B. P. SOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLIIJ.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1SS9.
NO. 45.
It is reported that the Costa Rlcana
Uve withdrawn their opposition to the
conai.ruci.ioa 01 tue - icaraguan Uanal,
through the efforts of tha Unit! sft 1
Consul. We are glad that the CoeU '
Rlcans are satisfied, but the canal 1 h1.?. v H SteamahiP Co-,
. . . . . ,. iMinetiAewlork.
would have been constructed regard!
of their threat.
That sentence of nine years in the
New York State Prison for kidnapping
men and sending thetn to Mexico to
work for their b ird, and in more than
one Instance to break down under the
terrible strain i laced upon them was a
just one. It was a very bail piece of
work, and "Liverpool Jack" deserves
ti e punishment imposed upon by Judge
Cowing. It should prove a warning to
others, who, it is believed, are engaged
in the some business.
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Chicago deserves to have the World's
Fa r In 1SD2, alt hoi gii not as suitable a
place as New York. Her citizens are
enthusiastic on the subject, and show a
l.teral dts'Kjsition to subscribe money
r r the entet prise. The nation will no
.loubt help the city that helps itself,
ud, unless New York shows the enter
l rise and liberality of Chicago, the lat
ter may jet carry oS the prize.
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The splendid residence of Clem Stu
debaker, of South Bend, Indiana, so
carefully built that the owner carried
ud.1t a small amount of insurance on it
in proportion to its cost, seems to have '
been saorilleed by the carelessness of
paint.rs, who left rags saturated with j
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no means common, but they are always
liable to occur, aud the greatest care i dotted with the flotilla of the Compag
should be exercised in dealinff with me Transatlantique; there are La
te or grea-y rags. Such materials I
tihv HI never be put away
1 never be cut awav in a closet
, )' be put away m a ciosei
ght, aud ought. Indeed, to be
out in
hurued at once, or, if required
for !
future
where,
harm,
careful
use, be put In metal botes,
if limited, they could do
no
This is the course followed In I
establishments, where such
waste gathers daily, but the lesson does
not seem to have leen learned by the
people of less experience in or knowl
edge of "spontaneous combustion."
The electrical execution law of New
York has been declared constitutional,
just as another accident with an electric
light wire in New York City has again
iieroonst rated that the current maybe
ttlaleven where efforts are made to
l exrnt perfect contact such as can be
secured at an execution. Scarcely a
week passes in New York without
iooi kind of an accident from electric
light wires, and deaths are not infre
quent. The nuisance has become so
great and menacing that Mayor Grant
has called upon the companies for sug
gestions as to what can be done to
wards putting the wires underground. !
They can be buried with less trouble j
than telephone or telegraph wires, but ;
the usual objections will be made no '.
loubt ou account of expense until the
authorities take the matter in band f
and com nel the burial of the wires. In i
the meantime, if the execution of Ken
uier should take place, the demand for
such action may be increased by the
demonstration given of the fatal char
acter of the alternating current.
And now the guns of the Vesuvius,
about which there has been more
or less doubt, have more than met
contract rripiireruents, and It Is
expected that tte vessel will
be accepted and at once put Into com
mission. Her destructive lower will
be euoruious. Each of the 3J shells
she is to carry w ill contain 200 pounds
or dvuamite, snd It bus been demon
strated that she can throw all of them
orCOOO pounds of dynaiuite-adistauce
of one mile in three-quarters or an
hour. Full calibre shells may be made
to carry 500 pounds of explosives each,
and JO of them may be fired in half an
hour. It Is believed that with a little
practice the guns of the Vesuvius way
be trained more accurately than tunee
loaded with powder. The trajectory is
determined not by elevating or depress
ing the gun, the charge of powder beiuj
Oxed. but by regulating the air pres-
t a. w us An t. fl
iirebacaoi me snu. iu -
Vesuvius being fixed in position, ine
vessel and 1U armament are entirely
novel, and, necessarily, in the nature of
an experiment, but it is an experiment
that gives much promise of success.
The Introduction of leprosy into out
own country is traced by Dr. Morrow
to four separate and distinct sources.
It was carried into Louisiana by the
Aeadlaus, Into the North western States
by Scandinavians, along the Tackle
coast by Chinamen, and emigrants
fr..t,. ti - U'Mt Indies brought it to the
Nmthern Atlantic coast. Forty-two
eLs. .re recently repotted at New
Orleans and one hundred at Key v est,
while numerous other concealed cases
are suspected as existing in differei t
parts of the Union. Dr. Morrow there
fore regards the extensive spread of
leprosy in this country possibility
strong enough to require the adoption
of legislative measures for the Isolation
of every leper, and to prevent the immi
gtation from foreign countries of those
who have in their systems the seeds of
the frightful and so far incurable mal
ady. Contrary to the opinion of many
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foreien nhvsiclans of eminence.
OI tuiiucuvD,
personal oblation
maintains, from his
of 1-nrrwsv in the SanJWICU
Islands,
that there is "the most abundant and
conclusive proof of ita eminent conta
giousness." If that is the caae, of
course, every leper 1 dangerous, ob
serves the New York Sun. Nor is it
safe to assume that the susceptibility
to leprosy i, extinguished y civmza-
tion. As Dr. Morrow says, the spread
of l,rn.. in tha Sandwich Islands baa
been coincident with an advanced cir-
Uiaatioa of the natiyea,
Panorama of Havre.
One of the Interesting features of the !
We
aria exposition is the panorama of the
port of Havre, inner, furnisheri h
Coropaicnie Generate Transatlan-
This wonderful mnurami is nlaced
in an appropriately decorated circular
pavilion, with a monumental dojrway
surmounb d by a brace of huee electric
lights, and decorated with marine tro
phies, etc. I lie i lea of the nanorama
is due to M. Kugene Perelre and the
'execution to M. Follpot the eleven
dioramas on the lower floor of the
building are painted by Messrs Motte,
Hnflbaeur, Montenard and Poilpot.
