-i iTiv mi" titi'i r -Tnirt run trninn murm icpmariaiim yr n t r . . i. . . . THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LWVS. Editor and Proprietor. MIFFIJNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAIiCII 111. 1SIH). NO. 13. " B m i y ii ii ii' i ii iw ,x i s-u . j. , . . a or . rlUtiUt I ; .t. . ci if litiiail-rfa ILtfl fall I l.-.U . btr (iltli to l.. asu. I :r'. : ,i u off the coast ot l.i: o.g L.'.i i' h : u. c. UkU.I Went itow u. Tc other tiV.ing b .t art" e lf n ! sr. The rcird f ent s'.iiiis was nuiaika- la .1 I p-s . .it? a t T V l...v r . u bg.m as badly if this be I :,-vol. A Hi.' company called the New ... Il.n.d '"'utii..itii:i and Mining .:: p y ; quite 1 ,. i r acres of ti 1 :n Nt w f. im .land, which were it -e t to the A nyln-A tuei lean Tele aph Con i' my In 1-vil. some of tlie .mts oo! tain i o.il beds a. id various .ueiahs, ami others :ue ai'np'cd for ;iicultuie and hind ci nig. The com i :iy I. as Leen organized by a uuiiil r prominent men, who expert to be ie t attiact a large s uam of iiuuii .du n to the colony. i'vsai.s apt ear be a drug in the uiaiKtt. Tic L'!iuy!lwi:l Naviatlou I mi'l' .ny VMiiiiil like to iliK-e or lla i. ; it; lluie is a i iohmI;o.i to fell ' f ami Ohio to a railroad ..uiMny, a d an tloi t ia being made :.. ! ti e lriau Iike Canal, con-ii'- ii. Lake M tlii.m it!i Lake Su 1'iiio:, to the l.ovii niut nt. The List t u o'd w ill I ubadoned to. catial i,- ln.t the juirioseof selling the i'oitae I'an.il is to have it deepelud mj .uj to tit it for lake commerce. m am n"s - tii.- ml C.'Jv Ciears ui iij..il.ut' the lincf rtaihty that clouded the facts about Linia'.H hesitancy lu iciviLj; Wadelai. Slauley says that uImu rt turn the second time h t. i.ii'l Km. n a prisoner in the hands ct tnM uwti men. and th.i". after he wa t tie. Lima si. ill declined to go. Fiually :.n. ley took cliaige, and after having i i i i.-i.'.talni iol virtually forced K:uin to a. 'company him. It vva-acae ot uv:n:ilii,in !.t!. rhc v. anted to W -ai d r ta'!. It will r.'nuire all the ingenuity of t!.e Un.-Siall liovcmtiu lit to cte.ir itell of the ttrrllilo ch.ir s .T c uelty to (ii! r. leal exiles in ittia. 'lhe stores 'f the brutal treatment to which deli cate and tefU.el women have Leeu ?ul-;i-i !i-il at tlie hands of a lia f-savace Malit-ry tuuht at fast r.ilit iii'in ar i s m:;i rate ! did they not i-oine from sep arate and unit p -n ient s aii i c, to iii.t:oii of the pl'isom-is tl.ein-i 1 v s I rii lndni any idea of coiiusioii In the 1 1 . .1 1 : 1 . ' 'I tll'.l' of the f JXift-. Ul.-hi.t I- I : .d l ei'oie eiv.li. it i-n, and la I . .' : .i. i d ilelii.Js alow that at last !!. ..ujte'im tu itaine II e f.i' t. '1 hk New Voik 7"n'-i("- thinks the destruction of human life by our rail wa s m attalniiiif truly alanuinii pro iioitions. Accoidmu to the estimate of the Interstate Commerce Coiuli's hiotiers, the nnutulity frolu this cau.-e ia a single ear is as hiti as ."ot'd, while for the same period the uumlier of per sons injutiil in railro;id accidiiits reaches '-'S. )fcou:st a j;reat i'io joitiou in botli classes is made up of railway employes. Legislation by Con gress for tl.e pi. teettou of trainmen, as reeoiuuiemh d by tiie l:esident, is treAlly to b desire I in view ot the facts thus preseiite l, ami legislation by the States with the object of aboli.-h Iv.g piade crossings would re.ace-j another Iruitful source of danger. To ruF.v km electric luht lires orijii Lalir. from sources oulsi !o tlie liuild i::;, Mr. F.dwaid Atkinum suituests a law similar to one applied to railroads, waking the company whose wire car ried the current into the building liable in a cla. m for damages, with provision f ir recovery from tlie company upon whose wire the spaik originated. That would stimulate the use of spark arres m and make all companies using w ues of any kind careful to guard its hues from cro e-. The nlf interest cf the companies is rtlied upon to re move the dangers incident to ti e use of v irt s rai r in dangerous currents, and also to eni inn itre them to have "dead" res removed fiotu poles and cnlinee l.oiis. Such a law won d al-o sllluu l.ite the putting of wires under liioiind wheie they Would be safe tton '"croes. ' The Alaska Commercial Coiupan loses its valuable exclusive privilege of taking fur seals upon the islands of St. l'aul ana t. tteorge lnv.iuse of the i iiii petition exceed by Its large profits'. Tlie Noith American I'oin rueu ial Company, of New York, wlin h is to have the h a-e, ls to lay more than three limes as much per annum as was paid by the Alaska Company. On the basis of 1i 0,ihk seals per annum the tiovirnment will receive about Sl. t.,iM no per annum, as against Sjd.WHl le'iir.red under the old lease. The ex clusive privilege is to run for twenty years. The purchase of Alaska was pretty good business speculation, as U:ese figures show. The United Mates paid oulv iT.'JOO.tiiO for tl.e country, Mini It lias immense undeveloped re- urces besides these seal fisheries. What West Virginia ami Kentucky jl.ould do with their HatCeid-McCoy-Taliaferro feud fighters, murderersand outlaws is to hang them, as I'ennsyl vaiha did suteeu uf her "Mollis ALi g aires" Thugs wheulhev lerrorizi d the anthracite coal counties of tlie JHate some years ago. It is a burning di-iirace to Kentucky that there are so many counties within her borders where oj nr. a cannot be he'd for the adminis tration of justice without deta Luieuti of troops to protect tha lives of judges. Jurors, witness anJ pro.ecutiiijr par lies. The gallows for the murderer? whom the authorities have now in baud (about twenty, we understand.) is the only discipl do Iu our anthracite counties life is as safe now, since t'ie barging or the "Moliie Maguire" assas sins as in otli- r portious of the State, and the adiuimstratlou of criminal ju-ti-Q is as sure. C'ly Rit.l- From WMch Oouq L) n is M iiai pi-u-tuxt. MMjp and alw axe aLiUrw urtw saM-u on tbo bilis of fare ot New Vmk restaurant or boteis, and the New York flee lumu counter ba-i lot )et added the in to its list. Says the New York uu. In 1'hiUdelphia, llarrisburg, rutsburg,, and, lu fact, every town ou the I'euusylvania ltaal road