v-F
6 waP W4y ww
p. F. SOHWEIER,
tie ooianrunoi-THB tjhoi-ud the ehoboekut op the lath.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XL.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 2S. ISSti.
NO. 31.
fiirlianieil Ground-
', . ,ou know when, Lore, you know
. . ,nmlMl sweet the flower around
ytt atlird turn, and found them fair;
Utile tuougiii """" ""s
weaving magic ills and strong,
Z- were won aud lost, ere lone
T.p tou know when, Love, you know
v liens.
Ah, ian J of l"ve 5t be
tail-anteJ Grounds to you and met
Vre auJtrrd mice through many a
(if Juv nJ ' an-, lxve, many a year;
Irfliirt to Leart, yet Land in-Laud,
(K lilt to live, .uc I1 :o ahare;
lnj crr ' heard lUe """'
01 four voi' ,uy keart ba" l00""
Hit e ""J' walk Kticbauted Ground,
Uft, "Tei'y ljy; t ,Te- everywhere
Al, Und oi !nee, it ktill shall be
..J-I,au!ltiruu.l to yuand "ie'
BOw DOT IIEAUD THE SESSIA1I.
Ill- cliurch was vast and dim. The
tir ftaj:aut wiUi pine boughs, and over
the eo"df n cross of the chancel hung
iwuir wreaths of box and tir. A soll-
-n i: 'iit shone in front of the organ.
Litilf feet were heard on tb.9 stairs
biiM" t tiie orchestra, A door in
the oniau cjse opened quietly and was
ibcul to close, wnen a voice was uearu
li that you, Dot?"
"Yes. sir."
"What makes you come so early? It
is cptriy an hour liefore the rehearsal
lins. 1 should uimk uie little Dei
los rKia would be a rather lonely
niL to wait an hour."
-i always come early," said the boy
timidly.
"So I lave noticed. Why?''
"Mother thinks it best."
' Came out here and let me ttlk with
toil 1 have sun? in the choir for
nei:ly a year, ;iud haTe baldly had
ii:in',seof you yet Don't be bashful!
Mi;, all the music would stop if it
were not lor you, .Dot. uur grandest
drutuMS would break into confusion
if you were ti cease to blow. Come
teit 1 have just a?r;ved in the city.
md have come to the church to wait
for the hour of rehearsal. 1 waut
ciimnny. Cjiue, Dot.5
The little side door ot the organ
moved; a shadow crept along in the
diui light towards the genial-hearted
tecor.
"Poyou like music, Dot?"
"Yes, sir."
"Is that what makes you come so
long liefore the rest?"
'Wo, sir."
'What is it then?''
"I have a reason mother would not
lie to have me si eak of it."
"Do you siugr"
"Yes, at home."
"What do you sing?"
"TLe parts I hear you sing."
"Tenor, then?"
"Yes."
"Will vou siug forme?"
"Now?"
"Yes."
"I will sin?. 'Hark, what mean?
"ltoasiui an adaptation from Cujus
Anfmain."-
The bov did not undorotmid.
"Well," said the tenor, "I beat time
now, Dot.''
A flute-like voice floated out into the
empty edifice, silvery, pure, rising and
failing through all the melodious meas
ures or that almost seraj hlc melody.
The tenor leaped to his feet, and stood
Lke oue entranced. The voice fell iu
wavy cadences. "Heavenly Hallelu
jah rise." Tiien it rose clear as a
skvlaik, with the sort inspiration in it:
"Hear them tell that sacred story,
llear them chant "
The tenor with a nervous motion
turned mi the gas light.
The boy seemed affrighted, ana
iLrank away towards the little door
that leads to the bellows room.
"Boy!-
"Sir?"
"There is a fortune in that voice of
yours."
"Thank you, sir."
"What itakes you hide behind that
tench?"
"Yoa won't tell, sir?"
"Xo. 1 will befriend any boy wiUi a
TOice like that."
The hoy approached the sieger and
stood beside him.
lie said not a word but only looked
toward his feet
The tenor's eyes followed the boy s.
He taw it all. but he only said ten
derly:
"Dot'"
A chancel door opened. An acolyte
ue in, bearing a long gas-lighter,
lie touched th ch:inillierg and thev
liurst into flame. The cross glimmered
tipon the wall under the Christmas
wreaths; the alabaster font revealed its
leautifui decorations of calta lilies and
snUai; the oizan elowed with its
511 pipes and carvings and cherubs.
The flrst flash or light In the chancel
found Dot hidden in his little room,
ith the door fast closed behind him.
What a sfrancrft Tl:ira it wast A
light fell through the open carvings
the organ case. Great wooden pipes
fcwered aloft with black mouths like
agons. Far. far above, in the arch.
s a cherub, without a body a golden
Jk with purp'e wings. Dot had
"Aed at it for hours and wondered.
He sat looking at it to-night, with a
orroaf ul face. There were other foot
Jkps in the church, sounds of light,
toPTy voices.
Presently the bell tinkle!, the organ-
on his bench. Dot grasped the
Peat wooden handle, it moved up and
!B, and then the tall woodeu pipes,
th the dragon mouths began to thun-
der
arouna him. Then the choruj
DUTSt intl a rr'i.vi..,,, of M l.i ..Viii tUt
tte year before had heard the organist
"J was the "Midnight Mass of the
ddle Ages."
4'Adeste, fideles
Laeti triumphantes,
Venite,
Venite,
la Bethlehem!"
w thunder. The music seemed to run
i shadowy. There were sympathetic
and tremulous chord-. Then the
fflpest seemed to come back again,
r1, luminous arch over the organ
r wk iuto the empty church the
IwwUut chorus.
"Venite adoremu3,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
UjimlnMin
AfUr tiie auuiem were three solos,
tenor sang one of them, and Dot
" to hsten to it as he move! the
JWMed to Dot's earsl It came from
uiendlv heart-excent his mother's it
ken nly voic6 tnat ever 8po"
tu . orl of sympathy or praise to
"otbeUowsboy.
