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Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLT.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 25, I8S7.
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Before the Gate.
They gsre the whole long day to idle laugh-
To fitful son ft and Jest,
To moods of aoberneM as Idle, after.
And silences, as idle too as the rest
But when at last upon their way return
ing,
Taciturn. ltr.H
Through the broad meadows in the sunset
burning.
They reached the gate, one fine spell bin-
uereu mem Doll,
Her heart was troubled with a subtle an
guish Buch aa but women know
That wait, and lest love speak or speak
not lanzuisb.
And what they would, would rather they
wouia not so ;
Till he taid man-like, nothing compre-
ueuuiDg
Of all the wondrous guile
That women won win themselves with,
aud bending
Eyes of relenuess asking on her the
wmie
"Ah, if beyond this gate the path united
Our steps as far aa death.
And I might cpen it!" His voice, af
frighted At its own darinp, faltered under his
Dreai-u
Then she whom bath his faith and fear
enchanted
Far bevoud words to tell.
Fenline her woman's finest wit had wanted
The art he had, that knew to blunder so
we;i
Shyly drew near, a little step, and mock
ing,
Shall we not be too lata
For tea?" she raid. 'l'm quite worn out
with walking;
Yes, thanks, your arm. And will you
open toe gate?
. PYR AMI'S AND T1IISDT.
"Papa," 6aid Thisby, only daughter
of Jonathan Smith, to her father, who
sat in his library one Sunday morning
engaged in reading, "why do you have
that awful high fence between our yard
and Brown's? What taste! a hedge on
one side and a board fence on the other!
), papa, do l-ave the horrid thing re
moved." Jonathan Smith made no reply to his
daughter's remark; he bunched his
chair, however, and tightened his hold
upon the paper he was reading signs of
impatience ever but otherwise remain
ed heedless.
"Papa," continued Thisby after a
pause, "do vou hear me shaking to
you?"
Jonathan Smith lowered his paper so
that he could see his daughter's pretty
face over it, and glared at her like a
country justice at an innocent unfortu
nate, and the tone of his voice as he
addressed her was in the not-to-be-qus-tioned
key.
".Never mention Pyranius Brown to
me," he said. "Brown and I are out:
I have shut him out, and out lie shall
remain. Brown!" he continued, rising
and flourishing his paper on high; "the
man who called me an old Presbyterian
hypocrite in public too. Think of it!
calling a man of my standing a bank
director, a deacon ot the church of God,
and only just turned sixty-live such a
name as" that. Ah, Thisby, there are
wrongs the spirit of Christian meekness
and forbearance will not endure. And
yet," he continued, resuming his seat
with the air of one who has been falsely
accused, and is now triumphantly vin
dicated; "I will forgive him the injury;
it would be unchristian to harbor it,
and God knows I am not that. But X
want him away, removed out of my
sight; I do not wish to look on him nor
his."
"What paper are you reading, papa?"
said Thisby in an arched tone of iuqui-
.'?The Christian itbsereer. my dear."
' ""And are those Christian observa
tions you have just made?" she asked,
elevating her eyebrows aud canting her
head saucily.
"What!" exclaimed her father, in
astonishment, "Hum!" said Thisby,
as she turned on her heel and quietly
left the room, followed by her father's
look of Wank amazement.
"This is a pretty state of affairs."
said Jonathan Smith to himself. "My
own daughter catechising my Christi
anity. It was never questioned before;
never, except by Brown, and he shall
pay dearly for it." He remained for
some time meditating as how he lest
might pour coals uioii the head of the
foul calumniator inhabiting the territory
beyond the fence. His thoughts resulted
to no purpose; so to relieve his mmd he
resumed his paper. "But I say unto
vou, love your enemies," was the first
sentence his eyes fell upon. "Why,"
he mused, "is that diyiup pxurtation
thrust before me at this particular mo
ment? Am I wrong?" ......
Left with the inquiring spirit of his
own conscience the unseen angel that
speaks in faintest whisper to one alone,
vet heard above the cavilings ot selfish
ness and fate, that thereby virtue may
not wholly die it questioned him:
"Are vou rigid?" and he answered:
i'A.m 1 wrong? Mother calls me a fool
ish man; Thisby 'hums' In my face, and
Brown, well, the matter doesn't seeni to
trouble Brown much. I will reflect;
perhaps I'm wrong and there may be a
better way."
Thisby on leaving her father went
where her curiosity led her. And what
was now more curious to her than the
barrier which had been erected between
htr father's grounds and those of neigh
bor Brown's? It was the first object, that
attracted her attention on her arrival
ie day before after a protracted ab
sence at "Kb it had furnished th?
wbiect of her first conversation with
her father on the day following; and
Savin" learned its history, it became
the present object of her curiosity.
There it was a long, high, solid struc
ture running from the street, back, the
whole length of the spacious grounds.
It was
looked the personification of dis-
eyes.
JSShite Sue could sW but the even,
f without cap or ornament
yv kind -and the supports whatever
?.fLe must have beet, attached to
Ibey w
nntKJSlte Side. Mie wauveu iyuB
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CsMe it, looking first up. then upwn,
P . ! iist-iouslY tor some yana-
pva in the monotony of continued same-
Ivhat was the spot she saw before
Jl just below the eyel of her
licit a .- nii imr o limn
LU ---- . . . .
r,pad? " was n? r,n "
i w. a knot had si runs, aim iicu yu,
aiS.ml wWn she reached it.
SflJS knd looked about; then
used Sa tb revet for one moment
" hT-leasure of an antic.panon; for
tad resolved as quick as Qash to
Sfv throuk aiid sep What prefiiii.es tl
wful" Srowu inhabited. ExpecU
,,aw.fu.l... -miilit and played upon
, Kuntnce as she leaned forward
v "A iered through.