froiu Ivlaware to the Mouougahe l.t tliat is big tnough to b ve a restau rant or a tree lunch route, the snapping tut tie, or snapper, as this ugn.icious fresh water chelouian u locally ca led, is a delicacy that is sine to draw a crowd whenever and wherever it Is Served. A. peculiarity of the snapping turtle is that beneath I's formidable shell are I id leu nine diU'eient kinds of meat, and each one Is tender, well flavored and juicy. The snapper does not provide steaks, like the green turtle, although it grows large enough. I have known one to weiizh forty pounds and nioie. but a turtle of that s 7 has got to be one of great age, and his meat is strong and unsavory. The snapper should weigh not less than from live to ten pounds to provide the choicest uior sals. With the exception, probably, of the snappers of the waters ot the southwest of the Mississippi, with the three-cor.l-eied htal, knotty shell, and long, lliiclx legs coveted with spinny warts, the Pennsylvania snapper is probably the ugliest-looking member of the cheloniau family we have. Its heal lsone-quir-ter the size of its bod v. Its jaw s are h oked like the beak of a bud of prey. Far forward of the upper jaw aro set its large, prominent yellow eyes. Its pow erful scaly legs terminate iu Ion.; sharp clys, four on the front feet and three on the hind feet. Its tail is half as loiu as its body, thick at the I a-e, running to a sharp point, aud crested with a saw-like row of bony scales. The shel of a snapping tin tie resembles S' me cu rious tablet of Egyptian hieroglyphic. When angered, and it btc ines furious on the slightest provocation, the s-nap-per rises erect ou its powerful legs, and, w ith its loug neck extended to its fu.l length. Its tail straightened out like an alligator's, and its yellow eyesglow iug, it approaches the object of its ra-e by savage jumps, drawing its neck back into its .-lied and a looting it out again with lightning rapi. lily when within striking distance. The sn ipping turtle is an awkward H-de-trlan, but in tlu w.it.-r is as ipnck .is a flash. The wary and agi'e tiout is uo match for the great a tiplnb an, and no eueiny of the trout is more i-ersist-ei.t and destructive. The suap;ier 1 e n wait beneath the suifaee of p nds and streams, where ;e-i; ia: ic fo'vls, e . t-cially gees? and ilucks, with their fat ..ul downy young, ar apt to sw in, and, coming up under the sjspecting i ri" as licet an l silent as a shadow, -elzes it with one snap of his jaw, . nd the premature duck or goose d.sappears beneath the surface like a stone drop; s-d iu the water. The snap;ier is partial to nu-ikrat, and watches at their holes ior I heuj. If 'io rut appears, either going in or coming out of Lis hoU-e the s nipper proceeds to investigate. lie -rks his way Into the muskral's bur iow by the subterraneau passrge the animal always tunnels t its nest, and -ones his game literally in its own ihieshoid. Kept lies of all kinds, esec lally the wa'tr snake, are favorite loo-l for the suaiiper, and li-h furnish bliu many choice repasts. Veteran aud veraci us buntert who ti id their game along marshy streams and io:ids declare that the snapping turtle is as wise i-s he is crueL lie kn ws the instant he hears the sound of a gun th it "omeonc is hunting mrds that feeil along the shore! and in I be reeds and flags, lie loses no tim- , -.. getting himseil iu posilio.i to look ' ,'.i. for wounded birds that niiy tall into the water. If any fall they are the snapper's meat. O-.e old Sus paehanua Ulver hunter told me once that he shot a snipe one day that fell into the water j into a bunch of Hags. His dog. a small corker spani il, jumped in to retrieve the bird. TI e dog had no Sooner got u. to the water than the hunter heard a great commctiou aud then p erciug yell ti.un his dog. He wa led out tj the re-ds, and there saw his dog struggling to lei away fr in a b g snapping turtle that had s ied the dog back ot the fore shoulder. The hunter grasped his dog by the hind legs aud drew him back. The turtle did not let go its hold they never do until they are killed aud then they don't - ;.nd was dragged clear out on dry land, while the dog tilled the air with hisyelis. The hunter placed the muz 7'e of the gun to the turtle's neck and ful -d it with a charge of Miot. Unit .-.spewed of the turtle, but it did not c 111111 the turtle to dispense with the do,', the Jaws remainiug tightly closed . ii the dog's leg. The owner of the s aulel wa obliged to split the tenaci ous head in two before he could recover fuil possession of Ids dog. The snapper has its home in streams and oiids. Every female lays at least twenty eggs, but they will lay ai many is t hirty. She goes some distance from the w.iter when she gets ready to Ue-1-osit her eggs, which she does along aUiiit the miiidle of June. She digs a pTisndtcular hole a foot deep, aud big enough for her to get Into and complete her nest-building, which she does by exeavat.iig a lateral tunnel from the inittoin of the surface bole. This tun nel will be a foot or so lo"g. If she gets her nest computed in the forenoon d the day she commenced it. she will lav l.er eggs in the tunnel right away, 'nit if it is afternoon when the nest is re..dy she goes bacfc to her retreat in the water and waits until the next day. Sue always deposits her eggs in the foieuoju. She is particular about ber nest, too. Tor some re.ison, and will fre quently dig three or four holes before sue gets one to suit her. Arter her eggs are laid she covers them and tills the hole up with dirt and smoothes the suifaee down with great care. The eygs hatch la ten days, and the turtles at once dig their way out of the ground and start for the water as fast as their little legs will carry them which is at the rate of about a mile an l our. The suapplng turtle, uulike the ter rapin, is at its best during the summer mouths, although it is always in de mand while hibernating. The snappers burrow in the ground in N ovember, aud remain there uutil April. They aie caught in large numbers in central I. nnsvlvania and in the Western pait . f the'tta'e by men and boys, who fish ..i bunt for them systematically, and ; make money at it, as there