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Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XL.
MIFF LINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1886.
NO. 39.
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III III .Iti lli III III. .
An Elective Course.
Muoea tbst lie on Fanny's cheek
, Laun, all my Greek;
STenly sciences I know
frowns that gloom and smiles that
j'ow;
SHeria and It-T
Lin h weet Reograpb;
ttichoUrsbip hare I bat suck
iiteche me to lore her mack.
T,r tliould I strive to read the skies,
rfci knows the midnight off hep eyes?
mr that nwimi within the scope
n Pickwing'i beat telescope
Tver reveals as muli as when
iht nuts aol droops her eyes again.
Qtbranls, who seek to break ths chasm
Twjt man to-day and protodlasm,
Ho trivial your aims appear!
Enough lor me that Fanny's here,
Tjnif us arauutl I only care
la know what ilowrr she wants to wear,
i nxrt it to the add:-pa ted
Ic pew how pinks originated.
At ii il mattered! The chief thing
jj :iax we have them in the spring,
Aad Fanny likes them. When they come,
jKnilittray go and purchase some.
"Ike Origin of Plants" go to!
Unix rroiwr end 1 have in view.
0 lorelieat bocks that ever man
Tjoktl into since the world began
1, Woman! As I tarn those pages,
is frwn as In the primal ages,
As Jav by day I scan, periilext,
1 itr) ilat 1 am slowly growing
It, it ink no other book worth knowing.
And in my epy, one of many
(&jio d: lust called Fanny),
Had co thing ret down but suck
Ai teat Leu me to love It mack.
JOB'S RUSE.
A 'ew England winter scene the
bemlik forests all draped with ermine
friiiee of snow the hills and the val
lera white :is if they were coated with
pearl, while from the farmhouse chim
neys in tlie pray thickets of leafles
nicies umler the rocks a blue spiral of
suu'k went wreathing and curling up
into tlie steel January sky, and the sun
set rei!f i ted on the myriad tiny window
puiies of the western front, made an
onmie sparkle of brightness that sup
plied the otherwise lacking element of
color to the frigid landscape.
Fanner Weterbrook had just brought
in a:i armful of snow-cru3Ted logs from
the wood-pile at the north end of the
house, throwing tliem down on the ample
stone hearth witli a noise like a small
earthquake, when Sibyl Harrington
started up.
"Five o'clock! Oh, I liadn't an idea
it w:is so late. I must be going."
'Allow nie to accompany you, Miss
Hanii.gton."
"You will let me see you home,
Sibyl?"
"Captain Meredith and Max Crossley
both sjoke at once, and rose siinulta
neou!y but Sibyl shook her head.
'I would prefer to walk alone," she
said, ga ly.
. Ami about the sleighing party to
morrow night?" said Max anxiously.
"I I have half promised -Captain
Meredith," said the village beauty, her
king eyelashes drooping, and a delicate
stle "of rose suffusing her cheek.
"But, Sibyl, I thought it was an un
derstood matter between you and me,
three g od weeks ago!" Max, exclaimed,
with contracting brows.
"Was it? I am sure I had forgotten
Max was silent. Captain Meredith's
smooth, softly-intoned voice filled up the
silence.
"1 exact no promise," he said gal
lantly; '"but if I am not punctual to the
hour'aiid the sijt. Miss Harrington may
draw her own conclusions."
And Sibyl went out, her light foot
steps making a low, pleasant music on
the brittle snow.
She was very jixtty this gazelle-eyed
New England damsel, with big blue
eyes turning to limped purple whenever
she was in the least excited; hair short,
bung in a golden fringe over her broad,
low forehead, and the sweetest of rosy
mouths, with three sentinel r.mples on
cheeks and chin! Max Crossley had
loved her ever since they were children
together, and Captain Meredith, who
bid come to pass the holidays with his
cousins, the Westerbrooks, had been
caught in the meshes of that bronze
gold hair and the interlacing network of
the lashes that overhung the purple-blue
eyes, and had prolonged his visit into
January.
"I'pon my word, she's a regular
beauty," said the captain, staring
through the tiuv window-panes at the
retreating footsteps of Miss Flarrington.
Max Crossley looked quickly up at
him, as if he would have particularly
liked to knock him over the haudirons
in among the logs; but ierhaps he
thought better of it, for he refrained
from anv such demonstration.
"A beautv," went on the Captain;
"and it's a thousand pities she should
be thrown away on any of the country
pumpkins who vegetate among these
wildernesses. Job, you young villain,
are those boots of mine blackened yet?"
Farmer Westerbrook's hired, boy, who
bad jut c une in to warm his empurpled
bands at the merry red blaze, looked
glum.
"Xo, tliev ain't," said job brusquely.
"Well, what's (lie reason?"
"'Cause I ain't 'ad time."
"See that you find time, then, and
that quick, tool" said the Captain.
And Job glowered after him, as he
ent gavlv up the stairs.
"I just wisli I had the servin' of hun
out," said Job, gloomily. "It's 'Job,
do this,- and 'Job, do that,' and 'Job,
where's the warm water,' and 'Job,
what the detiie do you mean by lettin'
my lire go out?' as if I was his bond
slave, and not a red cent lias he guv me
yet no, nor so much as a pleasant word.
I wonder if he means to stay here
lwavs."
"You and I are equally partial to him,
Jub," said Max Crosslev, laughing.
"I lieenl him talkin'Vith Miss Sibyl
about goin' sleigh-ridin' to-morrow
night." said Job. shrewdly. "I should
jes' like to put Kicking Billy in the
shafus-I would, if it warn't for Miss
Sibyl. He don't know nothla' about
horses, that there militia Cap'n don't.'.'
And Job chuckled.
"I sav, Mr. Crossley," he resumed,
"why don't vou get beforeluind with
him she's only dazzled like."
Max Crossley frowned slightly; hon
est Job was not exactly the kind of
Ganymede he cared to have meddle with
bis love affairs. ,
"Miss Harrington must choose for
berseif. Job," he said; and Job went
back to his work, secretly wondering
bow a young ladv, gifted with ordinary
common s nse, could hesitate for a mo
ment between the Captain and Mr. Max
Crossley.
