"1 fiiifiiirf, Jiv mi! B. F. SOHWEIER, THE COaSTITUTlOI-TEB TTHOI-UTO TIE mOKTEKZXT 07 TEE LAYS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLI. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 1, 1887. NO. -23 i : i . Give l"s Thin Day " tJfe broug'.it bor nothing men call good None ot 'is brightest or its best But soruw broke lier solitnda, Au' anguish nought her patient breast, eJ, through it all, her faith was strong, And strongest when meet dark her lot ; 3he knew that peace was hers ere lone, Where sorrow dies, and tears are not. So with clasped hands and bended bead. Her lips could say, "Give us this day. 3ur lally bread." she climbed the weary hill of lif. With feet nnaided and unshod (Save by God's grace), aud constant strife Atteuded eTery step sin trod. Vet, through the gloom these shadows made, A llfiht about Ler feet was cast. And lilting up her voice she laid lier load, w here loads must come at last. Hence, those poor lips so scatit'y fed In faith could say, "Give us this day Ourdai'.v bread." AN AMlCAIiLE ARRANGEMENT. Mr. Gimblet, the celebrated ex-detective, w;:s fooiish enough to transact his Stock Exchange business through an outside broker. With all his astute ness, he hhiitel the Idiosyncrasy of many clever people, or being somewhat careless about his private affairs, and the glowing advertisements of Messrs. Vant & S.owbody had iroyed irresist ible, lie bad not done badly by the firm, uioii tl-e wLoI.-. when one morn ing he leamtd to his great disgust that the junior partner had disappeared after committing extensive defalca tions. Mr. Gimblet, fortunately, had re cently realized nearly all his securities aud duly received payment. There temained a balance due to him, but it was not verv much, and If the failure of Iilt-ssrs. Vant & Slowbody had oc cuircd in tlie ordinary way, he would have bjrne his loss with equanimity. But, accoiui"g to the reports published in the newspa, era. It appeared that the misfortune had been entirely brought about by the tUirant dishonesty of Mr. Slowbody, who had taken advantage of his senior's temporary absence to ab scond with an enormous sum of money, aud had apparently contrived to get clear away with his booty. The great est sympathy was expressed for Mr. Vant", who had hastened home on bear ing the startling news, only to Dnd himself utterly ruined. It mado Mr. Gimblet very angry indeed to think that he had been robbed, and he deter mined that Mr. Slowbody should not escape Ecott-free for want of any aisist ance he could render. Accordingly Mr. Gimblet attended the preliminary meeting of the ere lit ers of the firm, dressed in his best, with the inevitable liower in his buttonhole. Nobody paid the slightest attention to to him, for he modestly kept in the background and took no part in the proceedings. He did not trouble his head by attempting to follow the fig ures and the dry businesj details which bore upon the Important question of the dividend the estate would yield, but certain parts of Mr. Vant's pathetic and eloquent statement interested him so much, that when the meeting ad journed, he politely accosted that gen tleman and requested a few minutes' conversation. " Mr. Vant seemed inclined to resent Mr. Giuiblet's demand as an Imperti nence. He was a florid, elderly man. with a loud voice, and rather pompous manners. lie probably considered that after the ample statement he had made, the questions he had satisfactorily an swered, and the unanimous vote of sympathy by which his creditors bad testified their appreciation of his straightforward conduct, he might be spared the importunities of individual creditor?. "1 am afraid that just at this mo mex.t I have no time to give you. sir," he replied, glancing rather supercil iously at Mr. G'lmblet. "Very well. Only I thought I might possibly be of some service to you," said Mr. Gimb'.et, qiiitetiy. "In what way?" inquired Mr. Vant. "My name is Gimblet," said the ex-detective, producing one cf his busi ness cards. "Ohl ah! To be sure," said Mr. Vant, with sudden cordiality. "1 believe you generally transacted your business through my late partner. That is why I did not recognize you. Come In here." Mr. Gimblet followed Mr. Vant Into a small private room, with a gratified smile upon his shrewd lips. Vanity was the ex-detective's weak point, and be could not help feeling flattered at Mr. Vant's change of manner. "I believe you are one of the smaller creditors, Mr. Gimblet, fortunately for yourself," remarked Mr. Vant, when they were alone. "Yes," said Mr. Gimblet, taking a mental note of the fact that for the first time during the day Mr. Vant showed signs of nervousness. "How ever, I did not wish to trouble you about that." "Oh, don't consider me for a mo ment," said Mr. Vant, with a wave of bis white band. "I place myself en tirely and unreservedly at the disposi tion of my creditors. Everything I possess in the world my house, my plate, and my carriages, and even my wife's jewelry will go toward in creasing the dividend and repairing this terrible disaster as far as lies iu my power." "So 1 understand," said Mr. Gimb let, quite unmoved "1 wanted to ask about Mr. Slowbody." "A warrant has been issued for his apprehension," said Mr. Vaut, Some what impatiently. "Yes, sir, I know. But not until too late." "What do you man? I gave Infor mation to the police within an hour of my return home," said Mr. Vant, red dening slightly. "1 understand the facts are these," said Mr. Gimblet," You and your family were staying at Biarritz." "We have been there two months," Interposed Mr. Vant. "Exactly. You had no suspicion of your partner's proceedings until" "Until I received his letter written from Queeustown, informing me of his Bight," interrupted Mr. Vant quickly. "1 immediately started home by the first train, and after sending half an hour here. I called in the police. You see I did not lose a moment." "No; but the letter did not reaa you till several days more tha-i a week, in lac' after date," remarks i Mr. GimUet. "That is to. Unfortunately I had left Biarritz with my family the day before the letter arrived there. Con m uenlly it ha I to ba forwar-'ed on U iaris, auu una caused