V i A D. F. KCHWEIEB, TEB O0IOTTUTX0V THE UTIOI AID TKX EXTOROOCEIT 0? THE LAYS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLI. MIFFLINTOWX. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 20, 1887. NO. 30. ? t ! I i I i i r -H 1. w Ha No Plact-fm Untiti. ., .i.i'.l.ved all its pxs-ion; ::. it:' :inl Kas iTt p"ii,p,ts ot" tasliloa ; .1 c 'i;:.-.iy pl.iy. ' v a if;ion, .oiTum to tat ; l Ilt'VV IU.ltl '. lahi.'.s ofour ui.xlii'r '.t th.tt to fi; ii lii.l torul I.ii 1. - r! ami l-roTlit-rs ;t of !i f.i's storm ; ., :m.l our lov-rs, t -with tli!r brains !:i.iti who discover- win. :.n-iiiii? a i.i tiK! j , -i-.Tiy laiisl t ii! tl.n Ul.l.l u;'lif.iv.i! ' ii I iir.iy :' rv t prim ;vi I i :n I tc-uder .I tint star, i .1:1, . v ; jr: yoa ! -r.r-o 1 ,irn A til.. , 1 I . ! It ' I AN m vim; y ism hi. j ; i ! I I i'Vi t.-. y t iitcri d his :.t s on tli Street cr, carefully hung c at ia the l;.ulw.iv, !. liis dr.pp.n uni- :i::.l. I'..' lux'.nously ! 1 W.til vi-iVIe ;itl3f.u--i Iu awing b. foie t!i" eheer gtate iia arm-tair, l.e tli l.e of those- s:ghs g:vi s vent when con : C t.i through sotne 1 anticipating- a . J: iJ, indeed, gone experience. On .-. at pieeist '.v half-past 1 '..'or cf eight-and-i.i-looki: ,g (.Atucli fact ,i i 1 i! vr-f t. lua s:f- Mr. 1 '.v 4 I I 1.. I'" 1 to tUe w.n even i::i:.';v, .r u:i 1: l..:u-.f in ; t . . i: ::i tl.e ; .itul c.it I..UV e T i r.-l Ueas I .t I:.vl j iN'l taill I f. tterc J. : :y 1-D.isi of j I rh.iins ..f : : l!v:;. if :t...l . us l.e itiouiht i ;-..y l.envel a:i.tlier .v...l s'u)w;v slnok liis s-ij hv i .a. -.i. it w.ii j.:a;t:y to -if.l :1 !. w.is uoi 1:1 that KiVr :: -u.a younpooic are -!;.: : '.r; IX'JaTi'l shun s!t' ;, a:.i ,i i ; . -..ii b.iclu-ior Db.servt'i", B.tif'y t e fact o( !.! en.iii-- u.e::t, n;'. t i. ivc sworn that J.e ha I it-:; U- i.'.t t I i.' r.ii'j'v. 1 by means A t:i' ! s..i .11". ;;r.l Uov.c-s known iii.lv t" friL.ili-;. l'.o tl.is us It may. tin ..U. . I U..' Zlf I -Valley wa 1 i-r mool, iitvi, ufter il.r.; o'l 1' lui!' ti ini fate for a r.i'.l.i' n;ni:-.:i: lull 1 w;tl; t! t'T ( Tl.r r. l.i lU'ite't ;i ciitar an I lleVoris i,f a 15 icl:elor," - ro t extract n fi v.- ilroi s . 1 '!1 :i 1 Tl.r tcirui. lefully against the j its outside rival; i:i short, the same in , to oil-et this, kept I tluences that had brought the semi- t ticking, and, at in y pleasant and melo . oi which sounds fell ey's ears nnhecdeJ, J.i.i: f.T I ... T'i- i-i. . '. i.illy fallen into a t half consciousness. u ,1'nl thp red-tinte I . ' .i .i' l and subdued I the h.iif-recuui-'cr t!ais passing I'.ittc: ; "A..t !u: ; ri fx -Mr. iv, N'Ut !. :i ! .'l.-t , patter at t. is sidj in -'..iili a up an I looked i-e by, w.th h!s cha:r 1.1s legs stretches! out j in a most co:r.f .rt-ible j .v,f seated a ghost I .-'il l' :: a transparent ! t.m:ir .i.i ! r.i.i.i" sv:..l".aT:.v i f a u.a-i a wri le spirit. ifr. lVw. i.. I ei.l fii w'. :t!i'a":.. c!n;.:kl.. :V r' Z i--v l and earn r.air aii' i.t for its individual . to ta:;d. Ti e ghost '.s t trep.datlou at first 1 :.: A tl en with a wheezy . illy l.e broke out in a . '. i 1 ," said l.e, as hl.tr; Lad suClclently .'t i know me? IVm r: l'en.broke dieil last i.'! i:. a husky, rattling l.e u.ot cheerful manner "I '.i.-. IV;:. a io 1. ; v. -iul i. v !, I lr , j ; TI.: - " r-.ce. ! .;t 1:; !, iia.i; : .! M i'-s-i...' lio -"!. .i l l:i lYwiwy gradually I wKsper and accompanied by furtive if..re; l.:s l.air auV i glances around the room; nothing rrc m.uut.'S from the I eenting Itself in any way explaining his liii.' vT t: Ib-V .1.1 A "A' . IV:.: t.ii.f .'" p;e-:;.u was a!:le to -s. ha ha! 1 know knew you all the .".,'' sill tl.e ghost, coi.fonnde lly fright ' st.'j ptsl to chuckle i", Ten, I won't hurt 1' u "I I,-' .U .!. "-N" ..." s.i li-n i t .n; :sey. ironically, 'i lit j returned . . reassuringly. 1 ti ll you why I I. took from a hadowy clar, lit intc'.i, and began s o'. ghostly smoke. I'.i-itlnucd: ot.en it. but I Xr.v 1 st.-p;. a i. W.tll .1 '..I k-U'l 1 Af..T tl.e "Vo:l " V..-.V . ., a ti-r,.'.l . !v.,:t,;,. rtli oiniu l"':!i t-;i; Lave f. ' t yon rt-inember one yi ,ui ng , when we mad 'M. : a r ''lignce wa now dis I'. Vi-i:-j's eves. Ho r . r.t .-uould die Crst "A: "her. I LI iii- liui-hed tho nving smoke , l.er I am." ii,-.;,; . IV IVa.hroki', that you ' '"- w.,rst t.iut- y..;1 jMS.sil.ly could U, .? la;''rV;tw.to-n!g!it of all others; i ::- ' :' '-'.ird. an if excusing w I " i"' '.nd"t know." O.but I did." answered the ghrtft. t'TV r!.r. 'Ai.'l to : "1 ha;.;m:ie I to be th-re u:.i u aw k ward 't!i, it j ,u w. jja know, su, it to put it that !; I was lnv.sib'.e o invisible." 'me I ulun.I- T i L t .. , . ' one s sell is .1 W i.' vr ..- I . . . . ... tut t,i I spirits ave ilisein'oo Led l'-t I.J as nr.;. :le spectator of 3 1 11 V I MIS" i-i-l. t.- S4. 1 "I'm mini: d''aa au. litaiued the Mr. I'evensey, iu a dou'tted any oue I llUst; why. it they sliouUl net liolJ or it I would be t!io launUinn stock of ".luiter." Mr. I'cvensey btarleJ. "Vou don't mean to say you livo en the planet' Jupiter?" he akeri. "The glioss noiKleJ. "Yea wo do.' sa!d he, takln? a Ions pull at his cigar. Mr. lVvensey sank tack again, merely remarkin?, We!I, I'm blowrd." "Vou 9ee."exi'laiue 1 the ghost, "It's th'.a way: You die an-.l go ta Jupiter; then when your time coaies you return to the earth and lire over again; now, I was OisUu ouce, you know." Osstan'." exclaimed Mr. Tevensey, aatouished. "Then who have I been; wlu was I last? ' T!i ghost was evidently embarras.ed by tliis nue?t:on. He linked at Mr. I Vvcr.aey, tlien at the lire, and knocked tl.o asheH oS LU ciar, but did not an swer. u3 nues.ioner wcome iniiu- t ifii t. "Oi." course, I do-i't expect I have been iinOssian; I uu probably some humble citizen, or ierhapj au honest artid.in." This was :vaid as an encour-a-emer.t and a st.itt.ti--.ioiut for his v is- a-v is. "You u;il to live where sha