is alwaya a ! ready market for snappers in the lVno- sylvani small tow .s ana cities, as wen a-In ruiladelpbia. They are caught by setting outlines in the streams and ponds and by -poliug" for them. The anapper finds muskrai hole coo- , veolvul retreats, and rtwnever the tur- tie hunUrr runs acrusa a mu kiat shc me i or what was a luuski i's home, for j tl.e snapping t utile occup) iug a burrow lintt eats lis inmates-be is loieraMy sure , of Rettiug one or nmi snappers. He j I as a Ion I pol. w lb a strong iron hook I on one end. That eul he J ib, down into the musk rat bole. If there is a lappt-r there the hunter will tpuicklv Know it, for the snapper will resent the intrusion of the pole and fasten his jaws on lhe pole or hook, and will hold on uutil diawn out. The ho -k is on the pole for use in case the turtl- ,'.,'j not Jiermlt himself to be pulled o it by th" j iws, and then the hunter jerks it in"o the snapper's leg or neck aud hauls him our. Some ITiiladelphU epicures declar that snappier stew, serv d iu the Ust Pennsylvania style, iseipaal to terrapin. Somehow or oilier, though, teirpin cost from 4H to c jO a dozen, fifty dollars would buy a tou of snappers. GOOD ADVICE. Manners for Boys. I'oor fellows! How they get hectored and col led and t nibbed, aud ho a con tinual is the tubbing and polishing aud dri ling, which eveiy member of the family feels at liberty to administer. Xo won 'er their opposition is aroused aud they begin to feel that every man's hsnd is agaiust them, when after all if they were only, in a quiet way, inform ed of what was expected of them, and their uiaiilln ss apiealed to, they would readily euough fall Into line. So thought "Aunt e M.," as she pointed out the following rules for a l.lllu 12 yi ar-ol I nephew, who was the "1 ght of her eyes. if not always the joy of her heait, for though a good n:i- ii led, amiabl? boy iu the main he would offend agaiust the proprieties" ficite.it!y. 1-' rst cmne nrinners for the stieet. Hat lifted in saying "good-by" or How do you do." II it lifted when oiTeriug a seat iu a car or iu acknowle Iging a favor. Keep step with anyone you walk v-itu. Always precede a lady up stairs, aim ask her if you may precede her, in p.is-ing through a crowd or public 1 lace. Hat off the moment you enter st r. e: door and w hen you step into a pri.a'e hall or otli :e. In the parlor stand till every la'ly in the room .s seated, also older leople. Kise if a la ly comes in after you are seated and stand till she takes a seat. Look people straight in the face w hen speaking or being spoken to. I-et la lies pass through a door first, staining aide for them. Iu the dining room take your seal after la lies and elders. Never play with knife, fork or spoon. Do not take your napkin in a bunch in your hand. Eat as fast or as slow as others, aud tinish the course when they do. Ki e when ladies leave the room, and siaud till they are out. If all go out together, gentlemen tuna by me aoor tin laiiiet pass. Special rules for ihe mouth are that nil noise in eating and smacking of the lips should lie avoiile 1. Cover the int ulh w ith hand jt napkin when obliged to remove anything from it. L'se your handkerchief unobtrusively always. Do not look toward a bedroom dooi when passing. Always knock at any private room d.or. These rules are imperative. There ate many other little incuts which ad I to the trace of a gentleman, but t break any of these ia almoit unpardon al le. "DM you make up all these rules, auntie?" said Koy, as a Copy, neatly printed by a typewriter, was placed in his bauds. "Make them up? No. These are just the common rules of society that every gentleman observes. You will not Und your father fail. ng iu one of them." "Well, but he is a man:" said Uoy, depreciatingly. "And von do not wish to be a manly boy?" Kov said nothing, but it was noticed that th rules were plac-d very careful ly in his drawer. S nie mouths have since passed, ana auntie has ha I the pleasure of hearing rejeate lly the remark, "Wliat a manly, thoughtful little t ephew you have," as one aud another oh erved his pod e and careful attention to others. Grandmother s Valentine. llessie Day was up iu the attic of het grandiiiot her's house in the country. Mrs. Day was lookii g among some boxes for bits of velvet for the sofa cushion, that lless.e was making aud her blight eyed little granddaaghter was busy with her in the search. 1'res ently Itessie opeue 1 a box that stood in a corner of tt e attic 4 O tirandmamma," she exclaimea, "this one is full of pictures!" "let n.e see.'' sa;d the old lady. She Came aud looked iuto the box; then she s-gtied a little, though ber smile war sweet as s'.e said: "They are pictures your grandpapa gtvemewhen we wre children to gether. I think his first valentine tc in i is there. You may look if you li-e." liessie sat down on the floor beside the box, a-id took out the pictures one by one till she came to the very last. "There it Is," sail Grandmamma Pay. with a lovely pink tinge iu her che.-k. It was a faded, childish drawing of a little boy and girl. The bo.' was offer ing the little girl a four leaved clover, aud she vais standing, shyly looking down at her clasped hands. "isn't it funny V" laug: ed Bessie. "Ioes It seem so to you my dear?" said l.er ciandmamma, taking the pic ture and looking at it with much ten derness. liessie's laugh died away, aud her own eyes filled as she saw . the tears shining lu the old lady's eyes. Her giandfather had died before she was bom and this was her first realization of tlie love and crief that were still alive in bis wife's heart. She jumped up an 1 threw ber arms around bet giandmamma'a neck and kisse I her. 'It's so sweet," she ?