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or the trunk of one, with a rustic bench
against it; and then, to her astonish
ment, a man comfortably seated there
on, whom she imagined to be none
other Brown "the calumniator." Yet
there was nothing villainous in his
appearance; rather the reverse, for he
was young, handsome, and well dressed;
with a exst of countenance indicating
a predisiosition to virtue. She had seen
enough, however more than she ha l
expected so she turned and wandered
away; but wherever she went, whether
to pluck a flower here or to admire one
there, for some unaccountable reason
she kept in view the lonely hole in the
wilderness fence.
The morning was so beautiful, the
surroundings so pleasant, and TuLsby's
heart so full of youthful joy that care
less time engenders, that as she arran
ged the flowers she had gathered into a
bouquet she began singing snatches of
familiar songs. Simultaneously with
the first note the figure on the rustic
bench showed unusual signs of anima
tion and interest. The man arose, took
a step forward, listened a moment,
then exclaimed: "As my name is Pynt
mus iirown, a woman's voice, and a
sweet one, too." He started in the
direction whence the voice came and a
few steps brought him to the fence.
"What a wall!" he said, "higher than
a citadel's, ill scale it. Jo, here 1
may look througlu" He bent down and
peering in, saw Thisby, who liad just
finished the bouquet and tied it with a
ribbon from her hair, coming in his
direction. When she reached a point
opposite him, she stopped , aud stood a
moment irresolute, then turned and
stepped lightly towards him aud, as she
stooped to take another look before
going in, eva met eve through the
apereture.
"Oh!" exclaimed Thisby, starring
back.
"Ah!" sighed. Tyramus, leaning the
fartlier forward. "It s a man:" said
Thisby, clasping her hands, dropping
her head aiid blushing.
"Yes, it is a man; but don't be
afraid," returned ryramus, assurinjily.
"If this fence were out of the way, I
might explain matters."
"Indeed!" replied Thisby sarcastic
ally; "when vou were the cause of it."
"Me? Sot I?" returned Pyrainus
firmly.
"Your name is Pyramus Brown Is it
not?"
"Yes."
"Well, my father just hates you!"
"Hates me? 1 have never met your
father. It must le my father he hates.
I am Pyramus Brown, Junior."
"Oh; is that it?" replied Thisby in a
tone of apology.
''Yes, you would not visit my father's
sins on my head I hee?"
"Xo o," replied Thisby, Imitating.
"I will have this fence removed at
once," said pyrainus in a voice ot aur
thonty.
"Oh, will you? It would make me so
happy."
"les I wnl," replied Pyramus; "and
whatever imaginary fence stands be
tween vour father's mind and my fath
er's, cleared away also. The idea of
neighbors fencing each other out in this
way! Don't vou think it foolish?"
"Yes I do," replied Thisby. "There
is father calling now. I must go."
"I hear no one," said Pyramus.
"Don't you hear a voice calling This
by?" "Ah! that's your name. Well, This
by, meet me here at this time to-morrow,
and we will arrange a plan for
removing this fence."
"I will try," Thisby replied.
"And give me those beautif ul flowers
as a pledge that you will surely come,"
said Pyranius.
"Oh, no; I can't do that," replied
Thisby. "Here comes papa now. "
"uick!" said Pyrainus laughing,
"toss them over or I will cry out: Smith,
Smith!' at the top of my voice."
"Well, take them," said Thisby,
throwing the bouquet over the fence
and hurrying to meet her father.
"Ah, there you are, my dear," said
Mr. Smith. "Come, you must get ready
for church. What have you found to
amuse this morning?"'
"Lots of things, papa; the fence for
one."
"Yes," he answered cautiously.
"And what a fence it is," Thi-by
continued.
"Yes." said her father; "very well
built. Saws did a good job on it."
"Aud Mr. Brown has such beautiful
grounds. I saw thein through a hole in
the fence.
"I'll have it covered this very after
noon." said Mr. Smith firmly.
"To-day is Sunday, papa,"
"Well, the first thing to-morrow,
then," replied Mr. Smith.
"Oh yes, papa; aud 1 saw Mr. Brown,
too, aud he Is such a nice gentleman."
"What!" exclaimed Jonathan Smith
in amazement.
"Hum!" said Thisby quietly, as they
entered the house together.
The next morning Pyramus sauntered
about his father's grou: ds for some
time, finally depositing himself in the
rustic seat, in which Thisby had sq un
espeetaHy discovered him the day be
fore, lie settled himseir in an easy
posture and contemplated trie huge fence
before him. The result of his delibera
tions was the following sage opinion
which he delivered with considerable
vehemence: "That fence will never
stand against a strong wind; never if
the pqsts are loosenet)."
The tin e had now arrived for Thisby
to meet him at the hole in the fence, to
which he repaired and jteered ttiroush,
anxiously. There was Thisby wander
ing aimlessly alxmt. He thought she
was a verv beautiful girl; which indeed
she was. He thought ht-r the most beau
tiful girl iu all the world; which indeed
she was not. The latter opinion, how
ever, unfounded, was ardouable; for it
was caused by a very commendable
prejudice, the bias of a youthful admi
ration; besides, it was influenced by a
half-informed desire a desire that she
might be his. and being his, what
beauty could be more beautiful? What
kin or prince, with all that money
buys and royalty purlqins, holds m the
crimson casket of his wealth a geqi a
tenth as beautiful, a hundred phrt as
valuable as the sweet and tender object
of a good man's love, be she in form and
feature what she may ?
"Thisby,'? cried Pyramus, In a very
small voice. . ' , , , ,
Thisby, on the alert for the slightest
sound, heard the call and hastened to
ward him. '
"Is tills yoo,llr. Brown?' she in
quired, timorously, fearful that it might
be some pthtr body.
"Yes, it's I," replied Pyramus, assu
r'ngly, 4andlhave been planning all
the morning how to get the fence
down."
