Tf
. F. SOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor- and Proprietor.
VOL. XLIU.
MIFFLINTOAVN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 28, 1SS9.
NO. 3ti.
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Ir this l.tv. is true that tbe Roths-! CENERAL-
cnunstiavs got up a corner on the South
African diamond diggings, what In the
world will become of the barkeeper,
hall professionals, hotel clerks, alder
men, boodle rs, boas politicians, "spoila"
and the like.
YOUNG 3 TROOPER.
His Opinion of Three Beauties Cau
ses Immense Consternation.
Here is a story that General Pierce
t Young tells. Away up iu die GeoigU
) mountains lies Catoosa Jpnnin, a la-
. . i vorite summer resort ef Savannah aud
TriKEc sisters (all under 1.1 ir. nf Atlanta society people. Among the
- I tin am u n .1 Wnuk.&a '-f t U A
Sometimes 1 found a uuium oniy two A Woman's Pocket.
feet below tbe surface, but these sal-
dona possessed more than their erdi- A writer la the CMcoffo StrmXi tbm
nary wrappings. Sometimes, again, dHoeurses em wcne" pocket: "I
mummies were found with their legs think worn eught to have a guiding
lied uackward from tbe kne Joint. The string nanglBg from their pocketa la
object of bundling the bodies into such assist in discevsry when tbe ceoteuts
small space was undoubtedly save space are needed. How eftea. I havve Washes
as the Incas utilize! every available in sympathy with the seor womaa
At Fortv-flve.
pines and breezes of the hills the fever
and latitude bred from the m tlarial
air of the low country disappear like
magic. One day General Voung saw
an old fellow come up with a basket of
eggs and a bunch of chickens for the
hotel people, and recognized an old
trooer of his command.
"Jake," he called out. "Jake Djr-
1 rldg. how are you?"
HorsEWivFs will be glad to learn. "Why, laws a massy, gineral, how
t!:t the prices of refiued sugar at de-do? I hain't see ye since tie wah."
wholesale were recrtitry vertnred 4 of m 1 "ey chatted for a few miuute.
ceut per pound. This follows a simi
lar reduction in each of the two rre-
age), m Missouri, weigh together S'J3
pounds, iydia, 13 years old, is the
heaviest, tipping the beam at 373
pounds. Two of the trio have six
fingers on each baud and the same
ntirooer or toes on each foot. Theix
pareuts are of ordinary size.
inch of ground for agricultural pur-
uita. Another theory prevails that
the bodies were carried first to a rare
fied air on the heights of the Andes
and preserved, after which they were
again brought to the coast for ourial.
the packages beiDg necessarily snail t at the same tlrae asking to be put off at
Iki inn .-omi un tin -. TV. ,.'"
"Pooty nigh every day. Th folks
want my chicWc i.s'n' aiga, 'n' I like to
rest my eyes a-looltm' at some o' thane
yer pooty gala."
"They are handsome, aren't thev,
Jake?"
"Deed they air."
"Xo, Jake," said Genera! Young,
wavlnir lib hand Liwml 31 rrnmt of
rsrFR an bid rule, tie prefectures of ' three young ladies with whom he had
ceu.ng weeks; and a decline of j of a '
cent per pound in the wholesale cost of
sugar should certainly find reflection In '
the prices charged to consumer.
Have the retailers heard of the decline? i
that great irrigating canal In North
Dakota, that Is too bring millions of
acres of waste land Into cultivatioM,
will, if they carry their enterprise into
effect, deserve well of their country.
They will be entitled to more credit
even than those who make two blades
of grass grow where only one grew
before for they will cau.se many blades
to spring up where not even one Las
hitherto been seen.
l'.iMr.CK is credited now with hav
ing ou.,iileJ a league of peace, that
wlu u completed by the adhesion or
S: uin, will put the huropean war far
into the background and enable the
ua :ous to reduce their ariu.une.ita.
The first fruits of tho alliance are to
be een in the cessation of war prepa
rations in Servia and Bulgaria and the
quietus put temporarily at least upon
the threatened uprising iu Crete. The
It ague is eniiuer.tiy conservative;
everything is to be left just as it is
until the allied powers fall out.
been chatting, "tell me which of those
three young ladies W the prettie-t. '
"Ay, Gineral Young, them's all
HXty. "Twouldn't be good manners
tor me to say ary one as poolier'n
tother."
"But, Jake, it will give them a great
deal of pleasure to learn your opinion.
They are gre.it friends aud will not feel
at all hurt by your decision. Xow,
wa k up aud pick out the best look
ing." After much solicitation Jake under
took the task. He walked up and
peered closely at the laughing girls.
About one hundred gueots had gathered
by tins tiuje to see tbe trial. Finally
Jake turned, scratching his head. All
three of the young ladies wore broad
sashes around their waists.
"Gineral Young, they's all so pooty
it is hard to make a choice, but st U I
am forced to say that tUe one with the
yaller sash is a leetlo the trim
mest. "
There was a scream. flutter of
while dresses, and thiee blushing youuj;
ladies, with various colored sashes,
dashed in the hotel aud out of sight.
It is not improbable that the trouble
with the Hungarians who have been
resisting arrest in the coke regions
around Connellsville are due in part to
the ignorance of the men both In the
language aud the law of the country.
They find themselves hunted like wild
beasts, and naturally resist when
brought to bay. But, whether their
nolo is behavior is due to ignorance or
viciouness, the result is pretty much
the same. They are niost undesirable
neight-ors, aud thecoaipHUtes that have
employed them to break down the
wages of other laborers will probably
regret, before they ever had anything
to do with such dangerous tools.
BONES OF THE INCAS-
Mr
George Kiefer's Find In
Craves of an Extinct Race.
the
The somewhat unsafe belief that our
fuel products a:e inexhaustible will bo
strengthened by the news of the dis
dovery of rich coal deposits in the
Rocky Mountains. Professor McGee,
3f the United States Geological Sur
rey, says that a calculation as to the
quantity of anthracite coal in the
country and the probable consumption
leads to the conclusion that such depos
its will bo exhausted withiu a century,
while, judging from the known supply,
bituminous rbal will not last longer
than three or four centuries. It is
altogether probable, however, that
great veins of undiscovered bitumin
ous coal may yet be tapped.
