f Iiilil B. P. SOHWEIER, THE OOISTmiTIOI-THB UH0I-AI9 TIB EIPOSOEKEIT OP TEE LI VS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XL. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 11, lS6. NO. 3' Heaven's Sunt-Muo. rai f:ic on 'he piiiow, Kyes I bat us more than mina. j-or'io the dying oue's vision (:'. a lit ikvina T,ip I lal ki.s-l, oh, so often Lip' I "ball kiss uo more Spake to the watcher that loved lilm," Waitiug till all wa o'er: "Carry u.c iulo the sunshine. Out in the summer airt Whi-n I aiu calW to niy glory, lltavtn will iiul rue there. "Cjrrj I "to the sunshine, Out of llii tarT room Far from tlie sigl.itu au.l weeping; Far troui the drrary gloom! Let we have t'.a.lu-i u round nie. Out here the loses bloom JUises, that after the parting, Sweetly w ill crowu toy tomb. Ca:ry ru into th sunshiuu. Out i tLe summer air! Wliiu 1 am cali.xl to my glory, ll-avrii will find ite tLere." Gently I lifted my darling l.n ii'ii with face no w hite; niil i::i- came iu at the window, Laving him all lu light. Vet, wliil'" tuy arms inclosed him, aui;eU that wait thrir dead Canietl him Into tbe sunshine, l"p to the, tlorj head. Aijel arini answered his prayer, Lowm-d liom heaven above Currird him into the sunshine, Luhtiu the Throne of Ixive. CT K1NG A IU'SBAXD. The wedding went off beautifully There were triumphal arches, rejoicing tenantry and school children scattering flowers." There was a choral service, a i.ishnn (colonial on sick leave step- great-uncle of the bridegroom), a rural dean (first cousin once removed of the liridei. and a ritualistic curate. An epitlialainium, composed by the scliool- uixsur, was sung, commencing On this festive occasion, H im ru- nl rice. We offer oMatlon To tlie bride of his cook. (pronounced "eliice"' from exigency of ryhute.) The oldest inhabitant iu a titan smock frock, dispensed blessings and Unbilled lieer with praiseworthy prodigality, tverythiug that human ingenuity could devise or contrive was done to render the "happy nay" memo- rali'.e for its discomfort to the contract ing iiarties. In spite of this, the bride looked as charming as sweet It can look when it tries its best, and considering tliat she. so to sjieak, stepped out of the siiool-room into the church, caried her self with commendable self-possession, As for tlie bridegroom, he went through the ordeal like a soldier and a man. and looked, according to tlie doctor's daugh !w, "heavenly." Xot the least atis lied member Jt the wedding party was Hie bride's brother Joey. "Ihe girb must look slippy after husbands in these hard times," had been that young man's remark a vear before, spurrea on uy parental murmurings at empty farms ;ind no rents, Joey had suggested a re- action in the home establishment in--mJ '.f lua siihilanlial but inadeQUate alWivance. Tlie establishment did not quite a e it, but Joey was firm. The girls must marry, and one of them, as all could not, must inarry Geoffrey Fitz Johnson. lie was in every way eligible; 5oung, good looking, well off, in a snug lerth at tlie War oflice and heir to ievrd rich and sedate relations, unlike- to cj.nmit the indiscrerinos, niatri iionial Utvl otherwise, of modern old ige. Socaptain Fjtz Johnson was taken Imvn to Mumblethojiie, passed over live iliaiiuing aspirants to his liand and eart, mid threw the handkerchief to !he shock-headed voung ierson who sent i jiot of musk wit hiii an inch of his de luted lieid, craning out of the school oom window, on the evcuing of his irrival. to catch a glimpse of "Joey's :htim." It was rather a blow to Joey, lis "chum" walking off with his favor 1e siter, but he bore it philosophically. fl liud always intended to exercise a yartkuLir care over Florrie's interests nben s!ie cir.ie out, and he was not pre sared for iho young lady going off so jrematurely. Howt-vur the Fitz John iou's would live in London, audaa Joey as ut the Foreign ollice and in rooms in Bury streut, he could still keep an eye n his sister and ses that she held her wn in the "smart set" of which her Jusband was so jtopular a member, loey was ten vears older than Florrie, ind had the majestic carriage and law tivicg proclivities of a man about town. Ha was what is known as "a great insti tution," which means tliat he was iu raluable in a snow-lwund country laiuse. He could tell first rate and first-hand thost stories, and could pass the severest naniination in ltrett. lie was a pil lar of strength in private theatricals ind could imitate tlie divine .Sarah to tlie life. He knew all the latest gossip, ind could tell it without seeming ill-natured. In short, Joey was that rara acts, I social success. A happier couple than the Fitz John. Whs when they first came to Curzon ttreet could not be imagined. It was snly when Captain Fitz Johnson settled iown iu his new house itnd his old set that he made the gratifying discovery that he had won his wife's heart as well s hf-r hand. During his courtship and uGuevmoon the disjositioii of that im portant factor in matrimonial happiness liad been doubtful Florrie teased, chaffed and commanded her husband in a way that to such a conquering hero was lwth novel and provoking. Captain Fitz-Jolmson had, however, learned strategy elsewhere than at Woolwich, Iliis morning after the arrival in Lon ion the wily voting man left his wife in the boudoir -the lateat thing in bou doirs, executal under Joey's stipervition Wondering dismally how he should kill the time until 8 o'clock in the evening, when she was told she might look for ward to seeing her lord and master again. It was something more than to fetch a forgotten cigarette case that made Captain Fitz Johnson retrace his i!eps on arriving at the foot of the stairs. Ills instinct had not deceived him. The (ftnss had capitulated, "I love you so, Geoffrey." sohbeu the loor little wife with her head on her luisl land's shoulder; and Geoffrey, as he strolled down tlie street, having prom ised to lie back bv luncheon time, hum med ' Rule, I'.ritannia" in triumphant Mo voce. The victory won, the victor, as he had a perfect right to do, rested upon his laurels; but he in ed not have given up so suddenly the reverential worship of the lover and assumed so in s;autly the rondescuding tolerance of the husband. It was unkind or him When he came home just in time to aress for