A.
B. F. SOHWEIER,
the ooxsnnrnoi-TXE vhoi-aid ths ehosoexht op tee lavs.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XL.
MIFF LINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 12. 1886.
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Beyond These Tears.
-otJ the dreams and toara
iZaoi thfte hop 'lJ fears
Sand tat- weary years
There wait for
1 home, w won lroas fair,
,jire",-'or"r-:,ne' ,r,
fcwihw antLeuis everywhere
i.-elic creatures mova,
nrWh every Uliuy groya
Who constant liiruie is love
In rapurf suns;
And on thrir Uarp are wrought
T609 strains-dlvinely taught;
And every rbyihiu caught
On rises bung.
TiT everv pulse was cl!ed
Villi tteir swt-et breath, distill"
for tn-'lfr chords that thrilled
'atli toucLes low.
Where limpid streams pursu
EcclJi'ied bowers through;
And mvriad drop a dew
lu-spiccdeut glow.
Where tranquil skies repose
O'er every tiream that Bows,
Whose crystal beauty throws
A light sublime.
KotODSue can e'er possess
The gilt to hnlf confess
Ihe matchless loveliness
Of that fair clime.
Oh spirit, why shouids't thou,
Beniuan and murmur now?
Ij't njt eijoaili to know
lieynad these tears.
When earthly scenes have past
With all the gloom they cast,
There, thou halt rest at last
Through endless year?
THE FIRST QUARREL
"Sakes alive ! what a looking room.
I declare, George Graham, if you aren't
enough to try the ratience of Job 1 I
dont believe there's another woman
living has to bear what I do. Who'd
ever thii.K that I came in here after
breakfast and worked a good hour put
ting things to rights 1 And now what
does it look Tke ?
Tears stood in the little wife's eyes,
aad her face lengthened out till you
would have thought she had just heard
of a death.
"What is it, Susie? "What's up now?
What does it look like?" And Mr.
Graham turned carelessly and good nat
nredly, too, rrom the double leaded
artc'.eon Reconstruction, which be bad
been so earnestly reading that though
be had heard he had scarcely compre
hended a word of the complaint.
That's just like yoa. George I If I
were to tell you the house was on fire,
you'd only look around and say, 'where,
Susie ?' "
He laughed; a hearty laugh it was,
too, clear and ringing; a laugh that
many a wife would have treasured up
as men do precious stones.
It nettled Mrs. Graham, and she
said, sharply, "If you'd oin your eyes
you'd see what it looks like."
He rubbed them briskly and then
peered around. "I declare, Susie, I
don't know what you mean. The car
pet is swept, the furniture is dusted.
the lamps trimmed, the fire bright
what is it r 1 cant for the life of me
see anything wrong."
"You cant; no, cf course you can't I
See there, and there, and there, and
she pointed rapidly, her emphasis
growing more and more incisive each
time, to bis heavy overcoat which lay
In a tumbled mass on the lounge, to
bis hat which was lodged unceremoni
ously in the middle of her work basket,
to his rubbers which were roasting on
the stove hearth, and to his gloves
which had demurely settled themselves
on the mantle piece.
"I see, Susie, but then you know I'm
a careless, good-for-nothing sort of a
fellow who never had any bringing i.p,
and must make allowance my dear,"
and tossing his paper on the table, he
caught her hand and drew her gently
on bis lap and said, soothingly, as one
might talk to a fretful child, "don't be
cross now iet, 'cause I didn't mean
anything bad, you kuow. Tut up your
Bp? and let me kiss away that pout."
But the lips were not put tip to meet
the touch of those bearded ones. In
stead, they assumed rigidity, square
ness, immobility.
"Must I have the lecture first, wifey,
before I can either giveor claim a kiss?
Well, out with it then. The sooner I'm
whipped, the sooner it'll stop hurting,
as I used to say to the boys when the
schoolmaster was after me with the
rod of correction. But Susie," and
here his tones which had so far been
jocular, assumed a touching earnest
ness, "I don't like this being scolded
every time I come into the house. I've
borne it so far patiently, but it's wear
lrg on my temper. I shan't be able to
hold in much longer. I'm afraid I
ball soiid back and then we'll quarrel,
and then our home will be no home,
but shall I say it, Busie ? what too
many homes are, nothing more or less
than cheap editions of hell itself."
'But George, how can I help It?
You do try me terriblv."
"How, Sus;e ?"
"Why, by never putting things where
they belong. I was brought up to have
place for everything and everything
In its place, and it does worry me to
como in from the kitchen, tired and
hot, and then Cud the sitting room
looking so. I like to have things neat
and orderly."
"Bat you kuow we can't have all we
want in this world, Susie, and is it
worthwhile for you to fret your life
away just because I can't always think
to put my gloves in my pocket, and
bang up my coat and hat, and leave my
rubbers in the entry ?"
The word "fret" was an uefortunate
one; it stung her, and she -aid bitterly:
"But you never think, George. You
come in like a whirlwind, and you toss
Jour tilings pell mell every which way,
fui if they're ever picked up and put
their places, it is I and not you,
wt do it, and I'm getting tired of it.
I can't and I won't stand it any longer.
"What will you do, Susie ?" There
war severity in hU tone now.
"Do? Why, I won't stand it I
won't be any man's slave;" and the
black eyes flashed deGantly.
Did I ever ask you to be my slave?"
The man's eyes were flashiug now.
"But what eUe am I ? I toil like
one from morning to night to do up the
work and put things in order, and you
come in and undo it all, just as I've
got through, it is enough to make a
aint swear."
