gars B.F. SOHWEIER, THB 003 Bill UXIOI-TEE TJHOI-AID TEX EJT0XGT3CEXT 01 1KB Li8. Editor and Proprietor. V(),. xu. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 30, 1887. NO. 14. riiil'P. My King. rook t me witi. thy iarse brown eyes, 0CI Philip mv king. gd w th. P"1" ,,M .Wuri-lbl.Mvp.r.Uul-.; , ,i T F,;licr to command si t find, a uuw-n-liandniaiden, Tul ' 11,7 King. n . lh: Jav rlin ttion t.wst a wooing. TdVr'-. cvrr tLv kingdom ir. For w tlat ah ! we love so b..n J.y, l'l;i::i uiy King. i-d from Mveet iroatli-up to thy brow, Th. srlrit that iLrr :e slerping now Lit n Uk i..t 1-n.i ake men bow A. fo oLe beaveu-ci.."" amongst his pers, v .u' tUan tl bretbrrn ullerand lairer Uime WloA th in ir.'.an year Vrt ttv L.ad neMcta a circlet raxer. rhi.if, my King. A wroth, at of colJ, 1 M:m. One Jay, l'bilip, J K:ug. Thou, too, must tread as we trod, a way tJUt and orari and v!d and gray ; rTli uuu tie, and low without. Will snatcU at thy crown, but march on ViaVr vet monarch: ti.l angels sboat A lieu "sii'ft at tUe feet of liod victorious. lu: ip, nay Kiu. HOW IT HAPPENED. Creek, creak, went the rlgzing. VLirr-r-r, went tbe wind through it. Tir!nz and straining at the cordir.g. and tossing the treat steamer about as ,1 it Were a tor, the wind cautrnt at me masts and made thorn groan and quiver, then, in sheer wantonness, gathered up a rnKtv wave and sent it tearing, a white sheet of foam, clear across the deck. And t! e passengers, most of them who were huddled together in the cabin, shivered a-id exchanged glances of e33iin:seri:o:i, not devoid, in some cases, of very huuiaa fear. Wb:rr-r-r,;e!.t the wind; and caught on its wav, a jaunty, red-Knitted cap, twitted it aloft in derbion, then left it bobiltz desolately about at the mercy of tte waters, and prepared to give at tention to further ilishevelmeut of the wavy, dark Lor 1 leaning over the bul warks. There was a dismayed cry, and two hands jra-v-l wiidly at the empty air, returning to hold to the small, shapely bead, lest it should follow. 'Hut's a pity. It was such a pretty bat!'' said a masculine voice, 'Tea, wasn't it':" ia dolorous, wind tossed quaver. Then they looked at each other a moment in silence, and teu laughed, sorjy, heartily, with youtli's gladness. He spoke first, quickly and positively: "Forgive rce for speaking to you, but it was sicu a chance. I've wanted to know you all along. My name Is Seil Blake, and 1 live in Boston. Mar I talk to you? Do you mind?" "ify m is Eugenie Grant, and I lire in Buffalo. I think I do not mind." Ami they leaned together, clinging to tie bulwarks, arid watched the bub fccg red cap till it was lost to view; then she pulled !.er water-proof bood over ter curls, an 1 they sat down in tie ihe'.ter ot the wheelhouse, and fiked toother in youthful earnest ness. Four days out from Liverpool. For four days i, had teen a victim to the harms of the young woman who then sat composedly m dripping waterproof beside Lim. lie had seen her as she came on board, holding her gray skirts daintily about her, while her lace-edged petticoats jeeped from beneath. He thought l.e l ad never seen a prettier figure than that outlined by the gray suit, nor softer, lovelier eyes than the ones that glanced at him, and looked away to glance again. lie had wanted so much to know ter, but she had seemed shy; true, she had teeied at t!m from behind the floral tower in tte centre of the table; she had locked at him and laughed when, the first rough day, he supported Lis next neighbor in gasping misery from the table, but he had found no cbanc? to speak to hex. 5b9 Lad become prettier upon close inspection than he had at Crst thought, and most distracting'.y so in the ill-fate i d cap, from unutr wh:ch her eyes bad shone like twin, laughing stars. So, you may be verv sure that he Cade the most of the episode of the cap, and, leaning on one elbow, talked w her most earnestly and confidentially; he should giva her no chance to escaps not. Indeed, that she showed any in clination to desert her damp rope coil ror the gorgeous upholstery of the salon Che seemed very contented, crossing Ctt small feet in their rubber boots, tI?1;2 Lem':f comfortably. aid not take tht-m long to grow coiiudential, and before ihey went into ft-Mer she had the pleading assurance be was the ouly child or a father not 'T rai!roa,1s-well, perhaps flfci'1" but something as sweeping ted ttwttMe, Luitnie was sure. And ut that she was a Vassar s-n, that she really was near-sighted, uiongh you would Lever believe it, and T mamn" was always desperately ti i . Uiewa'er- 11 is doubtful if rnf f?ct Produced the regret ft Rurally should, and, as the days went titJt med l- hlm a positive blessing inlL"1" ai r:' stowed away m invisibility. Perhaps it was just as well, for other- lov7lv m,lgUt uot 1:ave enjoyed the thf,t .f .y mghte when to wbotw4nPWH3sac,lIee; wLen lLe beaf, ld Seemed w'th moon- UipT' . . hV-0V moonbeams, when l -nrt , ,tei? s!iip gUded leaving be that i h1, !:,InIne sih'er, of ripples beaven SrM lhiit led 6trai2ht to shTntrc. Uen:e saiJ straight to the Thi r3 at lh,; d;3lant horizon, in thirf uetbir, night after night, to earl, Pooubeams, and siHke tliinri a t " Sofl!y-and made of tr.vial Zk 5 oad mystery, and her eyes or. opea before the near, ;wwe-1'r.rcwnones- b,it aa inraKii i'iiiammawas quite capS ,,7' talked or the red Kt, 1 their aclintancet that soWV00 more tove'y with and hltearir bout her head, Well r lXi?1 1,6 thought her that itifr luUly tu:a so. After fce U&iV- ge that Mlsibte Gme'"and maybe, it nd'hap' "T80r tw' his and harbor w1? Le t'Xew York ,u iLe r shpitorl " "lc- panea both h7rSted ?, be held fast hfri. v. ana itie two thA I the two shadowed WUJ On tha " " cy rat toI uii. mt0 one-at w tnat u the way it looked, and Eugenie ran with hoc, red cheeks to the cabin. The next morning all was hub-bub: the bustle of disembarking, the nervous flurry of righteous desire to evade the custom officers; the collectmz of mis laid luggage, all made the scene a lively one. Eugenie was in her state-room. frantically tryinc to make one satchel do the w ork of two, when a rap at her door was ioi lowed by Neil's voice. Tlease do a favor for me," he said, in ms empnauc way. " ear tuts nne off the boat for me. It's very valuable; a iriena sent Dy me lor it, Dut 1 donT know" with smiling eyes "that I shall let him have it now. You wear it, and I'll ccme to your hotel to-night for it if I must take it; but I hope you Know wnat. 