doe4 now Miss Emory, you knew.'5 -Mr, 1 even ey ttiousht thii a nuvit remarkable p.ece ot iiitclligence. but he a.s regarded it as an evasion of the ipiestiou. "o matter where I liveJ." he said; "are you coins to te'.l ma who I was?' "If jou must know I'll tell you. You wire a cuvk a disreputable Character, oti know used to live where the future Mis. I. does now St Knleil m a drunken brawl, and died ;i tlusrial. There; you would have it, IVu; it you don t like it it's uot my fault; 1 didn't intend to te'.l yoa." Mr. I'evin.sey during this spoecli gradually assumed au expression that IxHled no good to his transparent guest. When tke latter had f.u'shed he arose, and, taking a position d'.r.ctly before I'embroke. s.iid ia a deep b iss: "You are a liar!'' The ghost '.eortd at Mr. IVver.sey ia a manner most provoking to the latter 'd dignity, and V.v:i said calmly: "You used totreat your w ife and "daughter shamefully, ln; you were a perfect brute. Your wite died ia poverty, and your daughter t.n.'k to the stae. You dor.'t bi iieve It? "Well, I'll tell you what I'll do; j;it to couvmce yo-r. I'll j;ve you something tlxat will cause you to ai-e people an 1 things as you use-1 to do put you bick where jou were about let me se thirty years ago," Mr. Feveusey began to reflect that he w.is powerless to harm his visit r and retreiited to his chair, where l.e mel.tated in silence for some minutes on this singular proposition. At length curiosity to learu of his former exist ence i;ot tiie belter of his scruples, and, iuol.ing up to the expectant ghost, he evlalaied, "I'U do itl' Vj sooner were the words spoken th v j Mr. Teveasey was alone, g izlug about in wonderment and pinchiug l. .wvr 1 1 Co tuko BUIC llO WM not Ir'-aiulcr or m a ttanee. Alter tois pii-evJing Le utteretl dlTers exclama tion j expressive tf his astolshmeut, and tlit-n relapsetl into silence. The rain still continued, and the clock was as perverse as ever in iti efforts to outdo I si.-ep ou Mr. IV veu vy before, were at j work again, and ere long he was nod i ding, oppressed by a strange feeling of lethargy that made him utterly obiiv i i U3 to his surroundings and to the : tl:ght of time. The fire burned lower and lower and the clock chimed twelve. The morning hours dragged on, and at last the sun shone forth on muddy ! streets an I dripping eaves. Beading a , i ty iu a! the window full oa the slum lord's face. II'! opened his eyes l slowly and fi.izd about him with an i expression of astonishment. Slowly he j roe from his cha.r ax.d walked to the ! window. I "How did I come here?' he niut- tured. "IJdl's dive the light the Ku:fe a wiiite room with cots well, blow mel" Tliia last exclamatiou was called forth by the discovery of bis own gold watcli and chain. "Ain't she a beauty?" he .isked himself, taking it out and exam ining it closer. "The Hooker must come down handsome for that hand some! Where did I get such fly togs, anyhow?" he continued, surveying h.mself witu unbounded, delight and admiration, "liat, I say. I've baen asl.ep, though and, what's more, rU'.it here in this festive mansion. There's soma mystery here some dark and awful mystery." This hist was uttered m a hoarse situation, ue a'.oie cau.iuusij um mm the hall, seized ins nat. nurneuiy un iocked the door, and passed out into the street. His bewilderment was now i increased tenfold. He liegan to think 1 he had been transported to another I city. t "Them poles with wires what are j thev fo;r" he asked of a passer-by. ! The mn regardeil him with amaze J mer.t, tapped has forehead significantly, un I passed on without answering. Mr. I l'evensey was dumbfounded. Was he In the spirit world? Had tnat last i brawl beeu the caue of his demise? It seemed likelv; aud yet no; there was tl.e name of his street; he would seek his own house, aud have an explana tion of the affair. Yes, there It was at last. It had not changed, at leas. the s irue steps, the same door were there thHt he remembered leaning a?ainst so often late at msht, and observing the two whirling lamp-posts on the corner. :r- ivmileJ the stens aud trial ths door. Not up yet. He must ring. tii snrr.tvons a steD was heard in thj hallway, and a sleepy servant peered out from the haIf-oieued door. "Oh, it's you, is it, Mr. lVveruay?" did .1 iniM "No," said Mr. revensey, "it ain't m in 'it? Sow. my fine fellow, will you tell me wot yer adoin' In my bouse, hey?" James was astonished. Mr. revensey. r.ivin-. no answer, thrust the man .ji.ta TTian-iied nast him and entered He was past being aston il!,.i r,nvr and simply regarded the furniture of the room with mild won- ."nit insf watt here till somebody c. n.i thn. may be the deuca won't bo to-pay; O, do!" in he;ir footsteoa ana wnisper ings in another room. Evidently James i ...i .r.i.,,i th household. Alter sobw time the d.xjr was timidly opened, neened in. Seeing Mr. ivvenev. she rushed In and, flinging i f mu-in nini saia. unurnwuij. ' 1 1 Iv.uitI what is u; wnaii .....mi? Kmlain this untimely visit. You are not drunk! O, tell me you are not drunkl" Mr. Tevensey ras utterly overeotne. ! Disengaging himself as quickly as pos- ! ' . wuivniMl. lUUli; I1UU1 UIS lovely burden, he stood gazing at Miss Emory in blank amazement, muttering to himself, "Well, I'm blowed!" and sundry other ejaculations expressive of his astonishment at this unprecedented and unlooked-for procedure on the part of one whom he regarded as a total stranger. "Now, my fine woman, what's the moaning of all thl? Whose bouse do you think this Is, anyway? Where is my wife and daughter?" Miss Emory shrank back and gazad at him in horror, exclaiming: "He's intoxicated! l'euny's iutoxicatedl James, put him outl" James made his appearance anl eyed Mr. I'evensey furtively, but made no movement toward carrying out the order, evidently fearing that he would not be equal to the task. "(, !t'a all right," said Mr. I'even