UK. tilt B, F. SGHWEIEE, THE C O NSTITTJTI O N T H E UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLIIJ. r - t:. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3, 1SS9. NO. 15. IT the rush to tbe new gold fields la California keeps up, the MOera will ba I mi!iere alongside the SOers. Thou sands of men have dug out for the d.i"- and there are thousands more to follow. There hare been some very rich "Ilnda." Stw York dealers In copper, who a:e parties t j the effort to organize a trust to control that product, are full tf anxiety on account of the failure ot their purposes. The decline of copper !n Liigland has greatly embarrassed dealers In the metal in the Un.teJ Xates. Tue Lewisburg Nail Works, which was run by a stock company, has failed, bavins lost much from bad debts during the past year. The Heading Iron Company was one of its largest debtors. Une hundred hands artt idle. Another company proposes to organize and take its business. The Alabama Legislature has passed a law abolishing pool rooms In that Mm, and providing severe penalties for its violation. The Mobile ityistr, the leading paper in the State, rejoices over the passage of the bill and says: "Our people are grateful and will re niemlier their trusted representatives f jr this great relief." More trouble for the copper syndi cate comes in the shape of a report from 11 on roe county that a six-foot vein of copper has been discovered there. These discoveries do notalwajs "pan out' as well as they promise to tioal first, but. considering the state of the carpet market, tins is one of pecu liar interest. In vestioatioss made by Chicago newspapers show that, in spite of the mild winter, there have teen more suffering and sickness among the poor of that city than ever before known; more men have been out of employ ment, and In many sections, especially In the vicinity ot some ot the rolling mills, which have been shut down all winter, the suffering has been inteuso. A Montreal man has patented a process b which he claims to manu facture a year's supply of Ice at a cost of 73 cents. The natural process mike It still more cheaply, but a tntlo ij added to cover the cost of collection and distribution. It la the cost of, say, a dally ten or twenty pound lump laid down at the door that would concern the average consumer most. A Canal to Connect Two Sea?. According to a financial contempo rary the Russian Government has accepted the proposition made by a company, recently formed in St. Peters burg, for the construction ot a canal to connect the Black Sea with the Sea ot Azof. The canal will be 111 vents long, and will afford a passage to steamers drawing not more than 13 feet. riior. Foe, of Bridgeport, Conn., has devised a pair ot artificial lungs with which to restore life in cases of drowning or asphyxiation. lie has already drowned and suffocated a pet rabbit several times, and. thouih the account does not so state, the rabbit begins to like the fun. He claims that It will prove equally effective In resus citating human life, but he has thus far declined to try it on himself a species ot rejected Toe try. Da. Hill, or Augusta, Me., was the first man to suggest the use ot wood in the manufacture of paper, the New York Commercial Aihcrtiser says. Like many people without any experi ence in a special line of manufacture. he suggested an original Idea after wards to be adoptel by the practical workers. He was laughed at by the manufacturer whose factory he was visiting, wherupon the worthy doctor referred him not to the busy bee, but to the hornet. "Look at their nests," said he; "they are made of wood paper." The advice was followed, and. as a result, the company's stock went op. Manilla Is now constantly used In the manufacture ot strong paper, even ragged and greasy old ropes being bought up for that purpose. A novelty in the way or a money shipment between banks was recently reported at the Fourth Street National Bank In Philadelphia. A registered mail package containing bank notes to the value or $9710 was received from a California bank that took this unusual method of trans-shipping a consider able sum of money, presumably for the purpose of economizing cost. The reeistered package was transmitted thrmmh thn nnstoffice at COSt of $1.04. while If it had gone in the usual way by express the charge for its duiivarv wr.nl.1 have been $13. The Bender, however, says the Record, took the risks ot the mail, as the govern ment is not financially liable for losses inrurml In the transmission of matter through the registry department. Official statistics Indicate a slight reaction in the tide of immigration to the United States. During the month ot January, ISS'J. the number of immi grants was 10,272, against 13,233 for the month of January. 1SS3. During the last seven months the total Immi gration amounted to 212.5S3 against 220.835 for the corresponding period or the preceding year. Under this com parison Great Britain and Ireland. Germany. Sweden and Norway and Italy, hitherto the chief sources of our r.r, mnninMnn. all show a decline la immigration, and from Italy r , Secllne is 50 per cent hand, the immigration from Russia from Russia has increased from 13,123 to 1 03a Within tte period, named.. - I.1FK AMONG THE KILLERS. Blood -Curtlltn3 Urtnlnlwncn Western Caiileman. of s They do things queer la the West," said a cattleman as he sat picking bis teeth In the lobby of the Midland. -I remember some four years a?o when Pete Burllson. then Sherif of Colfax county, New Mexico, killed Driscoll at Spnneer. Driscoll was range boas ot the Triangle Dot Company's ranch, which Is owned principally by Senator Dorsey, and was enjoying himself tn Springer in the hilarious but unhealthy way peculiarly in vogue with cow punchers. Finally he concluded that a little game of draw" was what he needed most and be and Eur'.lson sat down In a saloon in the harmless contest called freeze-out, where the risk assumed by each was some 50. Most men didn't like ti play