delay." "Mr. Slowbody had plenty of tun: to reach America, if that was his des tination, between the date of his letter and the time of your giving informa tion to the police," observed Mr. plmblet, musingly. "That may be. I presume these questions have reference to a desire on your part to assist in apprehending my late partner," said Mr. Vant, drawing himself up. "Most certainly. Considering that he has robbed aud ruined you, no one in his senses would imagine you desired to assist his escape," said Mr. Gimblet with an innocent air. "My dear sir, I I am a Christian, a professing Christian certainly, and I liope a sincere one. At the same time, I cannot help feeling vindictive toward my late partner. As you say, he has robbed and ruined me. When 1 think of the misery aud suffering he has wrought " "What do the police say, sir?" said Mr. Gimblet, interrupted Mr. Vant's remarks with scant courtesy. "Well, they have no clue at present, but they are hopeful, " answered Mr. Vant. "I am sure they would be grateful for any suggestion you could make to them." "No they wouldn't, because I might tell them that they are on the wrong scent altogether," said Mr. Gimblet, looking his companion straight in the face. "However," feigning not to notice Mr. Vant's start and look of confusion. "I never interfere In what doesn't concern me. ine police can go their way, and I will go mine." u You are exceeding kind," returned Mr. Vant, evidently striving to appear cordial, "to Interest yourself about the matter." "Don't mention It, sir," said Mr. Gimblet, taking np his hat; "you see I've been robbed that Is the long and short of it. I've not lost much, it's the having been swindled that riles me. I should like to be even with Mr. Slowbody.' MYou are not singular in that desire. Mr. Gimblet," said Mr. Vant, extend ing his hand. "Anything you have to suggest shall receive the most careful attention." Mr, Gimblet wended his way home ward in a very thoughtful frame of mind after this interview. The fact was that he felt completely mystified by Mr. Vaut'a behavior. While that gentleman was making lib statement to his creditors, the ex-detective had been struck by a sudden suspicion that he was acting a part. The idea came to him with the force and suddenness which he had learned from experience to associate with a happy inspiration. The great secret of Mr. Gimblet 's suc cess in his ieculiar line of business was a singular knack of forming a correct conclusion without the process of rea soning. He was by no means wanting iu logical perception, but he was fre quently aided in his investigations by a sort of intuition which put him on the right track when others were vainly groping in the dark. He had instinct ively m'strusted Mr. Vant from the moment he commenced his speech, and when the proceedlnas terminated he felt impelled to engage him in conver sation in order to gauge his character. He had no difficulty in this, for Mr. Vant's demeanor hal not been calcu lated to inspire confidence. Iu fact, Mr. Gimblet had a very strong impres sion that, in spite of direct evidence to the contrary, the gentleman was no more entitled to sympathy than his defaulting partner. When he came to consider the de tails, however, Mr. Gimblet was in clined to mistrust his opinion. It was quite clear that Mr. Slowbody had de camped, as alleged, and had involved h.s partner in ruin. The report of the accountants, a firm of high standing, proved indisputably not only that Mr. Slowbody had robbed his ciients, but also that he had pledged property be longing to Mr. Vant, besides impropri ating the whole ot their joint capital. The statement of affairs disclosed the . most shameful frauds on the part of Mr. Slowbody, In none of which was there the slightest evidence to show that Mr. Va n had been implicated.! In fast, the surrounding circumstances ail pointed to the innocence of the senior partner, and no shadow of suspicion ap peared to rest upon him. But when Mr. Gimblet was seized with an idea, he did easily suffer himself to be disconcert-d by adverse facts. Consequently, when he reached his dingy office, be said to one of his assistant: "Grainger, you live at Clapham, don't you?', "Yes, sir." "I want you to make a few inquiries about a Mr. Vant," said Mr. Gimblet, thoughtfully drawing crosses with his pen ou his blotting-pad. 'Is that the gentleman who has been swindled by his partner?" "Yes. The matter doesn't press at all; any time will do. Just lind out when he left Biarritz, and what day he received in Paris the news of his part ner's disappearance. You may be able to get It from one of the servants." After this Mr. Gimblet dismissed the subject from his mind for several days, having more important business on hand. He learned from the newspapers that no clue had been obtained as to the whereabouts of the defaulting partner, and it seemed pretty certain that he bad made good his escape. At length his subordinate reminded him or the mission he liad Intrusted to him. "Well, what have you ascertained?" 1 made the acquaintance ot the gentleman's valet, sir, who accom panied the family to Biarritz." "Ye?." "Every one in Clapham sympathizes very much with Mr. Vant. The house and furniture are to be sold, and the servants have all received notice. "Of course," said Mr. Gimblet, im patiently. "The family stayed at Biarritz nearly two months, at the Hotel d'Angleterre. They left on the 2Jth cf January and went to Tans. The Utter followed him there, forwarded with other letters Irom Biarritz some days later." "Yes?" "The valet was in the room waen the letter arrived. Of course, the valet did not know what had happened at the time, but he guessed there was some thing wrong by the way Mr. Vant abused him for picking up the envelope from the floor." , "Ohl How was that?" inquired Mr. Gimblet with sudden interest. "The valet stopped to pick up ths envelope which bad fallen. Mr. ant pounced upon him dir. ctly and snatched i; away from him and destroyed it In a passion." , . , "I suppose he saw the man looking curiously at the postmark or aome thlQir." said Mr. Gimblet, thought fully. 