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THE OOS3T1TDTI0I THE UTIOI-AID THE EHOEOIITEIT CP THE LAT8.
Editor and Proprietor.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 12, 18S7.
NO. 3
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STEALINtiA MILLION.
Monsieur Bouloy was a broker and
hanker oa the Hue - August in, Paris.
I'e'j, 5, 10 J, -n elderly lady, in wid
ow sweets, accompanied by a young
man about 20 vtars of age, who walked
i a a crutch and a stikc, alighted
from a cirrlage a: the door of Monsieur
Beuloy's office which they entered.
The lady, who was shown into the
rr.vate room of the principal, iutro
1 jced herself as the w; low of a Mon
s.eur Daperre and the young man as
iiersoa Henri. She a-sisted the young
man to sit down m a comfortable po
sition, saying:
-My sou, monsieur, has the misfort
une to I lanie, owing to an injury be
received when a child:"
Monsieur Bouloy expressed regret
and asked the lady Low he could serve
her.
"My late husband," she replied, "left
uie valuable stocks, and L ana anxious
to dispose of a part of them. My phy
sician. Ir. Tocanier. recommended m?
to apply to you as a gentleman of honor
tad one well acquainted with the best
methods of tiaLsactinz such business,
and was good enough to send us hither
in his coupe."
Monsieur Uouloy bowed and assured
the lady that it would give liiui great
ptejre Ui aid her in a y wuy iu his
power. He g'aneed through the win
dow and recognized the handsome bas
and the livery of the famous physician.
"Thtse." she continued, .'.rawing
furth a large envelope from her reti
cule, "are what ltiiougui
Li regret to say, niadame, ' he said,
"that at present tuts sock is selling far
below par. 1 may inform you, bow
ever, that it is liable at any time to
taie a rise."
"That is just it, monsieur," she said;
"and 1 dere you to keep it by you
until such tixeas you think it judi
clous to sell."
After some talk Monsieur Bouloy
opened the safe and placed the envel
ope with its contents therein. While
he was so occupied the young man gave
groan. The lady arose hastily and
cried:
"Bear wel another of those dreadful
fits!"
Monsieur IJouloy turned and saw the
lady with her arm around the neck of
Che youth, gazing with tearful eye an 3
an expression of anguish upon her
countenance at tlie closed eyes and
drawn face of ther son.
'Ali, it is very sal, madame," be
satf. "What can I do fur you?"5
' Ob, monsieur," was the answer.
"If you could procure him a glass of
brandy it would speedily restore him."
"I will do so w.th pleasure." be re
plied, and quitted the room, going into
ttse adjoining one and directing a young
clerk to get the restorative. Then lie
turned to the private apartment and
sid that he had dispatched an eni
j'li ye f.T the t -randy. It was speedily
brought, and the young man revived
8"on after a few drops ha-l beeu swal
lowed. Then, with many thanks and
expressions of gratitude, the widow and
t Vn w",,Jlin-'w being accompanied
the carriage by Monsieur Uou'.ov.
iionsieur Bouloy returned to bis sano
wtn. locked Lis safe, and attended to
further business.
Jiext day a Monsieur Tiat visited
Monsieur liiuioy, and the latter gei.tlc
aa, knowing that the former had a
i-orttlmebefor.. held a large amount
or the stuck which Mine. Duperre da
a to sell, a-ked bis visitor what be
l done with it.
i ",'-T" sa'4 Le "x I'fid It still, and
-ou.d be glad to have more of it."
luen Mons eur Douiov said be bail a
rge quantity of it to sell, and Monsi
eur iiatasketl to see it. Monsieur
JJouloy opened his safe and took out
i.l 6 :'y:ot- 0a "Piling it bis aston
.was Preitl wuen e found in
adealotofbiaiik scrip.
What means tbisV" be exclaimed,
ie.eiamiue-J ihe worthless stuff.
tS, 8 turee'1 toward safe, and
gn nervously to-remove its contents.
nSr-' Scried. Iiobbed of
Svft f"i in notes of the
"wt of IranCat , wa3 directed by
---to realize f jr him on valuable
htort tn ". aild t0 ket P tlie Proceeds at
t , ,8 ye ,0 hlm at a moment's no
rSKij? falL IiUaa
"Have
al-i i, J u uv Cl
Monsieur Tiat
l mdazedi c;
you no clew to the thief?"
lat.
ansa- w cailDt think," was
poUcT i r ' 1vwiU at once consult the
of thT..1 !? tDt you will say nothing
uawer. "I iriii .
"Ifairtoanvo
vnV: :" l ?" one."
xJu ?iat Pledged bis word
fcSitoTh gentlemen quitted the
WE l Wefecture of oiice, and
t'aerl nmeut rore the ch.ef
McaMpfUeplne' a ramous detective,
4Wd1o K!'aa!1 the facts were
saidthe def!!PCIeiir t0 me monsieur."
"Mine. Duiierre and
?ramt7n,ttnves without doubt.
fc them0luld(lt the rom and
ta4tfMedthSttSule -oa it as you
we ttveio ia the safe and
before you rial time to secure It, As
soon as you left the room nnotber en
velope was substituted for the one m
the s fe. and the package of money was
abstracted."
"But how did the thieves know the
money was there?" asked M. Bouloy.
"At present this is hard to say, but
by and bye the question may be an
swered,' the detective replied.
"But tbey came in" Dr. Tocaneir's
coupe," said the broker, "and said they
were recommended to rae by blm. He
is my physician and an intimate friend."
After further talk M. Bouloy depar
ted aud soon after his arrival at bis of
fice be was joined by lioqueplne. The
latter examined the safe, listened anew
to the recital of all the facts, and de
parted, lie first went to the residence of Dr.
