' , B iBinrJif "' " " "" 1 ":"' " " 7 : . A ' - y i V ead & may - ; ;i 1 li.lt " l-':u.iar 13. F. 8CHWEIER, TEE OOflSTiTUTlOI ZEE UITOI AID TD HT0S0I1CE1T OF TEE LAYB. ISdltor and Iioprletor. - 'I-M1IT. I i ' it .l.a i : '- Vt hvtn i iiTentt . i. .. N. I. riSIa 1 ..-N EiMUfcES vi-y cl iha Age. I "hall .4 ' kit i " " Mi..ri ,r 'ii l All -Jr4 -'irnn. - U-tti ' K VV rtt r .I In "i!-tt -i f .:, " - t.--1 ,y ' 'l-ci ' U , - w. -.. n kin f";"f ' ' 4nivt iu hiwcrfoi i U 1 l K. Wrn - ' ttirtt '-.n n t ;i - tiu-u ' " -dUti --ill 1- ' ;t Uijt ha - . Y. ! ! 1 b V;YALITY 1 I M V. ' l.'l'll. 7 .;hs ;:icht o. A T f . N Til ni M I. V IV In ) crh. '-; -. ,i , v. -l-n. -"c - qa .Jill i ron. . -CVS, i irt. i .ne n HQ I r terj. m h M. !.. . , -. ; '-3 ; ). VOL. XLI. Dow n In TIu Strawtx-rry Rcl. .I.i- iu the reliant are oreaaiin, anJ( Lark! 'i li.v? paTuiH the L!itha niMiliiv i vr !t K tl .i!r nit'a nio-l!U! niff; K l :.-. :trr, - art? :ruiniu; tli-lr t : j : t "lt. '. 'l.v, I Tirby nut t the liall ti c fi.uiul t.I t!;r nr,i-iral call; sittii.Mitis aiv Mlrtjt im. int tit, then weef " I 'or ri. , :i f t Ui.-iii 9etui to reir. W lif-re is tl Tru -rit. No :mwrr is i.erl, S-ve Tie fif:ir t r:. of f ,uU ju htiaut birl! Kn-!i wi'ii tie .Itw aiul tU naortiit: IroUiv, I orMi .": l'.l no rep! r, N.-nt ir.-tii tli urlHrr luiltrow a nih; N- li-'iu tlm orchard, tiero t;raa9 are (i,.t.j, "l: j;l.y." Mire!y olio tuut be aaleep! i..'rr Ikw --'n li-r; It in ryes never fail; W.tTcU Low lit ttb;rt tbe air with Lis tall 1 .. w liiui, lol.ow 1: t tn f wLtrr baa be . iovrl t !;. :ir.!en an.t ver the lawn. I'trorl.y loiliv," p .mitivo aiul luw, L t: rj t -'it p.itl.H where tbe L&. ly bucks n r i, ": vii. with a tremor of tlraJt " L -r l " ti w ti i!i e y.wmVw beU! " i' r - n a .n ami f'rortt a!l awry, IV r:.t-t, a Imm trum the in tlte iiky. 1 i wl U iht j-purkle tt mirtb bruutuin , r, ::.! ttiili ruby fruit rM to the rore. 1' .y. l r. h ! r iie that thou art, v. at i i, -, .writ fiif, to cultl haa a . t : ' A) -i .ti -i tinkers :ml cberk stainetl with 1 " ;j . , i.t i. in t'.n ntrawterr" bed! A MKSSKNCKIl. a rrat strrtch of rouuh pa-sture i.r 1 i -.r Swct:o,e l.ike tainU th ,. !;. 1 Ii mcs -.ii where olJ Aarou H . i-. :.-iiU I:vl-iI marly twenty years . I: I'.ir t!. pe c:v!i tr.ivel not another ! un:i:i !..t!':t.i; ion r.iu b seen, only a ln'.i' s vi-ii of Iviit ncltiuiel uiour '.a: il. I ineti 1 y Jujh K'iy bowMera, rU;i:ii oi iril.'m Irackeu, auJ wita-er- l r ;r.v. T i eiH.viip!, li. w.'ver, there la tbe j'e. lining w.i:r ;iu.l t!ie blue line of &'.v.a .,e autumn eveniiitr ttie oM man sat ni.-t.e by tl.e k.tcl.n tire, gazing wi rowru'.'.y ii.to it. II :s ;:;'e l.y ueict-il on t!ie l:o!, and tiie te.iutifu' co.l:e th.t lay stielclieJ .it t-et l.hikeil In ti for Uie k:n I y i.olife to wiiicli lie w.is accus loiiifil , aiul bv ami by Moss ro up auJ !.i:J h:s in-.i.l o.i Inn luasler's kuetj lu Jeep duiiil) syimmtliy. Tt.e htt'.e t.inn, (mor thougli i: tuul tl.e ML.ill i'uik Iioiim werele:ir lu the oM tiKiu; utnl irom time to liaie be Rlancfil wit:'u'.ly roi;ul tlie kitolieu. i!.e t'tful tiiellht le i oa tlie dark beama of Ll.e uncoiled rKif , J.mceil upon the sbinln tinware liaiinunr on the wall, aii'l Hie o!l i;i:.lnonel I'iates and Wished rHiikXcil .lion the ioliahe.1 oaken dre8-iT ar.'l l:t up tt.e brass face of the iiucimt tiot 'iv tickic; .iw.iy the hours. Ah. ilu! How lon would It all be tain? Th!: g-i hail been )in3 aj.iicst the furnier. His sheep hal il :e-l. and his bay bad len bailly won. and, for the first time m h li 'lirst. bald WOtklUC life, tbe rent ilay was clo.-r al l.a:id and Le could not meet it. So v;!h;u that tiny homestead old e sat a'oiie with care and grief, while outride were youth and love and hop iti.d h-lpi 'llr?. 1 : e 1 of sur.set ytt lingered in a few l:i :.: streaks ani!d the iliirk clouds to w-iLward; but the shadow of ap a ! i : iivr lil.t lay on ail the land. ."uroe.y a s uud w.is to l beard cave n.e fier.li, clear To!ce of a young (j r. cal.:n home the cows. 'Holy. H. ty, Hofv!"'as is the sweet, ha t pliiiL.'. iti try of tlie north country, and the answering low of the gentle tieatuies tauie nearer and nearer through the twilight. l.oni ere the beasts have reached tVo.r I oil a aiiotlier ear bad heard the ma. den a caii, and a tall handsome lad win by Mamie's siJe, and her warm )iu:sif il; s lelt her lover's kiss, r. or,motherles Maggie! her life had lee:. ;i l.uie'.y one, thoueli the stern old father ! ved her almost to ldol.itary h ved (it with an exacting- intensity t .t lu.i.ie h::u long to keep her ever in i. 3 a i'.ii a'l l jealous of all who looked i.pir. i. s uarhng. ai.d by its very pas :; i u.-wd ii barrier tietween tis child's 1 1' ii! .m l his own. lr M.ie, w;tli all I er youtij throb b.r.g w:thiu her, and all her beauty (wuicii, womanlike, she had found out he iniiIj, fretted anainst the love which sought to cage her, and grew irui'A'.ient against apt' which had lost its sympathy with youth. The father had been well on In mid dy i.! when be married bis young w.fe, and may lie she too had missed soineihiiv, it Maggie got her ioetic temperaiuent ana joy loving nature In m li e mother that died so early. "u.a:l blame to the girl that when love ft i'e into her heart she guarded the secret carefully from the old man' hri"- l;e. A moti.er would have guessed it di rect, y had she seen how the blue eyes Ve;. t4ed, how the red pouting lips lost the. i ai.i'Vili curves and gained a pen--i vp lei hcs-.; but the change was too Mit.ie a one to be marked by the old faPl.er. !'. of care, too, as be was through th.it om summer, how could be g i'-o th.it i;s gloiiuiiugs found Maggie i.g ly the wli where the wild r.sen :ea, ir watching the water t hulld their nests iu Vie sedges .t:i one who knew the haunts and hut..:-. ,.f every bird and beast and but ter:!y iu the county aroundT ?' knowledge was at a discount ' the .i'.dTict, and ltalpn Urwtn was thought l.ttie be.ter theu a fool by the i. s .hnrs when they came acros him Jh.g luo-.n.Lle-s us a !o to watch a hM ilurk lu its flight or a hawk sweep ing il.mii m on its prey. It is odd that of all classes farmers a- a ru e mv the least Interest in na t'Ue Hi.a iii the hat Its of untamed crea-tui'-s. and the nnxt supreme contempt fur t!.,.e who care to observe tbe wajs of be.i.