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VOL. XLI.
A Day.
.. ... atuA Nnmmlxt when a day
T't,f -ua-iUin. fills Ui. .ky of
Di4lO. . .
itnl a wiD'l. borruwnl from soma morn
sprsy,
v., th unfr-tU po.u the pillareU pln
Uih.ir ou f .iiailow; tb.
,rjui pin-i"' of umnnr .till,
AUaeof Hr. i-0"n tfc -"-----P n-n-H
the lin'.-Toicca and Uio bum of
ta ti'tliiii nr.i-43 the cricket pip. no
B .it "niTthe .4.iuirrfl lioarJs hi. wiottr
4I1 T.-,
4,.j j,, ,,, I.i4 uut-4li..:ls from the nxg-
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ii.v ti n Jai'a;-''rU hemlucks whisper
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Wiirr.-1! w,lit'ker an.l lioina-IoTtn-
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A: , ,y .au l tmt hatch winter', threatdefy.
i, atliiiM "' rvrt "w nJ olJI
u -. ai I i.4..nii4i-i of nature, iloably
.t. .ir.
Wbrti i!..- :w suiinhine warms the clos-
ii, p y i'r
lif ,t.iw.l..'wo tiM an.l ware, of aretie
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C -.iiti. n,r 1- irT I f"!il each lov.!y thins
n-t ly i'-e-ilsj amlt not Ulsconao.
V il'' . aim patience of th. wood. 1
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j.-r i,m: t:.i!i4!t4im when Ood giTe. us
VKKV I'llKClOUS.
I not give it to him! He stole
It o it "f the niKther's allium. He did!
LediJ'tie d.ii:'' The siaker's voice
r,,. wilh each repetition, and her
cher'a u"t reililtr and rtnlder. "I must
kn..w If tier Hum you. Itosie!"
-O, of cnurse : you do not call It gr
:r..', bat 1 J.. You were standing by,
1 4il n4 ", ti!. t'e took it? Your eyes
ne ca-'t liown, ;iud you put your
iLost liecuminst pout on. And now that
Tuiu C"i:tlitn!i. wah liis tea thousand
a vear. f.ills in lave with you and wants
to marry ou, you are afraid poor
lieml Hiiuiilinn will show him your
pl.oto.T.ipli ami tulk about your silly
lrttris a:..! ui ike mischief. You lncor
riif i '.e !:-'.: i!nt! It would serve you
t'.jrlit to b t.iiiii-J aa you have treated
oUirr. How ruany meu have you
nu.'e fo)'. of, I wonder? A dozen?"
The shaker spoke sarcastically; her
hrarer w.isl cgiiininR to cry. The girls
were 9. stem, both young', both pretty
cliiirr.niie. but Letty, the younper,
wit) a lovely, br.iin'.ess little flirt. The
eMer, i;os.l!nit. li.id v-enty of brains,
tut scarcely ex(frience enough to en
able l.er to U4e them judiciously. She
vaM a brilliant creature to look at;
wirrn-he.irti'il and impulsive to a fault.
There was notriin,! she would not do or
d-ire for u:,e she loved, and she dearly
lnve-1 her lewitchlng little Bister, and
rejoiced w.tli ail her heart when the
geuUl, u.wd-lnokinif young '8quire,'
Turn L'ncliton, who came Into the
neliihlorhixiJ tj take possession of an
uceiiectej inheritance, fell in love at
first milit with Letty and proposed to
Ler after a week's acquaintance.
But Tutu was a quick-tempered,
jeainus youiijj fellow, and he has already
si ken ln.s muni to Miss Letty about
her love of thrt.ition. She promised to
auieml tier ways, but it was more than
she couhl Jo to keep her promise when
temptation c.ime in alluring guise.
M;if.Tl w is a garnsou town, and
ooeot the callant liaahshlre HeijimenL,
Oe-ffrry llaruiltou by name, hail
Quickly succumbed to the fascination of
ti e younger of tlie two daughters of
U.e muivBeil Mr. Maitland, who lived
in a pretty coit.iije on the London road,
ahoui. half a trn'e or so from 11 ire ford.
It was iu yam that Rosalind warned
the heedless young coquette that she
wis treating pcor young Hamilton dis
UTiceruKy. lint in good truth the
young Qiau w.ls very well able to take
care of himself He was not very deeply
wounded; but as soon as Cr.chton ap
peared uhiu the scene he made up his
oiiud to punish Miss I.etty, If possible,
for her tr:iks, by pretending to be bro-kec-hearted
and desperately jealous.
He was, however, sufficiently in love
t.i b uMb to put a fair amouut of
striinisni-s i nt. his repioacb.es; and
i.en ne G.itly refused to give up the
pliotoiir.n !i La-tty h.iJ given him, and
utie ur two abMiid little notes slie had
wrltteu to hiui, and a glove he had j
purloined, the silly girl was thoroughly
frehten. d. and hrmly persuaded that
'rtn" wul,l kear all about it and
weak off his engagements. Had Rosa
hnd but known how slightly Hamil
toiTs leart was touched, she would
Jave ipuckly laughed Letty out of her
"-slit; but when the girl solemnly as
sured her that Geoff was to much in
love, an,i so unury aUlj jealous, that she
knew he meant to have his revenge, the
eua.ble elder sister forgot that she was
not hv.ng iu a melodratuUic age; and.
moii,yrr, ,llt. quite overlooked the fact
t-t UlilUltoM lieiiiff a epntleman. It
J aa not iikely that he would act as if
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on the hole, things were looking
er- ser:oiis when, for the fiftieth time
'east, Kos;,im,j tr!ej to make nel
sifter cuff..,, udiether she had given
ueiilT the photograph, or whether he
had taken ic from Mrs. Maitland's
aibuin. he had iler own opinion on
the subject; so it was really waste of
time to cross-question the naughty lit
t e g:rl. who was auxious to keep the
Je between the old love and the
Lew,
"1 t'ikyouareveyunklnd,Iiosle,,
, ii:d last; -ami If you do not be
n e llow cia I expect Tom te do
..' J,) not expect Tom to do It! You
, w,if believing in you were a gym
nastic feat. 1 know what 1 Bhould do
:a f 0,11 9 V'ce, if another man told me
ue had a photograph of the girl I meant
w marry, and a,wl tinntr.
th''11.. ''-'s only one glove and no
.ln-gs. mierruuted Lettv. whimner-
"Don't exaggerate; and I gave
Aotu two photographs one Bitting and
".auu.ug ana he has heaps and
oralis of iett(,r!Jt.,
"1 ho; the speiUng is all right,"
.-t ."l e - 118 18 not much of a
peller hitnseir."
