gil P, J W ; i I 'Rill 1 L
jj. F. SCHWEIER,
TZB OCimiUTlCl-TSE UXICJ-ATD E3 IITOZOIXZaT 07 THE LAYS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XL.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 6, 18S6.
NO. 4i:
Xbc StTmon of a Statu,
. x inir. In tba melancholy plxca
S -ith u!pturl kin and priest and
jj, Sie called us. Then, with kindly
joiJ head was laid a hand that
irfxntlol:
Yo stranger, come," the verger
Albr the sermon-" "Xo," the child
itplieJ.
A moment standing on ils new-world
Tl in the Comer of the Poets holding
UucxP Pruy rftverenoe. as still
A.nT of that company, he said, foldinft
Dii ara: "But let that canon wail."
Aodlben,
1 wint w stay here with these marble
men.
L'tbey could preach Td Ustenl" Ah. they
AoMher thought. It pleased the boy to
Id toe i presence of the peerless man
U ho :metl to his text with moveless
soKcr.
tinglac ith blce-eyed wonder, he
"Ix-ok,
Itis ono Out do you kcow him?) has a
know him. A.v, and all the world knows
hiro, ,
Ami.u; 'he uiany poets the one only;
Co that bisU hrad the stained gloom was
inn,
Intln-fxeJ fjes the look of sods was
looelv.
jcs at hU feet, to whom his hand gave
time,
Laj, duit and ashes, shining through his
tame.
I beard him. With the still Toiosofthe
d-aJ
From that stoue page, right careless or
Sad jret- rs of a faithless age! he read
How the great fiobe would vanish like a
Tiin,
With all that it iibit And
Jiath Le .
Tin. wrie but one word, and that-Vanityr
Jl'MMi; TO A CONCLUSION.
Thr tumulus of Cliadbury Hill was a
.-....! i, .r Ttimonv tit the cood taste of
i.i.-nistm it- man. Situated in one of the
lovlit-st sjot.s in the south of England, it
demonstrated to future ages that he had
as much an eye lor effect as any enter
jirisiiij owner of a public house "with a
commanding corner position." On the
summit of the earth-mound the gaze
traveled over au unopposed range of
-,,n,t,.i,u intmlows. woodlands, eleam-
ing hamlets. Ions wind-sweit reaches of
chalk liowi eiieircieu aiar on. uy me
it:, i,. -h.etiire of the ocean. Civiliza
tion,; represented by the ubiquitous
steam engine, ana smart reu mica,
yaeen Auue villas and grasping lodging
lmuse keeiers, iuui novas jet. ihch-tt-d
to Chadbury. Though visited du
ring summer by au eminent archsjolo
gical lotiy intent ou ransacking and
research, it bad escad tlie eye of the
great ?iiickiiig public. No blackened
turf, noroken ginger beer bottles, or
gadding Auks and btraying papers and
staUeri! orange ri W-trayed tlie pree
euce of Arry and his Dinah, 'out for a
day." The only human habitations for
miles around were the farmhouse at the
foot of the hill and a little cottage uest
linj in the hollow.
Harriet Johnson and Helen Coring,
the two ladies who occupied one of the
cosev Uiv window sitting rooms set
aside for "the use of the summer lward
ers at the farm, had hitherto lodged
together in tlie stuffy apartments of a
diu"y London suburb. The former
was'an elderly art bttilent whosa pic
tures had not. as yet, been accepted 1 by
audit but he stitigiest of dealers. The
latter, who was spending her vacation
at Chadburv, was a te;tclier at a neigh
boring high'schiKtl. Miss Goring was a
tomi? woman well versed in all theisms
and ologies of tlie day, holding advanced
views after Darwin and Spencer, and
equallv advanced opinions as to the ulti
mate destiny of her sex. An authority
on evolution and the environment, and
the survival of tlie fittest; an inconoolast
of tlie idols and superstitions of an
effete jost with starry blue eyes,
fringed by dense black lashes, a delicate
complexion like a dog rose, and auburn
Lair, streaked with multitudinous gold
threads like the twisted sunbeams in a
brook. She was totally devoid of tlie
romance with which her friend brim
med over. Nowadays one must look
for sentiment to the old, not to the
children of the iron age of science. Tlie
fairreader whodropi-ed the sympathetic
tear over "I.ani' "The Corsair," and
"The Fire Worshipers," has for a de
scendant a i radical young person who
prefers a treatise on sanitary laws to the
finest lvric. that was ever penned. For
the rest. HeleiiGoring wasa good, hard
working girl who sent liberal instal
ments of her slender salary to augment
the half-pav on which a widow and
three little 'boys sulwisted m a shabby
genteel cott;ige in Clifton.
In the winter, Chadbury Hill, swept
by the hurricane from the sea, by blind
ing snow-storms and indriving rain tor
rents, must have leen bleak and deso
late to a degree. But on this majestic
August dav it seemed the most desirable
of places, with swift lights and shadows
chasing each other over its thyray 6lopes
and the level country beneath bathed in
a vellovv glorv. After settling herself
and her sliadv h.it on a campstool be
hind a tall easel, on whose canvas she
vainlv endeavored to portray a port jon
of the magnificent panorama unrolled
at her feet Miss Harriet was not lost
in one of her impossible day dreams of
splendid pictures (as yet undrawn)
accepted bv a grateful Academy (as yet
uiiWn). "Meanwhile her young com
panion, in an antiquarian ecstasy up
and round the barrow, liad wandered
devn the farther side where the little
cottase sheltered itself under the shoul
der of the hill. She had tapped and
riiii.iu.,1 ..;ti. i.i.r n.niiHrical liammer.
and observed the saTiimt features of the
scene in the notebook, between wuose
nun. Ki, ,,,.f.,iiu a rare moun-
I V . 1 i tl Villi I "'J
tain plant, ignoring the nodding hare
bells as comparatively unworthy 01 a
l.t... .;.- iiinvpr cerulean
their tint. Presently she awakened to
the fact that her excursion under the
hnt tiimidcim liml rpndered her ex
cessively thirsty. The cottage pictur
esquely delightful to an artist '
iritl, We i.,,. . ninf and whlte-
washed walls, ttossessed for an arolwelo.
