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THE CONSTITUTION-THE UN I ON-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. SUV
tryith.n ttast year- U now
"B" ..-r!:llltlia eleCtflCltT
will kilL
Tn wea'.li' wen so uiuu
til eV-s
tit . . . - . -
ttitre is a speedy
,er. there is rea-
a:n to trt-
. f.i roliler
w-a.
iprte!;,na.i.i-..; to next year'.
Iriut prost'-'1-''-
nrtuTH.tte "city f t unsalted
to tir.7eJ by rioctor Knott,
. prf deal more than re lixed the
r!.".,nni of i: founders. Some
STrf lu bu-.ne-s activity and enter-
juc-
I.-.J by tl;e statement that
prti
if Turn:
. .r. run'Oiai..' 11
has contracted
JOW,:.or tee!sh.p p'.ate. The
ir, tot u- 1:1 t:" c'D'tt1'00
of iveusrr.U vessels of 30,000
ioiisa-:i.t"i-;'
cava . a4 w -..-
. . . -i r ,.!.
V.J Vr.il.
BRM ho'i'-i lhe uews;.ipr men
,rf 1 oii.l.m 1 y C.v;iu' Hen. a .special
,,t.:.i:ii.'"t "' -It: apart for
tier use tie l.ms uua'ily reserved
f,ir' mval-T. Tims tli shrewd ahow
nj..n tn ki. -i tl.e v.n.ity of the scribes by
mruiitiiis tli.it t. Lis mind they are
tu equisof kii'.s and princes. But
Banium e.i tl.e newspapers a good
turn. f-T no ev,r '!ived h
mount of free advertising in his busi
mu that Haitium has had from the
Lon-Ko k-vi f !' I' never got
aiiylli.iig like It m tl.e I'niteJ States.
Ai.M"r eery day turii.sl.es an illus
tratii'n of tlif ii-rfc.it for the Inter
national M.n me Conference. Becently
tl.e steamship ty of Paris came into
collision with another steamer In the
Kiver Mersey, a'el now the Britannic,
while careering ovt-r tlie IrUli Sea, has
ruii :u!o a:iI s .tik a '.iw-jaee.l brij;an
tiae, wlilrh. iml-r any reasonable rule
of tlie roail at s. a, was entitled to im
niuiiity from ilan- i fr.'tn fuoh a source.
Tj riil-s of mai .time travel may have
Dewifl revision, et tliey certainty
KuanM a;:iir)'t sucli reckltnes in a
crowded waterway as as ilisplajeJ by
the officers of the ltntantiic.
It" (tKEAT llMTUV
war fur the j'0s:oi
Suutb Africa, sl.e ! .
opportunity to Jo
BftiOQ of tiie l'or' .v
Metuier on tlie r v i ' '
ilown tl.r r.rit
If it really o- ..: .-.. m
v mis to po to
i t-rritory in
n giveu the
tlie reported
:u boarding a
... and hauling
Tins incident,
v.'l torce Salis
ction, and polit
.; art from any
Li.iy to soil.
1 ct
"ti - ?...; ! . e t an to create a
ilirer-ioi a:': 1 There Is nothing
hk a war .'. . -.njtiieninj or break
ing the iart ' at li.i( pens to be In
power, for lie n a war comes. It is
treason to poe "the (Jovernment,"
which Is the ailmiuistratioti, unless In
dead the war sli.mM ) a failure, iu
which c.'.e the rului ;owirs have
ta(o.
Thr Hungarians of Clearfield county
miut hereafter forego their christening
fetes. Ju.le Krebs has so informed
them. The fetes -ot tlie county too
much. If tliey were the occasion tt
only a few arr st.s now an l then the
taxpayers ..ul.l not mmd It much
paying for tl.e fun. But there's the
fl.tfkulty. The Huns are indiscreet.
Whenever a tiew Hungarian is to be
curistetieil piepiratums are made on a
prodigal scale. No christening is con
iiuertd. wholly successful unless a few
of the participants are gathered in by
the
police. Siuti au i vent therefore
uiuailv ccst.s th county from J.1 to JjOO
for arrests, tx-ards .f prisoners and
and truj. Ju.;e krel.s has decided
Uiat chr.steuins aaini the Huns
are u exieuMVa a luuxy for Clear-
It U couutj.
Ijt New Vouk, as in rTiiladelphla,
public schiH l teachers have to be drop-
Pi heu the nuuilr of pupils in a
last falls below a fixed minimum. But
the teachers do not therebv lose their
Places as such,
rolli ai.,t the
They are kept on the
Ward Trustees are re- I
quired to afpolut thetu h vacancies ai
ooo as ther occur. This seems to be
a good systenu It. gives a certain de-
V of security of employment to
thou who have devoted many years to
viuiririi skill in their profession.
aud it secures for the schools the
irust T:lable number of ex
perwnce.l teachers. Under this
role the teaching staff of the Jfew
Tork aciasi's is measurably fixed.
though iK ii.e of the teachers may be
Wnrporanly unemployed.
At.Tnoi r.ji a very heavy death rate
a repoiu-j m nearly all the large cities,
due to diseases of the respiratory or-
tiinsinrulent to "la cr pre" or to the
leather, it is not t be inferred that
the death rate for the vear will tter
fore le greatly Increased. Many cf
those who are carried eft are already
in- weakened condition and ttelr
deaths are hastened by the tpidemic.
taese known facts ahoulJ not excite
Harm so much as caution. At such a
asou ruoie thau usual care should be
'ken o( the geueral health, and colds
ur iimiiar disoruer that might be al
lowed to run their course at otter timei
to be carefully looked after by a
competent physician. In New York
"wutiy the number of deaths sum
beid U(j; against 793 as the average
lor the enrre.. ponding weeks cf the last
sars. The increase was due to
It increased, number cf deaths from
tases of the respiratory organs.
The death rate for the first week of
January usually from 24 to 23 per 10 P,
ruu up to 39. lioston, which Is an
wpos,l city that suffers a great deal
(rum pneumonia and s.milar affections.
. . I fHE GOVERNOR 3AVED HER.
VI si.-v.-w I - I DWnVJIMK ""a. I I DV I
Foolish Clrl'w Infatuation for
DSDrat Criminal.