"He sjieit -adored' with two d'a the
Uklid"?-'M JJored one.' It
looked Bo funnv -
h ? .r;r!llraUton 5s awT lust now. Is
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,i; . : ve went to his sister's wed-
1 WIS I It. is.. 1
think r"d"S DOt UTe th" brrack. 1
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rr,r x- B . roonis n Diamond Cres-
WwTthh n;,tDa Uerara Townsend
la rd-!f !" woman-nUng person who
a reading for something and never goes
. . And now I Boppoee you
are going to write to your adored
Tom. 1 am going out for a walk."
"And won't you advise me how to
get back my photograph? I wish I had
not trtven It to htm."
"O, so you did give 1U'
"1 am afraid I did." sighed Letty.
"But he begged so hard, and said he
had never cared enough for any girl to
ask for her likeness lierore."
"Poor le How I But he must give It
up. Now go and write your letter."
And Kosalind ran out of the room.
About an hour later, a young lady
with a mackintosh on her arm knocked
at the door or 15 Diamond Crescent.
She bail evidently been walking fast,
for ber cheeks were glowing and ber
eyes were bright.
"This is awful," she said to herself,
as she heard steps approaching the door
on the inside. A civil-looking woman
opened it.
Are are the gentlemen at home?"
the visitor asked. "I mean is Mr.
Townsend at home; I am his sister,
and he expects me. I think.'
"O. walk in. ma'am, ir you please.
Mr. Townsend told me you were not
coming unt'l to-morrow; he is out just
now, but your room is quite ready.
Have you no luggage, ma'am?"
The visitor muttered something about
the station as she went into the hall.
I'lease show me Into the sitting-room,"
she said; "I can wa't for my brother
there. IV o, thank you; no tea. Is this
the room?"
Yes, ma'am. The gentlemen Las
this between them. Mr. Hamilton is
coming back unexpected this evening.
He was telegraphed for, as tbere'ls s.?aie
talk or the regiment leaving at once."
"What is that noise?" the visitor
asked.
"Hain, ma'am. It's a thunder
shower, I think. It always makes that
noise on the roor of the verander. It's
well you was under cover, ma'am."
Rosalind gave a sigh of relief as the
door at last closed behind the landlady.
"Xow, if by a stroke of good fortune 1
can commit my felony and get away
before my brother conies iu what an
extraordinary thing that he should be
expecting his sister. I suppose (glanc
ing at a cabinet photograph on the
chimneypiece) "that is the man him
self. Why, he must be forty at least!
Xow, I wonder where Mr. Geoff keeps
his treasures? In a drawer, of course;
but which drawer? I do not half like
rummaging among the poor man's pos
sessions, but he brought it on himself."
She presently came upon a packet
neatly tied up with red ribbon and
sealed. She pinched it. It evidently
contained a photograph, for she felt
the cardboard, and there was some
thing soft that might be a glove; and
surely those were withered flowers that
crackled as she pressed them, and the
more lumpy enclosures must be letters.
Should she untie the ribbon and break
the seal? But time was passing, aud
there was really no necessity. Then
she turned the packet o7er and found
an inscription that settled the question.
In a man's writing were the words:
"L's. likeness and letters. Very pre
cious." "Poor Geoff! Poor doar fellow!
How devotedly be loves ber! I am so
sorry for him. Very precious' .he calls
them," Rosalind murmured. "But
precious or not, I must rob him of
them. We canuot lose Tom. I won
der what Letty will say when she sees
them? Jow, I wish I were safely out
of this. I must write the tiniest scrap
of a note and leve it for poor dear
Geoff." She closed the drawer, put
the packet in her pocket, and wrote
hastily on a hair sheet or paper. "L's.
sister has taken what you have no
right to keep against her wllL"
She had just addressed the envelope
when she heard steps on the stairs; in
another moment the door was opened
and a handsome young man came in.
"How awkward!"Jthought Hosalicd.
"But I must keep up the character of
Townsend's sister. Who in the world
is he?"
The newcomer stood still and stared
at her. She was the prettiest girl he
had seen for many a day. She made
him a little bow. "I am Mr. Town
send's sister," she said, "and I expect
him every moment; he d.es not expect
me until to-morrow. Did not the land
lady tell you I was here?"
"She she she did!" the young man
gasped.
"What a donkey he is!" thought
merciless Rosalind, quite at her ease,
although she had Just been robbing a
drawer. ! wouder if you would mind
going to look for my brother?" she
said aloud In theweetest manner. "It
would be so very kind. It is awkward
to be here all alone with people com
ing in." She gave him a little smile to
indicate tliat be was one of the people.
I have to go to the station for my
luggage" ("What dreadful stones I
am tell.ng!" she added to herself;) then
aloud, 'and, perhaps, by the time I
come back he will be here."
O, jou wid come back, win your
But it's raining cats aud dogs! you'll
be drenched!"
"Oh, dear, no! I have a waterproof,"
and Rosalind took up her cioaic.
