n i- fmXiw i - - - r . ... i i ; . " . i I a , .j i .... 1:'-J . -. . At . ft IP B. F. SOHWEIER, THE OOimTUT10I-THE UHOI-AID THE EH010EKEJT 0? TEB LATS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLI. MIFF LINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. M AKCU 9, 18S7. NO. 11. I;t .x vf v-rr -j l u xAirvxA; fy 1 1 uis rwrY r r . aa hi -J' - oj 7-w rr vrv y i i i iter wi.kva ni i Oa- TailT Bread. ..r, us oar daily bread." PT Tb. bread on.bicb onrboJie. feed JUhe moiety of our n.xl. rv,. soul Ibe lrt. n,u,t n011"1"1 be Irfrta'ie the daily urgency. and thouib it may bread n X'U thes UUb:er part, are tod. Vo lew w "aTa "'J J?i!y ,a.01 O Urd.ofbodyandol ml 1 ,,-1 leaves, the wine niut all afoam, Tte luacii ud the LoueyeuniU. Uetu ufu check. auJ molds the wfit, ,;, f r nri.le. the smart for sin, dgUt for self W.tUiU; Thi wrrows which we shuddering meet A-5 those we ak for when we pray. "Giwus oar daily bread this day." t ,rJ leave ns not athirst, unfed. veU this uJ LarJst brtaa r ., ,1, mortal neols aU paat, ffe kit at lhv fall feast at last, Tte brcid of Ar jo'.s broVen by Tbe Xte iu f jojpouredconsuully. A BAKU ACK GHOST STORY. rr'oner, li.ive you any oojection to tv. tr'frl by nie as president or any member of this court-martini?" asked rhk fifd-efflc-er ivlio had beea detailed to tie duty of presiding over Uie sir " 1 Biiswe3"' fcr il was B-"most 'uuenvub'.e situation tbat 5r trial, Ms beeu "put back" hTKTConnnandi:-s officer afe days te'or'e ca a ctiaice of having been is'eo oa uiv iost whUe on sentry; an cCe-cet-wietei-ized ic my indictment 12 induct ia pHudice to good rder military d:;c i::ne.M Xte meiobers compotis tLe court were then svroru, and the trial pro ei3ed in tire cumbrous fasliicn pecu-Uartom'.iitarvtill-'unals. the president lhor:ou:v writing down every word of evidence 'as it was utterei. The ser ieLt ho tad been in charge of the luari at the tlice of my alleged oA'esce wis the principal witness against rue, ud he bejan to describe, with gro tesque'. ungremmatical volubility, how tad fouud me stretched on tlie pound asleep; but was at once pulled cp stort by the president, who ordered r&n to say what he had to say in as few words as posble. "W'iis the prisoner sober?'' asked one af tbe c:5:er3 when the sergeant had fcUhed his evidence. "Quite sober, sir," replied the man 3f rj:pes. The men who composed the relier bvig corroborated the sergeant's itatement, I was called upon for my lefence. I therefore narratod to the court that jfcorUy before my two hours on duty bad expired, I saw a white figure car rying a drawn sword pass close to my post; and that being o a uervous, ex 'V.e tea;;eraaie!it. I was so fright ened that 1 fell to the ground in an rccoEs:bus sta'e, and only recovered when I waj aroused by the sergeant of "Pnsoner,'" remarked the president, "In my twenty years' experience of the may, I have "served on numerous eourts-martial, and have heard a!i klnis of lugemous defences put forwaid by men In your present position in ex cuse of the offences with which they were charged; but your line of defence is the most remarkable that has come under my observation. "Who, do you think, will credit a etory of that de scription? Assuredly not I for one. Sow, prisoner," continued the major la a kindly tone, "I must advise you that your action In submitting to the court a statement of that description Is extremely injudicious. You will do yourself a po3ltive injury by persevering la It, not only in regard to the probable extent of your punishment, but also to your reputation a3 a soldier. It will be far better for you to simply own thst you were asleep. Yon arc a young man who has served but six months in the regiment; so, under the circum stances, assumins that you adopt my 'igftestion, which is assuredly meaut for your good, the court may think fit. Consistently with the duty demanded of it by the hard and fast requirements of military law, to recommend a much lighter sentence of imprisonment than would be administered to an older and more experienced member of the ser vice," "I can only tell the truth, air," I urged. "That, then, is your defence that you were frightened by the figure yoi saw?" asked the officer In a tone of vexation. "That is my defence, sir," I repliei. Very well," said the president, wrding down my statement. Escort, remove the prisoner. Stop! About his character? Call the captain of his company." My captain answered the summons, stated that my conduct had been mest exemplary, after which I received the command: "Left turn, quick march!" and was removed to tho guard-room; and the members of the ccurt-martial began their deliberations on the dura tion of the period of imprisonment which they meaut to administer to me. I .;a'.l cow relate the facts Jn con nection with the ap;aia!,ce of the nzure" alluded to. At 1 o'ch-ck on the morning of niv arrest, I was posted on sentry In front of a wall which had Jen on the face of a cliff overhanging we beach. AVhy that particular spot required guarding, when any attempt n the part of a soldier to break out of jrracks would be equivalent to com nutting suicide, as the rock had a sheer unorokfn descent of 150 feet, was a waiter of puzzling speculation to the men of all regiments which in turn occupied the quarters I refer to. A iraditiun, however, which was related 10 me by an aired vptornn nm.iat Ma bauack laborer, threw some light il . BU"i Many years before. D "imi of a regiment which was 2Z T -leave the 'own ia order to Vor lDdla' V'aCfKl "entry on tue spot, to tir..v,t 1.;. growing over the cliff the rubbish that thUUla!ieS in caging quarters; and lie renevin? rpwimont h r, ri , .i... trm -1 1 d '"i'P1' his place without inrt V-emse'ves about the why ana wherefore: th r,not w,., andUlE? a lnnanent institution, and a sentry guards the wall to tliia The mornina nn ,i.;..t, t guard was exceedinslv rn'.d an fr darkmahn8h0n? brl8btly- thrlnK the oark shadow of the adjoining rmr' xiers nalf-way across the parade. ground in front. In the valley beneath I could see distinctly every gable and chimney of the houses of the town that nestled so cosily in the hollow between the preclpitlous cliffs. The moon was