is i is :, L (SYT . 8QHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION-ANI) THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. '!-:i-.1:-V; VOL. X AY MIFFJJNTOWK. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY IS90. NO. 23. 2S. A FACTIONAL fiirht Vrn r-tst.. in San Francisco resulted in the arrest of one hundred Chinamen who carried revolve. a. One nun had been killed and two others wounded. As the two factions threaten to exterminate each other, that would win to be a simple solution of the Chinese question, if the police should not interfere. Ir really does seem as though disasters of different kinds come in groups. Calamities at sea frequently follow each other, as do railroad acci deuts, great tornadoes, big floods and fatal Ores. The frightful burning to death of one hundred or more lunatics in that asylum near Montreal is now followed by a very similar conflagra tion in New York State. Fortunately the loss of life was not nearly so great as was that la Canada, because there were not nearly so many inmates, but thirteen poor old crazy women met their deaths in the fl uies. Very many divorces in Pennsylvania hare been granted upon what some peoi le would call Insufficient grounds, but no one will be round to condemn p-'j recent grant eg of a decree in j&Tk county. It was proved to the Bali-faction of the court that during four years of married life the husband shot at his wife four times, hit her on the hea 1 with a hatchet once and beat her witU his fists about ouce each week on an average. She is well rid of such a bru.e, but he Is getting off altogether too easy. Governor Goo dell has been de clared by his Counc 1 incapacitated for the discharge of the duties of his office and the President or the Senate, D. Arthur Taggart, will discbarge the duties of Chief Magistrate. Governor Goodell Is a victim of his desire to en force prohibition. He was engaged in the arduous and discouraging task of trying to get Sheriffs, Constables and other public officers to enforce the liquor law?, when he was stricken by parlysis and incapacitated for further work. He is only ;"6 years of age, but there i-eeuis to be no hope of his re covery. As the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Xavy unite in recommending that the Keveuue Marine Service be transferred from the Treas ury to thi Navy D:p irtment, it should tike sowt thin stronger than the oppj sition of Naval officers to prevent the transfer. It is s. id that the naval offi cers fet-1 I hat they are s.clally above the ardy seamen connected with the lit veuue Murine service and do not want tobe assoL-iat-nl with the latter. If there is any such feeling abroad It is another reason for making the trans fer; for iu a Republic the slightest tendency t aristocratic pretension should be repressed with a hard hand. Fiieniii Courts have token up the managers of the great copper ring that failed last y-ar, au I it looks as though some of them might be punished as criminals. They have already suffered heavily in their pockets for attempting to corner the market for copper and extort millions of dollars from con sumers. Uuiler French law th s may be treated as a kind of genteel highway robliery. How near M. Secretan c line to success in his grand undertaking is shown by the fact that when the crash came, his society controlled nine-tenths of the copper product of the world. But it was too heavy a load to carry, and those who organized the corner had their fortunes swept away when they loot control of the market. One of the results was the sale of M. Sec re tin's famous picture vallery, which contained Mill, t's "Angelus, the pic ture that was sold to the American Art Association for $1113,000. TltFltE seems to Us good reason to believe that there is some secret power guiding the strikes :u Europe, which have the appearance of concert of ac tion. But the uprising has not been formidable enough to effect Its purpose. France has been the seat of the most troublesome strikes, but then there the strikers have been greatly outnum bered by the contented workmen, and everywhere there have been st rung in dications that the Socialists and An archists check rather than promote labor movements, because the workmen themselves refuse to be led by agita tors whose first purpose is to break down law and authority. Viewed in this light, the agitation in Europe this year is of a most encouraging charac ter. It shows that the great body of working people, whatever their griev ances may be, would rather bear the Ills they have than fly to others fol lowing in the tiain of Socialism and Anarchy. If some practical means could be found to provide every person who de sired it wl;h a seat In a street car just w hen he wanted it the inventor would receive the thanks of the community. But Mr. Smithers would get anything but thanks if his ordinance to make it unlawful for passenger railway com panies to carry more passengers tha i could be comfortably seated should be adopted. The effect of such a meas ure would be bankruptcy of the rail way companies or weary waiting on the ctreet corners fer a vacant seat by thousands of working people for hours at a time in the morniug and evening. 