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VOL. XLI.
MIFFJJNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21, 18S7.
NO. 52.
The IMn and (be Small Boy.
Only a pin; T" t caltny lay
on tl i tuli-I rtoor in Imlit of day;
Aril 1t hiii- seri-nely lair and bright,
F.-tl t"uf back the noonday light.
Poly a lx-y; jet he nasr that pin,
Ar.ii Ins tm asaumrd & nendi.th grin:
H, ,t,M p.-.l lor a wbiK with look Intent,
"Till be ami ttie pin allies wen boot.
Ouly a clia r; hut upon ltn Kit
A .-.:-lrnt ln found ial rntrent;
or liiul the knt rye iliftct?rnml
Ilia: hrait-uwaril it's point was turned.
Duly a tu.m: hut he chanced to drop
t p'0 Uuit cliair, rnt tizz-bang pop;
He irK;l like a cork trotn out a bottle,
ud L-i nl witle bis v1t? d. throttle.
Pn'v a vll though an Lonest one.
It iiu'kt-d tbe e.rinut ot fun;
Au l b lMy mul nian, and pia and chair,
l'i Miitl cuululo niiulnl there.
IWDER A CLUL1).
II s;ui a co!u, Cat night in Febra
arv. 'li e snow had been lying on the
housetops for a fortnight. Xbe trees
m tie squares seeuied like frosted
skrV-t 'lis. Everywhere overhead the
siiuw was still white aud pure. Under
l,n,t was a damp, cold, slushy mixture
of ne and mud, such as London only
can produce, which chills the badly
shod wayfarer to the boue. The lamps
gave but a ilim light lu the side streeu.
an I the few pedttstriaus, marching
silently along In the quiet thorough
fan s, seemed, with their noiseless foot
steps, to le so ui.iuy sorrowful ghosts
condemned to a weary pilgrimage ia a
.-lin t city of mist and darkness.
r'laiik Peutou, however, felt none or
these things. At five-aml-twenty one
enjoy a walk undeter.ed by fears of
colli a:ul rheumatism; Indeed, the driv
ing rain or gently-falling snow gives a
ze.-t when one. is youug, well-fed, well
clothed, and blessed with the knowledge
that the simple with the elements
can If ended at pleasure.
Frank, although lie was not partlcu
lur'y favored by fortune, was one of
those lucky people. His father had
lieen a lmor clergyman, who. struck
down by fr-ver. leit his wife and son
totally unprovided for. Frank, then
sixteen, had lieen placed by one of his
father's friends lu a merchant's office.
Here l.e had remained, gradually im
proving his position, and gaining the
confidence of his employers.
For the last two years, having had
th inisiortuue to lose his mother, he
Lad been living alone in London, and
being of ipuet and studious habits, had
passed most of the evenings in the com
pany ot his books. lie was out this
evening, al ter a couple cf hours' study,
anJ I.. nl been walking briskly along for
some t ine, his thoughts busy with a
bright, imaginary future. For the last
few minutes he had been vaguely aware
of a female form Hitting along in front
of hun, am! was conscious that, whilst
out -ha f of his brain had been busy
building cast.es in the air, the other
haif had lieen as busy admiring the
pretty figure in front of him.
Just as Frank was about to pasa
her, she seized him by the arm and
forced him rudely back two or three
puces, and, before he ould recover
himself, there was a mu tiled sound of
rushing hoofs and rattling of harness,
a horse and trap dashed madly over the
pot where he would have been, and in
another moment the vehicle was caught
against the lamp-post at the corner and
smashed to pieces. In a minute the
solitary street had a decent-sued crowd
In it. It Is a marvelous characteristic
of London that no aooner does the
most trliing accident occur than a
crowd seems to grow up at once.
WLne thj people come from Is a mys
tery. They seeiu to ooze up from the
ral, to em. ii. ate in some manner from
the very bricks to desceud with the
blacks, to tloat in upon the wind.
1'iank, however, took little notice of
the crowd, lie was too much occupied
with his fair preserver, who, the dan
ger ;:ist, had tainted, and would Lave
lalleu but tor his promptness In up
holding tier. In tw or three minutes
the cool nuht air revived her, and they
walked on together till tney found them
selves m one of London's broad and
busy s reets. Here she would have
wisi.ed liim good-night, but he insisted
on uccmui auying her a little farther,
to which, alter a faint resistance, she
agreed.
The strange manner In which they
had lieen introduced to each other; the
se.vioe she had rendered him, for
which, lie protested, he could never
sufficiently thank her; the earuest re
jection on her part of any merit in
what she had done; cradually launched
them Into a lively conversation: so that
i:i a short time they were talking as
familiarly as though they had known
e.icli other for years, lie learned that
she was employed at a fashionable
milliner's establishment at the West
tud, and that she was making her way
to her home near Is.inglon.
In spite ot her humble position there
was a tone ot retiuement about her.
and his quick ear told him that her
speech was that of a well educated per
son. Her face was that ef a charming
girl, and her figure was in keeping with
bi r race.
Too soon the walk came to an end.
and i i auk had to say good-night and
once more thauk his fair preserver for
the service reudered him. Ills lodgings
eetnied very lonely and gloomy; and as
lie could not settle down to his books
he retired to rest, in the hope that he
nngiit perhaps be so lucky us to dream
oi Ms new acquaintance.
Ah the next day her face kept appear
ing on the ledger or the letters he was
working at, and. perhaps, it was not
very remarkable that soon after
Jtary Emertou had left Mme. Mi
chaud's, she met Frank. the could
not refuse to acknowledge his saluta-
i on, indeed she had little wish to co
for his bright face and winning
manner had made a great impression.
There had been little romance in her
dull, gray existence.
