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B. F. SOHWEIER,
TEE OOI3T1TUTI0I-TEE UH0I-AIS TIE ZXTOXOEMEfTT C? TZ3 LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XL.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER J, 1SSC5.
NO. 49
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Auntie's Rosa.
It la only a rose, my darling,
. Do you ask what the tal can be
Why a row that U withered and faded
Should be so dear to me?
gomtMy sent it me, darlings,
Back in the days of yore.
On the night that his ship was sailing
Avar to the dreadful war.
jut I Lad my rose, my darlings
To comfort me day by day,
I read the bitter tidings
Of the fighting far away,
Tlil it drooped and dit, iny darlings,
And I read its message plain,
That be who had given that little rose
Would never come back acain.
And now I am old, my darlings,
Aid lite draws near its close,
Xoa know why my heart is happy
As I watch my sweet dead ruse. ,
Our Ufa has another chapter
To read in the world to be,
And love, like a new rose, darlings,
Will blossom fur hitu and me.
THE ELOPEMENT.
It was my good furtnne to spend the
barrJ summers of my youthful days in
m old seaport town, whose glory has
Ions since departed, Its fast decaying
wharves had ouce echoed to the tread
of many busy feet, and many very
stately ships had been moored beside
them.
Xor, as la iny childhood days, no
proud ship finds a haven in the still
waters of its harbor; its deserted ship
yards ring no more with the sound of
ax or hammer; me Dusy uum or com
merce is stilled, and a silence, broken
only hy tbe fisherman's call, or the
merry laughter of some yachting party,
pervades what wis once a very busy,
thriving place.
But commerce has left traces of
wealth behind, and I remember some
old-fashioned, though stately houses,
staud ng near the shore
These were the homes uf some of
New England's famous sea captains,
and in uue of t'aeae old houses 1 passed
those happy summer days,
The tueu of the family had all beeu
sailors, commanding some f the finest
and bt st known American fchips. 2so
ports bad beeu too distant for them,
and they had brought home, as gifts,
spoils from every clime. Now, all dead
and gone, the women of Uie .family
lived alone, surrounded by treasures
from over the sea.
The old friend who had charge of us
was very foud of children, aud was never
happier tnau when relatiug to us the
stories of rea and shore, with which bar
mind was stored; and when a rainy
day came, driving us from the beach,
we liked' nothing better than to listen
to her charming legends.
I will repeat to you, as uearly as 1
can remember, the story of the elope
ment that took place many years ago.
As,l recall it, i set m to bear. again the
TtinS'f .1 TV lone ItinM tillHhP.i 1.A
nre upon mt uearut. luia aet uuuuti
booming of the surf apoa the beach,
formed a fitting accompaniment.
A long time ago, when I was a little
girl, the events happened tliat 1 am
about to relate to you. My grandmother
knew ail about it, and 1 often beard
her tell the story to the young folks, in
my day, as I am telling it to you.
In that large, old-fashioned bouse
which stands on the brow of Beach
Hill, lived a very wealthy gentleman,
called Judge Cushman.
I say he lived there, but be only
spent pait of the year in the little
town of S , for bis business kept
him in the city during the winter
months; but as soon as the warm days
came the house would be oiened, and he
would nde through the town in his big
coach, drawn by tour horses and driven
by a colored coachman.
The judge was a widower, and lived
alone with his servants and an old
housekeeper. So you may ima?in3 the
surprise of the villagers one day early
Jn the spring of 1S12, when they heard
that Squire Cushman, as be was called,
had brought home with him a lovely
young girL
At first all thought that he had
married again, but soon the report was
circulated that bis niece had come
from England alone, with only a maid
to attend her, to visit him. And a long
visit we all thought It would be, for
war had just been declared with Great
Britain, and probably there would be
no friendly intercourse between the
two countries for a long time.
Of course all were anxious to see the
new-comer, but none . were gratified
until the following Sabbath, waen she
appeared at church with the old Squire.
She was a, true English maiden, with
lair hair and lustrous blue eyes, and a
complexion in which lilie3 and roses
were skillfully blended by Nature's
hand. She was the "observed of all
observers,'1 but bore herself modestly,
seeming unconscious of the gaze of all
around her.
Many were the questions asked,
many the conjectures formed, as to her
presence in the lonely house so far from
home, and in an enemy's country; and
finally the mystery was solved by the
old housekeeper, who divulged it as a
great secret to a friend of hers, an in
veterate gossip, who soon made the af
fair the property of the whole neigh
borhood. Rose Cushman, the daughter of the
Squire's only brother, was a motherless
child, and had grown to womanhood
without knowing what it was to be
refused the slightest wish, for she had
always been her father's idol. lie bad
planned in her early childhood that she
should marry the son of his most inti
mate friend.
But such designs are rarely accom
plished. At the age of 19 Rose met a
young and gallant officer in his Majes
ty's navy, and lost her heart almost at
first sight. The affection was recipro
cated, and not dreaming of any obsta
cle, the lovers plighted their troth with
the fondest ahd brightest hopes for the
future.
But the father of Rose sternly re
fused to consent to their engagement,
and forbade Kose ever to see her lover
again. But years of indulgence bad
hot prepared his daughter for . such
arbitrary measures, and she continued
to meet her lover secretly whenever she
was able to do so.
One meeting in the park near me
bouse was witnessed by her father, and
o Incensed was be by this open defiance
of all his commands, that he ordered
the brave young sailor from his grounds,
using the harshest language,
Rose returned to the house, locked
herself into her room, and was soon
convulsed with a perfect passion or
tears; for under her sweet and charming
exterior she hid a will that was just as
strong and unsubdued as her father s.