with Driscoll when he was drinking, for, though one of the most generous, hon est and friendly men that ever left Texas, he carried as restless a six shooter as np to date had borne the name of colt, but Tete allowed it would ba all right, so down they sat. Well, sir, they hadn't played five min utes when each man jumped and pulled bis gun. but 1'ete's got to going first, and Driscoll droppei. Of Course we ell voluntarily felt a regret at losing a pood citizen like Driscoll, but nobody could blame I'ele. Driscoll didn't die for a day or two, and as soon as be could talk be sent for some of the best men In town and told 'em Fete was all right and to let Mm go. This was about the way we Gnu red It ourselves, so we d:d as Driscoll said. It was a deplorab'e accideut though." "riLL OFF YOU 11 HATS'." "I remember another time," contin ued the historian, "when Clay Allison was charging around lower Colorado. Clay was all right when he was sober, but tne minute he had a drink in, you couldn't call Clay real good society. On the occasion 1 was thinkln' about the spring roundup was workln' the Las Animas V'al'ey. and bein' near town, a lot of the boys had gone down to West Las Animas to get drunk and loosen the boards ia the dance ball floor. Well. Clay came round about 9 o'clock iu the eveuinz and came yell ing into the dance ha'.l whirling his gun on his forefinger like It was a t in wheel. '"My name's Clay Allison an' I want every son-of-a-gun take off his hat here." he shouts, only Clay didn't say Vuu' but something worse, I disre- niemher Just what now. ''Most oil us pulled off our bats. ana prompted by a generous public sentiment, started to laugh It off as joke, but up gets a man, sorter pale but grum, and allowed that all the Al- lisons that ever came from Tennessee couldn't make him .take his hat off. We all stopped laughing an' stood back, an' the signs seemed about right for some one to quit this world of vain regrets right thar. But Allison, after lookin' him over a second, says: 'Well, take a dr.nk with your bat on. then." We all got a drink and Allison says to the other: ONE OR TUB GTIIEB TO DIE. "'Bowman, this yere small State ain't big enough for two such men as you ait' me; our trails are always crossin' an one ot us oughter move a good while back. Now I'll tell you bow we'll fix It. "We'll put our guns on the bar and get over to the other side of the room. One of the boys will give the word and the man who gets his gun first is goiu' to play in big luck an the other won t be near so numerous around this dance hall to morrow raisin' disputes and makin bad blood among good, quiet people.' "Bowman said this figured out all right as a proposition and he'd go him. '"But, he continued, lookin at Al lison, sharp, 'don't come any Derrin ger coat pocket racket after 1 get my mn on the bar. My mate here will make it come high it you do. and be indicated a disgruntled looking cow boy who stood by, evidently in to see a fair tight. ; " 'Be keerf ul of the piano when you hoot, boys.' said the dauce ball man, as he vacated the bar, in deference to a reasonable fear of stray bullets. "The guns were put on the bar and trie duelists got over to the other side of the room and waited for the word. "Go I" yelled some one, and with the word Bowman made a jump like cat and hail both pistols before Alli son got fairly started. ALLISON STOOD GAME. "How do you like the color of It?" he gritted, as he turned tne muzzles on the helpless Alllsou and his fore fingers twitched and quivered in mur derous anticipation on the triggers. "You're the best man, uowman,' said Allison, as he held up both hands. " 'Give tue a gun, some one," yeneu one of the g'uls In an ecstasy of rage and terror. 'Give me a gun. I won't stand an' see Clay Allison shot down like this,' and she tried to get a pistol from the belt of a bystander. 'It's all right, Jim,' he said, as he held her back; this is a fair fight. Clay made the game himselt and he musn't kick if he finds the aute a leetle high. "If I didn't know I was the best man, said Bwman. and his eyes looked baJ. 'I'd drill you right now while It's my way. but 1 don't have to kill & man with his woman looking on. So we'll quit right here, but don't hulirin 'round me no more.' it's a sou.ire deal all round, every ooe is satislied an' the drinks is on the house.' said the barkeeper as ha came tvick to his post. Thafc ended it. Mace Bowman afterward was a Sheriff in New Mexico an' was always reckoned clean game. Allison has done lots ot shootin and had lota of run since ana is now tun ning his ranch at Seven Rivers In the Pecos Valley." To Sare 'lime. Anvthlng to save time is New York's motto. The newest thing is a shop where men and women may have their shoes mended while they wait Customers see the latest shoemaking machinery in the window and behind the machines a row or lasts at which men prepare the work tor the ma chines. A woman goes in. has her shoes takeu off. put on the lasts, trimmed of all Utters and threads, fit ted with new heels and soles, put into a sewing or nailing macmuo uii uu"" t m jwj- v- . . . - good as new n " rbln k that d0M ,i.fMftioned war. Entire new , 8noe8 . made to order by the pair in two hours. - Somewhere. Eomnbfn the wind Is blowing. 