if!': : f 'ti t. KdJtor and Proprietor. MIFFUNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 14. 1S90. NO. 21. THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE UWS. YUL. AMY. TrtE Chicago carpenters have com rnenced the strike for the eight hour law. There is fiuJ to be a concerted movement ia this cause, likely to spread jver the country. Thr Chinese of New York have Is sued an address declaring that their persecution ia due to the fact that they hae not the voting power, "that power having been denied us by partisan legis lation through political rascals." This, theysiy. is unconstitutional. It will be rather humorous If the Chinese law yers upset us through our own consti tution. tMnr.uK William's parable about the vessels of his squadron getting lost in a fog is very pretty. When the fog lifted, they were all found to be steer ing faultlessly a new course. But If be should get lest in a fog of socialism or military ambition now, be might not find tilings mi satisfactory after the fog cleaied away. He has new and inex perienced captains for some of his hips. Or tornsE It was a horrible thing for even a senii-civiliz. d ruler like the King of Dahomey to chop off the heads of four French soldiers, bnt it whs ruuch worse for the French to re taliate by beheading five women who were soldiers or the semi-civilized King. The world will look with much illsfavor upon sui h a piece of barbarism at the h inds of people who have a right to the cU m of being enlight ened. Ir has just been discovered that the Grand canon of the Colorado river is rich in precious metals. For a dis tance of 4 A) miles there are indications f gold. AlreaJy there is a hurried movement toward the canon, and within a Tew weeks it will be swarming in all probability with miners, gamblers and adventurers. The wonders or the west will never cease. Even the des erts that were considered worthless are berug chanced into productive fields by means of irrigation. No wnsoiR the United States offi cers in charge of the new immigrant station at New York have had some trouble getting it into working order. The business is enormous. There were lSnO Immigrants landed recently and 1700 more were exiected quite soon after. It takes a prosperous natiou to stand the disturbai ce to tts labor mar kets caused by such au influx of for eign kers eveu when the latter are pni iUd with some cap.tal, and come In without having their labor contracted fv. r I efore their arrival. An interesting thing about the new German Chancellor is his came. Leo von Caprivi di Caprcra de Moutecuculi an Italian name, if ever there were One, just as Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck Is German of the Germau. The parallelism between the unification of Germany and that of Italy is one of the curio-ities of moder.i history. There is something fitting, therefore, in the fact that the founder of German unity should be succeeded in the Chan cellorship of the Empire by a man of Italian origin. So lono as there are politicians there will be gerrymandering of districts un less Congress passes a law making changes without its consent lmposslb'e. Mr. McComas' bill providing that the next Congress shall be elected from dis tricts as they now exist is meant to head off a movement to capture one or two Congressmen in Maryland by throwing all of the strong Republlcnu counties together a'most regardless of geographical 'ocation. It Is a step in the right direction, but it does not go far enough. A way ought to be found to put an entire stop to gerryman dering. Tue rights or stockholders and cred itors of corporations to examine lists of stockholders are exceedingly limited according to a decision of the Supreme Com t. The Constitution provides that a list of stockholders shall be kept at the oCk-e of every corporation, and that this list shall be open to the Inspection of stockholders and creditors, but the Supreme Court decides that this does not confer the rght to take copies of such lists. Thus limited, the right to inspection In the rase of corporations with thousands of stockh Hers is prac tically valueless. A stockholder with a good memory might by frequent inspec tions of the list get the information he desired for purposes good or bail, while others would be practically barred out In spite of the evi tent purpose of the Const. tution to give stockholders an opportunity to learn who were asso ciated with them In corporate enter prise. Fit Er a rations are being made foi the annual meeting of the Interna tional Typographical Union, at At lanta, Georgia, and a correspondent of the Typographical Journal givee ru advance some interesting information respecting the proposed Home for Printer!', to be erected at Colorado Springs on laud presented to the Unloa by the citizens of that thriving city. The aite la rapidly increasing in va?ue, owing to the extension of railroads In that direction and the building up of adjacent properties. Ifr ia intimated that within a year a f 59,C home may be erected and yet leave the nucleus of an eudowment for the support of the institution, which Is to be known as the Chllds-Drexel Ilonje, because of the donatlou to the Union which started the project. An estimate, base! on the experience of other Homes in Col orado, shows that patients can be sup ported aud provided with medicines, delicacies, attendants. Ac, at a cost of about W ptr It ''"n in Uona wiltt not teas than SO inmates. MAKING A CIGAR. Soma Details of a Cr.at and Crow ing Industry. The majority ot the large and im portant cigar factories In this country are owned and managed by Germans 01 Hebrews, while the smaller and lea known places are controlled by Bohe mians, Italians and occasionally by a paniaru or r rencnman. X tie making of cigars is au industry which thus far has not been touched by the ordinary American or Irish business man. Yet II if about the easiest trade in existence in which a man can become his o n mas ter with but a slight expenditure oi money, and the market for the goods is always au open and a big one. The cigai maker who has $0O in cash and can secu: e a bondsman has enouzl money for stock and ran go Into the business for himself. The