Kivui 1U111U IUU Ol IOC
primitive epoch merely the ulitanan
advautage of possibly affording her a
drink of water. A venerablo peasant
fashion on an arcud au and antiqiiattea
sruock fr-Kk, sat on a three-legged stool
in tit .l..,ru-,r li(J.-int? in the SUn.
Leaning his arms on his crutchea, ne
surveyei'l the young lady with a smile or
encouraging benevolence. In the uini
Dutch interior a woman was washingm
a capacious red tub, the multifarious
rlrvtl.aa 41. trot loin tllClf
comrades on the liue at the back of the
house, where they flung particolored
streamers in the high west wind.
'Can you oblige me with a glass of
water?"
A a tfiA vnmnn TVtt a nrolSminorr
t ( VSUUf ! 't I.WU111IU1 J
wipe on her apron of her soapy arms,
1-1 A. 1 . , . .
proceeueu to aceex.o to 1113 reAjuesi, ine
girl standing on the threshold allowed
her gaze to rove absently over the scru
pulously clean little room. It wandered
ffrttvt rha 11 I vr w-kf f Iviloom 111 t ) in
li vui uv a uuuj vs. wttioisiu ii
small diamond panned window to a line
roDusi coiorea picture iracea ou me
oDrtosite wall of the childhood of the
royal family, where II. II. II. the Trince
of ales was represented playing with
on firanmk CAttAf tliA liroiA lino rf tlia
late Prince Consort's raistcoat till it
reacnea a broken ULScoioreu okl bone,
villi cavornl i r-rrvm 1 r moftriiirrc tliot-sntt
lying on a shelf of the overhanging fire
place, a ne science uiai -wouiu peep
could not, of course, resist the opportu-
4tMay I look at that, If you please?"
bled up with amazing cerlerity from his
post at me aoor.
"Sartainly, Miss, sartainly. lioty,
you go along and fetch the Lady the
money bid for that bit of bone, I do as
sure you, Jliss. iook weii ai 11, iauy,
it's worth it. At least so says the young
man as came here this morning. He do
thiuk a power of it" the cackle at the
remembrance changing into a groan as
he stretched upward to the chimney
shelf "Roomatics, Miss!" in apologetic
explanation as he handed down the
bone. "It's my legs. Miss. I'd 1 a
young man if it was na for my leg.
They've got old for the rest of me. I'd
be as gay a young sjurk as any o' them
if it was na for my legs," looking down
with melancholy pride at those offend
ing members.
'Yes?" faintly. As she turned that
Kml-an frMrmtlt nf :in ailillial'S llOril
over in her haud, her heart, after the
ttrst sudden stoppage, ueat mm mc
liicta rf !i fielt. plOOt'lOll.
Dandling t i-iwv, v.
"Did I understand you to say that
that the gentleman wisiieu to uuy uns
from you?'
"Jest so Miss. At first he axed me
'arf crnnriL. then another 'aif
crown, then 'arf a sovereign. Hut na,
na, says L If It be of such vally I ain't
going to part with it to tlie urs. omuer.
I knows what doo to myself ami it.
I'm L-Knin' it " with ineieasiiis hilari
ty, "till I makes up my mind if it's
worth my whiles to let it go.
'From whence did you get it?"
"Von big mound, jest after them lot
who come in vans had left" so in this
irreverent bean-feaster lasuion uesen
binz the respected members of a learned
.Ji.i,.,niriQTi rvitv in their handsome
two-horse waggonettes. "I had just
topped the hill and sat me down for a
i;tti. iinir o triib lilrmn I be short-
winded, Miss. 1 stretched out my old
legs," bringing those appendages asain
to the front, much to Miss Goruig's
secret disgust, "and knocks my left '1:11
agin sunimat nam 111 a lump ui unm
that the folk hirt b-onrr3.' so I reacV
it to me and breaks it o;en with my
sticks, and I finds this bit of a lxne
with the queer little soraicncs o 11
when I ieel away the dirt."
Are vou sure that these carvings
scratehes, I mean," hastily correcting
herself, "were on it when you first dis
covered it? Are you sure, quite, quite
sure?' breathlessly, yet with the edu
cational tone of the high school very
tierceptible in each well articulated syl
lable. "Can you give me your sacred
word of honor that, to the best of your
belief, no one could possibly have
touched tliat lone before you took it
from the tumulus?"
"Ain't 1 sure, Miss? Ahft I speakin'
gosiel truth? Well, here 1 swears on
the book," bringing his right lunddown
with a hearty thump on the well worn
cover of an adjacent Bible, "that no one
1, -.!.- laid so much asa little finger
on this 'ere bone afore I fetched;it out of
yon mound, or toomlee as the gentry cans
it," promptly and proudly enriching his
vocabulary. .
"Tliank you," almost mauiuoij.
AWll I will come again and have
another talk about it In the mean
time don't let any one, no matter vu.u
tliev sav or promise, induce you to part
with that bone," emphatically.
"You can depenu 011 me, iiss. 1
rayther think that 'ere young pent
won't get the inner side of Jeremiah
Muggins which is me, Miss," lifting a
lolite finger to his forelock.
Mecliauirally lestowing a &uiau ouvci
coiu in Mr. -tiuggm s ouwreit .cu
....1... 0.1.1 nttorlv nldivious of the Class
I'.ll 111, huh , ,1
of water coming from the well at tlie
back, Helen lelt tue cottage, iuum,
lieat. fatigue, all physical sensations
were lost in the tremendous tumult
evoked bv the sight ot tliat oiu scraiciieu
t...oi v. it nwsible? Iiid that simple
old peasant indeed hold for the present
what ileieu uoruig ,wuai-im,u
rfectlv unique
specimen of the carvings of prehistoric
iminr a iigure cicuti i-
tlin horn of one
of the prehistoric oxen slaughtered at
tlie chieiiam siuir'i.w &i.t -t
li.l nnHor 1h li:irrow at the top 01
Chadbury HiU! A portrait of primitive
man of the newer sione ac vj u.iu.i.