Tocanter, and found that gentleman at
home. As be related to the doctor the
circumstances of the visit of the lady
calling herself Mme. Duperre, and the
young man whom she represented as
her son. to the office of fll. Boulo?, and
the subsequent disappearancs of the
money from the safe, the doctor's as
tonishment grew beyond description.
"1 bad seen the Udy or young man
before." he said. "She represented that
she bad been recommended to consult
me as to the fainting spells to which
she said the young man was subject,
and after questioning him I prescribed
for him. They were about to take
their leave, when the young man was
seized with a fit. The lady seemed al
most distracted with grief, and ap
peared most anxious to get her son
borne.
"However shall I get biui home,' she
exclaimed 'for to tell you the truth,
doctor, 1 am to poor too hire a vehicle.
"My coupe was at the door, and what
could I do less thau place it at their dis
posal? It was accept el with thanks,
and, out of delicacy, I told the coach
man to receive bis instructions from the
lady."
Dt. Tocan'.er summoned the coach -mau
and questioned hlni. lie said th.u
he was first directed to drive to the
Kue de la l'aix, an 1 that tiie la ly re
quested him to take them to the ofii;e
of M. Bouloy on the Hue Auiustin.
There tbey alighted, and he wasasse l
to await their return. As be bad leeu
directed by Dr. Tocauier to receive his
instructions fiom the lady, be fiouht
that it was all riiht. When they re
turned to tho coupe the lady directed
hiia to drive to the line d'Eaghlen,
soon after turainj into vh:cu they
alighted and be saw them no more.
The detective was more puzzled t'san
ever. These persons had evidently
been cleverly disguised, and more than
likely the lameness of the young man
had been assumed for the occasion.
They were not likely to go in company
a?ain, and he misht search months in a
vain effort to come across either ons
or them.
Then another thought struck him
The stock which bad deceived M.
Bouloy was probably counterfeit. V.'ere
thi ta.-fr and thjS TO'l"J7n-" V"'iPp. :-
with a gang oTtorgiTs? suppoiini U y
were, in what direction must be look
for the outlaws? C):i3 thing the detec
tive thought was certain namely: that
by some means they must have known
that valuable property was in the safe.
Another thing seemed equally clear
namely; that they must have known
the location of the safe.
Honuepiiie made his way once more
to see the envelope and its ontents.
He exan.ined these mementoes of a
crime with great care, and be made a
discovery. Inside the flip of the envel
ope were a few figures in pencil. They
were very indistinct, but witi the use
of a powerful leu3 Koquepine made
them out thus:
17,400 frs.
270
17,070
Wirr Tio miAinn n-AS What did
these figures signify? To what did they
relate f lue uetective copiea ineiu, ioon
tiipm nwav with him. meditated over
them far into the night. He reached no
satisfactory conclusion. Next daybe
went to see 2d.. iou;oy.
"Trn;ienr " 1m raid, "what do VOU
take these figures to signify?"
"It is very hard to say," was u.e re
ply. "All that striKes me is uiai it is
an addition or 17.40) francs and 270
francs."
"T"ndfr aliat r:rvi instances would
you add figures together in that way?"
me aetesuve aaaeu.
M. Bouloy smiled.
"Ah " said he. "bow could I tell.
under any circumstances, when 1
wished to reach the amount of two
numbers?"
"tt'iipn do vou do it most freanently.
monsieur?'' was the next question.
Wlipn I am addin? the interest to
the principal," was the answer.
"That is Hi" exciaitneu me ouicer.
t liavn it. One or the other of
those parties bad 17,400 francs on de
posit somewhere, and, on urawing it,
they put the figure down and added the
interest. 1 have a clew at last."
Koquepine went cn a tour of the
banks where deposits were usually
made. On this day in the Uuo de Mau
beuge he found a small private bank,
the cashier of which found that Jan.
20, 100, Mme. Fourcy had drawn from
the bank the sum or ii.tw irauos,
and that the interest due to her on the
whole deposit was 270 f ranc3 and some
centimes. .. ..
"Where does Mme, iourcy resiuer"
asked the officer.
"Her address as given to us is,
Xo. -Kue de Lival," was tho an
swer. ...
"Did she usually corns nerseii to uie
bank?" asked the detective.
"She came herself as a rute, uui sue
sometimes accompanied by a youni
man," the cashier replied.
"Many thanks, monsieur, aaiu ivj
quepiue. and departed.
A a tin want ainnT thn street he said
to himself, "Now 1 think I am on th3
track.
TI t f 41,o nroFoft'lia of DOliCC
i 1.C ncub w i.uv I" .
and reported progress. Accompanied
by another cmcer ne viMiea uio uo
i i v Mmp Fourcv's resi-
dence which was a respectable, well kept
dwelling. Koquepme rang wc
"Was Mme. Fourcy at homer" io.
Was the young gentleman at borne
Xo. When was either expected? ihe
domestic did not know, but thought
both would be in soon.
The detectives watched, one at eac i
end of the block, l'rescntly a well
built, good looking young man, dressed
" lr : uinmr iloaurDiue
very ueuouuiug,-.uju 1 -,,
strolled after him. He wen- up the
steps of Sol -, As he entered the
door with a latcasey ivjuuc, -r
upon him, with a revolver to bis bead
You are my prisoner," said the of
ficer; offer no resistance or It will De
worse for you." He offered none for a
very good reason. He s M utter
amwed and takjn aback tha he became
as limp a? a wet rag. Itouqucpine put
handcuffs upon him and led him into a
shle room, closing the door so as to
leave it slightly ajar. In a few seconds
a ring came to the bell. The domes
tic's footsteps were heard, and the door
was oined. The next instant there
was a Ecuille, and Koquepine knew that
his assistant was doing bis part of the
work. But a prolonged struggle aud
many screams iu a woman's voice were
heard before an elderly woman, ele
gantly dressed, was forced against the
door and into the parlor, the officer
grasping her by the wrist and prevent
ing her, as far as be was able, from
biting him.
