liitlftt fir. firry B F. SOHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLIV. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. MAKCII 2, IS90. NO. 11. WW if. 3 ypr nrw postage stamps uo not re luire quite so much licking as the oM jnes'bd. But what the country needs a a postage stamp that does not jav to l Inked in order to stick. SFir.FTAnv Tk.U'T has declared 'liat l!" Commander McCalla is guilty or ji charges made against him that he uot be "whitewashed by the 'ourt i f ln'1'iiry. Mr. Tr.tcy uram wlat he says. Tur. oldest lawsuit on record, ier ia;. Is one new being tried in the lig'ast Kusstau Court at St Peters burg. It w;i brought 5u0 years ago, igainst t:-e city r Kaiuanez-Podolsk, j tlie 1 irs of a dead noMeniau, to ifcuvcr many thousand acres of Ins sta! which Lad been confiscated by the muricli ality. Tie written testi n;, : v is said to weigh 4. ton. Tin: n'-o'ution mtro luced by fila l itet.e. dtclaring lu efTed tli.it simply vji, a man is a rnemlier of the II, mi- of Lords Is no positive reason h in- must le believed under all cir ruu.st.i -, es, is causing tome trouble to i . ovi uiiieut. The truth is that ; 1'pts of Fnlatid are so notoriously Uid t'M? they would scarcely be believed ir .'.. r oath. ?n i ks to the French if they li ui'd undertake to annex the K'.ng J. i. "f lahomey and put an end to LiuiKireus rule there? The King not jr : c.iriiesou tlie slave trade in 1U ii.-.-t offensive form, but continues !,an an sacrifices. He Is out of the (iu.t of civilization, and if the trench Mil bring him and hi. people, into suls Hilioti, they will do a service to hu ruat.ity. 1'lt'lY Kussian "s, ies" are reported to U' nil their w.iy to ti e United Mates, hilher they l..:e been ent to modify tiie ry geieial uncomplimentary opm:oti of the Czar. The "spies" luve a treat t.u-k on hand. The num ls-r uf jsrople lio opinion they won't change in the lea-st, would be l;ir e enough to elect the Czar to an. office m America to which he might ji.',re. TliE Ii ish-A merican societies in Chi cago l ave 1 cided not to parade this jearonr-t. Patrick's day. This deler ti.aation Is wise, not only because i f the fart that such p trades are very v.,i-!, f ! fiom a money point of view, I ;.l i c.iiise they aie quite likely now and in ll.e future, as has been the case lu the I a:, to fa I on inclement davs, Bel,l t g U.any of the p.iraleis to the doctors and the hospitals, am! others of t: em to tlie graveyard. Vrr ,-iTius' to piohili.iion Is grow ing m Kai.sis with two r.illier contrary rta.-otis given for the desiie to have the 1 .;u T tratlic resumed. One is that pus h.l.t.i"! is a failure which must mean that ii.j lit r Is still being sold- the otlitT that because of prohibition the population of the Mate is decrei'shig, wl.kti won! I 1 ardly le the cuse if the lav wa a failure. Il is porsibie to rec oncile these statements, but the prol a tle fact is that a;iy dt c tease of popula tion 1.1 due to tlu openiRS of new lands out.-i of the Mate to settlement, aud Lot to i rjh bition at all. i me correspondent at Apia, Samoa, who writes that the storms there may be easily avoided, and tells bow the l a ted ?! ites slramer Adams ran away from one in January, seeking a safe LarixT at r.io-la, does not allow anytl.ii'.'- f. r the ihffeience between l.ii.dsui.t ai.d r .resiirht. It took tlie dis.iin-tiori of sevi ral vp--cU" in M irch f '.isi year to iinpiess upon coiniu.iiid ers tue u cesiity of L'ettm out tiie mm r lr of Apia when a falling frarometer K .ve tiiein warning of au appioachiu); Ur:ii. They ail dj .t now, but this is ui t a necessary r flection on the coru u.and. rs who failed to take timely warning when the hurricane came upon t' em a year a.. The plasterers i-l New York City l.ave succeeded lu ttetting an agreement with their employers for two years, "hereby they are to work only eight hours per day and are to receive 50 cents au hour or four dollars per day. This will eucourage the agitation for eitfht hours a day by other building mechanics. Tlie "bosses' are in ellect miply the agents of those who want t .uses built or repaired, and have little lrs. rial interest in the honrs of work illiterate of wages, providfrl they are txt- l lef ore contracts are made. It is t! actual owner of the house who ul Uuiaie:y pays the warres of the nieu who wrk moti it, and he U not cnu sulte.i aa to the rates or hours or labor. U is a tMit, however, that increased cost ut building cuts down the amount "f woik to W done, for those who con struct houses f-r speculative purjoses, :t!.er to sell or to rent, delay operations 'i'-n the cost U jjve.it and wait for favorable times, w hen laloror materials J cl'ea;. euoug'i to afTord a profit. u-tfe any uiov. meut of the buildinu t'Ivs workers to Increase the products uf ll'tir l.t'...r, either by increasing their 'es or Ie-eni:ig the hours of labor, u Uble, if carried too far, even with J- cor ,.t f their direct, employers, w.uiLo.vi, the amount of work lobe aii.I thus hant their armnal In. v"tif wo"''' hiud to,T an t,. eooiiom ca! Unit is reached or Mitel. 1 1 t! at V't18 l.!c,1 " excellent authority tv ',. lx'"uaii s paiers on Siberia have been read by I in the -uuwuac result reirains to I 'Tm n'nurk-l'lJ case of return ol "C ?U 13 IwtwJ from Wat- a h V wtl 74. He bad :v t ,V so1" SaLd ,in nteriUon- J 'n Ui 'v"s b-T fr"?nd- for.uL. ,,'4':count ior Uls now pood 1 wsJl!;. . "''Js ciaus are also In a " to pruvula au XDUnaUoa. FRUIT OF THE SEA. Very Many Despised Fish art Pal atabl. Tish and the "fruit of the aea" nerer tastes so good, raw or cooked, as when fresh caught from the deptlis of shallows where they or it abide. Uy "fruit of the sea" is meant that large variety ol animal life which can scarcely ln class ed as lisli, flesh or foal, but for wair of a distinctive appellation was deuouil uated as above ty the old time lover of the "briny" and its products. Lot a ers. crabs, oys ers, clams, escallops and noudescrlpt thin s which are ine especial delight of tbe gourmand are in the category. There are very many edlbla ti-li and "things" which live iu the salt seas that are excellent to eat, although they are tabooed by Americans generally. One of thetish is the "skate" or "maid," w hich is caught in such 1 irze numbers by anglers in the wat-rs adjacent to this city. Most bshermen do not like to waste bait upon them, and the c nseiiueuce is when lliey are csught objurgations are extended ou tl.eiu. aud often from meie wantonness and to gratify a sni ill spirit of "geltiu eveu" they tue to--ture 1 and left to die aud rot on the docks or sands or In a bjat, or are cast back into the water minus their caudal appendage. Xow, as a matter of fact, ther are port ou; cf a fa r-s.zed skate or maid which are delicious eating, it is a tl it luh, aud if the two large solid cir clets of flesh by the sides are cut out aud skinned au I this flesh Is boiled, after wrapp ng it in a thin cotton cloth, aud after it is cooked it is served with drawn butter and w hite turnips boiled, it will be found a most palatable aud healthy fixd, as our K.:glish aud Dutch co .sins know. kates or maids are much es-t-s.