1 1 is probably true that some of the companies could afford to run more ars; it is undoubtedly true that it woi.l I firanc'ally and physically be lm rossible for them to provide seats for all a ho iTestre to ride say between the hours or 6 and 8 a. m. and 5 to 7 p. m. The proposed ordinance is impractica ble. Those who ride in crowded cars ae confronted with alternatives to rMe thus or to walk. They decide to ride; otherwise loss of customers would te more effective than ordinance of Couucils in compelling the companies to put on more ear AEOUT SELF-RESTRAINT. How to Overcome the Fixed and Arrogant Pride of Mentality. Control and restraint of the th nklng towers are esi.ee tally necessary because no pride is more fixed and arrogant than that of mentality. The purse proud man may be ignored; pride in personal appearance may be suppressed by a laugh, but the air of superiority of the man wbo thiuks himselr of finer mind than hi fellows Is exasperating to every one and of no use to its pos sess. Every ore dislikes the person who is given to "laying down the law," and regards his arrogance as a sign of weakness. Benjamin Franklin, one of the most remarkable minds of our re volutionary period or of any age, at tributed his success in influencing others to bU custom of so modestly aud deftly conveying his ideas that his hear ers imagined them their own, aud by treating all men as if they were men tal y his equals. Control and restraint are also necessary to save men of rea soning habit frooi sitting iu judgment on their fell twmen. The true ju licial faculty is probably the highest attain ment of the human mind, nut it ueier Is reached by men who indulge o-vuly or secretly iu the amusement for such it is of Judging those arouud them on the basis of some aiugle act or trait of character. That tins fault is alarmii gly commou is well known. It is easy to proceed mentally through successive deductions to a conclusion when only a single point is considered; but human nature is of too complex a quality to be disposed of iu such manner; the man who adopts it has not the method or the judge, but of that pestilent type of public prosecutor who bends all his el forts toward conviction, ignoring all evidence on the other side. Whe her in the present age self made Judges do any great harm tj others is open to doubt; for experience has taught mod ern civilization so to distiibute and limit power t at no nia-i can now as sume mastery of the lives and fortunes of others; as to the iud viduals them selves, however, there is a terrible sug gestion in the Divine command: "Judge not, that ye be not judged." But the most important tnd to be ga'ued by control and restra.nt of the reasoning faculties is the direct. on and coufiuiug if thought to sul jecs at hand and really deinat dmg it. l'ersons some times are heard to complain that their lot iu life is to ca t that tl.ey find noth ing for their minds to do, but they al ways are wrong. Proper sense of duty will impel auyoue to direct all his ac tion by thought instead of impulse, and demands upon the thinking powers are quite as imperative, to people of active conscience, in the cottage of the la borer or the tdiop of the mechanic as in the study of the pastor or the cabinet of the President. General Sherman When a Boy. Speaking of General Sherman re minds one of a story told by a niemWr of the family concerning tLe way in which the hero, when a youngter.came to be a member of the family of Thomas Ewing. 'I here was a distant relationship be tween the two famliea. and so when ex-Governor Ewing heard at his home in Ijuucn-tcr, (., of the death of the father of the Sherman family, he at on.o had his carriage brought up and drove criw the couutry to where the Shermans lived. There was a big fam ily of children, and they were very poor, so after consultation with the widow and the elde-t daughter it was ared that Mr. Kin; should take one of the boys all lit le If Hows hme with him for the present until the fam ily fortunes oeeme I more certain. So the three elders walked out iuto the vard where half a dozen of these "un lreeehed mors-Is of humanity," as Stevenson would rail tiiern, were tum bling and playing about in the grass. "Well, which one of 'em shall I take," asked the ex-Governor, "they all look alike to ne." The tearful mother was unable to respond, but the daa.hter, with practical foresight, sniJ, snatching one of the gingham-skirted youngsters nr in her arms and holding him out: "Well. Mr. Ewing, if you must take one, take Cnmp,' 'cause he's the smart est." "All right, then, Cump' it is." ssid the ex-Governor, taking the child iu his arms ami placing him in tuu car risgf. Cump" went home with Mr. Ewing, was placed with his own Inivs, educated with them, and finally married one of the danghtera. And Governor Ewing never ceased to congratulate himself on the chance that led him to "take 'Cump' 'cause be as the smartest. Selected. A Novel Life Preserver. My life was saved by having my salary reduced," said a robust, middle aged man. "Yes," continued the man, "that was what saved me. I was assistant bookkeeper for a wholesale house, and was earning twelve hundred dollars a year. Some.hing happ ned, no matter what and I was thrown out. I was Idle for two months, and then went to work for seven hundred and fifty dol lars. At that time I was thin and weak, and couldn't walk a mile to s tve a dol lar. At any rate, I thought I couldn't. But when my income was so fearfully reduced.I found it absolutely necessary to economize, and I d d so by walking home from my work, a distance of about five mi'es. "It pretty nearly killed me at first. Then I began! to enjoy it. Within three months 1 was walking both ways, aud I've kept it up ever since. Ten ii lies a day summer and winter, unless during a hard storm, and look at mel One hundred and eighty pounds, the apetite of an ostrich, and not a day's sickness in ten years. "You see. geutlemen, bow it was that the cutting down of my salary saved my life. The Queen of Scots' Sycamore Tree. Jameson relates, axe the people of Scotland indebted for the luxuriant up- .f ivoi m t rA in tliir BpriUglUy V "J r."."" -- - - - . l A 1 i 1 4 1 a AnA ym' . lirsiiifrl.f frnm France by "the fayre hand of royalty." and was planted b toe noble lady her self in the gardens of Holy rood, and at ell.- Vukivfrvlitnl -1 a Qnril ft fT IrOlIl bills 9U1M1 Jfc u l' all lb beautiful grove of sycamore 1 C ...t I V i m mvri - now seen in uuuu. rji.uwo tree is sometimes called Egypt'an tg uvo. Tnr RiriT FiiR. School Teacher fin 19201 When was the gi eat World's fair ot 1SW held? Fuji 11 In ma'am. Symoathy. "Whothi bear A Busman hnuw k .t . ..rv Huwdrarare all IIum tie which bind ota In Centime tnrothrr -: ! 4 Iheir furce, let lur uiw'i wajward hand th wh le B kind ur erneir" The ilivtntrst t all human emotions is this. 