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B. F. SOHWEIER,
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THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLIV.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY '26. 1890.
NO. 10.
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WOOL
FE.;nr.u:v it net making a veryt
jold-weather record, but it is
an 1m-
irovement ou January. Onething tote
.haukful for la tlie fai t that tberw have
teen uu uiu.iiiii;3 iu una ni uun ci
iie country due to skating oa th.n
re.
England has a pretty goxl case as
.gainst Poitugal in claims upon Afrv
: n b rntory, and the news that tlie
ioverutneut Is willing to biibuilt its
ase t the arbitration of tlie powers of
iuiope is, theief- re, piobnbly true. It
vould be a ru licit more ;raeelul way to
.l.laiu i-ou:ro'. of the desirable parU of
lait A f nca by common consent tbau
y "bull-dozing" such an Inferior
ower as Portugal.
I r is proposed to establish an Art
roinunssiou in Boston to pass judg
ufiit on designs and sites for tublic
uotiuiufiits, memorials and other
votks ot art. Tliat Is not a bad scheme,
i.i.l in; y uve the City from adding to
l.t- museum of monstrosities which
d natured people without any taste
iav forced upou a long suffering pub
ic Where such a Commission is most
ieede-1, however. Is in Wa-hiugton to
reveut the purchase by the Govern
Lrul f pieteutious pictures that artists
Miu.ot sell e'sewhere.
The pi"isit!on of Postmaster Gen
:al Wan uuaker to gve gold medals :o
jt most eilicieut railway postal clerks
mil rtru ulj have the effect ot encour
ig'.t: these n.ru to improve and at the
nine tune to directly improve the postal
civic). Iiiavtry uie.it way tt-e ex.
clVm-e of the s-tal service ileends
ip ii the men who handle the mails on
Jib trams, and the awarding of god
ne ;!als to the cleiks ln excel, espec
ally if tlie ui'd.iU are accepted as ev.
lences of enVieuey wheu it comes to
unking promotions, the fleet will un
pirstioiiab'y lie l-euel'.cial.
Ji i;r. Lilly, of Kentucky, testifies
Wore a Legislative committee that in
.l ree counties of that Slate he raunot
jim1 court except at the risk of his life.
There are on'y a few school houses in
. e legion, no churches, and, the iuhab
JanLs, being ill vi. led iuto clans and tac
tions, go almnt armed ready to kill
;hnr foe-. There is nothing new, lot
ncasioi.al reports of the vendettas in
.tituted by these lawless people reach
;. . Ii.-.l communities, but the Gover
nor of Kentucky and the l-eglslalure
jught to join hai.di to put an end tc
.hi stato of affairs, even though it
.!.. Id cost a year's revenue tc
Jo it.
A r. r it k ric stoty comes from Be;
jrnier, Alabam. wheie a convention ol
vloiel eoile, after discussing Seuatoi
butler's Negro Kimgratiou bill, adopted
in address approving the bili. They
u: ' We want to go back to our owu
:oui;tiy. where we belong. We know
that it will be belter for the coloted
peopl , and we hope that it will beueCt
the white people. We know that we
tro a great political trouble here. W
are torry but cannot help lu" Some
missionaries ought to go to Bessemer
ind explain to these people that the;
tre mistaken. There is no need foi
them to leave this country at all, but
Iheie is no need for more to'erance on
the part of their white nciglil-ois. II
tuybody is tol seat Into exile it should
l thot-e who deny eqi.al rights aud
iu-txe to other pe ple, and, vh., oi
Unit account, are out of piece on the
An erican continent.
Tiik joung Iuke of Orleans, who is
nuking such a stir lu I'aris by his sud
den invasion of llmt city contrary t
law is. so far as we can recall, tlu tint
:f the Oi leant princes, descendants el
Louis Phillip?, to make a fool of him
self for his ill-conceived entry iulc
I'aris, iu defiance of the decree of the
French Government forbidding hiiu tc
reside In France, is a piece of folly, in
asmuch as it is iinpsib'.e to lead loan
(t. J. or useful result. It could not
b iug him anything of more conse
quence than uotoriety. It is by chance
rather than by goo J management that
he escaped making hiuisrlf ridiculous,
which would have been an uupar
doii.ible offence among the belter clas:
of Frenchmen.
The other des endants of Louts Pliil-lippe-the
Pi nice de Join v. tie, the l)u
li'Aua.ale, the luc de Montpensier,
the Count de !'aii; and their chi drei
have shown good 9-n e; the I'uc d
Aumale esiH-c:a!Iy, who is a gallai t anc
ilistit'Kuis! e l general, an abld slate
mm and man of sound iiuliltuent, A
Jericho should be found in which th':
young man can tairy till his bearl L
grown.
A rirr.MAN traveilt-r just returned t
rerliu from We t Africa take -jure
different view of Afrlc.n f'avery Iron
that commonly entertained. He say;
that the slaves in the n 3.,;
the comment, at 1. ast, are as we.I oCi d)iwluroonl by iU courage and tu
ts their masters an. i have no desire ''(pity. In one case of a novel of tliis
change their condition. Slave ant . tl" said that the authoress wrote
master at, sleep, labor and enjoy them it anonymous' y when she was a girl of
selves together ou such terms ol Is, and oa eoofessin it yea" after
k , . , . to her nuddle-ageJ husband be
equality that on mt,:ht l ve for week. I msriaK confidently
in a village without beii.g able to de-( u tpom no m-ilon mind. A
c da who are in I otulage aud who ar nnrr critical sense . would have de
free. A prociania.ioa of emanclpa- tested In iW audacity tbe very note of
tlon would not be welcome to Ihest
laves, and were their freedom pur
chased for them they would simply con
tinue in voluntary servitude. This de-
acrintlnn mnU in n measure. lru
enough or certain parU or West Afiu a
where th. s ave T. ver with his chains 1
where the s.ave-Ti.ver w.th ins ci aia .
and scourge are uukuown, but we l'v,
it on the word of niwsiiouaries who tea-
t-fy to the things their owu eyes liavt
een, that the evils ot the Arab slave
trade ,a the regions about the gr a.
lakes of Central Afrca are beyond tin
power of exaggeration are lu fact on!j
a little less deplorable than the imqut-
tous rum traffic carried ou by Chris
tiaa naUons in Afaica.
