geiitfcu. B. V. SOU WEI ER. THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION-ANI) THE EXFORCEMKKT OF THE LAW'S. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. WAY MIFFLIN TO W IS , JUNIATA COUNTY. WSNNA.. "WEDNESDAY. JULYl). NO. 'Ji. NATURAL POLITENESS. a. Characteristic of tn Ponl of Sweden. The I eautiful politeness end ooart tty of the Swedes themselves is thing that ' r7 striking to visitors, says a writrr iu Temple Bar. They here lre Assortment of bows, bobs, ooartes i, t and hat-liftings, according to age aud f t, but this lifting of hat to mere snuaiutauce reaches, I fancy, mach j,,er down in the social scale than r w. re iu Europe. It looks odd to the butcher boy in a bloaaa elabor ate! r taking off his hat to the baker's sistaut. I Buspeet, on examination, S.diah hats would le found to con tain a little eitra stiffening in order to ruahle them to stand the wear and tear of these greetings. j I u one occasion, when going by ateamlat to I'paaia, I noticed a Tery ijimuit earnple of this national trait. T!m Kti HruUiat, as it nears L'psala, - . V. . I. .11. . I 1 p lse i ii i " iv ii u.i, " diwiuw . en, urn ,,( tlio Malar lake, where the depth of t.r is institlicient to allow of the I i-lt lw ni landed in the ordi nary wanner, directly on to landing stages, and they have to le taken on li..re in small I .oats. The ferryman, . :i shipping hit complement of passen ger, would first take a dozen strokes , r iu order to clear the screw of the strntui r, and then would carefully lay aside h a oars, rise from his Beat, auil take off his hat with a solemn Itow to the people sitting in the s'ern whom l.ri had taken off the deck of the steam er. He would then row on ag-iin and put tin m ahore. This did not occur as an isolated instance, but regularly .wry time the passengers had to be landed by shore boats. I am afraid urii.iiir English railway guards and i...rters, whom I bad hitherto imagined t.. le tlie iHwt mannered people on the planet, would not bear comparison with t ! nature's gentlemen. Lord Ches terfield himself would scarcely be in the rauLing. Fanned for tne Baby. 1! mothers knew the immense saving i.t tr.'iil.le that there is in dressing a lu.tiy in tisnuel altogether, eTen put ting out of the .(Ue-tion its great physi cal l-u. fit to the child, it would be s trottg argument in its favor. Every mother knows the quantity of washing there is to be dot e where there is a Inly, of which the atarcbiug and ir-u.iiK' is not the leant part of the tri.uMe. All this U done away with hei e flannel is used. Half an hoar . r Us will suffice to wash a Why's vh le flannel wardrobe. S..tn will think that to provide a " ette" entirely of flannel must be a very expensive proceeding; but it need imt be so. There will not le required many varment of flannel as there sir of -ott..u or linen, ami they last much longer, ami they do not reqnire niit thing like the same amount of tine --ing iu the making. It is ridiculous the amount of time some yonnir un thi rs spend in preparing their first lavrt e. Hours are passed with head l-ut, shoulders stqed and eyes !-truiel. manufacturing "rmntl ss tucks an ! trills to linen shirts and petticoats !i. rotes. that after all. are only to in jure the little creature for whom they arc prepared. Hi- re is oiten a mnch jent in the purchase of Useless lace for the adorn ment of these nusauitary garments as "iiM purcl ase a year's supply of rum l'its'le, health-preserving flannels. Ainl it need uot )e Hiippoeeil that flan !! garments must Ims ngly ones. They iii l..-nr a gr st ileal of ornamentation it th.- maker of theiu fe Is ho disposed. l'hi-T enu le stiaed prettily, aud can . lulirni.l. re.l either witli silk or that ttii llir.