In one of the Indiana prisons is a
convict who is serving a life sentence
for the commission or one or the most
hornb e crimes, says the Indianapolis
Aercs. It has been said that do man is
so bad that he has not friends. The
friends or this man from the beinn n?
of his aenU-nce have never cei to
work for his pardon. Influenzal citi
zens aud public officials have been in
duced to write personal letters to all
the Governors who have had office since
tli term of his confinement began,
l'elition after petition lias been pre
pared and hundreds of signatures se
cured. It is related that at one time a Gov
ernor was almost persuaded to pardon
tne man. The sentlmeut in his favor
seemed fairly overwhelming. As a
last precaution he sent for his private
secretary to talk over the whole case
iih tlie prisoner himself. The pris
oner iold his story forcibly, but so
trhlily as to Indicate that he had care
f illy prepared it and committed it to
tnetuory. As his lecital closed he drew
a pUotograph of a beautiful young wo
man from his pocket.
-The first thing I shall do when I
aui released will be to marry this girl,"
lie raid.
"Who Is iheT" asked the visitor.
"She i Miss M. ,' he replied,
"anl is the daughter or one or the rich
est aud proudest families of the city of
. fche will marry tue the muiute I
am set free.
"flow do you happen to know
her?"
"Ob, that's all right. She visited the
prison one time and I got acqainted
with her. She fell in love with me at
first sight. Don't worry about me;
I'm solid with her."
The secretary looked at the photo
graph a.tin. The face shown there
was delicate and refined, and every line
indicated the confiding truthfulness of
innocent girlhood, lie looked at the
pr'soner. In his eye was a wicked leer
of triumph. Kvil and sin were stamped
upon every feature. When the secre
tary made report to the Governor lie
told the story of the photograph. The
C lief Executive pondeied over it
awhile, then bringing his fi t down
upon his desk with a force that set all
its light furniture to rattling, he said:
'The photograph settles it. That
sweet girl and the happiness of her
home and friends must not be ruined
by any act of mine. The prisoner
must serve his time."
An Impertinent Question.
"Ves, I saw that account of the
aeronaut who made an asceusiou from
Honolulu and fell into the sea to be
devoured by s'mrks," replied the man
iu the plaid ulster, "and it forcibly re
minded me of my own adventures ou
the l'acitic coa-t."
IVeing urged t. give us the story in all
Its details, he hesitatingly confuted,
aud said:
"Iu the year 1SC0 I made an ascen
sion from San Francisco. Tlie upper
current of air txk me out to sea, as in
this case. We had no parachutes in
those fays, but the balloou was iutlated 1
for onlv a short trip. When ten miles!
at sea it began to descend, and where
do you suppose I landed?"
'In tlie water, of course," replied
Hi man from Milwaukee.
"But 1 didn't. I gently descende I
on the deck of a Urge ship, which ha I
been dismasted m a storm and aner-w.i-d
abandoned by her cre-v. She was
Ux.ded with a cargo worth SPJU.UO.
and I ja led her into port and got l .j,-
l O 1 sal vag iror share. "
Vcu didl i on say she was ins-
m iMed?"
Ves, sir."
Theu how did von ail her in?'T
"Io you doubt my words, sir?"
"Oh, uo; but 1 want the particu
lars?"
Well, sir, I sailed her in, as I said
before, and that's enough. Anv one
who wanUany further particulars win
be considered as doubting my veracity,
an l it is needless to add that the man
w ho doubts my veracity
Here he took from his pocket a iar?e.
long knife, tried the edge on hi inumo
na l, and after a glance aroun.l, re
turned it to its aheath. No furtner
particulars were askeJ for. and the
subject of conversation was cuauca i
Hber pastures.
Little Cray Ghost.
A big farmhouse near Belleville, N.
J hail lonir stood tenantless an.l oore
ii... nnuutioD of being haui.t.Hl. At
last a young Tanner anu ins w ue uio
... .r m. tnoislv nominal reuw au uu-
.rti.t.rKitterinz on the stair frigiiteu-
g, the couple half out of their wits the
tirst nii?ht and the wife tried to per
uaJe her consort to get up an l Investi
gate, l'or an hour he argued desper
ately with her on the advisability ot ly
ing still. . , ..... ...
She declared, afspairmgiy, uu i.o
wouldn't invest igateshe muvstdie or get
herself. Finally they enecieu a
compromis' by creeping out of bed to
get her. They lit the lamp and lookel
emnttoosly out tlie chamber door. The
rir.t plane eolvel me mysierj. i s
iuirrels swarmed upon all
the
landings and every one of them hal a
big -
1U1'1'IJ " '
usel garret, wuere some i"H"'"
teuant had place I them long aeo.
The
I gquifjei, arrarged themselves in gangs
I on eACh landing, and those at the topof
tw. rarried the nuti one by one
out of the garret and sent theua rolling
down the utairs to the next lamiing.
where thev were receiveu oy me gu
f.r them, and DUSLeu uowu au
t.-, Hi.rhi. In this wav they reacneu
an old cellar, which was evidently the
..irrl' storeroom. ior n was wen
..,.v.l with nuts. They were tians-
frrimr the supply irom auic io vv
- - a -
went.
Fame and Poverty.
Tf.hM not uecessa'T to fame.
IxMiisa M. Alcott was so poor that she
had to make her own bonneta. of the
deepest materials, too, when all the
world was reading "Little Borneo."
S. S Cox, whose name is known all
over the United states, ieit uujj o,-w
when he died. Tootle are accustomed
to envy famous people their reputation.
Io m ny cases they would refuse the
fame if it were offered them together
with the struggle and poverty that go
with it. -
Ca-iseless anger lesembles waves
without wind.
It is better to uffer an Injury than to
commit o&e.
MIFFLINTOWN.
How Ho Secured tha Property of
His Dead Pal,
""Would TOU like to hear &
about crooks?" aked a wn.knwi
gambler of a Boston
Globe writer re-
centlv.
"Certa'nly, was the reply, "if it Is
a gend one."
