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B. F. SOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
vol. xun.
MIFFJJNTOAVN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE I, 1SS9.
NO. 20.
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Is inrsK degenerate times Common I
;!av Las r.gl.ls which frv-u royal blood
is lot. u.l to lespect. His Grace, the I
Il if t all bli.lge, cousin of the
i-.. i, ami Comm thder-iu-cliief of the
l :. h army, las Ueu arrested for
a,-,.. H i .: George K. Sims, author.
!. ,,.1'i-t and joii.nal.st. However,
li;s I"kts," our Baby Ansou j
. i ; .-.iti nun, may uoi le punished
k- i . . -.cly as he oiilt' to be.
' i 1 1 1- in-rtvisiu-j tiunilr of collisions
; . -i . i n..es not deciease the Iimbi
l,,.i, -i l.ft luus Theie are upon the
,,. ,...; .it all times now M-veral s-.-ores of
1 ,! N-.meis lilled with piLvrtifrn
i . w.i along at laiiroad sjieed, regard
i f the il.inuer to themselves and
i . It is time- Ilia' the track f
j. '.hi travel was patrolled ami provided
n r signal station-1, the same as the
!:'). of a I .al way.
.! ww learned much from us. AVe
i i i. r ;uih ate l y learning something
t; i:i I ii ;ui. In the new cons itutinnal
j . iiient f that country the system
i : i g leaves little ci.auce Tor frau.l.
A ' i in.' tu un mteie. Img aitlcle In
ii.. 1 mm. ''a h voler must write his
,.w.. ii ui" ai:il ttie liniue of the can.li-a'i-i
on the liiillot, ami stamp it with
I .w n seal." Tuis is rather 'duplex,
i ii i quite certain that it win lc
:; i ' ive.
'1 1 N J fill s ago A inei le u e ttle grow-
ii . t ie ri ii i t imeil w ith reports from
l.t- Atgciitine lb public tln.t that coun-
Uy was al.oiil lo .supply the ni.il Wets of
Europe w .tli fr sli beef. No.v we are
lulil ll.at the Govi i nui.-nl has offeie I a
uiiaiiiiitee of f.ve ier cent, fi r tea years
on capital to be invested in the busi
ness, and this tuarai.t e is Ltedid to
nvive a languishing trade, although
.idle can be b tight f jr I' rem S't to 0
a l.c u. There is evidently something
wrong In the business, ami even the
i ...ei nnii-nt's guarantee of fair iuter
i', tlioi .h it may tempt merchants to
ni.'l. i take s!i piiidits, is not I kely to
in. ike that profitable v. hich has hercto
luie f.llleil.
iliioiiiKK T.M.MAeiE declares that
not one in ten of the "world! tigs"
looks happy. "Take your stand." he
says, "at 2 o'clock at the corner of
Nassau and Wall streets, or at the
cm m r of Canal street aul Bioadway,
ami see the agouieil physiognomies."
But how does Brother Taliuage dis
tinguish the "woilJliiiiis" from the
oilier folks in the mighty throiiif?
Very few, eveu of the mot K'idly, wear
sucU a seraphic smile as illuminates the
Tulina'e features whenever tl e public
will be permitted to gaze" upon theni.
We think it is au error to set down as
a "woiMlIng" every man who does not
look happy. Sin n ay make many of
them look "lugubrious," but iudlges
tiuii teis in ita w oik alike on the just
and uigiist. Things are uot always
hat they seem.
Tu k Ciouiu murder at ('hicairo was
a shix-kimr niece of bustiiess. It was
ileliU-iatelv planneil and as heartlessly
ev . uie.l. lr. I "roi.iu was a bold and
co l ani ons man, and b fnre his life
a-i t;iken his :is.-iassins were obliged to
ei it .ill the power at their command.
1 In- mom in which the tragedy was
ei. ii led shows evli'ience of a fearful
stiu-'.i, indicating that the victim of
the lo i est and blackest pl. t ima'iu
alee in.cli- a nohle yet futile resistance.
Hut mi. idt r w id out, and a zx deal
ol it hs already gotten out in this
;i-e. 1 he evidence is accumulating
lapnily and airets call not loug 1
H n.liil. 1 he murdered man'sprepa
l.itioiis to expo e the dciel.ctious and
wioi i; ilouii;-. of men belonging to a
S i' I el Mr let V must at present be
rcL-anled us the only motive for the
ii Hue, and the course of the doctor
e( ins to have been justified, as no man
tto'i'd l e likely to coulitclianie or COlil
unt murder to avoid exposure unless
he I :n 1 Weu guilty of j-rave criminal
llleiii'es.
l i'U ears the name of Laura Hr'dg
lnan was familiar in almost every
l.oue!.ol I l. cause she was liMked upon
s ii im..t wonderful and marvelous
exjinpie of what it was rx)S.ihle to
accomplish by the combined efforts of
philanthropy ami science in behalf of
t!i"e nieiuls-r.s of the human family
w!m an- bereft of some of the chief
faculties with which man is usually
einlcwcd. Her death at this t. me will
l'ii!k' fiehly to the minds of those
I. '-c memory runs back some fortv
e i rs. the iiiuaeuieut with w hich were
tlii u Ltiird the stories of how Intelli
gence of even more than ordinary
Biiiile, had been discovered an.l devel-
i'l"t m a girl w ho could uot see nor
hear, nor speak, and whoso sense of
suieii and of taste were almost de-
s!ro,,l. The remarkable possibilities
whii !i were demo;. stnte I in this case
tiinn.gli tlie untiring efforts of lr,
Sau.iiel Giidley Howe gave an Impetus
to t!:e work of providing for the many
lii.ioi i uuates who lack Home one or
n.oie of the senses of which Laura
Kriiiginaii was deprivesl, and although
perhaps no case parallel to hers has
eer sim-e apiieared, the success aud
u:iiv, rsality w ith which Uie work has
heea carried on have made this re-
Uiaikiihle Instance less conspicuous of
kilo xeais. It is tittmg that, by this
wcasmii, the public mind should be
tiirru.l to a leibzation of the grandeur
of this noble work which receives the
lw cousideratlou as it becomes raort
g" eial and elficient. The 1 fe of Laura
riilgiiiau would have beeen but the
tii.-tfiice of a dumb beast, and Indeed
otild have given even less evidence of
ttis existence of intelligence, but for
tlis efforts made by the pUilanthropic
uau. As it Is she became a student
f 1 au accomplisiieil wtMuair, who has
Int a reasonably louj life-time hajw
C'ly. Aud it is so that the burdens of
b? of the atllicUsl are being ligbteued
duiy, and their Uvea made more
Chawf ul and useful.
