it' Iti S. f. i B. F. KCHWEIER, THE OOrSTlTUTIOI THE TTS101 AID TEE EirOlGXICCHT OF THE LATB. . Cdltor wd Iroprlotor- ;.:c VOL. XLI. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PKNNA.. WEDNESDAY. SK1TEMUEU 14, 1SS7. NO. 3S t Til, a t ii . 1. !) i i 4 h- ' w Ii.i i 1 ' .-Ho Col'.. OU' belt w : 1 :.t W IS f i I i Itallad." "1' Iio Ponlti-tit. at il.HlUtfu! tr-il A: .1 Y i:l: I. In a; . .l e l.i V. : - I " r i : le-.- t hi oiiU t lie ghul array ? .ti.ut.l '.n.-iv. u Phdroop1ti head this re'it t 'lailies guv? wt ti t. ei.i, but tu t as thj, rry sa.l y .'i their tents, ye i!nu half hMirtel, say?" jiv ft. m:jii's Penitents! r.ii r -t r rli we nnce would tresj. r. ii v : .! that knew not ot thn May. 1. 1 Il.it . tglnsl mi us like lead, i. (...re : . .:. ili tlinruw and loui;Us of f .IV. 1.0 h.iil To p.unis or play I'll ni usa- el "g .i.l instruments, .1... wer rnl'iTi il: Well a iljv I i" .lie M- saltan's Pi uitents. . tit steep, we sal. I, ke-s are ahen gray, -lily lire me sn.d, i.l '. Ne'.-r a slop uor s 1 . ;ir P - ir i"ini"'ti a.: away. : V. i .i thii ."te a-MTeut.-, I i.via-v w( thar way; i-i" St. Satan's l'eiiitinti." FN i :'..' j r.U an.l riht the d iy. i." i wti wliiier our iaments; 1 nk.t.1. d iz'uii.i-." pi astray, Saian-". lViotetit-s. Till: W II H)VS ADONIS. 1':' :ick. it I j r. I Ihainhm was OUO of the iN treated with maternal n." ! y that tickle jade. Fortune, l.iiue fumi'.j fell to his share, i r gl itn-ej. mi iftiuiTj. Kvery ti; we 1 witli him. i" .-in ul.ite itu prudently, the i'ti, however ut;trituis!Ui?, was ii ih wei!; JiU he l ack a ran. n; a K'f-'t race. It was a' must at; i n nl' a V'l.wce. Fortune always i. ile ; li iu. He generally ros a :.er tioin h.i 'ost i ranitial rulter, I t cai.-e his skill was extraordinary, fitta ?here l'orce ot" luck; and it on v. cord th-it at oue occisioa he ..! iVe tli.' lie vv; 1 Itll". tl.l I".li.e:a: l.ank at Monte i.'ario. i, lf.ile-. extremely hand- u'i on ;i l.!i;iutian scale; lor i Uiaiidon was not only one tl..' h.ckiest, hut also one of t!ie or n.fti. lie sLooa just live . ;:i his h.-ots, hut Ir.s lie at little a' ways diesftd in the uiost j'er il:' :ij ciict.-l"-uvre of funah f I'.io, was no erect, sj damper. uv'.l i r "I'Oi tioned, thai, any tect ;. : :;uie, fcct'.y- an I : shor'.c,t,.'.'i.::s (f stature were rcadilj loriveti a:.d toi i,ot:en ly las nuiuer ous -i.itu.ii ii . ! t! e fair sex. For u!:..t.ii tin' i.nl-:iovet':-t may say, i wi ::i"-:i tro Lot so nlteily devote 1 to those lovi'.s of herculean buhl and s:;;c:hu!i.nn I'liy.-ical strellirMl wl;o o ' r .l.'v ' r-.ire 111 the paes yf fiiU l.inah'e lc'.iou. 1. ;.;,o i'.ti In his war, quite a 'ndv ki... r. a d as he was weil knowr to lea t ;cli ur.ia as well as a lucky n. a;', l..s h;;es a-nerully toll m fleaut I'l.iic.s. li.s ji's.tioii la society was assure.!, and many a fair demoiselle movit. iu l e very te-t circles wouM have I ceil il'. n taouh to share hi-i fortur.i . I'.iir l'.tt'.e F.ti serued reluctant to d 'ti H e man '.n.o!.:;l fetters; lie s chewed the soc. cty of the demoiselle a niari' r, i-irt. :;. the tn..turer charms of lad.es who uli tady wore the matr.aRe r.u mi l vet c.iui.l eit'oy a C.ilal'ou witiio.it l-.ii of a scai. la!. Ir. s .i"t t. I.ltl." Fit was a devoted admirer of that rivi.c-.ed chus, jounj and I'rctlv w i lows. IVrliiti s he fondly im-v.'lr.ed he w.i less like.y to le ctll-'iit' 'T the.--heieave.l ' si:ei:s than liy youn de butantes si: I li'i.ler the maternal win. .IV all evev.ts, he was nearly a.wns i to !o i. ;i 't!. rax or other of tl.e-e : fair he'... . vv!:o, having iluiTeJ ti.en j wet's, had h'mTJ" d out lliilU IU ail. tlictr i-ri-t 're I t l.liancy. And t: at is how Le won the son hii'iMt ly which he was known hi ev.-ry. club in l."iiJou, of, "The W ui.nv's Ad mis." "Just 1" ok at t! e follow! How any woman cm Mir m w-.tli biiuli a con ceiled l.tt ie c ..H'oir.l, I cau't imagine," said M 'itl.ind, of Hie .V.'tn lMaiTuus a "heavy" liiiinon in more senses than one, fur he io ie font teen stone and was iiioi'e remaikal '.e f.T hreadtrt of siioul der than iju cknes of wit to his lidus Achates one ui"rr.!t!i m the How. "Tl. eie's no accoiintin.; tor tastes," muttered the oit.tr, ruiht'ir his mus tache ami darting env.otis dances at little Fit, who was seated H-lween two if the fl'tttlest Voun;; widows iu London, and iecuicd mightily to rehsli his jos-.tioiu "I should Lave thought a en ai ming woman like lira. JJesmond ' He did rot finish the sentence, but p'.altd lurcely at the dai'iver Uure of kittle Fi:z, who was UuhiriE and chattii'ir t?aiy to his fair conipauioiiS. If looks could kill, what wholesale hhiutfhter would o on In this highly civ.li7ed metropolis of ours. .lack L'ainf.'iUi, the impecunious oft" .hint of an ancient family tree, w-uld have civcu a ood deal to secuie I.lettV MtS. 1 llBlllO'l'l auo Ul'l untum:, . iri li was sa;d to he considerable, At one time she had incepted his homa with apparent pleasure, but since Fitz gerald lh.iuiiou had crossed her lath she ha l turned a deaf ear to the ptnni-le-s oun; u'tache's pretty speeches l'oor" vamioitli. iu s-pite of his ro.1 looks, felt that he was hopelessly out of the iiinuni-T. for. though Brandon iii-.rlir he. as MaiUand said. 'a cuu- - - - . i i Jt. ceiled little coxcoiun, it was iu:i". hle to deny that he possessed the ait of making himselt asreeau.e. i i, ' two ladies, between whom tliis mimuture Tans was seated were as an t ui-tic to each olhet as Maitland .....i i ' .riifortli were to the object of f eir rivinry, lor me iwo pietiy nmos were rivals, and hated each other cor Oldly thouuU they called each olher "Dear M.i.na" and "Iear Clemen tina," and before the eyes of the woild poed hs prreat friends and allies. in appearance the two indies con trasted well, and each flattered hersell that her friend was an excellent foil to l . r own charms. Minna Desmond was j. tall, handsome brunette. with hue eyes and maiiMhcetit black hair, while I'.emeiitl!! I comeis was blonde with a daizhng complexion, briuht bin,- eves, and a chevelure of tl,e meat be lutiful le; nt least, so her "dear Minna" said. Koth were repu ted to be wealthy and acknowledged to be cl armin-'. afd both were beut on seen- r" the aPhclion of that fortuuale individual, "i'he Widow's Adouis." "l'shawl" muttered C'aruforlh, as he watched the trio. "1 suppose his uiomy ia the attraction." Uf courie it is! l ou don t think any woman would admire his looks, do ..,;,v retorted MaiUaud. fnuarin; hi." Lro.nl suouiders aud arrauniu the ga ih uia m los buitou-hole. "U oineu a, aKvay mercena.