"Thauk you," as the young man rusuea
forwju-d and put it around her shoul
ders. And you will go and fiud
Gerard for me," she said, turning to
him with the sweetest smiie. i nere
was the slightest possible hesitation
beford she said the name; he noticed
nothing but the beauty or her eyes.
"Thank you very muchl"
She was gone before ne recovereu
himiHlf. and when Geoff Hamilton
came into the sitting-room at No. 15
a few minutes later, he found his menu
Tewnsend hanging out of the window.
"Hallo, Oeel" be said, "wnat s upr
You look dazed. Seen a ghost?"
"o, but the prettiest girl in tne
world. She was here. She said she
was my sister. She asked me to go and
look for myseir, while she went to the
station for her .luggage."
Thian phe'll be backr"
"'ot she! She turned the other
. ii
"Then who in the world is she, and
what brought her herei"'
know all about that,
you rascal I She's one of your army or
m:irtrSL I take It."
-itiihbish! I am the martyr! "What's
this?" He had picked up Rosalind's
note from the writing-table. '"G.
Hamilton, Esq.' Now for the heart
of the mystery." He opened the note
it Then he threw himself into a
rhair with a verv red face. Then he
iaiiirhd- Then I am afraid be swore.
Mmnwtiiia Ttnsalind- with her heart
ihnmninff hair with fright and half
with rrinm nh was sneedlnir homeward.
Sh flew to Letty's room, and found
that young person on her bed, reading
a nnvffl
"There!" Ros'.e cried, throwing down
th rocket, "never say again that I am
not your best frlendl There are your
letter and yonr photograph, and all the
MIFFUNTOAVN,
keepsakes you gave that poor dear man
from time to time; and you ought to be
ashamed of yourself."
. " wtaU" cried unabashed Letty.
"Did he give them up? He is a dar
ling!" '-Jo," answered Rosalind calmly; "I
stole them."
"O, you delightrul darling I How
sweet of you I roor boy, how sorry
will bel But what f unl What Is uTis
written outside? L"a. likeness and
letters. Very precious. Poor dear
Geoff, how fond be Is of met" And
she gave a little sentimental sigh.
"Had you not better open the thing
and see If you have them all right?"
said practical Rosie. "Here, cut the
knot."
No sooner said than done. A cabi
net photograph fell out, then a piece of
deep crimson ribbon, a few raded
flowers, and two or three notes.
"This is such a good likeness Tom
bad better have it," said Letty. as she
took up the picture, which had fallen
face downward on the bed. "Look.
Rosie!"
Rosie looked, and behold, it was a
likeness of a tall, handsome girl, who
bore not the slightest resemblance to
winsome little Letty. Beneath was
written in a firm and dashing woman's
hand tho one word Louie."
The sisters looked at one another
with blank faces. A glance at the
notes revealed the same dashing hand.
"So you are not the only one, and I
made a fool of myself and robbed the
man's drawer for nothing!" cried Rosa
lind. "O, if I had but known."
"Never mind, dear." said Letty; "I
am sure I don't. But I wish 1 knew
what he sees to admire in that black
woman. Just pack her up aud send
her back to him."
A tap at the door Interrupted them.
It was a maid to announce that Mr.
Townsend was In the drawing-room.
He wanted to see Miss Maitland for a
few minutes on business. He had a
message and a little packet to deliver.
"Tell Mr. Townsend I am coming
directly," said Rosalind.
"O, Rosiet do you mind?" cried Letty
as the maid went out. 'He has sent
my picture, I suppose, and he wants his
black woman back. Tell him we think
her frightful. A re you sure you do not
mind seeing him?"
"Not in the least," said Rosalind.
"I saw his likeness in their sitting-room
aud he is plain and elderly. Give me
those things, and trust to my Ingenuity
to get myself out or the scrape. They
cannot say much when they know it
was another girl's photograph I carried
off."
And just as she was in her muddy
little boots and with the wind blown,
untidy hair she went downstairs; and
it still is, and it ever will remain, a
mystery what those two said to one an
other when they stood face to face.
But Geoff got back his precious
packet and Letty got her photograph ;
she gave it to Tom forthwith and he
was delighted.
SheisnowMrs-Crichton. Hamilton
was finally captured by a pretty young
widow. I do not know what became
of "Louie," but Rosalind married
Gerard Townsend, and he still thinks
she is the prettiest woman in the
world.
Mot her Goose". Grave.
As the Listener walked along Tre-
moot street in front of the Granary
uurying Ground, lioston. recently he
was met and stopped by a tall, spare.
State-of-Matne looking man, who had
a wild look in his eyes and was swing
ing bis arms in a rather excited man
ner. His face could not have gleamed
ith a more interested excitement if he
had just discovered a pot or gold.
'I wan' you," he said "t' tell me
how to get into this burin ground.
Got to get in there, sure. Bight gov-
hors and Mother Goose buried in that
shemetery. How shall I get in? Erer
been in there, eh?"
The Listener said he had not been in
there for at least a good many years
and ventured the weak remark that, as
a general principle, be believed in keep
ing put of the burying ground as long
as possible.
This melancholy pleasantry, which
may be said to belong to archeology
rather than to wit, seemed to have a
disastrous effect upon the Maine man.
He looked the Listener as full in the
face as be could, with an expression of
mingled sorrow and despair. Finally
be ventured ,
"1 can't help it. Got to go in. Light
gov'nors 'n Mother Goose! Got to go
in?"
"now wonld It do to try the sexton
of the church?"
His face lighted up again with all its
former excitement.
"SL j I will!" he exclaimed. "Find
the Sexton right off 'n' get in."
The Listener beard him stiil mur
muring as be rushed unsteadily away:
"Light gov'ners n Mother Goose I
To have the tall and hysterica! Maine
man weeping over the grave of Mrs.