-iui'd iu the Uritish lsl -sand Holland, aud ou the coast of i'lance also. The natives there eat them, making a kind of tish chowder from them, which is very nice, so much so that the partaker, if not told differently, would think he was; feeding on halibut. Another lish, despised here, which is excellent to eat, iu fact Is preferred now to black aud eeu weaktish, by some of our local anglers who have had at hrst to be coaxed to tasted them. Is the large species of "sea robiu" w.iich are known by the raine of the English or "red gurnet." Tlie tish, when caught by the uninitiated, are treated veiy much as the "skate" and "sea robin" generally are, and a jeer and a laugh accompany the catching of one, whereas, if a very little pains be taken, by cutting off Ihe head and skinning au I tliseuibowcliug the lish It wiil be found to fry and cook iu any matu.ei into a delicious morsel. The fl s.l is til lu nud quite lehlisli and tastes I'.,r boiter than the flesh of most ground fili which resort hereabouts. The I'niiiUioii "sea lobin," wh cli, like the gt; -net, is a northern secies of tlie fly ing ti-U, can also, w.llt a little care in skitmtng aul ooking, be made i'jite palatable. There is a sj a ic!es of the same fish which conies from the A;cti.-seas in great plenty in o the waters hereabouts, but, although Koine piofess to like them, it must be con ieed that they are not at all toothsome, ami would only be enjoyed by a iers.jn w ho was half starve 1 and ravenous. Tlie late Pre 1 J. K irc'ier, one ot La in st pcrs.stent practical j.tUns who ever resided In IJutoht-iwn, on one oc casion fooled a host of his irlcndsby get t ng up a tish th iwder and u.i:ig large s:'d "dog tislL," which are a species of haik, in the making of the, mess, wluca was enjoyed by all until ihey were told they had eaten shark; but "Pred'" always declared to his dying day t hat Le preferred to eat shark or dog fish to a-iy otiier decizens of the sea. "BuryalU" are the most persis -ent bait stealers aud as such are the dread of mo t fishermen, who treat them with contumely, and yet they are excellent fi-h when large enough imy f r the trouble of bciliug and proisrly cleat in J. An l her? it sho'ild be said tli it they are tealiy no more trouble to scale aud propvr y clean tli.n the prgies or p r -liaTf. ar.d nt'.-r b !i.g cj kid ae HA p ilatal Is a-s clto.l of the o hiT liii tain si. M si p-rsons wh ea'. tish will recod ot I'l.ii. ni ta ng porgies they hava tifteii ' ulu'o l a very pan lit o br and b tter t.i-.te. This comes from tiie ignorance or c.u .essness il toe one who di'iii'nwvls tlie U li. The gall ducts and bags af all lull ought to be removed very carefully, without break ing or the lish will be spoi.ed. Cue who deii.es to att uit tins kuack or art should watch some of the exrt tish cleaners in any of the New York or this city's fish markets, and five minutes' obrvat:oa will tepay the trouble take i. It is very ciui us that, after angling for years, ma iy ol 1 ll h riuen do not kno.rthe dill". i''ii- e between an cJibl I anlsheil crab ami a sand or ro'.-k crali. The el ble ciab can always be V nown by iu dark c 1 r a d its dark blue and while claws, or in itidioh s. Any crab that is spt- d on it back is not good to eat Not that It has ever l-een shown that thev are really poisonous, but ll ey are watery after bjiii ooke.1 and have no substance; whereas a gool crab should be tii ui in its llesli and heavy for its size. lit fact, the safest plan 14 never to eat a crab that is light iu weight. le ausd one of two things is shown by lightnes?: Hither the cr.b is not In proier condition or it has been "cooked nut and I wateiy aul un pleasant to the taste in cotiseiiueu-: . One of tlie most pie.isa;it "fruits of the sua" is the, shrimp, which should always le boiled in 8 a water, w itli plenty . f table salt a lded. T:.ey ure an excellent relish with a meal an I one must expect t make a meal of Pieiu, unless he wants to "drink potat ons pottle deep," and there again experi ence only can teach oiu the d fforeuce belwei-n edib'e aud uoii-edible sliriiuii. ne is healthy an ! pie isaut to eat, and the other kind will caii-'e nausea and, l-t rhaps, a very bad ill'ioss. The re marks about crabs are applicable also to lobsters which are never good unless they are heavy. Every one knows that o sters are not in season except in th-j "If mouths of the vear, and yet another bivalve, the hard shell clam, is good In the very middle of summer, although expev" say the clam as well as the oyster t reed in the summer. This does not apply, however, to the soft shell clams They a-e at their best only waen the brackish water of tbe early spring lias helped to fatten them tn Uieir saudy homes on ths bars" w hich are unenr ered after every ebb of tha tlJea. Es callop or scailoiw, are only good in cold weather, although the immense -.mr rr la. ire one brought ro ai.rket this year would seem to dis- bered that most of thrse com from cooler waters than are in th a latitude. There are many other "things," or nondescript', which come cut of the sea that are edible aud cannot be men tioned here, among which are numer aus vegetable1 growths which are suc culent nfd nutritious. Some of the sea moves aud pi untain-looking grasses n good t et. but there are but few who know how