-y," he added, wi.U i are He had onlv a cotir of hundred a rear and his pay. A good matrimonial "vtuture would have set hiui firmly ou financial feet airaln, for it would have enabled him to bid deBance to -erUin Jew money-lender who held more of his 'jiaper" than he cared to think of. Lesides.he really admired Mrs Somers nd it etiraped him to see her show this marked preference for Brandon. That morning both ladles had hoted to secure him for an hour's chat; it was unfortunate that the hoe of both should be fulfilled and yet bafil-J. Mmnn wished to have him all to her seU; it was really most provoking that Clementina's wishes clashed with hers. "Are you g ,i, g to Mrs. Eaton's this Hrternoon'r" asked the latter, in the soft lispinir tones her friends stisrma. tiedas "absurdly afTrcttd," but which many people thought charming. "Ves that is if you and Mrs. Des mond will be there," replied the gal lant little man, promptly. irs. vomers' blue tves clouded. This was iiot at all what she vuted. Minna's face br'jthtened; evidently Hrandon did cot tare much for dear Clementina's society. "Yes, 1 shall certainly go," she said, sheddinu her brightest smile ou Fitz. "1 thought, Clementina, you meant to drive out to Kxhmoiid to call on old Lady Merryweather," she added sweetly, at the same t nw dartim? a 'la.f-detiaut glance across at Clemeu lina. To Kichmond'." echoed the other, archiim her delicate eyebrows; "the dust would be simply intolerable, and old lady Merryweather is my aversion. liesiaes, 1 never hke to miss oue of Mis. Laton's matinees. You know how I dote o;i music." "What a lib!"' thought Minna. "I don't believe she knows 'Hula lirit aniiia' from the 'Dead March lu Saul. " lint she made no audible remark, aud the three arranged to meet later at Mrs. II Eton's. Clementina had a charming little nouse in l ark street, and she prided herself greatly on the artistic arrange ment of her rooms. Her establishment was small, but the M-rvauts were ad mirably drilled and kept up to the umtk by a youn lady a cousin who acted as a sort of satellite or humble companion to the fair w i low. Indeed, tuucfi of the cretin Mrs. Sooiers re ceivvd for perfect taste, both in per sonal and household adornment, should Lave been placed to this young lady's account On returning from ler matutinal airing iu the It v, Clementina was not iu the best of tempers, an 1 .Mary trey had rather a badtiuie ot it. ilverythiug was wrong; the cutlets at luncheon Acre pronounced uneatable, the claret corked, the flowers fuled.an l the lap- dog's condition aiiMhiu but what it should he. Fortunately M iry had the command ot temper proper to a dependent aud a p.)cr relative: she lbt'-Litd to all the complaints m s.lence with eVti meekly Jow r.cist. and afterwards went through her stomary duty of diessing her patroness, for Mrs. Somers kept no maid; Mary vvr.s more skil ful and so much cheaper than the ordinary run of Abigails; without evincing a scintilla of the w tath that was sui j.dcricg iu her bosi itn. Ilut when the lady hal departed, arrayed in full war paint and feathers, .n tne irreverent M.ss (irey put it, the humble companion performed a sort of pas d'eXtXK? l"und the r mm, looked at herself in the glass she was very pretty, for her itray eyes were very ex pressive, and her complexion was sitn p'y peif"-ct sho k her list at the lap d 2, s.iLg a snatch of a popular Fretuh chausonette. and hiialiy subsided into the most comfortable easy chair in the r.Hm, and drew from her pocket a let ter, which she read more than once. "Ah, my dear Cousin C.emcntiua," she said a'.oud, smiling maliciously, as she carefully refolded the letter and put it back mto her pocket, "yoa are vry well in your way, tolerably good locking, when en grands teuue, out not clever. Theie's a great deal mole ou your head than m it. Why, you are j not even never tnougn to iiere sue paused, and a queer timid tluttered ; over her rosy hi s. "Well, well! but I confess I should i like to balance the social scales more i justly." she mused, thoughtfully, trac 1 .ng out the pattern of ti.e carpet with ! her pretty foot. "I do thins it Lard that Mesdauics Vomers, Dcsmono v. Co. should have ali th; pleasure and 1 all the tiouhle aud worry. Why shouldn't I have my amusements too? Uf course, I can always have the fun it laughing at my dear cousin's weak nesses behind her back, but I have to do it so often that it pails. I really must strike out something new. Let me think'r" For some minutes the youns laay sank into a brown study, puckering her white forehead into a thonghtfui frown and drawing quite a network of designs ou the carpet with the point of her stioe. At last a brilliant idea darted into her brain, aud she started to her feet with a cry. "Kn eka! That will do. Xothing ....it.l li iielter. All. what fun I'll have! My dear Clementina, I shall h nii'.A to crv cuits with you at last. You have made me pass many a bad quarter of an hour, in return for which I shall play you as pre'.ty a trick as ever woman's wit hatched!" And She i.i.rar. i.o.i a neiil of such merry, silver tAnell hull?! iter that the lap dog roused ini.iseir from his afternoon siesta and I barked a iovous resiHMise, I During the next few days Miss Grey's I manner waa as ilemure a3 ever wuue in -the presence or ner patroness. but when evening came and Mrs sa.hnri betook Lerself to a ball, re ception or theatre, as the case might i. th vounir lady cave vent to her native hi.'h 8:irits by mimicking her cousin before the long mirror in Clem entina's dressiug room, wauzuiK wi ti. iim1,k' who loudly resented the liberty, or singing sprightly chaonettes iti her fresh, ciear tones. Mary had been educate 1 in a first rate l'arisiau school, and had contrived to Imbibe a ,i..i i.r rrench esprit along with more solid accomplishments. Hut ..ft.