-s.l kuown as flourishing rot t a. I'.ut let them be tumid rationally. hat vrou n-np man or woman wouh' I..) atu.ut with bare legs, arms an 1 neck: And, if grown people would not wear tli:s kind of dress, why should we make yming children adopt it? It is a relic f hsrharism. llecause the child's a ins look pretty, no account is taken to ho it may suffer from this absurd Canity. Kveu women who go to part. i s uith their necks and shoulders bare iMve some wrap to throw round them ueu coming away, bat children ran from one room to the other in cool venther when the house is not heated; ti.ev run out on the hall-door steps with their throats ami chests exposed to the cold, mid what wonder then lieu illness follows The l.adj. Sleeolng In the Woods. Imagine yonr bed-chamber of odor- i us bark and your bed of pungent i onghs. Your couch made under ii.uriiiuring trees and within a few yards i t the Iaily-moving water, whose mo- t :ih caress rather than chafe tbe shore. Mi etched vour full length on such a u uch, spread in such a place, the pro cess of falling as eep becomes an ex I erieuce. You lie and watch yourself to ot.serve the gradual departure of your senses. iJttle bv little vou feel yourself pa-sing away. Slowly and taailv as an ebbing tide vou lxgin to puss into the dim and insensible realm eruiul the line of leeliug. At last a niotueut comes in which you know you are passing over the very verge of con sciousLess. ion are aware that you are about to fall asleep. Your cheek hut partly interprets the cool pressure "f the night wind; your ears drowsily aurr.n.l.-r the lingering murmur each and pine; yonr eyes droop their lids little by little; your nos slightly aeiises the odor of the iinv air, as yon uiechamcally draw it in; the chest falls as it passes as mechanically out, and then vou are asleep, the boars pass. and still you aleep on. The louv. in obedience to some oocult law of force ituin the insensiblu frame, still keeps p its respirations; but yoa are sonie Uere sleeping. At "last the pine shove you. in the deep hush which pre cedes the coming of dawn, stills its uiouotony, and alienee weaves its airy eh amid the motionless stems. The ater falls asleep. The loon's bead is nu.ler its spotted wing, and the owl be comes mute. The deer ha left the Itore and lies curled in its nioasy beL '1 he rats no longer draw their tiny wake across the creek, and the frogs have C ased their croaking. All is quiet. In the profound qniet and unconscious of it ail the sleeer sleeps. What such leepiug is! And what a minUtry is being nuuistered unto the mind and Kxly throiiuu tbw ctK.l, pure air, pungent with guiumv o lors and s'rong with the 'ueli of 'he hI and the oot-Lvsd Uuuad he underljing earthl WEALTH OF U- 9. Queer Facte About Money. How many peop'e know bow much there la in this country of what people call iuouey., how much in go 1 ami silver coin, and how much in green li ks and other paper currency bearing tbe stamp of the L'uiteO ."Stites Govern ment? Very few. Inquiry at the i rettury Departiueut discovers the fact that thete Is, all told, just a little over lu billious. or between f JO and $40 tpie e for every man, woman and child in the UuiteJ Males. Of this a little r.ver one-half Is In gold and stiver coin, MU'T a little le3S than one-half in paper of Various kinds. Of the metal money jaboul two-thirds are in gold, and oue (ihird in silver. Of the paer about one ftlnrd is in United States notes or green "backs, oue-fourth lu silver c rtiticates, oue-aixth in gold certificates, one-fifth tin uational bank notes, and the remain der lu various denominations. Hut the S2.0.HJ, OO.y)-U of United States currency are not all in circula ttiou among the people, iloie than .one-third is locked up In the Treasury building, and that Is tbe normal slate 'of things. One half of all the gold and three-fourths of all t' e silver Is locked up in the Treasury. The circulating ine tium lu use among the people is ttiree-fourlhs paper, the largest volume laring the greenbacks, with sliver cer tilicates next, then national bank notes, then gold certificates. Hut we would not be doing just.ee if w3 did uot say that there was more cold in circulation than any one kind of pa(r. What a dtsprvpoitiou between tbe amount ot weaith and the auiouut of money lu the United States! All the money in the countiy, luclud ug what Is locked up in the Treasury would not be sufficient to buy the real esta e and the personal property in the city of Washington. Americans