.The next night came a nigbt ofall
DlPhts lirniiiti.mu fnr slpk'hillH CXpedl-
tions and rustic love-making, the roaus
oelightfullv Lard and well-pacKcu, aim
glorious full inoon shining down as
wbitely as if a rain of silver were
deluging the whole world!
"Couldn't be better weather!" earn
the Captain. "Job, where are the sleigh-
"Dunno," quoth Job, indifferently.
"There's them old jinglers in the garret
that used to belonc to Deacon Joe West.
erbrook, that was in the Hevolutionary
r, ivuu mere s tne two cow-bells that
Mary Ann might scour up with ashes "
"Pshaw!" said the Captain, 'Mo you
take me for Itip Van Winkle? There's
a pretty little string somewhere, for I
saw them when Mrs. Westerbrook went
out day before yesterday."
"I liain't seen nothing on 'em," said
Job, stolidly.
"Come, come, don't make yourself
out any stupider than you be by nature,
Job," said the farmer, laughing, nev
ertheliss, for the Captain's airs and
graces were fast wearing out his wel
come, and lie secretly sympathized with
the much afflicted Job. "I guess they're
out in the burn chamber. You better
go with him, Captain, if you expect to
find 'em our Job's dreadful thick
headed when he chooses to be."
"Come along, my line fellow," said
the Captain jocosely, collaring Job and
marching him off in the direction of the
old red barn under the hill "We don't
need any lantern in this bright moon
light, that is one comfort."
Old Billy, removed for his kicking
qualities, blinked safely around at them
from his stall, and Tom, the little gray
pony, who was destined to figure in the
cutter shafts that night, set up a low,
friendly whinny, as they entered the
big, frosty, fragrant bara.
"Where are the stairs?" demanded
the Captain.
"There ain't none," said Job. "It's
a ladder."
"Up with you, then," said Meredith;
but Job shrunk steadfastly back.
"I wouldn't not for fifty dollars,"
said Job. "Old Michael Westerbrook
hung himself from the middle beam
fourteen years ago, and folks say he
stands up there with a rope around his
neck every moonlight night."
"Stuff and nonsense!" ejaculated the
Captain in accents of supreme contempt.
"You great cowardly lout, stay where
you are then, and I'll go myself."
lie sprang nimbly up the rounds of
the ladder and disappeared through the
trap-door.
"Where is it?" he called
"The ghost? Flight under the middle
beam by the windy was the place where
" "Blockhead! I mean the string of
bells."
"Iook for 'cm yourself," said Job,
sulkily. "I don't know where they be,
and w'hat's more, I don't care."
"I'll set'.le with you, my fine fellow,
when I come down!" said the Captain,
threateningly, as he groped alou: in the
dim light which was admitted by a cobweb-draped
window at either end of the
baj n chamber.
"Don't hurry yourself, Cap'n," re
joined Job hi a jeering mood.
As the Captain plunged into a dark
comer, there was a jiugle, and the
string of bells suspended fioui a nail hit
him directly on the neck, so like the
grasp of death-cold fingers that he could
not but start.
"Oh!" said the Captain, nervously.
"Here they are. Catch 'em, Job?
Hello! where s the trap-door?"
And it took the militia-man fully
sixty seconds or more to realize that the
traiwloor was closed and fastened on
the lower side. He rushed to the win
dow and threw it tip, only to see Job
stieeding up the hilL
"Hal-lo-o-oa!" yelled Captain Mere
dith. Come back, you scoundrel! you
ill-conditioned loot! you imp of evil."
Job turned round and executed thaf,
Iicculiar gyration ot the fingers in con
nection with the nasal protuberance
which is supposed to express the ex
tremity of scorn.
"You 11 hnd the latiuer on me uarn
floor, Cap'n," hooted this young rebel.
"And don't be afeared o' the ghost.
It's very harmless if you let it alone."
"But. Job Job. come back I'm to be
at Mr. Harrington's at half past seven.
"Don t worry!" hoarsely nawieajoo.
"Miss Sibyl won't wait very long afore
Mr. Max'll be on hand."
T1m f 'niitain danced un and down the
barn floor in an ecstacy of rage as Job
disappeared over the crest of the hilL
There was no use caning ior ueip. xic
knew very well that if he had possessed
the lungs of Boreas he could not have
made any one hear. He sat shivering
down on the hav, starting nervously at
the sound of Kicking BUly'sfeet among
his snug bed of straw, and thinking how
disagreeably a bar of moonlight which
streamed down from a crack in the roof
resembled a tall, white figure standing
under the centre beam. He could almost
fancy the rope around its neck pshaw!
And the Captain jumped up again, with
starting dew on his temples, even in the
freezing atmosphere of the barn cliam
ber What was to be done? he asked him
self. And Echo, if Echo had had any
common sense, would have answered:
' Just nothing at all!" Job had outwit
ted him. He might, and probably
would, "settle" with Job for the future,
but for the present Job had manifestly
the advantage of him. And pretty
Sibyl and Max Crossley, with his red
cutter and great chestnut-colored horsel
The Captain executed an impromtu
series of gymnastics in the hay as he
reflected on these things. -
"I won't wait another minute for
him." said Sibyl Harrington, coloring
up with the tears in her blue eyes. Go
on, girls I sliall spend the evening at
'""There's plenty of room for you in
our sleigh, SibyL" coaxed her brother
1 good-humored athlete, with red
whiskers and dimples like her own.
"Bessy Brown will be glad to have you
al?"x'o" she will not, either pouted
Sibvl "As if I were going to spoil all
ner fun. No-if I can t have an escort
of my own, 111 stay at home and mend
stockings. And I never will speak to
Captain Meredith again!"
Hosea Harrington was just opening
hlTmouth to argue the matter with bis
sc once more when the door opened
and in walked Max Crossley.
Sibyl jumped up, radiantly; she had
nevea been soglad to see honest Max In
"KonfySibyl? VTbereisthe
&St know," said SIM. tog-,
"and I don't care. Am I Captain
Meredith's keeper?"
