1,tvi nvrna w- ,.r!",;':;'.'i5 ' - B. F. SOHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION ANE) THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLIV MIFFJJNTOAVM, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2. 1S90. NO. 15. Ssiiiii':ii VBi:vtl1 aids the advance of ducatian contributes to the acceiera .,,, of 'l fu progress. William Waldorf Astor has proposed to give iaif a m '.iion dollars to e-tabllsh a col ,r.j uuivnslty in tlie Territory of Ok aiiutna aulto aid JluO.nOO Tor the jr-.lon of buildings. If the niilllon ..rM will emulate this lately enriched fouiig man, tlie 'h1 that will be done aiuiotb ful y estimated. Joi.ort Ai"1 can ct rtainly boast or a varied climate. A few days ago a pic uic irty went to Colorado Springs to lave a nice time. The weather was narai and springlike when they started. !! next Jay the same party was res :ued w-t-h difficulty from death by reeiic;. A terrible suow storm sud It came on, and tlie thermometer lr iped from sixty decrees above to vrral decrees lielow zero ir.side of au hours. This was a sudden change itn for Colorado Eeklim i:s no claim to have made tia djcovrry that the Socialists were pull a 'led in the receut pol.tic.U campaign hy ti e rece'pt of considerable uunuf !'"? tinx America, esnec nI'.T fr.nu Chicago. The popular im press o'i in regard to Chicago Socialists has hreii t! il thev were hay and shifl !:, e;vudii g their time In beer Ir.nk ng " I deuouui iuit the police as tyrants; an I it is new ti hear that t!iy col! I supply the smews of war at lr-ru.aa election. X.'!.;'iAi:l tlie dritt of trade on t!.e I'.ii -i: co.it takes Its way. The lw.:l Mall Steamship Company is i,-r.t-i". .v-g a proposition to run some ot its -'e. iiuers from Tacom.i to oko tiaua .ii: I other ports in China and I.iian. The matter is said to lt pend ..n al-al arrangement can be made at Tacoii.a for d. ck and terminal facili t es. It .. not 1 e many years before ti-aiu . 'inur.tiV.. i i with Tacouia :'.! be so i;ei-i -s-vary tliat tlie steamship cou.i.ia wi 1 1-e ready to create its own teim.::.u tad. lies in order to get tin; re. A s : n T commemorating a touch ing hit.. epis-!e in the life of the late iterma:! Kn.peror Fre lerick is about to lt erv -ted a: Kaiserlauteu. When Fiedrra -It w .is "rowu l'riuce he visited or. of the oipl.an asylums ot that U'Aii. Among the chiidieu was a skkly an 1 sa '-fare I little boy. Fred erick in I'lvl h.iu, t Kii him in his anus, a- 1 thereupon agreed to become his i. l:.;iiier. The child, to nliom ciavsa was a stranger, api-eared some what frightened at first, but soon got over h:s ditlicu'ty an 1 began to play with the l'i Hire's med ils and decora tions. Tti- auiao In iiuesLiOit Will rep resent tlie I'rince with a baby In his artiia and ti e youngster tugging at bis (.onion and crosses. A ska!'.' UKft anions? old deeds ami rrcurls i" London recently came across statement tliat Samuel Wilson be queathe a sum of i.'O.iXK), which uas cuesi Itralily tucre.ised, "to l lent to n.fu wlio l.ave 1 een set up tcr one year, tuj not more than two years. In some traile or manufacture In the city of London or w .thin three uii'.es thereof, uid ho ran give satisfactory security Tor the repayment of same.' It has nut been claimed for many years. Eli-i n;i'- lights are generally ao cuiiLtitl pntty go.d policemen, but sine Inri.irs in Kansas City are said to Lave in. iij n open a safe in a Jewelry JUire il.i'itiy under the glare of an fieitnc liifht and carried otl tt"UO worth e.f jewelry. I'erliaps however, the use f these poweiful lights has givi u n.-e to undue security, lea ling tie real pohct'incii to nek;I-.-t their JutVs. The in. i-t that the ligli's can !o : to exs the opratiotis ot thieves to watr:iiiieu aud other passers-by. But if no one Is to look after property be cauc It is well lighted, the extra illnm iLatiun is of advaiitae to the thieves. The Alaska seal nslieries have passed a, to uewhimls. lu soite of tlie ad Tiut.igei In bidding enj.iyetl by the old fttupuuy, an 1 the enormous advancu in Itinew bid over the amount previously riJ, the privilege of taking seals for tie next twenty years has bten awarded to the North American Commercial Company of San Fiam-isco, wldch tti'le a still hi. her bid. The revenue to ti e g. eminent from the contract tt:e,l into recently will be al-out t.,'Xu,i.i aimiially, or three times as a-ui.li as the Al.i-ka Commercial Com Pny ii.U If the new company can iSori to pay tins rental without raising ti-e prhe of seai-km sacks, the old one B-ast have made a very handsome profit. B. ti e a, a million dollars Is pretty g'KKl mterest on the purchase price of ri' is am Eii citizens of Maine are k doubt about their standing. It ap to Lave been the custom there t, a.:ena to aii.ly to tlie municipal w.,.n they desired to take out i-'atioit h i't tint In. I.? T il i. ' I - - , w "J. of the supreme Court, recently Jfl that these courU were not rtaof recoid"' and were not cam-W-ti. tl.ere'ore, to Like and certify to fa-'-ritions of Intensions or to com Methe uaturalizition process. There IIQIIi ti- "S new about the ruling, for Icb aliens may nuke application '''turalizatlon, but it seems strauge l"e custom of applying to the u,;;k1 courts should have been es- ".ied If tiley ari njt ,n f jct courU .til with a clerk an I seal. The ton from iu very nature affects ta'uiT1 1 ot an who hy been ttaaj Uiousaads. ALL ABOUT i lCARa. It Wtll Intrete oiuoii rt and Soms Others a Well. Almost all smokers have tobacco su- perstitioua. It may be '-superstitions" i is not the proper term for them, but 1 they are ideas and beliefs which are , founded on something else than knots 1- edge, and whicu a mau canuot well give ( reasons for. A few of these are that a tuau siiomu not 3ui iku aiLer ureaaiasi Dr b. fore meals, that Imported cigars are letter than domestic cigars, that a elirar that has ouce gone out does not smos. so well as a cigar burned through steadily, that the last Inch of a cigar is the best aud tliat the strength of a cigar Is determined by the color of the wrap per. It would be hard for any smoker to give reasons for these beliefs, unlesa he should say that they are founded on universal experience. Hat every smok er has them m ire or less. Smokers