In subsequent interviews with her
father ci.A aha DAvar could or
Would'fonret Charles Ajhton. Kot all
the affection she bore ber father, not
II the remembrance of his kindness
and love, would prevent her meeting
" wrer wuenever an opportunity was
found. lie well knew that the vnunir
man was of honorable birth and good
position, but be could not give up the
early plans he had formed for her fu
ture.
After weeks of fruitless argument
With his daughter, it suddenlr occurred
to bim to send her to his brother, our
h.' . : g . i . .
otuuv vsUBuman, in America,
it seemed in those days a long jour
ney to an almost unknown land, but
her father thought a few months In a
strange country would tame his self
willed daughter, and that before win
ter tie would join her, visit bis beloved
brother, and another year would And
Hose willinw to return aud comply with
his wishes. - - - .
Of course we could not know how
Uose bore the announcement of her
exile, nor did we know, till long after.
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mat sue coutrivea to write ner lover a
sorrowful letter of farewell, telling bim
her destination, aud the cruel sentence
of punishment she was willing to bear
ror nis sate. .
I need hardly say that all the young
folk3 sympathized with Rose, and many
of the girls longed to make her ac
quaintance, and learn from her own
lips the story of her unfertunate love
affair.
The old people, however, thought she
merited a severe punishment for daring
to aeiy ner lamer, aud the minister
even preached a sermon soon after her
arrival, in which a stern rebuke was
administered, to those who failed to
"Honor their fathers and mothers."
But Rose seemed equally unmoved
by the admonitions of the minister, or
even the looks of sympathy that were
given ber by the young folks.
The Squire did all in bis power to
make the visit agreeable, even relaxing
his habitual reserve, and inviting all
the young people in the neighborhood
to bis house to be introduced to his
niece. ...
Although Raw was very sweet and
grac ous to all her guests, no one be
came at all familiar with ber, and fin
ally all attempts at intimacy ceased,
and she was left to the companionship
of her uncle and her old nurse. -
She spent a great part of the time ou
the beach reading, or stretched upon
the aand, her bead in her nurse's lap,
conversing with ber in low tones, of
dreaming day dreanii of her home and
her lover.
In the summer evenings the hard
sand was the promenade of the village.
Rose walkel apart from all the rest,
with her eyes fixed on the seas, its
rippling waves gilt by the moonbeam
hearing perhaps in tha breakers that
dashed upon the distant rocks a mes
sage from the other lands.
But active preparations for war soon
b tnished all minor topics. The young
men .ere getting ready to join their
sMne; the priV2ers ""era betas? fitt1
out, and the whole, country was wi'.J
with excitement.
Our village became almost deserted.
Every vessel of any aiza was manned
and equipped with guns and ammuni
tion, and sent out to meet the enemy,
and all tne poor wives and mothers
could do was to watch and wait at
home. News traveled slowly in these
days, and tidings of defeat or victory
seemed long in coming.
Often we climbed the hill and from
the church tower scanned the horizon
for a glimpse of some man-of-war, for
we lived in constant fear that our
town, like many others on the coast,
might be Invaded by the enemy. But
though we often saw large ships pass
ing, and once heard the sound of dis
tant cannonading, we were left in
peace.
And so the summer passed; its weary
weeks of watching and anxiety wore
away; the line storm visited us with all
its fury, and then came the mild and
sunuy Indian summer, the days of soft
delight, when all nature seems in a
dreamy, quiet mood, giving us a gentle
smile, before old winter, with raging
elements, comes to bind her with icy
fetters.
About the middle of October a
watcher on the bill saw a man-of-war
heading for our harbor. lie gazed with
almost breathless anxiety until with his
glass he described the English flag at
her mast.
Then he rushed down the steep road
into the main street shouting.
The British are coming! Save your-
All at once was noise and confusion
The men left their work, the women
forsook their spinning wheels, and all
ran to the beach or to the wharves.
Yes, it was true; she had anchored
outside the harbor, and too large to
euter herself, we could see a large boat
Just leaving her filled with men, who
would probably land and plunder, per
haps burn our village. Resistance was
useless, for the ship could easily shell
the whole town, lying as it did at the
mouth of the harbor, but little more
than a mile away.
It had been planned long before that
in case of invasion the people should
take their valuables and flee to the
woods f or-safety.
So as quickly as possible the large
hay-carts were brought out, the best
feather-beds were hastily thrown Into
them, the tall clocks were placed on
top as many women and children as
could be were piled in, each carrying a
pillow-case containing some valuables,
the horses were whipped into a gallop,
and the procession started helter skelter
for the woods. .
The servants of Squire Cushman
shared the general alarm, and, as the
Squire was away from home, they too
prepared for flight, and urged the house
keeper to pack up the silver, and, taking
Miss Rose and ber nurse, to hasten to a
place of safety with them. BiAwhm
she went to the young lady's chamber
she found her watching the incoming
boat with eager eyes, and she firmly
refused to leave the house.
They are not enemies tome,"sho
aid- "They are from dear old Eng
old, my home, and I will not run from
them if the whole village goes."
The housekeeper tried to reason with
her but in- vain, and not daring to
five ber In the bouse, sentjoff the ser
ints with the most valuable articles
to a safe bidmg-place. and awaited the
result with trembling anxiety.
Kose stood at the open window,
watching the boat. As it neared the
shore shi sent ber maid for the Squire s
evtela? and, resting it on the woman's
shffiobta'inea a
harbor and all who were in the boat
KaWd nearer it approached the
KhoreTand the few fishermen who lin
red near the wharf, their curiosity
overcorS their fears, saw that it was
commanded bya young whose
dress betokened the bigh rank 1 bore
The boat came up to too wharf, ana
one of the sailors sprang ashore and
rastenea it.
uiving a command to nis men In a
low tone, the officer landed, accom
panied by two marines. Seeing the
fishermen about to run he cried out
"ou nave nothing to rear, ir you
let us come and go unmolested your
village shall be snared. Come here, I
want to ask yon a question."