"Have yoa fond a way?" asked This-
bv.
"Yes," replied Pyramusi "but it will
require your to-o-eratlon, aud It needs
a great deal of explanation. May
come over and tell you all about it?"
"Oh. no, no." replied Thisbv, "that
would never do."
"Then meet me at the fountain at
this afternoon." said Pviamus. "There
can be objection to that, can there?"
"I don't know," replied ThMy,
doubtfully.
"Just look at this fence," said Pyra
mus, "a thing of beauty; a monument
to neighborly love and friendship to be
perpetuated always; and then say
whether you will meet me."
"I will," replied Thisby, desjieratelv.
"Some pledge please," said Pyramus,
laughingly; a flower will do.
"Earn one first," said Thisby, as they
separated.
Pyramus and Thisby met that after
noon punctually at the time and place
agreed upon, and each afternoon there-
alter until Saturday came. 1 lies were
very pleasant meetings, having a flavor
of novelty and romance, and they both
came to look forward to them with no
small degree of happy anticipation. A
very agreeable acquaintance sprung up
from their daily association, wherein
each related to the other the strong
points iu his or her biography and ex
changed opiu:ons upon various subjects,
generally wuh astouishtng unanimity or
if anv sheht difference arose it was
easily adjusted; and futthermore, each
came to notice and admire some espe
cially beautiful quality in the other,
and each was convinced that a true and
lasting friendship had arisen.
Thisby was chiding Pyramus that a
week had almost passed, an 1 that with
all their planing the fenceTstill stood
Pyramus blamed the wind, that it had
not blown strong enough nor in the
right direction, but vowed that wind
or none, upon that very night the fence
sjio'ild fall.
The ninht was dark. Beside the
lui.rlilv faun. vt-O.,11 tllA limir4 CT
and 10 might have been seen a solitary
fiiTin-o iniliwtrimisl v nlviiiif nick and
spade. The task was a hard one, but
the wiiul which had increased to a moil
pinto r:il aiKftp Rundown se.'-nifd t(
encourage the lone laborer, and when by
repeated efforts it swayed the iosts
around which he was digging, ha passed
on to the next and continued his work
there.
It w:is lil n'lr,ck and Jonathan Smith
sat alone in his library. It had always
been a pleasure to him on Sat unlay
night to recapitulate the events of the
six days past especially when they had
been a source of worldly profit, and to
look forward to an equally or more
prosperous period to come.
rti tliU t. irt w-nlar S:itnnl.iv nifrht his
face was clouded by the shadows of
trouble and annoyance. L pon ocm.
in- air tottor i-or-eivpd durin? the Week.
The last which he had just ojiened and
read, was couched in the following
terms:
"Love thy neighbor (Brown) as thy
self." There is no offense like a high
fence that rears its presumptuous top
with brazen effroutery into tl:e sacred
;trecincts of heaven,
ti,o nttira u-xrn it similar imnort.
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but appeared to have been written by
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inerent persons; lor ijiamus,
ad been noted at college for cleverness
11,1 varietr in tienuianship. Sinirly
time itiil i1i-.nl! v execution to the neace
and happiness of Jonathan Smith; col
lectively thhey formed a whole battery
which no mau of a proud or sensitive
nature could withstand.
"I wouder who they are," he said,
'that condemn me in this matter. Can
it be that the whole neighborhood, the
whole town secretly arraigns my con
duct and look upon me as one who
malicious y wrongs anotherV This must
not be, I would to G d the fence were
down."
At tliat moment he heard a crash
outside. Half frightened he started
from his chair, hastily donned lite hat,
and jiassed out of the house to ascertain
what had hapieiied.
"The fence is downl Beh dd my
prayer is answered!" he exclaimed in a
voice that seemed to lift a load of trou
ble from his heart and scatter to the
wind.
"Who is that?V cried a voice from
the other yard.
'My name is Sinith, sir? Who are
you?"
"My name is Brown, sir!"
"Oh hem I have met considerable
damage here, Mr. Brown. 1 see the
w nd has blown my fence down."
"And a very strong wind it was,"
replied the elder Brown, "you must
needs set the posts deeper next time."
"I don't know as I shall rebuild it,"
said Smitlu "I don't believe we ex
actly peed a fence here. Do you think
we do, Mr. Urown?-
"Xo, I don't," was the reply. "The
fact is. Smith, yo and I were both a
little warm, when we fell out about
nothing worth mentioning. Iet's shake
hands and declare the fence off."
The two elderly gentlemen standing
ujon the fallen structure, grasped eacli
other by the hand cordially; aud there
was peace between them, as they passed
into their respective residences. Shortly
afterwards two figures emergtd from a
vine-clad arbor near by, convulsed with
smothered laughter.
"It has terminated more happily than
I had ever dreamed of," said Thisby.
"How well it has ended," said Py
ramus "good friends and no fence. Ah!
Thisby, the folly of such actions! That
people should impale the sacred spots of
earth that friendship's morning suu
may not shine therein and make them
beautiful. And do'yqu Uncw, that
sorao build barriers around the heart,
that love's light, that makes it blossom
as none other can, most unkindly is
debarred? Ah, Thisby, you will not
build a fence around your heart, lor 1
love you and would enter."
"Yes I will," said Thisby, "and a
great one high one, too, to keep every
body out. But there will be a place
where you may look through and see
me gathering flowers "
"For ii e," pleaded Pyramus.
"Yes," said Thisby softly as she bent
her head and the roses blossomed in her
cheeks, "lor you.'!
poir CalllbrnU Was Sanded.
