aaBPfftnTTgnBBwwHg iii iiiiirt M2k atl ieiitlm g. F. SOHWEIER, TEX 00I3TITUTICI TEI UXIGJ 1ID TO JSWXGEJfEiT OP THE LiYB. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XL. MTFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA . WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER ISSfj. NO. 4-2! Lire and let Bo. i t Kt The A tains fceiTAn is clo'ttdlat leep along yon axors Mm : rTZ i:el by and wliuper, faint and Live and let be! tt be! It it not well to rest VfrBttim from labor? Live- aa do tLe Jjgtlje snDshine, lieonnatara'a breast, Not counting hours? Jrf ieeain aught, lut on the pale, worn jo ftl ite warm breath of the murmnr- micb oanior a rose-flushed, hoary . II as ren's glory shine? I I Is n cot w-K? Sweet, too, at wandering rSa that melody of tinkling bells. . . i-jjr aid cuo in her distauoe wear ntrJcu. solemn xi an ancient psalm. scenes U tuul's fever, born In heat and Grows cool and calm riband '..t to! It win be lime enough CVn;i!unin skies are troabled, winds sreroufib. Ana trees are bare. jvm to renew the fight, tUecanse rewaken, jure ill the strife, the burden and the win. the weak; the downcast, the forsaken, Lift np again. Aid vhat thoa doest then, in peace begot ten, gtail thotr like peace, her looks and tones recall. iti, all toe fiail and faulty past forgotten, Bring goJd to aiL li" tben let nothing past or future Tex Xb untrammeled soul, 'mid nature's fresJom free Fna thoughts that darken, questions that perplex. Lire and let bet A PROSAIC ROMANCE. The Eev. S.-ptimus Haslingdean, har.ng been escorted to a moat com fortable scat by an attentive guard, taring arranged his various belongings. and finally unfolded his afternoon pa- mt. reclined against the cushioned but of the compartment for a mo unt, sighed gently as a relief conse quent on the fatigue and bother of nis tare, the trouble of baying a ticket tail seeing that be was properly taken 1 are of. Then be learned hi? bead out ! af the window to survey contem platively the busy crowd hurrying and bustling about. A crowd is always sore or less amusing to a spectator of !a oovetneuts, and the reverend gen tleman, lieing of a gregarious disposi tion, rather liked looking on at other pwpie working or playing, especially well conducted, respectable kind of people, who did not render themselves laagreeable.? The ltev. Septimus hoped he might te fortunate enough to have his com paitment completely to himself, and tad intimated his desire to the friendly roard. The carriages were rapidly filling, and the train would start in bother five minutes, so be blandly lurveyed the figures flitting and llying to tad fro, gazing on their busy actions with languid complacency. He seldom traveled beyond the outskirts of his own Arcadia, and objected strongly to encountering any discomfort on his Journey. At his age he wns nearly 60, but kli dressing-case. In common with his lumeroits friends aDd few enemies, told him that he appeared certainly twelve or fifteen years less when nigh tlx decades have begun to whisper unpleasantly of aches and pains, bothers and worries, it is most needful to be (ently punctilious as to personal com fort. Fate had been bounteous to the Bev. Septimus. She had given him all the welcome offerings she could cutter at his feet good looks, ample fortune, a circle of admirers, if not adorers and worshipers, a tmnlighted path to tread on through life. lie had married a well-dowered wife, who bad been moderately kind to him, but after ten or twelve years of calm domestic Partnership bad departed, leaving him not utterly desolate. Inconsolable or a prey to despair. His only daughter bad married well in her teens; his only ton had received an enviable appoint ment in India. Nearly everybody was seated. The final slamming of doors rattled like musketry all along the line of carriages. The Ilev. Septimus gently shook bis newspaper, the odor of the printing ink beiLg slightly offensive to him. At tome in the rectory the daily Journal was always solic.tously aired before being touched by the dimpled white bands of the perhaps too fastidious rector. With a reluctance Jbe had not jet overcome even when alone, he took a spectacles from their case, wiped tot glasses with a handkerchief line and soft as snow, such a duchess might J, perched the gold frame across his baadsome nose, and meditatively re jrned himself to scan the latest news. Fate had In one of her teasing moods mflicted upon her favorite the mortifi cation of wearing spectacles In mali Qons sport, as frolicsome girls will sometimes scratch their lovers with " thorn of arose. Ofttimes did the Jtttor think it was too bad when he bsppened to see some wretched old "nn laborer about 70 or 80 years old reading without "glasses," and with manifest eae. A soft, melodious voice said, so sud nlasto startle him: May I come in here?" He looked np, whipped his spectacles nnuer the paper, and stared at the JPker, not only answering quickly, wtainy," but rising and actually opening the door himself to admit a most beautiful girl, who sprang lightly and seated herself opposite to him. j "ie rector liked beautiful, fashionably ted girls, though he seldom enjoyed JJ good fortune of meeting them. u ranked them among the agreeable, joking thiugsof this dull life like pses, peaches, pineapples, Rimmel's woicest perfumes, and so on. In a ttlld, patarnal way, he disapproved of J0Ing female persons trying to be Ter. or intellectual, or straying out the calm, sheltering precincts of mestic duties, as he deemed It ne fry to rebuke them for yielding to t temptation of frivolity on the other This young lady was perhaps 13 or Tears old, with a charming, frank, Wush face, bewitchingly pretty, and T doubt was as amiable as her looks wsAred her to be. Her attire, a master Je of richness in material, combined Jui chaste slmplicitv of design, set vfr "ty to the highest advantage. i thank jou, so very much," alio said, with an upward glance from the shadow of her long dark eyelashes the glance or a trustful child, with a dan gerous gleam of an admiring young woman. The reverend