'or. like mercy, "it blesseth him that gives and him that takes." and none but the betower and the receiver know its true worth. Says Alcott: "S-. mpaliiy wautinz. all Is wanting. Its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred i-park tliat lights cur aioms, and puis us Into human com munlon with our fellowmen." Of a higher an 1 more ennobl'nz nat ure is it than Pity, for though sweet aud tender as that may be. 'tis bestowed up n the helpless, the unfortunate. some times even upon the wrong-doer; but sympathy unites all finer natures oue with another. We would not go so far as Carlyle, wuo uas Eomewnere written, " ur a truth men are mysteriously united: a mystic boud of brotherhood makes all men one." Surely the philosopher aud sage could not have penned these lines hail he been the stern and rugged character by some depicted. Yet who would not rather cout-ider that beautiful quality too precious to be so indiscriminately be stowed? Then there is a numerous class who, thougn within the pale of humanity. are so wrapped up in their owu self-love as to be utterly devoid of that "sacred park;" and these may be among our associates, our friends, or even relatives. let now larasuuuer! e are fain to say, with Euripedes Th man who melts With social sviutiatliv. thiHiuU not l'i. 1 Is than a tiiuusnd kinsmen of more worth." I -ft us now glance at an opposite pic ture. There Is some.hiug of a sadden ing nature in this ciavlng for a sympt- ibetic word or tone or glance, and we teel ourselves aggrieved if, perhaps at the very moment when it Wuuld have been most highly prized, that such an angel visitant illumines not our path. Agaiu we mav quote Alcott. who, in the endurance of one of liie's many bat tles, has wisely answered to a cousola- tory tnend: "Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness." And bow delicately offered is this sweet emot on, in these few Hues of snakespeare: '"When thou, hanlv. sa'st Some rare, noteworthy object tn thy travel. iu mr pariaKer iu tuy Happiness ; Ana in thy dauber. If t vr UMtii;e r da uiviron thee. Commend thy prw vanctr to niv holy prayers. .tuu i mui ue iny uei-sman. Such as these, it sincere, are rare cases, and 'tis wiser not to rely too much upon them. The following, though reading aom what harshly, after Shakespeare's senti ment, yet contaiu a fund of true phi losophy: -I-iueh. and the or!d laughs with you: t-o. ami vou trn alone. What ould you? The rld cannot I rr w i our m. ana your aoutil. anl your .ej a OM -artb h her n ht-.irt-sonow : Ue needs but i our smiles not vour tears. A King's First Earnings. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy was in nis youth a keen rportsman and a line shot. One day. ha iiig wandered away from his party, he was returning by an isolateU road from a hunting ex pedition, lie espied a covey of parr ridges in a copse near by, and, raising h s foalinz piece, he killed a brace at a shot. A peasant who had been watching him atteutively now hurriedly crossed the road and, hailing him, said: "That was well done. Whoever vou are you know how to handle a gun.1' "I'm glad you think so," responded the king, laughing. "I only wish you could shoot a fox who Is robbing me, one by one, of all the fowls in my barnyard." "Well, perhaps I can. IU see what I can do for you." "If you kill that fox," said the peas ant impressively. "Ill give you two lira." "Very well. I "II bring my dogs and be hers to-morrow.' "Will you give me your hand on it?' said the farmer, exteudlLg Lis horny digits. The king gave him bis hand and wa punctual to the hour appointed ou the following day. The fox was ou baud, too, but King Victor's suie sin, brought Reynard's carter to a sudueu end. Ills majesty hastened to the farmer with bis prize. ".-ee!" he railed out. "now you owe me two lira." "You shall have it. You've earned it,1' answered the delighted farmer cor dially. The king looked curiously at the coins as they were handed to him '"Only to think," he muttered to him self, "that this Is the first money I ever earned." Ou t'.e following day the peasant '. wife received a present or a gown, a necklace and a pair of earrings. Then it was that the farmer learned who it was he had hired to kill bis fox. Indian Marriage Expenses. The gift to be paid at the time of the prostration of the bride before her mother-in-law is limited to seven rupees. The payment on account of the cere mony when the bridegroom touches the friuue of his mother-iu-law's dress must not go beyond two rujee3. It is express y provided also that in no case shall the father or guardian ol the br de take any money from the other on account of giving h s daugh ter. The number of dinner parlies given by the bride's family is not, to be mun than five, and the number of guesL at each must not be more than twenty five. The payment ou account of the niahl tnatla, or the gift of an earthen p t with eatables when the bridegroom party depart after the ma rUge, Mull not exceed five rupees at the outdde. The pe-en's to le given at the bt throlhal by the father or guard an o' the bridegroom "shall not exceed one rupee and seven suparis or betel iuts. When the bridegroom is invited to a social evening at his fatber-in-law'i-bouse the amount to be paid to him i not to exceed two rupees, nor shall he take with him on such occasions more than five men. The present to be given by the bride'. father may be as small as one rupee, but must under no ci;cumjances ex ceed 10U, and whatever ths sum le il murt be expended on ornaments, which will be the wife's property through l.fe and her husband's after. A Flower. dT tABAU GEKALIUSA STOCK. Ow the ea'tb of batmv aweetaeaa Oh the stores of lit"- and power j Oh the rloriouH cotnpleteaesi Uf a single summer flower t Stealt. but marvellous unfoldtae. i M His m)riy and eraee. Wb-ise Almit-lilv baud is boldinc txius aud sy .tents In their placoj Faint, but riquisite. reflectlom Of His tenderness an I love. Who, in all Hi vast iierfvctton. bits, our Kinsman, throned above. Ett precious revelation Of His faithfulness and care. Are th- twel of creation He hath scattered everywhere. DUHODREVS GOOD FORTUNE In an old house. In an obvure street of Xuremburg, there lived a little humpbacked man, whose face war wrinkled, and bore a somewhat morose expression, owing, doubtless, to the many difficulties which had beset hit oath through life, aud the cruel ridicu'e cast, upou him by more fortuuate bid jufeeliiig nrighliors. This unfortunate individual, Sarau-1 Duhobret bv name, was al-ojt thirty-Ova years old, and obtained a livelihood by painting large signs (such as hung be lore inns), aud the course tapestry which was furmeily much used in Germany. 