&7(( tA.-. ...At., .to . -s ay . .... i- ipiwil jpiiio JUBm ill lfltti If- B F. SCHWE1ER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. : 1 -i ! VOL. XL1V. MlirTLlMUWiN, J UMAX A COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNEll, IS90. NO. 25. Ttu: lintcd Slater Government has tnna'd n ne hundred tons of silver bul lion into st.iu l.ir I dollars, since it tie- ' ,.,1,1 !!. ci nage t.f the bin pieces. The : j,r. :H friwii scntorage ou this branch of ni.n: business has been over 5jd,0b0, lU'. Titr ind.e.it ions are that tha actual wviof removing ti e 13 and i m the rv:.i.in.- nd of deepening auj clean ing o lit ti-e Philadelphia harbor will be lrgtm .li:iii g the coming summer. The c i.i' ni-l all rl ' W:y o '' mouth of ll.e b.iv heels attent on. vT.r.r Whitman, "the good fray p.iet." has selected h s burial place. It i ;:i II r. e igh Cemetery, at tout a mile I:, m C.iiuden, X. J., the prettiest part ,f i. c l;u'.ii'1s. U U a n.it ur.il mouud. tcnealh majestic oaks and chestnut lie. s, w I . e - feet below a stieam of ..: -r I'.nvxs over a precipice from an. a.:.:', as po'td. Mr no; u s. i un to e tlie least peril ii. el a. 1 the telouioui practices known i i : ..,i:t i v. Out of H.TTj mur ler ,:, 'o ii.o human l.fe iu the six e.iisii 'in 1-4 to 1SS.) only r.iiS paid t e ; en...; v of their crime by yielding I . .. u o u lives to the law. Electricity ( tin.. ! m.iLe a sl.owiuij more sliockmir II. .in l!..i?. No i i.niK in the employ of the TV ii' i il bank of Ireland is allowed V u u t v if lie I . reive- Ie than JL'l- a Mar. --nie of the principal banks In I. I. m have a similar rule. The rea ..n Is si;'.Vi Tent. Iu a preliminary eamii:a' i:i of a defaulting cos ier in a i.ottlieiii city recently his w fe con- i i ih it her evtr.ivmr.ince I.al been il.ei' iu.-eef Ins fall. ich are the per of ui.iliiiiiony. An kv iiwi.Ksays that the Litest ti ile is c.i r:e 1 ou by means of a i fountain pen, one end of which ;.- 1:. o:le r or t n: lar 1 1 w. tii cool substantial Ink, the witu ink that fades away in a day days, like thi, when the sunlight gli.-t-The sharper writes his aree- j ' n'l lights up everything, but the ..... .- .... ...i "ir is so crisp and cold, that the child- oar if , or w latever particular l i i 1 i i i - n,.iv have chosen, with the Ink , ,,.;t the ,IHT Wl ,.'n me UttVe Bunliht. fad s, tid he his his victim s:jjn and it is not practicable for the child-tli-nfl.er end if tho pen in the leu to seek it out of d.ors, we should -.v;t:. ill- !:.k tint lasts. In a few davs he has I r.. !:.i u-ou it but a good isuuture, , v r wh'' ii he wr.tes any sort of a note tl .il in turn easiest Intocit-h, Look out f t t'.e fountain jieu swindler for h IS 'l.l...er iUS. An ; ii. iw tho butter mou want the "i" . U'ii. a! l ac i.aije'" decLsion nullified by a :.iv wl.-.rh sh i I jive the S ates police ' rower over o'. ot.i.nariue transporte.l I from other States. These special laws : propose 1 in Co reistomeet the orij-I m.i. package ileci-iioii are mere patches. ; Wi.tit is iieede.! is a general iaw, euacte 1 niidrr t ie (Hiaer of Omgrc&s, to regu late titer--ta'e con. uierre, that shall ji'eM -rilie that art'clu-i transported from i e s .i e t.i another shall at all times le sin j.-et to the police power or the .itr in which they may be found, pr v. .Te-. tint they .shall not lie subject to laws which discriminate o-iweeu sucu , ar: ivies an 1 similar articles produce ! within the State. The new Germaa chancellor, Gen- ; era! t '.pr vi, is another liismarck. In' his ii. ii len sj'e. ch to the reichs ag, the otlier day, he dec'. ire. I that he would sir .piilou-ily follow his predecessor's f Tein policy, and that whatever the ci-st the German colonizitlon scheme w.iul-T be inaintained. "We must fun d stations," he said, "and bullet and Uihle must act In the cause of civ- i!:..ition. Without killing slave-deal- ers you can never abolish slavery." i Tins was lioth Uismarcklan and Croin-1 weiliati, and it touches a responsive1 chord iu German bosoms. His speech instantly popularized the ev; charcel-! lor, and It is tlie verdict of people and press that he is well titted to wear the. tii.iutl-of the creator of the empire. Tiik Oriillholoilsts or Cellar Rap ii's, Iowa, are in luck, a violent storm, c mbiued with the attractions of their electric tight-", having brought Iheiii a fi I supply of a great number of birds strange to the locality and. some of thetn very rare. The light house at Atlantic City frequently ' 'brums to the Keeper similar flocks of tiirds with occasional strangers, an I the! keener has his rooms decorated with many Cue specimens. The birds lie iMldtred by the storin. fly towanls the light and :in dashed to death, against I tt e lantern or its covering: The same etT.s t was evidently produced at Cedar j P.ai'ids, the electric lights taking the place of the lighth mse as a blinding j attraction. An ArTFMPT is Win ma le In New T. rk to i educe the nuisance attemTiniJ ; tlie collection of garbage by reducing ' the business to a kin 1 ot system. Aj tun table is to be ma le out for the col- , hi t ou of garbage and each householder . w.ll b not fled at wha hour to set out j ituihau'e for co.lectioa. and after a iued hour each day ashes and gar- t.n;e will have to tie removed within the house line. There is no reason why tins cannot be done with such degree of accuracy as b leave a margin of not j UiC .....it HOC ltO.lt, .11- V .... w J , fur tl.e deiKislt of garbage on. the side- w.t. f,,r collect-on. lioutes can oe j hi d out and time of service calculated : w.th siitiicieut accuracy to notify house- ! h..l.lUK . : t.t...t- H.,t tliir tTftrb.lLT ou M le cHected between, eay 10 and lloVUK:k;of another block between 11 and 12 o'clock, ar.d so on, the busi- ness being thoroughly systematized. Be- aides reducing the garbage nuisance to. ! a mm mum, such a system would give the I'.ureau of Highways accurate la- tor mat ion as to the amount of work doue and any cases ol neglect on the I art of contractors. My Cho c ? Wl i.-j f.v rl BT 11CBV RATMoNn. T called to we my neighbor, Mrs. '!mlfr. a short lime ago ; and, as soon iia 1 filtered her parlor, I was attract -d I'.v the liv It blooming lints iu her east :m.t .