null gieilsia jmlk nil t vr: V - V SCHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION-THE UNION-AND ;THE ENFORCEMEXT OF THE LAWS. Editor and. Proprietor. VOL. XLTI. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. JENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 30, 1SSS. NO. 23. H. F. The Lily Wresfh. Toward the itrMm a llttls maid Sow trip mrrusa the lea, Xmd who to-day ao blithe and gay And Uijnt of heart aa she? As on ahe apMila, ahe laugh and sings. An J Joy iivrradcs her song. Wbl.e birds nuy to trill ber lay Tho trembling reeds among. Sha cnmH to ftearcn the streamlet's bed Fur lilies white as enow, A wreath to twine, that ahe may shins Wherever ahe may go. For she's to-day the Queen of May, A sovereign of renown, Au.l 'ti rncUimed that all so famed Should wear a dainty crown. She weave, the flow'rets one by one, A zone of beauty grows. Ami proud la ahe that majesty 1a hers where'er ahe goes. An. Ti the Tillage green ahe near. Where atamla the May-pole tall. An.l every tongue, of old aid young. Proclaims her queen of alL But aoon thoae flow'rets fade and die, Aud droop athwart her brow; Her quevnly pomp 'mid dance and romp ll:is goue forever rtow, "A'.-ial" ahe cries, "1 see full well Ttiat pride ia but a dream; It feme and fades for little maids. Like Ulie of the stream." 1'OrOFF'S J0U1LNEY. 'Well, what tnink you of my pro ject, my little dove?" "Tomfoolery," retorted the "little dove," without raising her eyes from the "Life or the Saints," in which sh seamed to be absorbed. But 1 shall only be absent ten days la all, my little soul four to go, four to return and ' "Oil. be quler," said the "little soul" with a scant courtesy. "You seem to take me for an idiot. I know your reason for wishing to meander off into foreun lands; you waut to go on a carouse to have a good time. Don't tell me you don't. I'm ashamed of ymi Drink your tea and let me alone.". Hereupon the "little soul" plunged still deeper into her favorite work. The aUve conversation occurred one fine Sunday at Moscow between Vas stll Iwanovitch Popoff, a middle class "notable" and merchant, and bis wife. Avdotia lwanowne. The worthy couple wt sitting after mass at a table, on which stood a gigantic "samo var" puflluif out jets of vapor. For the ten years preceding Mm same con versation, slightly varied, bad occurred as regular as Sunday bad come around, that being the only day of the week that the ropoff's were able to see much of each other on account of the encroachment of business cares, on the other days the husband going to bis office promptly at 7 in the morning, and not returning until evening. Avdotia lwanowne was a dark little woman, strongly resembling a withered olive, with sharp features and abrupt In her movements. Her shrill voice made her servants tremble and cut her husband's long speeches very short. The latter was a large, tall man, with fat cheeks, a heavy beatd and eyes that were constantly winking. lie was as timid as l.e was big, aud obeyed his wife as implicitly as one of the enor mous barges that are sometimes seen i'Q the river is responsive to the slight est motion of thei little snorting tug that is towing it along. Apparently they were the matrimonial comple ments of each other, for they lived In this way for twenty years, during which time not a single cloud had arisen above the family horizon. For the past ten years, however, an Idea had gradually Invaded the cir cumscribed brain of Vassili Iwano vitch, and hail at last taken complete possession of that organ. lie wanted to see Paris. The nar ratives of his friends regarding the wonders of that astonishing city, which they had visited either on business or pleasure, haunted him with the pertl nacity of an oft recurring dream, and l.al Dually aroused In him anunsatiable curiosity that he was unable, even if he wished, to allay. fie had bought a "Guide to Tarls," which he read secretly at his ware house, and became so absorbed and absent minded during its perusal that he made the most absurd mistakes. Not only did he give his clerks wrong directions when under the influence of his Gallic mams, but one day, when a customer had asked him for the ad dress of a merchant in St. Petersburg, lie actually replied, "Flace de la Con corde." Avdotia lwanowne, like a good wife, did all she could to dispel what she called her husband's "madness." She kept her "ueuvaines;" burned candles before the miracle working Virgin of Tvers Kaya; consulted three celebrated fortune tellers of the city; made a pil grimage to the convent of Troitza, not far from Moscow; prayed, threatened to do many terrible things, but did nothing. With the dogged determination of weak natures, Vassili Iwanovitch maintained a stoical silence when as sailed by his wife's reproaches; but as soon as the violence of the storm was Kpent he would hazard a few timid ol nervations on the general subject. The Journey, he would urge, might be the means of opening up relations t!i France Tor his business. The treat exhibition that was about to take I'i.u-e would give him Information re gard ng a numlier of matters concern ing which he was profoundly ignorant; ru.ht. in fact, teach him much as to niai.y industries, etc Weary ef discussion, Avdotia lwan owne had ended by turning a deaf ear to all her husband's references to the uuwelcome subject a policy that caused the confiding Vassili, compelled to make a conlidant of some one, to pour out the fullness of his heart Into ti e bosom of his old servant, Anis sime. Ti e day following that on which the above conversation occurred, that is to say, on Monday, an unprecedented event took pl.ice in the Popof house hold. Contrary to the custom of years, Vassili Iwanovitch came rushing home at noon, flushed with excitement, out of breath, his face covered with perspiration, and holding an open letter la Lis hand. "Here, read this; It has Just come!" he shouted, as he caught sight of his better halt. The poor woman gazed at him In amazement and alarm. She believed her husband had become sud denly insane. The letter bore