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B. F. SCHWEIER,
TEE OOISTITOTIOI-THE UHOS-AID TEE ESTOBOIHUIT OF THE LAVS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XL.
MIFF LINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 14, ISSU.
NO. 1G.
To a Child.
TVar little inaiJ, within whose eyes
Love-rays unclouded burn,
Within thy soul a secret lie
That I would gladly learn; -
Audit were well if heart of mine
Could to sneli knowledge reach
As those unsullied 11 us of thine
Alone hare pow'r to teach.
Tie perfect love unknowing sin
Or any earthly stain.
The undivided heart within
Such love may live and reign,
The firm belief in all things pure,
Thu faith that fears no wrong,
The trust that cannot grow less sure,
In thee, my child, are strong.
May God within thy heart nnfold
Fair truth in thought and deed.
And grant thee all thy life to hold
Thy childhood's happy creed!
GRETA'S FAITH.
iier bis uiue eyes appealed to me.
crusty old bachelor that I was; and, as
she trudged along beside us switching
Dies from our horses' less with a fra
grant buucli of walnut leaves, I wished
that her poor little feet were better
covered for the journey up the long hill
before us, aud that her patient fulul-
ment of a rather ignoble duty spoke less
of keen poverty.
She was far prettier than most Swiss
peasant -children, and did net look more
than seven years old. One plait of her
blond hair had lost its decoration of
common twine, and hung in c;irly waves
to her waist, Its brightness relieving
the nondescript brown of her dress.
As we arrived at the brow of the hill
she stayed the carriage-wheel with a
block of wood carried for the purpose
under one sunburnt arm, aud I spoke
to her for the first time, She informed
me that her name was Greta, but was
unable to tell either her age or her
father's name m fact, she seeuled to
doubt the existence of such an individ
ual either at the presenriime or in the
past, explaining that she lived at the
mill below in the valley, and was a des
titute orphan supported by the charity
of the miller's family and the other
villagers.
"Can you earn much money switch
ing flies?" I asked.
"Oh. yes sometimes sixty centimes
adayl The travellers in the Lauter-
brunnen valley are very kind."
"And do you save your earnings?''
"No; I must give them all to the mil
ler's wife." she answered cuietlv
I felt disappointedror the pleasure
of making her a little gift of money
was marred for me.
"Is this child telling the truth about
herself?" I asked of the driver in
f rench.
"Greta? Yes, she is honest as gold; I
wish I could say the same of the other
children about her. Her little basket
of fruit are never sold to strangers with
a layer of good beiries on top and'the
stale ones of yesterday beow. Oh,
yes, Greta is to bevtrusted! The poor
little thing seems grateful for the neigh-
tors' charity, though she has been used
to it since her babyhood."
"What kind of people were her pa
rents?" "Who knows?" the man replied,
with an expressive shrug of the shoul
ders. Arrived before a wayside inn, Greta
bade us adieu, with her eyes full of
thankful wonder at the bright gold
piece I had given her possibly the first
coin of the kind she had seen. I felt
greatly interested in the child, and
thought more of her wid3 open eyes,
blue as harebells, than of the magnifi
cent range of snow-clad mountains
opening before me as I continued on
my way.
I wished that 1 could take the 1 .tile
thing away rroni her present life of sor
did duties and hard fare, and raise her
to something better. What a comfort
she might be to me ia my declining
years as she grew older! For mine was
a lonely life, and I sometimes shudder
ed when 1 thought how desolate my
latter years weie likely to be.
This dream of adopting Greta or any
other child was veiy foolish for a man
of my meagre fortuues. I had a small
annuity which procured for me only
the barest necessities of hfe, and for
any other outlay, such as my present
Journey, I depended upon tho few
guineas which at rare intervals 1 gath
ered together for water-color sketches
which 1 was passionately fond of exe
cuting. The day of my meeting with Greta
should be marked with a red letter in
my life's calendar on more accounts
than one.
That afternoon, while I was sketch
ing a glimpse of the Staubbach, an
elderly lady came towards me and
asked permission to look at my work
iShe seemed pleased with it, for on the
following day she bought the sketch,
paying me considerable more than my
price. Furthermore, at the end of a
week she offered me a salary which
an..(l tobea mine of wealth,if I would
come to England to instruct her daugh-ie-
in my art. I availed myself of this
opportunity, of course; and, my duties
at an end with one pupil, 1 took others,
a. J many years passed before I again
quitted mv native land.
At last the roving fit seized me again,
aud for the second time 1 found myself
in the Lauterbrunnen valley. The
familiar scene brought vividly before
me the summer-day of nearly ten years
before, when the blue-eyed child trudg
ed beside my carriage switching files.
I descended from ni7 rtnsjxinner as we
passed the old mill; and 1 entered,
ostensibly to ask for a drink of wine or
milk, but in reality to inquire what, had
been ths fate of my little friend of long
ago. .
A glass of milk was served me by a
pleasant-voiced girl of about sixteen or
seventeen, in a neat peasant-costume,
and with irauk lovely eye3 of an intense
blue. I seemed to have met the glance
of those eyes before, and sometning
told me that the child whom I had
longed for in years gone by now. stood
before me transformed into a tall hand
some girl. I asked what had become
of the child Greta, who lived at the
mill long before. She looked at roe
with wide open eyes.
"I am Greta," she replied. "W jat
does the qnadujt Jlerr ask?"