-.ner she fell to needlework with .mUun-ortliv ardor, and t. ,e,i inr si.irits rose higher than ever She would often laugh aloud from sheer Inability to keep her mirth ... i,rif as the i.ictured and replct- , ..i in l.erbnsv mind what Clemen- tr would say and how Clementina would look when her humble compan ion's brilliant idea was fully matured and carried out. The rivalry of the two widows did ..r Kbateas the days went on. Fit was seldom to be Been without one or v. v,i iii. Bets were freely laid on the event at the clubs, the odds varying as blonde or urtiueuo " .1.- .-niinnt. Clementina flattered herself that she would be In first at the winnin post, while iiuna wm .j confident that to her would fail the honor of carrying off the Brandon sweeisteaks. The eventful evenimr cam a t lut Mrs. Desmond, arrayed as Madame de Pompadour, in rose colored velvet an.l diamonds, and Mrs. Somers as Marie Antoinette, in pale blue satin and pearles, arrived almost simultaneously at Lady Mabel's. Little Fit, to whom both ladies had, of course, confided the secret of her iucognitio. bad srot liim- sdf up very maniflcentlv as Louis XV, and this Mrs. Desmond consid ered as almost tantamount to a decla ration. The ball was a most brilliant affair: the weather was everything it should be. warm, still aud moonless; the illu minations were gorgeous, the music good, the dresses admirable, and the wine superlative. Lady Mabel's icuests took their pleasure with less of Insular sadness and more of continental liveli ness than usual. AVhether it was the novelty and daring of the thing, or the tact of the hostess, or the unlimited opportunities for flirtation, or the spice of intrigue aud mystification intro duced iuto the affair by the wearing of masks, it is certain that the ball was a complete success from beiriuniutr to end. Minna Desmond, however, was far from happy, for throughtout the evening little Fitz devoted himself almost exclu-ively to her iival. The blue dress of Marie Antoinette was always to be seen in Juxtaposition with the brilliant costume cf Louis XV. "I 8uiipv.se he thinks as Clementina is masked, people won't talk." thought the disconcerted widow, as sue watched the pair. Carnforth, who had somehow discov ered that Madame de I'ompad ur was ni) other than his tickle Minna, came up to her and began to talk. At lirst his attempts al conversation were coldly received, but Jack was nut easily snubbed, aud at length she seemed to relent and gradually glided into a friendly chat, Carnforth was delighted; ha be-jged for a waltz, and Minna did not refuse the request. AVhen the dance was ended, he led lis partner into one of the pleasant nooks in the garden, hop ing that the widow's mood would not change before he could Cud courace to piopose. But the lady's Hioughts were still running on Louis; she was deter mined not to throw up the cards yet. The f'rst thing to be done was to get rid of Carnforth, so he was dispatched to fetch an ice, much to his disgust. J ust as she was about to leave the arbor in search of the recalcitrant Fitz, she was startled by a rustle in the bu-Jies near, and a voice Clementina's voice wh'.speimg her name. At the same time the bushes parted, showing the bi'ie dress of the Queen. "Clementina!" cried the astonished lady; "you here?" "Hush, dear. I have been trying to speak to you all the evening." "Indeed?" retorted the other coldly; "I thought you were letter occupied." "Oil, Minna, don't be unkind. 1 thought I could depend on jour friend ship." "My friendship. Much you care for that, infatuated as you are by that lit tle " she paused, unable to tlud a word strong enough to express her feelings. "Muma, dearest, yoa arc surely not Jealous of me?" "Jealous! no, indeed. I don't ad mire your pocket Adonis, your duo decimo Louis XV." said Minna with i withering scorn. "Then we won't quarrel over him, but unite our forces against the com mon foe," retorted the other with spirit. "The common foe? what do you Tile, ill V" 'Just what I say. Minna, there is treachery somewhere, borne one is laying me, playing us, a cruel trick o-;nght." "Do sieak out plainly, dear." said lie other, w ith a lntle lauh. "I am I o stupid to guess riddles." j Come with me, then, and I w ill , show you something more puzzling han any riddle." And Clementina drew her friend's hand through her arm and led her rapidiy toward the most t-ecluded part of the garde i. "I saw them go In this direction." she went on excitedly. "Look, Minna, don't you see a blue Uress over there?" 1 es, but there are ever so many blue dresses here to-night." ot like that one," whispered Clementina in her tar, lt is a fac simile of mine." Then H is not you Mr. Brandon has been dancing with all the evening?" replied the other, breathlessly, a light suddenly breaking in on her. o. He has been dancing with my double." 'My poor Clementina; but you are "Determined to find out who has played me this shameful tricK," she interrupted Uerceiy. ".vow sueiice, or they will hear us. Here they come they are going to sir, ou mat. beat.- . Drawing the astonisuea .Minna auer her, Mrs. fcomers slipped ueninu a large bush of seringa, which effectually screemed them from view. Little Fitz and his fair comjianion sauntered slowly down the path, and as Clemen tina had predicted, seated themselves ou a garden bench close Dy. i here was an air Oi teuuer empressmeuu ammi the former which at once struck the eager watchers. 'And you will give me tunc rose. dear Mrs. Isomers," he was saying earnestly, as he bent over the small jewelled hand of the unknown. - . I s . I , rf-Al . I Clemen. ma ueariy crieu aiouu. This is drealful the Adonis was posi tively mak.ng love to her double before her very eves, iiie iair mcogniuo lauched musically as she detached the coveted flower from her dress and gave it to the delighted t Hz. "Oh, yes, Mr. Brandon, w ny snouiu I refuse you such a trifle? I only ask for one thing in return." Mrs. Somers' heart stood still. "Was she dreaming? The unknown not only w ore her dress, but spoke in her voice. 