One of the most diring approached
him.
."Now, roy man," be said, "no tricks,
but answer me correctly. Do you
know wnere Judge Cushman lives, and
will you show ns the way to his bouse?
Do not fear, no barm shall be done to
any or you, only tell me the truth."
The man, only too glad to escape so
easily, pointed out the bouse, and the
officer with bis men hastened toward it.
In the meantime Rosa had been scan
ning the boat with eager eyes, trying
to discern the features of the men.
When she saw the officer approaching
the bouse, she gave one long, fixed look,
and shouUng to her nurse, "It Is hel it
ii Chariest" flew down the stair -case,
followed by the servant and the honse
keepsr, and as he entered the open
door, sprang into his arms, and was
clasped to bis heart in a loving em
brace.
But be stopped ber eager questions
by saying:
"I have no time to lose. Yon see
tie siip at the entrance of the harbor?
Siuce you left England, my darling, 1
have been promoted to the command of
that noble craft, and ordered to Ame
rica. You may imagine how glad I was
to know 1 was to be near you, for,
thinks to nurse here, I received your
last letter, and since my duty brought
me to this part of the coast I deter
mined to find you. Yesterday we
overhauled a fishing craft from, this
pjit, uul I learned I was only a few
miles from yon. I at once shaped my
course for this harbor, resolved to take
you with me, for I can endure this
sep iraiion no longer. Where is your
uucle?"
"lie is away from borne, dear
Charles," said Rose, "and neaily all
the people here fled, so frightened are
they of the dreaded British."
"Good! That makes it easier for you
to go," said Charles.
"But what do you mean, Charles?
Ilow-can I go alone with you on that
great ship? I shall be afraid."
"Afraid with me, sweetheart? Nursie
will go with you. and as my wire you
will be safe from all harm. Let us
find the clergyman here and be will
unite us. Do you think be has fled?"
"No," said Ktss, "he has always
suiiL I believe, that be wonld never run
irom the enemy; that lie was b man ot
peace and would be left unattested.
But, Charles, since I have bem bore, I
have thought much of my Ulsol'dieace
to cy father's wishes, and althonw 1 j
could never l false to yuu,-: dear-
Charles, X Uave thought tbwt tiiutj aud I
distance may have softened his heart.
-irau loving-me as arrow necoesriirt
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iuiut sometime consent to our mar
riage. "
"Sweetheart," siid Charles, "do not
disappoint ma so cruelly. When we
are married I am sure your father will
forgive us. Besides, I am surrounded
daily by great perils, and may not out
live this war. Let me at least call you
my wife, and 1 shall be doubly arml
for the conflict. Vi consent, dear
Itse."
He clasped ber once more to his
heart, pressing kiss after kiss upon her
lips, and none but lover's ears could
hear the softly whispered "yes."
".Now listen to my plans, dearest,"
said he. "We will go at ouce to the
clergyman, and comiwl him to marry
us. Xursie shall pack some necessary
clothing for you and meet us at the
boat. My orders are to cruise up an 1
down the coast on the lookout for mer
chantmen. 1 will sail as far as Halifax,
there land and leave you with a good
iriend of mine, and j in you later in
the season when the weather compels
us to seek winter quarters."
He then gave a few directions to the
nurse, who received them with many
bows and smiles, ordeted one ot the
marines to wait for her and bring h.T
with him to the wharf. The old house
keer tried to iuletfere with their
movements, but hsr words passed un
noticed, for leau'mg on her lover's ar.n.
Rose waved her .a laugh'ng good-bye
as she passed out of the house forever.
Tha minister made many objections
to performing the ceremony, but they
werd all overcome by the entreaties of
K lie, and the stern commands of her
iover, ud as he afterwards said, he
had no alternative, for if he persisted
in bis refusal he might have been taken
away prisoner in the vessel and Uu
church burned to the ground.
So Rose and her husband sailed away
from our shores, never to return. We
heard, however, long after, that Charles
Ashton was wounded soon after hU
marriage, and had left the service. We
never knew how S juire Cushman bore
the news of his niece's flight Jfobody
dared ask bim, and be died not long
after, leaving bis property to a distant
relative.
. "There, girls, that Is the way my
grandma used to end the story, but 1
can tell you something more.
Last summer an English lady and
gentleman stopped at the hotel here
several day& One day they obtained
permission to go over the old Cushman
bouse. They lingered long in the
chamber looking over the sea, and we
learned that the lady was the grand
daughter of Rose Cushman, who had
come, with ber husband, to visit the
scene of her grandmother's elopement.
Grounds for Divorce In China.
The Chinese have a firm belief in
marriages being made in Heaven. A
certain deity, who they call "The Old
Man iii the Moon." links with a silken
cord, they say, all predestined couple".
E irly marriage is earnestly inculcated.
One ot their maxims states that there
are three cardinal sins, and that to die f
rha nhief. As in
ItltUVU. , 1. rp
other countries spring is the time when china, endeavors to bve up to it. 10
young people's minds turn to thoughts elevate the race, then, would it not be
of love, and most marriages are ca!- ' well to begin with the nose? I have
ebrated In February, when the peach- little doubt a pug nose has ia many
tree blossoms appear. Among the mar- cases, been more burdensome than the
riae presents are live geese, which are proverbial millstone. Many a boy of
supposed to be emblem.d.ical of the c m- good Intentions has perhaps been turned
corl and happlnea of the marriage aside from the path of high endeavor
state A Chinaman may divorce his by discovering ha formative period
wife for seven different reasons, and in that his nose was a pug or of some
the list are ill temper and a talkative other plebian form. Many.it is true,
disposition. The birth of a son is tbe have been able to rise above such a dis
occasion of much rejoicing, for without couraging endowment, but no one can
sons a man lives without honor and compute the thousands who have fallen
dies unhappy, with no one to worship after a noble but ineffectual struggle
at his grave and none to continue the 'against a. nose,
family line, I l-'
A workman in Vienna wa recently
poisoned PfXX?1?: the Rocky mountains at a cut oUl,
istered as a relief for Inflammation of f
tbe throat.
