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B. F" HOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE EXFOROEMEXT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLIIJ
AIIFFLIKTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 1SS9.
NO. 3S.
COMI'LAINTS :ilJlt ill fr. t. f,m
the so-called Rrown-Sequard elixir
treatment are aliea.lv coming in. A
Cincinnati man D ufTei.iig from blood
loi-oiiing, an 1 lie proposes to enter suit
against the physician who worked Hie
syringe. It was a very foolish craze,
and it is a gocd thing that it so soon
ran its course, Gone to ineet the blue
glass cure.
I r is extremely improbable that Gen,
lioulanger and his fellow conspirators
will be extradited, so that the seutence
of the Senate 'ourt is in effect banish
ment. He cannot rifely returu to
l iatice except at ttie head of revolu
tionists, or when Ii a fi iend.H have ve
in led control of the Government. The
tent, nee, therefore, which has been
eiy iu.etly received, may really out an
rnd to this demagogue's jolitical
rareer.
ONEof the most surprising features
t!" tiie modern business world is the
rxtensive use of cotton seed, formerly
tou-ddered worthless. According to
Hie N". w York Tiiftmo, "over 8i l 0
tons of these seeds are now pressed for
the r oil, from 'M to 4 pounds U-.ug
libtaii.ed from each ton. The consump
tion, of cotton-seed oil Is increasing both
In this country and in Europe, and new
uses for the oil are constantly being
disci, vered.''
i ompi AIN'T was made after the ten
ement bouse tire, in New V ork, that
the fire escaies pr vided were merely
b.i'c ou;es connecting two adjoining
h..i . ,,-s, I ut willniit any ladders leading
fro. u story to story. It has since Ueu
found, however, tliat this kind of
escape w .is authorized, as it aught to be,
for there is uolhiug better. It is equiv
alent to a tower escape entirely seriate
from the building. When a lire breaks
out in oi.e house the inmates can go
into an adjoiuing one through the
windows and be shut off bv a brick
w.ill f oui the burning structure. They
can then de& -end by the stairs. It
would be a rare case where, at the
beginning of a lire, both structures
slu ulil le in tl. lines at one time. The
chief ditli.-ultv about such an escape is
lh.it it leaves the adjoining structure
op. ii to invasion at improper times by
neighbors. If that can be obviated by
fa- -'thing down the balcony windows
(to be broken in case of need) the bal
con es common to two houses ought to
be popular.
Til kuk is a custom In vogue in St.
Thomas' Church Sunday school, Haiu
iltou. Out.. no, which, though perhaps
nut peculiar l.i It aloue, la deserving of
notice aim commendation. Every Sun
day tho.-e scholars who have an oppor
tunity and who feel so inclined brim;
bunclies of flowers to school with them.
Then; are collected at the opening of
the school, put in vases, and placed
upon the platform. At the close oue
class, or certain members of one cla-s,
are deputed to take the flowers to the
City Hospital, to decorate and brighten
the wards and cheer the lonely and suf
fering ones con lined there. Xo words
can too heartily con. mend this simple
and beautiful cu-tom. Besides the
good work, which the silent ministry of
(lowers must exert iihhi the inmates of
the hospitals, the effect upon those who
join in the work, and thus contribute
to the happiness of others less fortunate
than themselves, cannot but be bene
ficial. Those who bring sunshine and
a blessing into the lives of others must
and will have happiness and blessing
themselves.
Nut Any Moke "Capital" Than
the Other. Proposals to execute
murderers by means of poisonous gases
will bring all the advocates and iuveu
tors of water-gas works to the fray,
just as the methods of capital puuish
mei.t by electr.city summoned repre
sentatives from several righting com
panies to testify to its life-sustaining
qualities. There is too much capital
involved iu the electricity arguments,
and, no doubt the water-gas folks would
lie rea.ly and eager to show how whole
families could live and thrive In the
mdst of Its escaping fumes. Accord
ing to such experts, the one thing that
their particular appliance will not do is
to kill. Dogs have been put to death,
it is true, by some similar exhibition of
gas to that proposed for criminal execu
tions, but again will com the argu
ment that has applied with such facility
to horses that you cannot argue from
beast to man It is a mighty unsafe
thing, unless jou are ready for the
avalanche, to suggest as a means of
human execution any agency that has a
business application. An invaded hor
nets' nest is tot beside the conse
quences. Counterfeit Two-Dollar Bill.
The Chief of the Secret Service of
the Treasury Department is inormed
that a coiuiteifeit two-doilar Uniled
S ates silver certificate, act of August
4, issti, department series 1SSG, check
letter C. has just made its apiearat.-e
lu the West. The general appearance
of the note is described as very bad.
'The vignette of General Hancock, is
exceptionally poor and the background
very scratchy. la the counter in the
upir right hand corner of the face con
taining the figure "J,' the geometric
latbework Is not descermble, whiie
in the genuine it is very distinct. The
check letter "C,' next to the vignette of
Hancock, is very Indistinct and it Is
omitted altogether in tbe r ght end of
the uo:e. The small letters in the bor
der of the face are very Indistinct. On
the back of the note the latbework Is
so poor that a cursory glance would at
ouce enable one to determine Its false
character, and the words 'Bureau En
gia iug and Printing, in small plan!,
lower centre of back, caa hardly be
iechipered."
i-D ACE.
Or. Hammond on the Art of Grow
in Old Gracefully.
The life of a man may be properly
divided into three stages the period
of increase, the period of maturity, th
period of decay or decline. In the lirst
of these the process of formation are
u.uiB acuve tiuu those of destruction:
... r-ecouu tuey are about equal; in
the third the processes of destruction
are more active than those of forma
tion. It is this latter that we have to
consiucr in lue present paper.
The period of decline is marked by
as strikiug characteristics as those
which iielong to the Period of lncr.a
Alter the body has remained at nearly
. cw ihjiiii 01 uevelopment for a lew
years, varying from five to ten, a dispo
sition is manifested toward degenera
tion. The prx-ess of decay becomes
more powerful than that concerned ia
me regeneration of tissues, and in con
sequence tuo 1km1v Dot ouly
weight from the atrophy of its parts
but the functions are less perfectly per
formed. Thus, the action of the heart
becomes weaker and less frequent, the
tespiratiou slower, the digestion
weaker, the muscle thinner, the skin
shrunken, the joints stiff, the teeth fall
out, the hair becomes gray, the arteries
l-ecome ossifies! and the entire form
losses iu elasticity ami becomes less
e:ect than adult age. The whole ten-deiK-y
of the body is to consolidation.