"Only becauso 1 was here once m old
times," I answered. "You came up
the hill and talked to me, and at pait
ing you were very pleased when I gave
you a gold piece Do you remember? '
To my astonishment, she showed me
the coin suspended from her neck by a
bit ct velvetV She seemed delighted to
imo atainand erew Ahafft
W confidential. She told, nie that it
2 her gd fortune to be the betroth-
vineyard near InterthaU Ha master
-as reckoned among the rich men ot
the neighborhood, and he had half
promised Max higher wages and more
responsible position for the coming
year. The wedding was to take place
in three months. r
Greta's happiness was tmi nr.i,.
ing and I felt that my interest In the
pi had reawakened. I turned my
tin oa.thehotelsan4i)eisonsfrequen-
mo iiavtamg puuuc, and. hirins
- .vui in a umia near ine mill, had
auioumaiomaKo the acauaintanca
ot Greta's lover, Max Ulrica, an honest
"cmu ieuow, quite the one to
make my little friend happy. They
awuieu pieasea and flattered though
indeed there was no cause for the latter
feeling at my interest in them, and
"u many a pieasant excursion
together up the mountains and lnn
the river. But one never-to-be-forgot-
ii uay a auu interruption came to all
our gaiiy, -Here
I must pause for a rnnmont nnri
glance back at some of the past affairs
01 iue iime community among which
found myself.
A family of . the name of Harteck
uvea near InterthaL upon a farm of
ineir own, considered a valuable one.
une or the sons, Adolph, had been
much of a rover in his early youth
had run away to sea, and had led rather
a wild life, people said, lie had re
turned to the farm a year or so before
my second coming to the neighborhood
auu uau uvea mere auietlv enoutrh
though they said he occasionally drank
a glass too much, and had an uncertain
temper, which made his neighbors shy
of makins a friend of him.
A rew months after his return to the
farm, Harteck found himself in straits
lor money, and applied to Ulrich.
Greta's lover, who was known to have
quite a hord in view of his approachin
marriage. Ilarteck's security in farm
property was undoubtedly good, and
he promised to pay a very high rate of
interest it tinea would lend him
sum of money for six months. Ulrich.
thinking it a good investment, advanced
two hundred pounds his entire savings
for the past tea years. Both men
agreed that the transaction should be
kept as 6ecret as possible, as Ulrich
was a little afraid of being thought ini
prudent, and Harteck did not care to
have it known that he needed to borrow
money.
A note in high sounding legal phra
seology had beeu drawn up; Harteck
had signed it in Max Uirich's
presence; and the paper lay in an
old pewter coffee-pot among the rafters
of Uirich's cottage, where formerly his
money had been hidden. A Iawver had
seen the paper just after it had been
drawn up, aud said that it would be
valid as soon as the borrower's signa
ture was added; so L inch's mind was
quite at ease.
Time passed, and Greta s wedding
day was only three weeks distant.
"By-the-way, Max," I said one af
ternoon, as the young man's mother
was serving me with a glass of butter
milk in her tidy kitchen and drawing-
room in one, "let me see Ilarteck's
note: it must be nearly due now."
The young man hrl taken me into
h's confidence; but neither Greta nor
the old mother knew anything of the
loan. Frau Ulrich was very deaf, so
my request was no betrayal of conn
dence.
i es, sir," he answered. " I mean
to ask Harteck for my money next
week; I have delayed as long as I can.
for the sake of the interest he has
promised to give me."
n hi lo his mother was busy outside,
Max cilmbed up to the loft called by
courtesy his bed-room, and presently
returned with a battered pewter coffee
pot minus a handle. With a certain
air of triumph, he produced a care
fully-folded paper.
J think you will find nothing wrong
with that, sir." he said. "The school
master wrote it, and the Gerlchtsrath
Monch said it would be as good as
gold when Harteck put his name to
it."
I looked at the paper narrowly, aad
turned it over and over, conscious that
my face was growing long and serious
as an undertaker's, and that Max was
watching me intently.
Is this all the security you nave ror
your money?" I asked while my breath
came with difficulty.
"Why, yes, sirl Isn't that enoughr"
said Max. turning pale.
That taper is not worm a orass
farthing!" I exclaimed. "There Is no
sis-nature!''
No signaturel Surely, sir, you are
dieaminc?"
"See for yourself if I speak trutn or
not."
Tiie space left after the word3 "sign
here," in a badly executed circle was
Derfactlv blank, and there was not a
vestige of the name of Adolph Har
teck anvwhere on the paper.
Max looked as if he had seen a ghost
Drons stood out on his forehead ana
his hands shook violently.
I swear to you, sir that Adolph
TTiirteck wrote his name on that note
assnrelvas I'stand here. I - did not
aw himit was a bitter cold day, aud
I was warming my hands at the lire
but I heard the scratch of the pen, ana
I looted at the signature as he gave
me the note with the sand sticking
thickly over the letters, but all plain
and clear. I folded it up carefully,
and have not disturbed it since; and I
am snrfi no one else has. There is some
witchcraft about it which I cannot un
derstand."
"It is certainly very strange, ana I
confess I do not understand how the
name you saw written upon this paper
six months ago should have vanished
so completely. But let us trust that
Harteck is an honest fellow, and that
he will pay his debts without raising
any objections,"
If he wished to play the rogue, his
way lay clear before him; but I hoped
the best for Ulrich. . oarn
The affair, alas, turned out as my
first fears had. predicted Harteck .de
clared that the loan had been jUsciww
and the paper drawn up, but that
Ulrich at the last moment had changed
his mind, and had never given him the
money. The whole village was in ex
citement, the majority sympathising
with Ulrich, but many believing Har-teck'sstory-that
Max had
bed of his savings, and was trying to
make good his loss by forcing it out of
hlm-Harteck. The ex-saJor had la
handsome face and figure, and an elo
quent tongue when he cho3e to speak,
and he played the role of injured inno
cence to perfection. Minute investiga
tion and inquiry led to no good: results
for Max; the paper he held bore no
trace of a signature. His story was
believed to be a feverish dream, and he
had to" make up his mind as best - he
might to the loss of his two hundred
pounds. I felt perfectly convinced of
Ilarteck's rascality; but how to prove
it was a serious question. ' ,
Foot Greta aad M&xl Their long.
cuerisuea oream or a little vine-cover-
ea cottage of their own had proved
baseless as any other dream. Their
wedding day must be indofluitely pots-
ponea, and Max must begin ag;iin at
tho foot of the ladder. As a climax to
taeir misery the vine zrower who had
employed Max seemed to have lost con
fidence iu the young fellow since the
affair of the loan, and gave to another
man the place Max had been hoping to
OIL 1 would have given worlds to be
able to help the young couple in their
irouoie; put l had no ready money tj
aavance, and I was powerless.