WOMEN WHO WRITE.
Changes Thit Have Taken piac
In Fifty Years.
M.n years ago a lauy's en'ranca In
to li eiature was hailed either w.lh a
Mot id coinp Iment or a cold sue -r. Xo
such reception is given her nowadays.
In p is' gent rations Jane Austen and
Miss E ijiewortn. Fa-iuy Uuiny and
Mum Martiueatt ha I shown I hat in
everal kinds of tict 0:1 women could do
t least as well as men. In the case ot
Mis Ao-ten's stories it is doub fnl
wi ether they have ever been surpassed
as faithful reflections of English inl!-dle-class
Me. Anthony T.o11om, a few
years ago, essayed to draw English so
ciety exact'y as it is; but though he at
tained a fair measure ot success, it is
very doubtful whether "Pride and
Prejudice' and the rest will not li-e
after "Barchester Towers" aud in like
are forgotten.
Then, while no analyst of human na
ture so keen as Thackeray, and no lit
erary caricaturist so full of genlui as
Pickens has ever emerged from the
racks of women writers, it Is certain
that with the exception of those gre it
nov-lists George Eliot had a truer in
sight Into humanity and a nobler touch
than any male writer of the last half
century. Sue would certainly stand
third to Thackeray and Dickens, while
so in i would place her second among
tlie three. In poetry the last fifty years
have shown women standing on tlie
very step of the throne where Ihj lau
reate sits. No poeleiS .f the proceed
ing ages ever struck as deep and true a
note as Mrs. Browning in her "Aurora
I-eign" and her shorter p ems works
of which any mile writer of our day
might be proud.
The success of tbe sex in our time,
nowever, must not be measured by
cre.it names alone. The characteristic
of this age is the immense amoun. of
excellent and honest literary work done
not by scores or hundreds, but by thou
san Is of ladies in Eagland, France, an-.',
above all Amer ca. In preceeding
centur.es half the human race was in
tentionally rep.e sed. Women were
told that to mind babies, cook dinners
or nieud stockings was their natural
avoca'ion, and exceptions like Anna
Sew aid or Hannah More w ere hailed as
prodliries. Now nobody deuies to a
daughter the light to pen. pap r and
ink, and if she can begin by earning a
few guineas for an essay or a story in a
magazine the fact is treat el as a mat
ter of course.
The women of England and America
have at present no uovelist with the
literay power of George Eliot, but they
liave at least half a dozeu who ma7 be
classed In the second rank. Xor is this
blank iu the first class peculiar to wo
men ; there is now no male novelist lu
England or the United States who en
joy the uncontested supremacy of
S.-olt, Dickens and Thackeray in his
generation. The fact is that in th s,
as in other kinds of 1 terature, the gen
era' standard has risen, and there s ems
no giants because there are so many
who are above the midd e height
It is sometimes said by those who re
gard fiction as frivolous that it is all
very well for fie ladies of literature to
write for storiei which bei to while
a pa-tsiug hour, but that sterner work
must come from men. This, however,
is a plea that will hardly hold water lu
the lace of a fact like "U i:ln Tom's
Cabin." SUvery had exlsd for gen
erations in the United S a'es.a id many
meu had grappled with it in speech and
essay, story and poem; but Mrs. Har
riet lieecher-Stowe was the first writer
who I rou jht the facts and feelings
home to every heart and hearth iu the
I'd ted States. She fo ce.l every man
and woman to confess that, as a Christ
ian, Uncle Tom himself a chattel
slave took the highest rank, ar d this
vindication of humanity aud nobleness
under a b ack skin was the greatest
blow ever struck at slavery in America.
It ma le all the thoughtful Christians
iu the North Abolitio lists in ir-iw-i,.ie.
and cave to the tight for the Uiu- u.
when it came, n fervor which t':ie uieie-
ly political las ies could never rouse.
Ileie, then, it was a woman who wrote
a book that was not onl a novel, dui a
great ohtical force. JTo-'Iay we see a
corresponding phenomenon. A slory
which is not merely a story, which pro
vokes thou.ht an I keeps itself alive be
yond the seas hi, which rouses contro
versy a'.d ex:ites contradiction Is
"ll-ioert Els nere" a work from a
w maus pen. When, with male rivals
intluence iHihtlci and religion as Mrs
Heecher-Siowe and Mrs. Humphrey
Ward have done by the sincerity and
earnestne-s of their tone?
Of course, there is a s-a-ny side to
this new development of our btera'ure.
A few w tin-ti take advantage of their
sex to write tales that are not true, u
healthy and n t p ire. They draw
c ir e pi tures of men's smoking rooms
and i lubi as if they kne all abjut
them. They revel xu Latin aud French
cpio-alions so netirne iui&n9llel, an I
aUv s dragged iu by the liead and
s!hiI lers riiey delUut Ut libertinism,
an t call U liberty. They level in allu
sioin la ealiiii;, drinking and midnight
dissij ai.on. Tliey are, for the most part,
aitpi ciealures, neither men njr
wotn n -queer things la petticoat , with
a ui.nl id ta--te for tlie society f disso
I i' - b icbelors. We may happily Iguore
tu. b.H)ks. Oilier novels written by
young women are i Sjactionabl? bj u
fie.r sins agaiu t de.ica -y are due to 1 -n-
ir.i nee.
V oeii an unmtrried girl who has
a i lacity and geulus attempts to de
s.iile love she is sometimes bolder in
h -r colorii g than any man or woman
w ho has bad experience of life.- She
' - i lisMAriiTirfl niwnuiiiv buas,uuj
Those laults ot iemnme iiiera-
ture. nowever, are inevitable Incidents
of Immaturity. Yoani poets are jut
as foolish, and so are young male novel-
it s
The main point stands that as a story
piofesses to reureseut life as it is, all the
v u,ore3se9 cf the day axe at a
J ..ntage. Few women ever a -
a to wnat mav be callel afull knowl-
ot uto. While unmarried, or If
marTled early and happily. "'."J
jitUeof the grim Xyarch
Jt jeli to unknown to them
pVuse niery see life as observers rather
ln;tn M actors. The wonder is that
tcey do so well, and the explanation m
that Intuition aad Inspiration com m
their aid. George Eliot could never
have mixed with peasants at the ale
house, yet In "Silas Marner" she re
ports their talk to tlie life; and her auc
t otieer in"Middlemarch" is depicted a
r she liad been baying horses from btiu
for years. We see. tlierefore, the gain
to the world of the new movemtnt
which has calle I to the service of man
the literary faculties of a sex that from
a lew facts can draw inferences boldly
and peuetiate at a glance mysteries
which men have puzzled over for years.