Elizabeth Goose, otherwise J egoose,
the alleged compiler of the nursery
rhymes which bear a portion of her
name, would have been a sight scarcely
equaled by the figure, now a part of
classics and tradition, of Mark 1 wain
at the tomb of Adam.
Gazing Into Shop Windows.
One young man was walking reflect
lvely along, and the class of articles
that seemed to interest him were very
peculiar Indeed. He stopped in front
of a large display of laces and read
with great satisfaction the sign. "I'nces
completely wrecked. Only live cents a
yard." Uheap enougn," ne mut
tured, and passed on by window after
window of smokers' articles, beautiful
paintings, gentlemen's canes and bats,
till he came to a display of ladies
gloves. Here he tarried a long time.
A while after be was standing in front
of a display of wall paper. What was
he thinking about and why was he
alone? Was he on the verge of some
mental Rubicon, the crossing of which
was connected in some way with the
prices of laces, gloves and wall paper?
Perhaps the most interesting obser
vation of human nature that can be
taken during a walk by the shop win
dows, and oue requiring no very keen
powers of perception, is afforded by
stepping up in front of any deserted
window. It Is not necessary that there
be anything on exhibition. Let there
be npthing inside but a bare Shelf.
Stand there a moment gazing within
and soon someTxxiy else will step up
beside you, then another, and within a
minute or two there will be several.
The experiment can be repeated again,
and again with uniform success.
JUNIATA COUNTY.
COLD-BLOODED HUMOR.
aVnecdotM Tending to Show That
borne People Do Not Get Kxciteil.
Our neighbors across the channel are
fond of relating humorous little inci
dents, of sang-froid in which an Eng
lishman usually acts the role of chief
character. As for instance: A man en
tered a furniture shop and said: "Have
you any old furniture?" "No. sir; but
we can make you some!" This re
minds us of the Englishman In a rest
aurant who called for stale bread.
"We have none, my Lord." "Make
some, then; I will wait," was the calm
reply. Instances of remarkable cool
ness and assurance among adventurers
"out West" are only to be expected.
To begin with a small example: A boy
who comes of a chronically berrowlng
family went to a neighbor's for a cup
of sour milk. "I haven't got anything
but sweet milk." said the woman, pet
tishly. "I'll wait till it sours," said
the obliging youth, sinking Into a
chair.
But in many of the cases now under
consideration foreigners of several na
tionalities will be found to have figured
conspicuously in the matter of taking
things coolly.
It is related that a lady and gentle
man came to a ferry, and the boatman
deputed his grandson to row them
across. "Why do you not manage
your boat yourseir," asked the lady,
Instead of letting this child do it?"
"Oh, don't you be afraid, ma'am," an
swered the ferryman; "the lad can
swim."
Equally indifferent to the fate of
others was one of the sufferers by a
late railway accident. He was seen
rushing anxiously about, when some
one asked him if he was huru No;
but I cant find my umbrella."
About a year ago, when the upper
part of an hotel was on fire, one of
the servant-girls was directed to
awaken two gentlemen who were
asleep in an upstairs room. She
knocked at the door, and, with the
greatest simplicity, said: "I beg par
don, gentlemen, for disturbing you,
but the house is on fire." This case of
what may be called ludicrous polite
ness brings to mind another, "nil you
dropped a brick up there I" shouted a
pedestrian on whose shoulders one of
those articles bad fallen from a three
story scaffold. All right," cheer
fully responed the brick-layer; "you
needn't take the trouble to bring it
up."
"What's the matter?" aked a law
yer of his coachman. "The horses are
running away, sir" 'Can't you pull
them up?" "I am afraid not."
"Then," said the lawyer, after judicial
delay, "run into something cheap."
AT SIXG SING riUSDN'.
Some of the People and aomeof Their
Ways.
A noticeable feature of the conduct
of the prisoners is that In spite of the
rigid discipline that prevails there is
little apparent recognition or authority.
I'assing through the wards aud build
ings Keeper Connaughton and the
visitor met several couvicts walking
about, generally doing an errand for a
superintendent or under keeper. One
ouly In the number tipped his cap at
sight of the principal keeper, and most
of them passed by without looking at
him. Now aud then one stepped up to
him, and when this was the case the
sole show of deference, with one excep
tion, was a respectable waiting to get
some sign of recognition from the
ofllcer. This he gave without cere
mony, hardly a nod, usually a simple
glance at the convict.
Very few men were at work in the
lauudry. They stood or sat in their
places of labor, quietly resting. Some
or them were reading.
The prisoners work about seven
hours a day," said Mr. Connaughton.
"The general plan is to give each one a
stint to perform, and when that is
done he has the rest of the shop time
to himself. This he may put into
loaQug or reading, but not the slight
est fraction of liberty of movement Is
allowed. No one can walk in the yard
without orders, and there is no such
thing here as a half holiday, when the
prisoners have the freedom or the yard
to play games or lark about, as is the
custom in some Massachusetts pri
sons." Mr. Cosnaughton expressed great
pride in the quality or work turned out
at the laundry. He thought there was
no concern in the country that could
d? any better. While be was pointing
to great plies or Bpotless linen bnd
highly polished shirt bosoms, a boyish
looking man, with one or the brightest,
pleasautest faces Imaginable, came
walking briskly across the floor. He
seemed to be energy itself, and as cheer
ful as a schoolboy with a holiday. He
smiled all over his face when Mr. Con
naughton spoke to him, aud continued
his walk with an elastic step.
"I spoke to that mad," said the
keeper in a low tone, "so that you
might take notice of him. That was
Alderman McO,uade."
The next building visited was the
shoe factory, a feature of the prison
which excites Mr. Connaughton's
pride even more than the laundry. The
triumphs of modern Invention are there
and manipulated by skillful workmen.