The eminent Jesuit writer, Don
Joseph Cambol, has said that when Cor
fez left the Bay of Santa Cruz he went
t. nf the peninsula as far
i.--t fana Kf. Tsiiftjw; that there
he found a beautif uJ small bay, and on
the southern' extremity thereof be saw,
an immense arched vault in the TOintcj
rocks that form the bay, wwJUt fw
this rasouW caiJed tne bay Oalaif or-,
nix. By analyzing" this name we will
find that "Cala" means small bay in
Spanish, "1" is the conjunction and
fornix" means arched vault in Latin.
" Expect not praise without envy untn
require tour cooteration. and it needs OD STOillES OF THE PRESENT her had taken the utmost precaution I She Miaht For. nim. f rn?4nrrvA prava I
GOOD STOIUES OF THE PRESENT
DAY.
Ibe Sea Has Iu Mysteries, and Some
of Them are Nerrr Solved.
The sea Is of itself a mystery, but the
mysteries of the sea are many and deep,
and are added to each month. A
ship's boat, from which the name has
carefully been obliterated, and which
holds the emaciated bodies of two men
who have starved to death, is picked
up in the Pacific to-day; to morrow
Cunarder crossing the Atlantic reports
seeing a sailing ship bottom up; next
day a derelict schooner sails herself
into some port In the Caribbean Sea,
and nothing can be learned of the crew
who manned her. And it may be that
on the next some great steamer leaves
port on her voyage to Europe and is
never to be heard of more. As an old
sailor, I have had the luck to en
counter some of these strange things,
and I will relate the incidents without
exaggeration.
In the year 1SG1 1 was mate of a brig
called the Henry and William, sailing
between San Francisco and the Sand
wich Islands. She was a small, snug
vessel, a fast sailer, and the Captain
was William Lansing. He and bis
brother Henry were the owners, and
the brig was named after them. Just
at daylight one June morning, in the
year I have mentioned, while we were
300 miles from the Islands, a schooner
was sighted dead ahead, we bad a
fair breeze over the starboard quarter,
and the schooner cad all sail set, and
was making good progress. Sails were
not an unusual sight on that route, and
we gave the stranger little attention
until we found that we were overhaul
ing her. She was exactly on the true
course to the islands, an J we were
therefore in ber wake. She was hull
down when we first discovered her,
qut by the time we had washed down
and breakfast had been served she was
not over two miles ahead. There was
some smart schooners flying in that
trade, and the fact of our outsailing
this one so tandsome'y put us all in
good spirits. We were humming along
after her at moe or ten knots an hour.
when she kuddenly came up into the
wind in the most lubberly fashion.
shivered there for a moment and then
broached to and was driven o3 before
the wind sideways. It was lucky for
ber that the breeze was no stronger,
fjr the schooner was light and tho
aiovement would have brought disas
ter.
As soon as I saw the schooner in
trouble I seized the glass and ran half
way up the fore-shrouds, and it wasn't
a minute before l made the discovery
that her decks were entirely clear of
men. At this hour of the morning
both watches should have been on
deck, but not a sailor was visible. This
was an unheard of occurrence, but, as
she bad no siznal of distre&i flying.
and stood too high In the water to have
been abandoned for a leaking vessel, l
could hardly credit my vision. I
looked aqain and again, examining
every foot cf Lor docks, but it was a
plain fact that not a living person
was in sight. I reported the matter to
the Captain, and by that time we were
so close aboard that all our crew could
note the condition of things with the
naked eye. Our ship's bell was rung.
and the men shouted in chorus, but
nothing came of it. It was then de
termined to board her, and, as the
brig was laid to, I went oS with three
men in the yawl and was soon at me
stranger's side. I was burning with
curiosity at the start, but the nearer
we approached the stranger the more
curiosity ga,ve way tq awe and f&ar.
There bad been some terrible work
aboard of her, or she would not be in
that condiliou. Had a malignant fever
taken off the last of the crew, or was it
mutiny and its ghastly consequences.
I bad expected to meet with some
shocking sight, but was disappointed.
The decks were free and passably clear
or raffle. Some of the colls had fallen
oS their belaying pins, and I could see
at a glance that the decks bad not
been washed for several days, but aside
from this I could detect nothing out of
the way. The scuttle was drawn over
the forecastle entrance and bolted. My
first action was to open this, and the
i ush of air told me that the forecastle
had not been ventilated for several
ays. Seizing a capstan bar which
leaned against the anchor windlass, I
oounded smartly on the deck aud
called out to know if anybody was be
low, but no answer came. The man
with me, who was an old salt, grew so
nervous that he would have returned to
the boat but for my positive commands
to the contrary. As soon as satisfied
that the forecastle was clear of men 1
felt that the schooner was deserted and
we at once lowered away the sails.
This checked ber drift, and the brig
turned on ber heel, and came down
close to us again.
The next point tor inspection wai
the cabin. I went down alone, and in
two or three minutes was satisfied that
it bad no occupants, living or dead.
There was no disorder no sign of
haste or plunder. I was sniffing the
air as i moved about, ana x coum ae-
tect no odor to prove that an epidemic
had raged. When I went on deck the
brig was within speaking distance,
dritting at the same pace as the
schooner, and I informed Capt. Lansig
of the state of affairs and sent th0 boat
to brine him over. When he came we
descended into the forecastle and ligh
the liap, Thee was plenty of oil in
it; proving that some hand bad turned
out the light In the usual way. We
then went to the cabin. Everything
appeared as if the officers had simply
gone on deck, except that there was not
a single article of wearing apparel. This
was likewise true of the forecastle. We
looked for the schooner's log, but it
was gone, as also were her papers and
charts. We rummaged the cabin for
half an hour, but found nothing
whatever to enlighten us. Her
name ought to have been on
the stern, but when 'the boat was
ordered to pull' around ber bo
name or vessel or port was found. It
had not been scraped or painted out
recently, but as far as one could judge
she had not carried a name for years.
Then we made a search ' alone the
decks. She had no small boats at alL
Xot even an initial letter was painted
or stamped on anything. ' We sounded
the well, and found ber dry as a bona.