dinner, after having been at tlie club all the afternoon, to plunge into that horrid French novel with a satis fied grunt, and barely vouchsafe his wife a word. It was downright rude o,l him Rhen she' leaned over his chair and stroked his hair to snarl fiuf." savagely, "For heaven's sake, Florrie, don't raw j me about like that. I don't like Jt; and it was positively brutal, after treat ing ner in sucn a way, to scold her all dinner time for being depressed. But so it was. The Fitz-Johnsou family art, pretty utile vessel as it was, with its fresh iiaint and dainty furniture had drifted into the current, which, sooner or Liter, must land it upon the rocks. Geoffrey, blinded by selfish vanity, be came bored M ilh his wife's well-meant but ineffectual efforts to please her ''much-changed lord." Her lavish affec tion, varied only by ill-concealed and sometimes tearful despondency, irritated him and made him more bearish than ever. It was the old story. Things went Irotn bad to worse. At last the first cruel rock loomed in the distance and the shipwreck seemed imminent. Lady Angelica Landsdell was, so she said, a very old friend of Geoffrev's. knew him when be was quite a boy sucn a nice boy," she told J: lorrle the afternoon she paid her first call in Cur zon street She was a wonderful and Ouidaish personage, of the Cleopatra type ut beauty, lithe and serpentine. with a voice that could coo like a dove or hiss like a serpent at will She used a peculiar kind of scent that hung about the room long after she left it. She was mysteriously fascinating, and Flor rie detested lier. Ill is was a great grievance of Geoffrey's, who was blind to the pearl powder and impervious to the scent. "Angelica (he called her Angelica) "was a charming woman a most valuable friend." Was it not common knowledge that Cabinet minis ters met as often iu her rose-lit drawing-room as at Downing street that she had a finger in every Diplomatic pie that her statesmanship had brought about a royal marriage and averted a Eurojiean war? Even Joey admitted that she was an unavoidable necessity. Her smile or frown could mar a man. If the Fitz-Johnsons ever hoped to be anything they must cultivate Angelica. So Florrie had to submit, but not even the husband she adored could make her more than decently civil to the enctiau tress with the cruel smile, who called Geoffrey "Geoff," and who was always sending him mysterious little notes about goodness only knew what, for Florrie was never told their contents. "The silly little tool jealous," laughed her ladvslnp to herself as sho sat in a corner, uloof from the "mad dening crowd" of a foreign ollice crush, pretending to listen to Geoffrey's earnest conversation and watching, with inter ested amusement, his wife trying to keep an eve on her husband and, at the same time respond coherently to the civilities of a voluble attache. "I'll teach her a lesson." muttered the siren, with an augry glitter in hor tluskv eves, as, tor the tweinn lime, a pale,' distressed face, with appealing eves, was turned toward the oblivious husband. Accordinslv when, for the thirteenth time, the melancholy opera tion was repeated, the distress on the pale face gave place to horror, and the eves were fixed and blant as mey saw Lady Angelica, with her most entran cing smile, place her hand, for a mo meut, caressingly on Geoffrey's arm; only for a rinotnent, because H was in stantly grabbed by both cf his. "My dear old girl! What is the mat ter? Are you seedy?" exclaimed Joey, as he plunged through the crowd to his sister s side. "Come to-morrow, as soon as Geoffrey has gone. I want to talk to you," whispered Florrie, brokenly, as her brother debited her safely at her own door. Xext morning brother and sister liad a long confabulation, during which Joey tugged hard at his phantom mus tache, and blew her nose very often. The result seemed hardly satisfactory, for Joey departed remarking that it was the "very deuce," and Florrie sat look ing into the fire until it went out In self- defence, However, at dinner that even ing there was a marked improvement in Mrs. Fitz Johnson's spirits; indeed, so hilariously cheerful did she become by dewrt that Geoffrey, acclimatized to a dead level of depression, felt inclined to resent the rise in the domestic barom eter. The rise was a steady one. 'ext n:ornimr. when the slave ought to nave leii in close attendance on her master, cutting tlie end off his cigar, filling his match box and merely receiving me or ders for the day, she was playing a iol ka on the piano, and actually forgot to wish the L'reat man good-bye. On and off during the day Geoffrey found him. self pondering on the alteration in his wife. Jt was, 01 course, a core to iue her following him about looking like a wh pid dog; but, after all, that was a f init nn flip ri-'ht side, and showed that she appreciated her position as hi wife. It was a sign or proper, n ctodic, subjection; but to sit playing a poika when the hat brush was mislaid was an in.lie.ird dereliction ot duty, ueonrey returned exactly half an hour earlier to administer a carefully prepared lecture to tlie culnrit. only to find that sne naa gone to the Gaiety with Joey. The soli tary dinner with no one to scold was a dismal experience, and Geoffrey felt dis tinctly aggrieved. Xext day things were no better. Florrie was in fearing spirits, received the deferred lecture with ribald laughter, dismissed his theo-rii-s of wifely duty as "bosh," and ha the audacity to refer him to Lady An gelica, who "no doubt, was an authority on that subject as well as every other.' Geoffrey was very moody all that day. The men at the club voted mm slow, and Lady Angelica called him a bo t0 his face. It was very annoying, bnt he was obliged to admit to himself that his triumph over the subjugation of his wife had been a little premature. The pro- . , :..,! n,.,t AT1A OTPat cess musi oe uuiui r , ; elemont in its final success was, he told hinvclf with secret, giee, mc w d.o hl snddenlv and unaccount- ablv altered, she loved him to distrac tion. As that evening he walked up Curzon street, it was this thought that made him prepared to be very gracious and as lenient as he consistently could be toward any little excess of JOHWl irits. A sharp struggle with the latch key was cut short