LIAK- n ALL. SUtlS.
fe-rltrw lljrno.l jtnl Haiwl
nl ty One Who Know Thrm.
A liar Is a person who tells falsehood?
habitually. The worJ habitually is u.-l
advisedly. A mu may take a drink
tea. onally without lieiug a drunkard.
It would 1 hard to class a man as a liar
who has only occasionally made a fal-e
repiesentatioii. An eminent merchant
ou e said no man could carry on a large
Irvgools business and get 'icb at it
without ly tug some. Ir he did not lie
some he could have men about him who
couM say enticing things and make the
worst seem the best. The goods mu.st
be s old at a profit to make money.
There are many liars in this world. The
rsalmist remarket: 'T s.ild in my haste
all men are liars."' If he could have
deliberated on this thing during an ex
citing election contest he might not
have changed his mind at leisure. M is
ter (reorge Washington said he could
not tell a lie.
If he could not tell one thun, of course,
his merit for truthfulness was not so
great as that of one who could tell a lie
and would not. But It must be remeiu
liered that when George made his
cherry-tree remark about his truthful
ness lie was a small boy, and that was
long before he engaged in politics.
Wh-n he was running tor oflice aud be
fore he lecauie l'reiident, he never said
anything aliout uot being able to till
lies. He had promises to make and
postotlices to give out, and had to do the
best he could.
Lady M icduff, talking to her little
sou during the troublesome times in
Scotlaiid, when meu died "eie the
(lowers in their caps withered," told
him that a traitor is a man who lies and
swears, and that they must all be
hanged, every one. '"Who must hang
them?" asked the boy. "Why, the
honest men," said tne mother, "Then."
?aid the boy. "the liars and swearers
ar. fools; there are liars ami swearers
enough t beat the honest men aud hang
them up." lhat is how the population
averaged lu those days. Things have
changed since then, l'erhaps there are
more liars now. 1 here are more
people.
Somebody is responsible lor tins.
Siitan is on record as the father of lies.
Somebody was the father of Satan. It
is written that Satan was once an angel
and stood high among his associates. It
is terrible to think be could have been
an angel in heaven aud telling lies so
stoiitlv that he was called the Father of
Lies. He must have done something,
for the story goes, that he was cast out
of heaven :' d seiik below for being a
ba l angel. I shows how low eveu au
aujel may 1... But let that pass.
There are numerous kinds of liars. A
few of the little untruths one meets in
society are called w hite lies. A polite
person says she is glad tu see you when
sue is not; she says to a servant thai
she is not at home when the wroug er
sou calls; tliat she w ill be sure to keep
an engagement one she regrets having
made and d. es uot intend keeping
these may be calle 1 white lies. Frleii liy
lies mav be told by friends who are try
ing to make the best of bad news, and
Hunk they ate doing it for the liest.
Black and malicious liars are those who
lie to do harm, who perjure themselves
toj-mvict others for crimes. They de
serve the hottest damnat on that can be
laid out for them. A man associated
witli .rwMiirrsanl: "I do despise a liar."
S do we all. They are "infinite and
endless liars aud hourly promise-break
ers." l ti-y are an uespi-eu.
There are bi.igg ng liars. They have
always something wouderful U say
il-out themselves that really never
happmeil. l hei will tell you what this
r mat great man said to them w hen he
said nothing. They brag aUut their
business when they are doing nothing to
sjeak of.
Tne oldest inhabitant l"r among
the most harmless of all old bores. He
wi l tell vou all about .lacksou s war.
and how the cotton bales were placed
f..r breastworks, as they have never been
placed since, and how tilings lookel
wheu the stais tell, ami how -lie skated
to Algiers wheu the Mississippi liner
was fro.eu over, how he talked w ith
1-afiivette. and hnw he actually took hi
everything be had ever read abjut. The
oldest inhabitant liar is too old to be
iti-posed of: all 1 there is uo backing
do.vnamau who tells you of what lie
t.as seen and heard himself.
Tlieciiiiiiuiitii l r Iss iiierb. He Is
so grand that his friends have to nail
1 1 1 in to keep him ilown ou earui. in
corks for both and any sides at the
same time. He slops at .nothing softer
than a brick wall. When thecampaign
is not too clean he will un lertake to
niiu the character of any candidate,
lie is uot thought much of.
The polite liar is delicious. Healways
s iysyouare looking well that ou do
not s.e.u a day older than you did ten
years aro that he Is delighted to see
you. lie does not u ire you, oecause iw
is polite and knows wheu lostop and
and wheu to take himself oU. The
polite liar is amoug the most tolerable of
a.l liars; but he is still a liar. He mixes
ttffy with his falsehood aud makes it
palatable.
The new style of the theatr.cal ad
vance agent shows gen us. He comes
along ahead of a barnstorming couipauy
that we all kuow about from reading
the papers in unfortunate towns where
U has played. It is snide, without an
actor or merit, and is playiug a miser
able play. He siys the company is
great generally the original -Ne i ork
cast an I the play has had a year's run.
Vou admire him for his gaii, and ask
him to sit down and exercise it by tell
ing bow he worked his column notices
in "ashville, where a paper thinks as
much of the "lianch King-' as it does of
IvJw in Booth. The ageut tells the local
manager that their business has beeu
something phenomenal; that they have
been turnlug away people all along the
route, aud have cousented to play re
turn dates. llrectly after this he tries
to woik the manager for an advance ou
railroad fares to get the company m
town on.
Professional liars are or many kinds.
