1 i : B. F. SCHWEIER, THE OOISXIX U IIOI-THZ UHOI-AID THE HTOEOOIEIT 07 THE LAYB. Editor and Proprietor. ; gmfab infect ami gepilirai. i! ft VOL. XL. Have Faith in God. When the stormy winds re bl0wln And the angry billows roll. When the mighty waves of trouble Surge around the stricken soul Have faith in God, Who reigns above: Trust in Hiin. i'or he is love. When the way is rough and thorny. Danger all aiong the path. When the foe is ever planning llow to crush you in his wrath. Have faith In God; His loviug care Shall keep yon safe From every snare. When your eyes are dim with weepin And your heart is full of woe For the loved that now ars sleeping Iii the cruel grave so low. Have faith in God ; The dead shall rise To meet the Saviour In the skies. Are you filled with eager longing For the night to pass away ? Are you weary of the watching For the dawning of the day t Have laith in Gvl ; He is our stay; Soon will come The endless day. DK. WVSYARD'S PATIENT. Dr. Wynyard was a a young medical practitioner who had Just started iu business and was doing fairly well. lie bad selected oue of the dlstricta of Not ting II ill, as the Geld of his labors, and, being a bachelor, he contrived to make both ends meet. Still, lie found it uphill work, and fresh patients did not present themselves every day. Conse quently, he was very well satisfied at being summoned to a case which would require constant care and atten tion for several mouths. The invalid was a gentleman of about 44 years of age, stricken with a disease which must inevitably terminate fatally, though medical skill might relieve his suffer ings, and possibly sustain life for a lunger iriod than fate seemed to have decreed. The name of-the sick man was Burton, and he lived with his wife in St. Barnabas square. Dr. Wynyard subsequently learned that they had only resided there about six mouths, but, not being of a curious disposition, the young practitioner never troubled himself to inquire about Uieir antecedents. lie saw nothing, however, which led tim to doubt that the Burtons were most respectable people. Tne palieul was evidently not a highly educated man bat Mrs. Burton was very refined and ladylike, both in manner and appear ance, and Dr. V ynvard always sus pected that she had married beneath her. Without being handsome or even, strictly speaking, good-looking she ;as decidedly a fa inating woman, with large, soft, brown eyes, and an expression of tenderness and sadness. Dr. Wynyard was not a sus ceptible young man, but he admired Mrs. Burton, and soon discovered that he was taking an unusual interest in her husband for her sake. He was touched by the poor lady's devotion to the invalid ti e more especially as Mr. Burton, with the selfish capriciousness of a sick man, not unfrequently received her ministrations with singular ungraciousness But Mrs. Burton never uttered any complaint, nor relaxed from her gent'e devotion- a circumstance which helped to aug ment Dr. Wj nyard's resiect aud esteem for her. The doctor considered it his duty, on the earliest opportunity, to communi cate to Mrs. Burton h:s frs of her husband's illness terminating fatally. The poor lady was not unprepared for the announcement, having been warned some time since by a physician of high standing, that the disease was incurable; but she was terribly dis tressed at the prospect of the end beinz so near. To soothe her Dr. Wynyard suggested calling in an eminent spec ialist for a consultation, to which she eagerly agreed. This gentleman, how ever, only confirmed Dr. Wynyard 's opinion, and Mrs. burton reluctantly consented to the sick man bring In formed of bis hopeless condition. The poor fellow received the news with ex traordinary fortitude, and seemed con siderably less affected than his poor wife, For the next three months Dr. Wyn yard never missed visiting the patient dally, and sometimes oftener. He earned the gratitude of the dying man by his skilful attention and constant care. He was well remunerated for his services, as Mrs. Burton insisted upon his sending in his account periodically, which she paid forthwith. But he was chiefly gratified at the lady's touching expressions of thanks, and her evident appreciation of his efforts. His admir ation for Mrs. Burton had reached such a point that, unenthusiastlc as he was by nature, he felt he could almost go through Are and water for her. One day, when the end was visibly approaching. Mrs. Burton said, upon the termination or the doctor's profes sional duties: "I think. Dr. Wynyard. my husband wishes you to see him sign his will," "Certainly." said the doctor, glanc ing at the patient, who nodded acquies cence. "He had It prepared some time ago. Shall 1 fetch it?" iuquired Mrs. Bur ton, gently addressing her husband. In obedience to a cesiure from him, she left the room, returning presently with a document in her hand. "I should like you to read it out be fore I sien," said Mr. Burton. Dr Wynyaid unfolded the will, which was very short, and read it aloud. It contained a bequest of ioOO, free of legacy duty, to Charlotte Emlin, the wife of John Emlin, and gave everything else the testator possessed to his wife, who was appointed sole execu- '""is that correct?" iuquired Mrs. Burton of her husband. "Does that express your wishes?" The invalid nodded, and intimated his readiness to sien. Dr. Wynyard, who knew something about the formalities to be observed in executing wills, sent for a second wit ness, and also attested it himself. lie felt no scruples about the matter, for Mr Burton was in rull possession of "his faculties, and was rrrectly aware what he was doing. The sick man's physical weakness, however, became very couspicuous when he attempted to write his name, and ft was only after several fforU that he produced a scrawl resembling a signa- tttAa he sank back exhausted upon the Omow Mrs. Burton took up the will rspir. beWC2' 4rd the oor tad? Ud 1. - J . u vuuiu n0l restrain a flush of indie. nntinn tmn " . : ... . . a nation from mounting