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VOL. XL.
MIFFUNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. "WEDNESDAY. MAY 5, 1886.
NO. 19:
I'uVnoun.
y.nJctiU'-y 'n gathering dark-
Jwnc me closely as it turned on,
Km speechless ghost upon an er-
ffkich ,t:-ht not rest till Its behest were
done,
me, I know not whether man or
Or'friend or foe. I might not speak nor
a.'totcbed garments in my clasp, as
e'puJ each other In the rain and
the firelight with my fancies only,
I idlT wondere.1 who the shade might be,
l. j T lint nnlv Knoken.
Awl u re"! 3 . . ' .
li night have held some message sweet
U me.
jj thinking still. Can it be thus? I mur-
viUf knowing all the depths of woe,
m.miss tLe ta-'ting f a greater rapture,
Bessose earth' shadows fold and blind
bj so.
n-airine alone in worldless longings.
!! messenger divine has passed our
liuTwaching out Into the dark as chil
dren Dn bll-o of fleeting dreams so strife to
Perchance the happiness that hold us
speechless,
lbs pain no words can e er reveal were
meant,
b tenJnes by One who fain would
ihield ua .
From more than we could bear with wise
- intent.
Ho coa'.J we know what sorrow might
maken.
Did we rejoice too loud near where it
Sarwiiat Gritf's l:ps might answer if with
question.
Upon his mission storn we did delay.
life's ileepest mysteries are thus elusive,
And le is widest hen content to know.
For banian love and 1 uuian hearts 'tis bet
ter Ihey should but touch us in the darkness
THE SACOT AND VIOLIN.
Towird the last of September, 1S32,
the artistic world of Paris was deeply
affected upon learning that Faganini,
tie celebrated artist wa3 very ill. lie
was seized with a violent fever at the
etose of a concert, where he had been
the star and only attraction.
KiLd friends and warm admirers did
all is their power to ameliorate his
stfferings, but without avail. Day
ifter day passed, and still the condi
tion of the much beloved artist did not
improve. His physicians became alarm
ed, and ursed upon" him the necessity
Staking a rest of several mouths.
A beautiful morning in the month
of October he baue adieu to the capital
Ik bad fi';!e 1 with his merited, renown.
At that time there was a celebrated
hospital near Faris. which was only
frequented by distinguished invalids.
It was the Villa Lutetiana, named
rtuout doubt In me jncr of tle an
cient Lutec . This line edifice was sit
uated in the centre of a plea-iure gar
den which overlooked a charming and
heavily wooded park. There were
itadj "groves and walks for dreamers,
public drawing-rooms for the lovers of
punes and conversation, and private
apartments for those who preferred the
"chez-soil" in tete-a-tete with the last
novel. II s davs were sient in prome
Hading up aud flown the most retired
wais of the garden, and when even-
kg approached he hastened to his room
to real and re-read a package of letters
jellow with age, to which a fresh one
was added from time to time.
Among the inmates of the Villa
Lutetiana there were four old ladles
who Lad become very warm friends on
account of their common love for card
Paying, and the becluded life which
Paganini persisted in leading seemed to
cause them much annoyance.
"Indeed," said one of them, "he is
not my idea of a great man. I do not
perceive anything remarkable in bim;
In fact, taking him all in all, Le'u just
like other men."
"A3 for me," said the second lady,
"when I heard that he was to become
on of our number I was in raptures,
nd Battered myself with the thought
that he would frequently enliven our
promenades and soirees with bis won
derful music, but tehold how we are
treated. He rarely deigns to recognize
w. and whenever lie is requested to
favor us with a little music he calmly
hakes his head and retreats at once.
Be is a bear a real savage."
"Ah!" s.i!d the third lady, "you do
not understand his case yet. Paga
"Jai, my friends is simply a miser.
Dojou wish the proof? D.s be not
t-ways refuse to assist at charitable
concerts?"
"It is very str.iuge," said the fourth
ay, "how great men lose prestige up
on acquaintance. I do not doubt but.
he is of some account on the stage,
out here! I do not know but. as far as
Jociability is concerned, I would pre
late associate with the gardener."
Oil do cot hesi ate, I pray you,"
Wfuedthe youngest of these ladies.
As for my prt, 1 would greatly pre
ja.most anybody to him. Did you
"ttseeaman manifest so much in
ference, yes, even contempt for
Mies' society?"
'I am of jour opinion, but come, my
J". I have a scheme to submit to
TOitfcat has just popped into my head,
ttust give this sleepy bear a shak-
Tue celebrated violinist, however,
wnuntted to live in the usual manner.
alowly reg ined his strength. But
wou.d hardly have believed him to
J better, he looked so very pale
toiT Iis ysiclans rigidly lor-ii-a
doing any mental work, and
reat musician entirely deprived of
passed the autumnal days in a
Ujtell:tual somnolence, which
most benefic al to his feeble state.
never became a victim to loneli
rthnf .wooJ-nrer Faganini was
ut r'val. Hour after hour be
wia liule and skilfully
ftan3 S'1-1 knives n other
"TP edged instruments.
M hv 1 be seemed t0 surround
new hr:.? ill3teild of frlends in bis
RufiiertT' lhere was oue ing who
most 1 auu exniwieu tne
wwf18811 f ui"i. Tbisde-
aid. Tf ?Ma -vounS cliamber-
5 dLd h Vl wl, cwJially greeted
tS & She1 artIst eTery morning
r00m With
aot cfffl6 ar' partook of tQe fra
Iistt:;,,lel'clous 10113 and honey,
t sJ0" to amuse him by
tranTof U incidents which
eb,03piuL romtime
sa'eeded incausimr a faint
smile to appear on the wan face as she
aptly imitated the four eccentric old
ladies.