Ae singers rested, laughed and
talked. Dot listened as usual in bis
narrow room.
"I came to the church directly from
the train,"said the tenor, "and amused
myself with Dot. A wonderful voice
that boy has."
"Dot?" said the preceptor.
" Ves; the boy that blows the organ."
Oh, yes, I had forgotten. I seldom
see him," said the preceptor. "Sow I
think of it, the sexton told me some
weeks ago that I must get a new organ
boy another year; he says thlj one
Dot you call him? comes to the church
through back alleys, and goes to the
bellows room as soon as the church is
open aud hides there until service time,
and that his clothes are not decent to
be seen in a church on Sunday. Next
Sunday begins the year 1 must tee to
the matter."
"He does his work well?" asked the
alto with a touch of syojiuthy in her
voice.
"Yes."
"Would It not be better to get him
some new clothes than to dismiss him?"
she asked.
"No. Charity is cliarity, aud busi
ness is business. Everything must be
Cr.it -class here. We cannot have raga
muffins creeping into the church to do
church work. Of course, I should be
glad to have the boy supplied with
clothes. That is another thing. But
we must have a different boy Id the
bellows box. The sexton's son is
bright, dresses well, and I have no
doubt would be glad or the place Xow
we will sing the anthem, "Good-will to
men."
The choir and chorus arose. The
organist tinkled the bell, and bent
down on the pedals and keys. There
was a ripple of music, a succession of
short sounds, and silence.
The organist touched the knob at the
side of the key-board, and again the
bell tinkled. His white hands ran over
the keys, but there issued no sound.
He moved nervously from the bench
and opened the little dov.
"Dot?"
'o answer.
"The boy is sick or faint."
The tenor stcpiei into the room and
brought out a huip tigure.
"Are you sick. Dot?"
"Ves. :r; what will become of
moUiei f"
"lie heard what you said about dis-luk-foins
him," said the alto to the pre
ceptor.
"Yes, but the sexton was right
.Look at his shoes why the toes are
sticking through them."
"And thls bitter weather!" said the
alto, feelingly.
"Can you blow, Dot?"
N'o sir; It is all dark, sir. I can't
see, sir. I can but just stand up, sir.
You won't dismiss me, sir; mother is
lame and poor, sir paralyzed, sir;
tluit's what they call It eau't use but
one hand, sir."
"This ends the rehearsal," said the
preceptor, in an Impatient way. "Dot,
you needn't come to-morrow, nor till I
send for you. Here's a dollar, Dot
charity Christmas present,"
One by one the singers went out, the
preceptor bidding the sexton have a
care that Dot was sent home.
The alto and tenor lingered. Dot
was recovering.
'I shall not hear the music to-mor
row. I do love it so."
"You poor child, you shall have your
Christmas music to-morrow, and the
best the city affords. Do you know
where Music Hall is, Dot?"
"Yes, lady."
"There Is to be an oratorio there to
morrow evening The Messiah. It is
the grandest ever composed, and no
singing in America is equal to it.
There is one chorus called the "Halle
lujah Chorus" it is wonderful; the
man who composed it thought he heard
the augels singing and saw the Lord of
Heaven when he was at work upon it;
and he is to be the first tenor singer,
and 1 am to sing the altos wouldn't
you like to go, Dot?"
"les.Iady. Is the man who com
posed it to be the tenor singer the one
who heard the angels singing, aud
thought he saw the Lord?"
.No, Dot; ite a to be the tenor sin
ger."
I, Dot," said tiie tenor.
I have a ticket for the upper gal
lery, which I will give him," said the
alto. "A friend of mine bought it.
but I gave her a seat on the floor, and
kept this for well, for Dot."
The tenor talked low witn ine lauy.
"Here is a Christmas present, Dot."
He banded Dot a !1I.
"Aud here is one for your mother,"
said the alto, giving Dot a little roll of
money.
Dot was better now. lie iook.ou
bewildered at hu new fortune.
Thank you. lady. U hank you, sir.
Are you able?" the alto laughed.
Yes, Dot. 1 am to receive a Hun
dred dollars for singing to-morrow
evening. I shall try to think of you,
Dot, when I am rendering one of the
passages perhaps it will give rae In
spiration. I shall see you, Dot unoer
the statue or Apono.
Tbe sexton was turning oil uie lignts
in Uie .chancel. He called Dot. The
church grew dimmer and dimmer, and
the great organ faded away iu the
darkness. In the vanishing lights the
Hlto and tenor went out oi ine cnurcu
leaving Dot with the sexton.
It was Saooatu evening wibui.
T.'M.tc iriimmMwi thickly among the
snowy trees on the common; beautiful
coaches were rolling through the
crowded streets. .
Dot entered Music nan iduiuaj
through a long pissage tnrougu wu u
bright, happy iaces were pmsi
,..J?iir,,T neonle moving sedately
and slowly, and into which the crowds
seemed surging like a tike. Faces
were too eager witu expeciauou w no
tice him or his feet. At last he passea
a sharp angle in the long passage, and
the great organ under a thousand gas
jets burst upon his view. An usher at
one of the many lower doors looked at
his ticket doubtfully.
.... i 1 1 linplr "
Dot followed the trailing silks up the
broad flight of stairs, reaching the top,
and asked another usher to -bim
his seat. The young man whom Dot
addressed had that innate refinement or
feeling tbat marks a true Boston gen
leman. He gave Dot a smile, as much
aa to sav "I am glad jou can enjoy all
"ifhapplness with the rest." and said:
"Follow me."
His manner was so kind that Dot
thought he would like to speak to him
aeain. He remembered what the a to
hS said about the statue , oi Af
and as Uie usher gave him bacit nis
cSeck and pointed to the number on
U g TXrl ifflfflT U.e busts and
i dong the valL He P"
kindly:
"That Is the ApoTio Belvldere."
Dot thought that a pretty name; it
did not convey to his mind any asso
ciaUon of the Vatican place, but be
knew that some beautiful mystery was
connected with it.