On entering the building and mount-
lng tne stairway one aeuis to be on
bo trd ship; the malls are paneled with
the inevitable varnished vellow wood.
the stairway is lighted by the swinging
Meamer lamps, ana on either side aie
the entrances to the state-rooms noth-
ins is wanted but the roll of the vessel
aud the smell of oil to make the Illusion
complete.
A second turn of the stairs brings us
"ou deck," in lull view of Havre. We
are standing ou lite highest "bridge"
of I -a Touraije, soma twenty leet
aliow the deck and directly amidships.
The deck is covered with passengei
- ail portraits of well known personages
and we can look dowu on Utem below
us and over the bow of the vessel
towards Havre and Sr. Adresse, or
! along ;he deck and over the stern
I towards the blue hills In the distance
' which shut In the bay at the mouta of
I the Seine.
The vessel is in the centre of this
, vast bay and in the distance one can
- see Havre and its houses, churches
and Frasoati's Hotel, w til the beach
dotted with bathers; on the right is the
ilu ita sail-piuS and network of
ropes a moat admirable
niece of painting and around us
BtreU.n tI,a waters of the great lay
Bourgogne, La Champagne. La Bre-
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.fi lfao dbtance UCiir
rtxtM..u distinguish the r names, aie
such old friends as I .a France. I -a Ville
de Pari, La ill de Bordeaux, I e
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rvuill laureiib a no. i-o lawwiui.
1 his panorama is admirably painted
and no praise is too (Treat for such an
admirable piece of woik. The peculiar
grayish, muddy nue of the water near
i la vie is wonderfully painted, as are
the great purple shadows cast by the
. clouds ou Its surface. Steamboats,
1 steam launches, sailing vessels, etc.
I ply between the great vessels and (rive
: life and movement to the scene. The
vouderful illusion of '"distance," the
' clr-arnes of the atmosphere, the water
! effects and the general composition
make M. l'oilpot's ianorama one of the
linest, most realistic and most original
works of the kind ever executed
On going "below" aiaia the visitor
one is alwavs tempted to aay "the
iseQirer" buds one of the state-room
.loors onen. and entering, finds himself
m one of the cablnes de lux of La Tou
raine a most beautiful and luxurious
bedroom. Ou the story below are the
above-inention?d dioramas, represent
ing scenes from life aboard ship; views
!f the stut'kiim-rooni, sulle de conver
action, salooii. emigrants' quarte.
etc., are faithfully repiesented. There
are also some views of the company's
Mnik at Tenhoet and an admirable
luiintinff bv M. Moiitenard. "La Ville
le Koine leavice the port of Algiers.
The amount of money expended by
the fomiwinie Trausatlautiuiie on
their exhibit explaius its being one Oi
tlie most interesting, complete and
oiiuinal of the entire exhibition
neiLlier time nor money have been
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Last:
! I heard the other dav a curious illus
tration of the way in which people of a
' i--ulative turn are led to invest
I lii.mev in enterprises of which they
1 know hardly more than the name. A
Boston man was cam pirn; out in the
I wilds of New Hampshire, at a place
! winch he and his party had reached by
i a tramp of several days through the
i IKithless forest. While enjoying bis rest
mound a tire which bad been made ot
loirs from a gTeat tree, cut down by
one of the guides, a party of men raine
I a one and stoiied to have a chat.
i After a bttle talk about the weather
j an l the fishing, oni of the new comers
f said, jocosely: "1X you know you are
imhUstoa fine for tresimssing on this
woodland, and cutting down tres snl
burn inr ud the loz-?" He ad led that
i he proierty belongexl to a certain laud
the shares of w hich were at
one time quoted on the Boston Stock
Kxchtnge. As soon as the Bostouiau
heard the name of the laud company
"Well. I never expected to
, cent OMt of tUAt comny, aud
this is the first time that I have heard
its bul is." The sneaker by
chance had camped out on land of
roninanv in which he had invested
tears before anil hal never even known
i location til It was suggested to
him at this meeting In the primitive
fores. Writer in the liostuu. i'ost.
Evading Carman Military Law.
A German long resident in London,
who left home at twenty years or age.
ri,rhv eva llnx service in the army.
has sent to the papers a communication
...0.1 fmm the authorities In "the
Fatherland" in answer to an appiica-
lIon to be permitted to visit his latiier
ere be Uie.1 -T-ome oy an j
. rv t n. .imifin irNiiuuci
was in euecs me ausitm ,
.n wl I have to pay a fine of six
pounds 10 shillings undergo six weeks
drilling and spend six mouths In a for
tress." This was a bttle too much for
the correspondent's filial iustinC. "It
would have been a great joy to me 'o
have seen my father," he sars, mi .
tViMA circumstances we shall
meet no more."
Poetry the Exception.
Jack Roberts tells a funny yaru
about the rules of printing offices. It
h id been posted on the bulletin boaid
. .-..,- Vnrfc morning paper to in-
ot a .iw" . .. j . .
variably pat the tmi- ofthe d.yjn fig-
mity. Jack bad departed from the rule
once, and been admonished by the
foreman. He said it would never hap
pen .gain, ihe next night an editor,
n reading over the proof ot an article,
thought to improve it by inserting the
well known line of poetry: n
-Meet e ia tne - -
? 'ad bis iV how it
r him correct.
, .he Une. love at 9. F. II
the oUlce Uf
Tlxre was a vacaw-j
nsxt day.
RHYMES.
all
Knew Them Qnce,
Twaa Long Ago.
But
Every one we imagine ia familiar to
greater or less extent with those
rhymes used by children in many of
their nmn. uid immnnli i1ninu(l
countlng-ont" rhymes. They are
used to determine who is to take the
turn at being "it" in "hide and seek,"
"tilind man's buff," and such like
Cimes. hen we hear children re
peating these seemingly absurd and
meaningless rhymes at their play it
never fails to carry onr memories back
to the happy days when we too could
gl.blv rattle off the same or equivalent
vt-r es or doggerel.