-.tj Ltr.it have not got a market v.il.ie, ,.r the growth of plants that serve Neither for food nor for winter WarUith s l-ior K il. h, with all his Instinct ive cr.ivmg to know about everything t at hes, h s treasures of dead and l v i j hn.'s, e.'gs of all sizes and colors, n s lar. rul y collected, if ill set, motts ami l i.iteiil.is, and bu drle.1 tl .wers. leaves and ferns, wree CiUisidered quite In the l j;ht of a ne'er-do-well. i' S lather, loo, tud possessed the same tastes and more vagrant habits, ud had once gut into a serious scrape aen; apoachJug frclic;and the shadow 0 Uat disgrace was a till remembered against him the son, though many a year had rasel since the older Urwin bad left the boy alone iu the world with no heritage save bis tarnished narue- To Ma?ie, however, such, knowledge as the lad had managed to acquire stemed perfectly marvelous, and grow in? intimate with him o;oued quite a new world to the giil who had been brought up to think that this beautiful earth was principally good for fatten ing bullocks and growing turnips. From the day when she met him firs' by the lake, the young creature's lonely heart bad opened to hitu like a flower taken from a darkened prison to the light of the summer sunshine. There was in Maggie, as In many b.rder maidens, a strange germ of ro mance and poetry; and hitherto her hard prosaic life had given it no chance of development. Now at the touch of love It burst at onee into maturity. Her ardent, impulsive nature bad ben held c'owu by restraint, and stunted by her father's outward cold ness; but happiness and love's rapture transformed the girl into a creature throbbing with passion and demonstra tive with a gracious abandon, sweet ami subtle in its charms as that which ever gladdened the heart of lover in olden story. !he stood with one soft, warm band resting on Halph's tall shoulder, the other stroking his cheek with teuder coquetry, and she nestled to him as his strong arm clasied her closely. "Oa, my love, my love, how did I ever live without your"' she said. "Life was dreary, dreary as the cheerless winter time afore the spring wakens the flowers and brings thesoug of birds. On. Ralph, Ralph, I feel as though I had never been alive till now!" The young fellow's only answer was to draw her closer ami press kiss after kiss on the responsive Hps, for the words were sweet to his ear. Alas, though, they were beard by another, and slung hint lutj frenzy. The old farmer, who had come quietly up the other side of the garden hedjie. wondering "what hail happened the kie that Maggie was so loug with the milk," just heard the last words and stood trausiixed looking on the lit tle scene, a--.su redly never meant for such unsympathetic eyes to witness. lie himself had taken luve's fever slightly, even In youth, .ud never hod maiden throbbed with such del.rious ecstasy for tLe self ieprtssd, Puritani cal man as thrilled his daughter now, and saowed in every l.ne of the yielding hgure clasiied in Itatph's young arms. The sight shocked the old farmer terribly. Not so should modest maiden be wooed by even the worthiest; and this lad. truly, is none of the best, and like as not means no good by the la s. That thought madens the old man. lie kuowsso little of his own girl, with ail his love for her, that be can couple coarse a thought with one whose nature is pure as the sunlight though as warm. lie knows himself quite as little probably, for lie mistakes the passion ate resentment be (eels entirely for virtuous indignation, though it is more a great deal mere jealous fury. The woist sling of all to him at the moment is that ll.e girl im so happy. She h.is forgotten hi in forgot tea a.l Ins troubles, bis loneliness, and bis years of love and care at the bidding of this stranger U1! H.s voice shakes with emotion, and he stamps his foot as his words reach Maggie's startled e.ir. 'et thee into the bous-, ye shame less hussy! To think 1 should have seen my lass take up with one no better nor a lazy loon. "Nay. nay; not a word! I can never trust ye raair. ye deceitful bairn! liet ye gone, Ralph L'rwiu, and never dare to darken a:i honest man's door again, ye sou of a jail bird. Never so long as I live shall ye take my lass in your arms again." Ralph tried to si-eak; but the far mer, taking Maggie roughly bv the shoulder, pushed her into the house and slammed the djor in the poor lad's face. Ralph turned away with a heavy heart. Aaron Wilkinson had stabtied hlrn cruelly. Ills father's brief im prisonment wad ever a rankling wound in the memory of oue honorable, brave, and fearless as could be the inheritor of eveu the most unsullied name. The next week or two passed very wearily to Maggie. Her father was sterner and more un approachable than ever, for his heart ached with love aud care and anxious thought. He had nothing left but bis child, aud row another bad come between them. Youth craves for youth to love again; and age thirsts for the devotion it can not win: aud Nature must have her way; be the pain ne'er so great; while at the eud of all the great dark shadow waits to lay its cold ingera on every murmuring lip and whisir alienee. The weather was wet and the girl could get no excuse to meet her lover, aud escape her father's watchful eyes, and the light faded from her wistful face. The old roan alehed when he saw it. lis wauted her to be happy, only be wanted her to Bud her happiness In liv ing for him alone; and the exacting love he bore her could be sat tailed with nothing else. The reut day came at last, and the farmer set o2 alone to the place ap pointed. lie bad to walk, for the old gray mare had been sold to meet that day's need; and even his faithful dog was left behind at home. Maggie stood gazing after the thin woru tigure regretfully. A great dumb pity was in her heart. She knew all Ins care, all the bitter humiliation be felt in prospect of the ordeal be bad to go through. She loved him, poor child; would falu have taken the poor gray head la her hands, and kissed the thin stern lips before he lelt. had she dared; but the barrier that bad Ween raised between them kept her at a distance. She could not, wou.d not. give