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VOL. XUI.
STTTTs forilamuges glowing out of re
cent railroad disaster are the heaviest
ever brought in tUe same connection,
and will be fought on both sides with
unusual tenacity.
Estpero William proposes to fix
upon January IS the date of his cor
onation, that being the anniversary of
the day of the crowning of his grand
father at Versailles.
If Stanley ever returns alive he will
be the most amused man to reail the
uV rations of how lie and his expedi
tion had been frequently murdered in
the wilds of Africa.
The blunder of a town without Cre
apparatus was illustrated during a fire
in Highland Park, III., Saturday, by
tis destruction, the people only being
ahle to Rave part of their furniture.
Thk President has set apart Thurs
day, the 21th day of November as a day
of Thanksgiving by the American
lople. In accordance with customs,
the Governors of the several States will
name the same day, which will give it
the mual National effect.
The negotiation of a new extradition
trfaty with Great I'.ritain which will
put a stop to the flight of American
criminals to Canada is urgently de
manded. The present state of affairs
is a disgrace to our civilization and a
premium to rascality.
The man who offkrkd llnoniE
five hundred dollars if lie would leap off
Poughkeepsie bridge should Je sent to
jail. That would put a damper on this
kind of "sport," which Is surely nre
cruel than that of shooting live pig
eons. ExiPEnoit William II has done a
wise thing and a proper tiling in relink
ing the press of lterlin for its unkind
expression concerning hU father. Em
peror Frederick. The general impres
sion heretofore has been that the toue
of the press was not displeasing to him.
Mu. Gladstone continues to be one
of the most wonderful ot old men. His
ISirmingham speech seems to have
elicited the admiration of those even
who disagreed wltii him in his argu
ments and conclusions. Few men of
his age would be able to with
stand the physical fatigue of standing
up to address au audience for two
hours.
Ir Is a notable fact that ia cases
.wherejlUasXex or death occnrv&t a rail
road crossing, coroner's juries investing
such accidents say that the fault is not
because the companies do not vigilant
ly guard and watch against such occur
rences, but because the crossings exitt,
and the public are not prudent ani
careful enough in their use.
Two hundred million dollars for de
fenses on the frontier of France against
possible attacks from Germany that is
the proposed expenditure that agitates
France. Such works would get rid of
a surplus if France h;ul any, but there
the surplus must first be created by ad
ditional taxation. And, after all, the
defensive works may be of no use as
was the cxe with Metz in the late war.
Tuk gift of Sl.OOO.OiW by Davful
I laud, of New Haven, Coiui.. for the
education of Southern negroes is a wise
ami cenerous beneficence, bestowed
within a field that is rich in possibili
ties. None will recognize its value
more clearly than the people of the old
slave-holding States, who as they reach
out to an industrial future are con
fronted by a difficult and peculiar race
problem. .
Captain Thomion, whose vessel the
steamer llenvenue, was caught in the
recent great typhoon in the China sea,
says of the centre of the typhoon: "It
was tilled with lightning, aud a heiivy
roar made It impossible to distinguish
the noise of the wind from that of the
thunder. The smell, too, of electricity,
like the smell of burning sulphur, vas
so intense as to cause an almost over
powering sensation of suffocation, ana
the biscuits and food not washed away
by the storm tasted so of sulphur as to
beuullt for use."
The Missouri Court of Appeals lias
given great joy to the railway dead
heads. It has affirmed the judgment
of a lower court, which decided that
notwithstanding the holder of a free
pass agrees to assume all risks of acci
dent, jet it is the duty of the railroad
company to do all that liuman care, .
skill and ingenuity can levise in the
way of safe coaches, trncks and ma
chinery and to kf ep the spjiie in proper
repair, and even If the uipsenger were
a free rider they were liable for damage
that might follow a disre gard of these
precautions.
Will it he Anoth kk Ia.n deville
f ' ASV',T i larm.inv'u f "l.iiti fllrtr do?S UOt
read Irish history to advantage, at least
for the current Kir I'mfnisor Geffckeu
is suffering from being lockal up, as
ilandeville did. although these is no
reason to suppose that scant food and
jail cloth inz have anvthinz to do with
increasing it. It is curious to note that
Geffcken's offence is ouly that fyt mak
ing puUic a nart of the late Emperor
Frederick ' .liirv Tlii i one of the
offences where a Dart Is create than
the whole. Mandeville. the Irish
. ' . .JX IJ V i , I. ..1.x
d, was released before he died, but it is
i me miure toieii wuetnra- irerm-aMj
political prisoner will have even that
much of consideration for his foeblu
neaito.
According to Johann Faber, the
famous manufacturer of Nuremberg,
ta people of the, United States nee. In
round numbers, about lOO.WO.OVO K
By the Kir-.
TTIiea daylight darken. In th. .klca,
Wben .T.nicg .badow. fall.
Alone, I watch with dreaming eye.
Th. firelight on tu. wall;
Alone, I liatrn to th. feet.
That in eontinnoaa stream
Pnrane each otbrr on tua street
And mingl. with my dream.
Nod. of th m atop, with wlft desire,
To enter at my door;
I trim my lamp and stir my fir.
Fcr botnewartl fret no more.
Yet, with a trick of listening.
Caught loni: and long ago,
I wb to bear tb. welcom. ring
Of son. I used to know.
VThe.-e are they wandering to-night:
Wtiat breadth of laud and mtak
Lira dim and empty of delight
Itrtwixt my love and me?
Perchance, wtih green earth overspread
lie sleeps a dreamless sleep.
Or toeaing waves above bis bead
Their ceaseless marmnr keep.
Never an echo from bis heart
lias found its way to mine;
Yet, aa tb. red coals drop apart.
With shifting gloom and shine.
Ilia face li cks through th. dancing fire.
Wild dreams daDC through my brain,
II. comes with all th. old tlesir.
And claaps m. close aaint
O vinion sweet, that day dispels!
