-r: V i F. SOHWEIER, THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. vol.. xiiv MIFFLINTOAVN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 15, 1S90. NO. 4. jlinnum clergyman ba-i un- dertakeu to Hi.ik is church attractive J,. ge 1111.1 ccd reg tlon tJ preach the s rm ns wu le he i m.t-ter of ceremonies Tt is nt a tad Idea for some hers. The 1w pr hi iting the s ' of c'- ,,,ret:es to children I as scarcely b eo n(.rd of lt P1. Dut in Rradicg recently a dealer was fined $21 and coot fcr selling cigaet s to school children. Itiia righteous judgment, for OaeihiMreo themselves are la a luge de.res irresponsible and need pro tection. A BKi i'f. r of a fight bew en a gc rilia a d a bulldog at Van Wert. O io, in whicli th -dog was ki tel. says that after th ' ha tie great difficulty ai found iu get: In the sot ilia back into Ms e-'k'e. Nothing is sa d abou". iba b.u'es who arranged l.e fifth , and tt, p esuuiptii'n is tint they are st.U a'. large. Tub llora of pstponm; Senator Morgan' resolution, recoguiz ng Brazil s r. ul.lic, is now sufficiently evi dent. If tt.e advices from Brazil are to be credited, tl.e stability of he new Goveminen s by no means assured. Frob biy ry the time Conjrcs me ts after the holiday r. cess, enough wl 1 be known to warrant some action on Sen ator M.ugau's resolution. Ai th Yoiktown has arrived at Lisbon, Admiral Walker is prepared with Ins wpiadron of evolution to show Eurups tl.e beginnings of the new Aoier.rau Navy. I. Is not much of a uavy jet, b t lt is a v st iuiprovement all) thing wi Lav had si c the war, ,id1 ti-e vessels tl.eiuselves will compare favorably w th the best cf their kind in E ..n i;. Slit Attnii R M Mikkouoh Kat amioii, whose death occurred on Christmas Iy. was a most remarkable man. Aitlioug : lack in arms a d legs, and otherwise d formed, he lived much as other men live, i-ud attained d stinc Lon a a rueuiber of the English House of rr'.iameiit, in which he steadfastly 0,'jxred II uie Kul-. His was a case it which the "triumph jf mind ever mat to.' was complete. By an almost una: luious vote, the SjuUi Car Hut I.eida'ure has decldel lor ntinue the a; propriation of f .000 tsloiliu University, a manual train ing siliool tor colored men. There is m teuer way to s t le the race prob lem than educating It out of existenc South Carolina displays much wisdom n this matter, and doubtless will. In stead of discontinuing tbe (.rant, in et tat the ap, ripr;atIo i Lefore the laps of many more years. Tue l"u;vers,ty at Olessa Las been cio'ed by the Kusslan Government be causeauui of the student, were Nihi lists and did uot bt-st.le to propagate their doctrines. Evi lentl tl e Czar lui t yet learned that he is largely, if not wholly, n-ponsil.le for the exii ence of the Xi: il.st -pint lu his domai 8. H'tpol.cy Las provoker! it; it Is one of the certai i isues of a despotic govern ment. He can g-i rid of it only by changing bis nwa course. Closing the institutions of learning will accomplish noth ng, though it is true that the more a Russian U-arns tbe more likely is he to become dlssatisiied with his own Gweruuieiit. It is difficult to reconclli the large number of Heaths from influenza re ported as having taken jdace in Taris with the th. ory ir I.onJ.m phys cims that it is really a "beulgu' epidemic, a nuid catarrh.d trouble, whic'l is des tined to avert an epidemic of a mori enous nature. If the disease be tlie lo the t.o cities, the fact or fatality should r.:ther be accepted and depended upon than the theory of b? nity. Cut while it is certain tluit the best ru dical minds of Europe have been baiU-d by many phases of the mysterious malady, it i ; e-iually certain Urn at t e wjr.-t it cannot have greater terrors for us on this side of the ocean ttaa the usual catarrh and influenza to Idea our E.L-teru cities are always object in seasons f unusual hu midity. The Grand Jury of Xew York re "t:ynu!e sjvci.a presentment on J ,lb'c- f electric light ourrent the en i.tu.ent of legisla ion to Prevent farther casualties from th.it owce.and likew ise submitted an in 'tnentof the Superintendent f tl e Company, charging him witli ""hter in havi g cau-ed the of Henry Harris by an electric lut a mouth ago. It wiU Ibeurg,d n any quirter tlit .tlon a U)J summary Tlie aJri U "at it was not taken Ka in the lnteiest of publw CoJ RADr' of tbe 'nt Y"'"' though qu.te a younj od mule for hlinjelf anJ his 5iSSLwp,,uu,w- 11 WM W luu-J thousands who tae r0 know him through bis T? uJ writing, when they H wT eadeJ ,udJ uI' y death. I I -nv J'Ur PoWer4 ot 'ascination. I I ael , JU-r d w th WH, ei Alat s"cu a man ahould be ct"U,!T iust M h 1hw rs were aouth.but to the Hew He Secured Emoloyment for th Daughter of His Old Master. The Superintendent of census comes nearer the tnrobbing heart of poor hu manity than any other official in Washington. Of all the department his alone ia not governed by civil ser vice lawa, and conseqaentlr that class of people whom Victor lingo sweep iagly described ea "Lea Miserables" turn to the census bureau. Some who apply are gentlewomen of middle age who cannot pass a civil service ex amination, because when thev were young, girls were tanght to be house wives, and no proTuion was made for wiaownooa or adverse circumstan ce when they would be forced to earn their own and their children's bread. Mr. Porter, the superintendent, says there ia always one q etition that he is lorcea to put to applicants that goes through them like a knife. It is the simple and leiritimate auction "What ran you do?" Marvelous it is the number of people in the world who have no definite idea of their own capabilities. When the question does not brinr tears, it ia usually followed by a wringing of the hands and a helpless "I cannot tell," bnt rarely by a direct confident answer. One of these cases is unmatched in uathos. Mr. Porter boarded for a time after coming to the capital at a hotel where he noticed that his waiter was unusu ally attentive. The man did not seem to care for fees, nor did he aak any thing for himself. For a month or two this dumb admiration was carried on until finally JJr. Porter snid: "What is it, Wallace? Yon seem to have something on vonr mind." "Vea. sh: iae been Btudviu. suh. as how like nuff dey mout be some place in the census for my vonng missis. She's deaarvin. bnt u too proml to ask fori anvthing. Ise been study-iu nigh a yeah how Wallace could iret some thin' fob de uiissi.s. and when de head waitah, sail, put Ton to -11 w- . , . -.. my n uie, a jes saia, de Lava w ill pro vide." r "Who is the woman, Wallace?" 