p.F.SOHWEIER. THE OOI8TITUTI0I THE TJIlOI J5T) TEE ESTOlOElfEST OP THE LAWS. , . ivaltor ana Toprlotor. VOL. XLI. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PBNNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 5, 18S7 NO. 2 I 1 f a s D- pa:r. A woman' f;-'nr " is . , , v Where the declare s.a-uiews dork. Aid tU .-tone? aud tho water-lips kiss. Graver than r.vk r than ky, u.- i.. r - i.v woman ui there : ih UIC-- ki'Vr than iv or tuan air Tie haaJs a c- . . . r '1.1 .1.. ,: tliey lie. lB'mbi with t mud Hal to all cliW - r surprise, M'ertLaniir.ar' -to-lay. The 1-l'S with 1 !i" ' of despair Ar.J tli. poM o! 'hat coUl woman's hair Mack, . face i !.at i a.U-n and gray. A f wLeie j-'!r ta U5- , , -iM..rc I....-:. ami lilt have burned out ; Vlr.-retn i love '.ie aiwut Scat:rtnl vaj .icieriof rail!. c..f.--oDiUt ivld, larta idim T ' t-?Me r:s h t I T lie s-on ami : ' - a v-kisses meet e'jjv- atid it Munkscss are o'er, Vo s:n a ofteart tasits; strife c err parts the inu:i- irozeu lips. As ''' ii-s,-;.'!eiiiC!it i''T her slit's, jJ .lie, twit;, s ' r life- SWEETENE1 1I ITLRXESS. Tbetow-i is riigins with the very ftartlmg in ws Lady Mary Chet wode 's ei!-erot. TIki. she, tl.e Leuiitiful, Ligbly-tilte-J.ECCduij'lttd woman, siiter of heir r'l'.'it-ctiJ lorJ, should bring such Jisprai-e ui,":i tbe ever-stainless name i.f Clitlw'oili' is aiborrent to it. If i: UJ Irt-a aryoue but Sir Harry Uke iti::Z' n)-?!i: Lave been different. U5 WCn as li'I'-i.c-i ua iuigiicut uui the c!rcuxs:x:cf3 are really too awful. "A .irr:c.l aii!" So wails the .-oactv, as tliry lift up their eyes and tia;;' tl:e!r LiitJs .13 if m despair, when 111 reaii'.y l.alf of :bem rejoice in the thouzM that this brilliant beaiy has J;s;i!artJ from their midst, giving a ctiaike to tln-ir faJed danghters; and the ps;ecta:.: widow?. Low they in wardly laii.L-a in tiieir joy! "I'oor L;u!y Mut'."' iye Lady Charter- while 5pj,.kin!; to her hus Und a few days alter tLe affair. "Who would have ti. ought it?'' "Depend u;o!i 1:, my dear, every body knows their own buiiness best," answers Sir Ctarlt-s. "Change of air i3 bf-nefici d to every one." "I wonder you can talk with such icvity, Charles! Chan e of air, indeedl" And,' gathering up Ltr skirts, my lady glides with n.uch dignity from the room. Sir Charles leans lack with a sie'a of decided relief as the door closes. "These u;ly wmueii," he says, "Low tliey love a si-.-.i.dal especially when it's about a preity woman! l'retty, did I sayV egad, b'.ie is a queen!" That Ladv Mary should be con droned on all sides t'ws without tell ing. How long sue uad struggled azaiust Lerfate, and fcow vaioiy. with iill her woman's wit, had she attempted to erade the urgent appeals made by Sir Harry from day to da 1 Toor love, more sinned agaiust than inairg, how ht-Klessly Lai she tried to hide her unconquerable love! All her inward wrestling told for her net at all. It was of 1:0 avail; Sir Hany was merciless when were the Wakes other wise? Seeing the depth of her affec tion, he worked upon her sensitive na ture and truly loving heart, and, with many flattering words and highly ro maii'tie s; -etches, played out Lis part in tie drama of her life, and imploring her to fly w ith him, at last, gained Ler conseut. Or.e memorable night, while all the household were sleeping, two people stepped from the library of Clietwode Manor, and wei.t forth to meet their doom. Alas! how soon one cf them felt Its l.tterness! "Truly evil is wrought by want of thought" Would Sir Hairy have been so reck lessly happv if he could have see-i into the future? I think not. Surely lie would have hesitated before he had taken that fatal step, and ponder ere he tt.ade her untamUhed name the topic of public conversation. Uut there are many such, who forget how miserable are the effects of their selfishness, and remember not that "the evil nisu do live' after them." It alarm is raised far and near, for many and many a mile. From Cliet wode grooms are sent out on ever)' 5-de to each adja-.-ent station for tid i! s of the missing beauty. Her brother, Ixrd Chetwode, is dis tracted. He can neither eat nor rest. U is indeed as if his one ewe-lamb had been stolen from its fold, and had left etriity -space, never to be refilled for l.r ualtss she returns soon and alone, vid then, should this be so, he will open Lis arms to receive her, and the past shall be forgotten by them both as If It had Lever been; but if disappointed ih this hoje, he will follow them from place to place, he tells himself, and Lave revenge upon Sir Harry, whose treachery makes him tremble with sup pressed rase. There is so little comfort in remem bering how lovable she was.aad charm-it-g. Unfortunately, "praising what is lost, makes the memory of it more dear," far dearer than when we pos esstd it. The lauips are gleaming, voicei are low and hushed. TLe can.blers are busy round the tobies. Some are flushed with excess w luck; others, with ashen faces, are throwing down their last coin; and as they see it swept iu by the rake of the croupier. iise fi cm the tabla, and try ing to assume utter carelessness, leave the room, perhaps to seek death out side. Loungmg into the gold-room, his "oughts far from the scene before Bke7rd ChlUode at a dislailce sees Sjr Harry does not see Llm. r7e ,ls lauKui5 merrily, and has wwoubtedly been drinking heavily, that 7' UaivsoE," lie says, "I won titr you see'1' Another slice like J would set me straight. Shall I dn,,i V a?aln for a heavier sum, and cry GouIm: or quits?" Lord Chetwode walks quickly to the dr . a s hand on Wake's shoul der, and says, ..Piirdon me If I wish to oulyuu e will go BiaV' e mav be 1ulle -lone." drw -ujmg nimseir as lie remor bKu4 from shame and Km tn t,WsLord cl'-ode from e room to the gardens outside. XosourTd I. , r' the7 aie deserted rtYnnlw-u the suiiness of th the up abcvB, Uid moon is shedding a tender radiance orer the smtii earth beneath. "Villain, where is my Bister? Lord Chetwode says 10 him passion ately. "I decline to tell you." "I warn you not to tempt ma too iari" "Sir, the Blakes were never cowards to be frightened bv a threat." -Then