S YVS&fl, the purple
UghlclrnUtotohereyeiandtheshy
lgS" Sfffix. "ican'tex
pcX SmysTlf as agreeable as the
S?SSJSSSrSir Gwbatail- cried
SibvL I IWte irritably. "I'm sick of
s.lbAi - !.- Mnwl I never want to
this is, ana now
W" whisper M t9 t0ac!l
ed up the horse and felt her neatlinj
close to him, "is it for always?"
Yes, alwavs," she answered.
"Je-rusalcm!" said Farmpr Vislr.
brook.
It was lust 10 o'clock at nieht. and
the old gentleman had come out, as he
always did the la-t thing befoie rrtiring
10 rest, to see tliat .lob had not set the
barn on fire, and that the dumb mem
bers of his family were safe and com
fortable. "I do believe that is old M ike
Westerbrook's ghost come to life again,
pound in' like all possessed o:i the barn
chamber floor!"
"It's me-e-e! it's me-e-e!" brawled
the Captain, forgetting all the nicer dis
tinctions of grammar in his delight at
his prospects of release; "unfasten the
trap-door; let me out!"
Slowly the farmer lifted the ladder
and adjusted it in its place. With rheu
matic awkwardness he climbed the
creaking rounds and undid the hook
from its hasp.
"How in all creation come you here?"
he demanded. "Why, I thought you
was out a sleigh-ridin' with the gals!"
"It was all the doing of tliat villain.
Job!" gasied the infuriated Captain,
his teeth chattering with mingled rage
and cold. "I won't stand this sort of
thing. "I'll leave the place to-morrow."
"As you please," said the farmer, to
whom the prospect of losing his guest
was not altogether unpleasant. "I'm
dreadful sorry this should have hap
pened though and I'll talk seriousiy to
Job."
"So will I," gnashed the Captain.
"I'll break every bone in his body."
But Job wiser in his generation than
the children of light, liad taken particu
lar care to go over to his grandmother's,
six miles across the snowy fields to spend
the night, and the only person the Cap
tain saw was old Mrs. AVesterbrook sit
ting by the kitchen fire.
"Y'ou've lost your chance, Captain,"
said she good-humoredly. "Dorcas
Smith lias just gone by on her way home
from the sleighing lrty, and she says
Max Crossley brought Sibyl Harrington
in his new cutter, and they're enga
ged." The Captain went home the next day
according to programme, and Mrs.
Max Crossley has never seen him since.
And when the affair came off Job got a
piece of wedding cake b:g enough to
give hsm the dyspepsia for a week.
OSTRICH EGGS AXD IIIiiS.
Some or the Carious Kxhibils to bo
Seca io the Shop Windows.
tiv nnA U'lil l-Mm ftta fVM nTM'Tl r:lli
learn a good deal, especially if he kee;
tliem uireciiy rowaru ine suop wmuows
j,f t)u itrini-iitat hiisine.ss KtreeH of a
great city. Shop windows and show
-tTif'iin iiinrlir all tha tn:ltpri:il4
vhich make up the world's fairs and
industrial expositions, ana tney are io
le seen at all times and without admis
sion fee.
A section of this permanent exhibi-
tlnn wliiMi ia net Tin or fit mnrA than
ordinary interest, is contained in the
windows ot a mineralogist ami ueaier in
precious stones and curios on Tre
mout street. In the midst of an at-
tt-jrivA arrav ff ilrrl7ilinn nr:ltS. Hlir-
mese amber, set stones, antique earth
enware, ivory carvings from India and
vases from Japan, is to be found a
large and elaborately carved pii, which
. . .J . . A I. . .
was io nave ueeu preseuieu w ine ki
T-nncfellow. but which was not finished
until after his death.
A German residing in Illinois, aim
n.iuiivi Tlormnnn thn Artist who
designed and carved the bowl, employ-
- i t l : .:
inz lor cue purpose reu muiau pn:-
ut.itwk nti n a Tsmfvfallnw referred to in
hi3 poem of "Hiawatha," from which
poem the carver is supposed to have
drawn the inspiration for his task. As
"Gitche Manito, the nrighty" descended
Oa tae Mountains or m prune,
on th? neat lied Piper one Uvurrr.
so descended Mr. Hermann, and
From Mm red tone of the qaarrr
Wuk hu hand be broke a fragment,
Moulded It into a pipes-al.
Shaped and Ituhioaed It with figures;
Fro -a tbe margin of tne rlTer
Tonic a long reed fur a plpfwtem,
Wltb lia dart green leave upon It.
Tim Imnrl nf t.tm nine is five inches
long, and it is carved to represent the
face of an Indian with closed eyes, sur
rounded by leaves and ferns. The pipe
. . .1
lias a long stem or woou, cuercu nu
the bark and trimmed with feathers.
Another exhibit in this section of the
permanent world's fair of Boston is a
A..ll,;sin i-if sMirrMnti err poph of Which
is covered with pictures executed by
native ooiun Airican arusu.
I nnn Ana nf tir Mrcm nictures of va-
rious animals and birds are drawn in a
stvle showing no influence or ioreign or
civilized tuition. The figures are shaded
with scratches in the surface of the
egg shell, filled in with some black sub
Tho wrafrhpii in the drawintrs
auiuvc . w- -
are crude and painfully regular, al
lowing only a guess ai mo tiwvum
i.ni tn tut i-pnrespnted. Xo attempt
WUUW W w " I .
is made at grouping or systematic ar-
& .. . l.n ..mt iipob in anf WAV.
rangeuieub i iuc imiw j j ,
but each seems to lave been drawn
wherever room was found for another
effigy. This decoration was the work
of a Bushman, belonging to one of the
savage tribes in the remote interior of
Africa. ...
Th. iiinefrafinns unflii another of tne
eesrs show the influence of a civilization
. . i j 1 tknt that if
a stage runner aavuuum ""
.i ..lirxr Altomatinir with CTOUP3
of strange flowers strangely colored are
figures or natives ui tw
painted in crude colors and in more or
less stiff and artificial attitudes. A
Zulu warrior, who would be recogniza
ble from his shield and spears without
the title lettered underneath, stands in
a photograph-gallery pose upon one
side, while a Malay fruit-seller, m an
eccentric suit of clothes, stands upon
the other. The pictures executed in
colors are from the hands of Kaffirs,
semi-civilized natives, who live in the
vicinity of the South African towns.