.iaiiiotiii 1 11 rintr a pause in
the hideous riot of his blood-stained ban
quet A severely archaic sketch, mainly
' :..,:.... f atr:irlit and horizontal
Consisting 1.....-0--- -
strokes, yet with a certain rude force in
the jupnght aiuiuue, ." y
spread arms, terminating in five lines
tliat represented somewhat dispropor-
tionately large nanus; .t cii-ic
FuT-Vwini two smaller circles for eyes
and a slit for a mouth. What wattat
much-lauded prize, me uraw iug i
(i. it own tusk by tiuu
IIUUIUJUIU rn w
Landseer of remoter days, the caveman
of the Dordogne, to iiusr uo -
i...j .,,..r nf the frieze of the
Parthenon, the gloria . r t Ue l aa
sance. cut ciearamx moi i-t". -
berriuied condition, as if it were but
veterday. I'oor prehistoric artist soul,
peTnTdarkened, striving, own
tn r ve utterance to a
dav lite or nisieuon, - -; -
hunting, the slaying! What would not
fheTembers of that archaxilogical asso
ciation who pottered around and abote
it. unseeing and unsuspocting, only a
few months ago, have g'n such a
matchless antiquarian trcasiiie? VM
Sto 5ui of fading a lengthy paper
on hPstupendous to c' " e
of opemmouth graybeards with aU the
alplXt after the worW nowed
nalnes! What a vista of fan f2
Fame that she would leap into
with one bound! Fame tliat at last
would vindicate a woman's claim, to be
X "down to eritys a scien fic
benefactor of ItahuinM ncel B utge
voumr ut who bid for it? The guasuy
thZlhfsuddenly chilled her enthusiasm
to zero. He will lay a superior claim.
He"ertainly will not relinquish such a
splendid opportunity of distinguishing i
himself without a keen struggle. Well-
plucking up her spirits she ought to be
able to circumvent him with her wo
man's wit Men have been so wont to
talk alxmt woman's wit in the kindly,
patronizing tone they descant on ani
mal's instinct, that it was high time
they should learn what a formidable
weajxin it was. This was, in reality, a
heroic duel between the sexes. Knowl
edge, enlightenment, irseverance on
the one side; tradition, intolerance and
brute force on the other.
2sext morning Helen was up betimes
and out In an incredibly short time
she had gained the casket of her treas
ures, tlie homestead of the Mugginses.
As she opened the little wicXet gate, she
heard voices high in discussion, one of
which made her heart sink with a sense
of baffled despair. It was her rival's.
"Are you aware, Mr. Muggins, that,
leaving out the comparative worthless
ness of the thing the Natural History
Museum is stocked with infinitely supe
rior specimens are you aware that
your reprehensible conduct In thus pur
loining this article has rendered you lia
ble to the penalties reserved for pilfer
ers?"' His unknown listener, as igno
rant as the chopfallen Jeremiah of the
precise form of the law, quailed inward
ly at this new feature of the case. "I
am not at all certain, either, that if this
illegal proceeding of yours came to light
vou would be permitted tlie option of a
fine. One month's imprisonment doesn't
sound pretty, eh, Mr. Muggins? How
came this bone into your possession?
Uy stealing. I presume the consent of
the lord of the manor to open the bar
row did not extend to an humble unsci
entific individual like yourself. Why
l.as it remained a secret for so long?
Through your natural tear of detection
and ultimate punishment. What is to
prevent me from handing both you and
it over to indignant justice? Xothing."
"Mr. Muggins, don't listen to him!"
cried Helen, swiftly entering the shady
tile kitchen. "It's nothing of the kind.
And even if it was," incoherently, "he
has made himself a party to tlie irauu.
as he himself wished at first to purchase
it from you."
At this the stranger wheeled round.
Two handsome voung ieoi)le now con
fronted each other like a couple of hun
gry dogs snarling over a bone.
"Vou must recollect Mr. Muggins,
continued the eirL still addressing that
venerable personage, and ignoring his
companion, "that you solemnly promised
me ou no account whatever to part with
it till I had seen you again. I have now
made up my mind that I will give you
whatever you may reasonably uemanu,
I came here to-day with the strict in
tent ion of buying it."
"Are vou aware. Miss Goring I be
lieve it is Miss Goring of the farm
have the honor of addressing that you
are making yourself my partner in the
fraud you have jnst accused me of?" As
his gaze continued to rest on me wveiy
iliLsiiud face below him. involuntarily
Ids voice softened. It was hardly pos
sible for a voung man of however
Steele! arainstwilntar fed weakness by
the isolation of a studious boyhood, to
suppress a strong desire tliat this pretty
girl would transfer some of the strange
absorbing interest in prehistoric man to
one particular descendant or. tne vnu
centurv."
"Yes. Mr. Muggins, I am prepared to
give you as much as lo shillings for it."
"In that case." rapidly rejoined Mr.
Carrol, turning to Jeremiah, "I, in my
turn am equally ready to advance a
sjvereign.
"And I " triiimnliantly. "one pound
ten." The little hoard of seven gold
pieces almost exclusively reserved, with
one exception, for the use of the wid
ow's family at Clifton, will be some
what lessened by such a proceeding.
However, in the cause of science should
Helen Goring object to wearing a three-
vear old bonnet during tne ensuing
winter? The boys shall have their warm
coats as usual
"Two pounds."
"Two pounds ten."
"Three pounds."
"Three pounds, ten," desperately.
"Four pounds."
"Four iwunds, ten," chokingly.
Five nounds." briskly.
"Six six pounds?" with a a catch in
her breath like a sob.
'Siv nniinds. ten."
"Seven nounds?" It was all gone now!
The last shining sovere.gn of the sav
ings tliat represented so many small sen-
denials and pinchiugs and privations
had vanished forever. I areweu to w in
..r mantles and thick little overcoats
and small new bonnets; to the residue
that with careful management might
have paid a portion of the taxes of the
house at Clifton! She felt like one of
those mother's of old who passed their
throimli the lire to Moloch.
