igzs ' ffn rife JmW m . B. F. SOHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Propietor. VOL. XLIIJ. MIFFJLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PKNNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 20, ISS9. NO. 23. a .... . r. - SISO v li D'S ADVICE. " I' : -. r;. h.-r 1 I... j. ,,. .-h and t. r... your y;.m -' " " U " " ' nt-.l b.s-,1- Fn i i f .. li SI. I , .j Uvi, .. r ..f r... a.-.' ' U,rce U " : '-naloe; that when t!;r ,. th. u.ui r.; .-i. i a m. n ;M.-ti.,i. f ,iui18 v"v u-.,",r; ,l,l:!,,,",,'iit iTvr; h- a. I. ..rw.U lt .rt n,ir - ...i-u:pt...... It Uk-o la u,3 ' i n.mply refunded. " . Vr-.:. vr A-.., i,rt..i. rr..prirt.,a o r. - ciMfCwm n.i- in m. rla. V.,uilo. hi, , w ""'i "Ml H -: 'vwF.n Mini " 4- P.. I 1. , , ,,,,,. s i K i n v wiir vs tf snosL :-. u i. ; u : ;M V.'-. slloS. i o.i ... : :s Mini-. . r..-v s, Hml snots. rV. L . DOUGLAS OnUUO LAO.il. !: M.K.H.I. Ihn Stjl. B..t HtUat ' 1 , ''''?' "-lii...l..iwn tnCT,t , . .. ..t tin. . .... ,. m.w.d f u , :mZ r .,. 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SECOND STBEt " , 77 n'S1 '1 lie n I V.i.-B '"'S;n Booh iM-dical Book- , A, I . jr. 'mm ft ma it J l-'TU'y"" ,.j!CK. Pensions:;;:.;; The steu iiAnxp Oswego re?utly maJe the run from Muckiuaw to Clji cajo in 19 hours and 43 niimilrs, piimounci-U the beat time ever uui.lf uu the Greut I-akt-s. siMCLTANEoi s with the report that thi'usuiuls of foreiit-burn laborers are st.u vini in the coal regions conies tlie rejoit of tli arrival of thousands at Ci-t'e Garden. Imuiiratlou should h rit rioted. ALTllol oil the new cruiser Cliarles tuu, built ut San Frauoisi-o and (riven a ir.a! on the Paritlc recently did not jhnw the sjieed enpe'tr! of her, the trial proves her to be an excellent sra t tine ihip. . W will have a navy Tukkk is suiely .ine methud in the ULtaluem that ex-n-is it.-n-lf solely in i.htaiiiini;. w itltout cost. itln r people's j.r"-ity. Tin e w ho ate Uial iu this way go to pii-m if they are in need of tl.e property stolen. Tluse who are not in iiel of it Lut then, they are not thieve, only kli ptiiinaukx . Tka tL to Euritpe by niere ple;wure -keis h:ts grown enormously of late yrarx. paitly as a result of reiluctlons in tin- cost and time required for such trips. ItissMid that 1UO.00O traosat-I.uiti.- jt.s.seiipTS have been booked to ijk fi iiu this side the present season. If that lie true the Hteumship companies uuht to make out pretty well, for they have plenty of living freight the other wav. okhiiuma lias settled down in less tunc than was exiected. Town govern ments have been established, a: id uen eral Merr.tt Is prepared to return to his leaihiuarters at I .ea Yen worth, which is an indication that tin le is no m.ire need tur military rule there than in other Territories. Americans are the most expert government makers in the world, a ii J in twenty-four hours, as at Guth rie, can bring something like order out of chaos. Is one of the treat canons out West there is an icicle l,U0O feet lonjj. A local paier thus descnl.es it: ' A Vol ume of w.iter unusually large for this iteasou of the year is falling over the perpendicular wall at the head of this canon, alnil an even thoiis;ind feet in height. 1 1: i.il'.s are incased in a gieat tube of ice, which, when the sun strikes it, looks like a gigantic column of crystal standing upright against the precipice. Within the torrent fumes and bolls with a deafening roar akin to thunder. Oklahoma Is tiU gaining In popula tion, according to the despatch which says that in one day 10(A) wagons were counted going into the new country and SOD coming back bearing destitute and disgusted settlers. But if such an ex odus has set in as this implies it will not take long to deprive the newly set tled region of its prominence. There were plenty of good prophets who fore told this result of the cr.ie, but they were not lelieved when they issued their warnings. Til k decision of the French Govern meut to jNistpoiie the general elections tor nieniU-rs of the Chamber of Ieju ties until the spring of 1S'.0 will doubt less lie cheerfully acquiesced in by the eople. The coming Kxponition Is likely to create an increased patriotic sentiment, ami the shallow of ISoulaug- lsin is slowly disappearing. Constitu tional government under the Republic of France luis fairly jessed its experi mental stage. TutUE has been any amount of siiace in the Kew York daily papers here devoted to the descriptions of a Chinese millionaire, who lias recently come to New York ami is stopping with frieuds lu Chinatovi n. Ills fortune is variously sfated at from J'JO.OOti.OHH to $.n.,0U.,0M. Iu talking recently with Kil waul Williams, who for some time was an attache of the British Mission at Hong Kong, he said: "You American newspapers are the greatest fellows to make a big noise atNiut nothing that I ever knew. The i ich Chinaman, a! out whom you have been making such a fuss, is worth 5 , wm.oou teals. A teal is the smallest Chinese coin, and ten of them are wotth about a penny of American money. His fortune is therefore about f.m.tVH instead of S'.to.OOO.lMO. It makes considerable difference wnether a man is worth teals or dollars w hen the numerals are the same." Can ada has decided to get rid of s troublesome isthmus, in spite of the ex ample of I VI. esse ps. The Isthmus of Chitrnecto. aUiut seventeen miles in width, separates the Gulf of St. Ijiwr Mice aud the Bay of Fundy, and lengthens the distance by water be tween Montreal and Boston nearly five hundred miles. A ship canal could be built there for about f 13,000,000, but there is a tnuiblesome difference in the tides of the gulf and the bay. It has beeu decided to build a marine railway, partly ou the ads Tehuante pec plan. The contract has been let for ."i,u0O.0UO, and the work is to be completed by July 1, 180i The grade of this marine railway will be very easy. At each terminus there will be a hydraulic shop lift, similar to some at London, capable of gently hoisting about a vessel of 1,000 tons and Her cargo. This will be the first ship rail way of any length, and its outcome will U a matter of no little commercial im portance. The