"You shall judge for yourself as to
tliat. It is a curious story, to say the
least, and one, the like of which I have
never read or heard of in all my experi
ence through the country. ltwasinlSKo,
while dealing with the bank in Xew
York, that I met a fellow named Tom
Clinch. That was not his true name,
ts I afterward found out, but It is good
tnough for the purpose, so I will let it
go. Tom was a big, strong, manly
looking fellow of perhaps 30 years, and
it was his custom to come every night
to the place where I worked to 'buck
the tieer. Sometimes he would win,
but ortener he would lose. This did
not seem to embarrass him much, for
lie always carried a roll, and although
I knew that he did not work, no one
could tell me how or where he got bis
money. Suddenly he disappeared, and
it was several months before I saw him
azain. When he did make his appear
ance, however, he had plenty of money,
and as I gradually grew to know him
better, he got confidence In me and we
used often to chat about our business
affairs or our past life and adven
tures. "It was not until then that I found
out that he was a burglar, and a noted
one at that, although he was not very
well known to the authorities of New
York, all his work having been done in
the West.
"One night I chancel to ak him
what had become of a friend of his cal
led Jack, whom I had often seen in his
company previous to the time he had
disappeared.
"His face grew thoughtful when I
asked the question, and it seemed to
me that a tear trickled down his cheek
as he answered: 'It's a queer story, but
it you'd like to hear it I'll tell you.
Jack is dead, poor fellow; If he had
lived, all the money that I have now
would have been his.
" 'We started away from Xew York
for a trip through the Wi st, doing
"housework." you know, and for a
month or two all was plain sailing.
Then, as luck would have it, we stum
bled into a little city in Colorado,
where both of us were known, a'
though we were not aware of it at the
time.
" 'We started to "go through" a house
In the suburbs and were followed by
the chief of police and a few officers.
After we got in the house they sur
rounded it anil called on us to come out
and give ourselves up.
"'This would never do, so we de
cided to make a fight for it. I suc
ceeded in getting away with only a
flight wound upoi my left arm from a
bui.et, but poor Jack was killed, a bul
1 t from the pistol of the ch:ef of po
lice going through his heart. Of coiir-e
1 kept in biding anl should have gone
away from the place but for one tiling
J .ck and 1 had been in the habit of
liu . ing lottery tickets every month, and
the list of winners was in the uaiiy pa-
rs on the morning following the dav
that Jack was killed. My ticket had
drawn nothing, but I found on reading
tiie list the tick-t that Jack had in his
picket when killed had drawn $ 15,000,
aud 1 made up my mind then anj there
that I would uot leave the placd until I
had either the ticket or the money that
U had drawn.
'"It seems that the Chief of Police,
in going thr.-ugh Jack's clothes, had
found the ticket, and he of course also
knew that It had drawn a b g prize, tut
for some reason or other he was airaid
lo get it cashed from the city in which
he held office. He also knew that I
knew he had the ticket, but did not
fear me, for if 1 went forward to claim
i', I could easily have been sent to ihe
iehiteutiary for the burglary- As it
w ts I was uukuown to him rsouaily,
while he was known to me, and so
you see 1 had but Utile fear of b-duj
caught.
" 'Fifteen thousand dollars was too
nine It money to let go by. It was more
than he could earn in several years or
work at the salary he was getting,
while if I got it 1 would then have
enough to start some good business, set
tle down and live like a resjecUble
man. At last news reiched my ears
that tlie Chief of Police had resigned
his position and was about to leave the
ritv. From that time i seldom let him
get out or my sight, and when he
started away I was with hlin, and even
in the same car, although he did not
know i
" 'Well to make a long story short.
he went to Xew Vork and put up at
one of the best hotels. 1 had ths next
room to him. He got the lottery uckei
castied from there, aud then, after a
few davs of sight-see ng, be sianeu
back for the little Colorado city. Iur-
ng all this time I had bad no chance to
get at the mouey, alihougn l Knew d
bad it witn iiimaiiiue inue. ani-m
home, however, he was not so vigilant,
aud 1 found out that he had stowed it
away ia a small safe in his own
hous.
" 'The first time he was home wa the
on'y time that 1 con d get the coin, for
I lelt pretty certain mat. i wjuiu uu
all or a part of it the next day. So, a -ter
the lights were put out and every-
tuuig became quiet in nis nouse, x en-
.i thrnuvh one of the windows, and
going to the safe I had but little trouble
iu oining tr. i uere was m uraucj
crisp, new bank notes, in 51.000 bills.
1 hurriedly pit it in my pocket, and
leaving the house, I caught the night
express for the East, and was many
miles away before the ex-chief of police
li-covered his loss, and I'll bet the little
Colorado city did not contain a madd-T
man than he was when he discovered
it.
"He stopped t'.ero," said the na-Ta-tor.
"and i thought he had finished, but
after a moment he went on: 'I brought
all the money east, intending to divide
it evenly with the widow oi my oiu pai.
I. nt vltnn I arrived fher I found that
.i i.o.i ii .lied, and so the whole of
tl.e big lottery prize leil to ma, ana i
think I worked hard foe it, don't
t AllV
"There, that Is the story, juat as I
heard it from the lips ot the man him
self. He is a respected citizen in one of
tiw irre cities in Xew York State, and
not one man in five thousand who
knows biro, knows how be got his start
on the right road.
The famous "rocking stone" t
B ienos Ayres weighs close on to
mnc but nevertheless It can easily
m..vad b one man. and, indeed,
n tn sivan br the wind. It rests
tbe ryrtfaJnlol.TJ.U.
JUNIATA COUNTY. PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 22.
THE DANCE OF DEATH
A Merry. Laughing Bride' Last
Waltz.
Some thirty years ago there occurred
at Fort Union, X. M., an affair of such
ghostly character as to stamp Itself in
delibly on the minds of all connected
with it. Many are still living who can.
according to the St. Louis Glob Demo
crat, vouch for the truth of the story,
incredible in all its supernatural details
as it may appear. Mrs. C, the wife of
one of the officers stationed here at that
time, had a young sister of her husband
visiting her from an Eastern city.
This girl, so beautiful and fascinating
as to win hearts almost without an ef
fort, was of alight and careless nature
that recked liule ot what pain was
caused to others) as long as her own
pleasure was secured. Lieutenant O.,
one of the most gallant and bravest
young officers in the service, was one of
her earliest vicunas, and became com
pletely Infatuated with the young lady,
who, while she found only amusement
in his earnest devo ion. still allowed
him to hope that he might ultimately
win her hand.