Inter nal revenue charges are only about ili and as sooa as that amount is pa d and the bonds perfected, the sur plus money will be enoug i to start with and sejing his cigars will not be difficult; i-o the cigarmaker may work w thout fearing a master's frown. Whir more of the expert m ikers in the trade dj not I much out for themselves is one of the inexplicable mysteries of tltis usually industrious and hard working class of skil'ed artisans. How many cigars can an expert workman make in a week? Well, now and then there will be a steady, energetic fellow w ho may have l.oOU to hit credit at ths euj of the week, but such cases are very rare In deed. Many uf the men. who do not squander their time recklessly, can turn out about l.OK) per week, but uiost of the in tiaudle few over 80 , aud the larg est number of workers are satisfied if they can average wages for 6JO when their w-ek:y payday arrives. They are paid all the way from 115 to 3o a thousand, according to the style and gride of the article, for the high grade cigar demands nioiecaieaud labor than tho e which are sold at two for five Cents. All the very cheap classes are composed of the wrapper, binder aud filler, but the best handmade cigar has nothing but the Oiler aud wrapper. Up to this lime human ingenuity has failed to perfe.-t any machine that can successfully compete with a j-air of bauds in making a cigar. Ail the ar ticles that are needed nowadays to fashion a first-class cigar are t e stock, a sharp knife like that u-ed by shoe makers, a cutting board and the knowl edge how to use the materi.il". Hut before the raw material reaches the bench of the linker there Is considera ble work to be done with it, and qiile a number of people earn decent wages lu doing it. When the bales of toliacco are deliv ered at the factory, the tirst thing done with the raw material Is to daiuien it, aud when this is done it is turned over to th 'stripiwts. These strippers are usually girls of from 12 to IS years of aire, and they are otten very expert, an 1 alwas very apt and quick at their wot k. which is both hard and disagreeable, and has uot the compensation of being well-paid labor. They cannot earn moie than SO a week, and most of them do not carry home that amount with them from the factory eveiy Saturday. Their work consists in tearing away the leaves from the stem of the plant, and the "clean stiipper" will uot leave a quarter of an Inch of tobacco uon a hundred stems. Formerly these stems were thrown aside as refuse and use less, but of late they have been utilized in many ways that make them valua ble, so that they are now another source of profit to the manufacturer. After the stripping is completed and the stems examined by a forewoman to see that every scrap of leaf tobacco lias beeu taken from the stems, the leaves are dried and cleaned and then they aie ready for the workmen. Tney are uot, however, given out to him w.th- j out a careful account is taken of the amount of stock furnished him, and f r that purpose the stuff is weigned iu his presence aud bis receipt taken for it. The uumlier of cig irs wh'cli he is to deliver over for fie st'Hi'c banded t 'lira is then calculated, aud the num ber is m itle to depeud upon the size uf cigars, the closeness of their packing at d the amount of tobacco necessary to make a filler. Sometimes seven to nine pounds will make a thousand cigars, and again it may require from fourteen to sixteen liounds of stock t supply the Mr number. These calculations are So easdy au 1 perfectly made between t!.e jforkin n and foreman that there is scarcely any dissatisfaction on either side. Of course, it is always unde -stood that an expert workman, no matter how closely he is cut down :u material, will always have enough stock left to make a few extra cigars for his own ns, au I he never foils to do so, though the rule against it is ex tremely strict, but very seldom eu forced. When the filler is ready the stock is picked up quickly and dropped Into it. an 1 the expert, gettin it into form iu an instant, wrapt around It a .arge -mooth leaf that is called the binder. Then a ribbon of tiue leaf, w.th as lit tle grain as posuble in it, is rolled from the butt of the ciar, obl.quely around it till it readies the top. where it is fastened with gum and the cigarmak er's work is at an eud. The foreman inspects his cigars one by oae, ai d if they pass his critic sin they aie ham'.e 1 over to the b:;nehcr, and thence they go to the packer, and are ready for a marker. If he bs a Span'sli cigarmaker and that class of wurkmeu in this trade aie credited with be nz the most expert ia the world he p:c';s up very deftly a broken leaf and roils it downward with bis right hand to form the filler. American cigarmakers, strange to say, always roll the leaf upward an i to ward them. Of course the filler is the most important portion of the cigar. Experts will tell you that if the grain of the leaf is so arranged as to run par allel along the lenitth of the cigar it wdl bum well and level, but if not tne cigar will draw with difficulty and so burn that it wdl require a dozen light ings to Keep it in a suckable condition until it is burned out. How many cigar factories are there in the United States? Probably twenty thousand regular registered shops, large and email, where the work Is carried on. How mauy c gar factories in New Tork city? Frobably about twelve hundred regu lar registered shops, lares and small, where the work is carried on, and their number is being added to every mouth, for scarcely any industry in this nation has shown a more rapid increase within the last few years. The reports from the Commissioners of Internal Reve nue joafce it evident that for romo time ast m re than a thousand million cl ar have been manufactured In the United States every year in excess of the number placed on the market dur ng the year preceding. The business of making cigars in the tenement hou es of the large cities, es pecially in New York, Chicago and St. LouK was. In former years, a source of Immense profit to the large manufacturers. It was, at the same time, a proiitic source of demoraliza tion among the vorkmen aud their families