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MIFFLIXTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE It;. ISS6
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AlUanu.
TL lake lw calm wuh iu uouUii
crom n.
And The tUiLt star ahowc clear.
And lre and aulrain it caxes (Sown
In tbe tuiiror of the mere.
Was it bere thry roved their craiy craft.
M i-rrt tui i v tbe npleta are:
Tlit strange lake tVi.lt of the floating raft?
as it yesterday 7 caid tue star.
AdJ the tnenutaim f'-t yX, and the nights
fell rllll.
And the thousand rears rolled by,
Was tin re once a city on yon low kill.
With us towers alone the akT.
And iLe criea of the war-din of long ago.
w aiitsl over uie waters tar.'
Tbrrr is no stone left tor a man to know,
bir.ee yesterday, said Uie star.
And tie mountains sleep, and the ripples
wake.
And again a thousand yean.
And the tents of battle are by Uie lake.
And tliec'eaui of the horseman's spears;
They Ivnd their brows with a tierce sur
mise
Ou the lichts on the plain afar,
And the battle-bunger is in their eyes.
Was it yesterday? said the star.
And a thousand years, and the lake is
Mill,
And the star beams large and white;
The burial chant rolls down the bill,
Where thev burv the monk atnictit.
The mountains sleep and the ripples lave
The .-Lore here the pine-woods arc.
And there's little change but another crave
feluce yesterday, said the (.tar.
THE COLONEL'S STORY.
"I did not learn the beginning of the
romance until long after the story was
concluded." said the colonel, in re
spouse to a question from his niece.
"But mv patt was small enough to
allow me to relate the circumstance
without vanity.
"I do not like to be particular as to
names; it looks too much like scandal;
but you may satisfy yourself that it is
a true story.
"Henry Morgan and Cosmo Itol-
shoven, as I shall call them, were both
suitors for the hand of Camille Ches
ter. This young lady was the daugh-
ter of a very wealthy Southerner
whose name was well known in Wash
ington tiefore the war.
"I believe she was the most beautiful
woman I every saw no offence to pres
ent company, and she was as mgu spir
ited as pretty.
"I received but imierfect reports as
to the cliaracter of Cosmo Kolshoven
but he was a very fine looking man.
with something of the reckless, dare
devil iu his countenance.
"Morgan was altogether different;
be was rather plain as t- his features.
but intellieent-looking and very well
Informed.
"To conclude, be bore tlie best sort
of character among bis neighbors, while
Kolshoven was admired more than
liked.
"Miss Chester is supiHised to have
treated her two lover In such a manner
that cither's success in her favor ap
Deared doubtful to them, and, of
course, they gave themselves full bene
fit of any smiles which she may have
bestowed UDon them.
"This was before the declaration of
hostilities between the North and South,
and when both gentlemen joined their
party under arms they were, as we sup
pose, anxious to settle matters in i u
nid's tent.
' They chose the eame day for put
ting their fortune to the test. J'erhaps
Kolshoven gave more attention to bis
toilet, than did bis rival he might
Lave further to go. or anything you
please certain it is that Morgan was
first UDon the snot
"lie met with a reception which bis
character seems really to have deserved.
and when thev walked out into the
Dark late in the afternoon Camille
Chester bad promised to become Lis
wife.
"Soon after they left the mansion for
the outdoor air, Cosmo Kolshoven rode
up to the gate, and being Informed by
an offittious darky that Miss Chester
was strolling about the grounds, he
started off in the direction the young
lad? Lad taken, hoping to overtake
Ler.
"Not being aware that she was not
alone, be began to form a most melting
speech in his mind, which should bring
Ler to capitulate immediately.
"What was Lis astonishment and
chaerln when be came to an angle in
the little brook which formed the
boundary of Mr. Chester! estate, to
find the lady of Lis love seated upon a
Llllock. with Lis rival at Ler feet.
"We may imagine that ugly feelings
were in Lis heart when he understood
the lady was already another's, and he
cursed Lis steed, as though Lis being a
few minutes behind his rival he had
lost Lis cause.
"After watching as long as he could
bear the sight, he returned to the
Louse, and ordering out his steed rode
....,..... !.. f- rl.l.r
vltatlon to him to remain to dinner,
"it was late in the evening when
Henrv Morgan rode homeward, and he
Lad traversed but a mile when a dark
figure upon horseback Ijarred his pas-
eur.
Mort'uu recoiruized Cosmo ' Kolsho
ven, although the Litter sat on Lis
horse in the middle of the roadway with
the air of one who was about to utter
the old demand, 'Tour money or your
life."
"The young men Lad been school -mates
iu former days, and although
they Lad never ttn friends, there was
a sort of 'fraternal feeling.' as Burns
calls it, at least upon Morgan's side.
'Hello, Kolshoven," he said, sonie
wLat astonished at the man's de
meanor; "is that you?"
"Yes," growled Cosmo, aud then lie
was silent, scarcely knowing Low to
begin the quarrel lie was determined to
force upon Lis rival.
Moigan coughed slightly. "Vou ap
pear to Lave something to say to me,"
iie said.
"Yes; I Lave something to say, Mor
gan," growled the young man, "I have
a pair of pistols in a case here you
know Low to use them, aud must pro
tect your life."
Morgan vented an ejaculation of sur
prise, aud demanded the reason for
this strange such.
"1 was an observer of your interview
with Miss Chester a few hours back. I
Lave always hoid to make the young
lady my wife, aud since you Lave dis
possessed me of Ler, I shall make an
effort to deprive you of life."
Morgan drew himself upright in Lis
saddle with an impatient movement.
"I Lave dispossessed you of nothing,
liolshoven," Le said quietly. "Your
sjieech can meet with but one excuse."
"I do not desire yon should lind an
excuse for me, sir; I am perfectly
sober. 1 see you doubt it. and am
i determined to tight or thrash you; take
your choice."
x or a moment Morgan am not repiy.
IinJ RildinvDii rlrpwl.'a frtMsl hark
few paces, and waited in silence.
