B. F. SOHWEIER,
TEE OOI3T1TUTI0I-THE TTHOI AID THE EFFOEOEMEIT OP THE LAVS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL, XLI.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1G, 1SS7.
NO. 8.
Wt'uiaa" Rights.
v.onia,,' riiliis, dj tho' words
V bit depth' ofold-worU wisdom do they
tVtiirrealiDteut? Ob, sisters, say.
V"i: i strive in daily life their truth to
tea:h.
. r.ci t to minister to ibos that need,
Ji-ith u-iet son the weary to lx-Uile ;
vli V?: of a .be hungry hearts to
Ar.Art" the sad and lonely with a
saiile.
The ri-'.it in others jvs to find,
Tiie rislrt diV:uo IO WP ben
The , "u fjhe to all unceasing kind ;
XuVrij-'ht to wake aad .iy while other.
bS to think r!iia: mi nshtly to Jo.
lhi to be tender, rliUtMbfjuxi;
Jm tobewortLyoiiminite tru.-u
T,V t'lelittchiMreu's truest friends,
io know them ia their ever-channg
mood.
For;- "tine self, to labor to the end,
loiea iracious influence for fiooi.
To be 'he ladies of crea'.iou's lords,
A-motLers, daujtt-rs. listers or as wives;
To be the be.-t ttat eartii to them arlords,
lo be to toeia the muic of their Uvea,
Tbe r -lit ia strength aud honor to be free ;
lndJ'v work accomplished, nndiugreet;
Tie riiUt ia "trivial round" a sphere to
Ti-'nsht, in blessing, to he fully blest.
Rett to he perfect, riht to be pure ;
p-M 'o te r-ient, and strong to endure ;
p'eh: o U- iovnic, r.-ht to be OOd
lit M tU- rights of the true womauhojd.
TWO NEPHEWS.
At the parlor window of a pretty
villa, near Waitoc-on-Thames, sat, oue
evenir at dusk, an old man and a
young "woman. The age of the man
might be some seventy; whilst his com
uaaion ha 1 certainly not reached nine
teen. Her beautiful, blooming face
ana active, light and upright figure,
were m strong contrast with the worn
coiintt-nauje and bent frame of the old
man, L ut in his eye and in the corners
of hi mouth were the Indications of a
gay self-comi'lecce, which, age and suf
fensi had damped, but not extin
guisheJ. "o use looking any more, Mary,"
said be, "neither John Meade norjl'eter
Flaca will I here before dark. Very
hard that when a sick uncle asks two
nephews to come and see him they
can't come at once. The duly is simple
in the extreme only to help me to die.
and take what I choose to leave theai
in jiiv will. Toohl when I was a young
man,' I'd have done It for my uncle
wan thi utmost celerity. But the
world's getting quite heartless."
On, Sir'.'' said Mary.
"And what doe3 'Oh sir!' mean?"
said be, "D'ye think I sha'nt die? I
know better. A little more and there'll
ba an end of old Billy Collett. Ile'il
tave left this dirty world for a cleaner
to the treat sorrow (and advantage)
tfaisaSect onate friends. Ujjbl give
me a glass of the doctor's stuff."'
The girl poured some medicine into
a glass, aud tfol'.elt. after bav.ng coa
templated It for a moment with infinite
disgust, manage'.: to get it down.
"I tell you wl:;.t. Miss Mary button."
said be, "i ion'i ly any means approve
of your HJh, sir,' and 'Dear me,' aad
the rest cf it, when I've told you how
I hate to ba called 'sir' at all. Why,
you couldn't be mo; e respectful if you
were a charity-girl and 1 a beadle m a
rold-laced hat. .None of your nonsens,
Mary Sutton, if you please. I've been
your hiwful guardian now for six
months, and you ought to know my
limes and disllkings."
"My poor father often told me how
yon di-lited ceremony," said-Mary.
"lour poor father told you quite
right, Mr. Collett. "Fred Sutton was
I mm of talenta capital fellow! His'
only fault was a natural Inability to
keep a farthing iu his pocket. Poor
Fred! he loved me I'm sure he did.
lie bequeathed me his only child and
it isn't every friend would do that!"
"A kind ahd generous protector you
Uve been."'
"Well, I don't know; I've tried not
to be a brute, but 1 dare say I have
been. Don't I speak roughly to you
sometime? Haven't I given you good,
prudent, worldly adviee about Jotiu
Meade, and made myself quite disagree
able, and like a guardian? Come, con
fess jou love this penniless nephew of
mine,"
"Penniless, indeed!" said Mary.
'An, there it is!" said Mr. Collet!.
And what business has a poor artist
to fall in love with my ward . And what
business has my ward to fall In love
with a poor artist? Uut that's Fred
Sutton's daughter all overl Haven't I
two nephews? Why couldn't you fall
fa love with the discreet one the
thriving one? Feter Finch consider
thg he's an attorney is a worthy
young man. He is industrious in the
extreme, and attends to other jieople's
bus Less only when he's paid for it. He
aespises sentiment, and always looks to
-he mam chance. But John Meade,
raj dear Mar,?, may spoil canvas for
ever, and not grow rich. He's all for
"t, and truth, and social reform and
spintua elevation, and the Ixird knows
wna.. i-eter Finch will ride in his
!rry;e and s-p!a3h poor John Meade
be nudges cufoot!"
lhe harangue wa3 here interrupted
cya iing at the gate, and Mr. 1'eter
f lncU 'as announced. He had scarcely
wen his seat when another pull at the
oeu was heard, and Mr John Meade
was announced.
'r- Solicit eyed hu two nephews
wiOi a .,err (jrt of sci wb.lgl lhey
maaes;eec!:es expressive of sarrow at
Pg th-'m f lh"r V'Sit" At laSt 8t01"
.T"f m JP". boys, enough," said he.
n ,i' Und Some ,,eUt'r subject to dis
S "-"jUie state of an old man's
h. 1 want 10 kuow a ""lo more
bout j iu both. I haven't seen much
you up to the present time, and for
toil"! 1 kuo,v J011 may le rogues or
m'!.,ll'I;,iIeade amed rather to wiace
Bnfler this address; but 1'eter Finch sat
' confident.