In a work recently published. "1 he
Counting-Out Rhymes of Children,"
by II. C Bolton, the author has sue-
ce'ded in gathering together a remark
able and interesting collection of
rhymes relating to the subject of his
volume. Bars Chamber Journal. This
collection, along with the compiler's
remarks thereon, is worthy of more
than mere passiog attention, not on'y
for the number of rhymes aud varia
tions given, but also for te examples
of t-imilar rhymes In d Cerent lang
uages. Tne latter is abundant evi
dence of the world-wide observance of
the custom among children of all na-
ton.i
Various examples are given of the
different modes of "counting out" in
different countries. The following
method is, however, the one in most
freauent and general use among all
chU Iren. "A 1-ader. generally ae f
appointed, having secured he atleution
of the boys aud girls about to jo'u in
the prepared game, arranges them in a
row, or in a circle around huu, a' lancy
mav dictate. He (or she) then repeats
a iciiliar-doggerel sometimes with a
rani ity which can only be acquired by
great familiarity and a dexterous
tongue, and pointing wtiu the nana or
forefi nirer to each child In succession.
not forgetting himself (or herself), al
lots to each one word ot the mysterious
formula:
On-ery, two-err. trktrr Ann.
FiUicf. Tml l. y, Nlckoiat, J nn.
Qacver. qiuirr. Kol kntrer,
auukielnm, auuifceluai, Jericho, back.
Ilav ng completed the verse or sen
tence the child uio3 whom the last
verse falls is said t l "out," an-
steps aside. In repeating the above
dozeerel the acc-nt fails on the fiist
evi able of each polysyllabic woru. a
very common ending is:
One. two. I tree.
Out .ikI lor hey.
and the last word is geueral'y said with
great emphasis, or shouted.
After t be child thus "counted out"
has w.lhdiawn the leider repea's the
same do gerel with the same formili-
ties, ainL. as before, the boy or gul to
whom the List w.rd Is allolteJ is "out."
and sbtnds aside. The unmeaning
doggerel is repeated again and again
to a diminishing number oi cuuureu.
and the process of elimination is con
tinued until ouly two of them rem mu
The leader then counts out" once
more, and Llii one on whom the magic
word lulls Is declared to be "it," aud
ui ust take th i objectionable part In the
game.
hen the youngsters are in a nurry
to commence their game they fre
quently simplify and shorten the pro
ceeiius by repeating something like
this:
11 d, white. b!ne.
All out bat you!
and the child to whom the worJ "you
is appropriated is "it."
These rhymes, seemingly cotnposeu
of senseless words itrung together so as
to fo m a musical or alternative J ngle,
when subjected to close examination
tud aualvsis are in many iustances
found to be corruptions of words and
phrases which originally have bad a
distinct meaninir and reference to
leflnite subjects. Both in the Old and
New Worlds, as among both savage
and civilized Monies, the same cust m
obtains in an almost identical form to
a creator or less exten'.
Keen iu the lonely islands ot me
Pacific Ocean we Mud the same prac
lice In operation: but in this instance it
is not onlv the ch ldren who use the
ihymesin their games, but the adults
have somewhat similar formulas which
thev reueat when engaged in the
heathen incantations coun-cted with
their idolatrous practices or drunken
orgies. Here we nave in an prooaon-
ity a c ew to th origin or tnese count
mi? out rbvmes. As is well known to stu
leuts of both sacred and pnfaue his
tory, the custom of deciding disputes or
making selections lor numerous pur
jose by the "lot" was a prevailing
custom among r II nations.
In Jewish history we fin I the "lot
frequently resorted to when auy dif
ficulty arose. Again, among heathen
nations the "lot" was a favorite re-
sou'ee for determining the selection or
a reauirel victim for sacrifice, and also
for findinir out the guilty person from a
number of suspected individuals, n is
more than likely that, in connection
with heathen rites articularly. the
priests were possessed or mysterious
forms of words, which they use on such
occasions; and in some instances the
mode of selection may nave been prac
tically Identical with the harmless
met I tod now universally adopted by
children for '-counting out." mis
however, is a subject requiring more
attention than we can at present ue-
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stow upon it. The now meaningless
and unintelligible expressions in chU
drm's rhvuies may be the relics of su-
norstitioua formulas used by the
heathen votaries of bygone days.
A great many of these thymes are
cvi.'oritlv of common origin, out
lnf n course 0f time and change of
ue have got so changed and trans-
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m.MTifiMd as ti be scarcely recogniza
ble. One of the most common and
widespread examples among English
sneaking people is that beginning.
i !itv twoerv." of which the follow
i g is one of Its most frequent forms:
Onerr, tweerv, dlekery, davy.'
lUilabooa. crockabooe. teaery. navy,
DiMQiB, dandam. merry come tine.
Humo.e-iy. dambiedy, twenty-nine.
O-t-T. ooU
Somewhere about 100 different varia-
i ions and versions of this rhyme alone
triven. The following is one of
' several versions from Scotland (Aber
deen):
Eenery, twaerr, tockery, tayren,
11 slab, enwaery tea or eleven.
Pern, pan, musky, dan,
Vaedeiam. fadelam. twenty-oae.
From a work on the gypsies, by
iTharloaG. Lavland.we have a specimen
nf crviviv nunc suell: it is as rouows
Kktert, akain yoa kair-ao.
Pll um. faiiisln. Nlcbuiaa, i n;
Km, larl, Irunman,
uuu. atani. bock.
This, on comparison, will be found
to be almost identical with the first
rxample we have given ot a counting-
out rbyme; eKKen, aaain" ueiug ujb
eouivalent in Romany for "Onery,
twoerv.
Another very Xamiliar form Is that
-i. ., ,m Jin-' it i
FAMILIAR
commencing "Eeeny, meeny," e'e j
This is a great favorite among Ame i
can children, the commonest version
being:
ny, meenr. mtnv mo,
C'.tcfe a niger bt tne ioe;
If be noilers let hlte go.
Eenej, meeny, minj mo.
This example gives evident proof of
adaptation to American Ideas; bu". the
preliminary and concluding "Keny.
meeny, aie of obvious German or
Dutch origin:
Ene, ten, mone, mt,
Km! or. kioe. booe, strei.