We pulled off the bat'he?, and found
herinsan4 bllajL She had plenty of
fresh water ail provisions, and in the
cabin were six muskets and plenty of
ammunition.
Onr inspection and investigation las
ted three hours, at the end of which
time we were no wiser than when we
ban. Here vn a stawB.'-tlgtt
schooner picked tip In mid-ocean with
all sail set. These who bad absvodoaed
her had taken the utmost precaution
that she should not be indentified, but
ror mat reason we could not even eon
lecture. Here was a lump of salvage
ior us worth looking after, and Cant.
Lansing determined to take her to the
islands. We hadn't an extra man on
the brig. Indeed, we were one short
of our complement. We had there
fore decided to take a tow line to the
brig and bang by her at least while the
weatner was safe, and n id begun our
preparations, when an "ox eye" or
squall was seen gathering down In the
south, and we had to hurry aboard the
brig to make all snug. The squall hit
us fiercely, and lasted nearly half an
hour, and when we came out of it the
schooner had turned turtle within half
a mile of us, and the prize had slipped
irora our grasp.
Did we ever learn anything further
about her? not a word, singular as it
may seem. The incident was published
in scores of papers, and called to the
attention of thousands of sailors, but
none of them was ever able to furnish
any true information. What do 1
think? Well, it was one of the myster
ies, but no stranger than some others I
have had a hand in.
Enjoying Ufe a Hundred Years.
Though It must be granted even of
the centenarian, as of all others, that
he soon "passeth away and is gone,"
yet happily we are not obliged to admit
that his "strength is but labor and sor
row. In many instances, on the con
trary, be has, it not a green, yet a mel
low and cheerful, old age. one of hap
piness to himself and pleasure to oth
ers, brightened by a vivid, though
calm, interest in the present, and un
shadowed by apprehension of that
which is to come, "ray me a visit
when you next come tq Leamington,
were usually the words of adieu by
Miss Hastings, at the age of 103, to her
mends; u shall l.ke to see you, and
hear how you are going on." There is
a great moral in this! for while we are
denizens in this Mammon, we are
bound to make to oursejvej friends of
it, which is best done by a cheerful,
happy use of It, and by enjoying it and
using well the powers and privileges it
gives us; and the injunction is none the
less Imperative and valuable when the
sojourn in it has l usted for five score
years and more. Moreover, in this, as
in so many other instances, the influ
ences are reciprocal; for associated as
cheerfulness and happiness are with
good doing and kind feeling, they are
also much dependent upon the smooth
working of the several parts of a sound
bodily machinery, to the bealthfulness
of which they iu their turn not a little
contribute. So long, indeed, as the
body Is enjoyable, and its functions go
glibly and smoothly on, the tenant is
commonly desirous of coutlnulutr its
occupation. nen it ceases to tie so,
when lassitude and weariness super
vene, when means of communication
with others are stopping, when the
"sans everything" condition ia impend
ing, be 13 content to quit, and when
the tenement becomes distressing or
painful he is anxious to do so. Still,
though the capacities for activity and
work may be passing away and life's
'fretful fever" with them, the old per
son may comrort hlnself with the re
flection that a useful mission still re
mains in the benign influence of a se
rene and benevolent disposition, which
calmly estimates the things ol time
and sense at their true value, aud
which, leniently regarding the short
comings of others, gives the true crown
of glory to the hoary hea4.
Hnqlaved Oj stermen.
Once In a while something reaches
the outside world about a system of
hair slavery alleged to exist among
oystermea at Chesapeake Bay, Horri
ble stories have been told of the bru
tality practised, but no one has seemed
to move ror a remedy, mis is pro
posed to be bad now through Congress.
Representative Flnilay, of Baltimore,
has presented in the House a petition
for the relief of oyster dredgers in the
Chesapeake May and its tributaries.
The petition, which Is signed by sev
eral hundred persons, calls the atten
tion of Congress "to a system of
slavery existing on vessels engaged in
oyster dredging In the waters of the
Cnesapeake Bay, which in its brutality,
oppression and horrible treatment has
rarely been equalled lnTiIstory.''. Men
are enticed by false representations to
a ship for a short period, and often are
kidnapped, by brutal force, and kept
against their will as slaves on these
vessels in the bay for three, four and
five months, being transferred from one
boat to another, kept at bard work
without proper provisions, without pay,
and under the most cruel and hobble
treatment; some cf t'uew have been
murduvaV und the murderers have
never been brought to justice. The
sufferings of these poor men from mal
treatment, as from exposure to cold
and the elements without proper pr
tectlon, are heartrending. These men
are without tiie protection of the law,
as there is no police supervision over
these waters, and the petitions pray
that a committee n ay be appointed to
inquire into this great grievance, an!
that such laws may be passed, ' as will
remedy this cruel wrong
"yooo Shaviiyja,
The use of wood shavings, prepared
by special machinery, for the packing
of fragile goods, has recently been in
troduced into Germany from America,
where this material was first produced
on a large scale. Since its introduction,
the application of this materia! has
been considerably extended la Uertuaiiy
and shaving; are now made as a regular
commercial article in eight different
sizes, the largest being composed of
fibers about a third of a millimetre
wide, while the finest scarcely exceeds
the thickness of an ordinary wool fibre.
Coarser qualities are csed instead of
straw or papor cutting' as a packing
material, while the finer qualities are
nsed as suffering for the cheaper class
of furniture, and the finest for hygienic
purposes, instead of lint. Intermediate
sorts can be nsed for the cleaning of
machinery. In substitution' of cotton
waste, and also for (Uteric,g purposes.
Experiments, n.a,de. in, several breweries
with wood shavings, as 4 filtering
medium for beer nave given very satis
factory results,
The storm tries the building, and
discovers which is built upon a rock
and which upon the sand. The storm
tries the pilot. The toici&c6 tries
the metal, vrtcthes it be gold or cop
pes. -The furnace tries the gold,
whether it be pure or dross. So afflic
tions and persecutions try the Christian.