a foreign stamp, and mas crouched in the following terms: "Sir The numerous orders that we re constantly receiving from Russia for our new sewing machine, 'The L;htnlng,' have caused us to decide to, open an agency at Moscow. Our from your empire foot np from , 0 to 6,0b0 machines annually. "Having consulted tho American 1 consul In your city, he has mentioned yon as being one of the most honorable representatives of Moscovite commerce, and therefore the best adapted to fill the position of agent for our Incom parable Invention. "We therefore ask you to accept the agency and a commission of 10 per cent, on all sales, which would result In aa annual profit of no less than from 200.000 to 300,000 francs, "That there should be no misunder standing a personal interview is de sirable. Our Mr. Spark will be at the Hotel da Louvre until June 25th. after which date he will return to New York. "We have the honor to remain your ooeaieni servants, William Spare & Co. P. S. If wo do not bear from yon prior to u zdtn we shall conclude arrangements with another Moscow bouse that is awaiting our answer." Avdotia lwanowne read the tetter several times attentively, while her husband watched the expression of her race with intense anxiety. To his profound astonishment, after a short silence Avdotia lwanowne remarked in her calmest tones. "You must go, and should leave at once, for to-day is the 18th. and " "Four days to go and " interrupted Vassili Iwanovitch, as though he were repeating some lesson learned by note "Make haste and pack your trunks. ana aon't waste time in talking non sense. said his wife sternly. lie did not wait to near the conclu sion of the admonition, but hurried to his room to prepare for the long wished for Journey. The necessary arrangements were soon made. At the last moment Avdo tia lwanowne hung around her bos- band's neck a ribbon from which was suspended a little image that had been blessed by the priest, aud embraced him with many tears, for it was their first separation since their marriage, and the little woman, though abrupt In man ner, bad still a warm and kindly heart In her breast. She deluged her spouse with advice and cautions. He must avoid draughts of air, and must be especially careful not to run to excess In either eating or drinking. "You will find some excellent prune brandy in your bag that I made twelve years ago." were her last words at the station. "If you have any stomach trouble take oue glass, but no more. Avoid foreign brandy. I am told it is made from sea water ani fish. "Oh, are you sure you've got your flannel waistcoasts? Don't fail to come back as soon as possible. 1 shall ex pect you on the 30th. Until then I shall keep praying for you to the Uoly Virgin." Here she paused to wipe away a tear. "And be sure not to spend moie money than you have taken with you. IX) at forget me over yonder among those pagans. "And ou too, Anisslme." she con tinued, turning to the old servant. mind you don't leave your master for an instant, and should you be attacked by brigands, remember it is your duty to sacrifice your life to save bis. Do you understand mer" - 4-Ile calm, Avdotia lwanowne," re plied the old man. "Heaven is merci ful; we shall return safe and sound." Vassili Iwanovitch, affected by the many proofs of his wife's affection. stammered out a few incoherent words, and burst Into tear?, to the great astonishment of the other travelers. Our two Muscovites made the jour ney to Paris without accident, arriving there at 11 p. m. on the 23J. From Berlin Popoff had telegraphed William Spark that he would see him the next day. At the Garedu Jordan Interpreter got them a carriage, that in due course deposited them in the Immense court yard of the Hotel du Louvre, which. large as It seemed, was filled with vociferating travelers and their lug gage. In the midst of the tumult Popon: and Anissime by expressive gestures succeeded in explaining to the hotel people that they were in want of rooms. After some trouble they were ushered into an elevator and carried to the sixth story with a rapidity that caused poor Anisslme to cry out in fright. He believed that he was being carried off by the spirit of evil. Vassili Iwanovitch. scarcely less per turbed than bis humble companion, not at all sorry to get out of the flying machine. They then went along the corridor, as they had been directed there happening to be no servant disen gaged at the moment to show the way and pushing open a door that closed again of Its own accord, they found themselves in utter darkness. As Vas sili Iwanovitch stumbled against a bed, and not being acquainted with the customs of Parts hotels, be undressed himself by the sense of feeling, and. nearly dead with fatigue from his long journey, tumbled In and was sooa asleep. How much time had elapsed since that moment? Mystery of mysteries! Vassili Iwanovitch first opened one eye. then the other, and said, with a yawn: "Art thou asleep, Anissime?'' "No, Vassili Iwanovitch," replied the faithful valet. "Hast thou been awake long?" "I know not, Vassili Iwanovitch." "Since It is still night, let us try to get more sleep, Anissime." Silence reigned again. Popoff, who had been following his own advice, was awakened by the falling of a piece of furniture. "Is it thou, Anissime?" he cried. It is I. Vassili Iwanovitch," replied the servant. "I have been feeling my way around the room, and have found a window. I looked out, but it is still as black as your hat outside." "Well, let us sleep again then; it seems to me that the nights are of an extraordlnray length ia this latitude." Another relapse into the arms of the sleepy god when Vassili Iwanovitch was suddenly brought to his senses by a very decided and not very agreeable feeling of cramps in his stomach. "Anissime," he exclaimed, "knowest thou that I am terribly hungry T Look again through the window and see whether there are yet any signs of the "I. too, am hungry. Vassili Iwano vitch. but it is still night. However one thing surprises me greatly, uut slde the window there is a most over