sey. "I'll go, but I'll come back, aud, what's more, with the arm of the law." Saying which, Mr. revensey, holding Ins own arm aloft to emphasiza and illustrate Iris words, Ftrode from the apartment. It is plain to the reader by this timo that the ghost hod executed his strange purjose, aud to Mr. l'evensey's ex treme bewilderment. A well-dressed young woman passed hi:u at a corner where ha stood gazing vacantly and furtively about him whom he recognized at once as hia daughter. He started after her rapidly, at the .same time calling to her to stop. Sh turned hurriedly anl look-d at him, then walked faster, and as lie increased his iace aud seemed determined to overtake her she gave a sen; im and in a moment Mr. I'evensey was roughly s i.vd by a passing piliceman and Urn.' aw.iy in snite of his protestations that it was his daughter. anJ lie merely wanted to speak with her a moment. His suilen maimer was not softened as he was thrust into the s mewhat nar row aud uncomfortable room appointed Tor sucli characters at the sUtion l.oue aud mformel Uiat his trial would occur at nine o'clock in the morning. As oa the previous morning. Mr. I'evensey was awakened by a sunbeam streaming ou his face; but instead of sifting through the rich curtains of his own apartments as it did then. It slant ed U-twe-n the rusty bars of an ordi nary cell. He surveyed the surrounl mgs with ereu more wonder than ha did before, and as he realized where ho v. as and caught the offensive o.lor of stale beer which iervadej the at w. inhere of the cplls, lut began to b? in lignant. Then the truth iiegau to d.iwu on his min i and the episode with hia old friend l'emoroko recurred to him like a nightmare, while his con fused recollections of seei'.g Miss Emory somewhere, and a dim idea that he had offended her, did not add to the pleasure of his thoughts. However, there was nothing to do but wait for the jailor to come to him. N' ine o'clock camo at last, aud, iiuuin.ating as.-it was, he had to go through the regular form of examination; and when at last he was set at libetty having paid his fine and listened impatiently to the sage counsel of the Magistrate he turned his steps toward his residence once more, ruminating on the way with frowning brows. He applied his key and entered as usual. The first thing that attracted his notice was a deli cately tinted, perfumed note lying on the table. He Hushed slightly, pxke I it up and.read the following: Mr. 1'evexsct: After what oc curred last n'ght you can hardly "xpect me to regard you as I should my future husband; therefore I release yoa from all claims I may have had upon yo i, and wish ycu to regard nie hereafter merely as a friend. May Kiioky. He stared at it for a .jw moments, and hapttemng to glance up, his eyes encountered the doubtful figure of his unearthly tormentor, lVmbroke. Grab bing a book from the table he hurled it with all his might at I'embroxe's head, but the missile merely passed through and beyond it as it therj hail be.-n nothing there. "Ha! ha!" cackled I'embroke. "There's no use in jour tryms that, I'en; I'm uothlug but a spirit, you know!" "Confound you for a knave of his Satanic Majesty's Tenth Legion," thea replied I'evensey, in bailled rage. "Come, come now. I'en, I diln't mean to. I didn t want to m fact, you j ' - I L n.it vnn made ina do it. lie reasoa- : able, I'en!" Reasonable!" he cried hercely; -ue reasonable! Ye?, that's good, I must say kind of you to sit there, knowm; I em't shoot you or kick you it I try. having deliberately ruined my name in town and caused a break between us. You know whom I mean." "At least, then, hear me out. 1 en. for I can't linger here much longer; I must be back at Jupiter at precisely noon, and it is eleven now, you see. Now, Fen, I'm sorry tnis uas nappeneu is It has, but ir you will go t ansa Emory and explain the matter to her. lay all the blame on I can stand it. you know she is too aensiuio a gin not to lorgive you. a. rust iue, itu, and try It." With these words tne mm visitor became thinner still, nd soon was iuite dissolved. - , . 1 . . . 7 ir. I evensey gazea a- me cian which he had lately occupied lor some moments blankly, and then meditated: "I might as well after all do as he sug gested. It can't be any worse thau it is now." Accordingly, after making an elaborate toilet, he repaired to Miss Kmorv's house, from whicn, some nours itr ha came forth, walking with an elastic step and smiling serenely, al though it must be couiessea nis necuno and coat collar were rather disordered. And even to this day Mrs. I'evensey is not certain whether ner nusoanu was really under the influence of I'embroke whiskey. Soap as a CivilUcr. The introduction ot sa'j is doing much to civilize the people of the Holy Liud. A large soap factory has been .ta!,iishfd on the site of the anoient sachem, and the people are begiuning ts. ii4a it on their persons instead of fi,!nr to eat it. as they did at first. Alomr with the introduction of soap other reforms are going on. Eethle hem has been rebuilt and the streets .n. li Thted with eas. Cesarea is having a building boom. Nazareth is becom ing th beadnuarters of big olive oil Qrieulators. Corner lots in Joppa are go:ng up with a rush, and real estate i.. f.Mint Car mel is largely held by -.itiTnrt for an advance. The ladies nf Jerusalem take all the l'i Tonmlnm take all the l'arisian iasn Uimul inJ Know au auout iu latest styles of hair dressing. . tt v.:. A COSTLY TltOUSSEAU. How a New York Uelle'n Parents In vested Ten Thousand Dollar. Do you know how easy it U to put J10, 000 Into a trousseau? Here are some of the items of on outfit finished a few days ago for one of the summer brides: "Wedding gown, or ivory-white vel vet, cut in a simple princess shape, falling In loiuj, straight folds from neck to hem. Angel fsleeves filled in with lace; low corsage and vest front covered