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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor
VOL. XLIV.
MIFFLINTOWK. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1G. 'SiK).
NO. 17.
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Thi Labor Congress In Berlin la
like our own Senate In Executive scs
ton. Its PocwiiDK9 are to be aecret,
but the nri reporters advise the public
that ih pud secrecy of the sittings
w.ll not prvveut the securing of reliable
accounts of the p'wrwlimrn,"
Tho-e who p- through this March
weather without suffering from disease
or any kind may be considered well
aocliiratet). They have had to stand
sudden chances from temperatures of
9 Jegrees ahov zero to 73, and three
such changes not quite so great in
i.ing" however Iiave taken place
within the month.
FkuM the reports of the high waters
In the southwest it looks as though the
present year would be as disastrous a
one, as far as floods are concerned, as
last year If. as is claimed by high
autnoritt-, tlie rutting; down of the
f, rets of i'1 country is one of the
i a ises of the timid, tlie Federal gov
e. nn tnt suotild take s iif active meas
ures lcokuni t!'.- protection of the
f TesLs now standing ami the grow th of
lai-lsr wherever possible.
In twiicusim I cl.ire the coroner re
cently tlie victims were boys who li.id
been l.t) in; on railroad trucks and
iws. M iny other accidents investi
gated by tl.u coroner in tlie course of a
year result from the n cklessuess of
people who li e the railroads as public
highways. In England the railroad
authorities vigilantly guard their tracks
n ! puu.sli trespassers. It would save
gco.l many lives if railroad compa
nies here weie equally severe.
The preparatory work on the Nica
ragua Canal is n aklng progress. The
f rce at work numlers some 500 per
.'U, and machinery, lumber, materials
of all kinds are constantly arriving. In
the eastern division there are tweuty
eight camps along the fiist thirty-one
miles of the rn-jecttd route of the
tana', all oec 'id I y engineers, arti
a: and Uboters. lu ad lition to these
lh' re are eight working parties sent o;;t
from the camps along the route who
are employed ou the pio;osed line of
ra.lroad, the K:.e of telegraph, tele
phone, etc
Tl!E National Zeitung of Berlin. In
referring to the proposed World's Fair
in the United states, eulogizes the
universality of American genius,
which, it as-erts. has wrought the
most prixltgious achievements in
every feld of human effort:
'The oum republic's unex
Hii I prosjierity has enabled it to
p v.-eut to the woild the rare spectacle
of a rapid liquidation of the trreatest
Stale debt on record. While European
treasuries are chrouically empty, Amer
ican reserves and American power may,
within the next decade, seriously
threaten Europe's peace, though Amer
ica's evident mission Is one of civiliza
tion." The death of Major General George
Crook. 'f the I'uited States Army cre
ates another gap in the rapidly thinning
ranks of brave soldiers who imperiled
their lives for the preservation of the
I'uion. His services lu the far West
for nearly u quarter of a century h ive
been of incalculable value to the ma
terial growth of tii- country. Ener
getic and fearless, his campaigns
against the Iii'.'uns were conducted
with great skill. The vanquished sav
agvs ton tided implicitly iu his sense of
h-nor and justice; and to his efforts is
undoubtedly due the increased safety
wtuch ha been enjoyed of la'e years
by settler.
Twelve or thirteen years ago, wheu
Chancellor Bismarck seut in his resig
nation of bis official lower and digni
ties, the old Eniperor Indorsed on it
"Never" aud sent It back. Ten years
later the Cham-e'lor, "a weary and
broken old man,"" as he described him
self, again resvti ', aid the son and
successor of t Luiperor William told
him that the country coal J not dis
pense with his m iv.ee.. So his resig
nation was rejected for a second time.
But it appears th..: the young man who
now occupies tlie Gtruiau throne has
no nee, of tiic c tinsels of the greatest
statesman of this epoch. The Emperor
may yet have occasion to change this
se'.f-confi Tent opinion.
The advantages of kindergarten in
struction for lit t lo children have been
widely a know ledged. although the
higher education of the few has re
ceived more attention from legislators
and public li stiuctors. An association
of benevolent men and women in New
Vork proposes to establish and main
tain free kindergartens la that city, for
the benefit of the childrwn of the poor;
and certainly no form of benevolence
could promise better or more enduring
results. The ttaiti ng at such schools
brings healthful and refining influences
into the lives of the poorest children;
those influences extend to others, aud
thus help on the work of social and
inoral ilevelopmeut.
A snip railroad is now being con
structed across the narrow isthmus
Chlgnecto, which connects Nova Sootia
with New Brunswick. The isthmus Is
seventeen miles wide, and while the
rotid ill be on a smaller scale than the
proiosed Eads ship railroad across the
Isthmus of Tehuautcpec, it has this ad
vantage over the enterprise, that the
project is now actually under way. The
raid is to be capable of carrying a ship
of l.ixo bus dead weight. Ships are
to he raided by hydraulic rams and
placed on the railroad. English ciigi
ifeis are watching the enterprise with
much iuteiert lecair-'C it is though!
that if u ship ro'ioal can be made a
Mia ess ou thts & ..ie it l practicable for
the trani-portatitjii of larger vessels
and may eve:.-.unlly bo used to carry
Mi ps inland, to Birmingham, England,
for instance, at a large saving of cost
of unload ing and other expenses.
TOLD BY AN UNDERTAKER.
SroUtou Incidents or the Funeral
Director's Crave Calling.
I have met with a thousand and
one odd fancies and curious notions
during my connection with tlie under
taking business," saij a prominent
ruueial director the other day. "Indeed,
I tUlUK. It safe to say tliat U'nety-mue
out of eveiy hundrei persons have, aud
tx press a preference of aom-i kiud or
another as to the dispjsiUou to be made
of their bodies afier -.eata. Sometime
their requests are complied with and
sometimes they are not. Generally the
preference r bites only tj some tuiuor
detail either of the coiBu. of the grave
or of the burial ceremony. Some p-o-ple
waul a plain woo lenc-tliu m ih g
auy, waluut or ebony. Some waul a
metal rasket. Siiuo want their casket
covered with l-Uck cloth, some with
h te. The desire for a CerUi.u hty le of
handle is often etpres-el, and womeu
aie rreiueiitlj oncerned aliout Uie llu
in,'. waut.ug it of a color to auit their
eoiiiplexiou. Some leoile, too. want their
. o tins large and roomy, others tJ tit
ex ict y.