by the butler opening ihl door to let a visitor out. The occui rence so late in the afternoon was Grange, and the appearance of the visi tor soMugular ttGeotoysUrtedt the apparition in unfeigned surprise. is (fortiie visitor was a man) face was part ally concealed by a sloucli hat. What there was to be seen aPT""1 Lot an olive hue and adorned 1 with a sweeivun black moustache. Ipky m l,uP S profusion down about h s shou d"r" and the nst the boay was con SSd&i doak that wouldhavema e the fortune of any melodrama. On the sture Mrs. Fitz Johnson's visitor would Stain his clement In Cuon street he apparently was not; for, with au't h-ir at least some foreign excla Satton that sounded to Geoffrey rather be "pickied onionsTl.e gave a .swot cHnce at the astonished captain, ran down tS steps and disappeared w the gathering gloom. "Who the alckens is that Squares? "The gentleman did not give ha name. sir. He said, as how Mrs. Fitz Johnson would know who he was, and 1 need not announce him." Squares poke in a tone of respectful indigna tion, at tins outrange of convtnancts. ueollrey kept bia presence of mind. "Oh, of cours-j. I had forgotten. What time did the gentleman come?' (Thii as an after-thought while ascend- 1 . 1 . . " V uig me Mains, j "At half past 4. Bir.' Half-past 41 And it was now half-past "Did any one else call this after noon?" "Yes, sir; but afther the gentleman came Mrs. Fitz Johnson told me to say not at home' to any other visitors. Geoffrey did not wait to hear any more, but dashed into thedrawingroom. He half expected to find his wife the victim of an asssassin's ki)ife. On the contrary, she was at the eternal piano playing a dreamy sonata of Iiuben stein's. On his entering the room she hall arose, but. on seeing who it was. she resumed her seat, eaulaiming ''Oh, it's only you;" "Whom did you think it was? That Guy Fawkes back again? Who, may I ask, is lie. and what was here from half- past 4 till now for, to the exclusion of everjDouy else.'" Geoffrey was gradully working him self up into a passion. Florrie madp no attempt to calm him, but smiled faintly and struck a few aggrlvating chords on the piano. "If you really care to know, that 'Guy Fawkes,' as you are pleased to call him, hi Count bparlatti, an old Dresden friend of Joey's, He is an Italian, and when Joey cme back from Dresden the count cauia with him to learn .English. He was always at Mumblethorpe. Ah, me! another plaintive chord what happv davs those were. And what fun we knl! The count was my sweetheart then." "Why, you were only nine years old!" "That's all" (another still wore plain live chord). "Don't be a fool, Florrie." The passion had died out and the lecturinj mood taken its place. "You are nine teen now, and quite old enough to know that is not proper to have men staying three hours tote-a-tete with you, and to tell the servants you are at home to n one else. Do you understand i" "Xo, I don't;" the blue eyes opened their widest "I thought it was the 'chic' thing to do. Of course at Mum blethorpe they would be awfully shock ed, but then they are so oid-iasmoneu. They even have family prayers. But sine I have leep married J have gained extiericuce. I have seen several uharav ing women.' Lady Angelica tor inr stance. Could you wish me to take a bet ter model? Hence If any one notice my friendship with Count Sparlitti you can tell them that I knew him when quite a boy such a nice bov.' I may soon be come so 'charming1 that I can make love in public smile in the 'nice boy's' face, put my hand on his arm for him to clasp in his. Only this sort of thing require practice, so yon mtut not tiiinn li strange if I have a few private rehear sals when I am 'not at home' to the world at lirge," "How dare you speak like tins " "Oh, you don't know how much I dare when I am put to It." But the defiant little laugh ended in a sob, and the dauntless novice ran out of the room. Geoffrey gnawed his moustace, fumed aljout the room, resisted, as unmanlv, an impulse to run after his wife, kiss away her tears, and implore her to be only charming on the old Mumblethorpo lines, and finally decided to confide his troubles mat very evening vo i,auy Angelica. From that fair oracle he received but vrry cold comfort "My dear Geoff, it serves you well right. You thought because she had given you all her heart you were warranted iu neglecting her. So like a man. Mr. Landsdell was just the same. Xow she is consoling herself. Quite right. I had no idea she liad so much sense. 1 aumire ner. ih jou think she woulu dine with me on the 15th? Bv-the-bye. if the necess.ty should arise, let me recommend you my solicit ors. They manage Mr. Iansdell and my affairs beautifully. My husband's messages sound almost affectionate when they come to me through the senior Dartner." Heavens! Ibid it really come to this? Xot married a year and solicitors on the tapis already! Lady Angelica gave a stealthv glance under her evelashes at her downcast com panion. She had a heart, though no one susiiected it "Look here, Geoff. Be a man. Go home and tell your wife that you mean to turn over a new loaf, and not take all her devotion for grant, ed, but try and earn it. Close up the nivstery of our nods and becks and wreathed smiles.' Explain to her that the tender little episode at the foreign office was only gratitude on your part for having promised to speak to the Duke about that staff appointment with which you wanted to surprise her, and fun on mine to make her jealous and see what stuff she was made of. Tell her I have repented in sackcloth and ashes and have sent you back to her with a flea in your ear and the staff ap pointment in your pocket Tell her that she is better off than L If her husband has neglected her, he still loves her, while I-" ''God bless you, Angelica." Don't be silly. Xow be off, Aha- comte. -KitchanUaevotuvoir, a avez, vowt p!.i entendu da nowtlles?" Geoffrey waisea name uuuei- mo bi3 a happv man. He had been a Druie anu a fool, he told himself severely. It was lucky things were no worse. After all, if winning his wife's heart the second time was half as pleasant a process as the first, the penauce for past neglect was a light one, It was striking 12 as he left himself into the dark halL The darkness was unusual, fox Squares always left the gas burning for