-aid. "to think that dear little boy is grandiupa, aud that little girl is you!" G and mam ma Day wiped her eyes. "It's the first thing be ever gave m and it's his own diawing." she said. "1 think I'll take my valentine dowu to my own room. It's sixty years, B ss-. Come now, dearie, we'll find your velvet scraps." Youtk' Cum-jxiMton. OLD NEW EN CLA NO. There are but few relics of the past remaining to Americans, and of these tlie mujoritr are in New England Mnr of the people cling to old cus toms, cherish the old homes, and try ta preserve as long as possible the few houses and other land marks of the first settlers of the country. How faithfully the people of Boston n-orked in order to save the old tree on the Common everyone knows, and when at la-t it fell, the place where it stood n as set apart, and an iron fence secures it from the public, and preserves it for future generations. There are bouses all through New England which htve stood for many years, and are still .? en pied by the grandchildren of tua builders. The iieople who leave ther Eastern homes and come back after luuny years, bringing children to the old place take no greater pleasure than in showing church, school, or horio dear to them in the davs of earlv child hood. Among the homes which have stood the wear and tear of years, yet still stand, is Jonathan Fairbanks House in Dei lh:ou, .Mass. This is said to lie t io oldest house iu New England, altlion.;!; th. re is one at Medlield which may have been built at Mint the same time. Dedliam was settled in lOlo. Thecele brated John Itogers of Dedham in Eng land had been forbidden to speak in England, aud many of bis followers emigrated, and numbers settled in this place. Eor that reason it is supposed that the town was so named, but the original plan was to call the place "Contentment." It is almost impossible for us to real ize how far we have advanced since these villages in New England wtre first founded until we examine into the curious records of those times. Not only in manners and customs, but in the i-trange wording of their every day speech, and the curious and strict laws by which they were governed, they seem a different people from those of to-day. There wis no strife for place or position, but warm friendship and 111 K rai hospitality. The newspa):rs which sprung up one after another 4U the story, and the curious tombstoiles w hore it was th custom t record to miichcif the daily life of the one buried lien-Mth, liear witness of the curious opinions of the people. The houses which they liuilt were in most cases of frame, with heavy beams supporting the rafters, and with long sloping roof for the main structure, un l curious additions called in some cases "a lean to" and in others "a porch," and the wonderful corners and interesting "garrets," here H carious and ancient thiu-gs w ere stored, became treasure houses for the next geuerntum. The rules which governed the observ ance of Sunday, the division of lands, and the payment of taxes, were striirsr ent, and by a due observance of them the settler wns held in respect, but for a violation, a punishment awaited the offender w hich was severe and certdn. The home life was simple in the 5x trcmc and shared by- nieu and women alike, for while the nu n ploughed nu I worked ?u the field, tho women i " ar o,e mi- cloih for dumi'ms. - In religion they wire extremely ex acting, and some of the creeds of th'ip days ss?m to us almost past belief. Yet L'lmil people lived up to them as far as they could, and often denied them selves the comforts or life in fear taut by enjoying what surrounded them they n ight be indulging "the fioh" too much. It was the enstom in many New- Eng land towus to ring the curfew or Sre covering! bell, at nine o'clo k in the evening, and by that time nil young men and maidens were snpjiose 1 to be at home. In a few- of the towns tiiis cu-tom is still adi.ered to, and also die strange fashion of tolling a "passng Ik-11" when a death occurs in the til lage, the number of f-trokes denoting the age of the peiaon who "passes" from eartlu I n the larger New England villages each family was required to keep at hand several fire bu -kefs, and in case of an alarm, were required to set them quickly outside the door or pate, taat passing firemen might gather them on their way to the fire. The writer well remembers a tale told by ber grandmother of an occasion iu 114 when she was dressing for a party, and had donned one satin shp iier, when the bell began to ring. Hast ily seizing a lire bucket in each bund she ran to the gate, and was hurrie llv pi icing them, when a man rushing by tho house said: "It is not 'fire woman, the 1ells aro ringing for peace; the war of 112 is over." The ancient tombstones tell a strange, story of the time. In looking over old Iwioksand papers there are many most piaint and curious spe -imeus. 'i ho virtues of the dead and the circum stances to their lives are often given, and we wonder at the late day how such saintly beings lived in this wicked world. There is a curious specimen of this kind which reads: TUEP Near Gloucester, Elizaljeth Wagner aged 107. She never took medicine of anv k'ntl iu her life. Tn Foxborongh there is a very sing ular monument st nding iD a grave yard in the centre of the town. In order to read the inscription it is nec essary to raise the cover of a sort of vase w hi. h is placed upon a pillar of granite. The cover is of granite and is kept in its place by hooks, the date lhld is cut uion it, and these l.nes: 'Tn tho.-e who vtw IWore joure gone. Be iileased to put this cover ou." Ou the inside of tbe cover on a pieeo of sheet-iron, the following is in gilt letters: "Tlie crave Is waiting for your bod v. And ihrit is wmtine for your soul; O mav this lie your clii-rfuf study. Io be preared when death dotti call." i . n Watertown there is another curi- una epitaph from an old burying ground, j east of the village, on the Cambridge 1 road: j Pious Lydia, made and given by G.J ' As a most meet halp unto John Bailey Minister of the Gospel j Good betimes Best at last j T.iv d by faith Died ia Grace ' Went off singing left us weeping Walked with God till translated in the , 3Jth vear of ber age April 10th WJl. Ir you want to be miserable, think about yourself, abont what you want, what you like, what respect people ought tu pay you, what eopie think of you, an. I then to you nothing will be pure und you will always be wretched. A cf.UK that st.cks is perforce a sticky glue. Words are a free lunch and deeds a laid diaiA The Minister's Baby at Church. She was ready for church our Uitle Frue In ber yowu so pretty and Khtie. It was th.