r in i mi ;i t- "1 Si '! U f. mi Mir uk ( lb.-, US 0 Ha lT be B. P. SOHWEIER, THE OOXXT1TUI10MD UH-1I TIX OT0X0EKE1T 01 ZEE Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLT. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 15. 1887. NO. 25- It fif ill iilrf MJ m na a, ve 4 ha V.P , flic nri4 & toih ' sand 'bortfc LlOUl i " ueJiJ ion lr. Ei " . Of 3i-es6 I t! kxJ ;rate Shell 101 I! Si bealtlJ oertooj . -aJed 2 that t rt dis ' d a , and nt I miserj e you ke umc ' ntht I- realities bemsej J am i tile di i thent, i Uinif f ising J has ii mo it she ,00. . 2. ton. I !Dl. EE S vt ft r.oa rur isea IV arlr iadmcm For lb cJ irith HMFf J Ointffll of Ii4 I !Tcp4 a. Phil j i H n of To a Younjt Friend. Look down, brother youth, just below m mere lies Tlie bloto:u-iuked kiugiloai of childish delight : The valley oflanjhter, wl icre sol baby eyra Loc louj on'ls fc:ass ith no tlaouubt of the Lrijjlit. But Lere on llio slope of tlie nioiintaia of Il!c, Lift eyes I look away I hat sUip-whitf n- ca stas: Wliat tuusic of butes tbat cill to t be tnfe! WLat visions of vineyards iuijiurpla the has : Do no! waver ; climb on ; base croakers mav prate. And murmur agaiust the bard verdict of lime: The viie with foul living carve out a foul fate. The idle must rat of the rue and the rime. They may tell you the visions you wltuess are air, Eut moeking wist-seas, lands of ashes and blight; Believe them not, friend ; to the pure life is fair. And v.ell worlh the livinz If lived but aright. Then upl look away t lift s'eaJy, keen eyes ; The marvels of dreams may seem seen from the slo(e; The marvels of fact lie there 'neath the skies, Thtu kindle and cherish ths cues work of hope. We see with the heart ; then keep the heart clear, Lest jauudlce-hued vapors rise into the sij;ht; From the base to the crown grander views shall apinar If vou feud but the bosom on nuclouded light. All dreams are l ot true, but the way shall be sweet. If tlie bean be svreot that looks ont through the eyes ; A stair of ciear go'.d shall bend down for the faet Then seek by a stair of gold deeds to arise. DOLLY'S FLIRTATION. I am Kilty, and Duily is my twit sister. I was also sedate, tuotiier used to say, but Doily was giddy and fond of flirting. When we were 17 Dolly became en fraged, with our mother's consent, to Frank WUmot. a young man of 24, son of a banker, free and cheery in manner and disposition, lie was very indul gent to Dolly, for he felt so confident it har Intro mill vruQ htma!f sl RlnW that the ad'miraticn she excited was his triumph. The freedom witn wnicn sne received and encouraged it never pained bun, though mother and I used to watch Ler with seriors anxiety. Sometimes our mother would say a few impressive words; then Dolly would throw her arms around Ler, and with kisses assure ber she would be a better girl, or she would pout a little, with tear3 In her bright blue eye?. She would be very demure through two balls, and at the third worse tbau ever, scarcely could Frank cet one walu for himself. One evening he brought to her bouse s cousin of his; a barrister, a man some years older than himself. He was rather famous, though he was only 30, being an acute lawyer, and he was con sequently looked up to at the bar. Dolly Lad owned to me that evening that Frank had confided to her that 1 was Jack Dacre's ide&l woman. "Don't flush so angrily, my darling," said she, '"for it would be the most delightful arrangement. lie is Frank's Ideal man, and dearest friend. It would be the happiest thing for us all!" And Dolly gave me a hug and kiss, and ran off to bed. Mr. Dacre came very often after that one visit, and I soon found that be was my ideal man, for he strangely resem bled my father, both in manners and chivalrous courtesy to women, as well as In appearance. It was with a chill at my heart that I was the first to make the discovery that he was falling in r-ith TVnllv l,o th ami nf honor seemed bewitched by the charms of bis bosom friend's alliances wiie. x Knew It before he did, but of course not be fore Dolly, who had a genius for uner lngly detecting every symptom, how ever obscure, of dawning love, either In her own case or another's. My mother and Frank were utterly blind to the danger. I was very un happy, and exceedingly sorry for Dolly, for Frank, for Mr. Dacre, and, I own it, for myself, for, though 1 bad not fallen in love with Frank's cousin, I must say he was the only man I had seen whom I felt I could fall in love with. But an accident brought matters to a climax. We were sitting in the drawing-room after dinner one evening, when a noise In the street drew us to the window. The pole of a carriage bad entered the shoulder of a cab-horse. Dolly became ill and fainted at the sight, and Mr. Dacre, who was at her side, threw his arms around her to save her from fall ing, lie led ber to a sofa, and stood aside as Frank drew near; but from that night he never came any more. He and I only had seen the half-petulant way in which Dolly had turned from Frank, had caught another ex presslon on her face, and had seen her Vivid blush. From that evening she lecame cold, petulant, teasing to Frank. At first be laughed, then was hurt, and finally the engagement was broken off. This soon told; but what my mother and 1 suffered must be imagined. 