A salesman in the store was asked
retarding the various exhibits.
"The ostrich eggs," he said, 'ere
9ent to us from South Africa with an
invoice of ostrich feathers. A e are
selling them at $5.50 each though plain
eegs. without pictures, generally sell at
only f L50. The Longfellow pipe is
mafked at $25, and experts say it by
no means dear.at that price, in view of
the quality of the workmanship."
English ladies wear silver thistles
as
Gladstone Daagea.
Nearly 35,000 people use BrooKiyn s
tree
Dauis eacu
Onions
from EzTDt are being sold
in the
streets or .Boston.
.t.ninr armies of Europe
The
cost
annuauy joov.uw.ow.
t 1 am vtmaA in 1 Via
Danger
nger Bign " Z1
mining
centres ul xiu(wu
such atmospheric changes as
known
Otf
tffect
A JAPANESE EXHIBITION.
Itara Works or Art From tha Realm
of tbe Mikado.
The carved ivories, gilded lacs, the
hanging picture rolls, the elaborate
metal work, the varied ceramic ware of
Japanese collections lrave always had a
supreme attraction from their intrinsic
beauty and their supreme technical
merits. But they have suffered much
in interest from the want of authentic
information as to dates, periods and
masters. Japanese art, unlike other
Oriental art, is essentially personal and
individual Tbe artists of the feudal
daimios lived in the intimacy of Uieir
lord, and were themselves not uncom
monly ennobled; with certain exceptions
they signed their pieces, whether great
or small (and especially the smaller),
and the reputation of a great artist was
maintained by tiie academy which he
founded and by the successors whom he
trained and adopted, and to whom he
sometimes transmitted his signatory
seal But whore was the beginning and
where the end? Who should decipher
the signatures, who record the historic
succession of schools, and who unravel
the tangle of fable and fact which
meshed the early stories of historic art?
Mr. Franks and Mr. Anderson are doing
much toward this end. But the collec
tions of connoisseurs are still apt to be
rather magazines of bric-a-brac than
orderly series of authenticated and chis
sified objects. A further attempt to
remedy this defect was made recently
at the Society of Arts, where the coun
cil have arranged for the public exhibi
tion of the very extensive private collec
tions of Ernest Hart, which he has con
senled to leud for the next fortnight, in
illustration of three lectures which he is
giving on the historic arts of Japan.
These collections were made with the
assistance of Mr. AVakai of Tckio, the
expert of the Imperial house, and cata
logued by Mr. Hayashi. They range in
order of succession through inany cen
turies of art, and contain examples of
the work of most of the founders of
the leading schools of art work and their
most famous successors.
Of the Buddhist pictures of the ninth
and twelfth centuries, the work respect
ively of Kauaeka and Takuina, we may
sieak with reserve. So much of the
color is gone that w e do not find in them
the rich harmonies and the mystic beau
ties which the critics of France and
Japan identify with these famous mas
ters. In tho paintings, however of
Motonobu (fifteenth century) (whose
Tekkai exhaling his sprit ual essence is a
masterpiece of this school); in the dogs
and birds hy Okio; in the stately aames
of Chosun; the carp by Xagaki Shijo's
school mysteriously darting through
gleaming water; in the ghostly appari
tion of a lovelorn spirit maiden bending
over a skull hidden beneath the grass by
Geuki, date 1750; in the eagle of Masa
nobu, date 1430; in the birds and flowers
of lloven. all will recognize charms of
color and feeling and magic of brush
which justify the enthusiasm wuu
which Burtv. Gonse.DeGonc.nirt, llos-
seau. Millet and De Xittis h ive hailed
the works of old Japanese masters hith
erto wholly unki own here. The mon
keys of Soson (eighteenth and nine
teenth centuries) aie recognized master
pieces, iu which the utmost skill in deli
cate brtishwork is combined with an
obviously affectionate appreciation of
the simian character. He loved them to
the extent of spending half his life in
their society and mutating tneir alti
tudes.
The other ereat features of these col
lections are the lacs and sword-guards,
which range from the fifteenth century
to the first half of the present century,
and the metal-work. The history of lac
is henceforth established. Ihere are
here the early and austere work of
Koetsu and his predecessors, followed by
the boldly impressionist incrustations of
Korin. the delicately ana otten nign-
gilded works of Shiounshoand the court
lacquerers of Kioto, in the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. Built up by
months of Ltbor bestowed on polishing
and hardening layer after layer of a
transticent varnish (Wlus rurMtctjTa),
oftentimes the most delicate work, it is
said, was done in a punt on the lake,
out of reach of aerial dust. Every ital
and stamen is delicately touched and
modeled with hdelitr to natuie. Centu
ries have not dimmed their beauty,
while modern lac quickly spoils, me
great triumplis of the Jaiwnese artists,
however, are in metals. The iron armor
of Miochin, tenth century, is hammered
In high relief In thin plates of very hard
cold iron; the mysterious suppleness anil
grace which this most untraceable metal
assumes in the twelfth century water
lily plateau; the living articulated iron
lobster and crab of the same academy of
artists, arc marvels; so, too, the but
tons, and the pierced and chased iron
sword guards, and the saber ornaments
which need to be examined with a mag
nifying glass. The chasing Is masterly,
the incrustations uneqnaled in boldness
of design and delicacy of finish. In the
seventeenth and eiguieemu centuries
guards the mysterious alloys (shtbuichi
and A(tiiitIo) supplement by their ex
quisite colors the poverty of nature and
the coldness oi oruinary meuuic ""-
The bronzes of Tooun and Seimin are
the highest achievements of wax-casting.
