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VOL. XLII.
Our dulHea teem with dmrlng deeda,
Anti book sr. filled with run,
Brmsa banU. will ply and cannons roar
In honor of th. name.
Of men who hay. commiaaiooa and
w'er. honest, brara and trua.
Bat still the question eomra to ma,
What did the privates do?
XVho were the men to guard the camp
When th foe was hovering round?
wno duif the prares of comrade dear.
Who laid them in the ground?
ho sent the djing mesaage boma
To tbnie he nnrr knew?
If the cfficeni did all this
W hat did the privates dot
Who were the men to fill the place
Of comrades slain in strife.
Who were the men to rink their own
To save a comrade lite.
Who was it lived on salted pork
And I. trad too bard to chew.
If the officers did all this
What did the privates do?
Who laid in pits on rainy nights
A 11 eager tor the fray,
W lio mart-hed beneath a scorching sun
Through all the tut I some day.
W' bo paid the sutler double price
And neanly rati. .tin drew.
If th iW.tii pet all the prle
Theu what did the privates do?
In honor to the brave old boys
W ho rallied u the call.
Without regard to name or rank
We honor one and all.
They're paaning ever one by one
And ston they'll be all gone.
To where the books will surely show
What the pnvatee theuuelvea have
dime.
A CASE OF COMPOSITION-
It was oue of those summer morn
ings which make a niiin bless God for
having creattul the earth so fair and
beautiful. 1 was waiting In the vestry
room of one of the quaintest old
churches In the world the church of
the Revelation, in the Tillage of Home
dale, 1'a., It was my wedding day,
and I was oue of the moat happy, yet
one of the most nervous men. In a
few moments Dora Golding would ar
rive. Her rioting father would give
ber away. Her gentle, loving mother
(Dora was their only child) would stand
by, tears struggling with satisfied
smiles. The clergyman would pro
nounce the irrevocable words, aud
another husband and wife would be
added to the number of mated and
unmated pairs already In existence.
Suddenly my blissful agitation was
glveu a new disturbance by my best
man, Haity Arden. who had beeu
lookiusT through one or the windows.
coming to me with an exceedingly
tremulous look upon bis usual! serene
features. lie handed me a note which
hal iust teen given to him through the
window by one of Mr. Golding's serv
ants. I recognized the address at
once. It was in Dora's hand. So
suspicion of what was coming shot
through me, though quick as tnougni
I opeued the missive and read as ioi
lows: Dkarest Abtucr:
You will not understand me when I
.us ti.urii nn ia no wpililln? to-dav.
You will understand when you see
me, however, 'iwui oe lime euougu
ta say then, or not, whether you still
care to have me sign myseii; your iov
ln Dora.
I Kit down. BtuneQed. The little
tinroti km filled with friends of both
families. My parent aud others of my
kinsfolk had come from Philadelphia.
ThA r:.i.-.iniT hail resided nearly all
their lives at Ilomedale. They were
people of wealth ana lunuence. iiie
betrothal had lasted two years. The
weddlug was regarded with a good
deal of social Interest. As I hated
scenes, I determined that the wedding
ah.-iul.i n.it. be DoatDoned if I could
help it. Dora was a strange mixture
of romance and practicality. ue was
punctual almost to a iauit, i .uu
knew some great motive had actuated
t.ue ibin.r thM horn of the dilemma.
t ..T.i ... w uMmiinrlnff best man to de-
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tain the clergyman and guests until he
heard from me, and slipping out by the
vestry door. In ten minutes i iounu
myself at the Uoldin'g house.
f will ak the reader to remain at
the threshold for a little while, in
nniar that l mil exDlain to him bo me
of the circumstances shat had charac
terized my courtship of Dora. About
a year ago, after our Derr0rnai nau
lasted a twelve mouth, I spent a week
of mv summer holidays, which my
ltted me. at the Gold
ing residence. Upon the first day of
my arrival, a aark man of about 43.
with a deep red scar across his left
cheek, made his appearance at uuaa,
and was cordially received by my fu
ture father-in-law ana moiurr-m-iaw.
via ... d u tluiil.i-imv- man. Dlainlv. al
most poorly, dressed; slow of pch.
hesitating In manner, lie was appar
ently a well to do mechanic, on excel
ur.... with his host and hostess
albeit a certain reserve and espionage,
... .,wir marked their treatment of
w .vr u ' .-- , - '
htm. It was as though they wer
sal warn ves nn thaw IT 1711 aril not so much
with respect to what they might say or
de, as to what he might aay or do.
This man bore the singular name of
Glasgow Thlrkle, thougti 1 was never
able to find out wuerner ue wan up
iii n ni.tniirv nf the dismal Scotch
town or not. At dinaer he did not
avwwan Zr n ! Fl hut I noticed that from
time to tinie'he cast furtive and admir-
r.. toward Dora. Two or three
Tvirn emir-tit him at this urrep-
titious scrutiny, and I saw that It dis
composed her." When I spoke to her
about It arterwaru sne torn mo mi
about once a year the man made his
appearance, stayed there, overnight,
looked at her in precisely the same
manner, and departed the next morn
t si i a.i.inii that once a year bis
wife also paid them a Visit, timing it
six months alter tnaioi tier uuauauu.
aroused my curiosity.
The next Christmas season made me
again a visitor for rew aays a me
Goldlnir mansion. Two days after
Cbrismaa the stajze which ran from the
station deposited at the door a very
lshik-tnir woman who turned
out to be Mrs. Thirkle. She was of
medium height and slim, 40 years of
age. good looking, with blue eyes and
thin, light hair. Her lingularity con
sulted in the fact that ber hair was
parted on the left hand side, in conse
quence of the existence or what Is com
monly called a "cowlick." At dinner
ah herself referred to this peculiarity,
explaining that she had tried to educate
her locks Into parting in the normal
manner, but that all she had ever been
able to effect was a tmporary arrange
ment of the hair In that manner by the
use of pomades. "To-morrow morn-
.h. ari.iaH "I must trv. before I
go, to part my hair In the middle, be
cause as jou suggested" Here she
stopped short, and I observed that she
naa receiTou ntn wvui. .