One monvng Loulsette entered Pag
anini'a room at the customary hour;
but the greeting was pronounced in the
must doleful tone. Her eyelids were
badly swelled, her cheeks void of color.
and a very sorrowful expression played
arouna the finely-cut mouth.
"What is the matter, my poor Louis-
etter" assed raganini.
"OhI I am so unhappy!" Then she
nesita'.ed. apparently checked bv the
fast falling teats and chlidriike eobs
that came in quick succession.
Faganini allowed her to weep undis
turbed lor a lew moments; then aald,
in a most sympathetic tone: "Tell me
your troubles. Perhaps I can devise a
way to alleviate tnem."
"OhI no, kind sir. Xo one in the
whole world can help me."
"Tut, tut! I am inclined to believe
some lover is the cause of all your
grieu"
Loulsette colored and dropped her
neaa.
"The wretch! Has he broken his
vows?" asked Faganini, with a smile.
"Xoi nor' replied Louisette. "Mt
dear Henri loves me too much to do
anything so cruel as that."
She could not continue, and. throw
ing herself upon a chair, commenced
soDDing as it her heart would break.
Faganini stepped to. the window
where sne was seated, took her hand in
bis, and said, very seriously. Have
you confidence In me, Louisette?"
"Oh! yes, sir." she replied.
"Very well, my dear child. Dry
your tears, and we will endeavor to
remedy the evil, however serious
may chance to be."
It
"Ilenrl has drawn an unfortunate
number," said Louisette, speaking very
rapidly. "He must join the army and
leave for Lime on the morning ex
press."
"Can he not procure a substitute?'
"A substitute! How could we ever
dream of raising such a sum?"
"Would it require very much money ?'
"Fifteen hundred francs are de
manded, on account of the prospects of
war."
"Well, yonr misfortune is not so se
rious after all. Wipe away those tears
and let me see your merry face enr e
more. I will exert myself to obtain
this formidable sum. I am sure that
my efforts will be crowned with sue
cess."
Louisette warmly thanked tUo vio
linist, dried her tears with the corner
or her white apron, and disappeared,
with a face radiant with joy and hope
Winter advanced, and Christmas,
with its feathery garb of snow and
crown of holly, was on the threshold
once more. It gently rapped at the
door of every dwelling, and at this sig
nal families assembled around tpe
coeeriui neann, lueir oeaixs warm wau
love and good will to man. The little
children filled their shoes with hay and
placed them in the fire place, that Santa
(Jlaus might see them right away when
he jumped down the chimney with all
the presents ttcv hal ordered; and the
little homeless ones came and offered a
prayer at the door while breathing in
their hands , which were blue and stiff
with the pierclnz cold.
At the Villa Lutetian each one
celebrated Christmas according to hU
pleasure. Our four old ladies enjoyed
an animated game of cards; while Fag
anini, seated in a secluded corner of
the room, absorbed in an Interesting
book, was wholly unconscious of the
malicious looks that were given him
from time to tune.
Suddenly the door opened, and Louis
ette entered.
"Sir," said she, betraying much ex
citement, "a Urge box to your address
lias arrived. The porter is waiting in
the vestibule."
"A box?" said Faganini, much as
tonished. "It must be a mistake. I
do not expect anything."
"But, sir, your address is on it."
"It Is true, but that is all tie same.
I cannot conceive Where is the por
ter?"
"Here he is, sir. He says he is in a
hurry."
"Whence comes this box?" asked
Faganini, regarding the man with sua
uicion.
"From the office, sir. I do not know
anything more about it, except that it
was sent from i.yons or uneans."
"Stranger and stranger," remarked
Faganini. I have not an acquaintance
in either of these cities."
He paid tim, however, thanks to the
interference of Louisette," who hai
taken possession of the box.
The porter had hardly turned his
back when Louisette, glancing at the
box with much curiosity, eagerly said:
"1 will assist you to take it up to your
room, sir."
"So Louisette," replied Pagann!,
trying to refrain from smiling. "Leave
it there in the corner. To-morrow will
be time enough to attend to It."
"And you are not going to open it?"
asked Louisette, much disappointed.
'Yes. indeed. I will, since you are
so anxious to see its contents. Come,
aid me. and we will have it open in a
few moments."
They removed two layers of hay,
several bundles of brown paper, cut a
number of strirfgs, and found at the
very bottom of the bjx an old sabot
"Well. I am not much surprised,"
said Fa?anini, "it is a very nice inven
tion. They have sent me this sabot as
an allusion to my avarice, and wish it
to say to me that I am like children,
who rather receive than give; but they
are very much deceived if they think
they can wound my feelings by this un
kind act.
'I will sav in the presence of all the
Inmates of this house that before vthe
expiration of two weeks this sabot snail
be worth its weight in gold."
Thereupon he retreated, witn ine
wooden shoe, leaving the spectators in
an amazement easy to comprehend.
The old ladies seemed quite embar
rassed.
It was thev who bad sent it. ana
Pa-raninl was well aware of the fact,
and secretly rejoiced that it bad not af
forded them all the pleasure they had
promised themselves.
From this day Faganini was no more
to be seen in the salon of the Villa
Lutetiana. T e faithful Louisette was
the only person admitted to his pres
ence. The four old ladies tried their
uttermost to Dersuade her to explain
his mysterious disappearance, but she
placed her fingers on her lips ana quite
resembled the statue of discretion.
It was true Louisette knew some
thing of his plans; but not all. She
did not know that, by a remarkable in
genuity and exquisite skuf ullness, ths
old sabott was being transformed into
a violin, which for tone and flnisli
might have challenge 1 an Amatt. Fag
anini had triven more than an ordinary
soul to this object, and the world was
to ne tne junge ot it.
Soon large blue posters ameared all
around the Villa Lutetiana, and were
ireeiy aisinoutea in Paris.