powering smell of cheese." ... Cheese? We must have been lodged over a creamery, then, Anisslme. I wish we could get down to It, but .there Is no chance of Its being open at this h"I am afraid not, Vassili Iwano vitch." , . .. Meantime the pain gnawing at too vitals of the travelers had increased in intensity. Whewl What a spasm. The Spar tan boy himself never suffered agony equal to this. "Anissime! Anissime!" shouted the nnfoitunate Popoff, unable longer to disregard his physical tortures. "I believe I have the cholera. Thou must And the door." The two travelers began to call for help, pounded on the walls, and de meaned themselves more like lunatics escaped from La Salpetiere than like ordinary lodges in a first class hotel. At last steps could be heard in the corridor. A bolt was drawn on the outside, and curious faces peered Into the room. By the light of the "bou gies" that form so large an Item in the cost of continental traveling, the Rus sians discovered that they were occupy ing a room used for the storage of wornout trumpery, with a closet at the back. In which a large piece of cheese bad been stored and forgotten. The services of an Interpreter having been obtained, it was explained that search bad been made In vain through out the capacious hotel to learn the whereabouts of the travelers, it having been discovered that they were not in the room that bad been assigned them. An American guest bad been anxious to see Mr. Popoff, but be had left an hour ago. Left?" shouted ropoff. "Why, what day of the month Is It then?" "The 25th " "You don't mean to tell me that we have been two days in this wretched hole?" cried Vassili Iwanovitch, now quite beside himself. "Such seems to be the case," re turned the Interpreter. "And here Is s letter that the A merlcan left for you." More dead than alive from astonish ment and dismay, our Moscovite suc ceeded, after a few moments. In so far collecting his senses as to comprehend the unpleasant significance of the fol lowing note: "Deae Sir I waited for you until the 25th. After endeavoring In vain to gain tidings of you at the hotel, where you seem to have arrived, I have given the agency to the house of ettro goff, of your city. 1 sad to-morrow for Sew York." Vassili Iwanovitch, as he hurri!S back to his waiting spouse as fast as the train will carry htm, and with no heart to Indulge in the pleasures be had so often enjoyed in imagination, s now a firm believer in the truth of the aphorism: "It Is only the unexpected that hap pens." The Uiamond. The decadence of the diamond dally grows more marked. It has long been a badge of vulgarity when worn by men. and Its indiscriminate use by their own sex has brought It into dis repute with women who are leally fas tidious. With anything else except an object which confers distinction on Its possessor the greater Its popularity, the greater Its triumph, but the dia mondonce the most princely of gems, and the possession of which was al most the unique privilege of royalty has lost its ascendency through its very popularity as an article of adornment. In our day it Is in no sense unique, nor are its associates such as to give it dis tinction. It thrusts Its glitter on the eye in the street. In the railroad car, in every public and unsuitable place, and usually with a back ground or fatness and ugliness which it only serves to bring into unpleasant prominence. When a human being makes one thing an ambition, and turns every effort to the realizat ion of that ambi tion, it is pretty certain of accomplish ment. With many women the posses sion of a pair of solitaire diamonds is the one thing in life desired and to be secured. The realization of the ambi tion may some late, but, young or old, the woman who has compassed her object is so proud ia that fact that she does not propose to bide the light of her diamonds under a bushel, with the result that she brings discredit on her self and on what she considers her most valuable possession. The love of the gem itself, although savoring of childishness and of the barbarous tastes which still survive in civilized humanity, is one thing; tne love of displaying the diamond in pub lic, another. There are women, and men, too, who have a mania for dia monds almost like that of the miser for gold. They love the glitter and sparkle and delight to feast their sight and touch on the precious baubles. But these are not the people who flaunt their treasures In the gaze of the pub lic It is the better half of the lucky speculator, the matrimonially promoted shop girl, the gambler's 'lady," and the obese wire or toe retirea pawn broker, who never feel entirely clothed unless somewhere on their person scin tillates the ever present diamond. The wearer may be somewhat down at the heel and out at the elbow, and a thor ough acquaintance with soap and water may never have been Included in her experience, but the diamond atones for all. In our time the burden of vulgar ity Is too great for the queen of gems. and In cultured estimation she sinks beneath the weight. Knew It and liida't Care. Senator Palmer, of Michigan. Is one of the most tender-hearted men in the Senate. 2fot long ago be was called u Don bv a woman who has some con nection with an obscure paper, and after listening to a sorrowful tale was asked for a loan of $100. A friend of the Senator's standing near by heard the request and taking him aside In formed him that the woman was a fraud, a perpetual begger and one who would stop at nothing to ga!n ber point. Armed with this knowledge Mr. Palmer left bis adviser and ap proached the woman, bent upon giving her nothing but a denunciation. His first words were met by a storm of tears and a heartrending tale of woe. The woman admitted her financial shortcomings, pleaded distress and poverty, shed floods of tears ana wonnd uDbv sneaking of a coming evic tion for unpaid rent. Her emotion was too much for the Michigander and he almost blubbered himself as be asked In a voice as gruff as he could make It: "How much must you have?" "Not a cent less than JoO will do," wailed the woman. "WelL here," said Mr. Palmer, handing her a foO bill, "go and pay your rent." "xou are a iooi, saiu nis ixiena, when told of It. 