- first tune we'd taken Iit there. And her eyes, exjieetant a. d hricltt. Looked up In my luce, as takintc her hand. 1 eipl.iined in a tone very crave, liow children in i-liuieli. who sit In the pew. And wished to be Kix.d should behave. Her mother ex pressed a f eline of dread. And wished to sit back by the door. The fatherhood in me proudly demurred Our beautiful b:iby. Jut four. Should sit w here my people could see her face. And down the hrorel aisle we would o Tliiui:ti w ife said. "What If she s-hould mislie have.,f She's the minister's child you know! Our wee lass went Into our pew at the front she sang all lhe livmns upside down, fler head she bowed, when I said "Let us pray," Aim sii.u up her sweet eyes so brown. I I hanked the ciNd boid. as never b'-foie. For lambs of the flock He hud uiven' His Mi.lv Name praised, b. cause of Ills words: if such is the kin.loni of b.-aven." Tae sermon time came, my baby glanced 'round. Some chililr n. with sweetest content, Ou father's strung anus weie leaning their heads. While I.ieeswere lovinnly Iwnt. Th. n an overwhelming, fa-flii-nut; want Fille 1 lhe heart of dear lillle True. Mie said, in a pitiful eluldish voire, "i'upa. may I come up to you;'" Faith in my love and approval was strong, in a tr ce she elimts-d un itie stairs Ana s.-ated tiers. -If ii- mm - ly and prim. In one of tiie minister - c tairs. A iHiwi'ifal sermon. I ptcelied 'Iwas said Not on. prep ired on the creed. The fislder so h c.U the Iambs could not reach. but something ou which they could teed. MOKK THAN HIS MATCH. One morning, the customers who came to Ueckett's mill with their 'turns' weie a little surprised to find the mill door closed and a written no tice posted thereon, which read: 'Mill closed on ercount of wife dvin'. Have to go to burryin' ever to Cooti ltun Xleeliu' House. Will be back in two hours. Sam IJkckett.' Two or thr- e customers, who had come from the extreme end of 'I'ossmn Uidge, concluded to wait for 15ecketl'. e'.uru rather than to make the trip again; and so, tying their horses, they sat down o i a log aud fell iuto a friendly dial. 'I'll fell you what, fellers.' Kial rfarder said, after the weather and the crops hallieen discussed, 'the takln' off of old Sam's woman is putty clog goned suddint, ain't 11?' Yes, it air, Ktal, fur a fack,' Dan llaw kius replied, 'lieckon there vvaru'i nobody siectiu' of it,' N"o; and I guess old Sam hadn't fig ured on it a y hisse:. 'Wonder If it'll git Sam dowu much?' Tieckou not bad. Y'ou see, when a feller's bulled four wives, he naterally J gits sort o used to it, ai.d the takm' oil j of the fifth hain't likely to go so hard ; with him as it would if she was tlie Prst. It's all u beiu' used to things.' 'Yes, that's so, II aL And if a feller ever gits used to wives a-din', I gi.es Sam ought to 1 e. There ain't m iia ! men as kin 1 oa t o' b irym' five of 'ti i ' liand-rtHiiiin'.' ' "No. there ain't many, Dan. that's o. W.nder wiu Sain'li many next I me? 'Ivor'. I hain't no idea, Xobody ever thought of luui mamin' any of them woii,eii l has married. Seems lil.e be has a mighty takm' way with the women b.lks so i.ei.o-v, and it does 'jiear like women do the most unac countable things. Now th?re va-u"l anybody as ever I bought of Tilly Smith a-tnarryln' old Sam, was tiier?" 'I guess not.' 'Hot she inarritd him, though.' Ves. that's so, she i.M 1.' Well, and that's t e way it'll be ag'in. Old Sam's dog.;, ned lucky when it comes to uiarryin', and 1 gue-s he ought lobe, after all the experience he's had.' Y'es, and the first thing you know, ne'il have atiothi r wife. And she won t be au old hag, eithe-, but thepurties: gal on Tossum Uidge.' A7actly az ictiy. He has aba ays unit l ied uiig gals, and I 'low he'ii do it this time,' I wouldn't l.e a blamed bit sur prise'. Dan, if l.e did spruce ar imI I llet Iliggins. licl's the best-looking woman on ine i.iuge, ana uiosi air. -body 'd lie g ad eiiotinh to git her.' liut that wouldn't do huu any good, Ilia'. lieckon that p.eacht-r has got her fast enough.' 'lie may have and he mayn't have. We kin tell better a week from how.' The two hours had run out mil lleckett returned. 'Sorry 1 had to keep you w ait In', men,' said he, as he came up; 'but it couldn't be helied. Folks will die, and they can't be blamed Tor It; and they're jus as liable to go one time as another. ' I ain't m the nature of things for peo ple to choose their own time for dyin"; aud when they die they have to be buried, you know. 'Shore, Sam; that's all natural t noug . lieckon you find it a power ful hard blow, comin' so uuexpecie t't 'Yes, I do, Kial. It's awful unhandy. Tilly was a smart woman, and I hated to give her up; and liesides, there is always n.ore or less time lost in buryiu' of the dead oi.e and look in round for somebody to take her place. 'lieckon you'll many ag'in? Why, yes, of course; but I hain't settled on anybody yet. It takej time for these things, you know, afd a man has lo look area d a little.' Old Sam Beckett was wtll-to-do, and on '1'ossum lit ige he was looked upon as the money king of the world. He owned a good farm, bes des the old mill, aud lived in a t.vo-story frame house a luxury that was rare at that t me, and which loomed up immensely among its numerous log-cabin Le gh b T -s. Souie time previous to the death of TVckt It's fifth wife, old Jerry Iliggins had died, and having a daughter lo leave to the tender mercies of die world, bequeath? d her to old Sam's fatherly care. Betty Iliggins was just 'r sing onto" eighteen, aud was as pretty a girl as ever graced '1'ossum Kidge, society, an I for that matter she would have been no mean oruament in mure aristocratic circles. For years she bad constituted Jerry Uiig'us' family, and be beiDg a man .vell-to-do financially, and justly prou i of bis daughter, bad devoted c insider able means to giving her an education, and had even gone so far agaiust the protest of his neighbors, of course as to send ber away to aUeud schcol in lhe city. Old Sam was a rude, gruff fellow, who had seen the sunsol til ty summers, but who was perfectly preserved physi -:dly. and in good trim for taking a sixth v?i:e at any time. The work at the mill had run behind a lil'le