to choose them, and It Wou'd la'ie a volume to describe them so that they could be recognized by the re ider, and the cnly plan by which one cau le-ome famdiar with them is lo consult tome practical old bay or shore man who h is made a study of the sut ject and who has by experience learned the lesson be is asked to teach. Urook I it Citizen. TWO SOCIETY QUEENS. One Attempts to Rule Beyond Hut j i iitiw, wniie ine oinerurace fuily Abdicates. Two of the prettiest girls lu a towi, where pretty girls are by no means ran have lecently passed tin point beyom! which they cannot with propr ety I lokeu or as "girls." Both of them once iiossesseil unusual beauty; both weie considered, though in widely diff ereut ways, attractive. They were lKken of as "belles" iu the circle in which they moved. One of them, who, with a littie touching up of tlie cheeks and eyebroas aud the assistance of a akil.ful dress maker, is yet handsome, still considers herself a "tlle," and makes her desire for admira'ion aud social supremacy uncomfortably evident. S ie Is unmer ciful iu her criticism of the younger girls who are just entering her set; she likes t j snub aud disconcert them; she s, leaks of them as "chits" aul scbool gltls. She has no feminine friends, and as her old admirers m irry or desert her, she tin Is her native place growing more and more dull, aud tiually gets out of it as often as possible. Every summer, with many huge trunks tilled with gorgeous clothes slit goes to a large hotel at some ga resort and spends the s asou in "showing oil."' Some people laugh at her, but there aie some who admire, and she will be able, doubtless, to play at being belle a few years longer. The other belle belongs to a family rich lu chillren, beauty, health and gix) I temper. Her dresses have nevei been costly nor e.-tiecially elegant, but no one ever stopieJ to think what she had on. She Is still pretty, without touching up, but the first fresh bloom of her beauty has depaitel, and iieoidc aie 1-egiiiiiing to lament that she doesn't ma i ry. Not that they make ill-natured re marks on the subject but they say she is not th kind of ix-rson who ought tc U "au old maid." She is so capable, so domestic, su sweet tem;eie I, so lilted to be a w'ite ai. 1 mother, that sue ouht certainly to bo the mistress of a home. It is rumored moreover, that she has had a great many o.Iers; aud It is known, tlioug'a not through her t.lling of Hi m. fiat she has had several. To h - sure, lu LiIkiii over her suiters the g.ss ps agree that they were nice enough young men, but none of them half good enough for her. It seems to be ou gen eial principles only tltat thuy wish she had man e 1. Meauwlnie, b fore any oue realizes what she is doing, or that she meant to do it, still less to think it is time for her to do it, it Is found that this belle has abdicated! There is no formal an nouncement of the fact, but so it is. She goes seldom to parties. She ceases to a.t in theatricals or pose in tableaux; she "manages" instead for those who do. At churt la fairs she is found no longer as flower g rl, or peasant waitress, or gypsy fortuue t j.ler in coins and gay scarfs; instead she smiles at you across the apron table, or shares the distract ing labors of the supper committee, or Is placed iu charge of the children's march. As sweet, serene and gay as ever, she shares the enjoyment ot every fe-tal oc -asion, and adds to its charm. Ii it ! -op e coine to her now with couipli- : n.e.i s, not for herself, b'-l'. for her bis ' l-t" li lt in age, just budding into womanly beauty; or for the little brother, who played the page so well; 1 or thti younger si-ter, who looked so plaint and gia :.-fui i i the minuet. She 11 i.-hes with pride an 1 pleasure as such pleasant things are said lo her. She is yet more pleased when a gra cious word Is siHikeu concerning the other sister, the shy and awkward onu, not bl--ssed with the family betuty. and takes pains herself to mention, when the rest are prai.sed, how sweet temper ed that ne is and how helpful at home. W hat she herself is at home only the tired housewife whose burden she lifts and the little flocks to whom she Is a mother will ever know. One cannot be a belle for a whole life. The lluie comes when, if a girl would not be pushed down, she must s ej: down, unless in leed she will step up in stead. That it is always possible to do, and she who does it, loses nothing and gains mucli. Even her beauty olten does njt vanish, but merely changes in kind. People may not s-y so often, 'IIo pretty she looks!" but they will be more than ever likely to say. "Ito.v lovely she Isi" 1'ouXVs Crmwinio u His Unfortunate Client. A younr lawyer was miking his maiden effort before a jury in defence of a criminal. The evidence was all in, and be arose to utter the brilliant thoughts that had been surging through his brain. lie was primed for a li it displ iy of oratorical pyrotechnics, but, somehow or other, be coulJ not cet a start. His mind became a b ank. an I be stood trembling for a moment. Then waring his arms, he began: "May it please the court and gentlemen of th--jury My aheml My Officer, kindly get me a glass of water." He waited ror the attendant to r -turs) and tried to gather his faculties. After taking a alp of water he began again: "May it please the court aud gentlemen of the jury. I am happy no yes." After a pause he again extended hi arm and exclaimed: "May It please the court and geutlmen of th juiy; in unfortunate client " This Impressed him as a parttcul.irl bad oi e iug. so he ag i n hesit tt- i "Go on, counsellor, a!J tha Judge encouraging y, " far, I a n wita you." While n dight is the in f iv . a" ' for hay-u.aiving. it i:iW- U-" i.o.vn that "wLd oai-s are tit sown by XUUUblwibt- By e-Lo Baby. BY CLARE. Rtmo bbt." I sing and rork. 1.4.W and soft as tbe sunset diesg l.lttlr bead witb Ita colden lucks. Here on my shoulder so bleepy lies. Pje-lobany! 8M11 br'rht eyes neep out from under that rrown of gold, 1 ed lift prattle of all things sweet. V oudi uus tales would you unfold. .-t little heart atd ilnmbrrtwMt, a li i le 1 sit here and softly buta t lis old lullaby to sleepy ears. Tuiukiiig, too, of tbe yean to coma. 1 ired I ttte f.