'I suppose he did, but the valet I didn't notice anything except that the letter had a Spanish stamp." "Eh?" exclaimed Mr. Gimblet, quickly. "That is what the man said, sir," said the clerk, a little startled by an abrupt movement of his master. "Very well. What e'se?" inquired Mr. Gimblet. It was evident, however, that his mind was preoccupied, and that he paid but little attention to the remain ing details which his assistant related. The latter were quite unimportan', and when the man had finished. Mr. Gimblet dismissed him without asking anything further. But, the Incident ot the letter or rather tha envelop afforded him food for reflection. The letter professed to have been written from Queenstown, and to have come from tnere. Mr. Gimblet had seen a copy of it, the original being in the hands of the police. Obviously fie envelope containing It ought to have been franked by an English sUinp. The fact of its having a Spanish stamp showed conclusively that it hal not been posted in Ireland. Of course, it was just possible that the valet miv have been mistaken at a hasty glance; but, on tho other band, why should Mr. Vant have seized i; so anxiously, aud why had he destroyed so important a piece or evidence? Upon the whole Mr. Gimblet was inclined to b?l.eve the correctness of the valet's story; and this suggeslei the inference that Mr. Vant had deliberately beeu mis leading the police and his creditors foi the purpose or screening his partner. The traiu of thought which followed this discovery kept Mr. Gimblet 's mind fully occupied for half an hour, during which he sat at his desk whistling syftly to himself, with a very kuowlua expression. At length he roused him self from his reverie and started off into the city, where ho paid a visit to Mr. Vant "I've called sir," he said, quietly, upon being usherel into that gentle man's office, "with reference to cur conversation the other day. "Ahl Very glad to see you, Mr. Gitnbet," said Mr. Vant, who had been permitted, owing to the sympathy of his creditors, to continue his business under favorable auspices. "There is no news, I'm sorry to say, I suppose you have none?" "Well, 1 think I've found out some thing, sir," said Mr. Gimblet, with edifying humility. "Indeedl What i3 it?" Inquired Mr. Vant, condescendingly. "You said the letter announcing the flight ot your partner came from Queenstown?" "Sj it diJ. The police have It." "It profesied to come from Queens towu, but I can prove that it come from Spain, and fiat you knew it," said Mr. Gimblet, in a matter-of-fact tone. Mr. Vant fell back in his chair a? though he had been shot, and turned as pale as marble. The ex-detective's calm and penetrating gaze caused tlie denial he attempted to utter to die away on his lips. After a pausj he said horsely: "I did it for the best. lie bad wronged me, but he had been my friend. I had no other motive." "You may tell that to the marines, sir," said Mr. Gimblet, with a wink. "Do you mind my telling you a little story?" "What about?" murmured Mr. Vant. "About two friends of mine call 'em Smith and Jones," began Mr. Gimblet, quite cheerfully. "Smith an 1 Jones were in business together, but things went from bad to worse, till nothing remained but to Bhut up shop. But Smith, who was an enter prising fellow, proposed to Jones to raise all the money they cojjld, to collar everything tbey could lay their hands on, aud to make a bolt." "totaling ot the kind! nothing of the kind!" g-isted Mr. Vant. ' But Jones had a better idea than that." resumed Mr. Gimblet. "He suggested instead that Smith should do as he proposed, and leave blm behind This arrangemeut would suit both o them Smith would have more capita, to make a fresh start in another coun try, while Jones would remain behind aud pose as a martyr. You see, sir, a crash was inevitable; Jones was bouu l to have lost everything, and he pre ferred to do so under circumstances that would secure popular sympathy and induce his friends to come lorward Besides, of coursa, he was to have part of the swag on the quiet." "No. I'll swear, not a farthing," cried Mr. Vant, vehemently. It's it's a lie, all of it," he aaded, evidently beside himself. " 1 here is a precious lot ot money gone, Mr. Vant," said Mr. Gimblet. meaningly. "Look here, Mr. Gimblet," said Mr. Vant, making a desperate effort to 10 cover his composure, and dropping his xo.co to a tremulous whisper, "suppose everything had happened precisely as you say, what could you prove?" "I stiould leave that to others," re -piled Mr. Gimblet, evasively. "But nobody could prove anything. Do you doubt, if 1 had done as you suggest, I should not have taken every possible precaution? As regards yoai wonderful discovery about the letter Having come from Spain " "Well?" inquired Mr. Gimblet, :i his companion paused. "I deny It, but still -nanin your price!" The Enslish as Skaters. AS a nation luey are not great skaters. Some good performers there are; yet men who skate taking the term to mean something more than merely floundering along in the most ungraceful attitudes are comparatively small in number. As the newspaper i tell us, crowds of people flocked to the n Tares t pond long before the ice bears. To the masses the existence of an acre or two of Ice means the extension ot available play grounds, and upon the principle of anything for a change, great numbers resort to every frozen puddle. And what do they do when they get there? sliders are numerous; more than half the skaters find it neces sary to braadish a stick as a means of retaining their balance; a man doing thejoutside edge is almost sure of a gal lerv, while anything outside of this raises the skater to the position ot an expert. Yet skating in England has. In point of proficiency, made rapid strides within the last fifty years; and a few but very few of our best skaters can bold their own with the represen tatives of any nation, 27k widespread belief that try trained against the walls of a dwelling-house is productive ot dampness is a fallacy. AVOOKI. BUT NOT WEDDED. Sweet heart Perjures lieraclf anil Seeks Repentance in a Convent. In tho Fall or 1343 I was sent out as tuptr-cargo of a vessel laden with Jour and other provisions for the relief f the starving iop!e ct Ireland. The ?hip was freighted