While she was pursuln? this heart
less sport news ws received at the fort
f an Indian raid on adefenseleas farm
house some twen'y miles away, and as
the treacherous Ai a:hes hal particu
larly distinguished themselves on fiis
occasion for cruelty and outrage, a de-tachm-ut
was at once detailed to find
and punish them. Lieutenant O. was
placed in command, and as his errand
was one of dan.er and from which be
ndght never return, he resolved to as
certain his real position with the object
of his affections. Whether it was from
a lack of principle or a weak dedre lo
s-nd her lover off with a light heart,
was never known but Miss C un
doubtedly gave him her promise to
marry hiui, should he return, or to re
main single for his sake should be lose
his life on the expedi ion. At any rate.
Lieutenant O. was beard to say, as he
bade his sweetheart good-by:
"If I cannot have you, no one else
ever shall. I will come back to claim
you, dead or alive."
In a few das the detachment re
turned, but the gallant young Lieuten
ant was not with it. The Indians bad
been encountered In a narrow canyon,
anj won the ti.:lit, the soldiers being
corn pel ied to beat a hasty retreat.
When they collected themselves they
found that the Lei tenant, dead or
i,a.l i .-fr n. flol.l
wh ,:.! ,h hi. tllPni
next day to look for him, no trace of
his body could be found.
Miss. C. seemed utterly indifferent
to the Tate of her lover, aud soon an
nounced her Intention of marrying at
au early date a young man who had
followed her from the East. The oc
casion was to be made one of great i
festivity, and all the fashionable ele-'
meut of the p3st was invited to partici- .
pate.
i he marriage ceremony was xonowen l
.V.. '1 . .
ne.-Mi w iieu sue luuu um w
was heard above " '' " TZTvi"f ..r2,
ele -C A cll wind,ic7and unuaI, !""ed breastpin containing an ambro
stept through tbe'rooms,
Ump to burn as blue as corp e lights, - JrbSa
and a diea ,.ful cr, lt , rMVery day wore this pin.
hoT ThetXarfand tofi of rusty black a.pLa.
thoi'lithey8 coulJ las yet give no real j Wn? 'aIJw
sou for the uncanny feeling, huddle 1 ""h ed g r4u and wh tlul'
close t.getlier, shuddering d looking i JVprtn timiomer oug vS
at each other with white race it was a muddy, rainy day. and when
Unite tbey stood expecting . they I platform .i pulled off
knew not what, a hgure came ghding on
Into the room, at the sight of wh ch , Tben,;ubbin? i., l(0rjT ,iauu8
many of the lads fainted and the ,..,' .... . .
meu felt themselves turn coia ana u.e
hair rise on tueir heads. It was that of
a man that had lain dead aud unburied
f..r a loeir time, for the corroded flesh
w is dropping loul and discolored from
hrs bauds aud face, while a tattooed
uniform, covered with blood and mold,
hun rotting about a swollen, horrible
figure.
lheeyesoi inis appanuuu
open, with the hxed "tare of the dead.
but in the r glassy depths burned a
light not of earth, but lurid and dread-
ful beyond descrlpt on. Thick drops
of coanulated blood were slowly falling
from the akull, from whlcn the hair
was gone, showing the Indian scalper s
woik, aud on the left temple was the
crisscross mark ot a tomahawk, but iu
pit ot Its .iisnguremeui. an recog..
without difficulty the figure to be that
of vouuir Lieutenant U,
It went
straight to tne untie, wuo .un.
aloud ana ciung io me arm oc u wen- aIlow wt,iper n In my
i,Uh insensible bridegroom, but the Mind that, , never ,jka t(J
bloody, ghasily form drew her Into its ,,unlsu boys and girls, but I can do it
embrace and dragged her forward ontojf DeceS8alyf aml j. wuip sometimesl"
tl.e floor. I The Dunila assembled in Mile srouns
.... .rt.r.qri iiaj
rh:r d that thev Were UllCOUSC OUS O
what they were do ng, began to play
sort of music unearthly aud weitd, ai
i he s;ecter, claspiug the fainting woi
an to Its bosom, oauced about in i
i iJeous mockery of gayety. The gues
w.th the br degroom, coald only loi
on, t o horrided of move. Round aJ
round weut the pair until the convuld
features of the woman were Been to fc
coioe fixed an I pallid wllh the r gidy
and pallor of death, and then, aud t
till then, dil thei-pecter relax Its hi
and suffer its victim to fall to the 11 J".
The lights were suddeuly extingulssd
aud tlie whole house was left in er
darkness, while the fearful cry bt-d
i-efore was repeated agsia and ado,
Wh-n a light was finally obtainedad
tiaceof the fhantoin lad disappere.l
and only the dead body of the woiau
was lound.
The incident was look el upon a so
remarkable and beyond beliet tha. .
party of gentlemen who bad been rre
eut and witnessed that dance of otaU
resolved to satisfy themselves tbat aeed to afraiJ of m if you d
trick bad been perpetrated, lliey cwuafg riKht; but if you willfully do
cordingly went in person to the spo mbnVa wrong. y u'll be afraid before
where Lieutenant U. was supposea
a. k i 1 . r'AHafni kburnh
lava lu&b ui liir. vaiuw
ally revealed a half-decayed body liana
ing iu me irancnes 01 a vreo J"Sje ivg had
ted Irom tlie wall 01 me cauyou
way down the cl.ft, over which it ha
evidenUy been thrown. This .body.
being recovered, was unmisiaaao.
ma. 01 liieuk kj., uiu
identical appearance, even to
sea net heal ana tue mars: 01 m
tomahawk, which was a peculiar on..
as the specter wedding guest bad don.
The body was brought
DaCK W
place and buried by the
false woman whom the
Lieutenant had
loved so welL lhei
graves are yet to be seen
care to search them out.
by
1 . . , " ,. , ,.ebellion on the paitof the boys, but
Tliot which recently excited the clos unwui,ng to acknowledge dtfet.
attention of the observers of tlie Pons. k coun3i U)K(it er to see what they
Bro ks comet was the remarkab!uM Uo to 8ub,ilie Miss Betsev, who
changes in the intensity of the bright, tho formidabie foe they had
ness it presented from time to time. BMt ;n thtlr connection with the
25
be
is
on
The strangest trees are the first
led.