"Ve.-y often people want tol burlel
n a particular sjoT, and give expre-s
l utnictl .m .is to the direction iu
i h:t'h the grave is to lie and lio deep
.1 in i t bt. Then. ttM, some persnu
waul a quiet, private funeral, while
o hers are une .sv until promised tiiat
they will br given a grand and costly
burial.
Ail these are matters that cin be
aiily attended to, an 1 they generally
are. But there are requests made by jeo
ple in I emir. I to tfieir ooseiuies that are
extraordinary and in some instances
ridiculous. I U tell you about a few
cases that have come under iny own
notice.
There was an old lady died a few
years ago w ho had a new and very
costly st of teeth ma le j is: before her
last illness. Wheu she learned that
death was imminent, he." greatest l.i
meut seemed t) Le that she should
never have an op;ortuuity to wear
thoe teeth. Finally a bright Idea
struck her, and calling Iter husband to
her bedside f lie begged lum to have her
lips so arraujed alter death that her
friends would l abie to see and admire
her beautiful teetli. The old man
pronilse.1. and a"aii st with her dying
breath siie reiuiudej hi in of it. We
were summoned Ui perform the neces
sary duties alter death, and the Widow
er, having explained the uia'ter of the
teeth, declared that Ins wife's request
must be carried out. He had promised
and could not think of deceiving her.
We did the !est we coul I. The resu'i
was rather startling, but tlie teih
showed, and the old mm was satisiicd
so we didn't have anything to say of i
course.
'"1 remember another case of a middle-aged
single man who had been a
gieal dresser a regular dandy, in fa-t,
lie left directions that he should be
buried in the last suit of clot lies he had
bought. As he was a man of consider
able weal tli. and had left some very
generous bequest to his friends, they
decided to cou.p'.y with h s request, aud
ti s valet was tola to I ring the suit.
When he returned be cairled the loud
est suit of clothes I ever saw". It wiu
f plaid two or lliie-i inches broad, aud
irreen, blue hu 1 yellow la color. Willi
it came a shirt covered with pictures J
of ballet dancers in every conceivable
at til it' ie, and a necktie to match. The i
apieara:ice t f tl.ese utiexiected ai tides '
caused some constenraiiou, but the
Jead man's friends til. ally decided to
let turn hae his way. and bury bim as
he had req:iesteL The body ww ac
cordingly robed in the flashy shirt and
uit, a dog head pin stuck iu the tie. a
single eyeglass placed over the staring
-ye, and the daudy was realy for ids
i-t e.-l:ng pl.ice.
''I was once called uioa to bury a
m n who had at some previous ieriod
hopil oil cue of his great toes. Just
is t was about lo screw down the cover
f the casket his weeping widow came
n me with a small Jar, and said that
hit husband had expressly desire 1 her
: bury this with him. 1 looked at it and
ouud that it was the missing to-, ne:it:v
mil carefully pres.Tvel iu alcohol.
'T never buried any one who had j
n.iJe his own cotlin, b it I have hear I
.:' such case. S -veral times, however,
i i.ave sold iople t heir own Cifllus. j
iiid in some instances two or tl.it
years or longer befoie they died. Some-
uues the b xes were left with me until
. ceded, and sometimes they were ta'-en
home at once. I he ni'jst peculiar ca-e
of this kind 1 r had was that of a:i
irtisl who lived in a couple of roams by
himself lu tlie we-rn part of the city.
Ila had plenty of money, and his rooms
.vere ele-antlv fumi-hs-d. but all in tli
uo-t sombre colors. One day lie came
to me a' d ordered a colli n made. It
iias to b- black inside and out. and was
to be large enou-h tol.eiu comfortably.
Another thing be was explicit about
was th it it was to be line 1 throughout
v itli spring cushions. I made n and
s nt it to tdi rooms as he directed.
Four years later 1 was called to bnry
him. I then found that during all that
I. me he had used his colli:! for a bed
deeping in it always aud he h.vl leU a
:. quest to be buried iu it. He sat I he
..ad grown used to it, and did not think
! e would sleep well in any other.
'I once had a man w. o was about to
uie seud for me and order a cotlin. He
was a very small man. not mire than
our feel high, but said be wanted bis
-otlin six feet long. The law,' said he,
izives every man six feet of earth, and
I am going to have my full share.'
I frequently have people try to
"rive bargains with me for caskets for
aeir Cead friends. About the best
c.ise of couomy in that line 1
ver li l. uowever, was mat tu a
. .iiii widow who gave orders tliat her
..usl.ati i"s coffin should be placed In the
-round perpendicularly. A year and a
naif later she had another husband to
bury, and his cotlin was placed side by
s.Je with that of 'o. 1. At intervals
ilie nii'i more husbands to bury, and
unally when Xa 5 wa pla-ed under
the sod, no more space had been taken
th.iu is usually occupied with one grave.
She said it saved tiouble because she
iea!Iy had only one grave tJ attend to
now, whereas if they had been buried
iu 'he ordinary manner she would have
had Cve."
FRIGHTENED BY A GHOST.
A Chicaao Merchant Kumlsnes A
Short Lived Sensation.
It was nearly 4 o'clock In the ruorn
Imr when the night police reporters for
the various morning pawsrs were pre
raritig for a homeward trip. There
V-r- thiiteen meu in the room, and
eminently a bvy and omluo.n p-11
the atmos,. ere, casing a
'lark shadow over th-m. When the
teiephoue bell rang the i;ua
harsh and unmlsical. The message
flashel across the wire;
"One of cur newspaper carrier has
seen a guuot several limes. IakjIc into
it,"
The man who had rereUed the mes
ssase turned from the 'phone His face
was pale and his form trembled.
Boys, I've got to interview a
ghost." he gasped.
"We'll no with you," came in a
whisper from lie'neeu the clinched
teeth of his reckless ai.d determined
coin pan 'oua. A paity of six was made
"P. The carrier who had seen ti.e
Chost was questioned. He was a bright
lad of H, and told a hair raising storv.