The organs of .special seuse also be
come affected. The eye loses its bright
i.ess and the sight grows dim and pres
byopic; the taste is less acute, and the
sense ,,f smell is almost, if not alto
gether, lost at a couiiiaralively earlv
period.
With these changes the mind also
liarlii-ipates. The memory is the first
faculty to fail, and tbe others follow in
rapid succession.
It these alterations are gradual and
uniform throughout the system, death
from old age is I be result; but it rarely
happens that derangement of some one
iuilortarit function does not produce
this result before the general breaking
up of the vital principle occurs.
During tbe first ten or fifteen years
the decay of the organism i? so slowly
effected that very little inconvenience
resulLs, and occasionally we meet with
individuals who are able to withstand
the tendency to degeneration to a very
advanced period ot existance, but it is
nevertheless progressing, imperceptibly
it may he, but surely, to the extinction
of that mysterious principle we ca'l
life.
Such is the brief outline of some of
the conditions which extend the period
of decline. The diseases to which it is
especially liable are those which are re
lated to the principle organs of lite.
A(plexy, paralysis, organic diseases
of the heart and lungs, of the large
vessels of the liver and kidneys, are
Ircqueutly encountered.
1 have alluded to the changes that
ensue In the mind as a consequence of
advanced age, but it is not to be sup
posed that there is a failure of all tbe
mental faculties. Indeed there Is,
during the first ten or fifteen years of,
this period, an increase in the strength
and lowers of endurance of the mind,
and quite often this process continues
for several additional years. The judge
ment, owing to the experience which
the individual lias obtained in the af
fairs of life, becomes riper and more
unerring there is a greater power of de
termining the value of facts and a less
disNsition to be governed by the emo
tions. iiut after a time the intellect be
comes less absorptive of perceptions,
and less creative ot ideas. The power
of mental conce;. tr.itiou is maikedly
dimuilslieI. The memory fails; es
jiecially in regard to recent occurrences.
The imagination loses the vividness
and extensive range of youth and ma
turity, and the judgment becomes
feeh.e and vacillatiiur. The individual
1 liegins to rely 011 others for advice as to
j his affairs, ami little by iittie he parts
wiiu uis own w ill, even 111 mailers 01
the smallest importance. The emo
tions no longer sway the who'e twing as
they once did, and some of them are
utterly extinguished. Often, however,
a maudlin or fretful couditiou is devel
oped, which ends with its own expres
sion of tears or siniUes, never prompt
ing to volitional impulses or producing
more than a momentary disturbance.
To all this, however, there are some
times notable exceptions, but yet not
enough to invalidate the law that the
period iu question is one of decline ID
fact as well as lu name.
Undoubtedly much can be done by
the observance of ordinary hygienic
rules to retard all these changes and to
xstpone the inevitable death, but it is
none the less certain that many tier
sous live to an advanced old age and iu
the enjoyment of a fair measure of
lieidth who violate every sanitary law.
They take little or no exercise, they
indulge themselves iu all the pleasures
of the table, they driuk alcoholic
liquors to excess, they disregard the
obligations of chastity, and yet they
do uot seeiu to suffer .11 health, menial
or physical. These, however, must 1
1 e . arded as exceptions to the ge-.ier.U
ru e, moreover, it is quite probable that
but tor their improer uiode of living
they would have been in still better
condition, and death would have been
still further postpoued.
Hearing lu uiiud the fact stated iu
the preceding remarks, it is apparent
that there is less demand made upon
I ho organs of life iu old age than
during either the period of increase
or of maturity, and that these or
gaus are less capable of perform ng
their functions than iu early, middle,
or adult Ufe. It follows, therefore,
that they must be less severely taxed;
the stomach, for instance, should re
ceive less fooif, for its power or diges
tion has diminished. Severe physical
exertion should be avoided, for the
muscles, especially the heart, has lost
lu tone. Tue man, for instance, who
can at thirty run a hundred yards or
more with scarcely any acceleration of
his pulse or respiration, would run a
risk of falling dead if he were to at
tempt this feat at seventy.
But nothing is so conducive for
health in old age and the cultivation of
a geuial frame of niiud ai not losing
Interest in the affairs of life. To grow
old gracefully is of Itself the best anti
dote to the inroads of time. The ruiu-i
retalus its hold upou matters which
have interested it. and loses almost
imperceptibly tbe valor natural to it.
Tbe various organs of the body feel
this influence and continue to perform
their var.ous functions with a promp
titude and efficiency which would be
impossible in one imbued with melan
choly or full of the consciousness that
life has lost iu charms. It is folly for
elderly persons to seclude themselves
from the world and to cease to mingle
with the voung. Tbe inmates of ti:e
bomee for the aged may sometimes be
longed-Uved, but their exislcnoe is
I NO FOR
more that of the vegetable than of the
human being. Death, when it comes,
is scarcely regretted, for fife has lost iu
attractions.
Few persons comparatively know
how to enter genially and gracefully
upon old age. As a rule elderly per
sons are querulous exacting and ex
tremely selfish. They are either . tire
some or decidedly obnoxious to those
with whom they come in contact,
and they die unregretud except In fo
far as a decent regard for the opinions
of mankind require that regrets should
be shown. i evertheless there is not
so much of this unpleasant old age as
there was a century ago or for even a
much l-ss time back. It is difficult now
to tell an old man or an old w oman ly
their dress. Tbe jauntiest coats, the
most brilliant neckwear, the latest
fashion in gloves are now often seen ou
men who have passed' their three-score
years and ten. The most costly jewels
adorn the necks and hands of women
who have long since passed llielr prime.
All this is as it should 1. Tbe terrors
of old ace disappear before those who
face them bravelv.
A GOOD DINNER.
Everybody who has go.nl teeth and a
good digestion enjoys a good dinner.
Breakfast and supper are secondary
considerations.