1 dared neither to tell her the truth nor to hint to Dolly tbat 1 knew to whom ber heart was given, though I loved her so dearly; and I felt so Bure that this was the first true love of her lire. This determined, decided, somewhat stern man, was sure to charm our little but terfly if sne noticed him at all. Mother and I arranged that Dolly should go away on a short visit. Frank was to come one evening to return the letters Dolly had sent him. They would not feel the abruptness of this rupture so much If they were placed personally by him in my hands, and 1 bad bis let ters also to give to him. Mother was quite unequal to seeing nim, for she loved him dearly, and the task was left to me. I was not sorry, for 1 felt I could say all that was likely to comfort bun, loving both of them so deeply. So Frank produced his sorrowful little packet, receiving the one I had for him, and stood leaning against the chimney-piece, while I sat quite unable to utter a word, but with tears drop ping quietly from my eyes. At last he told me that he knew Dolly had been faithless to him. He felt sure that she and Jack Dacre loved each other, and be spoke so humbly of himself, as if it was quite to be expected that bis cousin ibould be preferred above any other man, that I was greatly touched, and m? wars leu raster and faster. ' Va :k is the soul of honor, Kitty, but 1 must make it clear to him that he is free to do as his heart dictates. His and ber happiness must not be wrecked. I will get my father to send me to our branch house in India, and wm not return uil they are married. jacc is ricn enough to marry at once. 1 shall embark on Thursday." Then he charged me with tender blessings for Dolly, and at his request i went to asK my mother to bid him farewell. Presently she glided in, pale as death, he held out ber hand In silence, but Frauk folded her In his arms, and she sobbed on bis breast. stood by, weeping bitterly, and when we were calmer Frank embraced us both, anally, and, placing me in my mother's arni9, left us. Poor fellow! how bravo be was, how gentle, bow patient i In a month from that time Dolly was affianced to Mr. Dacre, and the marriage was arranged to take place at the bezinningof the long vacation. We were by this time convinced tbat It was the best thing tbat could happen. No one could see Dolly and doubt that this was the only man she loved. His calm. intense char acter impressed her; his great talents awed her, and her pretty. innocent pride in her manly lover, her meekness and quietness, were most promising symptoms of happiness in iter married life. Dear mother was supremely happy, I was very fond of my new brother; he was such a power for good and peace in our home that we never had been so contented before. Frank wrote freely to us, manly patient letters, full of unseliiili interest in all around him. His sorrow had sweetened, not enibit tered bis character. He had set him self to alleviate his anguish by doing good, and bis first act on reaching his destination had been to use bis keen commercial gifts for the welfare of the widow and children of an officer of the army, and at a cost of time, talent and energy; to rescue her small fortune from unsafe hands, and invest it profit' ably. His letters were filled with simi lar incident, naturally and simply told, and our affection increased for this truly brave man. Dolly's grandmother took it into her head that it was her grandchild's auty to pay her a farewell visit berore her marriage. Though, as she had never troubled herself much about us, we were rather startled ac this demand; we all thought it would be best to ac cept this invitation for my sister was not looking well and it was settled that she should go and spend a month with the old lady in ber lovely north country home. Mr. Dacre was pressed to go as often as his professional en gagements would permit; so Dolly left us in pretty good spirits, in charge of the elderly servant who was our subiti tute for our regular ladies' maid. She wrote to tell us how she was eu- Joying the repose and beauty of the couiitry. Mr. Dacre bad managed to run down from Saturday till Monday at the end of the first week, and bad, of course, made a great impression, but was afraid be could not come again a long case was pending at Westminster. The letter which followed this, 1 give In its entirety: niGHwooD, July 20. Dearest Kittv. I hope you will get this in time to send my hat here instead of to grandmamma's. I am on a fortnight's visit to Lady Miilicent North. Such a charming woman a widow about 28 years old. She per suaded Mrs. Lloyd to let ber Lave me for a week or two; and, as her daush-ter-in-law, a confirmed Invalid, was coming to spend just tbat time with her, my grandmother was glad to get me out of ber way, I know. I cant write much, for the post leaves here at eight o'clock, and we drop our letters m the hall-box as we go in to dinner. I expect the gong every minute. This place is lovely, and the new baronet Sir Charles is the dearest . The gong. Your own Dolly. I felt uneasy concerning this letter. I was sorry Dolly should have left her grandmother's quiet home Just as she was sobering down and growing such a thoughtful little love. It might unset tle her again to pass a fortnight in a country bouse with a fascinating baro net; and I knew that Jack Dacre would neverpermit, never pardon, the small est suspicion of flirting. He had par doned ber defection in Frank's case, for Frank himself bad pleaded elo quently, saying that he was very young, so naturally affectionate. But mamma and I felt sure that not for an hour would be permit the slightest approach to disloyalty to bis deep tenderness for his girlish betrothed. Neither her youth, her love of fun, nor ber merry heart, would plead one atom in ber favor; so I read this letter with a heavy heart. My answer was as follows: Dearest Dolly. Your letter reached me In time to have the box sent to Highwood. Yon will receive it soon after this reaches you. Write very fully, for your letter was tanta lizing. Send me a full description or every one, for you have roused my curiosity; as to Sir Charles, who Is "the dearest " The rest of the letter contained home news, and I need not transcribe it. But Dolly's answer I will transcribe: "You ask me for the description of everybody, darling. Lady Miilicent Is very beautirul, very clever, and de votedly attached to this Sir Charles; but I feel sure her heart is burled In the grave of ber devoted husband. I send her photograph, so need no words in describing her. 