up her 'ove to please him. and, alas! no smaller sacrifice would content bis exacting nature. The day wore oa wearily. She would not take advant age of his absence to meet with IUlph. To her high intuitive sense of honor It would hve seemed mean to do so. when her father was Buffering so deeply and had so much to bear. She wandered resllessly'from kitchen to parlor as the lonely hours parsed. The morning bad been sunshiny and warm' but toward noon heavy. ominous looking black clouds rolled up from ITe west, ani ere louj all was drk VThVbiackness deepened, and a strange oppressloa was oo all things, and an appalling stillness In the air. MIFFLINTOWN, The animals drew near the home stead, as If from fear; and the de?oiato girl felt awed aud nervous. Ere the afternoon was over the dark ness was deep as night; then the storm burst. Great Cashes of fire illuminaUd at intervals all the plain. I'urple nd blue and crimson, they flooded the earth with awful radiance, then suddenly in blazing hieroglyphics darted across the darkeued sky as though soiae Titanic finger wrote some word of doom upon the blackened scro'l, aud the wild tierce thunder caught the meaning ami echoed the mystic languaae from side to side of the resounding valley. Then the clouds broke, aud the rain fell in tremendous torrents, washing past the door-way in a flood, and blind ing the girl when she tried to pierce the darkness for a sign of her father's approach. Again aud again she looked in vain, and, coming back, built up the tire and drew his chair nearer the kindly blaze. Vet he came not. As the hours passed Maggie became strangely auxious. The fury of the storm was over, but the rain coutiuued to fall heavily. She could hear the roar of the brawl ing 6tream that fed the lake, and the moan of the wind across the plain; but no sound of footstep nor human voice cheered her anxious ear. Her father was not wont to linger. she glanced at the clock uneasily, and a great terror seized her and a great remorse. Why, oil why. had she let him go unreconciled? she might uever see him more. Once again she opened the door and listeued intently. It was night now. and tbe darkness of it had succeeded that or the storm. Mhe ralu still felVaud she could bear even et no sound but the i ush of the rivulets it bad made, and ever, ever the roar of the stream her father had to cross, the noise of it teat uimui her brain w ilh a sense of absolute physical pain. As she stood looking out into the night, tlie light from the biightly illumined kitchen sinning behind her, suddenly she started back, for there was a strange, weird sound i:i the ill above l.er, and a rush of some winged creature. Another second and a poor belated dove of snowy plumage llew against her brea-d and rested there lor a moment, theu settled on the old man's chair. Moss gave a long, desrairing bowl, and. coming to the doorway, whluej p teousiy as be looked out into tlie dark ness, theu up iu Maggie's lace. Then the giil threw here'.f into a chair, an 1 her hi a I on the table nd sobbed us though her heart woulJ break. The day had been a weary cte for Ralph Urwin also. He knew of Mag gie's loneliness, yet be could not bring binuelf to break it. The words of her fail er had hurt him t. the quick, aud it did not seem possible to enter the farmer's house m bis uosence, or even approach the girl be loved, lu face oi thai cruel taunt. I'erhaps he had no right to so pure a I jve; ppihaps it had lieen wrong of bun to lift las eyes to one who bore au bou et name. That was the worst of it. In the humility bora h a reveient tender love for Maggie, be hardly felt worthy of her at all, ev;-!i without the blot on his father's name; et his arms ached to hold her once again to bis heart and tell her bow he loved her. He had loved his outlaw father too, and the teais can in lo his brave young eyes at the memory of the man who had been noble and true hearted even In his lawle.-ness; and pity for that ruined life mingled with the pain caused by the wreck of his own happi ness and hope. It all made him restless, anc the con tiaement of the narrow house where be dwelt grew unbearable, Ralph loved Nature in every mood, but lierhaps best m her more turbulent ones; they suited the Impatient longing in bis mind for a fuller life and more Intensity of action. He wearied at all times ot the s. agnation and monotony round him, wearied of miudslhat could give him no stimulus, and found well nigh intolerable a round of daily life that seemed to have no result save the bare fuUi.ling of the fact of living; aud now that lie was severed from the one creature that bad sympathized with bis wants and understJ.nl his nature, be was more and moie restless and dis Sitistled. Spite of the coming storm, he bad wandered out on to the moor, bad seen the great clouds gather aud break, and watched the startled creatures of the Held huddle together lor shelter, or seek hastily their coverts for satety. He had himself taken refuge from the pouring rain under an overhanging hedge of rock, from whence be conld watch the rushing stream, the play of the dazzling tire uiuid tne sombre clouds and the suduen lighting up by the fitful vivid flashes of the great desolate moor. The lad was not cultured enough to analyze his own feelings nor, indeed, did be care about them, and certainly would have fouud it impossible to paint in words the scene before him. Yet not less was he awed by its sublimity. Its terrific magniticence excited him, and its beauty and wild grandeur made htm forget his own small troubles. Un consciously there fell oa him a great deep calm. Nature was so great, aud the some thing behind nature so infinitely grand, that his sou! grew subdued. liod was in the thunder to this f eas ant lad; yet he felt only worship not a touch of fear. His love for Maggie was too much a pai t of himself to be forgotten; but for mat hour he was patient, and his re sentment against tier father, and agamst tbe verdict of the country side, sublimated itself into a heroic endur ance aud resignation. And even through his thoughts be heard the roar of the stream, the cry ot the night bird in the distance, aud the thunder, growing rainier when tbe slorui at length began to pass. Ouceor twice, as