during Tilly Beckett's short illness, and for two or three days aftei the funeral old mm was kept quite oii-y grinding ti e accumulated 'grists. In the meantime Mose Hackett, the preacher feller, had spent a good deal of bis aaie lima in the neighborhood of Beckett's hi ill. In fact, he and Betty spent a great many hours in quiet strolls aloUS lh shady lanes of '1'ossum H dge, or in iraceful rambles along the banks of the beautiful Coon Kuii river. I u one ot these long walks they hap pened to pass b) the mid. Beckett was at the time 1. aning through the little window looking listlessly down the road that ran off through the woods, and all a: once his gaze fell upon the advancing couple. In a moment a dark frown came over his face, and his brows contracted with vex tt ion. He watched them until they had passed oa aud out of sight, aud then, with a dissatisfied shrug of his broad shoulders, he turned away mut tering: ' 'T won't do 'twon't uigh dol That thar feller's giltin' too numerous lu these pint, an' the first thing 1 know that fjul will be fer marryiu' him. 1 promised old Jerry I'd keer fer 'er, an I'll do it. 'Taint't fer her goot to marry scch upstart as him, an' she shan't do it.' Since the death ot li -ckett's wife, Betty had gone to live at Dan Bunker's, aud aecorilingly, as soon as the grists had all been ground out, Beckett closed the oid mill, and dressing himseif in his ! t suit, walked over to Bunker's house. l'retty soon alter his arrival, Dan and his wife managed to retire, leaving Beckeit and Betty alone together in the bt st room. Uuth,' Dan said, when they were outside, ' 'yer know what Beckett's come fer?' No, 1 don't,' ruth replieib Val, 1 io.' ' Then what is it?' 'Why, he's come a sparkiu' uv Bet. 'The laud sake, Dan! do jou reckon i-o?' 'I know It, Ain't he got on a b'i'.e 1 shirt an' his go-to-niectiu' blue-jeans c l it? An' what else would he have them m for if he wasn't figuring on axin' Bet to have him?' Daii Bunker, d you kno' what I think of old Beckett?' No, I do.i'l, Uuth; but. for tint matter, I 'low it's not so much what u think of huu as what Bet thinks of li. in, that's of interest to old Beckett.' Well, I t linlv he's an old varmint; and. for that matter, I 'low that Bit won't think much different when she tiuus out his business. The idea of the old thing m.irrym' a pretty youug gal 1 he her an' that, too, when bis other vvile ain't bceu dead a week!' As soon as Dan and Mrs. Bunker were well out of the room, old Sam turne 1 to Bet and remarked: 'I see you a waikiu' about a good bit of late vvilh that preacher feller, an' I don't approve of it. I hope you doii'l mean nothiu' like bu-iiie-s.' T don't know that 1 understand your meaning, Mr. Beckett,' the gin n p:ied. but I must say that I am at a his-, to know what objection you can have to Mr. Hackett.' Wal, I've got this much objecti iu to him or to anybo ly t lse; 1 don't want you to marry anybody but inc. I in your gu.ii'ieeii, an' 1 know who'll ti ake you a go 1 1 husband, and 1 ain't vvhiiii' to liust yoti w.lu tiieru litar young up.-tarts. I've made tip my lulu 1 to unity Jou, Bet. I done that t e day Tiliy was buriel, an' now I've come to ax you to jine me.' Marry you'.' the girl exclaimed, in aui.iz. d wonder. 'Why, I never thought of such a thing!' 'Don't need to bethought of. All you want to do i.- to say lhe woid, an' I'll gu Dau to go an' fetch .Spure Beeson, an' well have it over in less 'n hour. 1'ou't nee 1 no thinkin". Bet. Y'ou know me an' I know you, au' you know bow in cli money an' land I've g t, an' you know what sort of home 1 kin offei jou. Ain't that enough?' 'No, it's not enough. 1 ou aie a fool if you think I couid be induced to marry an old man like you, simply because you have a liitle money; and Unit, too, when jour poor wife is hardly fold in lhe urave. I won't listen to you, and either you or I will leave the loom!' Do you mean what you say. Bet?" 'Yes. 1 mean what I say ;-very word of it. I'd die before I'd many you!' 'Well, I ain't used to beiu' treated in that way, gal, at' you mav be sorry for It. Vet.' 'Xevei!' 'I think you will; an', as your lawful gtiardeen, 1 now give you notice that Von shan't never marry that upstart of a pieacher. Do you le ar that?' 'Yes, 1 hear it?' 'Then see that you heed it!" '1 won't do it. I'm going to marry liiui, and you can't prevent it.' 'tioiu' to marry himr' 'Y'cs, going to marry him.' Old Sam took two or three turns across the room, then halting in front of the girl, bis face livid with rage and his form shaking with anger, he lent forward until his hot brealh scorched her cheeks, and hissed: Y'ou shan't do it. Y'ou're mine, ;ud I'm goin' to have you, and betore you shall marry that fellow I'll. I'll' lie never tiuishe 1 the sentence, but the look iu his eyes and the awf ulnes. or his manner made his meaning plain to the girl, aud she shrank back irom him. 'Y'ou will not,' she cried. 'Y'ou dare not.' 'Won't I. Y'ou'll se?. And, girl, his bloi I will be on your head, for you drive im! to it. I've had five wives, and I loved theiu all. I loved them as well as men usually love their wives, but I never loved anybody as I love you.' 'Go! I've heard euough!' and with hai ;he girl swept from the room. l"or a moment lleckett stood Ftill looking after her, then, whirling on bis heel, he strode out and away. As he walked along the road leading toward the mill, his mind dwelt on the 'scene l.e had just quitted, and, with each succeeding inlnut.e, his rage grew fiercer aud his auger higher, and his face looked strangely white in the soft moonlight Once he clenched his lists and muttered: 'It shan't be so. I'll kill him first. It's her money that bought the land and her money that built the house, and though nobody kuows it, it'll be fouud out if she marik'S him, anil then I'll be fixed in a nice pickle. No, it musn't, and it shan't be. she must be my wife. He ha l walked quite a dis'ance and come to the point wheie the road fol lowed along the rivet bank. It was a narrow pa s between the river and the hiuff, aud only a foot-path, or 'nigh cut,' as the people called it, where foot travelers turned off from the main road and saved some distance by go ng through. Becaett had passed several yar.!s along the bauk when he heard the sound of foot-steps Approaching from the otlur way, and look'nz up, what was his surpiise and indignation to fimi himself face to face with the 'preacher, feller.' Both stopped short, and for some time ne therspoke. Beckett's raye was too great to permit of his utteriDg a word, while the other was too much shocked bv old Sam's looks and actions "to rind any jxiwe of speech. hat's the matter, Mr. Beckett?' the iniiii-ter Dually said. 