V. r. Star.
Understood French Only by On
Ear.
Hon. Erastus Gurlev was In SL Paul
recently, aud, as usual, proceeded to
make bis presence felt. He arrived
about 10 am., and, for a change dropp
ed iuto a caf for dinner. The ole
quious waiter bad ju-t flicked a bit of
line irom Mr. Gurley's coat collar.
wuen Air. uurley opened out on him:
"Yes," he said. tlanciusr at the
menu, "yon may bring me some eggs
blu htng like Aurora "
"ii-g pardon, sir," explained the
waiter, "it's not on the bill."
"Isn't, eh? What's this s?uts a 1'
aurore?"
"Oh. yes." reulled the vounir man
blushing aud shifting somewhat un
easily.
"And I feel just like bavin; some
breechei in the royal fashion, with vel
vet sauce.
The waiter turned, red white and
blue.
"Got him again," chuckled G ury.
" Well, I suppose you call it culottes a
la royale, sauce veloute."
"Oh, that! Yes, sir; yes. sir." and
the waiter briskly rattled the cutlery
around Mr. Goarley's plate, as though
ne would lain drowu Mr. Ourley's
voice.
"Be sure rou -rinz a stew of cox'
Christians."
"Now you are joking," mildly expos
tulated the waiter, with a sickly smile.
"Not a bit of it, man. See here, on
your bill: C ompote de bons cbretiana."
O ah ug.i," ciilned the waiter.
"And don't forget the fountains of
love,"
"Tlie ah beg pardon. "
"Kight here ou your menu putts d'
amour."
'Well, well,' and the accompanying
grin wai ghastly.
"And a moulhful of ladies."
'En?"
Uouchee des dam s quick, help J
glass of water dash it in his face!"
But Mr. Gurley was too late. Hit
waiter was in a dead swoon, almost
calalepUc fit, from wli ch he never re
covered until along In the afternoon.
As Mr. Gurley went out Le inquired of
the cashier if the waiters there uuJer
stool French.
"Only by ear," answerel the light
niug change artiste; "whlcli ear, 1
couldn't inform yon."
Won His Bet.
A remarkably quick dresser has been
found by the Washington Star. He
lives at a club at the capital, and the
SUir siwaks of him as Mr. Noodles, an
aliai very likely. He had an engage
ment w ith a few friends the other night
aud when they called they were amazed
to tind him attired in a business suit,
instead of an evening dress. They took
him to task for not being ready, when
he remarked: "It doesn't matter a
particle. I can dress for the cotillion
la five minutes." They all laughed at
his boa-t, not kuoAing that he had pre
pared to do some quick dressing, and
soon a wager was male that he coul l
not appear lu full diets in two minutes.
"Watches were drawn and amid the
scoffs of Ins companions he left tht
room. With four tee u jumps he reached
his bedroom on the third lloor of the
clu . 15 -fore he had got there he bad
pulled oil his frock coat aud had un
done the blue puff tie under which was
already carefully adjusted an ordinary
dress cravat. He had already on a
dress vest, and, seating himself hastily
upon a chslr, pulled off his pantaloons,
euealh which was disclosed a pair ol
uress trousers. With another inot;on
lie s!ip;J into a dress coat that wa.-
huug over the footboard of the bed, aud,
wilh fourteen more jumps, he reached
once agaiu the drawing-rooms on the
Gist lloor, completely attired for the
festivity In view. He had been absent
preclsdy fifty seconds."
The Minister's Mistake.
I hard a story the other day about a
mistake made by a prominent divine
whose name is as well known i'i Brook
lyn as that of Dr. Talmage. The rev
erend gentleman bail occasion to spend
a few days iu a suburban town ou the
line of the Iong Island road. lie went
to the dr pot to take th9 Ira n for thii
city, an J there met a member f hi
congregation, a lady well Vnowii ii:
s.icial circles Here, iiie lady li.i l a
valise and a small package which resLe-1
ou the floor of the waiting room. Be
sides tliem weie several small crocks ol
preserves. As the train came i.i the
gallant divine took t ie valise an 1 pack
age and pres-rve an-l p'aced them in
the seat he had found for the lady, aud
then occupied the seat In front. At
one of the stations mi agent came iu
and displayed a despatch notifying him
that tlie preserve bad been stolen and
the thief was on b j.ird the train. The
reverend gentleman was naturally
much confused. lie explaii.eJ
that be thought they belonged
to tbe lady, while she in turn thought
they belonged to him. There was con
siderable laughing on board the train
when the facts became known. Tlie
reverend gentleman paid the expressace
back on the preserves which he had un
intentiona'ly stolen.
A Word In Time.
Parents are frequently impitient
with children because they do not un
derstand matters, or quickly compre
hend some b nt or si ijn given at a spec
ial moment. A lad ouce complaiue i
of her little girl, wti happened to be
especially stupid at the wrong moment.
An old geutleman r bilked her. saying:
"If you bad learned as much in every
two years of your life as she lias, you
would be a wise woman by this time."
Tuis remark set her to thinking, an I
shs never complained afterward be
cause ber chihl was not able 1 1 compre
hend as quickly as she di 1. Ths child
was probably as smart as its moth r
was at that az. and nothing more
could be required. It was a wor J litly
spoken, ai.d It bo:e good fruit.
The Ch'nese are reported Lining in
swarms on the ljwtr coast of California.
A Little.
bo little made me glad, fur I was young:
F lorn era. a suuitet, books, a frieud or two.