with lace; veil. Coat: Dress, $275; lace, S025; total $900. Traveling dress, dark myrtle green tailor suit, braided in gold; hat to cor respond. Cost S230. The wedded couple will spend a part of the sum mer at Newport, hence yachting dress, short blue and white, wide striped flan nel skirt, no drapery, blue blouse, sailor hat. Co3t $75. Visiting dress, French gray poplin, white satin vest and cuffs. Cost $173. Dinner or re ception drass, a primrose yellow 15en gailne, with low-cut Itecamler waist, short sleeves, long train, draped with pale amber tulle dotted with amber pendants; sprays of pink roses and half collar of dark-red velvet. Coat S050. Ditto, haud-run silk net, with pattern outlined with silver beads draped over princesse slip of heliotrope surah; cost, toOO. Ditto, pale pink satin embossed in silver, lace ad libitum; cost, SS2o. Dancing dresses, a laurel pink gauze, a flower striped crepe lisse, a pale blue tulle dotted with iarl beads, a flow ered Watteau silk and a lace draped over with white satin; cost, $1,000. Tiiree tea gowns, indescribable but smothered in lace aud stilled with rib bons; cost, S1.200. General utility gown, black satin, with Chantiily lace and a good many pounds of jet, $325. Eight fabrics in ginghams, sateens and foulards, five dresses, $250. Morning gown of white oint d'esprit with sev eral sets of ribbon Rashes and bows, 125. For Lenox, later in the sum met, three tennis gowns, white serge aud combinations of reds aud browns; cost, 5125. Covert coat, wrap, em broidered cashmere shoulder scarf, gloves and assortment of bonnets and parasols, 15 ). Total thu3 far, $7,700. With this assortment there belong slip pers two pairs, boots and underwear. A dozen sets 13 all of the latter that the bride in question has laid in, all, in fact, that any moderate bride indulges in. liut tho outlay 13 sufficiently for midable, considering that every gar ment is of the soft hand woven silk which is a'.moat exclusively used now by every woman who can pay its price. The night-gowns have a Watteau plait in the back and a tucked yoke, and they, as well as every other article, are in pale pink shades, blues, creams, the new greens and every other tint in" vogue thi3 spring. Taken together with the lavish allowance of guipure aud Valenciennes bestowed upon themj thev bring the aggregate cost of oa-i' youaz woman's trousseau very &"ii-J-ously near the limit first set. She wihT be a pretty bride, but not one bit pret-l ' tier Uiiiu If. l.ke one young wife of tlr If writer's acquaintance, she had but 53 with which to make herself sweet igaiast her bridal day. TTlie Widow's Mjstcry. Mrs. Nelly Archer wa3 one of the prettiest little widows that ever looked fascinating In the flutter of black rib bons and transparent crapes; yet, some how, no one was ever jealous of the affectionate, warm-hearted, beautful young widow. Tor was she not ready tj help the helpless, care for the careless, and think for the thoughtless? You couldn't help wondering what people did in the benighted times be fore Mrs. Nelly Archer came ou to the stage of life, so indispensable did she seem to humau comfort. So, of course, the very evening of the day that Miss Mildred Wilton be came engaged to Henry Forrest, she came up through the evening twilight, with incense or flowers scattered on her path, to tell Nelly about it. It was u3t as natural as thinking aloud. "In love, you dear foolish thing!" said Mrs. Nelly, laughingly, imprison ing botln f Mildred's fluttering hands, and iook-.u : archly under the down sweepmg fringes of her timid eyes. "Well, every young girl must come. 1 n 1 . ..1 ,. n n !,ra SJUUCl i " ''"- wu" soiuu Uu. mwuic. Ged In her sight, and his words are like the law and the prophets. May you never awake from tho blissful dream, love!" "He is so changed, somehow 1' The moon, which had been a narrow slit of pearl when Harry Forrest first whispered his love into Mildred's will ing ear, was In its sickly gibbons now; and poor Mildred was crying on Mrs. Nelly Arclier'a shoulder. How, dearest?" said Nelly, stroking the dark, disheveleJ locks, while she pressed her cool cheek against Mil drel'a burning fotehead. "He is so grave and self-absorbed; aud when he looks at me, it is with such a pitying glance. And two or three times some un spoken sentence has quivered on his hps. Nelly do you suppose can it ue possible? that he ha3 ceased to love me, and wishes to be release from our engagement?" Not a bit of it; lovel Don't dis tress your dear little head; It will all couio rigut, l am sure, lou Know that money affairs are In a very criti cal state just now, and all business men are necessarily anxious," replied Mrs. Archer. Do vou think that is all? ' mur mured Mildred, gradually bushing her sobs, aad drawing cioser to her com forter, as a child distressed by sorrow ful dreams clings to its soothing nurse. "Of course it is! And now, love, it ia irrowina late, and 1 must send you home. Go by the main road, Mildred it is less damp than the path alon, the river-side." What nossessed her to set out by the river natli. in suite of Nelly's warning? Perhaps because that way wa3 nearest perhaps because the finger of fjt was in the thing, For. as she annroached a den3e mass of silver blrchwood that skirted the path, the sound of low voices made her start behind the trees with an uneasy consciousnes3 diat s'aj was not alone The tones came nearer; and as the siAker3 emerzod Into the uncertain moonlight from the shadowed place wlinra the tiath wound through the glen, her heart stood still with chill, sick horror. Sa Vnniii triA tir.inipn Ailera wclL Was this the reason Nelly had de- urea ner w CO uy mo mam tusui ' rw, .Iu (pl.n.1 ronra-int-. InVflr- U0 neei to ask why nenry was melan choly and changed. Nelly, you Ore an ar.gell Why riiould I not go with you?" she heard him say, as they paused at the path that led to