15y some sudden change or fortune (almost t e only one he had ever known), and in consequence or the gen erous dis-o-it!on of Albrecht Durer, the painter and engraver, be had been admitted as a pupil into that great master's scho 1, out of charity, for he was tn poor to pay the high fee charged for instruction. Here Ik si rfd ied hard, and was an ex ample of indefatigable Industry, for be was always there by daybreak, and seldom left till darkness closed in. either studying or helping Durer or his 'lady accountant.' This was the name Durer gave to his wife Agnes, the daughter of Hans Frei. Madame Durer posse-se 1 an irascible temper, which caused much domestic trouble, a d often brought discomfoit to her husband's pupils; but having a particular aversion to Duhobret, she vented most of her spleen upon him, for the others were el' her too cunning or her madce to reach them, or else ln-y urchased their peace by concilia ting the female tyrant. Yet. in spite of all her shrewdish propensities, and the many c ntemptible but galling things put upou Duhobret, he had not a taint of envy or malice in his heart. He was the most even-tempered morta' living, and would frequently give his services to tlne who were the most bitter toward him. The only peace he knew was after his day's work at the studio was over, snd he had returned to his poor lodg iug. a lonely rowi at the top of the house, wheie he would otteu woik till Toug after midnight to earn the scanty me ns of subsistence, or to push for ward a picture which stood upou his ease I. After beveral years of this arduous toil his strength began to fail, and sickness laid In in low. Oue night, after he had reached home with considerable difficulty, he went to the well to Oil hi earthen pitcher, but a mist covered h eyes, and a Ml I I n d.zziues caused him to reel like a drunken man. At last he regained h.s room and went to be L In the morning he was inabuinim fever; an lu'erual fire seemed to dry up his b-ood and scorch his brain. He wa miss d that day from the scene of lib labors, but his absence ouly caused a brutal Joke lr iu his fellow-students: none cared to go to his lo lging and in quire the cau-ie, though but few aiuou them were not under obligations f ir some service performed by the po r cripple. Duhobret lay tossing to and fro in del r.um for four day-, quenching his thirst, during his lucid intervals Irom the feverish maJnes; by draughts ol water, now stale, from the pitcher he had filled on the evening when he hal first felt sick. It was the early moru ing of the fourth day when Samuel dis cove'.ed that it was empty. What could he do? He was too weak to go out and refill it; he had no kind friend watching by his bedside to send. Death s-eniel very near; he could almost feel the icy linger at his heart, while his tocgue clove to the roof of his mouth, and his throat was hot and dry as a hu-e k In. Oh, tJod,' he prayed, let me not die here with nine to relieve me. "Oh, Thou who di.Ut thirst upon the cios, hear my cry an 1 send me relief Oh, Holy Mother, pray for me in the hour of my distiess, pray that one drop ol water may be brought to cool my parched t "ngue.' The darkui ss of the night began tn pass away; the sou shone forth witu golden radiance and threw long bright tays upon the floor of his room, but It brought no relief, and but little hope of succor from the outside world. In the same hou-e there lived apwr girl, named Bertha, who was a cripple. A disease or t be hip-bone, eugenueien by a fall when an infant had marred the beautiful proportions ot ner Douy. and caused her to limp and use a crutch. She was not pret'y. but she had a tender heart, aud she had often pitied the poor humpbacked lodger up stans. although her pity was somewhat mixed with fear, tor It was the common talk of neighborly go-sips that he was a wizard. This report was strengthened bv the certainty that Djhobret was not altogether Ignorant of the science of let ters. He could read and write great things in the days of which we write - and once he hail ben seen to enter his house hearing under his arm a ponderous book, fastened by huge brass clasps. This last was proof incontrovertible of his alliance to the black art, and he was generally feared. Then, besides, be was seldom abroad in the daytime, except when he went to church on Sun-lay; and no one had ever been seen visiting him, nor bad he ever joiued with his neighbors in the flagon of KheinUh wine, w ith which they were wont to regale themselves on holiday times. Bertha had missel his regular foot steps ou the t-tairs and fche began to wonder what had become of the solitary o ger, so she turned to ner widowed mother for an explanation. 'Mother. I have not seen Ilerr Duho bret lately, and I don't think be has left the hous . Do you know what is the matter?' 'o, child, n t I; maybe he's work ing some mighty sell. which our Lady elivers us from.' said the old dame. Oh. mother, don't say such thing ut the poor man; I'm sure he does not look like a wizard; and as for bis book tore, why the clergy men read and teach others to read, and they are not wiz ards. Besides, I've often se.