I am to understand that vou refuse to allow me to rescue my sister irom me aoyss ot sin into which you have so remorselessly plunged her?" 1 Xot so fast, my friend; your sister is quire content. But before he baa time to complete nia sentence, jxira Chetwode grasps his revolver, and takinz aim. fires delihpr. ately at him The bullet passes through his heart, and Wake, flinging his arms w uaiy into the air, falls heavily to the ground. Xot a word escapes him, and when ne is discovered later on, life is quite exiiuci. - ora cuetwoae makes his war as one in a dream to his hotel. ' Going up stairs, he hurries along the corridor. seening nis own room. The door next to his happens to be open, and in his agitation mistaking it for his own. he walks In, not discovering his mistake till the figure of a woman seatel at a distant tabl-j recalls him to him self. The woman, rising gently, turns to ward mm. As she does so, a faint cry escapes uer, and she clutches eagerly at the thair near her, as though desirous of support Chetwode, going up, seizes her by the arm. It Is Lis sister Lady ary cuetwouei "John," she cries, pileously stretch ing out her Lauds, "AVhy are you here?" And taking a step forward, she sinks fainting to the ground. Lifting her gently, Chetwode places her on the sola; and as he gazes on her le.iutiful face, now marked with sor row and suffering, all bis love for her returns, and pressing his lips to her forehead, he murmurs, brokely, tender ly. "My poor, poor glivl" Presently she recovers consciousness; and, shrinkicg from him, buries her face once more in tho pillows of the sofa. Quietly gaining possessioa of ber hands, he says, tenderly, "Dearest Mary, look up. My heart is full of love for you! Let us forget the past" "It is impossible!" she says bitterly. Then anxiously and eagerly, she cries. "Vou have met? Where is he? Oh, what dc I see in your face? It cannot be that you have killed him?" "It is even so!" Clietwode re tdies. "Oh. miserable wretch that I am!" she crie3, wiluiy. "First I ruin myself, and uow you, through me, have become an assassin!" "Mary," Chetwode says firmly, "calm yourself. Can't you realize that while he lived there could ba no bona for yeu? 1 had looked forward to the i slaying of him since the aay no wiw you from me. It is but right that be should answer for his sin in that other world, as he could not atone for it iu this." ""ou have broken my heart?" she says, sobbing bitterly. "Only to save your soul, Mary. Think n-j more of one so utterly base, degrad ad, and unworthy!" Days and weeks pass, during which time Mary's life lies iu the bilance. Fever ensuing from her overwrought brain, brings bar to death's door; but with tender care and careful nursing she rallies, and then, when the doctors permit (L-rd Chetwode making the necessaiy arrangements.) tliey start for IJiarritz, where Lady Mary wishes to seclude herself for some time. She looks even more lovely In her misery. She assume3 a false name, and for several years keeps entirely from the world, leading a very solitary life. Dut can a lovely woman hide for ever? Xo; and a pity indeed could it be so. "Dearest Jonx: I hope you do not attributa my loug silence to forget Tulness in that you would be very wrong. 1 had nothing to tell you, my life being very much the same from day to day. Beyond helping the poor in this parish and attending church I do lit erally nothing. But even in this, John dear, I have been singularly unfortu nate. Hugh Miberly (our rector) has chosen to fall in love with your poor Mary, and only yesterday asked me to be his wife. How could I dare link my wretched lire with his pure and perfect one and be happy? And yet if I lose him I lose all that would make exist ence endurable! Give me your advice. He loves me with all his heart. Am I to break- it?" 'Mv Tii-m Mary:-.! have iust read your welcome letter," with mingled feelings or surprise ana pleasure. 1 this man loves yoa as you say, go to him and confess all. , "Your loving trother, "John." When Mary receives this she is anx ious, miserable, and gratefuL She kisses her letter, then cries over It; then remembering how soon she will have to make her horrid confession, she flings herself upon her bed and gives way to passionate weeping for some time. She has only on 2 hour to recover herself before Hugh Maberly comes for blS &DSW6T. She goes down to the drawing-room, and seats herself on a low chair by the fire, and remains wrapt in thought, till Thompson, the footman, announces, "Mr. Maberly." When Mary sees him, she advances to meet him, looking so white and ner vous that nugh, taking both her will ing hands, asks anxiously, MAre you ill?" "A Lttle," Mary gasps. "I shall be better soon. I nave been thinking about a sad story of a woman I knew, and it has overcome me that is an, And then, fearing he may say the words she knows must come sooner or later, she plunges at once into her con fession. , . .. . "You have heard, no doubt that pitiable etory of Lady Mary Chet wode?" -I have. I always pitied her. "Did you? Her sin was very great" , "It was. Therefore the more to be lamented." "She was a wretched woman." 'Why, Mary, I thought you were more charitable. Could you not be sorry for one who must have suffered so much?" "I could; I am! I have been sorry for her all my life!" cries Mary, pas sionately. "There, that is what I would have expected from you."" Hugh exclatas, rising and taking both her hands iu his. "Expect nothing froir. me!"she cries, cauiu-uiy. 1 am one black sheep in your flock! Oh, Hugh, forgive me! I am mat womani" .there is no answer for a moment, II ugh only clasps her hands the tighter and at laat he speaks. "My love, I h ive known this ever since we first met. I stretched out my hands to help yoj and they have guided you straight into my heart. Mary a heart that shall adore you while it beats, pnd has never beaten for any other. Can you forgive my not telling you cf this before, and come to me, to bless my life by being my true and faithful wife?" "Oh, nugh! my whole life Is in your hands! I love you dearly; but will you never have bitter thoughts of