reflected brightly in the ocean to the south, and by its light I could even see the glittering bayonet of the sentry who guarded the government stores on the pier, a mile distant. Our gallant sol diers on duty, however, have but little regard for the picturesque; and like most men similarly situated; I was wearying for the termination of my two hours' vigil, and little inclined to admire the surrounding scenery. At length the clock struck three; and I was at once Oiled with a feeling of cheery satisfaction at the immediate prospect of being relieved, and of re turning to the warm guard-room and a cup of hot coffee before turning off to sleep. I heard the sentry on the gate lustily shout "Sentry-go!" as summons for the relief to turn out; and just as I was preparing to take a last turn on my post, 1 perceived, at the extremity of the shadow cast by the oflicsrs' quar ters, a ghostly figure in a long, white robe bearing in its hand a drawn sword. I endeavored to shout for assistance, but was so "harrowed with fear and wonder," that 1 was unable to articu late a single word, but stood perfectly transfixed staring at the apparition. It moved slowly past me; but when it tumid around and raised its disengaged hand to its white head covering, as If in salute, its aspect so filled ma with terror that being, as I mentioned be fore, of a nervous temperament. I fell to the ground, and only recovered con sciousness when, a minute or two after wards, I was vigorously shaken by the sergeant of the guard. That non-commissioned officer, along with the men of the relief, laughed heartily when I described the fright I had received, and remarked that I had been dreaming. The sergeant, how ever, perfoimed the duty required of him by the rules of disciple In the most inexorable fashion. He deprived me of my arms, and belt, and confined me in the prisoners' quarters in the guard room. Xext day I u u taken before the rnmintiiialng o3cer, a hot-headed Welshman, whom I shall call Colonel Morgan, charged with having been asleep at my post. To him I related the particulars of the mysterious figure I had seen, but my statement, instead of proving a satisfactory excuse for my offence, as I hoped it would, threw the worthy colonel into a state of great indignation, and he at once remitted me for trial for court-martial. On the third day after lh9 sitting of the court, 1 was informed that my sen tence would be promulcated at forenoon parade. With a sinking heart 1 heard the "assembly" sounded, then the "fall In;" and shortly afterwards the band played merrily, as If in mockery of my agitation. Escorted by a file of the guard, I marched to the centre of the hollow square into which the reglmeut had been formed; and the adjutant read out my sentence, which was that I should be imprisoned with hard labor for a period of 84 days. Appended to the confirmation of the proceedings of the court-martial by the general command ing the district was a note to the fol lowing effect: "Considering the nature of the prisoner's defence, which was calculated to excite an uneasy feeling among the men or the regiment, I con sider the punishment inflicted quite Inadequate to the enormity of his of fence. The next day I wa escorted, hand cuffed, to a military prison six miles distant, where, after having been medi cally examined and weighed I was introduced to a most select assemblage of err.ng brethren of tne sword, who were engaged in exhilarating occupa tion of picking oskam. alternated with the agreeable mutculsr exercise of "shot" drill. The humiliating and degrading situa tion in which I found myself, through no fault of my own maie.me nataraily enough, deeply regret my folly in hav ing joined the army, ana excitea wunin me many unpleasant feelings on the good prospects in civil life which I had thrown to tne wiuur. iiao aiic.ej Free's father, in Lever s "Charles ir Malley," I heartily ejaculated: "Had luck to the hand that held the hammer that struck the shilling that listed mel" N'ow for the seauel of my ghost story, which wai related to me whn I was released from durance vhb. Between 2 and 3 o'clock on the morning of the day I was taken to prison, a man came rusning mio mo gaard room of the barracks, exhibiting symptoms of the most extreme terror, and declaring. that he, too, had seen the fl ture while on sentry; and his de scription of its appearance was pre cisely similar to mine. The sergeant or tne guara at, once rushed to tne officers' quarters, woKe up the adjutant, and iuformea mm or the ghost's reappearance. A hue ana cry was at once instituted; and the orderly sergeants having been aroused, a ' check-roll" was called to ascertain whether any man had left his room for the purpose of playing a practical joke. Every nook and corner in the barracks from the officers' quarters to the wash houses were rigidly examined, but the spectre had apparently vanished into thin air, leaving all tha regiment in a state of unpleasant suspense. "What's all the row?" snouien me colonel from the window or nrs room, he having been awakened by tne unu sual commotion in the barracks. "The ghost has appeared again, sir, replied the adjutant. "Have you caugnt nimr -"No, sir." "If you do, put him, white sheet and all, in the guard room. I should very much like to see thu gentleman," re marked the colonel as he closed the sash of his window and returned to bed. ... That morning, at orderly hour, Lio nel Morgan remitted the unfortunate fellow who, like me, had been scared by the mysterious visitant, for trial by court martial, declaring that he would put an effectual check on these absurd fancies of the seutrler, and immediately berore the usual parade he delivered a most characteristic warning to the regiment on the subject. After de scribing the condign punishment which any practical joker, whether officer or private, might expect if caught ia the act of playing the ghost, the command ing officer furiously exclaimed; "When a soldier is on duty I expect that he will stick to his post, even supposing the Evil One himself should make his appearance; and I will try by court martial any man who dares to act con trary to my express injunctions. The