'Ueniel" He was gone, and Eugenie stood with nappy o'.usues on her fair face, clasninz tight the small package containing the ring, uer ring, it might be. u she said so, and was there any doubt what she would sayr bhe pressed it to her lips. "Hurry, 'Genie'." cried a querulous voice, "hurry, child!" She started, and tore opn the pack age with eager haste, bringing forth on the end ot her finger a ring. Uer face felL What a wretched little thingl A cameo of cheapest variety, and consider ably too large for her slender fingers. worse than ordinary 1" said Euge nie. "What does he mean by asking me to wear such a piltry affairl Well, I don't care." she decided, at last, "but he needn't have said it was very valua ble," andJt is greitly to be feared that Eugenie's door shut forcibly after her. The cuckoo on the clock in the hotel parlor had just screeched for 9 o'clock when .Neil ran up the stairs and tapped on the door of the parlor allotted to "J. IX Grant, wife and daughter, Buffalo." Very handsome and eager he looked, and it is small wonder that Eugenie blushed brightly as he took her hands "What a swell ycu are!" he said, ad miring th? white billows of lace that fell about her, leaving bare the soft neck and rounded arm-". Uow much time can you give me?" "Not much; it is time to go. But I will see you to-morrow wont I. nere is your ring; I've been afraid I chould lose it, it is so large for me." She holds it out to him. He takes i and with it both her hands. "Then you'll keep the other, 'Genie?" iu anxious inquiry. "The other! What other?" said Eu genie. "Why, the diamond, of course, what do you suppose?" "The diamond!" in amazement. "There was no diamond!" He stared a moment and then laughed. "Uh! come now! That's a joke, and I'll laugh at it by-and-by. but just now I'm more interested m something else in you." "But there was no diamond, what do you mean by saying so?" In wonder ment. Neil's face Hushed, and his voice was! more than unusually positive almost offensively so, Eugenie thought, as be said: "You know perfectly well what I meau and, forgive me, but ifis !n rather poor taste to cortluue that un welcome joke." "1 don't know what you are talking about," she replied, with dignity. "1 wore your valuable ring; If there was any diamond about it I tailed to see it. I shall have to wish you good-evening, Mr. Blake." "Of course I did not ask you to wear this," in contemptuous designation of the cameo. "It was simply in the package with tte other, the diamond that you do not seem able to remem ber." "How dare you! ' cried angry Euge nie. "You are telling a falsehood. Papa shall " "Tapal" in elevated. hvsteric voice as the door opened; "he says I have stolen a ring!'' and subsided into a crushed, tearful heap on the so "a. Papa Grant was a portly, pompous gentleman, with a great deal of gold watch chain across a fcroad expanse ot white vest. Verv deliberate and particular, he required that the matter should be fully explained twice by his weeping daugh ter, before expressing an opinion. "You are an impudent young ras cal," said Tapa Grant, "n to gave you leave to address my aaugnter at. all?" "All lean ray, sir," persisted Neil, doggedly, "is that I gave to JIiss Grant" (not 'Genie auy more. Alas!) a package containing a diamond ring, which ring she now declines to pro duce," At this there was a fresh explosion ot sobs from behind the handkerchief, and two high heels dug wildly into the carpet. Papa Grant swelled with of fended dignity, and lor a moment u looked as if "eil's chance for a safe exit were not flattering, but there was a new arrival upon the scene. Fair and Blight and delicate, out witn a sell possession ana eweei, cauuiu: that reduced the while vest, calmed Eueenie's sobs, and reassured Nell, all at once the heretofore invisible mam ma. "You are sure the ring was in the package, Mr. Blake?" after a third ex planatien." "It was," said Neil, firmly. "It was not," said Eugenie, as firm Then they glared at each other. "Oh. this will never do." said Mrs. Grant, in calm dismay. "Mr. Blake, I know your father, he Is a gentleman. I think his son is one; it is impossible that you should try to deceive us." Xtil bowed gratefully. "And it is equally impossible that my daughter should do so. There must be some mistake." "There is not,".declaredithe belliger ents in a breath. "There most be some mistake," re peated the mother, calmly. "Eugenie may have overlooked the ring in her hurry. Ot course you are sure you did not, my dear. But it maybe." She pondered a moment while Jieil and Eugenie watched her breathlessly. "If we could," she said, at last, if we could go on the boat, before our state-room had been swept do you think it possible, Joseph?" He of the gold watch chain thus ap pealed to, sniffed contemptuously. "Absurdl Out of th8 question! The whole affair is ridiculous, and comes from allowing your daughter to make indiscriminate acquaintances, against which I particularly warned you. I set the whole matter aside." But the calm-voiced little woman was a power in the household, and, after a little, Neil was