Shivering, ragged, destitute, reduced toa
state of genteel pauperism, still of course
it must be of inestiuiablead vantage tothe
Goring family to know even in thecom
namtiv, solitude of the workhouse to
w hich they may eventually come that
they are the joint jtossession ot a penecuy
unrivalled reuc 01 menewei owun
"Put me down for seven pounds, ten,
Tr AflKTirinS."
The aged peasant, whose bleared eyes
twinkled with a benevolent joy at the
utter "darkness" of the whole business
that was setting him up in ailluence for
the ensuing twelvemoiitns, waneu iu
vain for another bid. The auction was
at an end. With high head but falter
ing step. Miss Goring marched out of
ti e cottage. The little gardenand bare
bleached hill beyond, the azure dome
and blinding sunshine seemed one fan
fcistic glittering blur as seen through
scalding tears.
The victor in this keen, brief contest
stood irresolutely looking after her.
Somehow, forthe moment, two big blue
eyes dashing up at him through a storm
,.t in nniwaml to l a more import
ant studT than all the authenticated
!mM of the finest museums. Poor.
pretty child! Spoiling the splendor of
tirtcA linn ill nrl because she was denied
her latest plaything! Wliat cruel fate was
it that caused him to wresi misappie ui
.i;nnl from her?
Tho-iA novel disuuieting thoughts
il him as he strode rapidly
back. Dismissing them at length with
quick si"h as he gained the summit of
'the hill, he paused; and taking the hone
lirejist uocket of his coat re
garded it with, a tender sniile of exult,
ant possession. Presently, shading his
eves with one hand, the smile mean
.l.iiA nlianeinz to a frown, he scanned
it more intently; Uien with increasing
and paling lius. as there
., .mtA horrible possibility tliat,
Jeremiali'a fervent asseverations to the
, tiii wonderful trophy had
been "cooked" for the occasion. The
horn was indubitably that of the prehis
toric ox. But the drawing! W as it not,
as now seen in the fierce light of the
downs and away from the dusky do
nf the Mugginses, a little too
marvelously fresh for a production of I
say, 20.0U0 years a?o? Could there be j
any likelihood that 7 aid of an indi
vidual who, however plain and unpre
tending his habits, was but a beginner
in the world's great race for success,
had been, figuratively speaking, thrown i
into the sea? But then why should a
single old laborer iu a little primitive, ;
out-of-the-way nook like Chadbury por
tray a figure concerning whose scientific
value he must be wholly ignorant?
Here bis foot striking against a pros
trate stone arrested his attention. Ab
sently he gazed down at the impedi
ment. Then he halted. . He stopped.
He looked nearer, closer, longer. At
what?
A fac simile of the portrait of Prehis
toric man in his own hand.
"Great heaven!" he exclaimed, tragic
ally aloud, like a stage hero. 'Ain I
dreaming? Why, you young scoundrel,
what have you been doing?" suddenly
and explosively aware of the presence
of a small spectator with a big clasp-
knife.
At the stern voice tlie small spectator
began to whisper.
"Please, su. 1 hainta' doing' notn-
ing, I liaint"
"Is this your work, toor" exhibiting
his seven-pounds bargain as he spoke.
"Please, sir." with renewed sobbing,
"grandfayther said he'd leather me if I
told. Grandfayther be mortal strong in
spite of his age. But I haint nieauin'
harm sir, I haint, indeed. I didn't
think the ould bone on the chimbley
mother stirs the porridge with was
worth so much."
"Xor L either." grimly. Grand
father Jeremiah Muggins, eh?"
"1 es sir, that's he, sir. I'm 'tommy
Muggins, sir. And the schoolteacher.
he says" the unquenchable pride of
genius struggling with terror "he'd
says, I've a fine taste for figger drawin'.
It's all out of my own head and naught
else."
"I believe you. Look iiere. Master
Tommy, I conclude either schoolmaster
or iiarscn has taught you where liars go
to?"
"Yes, sir," doubling up a fist into
each eye. "Hellen, tire and briu.stone,
sir."
"Exactly." unscrupulously adopting
for his own ends a tbeologu-al doctrine
about which he entertained decided
opinions. "Precisely. Hell, fire and
brimstone without the treacle, witn
which. I dare sav,youare best acquaint
ed. Well, if at the present moment.
Master Muggins, you are not telling me
the truth "
"But I be, sir, I be," protested the
sobbing Tommy. "Why. grandfeyther
lie d a leather me if he knew, l did it
with grandfeyther's big knife, and it's
meant for craudfeyther hisself, and it's
all out of my own head and naught else,
and the schoolmaster, he says, I've a
fine taste for figger drawin', and it's
nothing but truth I'm tellin' and please.
sir, have you a saxpence with you?" all
in a breath, the family resemblance to
his respected progenitor very strong in
the puckered, wizen, astute visage.
. "Xotiuite. ri man., Ou the W!f.
the acquaintance of the Muggins enton-
rage is a leetie too expensive a luxury
for a man of moderate means to indulge
iu. Oil with you! and confound you.
and your father, and your figure-draw
ings, and your sixpence."'"
Mr. Carroll was alone. Tommy had
scampered down the declivity, fearsome
of whatever contingent this tremendous
day might yet have held In store for
him. Mr. Carroll was alone: vowing
audible and incoherent vengeance.
"The old rascal! The humbugging
old villain! To be tricked In such a
manner by such a one! If it were not
tliat his age protects him, I would .
Certainly he will not escape scot five.
Certainly I shall not sit dow n tamely
and grin and bear! What a stupendous
knave and what a fool! Incredible!
Yet to lie the scarified subject of nice
little stinging paragraphs in the daily
press, garnished by caustic allusions to
Mr. Pickwick and his little autiquarian
find ."
At this feature of the case he arrest
ed his downward race back to tke cot
tige. As he slowly retraced his steiH,
his keen eyes caught the 11 utter of a
white gown far in advance. Suddenly,
hastily, and heedless of sunstroke, this
impetuous young man ran quickly down
he steep slojie in the direction of the
retreating skirt. In five minutes he
had gained, a trifle breathless, the side
of i s owner.