-et. so busy all day. Are resting now at set of sun : It h.-n the var eotue with burdens sore. Where WiU they rest when tbe Strugs' is dout- for linl leet hare so far to t.. vm. through the path- of tbe n; ln years; I ; rav for thee m pathway bright. cud. wined by sorrow or by tears. I ye lo baby The shadows fall, iiui safely to-nlglit in my arms you rest, 1! .y i lie shadows or life uo heavier fall fervour jatiiay, darang ; et Ood knows bt-kt RE1G.V OF TEKKOK. The horrors ot the revolution were daily increasing. The gory stream f. ui the guillotine seemed scarcely to ce;.se a moment In the crimson course Nearly every oue who ivssibly Could had quitted the French capital, which had become the abode of lawlessness au I crime. Every day hundreds, iu various disguises, and at infinite peril, n-kiug almost everything, escaptsj from the scenes of barbarity and blood shed, which had begun to form tbe lady life of l'aris. l'eath Feeu.ed to surge like a sea ll lough ihe streets, and the higher the he. d the le.-ssate it was, for the leveling j r.x-ess liegau at the highest and de sci i.ded to the lowest. The weak and deb useless either fell victims or escaped fiom the city. Some few, from priucl l e. rema ued to sustaiu their party. At all hours of the day and night the ho-1 id tocsin tounded in the half-de-s itid streets. The low booming sound of ihe Ik Us, the shrieks of victims, aud I lu oaths and ye, Is of the rabble, made a hideous music everywhere. 'I he olJ Couules la Ville sat by her ivi! dow, half dead with terror, and (string through the curtains out into i ne street. Every now and then as a I. o: utile procession ou the way to the li.i lot i ne passed, she would draw back, lieinbl ng from head to foot, as though half expected herself to be tbe next victim. A lire burned in ber steel-gray eye l:ich was dangerous to look at, and a tieiuor f I er thin, blanched ltps was but a faint sun of wonis that died away uiiuttered. She had leeu a staunch sit poiler of the unfortunate king; she ha.l doiin all that a woman could; she had never for a moment flinched iu her loyalty tluough those most trying times. Hie had been left almost alone, l'r.ends, family and servants, all bad 1 1-: ikeu themselves off, prudently re calling their own safely, and leaving II. e Stale to shift for itself. The count ess vowed the never could do this. She w.. aid t.a iu her draa ing-room, in her ! c. ption-ch ir, Willi l.er brocade silks and feithers, and there they might come, the nil era le rabb.e, the wretch e !, fut'iy ie; ill liciu scum, and they -dei'il.l see h vv a noble woman could to; et her fate. t course that was all very fine talk, ai il it sounded wonderfully grand, as the eyes ol the old lady flashed, as her lips cur-id in scorn, and her very voice d ed away to an inarticulate hiss of contempt; but eyes which had been just as Liigiitas hers weie, now glaze t in death, and 1 i j, s as scornful had been silenced forever eyes aud lips w hich a few hours liore bad stiarkled and de li, d the powr rs tbat were. And oue made a very dirTeieut spectacle, dragged out as a prisoner, from calmly sittiug in one's draw mg-room. Tl e old lady's views became some what modified as the Revolution pro giese I, and, although she lost none of her acerbity for the 'vile scum' of re publicanism, as she still rei arde I the law less rabble, w hich treated the head I oi the noblest houses with every Indig nity, and toured out the purest and noblest bb-d of France like water, yet she suon changed her views materially a'o:it slttinu in her drawing-loom iu her fcull:t-is ai.d biocv.d. s and teaching tl.e uuimpress ble mob bow a noble heart could d e Ever since she sa v her old friend, the Marqu se de la tiiei lere, led through tie slieets, a woudeiful change bad come over the cou te a. She had i-ceu one day attracted to .be front win low ot her apartment by Elise. her maid. What a sight iui-i her ijea! A tioeessioP, beaded by rough, r d-iaced men and tierce o il hags, was passing, lu the midst, in an old cart, was iter old friend, the mar QUlse. he nearly fainted with flight. Still she lesjk: d from ti e window. Yes. there was Madame la Marqu se, in all the pride ami glory of her nobility and loi.g descent. v r lehedly attired and dragged along in a mist rabie old cart. Her white hair fell around her shoul ders. Her dre-s was torn and disir 1 ringed, r-be was pushed and jo. lied by the uneven motion of-the old cart. Veils saluted her ou every side. In dignities too foul aud sh rueful to le Ieat were sliowt reil uj ou her. i The countess sank on her chair and buried her f ce in her bands. My (iodl My (Jod, Elsie, are they devils these miserable wretches? Uo they know that it is tlie marjuise the,' are insulting? Uiou my word, we are none of us safe!' Elsie laughed a strance, low laugh. She knew well em-ugli thai, tney t new it was M idame I.t M rquise, or, like enough, they would nut have harmed h-r. Day by day tlie work of slaughter went m. The be ds of the friends of the c niiitess fell just as though they had ne v r worn coionets, and the old blue Mo ddnj'is' l down and mingled with the mud of the l'arisian streets Nearer aud iioaier swept the gieat ocean of blood aud destruct on. The countess s oil at her post. She shud dered now aud theu as the horrid de tails r a -i.i-d her. She thought less and le.ss f the feathers and brocades, and now- au 1 Lett muttered a curse oi wo on the biuuj mob. Sdie intenedto the accounts wh'cl, reacted ber of t:;e ignominy and tor ta c ii dieted on the bated race of nob e , w th som thing between a shud der a:i I a u,a'ci:ciloii. Iy d-gtees e alea seemed to develoj eli thai et she would not be ex .opt; that tec imods stained with crime aid ly-tsl in ihe bl'iod of royalty itself, would make b t short work with the . tr tild p w 'ered wig and painted face . hal- Aeliel the ranks in thoee -sciii.. i s. ii-e veiy remembrance of ah u it ied lit istkrvin and Ignorant i..wS9 lo i:'if n:e3. Yet she still kept uu a bold fjroui J 'The ruffians! I bey dare not touch ne sacred blood of the I-a VellesI' tbe .old lady excl imed, with flashing eye, J while she knew In her heart well enough that the sacriligious crew trou bled themsolves very little about the blood, so long as there was plenty of it, and ao long as it was that wLich they so heartily hated. Indeed, there seemed considerable reason for supposing that juat such blood as that of tbe countess would soon be at quite a premium. 