And now Dot gazes In amazement on
the scene before him. In the blaze of
light the great organ rises resplen
dently, sixty feet in height. Its impos
ing facade hiding from view its six
thousand pipes, l'eople are hurrying
into the hall, flitting to and fro; young
ladles in black silk and velvets and
satins; old men where were so many
women with white hair ever seen be
fore? s ately men with Hiia faces, bald,
teachers, college professors. Tiers
of seats in the form of half a pyramid
rise at either end of the organ. These
are filling with the chorus sopranos
and altos in black dresses and white
shawls, tenois and basses iu black
coats, white neckties and kids. In
front, between the great chorus rises a
dark statue, aud around this musicians
are gathering, playing on violins,
violas, violoncellos and bonis; the
pyramidal seats fill; the hall overflows;
the doors are full the galleries. The
instruments tune. A dark-haired man
steps upon Uie conductor's stand; he
raises his baton; there is a hush, then a
half a hundred instruments pour forth
the symphony.
Dot listens. He has never heard
such music before; he did not know
that anything like it was ever heard on
earth. It grows sweeter aud sweeter.
"Comfort ye."
Did an angel speak? The instru
ments are sweeter now.
Comfort ye my people."
Did that voice come from the air?
Dot listens and wonders if this
1!
earth.
"Comfort ye, comfort ye my people
saith your God, saith your God."
Dot sees a tall man standing alone
iu front of the musicians is it he that
is singing? Dot gazes upon his race
with wide eyes. It is he aud he is
the tenor who had befriended him the
uil"t before.
What music followed when the cho
rus arose and sang:
"Every valley shall be exalted!"
Dot bears the grand music sweep on,
and he feels, as all feel, that the glo
rious Messiah is about to appear. He
sees a lady in white satin and Hashing
jewels step forward; he hears a ripple
of applause, and a voice full of feeling
and strength sing:
"O thou tellest good tidings to Zton,
O, tLou tellt st good tidings to Jerusa
lem, say unto the cities of Judah, Be
hold your God!"
Dot cnows that voice. Will she in
deed lift her eyes to him?
So, she does not. She sits down,
the hall ringing with applause. She
ruses, bows, but she does not look to
wards the statue of Apollo, near which
Dot is sitting.
Dot hears dreamy music now, more
euclianting than any before it The
great audience do not stir, or move a
fan, or raise a class. It crows more
ethereal; It seems now but a wavy
motion in the alt. He heara ldy
uear whisper:
"The Pastoral Symphony."
She also has risen again. She staud;
out from the great chorus what a
beautiful figurel The dark-haired man
lifts his baton, the lady turns her face
toward the upper gallery. Her eyes
wander for a moment; they rest ou
Dot.
There was no applause now. Tears
stood in the alto's eyes tears stood in
the eyes of every one. There was a
deep hush and tears, and in the silence
the alto stood looking steadily at Dot.
Theie was a rustle in the hall It
grew. Ine silence was followed by a
commotion that seemed to rock the
hall. The applause gathered a force
like a tempest.
1 lien the beautiful lady looked to
wards Dot, and sang again the same
wonderful air, and all the hall grew
still, aud people's eyes were wet again.
The Hallelujah ahorus with its grand
fugues was sung, the people rising and
standing with bowed beads during the
majestic outpouring of praise.
It is ended now, faded and gone.
The great organ stands silent in the
dark hall; the coaches have rolled away,
the clocks are striking midnight.
I have come to congratulate you
before retiring," said our tenor to the
alto, as he stepped into the parlor at
the Revere House, "To-night has
been the triumph of your life. Nothing
so moved the audience as "He shall
feed his flock like a shepherd."
"l)o you know to what I owed Uie
feeling thi'.t so inspired me in that air?"
"No."
"It was poor little Dot in the gallery.
You leach music, do you not?"
"Yes."
"You are about to open a school?"
, . m .. '
"Give Dot a place as office boy-
errand bay something. It will lift a
weight from my heart."
"X had thought of it He lias a
beautiful voice."
"I niUht get him a place in a choir.'-
Fifteen years have passed. The old
Ilandeland Haydn Society have sung
"The Messiah" fifty, perhapj sixty
limes. The snows of December are
again on the hills. The grand oratorio
is again rehearsing for the Sabbath
evening before Christmis.
A new tenor is to sing on the occa
sion he was born in Boston, has
studied In Milan, aud has achieved
great triumphs as an interpreter of
sacred niusio ia London and Berlin.
The old hall is filled again. The
symphony has begun its dulcet en
chantment; the tenor, with a face lumi
nous and spiritual, arises, and with his
flrst notes thrills the audience and holds
it as by a spell.
"Comfort ye."
He thought of the time when he first
heard those words. He thought of the
hearts whose kindness had made 'aim a
singer. Where were they? Their voices
had vanished from the choirs of earth,
but In spirit those sweet singers seenieJ
hovering around him.
"Comfort ye my people."
He looked, too, towards tho Aiollo
on the walL He recalled the limp bel
lows boy who sat there sixteen years
ago. How those words then comforted
niml How be loved to sing them now!
"Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem,
and cry unto her that her warfare U
accomplished, that her iniquity is par
doned." It was Dot.
I would rather have genlu3 thaa
wealth.
Be rigid to yourself, and gentle to
others.
Bodily enjoyment depends upon
with, and health upou temperance.
- - . , . .
All that have ever found grace know
that grace first foand "iem-
Teutonic
It takes some time for a girl just
fresh from an English home to
get accustomed to the German man
ner of living. But, when she has
once conquered her prejudices, she en-
)oys it quite as much, if not more.
thau the English method. The Ger
mans are much earlier in their hours
thau we are. In most places the
schools begin at 7, some as early as
nan-past o, nut all, even the latest,
by 8. Breakfast is generally served
at i or ball-past m winter and at
half-past 6 in the summer. This is no
it down affair, but is taken standing
or sitting, each girl leaving the room
as soon as she has finished, without
siauaing upon the ceremony ot wait
ing ior one another, it consists of a
coffee and one or two of the delici
ous German rolls called "veck" in
Sjuth Germary, and "semel" in the
north. These differ entirely from our
rolls, being crisper and lighter, and
iu shape resembling two small sausa
ges joined together.