Mrs. Archer's house. Nelly shook her head laughingly. "Mind," she said, "not a word of ttils to Mildred poor little Mildredlrt There are times when a minute seems to compress into its seconds all the bitterness of years; and our readers may judge, if they can, how long thia night wa3 to Mildred Wll ton's breaking henrt. Uy morning's faint dawn, however, her resolves were all taken. She would release Forrest from hif troth, thoug'a ter own heart-strings parted--bit she would never see Nelly Archer wore. Ah, why had she not suspected thif double-dealing before? "Why, Mildred, you don't seem at all glad to see me this morning!" And Harry Forrest playfully pulled away tho hand that shaded Mildred's tear-stained eyes, and looked lovingly Into her face. !Wny, what's the matter? you have been cry ingl Well, I suppose I mustn't ask any questions. I came, dearest one, to ask if you would allow me to Ox Thursday week for our wedding day?" ""My wedding-day will never come, Henry," said Mildred, controlling her agitation by a strong effort. "I re lease yon from our engagement from this moment?" "What do you mean?" ejaculated Henry? "Kulease iue? But I won't be released!" "Do not let us prolong this inter view," said Mildred, tremulously. "I was accidentally in the river path last night, and witnessed the parting be tween you and Helen Archer." . "Well, what of It?" said Henry, stsill in a state of bewilderment. "Nothing." faltered Mildred, al most inaudlbly; "only if I had soonei known that your affections were trans ferred from me to Mrs. Archer, I should sooner have set you free from all allegiance towards me." She broke down here, the poor little heroine, and burst into a passion of tears. "My darling Mflly," said Henry, as If a sudden light had broken in on hit perplexity, "will you hear my explana ation? Nelly made me promise se crecy, but she never could have fore seen these circumstances. "My affections have been sccurel? placed beyond my keeping ever since I sw one Miss Mildred Wilton. "I never dreamt of transferring them, and couldn't If I were to try. But dearest Mllly, since our engage ment I have become a comparatively poor man through the failure of busi ness men with whom I was indirectly involved, and I trembled lest It should bo my duty to ask you to wait yean for me, or even to give me up. For, Millyj I could not ask you to marry a sired the marriage to go on, that slit has nobly placed a larg portion of her weaitu in my bands a3 a loan, of course to enable me to begin the world once more. The sun of fortune, thanks to Nelly, 13 beginning to shine on me once again, and 1 come to claim you as my bridel" Then Nelly doe3 not love you?'' murmured Mildred Wilton, her eyea sparkling through tears like a rain bow. "Love me? I should think not: but I can tell you whom she does love your handsome brother Ashley, who is nearly as jealous of our busi ness interviews as your little self. They are over now. Milly, and I shouldn't wonder It we had two wed dings one of these days!" And Mildred cried azain upon her lover's strong manly breast but they were not bitter tears! Nor could she rest untU she had confessed everything to Nelly Archer, who, being a merciful little lady, kissed and forgave her in the same breath. As Henry Forrest had foretold, there was a double wedding in the old village church, and Mrs. Ashley Wilton, iu her soft white bridal robes, was even prettier than Nellie Archer, the widow, had been in her youthful days. Natural Mimicry. Some insects have a deceptive resem blance to members of the vegetable world, either for the purpose of pro tecting themselves or for that of de coying their prey. But a more won derful simulation Is that of the feat ures of other Insects. Thero is in Borneo a sand-wasp which is addicted to the habit of devouring crickets, but there is also a species of cricket which exactly re produces the appearance of its enemy. so that it can even associate with it undiscovered. A species of mantis imitates the white ant, and mixing with the family, like one of its own members, quietly devours a fat termite, from time to time. Flies often dwell as unbidden guests iu the nests ana nives oi wna Honey bees. They are belted and bearded in the .self-same pattern as their uncon scious hosts, but their larva; pay for their hospitality they steal by devour ing the young grubs ot the hive. Beetles often imitate hornets, since the latter are insects to which birds ia search of animal food prefer to give a very wide berth. Even the mimicry of stinging insects is sometimes per formed by innocent little creatures quite destitute of any such means of defence. A common insect, known in England as the devil's coach-horse, throws up its tail in the aggressive fashion of a scorpion, when irritated. but it has no hint of a sting. Iu its warlike attitude it is exceedingly alarming, not only to boys and girls, but to chickens and birds. The bumble-bee flies, which aro inof fensive little creatures. Imitating the wild bee, flit about and buzz angrily j In the sunlight, quite after the insect they copy, and gain an undeserved rep utation of fierceness. Certain beetles have become modified to resemble wasps, even to the extent of losing their solid waists for others of ultia-fa3hionable slenderness, and others, which mimic bees have ac quire! useless little tufts of hair on their shanks, to represent the pollen gathering apparatus of the true bees. A curious case of Imitation is that of two species of Malayan orioles, which are almost exact counterparts of two varieties of honey-suckers. The Utter are such fierce birds as to bo avoided by all their feathered neighbors, and thus tho orioles find their own decep tive plumage a great protection AMOKErt CATOIKUS. Hindoo and Malay Natives who Mako It Lively for Pedestrians. Two Instances have recently ap peared of that strange and sanguinary custom of the