Greta's sad eyes and pale cheeks
haunted me, and, if she had lieeu my
own child, I could not have felt for her
more keenly.
adoug tins time l caught a severe
cold, which weakened me visibly, and I
decided to try chance of air tind scene
for a time, where possibly some inspi
ration to aid Greta might come to me.
I went away with the ioor girl's grief
stncKen lace engraved sharply upon
my memory.
-ah nuacrstnem uring me com
fort when you como againl" she had
sobbed at parting, covering my hands
witn Kisses, -ext to Heaven, I trust
in you, to help me in my trouble. You
will come back before our wedding-
aay?"
The poor child had such unwavering
laun in ner lover's being nghtea in
the eyes of all her little world I
"Heaven helping me, I will bring
jou good newsi" i answered fervently.
Tor an inward conviction seemed to
assure me that the girl's trust would
bo rewarded.
My destination was a rustic Inn In a
valley farther north, where, with the
united advantages of a whey cure and
a bracing pine scented air, a new lease
of strength was predicted for me. At
tho en-i of five weeks he found himself
much better, and decided to return to
Interthal, though I had no good news
to tate. 1 chose a much more circuit
ous route for the home journey thau I
had taken in leaving one that kept
me several days on the way. Our dd-
ijence stopped for the night at a lcnely
mile uasmaus so high up on the moun
tain that the village below looked like
flocks of grazing sheep.
I had foolishly drunk strong coffee,
ana couia not sleep in the most tran
quil surroundings; therefore a noisy
party of fellows in the next room did
not add much to my discomfort. They
seemed to be playing cards and drink
ing heavily. Judging from the frequent
clinking ot glasses. The walls were
like paper, and were ventilated with
frequent knot-holes, so that I could
hear plainly every word that was said,
though for a long time the conversa
tion was anything but entertaining.
One of the party, dignified by the
name of Tigermaul, seemed far more
tipsy than the rest, and was honored
with the j Mnt compliments of the party
on his condition. Suddenly these words
in a voice which I guessed to be Tiger
maul's, electrified me
I ;ll do it give you my word for it
aud sign the bonds as I signed for
that sheeps' head Ulrich ha. ha!"
"Who is L Inch, and how did you
sign his bond?" asked some one. How
fervently 1 blessed the unknown rogue
for his question!
" hy, a fellow below in Interthal.
the other side of the Gemsthal! He
lent me some money, and brought ma
his note to sign give me another swal
low, Michel; my throat is dry as a bone.
There was a glass of water on the table
near the ink he, he! I dipped my pen
in the water, and sprinkled the sand
over it. The blockhead put the paper
in his pocket and never noticed the dif
ference. I didn't pay, of course, when
the time was up."
I climbed upon a chest of drawers
in my room and peeped through one of
the knot-holes. I was prepared to see
Adolf Harteck; and there the villain
sat, among his disreputable companions
with an imbecile look on bis hushed
face. Sober, he would never have be
trayed his disgraceful secret; and for
once in my life I. was thankful for the
besotting influence of bad whiskey.
My course of action must be swift
and stealthy, or this rogue would
escape me, after alL At the first sound
of movement down-stairs I made my
way to the stables, and learned that the
party who had spent the night In the
room next to mine were on their way
to Xaple3, where thev had enraged pas
sages on one of the Florino line steam
ers going to 'America, and they must be
on then snip wiunn six aays. iicre
already was a stroke of luck for me;
delay would ruin ilarteck's plans, and
he might be ready to pay his just debts
rather than be detained, lie must
have money about him too, or he would
not undertake so long a journey. I
was very ignorant of the intricacies of
the law, and was not sure if my com
plaint would suffice to cause the man's
arrest: but I was determined to exert
all my powers of persnasion.
Sudtual was the nearest place or any
of blame, wa3 reinstated with his old
employer, and, as the graiie-barvest
was gathered in, there was a wedding
at the mill. Gieta was the moat radi
ant bride I ever had the!good fortune to
see, and she chose as her partner for
the opening dance her gray-haired old
frlAnri lvhn hud irivpn tier tliA crnli
piece long since.
BLOOD OX TIIE PUAIKIES.
Fearful Execution of a
With a Revolver and
Desperado
a Hide.
D1VEKS AT THE AVUECIC
A
Belief that no Attempt will
Made to ltaiso tho Orczou.
H. A. Stead man who lives three miles
northwest of Oakland, Nebraska, was
snot ana mortally wounded on March
20th. 1SSG. There was some altercation
Time flies, and, as the feebleness of between him and his hired man. named
age is really upon me, I find a warm Ed. Johnson. The man was discharged
corner and welcome at Greta's hearth, land was paid the money due him. when
Max is part-proprietor -of the vineyard Without warninir. or anv provocation.
now; and I cannot say which I enjoy he pulled out a revolver and shot Sted-
more at the tranquil summer delights man through the stomach, from the
in the cottage amoug the vines or stuf- effects of which be is now dead. The
nng at Christmas the stockings or assassin then iumped unon a horse be-
ureu s little coy and girls with sweets. I longing to his late employer and fled.
