rft
H. F. SUHWEIEIl,
ft.
THE CONSTITUTION-THE UN I ON-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
p.-"'
Editor and Proprietor.
V -
VOL. XLII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY JG, 18SS.
NO. 21.
if
I
1
1
J
A I)rrm or Kama.
I tlreaiut that I followed one face.
That .bune like the litflit of a mar.
Ami, ever amending apacn.
Felt It g'.eaiu on mj heart from afar.
lu the Tallf y the fcce It wan fair.
Ami the lip they were human that
mulled;
Ami I f'-'t the warm pulse la the air.
And I laughed with the love of a child.
I followed the mountain's round rim.
And the iwwt face grew loTelier still,
tut rolil and more distant and dim.
Like the iulu that artae from a rilL
Aud the first that had led me the chaito,
Glowed with a life that waa real;
The last I knew not waa the face
Ufa sorrowful, Hern ideal.
Hut I climbed the tep mountain anaiue
In the llUt of a wearisome dawn;
Ai.d 1 found 'twas the aummit of fame.
Hut I found that the face waa gone.
THE INSUltACE.
Squire Xfwcomb was standing, one
morula, at liU front yard gate, cogi
tating over tre prospect of his spring s
work for he ah a New England far
mer In prusiieroua circumstances, not
strictly unlmpressible or close-fisted.
tut thoroughly puritanical in bis theo
logical proclivities as became a living
representative of the descendants of
the Mayilower when he found himself
abruptly accosted by a sturdy, manly
looking young fellow, who chanced
just at that time to be passing along
the highway. From head to toe he
was as tine a specimen of physical
strength aud beauty as the squire had
ever set eyes on; lesiJe9, there was a
look ot unusual lutelllgeuce and energy
in the eyes of the hamlsorue young
tramp that f leased him wonderfully.
' iood-moriiinii, sir."
"Good-uiomlug." said the squire.
"Is this Squire Newcouib's place?"
'Well, it is presumed to be it his
debts are paid;" was the prompt reply.
For a moment the young man hesi
tated. "If I may be so bold, are you he?"
"I am lie," was the laconic answer.
The young niau scratched his brown
curly head, as though a little puzzled
how t J proceed. lie rallied, however,
the next instant, u'1 said:
"I heard that you wanted a man?"
"Mebbe I do, uiebbe I don't," was
the sententious reply of the squire.
"What can you do?"
"Oh, a little of everything." was the
modest rejoinder. I was brought up
on a farm, aud ought to be able to do
something."
"The county rarni, 1 suppose?" was
the depreclatlve suggestion.
The young stranger's cheek flushed,
for the suggestion was true. Lie had
beeu brought up to the age of fourteen
ou one of the neighboring couuty
f.irius, and he felt in his sensitive soul
that so humiliating a circumstance
must necessarily coufer a lasting dis
grace upon UU humble though honest
name.
Reuben Vance, at fourteen, had been
bound out by the authorities, till he
was twenty, to a hard taskmaster a
rough, uneducated farmer of the neigh
borhood ; and the six years of service
having now fortunately expired, he
hail declined serving his ungracious
master longer upon any terms, pre
ferring to carve out his own fortunes
by seeking employment in some other
locality, and among strangers, who
might be presumed to know nothing of
lils antecedents.
lie carried his entire wardrobe wrap
ped in a small bundle, which caused
him not the slightest inconvenience;
aud, aside from this and the few dol
lars he possessed, he could have boasted
the possession of no other earthly
thing, save a clear conscience, health
and good looks ir we except a soiled
and crumpled letter from au uncle In
California, which he had inherited
among his mother's scanty effects a
reservation generously granted him by
the aforesaid authorities, in considera
tion of Its being of no pecuniary ad
vantage to the town in which, at the
tender age of nine years, he had been
left an orphan and a pauper.
Three years prior to the date of the
soiled letter in question, his father and
uncle had started for the raolflc shores,
in the fond hope of accumulating a
speedy fortune. In this they had l)?en
unsuccessful, and the letter from the
uncle, three years later, had brought
them tidings of his father's death.
The mother died within a year after
the reception of the news, ami Reuben
w;is left au orphan and friendless; but
even at that tender ag he had con
ceived a vague hope of some day visit
ing California, If he should live to grow
up.
This was still the one grand purpose
of his life, as he stood on this particu
lar morning, eleven years later, In the
presence of Squire Newcomb.
As we have said, his cheek flushed
scarlet at the squire's Impertinent sug
fcvstum, and he dropped his eyes in
great confusion, as though the dis
agreeable fact ot his ever having been
a pauier might be construed by the
hul not and burly squire into the full
measure of a crime; but he neither ad
mitted nor denied the intimation, lie
was silent till the squire again spoke.
"Suppa-ing you are a competent
l.aiiil. and will answer my purpose for
t!:e coming season, what wages do you
ex-.-eei say for seven months?" de
luauded the squire, grullly.
"Twenty-live dollars I should say
was little enough," answered Reuben,
imxlestlv.
"What? Twenty-five dollars for
seven mouths, eh?"
"No," replied Reuben, confusedly,
"twenty-five dollars a month."
"Oh! that makes a difference, young
man, a wide difference; but I'll take
you at your offer that Is, provided
Joll suit,"
"Thank you. I will do the best I
can." And lteuben went handily to
work within the hour.
At noon he was summoned from the
tieid w here he was ploughing by the
blowing of a born. When he entered
the kitchen he was wholly unprepared
for the vision that greeted his eyes a
beautiful girl of eighteen or nineteen,
whom the squire grudgingly admitted
to be his daughter Alice, by way of
introduction to the new hired man.