the lightning flashed aud lit for a second the whole horizon, he fancied he saw a dark object on the moor, as though some figure advanced towards him; but the darkness fell ain so quickly his mind had barely time to register the impression his eye conveyed. Suddenly a cry of dismay! A shrill yet feeble shriek for help; then another, as oi despair, rise above the roar of the torrent; and Ralph jumps to his feet. Merciful heaven! Tuere. within his very reach, is some lost creature being borne away by the fury of the stream. Death to close, so close and cruel; the Lid's heart beat wildly with longing to JUNIATA COUNTY, rescue tbe hapless on) from thai strong icy grasp. Put, alas! the darkness is j so deep be knows not where to fight i the foe, and the seconds seem eternities 1 as lie waits, every nerve at strain. , Acaln the cry. It is nearer now. j Ralph waits no longer. His senses j are trained w ltn tne ouiuoor me ue nas led, and with an unerring Instinct he measures the distance from the spot whence comes that awful call. Wild though the spate maybe, it has no power to check his daring. Into the j whitening foam he dashes. 1 he plunge makes him giddy and the noise confuses; yet he manages to keep his footing though the course of tho current makes it difficult. The clouds break a little, nd there Is a faint li 'lit behind them, and he sees a human figure borne on the stream above him aud dashed against an out jutting mass of rock. It Is but a second that the downs weep is stayed by the obstacle; yet it is sufll I cient for the young fellow to reach the ' point aud grasp in his strong arm the j suiuiiea auu neipiess man. Thus far be Is successful, but not Jo quickly can the landing lie effected. Hampered as he Is bv the unconscious weight he holds, the lad has little! power to struggle against the stream, ! ana is borne on and on, though lie clutches vainly with the one naud tnat is free at every branch of tree, or twig, or jutting stone that overhangs the binks. He giows very weary and faint, yet bravely will not yield. fortunately for him, the man h holds is not conscious enough to iniiiede him by struggling, and a3 yet he is able to keep bis own head and that of his lielphes burden above water. A terrible fear Is on him, for he knows they are nearing the lake, aud once within it he wlil be out of his depth aud effort will be useless, for the inland lad has never learnt to swim. The terror gives him strength and nerves him for oue more struggle as be sees a fallen tree atuwait the stream. With a strain that tiies every well kntt muscle, be gains the bank, and sinks exhausted on the soaking sward, his comrade in his arms. A brief moment of cessation from strugg.e revives hiui, and, bending over tiie man tie has tried to save, be feels his heart. Thank heaven, it still beats. Yet how feebly, and out there on the bare hill side what chance has he to revive its exhausted swers? As be sj 1-enils the night grows clearer and a star or two shlue forth, lly their light lie can See the white set face of the man for w bom he has risked his very life. Now be knows ;t! It is that of one who has treated him cruelly one who had vowed never so long as life should last to look on him save as an enemy and a traitor that of old farmer Wilkinson, the father of his (l.irlinc:. Good Hod, if tlie man should die with these b.tter words uusmd! j Ralph move:; the prostrate figure luto the shel er of a neighboring fence, raises the gray head reverently and clia'.is the cold, thin hands. It is ail he can do, but he is painfully conscious how little it is, and the tears lill bis kin :lv honest eyes as he thinks of the lonely gitl watching lor tbe stern old ma:i Tiohni he knows she loves. Jty and by tin; closed eyes open and look into Ralph's faze, and the farmer li ies to sieak. "Where is I? and where's Marjory. 1 sed her plain as the day we were wed. and she's been gone this sixteen jears." "You fainted, that is all," tnswors the hid, gently. "Now you are better I'll run and fetcli help to carry you home. I'll not lie long. I promise you." 1 ut old Aaron bad sunk back into semi-consciousness, and lor a while Ralph tails to rou-e him. Apparently, however, bis voice reaches the old man's ears aud siunds familiar, for by and by brokenly be begins again to speak, so low that only by stooping closv can the anxious Us tener hear bis words and catch their meaning. "Ay, ay, it's Ralph him as the lassie said she loved and I'll never see her bonny face again, and we pairted with never a word o' kindness. Tell her I forgive her, aud ye and oh, U.I, make her happy if ye can." Then the old man's head falls back on the strong young aim that raises it, aud all is still. Too well does Ralph know the me m ing of that terrible s.lence. liith has won another victory. l'et another task lies Ix-foie the young and worsted combatant, aud with white and trembling lips and ach ing heart he sets out to bear to her be loves the knowledge or her loss. Youth grieves and youth despairs, but youth loves; and where love lingers life's greatest sorrows can le borne, and the deepest, sorest wounds will heal. Winter past, and Maggie learnt again to wear her winsome smile, though the old father lay In the churchyard ou the hill. She still stayed at the lonely farm, with only a bind to help her in its man agement; but the home wis to have a new master ere the summer came again. It was early springtime now, and the grass was growiug gieeo. aud the t!nv garden was sweet with primroses a nil walltliwers, while about the torch crept the swrrt scented "amine and budding brier. There Maggie loitered with her lover in the goldr-ii twilight, and a snow white dove llew circling round their heads, or perched amid the ojening leaves in the iorch. The strange fair visitant of that stormy night still lingered, and Maggie had grown to love the creature with a rare deep tenderness. l'erhaps the loneliness made her more imaginative, more dreamy, for a sweet poetic fancy had taken possession of the girl's fancy. The bird had flown to her breast at the very hour her father's soul had taken flight, aud to her loving, half remorseful heart it seemed as though bis spirit bad come In this gentle guise to tell her of bis forgiveness