Morgan was as bold as most of men
but be were reluctant to enter into this
adventure. If Le was killed it would
be without honor; should be succeed
be would be stained with the guilt cf
the blood of aiotcquainUnc.
"Kolshoven;" he said slowly, "you
know I do cot fear you; but I do not
wish to enter into this affair. Your
cause of anger is slight; 1 have merely
won the prize we were both striving
for. and.
"Yon need not throw my disappoint
ment m my face." cried the other,
'Come, no more dallying, or my whip
shall prove you a coward, lou see
that the moon is just rising,' be con
tinned, in a softer tone; when it has
risen, give the signal at which we are
both to fire. Here is a pistol at your
service, if you are not supplied."
"I am," said Morgan, his patience
exhausted; "if you sutler, it is no more
than you merited."
The two men now prepared thei
weapons, while the moon was slowly
making its way over the mountain tops
in the distance.
All was quiet arcund them. Morgan,
whose disposition was much cooler
than Lis adversary's, secretly wished
that some chance comer would inter
rupt them, but no one came.
At last Kolshoven grimly demanded
that the signal be given.
"You shall attend to that yourself,'
said Morcan. "I will Lave nothing to
do iu the matter it is against my wilL
Without making any reply to this,
Kolshoven pitpaied to count.
"Beady," he said, in a harsh tone
"one, two three,"and as the last word
issued from his litis, lie hred,
Morgan was a triile later, but did
more execution; for, while Koishoveu's
bullet whistled over h:s Lead, he re
celved the other's lead in his body.
He thought his death wound Lad
been given, and spurred Lis frightened
steed toward Morgan.
"Drawing the sabre which he earned
from its scabbaid, he aimed a blow at
the other's bead.
The man's treachery was so unex
pected that, in trying to ward off the
blow. Morgan fell from his saddle.
Kolihoveu leaped from his horse.
and would have dispatched the fallen
man had he not been intercepted by Ilia
advtnt of two persons who now ap
peared upon the scene.
lliesewere Mr. Chester and a ne
gro servant, who had witnessed me
commencement of the encounter, and
had hastened to inform his master,
As they Ealloiexl up, Kolshoven
drew back, and, notwithstanding his
wound, leaped upon Lis Lorse and rode
away with the fury of a battled man,
Nearly a year passed away ueiore
the finishing stroke of this little drama
was given.
1 strolled out one evening, accom
panied by a brother ollicer. It was a
briuM. moonlight night, aud, although
1 was not aware at that time of the
events which I have related, we were
within five miles of Mr. Chester's es
tate.
"The Federal forces had been victo
rious in a battle which had been fought
the day before, aud the Confederates
were upon their retreat.
"We came to the foot of a hill whose
top was Hooded with a bright nijou-
lighL
"My companion proposed mat we
ascend, and, as I consented, we began
to climb the hilL As we neared the
top a man suddenly stepped into view.
Shi" whispered my companion, pun
inz my arm. "look np there ana ot-
serve the uniforml"
"I followed bis direction and saw ;
man dressed in the Confederate uni
form, with a ride iu his hand. The
weapon was leveled, and he seemed iu
the very act of firing upon some, to us,
invisible object.
See me pick Lim off," cried my
companion; and Le threw the light rille
whicli lie had brought from camp with
the remote hope of meeting with game.
to his shoulder, and ere 1 could inter
fere, had fired.
1 had not the least idea that the
bullet would reach its mark until
saw the stranger throw up hit arm and
fall.
"With a cry of exultation, the young
ollicer began to clamber recklessly up
the ascent.
He seemed to forget iu the excite
ment cf the moment, that be might be
running into the Lauds of Lis enemies.
With a cry for Lim to return, I was
forced to follow, and we clambered up
the ascent without discovering anything
suspicious, although I expected my
friend s shot would be returned with
deadly effect by concealed marksmen.
'I was several paces behind my com-
panion when we reached the top of the
hill, and as Le halted with a cry of
alarm I imagined Le had run into some
ambush.
Come back," I screamed; but I did
not stop, and an instant later stood at
his side, determined to share his dan
ger, should there be any.
"Instead of a party of filibusters,
whom I bad exiiected to meet, I saw a
young lady upon the ground aud a man
dressed in dark clothes bending over
Ler.
I supposed she was dead at first.
but she Lad only falutod, and we soon
restored Ler to Ler senses.
"The man upon whom my friend had
Orel lay upon the ground shot through
the brain.
When the young lady recovered,
ler companion thanked us for our serv
ices, which he said had preserved their
lives, aud after a little hesitation,
thinking probably that we would not
part with Lim unless lie explained Lis
presence here, gave the following brief
account.
Thev fthe young lady aud binisein
had strolled out from the former's home
just as evening was closing In, and as
they reached tue top ot me mn weie
confronted by the man who now lay
dead at our feet He was an old
enemy, and bad declared Lis intention,
and was in the act of shooting the
young man when my companion's bul
let bad CUl Slion, ins career.
"This was tue substance ot his ex-
lunation, and when the young lady
added her expressions of gratitude to
is own. we were compelled to anow
them to depart, although I bad a strong
suspicion that me man was uoi, wu
beseemed. ,
"Not long afterward I learned that
the individual whose life we came in
lime to preserve was Major Henry Mor
gan,, and also the particulars of bis
feud with Cosmo Kolshoven.
A ship called the Eliza, 150 years
old. recently took on a cargo of pro
visions at Quebec, destined for New
foundland. She is perfectly sound and
in good condition.
Aa I'nwilllnc Accomplice).
"Now you are not afraid, Mollie, are
you?" questioned my brother very soli-lioitoiL-.lv.
"Afraid of what? I'm not a baby."
'Xo, indeed; you're a hundred,"
mockingly.
4'And if I've travelll all the way
from Cincinnati to New York by my
self, I don't know why 1 can't go from
Lc.tminirton to Ixindon."