Poor Reuben fell in love before that
first meal was over. How could he
help it? Alice Newconib was one of
the loveliest and most sensible girls In
existence, and he one of the most sus
ceptible and bashful of young fellows.
As he goaded up his oxen to renewed
ext-rtions that afternoon, the more
fully to meet with the squire's appro
val, his old visions of California gradu
ally faded from his thoughts, and were
gently superseded by new ones of the
peerless Alice Newcomb. But his
Incipient hopes were blasted a few
evenings later by the appearance ola
gaily and faahlonably-dresaed young
man, whom Alice introduced to him
as Mr. Somen.
The gentleman glanced superciliously
at the sun-browned young farmer,
without so much as deigning him a
patronizing look, such as a king might
have conferred upon a peasant without
sacrificing one shadow of his imperial
dignity.
That evening he and Alice sat np all
alone by themselves In the best room
till past eleven o'clock, while lteuben
lay awake in his little chamber above,
to all intents aud purposes, as miser
able a being at heart as could have
been found anywhere, and all for love
or a young lady of whose existence be
had no knowledge a week before.
The next morning at breakfast, the
squire, who chanced to be in excellent
spirits, rallied Alice jocosely upon the
subject of her coartshlp every ex
pression of which waa as needles to the
sensitive soul of lteuben and stated,
by way of explanation to this wounded
and silently suffering martyr, that
Ralph Somers, a young and prosperous
merchant of the town had. with bis
full sanction and approval, been paying
his addresses to Alice for a year.
"1'shaw, father, I always told you I
dIJnt care for him; and last night
when he refused to shake hands with
Reuben, as any gentleman would, I
thougkt less of him than ever. I know
of no reason why Reuben Is not as
good as he is."
Reuben's heart mercury went up
fifty degrees with the abruptness of a
sky-rocket.
"That may be all true,' said the
squire, "but you know you are engaged
to him, and this sentimental love busi
ness, which comes to young ladies of
your age as natural as pap to babies, is
all nonsense moonshine. This Is a
practical world, girl, and Ralph Somers'
father Is worth fifty thousand dollars,
it he Is worth a cent; so don't let me
hear you be so foolish as to talk auy
more about your likes aud dislikes.
Alice was silent after this, and Reu
ben's heart underwent another depres
sion. Reuben's thoughts reverted again to
California after this, and he determined
to go as soon as his tune was up.
During the seven months that en
sued. Ralph Somers came regularly
twice a week, and was always the
same overbearing or cringing creature,
that circumstances might dictate him
to be.
During all this time Reuben was en
during a perpetual torture of heart for
the furtherance of the one grand ob
jectCalifornia. Alice was very kind
to him, and with wonderful intuition
would anticipate his slightest wants,
even before he had thought proper to
make them known; and sometimes he
interpreted from her soft and eloquent
glances something deeper than the
mere impulsive action of a kindly and
generous spirit. Mill, in his daily In
tercourse with this charming and In
teresting girl, be was the same awk
ward, bashful booby he had always
been, notwithstanding we might have
expected better things of him, consider
ing the many little Innocent traps she
set for him, which he never sprung.
It was generally understood, now
that Reuben would start for California
about the middle of November, and as
the time drew near, Alice seemed less
cheerless and light-hearted than when
he first knew her. There was a lan
guor and listless absent-mindedness In
all her movements that could not fail
to attract the attention of those less
interested than Reuben.
ller father no'. Iced it, but in the
grossness ot his scheming, ambitious
nature, he attributed It to anything
but the right cause.
Hedged in by the unfavorable cir
cumstances already enumerated to
wit, bis own imaginary unworthlness,
as well as the long-understood engage
ment of Alice to another, and com
pletely absorbed by his own emotional
feelings, Reuben could not fail to have
some dim perception of the phenomena.
Still he would stubltornly persist in
attributing these appearauces of men
tal disturbance on the part of Alice to
anything rattier than the legitimate
cause, when, to speak within bounds,
she had done and said all she could,
consistent with modesty, to prove to
his dull apprehension that she loved
him.
For the last three weeks of bis stay.
Alice employed all her spare time in
reuovating and supplying new and de
sirable articles for his scanty wardrobe.
Among these necessaries were four
bleached cotton shirts, which she cut,
made, washed, starched and ironed,
with her own deft fingers, and when
the stout truax. was procured which
was to accompany him in his wander
lugs, she assisted in arranging and
packing the various articles, bo that
they would come readily to hand, and
in order, when wanted.
"Oh. Reuben." she said, when it was
all over, "this has been the hardest
task I ever performed.'
"I am sorry to have put you to so
much trouble," said innocent Reuben.
"I dare say I might have done it
alone, after a fashion, and saved you
all this; but I shall gratefully remem
ber the haud that did It whenever 1
remove the articles.'
Alice looked disappointed, and ut
tered a soft little sigh.
"Mill as cold and unimpresslble as
ice!" she mused, rather pettishly.
"Heigh-ho! I wonder what these
strong creatures are made of to be so
obtuse?"
Then she ran up to ber own room
and cried for an hour.
Then she burst out, exultingly, in
the midst of ber tears: "But he will
And it out he will understand it when
it's too late; and like the judge In
Maud Miller' he may be brought to
think, as well as I. ot of what might
of been! and, choking down a sob, she
dried her eyes hastily, and moistened
them with cologne to prevent their
showing the traces of tears.