1 tboa? nt mm i tui.ad alone In the burning beat of the noontide, Ana tne fancy made ma at rone. Tea, aomawbare the wind la blowing. Tbonch here, whera I sun and ahih. Not a breath of air is atirring. Tvot a cloud in the banuog aky. Bornewhera the thing we ions for .xiata on earth a wide bound; Somewhere tha ann ia chining: ben w Inter nip the ground: Somewhere tbe flow era are apriDglDg, bnmewnere tne corn la brown. And ready into the harvest To feed the hungry town. Somewhere tbe twilight gather, And wearr men lay by The bnrden of tbe day-time. And wrapped in alamber lie; Somewhere tbe day ia breaking. And Bloom and darkneaa nee. Though sturma our bark are toaaing 1 here a aomewliere a plaeid aea. And thus, I thought, 'tis alwaya In this myalerioua life. Tkere'a alwaya gladnesa somewhere In apita or iu pain ana atnie; Ai d aoinewhere tbe ain and sorrow Of earth are known no more. Somewhere our weary spirit buall find a peaceful auore. Somewhere the thinga that try ua tsliall all have passed away; And doubt and leara no longer Impede the perfect day. O brother, though the darkness Aronnd tby oul be cant, Ihe earth ia rolling aunward. And liht will come at last. MY DOUBLE. HAITY RESULTS OF AJI AMUSING AIMUL FOOL JOKE. All Fool's Day is a happy anniver sary to me; and, together with my family, 1 celebrate it regularly; not in the customary off-hand manner of tbe world at large, but in a way and for a reason of my own. Tbe way that this particular observance of the Illgginson family first originated may be learned from the perusal ot the following lines: On tbe morning or the first day or April, 1S62, 1 ate my breakfast at a little village hotel in one of the north ern counties of Arkansas; and, after paying the modest sum of 'a dollar and two bits' assessed for the feed and lodging of myself and horse, I mounted and resumed my journey along tbe highway leading to Little Hock; and If ever a poor, homeless, wayworn trav eler, carried a heavier, less conteuted heart In bis bosom than mine upon this particular morning, 1 must say that 1 commiserate him with my whole eouL To state the case plainly, I was com pletely disgusted with the rambling, aimless life that I bad led since drift ing away from my old home in tbe Northern Mates; and, though my business of cattle buying was quite profitable, I had found that I lacked the disposition o save tbe money gained, and, as a rule, bai to do the bulk of my trading on borrowed capi tal; paying tbe money-lender principal and interest after each transaction was completed, and then living extrava gantly on tbe surplus as long as it las ed, when, reduced to my bottom dollar, 1 would solicit another loan and pin myself down to business again for a few months. On the tri? from which I was just returning I bad been particularly lucky considering the earliuess of the season and was returning to bead- auarters with enough in my purse to liqui late all claims and have a couple t f hundred left. But still 1 wasbdartlly sick of it all, and was debating seriously with myself the advisability or selling my horse ana saaaie ar. tne nrsi, oppor tunity and leaving the Southwest for ever, 1 was just In such a frame of mind that 1 believe that 1 should hardly have hesitated if an opportunity had of fered to change places with any person hai'iw enoueh to possess a home; ana. as I rode alonz tbe highway past the comfortable bouses of tbe hardy moun tain farmers. 1 made myself miserable by noting the careless, contented faces ot the people 1 encouusereu, anu com paring their lot in life to my own, and always to my own disadvantage. At my feet, a gentle slope, or per haps a quarter of a mile, led down to a small stream thai gurgieu aiong past cultivated Gelds on either side, hidden. however, at the crossing by the growth of small trees. Beyond was a second ridire. somewhat similar to the one upon which I had paused, though some what lower; ana near us buuiuiil, en vironed with a growth ot peach-trees radiant with bloom, stood a snug little cottaze. looking so home-like and at tractive with its glory of white paint and blue cornices that 1 could have strangled its happy owner for being so much more fortunate man myseii. At the tasty little picket fence that skirted the road a horse was liea- big sorrel, with white stockings that reached well up the leg and, as 1 looked. I saw a man come running toward it from the house, pursued, as far as the srate. by three female forms. and there came, wafted on the morn ing air. loud shouts of feminine mirth clear, ringing peals of laughter that ran (7 in mv ears like tbe sweetest of music ir the man Joined ba this mer riment it was silently, for, lifting his hat with an extravagance of courtesy, he, rode down the hill to meet me; and. as the horse was Impatient and full of tire, he passed the stream first, and we met in the shade or the low elms, ti.tallv concealed by their branches from those be had lust left. Somewhere 1 have read the state ment that, if there are more people in th world than there are nairs on tne human head, there must, consequently, ia two Deoule In existence tiosaessiug ra-t It the same number of hairs. Tbe truth of this proposition is self-evident. By the same logical reasoning if the world contains more individuals than Individualities some man must needs have a 'double,' ana, unexpectedly, i lound myself conirontea wan mine. The recognition of this fact was in stantaneous and mutual. When J. first saw him pass from the house to the gate 1 had detected something familiar in hl annearance: and now. when he drew reia within ten feet of me. could see that in form and face and genersl bearing, even to the cut of the mustache and the lump on the too- prominent ncse, be was exactly my image In every respect. I was thunderstruck. II my own astonishment bad not been so complete. I might have enjoyed a laugh at tbe amazed, open-mouthed wonder with which be regarded me. As It was, however, he recovered his self-posses sion first, and extended his band. I am awful glad to meet you, D.ck Miller! be said, with a grin. 'Sunie you. Charley Iligjinsonr said and we shook hands heartily. "Strange, to think that I have combed your hair and washed your face every day for tbe last twenty-six years, and yet never bhook hands with you nntll to-day? ' Queer, ain't it? And now if yon will turn around I can see the back of my neck,' said he. 'Ain't we a nice pair of April fools?' I inquired, after we had laughed at our own folly, in the manner peculiar to our kind. 'Don't!' he exclaimed, deprecating'y. I have beard of April fools, to-day, until I am tired all over. Ton see 1 am a married man, and my wife's mother, and two of my sisters live with us. Last year I was smart enough to get ahead of the whole crowd of women, on this fool business, and to-day they are paying me back.' 