She was so excited now she hardly
new what she laid.
"And what am I ?" he retorted. "If
jou re a slave, I'm as much. Who
Mns every cent that's brought in?
"ho pays the rent, and buys the fuel,
f 4 lays in the provisions? Who
Clothes Mrs. Susan Graham, I'd like to
know ?"
01 toy Other man "
'She earned her own clothes once,
"l I can do it again, George Graham,
It IS necessarv an.1 Tin r.hnnlra t,i vnn
"It' a pity she hadn't kept on earn
ing them herself. Then she'd never
had to pick up and put away hor husb
and's, and he well, it wouldn't be
gentlemanly to say It "
"Out with it. air. Never spoil a Joke
for relation's sake."
''And he wouldn't have caught a
Tartar, but been a happy old bach.
Lord, how I wish I was 1"
"Are you In earnest, sir?"
"In earnest, madam."
"Then perhaps we'd better part."
"Part it is, then."
"The sooner the better, too."
"My sentiments exactly, madam."
"To-dav."
"Why not I"
"Where will you go ?"
"I? I shan't go. I shall stay here."
"But yon don't mean to say you're
going to turn me out of house and
home I I never would believe that of
you, George Graham."
"It isnt I that is turning you out.
Suppose you stay; you've no money to
pay the rent, or run the affair. It costs
something to keep house, I can tell you.
I've found It out by bitter experience."
"But where can I go ? You know I
haven't a relative left me."
"You should hove thought of that be
fore you proposed parting. 'Tis not my
business to look you up a home."
"I don't know whose else it is. You
might do ai much as that for your own
wite."
"For my wife I'd do a great deal
more. But you are not my wife any
more; only the legal tie remains to be
severed, and I'll apply for a divorce at
once."
"And disgrace us both ?"
"But what can a fellow do ? Now
I've got used to having a home I want
one, and once free from yon, there are
dozens of girls that'll be glad to take
up with me, careless, good-for-nothing
scapegrace as I am."
"And a pretty life they'll lead you,
too."
"It cant be worse than that you've
led me the last six months. Zounds 1
but 1 have been a fool to bear it so
long. Fret, fret, fret, from morning
till night. Thank heaven. It is over at
last 1" and he whistled gaily.
" You seem to be glad to be rid of me,
sir."
'"You've made me glad, madam."
lie put on his overcoat, drew on his
rubbers, and gathered up bis hat and
gloves. Was he really going, and with
out his dinner ?
"When will you be realy to leave,
madam ? 1 will order a carriage at any
hour you name."
" You arean unfeeling wretch, George
Graham; you are, and that's the truth.
You might, for decency's sake, give me
till to-morrow to pack up my things
and decide what to do."
"You can have a week, madam, if
you wish. I thought you were in a
hurry to go. Yes, you may have a
week. Meanwhile, I'll go to a hotel."
"And have the whole town talking
about us I Why can't you stay at home
Just as well ?"
"Because I never like to be in any
one's way."
"But it is your own bouse, and and
if you even had auy regard for me,
you'd stay till till I'm gone." Her
voice was not quite a3 steady as it had
been.
" Well, I'll stay then. But not now.
Ill como back to-night. It'll be late
when I get In, and I'll take the spare
chamber till you're gone."
The front door crashed after him in
another moment. lie was gone; gone
without his dinner; gone, and not com
ing back till nobody knew when, and
then going up stairs to sleep alone.
They had quarrelled. They had as
good as parted. They would be di
vorced, lie would get another wife,
and bring her home here, and she would
have to go out alone into the cold,
dreary world and earn her own living.
She didn't know enough about divorce,
poor thing, to think of alimony. And
all this because he neglected to leave
his "things" In the hall, and she found
fault with him for the said neglect.
Careless husband 1 Fidgety wife I And
because he was careless and she fidgety,
they must live apart I
Mrs. Graham looked about her just
then. Everything was neat and order
ly. There was nothing to worry her!
Nothing ? There was everything. And
she sat down and cried; she who had
been so resolute and defiant only ten
minutes before. But that resolution,
that defiance, had been borne of anger,
and the anger wa3 all gone now. How
sorry she-was she had been so cross
t9 him, for she had been cross, real
cross, wickedly cross. What if he
had tossed his things any and every
way ? It was a man's trick and and
here she sobbed outright, he never
had a mother to train him. Poor fel
low, he'd been knocked around from
pilar to post all his life till he was mar
ried, and now he would have to knock
round again, for of course he could not
get married right away; no, he would
have to get a housekeeper, and she
would worry the -life out of him, and
when he did get married could he ever
find one who would love him as she had
and did, yes did 1 the love was there
yet, swelling and overflowing.
She went Into the kitchen, hardly
knowing why; driven, perhaps, by the
forie of habit. There stood the table
la'd for dinner, and so neatly; the cloth
white and in its creases, the plates and
glasses shining brightly; knives and
forks polished almost to silver bright
ness. She gave it one look and me
chanically opened the stove oven. The
chicken was cooking nicely. George
liked roast chicken better than a fric
asee, so she had cooked it in that way.
The potatoes and the turnips were
dancing merry Jigs in the pot, and the
tea kettle was softly humming. The
mince pie stood on the hearth warming
itself quietly, and exhaling a spicy
odor that was tempting even to a dys
peptic stomach.