'I can refuse you nothing," pro tested Fitz, ardently. Then tell me why you let that silly Mrs. Desmond monopolize you as she does? Come, confide in me; are you in love with her?" "In love with her," he rejoined, has tily. "Oh, no; surely, dearest Clemen tina, you should know better than that!" Mrs. Desmond clenched her hands. Oh! the little hypocrite," she breathed. "Then you " (here the unknown paused and played coquettishiy with ner fan) "have some feeling of of friendship for me?" she finished soft ly 'I have the deepest, the most sin cere affection for you. Until to-night 1 failed to realize how much I" "And I am sure I shall always have a sisters affection for you," interrupted the lady seuUmtiAtaUs. "A sister's affoctloul My dearest Clementina, that will not satisfy me. I want the very first plae Ju your heart, I want " me listeners behin-l the seringa gasped. How would this dreadful af-j fair end? Here was Fitz. the beloved of both, proposing, actually proposinz to an eidolon; a shadow, an unknown somebody wearing the shape of one of them, speaking in her tone, aping her manner to a mcety. "Dear Clementina, Fitz went on, eagerly, "1 love you most sincerely, I admire you above all other women " "Are you quite quite sure of that?" whisiered the unknown. "Is there no one whom you have a secret liking for?" Fitz hesitated for a moment. His conscience was not evidently quite clear. The lady, however, seemed in no way vexed, but lauahed sortly as she tapied him on the arm with her fan. "There! I won't put too many ques tions. IT you tell me that, to-nlht, at least. I reigu supreme. I ask noth ing more." Fitz took her hand aud pressed it fervently to his lips. "Dearest Clementina," he whis pered, tenderly; "aud now I beg you will let me see the face 1 have been longing to look at all the evening." Here the widows peeied eagerly through the screeu of leaves, longing and jet fearing the elucidation of the mystei j-. "Oue minute," said the unknown, putting her hand to the mask; 1 won der if you will unsay your words If " 'L'nsay my words! never!" assever ated Fitz, pa.ssionateli'. "Xot even if you have promised to to the wrong womau?" said a clear, mocking voice a voice that made the two eavesdropjiers thrill with mingled terror and rage. The mask of the un known fell to the ground as she stood up and faced her astounded admirer. "MaryP 'Ves, Mr. Brandon Mary." she ech.ed. dropping hiui a mock moiest courtesy. ".Now, how did yoti get here?" he stammered. "Ali, quite simply; I drove down in a hansom," laughed Mary, gayly. "Come, the play is out, so 1 will ex plain the plot, as it Peems to puzzle you. I wanted to see ir Mary Orey, giveu all the advantages 'ladies iu so ciety' enjoy, could not hold her own wliti the best. So I made an exact copy of Mrs. Somers dress did jou not see there was a secoud queeu here to-niiiht?" "Yes; but she wore no rose in her dress, and she seemed so dull aud In sipid alter you that 1 concluied " "So you ma le the rose " "The badge of gruce and wit," iu teirupted Fitz gallantly. "But Mary, tell me your real motive for plaing this conieJy of errors." 'I fear it was revenge upon lioth of you," said Mary rather seriouslj-, and vet laughing. "Mr. Brandon, you have behaved very badly to me. Von have com led me, won my affections, I aud all the while you have toyed aud I trilled with the two widows as if no such being as myself existed. How can I believe iu your sincerity after all your flirting, after all that has passed , to night? Do you think it nothing to ! break a woman's heart?" she added, l somewhat tremulously. For a moment Fitz was dumbfounded; but something in her look and tone roused ail the manliness latent in him. Admiration took the place of astonish ment, and his native good nature made In in forget the vexatious trick that had been played on him. His better nature also asserted itself. He lelt that al though his heart had always been Mary's, his flirtations with the widows hud been mere iiastime, though to night, in the excitement of the mo ment, he had gone further than he ever mteLded. "It is true I proposed to you," he said at length, "but you refused me." 'How could 1 do otherwise," re turned Mary, "when 1 saw you paying as much attention t j others as you did to me?" A nam Fitz was silent a moment, "Vou have taupht me a lesson, Mary," he cried at length, taking her hand, "but 1 am going to holJ jou to vour promise all the same. If you , s;oke in jest I was in earnest, and I don't withdraw a word of what I said, j I am thankful that 1 have not gone too far that i can still honorably ask you to be my wife. My heart is yours, and yours oulj1, Mary; will you have me?" "Are you in earnest," asked Mary. "Iu most solemn earnest," he re plieJ. "Aud the widows?" whispered Mary. "Vou are worth a hundred thousand widows !" Mary laughed and gave him such a charming smile that Fitz was enrap tured. "And your soubriquet?" she asked. Fnz laughed good-humoredly. "Some oue will liud me another, never fear. I shall change my name at the same time that you change yours, Mary, l'eople have always called me a lucky fellow, but I really thiuk Lady Mabel's ball masque has brought me the best luck of aih" "He is hopelessly infatuated!" mut tered Minna to her friend; "Utus leave him hi his fool's l'aradise. She Is a second Becky Sharp." And that was the verdict of the j fairer half of society. But Mrs. Fitz Herald li.