They announced that New Tear's
eve a grand concert would be given in
the salon of the Villa Lutetiana. in
which Faganini would reappear upon
the stage
It is needless to say that a few hours
after the distribution of the posters
every ucKet was sold,
The programme consisted of ten
pieces five upon an ordinary violin
ana nve upon a sabot.
The most capacious theatre of Paris
had been too small to accommodate all
the admirers of the great artist; but he
uau aeierminea to play in the salon.
consequently had given orders that
enly a limited number of tickets should
be sold,
The anxiously awaited hour arrived.
and soon an artistic and aristocratic
assembly filled the eracd salon
Finally Faganini appeared, with his
instrument, in the midst of the silence
so profound that the beating of the
nearu was almost audible.
Tumultuous applause burst forth
from all sides of the audience; then
subsided into one grand shout of wel
come, which caused a smile of grati
tude and pride to appear on the pale
race 01 me celebrated artist.
Faganini gave one stroke with his
bow and quiet was soon reestablished
After a short prelude, he suddenly
strikes out into a brilliant fantasie. He
is no longer a man. He is transformed
into an angel of harmony. The audi-
euce thrilled with joy. became motion
less. They hardly seem to breathe; and
as tne last note dies away there they
sit, still listening intently.
"He will not be able to surpass that!
he never p'.ayed better!" was whispered
throughout the assembly,
However, prepared for miracles from
a man who had accomplished upon the
violin what too human hand had ever
achieve I before htm, the amateurs
waited with a feverish excitement. In
a few moments Faganini reappeared.
holding the announced sabot in his
band.
Suddenly notes so plaintive and sweet
fall from the new violin that one every
is moved to tears. The artist seems no
longer to belong to the earth. The
musical drama he executes could have
only one significance. Hear the rolling
of the drum; behold the excitement of
he military life, the sorrow of the sol
dier who bids farewell to his compan
ions, the approach to the paternal roof.
the meeting of the betrothed, the tears
or joy.
Tremendous applause shakes the
salon to the very foundation. The
ladies throw bouquets, and the gentle
men kneel before the illustrious artist.
Here aud there one is seen drying the
tears which the magic power of the
music caused to no
Xo one sees a young girl secreted be
hind a curtain and crying bitterly. It
was Loulsette, the poor chambermaid
upon whom the return of the conscript
bad made the deepest impression.
Faganini calls her to him, aud says:
"My dear child, we have been fortu
nate enough to collect 500 fraud more
than is required to procure a substitute
for your betrothed. Take them. They
will be sufficient to defray the expenses
of the journey. And now, as I am
about to leave this house, I give you a
souvenir. Here is the old Sabou Per
haps it merits the name of violin now."
Louisette was too much affected to
speak, and, grasping bis bands, she
covered them with tears of joy and
gratitude,
The vichn was a very fine dowry ror
the young girL She sold it to an ama
teur for 0,000 francs,and it has become
by inheritance, the property of a great
Belgian manufacturer, who, naturally
enough, values it at a very high figure,
and loves to relate its history.
The World's Boka Monument.
Tha mn RtAlrwnv winilinir Around
Mia interior framework of the Washing
ton monument is now nearly comple
ted. When it is finished a limited num
ber of passes will be issued to visitors
chn Haaim tn -limh tjt thfl R vfl.hiinrired
foot level, provided, however, they sup
ply themselves with lanterns. Xot a
rav of lizht enters the monument ex
cept through the single door at the
base and the little windows on tne rooi,
so that a misstep in the darkness might
ris.iHt.rnii3 Passes will there
fore be issued only to those who are
able to light their own path. All the
provisions made thus tar by congress
have been for constructing the monu
ment. Now that it is completed ap
propriations will have to be made for
making its approaches more sightly and
convenient. At the same time money
will be needed for lighting it and fur
nishing other facilities for visitors, who
regard it as one of the principal things
to be seen and visited at the CapitoL
"I see it stated," said a reporter to
Colonel Casey recently. 'that the top
nf the, monument moves morning and
evening on account of the heat of the
sun."
"I never made such a statement,"
was the reply. "That is carrying the
thing a little too far. I do say, how
ever, that the top of the monument
moves with the seasons, that is, in the
it swinirs a little to the north
and in the winter to the south. When
you consider that the distance traveiea
is not more than three sixteenths of an
inch, however, it can scarcely be called
Thprfl is movement in
a auvwuawMw -
everything for that matter, and it can
be made appreciate oiuj w """
-f ir.r Inatrnmonts are of SUCh B dell-
cate nature as to be able to measure it.
The swinging plumb bobs, now several
aa l.-mcr which were used
UUU'J&CU .
continually as the monument was in
course of construction, informed us of
any movement in the structure, inere
was always movement, as mo nci"'''"-
creased, but it settled evenly, xne
roof of the monument is umj
Inches m thickness and will readily re
tn aithpr heat or cold, while tne
body of the shaft is so thick that tern-
perature has nttie or no euec .
It is not surprising at all that the top
ti aiiirhtivhv contraction or ex-
will uiy" u Pt J ' . .
pansion, but the movement can be dis
tinguished only by the most delicate
measurements. It is tne uiv
:n, .nihinir around us. Take that
wall over there," pointing to the State,
War and Navy uepaniueui, Uu..us.
uvn m. find . httle crack in winter
between a couple of the stonea .They
have contracted. ? -rh
the summer and you can't find it. The
stones have expanded and closed it up
nicely, unless some dirt collected In the
crack, and then the mortar or cement
between the stones nas uoou
by the expansion.
--Surprise parties are said to be grow
ing popular In Lonaon.
AN OCEAN OF FRAGRANCE.
How Hyacinths, Tulips and Crocnsea
Are Cultivated in Holland.