-"any an evening did these young
people meet, and although some would
Diame Mary tor admitting the ac
Huaiutance of one who was a total
stiaLger to her, it must be remembered
that girls who have to work for their
daily bread, and are accustomed to
struggle in the everyday Cght cf the
world, are, as a rule, quite capable of
"ting care ot themselves. If Mary
did not at ouce inform her parents of
this new friendship, it was more out of
nyness than for any other reason.
1 ime went on. Frank was anxious
to have a home of his own. and felt
that his position justified one of his
numtile tables m "giving hostages to
fortune."
ilaiy had long ago told him of her
position nd that of her parents. ne
anew that her father gained a living as
a law-writer; that he had occe been m
a Utter position, that he had assited
and gulled h'S daughter m ntndlen
s
that had made her far superior to most
of the girls among whom her lot was
cast, but that she had never heard
from either parent what their former
position had been, or by what misfort
une it had been lost. Mr. Enaerton
was of a very retiring disposition, and
never encouraged any one to Intimacy,
and this was the reason that Mary for
so long objected to Frank's making
himself and bis wishes known to her
father. Mie feared that this would end
her sweet romance, and that the pleas
ant walks and happy castle-building
they both Indulged in would come to
an abrupt conclusion.
One Saturday evening, Mary was
busy In making preparations for tea of
so sumptuous a nature in that humble
borne, that 11 was evident "company"
was expected. She went about the lit
tle room, gaily singing, ber eyes bright,
her face lit up with joyful expectation.
And this was the cause. Her story
had been confided to her mother, by
whom It had been, somewhat hesi
tatingly., communicated to the father,
who had received It more graciously
than bad been expected. Mr. L merlon
had at once admitted that Frank should
be invited to visit them; but said that
what might occur in the future must
depend on what he thought of the
young man, and how he Frank
would receive the communication be
had to make to him.
A knock was beard at the door.
Mary ran to open it, and after a longer
time than might have been absolutely
necessary, she ushered into the little
parlor "Mr. Frank Denton."
Now did the anxious Frank make
the most strenuous exertions to please
the old people, and there is no doubt
he fully succeeded. Still, Mr. K mer
lon's face was clouded during the re
past, as though there were some great
care or anxiety which would keep ob
truding upon his pleasanter thoughts.
Frank lost no lime in coming to the
great question he had upon his mind,
and after explaining his parentage,
position and future prospects, he, hold
ing out his hands to father and mother,
asked them to entrust their daughter
to his care.
Mr. K merlon arose and walked a few
times up and down the room, then re
suming his seat; be said:
l'ilr. Deutcn. I thank you for the
straight-forward manner in which you
have dealt with us. and I welcome the
thoueht of having audi a protector for
my dear girl. 1 am getting old, and
her future has often given me much
anxiety. I am poor, and if you take
her as your wife, you must take her for
herself alone. This you know; but 1
have something far more Important to
say, and, until you have beard it, I
must consider that your offer has cot
been made. There is a cloud resting
upon my nams and life, which has
caused me for years to hold myself
aloof from all acquaintanceship or
friendship has obliged me to earn a
loor livelihood by hard and incessant
labor, and has condemned my gill to
daily toil.
"Fifteen years ago I held a good po
sition in a city house. There were only
two cle'ks above me, and had things
prospered with me, I might by this
time have had a share In the business.
I knew the work- thoroughly, was
shrewd and fortunate in what I under
took, was respected, aud, 1 thought,
trusted thoroughly. The junior part
ner, I always fancied, disliked me, yet
1 cannot say that he ever acted unjustly
towards me. or that his feelings ever
did more Uian bias his judgment against
me. One day there had been a gieat
rush of business, and during the morn.
lug one of the paitner s bauded me
over JL'SUO ;in bank notes that I was to
pay into the bank later in the day. I
thought at the time that I had opened
my desk and pushed them in a corner,
but I may have laid them on the desk
at the side of a ledger I wai consulting.
However. I soon afterwards went out
to luncheon, locking my desk carefully,
according to my custom, before 1 went.
In the afternoon I was preparing to go
to the bank, and opening the desk felt
for the notes m tha corner where l
imagined I bad placed them. I could
uot feel them, and opening my desk to
Us widest extent, I looked with anxiety
in every corner, but, to my horror, in
vain. At that moment the junior
I-artuer came up and asked me what
made me look so wnue. Was I ill? I
could hardly gasp out:
"The notes! lostl"
"He assisted me In the search, but
the missing notes were not to be found.
"It is very peculiar," 1 said.
"It is indeed very peculiar," said
Johnson, eyeing me in a strange,
searching manner.
'There was much excitement in the
office; everyone was questioned and
cross-examined, but no information
could be obtained. In more than one
onvate interview with the partners I
was compelled to admit tnai i naa no
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reason to suspect anyone. 1 bad locked
my desk lfore going out, and it was
certainly very unfortunate that 1 bad
left the office between the receiving of
the notes and the discovery ot the loss.
The Junior partner was very persistent
in cross-examlng roe, and probably my
anxiety and bewilderment may have
given me the air of one who was pre
varicating, fcunice it to say mar, my
employers, forgetting my faithful ser
vice of twenty years, requested me to
resign my apioiutmeut. Xo protesta
tions of mine were of any avail. They
evidently thought that I had given way
to temptation, and I retired a broken
hearted man. It was useless for me to
try for employment in the city with
such a grave suspicion resting on my
character. I got rid ot my house and
furniture, aud took this little cottage.
where I have lived ever since. After
trying many things, I obtained work as
a copyist and have contrived on the
mouey thus earned to keep np a shabby
respectability, les, sir, l am poor,
shabby, old. living In a back street.
under an assumed name, but, by Hea
ven, an honest man an honest man!
Now that you have heard my story, do
you ask me to give you my daughter?"
"les a thousand times, yesi" Bam
Frank, jumping up and takiug the
weeping girl in his arms. "I do ask
you, and 1 firmly and heartily believe
that I am taking the honest daughter
of an honorable man."