"Yes, but this in't America, yon
know. And girls are so silly. 1 don't
see what can happen to yon, unless you
unless you put your head out of the
window bo far, and get it knocked off.
Now. don't le dimliol. I'm telling
you this to keep my spirits up. I'm
afraid may lie the nutter might cut
up aliout my leaving you, but I can't
lot this cliaiiee for shooting slip, and the
fellows won't wait. Hello! here's the
train! First-class to Ixuidou. guanl.
XoIhmIv in the compartment? All right,
Mollie," jump in. Make my peace with
the witir if she is vexed. Tra, la, hi,
Li,"' cried my brother, giving me a hug
and a kiss.
The door slammed. I was going to
London all alone, w hen it opened again.
A man rushed in, pell-mell gun, bag
and tishiug tackle.
'Just iu time, guard?"
"Ay. ay, sir."
"Here's a shilling for vour trouble.
All alone, eh?"
"No. sir; a young lady, sir."
This time the door slammed securely,
the key was turned, and the guard dis
appeared. It was lialf-ast four o'clock. A
damp, dull afternoon. I looked at my
self in the little mirror opposite. It re
flected a tall, brown-eyed, brown-haired
girl, with a pretty complexion aud a
neat traveling dress. A young jiersoii.
eighteen at lest. and a very strong and
healthy one. We, my brother ami I,
Lad lioen to Warwick, Stratford, etc.,
and at the last moment he received a
telegram from some college mates bid
ding liiiu to meet them iu the North:
they had formed a shooting (uirty, which
was to start the next day. My mother
was iu London; so we determined,
ratlier than disturb his pleasant trip,
that I return to her alone. The train
was going at full speed fifty-live mili-s
an hour. 1 could scarcely, in the dim
twilight of the December day, dstiu
guisu the rapidly moving trees and the
houses as we skirted along.
After a little I turned my eyes to my
companion. lie was a tail, raw-nonou
man. with gray eyes and long n-U hair;
heavy ml whiskers covered his f:ice.
Ho wore a shooting jacket and a loose
flannel blouse. He fixed his eyes on me
for live minutes without shaking. At
a certain station the guard got out and
iiassed the window. 1 saw another olli-
cial get on. We started olf with renewed
rapidity. 1 was feciiug almost lonely,
md the slightest degree embarrassed iv
my close proximity to my unsociable
coniaiiioii. when lie got up lioin Ills
seat, aud ojK-ued his traveling bag, took
out a pair of shears, and putting his
hand ou my shoulder, said:
'I want you to cut my hair.
'Cut vour hair?'' I cried, too amazed
to le alarmed. "Are you crazy?"'
Yes. cut niyhair immediately."
1 will not!" I exclaimed, "(iuanl.
guard, come to me; this man Is crazy!"
I rushed to the door: it was locked, oi
course, and the guard I knew, and who
knew us. was miles away. Laving
changed at the last station.
"It is useless to make a disturbance,
s.iiil the fellow. "1 intend that you
shall cut my hair. If you do not I shall
kiss you take your choice!"'
Tremblingly I took the shears.
'Wait; put a towel around my neck.
Thanks, very much. Now. carefully."
For an hour I cut away; it had grown
quite dark, only the dim light of the
railroad lamp illuminated me compart
ment.
"Is it all off?" he asked, producing
lis glass and peering at his cropped
crown.
"Yes.;'
"Not Kul for a liegiuner. Now for
my whiskers. I can't shave, you, see,
mv arm is broken. '
For the first time I saw this member
hung helplessly at his side.
Hut 1 will not," 1 screamed; "I will
not!"
"Yes, vou will," said my persecutor.
You w ill do just as I tell you. Kneel
down here iu front of me and cut my
lieard!''
"I will not. I will not!''
"Very well." And he advanced to
ward uie.
Instantly I was ou my knees cutting
away at the forest of uneergrowtli.
"As close, as you can, my dear you
will find the shears sharp. I don t Im
lieve you have left a Lair on my head."
This took me longer to iio than my
previous job. I ho board was stublxirn
and monsieur was jisrtieub'.r.
"AH must go," he said iiensively
All my love-locks and my lady killers!
But necessity" drawing a sigh "cruel
necessity, knows no law."
He threw a kiss with the tips or Ins
Minv fingers.
"I shall always dub you cruel neces
sity in my own mind."
His face being as clean shaven lis my
implements allowed, he old mc turn my
back.
"I will not! Oh, I will not!" I wept.
You will kill me. (Mi, have mercy!''
"You will turn your back immediate
ly,'' said my. toniieubir. "But first
ielp uie adjust in y arm in this sling.''
Like a wliipix-d slave I meekly tore
the linen handkerchief he produced
from the valise into two parts, and
Ixiiiml it alxmt his arm. At least he
was brave, for the drops stood on his
trow, but he did not quiver.
Now. take this lead and iiencil under
my eyes, aud shadow my eyebrows. Not
too deeply, but as you would your own,
were you dressing for a ball."
1 trembled. "I lie madman: ' i wins-
iered ieiow my oreaiu. uu, me mad
man!" But I did as I was bid. One fal
tering look aud 1 felt his arms would be
around mo.
"Now, look out of the window.
Mind, if you so much as move that
pretty little head, on my honor as a gen
tleman I must take my revenge."
h or twenty minutes or was it a hun
dred years? I sat gazing into the dark
ness without. The lightning rapidity
of the train as we rushed along made a
leap through the window suicidal.
I thought of my mother and. ixxir
child, of my girlish sins and negligences.
was too irightened to cry, loo stunned
to make any resistance.
"Look my pretty dear," said a gay
voice.
I heard the window open and a black
bundle felL Was I dreaming or mad?
There, under the light of the oil lamp.
a breviary in his left hand, with down
cast eyes and revential air, was a young
priest, in the full vestment of a Jesuit
college.
Tne fishing tackle, the guns, the valise.
the shears, the tow-cL w ith the bundleof i
hair, wore all gone. And with them the
thief, murderer, assassin I knew not
what ho might Lave been. !