Golding one of those brief looks of
warning of which I had noticed, six
months ago, that bej husband was the
recipient.
This whetted my curiosity anew.
particularly when I detected ber be
stowing upon Dora the same sly, in
sidious glances (as ir fearful to be
caught at them) that Glasgow Thlrkle
had so ireely indulged in. Again I
tierceived this same discomposure upon
Dora's part. Again, when we were
alone, did Dora conGde to me how
these glances annoyed her, and how she
was gradually arriving at the conclu
sion that some mystery of a fearful
character bound these plain and some
what rough, but by no means vulgar
couple, with the lives of her father and
mother.
"But what," I asked, "did Mrs.
Thirkle mean by referring to the part,
lng in her hair? Why should she part
it diiierenliy to-morrow morning, and.
above all, why should your fatber have
suggested as she said he did ttiat she
should do so?"
I Hra mused for a moment and then
replied:
"ou know papa, not being in any
biisinesv, has a good many idle hours.
During the last year he has taken up
with photography, as an amusement.
and he has a little private gallery of his
own which he has Gtted with the pho
tographstaken by himself of iiiCHt
of his friends."
Here Dora paused, until I ventured
to ask what possible construction this
could have to the proper parting of
Mrs. Thlrkle's hair. Dora continued:
"When Mr. Thirkle was here he
had discovered by some means papa's
hobby he asked to have his potograph
taken, l'apa consented. The poor
man was delighted, I hear, with the
likeness, which was afterward for
warded to him. Xow, it seems, Mrs.
Thlrkle wants hers taken, and papa is
going to take her, first with her hair
parted on one side, as you saw it tnii
morning, and then with it psrteJ nat
urally. This explanation was satisfactory as
far as it went. The singular thing
was the desire of Mr. and Mrs. Gosl
ing's part to stop the poor woman
before she could say what she bad In
tended to say. As there was no im
propriety in the thing itself, this desire
seemed inexplicable. Another thing
which occupied me was a feeling that
somewhere, sometime, I had seen
something like the face of one of the
Thlrkles I could not tell which be
fore. Sometimes this dimly remem
bered, ever elusive face, which haunted
me, resembled Mr. Thlrkle's (excepting
that the red scar was wanting) some-,
times it resembled his wire's. Then at
times it seemed to resemble neither,
but to fade away Into the many peo
pled realm of a morbid imagination.
The recollection of all these things
passed over and over again through my
mind during the five minutes which
pasted ere 1 reached the Golding house
alter leaving the vestry room.
Instantly admitted, a figure all lu
white Djra in her bridal dress
opened the parlor door, before the ser
vant who ushered me could do so, and
almost pulled me into the room. Ere
I could utter a word, Dora exclaimed:
"Hush! say nothing. l'apa and
mamma know nothing as yet of the
discovery I have made. You know I
am a spoiled child. I am master and
mistress here always have been. They
know as yet nothing of my reasons for
pulling an end to the wedding. 1
insisted upon seeing you alone. After
I have told my story, you can consider
what had better be done. And now
tell me," her ryes burned with excite
ment, "does this photograph look like
me?" and picking up a photograph
from an adjoining table she extended
it toward me.
I examined the photograph. Ye J, it
wa, certainly very much like Dora.
Had I seen it anywhere I should have
recognized It 88 Djra's likeness. The
outlines were a trltle blurred and the
portrait could not be considered a fine
specimen of photography, but the re
semblance was unmutakable, and I
s ild so. Then I tried to put my arms
around my darling girl, but she held
me aloof, and motioning me to sit on
the sofa beside her, but at a little dis
tance, she mhde the following curious
statement:
"You know that, unlike most girls.
I am the soul of punctuality, being
generally ready for anything fifteen
minutes before anybody else. It was
so. even this morning. I'aua. who is
always late, was later than usual.
Mamma was flurried and bad twenty
things to do at the same moment.
Everything and everybody in the house
were In confusion excepting myself.
Dressed as I was, for church, I was the
one to go to search for papa. He was
In his pnva'e room, the little photo
graph gallery I told you of. which it
was his custom to lock himself in, so
that he could pursue his favorite bobby
undisturbed. I knocked at the door
no answer. I called, still no answer.
Alarmed, I tried the handle, suspect
ing that the door was lockeu. un me
contrary, it yielded to my pressure,
though I bad to push very bard. What
w:w mv horror at discovering that I
was pushing against papa's body. He
has latily had bad attacks of vertigo,
and, as we found out afterwards, he
had just unlocked the door and was
preparing to come out, when the ver
tigo seized him and he fell."
"Then that was the reason," I ex
claimed, feeling an Immense relier,
"that the wedding was postponed?"
"That had nothing to do with It
whatever." replied Dora. "Papa was
not hurt. I rang for assistance. He
recovered almost immediately. It was
what I saw in the room that made it
Impossible for me to marry you."
A chill went through me, but I
would not interrupt her. She con
tinued: "Yon have heard papa speak
of composite photography? It has been
a - favorite amusement of his lately.
Do you know how it Is done? It con
sists In taking two or more photographs
and hanging them ou pins, oue in
front of the other in such a way that
the eves of all the portraits snail colu
eiii as nerfectlv as 'possible. Then
you throw the image of each, in suc
cession, upon the same part of a pro
perly prepared plate, and the result Is
the generalized likeness of all the faces
so taken. This, for instance," said
Dora, taking up the photograph she
bad held out to me, "ia a composite
nhntntrraDh of me."