She Might Forgive Rim.
Although He Did Remember
Much for Peace Sake.
Too
They were celebrating their silver
wedding and the fnends were admlr
ng them as people always do other
people when they are getting a lot or
presents. You have noticed, of course,
how people look at you when you show
them something somebody bas given
you. They are surprised and they envy
you. They always wonder, however,
in themselves what on earth anybody
conld see in you to give yoa anything
so handsome. Unless it is your hus
band. Then they smile and wonder
what he has been doing that bis con
science needs rest. But if you'll notice,
you'll find that people who get many
presents have many friends. You may
have many friends and get precious few
presents. Presents make friends;
friends don't make presents. Married
people increase the circle of ther
rriends with every anniversary of their
wedding, because the presents get
handsomer and more expensive. You
can work this paradox out for yourself.
1 haven't time. Tbey were celebrating
their silver wedding, and of course the
couple were very happy and very affec
tionate. "Yes," said the husband, "this is
the only woman I ever loved. I shall
never forget the first time I proposed to
her."
"How did you do it?" burst out a
young man who had been squeezing a
pretty girl's hand in the corner. They
all laughed and be blushed; but the girl
carried it off bravely.
"Weil, 1 remember as well as if it
were yesterday, it was away back in
Maine. We had been out on a p.cnlc,
and she and I got wandering alone.
Don't you remember, my d&ar r"
The wn'c nodded and smiled.
"We sat on the trunk of an old
tree. You bavn'l forgotten love, have
you?"
The wife nodded again,
She began writing in the dust with
the point of her parasol. You recall
It, sweet, dun't you?"
The wife nodded again.
''She wrote her name, Minnie, and I
said let ni9 put the other name to it.
And I took the parasol and wrote my
name Smith alter it."
"How lovely i" broke out a little
maid who was beaming in a suspicious
way on a tall chap wita a blonde mus
tache. ''And she took back the parasol anJ
a rote below it, 'o, I wou'c And
we went home. Your remember it.
darling. I see you, do."
Then be kissed btr and the company
murmured sentimtntally, wasn't it
pretty.
The guests had all departed and the
happy couple were left alone.
''Wasn't it nice. Minnie. to see all
our friends around us so happy?"
"Yes, it was. But Joha, that remi
niscence r
"Ah, it seems as if it had been oalr
yesterday."
"les, dear, tliere are on!? three
things you're wrong about in that
story. "
"Wroag? Oh, nol"
"John, I'm sct;i you told mat story.
becaus? 1 never went to a picnic with
yoa before we were married; I was
never in Maine in my life, and 1 never
refused you."
"My darling, yon, rausl U wrong! '
"I am not wrong, Mr. Smith. I
have aq excellent memory, and al
though we ha7e been married twenty
five years, I'd like to know whj that
minx Miuuie was. You never told me
about her before."
"I guess she'll forgive him; but I
don't know if she'll forget.
Seville,.
i ne c&ubtry all round Seville is a
gaiden of Eden. The orange trees,
the palm trees and the almond trees
are everywhere. The hedges are the
prickly pear and the cactus. TP
landscape is Ainct In t luxuv aace,
and the golden sunshine tloods the land
with, glory, Hut the roads. Oh, ye
gods, the roads l A hey ought to be
impossible roads, but we drove them.
They are in ruts a foot deep; they are
lu holes in which a man might hide
himself. They have not been swept
for centuries. The mud that was in
heaps in the davs oi the. Moors remains
in heaj still. The dogs and cats who
died by tho roadside iu the days of the
Moors have not yet been buried. Once
when was in Seville it rained all
night The next day we drove through
a sea of liquid mud. Even the road
ways In front-of the palaces of the rich
are in great boles and full of ponds.
Carriages break down, horses brai;
their legs, visitors disappear darcn boles
in the roadway. ih,e ivillian3 regret
the cjicuuit.iafices; they repair the car
riages, buy new horses, make new
friends, but they never repair the road.
Some day the only way of getting
about Seville will be bv i-l'r,c-i. Even
now it is tbi ;r,fa-i way." So much has
bec dcue for Seville by the the past
Moors; the present Burgesses might at
least keep the roads in repair. The
Guadalquiverl Another o' ujy lost
illusions, roet" Uao sung it from a
disfiUio the poet who. walks upon its
banks holds' his noje. The Quadal
quiver, out of the poetry brpks and the
songs and the ronance, is, a common
luouplaco, thirty stream, about as ro
mantic as the Thames at Barking
Creek, and not so clean. It is the peo
ple and the patoit aud the climate that
make Seville, aud the Santa S.-rmana
the Holy Weekl that brings thou
sands aud thousands of people, to
Seville. It is a week eT ranfioent
processions a wc; oj such pomp and
circr,stauce aud magnificence and
show aa to be indescribable. AH the
winter long people come to Seville
because it is .said to be a beaut'ful
place. During the morth J tLe Santa
Sprmana thnv rnn.A inlS S-vlllin tn p
a sirht whlt-h no other town in the
world can snow.
The Best She -01(1 Dp.
Nothing is ever gained by want ol
politeness. There was an eaticuablA
Quaker woman who kept a boarding
house, and was so, prospered as t t
often obliged to aend some bj hey ti
trons ta lodge w fc0urt Lei
neighbors;
Itecentlv a conmanv of a dozen or so
ot Baltimoreans, who had been com
mended to this lady, arrived in the
cl'.y. and at once repaired to ber resi
dence. I
"I can give lpa, all board," said she
to tho JiyliiidoiB, but thee must I
sleipla Coffin's."
"Whatl" cried the amazed
man.