"On. Frank, dear Frank, bless you
for vour words." said Mary. The
mother came to him, and taking bis
hand, kissed it in gratitude for bis faith
in one so precious to ber loyal old heart.
The two men grasped bands in that
cordial firm grip that means true and
loval friendship.
They had resumed their seats, and
were chatting about the city and com
merce when Mr. Lxerton said:
"I wonder if my old firm Smith,
Emmet and Johnson are still flourish
in?" 'What!" cried Frank, his eyes wide
open with astonishment. "You mean
to say that yanr firm was actually
Smith, Emmet & Johnson?"
'Yes; do you know it?"
"Know it! Why, it's mine. I've
been there nine years; tmd oh I what a
stupid thick head I must have, that it
did not strike me at once. You are
Howlands?" -
"What! have you beard them speak
of me?"
"Indeed, yes. Ours, as you know,
Mr. Howlands, is an old-fashioned
bouse, with many curious nooks and
corners. Some three years ago the
governors resolved to have the office
fitted up in the modern style, We had
to crowd a bit, and to use one part of
the office while the workmen altered
the other, Almost the first thing they
did was to pull down what must have
been your old desk, and the wainscot
ing to which it was affined. One of the
part nets was looking on and I heard
his loud exclamation ot surprise eoou
after the wainscoting was taken from
the walL He had stooped to pick up a
bundle of papers covered with dust.
They must have been between the
bricks and liie woodwork for many
years. His exclamation was caused by
the discovery that this bundle of papers
was a packet of bank notes. "
"Thank heaven thank heaven! I
see it ail," cried the old man.
-Then," said Frank, '-we beard all
about it. The other partners came in
to examine the notes, and bit by bit, in
the course of conversation, we heard
your f tory. But why didn't you call
after the governors advertised for you?"
"I saw no advertisement. Men out
of the world as I have been seldom look
at advertisements, except, when they
want work."
"What a pity! The old governor
said he'd give a thousand pounds to
find you."
That evening was. perhaps, the hap
piest evening these four people had
ever spent. The old man was jubilant
and could not < still for five minutes
at a time. He kept walking about
and clapping Frank on the back every
now aud then would call him bis dear
boy. He would sit down aud laugh,
then stand up and laugh, till his old
wife began to fear that he was turning
crazy. It was a very late hour Indeed
before be would part with Frank, who,
it was arranged, should the next Mon
day morning inform the firm of bis dis
covery, leaving them to take their own
method of righting the great wronj
that hadbeen done.
Frank lost no time in obtaining a
private interview with his employers,
one satisfactory result being that he
had an advance in salary before be left
the room. It was not long before
Smith & Co. had done all they possibly
could to compensate their old servant
for bis past misfortune. He bad been
too long out of the city, and was too
much altered, to be of any use in their
office, but they gave him a comfortable
auuuity, aud he had, through them.
more than one opportunity of seeing
some of those who had known him ot
old, and of making them aware that his
good name had been rehabilitated.
As to what happened afterwards to
Frank and Mary. 1 have little to say.
Last summer I spent a day at their
suburban villa some few miles from
ttroad street." Mis. Denton was a most
amiable hostess; her father and mother
seemed as happy as old people without
a care in the world ought to be. I had
the pleasure of riding Master Frank
Emmett Henton on uiy knees; aud as
for Frank, senior, be confided to me in
the garden that since he had been mar
ried be was the "laziest beggar out,"
and hardly ever went anywhere exeep.
on business.
A Matron Who Oui:- Sure lli-r
P.Kkrt llail Iteeu I'ickiiL
"I have bad my pocket picked I' ex
claimed a middle-aged woman, as she
hurriedly entered detective headquar
ters a day or two ago.
"When did it occur?" was asked.
"In a store ou Woodward avenue.
and I know it was a youug man who
stood near me."
How much miney did you have"
"1 can't say, sir. You see, it was
this way. I came down to do some
shopping. I put my portmonnaie in
my pocket when I left home. When I
went to pay lor the goods in tne store
It was gone. I think I bad about eight
dollars."
"Did anyone have opportunity to
pick your pocket?"
"I suppose luey aid."
"Sure you brought the money down
town?"
"Oh, yes."
"And you are certain you didn't lose
It?"
"Do you think I'm a fool, slrr she
Indignantly exclaimed. "When I say
I had my pocket picked I know what
I'm talking about!"
'I hope you do, ma'am, but you
know "
At this moment a boy entered the
room with the portmonnaie in bis hand
and said.
"Here's your money, ma. We found
it on the stand alter you left the bouse
aud Sarah sent me down to the store
after you.
The woman and tne sergeant looked
fixedly at each other for a few seconds.
Then he smiled. Then she got red.
Then be said he was glai she bad found
her money and she retorted:
"I don't believe it! 1 ou just wish I
had lost it! I'll never come here for
help again, never!"
More About Mr, loanstry'a Divorce.
There, is a very excellent authority
for the report that Mrs. Laugtry's di
vorce is only a question or a very snort
time. San Francisco is rivaling New
port as a divorce colouy for New York
malcontents. In the first place it is
very easy to obtain, and In the second
the law there about recording it, is
such that one can ba free for months
before the public need necessarily be
taken into one's conndence. Airs.
Lanctrv resided there the required
length of time and declared herself a
citizen, and before a great while she
will be free of the husband who seems
to have remained persistently obscure
desoite the notoriety of his wife. It is
a curious fact that no one knows much
about Mr. Lang try, who or what he is,
or bow he regards the present situa
tion. The same authority that vouches
for the fact of Mrs. Langtry's speedy
deliverance from the matrimonial yoke,
adds that she will immediately resume
it under another name. It does not
require any very great amount of acu
men to guess what the name engraved
on that new yoke will be. The only
reason Mrs. Langtr has deferred a
divorce for so Ions is that her hus
band's surname was too pretty and
agreed so well with her own. beside
being a very valuable trade mark, as it
were, that she hesitated to relinquish
the only thing her husband ever gave
her that she valued.