The next morning Squire Newcomb
carried Reuben to the station. He
would have preferred Alice, but the
squire, out of the very kindest of
motives insisted on doing it. He sim
ply wrung Alice's extended hand like
any commonplace friend or acquaint
ance under such circumstances, saying
with ad the cheerfulness he could mus-
:Good-by, Alice. I bope you will
always have good luck and be happy,
and theu not to break down In the
presence of the girl he loved, be
wheeled about with military firmness
and precision, climbed into the unoccu
pied seat beside the squire, and was
whirled rapidly off to the station,
while Alice stood with her gentle head
away, half bowed, raining down show
ers of hot tears; and, without her
knowledge, still holding the tort urn ed
heart of Reuben in her keeping.
On arriving in California, he passed
through a great variety of scenes and
adventures before finding his uncle,
that would undoubtedly be interesting
to the reader did our limited space
permit of their being chronicled. Suf
fiicet to say, that he found bis uncle
after a year's search, and was aston
ished to find him sole proprietor ot a
magnificent ranch, over whose broad
and fertile acres grazed immense herds,
which were taken In droves almost
weekly to Sacramento.
He welcomed Reuben with open
arms, and before the expiration of a
week, had promised to make him his
heir, if be would give up all other
notions, and turn ranchero.
He had been twice married, but
neither of his wives had borne offspring.
It was a blessing, he said, he had long
since given over all hope of ever pos
sessing. It was essential, be further
affirmed, that some one should have
his property when he was done with it;
and who so natural and desirable as
his sister's son.
Reuben was by no means insensible
to his uncle's kindness, and he accepted
the duties of bis new situation as head
ranchero with a zeal and interest which
did him credit, and raised him im
mensely In the esteem of bis kind rela
tive. One day, about six months after his
installment at Green Valley Ranch, he
took from his trunk the last remaining
shirt of the four that the sweet, far
away Alice Newcomb (undoubtedly
Mrs. Somers now) had made him.
There was something unusually bulky
andcumtiersome about the bosom. He
examined the inside, and found a neat
pocket, four by six, carefully buttoned
at the top. It contained something
thicker and weightier than the two
thicknesses of linen of which it was
composed. He thought of Alice, thou
sands ot miles away, and unbuttoned
It with nervous fingers.
He drew forth an envelope addressed
in a dainty band the cbirography was
well remembered and perfectly fami
liar to lteuben Vance. The envelope
seemed to be pursed out. as though it
contained something more than a sheet
of note paper.
He slit the envelope with a penknife,
and drew forth the contents.
There was a single sheet of satin
note-paper, neatly folded and written
upon; and nicely packed within were
Ave live dollar notes. He stared at
them curiously, and then, to elucidate
the matter, he read the note. The
changing expression of his features
while be read showed that he was
powerfully affected. We will give it
verbatim for the benefit of the reader:
"Oakdale, Nov. 13, 18.
"Dkarest Reuben: I cannot let
you go without taking this means of
telling you how much we shall miss
you when you are gone. I suppose you
will think of us sometimes, but I
shall think of you always, night and
day. You will never be free rroui my
thoughts and prayers. They will fol
low you everywhere like a benediction.
Dear lteuben, is it unmaidenly, when
you are so far away, and we shall
probably never meet again, lor me to
confess how foolish perhaps wicked
I have been to suffer myself to love
you in secret, and without your ask
ing, when I am engaged to another. I
have struggled and fought against it
with all my weak strength, but I can
not help it. If I have erred, I know
you are too noble and generous not to
forgive me. I took the liberty to make
up your wages to two hundred dollars,
because I heard father say you had
well earned it, though he did not vol
unteer to give It. If , when you read this,
you should still have a kind remem
brance of the writer, I pray you will
deign to write to me, and inform me
where you are, and how you are getting
on. I shall be very anxious till I know
you are safe, and well and happy."
From your true and devoted friend,
"Alice Newcomb."
A mist cleared away rrom the per
ceptive vision of Reuben. The past
rose up befote him, and he now saw
everything clear for the first time.
"Noble girl!' he murmured, kissing
the letter. "What a dolt what au
idiot I was not to have seen itl And.
poor thing, she loved me all the
while, and 1 hadn't the wit to guess it,
and so we both suffered in silence."
He made a confidant of his uncle,
and he helped him to a clearer under
standing of the matter than he would
have arrived at alone.
I suppose she is married to that
jackanapes long before this," sighed
Reuben, despoudenuy.
"I don't believe a word of it," aaid
his uncle, cheerfully. "She got that'
kink in ber bead, and if she is like
most girls, she wouldn't marry anybody
till after she found out what effect her
letter would have on you. I under
stand I know all about the twists in
women. I've bad two of 'em. I
would write to her if I were you. pop the
question slap off, and make everything
as clear as mud to Squire Newcomb, as
you call him. about your situation here,
and what I am bound to do for you."
Reuben followed his advice, and
wrote:
"Grees Valley Ranch. Cal., )
"June 17, 1(4 . j
"Daelixo Alice: Allow me to
call you so, if you are not, as I fondly
hope you are not another's wife I
found your sweet aud beloved letter, so
like your dear self, In the pocket of the
bottom shirt you packed in my trunk
before I started from Oakdale. I
would bare given the world had I
known before I started what I now
know. Oh. give me the assurance that
you are still single, and that you still
love me. and I shall be transported into
the highest heaven of happiness! Give
me but that assurance, dearest, and
oceans and continents shall not long
divide us.
"I have found my uncle, and he Is
very rich. I live with blm, be likes
roe, and he says I am to inherit bis
property. But that is nothing. I
have ail that heart could desire now.
"Darling, do not delay a moment In
responding to this letter. Tell tee
everything; and if you are still single,
promise me you will come to me as
soon as possible and be my darling
wife, and the most priceless treasure of
my existence.
"Inclosed you will find a draft on
Morgan. Drexel fcJCa, Broad St., N.