The two prisoners were made to sit
down, and while bis assistant stood
guard over them Roqueplae searcbel
the hcusj.
The domestic, who appeared to b3 an
innocent young person, was greatly
alarmed at what had happened, and
was hastily preparing to quit the house.
Koquepine marched her iuto the parlor,
and placM her in charge of the officer
on duty tUere, lp2rs were seized, aud
Koquepine, calling a cab, conducted
the woman aud the young mau to the
prefecture of police, leaving the other
officer in care of the bouse. 0
Investigation showed lhat the young
man, whose name was Frederick, was
in reality the son or the woman known
as Mme. Fourcy. He had been for some
timu In the employ of Gen. as pri
vate secretary, and bad thus become
acquainted w ith the fact that M. Bou
loy had converted the grneral'j stock
into money, a .d that it was In the safe
awaiting the general's pleasure. As
soon as the letter informing the general
of the fact came into young Fourcy s
han Is he conceived the idea of getting
p jssi-sion of the money. How to do
it, however, was the dilli.'ultv. As a
preliminary m.'asure, and to prolong
the tima for consideration, lie poured
into t'.e uhui! noonday cup of coHe,
of the general a drop of a p)uverful
drug, which brought on a sudden and
painful attack of dysteutery. Then the
o ing man s active brain concocted a
s -hetne which bis mother, a very un
scrupulous woman, readily undertook
lo ;ud bim in executing.
The following day the-general was
too iil to go out, and, at bis own sug
gestion, the secretary visited M. Bouloy
to inform him that the general would
call upon bim probably the next day or
the day after. Ho carefully noted the
position of the safe, then he immed
iately went home, aud, assuming the
disguise which be bad prepared, depar
ted with bis mother, also thoroughly
disguised, to carrv out the plot they
ha 1 devised. The' fat that Dr. Toca
uier was the general's medical attend
aut, aud possessed of an elegant coupe,
suggested to young Fourcy the Erst
part of the programme.
The money was recovered, and
mother and son convicted of the rob
bery and sentenced to penal servitude,
the one for three years and the other
for five.
In a Dead Man's l'oc-kct.
Stephen Allen Trice was a man who
was liked and looked up to by all who
kiu-u.-liim. lie wa.s honest, kind mid
true, a warm friend and good neighbor.
The boys and girls all liked him because
be never forgot that be bad been young
once hinis If. He was never stiff and
cross and bossy with them, but was
their good friend. lie lteeame rich,
was made mayor of New York city,
and lived to be very old. He lost bis
life in a steamlxoat disaster. Those who
found his dead body found a scrap of
printed paper in his pocketbook. It
was so worn with oft reading that they
could scarcely make out the words, but
this is what was upon the paper :
Keep good company or none. Never
le idle.
If your bands cannot be usefully em
ployed attend to the cultivation of your
iniiiil.
Always speak the truth. Make few
promises.
I.'ve up to your engagements.
Keep your own secrets, if you have
any.
When you sieak to a person look hiin
in tho face.
Good company aud good conversation
are the very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things
else.
Your character cannot be essentially
injured except by your own acts.
If any one speak evil of jou, let your
life lie so that none will believe him.
Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors.
User live (misfortune excepteJ) with
in vour income.
When you retire to bed, think over
what vou have been doing during the
day.
Make no haste to be rich, if you would
prosper.
Small and steady gains give compe
ten y with tranquility of mind.
Never play at any game of chance.
Avoid temptation, through fear you
may not withstand it.
Earn money before you spend it.
Never run into debt, unless you see
plainly a way to get out again.
Never borrow, if you can iossib!y
avoid it.
Do not marry until you are able to
support a wife.
Never speak evil of any one. Be just
before you are generous.
Keep yourself innocent if you would
be happy.
Save when you are young to spend
w hen you are old.
Kead over the above maxim', at least,
once a week.
Where Pumice Comes From.
Nearly all tho pumice used in this
country is imported iu the lump from
Italv where it is found iu the neighbor
hood of Mt. Vesuvius, and is ground
here; the onlv exception being small lots
of California pumice stone, which have
reached the market from time to tune.
There are abundant deposits of pumice
stone at Lake Honda, San Francisco
count v, California; also at Little Owen a
Lake and other localities in Inye coun
ty in the same state. It is of good
qu'alitv. Whittier, Fuller & Co., of
Sin Francisco, own tho Itke Honda
deposit, and manufacture from GO to .0
tons per year, supplying the market on
the Pacitic coast for the most part.
The Italian kind sells at S2- per ' ton in
Yew York city. During 1SS2 the im
ports amounted toSaUllO, and the ex
ports to S2.421. Fumice stone is used
chiefly in polishing marble,
4 Good Mnoll4?c.
A muciUige very convenient for any
household experiments may -be , tad ly
rmttin" half an ounce or so of glue into
R tie and covering it with Rood cider
vine-ar; the addition of some i alchohol
wm preserve it an enfith of time.
DUCKS AXD GEE3E.
Sonic of tho Natural Peculiarities of
l ho Game Now in Season.
The duck and goose shooting season
commenced with the past month, to
all intents and purposes and the Gne
birds that are now thronging the bay3
and iulets all alon j the coast, every wuter
tank In the San Gabriel having its
quota of ducks and geese. The cause
of this seemingly sudden appearance
of tho biids is the beginning of the tall
migration, those and many other birds
leaving the North an'l retreating to the
warmer countries of the South. They
fly, as a ruto, in flocks the peculiar
triangular aud other shapes boiugfa
miilar to all. At this time thousands
are killed of! for the market, and the
family partiea are often broken tip be
foro the long journey is ended.