have their icullha-ities, too. Every mau lias his own way ot cutting 3tT the end of a C'gar. of striking a match, ot knocking otl the ashes, aud jr holdTug the cigar let ween bis lingers dnd in his mouth. Some men smoke in the left side of the mouth, and other m. n iu the right. There aie few men who hold a clar at right angles to their noses. Soiu- men have au idea that their mustaches grow less strongly n the aide where the cigar Is held. These men say the cigar often burns the ends of the mustache and keeps It shorter where the cigar Is held. I S nue men always bite the end off a i '."Igar. It will be not ice-1 that few men , bite the end with the same teeth. Some men use the front teeth and other men ; the minors. If the man gets into the ' habit or bilitig the cigar with bis left luoisors, he is not likely to change to the i right any morn than he would feel cm i fin table with the cigar held la a d.tler ?ut corner of the mouth from its accus tomed place. Then there are men wh break the end of the cigar bet Wrea their teeth aud tinisli it by piuching It between , the t.p ot their thumb and forefinger. I iffeient from these are the mea who use cutters, wh.ch they carry on their watch chains, or with their kmve. - due men take out their nknives aud .arefuhy cut the end of a cigar, moist e'linir the loose wrapper and smoothing it with their foretinger. It will be a long time before the ma jority of smokers judge of the strength jt a cigar not Py the arapir, but by l ie km I of tobacco that is inside the wiappt-r. Most smokers know that . laroisthe mildest grale of a cigar. Coloiailo claro is the next, then Colo r.i !o moduro, then Colorado; medium, in I uialuro strongest. But they do not think tliat the wrapper forms but a small part of tlie bulk of a cigar, and t l it its strength or mildness is deter mined by the ilier an I not by the wrap per. A smoker vrno wants a mil l cigar will n t take one with a dark wrapir, though tlie tiller and bin ier may 1 mild, lie cannot see the filler and binder w ithout digging iu the end ot it or tak ing otT a part ot the wrapper only, j Different manufacturers grade their cigars differently. Some manufactur ers' Colorado claio is as mild as other manufacturers claro. Americans run ' to light cigars, aud the importers cater j to this demand. Mo. grades of cig.rs . are either Colorado clro or coloiado , judging from the marks on boxes j in a .New Vork cigar ntore. I There is a common belief that itn ! prted cigars are better than domestic cigars, even at the same price. It is : hard to get a good imported cigar cheaer than $'J or il) a hundred. Au I exi-eiient domestic cigar can be bought for that price. 1 he tobacco for cigars can be imported aud the cigars made iu tliis country cheaper than the imported cigars can be sold heie. The duty on iuiorted cigars is proportionately high er I ban the duty on imported tobacco. Toero are as skilltd clgarmakers here as i:i Cuba, though they do not work exact ly the same way. L's lally au American made cigar U lirmer and has a belter tiuish than au Imported cigar of the same price. Cigars have a nomenclature of the r own which few smokers pick np. A man who buys hi cigars by tlie box aoijuires a more extensive knowleIgss aln.ut them than the man who buys the cigars that be smokes to or thiee at a time. Cgars are u ine l according to their streugth or mildness, thtir shape and the factory. There uro Ave degrees of strength u marked on the boxes lu the or dinary course of trade, though an expert can tell different grades lt tweeu theiu. This is beyond the ueoes sities of a man who only smokes cigars au I does not deal in them. Then there are the various terms us.-d to describe the ahape of a cigar. Coqueta is one of the smallest cigars, concha a medium a id nerfecto large. Figaro is a shape between c.Mjiieta anl concha. Inveu- cible is perhaps the iarge-t of all, though lrre;to cigars are lu ide that have as uj I' ll tobacco as inveiicible. The inveiicible are the largest, me of them being seven, inches long. The (inatelU sha(e is well known. It is aUiut two-thirds at long as a lead peu cil, with almost the same d.ameter throughout. The peifecbJ is Tairly lo ig, big lielliel, an l u-ti.illy J irlt i color. The invencible is the longest smoke. I5ei les these t ere are nuiu lieis of other names corresponding to th -ir sliaies but these are the ordinary ones foun 1 m imp iited cigars. Domes tic cigar manufacturers do not pay so much attention to naming the cigars accurately by their shaies, aud their customers do not pick up the knowl edge or them from the boxes. Domes tic cig.irs have not as many marks on the boxes describing the cigar as the Imported ones have. lmiore-.I cigars can be told by the greeu i nport stamp on the box. There is a j entity against using a cigar box twice, and paiticularly against putting cigars in au imported cigar box. but the only way to make sure the cigars are iruM,ited is to see that the import stami) has not yet been broken. Some I unscrupulous cigar dealers put domesi c cigars iu the imported cigar ooxes. ubo way lo discover this is to notice whether the cigars Just fit the box. Ir is not easv t nut one cigar into another box 'and make it fit. exactly. lJesides this, these unscrupulous cigar dealers tout fairly understand tlie marks, ail they put the Colorado niadura clais in a box that is marked eoloradj claro. Almost every mau can tell the ' dilTe-ence in color between the two. ' The name of the factory is a turther distinctive a lj -dive besides the name of the shape and the name of the stiengtlu For instance, a I leury CUy cow. claro means a small cigar with U leiln ends aud small l-elly, mild, an 1 made at the Ileury Clay fact ry. Th .t la. if it U a real Henry Clay co QU U There are fa.-tories iu this oomtry whicb make what they call Il.