his mas tertq putout His matchbox was empty, but there might be a stray light in the pocket of his Inverness. To the solemn tickiu- of the hall clock the search com menced. It ended prematurely in the sudden opening of the drawing-room door and the Hooding of the landing at the top of the stairs with light. Some one was still up. Might it not 1 Flor rie waiting for him? Goeffrey walked quickly to the foot of the stairs, but stopped 'ith one toot on the lwsst step, as if ttirnea to stone. It was Florne and some one else engaged in rapid, breathless conversation. "Delav no longer amma mta. xie mav lie back at any moment" "Oli, Luigi! I dare not If we should meet him he would kill you.' Goeffrey steadied nimseu uy uie ister and waited; Then, shown up by the surrounding' darkness as a tableau vivant, there "appeared on the landing, l.; hnndedand oloaked. looking fearf ully'out Into the dark abyss before ' her and clinging convulsively to the am of the Italian Count Sparlatti. Then was a yell, a shriek and an oath Geoffrey bounded up the stairs and seized the intruder by the cloak, iust as he endeavored to retreat into the draw ing room, The yell was a broken Eng lish rendering of "Here's a go." The shriek found expression in "Luisi Luigi!" and the oath was well, never mind what. The close and struggle was desiierate. The couut who had left his cloak in his assailant's hand, cleared ottomans and chairs with astoundin agility. Mrs. Fitz Johnson's heroics had degenorated into hysterics to judge from the peais or laughter with which she greeted the couut 's desperate efforts to escape. At last lie wai cornered, hissing and scratching bke an enraged torn cat "Oh, Geoff rev, be careful Ills beautiful hair!" for the infuriated husband bad hold of a handful of the Italian's matted locks. The warning came too late, 1 here was a tug, a giQai;, and lo and behold, not only a handful but a whole head of raven tres ses remained in the victor's grasp, The flowing mustache came next. "A very good joke, Joey, my hoy," gaspvd Geoffrey faintly. "Uh, Joey, water, brandy! He is not well. e carried it too far. I told you we ought not to do it. It's all your fault," scolded Florrie with all a wo man's treachery, and her arms around her still dazed husband s neck, and call ing hinj qll thenarnes of the honey moon. "1 think my plan was a success, though," said Joey, as he wished his sister good night under the relit gas. "I think it was," said Florrie with a happy laugh, "but no one must ever know about it" Ahd uo oi)e ever did, except quo per son; out men sue Knew everyuung. "That't a very clever boy, Joev, mused Lady Angelica over her morning cigarette. I must see what can be done for him." Worner) and Dress Iq Holla. Fvery one has, of course, heard oi the clean, white caps of the women, in some cases extending back and upwards in an oblique direction high above the crown of the heaiL Others wear them close-fitting, with a neat frill in the front It is seldom that you meet woman with a dirty cap, and their gowns being generally of blue or gray cotton, and of a strong and durable washing material, their whole aspect is bright and cleanly, and strongly in con trast with the sorry spectacles of dirty female linery so frequently to be met with iu the streets of London and Xew York. The poorer class of women, and more especially the peasantry, are certainly ioim oi uispiaymg some aegreo oi orna i ir .. i V , . m ment wuu uicir ueaa-uross. .even tins, however, It would be incorrect, to de scribe as finery, for it is not of the brummagem description of which In England, and America we see so much. The ornaments which these Dutch wo men wear, of bright burnished plates maile to lie across tiie toy ot their fore head, or the twisted spiral ornaments each side of their heads, are frequently ot sona stiver, or even goto, anu are purchased with the results of several years' savings and form the bulk of their marriage portion. In this way the weakness of vanity is made neces sary to the virtue of thrift lulst on the subject of marriage portions I must not omit to mention that in the month of September in each year there is a fete held here called the kirmes, which lasts about three weeks. when i( is customary for the unmarried women of the poorer classes to attend this fair, and it is permissible for every female that is not Mcsed with a beau to exercise extra blandishments to at tract a member of the orot-rte sex to show her round the- fair, he religiously calling each day to take her to some fresh sight, the fair being quite a large and varied gathering oi entertainments. which it takes several days to exhaust Equal license is allowed to the discon solate younz man in search of a belle. as it is permissible- for hi in duriag fair time to can at the nouses oi re-nuenis to whom he may be a comparative stranger and request to be allowed the privilege of escorting some pretty little miss round the mysteries of the fair, It may easily be supposed that under Mich circumstances flirtations and uliehtinM are very fruitful, and many an acquaintance begun at fair time has resulted in the two wno went iairing for three weeks enjoying many years ot happiness in a closer union. Deceit of Women, 'Good morning," wheezed an old lady, coming into the editor 9 room at the head of the step elevator, "good morning. Ain't you the editor?" 'Yes, madam, 'ithe man at the desk responded, as he threw a chew of to bacco down a knot-hole In the floor and slipped h's suspenders np on his shoulders. "Can I do anything for you to-day?" "Well, not very much. I heard something aboiit-ou, aud as I had been reading your raiier I came toseeior my self if it were true." "Ah. indeed I w hat was It? Xoth ing bad, I hope." 'Xot so bad, anu not, ao very gooa either. They only told me you were just liko Ananias, You know who he was, don t you?" "Xot exactly, niaaam, tnougu i nave seen some reference to him during the recent campaign." "I didn't think you knew him. lie was a Bible character, woo was struct dead for being a liar." "Great Ca:sar, madam," exclaimed the editor, with a start that knocked his nastepot over and sent his scissors rattling to the floor, "I hope you don't think now, after you have read my paper and met me, thai I am mte mis man Ananias?" 