SDnkeS '
i
That is the best I can dofos thee:
andif thee do not 1 the cau go .Ue-J
And tb Indignant visitor went.
CHARMING FERXS.
Some Simple Directions as to Their
Successful Cultivation.
Ferns are easily cultivated. If a tew
practical details are observed. Grow
ing in their native habitats they are.
lor the most part found in shady posi
tions, where, during their growing pe
riod, they have an abundance of moist
ure at their roots; therefore, under
cultivation, a shady window is for
most kinds more suitable than a sunny
one, and during their season of growth
a good supply ot water at the roots is
demanded. While it is necessary for
their success to have an abundance of
water, they are at the same time very
impatient of a stagnant soil, and to
prevent anything of the kind occurring
perfect drainage is indispensable. ot
only is drainage a necessity in the cul
tivation of ferns, but it is also needed
in the culture of all kinds of window
and greenhouse plants after they have
attained a certain size, Xo plants do I
know, except aquatics, that succeed in
a soil from which the water does not
pass off freely. Plants growing in pot!
six inches in diameter and over should
have good drainage. This may be done
by placing over the ho!e iu the bottom
of the pot a piece of broken pot ; over
this place more of the same ma
terial in small pieces; instead of this
pieces of charcoal answer well. Pill
about one-fourth of the pot in this man
ner, and over the top place some moss
or other rough material to prevent the
soil from mixing with the drainage, aud
thereby preventing the water from pas
sing freely off. The most suitable soil
for ferns is a mixture of irarden loam
and the black soil found in the woods,
auout equal parts ot each, then witn a
good sprinkling of sharp sand through
the whole, giving more if the loam is
clayey and less if sandy.
Russian Girl Students.
The attempt on the Czir brings the
Nihilists again to the fore, and will
have the effect of exposing the Russian
lady students here to much nagring
police espionage. One rarely sees them
unless in the Quartier Latin, although
I came across a nest of them a short
time ago in a hotel in the Cours de la
Bene. Quakers could not have been
more plainly dressed, and most of thr.-m
had their hair cropped. Tloy were
good musicians, and one and all hard
ened smokers, Itussian girls take to
the fragrant weed like Kalmucks. I
sru not sure that their air of quiet
seuicru sadness is due to impecunious-
uess. A studentess to',d tun that the
only cheery ones among them are
Jewesses, and that they ate not verv
wealthy, but they meet with moral.
aim, indeed, olteu material, supiiort
rroni iiersons or tiieir ia-e settled in
p.iria. I also learned from her that not
a tow of her cotntianions are "iris of in
lluentail families, and they have broken
away from home and come here tin-le
assumed names to study. The ditlk-ul-
ties with which some of UtvHt had to be
content m makitu; thur way here would
strike you, vve I to relate them, as be
fOTittiiig tu the domain of romance.
What do you think of the daughter
cf the Governor of a province who was
sent Souih by her f;uly to le out of
the way oj tK-ss spirits with whom
wtine in sympathetic tuiiiact lu
Mtwcow. working htr way as a cabin
boy to Varna, Sho there enterel a
hotel as '-boots," staid some time, ami
s she had moucy enough to buy a suit
of clothes suitable to her sex, took ser
vice as a nur-eryniaid in a family about?
to start for England. When thte she
was engaged as a r,i;issy gowrnvss in
a r.owe faulty, and was taken to the
country seat of some cousins of her
own. Ugh in the English retrace. But
they had no idea who she was. As s-vjii I
as she had saved a small sum tho eatue
to Paris, and before she could Cii l a
lodging she used to pasa Iter nights iu a
casual asylum,
Bhig a 'person of first-class educa
tion, she now prepares iritis wanting to
be admitted to the uev high schools.
The place where she resides is a bis loft
over acartmaker's shed, which has been '
fitted up us a dormitory and living
room for about twenty studentess,-.
Another loft serves as a refectory,
vbeie meals are cooked at a large stove.
Each studentess takes a turn at cook
ing. lLa tables on which dinner l-
jevedare made of boards placed on
trestles. When the plates aud dishes
aie removed in the evening they all sit
down to study. The brain of the Bus-.
sian girl is a receptive one, and yeti.iiis
what it takes in. I dor.'t ilank that
the studentesses dvsoibe are engaged
in dyn.rraU conspiracies, but they wbh
Vi'Cii to those who are.
Queer Venders in Turkey,
The different articles. r food diffei
as much as tl. venders who carry them.
The ir.o-i substantial are the "kebob,"
-r small pieces of mutton, broiled &i;
the end of an iron rod over the fungal
or live charcoal that tUey carry from
place to place. v.TUu$ a Coustaiitinor
corresicr.iUmt. Then with this is tl
'peloil,'1 or rice cooked lu greas. The
"yaoute" man finds ready sale for this
prepared clabber, while the "tearuit.
or sodti-ureati mau, is at everyone
beck and call, Sw&etmeats of all kind:
are ever at band, aud even the lce-
ereani man appears on the scene.
None of them stop and implore your
patronage, but all go forth callius at
the top of their voices, T' tliere
come the organ-yrdcta, one with the
instrument en Ms hack, while his com
?ado ntrches. behind to turn out tl.t
tunes, and some of them are quiU
musical. It is around one of the?-
Instruments that the dancers ccKie
gat. It is mostly 'U commonest
workmen, wih, ir great heavy shoes,
that aW part. They form in line,
jesting hands on each other's shoulucrs
Then the leader has a series of stei
tliat he performs. The others follow
his exanipjo with, less ami less viyu
Rewards the end, until the lii vve just
simply walks around. They move iu t
circle, and when the leader haa SiL-Jhx
his li e suddenly end wUh a whooi
and a jump, and. lm isti on the grass
Vfhile hift ucut takes his place, anc
tfius 4 gue on. so weird and lifeless
yet, to a new observer, so intent
ing. it all seemed into ice scene o;
centuries ago, and tlough it lasted
three days, one afternoon was enougl
to convince us of the emptisesa of thai
religion., '
There are about 3,000 libraries ii
the United States containing 1.0OI
volumes or more.