LilFE IN SIEXICO.
The
Ijinu of Hospitality An Kven-
ins Meat
Xo persuasion could indnce our kind
host of del Norte to give op his project
of accompanying us along our road as
far as bis sister's ranch, which was but
a little distance ont of our main road,
and finally we were obliged ' to accept
his courtesy a courtesy which Is never
lacking aaaong the best class of Mexi
cans and he made ready for his trip
by putting on a pair of boots which re
quired the most heroic endeavor to pull
on. Tbey were so tight that be could
scarcely walk, and it was fortunate
that be had a horse. All the Mexican
men wear their boots so tight that it
must be torture, but they are very
proud of their small feet. Just before
we were ready to start the gentle wife
came out with a magnificent new
scrape, which she had woven herself,
for his feat a, as sbe said modestly; but
seeing that he was going to visit his
sister she would anticipate bis birth'
day and give it to him now to wear.
He was so pieased that his eyes spark
led like diamonds as be laid his arm
around ber plump shoulders and
pressed his cheek to hers. And weil
they might both be proud, for a finer
piece of work of the kind I never saw.
A scrape is a wrap made in the form of
a blanket with a silt exactly in the mid
dle for the h'ad to go'through. The
body of it was pure white with bril
liant well matched colors arranged in
very pretty, intricate pattern as bor
der, the whole woven so firmly as to be
absolutely waterproof.
It had taken this patient, loving
woman a whole year to make it. I
could not help drawkig comparisons
with our own wives, who go to stores
end buy presents for their husbands
aud order the bills sent to them. The
little woman turned red, but for once
held her topgue, which surprised me a
little, until I happened to remember
last Christmas.
We left the hospiteble hacienda and
began our rough ride again, which was
enlivened by the singing of the driver.
who seemed to have taken a good deal
of enthusiasm or something else just be
fore we left, and at noon we persuaded
him to halt, when we immediately
went to sleep, and In spite till 3 o'clock.
In the meantime the little woman and
myself amused ourselves and the don
by taking his picture, as well as
sketches of the scenery, which bad be
gun to grow Interesting, the effect of
the atraosphere ou the mountains being
most wonderfully beautiful.
Toward sunset we passed a ruined
church, which stood all alone by the
wayside, with a little graveyard at the
back of it. It was grown over with
rank vegetation, a great vine branch
ing in every direction over and among
the falling walls, laden with beautiful
yellow Cowers like golden chalices.
Among the graves bushes hung full of
scarlet tasseis and white spikes of flow
ers, pure and delicate, each of which
bold one red drop of liquid at their
base, and from which arises the name.
sangre de Cbristo (blood ot Christ).
1 his place Inokoa Oeseir-Ml. it is tnw:
yet was one ot the most charming and '
picturesque places we had seen.
No one knows who built or who de-
destroyed that church. Probably there
has been near here a small town
burned or destroyed by the Indians
whose raids have been a constant dan
ger for many years.
Just as darkness was closing around
us and the little women was ready to
cry with fatigue, fear and cold (for it
grows cold there as soon as the sun
goes down), the carriage was surroun
ded by numberless barking curs, which
were welcome, as they proved we were
near the ranch of Signora Carola, who
was the widow of an American named
Carol, who bad wedded his Mexican
bride, and they reared three lovely
children when he was gored to death by
one of his own cattle.
In the darkness we could only see
the long, low houe, a mass of somber
foliage around and mountains beyond.
when the doors opened and we received
a cordial and noisy welcome, and with
out delay were seated with the family
upon the noor with stools placed in
front of ia holding dishes full of tamal.
which is made of chopped meat, toma
toes and chile, stewed and then rolled
in a tortilla. L asides this was a dish of
fried beans and a delicious cup of cof
fee and more tortilla with cheese. The
little woman thoroughly enjoyed ber
supper, and afterward tried, but with
little success, to smoke a cigarette,
while I smoked with the men.
As we retired she said, sleepily:
"Edward, I think 1 could learn, and
I don't see why the men should have
all the good things of the earth."
A Woodland (jueeiu
I was rambling idly through the
woods one May morning, enjoying the
breath of spring and the fragrant
grasses, when I suddenly came uion a
gypsy encampment balf hidden in a
small clearing among the trees.
I was intent on watching the move
ments of the swarthy people moving
about the camp, when a girlish voice
startled me, saying: "Cross the gypsy's
hand with silver, and have your for
tune told."
Turning quickly, I saw a young girl
coming toward me, whose woudrous
beauty sent a thrill through my heart.
Her skin, of a dusky olive, snowed
In its color the passionate blood flow
ing beneath, and ber eyes were black
as midnight and flashing with bidden
fires. A sweeter mouth or redder lips
I had never seen in my rambles. She
was a wonderful picturel Her hair,
dark and glossy, escaped from the
snowy cap she wore and fell in luxuri
ance over ber shoulders. A broad
leaf hat, a red skirt and a russet bod'
ice completed the picturesque costume
ot this woodland queen.
"Let me tell your fortune, sir."
But now came a procession of at
least a score of gypsies male and fe
male, old and young, sturdy man
hood, rich, mature niatrouhood and
old age all going, as X guessed, to a
neighboring fair; and their lips were
full ot furtive mirth as the gypsy
halted and held me still by the witchery
of ber glorious eyes.
One man a strong-built gypsy, a
six-footer at least turned upon me
with something evil in his glance, in
wnicn i read a passion that In the nn
known nature of the Romany. I had
never dreamed of before. He spoke
to ber in a voice half of command,
half of entreaty.