51 r. Porter asked: "She's de only chile of my ole inas aa "f o de wah. Mas was killed and missis an de chile came norf when dev lew' all. Dey lib above Great Falls, ail' doan tell it, aah, but they "a very poah." As Wallace finished, mme one came up to talk with Mr. Porter, and the matter was forgotten. Wallace knew how to wait, and it was not until an other fortnight that ho said, hope fully: 1 " My young missis sah, I forgot to say dat she ver' intellectual an do ev erything consciously." Wallace had the darky's aptitude for sounding words and passed among his colleagues as that mysterious Ti tian, a "college graduate. It was his elect detitiny. Mr. Porter receive 1 further confidences from the honeat fellow, who could do what tew white people would do in this selfish world ak a favor for some one else lelore himself, and, in this case, for the daugh ter of the man under whom he haul Buf fered bondage. Promising to rememWr the "young misHis," Mr. Porter left and might have forgotten her had it not been for the faithful, ever watchful Wallace. Finally one Saturday night he said: "WelL Wallace, I have something for your young mi-tress. Tell her to come around to the census bureau next week and there will be some work for her." Later he learned from the lips of the "young misses" that Wallace had walk ed fourteen miles through the rain that Saturday night after his work was done to tell her the good news of her appoint ment. She had not known that he was seeking the idace for her, although for some weeks be had remarked mysteri ously: "le Lawd am providin"." 'Jor. AV w lorifc Tribune. Fast Trains and Wrecked Nerves. Many persons who travel much on tbe fa-st trains between Jersey City and Philadelphia have noticed that the en gineers on those trains are, as a gener al rule, young men, and that there are many new faces seen among them in the course of a year. 1 asked an old railroad man the reason of this. He said: "Its because old men do not have the nerve to stand the strain of the terrific- speed of these trains, and even the nerviest young men gets afraid of them after a while. Then they get to letting np little in speed, the trains run behind time, the engineers are given other runs and new men are put on in their places. Likely enough you never no ticed how fast those trains go. It is ninety-one miles from Jersey City to Philadelphia. All the trains stop at Trenton. Some of them stop at other places. It is slow work getting out ol the Jersey City vard, over the numer ous switches an d" crossing, across the bridges at Newark and Trenton, and strain getting into Philadelphia. Now, take a time table and see. The train that leaves Jersey City at 8.13 A. M. gets into PliiUdelphia at lU.lt), making the 91 miles in 117 minutes. That's 47 miles an hour, including a sto at Trenton. The train that leaves at a.14 A. M. makes it in 119 minutes. The 3.13 P. M. train does the same, and stops at Oermautown Junction as well as Trenton. The 4.13 P. M. train makes thesetwostops and thewhole distance in 112 minutes. That's 49 miles an hour, including the stojs and delays. Be tween stations it is neoessurv to run faster than 0 milos an hour. Very few men can stand long the nervous tension of running a mile a minute with the tremend. ua responsibility of a big load of passengers." -V. Jlira'd, Ugly Things. What are ugly thiugs? Here are a few: Imitation furs and Jewels. Women who paint their eyes. People who push. Men who are effeminate. Oirls who arc masculine. Bo I Ices that wrinkle. Ill cooked dinners. Hospitality tnat is grudged. A temper that is not cou trolled, r tr tliit are naluteJ. Tongues on which there are no bridles. . Envy, hatred, malice and all nti chariUblenees. From all of these ugly things, good Lord, deliver us. j Dutch physician declare that a close connection exists between the ex- trcbe of mental faculties and d!srd-rs of the nose. II" says if it were gen erally knowa how many cases or chronic headache, of inability to lea- n or to perform mental work, where due to chronic dleae of the nose, many of them would t easaly cured. TRAININQ FOR A FOOT RACE. How a Professional Sorlnter Diets and Exercises While Prepar ing For a Run. In aiming at the removal of super fluous flash t'ie training off of which Yirtually reduces the weight which one has io arry I begin by adopting such diet as will add . strength, but not weight, to tbe body. With this object in view, 1 carefully avoid aU fat meats, soups, butter, starchy foods, potatoes, sv ee'-s, etc I eat a great deal of rare lean meat, and only tlie most easily di gested at that, such as beef and mut ton. Eggs -especially poached joul try, fisii and game, may be eaten plen tifully, but such meats as veal and p rk are to be abided. Stewed veget ables are to be partaken of freely, as are also greens, such as lettuce, cresses, etc Fruit is a necessity, and is to be taken at breakfast. Whatever bread Is used should be either toasted or used when about forty-eight hours old. For desserls, jellies are probably better than any thing else; but all pastries, such as pie, cake, and the like, together with all rich puddings and sauces, must be ab stained from. For beverages I use weak tea and coffee in small quantities, and but little water. Stimulants of all kinds, and alcoholic drinks especially, are to be shunned, as between the use of these and that of tobacco in any form whatever it is hard to decide which is the most injurious. By adhering to such a system of diet, and by inducing perspiration by exer