I have been benefited by paying fo
taela lor "J uioitihtt nuu lu ji
for them, X bav gotten something foi
. .
y ZETSiEZ
arfjometu cannot remove.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Small pox lingers in New York.
Connecticut has ten living ex-Gov-ernora.
Helena, Montana Territory, Is to
have a 60,000 clnb house.
The natives ot HIndoostan are
credited with making the first fiddle,
A nine foot coal vein has been
itruck near the surface at Greeley, CoL
An average egg weig s about 1,000
jralns, divided as follows; Shell 107,
white 604, and yolk 2Stf.
An average election campiign in
New York city costs the candidates or
their supporters about 1200,000.
The sea serpent has got around into
the Pacific, and is cow reported from
points on the California coast.
Full grown figs of this season's
growth are reported to be on the
rees at San Luis Obispo, California,
The Alhambra. the great London
music hall, is said to have paid 46 per
cent, in the last six months in divid
ends. A large lobster wascaueht in Mon
terey Bay, California, recently, the first
that has ever been known in that lo
cality. Before the weddlnir dav aha wan
Sear and he her treasure: but after.
wards she became dearer and be treas
urer.
There have been 112 murders com
mitted in Edgefield county, South
Carolina, during the last thirte;a
years.
The 31.000 school teachers of Nw
otk last year received an avenge
salary of 701 in cities and $261 In
towes.
A Pennsylvania magistrate. hn
had united 7.000 couples in marriage,
died recently with all his sins upon his
uea'j.
The light on the Bartholdi Llbertv
Statue, it is stated officially, is visible
23 miles beyond Sandy Hook on a clear
evening.
A French Canadian is seriously ill
at the home of his daughter in Paw
tucket, Bhode Island, it is claimed,
109 years old.
In Cuba soup is made of pUntaia.
sometimes dried and ground to a pow
Jer. and sometimes used fresh and
green for a puree.
TiintrTY. Mrs. Oaks, ot Wheat
land, Mich., has pared 1430 bushels ot
spplea this winter, besides attending to
ber household work.
A South Carolina hunter recently
shot a buck whose head was white and
whose horns were short and curved like
the horns of a goat.
A Hindoo made a wager that he
would gaze at the sun for ten hours.
At the end of the seventh hour he fell
iown in a fit and died.
In the New York sub-treasury
220,000 silver dollars passed throazb
tti9 bands of the clerks in one day
the purpose of redemption.
A western man, after losing all his
money, put up his wife as a stake in a
?ame of poker. But his run of bad
luck continued. He failed to lose her.
A bill prohibiting the taking on or
more passengers than seats can be pro
vided for oa the street cars of New
Yoik, is before the Legislature at
Albany.
An Oregon man who pointed a
?un at a woman "iu fun." andkilled
ber last month at Albion, in that
State, has been convicted of man
slaughter. Two colored ladies managed to call
out the Atlantic City fire deparement
the other evening by indulging in a
fight, with lighted coal oil lamps as tne
weapons.
A yacht race, to be sailed in June
over a course extending twenty miles
to windward out (.Ue SauUy Hook, Is to
be for the novel stakes of a pi&t pot
full of gold doilars.
San Diego, California, has one of
the wisest Cainamen in the world. He
Is a laundryman, and he bas kept an
advertisement running in the local
papers for fifteen years.
Burglars blew open the safe In
Jersey City store the other nigh
Sixty dollars, blown from the Baft I y
the force of the explosion, were foi. d
by a clerk lying on the floor. Notuit.
v. aa missing.
Greece, Professor Seymour, of Yale
University, says, is having a "boom. "
Athens, which bas increased in popula
tion from 10.000 to 100,000 during the
century, now nas city railways and
steam railroads.
For 24 hours unceasmg!y, and
with no other refreshment than some
beef tea and an occional cigar, a Cape
Cjlony artist, named Woodcock, played
the piano at Baberton recently, "finish
ing iu capital condition."
A prisoner in Louisville who es
caped the death penary by simulating
madness and was acquitted on a second
trial by the same means Is now unre
served in his chuckles over the way in
which he deceived the jury.
A gust of wind blew a passenger
off a ttain on the Eastern road, near the -
Mystic river, as he was attempting to
pass from one car to another while the
train was going at full speed, but he
escaped serious iDjury, as be was tossed
into a deep snow bank.
A visitor to the penitentiary at
Zanesville, Ohio, while casually 1 .Hik
ing through the institution recently,
discover! in one of the prisoners a'
brother of his who had ran away from
home at the age ot seven years, and
was supposed by the family to have
been drowned.
Ice taken from the Hudson river
has been subjected to a series of exper
iments by Dr. Pruden, of New York,
who says he has found as much aa
Siai bving bacteria in a cubic centi
metre of one specimen. He wants the
State health authorities to take the
matter in charge.
Buffets have been established at
all way sta.Uona on the Orleans ( French)
railway, under orders from the direc
tors, and good meals of meat, vegeta
bles, cbeeatt, bread and wine, are to b
furnished at a cost of If. 5a (30 cents
c onr money) at each of them.
A young man at San Kafael, CaJL.
who heard some one ia his room on a
recent night, called to the intruder to
explain the eak ot bis visit, orb
would shoot. Receiving no reply, he
fired a ball from his revolver and
wounded his deaf and dumb aunt,
hut, fortunately, not very serious y.
Men's lives should be like the day
more beautiful in the evening; or like
the summer aglow with promise; an-'
like tho autumn rich with jr'.-en
jii eaves, where good deeds h ripened
in the field.
.net her gaze; men a u, -
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