me?" "Mary, you have sweetened all bitter ness by your confession." And, with bands clasped, these two gaze into each other's eves, in which they see love, tappines.s and perfect trust; and for all time they pledge themselves to each other. Superstition in Alaska A belief in tho presence ot evil spirits constitutes the only reli weas amoDg the Mutes. There are among them individuals called toon rachs, corresponding to the shaman of the Siberian tritws. If a person is sick before the wbaliug season commences, or a child is born before come on a journey or building a bouse the serv ices of the shaman is called in requisi tion. The modus operandi in every case is very simh'ar. The shaman, after a long spell of silence, suddenly begins to roll his eyes, convulsive shakes pervade his frame and he gives utterance to various groans and sighs ter mingled with sentences pertaining to the subject upon which he is en gaged. Durinz the time of his per formance a continuous beating upon a drum is kept up. Toward the end par oxysms, or rather convulsions of exul tation similar to what have been des cribed as prevailing at the finale of a Shaker meeting are exhibited by the shaman. Froth exudes from his mouth, his eyes glare and rolls, and his whole frame is contorted. Perspiration pours from his face, and he is entirely ex hausted. The loud invocations to the evil spirits to vacate the body of the sick person, or to drive them away from the sea to enable the whales or seals to arrive, become gradually sub dued, dying away into incoherent niut terings. Then after a while he regains his composure, complacently smokes lis pipe, and receive his pay for serv- Ites performed. It the operation is per formed over a sick person, and recov ery does not ensue, the payment made is returned, a cus-om that might might be advantageou3ly adopted among civ ilized persons. Some curious superstitions are also to be noted. If a person is sick, iron tools, such as axes or knives, can not be used in the houoe. I pmamiu'i giwr. iim vierjl is ltC4:J, Imi Lx5ke:i to pieces, and hit kyack uiep's similar usage. Furs, spear3 and rides are al3j deposited; while, if the mdividual has killed many whales, the long jaw-bones of the balaena are placed in an upright position to mark tbe spot These peo ple bury their dead upon the ground, raising a number of piece3 ot drift wood in the shape of a tent over the remains. Owing to this insecure mode of burial tha wood soon fall sdown and affords entrance to foxes and dogs, who make havoc with the body. But little regard is paid to the burial places, al though these Mutes are vary much in censed whenever attempts are made to take away any skulls or bones from the grave yards. They also make a long detour in passing the resting place of the dead, and will on no account touch anything once deposited at a burial. A woman's grave has her clothing." sewing gear and various household utensils placed upon it. One of the most peculiar acts I heard of took place in the month of May, during the whal ing season, at Point Hope, A woman' died and her body was carried out to the edge of the ice. Three old women cut her heart out, wrapped it in a cov ering of seal intestines, and threw it into the sea through a bole in the floe. This was done in order to bring good luck to tho catch. Peacemakers Antony the Warring Itirds. A resident of Memphis, Mo., erectel on his lawn a large bird-house, inten ded as the summer house of a flock of martins. It was a three-story affair, aud three varieties of birds inhabited it martins, bluebirds and sparrows. The numbsrs were about equal. The mixture of breeds did not appear to cause discontent for a long time. Each bird nation gathered sticks and straw and other material for nests, and har mony prevailed for weeks. One day however, this gentleman'j family discovered that there wa3 some thing wrong with the inhabitants of the airy house on the la-.vu, There wai unusual commotion, a squalling, peck ing and fluttering which deuot-rd trou ble in the hitherto happy family. A close watch brought the further discov ery that the martins and bluebirds had joined forces and were making a mighty effort to drive the sorrows off the prern ises. Tbe sparrows battlej plucklly for their home, but were In the end doomed to defeat and an ignominious flight. Opposite the lawn, in a neighbor'.' yard, stood several large oaks. A sina 1 colony of bluejays had pre-empted homes here. The sparrows on buuj forced from their homes and re3ts took refuge in the oaks. Their advent wjs followed by bird chatter, aud chirp, and 6quall, participated in by both sparrows and Jays. The nolsa attrac ted the family, and now two house holds were watching with interest the actions of the winged tribes. Shortly the sparrows, seemingly es corted by a number of the jays, returned to the lawn and house. This was fol lowed by a convention of bird music in which the jays took the prominent part By and by the bedlam of voi :cs ceased, and the jays did the talking or chirping. Tbey so m returned to thv oaks, leaving quiet and peace on th-. lawn. Tbe three bird colonies worke 1 all summer without further jarords agreement Did the J lys act the part o' peacemakers? T7i many individuals who persist in reading by lamp or candle power whii they lie irj beJ, and thereby neces.