-out h-ca-t nulowi. She was l'i te plei.se 1 at my interest, and we, at mice, entered into a conversation ou t!ie cu.tivatloa of window plants. he guve m. ninny good points, a how to produce hea.thy growth and an abundance of blooms, and ended lT s.ivi.g, "The secret of success is an aoundnce of enusliiue ; we may giv I laiits tlie right soil, and the ner amo nt of moisture, but if we do not vive them plenty of sunl ght they will not thrive." I n seutly said, "I have not ikiii your t-hildreu yet." "Very well," she replied, we wid po down to my room, as 1 seldom have the hildren h.re. They pud aud upset ;av flowers." So w crossed the hall at the farther end, and entered a rather dark rooin, ( with windows opening toward the i north. 1 soon made the acquaintance oi her four children. A firl seven years ol.l, a boy rive, another little jrirl three years of ae, and the baby lsy just tikinfT his riist steps. They were delicate . s iking children, with no color and 1m tr.iyed listless manners. 'I he mother beau to speak of her children's KHr health. "They were rather dyspeptic, haJn't ahealtby color, and were so lisi lea in their play," she said. "lh ui-ht she would call in a plivsic a : sikiu." i said to her, "IKin't yon think the children need more sunshine? The surroundings are purer, and more iu v iroratin in a ro- m where there is I leiity of sunshine ami pure air aud sunlight aids .bastion greatly. In fat't. we may tfne children pror fisnl to eat, and suitah'e clothes to near, but if we do not pive them the warmth aud light of the sun they will not thriTe." "Oh! I do let them p'aT ont in the snnshine, when th- weather is fit. to-iiaT it is too Cold." but i "Yea, it is too cold ; and there are so many days during the winter, that the a eat her is not tit for them to play in the Tar l. 1'sts, when bursts of sun- bv showers of rain ; ,iV!, . ..,. tue sun shines warmlT. but the ground is too damn fori 1st': an 1 'iv 11 to them in the house. While we were taking, 1 glance. 1 around tho room. It was ijnite com fortably furnished, and had bright ! mibre.piiins at the windows, several lriht picture-, and a ay rnir hi re and there, but tiod's stiuliiiht was not there ro brighten it. 1 nlance.1 throngh the two long windows, and a dreary out ItV'k it was. There was the gray li'ht, that comes in at a north window in the afti mooti ; "f rubbish. the dull gray earth, a heap , aul an ash luirrel the usual furnishings of back yards in small towns. c -nl ln't help thinking that those rhildn n would grow rosy an.l gay, in the bright snnuy rHim. where her flowers thr Ved and b.sm-d. As I was a stranger, I didn't express m v thoughts but determined to trv to imoress my n. w ae.piaintanre w.th the necessity id j sunny rooms for children as well as ' 1 plants. It was cow tune for me to go, I and as we went l y the parlor to get my ; wtaps, Mrs. Shul r c died my attention i to a verv tine tlower and BaitL "if you i ... t.i liL- to Iuivm ti'aiits in vour win lows, TOU wi h ome to cuttings of mine.' "I dearly loTe flowers." I replied, "and my "house is seldom withont a tioii.jnet i: only a little bunch of Tio lets, in a fancy basket or shell, to per tuiue the room, and m iKe one thinK of the woods iu Kpriugtinie. -'T hoi i huiisi- is ritrht preitT with 1'lo.itus now. but I seldom have window plants I have our east and south rooms lor the fatu.lv's constant ust- and children and l.lants don't do well in the same room. However, I have two at present that ; are the choicest window plants 1 ever 1 saw. I will lie g'a 1 for you to come and see them." I shall lie uclighted are they blooming uow ?" "Yes, nicely." " What color are they?" "Thev are variegated there is rich scarlet, creamy white, golden yellow, ehestuut brown, sud a lovely pink, in the combination. " "How remarkable they must bo jerf ctlv splendul!" "I think bo," I replied, "and now I must go; for they need my attention right constantly." "Iid tou leave vour house closed?" No, my nurse is there, but she doe not give tiieiu as good care as I do. I j hoi.- von will call right s.jn." J Indeed. I will, and am quite de- lighted at the prosect of seeing sn-'h ' rare plants. "1 will take great pleasure in show-; ing thetu to tou nd in giving von my method of cultivating theul The next week, in answer to the door-U'll I had the pleasure of welcom ing Mrs. Shuler. Knowing that she would wish to see my window plants, I invited her, at once, "into the family sit ting room. e.l, they were ready for inspection just glowing with color. My children's rocking chnirs sat in th- recess of a large outh-east window. Vera, mv little girl lour years old, sat ro king" in one nd Urell, my baby Imy. not two years old, was in the other ; and no b.rds ever sang nd twit-ter.-d more merrily oter their morning bath, than did tht-w children, as they sat rockiuj;. to and fro, enjoying their suubath. . Mrs. Shuler waa unite warm iu her f mv splendid looking child - praises ren. , lhir ng our conversation, I noticed her eyes wander quite frequently to wards them. I notiosl their rocking become slower and slower, and finally cease. Mrs. Shuler said: "Look. Mrs. Ihiymon.L yonr chud rcn are fast asleep, in their chairs!" .Yes," I replied, "they generally go to sleep while taking their sunbath. The warmth of the sun will produce s een when all the narcotics in the drug f,.i-.. liATtf failetL , J..JS'S Jour" 'uat. ni.t to U.I. room?" . ..yeB replied, "here are my choice 'window plants, and hasn't the 8aul.ght brought out the J - t.t'iillv? these rich scarlet lips, these tit Uy . lovel inlrcheeks, "'"7jM,th wh-te brow, and these Sj1Hrtling brown eyes,now veiled by the curUug lashes." . A pleased light began to dawn in h cs. and with a c i Tmiai; smile she asked, "Old the snnli.lit do ail this?" "A very great deal of it," I replie.L Then with a halt teas. ng, half -tender looi, I s-ud, "Plants may have the right soil, and t e proper qnantity of moisture ; tint II tney ilo not have an j ai.nniance ox sunstune they will not tiir ve." With a sudden