"Such a nice dinner, and no one to
eat it 1 1 wish I wish I I hadn't
been so cross to him. I began it, and
keDt it up, too; he wasn't cross first; he
held out till I made him mad. O,
dear! I wish I do wish it dldnt worry
me so to see things lying around. I
wish he was more careful, thoughtful
such a dear, good fellow as he is
about everything else. Never scolds
when bills come in, like Hannah Ben
ton's husband. Mercy! I don't see how
she does live with him. And he's
always giving me change, too. I never
hardly have to ask for a cent: I don t
know what I should do, if 1 had to
manage as Carrie Stanford does to get
a dollar out of Jim. If I had such a
man, I'd leave him, if I had to work
my fingers to the bone to earn my uvr
log. And 'he' wants me to have a girl
and be dressed up all the time, and
read, and practice, and go out with
him, and there's poor little May Miller
that never slta down once a week, but
is forever stewing in the kitchen, and
never a word of thanks, Joe always
wondering why she don't do more than
she does. lie ought to go to a tread
mill himself. And he never tastes a
drop of liquor, nor wouldn't for the
world, and there's Nelly Gray's sot of a
husband coming home beastly drunk
every night of his life, and scaring the
life out of her. I'd see him drowned
before I'd live with him. And he never
smokes, nor chtews, while you can't go
Into anybody else's house hardly, with
out standing over spittoons, or being
suffocated with somebody's pipe or ci
gar. Dear me ! I should die in a week
if I had to live in that way. And he Is
always so good natured, too, never gave
me a cross word till to-day," but here
she broke down entirely, sob after sob
tearing away In her throat and threat
ening to choke her.
The paroxysm was too violent to last
long. As it subsided she dashed off the
tears that flooded her cheeks, wiped
her eyes, brushed back her hair, and,
going to the sink, bathed her face
thoroughly. Then she stood a few
minutes as if gathering up resolution,
a calm, beautiful expression playing
about her lips.
The words of her old pastor had come
back to her all at once as she sat there
weeping. The words he had spoken to
her the evening before her marriage :
"My little girl, you have made a good
choice. George Graham, your prom
ised husband, is a young man of excel
lent principles and good disposition,
and will do his beat to make you happy.
But he is not perfect. No man is.
And you must be patient with bis fail
ings always patient. One crossword
leads to another, and that to another,
till by and by there's a quarrel, and
then good-by, happiness 1 Don't scold,
but coax; don't drive, but lead. And
if you ever feel tired with him, think
how much worse it might have been.
And always remember that he is no
saint, but only a man; a man mortal
and weak. Be it your work, little girl,
to make his earthly home a happy one,
to lead him onward and upward to
wards that holier one not made with
hands."
"Dead; yet speaketh," she said sol
emnly, as that long, earnest talk came
back to her. "And and I'll do it
anyway. If he won't forgive, and if
he won't agree to begin again and try
It over, why Oh, I never, never can go
out alone in'.o the world, and see him
married to another woman. Oh, I'll
never say another word, I won't, not
one, if he has every chair piled to the
ceiling with coats and pants, and the
floor waist deep with rubbers and boots.
I dont see what nfade me speak so cross
to him. I'll Just get a girl to-morrow;
somebody that can cook better
than I, and keep out of the kitchen;
and whenever he comes in, I'll take
his things myself, and take care of
them. What must he have thought of
me. to hair me say such dreadful
things I"
And Glllng up the stove with coal,
draining the water off the vegetables,
and leaving the oven door open, she ran
up stairs and put on her sacque and
bonnet, seized her muff ami gloves,
and locking the door after her, went
out.
ft was bitter cold, but she did not
mind it. The wind was driving the
sleet right into her face, but she only
drew the thick veil closer over her
swollen eyes and hurried on. It was
slippery as glass, but her gaitered feet
ran along as if sharp shod. She had
but one thought; to see George again,
tell him how very sorry she was, and
bring him back to dinner.
With a shout and a "hurrah," a lit
tle fellow came coasting down one of
the cross streets Just as she had set her
foot on the curb stone. The sled
whirled, zigzagged a moment, and then
rau her down. She screamed involun
tarily, and, as she fell, put out her
hands imploringly. Some one clasped
them, tightly a brief spell, and then
gently assisted her to her feet. Soma
one spoke kindly to her. Some one said
kindly, tenderly, lovingly. "Are you
much hurt, Susie?" Some one drew
aside her veil. Some one looked pity
ingly into her eyes. Who was it, think
you?
"O, George ! I'm so glad you hap
pened here. I was goiug down to the
office after you !"
" Were you, Susie ? And I was com
ing up to the bouse to see you 1"
He looked about him aw seconds,
and then said, meaningly, "Just half
war and we met."
The next minute he was tucking her
little hand under bis elbow and guiding
her back home, walking slowly, cau
tiously, and asking at every few steps,
"If she was sure she were not much
hurt," and adding, "he'd send the lit
tle rascal to Jail if she were," to all of
which she said earnestly, "Not any,
hardly; only frightened a little; he
wasn't to blame for the sled turning:
I'm so glad we niet"
Inside the front door before hardly
the lock had sprung, he caught her to
his heart and as he held her In the
warm, close embrace, he kissed her
passionately.
"What did you think of me, George,
scolding you as I did; if you knew how
I cried afterwards."
"But I plagued you dreadfully, I
know, Susie. You're so neat, and I'm
such a careless scamp."
"It was I who plagued you, George.
I've no business to te so neat as to
make myself a fussy, cross old thing,
and l won't any more. I wont say
one word, George, if you turn the bouse
topsy-turvy every time you come in.
Oh, George, to think of our quarreling
so before we've been married a year I"
"And you running away to leave me
here alone. O, Susie, I should have
run after you before morning."