It may be a melancholy fact to con
template, but it is a fket, nevertheless,
that halt the satisfaction of this life
comes from eating, drinking, and sleej
mir. Iu order to have a pood dinner, you
need, lu the first place, the best of ma
terial to work with. Iheii there should
be good cooking, good seiviug. a good
apatite, and good temtier all the way
tnrougn.
The stomach is a small or,'au, and a
very small matter, viewed in tbe ab
stract, but it is capable of ki king up
moie trouble than all the hurricaues
that ever swept the ocean. So much of
the happiness of the world dejien is oil
it; and so much depends upon what
goes into it.
A wealthy man once remarked that
it seemed such a pity that a man could
not bold any more, and yet. 110 matter
how much money he has cot. he cannot
eat and enjoy two dinners at once any
more tiiau the logger that tramps the
streets.
A good dinner is supposed to be con
ducive to g.iod nature; aud it is iopu-
larly believed that good livers are let
ter U-uipered thau people w ho diet and
fast for convenience, or for indiges
tion's sake And if there are any facts
to warrant this belief", what a pity it is
that some means could not be found
for fattening low of people oue knows.
and for filling them evt ry day of their
lives with dinners so good that they
would smile to eat them, smile to di
gest them, aud smile at the memory of
them.
Do you want to gain friends? Give
them good dinners.
1A you want to keep the friends you
have? Give them good dinners. '
"Where the carcass is, there will the
eagles Iks gathered together."
ho is the hotel-keeper whose rooms
are always filled? He who gives good
dinners to his guests. Where is the
restaurant w here you have to wait for
a seat? Tbe one where they give good
dinners.
Where is the man who can always
gel enplov meiit and at his own price?
Tue good cook. And right here is the
place to say that the market for good
cooks is not overstocked, and it never
has been; aud if some of the half
starved, half-.1edged, half-clothed army
of ministers, lawyers, and doctors, for
w hum there is noplace 111 the world,
wjuld only luiu their attention to
cooking, they might make a living, and
be of some benefit to the world instead
of a burden.
We all must eat to live and there
are uuque-tiunably those who live to
eat; aud for IkiIIi good cooking is in e
essary. When oue comes to think it
over, bow few really good cook there
are? And there are still fewer cooks
who know bow to make the most, aud
the best, of everything.
We most devoutly wish that every
young w oman could early be taught the
way to prepare a g.od dinner. Cooking
aud eating, of course, snould not be the
end and aim of existence, but a well
uourished body is necessary to a well
balanced brain: and if William Shakes
peare bad lived 011 bad bread, aud
burnt mutton, and strong tea, aud Ids
liver bad been out of tune, and the
demon of Indigestion bad set up his
work-shop in bis stomach. Bacon, or
some other man, would have written
his plays, and received the honor tor
it.
A good dinner has cheered many a
louelv heart, aud made many a hard lot
endurable. The lack of it has caused
discoutent, and uu happiness, aud mel
ancholy, and sine id
So let us iiave good dinners. Let us
have a school to educate ctoks. " .Let us
clier sli Miss I'arker, and her confed
erates. Let us oiler pri.-s for bread
instead of Gre k essays. Let us foster
the kuowledge of how much a joint of
beef should be roasted, instead of reach
ing out after Latin and i'reuch trans
lations. So we shall rear Lp a nation
wall KOod stomach's, good teeth, good
teuiers: and they will be eminently
capable of appreciating a g -od dinner
if they can uet it.
Two Old Orphans,
An old lady of 75 or more met an ac
quaintance in a Boston horse car and
imparted to ber I be information that
site wai intending to start shortly for
California, says 1'o'ifA Companion.
"My only daughter lives there," added
tbe old lady, "and I want to be with
her. You know I'm an orphan."
More surprising even, than this wo
man's case was that of a "coutra
liand," w ho cam into tbe federal lines
in North Carolina in the winter of
1SC3. He reiorted himself to the offi
cer of the day, and the 1 olio wing dia
logue ensued:
"What's your name?"
"My name's Sam."
"Sam What?"
".No, sab, not Sam Watt; I'M just
Sam."
"What's your other name?"
"I basu't got no oder name, sahl I'se
Sam dat's all."
"What's your master's name?"
"I'se go no master now massa
runned away. Yah! yah I I'se free
now."
"Well, what's your father's and
mother's name?"
"I'se got none, sal) neber bad none.
I'se Just Sam aint nobody else."
"Haven't you any brothers and sis
ters?" "So, sah nebber bad none. Xo
brudder, no sister, no fader, no mud
der, no massa! .Notbiu' but Sam.
When you see Sam you see all dere if
of usl"
My Mother's Bible.
Wthr's p.ible. precious velunie.
Doubly de:ir ii seems to me.
God iias'eivrQ it to His etiiltireai
It in mu'her'j srift to me.
"Holy Bible." ta.m I lore it!
Moiher loved 11 loni; a 70.
And she lauilii me in tier clceet.
How to love this Bible too.
Mother's Bible. Holy Bible.
"I was her rtiile from dstv todav;
lb-re she found a olieering'cordml
H lien hor loved onen passed away.
Twas ber eomifwt wheu in trouble,
'Tas her joy beu sorrows came;
Mo'her loved nils precious Bible
Moie tiuui worldly weailb arid tame.
Mother's Kille. blessed Bible.
All Its promi-.-s are troe;
Mother saw tlir-in lully tested
Kie she li;ide ll.is world adieu,
lu ibe swelling of tbe liver.
Th-y sustained ber even there;
"Christ, is with me.' mother whtsfiereU,
-soou I shall His glory sbarc."
Holy KiWe. precious Hlble,
Hlesesd look so u-ar to rue;
Here I i-,l .n.rt words of cheering,
Frolu ui mothers legacy.
Mother's i-acti vur little children.
w hi!e their teiitb-r hearts are pure;
IVa.-ii Iheui now to love the Bible
'Ihej will blcks you evermore.
HOW UK M.tlE HER LOVE HIS.
There had lieen mist all day. It bad
completely enwrapped tbe farmhouse
aud the pic-yard, and it brooded over
the outlaying waste that girled Low
Ldge. At a o'clock Lucy Somery,
peering through a corner free from the
ice grazing w hich ol .soured the other
pan- s ot glass- saw tbe fine work that
nad Leen going on uuder the white
VeiL Tiie veiled sun was having a I
-tru-gle wi.u the remaining mist; now
and llieu a gleam not free and indi t
cated t bat before long the sun might I
! bold his own against the misty veiL
the red bull looked as if he felt the
cold; Lucy shivered, and turning from
the window- stirred the fire ou the open
hearth; then she went to a box below
the side'-oard, and taking up a loj, cast
it on the lire.