-itat-several times a year tl e calling out t the fire department, may passlbly in the future indulge their literary habit with perfect safety. An Italian claims to have invented a luminous printing ink which will make it possible to read newspapers or books in the daik. IiTTTLE WORKERS. SwLss Laccmnkcrs ani the Trodaae of Their Toil. Every little toddling In Switzerlind must earn its living as sri as it can lisp its own name, eitherTn some work or In taking care of one younger tfcsn .itself. All along the roadside throuh ,the valleys are little board shel'e-s :where, on shelves thus protected, wo d' carvings and Swiss lace are offered r ir "r Ill"e, ongnc-eyed, slencir hmbed chamois, tended by some child .13 to be seen for a few centimes, to te auuea to me store which is to keep these people from starvation during f long winter, for which they must look out with care. , Under one of these sheds to-day I saw two litUo girls, who had it in charge, and stopped to speak wl-h them. Both were making lace tfc-ir little fingers flying so that I coiil hardly see them, as thev hanriii iu bobbins, any more than the spokesH a ueei iu run motion, and tbe small est of these children was no larger than are most children at S veora .in our country, though she told m nlie was . when 1 patted the little head and expressed surprise that such a little thing should be able to make l.irn on nicely, the older sister told me with loving pride, that Anna had earned tcr own living by lace working already for .two years. They begged me to buy the piece I saw her making, "for there are five of us," they said, "two youner than we are, and we are sehr arme Ces pauvre, very poor," they said, trytig in three languages, to make me el prehend the situation aud Induce rat to buy. Both could read and write tley told me. 1 . "And where i3 your mother?" I asked. She was in the field, and their fatter was a "trager." i. e., one who stays about the hotels and gets any job tfrat comes to hand of carrying people, afraid cr unable to go up the mountains on horseback or on mules, up i a chair set upon a litter, borne by two .such men, for exactly the same pricfas is paid for a horse, and the one nan who leads him up with the manior woman on bis back. Or a "tragir" carries up their trunks upon his shoul ders while they thus ride up borne by other "tragers." The sisters begyxl me to buy, assuring me again that t&ey were very poor; they wanted to net some breakfast they said. ; "And have you had no breakfast yet?" I asked, for it was now past 12 o'clock. . "Sehr wenlg," they said, very litte. - The mother could not give them any th'.s morning; she must go to tbe field. The elder seemed mother-like, most anxious that the little one should make a sale of ber lace, though little Anna said: "You see hers is nicer than mle, for she is older, you see, and can maL.s much nicer lace than lean; of course, my la ly, it is letter that you buy he's than mine." - f i tnougns of WorhworV JO.,j, "Wo Are Keren. " Tbe btauty f their kindliness aud love for eacti other iu their poverty, if not of face or feature, "made me glad." Both were exquisitely clean, face and hands and hair. This was also neatly combed. There were no barjgs falling over their foreheads, but every hair was drawn back and fastened, as though not a stray hair should blind their eyes or hinder them in their work. We drove back thrjngh this valley, and the sun had long been out of sight behind the high western mountains, when we passed their little stalL B.ilh were there still at work, their little Cu jers flying no less nimbly than in the mcrn iug when I first saw them. They rec ognized me, and bowed and smiled gratefully for the poor, small purchase 1 had made of them. 1 dare say it was the only sale they had made duiing the day. Dear little Swiss lace makers, in the valley ot Laterbrunnen! you gave me far more than 1 did you in the few francs I raid for your lace. AXIS' METHOD. Tli.-ir Love of Cleanliness and Their Modes ot IbUi'l-L In spite of the multifarious duties and tasks that are imposed on these tiny burgheis, they still find time to clean and uilorn their worthy little persons. Xo spot, no atom of dust or anything else uncleanly will they tolerate on their bodies. They get rid of the dirt with the brushy tutt on their feet or with their to.igues. They act, for all the world, like do mestic cats when they clean and lick themselves, and they assist oue another at the toilet precisely like monkeys. Their sense of cleanliness goes so far that the naturalists often Duds, to his unpleasant surprise, the colored marks that he had applied with so raurh care on his "trial ants" removed by their dirt-hating friends. They keep their dwellings just as cleanly. But the conveying away their de ceased brethren, whoe bodies they Hp pear to regard with the greatest autlp athr, gives them more trouble than anything else. When some members of an at community which Mr. Cook kept imprisoned died and could not be removed those remaining seemed af fected with the greatest horror. For a day the insects ran about seeking a way out. and ceased only when com pletely exhausted. The ants beloug iig to the camponorus species seized the dead and threw them into the water pail, which they converted into a sepulchw-. Ordinarily, though, the ants are said to treat their dead with more reverence. They even possess their own graveyards, which lie in the vicinity of their nests. They convey their deceased companions thither, where tliey lay them down in orderly little heaps or rows. It is only the corpse- of their fel lows, however, that they treat in this manner. Dead strangers they throw out like something unclean, or tear the body In pieces. Even between the master and slaves of the same com munity Miss Trent says she has ob served dissimilar mode cf burial. While the masters find their last repose in a special grave-yard, s.ide by side, the slaves lie like heaped-up refuse near the npst, despised equally In death as in life. The ant cemeteries are often thickly populated, for their life is short The male lives only through one suuemer; the females live somewhat longer, and the workers die of old age In the eighth or tenth month. A litUo arithmetic Uows that a mince pie suitable for the Bartholdi Goddess of Liberty's mouth would havo to be thirty feet in diameter. THE XETA ItrVETS. The Beauty. Parity and Plctures quenrss of This Northern Water-Course. A mere neck of earth separate 3 the Russian capital from the great inland sea of Ladoga, and through more than forty intervening rersts of forest land, green and wary with the trembling as pen, the birch, tbe alder and the silver pine, the Neva moves majestically down its deep channel, by Tillages and e'earings, past scattered communes and straggling huts, between sounding wood yards and busy factories, till at last, gliding along the famed granite quays of the imperial city, it pours by five