impulse, she tool my hand and said, "My friend, I thank yon for inviting me to see your choice w n dow plants. Children are, indeed, the choicest of flowers : nd 1 see that you wonld teach me, that a bright snnny room, is just as essential to animal life as to Te etable life. In my thought lessness. I have sacrificed my children's health to the blossoms ou my plants." "Hut it is not too late," "I replied. "Bring Tour children out i:it yonr bright, cheerful room, where they can have floods ot sunshine ; aud you will see the rich color gradually appear on their checks an 1 hps, and tueir hstlesstiess. ludigestiou, and nervous ness wiil vanish, like mist beiore t!;e sun ; while truir merrv laugh and gav soup will make that room more cheerful thai, it ever was be-fore, "Ah! robbed she replied, "how I have ruv children, that my plants mi.ht thrive, but I will make what amends I can." The next week I received a note from Mrs. Shut- r aking if I would do her the kindness to come over that after noon. I went, and on entering her cheer ui parlor, found it converted into th- family room. Mrs. Hhuler said, "I ho I have not presumed ton far on your friendship in sen.lii.g for yon, but 1 was not well enough to go out, and as tou have already giT n me such good advice. I wanted so much to hear y-mr method of clothing nn 1 dietiug your litilroues. Since 1 Lave seen your splen did childrt n, my earnest desire is t- have my own to blossom t-ut in such Jtrfection." Well," I replied, "yon know, in growing i lants there is some ditler cuce. each month, in the manner in which you care for them ; so in die-ting and clothing my children, 1 vary my method, in some way, every month. I cannot give you a correct idea, except by giving you my plan for each month. As this is May, I will tell you what my children eut and wear during the month of May. For breakfast, they have eggs, Oat m al, graham br ad. aud a cap ol fresh aarm milk. I will ti ll you my way cf preparing eg-s for children, as I found it very valuable when 1 first Ix-an to f. e. I Vera. I In-at the eggs until they begin to rise. 1 then add one table spoonful of sw, et milk to each ecg. a pinch of salt, and a tiny pinch of bl.tck p. pjer. Put a sm ul lump of butter iu a pan. allow the butter to get hot, but not scorching hot ; then Pour iu w hip ped eegs and cream, lbrcctlv, it is the consistency of Isuled custard light, moist, and pntfy. .Inst melts away in y.nr mouth, and is delicious. 1 learned this '"T experiment, when I weai.ed Vera, at eleven mouths old. She was very delicate, and 1 cold I find no- food t h it agreed wit'i her. The prepared foods, that I bought, all disagreed with her badly cow's milk seemed almost poison aud we thought our child would die. fome one sug-geste-1 boiled custard, lint the state of her bowels was too bad to give her sweets.so 1 thought of the custard, with sal t and j-epperfor seaionin,iustead of sugar. It old admirably, and I kept her alive, one whole winter, on eirs prepared this way, aud nice, lightbread souke.l in weakened blackberry w ne. These things are lioth astringent aud nourishing, and it was a lucky hit." Who would think she had ever le-eii a delicate child! ishe is a picture of bhaiming health now," interrupted Mrs. Shuler. "So she is, an.l I am trulv thank ful.'' "In sjH-aking ot egirs.let me tell you, that the weakest stomach will Iear eggs iu some form or olher. Mt ba''T was very sick last s . miner. ami vomited everv thing we gave him, until 1 whipped the white of an e.g very liht. added en. nig 1 sugar, nutmeg, and whiskey, to flavor it, and ii nd gave it to him. He liked it, and retained it right away and hi gaii to get better For dinner I generally give thera a little of s-ich vegetal les as we have Cooked; ric and gravy.jierhaps; a little tenderly cooke 1 chicken or beef; and some of the desserts, unless it is some thing very rich ami indigestible and 1 seldom have such dishes on my table. For supper, they have milk and bread, or oi.tmeal and milk. My child ren drink warm milk night and morn ing, an 1 in very cold w.atner I warm it a little, by pouring l olling water in it, if it has been milked so loug as to lio coll. I never give my children pork and cabbage, under any circumstances. In fa t, I give them very little meat of any kind. Meat is too heating; and w hile we may not notice ar.y injurious effects in cold weather, the l.ttle things will pav for it the following summer; and we will won ler how came their littie siomarns so inua.ne i uu um ui order never tiiluKiug oi me io sir -ug diet we gave them IU cold weather." Mrs. Simhr said. "I find more trouble in liu-l ug a suitable diet for hit bat y, lhau f -r the children who are nt teeihing." So we all do," 1 replied, "and I find the best diet for teething children is eggs and milt. I al-o give them some of the cereals; thoroughly cooked, and if they Mmmtive, a ripe apple cr pear, scraped or taked, is ginsi for them. A my children are through teething, I give them a more va"ie 1 diet now, but not a-.y and everything, I cau assure you. I think the hab t of bit- tin.; chillreu to the table, ana giving tii. m everything they cal for. tivihme more towards giving mericuns the : name of a dys ptic people, than any oiuer one iniui. oo o suokiu never lie given hot bread. Th I.n glish seMom ent hot bread, and they are much hardier, as a nation, than Atneri: ana. Their children are half grown liefore they come to the table aud e it a mixture of rich food. They have a table iu the nursery, set with wholesome food, and their childrea eat there. It is true, that many of us cannot afford a nurse and nurw rr, but we can use judgment in Ui - selection of food for our ehtl ireu, always choos ing such things as are nourishing and easily digested. vYe should ln careful in our selection ot vegetables. At this season, nothing is more suitaolo than turnip-greens an.l tomatoes ruv child ren like tin ui, and the. form part of their dinner nearly every day during this month. F'or dessert, rice pud ding with plenty of sweetmilk and eggs and a small lump of butter, is nour ishing and easily digested. I use it vary often during this month. Suitable clothes, axe just as essential to health as suitable food. My child ren's garments are made ol flannel dur ing cool weather. The soft, little woolen shirt, with hitrh neck and long sleeves. Two flan n 1 nndershirts, with long sleeves and hit;h necks, a wmilen dress, and heavv woolen stockinL's, long enough to rcacn above the knee. Theother garments are of cotton flannel except the aprons. When I can't get the children's hose heavy enough, and long enongh to suit me, I get the coloied yarns and knit them, or cut my own down to fit them. ow, I mast go it is getting late." "Oh! how I wish you could stay longer, and tell me how you take care of your children when they are sick." "T haven't time now, but one month fr m to-day, I will tell you how I take care of my children, in sickness and in health. Wuiitan's Work. Too Late. 