Y.. for one thousand dollars. Don't
delay. I am on pins till I see or hear
from yen. Address Sacramento,
Yours, most truly, devotedly, lov
ingly, Reuben Vance.
Six weeks later came the wished-for
answer to the above. It was all that
Reuben could hope or desire:
Oakdale. July 31, 18 .
"DnABEdT Reuben: Kindest and
best of friends. Your sweet letter hai
made poor papa and myself the twe
happiest persons in existence. Fooi
papa has met with some sad reverse:
since you went away; and, oh! it hi
seemed so long since you left. Some
times I feared you were dead, or had
forgotten us. But 1 was trying to tel
you of papa's troubles. About a yea;
ago our house and barn were burned,
with all our hay and nearly all obi
stock; aud what made it still more de
plorable, the Insurance policy had ex
pired two days before the burning. Af
you will see, it nearly ruined us, and
to add to the weight of our cares and
troubles, poor papa was stricken dowr.
almost immediately after with a para
lytic shock, by which he lost the use of
his right arm and side. He sold hi:
land after that, and we moved into the
village, where I have since been en
gaged as a teacher In one of the prliV
ary schools. Ralph Somers, our sum
mer friend, deserted us the moment h
was informed of the extent of our re
verses, and has since married ten thou
sand dollars and a fat widow or thirty,
you could not have rejoiced more
heartily than 1 did, dearest Reuben
over my emancipation. This is all J
have to tell you till I see you, except
that I love you as well, and better thar
ever, if that were possicle. We shall
start for California on August IS. sc
you may expect, if nothing happens, to
see us in California a week after yon
receive this. So now, dearest darling,
good-bv. "Alice Newcomb." :
Reuben was almost delirious with
joy and the uncle was scarcely lea
pleased.
Alice and her father arrived in Sac
ramento in due time, and were met on
the train by lteuben and his uncle. The
travelers spent a few days at the chief
hotel; and then, when the necessary
preliminaries could be arranged the
folding doors of the main parlor were
thrown open, and sweet Alice New
comb and 'Reuben Vance were duly
married in the presence of a large
number of interested witnesses. Tuc
married couple went to San Francisco,
and after an agreeable sojourn of a few
weeks in the gay metropolis, the happy
bridal party started for their pleasant
home at Green Valley Ranch, where
they safely arrived in the best of health
and spirits.
When Reuben found an opportunity
to ask his uncle bow he liked Alice, hte
characteristic reply was:
"She's an angel, my boy. If there
ever was one that wore petticoats; and
the squire; he's a good fellow, if he Is
paralyzed."
THE FlItST VOLU.VIEEir.
That Distinction Claimed by a Bum I
ne Mao of Minneapolis.
Only among a few friends, those who
are acquainted with the fact, are there
any who will point to a tall man with a
military bearing who goes quietly to
and fro about his business in the city
as the man to whom belongs the honoi
ot haing Um Am T.lnnl8. n -
Union Army. This man is Josias 11.
King, whom his friends call Colonel
King, and be is engaged in business in
the Temple Court. He lives in St.
l'aul, and every day be passes between
the two cities upon the routine of his
dally business.
The circumstances under which this
bit of history was made are these: "At
exactly 4.30 o'clock Sunday morning,
April 14, 1SC1, the first shot was fired
rrom the battlements of old Fort
Moultrie, across the bay upon Fort
Sumter. When the news reached
Washington Governor Ramsey, of Min
nesota, was in consultation with Simon
Cameron, who was at that time Secre
tary of War In the cabinet of President
Lincoln. There was some talk of a
call for troops, and Governor Ramsey
then and there, without any further
hesitation, made a tender of one thou
sand Minnesota men to suppress the
rebellion. He walked immediately to
the White House, saw the President,
the troops were accepted, and Governor
Ramsey telegraphed Immediately to
Ignatius Donnelly, who was then Lieutenant-Governor,
telling him what he
had done and requesting him to take
some measures to secure volunteers.
It was on Sunday that the news
reached Washington that Sumter bad
been fired on. It spread like wildfire
all over the country, and the next day
President Lincoln issued a call for
75,000 men.
Upon the very night that the tele
gram from Governor Rimsey reached
Lieutenant-Governor Donnelly, there
was a meeting of the old "Pioneer
Guard" in St. Paul, at that time the
only militia company in the State. The
old armory opposite the Pioneer Press
office is a familiar land-mark to many
an old settler. Then, in the third
story of the old stone building, the
meetings of the Pioneer G uards were
held.
At the gathering of the guard that
night the telegram was read and volun
teers were called for. The first man to
step out of the ranks in response to the
call was Josias R. King, and about his
tall, commanding form the remainder
of the little company gathered, one by
one, and placed their names upon the
muster-roll.
At the bead ot the list was the name
of Mr. King, the first volunteer ot the
first company, of the first regiment, of
first body of troops that responded to
the call of their country in the great
struggle ot the rebellion.
Mr. King was made first sergeant of
Company A, the first company that
was formed in the first Minnesota regi
ment, and during the three years' ser
vice of this company he rose through
the successive grades to the honorable
post of Captain, which be held until
the regiment was mustered out at Fort
Snelling in May, 18o4. After that he
did some Indian fighting under Gen
eral Scully, and In 1808 was placed in
charge of a regiment taken from the
prison pens of Rock Island to fight the
Indians in Kansas.
Opinions of a Chinese Merchant.
An expensively dressed man was at
the Union Deiot in Pittsburg the other
day. lie was Law Joy Sun, a wealthy
Chinese merchant of San Francisco,
and was en route to the national capital
to confer with the Chinese minister.