If it could truly be.
No creature on the round earth dwells
That might nut envy m-.
r-urortitara 1 think bnt why recall
A thought too vain to L&at?
The tire light flickers on the wall,
ILe lootatepa have gone past.
THE REV. MARK AVERY.
Old Mr. Bittleston had a charming
Douse and grounds on the Thames,
neir ilarlow, including a pretty eyot.
One sultry afternoon he was enjoying
a placid doze in a shady arbor near the
water's edge, when he was aroused by
. . . ...I
the splashing ot oars, ana ueuoiut m
young man in a boating costume, in
the act of alighting upon the lawn.
Mr. Bittleston sprang to his feet in
an instant, prepared to lose his temper
on small novocation. lie knew the
stranger's errand, for he received half
a dozen promiscuous visits of this kind
- . . j ii'. i .
in the course 01 uie aay. i ucu mo
r. tviun iImw noar Iia nmvMl to be
rather a mild looking youth, who wore
spectacles, ana seemea aiuueni. uu
very much embarrassed.
-'Have 1 the pleasure or apeaaing to
the propritor of this island?" he in
ouireJ. oolitelv lifting his straw hat
from his head.
Yes; the island ueiongs to me,
said Mr. Ulttleston. shortly.
Will you permit me to nana you
mv card." said the stranger, producing
a card case.
Mr. Bittle3ton felt somewhat molli
fied by the young man's polite and
respectful demeanor, and he took the
card. It bore the following Inscription:
"The Kev. Mark Avery, 14 llayter
St., St, George's in-the-EasU'
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.ht. ...ii irn si rlerpvmanl" re-
VU, .
maetheQM jreTJtlenian. wno naa a
gooa oia-iasuiotieu ivKaiu auk
"Yes, In spite of my dress, which Is
decidedly anii-ciencav )UI8
man .miiintr suoDose vou can
guess why 1 troubled you. We are on
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our way to cuoru, uiu x sbucu
tiArmiMinn irk rjAmu oul on iuui puu
or the night with my friends."
. . t M saw that I've been
obliged to put a stop to that," said Mr.
BitMeston; X ax airmiu iuah a i.xw.
make n exception in your case."
"1 hope you wui, air," aaiu mo iai
on, persuasively; "I plead not so much
r..- n,nir aii fnr mv companions. They
are both very worthy young men. and
this little trip, wuicu a ui iiu,
i. a iiintim which ther have never
..r ...ri.ni...l One is a DUDll
uriuio - -
teacher at our schools, and the other is
ass.stant in the night school. They
a hoiidav. and I wish
t3 do all I can to promote their enjoy-
'You will find plenty of accommo-
i..ii... at Mir iiv. aL ail events. saia
lr Itittlestnn.
"Undoubtedly; but. the fact is. we
Miei.it afford to pay for it," remarked
ti, Itev. Mark, candidly; 'my com
nr.i.,s have no money, and my own
a unr.irtunaLelv. very narrow.
..!. tun rmi ar tiav master?" said
Vll. "- " - . -
.1.. i.i nanthmin. whose kind heart
i no fi. e .
was touched by the parson s artleiS
confession.
var tt is mv treat. In fact," an-
Mark, smiling. "Of
course, if you object to our landing on
your island, we must try elsewhere.
But It is a convinieut spot, and I hoped
. . 1 . . r. nil ' '
Wa.ii well, for this once I will
make an exception ," interrupted Mr.
IMiLalAn .irutlld tO TfSiSt BUT longer.
"I must ask you to fix your camp in the
most remote corner oi mo u"au.
. .iiin th underwood. When
mi take vour morning nath, please
hr in mind that the windows of my
t..... cr!.-mtr tlie Island."
We will do nothing that can possi-
i .if.n.l run rotnrned the young
man, offering hi. hand to Mr. Bittles
ton. wLio graspea it in ""
ion; "I am exceedingly obliged to you,
f..r mir kindness.1'
ueiicnc . -' j"-- ,
Don I mention ii.
man, walking oy iub . 1
across " " J , .
,-r. .Ir. for vou. or supply you witn, do
- ...a i n itnv iilud butuK "
uot hesiUte to ask for. Have you any
fresh milk? I know tuai ib
in. r.ir-h ia generally in request."
Thank vou. We won't trespass
frtiur on vour kindness," returned
i. nTrir i.enrtiiv. ' have our
A .r i . i
:-l . m
Lirov isiuiio.
Would you and your companions
come and dine at the house with me
to-night?" inquired Mr. Bittleston, who
- ,nttii old eentleman, and
bad taken rather a fancy to the young
man; "my wife ana aauguujrs woua
. . .i
Jr. .xtremelv kind, but the
a a. ; .-aw naninnt though excel
TY,n are not Quite refined
a." ."' 7,..r tJible."sald the
llev Mark, cautiously lowering hw
voice, so that the occupants of the boat
should not hear him. "For myself,"
uouiu nob ...-nonid only be too
He aaueu aiuu, -
rlntnes out mew .
are only th0 insi.de Week
and must be back on day."
..... :i .mir clothes." said old
ever uiiuu jv .
. . -. r. . ! 1 Via o nlte alone
Mr. HiiiiesLou, -
to-nleht. and my wife and daughters
ire accustomed to see guests in ooaung
.a. It
Tn that case. I hall be only too
-..i.i th Kev. Mark, as he
into Uie boat- "What time do
f on dine?
-j ire Rittleston. from the
nsweicA
saQk .a. olaneeai at the VOUnZ
u'lwmparaons. The latter were
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2S, 1SSS.
very nnpreposaesslng young men, and
would evidently have been out ot place
In a gentleman's dining-room. On
seeing them, it occurred to Mr. Bit
tleston that be had been a little too
precipitate with his Invitations; and It
was partly owing to reflections that be
took down the "Clergy List" on reach
ing the house," and diligently searched
for Rev. Mark Avery's name. He
found It duly recorded, and learned
that the young man was curate of St.