'Too late, too la, ye cannot enter now! sings Tennyson, of the foolish virgins who weie unprepared for the bridegro nn. There Is no phrase in the lonif voca b lury of s now that has a shaiper sting than 'Too I-ate.' It is the knell if hope, and its echo often leavt-s des pair: sf II ad wo ilsof oiipu or p-n. Th" sadae t are itieie i m uhl have been." If, in a vision, we could behold our selves when, with uutriuimed lamps, we stand, and the words Too Late!' 'reeze our souls w th horror, we could live 'O that to bear them would be iin--s-sible. Who that has lost a friend a forget the coldness that has seized Uj heait as he rememliers acts of com u.ision and omission, siu til in them selves, but which inu-t hav given ln-ten- pain to the heart that can feel earthly pun no mote The roses on the cothn veiy often outline the words 'Too .Late!' A surge of reu embrauce tlools the yearn tug souls as ;t recalls the days that are no nv-re, O death In hie. the days tha are no more" it loa is to I'evole Itselt eutrelv o re pairing the fault if the past. But the roses on a colli u are soulless a ch dn of roses can not reach Heaven. And then comes the thought of praver; and this br ngs hoie aud consolat 'on. It IS not b o late prayer call atoue .or all. It seems ctraiige that any man who has everlo-t a friend should doubt the doc trine ol pr yer for the dead. w..ich is, indeed, 'a holy and wholesome thought.' John Brown's Clothes. The clothes In which John Brown, of Ossawatouiie was hane I, are in p ssession of a Itroikiyn undertaker. Jacob M. Hopper, an 1 his cotliu was aiso there until twelve mouths ;-go, when it was chopped up by niis ta e. Alter the hanging the body, la the same ragged, shot-, nldled clothes in which John Jlrown had made his last light, was p aced in a walnut coflin ar.d given to a Charlestown undertaker. Throngh the influence of the agents of Northern friends the colliu was secretly sin. (d ou board a uorth-bound steamer and in due time arrived in New York Theie Jacob Hopper was on hand to receive it and reiuov-d the colliu to his Mew Y'ork rooms, 103 Jlowery. John Ilrown's bo ly was properly reclothed by the undertaker and a new casket made for it slid sliipi-e 1 to North Klbo, where it was buried. The old cothn and the tatte el clothes were brought from New Y'ork and secrete! in the cellar of Undertaker Hopper's rooms in Iiiookl.n. There they remained tor nearly tlur y years, until, iu a clearing up which was instituted 1 i the cellar during Mr Hopiier's absence, the cothn was broken to pieces aud carried away. The clothes are still in the undertaker's lK)-se.ssio;. T will swear to the part I had in the disitosal of John Urown's body,' said Mr. Hopiier. -It s a fact. Ills bo ty as not mutilated, but his clothes were torn as if they had been cut with bayo nets.' The Curse of Fame. Poor Dr. Holmes! It is no wonder he wauls jieople to stop trying to write poetry, when, as he says, ho has for the last thirty years received a vol line of jsieins or a poem, printed or in manu script, nearly every day. Then he adds amiably: "Of 'me I liave found it Im possible to re. d critically all the literary producth ns, i . orose aud veise, which have heiied Ihemseives on every ex posed surface or my librarv, like snow , drifts aloi g the railroad tracks block ing my literary pathway so that 1 can hirdly find my daily paiers." Can good nature go farther than this? Has the good doctor no energetic friend who w II clear h s library of these dri ts and bundle them all into a bonDre? Think of the conceit, tin imp rtinence and utter want of kindly consideration of the senders! Definitions of Bible Terms A geiali was one cent. A cab was three pints. An ouier was six p uts. A shekel of gold was S3. A tii kin was -ven pints. A fart Id ii.; was three cents. A bilei.t of cold was i:l.8n9. A talent o. silv r was $iS.HO. A cubit waa m arly 22 inches. Fzektel's reed was nearly 11 feet. A bin was one gallon aud two pints. A mite was less than one-fourth a cent. A shekel of silver was about fifty CrlllS A piece of silver, or penny, was 13 -eiits. A finger's breadth as equal to one inch. A "Grippe" Coincidence. A rather si ugu'ar coincidence is noted by Congres-ma.i Margau, of Missis sippi, in reterence to the api trance of the "gripiie" during Ilani-oa's- term. "I remember vry well." he said, "in my tioyhood that after the election of Hartison and Tyler, and after the death of Harrison, when Tyler had become President aud wai overturning things in a political way. that au epidemic of inline za swept over the country, just as it is do.ng now. - It had the same n mie, too, the gripjie, aud I rernem lr that everywhere it was f poken of as 'the Tyler grippe.' Il was the same sort of thing as we have now, and it Is a little odd that it should come bick :igain during the term to which another Harrison was elected in it.' Lady (cailiuir on friend) Oh, isn't it splendid? I have made six calls, and you are the only one I've found at home. .ly Papi'i Asieep." The 'at her was dea.l t ey laid him Alt ralm in his c- lKu b-sl. 1 eliisril his eyes and arranged him In the siooiuy garb of ine dtiad. i!." s'ricken were tt-arfu iy kneeling, V." ii haul in the d iik-iilnu nlooui, V.'; en his t.