Wiif.n the United Sta'es Fi-h Com
mission undertakes to make a report it
is obliged to deal in almost as many
figures as an astronomer uses. It is
d ing an immense work In trying to
restore or maintain American fisheries.
and, although it fills in some of its
undertaking, 'here Is every reasou to
b teve that much more th in the cost
of its work is returned in the form of
f,Ml ("she added to our supply. In
the nature of things, the success of its
work should Increase as it obtains pub
lic recognition and support. At present
there are many good pot hunters and
careless si'or.sineii who help to undo
"Having seen specimen of Peruvian
antiquities in the Louvre of 1'aris aud
the Hi ltisli museum of I-onilon," savs
.Mr. Kiefer, "my impressions obtained
then were fully awakened when I en
gaged to take service with the Peru-
via 11 government during the war with
Chile. My first ventuie into the bury
ing (. rounds of the Incas was acci
dental. After our arrival in Lima, we
presented ourselves to Don Nicholas !e
1'ierola. who was then supreme chief.
and a lew days later we were requested
to give an exhibition of our torpedo
practice in the open sea, near a town
twenty-seven miles from Lima, named
Aiicoiu A pleasant engine, called the
t'avorila. bblouging to the Oroya rail
road, wa placed at our service. Pierola
and a few aides-" -amp, uivself inclu
iled, made up the party. We reached
A neon without adventure, exhibited
our apparatus with satisfaction and
success, and started In return to Lima.
AilO.NU THE MUMMIKS.
"I took a stroll around the pampa on
the side of the track, and was startled
by tiudiug a human .skull. I climbed
over the bank to the north side of the
track ami beheld a wonderful sigfit. As
far as the eye could reach northward
the trround was almost while with
skulls.
"1 found bones uilusled with pieces
of cloth, pottery, wickerwork. netting.
weed rope and wood. The ground boie
evidence of immense excavatl ins. e
picked up a few relics in the shape o
roumuiihed hands and arms and liie
mummy 01 a child. After the entrance
ol the Chilians iuto Lima the war was
considered at an end. and I took advau
taire of the occasion to run down to
Ancou for a more thorough investiga
tion of the ground. As there is uolb
iii' on the surface to indicate the pres-
riiit of a irrave. it was with a shovel
and an improvised steel rol that 1 be-
1 i?:iu Prospecting. I found that the ua
I ture of the crave varied in di Here 11
! localities. In some places under tin
Ih.vsm sund I would come to a hard
i stratum of earth, throu-h which my
' shovel would break, and theu on using
! the rod it would go down to a depth of
! four or five feet or more, iu;irkiug the
1 s(ot as a grave. In other places I could
: s.vn.d a irrave from the surface, as
who stands scarlet and miserable bant
ing for hr pocket, while the conductor
stolidly awaits his far. 1 saw s varia
tion on this recently. A conductor wan-'
ted change for a ene dollar bill. A
girl tendered a handful of small money, I
for tbe Journey en tbe backs of llamas.
those animals then being tbe only
beasts of burden in Peru. Articles of
gold and silver are frequently found iu
the graves and mounds along the coast,
but generally so oxidized as to have
lost their shape. I found some well
pre-wrved specimens of necklace, hair
bamls, bracelets, ear-ring, linger rings,
breast ornaments, ear picks, tweezers.
cups and idols. These were ot goM. I
also found many vssbi of silver. Gold
and sliver were much uned, and tbe
metals were beat out so thin and the
edges Joined so closely together that
they baffled the naked eye to delect the
workmanship. S.lver idols of gigantic
mold and small objects of heavy gold
w ere found but rarely.
LOST ABTS.
Copper was most extensively used
in ornamenting the jwraou aud for
household uteuaUs, but its principal use
was for battle axes. Idols and tools. 1
found a copper chisel in a mound near
Callao which proved to be tempered to
the hardness of steeL It was tested on
a railroad rail of irou aud could have
cut it in two. The tempering of cop
per is a lost art, however, and was
known to tbe Incas only. Humboldt
analyzed one of these chisels and found
it to contain 94 per cent, copper and o
per cent, silicia. Despite the discovery
of thttse component parts all experi
ments have tailed to reproduce a sim
ilar hardness. It is strange that the
ncas kuew nothing of iron, as It
abounds all over Peru. Glass was like
wise unknown to them. They used
quartz crystal In surgery, as the tre-
phiued skulls 1 hive found showed
traces ot that material. They made
looking glasses by polishing stone con
ta'uing pyrites of irou. Lead was used
for sinkers on tueir fish nets aud for
personal adornment. Their cloths.
made of Vienna wool (an animal 01 the
llama family running wild aud huuted).
Is exquisitely tine and of a yellow color.
Their prints represented animals and
everything pertaining to nature. In
the graves I found also the mummies
of children, birds, weasels, rats, lianas
and the dog original with the Incas.
The children aud animals bore evidence
of having been buried alive."
.Eighteenth street, Tbe conductor re
turned the bill and tbe surplus change. '
The girl stuffed tbe bill in her gloves ,
and after seme hunting set-mtd to hud
ber pocket and dropped tnerela th
coins. At Twentieth street a sudden
wild look easae into ber eves and she ,
began fumbling for tbe pocket again
and unsuccessfully. Doubt deepened '
to anxiety and fear to horror on her i
face. Presently she made a cautious j
move. A nickel rolled from some-1
vrber onto the floor. She got rigid I
and began hustling in a different direc- 1
tion. We were nearimg Eighteenth '
street She pretended not to notice it
aud she looked more and more mt-er-able.
You see she hal put the coins
through the placket hole of her dress
and not in her pocket at all. The con
ductor waved that it was Eighteenth
street. A cent rolled to tbe floor. The
girl would see neither -the coin nor the
conducter, while the car waited:
"Eighteenth, madam."
"oh, no," said the girl.
"But this is Eighteenth street," re
turned the conductor.
Down went a dime.
"I don't want to get out," the girl
answered, tears of rage rising in ber
eyes.
"Didn't you say Eighteenth?" the
Ceud insisted.