-.iry Clay Cigar-, and Henry C av ha. co oia to be the name of a slupa ot do mestic cigars. Tad dinereuce oeiweeu the real Henry Clay and the domestic Henry Clay canbe told by the lack ot the export stamp on the box. Another way of telling -s that the pictures on the domestic on cigar b xes are usually better done than the im sorted cigars. It Is usually asaferule to follow that the more elaborate the pictures on the boxe the worse the cigars. Tlie big Havana factories have their distinctive names, and a difference in grades. The Gar cia factory stamps its name on its boxes, as does the Clay factory. They classify their cigars in the same ways, and use the same names for tlie different shapes, though each factory naturally makes a 8iecialty of certain shapes and grades. There is a prejudice In the minds of most smokers against a cigar that has once gone out. There seems to be no consistent objection to this. Xo one cares to smoke a cigar tnip, but the tact that halt an inch of a cigar has been smoked does not make the rest of it worthless, because the cigar has gone out before the rest of it has been smo&ed. A good deal ran be told about a man's disposition by watching the way iu which he smokes a elirar and partic ularly the way in which be disposes oi the ashes. Some men of a tranquil, placid disp-Mition can smoke a cigai without the ashes falling off. A nerv ous man canno'. It is hard for him tc keep from tapping with his little hngei on the cigar aud knocking oS the ashes. Kven if be does not tap the cigar the motion i o his hanl will cause the ashes to drop off. Some men always smoke a cigar steadily and evenly. Other men make a cigar ragged iu smoking and use four or Cve matches to it, particularly in conversation. As much can be told about the disjosition of a man from watching bis cigar as from the movements of his hand or bit expressio-.s. .Veic 1'orfc JSua. Old Men WithYoung Wives. "What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man?' asks the ioet. The prob-. Iem is no doubt diOicult, but, according tj the official statist cs of Scotch mar riages just issued, it Is one that a gooc many lassies" are not uu willing tt fa-e. In tlie year embraced iu the lat ent return 4; bridegrooms were oldei than their brides by 30 years and u; wards. Xo instance in which the fig ures are revers-d is recorded by the reg istrar general, and though there wei two wives between -JO and 30 years older than their spouse.", there no fewei than ISO instances in which the dispar ity was the other way. When wecome to a difference of 15 to 20 years, th elderly brides are just 10 to 3"-y elderly bridegrooms. Wlien tlie difference is from 10 to 15 years, tlie elderly wives are ouly 71, while the elderly bride Srooins u urn tier 1,054. How the objection on the part of tht men to seniority in their partners gath ers strength, however, will be besi shown by goln? to the other end of the scale. Thus :n 2,tvl marriages the contracting parties were of the saint age; in 3.UT0 the hu-bands were one year older thati their wives; in 1,774 the wives were one year older that their spouses; in 2.7SO the husbands were two years older than their wives, aud in l,ir70 t wItco nein in9 SailH as regards their husbands. In 2,3S7 lh husbands were three years older; lc WW tlie wives were so; in 2,001 tlie bus ban. Is aere four years older; iu 4 )0 tht wives were the same; in 1,503 the bridegrooms had the advantage by rivt years over their brides; In 2SJ the lattei claimed the same; in 0,07; the husbands were llween five and ten years oldei than their wives, while in only A'A cast-s were the conditions of the case o: burns ballad reversed. Lowlo'o Acun. The Secret or Ln lain. You sometl es see a woman whose old age is as exquisite as was the per fect bloom of her youth. She seetui condensed sweetness aud grace. Yoc wonder how tins has con e about; yoi wo Ier how it is her life Las been s long aud happy one. Here are some o' the reasons: Stie knew how to forget disagreeablt things. She undersbKHl the art of tnjoyment She kept her nerves well in hand, ano intlicU-d them oa no one. She believed in the goodness of hei own daughters and in that of her ueigh- Uus. She mastered the art of aaying pleas ant words. She did not extied too much froa 1 er friends. She uiade whatever work came to be congenial. She retained her illusions, and did not believe that all the world was wicked and unkind. She relieve 1 the miserable, aud syin pathlzsl with the sorrowful. she retained an even disposition, ana made the lst of everything. She did whalaver came to ber cheer ful aud well. She never forgot that kind words aud a smile cost nothing, but are priceless treasures to the discouraged. She did unto others as she would bt done by. and now tliat old age has corn to Iter and there Is a halo of white bait aloiit her head, slie Is loved and cou sidereL 1 his is the secret of a long bfe and a happy cne Two Hundred Wounds. A extraordinary attempt at suicide has been made in l'aris. A shoemaker, described as a decent, industrious man, having fallen into misfortunes, and suffering from extreme poverty, de ci le i to take bis own life and end the -truggle. lie took a knife used in In? trade and commenced to stab himself in the arms and legs, it is aupHsed with the idea of 0eulng one of the chief veins, but finding that the end did not c jiue quickly be continued, with a sort ot fury, and ha t ju-st rolled upou the u :or exhausted, when a brother, who had been apprehensive of his s'ate, appeared on the s-ene. The wouiidel man wa conveyed to a hospital, where It wa found that be bad indicted on himself two hundred distinct wounds. A Word for Mothers. Mothers, let us bear in mind that what we desire our children to become we must be before them. If we wish them to .grow up kiud, gentle, affection ate, upright and true, we must habitu ally exhibit the same qualities as regu lating principles in our couduct, be cause these qualities act as so many stimulants to the respective faculties iu the child. If we ca-i rot restrain our own passions, but at one time over whelm the young with kindness and at another surpii a and confound them by our caprice and deceit, we may with as much reason expect lo gather grapo from thistles r rigs from thorns as t develop moral purity and simplicity of character iu them- ALMANACS OF LONQ AGO- Soma of the Mile Post Records of Ancient History. The inveutlon of the Almauac was the beginning of history, in the bense that history is philosophy, teaching by example. Previous to that important and convenient revelation, these was practically no basis of comparison, no process of marking the course of