'Too many for you, are they?' 'Rather! To begin with, my wife stopped the clock last night, and got me up at midnieht to build a fire and draw a bucket of water. Then she told me I was an April fool, and ad vised me to go to bed. Yes!' 'Then Sister Kate painted the baby's face with some kind of red stuff, and gave him tbe butcher knife to play with, then hollered for help. I don't cow when I have bad such a fright efore. Then Sister Molly boiled eggs for breakfast, and when I broke one, there was nothm' there but tbe shell; and finally the old lady got me to try to put laudanum and cotton iu ber hollow tooth, when the Lord Knows she hasnt had a tooth in ber head for ten years.' Well. I suppose you are going to get even with tbeinr I'd give up all hopes, but if you will help me I'll try 'em for lack. See here, Mr. , what did yon call your self?' 'Illgginson Charley Uigglnson. 'Weil, Mr. llieginson. iou are traveling, I see. Would your business admit of your laying over for a day? My dear, sir,' I began, I never allow personal affairs to obstruct the pathway of duty, and when l meet fellow creature in such evident dis- tiess ' That's me.' be assented, gleefully. I am an object for public pity. If there ever was one, hut ir yon will take a band In the game, we'll change all that. See here, now. do you think you could fill the position of the Lord of the Manor, the patriarch of the nock, and tbe bead of a most Interesting family group for a few hours, with credit to yourself and the good cause?' It would be lots of fun If we conld carry It out successfully, said I, very much taken with tbe originality or the scheme. Oh, there Is no danger of a failure.' he replied, reassuringly. Sally that's my wife has gone over to Billy Watson's to see their new baby, and wont be borne till late; and the old lady is too near blind to ever find out tbe difference.' 'But your sisters? Ob, 111 put you on to a way to pull the wool over their eyes. It's a go, ain't itr Dou't say no' All we have to change now is our coats and hats. for 1 see we both wearduckinf overalls. and oar boots are about the same style. Ob. Great BostonI I'll show them girls who's the April fool.' The next thinz Is a horse-swap. said Miller, as he drew my broad- brimmed bat down over bis ears. am only going a couple of miles up the road, and wont ride your horse bard. Now let me give you a tew pointers. 'The only danger of discovery is from sister Mollv,' be added, finally. She was brought up by an aunt in Eait Texas, and received no education, but she is as sharp as a steel trap, ana you'll have to keep your eyes open when she is around. However, ir you follow my directions you will be all right, Yon see. I am subject to fits of neuraleia, and you want to make 'em think you've got an awful baa attack. 'How will 1 manage it?' 'Easy enough. Take this red hand kerchief and tie it around your jaw, There, that bides half of your face. Xow ride back to the house and tie your horse just Inside the gate; the Kirls will take care of him. Go into the room on the left ot the hall, and drench your race with pain Killer you will find the bottle on the Breboard and then flop over on the bed and groan. If any body speaks to yon hold on to your jaw and growl. Don cuss, but use as strong language as would be permissible for a leader la the Sunday school, and a deacon in the ML. 1'isgali Church, ir you have to pay anything of double strength, say Great BostonI That's my own private property; and they are used to bearing it. And now that you are thoroughly poited. here's my hand. Gooa-hye, and good luck to you. I will drop it at twelve o'clock, and see how you are cettinz along. ami be rode off up tbe hill, highly elated at the contemplated loke upon bis unsuspecting wife and sisters. I fulfilled his directions to the letter, Leading the big sorrel Inside the gate. I threw the bridie-rein over a picket. and left bim where be could paw up riower-bed with his forefeet and demol ish a rosebush with his heels. I felt no apprehension but that the girls would attend to his case as soon as they eaw him. JSo one was visible aouut the house as I entered, but tbe clatter of earthenware and tbe murmur or feminine voices indicated the locality of tbe Kitchen. I opened the door on tbe left of tbe hall; threw my hat in one corner or the room, ana my uoois in tbe middle of the floor; got bold of the liniment bottle and rubbed my jaw with its odorous contents; kicked over chairs, and stretched mvself on tbe bed. mere were two ueas in tne room. I took the one nearest tbe fire-place. The clatter of the falling chair brought a small bov upon the scene. It is wonderful bow bos will naturally gravitate to a racket. This particular kid was, perhaps, four years old, anl small for his age, but be grasped the situatiou at once and proceeded to make comments thereon. "That's granny's bed.' said he. I lay perfeltly quiet. Of course, the genuine Dick Miller would have known whose bed it was without any telling. and, if be had found it convenient to repose thereon, would hardly have moved for forty 'Grannies. I'm goln to tell ber. daddy, con tinued the boy. menacinzlv. then waited for some time to watch the effects of tils threat. Finding me obdurate, be fell back to the kitchen for reinforce ments, and I beard bis shrill voice an nouncing that 'Dad's in the room with his bead tied np, an he's wallenn' all over granny's white counterp'u with his dirty, old breeches ! I expect your pa has sot another one or bis bad spells,' I heard tbe weak voice of the old UJy say. 'Mebby, one of you girls bad better go and see if be aont want something.' L'gbt feet pattered along the hall, bnt paused at the door of my room, and I heard a little scream of dismay. TJh. that great old horse I lie is lust raining everything in tbe yardl I don't see why Dick didn't leave him outside, or call some ot us to taxe him! Kate. wish you would come and see after Dick, I've got to put old Prince in the stable. 