His clothes were a combination of
silks, satins and lace, and five large
diamonds were Bubstited for buttons on
his outer garments. When a reporter 1
met him he said he thought the act or
congress prohibiting Chinese emigra-
tion was as beneficial as it was wise
and hoped it would be rigidly enforced. '
He thinks a law is needed making the
use of opium a criminal act. He said, j
as a rule, the worst elements among
bis countrymen emigrated to America.
If the better class would come they
would make good citizens.
The Yellow Fan; or. Making a Cnau.ce
Acquaintance.
"You are not going to take that
horrible yellow fan on your journey?"
asked Tom Calhoun, as lie saw his
sister off at the train. "'It makes you
look conspicuous."
"Never mind, Tom; I like it. It's
a Japanese curio and cost a good deal
of money,' tossing her pretty head.
Her brother took it from ber grave
ly and wrote ber name in full on one
of the sticks.
"Dorothy Grant Calhoun, Lyndhani-on-the-Aix."
"There," be said, handing It back.
"I have marked the precious thing so
you cant possibly lose It," with a
grimace, and in a few moments they
parted.
A young man who occupied the
same seat vvith Dorothy on the journey,
felt a great desire to make ber ac
quaintance. As his eyes fell on the
Inscription on the yellow fan be saw
bow he might without much trouble
make her acquaintance.
"Excuse me," be said, "But I
think I have the honor of being a
classmate of a relative of yours at Am
herst College."
'Oh, my brother! You must have
recognized his writing on this fan.'
"I fancy so;" the young fellow
fibbed quite boldly. "Excuse me, my
name Is Russell. I live at Lynn . Tom
will tell you all about me. 1 bad no
idea when 1 sat down here that you
were his sister. It is so pleasant to
meet some one in the train It is such
a long stupid ride down to the Point.
You are going there, I suppose."
"Yea," Dot assented quite grac
iously. "My aunt, Mrs. Seymour, has
a cottage there."
"How very pleasant!" Russell mur
mured, and conversation then pro
ceeded quite easily.
There was nothing more natural
than that Dot siould recognize him
after that on the beach, and that
when ber aunt asked who be was she
should say discreetly:
"A classmate of Tom Mr. Russell."
"Why don't you have him up to
call?" Mrs. Seymour inquired, being
anxious ber niece should have a nice
time.
So Dot invited him.
After that the Point ceased to be the
dull place they had both thought it.
A month of boating and strolling to
gether had worked such a spell of
pleasure over them that Mrs. Sey
mour, in a fit of growing anxiety, sat
down and wrote to Tom:
"Dorothy has met one ot your old
classmates here a Mr. Russell who
pays her such marked devotion that It
has become necessary tor me to find
out what bis prospects are. I have al
ready learned something of his family
they are the Russells, of Lynn; but
some of that family are rich and some
are poor, and I cannot find out where
this young fellow comes in. What do
you know aWout blm?
Tom did not answer this letter by
r- fc U - aown to th rnlnt In
person, very much wrought up.
"Dorothy," he said sternly, "where
is this fellow Russell? There is no
such man in our class. He is some
adventurer who has taken you in. 1
am astonished that you encouraged
him. Why didn't you ask me about
him?"
"He said he knew you," Dorothy
faltered.
"He lied!" was Tom's brusque re
joinder "and I'll tell blm so."
"Dorothy Calhoun, I did tbinK
you were old enough to travel alone."
"So I am!" she cried.
And then, without explaining her
self, she suddenly left him, dashing
round the piazza and down the beach
beyond Tom's line of vision, where a
tall, good-looking fellow, in a yacht
ing suit, was coming towards the
bouse.
"Why, Dorothy!" he exclaimed,
holding out bis band with a bright,
fond smile. "I was just coming up
after you."
"Don't speak to me?" she cried pas
sionately. "You told me a big story.
George Russell. You don't kuow my
brother Tom at all, and and you
have been deceiving me from the very
first. Ob, bow could you do such a
thing? I'll never, never forgive you,"
Russell's fine face grew suddenly
grave.
"Darling,"' he said quietly, "come
and sit down here."
"Dont call me that!" Dot retorted,
stamping her foot. "Oh, to think
that I I Don't you ever dare to say
that again."
"Dorothy," he went on gravely, "it
is quite true that I do not know your
brother. I graduated from Amherst
College last year, and he is only a
freshman; consequently he never
beard of rue."
"But you said be was your class
mate. You you lied about it."
"No; excuse me; I did not. If you
will remember my exact words, I did
not say that I merely implied it. Per
haps that is just as bad, tor I ac
knowledge I did it with the intent to
deceive you. But I did not think then
our acquaintance would ripen as It has
done. I was off for a frolic; I saw
you, and I took a desperate fancy to
you from the first. It was the name on
your fan that first put the idea into
my head."
"You ought to be sorry," she said
sternly, "I never want to see you
again. Oh.George, there comes Tom 1"
The next instant she had decamped,
and Russell rose to meet her brother,
who came up in a towering rage.
"Is your name Russell?" Tom said
angrily.
"It is, sir; and," he made a sign
which worked like a charm on Tom's
manner, for it showed they were fel
lows of the same society. "I believe I
owe you an explanation."
He made It then and there like a
man.
"I acknowledge that I did wrong,"
Russell concluded; but you would do
the same If you were off for a lark."
"Confound your impudence!" Tom
muttered. "The best thing you can
do is to get out of this; and you'd
better go quickly."
' Come now, Mr. Calhoun," said
Russell. "I am sorry, upon my honor.
I I love your sister, ana I intend to
ask your father"
"How dare you think of such a
thing?" Tom shouted.