Iaist Monday while delivering patters
w itit his buggy, lie came across a oi i-e
in the stree . It was a little after 4
o'clock, and the stretts weie absolutely
dese.-ied. The shock this sight give
n m quite unnerved I.im, tut next
morulng he Was at Ids n oik ngalu. He
a-ain assed the spot n Ieavitt street
h-re the corp- had lain, but there
was nothing there out of the ordinary.
He turned the comer into Madison
street and juuqiel from his buggy, as
was his wont, an I legan zigzagging
acr s the street d livenng his pajt-rs.
the horse following bim. At No. 711
he was in the habit i.f throwing a pa
er into ths hallway. At No. 7' -0 there
is a sewing machine store, and ai the
youth came frooi across the street to
i brow his p:ier into tiie hallway, lie
caught sight of a wlrte loUd litfure iu
the store next door. He paid no atten
tion to it, but dUi oeJ of his pajier. As
he start d to tel n.to his bugy, which
was now in front of the stote, he heird
the old fashioned h tudleof the door rat
tle. He looked throush the door wiu
dow and saw a white figure, like a hu
man iieing ami vet unlike one. He saw
It but a moment. It melt d away,
an I all be cou.d see wai the bright
glow of burning coai iri a large .-tove
ii-ar the middle of the s'ore. With a
palpitating heart the Im.v'.eit the spot
UK SK1.S IT AGA'X.
This second shick was almost loo
much for the carrier, but he h id to
work, aud the next morning, about
4.."iu aaiti he approachetl the hallway,
this time with much imgivin-. No
s Hii.er had he delivered his p.ix-r than
t lie sfiecter anaiu ;ippe.irei. The door
rattled as if a key w. us Wm- turned,
;:n 1 Hie glio-t vanished suddenly. Witn
a loud scream the Uv fled. A watch
man stopped him. The boy took the
watchman back with iiltn, but the
i lio.it dil iiot show itseif. Tlie watch
ii an w;is asked t Ikj there next morn
ing when the loy delivered bis pap r.
li s consented to stand acr.iss the street.
He. too, saw the ghos . Nor were they
the only ones who saw it. The hoise,
which could not be influenced by any
hallucination, also c.vuht a gliuq'se of
the strange vision, ;i .1 witu a lo'.d
snort dosited away from the siKt.
This ghostly visitation contluu-d
every day until the reporters lizard .f
it an 1 determed to escort the youngster
n his rounds.
"I'm glad there a: e lots of yer gj
ing," he said, wiien told of the arrange
ments. A carriage w s secured and the
reporters piled la. tne vehicle follow-in-t.'ie
c.nriei "s buggy. At Leavitt btiect
Ixilli stop;l aiid all nliglited. The
1-oy was lo'.d to go ahead just as usual,
aud the reHrt-is were t J st al alo :g iu
ti e s'i iloa of (lie hous s and surprise
ti;e g:.o-t. Two oli.'emeii aiqieare l
j 'sl al lln- u ouient .nd stood acro.s
tho sTreet watching l . strange actions
of t!.e lepir'.ers
11 was about 4.11 1 when the carrier's
Kor e trotted up to No. Ti-'Jaud stopj)-d.
A ruomeiit later ti e b y ran across the
sre't and made a due for the hallway
of No. 711. He turned suddenly just
as tl.e reciters made a run forward,
l)iTited his ringer as the doorwav of
No. 7uJ and cried:
Theie it Isl See it? See It?' lie
was intensely excited. His hand trem
bled and his eyes dilated. The curtain
on '.l.e windows ai d door of the store
were down almost all the way, but sti I
the leporters could see the shadowy
form of a human figure standing near
the door. itli an ear p:ercing shi iek
tl.e boy dashed across the street as fast
'Js legs ooiild carrv liiin. The re
iM'tters and the two policemen who had
come up also ran. In a moment they
returned, and the boy, gathei ing cour
age again by ttieit piesei.ee, came back.
Hit" MVsltKV solvi:i.
There was a rattle of the door, the
while specter aaln apjieared, the door
. pe.ied and it stood liefore reiMrU-rs,
ixi'ioeinen and the carrier. It was at
ii.i! The gho-t ha I materialized 1
The specter did not w ear coat or vest.
It ahs La lc-s and iu its sto king teet.
Ii was a sh ut ghost with a long beard.
As the frost laden breeze skurried down
Ma li-ou street it toyed Willi that bear!
a- with a Union Jack at a m.isth-a !.
The ghost's le.th chattered as i'. i.e-cl.iie-l
itself:
"I'm g-'tting tired of being bothered
e i-ry niorning. If you don't k ep away
from here I'll have vou arrtsled. What
do you take me for?"
'A ghos'!'' cried the chorus.
"I ain't," replied the specter.
Yes you are," cried the carrier.
Haven't you been netting up every
mo:u.iig and lat ling ti.e door?"
T'iC sqiecter looked pityingly on the
argi'.ur.-nalive boy mid said iu an injured
bu.e of voice: ! gel up at 4.30 every
mor.iiii- lo iel in the newspaper carri-i.-r-t
when '.bey come around."
"Iidn't you shake that door yester
lay at 4.10?" insisted the youngster.
A chilly blast from the west struck
t'.e specter with full force. It van
ished, slamming the door b.-hiud it.
At a more seas mable hour it was
aga'n seen. It was the proprietor ot the
S'.Ol'l.
'If I bad known that I was taken foi
a ghost this morning. I would have
had some Tun." be said. "I have been
in the habit of getting up every nioru
iug just about the time that boy comes
around. I unlock tlie front door to let
the other carriers throw in the differ
ent papers my sons and I take. Of
cour-e, I'm in my night shirt, and go
back to bed. This morning I did it as
usual and saw the crowd run. 1
thought it was a drunken gathering
and went back to bed. Wheu I beard
voices I got up and li.-tened. 'It's an
! ot or some one walking in his sleep.
1 heard somebody say. I saw a police
man outside aud went out. its, I'm
sorty I didn't know what was up or I
should have had some fun." Willi
that the ghost" laughed heartily.
Home Comforts.
Daniel Webster said: "In a country
like ours, above all others, this tiuth
will hold good: If the jieople can ob
tain lair compensation for their labor
they will have good homes, good cloth
ing, go I food and the means of edu
cating their families. Labor will l.e
cheerful aud the people happy. The
great interest of this country is labor."