are not in the habit of carrying all their weaith in their pocket- books, and that is why American money is worth ceut per Cent all the world over. The largest greenback extant is worth $10,000, and there ts only one such note In existence. Of 5-,000 notes there are seven, and when you come down to the ordinary, every-day $1,000 note, there's millions in it," Quotations From Garfield. After the battles of arms comes the battle of history. For the noblest man that lives there stilt remains a conflict. I would rather be beaten in right than succeed in wrouj. Present evils always seem greater than those that never come. (.row Hi is belter than permanence. aud teruiaiieut growth is belter tluiu all. It Is one of the precious mysteries of sorrow that it buds solace In seltlsli thought. Statesmanship consists rather in re moving tbe causes thau in punishii g or 'evading results. Great Ideas travel slowly, and for a time noiselessly, as the gods whose feet were shod with wool. Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war lliat has no Ideas be hind it la simply brutality. Eternity alone will reveal to the human race its debt of gratitude to the peerless and Immortal name of Wash ington. It Is as much the duty of all gixal men to l-rotect and defend the leputa- tion of worthy public servants as to de tect public ra-s als. Throughout the whole web of na tional existence we ti ace the goideu thread of human progress toward the higher and better estate. Occasion may be the bugle call that summons an army to name, out me blast of a bdgle can never make soldiers or win victories. The Pooes. Leo XIII is the -2o3 pope, a fact sel dom thought of when the great pon tiff s name is mentioned. Ul llie total 2."k successors of St. l'eter 15 have been Frenchmen, 13 have been Greeks, rt have i-eu Syrians, 0 have claimed li r maiiy as their birth place, 5 have bailed Iroui Spain. 2 were fioui Africa, 2 from Savor, which was also tLe number sent by Fnglaud, Sweden, Dalmatia, Hol land. 1'ortugal and Crete. Italy caps th climax with a total of 104, all since 1523 having been selected from among the Italian card uala. Fight of the number did not live a month after succession; 40 lived less than a year, and 22 more died when they had been less than two years ou the pontit cial throne; 54 between four and live years; 57 when they had rwlgned lesi thau teu years; 51 before they had finished the fifteenth year, and 14 died after reigning between 15 aud 2 J years. Only 9 lived over 20 years after their elevation to the "Chair of SL l'eter." Pius IX., who died during the earK part of 1878, reigned longer than any of his predecessors, his pontlflcial lire ex tending ovtr a period of 31 years. Make Home Cheerful. If every wife, mother and sister fully understood how little it takes to make borne cheerful and lovely they would never consider the time spent lu so doing as lost. The furbishing of a home should not represent dollars and cents to any great account, but It should be made bou ellke and attrac tive. Let there la Cowers, pla ts, books, papers and music, not for mere show, but lor use. One of the prettiest mnni I nier saw was entire: V 'free from expensive furniture. There was always a pot or some iwi auicii- .i-m nn tha tble and a few 1UK UIW WVJkM books and papers scattered arouud, a few easy chairs, iwo or mi en gravings, but m one enured. iua uome wirh.oi exclaiioint "How homelike! bow attractive!" An Ancient Custom Abandoned. The present Vicar of Melton Mo- i.