Kn, what? What is it, my hiss?'
A prodigious yarn, and then Farmer
Somery sat upright and looked about
him.
He was a tall man, but bis neck was
.-h..it, and thereloie bis flesh-colored
face, villi its framing of black hair,
only here and tbeie touched with gray,
set me-1, lis he sat, to sink forward ou
his chest. He had broad shoulders and
strong hands, and yet bis face gave an
impress. on of weakness.
"What is it?' he asked again.
Lucy smiled.
"I only put a log on the lire and it
waked you. As you are awake, father,
perhaps you'll tell me what it is you
want me to know.'
She sealed herself on the wooden
settee liesi.le the hearth. Lucy was
very tall; she moved x-rbaps a trifle
stitHy, but sitting as she did now, still,
and in a listuuing attitude, she looked
a grand woman. A joungjuno, with
tmiad white forehead aud blue, kindling
eyes.
'Well, lass, it is soon sai.l can yoa
manage without Peygy? I'm uot sure
that ' he hesitated and one more fin
gered his wsistcoat button thatwe
have jiuy call to a beip at Low Kde.'
Lucy was still locking into the fire,
and to all apiearance she saw some
thing pleasant in it. Gladness shone,
iu her eyes, aud the smile t.iat curved
ber Hps made them lovely, but she did
not lei her lather share this joyful
teeling; she bent s'ii! closer over tbe
baud she was toasting
"Well?' be said ! patiently, 'you're
not taking it t heart, child, are you?
It mayn't be f ir I0114, and I'll take all
off you I can.
Lucy got i.p abruptly, but she did
not turn round.
"I'm veiy glad,' father, she said, as
if sue was iu a hurry to get her words
out. 'I'eijgy's leu more than tiresome
lately, aud Walter will do all that's
haid tor me without grudging.'
f anner Somery uncrossed bis legs,
sat upright, ami looked more decided
than he couid have exjiected to look.
'No, lass, not that; I'll do it myseif.
I don't care to put more 011 Walter.
The lad has plenty lo do if he does it
thoroughly, iljybe he's too fond of
indoor jobs, for he's not learned much
iu MX mouths of wh it lie's kept to do.'
He suddenly cliang d his toue lo oue of
apology, though Lucy bad stood still
without so uiue 1 as turning her head.
'There, I don't want to blame him, but
1. you need help, mind, I'm leady to
give it, Lucy.'
'Thank you, father.'
She moved forward to the end of the
room that looked on the farmyard,
behind ilr. Someiy'a chair. She paus-d
and gazed out of the window again iu
a listless, uudecioel way; her anus
hung limply lieside her, and her head
was lient forward.
- All at once slie raised it, listening to
a sound outside. A horse was coming
up the road; it slopped, and Lucy in
stantly opened the oak door of tbe
room and sllp;d out so quietly that
her father did not notice her de arture.
A man tame in, bringing a blast of
cold air from the entrance passage,
his hearty manner and kindly expres
sion seeming to protest agaiust the
chilly air.
A lutppy Xew Year to you, neigh
bor.' He shook bands with Somery, who
advanced a step to meet him.
JJelier late than never, but I'm ouly
now home again. I've done as I said.
I've been to London since I saw you.'
Eh, have you so?' Somery smiled
uneasily.' There was a timid expecting
look in bis eyes.
"Ves;' the visitor stxike cheerfully, as
he seated himself and pulled a huge
over-tilled iocket-book iroin the front
of his great coat. 'I have had tbe
paers made out and I've got the need
ful. Your signature is all that is
needed, old friend.'
Someiy's lips quivered. lie put out
bis hand and warmly shook the other
nun's.
'You are something like a friend,
Jo'-u 1 Sogers,' he said. 'You don't
know how near I was to '
He checked himself and looked tim
idly over his shoulder.
Lucy, child, here's Air. Rogers.
Why, wbere's the lass gone? She was
heie a minute ago.'
Iloyers turued to the farther window.
Lucy was crossing the yard. Tbe
grave-faced, sturdy-looking man sighed
as be watched her; then be went back
to his seat opiosite tbe farmer.
Miss Somery has just crossed the
yard in her hat and cloak.'
Somery looked at him. There was a
sharp contrast between the two faces.
Lucy's father bad married young, but
lie was older than John Rogers, and be
was handsomer. Tbe younger man had
good features, but his eyes, though
large and thoughtful, were of too Luht
a gray to suit well with his dark skin
and brown hair. Still be was more re
markable looking than Somery, from
the strength and decision of bis expres
sion. When the signature had been
duly execnie.", Toiuery pu ieJ away ITie
papers and Mien got ui and closed the
door left open by the exit of I'eggy ami
Iick, who bad I ecu called in as wit
nesses. 'I wish I could do something for you
Rosiers, h said.
John Rogers flushed. He opened his
mouth and tighLiv closed his lips to
check the first words that bad come.
He frowned a little, then
'You can do something for me. but
you will not like to do it, Somery.'
'Well?' said the other.
'It's the old grievance that boy,
Walter l'layer. If you'll let me do it
I'll find bim a good place, where he'll
get looked after and well paid.'
'Ahl' Somery sighed and looked un
easy; 'you see I took him as a charge
loor Towuseud asked it of iu.'
'I've told you before,' Rogers said
impatiently, 'lu your place 1 would not
have accepted such a charge. Tbe
man died before bis letter reached you.
There had been no pledge given on his
side even if it were your friend's sou
I could understand it; but the son of
lusjcousin. a fellow you know nothing
aboutl You must excuse me, but it is
a quixotic piece of folly.'
lie spoke roughly and turned again
to the window, l'erhaps he did not
care to have bis looks noticed while be
said:
'He's no fit company for Miss Lucy;
he's a luuidsome loafer; that's what he
is.'
Somery smiled and closed his eye',
but he looked grave again when bis
friend turned round to the taf'le.