Immediately after breakfast each
gin goes up to her room, makes up
tier own bed, and tidies her ldroom.
ior Uie uermans do not consider a
young lady educated unless she is in
structed in household work as well as
in languages, etc; and It is the cus
tom as soon as a eirl has finished with
school, before she comes out in the
world, to keep her for six months or so
either at home or -in a 'pension,"
where she can help in the house i, e ,
learn cooking of all kinds, superintend
the servants, and be initiated iuto all
the mysteries of housekeeping.
At S o'clock the classes begin, each of
which lasts an hour, and frequency
takes the form of a lecture. In the
finishing schools no one need take them
who does not wish to, but when once
In the room they must pay attention.
There is no question of mumbling
through the lesson half-learned, or get
ting off "without being asked the things
you don't know." E ther stay out of
the room or learn the lessons set, and
that thoroughly! At 10 o'clock a
quarter of an hour's grace is allowed,
when another roll is given out all
around, and every one rushes out iuto
open air, while the windows are fluugr
open to air the room. And here a word
about a vice usually ascribed to the
Germans which they do not possess.
They are generally supposed to be fond
of sitting in stuffy rooms and to have
a general objection to fresh air. Now,
this is a libel; the Germans do not like
draughts, and would think it certain
death to sit with door and window
open at the same time; but rresn air
they are quite as desirous of obtaining
is the English, an I, indeed few Eng
lish girls spend so many of their spare
moments in the garden as do the Ger
mans. At 12 classes cease in winter, and a
wait: Is generally taken. At 1 o'clock
comes diuner, of which soup is the first
cnuVe. This is followed by what the
Germans call "rindllel s?n" and the
French "bouilli" the meat from
which the soup is made and is eaten
with pickles, salad, horse-radish, bran
uied cherries, etc. This is succeeded by
the roast meat or "braten," which is
veal, mutton, beef, or pork, which
latter is always eaten with the Inevit
able German dish, "sauerkraut." The
meat li cut quite differently from ours.
and it is indeed a work of some diffi
culty to recognize a leg of mutton lu
the crooked, sinewy Joint which an
swers to that name in Germany. This
meat is eaten with potatoes and other
vegetables, as in England, and then the
dinner is at an end.
Even in private families it Is consid
ered a luxury to have puddings; and
In schools they only appear on Sundays,
j aud sometimes among Roman Catho
lolics on Fridays aud Wednesdays in-
' 1 ,.9 TI...A ....rl.l.r.,.. ,1;T.
SLCOUUl UiClIU AM737 IUUUIil UiUCl
entirely from ours, and consist of a
kind of dumpling, made of bread or
flour, but without fat of any kiud,
eateu with stewed fruit, which is served
separately.
Classes begin again at 2 o'clock and
last till 5, with a quarter of au hour's
Interruption at 4. when bread with
fruit in the summer, aud jam or honey
in the winter, supplies the place of the
coffee and cake taken in families.
These afternoon classes generally con
sist of French or English conversation,
during which the girls work at all kinds
of embroidery and fancy vork. The
Germans are always supposed to be
such beautiful workers; and here and
there, among glils who have attended
ithe work-classes, you find some who
embroider exquisitely. But, as a rule,
their ordinary plain work by no means
exceeds that of the English in neatness
n nnlt-l Tt- ia n uiitnainiv f-iot tliof
aliU U Uloli. lb ia ctu quiiwiuk "
th(J EngUah eirla wuo Zn famous
Ai.nM. w Kamir aiili fTvw1 il.irnard anil
menders generally.
1 The pupils are then free to do their
preparaUon for the next day until 7
o'clock, the U3ual hour for supper,
' which consists of meat and vegetables
or salad, or else bread and butter with
so-called "tea." In spite of the large
proportion of water lu the latter, it is
aiways looked toward to as a treat
' After supper in the summer the girls
go for a walk; in the winter they study
until 9 o'clock, when they have
p-.ayers, and then to bed.
! Saturday Is a whole hoUday, conse
quently there are no lessons to pre
pare for it; and Friday evening Is
often spent in dancing, acting, or in
little concerts among the girls, which
make a pleasant change.
Saturday morning is given to mend
ing, unless, as is often the case in the
summer, au excursion be made to
some neighboring place.
It will from this be sesa that the
German girls have longer hours for
stuJy aud work harder during the
day than the English. But although
they do more while at school they
leave much sooner than we do. At
15 a girl leaves the "high school" and
goes to a finishing boarding-school for
languages, literature, and history. At
Id she leaves school, learns cooking
and housekeeping, and goes to private
societies. At 17 she is considered
"out," and appears at all the public
balls, etc., enjoys every season for
three or four years to her heart's con
tent, and then, at the age of 23 or
21, leaves off dancing. If not already
married she settles down as an "old
maid." Thus it Is that at German
balls the dancers consist, except for a
very small minority, either of uni
formed girls just out of the school
room or "blase" belles already in their
third or fourth season. Girls are
brought so soon into society that before
their beauty has time to ripen it begins
IU JWi. IWUtt 4UUUCUWJ I
Lour3 conUnnj excitement
to fade under the influence of late
This
'lour a Day Is Pa.ssed in a
Female Seminary.
Is perhaps one reason why German '
women ago so quickly.
In England elderly ladles are often '
laughed at behind their backs for dress- 1
ing in too youthful a manner. The I
Germans go to the other extreme: no
sooner do they marry or reach the age
or 25 thaa they think It necessity to
wear unbecoming bonnets, dark silk
dresses, old-fashioned mantles and to
assume all the other signs of a lady ad
vancing in years,
German girls are always supposed
either not to play at all or to play well.
This is a very mistaken idea. They do
not, as a rule, begin until 11 or 12
years of age; but almost every girl
learns then. Consequently they have
much lost time to make up for. Taken
as a whole, the Germans play about as
well as the Enslish, except, perhaps.
that their touch is more exact aud ure-
cise, owing to uie ract that they play
Utile else but classical music. Here
and tlicro a girl will be found who
piays really very well, but it is the ex
ception rather than the rule.