"Because," itussell replied with
sudden dignity, "my ramily Is quite
equal to yours, Mr. Calhoun. More
over, I am not a beggar. You proba
bly know my uncle. George Chester, of
the Vulcan Iron Works. I am the
junior partner there."
Tom gasped.
The Vulcan Iron Works were ownnd
by the richest and most honorable
men in that section of the country.
"That may be, be said lamely.
"But why on earth did you go about
the thing in such an underhanded
way?''
Russell smiled.
"Come and see me," he said, hold
ing out bis hand.
And Tom took it, though not with
out a sheepish look.
He tried to say something, but Rus
sell wrung bis hand warmly and hurried
off. It took Tom some time to get
back to the liouee, for, to use his own
phrase, he was 'all broken up."
When be did get there bis aunt
rushed out and seized him with a
breathless exclamation.
"Tom!" she cried, "the Rev. Mr.
Vanderpool has come, and he knows
Mr. Russell welL He says be is
worth three millions, and, Tom see
here!"
She drew him to one corner of the
piazza, where they could peep through
the vines into a little summer-house
near by.
Dorothy was there, mopping away
some perverse tears on George Russell's
shoulder.
"Well," Tom said, resignedly, "I
wash my hands of them."
How Mirrors are Made.
One of the factories in Chicago em
ploys 150 men and boys, and Its spac
ious four floors present an interesting
series of sights to visitors whose nerves
are steel and tympani proof against
splitting. On the first floor he will see
huge stacks and piles of glass in as
sorted sizes ranging from sixteen feet
by seven feet square down to the
smallest ovals for mirrors. These are
all polished, some being run over by
huge felt-covered wheels kept pow
dered with rouge, and the larger
sheets scrubbed by sweating tollers
with hand blocks covered with like a
printer's proof planer in rouge. After
the glass is thoroughly polished it is
taken up to the next floor, where it is
laid on tables and cut into the sizes
ordered. It then passes Into the hands
of the bevellers, who, with sand and
water and large grindstones, artisti
cally finish the edges of the glass. It
takes a trip upward again, to another
floor, and is once more put through a
polishing process, to remove any
scratches or blemishes that may be on
the glass. After every spot or scratch,
no matter how minute, has been re
moved, careful Lands convey the now
beautiful and sparkling glass to the
room where it goes through the final
process, the silvering. Huge tables ot
cast iron or stone made like billiard
tables, with raised edges, are used in
the silvering-room. These tables are
of great strength and solidity, and all
around the edge is a drain, for the
superfluous mercury is poured over the
tables in quantities sufficient to float
the glass, which, arter baiug tinfoiled,
is gently aud caretully pushed across
the table containing the mercury.
Great care must be used to preveut
blemishes, the least specK of dust be
ing ruinous to the mirror. Mercury,
like molten lend, is always covered with
a dirty-looking scum which can not be
removed by skimming. The least bit
of this scum would spoil the mirror,
so the difficulty Is obviated by shoving
the scum along the edge of the glass.
After suecessfullly floating the glass
ou the mercury, a woolen cloth is
spread over the whole surface and
square iron weights are applied uutil
the whole presents a compact mass of
iron, two or three pounds to the
square inch. After this pressure lias
been confined ten or twelve hours the
weights are removed and the glass
placed upon another table of wood with
slightly inclined top. The inclination
is gradually increased until the una
malgamated quicksilver has drained
away and only the perfect amalga
mated remains, coating the glass and
perfectly adherent. This ends the
process, and the erstwhile rough piece
of glass emerges from the tilverlng
room a gorgeous mirror.
CncartliinK Huricil Walnut Timl'or.
The bistorio earthquake of 1614
effected many changes in the earth's
surface in this part of the country.
Iteelsfoot lake, the popular resort of
duck hunters and fishermen, was
formed by the earthquake. A most
peculiar result happened when the lake
was made by the depression of laud.
The region was covered with an abun
dant growth of fine walnut timber,
much of which was buried under tha
surface of the water. In due time
timber speculators made their appear
ance and cleared away all the walnut
forests, converting the trees into profit
able lumber.
No ono thought of ti e immense
quantities of walnut timber imbedded
in the mud of Iteelsfoot lake until a
short time ago, wheu a shrewd specu
lator thought that a fortune was
awaiting the man who could recover
the buried treasure. He formed a
company, which built dredging boats
and placed them on the lake. The re
sult was that valuable timber deposits
were recovered in large quantities, and
the work is going ou yet. The com
pany is getting rich, aud lias not half
exhausted the buried walnut trees.
The timber is sold to lumbermen at
high prices, and is of a superior qualitv
of walnut, the trees being large aud
souud. The timber lies in the loose
mun under the shallow water, and is
not difficult to drag ashore. It has
been protected for years from the cor
roding influences of the air, and has
never rotted. Toe buried trees are as
sound as when the earthquake buried
them in 1814.
Yellow Fever Never Twii.-e Alike.
It Is a well-known fact that the
character of the fever is different in
different years. A remedy that
answers admirably one year will not
answer at all another year. The doc
tors of every city that suffers from yel
low fever have their experiences with
the fever to tell, and, the thing
which troubles them the most is that
the treatment which appeared to be so
satisfactory in one epidemic produced
the most disastrous results in another.
It is said that a Florida physician who
made a great reputation as a yellow
fever doctor in 1807 administered only
whisky in large doses to his patients.
For the next epidemic, however,
whisky acted as a deadly poison.
There Is no doubt that other fevers
whick prevail during an epidemic as
sume the yellow fever type and pass
for that disease. In the epidemic of
1S73, in New Orleans, some of the
most experienced of the physicians in
sisted that in some parts of the city the
prevailing disease was not the yellow
fever at all, but similar to it, which
they called pernicious fever. It was as
fatal as yellow fever, however, and
much more difficult to treat successfully.