Where did you think of placing the
lad. Rogers?'
'In Australia, with a man I've
known from a boy. He'd gel plenty of
work, plenty of food and thirty shillings
a week. It would be the making of the
fellow,' Ro.ers answered roughly.
The pond iu the pig-yard was frozen
over, aud the draggled ducks could only
paddle among the blackened straw,
less happy thau some cocks aud hens
that were amusing themselves ou the
dung heap at the farther end of the
yard.
Lucy's pale face had become rosy in
the cold, uqpuig air, and this tint
deepened wheu she reached the half
otieu barn door.
Walter,' she said iu a loud voice,
'are you there?
A lad came out so quickly that she
started back in surprise.
I thought you were at the farther
end,' she laughed, and then they stood
looking at one another. Walter was
hardly any taller than she was and iu
some ways he was very like her, though
his hair was yellow and shining instead
of being dark red an I his fair sk.u was
more sunburt, but bis eyes were as
blue as Miss Someiy's were. Looking
at the two it seemed that she ought to
have been the man and Walter the
woman, lie looked so wek and gentle,
while she looked calm and strong.
Wheu Lucy spoke, however, she seemed
shy of her companion.
'Will you please o and see who has
come?' she said; 'he came ou horse
'k, so yau cau tell w.tho'il going iu;
i think it Is Mr. Rogers.'
Waller's handsome face became
sulky. He moved slowly across the
yard; then he came back.
'You want to know, 1 suptHjse, so
that you may go iu and see him?'
The girl looked sorrowful at his
mocking tone.
That is not likely, and you know it;
I came here '
Walter smiled; he drew nearer, but
she turned away.
Please make haste,' she said; 'I have
to go and see Mrs. Jakes; it will b.'
dark directly.
He crossed the pig-yard, aud opening
the gale, went tluougii tin- farmyard
to the house.
Lucy did not wait for his returu. It
occurred to her that Mr. Rogers inijilit
come out by the back way to look tor
her, and she pa-sed out into the lane,
which took a sudden Ik-ii 1 towards the
village in the opposite direction from
the pig-yard.
Mrs. Jakes' cottage was up a turn
ing on the left. It bad only thiee
rooms, but it looked neat; tbe green
spikes of crocus and snowdrops already
peeiied througli the brown mould of the
garden, and Uttweeii wiudow and door
the wall glowed with scarlet berries.
Mrs. Jakes bad been an humble
friend of Mrs. Somery 's, and Lucy
often wen' lo see her aud listen to her
stories.
To-day the patient-faced old woman
felt that her visitor was absorix-d by
some thoughts of her own, and she was
t o sympathetic to go on with her talk.
She peered lnio tbe girl's face.
'Are you well, dear, or is there
Something troubling you?'
Lucy smiled.
'Xo, ohl no; I'm afraid I have been
dull. Well, I'll make up for it next
time. It is getting dark, and you know
father can't bear me to be out late, he's
so careful of me.'
She kissed the old woman, nd, then
nodding back at ber, she walked quickly
along the fast-darkening road.
'She's a real beauty, she is.' Mrs.
Jakes stood looking after tiie tall,
straight girl as long as she could see
her. 'How she do love ber father;
more's the pity he is wiia'. he is; 1 wisii
be- was careful of her, and then he
would send that loafing lad about his
business. Somebody w ill have a sad
heart out of thai business.'
She went back to the chair by tbe
fire-side.
'Eh!' she thoucbt, 'if her mother bail
lived that lad would have been kept
outside, and Lncy would h ive taken up
with Mr. Rogers, aud bad a good home
of ber own. I'hojlje Somery would
have thought of her child before she
succored a stranger.
Mr. Somery bad once said to his
daughter:
'You may be mistress of Thordale, if
you please.'
This evening, as she went towards
home, Lucy asked herself why this
could not be, aud she could not answer
herself.
Miss Somery Lucy thank God,
I've found you.'
Lucy looked np aud saw Mr. Rogers.
Cime back.' he said, hurriedly.
'Y ur father is ill. I've sent for Dr.
Welch.'
111! ' She put her baud to her
forehead. IIe was quite well when I
left him.'
She went on so fast that Rogers bad to
hurry to overtake ber.
'He teemed well when I started to go
home, and then 1 beard young Player
shout. I put the lad on my horse, and
came away to Bud you.
Wras father left to Peggy, then?'
Lucy's voice was so calm that it
puzzled Mr. Rogers. In tbe gloom he
could cot see how ghastly white she
was.
'I did all I could think of. lie's ou
ibe sofa in your parlor, and is warmly
wrapjied uji.'
'Thank you '
She spoK gratefully, but that was
alL It seemid as if she could uot say
another word till she had reached her
father.
i'ai u.er Somery still lay in ted or on
the sofa, but he was now conscious of
the changes that had taken place dur
ing the weeks of his Illness. Mrs.
Jakes was liousekeeier, Lucy was
nurse, au active, neat -handed maid had
taken Peggy's pl-ice. Mr. Rogers of ten
came, but Walter rarely showed him
self indoors.
To-day Somery had received his sen
tence from the doctor.
He was partly paralyzed, and there
was little hope that he would regaiu
tbe use of his limbs, but bis Kwer of
speech was not tiff cted. aud he mik'ht
live for years to come. Lucy had been
in the room during the doctor's visit,
and there bad been silence s nee.
She sat beside the invalid's sofa,
thinking. She had been devoted to her
father through this loug illness, and
bad resisted Walter's entreaties to come
out and have a talk. She could not
see her way. Walter could not man
age tbe farm w ithout help, and ti iw
could they pay for help till the expenses
of this illness were met? She wondered
if her father hal laid by money. Wal
ter bad uot spoken oenly, but she
knew that he loved her, and sImj well,
she bad not known what happiness
meant before Walter came to Low
Lde. Yet, now, iu considering the
position, Lucy thought of her father,
and tried to put Walter aud her feeling
for him aside.
Lucy.' She turned to the sora, ber
father looked very grave.
Yes, father.'
'Do you mind the day I was took ill,
I asked if you could spare Peggy?'
'Yes, father.'
I ought to have told you then. I
ought to have said, 'Look here, lass,
I'm going to sign away every stick
belonging to me. so as to slave off my
creditors.' '
'Did you sign?' Lucy looked dazed.