to her eiia. "Doctor," said the sick man. as soon ub coma speak: "I want you to take charge of it" ' Certainly, ir you wish," said the doctor, glancing at Mrs. Burton, who Kather reluctantly for he dreaded hurting the poor lady's feelings he took possession of the will, and placed it m the side pocket of his coat. "Do you know an honest lawyer?" wnuuueu tue invaiiu. "Yes, I have a friend who is solicitor," replied Dr. Wynyard. i nen i am gone," continued Mr. uuiwu, .amer excitedly, "promise me that you will yourself place that docu ment in his hands, and tell him to see 10 us neing carried out particularly mo wgacy to inariotte traiin." "I really think," said the doctor. doubtfully, "that as Mrs. Burton is the executrix " "I am quite content with the arrange ment my husband suggests, interposed uurion, caimiy. After this there was nntlnncr mora h be said, and Dr. Wynyard was relieved to una, upon speaking to her afterward mat me gentle lady did not resent either her husband's comments or the doctor's unwilling interference in a mailer that chiefly concerned her. Within a week from this episode Mr. uurton died, ihe doctor was not present at the death, but he had been with the patient shortly before, aud was summouea immediately after ward. There was no question that the poor ieiiow had died of his fatal com inaiuw xne doctor naa certiued ac cordingly and reudered the widow what assistance he could in arranging for the funeral. Mrs. Burton bore her & miction with great composnre. havlnz eviaentiy steeled herself for the ordeal. She followed her husband to the grave, she and the doctor being the only mourners. She accounted for this by explaining that what relations her bus band had were persons of humble sta tion, residing in the country. The day after Mr. Barton was buried Dr. Wynyard escorted the widow to the ollice of his friend, James Seaford, who was a solicitor practuing in the city. To this gentleman the doctor handed over the will of the dead man, in accordance with his promise, aud, hav ing formally introduced the lawyer to his new client, he left Mrs. Burton and Mr. Seaford to discuss business details in private. This was the l i-t occasion that, to his knowledge. Dr. Wynyard ever set eyes on Mrs. Burton. He called upon her once when she hap pened to be out, and a few days later the widow went down to Hastings for change of air and scene. Contrary to her expressed intention, she never relumed to town again. The lawyer superintended the sile of ber husband's furniture and effects, aud, as soon as the business connected with the decease had been settled, Mrs. Burton left Hastings, and the -ioctor never heard afterward what became of her. When the memory of the amiable widow was beginning to fade from his mind. Dr. yuyara seriously con gratulated himself upon the abrupt ter mination of their acquaintance. He was a prudent young man. aud he could not conceal from himself that to have married a lady ten years his senior would have been unwise. Yet such had been his admiration for Mrs. Bur ton, that he considered such an event might have happened had the lady shown a disposition to regard him favorably. The recollection of his in. fatuation made him often wonder where the widow was living, and what her circumstances were; and one day. about a year later, he dined with his rriend Seaford, and asked for lntorma tion. "I haven't the slightest notion what has become of her," said the lawyer. "She left Hastings without giving me her new address and, indeed, there was no occasion. She paid my bill," he added. laughing. "Did her husband leave her pretty well off?" inquired the doctor. "No. poor thine! He left nothing but a policy of Insurance for 5,000 and a small amount of furniture," said the lawyer, sipping his wine. Three years passed, and Dr. Wyn yard prosered. A neighboring practi tioner died, and the young surgeon protited considerably by the sad event. He married a wife who possessed a com fortable income, and, In short, he was generally regarded by his professional friends as an enviable individual. It chanced that his wife had relations in America, one of whom died intes tate. This was about the time when the doctor was contemplating his annual holiday, and it was suggested thai he should cross over to New York and combine business with pleasure by looking after the rights of his wife's family in regard to the estate of the deceased relative. The doctor readily undertook the mission for the sake of the trip, and his wife having a horror of a sea voyage, he went alone. Dr. Wynyard's proceedings in Amer ica do not concern us in jftiy way, with the exception of one thrilling incident which happened to him. He had oc casion to consult a New York lawyer, a Dr. Weston, who Invited him to a dinner party at his house. There were several other guests, and in the course of the evening, at a small reception that Mrs. Weston held after the dinner, his host came up to him and proposed to introduce him to a compatriot who had just arrived. "He has oeen maKiug vwui uu our bourse lately," explained the law .... - i t i. - MA:nAI e-i rw y i ver. xi is said mat uo guio 000 by a single transaction last week. He has been here a year or two. and yet he makes some of the knowing ones Sit HP," .. ,;. - "What Is his namer- mqvueu fi. Wynyard. , , "Ambrose Tucker. He will be a millionaire." . . . tiia am-tfiT was duly presented to a quiet-looking middkf-aged Englishman . . Ha mwrna a ma 1 1 man, wearing a scanty beard and mous tache, and inclined to baldness. His appearance upon the whole, however, was rather prepossessing, and the doe tor felt more inclined to fraternize than Englishmen who meet auruau do. . , Mr. Tucker, However, iuouB fectly civil, did not respond to Dr. Wvnvard's friendly advances. After exchanging as few words as posao e, he made an excuse to move to the other side of the room, aud shortly afterward he took his departure. The door had no soouci hind him than the doctor, whose face wnr a oerturbed expression, suddenly