'Aunt,' exc.lam.ed her handsome nephew, one day. rush ng in with a good deal of p"i turbation, bis clothes .pattered with mud. the last vestige of aristocratic distinction in dress re moved, aud his hall-grown beard giving a wild, rough look to the young noble man, ,aunt, you must fly!' 'Never! said the old lady, as though she did not mean to move an inch for tbe rest of her life. But l'aris is no longer safe!1 be urged. Tbe nobility are now, nearly all. either dead oi out of l'aris, aud you must go, likb the rest, to the scaffold or out of the country.' The countess winced. Leave one's home and city. In dread uf that wretched mob! lie driven out by fear of that miserable gang, whose heads are only fit for footballs! Never!' and she strigbtened herself up, with a daucerous p learn In her eyes. 'Our choice is now our own, aunt.' persisted the i.ephew. ln a very few Majs, no one knows how soon, there will be no choice in the matter but we will be drazged forth, and insulted beheaded without mercy. The mob is now in power. There is no use denying it. We inu't save ourselves while it is lime!' How?' asked the countess, with cleuchd teeth. 'Am I to ask tbe vil lains for a passport? Surely, eveu you would not have me do that!' Indeed, there would be very little probability of your getting it, if you should a-k. No! 1 can get one, through the influence of a friend, aud you will pass under au assumed name ' To the sat sfaction of the household, the matter was at last settled. Tbe countess consented to accept, from the mob, a passiiort. It was only after much fiersuasiou that she was prevailed upon, and theu with great protest and expostulation. The loneliness, and the horrors en acted almo.t every hour, wrought the counte s to such a state that she was prepared for anything. All the arrangements had been com pleted by her nephew. She was to take her maid, E'Ise, and ihe coachman. Her jewels aud silver, as much as she could carry, were to be concealed in the carriage. The rest she had buried carefully In the garden beneath a par ticular tree. Her nephew was in the sole iosic&bion of the secret of the exact tIKt. Everything was done under protest. The couiitesi seemed to have a vague idea that It was clearly aud definitely understood tnat she disapproved ot the w hole matter, but the daily accounts of the eseape vf l.ei friends, or the outrages offered to tuch as re mained, wonderfully weakened her re luctance to go. a: d stimulated ber preparations for flight. Tbe arrangements bad all been per fected. Tbe passport bad been made out for tbe mother of one of the mem bers of tbe Asseuiblu s. As many valuables as coul 1 be s owed away in the carriage had been il. . osed of. i be vehicles aud the coacn man's a tire h id been both divested of any of the rem nants of aristocracy. Her nepla a would 13 unable to accompany the cooute-s, as be was obliged to meet his mother . nd tis.ers iu England, whither they bad prudently migrated iu the earlier days of the revolution. The countess could not be tempted ou any consideration to cross the Channel, aud she held the English as only sec oud to tbe republicans iu their desire to level class distinctions, aud toleratiou of outrt'res. She would go to Slras burg; : ot that she bad friends or rela tives t er , for oubside of l'aris she did not kuow a soul excepting her Immedi ate family, but she h id an idea that Mrasburg was far euough away to be safe from the scer.es of horror in the capital, and ne;,r i-no;;gii to enable lar to leiuiu at the lesloiauou ot older. 1 he night arrived at last which ha I been flxe l iihii for her de;arture, the date having been somewhal hurried by tlie rumor of the issue of a new list of aristocrats to lie arrested aud tried for a variety of ofle.iM-s, among who e l.a i es was that ol tlie coanlc-s. I sliall never escape, she protested ou that event; ul uight, 1 am liable to be int rcepted a dozen times bftwveu this ai d Meaux. li .1 1 shall ceila.nly (live the wretches a good piece ol luj mind if they inleifeie with me. Then you may count pretty sure on a very sjieedy return to 1'ails, with a goodly comiiany of your fi lends. 'it is a liumil atiou lo be forced to leave Fans! lietier that tl an pay with your bead for your idea!' li was with much difficulty that the countess could be pi-mualed to assume her disguise that of a tradeswoman, nud leave aside her Oner es and jewels. I bhall I e mistaken for oue of the labble,' protested ihe old lady, looking witii hoiror on her dark stuff dress and coarse linen kerchief, w hich were nec essary to insure her passing through the streets unmolested. If you were not, your life w. uld scarcely be worth the purchase.' 'To what a state then ure we coining when satety alone lies iu being b -born and low!' exclaimed the countess, indignantly. Not a tear moistened ber glitb-ring eyes as she left forever her old home, where she and ber family bad 11 veil for years. She looked around more in wiaih than in sorrow. Her proud spirit was not subdued. The whole power of he, being seemed concentrated iu her in bg nant hatred for everything competed w.th tiie revciutlon. Slie took her nephew's arm. Elise aud the coachman followed separately, aud ou different sides cf the street, so as to avoid suspicion. The night was perfectly dark. O.i'y here and there the lamps gleamed re,i In the misty atmosphere. Occasional! the tramp of a patrol or the deep, low sound of a bell broke tbe silence. Now and then the band of the couu' ?ss tremb td on ber nephew's aim sis she heard some half-drunken wretch, with a husky voice shout forth the ter rific stra'ns of the 'Marseillaise.' She ha I scarcely been out in the streets since the Keign of Terror began, and had but little idea of tbe r condi tion or of tbe general state ot things. Sue walked on, that proud and de.i cately nurtured woman, whose fee: scarcely ever touched tiie priouud ex cepting that of her own garden, whose whole life had been guarded from every vugU