'Does your face hurt yon, brother?' inquired a gentle, sympathetic voice at my bedside. I would gladly have told ber that the magic of ber presence had instantly relieved the pain; but I remembered the course that I bad been directed to pursue, and followed it, Oh. nor 1 growled, 'there's notniu' wrong with my face! Xothln' at all! Dont see bow you ever came to think of such a thinz. But Dick, you have got your head tied up, and I can smell that pain-killer; and you groan sol Is there anything ou want?' No, Just as short as I could speak. I had caught a glimpse ot ber through my fingers and saw she was red-headed and not very good-looking, and I didn't care if she did get mad. She turned to leave the room when her eyes suddenly rested on my feet, and she stopped. Dickl' she exclaimed, Mia you buy them socks at the store?' 'Of course I bought 'em at the store! Great BostonI where did you think 1 bought 'em? What difference is it to you where I buy my socks?' But. brother!' she persisted, -you have got more good home-knit socks already than you can wear out in two years. What is tbe use of buying more?' When I want socks. I want 'em,' I growled, 'and there's no use tryin' to find anything in this place when a man wants It. Where there are four women to put things away, how do you expect to find so small au article as a pair of socks?' I'm sure I dont have to stay here any longer than I am wanted,' ex claimed tbe thoroughly aroused Kate. 'There are other places where I would be welcome, and I can go at any time. Iou don't need to throw out your insinuations at me, sir!' 1 rolled over with my face to the wall, groaning wearily, and she viciously kicked my boots under the bed and left the room to relate ber troubles to tbe old lady in the Kitchen. A few minutes after ber departure. sister Molly honored me with a visit. She bad quite recovered from ber aner at Prince's ravages in the front yard, and was very solicitous regarding ber brother's headache. 'It is too bad that you are subject to such awful attacks. Dick, and they come so sudden and unexpected too. Yon know you were feeling quite well this morning at breakfast! Do you want me to send after Sally?' Xo, I had no desire to see Sally just then, and I expressed myself to that effect. 'I'll be better directly,' 1 groaned, as though my recovery was tbe saddest thing tbe future could have in store for me. 'Let her stay away from home a month If she wants to.' I'm sure she doesn't go away often,' said Miss Miller, taking up cudgels for ber absent sister-in-law at once, and after Kate marries Sally will be tied at home more than ever. She has ber bands full with the children, you know; and I don't see bow 1 am going to manage all the milking and churning myself. But there, I'm making your bead ache worse with my chatter.' Oh. not at all; I like to listen to you. Suppose you sit down here and read me something out of the last paper.' I meant to evince my brotherly anection. and show a due appreciation of ber kind heart, but to my surprise ber face suddenly Hushed and the sweet blue eyes filled with tears. I wouldn't hive believed it or you, Dick,' she sobbed. 'I know I can't read and haven't education like the rest of you. but It's cruel to taunt me with It in this way.' Terribly grieved at my mistake, I hurried to make my eace. 'I bad forgotten, Molly; I wouldn't have hurt your feelings tor the world, and you know it, So dry your eyes and tell me how you enjoyed yourself last Sunday.' Unlucky guess, 1 knew I was on the wrong track again when she turned on me with a shocked, halt-angry counte nance. 'As though I could enjoy myself at Aunt liboda's runerall JJxk, I'm ashamed or you?' She was gone, and 1 was alone with mv reflections, but not for long. 1 beard sister Kate ball som one that chanced to pass, and I overheard the reouest mide. They bad sent for Sally. Shades of Plato and Socrates, endow me with endurence commensur ate with coming trialsl Tbe old lady came in anl sat down by tbe door, taking particular care to avoid noise and bustle. I expected she would open a conversation, but was doomed to disappointment. The smail boy also came in and hung over the footboard of the bed, cracking hazel nuts with his teeth and slyly snapping the shells at his good old grandmother. I lay with tbe pillow over my bead. and groaned every breath. The clock struck eleven. Ju-t one hour more and I would be relieved from my some what tiresome predicament, Only sixty short minutes, but, ah Suddenly the half-strangled squall of an infant was heard at the front gate. Thar'a Sally,' said the old lady. speaking for the first time; and she added something else which 1 failed to bear, for tbe youngster bad suddenly swooped down on me with an aggres sive demand for my pocket-knife. '1 want yer knife, Daddy. Diddy, 1 want yer knife I' I had hung my coat on the bedpost. and tbe knife was in one or the pockets 1 told him so, as tbe quickest way of getting rid of him, and then turned to get a view of my anxious wife, Tbe first glance was quite prepossessing, She seemed to be rather a nice little woman and it really seemed cruel to practise such a deception upon ber. even in sport, I was waiting anxiously for ber Hist words, when that blessed boy was heard from again. Oh. mammy I See what a party picksnurl' In rummaging arouDd in my pockets he had struck a veritable bonanza, and. with that generous pertinacity for which childhood is remarkable, was determined to share his discovery with the whole family. The plckshur' be offered for inspec tion was a photograph of a younger sister and myself, 'grouped in a man ner that was highly suggestive of brotherly and sisterly affection. Oh. my!' shrieked sister Kate That's Dick.' Let me see that!' exclaimed Mrs. Miller, exciteaiy.JGive ma that pho- tog-apa this minute I have a rfgit to s9 it; and, woman-like, sha retreated to the darkest corner of the apartment to investigate the matter all to herself. Presently she returned to the bed side. I could not see her, but I beard her firm, decisive foot-falls, and in my dire apprehension of what was coming, I forgot, for a time, to groan. 