Blaise's Church, one of the largest and
poorest parishes in the eastern part of
London.
The parson made bis appearance at
dinner and created a favorable impres
sion. He won Mr. Bittleson's heart
by taking an immense interest In the
house and grounds, and Insisted on
being shown over them. His tales of
the suffering poor of bis parisu. ana
his modest reference to his own arduous
life, elicited the sympathy of the ladies;
and, in fact, the evening passed off so
well that, on his rising to leave, old
Mr. Bittleston pressed him to remain a
day in the neighborhood, so as to visit
the church and other objects or Interest.
No. thank you. I'm afraid we
mus: not linger," he said, shaking his
host warmly by the hand: "we have
our work cut out to row to Oxford and
back to town by Saturday, sure. 1
must think of my companions."
" ell. at all events, come and have
breakfast with us to-morrow," said the
old gentleman, in a pleading tone.
W e must be several stages on our
road before your breakfast hour," he
said, as he saluted the ladles tn turn.
By the by." he added, addressing Mr.
Bittleston, "there is one small favor I
venture to ask of you. May I leave a
portmanteau here, and fetch it on our
way down on Friday or Saturday
next?"
"Certainly certainly!" replied the
old gentleman, promptly.
"1 Cnd we have a good many things
we shan't need, now that the weather
has set in fair,' he explained; then
are always some cooking utensils we
can dispense with. It is desirable to
lighten our boat, and by leaving the
portmanteau here, I shall have an extra
excuse for calling ou our way back,"
with a polite glance at the ladies.
"We shall be delighted to see you,"
said Mr. Bittleston, "aud If you leave
the portmanteau at the house to-mor
row morning, it shall ba taken good
care of. "
Iter. Mark then took his departure
Next morning the party bad left
when the family came down to break -
last, but the parson bad entrusted the
portmanteau to oue of the servants.
The following day he wrote a few lines
to Mr. Bittleston from Keading, send
ing a piece of music which be bad
recommended one of the young ladies
to get, and begging that she would
accept it, as he happened to come
across it in a music shop in the town.
The little act of politeness excited
less attention than it might otherwise
have done, because the letter arrived
while every one was in a great state of
excitement. The discovery bad just
beeu made that a large quantity of
jewelry, plate and other articles had
beeu abstracted from a safe in Air.
Bittleson's sitting-room.
Tiie loss was so considerable that
Mr. Bittleston Immediately telegraphed
to Scotland lard, uot caring to en
trust the matter to the local police. In
response a detective appeared ujon the
scene, and made a careful inspection
of the premises. The safe was uuiu
lured, and the lock had not been tam
pered with.
"It was cleverly uone, um mere
was no magic done," said Uie inspector.
sharp-eyed utile .nan named li ar
il iss; "the lock Is a very ordinary one,
and has evidently been opened with a
key."
"But who could have aoue ur i am
about the house and grounds all day,
and nobody could have got in and oul
without being observed," said Mr.
Bittleston, in a great fluster.
It's a case of burglary," answered
ti e inspector. "There are no- signs of
a forcible entrance having been effected.
but some of the windows on the ground
floor have no shutters, and may have
been unlocked."
Then you don't suspect any of the
servants?" said Mr. Bittleston; "in
deed. I can answer for all of them."
"Well." said the inspector, shrug
ging his shoulders, "I can't express any
opinion at tr-isent. Have you had any
stranger in the house lately.
No," said Mr. Bittleston. adding.
as he remetnberea uie lie v. Alar.
Avery; "by the by, a clergyman dined
here a night or two ago a curate of a
London parish. He was the only visitor
the last lew days."
The inspector asked no questions
about the parson, but Mr. BitUeson re
solved to make a journey by the Fast
en I. and ascertained beyond a doubt
that the ltev. ilars was me person ue
represented himself to be. He had no
difficulty about this, and had the satis
faction of feeling upon bis return mat
he bad not committed an Indiscretion.
It so happened that when he called
at the Hev. Mark Avery s address, be
met his friend's vicar cominf out of
the door. Mr. Bittleston easily ascer
tained that the young curate had gone
on a boating expedition to oxtora witu
two companions, and this evidence
appeared quite conclusive. He made a
clumsy excuse to the vicar to account
for his solicitude, ana maae nis way
home feeling ashamed of bimse'f.
The following evening Inspector Har
diss called to report progress, and to
ask a few further Questions. Mr. Bit
tleston was out in the garden, and the
officer joined him on the lawn.
"It's a nuzzle, ana mat, s a iaci,
said Uardiss, when his inquiries had
teen satisfied. "I've come to the con
clusion it has been in the neighborhood.
aud it's downright impossible that any
one could have sot away witn tne swag
without being noticed In a little place
like this."
"Where are the things then?" in
nnired Mr. Bittleston. testily.
"Not very far off, I can't help
thinkln." replied the inspector; "with
your permission I will search the pre
mises thoroughly, including the garrets
ami Milam."
While the inspector was speaking,
Mr. Bittleson's youngest aaugnter. a
iriri of fourteen, came running across
FaDa." she cried, "isn't that Mr.
Avery? lit Is rowing stroke In that
boat: and he has evidently forgotten
the house, but his portmanteau
r.r"
By Jove! I believe it is Avery and
his friends." cried Mr. Bittleston,
the boat swept quickly east the lawn
m midstream, at the best pace the
naramen could command. "Hi, yon
rv.r, found blm! why can't he look
.mil nd? Boat ahoyl"
But though Mr. Bittleston bad good
inn -nd though a broad sheet of still
water is an excellent conductor ot
sonnr?, his voice failed to attract tbt
attention of the occupants of the boat,
who were straining every nerve to
reach the next lock. While Mr. Bit
tleston was still shouting, they began
to disappear from view around the top
reach, without once turning their
beads.