Through Woman Paradise was Lost
Through Her It May Be Regained;
So well to know
Her own, that what she will- to do or my
Sis-ms wisest, Virtuousect, dlscrectest, best.
illLTOS.
It is woman's place to change this
wot Id to a paradise.
It is said that it was through her in
discretion that the Uaiden of Delights
was changed into a wilderness, and
anion the legends is one to the effect
that she has ever sincn been suffering
pain as a punishment for having broken
up the original arrangement, and
brought so much suffering upon the
race.
There would seem to be a sort of
eternal fitness In her restoring the
world to the enjoyable condition in
which she found it.
Can she do it?
She can come nearer to doing it than
man, because she pjssefces more of th?
qualities that go lo make up an agree
able, social and religious being. What
sue lacks in crude or physical force is
more than m ule up by tact and ad
dress. She can accomplish whatsoever
she set! her heart upon, because the
sous of good mothers, and the hus
bands of cod wives are ready to con
cede that to ul women are more nearly
right at heart, more generous and more
philanthropic linn uian.
If Eden is ever restored it will be
due to the efforts t f woman. She feels
tliat she is mo:e to blame than man for
Uie present state of affairs and will
lake special iuteiest in trying to undo
the mischief she did when she was in
Eden before.
Every woman has it in her power to
do this liy cultivating the eden in ber
heai I. If she desires her associates,
and c-pe.'iully her husband and children
to enjoy the garden of delights the
home she cultivates the teuiier and
loving impulses of h -r nature, seeks to
make all around her happy, and scat
ters sunshine wherever she goes.
It ii not im(Kssible that heaven, eden
aud paradise are mere conditions of the
soul, and tliat they cau be largely en
joyed in this l.fe.
Man is woman's burden-bearer, her
protector, her servant. Heretofore it
as necessary for him to have more
muscle, more combativeness, more
physical courage and more of ihe ani
mal, tliat he might clear out the forests,
an! provide a osnfoi table home for
.ier where she would be free from harm
and hunger.
Sr ce thn heaviest part of the work
has been ilirslied we iind that woman
is de.elopim; more rapidly than man.
Wi:hiu the last century she has grown
Hum the position or a household appen
dage to be queeu of the household, and
lay by day the is taking higher posi
tions. M iv it not be tliat in the course of
'.hue man will become the household
li'iN-ndage?
After all the I and i work has been
dine there will lie little tlema iil for
s'.iong muscle, great physical endurance
an 1 co.irge. The cliiet object of life
will be happiness, a .d in securing tliat
woman is far more successful than
man.
When thu time comes w :ieu lue
Aie no moie forests to subduo. no more
nine.- lo o; ell. no more battles to light
an I no more haid labor to ierforui it
v:il be in ihe over of woman to re
sl. re man Ui Eden. This time is surely
comm.', because tlie demand for mu.-cle
s 1 c uiiing le-s every day, and il will
not be long until the sa ne will be true
of brain, h applied to the arts and
sciences. Then wil' woman be mistress
.u t e wori 1 and make it a veritable
tar Hise.
Even !io-.v fche can make bur home a
ai ni.ilure farad se.
Presc bad White Asleep.
"I had an iiuusuai exiierience a few
nights ago." si I a celebrated woman
pnysician. "which ii us'.iated how ac
curately the bra. n may s iiueUuies carry
on ihe act ;v it :ei of the day during the
interval of sleep, although such anco:i--ci
ins cerebration would not do to swear
by. A few nig'.U s:nce I watched al!
m-l.t al tht bedside of a very sick pa
th ut. Early in the morning I lay
down, telling the nurse io call me if
such an 1 such changes o-curred. The
cl angi s came and she did call me. I
rose, went to Uie bedside examined the
patient carefully, changed the medi
cine and ordered a different tiealment.
Then I went buk to bed. When 1
a .voke again, and the nurse referred to
the change in the night, I did not know
w at she meant. I had not the faint
est recollection of having been called or
of having prescribe 1 anything else. 1
examined the patient; she was better.
Then 1 turued to the icinedies: they
..ere just what the case requited. 1
h id carried on the proper cours of
ie ironing, and I had met every euiei -!
ii y ;f the case, and yet I was sound
, 1 ep all the w hiie."
rj -low Ice Cutters Rescue Horses.
The daiiger of cutting ice before It
has attained a thickness of eight inches
or m re is great, an J numbers of horses
have been loot by their breaking
tluougli the ice while working the
plows. Old icemen say, however, that
by Miltiusr a slipuoose around the ani
mal's neck befoie it goes under the ice,
the work of gelling 11 out is not great.
The action of the noose slops the ani
mal's breathing, and soon causes ti e
body to liecouie iull.ited with wind so
that it will float on Ihe surface, when
it is easily I aided out upon the ice.
Cold Comos T...- ugh the Faet.
A noted medical ;iii'.': -u" observed:
"No doubt much "f U tsi'lpue comes
ihroii-h the feet. Thin soled shoes, or
thick soles, standing on ice or snow or
cold wool until the S"h; attains the
satte degree of cold as Unit on wh'''h it
rests; then cold feet, co'd b'gs, cold ab
domen, cold in the thrjat, in the head;
the eyes, the nos-, the mouth speaking
witnesses, testily ing to the body rest
ing ou the feet and the brain resting on
the boJy that a p ain violation of every
reasonable rule o;' health has been per
mitted, to be paid In penalty of suffer
ing an I pain; of lust time, of care and
anxiety of fi icuds, it may be of death
Is Dot Ihii aud this result sufllcier.l
warning?"
Paper Pillows.
The latest fad In England Is paper
pillows. The paper is torn into very
small pieces, not bigger than the finger
nail, and then put into a pillow sack ot
drilling or light ticking. They are very
cool for hot climates, and much su
perior to feather pillows. The news
papers are printing appeals for them
lor hospitals. Newspapers are not nice
to use, as they have a disagreeable odor
of printer's ink; but brown or white
naier and old letters and envelopes art-,
the best. The finer the paper is cut or
torn, the lighter it makes too pi'l T.
Some rime.