time, no means of connecting tlie past with the present and the present with the future. The art of calculation, the whole great cysteui of mathematics, had ils origin in the pebble device, used to count sheep by dropping a pebble in a basket for each one as it is passed, until au entire flock got by, then enumerat ing another flock in the same way, aud filially determining the relative numbers of the two by alternately taking a peb ble from each basket until one was ex hausted. Next came the chalk marks, or straight lines in blocks of five, the List being drawn across the other four at an angle, which plan is still largely employed; then the plauof two notched sticks the first double entry idea was volved; then came the digit s ystem, oi couutiug in lives and tens with the lin gers; aud finally the Arabic notation, w ith its ten symbols or figures, super, seded all other methods. it is easy to understand that, while the world was thus slowly learning bow to count, it could have, no history. There was no way to record events or to adjust and combine facts. The peb bles and chalk marks aud notched sticks only answeied the crude purposes of a life tliat took no account of yester day or to-morrow. It was not possible for the average mind to have any con ception of dates or ierlo Is, distances or localities. The relation of what was lo what had been and w hat might be, did not enter into tlie prevailing order ol thought aud feeling. One day was as a thousand years, aud a thousand years as one day. There was no intellectual growtli, no Irmanent escape from the light of sav agery, so long as the gift of measuring space and time was absent; men begat lo Le men only w hen, they acquired thai advantage, and were able lo connect the exierieiices of one generation witl: the necessities of the next, or, iu other words, to grasp the doctrine of accumu lation, which is the source of all devel opment. W ben they came to e that the whole was gieater than any part, and that a lart was nothing unless rooted to the whole, they were placed in the way of harmonizing themselves w ith their environment and accomplish ing sane and useful results. Time was invested with appreciable value, aud the procession of the days took ou a I radical purport. Wings were provid ed for intelligence. The caged reason ot the race secured tlie soaring privil ege, and its horizon widened will every effort. First the pebbles were cast away, then the notched sticks, then the digital device; and thus tht dawn of history slowly bat surely ai pi'oached. The first almanacs that is to say, the first histories were of Arabian ori gin, and reflected the kcal genius ol the people iu a very striking way. The served as models In other countries foi hundreds of years. The oldest kuowr ropy of such a woik is preserved in tht lirilish Museum, aud dales back to t lie time of luimeses the lireat, of Egypt, who lived 1.2UU years before the birtL of Christ. It is written ou papyrus, in red ink, and covers a period of six years. The entries relate to religious ceieino nies, to the fites of children born ol given days, and to the regulation ol business enterprises iu accordance wilt planetary influences. "Do nothing at all this day," is one of the warnings. "If thou seest anything at all this day it will be fortune," is another entiy. "Look not at a int this day," "Wasl not with water this day," and "Go hoi out befcre daylight this day" are some of the additional cautious. This alma nac 'vas found in an old tomb, aud is supposed to have been buried with its Lgyptian owner, when he was convertec into a mummy for future explorers tc dig up and dissect lu the interest of sci ence and literature. Next after this in point of age, among the existing siiecimens of ancient alma uacs. are some composed in the Fount century. They are Koiuau church cal endar, giving the names of the saiuti and other religious iuformalion. Tht l'.altic nations who were not versed in papyrus making, had calendars engrav ed on ax helves, walking sticks anc other articles of rsoual use. 1 he days were notched, with a broad mark foi Sunday, and the saints' days were sym bolized in various devices, such as a harp for Sf. David's, a gridiron for St. Lawrence's, a lover's knot for St. Val eiitme's, and so on. The jaiou alma nacs aie numerous and contain histori cal as well as ecclesiastical entries. Il is iossible to trace in these curious rec ords all the changes of popular belief aud taste. They were prejiared to meel the current demand and to lou.-titute a systematic story of what sjk place it successive periods and how knowleigt increased with the revolving years. We owe to them most tliat we know ol the iieople, for whom they were mi' and by whom they were endorsed. Surprised. The Mahomelau's scorn ot women h the logical outcome of bis religion, which refuses to recognize their claim as human beings deserving of respect. As they are of use to man, they are worth food and shelter, but they are not in the least entitled to Ftauding ground at his side. The Countess Cowper, in "A Month in ralestine,'' gives an ins'auce, far mor telling than any sermon, of this dreadful state o things: 'l was to'd by a Christian in Caire that he was once walking with a well to do Mahometan, with whom be was intimate and who had often discussed with him the differing position of wo men lu their respective sects. As they passed an old, veiled figure in the street, who shrank on one side out of their way, the follower of the Prophet delivered a pass ing but well directed kick at her. Theie,' said the Christian, 'that is what I complain of; you kick a wo man as we should not even kick a dog.' " 'That,' said his companion, with a look of genuine astonishment, wb that is only my mother!" Kcceiit observations of the waters of Great salt Lake prove conclusively that the etateuieuts m i!e that no form of animal or plant life exists in the lake are erroneous. o fish or other large form of animal life has been dis covered, but the presence of vegetable organisms in the lake may be considered a fact from the abundance of animal exUteuuea. Fortune's Flower. ih, Korah, yet tbe grass is wet 'tis early times you're out I s,nd, sura, the sun and you, my pet, should light os tarn about, rti buds uDcurl, tl.e swallows whirl, you lead tho year astray; led what's the happy news, my pearl, that warms your heart to-day? lb, can't I trace the darling face I've loved for twenty years? od don't I know tbe April grace where smiles just touch the tears? ("here's store ealore your basket fills of blossoms golden gay. But more, suborn, than daSodilla you're bringing home to-day I 4 four leaved shamrock! nappy bourt that promise muHt come (rue; And lucky flower that owns the pom er to bring good to you! S,t other's tread it bides lis bead, and crouched away in fear, A,ud pushed its four leaves lorib iustead tbe moment you drew near. And what's tbe boon tbe omen brings? for wealth you'd never seek; And health aud bloom were mocking things to snch a May-day cheek; S, secret's cheap those eyes would keep! I know the happy lad llu', Ob, one lover's rapture deep will leave a county sad. AFRAID SUE HATED HIM. 