A NIGHT OP TERROR.
Mistaking
Cat far a GhiMt la Old
Kentucky.
It was at the close of a warm dar Tn
June that a Methodist preacher aud hi?
son, 11 years old, drove up to thr'
"stile" of an old Kentucky home. The
good old farmer and his wife extended
a warm welcome and the visitors were
soon at home. After supper the boy,
tired and sleepy, was sent to a room on
the second floor, candle In hand, to re
tire for the night. For many months
the room had beeu unoccnDlml. A fond
son of the couple bad died in this room
years before, and the neighbors all re-
potted that the dead boy's spirit was
occasionally seeu and often heard K
the room. The guest ot the night had
heard such reports often, and was a
trifle slow about extiniuishmg the
light and going to bed. Every nook
and corner of the room was examined.
The latch of 'the door was secu'.ely
fastened, and the floor beneath the bed
had been carefully surveyed before the
rnnfl. Avfl...!.!.! l. 1 : l.a. j
youth extinguished the light and leaped
into the depths of the old-fashioned
feather bed. Resigned to the situation
and biding bis bead under 'the bed
spread, the preacher's boy wa3 soon
asleep. But he was not permitted to
be quiet long. The gentle touch of
some strange nnger or foot on the cov
ering roused bim. and when he raised
bis head a white object glided quickly
away from the bed. Startled, but reso
lute, he arose, lighted the candle aud
searched the room, but discovered
nothing, lie tried to believe that it
was all a dream, and again retired, but
not to sleep, as be was too much
frightened to court sleep again. Pres
ently he felt the same strange touch,
now it seemed that a delicate band was
slowly tracing the outline of his trtmb
ling frame, till at last he could feel the
warm breath ot an approaching crea
ture ou his face, and hear the breath
ing, as if it were ready to throw back
the bed-clothes and attack the helpless
victim of a real live ghost.
lie was so terribly affrighted he
could not move. He tried In vain to
scream. He was parals zed but for a
moment. In his desperate strait ba
threw back the cover and arose to a
sitting posture. : As he did so he was
6tartled beyond measure to see a small
white object glide away as if in the al
and disappear ai. the window. Until
the caudle was burned 'out the youth
sal, trembling and araii to move, by
the table. Then, hopiu? for daylight.
ne ventured to lie down again. Sleep
scan relieved biro, and when he related
hii experience at the brvakfaat table be
-: not as nervous ai when Le retired
the third time In a haunted room. The
oi I iitt r smiled ; the preacher listened
withAtustoiuahnient. and the good
-Tfju r's wife seemed deeply at-.
frcU:! Si. the suggestion of the haunt
f " . mi,iT U-.-J .
ing preswe of a departed spirit, x ee
K I 1 ' 1 i i WLII
AlterbreikTastthe
e farmer took his
youthful guest to the room. From a
broken window pane to the end of the
wide footboard of the old bedstead was
found a smooth board, wbiob was used
for drying fruit. The window was usu
ally hoisted during the sunny hours, and
this board, covered with fru:t, was pro
jected from the window to the edge of
the roof adjoining. At night one end
rested on the inside of the window, the
other on the bed. The window opened
against a large stone chimney, against
which a farm ladder rested. Up this
ladder aud on to a large window a
cat, with black bead aud feet and one
side all white, usually found its way
to the broken pane and down the board
to the comfortable bed, where she slept.
Finding a strange bed-fellow, the cat
bad examined him "from the outside,"
and when the boy arose or moved she
glided swiftly away along the board
and out of the window, only to return
again when all was quiet. But for this
explanation the preacher's son would
have always believed in ghosts. He is
now a Methodist revivalist in this state
and one of the most sareastic critics of
superstitious stories and ghost tides.
A Ijo:i2 Neglected Sen-W".
Isn't it a little singular that tbe nose,
(he organ of smelling, has, through all
tin long centuries, been neglected iu
the matter of education? All tbe other
senses, save alone that of - smelling, are
cultivated and improved. Take that
of sight, which has been aided and edu
cated by means of the microscope ana
telescope, not to speak of spectacles,
hich overcome visual deficiencies and
continue old eyes in useful employment
to the last moment of existence. If
you have a daughter with a piano or
neighbors similarly endowed, you know
what has been done in educating the
touch. By educating the finger tips
the blind are enabled to read. The
sense of hearing and of taste are both
educated.
Take the practical arts. What a
blessing a plumber or health officer
would be witb a nose trained to busi
ness. What a sweet boon a specialist
would be who, witb a snuff or two In
the suspected locality, would be able to
say, "this is malaria," "that's scarla
tina," "here's typhoid fever." Isn't it
strange that this last quarter of the
Nineteenth century, big with great in
ventions, has done nothing for this long
neglected sense? Then tbe shape of
the nose. It is not unlikely that it has
greatly degenerated in form what it
once was. Take an old coin of Rome
or Greece and yon will readily satisfy
yourself that this Is no mere assump
tion. Roman and Grecian noses of
pure types are now extremely rare.
These distinctive types are merging
into a conglomerate nose. It is said
that character depends largely upon
tne iorm ot mo uu uiou,
leave so much to chance? Why not
train up a cose in the way it should
. , . r
rliaracter. be usually, like the blue
The Canadian 1'aclhs railway is
building five miles of snow sheds for
the Rocl
500,000.
THE AFTER Dl.VMCTt AP.