for the city ot Limerick, but, after my duty was lischarged, I still lingered in the vicinity. In my travels through the country I became acquainted with a family who had beeu comparatively well off until the total failure of successive crops had reduced them to the same abject poverty as their neighbors. There were an older brother and sister and several smaller children. They were orphans, but Timothy Delaney had supplied his father's place as well as he could, and bad kept the family to gether. He was a genial, open-hearted fellow; fond of fun aud frolic, like most ot bis countrymen, and carrying their proverbial honesty almost to an excess. Allen, or Eily Delaney was one of the most beautiful girls I 67er beheld; and It was not Ion before I discovered that her beauty had gained for her the best match in the parish a young farmer, well-to-do in the world, and a handsome fellow to boot. Neverthe less, her engagement did not meet the approval of her brother, of which I was apprised one evening when I called at the cottage. "He's wake as runnin' wather," said Timothy. "Sure It's to shame an' heart-break he'll bring ye, Eily, yit " Lily's beautiful dark blue eyes tilled with tears aud her Up3 trembled. "Oh, vo, vo, Tim, asthore, it's the hard word ye put on the poor boy that's promised me, an' before his honor, too. An' sure, it's for nothln' at all but the bad name he's got from the agint." "The agint 's nothin' to do wid it, Eily. Sure, now, his honor's honor knows it's not the word uv a Sas senach land agint I'd bs afther takln' agin my own sister's husband that's to be. But ye Know yerself, Eily, machree, that he's turned his back on the priest and his duty, an he's got in wid thiin that'll lade him to the rope's ind, an' our honest name that nlvlr hail the laste taste o' dirt thrown on it ull be dhragged through the mud by him." "That It'll nlver, niver bel It's little ye know Michael O'Connor, when ye spake that word." "An' how well do yez know him? Do yez know wheie he was yestreen? Or where he'll be at Shrovetide?" Eily was silent. "Thin it's mesilf will tell yez. Idly, alauna, though it hurts me to tne mid dle o' my heart to give ye the hard word. 'Stead o' bsin' an his knees forninst the priest like a good Christian, it's out wid the boy? he'll be that night, an' inside the doors o' the county jail mayhap 'fore mornin'." "He will net, he will not!" cried the girl passionately. "He's promised to meat me at the blackthorn tree nigh hand the chattel, an' go wid me to confession an' to the holy communion Ash Wednesday mornin', an' sure it Isn't wid the black dhrop iu his heart he'd be goin' to his duty." "Thin hould him to that promise, Eily, asthore, and maybe yez may save him yit: but I'll tell ye agln it's into bad ban's he's got, an' he's wake as wather." On the evening ot Shrove Tuesday, as I was riding along the road that led by the little Catholic chapel, I saw a lonely figure, dressed in the short scarlet petticoat and mantle commonly worn by the women of the west coast, crouching under a huge old blackthorn tree by the roadside. "There is Eily waiting for her lover," I thought. "I hope he will prove true to bis tryst." Next morning 1 was roused by the gossoon belonging to the inn entering my room and telling me "there was one beyant wait in' to have spacbe wid me av I plased." Upon going out I found Tim D-daney, Who told me the obnox ous agent had been murdered in his bed the night hefoie; that several of the "boys" in the neighborhood had been "reshtel" on suspicion, and that Michael O'Connor was among them. "l'oor Eily! how does she bear it?" was my first question. "Indade, au' that's list what I can't tel', yer honor. May I nlver slape in glory av I know what to make uv the colleen. Sure, it's loike a stock or a stone she's slttin' iver since widout a ward to fling at a djg." "But." said I, "O'Connor was to meet Eily last evening and go with lier to chapeL Did he do so? and how long were they together?" "Sorra one o' me knows. I kern home airly from chapel meself, an' weut straight to bed. Pelione! It's black, black me heart Is an scalded wid the hot tears for me poor Eily I" "Don't give up, Tim, my man. If your sister can prove O'Connor was with her, he's all right. What time wa the murder discovered?" "About tin, as I'm towld, yer honor. The agint's wife wint to his room an' there she found him stritched stiff." Could Eily prove O'Connor's Inno cence? No one knew nor could any one gaiu the least intelligence from her. Upon everything cohnectel with her lover she remained obstinately silent, and no questioning would induce her to admit or deny any knowledge of his actions on that night. - The day of the trial cams and the court-room and yard around it were crowded to suffocation. Two of the men were convicted without any diffi culty and sentenced to be hanged in three days. Michael O'Connor was tried on a separate indictment as not having been actively engaged In the murder, but aiding and abetting by keeping guard for the others. After the opening speeches of the counsel, and the witnesses for the prosecution had been heard, "Call Eiiy Delaney," said the lawyer en gaged for the defense. Tale as the sheeted dead, with every feature of her lovely face so set in Iron resolution that it looked as if carved from Parian marble, Eily Delaney, with unfaltering voice and hand, called on God to witness that she spoke the truth, ths whole truth, and nothing but the truth, when she swore that Michael O'Conuor had met her at the blackthorn tree on Shrove Tuesday evening, that ha had gone with her to the chapel, and afterward accompanied her home, where he remained talking before the kitchen fire until 13 o'clock that night. As her evidence concluded and she turned to leave the stand her eyes met mine, and 1 knew in that in stant that she had sworn falsoly. Her brother knew it, too. As the Jury re turned, a verdict of "Xot guilty," De laney Raised bis bead and looked fni at bis sister. But on her beautiful face there fell a shadow more solemn than despair; a life-long remorse, a lire-long renunciation spoke in her an swering look. Xext day I left Limerick tor the north of Ireland and it was