THEATRE ACDIEXCF.S.
How Tbey Differ in Character on Cer
tain Nijchta.
Probably few theatre goers realize,
as do the theatrical managers, that
there are in Boston six distinct audi
ences of amusement seekers, and that
they have special nights upon which
tbey attend theatres. So marked are
the audiences on different nights of
the week that one manager has a name
for each night, which be has given to
it mainly on account of the character
of the audience which be expects on
that day to see in his bouse. For in
stance, Monday is lithograph night;
Tuesday, deciding night, or assistant
critics' night; Wednesday, train night;
Thursday, "night out;" Friday, society
night; Saturday, everybody's night.
Asked to give his reasons for thus
naming the nights, be said: "Oa Mon
day, unless there has been a large ad
vance sale or the indications are that
there will be a good sized audience
drawn by the siiecial merit of the per
formances, we give out what are known
as lithograph tickets. These entitle
the holder to admission to the theatre
in return for the privilege he has given
us of hanging in his shop window or
in his store our lithographs and small
bills, or, perhaps, are for the use of a
bill board in a good location.
"It is on Monday evening, usually,
that the theatres change their bills, aud
so the opposition on that night is gen
erally felt more than on any other, and
ir there is room it is desirable to pay
off the lithograph or advertising debts
on that night In preference to any
other. There are more ot these tickets
issued than managers would care to
acknowledge, and they are generally
well represented on Monday night, aud
so I call that night 'lithograph night.'
Of course, on Monday we get the regu
lar critics and the first nlghters, who
are always on haud to pass judgment
on every new actor or play, but the
dead-head is plentiful on that night,
and I recognize him In my nomencla
ture. "On Tuesday night we can gen
erally tell from the receipts how the
business is going to be for the week.
If the house Is larger in money than it
was ou Monday, we assume that the
periormance has pleased the public,
aud has beeu well spoken of, and that
the receipts will increase nightly for
the rest of the week. Therefore I call
it 'deciding night,' as it generally de
cides the business. On that night, too,
we get those who never attend theatre
until they have read their favorite
daily paper, and learned the opinion of
the newspaper critic concerning the
play and players. These are the assist
ant critics, and tbey are influential as
a class. Wednesday night is 'train
night,' because on that night the late
trains especially designed for theatie
parties were run and brought into the
city theatres crowds of ersons living
in the surrounding towns. This name
is not so pertinent as it used to be, as
now on nearly all the roads out of the
city there are trains run late enough to
permit of out of town people visiting
the theatre, and reaching home at a
fairly reasonable hour.
"Why do 1 call Thurslay night out
night? Well, I do not want to dis
parage Thursday night, for we get a
strangely mixed audience on that
night, but we are always cei
tain to have a large contingent of ser
vants on that eveuing, as that, by some
unwritten law, seems to be the evening
when the 'help' have their night out.
The upier tiers are always well filled
on Thursday eveuing by stout, healthy
looking young girls, accomnanied by
their sweethearts, and I U II you they
make a splendid audience for the ordi
nary attraction, as the Illusions or the
stage are to them realities. An actress
who cannot make them cry or a com
edian who cannot make them laugh
should speedily retire from the business.
On Friday we exoect to we the more
fashionable personages, as on that day,
for superstitious reasoi.s or for other
reasons, there are fewer wedding re
ceptions, balls and social events than
on any other night of the week. On
Friday night we also exect to see a
great many of our Hebrew patrons,
more than on any other night of the
week, although they aie great theatie
goers, and are found in goodly numbers
on every night.
"Saturday night is the best night of
the wwk fur many reasons, and the
audience is more mixed on that even
ing than on any other of the week.
The gallery Is full of working people
who have been paid their week's wages
and are seeking enjoyment; the cleiks
and shopkeepers are there with thr ii
sweethearts and wives, knowing that
they can rest on Sunday, and the front
rows are full of Harvard students,
more especially if there are heathen
goldesses ou the stage. The nearer
the representatives of the heathen god
desses approach the originals in form
and raiment, the nearer the student
get to the stage. You mustn't rsk me
why this is. I only state facts. An
experienced theatrical man. acquuiuted
with the city, could tell you what
night of the week it was by just look
ing at the audieuce, if he had no other
means of knowing."
Let C Work Karnent!y.
The true laborer Is not only worthy
of bis hire, but in one sense, certain of
his wages; the higher wages which the
Great Master has not placed at the dn
posal of man, or in the control of the
capitalist; the sure and sweet reward
for which all earnest souls would strive,
were there no such a thing as moue;
returns for toll.
For real singers must sing, real
preachers preach, true painters paint,
and geniuses or all kinds, labor for the
subtle satisfaction that the work itself
affords. For to them
"Xo endeavor is In vain.
Its reward U Intheduinir:
And tbe rapture of purHumjf,
la tbe pnxe the vanquished gain."
! But for those who work is weariness
Instead of rapture, there Is also a great
reward, for the acquired habits of one
generation often become the natural
traits of the next. And thus, each
noble deed is crowned with Immortal
ity. mm
'. The desire of fame betrays an ambi
tious man into indecencies that lessen
his reputation; be is still afraid lest any
of his actions should be thrown away in
private.
History Professor Mr. Litel
branes, how did Cussar die?
Mr. Litelbranes Oh er, too many
Roman punches, I believe.
A peculiar case of nervousness is
that of a lady in South Troy, N. Y.,
whose attacks, it Is said, usually ter
minate with tbe dislocation of ber jaw.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
nis Holiness the Pope received
during the jubilee 11,000 pairs of
slippers.