Scientifically the ducks belong to the
family anatir.aj. the tree, river and sea
ducks being the familiar forms. There
are many interesting facU about ta m
not generally known. One of the most
l-eautiful is the wood duck, common in
many parts of the country and partic i
larly interesting from the peculiar care
they seem to take of their young. Th-iy
often build in trees along tho banks of
streams, and when the young appear It
would seem something of a puzzlo how
to get them safely to tho water, as of
all creatures a young duck on land is
tho most ungainly; but the mother
wo odduek overcomes the difficulty by
taking the duckllnzs In her bill and dy
ing with them, one by one, to the water.
The Canada goose is said to have been
o'.isirved to do the same thing with Sis
young.
The ducks are ail noted for their
beautiful plumage, many having rich
metallic hues and tints, l'erhaps the
little Chinese Mandarin duck is as a"--tractive
as any, and m Chia it affor Is
fine shooting, though being hard to fol
low. A friend of the writer who is ia
business in the Celestial Empire, has
made s.uno attempts to introduce them
into this country, but a3 few sportsmen
would resist the temptation to tdioor so
curiou3 a creature, m all probability
they were soon killed olL
But the shooting is not strictly coh
fined to these game birds, as with them
come many divers, cranes, herons and
killdeers, uvauy of which are lino eas
ing. An old hunter once told me when
we were craue shooting together out on
the Florida reef that be had seen a
crane whose breast was illuminated
with a pale, phosphorescent light, so
that as the animal stood in the marsh
the light wai reflected upon it. and
small iishes being attracted , fell a victim
to their curionty. To show that hj
was correct he pointed out the powder
down spot on the breast of a bird w ?
had; aud certainly with its greasy, oily
nature and the yellow decomposed
features, the spot might well become
slightly luminous under certain condi
tions. I think I have beard of anoth r
or porbap two nore instances cf t
wuii. i uave never beard ot its being
saen by a trained observer or naturalist
who wa3 positive that the luminous
matter elimited from the pawaer-nown ,
patch was the breast of tlie bird. It!
would be Interesting lo know if suc.i
an occurrence has bi'en observed on
.bis coast. Mr. Harris, an associate of
Mr, Wakeiey, or Fasadena, and a well
known collector or birds, informed ine
that once when visiting a beronyon
the Maine coast bo noticed numbers of
pa'e I'ghU moving about, which be
thought belonged or were attached to
the heroin. These certainly were not
liretl.cs, beiug too large; and while lie
could not testify that it was a "bird
light," it certainly looked very E3i?!;
like it. In all the breast powd r
down patches of the39 birds examine !
by the writer, they could well become
luminous la fact, from their peculia
nut ire it would be very strange if tley
did not.
The most conspicuous birds now fly
ing over are the sand bill cranes, large
flocks being seen every day, and indi
viduals being shot from time to tlm.
ti?ar the reservoirs. Their flight is
very beautiful and much like that of
the wild goose, one bird leading the
rest raining off in regular order on
either side. Tht.ir flUht as observed
from the Sierra Madre foothills is a
literal llyiug down bill. The birds first
attain a height of a mile or so above
the sea by flying round aud round ut
tering loud cries that can be heard for
a long distance at least three raih-s
with the wind. In the ascending
movement they present a magniUcciit
appearance. As they turn, their white
silvery feathers catc'i tho sun and a
galaxy of stars i3 seen, scinli biting for
a moment and then disappearing, to re
appear higher up. Thi3 circling is
continued uutil a sufficient elevation is
attained, when they form In line and
shout away, literally soaring "down
hill," covering pcrlupi five miles of
country, perhaps more, before it is
necessary to rise again and in the3e
reiated ascensions aud slides they at
tain tho laud of promise, which to
them at present is a warm country for
tho winter months.
The I'limarrled Wid nver.
"I'll bet a hat that's Switliin up In
the second box to the left," said Char
ley Evans, as we sat one night at tho
ojeia.
"I thought be was still in Europe," 1
replied, looking up at the aforemention
ed box.
"No," said Evans, "he got bifk
week before last. Just see bow be is
flirting with Miss DeKay."
"Why shouldn't he! she's a great
niatdi."
"His wife hasn't been dead a year,"
replied my friend.
"His wife?" I echoed, "I didn't
know he had ever been married."
"You never heard of lhat college
; ffair of his, then?"
'No; he was only a sophomore when
I graduated."
"Well, you must come up to my
rooms after tlie opera, and I'll tell you
all about it; it's rich I assure you."
We went to Evans' r. oms, and he
told mc of Swithin's love affair.
"It was in Swithin's senior year,"
Evans began, "that the thing happened.
You remember old Balch, don't you,
professor of electricity and magnetism?
I don't believe any of us ever saw the
inside of his bouse up to the middle of
our senior year. About that time a
niece of his came on from Baltimore to
visit him. She was not in very good
health, it was said, and thought the
chango of air would do her good.
"One day 'Old Electricity' astonish
ed us by Inviting the whole class up to
his house on a certain evening. The
invitation was a thing unprecedented
in the annals of the college, and every
body w ent Not the least among the
attractions whit 1: drew us tharu was
tho professor's niece, who wai said to'
bo a stunner.
"Well, wo went, and old Balch re
ceived us in his old-fashioned, stately
way. When we were all oollecteJ iu
the reception-room, be excused himself
for a moment, and came back with his
niece on his arm. A more beautiful
creature I never saw. From her deli
cately arched little fdot to hershaiely
bead, she was absolute perfection. She
bal the brightest brown eyes, whitest
teeth, and most perfect form that ever
a girl was blest w ith.
"Don't think, old fellow, that I tvaj
in love with her. I never, in looking
sit her, experienced any other feeliug
than pleasure at her artistic perfection.