gentleman was accustomed to be regarded with glances implying admiration; but even the gods never tire or spmnlg nectar, and a criti cal little bird might have betrayed the secret that be now prized these glances more highly as the remorseless years sneaaca oy. I am unaccustomed to traveling," sue conunuea, smiling. course 1 am never allowed to travel by myself papa would be horrified ; and margma says there are so many rude, dLsagree- aoie peopie aoout" "Then how "began the Ilev. Ko- timus, pleasantly amused and stratified by the delightful confidence thus dis played. "O, pardon me just one moment," said the young lady. An eminently re spectable elderly woman appeared at wieaoor. iou are very ,t jesomo. the young lady continued, pouting ly, to in is individual. "Yes, Miss Ada, but I can change my ticaet at the next station." "My maid was so stupid, or the man was eo stupid, or she did not under stand, or he did not understand I don't know," explained Miss Ada inno cently. "She ought to have come in the same carriage, you know; mamma would do so dreadfully cross if she knew, and papa would be horrified, but somehow Ballamy took a second-class ticket for herself, and you see " Exceedingly stupid," blandly as sented the rector, not altogether ill pleased, however. "Servant 4 are apt to oe negligent and thoughtless. " "I am afraid so. But I must not find fault with poor Ballamy she is so good, so fond of me." The Rev. Septimus smiled; who could help being good to so delightful. so charmingly frank a creature? She laughingly continued: "1'apa was to have met me at the station, but he had a telegram and was obliged to go by an earlier train, but he will meet me at the next station, Bellamy, or papa will see to it. Don't look so glum." The maid went away and Miss Ada went on to the Rev. Septimus: "Do you know, I think you are a friend of papa's; I think I have seen your pho tograph in one of mamma's allums." "Indeedl How very interesting. May I ask " Papa, you know, is General she hesitated as if conscious of the impudence of being so communicative with a perfect stranger, but then, as if inspired by trust, she added, "ueneral Marine." Ah! Tben I have not the pleasure of being acquainted with him person ally. Yet 1 thins I know his name. Is be not a member of Parliament?" "Yes, you are oh, I am sure I have seen you somewhere, or else your pho tograph." "I am " The rector drew his dressing-case from beneath one of his numerous wrs ps, epRied H,- took - out his card case, from which he extracted a card, and handed It to his lovely fellow-passenger. She accepted it with a lovely smile, glancing with femiuine curiosity at the dressing-case, with its choice and costly ornaments." 'I am going to London, to a friend's wedding ah, you are laughing. You gentlemeD always say we girls never think of anything but weddings, and getting married, and all that kind of thing," continued Miss Ada, in her lively, chatty way. "Weil, It Is a matter to be looked at In a serious light," said the Rev. Sep timus, a mixture of rebuke and sym pathy in his tones. The reverend gen man was pleasantly aware that his voice was remarkably melodious, and he did not at all dislike to bear himself talk, especially to ladles, who appreci ate these nice points. "I am in a fright," Miss Ada went on, "because I have papa's wedding present here; it Is so lovely. 1 almost wish I was going to get married my self, to have such a splendid present. It is a necklace. I must show it to you, because you are so aina, anu, although you are not really a friend of papa's. I hope you will let him tnanK you for having taken care of me when we get to the station, now long snail we be?" "About twenty minutes now," said the rector, consulting his gold wateh a gift from his parishioners. "Thanks so much. Seel" and the charming young lady, in that frank. trustful way, evidently natural to ner, unfastened a small morocco leather bair. which the rector had not noticed. and produced from it an oblong red leather case. This she opened, display ing a superb diamond necklace. "Isn't it sweet isn't it lovely?" she cried, with the joyous delight of a child band- ling a new plaything, ber eyes sparkling as bright as the precious stones would scintillate under gleaming lamps. The rector, to please her, tooK tne case ana Jooaea at tne necaiace. u was no judge of such toys, but seem ingly It was of rare value. "You must be careiui, my a ear madam, he said, returning it to her. "There are so many thieves about, many of them crafty and practiced in the evil trade, and that small bag does not look very safe." "Oh. nobodv will Imagine I have with me," answered Miss Ada, laugh ing carelessly, replacing the case in her band-bag. Ana papa wiu o u w meet me at Crofton, the next station. vou know, i ao so wish juu mc J i j i : i. papa, l am sure you wouiu u another, so much. Ana x am quite sure you would be delighted with mamma." Th rector laughed. It was pleasant to have found favor in the eyes of so Drettv a creature, even IT she were slyly making fun of him. "I feel very highly gratified." he said with a benign smile. The lively prattle helped to lighten the teaium oi the Journey, even if it lead to nothing. And sometimes agreeable acquaintances are accidently met with in the most unexpected way. Nobody can ever truly prophesy what may happen. This is an old Jumbled world of change and surprises, even to those who step softly over its smoothest places. The amiable rector was not an imaginative man, K..e manw thnntrhts and fancies capered sportively through his brain at this moment, airy ana uimuro, butterflies flickering through summer sunshine or elfin sprites dancing idly in the moonlight. 