The commercial drummer who invents
yarns to make himself talked about is a
professional. The corporation lawyer
is uot exactly a liar, but it is his ibusi--
t make the worst seem the better
' c uise aud he is alyaallowe I a margin
1 iu sUtiiig his case. The man who wants
' fifteen ctts always a suspicious sum
. lo get a cup of coffee with Is a profes
sional. Iaiter be will want a quarter
for a bed. The horse trader is a profes
sional. The horse Is the noblest of all
' animals, aud yet the man who lias him
. . ..ai must l e about him aud
cive him good qualifies be never liad
iad cover up the beast's blenilst.es.
fakir, who sell remedies aud tricks on
the streets are professionals. Men who
sav they will return borrowed money at
s certain time aud do not do it soon be
come professional because they made
inonev by It,
In the courts witnesses are sworn to
tell the truth al! of it, and nolLiug but
tlie truth. Any one who has watched
court trials knows some of the tallest
and most daring lying has been done
in the courtrooms, itoniance borders
on the untruthful; fiction Is full of it
It is said that truth should not tie
spoken at all times. This does not mean
that a lie should take its place some
times. It has reference to caution,
prudence, foresight and the rights and
pleasures and comforts or others. And
tins leads to a notice of well-meaning
I ars. They bring you good news wheu
there Is none; they teil a sick friend he
w ill soon be wt 11 wheu it Isknou his
case is hopeless. All things to them are
of roseate hue. They hive the buoy
ancy aud hoefuluess of Colonel Sellers.
They give you "straight tips" w hich
turn out crooked with the best of in
te itioiis, aud always want to do you a
favor. All liars are to be despised, and
the Lord cannot love them; but if there
are liars that can be forgiven by heaven
aud loved by men. they are the good
souls who want to do you good, and
who mean well when they lie. The
best way is to stand on truth.
A QUEER BIT OF HISTORY.
How the British Fleet was Threat'
ened with a Cowhide.
Tluring the war of 1812 a Montauk
cattle keeper gained a signal victory
over the Knglish fleet, then lying in
Gardiner's Bay under command of Ad
miral Hardy. Montauk was then a
commons for the towns of East aud
Southampton, These townspeople pas
tured 100 J or 120J head of cattle on
Montauk during fie Summer, The.e
cattle were m charge of three keepers
who lived about three miles apart. 1
tiuuk the name of the keeper in question
was 1'aiu. He conquered the English
Meet with a canoe, a rawhide and a
crew of Indians. It came thus about :
The Kugl sh had come ashore ou
their boats aud killed ona of the cattle
iu hi charge. They wanted fresh beef
and they got it Mr. l'aiu did not pro
pose that his herds should be thus rav
aged with impunity. He armed him
self with a rawhide. JS'ext he found an
Indian. He impressed the lndiau with
his rawhide aud forced him to paddle
off to the Admiral's ship. Mr. l'aiu
was hailed lr m the ship and asked
what he wanted. He said he wanted
to come ou board. He was allow ed to
come on board.
He was theu asked w hat he wanted.
He wauled to see the Admiral. What
Ii I he want to see the Admiral for ?
To be paid for one of the cattle iu his
care wnicli had been slain by the Ad
miral's people. What was he going to
do about it in case he was not paid ?
they inquired. We'l. be was goin so
take it out or the English fleet. What
was he going to take it out with?
With his rawhide.
Tlie Admiral was informed that a
Yankee was on board threatening, to
lick tint ileet with an armament of oue
canoe, one Indian and a rawhide. The
Admiral was uot alarmed, but he was
amused and interested. He came ou
deck iu his cocked hat and epaulet'es
aud all the glitter aud glory of the tilled
British tar of eighty oild years ago.
The Admiral aud Mr. l'aine con
fronted each other. Mr. Paine did not
backdown.. He repeated his demand
aud his tin eat.
"Well," said the Admiral, "yu are
the bravest Yankee I've seen yet."
He ordered him to be paid. Mr.
I'aiue received the value of ,the
s aiu beast in hard, sh.nn g. yellow,
British gold. Then with his force he
rowel ashore, having gained a brave
but bloodless victory.
As the Twiir Inclines.
(Jeorge 'Westinghouse, Jr., throughout
his entire life bas shown a inirked me
chanical bent and his own miud has
constantly run ou inventions, the object
of which was to do by machinery what
had previous y been done by mind.
His father owned aud opeiated a
large works at Schenectady, N. Y., for
the manufacture of agricultural imple
ments, aud he showed his good sense In
giving his boys, as part of their ed
ucation, practical instructions in me
chanics. George, in early days was very fond
of playiug ball, and sometimes his
father, ou returning to the works, would
find the lad absent for obvious reasons
These absences led to Interviews. At
last it was decided that George's work
should be arranged ou the piece system
instead of ou the time system. In other
words, his task was thenceforth to con
sist of a giveu amount of work each day
which he might expedite as much as he
pleased, and. after it was done, he was
at liberty to repair to the b 11 grounds.
Here was an opportunity for Invention,
and tlie lad did not fail to utilize iu
Without any previous knowledge of the
now well-known disc method of cut
ting meta's, he experimented aud soou
discovered that with a circular disc of
soft sheet iron on the highest speed of
his lathe, he could split a file. He
quickly utilized this method of com
pleting his daily task, and repaired so
earlv each day to the ball grouuds that
his 'father at tirst feared a miscount
had occurred. On watchiug George at
work, however, he soon saw with his
own eyes how the remarkable feat was
accomplished.
Don't Look in a Cat's Eye.
A Gentleman in 2sew York until re
cently had a very exalted opinion of
the power of the human eye. II- al
ways claimed that a mau could, by
gazing steadily iuto the eyes of the
fiercest animal, make the beast as do
cile and harmless as a wax doll. A
grocer in New York has in his stjre a
very large gray cat named Thomas,
that is uot so frolicsome as a little
kitten by any means. The gentleman
with the theory proposed to test it on
this cat. A number of customers were
present at the test. -Mr. B. ap
proached Thomas, who bat bliuklug
uear the cheese box, and peered steadily
at the cat's large dandelion eyes.
Thomas was evidently greatly affected
by the human eyes so close to bis, for
he stood on his tail and suddenly
reaching out one leg, planted h,s cla
iuto the flesh of Mr. B.'s face with a
wild, impetuous plant. This he did
twice in rapid succession and wa
about to gst in bis work fot a tlm .
time, when with an exclamation that
sounded verr much like an impious
oath, Mr. B. struck the Thruias with
his fist aud knocked him off into tlm
soft soap barrel by the couuter. Tin
magnetism of the human eye is a ' t
art with Mr. B. He now prefer !
geutle iuduence of the caiapu ' ti- -.-.
serried.