brightened up, and he adaressea him self to his host. .ir luo uocumenc npen the bed, but MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. lucker's family?" be Inquired. "Has ne a sisterr a Mrs. Burton?" "Aobody knows much about Mr. Tucker's family," said the lawyer, with a humorous expression. "He has left tnem over the pond." "I wish I had thought to ask him, said Dr. Wvnvard: "lie must !m brother of a lady I once knew. I never saw such an extraordinary resemblance in my lire race, voice, eyes, and man ner evenl I could not at first think what made his features appear so iauiuiar to me; put I've just remem bered whom be reminds me of." "Well, we'll ask him," said the law yer. "I will invite him to meet you ne re again." Dr. Wynyard was so very much struck by the resemblance between Mr, Tucker and Mrs. Burton that he al most convinced himself that they were related. The fact of Mr. Tucker being an Englishman naturally gave some slight probability to this conjecture though the chances were that it was a mere accidental likeness. Nevertheless Dr. W yuyard felt curious to meat Mr. Tucker again, and went a second time to dine with Dr. Weston ror the pur pose. But Mr. Tucker at the last mo rn At had to send an excuse, and so it happened that the doctor sailed for England without ever seeing him ag un. Oddly enough. Dr. Wynvard was de stined to be reminded of Mrs. Burton the first thing on his arrival in England just as she had been brought to his rec ollection the last thing before he had left for America. On the day he reach. ed home his wife informed him that his friend Mr. Seaford. the lawyer, had been making particular inquiries as to the date of his return, and that same evening the lawyer called. ' Sorry to lother you, old fellow, im mediately upon your return, but some very queer facts have coma tolightcon cernlng that Mrs. Burton you intro duced to me a few years aeo." said the lawyer. "What is the matter!" mauired Dr. wynyard, with natural curiosity. "i naa a visit while you were away from two brothers of the late Mr. Bur ton," said Mr. Seaford. "They had never heard of his death until recently, and had come up from Nottingham. X uey found bis will at the probate of- lice, and, as my name was upon it they came to me." "What about?" asked the doctor. "Well, in the first place, they dis puted the signature," said the lawyer; but 1 pointed out that you bad wit- nessed it, and that the signature of a sick man frequently differs from his ordinary handwriting." "I saw him sign it," said the doctor unhesitatingly. "Quite so; but then they took a more serious objection. They declare their brother was a widower." "So he may have been once. For all I know, this Mrs. Burton was his sec ond wife. I dare sav she was." "So I suggested," said Mr. Seaford, 'and I produced her marriage certifi cate, which I happened to have among my papers. It was the certificate she handed me herself." Well?" Well, the brothers swear that Clara Newcombe. the person named in the certificate, and who was married to their brother in 18G, died In ISi'J, and they have since furnished me with a certificate of her death. Here are both the certificates. You can inspect them." "It is singular, certainly," 6aid the doctor, scrutinizing the documents, "but you know what women are. She made a mistake and handed you the wrong certificate." I'm afraid there was no mistake," s lid the lawyer, shaking his head. "It is a singular coincidence, assuming she was the second wife, that ber name should be Clara the same as the first wife's Christian name." "I might happen," said Dr. Wyn yard, starting, nevertheless. "Of course, it might; but it looks much more as though the woman, whoever sbe was. had passed herself as somebody else. I believe the brothers are rieat. and that she was not the testator's wife at all," said tne lawyer. eravelv. Aly dear ieiiow, 1 saw tuem uauy for months. I have no doubt that she was his wife. Why did he call her so in his will if she wasn't? He knew well enoueh what he was doing when he slened it. and I read it over to mm first," said Dr. Wynyard, quite scorn fully. That is stranee. certainly; but cant get over the certificate business," said the lawyer. "1 wanted to asu what you really knew about the bur tons." "Well, nnthinsr " reDl ed Dr. vyn vard. rather reluctantly. "I attended them tirofesslonsllv for six or eight months. They neither volunteered nor did I ask for information aoom mem- wlvM " "The brothers seem honest enough," Raul tim lawver. "reeular yokels, but they declare they have Deea swinuieu. They have given me a lot ot papers, Biwimens of the deceised's handwrit ing and so on. I don't Know wnau will be the end of it all." added Mr. Saaford, taking some documents irom his side pocket. "Here is a portrait of the deceased which they gave me." Dr. Wynyard carelessly took up the photograph which mstnena inrew upuu the table by his side, but having glanc ed at It he uttered a startled exclama tion. . . , "What is it?" exclaimed tne lawyer. "This isn't the Mr. Burton who fi;dt" larulated. Th brothers sav S3." replied uis friend. "It is no more like him than it is iiko you. Good heavensl It is it is Mr. Ambrose TucKeri" cnea ur. tjujiu more and more amazed. "Who on earth is he?" "Mrs. Burtonl" cried the doctor, as the truth flished upon his startled un derstanding. "I see it ail, &eaiora. Ambrose Tucker, the man i met iu New York, and Mrs. Burton are the same person. He disguised himself a3 a woman " "Then, if that ba so, uunon isn i, dead at all," Interposed tne lawyer 1' . , T w "If this is uuriou, "j"- yard, emphatically, as ne pointed to the photograph, "1 saw him the other day m New York. What is more I an convinced that the supposed Mrs. Bur ton was the same person," "Then who was tne aeceaseur -The two friends stared atone another blankly for some moments, and men the lawyer suddenly rose from his seat "Wvnvard. there nas ueen a Dare- faced swindle," he said impressively. it was evidently a pioc concociea uy this man