'Kir rihariM is vrv fascinatinz. though I fear my description may not predispose mm in your iavor, uui. juu h. ma in Ka nartirnlar. Il is Short and stout, has a very fine head, but rather thin, light hair, une eyes, gou mouth, but not much of a nose in fact, it Is all tip very nice bands and feet. He is, I believe, very talented, but does not employ his gifts, seldom & little fond Ot eating. In spite of these drawbacks. he is very charming, ana n u b far anil noar mabn a. tfl-PJlt deal Of him. Of course be is rich. He ukes Lady f iihrAnt to livfi in the house, one uu complete Influence over him." I was much relieved arxer rauuug this letter. I felt so easy in my mind that I told Dolly how I bad feared for her. - - "But," I wrote, "ot course you aAmirn & fat little man. who never reads or talks, and with a nose all tip. and who cares tot but eating." . It turned out that the most unfortu nate thing I could have done was to confess my fears to my provoking sis ter. She answered me vehemently, florin ir that. Sir Churl AS was the most unmiwg loveabla fellow she bad met for a long time, and really was so excited that I posted a letter to her at once. "You distress me, Dolly. You know Mr. Dicre would never forgive you if ho saw your letters. 1 hide them even from mother. Obi pray do think be fore you madly risk the loss of his love, for that will follow the very hour he loses bis high opinion of you!" This Is how Dolly answered my tender appeal: "What a lecturing little thing you are getting, Kitty! I am very much attached to Sir Charles, and if Jack is ever so angry, I can't help it.' Thus flippantly the letter ran on. I was very angry and distressed, but resolved to try no more lectures; they clearly made matters worse. S, the next time. 1 gave a full descriptiou of a day we badspent in court hearing Mr. Dacre plead. I described his dignified appearance, his easy, graceful gestures above all, I dwelt on the beauty of bis nose. Dolly answered: "I am quite shocked at you, Kitty, to make such an idol of a nose!" And then she continued, as usual about Sir Charles. Meanwhile, Mr. Dacre seemed quita happy, and said he had daily letters from Dolly as regularly as when she was with Mrs. Lloyd. Was my beloved sister growing deceitful? I kept all this from my mother, but I grew more and more wretched over Dolly's letters. A picnic would be "glorious," for Sir Cuaries was going. She bad spent tho whole morning "quietly with Sir Charles." Once be was indisposed, and she hal "nursed mm, played for him, sung to him." "Well. I could do noihing more. resolved to say not another word about him to anyone eise. 1 began to dislike tue sound ot his name, or. rather. t:ie sight of it; and, when Dolly declared I should like him as much as everyone else did. 1 made up mv mind that bated him. I wrote one more tender appeal, which 1 said was my last. tvery. luesday mother and I had AAniy s letters, nut one day there was none by my breakfast plate as usual. Mother read hers. "Dolly says she has written to you." she observed presently. "How can it be that you have not received it?" Mistakes of the post:ofllce are so rare we coma Dut suppose she had omitted to post it. By tha next delivery, how ever, i receives a letter rrom Mr. Dacre containing an inclosure which turned out to be a letter to me from Dolly. A few liues from bim ran thus: "Deab Kitty. I had read too much of the enclosed before I discov ered the mistake. If you received a letter from Dolly before this reaches you, you will have discovered she has tnissent the letters. I shall run down to High wood without loss ot time." I bad not received any letters then. but by the second country delivery came one directed to Jack at once. The ic tter he had reid began thus: "All you say Is useless, my darling, love Sir Charles devotedly, and he has this day declared he loves me. You ask me, dues he know I am engaged? i told mm a gentleman was coming to see me; but he seemed little concerned at this piece of Information. So far Mr. Dacre had read, and the mine was sprung. I locked my room door and fell b ick. despairingly, into an easy chair. I was resolved to hide all from my mother till Mr. Dacre had seen Dolly. I hunted up Uradshaw, and found that a train started about 4 o'clock tht would con vey me to Highwood by 7.50. If Dolly wrote to me at once I should get her letter by Thursday; but of course I should bear fsom Jack on Wednesday. dreaded every ring, every postman's knock. All day Wednesday passed and no letter arrived from my sister or ber lover. On Thursday morning I ran down when I heard the usual welcome sound. On the table lay a thick letter addressed In Dolly's handwriting. I ran up to mamma and gave her the one I found inclosed in it for her; then I sat down to read mine, after fortifying myself with a cup of coffee. I must give every word of it: "You are well aware that a catas- trophy has happened through my heed lessness. The best thing will be for me te describe fully the whole conse quences of tbat misfortune. On our return from the garden party on Tues day 1 found a telegram awaiting me from Jack: 'Shall be with you by 7. So.' Of course awoke no fears in my mind, for 1 knew Jack might run down at any moment the trains permit. Lady Miilicent sent me off at once to be dressed by ber artist-maid. What she made of me you must have seen to be lieve. Kitty. I would not look at my self till the whole process was complete; and when I glanced in the long glass I was really amazed at what l saw. it was the result, I now know, of many discussions between Ltdy Miilicent and this gifted young person, lou may imagine how 1 exulted in the thought that Jack would see me look as he bad never seen me look before, for I am so improved in health that my whole ap pearance is changed, wen, tue Mil rang. Lady Aiuucenc received Air. Dacre in the morning-room, and cave to send me down at once. "I ran down with my heart bound ing. I entered the room. I noticed Jack give one start, but receive me in such an un-Jack-Uke manner that 1 was terrified. 'Mama Kitty ? ' I cried. "Quite well when I left them,' said Mr. Dacre; but when he placed me in a chair and one opposite me, I felt mat ters were desperate. 'What is wrong?' casped; 'dearest Jack, only speak r Only an address.' said be, and he put the unfortunate envelope in my hands. 'This contained a letter, which I, per haps fortunately, read before I per ceived the mistake, I have just li minutes before I leave for the return train, so if you wish to say anything, let me beg of you to speak out at once.' 'I sank back in my chair and cov-1 ered my face with my bands. 'Will yeu bear my explanation?' I stam- j mered. 