Making Plate Glxsa.
"Tnere is a Mate of class 6dx54
inches, which is the largest size made
in this country." remarked a prominent
glass merchant of this city to a reporter
as he was engaged in superintending
the unpacking of a large box.
It was made iu a 1'ittsburg manufac
tory with natural gas as fuel, and is
much superior to that made by coal.
since the sulphur even iu the best aud
purest coal blurs and coats the glass
with patches, while if smoke comes in
contact with it in the soft state a tr
uanent stain is caused. Besides, when
coal fuel Js used the best of care cannot
prevent ashes, dust and solid particles
from the furnace fallmz on to the
molten glass and making Haws.
'tins fuel, however, has chantred all
of that, arid has glveu 1'itUbarg a
great advantage, and glass can be male
so much letter aud cheaper there that
all of the factories have found them
selves forced to 'go to Pittsburg or go
to pieces.' In a short time Auerica
can compete with French and German
plate-glass, where manufactured gas is
used."
"How is this glass made?" asked the
newsman.
'Well, the hardest and most Interest
ing part is the 'blowing'" was the
rcpty.
"1 he entire mass of molten material
must be blown into shape by the
breath. Messrs. Appert. of Clicliy.
France, claim to have discoverel a pro
cess that will make glass blowing by
the mouth unnecessary, and U is to
be hoied that they have, as the process
is very painful, and the men after a
few years become pale-faced, with their
cheeks hanging limp in folds, and some
cases have been known, where their
cheeks have worn so thin that they act
ually cracked."
"What are the materials used to
make the glass?" was the uextqutstion
of the reporter.
"Oue hundred parts of sand, thirty
pa:t3 f lims, forty parts of alvali",
and some pulverized charcoal are put
in a lire-brick pot, which is set in a
furnace heated to an intense heat by
gas and are brought to a molten
state. A workman theu plunks a
long wrought iron tube with a wooden
haudlo and mouth-piece into the
white-hot mass, and by alternately
cooling and rolling it finally has a
ball of class many pounds in weight
adhering to the end. He turns it I
about until bjcomes pear-shaped, and
then hands It to the blower, who
blows gently into it, at the same time
constantly turning it, until it becomes
the shape of a huge bottle. It takes
a very strong man to do this, since
for a plate of glass this size the mol
ten material will weigh thirty pounds.
"After it has been blown into the
right shape," the speaker went on,
"the end of the pipe is closed up,
and the air, exspanded by the heat,
breaks a small hole In the end of the
bottie, which the blower enlarges by
twisting his till around and puffing
hi3 breath into it until at length the
bottle becomes a cylinder. A string
of red-hot glass drawn over the upper
part of the cylinder breaks it off
evenly, and it is then cracked open
lengthwise by a red-hot iron. Each
sides is heated, flattened Out, tem
pered and polisned, aud finally becomes
a great sheet of clear plate glass."
bilk Dresses of Former Days.
"Yes," said the old Denver mer-
cliant, whom a reporter talked to the ;
other day, "a silk dress was a great 1
thing for a woman when I was a boy.
It was what you fellows would
call an 'event in life' now-a-days.
When a girl got a silk dress we knew
slie'was either going to be married or
else bod come suddenly into a fortune,
one of the two. The first was more
likely to be the case, because you see
even in those days girls got husbands
ofteuer than they got fortunes. I have
been in the dry goods busiuess ever
since I was a boy, and we always knew
something was up when a womau asked
to see a Dicce of silk. Of course, the
wives of the leading citizenss in the 1
place always bad silk dresses that is,
one apiece, generally made of black
silk, and religiously hung away lu dark
closeta, to be taken down not more than j
twice or three times a year, and then '
only on state occasions. I
"It is a pecuuliar fact, but never- .
thelessa true one, that women in the 1
remote villages.in the early days, seldom ;
wore their silk dresses except to church '
on these Sundays when the sacrament
was administered. This sounds queer, ;
out It la a lacu t ay uiey wore sua i
on that day is a mystery, but I presume
it was because their churches were so
much more largely attended on such 1
occasions, and village people are seldom !
required to dress except for religious
. . . . . 11-1 . 1 . . .
services. It used to seem a gala day
with me when my mother put on her
silk dress, and combed her soft brown ,
hair down over her ears. I thought
she was the prettiest woman lu uie
world, and, I am half inclined to think i
now that I was right I have seen 1
manv a silk dress wranDed in linen.
scented with lavender, laid away In a '
chest and kept at long Intervals with- '.
out ever being exposed to Uie light of
day. It is very amusing to think how
rare silk dresses were in the early days
when compared with the fashions of to
day, when every servant girl la the city
has one, and perhaps more."
"What wete the varieties of silk used
at that Uuie?"
"They were mostly taffeta?, very
smooUily finished, and very fine aud
soft in appearance. In colors we Lai
the glace silks, many of which are sttil
used. They came largely in illumin
ated colors, and were much affected by
briJea, who always wore them with
wluto bonnets, and gloves.
The Art of Keeping Cool
The Cubans have a hot wethcr way
of managing their business affairs.
lA-t no one run awav with the idi-:i
! Ul:tt business in Havana does not
amount to much. Havana has long
Wu one of the greatest seaports and
commercial tenters of the world, the
head of the sugar aud tobacco trades.
and the seat of iuimeiK-e miscellane
ous shipping indnstry. There are
many men and firms as busily engaged
in making fortunes there as everywhere,
else. To begin with, the business
houses are built ti provide coolness by
means of shade and air. They are
more open than what we call an "ojien
ear," yet can be closed as tight as any
W all street biuik. It is delightful to
visit them. It is amazing to see how
cool the nieu at work in them all keep
themselves. The merchants and clerks
quit their beds at o.'Jl) o'clock, jierhaps
earlier, enjoy a kith, dress in a leisurely
way, take coffee, and reach their
counters and desks by 6.30 o'clock. It
is cool at that time in the streets, ami
tlity are not half as exhausted when
they begin work as we are. At lo.Sij
or 11 o'clock, under a sunshade or in a
car tab, they go home again to break
ust. Nothing short of au explosion of a
INiwder magazine, which made them
forget themselves a few weeks ago,
could iudm-e a man or boy among them
to hurry. The only two liasty or excited
movements I saw in Culxi were ou the
part of a young woman and a boy.