I stared at her in surprise. Then a
sudden light broke In upon me.
! understand," 1 exclaimed. "Your
father has followed the process you
have just explained. He has used
several of your photographs, taken at
nriniu times, he has subjected them
to that process, and the result is this
portrait, wnicn is so nao you witu
.ifTerenee."
ot at all," replied Dora, smiling,
though very sadly. "He bas done
THE GONSTITUTION-THE UNION-AND
MIFFLINTOWN.
nothing of the kind. This portrait is
simply the result or combining into
one the portraits of my father and
mother."
"Is it possible?" I exclaimed. Then
I thought to myself: "Is it Dora's own
subtle, far off resemblance to her
father and mother to one or both
has been haunting me all this while?
But what I said aloud was:
"Then I understand that Mr. Gold
ing has simply blended together, by
the process you describe, the portraits
of himself and his wife, and that this
likeness of you Is the result?"
o, mv poor Arthur, you are not
to understand even that; and I do not
wonder you are mystified."
" bat then can you mean?"
She was silent a moment; gave me a
long, searching look, then, putting her
band in her pocket, took out another
photograph of the same size as the one
I held, she glancec at it for a moment.
then extending it toward me. ex
claimed: "Look I"
I looked and saw the portrait of a
young man but a young man so pre
cisely like Dora Vjat, but for the side
parting of the hair, the difference of
sex would not have beeu suggested,
the iortrait revealed nothing distin
guishable in the dress. 1 glanced from
the portrait to Dora and from Dora to
the portrait, and finally, lost In amaze
ment, ejaculated:
V hat is the explanation?"
Do you remember- Mr. anu Mrs.
Glasgow Thirkle?" asked Dora. ''Do
you remember the woman who parted
her hair like a boy's? This," picking
np the portrait I bad just examined.
19 the portrait of their son. And
this," resuming the photograph she had
first shown me, "is the portrait of their
daughter,"
1 need not dwell upon the scene that
ensued. I need not relate at length
howl look Dora in my arms, k is ted
her over aud over again with effusive
tenderness and assured Iter that it was
she whom I loved, not her parentage,
and that she was just as dear to me as
the daughter of the Thirties as she had
ever been in the much higher social
position to which we had believed ber
birth gentitled her. The behavior of
Mr. and Mrs. Thirkle now became
comprehensible their periodical visits,
the kindness with which they were
treated, their furtive glances, in which
I now lemember affection mingled
with admlratiou, the jealous WTathful
uesj of Mr. aud Mrs. Golding all was
now easy to be understood, excepting
Mrs. Thlrkle's suggestion that she
should endeaver to part her hair in the
fashion ordinarily adopted by women.
Scrutinizing Dora's photograph again,
I now observed what had escaped me
at first, that it betrayed a slight way
wardness of the tresses at the point
where the parting met the centre of
the arch of the forehead. Perhaps Mr.
Golding had had the capricious desire
to see whether a composite portrait of
the daughter could be made as perfect
as the composite portrait of the son.
Meanwhile Dora explained that she
had made the discovery while Mr.
Golding was recovering from his at
tack. The photographic instrument
had been overturned in his fall. She
had discovered the photographs of Mr.
and Mrs. Thirkle, one of them pinned
iu front of the other; and, bard by, the
photograph of the young man, with
these words, which I had not observed
before, written in Mr. Golding's band
across the back: "Composite photograph
of Mr. and Mrs. Thlrkle's son, result
ing from the blended photographs of
li s parents." The photograph of Mrs.
Thirkle showed the hair parted at the
side. Dora's curiosity and amazement
thus excited, a brief search bad enabled
her to discover another photograph of
Mrs. Thlrkle, which showed the hair
normally parted, and from which
Dora's composite photograph, so
strangely revealing her parentage, must
have been educed. I say nothing of
the many emotions which flutter in our
hearts and expressed themselves forci
bly In mutual caresses when we real
ized that these untoward circumstances
had left us dearer than ever to each
other. I appreciated Dora's cruel
position bound by infinite gratitude
to her reputed father and mother, who,
childless themselves, had adopted her
from the Thlrkles probably because the
latter were too poor to bring up more
than oue of the twin children born to
them; bound by the lndissoluab!e ties
of blood to parents bumble and unedu
cated, and to a twin brother who,
handsome though his portalt proved
him to be, was probably as unformed
as they In manners and In mind.
While we were thus debating, a car
riage drove up, but ere we could eee
who had alighted the parlor door was
violently opened and Mr. G jlding broke
in, followed by bis wife.
"l'oor child! what have you done?"
exclaimed Mr. Golding.
"Dora! Daral we meant to keep it a
secret from you." exclaimed Mrs.
Golding.
"Why did you not tell us?" said Mr.
Golding. "Why did you leave It to us
to discover, that you had found the
portrait which proved that Mr. and
Mrs. Thirkle bad a son?"
Before the question could be an
swered the arrivals in the carriage had
asserted themselves in the room, and
looking np I saw Mr. and Mrs. Thir
kle, accompanied by a young man
whose full tawny beard and thick mus
tache did not altogether conceal a re
mote likeness to Dora.
As Mr. and Mrs. Golding turned to
say a word of welcome, they uttered
inarticulati expressions of surprise.
Mr. Thirkle braced himself as if to
make a speech. We all, as though by
common consent, took seats, aud lis
tended to him. I afterward learned
that never before had he said so many
words on one occasion. They were as
follows:
"Mr. Golding, ladies and gentlemen,
all here's our Frank come back to us.
He was stole from us when he was a
baby, and you know (to Mr. and Mrs.