'eeaiess; me tetter can nave but one meaning. I came to release you from your engagement with me. Did this scoundrel know you were en gaged?' I covered my face again. To hear Sir Charles jNonn called a scoun drel was too much for me. I did not speak for several minutes; but time was flying fast, and at length I said: If this is in truth our hut meeting, grant me one favor? Say tbat you will, beiore i ten you wnat it is. ur course it is a reasonable, honorable re quest that I wish to make; but I own it is one that you will not wish to grant' He paused a moment and then said, 'I will do whatever you ask.' 'I ask you to see sir Charles North. He winced, but bowed silently. I left the room to see the baronet. I found him in his own room, intently studying an Immense book but only the illustra tions, I believe. I asked bim to comi with me to speak to a gentleman whe was waiting to see him. He flatly re fused. Time was rushing on. I knell by him, implored him. At last I kissed him, and be yielded. "Taking my band in a firm clasp, he descended with me to the room when 1 bad left Mr. Dacre. Jack stood moody and stern, pale as ashes, whe c I bad left bim. We entered. I led Sir Charles toward him. Mr. Dacre said I, 'let me present to you Sn Charles North, baronet. ' Jack started, paused, seized Sir Charles in his strong arms, and threw him out of the win dow? no, kissed him! For, this 'scoundrel,' this 'fat, greedy. Idle little man is the dear little son of Lady Mii licent, aged just two years! Now you see Miss Kitty, you bad better hav had a little faltb in your sister foi oace. You put all this into my head, and I could not resist the joke; but it shall be my last, for never more do I wish to see such a look ot pain in thi face I loved best in all the world. "Jack did not go back by the returr train, though be was obi Iced to leavi early this morning; but I do not think I cau go away from him one day ovei a mouth. Lady Miilicent says yot must come to take my place. She will write and ask mamma. Yoa will soot be as madly in love with Sir Charles.' And so it proved. I went to staj w.tu Lady Miilicent; and of all thi darling, quaint, chubby, little pets 1 had seen Sir Charles was the king. At the end of tlie year Frank returned ir lime for Christmas. He did not gc back to India; ha settled in England. He and I were married about six months arter Dolly. We both live In a lovely part of Kent. Dolly's husband pets and loves bei devoutly. My husband adds to bli love a delicate, tender homtge infinitely precious to me. "Kitty, dearest," my mother once said to me. "you and 1 have tasted the fullest earthly happiness. We both know that reverence is the perfecJy peerless jewel in love's crown; but we must earn it." A brave Eaton boy spends as much time with us as bli mother can bear to spare him, and the most welcome guest in Jack Dacre's home Is Sir Cuarlp Xorth, baronet. THE COBRA'S VICTIM. A Terrible Story from Real Life In the East Indian Settlement. NEARLY FIFTY MILLION BIBLES Printed in 105 Language and Dis tributed Broadcast Over tho World. The American Bible society has jusl completed the results of its work foi the past year. It has Issued 977.C0C volumes, besides 500.000 in foreign lands. This makes the total numbei of Bibles issued by the society since its organization in 1S10. 43,3.ti,2ol. The corrected proof of the last pages of the New Testament in ronape have been returned from Micronesia, and the last i.i-'es of the Muskokee Testament from Oltmulgee. The Dikotaus want a new edition in their language. The American liib.e society has published the Bible in all the languages of .burope. and in Keval-Utonlan, Irish. Finnish, four dialects ot Africa, Osebo-Mpongwe, Uenga, Dikele, oiu in the lanzuazes of the aandwica is lands and Micron sia; In the Sluvic, Bulgarian, Chinese and Japanese, and in ten North American Indian dia lects, making forty-eight in all. Those issu-.d by the British and Foreign Bible society makes the total number of languages and dialects in which the Bible Is printed to-day by these societies 10". OI these the oddest looking are the Irish. Slavonic, Turkish and Az9r b:jan. or Tartar-TurkUh. Georgian Synac, Arabic, Ethlople, Tigre (which has a colon after every word) Amharic, Persian, rail. Fan-Gujerati. Sindlu, Cararese, Malaylam, Undu, Onssa, Siamese, Burman, Tibetan, Karan, Javanese. Coptic, Cree. Tlune and Cherokee. "How many translators do you employ?" was asked of the Hev. Dr. Alexander McLean, one of ths secre taries. "We have no translators. The work is done by the missionaries, who have to study the language of the couutrr in which they labor. The Bible society pays their expenses while thev aft translating lor us." "How many Bibles nave been printed for the blind?" "There were Issued last year 207; the entire number in forty years is 14.1SI. These are In the raised letter form." "What are the new Bibles for the blind?" We printed twelve year ago a Bible in the New York point print. and have printed the Fsalms in the same, and have now completed the Gospel according to St. John." "What is the point print?" ' It is a system of points that repre sent either separately or by eombina ation the letters ot the alphabet. The old raised letters could not be readily detected by fingers that bad become calloused by basket making, at which many blind people work, lbe points can be felt by the dullest finger." The cost ot supplying the Bible in foreign lands is S100.092.24 more than is received from them. One-ninth of all the families visited by the agents are destitute of the Bible. It took Dr. Eli Smith and Dr. Van Dyck sixteen years to translate the Bible into the Arabic Dr. SchauClsr spent fourteen years on the Osmanlee version. Dr. Scbereschewsky fifteen years to render the Old Testament into the Mandarin Colloquial, Dr. Williamson and Dr Biggs spent forty yeara on the Dakota version. One of them estimates that he spent on on average thirty minutes on every verse be translated. Since Bible societies were organized 250 versions have been produced in about 200 languages and dialects. On a boiling hot day, such as one often experiences In the Eatt Indies, the sun was pouring down its fierce rays upon the scorched earth, life seemed to be extinct, all was so calm and silent, and even the few men em ployed around my bouse moved noise