'You think me silly for chattering away like this," cried Miss Ada. "But I really can't help thinking I must have heard of or seen some portrait or ,ou somewhere; you seem so like a J . s K r moon IT 9 friend you snow """" so hard to explain, nm u rhev ail laugh at me for being so child ish, so babyish. As I am tne oniy child, don't you see, I have always uevnspouea." "I can easily Imagine that," replied the llev. Septimus with an air of delicate gallantry. "Ah, you are laughing at me, like an tne rest,- nail pouted Miss Ada. -iaugumgi uear, aear, dear," pro- Mssieu tne reverend gentleman. "Xts, absolutely. But would you mind telling me the exact time. Dlease? I forgot to put on my watch, coming away in a hurry," said the charming young lady. "I am so impatient to see my friend, my dear Marie. We have so much to talk about" No doubt." The mental mcture conjured up on the mind's camera of two beautiful girls eagerly chatting. cooing, exchanging confidences about their lovers, their dresses, their toys and amusements, was to a certain ex tent a fascinating vision. IIowe?er. be drew out his watch and named the precise time. "I am rude enough to admire your watch," exclaimed Miss Ada la her baby fashion. The rector feared she was just a little addicted to flirting. but it is a pardonable sia If not carried too far. lie smiled. "Yes.", he responded. "A gift from my parishioners." That shows how they appreciate you," said miss Ada with an upward glance through her long eyelashes. "A valuable gift. I am sure." "It is. I believe it is worth from CO to SO guineas," said the rector, par donable pride in his air and tone. "May I look at it?" Certainly." He detached it from the chain and laid it on her little open palm. "It is very pretty." said Miss Ada, admiringly, yet critically. "It is so like one Uncle Charles has Sir Charles Crampton. Do you know him?" "I am sorry to say I do not," replied the rector. "We shall be at the sta tion now in seven or eight minutes." "What a pity I mean 1 am so glad,' said the young lady in a little confu sion, the prettiest blush conceivable dyeing her cheek for a moment as she handed the watch back to the reverend gentleman. "Sow mind you don't lose that," she added, shaking her finger at him with the warning air of some mob-capped granny just stepped out rrom a nursery rhyme. "Oh. I am very carefuL" "Gentlemen always think that. They always fancy they are so clever and so well prepared against all snares and dangers. Is that the station?" she suddenly asked excitedly. "Yes." The rector felt mildly re gretful; the pleasant minutes bad flown past like a flash. Miss Ada clapped her hands glee- tally. She seemed a very sprite, a Puck, an Ariel, a being not to be easily matched for grace, beauty, good humor, enchantlngly frank ways a charming creature, even If given to flirting. But all pretty girls flirt if a chance offers, and ugly or even plain girls amuse themselves, too. with that pleasing pastime. The rector sighed. Should he ever again meet this guile less, amiable young woman? Maybe not. And if not, what matter? Tne train rapidly swept Into the sta tion. Miss Ada eagerly, anxiously gazed at the platform, where another bustling, Jostling crowd was scattered. "I see papa, and Uncle Charles Is with him what a surprise!" she cried gayly. "I doa't see my maid. Oh, Bellamy, Bellamy, how tiresome you are. ;But I am stupid myself; of course, she musn't get out till the train stops. Could I get out for a minute and Just run to see where she is? I am going to play a prank on papa. He loves a Joke; he is full of fun. I will pretend not to be myself at all. It will be sach fun." She quickly threw a thick brown gossamer veil over ber bonnet, pulling it closely over her face; then she whisked a right gray wrap com pletely round her figure. "1 think It would be wisest to stay where you are. Your father Is sure to see you if yon show yourself. Besides, be will doubtless go to all the carriages, and and your maid will signal to him." urged the reetor. "Oh. but I most tease him," cried Miss Ada, who was evidently used to doing exactly as she pleased, and ob jected to being thwarted m any way ward caprice. "1 won't risk: dropping this do take care of it for me only Just a minute, you know," pushing the morocco case containing the diamond necklace Into his reluctant hands. "There Is papa that tall man In an ulster. Don't let him see me; let me out quick. It Is only for fun. I will ask him to come in here if you don't mind." The train stopped, and the lively young lady, without waiting for advice or assistance, whisked open the door, sprang to the platform, carefully keep ing her face concealed, and darted away, light as a swallow, to hide for a moment like some gay, in- tcsome, thoughtless child, unused to control. The tall gentleman whom she baa indicated as her father, together with his companion, was obviously seeking for the lovely teasing girl. They looked about, scanning every one quietly but sharply, and began walking along the line of carriages. The elderly, respect ably maid apparently retained her scat. She was nowhere to be seen; but the rector, watching the little incident with some amusement, was obliged to acknowledge to himself that he had scarcely glanced at her, and should decidedly not be able to recollect even the general aspect of her prosaie figure. There was an expression oi anxiety ou the face of the taller man, uenerai Marine, as the rector presumed bim to be, which was natural under the cir cumstances. The two gentlemen paused at the door of the compartment In which the smiling rector remained seated, ine latter scanned the clerical traveler at tentively, and glanced swiftly over the seats, the floor, the rack, then again at the sole occupant of the carnage. "Pardon me," he began courteously. Ortalnlv. I think practical joking is a foolish amusement," responded the Uv. S?Dtimus. with Diana politeness, commingled with cordiality. "I may at once relieve your natural anxiety by informing you that your aaugnter nas only thls moment run away, out or girlish gayety, to play at hide-and-seek witay?11- . "I don't nnaersiaua jou, wwij answered the tall stranger. "Xour looks are more respectable wan your ways, sir. Allow me," and leaning In at the window he attempted to lay his h.n.i nn the red morocco case lying conspicuously on the reverend gentle man's knee. Most decidedly not, exciaimeu tue rector, whipping me costiy toy inw one