-n him at churc and he looks yj tfevwut. X think he must be sick. May I go and see? Maybe be wants something and you know that he has no one to send.' The moth-r rather reluctant y as sented and lierlha caught up ber crutch and ascended the stairs to Duho bret's room. Having knocked at the door several times, at lost she heard a faint sound, which she interpreted into an invitation "o enter. Accordingly s' e lifted the latch and went into the poor little room where Duhobret still lay uncouscious. She quickly divined what was want ed, and ran and filled the pitcher with aer. When she came back she began ti bathe the burning temples of the s- a man, and brush back the thick locs if matted ha r which hung wildly about his eyes. Presently he became conscious of the figure so noiselessly be-d-'e him, and gasped out: 'Water! water!' She held up the pitcher while he took a long, deep drought of the cooling liquid, and as he drank, new life seemed to flow into his veins. He looked up into her face, his eyes filling with tea:s of gratitude. 'Oh, fraulein," he said, 'you have -aved my life. I did not thiuk there was one who could be so good to me.' 'Can. I help you to something more?' she asktd. '1 thought you were sick, o came too see if I could help you.' There was no fear of magic spells; sue had forgotten her thought of his being a wizard In her pity for the sick man. 'If you could be so kind, there is one .lung 1 would like, l.o to tht casket You will find a lltt'e money. Will you take it to the apothecary and get me so e medicine? I have a high fever.' Oh. no, I W'll fetch my mother; she is quite a skillful nurse, and she shall make you some herb-tea, and you will soon be well.' Bertha withdiew, and soon returned with her mother. After examining him, the latter sa d: 'Dearv me! he has a fever, sure enough.' She was satisfied, however, that Du hobret was not In any immediate dan ger, and soon retired to make the nec essary decoction of herbs. N eed we tell how B -rtha watched by the bedside and ten ied her patient, being relieved by her mother, who ad ministered the he.b tea, together with some nutritious broths, until he was fairly on his legs again, yet still too weak to work. Then they invited him to come down to their rooms, and he played upon the fliit for th m, to make the time pass away. Oue day, while down there, as her other sat busily spinning. Bertha was nltting, an 1 she ventured to ask a question which had long been troubling her. 'Do you know, neighbor, tliat people say you aie a great wizard?' Do they?' asked Duhobret, much surprised. 'Yes, indeed; but I don't believe it,' she replied. 'You are right, Bertha. I am no wizard nor do 1 even believe in witch craft,' 1 am very glad I was right. But you are a learned man, are you not?' 'Oh. no, t can read a little, and I suppose tuat is almost sufficient to give cause for the assertion. When I was young I was taught by the Benedic tines, and loved to study, but now I am content if I may s uae day become a painter, though I fear me I am too old to do much.' D-d yon paint that tapestry and ihofe pictures in your room?' she asked. 'Ye , I am studying under Master Durer, and they are the fruits of his In struction, but as yet 1 have not sold any. 1 must try soon, though, for 1 am not rich, and may not allow your kind mother to have such a burden upon her hands.' Hjh, don't thing of that; we are only too glad to render you some little assist ance.' 1'nen Duhobret fell into a reverie, the subject of which vas his pictures aud bow he could sell some of them He determined to try next day, If he should feel strong enough to bo able to go aud search for a purchaser. Iu the morning the first thing that Duhobret thought of was the picture ue considered his masterpiece. He went over to where It stood facing the wall, look it up tenderly aud examined it. Then he went back a little way to see its effects from a distance. How fondly be gazed u-iou it, as If loth to part w.tli this the tii st fruit of his study. Surely it was life-like. Could he not almost s e the leaves as they moved in the breeze? Did not the clouds seem the veriest ethereal, intangible matter, in stead of daubs o. paint? Poor Samuel! iu au ecstacy or joy mingled with re gret at the neces-ity of parting from what he considered then the perfection of art he seize 1 upon his picture and k-U t:.e house to seek a purchaser. He had not gone more thau a few paces along the narrow street, rendered almost dark by the overhanging houses, wheu a crowd of noisy urchins, who had not seen him for some little time, rau up to him, shouting: 'There goes old humpy the wizard!' One. m re bold than the rest, tugged at the picture which was concealed lieneath the long cloak worn at that time, and then, as he rushed before Duhobret, he fell heavily to the groumh The kinl-hearted man stooped to raise the little fellow from the ground and asked: Are you hurt, my little man?' But the boy, finding himself in the arms of the reputed wizard; kicked and struggled violently, while the ill-starred Duhobret still held him and endeavored to pacify his perturbed spirit. The others then tried to release their comrade by shouting for help and throwing stones, one of which Bti uck Stmuel in the head and caused the blood to flow freely. He looked around confused for a moment, but seeing the people flocking to the siene ot the disturbance, he drew his cloak around him and retreated as rapidly as possible. No one attempted to follow him until he had turned out of sight, and then l hey concluded It hopeless, and gath ered around the boy to see what glamor had been cast upon him. Nothing strange was percectible in the boy's appearance, but as the parents very wisely remarked: 'It isn't likely to show at first,' Duhobret, as we have already seen, r-treated, but now he stooped before a pump to wash the blood from bis lac. He then passed on to the principal street by the town hell and market place. Here he saw a small crowd col lected around one of the booths which answered the purpose of stores. Having Inquired the cause, he found that there was to be a sale of pictures, th collec tion of a wealthy connoisseur. Determined to try his luck here, Du hobret elbowed his way to the ylat- form where the auctioneer stood, and timidly asked: Can you 6ell this picture, sir?' 'Whom is it by? 'Myself. 1 am a pupil of Albrecht D'irer. 'Hunii-h! That's no i ec itumenda tlou. He is only an engraver." (The geneial opinion at that time wai that Dur. r wa a firt-class engraver, but no painter. 