broad mouths and narrow outlets lanumberable into the Gulf of Finland. .No Russian river has the beauty, the purity, the plcturesqueness, which are the attributes of this northern water course; yet to fully appreciate the no bleness of its aspect in the warm sea- sou, one mu3t be familiar with its win try appearance, and above all witness IU vernal emancipation from the fetters of frost by ukase of the "father of warmth," the Slav Apollo, Dazh-Bog nimseir. I or nearly six months a ring ing highway for man and beast, the Xeva grows unsafe for travel late in the month of April, and has usually re sumed its freedom by the beginning of May; yet the opening of the attack on the crystal-line mass precedes tbe mo ment of Its melting by weeks. A month sometimes elapses before the solar rays have be.un to sensibly thin the ice crust, and for a month of seem ing defiance of the forces of renaissance droskies pursue their chosen paths over the congealed river, pedestrians contin ue to traverse it in chair slldei or on foot, the heavy wagons of merchant and trader go rumbling over in the same endless procession, and the Sam oyeds, those Gypsies of the north, cling witn their reindeers to the camping ground of their winter exile on the fro zen stream, which is soon to bear them back to their homes In the Arctic cir cle. The metamorphosis then follows with a swiftness truly Russian. The last screws aud clasps of molecular cohesion are drawn In a siugle night; the thick est ice-plate then opeus to its solar enemy a thousand lines of march. In the morning, with firm, quick steps, you may safely traverse the Xeva, still ice-covered; at noon, your return is barred by a clear, swell in j stream, whose whim bonds have turned todanc lnJiquid facets, from which the sun lathVliack Its light and its triumpj. 8 is not 3'ct wnoiiy gone, the eye henceforth purely ititcle the offering not of a tt a lake. This new ice is the prodilvtf more northern wa era, the snowy kTocks and liergs of Ladoga. .glitter dirU of an unequal comlut that evtry iirixig renews. For some days STtWr lie breakin;-up along the Xeva, iu the internal between the be ginning or opeu and that or sate navi gation, the river channel is thronged w'th broken strata, cleft blocks, trun c.ed pinion, ttiiYc.eJ columns; with i-piresaud spears and hft; ny, witn a I shape! ul aud slialess masses, that half undergo aud half escape degelation in the annual return of heat to the far noith. .Slowly the rank and file of this slmili'g host glide past, driving back to shelter a fleet of venturesome ferry boats, battering the bridge piers with dangerous force and frequency, scrap ing the quays with a sonorous attrition, and emitting throughout the duration of their passage a strange rustling, crunching sound. By day striking, by night solemn and weird, this scene pas ses iu its turn, and for six months the Xeva prese-ats the aspect which I have described in the ieiiing paragraph. A Persian Prince's Purse. On tbe bide of the high road to Shiraz, o'J miles before the city is reached, going north, stands a bare pole. This marks the place where the body of Sergt Collins was found after Lis mur der. Sergt Collins was an inspector of the telegraph line, a man of great personal bravery. Accompanied by his wife, two servants, aud two muleteers, he started ou his Inspection duty. Collins was hardly convalescent from a fever attack when he started, and he had no choice in traveling but to lie on a mat tress Hung on a loaded mule. At early dawn one day a' muleteer suddenly cried: "Sahib, they have blocked the road:" and, looking ahead, the Sergeant saw some men in front who were covering him with their guns. At the same moment these mon ordereJ him to dis nouut Xow the Sergeant was the best sho; in Persia. "Be off !" he shouted, firing his revolver twice. The robbers rushed iu, firing ai they came; aud Collins was hit In two places, death being instantaneous. After beat ing the lifeless body with their iron Leaded sticks, the robbers blindfolded aud carried off the wife and two ser vants, detaining them in a dell till after midnight At the persistent instigation of the English minister at Teheran, th9 Per sian authorities arrested the three prin cipal robbers. Another of them com mitted suicide toavoid capture; another had died from a gunshot wound, appar ently Indicted by Collins. But the Persian authorities, though they had got the criminals in jail, seemed very loth to bring them to justice. But at length Mirza Hassan Ali Khan, C. S. I., our agent at Shiraz, succeeded in goad ing the Prince Governor, II. R. II. Zil-es-Sultau, into trying the prisoners. Tho proceedings were very curious. There was no doubt of the guilt or the men, but there was no witnesses of tbe murder. The sergeant was deal, his wife aud his two servants bad been frightened out of their wits, and the muleteer declared that he could remem ber nothing. The ZU-es-Sultan, finding that the English Minister would not remain satisfied, ordered the robbers to be brought before him. The Prince Governor himself embodied the law. Haifa dozen courtiers lolled against tbe wall, their arms respectfully crossed upoa their breasts. Seated on a silk mattress in a corner of tbe room, hi, back supported by gold embroidered cushions, tho young Prince twiddled his moustache, or played with the Jew elled hilt of his sahre, cr toyed with the buckle of priceless brilliants which formed tho central ornament of his plain leather waist belt, - The three men were dressed as villa gers usually are, in tall felt caps and long felt coats. When they were hust led into the hall of audience they wera still heavily Ironed, for these men are otten desperate criminals, and would not hesitate for a moment to murder their jailors if they thought tbey would thereby secure a chance to e3cape. On entering the royal presence they bow almost to the ground. "Salaam!" tbey shout in a kind of chorus; you- villager nit tribesman never speaks, be always shouts. "How .do you like prison?" says the Prince, nodding to them with a smile. In reply, the bandits assert their innocence, calling at every sen