Golding) - why me and Mrs. Thlrkle
used to like to come here now and theu
to have a look at her (Indicating Dora
by a turn of the thumb). Frank was
stole, but them as took him got fright
ened and left him at the door of a
foundling hospital. AU his little clothes
were on him and bis little name was
on them. And be was aiopted from
the asylum by a kind-hearted, rich
lady, who brought him up as ber son,
and never told him the truth till the
other day when she was dyin. And
the baby clothes as was found on him,
with bis name on them, was kep'.
They prove who be is. So wot does he
do but come straight borne to his dot
ing f ather and mother, as was so glad
t) see him that they brought him
straight here to see you, and to tell you
that now they've got him, they ain't
coming here never no more again."
I slanced at Dora. She was turning
red and pale by turns with a multitude
JUNIATA COUNTY.
of contradictory feelings. The genuine
love of her reputed parents did not
perfectly repay ber for the indifference
of ber true parents. It was now only
too evident that why they had paid
these yearly visits. Their love being
given to their lost son, they had come
merely to refresh their eyes and memo
ries by gazing on bis twin sister. But
they bad really cared for ber only so
long as they had believed him lost.
' On, is it possible!" I heard Dora
exclaim, as if to herself. "It is possi
ble that my own flesh and blood do
not love me?"
But other ears than mine bad over
beard ber.
"My darling T exclaimed Mrs. Gold
ing, "how can you talk so wildly?" i
Dora rose. All eyes were bent upon
her.
"You have acted cruelly," she said,
pointing first to Mr. and Mrs. Golding
and then to Mr. and Mrs. Thirkle.
"Your composite photographs told me
too much. They told me that they,"
pointing to the Thlrkles, "are my
father and mother; that that young
man is my twin brother, and that I am
simply your adopted child. Again I
say you and they are cruel cruel to
have so deceived me I"
Instantaneous photography would
have lieen necessary to catch the flitting
expressions of that group, so sharply
brought together. Mr. Golding was
the first to recover.
"My darling," be said, "Mr. and
Mrs. Thlrkle bad one child. You see
him. We bad one child you. The
resemblance between the children is
one of those strange coincidences fer
which nature alone is responsible. I
took the photographs to please Mr. and
Mrs. Thirkle. with whom your mother
and 1 were acquainted when we were
first married. As a matter of curiosity
only, we wished to see bow nearly
resembling you their blended photo
graphs could be made. The result
wa-t the portrait of yourself (he had
picked it up from where she bad laid it
on the mantel) which you so unfortu
nately discovered this morning. When
Mr. and Mrs. Thirkle lost their child,
they came here for the sole purpose of
gratifying their affection for him by
looking at you and imagining how
much he would look like you were he
living. The result bas justified the
motive. But now that they have got
their boy back, I don't suppose they
will ever care to look at you or us
again."
"Ye we will, tool" It was Mrs.
Thirkle who spoke. In an instant we
were all laughing, crying and shaking
bauds. In a few moments more the
wedding party was on its way to
church, where the guests bad become
extremely impatient. I have been a
happy married man for some years; but
no one who witnessed the self posses
sion of bride and groom at the altar
that morning would have imagined
what emotious they had undergone au
hour before they took their vows.
Went Aboard Shirt.
Don't monkey with the donkey en
gine. Don't deny that you are ill when
you are.
Don't endeavor to talk the captain
to death.
Don't seek for a nautical education
in one trip.
Don't take everybody's remedy for sea
sickness. Don't eat as if there was to ba but
one meal a day.
Don't go to the table unless confi
dent of your ability to stay there.
Don't get into the wrong stateroom
by mistake more than twice a day.
Don't imagine the steward thinks
more of you than any other passenger.
Don't carry on a flirtation with girls
who are traveling to get married.
Djn't "catch on" to a reversible set
tee when the steamer gives a lurch.
Don't try to be gallant with ladies
on deck unless you have your sea legs
on.
Don't put more money into pools than
you can spare; this is quite important.
Dont forget the third commandment
when you go head over heels ou deck.
Don't call 4steward" or "stewardess"
more than fifty times in one night.
Don't think it "smart" or "clever"
to go ashore without tipping the
steward.
Don't entertain nervous old ladles
with tales of awful wrecks and disasters
at sea.
Don't wear a high hat until land bas
been sighted aud the pilot bas come
aboard.
Don't forget that you ate not the
only passenger; this is a very common
mistake.
Don't make too much of an exhibi
tion of yourself if you are not feeling
like Richard.
Don't be sentimental or romantic
enough to recite poetry, even on moon
light nights.
Don't consider that you sing or play
well enough to refuse to contribute to
a concert.
Duu't tell anybody on board ship the
exact number of times you have crossed
the sea.
Fiction u Suit.
"Give me a ten-cent love story, with
a blonde heroine and Indians In it.
Don't give a detective story," she
said.
We were both in a newsdealer's store
on Hudson Avenue. 1 looked up and
saw the really intelligent face of a lady
perhaps oo years old. She was band
somely dressed. She scanned all the
yeilow covered literature, but threw
them aside, saying that she had read
them all.
"Here's just what jou want," the
dealer said, as be then tbrew down a
ten-cent book, entitled, "Snaky Snod-
grass, the Scout and Lover of Blind
Man's Gulch " She hadn't read that.
and off she went with It.
"Do you sell many of such books?
I asked.
"Oh! yes," he said, "and I have sold
no less than fifty of them to the mar
ried lady you saw leave the store just
now. But she hangs on pretty well."
"What do you mean by banging
on?"
"Well, after married women read
about twenty-five of such books there is
generally a row in the family, and the
wife leaves the husband to look for the
kind of hero she bas often read about
in book;?, and, of course, these e pea ra
tions hurt my busiuess, I estimate
that twenty-five of such books will
make a romantic woman leave ber
husband and go hero-searching. The
married woman who bas just bought
Snaky Snodgratss hangs on pretty well.