Prance it, Judith, after the Boms
and Juwas," he said, in Bomany dia
lect, "ine liusnee blood Is cold, and
his cly smaller than his band, and less
to bold."
I did not understand the jargon.
save that it was something depreca
tory. The gypsy moved not; ber
smile, her exquisite face, was yet bent
full upon mine.
I took ont half a crown, and, giving
it to her. held out my band.
"Speak It. Judith," I said. "Read
me my future, for It is very dark to
me, and I would know it."
Sbe followed the lines of life and
death, doom and fate. Her look grew
grave, and she lingered over her tash
with a certain troubled aspect which
interested, me.
"Strange!" she murmured, for I see
myself mixed In this tangle of destiny.
There is trouble; there is peril; there is
much of evil menace I And yet,
stranger, I see it writ here aye, as
plain as the stars are written down in
the sky that the Romany girl will
meet the Busnee again and help him in
the moment when life and fate and all
his future are quivering in the balance I"
"So be it, Judith, I murmured; "so
be it. Come what may, only let me
meet with thee again I"
"I see trouble and reverses, and sor
row like to heart-break; I see clouds
and darkness, billows and tropic
storms, and a far land ; I see a new
home, the dawn of another day; and
yet oh master of the seal and reader
of the dark secret! I see myself there
there 1"
"Where, Judith where?" I cried
impatiently,
"llushl" she said; "I may say no
more! They call me! Hope, work
and wait! The years are as full of
promise as the fields of revelations; but
it is not the zingarl that can read it!
Farewell!"
And lifting my hand, as it In hom
age, to her lips, she bounded off like a
doe, and left me amazed, troubled, en
raptured. Did I read her half-hidden revela
tion truly? We shall see.
A week after I was in a vessel going
to seek a home and sources of living
here exhausted and hopeless in Aus
tralia. A year after I was in the heart of far
Australian wilds, working like a man.
My heart was light; hope was before
me; success certain.
At home all had been loss, decay,
ruin my father dead, my mother and
sisters portionless. Fate pointed eut
to me that beyond the heaving ocean
my new world lay. It was dawning
upon me at last.
Then came reverses, illness, sickness
next to death. I was all but ruined
well-nigh dead.
One day a wounded bushranger came
crawling to my door. I sheltered,
fed, protected him, and at last recog
nized the gypsy whose look so men
aced me. lie was of the Cooper family
and had to fly the country.
He became my laborer, my faithful
right-hand man true as steel to me;
he would never leave me more.
"Judith will come," he said, signifi
cantly. "But Judith where is Judith?" my
yearning heart cried. "Patience, pa
tieucel" I said. "We shall meet; it is
decreed we shall meet; but how?"
1 was at Port Philip once, seeking
for some laborers to hire, for my farm
bad increased, my stores multiplied,
Ui mr rl Trr
vessel had lately 'landed there a rem
nant of emigrants, who, stricken down
by plague, lay helpless on the beach, in
canvas tents, and praying for death.
from the tardy help the frightened
people dared scarcely bring them.
iottering to meet me came a wan.
worn figure, with the rich olive of her
wasted face almost faded, but the eyes
were like glowing opals. I knew her
at once.
"Judith!" I cried aloud.
"It is be!" she half shrieked, and
fainted in my arms.
A Curiuurt r'iicure.
An object of Interest to the general
public and one that claims the attention
of acbie logists In particular is exhbited
by Cain Sc Verner, corner Fifth avenue
aud Market street, Pittsburg. The
exact purpose, the thingshowu was;de
sigued to serve can only be explained
by those versed in antiquity. A human
bead upon a bird-like body with a fan
tail, carved in stone describes the ap
pearance of a work that bears all the
evidence of prehistoric origin. The
face is purely i Egyptian. Across the
head is cast something resembling an
amice, placed iu such a manner as to
reveal the entire forehead, lhe image
is formed in such a manner as to be
fairly balanced upon a base tapering
from the middle of the body. The base
is round and hollowed a depth of about
two inches, tapering in cone-like
form. A raised rim on the top or upper
part of the body, hollowed in like man
ner and of the same dimensions as the
hollow in the base, intersects a hole
drilled at right angles with that bored
through the upper part of the body.
The figure is 12 inches long and 9
inches high. Its weight is 21 pouuds.
The figure la perfect of its kind. There
is a small fracture in the tail and a cut
In the lower left cheek. The propor
tions of the face are well preserved.
The carving, though rude, is bold, and
the effect produced striking, consider
ing the simplicity of the design. The
material seems to be granite.
The manner in which it came into
their possession is curious. Some time
ago a citizen at Alabama informed the
firm that his brother A. Berks' res3or, a
farmer residing near Montgomery,
Ala., while plowing had turned up a
strange image that was regarded as an
Egyptian idol. Mr. Cain made further
inquiry concerning the matter, and
having satisfied himself that the state
ments made by the farmer had been
verified by the people of Montgomery,
secured the figure. All who have ex
amined It express the opinion that it is
undoubtedly prehistoric. It is said
there is but one other figure similar to
it, and that is In the Smithsonian In
stitute. Manners.
Manners are of more importance
than laws. Upon these, in a great
measure, the laws depend. The law
teaches us but hern and there, now and
then. Manners are what vex or soothe,
corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, bar
barize or refine us, by constant, steady,
uniform, insensible operation like that
of the air we breath in. Tbey give their
whole form and color to our lives. Ac
cording to their quality they aid morals,
they supply laws, or they totally de
stroy them.
Hons. Jansstn, the French astrono
mer, has returned to Paris from his
recent expedition to Caroline Island to
observe the eclipse of the sun. In his
report to the academy of Sciences be
has expressed the opinion, as the result
of his observations, that the region
ab tut the sun is filled with material
"almost orpuscular" which reflects the
sun's light. By this, we suppose he
means minute particles of concrete
matter.