Away.
T eannnt sar. and T will not uv.
That be Is dead. He is just away !
With a cheery rnntle. and a wave ot the hand
He has wandered into an unknown Luid.
And left us dreaming how very fa'r
It needs must be, .luce be ltngeia tnere.
A ik1 too O. you who the wildest yearn
1 ur the old lliue step and the glad return.
Think of him faring on, as dear
la the love of itieie as the love ot her a
And loyal still, as he cave the blow.
Of bis warrior strength to his country's foes
Mild and gentle as he was brave.
V hen the sweetest love of his life he cave
To simple things: Wnere the violets crew
fure as the eyes they were likeueu ta.
The touches of his hand have stayed
As reverently as his hps have prayed.
When the little brown-thrush that harshly
chirred
Vu dear to hiim as the mocking bird;
And he pitied as much a. a man In pain
A wrilliui; houey bee wet wlih raiu.
Think of him still as the same. I say.
He is uot dead he u just away!
MISS BETSEY'S VICTORY.
Every one in the district said that
the board of diiectors had done an un
wise thing in b ring a woman to teach
the winter term of the Long Lane
school. Mr. Jason Perry, President of
the tchool board, heard these words of
Jisapproval with a grin and sly chuckle,
in1 raid:
"Well, just wait untd you've seen
her, and mebbe you'll change your
mind."
'l reckon," said old Mrs. Peel, con
temptuously, "she's one of lh?se
meechin', mealy-mouthed, too-sweet-for-anythlng
young women, and Jason
thinks she can wheedla the bad boys
into mindln' her like they do in story
books; but she'll find out diff 'rent when
she comes to tackle t' em Gerry and
Bunker boys and Tom Lee and a lew
of the others."
But Miss Betsey Pike did not look
very "meechin' " nor "mealy-mouthed"
when she opened her school and stood
behind her de.sk facing the boys before
uam-d, and the other forty or more
pupils comprising the lestof the school.
Sue was a stranger in the district,
nd there had been all sorts of rumors
Afloat regarding her age and personal
appearance.
One of these rumors was to the effect
."'at .miss c ifc.e was uui aeveuvecu jwni
of and that she was a "mere slip of
a thine." a raid to say ooo to a
i goose," so that the pupils of the school
were not a little surprised when they
stocd in the presence of Miss Betsey
herself.
I She was almost six feet tall, and
'could not have been less than forty
j years of age. Her thin, black hair,
well streaked with gray, was combed
back straight and tight, and twisted
into a knot not much larger than a
waln.it.
Her long neck was guiltless of girlish
Wcawa. but had folded
around it a
nlnii cimrluun handkerchief, fastened
sTLe Uuoat with an immeuse old-lasti-
to tne Wmder,ni school:
,,ks,
Hooks! b. oksl books!'
The boys aud girls went to their seats
(with less noise than was usual on such
occasions. When all had taken their
seats, Miss Pike said:
"Xow I hope we shall get along to
gether without any trouble, and we
ttl.all if vr.li nt.1v mind na aa v.. . . 1 1 . r 1. f
, wm noUlimJ of you tbat ,8u.t
f Xow
hooks and go to work, and -no
;.,i8Iie.rj11,j:"
(,ne of MiM pike,g gli eJ f(,
came Jown veryfa8t on tie plaU,,rnj as
p,ie ke llw UM two woras wmch lild
caUed forln fay th(J attion of
aU(, gjrls wllose beads v ere
u .lL.iuU8ly cl u.gelher.
T( e tocher's Voice had
not
tieen
even
mrBn of unkind and
she bad
smiled pleasantly while speaking; but
uqw rfie very 8barply
... . . "
outside the school house, and discussed
.he new teacher during the noon in'er
uussion. "Xotbing very meechin' 1out herl"
said Cy Gerry. "I dou't think she's
likely to take any of us up into Iter lap
an.i coddle as, is she?"
"Xtt much!" responded Hadley Bun
ker. If she takes us on her lap, it'll
I e for some other reason. But I'll tell
you what. I'm not a-goin' to let any
woman teacl.er boss me!"
"Nor rue, eitherl" said Grezory
Gerrish, boldly. "I ain't afraid of
herl"
"I guess you won't say so to her
face." said Tom Lee.
'Yes. I would.
"Well, say so then!" said a sharp,
ringing voice, and the surprised boys
turned about anl saw Mu-s Pike look
ing out of a window close by them, her
arms folded over her chest, a grim smile
on her. and her eyes flashing otninoi.sly.
,d b-tt.r k-ii, -,.a V..J to
It you're not afraid of me, young
(. "You'.e n ne of vou anv
c,, d wUu ut
nn
fter makl3 tUi9 gpech. but none of
.,Ild .,, sllB ranl the bell thev walked
:.., ftnd thelr 8pat,
Before a week had passed, it became
uIent tl,e boldest of the bad boys
";h:.t U u ltetsev was net in the least
' f fth She had shown this bv
v.:.. .. ... 1.1 ui,i.,.nj mnndk
,a ,n hi8 ears for whifpjring, and
t 1 mumbled something iu u'efi-
lU., - - . , 1. ..I o-nna haelr tj. her
side of th . ' 8he wa!ked ))Hck w th a little raw
unfortuna'... .T . , j .K i,it
. K ,., .... i..i -fii fr.,m
whie room.
! After that there was no more open
xeHong Lane School.
There was somelhlng awe-Umpiring
1S90.
in ber wrath, but sne was withal a good
teacher, and would have been a kind
one bad ber pupils treated her with
proper consideration. She treated the
small and obedient children with a
kindness and gentleness one would not
suspect in a woman of ber severe and
forbidding exterior.
But wilful disobedience was some
thing she could not forgive nor cons der
calmly. It aroused all the harshness
and severity in her nature, and made
her a most dangerous opponent for any
unruly spirit to encounter.
The boys named were wise enough
to recognize this fact, but were not
wise nor manly enough to yield to M.ss
Betsey the deference and obedience to
which she was entitled as a won au and
as Mieir teacher.
Every teicher who had taught the
school for the past six winters had been
locked out at least once, and sometimes
twice, during the term.