Perhaps she hdsn't struck the right
book yet. These books break up more
families than anything I know of."
Pompsy's pillar has no historical
connection with Pompey in any way.
THE ENFORCEMENT
TENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST I, 1SSS.
STORIES OK U1CKE.VS.
His Opinion ofCfome Ulliott's Sox. -
I-'irat ltradingor -flcltw ick."
It was at this time that Dickens
commenced the public reading of bis
works, and they became immediately
very popular as well as profitable. I
availed myself of his offer of tickets of
admission to Hanover Square Rooms.
and heard blm read the trial from
"Pickwick" and from some other
novel, the name of which I forgot. It
seems a bold thing for me to say, but
I felt very strongly that the author had
totally misconceived the character of
one ot bis own creations. In reading
the humorous repartees and quaint
sayings of Sam Weller, Dickens low
ered bis voice to the tones of one who
was rather ashamed of wliat he was
saying, and afraid of being reproved
for the freedom of his utterances.
I failed in being able to reconcile
myself to such rendering of a character
that, of all others, seemed to me to
call for an exactly opposite treatment.
Sam is self-possessed, quick and never-
failing In his Illustrations and rejoin
ders, even to the point of Impudence.
n beu I determined to tell the great
author that he bad mistaken bis own
work, 1 knew I should be treading on
dangerous ground. But on the occa
sion of a sitting, when my victim was
more than ever good-natured, I unbur
dened my mind, giving reasons for my
objections. Dickens listened, smiled
faintly aud said not a word. A few
days after this my friend Elmore asked
my opinion of the reading, telling me
he was going to bear them, and 1
franly warned him that be would be
disappointed with the character of Sam
Weller. A few days more brought a
call from Elmore, who roundly abused
me for giving him an utterly false ac
count of the Weller episode.
"Why," he said, "the sayings came
from Dickens like pistol shots; there
was no sneaklng'way of speaking, as
you described it." "Can it be possi
ble." thought I, "that this man, who
as it is told of the great Duke of Well
ington, never took anybody's opinion
but his own. has adapted from my sug
gestion a rendering of oue of the chil
dren of bis brain diametrically op
posed to his own conception cf it?"
At the next sitting all was explained,
for, on my telling Dickens what Elmore
had said, with a twinkle in his eye
which those who knew him must so
well remember, he replied:
"I altered it a little made it
smarter."
"You can't think how proud I feel,''
said I, "and surprised, too; for, from
my knowledge of you, and from what
I have heard from other people, you
are about the last man to take advice
about anything, least of all about the
way of reading your own books."
'On the coutrary," was the reply,
"whenever 1 am wrong 1 am always
obliged to any one who will tell me of
it; but up to the present I have never
been wrong."
With Dickens' permission I used to
read the early sheets of the new novel
as they lay u;on his desk. On one of
the few occasions on which I got to
work before him. I saw upon the table
a paper parcel with a letter on the top
of it. From the shape 1 guessed that
it contained books, as the event proved.
Presently Dickens came in and read
the letter, saying:
"Here you are again! This is the
kind of thing 1 am subjuct to; people
send me their books, and, what Is
more, they require me to read them;
and, what is almost as bad, demand my
opinion of them. Head that."
1 obeyed, aud read what appeared to
me a very well written appeal to the
great master in the art, of which the
writer was a very humble disciple,
etc., begging for his perusal of the
accompanying work, and bis judgment
upon It, and so ou. The work was
"Adam liede." and the writer's name
was George Eliot. Dickens took up
one of the volumes, looked into it, and
said: "Seems clever a good style;
suppose 1 must read it."
And read it he did that very day, for
the next morning be said:
"That's a very good book. Indeed,
by George Eliot. But, unless I am
mistaken, G. Eliot is a woman."
ThU U About I-s.
A man busily engaged in holding
eggs up before a candle attracted the
attention of a reporter In Third avenue
near Forty-seventh street. New York,
the other evening. An interview was
the result, aud here it is:
"What are you doing?"
"Candling eggs. You see, I pick up
each egg and hold it before the candle.
Tiie light shines through it. I can see
at a glance whether it is cracked or
specked or spoiled. If it Is cracked I
set it aside to be sold at a low price.
Bakers aud coufectlonera and some
prudent families buy cracked eggs, and
thev are as good as any eggs not
cracked, but they must be used within
twenty-four hours."
"Is not that an old-fashioned way of
testing eggs?"
"Yes; but experience proves it to be
the best, and it is quick. An expert
can handle 30,000 eggs a day. It bas
been tried to test eggs by water. A
good egg will sink and a bad egg will
float, but you cannot find out a specked
egg that way."
"What mikes specked eggs?"
"Lying in one position. An egg
should not be lert many days In one
position. If an egg is turned every
day it will keep a long time. An ex
periment was once tried by D. II. Den
nis, President of the Duchess County
Creamery, as to how long an egg could
be kept good. He kept one on his
desk nine months, and turned it every
day and kept It good."
'How long are the best eggs kept be
fore they get upon tbe tables of ' the
best hotels?"
'It takes about four days, because
they are bought in bulk in tbe country
and must be carefully assorted before
being placed on the market."
"How are imported eggs kept from
spoiling on tbe voyage?"
'They are carefully watched and
turned. They come in cases easy to
handle, and an expert soon learns to
handle them quickly. It adds about a
quarter of a cent a dozen to tbe cost,
but we can pay that and the freight
and yet sell eggs that cotre rrom France
and Germany cheaper than we can sell
Western eggs, and some think they are
better. We can get them here in about
twelve days from France. England
also gets many eggs from Germany and
France."