JV' nt a now," aaid Mr. Col
sarriw 8EOrainit a pu0r v'r(',cl of a
iUrV l,rk,' il, Set'ms and was
lCt?;fc11' 1 knew Bomethiug
Wd ti . ? fe.low a"3 1 telifive 1 only
toSffi -80 1 ve him a shUiin
fia 11 Hm' 'ow I'm afraid I
il "): Wht reason had I fur
heTllln!I? Whatelalm Iw.
tow rt . h,at claiM kls ,ie oa ay-
ffi 't ha a mau has a
t-uiiosoni y hat do you think?"
U1 agree with yoUf said
Mr Finch, "perfectly agree with you.
The value of their labor in the market
Is all that laborers can pretend to all
that they should have. Nothing acts
more perniciously than the absurd ex
traneous support called chsrity."
"Hear, hear!" said Mr. Collett.
" You're a clever fellow, Peter. G o on,
my dear boy, go on!"
"What results trom charitable aid?"
continued Teter. "The value of labor
is kept at an unnatural IeveL Slate
charity is state robbery; private charity
is public wrone."
"That's it, Toterl" said Mr. Collett.
''What Co you think of our philosophy,
John?"
"I don't like it, I don't believe it!"
said John. "You were quite nht to
give tbe mau a shilling. I'd have given
him a shilling myself."
"Oh, you would would you?" said
Mr. Collett. "You're very generous
with your shillings. Would you fly ia
the face of all orthodox political econ
omy, you Vandal?"
"Yes," eaid John, "as the Vandals
flew in the face of Rome, and destroyed
what had become a falsehood anl a
nuisance."
PtKir John!" said Mr. Collett. "We
shall never make anything of him.
l'eter. Keally, we'd better talk of
something else. John, tell us about
the last uew novel!"
They conversed oa various topics,
until the arrival of the invalid's early
bed-time parted uncle and nephews for
the night.
Mary Sutton seize! an opportunity
the next moruin. after breakfast, to
speak with John Meade alone.
"John," said she, "Jo think more of
your own interest of our luterest.
What occasioa for you to be so violent
last night, and contradict Mr. Collett so
shockingly? I saw l'eter 1 inch laugh
ing to himself. John, you must be
more careful or we shall never be mar
ried." "Well, Mary, dear, I'll do my best."
said John. "It was that confounded
Peter, with Uis chain of iron maxims,
that made me fly out. I'm not an ice
berg, Mary."
"1 am thankful that you are not,"
said Mary; "but an icelerg floais
think of that, J'jhn. Itemember every
time you offend Mr. Cjllett you please
Mr. Finch."
"Sj I do!" said John. "Yes, I'l.
remember that."
"If you would only try ta be a little
ni:au and bard -hearted," said Mary;
"just a little, to begin with. Yon
would only stoop to conquer, John
and you deserve to conquer."
"May I gain my des.Tt3. then?" said
Jolin. "Are you uot to be my loving
wife, Mary? And are you not to sit at
needle work In my studio, whilst I
yaint my great historical picture? How
can this come to pas3 if Mr. Collett will
do nothing for us?"
"Ah, how, indeed?" said Mary.
"But here's our friend, Peter Finch,
coming through the gate from his
walk. I leave you together," and so
sayinz. she withdrew.
"What, Meade?" said Peter Freeh,"
as he entered. ".Skulking- m-daors on
a fine morning I ke this! I've been all
through the village. Xot an ugly
place but wants looking after saJiy.
ltoads shamefully muddy! Pigs allowed
to walk on the foo'path!"
"Deadfall" exclaimed John.
"I say you cine out pretty strong
Lst night," said Peter. "Quite d-lied
tiie old man! But I li'.:e your spirit."
"I have no doubt y-ri do," thought
John.
"Oh, wheu I was a youth, I was a
little that way myself," said Peter.
But the world tin world, my dear
sir soon cures all our romantic no
tions. I regret, of course, to see poor
people miserable; but what's the use of
regretting? It's uo part of the business
of the superior classes to interfere with
the laws of supply aud demand; poor
people must be miserable. "What
can't be cured must be endured."
"That is to say," returned John,
"what we can't cure, they must en
ure?" Exactly so," said Peter.
Mr. Collett this day was too ill lo
lea vp his bed. About noon he requested
to s3 his uephews in his bed-room.
They found him propped up by pil
lows, looking very weak, but in good
spirits as usual.
"Well, boys," said he, "here I am.
you see; brought to an anchor at last!
The doctor wul te here soon, i sup
pose, to shake his head and write re
cipes, liumuug, my rooysi latieuis
can do a3 much for themselves, I be
lieve, as doctors can do for them;
thev're all In tbedatk together the only
difference is that the patients grope in
Euglish and the doctora grope in
Latin."
"You ate too skeptical, sir,'" said
John Meade.
"Pooh!" said Mr. Collett. "Lies us
clianga the subject. I want your ad
vice, l'eter aud John, on a matter mat
concerns your interests. I'm going to
make my will to-day, ann 1 aou't Know
how to act about your cousin, Emma
Briggs. Emma disgraced us by marry
ing au oilman.'
"An oilman!" exclaimed John.
"A vulgar, shocking oilman!" said
Mr. Collett: "a wretch who not only
sold oil, but soap, candles, turpentine.
black-lead and birch brooms, n was a
dreadful blow to the family. Her poor
grandmother never got over it, and a
maiden aunt turned Methodist in de
spair. Well, Briggs. tlies oilman, died
last week, it seems, and his widow lias
written to me, askiug for assistance.
Xow, I have thought of leaving her a
hundred a year in my will. What right
had she to marry against the advice of
her friends! What have I to do with
her misfortunei!"
"Mv mind is quite made up," said
Teter Finch; "no notice ought to be
taken of her. She made art obstinate
and unworthy match and let her abide
the consequences!"