A few or the prisoners had not com
pleted their stints, and were still at
work on the noisy machines. On each
floor a file or prisoners, huddled close
together, was approaching a water
faucet. Each convict bad under his
arm a wooden bucket, and as be came
to the faucet he filled it with water,
turned aside, and placing the bucket on
the floor, washed his face and hands
thoroughly. This done, they returned
to their machines and idled. Mr. Con
naughton delighted to show off the
capacity of the men and the machines,
and that he had his favorites was made
evident by the celerity with which cer
tain convicts at his approach jumped
up from their seats and set their ma
chines in motion. It was undoubtedly
the machines and not the men that
were favorites. In each case where he
had the convict exhibit his work he re
quired no more than two or three turns
to be made, and then passed on. A large
heavy machine stood in a corner, and
as the workman saw Mr. Connauehton
earning with a visitor he toot a Dartlv
finished boot from a pile, set the ma
cmne a-ratuing, and in an Instant held
up the boot with a heel that had been
put on in less time than It takes to read
about It.
"With that machine be heels 1,500
boots a day. said the keeper proudly.
The bakery was next lnan-k-t-H
where ten barrels of flour a day are
made Into bread. Each barrel makes
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twenty loaves, and it may be imagined
that the loaves are of great size. On
leaving the bakery the writer's atten
tion was attracted by a man with thin
Hps and sharp features who was walk
ing slowly and moodily along with his
hat pulled over his eyes. He had ai
sour and bitter an expression as any
one may meet. He went to a part of the
yard where there was a long row of
wooden buckets with covers standing
on the ground. Having picked out one
be continued bis walk.
"Each convict," explained the
keeper, "has one of these buckets In his
cell. He brings it out every morning
and takes it back at night. That man
who just picked up his bucket was Ald
erman Jaehne."
A momenet later the keeper led the
way to a small building In the first
room of which several convicts were
sitting apparently completing their
toilets. . The next room contained forty
bath tubs, and in each tub was a con
vict vigorously at work upon his body
with soap and water and towels. The
tubs were plain iron affairs, not sur
rounded, as is the case in dwellings, by
woodwork ef any kind.
"This is one of the features of prison
discipline," said Mr. Connaughton,
which many convicts tackle unkindly.
Most of them are anxious to work, and
a long period of euforced idleness makes
every man or them so blue that he
would work fourteen hours a day if we
would let him. But when it comes to
a full bath once a week there is fre
quently a kick. I think I have had to
inflict punishment for refusing to bathe
more than for any other preach of dis
cipline. I will show you the 'torture
chamber' now If you like."
This was still another building. In
the middle of a high stone walled room
was a group of eells, the tops of which
did not reach to the celling. The vis
itor entered one or them and the keeper
closed two iron doors upon him. He
was left in total darkness. The cell
was bare of furniture. Ventilation was
secured by means of a crooked pipe
that prevented the entrance of any
light.
"In years past," said the keeper, af
ter the visitor came out of the cell,
"convicts were frequently k9pt in the
dark cell as many as thirty days. Now
we seldom leave them In longer than
over night. Against the wall there you
will see the weighing machine, which
has become famous because of sensa
tional reports or its cruelty. The grand
jury iuvestigated it not long ago, and
the report was substantially that it was
not severe enough. It is, however, quite
sutlicient tor our purposes."
Drinking Iluk.
The reason commonly given by ladies
why they do not like beer is that It is
"so bitter," but, the real reason Is that
women are rarely enabled to drink beer
under favorable circumstances. The
essence of beer lies in its aromatic gas.
If that is allowed to escape the beer
tastes stale, flat and bitter, aud gives
,l-8 to headaches ana indigestion.
whereas with the gas It is palatable,
wholesome, and an aid to digestion.
To get it In this state it must be taken
from a key freshly tapped and drank
on the spot without much delay; and
since women of the higher classes in
this country do not frequent localities
where beer is kept ou tap, they never
have an opportunity to find out how
good beer really "tastes," for bottled
beer consumed at home is always vastly
inferior to keg beer. In Munich, how
ever, which 13 the paradise of beer
drinkers, women are as fond or beer as
men, because it Is consi lered perfectly
proper for the best families to visit the
festively illuminated beer gardens in
the evening. In Munich, too, every
mug aud glass has a lid to prevent the
gas from escaping too rapidly. This gas
must not be confounded with the arti
ficial foam which dishonest bartenders
produce iu a glass by holding it far be
low the faucet, a practice which not
only compels the guest to pay for half a
glass of empty foam, but which allows
the real gas to escape prematurely.
A Tramp's Luck.
A tramp called1 at a house in a Chi
cago suburb a few mornings ago and
asked for some cold victuals. He was
given a plate of oatmeal mush, some
new dried prunes, a tomato aud a sau
cer of hominy, the whole without seas
oning of any kind.
"I I can't you let me have some milk.
and some sugar, salt and pepper?" in
quired the embarrassed tourist as he
surveyed the spread.
Milk is not wholesome." replied
the lady of the bouse, sweetly, "aud we
never uss condiments. I can let you
have some cracked wheat If you
like."
Haven't you any meat?"
' O, no; we never use meat; it is not
fit for the human sumach. Would you
like soma gruel f"
"Is this the kind of stuff you live
on?"
"Certainly, my friend. Meats, seas
onings, gravies, condiments of all
kinds, aud heating fo ils have a ten
dency to injure the coating of the
stomach, impart an unnatural condi
tion to the system, and why, here!
let me read a chapter or this book to
you. I can show you in half au
hour "
With a yell or consternation the
tramp fled. As he went out through
the front gale be paused long enough
to write on the gatepost with chalk
these words: "Krauks! Keep away!"
Brussels Lace.
Brussels lace Is celebrated all ove
the world, and we must not rail to visit
one or the places where this beautiful
and costly lace is made. Here we see
a number of women, very quiet, very
neatly dressed, aud in some cases with
wonderfully delicate and soft-looking
hands, although they are all plain
working womeu. Each is busy fashion
lug the delicate pattern cf a piece of
lace, aud it is said that each woman
has a pattern of her own, which she al
ways makes, and which, perhaps, de
scended to her from her mother and
grandmother.