Ves. Well, my lass, even thai cup
and spoou belongs to John Rogers.
What can we do, Lucy?'
Lucv's hands trembled so that she
turned away from the gaze he fixed ou
her.
I must look to you now for help,' he
went on. 'I can't renew the lease of
this place; likely as uot a new tenant
has oflered himself. Rogers got the
agent to waive tbe customary notice.'
Lucy rose as she turned round. Her
anus buug straight beside ber, bui
there was a determined look ou ber
face.
Mr. Rogers can advise you better
than 1 can. I should have said, 'Stay
ou here;' but, then, 1 don't understand
business.'
He looked very sad, aud she could
hear a sound of reproach in his voice.
There's no money to pay men or
rent either. I owe still a few sums
w hich 1 did not care to trouble. Rogers
with. I thought,' bis face 'flushed,
'this Michaelmas, when you come of
age, you'd male lend me the cash.
You know there's a hundred coming
to you then. I won't take it all. child,'
he said, pleadingly.
She gave bim a cordial smile.
'1 wish it had been more, father,
then you might have done without so
much help from otheis.'
There was a pause. Lucy stared Into
the opposite wall, with her hands
clasiied behind her.
'You have not told me what we are
to do.' Her father sioke fretfully.
'Must we decide at once?' She had
lieeu thinking, but she could not find a
way.
V'e ought not to lose time. Then
be closed his eyes with a look of relief,
as if be bail shifted his burden onto
conqietent shoulders.
Lucy began to walk up ami down tbe
long room. Her youth seemed to have
ended. Tbe br.iiht happiness of those
past six mouths ll id been, then, ouly an
unsubstantial dreaiu. She must rouse
herselt and st-l to work. For almost
the first tune the uirl realized her own
strength and energy. Yes, she must
work to Kupiort her lather aud p.iv his
debts.
At last she came hack to the sota.
Slit; Ijeut over her sleeping father, lis
tened, aud then she went softly out at
the further end of the long room.
Walter Player was standing near the
carlshed. His face was full of discon
tent. It did not brighttn when Lucy
came up to him.
'Good-day.' She bad not seen him
for some time. He now took his meals
in the kitchen with Mrs. Jakes. 'Have
you heard that we ar; to leave Low
Ldge?'
He put up one shoulder and looked
uneasy.
It's bad enough as it is. Why do
you come and tell me? Heard, d'ye
say? Of course, everyone has heard
your father's bankrupt.'
Lucy bowed her head, aud a red (lush
i auie in her cheeks.
"What are you go.ng to do?' she
asked. 'We must both work hard; 1
shall try and get a place as lady's
maid.'
'You'll go to service you! He
looked disgusted. Presently lie took
her hand aud clasix-d it between his.
'I.ook here,' be said hoarsely; I meant
to have asked you to marry me; 1 was
aoiuj to do il what was enough to
keep jou and your father would keep
me and then I got this news. I call
it a burning shame for a man to go on
keeping everything dark, and Idling
others lake faucles lu their heads. If
I'd known tbe truth I'd not have stayed
a week lu the place, aud theu I should
have been spared this.'
She looked up in surprise and yet
timidly; every word stabbed her, but as
she met his eyes the keenest wound of
ad was his unconsciousness of her sut
ler ug. His eyes were full of passionate
1. ve. but Lucy felt a want of something
hi their expression.
Good-bye.' she said, 'we bad better
part now. You will find friends
wherever you go. She could not
speak, she felt choked.
I suppose I shall, but I shall find
nothing like you you darling.' He
suddenly tried to put bis arms around
her, but she dre herself away.
1 must see father first now.'she said;
'but if he bad not had this illness, it
might have been, Walter.
'Xo,' be said, angri.y. "Confound
Lim, that's the worst of it. It seems
he's been in debt for years. He used
to let at the races, you see. Xo. I
could never have married you, my girl.
I've got to make a living. Come,
dear, we may never meet azaln. ' He
put his arms around her, when Mrs.
Jakes opeued the house door.
Lucy,' she looked gravely at the
young pair, 'Mr. Soinery wants you.'
It is a bright Sunday afternoon in
August, Mr. Somery siU in a garden
chair auder a porch, purple and while
with clematis, and Lucy sils near bim.
Slie usually goes to afternoou ohuxoh;
to-day her father has asked her lo stay
at home. After all her caret ul thiuk
mg, her father told her he could not le
huppy with Mrs. Jakes, aud that lie
must have bis daughter w ith him He
said Mr. Rotrers ha I invited thviu it
Thoidale until jUiey could tiud a home;
but Lucy refused this invitation, and
they moved into a little cottage just
outside Mr. Rouers" garden. The girl
laid aside ber book, and sat puzzling
over her own thoughts. She had abso
lutely refused to keen a servant, so she
seldom had a quiet time like this. Iu
ihe old days Mr. Rogers seemed to care
for her, and she knew her lather
thought so. Since they had come so
near him, Mr. liogt rs had only come
twice to see her lather ou Sunday after
iiooiis while Lucy was at church.
At first she iiad felt glad of this
avoidance. Her pride shank from see
ing the man liotn whom her lather
had accepted so much obligation. She
did not know whether the weekly
money Souieiy gave her lor food and
necessaries did not also come from Mr.
Rogers. Lately she had earned a little
by doing plain sewing for the Hector's
daughter. Rut for this lady's visits
Lucy would have no one to siieak to.
Lucy's thoughts had gone back a
good way. How kind Mr. Rogers used
to lie. She could rememlier when she
looked foi waul to 1. is visits, and all at
once be had become so sleru in his
manner to her, and she had shrunk
lroui seeing him. Wi at was il? What
had come between her and her old
friend? And then a vision of a fan
face, with passionate, adoring blue
eyes, passed lief ore the girl, and she put
up her band to shut ii nut.
The gate clicked, opened, aud some
one came iu, Lucy looked up and saw
Mr. Kogers.
He did not see her, as she sat a little
hidden by her father's chair, lie came
up to Somery, beaming with smiles;
and there he saw Lucy, and a grave
awkward expression took their place.
1 hope 1 see you well, Miss Somery,'
he said, stiffly.
Somery remarked the change of tone.
He looked anxiously from oue to the
other.