The young woman was a ballet dan er
in a cool open air theater, aud was en
gaged iu tee-to-tum movements, lasting
only a few minutes eai-h night for a high
salary. The Uy actually ran in the
often sunshine but then he had stolen
a sui;ar cane Iu the market and was
afraid he would he caught.
On the way to breakfast the Havana
iiii rrlunt and clerk do not drink three
beers ami a cocktail, and at breakfast
they do not demolish a heavy lieef steak
and a plate of clioiis, or of liver and
bacon, as we do the year round. On
the contrary they are very urtial to
fruit; fish, broiled, lniileil or baked;
broiled jMiultry or small binls; salads,
omelets, oatmeal or ri-e; wine thinned
down with seltzer; coffee or tt-.u They
tike it easy at the table. " I
At i.'M or o o'clock, wheu the heat of
the duy is past and the delightful, cool
hours of evening are close at hand, the
merchant and the clerk close the bu.si-J
ness places (all but the little retail stores), !
and go home or to the restaurant for
dinner. And do they eat the solid meat,
the stews, the gravies, the piiddingsnnd
pies of our bills of fare iu July in
Xew Y'ork? Oh, no! They wish to
lie cool and healthy and comfort
able. They suck the juice of an orange
or two and take a little thin broth
or consomme soup, a little wine thiii-
ned down with cold seltzer or water.
some nice fresh fish, broiled bird of
some kind ami salad, or a slice of
some sort of meat, well done, and then
guava wr )''" or, fruit, cheese
uiwl r.'Iee. (I admit: tlmr. lio inwl.
meuU and cheese are bail and there is !
too much coffee but no one is per-
feet).
At night tomes the recreation; the
billiard, cards, cigars, theatres, imrties,
carriage rides, promenades, idle hours
11 the iark listening to the music of a
band, courtship, companionship, socia-
bility. At 10 o'clock or 1 1, coffee and
bed for some; bed without coffee for
others But do they not driuk? you
-n. x i-.-, umt-vM iiii-j .uu auuitini m
wines and French clarets arc in demand. ' .
and the laboring icople drink gin. j
Note the nature of these drinks, you i
who understand the subject There is !
reason in all of them. All except
hrandv. I forgot that At night in j
tlte cafes, I saw several i-ersons drink
hrandv Th it is contnrv to nivthin"
1 C0Mlr io. aii)ihin
else they do. It is most unwise.
There are many hints in the above
general observations of life undr a
burn lug sun. Dress for the season. It
can be done there as well as here. Be-'
sides, one can put 011 a heavier coat at
mgtit, if need be. Keep out of the sun.
Carrv
a sun umbrella. Don't hurry.:
, . . . ,. . .
The Origin of the Omnibus.
The announcement of the death oi
) Mr. John Pendleton, of Eccles. has led
to the republication or some facts about
tliat gentleman's father, who, in 1824.
began to ply between Pendleton and:
Manchester with a "sort of haciney
coach," which we are assured, was
I "the progenitor of the omnibus." The
latter, we are told, made its appearance
shortly after, in the shape of "square
little boxes on wheels," which held
eight or nine persons Inside, and thrre
or four In front beside the driver.
But, unfortunately, authorities differ
on this weighty subject, some ascribing
the idea of the omuibus to no less
il ustrious a person than Pascal, and
its "inauguration" to a date so early as
10D2 or thereabouts. And those who
are curious iu the matter would probi-
bly want to be Informed precisely when
and where the omnibus was flrst
evolved out of the hacknev coach.
Both vehicles might fairly, if uullatter-
ingiy. be described as a "box on
wheels," and, as regards omnibuses
the questions would seem to be simply,
"When did passengers enter the 'box'
from behind instead of at Uie sides?"
and "When did the guard become
merged iu the conductor?" For such.
when one comes to think of it are the
,1 .. .. ;i . 1 ..i.l. 1. -
ut-i-ms iu wuun ura 11c w vuuiuua
differed most materially from the old
coach. In the mere form and object of
the two modes of conveyance there was
not much to choose, and the inventor
of the omnibus cannot certainly lay
claim to any very remarkable original
ity. lie improved on the hackney
coach, and that was all. It is notable.
by uie way, tnat ny aoing away with
Uie conductor in some instances orani-
bus owners nave gone oacx to one ot
the earliest features of that vehicle,
There was a time, it seems, when the
driver was his own conductor, jumping
down whenever a passenger alighted
and receiving his fare. If, however.
the omnibus dates back more than 2X)
years. It is rather surprising that the
average omnibus should still be so sus
ceptible of Improvement.
Test of Affection.
A lady poet asks: "How cau I tell
him I love him no more?" Probably
the best way is to get him Into an ice
cream saloon. Eat five dishes and
then break the news gently. If be
doesn't accept the situation you ha l
better try and love him again. You
could never do better.
. i i I ooufc tuai air uoss, you see ii a uie one .uuiwiuuc, .inouo, voiinttuiaies
soda water, lemonade, cocoanut water, my wlfe drives and I don't know as itself on the fact that for two weeks or
limeade, tamarind water, mineral wa- j .j want ter pt with it It's a Tery more there has not been a case before
tors and all other beverages that cool genl!8 noS3) very KenUe." ; the Police Court
the IK!)' by cooling the blood, and that "That's what I want, a horse that is r The temirance element of Ten
ure s,igl.Uy laxative. Among strong : geutle and kiod. I isjubjlant OVcr the
drinks, erniouth is popular, Spanish ; wXliat lest j,Its that ,10s3 I)r,.ci9t.!v. t muo,, , tlimi.iriu.ii th cf..