cise, the weight may be gradually re duced to the require I point. As to the form of exercise, it i, of course, to be of such a nature as will best s cure en durance and muscle. The best exercise for this purpose is running. Beinu ng gradually, 1 do just so much as will make me feel that some demands have been made on the muscles. Great care must be taken not to do too much t first, else, unaccustomed to the exer tion, you may become stiff and sore, and more harm will t done than good. As training progresses the work is in creased, either by runnlu; further or doing the same distances faster. At the end ot two weeks the entiie distauce at which you intend to com itate may be run over at racing spee I, and this may be repeated as oiteu as once every week thereafter. On the day previous to this effort I w uld o no work whatever, and as I always run these trials on Saturdays, 1 do nothing on the day following e ther. All this worn will lie found to have improve! the "wind" a'so. With each day's work you will Cnd that you breathe more and more freely as you run, and in a very short time you may run a nan! race with little or no discomfort lo tlie breathing. 'Judgment" in pace can bp acquired only by cjnstan practii e. Many races ate lost by selecting at the start a pace which Is either too fast or two slow. If the former be the cas, the runner finds himself when near the finish too ex hausied to continue running, and is therefore beaten by a man who h is, perhaps, not nearly bis ability. If. on the other hand, the pace on the stait be too slow, there is danger of the other competitors acquiring a gi eater lead than be can overcome. A device to which 1 resort to study my pace accurately is to take one half or three-quarters of the distance at which I am to compete and run it at my regular rac'ng gait. At regular intervals along the course I have time keepers stationed, who Inform me as 1 go by of the time whicli 1 am niakmg. Suppose, for instance, I am uble to run a haif mile in two minutes. Instead of tunning tlie full 880 yards, which would be very exhausting, 1 ruu three furlongs, and at the end of each fur long, or yards, the timer there sta tioned calls out the time. If this be less than thirty seconds at the first fur long, I kuow that I am running too fast, and can decrease my pace until I get to the next timekeeper, where, le mg again informed of how I am run ning. I can regulate my pace accord lnsly. Besides the excellent practice which this gives in "judging' pace, there is no better way of developim? those qualities which are needed fo. success in racing. Historical Anecdotes of the Table. Tn fl.A cl riiu.a t1 Alnonv vorn fo.iiTt.1 not only public houses but a!s 'J'i-r- tiiopoua iu wnicn were boiu not water; - f or nicl tl.. nuxluvt yum of three obole; rare plants w ere infused n l..a v u xr 1 jtnminniTa nftn tnliml in equal quantities, very hot water aud very cold wine which gave to the bever age a medium temerature, for in couu- . ... a. .t .liia Intituil. lwtt ilrinLu nr.) iii- II I C M U.O ... v , - - - . ..... . - endurable, while cold ones are danger ous. In the streets, and in all public places, there were many small cook snops, and itinerant pastry cooks whom the people patronized. These traveling pastry cooks Ire- ....... n a. 1 Ilia t linn t r..fc A riKti tl tlls liH of their calls between the ac:s, aud how by degrees tney woraeu moir way even - - .1... txt tl.A omi.itl.uiilpa in order to offer their merchandise to the siectatora. According to me greai ..1. snmv.fiii nf a tiIat. fother (JUIUW('"t . - - - g j F trairedv or eomedv, was in inverse . . - . . . i i . . i i :.i ratio to tnat oi me niue mercuauis wuu . l. .luliifca.i.M If tllA llltlT VU 1 l:IJ I llll ll I m . I J , many cakes were eaten, taste comjn-n- satiug lor l lie uni;rHimetx euiaoo i , out it" the play was good, woe to the unfor tunate cake venders; tlie merit of his wares waned before the genins of the poet. The (Ireeks, and particularly the , . i Iiivan nf tl;A winutrv: thev invited there, their friends and . i i -i these invitations always mnuucu mn t 11 ol it from work, tjk- euure i m ii j - v - - day," wrote Eustachis, "on account of the birth ol my son; i I'm; Ji ."' i t.v...nw.n ti nnniA tn the festival ueai i j "", - - that I Lave prepared for this occasion. Bring with you your wife, children and ox-driver, and if you judge it proper, Tonr dog. the faithful guardian of your aocks, w nose resonummj iuiuo ii .i .fur He shall not.be the worse for being onr guest. In the comedy of Plutus, Aristophanes causes a person wno addresses a aui.se u , Cio quickly, tell your master to come, also his wife and children and even his hog." Listen now to the poetXicenoe .r . t u "Itianntinthecitv.it I un, ui uviu - . is in the country that I desire my festi Tals to take place, where I can enjoy . i A 11 n! foliage is sufii- ins iieo . , , . cient Here are the leaves of the Agnns Castus, the most ouorous woo oi mu il i ia Via mmit- the antinue ear iu, u - - : . v . crown of the Cariens. Bring wine and the lyre amiable muse; innoi joy, maue . v. i. f.inien i .f the intoxioa- Ung Uquor, I will sing to the Goddess queen of our i-land, tlie noble wife of Jupiter. Greek cookery ia imperfectly known to oa which does not however, prevent moderns from Daasini? feoffment on fLi The Marqnia de Cuasy among others,! saya on this subject: Xn spite of many, trials, Atnens never had a grand cviaine, the reason being that too much is sacrificed to sweets, to fruits and to flowers. "It had neither the fine wheat bread of the Borne of the Caesars, nor the Italian spices, nor the white wine of the Bnone." The Greeks used salt pepper, til- phUm, which some authorities believe to have been opiam, sesame, cumin, capers, fennel, mint, coriander, saffron, xojrmel, dill, parsley, marjoram, etc Tbe oil of Attica, the vinegar cf Decelie, the bay tree of Crete and the thyme of Uymettus were in great favor. The garlic, to tell the truth, was des pised. Entrance to the temple of Cybele was forbidden to those who had