Burton to get possession of his owu insurance mvney. - Do you recollect the legacy in the will to Char lotte Emlin?" "Yes. Who was she?" "The wire of John Emlin; and I'll guarantee that it was John Emlin who personated Burton," said Mr. Seaford excitedly. "When the woman came up wj iown xo receive ner legacy 1 was: struck by her manner." The "Hula-Hula." The followlne sketch of the "hula- hula," or national Hawaiian dance, Is given oy a corespondent: At the end of the feast flueer-bowls were again passed around, and at a sig nal from the queen every one ro3e. The invited guests followed the royal party into the palace, from the veranda of which we could look back upon the scene we had just quieted. Belays of natives crowded about the tables in procession and finished off the eatables. All were quiet and orderly, aud when the tables had been cleared away the hula-hula began. The missionaries ob ject strongly to the hula, but. so far, have been unable to prevent IL It is an old native dance, and no festival. wnetner or marriage, birth, death or other occasion, is complete without 1L i irst, four boys came out and stood ex pectantly in a row. They wore white jackets and trouser?, lace around their nrcts and waists, and short ballet dancer pink skirts made of paper mus lin. Two men standing behind them sang, while they executed their steps with much animation and great pre cision. There Is not much melody in the song; it is monotonous, and sharply accentuated to keep the time. After them came a band of girls, who went through the same steps, only more awk wardly. Then, amid a wild burst of applause. the "Dandy" led forth two women, the crack hula-dancers ot the kingdom. Strange-looking creatures they were, with wild black hair twined about with yellow lace, dark, swarthv. heelless shoes, and fluffy feathers about their ankles and wreaths of flowers about their heads. The Dandy, who is their trainer or dancing-master, looked as though he had stepped off the boards of a negro minstrel show. He Is a good looking fellow, very tall and slender, and on this occasion wore a high crowned, bell-shaied, yellow felt hat, a glass in one eye, a dark-green silk jacket with gold buttons, a gorgeous watch- chain, tight-fitting trousers of striped watered silk and toothpick suoes. The ends of his collar stood up near ly to his eyes, in regulation min. strel style. He came out, putting on his most elegant look-at-me-and-die airs, and played the jewsbarp while the women danced. They began by slowly waving their arms about aud undula ting their bodies keeping time to the music, and then gradually worked themselves up into a frenzy of wavings, stampings and whirlings. Several times they would drop a wreath, or their back hair would come down, on which occasions they would stop. calmly put things to rights, and then take up the frenzy just where they had left off. It was wonderful to see, but almost impossible to describe. No Liulit in tli Window As the train sped along in the night. with drowsy passengers outstretched upon the seats.the conductor was observ ed frequently ering out of the frosty windows into the darkness. The night was black, and nothing could be seen tut a sheen of snow over the shadowy landscaiie, and yet the conductor shaded his eyes with his two hands and held his face a weary-looking face it was, too close to the window pane. ".Looking to see if your girl is awake yet?" inquired the inquisitive passen ger, with a coarse laugh. Ihe conductor looked around and Bh-uddered as with husky voice he re plied simply: "Yes." And then the inquisitive passenger became garrulous and familiar. He sat down beside the conductor and poked him in the ribs as he lightly said: Ah, l see. Going to get married and quit the road. Going to marry a farmer's daughter. Is she worth much?" "She's worth a million to me." Further remarks in a similar vein did the passenger make, but the con ductor deigned no more replies. Sud denly the whistle of the locomotive gave a long, low moan, the conductor stuck his eyes still closer to the window, seemed to fasten his gaze upon some olject in the darkness, aud then fell back In his seat with a cry of despair upon bis lips. The passengers gathered round to in quire the nature of the trouble, when the brakeman assisted his chief to rise, and led him into the baggage car. The conductor's face was as white as the snowbanks, which fringed the iron road-way, and in his eye was a look of tearless grief. "l'oor Sam, ' said the brakeman upon his return, "it's a bad night for him. Four weeks his little girl has been ill. Night after night he was at her bed, but then she got better and he came back to his train. He arranged with his wife that if all was well with the little one she'd display a lighted lamp right in the window of the sick room. Tne boys all knew of it, and every night we all looked for the light almost as eageily as Sam himself. He lives by the side of the track back here a few miles and to-night there was no light in the window for Sam." Perfectly Harmless. Bill Willterly, a lawyer, made appli cation to join the Knights of Labor. 