'I know it." replied the Senator, "but I cant help it and I dont care." The woman left to look ror a fresh victim. THE PERFUMER'S A lit Brief Description of a Great French Industry. The Cower growers and perfume distillers of southern France have no fear of any competition. They think that because they inherited this indus try from their ancestors and because no other country has ever taken it np successfully no other country or people ever can or will. But there Is nothing mysterious about the business, and nothing Impossible to any man or com munity who will choose a suitable soil, location and exposure In, well, say Cali fornia, and go about the business intel ligently and with energy. Only the simple, most natural varie ties of flowers are used. The roses that are grown by tons for this purpose are the plain, pink June rose that every country schoolboy in America has picked from the bushes in the garden or door yard and presented blushingly to his school ma'am. The single white Jonquil, the wild violet, the single tuberose are the only ones known to the perfumers. For orange blossoms a small, bitter, non-edible variety is used, which makes up for its poor fruit by producing a wealth of blooms that are large, white and heavy with per fume. There Is nothing in the growing of flowers that any peasant farmer of ordinary intelligence cannot readily master. It Is in the manufacture of the perfumes from the gathered blos soms that the greatest skill and expe rience are required. It requires capi tal, too, but the profits of the business are liberal, and those who have been long enough engaged in it have no want of money. The perfumes of commerce are In one of four generic forms, viz., pomades and perfumed oils, which are made by the process of absorption, or essences and essential oils, which are made by distillation. Every large establish ment is provided with apparatus for all these processes. The first two clas&es pomades and oils are used simply as vehicles to absorb the perfume and retain it for transportation. Pomades are made from roses. Jonquils, tube roses. Jasmines and some other alien species of flowers. Before the season begins each manufacturer provides himself with a large number of wooden frsmes set with plate glass. These frames are about two feet square and their wooden sides are perhaps five inches wide, so that when piled up edee to edge they form a series of close chambers five inches deep and two feet square. Over the plate glass, on both sides, is spread a thin coating of refined grease a mixture of purified lard and tallow which, when the boxes are piled oue above another, forms the floor and ceiling of each separate cham ber thus created. All is now ready for the flowers. As these arrive each morning they are assorted and the petals carefully picked from the stamens and pistils, which are thrown away as worthies?. Over the bottom of each frame or chamber above described ia spread a layer of petals and the frames piled onu upon another, so that in each chamber the layer ot white grease, which ab sorbs the perfume until the petals be come limp aud withered. They are then removed and replaced with fresh ones, and this Is repeated each morning until the pomade attains the required degree of perfumed strength. It is then carefully removed, packed in earthen Jars, sealed, labeled aud made ready for export. OTHER METHODS. Olive oils are used in a similar way, except that instead of being poured on the bottom of the frame they are used to saturate pieces of coarse cotton cloth, which are then spread upon wire netting in tight frames three or four feet square. Thus prepared these frames are filled with petals as in the preceding process, the refined and odor less olive oil absorbs the aroma of the flowers and becomes, like the pomade, a vehicle for the retention and trans portation of the perfume. This latter process is especially applied to roses and acacias. To extract the odor from pomades or perfumed oils, they have simply to be saturated with alcohol, which, with its stronger affinity, ab sorbs the perfume, leaving the grease or oil to be used for ordinary purposes. The process of distillation, which yields essences and essential oils, is altogether different. In this the dowers are thrown into large copper retorts with water, in which they are boiled, the perfume going over in vapor into condensing coils, as the ordinary distillation of high wiues from grain. But the beat often changes the charac ter of a perfume and it is only the more robust and vigorous odors that will stand the test of fire without deteriora tion. The "flower waters" of tUe perfumers' shops are made by placing alcohol in the condensing tank, which condenses and absorbs the odorous vapor until it becomes fragrant and sweet. Most of the popular handker chief extracts are made by skillfully combining the odors of several differ ent flowers, which form a harmony of perfumes, and often by becoming the pet fragrance of society for a season make the fortune of the lucky inventor. Thus "Jockey Club" and "Patchouly" in their day had an extraordinary vogue and filled the pockets of their inven tors. Growth of Finger Nails. The growth of the nails is more rapid In children than In adults, and slowest in the aged. It goes on more rapidly In summer than in winter; so that the same nail that Is renewed in 132 days in winter, requires only lid in summer. The increase for the nails ot the right hand is more rapid than for the left; it also differs for the different fingers, and in order corresponding with the length of that finger. It is most rapid for the middle finger; nearly equal for the two either side of this; slower for the little finger, and slowest for the thumb. Electricity for Tempering Watuh Sprinft. Another use for electricity is in the tempering of watch springs. By the old method the steel wire, from which the springs are made, was heated to