Gray sklrs with scanty sunshine pisreing
throoch
How little made me (lad wbea I was young.
So tittle makes me happy, now I'm old;
Your hand in mine dear heart, here by the
lire.
The children growu nt our heart's desire
Horn little makes us have when we're old.
And yet between tlif Utile then and now.
What worlds or life aud thought, and feeliac
keen!
What spiritual depths and heights unseen.
Ah uie! between ILe little then aud now.
For thiDgs seem micuty hen we're young
Then we lush ouwaid through the changing
years.
Testing Ibe gamut of all smiles and tears.
Till uiitUljr tbiiigsseein little; we are told.
1.ETKI13UTI0N.
It is nece-sary t anticipate our
story. The fo. lowing little incident is
the keynote t j all that is lo follow; k
we have no hesiiatioL iu asking the
smallest oss:b e attention, w h.le we
endeavor to descrlbs a scene which has,
of course, occuned over and over
aga:u, and will keep on occurring to
tlie end of lime.
Tbe eugagemt nt bet wee u Lily Payne
and Bertie Uichaidsou was ertaiuly
no e ret. All the world acknowledgi d
it. atal though, of course, every indi
vidual member of that great faction
had something or other to say, not
quite complimentary to one or the cther
of the principal people in question,
still, it was pretiy unanimously agree I
that both might have done much worsi.
The worst part of the business, how
ever, was that it was absolutely neces
sary that soma time must elaise befoie
the marriage could actually take place.
Here was a very fair sample of the
truth of the saying that evils usually
ac:omiany what the w orld calls a 'long
engagement.
When the young people first spoke of
love, all was couleur da rose. Not a
day passed without dreams of everlast
ing affection. Bertie never conside.ed
the day happily spent unless be had
au opiiortuu ly of a whlsjier with his
fair one; and Lily used to boant that
she iuvariably 'cried her eyes out' when
something or other prevented their
usual daily tete-a-tete.
B-at it was impossible that this kind
of thing should last forever. They
bjth love 1 oue another very dearly, of
course. But Bertie, iu the course ot a
year or so, used to delight Lu magnify
ing the smallest grievance, and began
to be horribly discontented with what
he called 'the exigencies of -fate;' while
Lily, charmingly interesting in an un
usual pallor, dear girl, felt much
vexed that everything was not turning
out as well as it bltould, and accord
ingly displayed ju.-t the least possible
amount of temper. Bertie pretended
to be jealous, while Lily obstinately
determined to try the bleb and mighty
line.
There had been a ball In Bloomsiiry
Square, to which, of course, both the
young people were luvtted. Lily fool
ishly thought that a little harmless
flirtation would instanUy bring her de
voted oue to her feet; aud just for the
sake of an experiment, she, for the first
time, had the courage to attempt this
very hazardous expedient tor patching
up all past quar rels, and as a means
for understanding oue another better
In the future.
The ball took. place. Lily was radi
ant and acted ber part to perfecuoiu
Bertie, doubly indignant, ou account
of a little quiet bantering be received
iu the cou to of the evening from his
companions, left the room in certainly
not an enviable frame of mind.
The next day they met: and Bertie,
who bad steeled himself for the attack,
began the conversation as folio wa:
'Well, I really don't think, Ltly, that
you acted quite considerately last eve
ning. You may be tired of being con
tinually chaffed about '.young Klcbard
sou.' but I hardly thiuk It looks well
to attempt a downright flirtation in my
presence.'
Lily pretended to be entirely dlscon
certed; aud, playing wilh tbe fringe of
a sofa cushion winch was conveniently
near, she answered, without the shtdow
)f hesitation:
'Well, and what can it signify to
you?
signify to me! said Bertie, hardly
able lo control liimself. 'Why. wiiat
can you be thinking about? Do you
mean to say that every one In the njoin
last night did not know as well as pos
sible that we were engaged? Aud yet
iu the face of all this you dance regieat
edlv with another man, and make youx-M-lf
as conspicuous as possible.'
'My dear boy, repeated Lily,
smoothing down ber fair hair, and
looking quite wicked in ber quiet com
placency, 'now don't lose your temper!
Nex', let me tell you, once for all, that
I l ever have been, aud never Intend to
.e, tied lo the boltonhole of your coat.
I enjoyed myself thoroughly last eye
ing, and I am not going to turn myself
inio a staid, eas -going piece of ma
chinery for yoa or any one else. I
advise y. u, theieiore, to out your m-
digi ation into yjur pocket, and to be-
n ive yourse.f, tor once, like a rational
being.'
'Lily, this is not the way to talk to
ne. 1 am afraid you have forgotten
ail our haripy days, and are quite de
termined to annoyuie as much as ever
you can.'
'All 1 ask of you is t be consistent,
and not to put yourself out at trifles.'
It is not a trifle,' said Bertie, 'and
what is more, I will not allow it.'
'Allow it, indeed!' readied tbe young
lady, in tbe slightest pusslble tone ot
sarcasm. I am not aware that I have
ever couseuied to be at the beck and
call of Mr. Herbert Ilichcirdson. '
Do you mean to say, Lily, that you
want our engagement to come to an
end?
'That matter I leave you to decide
yours.df. I can't help your bad temper,
but 1 am detei mined that I will not
have it vented on me.
Very well.' said Bertie. 1 have no
wish to bind you to a promise which
you are evidently anxious to break.
M:ss Payne, I have tlie honor to w.sa
you a very goad-morning.'
He seiztd his hat and stick as be
spoke and walked indignantly eut of
the house.
A-id so the lovers parted. Both knew
as well as possible tLey were equally in
uie wroug, and yet neither of them had
:he couiace to v ut pride out of sight,
and Live iu so much as to secure au
inevitable reconciliation.
Bertie ground his teeth, and walked
Ceicely away, angry with himself, and
miserable at the c-onsequeuces of this
Utile scene. Lily rushed off lo the
pikuo, and pretended to sing; but the
tears started to her eyes, aud she was
c impelled to retire to her own room.
and to isoie herself with hopes that ail j
woulu eventual y be right.