despached for a carnage, and Eugenie to take off her pretty party-dress and bathe her tear stained face. Neil was very wretched as he helped Mrs. Grant Into a ca-nage, and when Eugenie flounced by him and stared stonily, with red, angry eyes at blm, fea felt that he bad nothing to live for, and climbed up by Uie driver a very abject ana miserable young man. After a great deal of driving about muddy st rests, of talkiuz. ot areutne. and of lo3 of temper, the party found themselves at the door of the state-room Eugenie bad bid a fond good-by at noon. She darted forward, ahead of me rest, and her eyes sought eagerly about its limited area. She kicked away with the tip of her shoe the pile or papers in me corner, ant pounced down upon the pink jeweler's paper that had held the cameo. Her face flushed, her eyes brightened, and little dimples came and went as she drew forth from It a tiny box which. ODened. sent out glittering, scintillating rays irom tne gem within. The lost ring! Down upon a pile of ruouisn, waiting to be swept out by careless hands, had Iain the little pack age that had caused so much heart-ache and so many tears. 'It's well I suggested coming," said Tapa Grant. "I don t know bow I happened to think of it Take care of that step. Agnes." and Neil was lef: alone. Left alone; with drooping head and a very real ache at his heart And so this was the end of it all; of the moonlight nigbts; of the whispered words: of the clasped hands. Aud he must prepare to forget it alh The curving rosy moutt, the shining eyes. Forget them! It would be very hard to do. There came a soft touch on his arm and a Jaunty bat rested against his shoulder. "Oh. Neil! How could I know the wietched ring was there? Can you for give me? Dj forgive me, and then I can forgive you. We'll not think about it any more, will we? I came back to tell you bo dear." I hen he put both arms about her. and kissed her softly before they went out into the night Ail this was a year ago. Tl e diamond is on Eugenie's finger now, and daily letters fly back and forth, letters long and tender, hut which, with May's first flowers, will cease, for then it is their wedding-day win come. Education of Farmers. While it Is not to be inferred that farmers are uneducated or in any sense inferior to other classes in intelligence, yet there is room for greater educa tional expansion, which should not be overlooked. It has been but a decade since "book farming" was derived as a pastime, resulting in great expenses and no prollt; but at the present day boo farming" is considered indis pensable in conducting practical oper ations on the farm. The "book farm er," as tne phrase is understood, may not have been an adept in the use of implements, may have lacked skill at the plow and lu feeding and knowledge ot xUo ffnpr mode of expcnditut tt while he was lacking in practical ex perience, he was always aiming for the best of everything, and, by experi ments,dncated his neighbors. Thoug'.) he knew nothing about milking a cow, yet he could, at a glance, separate the different breeds of stock and mate them for the best results; and his Knowledge of fertilizers, varieties of plants and peculiarities of soils, was often far in advance of his mora prac tical neighbors. While his efforts were often failures, they always tended to a better system ot cultivation and the introduction of supenor stock In the section in which be operated. If the skilled and practical artisan considers it his duty to make a study of architecture, mechanical drawings and specifications, with the advantage of books giving the experience and designs of others, there is no reason for the farmer to refuse kindred privileges for himself. A knowledge of the progress made in bis calling can be gained ouly by study and practical experiment upon the theories advanced. There are hundreds of farmers who are experts in the management of a dairy, yet who give little or no attention to the classi fication of stock; and some of the most successful ot horticulturists have no idea of how the varieties of fruit culti vated by tbem were produced. Though farmers, like all other class es, may be benefited by knowledge, they are not as clow as is generally supposed. Every season there are'a great number of conventions held to consider agricultural subjects, and at the recent Fat Stock Show there were twenty-one meetings of breeders of dif ferent classes of stock, representing every section of the country. But the ma'iaes are best educated not only by the study of agricultural literature, but by meetings in each locality. It is at such meetings that the practical and theoretical can be compared, and the experiments and opinions of every member given. A great advantage of local meetings is the facility of inspec tion of the farms of such sections and a direct comparison of the growing crops, as well as the live stock possess ed by each, which affords an opportu nity also to the younger members. In fusing in them a spirit of progress which is sure to result in beneflt in the future, and to render agriculture more and more profitable. Old Delhi. It stands on a hill considerably ele vated above the surrounding streets, aud juet large enough for the entire building, and Is entered by three hand some gateways of red sandstone, which are reached by mounting long and wide fiigets or steps of the same material. The astern or Mecca entrance has been closed by order of the government on account of fear of trouble between Hindoos and Mohammedans. Our guide had to leave us at the toot of the steps, he being a Hindoo. Ve were permitted to enter simply because we were uot what the Mobammeiaci con soler all Hindoos idolaters. Piissing through the entrance we stepped into a large quandrangle paved with fine large flags