the proper temperature, and Imme diately plunged into oil. In the new process the wire is Immersed in the oil bath first, and is then brought, by means of an electric current, to the de sired degree of heat. It is claimed that in this way a more even tempera ature can be obtained, and that the difficulties arising from the formation of oxide on the surface of the steel between the stages or heating and im mersion are entirely obviated. SIX MONTHS OP NIQHT. Xnsaginative Sketch or a Domestic j Life When the North Pol ia a (I . -, Town. ' If they ever find the North Pole, and it becomes colonized, they are going to have an awful time of it. They will have daylight six mouths and darkness six months out of the year. There is certain limit of trouble and Ingenu ity beyond which immortality will not go. The limit is far enough off at the best, but if It were night for six months on end what would become of us? Hus bands would never go home at all. Parties would only be divided by the Urns necessary to recruit exhausted nature; a woman would need a 'new dress every four hours, because she couldn't go to more than two parties In the same dress, and It would be an aw ful hardship to do even that. They would say: . vWhy, do look at Mrs . She wore that same dress at the Smiths Just ten hours ago." "Are you going to the theatre now?' "No; I saw the piece already to night." ; "Get up." ."What time is It?" "Dont know; but I put you to bed in a miserable condition six hours since, and we are due at the Jones'. " "Well, wait till I get my breakfast tr sapper or dinner; which is it, any anyhow?" ( Don't remember; it is my 116th deal this season." . "Don't light the gas yet. I only saved 11,000,000, and that gas bill is getting prodigious. A new dress! That's the fifteenth in 175 hours." ''Great Scott! the meter's busted and the electric wire's broken. Where are my boots!" . Aud the daylight would be confus ing. A man would never know when to leave his business. Newspapers would be published just when every thing happened, which would be very frequently. '"Conn on let's go home." "Hold on; just one game more." , "We've been at It just forty-eight hours now by the watch. " "Where's my dinner?" "Really, my dear. I didn't think it was so long since the last meal, and I've been shopping." "Shopping! You came borne from shopping just before I went out, and woke me up to borrow money for car fare." "This bonnet is all worn out. I can't be seen on the street with it again." "Julius Cat jar! You've only had it two hours." "Yes, but every woman 1 know has seen It by this time." 3ot a lawn tennis party In fifteen minutes, you say? Well, you've only come in trom boating. You won't see the winter if you go on like this. No. 1 haven't had but three drinks since 1 left borne." n k.A T v. . . . Arve ma oat to Liin I'aiIc "I can't; I'm sleepy I've been up thirty-six hours." "Well, I've only seen you fifteen minutes." I can't help that; you know per fectly well the photographing business will have to shut up pretty soon, and I've got to make all 1 cau out ot it now." "Just think, however, the trying position of men who would like to get full. "Look at Mr. Jones! Well. I never! Staggering along the street in broad daylight! 1 am ashamed of him!" And all the neighbors watching Jones trying to find a keyhole in the fence, and, perhaps, taking his clothes off outside of the door. Of course there will be compensation for eucb people in the winter. Night was evi dently intended by nature to enable the exercise of the objectiouable pro pensity of the human, anyway. New Devices la Ice Cream. I There have been some new devices in the way of ice creams, which were novel and interesting. At one grand dinner party a vast rose bush covered with beautiful roses was set upon the table, and the flowers were cut off and one served to each of the guests, the ice cream being enshrined in the heart of each blossom. Another is a dainty feminine boot in apricot Ice Sometimes the color of the boot is varied to match the hue of the toilet of the lady guest to whom it is served, groselle furnishing the crimson, pis tache the pale green, and a new and perfectly innocuous coloring matter called aznrlne supplying a delicate pale blue. The oddest device is a slice of pate de foie gras, one of which is served to each guest. It Is In choco late loe, truffles being simulated by thin slices of liquorice paste, and the sur rounding jelly being sweet and flavored with liquor Instead of being savory. When well done the deception is per fect. Cracking Walnuts with your Elbow. Conceal a very strong walnut lu your right band, and take two other walnuts out of the dish. Place one of them on the joint of your arm, and say that you are going to break it by the power of your muscles. You will now have one walnut in your arm and two in your right hand. Close your left arm. and strike it an apparently violently blow with the right band, at the same time clinching the right hand firmly, which win smash the scond walnut in it, and the fpsttatora. Leiring thejerasb. will be pretty sure to fancy that it is caused by the demolition ottbe walnut in your arm. Then you open your arm very gently for fear of dropping any of the fragments, you must say, and, when pretending to take out the walnut which you had placed there, you sub stitute for It the broken one from your right hand. Ills Only Straight Flush. "I have been playing poker for twenty-five years, and I never held a straight flush but once in my life," said a gray-haired veteran recently. "Then it dldnt do me any good. There were seven of us playing, and a Jack pot had passed around live times without any one having openers, on the sixth deal it was my first say. I nearly fainted when I beheld a pat straight flush. I thought some one would surely open it, and made what I considered a nice play by passing. Well, dog gone my buttons, if every man around the table didn't pass, too. The next time some fellow captured the boodle with a pair of jacks." Loveless Marriage; or, the Broken Heart. The fashionable