East called "running amuck." "Hunning amuck" 13 a phrase derived from the Malay word "amok" (killing) and constitutes a well-marked hysterical Oriental coun tries. It is rarely, ir ever, manifested among the quiet-tempered Hindus, and but seldom among the Indian Mussul mans, while, whenever it doe3 occiir in UIndo3tan, the malady may generally be traced to tho abuse of opium or the extract of hemp called bhang, ganjii, or charras. The Hindu tobacconist sells a special confection made up of bhang, opium, datura, cloves, mastic, cinnamon and cardamnms, which is mixed with milk and sugar and eaten as a sweetmeat. This diabolical cake known as ma jum will drive a man mad about as soon as anything. With the Malays, however, who have given .name to to the terrible mental aberration of which we speak, and wi'O are by "."far the most addicted to 1; of all Eastern people, there is sciWoui any such ex planation of thr outbreak. Suddenly, without rhyme or reason, a man wll.1 spring up fron. his slioi-board or U's couch, draw lis kris the wave-bla3ed dagger whicl they all carry and with a scream of "Amokl Amok!" strike its point intr the heart of the nearest wayfarer an dart down the? crowded bazaar like the lunatic wn'ch be is, stabbiug a d cutting u ' all sides. "Amok! A :iok!" echoes frm hundreds of mouths, ind everybody jurries for a place of reft ZS fleeing iu Al directions, except those 'wider spirit j WLo 6natch up wcaion derens ami jom tne armed throng which p? csa?a tIl8 g. perado. ' The path of the ch x soon strewn with bodies of men, vomen and chil dren, dead or b-eed.ug to death, until some lucky shot daring thrust dis ables the murderer, who is pierced with a dozen blades as soon as he falls to the ground. Occasionally it turns out that the "amoker" has received some jiersonal affront or injury or was hopelessly in debt or disappointed in love; but more commonly there is noth ing whatever to account for the wild fury of his proceedings, and the street sweepers drag his carcass away as care lessly as if a leopard had been slain iu tho 1 ublic streets. So ordinary, indeed, s tl e occurrence that In many towns nd cities where there lives a largo Ma ay population an Instrument is kept in rei diness at every police station called the "amoker catcher." It is something like an eel spear with a very long handle, and so contrived that two elas ticpointed spikes close round the mad man's neck and secure him helplessly when tiie iron prongs are pushed against his nape from behind. Neither rank nor wealth keeps a Malay from this sudden access of homfcoliVitl uianm i 1l Uaa LltA predis position or has been greatly excited. There was an instance at Salatiga, In the Island of Java, wheie the ltegent was c.debrating the marriage of two of his daughters, and everybody was in a festive and joyous mood. Just, how ever, at the gayest moment of the cere monies tho Kegent's brother-in-law, a high official, came rushing through tho procession, stabbing everybody he could get at with his jeweled kris. Tho Re gent himself, coming up to inquire into the uproar, was killed by a single thrust, and it was the brother of the l'rince who ran the "moker" through the back with a siear and brought him down, yet not belore he had slaught ered nine or tho palace people and wounded six others more or les3 severe ly. It might be supiosed that a race sub ject to such ferocious Gts would be naturally excitable and nervous in manner; but the contrary is the case. The Malay is or nil men the most quiet dignified and slow of speech and action In his ordinary life, lie seldom speaks loudly or quickly, has the most cour teous aud even gentle demeanor, and quarrels very rarely with his fellows. Yet he is coldly and silently cruel; has no regard for human life, and derives 1 from the Mohammedan taith, which he professes, its bitterest and most relent- t less dogmas. Once stalled on the "death run" by insult, despair or some j brain trouble, his only thought is to "kill, and kill, and kill," and in the j fierce exultation of his insanity ha doei ; not feel the blow which lets out his ' burning blood aud puts a stop to his dieadfvl career. : Misletl l Ilis ile. Tiie picturesque Is always a feature of a woman's description or anything. She talks grandiloquently of colors, and if you hear her describe a tablecloth you fancy its a gorgeous thing of tap estry orsomo equally effective picture. "My wife," said the husband to the man iu the store, "has sent me for something she looked ut yesterJ.iy." "YesI" "This is the description of it," and he pulls out a piece of paper which has iu it a full description of au elaborate pattern of myriad or colors, and all in nomenclature that sounds like sonio elaborate picture. "You'll excu-ome, 1 can't remember the blamed thing." "That's all right. I know what she means," "You'll please wrap It up very care fully, for if it gets spoiled before it gets thero she'll be mad. "Certainly." Then the man goe.3 to a shelf and pull3 out roughly 11 piece of tome thing. "Hold on," says the husband, "that can't be the thing. That's chintz, or damask or something, ain't it?" "This is the article, sir. "What does it cost?" "Forty cents a yard." "Great Scott! Forty cents a yardl I thought from the description it would come to about one dollar." Region of the Danube. The scenery becomes fleasing two or three hours before reaching Buda l'esth. The improvement 111 the towns and the signs of superior cultivation in dicate the nearness of an importa-.t metropolis. The river banks are steeper, the hills higher, and great, well kept vineyards spread out over the slopes, indicating a national Industry. Forests or even groves are not frequent. Trees never disappear so rapidly as In the presence of armies. When tho Union army arrived at Chattanooga there were groves and forests everywhere. When they left it there was hardly a tree in