lessly about, as If to be in keeping with the rest of nature. My bouse situated a little distance from a busy town, was built of stone, with a veranda overgrown with creep ers all around it, such as seen in most Anglo-Indian residences, and surroun ded by a small garden in which all tie beauties ot a tropical climate flour ished. During this afternoon I was resting myself in an easy bamboo chair alone in my room; the blinds were drawn down to keep it as cool as possible, but nevertheless the heat was intense, making me feel restless and irritible. Novel after novel 1 opened, and after reading a few pages flung the book aside; and having tried for a few min utes to sleep, I got up and went to ono of the windows. Drawing up the blind quietly, I saw on the veranda my little daughter Gladiz. She was adored by my wife and my self, being our only child, and I was about to tap the glass in order to at tract ber attention, wheu I noticed that she was carrying a bowl of what appeared to be bread and milk, and seemed to be looking for some one. At the same time 1 saw, to my horror. nuge snake of the moat venomous kind cobra creeping from the side of the bouse along the veranda toward her. She went slowly to meet it. 1 knew that it would now be impos sible for me to go out or to make the slightest sound without attracting the snake's attention, and then I shud dered, for when once it was alarmed the consequences might be fearful, bo I bad to watch what was going to hap pen in a cold perspiration of fear for the safety of my child The cobra, on reaching the child, reared Its loathsome head in the air until level with the bowl, meanwhile darting its tongue backward and for ward and casting fierce glauces around to see if danger was near, while it de voured the bread and milk. Gladiz stroked its htad gently and called the reptile "her pet," "her pretty snake." I watched the food gradually disap pear, and could have cried for relief when I saw the snake had finished its meal, which I inwardly vowed should be Us last. It than crept slowly toward a hole in the side of the house to which it disappeared. I rushed from the room, ar.J, meet ing Gladiz coming into the hall, picked her up in my arms and kissed her Iran tlcally, exclaiming. "Oli, Gladiz, Gla diz. the snake!" The child began to cry, knowing then I had seen her with her pet. Her nurse, comiug up to see what was the matter, I gave Gladiz into ber charge and went to find my wife, to whom I told all that had oc curred. My wife learned from Gladiz that she had been accustomed to feed the snake twice a day after breakfast and during the afternoon for the last three months and often, if she thought she was being watched, she would leave the bowl on the veranda, fetching it away at another time. . We, my wife and myself, arranged that the bowl should be put in its p'.ace as usual to-morrow morning, and that 1 should shoot the snake from the win dow ot my room while it was eating. We also thought it best that Gladiz should not be told that her pet was going to be killed. Breakfast was rather hurried next morning for I was anxious to get this dangerous pet killed as soon as possi ble. The bowl was temptingly put iu its place, as directed by Gladiz, and 1 took up my position with a gun at the window of my room, completely hidden from the outside by the Venetian blind. The child was taken by my wife to the nursery, as arranged be tween us the evening before. AH was rtraiy now, the snake alone was wanting. It did not keep me long waiting. Soon I saw its bead appear out of the bole. The snake looked around with its glittering eyes, and, seem? the bowl crawled out on to the veranda aud made its way toward it. It seemed frightened; once or twice" It turned round as if to return. My time had come; the cobra was rapidly eating its meal. I, carefully bringing the gun to my shoulder, fired. The brute rolled over, quivering and writhing on the ground. 1 legan to pull up the bund with the intention of going out and giving the cobra the death-blow, when I heard a fearfnl scream and a moment after saw Glallz run past the window her gol den bair loose, her dress torn toward the wounded snake. Before 1 could prevent her she had thrown herseir on ber knees before it, and lifting its bead In her hauls pressed it against ber cheek, weeping bitterly while she did so; instantly the cobra buried Its poisoned fangs iuto her delicate flesh. She screamed and unclasped ber hands from around t!:e snake. A cry escaped my lips as I saw what happened, and taking Gladiz in my arms, carried ber indoors. All the medical skill could do save our child was done, but of no avail. In lets than two hours she was dead. 1 ears have passed since then, but I never can for get the events of that fearful day. COST OF GOVERNMENT. The Vast Snin yecfunarj to Cover the Expenditures of the Nation. A Canary's Four Notes. In the song of a cauary fonr note: are recognized by dealers, and they car tell by listening to it for a very fen minutes whether the bird is German oi American. They are the water note. which is a rippling, gurgling, attractive bit of warbling Uko the murmur of s rill; the flute note, clear and ringing: the whistling note, of the same class but very much finer, and the rolling note, which is a continuous melody rising and falling only to rise again It is in the last named note that Ameri can birds ian. xney cannot noia ic Another difference between the two it that German canaries are night singer they will sing until the light is extin gulshed. (' But American birds pm their heads under their wings witt darkness. A White Haw k. He that oncsjs good u ever great. Albinos, whether bird, beast, or other creature, are very seldom seen. A bird totally different in color irom that of Us own species is a curiosity which one may chance to see once in a life time. An albino of any class of beings Is always a novelty. A snow wdlte owl of the common species was an object mucu sougni aiier oy me sportsmen of a near region a few win ters ago. The rare bird, bawever, was ver capture!. A trapper captured a beautiful white specimen ot mink a year or two ago. The writer has seen some nearly white ducks among th9 various classes of wild