some months befoie I again stood on the busy quay of the famous old city. An emigrant ship was to sail that day and crowds were pushing and shoving their way on board. Among them I caught sight of familiar faces and was pres ently shaking hands with Tim Delaney and his family. Thera they all were, including Mick O'Connor. A little apart from the others stood Eily, her hands hung listlessly by her side, and her sad eyes gazed vacantly over the rolling waves. There was something inexpressibly forlorn and desolate in her look as I approached ber and said: "Well, Eily, I hope you will find more happiness in the new world than you leave behind you In the old." She turned a heartbroken look on me. but remained silent. Her brother spoke: "But she's not goin' wid us, the crathur? Heard ye iver the loike o' that, yer honor? Sure, it does be breakiu' me heart to lave her, but I can't kape the chUdher here to starve." "And you, too, O'Conuor," said I, in wondering reproach, "do you. too, abandon her?" "She would have It so," said be, looking down sheepishly. "Yes," said Eily, In a clear, resolute tone, "I will have it so. Let thim go an' find happier homes an' fairer for tunes beyant the say. Sucb are not for me. I don't deserve thim. To-morrow I join the Sisterhood ot St. Bridget and spind the balance o' my sad life in plnance for my sin." So she did, and in works of charity and mercy and in dally prayer and penance strove to wash out the guilt of that false oath by which she had pledged her soul to save ber lover's life. The Voices of tird. That starlings and ravens can talk is a well-known fact. The mocking-bird is a perfect pla giarist in the featiiered world; be imi tates almost all songsters, even the nightingale. Tarrots are able to make a noise like that produced by a saw, the sound of a cork drawn from a bottle, and other noises still more peculiar. The kingfisher can reproduce most ac curately the crackling of hens, the barking of dogs, the quacking of ducks and the bleating of sheep. Birds as well as mankind are apt to be vain of their voices and seek to excel one another. Especially Is this the case with nightingales. In a hedge inhabited by them one may often ob serve that their voices increase two, ay. threefold iu strength, and sometimes some of these birds are found with their throats torn they havo simpiy sung themselves to deatu. The stork in Africa, It Is said, is dumb and bis ciappenng is but an imitation of the sharpening of scythes. This sound is supposed to be specially pleasing to the stork, because on freshly cut meadows he always finds food in plenty, and therefore it is suggestive of a rich dinner. All of these birds show great fondness for, and are said to be capable of, imitating the human voice, if one were only to take sufficient pains in training them. And, more than this, they can repeat entire words like the parrot. Not only In music have birds been the model followed by man, but also that peculiar and entertaining art, ven trUoqutsm, has been copied from them. Just as many of them sing out boldly and All the air with their melodies, others form their sounds without open ing their bills. Tiie pigeon is a well known instance of this; its cooing can be distinctly heard, although it does not open its bill, the call is formed in ternally In the throat and chest, and is only rendered audible by resonance. Similar ways may be observed in m tuy birds and other animals. The clear, loud call of the cuckoo, according to Xicolardot, is only the resonance of a note formed in the bird. The whirring of the snipe, which betrays the ap proach of the bird to the hunter. Is an act of ventriloquism. The frog also is said not to open his mouth in croaking, but to create his far-reaching sounds by the rolling of air in his intestines. Effective llebukes. A piece of quiet irony, which sug gests more than it says, is one of the most effective methods of administer ing reproof. But it must be delicately put. for the least bungling will make it a failure. One day, while Gen. Itabert E. Lee was visiting the lines at Petersburg, he aske l an officer riding with him, if a certain work he (Lee) had ordered done was finished. Tne officer replied, after a little hesitation, that it was. "Then let us ride to the spot and in spect it," said Lee. On arriving there, he fonnd that lit tle progress had been made in the work, and the confused officer tried to excuse himself by saying: "I ordered It to be done at once, and I was told that It had been completed, but I did not think It necessary to verify the fact by a personal inspection." -We must give our personal atten t on to the lines," said Gen, Lee. rid ing on. In a few minutes he began complimenting the officer's horse. "Yes, sir," answered the officer, "he is a splendid animal and I prize him more highly because he Is my wife's favorite riding-horse." "A magnificent horse, but I should not think him safe for Mrs. to ride," said Gen. Lee. "He's too spir ited for a lady, and I would urge you by all means to take some of the mettle out of him before you permit your wife to ride him again. And, by the way, general, I would suggest to you that the rough paths along these trenches would be admirable ground over which to train him." While Gen. Lee was President of Washington College, a visitor asked how a certain student was getting on, "He Is a quiet, orderly young man," answered the President, "but he seems very careful not to injuie the health of his father's son. He got last month only forty on his Greek, thirty-five on bis English, which is a very low stand ing, as one hundred is our maximum. Now, 1 do not want our young men to injure their health, but I wish them to come as near it as possible." He (of Boston) "In this world, Miss Penn, we cannot have all things to please us. Even the rose, you know, has thorns." She (ot Philadelphia) "Yes, Mr. Waldo, and planked shad its bones. Ah me!" OMEXS OP- GOOD AXD KVIIj. Popular Sn per-aiil ions That llaro Outlived Many General ions. The superstitions banded down from Mother Eve are observed by many of her daughters. If you are to bj mar ried In church you must, leave the house hand in hand, and, be the stepj ever so