"It was awful the way we talked to
each other can you ever forgive me?
"Yes. indeed; I forgave you ten
times after I reached the office; though,
going down there, Susie, I did wish,
almost, that you were a little sloven,
instead of such a tidy bit of lady."
"I don't wonder George, it's enough
to make a man hate the very word
neatness when his wife is forever scold
ing about it ao. But do you know what
I'm going to do? I'm going to hire a girl
to cook, wash, iron and scrub, and 1 m
going to meet you at the door every
time you come in, and put away all
your things for you, so that we'll both
be suited. The Louse'll be m order, and
yt.u won't be bothered in helping about
lt-"The deuce you will, Susie ! Tardon,
pet, I dont mean it. Have the girh I
always wanted you too; but hang me it
I'm going to have such a doll of a wife
put away my things, and me a great six
footer. No, no. you may meet me but
just see how nice I can do it when
I've mind to," and releasing her from
his folded arms, he deliberately took off
his coat and hat and hung them up by
plummet and line, and then, kicking
off his rubbers, he set them squarely
under the rack.
"Only, Susie, If I once and a while'
forget."
"I won't scold, George; no I won't,
if I have to bite my Bps till they bleed
to keep the ugly words in."
"And when I see you biting your
lips, Susie, I'll know what's op, and
hurry and put things In their places, and
then wipe the hurt off just so," and be
pressed his bearded chin close to hers,
so smooth, and so, so solt, and so sweet,
and took a dozen or so warm kisses.
"And now put away your things,
wirey, and let's have some dinner, for
I'm as hungry as a church mouse."
"I'm afraid It's alt dried np by this
time, but I'll hurry and make you a
nice cup of coffee."
"You know what the good book says,
my dear Susie; 'better is a dry mor
sel'" "I know, 1 know. George," and
turning back again she took his right
hand and laying it tenderly on her
heart, said tearfully. "Learn me to be
good."
"We will help each other, wife, and
heaven will help us both."
And so ended the first quarrel I God
grant it may be the last.
Fashionable Women Patronizing our
Riding School.
There is a craze for equestrianism
just now among fashionable people.
The quiet bridle paths of New York
Central Park are alive as early in the
morning as 7 o'clock with horseback
riders of every age and both sexes.
Nothing like it has hitherto existed In
this country. It is not the recurrence
of a craze; it is the birth of one which
society is now experiencing, and in con
sequence its symptoms are particularly
virulent. It is not many years ago
since a man or woman on horseback,
riding on the avenue, or even in Cen
tral Park, was an object of curiosity,
not only to the small boy, but to his
nore sedate and phlegmatic elders.
The visitors to our principal pleasure
ground who rode in a fifty-cent hack
over the regulation route, craned their
necks to catch glimses of the eques
trians and equestrienues through inter
vening trees, and ranked such appari
tions as part of the programme which
included those marvellous and indes
cribable works of art which are scat
tered through the park. At present,
riding through Central Park is a very
ordinary pastime, not at all likely to
excite the attention or curiosity of any
one familiar with the upper part of the
city. Biding parties along Fifth ave
nue are by no means uncommon, and
pretty young ladies, gracefully robed in
habits may be met at any hour in the
day, but particularly in the morning,
along the streets in the neighborhood
of the Park. After the outward and
visible signs have been noted, of
course, no surprise will be felt, when
it Is learned that there are a number
of riding schools uptown, all of them
doing a lively and prosperous business.
A few year j ago, there were two
schools. In place of two there are now
at least two dozen. And besides these,
there are numerous private rid in
schools: ' . -.:? -v
"What is the reason of this craze
just now?" was asked of a well-known
habit-maker uptown.
"It is simply a development of the
all-pervading Anglomania now ram
pant. Society people who go over to
England during the summer and ride
on Rotten How find that ladies and
gentlemen ride. There is no such
sight as Kotten Row displays during
the season. Then when the same
American goes to an English country
house the same skill In equestrianism
is found. There are hunts to which
everybody rides farmers as well as
gentry. Farmers on the other side all
ride. They don't jump Into an an
cient, tumble-down buggy, and Jolt and
Jump over the country roads. They
get ou horseback, and are better,
healthier and stronger for the exer
cise. When the traveled American
comes home, he or she is just enthusi
astic over riding as over anything that
is io3itlvely and genuinely English.
Aud then they swoop down on the
tailors and the tailor-dressmakers for
habits. That is to say, the lady does.
The gentleman, of course, wants rldiDg
trousers aud velvet jacket. A good
habit costs $100. A bad habit, in
whatever sense you take it, costs a
great deal more. For winter use they
are made of heavy Melton cloths. Just
now we are manufacturing them from
elastic cloths that come from the west
of England
"It is not the bodice of a habit that
is difficult to make. Any fool who
understands tailoring can turn that out.
It is the skirt which requires a skdlful
and experienced artist to drape and fit
properly. It is not alone necessary to
fit the lady, she must be fitted on horse
back. The skirt may fall gracefully as
she walks. But It Is not made for her
to walk in. So in fitting her we do so
while she is seated on a wooden repro
duction of a horse. More than that is
necessary. She roust send down her
saddle. The skirt is draped to a great
extent from the rest on tl?e pommel of
her saddle, and the height of this and
its relation to the rider's body are of
the utmost importance. You cannot
do more with a habit than to make it
Gt wed. There isn't much variety pos
sible. We are now making them open
at the neck, to permit the wearing of a
scarf and an appropriate scarf pin, but
outside of this habits this year will be
much as they were last year.