Holland has always been and proba
bly will ever be the mother of bulbs.
Few persons, while admiring the bean-
iuiu nowers produced from Holland
bulbs, ever think of the care, time, and
trouble taken to grow them. Bulbs
have been cultivated there four hund
red or five hundred years, ai near as
can be ascettained, but for several
years past they have received more at
tention than ever. Mr. Beerhorst, a
bulb-grower of Laasenheim, near Haar
lem, Holland, was interviewed in this
city this week. He said:
"Holland, as is well-known, is all
low land, the greater part of it lower
than the sea. This water is kept off by
dykes; you have another name here.
Erected here and there on them are
large wind-mills, that pump the water
out when it inundates the land. Tbey
present a very strange appearance to an
unaccustomed eve. We travel by canal
boats like, I understand, was once done
here."
"What Is the soil like, that you are
enabled to raise the finest bulbs?" .
"The best in the world for bulb
growing pure, sandy soil. The reason
Holland bulbs are best is owing to the
soil, temperature and water, which is
as pure as is possible. We have only .to
dig three feet I believe you measure
by feet here to find water, not only in
one place, but anywhere."
"How do you plant hyacinths to in
crease their number?'
"We first fertilize the soil, put about
sixteen bushals of manure on each
twelve eet square; then we take a hy
acinth bulb and cut aorou the bottom
several times, plant, and in June we
lift. The one bulb will be divided
i-to several small ones of perfect
growth."
"When do you plant first?"
"In September. The great fogs from
the sea drive the frost away, but we al
ways cover the beds with weeds. We
cai not use straw, because then the
mice destroy our bulbs."
"Are your winters as cold as here?"
"No; we are a great ways further
north, yet our winters are not so se
vere. Probably the fogs help us some.
Oar summers are not so Intensely hot as
in this country."
"Are the hyacinths ready for sale
after the flrit year?"
"No, no; I would they were. The
first year they are plauted close; the
second year we must plant them in new
sod, as they will not grow two yean in
the same ground. Every year each
bulb gets more space, until five years
elapse, whan they are then ready to
sell."
"What do you do with the ground
you can not use a second year?"
"We plant some other species of
flower, and at the same time enrich the
soil. Thus we change their homes al
ternately, and can always utilize the
ground. Bulbs have about six differ
ent diseases, which I can not name in
your Uuguage. Tina cause niacu
trouble and loss of money. Sometimes
the soil gets tired of the bulbs, and re
fuses to grow anything. We give it a
time to rest, aud then we dig up a
depth of four f et, put on a double
quantity of fertilizing matter, and after
another short rest it is willing to start
to work again, x on know everything
in life must have some time to rest, or
it wears out, and is no good afterward."
"Tell me something about your tu
lips?"
"Well, I plant the buibs the same as
the others, only they do not need cut
ting, a) they increase themselves by
forming offshoots on the old ones. We
separate tnose and replant. We oft-
times grow from seed that makes the
work. From first planting it is four
years unt 1 they bloom. The strange
part is they all bloo a a coffee-colored
flower for a number of years, when
suddenly they will bring forth some
fine color, as those see who bay them.
Thus we know what our bulb is. They
never hold the coffee color, which is
quite pretty, any longer than four years.
This we are sure or, but what they will
be in the end we know not until they
show us. Crocuses are raised the same
way. The three bulbs mentioned will
grow nicely in water. For forcing I
always use sandy loam, which is the
best."
"How many varieties of tulips have
you?"
"Three thousand Just 2.&UU too
many. 1 suppose there are more tnan
that."
"What is your native place liker'
..Til ... Alfuvn.it. T
Alio oceuerjr ia Bla"u cickbu., x
can't tell you in your language as I
would like to. We have lovely trees
like here, that is, the same kind. The
land is perfectly leveL Everybody
grows bulbs the laborer, tailor, shoe
maker, as well as the florist. All the
houses some one story, some two, and
none higher, are built of brick. We
build no Davements. but we never have
any mud, and our roaus are always dry
and smooth, not full of hard cobb.e
stones like here. In the principal
bulb erowinz district, my home Sas-
senheim you can sea millions and mil
lions of tulips, hyacinths, ana crocuses
in blo.im at once. Their beautiful fra
grance Is wafted for miles around. Ou
one acre will be planted about 100,000
bulbs. Can you Imagine, then, looking
over a dozen of acres in bloom, what a
vast sea, fit for a paradise, it is? I
wish I were able to describe in your
talk the grandeur of it"
"What do you tninKoi eur country r
It is i? rand, it is grand! Good for a
poor man the rich man can get along
anywhere. If I could not get along
better than some at our place I would
coma to America. Our people dress
very plain, live plain, and meat is the
greatest luxury. Some men who work
very hard have this fat rib meat; I
tbinK you call it bacon. I am really
ashamed to tell you what wages they
get. Three dollars per week is the
average, some ge. auu ou "
canons $1.23 and $ 1.5J per day is paid,
but the ordinary laborer here gets
twice as much as in our country."
A Healthful Bill of Fare.