narrow, you must descend to gether. If you let go of each other it will bring separation either in life or deatlu He who looks around on the way to a wedding Is looking for an other, and if the wedding ring is lost it rorbodes that the couple will not live long together. That the particular day of the week on which birth takes place determines the character and fortune of the child is an assumption hoary with age. Children born on Sunday are said to have the power of second sight or clairvoyancy. If a new trn babe has a particularly old look you can conclude that it will not live to grow up. If you have Us picture taken be fore it is a year old it will meet with the same sad fate. The same Is said of children who are allowed to play with flowers or who are taken inside a ceme tery at this early period of life. If you would sleep soundly and peacefully the head of the bed must face the east, but on no account must the foot be oppo site the door, for the person in it will certainly be carried from the house a corpse. If you wish to sleep without dreaming you must put one shoe or rumr. nnriAr trtA tu! ami lif. tliA ft'liar lie in the room where it can be seen. II ! you wish to awake at a certain hour strike your big toe against the foot board five or six times, whatever the number of the hour may be, and your wish will be fulfilled you will awake at the precise moment. For lazy pupils it is recommended to put the book con taining the lesson to be learned under the pillow at night aud they will ba sure to know it in the morning. In the Highlands of Scotlond it is said that, If a servant while making the bed happens to sneeze, the sleep of the per son who is to He in it will be disturbed unless a little of the straw (or other substance) with which it is staffed Is taken out and thrown into the fire. If strangers of opposite sexes r.semble each other you can wager a thousand to one that they will be mar ried if they meet, provided they care fully avoid using the words "if or "but," or give them a proper turn when used. You must never give shoo or stockings to any one whom you wish to retain near you; if you do he will be certain to run away. If a lover presents a knife or any sharp instru ment to his betrothed their love will be cut asunder unless he takes a pin or something similar in exchange. Our meals are seasoned with the same non sense. If one upsets the Bait he will shed many tears; so If he lays knife and fork across each other. If you are sin gle aud are the first to cnt into the butter yon must wait seven years to be married. If you sit at the sharp corner ot the table yon will have a humped-back wife. At the change of the year dishes made of grainy sub stances are preferred; it is a sign of money. So the first meal of a newly married couple should consut of grauu- lousfood. It is considered a great wrong to give away the end of a loaf ui ureau, iu , iu u.tu u been cut with the cut side upon the table. If a young man wishes to sue ceed in business he will not make his beginning Monday, though in Ireland, it must be added, this is considered an auspicious day, while in the .North cf Scotland the mere mention of Monday the first time in company may bring bad luck. Friday, or course, is a day of ill omen, on wnicu no new wsm must ue commenced. Even among the Brah mins this feeling prevailed, and it has probably come down to ns a part of our Aryan inneriiance. 11 your ten hand itches, you will take in money; if your right, you will pay it out. A tinging in the light ear means that some one is speaking well of you; in the left, you may be sure that evil tongues are busy witn you. it your right eye itshes you will see some beautiful sieht: if the left you will have cause to shed tears. If your nose itches you will hear some news, or will fall into the mire. If in dressing you put on vour stockings wrong side out it is a sizu of cood luck; but you must leave it so or the luck will cuaoge Deiore nizhL On the other hand, if a stock- ii g is put on the wrong side out on u;e weddinff dav it portends a disastrous union. If you put a stitch into any article of clothing that is on your body you will sow your luck fast, and if there are any strings to be tied or loosened while dressiug you mutt be careful not to get them Into a knot. Furthermore, a chad under 13 monins must not be allowed to see its image in the looking glass for fear of its becom ing vain later in life. If you look over a child's head it will not grow any more. If little children kiss each other before they can speak they will never learn anything. If a little daughter resembles her mother sne wia never have a particle of good luck in all her life. If a prl baby is given its mother's name it will not live. The same is said of a son who is named after his father. If, in spite of all the threaten- inz perils of infancy and youth, in spue of all bad omens and evil spirits. the child has grown to maturity, a whole world of danger will open before him, and be must learn to read many ti.ns and portents it ne wisues w net r s.ie good iuck mat nas in us lar si- tended him. If, on going out of the bouse, you forget something, you unict under no circumstances turn nac nou can possibly avoid it; n you uo yon must at any rate sit down before going out again. If the first person you meet is an old woman tt is a sign ot coming misfortune, while on the contrary, t funeral procession denotes good for tune. What Napoleon II L Miftht Havo Dunn The Prince remarked that "if then were barricades in the streets of Paris such as those by which his way to tin. throne was won in 1S30, the Kin? would not give orders to disperse tin mob by force of arms." "Why do von think so?" asked Mr. Kogers. "ths King is a weak man a merciful man. He does not like bloodshed. I otter think he was a fool not to have had n.t shot after the affair of Strasburg. Il.it i our cases been reversed I know that 1 ,1 niinuui; would have had him shot mercy." Real difference of opinio:;, honestl expressed, whenever the subject it serious enouja to demand it, aiwayi dftfervs respectful attention aud oou slderation. , '.NEATH THE CRESCENT. Customs of Religion, Marriage, So cial Intercourse and