eaten it, bat it was sometimes used for seasoning. itn ail tnese condiments. the Athenians were able to make delil Clous sauces. "O, mighty Hercules," cried Hydros phiante, "how much trouble, how much soap and how much natrum has it cost me to clean my garments over which a dish of sticky sauce had been spilled. Sauces were much used with fish. Some times it was a mixture of vinegar, cheese, fresh grapes, garlic, onions ami leeks mincel fine; sometimes a combi nation of oil, yolks of eggs, garlic and cheese. The firm meated fish, previous ly with cheese and vinegar was roasted or boiled; delicate meated fish after having leen salted, and sprinkled with a few drops of oil, were covered with the leaves of marjoram or figs and cook el under the ashes; then it served witn one of tue two sauces of which we . . ... ... . -, . XirilIfrjJ scarcely credit, for it was composed of honey, dates, cumin, etc The Athen ians also knew how to make force men. They served pigs roasted whole at a stuffed, sometimes with blood pudding and with sausages, sometimes with thrushes, fig fieckers, yolks of eggs, oysters and other shell fish. Certain fi sh were also rtuffed; thev were opened . . I and drawn, then filled with ailphion, Cheese, salt sn.l mri,.rm PVIa r.r,r.,l ,tK ii. -,u;i-. sardines were cooked in boiiimr o-L Hr.. .r. .Li, ', wl.il- l.ii;1 ' "Ti iT. i. ""r'll while bleedinir. Small birds were soak ed in a cold soup made of grated cheese; oil. vinegar and ilphinn. Large ra dishes were bruised in vinegar and a sort of mustard. Finally, the Greeks ate a food called tnitna and which re-semble-d the ollap-dri'la of the Span iards. It was made of all sorts of meat and fowls; the meat was well chopped and kneaded with blood, then seasoned with vinegar, toasted cheese, lasa wort, green and drv coriander seed, onions, poppy seed, dry raisins, honey and the sour seeds of the pomegranate. The decline of the empire vac marked by the same exaggeration of luxury. Oriental customs influenced those of Greece and modified them, but they were tempered and restrained by trie good taste of the mo.it spirituclle peo ple on earth. Asiatic luxury, its ex travagance and enormity, afUJnishe1 i iuo uree&s wmioui swajtening ttieir envy. An eastern monarch had given a queen all Egypt for her possessions; Artaxerxes had presented to Themis tocles three cities; Magnesia for his bread; Lampsaque for his wine; Myonte lor his meat, aud two others Percote and Palesoepeis, for his clolhing and furniture These follies were scorned because coming from barbarians. And, meanwhile, the customs of these bar barians crept in at last among the Greeks. They entered the charming and well regulated civilization of the Orecians by attacking it in tbe islands and colonies. Cyprus was the first to be conquered and its kins threw them selves with ardor into the researches for luxuries, of which the Phcenecian princes and the Persian satraps had given them the example. We find proof of this in a comedy of Antiphanes entitled, "The Soldier," where two persons carry on the following conver sation: "Tell me have you been in Cyprus a long time? .During the war. But, if you please, in what part? In Paphos. There, exists a softness, a voluptuousness so refined that it is almost iucredible. What voluptuousness? When the king is at the table, there are doves which fan him and no one thinks of it. How is this? Explain it to me. The king is anointed with a perfume which comes from Syria and which is obta'ned from a fruit of which the pig eons are very fond. Coming, on the wing, to tue odor of this perfume they d ire to alight on the head of the king; the slaves, who stand beside him, drive them off; they rise slightly in the air without turning to one side or the other, and thus they fan him by agita ting the air lightly and yet without causing him to feel it too much." Irrigation In California. Wherever the water comes from, it is usually conveyed into a tank or a re seivolr, and then piped or ditched about over the farm wherever needed. A hand pump is a rarity in Southern Caliiornia. A windmill pumps the water into a high tank, which gives it the pressure needed for sprinkling, llydrauts are placed at the home, at the barn, in the garden, in the orchard, aud at other poiuts. With plenty of lioe the lire protection is admirable. The farmer's wile is as well off as her city cousin in the matter of water cou-veuien-es. Ituiming through iron p'je3 netir the surface of a blistering hot soil, the water gels warm, not to say bet, and sc il does standing in the tank over the well. When wanted for drinking it is put mto a porous earthen jar calied an a la, and the evaporation of the laice put which soaks through tbe jar cools Hie contents. Always in the ixorning, and nearly always throughout the day, you can get a drink as cool as tua stomach ought to have. Sometimes barrel, covered with a cloth kept wet. is used for tbe same purpose. Tbe water thus piped to various points on tbe farm is sometimes carried from the hydrants through ditches which run along the highest parts or t :e ground. These ditches aro tin eliuplett ossible in construction. They go winding about like natural streams Sometimes a f ui row of tbe large faru. p'ow answers every purpose. For tlis capillaries of tbe circulation the fut rows made between the rows of veget ables in cu'tivating them are quite suf ficient. When you have irrigated a lew rows a boeful or two of earth ap plied to each furrow stops the water Irom them, and then the dam is rt moved farther down the ma n etrearu. -iid more rows are irrigated in th. same way. A efentut states that medical science is keeping alive unhealthy people to jieed unhealthy children. A Kiss. rsometliing marte of nothln a awt delicious cooipoui a, castinc rr iiirfft : compound, wiUi ingredients compiew; But if. as on occasion, the heart and mind are ours. It has no great siirnincance; It loses half Its power. Pom-'hlnr made of nothing, and never twice thr Maine. Th'Mich ti known In every country where love It b elearly meant f.jr giving, though Us some- u.i iiaa lis Dime; uhl i And. like eolfee and potatoes. Is not good when com. It of! appeases discord when words have failed to Uleufte. Whether beg. owed caressingly or given just to tease. For a Uu:h will often sava one from doing ftomettiioe worse. And tue lip. that taste the sweetness are seldom heard to curse. Tis thf stringent, oriel "St mixture, this soroe tlitnif inaile of n:iu 'lit. A'birh is never seen uor handled, although tis ' mien iauKiii : ' n apoi. u. Keeping, wnaiever oe I ?or this something made of nothing will stahd uie test oi tuue. Muwuutxt aeiainei. Til AI1S ROBBERS. "Good-bye, Connie. Be sure you write as soon as ever you get there. I don't half like the idea of your going away alone. I shall have the horrors until I bear that you have not been kid napped or murdered.' My friend bugged and kissed me, and finally let me go with great unwil lingness. 