'BlcharJ 1 Kichard Miller!' She prououcced tl e first name 'Itee-char-r-rd' in her anxiety to let me know which one of the 'Millers' she was addressing "Whose likeness is this?' 'Mine,' said I, with a Washingtoniau love for veracity that bodily fear could not entirely banish. 'Hear him, mother! he owns that this is bis picture!' The old laiy had by this time se cured her 'spec's' and was examining the photograph with care aal delibera tion. 'Sallyl' said she. 'This byar is Deek!' Of course it is. I know it and lie owns it,' said ber daughter, bitterly. 'And now, sir, will you tell me who that- that womn is? 'Certainly! It is my sister.' What a chorus of denials went up at this statemeut Even kind-heaiteJ little Molly Joined in with tha rest, ind iufoimed me that I ought to t-e ashamed of myself; to which 1 humbly assented. Just then the old lady made a discov ery. Sally, what is this writ ou tha back hyar?' Lver thus through life, January :0th, 1379,' chorusvd three feminine voices. Whp, Sally!' a-bled Kate, solemnly and slowly. You had only beea mar ried a little over two year..' I glanced at t:ie cIojk ng.un. Twenty minutes after eleven. Oh, for the power of a Joshua not to make the sun stand still, but to shove it ahead a few notches. 'January twenty, seventy nine. mused the old lady. 'Sally, whar's yer memmyrandy?' 1 es, your diary,' put in si.ter Kate, get it, quick-' 'Let me save you the trouble,' said l, resolved to confess all, and then throw myself on ber mercy. 1 can not bear to witness your distress when I can explain all with a word' but she wouldu t listen to me at all, and 1 bad to sit on the be.lside in silence and watch her turn the leaves of that con founded diary. September October ov Lh, here it i-: January the l'JLh January 20:h. 'Kained ail day. Made a pair of pillow slips, and s!iamtned my new delain dress with the old one. 1 hope dear Dick will come to see me to night Oh, pshaw! that is 1S77. Iet me see. Here is '7'J, Janury 2Uth. Baby bad tbe croup last night Mother tninks be is bad off. Wish Dick was here' and here the little woman threw the book down, and burst out sobbing as. though ber heart would break. 'Oh. Dick Uickl To think that struggling on alone here by myself and our little darling baby at death's door everything to see alter and you off there with berl' The last word was a scream which brought me to my feet in alarm. Mrs. Miller was evidently approaching hys terics. OU-h-h dear!' she continued. 'If I had only died before I saw that picture standing there with bis ar-r-rm around' By thi3 time I bad reached the mid dle of tbe room, where, coatless. in my stocking feet, and my head swathed in a red handkerchief, I was vainly striv ing for a bearing. I inaliy Molly look pity on me and interceded in my behalf. It Is only Just to bear what be has to say, Sally. '.Nothing that he can say wnl have the slightest effect now,' sighed Mrs. Miller, now totally exhausted, and reclining on a rug with her head sup ported in Kate's lap. "Speak on, sir.' 'I am sincerely sorry that this nas ever occurred,' 1 began. lt is all the result of a very natural mistake. 1 am not your husband, as you suppose ' I could not continue, for my vo.ee was drowned in a scream. 'And you have the hardihood to tell me this before my mother and my child! Oh, you unnatural monster!' I could see that another paroxysm was coming on and 1 fled. Xot through the hall, for she was between me and the door, but the entrance to a side room was handy, and I made us of it.. I found myself In a little apartment. about eight feet by ten, evidently used as a sleeping-room by the hired-help. when such was required in the busy crop season. I he only articles were a bedstead and a chair, liu: iu one corner sat a pair of gum boots, probably leit by the last occupant, and over the bed hung an antiquated specimen of an army revolver. This last I took from its nail and mechanically turned in my hand, much as a blind man might h-ive bandied a book, not knowing whether It was Shakespeare or the Bible. Suddenly I heard the voice of that awful boy again. Goodyl Goodyl We're going to have cbickin' for dinner.' 'o attention was paid to bis clamor. and he proceeded to explain at the top of his voice. "Cause daddy's got the 'volver and he's coin' to shoot our old roo t-r, I know be is.' Oh, what a wealth of undying love was expressed in the horrid cry that bur3t from my much-Injured, but for giving, wife. Quick, glrlsl Quickl Don't let him do it! He'll kill himself. Dick, Dick! Don't do It!' As some vast tidal wave might sweep down upon a vessel at anchor, smother ing in its overwhelming torrent, and bearing the shattered remnants back to its ocean lair, so this half -frantic, wholly-terrified group of females in vaded the sanctity of my last refuge. Loving and sjlicitous arms were about my neck, the revolver was snatched from my nerveless band and hurled through the window, and I was dragged back Into the larger apartment. Liter ally, I was in the bands of ray friends. For a moment 1 think I was half insane from the tumult and confusion, and fought like a tiger to be free, but each of my loving sisters clung to an arm, Mrs. Miller's blue lawn sleeves were encircling my neck with suffocat ing pressure, the old lady bad me around the waist, and I was compara tively helples. As we were waltzing past tbe open door, some one dashed Into the bail, and I caught a glimpse of a familiar face. Xever d:d Wellington experience one fourth the delight at the coming of Blucher. I essayed to wrench free from my persecutors; stepped on sister Kate's toes, stumbled, and we all went down in a confused heap, just as the entire building rang with D ei Wel lington's peculiar war cry. 