of the outer pockets of his traveling coat. A rapid surmise led him to guess , that this highly disunguisneu-iooauig stranger was either as fond of practical Joking as his beautiful daughter, or else a daring railway thief. He feared the latter yet how eminently sedate and sober his espect, while his expres sion was open, albeit somewhat stern. "Appearances are against you, my good sir," aaii the stranger, speaking in a subdued tone. "We have no time to lose. If you win not permit me to inspect that case, containing, I under stand, a valuable diamond necklace, I shall be obliged to request you to ac company me and my friend here to the station-master's office. ' "I shall do neither the one nor the other, Unless there is some grevious mistake, your conduct positively im pertinent. I decline to relinquish this case, whatever it contains, to anyone but the person who has Intrusted it to me. And I shall most decidedly not accompany you anywhere," said the rector, haughtily, assuming his most severe clerical air. "We shall see. That necklace be longs to the Countess of Airly; you can see her initials and coronet on the outside, and " A sad, half-pitying thought darted through the rector's mind. The true fact of the matter was, evidently, that the beautiful girl was a young Coun tess; she was flying from home, and this wasjnot her father, but perchance a tyrannical husband. Her young life, her bright future, her tender heart bad all been sacrificed on the altar of am bition. What a pitiful story. Per chance she was guilty she loved an other. But before he could reply the other continued roughly "And it has been stolen." "Not by me," cried the Rev. Septi mus, utterly shocked. "That remains to be proven. Lord Airly has telegraphed that his wife's dressing-case was opened at the station this train has just quitted." The Rev. Septimus turned visibly pale. "But surely " "I regret that we should be under the necessity of insisting on your com ing with us," urged the stranger. "Then you are not General Ma rine?" "I am not My name Is Doughty and I am a member of the detective force. Here is my card. If you wish to see it" There must be, surely, some terri ble mistake," stammered the reverend gentleman, looking about with a scared gaze for the vanished beauty who bad down so mysteriously. lie could not believe that she bad totally disappeared, leaving him in so painfully embarrass ing a situation. "I will explain" "It happens very awkwardly that the stolen property is round la your cos session," said Detective Doughty, touched by his dismay. "I have no doubt you will be able to explain mat ters. Did you say a young person handed it to you? Tall, showy look ing, dressed up to the nines, talkative, and plausible as the devil himself. "SomnUilng of that kind answatntd the rector, searching hurrrnf tst his dressing casein order to louuce one or nis cards. "Time presses. The train leaves In ten minutes. You probably do not want to have a scene or a scuffle," said the detective gently, but firmly. The rector mechanically put his hand to his waistcoat pocket to take out his watch. With a little cry or alarm he glanced down his watch was gone and the chain hung uselessly. lie turned again, cold with fear, to seek for his dressing-case; that, too, had gone. It bad contained, among Its various stores, some 40 or JCoO in gold. "Sally Llghtfingers, as we call her she says ber name is Quickly, but she invents new names every time she wants an alias Miss Sally was at the station and is suspected of stealing the necklace," said Mr. Doughty, watching the movements of the unhappy traveler attentively and with some professional interest "If a young woman such as 1 describe has been with you and gave you that necklace, it was Sally in all likelihood, and she saw me plain enough, though I couldn't spot ber anywhere, and she was afraid of fall ing Into my clutches, especially as 1 want her about another similar af fair." "Oh, horrible, most horrible. It was but too clear; the Rev. Septimus Has lingdean was now convinced that he had been most cruelly duped, played upon by a base, designing, artful wretch. 'It must be so," he meekly as sented. "Is there Is there any chance of my being able to recover my things?" "I can't say. ft e must dispose or this other little business first I quite believe you have had nothing to do with the affair beyond what you say, but it is deucedly unlucky for you. Who are you, may I ask?" The unfortunate victim mentioned his name and place of abode, gathered his remaining properties together, and rose, as a martyr might prepare to go to the stake, Mr. uougnty maae a sign to one of the porters to assist and a melancholy, almost funeral procession was formed. He felt assured he could easily excul pate himself and throw on the I right ful imputation of being a common thief, but the sense of his own mortify ing loss, the feeling that he bad been duped like the simplest Moses Prim rose, was too mucn to near witn calm ness. A gentleman was with the station master -the Earl of Airly. He bad come by the train which had conveyed the rector and his too-bewitching fellow-passenger. In a few brief words Mr. Doughty explained the state of af fairs. The Earl lifted his hat with kindly courtesy to the hero of the un luckv adventure, who drew forth the case containing the necklace. "I have not the slightest aouot ail is as you say," observed the station mas ter gravely; "but I must not act on my own responsibility, sir. I have only your word. You do not seem to have any credentials proving that you are really the liev. Air. iiasiingaean, anu we get so Imposed upon." "I have letters in my pocaet uirectea to me," pleaded the uev. Septimus. "Welt that is someuiing. uui in is is a serious matter. 1 should probably get myself into trouble if I let you go without being aDSOiutery sure you are what you profess to be," remonstrated the station master. "See, I have only one more station to reach, if you require positive proof, will you let one of those gentlemen ... . . sr & . si i come witn mei Aiy trap wui uo w waiting I have only about hair a mile to drive: if he can come with me, he can drive with me to my house," said the rector. 