-niafuf has discontinued a u-nVrable cWem. By an old ch-.rler the Vicar or tuisparisu s nuutunou sit in tbe church at a specified lime and . ..wumHh. table, and collect two pence from every man led parishioner and tureepeucw nv. V . nar shioner. He ' had a monetary claim on every urcYe of c .tile entering Uie parish. Tn ut Wr ufrcl rr - !..,. loit the uresent Kar. Mr. Karnaj, has decided to let them drop. BRAINS IN MACHINES. Inventions That Show Amazing- Rev ults of Oenlua. "Up to 1385 all embroidered and braided garments, the cloaks and re ception gawns, capes, etc., bad to be imported from Pans and Berlin," said Mr. Alexander, of the Chicago Braid ing Company, "but they are now all made right here. To thow you the difference between then and now It is only necessary to say that the silk em broidery on a lady's jacket alone used to cost about SIS to $25, now It Is mad for $3. A hue embroidered slid robe, such as now can be turned out here for J40 or $50, uaed to require an outlay of S 150 to $200. With ibis it had to be imported. It could not be made here. Take another line of goods, such as em broidered table covets, scarf?, tidies, pillow shams, etc. They're all done by machinery now. All those deli cately twisted flowers, those loses aul vines aud clusters of grains and pearl blossoms and suuflowers and panles they're all wrought into the cloth by machinery. A DESCRIPTION OT TliE WORK. "It Is very curious to watch the ma chines apparently endowed with more than ordinary human intelligence at work. There are some teu diffeient kinds of machines kept hi operation lu the establishment. The most curious of all is a machine whose special do-' main Is the so-called 'applique' work.. It performs three tasks at ou and the same time. When properly adjusted a tiny knife cuts out, accoiding to the pretty design iutended. the nguiesfrom the upper layer of clotb, while simul taneously the machius sews these fig ures on to tbe layer of doih underneath the upper layer being gen-rally of medium thickness, while the lower one is cloth of the thickest, warmest and most expensive kind, such as is su. table for a lady's winter cloak. The stitch is pretty and artistic, and the thread runs through the double thickness of cloth, making the work as durable as it is possible to have it. "The effect thus obla ned artistic arabesques, beautifully curving lines, forming an intricate yet pleasing pat tern, lying on the clolb underneath, is ery pretty Indeed. Generally two cloths of shades differing so much as to form a tine contrast are chosen. The delicate mechsnism of this machine is especially noticeable In the cutting out of the upper layer of cloth. For while the whole procets of culling it aud sewing it on tight at the same time is done so quickly under the hand 4 of a skillful oerator that a yard of this 'ap plique' work Is made within about five minutes, the knire must be so nicely adjusted that it will cut exactly through the thickness of the upper cloth and not the hundredth part of an iuch deeper, or the whole material and the w hole work would become a dead loss." MAST WOJTDERFUI. MECHANISMS. "Wonderful:" said the reporter. "Yes," remarked Mr. Alexander, while a gratified smile spread over his face, "this is the only machine of its kind In the world. I've had it patented, and those In my establishmeut are the only ones made so far. Ther don't even have one in Paris." Another machine, which is HkewUe the product of a very lngentoui biaiu, is tbe so-called "three sisjol" machine. Two threails of worsted aud one thread of silk cording are manipulated by this machine in such a manner as to lay down the worsted ou ttie cloth and to spin the ailK right over and all arouud it. The effect thus produced is that of very thick silk braid, the whole teing more durable thau silk throughout, ye; much less exinslve. The beadlug machine, by means of which those most elegant ornaments ou a woman's dress, those glistening ara besques of beading, are put on, is an other triumph of mechanical genius. The same may be said of the feather edge macbiue, which does the so called suulwaiu" aud "rainbow" work, em broidering the shades, whU-h are gradu ally toued down; of the cornelly ma chine, which does the cording, aud still more so of the soutache machine, w hich does the simplest and yet one of the most effective styles of embroid ery. It Is the latter sort of work, what ladies call soutache, of which Slate street is full ou any crowded afternoon. Nearly every woman wears it ou some piece of garment, ou a cais, a cloak, ou her dres-es and even on her underwear. A tid it is of exactly the kind which, but a couple of years back, was very expensive, but which now, thanks to this wonderful