The unsuspecting teacher would ar
rive at the school-house some bitterly
cold morning, and find the door locked
and the windows ba ricaded, while the
jeering pupils within defied him to en
ter. The affair usually ended in his
giving up aud going home, while tlie
rebels held high caruival iu the school
house for several hours, and then went
home for the rest of their holiday.
Some of the parents, who unwisely
looked upou these performances as
clever. If not quite cmnmendaMe, were
rather curious to know wlint Miss Bet
sey Pike would do If the boys barred
her out.
The possibility that they nrght at
tempt such a thing had been suggested
to Miss Betsev, and she had simply
m.iled and said, grimly, "Let them try
it, that's aui"
After mature deliberation, the boys 1
concluded to try it.
Miss Betsey had now taught school
two months. Going home from stwutol
ne cold evening t-he overtook little
Bennie Peters, a boy of eight, who had
fallen on the rough road and cut him
self badly. He still sat on the ground
crying lustily when Miss Betsey came
along.
"Why, why. Bennie, what's the mat
ter?" said Miss Betsey, kindly and
cheerily. "You fell, did you? Well,
well, that was too bad. wasn't It,
though? But dou't cry any more, my
dear. I'll wash the blood away, and it
won't hurt long."
She knelt down by his side, and with
her handkerchief wiped away the blood
from Bennie's hand and lace, talking
all the time in such a cheery, sympa
thetic tone that Bennie quite forgot his
pain and grief.
"I'm so sorry you fell," she said,
"but accidents will happen, won't they?
I fell flat in almost this exact spot yes
terday. Don't you think I must have
looked funny sprawling in the road? I
skinned my el!ow, and there wasn't
anybody to bind it up for me, either.
Xow, I'll take hold of your h.tn 1 and
walk on home with you, so you cau't
fall again."
So they trudged along over the fro
zen country road. Miss Betsey accom
modating br luice to Beunia'a kl.oil
steps. When they came to Mr. Peter's
gate Miss Betsey did something quite
unexpected. She bent her long, gaunt
figure until her l ps met Bennie's face
iu a sounding kiss.
"Good-bye; run in the house now,
and warm yourself at the fire."
"Good-bye, ma'am," said Bennie, as
he stood and watched her striding down
the road. His lips began to quiver,
aud a big tear ran down over his
bruised cheek. It had been a long time
since anybody had kissed him or cared
anything about his chddish sorrows.
There was a fretful, over-worked
mother in the house who would prob
ably say that "he'd no business bein
so clumsy. It was good enough he fell.
He'd keep his ejei open next lime."
So Bennie's grateful heart was deeply
touched by Miss Bitsey's kindness and
little show of affection. He lay awake
thinking about her for a long time that
night in his bed in the cheerless little
i.ttlcover the family living-room.
Miss Betsey had always been very
kind to him. Once she I ad given him
a big, crisp, brown doughnut at which
she had seen him looking wistfully a'
lunch time, wlieu there was nothing ill
his own little tin dinner-pail but two
slices of corn-bred and molasses aui a
p ece of fat meat.
She always t e l his head up snug an.l
warm in his woolen comforter on stormy
nights, and she never scolded him. It
(I J not occur to him he had been kind
to Miss Betsey by being as still as a
mouse in school and by learning his les
ions well, so that bhe had no reason to
scold him.
He thought of something else in con
nection with Miss Betsey's kindness to
him something that save him such
deep concern that he slept l.ttle that
night. That mysterious tomething
weighed heavily ou h m all next day at
school. He seemed strangely restless
and uneasy, and MiSi lietsey wouder
ered why he came up to her desk so
often, and weut away again each time
without finishing what he began to say.
He hurried out as soon as school
closed. After all the other sc'iolars had
gone. Miss Betsey founl part of a leaf
torn from a copy-book pinned inside M r
cloak hanging on the wall, aud ou tho
paper was scrawled:
The Boys Pre agoiu to lock You Out
In the morning, i heerd them a talk 111'
about it an it is So and 1 hated to B )
mean an tell. But I doant think they
aw t to do so to a L'idy an l i aint fer
got how you give me the dot-nut an
wasUt off theblool last cite an kist
me.
There was no signature. Xone was
needed. Miss Betsey read the Dote
aain.
' Well, the dear little soul!" she said,
w ith glistening eyes anda strange sof teu
itig of the hard lines around her mouth;
but the next moment the hard lines ap
eaied again, an angry r!a-.h came into
her eyes, aud she brought one hard
ban 1 down upon the other as she said:
"Hell, if I don't surprise them my
name ain't Pike!"
Tne insurgents hal followed their
usual course when barring a teacher
out. Only the older boys, six in num
ber, were to know anything about the
affair. They had planned It all the
Saturday before while out hunting rab
bits together in Mr. Peters' wood past
ure. Bennie had been sent to the pasture
that very day to look for a stray cow.
He had seen the boys coming, and had
hid'eu until they shoul 1 hava passed,
for he was afraid of them.
They hal sat down, and perfected
their plaus witiiin fifteen feet of his
wide-open ears. Then they had gone
on their way, and he hail gone on his
with a heavy burdep 011 his mind.
M ss Bet"y usually reached the-scliool-hou-e
at about half-past eight
o'clock. Fred. Hooper, the boy who :
built the firet this winter, had joined '
the insurgents, and as be Tiad the key
of the house they had no trouble li
entering it when they met at the dooi
OT B (Till ' . I I.
X . . " .1
unce insiae tney loctea ana Darrea
the door, closed the great wooden
...nito.j, ouiifc roar -
ng fire, and gave full vent to their joy
at having "come up" with Pike. Re
fusing entrance to all. they awaited the
arrival or Miss Betsey In a fever ot
excitement.
"We'll show the old lady who's run -
ning this school,' said Tom Lee, glee-
fully.
"Xow don't weaken a bit when she
comes' said Ered Hooper. "We just
niut w uo iici w uiiuersi-auu tuai'vm. . .... . . e.m
1. w. 1.. 1 . ., . - . . ,
there's ben a new leaf turned over an'
we Intend to manage this school."
"That's si, Fred," acquiesce! Jed
Bunk-r; "it's time she was learning
that we're not afraid of her."
The other pupils now beean to arrive
and to clamor for admission, which was
jeeringly refused them, and the arrival
of Miss Betsey was momentarily ex
pected.