'Yes. I think that woulJ do. I feel sure it is all as you say, but you know, sir" apologized tue station master. "I should prefer to have the tiatUr properly cleared up," said the Rev. Septimus, with come dignity. "And I have to request advice with regard to recovering my own property, which has been stolen." "As for that sir. I fancy you have but a poor chance," observed Mr. Doughty. "If it is Mme. Sally who has played you this trick I give you next to no hope of hearing of the watch or anything elss; she is one of the most artful minxes ever heard of. We will do eur best, but." He shrugged his shoulders. Mr. Stanmore, here, will go with you, and he can take down all necessary particulars. I regret exceedingly this unfortu nate affair, my dear sir," remarked Lord Airly, "although I am thankful to regain possession of my wife's neck lace, not only for Its own value, but because it was a gift from her father, who b dead. Good day, Mr. Hasling dean. I, for one, do not doubt for a moment all has happened as you say. I tt&st you may bo able to trace the real culprit and recover your own pro perty." "Thank you," said the rector, in a more or less hollow voice. Then be went out again, the station-master walking beside him, the two detectives following at a short distance, the por ter carrying the rector's wraps and other belongings bringing up the rear. BU as they passed down the platform a big, burly individual, recognized by the station-master as one of the chief directors, met the group. He chanced by good fortune to be an intimate friend of the rector's; he bad been an old col lege ehum. "Hello, my dear Haslingd'ian," be cried, seizing him by the hand. "Well met I am delighted to see you. Where aie you coming from? Been indulging in one tf your rare holidays, eh? You don't often afford yourself that indulgence." I have been staying with some friends for a short time, and am now returning home," said the Rev. Septi mus. "I have just met with an un pleasant adventure, however, and I hail you as a kind deliverer." In i few basty words he explained the dilem lemma in which he found himself. His friend, while sympathizing with his griefs, could not help bursting into a nt of laughter. "You are not the first fellow who has been made a fool of by a pretty woman, and I suppose you won't be the last. But it is a deuce of a bother for you, especially about the watch," said his friend, still laughing. "Its ail right" he added to the station-master. who touched his cap lightly and re tired. "I am going on to London; will go with you as far as your station ir you like.1 The rector gave the necessary in structions to Mr. Stanmore, and re-en tered the train with his friend, lie finished his Journey m safety, perhaps not a wiser but indubitably a sadder man than when he had started. . Glrdjy wouM he nave locked the tauk Z) La losses w iium tne eaie ee lne of his own breast, but it was hope less to conceal it from his housekeeper and the servants. Day by day he waited for a gleam of hope, but in vain; his treasured watch and his dressing-case had gone from his gaze like the last traces of some beautiful dream. Perhaps, when his adoring parish ioners discover his sad loss they will present him with another watch or some similar token of admiration and affection. Caprices of Fashion. In 1730 there was a vast difference in hair-dressing in London and Paris. The English ladies were wearing enor mous plumes of feathers of a'l colors. with chains of pearls or beads 'unglng round the mass or hair, wtucn rormea the outside covering of the "bushel of horse-hair wool" within. Bunches of flowers were stuck about the bead, surmounted by large butterflies, cater pillars, etc, in blown glass, as well as models of coaches and horses. This last fashion was the subject of carica ture. In one of the year 1777 the hair is drawn up and extends backwards perhaps a yard. On the summit a hearse, drawn by six horses and loaded with plumes, is seen crawling down the mountain of hair. At the base of the prints is the legend. "A safe and effec tual preparation for the next world." In the year 1790 the Parisian ladies ail cut off their locks and adopt a new coif fure, called "a l'enfant," the queen having Just had an illness in which she lost ber hair. Probably this sudden change in fashion'j barometer produced the vacil lation which a satirist of 1780 thus re proached: Now dress'd in (. enp, now naked In none, Now loose In a mob, now close in a Joan; Like the clock la the tower that shows you the weather. Ton are hardly the came for two days to gether. Is there nothing in all this; is cos tume a vagary governed by no law, a nice bit of fancy wholly divorced fim the interior of the society which thus arrays itself? Quite impossible, the outer form and luner mind are closely allied. "He who knows the costume of a period almost understands it," says Uenry Martin, one or tne most judi cious of historians. So we think; and only the ever increasing certainty that these trifles taken on a large scale and studied consecutively, lead to results more purely historic than could be found in tomes of state papers could ever repay the students of wading through such painful rubbish. Not that we pretend that tne con- slant disease incident In what is called "society" is a perfect diagnosis of the life of Christendom. With it we must even take the real history of the people, a history not yet written, and only late ly thought of a history, however, for which is ample material, and which will some day when the true meanings of knowledge are fully understood relegate to It place In the extreme back ground a vast proportion of that which now goes to make np the ordinary nis torical primer. By a very careful test it has been found that the strength of a Bushman's fore-arm compares with that of an Englishman of the same weight as fifty-five to eighty-five. Oratory and poetry are of little val ue unless they reach the highest perfec