(.at uigbt, lay larlm, a vua ulept,
I thcng'.t I I eaisl you sigh,
l lid to your little crib I crept
aod watched a pi thereby;
Ti.en, bon.ln g ilowu, I UtaS'-d your brow-
For, old I love von o
.'ou are too vonnj to know It now
lint ho tne lime vou ikll know.
-ome time, when in a d irkennd place
Wbe-re others rotiie 10 weep,
f'ltir eyes shall t weary face
Calm In eternal Bleep.
?i e Meculrt.s lifHt, the wrinkled brow,
Ihe paiirut Fmile may iuow
Von are too young to know it now.
But some time jouthall know.
Ik backward, then, into the years,
Ami nee me here t -oieht
See, O my darling! how my tears
Are failing as I write;
And feel once more up.jn your brow
The kins of lone ago
foil are too ycung to know it now,
but some lime you shall know.
MY TWI BROTH Kit.
When I aro e on ti e morulng of my
twentieth birthday, and nodded mer
rily to my own reflection in i lie glass,
the bright young face that laughed
back at me was that of a handsome,
tiappy, aud very fortunate girl.
lioo !-morning, Miss Lydia Searle,'
I said. And if all goes well with us,
vou won't be M ss l.y.lia Searle at all
this lime next year, but lrs. Harry
Hat ten instead.'
It wanted but three weeks of my
wedding day. I was happy as I was
busy jut then, for I 1 ved the man
l o-e bride I was so soon to become
with all a young girl's warm untried
!!-. lion.
Ik-tier than anyone in the world but
Tom,' I thought. 'And surely nobody
ever could or ought to be dearer to me
than Tom.'
Tom was my twin brother. Tht
usual strong affection existing bet wear.
twiii3 was exceptlonslly power! ul in
our case from circumstances.
One of ns was born strong and ro
bust, and the other frail and small.
Xotwithstaiid ug my sex, I was th"
favored one by nature, while Tom was
the weakly twin.
That was the first of his misfoitune,
which naturally gave him a claim on
me, and at the same lime attached him
to me and rn ide him cling to n e as a
'leartier, maulier boy would not have
done. The second misfortune was that
be resembled our father.
I'oor lellow! As It he could help
'hat! Aud yet Uncle Elliot resented it
iu him just as if he had been to blame
'or it.
ot a fraction of my money shall go
to this second Tom Searle, he used to
say.
And be kei t bis word. He h !
ulopud us at lKxjr mother's death.
Our father had died years before, lie
J.tve us both a good education, and
ot Tom a position in a bank; bui
he i he died jusl a year before lha
weutieth birthday of mine I was hi
o'e heiress.
It grieved me terribly. I loved Tom
oetter far tliau rujtelf, and would have
iciared anything with him; but be wa
prci'd, poor dear, and wouldn't bear ol
inch a thing.
S. the be.-t I could do was to spfiid
is much money upon him as possible,
ml lend him all lie wanted to use. i e
ad no ol jecliou to that, because, as he
would say:
'Some of these days, when I'm part
ner in the bank, I'll pay ic a'l back
igam, Lyddy.'
And, of course, it w:-s quite probable
hat some day he wo id be partner,
mice I was about to be married lo tli
Oankei's only son and heir.
1 was puzzled sometimes to know
bat Tom did with so much money,
lie had Speculations on liund,' be told
jie I thought that peihaps be was
rather extravag.mt, too perhaps some
what inclined lo be wild.
He is so young and so handsome,' I
'.houirht.
I was always making excuses for him
o myself; bi.t, of course, com mon
etise taught me that if be would be
Readier, and a tend to business better,
sis changes of promotion at the bank
tvou'.d be improved
As I thought of him on that bulh
'ay morning of course, it was hu
biit inlay, to the face in the ghis
us. d to smile, and a new auxitty
:u 1 1 into iny thoughts. I was thiuk
ng of lasl night.
Tom had acted very strangely. I
nod lain awake a long lime thinking of
it last night, ai d a vngiie uneasiness
smote me as I remembered it now.
What could have aiicd i.itii.
He ha 1 come i . at aliout ten o'clock,
ii the lit: le p trior where Harry and I
m lesitling together and hit remained
.v .lh us, restless, agitated, nervous,
and showing so plainly that he wiMlied
io see me alone, that presently Harry,
uilf vexed, half amused, took the him
ii.d left us.
And then be asked ma for money.
Mo trifling sum either. He implored
uie, alm ost wildly, to 'give bi n six
iiiiudred jioun !s, t:i u aud there, fir
God's fake.!'
He almost took my breath away. I
ad no such money in the house, of
eouise, nor could I get it on such short
ii jIic-. My fortune consisted of real
estate, from which I derived a moder
ate income, and a few thousands in
eady money, which, what with Tom's
xiravagance, and my own prepara
i. oiis for my marriage, were nearly
gone,
tuite aghast at his azitation, :.s well
as at bis request, I explained to bim
ihe utter impossibility of compliance,
lie raid i ol a word, but dropped into a
-eat, and sat looking at me as i stupe
fled. Every vest'ge of color had gone from
Ins fair handsome face, and the delicate
clear cut features looked haggard an 1
are worn. A pang shot through my
heart as I saw his distress. I ceased to
-are or wonder what the money was
wanted for. I knelt down Decide bim.
'I'll get it for you to-morrow,' I sud,
"if I have to 'mortgage my proper y.
t lou't despair; only wait till to morrow,
dear. '
As my band touched his he started
,u. d looked down at me. He was never
wry strong or brave never fit to bat
tle with trouble. It seemed to have
ius:;e l him now; tears fell from his
es upon u y face.
Never mind!' he moaned. 'Poor
Lyddy! I'oor girl!' he patted my band
fond y. 1 know you'd give It to mc
if you could. Ah! I've been a bad
brother to you, dear. Say you forgive
me to night!'
And of course I said so sa d so
seeping. His manner distressed me
so; but I didn't know what there was
to forgive.
I was wiser before that birthday was
half over, though the knowledge seemed
the greatest calamity of my life.
Something- had gone wrong at the
bank,' Harry told me. He broke th"
bitter news to me as gently as lie coul.!,
and with a grave pile face. 'Six hun
dred founds, wh.ch had been entrusted
to Tom to deliver somewhere several
weeks ago, had not been accounted for;
and there were errors, too. in his ac
counts '
I heard r.o more. Insensibility
snatched me for a while from ihe agony
of Tom's ruin ami my own disgrace.