Mr. Alan Arthur, son of the late
President of the United States, was
"presepted" at the levee held by the
Prince of Wales on the 11th ulU
OF THE LAWS.
THU SWKtT (ilKL,
How She Improved on Her Moiher's
Management.
She had reached the enticing age
when young fellows in their best
clothes were dropping into the parlor
evenings and entertaining her mother
with small talk of the down-town cir
cles. There were little baskets of
flowers comiDg to the bouse, and In
consequential messages being brought
by her brother. There was an excited
interest shown by several young men
of sympathetic nature in her health,
and it was extraordinary how many
times she had to bow from the dress
circle of the theatre. Her brother was
becoming intensely popular, and he
bad a dozen pressing intimate friends,
who couldn't live without hlni. In
deed, be came home a trllle ehtred
once or twice, and admitted it hadn't
cost him anything, but they bad drank
his sister's health several times.
And so ber mother, feeling that the
end was near, began to prepare her for
a higher life in that world where two
people of contrary dispositions have to
light it out as oue. Tbe mother
handed over the entire management of
the bouse to ber daughter, who was
naturally very proud of the responsi
bility. There were eight people of
average apitite to cater for, and the
very flist thing the young lady discov
ered was that ber mother had been
frightfully extravagant. She had not
gone far before she saw that she could
keep up a better table at far less ex
pense than her respected parent.
Of course she did not demand all the
fish In tbe market, but she knew that
her mother had shown a reprehensible
taste In buying ordinary, common fish,
when she got such delicious things as
pomponnot at the little dinners the
young men had occasionally got up for
small theatre parties.
So she made up ber mind she wou'd
simply astonish the old lady and edu
cate her at the same time. She
marched down to the fishmongers.
"Have you any pomponnot?" site
asked, very importantly.
"Yes, certainly."
"I waut two pounds of pomponnot,
please."
'Yes, miss. I'll send it up right
away"
The flshmongfr proceeded to weigh
out the necessary fish. She watched
him. Suddenly it occurred to ber.
"How much Is poinponnot now?"
"Two dollars aud a half a pound,
miss."
A pale maiden stood gazing blankly
at him.
Well you cm make it two bits'
worth of tomcod. "
Keggins Fraternity of New Vurk.
The begging fraternity includes some
unique specimens of professional char
ity seekers. With these the police
never interfere why, no oue knows.
Perhaps it is because they are harmless
in their way; perhaps because no other
meaus of gaining a livehood is open to
them; perhaps because it might puzzle
the courts how to dispose of them.
What, for instance, could be done
with the poor, limbless fellows who
crawls along Broadway, betweeu
Market and Walnut, usually ou the
west side of the street, and whose
hands are his sole instruments of loco
motion? The leather stumps of the
fellow excite Immediate compassion,
aud he is so utterly helpless in the
view of the edestiiaii who f wings
along on the limbs that God has given
him, that no one begrudges the nu
merous dimes showered on the luck
less creature. He is so lowly, so un
prepared for the struggle for existance,
that be is really beneath hostile atten
tion. So he passes bis life unchallenged
and free to do as he wills. He is the
recipient of more money than any of
bis clas-v and is said to be In comfort
able circumstances. He lost his legs In
a Missouri Pacific accident, for which
he was amply compensated by the com
pany. It is a mistake to suppose,
though, that he cannot cover ground.
Upon occasion he can travel at a very
respectable rate, and crosses street
crowded with vehicles without assist
ance with an adroitness that com
mands admiration. He is never im
pertinently forward in solicting char
ity, his nufoutuuate condition usually
aud successfully speaking for itself. Oc
casionally, however, be says: "Won't
you help me, please?"
Paper Pulp From Cotton Stalks.
Recently tlire have been on exhibi
tion in the oflice of the clerk of the su
perior court, at Atlanta, Ga., samples
of pulp made of the bulls and
stalks of the cotton plant. The
pulp is as white as snow, and can
be converted into tbe finest writing
paper. It is regarded as valuable, and
is the product of parts of the cotton
plant hitherto deemed valueless. The
process by which It is made is new. It
is a process by which tbe ligneous sub
stances of the hulls and seed are dis
solved. By this process over 50 per
cent, of the fiber is extracted from the
hulls, which have been regarded as lit
only tor fuel in the mills or for feed
and fertilizing purposes, and which
were sold for $4 a ton. These, con
verted into pulp, will ba worth about
$40 a ton. From the stalks usually
left to rot in the fields this new process
utilizes about M per cent, of fiber at a
very small expense.
It bas been settled that there are fer
tilizing properties in the oil of the cot
ton seed, and it is asserted that the
fiber will not decompose for six years
and cannot be nsed as a fertilizer. This
is why the woody matter eliminated
from the stalk and bull Is much more
valuable as a decomposing fertilizer
than the entire seed. By the same pro
cess the ramie plant aud its trouble
some cousin, the bagasse stalk, is met
and overcome. By the decorticating
process the fiber was crushed and torn
out by a slow and expensive process.
In the new process tbe Hgine is simply
dissolved out, and the snowy films of
the ramie and the tawnier threads of
tbe sugar cane are coaxed out as easily
as the infantile kitten to its milk.
Tbe army of the United States
numbers less than 20,000 men.
For the promenade, it depends
somewhat upon the objective point
what shall be worn. Tbe fashionable
stroller wears, nine times out of tea, a
black lace costume with rose-trimmed
bat and parasol to match, but to pay
visits, handsome costumes of silk and
moire are worn, even in midsummer,
though not necessarily, crepe de chine
Is very popular for entire dresses for
midsummer wear, and also for drap
eries over India and other light Quali
ties of silk. This is also a favorite
combination material with cream,
colored laces.
SPOni AT SANTA CAIAUXA.
Tbe Barracuda a Blg-ger Fisti and
BfHter Fighter than the Salmon.