'I have changed say mind," the girl
answered, desperately, a tear and a
three cent piece rolling to the floor to
gether.
W ell, I got out at JS inth street aud
she hadn't found either her pocket or
the pocket bole yet, and tbe floor was
covered all over with small change. I
suppose she is riding yet.
Halt!" err th bugles, down the eolumn's
lentrth:
And nothing lnth to halt and rrtt am I.
For feumiir heat Bath suiuewhAi taxed my
gtrDirth.
And long the dusty ways before me lie.
The dew that plittered when the echoing horn
Called r-veilie to frrect th" waking duv :
The cool swe-t h;i'hi s of ihe ciitsry m.irn.
The lird that tlirilled the bugles" roundelay ;
Th. ftT4ntl violets- with fTM of blue.
mat Dreamed, sweet incense mnen we iroa
them down;
Th' wild wood buds and blooms of brightest
hue.
air prophecy of Honor's radiant crown ;
And all that made the earlier marehins lli-'ht.
Have passed like incense of ihe rosy hours.
And manv a beaten field of nercest tight
Lies between noonday ani auroral flowers.
For all Its promise, morntngbrouirht us care,
bo soon its songs and pleasant shadows
passed ;
Our ambushed foes lurked In eacb woodland
latr;
On every smiling plain we saw them massed.
Our standards gay. war's bright. Iieralillr page
Our uniforms, with gold and silver drest.
Are rent and torn in battle's lurious rage.
Blood stained and marred with dust each glit
tering crest.
The light Toung hearts that made a jest of life.
And laughed at death, k lieu we broke camp
at dawn.
Changed are their merry songs for shouts of
siriiB
Or hushed wherw Valor mourns a comrade
gone.
And loitering here awhile at "rest at ease,"
I note the bhadows falling to the east :
Behind nie. plume crowned, looms the hill,
w uose trees.
Promised us glory, wealth, aud love, and
peace.
Beckoned us on. w hen morning time was bright.
To certaiutv of victory and rest ;
And now 'tis afternoon ; 'twill soon be night:
And 1 nave passeu tne green mil s waving
crest.
"Forward?" the bugles call : ready am I :
For though my step hath lost its springing
1 am more prompt to march : quick to obey ;
less apt to question or to oesuaie.
Yet, when some belted trooper gallops by.
I lilt my eyes, waiueu oy me awiib uwis
tranin.
And hail him with the Infantryman's cry
ilo, comrade, tell nie. how far is t to ramp:
KOUEKT J. BfUBtTIE.
THE POISONED F..OWER.
How to Coax a Man to Propose.
Standing By the Family.
An elderly man was telling a group
of giddy young girls the other day how
be proposed to his wife when he was
a young man. She was sewing at tbe
time, be said, or be never would nave
bad the courage to do It. If girls would
sew he thinks they would have more
matrimonial chances. Sewing be con
siders the best accompushmen" that a
woman can have. A woin in engaged
with a needle has a domestic, homelike
air that is irres is table to a man who
loves ber. It is a picture of what she
would be in her own home, and makes
him long that it should be bis also.
How can a man propose to a girl who
sits straight up in her chair staring at
him w ith a pair of bright eyes? But
when site- is bending gracefully owr a
"Good evening, sir,1 said a man with
white porcelain buttons on his coat, as
he politely removed a black straw hat
with botn bands. lie was coming
down the front steps of a Madison ave- I bit of plain or fancy sewing, apparently
Due nouse ana naa encouniereu me 1 absorbed in counting tne stitcnes, anu
owner going up. "l have just Deen 1 the arrows of her eyes are sheathed for 1 nanM an
ll.uirnl'itoa A( I t . : ..... . .. -.1, ,.. . 1 r-t Ami -t. rrci I .- ' .
readln' your doorplate. Doorplates of
the best families are the ouly lit'ratoor
I peruse now. I do not care fer gro
cery signs and bill boards. The one.
You are a dead man,' said the doc
tor, looking fixedly at Anatole.
Anatole was astoundtd.
He had come to spend the evening
with bis old friend. Dr. Bardais, the
illustrious savant, whose studies of poi
sonous plants had made him famous.
It was not his lame, nowever. wiiicn
attracted Anatole to the doctor, but
his nobility of heart and almost pater
nal kindness. Aud now suddenly.
without any preparations, the young
man beard this terrific prognostication
from the Hps of bo great an authority
Unhappy boy.' continued tue doctor,
what have vou done?'
Xothiug that 1 know ot,T stammereu
Anatole.
'Think. Tell me what you have
drunk, what you have eaten, what you
have inhaled r
This last word was like a ray of light
to Anatole. That very morning he
had received a letter from a friend who
was traveling In India. In this letter
be found a flower which the tourist
bad plucked on the banks of tbe
oud-looKing little rea
flower, whose odor, he remembered.
sotmed to him to be strangely pungent.
Anatole looked in Ins pocketbooK and
took therefrom the letter aud the
the
couragement is a pair of bright eyes doctor. 'It is the Pyrauieuensis Indica!
staring into nis, watcuing uis em oar- 1 tlje fatal flower of bloodl'
a few minutes, be plucks up courage
enough to offer ber his heart and band.
The average young man is bashful in
such affairs, though bold enough at
sir, Is mediocre, whi e I find the other I other times, and needs encouragement fl0wer, which he showed to the savant,
b .mbastic an' stilted. My fav'rite aud opportunities. What sort of en-I 'There is not a doubl T exulaimed th
read in' is the engraved uoorpiates 01
our first cit'seus. Disjointed an' frag
mentery, sir, but satisfactory to oue of
cultivated tastes.
Yes ' answered the gentleman, sus
piciously,
1 our name, I learn.' went on tne
student of doorplate literature, is
Woo-lforJ. My own humble name is
also Woodford. There are many Wood'
ords sir; It is hardly likely, sir, that
we may be any relation.
1 should be inclined to think not
saul the other as he sniffed the air still
more suspiciously and went up two
steps higher.
Prob'ly no near relation at least, sir.