Angel Watchers.
&r Mas. JoassoM.
Anrl fie haunt my pillow, angel voleea
kauul my si-ep.
And uon tbe nines of midnight, shining
pinions rnuitd mi? w-:
Floating downmurd un the atarlight, two bright
III font forum 1 .
Thrv are mine, my own bright darlings come
from Hi-alfB io TlMl me.
Earthly children uniile upou me, bat these little
on- above.
Vt'rre the nrt to stir the fountains, of a
mot)tt-r' d-ath!e loe.
And as now they match my slumber while their
.oft vr on me -nine
God forgi've a mortal earuing fttill to call His
angfls nunc.
KarinW children fondly call me. but no mortal
voice can r-in.
Sweet as tuoc that whisper "Muthrr" mid the
gloria of mt dream:
Years will and earthly prattlers cease per
chance to li.ii my name.
But my angr-l bahi- acceula. Mull be evermore
th- name.
And the bright band now around ne, from
I heir home mtc hance will rove.
In their Mr!tgih no more depending, on my
coli-t:uc eare and love.
But my h.-; lirn till sliall wander from the
kv in di-aiiis to rst.
Their 'soft cli-ks and shining tresses on an
earthly mother'a breast.
Time niay steal away my freshness or some
w helming grief d-trov
AU the h. ,!.-. thai erst liad blossomed In my
summer time of Joy ;
Kartlily children may forsake me earthly
friends perhaps betray.
Every tie that now uuitea me to this life may
pais awav.
ul niK-hanged those earthly watchers, from
their tlet immortal home.
Pure and fair to cheer the sadness of my dark
ened dreams shall conns
And 1 cannot feel lorsaken fur, though reft of
earthly love.
Awl rhilitrm call me "ilottvtr" and my soul
will look alNive.
Lexington Kentucky.
THE ST.KIGU KIDE.
Jack Xesby, officially known in the
army as John Nes'oy, Second Lieuten
ant Ui ited Suites Infantry, sat in front
of his bright, cheeiful fire of crackling,
blazing logs, sava.'ely puffing a cigar,
aud with a look of perplexity or disgust
upon his face strangely at variance
with his surroundings.
His room, ambitiously styled quar
ters, was fun.ished somewhat better
than that of the average army bachelor.
The three windows were covered
with heavy red-plush curtains. There
was a thick, warm rug ou the floor; a
lew asy-chairs, a book case, an army
cot and a desk co i.ulcted his outfit.
In one corner of the room his sword
held joint possession with a baseball
bat aud a tenuis racket, aud upon the
walls there hung a few pictures, copies
of celebrated paiutiugs of battle scenes,
and a picture of the Inevitable but
rather dowdy and aucieut Water
Nymph. Upon his desk there stood a student
lamp, w hich threw its mellow light over
the room, aud upon the desk there lay a
confused heap of letters aud official
papers.
It was quite evideut that the cause
of his discontent was in some manner
connected with his desk, for suddenly
throwing his cigar iuto the fire, he
sauntered toward it and began search
ing through Uie pair for something.
A few minutes' search brought to
light the desired document, which read
as follows:
MONEY I OWE.
Tailor's bills
Sutler stole.
Borrowed money
Suudries, etc
$300 00
115 OU
SO1! (JO
JS7 UU
Total $1,011-2 OU
KONEV UlttC
Dec. pay (uot yet due) 23S 33
Difference between accounts.. $673 00
'And no ear tidy show of pay lug it,'
he remarked, after seriously contem
plating the paper for some time. 'Well,
I suppose I'll have to knuckle dowu
and economize, iiy Jove! I'll start iu
the first of next year.'
Aud theu raising his eyes, they
lighted on the handsomely-framed pho
tograph of a young, sweet face, that
brought a wonderfully brightening
smile to his owu gloomy countenance.
Evidently, however, bis pleasure was
not long-lived, for again a look of
desair crept into his bright brown
eyes, and he fell to scanning the paer
which would aud could uot be forgot
ten. How in the world am I te give her
a Christmas gift?' he muttered. I
might stand off White & Co. for an
other twenty-five dollars, but here it is
the twenty-third of December already.
Well, 1 suppose itll have to go the
way of a great many more of my good
resolutions.'
And reaching for his pipe, be threw
his feet upon the desk and lapsed into
silent anl serious contemplation of the
face in the frame.
While he sits thus, smoking and
busied with his thoughts, a brief de
scription of this doughty young war
rior may not be amiss.
To one not versed in the business, the
written description of a person is quite
a task, so I shall adopt the army descriptive-list
method, tt listing that what
it may lack in explicitness it makes up
iu brevity.
John Xesby,' Second Lieutenant, U.
S. Infantry, age 27 years, height, 5 feet
II inches; brow n eyes, dark brown hair,
rather fair complexion, of a generous,
happy dispostion, thoroughly loyal in
every respect; in fact, as summed up by
oue of his brother officers, a thorough
bred.' The life of Jack, since joining about
five years ago, had been that of the
average genial, sociable 'bachelor' in
the army.
There had been the usual routine
duty of drills, parades, target practices,
etc, enlivened by an occasional tour
of fcouting or detached service during
the summer months; and then the loug,
dreary winter mouths at a frontier-post,
where there was too little to do and too
much time to do it in.
I'ossibly most of the 'difference on
Jack's balance-slieet was due to this
fact, for, until within the last year,
there liad not been a young lady In the
garrison.
Most of the married ladies spent their
winters in tlie East, and naturally the
youngsters put tn a great deal of their
tirue at the sutler's.
It was, therefore, a matter of great
interest and delight when Mrs. Mau
ton, the wife of Jack's captain, an
nounced to them a contemplated visit
from her youngest sister.
She came, aud at the first meeting
Jack surrendered unconditionally.
To make matters worse, not only
Jack, but every other single man in the
garrison followed suit.
So stood matters in the garrison at
the time this little story opens, and up
low hen iwiiteof there bad been no
marked didr-nce of ber treatment of
any of the bachelors.
The married people of the garrison
loi ked on w ith that curiosity and inter
t we always take in the affairs of our
friends, and gave parties, and supper',
aud hops to help things along.
It had really been a very gay winter,
aud it may be assumed that 'suudries,'
aw entered by Jack Jvesby i the ac
count of his finances, included bills for
many boxes of flowers and confectionery
sent from the East.