tion; but history in whatever way it may be executed is a source of pleasure. Every wanton and causeless restraint of the will of the subject, whether practiced by a monarch, a nobility or a popular assembly, is a degree of ty ranny. BOMB SIMILES. . am.uj.muu as irauiiui in Ills Sayings About Languages. (Tha ni Ht rvf VA UA I vmuu v. puo. auu bug pai cuk of the future" is not an unhappy simile for the present Happiness has been likened to a ghost; all talk about it but few, if any, have ever seen it Am bition's ladder rests against a star, re marks a clever writer, who also tells us that a proverb is a short truth sand wiched between wit and wisdom. Elo quence Is a coat of many colors judi ciously blended. No one thing will make a nan eloquent Flattery has been termed a kind of bad money to which our vanity gives currency. So ciety, like shaded silk, must be viewed in all situations, or its colors will de ceive us. Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together, and charity is an angel breathing on riches; while graves have been poetically called the footsteps of angels. Language is a slippery thing to deal with, as some may find when selecting their similes. Says a writer: "speak of a man's mar ble brow, and he will glow with con scious pride but allude to his wooden head, and he is mad in a minute." The young lecturer's "similes were gathered in a heap" when be expressed the whole body of his argument on deceit in the following: "oh, my brethren, the snowiest shirt front may conceal an aching bosom, and the stillest of collars may encircle a throat that has many a bitter pill to swallow." Plagiarists are a species of purlolners who filch the fruit that others have gathered, and then throw away or attempt to destroy the basket It has been truly said that the abilities of a man must fall short on one side or other, like too scanty a blanket when you are in bed; it you pull it upon your shoulders, you leave your feet bare; it you thrust it down upon your feet, your shoulders are un covered. The man, we are told, who has not anything to boast of but his il lustrious ancestors, is like a potato the only good belonging to him being under ground. A man at dinner In evening dress has been likened to a conundrum; you can't tell whether he is a waiter or a guest A Yankee, describing a lean opponent said: "That man doesn't amount to a sum in arithmetic; add him up and there's nothing to carry." An American critic in reviewing a poem, said: "The rhythm sounds like turnips rolling over a bare floor, while some lines appear to have been meas ured with a yard-etick, and others with a ten-foot pole." An amusing illustra tion was given by a parent when asked by his boy: "What is understood by experimental and natural philosophy?" The answer was: "If any ono wants to borrow money, that is experimental philosophy. If the other man knocks him down, that is natural philosophy." Curious and comical illustrations seem natural to many children. A little girl, suffering from mumps, declared she felt as though a head-ahe had slipped another youngstar, alluding to a man whose neck was a series of great rolls of flesh. "That man's got a double chin on the back of his neck." A little 3-year-old, in admiring her baby brother, is said to have exclaimed: "He's got a boiled head like papa." Talking of curious similes among the southern languages of India is the Teloogoo or TelinOa, so rough in pro nunciation that a traveler of the nation speaking it before a ruler of Bokhara admitted that its sound resembled "the tossing of a lot of pebbles in a sack." A simile for scarlet stockings is ilre hose laughter is the sound you hear when your hat blows off and trying to do business without advertising is like "winking at a girl in the dark." An uo poetical Yankee has described ladies' lips as the glowing g..ay of beans, pork, saurkraut and potatoes. This would provoke Marryat's exclamation of '-Such a metaphor I never met afore." Much more complimentary was the old darkey's neat reply to a beautiful young lady whom he offered lift over the gutter, and who inslited she was too heavy. "Ix)r missy," said he, "I'se used to lifting barrels or sugar." wit from a man s montu is like a mouse in a hole; you may watch the hole all day and no mouse come out, but by and by, when no one is looking for it out peps the mouse and streams across the parlor. Marrying a woman for money, says a phiiospher, is very much like setting a rat trap and baiting it with your own finger. An American writer says: "A man with ono idea always puts me in mind of an old goose trying to hatch out a paving stone." Au editor's simile of man's career is summed up in the lines: Man's a vapor full of woes, starts a paper, burst and goes." We all recol lect how the Bath waters were associa ted in Weiler's mind with the "flavor of warm flat-irons." The humorist who created that character was often reminded of a printer's parenthesis by the appearance of a bowlegged child. and the elongated pupils of a cat's eyes before a bright light were likened by ltim to "two notes of admiration. The Smallest Kingdom. What schoolmaster, to say nothing of "every school-boy," knows that there is a European kingdom named Tavolara lying in the Mediterranean, or rather Tyrrhenian waters, the king ot which, Paul I, died only a few months ago, full of years and honors? On the northeast coast of the Island of Sardinia lies the much smaller island of Tavolara, five miles long and one broad. Its possession and absolute sovereignty were formally granted by King Charles Albert, of Sardinia, to the Bartoleonl family, and for more than half a century Paul I, King of Tavolara, reigned over it in peace. On the 30th of May last King Pad was compelled to go to the mainland to seek treatment for heart disease, i md- ing that science was powerless in his case the king returned to his chair. like the Emperor Vespasian, vainly en deavoring to write a will. He was seventy-eight years old. The forty subjects of Re-Paolo, as they called him, lost in him a benevolent and Industrious