Ene. moe, kerke, uorke,
Wert Wet Wor wT
Some of the transmogrifications ol
words are very interesting, the "Fastor,
lone" of tiermaa rhyme elven above.
we find iu Cornwall as "Basca, lore,"
while in America it is changed into
IVs'alony," "Fiaky larry." 'Barce
lona," Pennsylvania," "Butler
la' her," "Tuscalona," etc One of the
most amusing trans. tions is in connec
tion with the rhymes:
tine is all. two u ail. xicc ia all can.
Bobtail, naney-goal, title, mil tan;
Uarunuacarnai, Viratn Mary;
biutfleum, aAOgleum, J Jliy , on, bock.
Nothing sliows ths world-wide pre
valence of the fashion of these "counting-out'
rhymes so much as the fact that
we have them in twenty different lang
uages, numbering in all 873 different
versions. America, Japan, Italy,
France, Syria. Germany, Turkey,
Greece and other foreign countries
furnish 8iecimens. and many other
countries could doubtless add consid
erably to the list. Of English rhymes
alone, no fewer than 4u4 examples are
given, and the list Is undoubtedly very
far from complete.
The whole forms a very interesting
study in folklore; and Mr. Bolton is
still prosecuting his inquiries for ad
ding to his collection, and any commu
nications on the subject addressed to
1 1 i i n at the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, U. S. A., will be thank
fully received and duly acknowledged.
The Sky and Stars.
An article appears iu a late number
of the (London) Contemporary Review,
giving much interesting information ou
the magnitude aud distances of the
stars, according tj recent observations.
The spaces between our earth aud the
nearer fixed stars bad been approxi
mately ascertained many years ago, by
the use of accurate a--.' rouomical in
struments used by skilled astronomers.
on opposite s des of the earths orbit.
thit is. from points or observation one
undred aud eighty millions ot miles
part. Improvements have bjen made
of
late years in the instruments, so
that more accurate determinations have
been made, i n I the list of stars whose
parallax has been thui ascertained.
Among some of these determined dis
lances and magnitudes ara the follow-
u;r:
Canopus, a bright southern star, can
not emit less, aud may emit a great
deal m.re. thau fifteeu hundred timet
he light of our sun. Sinus has been
!iou to be at such a distance mat its
i it lit occupies nearly n ue years in
reach:u us. Its real brightness is that
f sixtv-three suns. borne of these
stars, to shine as they do, from tin
tlh mable deeths of simca, must bs
ohji cU of astounding splendor.
The speed of the solar system througi
pace is equal to o'JU,000,0J0 of miles
annually; aud a collision between our
in and the nearest nxed star, it iney
were directed toward eacn oiuer cou-
t nually, could not take place in less
than 5'J.OOO years. Some of the fixed
stars are seen by long continued aud
accurate 4 observation to be moving
through space; aud one known as "lsj
Groombrilge" which swees onward at
least 2 MJ miles in a second, would re
quire over 20J years at this rate to pass
apparently a distance equal to the
breadth of the mooni uue oi tne star?
Iu tha constellation C usiopela, is 40
imes as luminous as our sun, and trav
els 3 0 miles a second. But for whole
ceuturies there is but a slight displace
ment of its position. This enables us
to appreciate very faintly its immense
distance.
A Nezro Who Hind'ea Millions.
Few If any persous in this country
have handled more money, and checks
bonds and other representatives of
money than Uncle" Henry Logan,
the messenger of the Register of the
Treasury. He is a colored man pasl
70. as punctual as the hands or a cloct.
and as trustworthy as a burglar-proof
safe. His principal function is to carry
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cnecas, wanauis, uumia. ew., w auu
from the llegister's office, where they
have to be signed. He has been doinj
this for twenty-five years, with scarcely
a day's absence duriug all that time.
He has handled a large part oi the
bonds and currency issued by the Gov
ernment, and the warrants that have
been drawn upon the I reasury. J. ne
aggregate in dollars, if it could be fig
ured out, would go up uign into tue
billions. Express companies are paid a
fixed sum per mile for every thousand
dollars they transport for the Govern
ment, aud if "Uncle Henry? ' had beeu
paid at the same rate he would now be
tolling in weallu. lie receives a salary
of a year, and on this modest in
come be has been able to buy a bom
and raise a large family.
Uncle Henry held bis place all
through Mr. Cleveland s administra
tion, and bids fair to remain until the
inSrmities of ago compel bis retire
ment. His black face and white hair
are in striking contrast. His pleasant,
grandfatherly ways make bim a gen
eral favorite in the department. He
says he hasn't any politics.
He uot the Seat.
Will you kinlly allow me to stand?1
asked a gentleman as he got Into a fail
i-nr-ira ah rh mrruura almult
contained the specified number.
Certainly not; sirr exclaimed a
passenger occupying a corner seat near
the door. "The way these trains are'
overcrowded is shamefull" :
"Asjou appear to be the only person
knni.ii. m mv nmianc " ronlit-d
tliA miiitlainan 44I ftti:ill rpmain srlw
am t
"Then I shall call the guard aud
m,i amoved lr "
Suitine the action to the word, says
iv. fy,.inn murt JnurnnL tha air
grieved passenger rose, and putting his
head out of the window, yoiciferously
summoned the guard. The new-comei
saw his opportunity and quietly slipped
into the corner seat.
"What's ud?" inquired the guard, as
i.o ,t t. arri7a drwir
'One over the number." replied the
n
mii.r Ni'in nnr irl Tii
train's going on." and without waiting
for furlh-r explanation the -guard
TihV.i out the aggrieved passenger
Lk. ... Uftwlhll irrstiflll&itn-T nil the
.o Jtf n
m i-.-.7 r - - i hi -h f .'mill mnun'iirf
To a Tired Mother.
A little elbow leans upon your knee.
I our urea Knee wnicn nas so muc-n to Dear,
A child's dear eyes are lookine lovingly
From underneath a thareh of tanitled hair ;
Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch
ui arm. moist nneers notamg yours so tignr,;
Tou do not pnze this blessing overmuch :
You almost are too tired to pray to-nltht.