It was generally conceded by most of
the garrison that Mr. Nesby stood a
better show than auy of fie oihtrs.
'You know he lives iu the same
bouse,' Lieutenant Stanton complained
to Mrs. liellaw, the wife or Jack's first
lieutenant.
- 'Yes, and Miss Ralston always speaks
of Mr. Xesby as belonging to our com
pany,' Mrs. Itetlaw sweetly replied,
which so distressed valiant Mr. Stanton
that he soon left, and confessed to his
friend Jones, over a sociable toddy in
their quarters, that be (Stanton) con
sidered Mrs. liellaw a 'very vindictive
woman. and Jones agreeing with him,
they sealed their unison of opinion with
another toddy.
However favorable the garrison con
sidered Jack's chances, his owu views
of the matter, as be sat puffing at his
pipe, were other than encouraging or
pleasant.
'There Is no doubt that I love her,'
be thought 'love ber honestly aud
truly; but while, in my present deplor
able financial fix I'm thinking and try
ing to arrange matters, some other
duffer w 11 go ahead and, good-by.
Jack!'
it seemed as If the fates were against
the poor fellow that night, for presently
there came to him through the openings
in bis floor and, like most old army
quarters, there were plenty of them
tne sounds of voices aud music, which
soou evoked from him the following re
marks:
'There's that man Stanton trying to
sing again. I wish they'd muzzle him.
There he goes:
"In the gloaming: Oh my darling."
And sure enough, iu the parlor
below, Staniou was singing, and really
very welL 'In the Gloaming .' and Miss
Kalston was playing his accompani
ment:
'There's only one way to escape this,'
Jack thought. 'I'll go to the store to
see what the fellows are doing.'
And putting on his overcoat and fur
cap, he noiselessly left the room, de
scended the stairs, and passed out into
tne UarKness.
When he returned to his room, late
that uight, he added oue more item to
the 'difference.'
"Sundries, aas.uu."
The next morning, ou coming back
from breakfast at the Bachelors' Mess,
Jack dropped In to see his captain's
family, as was his usual daily custom.
Captain Maurou was not in. 'lu
specting bis company,' Mrs. Mauron
told him, though she well knew the
captain's whereabouts was a matter of
supreme Indifference to his second lleu
teuaut. 'And Miss Halstou?' Jack hesitat
ingly inquired.
XJh, .Nellie is iu ber room, writing a
note to Mr. Stanton. She'll be in pies
euily. liy the way, Mr. Xesby, why
didn't you drop iu last evening-, tjuitea
number of the bachelors were here, aud
we bad a splendid time. Mr. Stanton
and Nellie saug a few duels together.
Do you know 1 consider him a very
delightful young fellowf Dear me! he
rem in is me very much of Will when
lie was young!'
. To ail of which poor Jack bad to
listen.
There was oue thing about Mrs.
Maurou that eveu her enemies had to
acknowledge. She was never at a loss
for words, aud she rattled ou until Miss
lialstou came in.
Then, considering she had paid atten
tion enough to their second lieutenant
for oue day, she lelt the young people
aloue.
It is is hard to tell what really made
Nellie Kalston so attractive to most
people, she could hardly be called hand
some. She was of rather slight figure, fairly
tall, with hazel eyes, very dark browu
hah', and a sweet, tender mouth, that
was ner chief charm.
'Any girl with fifty thousand dollars
lu her owu name would be attractive to
most bachelors,' Mrs. LysLou, the young
aud giddy wife of the quartermaster,
once disdainfully said.
But her remark uot meeting with the
approbation she ex' ted, aud Lyston
himself (a delight! 1 fe ow) looking at
her rather sharply, . - subsided.
It must have beeu the charm of Miss
Kalston's manners thoroughly unaf
fected and sincere that wou her so
many friends aud admirers.
At least, so reasoned Mr. Nesby, as
be sat opposite her, thoroughly content
and happy to be in her presence.
It was a rather strange fact that when
Jack was with Miss Italston, the many
pretty litt e ideas he had thought of
when away from her entirely escaped
his memory, and their conversations
were, in consequence, of the most com
monplace, but this morning be had
made up bis mind to speak to her
seriously and candidly, and learn his
fate fiom her.
Everything seemed propitious. The
captain and Mrs. Mauron were out of
thd way, and Nellie herself seemed In
an especially tender and geutle mood.
Tlie conversation had drifted from
the discussion of garrison events to the
topic of army marriages.
I don't believe,' Jack was saying,
'that a man has auy right to speak of
marriage t j a girl unless he is finan
cially able to take good care of her.
Look at tlie many second lieutenants iu
the army who are married. It's about
all they can do to get along living in
two or three rooms, unable to get serv
ants, and their wives subjected to all
sorts of annoyance and inconveniences.
No; I don't believe a man ought to
marry until he has at least one bar ou
his shoulder.
And he thought, with immense satis
faction, of bis own position aud ranking
second lieutenant of the regiment, and
the sen or captain number two on the
lineal list.
There was a few moments' silence,
and then Nellie sa d, rather scornfully:
'And you think a man's rank would
influence a womau if she cared for him?
Really, Mr. Nesby. I thought you had
it better opinion of us than that.'
It began to dawn upon Jack that Lis
remarks had not the desired effect.
No, not exactly that,' he said; but
what I meant was that a man ought
uot to ask a girl to marry him, unless
he felt that be could give her as good a
home as she bad beeu accustomed to.'
'Then you think that marriage to a
gill means gaining a home or, rather,
exchanging one home fr auolher. I
had no idea, vou were so intensely prac
tical.' Miss Ralotnn ppoke In a sarcastic
tone that cut, Jack to the heart.
Again there was a silence for soma
little time, and Jack began to realize
that he had only made matters worse.
Miss Ralston.'
No answi .
'Miss Kalston. I am afraid you have
entirely misunderstood me.' Jack's
voice was very low. 'What I really
meant was this: Suppose a man say.
for instance, myself cared for a g.i'l
with all his heart and soul was de
votedly and sincerely attached to her
had learued to realize that without her
life was dreary aud desolate supiose,
1 say, that this mau was, through his
own folly and recklessness, so deeply in
debt- tliat it was all he could do to
struggle on aloue do you think such
a man would have the right to speak to
a womau of his love?'