My own fam'ly is of English descent
uy grandfather was a Kentish man.
sir. Very likely your branch might be
rish or mebbe Welsh. You ain't got
the Kentish nose, sir
Evidently not if you have. oat
is your object in detaining me?
i 111 pl v this. sir. lour name is
Woodford, inv own humble coguermeu
is also WoodTord. We may be no rela
t ion. but 1 take an interest in anybody
l-eariu' my name. You are iu Wall
street, an' to-day you are making
money with both hands to-inorrer you
nay be flat on your back, if you ever
letdown remember you have a friend
in Morgan oodtord, wno win assist
you to the extent of his humble capa
city for the name you bear. If you
rassment? Listen to the advice of an
old man who has been all through it;
drop your eyes and give the young man
a chance, Remember tnis, girls, wnen
the favorite voung man drops in to
make an evening visit, get out your bit
of fancy work and look domestic, aud
with every stitch of your needle you
will bind bis heart more firmly to your
own.
This is the advantage that the Eng
lish girls are id to possess over the
American girls they are domestic; ll
they shine less brilliantly iu society than
their American sisters their domestic
virtues sued a steady luster in their
houses. This, of course. Is looking at
the question from an English point ot
view. The American gins are capaoie
of doing both; domesticity ssnot incom-
natible with a social brilliancy, ana
many of society's queens are careiui
housekeepers, keeping their sweetest
words and smiles for their own nomes.
Josh Billings' Philosophy.
ti. work of the Commission, but they
are decreasing in numoer as the subject ! there was nothing between me aud its
of fi,h protection become .better e
stood. As an example of the labors of tuuj iuJlCiitlI1!? a roofed
the Commission it may be mentioned graVe, in which th occupants are le
that more than IUO.000.HX shad-fry yeale.i aurrouuded with all their world-
. 1 1 - . 1 .. O'l ftal,! ' 1.. . ... I.,
were ueposiieu uunua; jc.i,..i,w",- ij o-..
(KHJ going into the Delaware. They are.
Men are blamed for sticking then
note into things; but it iz the only way
a hg tracks out luz game.
Tne man who kan live in idleness
successfully, muss either be too pure 01
to lazv to commit enny sin.
Poetn iz a dizeaze common tew all
'You really think so
'Alas! I am certain."
But it is not possible that it Bhould
prove fatal to me. I am only 2o years
old. am strong aud in the best of
health
'At what hour did you open this fatal
letter? '
'At 9 orclock this morning.'
'Well, to-morrow morning at the
same hour, at the same mlnu'e, In full
health, as you say, you will leel a pecu
liar pain in your heart, and that will
end alL'
And vou kuow of no remedy, no
means of '
Xone. said the doctor.
Then, clasping his bead in bis hands.
the savant fell Into a chair, overcome
with grief.
The emotion ot his old menu, con
vtuced Anatole that he was indeed
doomed. He departed at once; he was
almost insane.
A cold sweat on his forehead, his
ideas confused, walking mechanically
Anatole went fortti into the night, un
conscious of what was passing about
him. For a long time he walked thus.
then, column to a bench, he sal down.
Ibis rest uia nun goou. up w umi
moment he had been like a man who
has suddenly received a severe blow on
the head. At last, however, his mind
nee-1 help remeiul-er that a letter I the literati; sum hav it quite hard, but I gmerj to clear, and he begau to gather
of course, exposed to many vicissitudes
UAXCEKOl'S DllMilNU.
"It was only by liberal -ay and per-
..... . .. ,tt nillslt LliaL 1 llimictM fc'ic uannr.s w
and dangers, ana minions ui me.,, w. tienj u
reri.-h before any of them reach matur- certa;u,y the work imaginable,
ltv, but If only a few thousand of them m,-, being a danger to health and a
g ow up to be caught at Gloucester anJ xUk of lite. The grave cave in, and
nerved ud as p ankedshad they will when the wind blos the sand is chok-
rei,av the cost of plant ng the millions jng and bUnding and proiluces a pecn-
repay me ivd. r couirlnuff disease. All the I wca
that hav. perlshe,!. The work cf the "lld" west of tUe Cordillera
Commission Is of great commercial afB of .tria whiJe those of Ancon
imiHjrtance, and could not be carried 00 are oI c.,eur d, which when stirred
effeotivelT except by the National two or three feet below the surface,
ro.emment, with the aid. also of State rises aud floats like smoks iu the air.
Government, wnu " ' Tne (auJy graves emuetiuies go down
commissions. to ,n(J uelltu c( fifteen feet. Occasion-
ally you will fin 1 grave completely
Socit grapes are in season, and It is ilue,l aud roofed with adobes, or sun
others are liued with
L'TVrA.U.W A prominent one." The Iuc,s Peruvians made
ever
sent to M. Woodford, Esq., Mulberry
court. Bayard street, will reach me.
t-houl'l I be temporar'lv on the er
should I be absent friends will forward
the eo-nmiinercatiou. Good evening.
Mr. Wood fold.'
Oue moment.' said the Madison
avenue Woodford. I trust you would
not be insulted should I offer you the
temporary loan of 50 cents,' and he ad
vanced a halt dollar toward tne otuer.
"Sir. vour kindness overpowers ine.
You belong to our branch of the fam'ly
after all. I accept the coin, to be re
turned to-morrow not liter. Do not
forget me If you ever fiu 1 yourself
floored, llemember that a true ood
ford never forgets another Woodford.'
most hav it dreadful lite.
Inkredulty iz the wisdum ov a phool;
it iz only a wize man who kan afford
tew be cre-iulous.
Prejudice iz a bous plant which iz I
very apt tew wither 11 yu take it out
doors amungst pholks.
The devil holds poor kards, Due tie
plavs tbera mighty well.
What iz the next wust thing tew
lieiugl Gittiug kelched at it.
his scattered Ideas.
My situation,' be thought. is like
that of a man condemned to death.
Such a person, however, can still hojie
for mercy. But how long have I to
live?'
He looked at bis watch.