"Now for your opinion, John," said
Mr. Collett.
"Upon my word, I think I must say
the same," said John Meade, bracing
himself up boldly for the part of the
worldly man. "What right had she to
marry as you observed with great
justice, sir. Let her abide the conse
quencesas you very properly re
marked, Finch. Can't she carry on the
oilman's business? I dare say it will
support her very well."
" Why, no," said Mr. Collett; "Briggs
died a bankrupt, and his widow and
children are destitute."
"That does not alter the question,"
said Peter Finch, "Iet Briggs' family
do somethlLg for her."
"To be sure!" said Mr. Collett.
"Briggs' family are the people to do
something for her. She uaus'nt expect
anything from us must she, John?"
"Destitute, 13 she?"said John. "With
children, too? Why, this is another
case, sir. You surely ought to notice
her to assist her. Confound it, I'm
for lo't'ns her hive the hundred a
year.'
' Oil, Jonn, John! What a break
down!" said Mr. Collett. "So you
were tiying to follow Peter Finch
through S'-ony Arabia, and turned back
at the sacou 1 step! Here's a brave trav
eler for you. Peter. John. John, Seep
to your Arabia Felix, anl leave'sterner
ways to very di'a.-rent men. Good-bye.
both of you. I've no voxe to talk any
more. I'll liiiuk over all you have
said.
He pressed their bands and they left
the room. The old- man was too weak
to speak the next day, and, iu thrre
days after that, he ca'm'v breathed his
last
As soon as the f uuer.tl was over, the
will was read by the coutidentiil man
of business, who had always attended
to Mr. Collett's affairs. The grour
that sat around him preserved a deco
rous appearauce of dlsinterestednese
aud the usual preamble to the wl
having beeu listened to with breathless
attention, the man of business read tho
following in a clear voice:
"I bequeath to my niece, Emma
Briggs, notwithstanding that sh
shocked her family by marrying au oil
man. the sum of four thousand pounds;
be.nj fully persuaded that her lost dig
i liy, If she could ever lind it again,
would do nothing to provide her with
food, or clothing, or shelter."
John Meade smiled and Peter Fincl.
ground hi- teeth but in a quiet, re
spectable manner.
The man of business went on wilL
his read lug.
"Having always hell the opinion
that women should be rendered a ra
tional and independent being and
having duly considered the fact that
society practically denies the right of
earning her own living I hereby be
queath lo Mary Sutton, the only daugh
ter of my old friend, Fred. Sutton, the
sum of ten tliou-Aud pound, which wnl
enable her to marry, or to remain sin
gle, as she may prefer."
John Meade gave a prodigious star'
upoa hearing this, aud Peter Finch
ground his teeth again but in a man
iner hardiy respectable. Both, how
ever, by a violent effort, kept silent
Tue man of business went ou with
iiis reading.
"1 have paid some attention to the
character of my nephew, John Meade,
and have been grieved to rind him much
possessed with a feeling of philanthro
pby, and with a general preference for
whatever is noble and true over what
ever is base and false. As these ten
dencies are by no means such as can
advance him in the world, I bequeath
him the sum of ten thousand pounds
hoping that he will thus be kept out of
the workhouse, and be enabled to pain,
his great hlstor.cal picture, whicn, an
yet, he has only talked about.
"As for my other nephew, Pater
Finch, he views all things in so saga
cious and seliish a way, and is so cer
tain to get on ia life, that I BboulJ
only insult him by offering an aid which
he does not require; yet, from his affec
tionate unci, and entirely as a testi- i
mony of admiration for his mental
acuteneas, I venture to hops that he
will accept a bequest of five bun lred
pounds towards the completion of his
extensive library of law-books."
How Peter Finch stormed and called
names how John Meade broke into a
delirium of joy how Mary Suiton
cried Urst. and then laughed, and theu
cried and laughed together all these
matters I shall not attempt to describe.
Mary Sutton is now Mra. John Meade;
aud her husband has actually bt-gun
the great historical picture, l'eter
Finch has taken to discounting bills
and bringing actions on theai, and
brives about in his brougham already.
Wcddins in Old Virginia.
The wedding was lovely tho brides
maids, or, as the old fashioned express
ion here is, the ones who wait on her,
did charmingly, and I must tell you
about it. The church, built by an
architect who had uo knowledge of
latter day weddiug processions, had no
ceuter aisle, but this was no dilliculty
to a Virginia girl futile in resource.
First of all up came the ushers, two by
two from each side; they met iu front
of the altar and crossed over ; tlwu a
pair of maids in pink and blue came up
the right aisle and crossed over to the
left side ; then two of the groomsmen
just behind them, forming an effective
back-ground and giving a real southern
air of protection. This way of coining
tirst from one side and theu another
was continued until all were in tliei
places, and then came the bride on hf r
father's arm, a veritable vision of love
liness in white satin, aqd the becoming
tulio veil.
Tender hands had arranged the veil,
loving hands were beating with emotion
all about her, and the happy man did
look happy, and said the " I will" with
an emphasis worth recording. A girl
near me said that the constant effort to
look first on one side and then on the
other . to see the procession of rosebud
girls was rapidly making her crosseyed.
After the service, back to the house wa
went, and then there was a supper no
miserable rich supper front a caterer,
but turkeys brown and tender, hams
pink and really sugar cured, salads
dressed with recipes that had beeu
treasured for years, aud oysters not
only as the Laid ordained they should
be, but in every way that the ingenuity
cf the darkey cook could arrange them.
A really Virginia supper is, as you
know, Dolly, well worth eating.
"That to Teach the Girl.
Give your girls a thorough education.
Teach them to cook and prepare the
food of the household.
Teach them to wash, to iron and darn
stockings, to sew on buttons and to
make their own dresses.
Teach them to make bread, and that
a good kitchen lessens the doctor's ac
count. Teach them that he only lays tip
money whose expenses are less than his
income, and that all grow poor who
liave to spend more money tlian they
receive. .. , . .