spectacle of ships on wheels gliding across the fields aud through the woods will be inUresticg to land lubbers however much it "may upset the composure of the old sal La. If this proves successful It will set tle the o nest ton of transit across tnt Isthmus ot Darieu more speedily than cabal. A CANINE HOSPITAL. Where Pet Dogs are Doctored and Cared For. "Dogs washed and groomed." This ign. painted In black letters on a white rround, takes nearly the whole front of a one-story bouse at the corner of Fifty-eighth street and Broadway, New York. By examining Che aiitns more closely one can see that Stephen Mul vey, -Doctor and Surgeon," lives Mulvey is the fashionable dog doctor of that locality, and does a thriv ing business in restoring to health the dogs of fair New Yorkers, who are greatly given to overfeeding their pets. A Xew York Journal reporter sat in Mr. Mulvey's consultation room re cently for a few intnatea and watched his mode of doing business. In one corner of Uie room lay a mag miiceut St. Bernard, w tumeleg was re covering from a fracture it hid sus tained in hiving a carriage run over him. He was able to walk with only a slight limp, and the doctor assured the visitor Uiat even that defect would dis appear iu a lew days mitre. lu ano her corner was a King Charles spaniel and a fox terrier, both suffering from distemper. From the back room tliere came through the thin partition a snarling yelping, barking choius that would do credit to the imps of the in terna! regions and it Issued from the throats of eighty dov's belonging to va rious masters. Dr. Mulvey boards the dog. at ii a weeW each and treats them for pneumonia, lumbago or the mange in case tliev should be taken 11L The reporter had just bad time to uote his surroundings when an old lady was ushered into the office, bne cat ried under her arm a Skye terrier wrapped in a blue cashmere shawl and looking the picture of dyspepsia. Dr. Mulvey is an Irishman Willi an auburu mustache and a cool, shrewd eye, but a lo ik of genuine coucern came Into his face w hen he saw the dog suffering. Toor Fido is quite sick," aaid the lady, mournfully, ".-she never knew a sick day until six weeks" "lea, yea, maJame," Interrupted the physician, hastily, as ha took the pet from its mistress' arm. uat lias it had toeat to-day?'' 'ottiing except Some chicken and cream and a bit of le fa teak." -Is tliat all? His stomach is over loaded; that's all, madam. I'll give bim an emetic," and the doctor suited the action to the word. Sitting on a chair he placed the ter rier upright on bis land feet and squeezed Ins neck between bis knees. A leaspoouful of emetic was poured dowu h:s throat by an assistant, while the doc'.or held the dog's jaws wide apart. The terrier spluttered and coughed, but he was not allowed his freedom until it was certain that he had swallowed the dose. It took effect and in ten min utes the patient was well, but a little weak. -Shall I clean bis teetB to-day, ma dam?' asked the doctor as the lady rose to go. o. i thins net; i am arraia nis nerves wouldn't stand it, considering his i lnesa." Fido was wrapted In his blue shawl. a greenback given to the doctor and the lady departed. -V hat was the most curious case you ever had, doctor?" asked the re porter. " ait a moment and I II show you." and the speaker produced from a box aix rubber caps such as ate used on nuisiug bottles. Uue of them was sadly discolored. '".Now," continued the surgeon, "a eutlemnii brought me a setter that hail swallowed those six caps, and at the end of forty-eight hours I had re lieved him of live of them, five days from the time be swallowed litem. This me." pointing to the discolored one, -was in the dog's stomach nine days before I got it out, but 1 succeeded and there they are." Nuta day passes but that a dozen loin are brouiiht to him to have some fracture set or some disease cured. His charges are 11 for a prescription and $'i for .-etting a brokeu bone, and his time is entirely taken up. -1 work for tlie best people in .ew York." he said. iro ully. "aud I must keep busy to pay the l.UOU rent that I do for this corner." t this niouM ut a liveried menial rustied into the room aud panted. -Say, doctor, Mrs. 'a dog is having a nt. sue wants you to come to the Valencia Flats right away." Mulvey hurried into his coat and dl - Appeared, but not before he made a iwrtiug report lo the writer: "That's tlie way it Is all the time." After Twenty-Two Years. it i. n.it nftm tliMt brothers are seo- arated from each other for tweuty-two years. v uen mey uo uiee nri utu a long separation an affecting scene is always in order. But this was not the rase Willi Gus Graham, formerly of New mark's w holesale grocery bouse ....i n.oir i. stonemason, and his brother. v i i : lui in who nlavs the character of GruZ Am lertKK-Srr in me -x.ifc-.!.. i:ns i well-known in 11 ' Los Angeles aud is considered a wiiole- souled, hail leuow wea nieu iuo brothers nad not seen eacn oiuer iot twenty-two years, and upon Mr. Gra ham's (the actor) arrival ia Memphis, -rim ha iiiii.teii uo his brother Gus. Learning bis place of employment he wenttosee mm. uio saw (iyiu.u ing, but did not pay any particular at tention lo him. standing oy uiu the foreman of the place, to whom he remarked: see luai ieuow coiuiug .li. Wail he Is mv brother. n..i't im him in twentv-two vears. i . a. - v u . . - - . . And he kept on striding ins cuisei iw ti.. I..OI millet. The actor ap proached his brother. Gus, looking up and wunoui ceasiug ua , "Why. hello, Gua," responded Ed, somewhat surpriseu a uia wuiura iin.i. ".inn 't too know me?" "Yes: you're my brother; haven't seen you in twenty-two years, thf IT.. trial if fall wo n bis work. ell, won't you sluike hands with me?" asked tal. , . ..-v'.. i. lit m hands are rather dirty tit..:. ...'.ii i ...ii tiKim." The work link urn. . .. - of preparing the stone for the building progressed as usuau , . 