'They won't let you in, Wliberly " some one remarked. "Why?" "Because you are a lawyer." "That's against me, I admit, but the master workmau of the assembly which I want to join is a great friend of mine and will do anything to help me along." Wilberly was admitted, suortiy afterwards, meeting the master work man, together with a number of other acquaintances, Wilberly said: John, did you have much trouble In getting me in?" . "ot much." "Objections were raised, of course," said Wilberly, glancing at his friends. Yes, several men got up and ob jected to you because you are a lawyer." "How did you quiet tbemr" "Well, I says, says I, 'boys, he ain't lawyer enough to hurt nothing and they withdrew their objections." Wilberly has withdrawn from the order. Everybcky can always detect an er ror but noyalwajs a lie. FOIt TOBACCO USERS. Startling Facts for thn Consumers of the lVrniclous Cigarette. Two new cases have been added within a few weeks to the hundreds al ready on record, in which the inordin ate use of the cigarette has been charged with producine fatal results. Whether the charge is well founded. In tne strictest sense ot the phrase, is a question on which doctors aud experts must differ, but there is no disputing the fact that If the appetite for the cigarette bad been strangled in these cases, life would certainly have been prolonged. The late Mr. C. F. Woeris- hoffer was an incessant cigarette smoker, and while some of his physic ians are slow to admit that this caused his death, his associates who knew his habits of life well, have expressed very emphatic opinions to the contrary. In the other instance the victim was a newspaper boy fifteen years old, who smoked two (wckages of cigarettes be fore his breakfast, then fell down un conscious and foamed at the mouth. He lingered for a tune, but failed to rally, and the doctors admitted that be died irom nicotine poisoning. So gen eral has the habit of smoking become in recent years that there are very few persons who are not interested in know ing what are the precise risks and dan gers they incur in indulging in the weed. A prominent physician, who is quoted as an authority in blood poinouing and nervous disorders, said: "There is no adage more true than that which de clares that what is one man's meat is another man's poison, and this has special force when we speak of tobacco Some can not touch the weed without suffering, while others may use it with perfect safety almost to excess." "What are the evil effects following from injudicious smoking.'" "The first perceptible effect Is palpi tation of the heart, which sometimes becomes very violent. If the smoker does not toke warning and stop on the appearance of this system, nausea, vomiting and great lassitude will fol low. Eventually the trouble will be come chronic, the throat will grow raw aud sore, the stomach will become una ble to retain or digest food, and the most deplorable state of exhaustion re sults. The blood is not poisoned, how ever, in the technical medical sense of the term. It is only an evanescent loisou which will gradually disappear under tonic treatment when the smok ing habit is dropped." " hat is the most hurtful form of indulgence in tobacco?" "Beyond all controversy, the cigar ette." 'For what reason?" "The cigarette is resionsible for al most all the evils caused by tobacco. Growing boys commence to use them before their physical powers are devel oped, the coating of their stomachs be comes ruined, and their growth stunted Ihey will often become weak, puny men, and in the interest ot humanity a stringent law should be passed making it a (enal offense for boys to smoke or for dealers to sell cigarettes to them, Such a law is iu force in France. Ci garettes are so cheap that every boy can procure them, and they are now very generally sold In brokeu packages. so that they can buy one or two cents' worth. This is nothing short of crimi nal. The cigarette is worse thau the cigar or pipe, because the burning paper, which is often said to be poison ous, adds an extra irritant. Cigarette smokers, for some reason, never know when to step, and almost invariably drift into excess. Some years ago chew- ing was all the rage, but it is now con sidered a vulgar habit, and unfortu nately cigarette-smoking, which is far more hurtful, has taken its place." "Is it true that smoking dims the sleht?" "Smoke affects the sight through the optic nerves, and some few cases are on record where men have been rendered stone blind by the excessive use of to bacco, but such cases are very rare."a Dr. Shrady Is a moderate smoker.' He said the extent to which a man could safely indulge in the use of to bacco depended entirely on his tempera ment aud constitution, and that iu this regard every person must be a law unto himself. It would be absurd to make any general rule. lVrsous of weak frame and highly nervous tempera ment should avoid smoking altogether or should be very abstemious In the use of the weed. In some cases smoking may be of positive benefit when not in dulged in to excess. He said that young boys should not be permitted to use to bacco in any form until their systems are developed, and was unqualified in the denunciation of the cigarette, wtiicu stunted the growth and impaired the vitality of the young. A gentleman ot sedentary habits oi life, who has been a heavy cigarette smoker for many years, and who dropped the habit on the advice of bis physician, gave bis experience. He said: "I found myself indisposed for work, unable to relish my meals.and generally prostrated but continued to smoke on as usual, never dreaming that the cigarette was responsible for my condition. I con sulted several doctors, who could not divine the cause of my trouble. At last one of them detected that I was a a cigarette smoker, and told me I must make up my mind to stop, or to die. At this time my heart was palpitating one hundred and twenty to the minute. I discarded the cigarette, went under tonic treatment for a few months, and to-day I am as well as ever." The editor of a publication devoted solely to the tolacco interest insisted that there was nothing hurtful iu the use of tobacco, and in proof of his as sertion cited the fact that smokers and chewers are as long-lived as other peo ple. Of the small boy and the cigar ette, he said: "We have always op posed cigarette smoking by youths in our columns. Something should be done to prevent boys from smoking. A3 a rule, those who Indulge in the vice at an early age become dwarfed In mind and body, and good-for-nothing men; and their children, should they live to have any, will be more effeminate than themselves. The law should step in and stop this epidemic of juvenile cigarette smoking." How She Won Him. "Confusion seize all the houses, say I," roared Squire Clingly, striding up and down bis snug little library like a wild animal in its den. "Taxes, re