'Xo, sir," the old lady replied, get ting up to go. i notice them is a difference." 'Ah, tbanks, madam you flatter me; yur .. 'Hon t mention n, sir; me uiaereuce detect In you is that you are still alive." The door closed on the old lidy, and the' editor iabbed his pen into lis upset lastejot and tegan to write an article on the cruelty aud deceit of women. Martin Lather's Home at Mansfield. Luther's bovish home at Mansfield, in Saxony, las just been restored as far as ppssible to its original condition when the Heformer's irents dwelt there four centuries ago. The old lious? had be- come most ailaittdjiiea. jsow it win oe : iul.abited by a body of deaconesses, who will nurse and care for the sick and poor of the town. "WANTED TO SEE THE ASTOTtA Bow Curiosity Seeker Once Man. ffed to Secure a Brief Interview. I know a man who desired to get an audience with the present heads of the Astor family. They are not easily ac cessible for strangers. Every caller is required io suite his business to a clerk, who communicates with one of the great millionaires if necessary, but more than Lkely refers the matter to a com. petent subordinate. But my friend was bound to see the Astors, just to gratify his curiosity, for he bad no business with them. Their offices are in a bank like structure in a side street close to Broadway. On one front door is the tame "John Jacob Astor" and on the other "William W. Astor." He enter ed an interior that was fitted up with, high rails and inclosed desks, so tliat the visitor had to make his application to a iace.that appeared behind an aperature iu a wired fence, Two begging Sisters Of Charity were being politely but firmly rebuffed, and several tecauts were pay ing their rents. To all inquirers for an Astor the same answer was given that neither was to be seen. The curiosity seeker comprehended that he woulJ fail unless he resorted to some winning de vice, "k ha vb an appointment with the old gentleman, be said, drawing hia watch, after the manner of a hurried man; "I suppose they are in?" "I rll see," replied the clerk; "shall I take in your card?" "It you please," and the imposter produced oue; "and say to them that I am sorry to be Ave minutes late," The Ingenuity of the attack brought victory. He was shown promptly into the presence of the two Astors. They were old-fashioned, gray of hair and whiskers, and not In any way remarka ble to look at The apartment was the private office of John Jacob Astor, hut William was there, apd setmiiig'y doiul i&nt witn his larger stature, fuller face and more emphatic mien. The furni ture was very heavy, but plain, and the place suggested the' president's room in a bank of moderate pretenses. William still held the card in his hand, and was evidently trying tq recall the name as that of simebody who had lu.wo an ;ii poiiitment "What is it, sir?" he said iuqtiiruigly. "I called to see whether it would be of any use to make an offer for some real estate that belongs to you," re sponded the caller coolly. He knew well enough, mat he was safe, because the Astors sell no property under any ciremmstances. Said Wil- i liam; "I hardly think so. Wliat piece had you in mind?" "The Astor House. There la a pro ject to buy that, uud " "yutte impracticable. AO oner in any amount woidd be considered." But he had seen the Astors, all the same. Tempt at ion. Tlvit'a din L-hi'ii nn tfita'fnfiRrwvm " taid a Woodward avenue floor-walker the other day is a woman hurriedly passed out, "What tenth woman?" ''Xo; tenth portetnonnaie." "What do vou niKin?" "Well, this house bought a job lot of portcinoimaies last spring, and e got 'em so cheap that we could almost give fliem away. A few days ago l WnK it Into my head to see how many of our customers were honest, aud I stuffed a portemonuaie with paper and left it on the silk counter, it was siyiy pocket ed by the very first huly who discovered it, and she is the wife or a man worm $.jO,IKHV "And the next '" "Wfcll, we lose an average of twenty nortcmonnaies a day. I hat means we have twenty ladies come in here who are thieves, for it is theft to gobble up lost or mislaid property without saying any thinir about it?" "It must bo interesting to watch cm?" "It Is. Now and then a women will observe the article and hand it over to the clerk, but that is an exception, I have seen a women work for half an hour to get the portetnonnaie 4ito her pocket or sliopplng-bag. But that isn't where the fun comes in." "Where is it?" "Why. on a slip of paper stuffed into the little wallet I w rite; Stolen from the counter of & Co. At least one half the wallets are returned: There comos a lady now." "She was a well-dressed ana respecta ble looking lady, She had a portemon naie in her hand and a smile on her face, and as she came near she sweetly said; 'Beir nardon. but in trading here this mormug x acciueuuaii jutuji uu una purse m some way. I presume it con tains monev. I have not even oyened It Please tell the loser that it was all a mistake, and I am sorry If I have put her to trouble." "Very well, ma'am." "That was well done," said the re porter. 'les, fairly wen. but its me story they all tell. She otiened the par tcinon naie, saw the put-up jub, and tries to play off iunocence in returning it. We are all honest, you know, but neverthe less a lost wallet will tempt human na ture sooner than any other b4t I know of. The Rarest riant In Me x I ox In the botanical garden at the palace they have the celebrated flower Tzapa, lilqui-Xochitl, of the Aztecs. The story runs that there are only three of the kind in the world, one at the palace. another at a different point in Mexico and the mother plant on the mountain. At one time two tribes had a long and bloody war for the possession of it, so the story goes, but with great deal more exaggeration. The plant is commonly called the "flower hand," as they claim that inside is a perfect baby hand. I went to see it and was much disap-. pointed. The tree grows to a good height The leaves, heart-shape, are. thick and about the color of the under part of a silver maple leaf, except tliat (hey are very rough, which prevents thm from elistening like the maple. The thick wax-like, bell-shaped red blossoms grows mouth upward, and in side is the so-called hand. It has five fingers and one thumb, but loc-ka exactly like a brd's