"Silly fellow!" exclaimed Mr. Bittle
ston, in a state of excitement, as be
hastily descended from the garden seat
on which he had beed standing. "Ha
must be deaf and blind tool Here,
Ada, qulckl Tell Robert to run to my
room and bring Mr. Avery's portmant
eau. Lend me a hand, inspector. It
we look sharp we shall be ab'.e to catch
him up at the lock."
He led the way to tba boat-house,
followed by the inspector. But by the
time the boat was ready aud the foot
man bad appeared with the portmant
eau, several minutes had elapsed.
"Here, Robert, put the portmanteau
in the bow and jump in," said Mr.
Bittleston, impatiently. "I want you
to row me to the lock as quickly as you
can."
"Let me lend a hand," said Inspector
Uardiss, divesting himself of his coat
in a very business-like manner.
The party started down stream in
pursuit, Mr. Bittleston steering, and
frequently bobbing up and down in his
excitement to try and catch sight of
the boat ahead. In spite of their ef
forts, however, they found the lock
gates closed against them, and the
parson's boat out of sight. An abrupt
turn in the river at a short distant
already hid from view the boat just
relieved from the lock.
"What a uulsauce!" exclaimed Mr.
Bittleston mopping his forehead, as he
stood on the banks of the lock. "Boat
ith three gentlemen lust gone through.
Smithers?" he said to the lock-keeper,
"Yes, sir, but they are coming back.
They pulled their boat round by the
backwater, and went on shore, after
asking me to keep an eye on it till they
returned." said the man.
Oa, that is all right." s.iid Mr. Bit-
t'eston. In a tone of satisfaction. " e
will get back, Inspector, to aend to
business. II ti bring up that portmant
eau. Robert. Smithers will you take
charge of it and give it to the Rev. Mr.
Avery, who Is one of those three gen-
t.emen, with my complimentsr"
"I think you mentioned my name.
sir," said a volca from the lock, pro
ceeding from oue o.' the occupants of a
boat which had just entered.
'Not that I am aware of," said Mr.
B'.ttleston, politely. "The gentleman
referred tJ was the Rev. Mark
Avery."
l am the Rev. Mark Avery," saia
the stranger, promptly.
' The gentleman that I mean Is the
curate of Sr. Blaise's Church, in St.
George's-in-the-East." said Mr. Bittle
ston, feeling confused.
"Then tuete is no doubt whatever
that you mean tne,"' returned the stran
ger. with a laugh In which his compan
ions jomea. -
Mr. Bittleston started ar . ired at
the ysuug man, who bore his gaze un
nincliingly. This Mark A very was a
tall, powerful, black-whiskered young
fellow, totally dinereut in appearance
from the slim, modest, retiring youth
who claimed the same appellation. It
crossed Mr. Bittlesou's mind that the
party In the lock were having a joke at
his expense, and he was about to resent
the impertinence in very forcible lan
guage, when the inspector, who had
been standing by. tououea nim on tne
arm.
That is Mr. Avery, sure enough,"
said the cilicer; "I've seen him before.
That being so, I thiuk we bad better
Sr-e what is lusiue tne portmanteau.
It's precious heavy." he added, seizing
hold of it with sudden interest.
Mr. Bittleston was too much non
plussed to interfere, besides which, he
began to entertain disquieting suspi
cions. The inspector proceeded wan
great dexterity to nnfasten the straps
of the portmanteau and in the twink
ling of an eye had mastered the lock
wlili a large stone. Upon his opening
thd lid, au excited exclamation burst
from the bystanders, for the contents
of the portmanteau proved to ba the
whole of the articles of silver and jel-
elry which had been atolen from Mr.
Blttlt-ston s safe.
"Hanged If I didn't think this was
itl" ejaculated the Inspector, "lou
put me off the scent by leading me to
believe that the parson who dined with
you was an old friend. You never told
me you had entertained a stranger who
had left his baggage, or I should uot
have wasted the last day or two."
"I had no idea that that the young
man was a swindler," murmured Mr.
Bittleston.
"I can ee the gums as clear as day
light," said tua inspector. "Havm
recounoitered the premises, he and his
pals do the j b nea'.ly in the nijbt. lie
knows the difficulty of getting away
with the swag, and thinks he may be.
stopiied and searched by the police.
in consequence of having been to tne
house the day before the robbery. So
be left the things with you, and mean
while he has made every arrangement
to dUpose of them."
"How fortunate! How miraculous!''
exclaimed the old gentleman, beginning
to realize his good fortuue. But how
was it he didn't claim the portmanteau
after all?"
"I rather fancy he caught sight of
me on the lawn aud sheered off," said
the inspector. "This is about the
meaning of it, and, what's more, 1 can
make a very good guess at who it is. I
shall not wait here for him, for be
won't come back; but I think in the
course of a day or two I shall lay my
bands on bim and his pals too.''
And he did.
Silver Uowla lor trait ana Salads.
Silver fruit dishes are In the shape
of low bowls, and are generally round,
although sons oval and flaring forms
are seen with waving fluted ornament.
These bowls have sometimes bulging
sides but they are usually straight,
and have a band like effect. This
band is enrichel with repousse orna
ment, designs in outline and polished
against an oxidized background, and
ornament modeled in relief and ap
plied. Some beautiful designs of this
kind are seen in which chrysanthemums
with detached petals are carefully
drawn from nature. The sugar bowl
and creamer usually accompauy them,
and they are all luxuriously encased.
Silver salad bowls are plainly distin
guishable by their ornament. They
are more irregular in form than fruit
bowls. The edges are curving and
crumpled in leaf like suggestions.
Crab sea weed and bits of net inclosing
shells and marine forms are among the
designs.
F. B. Harper has sold the produce
of Belle Knight, the dam of Lavlnia
Belle, for more than 130,003.
TENNESSEE MOUNTAINEERS.
A Mown tain Trip from HaeenMown
to Craniii rry, V C.