of red sandstone, all of the same size, and each having inlaid in black in It the pattern we find in all Mohammedan kueeling rugs. During service each fUzstone is occu pied by a separate worshipper, ami as , they all kneel and rise at certain periods of the service, the regularity , and precision of their movements would , j... ,i, nnstirillfid corps of i do creuii w -7 soldiers in the world. m m Friend "That humorist of yours writes as though he had lots ot exper- Editor "Toil think so?" "Yes. He must be a brave man, too. T never saw such dandy mother-in-law joK he cracks off. I wouldn't do ''UmlThe young man tsn'i mar ried, you know." "Ab-h-ui" HAm-RESSlXQ STYLKS. The Baggy Roll ia oat ot Style and the Sappho Is Now the Correot Thin. '"EverV One is dnlnv hpr hair nr. hint. now," said a little hair-dresser, patting her own dainty coronal of red-brown hair. "We tried it down low awhile ago, out tne ladles didn't like it" "Whv?" . It wasn't becoming, or they thought it wasn't It's partly owing to the shape of the hats, you know. Tbe'hair has to be done high to make them look wen." "Some, I suppose, do it to lend height to their figures." "An, well yes. The truth is. tls tne fashionable way; what other mo- . f I . in.. uve is neeaear" "True enough. And banirs. "Bangs will bold their own you. may ue sure, me rompadour style was never generauy accepted, it was too f rightfully common-eense for one thing, And then it was SO unhfwrnminir !nm. mon-sense things are apt to be unbe coming, j. no bang can be pardoned. It is only a sin; the Pompadour head- uress is a stupidity." "What sort of banir ia mrwt faiMnn able now?" "The Russian bang. It's short on the Sides and Dointeri in front:. Rut It's not long at anv Dart." - "So the Pompadour style is quit given upr" Ul yes: vouseeitwas sovervtrv lug. Not one woman in a hundred looks well with her hair combed straight uaca irom uer race, rnern is snmiuiinv siaruing aoout it particularly when me uat-rim is uroaa." "How about Short hair? Is it worn much now?" "Not nearlv so much as it was a whila ago. Most of the ladiei who had their hair rut lARt vpar nnxntr fr. nn nnv They use these little pin-loops short switches, yon know, iu the end of which a pin can be fastened." "now was it tnat so many women uaa meir nair cuir" "It has Rnmn irrx Bilirinf to Vnr one thing, it is light and clean, and if one has a shapely bead there is a desire to snow it at least once in a lifetime. witnout a buncn of hair somewhere on it" "How dil the ladies keep their hair curled when it was short?" "iney bad it washed once every week and curled only seventy-five cents, you know and it staid In a vhoie week." "Must have got frowsy?" "Not at all. It was lovely. I sup pose they were a little careful with it." "Wore night-caps, perhaps?" The little hairdresser looked shocked. "No," she said. "I don't think they did." "Why?" "Because they're so ugly." "O, a bit of lace, with a breath of perfume in it, tied nnder a pink chin with a ribbon, and letting a stray curl or two escape about tne temples it wouldn't be so bad, eh?" Ihe little hairdresser changed the subject "We don't powder hair much only new and then, when a person has a great personal liking for it "It was an elegant fashion." ''Yes. It was nice for masquerades or balls where costumes were worn You see, one reason why so many ladies had their hair cut off to return to short hair was because It had been bleached. A few years ago there was a great deal or bleaching done. Ul a fearful bother to a lady, and she's al most sure to be sorry that she has had it done, for it necessitates constant at tention. .Every time ner nairgrows out an inch she has to bleach the new hair to the roots. Indeed, they almost al ways end by having it cut off." "Then there Isn't much bleaching done now?" Very little, indeed. There wasn't very much satisfaction in it for every one could tell it was bleached hair." "What Is the latest style of doing op the hair?" "They call It tne bappno. It's very simple and graceful. You can do it with your own hair or with switches. See, here is one of the switches. It can be very quickly done. It is made with simple but very graceful loops. It is taking remarka'oly well with the ladies, and is almost universally becom ing. The ladles are always glad to get a new way of doing up the hair. Of courso we have some very elaborate ways of doing the hair for full-dress balif. Tall rosettes made of tulle and an aigrette of Koman pearls are worn on the top of the coiffure." "Is the French twist worn now?" "A neat, smooth French twist is al ways sure to be popular with certain ladies, but the baggy twist has quite gone out" "Horrible freak, that baggy twist" "Oh, yes. It was carried so to ex tremes." "One always feared that the lady who wore one was absent-minded and bad forgotten to comb ner hair." "Yes, it's bad to be in doubt on a subject like that There are no end ef pretty styles, but they are quite similar after all. As I say, the Sappho style is the very newest thlDg." Every girl in the shop it was here discovered had her hair done in the Sappho style. Some bad black bair. and one had red, two bad brown, and another, like Leda, had golden hair, but each and every one wore it in the style made after the immortal singer. "Do you purchase any hair?" the hairdresser was asked. "No. We get it all from New York. I think it mostly comes from foreign parts. I guess they get it from peas ants; really I don't know where It does come from." "Wonder why it isn't purchased here? It would make it much cheaper, wouldn't It?" . "It ought to. For one thing it would ba difficult to get good blonde hair here." The little hairdresser was getting tired and leaned over the counter, playing with a long, yellow switch. "What hair is the most