Here is an account of my dietary,
nf oatlntr. which Cost me
sail! Dmuoui, . 3 ,
tiffin mnrn than simence a day, ana i
could easily live for less without lux
es. BreaKiast conaisuju ui
i Mn,A ffnm a mixture of
ot porriugo, uuu, ,
oatmeal aad wheatmeaL which I found
more palatable tnan eitner uisij.
i .,ii ate with bread to insure thor
ough insallvatlon. Then came bread
fried in rennea wtwu mn u, -
vegetable haggis. For drink I had a
a r vifh warm
of cocoa or fruit sirup, with warm
cup
ThA r.iwa. used was
Water nuu ouftCM.. -
an ordinary one with plenty of starch
in it, which mattes a iuit. uimH -no
milk is then reaulre I. Dinner con-
aued of a thick vegetable soup and
bread, potato pie, savory pie, vege
tarian pie, vegetable stew, stewed rice
ana tomatoes, etc. J: or a second course
1 had bread plum pudding, stewed rice
and fruit, baked sago, tapioca and ap
Piea, stewed prunes, figs, raisins and
bread. . Tea meal consisted of bread
an! jam, stewed fruit, or some green
mm, as watercress, celery, tomatoes,
. 1 had only three meals a day, and
fti fluently, when verv busy. I hail only
two and a cup of cocoa and a biscuit
lor supper, I always use . the whole
meal breed, as it Is a laxative and con
tains a good deil ot nitrogen, which is
ti-wwn away with the bran. The cot
Uu b&S oil is a cheap and good cooking
oil, and is impossible to detect. This
aw-, i continued for a month, and now
1 only take the animal products when
oct. cot having them at mv table.
Now compare this diet with one of
AVU or a mixed one. The latest analysis
sl"alneah to contain from 70 to 74
per cent of water, the dry residue be
ing very rich in nitrogen, and it con-
uua a little carbonaceous or fatty
natter. Hence, to live on meat alone,
as much as eight pounds a day is neces
sair. Then there are to be considered
the diseases of animals, which are com
municable to man if that flesh be not
thoroughly cooked all through; and as
very few of our animals live a perfectly
natural life, most of them are more or
teril ased, especially the fat ones.
i'he excess of nitrogen taken into
the system tn eating flesh meat has to
be got rid of by the liver, kidneys and
luirs; hence, these organs are over
taxed, and much disease is the conse
queuce. In fact, were it not for flesh
food we doctors should have verv little
to do. Man living In towns cannot af
ford to eat much flesh, because be does
not get sufficient exercise and oxygen
to burn up the excess of nitrogen. If
ha does eat this flesh, and if he eat
much, then be must suffer from many
cotTipiaints, such as Indigestion, bilious
attacks, congested liver, hemorrhoids,
gastric catarrh, and other gastric
troubles.
If the habit be continued in. gall
sto-ies of urinary calculi may follow, or
rheumatic gout. Then the kidneys
oet.erua 'diseased, and more work is
thi wu on the heart, which becomes
also diseased; the end is death by one
of the lingering diseases which shows a
diseased organ somewhere. Even epi
lepsy and many nervous diseases are
aggravated by flesh. Cancer is on the
increase, and, from' some observations
I ' have made, it may bs indirectly
traced to flesh
Consumption has only a remote con-
notion with flesh, it being due chiefly
to --esh air. Vegetable food is cheap.
contains an abundant supply of nutri
ment at first cost, and our systems are
so lormed as to use it with least ex
penditure of vital force. We use no
crrolty in obtaining our food, and can
ea3i y see if it be wholesome or in a
rotten state.
Apples, pears, currants, gooseberries.
plcms, strawberries, rasps, blackberries
atvr,iu.'.r UruiU, wilu o.eioU3, peached;
graphs, etc , are high-priced but whole
some fruits. The dried fruits, as dates,
figs, apple rings, currants, raisins, etc..
are cheap and good. To these may be
added tinned goods. Thus one can see
the immense variety of tasty things we
have, and these to suit all purses. We
can add to these milk, butter, cheese.
eggs and honey, which are got without
Killing animals. But if we take animal
food, then fish is the least injurious,
then beef and mutton, while veal, pork.
game, etc.. are very indigestible, and
ought to be avoided.
Mistrais of tlio White House.
Tbe mistress of the White House is
regarded the leader of official society,
Mss Cleveland, the President's sister.
is probably, tbe most intellectual and
cultured lady who ever presided at the
Executive Mansion. Gifted with a kind
ness of heart almost rare, even In
women, and as generous and catholic a
nature as can be human, she possesses
a thorough classical education, consid
erable literary taste, and is highly quali
fied to grace the position she occupies.
It is known that she does not fill the
station from choice, or through any de
sire for prominence but for considera
tions of duty to her brother; and while
she gives so much time to satisfy the
demands of "the people," and lends her
refining influence to every requirement
as mistress of the President's house.she
would prefer retirement and devotion to
her literary labors. In person Miss
Cleveland is of medium size, with finely
shaped intellectual head, expressive
gray eyes, light complexion and hair,
though not of the pronounced blonde
type. She has delicate, shapely hands,
and.a mouth and countenance denoting
character and kindly grace. She dresses
on all occasions in the most refined
taste. She has won the hearts of the
people of all shades in Washington to a
degree rarely attained by any lady in
her position. The last public reception
of the season March G, furnished a dem
onstration of her popularity, when 4000
people thronged to the White House.
every one ot whom she personally re
ceived with a pleasant manner and gen
tle shake of the band, challenging the
patience and physical endurance of
Grant in his most vigorous days. The
very last one of this vast crowd received
Just as warm a welcome as did the first.
Usually on such occasions Miss Cleve
land wears her hair dressed high a
style very becoming to the contour of
her head with a single roseoua nest
ling in the tresses. An incident of re
cent occurrence illustrates her charac
ter. At one of her receptions not long
since a stout, elierly lady, plainly clad,
elbowed her way through the crowd,
and after much effort stood before the
hosiers and was introduced. She was
from Indiana, and said: "Miss Cleve
land, I've come a good ways to get here,
and I told my husband I didn't want to
go back till I'd seen you, for I've heard
and read a great deal about you, and I
wanted to look at your face, and now I
guess I'm well paid for all the scrouging
that it took to get to you." Miss Cleve
land received her as kindly as if the wife
of the first Senator in tbe land; asked
her where she lived, about her family,
her enjoyment while in the city; all
about ber home affairs, and finally as
she let ber pass on asked her to sit in
the blue parlor and rest until the recep
tion was over, when she would be glad
to talk more with ber wnicn sue uia.