"Do you think the craze will con
tinue?" "Oh. yes; it is a sensible one, and a
magnificent remedy for the national
complaint dyspepsia,"
How Gladstone Shakes Hands.
Mr. Gladstone's method of shaking
hands is graphically described as follows:
The premier performs the operation of
hand-shaking in three stages. First, he
takes vour outstretched member softly in
his grasp, so that the fork of your stump
and the fork of his are in the closest
possible contact and alliance. Then you
learu that the premier's hand is cool,
soft and elastic; full of tiny muscles and
Iiaiim an A nil alive, as it were. There is
reassurance, invitation and uiterroga-
tion, cordiality, ze, auu cuiumouic
And now comes the grip, which is the
a ctom nf thn nrnress: it is firm
and decisive, and lasts as long as it takes
the premier to inquire alter yuur ueiui.",
and to welcome you, if you are welcome,
Lastlv. yqq are released with a sorrowful
clutch, that delays the departure of your
fincer tips to the last fraction of a
second. This is how Mr. Gladstone
will salute a friend and political ad
nf RhAkintr hands with
a political opponent says the rnarquis
of Salisbury I can tell you nothing
whatever about
RICHES OF THE CONGO.
A Missionary on the Wonders of
Africa's Interior.
Dr. Sims, a Baptist missionary, who
has returned to Philadelphia after a
year's residence in the Congo Free State,
talks very interestingly of the Dark Con
tinent The present great interest in
the new world which has been opened
up to Europe and American enterprise
arises from its making the interior ac
cessible. "The Loika, which I recently as
cended to nearly three degrees north of
the Mombuttn people iii the Central
Soudan, where from the rounded clay
houses and native cutlery it was plainly
evident that we were among Southern
Souilanese populations discovered some
time ago and described by Schweinf urth
and Junker. I descended the Lomami
river, which runs duer south from the
opposite side from the Aluwlmi for 250
miles, till we were right along the Wat
wa, mentioned by Stanley in his recent
work. At our turning point the river
went still south and was navigable for
probably several hundred miles. In ad
dition to these, there are the Buluki,
Lulonga, lkelamba and Cassi rivers
penetrating into all the remaining coun
try, added to which are such rivers as
the Mukani, Mboshi, Ntsala with the
western tributaries of the Great Mo
bangi, which drain all the country at
tle back of the seabord, from the Cam
eroons to the Gaboons, and empty them
selves into the Congo."
"Now as to the resources, soil, and
that much disputed question, the cli
mate!" "The resources of the reigon are great
ami mainly undeveloped. Perhaps half
of this vast territory in virgin forest of
great thickness and value. AVherever I
have been the great rubber wealth of
the country is yet untouched. This
will be accessible as soon as the natives
find there is market for it somewhere on
the river. Considering that at present
the rubber supply of America is inade
quate. It in plain that sooner or Liter
this equatorial supply will be tapped and
immense fortunes realized. The quan
tity of ivory which lies unused and Li",
comparatively shaking, of no value in
this region, is untold.
"Everywhere I saw a vast amount of
it utterly wasted or applied to base pur
poses, being used even as chopping
blocks and to be obtained for a trille.
The forests are filled with redwood,
which is worth 30 a ton in the Euro
pean market but, owing to the present
existing difficulties of transport on the
Lower Cougo, is worthless and was put
by us into the furnaces of the steamers.
Gum copal is found everywhere in a fos
sil state. The forests there contain
three species of palms, one of which
yields a valuable oil which the natives
extract. While yet undeveloed, the
paunoU industry promises to be one of
the richest on the Upper Congo when
Mr. Stanley's railway is completed.
The country of the Upper Cougo is ex
ceedingly fertile, - The natives make
clearings in the forest for their gardens
and plantations by cutting the tops off
the trees and filling the stumps to their
vts Wnutaijis, bananas,. maiv to
bacco, inauiocna, peanuts ana yams are
cultivated. We have frequently found
cofloe growing wild in this part of the
country. From my knowledge of cof
fee plantations on the African coast I
am convinced that coffee plantations on
the Congo would be very successful,
"I low did you find the people?"
"The ieople in the Upper Congo show
a remarkable spirit of friendship, which
promises well tor their future progress
in civilization. We anticipate that
they will rapidily become quiet auJ
amenable to the laws of the state. The)
suffer greatly from incursions of Arabs,
who devastate tlitir houses and villages,
and carry off their women aud children.
The captors treat their captives with
the greatest cruelty. The natives are
industrious, with great commercial in
stincts and a spirit of enterprise. On
the upper portions the natives are given
to cannibalism iu its most revolting
forms. This, I think, is attributable to
the scarcity of meat and fish. The sen
timent of the women and children and
many of the men is agaiust it,"
"Is the Congo free state, in your
opinion, a success?"
"Yes. Its political asjxjc'is are daily
improving. The .State is exercising a
great influence over the natives. Inter
necine warfare is ceasing ; treaties are
being made ; the state is set-king to open
the country to civilization and com
merce, to establish friendly relations
among the chiefs and to protect property.
The Europeans in the Suite number
about 300, including Portuguese, Eng
lish, Belgians, Dutch and Scandinavians
The Stanley railroad will greatly aid ii
the development of the country. Witl.
Mr. Stanley at the head of it, there it
no question of its success, I siieak from
my knowledge of the man, The way is
now being surveyed, and there aro no
engineering difficulties in the way."
"Have the people any religion?"
"They have no conception of a god of
any kiiid, and worship nothing. They
believe-in charms to keep off fill evils.