and bis love. The Ion rays or the setting sun slanted across the valley and touched with light here and there the distant bills, and glinted upon the churchyard w here tdept the last of her kindred, and the girl's eyes followed them and filled with tears. "Tell me once more what he said at the very, very end, Ralph, dear," she whispered, and the lad repeated the old mau's dying words very sollly as he drew his sweetheait closer and kissed her tenderly. She smiled, though the tears still trickled down her cheeks. "And you PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVilMlJKU 30. risked your life for Lis, my darling, and lie has sent his blessing. To think it should have come just iu the very hour be died!" she eaid,,and she held out her tinger for the gen tie dove to come to. and it nestled to her heart. Ralph watched her reverently. It was a pretty fancy, but he did not credit it himself; only, it pleased her, and he was not going to be the one to fay a word against what she found comfort in and folks did not say there was something queer about pigeons. It was well kuown a white one flying about a strange house meant death, and tnay be after all this oue was a kind of godsend to the lassie's sore aud lonely heart. Whether there was anything In Hag gle's fancy or not, one more strange thing happened. As she came out or the old church on her happy bridal morn she passed the place where her father lay. The sunlight fell on the newly set up grave-stone that marked the place, and tinged with gold the feathersof a snowy dove that rested there. It vanlehei even as she gazed, and never more lr. answer to her loving call came Maggy's dear and snow white bird. H hen it came aud whither it went idie never knew, but to her happy faith there was no trouble in the problem, it was a heaven sent messenger, she held, aud why should it have lingered when its work was done? Foolish her trust might be, but wisei ones may envy it when their loved ones go into the silent land, ami when tc them no messenger of peace brings tid ings of forgiveness and of l ope, aud envying Maggie may dream that In the girlish fancy was perchance a germ ol truth. i'kokkssioxal i.Li.ni:.rti A loomy Trade, hut Very Ka-y ami I lill i nein ly I tcpocl a It le. He was a gloomy laoking sort of ier son and his face wore an expression of woe that made one think he had It stamped there as a sort of trade mark. Lie was clad in garmeuts of the somber est hue. and from the wide weed on his high hat to the dead polish on his broad soled shoes he looked for all the world like a man in whose family there was a death at least once a year. When be came into the street car a sort of hush fell upon the passengers out of respect for his placarded sorrow. By aud by the gloomy man was asked if he had met with bereavement lately. "No, indeed." he replied, "there has not been a death In my family for years." "Why, then," asked Ills neighbor, wiLh more curiosity than politeness. "d you dress In such deep morning'r"' "Oh, that's ou account of my busi- You are an undertaker, then?'' "No, I am a pall bearer," and not ing the look of surprise in his interloc utor's face ho went on: "Some years ago there was a strike iu my trade. I am a carjenter, and during one of my idle days I passed a house where there Wits a funeral. Stopping to watch it 1 was approached by the undertaker, who asked me if I was going to the funeral. I said no. I knew no one there. He then asked me if I bad any objection to tieing a pall bearer. I said I had none, provided 1 was paid for it, and we linaily struck a bargain. I made af lurch that afternoon as I would had 1 worked a'l day at my trade, and since then I have adopted pall bearing as a means of livelihood. I dress iu bla-k, as you see, and each morning look ov.-r the death notices. I have found that my services are very seldom required when the funeral is that of a young man or woman, or w here the dece ised has belonged to any secret societies, md that my most proiltable customers are those who have outlived most of thcir companions. If the dead person hi p jiened to le an unmarried lady past the meridian of life 1 hut nearly always certain of the job. I find that at lu nerals the proportion of female attend ants outnumbers the male atwiut fo lr to one. and that most of the latter a; close relatives. As it is generally the rule to select the pall bearers from imong those not connected with the family you can soe that my services aie very frequently in demand. I generally tfek out the undertaker and make my bargain with huu, and I average Ahout two funerals a day. It is a nice, say sort, of life and eminently respec table. Yau will have to excuse me io v, as I have a fuueral in this stiett ind must get off here." l'lie Deullst and I ho Colored Maid "A colored girl," continued the den tist, "who came into my office the Dlher day, had strength that, if pro lerly applied, might have done good jervice. She had a very strong tooth, too, and, when 1 had it about half way out, she dragged the forceps out of my hand, whacked me over the bead with it in a way that made me see etars, kicked my wife, who came to the rescue, in tho stomach, and rushed shrieking into the atreet, carrying the instrument with her. I had taken od my coat when I saw the me aud sta bility of tlie tooth that I Lad to deal with, but I pursued her in my shirt sleeves. A policeman stopped her and we all went into a tfrug store, for the girl was half mad with pain and terror. The clerks gave her a dose that relieved her, and when I had recovered my fo; cepa 1 asked her to come back, take tbe gas and allow, me to complete the opera tion, as her tooth was half extracted, but she declined, saying that she thought she could 'chew' it back to its Id position. I have not seen her since." The Manners or Vienna. I pity the Austrlans among whom Zola is now roaming in search of "hu man documents." He lias been to Vienna, the ladies of which city have a well-earned reputation for amiability to strangers. Their manners are so easy and their hospitality so great that the toreign wanderer, if lie has a gentle manlike air, never need descend low in search of fair and temporary compan ions. The manners of tbe place admit of