Without delay intelligence of the
shooting was carried to the authorities.
who organized a mounted posse aad
started in pursuit of Johnson who then
bo had a crood start. The pursuers, in
command of Constable Parker chased
the fleeing murderer to a point about
Mr. isrown, on the 10 Ik. conferred twelve miles south, which is about nine
with the Alermt Wrecking Company I miles southwest of Oakland in Cum
rolatiye to the feasibility of raising the mings county, on the- farm of Charles
Oregon. Without entering iato any Johnson. He ran into a barn and lock
contract with the company they decided ed himself in, the chinks between the
to examino the wreck to see what can boards affording loop-holes for the use
be done toward floating the ship and of his revolver, as well as a rifle with
raising her cargo. A boat with a diver which he had provided himself. He
went down to the soeno of the collis- was close pressed when he took refuge
ion to make an examination. An at- there, anil the barn was at once sur
tempt will prcbably be made by the rounded by the constable aud his plucky
diver to see u the moil can be secured, men
especially tho registered packages. As '-The pursuers were armed only with
to the possibility of raising the Oregon, revolvers wnen tney caged uieir man,
man wno nas Had much experience of "" iuey at once commenced a iU3iiaue.
such work said: "I don't think it will They found their shots returned with
be undertaken for the reason that it atm and considerable accuracy as to
would require a largo outlay, and the aim' Johnson, in a rash moment, ex-
hanoes of sucess are very remote posed himself and was shot through
Could oae ba certain of fine weather the leg. The next moment Constable
and a smooth sea. such as wo havo m Parker's horse was killed from under
the Upper Bar. it would be Dossiblo to "im. The firing then became furious,
do it: but out therc!on the ocean, where hut there were no serious results, the
ta the calmest of weather there is a murderer all the time keeping his pur-
FliOOn-MAKIXO.
flow Wheat antl Othor Grains
Converted into l'lour.
heavy ocean swell, and where it Is im
poesiblo to calculate on the absence ot
a strong breezs, or even a gale, for the
lengta of time necessary to perform the
work, I should consider it an extremely
foolish business to attempt auvthioir of
tne kind. Xho value of the boat is very
great, ana mat would be a strouc in
ducement to any company of men to
undortake the jjb, but for myself. I
would not put a cent in it"
"Will not the aompany try to raise
ner?
"No. I think not; she is probably
partially insured, and tho company will
abandon her to tue underwriters.
"And will not the underwriters try it?"
"2io, i think tiioy will pay and look
as pleasant as possible under the cir
cumstances. If, however, tho Coast
Wrecking Company thought fit to
undertake tho lab, I have no doubt
either the company or widerwntorn,
or both, would guarantee thorn fall 73
per cent of tho value of all they could
recover.
"Would It be possible for a diver to
go down and recover the mail? '
"I hardly think so. If the bags wore
immediately on her deck it might be
done, but no diver coald, in that depti.
of water, go into tho interior of the
vessel and got the bags from the mail
room."
"How- are the sunken vessels usually
raised?"
"Chains are passed underneath them.
tho ends carried to pontoons on either
side and . then, with an ebbing tile,
the chains are hauled taut, all the strain
possible being pat on them by hy
draulic pressure. Then, when the tide
raises the pontoons, the vessel is luted
a bit from the bottom, and the pontoons
and their load are towed into shoaler
water, until at top of high water they
again ground, inis process is con
stantly repeated, with each tide the
wreck being taken into shallower and
shallower water, until finally the decks
appear above the surface, then the
wound in the hall, whatever it may be,
is made as tight as possible with canvas
and boards or in any other way which
may suggest itself, and powerful steam
pumps are put at work and the boat is
sufficiently floated to be taken out of
water on a dry dock. Uut, as you may
judge, m this case the distance that the
wreck would have to bo moved would
be too great for auy hope of success.
and I am quite sure no company would
care to attempt it,
A Hotel for Dog
importance through which Harteck
and his companions would pass on their
way south rard, and thitiier l toiioweu
them. I was prepared to risk much to
see this gaol-bird caged. With a gold
piece to each, I engaged the services of
two stout-limbed stable-boys, who
locked Harteck in a warm embrace as
he sauntered out after his supper that
evening, lie was securea in one ui me
outbuildings, througn me winaow oi
which I had an interview with my pris
oner. 1 snail not. aiujiup to iei:ai, mo
vile language with which he assailed
me when 1 maae my aemanu lor jisa
illrink'a money. I listened calmly to
his raving, and told him that, if he con
tinued to refuse, the affair should pass
into the hands of the police, who at
tiiir leisure would inquire into the
justice of my claim. At last, maddened
by the thought of losing ship, Harteck
pulled out a learner m
i,ia hiwaah. and counted out the sum I
required, which he thrust toward me
with an oath- I could scaacely believe
my eyes at actually having the money
In my possession so soon; I hoped only
for part pavment, with a valid promise
for the remainder m cattle, or some
farm-produce. The fellow dreaded the
prolonged disgrace of a trial. My heart
firlv bounded with delight at the
thought of the Joy I could bring to
Greta and Max, and I set off on my
homeward journey without delay, leav
ing orders that my prisoner was to be
released an hour after my departure.
'T ir now vou would oome back and
bring me good tidings!" said Greta,
flymg down the steps to meet me as I
gotoutofthedrflHce-ttie child read
the joy la my face before I hadjtime to
tell it. "l?ut I almost lost heart when
Adolph Harteck went. wj j v
ago on a jouiuej w-w., -
our money was gone for ever then. His
bad conscience drove him away from
home." . . .vL
Max Ulrica, iiwxi iruuiau
suers at bay.
1- inding their weapons of too light
calibre, the officers went for Winches
ters, with which they will arm them
selves. In the meantime the sheriff at
Tekamah was telegraphed, and he sent
back word "to take the man dead or
alive." There is no doubt that this will
be done. Ten men have started from
Oakland fully equiped for a man-hunt,
with rifles aud matches. They proiose
to surround the barn on every side and
prevent Johuson from making his escape
in the darkness.