-aiRlou holds her own, never theless, lor her masculine admirers p.oiiouuce her the "prettiest, wittiest and brightest woman iu London." Hi ill I'omls. Folowing are a few of the many bird legends that peop'e with blight Imagi nations and ready inventions have con nected with feathered musicians. The poor cuckoo, whose mournful cry sounds so desolate in the quiet wood. is always mourning tor the death or a beloved brother. The cuckoo was originally a beautiful young maiden. She caused her brother's death uuin tentionally, and was chanced into the bird whose sad cry is au expression ol her bitter grief. The owl was also once a beautiful young girL She was a baker's daugh ter. One day a good man, passing by, asked for a piece of bread. She refused it, and as a punishment was changed mtoanowL In Germany the swallow aud the lark are sacred birds, and tieir morning song is considered a hymn. The nightingale, you know, only sings at night. This was not so for merly. One night a nightingale fell fast asleep, and the tendrils ef the vine it sat upon grew round its feet, so that it could not get away, and Anally it died. Since then the other nightin gales never dared sleep at night. Mie Knew it Then. It was a frontier post, six com pa hie. Colonel in commaad and Mrs. Colonel in command of him; the boys called her "The General." But Miss Mary, the Colonel's daughter, all thought was the loveliest creature on earth. Frank Moore, Post Adjutant, a noble fellow, proposed and was re fused. Then came young Vancamp. just graduated from "the Point," with no end of ducats In the bank and his family, and he made fierce love to Miss Mary. The General backed him for all she was worth, and Mary did not dis like the lively, good looking and very rich youugster, while she was some what In awe of quiet, Btern Moore. One evening, after dusk, the adju tant walked up towards the Colonel's house. When within six feet of the orch, he quickly came to a "right alKtut" aud made his way back to his ollice. Ten minutes after, the corporal of the guard appeared at the door; with him, on a reeking, blown horse, was a ranchman. There was news to tell, the Beds were out, two families had been butchered, their homes burned, and stock carried away. Moore again went to the chief's quarters, and entered, passing Miss -Mary and Vancamp, seated very close together. The veteran was confined to his chair by old wounds. Frank made tils reporland received his orders. "If you have no objection, sir," he saia,"l should like to go with my troop; oflice work is rattier wearing, and I feel sort of rusty." "Certainly, my boy, certainly. It will do you good. Vou have looked rather seedy the hist while past. I'd go myself If I could. Give them Hail Coin in ia. Moore, but take care of your self. 1 can't get such au adjutant every dav." "I think the trip would do you much good, Mr. Moore," spoke up the Gen eral. "A good riddance of bad rub bish, " she said, under her breath. "Thank you. sir, I'll attend to all details and we'll start at once," and he hurried out. pausing only to say "Gooi by" to Miss Mary, to hold her hand a moment iu his, and to look into her eyes with a deep steady gaza that male her blush and caused her heart to beat tumuiluousiy. Theu there were the calls, the orders, the hasty issulugof rations, "hoots and saddles,'' and in half au hour tney were off. Vancamp did not go; fifteen min utes before the news arrived, he had l eeu accepted by Mary. He told her he would iesign, aud pictured in glow ing language the grandeur aud pleasure of the hie they were to lead. The General was in heaven; the old Colonel growled a little, but was not ill phase 1. He had hoped Moore would win his gill; he did not know that his favorite had tried and failed. Three dajs after came a courier, late one evenin,:. A report from the ap tani commadlt-.g the expedition, told how they had one brusii with the foe and were no.v diirmg them. All was well, except that Lieutcneiit Moore had been shot in the Uiuz, aud he wan sent back with tin-courier. "Too bad, too bad," cried the Col onel. "The best of the lot, I ought not to have let him go." "Where is Mr. Moore? Have him brought here," he said lo the tired, dusty trooier who stood before hiui. "The Lieutenant Is at McCarthy's ranch, sir, twelve miles up South Fork, lie took to bleeding so. and got so weak he could not s.t on his horie I had to hold him ou for live miles liefoie we got there. He seemed de termined to reach here With me, but he just couldn't do so. 1 lelt him theie abed and insensible, but they're kind foiks there, sir, and the women will do what they can." Just then the General and Miss Mary entered the room. The trooier s:epied toward the youug lady aud saluted. Beg pardon, Colonel, and madam. aud miss; but the Lieutenant, when we started back, wrote tuese few hues and told me, iu case he could not reach her, or died on the way, I was to take them from his pocketbook aud uive ihem to you;" and the soldier took from his breast a folded paper a leaf lorn from a note-book and handed it to the ast.iiishiid, frightened girl. She opened It aud read: "Mary, I have been badly hurt. It is a long hard ride back. I may die of the would or of hemorrhage. 1 ou will forgiva mo when I say once inoie. I love you. and never loved a woman but you. What I saw the eveulug we started convinced me you have made your choice. He Is young, but I think a good fellow. You will be very rich. but you must not reli si my nine lor tuue; I leave all I have to you there is no one living belonging to me. Your father has my will, though he does not know its contents. God for ever bless you. GooJ-by. tKAXK LIOOllE." The girl dropped the paper and stood, white and slid, as a statue. The General pounced upon the scrap, and while she was adjusting her eye-glasses, Mary was hearing liom her father and the man such particulars as could be quickly told. "Where is he? Where did you say he wasl" she asked with bated breath. "At McCarthy's ranch, twelve miles up South Fork, Miss." "Fatherl" and she turned to the Col onel with a command of air aud speech totailv unlike her, "Father, 1 must have the ambulance." "Go." she said to the trooper, "tell them to put the bes; mules to the am bulauce, ask Sergeant Major Green to nick out six men for an tseort, and not a moment is to be lost!" "Wh-wh-wbai! my dear, why Maryl" spluttered the Colonel. "Uity tighty! what's all this. Miss, are vou crazy r" boomed the General. "It means that I am going to Frank Moore; I'm going to him if I have to walk, and by myself. He's dying, he wants me, I know he wants me; aud Dm going to him." v'The girl's crazy, raving crazy! Col onel do you hear her? Why don't you exert your authority. Oui that I should live to see my child act so. You shan't stir out of this house this night. Miss, if I have to put an armed guard over you." 