pctfla toupers in restaurants which are not a heavy drain on the purse 1 remember seeing at a table iu the Ring Uoultvard an archduke, a foreign lady of high degree, a painter and two great actresses supping on pickled ox nose, cold potatoes, sausage and cheese wash ad down with beer. ' All the locomotives of the world are said to number 105,000. represent ing a total of 3,000,Ojij horse power. THi: fl'OMKN IV HOLLAND. Curious Customs from the It ays of Spanish IiluiuIon. Iu this city three days In the week are set apart for wedding days Wed nesday, Thursday and Saturday. Wed nesday the lower classes marry, as do expense is attached to the ceremony. Thursday's marriage costs 25 guldens, and on Saturday double that amount, or '20. At last the wedding day ar rives; flowers and evergreen are strewn in front of the house; the young cou ple, attended by relatives and friends, proceed to the stad huts, where the marriage knot is tied by the Mayor, be lieing the only one allowed to perform the civil ceremony. Immediately after a religious ceremony takes place. Tlie necessary ceremonies being conducted, the party proceed to a cafe or ball, those musically inclined singing lively songs on the way, and the others gayly responding to tlie facetue and cou-g.-alulations of the passers by. When all are indoors a large silver bowl, used only at births and marriage feasts (and loaned if not owned.) fliled with brandewyn aud raisins, is brought forth and circulated among the guests, who drink the liquid with au Iron spoon. Afterward a substantial wed ding dinner is given, la -ting, inter spersed with singing, dancing and amateur theatricals, etc., until the following pay. and to leave the festive board before the dawn is cousidered Indecorous. To marry by proxy, or, as it i3 called, "marriage by the glove," 13 prevalent in Holland, and is caused by the fact that many of the eliguble young men, after having finished their education iu the schools of the Fatherland, de part for Dutch India to ongage in some lucrative commercial enterprise or to accept a ositiou in the coional service. The scarcity of marriageable white ladies In that clime Induces the would-be-buHhaud to write to a friend in Hol laud. inclosing a wish for a wife. The friend selects a willing young lady, generally with a substantial dot and otherwise conforming closely to the specifications of the letter. A photo graph of the favored one is inc'osed iu the return epistle. After the lapse of a few months, a soiled left-hand glove, with a power-of-attorney is received from the lar away bachelor. The friend lu Holland marries the selected bride in precisely the same manner as if be were the actual groom, aud the youug wife departs In the next India mail steamer lo brine happiness aud prosperity to the lonely one in the far East. A marriage of this description Is as binding as if the bridegroom were present, and never repudiated. If either paity to the glove marriage should die before meetiDg in India, the survivor would share the property of deceased in accordance with the laws. The laws in IJolUiui in regard to the legal position of the wife are very much behind the age, and tbe husband can do about as he likes with the per son and prorierty of his helpmate. The laws are silent as to the wife's claim ou the husband, but legal gentlemen assure me that this apparent void in the law book is caused by the Invaria ble devotion of the Hollander to his home and Inmates. Love for Lome, wife aud children is nowhere more thoroughly illustrated than in the Netherlands, and cases of neglect to provide in every possible way are rare in the land of the dykes. The w ives of tlie lower classes aud their daughters try in every imag.nable way to aid the husband In procuring a living. Iu summer yju will observe hundreds of Ibem on their knees in the public square armed with a three-inch spike weeding the crass blades from hetween the stones, they receive twelve cents per day; others are engaged in wheeling sun 1 into outward-bound merchant ships to be used as badast. You w ill see a woman pushing a wheel barrow containing about 00 pounds of sand up a bioad gangway inclined about thirty degrees, at a gait simply wonderful considering that the wheeler is or the weaker sex. l'assing a little farther on you will meet a small procession ou the tow-path of the river Amsiel, consisting ot the mother and two or three daughters, harnessed to the towliue of a canal iioat, very much in the manner of American mules. They hang, as it were iu the harm-si, aud the swinging, regular walk used by them prove that t great part of their lives has passed lu that way. When tbe boat comes abieast you feel like using a rope's eud in the father of the family, who, pla cidly smoking a pipe, sits in tbe stern steering the vessel; but your anger will cool wheu investigation shows that If lie took to the towpath and allowed his wife tbe helm all damages for collision,' etc., would have to be paid by him. I You cross a railroad track, and cast ing a glance along the Iron path, a fe-! male, dressed in a tunic and glistening' helmet, waving a white signal lla. , catches your eye. She is the "watch man" at the crossing. At every rail road in Holland this position is filled by a woman, and railroad Uicials as sure me that no accident has ever been caused by a watch woman's careless ness. They receive 20 gulden ($-t per month;) a male would receive double that salary, and might get intoxicated once in awhile; hence the railroad Is benefitted both ways. Hie Hair and Heard After Death. Sitting In the office of the Comptrol ler of the Treasury the other day were two gentlemen waiting for the prepar ation of some document which .the bureau was just about completing, Ou the wall opiKisite hung a fine oil por trait of Salmon I. Chase, the first comptroller, showing hi in as a hand some, florid-face man, without beard aud with bead partially bald. "Ttiat doesn't look much as be did a year ago," said one of them, noting the handsome portrait. "A year ago; why, he has been dead these ten years or more, hasut be?" "Yes, eighteen of them. Yet I saw him only a year ago with full beard and a full bead of hair, very different from tbe picture you Bee before us." "What do you mean?" 