'Ten o'clock, and the lunch basket lot rea ly for the field as usual!' aid Farmer Urewbter, as he threw himself nto the rocking-chair in the kitchen, tnd fanned his flushed face with his itraw bat. A quarter of an hour aasted, very likely, waiting Lere, right n the midst of as Hue a hay day as a aian would wish to see. Now, my notlier used to have her lunch ready to .lie minute whenever we came for it, md I dou't see why ' Ills grumbling was checked by the ipearauce of his w ife, who came out f the pantry, tugging along the great unco basket, almost loo heavy for her itrength. Farmer Urewster was a young man, n spite of his grumb'ing. Only twent--hree, tall, straight, healthy, with blue yes, iosy cheeks, lair curly hair, and jandsonie face, when .t was not daik ?ned, as now, by a scowl of discontent. An only son, Le had inherited a laice tud handsome farm, clear from mort gage and debt, which supplied all the a ants of his household most liberally, ind gave him a nlc l.ttlesum ol money :o deposit in the bank each year. There was no reason w by he should 38 mean, and yet miser y habits were rrad aally growing upon him far faster .tian he knew. Nor was there need of rrumbling over the household arrange ment, biuce the wife of his choice was i farmer's daughter who knew well low to work, and who had taken de iizht In getting her home in faultless rder w hen first she came as a bride to .he pleasant Brewster farm. The same order reigned still from jaiivfrtoellar of the square old house, sut ' Mrs. Brewster went through her sks mechanically now, or with nerv ua haste and hurry that made them Almost unendurable sometiu.es. The constant dropping water will near away a stone, and the constant fault-fiudiiig, in wbh her husband law lit to indulge, had nearly worn the patience, the hoi , and the endurance jut of the young wife 'a heart. The comfort aud happiness of that home mng u) on a thread which frayed more tud more, hour after hour, under the sain of unmerited blame. But George Lirewster aw nothing of this until the uornuig of which I write. ThTe is your lunch, and It is exactly 5ve minutes past ten, said Mrs. Brews .er, setting down the basket with some Miiphasls at his feet. l was delayed :hat much with the butter. It had to tie seen to before tlie sun got too h!.h.' My mother always churned betore breakfast, observed George Brewster, rising slowly to his feet. His wife said nothing, but the color rose hotly in her cheeks till the last bloom of ber girlhood seemed to have ?ome back again, and she raised her iyes to his with a look that startled uim. Very handsome eyes they were Jark, soft aud velvety, with a world of ove and tenderness iu their depths. Vet now they met bis own coldly and sternly, with stic?i an expression that be exclaimed: Good gracious, Iettyl You look as f you hated me!' I'm afraid I do.' was the astounding reply. With a swift glance at the clock letty hurried down to the cellar, with l knife and a pan to make preparations for dinner for six hungry hay makers. Afraid she hates mel My wifel She .hat was Letty Glover!' he muttered to limself in bis bewilderment. 'Why, what on earth she mus: 1 golug crazy, ir something or other! J-ettyP lie .ailed at the cellar door. It is ten minutes past ten, she an swered from the depths of tlie cellar. If I dou't see about the dinner now it won't lie on the table at twelve to the uinute, as ycur mot'.er used to have t. I can't come.' 'Well, if this don't beat all!' said he o the uialtese and white cat, who sung up from t'.ie cvllar aud rubbed jerself agaiust his legs. A shout from the hay field roused iim to the recolle.-tiou of the day's jusiness. lie went out and disiieused he treasures of his basket among the iiingry men, who praised laity's ex cellent cooking with every mouthful .hey swallowed. It is enough to make au old bachelor ike me sit down and cry to eat such raspberry shortcake as that,' siaid Solo iiou Wyse, wiping the crumbs of the 'east from his liis before he drank hard j.Uer from the jug. TeU you what it s, George, you dicw a piize wheu you aeut court iug.' So be did. Aud here's to her good jcalth,' chimed m another mower, as be .ook up the jug. Geoige assented vaguely. They were alklng of bis wife his wife, who was ifraid she hated him. Never had the two hours between iunch and dinner dragged so slowly. As he rode round and round the field w ith a sharp rattle of the mower, w hich ne guided with care, his mind was con tinually busy with Letty 's looks and ner words, and his eyes turned often toward the cream-colored farm-honee, behind whose Fpruce-green blinds his wife was busy preparing dinner. I u-ed to think how happy I should be if 1 ever peisuaded her . to come here, he thought 'It is two years why I declare it is to years this very lay that we were married! I wonder il he remembers it? But it isn't very likely, when she says she is afraid she hates me.' Did she remember? Ah, in that re membrance lay the sting! All that morning, while she got the b e.ikfast at five o'clock, and washed the dishes, swept the rooms, made the beds, churned the bu'ter, aud prepare 1 luuch for six men, ber heart turned back to that other morning, two years ago, when the bright-eyed country maiden rose at four o'clock to complete her preparations for her wedding-day. How good, how kiud, how handsome, her George was then! How his eyes fol lowed her; how his love blessed ber! Was it all her fault that the bloom and beauty of life had departed iu thoe two short yean? Looking back she could see no day iu w hich she had not at least tried to do her duty. I ajoking In the glass she saw how the light and glow of youth bad passed from her face, while accomplishing the task uucheered by the approval of the man she loved. 