aud a rcaudal to the authori ties which permitted the Lusiness to be carried on. Leci-lation was finally in voked to prohibit the inak'ng of ci gars outside or factories, but it was inly after a long aud bitter strucjle with manufacturers, e'p cially it New York, that euacimeuts weie teemed which it was supposed would eradicate the ev.L The laws have not been wholly successful, for even to this day there are more than a thou and per sons of both rexes engaged in making cigars in the miserably kept tenement rooms where they aie obliged to live and sleep amid thj odors of the fra grant icaves. ORICINAL FABLES. And Three Morals. THE TADPOLE. A contemplative frog used da;ly to -it by the ed.re of the pool he inhabited, and study l'fe as it appeared in the wa'er at his feet. One day a shoal of tadpoles swam past, and one more for ward than the rest, thus addressed the froi;: V ell. Croaker, and what are you thinking about?' I am excogitating," gravely an swered the frog, 'the origin aud de velopment of our species. Now which came Cr-.t you or 1? It is perfec-lly certain that the frog couldn't have come without the tadpole, but equally certain that the tadpole couldn't have come without the frog " "Give it up," said Taddy. "ask me something easier.' Moit a u There are questions we cannot answer. THE Till. ILK. "Whatever is the good of this this tle?" said Dobbin, one tine morning. "Simply so much waste herbage!" "Fiecisely I" agreed Molly, who came up at ; he instant; "I can't eat it. nor any other well-regulated beast," "Not the least good iu the world." acquiesced Woolly, "gets in my coat awfully, and makes no eud of a tangle." "No good at all:" barked Hover, who. bounding up. had overheard the talk. "Can't even get a decent ro 1 ou it," and he grubbed his nose at the root aud I ean to rub his matted coat on the ground. "So-hor sighed Neddy. "I've been looking for a salad ever so long; but H jver, vou bad dog, you ve spoilt a line morsel there." Molt a u Do not gauge the taste oi other people by your own. THE CLOCK. Come, hurry up!" said the secolid hand of a clock to the minute baud, you'll never get round in time if you don't. See how fast I'm going," con tinued the fussy little monitor as it fretted round on its pivot. "Come, hurry up!'' said the minute to the hour hand utterly oblivious ot beiu, addressed by the second hand. it you don't lie quick you'll never be In at the stroke of one." "Well, that's just what our young friend there has been saying to you." At this point the clock itealed forth the hour, as the hour hand continued, "Vou see we're all in lime uot one of us behind. You take my advice .'o your own work in your own way, and leave others aloue." Moual. Mind your own business Charity Begins at Home. A thin, careworn-looking man, hav- i. g a pencil and tablet in his hand. called at a house on Second avenue the other day, and said to the lady as she opened the door: 'M id am.. I am canvassing for sub scnptlous for a poor family. Will you put your name down for a small sum?' Is it a worthy family?' Yes, indeed.' 'Io you know them personally? I do, ma'am. And they are really in need? 'They certainly are. 'Very well I'll give you a quarter. ' She put her name down ami handed him a quarter, and he reached the gate when she called him back and said: It has just occurred to toe that this m'cht be your own family.' Exactly, ma'am. It is my family, but modesty forbude me to say so, I am not oue who seeks to push himself f i ward though 1 would doubtless get along better if I was. Thank you, ma'am I know the family, and I as sure you it is all right all right. Kind Words. Kind words uave a much larger an i more important mission than is usually suppose!. They are much more than mere sweetness of daily life; they pre pare the way for every kind of inter course that may be necessary and facili tate its aim. Take, for instauce, the case in which it is often thought best to dispense with kind words that of one who Is called upon to criticise or reprove. The manner of doing this delicate task frequently makes all the difference lu the way it is received. Given with kindly feelings and in kind words. It carries with it a power on th heart that can never be expected by cold severity or hot anger. If the pur pose of reproof be the good of the of fender, not the outlet of indignant dis pleasure, no medium can be found so favorable as the earnest and kindly Fpeecb that betrays sympathy, compas sion and hope. Artificial Coffee. "We have received a somewhat re markable pamphlet on the production of artificial coffee, and also sme equally remarkable samples of the imi tation article. The pamphlet bears the name of Mr. Faul Gassen. Cologne, who describes himself as a "specialist for alimentary produce." This artifi cial coffee is said to be "In imitation ot the natural bean." but after an exami nation of the samples, we are bound to say that there is very little resemb lance, either in aroma or appearance, between the product of Mr. Gessen and the origical article. It is stated that this article is "in its composition free from ingredients of a strong or disagreeable smell, or of a sticky na ture;" and it is further advanced that "an addition of 16 to 20 per cent, o! our artificial coffee to a good quality of genuine coffee cannot be detected. Tempora Mutantur. BT F. A. PETE US. It wu a itiAld with blushing cheek. A"1 eye. rut down in fashion niMk, 1 lie while ho looked upon ber; He !ooked bat tbn be rode iway: I he words that be had thought to say Mitrht wait until another day. Since no oue e'se bad won her. And a:iie he. as be lotle away. "I'll saunt-r back fuie other day Since, let me a.k u r when 1 may. "1 is clear Iter answer will be 'aye., Tas thus be thought upon ber. It Im a maid with laughinc eyes. Laughter half-&4-om and half-surprise. The whilr be looks upon him. She are hun rise, she s-es hint co. Miecan no answer make but "No bcaue that -he is laughing so To s confu-ion ou hun. And slugs he. as be ikli-e away. To coim? a?ain no moie for aye. hearts nke tours mat pine and break Koran? word that I Mull speak : And be th.it will uot when he may. When he will, he shall have -Nay!" Mis thus she thinks