'Coming to see me at the theatre to- nIgbt?"asKed til. puess not: saw you make a fool t r.r innrself once. Don't want to - j , wr.ii il.t m airsin." it'll criva Toll tickets If VOU Will I. J .... a want 'em. Making three .t-ii. . .1 j iul can nav mv wav." UUlhU. - , - - i U us went to the show, however, and enjoyed xm s es discipline On Shipboard. Some of the Hardships Endured by sauors Tears Ago. Discipline on shipboard is of neces sity strict, but In ijiue respects less so tlian formerly, for many improvements which add to the comfort of the sail ors have Ijeen introduced anon modern vessels. In iliastrattoa of this chanire. General Dumoct, Marine Inspector for the United States Government. l recently entertaining a group of pas- seugrs on board a Lake Superior steamship with certaiu incidents from his own early experience in the mer chant service. The General, thouirh now nearly sixty years of aire, is a de nial gentleman of commaiidinz pres ence and witlial a charming reconteur. At one time, when a lad of sixteen. he was on a sailinz vessel rouudiiu? Cepe Horn. The weather was in- tensely cold, a gale was blow ing, aud everything ou the deck was coated with Ice. The sailors suffered severely from hilled bugers; their iiaitds were so be numbed that they could with difficulty haul the eordajM. One young mariner thought that he would improve his owu coudiou a little by putting on a pair of .Mexican gloves which lie Iiad uur- cha.ed at Vera Cruz, lie had scarcely done so when the captain, coming for ward, fastened a contemptuous rr lance on his hand gear and said, sharply: 'Here. you. otl with Uioee cloves I Do you think you can be a sailor aud baby yourself like that?" 1 he gloves came oil and never went ou again. Ou another occasion, durlnz a period of auusually bitter weather, when Ihe deck was a mass of ice, and every line irozen sun as iron, young JJumont ven tured to ask the mate, with whom he chanced to be on good terms, if his feet uever got cold. llh a look of Spartan indifference to so surely personal a consideration, the old sailor replied; iin, well. yen. l suppose they do net cold sometimes, but that's none o' my business:" Wheu pilot-'iouss were iirst talked f theje sturdy, "old-time" captains said: 'A pilot-house! Xonsensel You baby 'em 'an' give 'em a pilot-house an' the next th ng they'll want is a stove iu it. There ain't no use in mak ing pilots so tender. Tain't a pilot's business to think of the cold!" Not Much on Orthography. The grave charge brought by Arte- mus Ward aeamst Chancer that he couldn't spel wel" applies also to no less a personage than Mary Washing ton, the mother of the father of his country. In the Cusmoprjlilan Maga zine Moucure D. Con wav publishes a fac-simile letter taken from the origiind u the collection of Dr. Thomas Addis Kuimet, which runs as follows, verba tim et literatim: "July the 2. 1700. Dear Buothek: .j "Tli is Comes by CauL Xlckelson you Seem li blam me for not writing to you butt I Doe a Shour you it is Not for want of a very great Began! for you & the family butt as I don't Ship tobacco the Captains Never Calls one me soe that I uever knows when tha come or when tha goe. I believe you have got a very good overseer at this quarter since CapL New lou has taken a large peace of ground from you which I dear say if you had beeu hear your elf it had not beeu Don. Mr. Dauial it his wite it family is well Cozen Hannah has been married & Iost her husband She has one Child a boy pray give my Ive to Sister Bail & Mr. Dowman & his Lady & am Dear Brother your Loving sister "Mary Washinutox." He Lost the Fun of the Joke. A laughable but rather embarrassing case of mistaken identity occurred the other day in one of Boston's lareest re tail stores. A gentleman, who is a lit tle too fond of joking, entered the store for the purpose of meeting bis wife at a certaiu counter. Sure enough, there tood a lady dressed, to his eye, at least, ust the woman he was after. Her back was turned and no one was near her. so he quietly approached, took her by the arm. and said, iu a voice ofi simulated severity: "Well, here you' aie, spending my money as usual,1 eh?" The face turned quickly toward him via v..-if lil vifn's it. vua tlmt tit uti acrid, angry, keen-eyed woman of aboui) fifty years, who attracted the attentioi of every bod in that part of the ston by saying in a loud, shrill voice: "No, I ain I spending your money o. co other man's money, aud I'll " "I beg your pardon, Madam," cue the confused Kenlleman; "I supines you were my wife, and ' ell. 1 just ain t your wire, nor n I other man s wile, lhauk fortune, to be jawed at every time I buy a yarJ of ilulxm! X pity your wile it you go around sliakiug her like you did me. li 1 was her, I'd" The chargriued joker waited to heai no more, but made his way out ol the shop amid the titters and sly chuckles of those who had witnessed bis confu sion. A Start in Life. At Greensboro, X. C, they pointed out an old darkey who they said had just got married and was going out ou a piece of rented land to make a start iu life. I followed him out to bis cart, to which was hitched an old and faded ox. His bride, a coal black damsel of eighteen, sat on a bag of coru in the cart and held to the rope lines around the ox's boru.. The cart contained in addition, a skillet, a kettle, ten pounds of side porK ana a jug noiuing two quarts of molasses. There was a tick for a straw bed, a hen's leather pillow and an old blanket. This was their outfit. 