There is no doubt but that Johnson
will be summarily dealt with if captured
alive. At C o'clock In the evening he
showed no signs of surrendering aud,
from the manner in which he handled
his weapons, had no fear of Lis running
out of ammunition. In the barn with
him were ten horses, which were madly
screaming and plunging, terrified by
the rattling of the shots. It was thought
some of the horses had been wounded.
A few moments after i o'clock
Charles Johnson, the owner of the farm,
came in line with his desperado name
sake's rifle, and he was shot down. He
was badly wounded, but may iecover.
This served to exasperate the constable
and his men, amd they redoubled their
enorts to euect the capture of the
assassin, who remained cool and as de
termined to fight for his life as ever,
A carrier who has just arrived, and
is reliable says that at 8 o clock bring
had censed, except for a few desultory
shots from the guns of the attacking
party, soon, nowever, tins was cnangea
and the ground became a veritable bit
tie-field. The shooting was thick and
fast, horses plunged aud ran, men
shouted and wauted to make a charge,
and in the midst of it all Peter Johnson,
a brother of Charles Johnson, already
badly hurt, fell to the ground morUlly
wounded by a ball from the desperado's
revolver. Angered and forgetiui ot
everything hut their comrade's fate,
they ruehed toward the barn. The
smoke was thick and the men rushed on
like phantoms in the night, but John
son dropped his revolver and picked up
his rifle, and by ils rapid use, checked
the men who were closing in around
him. Two horses were wounded in
this charge. The two wounded brothers,
were taken iuto a house and cared for.
ec physician was at once sent for. At
10 o'clock Sheriff Skinner of Burt
county arrived at Oakland en route to
the scene of the excitement. He will
be accompanied, probably, by a few-
men of undoubted bravery, and will go
determined to take the murderer and
desperado at all hazards. At midnight
the desperado was safe In his retreat,
and it appeared that he could not be
moved. All hopes of capturing him be
fore daylight have been abandoned, and
the men are only watching to see that
Johnson does not escape. In Oakland
A very kind lady went from Bjston
to live in a littlo town in Nebraska. It
ij very cold there in wintor. .The lady
felt very sorry for ah tho cats and dogs
that hod to sleep out of doors. When
sfm saw a strar one about hor vard at
night she would call it in, and give it a everything is excitement, and tidings
nice, warm bed behind the kitchen irotn me scene are anxiousij awaueu,
stove. On some cold nights she would
have half a dozen lying asleep. So her I a Baronial Household.
lodging house camo to be very well
known and barked about We have an account, written in 1311
One bitter cold night, while they of the household of Henry Percy, Ear
were having a blizzard, tho lady and her of Northumberland, in his Yorkshire
son Lotus sat by their cheery parlor castle3 of Wressel and LecKeniieid.
In theory the making of flour from
wheat is simple, and though there is
sucn a maze ot machinery in the mill,
it is after all quite easy to under
stand, at least iu general principles,
The first thing to do is to moke the
wheat clean. As it comes to the mill
it contains oats, corn, weed seeds of
vanous kinds, smutty wheat, etc.. all
of which must be taken out before the
wheat goes to the rolls.
The firot thing to be taken out is tho
wire which comes from the harvester,
The wire, which was used in binding
ine wueat, is cut by the tnresuinsr ma
chine into fine pieces, which it seemed
apparently impossible to get out Bat
a bright man invented a machine that
doas it and does not miES a wire. The
machine is comparatively simple and
consists mainly of sheet-zinc, at the
lower uudor edge of which is a row of
magnets. Over this sheet the wheat
passes in a thin, wide stream, and as it
passes the magnets the wire is held fast
by them. A scraper pisses along this
edge and scrapes them all off to one
side.
The wheat now passes to the oat sep
arator. This is a large cylinder on the
inner surface of which aro pressed cav
ities, or dents, if we may call them so.
just large enough to hold wheat hut
not large euougu to hold tho oats or
corn. The wheat passes into the cylin
der, drops intothe30 cavities, and is
carried up the side of the cylinder. A
stationary brush, which jnst touches
the side of the cylinder, and is placed
part way up, catches all of the oats
and corn that may have been carried so
far, and drops them down to the bottom
of the cylinder, i urther up, or as sooa
as the cylmder has turned so for, the
wheat drops, and is caught on a system
of sieves like a fanning mill. This one
description is sulhcient for our pur
pose, which is only to show that the
wheat is made pcrfcctlv clean before
grinding.
The cockle separator is made on the
same principle as the oat separator, tho
mam difference being that, as the
cockle seed is smaller than the wheat.
the "dents" are made smaller, so as to
hold the cockle and other small seeds
and leave the wheat
The next machino is the smntter.
where all the smut is taken from the
wheat The last machine is the Becker
brush in which the wheat passes
through brushes that take off the dirt.
rub oil the "fuzz" on the kernel and
make it clean as it is possible to make
whole wheat The only dirt left is
what is in the crease ot tho kernel.
The wheat is now ready for grinding,
sod passes to the first redaction rolls.
There are eight sets of the3o in the mill
placed sido by side. Tho rolls on these
are of corrugated iron, the first ma
chine having eight corrugations on the
rolls, the second twelve, each one in
creasing by four to the sixth, which
has twenty-eight In passing through
the first rolls the wheat is cracked, tho
dirt in the creoso released and some
flour made.
Tho cracked wheat now goes to the
upper story, where it passes over a
wire cloth culled a scalper. All the
flour made is taken cut, the dirt ct
course going with it This is the low
est grade of flour made, aad is scarcjly
fit for bread, though it is sometimes
usod for that purpose.
I he cracked wheat now goes to tho
second rolls, whore it is cracked finer
thau before, and agaiu to a second
scalper," where the next to the lowest
grade of flour is taken out. This wheat
then passes in succession through the
roils and scalpers to the fifth, a portion
of flottr being taken out by the scalpers
each time.