upon him. Home Maker. HIS LAST BAlLOO. AMEXSIOX. It was l ite iu the afternoon, and the rays of the fcettirg sun streamed through the open windows into the sitting-room of a small cottage on the outskiitsof the town of Concord, X. II. This room contained two occu pants, a gentleman and a lady. Fott; tive summers had traced a few wrin kles on the geut'eoian's brow, and placed a few silver threads in his hair, but he was still In the prime of man hood, robust aud hea thy. The lady might have been several years younger, and upon ber baud time had scarcely left an impress. Tie sprightly fresh ness of youth bad given place to a kind of tranquil dignity, which pervaded all her movements, well becoming a per son of ber years, lloth seemed ab sorbed iu deep rt flection, the lady, with her ellxiw testing uku the arm of her chair, her head supported by ber band, seemed lost in reveries of the past, never once rais ng her eyes from the rat pet. The gentleman with folded arms, leaned back in his cha r. For some time neither spoke; the lady busy with the past; the gentleman with the future. At length sound struck their ears which earned them both to start; it was the church-bell tolling the hour of eight. Kight o'clock! to-morrow will be the Fourth of July, the anniversary of our country's iudeiendeuce, ami also our marriage anniversary, which 1 thall celebrate by taking a trip into tue skies.' It was the gentleman who spoke, and the lady turned to him, with a half surprised expression ou her counte nance. 'A t:ip to the s-k'.es; what do you mean by that'i" 'Can't you guess. Didn't you kno t! ere was so t e a balloon ascension to niorro 5" 'To be sure 1 did, but there are only two persons going up; l'r.f. Crozier. and Mr. Smith, the Ulan who came from Boston with him, so you cannot be one of the party. There's where you are mistaken, Mary. Mr. Smith relinquished his privilege to me, f. r the consideration f twenty-five dollars, which I have laid. I also saw Hie professor at the tavein, about (cur o'clock this after noon, and in t'le ail necessary arrangi nieuts with li.ui for the aerial voyage, aud preci-ely at ten o'clock to-mono forenoon I Miall shak bands with nuch of my f ri' nds as happen to be standing by, f'U-p into the car, and up we go, waving our hats to the envlo. s croad that will strain their ejeb.ills aft-r us till we are lost in the clouds. Won't it be grand? Just like starting on a ttlp to another world. 'Ves, a.id so t may prove; what if the wiuu bhould shift and carry you out to sea? how would you like a salt water bath in the Atlantic ocean, several leagues from laud?' Mr. Thorn laughed. At present, my dear, he said, 'there is every pro.- pert of a pleasant voyage. However, if the wind shifts alter we Lave mingled with the stars, we shall alight upon the neatest planet and wait till the blow is over; after which we may condescend to descend to our for mer dwelling place. I see you aie in a mood for joking; bu', really. George, 1 dislike to have you ui. del lake tuis voyage. I feel a pieseutlmen of evil, which 1 cannot shake off. I met I'rofessor Crozier on the street yesteida , and 1 experienced a sudden imtuicl of drea I. It struck me that he was my enemy, and if I am not very much mistaken, I beard him mutter the woru.-: H-.r accounts will soon be sqnaie, my la I); tne glass is most run out. What do you think of that, George?' 1 thiuk you are b cuning very nerv ous, my dear, and you are evideu ly mistaken abuut the words you thiuk you beard him utter. There is not the slightest cause of alarm. What possible grrdge could Mr. Crozier have against two pel sons be never saw before?' That is what 1 am not so sure of, George. I thiuk he must be some one who knew me years a 40. for certainly, when I met him yesterday, something i.ke a flash of recognition passed over Ins fate, though, ft r the life of me, I could uot recall one familiar feature in his face. Vou may think lightly of w hat I have said, but 1 feel positive that be is not w hat be s ems.' Well, well, Maiy, we wou't discuss Hps subject any more to-night; I am getting rather sleepy over such nonsense, md as I intend to rise earlier than usual to-morrow, I believe I will retire. Good-uight.' Mr. Thorn lighted a lamp, and passed through a door leading from the sitting room. Mrs. Thorn sat till the last -treak of dayliii'it disappeaied in the west, and then followed her husband. The sun rose bright and unclouded, the citizens of Concord wvre all astir. nd all tho air resounded with the ex plosions of tridoes and tire-crackers. By eight o'clock quite a crowd had ongregated around the Inclosure where the balloon was being Inflated. Mr. . horn was there, watching its grow lag symmetry with ail the enthusiasm of . ttoy, as it swayed to and fro, us if impa tient to shool up ard. Mrs. Thorn stood by his side timg to appear cheer ful, though a cl.tse observer coul I see that ber face was pale and care-worn, as if some shadow of evil oppressed tier. The aeronaut was also there, with a hat is fled expression lingering around his heavily bearded mouth, aud seem- ugly unconscious of the presence ol Mr. and Mrs. Thorn. By the time the clock in the church teeple opposite Indicated the hour ot en, the balloon was full to its utmost ..picity, with uot a wrinkle upon its .11 face. The aeronaut turned to Mr. Thoin, and said: 'We are all ready, Mr. Thorn; our b'rd is walling, and very impatient t. be cS. Take au aHeciiouaxe leave ol your wife, for there is always danger attending atrial navigation.' He turned toward the car of the bal loon as be spoke, witn a good-natured stare oalu face, but a close observer would have noticed a strange gleaai iu bis eyes. Mr. Thorn bade his wife adieu, and then took a seat lu the car. As the last line was about to be cast off. the aeronaut glanced toward Mrs. Thorn, who stood several paces distant. She caught his eye, and her face grew as white as marble, her eyes seeuied to dilate with horror, liaising her hand as if about to ieak, she sunk in a swoon upon the ground. Simultaneously, the b illoon shot up ward like a rocket, amid the chees of the populace, anj in a few minutes was something like a mile hieli, drift ing