Some of the women are working on
cushions, with pins and bobbins, and
some are using needles and the finest
and most delicate or thread. We are
told that this thread is all ma,!e by
band, and it Is so delicate that it has
to be spun in damp cellars, because in
the dry upper air it would break before
it is finished. There are old women in
Brussels who have spent nearly all
their lives spinning in cellars.
Soft wood compressed by hydraulic
machinery Is reported to be a useful
substitute for box-wood for the manu
facture cf loom shuttles.
BRICKS WITHOUT STKAW:
I Or. Perseverance 3fnst Conquer.
Minus was getting discouraged.
Everything seemed to be going wrong,
from the time the coffee come up cold
and the toast had been burnt at break
fast, which had given Ferdinand an
opportunity to stick up his nose. Fer
dinand was her cousin, and considered
himself a great swell, bo she did not
like to give him an opportunity to find
fault with her housekeeping. Site was
wondering how all the money was to
be found to pay for the luxuries her
mother had ordered to tempt his aris
tocratic palate, for she was only al
lowed so much to set the table and pay
expenses with.
'It's like trying to make bricks with
out straw," she said to herself as she paid
the cook and found that she had only
i left to finish the week on. "I do
wish mamma was something of a house
keeper." Then she sat down and bal
a good cry. She was glad to see her
cousin Cuthbert Craig drop in an hour
later when she bad composed her
nerves somewhat.
Cuthburt looked about him with a
comprehensive glance, which failed not
to include Minna's tear-swollen eye
lids. "How is cousin Harriet? Ia she at
homer'
"Mamma has been perfectly well all
the Winter. She has gone to Kate's
this morning. Ferdinand Is with us,
making us a little visit. I am sorry
he is not here to see you."
Cuthbert did not look distressed.
They were not friends, those two
cousins, Cuthbert aud Ferdinand. It
was Cuthbert of whom Ferdinand had
been speaking at the breakfast-table,
in his old way. Cuthbert," he had
said, deliberately, "is a man who will
never make any money as long as he
lives." Mrs. Barney had suggested
that he had his profession. "His pro
fession!" echoed Ferdinand, contemp
tuously. What is the profession of
a young doctor without money or in
fluence? If Cuthbert keeps himself in
shoeblacking for the next ten years it
will be as much as he can do."
By which it will be seen that Fer
dinand did not appreciate bis distant
relationship to Dr. Cuthbert Craig.
This young doctor, whom Ferdinand
had condemned to the perpetual bond
age of poverty, settled himself more
comfortably in his chair and looked at
the Ore, then at Minna.
"How pretty your rooms are," he
said at last,
Oh, do you think sor" Minna
drew a long breath that was almost a
sigh.
"Yes, they are very pretty. You
have made them artistic."
"Artistic, Cuthbert? With a carpet
that slaps you in the facet"
"The canet is bad. It might be
worse, however. You did not choose
it?"
"Oh, never! It was already here."
I'You have used your materials skil
fully, Minna."
"There was so little to use, said she
despondently.
"Therein lies the merit, doesn't it?
There are no heroes ready made.
There never would be a victory, If
there never was a fight."
Minna did not answer. Those pro
voking tears would come back agaiul
Cuthbert's eyes had a flash in them,
which she did not see, owing to those
same troublesome tears.
"By the way, Minne," said Cuth
bert, presently, will you goto Thomas's
Concert with me this evening?"
Cuthbert having announced his de
parture, seemed in no haste to go. He
walked around the room, regardiug
first one object of art, then anoter.
"Don't examine everything so close
ly, Cuthbert," said Minna, laughing.
'You must merely glance at the gen
eral effect. I do not want things
looked at in detail."
"And does that rule extend to your
self?" said Cuthbert, turning suddenly
upon her.
Yes," said Minna, though she col
ored. "You did not tell me In time," said
he, quietly. "What was It Minna?"
he continued. " Won't you tell me
what caused all those tears?"
"The old story, Cuthbert. Trying
to make bricks without straw."
"Perhaps you try to make too many
bricks, Minna?"
"The house must be built you
kaow."
Wrhat represents straw in the pres
ent instance?"
"Oh, many things. A little more
strength, and a little more time
and "
"And a little more courage and per
severance," added Cuthbert wilh a
smile.
"That is easy for you to say, Cuth
bert. You are bo strong In both."
"Am I, iudeed? I was thinking of
borrowing straw from you. Perhaps
you can effect a profitable exchange of
commodities. Think it over, will you?
Good-by."
Dr. Craig came for his cousin that
evening in the cosiest of coupes. He
brought her, too, a bunch of freshest
lillies-of-the-valley. Minna fastened a
handful in ber dress, and through the
evening their heavenly odor linked
itself with every tender strain that
rose.
When they reached home the fire
was out and the room cold, yet Cuth
bert lingered.
"Minna." he said abruptly, "did
you know that I had got that place in
the life Insurance?"
Her voice, In reply, was quite low:
'The place of examining physician?
Was not that the one you wanted?"
"Yes," said Cuthbert, with a sud
den fervor. "I did want it, and I
worked hard for it with one purpose,
with one end in view. He bent over
her chair. "You know what that was
my one love." She spoke not. He
went on, passionately:
"Have I been trying to make my
bricks without straw? Have I been
working and hoping in vain?"
"No Cuthbert," the answered,
softly, placing her hand in his, "not in
vain."
California Fruit Crop.
The fruit crop of California is now
oecome next in value and profit of cul
tivation to its gold mind product, and
is shipped to all parts or the continent
ia enormous supplies. This crop em
braces all the varieties or stone friit,
all the varieties of apples, pais and
grapes in such wenie. ful proportions
and profusion cf product, as to enable
aulppers to fill orders for supplies of
any extent, and which if not controlled
by a monopoly of buyers, ought to
make rare fruit cheap in te United
States. '
MRS. BLiYSlVKR'S DREAM.