"Where is he?" I said presently, in a
hoarse tone was it my own voice issu
ing from my own bloodless lips?"
''What has liecoine of the man the
murderer?"
"Yon have boon sleeping, dear child."
said the father gently. "Xo one is here
but lnvsell. 1 ou are under the spiritual
and temporal care of the church."
Ho smiled and moved a little. I re-
ov'iii.od the late denuded crown and
the rudelv shaven beard. The ban
daged unu was hidden under his Mowing
sliwe.
"I.ondoti, sill All, ah! all right, sir
first class? Yes, sir; one gentleman and
a ndv. This wnv, sir,' cried tne guard.
1 heard tile door unlock, and two po
licemen rushed 111.
Thev gazed at us in blank astonish
ment.
"Certainly, vour reverence, pass by.
There's a mistake somewhere. Whore's
the warrant. Bill! Tall fellow in fisher-
man's get up: long re 1 lieard, red hair,
guns, valise, lishing tackle; got on at
Leamington.
"Bv ; corgo! he threw himself out of
the window!"
And then thev rushed to the other
side of the compartment.
"But the vountr lndv was here all the
time. Sav, voting l.idv, did vou hapix-n
to see a tall chap answering this descrip
tion "i t on at lifaiuington? llie guard
changed at A ; he is Marshall, the
defaulting bank clerk: he scooped last
week with L10,m". Ho was traced t
1 j-ainiugtoii to-day; they wired us from
there. Say. your reverence, did you
hapifii Hello, whore's his reverence:'
When I came to mvsclf I was lyin-j
on my own little lied in the London
liNlLriii''-houst and my mother told me
slowly and bv decrees, that when slit-
c ilered the carriage a moment after
ward, I was iu a dead faint lying ou the
floor, and that I was ill for a long
time.
They found the gray valise, the
shooting clothes, my bundle of hair, on
the railroad track where they Lad been
thrown: but his unwilling accomplice
had rendered jjimmI service to their
quondam ow ner that we or his pursuers
never heard of. or in any way traced,
hiui again.
Moore and .leOi-cy-i.
That was a memorable encounter
twivn the poet Tom Moore, and the
critic, essayist and jurist, Francis Jeff
rey. Both of them were of keen and
iNilished wit; both warm-hearted, gener
ous, impulsive and more or loss capri
cious. In lsnti Jeffrey attacked M. lore's
"Mos and Kpistles" in the Klmhunjh
JUviar, denouncing them in the strong
est tonus. This was too much for Um
sensitive loet. He felt that blond alone
could wash away the stain of that
alxinii nable criticism. Accordingly be
challenged the traducor to mortal com
bat. Jeffrey though small of stature,
was great in courage, and he strarght
way accepted the challenge and named
pistols its the weaioiis. Sroiids were
selected a!id preliminaries arranged,
when Moore Is-t bought him that it would
lie necessary that he should provide him
self with pistols; and, further, as the
challenging iiirty, it would lie proper
for him to furnish ve:iniis for both.
Xow, deadly weajKinsof any kind Moore
had never lxt'ii partial to. ami pistols he
had never owned at any rate, proper
dueling pistols; but he knew tli.it his
dear friend. Sir William Kobert Sjn-n-cer,
owned U-autiful pistols, and to him
ho applied, lieing obliged, of course,
to toll what ho wanted them for. Sir
William cheerfully lent his pistols; and
then as soon as the messenger was gone
from his sight he hurried away to the
Bow-street ollice and engaged twooili
eers of his acquaintance to hold them
selves iu read mess to prevent the two
little popiwry men from risking mortal
damage to one another. The duel was
to lie fought at Chalk Farm early in the
morning. Ir. Joseph JIuiuo was
Mi Hire's second, while Francis Horner
of the Edinbn ijh Jiccine was second for
Jeffrey; but others wen; on the ground,
though not iu sight, for Ixith men had
many friends who were deeply anxious.
And there, on that ground, chosen for
deadly strife, Thomas Moore and Fran
cis Jeffrey met, face to face, for thelirst
time. They did not offer to shake
bauds; but Jeffrey said he and his an
tagonist were now alone together, the
others of the party Wing engaged in the
solemn duty of loading the pistols said
Jeffrey, "What a beautiful morning it
is!" To this Moore answered, "Yes."
And then added, with a slight smile.
"A morning made for U-tU-r purNses.''
Jeffrey's rcsjioiise to this was a sigh.
They pasted each other and turned, and
when they met again Moore related to
his antagonist a comical story alxnit an
Irish barrister, Billy Kgan, who had
gone out ou a bright morning, as they
were out then, for the pursue of light
ing a duel. Jeffrey was still smiling at
this story, when the seconds came out
from the adjacent thicket and announ
ced "All ready!"
The men were placed twelve paces
:iai't and the pistols given into their
hands.
"Now," said Hume, "remember the
word, liaise your ptslols at the word
L'rudij! Then une, two, and at (Are you
will lire."
''Heady!" Nolnnly can say where
Moore's heart was, but his pistol was
raised, and so was Jeffrey's. They
waited for the fatal signal.
That signal, however was not given.
Instead thereof two Bow-street ollieers
emerged from tho thicket, one of w hich
idvauccd to Jeffrey and struck Ins pis
tol down with his staff, w hile his com
panion went up and collared .Moore.
The lK-lligcrauts were marched off to
the resieotive carriages and conveyed to
Bow street, w here, as no blood had Ih-cii
spilled, they were let oft lightly. And
from thatolhce lorn Moore aud i rancis
leffrey went forth fiiends.
ninl their
friendship grew aud strengthened while
: ... '
they lived.
People Who h1iou11 AVear Gray.
, . . !
Peoplewho have an overabundance
of color should adopt gray. There is no ;
hue which so mercifully subdues a florid
complexion. By the same reason pale
faces should studiously avoid the con-
tigulty of any shade of pearl or gray, I
since it is apt to give a ghastly tinge to
a colorless complexion. WUu a rosy
b'.onde It is a success.