Behavior. The Koran has fixed the hours that ! must be consecrated to prayers. These prayers, namaz, are five in number. The most solemn is the morning prayer; it is the sabah. namizl; it is utterel after the dawn. Just before therMng of the sun. The second Is the midday prayer, enlle namazL The third, jklndy namazi, must be offered just before the setting of the sun. The evening prayer, aacham namazi, is uttered lust before the shadows conceal the horizon. Finally the last and fifth prayer, yatcy namazi. Is uttered in the interval after sundown and just before dawn. The hour of prayers is regularly proclaimed to the faithful by the imams, called muezzins, who walk around the balcony of the minarets singing In a melancholy voice this un varying litany: "God, the most high, I here proclaim that there is no God but God. I proclaim that Mohammed is the prophet of God. Come to the temple of salvation. Great God! God the most high! There is no God bu; God!" Blind men are usually selected for muezzins, or at least imams that suffer from confirmed myopia, so that they cannot throw inquisitive glances toward the women that may be prom enading on the terraces of the houses. Christians surround their observance of prayer with a kind of mystery or of reserve that the Musselmans know absolutely nothing of. In whatever place a devout Omanli may find himself, whether in his house, in the streets, in a public square, doinz business or on a visit, as soon as the hour of the namaz is announced he makes his religious preparations, places under his knees a small rug, or. In de fault of which a handkerchief, turns bis face toward Mecca, places his arms in the shape of a cross upon his breast or places them to his forehead, pros- trates himself, then rises all this slowly and with strict observance or rules. If he is in the street he does not permit himself to be distracted and disconcerted by anything, not even by the Indiscreet curiosity of the Euro pean, who looks at him astonished by this novel sight, but who generally has no desire to ridicule it; for this worship under the open sky, disregard ing social conventionalities, indifferent to whatever may be said, has some thing grand and sacred about it that bardshes all rallery and Inspires respect. Marriages receives scarcely more at tention among the Turks than birth and death, and there is but little em barrassment from the administrative formalities that precede and accompany this solemn act in the West. There are no bans, no announcements, no regis trations. A man obtains a wife just as he would buy a bouquet; but neither the buyer nor the seller, nor the inter mediary asks for a receipt. As it i3 forbidden a man to enter the barem or another (even if he were a near rela tive of the latter) to see a young wo man and talk with her, there are no marriages for love and no engagements One father meets another father and says to him: "You havo a son and I have daughter. If the mother of your son knows my daughter, let u3 strike a bargain; if sLe does not know her, let husiws9 Tne conditioas are dl3l them see each other and let us cIosj up . , haufflf,! over, and then all the arrangements between the parents are made and the young people introduced to each other. Let ns add in passing that among us marriages ttat are contracted in the gnat capitols of Europe, especially iu Paris, do not depart far from this pro gram. Iu France, hewever, a man is still allowed to behold the object for the acquisition of which negotiations are in progress. In Turkey this is for bidden, there marriaze is a lottery in deed. Turkish girU are promised usu I ally when they are very young, even ai1 a tender age. when they arc ouy J or 4 years old. If the young bride should happen to die before her marriage, or, be required for the Sultan's harem for It may be promised that this is a case that breaks all engagements, and is esteemed as a great honor by parents the intended husband Is not expected to weep over what he loses, for Le has never seen it. When the young girl reaches her twelfth or thirteenth year, she receives the nuptial blessing, and the husband cannot see the face of his wife until after that ceremony. Xo woman, not even the wife, takes part in the sol emnity of marriage, which is effected by proxy, delegated to an uncle or to an elder brother, often with a full beard, who plays the roll of the bride. The parents ot the couple sign the con tract before the imam ot their quarter, in the presence of a few friends, who act as witnesses. The nuptials are then celebrated by the families with a calm ness and gravity that would be as suitable for a funeral as for a weJding. The sexes never mingle at these fes tivities. The men take their pleasure in silence In their selamlik; the women a little more noisily it Is but natural la the baremlik. A Group of Queens. The Queens in southern Europe are a remarkably interesting group of women. The Queen of Koumania, or Carmen Sylva, is not only a poetes3, and full of picturesque romance, but she lately underwent examination for a diploma that might give her a right to do certain teaching in the public schools. Everybody knows of the skillful manner in which Christiana, the Queen of Spam, performs her un wonted duties. And now Margaret, of Savoy, the Queen of Italy, is to appear as an author, with her stories founded on the legends of the Middle Ages. Among the various languages spoken fluently by this Queen is English, in which she reads every new book ot importance, keeping herelf posted on Engliab politics and gossip. In religious matters she is neither too liberal i oi too devote, and she is a passional e pa-1 trtot. In person she is lovely, fair aud bright, more graceful than niuje.