away iu a northeasterly direction. When Airs. Thorn recovered con sciousness, bhe found several sympathiz ing fiiends leudii.g over ber. dialing her bauds aud cooling ber temples. Without heed.ug their questions, she sprang to ber feet aud gazed upward. The balloon was just discernible, far away in the northeast. It momentarily became smaller, and finally disappeared from view. '1 shall never see my husband again! The recognition came too late! May Heaven have mercy on his Eoul!' Mrs. Thorn utteied these words in a tone that fteemed to come froiu the very depths of despair; aud, without noticing the wondering looks of those around her, she turned ber face home ward. At the time the balloon was beintr released from bondage, Mr. Thorn was leaning over the car, conversing with a friend, and knew nothing of his wife's swooning. Grasping the side ropes as the balloon shot upward, he had all he could do to maintain his equilibrium, without paying any attention to the shouting croad beneath. With the aeronaut, however, the case was different. Leaning far out over the side of the car, lw waved his hat to the shoulinz multitude; and although at that distance he could not distin guish faces, be saw that some one had fainted, lie co tiuued waving his ha', until several buudiei feet high, and then turned his attention to Mr. Thorn. Why, bless me, Mr. Thorn, where are your eyes? Look toward the east there, and you will s e we are begiu uiug to get a Gue glimpse of the Allan tic ocean. The wind is freshening, and if you want to take a good view of old New Hampshire, you will have to use your eyes, for by two o'clock we shall be hovering over the State of Maine. 'AU right, Mr. Crozier; I shall sec all that is worth teeing, never fear, un less, ho added, "we get so far from earth that seeing will be impossible.' 'Oh, no danger of that,' said the aeronaut, as be emptied a bag of sand over the side of the car; 'we haven't begun to get out of the impure air yet,' and as be spoke, over went another bag. The balloon, relieved of so much weight, rose rapidly, and was sooa two or three miles high, sweeping through space at the rate of ten or fifteen miles an hour, toward the northeast Iwundary of the State. By four o'clock 1'. il. the aeronaut and Mr. Thorn got a fine view of the city of Portland, Me., as they passed it several miles to the wes', and a few minutes after sunset they were sailing diiectly over Augusta, the capital o: Maine. I'or sometime Mr. Thorn had noticed that the aeronaut apiar.d restless, a. id seemed disinclined to converse, at times casting his eyes upward, aud then hori zontally, as if absorbed In some mental calculation of importance. At about ten o'clock in the evening he glanced at his barometer, and said: 'We have settled considerably during the last half-hour, Mr. Thorn. We are not over half a mile from the groun I, and must be somewhere in the vicinity j of Bangor. Yes, there is the light ot t now, aay to the right there, aud there goes a sky-rocket. In half au hour we shall be over a howling wilderness, un less we succeed iu lauding before that : time. By George, 1 must be quick!' ! As he said this, he reached up to the valve aud permitted some of the gas to escape. Iu a few minutes the balloon j began to settle rapMIy, and the aero- 1 mtu. again took his seat iu the car w uli I Mr. Thorn. l'reseutly a change in the atmosphere I was perceptible. Mr. ihorn, who had been shivering with cold for two or three hours, begau to regain bis won'.eJ spirits, and, as ins teeth ceased to chat ter, his tongue was let loose. 'Mr. Crozlrr, how far are we from the ground now? said he, trying to peer into the darkness. Xearly a thousand feet, I should say. Objects will soon be distinguish able.' There seems to be no wind down here. Do you think we can land safely.' HJh, certainly; there is uot the least danger In lauding when there is no wind. If a smart breeze was blowing, we should have some trouble in man aging our biid. But here we are!' As the aeronaut spoke, the lo er part of the car brushed through the top of a wild cherry tree, scaring several birds from their roost. The next mo ment the aeronaut and Mr. Thorn went holding fast to a rail fence that ran parallel to a country road. In a few minutes they had the balloon secured, so that it could not rise without takiug the fence with it, after which they began to look about them. A few steps brought them into the middle of a turnpike road, which ran nearly north aud south. On the west side of this road was a little brown school-house, several paces to the we.-t of which was a dense growth of spruce and tir bushes. O.i the east side of the road and nearly' opposite the school house, was a 'piece of low, marshy ground, covered with a growth of young juniper trees, interspersed here and there with birch, ash, and maple. For some time Mr. Thorn and the aeronaut stood looking up and down the road, trying to discover some signs of a farm-houee in which to seek shelter for the night. At length Mr. Thoru spoke: Have you any idea as to our locality, Mr. Crozier?' Yes. I have an opinion, though it may uot be correct. I think we are in the town of Orono, and in the vicinity of Fushaw Lake. I have been in this part of the country before, though in this darkness it is difficult to determine our whereabouts with certainty. We may as well enter this school-house and pass t e night; it will save fTs some trouble, aud we ran sleep just as well on a bare floor, this warm night, as in a feather-bed. In the morning, if we wish, we cau throw out what ballast there is left In the car and navigate the -kies again.' The aeronaut turned toward tin school-bouse. Mr. Thorn following re luctantly. The) door facing the toad was locked, and they turned their st tention to the row of windows on the south side, one of hich was easily opened. The aeronaut removed his boots and tossed them through the window, then be himself entered, and stood holding the sash for Mr. Thorn to pass in. A feeling of dread passed through his frame, as he placed his hand ou the window-ledge aud began to climb ihroueh the owning, lie was crawling into Egyptian darkness, and it was im possible for him to distinguish the motions of the aeronaut, though every movement of his own was observable to the latter, as be was defined against the light outside. Suddenly a rushing -und was heard, and the heel of one t . the aeronaut's boots came down upon his bead with crushing force, and with a groan he sank backward upon the ground. Springing out after him, the aeronaut repeated his blows till the blood beau to ooze from the mo ith and ears of bis victim. 