There are 105,000 locomotives in
the world, representing 3,000,000 hors
power.
Tbe first relijious newspaper pub
lished in America was issued In Ohio,
and called The Itecorder.
President Cleveland will lay the
corner-stone or the new library build
ing at Cornell University in June,
Awful floods in Germany have
caused death and destruction this
spring. NeArly a hundred villages have
been submerged.
A Chicago newspaper makes the
statement that a railroad train arrives
or departs from that ci'.y every minute
of the day.
A distinguished negro belle of Port
au Prince, Hayli. has married a brother
of William I'.lack, the novelist. Per
haps the name attracted her.
Mrs. Patti Lyle Collins, employed
in the "dead letter" office at Washing
ton, reads almost every known lau
gurge except Russian and Chinese.
Conde condutted a memorable
campaign at seventeen, and at twenty
two he and Turenne, also, were of the
most illustrious men of their time.
Royalty has its drawbacks. Prin
cess Louise of Ixirne is just 4 ), and
can't iass herself off as 30 .for the Tact is
recorded in all the English almanacs.
Webster was in c liege at fifteen,
gave earnest of his great future be
fore he was twenty-live, and at thirty
was the peer of the ablest men In Con
gress. '
The choirs of the Church of Eng
land include 154,ihjo voluntary aud
19,000 paid male xiutrers, and 75.UIO
voluntary aud 2,100 paid female
singers.
The present natiotial bank system
jf the United States was organized
February 25, ISiWI, to give uniformity
to the paper currency aud the banking
laws of the country.
The House of Representatives is
eonstftuted of H2o members from
thirty-eight States, aud two delegates
from each territory. The latter have
no voting power or places on commit
tees. Only ono civilian out of the ITesl
dents of this country gained his first
election arter he was sixty, and that
one was James Buchanan. The chance
for Presidency after sixty is small aud
growing less.
There is a concert in New York
which employs girls to crack and pick
nuts, the kernels of which are sold to
confectioners. The shells are sold to
be ground up and used iu the manu
facture of f pices.
Near the town of Soleure, in Swit
zerland, a bird's nest was recently
found which was constructed entirely
of the Imperfect watch springs thrown
out from the workshops. It has beeu
deposited in the local museum.
Of the sixty-6ix savings banks in
New Hampshire, it ts reorted that
tweuty-two of them paid )a.st year 5
per cent., the highest ordinary dividend
allowed by law; six paid 4k, thirty-five
paid 4, one paid 3j, one paid o, and one
paid 2.
Spencer, Mass., has public-spirited
sitizens. The other day one of them
ave 14 acres of laud for a public park,
Another ?ave f l'l,u,KJ for a high sahool
and another gave tJo.OUU for a public
library.
William Titt entered the univer
sity at fourteen, was Chancellor of the
Exchequer at twenty-two, Pnnie Min
ister at twenty-four, and so continued
for twenty years; and at thirty-nve
was the most ioweiful uncrowned
head in Euioje.
Iexingtou (Miss.) lias three femi
nine residents who play an important
part lraeeping the town In communi
cation with ttie rest or the world. One
of the ladies aforesaid is postmistress,
another express agent, and the third
has charge of the telegraph ollice.
M. Clievreul, the French centena
rlan chemist (who will lie 10J years
old If he lives till next August), is said
by a writer who recently visited h!m,
to look scarcely more than 80 years or
age, and to be as gentle, eveu-tenieied
and self-controlled as ever.
Hamilton was in King's College at
sixteen; when seventeen he made a no
table address on public affairs to the
citizeus of New York; at twenty he
was Intrusted with a most iuqiortaut
mission to General Gates; was in Con
gress at twenty-live, and Secretary of
the Treasury at thirty-two.
The infant daughter or Prince
Beatrice and Prince Henry of Batten
berg was curisteued with water from
the Jordan river, a bottle having been
secured for that puriose by Rev. C. M.
Owen, of Birmingham.
The Captain of the British ship
City of Madrid, which arrived lately
at San Francisco, reorted that when
off the Patagouian coast, during strong
westerly winds, butterflies were blowu
aboard the vessel at a distance of 1M
miles from land.
Mrs. Cleveland has been studying
French under the tutelage of a French
woman who lives near the Executive
Mansion, aud has made such good prog
ress that she can uovv, it is stated, read
and write quite fluently in ti,e court"
language, and thus piove chanu:ng in
an additional tongue.
Mrs. Hetty Greene, thu richest
woman in America, was boru in Nan
tucket, Mass., and her father was a sea
captain. She Is a queer character and
has been more written about than al
most any other woman in America.
She is worth !40,0.w,ojo.
It is said that the smallest child
in the world belongs to a Maine
family. A local pa(er cUimi this
honor Tor Millard Fillmore Brown, sou
of Nathan Brown, who formerly lived
in Prospect. The child has l-eri on
exhibition in Boston lately. At the
time of his birth he weighed twenty
ounces, and at the present tune he Is
about three months old aud weighs
twenty-tLree ounces aud is eleveu
inches tall. His foot is one Inch in
length, and one inch spans his wrist.
On one occasion Charles Dickens
came up to the late Mrs. Proctor and
invited her to be present at an ama
teur performance which his children
were arranging with their friends at
his bouse In Tavistock Square. Her
reply was: "Mr. li.ckens. my charge
for witnessing amateur theatricals is
five shillings, and five shillings extra
if I am expected to applaud."
Dickens looked vexed and turned ou
bis heeL She did not go tuthe iaity nor
was she expected.
In
5 :
V-
Ir
!
i.
i
5 K,