sight. All of the region of the Danube has been fought over for cen turies, so no one can wonder at the universal deforestation. A SEXSfBLEwOMAS. The JleadmesH With Which SIi Understood a I'inanelal 01iect Ijesson. A man having large business Inter ests and a handsome Income married a lady who, accustomed all her previous life to the luxnries of wealth, had never formed any clear conception of the value and purchasing power of money. For some months every whim, no mat ter how extravagant, wa3 promptly gratified by the indulgent husband, who always gave his check for any amount of money asked. One day the bride or a few months to carry out some caprice, requested a check for so largo a sum that tho gentleman wai somewhat staggered thereby, lie saw that such prodigality, if persisted in, ra0ant ruin; but not wishing to grieve his wife by a downright refusal, he determined to give her an object lesson in the financial line. Accordingly, with a smile of seeming acquiescence, he remarked that the supply of checks was exhausted, but lie would send up the money from the office. About noon the promised money came, not in crisp S500 bills, as was expected, but in sterling silver dollars, the sum total filling several specie bags. Tho wife was ut first vexed and then amused, and finally, before the afternoon wore away, became deeply thoughtful. When her batter half came home to supper she took him gently by the arm, and, leading him into the hall, where tae ponderous bags cf specie were still standing, said: "My dear. Is this the money I asked you for this morning?" "It is, my love," wa3 the reply. "And did you have to take this ail in, dollar by dollar, ia the course of your business?" was the next question. "Yes, my deap; It represents the re sults of many weeks of hard labor," ho answered, gently. "Well, then," she said, with leuful eyes, "send around a man ti take it back to the bank In the momm?. I can't use so much money for so ttivial a purpose." Ways of (Jettinjj a I.llit. The lanterns of the Greeks aud llo mau3 contained an oil-lamp. Its sides were male of layers of horn, waxed parchment, linen, or bladder. Glass lanterns were used in England as early a3 705. They were expensive, however, and 1000 years later the tin lantern was chietly in use among the poor teople. In the acropolis at Athens, according to a historian, was a golden lami so largo that ween Dlled it would bura night and day for a year. Above it was a bronze palm tree to carry off its fumes and act as a reflector. The Chinese excel In the manufac ture of lanterns. They have U3ed them for ages. -, Sora ot rrnmlinna have them built at a cost thousands of dol'-ars each. Tho word built is not out or place here, for these lanterns are twenty to thirty feet high and con tain hundreds of candies. Their sides are often of rich colored silk. "While in West Virginia lecentiy," said a traveling man. "I saw a lamp that was primitive euough. A sjucer was filled with grease and over tli edge or it hung a lighted wick. It spluttered some, but made enough light to render the darkness visible, and its heat was sulliiient to light tiio pipes of tho family. It was more used for that purpose than any other, it :ip jeiired to me, though it was tne only j light in the house." I Limp comes from a Greek word I la in pas. The candles of Scripture are I supposed to have beeu lamps iu which j olive oil was burned. The earliest ; lamts were shallow vessels of terra cotta, eitiier round or oblong in shape, i There waa a small opening iu the top in which the oil was poured; at one side was a handle and opposite a noz zle, through which tiie wick protrude I. This form of lamp is often represented in pictures. Many of them weie or namented with representations of war scenes or chariot-races. I larl y Mathematicians. Newton discovered the diiler. i.ti.w caculus in 1005. in 1790 the first descriptive geome try waa published in l'aris by IVor". Monge. Hippurchus, in the second century before Christ, and rtoU'iny, in the second century after Christ, applied mathematics to astronomy. Plato, about 300 B. C, invented the study of conic sections, and through these aud the use ot tho analytic method of demonstration he made great advances In the science. From about 550 to 1,000 A, D., dur ing the darkness of the middle ages, the science made 110 advance ami was little studie . Vleta, who lived from 1540 to 1003, revived the ancient K"o metry. The orlgiu of geometry is ascribed to the Egypians. who, having their land marks annually washed away by inun dations, in efforts to devise a plan for readily restoring them, discovered the principles of geometry. Appolonius was a geometer, who lived about 230 Ii. C, aud whose woik in the science has not Iboeu surpassed by tho most brilliaut achievements of others since Archimedes, a contemp orary of Appolonius first inscribed polygons in circles. The demonstrations of Kepler, Ilob erval and Pascal, in the seventeenth century, greatly stimulated geometri cal problems In 1Gj7, the world owes chiefly the invention of analytic mo 1 crn geometry. The elements of geometry were com piled by Euclid, 230 B. C. This author introduced a device of reasoning that has been found very useful whire neither direct proof (thu synthetic method) nor the analytic methol could be readily used; it consists improving the truth of a proposition by assuring it contrary to truth, and showing that this implies a logical absurdity. Italy 13 said to contain but two professional prize-fighters. Twenty-eight hundred thousand handkerchiefs, with t'ueen Victoria's picture 011 them, were distributed on the occiisioa of her golden jubilee. A Berliner named Auerbach is credited with an enterprise that 1 as for its object the establishment Chinese laundries In the German cap ital. An instalment of Celestials, gathered up in this country, is said to be now on the way across. NEWS