pairs, insurance, and a 'to let' always bung np on the front door. I say, FoxwelL eh? What is It? A tenant for Rose Lodge?" "A tenant, squire, responded Mr. Foxwell, the real estate agent, seating himself, "TV label to lake possession to- SEPTEMBER , ISS6. morrow," said Mr. FoxwelL "Will pay $o0 quarterly, in advance. Lease three to five years. Best of reference. A widow lady." "I suppose she must have It" said the squire. ."After a house has stood empty for three years I can't afford to stand on trivial objections. But there is one thing I want understood first be must not expect me to call on her." "All right, squire," said Mr. Fox- weii. carelessly. "A red-faced virago of 40. I doii doubt," muttered the squire to himself, "who has nagged one husband Into the other world and is on the lookout for another; I'll give her a wide birth." So Mrs. Applegate arrived with boudour piano, a mimic aviary, a poo dle, a whole conservatory of plants. and established herself iu nse lodge without ever having looked uuoa the face of the landlord. The squire had eone out one sultry July afternoon to see about the cutlirfg down ot some trees on the edge of tlio swamp, when he heard a little feeble feeble cry for help from the adjoinu pasture -field. "Iiullo!" said the squire to himself: "wuat's up nowr" Scrambling over the wall, the squire came face to face with a pretty, pale- cneeited gin or 13 or 10. who was perched half-way up the stone-fence. In mortal terror of a huge and belligerent- looking bull, who stood up iu the middle of the Geld, The squire burst out laughing. "You silly child," said he. "Don'l you see that be Is tethered to the ground. He can't get away." She was very pretty, with curly rlnes and tendrils of silky hair, a complexion of clear olive, ami dusky, glittering eyesi My dear," said he. "it's natural enough. But you shouldn't be out here alone by yourself. Tell your mother to take better care of you. Where do you live.'" At Rose lodge," she faltered. I will walk home with you. What did you come out for buttercups or butterflies?" he asked, good-humoredly. I came out for a little walk," said she, shyly. "I I don't know who you are." "I am Mr. Clingly." "The squire?" "Yes; so they call me. Why. what is there so strange about that?" he asked, noticing the quick change on her face. I've heard of the squire." said the urrK-eyed damsel. "And 1 somehow formed the idea that he was cross and elderly. But you " And here she checked herself in evident confusion. "Well, I'm not young." said the squire, laughing, "and I can be cross. Hut you needn't be afraid, my child. 1 shall not be cross with you. Would you like to cros-i the high road through my rose gardens I assure you that they are well worth lookiug at," Oh, indeed, I should be quite de lighted!" said the young lady, her dimp led face lighting up ail of a sudden. A pretty little creature," said the squire, when his visitor bad gone home with both hands full of gorgeous white and crimson blossoms. "I really think 1 must call upon the Applegates. I never saw fairer eyes in my life, am she has a voice like a llute. Yes, I'll call! I'll certainly call and see if there's anything more needs doing to mnke tlut rattle-trap of a place comfortable. " Well, squire," said Mr. i ox well. that afternoon when he came in for his usual chat, "how do you like the widow?" "Thewidowl What widow?" "Mrs. Applegate, to be sure." "I haven't seen Mrs. Applegate." "Why, yas you have!" "I'll thank you not to contradict me," the squire said, waxing choleric "I have not seen Mrs. Applegate." Alan alive!" cried out the agent, forgetting his resect in his eagerness, "she was walking with you in the rose- garden this morning." The squire looked surprised. "Mrs. Applegatel Was that pretty child Mrs. Applegate?" "Herself, and none other." "Why, she Isn't IS." "I beg your pardon, 18 years and C months. She told me so herself." "The deuce!" saidthe squire. "Why what business has a widow to be so young and prettyl Well, anyhow, I'm going over to the lodge to call this after noon. " He was as good as his word. Well, any reader of the great book of human nature can easily guess the rest. The squire had kept himself absolutely aloof from feminine society so long that the first relapse into it possessed all t!e zest and sparkle that he imagined had departed with his lost youth. .Mrs, Applegate was pretty, alone, and poor. Tiie Equira was rich, not bad looking, and able to converse welL And so when their engagement was publicly made known in the autumn nobody was much surprised. California's New Senator Kourian. Mis- Hon. George Hearst, the newly appointed senator from California, was born in Franklin county on a farm on the Meramee river, Missouri. His father, Joseph nearst, who was quite a prominent man in his day. died about the year ISol, leaving George and his sister quite a large property in farms and slaves. George went to California in 1853 or 1354, leaving his property In the bands of a trustee to manage in his absence. He paid but little attention to his Missouri affairs and during the late war some small debts of his being found unpaid his property was all attached and sacrificed without his knowledge in satisfaction thereof. A great deal of litigation followed, which resulted in the total loss oi his property here. Those here who know him well say that he has no education, no official experience and no general information in short, no qualifications for the senatorial office, excepting his wealth. a knowledge of gold and silver mines and the manipulations of mining stock, and tireless industry and energy. lie is said to own shares In the Uomestake and Ontario mining properties and to be interested in a big silver mine in old Mexico. By marriage Mr. Hearst Is connected with the James family of the Meramee iron works and the town of St. James, Mo. Cocoanut Growing in Florida. Cocoanut growing in Florida seems to be a success. In the region of Lake Worth there are about 20,000 trees growing, and part of them