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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
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