A Iinxnry About Which Opinions
lilOer Conccrniii; Slci-pleasness. I
There umuoii uitferesce of opinion'
.uw v. m ui let
dinner nap. Those who advocate it
Cite the example of aulieais, but these
gorge" tnemseivAS with food whenever
Plortunity offers, anu are heavy and
drowsy in consequence. A short rest.
nowever, is dinerent from lethargic
sieep, ana oiten appears to do good,
.'train work should certainly be forbid-
ito , after dinner; the interval between
tt i.nJ ledtime should be devoted to
M-eation .and amusement. In the
case of Udetljr pe ple a Abort nap after
a iate dinner often helps digestion, but
j 8neral rule It is better for such
I lrsons to make their principal meal w
p- M- The digestive organs of most
elderiy people are at low ebb in the
eveuing. . . . ,
When steepleasnes i Is troublesome re-
Iip" shonld be sougut fo 1 the discov
! ery itr:lTriovnl ef the cause whenever
i tl'KaitilA Th. nT it ion ia fifteen riilA tn
possible. The condition is often due to
indigestion, and wbeu this is tie case
the ordiniry- remedies for inducing
sleep are worse than useless. The
&4rvou3 relations ' between the brain
an l the stomach are so intimate that
disorder of the one organ Is almost cer
tain to atTeci. the other, incitement.
,r'rry and anxiety, which have their
jo-sat in the train, interfere with the
f unctions of tbe stomach, and in like
manner anything that nuduly taxes the
power of or irritates tbe stomach dis
orders the circulation and nutrition of
the braiu. , The sleeplessness often
complained of by gouty persons Is due
to the poisonous effect ot the morbid
material nron the nervous system.
licessive smoking, too much alcohol.
:ea ana coffee ofiru resorted to by
)ver-woiked persons, are frequent
onuses of - sleeplessness. In all these
esses th i cause is removable, while the
ettac may be counteracted by appro
priate ttuatmenU
Jfothlrg is more mischievous, how
ever, than to continue the habits and to
P-va wruiraa tn Hrntra in fjimlij.e. thM
A due amount of exercise
to induce normal sleep, and such
ercisstngad not be of a violent char
tt AAralk &f--tw3or thre miles
i jit-vdaicUjnt. an I is. perhaps, as
) riuch as a busy man cm find time for.
A ride ca corseDack. tne raimersio
i.iaa cure for gout, is probably the best
orm of exercise for Uioie whose minds
i-re constantly at work. It has been
.veil said that a. man must come out of
aimself when In the saddle, he ti forced
la attend 0 his bcrse and to notice the
injects be meets. Walking may be a
'uerely automatic process, and affords
.'ittle, If any relief to the mind, and car-
tuge exercise may be practically vaiue-
.?3ft if the iniud is not diverted Irom
'hat bad previously occupied it.
i ;: - J
Kid
uwjm a.ury.
Whitemarsh Church is located ia
Talbot county, near a cross-road village
Vnown by the singular and not eupho
nious title of "The llole in the aiL"
The village came Is said to date from
the ancient days when Uxtord was a
port of entry. The smuggling sailors
would bring their crooked liquors from
the port at night and deposit the bottles
of cognac aud bollands in a hole in the
wall of the trader's shop, returning in
the morning for their payment.
Whitemarsh Church dates back be
yond 1C'JJ, aud here ministered Con.
uiissary Bray, one of the orlgiuators if
the famous society for the propagation
or the Gospel, through the agency of
whioh the Church of England has
spread its influence into every strong
hold of heathenism. A building used
by him as a female seminary yet stands
about a mile away towards Oxford. In
some unexplained way it long since,
with the laud on which stands, became
alienated from the Church, and is now
tbe County Almshouse.
In 1711 the Rev. Mr. Mayuadier was
rector, residing at the paisonage on a
farm a short distance from the church,
aud a singular story is told of bis
Mmily. The tradition is that his wile
died after a brief illness, and was buried
w ith rather unusual haste. The worthy
man, overcome by grief, retired early,
but was aroused from his slumbers
shortly before midnight by a knocking
at the front door. Imagine his feeling
when, on opening it, there stood his
buried wife, faint and terrified, but alive
and in tbe flesh. She had been hastily
coffined without the removal of a
valuable ring, and one of tli9 attend
ants, aware ot tbe fact, bad exhumed
tbe body just after nightfall for the
purpose of robbing it. But the ring
clung to the finger, and an effort was
made to sever the joint; blood flowed,
the corpse groaned, moved and recov
ered consciousness. The would-be rob
ber of tbe dead fled in terror from the
scene, and the lady thus happily saved
rrom her grave, made her way through
the night to the desolate home from
which she had been carried a few bouts
before. She lived to tell the story for
many years afterward.
Cigar Maker s in Bremen.
Cigars form one of the principal in
dustries of Bremen, giving employ
ment to thousands of hands aud invest
ment to large capital. Tbe artisans
form a peculiar class, and consider
themselves ot a superior order to other
handworkers. They disdain the drudg
ery ot preparing the rough tobacco for
tbe core, and devolve it upon women
and children, generally members ot
their own family. They are an idle lot
as a rule. Monday and Tuesday are
loitered away or spent in the beer
houses, and it is only on Wednesday
that the week's work seriously begins.
In the four following days, however, a
clever workman can earn sufficient:?
high wages to indulge in luxuries, aid
ed, as be generally is by the six days
wages of bis wire. It is possible for an
ernert and industrious couple to earn
from 503 to 60s a week. The cigar-
maker is almost invariably musical and
a member of a singing confraternity,
and tbe work in the factories goes on I
amid a universal chorus of voices, i
This is considered to help both the,
uantitv and tbe Quality ot the work i
done. Much interest is shown in these
day. Every morning a paper is bought ,
and one ot the hands chosen to read it
aloud for his fellows, who in turn sub-1
c:lbe to indemu.fy bim for bis loss of
time.