But Bertie Richardson never came
again. He was determined be was not
iu the wrong, and waited in vaiu for
the flag of truce to be held out from
the enemy. But it never was; and
why? Simply because the enemy's
tactics were precisely the same as his
own. And so time wore on. The mat
ter was discussed everywhere, anl it
was eventually decided that the en
gagement had been broken off.
Twenty five years have passed away,
aud it is hardly possible to recognize,
in the pale, care-worn face of Mrs.
Neal, any of the features of the bright,
fair girl tint played witii tha heart of
her lover after a certain ball.
Poor worn in! she never forgot that
unfortunats day, since then she has
drained tier cup of sorrow, and has
been but roughly treated In ber quiet
journey iu this life. An il'-j jdged mar
riage Dr-t taught her what real sjrrow
was, aud tlie de.it i o a worthless hus
band sjou persuaded the po .r creature
that hard work alone would drive the
wolf from lr r door.
Nevertheless, she kept her heal
above water, but it was a hard mailer
to do it. l detly and unostcutaliously
she struggled ou; a id assisted, as she
was, by tiie warm aJcction and disin
tereatel assistance of a daughter whom
alio almost worshipp d, the pretty
widow earned the g.od opinion and
sincere respect of all with whom she
came in daily contact.
Mrs. Neal often thought of what had
passed, and what might have been, and
was now, mora than ever, forcibly re
minded of lertain leve pat-sages ol her
own, wheu site found she was cotn-
lelled to give advice on the same sub
ject to ber pietty daughter Elhel.
3iy darling child,' said tlie Kina-
bearted woman, 'you must not, re illy.
vex yourself about nothing. 1 ou may
be quite sure he will bj here to-morrow.
aud theu ail will be Well. Or, at a y
rate, he will s. nd a note to the pretty
bird whom he professes to love so
dearly.'
But Ethel Neal could not help cry
ing; and now, for the first time, beau
to think wliii', a difference there was,
as regards position, between Arthur
Mesham a id herself, aud hardly dare 1
to leflect on the probability that all his
warmly-declared love was, after all. a
mere shadow, and that she was but the
toy of a high-spirited young fellow
whom she really loved with all the
strength of ber young heart.
The poor child looked into her moth
er's face through the tears that would
rush, despite all her efforts, to her eye-v.
'Do you think, mother, he can really
have forgotten me so soon, after all he
has said all he has promised? If I
imagined he was really false to uie,
mother dearest, 1 really could not eu
du.e the pain. I should die.'
Mrs. Neal was silent. Again she
thought of her own springtime of love,
and again reassured herself that young
hearts were not so easily broken. But
sue could not bear to see her pittly
dauglaer in such distress, and so, de
spite her Inward conviction that Ar
thur Mesham was a worthless youug
man, she endeavored to coinfoit her
daughter as best the could, aud an
swered veiy gently:
'lie will come to-morrow, Ethel
dear.'
Ethel resumed her work, and tried
not to distress her mother with all her
little private sorrows. She was hard
at work painting photographs, having
been employed thus for some time past
by a celebrated artist, who took an in
terest in the poor, fatherless girl, and
always did his best to keep her well
employed.
'I was too eager in looking forward
to t he bright future, I suppose,' raid
Ethel, mournfully. '1 had quite made
up my mind to have you always with
us, mother, aud began to think that
this dreary work for veiy existeii-e
would come to an end. It is very hard
u be poor, is it noli"
Mrs. Neal gave a deep sigh. A truer
answer to Libel's question could not
have been Riven.
'But I must not disturb vou with my
foolish fancies, must l'r" sail Elhel.
'You have got to liuish your embroid
ery, and I must work hard ;.t these
faces, which I am bound to make ever
so pretty, and fascinating, no mailer
what features they possess. I wonder
if the owners ever think or the poor
artist wheu they distribute their glori
fied faces among their appreciative
friends Perhaps you are right, an l
maybe he will come. Anyhow, we
must both work for our supier.
Aud so the fair child prattled on
She couquere 1 her sorrow, au 1 for her
mother's hake she still .d the sob-1. At
every step up the staircase of tlKjir
dingy lodgings ber heart gave a gr. a
beat, and a thrill shot through he- sen
sitive frame. But Aithur Mesham
never kept his word.
I Meanwhile, Arthur Mesham, gor
geously aiiuea in a uressiug-goivu oi
the most delicate blue, was toasting
bis slippered feet at a liie w hich burned
brightly in his wel -furnidied chaiu
beis, anxiously ex ecting the arrival of
his lather, aud the receipt of his quar
terly allowance.
The old gentleman eventually ar
rived, certainly not lu an enviable
frame of mind. Things bad evidently
not gone well in the city. Mr. Mesham,
seuior, impressad this tact strongly on
his sou, as he handed him the long-expected
check, and seized ou the occa
sion for reading the lazy rascal, as l.e
called him, a lesson.
'The fact is, Arthur.' sai 1 tli9 old
gentleman, 1 am quite tired of per
suading you to abandon the idle, list
less life you are leading, and of im
pressing ou you the necessity of set
tling down iuto some line or olher.
You won't work, I know; but do you
ever intend to be marrie
'Sucti an idea lias never entered my
bead,' replied the indolent son.
'You see,' said the old gentleman,
'th s kind of thing can't go on forever.
Business is not as good as it was, and
I tell you, fairly, that my affairs are
by no means in a prosperous condition.
My credit's low, and the dogs of
tradesmen are getting suspicious. Do
you see?'
'Perfectly, my dear father; but I am
totally unable to suggest any possible
remedy.'
Old Mr. Mesham put on a very s rl
ous countenance, and. whispering
quietly In bis son's ear, said:
'Make up to Miss Lloyd.'
What on earth for?'
"Can't you guess?' replied old Mr.
Mesham, eagerly, as he twitched his
son's arm with a knowing lock. 'She's
as rich as Croesus!'
'Hang it! I can't quite stand Miss
Lloyd. Her skin is as brown as a
gypsy's; ber figure would disgrace a
milk woman, aud ber voice Is as harsh
as an owl's. And are you quite sure
abojit her riches? She has heaps of
br ihe s unt ust-rs, anl lh father, I
uiu qiiiie certain, is not in over-prosp l
ons circunistmces. But, of course,
you know b.-stw'
'My dear boy, for goodness sake
don't jump at conclusions. Coufo-iu 1
her fatherl Who's t lkiug about him?