Teach them that a calico dress paid
for fits better than a silken one unpaid
f0,each them that a full, healthy face
displays a greater lustre than fifty cos
metic beauties.
Teach them to purcliase and sec that
theaccouut corresponds with the pur
chase. Teach them good common sense sju
help and industry.
Teach them that an honest mechanic
in his working clothes is a better object
of esteem than a dozen haughty, finely
dressed idlers.
Teach them gardening and the beauty
of nature
scrnrtsTmors women.
6omo Queer Ideas That Pervade
Uouickccplnz Circle J.
Women are always somewhat super
sensitive about their work. There is
probably no point on which this super
sensitiveness is more displayed than
that or housekeeping. To ba called ti
"slack" housekeeper stings a woman to
tti3 quick, no usatter how deserved ths
impeachment may be; yet the moment
a woman knows that she is exciting
herself in her housekeeping to do more
than she otherwise would, for fear that
"people will talk," that moment she
beg'u.s to endanger her whole theory of
life. It is this keeping house so as to
pleasa society, and to placate "the
neighboi'3." which is at the bottom of
much of the overwork and the belittling
of the mind which are the bane of
hoac.okeeper3.
"Don't try to keep your house so
clean," says a clever writer, "or else a
stepmother will bring up your chil
dren." This Is simple but strong pre
sentation of the matter thriws a flood
of light upon It. It intimates that a
housekeeper has duties besides keepii'g
house and paramount to that one.
A housekeeper is usually a wife. A
wife, besides seeing that her husband
has clean rooms to iive iu, well cooked
meals anl neat clothes, should make
herself a companion to him. His mind
is usually sharpened by his activity in
business or prot'esional life. She must
see to it that her own mind is kept as
sharp as possible by reading and study.
She should try to remain, so far as her
efforts can go, what she probably was
In the days of their courtship the
most interesting person in the world
for him to ba with. Above all things,
she must keep herself well and strong,
or e!s9 good spirits, which are the most
chaiming attribute iu either man or
wonun, will ba lackmj.
Ti!ou she is usually a mother. Her
children are full of questions. They
aesirc herco.-npanioujiiip and her con
versation. Whose eli can be so good
i or them as hers? She bhould see to it
that they have those iu full measure
and of good quality.
She is also a member of some social
circle. The greatest work that woman
can do to improve the social fabric is,
of course, in the home; but there are
m.uiy outside duties which no self
respecting woman should neglect, and
for which she should have a portion of
her time and strength.
The keeping of the house, then, is
only one of several vocations of the
housekeeper, and subordinate to tbos
of the wife, the mother and tbe social
be inc. That is to say, the keeping of
the home in which family and friends
are to be fed aud sheltered is only a
means to the securing of their health
and happiness. Just as soon as a woman
begins to thick of the cleaning and
co kiig as ends in themselves, and ds
vo'.es herself to them to such an extent
that her usefulness In higher spheres is
impaired, l!ij is making a inisUke. j
K-.eu the ba'atice trus. Itemember j
that the objects or our earthly toll are i
to keen our loved ones well aud happy.
It-legate conversation about the
uouseeold affairs to the background,
unless the humorous slda is uppermost,
ee that good meat-", p'.aia and substan
tial, are served, no nutter what clean
in? or other work is going on. Do not
tire yourself out w ilh trying to do
double weik m a day. By system this
can be avoided. Never mind what
"the neighbors" say. Keep continually
in uiind that you are kee.ing house not
for tho sae of keeping house, but to
make a home in which husband and
children and friends Bbsll thrive and re
joice continually.
A Child Hcroiao.
Nixld wat the station agent's daugh
ter and only child. She was fifteen,
although so small she looked some three
years younger. She had spent nearly
ail of her time in the ticket office with
her father, picking up letter by letter
and word by word the sounds of the
iljrsc instrument, and flualiy one day
she astonished her father by taking a
telegram by sound, giving him a neat
'copy."
From that day Nixie was installed as
telegraph operator and the Indulgent
father often said "Nick could run that
office just as well as he oould hinienlf."
One afternoon her father sauntered
Into the depot with trouble enthroned
on his majestic brow.
Nick I'm summoned on a jury case
up to fie Centre Village this afternoon.
U'a too late to get anybody here, S'pose
you can 'tend the concern alone until 1
get back probably by ti."
"I guess so, father," replied Nixie.
So off he went, leaving Nixie mistress
of tbe situation. As the afternoon
passed along the heat and stillness over
c.ime her, aud drooping her flaxen head
on tbe desk before her she was soon
asleep.
Afterward, the first thing she could
remember about It, a voice seeming to
come from her dreams said; '-'Tain!
likely she is left here alone, and asleep,
too."
No," responded another evil voice,
"the old man's probably 'round some
wherebut," In a lower tone, "com
on. let's go 'long. The down train'II
t along, and we'll Just lay 'em out."
Nixii was wide awake enough now,
but she had presence of mind in her
small body, and realized that safety lay
in keeping still,
"How fur is it up there?"
"Sh! Keep mum. Do you want to
knock the hull thing In the head, and
yourself too?" And then the girl's
quickened hearing caught the sound of
heavy footsteps passing by the window
and on up the track.
Nixie waited until she couldn't hear
the f ootstep3 and then cautiously turned
and looked out of tbe window. There
they were two miserable-looking
tramps hastening up tbe track. She
recognized them at once as two men
who had been discharged from a con
struction train that had been at tsork
down the road. What should she do?
Oh, if she could send for her father.
But there was no one anywhere near,
aud besides, by tbe time he could get
home it might be too late, for it was
evident that the desperate wretches
were bent upon revenging themselves of
their fancied wrongs upon the innocent
She looked at the clock. Half-past 4!
She ran out and looked around the
lonely station. No living being in
sight She called once feebly, but what
was tbe use? If she sent lor her father
she had co tangible explanation to give
or real reason to make him hurry home
only she was sure there was. harm
coming to the down train that long,
crowded express filled with mountain
tourists. But she mu3t do something.