"Miss Goring!" baring his handsome
young head. "Allow me to present to
you with a perfectly unique sjiecimen of
the Early Age"
"And do you think I would take as a
gift what was mine by right, if thre
had been a shadow of justice in the
whole transaction?" After darting one
indignant glance up at him, the girl
moved hurriedly on with averted eyes.
"Of the early age," with imiierturba
blo good humor, "of Master Tommy
Muggins, grandson of our mutual friend
Jeremiah, who, with the ancestral pen
knife, has achieved a capital portrait
more after Gillray, perhaps, tlian Du
Maurier of tliat venerable imposter.
Miss Gonng, we have both been duped.
We have both suffered. We are com
Ianions in misfortune. Arcadia lias
got the better of science in au affair that
se' en ponds ten thrown away notwith
standing, I cannot regret as it has len
the means of introducing me to Miss
Goring."
There must surely have bee . some
thing infectious in the boyish smile
w ith which she was regarded, for Miss
Goring struggled in vain to preserve the
glacial immobility of her countenance.
"Miss Goring," as he perceived this
break, "need we be enemies any longer?
Cannot we," advancing to her with
impulsively outstretched jwlin "cannot
we sliake the hand of friendship ovei
our mistakes?" And Helen, softeuetl
surprised, oft her guard for a moment
took It
Tlie Muggins bone now reposes in the
study of Prof. Francis Carroll, F. It S.,
F. S. A., etc.. and proves of immense
benefit on those occasions when hi
ardent temperament is apt to overcome
his soberer judgment
It also plays the iart of peacemaker
in the few differences that must inevita
bly ensue between that rising young
scientist and his wife, pee Goring,
Though on the wlwle, considering that
two fiery-tempered people of diandric
ally opposed opiuidns make up tlieii
minds to enter matrimony together,
these are of fewer occurrences than
might have been expected.
A Sin Jose, Cal., wife recentlj
gave her husband fo'JO on eonditior
that be should leave the state.
Mamma "Da you know the ten com
mandments; my oear?"
Little Bess 'Yes, mamma."
Well, repeat tbem."
"I cant,' mamma. I don't know
them by heart. I only know them when
I see them."
WORK FOR WOMEX.
An Easy- Way of Earning a Little
Spending Money.
. "The tide of popular taste or capilce
appears to be setting in again in favor
ot dried fruit instead of the exclusively
canned or preserved article," remarked
a dealer of fine goods of this sort
- "The knowledge of the proper meth
ods of drying fruit has ltecome almost
1 : in this country since self-sealing
cans were iuvente l. Good dried fruit,
however, is far bettor than poor canned
f.'uit The manner of preserving it in
this way fell into disuse because it was
done in a careless and improper way.
It was dried so slowly that it became
l uih and required hours of soaking
before it was fit to cook. In this man
ner it was well-nig'i robbed of its flavor
-L then reduced to ntter insipidity by
long stewing.
"It is necessary to use well-ripened
fruit for drying. The inferior fruit can
ti canned or preserved and lie rendered
Ixilatable. A well-dried peach is far
fiqerior to a common canned one.
Tiiey should be cut in halves and laid,
out side up, on cheese-cloth, without
putting one piece ou top of another, iu
roiue sunny place out of doors.
"A woolen frame similiar to those
used in dairies for milk is a good thing
tor drying fruit The cheese-cl th can
'.fVhiing iu it by hooks ou nails at the
sides. Clean, white mosquitto netting
phoeld be laid over the fruit and it
diould be carried into tho house at
Mght to prevent itsacqniring dampness.
"In those countries from which we
i.nort the choicest dried fruits even the
ground and rocks are so covered with
drying fruit that it is difficult to move
without stepping on it. As for the
roofs they are completely hidden with it
"No other evaporators but the sun
and air should be used for fine fruit
'o wormy fruit should ever lie dried,
ior one piece will spoil many iwuuds.
"The only good way to dry apples is
to peel, core and quarter them or cut
them into eighths. The old-fashioned
way of stringing tl em is good. They
should be dried in the open air. They
can be hung, if put on strings on the
boughs of the trees where they grow.
If not strong they should be spread like
peaches on cheese cloth.
- "Plums are decidedly the best when
ilt ied with the stones in and stems on.
"".Viien the stones are removed the cut
sides should be filled with sugar, and
when they are half dry they should 1
pressed for two or three hours with
jiites and a weight to flatten them.
"Common fruit may be put iu lags
and kept in some cool, dry place.
Choicer fruit should be put into well
seasoned pine boxes in layers, with thin
manilla paper between them. Care
should be taken that the boxes ve no
rtsiuous smell, as the fruit will be im
p:guated with it
Fancy fruits for dessert should be
up in the foreign style in tin cases
hite-wood boxes, with tine white
.0l more man one u mo jujuums
should be put in a box.
"I don't see why there is not a great
field for woman who wish to earn their
living In canning, preserving and dry
ing fruit If they would pattern after
the way in which the finest goods in the
market are put up, and make their
prices to correspond, there would te few
merchants who would object toliandling
home-made preserved and dried fruit.
The trouble is not that women can't
learn to preserve or dry fruit such as the
market demands, but that they, as a
rule, do not understand tho merest de
tails of doing business.
"Private customers as a rule would
pay better than the trade custom, but
there is no reason w hy the American
market couldn't be largely supplied
with home prepared fruits. If the
thousands of women all over the land
who want something to do in their own
homes whereby they can earn money
would turn their attention to this or
kindred work, eminently feminine, they
would ben fit themselves and better
goods would be obtained.
"Other food besides fruit could be
better preiared for the market under
the direction of women than men, even
in factories. The very best catsup ob
tainable, for instance, is put up in a
factory owned by a woman, he began
by supplying private customers. Her
caLsup commands the highest price of
any in the market
"One enterprising lady that I knew
of who was thrown rather suddenly on
her own resources with two little child
ren to care for, prepared a quantity of
preserves, canned and dried fruit, jellies
and pickels, hired a light wagon and
drove around every day from house to
house till she sold hur goods. The next
feason she had as many orders as she
could fill.