Three o'clock in the morning. It is
time to go to bed. W hall I go to bed
give to sleep the last six hours of my
liter 10. 1 nave certaiuiy t-ouieiuiun
I am so puully aware ov tbe uncer-1 t,et,el. than that to do. But what?
distinction with regard to rich or poor
sides of the Atlantic. A prom
cluster just now attracts anenuou. . , , nave fouua
The disparaging comments of certain ujmuiuies ot u,ose wno ml,3t havu
French artists upon Millet's "Angelus" 5ieen 0f high rank buried beside others
.... 9 , . 1 : -v' .... .-t ( .. 1 1 1 r- I u 1 1 1 1 1.
recentlv secured by Jit. nuiwu, no nau UOIUIUR. r
recently n,xu" ' . . . ,. r,itiMss for the
Association ueat was cuwcu - -
DilntiDZ of bodies to face, uutiuey wc.e-aj-P
, " .., a silting posture with the knees drawn
1 iup to the chin, the arms placea 10-
Uiese gentle- lner on lue cbest and lashed with
men would probably have been more "Slual
op.iuo,. e --- A hovft
the American Art
one interpretation. It a
-iirr nr Meissonler bad
chased on this occasiou.
reticent of their
Above the body
.......... - !..., ill ilia.
taste of American art purcuaser. Til . laver of weeds covered with
hasty, perhaps, iu asserting tneir up- nlJes made tr rope
r,.! nf the high price paid for tue .tin 1 fOUud an average of three
"Angelus." Tbe popularity of thi, pirfpottoC;
picture is widespread in tne , cTfood? a7h Jug
States, as its frequent "P-" - "" water croft. I also found earth-
etching, bellotype and inoioCrapu gnware in the shape ot whistles, bowls,
' ' "v. 1 "Xo matter bow deep tbe grave the
It U reported that a rich nod or. occQpant u no richer in relics than the
gold has oeen maue - ococaut 0(lQ avexaire at uvjli
Seutb Walem,
How to Curl an Ostrich Plume.
Have ready some corn cobs and com
taint y ov the law. that if a man whom
i had never seen or heard ov should su
me for a debt or one hundred dollars.
aud i couldu't kompouud with him
for fiftv. i would pav the whole rather
than deieud tbe suit.
I hav noticed this difference between
people thare are some w bo are not az
big phools as they look. j
Most authors in writing negieKt tneir
mon salt- and let the fire in the cook I puuktuashuns. espeshily the full stop.
Ktova burn down till vou haves good I I hav seen pholks so melankolly aud
bed of cools, lay the cobs on and sprin-1 so gloomy that they wouldn't admit
klo them with salt, and shake the feath- thare was a brite side tew ennything in
er in the smoke. Add cobs and salt this world, not even tew a nu half uol-
from time to tune, and be snure to I lar.
shake the plume well, turning every if it forms the blade, good seuse
iart to the smoke. The harder you I should be the handle and beuevoleuce
shake the feather the better it will look. I the skabbard ov the sword.
Be careful to hold it far enough from I Experience Iz knowledge, and It will
Why. I have my will to make.'
.Not far away was a restaurant.
which was open all night. Thither
Anatole went.
'Waiter, bring me a bottle of cham
pagne Jand a bottle of Ink,' he said, as
he seated himself at tne taoie.
He drank a glass of champagne and,
looking at the paper lying on the table
before him, said to himself:
'To whom shall I leave my income of
30,0j0 francs? I have neither father
nor mother. Among the people in
whom I am interested there is only oue
to whom I care to leave my money
Nicette.'
Xicette was Anatole's second cousin,
a charming girl of 18 years, having
golden hair and large dark eyes. Like
him she was an orphan, and this simi-
the lire to keep it from burning. The I stik by a phellow like the money he gits jar ijereavement 1m1 long since estab-
livelier the coals without blaze the bet
ter. I have tried to make this plain. 1
thought mv plumes completely 8 Killed
till 1 tried"tbis reciiie. 1 saw a milliner
wash a white plume once, and recurl it
thin w-mv. and it looked as nice as new,
She washed it in suds and rinsed it in
clear water, and shook it vigorously un
til about dry, and then snooit
the smoke.
bv hard knoxs.
tseckond luv iz like a case ov measles
tbe pashunt alwus haz it light.
Causes Baldness.
bond of sympathy between
He
lished
them.
His will was quickly drawn up,
left everything to Xicette.
Tliat done, he drank a second glass
of champagne.
'Poor icette!' he thought, "she was
verv sad the last time I saw her. Her
sne mignt nave oeen my wrre. it is
outrageous to force her to marry a unin
she hates, to ruin her life by entrusting
such a treasure to the care of a br ite.
But why may I not be Xicette's cuaru
pion? I wili be. I will undertake the
matter to-morrow morning. But to
morrow will be too late; I inu-t act at
once. It is an unseasonable hour to
see people, but as I shall die in five
hours 1 cannot consider their conve
nience. It is decided! My life for
Xlcettel'
Anatole left the restaurant and hast
ened to the bouse of M. Bouvard, tiie
guardian of X lcette.
It was four o clock in the morning
when he rang the belL Ouce, twice,
three times he rang. At last M. Bou
vard, astonished, his night-cap on his
head, opened the door.
'What is the matter?' he asked 'Is
there a fire?'
'So, my dear M. Bouvard,' replied
Anatole. '1 have come to call on you,'
At this hour?'
'All hours are good in which oue can
see you, M. Bouvard. But you are in
your nightclothes; you had belter return
to bed.'
'That is what 1 am going to do.'
And then, leading Anatole to his
chamber, he continued: 'But I suppose,
since you have aioused me at this hour,
that you have something importaut to
say to me.'
'Very important! It Is necessary, M
Bouvard, that you should give up the
Idea of marrying my cousin Xicette to
Jl. Oapdenac.
.Neverl never!'
'You must not say never.'
My resolution la taken; this mar
riage shall take place.'
'It shall not take place.'
'Well, we shall see. A nd now that
you have my answer I w ill not detain
you longer.'
You are not very amiable this morn
ing, M. Bouvard. But 1 am not ol-
fended, aud, as I am persevering, I re
main. '
'Stay If vou will. I, however, slial
Imagine that you have departed and 1
shall say no more.' Then, turning
awav. M. Bouvard muttered: 'Who
ever heard of such a thing? To disiurl
leaceful man, rouse him from his
sleep to talk aliout such nonsense!'
.Suddenly M. Bouvard jumped int
bed.