According to a Santa Catalina corre
spondent of the San Francisco Chroni
cle, barracuda fishing off the coast ol
Southern California must be very ex
citing sport. "Look out! Shove ber
up in the wind or it will haul me over.''
This from a red-faced fisherman bend
ing over the stern of the flying boat
and clinging to the taunt line witL
desperation.
Up shot the yacht in the wind, aud,
amid the thunder of tbe beating sail, a
big fish, the gamy barracuda, was
coaxed aboard. A salmon in the Kes
tigouche never made a better fight,
and our red-faced friend's face grew
redder. Now the fish was high iu the
air, shooting several leet like au arrow,
glistening and gleaming like molten
silver, while the crystal drops flew
away, veritable gems in their Irides
cence. Sow he was under, dashing
toward the boat; now away, btinging
tbe line up with a sounding thud,
diving deep into the blue sea. ugly,
vicious, desperate, cunning and mad
dened, all at once. But the hook it
good and the hue strong, aud finally
the long, lithe, animated arrow is lifted
quickly aud dauces its last "heel and
toe" upon the deck' a beauty over four
feet long, heavier and stouter than
many.
"I've tackled barracuda," said tbe
fisherman, who was a lawyer when at
home, "in about every water where
they live, but that chap gave me the
best fight I ever bad. It wouldn't
have taken much more to have pulled
me over."
Barracuda fishing Is to Southern
California what blue fishing is to tbe
East, and, as has been suggested, a
good, big stocky fish is capable of pro
ducing sport, and in its breaks, dives
and struggles reminds one of the sal
mon. The season for barracuda is fairly in,
and thousands of the beautiful crea
tures, with their sharp fangs aud bril
liant eyes, are taken to market and
sold iu all the towns in Los Angeles
cou nty.
The barracuda 13, to those who never
see it except on the bill of fare, a fish
somewhat resembling a pike or pick
erel, ranging from four to six feet in
length, with a pointed snout, wide
hideous mouth, armed with fang-like
teeth, long, tapering body, blue back,
with lridisceut tints, grading oft into
gleaming silver below. The fish,
known to science as the Uphyrana bar
racuda, is arrow shaped, powerful,
agile and savage, the tiger of its kind,
and delicious when well cooked, which
means broiled over hot coals. It has a
wide geographical range, but Is met
with iu the greatest numbers on the
edge of and in the tropics. The wri
ter first fished for it in the Gulf of
Mexico, north or Yucatan and along
the florida reef, near Havana, where it
is much larger than here. The South
ern California fish averages three or
four feet In length, Is slender, while
that of the Gulf of Mexico ranges up
to live and six feet aud over, aud i
very heavy.
The boat has fallen away again and
three lines are cut. The trade wind
has freshened, and gunwales under we
are taking everything as it comes,
going so fast that the gleaming baits,
with their fringe-like teuticles, ever
aud anon leap out of the water, so that
it would be a very prosaic barracuda
who could resist it.
"Last j-ear," said another of the
partv, "as I was just off the i)int of
the island yonder, 1 had a most curious
experience with a fislu I had just
takeu oue in and baited, aud was about
to throw over, in fact, was swinging
my bait, when 1 saw something fia-sh,
and then I received a knock on the
biJo of the head that about laid me
out. In fact, 1 did drop into the bot
tom of the boat, and with me went a
biir, five-foot barracuda. He had
either seen my bait or accidentally
jumped rrom the water and takeu me
fairly on the side or the head.
"That's nothing," began the man at
the helin, but here a vicious jerk came
on a line, and a second later a gleam
ing, silvery arrow sprang into the air,
shook itself violently aud fell back to
rush this way and that. The fish was
in sight. Its sides gleaming, when sud
denly the line slackened. "He's gone,
by the eternal!" shouted the fisherman,
hauling in the line. "Xo, he Isn't yet."
and here be held up bis hook, and upon
it was the head aud about six Inches
of the late barracuda. Its eyes were
still gleaming and it bad hardly real
ized that Its body bad disappeared.
"What does this mean?" asked the
fisherman. "Sharks," replied the
skip,er. "I've had a schobl follow me
for a whole day and take about half the
lisli I caught. Sometimes one barra
cuda will take bold of another, but
that's rare."
The barracuda Is to our mind the
best edible fish in these waters, but,
like the quail, it is often ruined in the
cooking.
It should be broiled over hot coals,
and can be served iu many ways, with
native white wiue or condiments to
the taste.
In many waters the barracuda Is not
fit to eat. Around Havana, in the
Immediate vicinity of the city, it is
often poisonous to many. Old fisher
men consider this due to copper in the
water, the flesh turniug green when
cooked, but the reason is to be found
elsewhere. Ou American shores it ir
always one of the finest game and foo
fishes.
An Irlah riiilosoplier.
I bave remarked that few can pre
serve tbe same demeanor In the home
circle as they do outside.
The longer it takes to banish a vice,
tbe more certain it is never to return.
The most trying period in a man's
life is when the world first begins to
grow crooked with bim. If he keejw
his wits together then, he's crtain to
come out right after a while.
Two men may happen to knu-v every
twist and turn of each other' hearts,
but I don't believe two women ever
knew one another thoroughly.
Xo man of principle will laugh at
the sayings of a wit, if be cannot crack
bis jokes without hurting the feelings
of some one. This kind of joker should
be boycotted.
White linen lawns, sheer and cool-
looking, make beautiful dresses, and are
to be bad in various grades of fineness;
but tbe very finest are seldom used ex
cept for handkerchiefs or Infants'
dresses, and there is no woven fabric.
except bolting-cloth, which can com
pare in delicacy of tissue with the
uandspun linen lawns.
Editor and. Froprietor.
NO 3-..