piece of mechanism, has come wlihln the reach of all. And as theie Is a great variety in the style of work done by these different machines. so there is lu the material with which they work. There is silk braid of every Imaginable hue aud th:ckues; there is colored sjkxiI silk of a hundred shades; there is gold thread and silver thread and bronze thread, of which a great deal Is especial y used for what is kuown as "arrasene" work, i. e., em broidered flowers, leaves, viues fruits on tables and other covers. and From Garfield's Speeches. Whatever you win In life you must conquer by your own efforts, aud then ' it is yours, a part of yourself. After all, territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and Its valleys are its soul, its s-pint, its lire. The privilege of being a young man is a great privilege, and the privilege of growing up to be an indepeudeut man iu middle life is greater. An act of bad faith on the part of a state or municipal coiporation, like poison in tbe blood, will transmit ill curse to succeeding generations. If there be one thlt-g on this earth that mankind love and admire better than another It is a brave man; it is a man who dares to look the devil lu the face and tell him he ii a deviL Bad faith on the part of an indi vidual, a city, or even a state, is a small evil in comparison with the calamities which follow bad faith on the part of a sovereign government. We should do uething Inconsistent with the spirit and genius of our insti tutions. We should do nothing for re venge, but everything lor security; nothing for the past, but everything for ihe present aud future. I feel a profounder reverence for a boy than a man, I never meet a rag ged boy on the street without feelii.g that 1 owe him a salute, for I kuow uot what possibilities may be buttoned up under the shabby coat. GREEN. "Oh. you'rs green. How often have 1 heard the appellation and how oftener revolted to near it- Not that it should hurt the soul to be compared to the loveliest, most refreshing most delightful hue that's born Nature's own ground work shade but it is like ly to wound when delivered with tbe impress of sarcasm that stamps the word indicative of contempt. faasing along one of the city s streets where busy industry of various and of ten impassable types are pursued 1 chanced to cross the path of a boy shouldering two rather suggestively dusty looking sacks. I said 1 ehauoed to rnn across his path perhaps he -chanced across mine. Be that as it may that affinity known as cohesion found a very easy method of experi- menting when the bo v. weighted by his burden, came unconacionslv in contact i wiin my garments. veu, mat was Jail well and good. If eople in general and women in particular will meander into busv quarters they must look after .themselves. But for the progress of events I was wholly unprepared. To my astonishment the sacks were imme diately deposited upon the pavement and the unconscious perpetrator of the . deod became the hero of the situation. I "Dust sticks to black, ma'am," he (said as he ir jceeJed to action in the sliaoe 'of giving me a very vigorous brushing I down. Mtrauge is it not, but it would never have occurred to me to call i that boy "green" had not some one I passing happened to see enough of the inaideut to so single him out from his ' fellows. But now I call him "green." Oh yes, he was decidedly "rustic" de- spite the fact that the Lands he used 1 for brushes were about as dusty as his unfortunate sacks. Tis not an uncommon thing for street ' passengers to gut affrighted at a busy j .crossing. 