'I am going to Frank Moore," an swered Mary, and she left the room to prepare for her journey. The General raised a perfect cyclone, but her usually ohedieat daughter was deaf and dumb to commands.entreaties. arguments, threats, aud considerations of what Vamainp might think, say, or do in regard to her actions. Mary conquered. The General pre pared to accompany her, and they were -eady when the amhulanoe drove up. the irnzzled old Sergeant Major hlmse'J In charge of the escort They were soon at McCarthy's. "I am Mrs. Colonel Martinet," said the General, loftily. "You have one f our officers here, wounded; can I see him?" "How is he now how is he?" gasped Mary, and kind Mrs. rJcCarlhy looked close at her. " 'Deed an' I do think he's better some. I wudn't a-eive two chips fur his loif win they carried him, bud I'm a good nurse,though I say it as shudn't, au'abitov a dochler beside, an I've got him aisy loik, an' tli' bleed in' stopped an' he come till his cinces.' 'Can we see him?" "Sure one on ye moight, ef ye'd not excite him anyway an' jist cheer him up a bit, fur he don't seem t' try an help hirrself th' laste In the wourld." A motion toward a door made Mary dart through It I fore the General had time to rise from her seat. Mrs. McCarthy Immediately placed herself in front of the oor, and with: "Only one, mem; I cudn' be ansher- able fur th' glntlemau's lolf ef I left two weeTin In lid be talkin' all to wanst to him." The General sat down, speechless with rage and indignation. Mary entered a large room, and on the bed she saw the outlines of a ligure; the single candle gave but little light She drew near the motionless body. very white and pinched the face looked, surrounded by the heavy beard and thick, black curls. I he eyes were closed. One hand was lying outside on the cover. She took it betweea her own trembling palms. The man looked up, looked as though he could not believe his senses. "Mary! Maryl can this be you? Have you really coma to sje mo, or am I dreaming again?" he whisnered. "It is me, Mary. Mr. Moore Frank! I came because 1 could not help it. felt that 1 must come, must see you And now I fear 1 have done very wrong." "Vou could never do wrong, Mary," he whispered hoarsely again. "Never, iu my eyes. Vour Kind heart brought you here to comfort me while I died But what did Vancamp say? Is he wl'h you?" "You an; not going to die, Frank; aud Mr. Vancamp knows nothing of my Column. " "But you have accepted him ; I saw you on the iwrch the night we left the lost. I turned at once away, but I saw him kiss vour hand and jou per mitted it." "Ves, that is true," said Mary, with a deep blush. "I tid accept him I didn't know. Oil! that's im possible now; it can never, never 1." "Mary, tell rue what you mean," gasped the prostrate man, iu an agonj'. "I mean," she replied in a kind of desjieratiuu, "that no power on earth or amount of fortune could make me marry Mr. Vancamp. 1 did not know until I got Jour note and heard that you were wounded dy.ug. I did not know; but I knew then that such a marriage could not be." "Why, Mary? Come here, and tell me why." 'Because, Frank, because oh! you must know," and she hid her face on tiie pillow beside his own. Frank got weil. Vancamp resigned and got out. The General got hysterics and no satisfaction. The noble old Co!ouel got the sou-iu-law he wanted. Old I'asliioiii'.l l.w.ili l'u'li. I remember having a tooth pul! once bj' ihe old doctor. His wife seated herselt in a chair, and placed me on the lloor with my head clasped between her knees. Then the doctor brought out his turnkey which was constructed somewhat like one of the levers with a movable houlused for the roiling of logs and tished from his iocket an old bandana handkerchief, which had done ervice for mouth, nose and perspira tion for a month or two, and wadded it about the handle of the machine. This bundle he pushed in my mouth. after having lanced the gums, and com merced working to get the end of the hook under the tooth. Having accom plished this, he !egaii to grind on the handle, and at the same moment the old lady tightened her gras-i on my head. The top of my hen 1 seemed tfcing pried off, and all the marrow in my bones seemed to be puiled up in strings toward my neck. Orach! the instrument slipped off. Aaain it was fixed, and aualn the top of my head was ! turned upward with a violent crash, and agaiu the reluctant marrow was I drawn out in strings. Three times did the machine slip; the fourth trial was made, the top of my head was wrenched entirely off, and the marrow in my system, my boots, bones, and all, ap peared to be drawn up with a teriiiic pull, and the molar was extracted. I pocketed the tooth, he pocketed a shilling, and then I left. It was not an uncommon occurrence in those days for the doctor, when tiy ing to locate his hook beyond the space tilled by the handcrchief, to hitch on the wrong tooth, and to jerk out a grinder iu place of the real offender, iu such a case the sufferer tooli it ail good naturedly, and underwent with such endurance as he could the coirec tiou of the blunder. Cameo I'littin. It is said that the stone from which cameos are cut onyx and sardonyx so plentiful on the Uruguay Itiver, In Brazil, that ships often take It away as ballast Nevertheless, perfect pieces of large size are costly, a piece suitable for a large portrait costing as much as teveuty-tive dollars. This stone is preferred for cameo3 be cause of Its hardness and durability, and is suitable for such work owing to the fact that It comes in layers of contrast ing color, as black and white, black and cream, or red and white. When the cut figure is sunk into the stone instead of being raised, the cut ting is called an mtaslio. The cost or these gems is due to the time and skill required ia the work. Formerly a small gem might occupy an artist for a year or more, but with modern appli ances the work can be done much more rapidly. Still, the ancient work bears the palm for artistic excellence. The cutting is now done by holding the stone against a revolving drill, whose soft, steel face is covered with diamond dust No steel is hard enough to cut the stone. Tne utmost patience and caution and delicate handling are required, as ttie slightest slip