tence upon Heaven and the Prophet "Are we aot harmless tribesmen, we who live in your Royal Highness Shadow" May we be your sacrifice!" Tbe Prince still smiles blandly. "Ah. my friends," saya he, "I, too, am a Mussulman. We are all Mussulmans here; and and, in fact an unbeliever more or less doesn't much matter. Yoa bare truly done a good deed. I shall shall not really punish but reward you. That you killed the Feringhi there Is, of course, no doubt; and so I must punish yoa nominally. What I pro pose to do is to cut off a joint of one finger to each of vou. But what is that? Nothing. Tour dresses of honor are ready. You will, put them on and be instantly liberated.. And now my children," says tbe smil ing Prince, "tell me all about it How did you manage it, eh?" Tbe astonished prisoners received' this speech with a burst of joy. All. shouting at once, they hastened to give the Prince full particulars. "The Euro pean fired twice from one pistol may we be your sacrifice! and then we all fired together, rushing In on him. He was but a European may your shadow never be less! We trust in the clem ency of your Royal Highness! May we: be your sacrificel" ' The smile faded from the face of the) young Prince Governor, his likeness to. the Shah, bis father, besoming very." npparent as his countenance darkened', into ferocity. He had got at the truth ;: and, without more ado, nodded with appropriate significance to his Chief of! Police, the Farrash-bashi, a burly black-' bearded man who stood behind the-: criminals. The prisoners were removed; tbey were hurried into the public square, in which the palace stands, and , there their throats were cut Tue bod-: ies lay exposed till sunset, a terror to . evil doers. A red granite tablet in one of the Christian churches at Julfa, subscribed f or by the engineer officers and non commissioned officers in Persia, com memorates the death of Collins. The Great Cinns of England. England's big guns are made of bars such as that just described, coded spl rally, and welded into a solid mass by the hammer. These red hot furnaces contain a straight bar; at a word the door is slightly raised, and with huge nippers its head is seized by loops made for the purpose. A steam winch draws out the glowing rna, and brings it to a horizontal capstan fixed before the door. A water hose is turned upon the loop, and while It blackens under the chill a stalwart fellow, wielding a heavy sledge, fixes the loop on a nut project ing from the capstan wheel. Then tbe machine revolves with resistless force. curling the hot metal round and round on its drum neatly and smoothly, and as easily as an experienced girl would wind ribbon. So the coil is formed. whetVer fox the breech piece or the buoy of Ufa un. or for its Jacket. I his again is cooled, and after a while is refined for wielding under the ham mer. You ought to see this Woolwich ham mer. It weighs forty tons sheer weight. and when it drops it falls forty feet on to a block that rests on ;piles, massive masonry and enormous quantities of iron. Between two great shirts this hammer is suspended, a solid block, which, driven from a:jve by steam. aud gathering impetus as it falls, strikes with a force of many hundred tons. A veteran workman has charge of this massive hammer. He starts and drops it by a touch of his thumb and liuger. I saw au open face watch laid dowu on the block; then he dropped the hammer, and he stopped it just in time to break the crystal and nothing more. They call this last operation of the fur nace the "great heat," and about every monarch there is in Euro; has seen it. just as I did. While I am wondering what they thought about it, the furnace to be emptied is flaring with Impa tience. Through the Interstices of its great door blue, red and purple flames are leaping out A huge crane swiugs round a pair of pincers, at that end of. which a dozen BritoBs cluster. The door rises a little, the white light blinds us, and, although 1 am at least twenty yards away, the heat burns my face un-i comfortably. Water is thrown into the awful gap, and then the men per ceive their prey. The huge arms part and firmly close, the door rises to its fullest extent, a cla-h ot the crane gear, a snout Irom the men and out it cjmes, easily and softly, a monstrous coil. The crane swings ah-out ami p!a ces it on end upon the anvil. Then the hammer falls, .shaking the solid fljor beneath us, crushing the red-hot mass inches down at a blow, welding Its coils together so that they can never part But the inside hollow has been knocked out of shape by this process, so, when the tube has been reduced to It 3 proper length, a solid maudnl is deftly slipped betwixt the hammer and the iron. For two or three blows the contracted coil attempts resistance, but it gives way, and the mandril slips to its base, as into butter. Then the great pincers are used again, and it drops the mass on its side, when again it is battered and struck all round. The irregularities caused by this ham mering are afterward removed by the plane, as I have already mentioned, and then the gun is made by other machi nery. Cost of Lou-IiNtnt-A Telephoning. According to Xature, the question ot telephony against telegraphy has been recently discussed by a well known German electrician, Dr. Wietlisbach. The chief hindrance to the use ot the telephone for long distance is, be points out, of a financial, no; of a tecbn-cal nature, A telephone line 2,000 kilo meters 1 mg (about 1.243 miles), costs considerably over 1,000,000 marks, (250,000). It is still possible to speak very well this distance, but even sup posing the line were in constant use day an 4 night, the receipts must be 5 marks (say shillings) a minute to make it pay. In telephone work, however, the line is in use only a few hours daily; hence a short conversation would oost at least 00 marks (452 10s.) That is,' of cour.se, too dear for ordinary trad 2. Tbe tele graph works with almost the same speed, more than ten times more cheaply. Thus the question as to rivalry between telephone and telegraph Gnds its settlement. The telephone up to about 0Q kdometeis