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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.
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