1 had been spending a few days with an old schoolmate in tlie pretty little town of G , on my way from Michi pan to vaiiiornia. hit nusuano naa call'l way In the morning on urgent business. Tbe latest baby was screamiug witn cramps or some infan tile allmeut, and there was no one to go witn me to the depot, or give me what she considered a proper Bend off. I returned her kisses and good-byes. not at all put out; being a rather inde- Ti. 3 t7i' w "l PUiCe' I a rwi ha Vtnrr Varff 1 f f f Ia ntinil vVvs n w acanvr " 'X. f " " Z . u'uu"- x H"."isi a ll.iougu ticket, and my trunk was checked to I deslination as 1 had not considered " neces-iary to nave n witn me on so i short a visit- My friend lived on a branch road, and I had several hours ride before I reached tbe city where I would meet the Overland. I arrived at the little station just as the train came in. 1 was greatly sur prised at the approach of the station agent, who stood on the platform out- aide. "Hello! here's my little deaf and dumb beauty 1" he exclaimed, and put out bis band In a respectfully, friendly manner. lie seemed to be addressing two men who stood near; one a rather tall, good looking man, with a blustering voice, and the other a small, s'y, mean-looking fellow. "She goes down on a pass every few months," the agent added. ..Amazement held me quiet at first. As Iht) case of mistaken identity came to me more clearly, my fun-loving dis position came to my aid, and 1 deter mined to carry on the farce, for the amusement there might be in it. So I smiled and bowed in a cordial way. lie accompanied me to the car, and waving aside the brakeman, who stood ready to help me in, assisted me up tue steps himself, as if my supposed infirm ity had taken away my powers of loco motion. The two men who were standing on the platform, followed. "Here's a nice little deaf mute, Charley." he said to tbe conductor, as he turned over a seat aud piled my few packages in lt. "1 don't believe she's been down since you've had tbe ruu. She's got on some new togs to-day, and looks uncommonly pretty, but don't you be making love to her," and be laughed at his own wit. "She's got a little tablet in ber hand-bag that she writes on." I was inwardly thankrul for this bint, and glad that 1 had my tablet on which I had taken notes of my journey, to fill out into letters to tbe friends at home. 1 kept my eyes discreetly lowered, fearing that I should not be able to keep my countenance and carry on the comely, and took my seat on tbe shady side near the center of tbe car. The two men were sitting behind me. Arranging myself comfortably I took a survey of the occupants of the car. One side, where the sun beat hotly in, was entirely deserted, and the few persons in front of me were ex tremely uninteresting. One poor woman was being pulled and hauled, and otherwise maltreated by ber I alf-dozen children. The older ones quarreled and fought and made themselves generally disaxreeable, while the baby yelled till I almost wished my fictitious deafness had been real. To my great joy, tbe incompetent mother removed herself and ber dreadful chil dren from the car a few stations ahead. Tbe conductor came in frequently and we carried on a written conversa tion, which was as remarkable for its penmanship, as for the astonishing stories I was obliged to Invent, to keep up my character as deaf mute The lew passengers dropped off one by one. Tbe day was hot, and the country through which we were passing uii interesting. I was sinking into a doze, when sud denly I became wide-awake at the sound of a terrible oath behind me. 1 raised my bead. The seats before me were empty. Feeling thirsty, I went to the end of the car for a arink of water. Then I saw that there was no one in the car but myself aud the two men who had come on board with me. An uncanny feeling crept over rue. Then I reflected that no barm would come to me, probably, in broa 1 day light, with conductor and brakeman passing through the car constantly, and on a road where there were liable to be any number of passengers at the first station. I took my seat again, and opened a box of candy with which I had provided myself, when I has again startled by the loud tones behind uie. "1 tell yer I won't have so many in it. The more there is in a job, the likel er it is to be found out, and the more there is to be giabbin fur the &wag. Tbe fewer the better, I whether you're goia' to do one maiav, a railroad tiain." n or "Well, don't yell so," remonstrated the other. 