Correspondence of the Public Ledger.
We came throu'i from llagerstown.
stopping en route 1 ng enough to take
in the most luteiesting features ot a
country rich in historic a asoclatlons
leading backward to colonial days, aud
found ourselves at Johnson City, a
prosperous and growing town on the
Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air
Line. Our point of destination being
Cranberry, we were transferred to the
narrow gauge road of North Carolina
aud East Tennessee, that magnificent
triumph of engineering skill, built by
the Cranberry Iron Company through
the narrow gorge of the Doe river, and
after passing a few straggling villages,
called into life by this modern industry,
came to Elizabetbton, the second ol l
est settlement iu Tennessee, aud were
standing face to face with two phases
of our modern American civilization.
The quaint town seated low on the
banks of the beautiful Watanga river
was put to sleep more than oJ years
ago. and has never since been able to
shake Itself free from slumber, and we
could not help thinking, after au ob
servation of two days, that stagnation
Is Us essential characteilstic. It has
Indian legends, revolutionary tradi
tions and later historic memories soft
tened and colored by romance, and the
traveler will find it worth while to stop
long enough and make the easy ascent
of Lynn Mountain, one of the isolated
1 nots which are characteristic features
of this peculiar country, where he may
look down upon au ideal valley once
the bed of a crystal lake now rich
with deepest pastures and soft with
wooded uplands leading off to swelling
hills and washed by two beautiful runs,
and fed, guarded aud strengthened by
a long line of bony mountain ridges.
Cultivated through a hundred years,
these fertile fields still yield, without
baing artificially fertilized and with
very Indifferent farming, a succession
of crops that would exhaust our thin
northern soil in a single season. Look
ing down upon this beautiful habitable
land one feels there is an untamed
strength yet to be conquered by the
Industry of man, when the forests
shall be subdued and the mountains
are made to give up their mineral
treasures and the lowlands yield their
full abundance; and, could we prophesy,
we might say the time is not far off,
for the energy and capital of the North
united to the enterprise of some of the
native inhabitants, are pushing new
railroads into the heart of the moun
tains, which will bring this region Into
direct communication with the great
thoroughfares of the world, and lead
forward to its gradual aud sure devel
opment. '. Again picking np our route of travel
and passing a few more villages, where
enormous stacks of lumber and great
logs tell the prevailing industry, we
were fairly within the narrow gorge of
the Doe river, shut in by high ruoun-
l tains and precipitous cliffs, where
A -rery exposed escarpment and railway
cutting give evidence or tne peculiar
geologic conditions that place these
rocks among the primary foundations
of the earth through which '..bis now
quietly flowing river dug Its bed ages
ago, leaving after it a barricade of
towers and bastions, which engineering
genius has subdued to its purpose and
where the sound of the whistle is the
voice of the conqueror.
One fair, wild scene succeeds an
other. Magnificent moss-covered cliffs
lead Into a deep tunnel and out again
upon a sweet, suniighled valley spark
ling in beauty, bound by walls of deep
est green, its foreground made up of
picturesque log cabius of the moun
taineers, and the women and children
gathered In the doorway or at work in
the garden, tell that even these path
ways of majestic loveliness and wild
grandeur have been through generations
the background of human lives.
After a succession of tunnels aDd
bridges we came to Roan Mountain
Station, a neat and prettily built town.
which is the point of departure for
Cloud land Hotel, ou the top of Roan
Mountain, C300 feet above the level of
the sea, aud the highest human habita
tion east of the Rockies. The higher
mountains now recede into the far dis
tance, the country grows gentler, we
pass Elk Park, an industrial little
town, which only five years ago was
platted on a green hillside, and are at
the rustic station ot Cranberry Inn,
having passed over a stretch of road
not surpassed in rugged picturesque-
ness by the great Dingwall Railway of
Scotland.
Cranberry Inn, so aptly called the
Cottage Beautiful." and to which we
would like to add the Cottage bounti
ful, is an ideal mountain lodge, nest
ling among the wooded hills, a blessing
not only to the traveler, who may coma
for a night, tut a retreat from summer
heat to those lu search of beauty, com
fort, ideal cleanliness aud ail the gent
ler refinements uf a summer home.
Here one may dream, res', or work.
The stimulating quality of the air, un
like the languid heat of the valley, is a
tonic to wearied brains and overtaxed
nerves. Here the hay fever patient
forgets his discomforts and malaria
makes no more ravages upon its vic
tims. The wooded hills, glens, dells
and mountains siles, rich in flira.
tempt one to exercise.and the buoyaucy
and lightness of the atmospbeie make
long pedestrian excursions charm
ing.
Cranberry Hotel is ucexceptionably
the place to eettja down in homelike
security, leave o-r;"a heavy luggage and
make excursions to diffeernt places of
interest, these excursions being made
easy by excellent sad J la horses, teams
of mules, tents, comfortable wagons
and all other requirements for long
mountain rambles.
A ride ot four hours brings us to the
top of Roan, Grandfatther Mountain
or the Balds of the Yellow, while a
longer or more extended tour may in
elude the noble Black Mountain, the
Cana Valley, Bayly Mountain, the
mica region aud the solitudes of the
Blue Ridge. And so charming are ail
the seasons here, and so deep the
sources ot delight when the whole heart
of nature sheds forth her great bene
ficence one sca'cely knows which
months are the loveliest wbea June's
radiant skies make the landscape lu
minous with beauty, and the laurel and
rhodendron convert the woods into t
paradise of flowers, or when the mel
lower glories of autumn cover the
mountains aud the forests are dyed In
crimson and gold.
The development of the cranberry
region is due to the efforts of the
Cranberry Iron Company, made up
principally of Philadelphia stockbold
ers and which has already been called
"The Orst wedge ot civilisation fairly
driven Into the northwest mountains
Ot XotUa Carolina." Whatever maj
be ths resources of this mountain of
iron, which scientific investigation and
i radical use have found equal to the
bst magnetic ore of Sweden, the re
generating power which the Industry
nas introduced into the country can
scarcely be calculated. Already a few
years of wise management and judicious
work have changed a condition of
semi-barbarism to one of rational care
taking Industry with its accompany
ing moral stimulant.