But S within, jvjor fellow, was struck all
of a heap. Ho came very near losing
his degree by neglecting his studies.
Half of the time was with tho Profes
sor's niece, and tho other half he was
either thinking, writing, or dreaming
about her.
"There was just one drawback to
Swithm's complete happiness. The
young lady was an invalid, and always
received and dismissed him while lean
ing on her uncle's arm. It seemed to
Swithin, too, that at thoso times, her
eyes were brighter, her cheeks redder,
and her whole manner more animated
than at any other time during his visits.
But perhaps he Qnly imagined this, be
cause at those jarticular times he would
have much preferred to see the lady
quite alone.
"However, things progressed smooth
ly enough, and the weeding was set for
the evening of coir'aeiicement day,
Swithin, was on tho commencement
programme, and had laid biiustdf out to
be particularly brilliant, for she had
promised to be at the exercise with her
uncle. But sho had a headache that
morning, and wishing to appear well in
the inoie important event of tho even
ing, she di I not attend. Sw itliin was
very much disappointed, and forgot his
part several tunes. You remember
w hat an absent-minded man l'rolessor
Balch was? Well, lie forgot all about
commencement, and his chair was
vacant throughout the exercises.
"Finally the eventful hour that
Switliin bad lecn so impatiently look
ing forward to arrive. Nearly the
whola college attended the wedding,
for the bridegroom was very iopular.
At the last minute old Balch couldn't
be found, and almost an hour was wast
ed in hunting him up. And, where do
you supp'ise be was finally discovered?
In the electrical ialratory, busy with
his jars and wires. When be was told
that the guests were assembled and
that he was delaying the ceremouy, he
looked sort of surprised, be seem"! to
have lorgotten the whole thing. Then
to the amazement of every one lie broke
out : n a loud guffaw and set off rap
idly for the bouse.
"Before ho came the bride looked
p.do and wearied out, but when he took
h'T arm to lead her to tiie marriage
altar she somewhat recovered her
strength and vivaeitv.
lowly the pr.r-svr l-a ir. ia.w
r l by her bridesmaids, to where the
wlii'e-cravated mini.-ter stood ready to
-pcr.k the fateful wonLs, with all his ac-i-:;s!o:n.-l
dignity be gave the bride
away. Tiie bridesmaid shivered a
little and suspiciously wiped the cor
ni'rs of their eyei.
"Tlie minister pronounced the cere
in my in solemn tones. When he came
to the passage. 'Do you take th is man,'
etc.. there was a pause. The brides
maids almost cried outright. The bride
shivered all over like a leaf; she twitch
ed her hea I around convulsively and
htoke I at the profe-sor. There was a
sudden whirr, like that made by the
win e's of a clock ju.-t going to strike,
and she fell with a crash to the floor, all
the liirht lied from her eves, the color
gone from her cheeks unf lips. There
sMt- lay, a cold, gray, metallic-looking,
lifeless mass.
"By the Great Arc Lights!" shouted
the professor, bis hair standing erect,
'1 forgot to win I her up!"
Tin; bridesmaids shrieked, the guests
crowded round the prostrate form.
"She's fainted! stand back! give her
air!" cried Swithin as he tried to raise
her tenderly iu bis arms. But the mom
ent he picked her up his face grew ashy
pale and he let the body fall to the floor
with a clang.
"She has no need of air now!" said
the Professor sadly, "my lieautiful jH't!
child of my brain! For years I toiled
over you. until you were at last com
plete. You were a perfect counterfeit
of life. Now, your sparkling eye is dull,
your delicate mechanism is broken.
Nothing is left of you but a heap of
st'Vl fragments!" and with liowed bead
and hands folded behind him, he sadly
walked iuvay.
"For a few minutes we silently look
ed at the broken wheels ami distorted
springs all that remained of the once
lieautiful bride. Then, one by one we
slipped away."
For a minule my friend laughed soft
ly to himself, then I asked him to finish
his story.
"Oh, old Balch was forced to leave
the institution. Swithin was the most
cut up fellow you ever saw. He set out
at once for Europe, and has just got
back. By the way bo takes to Miss
I e Kay's society I should say be bad
forgotten the memory of his first mar
riage." "Well," said I, after a long pause,
"that's a pretty touch story, Evans.
It's very strange that I never heard
alxv.it the affair before."
"Ifyo i don't believe me," said Evans
with a light laugh, "go and ask Switliin
yourself."
IIoiv '.languages arc Formed.
It has been a perplexity to scholars
how such a vast variety of languages
and dialects can hav-i originated in our
world, esikj daily if they all grew out of
one original tongue. Mr. Horatio Kale
s iys that the perplexity will be removed
if the scholars will look low enough,
and take in children as well as adults.
He gives several striking cases of groups
of children accustomed to play with
caeh other, and left mostly to them
selves, who formed languages which
they used with iierfect freedom, and
understood with ease, but w hich were
quite unintelligible to others. If child
ren could do this in play, it would be a
simple matter for adults placed in an
isolated position, and cut off from com
munication with the rest of the world,
to make a new languago for their own
b?nelit. Mr. Hale offers some substan
tial arguments to prove that language
sieaking men have not existed In our
world for more than seven thousand
years.
"Wel, I wonder what to-day will
bring forth?" said Gubbin3 to hU wife
as he tumbled out of bed In the morn
ing. "To-morrow, probably," was the la
conic reply. Them be didn't oi en his
head again for an hour.
JUST LIKE A WOMAN.
How m Pretty Girl Saved Her Lover
In Nick of Time.
"I saw an amusing incident the other
evraing," said the treasurer of a Cliicago
theatre and one that revealed a wo. nan's
true character. Just before the curtain
rose a carriage drove np in front of the
office and a young gentleman alighted,
followed by one of the prettiest young
ladies I have ever seen. There was con
siderable of a crowd Just then in front
of my window, and it was two or three
minutes before he reached me. Finally
lie apiared and asked for two seats in
the orchestra circle. I had none left
that suited bim, but offered him a box.