But It Is blessedness ! A year ago,
I did not see It as I do to-day.
We are so dull and thankless, and too slow
To catch the sunshine, till it slips away.
And now it senis surpassing strange to tue
Tuat. while I wore the badge of motherhood,
I did not kiss more oft and tenderly
Tue little child that brought ui only good.
And if. some nipht when you sit down to rest,
Vott miss the elbow from your tired knee.
The restless curly head from offyour breast.
Tee lisping tongue thst chattered constantly ;
If from your own itiedimpled hand bad slipped,
And ne'er would nestle in your palm again.
If the white feet into the grave had tripped.
I wonder so that mothers ever fret
At little children clinging to their gown :
Or that the footprints hen the days are wet
Are ever black enough to make a frown.
If 1 could find a little muddy boot.
Or cap, or jacket, on my chamber floor;
If I could kiss a rosy, restless foot.
And hear it patter in my home once more.
If I could mend a broken cart to-day.
To-morrow make a kite to reaeh the sky
Tbuffe latin woman in God's world could say
hSe was more blissfully content than 1.
But, ob! the dainty pillow next mv own
is never rumpled with a shining head.
Mv singing birdling 'rem Ita t-st has down ;
The little boy I ux-Q to kiss is dead !
Unidentified.
A MATRIMONIAL SPECULATION
"I wouldn't marry the best man that
ever lived!" Aud she meant it, or.
what answers the same purpose, she
thought she meant it. After all, how
few of us ever really know what we
mean? "I engaged myself once, wh u
a girl, and the simpleton motigiii ne
owned me. 1 soon took the conceit out
ot him, and sent him away about bis
business." The voice was now a little
sharp. What wonder, with so galling
a memory? "No mau shall ever tyran
nize over me neverl hat the mis
chief do you supi ose is the matter with
this sewing-machine"
"Annoved at your logic, most likely,'
shU my friend, a bright young matron,
as she threaded her needle. "My bus-
baud is no tyrant, Miss Kent."
I am clad you are satisfied." was
the laconic answer.
It was quite evident by the expres
sion of the dressmaker's face that she
had formed her own opinion about my
friend's husband, and was quite com
petent to form and express an opinion
on any subject. Miss Kent was a lit.le
woman, rair as a girl, and plump as a
robin. She wasu't ashamed to own
that she was forty years old aud an old
maid. She had tamed her own living
most of her life and was proud of i'.
She was a good nurse, a faithful friend,
and a jolly companion; but stroke her
the wiong way and you'd wish you
Indn't in much shorter time than it
takes me to write It. Her views on all
subjects were strikingly original, and
not to be combated.
"What are you going to do when you
are old?" persisted the mistress of the
establishment."
"What other folks do, 1 suppose,"
"But you can't work forever."
"Mut say that 1 want to."
. "Now, Miss Kent, a husband with
meann, a kind, intelligent man "
"1 don't watit any man. 1 tell you.
Miss Carlisle, I wouldn't marry the
best man living, if he was as rich as
Cruesus, nd would die if I didn't have
him. Now if you have exhausted the
marriage question, 1 should like to try
on vour dress."
Tcere was something behind all this
I knew well. My friend's eyes danced
with fun; and as Miss Kent fitted
the waist, she threw me a letter from
he bureau.
"Head that," she said with a know-
og look. "It may amuse you."
This is what the letter said:
"Mv Dear Jexkie: I shall be de
lighted to spend a month with you aud
vour husband. There must be. how
ever, one stipulation about my visit
you rnu-it say no more about marriage.
I shall never be foolish again. T( euty
years ago to-day I wrecked my w hole
life." ("Better embark in a new ship,
hadn't be?" put In Jennie, sotto voce.',
"So unsuitable was this marriage, so
utterly and entirely wretched have
leen ita consequences, that I am forced
to believe the marriage institution a
mil-take. So, for the last time, let me
assure you that I wouldn't marry the
best woman that ever lived, if by so
doing I could save her life.
Your old cousin, Makk Laxsino."
"Rich, isn't be?" raid Jennie, and
tnen juted to the chub! y little figure
. .... i
w hose back happened to be turned.
I i-liook my head and laugnea.
You'll see," said the Incorrigible.
"See what?" inquired Miss Kent,
quite unaware of our pantomine.
'That parties which are chemically
attracted will unite. Of course an
alkali and an acid. Don't you think
this sleeve is a little too long. Miss
Kent?"
'Not after the seam is off. But what
were you saying, Mrs. Carlisle? Th
other day, at Frofessor Boynton's, I
saw some wonderful experiments."
"An! did they succeed?" inquired
Jennie, demurely.
"Beautifully."
"So will mine. I never yet botched
a job in my life."
I don't think I quite understand
you,' replied Miss Kent, perplexed.
"So? I always grow scientific when
talking about marriage, my dear."
"Botherl" was all the little woma.i
said, but the tone was much better
Matured than I expected.
The next week cousin Mark arrived,
and 1 liked bim at once. An uuhapp
marriage would have been the lait
thing thought of in connection wfth
that gentleman. He had accepted the
.situation like a man, Jennie told me.
, and for fifteen years carried a load of
miserv mai lew couiu unit cuumeu.
I Death came to him at last, and now me
or ienow aciuauy ueueveu umiseu an
alien from domestic happiness,
Singular as it may appear. Cousin
Mark was the embodiment of good
lualth snd good nature; fifty, perhaps,
ihoueti he didn't look it, and as rotund
I Mll i as fresh in his way as the little
dr. ssmaker was in ber. As I looked
at bim 1 defied anybody to see one and
i not be reminded of the other. True,
he had more of the polish w hich corner
- from travel and adaptation to dineieul
classes and individuals, but be was not
a whit mo-e intelligent by human na-
ture tnan me ongm nine womau wuom
J. nnie determined he should marry,
"I surprised you should think k
necessary to caution me about that.
iCousin Mark." cooed the plotter, as
she stood by bis side, looking out of the
i window. "The Idea of my being so
ridiculousl" and in the same breath
with a wink at me, "Uome. let us go
to my sitting-room. We are at work
there, but It won't make any difference
to V0U, Wltl it?"