Tom Lee was draw ing a hideous cari
cature of her 011 the blackboard by the
light of a candle held in one hand, f rj
the closed solid wooden shutters at the
four small windows made the room as
dirk as nuht.
A closet where the teacher hung up
her wraps, and where the broom, the
chalk and other school articles weio
"lt's see what she keeps In here,"
cried Jed Bunker. "Wouldn't be sur
piised if 0-0-0-h?"
He gave a wild roar of amazement
and pain s he tell back flat on tho
floor. a d M iss lietsey strode out over
him and said, 111 a stern voice:
"l'm.mii,.r l,..,ii...r.l,.inlll.ll""us'1"1 " lIMliHH Hill 13 .awer
room. We will See who's running this1
school!'' i
window, thiewi
rrivo ll.rt.t
ojien
11. a ti.i.tti.rJ i.. i. i:i,
then, armed with a keen and long' raw -
hide, she made a dreadf ulonshiinrht on
"
the amazed boys. Cowards at heart,
their feeble courage vanished at the
sight of the downfall of their leader,
Jed Bunker, and they fled wildly befoie
the pursuing Miss HeU-ey.
Fred Hooter, who had cautioned the
others not to "weaken," llew to th
corner, crying out: "O Miss Pike! I I
please, Miss Pike, let me oh!" for
she had taken him by the collar and
was using the cowhide lustily upon li s
back while he struggled to free himself,
Those who were outside listened with
growing wonder to the howls and diu
in-iUe. Several climbed up to the win
now aud iieeped in, with dumb aston
ishmentall but little Billy Ketclium.
He ran about holding his sides, his red
face distorted with grinning joy.
"She's in there!" he proclaimed to
those awaiting him, ".Miss Fine's in j maiden iiaino was Wiedemann. His
there, an' if they ain't giltin' it! Hear! father was a trusted clerk of the Koths
'etul They're tearin' 'roui .1 like mad : chiids at a time when the famous firm
an' her alter 'em!" was suptio-ed to eruplov none but jer-
Fied Hooper ha l tried to unlock the : sous of tlieir own faith. But the family
door and escape, but Miss B.-lsey had passed for D.ssenters. The poet al-
caught the key from his hand and drop-
peil it into tier pocKet. hen stie nn-
ally utilo-ke.1 Hi door and the other
scholars came in, they saw the six reikis
sitting iu a wot ally subdued state on a
long benclu
Fred Hooper and Gregory Bunker
hal their faiei hidden iu tlieir hands
and were s ih ling dismally. Jed Bull-
ker, sullen but subdued, sat at the end
of the row, with a wen-like bump on
his head, a swoolen cheek and a torn
aud were s ih ling dismally. Jed liun
coat. There Is much excitement, it Is rn-
M;s Bc'.sey stood at her desk striking iKrted, ia the neighborhood of the so
ber skimpy skirts w ith the rawhide, J called Swift river gold mines, in Ox
aud keeping au eye on the six boja ford county, Maine. "One who has
while the other pupils Bilently tjok their ; had expcrieiicu in the We.-toru mines
seat. During the day Mr. Jason Perry . has been inserting the region, and re
and tlie two other members of the board orts that there are sure indications of
visited the school. News of the trouble
h id already reached them, and they
congratulated Miss Betsey on her vic
tor v.
".nd now," sa'd Mr. Perry, uncon- Excesslveclgarette smoking is held
sciousjy using the words of Fred Hoop- resoiisIble for yet another deatii. The
er, "you boys and giils want to under-' latest victim ol the habit, a school boy
stanJ that there's been a new leaf 'named Waller Fletcher, has died in
turned over in tho management of this j Louisville. "He was the brightest lmy
school, and the board intends to stand in his class, but about a year ago be
by Miss Pike; and in order to help her I came an excessive smoker of cigarettes,
along a little we have agreed to expel j sometimes using fifty to sixty in a day!
lor a month the six boys wl.o tried to Uecentlv hn was Ktn.-i.en in. i.rf
bar her out. They can comeback at
the end of that time if they will agree to
,V.,1 ! 'T;':r,' . , -
..... ... it-. ... i.-..-, i .r l.t o
v"'"
tory, and it was the beg
he beginning of a new
of the school, whi, h
era in the history
she taught winter and summer for tlie
pext Mire years without serious trouble.
of any kind.
On Another trrand.
A Vermont Baptist minister, who is
not too grave and digniiied to enjoy a
g O I Joke, even when it is on himself,
narrates a ludicrous incident of his
early life. S jon af :er being settled over
a new Congregation, he one day re
ceived a note asking him lo be at home
that evening at eight o'clock. Tha
writer added that he was Intent ing t
be married at that hour, aud would
call at the parsouage with his bride.
it was but a few minutes
befomi
eig.it o'clock when the door bell rang,
an l a moment later tue servant an
nounced that a young couple awaited
the; minister in the parlor.
Going down lutj the parlor, accom
panied by his wife, the pastor found a
ii- atly dressed, intelligent appearin
young man aud a bright looking young
woman, who rose to receive him.
"i am Mr. Homer." said the young
man, "and this is Miss Cross." "ing, oetier Known lo tho world as
Having another engagement for the; Miss Kata Drexel, the millionaire
evtning, the minister said Immediately: ' hiiess, has decided to buil 1 a couvent
"1 received your note this niornin, , eltr Toiresdale, Pa., after sl.e has
and we will proo-ed with tlie ceremony I assed through her novi.iate. Torrea
ai once. Please join yourrighl bauds." , lilIe is about twelve miles from Phiia
lu great bewilderment, winch the delphia. Sister Katherine will lie at
minister mistook for natural embairass-i lIie head of it, and it is her intention
mint, the youn cot. pie tiuiid.y clasped i lo educate and tra n a sisterhood to
hands, aud the ceiemony was about to work among the colored and Indian
begin, when the young man said: j races.