4 So you have just married f" I asked. "Yes, sab, dun jist got married to dat gaL" "How old are you, nncle?" "Shoo, now, but 1 reckon I'ze about sixty." "And you've got a young wife?" "Yes, sah dun got a gaL" L -And you are happy?" "Happy, strl Why, I'ze walktu' right on aigi all the time!" "And you are now going out to make a start in life?" "Yes, sah gwine to start right off. Got de ox got de cart, got de gal and got two bull weeks' pur visions, an' if dar's any ole nigger In "orf Carohny who feels mo' like jumpin' fo' feet hiith au' yeliiu' for Canaan dan I does I'd gin two bits to see him." . .t X. -1, i A Traveller From the South. Up from the South s tnvellar come Ail ia s dnst of (old. Anil Um lading of UU chariot You abort ly shall behold. Rich are the treasures that he brings tirren banners to the Irene, Soft frinjtea to tlie willow boahs, A nd honey to the been. A crowd of little curleJ-op lerns To the lre, windy woods; Folt tyra for pretty budding flowers. And baby I inla In brooia. II tl rom into th. meadow's lap ItueettM of yellow silk. And daiay-.lik set round with wborls Of petal, white as milk. He folds green velvet o'er the earth In many a loop and twiat. Thrn ulml. the lovely sweeping robs With belts of smethyst. He tips with taaaels alder-bongh Along ihe pasture rill. And by the moe-y e-arden walls Leaves new of dadudila. He bringa a load of lilac pluinea, And eeta theeartb aglow With tolip-cufia. trom whence a stream Of gorgcoas color Ittiw, AM though I wrote both night and day And though the circling J ear, I could not name the lovely gifts Brought hj this charioteer. MR. TTXDKIX'S CHOICE. Xawa-'ttam was an old manufactur ing tow u bearing an Indian name, with little, one would suppose, of romance about it; yet within its limits many a love story had been enacted, many a heart had been broken. North and south, east and west of ihe tow nship lay many a rural walk, while southwest, in silent giandeur, roe a short chain of mountains whose tops seemed to touch the horizon, and whose gradual slope toward the valley was colored by every hue of verdure, as the sun played at hide and seek among the foliage, and kissed the wild flowers that grew in rich luxuriance amid the long grass. At the base of these mountains lay collages more or less humble, with gar dens well kept, and gardens greatly neglected, showing in a greater or less degiee. not the taste, but the financial condition ot those who dwelt there. The i oorest and least pretentious of all the dwelliugs of Xawafttani lay nearest tlie creek upon which two factories stood, giving employment to hundreds of men, women aud children. Agnes Hope was a lactory girl, and sat iu a room with perhaps a hundred others, trimming hats. This occupation seemed all thai was possible to the gill when she found herself and mother in reduced circtinistauces after her father'? death; accordingly, though her sensitive nature aud rehned spirit shrank: from the associations of the shop, she puslied bravely ou to duly, and made applica tion as a trimmer with an assumption ot zeal she did not feel, and a very heavy heart. 'Hours from seven to twelve, and one to six. Can you be prompt?' Inquired I the foreman, as a Anal remark befortfl "accepting hex application., . cT Oli, yes mamma will help me iu that,' answ ered the girl in a clear, sil very tone, in spite of the sob that rose in her throat. 'There will be nothing to detain me; my mother and I are alone.' There was a pathos in Ler words anil manner, though her voice did not tremble as she said this, that touched the heart of the foreman, hard-hearted as his position had made him; so he sai'l in a tone kindlier than was his wont to speak: 'Well, come iu the morning at seven sharp, and scarcely acknowledging h r salutation, turned away, while Agues walked homeward, with a singular mingling of pain and pleasure at htr heart. At the time at which I commence my story she had not missed a day at the lactory for more than four years. There was much in her life that was unpleasant; her companions were often coarse, but though she never joined iu their rude jokes or loud laughter, she was so uniformly kind that she bad no: an enemy among them all. 'Three dozen, as alike as peas In a IKxi. and I'm tired enough!' cried Ella Miller, placing her last hat in the rack, and rising to take her work up for in flection. lf 1 gel more plugs I won't do em I'll be hanged if I Willi' 'So you said yesterday, when you put the bands on those brown bats; yet you done your fourth dozen, for all that,' laughed her companion. At this, Ella flushed angrily, and w ith a toss of the head intended to be haughty, took up her rack and walked away. '1 don't wonder she's tired of it,' Faid the girl sitting at the opposite side of the table; 'her hands are stained black as Ink.4 'So are mine, and this is only my sec ond dozen,' remarked Mary Arm strong", holding up a pair of black bands. See here. Well, what's the odds? So much the better, for when you see the dirt you'll have to wash them, and dear knows it's well to have something to make you!' said Sarah Brown, w ho only in the shop was called a 'girl,' and who had so long ago left that slate behind her. that a girlish joke was most un seemly. 'Thank you. Sarah Brown!' retorted Mary. 'Don't judge others by yourself; lt would be a pinched judgment, indeed. At this Agues cried 'How could you!' without joining In the laugh in which the others indulged heartily, for Miss Brow n was pinched in stature and flesh. aud bad so little cloth in her gown as to show oil ralber than conceal the defect Au awkwarl silence fell after this poor witticism aud coarse laughter. which was broken by the return of E la, cairying a new dozen plug bats. 'It was llobeon's choice.' she said ruefully. 'Oh, dear, why wasn't 1 born rich instead of handsome?' 'If you are handsome, where are the frights?' asked Mary, who seemed to delight in making ungracious remarks. 1 our looking-glass will tell you where one is,' suapped Miss Brown, rejoiced at the opportunity of retaliat ing; for Alary had absolutely no claim to beauty, having a very aspiring nose, lustreless black hair, aud a decided squint in her blue eyes. I know I'm a fright.' said Mary. bumbled at once by the truth of Sarah's homelhrust, 'but I was only in fun.' Jio. ynu are not a fright. put in Agnes, 'although you are far from beauty; yet there's not one of us with so pretty a formand Mr. Cremon said be only wished he could gat your figure for his new picture.' Sarah Brown muttered under ber breath 'Taffy I' which, though not in tended for ber ears, Agnes caught, and immediately replied: 2io, Sarah, it is not 'taffy,' as you say, but genuine truth. Mr. Creinou said only yesterday tliat 'Mary would make a first-class model,' and 1 always make lt a point to repeat the kind things I bear.' I his latter remark or Agnes reached the ears of Mr. Tindell, who, though he owned the shops, never came oftener than once a year to inspect them, aud who now. by chance being on his semi annual visit, stood examing a rack ot newly trimmed bats near enough to overhear the conversation just re counted. There was something entirely dif ferent, not only in Agnes' words, but in her voice and ! manner that at once aroused bis interest, and he asked abruptly of the foreman: Who is that girl." That? Why, she's the one I was just telling you of designed the trim ming for these bats.' 