-tie, ' with a feminine sweetness very attrac tive in a royal personage. Her famiiy relations are perfect; she is the intimate friend ot ber young son, the Prince ot Naples; and, often seen on tho streets ' and among the shops, she is idolized by the people. A Warning. Alfred Stlnit, of Corvalii. Or., loves good whisky and bad whisky, for that matter, and also knows the danzer t -i t- it ivi. ..,. i i ij Luab uo la iu. ucuw ibis t,aiu iu 1113 local newspaper: "I hereby notify ail persons within this State that they J must not give or sell me any iutoxicat- ing drink under any consideration. It they do I will prosecute them to the ' full extent ot the law." NEWS IX BRIEF. An ocean steamship is said to have used 520,000 worth ot coal on a recent voyage. For the theft of a shilling shirt a poor devil in England was sent to a cell for five years. A manufactory of bogus rare old coins is said to have been found by de tectives in Pittsburgh. Brick is being imported from Chi cago to be tsed in a new city building in San Diego, California. A new absurdity Is to put a crape bow on the collar of a pet dog whose owner Is in mourning. A season of German opera costs every owner of a box in the Xew York Metropolitan fully $o,000. The Emperor of Brazil, who has been quite ill, Is reported out of danger by the South American papere. A "war" between sugar refiners in California is reported to be making sugar "dirt cheap" out that way. A petrified human being Is said to lave been discovered in a cave on iand mountain, Tennessee, a few days ago. At the door of a Parisian tobacco shop is the legend "Gentlemen are re quested not to smoke inside the shop." The Granite Mountain Mice in Montana has paid twenty-two dividends in fifteen months amounting to il. 500,000. In Hawthorne, Nebraska, sand i-i often used to extinguish tires in the absence of water.and it i3 said to be quite effectual. Englis'a is said to be the favorite of the new Turkish Minister to this country, Malviri Bey, who speak3six languages. The yield of one Dakota farm is given as 60,000 bushels of wheat, 8,000 bushels of barley anl VI wj bushels of oats. The Chief Burgomaster of Berlin gets a salary equivalent to about SToW per annum of our money, exclusive of an allowance for rent. ! A recent temperance lecturer pro pounded the theory that the bicycle is a means of grace, since none but a perfectly sober man can ride one suc cessfully. I London had. ou March 10th, exclu sive ot lunatics in asylums, pat.ep' y. small-pox and fever hospitals, jtl grants, 103,711 paupers tfflcia.iy re ported in her care. The first mass in the present limits of the United States was said on the spot recently occupied by the old Cath edral at St. Augustine, Florida, which was destroyed recently. Measles broke out March 25 in the Brooklyn Nursery, and of the 00 child ren in the institution only five escated. Seventeen little ones died and 33 re mained on the sick list. A party of over o J school girls at tacked the Governor of California at Hsd Bluff, in that State, recently, aud succeeded in oltaimng a kiss apiece be fore he couid be rescued. Edward Gould, of Portland, at more than four score, is still cashier of the National Traders' Bank of tbat city, a position which he has held con tinuously for fifty-three years. The next Legislature of It;nx!e Island will contain a Frenchman, wl o was elected lately, an element of mem bership not heretofore known in the Assembly of that State it is said. A sort of Free Masonry, it Is said, exists among the Chinese that finds expression oa goods sent to the!r laud dry. Certain sign mean "bad pay," "no good," "heap slippery," etc. A postmaster at Cope, Indiana, has resigned, but the rush for the suc cession is not likely to be great. His salary amounted to o cents less tuan halt a dollar for the month f March. A. party of sportsmen from Ogdens burg, NV w Jersey, had great success in duck hunting recently, but it has since turned out thut most of-what they bagged were the tame ducks of a gen- tie man. A thler stole the coat of Rev. D. B. Terry, of Brooklyn, while the latter was preaching, succeeding also in car rying off the manuscript of his sermon on "The Wages or Siu." wtiich was in a pocket of the garment. A woman of Spartanburg, South Carolina, while carrying an armload of wood, was attacked recently by a rabid do?, but, dropping a portion of her loud, she turned the tables by beating out the brains cf the do with one of her billets. During the past winter Mrs. Mary Miller, of Hillsborough, New Hamp shire (where the season still lingers). red daily eisnc gray squirrels, which came to her door from the woods every morning and departed alter having had their breakfast. In Saa Francisjo there are four Journals regularly published in Chinese characters, lhese appear weekly and have a circulation of 2,300 copies. It requires four persous to run a Chin ese journal, an editor, a sub-editor, a translater and a printer. Japan grows enormous quantities of sorghum cane, and large quantities of granulated sugar have been made from it. The product for one vear waa estimated at 512,000.000 rounds. The principal crop of this country is rice; one-half the entire land under cultiva tion, it is said, beinjr devoted to its growth. A carpenter was blown from the top of a twenty-five foot ladder in Orange, New Jersey, while he was making repairs to a window, but he carried with him the sash which, act ing as a parachute, let him gently down to the lawn uninjured. A prize of $100 having been offered for the best design for a new silver dollar, the Macon Telejrapb hopes to secure it by this offer: "On one side, the rising sun, a cornucopia rampant, and the legend, 'Honesty is the best policy. Oa the other in long primer, "Turn the rascals out." Between the two, one dollar's worth of silver. A large number of images of ai.ge's and saints having len introduced into the Cathedral of St. Giles, at Edin burgh, Scotland, a petition, signed by 500 residents of the parish, was recently presented to the Edinburgh Presby tery, askiDg that the Courts should take steps to have these images removed, "as enjoined by the Bible and laws if the national Church." Oil has been "struck" in Egypt by boring In the Jjlel Zt-it (oil mountain), on the shore of the Ked Sea, ISO miles tram Suez. Petroleum has long beeu supposed to exist in the country, for the ancient mummy cloths were soaked in it, and the exudations from the fis sures of this very mountain have been used by the natives from time im rut tut orial as a specific for rtieumati' skin diseases. ? t- ; i I i: r V 1 ' S i R 4 i I I ! i .A I
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