" " 1 I
Picture frames made with a combina-
tiou of poison oak and gilt ornaments are
admirably adapted to water color draw-
ings, and aro less expensive than other
styles.
A liauid black lead for polishing
stoves is made by adding to each pound ,
of black lead one eul of turpentine, one
gill of water and one ounce of sugr. I
A GLIMPSE OP CA1ET LIFE.
Fiamliiation of the Candidal f,r
Future Naval llonnwn llaain
a -lMelie."
The actual appointment Is not made
by the Congressman, but by the Secre
tary of the Navy, and this is not given
until after the cadet has been duly
sworn in as a naval cadet in Uie United
States navy. On receiving the permit
the candidate, as he is then called, re
ports to the superintendent as specified
in tho permit. His name, age, place
of residence, an 1 birth are then regis
tered in a large book, and he is given
blanks to till in stating what progress
he has made in his studies, and the
text books he used, these blanks to be
handed in the next day at Lis mental
examination.
Four days are given to the mental
examination, two in English and two
In mathematics. If a candidate fails
on tho first two he is given a re-examination
in the branches he has failed in,
and if be then fails that is the hist of
it. After the mental test is over comes
the physical examination, which is very
rigid. The principal defects iu candi
dates are in the eyes, ears, and iu vari
cose veins. Having passed both men
tal an 1 physical examinations, the can
didate Is given papers to sign, binding
himself to the navy for eight years, un
less sooner discharged. Then he Is
sworn in, for which lie has to pay 10
cents.
The cadet lire of this young aspirant
for naval glory Las now begun. It is
not necessary to make any deposit of
money, but it is preferred that f JiJO be
deposited for bis expenses, which are
heavy, and this amount is placed to his
credit iu drawing his pay. He then
takes his mattress and bed clothes on
his back and marches down to the
Santee, where he is to remain until the
ship starts on her practice cruise in
Juno,
When the new naval cadet goes to
bus first meal he then catches a little of
the "running," or as is called by civil
ian.!, hazing. He walks around for a
few minute with his cap stuck on the
side of his head as big as any first class
mau, when his dignity is suddenly in
fringed by some third class mau com
ing up and accosting him. The follow
ing dialogue follows:
llurd Class Man Say, there, you
Mister What-is-your-nauie, where are
you from? Whose place are you in?
Shake it up and give an account of
yoiirselr.
l'lebe Jones.
Tnird Class Man Jones what?
l'lebe Jones nothing.
Thiol Class Man Jones, sir; do you
sav.fyf
l'lebe Yes, sir.
Third Class Man You don't want
to forget that little word, or you might
get into trouble,
llebe Yes, sir.
While Ibis conversation was going on
the third class man had evidently for
gotten to remind the plebe that he is
standing in a very unmilitary manner.
and informs him of it in this way:
"Say, you, mister, brace up aud Lave
some style about you. 1'ut your feet
together, Cns out, and raise that chin
a little; stomach in aud breast out.
What the devil did you come here for
anyway the glory of your country,
thd f.i'JO a year, or the education?"
And whatever answer the plebe gives
Le is sure to be taken up ou it.
After having received Lis first dose
of Lazing, be is told to skip, and be
quick about it, or ho will stand him on
his head to give Lim an appetite for
his breakfast.
The cadets are provided with excel
lent food, for which they have to pay
ill per mouth.
THE Ll'SCIOlS BAXWA.
Tin; Demand Tor I he Fruit Ity Bos to
nkins.
The demand for bananas oih-iioVI up
well this season, which l'gan about
April 1, and w;us brisk, and prices show
ed an advance ot aiHiut 2- cents er
bunch ou all classes as compared w ith
the opening prices in !.. It is le-
lieved that the demand during, the sea
son will lie somewhat larger than in
lssr. and that prices will rule somewhat
higher as the supply is expected to le
somewhat lighter than last season. Bos
tui is the distributing centre for the
New Lugland States, for a large rt ot
Canail.i. and ships also a considerable
quantity of bananas to the West. The
shipments to the West have increased but
slowly within the last two or three years
is this port is at a disadvantage as re
gards freight rates with New York,
Baltimore and New Orleans. Iho New
FiiLilaud business increased about 1KJ
ler cent, in three years ending last sum
mer, anil the Canadian call from this
city showed alxiut an equal increase.
This year the demand in New Kngland
and Canada is cxiN-cted to show a mod
erate increase by shippers here who
think that there is no room for such ex
traordinary growth as in the past. It
islHieved by dealers that the supply
will not be quite so large this season as
last.
The sourcesof supply are l'ort Limon
and Aspiuwall, Baracoa, iu Cuba and
Jamaica. In the latter, the prosecUof
the crop were ratlier effected early iu
the season by a tornado which hurts
banana trees, and this promised to be a
season of rather iHr yield in any event.
There was rather more demand from
other iHirts also this year at the owning
cf the season. New York, I'hiladeljihia,
Baltimore and New Oilcans have lieen
in the market at Jamaica for larger
mailt itios than List year, and the
amount which will come to Boston this
year will certainly not be larger than
last.
The quality of the Jamaica fruit first
received this season was Jioor, but it is
improving now. There are some Jainai
cas received iu cars from New York
during the winter mouths, but the sea-
son for theiu oH'iis about April 1, ami
lasts until Oct. 1, They are then
brought here direct by steamers from
l'ort Antonio, Jamaica. There were IS
steamer arrivals from Jamaica List sc:i-
. r .i , ..i i .,:i i
son, bringing 1-T!,."iu7 bunches of bana-
Ti.,.1-arii.i.s(..-.iiiUpai.i.ii.iv...i
ila t,lis trade, which were first put on
iUtce ,.e.irs ilt,lX Formerly sailing ve
were t.lnpi((Ved, but none are in the
i)Usinws now. "The steamers make the
r.ni.i ,!,, in -i ,i.-,vs aU.nt n.Oi.itf the
time whicll it wouf(l uke a KliIin!r Vl-.
w., The fruit t.an ,,ut on Iuore uear.