"By tho way, I saw a marmalade, or
preserve, down in tho southern lar't of
this State that was not only a novelty,
but good. It was made by a little wo
man who is sane on all other subjects but
literally demented in the matter of pre
served fruits. She has a cellar made
like an old-timo "spring-house cellar,"
detached from the house for her pre
serves. I was a guest at her table one
night list spring. You'll be astonished
when I toll you that the different kinds
of canned and preserved fruit she served
on that occasion by actual count num
bered seventeen. Among them was
this marmalade. It was prepared from
the wild grape, which the average
housekeeper long ago despaired of con
verting into an edible conserve.
The little woman told me that she
took them while green before the seeds
hardened, scalded them for two or three
minutes to soften them, and then rub
bed them through a sieve to free thern
from the stems and seeds. She allowed
a pound of sugar to each jtound of the
pulp; and let the sugar boil into a thick
eirup before putting in the grape pulp.
It was really a good preserve.:
"I've learned since that the Xew F.n--giand
wild grapes, which Is larger than
ours, is prepared in a somewhat similar
manner.
"There's very few kinds of fruit that
women couldu't turn into salable arti
cles if they went about it right,"
A SEAT OK XO FAKE.
ltigfcts and Obligations of Passengers
as Dell tied by Law.
A member of the Rochester bar, tel-
ling what tlie legal status of a person is
! when aboard a train, says;
. The first thing you set about is to
find a seat Xow, it is a well recog
nized rule that it is a part of the con
tract of carriage to provide a proper
seat for every iassenger7 and if tlie
company fails to do this there Is a
breach of the contract on its part 13
Hun. (X. Y.,) 70.3ti Wis., 4-50.
But observe carefully what your pro
cedure should bo in order to comply
with the law, in case na seat is fur-!
nisbed you. It ha3 been held that you
may decline to surrender your ticket
until seated. "Everybody knows that,"
says a reader. Xot too fast. It has
been further held that you cannot re
main on the train and still keep your
ticket You cannot ride standing; you
must get off the first suitable opportu
nity. 03 Mo. 317.
And if you do get off because a seat
is not furnished you, you may retain
your ticket, and you have an action for
breach of contract Id.
Until the suitable opportunity to get
off is presented you are, of course, en
titled to remain aboard, and may stand
in the aisle or ride on the platform.
35 X". Y., 070L
It is your sovereign right also, to go
into the drawing-room car in search of
a seat if there are none vacant in the
ordinary coaches. 76 X. Y., 4(i
Xor are you bound to ask the con
ductor for a seat, or to exert your own
manual force, in removing some pig
gish passenger's baggage, before going
into a drawing-room or palace car in
search of a seat. Id.
If you should exercise your right to
go into a drawing-room car, the con
ductor will likely demand the extra
fare from you. Yon may justly refuse
to pay it, and if ejected for non-payment,
you may sue for an assault Id.
It has been held that a railway com
pany may set apart a "ladies' car." and
exclude others therefrom. 70 X. Y.,
087.
At least if there are no seats in the
ordinary coaches, and there are vacant
seats in the ladies' car, the servants of
the conqKiny may exercise their discre
tion iu selecting jiersons to put there.
13 Huu. (X. Y.), 70.
Anyone who takes umbrage because
they are left, when the employes exer
cise this discretion, in selecting, have
an action for breach of contract of car
riage. Id.
Supposing you have got a seat at last,
it would be well to bear in mind some
further duties which are incumbent
upon you. It is said tliat the seat is for
the passenger to sit in aud the window
to admit air and light, and if you sit
with your elbow or arm in or out of the
window, you do so at your own peril.
0i Fa. Sa., 2J4.
And yet the courts will not compel
you to sit bolt upright, as though your
Iwdy was of cast iron, and to keep your
elbow from protruding the smallest
fraction of an inch outside the window;
if there was uo apparent danger, 17
Wis., 4S7.
But if, for instance, tlie train was
passing through a switch yard, and if
you saw switch or signal pasts flying by,
it would be manifestly dangerous for
you to put your arm or head out of tlie
window, aud you would do so at your
periL 1 Barb. (X. Y.), 113.
However, you are not, U3 a natter
of law, compelled to remain in your
seat from the beginning of your journey
until you arrive at your destination or
the destination of tlie train. If that
were so you might die of thirst L. It,
S2;Q.J.V-WU-- -
AnJ it is a question to be left for a
jury to say whether you are negligent
if, while looking for a seat, you pass
from one car to another, following the
direction of a trainman, who tells yon
there are vacant scats in a rear car 37
X. Y., N7.
Aud whether it is negligence to stand
up in the aisle and lixik for a seat has
leen left for a jury also. 121 Mass.,
42.;.
Forced Into Falsehood.
He climbed three pairs of stairs to get
to an insurance office on Griswold
street; ami as he came face to face with
the occupant he said:
"I believe you are Mr. Blank?"
"Yes, sir."
"You came down on a Michigan
avenue ear aliout half-iast eight o'clock
this morning?''
"I did, sir."
"So did I. We were all talking
about the earthquake. I stited to the
occupants of the car, and you were one,
that the shock jarred all the glass clian
deliers in my residence and threw down
a bust of l'atrick Henry which stood on
a bracket."
"I remember your statement very
clearly."
"And I added that my ormolu clock
stopped dead still, and that a JIW mir
ror in my parlor was cracked across."
"Yes, you did."
. "Well, sir, I have come up to tell yon
that I live in a rented house and have
none of the articles mentioned. I burn
kerosene in two old lamps in pLice of
glass chandeliers. If l'atrick Henry
busts were selling for a dime apiece I
couldn't buy one, and the only ormolu
clock I have came from the dollar
store. The 100 mirror was all in my
eye."
" "What on earth possessed you to tell
such a story?"
"Well, you were all bragging about
the earthquake and how your pianos
danced around and your silverware rat
tled and your SoOO vases fell down, and
I felt that I must lie or be degraded in
your estimation. I deeply regret my
weakness and have come to beg for for
givness." "I'll forgive yon."
"Thanks! Af ter this, if a cyclone oc
curs, or we have a flood or earthquake,
lie careful about the statement you
make in a crowd. You don't know to
what you may drive innocent men."