distance (say 310 miles), will more and more displace the telegraph, aud flud an extension which the telegraph would never reach. But for greater distances the telegraph must keep the upper hand. Tnus tele- tVj-n end 1 ckf r-l Vi a r a1 ! W n ,-v: rivals, but fitted to supplement each other. THE MEXICAN PALACE. Co Picture of One of the Host Inter esting of Buildings. The Palace is one of the most Inter esting buildings In Mexico because ot its dimensions, the curiosities it con tains, its history, and the knowledge we hare ot the schemes of tyranny and bloodshed devised within its walla, fciach of its six patios is entered through ponderous outer doors, that might be relied upon to resist the blows of a catapult, and these courts are surrounded by walls of enormous thickness. The building occupies the exact limits of Montezuma's palace, and contains the official apartments of the President and of the senate, the worid-famed Ambassador's Hall, tie o tli ces of the Government, the Pos Office, Museum, and a military bar racks. President Diaz has leased a residence near the western side of the Plaza, and his private dwelling on Humboldt street is now the residence of the American Minister, Gen. Henry It Jackson. The starry banner of the American Legion floats in the soft breeze above the high walls and shady gardens of the private dwelling of tbe President of the Republic of Mexico. After a call upon the Premier. Senor Rubio, and an audience with the Presi dent, a visit to the Hall of the Ambas sadors, and a glance at the well-arranged general post-office, you are close by the entrance of the patio of the Museum. This court is well shaded, and to the left of the entrance yoa are permitted to enter a small apartment. In which is exhibited the state carriage f tbe Empire, the gift of Xapoleon III. to Carlotta, and said to be hand lomer than the imperial coach ot Rus sia. Opposite the street entrance to Co s patio is the door of tte Aztec ball. Entering this long, narrow chamber, but recently appropriated to its present uses. I found a few workmen erecting 3edestals for the gods and the sacriu :ial and calendar stones (.removed thither from the Cathedral walls and the patio enclosure), and the gods themselves lying around in the most undignified postures. The idols ex hibited at Xew Orleans were arriving. and lav scattered about the completed pedstal or the "Dirinity of Death," or, is Bandalier Insists, the Hutzilopotchli (war god) of Tenochitlan. A few feet Jistant. and directly in front of this bloody Idol, is placed the sacrificial .tone on wh.v-h sixty thousand hearts were cut out to his honor. The extraordinary earrings on top md sides of this stone of sacrifice at tract unlimited attention until the cowl in tbe centre recalls its bloody uses. Into it the heart's blood of the victim ran, and thence along the irencli to the side where it was often iiauk by the sinister priests, with their "matted black locks towing down their backs;" and then, honor of hor rors! to remember that the body of the victim was served by his captor in a banquet to friends, w.th the uvjet deli cate ( otums and toothsome ot rid us. Ascending a light of stone steps, iiose to the fountain that threw tbe ipray of its cooling waters amid trop: Ml plants, the museum proper was reached. The first impression was a jisagreealle one; it was made by an intentional display of rery bad taste by the commissioners in thrusting the Minting of "Maximilian and his Gen eral," into an obscure niche, and deny ing It even a frame. Entering the first room you see relics of Hidalgo by Cos Silla, the standard of the conquest.' and a noble cast of the face of Juarez.! In the second we halted at the long labia and the cases containing the bun-' ired and seventy-sixty pieces comprisi ng the "silver plate of Maxamuiaiu". A pleasant-spoken Mexican standing ly, said, musically: "Exqueeseetn, k-elvare plate of day empeer, Jiuptrto, senor." in his soft voice; ha was an Az:ec. AlasI I had read that morn ing Mendoza's analysis of the so-called silver. He gives it: "Copper, 59.1; zinc, 30.2; nic'iel, 59.7; iron, 1,0; 100. The silver superficially placed upon it Is represented by the decimal 0.u5.' What a sham to bear the arms ot ti Empire, and the mark of the factory "Cristotle!" The remaining rooms contain the glassware of Iturbide, Aztec weapons, musical instruments, mirrors, domestic utensils, shield of Montezuma II, por trait rtf thtk -Vieornv. nieturA rtt. ings ot the Aztecs, their pottery, and - feather work, together with the skele tons, minerals, biids, insects, reptiles, fauna and flora of the country. An inspection of the Lorillard collection. denied permission to leave the Republic by Congress, can be obtained on a pass from the Governor of the district only. The Cricket on the Hearth . Many believe and all have heard it Bald that a cricket singing in the house is a harbinger of good fortune. borne people think if they are heard in the houses it presages death in the family and means are at once ta'ien to drive them out In parts of England it Is thought killing crickets will bring bad luck, a broken bone, or some such calamity, and if crickets desert a house it fore tells death. Shaking of its voice, it has none. Crickets, katydids, grasshoppers, and cicadas all make songs by rubbing the rough edge of their wings together. The field cricket can be found and studied anywhere near town. Tbey live In little holes dug down and then back in little galleries. In front of the hole they make a small platform, upon which is thrown the refuse material in cident upon housekeeping. All day long, and all night as well, the cricket ts in the entrance of his bole and hlrps. They not only bite each other, but with their long hind legs they kick as viciously as ill-tempered horses. The males and females live alone. each in its own house, which is valiant ly defended against all comers. Atlantle Cables. 