,.. rilie and Ls broinrht in lietter sliane.
The average cargo jht steamer is
alut lO.OUU bunches. Steamers were
put on from Baracoa three seasons ago,
and the arrivals from that port last year
were alwut 15 steamers and five sailing
vessels, bringing in all about 175.UJO
bunches. Tne Baracoa seas u lasts from
April 1 to Jury 15, which is the time of
ricnesi growiu uown mere.
The red. bananas come from Baracoa
and are really the -Triest and liost fla
vored fruit, Tliey only average aliout
5 to tiie huuch, while thr Jamaica and
Fort Liinon will average about 1J.1, and
are therefore much more profitable to
the retailer, tho cost per bunch lwing
aliout the same. Consequently the rnl
bananas are brought in only when they
are cheapest. The production down
there this season is only alxnit the same,
as last, w hile the demand for this coun
try is larger and tho shipments to Bos
ton are not expected to be heavier than
List season. From the other .mt of
supply. Central America, no direct ship
ments are received. These lunanas.
from l'ort Liinon and Aspiuwall, are
brought by steamers to New York and
thou shipicd in cats to Boston. The
amount available for shipment will 1
fully as large as last year.
1 Miring the past winter, from lVceni
Ut 1 to April 1, there Lave lvii re
ceived in Boston from New York, 7"
carloads and J.ooo bunches of bananas
in all, reckoning about :suo bunches to
the car. sno carloads or aliout ." "m.'
bunches of Umaiias. These were li'i in
ly l'ort Limon. there was some Aspm
wa!l and Jamaica Kui.uias among tli-.-m.
They were brought in heated cars .'d
came into tho market in sound condi
tion. The business showed a moderate
increase as compared with the winter
previous. The receipts by cars of l'ort
Limon and Aspiuwall bananas continue
during the summer months, averaging
aUmt 20 cars per week. The total ri--ceipts
List summer season, from April 1
to November 1, were aUtul IToJukJ
bunches.
These bananas are of yellow variety
and are mainly from l'ort Limon, ou the
Costa It ie an coast. Those are esteemed
the finest liananos w hich come into the
market. Thev have taken the place
within the hist three years of the Aspiu
wall, whicli were the tinest, but whose
cultivation hxs lieell neglected, owing to
me attraction ot labor to the raliama
canal.
i ort i.inioii plantauous are onlv a
few years old but tlie cultivation of the
banana is rapidity increasing in that lo
cality, and the opening up of the inter
ior by a railroad lo the Pacific coast at
N'icoxa bay. the funds for which have
Ih-i-ii subscribed, it is said, by Kuro'ans,
w ill lead to a very large increase in the
eximrts. The Port l.iinou fruit is now
largo, full grown and llavored while the
Aspiuwall is Mr and scarry.
Cliaracter in Hands.
Our Oriental friends, who are or a
more slow and dignified cliaracter, d;s
approve of the Western custom of tak
ing hold of the precious jierson of an
acquaintance and shaking him for wel
come. It may be mjre dignified tj
bow, but if frankness and activity be
our characteristics, we like the trustful
mystery of a hand-clasp. It is an index
in itself. The formal aud cold charac
ters offer straight lingers for an in
stant; the dull and apathetic lets us
take hold of a hand like a dead fish; the
energetic business man meets an old
friend with a grip that brings the water
into his eyes; the warm-hearted takes
our hand and holds it. The nervous
hand, with an affectionate swiftness,
comes out most readily and longingly.
And is there anything more natural to
a reverent love than the kissing of tne
hand that lias been bountiful in love to
us? See how far we have gone among
mysteries!
Character, habits, and age, are the
three things that are told by the hands.
When he drew the character of Heep,
the hypocrite and, as schoolboys
would say, "the sneak" Dickens did
not neglect this tell-tale: "Oh I what a
clammy Land his wasl as ghostly to the
touch as to the sight; I rubbed mine
afterwards to warm it, aud to rub his
off. It was such an uncomfortable
baud, that when I went to my room,
it wa? still cold and wet upon my mem
ory." Even if it be not that of Heep,
the hypocritically humble band is apt
to writhe and squeeze its bending fin
gers together.
The hand that little J.ick Horner
made sticky with Lis own pie in his own
comer, undoubtedly became with big
Jack Horner a thick-fingered puffy
index of bis partiality for pies and
plums.
Little does the swaggerer who chinks
his small change, and cocks bis thumbs
out of his pockets, imagine that his
thumbs and hands are as much his con
demnation as the bragging seals and
ti e chain that anchor a ship.
liie stingy man has a tight hand; his
fingers keep fast hold of a sixpence, an J
his palm makes a careful hollow out of
which It cannot roll, until he is quite
sure be h obliged to put witli it.
The routrh aud the refined hand are
different with a difference like that of
education in the man. The lowest ex
tremity of roughness is the band of
brute violence a colossal paw, of iron
strength, huge with muscle, vein and
sinew, but Licking all sensitiveness
and llexibility defiant in its attitudes
a human tool that has been turned
into a weapon.
There are refined hands that are
criminal also, but their cliaracter is the
more hateful because no trace is made
upon outward affection, and their
beauty is a lie. One reads In the well-
cared for, or, as we might say, th?
educated hand, not only its own refine
ment, but ttiat ot other generations
the ancestors who lived at leisure from
bodily toil, whose muscles were not
stretched by labor, wh03e fingers, little
used, went slender to the tips, whose
very finger nails revealed easy times.
by their oval shaiw, not pressed and
worn into hard-worked diminutive half-
circles.