1 think if he did not,' she answered,
'he would be doing both the w .mau aud
himself a great Injustice.'
The words came from her slowly aud
gently, and theu she raised her eyes to
Jack's face, with a wistful, tender look
in them.
'Miss Ralston Nellie I'
Then Mrs Mauron came bustling in
the room, aud alter a few minutes'
conversation, Jack left.
He bounded up the stairs like a boy,
and ou entering his room, found the
tollowiDg note ou his de-k:
Gabkisox, Dec. 24. 138
My Dkau Mr. Jack: We are ar
ranging for a straw ride to-night, and a
little supper at my house afterward a
complimentary to the bachelors by the
ladles of the post. Will you kindly
bear me escort? I know Miss Nellie
intends to ask Mr. Stanton, so you can
come with me and he as cross as you
want to. Sincerely yours,
ilAlilOX Kktlaw.
'So I am mistaken after all, idiot
that I am! It is really Stanton she
c;i' es for; and yet 1 could have sworn
l'shaw l what a conceited fool I am!'
And he dashed the note of 'kind little
M rs. Ketlaw ou the desk impatiently.
It is peculiar what a great effect
trifling matters have upon oue! Aud
Mrs. He t law 's kind little note had cast
Jack iuto the depths of despair.
Of course he'll propose to her to
night,' he thought, 'and of course she'll
accept him; and then I'll have to con
gratulate the fellow, when I ready eel
more like straugl.iig him. Thank God,
I'm near my promotion. That will
carry me away lrom here, and then
and then what? More 'difference,' I
supKse,' and he laughed harshly.
hen Jack went to dinner that even
ing, Stanton and the rest of the men
were there, all discussing the coming
sleiirh-ride,
'Say, Jack, what time do we start?'
some one asked him, after they had sat
dowu to the table.
1 suppose so,' he answered, iu au al
stracted manner, going ou with his
dinner.
A sally of laughter followed his reply,
Stautou's voice being especially loud.
Jack looked up quickly.
'Stanton, what do you find so amus
ing in my remark?
His voice was extremely sharp aud
intolerant.
The laughter quickly subsided.
'Nothing especial,' Stanton answered,
very courteously. 'But some one asked
you wheu we were to start ou our
sleigh-rlde, and you answered, 'I sup
pose so.' That's all, old mau. 1 trust
1 haveu't offeuded you. However.' he
added, addressing tha mess iu general,
'1 can auswer that question. Ix t's
see' and he drew from his blouse
pocket a dainty little note 'Miss Kals
ton says about eight o'clock.'
Then he caret ully refolded it very
ostentatiously, aud put it iu his pocket.
The dinner was finished without
further remark, aud before they ad
journed to bundle up for the ride,
Nesby had apologized to Stanton for his
loss of temper, aud they parted ou
amicable terms outwardly at least.
Jack had hardly reached his quarters
when there was a jumlitig of meriy
bells, aud, the post sleigh, uriveu by
four horses, dashed up tu the door.
'All aboard!' shouted Mr. Stanton,
familiarly known as the 'admiral.'
Then there was the babel and confu
sion always attendant ou such occasions
and Jack heard Stanton aud Miss Kals
ton in the hall beneath.
From where he stood at the head of
the baulsleis he could catch a glime
of her, richly and warmly wrapiied up
in her costiy sealskins aud furs, while
Stanton was ou both knees, fastening
her overshoes.
Oh, how he hated the maul
But presently the admiral shouted
again, and, seeing there was uo time to
lose, he hurried to join the paity out
side. The post sleigh consisted of the 1-ed
of an army wagon on bobs, with im
provised seats, tlie bott im snugly cov
ered with hay and plenty of buffalo
robes.
On the first seat Stan ton and Miss
Kalston theu Jack and Mis Ketlaw;
aud the other seats were occup ed by
the balance of the party. Jackson, one
of the quartermaster's employees, was
driving.
It was a glorious night; the roads
were iu excellent condition, aud the
horses fresh aud mettlesome.
Everybody seemed to be talking at
once, but Jack bad ears and eyes only
for the couple in front of them.
It was in vaiu that pretty little Mrs.
Ketlaw 'put her best foot forward.' as
she afterward remarked to iter husband.
Jack was plainly in the sulks.
Ou and on they went. The lights of
the pout were out of sight now, aud the
horse bad Bellied down Into a rapid,
steady trot.
'For heaven's sake. Mr. Jack, say
something, if it's only a growl!' pleaded
Mrs. Ketlaw.
And Jack, turning toward her, said:
'We're such good frieuds, Mrs. Ket
law. you'll forgive my stupidity to
night, won't you? I've got the blues
like the Old Harry.'
Blues? Fiddlesticks! You've got
the mopes that's what's the matter
with you!'
Then this rather brilliant conversa
tion ended.
The couple in front seemed in very
earnest conversation, aud Jack could
not help hearing an occasional word.
'And your decision is final?' he heard
Stanton ask her.
And while they dashed on, Nellie's
reply came very distinctly to his ears:
'Final, Mr. Stanton; aud now please
let the matter drop.'
AU further conversation was stopped,
however, by Jackson, who leaning over
toward Stanton, said:
Lieutenant, there's a short cut down
the hill to the left. Shall I take that
road, sir?'
Evidently they were all beginning to
lire, for there as a general ascent.
'All right, Jacksou.'
Aud they turned b ineward.
How it happened no oue ever seemed
abie to tell, but they bad gotten about
half way down the bUl, when the
leaders took fright sud ' at some
object on the side of 1 mad, and'
started to run. i
It was iu vain Jacksou pulled and A new occupation for women is
tugged. At first the w heelers seemed that of suieiinteiident of a visiting list,
to work iu his favor; but at last they She arranges names lu alphabetical or
tired of the pull both ways, and took rtr, with maigiual notes of "at home"
up the rati. , days.
Fnrijusly aud madly they dashed on. . The negro imputation cf Missis
the big, heavy sleigh swinging lrom sippl is increasing at a much faster
side to side, iu momentary danger of rate than the white. I n 1(C0 the n lim
iting turned over. ler of negroes iu the state was 44.V-
'Lieuteuaut, 1 can't hold them any USO, and of whites 3-4."4i, In lstni
lougei!' gas, ed J icksou. the negroes numlered t'j l,.r.i, and the
Aud Uie next miuu e Jack had whiles only 41, ojs.
climbed into the seat beside him and
taken the lines iu his owu firm grasp.