arternooa, however, when the guard mounted, the adjutant privately gave orders that the oldest soldier should betaken for the second relief on the haunted post; and this select 10 i fell on a brawny Yorkahlreman, a Crimean and Indian veteran named Sykeswho at once intimated lt as his intention to have a shot at the spectre; and being filled with a superstitious belief In the efficacy of a silver builnt when fired at a visitor frcm the world of spirits, vowed tbat he would ban;ui;r up his day's pay of six p.nce and place it in a cartridge, to make sure f "doing for" the ghost, even although he knew the operation referred to would spoil the price ot a quart of beer. The sergeant of the guard having seriously inquired of the adjutant whether, in the event of the figure again making its appearances, the son try would be empowered to tire at it "I think not." the officer laughingly observed. "If it's a real ghost, then I'm afraid a bullet won't be of much service. If it is a practical joker, then we'll make it 'hot' enough for him witliout shooting him." That evening at mess the appearance of the spectre was the general theme of conversation among the officers; but all of them, however, expressed their incredulity in regard to the story. A few of the youngsters, whose curiosity was strongly excited on the subject, made up their minds to keep watrb beside the sentry, so as to pounce on the spirit when it made its appearance, and arranged to take with them a pet bulldog belonging to the colonel, to as sist in the operation. "Won't you join us sir?" asked a young ensign, addressing the command ing officer. I think not," he replied. "I'm tired, and shall go to bed. If you catch the ghost which I suspect is likely to be one of the men clap him in irons and put him in a cell. I'll tend to him to-morrow." When Colonel Morgan left the mess room, he visited the haunted post be fore retiiing to his quarters, which were close at hand. After replying to the sentry's challenge, he asked Sykes: "Have you seen anything as yet?" "Not yet, sir," replied the man. "I don't think that lt is likely you will, either," remarked the colonel with a laugh as be retired to his room. Shortly afterward, when the clock struck two, the young officers left the mess-room and cautiously stole over the barrack square to the place where ''spirit held his wont to walk." Poor Sykes was very glad of their company, for though he was a man of undoubted pluck, and greatly respected in the rtgiment for his pugilistic prowess, h was not at all bright at the prospect of tackling the ghost all by himself. II paced alwut on his post, keeping a sharp lookout, and the officers crouched under a shadow ot the wall; while the dog took up its quarters in the sentry box, A little before three they wort startled by the appsarance of the appa rition, which carried as before, a drawn sword. "Who comes there?" shouted Sykes, bringing his rifle to the "charge." The spectre made no answer, but slowly raised its left band to its fore head. The do;, with a loud growl, sprang out of the box and rushed open-mouthed at the figure; but when he approached it began to wag his tail, and evinced symptoms of great satisfaction. The cffio;rs and the sentry at once sur rounded the ghost, and found, to their most intense astonishment, that it was no other than Colonel Morgan himself, attired In his night dress, in a state of somnambulism! Aware of the danger of awaking him while In that condition, tbey followed him to his room, whither he almost immediately returned, and then they saw him sheathe his sword and returned to bed seemingly oblivious of their presence. Next morning he was apprise of tne circumstances of the case; and the poor colonel was naturally very much con cerned en learning the nature ef the malady of w hich he had been an uncon- j scious victim. Of course his Brit ac tion was to write an explanation to tha general, with a request for my release; and his next to publish in regimental orders his regret for the trouble he bad unwittingly occasioned. Several red-tapsd farmalities had to be gone through; and lt was some days before I was astonished and delighted bv an intimation from the prison gov ernor that I was free; and was handed over to the charge of the corporal, who had been sent to bring me to my regi ment. Whenever I entered the bar racks, I was ordered to proceed at once to the commanding officer's quartors. Colonsl Morgan shook hands with me, and expressed his extreme concern that he had b;en the innocent cause of my having bsen subjected to such ignominy. "So wonder that I frightened you. my lad," he observed with a smile. After informing me that he was about to proceed on leave with the intection of undergoing a course of medical treatment to cure him of his dangerous pro;nsity to walk in his sieep he pre sented me with five pounds by way of soiatum; and further gratified me by saying that having ascertained I was of good character and well educated, he had that day placed me in orders as hiving been appointed lance-corporal. "Always behave yourself, my lad, and 1 shan't forget you," said the colonel; and I left -his quarters perfectly over J3yed with my good luck, scarcely be lisving tbat the pleasant, affable, kind ly gentleman with whom I had con versed was the hectoring, bullying commander who was the terror of the regiment . The colonel faithfully kert his word to me. When he rejoined the corps, completely cured ot his complaint, I was promoted rapidly; and eight yean subsequently, through the influence ol my patron. General Morgan. I was gazetted as quartermaster of my regi ment. The Ism he Had. "What keeps Mr.-from kirk, James?" said a worthy minister; "I hope it is not Methodism!" T "No!" responded the verger. 