Of course Cousin Mtrk answered
t n'r n' r i f . - ir u-w
No," promptly, as innocent as a dove
about the trap being laid for him.
This is my cousin Mr. Lansing,
M Si Kent," and Mr. Lansing bowed
politely, and Miss Kent arose, dropped
Iter scissors, blushed, and sat down
again. Uousin Mark picked up tne
refractory implements and then Mr'.
Jennie proceeded with rare caution and
tact to her labor of love. C msin Mark,
at her request, read aloud an article
from the Popular Science Montfi'a,
draw ng Miss Kent into the discus-noti
as defily as was ever fly drawn into
the web of the spider.
"Who was that lady, Jennier'
Coi-s n Mark inquired in the evening.
1 ou mean Mi-s Kent?" said Jennie,
looking np from her paper. "Oh, she
is a lady I have known for a long time.
She is making some dresses for me
now. Whv?"
"She seemed uncommonly well posted
for a woman."
Under any other circumstances, Mrs.
Carlisle would have resented this, but
now she only queried, "Do you think
so?" and that ended it.
Two or thiee invitations to the sew-lifa-room
were quite sullicieut to make
Cousin Mark lei fetly at home there,
and after a weak be became fain liar
enough to say:
"If you are not too busy, I should
liko to read you this artie'e."
"Oh, I am never too busy to be read
to," Miss Kent would say. "Sit down
by the window in this comfortable
chair, and let's bear it."
Artr a couple of weeks, when the
gentleman came in, hoarse with a sud
den cold. Miss Keut bustled about, ber
voice full of sympathy, and brewed a
dose which he declared he should never
f rget to his dying day; but one dose
cured. After this occurrence. Miss
Kent was a really won lcrf ul woman.
Ah, what an arch plo'.terl She let
them skirmish about, but not once did
she give them a chance to be alone
together her plans were not to be de
stroyed by prematue confidence untd
the very evening preceding Cousin
Mark's departure for California. Then
Miss Keut was demurely asked to re
main aud keep an eye on Master Car
lisle, whom the fond mother did not
like to leave quite alone with his uu se.
"We are compelled to be gone a
couple of hours," said she; "but Cousin
Mark will read to you won't you,
cousin?"
"Certainly, if Miss Kent would like
it," replied the gentleman.
The infant Carlisle, thanks to good
management, was never awake in the
evening, so the victims of this matri
monial speculation would have plenty
of time. The b:ck parlar was the room
most in use during the evening, and out
of this room was a large closet with a
large blind ventilator, and out ot this
closet a door leading to the back stoop
and garden. Imagine my surprise
when I was told that Mr. Carlisle was
going to the lodge, and that we, alter
profuse warnings about the baby, and
promises not to be gone too long, were
to proceed to this closet overlooking
the back parlor, by the way of the back
gate and garden. Iu v.un I protested.
" hy, you lit le goosie," laughed
Jennie, "there'll be fun enough to last
a lifetime. John wanted to come aw
fully, but I knew he'd make au awful
noise and spoil everything, so I wouldn't
let him."
The wily schemer took the precau
tion to lock the closet door from the out
sh!e, so there was no fear of detection
Ou a high bench, still as two mice, we
awaited results.
Fiesently, Cousin Mark, as if amus
ing from a protracted reverie, asked,
"would you like to have me read?"
"Oh, I am not paiticular," replied
Mi?s Keut.
"Here is an excellent article ou elect
ive affinities. How would you like
that?"
Jennie's elbow in my side almost took
away my breath.
" ho is it by?" she inquired.
Jennie exclaimed (clear iu my ear).
'That's to gain time, spq if it ain't."
"It's by a prominent t rench writer,
I lielieve," answered Cousin Mark.
"I don't think 1 care for a transla
tion to-night," said Miss Keut.
"Nor I; nor reading of any kind."
he continued. This is my last evening
iu New York, Miss Kent."
"I hope you've enjoyed your visit,"
she returned.
Jennie (into my very bead this time):
"She's as shy as a three-year-old colt."
"1 didn't think I should feel so bad
about leaving," Cousin Mark weut on.
"He is ttie wreck, you remember,
whispered Jennie.
A long pause.
I think 1 bear the baby," exclaimed
Miss Keut.
"Oh, no," said Cousin Mark. "You
are fond of babies, are you uot, Miss
Kent?"
No answer from Miss Kent.
"I have been a very lonely man. Miss
Kent," Cousiu Mark resumed; 'but 1
never realized how lonely the rest of my
life must be until I came to this bouse."
Oh, how louelyl" echoed Jennie.
"Now I must return to my business
and my boarding-house boarding-
house for a tnan so fond of domestic
life as I am, Miss Kent."
Just then we very distinctly heard a
little kind of a purr, which sounded
very like a note of iutense sympathy
from Miss Kent.
"I have friends in San Francisco of
course." said Cousin Mark, ''but no
li: eiide I ke this, no one to care for nie
if I am ill. nobody to feel very bad it l
die."
"That'll fetch her," said Jennie.
"I wish that I lived in San Fran
cisco." said Miss Kent, iu a little quiv
ering voice. "You could call upon
me at any time, if you needed any
thing." Jennie in convulsions.
"If you will go to California with
me. Miss Keut, I'll wait another wee''. '1
"Why, Mr. Lansing, what do you
mean? What would folks say?" said
she.
'We don't care for folks," said
Mark. If you will go, we will have a
bouse as peasant as money can make
it. You shall have birds and flowers
and horses and all the scientific month
lies you want deu:ed if you shan't
and you shall never sew another stitch
for anybody but me. Will you bs my
wife?"
Just then Jennie and I stepped up
another peg, and there was that li'tle
old maid, who wouldn't marry the best
man that ever lived, hugged close to
the man's breast, who wouldn't marry
the best woman that ever lived, not
even to save her life. We came away
then, but it's my opinion that they re
mained In just thit position till we rang
the bdl half an hour later.