monarch; his family lost a kind father, and the wild goats , of the island, more numerous than his ( OU UJC. LO . O WLU UU D ItUCJT UllUXU tue loss of an intrepid hunter. Tavolara is a smaller State than even the Republic of San Marino, lyingl east of Italy, which has twenty-two iquare miles and 8,000 people; the' principality of Monaco, on the French too as of the Mediterranean, near the Italian frontier, which has eight and- half sauare miles and 8,500 inhabi tants: or the Republic of Andorra, lying between France and Spain, which 1600 siuare miles In extent ind has T.OOO people. She Was Determined. An amusing but disgusting atra:r happened in the town of Leesburg one day last week. We will mention no oames for the sake of the fami'y of the young lady. A young man, a resident of Fernandina, took the young ltdy spoken of, who lives in the country near Leesburg, out driving, and while sn the trip be proposed (presumably in a jesting manner) that they get married She accepted, and the young man or dered the driver to turn around and drive to town, evidently thinking that the young lady was jesting and would back out before they reached the town, but as they neared town and the young lady did not say anything he fonnd that she had considered the thing in earnest acd that he was in a trap. So he began to scheme to devise a plan by which to ?et out of the dilemma in which he hid placed himself. He hit upon the plan ot escaping from the young lady under the pretense of having to cash a check at the bank, expecting to make his way to the depot, where he hoped to find a train going out which he intended boarding and thus escaping. Having zoncocted this scheme, when they reach ed the city he told the young Wy a? they intended leaving on the train as won as the ceremony was performed it was necessary for him to get a check cashed at the bank, and told ber to go lown to the hotel and wait his coming :hat be would transact his business at the bank, procure the services of a jus tice of the peace and have the marriage take place. It seems that the young lady was a little suspicious that all was not right o, after waiting awhile and her f ature nteuded not putting In an appearance ihe set out to front for him. She went to the bank, and on being told that the young man in question had not been seen she became convinced that he In tended to deceive her. She went to the lepot and found him waiting for a train. When he saw her coming he tried to dodge around the corner of the building and escape, but she caught up with him and marched him up town. Intending to take him before a justice of the peaee and have the knot tied then and there. But while going up town he broke away from her, and making bis way to the depot this time struck a train that was leaving, which be boarded, and was soon far away from what was the nearest approach to marriage a man ever got without actu ally going through the ceremony. 1 he young lady, finding that she was baffled and that the young man had left returned home. It is said the father of the vonnz lady when be learned of the disgraceful sonduct of his daughter although the young lady is all of 22 yeirs of age became so incensed that he gave her a sound flogging. The Parrot and the Pointer-Pup. Dr. Von Bremen, of Sew York, is a very good wlngshot Recently. In antici pation ot U.e fail's shooting, he bought a promising pointer pnp, which he bezan training. The doctor never makes hlmseif a present without remember ing Mrs. Von Bremen. When he bought the pup for himself lie bought a parrot for bis wife. The pup was ajready trained to obedience, and the instinct peculiar to his breed was strong with bim. The parrot is of a lively anH InniiaMnna 1.vwitinn nn.l n a flor, t,iL., r,t,i t ,i ' residence of the Von Bretuens. Straight way upon her arrival she anaounced that her name was Loretta, and that the rest of the household could go below purgatory. The housemaid was ordered to set her cage on the rear ex tension window silL In the course of the day the pointer pup found his way into the room where the cage stood, and be instantly located the bird. With noiseless step he ap proached within a few yards of the cage, and then became rigid In a beau tiful pointing attitude. The parrot watched him intently ror a moment and then sang out loud and clear: "Ab therel" The effect do the dog was paralyzing. He ceased pointing, dropped to a sit ting posture, and gave way to his be wilderment "Stay there!" came in gruff and commanding tones from the parrot's cage. lhe pup bad been severely trained, and he feared to disobey. His head dropped between his forelegs, and In an attitude of utter dejection he awaited further commands. The doc tor had been looking on from the ball way, and when he entered the room the parrot was reviling the pup in a mixture of English and Spanish, and the pup was grovelling in the rug, but afraid to run away. Legs Worth More than Brains. My young friend John Smith for Instance who was graduated by a uni versity a few weeks ago, and who rush ed Into "journalism," as he called it, came Into my room the other afternoon fanned himself vigorously with his hat apd remarked: I shall quit this business!" "You mean you will leave the news paper business?" I asked. "Yes," be replied; "the truth is, newspapers pay more for legs than they do for brains." "Do you mean that you have more brains than legs?" I asked with affect ed surprise. "I mean that I have walked four miles In the hot sun trying to run down a rumor and it won't pan out five lines." So Smith is going to quit the news paper business because he has brains to sell, when the newspapers want noth ing but legs. Of course Smith's place will have to be filled. That is, a man will have to be put on when Smith va cates. The man who stays on will have legs, but he will have brains also. He will know, first what news is. That will require brains. Knowing what news is. Smith's successor will get that news and he will get it quickly. That will require not only legs, but It will require a perseverance and persistence that regards neither distance, difficul ties nor circumstances. Journalism is one thing, but the newspaper business u.tafJ!n,nm-rfhindif?rBntL m The Egyptian Lotas. ...iuo r.1'1.. , 3 ' . . I The Egyptian lotus among the water 1ilra " U'V"Z.V .1 "..