1 1 something worse." , "What then. Is it Calvinism?" "Worse, your reverence, "Surely, James, it is not Deism i "Much worse, an' it please your rev- C CaVlTbe Atheism which deprive us of the best church-warden that evei Shruly0"? responded James; ."'tis much don serious matter, it is rheu matism." Tub difference -:ner-'s Wait er 1 see you have got turtle soup or the menu. Is it mock turtle?' Waiter "2fo. sir; mud." FOX IIUNTIXQ. k'tcli of an Ad venture With I York and Aimty. I the November has often been termed the j melancholy month because its chief characteristics are, as a rule, fogs, cold I wind.i. and vapors, diearitie&s and deso lation all of which are apt to produce in the huntsman a feeling of ennui. : Addison perhaps, had this month in his mind when, iu one of his essays, after mentioning that melancholy was a kind j of demon that haunts our island, lie went on to say that she (melancholy) ofteu conveyed herself to us in an east erly wind. A celebrated French novel ist seems to have bad some knowledge of an English November when he com menced one of his stories in the folio w- ! iug manner: "In the gloomy month of ! Novemlier, w hen the people of England ! hang and drown themselves, a discunso- ! late lover walked out into the uehla," etc. One of the names our Saxon ances , tors had for November was wind uionath, or wind month, which, as a j general rule, is a most appropriate term, lor then it is that November chill blawi loud with angry suzh, and November is usually tho time when the huntsman as well as the tiuve'.rr listens with dismay to The mighty roar Tht i ulin through the forest hoar When winds are piping loud. As a rule in this month it is ouly huntsmen with the strongest of consti tutions and thosa who are bold and have a passion for the s;ort that venture to join in tho hue and cry after Master Heyuaid. The weaker ones are generally not averse to following out the prescrip tion ct Philips, who, it is related, knew not a pn-S Tiption better calculated to d:s;vr.d the eiinniof November than au Mitt-resting author and a flowing bowl. Thsie are days, however, in November, which are bright and sunshiny, when tlis rustic landsoaiies may be seen in all their lieauly, and when the skylark ascends skyward, singing iUsweet lulla bies until lost to view. We have had a good many such daysdurlng November, and one of those days wai that when the popular pack of the broad acred shire h;dd a social nuvt at the rural, half-town, lialf-viilag i of Horoiigu bridge, which can boast of so many his torical .recollections. Whatever weather blows, this is always a popular inecting place, for it is iu the heart of a dUtrict thick with sportsmen of all grades, from the aristocratic to the denijciatic, and where more than one sample of the tine old Englishman is to be met with. n the morning of that day old Sjl broke out over tho distant hills steadily but truly in good time, and soon scattered in all directions the thick mist which foolishly attempted to intercept 1im path. Very soon he was robed ia sum mer array, and the line landscapes and views over a wide radius look-tl unusu ally bright, mid nature was seeu in all its j.yoiisness. Old Sol shone out bril liantly thi rest of tfw day in such sple : dor, the sky was so clear, and the air was so line and- iry, that had it not been that the Iresh green leave3 of sum mer were seen t-.i have changed into that yellow and ru-sct bro-.vn peculiar to the entl of autumn, and came ever an I anon tumbling down from their h:g:i aIkkIo-, strewuu the rural walks an ! ways around with every passing breeze, the" huntsman miht have fancied it was the middle of snmm-r rather th;:n tho dreary month of November. Th rendezvous selected was Ior oughbriilge hall, the residence of Mr. J. C. Wiiuiot Smith, one of the hardest and keenest huntsmen and sportsmen to be found in Yorkshire, fair weather or foul. The venerable mansion is of tho Elizabethan a;e, an I is situated not more than a stone's throw from thn River Uie, just where that liver is join ed by the small tributary called the Tut, in winch there is some good trout-fishing in season. Tnt situation of the mansion ii low, and it is sheltered and half obscured Amid it tall anecstral treee The dense thicke: of tree s and foliage around give it a somewhat secluded and hennitiea! apiearanee, which, however, does not inteifere with the geniality ami hospitality of tho?e living within its walls. The n.eet was announced to take place at 11 o'clock, and long before that time the entrance to the hall grounds, which leads o;:t of the old Market square, was thrown open, and as the Votariea of the sport appeared they were warm'iv and kindly greeted by Mr. ami Mrs. Wilniot-Sniiih. The genial mas ter of the hunt Mr. I.ycett Green with his huntsman, Gill.st.n, hU subal terns, with the hounds, were on Ihespot as usual in good time, for be it known that the York and Ainsty is considered facile firincps about the most punctual p ick in Yorkshire. As 11 o'clock drew near the scene in the Market square was one which will not be soon forgot ten by those who witnessed it. It was re dly and truly a thorough siecinie:i of a Yorkshire and English meet, a scene which can only be witnessed in this tight little island of ours, for it is a scene w hich is never equaled in foreign lands, however t e people there may try and imitate it. The crowd in and around the square included all soi ls and condititions of men, women aud chil dren. Members of the hunt donned in scarlet, were there in goodly numbers, mounted ou all kinds of steeds; others, who were unable or unwilling to follow hounds across the country, took to ve hicles which were in great variety, while many trusted themselves to their every-day mode of conveyance, yclept the shoemaker's galloway. Those mounted included members of the local and other nobiltty, tradesmen, fa:mer' sons, se ond-hand snob.', and butcher boys, etc, The crowd on foot was com posed of ladies fond of the sport, like most Englishwomen, but unable to fol low by other means; tradesmen and tradesmen's wives, who left tho counter or the workroom to enjoy the sunshine and to view the scene; workmen who had thrown down their tools for the nonce; and a large number of school children, who were allowed ta leave their morning's lessons earlier than usual. These la' ter, as was only natural, were in a truly joyful mood, and seemed eager for the fray, and it need scarcely ba related that many of them were not seen at school ngain during the course of the day, but indulged iu a little truant-playing. As the sun shone out brightly upon the senile and its