are fruiting. In 1S7S a vessel loaded with these nuts was wrecked on the Dade coast, and floated ashore near Lake Worth, most of which were gathered and planted. The trees begin to bear in about seven years from pUnting, and the crop aver ages from 100 to aOO nuts- sex tree. The Banana and Plneappleu The large steamers and sailing ves sels from the West Indies and Cen tral America that carry bananas come into New York all the year round, for in the happy countries where the fruit grows there Is no season, new vegetation coming up all the time. The banana requires a detp, rich earth and much moisture to grow to perfection, The plant comes up like a lm with tightly folded green leaves, which are followed by others until the stems of the leaves have formed a trunk eight or ten inches thick. Nine months from the plant's first appearance a deep pur- pie bud appears in the centre of the leaves, which grow large and hang down like a huge heart. The purple bud falU off, disclosing rows ot other buds. Each miniature fruit has a waxen yellow blossom. In three or four months the fruit ripens and the plant begins to die. The bunch of fruit is generally cat while yet green, and ripened in Aew lork. When the bunch it rut tha nlant dnes up and from its base spring up other I "ouses- plants. Senator Stanford says "there Is Although most banana bunches hang ; room in California for fifteen millions down in maturity, a variety Is found on of people." the Society Islands whose very large I Yale College, after an existence of bunches of orange-colored fruit stand a couple of centuries, Is about to become up erect. Ihe Brazilian banana tree a university rises to a height of fifteen or twenty i .... " , , feet, but the Chinese variety seldom' -Oliver endell Holmes deli-htsm exceeds five feet. Along the coast ot hantl"iB the oar even at his present ad- Arracan a banana grows full of seeds, i vance!l age. Bananas in the tropics are eaten raw Artificial ivory is now made of or with sugar and cream, or wine, or sheep's bones and waste bits of deer orange juice. Cooked when green or and skins. ripe they are fried alone or in butter, ! Men above 50 years old only aver baked with the skins on or made into aire six teeth aniece. women of th:it puddings or pies. They are made Into a paste which is the staple food of many Mexican tribes. Bauanas contain much nourishment, for Humboldt states that a surface of ground bearing wheat , enough to feed oue man will when ' planted with bananas feed twenty-five. In the tropics the yoang shoots are cooked as asparagus and the fibres of ' the leaves make a textile fabric of great beauty. A banana plantation will yield all the year round. I The pineapple grows much farther north, is cultivated extensively in Flor ida, and found even in the Dismal owamp ot V ugmia. it. uuea iia uauie from the resemblance to the cones of some siwcles of pine. It is neiriv re lated to the canua, ginger and banana families. The American origin of the pineapple has been disputed since it has become naturalized In parts of Asia and Africa. The best authorities be lieve that it is a native of Brazil, aud perhaps of some of the Antilles. 1 he pineapple is a biennial with the habit of an aloe. It grows in the centre of a cluster of leaves which curve grace- i fully out from the centre. From this ' foliage arises a stem two or three , feet high, on the upper portiou of which the flowers are crowded in the form of a conical spike. The fruit apiears after the flowers drop off. The first pineapples known in Eng land were sent as a present to Crom well, and the first cultivated in that country were raised about 1715. Fine apples are taken from the West Indies to England in considerable quantities, but the fruit is so inferior to that raised under glass that its cultivation for the London market is successfully prose- eiitjul TIia fruit slil In Ww Vnrlr i4 greMy Inferior to that sold in London. I Thin, i-er cent, of the pineapples sent here usually perish on the voyage. Of the pineapples imported into the United States about one-third come from Eleuthera and San Salvador. The business of canning the fruit Is largely pursued at Nassau, N. P. Walt lug fur t ho Train. Gentle reader, did you ever notice the man who is waiting for the train? Ho walks Into the depot, and after wandering around and gazing at ail the time-tables, he sits down with a sigh and begins to read his paper; but before he has had time to read an item about a man being bitten to death by New Jersey mosquitoes, he is on his feet again. He hurries up to the ticket office and inquires: "Is there a tram for ew Haven at ll.JOf" Yes, sir." Then he goes back to bis seat again. but suddenly be looks up again at the clock, and hurries again to the ticket office with the inquiry, "Is that clock right?" "Yes, sir." "Thanks." Here he wanders out on the platform and walks up and down a few times, but the Impulse is too strong and he again approaches the pedier of tickets. 'I suppose the train Is on time, to day?" "Yes sir. "All right; thank you." This time he goes to where he left his gripsack and paper and moves them tj another seat, and having arranged them to his satisfaction he agains nears the ticket window. "Is that ice water In tha cooler over there?" "Yes, sir." "Much obliged. You say tte train Is on time?" "Yes, sir." "And you're sure about the clock being rignr . -r-u3 . .v . i "There is that my train coming In now?" "Yes, sir." "AH right thanks." I And then' the patient ticket agent eln th window ami aita down to ' wait for the next take the train. fiend who want to French l--oiiotny. A striking example of the amazing feats in the economical line so frequent ly rwrformed bv Frenchmen Is afforded by the fortune to which M. l'Heritler, 1 the well-known genre painter, bad past succeed through the death of his grand-, uncle, the doyen of the lnvalides. or French military pensioners, who died . at Paris a short time ago at the patri- archal age ot ninety. This old soldier served the first