Anatole got the professor's tromlione
iu which he blew as though a deaf per
son were trying to play it. The tounds
it emitted were infernal.
My precious trombone! tbe gift of
my pupils" exclaimed the professor.
Leave that instrument alone.'
M. Bouvard,' replied Anatole, 'you
have imagined that I have departed. 1
imagine you are absent, and 1 amuse
myself while waitiug your return.
Then, after blowing furiously in the
trombone, he exclaimed: 'Ah, what a
beautiful note!'
'You will cause my landlord to give
me notice to leave the house. He will
not let me play on the trombone after
midnight.'
Ah, the man has no music In ills
soul.'
Again the trombone thundered.
r or heaven's sake stop.
'Do you consent?
'To what?'
'To give up the idea of "his mar
riage.'
'Hut I cannot do that '
'Very well, theu
The trombone finished Anatole's sen
tence. 'M. Capdeuac is a terrible fellow. If
I should offer bim such an affront he
would kill uie.'
'Does that fear restrain you?'
'Yes.'
Then leave the matter to me. Only
promise me that if 1 obtain M. Cate
nae's acquiescence my cousin shall be
free.'
'Yes, I promise you, she shall be
free.'
'Bravol I have your word. Now I
will leave you. But, by the way, what
Is this Capdenac's address'
'It is 100 Hue des Deux-Epees.'
'I will go there at once. Good-bye.'
AhP thought M. Bouvard, 'you are
going to throw yourself Into the lion's
den. aud you will get what you de
serve.'
Anatole hastened to the address the
professor had given him. it was 0
o'clock when he reached the house. He
rang the bell violently.
'Who Is there?' cried a deep voice
behind the door.
Iet me in. I have an important
communication from M. Bouvard.
Anatole beard the rattling of a safety
chain which was being removed, and
the sound of a key which was turned iu
three locks successively.
'Well, this man is well guarded!' ex
claimed Anatole.
At last the door was oiiened, and
Anatole found himself in the presence
of a mau who bad fierce curling mus
taches aud was arrayed like a bucca
neer. 'Vou see always prepared,' said M.
Caxlenac 'That is my motto.'
The walls of the reception room were
covered with panoplies. In the little
room to which Captienac led his visitor
one saw nothing bui arms yataghans,
(tolsoned arrows, abres, swords, pistols
and blunderbusses. It was aveutaule
arsenal, it was enough to btrike teiror
to the soul of a timid person.
'Bah!' thought Anatole. 'What does
It matter? I shall die withiu thiee
hours lu any case.'
'.Monsieur,' said CapJenac, 'what Is
the object of '
'Monsieur. replied Anatole, inter
rupting him, 'you wish to marry Mile.
Xicette?'
'Yes, Monsieur.
'Monsieur, you shall not marry her.'
'Ah, thunder! Ah, blood! And who
will prevent it?'
'I!'
Capdenac gazed at Anatole, who was
not very large, but who looked very
determined.
Ah, young man,' he said at last,
you have the good fortune to find me
in a good humor. Proiit by it. Save
yourself while there is yet time. Were
I not in an amiable mood 1 would not
answer for your days.'
Aud I do not answer for yours.'
A dt fiance to me, Cailenac! Do
you Know that 1 nave rougut twenty
I have no mother. But perliaps
you prefer carbines or revolvers?'
'ioucg man, co not handle those
firearms.'
Are you af aid? vou tremble!'
Tremble! 1Y It is the cold.'
'Then you must fight, or renounce
tbe hand ot Xicette.'
I admire jur bravery. The brave
understand each other. Shall 1 tll you
something?'
peak.'
'For some time I mvself have thought
of breaktu this engagement; but I did
not know bow to go about It. 1 would,
therefore, willingly conseut to your
request, but you understand that it
will not do for me. Cap lenac, to weiu
to yield to your threats, for, jou know,
you have made threats.'
I withdraw them.
Well, then, the matter Is settled.'
'Will you write and sign a pa'ier
stating that you relinquish the band of
A icetle?'
I have so much sympathy with you
that 1 cauuot refuse.'
Having obtained this precious paper,
Anatole hastened1 to the house of M.
Bouvard. He reached the door about
8 o'clock aud rang the beiL
'W bo's there?'
'Anatjle.'
Go home and go to bed,' cried the
proiessor, roughly. 1
'I have Capdenac's reliii'iuishtneut :
of Nicette's hand. Open the door, or i
I'll break it in.' I
M. Bouvard op"iied the door, A ua- !
tole gave him the paper, and then went
to the door of Nicette's chamber and
cried : j
Cousin, get up; dress yourself and ,
come here.' ;
A few moments afterward N lcette,
fresh as a rose, kutered the little recep
tion room. j
'What's the matter?' she said. 1
'The matter is,' cried M. Bouvard,
that your cousin is mad.'
'Mad belli' said Anatole; 'but Xi- '
celle will see that there is method iu
my madness. This night, my dear little
cousin, 1 have accomplished two things:
M. Capdenac renounces your hand, aud
your guardian consents thai you shall j
marry the man you love.'
'My guardiau, are you indeed willing
that 1 should marry Anatole?' '
AhI' exclaimed Anatole. I
lt is you. my cousin, whom I love.' !
At that moment Anatole felt his
heart beat violently. What caused it V
Was it the pleasure which Nicetie s
unhoped-for avowal gave him? Was
it the pain foretold by the doctor? Was
it death? !
'Unfortunate man that 1 ami' cried
poor Anatole. 'Shu loves lue. I see
my happiness before me, and I am
going to die w thout attaining it.'
Then, grasping the hands of Nicette,
be told her all; he told her about the
letter he had received, the tlower whose
odor he had inhaled, the warning of his
old frieud, his will, the subsequent
events and his success in obtaiuing her
freedom.
'And now,' he added, I am going to
die!'
'That is imjiossible!' exclaimed Ni
cette. 'The doctor is deceived. Who
is he?'
A mau who is never deceived,
Xicette; he is Dr. Bardais.'
'Bardais! Baniaisl' cried Bouvard,
laughing. 'Lisleu t ) this paragraph iu
the morning new-paper: 'The savant.