'here occurred lately the twentieth anniversary of the opening ot the At lantic cable of ISoG. There are now ten cables spanning the Atlantic that are in working order, while where one message was sent onec there are now four, and tbe tariff, which started twenty years age at 1 a word. Is to day fid. At present there are over 8 ) 000 miles of cable at work in the world, and over X37.500.000 have been expended on them, while twenty-one ships are employed In laying, watching and repairing. NEWS INT BRIEF. -Cigarette smoking by persons while In tbe surf is the fashionable child's play at San Diego, Cal. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, at Hartford, regularly attends the church of which her son is pastor. Sir Charles Dilke spends three hqura every day in sword practice and pistol shooting at short range. Vienna horse cars have two com partments, one for these who smoke and cne for those who do not An enthusiastic friend of the labor ing man is about to open a five-cent savings bank, at Oshkoah, Wis. John Fletcher, an Illinois farmer. has a church on his farm and has hired a preacher for the comirg year. At a recent wedding in Xew York City the bridesmaid was herself engaged to marry the bridegroom a year ago. Lace Is said to be driving out fal lings in England, and the Honiton factories at Exeter are overrun with orders. A youth committed suicide by jumping from the spire of the St Augustine Court Church, a height of 115 feet Connecticut is said to be the only state east of Nebraska, where an attempt at suicide is not a legal misde meanor. A Colorado jury round that the death of a gambler, who had been killed in a shootiug atlray. resulted from lead poisoning." There are in this country 300,000 Indians who are no more civilized than they were 259 years ago, except that they know the use of rifles and whiskey. By announcing himself as a preach- r and acceptably filling the pulpit of a church at LaPlatte, a sacruegi-tis Nebraska college boy won a bet ot the cigars. A Philadelphia soap manufacturer Ceolares that he advertises only in news papers for the reason "that a man who doesn't read the newspapers ha3 no tse for soap." Miss Lalia Jordan, of Washington, Ga.. has a treasure that she prizes very highly. It is a little shoe worn by the wife of President Cleveland when she was a baby. The use of the Suez canal In mov ing the tea crop from China to America is rapidly being abandoned for the swifter means afforded by transconti- nental railways. Louis, a former slave of Mrs. Rosser, or Texas, says that Mrs. far sous, wife of the anarchist, is his sister aud that sh-o was f.-eed by President Lincoln's proclamation. The cash value of a 6-year old boy has been determined by a Bridgeport, Pa., jury, who awarded the lad's father $250 for damages sustained by the drowning of his son and heir. Lord Wolsc-ler !3 nearing the end of his exhaast're !e of Use I)ike of Marlborough. He has been working on it for many years during the interval of peace in his warlike career. Policeman Patrick Kearney, who has the distinction of arresting Guiteau w hen he sluit President Garfield, has been pensioned out of the police fund of Washington at 50 per month. " Walter Hall f Boston, now owns Daniel Webster's Marshfieid estate. It contains now some 450 acres aud sup ports 50 cows, 5 horses, 2 voke of oxen and several head of young stock. The obsidian cliff of Yellowstone park is an elevation half a mile long by from 150 to 200 feet hi 'h, the material of which is said to be as good glass as any that has been artificially manufac tured. A Prohibition Bible is being sold in Atlanta, Ga. It Incloses a liottle of whiskey. By touching a spring at one end of the book, the other end opens. and the neck of the bottle bobs up serenely. A youdg roan, while huuting in Xorth Park, Co!., attempted to set a bear trap and both his hands were caught and held fast. After a week of indescribable agony he thought to re lease himself by gnawing through his wrists. He bled to death after he had gnawed off one hand. Mrs. Fleming, of Wood county. Ohio, lightrd au extra candle the other night when the preacher and his wife called, and after they had gone away, her husband, Josiah, boxed her ears for the display of extravagance. Although they have been married forty-two years she has sued for a divorce. There is a very mean man In Fort land, Ore. He keeps a big store in the centre of the city. Several nights ago a special policeman found the store door unlocked, and sent a hack to the mer chant's house to notify him. The mer chant walked down and locked the door, but left the policeman to pay the hack man. A red handkerchief wrapped about a lighted lantern, enabled a farmer who had discovered a broken rail near Chat bam, on the Boston and Albany railroad to bring a passenger train to a stand still at that point the other night, and thus prevent what might have been a terrible accident A case is being tried at the Bruce (Canada) assizes, iu which the plaintiff asks for a mandatory injunction to re strain the defendant from keeping bees alleging as a reason that the bees annoy him al:d t'a fally,and that they inter fere with his business as a blacksmith, by stinging horses brought to bis shop to be shod. Rain-ln-the-face, the pet chief of the Dakota Sioux, who shot General Custer, has appealed to the Indian Bureau to be allowed to attend school at Virginia. He has always been an influential man among the various bands, but has found out that an Indian with some education, like Red Cloud, is stronger with tbe young men of late years than the Ignorant chiefs. Thi "bird spider," of tropical Amer ica has a body four and one-half inches long. The cucle of the ties of tbe legs has a diameter ot seven inches. It is so named because it builds its nest to capture small birds, lizardsand reptiles. The nests usually contain 1500 to 200O jggs. There are about 100 species ot this formidable creature. Il is reported that at Dresden the experiment has been tried of placing a nickel lightning-rod on a building. The advantages claimed for this metal are that, being non-corrodible. it will last longer than Iron, and will also keep bright at the points, which latter L essential to the efficiency ot rods aa conductors of electricity. 1 f
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