The coarser parts or "middlings" are
no v taken to a punher where all the
impurities are blown out The purified
mi.ldliugs are now ready to be ground
into hour, llns is done by passing
them betweeu porcelain rolls, after
which the product pasf es to the bolts
and the flour passes through, leaving
still a portion to be ground again. This
last-part is ground with Uuhrs and
bolted.
At the sixth reduction, with the iron
rolls, the bran is separated and carried
to the bran dunter where the most of
tho flour adhering to the bran is sep
arated and carried to tho lowest grade
of flour, the bran being carried to a
room to bo mode ready for shipment.
While going through tho process of
purifying in the middlings purilier a
portion of the flour is carried along
with the imparities to tho dust room.
Tho contents of the dust room are
afterwards returned and reground. The
floor is separated and carried to the
lowest grade.
will become niece of King Humbert, of
Italy, and also of Prince Napoleon.
There is also talk of currying Amelia'"
sister, Helene, to Prince Victor Napo
luou, and by this means annexing the
Bonapsrtes to the Orleans. It is very
strange that the Bonapartes do not real
ize how littlo prospect they have for
success, when the brother-in-law of the
Bonaparte heir, the Kiiif of Italy, and
his sister-in-law, the Qieen of Portugal,
not only made no objection to the mar
riage, but freely gave their approval.
The royal house of Portugal descends
from the house of Burgundy, which, at
the end of the eleventh century, founded
a dynasty on the borders of the Tagas.
To-day it is a mixture of Bourbons,
Saxe-Cobnrg and Qotha and Savoy,
The grandfather of the youEg Duke,
Dom Ferdinand, was a Prince of Saxe
Coburg and Gotha; a house which al
ready occupies the thrones of Belgium
and Portugal, and at the death of Qaeen
Victoria will reign over England aud
India. The republicans often say that
the Comto de Paris is half Gorman, be
causo his mother, the duchess of Or
leans, was a Princess of Mecklenburg.
Schweria. The Mocklenburgs, how
ever, are not Germans, but Slavonic;
ther, with the Miegoch of Monlenegro
and tho Obrenowitch of Sorvia, are the
only Slavonic rulers in Europe.
tradition demands that the marriage
of an heir to throne shall take place
in tho country where the Prince must
one day govern, in the midst of his fu
ture subjects, and for this reason the
city of Lisbon will witness in some
weeks tho marriage of its Trince royal
to a French Princess. The Palace
d'Ajuda, inhabited by the royal family,
is Bituated on the right bank of tho
Tagus, It is elevated to such an ex
tent that the immense harbor may be
scan for six miles right and left This
royal dwelling, surrounded by porks,
is of a very severe style. Towers aro
seen at every corner, and some are not
yet finiKhod. In this palace tho mar
riage will take place.
ILe father of the Due uo Bragauce,
Dom Luiz L, is only 43 years old, and
has been on the throno since 13(31. the
date at which he succeeded his brother,
Pedro V. of Alcantara. Dom Luiz has
always lived in perfect harmonv with
his people and is much loved by them. I ITL'
notwithstanding the financial misfortune
of the Portuguese Government. Many The first
of the Kine's inventions have been of Continent was
great benefit to his soldiers. His chief
happiness is found in study and through
his influence many French works have
been translated into his language,
Soma dramas of Shakespeare, among
them "Othello," have been remarkably
rendered iuto Portuguese verso and
signed Dom Luiz de Braganco.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Chicago consumes 300,000 pie
per diem.
A Gloversvllle hen laid three eggs
in one day.
London's Lord Mayor is a Metho
dist minister.
Mexico has over 13,000 miles of
telegraph lines,
Chanfrau's paralysis is laid to the
use of hair-dye.
British hansom cabs often ontmi
American wheels.
There are 1000 vacant houses at
Adelaide, Australia.
It i3 said to cost 40 cents to stop a
railroad train 1 minute.
The first report of an Alaska grand
jury has just been made.
The colleges of this country con
tain 13,000 female students.
Artesian wells have been known in
China from time immemorial.
Prohibition is enforced in 200 towns
in tho State of New York.
Type-setting in this country is said
to cost 230,0000,000 annually.
In some parts of Georgia, bears,
wildcats and coons are abundant
Opium smokers in San Francisco
spend 1,000,000 on that drug.
A colt eighteen inches high is at
tracting attention in Meriden, Couu.
Mine. Patti, it is currently reported
contemplates another tour of America.
Philadelphia consumed during last
year 1,273,301 barrels of beer and ale.
Half cents were issued from the
United States mint for half a century.
A Chicago woman has been payinga
pawnbroker 553 a year for the use of
The manufacture of broom corn
toothpicks is a growing Kansas indus
try. Ia certain portions of West Africa
the natives eat all enemies taken iu
war.
A quicksilver veiu has been struck
on a farm in Charleston, West Vir
ginia. Albert Durer gave the world a
prophecy of future wood engraving la
In a Chinese Kestaurutit.
ItQYAIi AVKDDIXGS.
lira. All at once they heard a load
scratching at tho door. Liu is opened
it, and there stood "Bawdy," a dog
who hod lodged there betore. With
him ware two dog friends, whom he I
tried to introduce. He said, as well as
he could, "Please give my friends shel
ter. It is bitter night, and thoy have
no place to sleep.
"Rowdy" did not try to come in, but
looked first at the dogs and then at I
Louis in a pitiful way. The boy asked
his mother what he should do. The
The number of attendants who lived
permanently in the house was 100, be
sides those who were en ployed outside.
Amongst them were olliciafs of every
sort, including eleven chaplains, and a
complete choir to sing the service daily.