'Has she been here long? 'Four years.' 'And is that the style of talk she hears?' asked Mr. TiudeJI, whose deli cate sensibilities had beeu somewhat pained by the vulgar personalities. 'Bretty generally that aud worse but she is made of different stuff. She never joins iu it except as you heard. as peacemaker, or perhaps you didn t hear?' Yes, I heard; she seems male of dif ferent stuff from the olhers, as you say. I don't see how she stai.ds it.' 'Xo more do 1,' said the foreman, who bad long since discovered that Agnes was superior to her position. 'Who is her father?' 'She has none; tlie family consists only of her mother and self Mr. Hoie was a professor of music, aud did well while he lived; but ovviug to ill luck or improvidence, he left nothing to speak of when he died; so Agues came to work and has been here ever since. It's a pity, too, lor she has a wonderful voice, aud a perfect passion for music, which he cultivated when alive. 1 wish you could hear her sin r.' 'What did you say her name is?' 'Agues Hope. Mr. Tindell lepeated the name, and moved on to another rack of bats; and 'Aggie,' as the girls familiarly called her, was left lo the monotony of her dull and seemincly hoiieless life. Yet she was not hopeless. In the exuber ance of youth aud fine health, melan choly could not settle upon her. She lost all recollection of herself in the perusal, in her leisure- hours, of her favorite authors. How she found time to keep her clothing in order, aud read the daily papers, besides romance aud poetry, was a mystery to the others; but though they couldn't 'see how,' the fact reuiaiued; aud if auy one desired lo know what was going on in the world, that persou went to Agie and found out. Even Mrs. Hope, misled by her daughters manner, came to believe that Agnes had no secret heartaches, no throes of regret. The girl was not unhappy, because she had a sunshiny uature, and faith to believe in a silvery lining to the cloud that shadowed her. Mr. Tindell mi priced himselt uy a run dowu to jsawaiLlaiu in less man a fortnight alter Agnes Hope bad at tracted h'.s attention. lo see,' so he told himsult. 'if the machinery was in order,' while in reality it was to speak to the girl i t whom his heart and thoughts were full. He found, or made, a reason to speak 0 her as designer of the trimming lor 1 new hat he intended putting oil tlie market ihe following week, llcr man uer was dignified, perfectly easy, but not bold, lie then a Idles ed another ill Dj you trim gentlemen's hats?' he ased. The girl laughed, stammered, let fall her thimble, and said: 'Xo, ma'am 1 mean no, sir.' I his deci led hlm. Agnes must be taken away. A few weeks later a lady caded upon Mrs. Hope, aud, telling her she heard she was a musician's widow, had a plied tor temporary b ard. Mrs. Hope, knowing that any addition lo their in come would assist her daughter, glad y consented to the arrangement, ami Agg e found the lady quite domestica ted wheu she came home at- night. Mrs. Latin was very social in htr na ture, and in three weeks a warm friend ship existed between the two. She prevailed upon Airs. Hope to let Agnes co with her lor a lew we-.-as- visa to the city, and, though Agues declared she wou.d not leave ber mother, that mother insisted perhips owing to certain confidence that had txen given her by their friend and guest. I am not nt to go on a visit lu my cheap print gowns,' the girl said, when urged. That has all been settled,' replied Mrs. Hope. 'Mrs. Latin has ordered a suit for you from town, and x nave bouirht two dresses with some of her board money; i nl I have also altered my brown silk for you, so 1 think you will do very well- Agnes kissed her mother as thank-?; her heart was too full for speedi. The girl wanted to go her ambitious mind hungered for a change, and slid was heartily glad all was arraugenl. Mrs. Latin was a widow, aud had a charming home jusl outside of Phila delphia. She had one son of thirteen. who with his tutor ar.d the servants. inade up the household. Mv brother is coming to spend week with me,' said Mrs. Latin, on laying down the last letter in the huge mad that had accumulated during tier absence. 'I am glad you are here, Agnes, to help me entertain him.' 'So am I, if I cau help you,' cried the girl gayly. 'I can't tell you how happy I am here; 1 needed a chance. I feel so strangely free from tin shop aud its noise and rush, though there are sjme girls there I rea ly love.' Well, if things go a I wish,' said her friend, 'you'll never work in a fac tory again.' There were many visitors at Mrs. Latin's; indeed, her circle of friends was so large that she was constrained to have an at home' once each week. and managed to give a musical, or some entertainment of a similar nature, at least twice a mouth, and at all of these she pushed her young friend forward until she become a general favorite. Among Mrs. Latin's visitors Agnes had many warm admirers, and mar rlageable girls began to envy, while their mammas, foreseeing danger to the matrimonial prospects of their daughters, positively disliked ber. The season was at its height when Mrs. Latin's brother arrived upon tin scene, and to ber surprise. Agues rec ognized her employer! He at once took a sort of elder broth -r's stand toward his sister's guest. He was a man of social distinction, and a most desirable eaten.' so all who thought upon me subject declared, and it was ill-natured ly insinuated that Miss. Hope had picked him out from all the others just for his position, because she was a simple Mllii'iii, STISTIHUI i - country ttiri, and ui course could not Le aware o his mental superiority. One la ly, who hid decided in ber mind aud. be it sal 1. with no provo cation for bim to become his mother- iii-la, went so far as to invi e Ag ies to luncheon, and when tete-a-'.ete look occasion to say: My dear, as I have girls of my own. and you are alone, as it were, in this city, I am going to do for you as I should wish, were either of my daugh ters in your place, some one to do for them. Or course this Is conhde:itl iL for 1 love and esteem our mutual friend, Mrs. Latin, while I caunot be blind to the faul s of her brother.' Agnes looked up in blank wonder and remarked, 'Indeed 1' half in sur prise, half iu question. ' i. es,' went on the wuy woman. 