-est 1iTi-. baby Cams utealillg Into that sih-xiT. room. Her fHep was cliild-lik- aud fnarleos, Ah fche t-iili?rtKi tliat n.-irrowtul place. And herejes ers lanhlu.' and tearless As she looke.1 on the motionless taco. . .oik -bou thy last and love him I h u pool little sbiMihenlless sheep, for she hin g like a ri.--hud alove him. xnd whisperisi "ily papa's asleep." Loath was the batwi to forsake him. And forth from the silent one creep, Kir lihe loyally wouh'.ii't awak- him. For the iaiher she loTtsi was asleep. A COMEDY OF EURORS. The fast-growing cus'om of wealthy Sew Y'otkeis coming over to England ud renting cdu.. trv -houses has lately til to au amusing ocoiu relic-, the fa -ts l which ni'uh'. b- prolitabiy worked i to a scene in a novel or a play. It ei-tas that two tine count ry-hou-es. 1 .ich surround d b a splendid puk and s tuated close 1 1 each other, iu one oi t-iu- home conn .cs, are severally owned by a 'Mrtain peer, whom we snail call t .a- Earl of lVricullis. and by a certaiu hironet, whom we shall call Sir Itod i rick Biennerhassett. The nobleman's Iiai-e is called firasslan I l'.uk; that of t e b iroin t Oakden Manor. Sometime t' iiring the autumn mouths, both Lor I Portcullis aim S r Roderick, for reasons f quite a liisti'iet character, deter miuid tositeud i he winter ou the conti nent anJ to let their bouses lor six iu nths. To that end. tney put the tsiuses in the bauds of two West End i oiisi'-agents to lie let, and, ere loug Mittsfactorv tenants weie found iu the l-isonsof two New Y'ork families. It should be remarked that neither house agent was awar-that the other house -asfor rent. So that when the two New Y'ork faui'liesapplied to each, oi.e was told that Sir It xlei ick was a near I-. ljhls.r, while the other was informed that the Earl of I'oitcull s lived lieu bv. A house owned by an earl, with a lurotiet next d-o . suited one Anglo- maniac down to the ground, while a h use owned by a b ironet, w th au e.trl next door, exactly tided the bill for the other. X (thing coii d be better, ltent, accommodation, aul habitable condi tion were minor cousideratiot s in ' ot i cas. s, aud the houses were taken m stautly. s, (Jrass'and I'ark fell to Mr. Schuy ler Van Winkle and Oak-leu Manor to Mr. Hir.m T. Iia-sett. Noveuil saw each ueiitlemau with bis family in resi dence. Now. the Van Winkles aud BasseUs, though lioth New Y'orkers, imI not know each other. The Van w inkles were u and of the world-fa-nious Four II uidred. The Uassetts Were not. That was sufficient. The Van Winkles co sisled of Mr. and Mis. anil their dauirh'er Julia, a handsome, high-bred girl of two and twenty, who had been nearly but not qu te a belle n New Y'ork society lor a couple of seasons. The Bassett family was made up of Mr. and Mr1., their daughter Dora, a pretty but somewhat loud voung lady of nineteen, and their s u iliram T Jr, commonly designated ! motif; his family and intimate frieuds s 'Hi. lA-t us hark back to November, when the 'an AViukies and Basset's have been in res.dence abauta fortnight. 'I'm oiisiderahly d isap(iointed,' says Mrs. Bas-ett, one inoining at break fast; 'I've been overhauling the card leceiverand 1 fiutl there isn't a Binyh title among them all.' 'All double ones, eh'i" asks Hi, who thinks himself a wit. His mother does not deign to notice lilin; Mr. Bassett reads in silence ihe Iiudou moining paper while he eats (.l e could not do a more uti-Engl.sh thine if lie tried), and lora says: 'How very provoking! What cau be tiie reason? I'm afraid the liouse-ageiit tooti us in. lie said Loid Portcullis liveil very near.' 'Y'es, I know he did. Perhaps I've overlooked him. Let me ha e anoth r try,' and Mrs. Basset t, with a Iioim-IuI look iu her eyes, produces the china caid-receiver iroiu her lap beneath the tai.le-cioth, and spreads ihe contents out, one by one, on the table in front of her, pnshi- g aside hrr plate to make loom. '.No, 1 was ri-Thi. ineies no I name of that soit. As I say,' and s' e I g.Uhe.s the cards and throws them i ibslaiiitally b-ick m o tie receiver. 'there is not a sing e title among them. T- e Ear! of l'orlcu li.",' sas Dora, meditatively; 'I wonder I wonder ' 'Well, wiiat lo you wonder?' asks her u-o.her, with some misgivings as to the dr ft of her daughter's cogitations; 'if he's a myth'r' 'My, no!' exclaims l)ora; I know better than that. Our groom knows one of his lordship's gi'suns very well. Only if Lord Emlihed knows Inui.' Mr. Bassett looks up quickly from his pa-r. 'What about Loiu Emtihed? he asks. 1 only saul I wondered if ho knew Lord Portcullis.' 'Who's Ind Portcullis?' 'How tiresome you are, papa! lie's Lo d Portcul.is -or the Earl of Poit cuilis, if you like it bet er. That's ail I know almut hnu, except that he lives al tirassliud Park.' Oh, yes. to lie sure. That's the man. lfoigethis name. By-tlie-bye, I saw 1 1 i in out driving to-day. That is to say, he drove out of the iiaik gates as I ii iKissing in my four-iu-haud coach. A tall, handsome, distingue-looking man, aud he had a mighty p etty daughter .it least, 1 presume she was.' What? Pretty or bis daughter?' queries Hi. Both, at.swers Mr. Bas'ett, with an annhi at.ng nod al his son; 'anything turther to offer?' Hi has Hot. and his lather goes on. I guess,' he begins ith one of those laises back to Ins natural i..d.viduali!y, not common with the average Anglouianiac. 'What?' cry Mrs. Barrett aud Dora u a breath. 4 -h?- sav s Mr. Bassett; 4what? Oh! Well, I fancy it was the earl. He looked like an Enijlis. man, anyhow.' 'Of course it was,' says Mrs. Barrett; who else cuuid it be? And there is a jvife there must be, ot course. If there's i daughter.' 'Y'es. a wife, daughter and son,' re-narl-s Dora; 'so tie rge our groom, o i know says I wish I had a Peer-i-e." Whers Is it? Lost it?' a-sks her iot!;er, anxiously. 'No. Forgot to pack It.' 'Of all things to forgetl' exclaimed Irs Bassett; "we're in a pretty fix now I' 'I'll telegraph up to London for one at once,' says Mr. Bas-ntU 'I'm not" talkit g of the 'Peerage,' ' leplies Mrs. Bassett; 'I mean what are we to do about these people not call ing?' 