Don't you know she has a rich o.d
bachelor uncle who dotes upon her,
and has sworn to !e ive her every farth
ing he made I y sheep-raising in Aus
tralia?' 'And what will bs the sum total?'
raid Arthur. 4 A rauce of a good many
thousands will be required, I tan Re
surd you, before it will be at all iosi
ble to n like the fair Miss Lloyd iu any
way palatable.'
'She certainly won't have les-i than
Cly thousand pounds. Now wi 1 you
make up to her?'
'1 should think I would. I'd make
up to a Jezebel lor half the amount.'
The 11 man persuaded the young
exquisite to reii lor himself vny ai
liactive, prepara ory to making a polite
call on tlie wealtnv Miss Lloyd, mid
left h:s son's chambers highly delighted
witn his scheme.
Just as Arthur Mesham was sum
moning up all his energies to ri-e from
his louii'jiug-chair, his eye fell upon a
little pink note wh c i occupied a
prominent po iliou ou his dressing
table.
'By Jingo!' said the young man to
himself. 'Ethel's pathetic appeal.
That must be destroyed at once.' In a
few moments the note was buriied to
ashes in the grate. 'What a mad in
fatuation that was w.th the por;rait
painter! I real'y believe she was weak
enough to inagiue that I was deeply in
loe with her. And, after all, there
was a time when her pret'y blue ey s
and fair curls in de more than an ordi
nary impression on- me. But the at
tachment was dangerous. It is far
better to give it up. Beside, I have
another game to play.'
Arthur Mesham was by no means a
ba l-looking young fellow, and was not
long lu makinz a decided impression on
Ihe helres. Of course, she imagined
she was loved for herself alone; aud it
is hardly necessary to state she was
i i'hly flattered at the exuataant at
tention of a man whose in uie was in
every Kin's mouth.
Arthur soon conimuuicated the joyful
intelligence that all. was air mei to his
world-min.led old father, who ins antly
rushed off to ra se the necessary 1 unds
to enable his hopeful sou to get
through the preliminary part of the
b isiness with cieJ.t to himself mid
family.
Miss Lloyd had also to make a e'ean
breast of her intentions to the uncle
none other than our old rnend Bertie
Richardson, still a bachelor from
whom bhe had such great exfiectatious.
The kind-hearted gentleman laid a-ide
his book directly bis uieca entered,
and welcomed her w ith all his usual
affection.
'What will you say, uncle, when I
tell you that I have something of the
graalest consequence to communicate
to you?'
'Siiy, my dear? Why, that I am sin
cerely gla.l, so long as it is something
which will lead to your ultimate happi
ness.' 'Vou have guessed it before I bad
tiirn to tell. The fact is, I am going
to be married. '
'Indeed!' said Unc'e Richardson; "and
who is the happy man?'
'Mr. Me3hain. '
'Whatl the good-looking young fel
low that has turned all the girls' heads.
Well, I trust he will m ke you a very
good liubb.md.'
'Then you do consent, uncle?'
'Of course, my dear. Though, pro
vided both your father and mother are
agreed, I don't see that 1 have much
to do with the matter.'
'Uncle!'
'Weil, I suppo e,' said the old fel
low, smiling, 'you want a little re
mouibiauce, so I will trudge out and
look about me a bit. I will be at your
wedding, of course; but as the time is
very short Letweeu this anl then, 1
very much doubt whether I shall bee
you before the eventful day.'
Miss Lloyd's eyes brightened up con
siderably at the mention of a wedding
present. Unfortunately, in this res
speot, she took after her languid lover,
and was inclined to be just a little bit
wot Idly. And then, a wedding present
from Uncle Richardson was surd to be
Fotuetliiue quite out of the common.
With these reflections, she said good
by, and left her uncle to decide udoii a
suitable wedding gift.
I wonder what girls really do like?'
thought Uncle Richardson, as lie wan
dered down street, vainly eudeavori ig
to make up his mind as to a suitable
present in fulfilment of his promise.
Of course, her trousseau will be super
excellent, and if it were not, it would
never do for a stupid oi l lellow like
myself to try my hand at an liivett
ini'iit iu millinery. 1 suppose, after all,
lint jewelry would be the most accept
able. At any rate, there is less chance
of my being cheated, and if no better
reason could bd brought forwa d. I
ran cons ile myself with tlie thought
that I am investing capital, rather than
throwing it to the dogs.'
Accoid ugly lu o .eJ his way to
oue of the most biill.aut and tXieiisive
shops lu town, aud tinally settle 1 upon
a magnificent oval-shaped locket, set
with pink arl3 and diamonds. But
the purchase v. as not qu le complete.
Over j ursuadeJ by his friend, the jew
eler, be found Unit It was absolutely
necessary, in order to enhance the
value of the present in bis niece's eyes,
to undergo au operation, which, up to
this time, be had carefully avoided. In
a word, be was informed be must
really have his likeness taken lu order
that it might b? inserted at the back of
the locket.
In vain he protested, aud vowed that
he could not submit to the indignity of
being posed and tormented by au ex
citable foreigner. It was all to no pur
pose, and no one. perhaps, was more
sur. rised than himself, when he found
himself In the fashionable studio of aa
eminent protographer.
As he was standing with both banJs
in his pockets, wait ng the approach of
the artlst-in chief, and pretending to
be interested in the various likenesses
around him, tlie soun 1 of a very sweet
voice fell upon his ear.
'Poor Ethel Is very unwell to-day, I
am sorry to say; but she begged me to
bring Uie portraits she has been engaged
on for the last few weeks, in order that
you might not be disappointed, and
that she mlgho not lose her character
for punctuality. I think she will be a
little stronger in a few days, and then
if you can give ber some further em
pi yment, I assure you it will be a char
itable act on.
Uncle Richardson turned suddenly
round, and a saw a pale-faced woman,
dressed very neatly, but still poorly,
who bad just deposited a package of
niwjy-co!o:e I puolograp'.is ou ihe lat'i
a:il was waiting earnestly for s nit
kii.d word in answer to the delicate ap
lieal she ha I made in her own behalf at
well as her daughter's.