He went away with his hat hi his
hand, and the others fell iuto a deep re
vere and failed to hear the knock of the
man who wanted a quarter to help him
reach Sandusky and his dying wife.
Care of the Eyes.
For the care of the eyes, tlie following
rules are laid down by a noted oculist:
Keep a shade on your lamp or gas
burner. Avoid all sudden changes between
light and darkness.
Xever begin to read, write or sew for
several minutes after coming from
darkness to light
Xever read by tw ilight, moonlight, or
ou cloudy days.
Xever read or sew directly in front of
the light, window or door.
It is best to let the light fall from
above obliquely over the left shoujder.
Xever sleen so that on first awakening
the eyes shall oin on the light of a
window.
Do not use the eyesight by light so
scant that it requires an effort to dis
criminate. The moment you are instinctively
prompted to rub your eyes, that moment
stop using them.
If the eyelids are glued together on
waking up do not forcibly open them,
but apply saliva with the finger it is
the speediest dilutant in the world; then
wash jour eyes and face is warm water.
THE AMERICAN ELK.
Interesting; Sketch of Graceful ami
Fast Disappearinz Animal.
I have at intervals during the last
ten years had ample opportunity for
studying the American elk, or wapiti
deer. I have seeu them in great num
bers in the Kocky Mountains, where, in
1S71, I captured one that dressed
weighed 800 pounds, the largest elk of
which I have sven auy authentic ac
count. I selected him from a band of
sixty-three feeding on the mountain
side near Long's Peak. This species of
the deer family is larger than all others,
excepting the moose, and is tiller than
the average horse. His antlers are
solid, very long, and have numerous
prongs. I have stood on the head of an
elk after he was shot of course and
found the tips of the antlers extending
over my head. In color he is a yellow
brown, with white buttocks. His head
i3 finely formed, and, altogether, this is
a graceful and magnificent beast ot the
forest. His track in the snow is about
the size of a two-year-old heifer. His
home was formerly in every part of the
United States, exeeptmj, perhais. the
Caroliruis and Florida. He prefers the
woodlands or the mountains, and only
inhabits the prairie from force of cir
cumstances. The last elk in Illinois
was seen near the present city of Peoria
alwiut fifty years ago. A baud was seen
and one of them shot two years ago
within a few miles of where I now
write Linn county, Iowa. They are
at this time quite numerous on the
Yellowstone river, Montana, and in
lrts of Washington territory and
blaho.
The flesh of the elk is fine flavored
and differs from all other venison. It
is said to lie more nutritious than any
other kiwwn meat From experience
I kiijw a hungry hunter is satisfied
with about half the amount which
would be required of bacon or beef.
The bucks are at certain seasons vicious
and dangerous. The mother also lights
desjieratcly in defense of her young.
Judge J. l. Caton, late of Ottawa, 111.,
had, a few years ago, quite a hand of
elk iu a wood lot inclosed by a high
fence, and posted a placard warning
persons of the danger within. Three
men passing on foot thought they would
show tliat they could go furough that
lot, and tliat they were not afraid ot
anybody's elk. When about half way
across the mclosure they were discov
ered and attacked, first by the leader,
an old buck, and then by other meni
Ikts of the company. A desperate
struggle ensued, the men fighting for
life, and the eik in a rfect rage. The
men were literally stripped of every
shred of clothing by the horns and
sharp hoofs of the infuriated beasts.
One man, by dodging among the trees,
managed to escape over the fence,
another climlied a tree, and tlie other
was killed. The man who escaped ovei
the fence gave the ala-m, when a party
of Judge Catou's workmen went Infr.
the lot and fought the elk hand-t--taiid
with piu li'orks and n;;es". The brtlo
was fierce and terilbh . At length the
men, by striking the elk with the pitch
forks behind the foreshoulders, forced
them to give away slowly and sullenly,
w hen the lifeless man was carried out.
The fawns are the cutest and most
deceptive little creatures imaginable.
While very young they are left by the
mother in supposed security hidden
away in the grass and leaves, and it is
astonishing how jierfectly they are in
this way concealed. In this condition
the little fellow affects death better than
any other creature I know of except the
oossuui. In fact, you would think
him quite dead only he forgets to shut
his eyes, lie lies without a motion,
and if you pit k him up he is as limp a
i stoekini;, the legs and head lump
Jown without a single muscle beiu
moved, but the big bright eyes are
sparkling all the time. If you lay him
Jown, however, and step u few paces
away he is up and off like an arrow,
calling at every jump with a desperate
squeal for his mother. It is then liest
to have in your hands a trusty rule or
be near a tree.
When hard pressed by a horseman m
Jogs in their native haunts the elk ut
ters a shrill scream, resembling more
the whistling of a steam thrasher than
anything else. Generally they are easily
frightened in a wild state, and when
one takes alarm he instantly comma
nicates it to the others, when they all
dash away on a long trot or rack, car
rying with exquisite grace their antler.-1
high in the air.
Pilgrims of the Air.
At the time c f the great fire in Chi
cago some years ago, a very pretty inci
dent happened. A fam ly 1 vlng near
the lake shore had a large number id
pet bin!. They 1 ad added t their
parlor a long, narrow room, with glass
windows reiiching from ceiling to thxjr,
for the pleasure of these feathered
fr ends. Poople often stopiKil to se
the pretty creatures fluttering about,
to hear their songs, or watch them ai
tli y bathed. At daybreak the houf
was full of music. It was like a coned
in the wildwood.
One afternoon, the week of the fire,
a cloud i f fluttering wings moved
wearily up the street. Presently these
homeless ones caught sight of tlieii
happy cousins in the beautiful glass
house. It gave them fresh courage.
Some even tapied for admittance. It
was a pitiful plea lor rest and food,
from these, doubtless, their kinsfolk and
sxvinaintances.
The ladies of the house without delay
shut off the home-birds into what might
he called their back parlor. But through
the glass door they could see all thai
went on. With eager eyes tliey noted
every movement Then, opening ?
window, they stepid aside, tliat tl
tired travelers might feel free to enter.
Heady to drop from fatigue and hunger,
they went in. Some wuuU have fallen
but for hands held out in welcome.
