight
compartments. It ha3 rack-room for
2S canoes.
The total exports of petroleum and
petroleum products from the United
States during the ten months which
ended on October 31st, were valued at
So0.021.3 - J2, againsx S3S ,302,040 during
te corresponding peilod of liSi
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