"How did you now?" I asked of Jen
nie. 'My dear." she answered "my whole
reliance was upon human nature; and
let me tell you, dear goosie, whateve r
else way fad, that never does.'
,i, r, -M .i jm ;lu.ntnui i if i r mi itialJdiiCC'.Cixai,c. Jw.tiHUHUUiiiirUnUU
"Why, Miss Kent, what makes your
face so very red?" inquired Jennie, upon
entering; "and Cousin Mark how
straigely you look I your hair is all
mussed up."
'And I hope to have It mussed
often." said Cousin Mark, boldly.
Miss Kent and I are to be married
this week."
Jennie laughed till her face was pur
ple, and when I went up stairs. Miss
Kent was pounding her back.
ONE ON THE GENERAL'
The Lieutenant Was a
Little
Bit
Too Clever for Him.
A vxetieral. w ith plenty or time on
his hands, one day stood in the window
to watch the people pacing in the
street. AVhi'e thus engaged be noticed
one of his oflicers w ho was without a
sword a grave misdemeanor!
"I'll niak him smart for this!" the
General exclaimed. "Ten minutes
cross-examination and a month's ar
rest." The L'eutenant meanwhile approach
ed, nil unconscious of the ini) ending
storm. When he was within earshot,
the General called out:
"Sir, come up here; I want ro speak
to youl"
The officer looked up and perceived
his superior; he remembered that he
bad left his sword at home, and knew
what to expect. Unfortunately there
was no means of escape, and he bad to
face the difficulty as best he might.
The General's face was beaming with
delight. He had found an opportunity
of enforcing discipline while sniokiug
his weed. 1 he Lieutenant stepied in
to the house, aud, iu passing through
the ante-room, he espied the sword of
an orderly hanging ou the wall. "The
very thing" he exclaimed, and buck
ling the sword, be assumed auair of in
noceiice and opened the inner door,
saying:
"You have done me the honor to call
me. General."
"Yes I wanted to ask you Iijrel
Why, the fellow has a sword," the
General muttered to himself, as the
smile faded from his countenance.
"Whatever was it I was go ng to ak
you Ah! I remember now; alnuit your
family your father, how is he?"
If lie could but know the interest
you take lu him he would feel highly
flattered; unfortunately he died twenty
years ago!"
The General started at his unwilling
visitor iu s(etchless amazemeut.
" Mien there is nothing else you have
to say to mt?"
"Ma toi, no!" the Gtneral answered.
"Only never go out without your sword
I should have bjen compelled to place
you under arrest If you had left it at
home."
"l'este! I'll take good care I don't.
See here!" aud the young uiau coolly
displayed the aim which was daugl.ug
from his waist.
'Ye, i see .I'd all right, my friend,
you ii ay go."
J lie oilicer promptly availed h. msell
of the ermissioii. He saluted the Gen
eral, and on his way through the an'e-
room hung the sword on its peg. He
then left the house. the General had
resumed bis former u st at the win-
do -v. The next minute he calle 1 his
wife.
"I say look at that young oili er who
is walking away from the house,"
"I see bun distinctly."
"Is he wearing a sword?"
"No!"
'Tliere you are mistaken. Tie look
as if he isn't, and has one ail the
time."
The wife made no remark. She is in
the habit of taking her husband at hi.-
word. As for Ihe officer he was never
again seen iu public without his saber.
I-e ItappeL
What Women Can Do.
She can do more in a minute than
man can in an hour, aud do it In-tLer,
Six of them can talk at once and get
along first rat", and no two men can do
that.
She can throw a store with acuive
that would be a fortune to a base-b.
pitcher.
She can shareii a lead-pencil If you
give her plenty of time and plenty ol
pencils.
She can safely slick fifty pins iu her
dr'ss while he is getting one under hi-
tinimb nail.
Sne can but what's the use? A
woman can do anything or everything
and do it well.
She cm appreciate a kiss from 1k-i
husbaud seveuty-flve years after the
marriage ceremony is performed.
She tan come to a conclusion without
the slightest trouble of reasoning on it
and no sane man can do that.
She cau dance all night In a pair of
shoes two sizes too small for her, and
enjoy every minute of the time.
Siie can walk half the night with
col cky baby in her arms witlfmit once
expresilug the desire of murdering the
infant.
S! e is as co 1 as a cucumber in half
a dozen tight dresses and skirts, w hile
a man will sweat and fume and grow
in one loose shirt.
She can talk as sweet as ieaclies and
cream to the woman she hates, while
two men would be punching each
other's head befo e they had exchanged
ten words.
Ex-United States Treasurer Hyatt's
Scare.
"Have I ever had any scares? No
excepting the dally scares. Every day
has been a scare with me, or at least a
urce of anxiety. 1 have been unable
to get my mind away from the vaults.
from my responsib lity. Occasionally
at night it has seemed to me I must get
out of bed aud come down to the treas
ury and see If thing were all light, and
1 can easily see why Gen. Spinner used
to sleep lu bis office, with his key-
under his head and a trusty watchman
at his door. The old general slept iu
this very room for several years, by so
doing adding nothing to the security of
the treasur but gaining therefrom, no
doubt, a good deal ot piece or mind
Not for twice the salary of the presi
dent of the L nite 1 Sta'es would I agai
take on my shoulders the responsibility
of the safe keeping of seven hundre:
millions of public money." From au
Interview In a ashington Letter.
Somebody figures out that 3,000,
000 people walk ab mt London's streets
daily, and that in so doiug they wear
away a ton of leather particles from
their boots aud shoes.
It is not an unrequited love that we
hold for the oyster.
"James, you have been fighting. I
can ill it by the look In your eve."
"Yes, but mother, you should sea the
look in the olUuf boy 'a eye."
NEWS IX BRIEF.
President Lincoln's p.'ivate papers
are said to be still ly in; in a vault of
the First National Bank, in Blooming
ton, 111.
Pueblo, CoL, is making prepara
tions for building a mineral palace on
the same genetal plan as the corn palace
at Sioux City.