influence, whose whole ide&a of the world at l-rgewere derived from tbe little circle in which she dwelt. She walked on till ber feet giew wea ried, and she leaned more hea vily on her nephew for suptiort. A great change bad suddenly come over ber. Her face was drawn, and white with fear. Her thin lips were pared, and her breath came hot and fast. Her nostrils dilated. Her eyes peered with the intensity of wildest terror through the misty darkness. In safety ihey reacbed tbe place where the carriage had been appointed to meet them. A rough, half-drunken wretch stood by the coach door. Iu a torn slouch bat was displayed the tri-colored o ck ade. lie was humming to himcelf as the party approached, in his baud be held a lantern, which he swung care '.ess'y to aud fro. He reeled toward the countess, who was completely cov ered with a loose sti.H cloak. Ah, my pretty one, are thev going to take thee oft?' And swinging up tbe light, be he! 1 it lull in the face of the countess, while at the same time be tried to put his aim around h-r waist. All is free now. everything in com mon I' he exclaimed. 'Eh, cit zen?' Then, as he beheld the worn features and the w lute hair of the ol 1 lady, grown older even in that long walk, w ith the terror aud suspense, he buist out in a coarse laugh, and added, push ing her roughly: Why, the old harridan! ber face is like a wrinkled apple.' A flash ilium ned the eyes of the countess with their old fire, ber lips quive.ed at the iusult, she turned on him with the fury of her hatred. Fiend!' she ejaculated, do you know ' Her nephew interrupted her. Catch ing her arm, he whiskered: 'One word more, and you are lost!' She broke from him. I do not care, if I paid for it with my salvation, 1 cannot submit to these outrages. What, forsooth, is life with out one's dignity aud pride? Do not stop mel' U lieu turning to the brute, she snatched olT his hat before be could offer resistance, and, tramping on it, ex. laiined: 'Uncover your low-born bead, sirrah I am the Countess la Vallel' Tbe man would have raised tl.e alaim, but that ber nephew, stej ping up to him, dealt him a violent blow over the bead which telled him to the giound, where he lay stunned aud speechless. The countess for a moment looked do a n upon him as though she would have annihilated him, then, to ber nephew: And is this the rabble that pours out with sacrilegious bauds the nobles! blood ol France?' She entered the carriage, and shrank back iu the corner, after her nephew bade ber farewell, and, trembling and exhausted, abandoned herself to ber reflections. It was a long and wearisome journev. The cold November winds whistled around the coacii and shook the win dows. Opposite the countess sat Eli.se, and bad there been 1 ght enough, a s range smile might have beeu seen ou tbe face of the maid. Once only she sjoke. You are sure, raadame la countess, that the jewels and silver are all quite safe?' she inquired of her mistie.-s. 0,uite sure,' replied the countess, and they relapsed into silence. A great change In a very short time bad come over the old lady, could we have seen her. She had, lu a vi ry few hours, grown to be a very old woman. Tbe one glimpse of the U -volution, her oue Utile experience in the street, had wrought a miracle. The mob she had despised she now dreaded. Terror was added to contempt. The accumulated honors of the past few weeks Si emed now to Impress her doubly with a mean ing brought directly home lo ber. Sue was leaving ber home, diiveu fiom il by a rabble she bated and feared; ant although she boied to return, yel lh.it seemed vague and distant. The coachman drove on furiously. All that night aud tbe next day, paus ing only long enough to c auge horses or to take s .me slight refreshment, they st ill drove on. The couu ess, now and then, feil asleep for a few miuuies Iioiu sheer exhaustion. On the next day, toward dusk, they reached the i own n In re they intended to pa-s the night. Thty stopped at a resjiec'able inn. 'll:e landlady presented her IT, dresseJ neatly, i-.nd with a dean white apron and cap. In tue loiter was li e lii colored cockade. The countess shuddered when she saw it. Ciood-evening, citoyenne,' she said lu a pleasant, but familiar voice, ami reaching forth ber baud. The countess drew back and clos-.d ber eyes. Kluequ ckly stepjd forward. 'Citoyeiine liuiumit is ve.y fatigu -d after ber long drive,' she replied. -We i have come all the way from C t - .lay.' That's no great matter in s-.tcii a coach as that!' rejoined the landlady, rather : h irply. 'Fatigue is rather an aiisiocratic tiouble; woiking people aie no- so easily fatigued.' Wei', tired the is, at any rale,' sa d E! S -; 'call it wnal you wiiL Let us iiae a room.' A parlor with a go d chamber ad joining, woman,' added the countess, feebly, with a faint flush in ber grnv eyes. 'Tic-re don't touch mel' as tie w man was going to assist her to di i o nit. 1 can easily get ot.t, I thank you.' Will it last much longer, I wonder?' sie: ex.-laimed, as she sank iu a great hair in the room to which she had been usi.ered. 'Leave ine,' she said, waving her hand to Elise, aft3r the latter bail assistel ber in ber nightly 1 unctions. The ol 1 countess fell oti her knees in that lonely little room, miles and miles aw .y from her borne and its iuxuries and comfoit. She remained a lo: g time, red cting rather than praying, the poor, proud old lady. So rich, yet so poorl So pioud, and yet so vv humble! Au old woman, and tt i mere chll 1! She pastel a tleeple-:.. ..oubled mgii . Slie heard every tumult in the street, and every noise in the backyar 1. Late in the night she heard tlie tramping of horses and the sound of voices whisper ng low. She heard the sound of foot-teps passing up and down stairs, aud the rol lng of wheels out of the courtyard, aud all was still ag .in. She lay restless and hoping all the lo-g weary night, but toward morning she slept a little. "When at leug'.h she roe it seemed late. She ran; ihe bell for Elise. She rang attain and again. There was no response. At length tbe landlady apieared. 'Where is my maid?' demanded the counters. 'There are no longer mistresses ant maids in France,' rejoined the land lady. 