'dive a ball aud invite them all,' suggests Hi. "It does seem so unfair such awful hard lines, after coming over hern aud tikiiig a house and every thing,' be moans Do a; vve might have done as well if we'd stayed in New Y'ork.' 'Better,' replies her mother; 4we made Lord Euitihtd's acquaintance there. How fortu- ate, too, that he is awav in Spain, traveling. 'Who told you that?' asks Hi, with a suspicious smile. ou know perfectly well papa was to!d so when he went to call ou him in Loudon,' says Dora, impatiently. All I know is, I saw li s name in the M truing Post the other day among the guests slaying at somebody's country house.' 'Utterly impossible!' exclaims Mrs. Bassett; 'he's In Itaiy no S,-am.' I'd teli you what,' savs Mr. Bassett, presently, wih a burst of enthusia. ui, 'why not take th bull by the horns and call yourself? If will look as if you were reti.riiiiig their call. Swells "like that tortret who th y've called uKn, aud will t'dnk it all light.' 'Not a bad idea,' assents Mrs. Bas sett; 'iheie's no Ling like asserting your self iu i his world. Y'ou never heir of the keei-back3 anywhere. Y'e, well call tuls very afternoon. Thank you, ray dear, for the suggestion.' It's very odd,' remarks Mr. Schuyler Van Winkle, that same afternoon, as he and his wife and daughter are to gether in the drawing room at tiassland l'.uk, uwa ling the siroke of live for tea t be brought in. lie has t een conning over a long sheet of palter which he holds in his hand, and takes off his eye-ulasses as he looks up. " 'What is?' asks Mrs. Van Winkle. 'Why, that the B.euuerhaasetts haveu't called upoii us.' 'Io you mean the people that live at Oakden Manor?' Yes.' 'Haven't they called upon us? Xo, I remember now, they have not. Thev are the only teople, though. I can't at all make It oui,' goes on Mr. Van Wi kie; 'every one else has called. Why shouldn't they?' 'Perhaiia they have heard we are Atnei leans ,' sii.'gesU Miss Julia. 'i'h. it should be no reason, ' replies her lather. 'There are some English people who don't like Aineri "aus. I know. Don't you leiueiuber lho-e jteople at Cannes last year, who ret used to tie introduced to us, or, rather, refused to allow us to lie introduced to them? Nasty, hateful thniiisl' Mr. Van Wink e winces both at the unciiiuplimeutarv reminder and at tiie pronounce 1 American' in his daugh ter's coi-clndiug words. Y-3, 1 remember them,' he replies. loftily; 'but 1 don't altogether blaiue them.' Why. papa?' iou forget the sort of Americars they had coiis antly before them, my dear Julia. Vulgar, purst -proud, push ing iieople. They suppo ed us to be the suni. , no doubt. I'm sorry they did not give us the opportunity of sluwing t hem the contrary,' he adds, drawing hlhiss-lt up. 'Bui, my dear, haveu't we carefully avoi led letting our nationality l-e known? 1 thought you sa;d we were not to tell anyone we were American-,' i,iys Mrs. au 'V inkle. 'Certainly 1 paid so.' says Mr. Yau Winkle; 'alter people got to know us 1 thought would be time enough to tell them what we were.' 'I'm sure I've told uo one,' urges Mrs. au ink If. 'Nor have I,' adds Julio. '1 leei confident that no one ha round it out lrom me.' says .Mr. au Winkle, moudlv. It is certainly very strange,' ob- 1 seives Mr. Van Wink.e; "the house- aenl tola u they were 'he nicest, p o pie in the neighborhood, next of course to the Portcullis fan ily.' At l hat moment the rumble of car riage wheels sound on the gravel of the drive. 'Perhaps it's the Blenin rhassetts now,' says Julia, risii.g quickly and going to one of the windows, as a car riage drives past in the dun light with out; 'yes, it's a brougham and p ir Willi coachman and fooliuan, with cock ades iu their hats. O.' course it must lie thein. Talk of the et catera, et i-ieter i. 'I trust you have not instructed Wat kms to say i ot at home,' fays Mr. Van Winkle, as he pubs down his shirt-culls ami wipes some specks of dust from his coat-sleeve; iakii.g at the same time a tlnnce at his scaif iu the mirror over the chimney-piece. 'I am most a ixious to meet these iieople.' Before Mis. Van Winkle can reply, the door is thrown ojieu and the butler's lips move in the arl.ciilal on of an an nouncement whose phonetic t-ffe.'t upon the ears of bis listeners is: 'Assetan' ss '.iss tt!' An!' tuuim ti Mr. Van Winkle to himself, as Mrs. Bassett and Do a march majestically into the room; 'the Bieniierhas e'.ts at la tl' After mutual greetings of lnteusest British fngi.ily In t e ulteiance of 'How d'ye uo'a and the mechanism of its haiid-shal.ings, lot h sides doing their best tt api-ai' English to the other liarty, Mr-. Van Winkle says: 'It is so good of you to come and see us.' 'Y'es, we have been wondering why you didn't cull,' Julia adds. Mrs. Bassett and Dora exchange glances. 'Of course It is some new English custom for stra- gers to call first, thinks Mrs. Bassett; 'I uiusu't apjs-ar to be ignorant of il. How lucky we camel' Y'ts?' she says aloud; 'it's very good of you to say so. I'm sure. We should have called before, but several things prevented.' 'We are so anxious to see Oakden,' remarks Julia; 'it's such a hue place we he-' Well, yes; it isn't a bail sortot place,' repl ed Dora; 'we should have prefer ' She stojis short at a glauce lrom her mother, prefaced by the usual admoni tory, and premonitory 'A-liem!' I beg your pardon?' demands Mr. Van Wlukle, bending forward in his ciiair to listen, much to Dora's discom fiture, for she doesn't see her way out ol the faux pas she has all but made. '1 don't know what it is,' she says to herself, 'but it must be something wrong, from mamma's face.' Her mother comes to her rescue: "Do you mean to say you have never been there?' she asks; 'how very odd. Mrs. Van YViukle is vaguely con scious that Julia's remark was an inop portune one, anil favors her daught r with a glance in accord with her feel ings In consequence. '1 ast said, soonest mended,' is her mental conclusion, and 'Do you think so?' is all she says. 