'What is it? Have you two quar
reled?' The farmer's voice was so fe-hle
that the question sounded pathetic.
Rcgers stared defiantly; he lelt too
nervous to seak.
Lucy put her hand in his.
'1 am so glad to see you at last,' she
said, gratetully. 'I have lieen wanting
to thank you for giving us this cottage."
Why .should you thank me? I am
Kl.ul to have a tenant in iu' He turned
away and legau to talk to Souui.
Lucy waited. Her father tried to draw
her into the talk, but ltoers would
not have it; he would not ad lies, a
word to her.
Presently she went indoors and came
out again with her hat on.
"(iood-bye. father. I'll soou be back
Good day. Air. lingers.'
Sim nodded as she passed him.
She went in the opsite dnection
fl'oih Thordale, along a lane fragraul
with honeysuckle, Haunting its pink;
and yellow tieauly ou the hedges. At
the end of half an hour she thought she
might go hack. Her heart was s ue
"I w ul keep out of his way in fuluie."
she thought.
She turned and saw Rogers comin;
towards ber.
Lucy held her head up, and a warm
flush lu-e on her cheeks.
He stopped when th met, and Lncv
melted when she saw how sad his eyes
were.
'Mr. Rogers, how have 1 vexed you?
Please tell me; if I can mend it, let me
mend it, won't you?'
His sleru liown frightened her; In
put out his band to stop her u.ii.l,.
'Don't siieak like lh.it,' he said
'What 1 had to do was h ird enough,
.tnd you have made It hauler. Your
father- well, I've promised him I'll
ask you to many inc. Wait, it you
plca-e. 1 know on your side it woul i
only lie a bargain, but, of ionise, it
Would add to h,S louiloits. Pleas.,
understand, 1 came lo s.ty this lelmv
ioil spoke as you did just now.'
Lucy had reddened, then she greu
white, and looked at him Willi such
scaled eyes thai he was irighlened.
'Theie. there, lake my ai in. I'm a
brute to think of my feelings at all.'
He took her hand and iil it in his arm,
but she drew il away.
'Pleas-- don't mhid,' she said; "may I
ask two questions-"
He gravely Lent his In a 1. Th- man's
heart was U-aling strongly, but he hc;t
lusees from her la r face.
"Won't you tell mc why why you
let off bejni; iriemis with me? U as it
she stammeied --"was it Insjause of
Waller Piajei ?'
His face said 'Yes,' but
answer.
The next quest i. in did n
he diil
it coiiie so
easily to Luct,
together more
lie twisted her tingi-is
an once hcioic. she
Sjioke.
"Is it,' she said, abruptly, 'ljecau.se of
father that you ask mu to lo many
you?'
lie could sjieak now. His soul
seemed to shine out ol his eyes as he
llxe ! them oil her.
"My girl,' he said, can't you feel how
mui.li 1 love you?'
A week af el', lingers came to the
Cottage. He d.d not smile at Lucy,
tlioug:! she had promise 1 lo lie his wife;
he a-ked to speak aione with her.
'Look here' lie did no' offer to kiss
her, he had gone back to the old
brotherly manner, he used to have lie
tore her tioub.es 'Walter Plav r is
going t MellMim ne,' he said, hu he
wants to see you first. Go out an I say
good-bye to him, Lucy; you'il find huu
at the gate. I'll go and lalk w il h yoiii
lather.
Lucy looked at him, then she stood a
moment thinking.
'Well, lass,' he said, 'why not why
not see the lad?
She put her arms round his neck and
kissed nim.
'You are a uoble man, John," she
said softly, as she felt his strong heart
beats. 'We will goto the gate toge' her,
dear, aud say good-bye to ' Waller
Player.'
John put his hand on her heal. but.
he only said in a choked voice, 'God
bless you.'
The First Wearer of Tar-and-Feathert.
The first time a coat of tar-aod-f
eat hers was applied to au offensive
person was during the reign of Richard
L, of Kugland, when il was enacted
that any roblier journeying with the
Crusaders "shall be first shaved, theu
boiling pitch shall be poured upou bis
head aud a cushin of feathers shook
over it." The culprit, after being tlpis
treated, was to be landed at the lirst
place tbe vessel touched aud left at Ibe
sere of the native.
NEWS IN KUIKF.
A Wheeling merchant recently re
ceived teu cents by in.ii from a man iu
Montana, who sal t he had owed bim
that sum f.r 14 years. The merchant
had forgotten the transaction, and it
was only by noun; over li.s luniks that
he reiuemtiered the man as oue of li s
former customers.
Looks after the babies. A home
less dog in Stamford, I'onn., has a
habit ol to.. owing h d.y carnages about
town, as if to protect the innocent
little occupants. The hiuu- is of a
yellowish color, p.rt shepherd, of
medium size, and w ill hoi a low man
or boy to touch liim. AU he s. cms to
want is a baby to guard.
Marshall i'. Wilder, the humorist,
has returned to tins count ry after a
successful London season. The Shah,
he says, proved a somewhat lorui ilahle
rival lu Hie line of eidei 'tainan-ii'., tint
Wilder was ..lso regarded as a light
royal fellow.
A considerate Xew Hampshire
suicide, so tnat ti.i le would lie no time
wasted grappling lor Ins body. Is Ime
jumping into the w tci 1 a d one end of
a rope arocud his waist and the other
to the trunk of a tiev ou the I -auk.
Trenton has a hew indusliy, Ihe
in. ik iug of d nam t guns. s,; of tins,
guns aie now lu iug coinii u le 1 i.v ihe
New Jersey St. -el and Iron t'ompahk.
The guns ate to ! ." I feel loug. 1 i
niches in diameter and will be made m
I iiiee sections. They unlln- construc
ted of cast-steel pi. lies, iiolted secuie,
together.
John W. H.u.islcy. f in.oiail;
known as "Sparrow Da-k," w.is ki.le i
by a tall from hiscaiuace in
town, l'a. lie was the man
1 nported Kuglish sparrows
loUlltlV. Though dead, he
Cl Ui.ll.
,mO til-'
: t . i t: is
I-.:
liu'n.eroiH co'ony of his js-ls ,
memory, like Cromwell
",l-
everlasting fame."