world of London be lieved that Lady St. Albans was a happy woman; they little knew that she bad been forced Into the marriage with her husband to gratify ber father's am bition. She was really in love with Captain Jocelyn, whom she bad seen but once at her father's house before her mar riage. Afterwards they met often in society, and it was noticed that the young wife bad always a smile of wel come for the young officer, while she kept other men at a distance. Lady St. Albans was returning one evening In her carriage to her country seat when ber horses ran away. At the turn of the road was a deep abyss into which the vehicle would have been hurled if a man bad not darted for ward and with much peril dragged the norses bacx. The first efforts of the stranger were to open the door of the carriage and extricate lady St, Albans trom her per ilous position. Then she found her self face to face with Captain Jocelyn. Having assured himself that she was safe he fainted dead away, having re ceived some injuries from the horses' hoofs. Lady St. Albans at once had him re moved to her residence and as ber bus- band was out of town, personally nursea ner preserver back to life again. When he was well at last and they were about to say farewell she could no longer conceal her emotions, but ex claimed wildly, "Charles, you must have guessed before this that I love you. I have been sold by my father to despair. I canuot, God help me, let you gor' Captain Jocelyn could not but pity her for that miserable lot, the result of a father's stern commands, and which certainly modified the guilt of her love. But, true to his honor and ber own, be replied, "Lady (rertrude, for your own sake I must arrest here the prog ress of your affection by removing my self from you. This scene on my part will be burled In oblivion; and let reso lution reconcile you to your unhappy lot." He shook her hand after these few words, and suddenly left her. In two days he was on bis way to France and for many days she raved in the de lirium of a raging fever. Within six months from the depar ture of Captain Jocelyn, Lady St. Albans arrayed herself in flowing weeds, a wealthy but scarcely disconso late widow. All at once, now mistress of her own actions, she left ber friends without ap prising tbem of ber lntentions,and with out any male friend to protect her she hurried to Paris, disguising her name and standing that she might fulfil her designs without interference. Those designs may be readily guessed. She was in search of Jocelyn. to learn his present state, to communicate to him her own, to endeavor to arouse in his bosom a love which now would be in nocent In bolh aud form the happiness or ner life. After a long search she found trace of the man she loved, but it was only to learn that be was betrothed to an other, a beautiful gill he had saved from a devastating fire. This news. coupled with her ill-health, almost drove ber road. At the beautiful virgin altar of that fine church, St. Sulpice, which must have been admired by all those who have visited Paris, there stood a couple about to be married; and Cap tain Jocelyn was made the happiest of men by receiving the hand of the lovel Marie d'Kstelle. The ceremony was concluded; and as be bent forward to salute his blushing bride, a wild, piercing shriek reverberated through the vaulted aisles of the church, and a female who bad knelt in a corner, en veloped in a large black veil, fell on the ground in a fit. The bride was quickly hurried to her carriage, and Jocelyn, whose humane and amiable disposition induced him to return and see if proper restoratives had been administered to the lady so suddenly taken ill, entered the sacristy, where she had been con veyed, and, to his horror, the ghastly object that met bis eyes was the once beautiful, now emaciated, form of Lady St. Albans, a lifeless corpse. There she lay, still beautiful in death, her long hair shrouding her faoe. which now bore the resemblance of a marble statue. There seemed a pain ful expression across the eyebrows and mouth; but that wore gradually away, and settled Into a placid smile, which seemed to say the spirit was at rest, The following week, at the same altar, stood a dark coffin, with the lighted candles, nodding plumes and mournful paraphernalia of a funeral. The prayers ware read, the service was conducted with the usual pomp and ceremony and the last remains of the unfortunate Lady St. Albans were deposited In the tomb. A Hidden Fortune. Friendless, nameless and well nigh penniless, yet too proud of heart to make himself known, old Jacques De Courcy settled down in an humble quarter of the city with his little granddaughter, Matihl, and took to selling rushes for a livelihood. And on one sunny afternoon, strol ling along with his little guide, he chanced upon a small crowd collected around the sale of some second-band furniture. The auctioneer bad just put an old chair and was descanting quite volubly upon its merits. "It was worth buying," he said, "as a relic if nothing more. It had belonged to the De Courcys, one of the beit families in Rjuea in their day, and bad been handed down from one to another as a kind of heirloom." Old Jacques waited to hear no more. He arose, and groping his way across to where the old chair stood, fell to passing his hand over its quaint carv ings with a kind of caressing fondness. It was the same, the dear old chair in which he had seen his father, and his grandfather before him, sit so often. With tears running down his furrowed cheeks he bought it back, glad to get it, though it took the last sous from his pocket. He had It conveyed to his poor lodgings, and those who noticed wondered what in the world old Jac ques, the Bush-Seller, wanted with the De Courcy chair. And thus, having spent the last of his little mite ot money, he had noth ing to fall back upon when his rush selling failed him; and poor little Ma tihl was forced to go supperless to bed. She awoke in the morning with no prospect of breakfast. Her grand father, worn out by hunger and anx iety, was