empire throughout the terrible Russian campaign of 1S13, dur- , Virginia by a wealthy planter, who Ing which he received wounds and frost- iati a company of friends at his house, bites that crlppld him for life. Shortly u j,reat inii-stonn cane P; he gata after his discharge from hor p.UI, he Lred tne hailstones, and on the insDira- was admitted to the Hotel des Inva- lides, and obtained a small subordinate appointment in the Ministry of ar, carrying with it a salary of about one hundred dollars a year. Ot this he i never spent a penny, but laid it out in ) ew Mexico newspapers leu oi a such wares as he could dispose of to his ."norther" that passed over the north fellow pensioners at a reasonable profit. ! n 20 of Lincoln County a few ; . : . wV Attn nepnmnunieu nv hail-Stones nj lnuustxiousiy carrying uu pcny . but lucrative retail trade on ready money principles for sixty-eight con secutive years, and investing his gains from time to time in good securities, he contrived to amass the sum of four hundred anf? fifty thousand francs. This be ha willed to his grand-nepbe. NO. 31). XEWS IN BRIEF. King George, of Greece, is said to ba tired of his throne. The present season is one of great promise to summer resorts. I Rnode Island's prohibitory law Is reported to be full of flaws, i . ., . ,a . -J, !' S3 m tuWn or ner soldiers orphans, j petrified ham has been found iff ' gravel-pit at Oak Hill, near Peoria, ' I!L It is stated that several more American Cardinals are soon to be cre ated. Cholera Is spreading with great inipiuny anu ueauuness in soutuern ' Japan. Bananarchists are defined as per . sons who cast banana skins on the side . walk. i Two hundred thousand tenants are "auleu m i arl3 Ior apartment no more than three. A Worcester Judge has decided in a test case that it is illegal to keep a barber shop open on Sunday. Floral decorations at funerals are becoming unfashionable In San Fran cisco owing to the the expense. Many of the names most prominent In journalism in Paris are equally so in the legal profession of that city. Insurance companies will not insure a freight brakeman. They regard his as the most dangerous occupation. Oneida's Chinese laundrvman keeps his small change lu his ear. lie i can carry $1 in dimes in that way. ! The New York police department is going to put in telephones. It pays at present 113,000 year for telegrams. ! Mrs. Allen, of Liverpool, has pre sented ijueeii V ictoria with a parasol , of satin made by a poor Irish woman. The replacement of a diseased eye by the healthy eye of an animal has now been done Ave times, with one success. The south is rapidly changing her broad guage railroads to the standard guage used in the rest of the country. Gas has teen cheapened in New York, but consumers complain that their bills are just as big as ever they were. Daisies bloomed this year along the bottom lands of Kansas, where, it Is asserted, they were never seeu be fore. Chicago now compels her charita ble and educational Institutions to pay the same water rates as are assessed against properties in general. Dried potatoes are an article of , "Prt, fr0ttJ They are slirSsS w thin, steeped in brine twenty minutes7" and dried like apples and other fruit. The French Academy of Mediciye h;is reported oleomargarine as unfit for me in the French hospitals, and the government refuses to allow Its use there. Tho average of life is ituKtbenlng By attention to health and the cessation of wars there seems no reason why it should not be prolonged almost indefi nitely. Tornadoes have so scared the eiti zens .of Meriden, 111., that they talk of building a huge "cyclone cellar," where the whole town can take refuge when a wind storm comes along. Cultivation has so affected the evolution of the tomato that the seeds are fast disappearing, and bid fair to pass out of existence entirely, as in the case oi tne banana, leaving the propaga- tion of the plants dependent on cut- tings. The Daubury ,Yt-"-j is responsible for the story that a mouse fell into a bowl of cream the other night, and In Its efforts to keep ai'uat churned the cream into butter, on which It stood and climbed out. This is claimed to be true, because the mouse left a trail of butter all along the clean pantry shelf. Boy3 who smoke cigarettes are apparently at a discount in California. A rancher in Froche a week ago offered to swap his eighteen-year-old boy, who smoked cigarettes, to any person for a dog, and finding no takers at that, even up, he offered five dollars to boot, but I even men couldn't make a trade. A hail-storm in Benton County, Ind., drove a hen from her nest in tho . grass, and smashed the eggs. The hen I went back as soon as the storm was ' over, and began trying to hatch the , hailstones that filled the nest. Sue aida find out her n,i3take U!ltil her feet were very cold and her feathers very wet . . A iougiasvuie iua.j man went home after dark, and as he closed his front gate behind him he heard a strange noise, un examination ue round tnai he had caught the head of a large snake between the gate and the post. The tall of the snake beat against the gate for some minutes before the rep tile died. A so-called mad dog in Hebron, Ky., bit a cow. The cow in a few days showed signs of rabies, and about the same time a baby that had been living on the milk of the cow became similarly affected. It is said that the symptoms of hydrophobia are pronounced in the child, whose sufferings are very great. Tha mint iu'.iD is an old colonial .virainian drink. It was invented in h. mnmni nwt thut bo i,c0us beverage which we call mint ju!ep It3 fame Spreal, but at first they never ma1e lt except when it haded. ... .... , , ,. , . I damage to sheep- One ntan lost 3,000 killed, another "o.OOO, a third 4.0u0, out of herd of 5,000 Merinos and Cost wolds. Several beeves and some rattle were killed, and it was rumored that the kail killed two herders alio. it "Do you Know anyuuu . L 4 . "if-" i rii Hid
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