Fortune turns taster than a mill
wheeL TheT at the top to-day may be
at tbe bottom tomorrow.;
Never laugh at tbe misfortunes ot
others.
SOMETHIXO ABOUT COLOSsf.
Dimensions of the Great Staiuro of
Aucieut Time.
Colossi, or which theBartholdl statue
is now the must important in tbe
world, were more on the globe before
the birth or Christ thin to-day. The
ancient and famous maritime countries
ioou, the Mediterranean Sea literally
leemed w.h them. Ttie Colossus of
It'iode i, erected by Chares of Lindu,
honor of the sun, is one of the best
Known to ancient writers, and was one
of the seven wonders of the world. It
Wiq of b.i3. cast in separate pieces,
and wis twelve years ia processor erec
tion, being completed 230 B. C. It was
a y.atue of Apollo, and is variously es
timated to have been ninety feet,
uinf.y cubits and even one hundred
i ud five cub ti in height. Its weight
was 720,900 pounds. Standing, as it
did, with a leg extended on each side of
tbe harbor, vessels under full sail could
euter between them. A flight of wind
ing stairs led to the top. The co3t was
300 talents, or very nearly a half mil
lion or dollars. Sixty years later it was
thrown by an earthquake, where it lay
until A. D. (S3, when the Saracens,
the captors or lihoies, sold it to the
Jew.t, who transported it to Alexandria
o.l the back's of IKX) camels. Uhode.
which now has a population of only
10,000, in the height of iu prosperity
had over a,U00 sUl-aes, of which 1J0
were colossi.
The Barthr.Mi statue Is 150 tett high
and weighs 2iJ tons.
Bavaria, the great female statue at
Munich, persouiiicating that country,
until the Bart hold i, was said to be ttie
next in siz to the Coloa Its of Rhodes.
It is Co feet high, with a1 pedestal I'M
feet, aud is cast from the bronze of
Turkish and Norwegian cannon. The
ligure is partially draped, holdinx a
sword. At Us side reposes tbe Bava
rian lion, the guardian of the kingdom.
The fignre is hollow and fitted witb
stairs. There are twelve characters in
bronze, and the monument was six
years in preparation, being unveiled
August 7. ISoO. It was erected by
King Louis I. and modeled by Von
Sch wan theler, and nntit our Goddess ot
Liberty was erected was considered the
most remarkable statue of modern
times.
The other recwrkable statue of re
cent years is that of San Carlo Bor-
romeo at Aron&. near the south end of
Luke Magglore, in Northern Italy. It
was erected in 1C07 and stands ou a hill
on a pedestal forty feet high. The
statue itself is sixty-six feet high. The
head, feet and hands were cast m
bronze; the remainder of the statue was
formed by laying sheets of hammered
copper on a pillar of masonry. Three
persons may stand in the head.
Colossal statues were numerous in
Egypt. Legions of them were raised,
nvet!7ot t':e hardest stone, mavy from
fifty to sixty feet high. The most cele
brated are the statues of Memnon, Iu
the plain or Thebes, at Koumel-ultan.
The two statues, one of whiah is the
celebrated vocal Memnon, one of the
wonders of the old world, were origin
ally sixty feet high and made of a
coarse gritstone. Both are seated ou
thrones and represent tbe Monarch
Ameuaphis III., probably about l-'W
B. C. The peculiar characteristic of
the vocal statue was its giving out at
varioas times a sharp metallic ring.
The reason for this sound is variously
ascribed to an artifice of the priests
who struck the so norous stone of which
the statue was niada, to the tasaage of
curreuts of air through the cracks, or
the sudeu expansion ot aqueous par
ticles under the sun's rays. It became
silent about 1,500 years ago.
In Greece, l'uidias's colossal statue
of Jupiter (41) B. C.) was "the wonder
of the world" at that tiyie. It was or
gold and ivory and the masterpiece of
the author. He had previously made
a ttatue ot Minerva, of the same ma
terial, thirty-nine feet high, aud also a
famo'is bronze of Pallas Athene, at
Athens, the plume of whose helmet and
the point of whose spear, like Liberty's
torch, were landmarks for incoming
sailors. 1 .Hippos, in the time uf Alex
ander the Great, over S'JU years B. C,
erected a statue sixty feet high, which
Fabius, during tho second war, was
anxious to take to Koine, but was pre
vented by its weight.
Ancient Rome had a bronze statue of
Augustus in the Forum; one of Xero
iu marble fully 120 feet high, Irom
wh-ch the contiguous amphitheatre is
believed to have derived the name of
"Colosseum," and a bronw statue of
Apollo and one of Jupiter upon th'
capito', made from the armor of the
Samnites. They were colossal in siz".
riiil'd Kipcrimcnt.
"Have I got to rake u? these leaves
every day?" asked Thil, with a whine
iu bis voice.
"Ye3, every day."
"But what is the use? They keep on
falling, and make just as big a litter as
before,"
Tour room has to be set In order
every day," said his mother, smding.
I wouldn't care much ii it wasn't,"
said Phil.
"And your shirts have to be washed
every week. And the dishes you eat
off of have to be washed three times a
day. You keep on eating, you
kaowr
Phil coald not forbear a smile, as he
slowlv raked away the leaves. He
might easily have gathered them In ten
minutes, leaving ia good order the lawn
which his mother liked to see nicely
kept; but he usually dawdled over them
for hair an hour.
"Seems to me I have to do a great
deal of work for other folks," he went
on, mournfully. "I have to pile TOod,
and cut kindling, and drive tbe cow,
and water the flowsrs, and things."
"Dj you have more to dj for others
than others do for you," asked his
mother.
"Yes, ma'am; I guess so. Anyway,
if 1 nnuli! aton doin? things for folks.
1 they might stop doing things for me."
I "Dj you really mean th.it?"