'What's tbe difference? "Who's coin' to hear?" tbe first speaker went on, in the same loud tone and with abundant oaths. "I get enough of whisperin, to I like to speak out when I git the chance. I don't want to for g t the sound ot my own voice." I like to be ou tbe safe aide," was tbe cautions answer. "You don't s'poee that deaf girl is rain to split on us, do ye? " Somebody might put a job up on us "I'll soon find out if she can hear," growled tbe louder voice. O, how I was beginning to repent my foolish act; the love of tbe fun that had brought me into this terrible situation. I dared not turn my head to see what the ruffian was about to do, for I was sure every drop of blood bad left my face. I could hear the man le ive bis seat and come into the one directly behind me, I fancied I could feel his breath upon my neck, and the thought niade my flesh creep. What would he do? Would he dare touch me? A thousand fears flashed through my brain like lighting. Should I rush out of the car in search of the conductor? Should I scream and pull the rope? In spite of all mv terror, one thought clung to me a' ove all others; that if possible, I must bold every nerve under iron control, aud not betray myself; for the little I h td heard, would surely make tbe men dangerous companions for a woman traveling alone All this went through my mind much quicker than I have written it, Tbe window behind me was opened. 1 pulled my veil more closely about my face, and leaned my head against the casing, for I was too much unstrung to sit upright. 1 clenched my hands, bit my lips, and closed my eyes. Sud denly there was a sharp reKrt of a pis tol and an unearthly yell almost in my very ear. I believe 1 was too paralyzed with terror to move a muscle. A brakeman opened the door. "What's up here?" he shouted. "Only shoot'n' at a jack rabbit," was the ready lie, with which he was an swered. I still leaned against the side of tbe car, faint nud weak. My tormeutor commenced to talk as soon as the brakeman closed the door. "She's safe enough. That yell would have raised a man dead a week. Give us your plans and let's settle up." Then began an earnest discussion. After the first few sentences my fears were forgotten. The course of the road changing, the sun became somewhat annoying where I sat; in the most commonplace manner Ks3ible I changed my seat so that I faced the speakers. I did this for the deliberate purpose of practicing the mean trait of evesdropping. "I b'lieve I could do the whole train alone." the loudest villain said. He took an enormous bite from a plug of tobacco, and generously offered the remainder to his companion. Several or the latter's front teeth were gone, and he gnawed and pulled In a vicious way to get his share, but was finally obliged to take out his knife, with which he look off a liberal slice. Then followed a well laid plan to rob the Overland train a few miles out of ltedfield. a lone'.y little station, a few hours ride beyond l..e city. One of their confederates would mset them at tbe city where the Overland stopped for an hour, and one whs already aboard the threatened train, to take observa tions, and would report to the others at their meeting place. Before we reached the next station their conference came to au end. "Every thing's settled so fur, mum's tbe word now." the loud man said, as we drew near the station. "Yes! it's settled as far as your wick edness can settle i'," I thought; "but mere may be a higher power that will overthrow your plans." My great deslie now was to secure an interview with the conductor, for I could do nothing alone. When he came in I smiled In my most captivating manner, and motioned him to a seat, opposite me, however, and with his back to the conspirators. 1 was afraid his countenance would betray his sur prise at the revelation 1 was about to make. He seated himself, and I wrote has tilv: "Take me some place where I may speak with you alone. I have some thing or the utmost importance to tell you." a he joltin? ol the train made the words well nigh illegible, but 1 was very impatient at the length of time be puz.lel over them. I was about to snatch the pater away and explain more fully, when be raised his eyes with a look which brought the blood to my face. I took the tablet from bun rather ur gently and wrote again: V ithhold your unmanly suspicions until you bear what 1 have lo say. Make haste I and do as I wish before we reach the next station," for I knew it would be necessary to use the telegraph there. He still looked puzzled and somewhat ashamed, and wrote briefly: ' Come into the parlor car and we can be alone." I arose, an 1 summoned to my face the most innocent expression I could assume. I had the greatest difficulty repressing a shudder as I passed the two horrible looking men ou my way out. I kept my eyes fixed resolutely on the floor, lest eveu by the fleetest passing glance I might betray my aversion, and arouse their suspicious. I followed tbe conductor silently into tbe drawing-room coach. W hen we were alone in tbe little compartment, I burst out with my story, forgetting tor the moment the role I bad assuoied. 'Good heavens!" he exclaimed. "Ar'nt you dumb?" "To, nor deaf, either." I answered. laughing in spite of myself, at his dazed expression. Then I began azain, and with more coherence and less vehemence, related all that I bad beard. My bearer was startled and surprised at first, but his coolness soon returned. lie thought it best for me to go back to my place, so as to divert all suspi cion. lie was to prepare a telegram to send from the next staLlon, to the sheriff ia the city (which was fortunately the county-seat) where we were to meet the Overland. lie was to ask the sheriff to have a number of deputies in readiness. and to give him a slight hint of the plot, advising the utmost secrecy. We bom agreed tnat. it wouia be foolish to arrest the two conspirators, until there was a sure case against ihem, and the whole gang could be se cured. I bad become as enthusiast c for their capture as tbe conductor him elf. With he recovery or. the use oi my tongue. my spirits and courage bad risen won derfully. I returned to the other car. A good many passengers had come in at the last station, and I bore their scrutiny calmly. My mind was re'ieved ot an awiui burden, tot I lelt that I had shared tbe levponsit Qitr with another, stronger and wiser than myself. Wiien we reached the city, I left ths car, and went into the lunch-room, or dering my lunch by my tablet, for I dared not give up my deception yet; I might be watched. 