Tbe men had disappeared around a
slight Tnvad in the track. Nixie ran in
locked up the office and then hurried up
the track until she arrived at the slight
curve. Then she "made haste more
slowly." for there were the men. Step
ping behind a clump of busies fbe
watched them. They had stopped and
were doing something, she could not at
first see what, to the track. Pretty
soon up came a rail, and lu a minute
more it was thrown down a steep ledge
within four feet of tho track where
the whole tram must be pw'pitated In
less than au hour If some.Vng could
not L? done to warn them. Nixie saw
It all now, and for a moment stood, her
eye3 dilated with horror, while she saw
the scoundrels shake their lists toward
h'ir way and heard an imprecation.
Then they passed oa and Nixie, grow
ing c-'ll la the sudden extremity,
turned and sped toward the depot.
The rail had been removed on a curve
which was shaded on the west side by
a higXTank so that at 5.3J it was quite
dusk here, and as the trains always
came in on a dowu grade they came at
full spaed. So Nixie thought to herself
"I'm so glad I came, for now I'll hurry
and telegraph to Siratford before the
train comes by. and then we'll see Mr.
Tramps, how your little scheme comes
out"
Slid reached the office aud looked at
the clock. Five minutes to 5! and the
train left Stratford at 5.03. Well, eight
minutes is plenty of time if she could
"raisa" Stratford. She eraspod the
key. "Sd-ad-sd," clicked the instru
meat. Never before was there so im
patient an operator ou that line. With
ber eyes on the clock, which seemed
then. If ever, to say "forever never
never forever," she kept up the call.
Somebody on the ether sida "broke
h.-r" twice, but she gave a'l the danger
signals she could think of and kept on.
The moments kept on one, two, three,
four, ilve slowly pealed the old clock
each strike an agony to the girl.
Meanwhile the agent at Stratford
could uot operate at all, and the boy
could and who served as general chore
boy about the place had gone for the
cows and there was no one to answer
the call on which so much depended.
A few minutes anl it was too late,
and Nixie was in a new dilemm i.
Nixie closed tbe key in despair. She
did not know the train signals, but
seized the ml flag under the old desk
and ran for dear life literally the dear
lives of her fellow-creatures. Not until
she got to the wrecked place did she
remember that she must go beyond the.
curve to stop them or she would be ot
no use. Already she heard the ap
proaching train rumble iu the distance.
Faster, faster he sped round the curve
straight on up the track. She could
see them now coming in. On they
rushed, tha great engine bent on de
stroying Its precious freight. Nixie
stopped in the middle of the track and
frantically swung her red tlag, but still
the monster rushed toward he, showing
do abatement of seed.
Naie waited with a sinkiai heart
Oil, why did everything go against her?
Was It tie will of God that this dreal
fid --12 mu-t happen? The engine
was iloss upon her and she ran up o:i a
jultlr.g ro-k by the railroad still waving
her scarlet llag but just as the engine
c.ime it'ougsido of her the heard the
thai p click ot the call-bell ia the engine
:id taw the fireman puih the engineer
aside a:id reverse the engine. The con
ductor, who hal just seen her and ex
citedly pulled the bell-rope, jumped oil
ao 1 came toward her. But t'ie reaction
was too much for poor Nixie, and she
could only gasp out "Bound the
curve!" and then she wa3 a white heap
with no sense of anythiug.
Passengers lushed out, and, after
some had been to the curve and had seen
what the little girl had saved them
from, no lady in the land could be so
royally waited upon as s'ie was whea
she had been lifted into tho car and
fold modestly her little story. It was
some little lime before the track was
ready for the train to proceed, and,
when Nixie got out at her own station
many kind hands pressed here in fare
well, and the conductor left something
In her hand, too. just as the train left,
sayinj, "Yon are the bravest little
woman In tbe State."
Not until she had beeu in tha office a
good half hour with her father, who
had got home from his lawsuit, and
wondered what made the train late and
where Nixie had gone to and told
him all the story did Nixie think to
look at the packet. Then she read a
note: "Will Miss Eunice Markham
accept the accompanying from the
friends she so bravely saved August 'i
1SSGT'
Tbe note was wrapped round " JJ iu
bank notes.
"Oh, papa! now you can pay off the
mortgage on the house," cried Nixie,
and tbe father said:
"I declare, Nick, you get higher
wages as agent than I do!"
Masculine PjsorJer.
Let us take a peep into a room occu
pied by "one of the boys," where for
three or four months he has been left
to arrange, or rather to disarrange,
thinzs according to his own sweet
fancy.
Shades of chaos! what a sight meets
our view. In one corner is a nebt of
cast off boots and shoes, scattered pro
miscuously are old socks, half-worn
undergarments, passe cravats and col
lars, discarded nether garments and
sundry other rubbish rank with personal
exhalations and emitting vilo odor3.
There is a thick incrustation of ambeer
on the stove, and a conglomeration of
apple cores, peanut hulls, ashes, char
coal and kindling wood strew the carpet.
In brushing bis wet balr be has spat
tered the looking-glass with murky
water, until you wonder how its be
fogged surface can give any kind of
satisfactory reflection of his manly
image.
One thing, perhaps, you will see in
all this muss, which shows some signs
of care; that is his "Sunday best" which
is brushed and folded away for a future
"draw-on."
Come away, dear girl, you have seen
enough. Go sit yoa down and ponder.
But this 'boy" will be a husband
some time your husband, perhaps, and
will expect you to look after his ward
robe, serve his meals decently, wrestle
with the filth and disorder which he
leaves in his wake, and rise triumphant
ly through the conflict with a wide
margin of neatness to establish your
victory.
Whatl You will not be courted by
such a sloven? Hark, my girl, you
may be deceived. Wait until he dons
his snowv linen and carefully kept
Sunday "bast," and emerges like a
newly fledged butterfly from bis foul
chrysalis. You, will not kuowbiin then
for what he is..