ducks, but of all the albinos observed the prettiest was a white turtle dove, which re mained near us for several weeks dur ing the summer of 1334. It was in deed a very rare slghL. Quite recently another true specimen ot this freak of nature we call alb'.no was observed by the writer. It belonged to that order ot hawks termed the hen barrier, and Its mniform was of pale whiteness. A statement has been made up showing the amounts appropriated by Congress at its late session for the sup port of the Government for the year which will end June 30, 13S3. The total sum is about two hundred forty eight and a half million of dollars. There were two appropriation bills that failed to become law the lliver and Harbor bill which the President neither approved nor vetoed, and the Deficiency bill, which was passed by both blanches of Congress, but could not be prepared for the President's signature before the time of adjourn ment. If we add the fourteen million dollars appropriated by these two bills, and the forty-eight millions required to pay the interest on the public debt to the sum above mentioned, we have three hundred and ten million dollars as the amount deemed by Congress necessary to meet the current annual expenses of Government. Tho corresponding expenditures dur ing Washington's administration av eraged less than six million dollars a year. The population is fifteen times as great as it was then; the expendi ture is fifty times as great. Yet this is not an evidence of extravagance, be cause the Government does for the people vastly more than it did lu the time of Washington. The largest single item of appropria tion is that for insions. No less a sum than eighty-three million dollars is granted for this purpose for the fiscal year. This sum alone would have paid all the ordinary expenses of the Gov ernment, except interest, for the first eighteen years under the Constitution, or until 18US. Next comes the post office, taking fifty-five and a halt mil lions, but of this amount more than. Qrty millions will be derived from postage and other revenues ot the de partment. Tho charge of the army is a little less than twenty-four millions. Tha appropriation for the navy la larger than usual, almost twenty-five millions, because some new ships are to be built. Most of the salaries paid to officers ot the United States, and to Congress, are provided for in the Leg islative, Executive and Judicial Ap propriations act. This act covers a sum of twenty aud a half millions more than it was twelve years ago, when the population was much smaller than it is now. A great variety of matters are provided for under the bill known as the Sundry Civil Appropriations act the mint; constructleg. repairing and warming and lightning public build ings; the life saving service; light houses; collecting the revenue; payit.g back duties wrongly assessed; and a great many others. This act appropria ted twenty-two millions, this year, about the usual amount. W e have thus rxcouute J for all but about seventeen million dollars of the appropriations, which are disposed of thus: Indians, five millions; District of Columbia, four millions; Ministers and Consuls, abroad, one million and a half; Agricultural Department, one million; Military Academy, half a million; and the rest for miscellaneous small pur poses. Although there are some abuses in the Government, the public service i-J, on the whole, conducted in a manner that will compare creditably, for econ omy aud efficiency, with that ot any other country in the world. For ex ample, the British civil service, which is so much praised, co.-ti nearly thir teen million dollars, or tw ica as much as the corresponding service in this country, although the population of the Luited Mates outnumbers that of tho United Kingdom by twenty-five mil lions. It is quite beyond the bounds of human possibility to expend the three hundred millions and more which the Government rays out every year with out somo ot it going to waste, by being paid to people who are not entitled to it; but we succeed as well as any other country in limiting these abuse?. This success, however, should not have the effect ot leading the people to cease their efforts still to improve the service. e must also remember tbat an in creasing population must mean an in crease of expenditure.; and that the march of civilization itself Is constant ly adding to the requirements which the people make of their Government, while every new function of Govern- ineat adds to the coat of maintaining it. SPRUCE GUM. Gathering the Prod act of Spruce Trees in Maine. They Were Hind to the Fih- There were four ladies once went fishing. They selected a very rainy and they had all their waterproof cloaks and head and feet covering. They were all by themselves when they took a boat and went to 0-ih. It was in Maine With true feminine earnest ness they started off without anything to put the fish in. They had an elegant time until they caught a pickerel. hen they caught the pickerel they didn't knew what to do with it. It was alive and flopping. Tuey had it in the bot tom of the boat. They wondered why It didn't lie quiet, At last a happy and benign thought struck one of them. "Poor thing! It's getting all wet lying in the rain." And she whirped oi her waterproof and wrapped it up in It. Kcu of the four caught a pickerel, and each of the four wrapped it up iu her waterproof and the rain wet them through to the skin, but they kept their fish dry all the same. Something in the Eye. Foreign bodies frequently lodge within the eyelids. They are of all possible descriptions, and so long as they do not penetrate the globe are to be found either adhering to the cornea, or white of the eyeball, or to the inner side of one lid, more frequently the upper one. Here they may remain for long periods, causing great pain and destructive inflammation. In order to find any foreign substance thus lodged often requires the best of eyesight aud a good light If the material is small and light colored, lodged upon the cornea, then artificial light and the aid ot a magnifying glass may be neces sary to be sure of its detection. When it is attached to the upper lid the latter must be turned