Y'et one likes the strong hand mor
ally strong even if it Las never been
tasked with physical labor; the man's
hand that is not effeminate, the girl's
Land that is not a pretty waxwork, but
a part of a helpful someone, who would
be sweetly willing to do something for
somebody else. Unless it be the weak
hand of sickness, which is a most pit-
eous sight, the hand of the weak char-
acter is not what anyone cares to clasp,
More and more in this world we want 1
the hands that can do something. As
Carlyle says, the first doing would be.
for many a revelation.
The Itilit of Man.
.
Tlio rights of women Lave their limi
tations; ami man has a right to demand
room iu his own home where Le can
step in and sit down without knocking
down fourteen tidies and eleventeen
different kinds of chairs, good for
everything but to sit on, and bumping
Lis brains out against a solid wall front
age of crockery and brassware, which
is pretty in its place, but ridiculous
when out of place. "Simplification
clubs" are talked of, whose object shall
be the "simplification of household
furnishing and Lome decoration."
Thrifting Stuy of Jrmlont Rrvrage.
After the restoration of Louis I'hil
ip to the French thriMM. nuiny of
Napoleon's soldiers were left in compar
ative poverty.
hie of them, a famous general, had a
ifuutilul daughter whom he wished to
marry rich, but who foil in love w.th
ixxir young man an under secretary or
Something ot that kuuL
she married at her father's request a
n n count, but refused at the wedding
ceremony to allow the ring to be. placed
ou her lelt kind, upon which she wore
a rimy, put there bv lior Kiver.
Her jealous hustand was not long in
finding out w hat was tho matter, and
intercepting a leiirr in which the ar
dent young lover claimed Matilda's
h.iixl - his, he determined upon an
awfm rwc'iiA;.
One night us tho celebrated surgeon.
j.istianc. - as r turning from a prof
simiat -.it. I.e was captured by a party
of nil it. lil.niifn! led and taken to a dis
tant pal iv, and led through akibyrinth
ol p.-ssig.-salnl .minis.
.' t hist l e f j-iiid himself iu a small
clu'oNr tiii'iished with remarkable
luxury, aud half lit by an alaktster
lamp hung from the ceiling. The win
dows were hermetically sealed, as well
as the curtains of an alcove at the end
of the room.
"IiH-tor," said the man with whom
he now found himself alone, in an
anrupi, loud voice, "prepare lor your
work an amputation.
" here is the patient?'' asked the
doctor, turning toward the alcove. The
curtains moved slightly, aud he heard a
stilled sigh.
Treimrc, stir," said the man, convul
sively.
"But, sir, I must see the tient."
l on win see only t lie liand you are
to cut off.''
I he doctor, folding his aims and
looking firmly at the other, said:
"Sir, you brought lue here by force.
II you m-ed my professional assistance
I shall do my duty without caring for
or iroiiiiiing myseir alMiut your secrets;
but if you wish to commit a crime you
cannot force me to be your accom
plice."
"Be content, sir," replied the other.
"there is no crime in this;" and leading
him to the alcove he drew from the cur
tains a hand.
"It is this you are to cut off."
1 he doctor tHk the hand iu his; his
lingers trembled at the touch.
It was a lady's hand, small, lieauti-
lully moulded, and its pure white set
off by a magnificent ruby encircled w ith
diamonds.
"But," cried the doctor, "there is no
need of amputation; nothing is "
"And I. sir! 1 say." thundered the
other, "if you refuse I will do it my
self." inl seizing a hatchet, Lo drew
tin- hand toward a small table and seem
ed alxait to strike. The din-tor arrested
his arm.
"IVi your duty then, doctor."
"oh, but this is an atrocious act,"
said the surgeon.
"What is that to you? It must lie
done. 1 wish it; madam wishes it also;
if netessury she will demand it herself.
Come, madam, request the doctor to do
yon this service."'
The d.M-tor, nonplussed, and almost
fainting under the torture of bis feel
ings, hoard from the alcove, in a half
expiring voice and an inexpressible ac
cent of despair aud resignation:
"Sir, since you are a surgeon yes I
entreat you let it lie you and not oh,
yes; you! you! in mercy!"'
Well, din-tor," said the man, :voii
ori."
The resolution of this man was so
fiightful, and the prayer of the pintr
lady so full of entreaty and desiir tliat
the doctor felt that even humanity com
manded of him compliance with the ai-H-al
of tho victim.
lie took bus instrument with a last
imploring look at the unknown, who
only pointed to the hand, and then with
a sinking heart liegan the oteratioii.
For the first time in his exiienence bus
hand trembled; but the knife was doing
its work.
There was a crv from the alcove, and
then all was silent. Nothing was heard
but the horrid sound of the nitration
till the hand and the saw fell on the
ll-Hr.
Lisfraiic wore the ruby on Lis watch
kiiii, w here it was seen bv the voting
1ovt on Lis return to Paris, and out of
it !'iew a duel that Iisl to the disclosire
of the infamous crinio.
The morning after the young lover's
arrival at the capital he was presented
b a man in livery with an ebony lx.
Opening it he discovered a bleeding
lund, Matilda's aud on it a paper with
liese words:
"See how the Countess of keeps
her oath."
Worth If " Lumber.
Fiirniture-maKers are to-day using
IuiiiInt which was called worthless ten
years ago. Whiteu-ood or poplar is used
iu immense quantities, notwithstanding
its warping qualities. The growing
scarcity of our natural supyly of lumU-r
leads manufacturers to experiment w ith
so-callud "wortlilcs-s" varieties. Cy
press Ls working into favor for architec
tural finish, and we would not be sur
prised if some enterprising manufactu
rer should come out with a must
desirable piece of furniture, mssessing
a finely-marked grain, and yet consisting
of nothing but unpretentious cypress.
Hani pine makes a nice looking job
when finished in gods!iape, but lias the
serious objection of being full of pitch.
Cypress has much the same appearance
as hard pine, but the pitch is happily
absent. The wood couimonlv known as
gum' has been successfully utilized.