sur roundings the most pessimistic and philosophic of those present could but agree that the effect was pretty. Conspicuous among the crowd was an invariable appendage to this hunt a man on foot, was who has borno the name of Tally-ll-a Jack for many a sen son. Wherever the York and Ainsty meet, there is . lo be seen invariably Tally-llo Jack, who knows every piece of cjuutry the 'jack run over, and who has been known to follow hounds u'l the day ttuoush at a regular jos-Uot, This eccentric creature is about at that age wnicn is known as the prime of hie, and it is said by knowing ones that he at one time possessed horses and traps of his own. He is now compelled to earn a livelihood ia the best way he can. During the hunting season, from start to fin hih, he dons his velvet cap for merly an old huntsman's and with stick in hand he is one of the mst con sistent followers of the pack. The ma jority of the hunting people know him and tip him now and then, and so assist him iu eking out life's span. His nights are spent cither in a lodging house, or more frequently, in some lonely hut or in some out-of-the-way building. When the hunting season is .over he disap pears, no one knows where, until the hunting season comes tound again. But to return to the hunt. After passing through Boroughbridge the varied procession wended its way up the road between Aldborough aud ISorough bridge, which is one long avenue of up ward of half a mile in length, then down the river, and on to the estate of a well known huntsman Mr. G. A. Ilutton Croft, of Aldborough hall, who, unfor tunately, was too ill to join in the days' sort. iuring the past year or two this gentleman has planted several coverts, and it was thought reynard might be found at home iu one of iheui. Hounds were soon to business, but the coverts wiredrawn blank. It was suggested by knowing ones that reynard. must have hidden in the thick underwood in the willow garths which border on tho Kiver Ure, and this was very probable; but, it being rather a dangerous place, bounds were moved off to the coverts near the quiet little village of Jtoscliffe, a couple of miles or so away. Here, as usual, were found Earths well stopped, and foxes plenty. The hounds were no sooner in the co vert than loud shout from various quarters proclaimed that reynard liad been aroused. Three or four foxes were ol "served in mot ion, and it was hard to say which the hounds would follow, but oua was soon singled out. Off went hounds and huntsmen in pursuit, the latter bracing themselves up for a long r:n. Af er a sharp run of about twenty min utes, however, reynard changed his opinion and harked back to his wood land home, where he no doubt anticipa ted being undi.-turbed for the rstof the day. This was not to be. however, for hounds were soon among the brush wood, and he had to seek once more fresh woods and pastures now. OJ he went at a merry pace, keeping hi i pur suers howling alon for a nice time, until he arrived at the roadway on the common on the Wetherby ro.vl. Ileing a dodgy old veteran, he plunged into n largo drain on t e roadsidu to save his brus Hounds and huntsmen were, of coarse, brought to a standstill. Mr. Wi mot Smith, who was well up, was not long in fetching a terrier from Bor oughbridge hall, and iu it went. An- her was put in at the other end ef the sVaii, but reynard could not be dis lodged, so i) was decided to move off to some other covert. The one selected 'tas at lottos hill n few- miles away. where a spli-ndid old stagrr was fou-cl at home, and before there was time to say Jack Itobiusoa he was off, and soon v.is he.ird The mililoal confusion Of hounds and evh In conjunction. Away nent hounds and huntsmen in hot pursuit, but the harder they went the further reynard seemed to pain tiKn tltein, and, ultimately, alter the lest run of the day, he escaped from the jaws of death, and saved . is brush miles away from where he had leen arotiv.l Although not a single k.ll was re corded during tho day, tho-; who were pr sent and fol'owe i hounds all the liini", declared they h id never sient a more enjoyable Nove:u!er day's hunt ing than the above. One well-known member of the hunt, who was in it all th:day, was hoard, i:t the evening, re lating, his experience, aud iu describing ihs last rnu of the day he soared into ShaUsjarcan language, and said that Every reirlon near Seem'd all one mutual err; 1 never heard So musical a diseorl, such sweet thunder. An Kx;eu-lve IUMn-.-dy. The que3t on is frequently asked, "What p.tintsdo the artists ue in paint ing the battle panoramas?'' Only colors of the l est quality arc used, such as are iiiv.l by an artist in hi work upon a tine oil painting. This color is, of course, purchased in large quantities. As an iustsnce, for the panorama in which I was interested, the rich, yellow ish paint, known as cadmium, cost $:200, aud was contained in four tin cans, each the size of an ordinary ieach can. An amusing incident occurre I in this connection during the painting of one of the panoramas. When the composition is drawn the ge: end plan for that part of the cyclorania known as the fore gr un l, which is composed of natural o'.jects, is also thought out. It is thtu settled what rtioiis of the great can vas will be hidden by the foreground ef natural objects, such as real earth works, m' unds of soil-covered earth, and log breastworks. Usually that part of tlw canvas is left w ithout color, ex cept such fanciful sketches as the artist may paint for studio view only. A por tion of our picture, "The Battle of Mis sionary llldge," was left thus blank and bare, and was mos" disturbing to the German professor who was the chief artist. His eye was so distracted and troubled by it that he one day directed some of the loitoiing models to take some color, "any color," he said, "aud scumble over the surface to tone it down." The models dressed as Union and Confederate soldiers and officers, worked industriously for twensy min utes, when it was suddenly discovered that they had emptied three fifty dollar cans of cadmium and were opening the fouith! A half dollar's worth of cheap house paint would have been better, for no preparation had