Cellini has more than one rival
here. We liave no space to speak of
the series of caned ivory and wood net
sukis. They are of a class better known,
although abominably travestied by the
trash which is imported in masses. The
ivory statuettes, known as Kimonos, anu
manufactured for the European market,
are not represented here. They are,
without exception, a modern invention
to please the European eye, and have no
historic prototypes. A final word only
may direct attention to the old Satsuma
faience, of which so much poor imita
tion abounds; to the Imari porcelain
figure of a court lady of the seventeenth
century by Kakiyema, the n plus ultra
of sculpture iu porcelain, and to the
famous figure in faience by Kenzan of
mother and child at play, which we re
produce (Kenzan was the greatest of
Japanese potters, and this ehuf d'aeurre
lias been more tlian once illustrated); or
the Temple Guardltns of Xara, of the
sixth century, reproductions in minia
ture by Uitsono, minusculous colossi not
unworthy of the Greeks. Altogether
the collection deserves its high reputa
tion and repays study. It is historically
highly representative and filled with au
thentic objects of singular beauty and
The catalozue by Tade-
niasa Hayashi is a landmark in the his
tory of Japanese arc.
The Secrets of Book Making.
Speaking of the fact that although the
:nn;nl ,.f "ratinr" miffht seem
in iiin'ii i v. rt -r
vague and undefinable, a publisher re
cently told me that it had just happened
o bim to receive from three readers
unknown to each other and of very
widely varyiug positions in lite, opinions
upon a mauuscipt which agreed in ad
vising its rejection, yet which gave ji d
ment upon its merits and demerits so
exactly agreeing as almost to coincide in
actual expressions.
Of course several opinions are taken
upon any book that seems worth it, and
before one is accepted a good deal of
careful examination and judgment has
been done. The author is often advised
to make changes, sometimes not at all
to his liking. 1 once remonstrated with
a publisher upon an alteration he wished
made in a book of mine he was to pub
lish, and the conversation went on until
I said, rather testily, I fear:
"But I don't care if your readers do
advise it. I wrote the book; Isn't my
opinion in the manner of any value?"
. "Oh, yes," he returned coolly. "Itis
wyi Hi something; say a tenth what it
w ould be on a book somelxidy else had
written."
And I (Lire say he was right. A book
being accepted, there are sundry and
divers things which remain to be con
sidered in regard to its bringing out.
People are apt to cherish the impression
that when it Is once decided to print a
book the publisher simply sends it to
the printer, heaves a sigh of relief, and
sets to work to find another. Were this
so, many a hard worked book-maker
would lead a life far happier and less
care cumbered than fate now meets out
to him. Tliere are consultations about
style, sliape, iaicr, binding and
whatever relates to the mechanical
make-up of the volume; the author and
the professional proof -reades go over the
proof-sheets again and again, and sel
dom or never succeed in getting all the
errors out; the binder does his work;
and then the hardest part of the busi
ness begins. Apropos of proof-reading,
if I may be pardoned a personal experi
ence, the "Wheel of Fire" was read at
the printing office, a third revise and
afterward plate proofs were sent to me.
I read it twice, one of the best proof
readers I know went over it carefully,
and a friend accustomed to proof also
examined it for typographical errors;
yet the first time I examined the finished
volume, I chanced, quite by accident,
upon two inexcusible errors, and I have
since had my attention called to others.
Nobody who has not tried it knows how
bard it is to bully the printing press into
being exact.
The l)ook being made, the publisher
must decide just when and how it shall
be offered to the public. The season,
the announcements, the advertisements,
must all be carefully planned, ami often
seem to have as much to do with the
fate of a book as the nature of its con
tents. Whether this month or next the
fickle public is more likely to give at
tention to a work whether the announce
ments shall first go out in newsiaier
paragraplis, or in circulars to the trade,
with a dozen questions of this sort, have
all to be thoughtfully considered and
acted upon. Not infrequently it hap-l.-ns
that an author either delilierately
or inadvertently settles this question by
talking freely to some niemlier of the
P'.''. - I remember once bilking with
Mr. J. it. Osgood abouT "tne "cTianges
which had been made in a popular novel
lietwecn the time it was first placed in
Hie hands of the house and its appear
ance iu print.
"You seem to know a good deal about
it," he observed at length. "How did
vou fiud all that out?"
"Oh, the author told me herself," I
answered.
"And did you go and print it?" he
querried.
"Print it?" was my rather indignant
retort. "Of course I did not."
"Then," Mr. Osgood rejoined, with a
droll twinkle in his eye, uthcn you have
betrayed her confidence."
However it may have been in this
esiwcial case, it is often true enough
to take a literary man or woman at his
or her word i'i the declaration that what
is said is r. publication is to betray
a co;.i;i--..L winch secretly bMievos that
the n.-cipieut of the confidence will print
what he hears.
How small a proportion of books suc
ceed everylxxly knows and when one
considers the amount of labor expended
iu writing failures, he must be pro
foundly, melancholy albeit not half so
sad as w hen he considers the time taken
to write many books -hich in a pecuni
ary sense are brilliant successes.
"I like to have a book fail," an old
and famous literary Jinan said to me
once rather whimsically, "it relieves my
mind of a great load of responsibility.
I have liad all the pleasure of writing it,
I need not be afraid that anybody will
lie hurt by it."
Which is a view so largely and nobly
philosophical that it is to be feared it is
shared by few writers.
Stcamboaliug on thj Mississippi.
The prosperous days of steaiuboating
on the Mississippi "ended about 1S0U.
During that year the three lines working
between St. Louis and St. Paul earned
close ou $1,000,000. over half of wh.ch
was made by the Northwestern L nion
Packet Companv, now known as the St.
ini.wniui st. Paul Packet Company.
In 1864-C5 this company, which was
operating a line oi superior ooais vl
tween Dubuque and St. Paul, decided
fr. run rn tn St I-OUlS. OWilliT tO the
inroad made ujwn their business by the
railroads. Then loiioweu ine uiueiwi
competition ever known on the river.
The Northwestern Union had to fight
against the Keokuk Northern line, the
Northwestern racnei tympany ami ic
f Tnia ami Onincv Packet Company.
The struggle was terrific, and hundreds
of thousands of dollars was lost and
gained. The lxst-nam -a company soon
tliftfalV 1111 tha snmiev. and its boats were
bought up by the Northwestern Union,
who spent over halt minion on mese a i
new Uiats. It then owned such boats as
the Phil Sheridan, Alex. Mitchell,
Tom Fisher, Congress, Jiene, iros,
Key City, Minneapolis, Mollie Mearke.
v..i Vonknlt Andv Johnson.