Young Ixvcrs.
"Conversation flowers' are all the
mm amnnff Tnnnff loven. Thev OOn-
sis', of a few endearing words printed or
painted on tbe petals ot a rose or uiy.
The proeess is secret, and was invented
by a downtown florist
SOMETHING ABOUT BIRDS.
Those That can Swim aa Well aa Fly.
The Cnriotu Snake Bird.
Prof. Blckmore began his lecture at
the Natural History Museum with a
few wojds about feathers, which he ex
plained, were divided into contour or
outline feathers and down or the fluffy
protective feathers. Without further
introduction be plunged into a des
cription ot tue more prominent birds of
the class selected for discussion, each
one of which was accurately reproduced
in its natural color by tine steieopticon
views thrown upon the walL-
One of the rarest birds of which a
specimen Is kept at tho museum is the
great auk, which is about the size of a'
goose, is found north of Cape Cod, and
is noted for its thin, grooved bill. These
birds were so plentiful in Nova Scotia
when the settlers first landed that they
were knocked over with sticks and
their breasts slit off to extract oil, but
it is most difficult now to obtain 1U Of
tbe same general species is the puffin.
Urge communities ot which are round
in the rocky places on the east coast of
Maine. Thepufflnhas a thin, razor
like bill, so thin that you hardly see it
at a front view, but which appears
enormous from the side.
Among tbe group of birds all of
whose toes are united by a w.b the
pelican is prominent. This genial
creature goes through tbe water scoop
ing into its large sack under the bill all
the fish which it can conveniently hold.
It then rests until lunch time when it
tips back its bead and allows such
quantity of fish as it wishes to drop
down its throat Then there is tho
snake bird, which travels long distances
apparently under water all the way,
but which in reality keeps the tip of
one nostril just above the surface. The
lltte tropic bird, too, is a curiosity.
Until lately his home was never known
and he was supposed to live and die a
wayfarer. But in reality the tropic
bird has very comfortable quarters in
the salt rock cliffs in Bermuda, where
the female deposits each year cne egg.
The tropic bird has two long tail
feathers, which are many times the
length of his body, and he is credited
with a particularly sharp and discor
dant cry. Like tbe gulls and Mother
Carey's chickens, the tropic birds are
met with at sea and follow vessels,
waiting for something to pick up.
These birds never appear to rest, as
they are generally on the wing, but
they do in reality, rest Another bird of
this sort is the albatross, whose great ex
tent of wing enable) it to put out sails,
as it were, and fly without apparent
effort
The cormorant, greves, and mergan
sers are also sea-faring birds, living on
fish and exhaling a very strong and un
pleasant odor. Tbe greves have their
toes loDed and separate, and the mer
gansers have a peculiarity of bill, there
being a series of projections which fit
into each other and allow the bird to
sift its food.
The professor next fi escribed the wiLI
ducks and geese, the pursuit of which
is the delight of sportsmen. The eye
of the canvas-back duck Is very near
tbe top of its head, while the crest of
the red-head makes it eye come about
In the middle of the head. The shel
drake is a very gayly appareled duck,
and tbe Labrador duck, twenty-five
years ago so plenty, is now a rarer bird
than the great auk. The elder duck
has that beautiful down at ber breast
which is much sought after for quilts.
When the first quantity of this is in the
nest of the young it is stolen by natives,
the female detaches the down from ber
breast to keep the young warm. This,
too, is stolen, and tbe male detaches
his, and after this protection is afforded
the ducks try law.
Glucose and Terra Allm.
"Do we use glucose?" said the
largest wholesale confectioner tn Indi
anapolis, repeating the reporter's in
quiry. "Of course we no. .very
candy maker in Indianapolis uses it.
and the most popular caramels and
other waxy confections made by the
retailers have the most glucose in them.
And why not use it? It is as harmless
as honey and serves a most excellent
purpese. Glucose used to be under a
ban and was considered only as an
adulterant; but now it is an esteemed
marketable commodity. Glucose is
semi-liquid grape sugar. It was first
made from potatoes and is found in
many fruits. It resembles syrup and
is frequently palmed off as such upon
unhappy boarduw-house and hotel vic
tims. "Glucose" is a misnomer, for
Instead of being sweet (as implied by
the name) it Is insipid, with a bare sug
gestion of sweetness. Children would
not touch it if it were put on the top
shelf out of reach except with a ladder,
so as to be made as suspicious aud
tempting as possible.
"What, then, are Itamentsf"
"Glucose is not susceptible of crys
tallization, and is therefore used in
candy to prevent it from turning to
sugar. Cream of tartar was formerly
used for tkis purpose, but it tincturej
the flavor of the candy and is not so
effective in the purpose intended. Glu
cose improves the appearance of candy.
but owing to its tendency to fluidity
cannot be used in a very great degree
in candy Intended for shipment, lhe
retail maker, bowever, can use it with
impunity, guarding only against the
danger of nullifying all saccharine
matter. In common canuj we use
thirteen pounds of glucose to eighty
seven of sugar. Sugar costs about one
half cent more than French glucose,
and 1(3 2c more than cheap American
grades. When glucose could be had
for about one-half the price of sugar, It
paid to make candy with more glucose
than sugar; but now the prices are so
close together that there is little saved
by using glucose instead ot sugar.