'Indeed, sir, the great II -p iael at Rome thinks th it Duier has inaugu rate! a new era in t-ermau art,' an swered Duhobret, 'Well, perhaps so; I don't pretend to pass au opinion myself; 1 ouly say what I hear. But what do you call your picture?' 'It represents the Abbey of New bourg i-nd the surrounding landscape ' 'What do you expect for it?' asked the man o! business. 'Whatever it is wortlu Wh-itever it will fetch, replied Duhobret, his hpe3 sinking very iw at the cold, Indiffer ent tones of ihj auctioneer, wuo really understood Vc-ry little about painting. 1 don't supp-t.se you will get more than live thalere for it, but I will sell it for you. What's your name? Duhobret told Lim and theu retreated iuto a corner to watch the sale, which whs about to commem e Several oil paln'iug-i were dis'iosed of that soenied to the p -i aitist much better than his own at sucli low pr ces that he almost despaired of getting as much as had beeu intimated to him. At last his picture was announced. 'Ileie is a fine view of the Ahliey of Xew bourg, by Duhobret, one of Durer "s pupils. W hat Is bid for this? ho bids five thaleis? Who bid three?' 'Let me look at that picture,' said a tall man in black, iiiid as he pu-lied forward, several others, whose curiosity was arou-ed and who took an interest in the sale, pushed closer arouud the picture. In truth, it was well execu ted. The c lot ing was brilliant, aud the perspective was much nearer the present state of per ection than were most pictures of those times; yet Duho bret was unconscious of where its ex cellence lay, or lie would have expected inueli more than the paltry five tha'ers which had been intimated as its value Twenty thalers,' cried one, and in a moment more 'sixty,' 'seventy,' eighty' and 'ninety,' were outbid by the offer of 'one hundred thalers!' Poor Duhobret was astonished. He clasped bis hands with joy, and with uplifted eyes, softly murmured, 'lhauk Heaven.' Five hundred,' came from the man lu black. A murmur of surprise and adml-a-ti n followed this jump, and the corn petit rs began to thin out so that only three were left. 'One thousand thalers!' came from a well-nown picture dealer. 'Five thousand!' vociferated the man in black, with a clear, sonorous voice. Then came a pause, while the pict ure dealer calculated whether his funds would allow him to bid any more. 'Six thousand thalers!' came at last, just as the auctioneer was about to knock it down to the man in black. 'Then you cau't have it, whispered the la ter, adding in a low tone, 'Ten thousand!' ;.nd folded his arms, while a gleam of trmui;!i shot from his eyes, as he saw the crestfallen picture dealer backing out or the crowd that pressed eagerly around. And where was Duhobret? He had climbed up on a box an 1 stood l.ke one petrified, with his hands clasped, and his face beaming with pleasure, until several of the spectatois saw him and raised a loud laugh at his grotesque apiearauce. Then lie got dowu and moved toward the door, where he re mained until the end of the sale. Then he presented himselr before the tall stranger, and taking oS his hat. made a low olieisance. The man in black put his hand to his purse, which hung at his side, and threw him a small silver coin, waving his hand to iud cate that he wanted no thanks. Duhobret stooped, picked it up, and, handing it back, said: lf you p'ease, your honor, I am th painter of the picture you have just bought. The tall man con-ul'ed with the auc tioneer, then drew out a wallet and wrote. Here friend,' he said, 'is au order on my banker for your money. Upon preseuiin It you will be piid.' When Duhobret took it. he found that it was the Count Duuklesbach who had boil. lit his picture. He was oue of tl-' richest nobles aud most munificent :i t p irons in Oertnauy. Overwhelm d with joy at such sud den and unexpected good fi.it.ine, he lias ened home to acqua nt his friends with his altered circumstances, and re pay them f r the dis ntere ted fiien! sliii they h;ii evinca 1 toward him. When hu entered the room he ran toward the old dame aud her crippled daughter, and, seizing each by the band, commenced to shake them as if at work at a p .mphandle, exclaiming: 'Congratulate me, my lriends. I am rich! Lam happy 1' They were astonished, and thought the poor fellow h:-d surely gone mad. 'Well, neighbor,' said the old dame, Mo i't shake fie life out of me. Then he explained nil, and they glad dened his heart with their kind wishes. But there was something more that D.ihobret wanted. 'My dear madam, said he, 'you may know now what has been my wish tor some time past in fact since first Ber tha catuc and ministered to me w! en 1 was sick. I would wed her. I know she will make a good wife, for she has already been so good to me, I will try and make her a good husband. What say you? And wiiat does Bertha say? Will you be min, Berlha?' The old dame broke the silence which followed this request. 'Dear me, neighbor; first you took my breath away with your good new, and the rough shaking I had, and now you want my daughter! That's almost too much to expect from an old woman who is a'one In tha wor d.' 'Hold, here! I don't want to take her away. We can all live together, and I will lie a fcood son t you; so, mother dear for you kn w you were almos'. like a mother to me grant my with. 'Well, if you can make such an ar rangement, all I can say is. ir Bertha is willing, take her. aud may Heaven bless you.' so saying, she turned toward Bertha for her answer. 