I Ml J.l.f, 'VJ, , ---- - ,
Star, Victory, Damsel. City of Qu ncy,
John Kyle. s. u. ason, 'H
(ieorge S. eeks anu .aioiiie
The Keokuk company had the A. Johns
Bob Hoy, Harry Johnson, Bayard and
several others, and the old Northern
line had the Bed Wing Dubuque, Itock
Island, Keithsberg, New Boston Pem
bina and Canada, ine totai
these was about $2,000,000, and by lbri
the Northwestern Union had driven nil
its rivals from the field. The victors m
the summer of that year laid up all their
boats except two. on each of which they
lost $2,000 a week, and it was the folly
of the other competing companies in
keeping their boats all running which
finally ruined them. Wheu the mon
opoly was established prices per hundred
went up to $4, against a present tariff
varying from thirty cents to sixty cents,
but they soon dropped. Wnite they
lasted a sternwheel boat earned $7o,0U0
on one trip.
A PEANXT VENDER'S TALK.
Tbe Philosophy of Eating Pcannta
Uow to Properly Prepare Them.
"Tliere Is a big difference In pea
nuts," said a corner vender recently.
Some nuts are large and look very hue,
but they are tasteless. Xo matter how
carefully they are prepared and how
nicely they are roasted they are still
lacking in all the essentials of a good
nut. Tliev are grown on soil that is
deficient in some important respect.
"A good roaster, like a good cook or
good poet, must be born with a certain
qualification that cannot be acquired by
education.
"Some dealers roast their nuts too
much, others too little. If they are
roasted too much the oil is destroyed.
and a nut has a good deal of oil in it.
II they are not roasted enough, or u
they are roasted over a slow fire the oil
is not projierly brought out and they are
not good; in fact, they have a disagreea
ble taste.
"Some dealers steam them, but that
process spoils the good flavor of a nut.
Most of the nuts now sold come from
Virginia. The Eastern shore nuts are
the best. Patrons of the peanut often
complain that they find the kernel of the
nut soft and flexible instead of being
brittle; that is because they have been
too long roasted.
"If you want to get a nut at its best
you should eat it half an hour after it has
been roasted. They are good for the
day and then they become stale. Some
people like them hot, but they are bad
for the teeth, besides, they have not
acquired their proper taste. People who
are inclined to lie dysiieptic should not
eat many; it would be better if they did
not eat them at alL Properly roasted
peanuts are healthy for healthy people.
An ordinary peanut eater eats one a
minute, which is too fast.
"Yes, I sell a good many to ladies;
but they don't eat them ou the street
like men do. In fact, a really refined
lerson don't eat them as he walks along
the street. Newsboys, boot-blacks and
roughs do that. If a man has been
drinking liquor and don't wish to have
tl odor of it on his breath, he cannot
do better than eat peanuts afterwards.
Itis better than eating mint candy or
cloves. Those things give him away.
Wheii you smell cloves or mint on a
man's breath you at once suspect him."
To IKIrii a Monogram.
Scarcely anything seems so easy as to
design a monogram, yet we see very few
successful ones, the most of them being
a mass of mixed-up letters and oma-
rr u'fiifli wa fvui tfml iipitlier the
uniibo v. in.... -.--
beginning uor the end. There is a law
regulating the designing oi eerji"i"B.
sn,i it w tins law uliii h the true de
signer keeps in mind and applies to his
work; the enecis oi ooeuience io mra
lit.. inl Ita visil-itiitn 9m SPCI1 U elearlv
WIH liva iM avraaavava v
in the design of a monogram as iu the
rlrcirrn fnr a. r-athedral.
V it-it llwm should be harmouv of
composition, that is, the letters should
so emphasize, sutxiue, or coairoi u
other tluit the composition should im
press us as compact, appropriate, and
being so. ueautuui.
iwntiil thorp should be no unneces
sary ornamentation; there should be a
quiet and peace aDoui tne uesigu which
M-iii oKviv nlpnu the: triilv artistic.
Looking at some uesigns, we nei mo
h,innuimn that nrn-iment W.IS SO lllellti-
ful that the designer saw no other
meansof consumption than that of bury
ing his design in u, ior we see uu
thpi-p is a m:Lssof curves, annles. sliades,
and leaves, but nothing else.
Third, simplicity oi lettering i au
important requisite, as there should 1
n tuwviiiilitv nf inist:ikinr an E for a G
or C, and the boundaries or outlines of
the letters should be weu ueuiieu.
Vnnrih thp nnlpr of seoiience should
be carefully attended to. The common
idea is that a certain nuuioer oi leneis
area crivAll witli which to make a nleas.iiK
design, and so far, tliat impression is
right; bur. mere is soniemnis ir"
this. There is the art of so placing the
letters that one can distinguish at a
glance the first, the central, ami the last
rule to be observed to
secure this result Is as follows: The last
letter of the monogram must be me
principal feature, and must be the
Ltrgest, the boldest, and the heaviest
letter; then the first letter must be next
th a lirriitpt In outline and
iu iju aw "r
color; then the central letter must be
smallest, and ot an intermediate um.
If the monogram is four letters, the two
intermediate must 1 of the same size,
and the second letter lighter in outline
and color tlian the third.
The language of the Cane.
Tn rnn it on the naveiuent at every
step means: "Money is no object to me
I am.trying to wear out the ferule."
To poke a fellow m the rins wim u
u-lm i. ct.imlinir tin on a chair thA'e
rows ahead of the iHikist at a slugging
match insinuates: "iJown in ineiroiu.
rf'.. l.....iA.lt. Elin it fliklfn t'lA rttLIlht-
1U UUIllOUtJ mip I
lnnM lev and walk alonir with it con
cealed therein evidences that it has pre
viously been leioniousiy -mngiieiiAii
from some hat-rack and te rightful
owner is approaching.
AO pomi ai a rare on iKiumug m .
picture gallery indicates th.t the check
boy was asleep when the visitor came
through the entry door.
To carry the upper end in the over
coat pocket, with bottom iart sticking
straight up in front, signifies that the
nickel plate has worn on irom iu uous
i 1,. KA.,t onrl tlm iianiA would hhu'k-
icaucu tnu, . i -
en the dudelet's tan-colored glove if
luldin his hand.