Finding Lost Screw. f
Speaking of chickens picking up and '
swallowing diamonds, "chipos" of
gold aud other bright bits of stone and
medal, has reminded Judge , of this'
city, of an experience with a chicken at
8e- I
In June, 13o0, he tuade the trip from
Mazitlaa t3 San Francisco ou the
French bark Sun.rL. ttnn dav when
about balf wav up Uie coast, the stew-
JlTil ItAfl Dill ta lti n nala lumn a tt 1 va
engaged in cleaning and polishing that
bit of nautical apparatus. He had it
on the deck, had taken it all apart, and
had the debris, wreckage or whatever
you would call it when at sea, scattered
all about The vessel was rjlllng
slightly, and as it rolled It caused a
brass screw about balf an Inch in
length to travel down the deck. Some
chickens were loitering about, and Uie
flash or the screw caught Uie eye of an
old hen. She dashed at Uie bit or
brass and in a moment It was in her
crop.
The Judge saw the transaction, aud
inwardly chuckled, as be knew there
would soon be Davy Jones to pay about
tnat screw. When Uie steward had
polished up the lamp and was putting ,
it together again he missed a particular '
and important screw. After searching
for the screw for some minutes in vain
the steward spoke of his loss to some of
the sailors. They joined in Uie search.
but no screw could be found. Soon the
attention of the Captain was attracted
to the group ot searchers, aud the
steward was obliged to tell him or the
loss.
The skipper flew into a rage at once.
and used much profane language in
connection with the frequent reference
he felt called upon to make to the
steward's eyes. The poor steward was
on the point of takincr a short ride ou
the toe of the Captain's boot, when the
Judge thought it time to appear on the
scene. He told the Captain that if he
wanted Uie screw it could be found
with but little trouble. He had only to
order one of the men to catch an old
black hen that he pointed out, cut off
her hea I, open her ciop, and the screw
would be fouud.
At this the sailors dazed upon the
Judge as though they thought him some, Miss Rebecca Williams, a Balti
practltioner of the black art, and the more belle, receutly had her portrait
steward gave him an appealing look, as painted by the famous Cabanal. of
nillfth a. Ia ti. Vim ....f tn. al.luj .. . ..... '
6 "i" on.-
wiui ins i:in;uLor.
I he t aptam had the fowl caught at
once. Its head was cut off, its crop
opened, and out rolled the lost screw.
Sailors and all aboard were astounded,
and even the Captain changed color.
Tiie face of the steward showed a queer
mixture of delight and awe.
After that bit of legerdemain the
steward could And nothing good enough
for the JudtTP. and whpn tli wiml fulliil
1 he heard hints among the sailors that
! they might have a ten-knot breeze any
time they wanted it, provided a certain
! person aboard should see fit to give it
j uiem.
I -
The Horse AVas Sold.
, A man was driving across Uie country
i)ai nf.. n,pn i,B -am a i,.iiis
wlth man hobblinir around the vard
.n.i,.i. a i;..o-i.-,i.-i.,r hnra i-.j
Ue(i a t)0St neiir by and the traveler
. .topped and said:
i ''UtinH,nrAfm q .l?"
j ..Welli now l teI1 you jllst ,10W ni3
: that air hrwl vnn una if. f h nna
partner, no easier boss to haudle In the
country." fore, and is very alert
"Never kicks, I suppose?" I About a year ago a monument for
"Never knew him ter histe his foot erection at Yalaha, Fla., was lost over
cept ; ter walks. board while en route to its destination.
''Tuat's ieSt tt-don't b'lieva I can
1 u , it don t D lieve I can
gen him my wife would miss him so.
Tfcll yo what nl do though, you give
mn $173 fer that boss and I'll try and
in 0ue of the colts fer her to
,trive i)a,,'t b'lieve I can ever "et
eta enUe as he is, but seein' you
want j.im j.u let you nave j,inl tvt
, hr
li liar, l it wnrrti '
.ru Tn..v,! xo-u-t .vu
: so lame?" j
; .. ..... A W F. M..DM j uu
J "Oh, rheumat'iz got holt uv me ag'iu ,
I jest' bout used me;up. Ill tie Uie boss'
behind yer wagon for you."
AU riSQt rour barn seems to be
scattered . around somewhat cyclone
strike it?"
ell, now, I should say there did ;
Jar twister uv a tornado jest spread J
" round. There, you 11 hud that
uoss" au up au rigni ami oe jest as
genne s a Kitten, uoou-uay, stranger,
yer've got a mighty due barg'm there. I
that hoSs is sound and wouldn't hurt i 1
fly." I
The man drove off and a boy crawled
out from under the house and said: i
"Dad, it's a mighty good thing old 1
Bill stopped kicking 'fore he come
'lontr." j
"You bot it was, my son. He had ,
jest sent the last board of the barn
flyin' over in the garden and the dust
was settlin' when the fellow drove up. I
guess he busted two uv my ribs and put
lay leg sorter out ov j'int the first kick
he made, but I reckon $175 will tlx 'em
up. I wus afraid he'd back up and
begin on the barb wire fence while the
man wns here, but he didn't happen
to. 'Bout the time he planted bis ofl
foot in my ribs I'd o' took 0i) cents foi
him, but s'pjse it's jest as well to get
a fair price. Always remember, ray
m luture ine, er yer seiun' yer,
w 1 ivnrnR iiihh'v iiniM ur. f.n'n
right up to it and put on a good price
ter sooth yer wounded feelin's at seem'
it go. Never forget that the straight
truth is the best iu a time like this." i
. . , , The Maine State Agricultural Col-
No one will dare maintain that It is lege Is Uie object for manv gibes at
better to do injustice thau to bear it, ; present becauso a SoOOO herd of Jersey
Our grlur may b? guessed from the cows has been so overfed with cotton
solace aud self-deception we resort to. ; seed meal that they are all diseased and
I would rather win honor than hoa-, must 16 kilIeU
ors. 1 In an English court the other day.