'George has kept bis color and his good looks because his work lies out of doors,' she mused, 'but I have worked in this kitchen until I look old enough to be his mother. His mother She paused with a bitter laugh. "I almost wish I was his mother, then he would be suited with what I did.' Xoon came. The twelve o'clock whistle sounded sharp and clear from the factory in ti e village a mile away; and before tlie whistle ceased a little figure stepped out on the side porch of the Brewster farm and blew a born. 'There's a woman for you!' said Solomon Wyse, admiringly. 'Dinner to the minute and wou't it be a good one?' The dinner was indeed a success; every dainty of the season aud farm was there, skilfully cooked and neatly served on a table iu the cool dining room a table covered with a snowy cloth fresh from its foi 1, and glass and china. In the centre of the table stood a great china bowl full of red roses that lerfuujed the room. Letty's cheeks were red, her eyes shone dark and bright, aud her words and smiles were rea ly for every one save George. As she sat grave aud silent at the foot of the table, he looked at her won deringly. She wore a dress of silver gray alpaca that had been her traveling dress when they were inarr el. A large white apron, with a bib, shielded the glo Ics of the costume. But why did she put It on? Surely she could not think of going visiting that afternoon, with six haymakers to get tea for, and the milk of eight cows which must be afterward attended to. But he Anally went out without ask ing it. The wife, who was afraid she hated him. seemed a' most like a stran ger, although she looked on this occa sion like the girl he had married just two years bcfoie. As George neared the door of the wood-shed, wheie the men were loung ing away the rest of their noon ng, he hear I his own name uttered by Solo mon Wyse, lu tones of auger. 'Yes, I knew George from a baby up, and 1 always said he'd make a lively man But 1 vow it is a shame to see how he treats that pretty little creature! Such a luuch this morn in:;, and such a dinner this noon, in such a nice, cool room, w ith the red roses and the rest of it; an 1 she looked just as pretty as a picture, with her teJ cheeks aud bright eyes and her wavy hair, and dressed as neat as a pink, too! And he sitting there as glum as a cross old man of ninety. 1 was ashamed of him.' I've heard he does nothing but Cud aulL with her all day long,' staid a sec ond voice. My wife says that if I threw my mother into her teeth, as Geoige does his into Litty's, she'd run away from me before she was a day older.' And serve you right,' chimed in a third. 'I'll tell you what my wife Says. She says it is confounded mean aud small of George not to keep a woman here to help his wife. Aud wheu I saw the dinner today, the pretty Iltt'e thing had got for us all alone, I thought sj too. Hang me, if I hadn't half a mind to stop here this afternoon and help her wash up that great pile of dishes, aud let the haying go to thun der. It is enough to kill that woman to have all that work to do. And Georire ii riclu What can he be think ing about? But he'll be sorry for this iu a year or tao hence, wheu we have to come here ou a different er. and. 'To carry her out in a coffin, said Solomon Wyse. Yes, I suppose It will come to that if Some of us don't talk seno sly to George. She dou't look at ail strong now, aud her hand trembled when she changed my plate. It is a Lurulng shame and il none of you will talk to George about It, I will.' But when George Brewster Joined them Solomon Wyse deemed it prudent to deter the proposed talking to, for his brow was as black as night, and he had no more to say to his neighbors now thau to his wife at the dinner table. This, then, was the way they spoke of him behind his back, these men who lab red beside him, aud took their wages from his hand, aud pretended to lie his friends. Aud his wife was afraid she bated him. To whom could be turn fjrco.n fort; from whom could be expect true friendship, if she, who should have l-eeii nearest aud dearest, was only an enemy in disguise? L isL in moody revery, he paid little attention to his work. And at last, at three o'clock in the afternoon, there was a sudden uproar in the hay-lield a tri.uiping of hoofs, a rush ot terrified men, a confusion of voices, aud among them all George Brewster lying on the gronii 1 lieueatti the mowing machine, ids right arm aud leg broken by the vvl e Is, his head cut and bleeding with his heavy fall. Meanwhile. Letty, in the cream-col-ortd house, had no. been idle. Tying ou a gieat calico apron iu place of her wi ite one, she had quietly washed aud put a a' ay the dinner dishes, and re-uu:-ed ti ie dining-room to order. Tea w as easily ai ranged, since it was lo coi.s-.st of cold dishes, with glasses of milk lor the men. She threw a clean table-cloth over the whole as soon as it was finished, aud weat up stairs into the spare chamber to pack her trunk. Yes. Letty had made up her mind at last. She was going away. Life hal degeneiated into slavery, unbi ght ened, as she fancied, by a ray of love. A'id slavery will support me any wl.eie, Letty thought, as with tremb ling bauds she strapped her trunk and fastened ber few lines to George upon the I d. At tbe porch door she paused for o e last look around the house that might have been so happy. She did not intend to glance toward the bay-field. Yet In spite of ber resolution ber eyes turned that way to single out the tall figure that guided the rattling, clinking Dflw iibj machine. 'I wonder if he will miss me a little Just at first?' she mused. 