To carelessly but gracefully drop it
,i.,.,to. the orliilemtion of too much
uciiuiw ...
high-priced fine wine aboard: while to
awkwardly get it tangieu up among me
i.. ir.,1 nlnmn thn bearer forward on
his nasal abutment sadly goes to prove a
wholesale consumption oi common ac
cent red, red liquor.
To pedestrianize on a crowded side
walk with it run through the akimboed
elbows and across the back with ends
n,;notimT Vurcnnrl par-h arm intimates
that there is plenty of room out in tbe
middle ot the street ior oiner peoo
who don't care to be swiped off into the
gutter in passing. . ,
To hold it in the centre, with the
handled portion downwards, is intended
by the effeminate "mover- w uemuu
strate this: "Aw, this stick is weally so
pawsitively top-'eavy, aw. that I ne
vah 'aving been used to manual labah.
aw, find It a ridiculously weighty bur
den, aw."
rt-.. -wavaMA 1 irl TT 1 1 ft thf"fA
II Uh
times naturally digs and picks up
twelve bushels of potatoes in day
i leaving a grand opening for machine-work.
LIFE OX A HOUSEBOAT.
larms of Existence on One of These
Movable Homes.
About six years ago a domicile on a
houseboat was viewed in the light of an
eccentricity. At the present time sixty
or more of these movable homes fringe
the edge of the Bucks shore, and, with
their brilliant drapery and flower
gardened fronts, impart color and ani
mation to a town that was formerly ac
credited with drowsiness during 300
days in tbe year. Life on a houselioat
offers many charms besides that of va
erity. We are most of us acquainted
with the recommendations set forth iu
favor of life on a flat; the houseboat may
lay claims to all of th.a, with the ad
ditional advantage of a facility for
changing aspect, position, neighbors,
and entourage whenever a desire for
fresh scenes and society arises. On a
houseboat there are none of the discom
forts of a semi-detached villa, aul neith
er need for nor any possibility of many
servants. L pon these latter the atmos
phere of the river houses seems to exer
cise a happy influence.
The diiliculty cook experiences when
in town of sending up a dinner, unless
her well-apiMjinted kitchen be supplied
with every modern invention and de
vice, appears never to occur to her
when on board a boat. There her
sanctum of about four feet square, with
utensils in proportionate limits, and the
atmosphere of an inferno, satisfy all the
requirements of tliat,underot her circum
stances, exacting woman. Is it that,
like her betters, she has a sense of pleas
ure iu discovering that she is possessed
of undreamed of resources? Or is it
that the small excitements, stiifting
scene, and somewhat relaxed' dignity of
tha surroundings of her employers
awaken in her a feeling of community
of interests? The cause is inexplicable,
but the fact remains.
A second woman on board is in the
accidental rather than the regular ce-urse
of events, as a man's services prove
more efficient in a baat which can rarely
place two berths at the disposal of the
servants. The pantry for table requi
sites Is equally limited, but then every
glass and cup fits into its appointed
groove; ami when each thing lias a place
and duly fills it, there is no sense of
overcrowding. The sleeping accommo
dation is apportioned with similar
economy, the arrangement of berths
being tlie same as those which prevail
on yachts and steamers; everything done
for the promotion of comfort and exclu
sion of superfluities. The drawing and
lining rooms afforded more scope for
ornamentation. Turkey carpets impart
a feeling of luxury; the velvet cushions
of the couches are made movable, and
do acceptable service in barge and skiff.
The tops of upright pianos are easily
converted into available etatreres, on
which are placed photographs, pictures'
and a variety ot serviceable ornaments.
Cabinets fit into every corner, and form
receptacles for painting or sketching re
quisites and work.
In manv instances a large and service
able Javanese lantern hangs from the
centre of the ceilinz flanked with Japa
nese fans P"1'1" leaves, Pampas Rr.isn
and Makart bouquets are all available
decorations, and much taste and inge
nuity are shown in the arrangement ot
mirrors to double the proportions of the
saloons. Pew boats can boast of a room
so spacious as that afforded by the roof
or deck of a house boat. Although the
latter varies in size as in form and deco
ration, 50 and 60 feet in length are by
no means unusual, and the social
home lire is usually passed on these flat
roofs, which are also the scene of numer
ous al fresco entertainments. Some are
entirely devoid of awnings, others have
canopies represented by huge Japanese
umbrellas; but most of the larger boats
show canvas, either arched or straight.
st retch i ng from stein to stern. I'euden t
from the centre are baskets of flowers
and numerous Japanese lanterns.
Entertainment without limit seems to
1 the order of river life; so long ss the
fine weather and presence of neighbors
continue. As night draws near, and
the twilight fades into the dusk which
renders every object dim, the excursions
ou the water cease. Then each boat and
launch puts forth its light, and snatches
of song with musical accompaniment-san?
heard along the stretch of river. In tlie
pauses may occasionally be discerned
the note of the corncrake from the adja
cent shores, or the distant sounds from
neighlioring town or village. It is often
late before all the occupants of the boat
sink into silence, as the temptation to
watch quiet river, sky and uioou are
more alluring than the tiny berth below.
Dress reouirements are happily few, and
those habituated to the river life may be i
distinguished by the simplicity of their
attire. Piain skirts of serge or flannel
are uiostlv adopted with skirts oi wash
ing silk. " The boat's colors are shown
iu the necktie, hat and waistband, and
its name on the silver buckle that iLtsps
the latter.
Ancient Albion.