'Matter enough, lteckett replied, iu a trembling voice. "I hoe nothing serious has gone wrong with you. . u'rea liar,' B.ckett screamed. 'Y'ou don't hope any such thing, au' you know you dou't. If you did you wouldn't do it.' 'Do what, my friend? I do not understand your meaning. 'No, 1 reckon jou don't unders'ind it, when you are at the bottom of it.' Bottom ot what?' 'Bottom of this trouble. Oh, you're a good one, and you've wuiked it mighty Due, but you shan't never many her.' A light began to dawn on Hackett, and he thought be was getting au in sight into the old man's meaning. "Now look here, Mr. Beckett,' he Paid, very calmly, I know jou are Miss Iliggins' guardian, and I proposed to resp-ct your rights by informing you of our intentions.' 'Hang your intentions. 1 say you can't marry the gal. Y'ou can't have her.' 'What's your objection?' 'I'm goin' to marrv h r myself.' The reply struck .Mose Hackett as so preposterous ad ridiculous that he could not avoid laughing. In an ins ant Beckett's face grew red with a-iger, and tiking a step for ward, he sa d: 'You laugh at me, r"o you, you little guttersnipe of creation? You think you'll git her anyhow, but I'll see to it that you don't.' And before the minister realized his meaning, Beckett had his strong arms about hiiu and was doing his utmost to throw him over into the river. Beckett was a haidy man and un rsually strong, and he e.erieiiced no difficulty iu lifting his little antagonist up and churning him about. 1 ut to throw him iuto the river was a much more ditlieult task, since the little man clung lo him like a leech, and refused to lie shaken loose. There was a strong struggle, which at last ended in both getting too near the bank and slipping into the water. The minister, beiiia the most active, was the first one to come up; a:id see ing Irs aJvantage. was quick to seize it, and iu an instant he gathered Beck ett by the uu'ie of the neck and pro ceeded to duck him two or three times, after which he haid, still retaining his grip: Mr, Beckett, I want your consent to the marriage between Miss Iliggins aud myself. Are you going to give it?' Never!' Beckett muttered, 'Then under you go again!' After two or three more duckings, the minister a. ked again: 'Do you give in? 'Never' 'Then I shad have to reieat it.' A few more plunges weakened the old mau, and he promised lo sanction the marriage. 'That's not enough,' the mini-ter went on. 'You have her money, and you must give it up. Do jou promise that?' 'No, I don't, and I won't! I'll die first!' 'Then 1 shall put you under and hold Jou un er. 'l'or In aven's Hike d m't do tha', man! I'm diowned now.' Then you primise?' 'Yes, 1 promise.' Will jnii swear it?' 'Yes jesl I. t ine out; I'm dying! At that moment Dau Bunker and Hetty Iliggins arrived. They knew that the m. mster v.e coming, and they feared B -ckett vvoul 1 meet huu and use violence and came lo his lescue. 'Now iepeat your promise iu the presence of these to', the min ster commanded, an 1 Backett reluctantly complied. Til tell you what,' the minister con tinued, 'it will be a good ide i to com plete this business while We'le at It. So it Dan will ea and letch 'qu:re B"e son, we'll have the marriage peifo::ned and the paiers signe 1 over whilo Mr. B ckett is in the ilghl notion.' Dan went for the squire, who lived less than a half mile away, and ;u a short lime the man ia -e ceieuiotiy was go'ie through, Beckett then signed over the gill's properly and departed for home, a tadder and a madder man. The next :ay be went down aud mauled the Widow .Mugirs, and fiotn that day he and Ins old mid have jogged along, doing moderately well. But Beckett never has liked -pieacher sin e th it night. HoWantea tu "Remain." A typical Missoiiriau from the back counties appeared at the Treiuont House recently and asked for a room. He said his name was John Waely. About o o'clock lie appioachcd the clerk's desk and said: liueis I'll remain, 'cause I'm kinder tired.' rinsed to have you, sir,' rattled the cleik. 'What's your name? Wakely. Oh, yes, give you No. ."IH - front room, with bath, southern exp.isure I'm can get dinner at 0.' The fellow stood like a bronze for a few moments, and then took a chair opposite the counter. At 0 o'clock another cleik came en watch, and Wakely went to him, siying: My name's Wakely. i.uess I'llre main.' Thank you, Mr. Wakeh-. i-Cs see, 0G1; best room on that Hour, if not iu the house. Just make yourself at home here.' The man seemed dumbfounded at something, and he ieturne.1 to Ins cl air, directly opposite the r-gls'er. When the night-clerk appeared at 11 o'ciock the Missourian almost rau to tlie coun ter. 'I'm glad they got a new boy,' 1 e said. 'I'm what they call oCl, and I want to remain. Do you undei stand ' 'Certainly, Mr. Wakely. I am going to eat my luncheon now, but if I can do anything for you afier that, don't hesitate to call me. Be pit a-ed to serve you. sir.' Ihe strange guest, after glaring at the clerk, relumed to his chair, wneie he did not move until 1 A. M. Then he was disturbed by a couple of late bois'erous travelling men. We've had enough fun,' spoke o:.e of the drummer. 