'Well, Ker ha, will you accept me? asked Samuel. i'es. Samuel. I will be yonr wife, for I love you,' said Bertha, blushing like a rose. The promise havii g been given, you may be sure th-it no time was lost in getting the conjugal knot tied. One morning they walked out together, with a few friends following, to the cathe dral, w here good Father Hoecken mar ried and blessed them. When next Duhobret made his ap pearance at Durer's studio, he was well received, for the news of his success had preceded him, and his fellow-students cave to him their right bands in token of fellowship and friendship. Durer himself was no less pleased than surprised, but his wife still kept her old a-itipathy toa.d the 'new man;' but Duhobret little cared in his pros(erity for that which he heeded not in his adversity. Duhobret lived a very happy life with his bumble bride, and their lives, uninterrupted by domestic squabb'es, flowed along as the calm waters of a river iuto the ocean of eternity. The Brave Grenadier. There is a beautiful story told of one of Napoleon's soldiers. Latour D'Au vergne was very modebt and unambi tious, but he was a very brave man, and tnere came a time when he had an opportunity to show his skill as well as his courage. A portion of the French army was in danger. The Austrians must not be permitted to go through a certain mountain pass. If they could bn held hack twenty-four hours, all would be well. Orenadier D'Auvergue carried the tidings to the Fre. i fort, but lo, the thirty men who composed the garrison had all fled. But they had left their guns un l ammunition. At once the grenadier determined he would individually and alone hold the situa tion. The Austrians were approaching. The cannonade began. In quick suc cession, and with precision, the guns were fired. Little did the enemy imagine the work of destrtic.ion was all done by one man. Again and agaiu they approached the defile, but each time they were repulsed with great loss of life. At length the trumpet was sounded from the fort. "We are ready to yield if we may go out of the fort carrying our guns with us." This was readily granted, and then Grenadier D'Auvergne wa'ked forth loaded dowu with arms. "Where are the others?" was the inquiry. "There are no others?" was the response. How sur prised and chagrined were the Aus trians! They looked down upon that solitary man with wonder and then with admiration. They pronounced him "the bravest of the brave." and men were sent to carry ont the guns he hail used. Is it surprising that France was proud of this man, and that Napoleon offered him a high position in the army? This he ref ur-eJ to receive, fie was satisfied to remain a grenadier, and to serve his country and his general to the best of his ability as a common soldier. But when, shortly after, in the year 180i, he fell in batile, the emperor ordered tuat his name should not be dropped from the muster roll; each day it was eallod, and then a sergeant steped forth, and with a distinct voice re sponded: "Dead, on the field of honor." KxehanyK. The Present Predicament of Per sons Not Literary. In this age of effort, when literary blossoms open upon every bush, when every drawiug-room undertakes to be a "salon," and every hostess suggests Madame Ilecamier, the attitude of a simple, self-respecting citizen amid the distinguished company is one of poise and difficulty. There stands before you, let us suppose, hemmed in by h:s admiring throng, the first poet of the day, to whom in a moment you must be presented whether you will or no. What docs he know of you? What ou earth will you find to say? Here comes a young e.-snyist whose first book has met with some success. He is trying hard to look unconscious, but it will never do to ignore him. You have road the record of his reflections with out an overwhelming seuso of its pro fundity; on the whole, however, you like it passably well. Are you to tell him just that and no more? And h re is a third and a most prolific writer, whose thick-coming fancies you have never liked and Lave now ceased to read. He has lately published a new volume, more disagreeably potent than the others. Good Heavens! His eve has fastened npon yours. He comes to talk with you; there is no escape; and what, short of mortal offence, will bo the outcome of your interview? WHATNOT TO SAY TO IS AUTHOR. Unless you are gifted with an extra ordinary memory, attempt neither to quote nor to mention one of his char acters by name. Above all, erase from yonr vocabulary one fatal adjective. What-ver your thought, do not call his contribution to' Onr native literature a Utile boolt. Slight as the context seems, it may have cost him months of labor. How needlessly uukind of you, then, to remind him that the result is not a grrat one! This trifling act of consideration is sure to yield you an inestimable re ward. Though his face glows with pleasure, if lie is a man of sense, he does not bore you. He accepts the recognition gracefully, then turns the talk another way. But the trouble you nave tatcen will live in his remem brance, giving value to his friendship long after you have forgotten its first cause. rrom "lhe Point of view," in May Scribncr. Merciful The Indians believe that if the still ness over the waters of a lake be broken by any carelesi word the spirits of the place will be offended. In the days of the early settlers, we are told, a white woman had occasion to cross Lake Sara toga, and the Indians, wbo were to row her across, warned her of the danger that one rash word might bring; but of course, be.ng a white woman, she was superior to all such superstitious no tions. It was a c-dro, cloudless day. and the canoe sped like an arrow across the smooth waters. Suddenly, when in the middle of the lake, the strong minded woman determined to prove to these simple folk the folly of their belief. So she lifted up her voice in a wild cry that woite every ecno ol ttie lulls. The lndans were filled with conster nation. They utterei no word, but, straining every nerve, rowed on tn frowning silence. They reached the shore iu safety, and the w man tri umphed; but the Mohawk chief looked upou her lu scoru. "The Great Spirit is merciful," he said; "he knows that the white woman cannot hold ber peace," Accordmy to a French s -ieutist, vul canized rubber dipped suddenly into boiling glycerine takes the characters of non-vulcanized rubber, l. e., that Its parts can be readily joined and that it dissolves in the usual solvents of caout chouc The glvcerine must be boiling at the time ot first contact. XEWS IN BRIEF. A railway brl ige across t Bee phorus is the latest project. It is te consist of a single span of 8J yards. land will conn t the railway systems of Luropean and Asiatic