'Tis a still more common thing for horses and conveyances of ! varied kinds tj think they have tirxt rigtit to make headway. In all such ' .case's I advise you to wait on the corner, ' ,if it be for half a day until your chance comes, unless you lumpen to encounter ( the eye of a "green" driver who sees :tit to let yoa go ahead. I saw a still more distinct rase of the "cmeraldic," or shall We Itini.e it and call the disease, "emeraldia." This !time it came to my notice in that much ' abused mode of convevance the street . car. As per usual twaa well patronized jwith few exceptions by well-dressed and well-opinioned people till at one stop an old woman with a bundle was hust- .led aboard. Of course you know it is bad enough to be au old woman, I don t mean an old lady, but an old woman but to be the carter of such a preposterous- ly Large bundle pa,sed double sentence ouher. But ahe was not especially lovely to look npon. you know. A girl rather under sixteen perhaps, sturdy. plain of rustic appearance, was sud denly smitten with "emeraldia. A meek smile and nod for the seat was tendered. Both actions were regarded with astonishment. You see both giver and recipient were "green. We set sail from Liverpool in the evening and the following morning met ,with tbe loveliest sight that ever greet ed human eyes, ears or scent; for did you ever notice how the hearing and smelling help the seeing. Twas the shores of Queenstown we had in view and that I have just now in mind. From the tenderest spring hue to the rich 4,-randeur of tbe pine twas ail i , . i (fran j. 1 rom the grey embattlemeuts t.n the lieach to the white cottages nest ling in the far meadows was but one idea conveyed, that of rich, vast, swell ing green enhanced by the breath of great fires that were wafted across. .From one of the cottages on the hill a handkerchief is waving. The little ten der nears us and bears the precious freight whose loss that white) cottage is feeling. IS he is a clear-corn plexioued, .grey-eyed Irish girl louud for a New World destiuv. From the deck she UUI tUfJ VAtTV fOV BUC Iv if rowing acita- hef which would ds or dces were sights the mouieutari tion of the Landkerch mm i limi t w unv w ui i.n 1 1 uluub were forgotten -in the anguish of parting. .Tis a very sal grev eve that watches and answers th anal on th shore. r . ; ..... i ,The humble dress, tbe modest retiring manner all but hide her loveliness. 1 er pay lor. .take "green" propensities to see it. it is the heart and tbe soul we are frying to stifle for business and sharp dealing when we avoid green subjects. AIniii Ben-Ahdem in that fine eastern poem too modest to name himself among those who loved their Maker best, but said: "Write me, as one who loves his fellow men." And as with him such are still numbered among those whom Ood loves best. m.uu,u ou o .eroauw earo fore llie fireplace shone like gold, the rolle.1 up from the water edge. W hat brjcks were newlv rei,ieIiea. aud an other natural color can suggest jo many imutrase huucU of feathery a-paragus J.hases? lender bright. delicate , Med Uiw eInpty 8;.ace .for it was onlv mossy, reposeful, !eautifuL quaint and .... ,.., ti.at a e , .haps because her shores are beautiful, ! weary-looking woman whose life had perhaps because she herself, is not de- 'a one long struggle with care pn ivoid of charm, mv hesrt can, or thinks v', "d ,ilrd olk- "scilla always lit can,follow hers." The picture I draw 'elt a little bitttr toward fate when she is prettv, but pathetic. The attention "'Ought of her mother. It Seemed . I . ...... A..n, ...... i Hi, 1.1.1 'i i.n imp .i. . atn.AVA I . l.a.U lliab CttH HI'". v,v. "r. ' , Mothers teach your bovs and yonr . the lonuue, auiii nacaeu, inewiu giris to cultivate kindly'disposittons'uiay be found after all.' kindlv hearts. 'Tis from the heart all J 'Talu't likely now; they've looked tender, humane, thoughtful actions everywhere for it. Simpson was up spring. To do it keep vour own heart green, even unto old " age. Womani JilwUraltd World. An Interesting Souvenir. The souvenir ence of "Money for the 75th perform- Mad" at the Standard Theatre, June 19th ill be a storv br .... . - - Fannie Kdgar Thomas, entitled The Turned Bridge." The story written fonr years ago in Cbicago, was Miss Thomas's first liter ary t fr.rt, and was the means ol her introduction to Mrs. Klla Wheeler WU- cox. the Poetess, w ho brought her Fast 'at the time and with whom she has ; si nee been living. he was keeping books at SI a week, when the storv was written, not dream- 'ingof the possession of a talent that has since made her fortune. Knowing ! nothing