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Ameer of Afghanistan is said
to fee meditating a journey to England.
Whalebone is not bone, and is said
not to possess a single property of
bone.
Cleopatra's needle was not erected
by the Egyptian queen, nor iu ber
honor.
Prince Henry was the first Russian
prince who ever sailed round the
world .
Sir Frovo Wallis, senior admiral of
Great Britiau, bas just completed bis
100th year.
The term Tory, as applied to an
English political party, was given
about 107S.
Black lead Is not lead at all, but a
compound of carbon aud a small quan
tity of iron.
German silver was not Invented In
Germany, and does not contain a par
ticle or silver.
Aubertin, the man who shot Jules
Ferry, bas been declared Insane and
put iu asylum.
Files as Instruments of handicraft
luess are of very early origin, being
mentioned in the Old Testament (I
Samuel, xiil.21), 1J3 15. C.
A Chinese student. Hong Yen
Chang, bas just beeu admitted to the
New York bar. He is a Yale graduate
and has been fifteen years lu the coun
try.
Before be discovered the cholera
microbe Robert Koch was known
simply as Doctor Koch. Now be Is
Ilerr Geheimer Medicinal-Rath Pro
fessor Doctor Robert Koch.
It Is a curious fact that a man
named Messenger has just been ap
pointed a gunner In the navy,
while a man named Gunner was re
cently made a messenger in the Navy
Department at asuiugton.
For every 1 000 inhabitants the
United States runs trains .t,7O0 miles
annually, while the train mileage of
Great Britain on the same basis is
7,600: Belgium. 4.500; Frauce. a.550:
Germany, 3,250.
A financial writer states that the
total amount of money in this country
is equal to $27.30 for each person, of
which f 11.08 is paper money, 5.66 sil
ver and $10.50 gold. In France, the
total amount it capita is said to be
$52.00; in Holland, $30.80, aud in Bel
glum, $35.30.
The heirs ot a man in Utica who
was killed by a shock from au electric
light wire have sued the city for
$5,000 damages, and we hope they will
get It. A few verdicts like that would
ersuade municipalities that It would
be cheaper to bury the w ires than to
bury their victims.
Professor Xehrlng in a discussion
on the evolution of the dog, attempts
proof of the proosillou that Tray aud
Blanche had for their ancestors species
of wolves and jackals still surviving
and be instances the fact that Heir
Rouge has so completely tamed a
young wolf tliat it follows bim about
like any dog would.
The total number or Immigrants
arrived iu tins country in ls7 was
516,1)33, of whom .'!22,02tj were males
and 194,0)7 females. Of these there
were 179,01)9 from Great Britain and
Ireland, 104, 155 males and 7."i,4"il fe
males. From the remainder ot Eu
rope there were 32S,6."il, of whom 211,
1S were males, and llti,s73 females.
Carefully compiled statistics show
that the losses by lire iu the United
States during last yiar were nearly
312U,000,IKX). au increase of over thir
teen per cent, as compared with the
previous year, lu fplte of the numer
ous appliances for securing the escai
of jieople from burning buildings, more
lives were lost by fire in ls.M7 than iu
any previous year since complete re
cords have beeu kept.
An Eastern statistical! his esti
mated that 2.000,000 men iu this coun
try get shaved at a barlier shop three
times a week. He says that this means
an expenditure of 30 cents a week , or
315.00 a year for each man, or for the
3,000,000, J 1 5,000,000 annually. To
this he should and a considerable sum
to account for the numerous 15-cent
shaves the ruling pi ice in the West.
The African Methodist Episcopal
church, whose general conference was
recently held at Inil.miapoli, reHrls
a membership of 4';3,v!.)l, aud ti e total
of money raised for aM putKies dur
ing the year 1SS7 as S1.'.4,5C9. There
are 3,304 churches and WJ parsonage.,
valued at $5,34'),8S9. Thuie are 17.IXJ9
stewards, 14,190 stewardesses and 14,
77S class leaders.
A. J. Gill, or Dade City, Fla., Is
the owner of an orange tree 53 years
old, which is two and a half feet lu
diameter and thirty-live feet high. This
tree bas yielded lO.OUD, oranges in a
single season, and it Is believed, If no
mishap sni-ervenes, the piodui-t will
reach 12.0A)the present year. It is one
of a group or eighteen, each but little
inferior in sizi
A long letter, In which $1 was en
closed, bas beeu received at the Boston
and Albany Station restaurant iu this
cty from a woman at Xewbuiypoit.
The writer explained that about 1645,
when a little girl and travelling with
her mother, she took an oianv'.e from
the counter which her mother did not
notice in time to return or pay ror, so
tbe money was sent to cover interest
and principal.
During the iiast year Great Britain
has paid out ror cattle slaughtered on
accouut or pleuro-pneumonia for dis
eased cattle, $107,000; for healthy cat
tle In contact, $114,000; on account of
swine slaughtered owing to swine
fever, $79,000 for diseased swine and
$32,000 for healthy swine iu contact;
making a total diaiu on the country
caused by these diseases amounting to
8342,000.
There was lately sold in Paris the
original contract ot Rachel with the
manager of the Paris Gymnase, dated
January 7. 1837, and running from
February 1 or that yar until May 1,
1S43. Rachel's annual stipend was
set at 3000 francs, to be Increased
1000 francs each year. The great Sarah
earns as much in a week (.sometimes,
when on a star tear, In a night) lu
these days.
It is said that llerr von Putt
kamer, Prince Bismarck's cousin, waa
really dismissed from the M mistry of
tbe Interior by Emperor Fiederlck
because it wai discoveied, not only
that be bad managed to obtain pos
session of the cipher which the Emp
ress Victoria used when telegraphing
to England, but that ber private cor
respondence and tbe Emperor's always
passed through bis hands.
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