Not longer than five years ago twenty-one
murders were committed in
Mitchell and its neighboring counties
lu less than eighteen months, and in
nearly all cases of disagreement pistols
or knives settled the dispute. Illicit
whiskey distilleries were hidden away
among the mountains, which, tn their
turn, fostered the lowest social degra
dation. Idleness was the characteristic
condition of the community, it so dig
nified a name can be applied to num
bers of straggling, single-roomed log
cabins, where men, women, children
and pigs were huddled together in an
atmosphere of dirt that fostered the ex
tremes of immorality.
Money was almost unknown. A few
herbs growing wild on the mountain,
the native fruits produced by a prolific
soil, were bartered for the barest ne
cessities of life. A few hours' work
was paid for by an old coat or dress,
and a pistol or knife would dig a gar
den or plant a patch of corn. Knowing
this, one may imagine the result, wheu
honest work came to receive its equiv
alent in generous wages and a well-
nlled store house supplied the Increased
necessities of an Industrious life.
It bad its effect in creating wants.
fostering self-respect, arousing ambi
tion for. cleanliness and cultivating a
taste for the useful aud ornamental
arts.
Ignorance followed in the wake f
idleness, aud native ability expended
itself in sharp bargaining, poiitical
gambling, and social enmities. Within
five years both secular and religious
schools have been planted, teachers
selected, and often paid for by the
large-hearted, far-seeing men who are
pushing this iron industry, an J who.
though in search of wealth througu
their gigantic mineral enterprise, re
cognize that education aud Christianity
are the most potent influences to lift,
men into the full daylight of modern
civilization. And the.r united and
continuous efforts have already brought
a reward, for the people, notwithstand
ing their past social degradation, have
responded to the humanizing influences,
and have developed capabilities aud an
aptitude for learning which, in indi
vidual instances, have been almost
phenomenal. We have invariably ob
served, in talking with the children
along the roads, or ia making visits to
the humble log cabins, not ouly the
beauty and intelligence of their faces,
but the quickness of perception aud
native wit shown in their answers to
questions, which would be hard to find
in our own native mountain popula
tion. More than alt. there Is an encourag
ing feature in thtt social reform, louua
in a certain inborn integrity of the
mountaineer's character, which, thouah
often distorted and overlapped, like the
primary strata of his own mountain
rocks, is not wholly destroyed, and in
stances are not rare where men have
risen above their surroundings aud
have lived honest, noble lives, in the
midst of almost uuiversal degradation.
N o one is able to foresee what this
highly favored country, now in course
of development, may yet become. For,
though its mineral wealth is enormous,
its agricultural possibilities aie equally
valuable, and upon them its future
prosperity will, in a large measure, de
pend. e are told by a gentleman who lias
had a long northern exiierieuce in farm
ing, and who is the owner of a tract
recently purchased and now being
cleared for cultivation, that the soil
and climate are favorable to the most
intelligent and scientific modes of farm
ing. Mountaineers are waking up to
the opportunities that surround them,
anl the demand for small farms is felt.
The consequence is that the large
North Carolina land-holders, burdened
by possessions that yielded uo revenue.
are surveying their old tracts, dividing
and selling them off, and the sound of
the falling trees in these great forests
tells that the old order of things is
slowly piising awav.
Fa,tiltmH .Jwelry.
A gold ball, having upon the front a
pansy in delicate enamel, is the newest
thing in earring covers.
Moonstone heads of a pinkish hue,
set iu an engraved gold dollar, have
been adapted to earrings.
A silver trowel, with a cut in the
cenire to hold the leaves, is a new
book mark.
Whistles are made of two coins
placed back to back, and can be easily
carried in the pocket.
For infants' use is a small silver
Implement In the shaiieof a enow plow,
to take the place of fingers m taking
food from the plate.
A thistle made of Bilk floss aud
sprinkled over with diamonds, resting
on a plain gold leaf, makes about as
handsome a hair ornament as has been
seen.
Among the most curious designs in
brooches now in the market is oue in
the form of an open album, showing a
mall photograph iu each side. AnoLher
is a gold knife-edge bar, in the centre
of which is perched a "oly," radiant
in colored enamel aud attended at each
end by a smaller specimen of the feath
ered tribe, all with tiny diamond eyes.
All the semi-precious stones, such as
quartz, tiger's eye, Labrador stones,
uncut topazes and amethysts, besides
aquamarines, yellow diamonds and
garnets, continue to be largely em
ployed by jewelers. These are set iu
bracelets and small round broocnes en-
ciicled with diamonds. They are also
similarly employed as ornaments fur
the hair, when tbev are mostly chosen
conical in shape. They appear, too, in
the bandies of umbrellas and sticks,
and, finally, in the tops of scent bottles.
Among the handsomest presents re
ceived by the Princess Letitia on the
occasion of her marriage to the Duke
ot Aosta, was a diadem ornamented
with 1200 diamonds. Another costly
diadem of pearls, having in the centre
one enormous diamond, was presented
by the Empress Eugenie.
A toilet set consisting of 10 pieces of
massive silver plate, ue.icately ham
mered and chi oiled, anl then gilt,
was one of the most conspicuous pres
ents. The set includes a mirror sup
ported on an eagle withextended wings,
a pair of bon-bon boxes, aud two oblong
boxes ornamented by branches of myr
tle, a coup'.e of trays for letters, a pair
of candelabra with three branches, each
resting oq an eagle, and a basket deli
cately chased with garlands of r.sei
and violets.
IDEAS ARE WORTH MONEY.
Make Them and Yon Can Sell Them
for lilg Prices.