claw, not like a hand. Tho story ran that there are hut three in ex-r Mencel Without doubt tlie ptant is rare and there may be no more than a dozen, if that many, in the world; but 1 have seen in the garden tit two different gerAlfemen tlie very same tree. One of these eentlemen is in Europe, and the other bought Dis plant from him, so there no waT of wrninir where the trma. THE PARIS BEGOATVS CCfDE. An Interesting Document Compiled ror tno ISencUt of Mendicants. During a recent discussion raised by M. Georges Berry in the municipal eouncu about me terrible state of men dicity prevailing at present iu the capi til, says a Paris correspondent, it ap pears that the beggars abo had their inquiry office, and that an amateur sta tistician lad compiled full and detailed lists of the various cliaritably inclined persons Ja Paris, with their weak points for the solicitaiits to work upon, their private means, thair uswd hours of biing at home, etc. Each arrondisse meiit is cli-vsitied apart; a single sched ule costs 2 francs, and the twenty schedules bound together cost 20 francs. 1 was doubtful about the fact, though justifiable incredulity about anything and everything strange is fast depart ing from me now. Consequently, I took a little journey this morning to tlie Hotel de Yille, where I had a fr ond of English extracation, occupy ing a very high position, to request a look at the document I passed an hour going through it, and can only say that if every statistician did his work so conscientiously and cleverly as this amateur, statistics uld really become not only tlie most instructive but the most diverting literature in the world. Unfortunately, I have no space to go into jKirticulars, but I may safely state that the wants of every member of the iH-iTging fraternity have been carefully considered. One or two samples must suffice. I transcribe literally: Xo.ltuo de , Millie. a for mer bullet dancer, made her appearance in "Dieu et la Bayadere." An air from said I allot Is sure to draw her to the w indow. She prefers harp music Xo. Hue de , Colonel com manded a regiment Solfwino, im iwuuded at Stettin after Meti, where he married his second wife, a Polish lady. Very charitable to Polish refugees. Xo. Bue de , M , a physi cian of the University of Paris, does uot practice, but claims to have discov sred an infallible remedy for rheuma tism. Go to him swathed iu rags and lulbli?ig on sticks. Sure to give you his reftiuly ullli a few francs. Take both but do not use the former; It will burn the skin off your body. As will be seen from the foregoing thi amateur statistician has dona hia work thoroughly, tliOAUEh Lo hail mod estly omitted to write the catalogue is ill Mm. his name and address on the title page. To me there Is no doubt that this gentleman began collecting hu facts In mere fun just as the amateur picture buyer begins purchasing for the luvu oi art and ends by becoming a Fitculator for the love of money, de duced circumstances, tlie wish to make a fortune, half a dozen different rea- sous, may Induce turn to tike up se riously what he began as a jo.ko, Kitcnai.vc Plumbing in his Turkey. Purchasers of food in some of the markets are not always sure of wttat they obtain. A tall man of mi'!dl aire f went up to a market stall some time since aud began to examine the display of turkeys and chickvns. "Did you wish a large or small bird, sir," said the proprietor persuasively waving his hand toward an extensive army ot turkeys of all sizes, "Well, you see," said the buyer, con fidentially, "I thought I'd give 'em a good solid dinner at home, and the family's pretty large, so I need a good deal." "That's right," said the duller ge ni.tlly. "we have a fine lino of young holiday gobblers. Here is a beautiful bird," he aili lei 1, taking down a large Itirkey, "weiglis twonty pounds with out trimming; nothing better, large, delicious and economical." After some bargaining and proof of the weight, the head of the larce family made the purchase and departed with a light he n t and a heavy turkey. 'Die next morning as the dealer iu fowls was counting his gains his cus tomer appeared wearing a rather sour expression, and hiving a two-pound section of k'ad pipe nu the counter he said deliberately; "When I buy a turkey I most generally expect to do the stuf fing myself; any way not have 'em plugged up beforehand. I want to know how you explain that pipe which my wife found iu the turkey you sold me last night," " ou kav You found this in tlie tur key?" inquired the dealer examining I the lead with great apparent interest, "Well, it s really reiuarKauItt what a healthy turkey will eat, but my dear sir, you can t expect me to know just what Connecticut farmer' fatten their poultry on, can you?" - uu, yon can t rota me nue iimt. ' said tl e angry purchaser of lead piiie. "You stuffed tliat pi into the turkey to make it heavy, and you're a fraud!" "See here, my friend," said the dealer Impressively, leaning over his counter, "what is tlie matter with that birdr Don't its pipes draw yuil? Isn't the plumbing iq that turkey good? Aren't the sanitary regulations pvrfect? And yet when everything about tliat turkey is A Xo. 1, and the drainage one, you come around here and tt-11 me 1 am a fraud. The trouble is you want too much, but if you think you can come in here and get a whole gas main with tweutv-pouud turkey, you re mis taken. Xow get right out of hero, oc I'll put a lead pipe into you," Aud the victim of the heavy weight turkey didn't wait to talk any more, but he hurried sadly away. Counting the Fish In the I'aoiUc. The excitement about the Canadian fisheries gives a hint as to the prospect ive value of one of the undeveloped re sources of the northwest The shove fishinz of the provinces on tlie Atlantic side is of sufficient impemnce to bring the United States and its neighbors to the verge of a quarrel, but it is a small matter compared with the opportunities open in the northwestern walws on this side of the contineut. The mackerel fishing, which is tbe present matter of dispute, is of less importance than the uks cod-usmng, yet me wnoie extent of the Newfoundland banks is Oi.iy about 70,0X1 square miles, wj,iie m the Pacific aud Okhotsk ws nave juu.uw square rnU, in Behrmg sea almost as much more, and around the