may be fatal to the work. The large, prominent eyes of the brilliant dragon flies or devil's darning needles are each furnished with 2S.U0J polished lenses. TURKISH BEGGAIM. Dow Mendicants anil Bearers of Bur- tlcus Are Organized in Constan tinople. Generally the eye first rests upon one of the numerous beggars, who are always at baud, muttering their words of praise to the donor of a penny, or their curses to the unheeding passen ger. The majority are blind, or pre tend to be so, and each one has his pre ferred spot, where he sits In his rags, perfectly oblivious to all but his own wants. Others are hideously maimed and the offensive part is always held up to view in the hope of exciting pily. These are mostly men. Ihe women and children have their beaten track. over which they follow people and im plore alms. They seem to go no far ther, and often by the emphatic repe tition of "biddy git' we rid ourselves of them sooner. We seldom see them rewarded, except by Turkish subjects, aud it is said that they give freely, as the Koran requires it of them. They are particularly generous ou all days of special religious observance. At such times these beggars congregate In the most at ti active places, aud doubtless make large sums. We learn that many of these pitiable-looking creatures are iu reality very well oil, aud only don their poverty for the sake of trade. Tney have meetings, and there decide where to take up their positions and how to divide their spoils. The peculiar tread ot a man's heavy feet excites our wonder, aud we look only to be horrified at seeing a human being bowed under a load that would make a horse groiyi. Often, too, three or four of these "hamals" work to gether, carrying their burdeu3 by means of long poles. They have their lesling-place about half way across the bridge, aud to us It is a great relief to see them there having a little breathing j siel!, and what au immense relief it j must be to them, l'eople here con- i sider them not much more than beasts j of burden, and thus their life is so ! much the more pitiable. They drees m I a very clumsy manner in coarse loose clothes aud the weight of their gieat llat leather shoes must be something astonishing, while their leather-cushioned pack saddles alone would b heavy enough for an ordinary person. Fach locality has it3 company of ha mals, and they all live together off a common fund aud hence work into each other's hands. For instance, we cati not get just one of them to draw water because the others want to carry it from a distance and have us pay them by the load. If we wish two hauiais to work for us they make a great fuss and want the whole company to come and boiher.for the waes are to be divi ded no matter how many or how few do the work. They have one head man who does all the managing. They are not allowed lo bring their families from the interior, aud they seem to lose all their individuality liv ing huddled together So, without any of the comforts or pleasures of a home. We can not imagine harder physical work than they do, and yet tht-ir pay seems to be in the inverse ratio, for it is very lit'.le each one gets when a whole company shares it. Articles that are too bulky lor them to handle ate transported on the backs of horses aud donkeys. What would we in America think of seeing bricks, sticks of wood aud even long pieces of lumber tied together and carried this way in stead of wagons? I have seen a donkey to coveied with boxes that the animal itself was entirely hidden. The ve-i-ders of bread, meat, fru't, etc., c-'rrv their wares ou their heads or ou don keys, according to the quantity they have to dispose of. Their cries can l e heard almost from one en 1 of the bridge to the other, but one must know i.i.ui they sell oetore their monotone can be guessed. The most picturesque of these venders is the Persian, with his long, fur-lined cloak and one shoul der covered with his rugs and skins which aie always so attractive. Hats in South Auieilc-ii. Bats are often regarded with as muc i horror as snakes; the wheeling liight of tliij little creatures In the twilight, their dusky forms, shroud like wm-'i and fiery eyes seem to league them with the suieriiutural; but they are gener ally not only harmless but useful. They are a scourge to insects of every kind, from the mosquito upward, and some o the Americau Indians use them as food. The big fruit bats of the Indian peulnsula are considered as great luxu ries by the natives. I A bat measuring two Teet from tip to ! tip must be a formidable lookihg tning ; i to encounter, and this is the size o the i ! fruit eating bats of the Amazon, lo j which the name of "vampire" is often ; giver.; but even these are harmless. ' j There is, however, a smaller species iu South America which does suck the , j l.loo l of many animals, including human beings. The mischief does not consist In the ' quantity of blood abstracted by the bat ; itself, but iu the far greater how fiom ; the triatigular puncture aLer the w ith ! ,drawalot the aggressor. It has been 1 i bjcctei by obstinate unbelievers that no one has ever seen the wound iu- ; lhcted; but, considering that the bat i only ites iu darkness, the proof upon ; ; which these skeptics insist is not easily i obtainable. j The curious feature in the bat's bite, says a recent fc-aveler, is that it is hardly ever felt, even when the person attacked Is awake. 