difficult to match?" "The different shades of gray and drab hair. Drab is the rarest of all." "Are all those curled fronts curled naturally or artificially?" "Naturally. The more they are moist ened and combed the better they look." Do many ladies weir fronts?" "A very great many. They save so much trouble. For any woman in business they are an excellent thing, because they are always ready and can be fastened In place so quickly. When a lady buys a front she generally gets it a shade lighter than her hair, because if it were the tame shads It would al ways look different. It hasn't the air lnetw of live hair, yon see. "Dow about wigs?" Well, when a lady loses her hair by sickness or old age of course she take to wigs. I don't think very marv are worn." "Thank you Good bv." "Oood-by O, say I You know the red brown hair is most admired at present, or the gold with red lights in "Yas?" "And gray hair Isnt sueh a dread as it used to be. If a lady has gray hair now she doesn't need to color it She lets t get white. Whits hair is counted very beaut If uL" "How do they manage to make it white? Do they do anything to help in on?" The little hairdresser threw back her head and laughed. "Oh, yes," she said: "they live. It's expensive and tedious, but it's success fuL" She tossed the switches and fronts, the puffs and bangs into the show cases, snapped the door together and ran into the back room. ODD THINGS IV CIUXA. Interesting facts Collated by a Civil- ieu ana cultivated fexolaiidariii. The highest ambition of a Chinese gentleman is to have a nice cofiia and a fine funeral. They feed their friends sumDtuouslv when dead, but let them take care of themselves the best they could while alive. Old women instead of the vounz are the idles (belles) of society. iu highest recommendation a man can have is in the fact of his having a ife. A bachelor is likened to a counter feited coin; he is looked apon with suspicion even by members of bis own horehold. Love-making is only done three days after marriage. It is not only consid ered the Barest way to set ahead or a rival, but the surest way to get a wife without losing much time. A previous acQuamtanceshiD between tha male and lemale prevents them from marriage. For this reason a man seldom weds a girl ot his own town. They are likewise prevented from marrying kins or namesakes. Joneses are not allowed to marry Joneses, nor Smiths to marry Smiths. A girl is never considered anything else In her own father's house than an honored guest She is neither respon sible for the family's debts nor enjoys a share in its fortunes, as in the case of sons. Daughters depend upon their bus- ba?"3 -for fame and fortune, while sood9pena upon the parents and upon theuJaelves, Al man could borrow ioodst on the tWath oC his Laving a on, bat j one wonld advance him a cent it he had a dozen ot daughters. The former Is responsible for the debts of his father for three generations. The latter Is only responsible for the debts of her own husband. When a Chinaman meets another be shakes and squeezes his own band: covers his head. If great friend had not seen each other for a long time. alter the mutual band-shakir.;. they would rub shoulders until they become tired. Instead of asking each other's health they would say: "Have you eaten your rice, where are you going, what is your business when you get there, how old are you, and how much did you pay for your shoes? Men wear long petticoats and carry fans, while the women wear short jackets and carry canes. Boats are drawn by horses, carriages moved by sails. Old men play balls and fly kites. while children fold their arms and look on. Schoolmasters have more power over young than parents. If within three years' schooling the child is not moral ly aa well as Intellectually reformed he Is sent into another school. Parents and spectators instead ot the children are held responsible for crimes committed by the latter. 'It IB better to be ignorant and know how to live than to be learned and not know how to live. The principal ob ject of a school is to learn how to live in tranquillity and happiness and nothing more," So say all Chinese scholars. It is much lesser crime to steal your neighbor's ox thau to steal his dog. rue iormer is simply personal prop erty, while the Litter takes the place of a man watchman. If a Chinaman desires the death of an enemy he goes and hangs himself upon his neighbor's door, it is a sure cure to kill not only that particular enemy, but members of his entire family will be in j.-opardy of losing their lives. When a Chinaman desires a visitor to dine with him he does not ask blm to do so, but when he does not wish him to stay he puts the question. "Oil, please stay and dine with me!" The visitor will then know he Is not wanted. A rich man's servant gets no salary. yet many are the applicants; while the big salaries are paid to the servants of the common people but few make ap plications. The perquisites of the former, often more than triple the salaries of the latter, are the sole rea sons of these differences. When a Chinaman expects a present and it does not come he sends one of lesser value. To encourage honesty and sincerity. confidential clerks and salesmen in all blanches of industries receive an an nual net percentage ot the firm's busi ness besides their regular salaries. Lear in Chancery. At a period when Mossop, the great actor, was managing the theatre in Smock alley. Dublin, business was bad and his actors were not paid their sala ries. One night Mossop, playing Lear, was supported in the arms of an actor playing Kent, who whispered to him: If you don't give me your honor, sir. that you'll pay me my arrearages this night before 1 go home I'll let you drop." Mossop, alarmed, besought the man not to