'He has very pleasing manners, but abso lutely no reputation. He makes it a practice to flirt desperately with two or three young ladies every season, go a certaiu length, and then throw them over. Of cour. e Mrs. Latin would not tell you, aud I do it only for your good; uo pure miud.d girl w ho respects herself would like to have her name coupled with his indeed, could not. without being compromised; and when I heard it said of you that Miss Hope was but no. I can't tell you; it wa said in the strictest confidence.' Oh, but Mrs. Goodwin!' cried Agnes blushing and paling by turns. 'You ought to tell mel Have 1 done anything uoi not proper In society? 1 am. as you know, a cauntry girl with the few est social advantases, and 1 should be sorry if I had through ignorance over stepped the customs of society.' Oh. bless you, no, dear child!' ex claimed Mrs. Goodwin. x'ou have done nothing in the world out of the wav; but Mr. linden is very attentive. and people will talk.' n hat ought I to dor asked Agnes. appealingly. 'I wish I were at home again, with my dear mother!' lea, that would be the best,' said Mrs. Goodwin, feeling that the only way to secure the mau for her daughter was lo remove her rival. 'But but oh. not I'd let thiugs go; they can't talk much more.' Can't talk much morel' echoed the unsuspecting girl. 'Do you mean to say that alt the ill natured, unjust things have been said that evil-minded persous can say, and yet you advise me to let things go ou? Xo, no, I can't I will leave at once. Mrs. Latin ought to have told me.' 'Perhaps she doesn't know,' suggested the cruel worn in. 'She is your friend my friend. She is not her brother's keener, and we must give her the credit of meaning well.' Agues was si tint. Mrs. Goodw in's words had perturbed her usually quiet spirit. She was angry with herself for being so simple. Had she not, siuce Mr. Tindell's arrival, accepted his at tentions unquestiouiugly, until, if he forgot to bring her flowers, or lett the turning of her music at the piano to another, she felt the omission. Her reason told her that she had laken too much from her friend's brother, and there was no other course but to go away. - Her heart felt very heavy wheu she had made up her miud, but it was ber duty, aud from a duty she never shrank. 'Mr.-. Latin.' she began, the morulug after her luncheon with Mrs. Goodwin, you will not think me uugratelul if 1 want to go home, for indeed I do. 1 am geltiue spoiled by your kindness exjiectlng too much; my life will be uneudurable at home, lu its dally rout ine and monotony.' Have I offended you, Aguesr" asked her friend, in a p lined voice. OJetided me Indeed no!' ex claimed tlie gill, tears tilling her eyes. llow could vou olieud, you who aie all kin liicss, gentleness an 1 generosity? But don t you see how hard my life will be when I leave all this?' You needn't leave it my dear girl,' said Mrs. Litiu kindly. 'I wish you would make your home with me.' W hat.' cnei Agues, starting to her feet, and with dilllcully suppressing her sobs, 'do you think me a beggar? Have I taken our favors so as a matter of course that you think me capable of suih meanness? Pray do not misjudge in . Vou have loaded me with kiud ntcs, heapi?d favors upon me, and I have felt nodeuradatiua becau e I gave only my love lu return; for 1 believed lovj prompted you, and you gave all ungrudgingly; but that does not permit me to b -come a lifi-!ong pensioner upon your bounty, by any means, and so I say that 1 must go home. Mr?. Latin drew the girl toward her and kissed her. I know you are a dear, proud girl,' she said, 'and I love you all the more for it; but cannot we devise some man ner of keeping you here with us always?' Are there auy hat factories here' asked simple Agnes. 'My dear, you could make a better living at a more suitable employment than that. Why not sing in a choir? You have a beautiful voice. Aud now go and prepare for a drive, aud don't speak of i;oing borne until we see if you can't make one here, and bring your mother to lt aud we'll be so happy together.'. Agues obeyeJ, though she knew she ought not to yield so easily; and a few- days later Mrs. Latin went with her to the organist of St. Steph- n's, to have her voice tried. To the girl's delight and surprise, she was offered an imme diate engagement at a salary of live hundred dollars a year. 'You will sing in the quarteil,' he said, "for the first six months, and after that we may ask you to sing solo, aud then, of course, we expect to pay more; but till then you will be satis lied?' Ague3 assured him she was perfectly satisfied, and took her leave. Would she have felt more or less satisfied had she kuown that Mr. Tindell's check for her year's salary had been left with the organist the day before, and a pro mise for more if he advanced his sis ter's young friend as speedily as possi ble? Agnes therefore remained with Mrs. Latin, and thouali Mrs. Goodwin's words spoile 1 much of her pleasant in tercourst wi'h Mr. Tindell, there were moments when she forgot theui, and was, for the time being, happy. 'Is the siugiug especially taxing, Miss Agues, inquired Mr. Tindell, some six weak after Agnes bad entered up3u her engagement. 'Dou't you read any more? 1 don't hear you speaK of your favorite authors.' Oh, yes, I am reading the last book you gave me.' 'The lastl W hy, it is more than a month since you told me you had fin ished it; are you reading it a second time?' 'Yes,' answered Agues, demurely, without looking up. Uav i offended you?' ha asked. j.-.,,, an, nr -. .nt!o..l, f, .. J. ? 