'What! God bless my foul!" cried t'ie
old gentleman 'it can't be; and y it I
could never mistake that face! Are you
not Liiy l'ayne?'
LUv l'ayne, Indeed! What a life
t m t e m -nt ou of that name recalled!
Their old love, their happii e-s, their
castle3 iu the air, their foolish quarrel
all then rushed I ack to the memory iu
an iustant. And tl en he th ught of
bis journey out to that distant land far
away; and of all his toil, and how it
was rewardei; of his simple, aimless
life, and then of her to whom his old
lit art warmed again as he saw ber
f-tiinding before him, bearing only too
plainly traces on her thin face of pri
vation anl anxious care.
Keep up, Lily; keep up, my darling;
don't give way!' pleaded th old man,
as he placed the poor woman iii a chair,
in a half-falnting condition. 'Why,
after all, you look 'exactly as you used
long aio.'
Mrs. Neal mournfully shook her
head.
'Not quite. Bertie,' she answered. 'I
was a willful girl wheu you left me,
years ao; but 1 ain a poor widow now.
I have had a harl time ot it, Bertie,
God knows; but, after all, His will le
done!'
'Ie 's get out of this horr'd place,'
.sai.l the old gent If man. I want to
have a regular good talk with you.'
'And so you area widow, eh?' he
went on, as they walked toward Mrs.
Neal's lodgings. 'Well, what's to
prevent? Suppose we make believe
a'.d forget all about the past. I've
lieeii an old bachelor all my life, ami
had made up my mind to die one. But
things have altered now. Shall we re
new the old bargain aud get married?'
The old color flushed iu Mrs. Neal's
face, which lighted up with ths old j
smile again.
But I have a daughter, Bertie!'
'Bless ber darliutr heart; and what
care 1? I can't marry you both, that's
quite certain. But I can support you
both. No more photographs, or any of
that trash. We will tind the little one
a husband; anl, meanwhile, she shall
be our own ve y dear child.'
'God bless jou, Bertie!' said Lily,
through her tears. 'Vou always hail a
kind, good heart. Well, we'll talk it
over to-night-.'
And so they did. Never had such
laughter lieen heard to echo from the
little, dingy lodgiugs whlcli contained
that evening three of the happiest
hearts iu Loudon.
They all sat up until an unheard-of
hour, and did not separate before they
had concocted what they were pleased
to call 'an enormous plan.
V
Miss Lloyd, the heiress we beg par
don Mrs, Arthur Mesham was sit
ting in state all smiles anl orange
blossoms, in a magnificent drawing
room, receiving the congratulations of
her friends. The ceremony was over,
and nothing remained but that ridicu
lous farce called the wedding breakfast,
a Latch of very illogical speeches and a
hasty departure for the Continent.
'.t was very strange that Uncle
Richardson was not at church!' said
tie bride's father to that elegant
young lady. '1 can't quite make it
out, after bis having promised so faith
fully he would le present.'
'You don't mean to say he is not
here?' said the bride, with an undis
guised agitatio'i. 'Arthur, darling,
w hat can have become of uncle?'
'My dearest, I haven't the faintest
idea. Perhaps he overslept himself,'
suggested the exquisite, with an ele
gant drawl.
Two minutes afterward there came a
loud knock at the door. Every one
started.
'My Uncle Richardson!' ejaculated
tlie bride, putting her hand to her
heart theoretically.
Her mrm.se wa", however, incorrect.
Nobody entered the room but a jmjw
dered footman, who made his way to
tlie bride, win handed her a jewel-case
aud a letter. Her hand trembled er
ceptibly as she tore it open, and liei
voice certainly shook as she read at
follows:
'My Dkkakst Niece: Here's
something pretty to put around yuin
neck a bridal present which I send
with my very best love, and every hie
that your man ied life will be most
pleasurable.'
IIow beautiful!' whispered all the
bridesmaids. 'Did any one ever se
such a lovely locket? Oh, what a lucky
gii) you aie to have such a kind olu
uncle!'
Mrs. Mesham smiled genteelly, am'
continued:
'I should certainly have been with
you this morning, had not circum
stances occurred which rendered my
presence absolutely impossible. The
fact Is, my dear giil, I have followed
jour example, and got married myself.'
The late Miss Lloyd, heiress, drop
I ed the letter with a faint scream; and
Mr. Aithur Mesham turned suddenly
p ile, and looked as if he were going to
faint.
Read on, my dear child, iou must
have made a mistake,' whispered her
mother.
She did read ou, and as follows:
'I have found out Lily I'ayuf, a girl
whom I knew and loved long before
you were lorn. 1 am sorry that we
could not have arranged in time for
Eiliel Neal tt.at is Lily 'schild, and now
my adopted daughter to be oua of
your briJesmalds. I hope to see you
soon, aud to introduce you tj my wife
and her pretty girl.
Your affectionate uncle,
H. KlCHAltDSON'.'
The whole party looked at one an
other with blank astonishment, anj
then gazed on the biide, who was no
heiress after all.
The exquisite Mr. Arthur Mesham
was certainly not in a comforable frame
of mind.-
'Why couldn't tl at detestable letter
have come two hours earlier?thought
he.
So Ethel Neal was to be the inherit
ress of Mr. UicharJsou's vast wealth;
the girl whom Arthur had treated
with scorn only two shoit mouths be
fore! Retribution comes to us all,
sxner or later. It came to Arthur
Mesham on his wedding morning, and,
perhaps, served him right.
Engines. use kerosene to remove the
s?a!es which form on the iuside of bo: -ers.
The oil is poured iuto an eiu,.ty
boiler and the water turned o . Tne
oil, floating on the water, comes in
contact with the scales before the
water does.
Foboivexess is rarely perfect, except
in the breasts of those who have Buffered.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
It cost 5100,000 a year to keep Cec
ral Park, New Vo-k. The land
iriginally cost the city d,00i).0 0, yud
s now esiimat d to Le worth ;10J 00J,-
100.