.They do not believe in sickness or death
as natural, and seek out the cause when
one dies or is tiken ill. Many persons
are thus killed in punishment, and were
it not for this the population would in
crease very rapidly. They have appreci
ated the Gospel, and listened attentively
to our teaching. The children are at-r
tending our schools, of which there
aro eleven. These people present a very
hopeful field, free as they are from the
superstructure of Mohammedanism,
with next to no knowledge of God, and
nothing of the GosieL I believe they
will readily appreciate z jjuu or salva
tion and lay aside their vain supersti
tions.' :
Rolled Gold Jewelry.
''Rolled gold jewelry," said a Jeweler,
'Is a fiction. The term was invented
by sharpers or bogus jewelry dealers
about ten years ago, when the trade 1c
plated goods began to attract notice,
for the purpose of giving the public the
impression that the goods which they
sold were solid gold, but that by reason
of its being rolled the cost of manu
facture was greatly cheapened. Tbla
idea caught the public fauey, and the
trade soon assumed enormous propor
tions. As the demand for this kind of
jewelry increased, the demand for solid
gold decreased, and at present there is
only a few of the old established houses
which deal exclusively in the pure
metal, and I am always startled when a
customer asks for solid gold, and have
visions of princes in disguise.
"Watch oases? Well, hereto a sample
case which represents about 2o0 designs,
that will put to blush the best solid
eases made, and costs only about one
quarter as much. They are al filled
with a peculiar composition, which
s lffens and makes them firm. The
outside is made of plate, about one
third, and the inside about one-tenth as I
thick as the composition, the difference
being made because the wear is greater
on the outside. The joints, thumb
pieces and trimmings are solid gold and
are interchangeable. They are made
of four-carat plate, and heavier and
thicker than a gold case of the same
size, and are sold from $12 to 25 each
about the valve of an eight-carat gold
case. There are some gold cases which
sell for less thaa rolled plate, one being
an imported case which is only four
carats One and sells to the trade for
about $10. ' There are also brass cases,
electroplated with the 'gold, that are
worth $2 apiece, and when fitted op
with a cheap movement these are
known as the 'auctioneers' delight
They are sometimes sold in the auction
rooms for $25, but are worth nothing.
If left in a room with a coal flro the
cases will turn nearly black.
"Some rolled-p ate goods are made so
line that it is difficult for even experts
to pick them out, but usually around
the joints they are lert rough, because
If filled smooth the composition would
be exposed. There are many factories
where a base imitation of rolled plate
is made by the electro-plate process. It
is difficult to tell them without the aid
of a file, as they are frequently
brighter than the genuine, but of
course, they de not stand any wear at
all. Purchasers cannot tell the differ
ence from appearance alone, and, If
they do not want to be cheated, should
always buy from a responsible house.
"Plated goods are all made In the
Easters States, though the market for
them is in the West The plated goods
generally sold in large cities are inferior
to those sold in those sold in towns and
villages, for the reason that in small
places, if a countryman is cheated, be
comes back and demands his money,
while iu the city a mau simply exclaims
'Sold,' and that ends it These goods
are also exported to every country
under the sun, and the cheaper grades
form the basis of trade between the
guileless white man and the designing
aborigine in many far-off lands. Plated
Jewelry is made cheaper in Europe on
account of low-priced labor than in this
country, but we compete with foreign
manufacturers in their own markets
because of the novelties we are con
stantly producing. They stuck to the
patterns of past centuries; we are al
ways getting up something new. Judg
ing from the sizes of finger rings and
bracelets exported, the women of South
America, Southern Europe and Cuba
have the smallest fingers and arms.
Norway, Sweden, Russia, Scotland,
England and Canada come next in size,
and Germany has the largest of all, ex
cept Africa, whose dusky children will
only accept jewelry that Is made to fit
any part of their bodies.
"Many fashionable women also pur
chase plated goods to wear at some
special reception, party or entertiin
inent They always choose the latest
design, and, after wearing once, often
give them away to . their servants or
poor relatives. I have sold as many as
a dozen sets in the winter season to one
lady whose name frequently appears as
a leaner in social lestivities.
"How long will the jewelry last?
Well, good plate will wear, with care.
aoout four years, berore the base metal
is visible. Watch cases, however, are
an exception, being warranted Uy the
I manufacturer for twenty years.
The great Eclipse oums
h. vfl
closed with a splendid list of entries,
including tuuh cracks as Miss Wood
ford, Pontiac, Freeland, Modesty,
Editor, Monogram, Troubadour, Kirk
man, Philip S Lucky B, and others.
It now looks as if the association would
have the pleasure of addinz $10,000 to
the stakes Instead of $5000, as MUs
Woodford and Freeland are likely to
meet,
Tha time for presenting complaints
and claims against the National Trot
ting Association to the Committee
of Investigation appointed b? the last
Convention expired oa April 15. Col
onel EdwarJs of the committee, says
that an immense amount of letters rave
been received, involving about 3000
horses. The main point" is to select aa
expert to take practical charge of the
investigation.
Davy Crockett.
Although Davy Crockett was at first
not adverse to the notoriety which his
eccentricities achieved for him, he grad
ually grew ashamed of them and would
gladly have been less at variance with
his comparatively polished surround
ings. On one occasion, when he had
accepted an invitation to a large public
dinner at which many notables were to
be present, he sought Juuxe Bowen, an
official of distinction, who knew him
well and liked him.
"Judge," said he, "I understand that
you are to be present at the big feed this
evening."
Certainlv. Mr. Crockett. Prettv
much everybody will be at the dinner, I
believe.