lurkey. Ben Butler Is rejiorted to be worth to,0u0,0iJ0. He Iils law oflces In sev eral cities and a p-;tct ce worth J 1,00, 000 a year. Lowell is the place he calls his Lome, and his residence there is a pa'ace. Xew York Stale has 6,000,000 peo ple, of whom one-half live In the six largest cities. The most densely popu lated bqusra mile iu the world, con taining -'S'J.Ouo, is sai 1 to be in New York city. Mrs. Garfi Id is now 53 years old. She is some w hat stouter tiian of old, and her hair is whiter than in the days cf her Washingtou life. She is said to lo -k prettier iu her mourning costumes than lu the biigh er co ors that she used to wear. Wheu Sir Walter Haleigh smoked the fir-t plle of tobacco iu England the palace at'endauts threw wat- r over liiiu, thinking him on tire. What might they not have done if he had been smoking a cigare te? Au exclt ng sce:;e took place at a burial in Syracuse, N. Y., the family monument falling, smashing the coffin aud precipitating it, the body and a pall bearer into the grave. A new coffin was soon obtained, and the corpse buried. The largest and hetviest locomo tive ever constructed was made by the B dd win Ixicomotive Works for the Northern Pacific Builroad Company last year. It weighed, with its tender, 2J5.000 p-iunds. Tne ordinary weight is fiom 47, 00 J to 105,001 pounds. The e is a talk In France of utiliz ing water courses as a rail ay m tive power. It Is pio-Hjsed that the track shall be laid ou au anibaiiknient in the middle of the current, and that the locomotives thill have two paddle wheels dipping Iuto the water and re volved by it. There is a curious law in vogue in Switzerland which coin ;e Is every newly married couple to plaut trees shortly after the marriage ceremony. The trees ordered to be planted ou wedding days are the pine aud weeping willow. On natal days the suggestive birch tree is selected. The island of Borneo, generally supposed tob luhab ted by "wild meu aud savages," b asts of the smallest re.'ulaily published newspaper In the world. This is tne Sarawak (luztte, an English paper, size e ght aud oue quaiter inches w ide by th rtcen inches long, and was first issued in August, 1S70. The steamer China, from Japan, reiKirts that iu a storm off the Bosliu coast, January tilth, ever '.too tishing Lous drifted out to sea, aud the 2 JO or more nu n on board tveie lost. Fifty Usherii.eu were drowned off Tobishima, and tweu'y-three on the coast of Mas chaw a. C d. B. C. B.trkley, of Charleston, S. C , says that the ci'rlews and sea gulls ou that coast at more cl ms than the entire population of the city. They pick them up, cany thriu into the air, drop them on the ro'dxS, which breiks 'them open, and then, swooping down. feast ou them. Ciunam in is the bark of a tree, and is grown mo-t iargely in Java and Ceyl-ui. Ouly the young branches are striped for the cinnamon bark, but very sina 1 branc ,es ar- not peeled. TLe bark is removed in strips and scraped ou b ith sides, and afterward suii-dr ed, when it is re dy for commerce. All the best site along the hill country of Judea, between Jerusalem westward ami the sea, have been bought by Kussia, and covered with splendid Greek temples. Tlii great pilgrimages uf the day are from Kussia to Palesline. Every year about thirty to forty thousand Ilussian pilgrims visit the Holy Laud. A q iiut superstition formerly ex isted iu Valsto ihe effect that bees were originally create 1 white, but be came brown alter the fall; a white pigeon settling on a ch timey Is re- ga-ded as a ceitam tokeu of death ; and in some parts, if in a row of beans one should hapen to come up while in stead of gree , a mem' er of the family w iil die before the year Is out, The Kiug of the Belg ans has ordered a manifi ent gold casket to pr sent to Stanley. Several of the must expert workmen iu Belg utu have been engaged on the work. The lid bears a n.eda lion portr It of the explorer, sur rounded with precious stones and chas ing. The caske. Is to contain the grand cordon of the Order of Io)old, with which Stanley will be invested. The Eiffel tower was recent! v , struck by 1 glitning, and many sensa jt:oiial stories weie c rculated in refer ' ence to the occurrence. Some reports tlok) of the lightning rod having been , melted into a ball, others of a shower of molten Iron diopping on the by standers, ami again, others had won ', derful t.il.-s of sheet lightning and elec tric shocks. The largest sailing ship in the , world is in the posesou of France, j She is a vessel with five mas s, on four j of which square sail Is carried. The length is 344 leet. w th a besm of forty ' nine leet. The cargo which the France ' could carry is 61,000 tons. The ship is ! built ot steel, her ma-ts and yards be ing of the 84tne material. She Is at present trading between France aud the Pacific. ) Dr. Mary Waller has been trying for fifteen years to get J0J0 from the Government for services perfonr-ed by her during the war as a surgeon. Dur ing the early months of the war she i was the only woman surgeon in the ' field, and many prominent men, among whom was Pie-ident Lincoln, have testified to the value of h r work. Si e now lies on a bed in a little at'.ic room in Washington peiini ess, an 1 suffering from a serious accident which befell her over a year ago. Asa result of her , injuries it is likely that one leg will have to be amputated. There is no good reason why ir. Walker's claim should not be al owed, and it probably will be, as the House Committee on War Claims has decided favorably. Ajropoi of the recent large output of petroleum from the rich oil districts of Kussia, the Oil, Taint and Drug Reporter says that Austrian and Amer ican crude petroleum both yield about 60 to 55 per cent of good burning oiL while the K issian produ;t does not give more than 20 per cent. ' Jfvfornecr" Is the nam that elec tricians favor for the drivers of the electric cars. A thick plate of brass may le cut by making a mark on its surface with solution of mercury and nitric acid f. .ti ft fi jCl 1 "A,
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