over, (everted) to per mit thorough inspection. This requires some little tact and practice. When properly done it causes but little dis comfort. If the irritating substance is imbedded in the cornea it should be removed by the skilled use of appropri ate instruments. A few drops of a 4 per cent, solution of cocaine Instilled into the eye for two or three minutes renders the search for and removal of such substance altogether painless. A lump of clear, genuine sprue gum, fresh and fragrant from its native forest, is not to t despised as a chewing substance, and if everybody could get the real article, instead ol cheap, adulterated stuff, the army o! chewers would be vastly augmented. The natural gum is said by physicians to be beneficial to the teeth, and it is certainly a great lmprovemsr.t on tobacco. The woodsmen bring out considerable quantities ot gum, s m? times packed in pretty miniature b.i--reis, which they whittle and carve from blocks of white pine or cedar dur ing Idle hours by the camp fire, as presents for their friends, but there are people who make a business of gathering gum, and in certain sections of tha spruce county it pays well. Most of the spruce gum handled by the dealers comes from Canada and northern Maine, while Vermont aud New Uamsplure contribute a moderate quantity to the total yield. Tlie Ix-st gum comes from no particular section, but always from the biggest spruce trees, and it begins to run in July or August, when, in these high latitudes, the sun becomes so hot as to crack tl.c bark. On the limbs, in the crothes. and even in the truck of the spruce, the molten gum forms during the heat of summer in all sorts of fantastic shapes, and when cold weather sets in it becomes bard. The first year after its run the gum is white and pitchy, then it begins to turn amber and red. and the second year it Is fit to "pick" for the market, although it Is better if allowed to remain on the trees uutil the third year. After the third season the gum remains In the same state for several years, and then begins to "turn old," as the pickers say. and the con sumer complains that it "chews bard," and crumbles up. A little more age makes It dark colored and bitter, and then its value is gone. Up In Canada much of the gum Is picked In the autumn, beginning as early as October, but there, as in Maine, the best time for the work is during the deep snows of winter, when snowshoes are used, or in the early spring, when a man can travel alocg at a lively rate on the heavy crust. above the underbrush. The pickers are provided with long poles, on the end of which is fastened a sharp chisel, and underneath that a cup to receive the gum as it is chipped off. The cup holds from a pint to a quart. and when full it is emptied into a long bag which the packer carries slung to his back like a knapsack. These gum harvesters erect huts in the wood w hen far distant from a settlement or a logging camp, and stay from two days to a week on a trip. hen they have secured all they can "tote" they come out, and then tlie women and children have the tedious job ot scrap ing eacn and every lump from biik and mo3S. The clean, bright article offered for sale in the shops looks very much different from the brown nuggets in the picker's bag, although occa sionally a clear, shiny piece is found on the limb of a large tree. It is the cleaning of the gum that makes a first-class article expensive. An ordinary picker usually earns fair day's wages, although In localities that have not been explored be sometimes "strikes it rich." I have known a man to gather $30 worth f gum in one day. There are two or three firms in Maine which buy large quantities tf gum from lumbermen and pickers fur the purpose of refining it, a3 they say. ut, as a general rule, the refining consists or adulterating with ro;ln. They throw the gum into a Hi vat. bark, moss and all. and boil it to about the consistencey of molasses, skimming off the the impurities as they rise to the surface. Then, if the purpose le to adulterate, some lard or grease and a lot of rosin is thrown in, with soa.e- limes a little sugar. The mixture is stirred until thlcK, and then poured out on a slab, wheoe, while it is yet hot, it is rolled out in a sheet about a quarter of an icch thick, and after ward cut with a steel die into pieces half an inch wide and three-quarters of an inch long. These pieces are wrapped in colored tissue paper and packed in wooden boxes two hundred pieces to a box. This is the so-called "patent" gum. Tons of it are sold south and ! NEWSIXURIEF. Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day, i. e., April 2.5, 1610. A naturalized Chinaman wants to be a constable in New Haven, Conn. The year 47') A. D. dates the fall of the great Western Iloman Empire. Newark, New Jersey, has lost its last skating rink. Tbo craze Is com pletely dead there. Paper type or a Ure sizj, are now made. Stored electricity, for illumination in railway cars, is ia us" on the Penn svlvania r.iilro.;.!. In Kentucky List year neirly 5, OOO.OuO biiSl.el more of corn were raised than in 1SS"-. Tea, coffee and chocolate were in troduced int ) Eng'.anl duriug the reign of Char!' ail. TI19 lou; ir:n bridge at Eiiiaarck, Dakota, con! nets an-1 expands eleven inches by ihe he-.it and cold. En?!:s'.i colonies for settlement around al out Los Anglos, California, are leing formed in England. The town of Kulv, i:i Austrian Galicia, has hea destroyed by fire, and 1,000 people made homs'.ess. Paris theatres are declared to be the most poorly managed in Europe as to public com'ort and convenience. Hobokeu peop'.a talk of organiz ing a vigilance, comraittea to rid the town ot tne-.ik thievt-i and burglars. A purist l:i IV.'jerton, O.iiie Colony, recently played the piano for twerty-four boms without a break. Theatric i! ventur a o i either side of the Atlantic are s.vd to hive cost Lord Lonsdale .0,fJd during the past year. The town :f Liana ctio;?, Wales, proposes to celebrate the i-eii's Ju bilee In grand stjle by bujin a new heaise. A white o-a1 tle-.v aboard a -teaiuer from Hull, Eugland, wi.ilt; 7") miles from land, recently, and was brought to Boston. A marsh, the mud oT which is said to be au excel