He concluded to take it, and put his
hand iu bis iocket for the money. The
lady stood just behind him, but outside
the little brass rail. He evidently bad
searched for the money in the wrong
pocket for his liand came out empty,
only to dive into another. Ills face
gradually flushed as the search preced
ed, until it grew flaming red. I should
have been ierfectly willing to let him
have the Ihix, as 1 knew who he was
and guessed that in changing his dress
he had forgotten his money; but I
wanted to see what he would do.
"The little woman waiting for bim
became impatient at the delay. The
nervous tapping of her fan on the rail
was not exactly in unison with the
strains of the orchestra that could be
beard from the interior. At last, reali
zing that be had forgotten his jiocket
book, the young man addressed me by
name aud said:
"I er have left my er pocketbook
in my other trousers, but I will give
you my card, and if you will oblige nr?
with the tickets I will send you the
amount in the morning."
"Here be made a dive into bis inside
pocket for his card case, but failed to
bring it to light. He had lorgotten bis
card case as well as his purse.
"I was about to band him a blank
card when 1 caught sight of the lady's
face. Her right hand held a handker
chief to her lips, while her eyes, brim
ming over with laughter, siurkled mer
rily. She was evidently enjoying his
discomfiture to the utmost, and I was
mentally reproaching her for lack of
sympathy, when I spied just under the
clliow of the now thoroughly embarrass
ed man a small hand pressed against
bis arm to attract his attention, while
in its grasp was a dainty purse of shell
and gold.
"The young man saw it just as I did
Hid with a sigh or relief took the prof
fered pocketbook, but not without a
gentle pressure on the hand that so
thoughtfully and delicately bad tendered
its olfering. I doubted if the purse
held enough to pay for the box, but as
he oiened it my doubts lied. I could
plainly see two or three $10 bills, neatly
folded, in one corner, while iu the other
was a tower and two or three pieces of
cloth, evidently some of tlm samples to
ur- rTTrrrrrt-nr every wo.nan's purse or
pocket,
Tiie tickets being paid for, the couple
entered, and through the little door in
:he kick of my office I saw them stop in
'.he vestibule and engage in courteous
liscussion. Beseemed to wish her to
lake back her purse, w hich she finally
lid, and, opening it, gravely took out
:he little wad of bills and put it in his
haud. He at first refused to receive it,
out she iersisted and he "accepted the
oin. His band closed over hers, ami
if ever a man's face could show absolute
ievotiou bis did then. I honestlv be
lieve be would have proixsed to her -'i
the sHt bad she not, with a woman's
ntuition, forseen the probability, quietly
'akeu his arm, and moved toward the
Mitrai.ce of the box. I saw them later
luring the play and I am sure he
watched her face much more closely
than be did the stage. After the cur
ain fell I stood on the sidewalk and
hen id him tell the driver to go to a
fashionable restau ant, I am willing
o let a bottle of w ine that their en
gagement is announced before a month
is passed."
Masculine Ilcautr-
Somebody has found out that win
iomeness Is impossible in a man pos
tessed of physical beauty. He may
te a handsome fellow, perhaps even a
oeauty, aud yet that fine and subtle
;liarm which attaches itself to female
oveliness, can never be hisl The mere
oeauty of manliness, of character and
orains carries a heavy weight in its
oower of personal attraction. Such as
it it, it captivates women a hundred
.imes quicker than the acknowledged
aandsome man, who, after all, is a rara
avis. Tafce,for instance, the collection oi
men at Harvard recently as representa
tives or moral and physical culture, bow
many handsome men were iu the
crowd? Handsome, that is according
lo Apollo Belvidere and the Nicholas
Smitli staudard. To those who loved
them they were doubtless angels of
iihttto their valets, not heroes cer
ta uly; to the critical and lmputial
obierver, the personific itiou of r-rains
ind strong mentality, lhobably nmong
them were many vain brothers, self
conceited brothers, though these weak
nesses could not be based on personal
appearance, but rather on who they
were and what they bad done with the
talent condded to them. The man of
regular features and commanding pres
ence, the polished poet and scholar, the
wiry bundle of netvous thought, were
all there, but where ' was the pure,
nhysical b?auty, that type lauded by
th) Greeks, because coexistent with
Intellect and the highest culture. It
was bo more there than in any average
theatre audience. Happily for the
world at large there are few men beau
ties. Life would be detestable if
lovely woman was not alone on her
!estal. It is melancholy to acknowl
edge it, but the man who poses for
admiration on the grounds of loots U
a desperate bore.
The Old, Old Siory.
Two young ladies were conversing in
a street car in the high key which the
rumbling of that public conveyance
lemands it one wishes tu be heard
while the car is la motion. "Well,"
laid one of them, "the reporters at
lister's wedding the other night were
just too curious for anything. Of
oursa we notified the newspapers that
.he wedding would take place but.
would you believe it, one of those
liorrid reporters walked up to ma that
night in tbe parlor and asked ber the
lames of the bridesmades and lots of
other impudent questions. Ma told
turn to just step into the back kitchen
and wait until everybody had gone
away and she would tell hlm all about
it."
Gas has been struck in small quan
tities near Cincinnati.
TIIE LAND OP TIIE C2AH.
An Interesting Description, of Oemas
Barnes' Journey in RoAia.
Russia is a sphinx. She may not
inaptly be compared to a great bee
hive, with walls so thick that to out
siders a sound is seldom heard, while
within Is an intensely active popula
tion, whose occupation is not merely to
gather pollen from Cossack roses on
their own vast plains, but whose pin
ions are capable of flying from tbe
Black Sea on the south to tbe Arctic
Ocean on the n rtb, and from the
German Empire In the west of Europe
to Behring Straits of Eastern Asia.