A peculiar industry has sprung up
hear Albany, N. Y., since l-st lU.,t
-f supplying crushed stone f..i asphalt
and macadamized roads. Tie- ii.i;:
lroui which Ihe stone Is taken is op. i
ted night and day. One tho.i-.m 1 ton.
i if loch a day are cm -he. I. an ' - ' ens
are used in li.iiispoi I lug In. Iia.ineiils
ot rock to all pa i is ol toe i ur ry.
An luleretiug .iis.-ow-iy u.o. tn.i I.
leceiitlv whilst eTc.n at .n- in London
Wall, in t hat iKUtion ki.owu as 1.11
aiiey. A iirow n gla.-.i J ug was loii.id
in almost per; eel cond.'i..;i.
the Noiniau peiio.1, vrh
moulding at the Ids'. Tm-i
found a stout- K uuau 1.11.
lt l
i th
I l.i.
'i i
ii itelv, it was struck L a p:
two portions of the base arc go
iinglazed, and a light stone b
cel.. and
Il 1-
n in
color.
Tbe Duchess of Mai lliol ol h. u-n.
wa-' once M i s. 1 lamci si . ol N.v. ,. k,
has applied for another : I'm." u out ol
t he accumulated income ol hci humi-i
husband's estate. Since the co ..-d
over Mr. Haineisly "s will In ga:. Ine
Dm ; .ess has . liaw u lio n lie- inc. ;n. . .1
the e.-tatc about jTJ-"i,isl . I has he. u
held liiat she is entitled lo these .u"':i
miilat ion. The valui- of the p. i onaI
estate l-i ahoul i. :,otj.',mi.
A Xew Lug!. Hid l-'au
movement has he. u sl.n li
L
A
1 I!
I
wi h the object of riiiiniug a b.g t
theie 111 ls;ij, to exhlhlt .New L'
land's industrial resouice-and we.ii
It is proposed to raise a g u.il uilee
nd
ol ;J, ,1 (HI. It is i, i
iiv.il tne New Yolk e
purpose Is-ihg merely to g.
ian I a boom and to I
ll.leleie I t.
lilllon, the
. Ne-. ling
ihg her re-
sources into gi eater prouiincu e.
.loli u fro use, a Syracuse m il I .. m in o
groccl, who died le. ellliy, w is la., I in
what is pi (iliahly t he in. is coll. tomb
in the country. The stlUC' lli- is of
Solid giaulte, t-Very slope hem.', pel let t.
The slopes run thlollgh -ilel ir.lo.iij
the waiL, and each has 'urn lit le 1 lo
its piae.- ii h inatlit m.r .. .tl pie. sioii.
Tin- ma-oi i v outside as well a - u n as
del ic. lie as Jollier W ol k ill the suites!
sense. Xow '.ere lu the loot Is there h
v. rtical joint exx)si d to the sky, thus
pieci. ting any po-sdnl.ty of a leak, so
oltcu found lu such work.
Mrs. Harrison wandered alone re
cently into a Iittie store at Nantucket,
where V isi tors llnd lit'io things ui.ith
buying as souvcniis. " !..ii is t!,
(nice of this basket?" h Ming
one Up. "Malked on the lug ..m."
was t he terse reply. Mi-. Hall. -on i -ieatcd
the question, and the v .m.in,
with a most annoyed expiess on. :.i nee t
up fioiu her pais-r an 1 -aid. "It's
marked on the bottom; I can't Ih- I ..i h
eied to slop and answei ipieslions; I'm
lea ling alsMit the J'tesi.h PL's ti.p lo
liar Ilnbor." Mrs. 1 1 .u I ison managed
jtohn.l it ami pay the pin e, an ! left
I the store w ith a smile.
- I IjC ut iiuliK"! sol.le-i physicians.
When driving, the other div. Was lie.
cosle.l by one of the inosl chaimmg
il't le children Oil the east side, 'laline
Weston. The dis loi asked hei t.. get
lido his carriage and said l.e u.ull
tnkc her home, and the invitation was
plolli lly accepted. Oil the Ha. t he
young lady convei se l with a sweetness
aud childish s.iup n lty winch inN-.e-N-d
the doctor g.eatly. As i.e let' h-i a!
her home she loosed up at h.hi and
said: "'Now don't foiget to Li.ng he-a
cunning little do';l ( hi M m.i -. " Hi.y
should I bring you a do!.? ' was t he
surprised repiv. " h, 1 know you,
you're Santa Claus,"" said the eh, id
nid slie went up ti
s'ejH w.l!
The doct.
wreat lied in smiles
jsiiv.-ry hair and lieaid gave him ;
ttnguished ap(K'.iiani e a' a.i l
diove away much amuse . t
taken for the pa: ion saint of the
divu.
-h:l-
Neafle Jt !', bhlp and
ChgillM
II. III-
.i one
.what,
long.
builuers, ou lieach si i e-t, above
over, Philadelphia, me tjnia'ii.g
story enlargement ot their m.iks.
is to be :M ieel wide and l".i led
The location ot the lmpioveiin-
I a I-
ou'h.
joins their presen; woiksnutne so
and, in digging for tne fnnu !,.:...:
the southeast piei, tne woikiic n c
Uixm the stump ol a large tree, w .
Mr. N'eafle stales, "is undou' le ily
of the uoled elm trss under wi.
dition States, William Peutl held
tie ty with th Indians." T t
w.ts found aiioul lil'y feet noi 1 -n a
the location of the mon .m- nt. m
' is
up
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eete.l
M i .
f Ihe
in l"'-;?, to Commemorate I
Neatie Bald that ' Mr. 'In-
Oldest residents of Keu-lhg on, ll.f-:
! ed huu some t ine ago that tie u .np
1 of the tree would lie found ju-t wi . ie
jit was uneal". ed a d.n or two ... .."
"The stump." Mr. N'. :le -ai 1 ' .;
pealed lo lie about s. ve i Iis-l in ;i. m
eler, and, after the inihiii.-n I .. 1
chopled out ai unit a bushel of chips.
' the toun.lat ion ot the sou: h- asi p;. i ..f
the building was htiilt ov- r it. 1 i.
chips are beifl ea.'eiiy j.i:;i ie . i p . .
the residents of the ioeai.i, lor k a- .i
vatiou ai rehus."
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