talk to him now. "I will," said Kent, "I will; I'll let you drop." Mossop was obliged to give the promise and the actor thus got his money, the effect of a desperate though well timed hint He who knows only Lb own side of the case knows little of that The dark-eved seooras and senoritas who patronize tbe great Tacon Theater Havana wear flowers upon their heads instead ot chimney-pot bats. fcAST OP OTTER BEXT. They Painted His Body as Red as Gorgeous Sunset. Up on Beaver Creek, in the Nation, the other day, old Otter Belt, one of the greatest ot the Comanche chiefs, succumbed to the grim reaper Death, and it was all In bis honor. He knew be was going to die, and just five min utes before he breathed his last they held him erect and rigged the old chief cut in his kest war costume. They painted him as red as a sunset set his war bonnet on bis head, tied up his hair in beaver skins and then laid him down just as bis spirit winged its flight. Otter Belt while a good man for a Comanche, was rather inclined toward the doctrines of Brigham Young, only he contented himself with a less number of wives in fact, limit ed himself to five. The way these squaws took on when the chief was no more was a sight never to be forgotten. Taking sharp butcher knives, they slashed their faces with long, deep cuts, till they were covered with blood. They also cut themselves In other places, and then beat their bleeding bodies and pulled their hair, all the while utterng the most doleful and plaintive cries. They then burned everything they had, their two tepees, furniture, clothing and all even the biggest part of the clothing they wore. There was a big crowd of bucks present at the obsequies, of course, and, as is the Indian fashion, they slew ten head of horses in honor of Otter Belt's mem ory. Among the horses they killed was a favorite team of Press Addington's, on whose ranch Otter Belt resided. Press won't like it much when he hears that his trotters are dead, but when Indians need horses for a funeral they never stop to inquire whom they belong to. Write Me a Letter, Love. It was the pacific motto of a silver telephone stamped on some new letter paper, says the Detroit Fttt Press, which adorned the show case ot a good-looking Woodward avenue sta tioner who affects the latest crinkle In novelties. "Who uses this style in particular?" "Oa, the telephone girls. They all unite on this. There are other designs In the same lore, tiers is an eye and a 50 pound weight" "A-h-h! W hat doas that mean?" " I await your reply.' Rather neat, isn't it? But every one does not see it at a glance. Tbe question paper is very popular." A set of Dickens' quotations were very ornate and the words apropos. Ve understand each other. "Bar- naby Rudge." Hal Phoebus, bow does the wor.d go? "David Copperfield." Take notice of my word now. Marun cnuzzlewit" ' My good fellow, you have my word, "Mutual Friend." It would be a good mental exercise for young writers to look up these quotations of the master. That two of them were the utterances of mad brains is noteworthy. The four quota tions complete a quire of tbe paper. The Shakespeare paper gives these suggestions: Any man that can write can answer a letter. I am not of many words, but I thauk you. "Much Ado About Nothing." The letter is too large by half a mile. "Love's labor Lost" I will imitate the honorable Roman in brevity. "Henry II." Another set will give more modern literature illustrated in good and sil very designs. A pair ot stairs "Climbing up the golden stairs." The word ' all's" and a silver well, and a thousand and one other designs, such as an immense golden penny sur mounted by "For your thoughts;" a hand "I pause for a reply;" etc. "Awfully, awfully red" is a station ery of a flaming, solid color. The Mikado paper bears the same re lation to stationery that the crazy quilt does to embroidery. It is a fearful novelty. But the swellest letter paper is cream white, rough and ragged edged. Its names are various, but its nature is essentially the same The egg shell is among the newest. The Torchon is of parchment fibre. Tbe diplomat and the Gladstone are awfully swell. And there are tints, pale, cameo-pink, skim-mllk blue, and a delicate saffron that are very elegant Among the rough papers is one that only folds once. It is for notes or re grets. The envelope Is of immense size and has a ragged edge. It de mands two seals, The housekeeper's letter paper is emblematic. Monday has an illumin ated tub, with a washboard rampant Tuesday is decorated with a flat iron, and so on to the end ot the week, Thursday being designed with a card i case, indicating calls, tive word represents One sugges- the house- keeper's Sunday on ber writing papei . in letters a half inch long JOHN. Lamb's Peculiarities. Of Charles Lamb perhaps more an ecdotes could be told than any English author, with the possible exception ol Soflnpv Smith , . . . JK"?," partment klblUCUb IU 1UUJH UUIHQ MUIO HI, him and asked: "Pray, Mr. Lamb, what are you about?" "Forty, nexl birthday," said Lamb. "I don't lik your answer," said the chief. "Nor 1 your question, replied Lamb. Lamb never carried a watch. On day a friend, observing this, presented him with a new cne of gold, ne ac-' cepted and carried it for one day. Soon' nftprward a cnmnanlnn asked hirr ' where was his watch. "Pawned," said hausts the gestures of general usage; A veteran politician gives this ad Lamb. Finding It an encumbrance h' of course there are infinitely numetous . vice to young men. "Dont drink, and bad actually pawned it. I signs of special and arbitrary signitt- -don't go into politics. Neither has One day a friend asked him to gc cance. Tbe Mexicans, aa a rule, are dove me any harm, but while I hare to a public dinner. Lamb consented on