'Why, certainly,' liegins Mrs. Bas- Sitt, and then suddenly recollecting herself, not without the aid of Dora's elev.ited eyebrows, turns very red and coughs. Mr. Van Winkle lakes the remark as an intentional bit of quizzing, tie is angry at what he Is pleased to consider an affront, and vexed that his national incognito should have been so unsuc cessfully maintained. It couldn't be anything I've said,' he says, comfortingly, to hinDsel". 'I've said nothing but "How d'ye dor' and I beg your pardon,' since they came in. Any Englishman might say as much. Perhaps.' he ruminates further, 'she's picked It up on the continent some where troni some Americans she has been thrown with, and feels ashamed of herself for using the expression to us. I snail take that view of it, at all events.' Meanwhile, Dora endeavors to help her ui ither out. A sih-n'-e has ensued which is painful to all parties, and iu a nervous anxiety to break t. she says the hrst thing which comes into iter head: 'I don't believe J'ou would think much if Oakden. In my opinion there are dozens of oi l manor houses on the Hud- sou much prettier.' 'There again!' exclaims Mr. V an Winkle; 'it must be intent onal this time. One can't resent it in one's ow n hoi.se except by a snub, and there Is no greater snub than ignoring a remark I' ll changing the subject, no matter how apropos of nothing the introduc tion of he new topic may l e. Bye-the-bve,' he says aloud, 'how is Sir Roder ick'!" r Koderick?' asks Mrs. Bassett, liaz.lv; 'do you mean I Sir Koderick. 1 trust he is quite well?' ; Ye-es. I believe so. I don't know,' j answers Mrs. Bassett. Then he's aiv.iv from home?' savs Mr. Van Winkle, In a painfully dlsap- i pointed voice. ; Oh, yes; be s away from home,' re-plie-i Mrs. Bass tt, laughing. 'How fond the English aie of dialling,' she says to herself; 'I must enter into it,' j hat the dickens cm there lie to laugh at?' thinks '.'r. Van Winkle; 'it i is the one great fault the only fault, , indeed I notice in English iieople. I They turn every thing into a subject for their levity.' 'Are you g ling up to the drawing-! room?' asks Mrs. Van Winkle, anxious S lo say something and forgetful that theie are no lourt functions in the win ter. In the correction of her mistake 1 by the others, the conversation assumes a congenial tone and flows ou without check or hitch un'il tea is brought in. 'Pray stay and have tea,' s.ijs Mrs. Van Winkle, as Mrs. Bassett and Dora 1 ise to go. ' Thanks, awfully,' answers mother j and daughter in a breath, aud sit down again. j 'i'lve o'clock lea Is such a charming custom,' observes Dora, taking her cup from Mr. Van Winkle and helping her- i self to the cream and sugar he bauds' her. "We aie awfully fond of iu' j 'So are we,' Julia says; 'I think It: makes such a elightful event, e pe- i cially wln-n the days are short and there I is nothing else do.' I "It has liecome quite a custom in j America," goes on Dora. "This is more than accident,' men tally exclaims Mr. Van Winkle; 'it is j th- thud tune. They must know, or susjh ct at all events, and are trying to catch us.' Neither Mrs, Van Winkle nor Julia si aks. It is one of those occasions with them wheu silence is golden. 'Y'es, Indeed, continues Dora, who, conscious of au ominous A-heni,' does no'- dare to h okut the frown which st.e knows is puckering her mother's face; l can rememuer the tune when you never ' 'Dora, my dear, we must be going,' an I Mrs. Bassett sta- ds up abruptly. 'So sorry you have lo go,' smiles Mis. Van Winkie; "it is so very good of you lo have come to see us. ('What charm ing maimers the English aristocracy have,' Hunks Mis. I asset LJ 'I hoiie : We shall see a good deal of each other.' 'Thanks, aw tully,' thus Do: a ami her mother say; 'good-bye. 'I can't sav that, 1 care very much for them,' Mr. Van Winkle says a:t-r they have gone; '1 thought their con stant reference to America very rude ' i "o did f,' concurs Julia; 'they were ' quizzing us the w ho e tune and sunt i 'eniig laughs. I never saw an tiling ! like it.' I'm glad you uoti ed it,' says her ; father; 'I don't think we need return i the ca.l.' ! 'And yet,' reran ks Mrs. Van Wm j kle; t might show that they never silt. I pected us. ' ' I 'ei ha; , 'sav s Mr. Van Winkle; 'I'll i think it over. ' 'Uiite delightful eop'.e,' says Mis. ; B-t-srtt, lying back aiU 'inr the coinior'. ! a'i.e cush.onsof he- b ougham, as it j bowls down the broad avenue; 1 think we made a good imp ession. If any I thing spodel it, it was your couliuual reference to America.' 'Why, certainly,' remarks Dora, qun t!y. Fat. Growing fat seems to be a constitu tional and hereditary iitra r, and to de pend very little on one's own personal habits, or the amount that one eats ami drinks. Alihoumh at his death I'auiel Lanihert weighed i:. r than seven hundred poiin Is, ami wai not quite six feet tall his vast bui',: never, however, seeming to incommode him yet when he weighed over lour hundred be. walk ed long distances with less fatigue than was endure 1 by hi-i companions who weighed comparatively nothing, and unt.l shortly b fore his death he was active in field exercises. He never spent much time in beil, sleeping less than eight hours iu the twentv-four, was a moderate eater, and drank only water, and still, iu sp te of all tins, he went on accumulating adipose in a w ay that leads one to inquire seriously if ea'ing, and drinking, and indolence, and self-indnlgeuce have really a great deal to do with the laying on of fat. JCnhange. A Self-txtlnguishlng Candle. A candle has recently l-eu brought out that extinguishes itselr after it has burned for an hour. Th.s is done by a liny extiuguish-r of tin which is fas tened in the wax by wires and which effectually irforms its task. It Is only necessary to remove this diminutive ex tinguisher when its work is done, and the candle is ready to burn another hour. NEWS IN BRDZF. It Is l ot gene-ally known that Dr. S. Fiimore Bennett, the author of the weli-known hymn, "The Sweet By and By," s Lying in his old aae in an ob scure town in Illinois. At a recent b 11 in London the electr o light was arranged to vary in color, being alternately red, blue, green aud yellow. The ladies didn't like it, as it ruined in alternation the effect of their costumes The great tower of the Cathedral of Uim is at hist