Doctor Bardais, has become suddenly
insane. His insanity has taken a sci
eiitiuc turn. It is well kuowu that the
doctor lias devoted himself specially to
the study of jioisoiious plants, lie now
believes that allper-ons whom he meets
have been poisoned, and he persuades
them of the fact. He w.us taken at
Midnight to au insane asylum.' '
'NlCt -ttel'
'Anatole!'
The lovers were clasped In each
other's arms.
NEWS IN HUIEF.
A remarkaMe bird was shot
Ttundee Indiana, recently. It was
Btiow white, and. although ""v.-u feet
high. It weighed leas than four
poun.ls."
A barn in Hait'or l,
countv. Mien., struck 1
Ceutlv, is sal J to be tie 1
on the site tn.it has boeu
that way.
A special from La Croe. "Wis.,
dated August .h, re.!s: John S;-ver.
a late arrival in th.s -ountr
Prussia, working 11s a '..y laborer at
whatever turned up. as sur;-i to
receive notice from the 1 11;. in l onsul
near
Van Birert
1:1. tiling re-
mi th hii. 1. ling
ili-stioytd iu
:ng 1
ill. I 1
hed
inline
country, a
to i-.er
:i!l't i-ljrt
went. List
Kt l'hila h lph a ri-.iu-:
diate presence ;n the
relullve hav.ug bccnie.t'.
over 575,1 o I in securi
landed possessions. S;-
at once.
TliPre is a German ncwsp.q- r put
llshed at .lei u-aietn, and it sis ' li.it
the city is growing 111 s ze and popula
tion at a it 111 n kaoic ml-, whin is .sur
prising. Iwause uel'iier I' s. Illation
nor its trade is fav.'i.ibie to a rapid in
crease. Tin .lews i.d e the lea l in
Iiud-lmg, followed b 1. .e K.i-sats av l
German'. The Gi'-oks and Armenians
are also busy build. ng cites, l a.aais
and shop.
An effort is being ma le in Aus
tralia to rest net bv Uw lie .c e,S
slaughter ot kangai ." -s. 'lie i-:
niai ket for kangai"i sk.us is t .. 1
ted Mates, and so In'h a 111.0 is p.
fortheiuth.it the voir hm'.im '
Willed in such nunibeis us 10 lim
the rapl I extinction of these ;:.g.t.ar
creatures unless die. t lal iih-.isiik s . a
taken for their plc-e-vuli..;i.
A large panoi.mi.i which the Mun
ich ailisls, lVt.ls.MI LllllS I'd I ' ' .llll
1-Mw 111 Bel 1 1 1 : m-i aie no .v pint::.: fol
tne city ! l i.m. a , i- i- s,-i ts tl . ,
of New Yolk aud l'.iook.yn as s. .-:i
from the deck of a Noiih (.eini.oi
it
Mil
a re
.ten
m-i I'ilV.
u- 1 .1.1 1
ilrt I.l'.ll
're thai '
1 he
e-
the
:i 1
'plag.
I ld-UOt
Human Nature on the Highway.
It was 011 a highway running into a
city in Pennsylvania, one man was
driving out with a load of brick and
the other driving in with a load of hay.
Both attempted to get the best side ot
a mud hole, and as a consequence their
teams came head to head and stopiied.
You there!' shouted the Prick man.
You there yourself!' replied the
other.
'lining to turn out?'
Nol
'Neither will I!"
'I'll stay here a whole year first!'
And I'll stay ten of them!'
Both proceeded to make themselves
as comfortable as possible, and to ap
Iear careless and indifferent as to re
sults. Other travelers took the oilier
side of the hole, and passed them by,
so it became a question of endurance.
At the end of an hour the hay man
said:
'If there's any one nr-tn I hate above
another it's a human hog!'
Then it's a wonder you haven't
hated your-elf to death!' was the re
tort, and silence reigned supreme again.
Another hour passed, aud the buck
man observed:
'I'm golrnj to sleep, and boo you
won't disturb rne.'
Must what I was going to a k of
you,' replied the hav man.
Both pretended to sleep, but at the
end of the third hour the hay man sud
denly called out:
'Say. You are a cussed mean man!'
'Tue same to you!'
Where are you going with those
brick?'
'Four miles out, to John Dayton's.
A here are you going with your hay?
'To Stiuer's brick yard.
'Say, man, I'm John Dayton myself,
and I've traded this hay for brick!'
Well, I'm young Miner, and I was
driving tbe first load out!'
'What fools we are! Here, take all
the road.'
'No no let me turn out.'
I'll turn.'
'No et roe.'
And in their haste to do tbe polite
thing the load of bay was ups t and a
wheel taken off the brick wagon.
Lloyd nteaiusnip m the ut
panorama w ill be m. nm
liibite.l this Ia!l in a '0.1. la
Bremen City Park.
It is written o' Yo.l.i'n
In his paii.f.d t !'.. 1 1 to a .1
he dlscoveied t ' at ! : o
spelled "agu," a woi-i .1 tw
but if Vou luci ase-.I t he ic l
lllg I W O 111. id lelleis. i-
p-i-a-g-u-e, the woid be am
ble and was pro:, om.ee I
threw the book across the 1. in and
failly danced 111 i.uic.
They wi re lniiitui; up old h.xn
teachers in " 1 mont lately , and f ui d
that the oldest la nctue 1 1 i. e was
little short ol fifty ye.us at the desk.
This veleian is A. 1. -ai .e-, who b.
gau teaching in lMlalthe a.-c ol l'.i.
He obtained his Hist eel inn ate Ho n
the poet John G. -axe. lie is n w In
control ol the school which t:.e late ;-;r
Curtis M. l.amson gave to the village
of New Haven ii lli--, U
Thomas Monaiiati, a millionaire,
who died recently In Austiali.i, was
one of 3ii poor eiulgiants w ho saile-1 lor
that country from iieuind 111 lKi:. i'tio
ship be took passive on was 111 :.ch u
unhealthy condition that of the pas
setigeis died on the voyage. M n ah.iii
shrewdy invested bis lilt e savings in
land around Melbourne, wi'h the n
sult that blocks for which he paid jLil)
in those early days aie now wuith
i.'J5 1,0011 ea h, it is estimated.