still asleep. Noiselessly the little thing unbolted the door, seta went out. The day was riswiilng I grandly over quaint old Rouen. The child went round to the window-ledge to look at her pansies. There were two pretty purple things, with lus trous, golden hearts. Looking at the dewy blossoms, a sudden thought flashed upon her. What ir she could break them off and run out and sell them! Surely they would bring enough to buy them some breakfast! But ber lips quivered and tears filled her eyes. It almost broke her heart to give up her pansies. But she was so hungry, and poor grandpa would have no breakfast, At this hist thought she put out her hand resolutely and broke them off; then ran away as fast as she could. At a corner of the market-place she paused breathless. A fine gentleman was pissing by, and extending the tiny, brown baud that held the blossoms, she said timidly: "W ill you please, sir, buy my pan sies?" But he pushed on, well-n:gh brush ing them from ber grasp. The next passer was an old countryman, with a wagon filled with milk-cans raltliug ahead of him. The child put out her blossoms, and repeated her meek en treaty. The old man paused. His garden was overrun with such things, but the child's little, eager face touched him. "Buy your pansies?" be said. "Why, bless your poor, little heart, to be sure I will, if you want to sell 'em. What do you want for 'em?" 'Only enough tj buy a loaf, sir. We are so hungry, grand pap and I." The countryman's eyes filled with tears. "Take this," said he, drawing his sleeve across bis eyes, 4,aud run home and buy some breakfast," He put a silver piece in her hand. She grasped it wifi dilating eyes. The good God reward you!" she muimured, kissing bis bauds vehe mently. Then, before he was aware of her motion, she had disappeared. "tirandpapl Oil, graudpap! see what I've got," she cried, bursting into the little room a f?w minutes later; "see what 1 sold my pansies for. We'll have such a breakfast now, bread and sausage, and" But she stopped short, for. In the middle of the room, the oil man lay prone on his face. She tlew to his side, with a startled cry, tossing her silver piece into the old chair. "Oh, grandpapl" raising his head, "what is it? Speak to me, grandpap!" The old man slowly roused and tot tered to his feet. His face looked ghastly, be had fasted so long, and be shook with weakness. "Grandpap," the child continued, "you shan't be sick any mare; It is b j cause you're hungry you shall have plenty of breakfast now. I've sold ins pansies, and oh! where is the money t 1 threw It in the chair when I was so frightened. Oh! it's gone. It's gone. It's slipped down behind the cushion." she said, examining it closely. "May I try to raise the cushion up and find it?" "Yes; but don't hurt the old chair, ilat'.lil," said the old man, anxiously. The child ran ber little fingers mio every crevice, and at last she fell to working vigorously at the huge cushion. It was covered with leather beneath the brocatelle, bat it was decayed and rotten, and a few vigorous tugs from her nervous little hands broke it loose with a crash. I "Oh, grandpap!" she cried, starting back In amazement, for, as it yielded, a glittering stream came flashing aud tinkling to the floor. The old .man, hearing the sound, crossed over. A uuddeu light seemed to dawn upon him. He threw up his hands and cried. "Shut the door, Ma'.ihl, and tell me what they are like." 'Here's Jewels, grandpap," she said, iu an awed whisper, "whole heaps of 'em, as bright as stars; and great piles of gold, and paers with Jacques De Courcy marked on 'em." "Put them all back, Matihl." said the old man, quietly; "and then ruu down to the good abbe's aud ask biui to come here." "But our breakfast, grandpap?" said the child, pausing in the doorway. "We can afford to wait a little while for that." replied the old man. smiling. "We shall never want for breakfast any more, little Matihl." "This is a letter from l'iere De Courcy," said the abbe, after a careful examination of the contents of the chair, 'telling his only son, Jacques De courcy, that these treasures were concealed in the chair, in order that, ir lortune went against mm, he might have something to fall back upon. But the chair seems to have passed from the family. Where can this Jacques De Courcy be?" "I am the man," said the old rush- seller, proudly. "Jacques De Courcy, son of Piere De Cjurcy, thank Gxll" After tint morning the market people missed tho old rush-seller and his little granddaughter, aud passing the sunny nook where they had stood so long, wondered what had become of them. If they had chanced to pass the ancestral villa formerly occupied by the De Courcys they would have found them. The old man sitting In his gar den, and little Matihl tending her roses and pansies that grew along its borders. I lue i aiiuiesk pair inai couiu ue luuii'i In the quiet, sunny, old city. Iis Daughter, too. Well .Married. A German banker, traveling by rail in a first-class carriage toward Vienna, had as a fellow traveller at one of the Intermediate stations au old gentleman, who entered into conversation and proved very pleasant. The banker got out before his companion, and before be did so asked the latter bow far be was going. The gentleman replied to Vienna. "I have a daughter very well mar ried there," said the broker "I should like to give you a letter ot Introduction to her." "I have also a daughter very well married there," said the other. "Would it be too great a liberty to ask the name?" said the banker. "My daughter." the gentleman answered, "is married to the Emperor of Austria. " It was the old King of Bavaria. A novel sight witnessed near Mount Vernon, Me,, was that of a man mowing on the Ice. A portion of his farm is In swamp land, which Is too wet to mow In summer, but by waiting until it freezes he is enabled to harvest a large crop of hay from it. According to the Douglas (Kan.) Tribune, when workmen were sinking the well for the sugar works at that siace a stratum of life frogs was struck at a depth of 50 feet. NEWS