Chouma gin islands S0,(XX): altogether nearly tu times the area of the AtUtntio banks, Tlie total money valne per annum of the fisheries on the banks and off the east coast of the British North Ameri can provinces is in the neighborhood of fJo,OX),OW, which embraces mecatcn of the vessels of ail nations resorting there. When the fisheries of the north Pacific are develoiied to anything like the extent of those of the Xorth Atlan tic they will form one of the greatest ind usuries or we coast- IX A 31SXICA.Y INDIA VS HOrSK. A Mavsi Ancient Portal-Wretchod-ncss and MUcry. Walk straight out east, p;iss the south side of the palace from the grand pla za, cross the bridge over the wall or canal, and go straight on to Xo. 11. This Xo. 11 is a great rusty, creaking portal which opens into a paved court where at least luo babies are playing over the rough flagstones or about their mothers as they grind or wash, or knit, or sew. This m;issive and ancient por tal is the door of about fifty homes. As you enter you see a large brass sign fastened up en the side of the wall. It is secured there by a big padlock. These large signs that you see locked up on tlie walls all about the citv are usu ally rich and massive plates of solid silver. This is the doctor's simi. And surely, surely it is needed here. The smellst Aud yet any flagstone is as clean as soap and water and broom can make it. Look in at each door as you pass. The floors are like snow. Thev are scrubbed and washed almost jier ltually. There Is no cleanliness like this Mexican clanhuess anyw here. And yet it is suoh helpless, silly I might al most add such dirty cleanliness? This is the part of tho city where vou are almost constantly taking off your hat to blue and red and curiously pictured coffins. Xow let ua look at these houses the doors arc all open. Why? Bi-eau.se the only Ught that ever enters these caverns is through the door and a woe len win dow ou hinges. In all these forty or uuy nouses uot a single pane of glass, not a single current of air can pass through one of them. Bear in mind this is tho sample middle-class Mexican house, uoi the Indian adolie hut at all. These houses are all stone; all under thu police and sanitary reguLitious of Mexi co City, and are entirely orderly and re spectable. And yet so wretched aud miserable are tliese people that I amcer tain if Americans were to live here they would lay lifo down as a burden too dreadful to I borue. But you never hear of suicides here. And, indeed, why should they kill themselves? Thev die so fast here that tlie youngest of them need not to wait very Ioul'. Take off your hat; more coffins on the backs of the little bow-legged Indians are pass ing by Iho great tiortal. The walls of these houses are from four to six feet thick; every house is a fortress, you see. The rent is $4 a mokth for a house on the ground; the floor above is SO. The houses have but ono room, one door. A largu farniiy will live iu one of these dark, damp caves. Their children are born here; from here they bury their numerous dead. They try hard to tc happy. They sometimes dance, when the coffins are not passing, on the clean flagstones in the court. There are holes iu the flagstones down ihe cent r of the long court into which the slops are emptied. The sewer is clogged np sometimes. Then they lift one of the fl.igstoisos and the thick, green, aud Poisonous water is made to creep on and out to the ojien gutter in aim:!, if ever the yellow fever c'iiiils to this height and sets do'vn in tin's valley there will not lie a soul of this primitive and helpless people left on the Uuiks of these dank lakes. You imagine thoru idle? ignorant? I must repeat ugain and again the Aztec is the most industrious creature on this earth. And do not think him ignorant of books. Ignorant he is of all the laws of health, helpless in taking care of him self, for the master has liad his heel on his neck for ceuturies; but his children are at school. And many an old Span ish book may be found in these dreadful dens of misery, of helpless, hopeless o erty. Yes, thev have forgotten their own language. And those of the city have forgotten their old traditions. They only have the Spanish account of the con- qiie.t. liut the mountain tribes coiuo down aud wander about and ac ross the city talking strange tongues. And these have kept their tradition. They have aLso kept their blood pure, not only from the Sjianiards, but from each other. The women of each tribe wear their own distinct dress, made by hand up in their mountains, ami highly col ored. Some of tlu-ui are much like the S-otch plaUl-iof the Highlands, far over the sea. And one would think that these strange trilies meeting ami ming ling here would light ami trouble the peon. But nothing of ihe sort. They come and ihoy go with lipssealcd. With all tho silent mystery aliout them, they go as they come, few knowing, and none carmg, w hither. "Scrap-Carts'' la Fashionable London. Baroness Burdett-Courts has been carrying out the suggestion of cooking savory dishes for the poor iu Westmin ster, and the resulis are most encour aging. Largo supplies of scraps are sent in, which are carefully cooked and prepared into soup, stews, pies and puddings, and these are sold at 1 1. a dish to poor women, who gladly av ill theniS'-lves of tlie opportunity of pro curing a good meal at such a price. The girls ut the GifarJs' Industrial Hon e have been called to assist ia this good work, and for some time prepared the meals in their ow:i kitchen, but the business had sa largely Increased that suitable premises have been secured, whare the work is done. Lady Wol.se lcy started a Mayfair scrap cart, and Iras organized her plan so systematically that large quantities of really dainty morsels are collected and sent to West minster two or three times a week, and add greatly to the material in hand. Under tbe ausplees of Lady SnJoley, a similar collecting c.irt, will go about Belgravia. Itral Curiosity Shop in Santa Ft Santa Fe, Is to suioo extent, the trea sure ground of curiosity seekers. In many tf the shot there are collections i Indian goods, blankets, pottery, bows and stone utensils that are half real and manufactured goods. One needs to be an acute judge of tle articles offered for stile to escape being deceived. But