'So far so good, be ejaculated, as he dragged the body into the road. 'My precious scheme is drawing to a close, and here is to the health of George Thorn. Esq. As he said this be drew a poniard from under bis coat and plunged it up t-i the hilt in the neck of his victim. As be d ew it forth, be jumped back several feet, barely escaping contact with the stream of blood that spurted from the wound. II. ha, you are throwing blood at me, Mr. Thorn. A very uiigeutlemauly act, to be sure. What would your wife say to this breach of politeness?' As the assassin uttered thfse mock ing words, he drew from his vest pocket a small vial, and stooping beside the corp-e, he tilled it with the warm blood that was still oozing from the poniard tlirus'; then corking it tiicht, and placing it 111 bis pocket he agaiu spoke: 'My dear friend, allow me to thank you for your generosity in furnishing me with a bottle of your best blood; I shall repay this km Iness by writing to your wife, giving her a detailed account of our pleas mt voyage, and also its lesult. As a kind of dry joke, lu writ ing the letter I shall use your blood for ink, which will give her a correct idea of my fr ends'nip for you. hat do you say to that? Will it be agree able to you? You deign me no reply; you're as silent as a statue. Is it os slble that I have been indiscreet iu cui plng you? Zounisl I bed 11 to think that I have drawn more blood than is necessary for w riting a letter to an aux ions woman. But accidents will happen, and the best of us are liable to them.' As the assassin finished this mo.king speech, be seize! his victim by the shoulders, and dragged him to the sprit where the balloon wassecurel. Empty ing the two remaining bags of san I from the car, he next placed the corpse in it, securing it firmly, then drawing his poniard be severed the lines that bel 1 the balloon to the fence. For some time the wind had been freshening, aud dark clouds were sweet ing i Trom the south. As the balloon shot upward into the darkuess, the murderer mut tered: 'A pleasant voyage, my friend. And now for the consummation of the last s'roke.' Saying this he climb d the fen.'e on the east side of the road, and disap peared in the copse ot iuuMers before alluded to. Three days later Mrs. Thorn received a letter post-marked Oldtowu, Me. It was written iu blood, and ran as fol lows: 1)kau Mks. Tmokv: Dou"ntle-s you will be surprised to receive a letter from me instead of yo'ir husband, but as he met w.tli a slight ace'deut on the uight of the 4th nistaut, I feel myself in duty bound to forward you the pleasant information, which I know you are anxious to receive. Ou the night inquestion we reached thegiouud In safety, and as a school-house was near at baud, I propose 1 that we should enter and pass the night. As Mr. Thorn was climbing through the win dow be was struck with a strange dizz" ness, and fell to the ground. 1 imme diately dragged him into the road thai, rau near the school-home, wheie ther-j was plenty of frenh air. So sootier had I done this than he was se;ze 1 with a strangling fit, which ended iu the burst ing of a blood-vessel. As medical ai I could not be bad for love or money, I concluded to send him home in the bal loon. Tenderly placing him iu the car, I secured him iu su'.h a manner that It would be impossible for hnu to fall out in ca:e another faint'ng fit overtook him. And if he is not safely home by the time this letter reache you. do not blame your old friend, Ja-ou Tucker, for his non-appearance. 1 S Mr. Thoru kindly gave me permission to use his blood Iu wilting this letter, and, though it is paler than most inks, 1 know you wiil appreciate bis motive in furnishing me with proofs which will convince you that these lines are graced with truth. Yours truly, J. T.' Mrs. Thorn read this letter through with a cheek that never blanched. Sin. had expected it, and was prepared for the worst. -Seating herself at a small table, she hastily wrote a note, direct ing it to a detective of considerable celebrity, who lived in Coucord, re questing his Immediate presence. Dis patching this by a servant, the seated herself, and waited anxiously for a re ply. Half an hour later the doorbell sounded, and the detective was ushered Into the room. He was a mid lie aged roan, with a clean shaven face, and projecting brows, beneath which glit tered a pair of eyes that seemed to look through an object, in teadof being con tented with a moderate examination of the surface. Taking the seatpioffered him by Mrs. Thorn, be drew a small note-book from bis pocket, and sharpening a pen cil, said: 'I am ready for business, Mrs. Thorn. Your letter staled that murder had been committed, please give me a state ment of the case, and be as brief as pos sible.' The detective delivered these wor Is in a quick, energetic manner, running his eyes restlessly round the apartmeil as he spoke. Mrs. Thorn remained silent for soinr time, collecting her thoughts, and thei commenced: 'Twenty years ago a man named Jason Tucker was paying his regards t me. I favored his suit, till I discovered he was no gentleman, and uuwortii) the esteem of any virtuous lady; then I dismissed him, telling him never darken my doors again, lie wen away, vowing vengeance an 1 declaring that if I ever married, his revenge si.ould be swift and terrible. The nex' year I was married to Mr. Thorn, and whenever I spoke to him about th threats of Jasoa Tucker be would al ways Iaug't, and tell n e not to thiuk 01 1 the ravings of a mail man, who would never date to carry out his threats. Twenty years pa-sed away, and I had nearly forgotten that such a irsjn as Jason Tucker ever existed. Imagine my horror when I recognized him, ir the person ot Mr. Crozier. the aeronaut with whom my husband ascended in tin balloon ou Independence Day. Th shock cau-ed me to swoon, and when 1 recovered myself it was too late to warr my husbati 1 of his danger. The bal loon was nearly out of sight In tlx northeastern skies, and soon entire! d'sapieared from view. For three day I have had a strange pieseutiment tliai I should soon receive intelligence ol my husban I. To-day i. came a lettei from the aeronaut. Here it Is.' Mrs. Thorn handed the letter to the detective, who soon mastered its cou tents, and then said: Is this all you know ot the affair. Mrs. Thorn?' 