'Great Boston! What a s?t of A pi. I fools!' lie stood in the doorway with my h it and coat in his band Dick M Her without a doubt I lay on the floor ceuvulsed with laughter also the genuine and only Dick Miller. Wife, sisters, mother-ln-'.aw, struggled to their feet and looked from one to the other In amazement; the old lady stand ing, half bent, with her bands on her kBtes peered at us through her spec's in tbe most comical manner imagin able. I looked at sister Molly, but she wasn't crying and consequently needed no sympathy; therefore, to allow my friend time to make the necessary ex planations,! proferred an elbow to each of the amazed sisters. 'Suppose, girls, we adjourn to the kitchen and see about some dinner, said I. I will leave my wife t ) enter tain this stranger for the present,' and, like sensible young ladies, they grasp the situation at once, and arm In arm we left the room. That was six years ago. Another snowy cottaje now adorns the little ri !ge across the branch. Several little Iliggiusons and Millers have been aide I to the population of Arkansas, and the old lady has passed to a better land, but the principal personages of this story still survive, and it is needless to add that Sally and Molly have long since ceased to make any mistakes iu the identity of their respective husbands. Kasliion in In vital ions. The desire of relief from the mental ' strain of politics and business has brought about a bright awakening of the social season, and many are the in vitations which society is occupied in sending and receiving. Summonses to receptions and teas, to sets ot gerrnar.s and assemblies, to dinners and mu?i cales, make a lively winter far those who enjoy meeting their friends accord ing to the manner piescribed by etiquette. The whole machinery of society hinges upon the invitation. There is not only a proper manner of Inviting friends, which must be observed punctiliously, but the latest cus-tom which everyone "in the swim" desires to follow. Whenever it Is possible, the hostess prefers to send cordial, personal notes to her guests, asking them In a simple, brief manner to come together to her card party or her tea. If a large number of people is des red, or if the occasion Is especially formal, the card or engraved form of invitation is issued; but the most fashionable custom and one that Is Incoming more and more practiced is that of sending a pleasant note. For ladies' luucheou rarties,the note is the only invitation used, and it is always the most complimentary and cordial." Plain white note paper having the address or monogram of the sender at the top of each sheet is "the correct thing," but the double correspondence card appropriately ornamented at, the top is quite as desirable. The cream white paper is never used now, being superseded by that of dead white tint. A very pretty card is manufactured lor afternoon tea luvitaUous. It consists of a Single dead white c ird stamped at the top with the letters "Afternoon Tea" over a design in gilt, pink or lavender, represent ng the teapot, sugur bowl, cream pitcher and cups and saucers or a Royal Worcester lea-service. For a chocolate party, a pretty white card is ornamented at the left hand corner with a stamped gilt or bronze chocolate pot. Several forms of invitation may be written or engraved upon these cards according to the taste; the only rule which fashion prescribes in the matter Is that of brevity and simplicity. "Mrs. John Smith requests the pleasure of your company upon Thursday afternoon from three until five o'clock," is the old form still in use; a more desirable form would be: Mrs. John Smith At Home. Wednesday, .Mov. 21, From 3 to o. 1441 Beacon Hill. Some ladies who entertain often dur ing the winter order a supply of en graved cards at the beginning of the season, blanks being left for the names of the guests, as in the follow ing form: Mrs. J. P. Itobinson requests the pleasure of evening from eight until ten o'clock. Most simply and deservedly popular Is the ordinary visiting card, which contains under the engraved name of the sender, in the left-hand corner, the date and t me of the tea or reception. Cards sent out usually show that the reception is given in honor of a guest, whose name is written above the en graved name: To meet Mrs. Potts-Chant. Mrs. John Smith. Wedresday, Nov. 21. From 3 to 5. 1114 Beacon Hill. Everyone knows that no acceptance should be sent to a tea or reception In vitation, as the guest accepts by attend ing, but if one cannot attend she mails her own visiting card so that It may rea-h the hostess on the day of the re ception. D.nner and card party lnvita- ions should be always answered Im mediately. For a musicale the follow ing form may be engraved: Mrs. J. P. Itobinson, At Home Thursday. November twenty-two, Musicale, 8 o'clock. Carleton St In place of "Musicale" the word "Cotilion" may bs inserted if the en tertainment Is to be dancing Instead of music. There may be variety in all oims Of iuvitatl m except that of i weddings, which is the most formal j and the most exactly worded accord ing to a set form. At present the best form of wedding invitations is the following: Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Iloblnson invite you to be present at tbe marriage of their daughter L:nily to Mr. Chamberlain Smith, Wednesday. November twenty-first. Eighteen hundred and eighty-tight at eight o'clock. St. Paul's Church. Many ieople do not seem to understand that et q-iette requires no answer to a wedding church invitation unless the wedding is In a distant city. Then the visiting card should be sent. If one is Invited to the reception in the same or a distant city and cannot go be mails his own visiting card to the hosts. Tbe piety that does not give Is the piety that will not "pay. idlo tl.at wilt nnt 'ruW IVEWS IN BRIEF. The post-cflise at Mineral Tolnt. Colorado, 12,00t feet above the ?a level, is the highest post-otSce in the lountry. The monuuent to McClellan in , tbe cemetery of Trenton, Xew Jersey, : w 11 be a column forty-six feet high .with an eagle on