'The republic levels all distinc tion Citojenne Elise and Cl'izen Jean, your coachman, left the inn last night at midnight.' And my carriage?' 'They went iu it. The helpless o'd woman sank back in bed unconscious. Shattered In mind and memory, ii. which alone the journey frcm Paris on that awful Cay and night stood forth pre-eminent, broken in spirit and health, the Countess Amelie It Valle died a begcar on the steps of the Cathedral of Slrasburg. Happy Children. What is so rare as a really happy child? and it seems to prow more rare as the years roll on, till by and by, in the far distant fnture, some learned ethnologist will solemnly declare that the species iseitiut. 'ihe universal cry in very household where there are children, seems to be "What shall I do, niiunmii?" until to mamma's tired ears it becom s as annoying as tbe refrain of Helen's Babies, who wanted "to Shee the wheels go wound." Surely there must be a remedy, siys Thr. Jl'mxrherjier. It is said "The proper study of mankind is man." But I say, the proper study of mankind is the child, and that there is a remedy, if we would but apply it. As a prepara tory step, I suggest that there be made a k'iaut bonfire of all the toys in the universe; and next a general conflagra tion of nil toy factories. A great cry would go np from the outraged children; but soon they would set cheerfully to work, make their own toys, and as the fairy tale bath it "live baopily ever after." Tbe toys of this generation have been brought to such a state of perfection, that they leave nothing for the busy little bands or brains to do; they are too perfect. Our grandfathers made their own tops, kites, and whistles, and our grandmothers played with rag dolls, or made mud pies, and they were happy. Why may we not try tlie same experiment with our little ones? When next tbe cry comes for some thing to do, if you are the fortunate possessor of a back yard, tie a gingham uprou over Mary'sclean dress, and send ber out with a tin spoon and cup. Tbe wee woman will not need twice telling, a ml nothing worse will come of it thau d,rty hands and apron; mamma mean while will have bad an hour of quiet. Memories of mud pies are among the happiest of mv childhood, ren lered more delightful, perhaps, by the fact that oars was a clay district, and our handiwork cou'.d leuiade quite durable by a short exposure in the hot sun. My uncultured ta&te, at that time, greatly preferred the broken crockery picked up iuout of the wav places, to tho small i tea et which I counted among my jos I serious. A crooknecked squash, di cas ed in flowing garments, would cause me to neglect my own real doll for days to g.ther. Hut stormy days must le considered, and what thr-n? Here is one more pas time of my own childhood, which was a preat source of amusement. My broth er and I bad made a collection of ani mals, nearly all of which we bad cut from pictures, but where that could not be done, we transferred the outline of the animal we wanted, by means of oiled paper, also homemade. These trans ferred animals we afterwards cut out an 1 painted in their snpjOBed natural odors. Then we would go to dear old grandmother's room, t'iking our mena gerie with us; wo would beg of her a couple of quilts, and throwing them loosely on Iho floor, form miniature mountains, valleys and caves, in which w placed our animals, as their bub.ts indicated. I5y this simple play, we be came familiar with most of the anim d kingdom, aud not with their names alone, but with their forms and ways ol living. My own children have a quiet play, in which from a given word, each tries to form the greatest numlier of new words. Exii!u.l-s o; self nmaseui ut could be multiplied; these are merely given as 6Uiy.'e.iiioua. Pretty and Inexpensive. Get some plaster ot parls; put it in a! i disn ana wet u tuorougniy witu water. I Then t ike some pietty picture cards, ' scrap pictures or any small pictures, ! and lay them on plates with tbe picture side down, first dampening tha plates. 1 Four tiie wet plaster on them and set ; Hu m away for a few hours, when they w 11 slip oflfthe plates us smooth as glass, j They uro pretty ornaments for brackets, I in .iitels, etc., or they can be bung il ' t i" cord is pressed into the pbister be fore it sets. Ten cents will buy anabon I dance of plaster. i Those discarded straw bats of tbe girls m ike handsome wall irockets. Oil them into the desired shape, sew them over a c&rd-lroard foundation; varnisb with hot varnish, or if not convenient, white of egg whipped very light w ill , miswer. Finish with pretty little bowt ' of ri'.ihon. The crowns of those hat ; lined with some pretty sib sia and fin i i-hed w ith a pretty bow on one sido and a w ire handle covered with dried prassee 1 ir. ihe nice baskets for winter dried flowers. Tho Elephant Nurse. In India, wheie the elephant is treated by his mahout almost as oue of tlu fam ily, tlie grateful animal makes a return for the kindness shown It by voluntarily taking care of the baby. It will pa tien'.ly iermlt itself to be mauled by Its lifle charge, and will show great solici tude when the child cries. Sometimes the elephant w ill Isjcome so attached to its baby friend as to insist upon Its constant pre.-ence. ?such a case Is known w here the elephant went so far as to refuse to eat except In the pres ence of its little friend. Its attachment vs so genuine that the child's parents w.,.il 1 no' hesitate to leave baby In tbe elep mut's care, knowing that It -ould have no more faithful nurse. An Elephant's Venerable Agm. The journals of Ceylon have recently mentioned the death of au elephant that was well known on the island, and bad Ireen seen by several generations of Englishmen. He was called Sello and had belonged to the last of the kings of Km ly. He was one of the hundred elephants that were taken by the Eng bsti Government In 115. when th Kandyan dynasty was overthrown. At this epoch the elephant wair said to be 15 years ol I. If this is correct, be died a naXural ibsalb at Ilia una at A fim. NEWS IN I5RIEF. Oliver "Wendell Holmes has refused to write a poem for a promi nent magazine. He s.iid that be felt that U was time for him to stop. Important original letters from Lu Iher and Melauchou have