'Yes, aud all I ever expect to know, unless you, Mr. Gates, possess the saga city tor buntiDg down criminals wliicl has been attributed to y. u. ' The detective sni.led. Ferhaps, Mrs. Thorn, you woulO like to hear some additional uewsof thf aeronaut and your husband. If so, 1 can gratify your wish. GooI heavens! Mr. Gates, if you know anything of my husband, speak out. On my way here,' said Mr. Gates, 'I stopped at the telegraph station, and I there 1 lea-tied that Mr. Crozler's bal I loon had landed lu l'rinceton, Maine. me uay ueiore vesieruay. jir. 1 norr was iu the car, firmly lashed with stout ropes, and thoug.i badly wouudeJ irj the neck aud head, was found to bt still living. He was immediately con veyed to comfortable quarters, and the best medical assistance procured, aud he will, without doubt, recover from the effects uf the wounds, which that notorious villain Intended should bt fatal. Mrs. Thorn listened to the commun -cation, with a countenance on which surprise and joy were plainly depicted, aud as the detective closed the last sen tence, she said; 'Thank Heaven for showing me this rxen-y! And thank you, Mr. Gates, for this information. I had no hojie that m husband was living. I had no doubt but that the assassin would be sure of his work, but It has beeu or deied otherwise. Yet there is a duty to him aud to man ttiat remains to be done. The would le murderer must lie brought to justice, lie must be hunted down; he must learn that crime has its punishm-nL And you, Mr. Gates, aie just the man to effect this object. It was for this purtKie that 1 sent for you. Hunt him down, aud you shall name your own reward; for I shall never feel safe w hi'e Jason Tucker is at large.' 'Kest easy cn that point, Mrs. Thorn. The justice of au all-seeing i'rovideiice has already overtaken hun. He w.is arrested iu Oldtown, on the same night the ba'loou landed iu l'rinceton. lie a an old oll'tider. Two noted detectives from Bo.itou have beeu 011 bis track for the last two m tilths, and succeeded several days ao In tracking him to this place. But finding they were too late to effect their object, which was to ar rest him on the spot, they immediately started for Bangor, Maine, believing that the balloon was likely to laud somewhere in that vicinity. Next d.iv they started for Oldtowu, by a rouiid aliout road, and Providence must have teeu on their side, for they passed the very school-house which the villain s; leaks of in this letter, and saw the sots of blood which ran from Mr. Thorn's wounds. Stopping to examine the adjacent ground with a professional eye, oue of the detectives discovered a small note-book lying ou the green sward bv the side uf the road. 1'icking this up, be found, to bis surprise, the name of J.ison Tucker, written on the fly-leaf. Turning ove. the leaves, with increasing astonish ment, lie found some more writing, w Inch proved to be a plan, wiitteu by Tucker, on the third of July, lu l:l- h he stated he would murder Mr Tin u the next day. if the balloon landed lu a lit place t accomplish the deed. A . 1. furthermore, that he should then pi cee 1 to Oldtowu and there mail a letter 1 1 Mrs. Thorn, iu which he should t. 11 her about her murdered husband, and added: 'This will be a lit consummation of the vow I made to the coutemptuo is little maid something like twenty yea: ug'.' There was some more writing in the book,' continued Mr. Gates, 'but it bore no relation to the case in question. Six hours later the detectives had traced their game to his lair. They found him lu a low drinklng-saloon ou Kiver St., iu Oldtowu. One of tiie otlicers, slapplm; him on the shoulder, Informed hfm that he was his prisoner. The villain, supposing hs was arreste I :or the murder of Mr. Thoru, suddenly drew a poniard, and stabbed himself to Jie heart, and as be was faUmir lie shrieked out: 'My vu is fulfilled, but .Mrs. Thorn shall never have the satis i action of seeing me dangle at the rope's end. 'He died believing himself a murder er. Thus, Mrs. Thorn, is evil rewarded. Yjur husband will soon be well, and you will again be united, never to bo troubled more by Jason Tucker.' Next day Mrs. Thorn started for Princeton, Maine, where she soon ar rived, to find her husband rapidly re covering under the treatment of a ..killf ul sumeon. In less than one month he was able to accompany bis wife home. That was his last ba loon ascen sion. A Kite as a Life-Savins Apparatus. Twenty years ago a Dutch carpenter, named Sluik and living at Harlingeu, Netherlands, Invented a sort of kite, intended to !-erve as means of communi cation with II14 shore in case cf ship wreck. This kite, consisting of canvas aud stretched out on a couple of laths, is held bv a strong rope. At s juie fathoms distance from the kite is a loop to which I a belt is attached aud in which a man places himself when jumping into the water, and then by veering out the kite , the man Is carried to the shore. j Some time azo a man was expert- ' men ted with, and with the best results. On Monday morning, March 10, 18 JO, while a strong breeze was blowing from the southwest, another exper mant a-a a tiorfnrrnal in triA nrauni. a-. some captains of the mercantile fleet ! Ihis time, however, a bag tilled wilt straw and sand, and having the sha; of a man, was put in the belt. Wlthlu five minutes this object wat carried from the oue pier of the 'new harbor,' at Hariingen, to the other, a listaoce of 200 m ters. The kite held the supposed mau very well above lire water. Scttntijie American, NEWS IN BRIEF. A report f nun the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club