For must not his sister share his di-
honoi? I felt that bitterly at first I
who hail been so proud of him. But
by-and-by, indignation, shame, anger,
all gave place to love and love's aux
ietv. Tom was missing.
What mattered it to me that he ha I
sinned? He was still my brother, aud
I loved him.
My thoughts fl;w ba'k to his despair
that night his tears, his self-reproach,
his prayer for my forgiveness. 1 remem
bered how weak be was, ho easily led,
aud who could tell how greatly tempt
ed; and from my soul I forgave him.
1 had not waited for that, however,
before taking steps to shield him from
the coi. sequences of his criui
Mr. llatton was mrci ul. He had
no wish to bring public disgrace uikhi
the family of bis old friends upon the
eirl whom bis own sou was enaed to
marry.
I was permitted to make u,i the de
ficit In tue bank's accounts. In order
to do fo, and for another reason, 1 in
structed my lawyer to dispose of my
propeity. And thai other leason wus
a letter from Tom, received just o e
week from his departure.
A pitiful letter the outcry ot a
penitent and almost broken heart. lie
had not appropriated the six hund.ed
pounds, thank God! but be had been
out aud drinking, with the ni mey in
liis possession, aud had been robbed of
it.
I'll, how grateful I was! Evry
other misfortune iu the world might be
borne with patience now, since Tom
was not dishcuest.
He confessed to me a thousand in
discretions, follies, sins; told in9 of
mauy and serious debts fiat l.e h.i 1 left
behind him. Most startling ci a I, he
told me he was married, and implored
me to seek out and protect his wife an i
child.
Tom's wife and child! Who was
she? After the tirst surprise was over,
I found myself longing to see my i.ew
sister and the little one.
I went to ihe address Tcm had s nt
me went with a carnage, prepared
to bring my new relations home. Dis
appoint meut met ine. Mrs. Searle and
her child had gone.
They were behind with their rent,'
said the landlady, and the husband
went away, so I couldn't help her. She
left to-day.'
I returned home discouraged. I
didn't want to see or speak lo any one
just then, so it was jieculiarly annoying
to find that a young woman, whom 1
had employed to do sewing more than a
year ago, had culled and was wailing to
:-e me.
I went down to her. She arose to
meet mn as 1 entered the parlor. Little
Kva Uoblnson! I ieuii m. ered the girl
well a pretty, genteel, timid creature.
I started when I saw that she bad an
inlant In her arms.
Why, what's this'r" I cried.
'My baby,' shu said timidly. 'Im
married since 1 saw you last, miss.'
I sat down, and bade her do the
.-mce, and then asked her what 1 could
do to serve lit r.
For an ansae? she burst into a pas
sion of tears, and, rising suddenly, came
and laid the infant iu my lap.
'Have mercy o:i me!" she cried, fall
ing on her knees. 'This is your broth
er's child and mine, and 1 I am his
wife!'
1 was a proud girl, and this blow- was
a heavy one. My brother, so handsome,
such a favorite, to uuflt for wife and
c aid he might have married so ad
vantage usly, 1 thought, and here I
was called ppou to welcome as a sister
iny own sewing-girl.
Hut 1 did. 1 may have shrunk from
her for an instant, perhaps, in the lirsl
suriuise; but next minute Ihe tnought
of that other disgrace, which Tom had
not brought on himself aLd me, re
lumed to me, and in my gratitude al
escaping that i could not murmur.
She was a dear little thing, too, after
ah; aud the baby charming. Ah, I
had rrason lo be thankful for the com
fort of their presence soon. For the
very next day, meeting an acquaintance
iu the street, said she:
And so 1 bear that your marriage is
postponed, my dear.'
My heart r ank down like lead.
'Who Informed you':" I asked quietly.
'Your intended bridegroom, Mc
Harry llatton, himself. Is it not truer"
Perfectly true,' I answered.
'And iKistponed until when'r'
iHdeliuilely.
1 wrote tlie same day to Harry:
'Vou des.re your freedom; lake it.
You will never be called upon to fuliil
your engagement with me.'
And he took me at my word.
He called, crtaluly, and made a
pretence of explanation and rtret.
The almost entire loss of my foituue
had influenced his father, not himself;
but my brother a conduct
I slopped him there.
Torn was innocent, 1 said; 'and
what he lost I have restoied. You
hive acknowledged that there was
nothing uiong in bis accounts. You
need seek no excuse in his conduct, sii.'
He lost bis leuier.
'Do you excuse bis destruction ot an
innocent cirl, and abandonment of her
and her child ?' be said.
With one quick movement I threw
0ki:i the folding-doors, and showed him
Eva and her son.
'Allow me to introduce you to my
brother's w f e and child, whom he left
in my protection.'
15 ut his words hail made me uneasy.
Tuat evening, tealed with the b iby on
my lap, 1 asked Eva where she hud
been married.
'Alas!' she cried, 'if I only knew.
Torn took me to church in a carriage.
It was iu this very city, but I dou't
know where. It was because I bad no
certitlcate of my marriage that I dared
not go to my brother my dear noble
brother who has struggled so bard,
and made himself, unaided, an honor
able position and a name. I know that
a cruel slander concerning me has been
carried to bim that must almost have
broken his heart.
I took her h wis away from her face
an 1 kissed ber.
'We'll find the church,' I sail.
'There must be no slander about my
dear brother's wife.'
And I did find It after a few day's
search. Then I got John Robinson's
ddress he was a lawyer, I found
and requested him to call on me.
He came, a v.onderfu ly grave hand
some man, with something singularly
manly and impressive about him. In
my heart I thought:
'No wonder Eva wept at thought of
his displeasure. He is worth pleasing
surely.'
I took him to the parlor.
'I wish to reconcile you to your sis
ter,' I said. 'She is my brother's
wife.
Then I left them logelher. After an
hour or nioie Eva came for me.
'John wants t) say good-bye before
Le eoes,' sail eh?.
He took my hand in his, and looked
into my eyes,
'You are a good woman, he said
earnestly. 'May God bless you, and
make you as truly happy as vou have
to-ilay made me!'