'Simply this. I was present when his remains were taken from Oak View Cemetery for transmission toCinciunatl a year ago. Although seventeen yeai! had elapsed the remains were still in an almost perfect state. The feature were entirely distinguishable to those who knew him in life The clothing was in a perfect state of preservation. The principal changes were that the face was dark, and instead of being smooth, as was bis custom in lile, it was covered with a full growth ol Weard, two Laches or so la length and mixed wjth gray. The head, which you see was bald in life, was covered wltt a full suit of lialr, paitly fay." 8S7. I.ITI.I.K RAVINGS. Economy in Seemingly Trilling I It in ics the Koatl to Wealth. The Scotch are frugal. They act JIon their proverb: "Many a mickle makes a muckle." Their economical habit has Its disagreeable side, and it was once turned toward an English clergy man. He was asked to officiate at a wedding In a chapel, though be kcew none of the parties. They came In carriages, were married, and never mentioned a fee, or said "Thank you!" He wrote in bis journal: "Shabby! but they were Scotch." Not long after the clergy had cause to pronounce his former generalization hasty and imperfect. He met iu the streets a Scotchman, who, without, solicitation, said he would give five pounds toward the expt-use of a city mission of which the clergyman was a patron. They parted; but in a few minutes the clergyman was overtaken by the Scotchman. "I have the live pounds about me, " said hs, "aud I niigbt as well give It now as send it-, It will save me a stamp." Tbe clergyman fiw that there was also an agreeable side to Scotch econ omy. We have known merchants who gave away yearly thousands of dollars, who did not permit a scrap of blank paper, cr a bit of twine, or an old nail to be thrown aside. They begun with obedi ence to the proverb: "Waste not, want not," and their little economies bad made them rich. A clergyman called upon a wealthy merchant to explain the needs of a charitable society. He was patiently listened to, and theu a check lor a large sum was banded to him. Inline dialely afterward the merchant had oceesion to reprove a clerk for throw ing a piece of blank paper into the waste-basket. Seeing the minister's surprised look, the merchant rightly Interpreted it, and answered: "If 1 had not been mindful of little savings, I should not have been able to give you that check. A Voiiii Ohl-I iiiu-r. He wae a big, s' rapping fellow, prob ably twenty years old, and weighing 10 pouLds. He walked into the po lice station recently bis shoeless feet made no noise. "I'm from Ducktown, Tennessee. " he said, lu response t3 Captain l touch's questions. "My name is William Ward, an' I come to 'ten' United States Court." He was a typical mountaineer, strong and not bad looking. He was not much of a dude in his cotton shirt and home spun breojhei. This was his first sight of a city, nis mountain home is fifty miles from a railroad and in order to reach Atlanta be walked those fifty miles. He hi-.d never seen a railroad or a train of cars before, be had never owned a book, could neither read nor w rite, knew nothing of what are termed the comforts of life yet was happy. The officers about the station house took an interest in him and bean ply ing huu with questions. He had been sulpoviaed to apiear in the United States Court as a witness In an illicit du-tillery case. He had come 15'J miles, and is entitled to ten cents per miie as in i 1 ue. "Did you ever have that much be fore? askeJ Captain Couch. "Now, I reckon not. Never raw that much before." "What do you do?" "Oh. 1 work for a fellow. I don't get any pay. He told me he'd do the r.ght thing by me. 1 ain't going to work for that any more. Would stay here if I could get something to do." He was at-ke.l to sit down. He looked suspiciously on the chair pointed out to him, shook it gently and bat in the doorstep. Of course be didn't kuow anything about making com whisky, but he had hunted and had brought down many a deer and tur key. "Do you use cans on guns up there?'' "A few of the fellows have ttiem new guns, but flint and steel Is good enough lor most of us." He looked it. Later in the evenlug he was oHjred some supier, but be had his hunk of venison and corn bread with him. Theu he curled upon the floor, and in a few minutes was sound asleep, free from care and happy. A Woman's Ii-pali li. ?'I want to send a message in a great hurry.' Tbe Western Union operator braced himself for a "rush" message. , "It's to Chicago." i "Well, we have an open wire to 'hi j eago. " I, "Caw you send it right away?" ! ! "lies, madam." "Well, you see, Emma's baby's sick and Charlie is away ou a trip." "Well, what shall I say, madam?" "You see, I can't think just where he Is. Do you know?" The operator had to admit that be did not. "Well suppose you send it. go." "Well, suppose you do. to Chica Who is be?" "Have you got a Chicago directory here?" j Yes ma'am, handing It to her. I "I am afraid I have forgotten the address." j "What business Is he in?" I I don't know: lie makes a good liv ing, though. Don't you think a tele gram addressed to Chicago would reach bim?" "I'm afraid not" ; "Well, then, I'll go home and find out his address. Can you tell me the nearest car that will take me home?" j "No, ma'am, I cannot." I "Well, it seems queer to me that you telegraph operators don't know any thing." An Artfu' Shopper. A woman entered a dry goods stoie ytnd approached one of the clerks. "Fleae do these up," she said, handing .him two old newspapers. lie looked surprised, and she ex plained. "I ain't out on a reg'lar shopping tower, and ain't agoin' to buy anything, but there's that Mrs. Simpson, that has half of our pew at church, just loaded 'down with bundles. She'll never know the dlfferance." i As the cleik was tying up the news papers she said in a low voice. "Make it look as much like a silk dress pattern as you can, mister; it'll worry her more." NO. 40. NEWS IX BRIEF. Europe's population i-s Htl7.tiio,()00. according lo reports prepared for tbe International statistical cmgress. Kice-throwlnjr at wedd'tit'S had its oriain with the Chinese, it Is sym bolical of the act of luring tue bird of ill-omen from the path of the bride, to enable her to safely pursue her mat rimonial career. A Buffalo cat.ary has a miu'aluis well iu its cage, with a bucket, th6 chain of which reaches to its perch. When it wants a drink it draws up the bucket, much to li e i'.e;i:;ht of the children iu the ne.ghl.