"Yes, indeed," said Phil, eagerly.
May I try It, mamma?"
"If von like. You may try It for
; me day."
'One day I Oh I I want to try it for
1 week. And, if it works well, .can I
keep it up?"
"Yes."
"Remember, then, mamma, nobody's
;o ask me to do a single thing, and I'll
remember my part. Hurrah I" Phil
IroDDed the rake over the small
&ii or leaves and rushed away to look
it bis fish-line; for be had made up his
nihd to go fishing in the afternoon and
iave a pleasant time, now that none of
!
to &j
Running hastily to tbe barn he fc!!
aud tore a hole in his trousers.
"Mamma," he cried, picking himseir
up and going toward the house. But
lie suddenly remembered that mamma
M uut to ue canea upon, lie ran up
Mums to cnanee me lorn garment.
Am two buttous oa my otVer
pints. nd I forgot to tell about it.
Never mind. I can sew them on my
self. I orten have. It's easy enough to
sew on buttons."
It had been, when mamma gave him
tbe needle and thread. But now, as he
took a fine needle and coarse thread, he
wondered why it had never seemed so
nard lerore. It took him a long time
to thread the needle, and then every
siuen was a separate trial. He tugeed
away, got het and flurried, and pricked
his finger time and again.
ii last on ieu sure tne outton was
sewed on tight, but, a3 he sprang up to
put on the trousers, he found that they
were sewed to the skirt of the coat he
uad on. V ith tears half-wav to his
eyes b9 took out his knife and cut the
stitches. .No one was waiting to see if
uis necKiie was neatly tied or to hand
unu uis ooois. ine scnooi Dell was
ringing and he rushed away wltk the
torn trousers on.
But he was late, to his great regret;
for he had begun school with a resolve
not to have one tardy mark during the
year.
The tear in the trousers kept catch-
in? in things and tearing larger, until
he was very much ashamed of It. and
glad, at length, to hurry home. As be
again sewed on the button be could not
help wondering if mending doe's own
clothes were not a little harder than
cutting kindling.
"Never mind," he said to himself.
' Nobody will ask me to do anything
alter dinner; and I can do just what I
please all day, when I get out ot
school,"
He went to the dinner table with a
boy's appetite.
"Where's my plate?" he asked, see
ing no place ready for bim.
"Have you forgotten our agreemea ?"
asked his mother.
"Why, no. mammal I said nobody
need do anything for me. I am going
to wa.-h my own dishes when I'm
done."
"But do you expect anyone to cook
for you?"
Phil stared at her for a moment,then
gave a rather blank look at the roast
beef and sweet potatoes. But he was
not ready to give up.
'I did forget, that's a fact," he said,
with a laugh, as he turned and went
out.
But there was a little spirit in the
lauzh, and mamma looked after him
with a sober face.
"I can't see him miss hb dinner,"
sue saia.
But his father said: '-Let him learn
his lesson well. It will not hurt
Ii'irt "
l'tiii went out to the orchard and ate
apples, uot troubling himself to think
whether anybody had raised them for
him, and rejoicing In the reflection
that, when piekin? time came, he
would not have any part or that work
to do.
He went fishing, and on bis way
home had the satisfaction or sitting on
the fence to watch his brother Ben
drive the cow home. Ben hailed him.
'IVe Pratts have come to tea."
' "That's joliy!" shouted Phil, spring
ing irom the fence and running borne,
leaving Ben to plod along with the
cow.
He hurried to bis room. Tbe bed
was not made, and everything he had
touched that day lay where he had
ieft it, which did not trouble bim.
'Hello, no water!" be exclaimed, as
his empty pitcher flew up in his hand.
But, bethinking himseir, he ran for his
own water.
"Now for a clean collar!" But
his f.ice fell as lie saw none in his
drawer. It was plain that they bad
not come up from the wash, and be
would not ask for one. What did he
want ot a collar, anyway, when no one
would expect to see bim at the tea
table? He crept out to the barn, found a
cup, and managed to get a good drink
of milk from the cow, then ate more
apples, and from the hayloft watched
the merry group at play oa the lawn,
trying to think it very nice n?t to be
expected to help about the chores.
But, as he lay awake after going to
bed, restless and a trifle hungry, he be- .
gan to wonder if his bargain was alto
gether a satisfactory one. He recalled
something he had beard his mother say ,
at out Its being impossible for anyone
to Kve unto himself or to escape the.
duties and responsibilities owed by each !
to others, and that all peace and liar
mony and happiness depend upon the
?ooi will and cheeriness and loving
kindness with which these duties are
lrfortned. He fell asleep thinking he
would probably not try his new plan '
longer than the week he had spoken or.
'a he clothing kept slipping rrom his
unnyde bed, causing him much dis
comfort as the coolness of the autumn
night settled down. UeAwoke at the
sound of the breakrau. bell to a keen
perception of the delightful smell? of
mutton chops, buckwhev.t oakes aud i
other good thing?,
" Well," be exclaimed, jump! g
"I'm not going to live another day on
apples it I know myself. After all,"
he wet on, as he dressed himself, "it's
a mean and sneaking thing to try and
shirk thin 3. I get all I want to eat,
and good, too (he sniffed eagerly as the
appetizing smell came stronger;) and
It's a pity it 1 can't do a littlo to help
on." "
He was out and had the leaves raked
before breakfast, at which he appeared '
with a glowing color and a sidelong
glance at mamma.
"I think I've tried it long enough,
mamma," he saitl with a amile. "I be
heve I'll do chores asd board with you
if you'll take me back."
"I will," said mamma, passing
the hot cakes.
bim
Can on Rations.
One item of the reduction in tbe
French Budget was a sum ot 0000 f.
for feeding te government cats, which
are employed to catch the rats and
mico la the barracks. Evh cat iu
future is to cost only 5 centimes daily
for Its keep instead of G c&nliuie?, as
heretofore.