It SuKegeots an Application That
Cures Her Twenty Year.' Illness.
All that section of Harrisburg north
of Cumberland street is agog over the
remarkable recovery of a woman from
serious illness through the medium of
a dream. Mrs. Anna Blymyer, who
lives with her husband and eight chil
dren at 323 Hay avenue; has been sub
ject to convulsions of an epileptl-c form
for nearly twenty years. At times
they have been so severe as to almost
deprive her of reason. Sunday, the
4th or September, she was taken with
an unusually violent attack, and Dr.
Isaac Lefever, of Cumberland street,
was called to see her. He prescribed
the proper remedies and left her.
These convulsions continued at inter
vals, with greater or less severity, until
last Wednesday. On the afternoon or
that day the poor wjman suffeied the
most excruciating pain, leaping from the
bed and tearing her hair in agony. She
foamed at the mouth, and the paiu
about her head, back aud abdomen
was so great that the patient winced
under the slightest touch, so sensible
were the parts affected. After the most
terrible suffering for almost three
hours, during which her screams could
be heard all over the neighborhood,
Mrs. Blymyer fell asleep aud rested
well during the night. Dr. Lefever
called in the evening and, finding his
patient sleeping quietly, decided not to
disturb her.
; Now comes the most remarkable
part of the story. About six o'clock
Thursday morning Mrs. Blymyer
awakened and told her husband that
she had been away from home aud was
now going to get well. She said she
had been guided along a rouh and
wearisome road to a place where there
were many sick aud aril cted. These
her guide showed her and then con
ducted her to a beautiful place, where
there was joy and rejoicing. In this place
there was a fountain, and she was told
that if she drank of the wV.er sie
would be cured. She then attempted
to drink, but was almost choked.
Again she tried and could swallow
more readily, and after another trial
she drank copiously and immediately
felt better. Then she was told to make
two poultices and place one ou her head
and the other on her back. The poul
tice for the back was to consist of clay,
vinegar, salt and turpentine, and that
for the head of the same ingredients,
with turpentine omitted.
When she had thus been directed to
prepare the poultices, Mrs. Blymyer
awoke out or her dream and asked her
husband to prepare the poultices for
her. He had been requested to make
similar remedies several years ago un
der much the same circumstances, but
suspected that his wife was not in her
right mind at the time and did not
comply with her request. On this occa
sion, however, he did as requested aud
applied the poultices as Mrs. Biymvi-r
had been advised In her dream to ilu
Ten minutes after the application of
the poult ces the sick woman arose
fiom her bed and said she was entirely
well and that the bandages might be
removed. She then ate a hearty break
fast with her family,, and at 'J o'clock,
when Dr. Lefever made his daily visit,
his patient was sitting in her rood tel
ling a number of neighbors whom she
had summoned how she was restorel
to health. Dr. Lefever was naturally
very much surprised at hearing her ex
claim as he entered the room: "I am
cured! I am cured!" She appeared to
be in the most ecstatic frame of mind,
and the physician could hardly believe
that she was not suffering from hys
teria. He has seen her subsequently,
however, aud told a reporter that it
seemed to be a permanent cure. The
following day after the wonderful cure
she went about her household duties as
usual and recently attended class
meeting at the Methodist Church. Net
the least remarkable feature of this
mysterious restoration to health is the
fact that the sight of the left eye, which
was lost several years ago, has been
recovered and she now sees with it as
well as In childhood. Mrs. Blymyer is
about 40 years of age and her wonder
ful recovery Is the talk of Wreslern
Harrisburg.
The Alligator and His Vicinal.
An alligator's throat is au animated
sewer. Everything which lodges in
his open mouth goes down. He is a
lazy dog, and instead of hunting for
something to eat, be lets his victuals
hunt for him. That is, be lies with his
great mouth open, apparently dead,
like the 'possum. Soou a bug crawls
into it, then a fly, theu several gnats,
and a colony of mosquitoes. The alli
gator doesn't close his mouth yet; he is
waiting for a whole drove of things;
he does his eating by wholesale. A
little later a lizard will cool himself
under the shade of the upper jaw; then
a few frogs will hop up to catch the
mosquitoes; then more mosquitoes aud
gnats will light on the frogs. Finally,
a whole village ef insects and reptiles
down for an af'ernoou picnic; then all
at once there is an earthquake; the
big jaw falls, the alligator blinks oue
eye, gulps down the entire menagerie,
and opens his great front door for
more visitors.
Heredity in Havndwrting,
Do you believe hi heredity in hand
writing? A friend advocates the theory
to me with much show of reason. His
life has been a long one, and he says
that now, in noticing the signatures of
children of friends of bis, he is fre
quently startled by the close relation
ship of their pecnianship to that of
their parents, inquiry does not demon
strate that the children have intention
ally copied the handwriting ot their
sires, but without intent Lave come
into the same pen pecularitles. In
some instances the difference between
two could scarcely be distinguished.
The student of heredity and its many
whims has here a new field of labor
that might prove interesting in the
development.
How Carrier Pigeon are Trained.
The training of carrier pigeons be
gins as soon as they are strong enough
to fly. The young birds are taken in a
covered basket to a place about a half
a mile rrom their home and set free.
Those which do not gca home are cou-
sidered wortUess; those which do so at
or-rfc a tried again, the distance be
.g Increased each time, until St is
1 -round that they will go back, no. mat-
ter how far away they may be carried.
The messages eonveysd by these birds
are usually written or photograped on
very thin paper, and tied around the
leg of one of the tall feathers in such a
m inner that they do not impede the
flight of the birds.
NO. 4:
NEWS IX BRIEF.