1 took my plact In the Overland, wonieriug very much what arrange ment the sheriff was making with the conductor. Night was coming swiftly on. 1 grew cold as I reflected what the next few ho irs might bring. I dared not stay away, and I was fr ghtened almost to death at being there. Knowing my self that I hat betrayed the ruffians. I was In deadly feir of their finding it out. Then I laughed at myself for my foolishness. They would ne er suspect me a'ter the cruel test to which I had been put. Every miuute which wore so si wly away seemed like an I our. I was get ting too wretche 1 and nervous to sit quiet auother minute, when the train started, with the ringing of bells, b.ow ing of steam, s ouliug and running wh'cb accomtianies such an event, 1 scanned every face t ear me for a sign. At his', the conductor entered. I noticed that he sciutin'zed every fe male passenger very c'osely. Wbeu he reached my seat be :biew the rays of bis lantern directly in my face. I dared not speak, but I gave him a most im ploring look. When he returned my ticket, he ap parently wrote on the little si p the usml cabalistic scratching, but iu real ity it bore the words: "AU right, keep up courage." I gave a long sih of relief, sank back in my seat, and covered my face with my bauds. It seemed as it ths dreadful eating of my heart would be heard on all sides. I can not tell how long we rutnblel aloi g iu the darkness. 1 can not judge of the time, for to me It seemed an eternity. Then the speed of tbe train slackened, aud we stopped. Then there was a rush of two or three men (who had sat near the door), to the platform, and I saw something shining In their hands. There was a sound of pistol shots, shouts and curses. I cowered more closely in my seat, with a whole some fear of stray bullets. It was all over in a few minutes. The obstructions which the robbers had placed on the track were removed, and we were flying over the rails again. There was a great hubbub and con fusion iu l':e car, and questions flew rig it and left As usual, the officers were very non-committal, and very few of the pa sengers really knew what had bapiened. By and by, my conductor (as I have often called him since) came in an I sat down beside me. "Are the men caught? Did any get away? Was anybody hurt? Tell me! quick I",I exclaimed, all in a breath. "Yes, they're caught! safely bagged iu band-cuffs and leg-no s. When the dumb speak, greit things are accom plished," he answered, gaily. Then he added in a sadder voce: '-Poor John ion, a brakeman, was shot dead. It will be sad news for the poor wife and lulls ones. Don't you want to see them? Come aud look at the pretty birds you helped lo cage." For the second time 1 follow d him, and he led me to the car where the robbers were con lined I glanced raildly over the g oup. Where was the man who had lost the teeth? The man who had gnawed an I torn at ti e piece of tobacco? The man wdiom I felt sure was the worst and wickedest of the lot? In my excitement I called aloud, and asked how be had escaped. The loud talking man recognized me at once. "Aha," he snarled, ra sing his mana cled bands, "you're the little divil we've got io thank fur this. You watch out. My pal got away easy enough and he'll make it 1 vely for ye, when he gets on to who blowed It, Ye'd better be dead than take what's beloie ye lur this niiihl's work." I paid slight heed to his threat, for my mind dwell more on the still figure of the brakeman, lying fo quiet under the sheet, whose wh teness was blotched with great spots of his life blool; on his stricken wife and helpless chil Iren. who had depended ujmjii his toil for their d.iily food. The men were taken off the train at the next Slat. on, and sent back lo the city under a strong guard, and weri? safely locked up in j iii lefore day break. There bad been a largj reward of fered for the apprehension of the loud ' talking man, who was wanted on a charge of murder. In sp.te of my protests the cptora declared that it should be given to me. The very thought that it was blool money made the acceptance of it ab borent to me. After a gocd deal of correspondence on the subject, with their concurrence, 1 turned tlie inoi.ey ever to the wife of the dead brakeman, feeiing that Hi re was a sort cf jioetic justice in the deed. lhe robbers weie sentence I to long terms in the penitentiary. The mui derer met with his deserts upon the scaffold. The fame of my exploit had gone be fore me, and when I reached my Cali fornia Iriends 1 found myself quite a heroine, though 1 tried to bear my hon ors meekly. I have never seen ths escaped robber, a; d have never been molested. Sad, when the night ts unusually dark, or when I am alone or unprotected in i.ny Ion-y siot, 1 seem to s. e that scowling face, and thos large yellow fangs gnawing at the tobacco, and I shud'ler at the thought tint some day 1 may see him iu real it '. Suzar on Oysters. The sallow-faced celestials in this city aro more particular as regards their di et than most people supjsjse, says the Portland Me. Ejprcx. One of them, who enjoys the distinc tion of being the wealthiest in ton, came into a down-town oyster house tho other night, took his seat at a mar ble topied table and asked the waiter for a "law." The deft, white aproned waiter stroked his smooth shaven chin reflectively and replied: "A what?'' "A law," repeated John, "law oys ters." "Oh, yes," and soon a plate of the tempting bivalves, reposing in their shells, lay before him. He removed the lemon and sprinkled a oopions sup ply of sugar over them sad began his attack. As he walked to the counter, paid his bill and departed, the waiter smiled aloud with a "Well, that's one way to eat oysters." 