George W. Childs, of the rhiladel
jhia Leilyer, has lately added 32J clocks
o the number he had on hand, and he
8 now the possessor of over 1100 tick
ack t me pieces, which he keeps in a
-oom set aside for that purpose.
A sponge eight feet lu circurnfer
nce is on exhibition at a store In New
Vork. This is hardly remarkable,
lowever. We have often seen ionges.
.aryingin size from five feet ei lit
nches to six feet in height, walking
ih ng the streit.
A chaini io lshlp emblem recently
ires nte 1 to a New York chess player
A'as a chessboard of solid silver, with
nlaid gold f . r each alternate bqu ire.
full set cf chessmen whicli accm
xinied the lioard was ma le of steilmg
.ilver.
In sinking artesian wells in the
Desert of Sahara, water biarlng strats
lave been reached at a depth of 230
"eet, at which a steady flow of about
,000 gallons per inuiu'e h is been ol -.allied.
This water is brackish and
inilt for drinking, lint it answers very
.veil for iirigatiou.
A novel flower has been found at
.he Isthmus or Tehuantepec. This
lo. al chameleon has a faculty of
hanging its colors d .ring the day. In
.he morning it is white, when the sun
s at its zenith it is red. and at night it
s blue. The red, white and blue flower
rows on a tree about the s ze of the
uiva tree, and only at noon does It
4ie out auy perfume.
A little town up iu Northern New
lintlaii.l is said to have only one real
rteil resident (all the others are ei'.hei
lown with the grip or getting over au
it ack of it.) and ha is anoet genaiian,
rtho insists on going to his place ol
ba-iness twice every day. and win:
lever wears an overcoat, no mallei huw
severe tlie weather is.
Chicago's great Auditorium co .t
f2,70 t,000. Under its roof is a theatre
cspab'e of seating 7,'KMJ people, a large
hotel, a recitation hall, a banquettina
hall, and other rooms. There are 10,
000 electric lights in the bull. ling,
served ly 'J.'iO miles of electric w ne, and
there aie 25 miles of g is and walei
pits, 21 pumping engines, and 13 ele
vators. Living within two and a half milei
of MallaiHiisette, Mass., where all were
born, are niue brothers and sister;
named Holies, who r.nue iu age froit
'J to bS years. Altogether there wer
twelve children, but three died, one al
the age of 02, another at the age of (0,
and the third when ho was 2". The
mother lived to le a nonagenarian.
The father died In his 5slb year.
The new catalogue of Yale College
give the estimated annual exjienses ol
the studen'3 there as follows: The low
est amount nece.-s.iry to meet all regu
lar charges is set at $330; the most lib
eral Is f 1,030; while the avelage is Jii'io.
These sums do not take into accotiui
the income which an industrious stu
dent may deiive either from work oi
from scholarships.
The biggest edible oysters in the
world are found at Port Lincoln, ii
South Australia. They are as large a:
a dinner plate, and the sauie shape.
They are sometimes more than a tool
icross the shell, and the oyster fits his
shell so well he does not leave luuct
margin. It is a new sensation, when
nieud asks you to lunch at Adelaide, tc
have one oy ster set before you fiiei lr
butt r or egg aud bread crumbs.
Fish charms have been met will,
among many nations. The li-.li c.illec
the bullhead is used by some of tin
Russian peasants as a charm agaius
lever. Many kinds of lish have twe
hard bones just within the sides of thi
head, and one species, the uiaigre, hai
these bones laizer In proportion thai
most others. These two bones, callec
colic stones, are regarded to jNisses;
medicinal virtues. They were mouiitec
in gold and hung round the neck.
The trials of the new submarine
boat Ie (y in note at Toulon are l-eimi
continue 1 under the supervision of Ad
miral Duperre. The Gymnote hai
passed throug l all the tests to which
she has been subjected with ix'rfecl
success. On oue occa ion she wen'
about tin ee-quai ters of a mile undei
water, ami she dived under tlie iioii
clads at anchor with the greatest ease
The ktisci" permits the commanding!
officer to distinguish objects on the sur
face of the sea for a wide radius whil
the vessel is at a considerable depth.
A :emarkable escape w as ma le re
cently by au (Jmaha man. lie was in
toxicated aud took a seat on the rail
way t' ack as a motor 'rain was ap
proaching. The engineer fortunately
saw the man anl uppliid the brakes,
but, owing to the sili, pery condition ol
ihe tracks, the train did not Btop untl
It struck him. "Th guard pas-1 ovei
Ii in, gnndlu his head into t tie d!it
but the wheels did not touch him. 1I
was so tightly wedged in lie! wee i thi
guard and t' e axle that it was neces
sary to remove the bolts and take oC
the guard lief ore he could be ex t Hea
ted. He was 1 ttle injured."
Stanley's exfiedition has cost 1' M,
000 thus far, and additional exp nee?
will biing the total to S1..0,uiio. A;
he has brought little or no ivory to the
coast, this sum will le clean outlay
with no immediate return. The first
sum was jaised by subscriptions il
England, and the rest will doubtless
be raised in the same way. The maict.
to the coast cost bOO lives, Stanley start
ing with 1.5' 0 and reaching the sea
wilh 7o0. The march from the moult
of the Arwirni to the Wadelai co t
from 300 to 40'J lives lu Stanley's party.
In all, therelore, he has lost alnjul
1,000 men under his command or pr
tection. The native tribes througl.
which he forced his way lost no lev,
and probably more, so that the tup h.u
cos at least 2,0 X) lives.
27ie Stud of L tn'u trfx. Professor
Lowell fay: What i urge is that nt
invidious distinction be nude, as some
times lif-ei to be and sometimes is, be
tween the ancient aud the modem tc
the disadvantage of the latter, bu' thai
students should be encouraged to take
the course lu modem languages as be
ing quite as good i.i point of discipline
is any other if pursued w ilh the saint
thoroughness an 1 to the same end; and
jthat end, as I have said, shouid be lit.
I eiature, in whicli alone language at
tains to a full consciousness ol its ower
I tnd the joyous exercise of it. It is only
j through literature that w e become com
iplete men, for theie, and there only, can
we learn what man is and w hat man
oi ay be. For it is nothing elsj than
the autobiography of uiankiud.