There was someth'ng in bis mere
look and t ine a strength, a truth, a
thorough reliability that gave me com
fort, somehow. I found myself think
ing: 'If it had been my fata to love such
a man as that, I should be ueurer hap
piness than I am to-day.'
liut I kept my thoughts to myst-K.
Only from that hour I was sensible" that
I remetted my lost hopes and happiness
for their owu sake, far more than 1
mourned for the false lover on whom
they had been founded.
0e week later all my property w a
sold. I had paid oil Tom's debt.s; and.
accompanied by his wife and ch Id
Joined him in a di-tant home.
There we began life anew. I bio
a small income s'.ill, ami Tom obtaine l
a lucrative p .sitlon. The lesson of the
post was not lost upon him. The sac
rifice I had unid-' was not in vam
LHtarToin w as a ciianed man changed
for the letler. Whatever I had lost
had been h:s g tin.
And what ha 1 I lost? The money I
coun e I less than nothing; and Harry
Hatton's love was not worth a regret.
What was it, then' I sighed for the
trust b trayed the glamor and illusion
gone from life so early.
Oh, to be well and truly loved!' 1
I bought. A- d then my thoughts
never went back to Hurry.
Another tilled them. Strange Im
pression that man had made upon ui";
seen only one?-; never to be forgotten.
I thought of h m constantly; and heard
from him, through Eva, now and then.
'What is your brother's wife like.
Eva?' I aslied her once just to try her.
'He has none,' she answered. '1
know what I should wish her to be
like, though.'
And her eyes dwelt on me in a way
that made my tell-tale color rise.
A few days afterwards she cam3 to
rue laughing.
'1 told John of your queslion, and
onlv h-ar what he Says:
She reads aloud:
'Tell Lydia, my wife, (that is to be,
I hojie,) resides iu your city, I hope to
visit you before very long, and iutr
duce her to you.'
And he did. W ith the merry Chri-t-mas
season John came. I think that
was the very happiest season of my life.
Of course you g .e-s how it all ended.
1 smile now, looking back and remem
bering that I f.iuc.ed once I loved an
other than John.
That, was a dream, but this reallt -.
All my sacrifices have beeu well repai 1,
and all my loss was gain; I realize
that, every time 1 bear pretty Eva
speak of me -as I first spoke of her a
my brother's wife '
The Eyes of the Mole.
Carl Hess, the German naturalist,
says Mature, has proved by minute mi
croscopical investigation that the eye
of the mole is p. -i feet ly capable of sct
ing, and that it is not shoil sighted, a.
another naturalist (K dyi) Would have
us believe. Hess maintains that, m
spile of its minute dimensions 1 mild
meter by 0-U millimeter the eye of this
little creature p..ssesse9 all the neces
sary proKrt es for seeing that the most
highly develoiKid eye does, that it is,
iudeel, as well suited for seeing as the
eye of any other mammal, and that iu
the mutter of refraction it does not
tliller from the normal eye. In order
lo bear out the theory of short-sigh? 1
ness, the physiological reason was a 1
ducel thai In its subterranean runs the
mole Is accustomed to see tilings at
close distances, and that its ys had be
come gradually suited lo near obji-cts.
15ut to this Hess objects that the mole
when iiuJcr ground most probably
makes no use of his eyes at all, a.- il
would be impossible to see anyt. in;;,
owing to the absence of lih , but that
when he comes to the surface, and es
Iiecially when he is swimming, he d.ies
use his eyes. In order to accomplish
tiiis, be i nly has to alt. r the erect
-ics.lion of the hairs which surround
and cover bis ees, and which prevent
the entry of dirt w hen he is under
ground, and at the same time to pro
trude his eyes forward.
Cremation In Paris.
Tlie new crematory furnace founded
on August 12 last, at the cemetery ol
I'ere-la-iJiiaise had, up to Hecember 31
last, effected 7 115 cremations. Of this
: number, da only were at the request ol
the relatives; 183 collius containing re
; iaains of human bo lies from the hos
I pital sei vices were destroyed, aud
'still-born children from the maternilir
! charities were disposed cf. The new
furnace is an apparatus based on the
system of Siemens. It iossesses con
siderable advantages over the ol -model.
The cost of cremation is mucn
reduced by the substitution of coke for
wood fuel. Tlie expense has diminished
from 3-5 francs to 'J francs. With th -old
apparatus it required, on au aver
age, an hour and th ice-quarters to cre
mate the body of an adult; with the
pie-eut one, from an hour to an hour
aud a quarter suflices. It i3 thought
that, before long, the operation may
be completed in three-quarters or au
hour.
Advice to Smokers.
If you are a smoker and don't own a
cigar case, carry your cigars in your
upper waistcoat jiocket, on the left,
with the mouth end down. The con
stant motion of the right arm (presum
ing you are riglit-liaude 1) Is sure to
crmli the tobacco or loosen the wrap
per If the cigar be on the right side,
and the same result is more readily ob
tained with the match end down. If
you have to let a cigar go out do not
pull in the last puff, but blow it
through the burning end. This expels
the nicotine that would otherwise
gather at the mouth, and prevents ihe
cigar from having a rank taste. In
deed, some smoker question whether
a cigar is not improved by this method
of i educing it to an 'old soldier.'
Here are two sentences, each ot
which contains all the letters cf the
alphabet: "John quickly extemporized
five tow bags, and ''The quick brown
fox jumps over the lazy dog."
NEWS IN BRIEF.
In a library in 'aus, the largest in
-he world, is a (.'tiiuec chart of the
leavens made ah.iut six bundled years
efore Christ. In this chart 1.4X) stars
ire found to be -oi recll inserted.
A Spmish tea was given recently
in Washington. N'o other language
as permit-ted, but the few natives tliat
Participated must have thought that
i greit deal of Yoi.ipuk was slid in.
Europeau co.intt les are s d 1 to be
timing their attention t the United
states as a source of supplv for cavalry
horses which are very diili.-ult to pro
cure of suitable development, strength
ind endurance.
The old war Generals are passing
i way. Sherman and U 'secraus are the
mly ot es of great rank lemainiug.