been used to make the cadmium dry, and it was still soft when the panorama was sent for exhibi tion to Chicago. What the artists said when they discovered the models' mis take was not plain to me, as it was spoken in German, but I know than they all talked at the same time and very vigorously. An Eloping Girl's Xalve Promise. Alice Schinall, daughter of Mr. Schinall, of Prince George county, Va,, and Samuel Farmer, who lives near by the Schinall homestead, came to this city on Friday, and on Saturday morn ing were married. The young bride immediately after" the marriage cere mony wrote the following; "If you forgive me this time I'll uever do so again." The yauiig couple left for home this morning to receive the paternal blessing, provided such is iu store for tliem. The marriage was bit terly opposed by the bride's parents. SCPKUSTiriOMS CONXUCrKU WITH MIKRIAOE. Good and Had Omens which Believe Many There is perhaps no period In f woman's life that so completely changej sorption or a dull man. She meant her whole existence as marriage, ami i that the blank surface of bis counte for that reason she is apt to be mort' nance gave one the impression of space, superstitious and fanciful at that tiim j probably because the landmarks were than at any other ; and while supersti-j not so distutbei as to create expres tions are fast becoming a thing of tin ' slon. past, there are very lew wemen win Such plain rules as these, known alike will not hesitate before making Friday to artists and shirt-makers, that the their wedding-day, or will not rejoice at ' circumference of the wrist is half that the sun-shine, for "happy is the brid of the neck, that the length of the hand the sun shines on." June and Octo-! osuallv corresponds with that of the ber have always been held as the niosi ' faco, and thn the face can be divided propitious months in the twelve, a ' 'into thirds forehead, nose and chin happy result being rendered doubly 1 mean very little to the character stu certain if the ceremony was timed so a: dent. .They are merely the first stakes to take place at the full moon, or wheu ' driven in the survey, the sun and moon were in conjunction The most important point is tha pro The Romans were very superstition- portion of the features. If you look at about marrying in May or February ih tiiai ii,i in fnii ran hm n they avoided all celebration days, and the rtlends, nones, and ides of ever) mouth. The day of the week on whict the 14th of May fell was considered very unlucky in many parts of Eng land, and iu the Orkney Island a bride selects her wedding day so that its even ing may have a growing moon and s flowing tide. In Scotland the List daj of the year is thought to be lucky, an: if the moon should hapcn to be full at any time when a wedding takes place the bride's cup of happiness is expected to I always full. In Perthshire tin couple who have had their banns pub lished at the end of one, and are mar ried at the beginning of another quartei of a year, can expect nothing but ends The day of the week in also cf great importance, S'litday Iieing a girat fav orite iu some parts of lAigland and Ire laud. And although an English las would not marry on Friday, the Frenct girl thinks the last Friday in the montl particularly fortunate. Most of ui know the old saying concerning tin wedding-day; Monday for wealth, Tuck Lit for health, WednvsJuy the best day of all; ThumUv for cnxoo; Kriduy for losses, Saturday no luck at all. In Yorkshire, when the bride is 01 the ioint of crossing her father's thresh hold, after returuing lrom church, t plate, containing a few small pieces ol cake, is thrown from an upper window of the houeby a male relative. If th pint i is broken she will be happy; i: not, she will not expect to escape mis ery. ft In Swelen a bride must carry breai iu her pocket, and as many pieces sha can throw away just so much troubli does she cast from her; but it is no lucl to gather the pieces. Should the bridt lose her slipper, then she will lose al troubles, ouly in this case the persm wlei picks it up will gain riches. T u Manxmen put salt in their pockets anc lulians "blessed" charms. V if V Aft nli'intiv mnn tnr IIia- u 1 .v u ...... i - ....v.a ... Itur ding t) be put off when the day ha; lieen Used, and it is believed much ham will ensue if a br.degroom stands al the junction of cross-roads or beside ; closed gate on his wedding morn. In Kngland it is thought to be a I su. sign if the bride falls to shed tears oi tne happy day, o;- if ?he i'ldu j.s herself by takinz the hist look at the looking- clas after her tol.ette is completed: bu: she may gratify her vanity without dan - ger if she leaves one hand un;love L To look back or go back beiore enter- ing the church-door, to marry in green. or while there i an open grave in tin churchyard, are all unfortunate, aut the bride must le catefut to go in at ono door and out at the other. When the hiideMiiaids undress 1 1 bride, they must throw away all tin pins. Woe. to the bridesmaids if the) keep one or them, for they will not b married b-fo:e Whitsuntide, or unti the Easter following at the so nest. If tho bridal party venture off dn land, they must go up stream. Tin bride must, to be lucky, wear Something old and omethinr new, Something gold and something blue. If she should nee a strange cat or he-.u a strange cat sneeze on her wedding-! dav. then she will bo very happy; ane If on her wedding-morning she step; from her lied on to something hiirLe still, she will from that moment rise ir the world. For this purpose a table it placed beside the bed, and if it can stand near something higher than it. then she must step from the table tt that which is higher. But woe betide her should she fall. In leaving the house and church sh must be very careful to put her right fi-ot forward, and on no account allow anyone to speak to her husband unti' shn has called him by name. To break the wedding-riug is at omen that the wearer will soon be a widow. Intelligent Flash. Flash, the flue pointer dog belonging to Dr. C. A. Packard, of Bath, Me,, it following his master's carriage througt a crowded street, had the toe of his forefoot caught under a