It. J The stamp collection of M. Fer - rari, son ot the late Duchess of Gall iera, contains about 2,1KI0,U0J spec imens, and has a market value of flio.OOO. The mother of John Quincy Adams said, iu a letter to him, w ritten when be was only 12 years old. "I would rather see you laid in your grave than grow ui a profane and graceless boy." A wonderful landscape which is on exhibition iu Tans lias been execu ted in European and foreign Insects. The desired tones for the foreground ire supplied by 450,000 ce'.eopteia, and 4,000 varieties or other insects make the rest of the picture. Mrs. Xlaton, one of President Har rison's sisters, wore at the Inaugural Ball a lace shawl which belonged to her trrandmother, the llrst President Harrison's wife. She also wore a locket once the property of Mis. Benja min Harrison of UeVulutiouary fame. A lot of Paris shoo'.bys s-.Mit a case of Mandarin oranges to General lioulauger by way ot congiatulating him ou bis election. But the dealer of whom they bought them wat a sup porter of M. Jacques, and he saw to it that the fruit did not reach "le iTav' General" until it was far too aje.1 Tor consumption. A New Jersey bhd dog went into a room where a parrot nas at nneiiy. when he stopped and pointed. Tl e bud ipproaehed, looked the dog square in the eye, and said: "You're a raaca'.l" The doz was so surprised at hearing a bird sieak that he dropped his tail. whet' led and ran awav, ami from that, day to this he has n -ver been known to loint a biul. It is proposed to rig up on the top of the Eiflel tower an aerial orchestra. CJUSlsting of A'. lio:i harps, immense, gongs and gigantic truiiiels, ou which the air, t eing very keen at such a height, will lie made to play by au ingenious mechanism. The instru ments will perform at certain hours of the day, aud even m the dead of night torrents of aerial harmony will over spread the sleeping capital. Among the public lieque -Is of tho late John S. Wells, of Mew Haven, Conn., are: Home Missionary Society, ilO.OoO; American BiMe Society, 2,0O0; Yale Theological Dep irlmeni,. tl2,UOO; Hartford Theological Semi nary, 515,001'; American Tract Society, f5,0U0; American Missionary Associa tion, J5,0"(i; Alnei ic ill Congregational Ciiiou, New York, S5,KiH; Congrega tional Sunday-school and i'ublishing Society, Bobb'.n, S".0 '0. All these In quests aio payable alter the death of his wife. For tho first time since her mar riage Mrs. Cleveland's card heais the name "Mrs. Grover I levelaml." cial etiquette uquires that the wile of the Chief Magistrate shall have her cards engraven iu the simplest possible manner "Mrs. Cleveland," or "Mrs. Harrison," as the case may lie. The President's card bears only the In scription, "The President." I or Itho Cabinet the cards are engraved, "The Secretary of Stale," "I he Secretary of the Navy," and so on, the wile in e.tch instance having a card on which the preilx "Mrs." is not followed by the husband's given name. For generations a certain Japanese family had a b x Into which they put peicentages. Said one of them: "if 1 want to buy a garment that costs one dollar. I buy It lor rigi.ty cents; or give a feast that would cost live dollars, I give it for four dollars; or to build a house foi one hundred dollars, I bull I it for eighty dollars, an I put tlio bal ances in the box. At tho end of tho year, we wet, open the boxes, and givo the contents to the poor. It costs us some self-denial, but we are always prosperous mi ! happy." They rail this worshipping "I":e Great Blight God of self-iestra'.iit." At her hist reception in the White House M s. Cleveland look to counting the iiumoel' of Hailing veils tl at passed before her. She liecanie so lutei ested iu the occupation that she 1 rgol to pay attention to the lntrixluclions made by Mar-ihal Wilson. As she shook hand-, with a pretty young woman wearing one of the striking veils undergoing enumeration the Pres ident's w ife exclaimed. "Four hundred and one." The girl looked up In sur prise and Mrs. Cleveland realized that she had made a j'"x jiiu. She at once abandoned the counU One or the most striking women at the Inauguration Bail was a tall, lithe, dark-haired girl with brilliant eyes and clean-cut features. She looked like a Spanish beauty uudattractel a great dtai of attention. There was nothing of the Afilcan in her apier ance, but she was. in fact, a full-blooded negro named Robinson Iuli-t'e Kob inson from Louisiana. A number of the be-t dancers In the room asked to be presented to her, but she refused to waltz with anyone. She is said to be as brillianL iu conversation as in ap pearance. The bazaar in the old palace at Berlin, over which Fnnce.as Biamarck annually presides, has just been held, and the Chancellor lias not disap pointed the ladies, who hoie-l that ho would grace the occasion by bis pres- ience. l or a wnoie nour ue remaiuu'i every afternoon while tho bazaar was iopeu, delighting everyone by his gal i lantry and suavity. Next to Prince Bismarck his tiny grand laughter, age three, was the ierso!ia grata of tho ba- zaar, ana a golden inrvesL w as poure: Into the lap of the graceful little flower girL It lias just been discovered that the shrewdest New Yoik bootblacks aim to become the owners of several complete boolblacking outfits. They can not, ot course, use all of these themselves, but they lease them to other boys, charging usurious rates therefor. If be rents bis brushes to one boy and bis box aud foot-rest to another be exacts from each one quarter of bis daily earnings. If he rents the whole concern to one boy, that boy must give bim half of bis gains every day. Not infrequently the thriftiest of the youngsters make as much as ten doKari a day Ly this scheme. The world has no liberty excrpt for i those who are Ctled for it aud able to 't,.1.1 i hold it, f " tr ltllll ,. , . t . , : , , , L ii li in mm mi i iii in., j, o . ,,,,. , i r f t " - - - - - " . i in , .JM .,. ,n., ,,-,-.
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