Wlrle Itobert C. schenck and George
Crook were not General! of the highest
ran It, they weie men of the highest
u-ie
The table tipin w h'.ch I'rince Bis
uarck signed t lie prel niinanes of
p-j.ico with Thit-rs at Versailles in
February, 1S71, wm ihe only soiiven r
of tlie campaign which the Iron Chan
cellor bore 1 ack It Getiiiunv with him.
He paid his Versa. lies landlady 24
iraucs lor it.
TIip marriage of M -s Margaret
niaine. the Secretary of s ate s eldest
laughter, to Waiter Iaiurocn, of New
Yoik, is t take pi i -e o i th- 17th. A
Liter date hail been lixed, but it is an
ticjiated to m -et I he wi lies ot fiielids
who had planned European trips next
month.
At a newspaper olli -e recently a
machinist, wanting lo r-acti some
shafliu, jumped up o'i a banvl of
brinteis' ink standing close by. He
didn't notice that an ol 1 paper was
serving as a cover, and be sank up to
his wuisl in the ink.
A letter Troin the Philippine ls'
"d.s, ad dre sed to a s-a captain at
Hath, Me., arrived recently after bi-ing
on the road f x ye ns. It was rather
faded, but slill bori a legible direction.
The w i iter was tl.e capt mi's s ster,
w ho has been lost at .sea since she
penned the note.
According to South Il issI in papers
an attempt is soon to In; made by the
itussiau Government to ral-e the two
English steamers which sank in llala
eluva l'.iy dui'tig the Crimean War. On
one of ti ese vessels, tlie Fiiuce, is sup
posed to be a money chest coutainmg
JJuu.Ooo.
A n itttei nut nital Musical Exhibi
tion to be held in Vienna ill rin March
and AiTil, l'.'l. wi 1 sh i'.v the evolu
tion of the d lfer-nt musical instru
ments utid will inclule Ic-irloouis and
soiiv mis ol meat mils ciatis, and. In
short, everything eoiiiiecb d w ith the
art which can possibly be gathered to
gether. A coloied chicken thief, in At
lanta. Ga., was assi-tcd in bis lascally
woi k by a do.', which would go Into
oops and ca'ch tin chickens aud bring
them ut to his ma ter. The assistant
wasabig "Vooliv al.iiii il, aid, Ihe po
lice learning this, kept watch lor such
a dog. know in.: Unit his u, aster would
be along, and soon the pair fell into the
clutches of the law.
A curious phenomenon Is reported
from lSitouui, on the slimes of tlie
Dlack Sea. I'-.imii a cm, lc'e calm
the sea is satd to have su Mc ly receded
from the shore, l.-aviti it bare to a
depth of It) fathoms. The wat-r of the
poit rushed out to sea, tearing many of
the ships from their anchcrae, and
ca-.suig a great aiiiount of datua e.
After a Short time the sea resumed iU
usual level.
A certain I a ig of ir.iicl (Ki'.ruia
lu'.Ifolia) has borne .-'range evidence of
the open winter. It was cut o:f the
parent bu-ti wilh a ktufe on ( !n :stu:as
day, and placed iu a jar of w.ttei by a
ladv. After awhile it pt.t lurth new
leai. and leceiitly it bloi-uined l.b
eratly. It has no roots, an 1 has not
been near the crth since It was cut.
During the late .r U. 1. Cole,
Jr., of Xewn.m, 'i:i., se'Teled a box of
-liver belween tin celling and : of of
the lesideiice then o cupie i i-y the
family. Alter the war the box could
not be found, though d iluent search
was made for it. I;p ent!y Mr. Cole
was inakiiig sotu te; ..ns on the old
ho:i-e. au I had 01 c...-iou to te .1 away
some of tint intei i"f fi.iine work. As
lie removed one ol tin lower iu:t'tion
boai Is a si.ver Co:t; fell out, mill iioll
iooking further Mr. Cole ras rewarded
by Cudliig every dollar of the long lost
money.
A cannon. even though a sma'l one,
Is not usually i .'aided as a necessary
part of an -xp:.i:-i s outfit, such a
Weapon has, iio.M ver, been trundled
into Northern Tii i--t by tlie eT-jied.tion
which the lu:o G. nei .1 I'm p-val-ky
headid. A '..oi il.ng to li t -:.iu icpoiti
this caution is expected to serve the
very paciiic purpose of determining
Ihe rate at wldch i.--.tmds tiavela
Ihiough i. iii :! d ..it nt. h. u!.; - . 12 '' I
feci and upward. I l.e ,t ea: made
for the All lean 'u.i , it- ihil func
tion will lie to ii'iuc a no; .(', :n. 'I iv has
the unique ili-itii.c; ion T lei g a tan
uon with a p irely scientific puip'oy.
A llti-sian newspaper is re p tnsl
ble for the following lire; estn'g item
from Orel, a o vn not eiy f.u fioru
Moscow, Ilu.vs:a: There arrived recently
at the Hotel de ri'Euiope t'ie v dow of
a miTcha'it f thn T :gnin)ihood for a
short Sojourn in our town, acc-jmpanied
by her oniy d v z dr. A.-1.?1 by the
obliging clerk .o pi.t her own with th3
young lady's mini on re ord among
tlie lists of gue-:s. she added ufler her
own signature: ''Merchant widow from
Uiuitiowsk, accorpp i'i:ed by her un
mariicd dangh'er, .!a-ii.i, l'j years of
aje, 0,(W0 roubles dowry, of fair com
plexion, with It zht -hair and blue eyes,
turned-up note, dimpled checks. No
other bodily defects or sn-cial marks.'
A rare ph nornenou ii rep led
frora .St, Mulo, Era nee. B-lveeu 4
and 5 o'clock of an ultei-inxj;. thte
puns were hCeii all iu row a lilt e abevj
tlie western liorizou. ihe t.Ky was
very clear at tlie time. The central
luminary, the uu itself, shoi.e wi;;- ua
wonted brilliancy, while from i s sup
porters darted lays ot ail lite prismatic
col-is. At its same moment a ratn
bow made its app. ai ance at some lutle
distance, but upsi U. i.ovn with its
convex lide towards th" ! orizou. The
pluiionienon, vlrcb last d some time,
was wituu&s -d by u uuiub"i- of ieople,
many of whom sk-tche l i:. Not long
ago a lunar phenomenon if a similar
kind was wltuessed at anoti.er pott in
he northwest of Trance
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