1 myself had a remarkable illustra tion of this, and stood with a man who was remarking that he could not understand how people always got so unaccountably bitten, though whilst he was actually making this remark, lri the dusk, a bat was sucking oue of his toes, as was evidenced by the bat being seen by me aud himself to flutter away, whilst the man's toe, to his great surprise, was found to be bleeding severely. Kerosene. The lowest safe point of kerosene oi; is oue hundred degrees; for domestic use it ought not to be lower than oue hundred and twenty degrees. To test it, put a small quantity in a saucer or tin vessel and float it in water heated to one hundred degrees. Apply a ligh ted match an inch or so above the kero sene, and if it takes fire it is dangerous. The flashing point may be found by noting the temperature with a ther mometer as it falls. It has recently beea proposed to prevent petroleum fires by placing a bottle of ammonia in each barrel of oil; on ignition, by acci dent or otherwise, the bottle would break, and the effect of the amnion 1a cal vapors would be to extinguish the fires. NEWS IN BRIEF Boston police claim to have routed every opium joint in that city. Clilco, California, is enlivened by twenty-'our Insurance agents. Two theatres are in course of erec tion In Buffalo, New York, and 8 third is talked of. It is said there are more causeless and cruel evictions In New York city than in Ireland. An elevated road is to be built in Los Angeles, and operated by electric ity to Monrovia. The sharpest curve on the Elevated Uai'ioad in New York is stated to have a radius of !i I feet. Idaho has a population or S'J.OOC and thirty-three newspapers, one to every 2,4X1 inhabitants. Numerous New Jersey have lately been swindled "lightu.nc-rod trick." farmers by tht t. Louis is agitating for four cent car fares. In Buffalo they are alsc clamoring for a reduction. The discovery of a large and rich bed of told quartz m the Kulu Valley, in the Punjaub, is reported. General Georg- A. S'i.-nd in anl Lieutenant General Phil. II. Mieridau are not related to each other. A gift of 2-),)M has been received by the University of Australia, for the founding or a chair ot music. Twt uty spoilsmen of county, Dakota, turned out t! Foster, e othel day and killed il,lol goptieis. The same family, ierm.ni paiM-rs ."ay, has supplied C.tlvorde with its Mayors for 10 J successive yean. Inhalation of insect (I,i! tuvtiaii) powder is asslgitel in a van: of a young man's deith at II.!', N". II. The story of Kip Van W.nkle has been found by Professor Basil Hall Chamberlain m the native Japanese folk-lore. New Hampshire now has hut lo-". male and j female convicts in hei State penitentiary, the smallest numbei for many years. Southeriand, the foi'er. who is ir. jail iu Dawson, sa. j he has been con verted and isei.j iy.n' sweet comtn un ion wi'.h his ;od. A painter m Paris, Charles -T.K ipi-, lets been made temporarily blind by the .glare of the sun stiUhig through the skylight of his ! ?t'. TopeUa vvoaieu made JlhM re cently Without leaving thn kitchen. lie invented an egg-heater and sold the idea for that amount. The iitnuht-r of femal? physicians in Nf-w York is now placed at V), m ciudi eg many vvho-e j early income ruiij as hiyh as shJ.U'U. Slimmer weather seems to inter fere but little with theatricals in Sin Francisco, where nearly if not all the play houses are sf.il open. At St. August . ne. Flori la. large quantities of coqutr.a Is being taken Horn the ruins, and usi d for sidewalks and repairing the city at i eels. A liut laud (Vt.) pHper states that John 11. Craig, v. ho recently visited that place, wtlghs so-1 pounds, and is the heaviest man la the ciuntiy. V.'. M. Wheeler, of Hancock county, cut a watei melon recently, and v.hcii oiK'tied it ilis;iapd a dis tinctly formed W on bjth halve?. L.mdou has its Camden, it sepms. At one chinch, in the Ka.t En 1, all comers are ma ricd at the low rate ol seven pence ha' penny per couple. Au old will near Ihiveim a, Ohio, -is atliaciitig a'.tei.ti ..i by "Mowing haidno:di to s.nn. 'a l ig whistle or sucking air in, a it tHr.es a notion. A small-pox acur- a Los Angeles. California, has resulted in ihe expendi ture of about cU'.K'ij it improving the general sanitary condition of the place. A monster Clau-na-G.iel demon stration was held iu Ca'edonian Park, ; Newark, on June 10. Prominent Irish men from New York, Philadelphia, and other places were plesent Chambers" Journal uses, as an ex ample of startling metaphor. Guidon Cuinmings' comparison of au Airicau jungle to a forest of hsh hooks relieved by patches ot jenknives. Sea serpent observers no have au extra inducement to attempt its cap tuie. A famous showman offers twenty thousand dollars for the mon ster, provided it it fifty feet in length. In San Francisco, too. they're anx iously endeavoring to solve the prob . lem of the most advisable disposition to make ot the city's garbage. Crema tion seems to be favorably looked upon. The ancient form of trade, barter, is still adhered to by the Inhabitants of Ihe little town of Ciausthol, Iu the Haitz Mountains, widely known for its extensive export of trained canaries. The lowest soui'in recc-rroxfc-j m mus'c has .'til vibrations in a second. The highest (C, Hth octave), IM,:;4 per second. Vibrations may ha heard lie low and considerably above, these lig iiies. A rheumatic cuie is the favorite tipple of the Indian ou one reserva tion in Washington Territory, a terii torial newspaper says, and ou another they get just as drunk oa a biaud of Jamaica ginger. - -r -11 .tl:,. eim int, who lost his watch two years ago while ou a Ashing excursion, has just had the timepiece returned to hln. with the explanation that it was found iu mid air dangling by the chain fro-i a twig. A western wholesale marble dealer has just made oue of the largest purchases of blocks and sawed marble ever consummated in Ver mont It amounts in all to seventy five carloads. One cf the most eccentric suicides of recent occurrence was that of a Steuben (Me.) man, named Kelley, who went to the river, drove a stake, tied himself to it with a rope and drowned himself. Barn dances are popular with the guests at country resorts in Orange aud Sullivan counties. New York. The dancers dress in fancy cost uuin , and the effect is said to be quit picturesque, the barns bein lighted up with wax candles. A resident of Daulelsriile, Maine, was lately wheeling a wheelbarrow load of brick, on top of which was his son, aged seven years. The lad fell off, and was run over by the wheelbarrow and instantly killed. Lightning struck Mrs. Julia Shot well, recently, at Hackettstowu, New Jersey, destroyed a purse of money ou her person, and toie the shoes from her feet, but after a time she tegan to recover from the complete prostration she had suffered. k i t .-frlv; 'SL " " '
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