The horses were either tired by this
time, or else felt the change of drivers,
for tliey began to calm down, and just
as Jack turned to si-cak to Nellie, to
assure her of their safety, there was a
sudden crash, and the next Instant ihey
were thrown out into the deep snow.
'All aboaidi' yelled out the admiral;
and his cheery young voice had a mag- disabled or iovei t -stricken veterans
ical etiect ou'the wrecked party. . in the business of flower selling on the
From all portions of the road they streets. The veterans are to lie pro
began to appearand in a few minutes vided with glass-covered barrows like
they had all gathered around the sleigh, green-houses, ou wheels,
winch was indeed a wreck. i Xhe very U!esl .lU;ll.k of jeWt,,
.soi.n iui mrairiiiii u
Kalston said:
Why. where is Mr. Nesbv?'
'That's so. Where is Jack?' the)
echoed.
Aud, after a few minutes search,
they found him lying In the snow,
senseless.
There was a big red gash across his
cheek, fiom which bio. d was slowly
oozing; his eyes were closed, aud hit
right baud was tightly clenched.
Stanton was first to reach him.
Nesby! Jack!'
A11J wilh each word he shook him.
No response only the blood trickling
to the white snow.
lie's dead!' some one exclaimed.
Aud then Nellie Kalston. who had
crept up closely to Mrs. Ketlaw, moved
quickly toward him. j
'Mr. Nesby! Jack, .lack.'
No reply. 1
Iheu she laid her cheek very close to
his, and murmured oh, so softly and
tenderly:
jacK sweeuieartl
a no oig orown eyes oieiieii lor a
moment and gazed into hers, with all
the longing and love of his whole na
ture. "Nellie" he managed to whisper, aud
then he fainted
Immediately after the accident Jack-
sou had mounted one of the team horse!-
(they had stopped after the crashj and
iu a little whi.e th- entire party werf
011 their way home in the sleigh sent
for them. Jack with his face tightly
bouud up and arm hanging helples.lv
by his side. "
I've no doubt but that Jack suffered
intensely on the way home, but this he
has always denied
There's one thing I'm jmsltive of,
however, and that is that during tin
Irive home, swet Nellie Kalston pro
mised to become Mis Nesbv of 'ours.'
It's Strano, tjut It's True.
Ill' MliKIi i s.
"It's strange, but it's true," I siii.l if
nivs.ll tins iii..i nniL.' when 1 sat down
to write. Mv i'imlrca paper was iii
pifhitlnu, the bit nt bl t t mg paper lindi 1
luv hand; tint sheet ui paper nl'iu'i.lc
oil which tu ll"le fugitive ideas as I
VM'l k, lest tin y 1h- fur ever forgotten.
All ready fur my iiiii's Own Health
Scrtiiiiii. and my brain an hurv us busv
Could lu'li'l. lillt, lo! when I pupped
mv pen into the ink buttle nut 11 iinq
would respond. The violet ink tin. 11
and the relink 11- well, tle.nli this l.u
ter docs lint s. ulti li hilccuilib! And
yet it is the mouth ol March, witii
cock robin singing outride there in the
11 1. .e tree, thoiii-'h for that mat tcr 1 h i.
litilc ruscul makes it point ofsiniii
u in n he sees me. Hut the blackbirds
arc qilictiv building in the yew lie.l.-,
the hmrrnws are overhauling llieir la.sl
veur's nests in the wistaria, 111 hoi.es
they will do iiain tor this season,
the thru-di would sing too if Ins
Mini
ieet
were not ho cold. 1 had a fellow -feeling
witli that thrush, however, as I had
to go all the vmv up to the house, from
tny out-door study, to warm luv ink
lx'ttle at the kitchen rani'e; a little c
tra stamping on the oii lmid path re
stored uiy circulation, and put un in
excellent spirits. There wiisa spleudi.l
lire in the raiie, Hiid the temptation to
warm my lienuiiilied feet was stroni.'.
However, I know bett.T. I never have
my feet cooked. It's strange, but it's
true, that a great many people are
never tired of cooking their feet, to the
everlasting detriment of their health
and constitutions. A favorite method
of fet t-ciMiking is to have them roasted.
Whenever you come in from h stroll 011
a cold day, lie sure to go and srick tlie
soh-s of your pretty little boots as clow,
to the bars of the grate as possible.
I The liest plan is to sink into an easy
j chair, pick up a look, and forget all
j llbollt tie III, till presently V oil have (rot
to jump and exclaim "1 do believe
I've burned my I n ot !"
But winit does a Ix.ot signify? It is
neither here nor there. .V burned sole
makes trade for the shoemaker, be
sides, roasted feet encourage the for
mation of chilblains, und the growth of
soft corns, with rheumatism and bun
ions in prospective.
Another usual method of rooking
feet is by "plotting'' them. The wor.l
"plotting" is very expressive. It is
Scotch, and I use it 1ii.-c.uuku I do not
think there is any word iu Knglish that
conveys ho much. Scalding will not do,
for plotting, although performed by
plunging into hot water, hardly goe
the length of scalding. Now, Koine
Jioople are always plotting their feet it
they have the ghost of an excuse. it is
doue at Insdtiuie. "I've got a bit of 11
cold on me," I heard 11 lua-s-uline fogey
say one day; "I think I'll draw it
down." He made the stewur 1 it wiu-
at sea bring hirn a bucket of Imilintr
water.
Int.. this he put a huge handful
.rd, theu his poor feet. Thus
of miistiLril. then ills I
he sat for half-au-hoiir. reading a ls,k
ir.d drinking wine uis'us. 11..-., I,-
dried his feet with a warm towel, drew
on bed socks and turned in. It was
time, I thought. But I ww him on
deck next forenoon uot morning mind
you; people who plot their feet are not
early risers looking old aud blue.
pinched and pecked.
Others, again, prefer to broil their
feet, by taking a lx.ttle of hot water, or
even a hot brick or bag of hot Baud, to
bed with them.