A half dozen of the most successful
sen were recently asked what chance
young men have to get along in the
world these days, writes a New York
correspondent, Mr. Jay Gould, Mr.
Russell Saee, Mr. James Gordon Ben
nett, Dr. Norvin Green and Charles A.
Dana said the outlook; was never so
good as now.
"What one quality should they pos
sess to succeed best?" was asked each.
Russell Sage replied, "Caution;" Jay
Gould, "Perseverance; Dr. Green,
"Hard work;" Mr. Bennett, "Enter
prise;" Mr. Dana, "Brains."
Perhaps Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, of the
D'orM, summed it up in the best wa :
"My dear sir," he said to an appli
cant for a position on the J Tor. 'J some
time ago "what can you do?"
"Anything," was the cheerful reply.
"Yes. but you must certainly be
able to do one thing better than an
other." "Oh, yes." was the response. "I can
write well on most any subject, am a
good executive man aud am ferti.e iu
ideas."
"Oh," was Mr. Pulitzer's reply,
"fertile in ideas." And he drew his
chair up closer to his visitor and peered
auxlousiy into his face. "Then you
are just the man I want. How many
good ideas have you lying around loose
that 1 could utilize iu Increasing the
circulation of the TTorfJ.'"
'Oh, I could give you twenty," was
the calm rejoinder.
"Twenty," said Mr. Pulitzer iu as
tonishment.
"Yes, sir, twenty."
"Well, now try it. Go home anu
write me out twenty good ideas or sug
gestions for iucresiug the circulation of
the World. Send me your list to
morrow. I will pay you f 100 for each
idea 1 accept. My check for 12,000 will
be mailed to you at once if I accept
them all. and 1 hope I can. for we need
new ideas here all the time, and then
we can make a permanent arrange
ment. 1 will pay you 100 a week for a
good idea, aud you needn't come to
tne cilice, either. Yes. I'll do more;
I'll buy you a fine pair of horses, po
that you may drive around town and
enjoy yourself in the park. Your for
tune is made if you can do as you say
The young man did Bend in his
ideas, carefully written out, aud they
were promptly returned to bim as
worthless. Instead of riding through
uie park in a luxurious coach lie is
now holding down a chair lu a Bowery
cheap lodging house.
He possessed brass, but not brains.
The Cost of Ixvc.
"One of the worst things we have to
contend with in our business, so far as
our unmarried male and female em
ployees are concerned," said a dry
goods man. "is love. When a young
lady, say in the hosiery- departments
alls in love with a nice young man in
the dress goods department, or any
other departments, for that matter,
there is trouble ahead for the employers.
If the young man should hai.tieu to
return the young lady's affection the
trouble Is doubled. How does this
make any difference to us? Well, in
nine cases out of ten the tender passion
unfits Its victims for work in the same
dry goods store. This Is especially bo
In the case of the young ladies. Once
they get in love with a young man at
another counter their minds, instead of
being at their own counters, are con
tinually at the young man's counter.
The result of this is that the love-smit
ten maid is absent-minded and inatten
tive to business. I have seen mauy a
bright young woman who was very
valuable to us become utterly worthless
behind her counter simply because she
got to thinking more of a good-lookliig
young mau at some other counter than
she did of our business."
'It's the same way with the young
men. too. When they get too far gone
there is only one thing left for us to do,
and that Is to discharge them and fill
their places. 1 confess I always regret
to take this step, and I never do it
unless in self-defense. But when the
trouble reaches a certain ttage there is
no alternative. Of course we go about
it in a roundabout way, and never give
the real cause for dispensing with their
services."
Value of th World' Railroads.
The railroads oi tne world are to-day
worth from twenty-five to thirty thou
sand million dollars. This probably
represents one-tenth or the total wealth
of civilized nations, and one-auarter, if
not one-third, of their invested capital.
It is doubtful whether the aggregate
plant used In all manufacturing Indus
tries can equal It In value. The capital
engaged in banking is but a trifle be
side It, The world's whole stock of
money of every kind, gold, silver and
paper, would purchase ouly a third of
its railroad.
Yet these facts by no means measure
the whole importance of the railroad lu
the modern industrial system. The
business methods ot to-day are in oue
sense the direct results of improved
means of transportation. The railroad
enables the largeestablishmentto reach
the markets of the world with its pro
ducts; it enables the large cities to re
ceive their food supplies, if necessary,
from a distance of hundreds or thou
sands of miles. And while it thus fa
vors the concentration of capital, it is
in itself an extreme type of this con
centration. Almost every distinctive
feature of modern business, whether
good or bad, finds in railroad history
at once its chief cause and its fullest
development.
We've Said the Same.
Now and then we see a boy smoking
tobacco In the street.
We saw three boys between twelve
and fourteen years old doing so in the
Bowery, New York. Two of them had
burning cigarettes in their mouths, and
one of them smoked a pipe. They were
out showing off.
"Don't learn to smoke, boys!
It Is a poor and foolish habit.
It Is a wasteful habit, in which good
money Is spent for bad weed.
It is an unwholesome habit, harmful
to the lungs, which take in the air de
nied by it.
It is a bablt that often gives offense
to the fair sex and to the mothers of
nany boys.
It is an unclean habit.
So, dear boys, don't learn to smoke!
A St, Taul woman, while waiting
in a dentist's office to have a tooth
pulled, fell on her knees and prayed tc
J heaven to give her strength to undergo
bun uivnaa
NO. li.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
Hal Clayt.in, a full blooded Cali
fornia Indian, recently R.Nt"tiished the
editor of the Elko (Cal.) Iml i -enJtnct
by calling at the cilice and ordering a
supply of visiting cards.
Edison, the electrician, is said to
tie collecting the jells of his baby
daughter on the phonograph, with the
intention of grindiiii; them out for
her fortune when she becomes a vouug
lady.