Neither is tbe Imperial stomach gorged
by swallowing snail provinces on her
own borders, but she gulps down, ap
parently without discomfort, whole
nations, like Poland, Turkestan and
Finlanl, an J now, judging from ap
pearances, she is about to estallish
herself on tbe Persian Gulf. A cordon
of sentinels guard her frontier at every
point, and censors control the press,
inspect telegrams, and overhaul the
mads. The guage of railroad tracks
ii broken at the frontier towns, so that
no car or its commodities can enter or
leave the territory without scru iiy.
Evyn ber language ii a bar to inter
course. Tne Kussian alphabet con
ta nithirtv-six characters, partly Roman
and partly composit. Seeing my own
name written iu R jssian I could not
rea.f it. Tbe multiplied vowels and pe
culiar consonant sounds effectually
prevent a foreigner from understand
ing a word when pronounced, and it is
impossible for a foreigner to inquire for
a person, town, street, or number a
bad p'a -e to be lost In. The Kusssian
dictionary contains over 90,000 words.
Poetry is such a diluted language
would seem to lacV hat epgrammalln c
terseness which is essential to convey
force aud emphasis. To describe such
a prople under such conditions and at
a single sitting Is Impossible. It would
require a local residence for years and
the entire space of twenty newspapers
to convey anything like an adequate
idea of the Russian Empire the coun
try and its people, to say nothing of its
history.
I ei terel Russia from the north. It
would have made no difference bad it
been from tbe east, the south or the
west. Russia is fortiaed on all sides,
not alone by fortresses and guns, b.ut by
a secret espionage which, without be
ing able to locale or describe, is felt,
and one insensibly proceeds with.
caution. One is not permitted to leave
car or a boat or to enter a hotel, or
again leave a city, without showing a
passiiort and having it dulv indorsed.
Cronstadt is the seaward sentinel of
St. Petersburg. Seven Islands in tbe
middle of a wide, shallow bay, the
islands cowed by immense forts, and
the channel to be traversed by vessels
winding betweeu them, create an im
pression that this is not one of Russia's
weak points. Indeed, one look into the
throats of those frowning guns conveys
aa idea of impregnability. Tbe next
impression of strength made upon my
miud was by the extent of Russia's
wheat, fields. It has so happened that I
followed the harvesting of cereals
through Belgium, Denmark, Sweden,
and parts of itusshi. From thai English
Channel to the Ural mountau s, and, I
understand, far beyond them, it seemed
to be a nearly unbroken field of yellow
grain. America has no longer a corner
on wheat Tbe average crop of tho
United States is about twelve bushels
per acre. If Russia, by reaon of poor',
farm jag, a e -ages eight bushels per acre,'
si:e can, I think, owing to ths cheap-;
ness of tier land and labor, underse'l us.
Apparently, sue has enough wheat har
vested this year to feed the entire'
world. !
St, Petersburg may well be styled the
Magnificent City of tbe Neva. Its
streets are broad, buildings massive,
parks numerous, museums interesting,
and its monuments, grand. I have en
deavored to refrain from giving space
for reference to pictures, statuary,
churches, architecture and art, which
most travelers describe with minuteness.
Hut a part of the charm and bloom of
eastern countries would be wanting
were tbe esthetic wholly eliminated
from what I say.
In front of the Hermitage Museum
at sir. Petersburg are ten monolith Si
berian marble statues supporting tbe
portico, each one of which is fifteen feet
high, fully developing in the most ideal
manner Herculean strength. In this
great depository of national wealth,
among many other things is a solid jas
per vase, ten feet broad, sixteen feet
long and about nine feet high. St,
Isaac's Cathedral has four equal fronts
In the form of a croas. At each of tbe
facades project great porticos supported
by double rows of monolith columns,
seven feet tu diameter and sixty feet
high sixty-four In alL Sublimely
beautiful and in effect upon the mind,
not unlike that produced by a view of
tbe Egyptian pyramids.
The River Neva Is here about half a
mile wide. It is crossed by ten bridges,
lighted by gas or electricity. See j in
the evening, with miles of slmrial lights
reflected in the water from tbe quays
made busy by hurrying crowds of men,
women and vehicles, the sight is one of
exceptional beauty. Driving In the
streets or St. Petvsburg Is something
to be remembereti. Tbe private car
riages are fine barouches, quite like our
own, and generally drawn by black
aartarian or Bulgarian stallion horses.
These animals have long manes and
tails and are driven at a rate of speed
that would make the Commissioners of
Central Park stare and clear the con
course of people in a short time. The
drosky is a small four-wheeled, one-
horse carnage, very low in the body.
seating two passengers, and a driver in
front. All drivers wear long surtout
coats reaching to their feet, plaited over
the hips and bustled behind. The cap
is low, broad on top, with a carve 1
rim, exactly like that of a gentleman's
stovepipe bat. Around the top of the
hat are attached several small qullha or
feathers, in numbers according to the
Cossack or provincial rauk of the driver.
The harness Is made of very small pie
ces ot Btrong leather. It is attached
to the carriage or wagou by double tra
ces, one to the wbifll -tree, and one at
tbe end of the axletree outside of the
hub an extra precaution against acci
dents. Over the horse's shoulders and
his collar Is raised an ornamental ox
bow, about twenty inohes in height.
Within and on this bow a e arranged
pretty tassels and small bells. In Mos
cow horses attached to omnibuses,
hotel coaches and private carriages are
driven four abreast. Being conveyed
from the dtpot in one of those Orient:?!
equipages, one feels as if be or she were
entering the chariot races of the 0" m
pllan feats.