'We might as w. h retire, aud ' Here the man from Missiuri jump-d about two feet In the air. yelling to the clerk: 'Betire. That's the dun ed w ud I've been trying to say since yesterday noon. I guess 1 11 retire. XKAYS IN HU1KF. A monk n ime 1 Kivalto mentions. In a sermon pieae i d lu Florence In lUHo, that speet i les had been known about twenty years. This would place the invention about h year l,s.",. A woman of 77 ai.d a man of 57 applied for a mainae license at Hills dale, 'ich., recently, and wer on the point of getting it w hen film. Is of the woman iuleifered. st;e has property. Seventy thoiis;,u I "phonograph" dolls are be.ng made at onneb. rg. In the German toy countiy, to con a n Mr. Kdisou's apparatus. BolKit Browniii' is likely to Is) the last or the iliul sli men of letters (save Tennyson) who w.l. lind a grave ill Westminster Abbev. The interment of auj" mo e l o l es there is opp is d on sanitary moot ds. It is said that neailv all the postal clerks au l can .eis who br. ome thieves bejia by steal ii r L iters abinss-d to lottery agents, which they know are al most sure to i oii'ain ni' iiev. In South Carolina lecent'.y two supi-rstit ious cob ned per-ons, so it is reported, be. -tuning frig.iU ned by the darkness which pp ce le i a sto m, sank to the ground ami expired almost di stantly'. An army medical board will lie in session iu New Yoik city inmi May 1st to 31st, for t fin evan.iii il ion of r. indi cates for np, ..cut uient Iu the Medical Corps of the I'lilted Spites Army, tu till exist. ng v.i''anc es. After the . 'list of March next, all life boat ! in Kii;luiid w Id be ieo,uired to carry a gallon of vegetable or ani mal oil, in a ili-.tr but r of approved pattern, for quieting the sea in tough Weather. An exchange says that iar-'e quan tises of stravvbeirn-s aie ' iug sl,iped north from Florida. Well. p. -i haps they ate shipped; but iioiu the fatisjued appearance of ihe st i a.i i.ei 1 1. s lu Northern markets iu those days, one would suppose rather that th.-y had been compelled to w ilk all the way. A H j-i ar -old child walked off a rapidly moving tram near lllkhai.lt, lud., lecently, and, str.tt.g" to s.i, w hen the t rani I an la. 1; th - one was found stan ling in the n.i Idle of the traek un nj ned, t set t a s'l'ht scrati h on o: e ear. A new et.'hiug of The Atielus" has just Im en couipi-ic'! "l i'aris. uly a ve:y limited h iiium-i of copies aie to In; sold ',oi o t rai.es or il-i'ieadi. The most expeii ive copies on this coun'.iy are the photographs, which K'.l lor fj I eich, and tin- is v.- of which have be.-u I n., ol to a bundled copies. .losiah Sherman lias glv ti a six acie sde, Va'ue 1 at Toi t he ho - p.ial by whi h A'l.iiit.i m ' honor the memory of liemv V. t;,..ly, and wlinh is t ) I e knoa n by his n.i e. lhe instiliitiouw.il have one se -timi for white and another for b ack patients. A portable h m-e of paper was re cently con-t In te l in II. imii in g. Tlie Wall-consist of don !e;,,iers of pai-er, of which the inU'ii t one is iinpiegua ted agaiust tire hud tin- ,.! ior one against moist lire. The pa pi i is lived lu tiaiues, wh.ch can easily he attached to each other. 'I he house is iu'eud.-d to serve as a rest mtai.t, and contain a dining room Uo feet long. "Typo-er pt"' and 'graphoryjie" aie the Uiest rew vvojds. I l.e burner IS a hljb-l t U f I'll ( pi 1 1 1 tell llt.ttill- seiiil;' t'.f la'Iii is an ap. i opt i.iie teiui for tlie t pe wi i: Ing in u-h ne, w Inch is no, un er the ! i in tpe wi itei, coiiif.iiinih-d with tiie op. r it ir. hen a iua'i -avs ' 1 have L'ot a new IVpert 1 iter." it s imp.,--,!',,. ,, t,a f i If li-l to tb-tei iii 'ii- w ether a mat hi he lias been p nvh se.i or a i. t; young Woman fiiga.'ed. A boy at Lille, Fia-Ce. has ju-t met w it h the . s -ime Int.- :is t'.e I. mine in the s.mg of lhe "M . siietot B u-ii." He disappear d, and a ino-l . Indent search Was made tor him . no p .i nose, until t occmred to lu- uncltt to lo ,r inside a larg box which was kept in a loll. There be found his ic-phevy's Coipse. It Is snpp.is. ,1 that t' e la I chose the box as a .p,;. t phic-- w l.eie he could lie down u .t h. ml t he li-k of in terference, i he I d le i .lo t!, . dt Ii Ta.lv and l.e was -1 . i; . : - t : .- 1 lid iai:a s "n u ll in.. i i ,i d w in. Ii " has just b. i-ii wed' :e I a: -ln-lb, .'ille, 1 u l., to 1., r ninth 1 u-h, m l. ' II, r til-t app '.nance as a i l. idling bride was i i 1-07, and sin; bil been ii',, peaiing in I ho -ante roe, at inbiwids ol from two to four years i v. r mce. she has been no ie.-pt i tei of p-n .ns in ber eager bunt b.r a satisfactory li'e partner. The high an I low, r.. h an I poor, fanner and tow n.-m n, have ad been tiied and lo'ind wanting, bi.t sict ll.iS show n no ,S. li i f let! ,tlg up l. her puisiiilof an I'V.d hudian I. nx of her ex-husbaiiils are still liv.ng. A sp-c -.men f th.. .r,.sted -tailing of Keiin oil Is and has ! cent! been obtained for the lu t.-ii Museum. "This bud, which has .tell probibly exterminated, is rater in c Ctlons than the gri at auk. I's t- .;.i(.ng con sists simply ol black, wh.te an 1 giav. but when alive it must e been graceful b.rd. me en ..le, i :,,. island--, w ho n me i,l ..-i ed t:.e b i d in their jouiiger il. iv s, bud ti.e late Mi. I'oletith ii i: w.iss, tame and step. I that it could be knock)-d ov. r w it u a .-tak. O ily l'i .'pe. lii e is a:.- I,:.., an to exist. ' Me liciiial i ii.gs ui in at on tune very seiiou-ly b. lice 1 in. 1'ms :,i;js weie won, to wear linger ilngs in which stones were set, and the-e stones were credited with tl.e po-.-:-sion of many virtues, s unt-tnnes the patient was simply touched w it h the nvg; sometimes he. put it on his linger Ior a while. Many a pat .-ul has worn such a ring to stop lieiiioi i ii ig.-. it ,f. sued lesult. tollov.e 1. tiie i ing vas un reservedly regarded as Ihe h a ing ugent; il the c.ird lid not follow, we a:e told nothing abou. it. A dress that weighs but thu.; ounces is owt ed in Connectiftit. The following facts about it aie from tt h Danbury Atir. "About tl e year 17oj a fair young Li ide in the villa now known as New Haven wote a tlaintv costume of w lute. Thegotvn was cut low in the ne.-k an 1 was sleeveless. The dress was of light an I tlimv texture, and eigh-d but about, thu j ounces. It has been 1 an 'ed i! .i, Iloin tieiieraliou 'o generation nil it has at last tome into tlie pis-,. ,i,,n of a Danbury lady, who wiil wear it at the K"d Men m isqueradi -. Tie di is remarkably wel. pres-ived. a d i -tremely valuable-, both tmtii ii- ., and tbe lieauty of the t m io . . -with which it is coveied. i e , . of the triinmiuir is preinly a.. . i the those iWd."
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