eut hair returer, has been discovered near 1'iiuceton, Kentucky. The viutaze of Califvrrila will this year amount to over I'j.Lvu.'jij j gallons, one-seventh of whicli v:-l turn-1 snto brandy. The State I. brary at Hatrshuig is stated to contain about 02,00l volumes and its actual value is estimated to bo over Sl,0oO,0UJ. In Vera Cri-.z, it i.i stated, it takes 104 Mexican copir ceiits to niae a dollar, while 95 of ta"iii v. id pass for a dollar ia Chihu;'..ua. A crowd etiuWel to contain 5,000 people, viewed t:.o hiii'-'ia or a culprit In Kentucky a-i week au! was harangued by bun. The Mexican r.nny, w'.;en on a war footing, has lOJ.W"! ir.eu, ilivuied as follows: Infantry, lol.OJJ; cavalry, -o,-093, and artillery, WX. Bank note engraving is said to Lave been carried to greater perfec tion ia tha United Elates lhaa any where else m the v. o i l. The longest continuous railway run now made is said to be that of the new Saratoga limited, from New York to Troy (IIS nj'.les) without stop. The lareat insurance carried on tha life of any individual, insurance men sav, is that of 1,0".,0(a on ILe life of Dr. Ilostettcr, oi FittsbtTrg. The oilijia! legal adviser of New York has aJvised the authorities of that city that the brushing of dust or rubbish already on the sidewalks into the gutter is i.o; illegal. An English agricultural paper tells of a duck whose egg-laying record is as follows: In L7 she I.iid -ill; i&7;v-1-13; ia 1 , 115: la lSil. 130; ia Id-Si ' 64; in lS.-J, 30; total, 1CX Dr. C. Keller, 61 Zurich, claims that spiders perform an Important, part In the prerervation of forests by defending the trees :;gaictt the depre dation oi aphides and insect?. A family of suicides Is described iu the I'oil Mil' (;.(.-c?e a father and four of his children had each com mitted S'licide while laboring under attacks of temoorarv insanity. The s'sull of f.n Indian child, with i string of copper beads about the neck, was receutlv unearthed oa the beach at Ipswich. Massachusetts. The teeth in the under jaw were perfect. Boston, her annual educational west of u?. but here on the veree of 1 the primeval forest it Is a drug in the' report for l-v shows, has 542 scuools, market. J with an average attendance of nearly 54,000 pup;N, and 132 teachers. The Langhinir at Ma. Miss Birdie McHennlpin Is one of the belles of Austin. Her intellect, how ever, does not tower into the sublime heights reached by Susan B. AnthODy, but, to use the cold language of truth fulness, she is very much the same kind of young lady that Gus De Smith is ot young man. Not long since he proposed matrimony. He proposed in good faith, in a solemn, impressive manner, upon which Miss B rdie inau gurated a giggle, until Gus was very much disgusted, and. arisinz from his Knees, ms anger found veni in words. He was mad too mad almost to speak. liss iiennipm," he unallv eiacu a- teu, "with me this is no Jauzhinsr mat ter. Why should you see anything ri diculous about it?" "You must excuse me, Mr. De Smith really you must. ror i am not laughing at you; really, now, x aiu noi; ma s so runny, yoii anow; reaiiy, sne is just too tunny for any use; yes, 1 was laughing at ma." At your ma?" "Yes, you see ma told me only this morning, 'Birdie, you are so green that some donkey will t ike you yet,' and here you come " But he was gone. He was in the past tense. It was he who banged the door so violently. "I wonder," said the sud denly deserted Birdie. "I wonder now. really, it he is offended at what ma said? But then ma always was too aw fully funny for any kind ot use." Tbe llamaiuu Itose. The Japanese in ttelr palntines make free use of this picturesque shrub. Happening to show the crimson ram anas rose to a decorative artist some days ago, he wai silent for a few scc oncs, then exclaimed: "Now I under stand it all," and went on to say ha bad been that morulua examtniuz u beautiful Japanese screen, but (unheed ing tbe leaves) felt completely puzz.ed to know why they drew their apples with bloescmi on the same branch. Now be recognized the large fruit of the rose in what he bad m staken for apples, and carried away a branch to design from. net exiieiidituri lor l"5o wa3 $l,4o4,- The abolition of slavery In the British colonies was consummated in l.". Thu3 were emancipated 800,000 slaves, and jL'2-),i;ut,000 was appropri ate 1 for the compensation ot their masters. It is now possiMe to construct complete sewing machines at the rate of one every minute or sixty ia one hour; 300 watches in a day; a reaper every fifteen icinu'es or less, and one locomotiva in a day. Whalers au .jr'ord, Mass., say that a result of the luter-State Commerce law w ill bs a resort to the old method of bringing cargoes of oil and whalebone from Sun Francisco around Cape Horn. A shrewd piece of swindling is re ported by the French papers as having occurred at the races. Two nwn, ap parently of tho bookmaker profession had managed to pocket several hund red francs on betting, when an official looking person caused them to be taken ard led vff the ground, to the evident regret of the bystanders. It was cot loug, however, liefore it was found out that the pseudo policemen were in league with their supposed victims, and had ouly disappeared to divide the easy haul with ttem. The amount annually spent by the European countries to keep up their armies and navies is i.lSl,120,000. The amount spent by America is about X-S.OOO.COO. Adding theiefore the cost for war debts and armaments together it will be seen that Europe pays 394, ' 703,000 and America JClS.OuO.OOO per annum, llow possibly caa Europe bopa to hold her own against her transatlantic rival, when she handi. caps herself in the struggle for com mercial supremacy, with the stupend ous charge of 370,000,100 per annum? As if this were not enough; Europe is each year increasing her burden, whilst America is each year reducing hers. Long sentences in a sLort composi tion ate like large rooms in a iitt'e house. Why sin against your conscience as Conscience is a creat letftrpr h t that is immortal? Soul and consience which all our offences are written and are twin brothers. registered. s 2, I t t 'it i I i! iXa
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