"Well, Judge." said Crockett, a little
shyly, "I want to ask a favor of you.
Will you do me the honor to observe me
narrowly all through the repast?"
hv. of course, if vou wish it. Mr.
Crockett," said the Judge anticipating
some fresh odditv or uncouthness, "but
what for?"
"Never mind at present. Judse: I'll
let you know afterward," said Crockett.
' And, by-the-by, give the wink to some
friends you cau trust gent lenu-n of
eminence and distinction, like yourself.
you know so that they may observe me
likewise. But mind you. Judge, they
must 1 eminent men men of bang-up
names. Will vou do all l his for me,
Judge?"
The Judge renewed his promise with
much heartiness. The dinner came off
accordingly. But those who had been
on the outlook for some fresh breach of
etiquette on the part of the untutored
Congressman were doomed todisapixmit
ment, though the event was, perlias,
none the less amusing. It soon became
evident that, instead of seeking to at
tract attention, he was earnestly en
deavoring to avoid it. From the out
set he made superhuman efforts to at
tain the well-bred decorum tlut ruled
around him, and with a very commend
able degree of success. He studied the
manners of his neighbors in uisptwing of
their viands and wines with the ket n
ness of a trapper on an indistinct trail
in the starlight, and Imitated them
with the automatic-assiduity of a Chi
nese tailor's apprentice. His childlike
painstaking was equally pathetic und
ludicrous. But, as has btu said, he
achieved a fair degree of success.
Course succeeded course without evol
ving a perceptible blunder, lie even
sipped his wine geutly. instead of t-n-gtilphing
it thirstily. The temptations
of the dessert were successfully resisted.
The toasts were drunk iqiariugly. At
last, to the wonder of all and to the ilis-
appoiutuM'tit of many, the dinner was at
an end without the notorious Mr.
Crockett's having betrayed a single od
dity or vulgarism whatever, original oi
otherwise.
The next day Crockett again called on
Judge Bowen in his office, with a mix
ture of hope, anxiety and suspense lu his
nrinner.
"Judge," said he, "did you and your
friends observe me closely at the big din
ner as I requested?"
The Judge had divined the rough dia
mond's praiseworthy -aspirations, and
fully sympathized with them.
"Yes. Mr. Crockett, we did," he re
plied, "and. sir, we were both astonish
ed and overjoyed. 'Mr. Crockett must
have been masquerading up to this
-time,' we said io ourselves, 'for it is
evidont that he is, after ail. a fine gen
tleman, who now suddenly casta aside
the backwoods character he has thus far
seen fit to maintain."'
! "Great iodt are you iu earnest,
:Judge?" exclaimed Crockett, his breath
almost tiken away. "Did I really be
have decent, then?"'
"IvceatJy. sir?" reiterated the Judge.
"That doesn't express it, sir. You con
ducted yourself throughout with a dig
nity and polish as to tho manner bora."
Crockett gave a whoop. "1'ut that
down in writing. Judge!"' he exclaimed.
Draw it up in reg'lar black aud white, I
as they do resolutions, sayiu Just how 1 1
behaved at that big dinner.
Thru si. 'ii 1
it, and havo Ihosu eminent friends of
yuuya ifjn it, too. I waut it aspptfif that
I kin be a gentleman under pressure.
Judge that I ain't always tha uulicked
riproarer they've always eredited me
with beiu'. Will you, Judge."
"I will, aud with the utmost pleasure.
Mr. Crockett," replied Judgo Bowen,
with difficulty controlling himself de
spite the drollery af the situation. "CaH
o-moyaw and I will have the docu
uient dulydrawn up and signed."
Greatly elated, Crockett called the fol
lowing day aud got the coveted 1 cti- j
Fluent Its Pllttttlit H'ur0Avarvlliiiiirtii.i
'could desire, and ap(euded to it were a
: dozen or more signatures. For a long
'lime afterward he was very fond of ex
hibiting tha paper, especially- to ladies
it whose houses he imagined lie had
most glaringly nil-w.uducted himself.
Me also, uiuu hid return to Tennessee,
linplayod it w ith pride to many of his
jonstiiueuts, and the iaper Let-anie
iuown as "the Hon. DaviJ Crockett's
credentials."
r'orm-Blindnesa.
, A prominent artist recently In the
;ourse of a conversation, said: "I have,
Turing many years of art teaching, and
n various other ways, encountered a
peculiar form of visual detect which is
akin to color blindness. Instead, how
ever, of being insensible to a difference
in color, these people appear to have
.osL, if, indeed, they ha veever possessed,
;he power of perceiving clearly defined
forms torm-blindness, in other words.
I have sometimes placed objects in the
shape of hexagons, or oclagons,or deca
gons, or even so common a shai as a
pentagon or a five-pointed star, before
those pupils as a test, and almost in
variably they were unable to distin
guish one form from another, even
when with careful distinction the dif
ferences were explained to them. Then
again, I bave tested them by asking
Due ta draw a figure with a certain
number of sides, and the result in this
1 case would be the same. A request to
draw a decagon would bring
forth a figure whose shape has
never been, and never could be, named;
and if asked to draw a square the re
sult would be rhomboid, or some fear
ful atrocity of angles and lines. It was
very amusing. This fact Is a curious
one, and I do not know whether it has
ever been treated scientifically or not.
There certainly seems to be as good
field for scientlfVa investigation in this
strange dfect, and I suspect that the
trouble would be found to he very near
to that which causes color blindness, if
ever it la Investigated."