-oihooJ, A French horticulturist. Count du Boyssou, insures the growth of seels so old as to have a donbitul germinatm power by shaking them for thirly-slx hours l:i water containing a little guano or otln i source of nitiogen. The goM mines of Aus'ialia con tinue to be veiy i ii diu tive. Some of them ate more than 2.1'" "ifeet in depth, and many will b sunk even lower than that in the ne ar fntuie. This is contrary to the predictions of cli min ing experts, who sa.d many years ago that no gold would ever lie found In Australia at a depth greater tl nil a hundred feet. n.u aoinni.lnM m-L of rnnrm giw mains in East I.iveipool, Ohio, Is caus .ng considerable worry to the resi dents of tl.at city. Tne P'-pes aie leaky. In many places broken in two, and as ns is Howina; tlirougu them the danger of an i-jcpio; nil has liecome alarmingly appaieiit. Am: the .situa tion is rendered all the it;"ie dangerous by the fact that the sou ice of the gas supply is a mystery. The savin?, "Yo l g.'t out of bed the wrong toot I'mi'imw ,'' '-r w 'th the left leg foremost, cm be traced back 3,000 ''. and originated pieeisely where the pi.-ttn- g: w-u by C .list ot the judgment l i -. came tioui. The right foot w a i ii iicia' i- 1 iii all anti uity with good i'.icK. it ud the left w ith bad fortune. Hence to put the 1 ft font out of b"d first was a bad sign. It was Cafli'ia! WoNey. "as In lay dying, an 1 p-iha;n looked back over 1.1s strange, ),;,. iH-gim.ing at the time when he was a l.t'.ie r.chool boy , and a pour man's s-.u. I tirough nil his ambition ami h;s in dm-try, an I p jwei and splendor, who m.M: "If 1 hal served God as dituyutly as I have served ti.e kii';T, he would not have given me over m my gray hairs." Eighteen yci.is auo, when the a.r trake was tnc l, it iejuned eighteen beconds to apply .1 to a tiar.i feet long. Four yea is later the time was reduced four seconds. Recent ex periments wiiii the air btake on freight trains bliovv that il cm le app.ied to every car in a liain of that length run ning at the rate of forty miles m hour, and that this tiitin c.i i 1 s'o;;ied within x 'X) feet, or om-;v.: tii uf its own length, and it'.! this without any serious jolting. The fifteen great A nn i ic.ii inven tions of Wund-wi.le ad ipt'.oa aie: 1, the cotton gin; J, the planing machine. 3, the grass mower .;ml leapt i , 4, tne rotary pr.ulii.g press; ", i.avigatiou by steam; ii, tin; Let-air engine; 7, the sewing mach.ne; the 1 ml :a-t ublier industry ; ', the machine in .niifai luiii of horseshoe-; lo. the satid-bia.'.s for carving; 11 the gauge lathe; 12, tha grain elevator; l.'J, artificial ice-making on a large scale; 14, the electric mag net and its plait i Ml application: l"t. the telephone. A farmer l.virg rear I.ewis'on, Me., who use la ln.iM'tn mil his iodder cuttmg machine, was much annoyed at frequent stopping ui tin- l.oise power, particularly as :,.oii as the hor-e was lett alone. lie accordingly watched the animal.w iiii h, as fooii as it thought its master was away, reached over tho side of the machine. '.M.iljhed the brake with Its teeth, pulled r over and stopped the machine. The old horse, is said to have actually looked sad when the farmer tied the brake down and started bun on the treadmill again. Macacus monkeys ou the island of South llui mail Olieu oysters with a stone. They bring the. stone from high water mark down to low water, selecting such stones as they can easily grasp. They effect the opening by striking the base of the u-iper valve uutil ll dlblocates and bieaks up. They then extract the evstei with the finger and thumb, occasion; iy putting the mouth straight to the broken shell. The jvay they- have elm n s :!. easiest way to open the shell. The use T kangaroo skihs for leather Las corny lapnlly into ia.-d.njn within a year oi two, and tho.-e ani mals, which were once regarded as a nuisance in Australia, aie now prized and sought fur. I'oi poise leather is a!s') a commodity L.rgely in demand, and a man or woman wer.nng a costly pair or shoes c-tunol well lie sure, nowadays, whether the material came lrom the Au -tialian Lush, the outU seas, or the back of a Texas sl;.er. A report based upon an in-pection of 1,214 factories in 1J.", ditlerenf braches of woik in l.'ussia states that the Lours of labor thc-ie viuy lrom six to twenty, and that tn or two social instances workmen were comiH-ilod to labor twenty-four Louis liinntci rnpt edly. These toff, renres are pure.y arbitrary anil no', controlled by the km I of the work. In the saiiif ill tuctln the same soi t of v. cik there is s-ome-times a iiffein.ee of eleven hours m tiie amount ofw.uk i'ju:ie i iu a u.iv iu the different factories. The Sultan of Miio -eo is or was much mauled; to the extent of some l.tiW Hivci. His chef ins: I uinenl for maintaining io:i:e.- ie discipline is (or was) a bicycle. This machine was pie sen ted to him by a Flench manufac turer. Of couise his maj. sty never would learn to ri le it himself. But tie had a circu'ar tiai-k laid out in l.i.s courtyard, and whenever any of" h.s wives were guilty of mis demeanm he made them go out there and ride ti.e wheel. The least offender had to keep at it till the bad fallen olf live times, while the worst oilenders had twenty five falls to make. Meantime his ma jesty would stand by and watch them with a ghoulish glee. It is related tint iu Liverpool, Eng land, an elephant broke out of his stable and bur.-.t open the door of a small cottage adjoining, ;uerzed in and unfastened the cupboard and ate a tl.izen pots of jam, a gallon of pickled onioin, a pound of meat, a loaf, a jiouiid of butter, and a quiutity of swets. Having demolished everything lu the provision line, he swallowed som window plants and then examined some ornaments on the chimney-piece, laid them carefully on tne sofa an 1 enioved ' himself for nearly two hours bid ore L was got out. 1 6
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