NEWS IN" BRIEF-
Salt water perch and butterCsh are
in market in London,
The Leadville mines have produced
110,000,000 to date.
Thaddeus Stevens' estate, ju3t set
tled, foots up $27,CU0.
There begins to be dust at the bot
tom of Cape May wells.
Mile Rhea has a gown made by
Worth, which cost J1.000.
Water Is five cents a baixel at
V( melsdorf, Berks county.
The Liberty statue would make a
nice design for aa ear ring.
The Sandcsky carp hatchery luu a
mlliion "ready for adoption."
Grand cl 1 army bean Eoup is liked
by patriotic Reading persons.
Hog cholera is bulling the pork
market in some Ohio count.e3.
Bluffion, O., pr.rtle3 will plunge
into Incubation on a large scale.
An Indian flint plow lias been ex
humed in an Ashtabula, O., field.
Fremont, O., h;i3 struck a well
which Is called a good "gasser."
At a Franiiiiu. Ind.. baby show.
one of the prizes w;i3 for intellect.
The French government costs 403,
000 francs, or about S'JJ.OOO an hour.
Before next June a statue of Miles
Standish will frown on Boston people.
Jay Gould ha3 bonc.Lt a pew In a
New York IVesbyterun Church for -2,0tX.
Senator Hearst, of California, is
said th Lave an income or $700,000 per
year.
Jesse L. Wiiliatm, a Fort Wyne,
Ind.. millionaire, le.'t t25,000 to local
charities.
Fire leases for November in the
United States and Canada, aggregate
510,000,000.
The shrinkage iu national bank
circulation during this year is put at
.:o,oou,ooo.
Francis r.!n:s, the Detroit multi
millionaire, left only $2,000) for chari
table purpusett.
Mrs. James G. Fair not only got a
divorce, but she got 4,U00,U-Ji of ber
nusoaua's money.
Mra. Lmgtry's first investment on
this trip, was ill.Cotj In a New York
real estate mortgage,
Mary Harper, Cleveland servant
girl, has Inherited S2ou,0jQ from a rela
tive in Philadelphia.
Capitalists in Australia ate talking
of laying a cable to Jcntish Columbia at
a cost of SlO.CbO.OoO.
Andrew Carnegia has decided not to
build his 1,000.1)00 castle on the moun
tain near Johnstown, Pa.
It is believed that the Chinese in
California "m.i.'' from ii.UAl to
In silver dollars every week.
Qaeen Victoria is thinking of re
storing Col. Valentine liaker to bis old
rank in the British army.
Ex senator Bruce, of Mississippi,
says he is going to prepare a lecture on
his experience in the senate.
The sliver mills of Montana ret re
sent an Inven?!. f c2J,0-o0,0C0, and
mining machinery as much more.
The holders of the boxes in the
Metropolitan Ojera Hon! in New
York this season represent j70J,500,000.
James C. Flood, tlie California mil
lionaire, has just finished a ?2. 000,000
brown stone hcuie on Nob HLl, San
J A clever swindler succeeded in
sening 4J..,ikxj worth of tickets to an
alleged Patti conceit In the City of
iuexico.
Fef s paid the law vers in the Mor
gan will contest in New Yo:k, amount
to &UO,000. The esU.Se is worth ?10,
000,000.
The public hts paid for Appletoa's
"American Cycloj-xJia" la its various
edition?, including annual supplements,
nearly 1.j,00u,(.ia.
Last year the fruit mi l firm pro
duce shipmentaat S'...Iosep! and Benton
Harbor aggregated $1,200,000; thisyear
they reach j L,0 1,00 '.
A Blair, Neb., banker invested
S2,0u0 and a houv and lot in whisky,
which he consumed in eighteen months.
His bank i3 closed now.
Over jl.UiO.OCO was withdrawn
from the Sau Francisco saving3 banks
recently, the owners wanting the money
to specu'ate in mining stocks.
A change of S mills ier ton a mile
In the freight rates current oa the
Michigan Centra! means to that road a
gain in grots earnings e $l.UW,000 a
year.
Pierre Lornlard favors a legacy tax
of 10 per cent, on al! fort ur.es exceeding
1200,000, which, he says, would not
oppress the heir and could not ba re
gretted by the dead.
Ballet dancing is a pretty good bus
iness when you once get the hang of it.
Thus Maure, the expviir.t of tte Span
ish fandaDgo, gets ilO,0)0 a year,
Rosatti gets $12,W0 and Subra iti.OOO.
The Bavarian authorities are get
ting money to pay the m il King's debts
by permitting people to ir.spee'. his pal
aces at an admission foe cf o) cents.
In this way iloo.OUJ has been realized
already.
Bill Redden, or Salt Lake, obtained
ajudgmentof $2 J.Oi 0 against the Union
Pacific Railroad Company for injuries
received in one of the coal mines owned
by that corporation.
A heroine of note is Miss Mary
Dewey, of Vermont, who has started
for eastern Turkey a? a missionary, and
who, before reaching her destination,
will take a horseback jounvy of U X)
miles through a barbarous country.
People who know so Bathing of John
Mackay's operation in the mining
market of San Francisco. s;y that ho
squeezed J2.0U0.000 last week out of
speculators, who, in defiance of his
advice, went "short" of his favorites.
Tht ftpplications of electricity become
more varied every day. Air-pressure,
heat, steam-pressure and water stages
at distant points are now recorded by
its use, and now a California electrician
has invented a process whereby gold,
silver and copper can le instantly
smelted by a lightning stroke.
-la ingenious process for giving silver
surface to iron h.is n centy been devised
in Austria. The iron is first covered
with mercury, and s lver is deposited
upon the surfaco e! 'ctroiytieallv. Tho
iron Is ln heated c r.bout 3XC. and
the mercury evaporates, leaving the
layer of salver upon the surface of the
iron.
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