They could not at once eat or bathe.
They iay panting, grateful for rest and
safety. There were, lierliaps, twenty ol
them, and nearly all canaries. They
had joined each other by the way, in
this pathetic search for protecting love
and care.
When these tender wayfarers had
rested and eaten supjr, the home bird
and there were nearly fifty of them
iluttred briskly in with hearty greet
ings. It was charming to see what
cheerful, nay, even tender welcome they
gave.
Fortunately there was a goodly store
of bird seed, and shelter was given tc
ihese plu'iiy guests until other homes
were foumt
The thickness of the earth's crust ir.
Delieved by Monsieur Faye, the French
I geologist to be greater under oceans
than beneath continents, because the.
earth's heat baa always radiated more
freely there.
NEWS IX BRIEF
Wheeling, W. Ya., has begun t&k
use of natural gas.
There is a female drummer doing
Southern Oregon.
The postmaster is about the oslj
one price dealer.
Female garroters are numsTOua in
the City of Mexico.
At a point off southeastern Florida
the water is 19,176 feet deep.
Salmon bring eighty-five cents each,
at the California canneries.
The order of Foresters has & mem
bership of 647,077 in this country.
Some editors swear to the circula
tion of their papers; others swear at it
The discovery of a well of kerosena
oil Is reported near Greenwood, if. C
Catholics have invaded Mormon
dom, and will erect a collego at Salt
Lake.
Drinking water sells from ten to
f teen cents per barrel at Sardonia,
Texas.
AH yarns to the contrary notwith
standing, the sea serpent is not yet a
seen serpent
The present popularity of the chest
nut belle ought to give the red-headed
girl a chance.
Castle Garden officials say that the
Mormon immigration has fallen off to
12U0 or 150O.
Mrs. Goneral Custer is now devot
ing herself to writing the biography of
her gallant husband.
The production of quicksilver in
California has dropped to the lowest
point in many years.
In a conv:ct camp in Oeorgia there
are eighty-six negro convicts, of whom
thirty-live are preachers.
Six skeletons of very large size
were recently exhumed from an Indian
mound near Alameda, Cal.
The raisin crop tributary to Biver
side, Ca!., will aggregate 200,000 boxes
valued at $4'X),000, or 400 an acre.
A singer named Limburger Is at
tracting some attention in Germany,
lie ought to have a very strong voice.
The lumbermen at Fairfield, Me.,
expects to cut upward of 23,000,000
feel of lumber during the coming win
ter. The Brooklyn Insane Asylum is
overcrowded. The number of inmates .
during thfc past year bas aggregated
4215.
An Indian runner recently travel
?d from the Clipp mine to Yuma, CaU,
i distance of seventy-live miles in seven
hours.
Seven green ibises were brought to
San Diego, Cal., lately. The birds art
feldom seen in the vicinity except In
winter.
All travelers to Mount Hood this
season say there never was so little
3now on the mountain; the weather
has been so waim. 1
r A pigeon owned in Brooklyn, X.
Y.. niade the flight from Montgomery,
Ala., miles, in ten days, beating all
previous records.
Twelve thousand diamonds, some
of them weighing six carats, have been
taken from the new diamond drifts In
Xtw South Wales.
Secretary Whitney is charged with
wearing a $J coat and trousers almost
transparent, white at work in the naval
office in the summer
The popua;ion of Xew York city
doubled itself every 17 years between
li"20 and IsrtO, and is now Increasing at
t he rate of 75,000 per year.
In one year the ieople of this coun
try use about l.'AUHj.OOO steel pens. If
placed In line the pens would reach
from Xew York to Liverpool.
C. P. Huntington, the millionaire,
is having built at the home of his child
hood, Litchfield, Conn., a Gothic chapel
for the Unitarians ot that place.
United States Senator Mitchell, of
Pennsylvania, was recently made a
arandfather. A few days after Mrs.
Mitchell presented him with a son.
The cost or running the railroads
of America with steam power is $502,
OuO.OOOa year, one-twentieth of the
cost if carried on by men and borsea.
The King of Portugal is enjoying a
holiday In central Europe. He has not
been outside the limits ot his little do
minion before for the last twenty years.
The King of Portugal, who Is now
visiting London, is said to offend the
tastes of the Britishers by wearing
fashionable aud antiquated garf
The wealthiest colored man in the
United States is said to bo Tonie Lnfon
a French quadroon of Xew Orleans
whose fortune i3 estimated at $1,100,
000. They have a rug at Cottage City,
X. J., made iu the year 001, or 1195
years apo. It is a pretty old relic, and
was obtained from the Mosque of
Mew.
".Ebuis XIV had a suit r.t clothes
woven of silsc from a spider's thread,
which was of a goiden color and more
Kloesy and br!'.li.;nt than thai from the
silkworm.
The eulachon, a fish resembling
the smelt is caught and dried by the
Indians of the Pacific coast, who use it
as candles, it burning with a clear
bright light
The Pennsylvania railroad, which
has been the largest coal consumer In
the country, using COOO tons daily, is
going to try natural gas upon its Pitts
burg division.
An entire village in Derbyshire
was put up at auction lately, but did
not change, hands. The highest bid
was 7000. while the buildings alone
had cost 7500.
' P. II. Wood and a large setter dog
were upset while in a rowboat at Onon
dago lake, Xew York. The dog climb
ed on Wood's shoulders and drowned
him by persistently ducking his head
under water.
James Garner, an English railway
porter, whose wages were nineteen
shillings per week, has just died, leav
ing 20,0o0 as the result of accumulated
tips from passengers.
The home of the late Sir Moses
Montefiore, at Kamsgate, was bequeath
ed to his nephew, Mr. Se bag-Monte-Gore
who has expended 00,000 in
beautifying It
A threatening storm cloud alarmed
the worshippers at a colored camp
meeting at Green Camp, Ohio, recently
and in their hurry to get away thirty
two buggies were totally wrecked.
Santa Bosa (Cat.) Chinamen make
a lodging house of the court house In
that city. One afternoon recently the
janitor found no less than sixteen ot
them asleep in the various rooz
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