states that thus far tins year tne unusually laigs num ber of 112 fjecks of migratory birds have been teen in the vicinity of Phila delphia by members of the club. Isaac Tfitnian, inventor of the phonographic system that bears his name, is npaily four-score, but mana ges to edit Lis phonetic journal and compile several other publications with out being short-handed. A solitaiy tailor has been discov ered on a desolate island near Santa Cruz nearly dead from exposure. Ha elves the name of Itobrlgnez, and claims to have l.ved e'ght years on the island. He has been sent to his borne In Spain. A Jesuit astronomical aud meteor ological observatory is heme built in Madagascar and will soon be comple ted. Tiie site is a h 11 called Arahohi dempoua. a little east of the city of Tauanarivo, and 1,350 metttshieh. It Is supposed to Iks the highest star ob servatory on the globe. Princj Bismarck has 103 decora tions. Fourteen are set in diamonds of great value. He belongs to no Eng lish O der. The late Czar of Kussia gave him the Order of St. Andrew, the most important iu liussla. Bismarck's diamond star 1m longing to this order is worth S'iO.UinJ. Austin, Te.as, has decMed to erect the greatest dam in the United States over the Colorado river. It will est fl.Oou.OOO ami afford 14.00 horse power, and if the surroundings are the right way. the dam may contain one of thoi-e awful se'isat 011s that dams give away, now and then. A victim to pi!epsy was found dead with his face in a litUa pool, scarcely two inches deep, at nellefon ta.ne. Ohio, recently. It is supposed that he fell in a fit, with his mouth and nose beneath tiie surface, and was drowned before recovering conscious ness. The former Archduke John, who, by consent of his brother, '.he Emperor of Austria, relinquished his royal name and prerogatives, was In London lately w Ith ids vessel, the Santa Marguerite. He owns the ship, but is not iu com mand of ber. lie is simply tirst mate John Orth, his new orthogiaphy. Arabs wlio have had experience with mules in this country say that all obstinacy is no comparison to a camel for general meanness. A camel will set his own gait and a prairie fire can't make him move fast r, and if he takes a notion to lie down his driver can build a lire aud roast him aud he wou't move. There can be but littU doubt that leprosy is really increasing in parts of India, in South Africa, and In some of the West Indian colon es, but it ia mak ing little or no progress, or is even dis apiearli)g, iu Australia, New Zealand and Ca ada. The census of lNil gave I31.tilS lepers lor British India, but the number is thought to have been much too low. A Jiiiii1m rose bush grows lu the yard ol Geucial Viin 'ever, in Ventura, Cal. Its mam stem measures three feet in circumference, and the first branch i'. thiows out measures 21 inches in circumference. The bush runs over a lattice woik, and, although more than a wagon load of boughs have b. en removed, it covers a space of about 1200 square feet. It is a La inaiqne. and is 14 years old. A Chicago npho'sterer, in repair ing au old sofa that had beeu brought to his shopjound the following articles, wnich had slipiied down between the back and the cushion: Foity-seven hair pins, 3 mous'ache combs, 10 suspender buttons, 13 needles, 8 cigarettes, 4 photographs, 217 p tis, some cloves, 27 cuff buttons, i jxicket knives, 13 poker chips, a via! of homo-opaline medicine, 34 lumps of chewing iruui, 59 tooth picks, 2S matches and 1 button hooks. A miserly bachelor who died re cently at Newtown, onn., could not bear the idea of leaving his wealth be hind him, but when he found he was obliged to do so he willed Die property so that no one can sjiend it for 14 years. At the end of this ti ne it will go to bis brother's grandchildren. 'The estate is valued at SlOO.Om. it is told of the deceased that lie once walked from New York to Newton to save the fare, and during his entire life-lime denied himself everything but actual neces saries iu order to accumulate a fortune. Twin sisters celebrated their 77th birthday at Ipswich, Mass., recently. .V local paiier states that so remarkable was their resnnb'ance to each other that the parents were often called upon to distinguish them to visitors. Their astes were also similar ;r:d have been so through life, and even at the age of 77, it Is said, they dress alike and have a likeuees to each other which is un usual, eveu In twin. Both began life as workers in the old Iiswich lace fac tories and were equally skillful in their art. A curious accident occurred to a rider at Westminster, N. C. While heated on his horse at the depot, a train rolled up, at which tiie hoise became so frightened that be backed upon the i '"t'eu plank covering of an old well, which broke and let both horse ani rider through. An old rail was stick ing in the muddy bottom, on which the horse was impaled. Ills struggles were fearful, aud his rider, who, strange to say, did not get unseated, had a narrow- escape from being crushed to death. As it was, he was severely hurt before being rescued. The well was 40 feet deep and the horse died be fore he could be pulled out. A Toklo paper states that a drug, gist at Hikone, Japan, after many ears of experiment and patient re search, has succeeded in converting wild hemp into a substance possessing all the essential qualities of silk. trial of the thread has been made at Kioto and other places with excellent results. The inventor has been most highly complimented, aud complete success stems to be within bis reach. The plant grows wild on moors and hillsides. Its fibre is strong aud glossy, and, when properly prepared, is bald to be in no wise inferior to silk. Cultiva vation would be comparatively easy, and it is proiosed to form a company to inaugurate this new and promising industry. Progresi in the West. Gotham its "Has civilization made much progress in Montana?" Montana man ''Frogressi just the jatne a New York. You cant walk a s'reet in Helena without danger of be ing killed by a Mead' wire or caught in a sub-way explfSion." if: ,1 ,'; igUCTMafiEji!lSJ71tiTf''fcgiiisI nix r.fth cn. r.iwn m&j
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