Now. all these habits are injurious to
the health, f r a person who hasiudulg- comb, when, by some means the en
ed in them many vears 1oh.-m to a i?r.t trance, which must have lieen small.
extent the right use of his or Ler feet, became stopped, the laige quantity of
One becomes, consequent! v, averse to grub aud My being takeu as evideuce
walking; exercise is neglocted; the that the nest was not voluntarily deser
body gets soft, flabby, and nnwliol"-' ted. Then for 00 years the growth of
siime, or eveu adipose; the ankles suf- the timber went ou. Tlie entrance be
fer, and the knees get weak, so tliat by- ing hermetically sealed, the comb kept
and-bydyspeptua sets in. Humpty- iu good condition until found. "
diimpty'scaseisnot worse than theirs ( If you note all the details you have
tbB- not seen the w hole.
NEWS IN KRLEF.
Carl Shurz has abandoned the idea of
preparing a magazine sketch of Kio
maik, with whom he had many lively
talks, as he has concluded that lo rush
Into print with the knowlistge he thus
found would be a violation of their
fnendiy intercourse.
The Army Floral Ass..clatlou, just
organized in London, prosse to set up
mail I -Y I r 1 1. ...il.u, Kn-
glishuien of rank is the wearing of
bracelets made of hair fiom the tip of
an elephant's tail. This poitiou of the
elephantine nariative ha- under the
demand assumed an aiunl pncele.s
value. The circles atv most exquisitely
mounted in gold and silver.
Au eccentric Gcrma'i has created
a sensation at Mount 11 il tv an
nouncing that he has offered Ins w ill
for probate in order lo have his estate
settled up during his hie lime. A
clause in the instrument provides thai
one-hair of his estate shall go to Lu
as long as she leinaius his w iil.iw,
and wheu she marries again the other
half shall be paid her, "as it cosLs iu.no
10 kteP two tllit11 one."
Tne largest moccasin snake on
record has leeii found near Lake ke. -
chobee, Fla. When lound It had just
completed the task of sa lowing a
foi,t alligator, and was therelore
unable to make his es.-aie. It u as said
that he meisuied IS fed m length aud
i ieet in cucuinlereiii e. lie was ca
tured with great iiilliculty, and only
"gave up the ghost"' alter . eiving
twenty-seven shots fn m aWricheater
rule.
rumor c,,ln's f.r,,I ,ne ''a''
nver lol-''"K caini.s in Maine tkat two
tl'"t fishermen recently resiiii. cled a
curious relic of antiquity fi mil l-ne..l h
the placid watem ol one of the Can y-
1 lu.'u,U- , 1 '"' slo,y lli:lt
tll"'' .,'-i1 ""'shed fishing and were
Hl'"t' to start lor their camp w heu
l!'ey fou"d ll'L:"'-lvM unable to raise
their anchor from the bottom. The
rojie was strong, however, and, re
doubling their efforts, they pulled to
the surlace a rude shallop, partially
tilled with stones, which had caught
upon one point ot the wooden killock.
The Inial is supHised to lie one of those
used by Benedict Arnold iu his daring
but fruitless effort to captuie l'iclux:.
Geu. Boulanger now occupies a
house in Ixmdoii lonnei ly tenanted by
the Austrian millionaire, il"Arce and
evidently luniished by its original
owner, Ool. Ellis. 11 strange comci
deiice.savs Edmund Yates in a 'Tribune
sN.cial, a great bust of Napoleon I im
mediately laces the door ol 1 lie eiier
al's study. Figures of I .mils V 1 and
Marie Antoinette adoi u the ov.ei-inau-tel,
and 111 the drawing-room the tlist
tilings which meet the eve are the fea
tures of Napoleon III and Em pi ess
Eugenie. 'olonel Ellis seems lo have
taken a benevolent interesi in French
history, and the icucials l iencli visi
tors Insist on regarding the relics iu tlie
light of a favorable omen.
An exhibition of nerve that's
raiely excelled was giveu lecently by a
Tieuioii woman. made a tour of
the ollices in the State Hons.- tlieie.
asking subscription for a bicycle lor
her son. who is verv fond of bicvele
riding. She said that "she could not
very well see how she could afbud to
purchase one, aud as her son was of
noble birth, lie should enjoy the advan
tages that more fortunate Ihis en
joyed." She could not induce the
'slony-heai lel" State ollicials to put
down their names, however, and she
left the capitol building lamenting the
fact that people generally were lolh lo
give for a woilhy purse.
The story Is going tlie rounds of a
retail dealer w ho obl.uiied a rare bar
gain in ladies' iiciuslitched linen baud
kei chiefs, which he designed to sell at
a fair profit al 2i cents each. n ex
amination of the goods he delei mined
not to give such value for so small a
sum. Taking one-half this lot, lie
marked each handkerchief in the corner
with a lead pencil, 2 cents, and the
oilier quality, he mark) d in the same
way, oil cents, and displayed the goods
on his counter side by side Imag ne
hlsHurpt'se when he found that two
out of every three of his lady custom
eis selected the baigams at :o cents,
leaving him wilh the laiei p.11 1 of
tiiose marked cents on Ins counter.
As it was impossible to alter inaiks
from "! to .'') without soil.ng the gixls,
he was actually -uuelle I to purchase
another invoice of the same lot to oblige
the fair buyers, who piefeiredto pay
S cents for the ai tide latin r than J.j
cents.
A remarkable discovery has just
lieen made at tlie Cat hays Vaid of the
Taff Vale Kailroad Company. A large
elm tree, grown iu Glou .esteisl ire,
wits being cut up into timliei, when,
right iu tlie very heart, a cavity of H
feet long and 7j inches wele was dis
covered. It contained a comb of the
honey bee and a squirrel's skull. "No
means of access to the hollow was dis
coverable, neither was decay any where
apparent, and around the cavity itself
uo lesa llin 50 'rings,' each ring de-
""ting a year's growth, were
11. Led.
The hollow was of un or
1 Size
Pliear-
throughout, and presented t
nce of having been boied with au ail-
Kur. tLUti Ct"1 though its dimensions
were.it was practica'Iy filled with the
comb, intimating that the U-es wete lu
Kjssession for several years. How the
bees got there s a mystery. It is sur
tii.sed that a squirrel once occupied a
decayed hole in the tree, cleared away
the decay, occupied the cavity as its
own, and there died. Then the bees
took jio-session und fi led the hole with