1 . . T . leaning toward l er with what many were pleased to call a caressing manner. I had no intention of doing so, believe me. Miss Hope.' 'I do believe you. Mr. Tindell, indeed I do,' replied the girl, quickly. 'How could you offend me? You, who are so kind, so ' 'And yet you will not name a book you like because you will not accept it from me?' 'It is not that, indeed it is not!' And this time A guess looked up full into hi; eager face. But before his glance, ful: of a new meaning, her eyes fell, and she moved uneasily. 1 ou will let me give you a book, then?' Yes, thai.k you.' 'Will you let me give you more, Ague- my heart, juiy name? I lovf you, dear; give your love to me be my wife.' He took her baud In bis and held it masterfully. 'Don't say no to me, Agnes, or you will break my heart. I am not a young man 1 am forty-two to-morrow, but until I saw you I never loved, and I offer you a devotion as pure, ardent and fresh, as if 1 were not twice your age.' Mr. Tindell, aud Agnes spoke with difficulty, you are too good you must remember how unfit 1 am to be your wife, a poor, ignorant country girl a factory band! There is a wide gulf between us.' Tell me you do not love me, aud 1 will be silent.' Her head dropped, but she did not speak. 'You cannot say that, Agnes! You do love me, and I love you. What do we care for the world? Say you will be mine.' And Agnes, whose heart pleaded for her lover more eloquently than his words, blushingly surrendered. But over this joy which is old, yet ever uew, let us draw the curtain. The two were mar. ied Irom Mrs. Hope's picturesque cot'age early in June. Mr. Tindell obstinately insisted upon making it a grand wedding I want you and the world lo kuow that 1 am proud of my alliance, dear est, wilh the best, truest and bravest girl upon whom the sun ever shone.' Though there was no little euvy felt by some, and many ill-natured remarks made by the girls with whom Agnes Hope had worked, Mrs. Tindell wore her new dignity wilh such unassuming grace that envy soon gave place to re spect and admiration, and the young wife was held up as a model by all who knew her. It is not work, but the way one doe it, that makes or mars mau or woman. A Village Bride in Syria. When Dr. Phraner was making a little Btay iu Syria on his way around the world, he went with my father aud brother to Alma, a small village above Tyre, to dedicate the new chnrch build ing just completed there. The village is very poor, owing to heavy taxation and losses of cattle, which bauds of rov ing Arabs carry off by superior force in broad daylight. Cpou his return to Tyre the next morning, father sent me the following letter: "We rose this morning at five, and began preparations for leaving Alma, but everything was postponed in view of the great excitement of the morning, which was a wedding. We heard rumorx of it the night ln-fore, but the father of the bride would not come to terms, de manding s sjiecial jireseut for himself, which the groom iu his jwiverty was un able to Kive, aud so the match was brokeu oft' aud we retired to bed a dis appointed crowd. In the morning, smiling faces and cheerful voices told uh that all was right and we could have a wedding right off before starting ou our journey. The disapiMiinted bride groom transferred his affections to an other quarter and complacent parents and a not unwilling bride made every thing smooth, so by eight o'clock in the morning we had the bell rung vigorous ly, ami the bride wrh led in, veiled and enveloped iu a black 'uba (a peasant's long, rough coat of goat's hair), and two were made one who had no thought of it over night. If matches are made in heaven, the angels kept this match close to themselves till the last moment of linking the couple. The course of true love in this case ran smoothly, having only a few inches of space or moments of time to run at all. No time was wasted iu wooing, no sitting up late of nightx iu the parlor, no long walks by moonlight, no sentimental letters. The bride did not weary herself in prepar ing a trousseau. A borrowed 'aba w as throw n over her and a veil, and she was ready. The bridegroom did not at tempt adorning of himself. He stood up like a man, sung the hymns lustily aud said Yes' heahtily. Tlie bride is fifteen vears, pretty, and named Hajlct (partriilge), the daughter of Simon Zaarub. She goes out of poverty into poverty; from bearing others' burdens to lieariug her owu. M'tri P'f rutin Eddy. He Believed Ceorge. The Chinaman is a guileless, trusting soul. If he takes a fancy to a man he will believe anything he says, no matter how improbuble it may be. In the Chinese Sunday school class organized in Chicago by Marion Hood, of the Gaiety Company, is a Chinaman who used to run a tough "opium joint" up on Clark street. He has reformed since, aud now makes an honest living by cleansing linen. When he enter tained opium smokers for gain, his best customer was a well known local gam bier. That was when there was gam bling in Chicago. This gambler used to smoke the opium pipe almost every night in the Chinaman s den. One day he rushed into the place and said, ex citedly: "Hip, loan me $10. Thanks. I'll come in and pay you to-morrow noon if I'm alive," and out he went with the money. About 3 o'clock the next afternoon a friend of the gambler il mpped iu on the Chinaman aud said: ,,llip, where is George today?" and the confiding Celestial wiped his eye with a corner of his blouse, and replied. "George, Ikiii dead. " Philosophic Bokk "If you listen to me for ten minutes I'll prove to you t'iat the theory of the survival of tht fittest is correct." Sarcas ic sufferer "If that theory i correct, how Is it that you inanag- t survive? Explain that, please, befort you go any further." Fobtcsb has takeu you bv the hau l to lead you; feeling her hand iu yours you think you are leading her. The mind of the scholar, if you would have it large and liberal, must come iu 0 inUct with other minds. r . . A.