CRUELTY TO AMMAI-S.
Birds and Butterflies UmhI to Adorn
loatliea' Cotums.
A Boston woman lately returned
from Europe brought a reception gown
that must have two hundred little
brown birds fastening a rose-colored
crepe upon a skirt of white silk. A
circlet of these little feathered crea
tures Is intended for the head.
"I believe it would be a good dress
for a character to wear at a costume
ball," said its owner, ''only, 1
wouldn't know what to call it. What
would you say for a name?"
"Cruelty to animals." replied the
friend.
Certainly the first thought that
crosses one's mind at seeing this dress
is one of horror at the slaughter of
those poor little creatures, that a gown
might be trimmed with their bodies.
Almost every year some such costume
turns up and fires the inventive genius
of many a silly girl.
Consternation reigned In old Dr.
Catlin's home one night when it was
found that the chambermaid had gone
to a ball with the doctor's pet collec
tion of butterflies and bugs stuck all
over a white tarletan frock. His en
tomological treasures, rich and rare,
were carefully pinned in cases with
locked glass doors on them. The doc
tor's wife had worn a dress to some
festivity ornamented with beaded but
terflies and when the occasion arrived
for Miss Honora O'Halleran to attend
the ball of the McGinnertjv Associ
ation with Barney Brannlgan it struck
her that the bugs would work in beau
tifully. She detached about half of
the collection, valued at some thous
ands of dollars, and sewed theu by
their hind legs to the most prominent
portions of her costume. Putting on
a waterproof she boarded a car and
went off to be the belle of tha ball.
The doctor discovered his rifled cases
during the evening and wild was the
night in his bouse. A. clue was ob
tained to their fate froxu the cook, who
remembered to have seen Honora with
a box of "gold croton bugs'' up in Jier
room. Dr. Catlln was up to let the
house maid in when at all hours in the
morning she waltzed into the base
ment, ber bedraggled tarletan skirt
covered with the broken wintfs and
severed legs of the famous collection".
When the storm broke Honora advised
the old man not to take on so for a
"few ould Insects. "
"Shure I'll catch yez glass cupboards
full in the back yard before the grass
grows again," said she reassuringly.
But the doctor, is mourning to-day
for his specimen of the longotis ciu
chomta and the only Itnown zoometa
angepectalis.
Scrklnj; a Beautiful Melody.
The British museum has purclia.ted
from Mrs. Balfe a musical album left
by her husband in which are to be
found the origlual sketches for the airs,
concert pieces, finales and scenes of
Vmrinm Icirtflft iplangii(y le rflfTpTV1lt.
operas. The sketches that have been
turned to account are crossed over
with penmarks, and the book is full of
ideas and suggestions of which the fer
tile composer had made no practical
use. Baife worked with great facil
ity, but he took trouble with his work
all the same, and in the well known
"situation" in "The Bohemian Girl."
where the favorite tenor song "When
Other Lips" occurs lie placed, one
after the other, four different airs be
fore he could find one that completely
satisfied him. These airs, with dif
ferent rhymths and different temps,
are all set down In tue album, includ
ing one which bad been learned by the
tenor, W. II. Harrison, aud rehearsed
with orchestra when, at the last mo
ment constantly urged Ly his wife to
think of something better Balfe was
suddenly visited by the beautiful mel
ody which with her approval, be, finally
adopted.
Shoemakers' Secrets.
An old shoemaker tells of a lrick or
two in shoeciaklng which he learned
when he was a boy, which uiiear to
be still hidden mysteries to a lot of
fashionable shoemakers. One of these
concerns not only the aiwarance
of the shoe but the comfort of the
wearer. How many times do you see
men's big toes rising In high relief im
pressions above the surface of Uie up
per? Naturally you feel that the wearer
of such a shoe must suffer from the
pressure on his big toe, and lie does; if
not immediately, at some time in the
future. The whole difficulty can be
obviated by providing a depression In
the sole of the shoe into which the toe
will fit. This depression is obtained
by fastening a piece on the last and
beating the sole around it until it is
moulded to it. When the toe is thus
cared for there will be no ingrowing
toe nails and no unsightly protrusions
ot the upper. Another thing that may
be interesting to shoe wearers and
shoemakers is this: A blistered or sore
heel caused by a new shoe may be re
lieved by taking a small piece ot com
mon newspaper.crushing it in the hand
aud placing It under the ailing heel.
The bit of paper has the effect of a
'lift," and forcing the foot forward in
the shoe leaves the beel entirely free
from the counter. "
The Oxidation or Zinc
The expensive outdoor use of z'nc
by builders at the present time has
directed attention to the peculiar pro
cess of oxidation which this metal
undergoes, and which is so important
to be considered in all applications in
volving exposure. The rusted surface
does not rub oft or blow away, but
forms a sort of hard crust or enamel
upon the surface of the metal, and
when laid upon boarding which is or
may become damp or exposed to steam
or condensation below, it rusts on both
sides. The thin zincs first introduced
in this way were rusted through, bnt
tleness ensuing, and failure being the
result. But if the zinc be of sufficient
thickness, after a certain time oxida
tion ceases, and the result is a body oi
solid sound metal. Incased above ana
below by a solid coating, thoroughly
Impermeable to the accidents of weather
or temperature, and which requires nc
painting. The various way 3 of spread
ing zinc consist mainly in laying it ic
a corrugated form without boarding,
the trusses of iron or wood of the roof
carrying the weight, or in rafters about
one foot, more or less, apart, with a
corrugation at each rafter only, or
upon a general surface of boarding, in
the manner of a lead Cat.
-CAKXISH."
A Chapter of Housekeeping Wisdom
for Matrons and Maids.