recently been discovered in a church in Neu itait, IJtvaria, and given to the Munich Museum A Maine rewspaper lias figured 11 lut that the peon e of that Slate con tribute about Ji'iUU .OdO a year to the I-aniisiana lottery millionaires aud get hack le-s than ! per cent of that sum :n prizes. The Russian Government, it It stated, hns announced its intention to beg n operations soon on the great rail wav acioss Sibt-na. Woik will begin it Vladivostok and at tbe present east ern terminus f the Russian radwar .ystem at ihe same time. The total length of the line is to le 4 7.) in les. In some pai ts of Texas tlie iieople live to be verv ml An old man of 9) years, livimr quite a distance Irotu the ueaiest to.wi, reqiiniuir some family jrocenes, t-ent Ins .,ii, a man of 70 dd years o1" a e. V'ie:i the son failed to show up w ith the provisions ou time ns father leproache I linns-. f by say ing: '"That's what comes iroin s-nding kid." A table that belonged to Shakes .leare has Ixen diseovere I at ."stiatford-Jn-Avon. It seems that John vv heeler, i;ed SO, late an inmate ol the. War wick Union, who at one time irrever sntly cut his initials on the "sacred re ic," has demised on oath before a justice of the pence that it was long :he property of bis family au l known imong them, at least, as "Shakes peare's table," and that he rememlsrred Hearing his grandmother say that she purchased it from a woman who had jought It ut a sale at Shakespeare's House in Henley stre.t. A woman in St. Louis, who ldeu l,Uied a body in the Morgue there as dial of her husband from whom she has jeen separated for years, buried the remains. The funeral was an exen tive one, and the w idow was greatly commended for whal she ha I doue. It low turns out, however, that she made l mistake. Her liu.b.m I has turned jp alive and well, and having learned .hat lii cx wile had buried him In ityle, Le called ou her to express his llianks. Nobody know i w ho the dead 3ian Is. He was picked up dead in the itreet, aul papers found m bis clothes ead to the supposition that his name is I. J. O'Connor. At Sandr .ngham, according to a .on Ion eon e-;io::leiit, the IVmce of Wales has lon; institute 1 a pleaMug :ustom of weighing both the coining ind the pf.ili g guests. At the first :onvemeiit o, ;ortuni'y, aTicr being ihown to l.is lied room, tlie guest i weighed, the entry made In a book, ind be is weighed again on the moili ng of his departure. The book in which the record is kepi is a bnlky vol jtne, perhaps one of the most iuterest ng collections of autvgra;hs in the world. Among other signatures is :hat of "Salisbury," with the jiorten ,ous announcement following that on lis last visit to S.uidi lngham ihe I're nier weighed over IS stones. Some time ago when W. ll. Phillips lore down the old house on ihe Phil ips fai in, near the west st.aft, be found imong the accumulations of the gar--et the parchment indenture made w heu ilr. J'hiliips's gnat great-gieat-gra'nl-'ather, John Bull, st ated lo lea: n the Jarpeuters' trade in England. He Was ippreoticed to serve seven years H"d ma renunieiation was to be X'-i a year. At the end of that tune ho was to re eive, according to stipulations of the Kind, "one X (ax ) and a s ju.r and a laudsoo (ban lsaw ). foin-r lingers (aug ;rs), a pane of Chysells, a gouge ant a liammer." The indenture Is dated "Septem" 0, ltjiS, and is highly prized Dy Mr. I'll ill ps as a relic, and also as a 'ragmeut of family history. A watch nearly two centuries oil rias cou e to the noth e of the Jnrelrr't Ittciew. The movement is lnscril'd "All tistin L. H,ik", Fne ibeig," in Ufet man text, an 1 l he ai is oi n.iuient 9d with tlie tj lire's of a man au l wo man In ol.l-t ine tie i man costume a.id bears the name An lit as Sclnisb-r in aid Continental text. The wat h Is provUed witli an ingeniously arranged bell which strikes the hours by a single Stroke and qu irter h. airs by a d.m.le stroke in slig.itly al'eied key. It. may be made to strike at any time and as often as the owner mav w ish to pu-h the thumb-spring piovideii lor be pur pose a great coov- inenee in the dark uess and a prime necessity to a blind person. Tbe piece still keeps accural '.line. A Preacher at Cortlan I, N". Y., adopted a way not a new one, bow ever of raising money which beats the best returns r.f the contribution box. He bought lio worth of nickels and distributed them among the con gregation. No p rson couid take more than one, and it was to be inves ted in any way the p..8-?ssor might please. The result was surprising. One little girl put her nickel into eggs and cleared $2 on the Investment. A lady, who first invested in cucumbers, by successfully re-investing ber accu mulated capital iu potatoes, soap and bread, came out with a net pmtlt of $:5.0"i. Four young ladies formed pool and with a joint capital ot 20 cents went into photographs of the pastor, which they sold at a protit ol fl7.35. Many other memlieis of the church invested fieir nickels in varioue ways with like succe-s, and the neat sum of $li7 i.HJ was lealized from thl ingenious idea. Mo t persons would say that the out side light Is two or three times as stioug as that within our houses. But th ratio of difference is vastly g, eater. Carefully prepared tables show that for a view at the seashoie, co uprising soa and sky urtiuly (w ith a lense and plate of a certain sis?ed), an exposure of one tenth of a S' cond is sutlicieiit. Ad open landscape away from the sea would, w Uh the same lens, the same apert me, and the same plate, require one-third id a seco id. A fairly lighted interior would rujuire two aDd a ball minutes, while a badly lightly interior, such as rooms which most ladies prefer to occupy, would require half an hour to obtain an equally good picture. In other words, patients strolling on tb seashore iu sunny weather are in a li;ht not two or three times, but eighteen thousand times stronger than that in the ordinary shaded and curtained rooms of a city bouse; and the same patients walklug a'ong the sunny s'de of a street are receiving more thau f!ve thousand times as much of the health giving influence of light as they would receive indoor in . 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