Nine hundred and fifty women in
Iowa own and manage farms. SIX
more have stock farms and twenty
dairy farms.
Smuggled goods have lieea re
peatedly found in ladies' bustles lately
by the inspectors at the New York
Custom House.
Au Arkansas editor recently noti
fied his readers that "aay kind of
grub" would be received in payment
of subscriptions.
One million bushels of edible
oysters, it is estimated, were caught in
the waters of Long Island Sound dur
ing the past year.
A woman, Mrs. Bittenliender, is
contesting for a seat on the Supreme
Bench ot Nebraska. She is said to be
the only female lawyer in the State.
Two anchors have been picked up
off Chatham. Massachusetts, which, it
is thought, may have belonged to a
Dutch man-of-war wrecked one hund
red years auo.
In Belgium, it is stated, there are
50,01X1 teople who drink each at least
one litre (equal to about lj piuts) of
uranuy per day, and liAl.UOO who drink
half that quantity.
An Oconee (Ga.) man has a gander
that follows him around like a dog, and
will sound the alarm when a stranger
enters the yard, and attacks the In
truder with wings aud beak.
A very strausie freak of nature is
reported from Harrison township,
Jewell county, Kansas. Mrs. B. F.
Davis, a lady o7 years old, had all her
teeth extracted three months ago. aud
now nature is furnishing her wilh a
third set.
A "female ghost," which several
reputable citizens of the place claim to
have seeu at short range, has Dawson.
Georgia, stirred with exclUuieut. The
spook is said to vanish when anyone
goes to lay bands on it.
It is pretty well known how very
particular the Prince of Wales is as U)
his personal appearance, and that it is a
source or great annoyance to him that
no restorative has yet been found that
can Tall back into growth, if not an
abundautcrop, at least au aftermath of
huir.
A birds' head dinner was a unique
entertainment in Paris. Each guest
had a coiffure representing the head
of a bird, au owl, a turtle dove and
other birds. The most elegant was
that or a peacock, with crest, repre
sented by au aigrette in diamonds, em
eralds aud sapphires.
Xot long ago the secretary or a
New York club received an application
from a pompous memlier for permission
to hang up his family tree in the li
brary, he graciously proposing to
present it to the club. The secretary
took it upon himself to decline the
kind offer.
The continued carelessness of au
Iowa man ias got him into trouble at
last. His first two wives lost, their
lives by tho "accidental discharge" of
his revolver and he was not molested in
either case, but now that his third wife
has followed the other two In the same
way he has been arrested on lhe charge
of killing her.
Several years ago the Medical As
sociation, of Boston, presented the Un
iversity of Tokio, Japan, with a nuni
l)er of its duplicate volumes. The gift
was acknowledged at the time, and
again lately by the presentation or a
collection of 210 Japanese medical
works. The books are in Cliiuese
characters, the Japanese having no
printed alphabet.
A farmer at Chelsea, Vermont,
lias had a novel aud unpleasant experi
ence. Four months ago his hair and
whiskers began to c-ine out, and in a
month his head was as bald as a babe's.
His eyebrows aud eyelashes also came
off, and there seems little prospect of
hew growth. Eight years ago. how
ever, hi3 hair came off in the 6aine
way, but his whiskeis and eyebrows
aud eyelashes remain.!.
Not long ago a well-known artist
sent to a iady whom he had met several
times one or his best pictures, hand
somely framed, as a souvenir gift. The
next day he rrceived a note from tlie
lady, iu which she thanked him for
the picture, but b-fgel to return the
frame, as she made it a rule never to
accept anything valuable as a gift
from a gentleman.
At a funeral recently at
Colona, Iowa, it was noticed that the
dead was covered with perspiration,
and, although wiped away by the un
dertaker, large drops of moisture soon
gathered again. The body was buried,
however, and now many u" the resi
dents of the town assert the belief that
the supposed dead man was buried
alive.
Mrs. Nancy I:,iker, of Westfluld,
New Jersey, who is iepuU-1 to be
years of age, hired a man t mow the
grass upon tier farm rect-ntlv. and.
after the man had finished, she went to
look at the Job and found lie had not
cut it close enough to the fence, leav
ing considerable good grass standing.
The story runs that she obtained a
scythe, and, swinging it with a vigor
aud precision that caused the neigh
bors to gase upon l.er in asionishmetit.
cut the grass cloc to the fence and did
it well.
There has not been a bank lailure
in China for 900 years. During tlie
reign or the wise Kniperor Hi Flung
an edict was issued that ujon the fail
ure ot a bank the heads of the Presi
dent, Cashier, ai.d Directors hliould lie
struck off an 1 piled up in a corner with
the assets. This simple but earnest
edict has never been regaled, and
Chinese bank utocK has continued to
be above both par and reproach.
A stone coOin, catilainiug bo.ies,
was discovered by some workmen w ho
were building a drain In a mansion in
Exeter, England. Further exploration,
revealed more bones iu a stoue-waUfd
grave lying in the immediate. i.kU
borhood, some tile3, the reiua 0r a
leaden chalice aud a coin, i; is thought
that the workmen ha va brought to
liaht the Site of ths old Priory Chapel
of St, Andrew, be'.nnging to the lieue
dictlne Order. Tlie Priory was founded
by the Courtenav family, ami passed
Ski the time of the dissolution of the
monasteries into the hands of the Uus
Sells, by wham it appears to have been
demolished. The lercains in the oilliii
are considered to be those of oue of the
Courteaays, The CoBin itself the po
sition of which Is supposed to mark the
side of the high alter, stems to be
of the thirteenth century wotk. It rs
10 inches deep inside aud 2 leei. out
side measurement, 2 feet U inches
wide at the head, and 1! im-lies at
the foot, and of some material like
Portland stone. The cover, maJe of
one solid Lk:i, was cemented do. yd,
with ft large cross on the upir side.
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