"No. you are on the wrong tracK u
you expect to find a great swindle in
tbe use of glucose. Chemists say It is
as harmless as sugar; and the Ameri
can people, you know, don't call any
thing an adulterant that costs as much
or more than the genuine article. But
I can tell you what is used to adulterate
candy and a score of other things
terra alba white earth. Down in
Cincinnati the candy makers shovel
terra alba into their syrups in great
quantities, but this market has a belter
reputation, and I think terra alba is
not used by the confectioners of this
city at alt"
One Mac Far land, of Chicago, hay
ing borrowed a ladder from a neighbor
received injuries by a fall resulting
from the breaking of the ladder, and
he has now sued the neighbor for dam
ages for having loaned him so unreli
able an article.
SCodels and f hotoffraphs.
"Where do you get your models?"
"They come in here. That one"
The artist pointed to the picture of a
very respectable old gentleman with a
full beard, who was one of the figures
on the canvas
"That one has been a model for
years. If I want a man of a different
make, he will get him for me. He'll
go out into the parks bright and early
in the morning and seduce one of tbe
idlers from his position on one of the
benches."
"What is the inducement?"
"Two dollars a day. beginning at 10
o'clock in the morning or thereabouts,
and continuing until 4 or 5 o'clock in
the afternoon. Yes. it is pretty tire
some work, especially for one out of
physical condition. I do all that is pos
sible to make tbe work light They
rest frequently outside the long rest in
the middle of the day.' Then the
tediousness and tiresomeness is ameli
orated by devices like that" The
painter pointed to half a dozen ropes
which fell from bars that covered tbe
studio near the ceiling. If a model
was wanted to hold his arm out straight,
he could keep it straight without much
difficulty after catching bold of the
rope. By using the rope a gun could
be supported in one position for some
length of time with comparative ease,
and in a variety ot ways the ropes were
useful.
"How about the horses? Do you
paint from models there?"
"Yes, indeed. I have to take the
canvas over to a stable near here and
hire a horse by the hour, and a man to
hold him. It is difficult to get the
brute into the positions I want, but we
get come approach to them, and that
has to serve. A man can hold up a
a horse's leg in a way that I want, or
bend it at the knee. It isn't as satis
factory as having a chance to watch
them out in the fields, but it has to
ao."
"This hiring of models must be very
expensive to painters who have many
figures in their paintings."
"It is so. This painting I am work
ing at now has cost me in models al
ready about SoO, and 1 have about two
weeks' more woik on it. A horse and
a man cost $4 for half the day. Draw
ing and painting from tbe imagination
is cheaper for the time, but It is a great
deal dearer In the end. Your figures
will get to be very wooden. There is
one thing that helps us exceedingly,
and that is the instantaneous photo
graphs which are now made ot out door
scenes. They are very valuable and
suggestive. Nothing can take the
place of nature, but when you haven't
got nature and can't get it, they are
certainly the next best thing. There
are several men who make a business,
and I have no doubt make money, sell
ing these instauteous photographs to
tbe artists. Look here."
Tbe artist displayed, with a great
deal of enthusiasm, an unmounted
photograph of a reriment of cavalry iu
motion. The detail of the picture was
surprising. Within a few Inches of
space were reproduced a hundred or
more men on horseback. The move
ment of the horses could be felt and
the whole spirit of the scene was elo
quent "When you can get a picture like
that," remarked the artist, "I don't
see what people want of paintings.
Look at that group of horses there. If
I could reproduce that on canvas I
would make a sensation."
Reoc-h-rs Frark Admission.
Some men write themselves down as
asses, but it is not often that they
openlv admit themselves to be such. At :
the late reuuion of the New England
Society, however, Biecher did so, as
follows:
Gentlemen; I returned home this
noon or afternoon, aud found then, foi
the first time, several missives present
ing the text from which 1 was to preach
to-night. I have a gcol mind to tell you
a story. Cries of "Do! Do!" and laugh
ter. 1 am afraid many of you have
heard of it, but if you have you can '
laugh just as if you have never hear! it
before. Laughter. Bishop Janes told
the story, so it h.is a good Apostolic
stirt, although be told it of anothei
Bishop. j
The two were riding together in the
West, and among other things facility
iu preaching from the text off-hand wm
a subject con versa, ion, aud they finally
agreed to try each other; and so as the
young man was to preach first, the
Bishep would not give him the lext
until after the preliminary services were
all over, then he gave him the text:
"And the ass opened bis mouth.
Laughter The young man looked at
it a moment, and proceeded to say that
all things were made to praise God
even the lowest and the least; tbe birds
and tbe worms and shes and animals, .
and even the hun blast of the creatures '
of God; all weie made use of In the
scheme of a Divine Providence. So it
was among men; the lowest and tbe
poorest had something that God had
enabled him to do aud the youug man '
made a very nice sermon of it, and got
off by the skin of bis teeth Laughter.
Tbe next appointment the Uisnop was
to try the ordeal, and he tried to get
from the young man some inklin? of
what he was going to give him. Not a
word. But when he came to the pulpit
and the preliminary services were over,
the young man give the text. "Am I
not .thine ass?" Laughter. J The,
Bishop looked at it and didn't say any-'
thing to him, Laughter, "My breth
ren," be said, "I am to preach from the
text: 'Am I not thine ass?' We see, my
brethren we see 'am I not thine ass?'
fLaughter.l Brethren 'am I not thine
ass?' " and, turning to his young help- j
meet, he says, "Yes, I think I am, '
brother!" Great laughter. Now when
you give me this toast on the very eve
of this evening, and then invert the
ordeal and put me before Brother New
man, to whom 1 had looked to make ma
up and set me agoing, I fael a if I was ,
the ass on this occasion. Laughter.
Hot camomile bags often give relief
to sufferers from neuralgia. They are
made of linen lightly filled with camo-'
mile blossoms; reject the stalks When )
needed, place them on a tin plate in the '
oven, where they will become very hot
but not burn. !