wheel. The claw after this began to grow out, and the wound became exceedingly painful. One day the doctor examined tin wound, aud said to the dog in a business-like way : " Well, Flash, I think you'll be ob liged to have that claw cut off." Flash looked up knowingly, and wag ged his tail. A day or two later, tin wound had become worse, and Flash came limping into his master's office, laid his paw upon his bp, and submit ted to a painful operation without a twinge. Not long afterwards. Dr. Packard was surprised to see Flash come intc his office one day, with a small black cur following him. Flash rushed up to the doctor, and back to the cur, aud kept up this movement for some time. At last the doctor examined the strange dog, and found that he had been wounded, and was still bleeding. He dressed the wound, and the dog went away. In some way, which human beings would find it hard to understand, Flash had induced the wounded dog to come to the doctor's office and have his hurt attended to. Virtue. A man that hath no virtue in himself ever euvicth virtue in others; for men' minds will either feed upon tlieir own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other; and whoso is out of hope to at- tain another's virtue will seek to come at even hand by depressing another' fortuir, RTTTDY OP y ACE JUNES. The Cardinal Rale and Principles of Physiognomy. As atii Did aii nn itn nf fiuA ran make him." was & wittv woman's da- that tha line passing through the center of both eyes divides the head exactly in the middle, giving for the nicest possi ble lulacce, us much height below as above. Next, tveiy feature and every trait should be entirely in harmony with all the rest, all expressing the same mean ing. It is not enough that one p rtlon is made according to artistic canons a cue nose, a beautiful mouth, a poetic forehead, a noble throat and chin; but the entire face should correspond with its most striking and perfect feature, ! If not in contour, at least in signlficance lliyslognomtsts have tried too much to separate qualities, to locate certain attributes in certain parts, whereas it is as much the relation of every one to the whole tbat should be studied In de termining character. The whole is in every part. Physiognomy has never yet been re duce J to an exact science. Lavater, w horn Goethe called "the best, greatest, wisest, sincerest of all mortal or im mortal men that 1 know," made a good beginning, aud is perhaps our best standard. IMsarte had a marvelous I exception of how the spirit works througii and upon the body, yet so com plex is the subject lt cannot yet be said to be reduced to a demonstrable sys tem. Iu connection with the outward form there is always to be considered the mystic principle within lt that we call "blood" for want of a better name. This invariably tell, oftentimes spoiling the fairest model and quite as often ennobling and refining the most iued exteilor. The e'ement of expression is not the least baCling one in the human compo sition. VY by one face is vapid aud another radiant can not be determined by analysis of the flsh. One "lights up.'' but tho source of the lllumina tiouls as difficr.lt to establish as the starting point of sheet-lightning iu cloud. Another darkens with a black passion, but from whence the curtain fell who can tell? The two most important lines in every face are those which represent trie ctert or the mouth and the contour of the upper eyelid. They are always horizontal, and horizontal lines are signs of i t abll.tr and persistence. It h as been asserted by careful observers that there are more good foreheads and eyes than good mouths and chins. that be true men have the advanU ' over women, because a beard can cvn J the defective line of chin and the moustache can hide the pinched ot . seasual Hps. Small mcutts have been likened to rose-buds, but It Is the broad, flexible, ' histrionic mouth, after all, that has the most meaning In lt. A certain form cf the upper ltp called "Cupid's bow" is considered very beautful. The center of its upper line coms down to a sharp point, and the center of its , under line comes alo into a point. ratner less stiarp, anj forming a little j ball or drop that somstimas delicately clasp the lower Hp, frequently bangs j loose above it atd prtl fI0m From these two points the lines sweet I away on either side in two pairs of ' oge curves. Printers are never satis hed w thmt this kind of a mouth, nd a treses imitate it with their rouge. Some tne has said "Nature makes the i other features, but the Individual is ! responsible foi the mouth," which J would seem to be true, as in childreu the mouth Is entirely expressionless !and upgoverned, while the eyes reveal tl e feelings. It the upper head expresses the Intel ligence of a man, the lower one rev ah ttie measure of his strength. The movable features, or the ones that have most to do with passing changes of thought and feeling, are the nostrils, eyes and brows. Mrs. Siddons and John Kemble. both representing a very high order of beauty, bad very expres sive nostrils. The class of muscles that orerale them were in both especi ally powerful. The eyes are the tellers ot secrets, and their language is quite as well understood as that of the tongue. They are armed with the most potent of human weapons tears. The inner extremity tf the eye-brow is a very expres-ive feature; there ts a? much menace in it as in a clinched fht Who has cot noticed the resemblance to animals in human faces? It was said that George Eliot looked like a horse, Goethe like a lion, and Ctrlylc like a grizzly bear. There are plenty of human birds. Thoreau had an actual btrd-wilderness about him. HU high nose was like a beak and bis eyes bad the alertuess and clearness of the wood's creatures. Women are some times cafled hens, from their narrow range of ideas and their fussy, cackling ways. Besides these we see among human types the dog and the donkey, the sheep and the hog, the squirrel and the rat. It is fortunate for both men and women that as years rob them of the beauty of color and contour they add by the delicate gravure of character, line upon line, pencil-point upon pencil-point, tho history of the soul's progress. Every mark tells something of the inner history, and he would be great indeed who could gather man's multiform passions and experiences, label each with its properly certified tag, ass'gn It Its place iu face or figure, and then say; "Behold my exact science, physiognomy I" He Liooka Askancft. You cannot make a monkey look straight at you. Iu glance shifts off to one side or to the other. It nevei ' catches your eye full or fixes its own J upon yours. 