After marriage, the probabilities are
that his wire will brush his clothes or
have the satisfaction of seeing him wear
1 them without being brushed.
nExnvs iiAKts.
A Woudcrrul Sheet or Water in
Idaho.
One of the wonders of oar great
country is Henry's lake, on tbe So tu
rn it of the Rocky mountains, near tho
line between Idaho and Montana, on
the Targee'd Pass trail. The lake is
five miles wide and ten miles long. It
is the source of the north fork of Snake
river. Like a basin overflowing the
clear water ripple3 over a bar that
forms the brim a bar of crumbled
crystaline quartz in a gurgling stream
that Bows peacefully through waving
grass for balf a mile and then plunges
into a canyon where it is lashed into a
foam and leaps over precipices on its
way down from that continental divide
as it grows tobs a great river. After
a journey of one hundred miles over
rocky heights and through mountain
defiles, we reached the lake. Men and
horses were tired and hungry. The
mild beauty of the smooth water,
level meadows and shaded parks, all
smilinc with the evenluz sunlight, was
a happy relief. The blue grass was
variegated with wild flowers, birds
were singing in the trees, swans were
swimming in the lake. Before us was
the winter range of the antelope, the
deer and elk. A party of trappers
who ent oue winter there, say the
elk came down like herds of cattle and
destroyed their hay. They were com
pelled to)drive great droves of elk away
to save any grass or other feed for thair
pack horses.
Oae of th -3 wonders of Henry's lake
is tha floating island. When we camped
at night a lovely island was within a
stone's throw of us. We decided to
explore It in the morning. The soft
sreeu carpet the drooping willows and
stiff little pines, so near the shining
surface of the cool blue water filled
us with a desire to rest in their shade.
When mirning came the island was
gone. Five miles away we coald see
tbe little trees waving in the wind
that had wafted them to the opposite
side of the lake. Tbe wind changed,
however.andthe mysterious island came
on Its daily orbit and rested, while all
nature was hushed that lovely after-n-xm,
near where we had first seen It.
We paddled a raft of logs to its border.
It was circular in shapa and three hun
dred feet in diameter. The outer ede
was a tough sward, and so thin that it
itave down under the weight of a man
aud let him into the water boot-top
deep. A few feet from the edge it
would support the weight of a
horse. Tue floating mass we found to
be a mat of green grass roots over
spread with a thin layer ot decayed
vegetable matter. The small trees had
taken root in that blanket ot mold,
x'ney rocked and swayed from side to
side as we walked around them. As
we approached the i-land a large num
ber of swans was seeu to swim away.
There seemed to be two kinds white
and gray. Their guttural calls could
be heard Cve miles. In tb wake of
some that evidently were filling the
oili-re of mother, as they tloated majes
ticslly away, were lollowiug the cyg
nets, fluffy and rount like bunches of
tow. Iu the grass near us was a swan
fluttering and crying as she stretched
out h?r long neci an l spreal out !ier
broad white wings. S.ie splashed into
the water when we were twenty-live
feet distant and disappeared. When
we next saw her she was far out ou the
lake swimming with three or four very
small young ones close behind. She
had managed to get them out ot the
uest into the water, aud they had fol
lowed her. They were not oue day old.
In the nest from which they had been
hurried were five eggs not yet hatched.
Two white, soft, flat bills had just
broken through the hard shell. The
fat man of the party contracted to
complete the hatching process in the
bosom of bis shirt, and we carried the
two eggs to camp. Oar incubator was
a success, and on the following morn
ing he drew forth from the recesses t f
his baggy flannel shirt two long heads
and long necks, with small, down
covered bodies attached.
Another curiosity near tho lake is
what is called Moose springs. From
the mouth ot a cave in the side of a
bluff bursts forth a river of considera
ble size. The sparkling water, after
seething and roaring under the weight
of great pressure or other hidden
forces, spreads out over a rocky bed of
glistening quartz forty feet wide, ar.d
leaps from ledge to ledge down the
precipitous heights. Thousands of
mountain trout are continually trying
to stem that tumbling current They
can be seen flouncing in the air from
morning till night in their effort to
gain tbe underground river, after fol
lowing the tumultuous Snake to the
summit of the great watershed of the
continent Indians catch and pack
away from that place tons of trout
every year. When we visited the fish
ing ground a hungry, nomad 10 tribe
ot dusky natives afttr weary days of
travel, were arranging camp and look
ing over of the prospect of a sumptu
ous meal. They were to reast on fish
that were not yet caught
After lighting the log Ores the fisher
men repaired to the foot of the steep
incline by the rushinz outlet of the
subterranean river. Each maa cut a
slender rod and shaped the end of it to
fit loosely tbe hollow end of a buck
horn spear tip. A strong cord attached
the tip to the rod or haft of the spear.
A muscular brave would step forward,
a brawny bare arm would raise the
simple implement above his head,
where it would balance for a second,
and then like an arrow it would bo
hurled into the water with a sure aim;
a trout would flash his speckled sides
in the sun, the blood would uVw in a
red cloud down the stream, and a fine
fish would be landed on the green
sward. Tbe buckhorn tip would pass
through the body and slip from the
haft as it was pulled back. The cord
fastening tbe t'.p to the rod would hold
the fish, let him flounder as he would.
After catching ten pounds for etch
member of the company they proceeded
to cook the evening meal in a m inuer
as simple as it was strange. Large
quantities of soft clay were dug from
the bank and kneaded to the consis
tency of dough, and each fish was
separately encased in a coaling about
an inch thick and thrown into the Gre
to bake. They were coched without
dressing. Some ot them were gaping
for hreath as they were besmeared with
clay. The case soon hardened in the
fire like brick in a kiln. The oil sir.ze.1
and sputtered through tha seams. Ex
perts watched closely, aud when the
perfect orematie state was reached the
fish were withdrawn from the ld of
fire. TbA shells were broken with
small stones, and the do!iciou3 m ir-ls
were turned out steaming, white and
savory enough to tempt an cyicura.
TET BOOS IS PARI3i
Soma of the Most Noted Canines
Thoir Artistic Liveries and
Trouaseaux.