A city In .l.qvui will opt'n a bric-a-brac
show under the rule, "No article
admitted that is not more than l.iKX)
years old." No exhibition of tliat sort
could lie held In the I'niUd States with
American bric-a-brac.
A cane wade by prisoners con
fined in the Mate prison at Carson,
Nev. , was sent to Senator Stewart.
The cane is composed of "i.t;74 pieces
of wood and thirty-five different vari
eties are used m its construction com
ing from all pat ts of the globe.
Humanity is an mil acted race with
the errors and casualties of a material
civilization. In the I'uited States
there are o'l.STS deaf mutes; -IS.'JJS
blind; ',0,ri." rrisoners; 70. SSG Idiots;
8S,tk)5 paujiers, M.'.i'jT insane.
Mrs. John A. Markle, of Fond du
Lac, Wis., who has not spoken above a
whisjier In twelve years, went out
shoppiuir, and while examining some
goods was surprised to find that her
voice had returned iu lull volume.
'1 he best paid UruiuiiiTs travelling
for Chicago houses are live men In the
grocery trade, who receive salaries of
from jS.OOd to f 10.1CM a year. There
are perhaps a hundred traveling men
in the Like City w ho make S 5,000 a
year, but the average is not above
1 1,000.
Claus Spieckels's now lieet sugar
factory at WalMinviiie, California, is
running day and niiit. A San Fran
cisco coiiesi iiuilent states that
"Spreckels will probably establish
several oilier relim-iies in different
partsof Ciliforn a. "
The olielisk to lie erected on the
summit ui t l e Oi lier in commemora
tion ol" the -lull year of the Emiieror
Francis Joseph's reign Is nearly ready
tor removal from Vienna. It will
stair! on the highest point of the Kiu
lerors dominions ov.r 12,ouo feet
above the sea leel.
A lawsuit in New Yolk lias de
veloped the lad that "after Hie owner
of a lot in Cypress II ills Cemetery has
bur.l a deceased member of Ins owu
family lu it he is absolutely lmblddeii,
by a law under which the cemetery is
incorpoia'ed, toever transferor sell the
lot outside ol his lamlly."
A correspondent of an exchange
writes: "Aprop-'sof lel't-handeduess, I
should like to see a satisfactory explan
ation of the fact that women always,
with exceedingly ran exceptions, but
UxtJrixa r!'.;'. J1. , it n Ctiiii -
left to liiilit. Personal y 1 h:ive re
uiaikid only four cases ol exception to
the rule."
Crooked and Straight are the
names of a pair of clergymen In charge
of au Eni'li.-ii chiitch. Lock w.'A Key
were lonir familiar names over the door
of a haidwaie .'tote in Louisville, Ky.
scarcely lt-.s iippiopi tat were the last
named parlies to their business than
were the faiuoes I". Kelchtim .Vl I.
Cheatuui tiiin t f lawyers.
Clara Mori Is: U'.'au licr theatrical
life In Cleveland, O.. where she was
employed In cie.mn.g the theati". add
ing to the slender income, thus ob
t a. lied by appearing at niliL in the
extra ballet, lor which n!lhl histrionic
effoit t-:l,e not 50 a week. She worked
her way iiji ly degrees until Aiigustln
Daly saw her, aud then shu began to
grow (annus.
A philanlhiopic Mine. Ra'.ifol es
tablished Mime lime ago un annual
prize of 10,000 f lanes to the. most de
serving and industrious young woman.
Thepiizehas been awarded this year
by the appointed jury to Mile. Terml
naux, who lias for years kept her
father, inotht r and ha T a doeu
brothers and sixleis by lieiug a "cutter
oul" lu a millinery shop.
It has b-'en discovered that a large
portion of Utah is underlaid with a
stratum of water, which may lie
reached by boring wells from one
hundred to two hundred feeU The
wells flow so liberally that one of them
will water live or hix acres thoroughly.
The desert is liteially "made to blos
som as the rose.'
Many eulogies have lieen paid to
the late J udge McAllister of Chicago.
"He hated the millinery of life, said
one. "Ills court was the, court of
humanity." I once heard him say, "I
have a contempt for a judge who
writts his opinions from the shoulder."
He was a great lover of music, and
once said that if he hadn't lieen a
Judge he would have been a fiddler."
William A mow. a r.egro, has just
finished a ride of 2'J ) miles on the Sa
vannah river lodged in the brai.ches of
a tree. He was fishing in the river
during the recent l! m ds, and his line
becoming entangled in a tree be
climbed up to nnl.isl' 11 it. The high
water had loosened the riKits of the
tree and the weight of the negro threw
It into the stream. Arnow was aboard
the tree for several las and w hen res
cued was thoroughly exhausted.
The late official returns, which
are for lSSli, show that 21 -il persons
were killed by wild ln-a.ts in that
year In British India. Of these 22,
134 were killed by snakes. .)2.-S by tigers,
222 by wolves, l'.ll by leopards, 11:1
by bears, 57 by e ephauts, 24 by hy
enas and 1,10'J by other annuals, in
cluding scorpions, jackals, li.&rds,
boars, crocodiles, buffaloes, mad dogs
and foxes. Iu the cae both of human
beings and animals ti e destruction ap
pears to be on the increase. During
the past nine years rewards were paid
for 17'J,cy'J w ild auimals, and for 2,072,
407 snakes.
A writer in the )Vi Ic Airake re
lates being present "at the house of a
Parsee merchant when their evening
service took idace; and, to my great
surprise, it was the simple act of light
ing their evening lamp. Just at sun
set the doors and windows are closed,
and the family assemble around the
l .. rrwth l.arrli.lHmii. The mother rtw
! pairs to an inner chamber, lights her
taper at a sacred II bt, kept ever burn
ing in most Far. see houses, mingles her
breath with It by lightly blowing on
it, then returns to the family room and
lights each one of the seven wicks of
the hearth-lamp; while the family
stand around, and. with haud3 crossed
on their biesiV. uurmur theJx iveolng
prayer."
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