IN BElilF. Colorado Is said to have sent oidy red-haired men to Congress. Obligatory military service in Eel glum is to be made thirteen years, It?rort.3 of the discovery of coal come from numerous counties in Kansas. A station on the "Wilkesbarre and Western railro-id in I'ennsylvania is named "Let 'er Go." The brain of tlio iate Professor Edward Onley, of the Michigan Uni versity, weighed CI ounce.?. A parrot o-.vued by a Chicago man Is declared b7 the latter to be 100 ycar3 old, as proven by family letters. Epau!el!es, after a suppression of eighteen months, are to b3 restored to mtantry o ill era of the French army. The ( 'o incil or tho University of Melbourne has decide J, by a huge ma jority, to admit Women as sduJents or medicine. By means of counterfeit fractional tickets a we'd known lottery is said to have been swindled out cf $S5,000 after its last drawing. Mosquitoes, according to a it-reut bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, are a deadly enemy to young brook trout. There were 4-S2 woiks nf fictiou published in this country last year, as ugainst 471 religious books and 115 biographical or.es. Majoritlrs are V:ok.-l for in Inith branches of tlm Maine Legislature in favor of a bill abolishing capital 1 uu ls'imentin that Slate. The Mayor of Albany. Xew York, has vetoed an oidlnanco giving police officers the i;-ht to kill tin muzzled dogs during the "dog days." Australians receive more mail matter than any other people, ti e an nual average being twenty-four postal cards and letters to each person. Ilev. John Jas; 1 says l.e has preached his famous "Sun do move" sermon about a hundred times since 1S7S, when he liist became f-nious by it. Tiie library of the British Museum, it is stilted, siu'.v conta.ns more than 2,001,0 -X) book?, which occupy three miles lineal of bookciues ti-ht feet hish. The v. atcis along the shore on the north and east sides of Long Islet. d are swarming with pike and Hat fish. The season is unusually early this year. In tuning a piano, lu Birmingham, England, lately, to accord with au organ in a neighboring town, the tele phone was successfully brought into requisition. An estate in New Mexico is stated to contain 1,500.000 acres, which are owned in feo simple by a single propri etor, and is sa'.d to be the largest thus owned in the world. , Dr. J. l. JTc e .'.V.iiUir C'l Vnc jciai'j V' uyTSte'j " '.'"i t louaiy,. Ill at his home oa the Ileig.ita from blood poisoning, resulting ftein aa op eration at the hospital. New York lias now an ordinance compelling bicycle aud tricycle r.dtrs to carry a light and a:: alarm bell when riding by night through the streets aud parks of the city. Josef Ilefmann, tho 0-j ear-old Po lish musician, continues to astonish London audiences with Lis remarkable performances, aud still more remark able musical compositions. A well 30 feel deep on a farm m Fayette County, West Viiginia, is It 00 feet a! ove New Kiver, bat is said to rise and fail with that stream iu some incompiehensible way. A horse disease is causing trouble m various localities in I'lv.er and ad joining counties, in Xew Yoik. Sev eral valuable horses have 1. .11 ordered fchot by the local bc-mds of health. Asbuiy I'arl;, v dersvy. has a new beach supeiin'endent, iier ex postniaster, whose duty it will 1-e to see that iii.iecoioi's bathing costumes shall not be worn dining the season. A reckless man, in the opin ion of the Atchison (Kansas.), V.' .'1, is one who aj pjars on the street Without bis o at ami with a lot of ten cei.t cigars sticking in his ve.-t Kcket. Au electrical cum i.t that stiuck a town at Nyack. .New Yf.tk, dunng a storm lecentiy, is i-ai.l to have violently remove 1 a slipp r fr.mi II13 fn.t 01' a 115-year-old girl without injur.ng her. Guiteau'slie.td cauaot L-j on exhib ition anywhere, tl.e authoiitiei of tl.e National Museum in Washington say, because Lis skeleton, skull and all, 13 111 tne muse'.u;), though not probably exliibite-!. Ti ei;; i.; a Virginia law, passed many yea..; ae;o, but stiii extant, which imposes a line of titty pounds of to Kicco on a mail absenting himself from thurch for en month without valid excuse. A Mrs. Jacobus, who is said to have been the nurse of President Cleveland, died a few days ng.i at Cald well, New York. She was born iu iS-jo, and had luen blind and paral -yed for over 11 year. A deacon 01 rc7.-.;ur, Indian.!, has been expelled from the church lor declaring his belief that tho world is one million years old, and that it is likely to stand for another million years before the judgment day comes. Miss Aguc-3 Ilanisey, daughter of a Scotch baronet, has beaten ail the male students In classics this year, at Oxford, England, College, and was tho only one to pass 111 that division, it is stated. Noah "Webster's spelling book, which the author was first enabled to publish in 17:; I by the aid of a loan from Joel liarlow, becamo an imme diate success. The next year the sales averaged 500 copies a week. Iu 1617 24,000,000 copies had been sold, and after that the sales for a long period averaged 1, 000,00 J. An interesting double-wedding is reported from Shelby, North Carolina, where, says the despatch, Hillary Jen nings was married to Mrs. Julia Jolly, and the bridegroom's son was united in marriage with Mrs. .Tolly's daughter. Ilev. Samuel Hunter officiated. A woman employed as a weaver la a mill at Lowell deposited ilo in the Lowell Institution for Savings lu 18112. i At various times between Unit year and 1852, she a hled to the deposit until it ; amounted to il5d. In 1S75 the princi pal, with dividends earned, amounted ' to 5IIOO. She has since drawn out i0), and the whole amount to her ! credit in 1S84 was S1027. She has ! since allowed $1000 to remain ou inter est, and her income is $40 a year. She is no w about 80 yexrs old. i- fj
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