Every dog has his day; for petdog3
; this day is a very happy one, at least m
I Paris. Every grand lady'a dog is far
j better known by her friends tlian her
j children, for the latter remain in the
j nursery with nurses and governesses,
i drive out and dine alone, are never seen
j in the drawing-room, while Nero and
j Finett are ever at their fond mistress'
.side; tii.y have their privileged corner
' or seat in the reception rooms; after the
mistress, they are the ones next saluted
, by callers and guests; the best tid-bits
of a sumptuous table are given to Gyp
'orMopps;m their best bib and tucker
tliey are driveu in madame's carriage,
j iu which the best places are reserved
tfr their dogship. At the present day
i the aristocracy of dogs is as well delin
j ed as the aristocracy of their masters,
and dog brain 13 not so dull as to be ob
. livious to the great distinction made in
'. their favor; the noted pet dog of Paris
. knows its rank and looks down on ple
beian churls accordingly.
, A chic dog has his fashionable tailor,
aud he would think himself degraded if
, he did not have his things made at the
. renowned dog tailor, Ledouble. The
j trou.sseax of a dog varies according to
. the nice to which lie belongs; it is com
' posed of flirts, vests, coats, artistic col
: lars and the variety of ornaments to be
, put ou them, bracelet, leashes, and
' tlower boutonnieres. Their livery cor
, responds with that of the house. Their
i articles of toilet comprise a whole col
lection of combs, brushes, scissors, and
shears; some whose paws are delicate
have rubber boots. The wife of Gen.
Turr had a hood made for Niniche, a
j Havana pup, whose ears are so delicate
j that it makes the thieg nervous to have
rain-drops fall on them when caught in
a storm. These dogs have their special
professional men, such as bathers, hair
, dressers, shearers, and doctors, who
daily come to attend to their wants. I
' ru-illtr tliiiit' it iiuf-uu'irv fur ot. Irirrl
, philologist to coin a name for such tine
aniiaals; I X-el as if I were insulting
' them to call them dogs. The ioodle is
't of the kind which demands the most
' trare. The Marquise Belhoeuf, Duke
j Je Morny's sister, has a assiou for
: poodles. Not trading a shearer to suit
j her iu France, she induced an artist, a
I specialist in the shearing business, to
! leave Spain, his native country, to at-
tend to her many poodles. To be spec i
i ally adored, the dog must be gigantic or
' lilliputiau, it does not matter so much
as to its kind; however, the favorite otus
'arc the Danish, the black an l white
I ixm lies, the griffon, and the terrUr; the
biiildog lias been taken into favor jince
i the Princesses of Orleans have adopted
, him.
) ero is one ot the most noted tios m
the Capital; he belonged to the lz.ir
Alexander II., and is iww under tli
care of the Puneror's morgatiatic wife
the iTincess Jourlewskv. lie drives at
the Bois every day with his mistress.
his long, silky, black liair isadiuired by
! dogs; he refuses to sleep anywhere but
. in his mistrtsi s liedroom. ! Iran-
'cois d' As.isi"s favorite dog Is a white
. fox terrier. When he desires to pay
j particular l.ivor to one ot I.!-, i.idy
menus ot noiie biita lie scnis tera
voting- terrier accompanied with iu
whole trousseau: at first, he takes it to
a fashionable taror to have an exten
sive outfit made, after which lie oilers
I a dog-house, winch, in its suinptuou -
' nu.d nr i-wif. witT.i ti .it. ilcf .!-, l-II-.l ....!
and silver ornamentations, deserve the
name of palace lie thus presented the
Infanta Eulalie with a white Danish
dog of untold value, whose collar was
of s.lver, sat in real ivaris. Mine. Mau
rice llphrussi, nee llothsehiid, the day
of her marriage had her favorite terrier
dressed in white satin, with garlands of
orange blossoms. The whole Roths
child family areossessed of the passion
for dogs. The Baron and Baroness had
two different houses built for their can
ine specimens, who seemed to have de
clared war with each other. The Baro
ness has a whole family of marvelous
terriers. Rigalo is the gentleman,
Beauty the lady; the lady io.sses.ses the
good graces cf her mistress to the de
triment of her husband; she travels
with her. her trousseaux are made of
liner materials, and afterwards the gen
tleman dog's jealousy U excited by lo
ing deprived of the much-coveted Roths
child coat of arms, which his wife,
wears embroidered in relief in one of
the corners of her coat. The Baroness
Nathaniel Rothschild has all of lier
dogs wear tho white aitfl yellow colors
cf her livery. When the wife of Gen.
Turr takes her dogs out ou a yachting
expedition they wear dark blue coats
with marine collars, ancliors embroider
ed in the corners and luraphed with
the mistress' name. The r.irest of all
Paris dogs is probably tho one Mine.
Theo brought back from America, I'tst
ache was given to its mistress in a bou
quet of roses at her last performance in
Mexico. It belongs to a race of dogs
which is almost extinct, the Chiwawas:,
they can now only bo found o i the
summit of a mountain in Mexico on the
day of public markets. Oue of her
great admirers scaled that mountain to
bring the dog-loving actress that mar
vel among dogs. It is to be hoied
American woman are far too sensible
to imitate tbe French women in liei
raordinate love of dogs. I have heard
strange stories of American women's
passion for pets, that turtles, lizards,
chameleons were taken to the opera by
their admiring mistresses. I considet
that a vile, calumniating falsehood, for
I deem the American woman as the
one having the most good sense or her
race, capable ouly of occupying her
time in useful work, instead of killing
it by caressing things that are too beast
ly to return her affection.
An Old Circus Rider Talk.