IN BRIEF. A club has been formed at Marion. O., for the destruction of English sparrows. A premium of ten cents a dozen Is paid for shoorlng them. An English philanthropist says there are no rewer than 30,000 gypsy children in Kugland, of whom not more than 5 per cent, are able to read and write. Yale's historic fence Is agaia threatened with destruction, and the students have tetitloned the corpora tion to use their Influence towards its preservation. The French Transatlantic Steam ship company has furnished its large fleet with complete apparatus for "dropping oil on the waves" during bad weather. Marie Antoinette's scissors aud penknife were recently sold at auction for tl30. The relics were terribly sug gestive of the instrument which caused her death. The widow of ex-CJovernor Colby, of New Loudon, Conn., aged ninety two, made and contributed a hand some tidy to the fair lately held by the ladies of that place. Queen Emma of Holland is a bru net whose eyes would be pretty did she not continually wink when speak ing, thus giving you the impression of preparing for a good burst of tears. Spencer. Mass., has public-spirited Citizens. The other day one of them gave fourteen acres of land for a pub lic park, another gave $30,000 for a high school and another gave 25,000 for a public library. A Je York man has recently distinguished himself by eating at oue single meai ten feet six Inches of corn cake, three inches wide aud oue inch thick. It was at a church fair, aud he wished to g-t bis money's worth. The nam's assassins was applied to a tribe or clan called Isinaelians, who settled in the mountains of Iebanon bout 10'.' and became notorious for their murderous prijeusitles; hence the origin of the name as applied to murderers. Recent parties visiting the volcano l'oocatapeti report increasing activity in ti e crater, with clouds ol smoke and sulphurous fumes. Iteports from Central America show that several vol canoes are unmistakably iu renewed activity. A school by of Insteiburg, Ger many, recently wrote to the Emperor of China asking for some Chinese post age btamps for his collection. A few days ago the Chinese embassy in Berlin forwarded to him a letter from the em peror inclosing the stamps which ha desired. A pamphlet condemning in mod erate terms Russian reactionary policy aBd predicting internal disasters is being circulated in the highest circles in SU i'etersbuig. The pamphlet is re miukable for the elegance ol its lan guage. The police have so lar failed to discover the authors of the worn. Eighty-iliree members of the na tional house of representatives were Union soldiers, and almost all of them are entitled to wear the Grand Army button. The leading Grand Army state, as represented in Congress, is Kansas, all or her seven representa tives being uiemli -rs of the order. A woman l i Argentine, Mich., has terrorized the whole nelhboi hood. She keeps lire-aruis iu ber house to shoot any one who tries to arrest her her landlord cannot collect his lent, and no one dares to lefuse ber anyil iim she aske for fear lest she will kill him or set lire to his house. The richest child In America is little Miss May Sharpless, who Is nine years old aud has a toituue of f'J.iKKJ, 000. She is a daughter of a late memlier of the Crm of Arnold, Con stable As Co. The chrld millionaire has a remarkably interesting collection of dolls of all sizes, several ol which cost 11000 apiece. The manufacture of orange wine is becoming an established indimtry in Florida. The factory at Clay Spi his s has just closed its season. hamg made one thousand barrels. For this quan tity a million aud a half oranges were pressed. The price paid for oranges delivered at the factory was tS a thousand. Large numlers of colored pnople are said to be emigrating to California from the Southern States. Recently one party of twenty four men and women arrived In San Francisco en route to join a colony in the Southern part of the State; Another party of 110 laborers has gone to Frisno to work in the raisin viueyards, and loj more are to follow. It was twenty-one years aga this Spring that Alaska was ceded by BuhSla to the United States. This territory has an area of some 800.000 square miles, aud is fifteen times the slse of Illinois. Its civilized popula tion is 12.000, inc'uding about O JOU or 70XI white population and :i),(HHj other inhabitants. The gold mines or this country yield some J2.5jl),(nJ a year. Ug Yee Yarn is the name of a Chinese woman who recently arrived In San Francisco. he is p. issessed of wonuerlul beauty, and the Californians have gone wild over her. She Is a sister-in-law of Lee Kong You, a well known cigar manufacturer of San Francisco. This la the iirst lime that a really handsome woman lias come to this country from China. Those who have seen Ug Yee Yam s-iy that her beauty cau welt be called ce e.-.tiaL Prince Bismarck's wire is said to ba a typical "hausirau," w.th never a thought above petty domestic details. The Crown I'riuce's wife is of the same nature. In their eyes it Is little short or infamous for the Empress to read philosophy, advocate the higher education of women, aud take an In telligent interest ia the affairs or the Empire and of the world. Yet her breadth of intellect and force of char acter have never prevented the Empress from being a model wife an I a model mother. JL neto invention for the propelling of street cars is in the application of the gas engine to a moving train car. All such attempts have failed heretofore for the reason that thegasengine starts and stops too slow, lu this case the engine will be In motion continuously, and the power will be throwu off and on, as the occasion may require, by the use of movable friction wheels geared on an endless link belt. This belt is to be attached to the engine. Ordinary Illuminating gas will be used. Of the $000,000 net profit realized during their Joint session by the actors Booth and Barrett, Booth is to get three-fifths and Barret twe-flftbs. r V MM-.- 'I i
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