!!TTweTWDat cereH1'-'jy it?" One of the latest inventions, and one
W hy, the ceremony of marriage, of that has not yet been made public says
CO"rJr , , , v. , Mlern LujUt anl lie :t, is the electri-
Urleked V16 yu"ady.!cal register. Jl is intended to be used
withdrawing ber hand and covering f.ir a variet v (,f ,in a .
her face with a handkerchief.
be preseut at a public entertainment we
are about to give, anl"
It was now the ministei-s turn to say
xuou b miwinaini una amii,-Ba a within easy reach for the conductor
the young man sharply. "We cam-i connect with the register at the end of
here -imply as a committee from tiujiberar in somewhat tl.e same manner
oung People's Society of the Method-' as the present existing arrangement,
ist Church, to ask you and your wife to l'.v
.r .i .... .i ...... i .i . . ... ... .
. .. " Kcuuj,ja iiie learner strap wim h ir es the 111
ast -nlshment at the very moment that a,l the fare is regiateied by the return
tue maid ushered in the young coupi,uaion or the belt. It is said that in
who had matr.monUl intentions. tl.e present method the gong can be
The mistake evidently started the 'run? without registering the fare by
first young couple into new lines of Willful manipulation. Again, f
thougit; for a year later their own loading a ship, switches can be ao
7 . . . "Pon nie
B ipUst pastor, and did not protest that
Lifeisajourney.aad deatb a return'
h-jtne.
NO.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
I w ..... .
-in intellectual occupation women
' CI1 np an important place, the number
of teachers being, 123,9'Xi; of e'erks in
, civ,i ggj . .,0J f pat.,, 1.1SQ;
of students, 1,000, and of engravers,
54.
Trailing arbutus, with buds almost
ready to burst Into bloom, were found
. in sheltered woods at Lakewood, X. J..
1 on Sunday, December 2Jd, by a visitor.
Dandelions
were in bloom every
where.
I The negroes of Texas own l.OKJ,.
owacies 01 lauu, i iaes 011 -o,oo.,-
; ril. , .,.,, . M.... ...,.. onrii
J n VI Hi V 1 I'll'Ulll. UJU
wort h of
benevolent associations, 25'JO common
schools, fifteen nevspaiers and 123,00
children being educated.
The snow storms have been so
heavy in Austria tins w inter that in
the rural sections b.irs huve leen
driven by hunger to the villages, where
they Wi re killed and eaten.
Pennsylvania has a big trout farm
near F.mniaus st:iti.m
on the Kast
Pennsylvania lla.lroa l. The
eitrht nonds at the farm "wine
era arj
h I1II1D.
. ber bv actual count 2-1.700 brook trout.
. and 0500,) Califoi nia trout Trom ne to
' four years of age "
A rt.,11:ll-Kai,lo town. Indeed, ts
Hanover. Me .. if the follow ing, which
is making the rounds of the New I-'ng-
land p ipers is true: Hanover is witli
jout a minister, doctor, lawyer or
I pauper, and had enough money left
, over from last year to go w.tliout a
jsessing new taxes.
The la-t and by all odds the finest
." l!""e house of Senator
Sawyer, of Wisconsin. Sawyer Pal
ace a esi i.ni snieii'ior aim tne latest
acquisition io t .iMiinn.oii s most ari-
. f...r'i tl nilir'nr It lu nnl.' f..v l.l.u.La
1 t.H-rat lc quarter. It
"',u 1 1 ilst;(
Ea:l Sj-encer's lihrary. at Althorp.
: Xorthampshire. is to be dispo-ml of. It
i comprises one of the tincst collections
or rate and curious books 111 Kngland,
nuiiilienng ovr 5 ,i"'ii volumes, of a
T'ality and value sufficient, as Kib lin,
the king of hiblioph les. said, to cause
, "heat '-warming glow " in every man
1 w,JO '"-'held them.
More than 10,00 I plated li man
coins, dated lietweeti 2'i0 A. D., and
j 300 A. 1 ., have lx-en found beneath a
t ie at St. I'.il'ii, Finihterre. The ques
tion is were these the result of a queer
private enterpii-e or did Valerian.
Diocletian and other emperors play off
these plated imitations for the true coiu
of the realm.
It seems clear that Uobert Blown
ing was cf Hebrew orig.n.llis mother's
ways took the keenest interest in Jewish
hlstor
tory aud legend.
The past year has been an "off"
one in fl-lung followed by the Xew
Kngland, Xova Pcotla and Xewfound
land fleets, and the catch at most of
the leading fishing ports, from Pro
vincetowii to St. John's, shows a falliue
I i i -"oa iiunui
' ofr of monL ,"an ""''-'m-'itcr from th
. avl'ra"e- Gloucester shows a small
"eduction than almost any other irt
e
r
Iort.
gold all along the course of the stream.
lie found considerable of the metal,
which was as-ayed, and yielded fl'J 73
lo the ounce.
disease, directly broi
ing."
;ht on by smok-
I -Apropos to a discussion as to wl,eD
shad was first
u1clielle (V '
to tlie Xew Y
isea as tool, a new
Y.) corre-"p inlent writes
"... l- -r .t fc.M.. i,.
' , llivr , i ,.. f i ' . ,.
who was born lu Xovember, 17'.'J, as
sured me that it was never eaten in Ins
youth except by the poorest jx-eple, an 1
then in shame an 1 in s-cro', and that
ttns was true of the entire Connecticut
Valley, and not until as late as ls.'lU
was it favorably legarded by all
classes."
Confusion arises oc a-iotially when
a year like l'. is discussed, as to
whether or not it is a leap ye tr. This
is ti e rule: Every year of winch the
number is divisible by 4 w ithout a re
main. ler is a leap year, excepting the
3 ' leap years
liioj wucu nu u:isn ii- ;itier suppress
ing the two z-ioes. Therefore. PX)'
was a leap year, 10 being divisible by
without a remainder; and so ''())i will
be a leap year. But 1701 and HjO were
common yeais; and so will Vj ) be, lie
cause 17. IS ami pj are not divisible by
1 without a remainder.
-Sister Katheriue, a novice in the
' Order of the Si-teis of Mercy at Pitts-
I buttons alom? the insi.ie .f
fare is registered and the ann
ricg9 simultaneously ln
tern used at p esent the conduc
nouncing
the sya-
arranged that ea. h parcel
sire, u in tea rrJl
of similar
rezisters as u
iriectlon. Tl,
same device can be aimlled in a. ruirW.
(pkiugeauiUL-ihajcut, or in anyplace
TuSS,?
U a Uaiti-rate ot AZ.
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