condition that the friend wonld set ! him safely home. The dinner over,1 Lamb reminded his friend of the agree- ment. "But where do you live?" bt point and put in me general list me ing section in tbe world. The largest was asked. "That's your affair," said performance which, from iu ursine j maker there ships 10,000 gallons of Lamb; "you unde.iook to see me regularity and monotony, fa known as syrup yearly, and the business is grow home, and bold you to the bargain." haclendo el oso, or, 'playing the bear,' ( Lag fast. The friend had a vague notion that and which means the fixed promenade English sparrows, hitherto verv Lamb lived at Islington; be took a hackney coach and started, trusting tc Inquiry to find the house. Some hours were spent in the search, but it suc ceeded at last Lamb all the time per sistently and dryly refused to give tht slightest clew. M. Fayot says spontaneous combus tion may result from an increase ot temperature due to the absorption ol atmospheric action by cal dust MEXICAN MANNERS. Character Utic Gesture and Gallant- ries or tbe Pepie. The Mexicans are adepts at ex - pressing themselves by means ot signs Jlillr3!' and BU? of.UM,in. f I i.7 . ., ia als worthy of admiration. A lady who has traveled in all parts of the re pnblic and made a study of these na tional peculiarities recently described tbem to your correspondent, and many of her observations were very Interest ing. She said: 'When any one falls down it Is cut tomary to call out: 'Come here and I'll pick you up,' or to express the same sentiment by a gesture. The hand is held up vertically, palm outward, about level with the face. The fingers are then bent down rapidly and in the di rection of the person addressed, the mo VllHX UQIUJ( U11CV11J IUD 1C1C13Q VI KUA fining TVMaincr Mia fh!n nnnnl ilnpv tion being directly the reverse of beck- not imply annoyance, as In most coun- blind man in Iowa can tell the tries, or simply no, as la many Euro- j rIor of a red hot stove simply by touch pean countries. It is simc-lv an eauiv- iin8 i- alent In Mexico for 'What doyou want?' or I don't understand.' Foreigners who try to rid themselves of the im portunities of beggars by this signal, naturally increase their trials rather than bring them to a speedy termlna- .-r . The Mexican ot refinement has a very peculiar method of shrugging his shoulders. He raises his shoulders! s lffhtlv. atrfeJis hi m down ah hi sides, bands open and palms out places his head a trifle on one side, uplifts his i eyebrows and pulls bis mouth down at ' the corners. These elaborate motions signify doubt uncertainty, a difference nf nninirm nr f tiM Tnn as, Thia ta ' the fashionable manner of expressing triumph on being proved correct in re- ceasd relative in London, gard to a prophecy or an argument' Canada has a young Indian poetess "Instead ot tapping the pocket to in- t in the person of Pauline Johnson, re dicate money or its influence, the Mei-' tiding at Brentford. ican holds up his thumb and fore- j 0il paintings are now used by a fieger, curved as if encircling a com. Presbyte-ian preacher in Mtsburg to The token or threat of corporal punish- illustrate bis sermons meut is a slight lateral, horizontal j pVM-,-,. 15 JSsitSl.S: X3ES ol of 1SJS2Z temper. When a Mexican wishes to , ,1X lucnes- denote a lot ot people he bnng3 to-1 "Society to assist servants to get gether the tips of all the fingers of one ; "Mr wages" is said by the New York hand, to represent crowding. Tte ' Jfa,i "nd Express to be one of the needs first time I ever saw this gesture the . ot that city. holding up of the hand vertically, aud It costs $1000 In salaries for each thrusting It forward two or three j performance of "Otello," Verdi's new times with a repellant cr protesting . opera, with $000 per night to Tamayia motion was at a party, where a lady as the highest who had held another's fan during a Queen Margherlta of Italy does all dance offered to return It, when th-s . her own shopping and is very well able owner, stein? that her friend was using : to take care of herself in managing her the little implement of challenge, iu- domestic affairs, siated tbut she retain it Not a word Mr. Beecher many years ago ex was hposen the hand aaid it all. The pressed the belief that death would same ge-sture is used to imply: 'Keep come to him. when it did come In an your seat, 'Do not disturb yoarseir,' apoplectic stroke po! u republic H 1 b ,p J&SS'KE Mdm " """ seen seen in the north nor on the i western slope, where the bow still ' T y ln J tha temperature rules. At the capital an acquaintance, I u.thfra,and Central Australia, the whether gentleman or lady, in saluting :";a"',", re,Prta. ran,1 . t -ifh.r cr im. th n.n hand. 1M to 116 in the shade. one of either sex. lifts the open hand. palm toward one's self, and waves the fingers, or often only tbe two middle one?. It rather startles a foreigner at first, but it is really a very pretty and graceful mode ot greeting. I have ob- served that it is most used when Sil i- ting from a little distance, as across the street, and it no uoudi came into use because of the density of trade, in which the bow might pass unper- cived "The Mexicans are very much given to Land shaking, and they are emi nently a friendly and cordial race. It is the fashion among Americans to call their politeness superficial and in sincere. I have not found it so. but I do admit that its formality is at times a little inconvenient for instance, when one Is in haste to catch a train or meet an appointment, one cannot rush away with a hasty 'So long.' It would violate tbe conventionalities to depart without exchanging the custom ary elaborate farewells with each indi vidual member of tbe circle. Then, ln passing through a door, there is al most invariably a contest of courtesy as to who shall go first "The proper demonstration ot fare well betwen Mexican women is the licht embrace, emphasized in the north bv each Batting with ner rignt nanu the other's shoulder; in ice iiiy oi Mexico and thereabouts by a kiss on either cheek. Between women and men, a bow and a handshake, or the bow alone. Is the correct thing, al- though in the interior the provincials employ at meeting and parting a modi- fled form of the embrace, between pe.