We all know the difference a little
taste and care make in the preparation
of our food, and how much more palat
able is the plainest fare daintily served
than the most rtdterche cookery if care
lessly or untidily prepared. The same
rule hoslds good in the daily life, and
no one stiould be more alive to tlie.facts
than our iMUsekeeper.
It is in most cases owing to this lack
of garnish that the majority of the
difficulties that beset the nineteenth
century buse-rnothers arise. We de
spise the -Say of small things, and so
fall by litt and little. Little rough
nesses passtd unchecked, little courte
sies neglected, little meannesses over
looked or latighed at, small matters
that seemed too trivial to notice at the
time, w hich yst will in the eud amount
to a total as stautling as it is formid
able. We all know thai in our housekeep
ing it is not the large sums that are so
tiy ing. We coaiut the cost of a large
outlay, aud make provision for it; but
il is the tiny slims, the pennies and
half-pence, that mount up so terribly
and so unexpectedly lu our weekly
accounts. Well, it is the same in our
dally life; the foolish jest, harmless
enough possibly to thd elders, but
which the childrevi hear with round
eye J horror, aud discuss later In nur
sery conclave; the hasty, discourteous
word to your governess, for which you
probably aiologized nicely enough
.later, but which the maid, or the
bairns, before whom you so thought
les&ly uttered it, w ill not forget as soon
as you do; the sharp, perhaps unde
served, reproof to the servants; these
you consider trifles very likely, though
how they tell on the well-being of a
household few but experienced house
keepers realize. At all events, these
triiles show a lamentable deficiency in
the "garnish" that makes such an im
mense difference in the comfort of our
dally existence.
A good deal of the uncomfortable
feeling that undoubtedly exists between
mistress and maid owes its origin in
grtat measuie to this neglect of small
tlii ncs. A lew years ago there was au
uubridgeJ guif between up aud down
stairs. Servants were expected to
"know their place," were looked on as
a kind of living automata, utterly un
coitocious of the sayings aud doings of
the Mijerior beings tney were privi
leged to STve. Not being either blind,
deaf or dumb, they were nothing of the
of the sort, but, on the contrary, un
commonly sharp (aud occasionally
malicious) critics of their betters, and
HUUly revengtd the slight they were
quick to see was put upon them.
This feeling we have now to combat
when trying in some measure to l est ore
"the Constant service of the antique
world," aud the task is not a light one;
"the fathers have eaten sour grapes,
avid the children's teeth are set ou
edijp." We looked ou our servants as
a Ptparate class, with feeling utterly
dfu'?reTTt to ours, and lncapabie of un
dersxuiiding much less appreciating
the lutle garnish we considered ouly
the ordinary courtesy of dally life in
our station. 'Well, they have frankly
accepted the situation, and, very natu
rally, insist ou the advantages of the
position we have forced them to take
up. Treat a man as a human wolf,
and if he shows his teeth, aye, aud use
them, too, who shall blame him? And
do you think that women, with their
more highly strung nerves and seuitive
feelings, are likely to take the matter
more cooly? Hardly. We have de
spised the garnish, and have only our
selves to thank if the rough edges
show. It is the same with our childreu.
We allow them to speak disrespectfully
to ourselves, roughly to one auother,
rudely to the servants. We actually
foster their selfishness, aud treat as
clever jokes the jietty meanness and the
spiteful sieech; and theu we wonder if
our lads and lasses grow up rough and
uncouth, or, if endowed, with a sur
face polish, without oue single thought
for anything outside their own com-
fort, aud we call heaven and earth to
witness that never since the creation
were parents so innocently unfortu
nate. ,
If women would ouly realize what a
powerful weapon real refinement is,'!
they would value it more for them
selves and anxiously cultivate It their
offspring.
It is the same in everything. Give
people credit for right feeling and goodj
Intentions, and in nine cases out of ten)
you wiH do more to produce them than'
by the most eloquent admonitions or
the most housewifely watchfulness.
ThelM-fc at Sunrise.
One of the incidents ot the tour is a
visit to Thebes at sunrise. The vocal
Memuon will uot be heard unless a
small Arab is hidden, in advance, in a
break in the back of the Colossus, and
instructed to pound with a bit of The
ban debris uiu a sonorous stone in
corporeted between the giant shoul
ders. But assuredly a sunrise visit to
Thebes Is well worth au effort. It Is
four miles from the File to the Haines
seum. The ride is across the plain,
through dew-covered fields to the
colossi, and then a turn is made north
ward. The sounds of the morning
startle one as though never heard be
fore. Something seems to be impend
ing. How black and chill the colossi
look. Everything, evening the donkey
boy, is now quiet. The Kamesseum is
reached, and you stand in the great hail
of columns, frightened at their stately
dignity, scarcely able to make out the
careful chiseling on the shoulders and
crown of the fallen statue. The inner
temples are almost as dark as night,
and you shrink from the thought of
climbing alone up one of the great
stairways which spring from them, to
say nothing of going down to the "holy
of holies," where the king was accus
tomed to consult the deities in closest
secrecy. No light enters except from
the broken roof and the loopholes in the
walls. Suddenly a ray pierces the
gloom. The giant columns in unison
cast their long shadows toward the
necropolis, upon one another and uoa
the neighboring walls. Nwtbe morn
ing light pervades the place, and the
stolid profiles of the Osiride columns,
stationed there as if to guard to fallen
monolith, are lighted with a rosy lire
which accentuates the placid expression
of their faces each one "a likeness" of
King Barneses II, the great "Pharaoh
of the bible." The sun grows stronger
and the coloring is gone. But the con
trasts of light and shade continue as
they have done Tor the long ages past,
and will for ages to come.
There are ninety persons in Eng
land with au income ot over J300.0W.
NEWS IN BRIEF-
An old German has prophesied that
the Emperor William will live to the
age of 100. He bases his prophecy ou
the handwriting ot the Emperor.