A resident of New Yolk C.ty sent
to Scottsburg, Ind., re. inily, to p ir
chae a large wl.ie oak t.ee, wl.i.-b
uieiisuied twent -s. eii I.-et in ciiiiiin
ference. lie paid jT'i tor it, a1 d ut
once set to wot k l . c-t oi.t aa In:' a
board as possib.e. J a- !! wa 1 ped
up by means ol a ci...---ut saw. .ml
made a board ten inches ih'a k. 5 feet
Inches w fie at bu t, and a f
Hi top, and oJ feet l..u. It
two yoke of oxen and eint
w holi) day to move it on and
miles on a broad t.-ad w.i'oti.
"The latest s'oiv of Ka
duel iveuess conies tioin loid
w here a Mr. Meinbeig pl o t :
to melons and sill the seeds
I..
is
w ide
r led
a
-haif
pio
hty, tea
.ill
Lantern seed house, lor
tne melons he inanuia. 1
reis ol vinegar, w h.ch he
per bariel. 1 his 11
claims to be fu ly e.ju
-1 1 00
vaiu.-s a
I V.l.eg.u
to, if not
I- 1.
11
:ar.
u
ter. than cider
Is true Kansas w 11 b
Vot-d to t he pi o 1 i.C a
ons 111 a shoit space iI
think of it! $1" ,4'iu loi t
'1 ) acres of laud. "
New Haven poll e
tected a saloon keeper le
liquor on Sunday in a cm
officer as. en led i'ast !!' I
Boomed a go.nl Fpy a .
posit on where he cou.-I -'
and watch it. I'r. -n-c'l,
men enUr and he t' ei
siirnal bv waving a hau '
squad of 111 els stat an. c
near the s.i,. ion. '1 ia ; a'
and when the s-gn.n w
sc'eiidi'd upon the .aio .n.
elor was hi re.sted and fi
costs the next day.
A a
If U
pi 01 .
: .ar-
:!')
lm
b. t
hry de-
l.'CI ,
-a as
wS w
, l:av
He
e the
I HI
A Pretty Wash-Stand Splasher,
A pretty wash-stand splasher may do
worked with etching silk on coarse
white linen. Tho design should be
traced off on white tissue papr na ne
paper tacked to the linen. The design
is then worked through the paper w lach
is afterward torn off. Finish the splash
er by hemming it around the edge and
tack a ribbon how on each oorner.
One great cause of baldness is the
habit some people have of changing the
I . - . - . tl 1 a. Vrl W Ktli ItLlC aVw MUJU -B w" u-i- -a. -a. v
it over style of hau cutting half a dozeu times who knows nothing beyond
.?KD!trly " " Tr, Z the wind instruments which be teaches
nn tha "shiirt nimiiaJuDr in the hot- .7 . .1 : j
, s 1 nuDllS Ot tne t-a)nservat-ory m piay, uiu
tat nwinths ilma tironounced croo ml ruP1'3 . '! .
the fall, and then war their hair longer "Vully
as the w heather geU colder grad ually b
aiifiiuniuu-, sua-. S " J -s- . . w
the thermometer gets up in the nineties.
Xow all this may be very comfortable,
but it is very bad for the hair and scal.
It is best to wear the hair short all the
vear round, brush it freely and trust to
, nature for the only really effective sub
stitute for pom as in
1 not do right in promising her hand to
wnom sne detests.
all the more because
she love's someone else, if I have been
able to understand her reticence and
her embanassment. Who is this happy
mortal? I know not, but he is certainly
worthy of ber since she has chosen him.
Good, sweet, beautiful, loving, Xicette
deserves the best of husbands. Ahl if
duels? that I have killed five or my
adversaries and wounded the other fif
teen? Go. young man, go. I have
pity for your youth. There is sull
time; go.'
'I see,' replied Anatole, 'by your
manner and your surroundings that you
are an adversary worthy of nie, and
that increases my desire to measure
swords witn so redoubtable a man.
Come, shall we take these two swords
or those over the mantel? or these bat
tle axes? or cavalry sabres? or do yon
prefer these yataghans? Are you un
decided? What do you say?'
I am thinking of your mother and
of tbe sorrow that awaits her. '
1. -t
k a
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s. 1U8
g.i.e a
a f to a
a I. -ii.-e
1 a g.ass
.-:i (l-).
Pi.-.l.
, 1 ) aud
1-
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a-.
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b
Laborers arum
In Boston weie am .
that thev ooi. id not
on a guy rope of the .
foreman phouted to them
and they lepbed thai ti
11 liecatrie angry at the
m-liing to the s, o. ijiasi
H- then und. rsiood the s,
lectly, but in was unable
the cause of the tr--.it le- a
wire that bad cr s-d kite
the connection u:,.o:.oii 1,
broken and ail the men ei- reiea
btUe the woise for He ir e, ei ifcnce.
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tic
to
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f : 1
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r ri,
hit.
an 1,
n-iy.
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T
P
u-t ;" ulti
lion, he b.
'I'li-tari'-.s
lilts hi, "t.
"See that lady pnttinrron her gloves
said a i renchuian, as he rose up in front
of the Lafayette Hotel, according to the
Philadelphia Jri'uirrr. "Do you know
that's tho first means of recognizing an
American lady on the streets of Paris?
We would as soon think of buttoning
up our vests, or putting on our ties
alter leaving the door for a walk in
Paris. -Many and many a tune we picked
out Americans in Paris bv tliat b.lu.
Start a Tie and truth together, like
bare und hound. The lie will run fast
and smooth, and no man will ever turn
it aside; but at the truth mont hands
will fling stones and ho hinder it, for
sport's sake, if they can.
"Time is money.' Many people take
this saying in its uterui sense, aud un
dertake to iaj their debts with It.
ilp-rietice don't ni..l.e a mari
as it does so cai.ii 1.
Wui sain hi is n.-i ! up v.r
the .1. .c, w it ho-it t
serpent in his n.
ndioulou-ih many
and v. rv oitcn li
tmus.
ntAN in ver los.-s her t.-hi'-et .
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does.
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leetoii cf hison.
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returns to its u rinal '"ii. -ii
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