Alexander Gu ruble ton RufBston
Scuffleton Oberrta Whittleton Southen-
ball Benjamin Franklin Squires Is given
ii the name of a 92-year-old man living
U UAJ county, a orth Carolina.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Ths shamrock is growing scarce In
Ireland.
Licorice can be successfully culti
vated ia California.
Milk has come down from 3 to 8
cents a quart in Beading.
Complaint is made that nothing fit
to eat can be had in Cuba.
Eggs are sent by mail in England
under the parcel post system.
No less than 3,000,000 gallons of
vichy water are exported yearly.
Narrow streets are said to be pro
motive of murder in Baltimore.
The water m the Gulf of Bothnia
has fallen three fest in fifty years.
A Fremont, Neb., druggist has a
12-pence English coin 574 yars old.
Winoosk:, Vermont, is a hoodlum's
paradise and arson is very prevalent.
The senii-annual dividends payable
in Boston in May aggregate 53,193,
oso.
New York city has 40,000 persons
who depend on gambling for a liveli
hood. Iu England the freight trains will
average a speed of twenty-live miles an
hour.
Proctor says that Jupiter is in the
state that our earth was 31,000,000
years ago.
There are in England 4,712 pawn
brokers, each paying $37.50 for his
license,
The largest fortunes accumulated
in Ireland have been made in the liauor
business.
The total specie report since tho
present movement opened has been
I27,2:id,000.
A spiritualist temple to cost iijO,
COO is going up m the Back Bav reeloa
of Boston.
Over 100 persons have been kffledj
in Colorado by snowslides during the)
past winter.
The Boston Globe declde3 that tha
expression "grammatical enor" ia cor
rect English.
A maehine that mabpa 12 nretzala
a minute is said to be run by a Lancas
ter couuty man.
Yale College is reported to be los
ing its students. Expensive living isi
the cause assigned.
The Georgia Legislature has put a
prohibitory tax on baseball. The coun
try members did it.
A book publisher in London asserts
that 00 out of 3oo prominent Engliali
actors are drunkards.
A New York firm has split 2,000
iriue dollars and turned each dollar
into a pocket matchbox.
Heidelburg University will cele
brate the five hundreth anniversary of
its existence next month,
Fifeahlre, Scotland, is earnest la
the belief that it possesses "Kobinsoo
Crusoe's gun and sea chest"
The water-gas and rival companies
in New York have "pooled their
issues ' $2.25 per 1000 cubic feet.
Twenty years ago tho English.
House of Commons contained only two
teetotalers; at present it has thirty-six.
Michigan is building a home for
her soldiers. It is to be in the suburbs
of Grand Rapids, and is to cost $1Q0,
000.
The cattle industry in this country
represents over 43,000,000 Lead of cattle
computed to be worth about S50O,Q0O,
COO.
Owing to a mishap in the foundry,
the Bach statue, to be erected in Eis
enach, will not be inaugurated until
next year.
Hct water at the depth of eight
hundred feet has been discovered in an
artesian well at Sierra Valley, Cali
fornia.
A scheme U afoot In France
con vert Paris into a seaport town, lb
is proposed to build a ship canal from
the sea coast to the capital.
At the wedding feast furnished by
the Kao of Cutch, in India, two daj
were consumed, together with enongrx
edibles for over 70,000 people.
For each 100 miles of railroad In
the United States there are 25.12 miles
of second track, sidings, etc. ; 10.23 lo
comotives, 13.04 passenger cars, 4.75
baggage and mail cars, and 021.4 freight
cars.
A sign -board marked "Six miles to
Montgomery, Ala.," was found, it Is
asserted, in the mountains, after tha
recent tornado, 25'J miles from Montgomery-
The farmers near Tolono, ID., it
is said bave dug a number of wells,
striking natural gas, with which they
do their cooking and heat and light
tiicir houses.
According to late returns the aver?
age duration of life in Russia in Europe
is 20 years, and more than C) per cent
of the infants die lefore they reach!
their fifth year.
The official statistxf cf Canadian
railoads for 13S.J show 1,275 miles
buit ; 33,244,55 the cross revenue; 163
ItfT.sons killed, and 550 pcrsjns injured,
during theyear.
Indon has seventy-six guilds, en
dowed by wealthy benefactors for tha
benefit of the different trades, and their
trust property alone yields an Income
of 2uo,000 annuaily.
The census returns for 184 iva
tl e population of Berlin as 1.2",3o5 of
win m 2J,5S7 are soldiers. In 1S50 tha
rMtu!ationwas only 41'J,729, of Whom
17.517 were soldiers.
In Warsaw, Wyoming County, If.
Y.. there are eight ?alt wells. Solid
salt is fonii .t a distance from the sur
face of from l.CuO to 1,800 feet The
bjds are about 00 feet thick.
An exchange mentions the case of
an unfortunate who, a few days ago
broke both arms, by falling through a
stable floor. Two years ago he lost
both legs by a railroad accident
Public story-tellers still earn a
go d livelihood in Japan. In Tokia
alone COO of these street improvisatorea
ply their trade, provided with, a small
table, a fan and a paper-rapper to illus
trate a- d emphasize the points of their
tales.
Poems and translations in fifteen
different lansuages, including Chinese,
Japanese, modern Greek, Danish and
Norwegian, were given recently at a
meeting of a literary society in Balti
more. Since the beginning of 1334 no less
than -iuety thousaud gallons of lime
juice have been received at Liverpool
I md it Is said that under its use the
number of cases of scurvy m the British
h-pitals is decreasing.
iiortga2e is Latin for "death griji "