ou the eve of comple tion. The tower when tinished will be 5J4 feet high, which exceeds the height of St. Paul's in Hamburg. The cele bratiou will pr bably take place on th" 30th of June next. The instruction classes in lauDdry work iu England have proved a great success as well as a great benefit and have raised the standard of the work. It is a scheme tha'. might be copied to advant ge, also to give Instruction in other kin s cf household wotk. The fir-t tieruiau Catholic church to be lighted electrically is the grand old cat: elrid nt sini-burg. Arc lights have been used oulsl le with tine effect, and it is stated that many of the noble lines of toe architect are are accent ra ted by u-glit as they never have been by day. A new museum will soon lx started in Paris, to lie known as th? Mus-ua of the French Arniv, and to comprise ancient uniforms, equipments, arms and every tl ing relating to the history of I'rein h re intents. Au enormous amount of material h-s already been secured. Thunder sbirms Pie more freque-tt in Java than iu anv other part o the globe On an average they occur In the island on in etv--cven days in Ihe year. In E gland t e average marks thunder storms on nltoiit seven days In the sir only half the number record ed in France. The little island of Iceland, 300 miles loiu aii'l nm broad, and isolated from Ihe great couth. ent of ci viliz ition, is found t i have as gieat a iiiiiiib- r of newsj aiiers as ate punted in the ver nacular tongue of th 'empire of China. The hi'Wspap is of Iceland are pub lished at a point farther ui rlhtlian any other j 'lunals in evidence The Din hes.s of Westminster, whose husband is the richest in. in m England. I In ds heiself tillable lo give tflmi a year for live years towards a scholarship at ! Ihe Fein.de School of Art, London. She ! writes t,hat she "has so many claims" S upon her, and that when she subscritiel to the fund she did know tiial it was to ru i live years. 1 A woman has been found living In New Y'ork city w hose expeuo average lour cents a day. She makes button holes - when she can get them to make ; and finds that the revenue derlvel fiom her toii compels her lo tlepeii I lor sustenance on biead without butter. i mid tea wilho it miik. A five cent loaf uf bread lasts her two days. There Is a very carious stone about which very little is ev r heard. It is called tlie "Alexandrite" in honor of Alexander of K is-si.i, w ho was very f ttid of hem. Iu the daytime they re semble an emerald, except that t hey are somewhat darker, but at night they are a d ep, purplish red. They are found in Iudia.and, like all rare stones, vary much in their qualities. Henry M. Stanley is in the field for "bond 1." lie sail to a friend be fore he left A men -a in si-arch of Kmlu Fashi: "I'm getting past middle lile. I have not s.. ed a cent. My books and lectures slut uy me within th6 next live eais enough to make my oh! age comfoi table. This African expedition is for money, not glor." Our impoitsof merchandise for the year ls'.tij were tTTo.OU'MMXJ, and our exports rilT .iii'0,'Mn. This Is a good showing s-1 far as il goes, but then we sent abroad t."'-."ll",,J0 more gold and silver than we received from other cou'dr.es. which about evens up the balance shet-t for the year. If the new tnr.ff bill goes through, as is most probable, we hoie that a year after it goes into operation we shall show a large balance of tiade In our favor. I he champ!- in fine-hand writer or the World is tieiievcd lo lie Mr. Rlla Kilt'-ridge. who resides at Belfast, Maine. He Is ye.ns old, but has written the I. n I's Praver six times re-p- at' d ou the spa e covered bv a sbver tive-ceht piece, Willi h is at the late of o.ljuO wonts ou a postal card. He has written the L- r .'s 1'iayer on a space o three-sixloenlhs ol an inch, and says he w.ll come un ler a contract lo put :! t,0 0 words on a (Hist.il caid. Mrs to n. tiiant has a girl's fond ness tor candy, and she alwai.3 has a box on hei wut hg ties wMle engaged in wr ting, she is at her desk three or four hours daily now, being e: ga ed in tlie pieiaiation or memoirs and corres poinli iice. in w hich she Is be ng assisted by her son .Ies.se. who came back from C.iiilor .ia, where he was engaged In uiinin : and farmii g, for this es;tecial purpo-e. The rare metal, uranium, a lode of which was discovered in a Cornwall (Eng.) mine recently, has Iteen de veloid, ami is lielieved to lie extremely valuable. II t herto the only source of . uranium has b en is tiate'i pockets aud ! patches. The Cornwall works expect to turn out about a half a tou ot metal ' a w.'ek. Ow ng to its great scarcty the market price has been abort $2,000 per bin. It is t' ought I. at it w.ll be highly valuable to electric il engine-rs. i A correspondent hears from Japan that th- latesl western iruovatiou in , that land of flex b. lily and innovation is a sjsteui of rail w iy book-stalls at all the principal railway stations in the imp. re, which an enterprising book ee ler in Tokio lias dec:drd to lntro duce. The Japanese aie a nation of readers, but the. are, indeed, far fiom being a nation of travelers, but. foitu n i lei labor and the mateiia's re cheap, so thai the pionei-i of the new s; stem dim-, not ns v veiy much A strange battle ;s te;sirted to have lately '.iv en p ac iu T(jklo, l;iaiu "A sire un i uus tmoug'i Ihe coniioitud of Tubukuji Teinp'.e at Sugatuo, and some hunUieds of bui. -flogs githeied ou either bank. I hen a teinTc battle ensued, lasting from 9 A. M., to 4 P. M., and it is stated that when 'he i jm- bat was liuished ti e 1 iOik was blocked ' to such an etli-nt w.th tlie lsjl.es of : tl.e slain that the c uirse of Ihe water was aln. jtt lotah lhijieled. Large numbers of p -o.ile v ite i the place to w.tiisss t'..e .-U.mg-; j eciacle." i'-fnu'ir power I now liemg applied to the munuf in tire of seamless steel iHiats. Il is contended thai, m every ' respect, tlie sc-eiaiess steel boat will be supetiorlo the wooden one, and the cost of the one will not I matertallt greater than that of the ether. i. K t. 2 '. fr! t-Jst
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