-sons of the opposite as wen as ot the same sex. Wore man once my breata ua9 been taken away by a hand- C0Up;e 0f weeks ago, is dying from the gnmn Tilling hacendado meeting me'rMnit nf tha ,i.;,i.nr t.-...w x. J " literally with open arms, xo my mind there is nothing prettier than j this embrace, and the rmarted palmadita.orpaton the back . betw.ei two men who . are friends, particularly between an eld man and a young man . "Handclapping Is very common In i Mexico; and in iU oriental sense of J summoning. It Is difficult to account j for all the peculiarities of Mexicans in JkI " at,,r an,i manors .. .- . , ZZ&rKSZl - - " - 1 evidently a copy irom, and imirove- i ment on, the French, and this hand-! clapping is clearly derived from the Moors through the Spaniards. It is j recognized as a call all over the re- j public, although about the national i capital It has been pretty well sup- planted by a peculiar, aisagreeatue sound pst-t-I which always sets my teeth OU edge. 1 believe this about ex- adepts at expression oy mis means. j "As I have already touched on mo- j tions and manifestations not strictly to be classed as gestures, I might Strain a of an enamored youth over a short ' beat, before or oeneatn tne winnow oi toe adored ODject m wnicn ne spends us many hours a day as his leisure will ; The stupid son ot the stupid father is the chip of the old blockhead. Wlipn death, the ffreat reconciler. . has ccme it is never our tenderness i that we repent of, bat our severity, NEWS IN BRIEF. j ! Connecticut still retains seven, toll , bridges. j Last year 11,700 foldiu; beds war told in Chicago. I -The Cunard steamers each consuma 0 tons of coal a day. Last year 1,700 clergymen went to ime New York theatre. Hartford, Conn., is to to have a lew 50,000 opera bouse. There Is a Chinese cowboy In Ari sona. His nam) is Wan Che. The power of a leader depends upon h weakness of his follower. There are 41)0,000 unmarried men n Paris against liSO.UOO married men. During tha year 183C, thirty-six ielegraph offices were opened In China. There are 130,000,000 men In India ot whom about 7,000,000 can read and ; . wTlie. African epicures are credited with i strong weakness for baked young monkey. Julian Hawthorne's little 11-year-old daughter can walk a mile in seven minutes. It is said that the white pine lum- ber of Michigan will be exhausted in a few years. u.i, ,, , , ! . . t-yyn ouuoi.iuiss ; irreverently refer to mediums as "deal ers in futures." Women are acknowtl!ri hv ti,o Czar to be among his most efficient se cret detective?. Jean lngelow has been left a con- iormne Dy me wm ot a de- The youngest type-setter of whom there is any record is the 9-year-old daughter of a New Ycrk newspapei man. She does the work welL Thus far this winter 122 inches ot , snow have fallen at Newport, Vt The average precipitation there during sev- . enu winters past nas ceen U7 j. I The pew congress hall for Buenoa Ayres, South America, will cost $10.- jWu.uw. ine grounds cover twenty , acres in the best part of the city. At an auction sale of a circus tbe I other day. Empress, an elephant, sold for $1,500, while an Arrlcan spotted hyena was knocked down for $45. A burglar on Long Island, took among other things, a cornet belonging j to an amateur, and tne neighbors are ! believed to be reconciled to bis loss. j Several blocks in New York, ac cording to P. O. Inspector Darcey, are ("honeycombed" with the "sawdust" t swindle and confidence games of other sorts. Jersey City reports a municipal debt of less than flO.OuO.OOO with city ! property aud bonds enough to pay it not ' to speak or nearly 5J millions of unpaid taxes. An extra session of the West Vir ginia Legislature has been called to jiuect urn muiuu to consiuer railroad i and other subjects suggested by the Governor. German papers have accounts of a wonderful remedy against hydrophobia, said to have teen in possession of a family at Pizi, in Holland, for over a century. A Newark, N. J., belle, who was trinned up while dancing at a ball a fpjne was injured, Alasklk ,n the 0 ini , j, w Elliott autlwr of the latest work on t mh- fa virtuany an unproutablo ln t u fl J , te prospects. . ' . ..... - .obTrovinger has Just celebrated J anniversary on the - ..u ...wufeuw, Ul 1, lliLU LiC A If."" " "1cu wf ?rn' ac Koyal. and on which he has raised 17 iwjdi, iiuu uu wuicu ne nas raised children' one is dead. 4 Cf T a i, 4 , " .iu.u the Morgue to identity the dead body of tep-elster, found on tbe adjoining table that of her husband, from whom sue had beea separated several years, Coal has been struck near Omaha, Ueo., accoraing to tne liu or that place. Tbe drill struck it at 540 feat Tbe coal is said to be or very good quality and the vein is four feet thick. escaped, aundreds nave been mined by them. Wilmington, Vt, is nearly in the centre of the largest maple-sugar mak- numerous in Westboro', Mass., have suddenly left town in a body, having heea snat ont from tlwir wjnter . a building where they had become a nuisance. A Troy. (N. Y.) collar manufac turer, who rMed a fe r days ago, di: ected by will that no crape should be used ln connection with his death, no services beUi t D1S funeral, and that his re malri -Jiould be cremated. P i,,.! &tj rw-r, 4
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