- . -.i , U TU . L'.ii ll . S NEWS IX BRIEF. Od has been struck at a reported depth of 1C0 feet iu Terre Haute, Ind. It is said there are more American women studying art in Yienua aud Paris than ever before. A leading art club in the former city has twenty-five American lady students. The chief supply of mistletoe comes from the north of France, Normandy and Briltauy, the ieopie of which parts propagate and cultivate it iu the great orchards as carefully as apple trees. The Centennial banquet for S00 people cost f'J.GOO. or $12 jier head, without wines. The latter cost $5,0-jy more, and the supper after the ball, wine included, cost the enormous sum of i $,V2. Sir Arthur Sullivan, when a choir boy at the Chapel lioyal, composed an anthem, and it so plased Uie Bishop of Loudon that he gave the little author a half-sovereign This coin. It is said, Mr. Sullivan wears around hi neck as a talisman while couiiiosiug till this day. Over one hundred an I sixty women matriculated at a Philadelphia woman's medical college last year. They represented nearly every nation on the earth, some being from China and others from Australia, while there were two or more lrom every Slate iu the Union. The Eiffel Tower, in Pari, is be ing turned to practical account. Two small guns are mounted ou the second platform; one daiiy announces the oiieuiug, the other the closing of the exhibition. A third should be added, for where could be found such a place to announce high noon? A rather remarkable collection of amber was received lately by a Mil waukee physician. It c.uue from the shores of the Baltic, and comprises 28 specimens, 11 of which have insects imbedded in them. One piece con tains a beetle, another au ant, three pieces contain flies, two contain ueu- roptera, and one a spider. A corresjioiideiit of the London Times says that the word "teetotal" had its origiu through a stuttering tem perance orator, who urged id his hearers, that nothing less lliau "le-te- total" abstinence would satisfy tem perance reformers. Some one at once adopted "teetotal" as a suitable word, and it sprung into general use. A countryman at t'olumbia asked the price of a railway ticket to Mechau ical, and being told 20 cents replied to the agent, "I'll give you lo." The offer being refused he set out to walk. He had not gone far when an engine whistled behind liim. Turning about he shook his list, at the engine, exclaim ing. "You needn't whistle for me; 1 made you au offer once!'' and then jogged on. Torchon lace is now so little known, excepting through the machine-made imitation, that few are aware of the beauty and variety of the real fabric. The original lace is made on the pillow by French and Belgian workers, and one house alone, that uses only real torchon for the trimming 'f ladies' and childrens' underwear, em ploys a hundred and fifty different de signs, which come direct from the makers. Lafitte, the eminent French bank er, owed his first start iu lite to the cir cumstances, of his being seeu to pick up a pin iu Ihe c lurtyard as he was go ing to call uiion a wealthy j.ierson for the purpose of seeking employmeuL The man who would pick up a pin. thought the wealthy ierson, must have some thrift about him, anil so he gave him employment aul found thai he had not mislakeu his character. The unrulier of artificial teeth made in America is increasing very rapidly. Last year three of the largest business houses engaged Iu the trade turned out neaily 20,000,000 of teeth, and this was not more than half the actual product of the country. ne peculiar feature of the business is that the houses which do the most extensive export trade are obliged to prepare te th of different colors for different countries. ' It is somewhat singular how often the omission of a single seeiuiiiL'ly in significant letter will alter the entire meaning of a sentence. lor instance, several errors are lecorded where the letter "u" has beeu omitted from the J.vord "window," invariably placing a j 'widow" iu some embarrassing po ut ion ; as where, on Ihe occasion or a isret-t pageant, a gentlenirn unwittingly idverlifc'l "several widows for hire." j lteceutly a man named Hageu, ivhile at work in li s field iu Schnven :ounty, Georgia, lotiud a gold coin about the size of a silver half dollar, rouud, but not near as thick. Ou one side was the prolile of a man, au l the inscription "Jusephus I. D. G. Port, et. Alg Rex.," and bearing 'ho dale of 1772; ou the reverse side was a coat of iruis, surmounted by a crown. This oiu was evidently lost during the Re volutionary war, or it may lie is a stray i'iece of sjme hidden treasure. A despatch fiom the City of Mex ico reads: News has been received hole of a discovery of gieat archaeological importance in the Suite of Chiapas, near the ruins of Palaiique, lieing noth ing less than a l.ue city hidden m tlie liepths of the forests. Some buildings are live stories high, and in a goo I state of preservation. There is a vveil paved road, several nnies m lengLh, still perceivable iu the no 1st ui a troi lcal forest. Very few particulars have reached here, but the retort comes from good sources. Palanque is sai 1 to be a mere village In comparison with this lost city of pie!n.-t inc time-'. The yield of feathers for pillows and beds alone is said to be about 3, 000,000 pounds tier year. The tail feathers or turkeys are used lor 'I int ers, and utilized by cleanly lucich.i'ii mei, housewives and maids. 1 ho glossy plumage of turkeys, chickens and birds are convert-? I into hat a lorn ments for ladlei and little girls. Tin; quills of geese are converted mto tooth picks, lu the olden times, before Uie, days of steel and golden -us, they were used for pens by all classes of writers. The height and velocity of c'oiids may be determined by means of pho tography. Two cameras aie placed GJO feet apart aud provided with i: stanta neous shutters, w hich are released by electricity at the same moment. Thi angle of inclination of the cameras and the position of the cloud as photo graphed are thus obtained, and simple trigonometrical op rations give the height and distance from those data. CoatPETTrios is a good thing, even among brutes; two dogs ou a farm inaku both dogs more wutchluX ; . -! i , , ' . . .' . , f j , ' .... V- . S';; i;- ' t". . r- i. .. : i y i t
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