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THE CONSTITUTION-THE UNION-AND ;THE ENFORCEMEXT OF THE LAWS.
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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.
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