- w . 1 7 ' "L""" i much attention, me large nowers, wiin i their different tints of white and no, with the bud In the form of a tea rose opening out Into a cluster of petals nearly a root in diameter, masseu massed amo? -ZZin'JSjZ f athetlc ciUzens of among solid looking leaves, are much tbatlocallti. NEWS IN BRIEF. Lord Iddleslelgh is the only mem ber In Salisbury's cabinet who can talk French. A professional beggar, who died recently in Rio Janeiro, left a fortune of S200.000. Liszt died poor and without a will. He lately gave 500,000 francs to his native place. General Booth, of the Salvation Army, will come to the United States In October next. A dozen defaulters have stolen 1-1,000,000 from I'ailadelphiaas during the past five years. Lewis county, W. T., has not a single Chinese inhabitant, 'tis said; a year ago it had C00. Floral offerings at funerals are be coming unfashionable In San Francisco owing to the expense. Mr. Stevens who is attempting to travel around the world on a bicycle, has arrived in India. Minister West has been visiting Lord Landsdowne in Canada. His children are in Eurone. The Pasteur Institute fund now amounts to JUJO.OUO. The i Russia has given S20.O0O. cxar of Carl Schurz has been offennl $5,000 a jear by the Cincinnati i;iustTuttil Aacs, which seeks an editor. The friends of Hon. S. S. Cox arn I cheered by the announcement that he will soon turn his face homeward. Kaskaskia, which was once the capital of Illinois with a population ot 7.000, now has but 150 inhabitants. Chromo-lithography is said to have been Invented by Frederick Emlle Simm, who died lately at Strasburg. The interior of the vault contain ing the remains of Frederick the Great has been decorated by Emperor Wil liam. New Orleans has named its expo sition grounds Audubon Park, after the famed naturalist, John James Au dubon. An essay by a Tennessee lad, con tained this brilliant passage: "Honesty is, like angels' visits, few and mighty scarce." Mr. nenry Yillard is going to start in business again in "ew York. His wealth is estimated at a quarter of a million. President Grevy Is allowed 300, 000 francs yearly for traveling expen ses. He saves most of this as he travels but little, There are 200,000 Italian settlers in the Argentine ItepubHc, 82,000 In Brazil, 40,000 in Uruguay and ti.OuO in Mexico. Recent general army statistics show that last year 24 out of 15G deaths that occurred among the soldiers were due to suicide t A foul ball knocked into a crowd of men at Topeka hit a negro in the eye with such force that his eyesight was destroyed. It is said that Mr. Lowell contem plates another trip to England next spring, his visit this summer having been so pleasant M- "iap"ie IS?, M. Bonaparte Wise, a grand nepnew or me first .Napoleon, is a wealthy capitalist and is interested in Canadian lands. There is a veteran Georgian in Americus who lias fifteen children, fifty-one grand children aad twenty four great-grandchildren. Lord Randolph Churchill is not little and fat as I'uin-k represents him. He Is, on the contrary, a slim young man, of average height. The ancient city of Damascus is growing in prosperity, and now bids fair to become ouce more an Imjiortant trading centre in the east On a farm on the Choptauk river in Maryland is a stalk of corn growing from a fish hawk's nest in the top of an old dead tree. The stalk is more than five feet high and in a fl-juri-thlng condition. The first anti-slavery man stnt t the United States senate on that issue is still living. His name is Joseph Cilley, and he remains on his old fami ly homestead at Nottingham, X. U, He is 'M years old. The Chicago yea states that while in the last few months the wheat trans actions on the local Board of Trade have amounted to 781,000.000 bushels, the actual grain handled was only 2, 000,000 bushels. C L. James, an alderman of Eaii Claire, Wis., claims to be a son of the novelist G. P. K. James, and is a full fledged Anarchist He recently visited Parsons, whose intimate friend he is, In his cell in Chiogo. When an EH art, Ind., farmer was unloading a load of hay which he ha1 driven to market and sold, he found a te y lively rattlesnake in the hay, and in the serpent he found two meadow moles still alive and kicking. Mr. Whistler, the painter and eteher, whose eccentricities have excit ed the mingled wonder and admiration of London for ten years, will arrive here this autumn and give a series of lectures through the country. Among the voters of the recent Alabama election was Thomas Garrett, ot IIol man's Precinct, who cast his first vote for John Adams in the fall of 1790. He was then 29 years old, and on his next birthday will be 119 years old. A young whale 3 feet 2 Inches hi length, was killed by a blow from au oar, down east papers assert, by a Dur ham fisherman in Oyster river, and they are wondering how such a creature ever got ten miles up the river. Kawara and Sure, the two young Japanese cadets who are accompanying Count Saigo, the Mikado's minister of marine, in his tour of Inspection of the navy yards of this country, will enter the naval academy at Annapolis this falL CrackU glass is produced by covering one side of a piece of plate glass with a thick stratum of a flux, or readily fusi ble glass, mixed with coarse fragments of glass. The flux (or fusible glass) under this treatment cracks and splits. leaving innumerable nne lines or r frac- tare over lU surface, having much the appearance of scales in irregular cryv uh, which cr0S3 and intersect each 0thr in every direction, producing the most stmcingand beauUf ul effects when the ht fall3 upoa it3 8,, The id cooling or the f usib e coating Li -jjected by exposing it to a current of ffec cold mlri air nr hr caxtinua sorinklin? with cold water. " f i?, iM m & m I i :-i
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