It is being worked into a great many
forms, despite its well-known warping
qualities, whicli are represented as being
so great that the lumber "will not stav
iu the same county two successive
nights." Vt e are informed that picture
frames have lieeu successfully made of
gum wood, aud rumor adds that t lie very
qualities that Lave hitherto condemned
it have been utilized in the manufacture
of self -rocking cradles.
The Association at Washington.
Pa , is to give 11500 in purses Septem
ber 14 to 17.
It is suggested that a match race
between Clemmie G. and Majolica
would draw well.
Harry Wilkes was named for
the Uochester free-for-all novelty race,
which failed to fill.
Do not compel the sheep to forage
exclusively for tbeir food. Even when
the grass is plentiful a liberal mess of
oats when they come np at night will
greatly add to their thrift and condition.
NETS I2f BRIEF.
New Escfand woolen
mills ar
ataxUng upou ful tlmia,
IIorMlesh ia largely iisl for food.
In Manchester, England.
In the last Colorado hiiizurd tweiv
men were frozen to death.
Tho boycott of the Protective
Union store at Glen Cove still coii
Unuu. An extmtt typefounder can rub two
skies of 'JsT.ooo agate type in six work
ing days.
The MonongaUeU Volley niimira
who were recently defeated threaten to
strike again.
Spiritualists have become so nu
merous at Atlanta that they propodO to
build a temp o.
In l.-iio Ileliefort, now an imldel
oommunlat, indited a sonnet to the
Virgin Maty.
A farmer iu Ohio says he ha de
veloped a breed of chickens which lay
two eggs a day.
A wire factory yt which .T"0 per
sous will be employed is to be started at
Valley Forge. Pa.
An Indeiieiidcnce (Inyo county)
baby is three mouth old and only
weighs 4 pounds.
Nearly all tho mines in the Seattle
(W. T.) coal region are now operated
without Chinamen.
There are now in the Southern
States l it) cotton seed mills. In IS'
there was not one.
There are at present l.-JlU window
glass pots in the I'niled States, of whicli
are m operation.
For fourteen years South Carolina
has exempted manufacturing com
panies from taxation.
Times are so dull iu Daitoti, N.
H.. that men work for DO cents a day
and board themselves.
Au Indian and a Chinaman are the
partners in the stationery business la
Itustiville, Nebraska.
Blonde Yankee school ma'ams iu
the Argentine Republic marry rich just
aa fast as they can laud.
The wheat crop of Colorado for
l-S.I was l.SX.OOU; all of it was ustsl
for home consumption.
An Albuquarqne Judge kept ajury
out without anything to eat or a place
to sleep for thiity-six Lours.
A pretended physician was lynched
near Denver, Col., for causing the
dtath of one of his patients.
Nova Scotia miners oppose the
removal of the duty en coal iu recip
rocity with the I'nited States.
A bale born In the court Louse at
Lawrenceburg, lud... Las been chris
tened Ohio Flood Wallliigford.
Tho British Columbia Assembly
pnioses limiting the amount of land
one man can own to CIO acres.
Six children have been killed, one
at a time, by falling over a banister in
one tenement house in Cincinnati.
Nearly every oyster that ls brought
up at the Mexican Gulf pearl fisheries
is said to contain a pearl of some kind.
A number of boarders In a San
Francisco hotel went away liecauso
Johnny Sullivan was received as a
guest.
Wild coffc, which proved to be of
good quality when roasted and made
up. Las been found growing in Butte
county, CaL
A military balloon just invented in
France is Bhaied like a whale and pre
sents an extraordinary appearance when
raised In the air.
The eight-hour law agreed unon b?
the Congressional Committee on Labor
is intended to cover all national Gov
ernment employes.
Public seats, at convenient corneis
and by spaces in the streets, are asked
iur u a puuiic uoon tor iauzued iHxiea-
triana in Liverpool
A new Industry has snruntr u at
New Orleans. Heads of laree fish are
dried, mounted and sold for table and
mantle ornaments.
A Hindoo loom, complete, is worth
(W cents, and weaves shawls, silks and
mmllns which our most expensive ap
paratus cannot equal.
-Judge Kutherford. of Pans. Ark..
Las decided that selling brandy peaches
witnout a license lays the offendor
open to a fine of 1 100.
At Acworth, Ga,, a few days ago.
two persons about to enter inti the
bonds of matrimony, stood upon a
tombstone to be wedded.
The new fortifications around Paiie
ate no safeguard, according to German
military authorities, but its siege would
be more difficult than in 1870.
It is said by one who has tried it
that cayenne pepper sprinkled upon
hot flannels will afford instant relief to
persons troubled with neuralgia.
I The lead mines of England are
ceasing to pay. Within a few years
M'J mines have been closed and 30,000
men thrown out of employment.
The western nailers who have been
on a strike over seven mouths are as
determined as ever, and they have
prospects of winning at all points.
A Paris letter writer says Mm.
Mackey Las a literary agent regularly
in her employ, whose duty it is to keep
the world Informed of her movements.
A church at Terre Haute has been
built in just sixteen days frem the
time the corner stone was laid. It is
, "very beautifully finished in native
woods, with windows of sapphire and
ruby glass.
The trade In patent medicine
amounts to about 122,000,1100 per an
num, and of this $10,000,0u0 a year is
snt in advertising. There are 5,000
kinds in the market.
The floods in the Ohio Valley this
season destroyed between Cairo and
llttsburg two iron and three wooden
railway bridges, and three iron and
forty-seven public bridges. The fifty
bridges had an aggregate length of
7447 feet, ar-d it will cost f 200,0oy to
replace them.
There are eight ministers in Majue
wno nave oeen ordained nrty-oue years
or more, and the venerable Dr. Caru
thers, of Portland, has been in the min
istry for the remarkable period of three
score and four years. One of the eight
the Kev. J. T. Hawes, of Litchdutd
still supplies for the church in that
place.
True honor Is that which refrains
from doing In secret what it would not
do openly, and where other laws are
wanting imposes a law upon itatilf.
If we did but know Low little some
enjoy the things they possess, thero
would not be much envy in the world.
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