The daily occupations ot each were mi
nutely regulated, and the system of
accounts was carefully prescribed. The
various aticles of provision for this vast
household were estimated for the year
to amount to 2.11G quarters of wheat,
124 bullocks. 617 sheep, ten tons of
The Marriage of a Daughter of tho
C ount of l'aris to a Son oi tho -King
of 1'oitiial.
Ou the Ilth of February last a writer
from Pans said the fallen Orleans
family is sought after by all the royal
houses of Lirope. Recently the
daughter of the Duo de Ch&rtres, the
Princess Mirie, married Prince V aide-
mar of Denmark. Soon Autoine d'Or
lcans, brother of the Cotntesse de Paris,
will marry the Infante Enlalie, sister of
the late King of Spain, and very soon
the daughter of the Comte de Paris,
the Princess Amelie, will marry the
lady came lo the door, and looking at Gascon wine, and so on iu proportion. D k a Braance. he'ir to tho throne
"No, 'RowJy,' your friends have
warm, shaggy coats on, and our beds
are about full. They must go to some
other hotel. But your hair is very
short and thin, and you are very cold.
You msy come iu and go to bed."
"Rowdy" turned around aud seemed
to explain to his friends how it was,
The meat was generally eaten salted.
and needed 100 gallons of mustard to
make it palatable. Of course the num
ber of the household does not include
quests. Every day something like
three hundred must have been fed at
the castle. At six o'clock all attended
service in the chapel, after which they
hreakfasted off beef and ale. At ten
of Portugal, Thus Italy, Spain, Greece,
Russia. England, Portugal and Anstri
are allied to the descendants of Louis
rhillippe.
The Dake de Bragauce mado the tour
of European courts with the intention
of finding tho Ju ture uaees of 1'ortr.gai.
Boon as he saw the Princess Amelie he
decided to ask her hand. By a strange
- . iifriijrni saj iftaav uci uuuu. v m duisuko
They quietly walked off the piazza, o'clock came dinner, at iour supper aim 0 the prinCess, when only
while "RowJy" came In and went to at nine o'clock all retired to rest. The twejve Tear8 0id. mde a study of the
bed, where he lay tucxea up in Dunaps nousemuu oi Kiai 6 , 7 r Almanach de Gotha to decide who
till morning. ing In buisness naoiis, m honIa her husband. The choice of
. loieiatuers were as piou.uicui, u.cu hiu f u (h h bjrth.
Attention at This Time. the present day. In fact, their ordina- c a.!ea " Pa 1
ra neennations were so few that they " ' i .i- t- Jl t "
ir T-u.T,rr,a i. rniwiTinir a exeat . - . tho i,l,tiim
.ii ii .t thto . " . ' .i i:c ance.
oeai oi uwuuuu u. - of tne minor matters oi uau, mo. Thn nrineess la twenty years old and
time. JSightiy its lnu- cmouana The Earl of Korthumueriana, now- ., Ttr. ,-" ,OM, w
show signs of increasing, presenting . was one amongst a few in the Ankttx,'
beautiful Bcenes of effulgent illumiua- lne53 of nis establishment and u SVh iom Mmlta Ten la
Vi .wtt nntlinfld against the sky r.! ;R,.n,o Tver, h had few which presents some amieuities, even to
:mT. Jlfa itn iin a A f. ntohi .--i -r i;m rtnn! and WT V memory.
W1W V wiiMiiiiwi. l I 1-1 Mil ill! lil. aatX ITU
azo an unusual display of its vomiting I wien be moved from one of his castles
power was witnessed,
iimps of red-hot la'
sudden bursts that ran down the side of Wlt tapestry, which was suspended
the mountain in one long stream of rom hooks. Food though plentiful,
flowing red, crimsoning as the contact wa3 coarse, and furniture wag plain.
with the atmosphere cooled it, like the There was little privacy in the grim
iMmin(r heat of red-hot iron, ine farfrpras which the great mnaoitea
next morning snow covered, the scarred Two or three rooms were set apart for
surface of tho mountain irom tne Bum- tne use of ine lamny anu uieir
mit nearly half-way down to the Dsse,
while the ever-exhaling smoke ascended
into space like a long white ptame.
It is Charles-
Ferdinand- Louis- Marie-Victor. Michel-
Riphoel - Gabriel - Gonzague Xavier-
anther, all MwM ffliBSSK L
. .u - i" wlUl nlm. Ane ruugu 41p "B anvi.ia.n0nrbon.Saxe-C0biirir and
Gotha Duo de Braganoe. Probably
th rest were small chambers for hold-
... . , I. - naLrill,
leg stores and providing steeping rooi.i -
for the host oi attendants. Jo
there is not a prince in all Europe better
related. By his maternal grandmother
he is a direct descendant of Marie
Tberese, .of Austria. His mother is
Marie-Pla, daughter of V ictor Emanuel,
ot Italy, and Adelaide, Archduchess of
Austria. By ner marriage with the
Bragauce the Princess Amelia
Chairs wero placed around the large
table, and Wong superintended the
bringing in of five largo bowls with
steamingcontents. "Now, gentlemen,
ho said, "let us sit down" and down
we Bat. Upon tho table before each
one was placed a pair of chopsticks
and nothing else. Besides tho bowls
and tho chopsticks the cloth held
nothing. No plates, no cups, no
kntve3, no forks, no salt, no pepper,
no water, no tea, no potatoes. Nothing
bat the steaming bowls out of all reach
and those ridiculous sticks. Then the
waiters brought in four small bowls
filled with rice wine, and placed b afore
each diner minute pottery dipper,
if I may bo describe a miniature bowl
with a handle rnnning off at an angle
of 43 degrees. In this bowl reposed
littlo oup, the rim of which was
about the size of a cent piece.
Each one under Wong's direction
lifted up the little cup and dipped it
fnll of wino, replacing it in the dipper.