'He can get a divorce, I suppose, if I desert him, and then he will marry again. I hope be will be kinder to his next wife than he has been to me!' Wi'h the tears that rose at the thought of her successor blinding her eyes, Iatty failed to see tlie figure she saught. '1 am foolish to look at him again. I have never been more than a house keejier to him from the very first,' she thought, stumbling blindly on toward the gate and opening it, to find herself iu the centre of an excited group. There, dou't take on like thati' said Solomon Wyse, who came firt and saw Ihe tears upon her cheeks before she had time to wipe them away. 'Were you coming to meet us? We were In hopes yo'.t didn't see anything of it. It's a bad accident, but lieorge is so strong aud hearty that he will be up and arouud again almost before you know it. We've sent Ben Hill off on one of the colts for the doctor, and if you will only tell us where to carry him ' 'Carry him?' related Ietty. Solomon stepjied aside. She saw be hind him a litter, roughly made with hay rakes and covered with coats, and on the litter Geoige was lying, pale and bleeding, with his eves closed. 'Oh, Mr. Wyse." is ha dead?' she asked, turning even paler than George. 'Not a bit of it. He's worth twelve dozen dead men yet! Only a bit of a break in one arm and one leg, aud a little knock on tlie head when he fell. The horses didn't kick, a;.d he'll be all right as soou as the doctor sees him. Shall we take him up stairs, or where?' 'Bring him in here,' said Letty, re covering herself. She led the way to tha bed-room on the gr mi 1 floor, and helped U shift the maimed figure from the litter to the lied. Her soul was dying within her for fear, yet not a word passed her lips. When the doctor came he found a capable nurse, dressed in dark print, who listened intelligently to his direc tions, and promised to carry them out fully. And so it hapiieued that as George Brewster returned to life the first words that fell upon his ear were uttered by the doct r outside tlie window, as he mounted Iiis gig. 'Yes, he will do, Wyse; he will pull through all right if his wile nurses him. And she can do it so nicely if you will tend some one to take care of the house. She Is a woman in a thousand. I In pe that he knows how to Value her.' Letty, bending over the bed, ab sorlied iu the invalid, had not hearc" him. What Is it. dear? The doctor Is right. Yoi are a wo man iu a thousand. I always knew it, Letty, if 1 never said it. So I tell you of It now, before I die, headdeJ, going off into another faint. It was all Letty's sore heart nteded. Beside the bed of suffering she speut two of the happiest months of her lire. The first act of George Brew.-ter on his recovery was to -ecure help for his wife; so tliat now s-he has plenty ol time to get back her lost color and piumritcss. They are one in heart, a? one in name and home now. And Solomon Wyse has never seen occasion lo administer the talking to. 'Somehow or other,' drawls Solomon, 'getting run over by that machine was the making of George Brewster.' Ad Le.ty and Giorge think so. How Much Time for Education. The American idea is to put 1xyr and girls into the primary school wheL tiiey are 5 and 0 years old, and keep tli boys at their sthdies until they s'op of! for busiuess or a trade, or have finishec their professional studies; while the gills are expected to go to school uuli they aie old euocgh lo be luai I e 1 oi aie compelled to go out Into tlie w.rlc and earn their own living'. Tho you'.L dj not advance. In tin- aggregate, sc rapidly as they did wheu the schooling took less time and was not made tin diudgeryof me's eariie.it years. Tht difficulty is felt by all intelligent edu cators in our public schools, but it it appreciated in a different way by tho-t wuo.se luty H is tj stand by the higher e iucalii.il and s. e that it reaches 11, createst number of intelligent youth oi the country. We are multiplying col leges and universities, but we aie not multiplying students in proportion tc the numeral increase of II. e papulation. The ditliculty is a serious one, and it n cannot be met, we shall liu.i that tt.t college an 1 university will be more an I more neglected by young men who can not afford to spend ten years in acquir ing their professional outfit. Kv-rybody is straining to-day for a shortened sys tem, aud the pressing question i. whether the American youth can not obtain their intellectual outfit as quickly and as thoroughly as the Luropean youth obtains theirs, lu Luroiie the young men on the average enter pro fessional liTe at twenty-two; in this country the majority are not throng! with their studies uu'.il they are twenty live or 20 years old. This is an lnjiis lice to young inert, and cripn'es then; for tlie future. In a given family tht sou enters upon a butiuess life, and by his twenty-sixth year is married and ha an income of from $1,KXI to Si.iXJO a year, while his brother at the siuie agt has simply au education for which hi' diploma is the only voucher, lie has still tj make bis mark In the world, befoie reaching his 3u;h year. This i; a practical statement of the difficulty, and it is just for thi rea on tliat I un d eds or young men foiego tlie advan tages of a college education. Doctor Adams, I'resideut of Cornell Unive sity, suggests that i he college aud university, iu the work of tne Juinoi and senior years, should be allowed tt anticipate at least a liist year of profes sional study. It is not difficult to dc this, a', least in the univeis.ty, becaust the higher elective studies Can beciioset with this eud in view. l'resident Adams also suggests that the vigorous pruning of the course ol study in the secondary schools would, perhaps save a year or more iu that dliection, and observes also that, il there were better teaching iu the pri.n a:v schools, the greatest gain ot al might be made in American e l'ica'.ioa. The two suggestions here made art practical aud possible, an 1 unless they a.e wisely worked out through tht joint action of the hnuds of col'eges or the one hand aud the cor.f.