The Koran, the sacred book of the
Mahometans, was written by Mahomet
about the year 010. It was translated
into Latin in 1113.
The coming theatre hat, modelled
after the Eiffel Tower, will not be so
objectionable after a'l. The Kiffel
Tower can be seen through. It is built
that way.
A grandmother at 3). The Savan
nah Xac tells of a woman iu Wad ley,
Ga., who has bicome a grandmother at
the age of 3 I. She married wheu only
14, and her daughter did likewise.
The Empress of Germany is said
to wear on her shoulder at court fetes
a magnificent agrafrce In diamonds
which belonged to Napoleon 1. and
which was attached to bis hit at
Waterloo.
The Shah of Persia asserts that the
Kohinoor Is an unlucky jewel. He
IKiints to the fact that (Jueen Victorl i
lost her husband s ion after coming
into possession of the famous stone.
At Tonawand.i. X. Y., .Tohn
Iloacti, an old p -nsionor of the British
army, won a wager by drinking a quart
of whiskey in "Jj minute, and ai vol
unteering to drink an additional pint
when be fell dead.
It is said that the only thin that
has prevented William Waldorf Astot
from becoming a great artist is his
wealth. And it is often the fact that
the only thing that preve its a man
from getting wea'thy is his devotion to
art.
The desire manifested by the fair
sex for mini. il lire painting set a-
brooches amounts to almost a e.a.e.
These paintings are imported, ami
leading in. inufaet tirci s claim that they
have iilili. nl! y in Humming them fast
enough to supply the demand.
Five seme nits, three cm -p.iral-t : nd
seven patrolmen ol the San 1 raiicsen
pjlice force have been retired on -n-sions
as a reward for their long am'
faithful services. The sergeants are to
receive 5'ii.a , the corporals ;"".." I and
the patrolmen $u0 a mouth.
A "bullet proof spook is spread
ing terror among the timid iieoplu ol
llelfast, Maine. He has the laculty ol
ivcrcoiiiiiig all obstacles, but as he is
descrihed as wearing a waterproof and
a whitrt mask there is a r asonatl.
tloubt of his lieing the "real article."
-In Dublin, a small town in Lau
rens county, G:i., there lives a blue
man. He Is a Caucasian, but instead
of lieing white, is a greenish blue, aud
is known as "lllue !!:l!v." Ilia whole.
skin is blue, his tongue and the roof el
his mouth aie blue, ami where Ins eye-
should lie whit is seen Ihe same ghast
ly gicfiiish-blue color.
-A joker on 'Change at Cincinnati
was observed to have a white thread
on his shoulder. Of course, the first
friend he met undertook to brush it
off, and. failing, pii ke I it up and pulled.
and was astonished to li :d it w ithout
in end. The full spool was in his
biuast locket.
A Maine dentist tells of a man
who came Into li i s office and insisted on
hiving a sound tooth extracted not
because he had neuralgia in his face,
but lierause a faith h-aler had told him
that it woul 1 in prove his general
healill to have a tou'h mil d.
"What's iu a name?" People who
lielievo that there is something in a
name will bo interested to Know that
Jack Kipper, mate of an American
bark which recently leai he I Ne York
has been arrested, charged with assault
ing a sailor on 11. e high Mas.
The great Im-11 of Huug-wu, which
has long lam Ii.ili luirie 1 iu the ground,
has at length been lifted by foreign
machinery and hung iu a pagoda built
of Iron by a foreign linn. According
to prophecy, this bell wa never to be
lifted until China I. a I entered upon a
new career of piospt-nly.
Miss Biol iimi i, the daugh'er of th
novelist, has jjst, made her debut m
opera at 1 aris, ami mat excnann
Is wildly raving over her beauty
her voice. She is very fair, tall
;ii
slender, with a powerful sopran i v. hum
and gieat dramatic ta'e.-i'. Me- i not
quite 2 , and will d.-vol j two in.ne,
years to blu.iy lx.-1'ore l.ecoiiiin; a fixed
star.
The expression 'Mark horse," now
in such general political use. Is said to
have lirst occurred in Lord Beacons
field's "Younj llul.e,'' iu the following
paragraph: "The lirst lavorile was
never seen after the distance post, all
the teii-'.o-enes weie in the rear, and a
dark horse which had never lieen
thought of rushed past the giaud stau t
in sweeping triumph."
Maine's oldest clergymen. It has
been claimed that the Kev. Dr. Car
ruthers. of Portland, who recently eele
brted his 3'Jih birthday, was the oldest
clergyman in Maine, but this must 1
a mistake. The Kev. J. T. Hawes,
Pastor of the Congregational Chinch,
at Litchfield 'timer , rerenlly ce'ebia
ted his 91st birthday. The Kev. Mr.
Hawes and bis wife join- d the J uveulle
Temple recently to plea o then grand
children. Clans Spreckles is m San Fran
cisco, deep in beet sug.tr making. He
complains that his Wat-onville (Cat.)
factory cannot be kept ri iiniiig day and
night as be expected, because of the
poor crop of beets this year. He has
rented a lare tract of land near the
factory, and exjtcts to grow enough
beets next year to kiep the factory run
ning for six months. "Me will build
next year one factory, the machinery
for which is now on its way from Ger
many. He declares that the site has
not been decided uhjh, but rumor has
narrowed It down to Coronado Beach
or San Jacinto, in San Dieo county,
CaL"
A bust of Edison. Herman
Schurlg, sculptor and Hirector of the
Art School, in OUVnbacb. Germany,
lias come to America to conn lete a
bust of Thomas A. Edison, which he
In-iran while the inventor was ia Eu-
' rope. He became acquainted with Mr.
I Ed -non at the Congress of Naturalists
! la Heidelberg .vlng to Mr. Edison's
' early return to America the nculptor
I was obliged to accompany him, and
worked upon the model during the voy
age. A few more sittings ouly are
necestary, and these will be. had -at
Menlo Park. The bust, when finished,
will be run Into bronze at the royal fac
tory la MunicU.
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