The wine was very like very strong
port, and was the only liquid on th
table, borne little practice is reqnired
to manipulate properly the Chines
substitute for knife and fork, especially
when there aro no plates used, and tlu
track of the food from the bowls In the
centre tc the guests' mouth was marked
by a line of grease splashes upon th
cloth, The center bowl contained a
soup of peculiar flavor. Two of tlu
others contained what was really fric
asseed chicken. In the other two were
curried chicken, and a mixture of some
thing like escalloped oysters with a sour
and mushrooms. Tho peculiarity ol
the whole repabt was its hlgh-flavoreo
condition. Everything was spiced tc
tho topmost notch, and the throats o!
the Caucasians cracked m their re
proaches against their Cwners, Th
chicken was cooked bones and all
The bones, by some unknown process,
were softened and mashed till they
gave as little trouble to the esophagut
as do those of the sardine.
The dinner did not come In regular
coarse, but when we seemed to havt
had enough of one thing Wong would
send the bowl away and replace it with
something else. Several varieties ol
Chinese vegetables and fish made their
appearance and wero sampled with
great interest. Something with an un
pronouncable name, but which was re
ally fish-tripe, was voted a great delicacy,-
and lobster, prepared in a pecuhai
way, was also a gastronomic success.
The soup contained a great variety ol
strange vegetables, among them a dark
green sea moss. Instead of our call
there was provided small dishes of a
liquid prepared from beans and which
answered the purpose. Then small
puddings of white rice flour cunningly
designed to represent an opening flowet
were found to contain a aweet intenoi
of beans and molasses, or some aweet
substance. Bowls of rice were brought
in, but it was eaten hot and dry with
out milk or sugar, which accompani
ments ore thought by the celestials to
spoil both rice and tea.
steam engine on this
brought from England
iu 133.
Philadelphia policemen carry neat
black walnut canes a present from the
Mayor.
It costs the 35,000,000 of people in
England about 380,000,000 per annum
to live.
- One man in Santa Barbara, Cal.,
has raised 300,000 pampas plumes this
seasou.
A quartz ledge was laid bare re
cently, near Helena, M. T., by a stroke
of lightning.
An apple tree at Lancaster. Ta.,
which is 125 years old, bore a good crop
this season.
German female telegraph operators
receive a salary of 240 a year and get
no vacations.
Elopements seem to have become
epidemic in parts of the couuUy the
past week or so.
The annual value of the milk pro
duct of this country is about half the
national debt.
Earthquakes in North Japan are
more numerous' aud severe in winter
than iu summer.
Canton, China, with a population
of 1,300,000, does not publish a news
paper ot any kind.
Nine-tenths of all the fire-crackers
are made iu Canton by the firm of Fat
slnng & Chow Ling.
A Canadian Lodce of Free Masons
has expelled one of its members because
be Is an Agnostic.
There are over 40.U0O heads of
families in Ohio who follow wool grow
ing lor a livelihood.
George Washington's former head
quarters at Charleston, S. C. wilfte
turned into a bakery.
New York is beninuiuz to boast of
her surface roads now. "Jake bliarp
has stirred up the town.
The amount of American capital
invested in Mexican railways Is said to
be about $135,000,000.
There are more than 13,000 mar
riages entered iu the Old Swedes'
Church iu Philadelphia.
The average size of families in tlie
United States in 1350 was 3-50. Iu 1300
it bad decreased to 5-04.
Fourteen of the 33 States have
labor bureaus in operation. Massa
chusetts was the pioneer.
Montreal is to have a botanic gar
den seventy-five acres in extent in the
beautiful park on Mt. Royal.
The Mexicans of Southern Cali
fornia carry all their water in water
proof baskets made of willow.
A Texas man nicety-six years of
age, lately died from the anguish caused
by cutting a third set of teeth.
The total number of works exhibi
ted in the French salon this year is
3034 of which 2433 are oil paintings.
The average salaries of school
teachers in Nevada are, for males $1 k)
a month and for females i'M a nioulh.
A brilliant comet is expecteu to ap
pear in the southwest during the latter
part of this month oreaily iu August.
Tree planting is systematically
fostered in China, and ."'ID.OU) trees
were set out last year in Hong Kong
alone.
The excess of births over deaths at
London is 1.31 per cent, per annum.
The French birthrate is the lowest in
Europe.
No man can enlist in the regular
army of China, it is said, until ho has
shown his courage by having a tooth
puiiea.
At Shiga Ken, Japan, there resides
a dwarf, only 17 Inches high and 30
years old, who is well educated and a
goou writer.
It is said that aliout 10.000.000
crowns yearly aro sent home to the
fatherUnd by Swede3 dwelling in
America.
Twelve States of tho Union have
laws requiring children ia schools to be
taught the physiological effect of alcohol
cn the human system.
An ingenious individual lias calcu
lated that during the course of every
year English railway servants get no
less than 300,000 in tips from tho
public
One thousand one hundred and
fifty immigrants, bringing with them'
3f. CTL TeXtur, In a recent expen- $1,300,000 in cash, recently arrived in
roent, raised 2500 quarts of water iu ar Cu'.ifornia and settled in various parts
hour from a depth of twenty feet witt of the State,
a power generated simply b? the natur- f
al heat of the sun.
Cave Dwellings Found ia Saxony.
Inhabited cave dwellings are found ix
the Balkan peninsula, and also in snct
a cultivated place as Siiony, They are
lu the neighborhood ot Halberstadt,
quite close to the village of Lau gen
stein. Here in a sandstone hill about t
dosen caves have been dug which art
used as dwellings. They have different
rooms, light and dark, as well as chim
neys, windows and doors, and are said
to be very dry and habitable. The
writer of the account, a physician. ayt
he found the inhabitants quite comfort
able, s nd that some of them had lived
there for more than thirty years with -
out suffering from any evil t fleet tc
their health.
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