He coeds no other rosary whose
thread of life is strung with beads of
love and thought.
In diving to the hot tor. for pleasured
we bring up more gravel than
pearls.
A laugh Is worth a hundred groans
in anj market.
those troublesome chores were
thought of.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Maine has many moose.
Pinkeye Is prominent in Toledo.
Florida still has 3 JO pound bears.
Lctta's eldest brother Is ber ad
vance agent.
. There are 2,000 Chautauqua circles
in Michigan.
Missouri has lifted tbe quarautine
of Ohio cattle.
Just a little oil flows from San
dusky's latest well.
Over 200 immigrants are arriving
at Key West weekly.
Many wealthy families have a reg
ular chief cook now.
The natural gas atSteubenvlllehas
a smell of petroleum.
Brooklyn girls have a fancy for
promenading In trios.
A quart of beef-tea soup is sold for
a dollar in New York.
Loose leaves are leaving Tast, quoth
a jocose contemporary.
Booth has been coining wealth in
the west; so has Barrett.
The lake looked as black as Ink
during the Buffalo gale.
TfceSiotix Indians are marketing
plums at Yankton, Dak.
Each policeman at Fargo, Dak.,
carries a gold-headed cane.
A white buzzard haunts a plant
tlon at L'uion Springs, Ala.
French nrune.i r lioiltl.fnl gn.i
this year they are cheap.
Nationally speaking.the buckwheat
crop will be slightly short
There are barrels of sauer kraut in
the bead iu Erie county, O.
Merino hosier U tlm
for winter, some ladies say.
N'ew York etiimiriMi M, liiii.
dozen for chicken patties.
Hartsville, O., can make cider at
20 cents a barrel, somehow.
The London snlinrha ura fr.,a-..l
with unlet houses and shops.
Ashtabula makes tram
geology In a public stone pile.
Harrisbiircr sorb-tv ia titim.
moonlight horseback parties.
James Lewis, Daly's comedian, is
constantly buying fuuuy wigs.
Pleuro-pneuinouia is spreading rap
idly among N'ew Jersey cattle.
Admiral Portpr'a naml hialnn r
the war makes over SjO pages.
Zanesville. O. trrwil (rma-r am
waiting for more than cents.
A Mansfield, t., cat makes a reg
ular slaughter of six rats daily.
The Erie railway Is adopth; the
Block system of running trains.
A big crop of poultry from
the
n est may be looked for this fall.
There are thirtv-onn ilfctitu-tivA
catering firms in N'ew Yoik city.
Mo. A tlin T iVkl vi.itn ....,
earn a living in Newark factories.
The international varhf. r:n'? M.f
the projectors iU0,0X) this year,
Cantaln Win. Y. Wixul l:m
boating on the Hudson for W years.
A bread war in St. A tigustme,
Fla., results iu eight loaves for a quar
ter. The Sultan has accepted Sir Wil
liam White as British minister to Tur
key. It is estimated that lS.OOO.lxK) pairs
ot boots and shoes are annually manu
factured in prisons.
An Ohio woman went to bed one
night and awoke up next morning to
find her jaw dislocate I.
Efforts are being made by tbe Do
minion to prevent cattle smuggling
from the United States.
The general election in Great
Britain last year cost i.'4,r33,737 an
average of 4s 5d per vote.
More than $22,0X) in fines has beeu
collected In N'ew York city for viola
tion of the oleomargarine law.
It is said that an anarchist plot to
destroy Vienna and assassinate Emper
or Francis Joseph has been discovered.
Comte Crlvy, a grandson of tho
Duke of Brunswick, was arrested in
Paris last week on a charge of swind
ling. Tanie Lufton, a French quadroon
ot New Orleans, js said to be the weal
thiest, colored man in the United
States.
It is reported that Jaeliue, giving
up all hope ot naving his time reduced,
will tell the tale of the Broadway
boodle.
A ten-year-old lad in Henry county
Ala., got bold ot a quart bottle of whts
by and drank all of it. The next day
be died.
-The total packing of hogs In the
west since March 1st is estimated to
have been 4,413,000 hogs, against 3,
820,000 a year ago.
A nugget of gold, recently found
by some Chinese miners in Sierra coun
ty, Cal., weighed loS ounces aud sold
tor 30,000, and it is said to te the
third largest ever fouDd.
The name of Tartar was a synonym
for a ferocious crafty warrior, and so
a man wlio found unexpectedly that a
despised antagonist was too strong for
him, was said to have caught a Tartar.
A young Athentau maiden walked
in the processian at the festivals of
Demeter, Bacchus and Athena, carry
ing a flat basket on her head, iu which
was deposited the sacred coke, chaplet.
frankincense and kuife to slay the vic
tim. People who contemplate playing at
Moute Carlo during the approaching
season will be interested to hear that
the Paris Mint is at preseut striking a
sew supply of gold coins for the Prince
of Monaco, who has ordered H'JO.WJ
worth in pieces ot $20 eaclu
Larry Donovan, who jumped from
the Brooklyn bndge, baa beeu refused
permission to jump the Genesee Falls.
This is sad intelligence. This action
on the part of the authorities may de
fer Donovan's funeral nearly half a
century.
The Dryphore, a Noah's ark kind
of a looking vessel now moored off the
Coura la Reine. Paris, has for show a
giant oak, weighing fifty-five tons.
This mammoth of a prohistorie forest
was dug op from the bed of the Rhine,
where it Is supposed to have laiu over
3,000 years.
The Indians of Morelos. Mexico,
are said to be quite original in tbe art
of exchanging wives. When one of
the bartered females is considered more
valuable than the other by the two con
tracting parties, a cat, a dogoracouple
ot pigeons are given to equalize the
bargain.
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