1 ou may try as long as ; you like, but you will never sucoeed. a monkey cannot look a human being :i the face. NKWSILY BRIEF. Newspaper readers are the people who buy the bulk of goods. Speculators in stocks will find this a good time to stand from under. Illinois, it is stated, has so debt and 1500,000 in the State Treasury. The New Year moves brlsklv alonir, like the general business of the country. Ail the world is listening for the first gun that will tell of Europe's war. Salt River Valley, A. T., is receiv ing a large cumber ot settlers from the East. St. Paul has invested this year In new buildings f3,G3S,092. That looks healthy. The value of new gold received at the Denver, Col- Mint in 13Sj was 51.- 414,700. If the Government would furnish signals of financial storms we would all be happy. Montana is reported to be out of debt, and has 137.000 in tho State Treasury. The debt of Pennsvlvania is 17.- 258.982 a reduction m four years of t2.9G6.101. An artesian well at 5L Auarustine. Fla., throws up 15.000.000 trallons of sulphur water daily. The dog, accord i a? to a recent de cision given In a Cincinnati Court, it not a " domestic animal." Reading R. R. Co.'s aflaira are a complicated as ever; their liabilities last year increased 5,051 804. An Indiau reservation in North Carolina is said to cover 73,000 acres, on which reside 3j00 Cherokees. Don't keep the shutters un too lona "taking stock" the country is widei awake than usual this year of 1337. Lee Wlnnemucca. fceirto the Piute chieftainship, is in Sau Francisco to eonsult an oculist He is totally blind. The Mayor of Brockton, Mass., hat removed the whole Board of Health ot that place for alleged extravagance, etc. A ship broker in New York, it 1 stated, has a list of 177 English steam vessels which the owners are anxious t selL Twelve million dol'ars put into new buildings in Boston last yenr Indicates I tolerably vigorous growth cf tha old town, Toboggan slides without snow an getting to be numerous. Snow foi some of these is brought a long distance by raiL It is said there are plenty of Silvei Certificates, and yet lots of merchanti complain tcause they caunot get hold of them. About 350,000 barrels of applei were shipped for export from New York last year. Tho trade is steadily In creasing. A marsh near Cape May, N. J., is being searched for Capt. Kldd's sup. posed buried treasures by some pecp'e of that city. The word "its" is said not tooccui at all in the King James translation of the Bible and but three or four times ii Shakespeare. A laree, full-grown seal was shol in Staten Island Sound, off the Lehigh Navigation Company's coal docks EliZHbethport, N. J. California last vear shiDPed eaai 13,fH) tons of crapes. If freights will justify it, double that amount will reach us another year. A "ghost bell" that r ngs Itself is t sn a'.ion on the Thetle. hinir at ths Brooklyu Navy Yard. A "Plication haj been made for a new bell tur the vessel, lt is said. A copyist in the In'.erlor DeDSrt- ment offices ia "the very coun'eniarf of Mrs. Grover Cleveland, it Is ated. and has on numerous occasions bfr mistaken for her. A farmer living near Davton. Ohio. is said not to have spoken a word U nis wiie. nor she to him, during tL past 26 years, owing to a Quarrel thev had over a child at that time. Alexander Johnstone, of Lanirholm Dumfriesshire, lately deceased, was th oldest Free Mason in Great Britain. He was 95 years old. and had belonzed to the craft for more than 71 years. "Johnny, I have discovered that you have taken more maple sugar than I gave you." "Yes, grandma; I'vi been making believe there was anothei little boy spending the day with me." A tunnel twelve miles long Is to be run In Nevada county, California, roi the purpose ef draining certain mines In that sectlcn. A company with il,. 000,000 capital has been formed to dc the work. An Illinois woman probably owei her life to an unceremonious tossing into a snowdrift, which she was glvea recently, by a rarty of neighbors Hei clothing had caught Are and they took this means ot extinguishing the flames. It is noticeable, says local reports, that many of the inmates In the town of Hemp6tead, L. I., as well as many persons who receive relief from the town, are impoverished by the opium habit. The Chinese Government are stated to have ordered two captive bal loons from Paris, and have provided for practical aeronauts and proper ma chinery for manufacturing hydrogen gas. A citizen of Mount Vernon, N. Y., has sued that village for f 50,000 dam ages. The complaint seU forth that an open sewer pollutes tte neighborhood where he resides, and renders lifa un bearable. A bed of cream and white colored marble has been discovered just in the edge of Rome, Ga. A company has been formed to develop the marble, which is there in almost exbaustlesa quantities. A white otter, 56 inches long twelve inches longer than the common brown otter and said to be the first one of the kind ever seen in this coun try, has been received by a New York Turrier. It is from Hudson's Bay. A California correspondent de scribes a grape vine growing in Santa Barbara county, which is C3 years old, and which produces annually from 10, 000 to 12,000 pounds of grapes, many of the bunches weighing six and seveu pounds. ' The laying bare of the paws of the ?reat sphinx endorses the fact that Greek travelers were fond of inscribing their names and jokes ob them. Prof. Uaspero is to endeavor to decipher these inscriptions and the originals of certain witticisms on the pluuaber, ice cream, green apples, the church fair tater, bald-headed men and mother-In-.aws are among t' e looked for results. fl
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