if he Visits, the stranger need not fear pay ing liis money for contraband objects. Sooner or later an old. gray-haired seno rita will apjiear loaded down with Indian-made baskets, in which are speci hM'iisuf Pueblo pottery, bits of turquois, a blanket or two, and arrows and bowa enough to start a museum with. Splat ting down in some sunny corner the good dame waits with the patience of Job for customers, and at evening steals silently off to her cabin on the banks of some neighboring stream. She is a type of a race fast dying out It was her ancestors who firt inhabited tlie Pueblo of Santa Fe who rebelled against the Spaniards. And it was she herself per haps, who was once the prettiest Indian iu tlia village. NEWS IN BRIE?. AFloridlan shipped six crates of ans to Xew Ycrk; gross returns, 25 ienta. The Mount Vernon association U toing to restore the old tomb of Wash ngton. The chamnion tennis nl.ivpr in England is said to be a 13-year-old girl f Kockferry. Birmingham- Ala., ia tnhavaa nm Sirnace, yielding two hundred tons of !g iron dally. Prince Charles and Princess Amelia )f Portugal, have but $00,000 a year t legin housekeeping on. A Masonic temple for the lodges of hat City is to be built in XawnnrtL R L, at a cost of $i,000. Street railways In 233 cities and .owns of this country are said to have a use e-i.oW horses and 10,850 cars. Xine prisoners were convicted of irson m Lyon county. Kansas, lately in attempting to burn their way out of au. Shillalahs they say are never seen n tbe bands of Irishmen in Ireland low. It Is the tourist who swings the itick. Princess ritrnatelli. according to Jie Paris Figaro correspondent, is now erving as a waitress in a cafe in Yi- inna. The names given to three Tennes- Ke post-offices Mikado, Yum-Yum ind Xanki-Poo were suggested by Jie post-office department. In Buffalo, one style of soliciting lorrespondence anonymously is to have uiswers directed "care of letter Car tier Xo. " so and so. The Alta Cluifornt claims for Los Angeles that she find gained 150 er cent, in population since liiSd- iud ill through advertis ng. People who go on excursions, the Sew Orleans 1'icayune philosophically ixplalns, are so happy to get home that Jiey are glad they went An English champion pigeon shot innounces that he "will shoot any man n America for $1,000." General Crook would like him to take a pop at Gerou mo. "The Belle," a towboat, is declar ed to be the oldest ves3el ou the llud wii. She was built half a century ago ind has been in active service ever lince. It is now proposed in Pittsburg to i3e natural gas as a fuel for the fire de partment, the gas to be supplied by rtacd pip-.'s placed usar each water plug. The interest in athletic sports In Park City, Utah, is so great that the nther day a large number of residents walked thirty miles to witness a wrest ling match. "Anybody that knows a thing be fore it happens ia called a reporter," was the detlaitioti written on tlm slate f an elght-year-uM boy in a Boston k hool the other day. BuJTlj bairn flnj their bosses 3alky in the matter of having none but inion men and paying union rite. 3nly about thiity out of eighty-four ihops bava yielded to the demands. In Lewis county, Wyoming Terri :ory, there b not now remaining a tingle one ot the UX Chinamt n that ived there a year ago, and not much jver 50 are said to remain in Seattle. Bomby, the rhinoceros that was imported for the Xew York Park de partment, and which died of pneumo nia recently, weljhed 7000 lbs., of which the hide was found to weigh nearly one eighth. -A child fell from a car window while the train wis iu motion, some weeks ago, at Lincoln, Xeh., and when the train was stomed and parties ram back to the spot, they found the littltt jub playing with p.bbles alongside the track. Neighborly popie in a Maine town not only helped to put out a fire at a resident's house, but stayed and re ihir.gled the roof, which was burned, ind took up a collection to pay for the sniugles. the whole being finished be fore night. All the Indian scouts heretofore used in the campaign against the hos tlles have beeu sent back to their reser vation. They will bo used only as trailers hereafter. This change in the new administration gives great satis faction In Arizona. Prince Batidouin, eldest son of the count of Flanders, the brother of the king r Belgium, has now been definite ly acknowledged is next heir to tha crown of Belgium; and, although only seventeen years old, takes precedence of his father and m jther on all official occasions. Jones, of Nevada, is one of the characters of the Senate. He Is a thorough Bohemian aud a good fellow. He is an able man, too, and an invete rate speculator. He is worth millions sne week and dead broke the next, bnt always manages to keep happv. An oid sreamrjoati man tens a re porter, apropos ot the present lowness of the Mississippi River, that, in 163, be made a trip on a stern-wheel boat when the water was so low that they kept the wheel going backward halt the time trying to throw water under the boat to float her. The next generation Insists on growing up. The Prince of Wales has a son who Is a year older now than his father was when married. There is no reason why this young man should not marry aud have a family of his own be fore Queen Victoria dies. In that case there would be three generations of heirs to tlie throne. A dozen women, one of them with a rope, are reported, in a special to the X. Y. Herald, to have been in a party of prohibitionists who waited upon a saloon-keeper at Ip-iwich, Dakota, and ordered him to leave town. He was barricaded In hia saloon, armed and defiant at last accounts. Dr. Dio Lewis, who died recently ws the author, among other books, of "Weak Lungi, and How to Mako Them Strong." and "Chats With Young Women." After mastering the principles ot the first work, it may not be imprudent to go on to the practice of the second. At a C03t of 500,000 Chicago Is erecting a sea wall along that portion of Lincoln Prk fronting on Lake Michigan. It Is thought that when finished tbe breakwater will afford not only complete protection against the encroachments of the lake, but will fur nish a prouienaf.e of great beauty. The breakwater will be nine thousand feet loig. .!
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