77i disinfecting nowar nf animal gas IS such that when introdncMi inti sewage it very quickly destroys the mi 'roues oi puireiacuun tnd of many dut a ee- NEWS IN BRIEF. Examining physicians say that al !ohol and ton icco are largely responsi ve for the color blindness with which aige numbers of applicants for posi tions on railways are affected. It is known that the bellows were used in Egypt in the tune of Tothmes II L, one ot the Pharaohs 14'JO B. C from a picture on a tomb of that date bellows made of leather bag", worked by men standing upon them, are Ibown. A petrified apple was discovered at Harrington. Me., reetntly. by some boys. It had been changed to the color af marble The stem aud blossom were ipparently as perfect as when the fruit (ell from "the tree. A child born in I) -iituark Is con lidered to be a Dane only w bile he re mains in that country. Biith In Portu gal confers Portuguese nationality un lest the child formally renounces it. Two French painters. MM, De lord and Pierre Carner-Belleuse, have received an order from au Auiericau company to paiut a panorama of the two gre it journeys of Henry M, Stan ley through Africa. Once again the Weather Bureau advertises a cold wave. It Is struggling very hard to help out the plumber, the coal dealer and the seiler of sealskiu sacques. But do you know- bow large a portion of the community is happy to get along wiihoul winter clothes or extra fuel? Aocoidiiig to Dr. Talmage Solo mon at one time possessed $.'t,4lK).0U0. 900 in gold and $o, 140,1 00,.'i;;7 iu silver. How happy Solomon must have been along about this time of the vea-. But, of course, he had no l'hlladelpuia stores in which to spend his money. In Xew Zealand, whcie rabbits are a great pest, they aie poisoned with malt, sown in furrows, as turnip seed would be sown; they feed at dusk and Iu the early morning. In a fortnight 10.000 rabbits were destroyed with ouly eight bushels of poisoued malt, ou the Ulen Erin estate, near Kynetou. The beautiful Earl crematory and chapel in Troy, X. Y., cemetery inter ests all travelers who visit it. The structure is of Westerly granite, and at the south end is a square tower ninety feet high. A low loggia connects this with the chapel, and in a room west ot tlie chaiel is the crematory proper, tn which stands a retort constructed on the Yeiiiul system. The building was presented to the city by W. S. Earl, a a memento of his son. A St. Louis man who remembers when Henry M. Stanley acted as cor resiHMideut for a newsparier iu that city with General Hancock's Indian exiedi tin, says the explorer at H at time signed his name John Rowland and ex plained that be signed "Henry M. Stanley" as a correspondent out of re spect to the Xew Orleans merchant of that naioe who bad befriended blm when a boy. The natural cunning of the fox was shown at Xew Ipswich, X. II. A fox that was started by a hunter ran directly to a pond and passed around the edge on the ice as near the open water as possible, 'l he dogs followed closely, aud, coming upon weak ice, broke through, and but lor help given them would have drowned. Meanwhile Keynaid scaped to a place of safety. Iu parts of Brooklyn the excellent custom has been adopted of placing ou street lamps the numbers of the houses nearest to w hich Ihey stand. This is a great convenience to people who are searching for a certain number in the dark of an evening, since the general methods of displaying house number are far from satisfactory. The idea is not new, having beeu adopted in New York al least ten years ago. A caseof particular interest to men who insure their lives for the lienetil of their wives was recently decided in St, Louis. The case was i no In w hicli a man had taken out such a policy. Ill" wife died, and he married again hav ing children by both marriages. At his death a dispute arose as to who was entitled lo the insurance. The decision of the court was Hint, as the Insurance was taken out for the lieneSt of the first wife, her children alone were en titled to the money. A curious case of out of the frying pan Into the fire occurred In Sydney, Xew South Wales. An evangelist was addressing a crowded meeting when a panic arosa among the auilieiice. The caretaker promptly threw open the es cape doors, but fotgot th're was an ex cavation 14 feet deep outside of one of them, ma le for a promsed enlargement of the building. Into this pitfall the jeople tumbled as they rushed out, the majority fortuna'ely escaping with nothing more than a severe shaking. Three of the new States Montana and the two Dakotas have given to women tlie right to vote at school elec tions. They have also provided that only one-third of the school lands can be sold at a time, and there must be an interval of five years between the offer ing of each portion, and none must be sold, unless after fifteen yearn, for less than ten dollars an acre. If these pro visions are honorably carried out, the school systems of these Stales will have asp.endid endowment. Sir Henry Isaacs, the new Lord Mayor tf London, is the third Jew who has tilled that office since the dale of Its institution, just 700 years ago. Henry Fitz-Elwin, who first held the office, was appointed by tl.e Crown. The two previous Ixrd Mayors of the Jewish lersiiaslon were Sir David Solomon and Sir Benjamin Phillips, aud curi ously enough, the year 19 ), during which Sir Henry Isaacs w ill exercise his authority, is the lioutli anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews from Eng land by King Edward I. There Is a rich family of the name of Lofting iu England whose fortune was founded by the thimble. Tbe firs' ever seen in England was made in I-on-don less than 2,00 years ago by a metal worker named John Lofting. Its use fulness commended it at once to aii who used the needle, and Ixif ling ac quired a large fortune. It was then called the thumb-bell, it being worn on the thumb when in use. aud Its shape suggesting the rest of the name. This clumsy mode of utilizing it was soon changed, however, but the name, soft ened into "thimble," remains. Fih-ment does not contain more phosphorous than ordinary butcher's meat. The benefit which brain-workers are said to derive from a diet of fish should therefore be ascribed, not to t' e phoshorous but to the greater digestibility of the fish, Svr V x'lxam Gull says that when fagged out by professional work be re cruits his strength by eating raisins, tad net by drlnk'ng w lae oi LiaxiJ, ... '
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