Dr. Edson, of the New York Health
Department, has had the dye of some
bright red stockings, which were made
in Saxory, examined, and the analysis
discoveied that it contained arsenic and '
antimrny. Both poison the skin, aud
what is xnown as antimony rash is pro
duced by underclothing the dye of
which is fixed with antimony. Child
ren are the worst sufferers from anti
mony rash, as they are the most lieely
to wear the bright colors which con
tain the poison.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Cherokee chief, Bushy head,
has been through the scarlet fever
lately.
' At a baby show in Massachusetts a
bright-eyed colored baby gained tbe
prize.
The Historian Fronde Is suffering
from tbe effects of overwork, it is re
ported. Three of John Wesley's great grand
sons are clergymen of the Church of
England.
Two men lost their lives at Tecuma
Nev.. in a quarrel over the possession
A great grand daughter of Words
worth U compiling a Wordsworth Birth
day book.
President Cleveland It is said, has
increased 41 pounds In weight since his
inauguration.
j Two pine logs recently cut In Clay
county, Fla., measured, respectively
' 1157 and VMi feet
! France hai but 77,040 naturalized
persons out of a population of over
thirty-seven million people.
Late statistics are reputed to show
that St. Petersburg is the most un
healthy city in Europe.
A California horse has become no
torious by swimming five miles. The
task occupied twelve hours.
Unconverted pickpockets cleared
i f 3000 at the meetings conducted by
' ltev. Sam. Jones, in Chicago,
j A Swiss watch manufacturer now
; in this country asserts that the trade
. in Switzerland was never better.
I In Lausanne, Switzerland, trage
, Jians, ballet girls and acrobats perform
in the oien air on the street corners.
i Pretty Q uaker girls a century ago
- dressed in the height of fashion, aud
: wore purple boots laced with scarlet.
I For the benefit of farmers the Ca
nadian Weather Bureau will affix
' wpathpr aitrnnl -n tiiA ruHfruv tr.in
. ..- v .uu . .... ..
The Empress of Austria and the
Crown nf Swwln urA frnin f.-fc
Amsterdam to be treated by Dr. Metz
ger. 1 In New York some of the Chinese
have given up the laundry business and
1 gone to farming, which they say pays
! letter.
I It is announced that Mexican to
, bacco will hereafter le imported under
its own name instead of that of the
! Cuban product.
j A Hong Kong firm, it is reported,
! is shortly to open at Victoria, British
. Columbia, a Chinese bank, with a cap
j ital of $400,000.
I Waco, Texas, is spending f 30,000
; on a new school house. The municipal
. tax is one dollar oa the hundred dol
lars of assessed valuation,
i A quartette of thieves one only
1 16 years old under arrest in New
York, admit having entered 55 houses
! within a period of three months.
; Two tramps who were arrested at
i Flainfield, N. J., while riding on a coal
traiu wera found to have on live pairs
ui trousers and several coats each.
Ice will shortly become one of the
i industries of Florida, and a factory for
I its manufacture will be erected at Day-
tona during the coming summer,
j Chicago people are entertaining
- themselves with pronunciation matches
gotten up on the same principle as the
spelling bets of four or five years ago.
.' A New York lady effectively ust d
her big brass dinner bell tbe other day
as a burglar alarm. The fellow whose
capture it secured is in jail awaiting
trial.
Poultry breeding is carried on ex
tensively in France. A French paper
estimates the number of fowls in the
poultry yards of that country at 45,
000,000. ' A Castleton, (Vt.) man has ship
ped six hundred willow shoots to Wyo
ming Territory, where it is Loped that
the soil will be favorable for their
growth.
Arrangements are being made for
a Universal Short-hand Cougress, to be
held in London in li, ror tbe discus
sion of the history and prcgress of sten
ography. A counterfeit five dollar bill on the
Central National .Bank, of Norwalk,
Conn., is in circulation. The counter
feit charrer number is 404 aud the gen
uine is 2310.
M. Pasteur, it is announced, has
agreed to receive in bis study an Amer
ican student, who may thus acquire a
thorough knowledge of the application
of "the great cure for hydrophubia."
A law that has been a dead letter
for 30 years has been revived by the
local authorities of Dover, N. II., for
the purpose of compelling barber shops
to keep closed on Sundays.
The Freshmen of Yale have decid
ed to challenge the Harvard Freshman
to a boat race, to be rowed at New
London about the time of tbe regular
University race this summer.
The pupils of a . Georgia school
have aLso had a strike it was short
lived though, and for a holiday. The
children went so far as to nail up the
school doors.
Twenty-nine per cent of the acre
age ot Europe, it is estimated, is still in
timber, and forty per cent, of the terri
tory of Uussia is in forests. Twenty
seven ir cent, of Germany is in tim
ber, and, it Is said, but four per cent
of Great Britain.
The recent flood in the South has
beggared a Macon (Ga.) citizen, whose
wealth some seven hundred dollars
which he kept in a bole In the ground,
was carried off by the raging waters.
A justice in New York, before
whom a defendant was charged with
giving theatrical entertainments on
Sundays, adjourned the hearing on
Saturday so that be could personally
take in the show tbe next evening and
judge for himself.
Chicago has one liquor saloon to
every 35 families, which is more than
thirteen times the number of bakers,
and cearly six times the number of
butchers. The grocers number one to
every eighty-nine families.
When a man comes home at two
o'clock A. M., and finds the doors and
windows all locked and bolted against
him.it is pretty small comfort tore
fleet that this is the season of the year
to live out of doors as much as pos
sible. Among recent boiler curiosities was
the discovery of a piece of a plate cov
ering a space ot about six inches square, '
full of fine cracks. These cracks had
evidently come from defect in the iron
In the first instance, but tbe boiler bed
been run for two years at from eighty
to ninety pounds pressure, and the boil
er inspectors had just pronounced it
perfectly safe for one hundred pound! .
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