-ience ol leading public school teachers on tie other, we shall have an increased anc just complaint that our American sys tem of education is too clumsy au I in efficient to meet the exacting conditions of American lif j. laonr makes the man in cases where th man baa honest! made the money. NEWS IN BRIEF. -What are suppo ed to be the Bret playing cards used were recently found in i'ompei an excavations and are now in the possession of a collector la Phila delphia. Tho cards are perfectly square. Before paper came into general use our Teutonic forefathers wrote their letters, etc., on wood. The boc, or lieech, being closely grained and plenti ful in northern Europe, was employed for the purpose, and hence the word book. The revolver caused more than one nundred deaths i:i Kuglan 1 in ISS'J in cluding murders, suici les and accidents a large inciease over the number for 1SSS. Some of the English newspapers fear that this ind.ca'.es au approach of cowboy manners. A Boston drummer had a l arrow escape iroui death while being shaved, it Manchester, X. H., recent 1 v. Tlie barber dropio 1 the razor ou the Bos toiiiali's wrist, severing the cords and blood vessels, and the fortunate pres ence of a physician alone saved his lire. A dime is the smallest coin In value that circulates iu Virginia "it y, Ne. Xuineious attempts to introduce live cent pieces have been made, but the all failed. A storekeeper who attempted to force nickels into c;icu!atlon thereby made himself disliked with the result that his trade soon fell off and he ha 1 to retire from business. Upon the death ot the Italian I'rinfe Amadeus the lottery offices lu Vienna were besieged w.'th tickets berninir the number 47, w hich accord ing to the lottery dictionary signlti-s "death of a prides;"' 47 cam out, and the p!aers won several milUons fioin the imperial treasury. An interesting atrial contest was witnessed at St. Augustine, between an eagle and a lish hawk. The lis', hawk was Is'ing pursue 1 by the e:ig!e. and, in order to make ils escape, h.ul to drop its bur leu, which proven to be a larga flou-iili r. The lish fell iu a yard, and was taken m ;uid a mi al in de out ot it. A little toddler, the s.m of an In diana saloon keeper, going behind the Counti r to play, i.ui and cot h il l ot some w hiskey and ilrank his fill, and then sti etclu d out lor a nap. When found by hii parents he was almost deal, l'hysic'niis worked tor several houis befoie i.e recovered consciousness. His jaw and limbs weie stiffened like ttiose of a corpse. While a bay w.is cutting bananas from a bunch hanging m front of a liiirlinglon, V'.., grocery store, a larg tar. Hit ula sprang at him, striking him ou the si le of t e in-ek. Fiom tl.e boy 's in-ck the insect leaped into a l airel half full of crackers. Xo one caring to meddle with such an ugly customer, at the suggestion of a policeman the bar rel was dost 1 v. ith keru-eiie, and then can.eJ iu:o tl.e street an I set on an. Standing Clou 1, th- S.oiik chieT, was conslderai.-l'! of a i,.i-t, an! h i found a Viaiislator i i ho n.e.n, a ! ' in Wambili-MVutajit-u .ii, a icmai k.ii.U' full-blood L nc.i. i, .a iiiiia.i ui, u.ui ot Dakota, who us. d to paiticipale m a'l tiie conferciKis 1 .ei 1 ' y t'.i" Sioux chiefs, with wh til sle had a gi at il'-a! of iiiilticiico. Some of In r !..'.; iy pub 1 shed vers, contalni g translations of Standing Cloud, is characterized by loqueiit simplicity. A gentleman from llussia tells the Xew York fVuri I that with the lirst symptoms of grippe, if a lug of all spice or pliiienlo to be worn over the chest and a lit t le spi inkjed in the boots. Immediate re if w ill he nbta ued. 1 he spice creab s a cei taiu glow which re 11. ves quicker and is moie eilieicn.us than mustard or any di lg Unit ca i lie i sed. The bag should lv made of tine linen, and lie large enough to cover the entire cheit. California engineers have accom plished the diilicull task of lifting the Feather river, a fast flowing stream, fifty feet, and canving it I . n m ire than half a mile in .'in i.rtilieial bed at that height aliove lis old channel. 1 1 has liecii accomplished in a little less than a year. The iil.'ei t was to dram the riv-r near hoi i !, in oi ler to n-ach the Very rich gold deposits believed to exist in its be l. The promoters of the great eut'-rpi isc au chiefly Kugliih ni"ii. A hiv.oiic tre, on the old LMer W oson farm in .1 l.n too. II. I., has bee, i felled. It l.n a che-tnut, and "i a I leen ul ilie.J bv t he Jiorrilies iu the exciting tunes of the I orr war as a hiding place for guns.'' It stood in an op- u field on tlie farm. Tbe trunk, which was nine f.er four inches in di ameter, had be. n hollow as long as "any one living can remember,'' and a tail man could enter and stand erect with several inches to spare above big heal. One of the limbs measured four feet in diameter. The tree was cut down bocau-e theio was danger of lt falling. A unique lunch club has been started by a Xew Vork dry goo '.s king. A local paper gives these facts iibout it: "Tho rooms are iu a vault under Broadway, and are the ordinary white washed stone wailed affairs of that sort. The table consists of four packing boxes, the ciolha loll of Wamsutt i, and the table ware two doen larire-hi.ed tin pie plate. There are kn.ves and folks, but no napkins or spoon'. The bill of fare consi sts of a vast p.ece of roast bfef, lamb or boiled mutton, a haunch of venison or a lot of poultry or game. They are roasted iu an adjacent bakery, and are served with bulled potatoes and Hire.; kinds of bread. Each member helps himself, and eats standing or pet died on a dry go .ds ease, as the case m iy be. Tl.e meal is. served at nhaip 12, noon, an 1 is cut short at l."0, wheu the engineer turns a cork and fills the room with waste steam The in' inlers then divide up pro lata an 1 the lunch is over. The club meets every Mondav and has 20 members." It in now proposed that London shall dig the deepest ho'.e. The pit would have an e.eva'or and le lighted by electricity, and in each .stratum would be excavattrd i museum lor exhibiting specimens o." the minerals, fossils, etc., idT rdel by it. Tht relative values as foods of the grains named below are given by I'ro fessor Wiley as, first, wheat; second, sorghum; third, maize; fourth, un hulled oats. S i ghuin-seed furnishes a flour like buckwheat that makes passa ble bread, and is coming into consider able use. Bryenno s, Archbishop of Xicode mia, has found in a Turkish library at Damascus a maii'ix iipt of the Xew Tetamnut dating from about u mid dle of the fourtii contury. U'-'.
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