Barnum and Forepaugh are the only
successful and wealthy circus men ol
; to-day. I should say they are equally
j wealthy. Forepaugh liaving the advan
, t ige of being alone and getting all the
profits, while Barmuu has to divide
I with his partners. Both are iu the hab
it of investing all their surplus in real
' estate, Barnum owning a section of
Bridgeport while Foreiaugh has nu
' mcrous houses la Philadelphia. In t lie
olden days more money was made in the
circus business, because the excuses
and risks were not so great as now, es
pecially in the matter of ground rent
and license. A dozen or so of horses,
four or five cages of animals, one ele
phant, one camel, and twenty people all
told constituted the outfit: there were
no doublo mammoth tents, no droves of !
elephants, no kerd of camels, or stud
ot horses.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
Isabella Burns Begg, a niece of
BoociS Burns, is dead at the age of 84
years.
Ons thousand men from Pike and
Calhoun counties, 111., took part In a
recent fox chase.
Jenner made the firat experiment
of inoculating a child from a cow-pox
pustule in 179o
It cost Lansing, Mich., $50 to con
vict a 17-year-old girl of the theft ot a
dog valued at 25 cents.
"Montana turnips" is the name by
which JJ00 or $700 lumps of bullion are
known in that Territory.
Bogus ten-cent piece3 have male
their appearance at Long Branch, Red
Bank and Asbury Park, N. J.
Key West, Fla., reports that there
are no tramps, uo beggars and no ob
jects of charity in that city.
The first time the halls of Congress
at Washington, were illuminated with
gas was during the Polk Administra
tion. Liquor men in various New Jersey
cities are said to have combined to de
feat any legislative acticn against their
interests.
After an absence of two years and
nine days, a pet squirrel has returned
voluntarily to its old quarters In Mattt
son, Mich.
The number of beggars In the
streets of San F'rancisco has grown so
large as to attract the attention of the
local press.
Congressman Mitchell, of Connec
ticut, had his left arm broken the other
day by being thrown out of a sleigh in
New York.
The Chatham, (N. B.) Wvrld says
that at a recent revival at Mill Branch,
every man and woman in the place
except one was converted.
Coal of excellent quality has been
struck near St. Louis by well sinkers at
a depth or fifty-three feet. The extent
of the vein is as yet unknown.
The failure to agree upon who
should Dlav "Macbeth" was the cause
j of tbe disbandment of a dramatic society
at Palouse City. W. T., recently.
Pittsburg health officers estimate
the death rate in that city for I860 to be
21 per thousand. This estimate sup
poses the population to amount to 203,
000.
A single sheet of paper, seventy-two
inches wide and seven and three-quarters
miles long, haa been made without
a break in a paoer mill at Watertown,
N. Y.
The gros3 mineral output c Mon
tana last year is stated at $24,000,000,
of which there was $11,500,000 in gold.
$7,000,000 in copper, and $13,500,000 la
silver.
A ten-year-old girl of Bellaire.
Ohio, had her bare feet so badly frozen
during a somnambulistic trip en a re
cent cold night that they had t o be am
putated. Ralph Lane and companions who
went back to England from Virginia
with Sir Francis Drake, carried with
them the first tobacco ever seen in that
country.
A Catskill school teacher attempted
to "lick" a colored boy one day last
week, but the colored boy whipped him
instead, anil then they shook hands and
"made up."
Tobogganing is all the rage atMor
ristowu, N. J. The club owns a fine
slide, and numbers among its members
tho most fashionable people of that
wealthy town.
A farm near Manniugton, in Salem
county, N. J., was sold at auction the
other day. The price was 04 an acre,
said to be about the irverago market
price of farm land m that section.
A horse that was the pet ef a young
lady living at South River, N. J., a
despatch from New Brunswick states,
died after showing unmistakable signs
of grief since his mistress died, a week
before.
Miss Lucy Stanlev, who lives and
owns considerable property near Evans
vllle, Ind., is said to have been pro
claimed Cueen or the Gypsies of this
country, vice her sister, who died
December Mia.
Two Catawt-a Indians were in Co
lumbus, S. C.,a few d.tys ago, as rep
resentatives of their tribe, seeking re
dress for sequestration of their territory
which they claimed had been reduced
to less than S00 acres.
Frank Tierce, a memlier of the
Worcester (Mass.) fire department.
slipped In getting off an omnibus, a few
days ago, severing an artery In one of
his legs and bleeding to death iu less
tban fifteen minutes.
A ladv of rhiladelnhia presented
her narlor cirl with a r.irnpr lappwrm
Christmas, and the girl swept Into a
Lew place the next day, taking the gift
nuu uer. iius was kicKmg up a a use
m the wrong direction.
The Dtiblic llbrarv at New Ttmn.
wick. N. J., was broken Into the other
night by thieves, who scraped up what
monev was to be found nn thn nrnrnivwa
but who, with an utter absence of lite
rary taste, stole never a single book.
A St Louis typa founder says:
Here we are on the eve of I, which
creates r. triple demand for the Ggure 8.
This triple use of figureiu the annal
of time will not occur again until 1911,
lUOa. 2UOO. 2111.212J.22J2. 2212.
2222, etc."
Carefully made experiments at the
University of Pennsylvania, conducted
by Professor Barker, have shown that
some ot Mr. Muybrid?e's photographic
exposures were made in periods of time
varying from tbe one two-thousandth
to tbe one five-thousandth of a second.
The "oldest man in New Eng
land," Chares King, who is said to have
smoked and used liquors as he cared to
for over 03 years, celebrated recently,
at Middleton, Mass., his 100th birth
day anniversary. His mother, it is
stated, lived to be 107 years old, and be
Is still hale enough to look for several
years of life yet
TnK plan of a farmer for securing
large crops is thus stated by him: "I
tell my men to harrow the ground until
they think it is harrowed twice as much
as it ought to be, and then I tell them
it is not harrowed half enough." Ihor-
ough pulverizat on of ttie soil Is more
important than any other work bestow
ed upon a crop.
A tonj time ago there was prevalent
in the kitchens of Georgia a custom of
pounding peanuts after they were
shelled and making them into a sort of
pastry. Of lato the peanuts are ground
Into tolerably fine flour, which in the
bands of an expert cook make3 a bis
cuit that does not barass the stom
achs of any but very dyspeptic peoplo.
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