The British Islands were formerly
covered with vast forests. liobber
kinds at one time infested the woods,
of whom ltobin Hood, of Sherwood
Forest, is the most noted. A contin
ually increasing population and the ad
vancement of science have changed the
aspect; these place have now become
the abodes of peaceful, civilized and
friendly men; the desert and impenetra
ble forests are changed into, marts of
industrv, cultivated fields, rich gardens
ami magnificent cities. The towns and
cities of the Britons were generally
built in valleys niwn the margin of a
stream or river for the convenience of
water and security from wimls. Sur
rounded by impervious woods and se
cured by a rampart and fosse, they were
sumcieidlystrong to resist ordinary
attarksnf the:r enemies, lhe Komaii
soldiers were as much accustomed to
the use of the plough as the shield, and
were as industrious in peace as they
were brave in war. When they had
fixed their camps, they availed them
selves of the advantages the surround
ing country presented, iu order to se
cure to themselves the necessary sup
plies. Woods were cut down, the
ground cieareu aim iuuku U,
roads were constructed from station to
station, to facilitate the conveyance of
goods, and collect their forces together
wore ease and expedition on any sud
den emergency. The Koman custom of
grazing in Italy was adopted in the re
motest parts ot their widely extended
empire. The dry grounds of the lulls
and the moist meadows of the vale were
su-cessively the pasture of their flocks
and herds. During the summer they
coutired them to the marshes and low
..r.,li and on the approach ot winter
they drove them up to the hills. Our
Angloaxon forefathers In the forests
of oak and beech reared large nundrs
of sheep and swine, and in the ric.t
mstures and open downs cf the south
ind west.
. ' .... ... . i.nij fr
xVEWS IN BRIEF.
There are six poets in the house of
lords including Tennyson.
Carved brick is now the fashionable
decoration for open fireplaces.
Astrologers are about to pick oat a
wife for the Emperor of China.
A comic paper is tbe first fruit of
constitutional liberty in Bulgaria.
The latest Chautauqua discovery
is fresh-water sponges in the lakes.
England, according to latest reports
has 750,000 more women than men.
Lard, if an, lie I at once, will re
move the discoloration after a bruise.
A fever fluent can be made cool
and comfortable by frequeut sponging
off with soJa water.
Twelve hundred and fifty people
have ascended Tike's Peak this sum
mer.
When the period of deep mourning
is over English women wear gray
gloves.
At Kletzk, Russia, over one hun
dred Jewish synagogues were burned
lately.
In the opinion of men of science
the pyramids were built of artificial
stone.
More than 100,000 visitors have
registered at Chautauqua so far this
summer.
Sixty thousand cards are used In
the new card catalogue of the Brooklyn
library.
One hundred and six children were
counted at one seashore hotel one day
last week.
A Jonesvi'le, Mich., m:ss rides a
reaper all day rattier than swing in a
hammock.
A GermantJwn boarder was badly
cut by the explosion of sour milk in a
nursing bottle.
Manitowoc, Wis., farmers cul
down trees that their cattle may feed
on the green to;s.
About 2".0,w cattle will be driven
into the Canadian north west from the
United Slates this season.
Martin Luther's home as a child at
Mansfield, Saxony, has just been re
stored to its original condition.
Dr. Oppier of Strasburg considers
pulverized roasted coffee a superior an
tiseptic for surgical dressings.
Great Britain has more than 12.00C
total abstinence societies for youn
people, with a membership of 1,500,000.
Emperor William has given $35.
000 toward the erection of an evangel
ical church iu the town of Eydtkuh
nen. Tlie late Archbishop Trench left
property valued at i4UO,000. He be
queathed 15.000 to the Episcopal
church In Ireland.
A Warsaw, Ind. .curiosity is a large
potato which has grown into and com
pletely filled a large beef bone. Tne
potato is eight inches long and six
Indies In diameter.
The consumption of lead pencils in
this country Is estimated at 250,000 a
day. This Is at the rate of one per u.17
to everv ISO of the population, or about
78,000,000 a year.
Southall quotes from Herodotus to
show that the Scythians used to scalp
their enemies. The wild tribes ot
Northeastern B'ugal also used the
scalping knife.
A Bombay physician asserts that a
gradual increase In the size of the skutl
among the natives of Imli.i is taking
place, which change he ascr;be3 to the
effect of civilization.
A Naugatuck man saw something
green in a cake of ice and split the
cake open. The thing was a frog,
which, after an hour or two in the sun
light, hopped about vigorously.
Several years ago Prince Bismarck
is reported to have said to an American
statesman: "England is counted out of
European politics while Ireland re
mains as an enemy at her gates."
An entire village in North Derby
shire was offered for sale the other day,
but the property did not change hands,
as the hiRbest bid was only 7,500
whereas tb'e houses alcue had cost JL'7,
550. A Boston newspaper tells of an old
lady whose wedding present to a happy
pair was a coup'.e of llatirons, and the
I motto "Fight on" neatly worked In
colored worsted 0:1 perforated card-
board.
A Warkworth, OnL. minister
prayed one recent Sunday morning as
follows: "Lord bless our servant girls
who are detained from joining in the
worship of Thee by the sleeping oi
their masters and mistresses."
That eminent English physician.
Sir Henry Thompson, thinks that more
than half the diseases which embitter
life are due to the errors in diet. An
over supply of nutrition, which must
go somewhere, produces liver diseases,
gout, rheumatism and various other
disorders.
Lieut. Brickwedel or the regular
army, just returned to San Francisco
fro.n hunting Apaches, has a picture
he ttdnks much or. It is that of a
voung woman, but its beauty has been
marred since it stopped a bullet rrom
an Apache's gun that was aimed
straight at the young man's heart.
A Buffalo newspaper is resiwnsible
for the statement that after a meeting
the other evening Bishop Coxe said to
a reporter: "I should like to correct
the nroof sheet ot my prayer. You
u are petU
certain to bungle it up badly.'
Dr. Elsenhart of Chamberaburg,
Pa., offered his two little sjns a cent a
dozen for all the nails they would pick
up on one block of a certain street, and
another citizen made a like offer to an
other bov. The result was that the
j doctor's boys found 103 dozen and the
other Doy im uozen nana.
By diamond drills at Schaladebach.
Prussia, in search for coal, a depth of
4560 feet has been reached. The gov
ernment bore the expense, J2O.C0O, and
the work occupied three and a half
years. At the bottom the temperature
is 48P centigrade, confirming the idea
that the heat increases as we descend
into the earth.
An anti-insects fabric has been
patented by Mr. John P. Regan, of
New York City. It is made by first
steeping the fabric in a solution of
tobacco and cascaniia banc. maceraiei
in benzine, then dryina and steeping In
tobacco cascarilla bark and hot water,
tbe fabric to be used in truak lining,
etc.. as a protection from nicks or
other insects.