The custom of kissing the Pope's
foot, or the cross on his slipper, ia al
leged to have ben fet by oue ot the
Leos, who. it was si d. bad mutilated
liis right hand pd was too vain to ex
pose the stump. -
About 11,000 paaN0ts of the Revo,
lution perished on boai1 lne horrible
prison-ship Jersey dnrmg Eugllsb
occupation of New York.
A wrangler, in (English) cJE
phrase, is one who has obtained a pli.-'e
in the highest mathematical tupos.
The first man of this class is termed
the senior wrangler; the re3t are rated
each according to his lespective merit,
hs socond, third, fourth aud so on. Iu
the Middle ages college exercises were
called disputations, and tuos w ho per
formed them were disputants. Hence
the idea of wrangling.
One of the strangest novelties In
the jewelry line that the tmestlietio
cowboy ever decorated his person
with is now being sold on the street;
of ;aii Aulouio. It is nothing less than
a necktie made entirely from the skin
of a genuine rattlesnake and finished
by way of a pin with a rattle from the
tail of the venomous seienL. The
originality or this conception can hardly
be doubted, aud the ingenious venders
are being rewarded with large sales.
Queen Elizalieth Is said to have
had a pair of stockings woven from a
spider's web. Now we hear of a Penn
sylvania lady owns a picture painted
on cobweb. The colors are said to
have b-en 'beautifully laid on," and
simply perfect as to harmony. The
painting cost 1.000, and is probably
the mtst precious article of lis weight
in the world. The fact that cobweb
has been shown to be so valuable per
haps explains the delicacy with which
the ordinary housemaid is inclined to
treat it.
A four-foot vein of coal has been
struck at the shart of the C'arlyle Coal
and Mining company at a W pth of
&0 feet. A vein of thirty Inches
thickness lies eighteen feet aliove the
fotmer vein, aud It is thought by
mining exerts that the two veins
wiil converge aud make it a seven-foot
vein. The coal is unusually free from
slate and sulphur, and of suinrior
quality. Extensive improvements aie
being made about the mine, and the
citizens of Carlyle are elated at the
prospect of becoming a mining center.
The statue of liberty which
Adolph Sutro is erecting on Mount
Olympus, San Francisco, C'al., is the
work of a Belgian artist named Wiertz.
It was ou exhibition in Antwerp and
received high praise. Adolph Sutro
saw the figure and thought that it
would be an embellishment to the en
tire San Francisco peninsula. The
torch in the upstrt-tched arm of the
goddess will be of 1G,'JU0 caudle power,
and the light will be furnished by the
city of Sau Francisco. The torch
wiil illumine the bay olid Uolieu Gate
pars.
Postmaster Hendrlx is happy in
the possession of the oldest bosom piu
in town. It is a trilobite which
curled itself up snugly some 40,000,000
years ago, in the Silurian age, some
where in the great limestone strata that
begins at Niagara and crops out In the
pictured rocks of Lake Superior, and
went to sleep to be ietrilied iu all its
original sha iellness. The trioollte
was the father of all the crabs. He
was very small then, but 40,000,0kj
years have enlarged his descendants.
With diamond eyes and a gold setting
he looks well In hii new character.
Some or the animals of Japan are
quite different lrom the same sjtecies
mat are seen in America. The cats,
for instance, have the shortest kind of
tails, or else none at all. Being de
prived of this usual plaything, they
are very solemn pussies. An Ameri
can once took one of these tailless cats
to San Francisco as a curiosity, aud it
utterly refused companionship with
the long-tailed feline specimens there;
hut finding a cat whose tail had been
jilt off by accident the two became
friendly at once. Japanese dogs are
ilmost destitute of noses, having the
lostrils set directly lit the head. Tha
nnaller the nose the moie valuable the
ureed.
Peruvian woven tissues, often dyed
in brilliant hues, aie unsurpassed by
the textile productions of any other
tncieut American people. Their jew
.lry of gold and silver is remarkable,
statuettes iu the precious metals are
-veil moie woudertul; they represent
monkeys, birds w ith their feathers, fish
with scales, etc., modeled in relief or
intaglio. Human figures were also
cast iu the precious metals, the artists
even attempting grouis. ISeads were
made of gold, silver, glass and earthen
waie. Wool was used to furnish ob
jects in daily use, and an example may
be seen iu the beautifully ornamented
combs that are sometimes found placed
leside thtt dead in the huacas.
It is well sa'.d that one-half of the
world does not know how the other
half lives. Here, where pine and pop
lar are used for signs, comparatively
It w are aware that mahogauy is the
Kind of wood largely nee led for that
mirpose in Etlaiid. A lumlerman
from Bradford, who not long ago vis
ited this office, stated that such was
the case. When redwood was Intio
luced into England this geutleman
'.bought at first blush thai the lumber
was so clear and wide it would be ex
cellent for signs. It was tried, but for
fciine reason it did not come up to the
Englishman's idea of eternal dura
bility, aud mahogany was again re
sorted to.
Nothing made .Nanking so much
celebrated abroad as the Porcelain
lower, which wis ons ot the wonders
f the world. It stool pre-eminently
iieyond all similar buildings for its
completeness and elegance and the
iiiality tit material of which It was
buiit. It cost 51,000,000, and was
uinety years in building, being com
pleted in A. D. 14U0. The outer face
l this unique structure was covered
with (-labs of porcelain of various
colors, principally green, red, yellow
and white. At every one of its nine
stoi ies there was a projecting roof cov
ered with gteen tiles, and a bell was
suspended from each corner. There
were 152 bells iu all, which gave sweet
sounds when there was a brisk wind.
O.ie hundred and twenty-eight lamps
were hung on the outside. In the year
I Sol it was seriously injured by a
storm.
"Time tries all things" except leaf
lard. The butcher and housewife have
to do that.
Brass bedsteads grow in favor.
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