Life without laughing is a dreary thief, who had been sentenced to five
blank. I
irniflrn,m an frwinpiiflv nnnm-M
by oil-marks on papered walls against
which thoughtless persons have laid
their heads. These unsightly spots'
may be removed by making a paste of
cold water and pij,e-clay or fuller's
earth, and laying it on the surface with
out rubbing it on, else the pattern of
the paper will be injured. Leave the
paste on all night In the morninz it
can be brushed off, aud the spot will
have disappeared; but a lenewal of the
operation may be necessary if the oil
maikisold. The experiment will be
likely to result mos statsfactorily on
plain papers, or those with Uie leat
uuinber of colored figure.
NEWS IN liRIE?.
. TTavaDa rniinolsl woman a nnw
iiw 1 - ' Z oman Unow
1IvlnK her nmth husband.
Queen Victoria's recent visit to
Liverpool cost that city $00,000.
The colleges of this country con-
tain 13.000 female students.
m. c-....j- .......
' . "u7 nau-noiway move-
meut is gaining ground
in San Fian-
CISCO.
! . Hereafter English soldiers will not
7 "ed to smoke in Uie streets la
. davtlnie-
j One hundred and fifty of the S5o
colleges of Uie United States publishs
newspapers.
After hard dashes of rain, coarse
gold is often picked uo iu the streets of
Shasta, CaL
: Fortland, Me,, has lost $200,000 by
fire this year, but insurance has covered
$125,000 of that amount.
. Mrs. Oliphant, Uie foremost among
: English women novelists, has written
forty-three novels, all good.
There is a movement in Louisiana
to remove Uie capital of the state from
Baton Rough to New Orleans.
The Maine lumber dealers have or
ganized a state association to regulate
the hours of labor and prices.
A shoal of whales, eighty iu num
ber, was recently driven ashore ou the
Shetland Islands aud caotured.
Cleveland and Parnell have been
chosen by a Connecticut man as the
names for his newly acquired twins.
It Is again announced that Mis
Maud Banks, a daughter or General N.
I. Banks, will go upon the stage next
winter.
The Chinese 011 the Tacliic coast
are not such an infliction as the Poles
and Bohemians of Chicago and Mil
waukee. The eool spell boycotted the mus
quitoes, which were 'already reported
as aggressive on portions or the New
Jersey coast,
The authorities vt St Johns, Midi,
do not take kindly to the Salvation
Army. The soldiers are arrested every
lime uiey try to parade.
i aris, at a cost or lo.uuu
There are no newsbovs In the citv
it Mexico. The papers are all sold by
women, who hold them out to passers
by, but never say a word.
Artificial lithographic stones are
now made at Frankfort, Germany, of
a cement that is moulded in cast-iron
mould under heavy pressure.
Mrs. Haward, an English woman,
has been engaged as Profeasor of Ora
tory iu the Cincinnati law school. The
students like the innovation.
Several men have been arrested at
Barbastro, in Aragon, Spain, for bury
j lnga man alive for rovona. ThcvictUa
vuo iratucu iii u criucsM condition.
A Capo Cod editor is trying to make
lifmeplf .nil kta .- m. 1. ..
- . " pvifuiai uy m
standing offer of 25 to any subscriber
who loses property by fire or lightning.
Three pairs of American turkeys
that were "planted" in 1SS0 on an
estate on tho Danube, near Vienna,
, have increased to a flock nearly 5(XJ iu
number.
The lowdy West is not so bad after
alL Tombstone, Arizona, congratulates
It is on a better stamlinz than ever be-
1 ....... .1 ...I B .
7, ... 1 7T IOr uew ouc
suffered the same fate.
i , ... . .... , .
1 T.A ?Ufea ot ? .ln.cIie3.,fr- KJ- un
ebed a box containing 1,2J3 in gold
silver com, while digging post holes
anJ now posf-hole digging has become
VopiM in that section,
' Miss Alice Freeman, president of
1 Wellesley Collcize. has creat eiBcutivrt
.1 . - . -
abilitv. Her faculty of Mtmnnn.
- J - ( -.
speaking, it is said, has excited admir-
" surprise in England.
--One of the three tenements la
Richmond composing the buildin
known as Llbby Prison, used during
the late war, collapsed the other night
from over-burdened floors,
a costume adopted by the Fat
Men's baseball club, of Orlando, Fla
cn9ists 0f a Mother Hubbard dress.
and it to cool and comfortable
if n fn ,.
T T , .
JS .I.3la"d' n,ow. has
mad dog panic, aud the board ot town
ol'icers besides ordering all dogs muz
zled, has authorized the citizens to
shoot any dog round at large.
Miss Joe" Anderson, author of
the novel "An American Girl," which
created a literary sensation some years
ago, was drowned while bathing in the
Sacramento river, June 5Lb.
There are over thirty criminals in
jail in various parts or
the State of
sentence of
North Carolina under
death. Over half of them are likely to
be hanged ere the year endi.
Senator Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, reels the effects of a wound
in the head so severely that be fears he
is losing his hold ou memory; but Uie
South Carolinians will never forget
him.
Mrs. John Sherwood, the wife of a
rich man, a worker for women, and an
authoress of wide repute is lu England.
She says the Princess or Wales is Uie
handsomest woman she has seen for
years.
1 vaara1 Mnai tartfitii.Ta AfT..Myt I. . v.
years penai
judge would
servitude, offered, if the
lend him a sbillinir. to
toss him whether it should be "tea
years or nothing."
At a six-days' type-settiue contest
held in Boston lately, between female
compositors, three of the women beat
the best record made in a similar con
test the week before, between mala
compositors from leading newspaper
offices.
Mexicans are of not much account
in Texas. Four drunken young meu
assaulted one near Gonzales the other
night and when he attempted to de;
fend himself shot him dead. After the h
quest Uie young men were bouu.1 over
la the sum of $500 each.
5
! 3
1
1 .f,
n
ji'.;,';
...
:!!
1 '. "
it-..
.! 1
tit
J
r"'1
t
i
asss
T " T 't'i4CT'"'