whatever of the ways of book- making, the story was printed bv the printer of bill beads in the office, and the edition was immediatir sold by means of crayon pictures of the bridge made bv berselL The scene of "The Turned Bridge is laid in Chicago, and, as in tbe piny, the bridge ia the turning-point of the history. Manager Hill, recognizing the coincidence has arranged to make of the little romance a charming souvenir. Is Sixth avenue, near Twelfth street New York, there are two sisters, under twenty-four, who conduct a profitable jewelry business. One is an exfiert clock-maker and both repair watches, mend jewelry, set stones and bell goods. ; Love ia as old as the first moment of t ternity, and as new as the last, moment f tune. Peace on Earth. FoM thy pin'nn. raunt spirit of war, eaae thy flig-bt forever aiore: No more devat our beautiful land. bet peace now reirn on every band. Thou bast held high carnival since tbe dayt of I ta'n. : Thou bast a Ion and bloody rlg-n: Be ei intent wiib the work tbou hast done. Tbou hart blackened eaeD century, yea, every one. Thou hast peopled tbe realms of the world be ! yond, Continuous agea thou bast made resound. With c nee of orphans ai.d widows wail, Tbou uast pelted tbe earth with an iron nail. So now f thy hiding- destructive spirit, Nu more do we wih tby doom to inherit; Oh. spirit of peace, come now with thy trace. I The pir.t of war forever diaplaee. Warriors unfurl the banner of peace, ! Ilearinr tbel. ffend. "let bloody strife cease." Peace hafb her votaries al ready renowned. Kurolled ia tbUnrmr evermore Im fouotl. Dismantle the cruisers, tua blo:d-ho uodi of war, Freed be tbe waters from ahore to nhore; TUeaeens-ines of Jeatb, uu more we'll plan, j Away will, tbeemblemaof inaos InUumaolty to man. Hoi. t tliesijrnul of p-ace and s; od will, I.ivn.ity!. uuimaud we tbeu eball fulfill: Ei ery vintage of hotillty from tbe couutry de pa it. It tiade ai.d commerce orown each mart. Turn every f..rtresj into a fair, pleasure it round, C ver with turf the cannon ball mound, V'.all o'er the ttell the ivy so green, lhat these missiles of death uo more be K-f n. "Mail all h-iil" tl at great and glorious day; Wb n you shall hear ail ration! say, "Halt!" ground arm?, tbe hostile ran'.s be broken, Tbe la-t command to men In arms be spoken. Spike the huge guns with bright golden rod. Kill the gnat mortar, with gieen myrtle mmI; Mako fakes of the In nehes wide and deep. Where lilies Boat and ralndcer tbe vigils keep. Tbe cm' ankments made to yield sweet scen ted b ; And ti e whetstone and scythe their music to P ay. The dr ad majraztces so deep in the ground, .Ner mora v.th tbe tramp of the soldiers r- sound. ilaynnctK and sword to tbe furriaae consign; Huslai.'iman's tools te tbe new design. Sol.. lev and sailo a all In tbe artisan's rank od be pral"d, and to him give thanks. Ilsliimore, 1-K. J. M. W. ri.lSCILLA'S FORTUNE. i ' .You were M gooJ iuck,' pris- cU, , ij atout Mrs. Hackett, as she a cup of Irugrant tea from tje uallJ of ,ier uiects. Vou know I a,waVlJ frolu tli6 tirjle you were A baby , Pnu Carew looUeU arouDd her. a fai)t 8UliIe on ljer llps; the room was .,.. ....ioe ti. fie Hr, ' iIU - rAir CJtrT)et Verv much the worse for wear. The damask on the lea t ible was the last of her mother's " ' - wedding set, and bad been darned in every directio"; aud the only comfort li .le chair was a big wooden rocker , with a faded patch-work cushion ' stuffed with duck's feathers. The room had a cozy look, however, for Friscllla was a born housekeeper, and about her always reigned order and clean! im-ss. The cook-stove was as bright as a daily polibh could make it, the row of bright tin pans on the dresser shelf were without a stain, and the old dieser its-elf was white with innumerable scrubbing. In the family bi.ill theie. The floor was covered with a plain, dark, three-ply carpet, to buy which l'riscilla had made many sacri lices of youthful inclinations lu the way of cuffs, collars and ribbons. A round table stood lu the centre of the room, and on it were the family Bible, two small albums, a copy of Shake speare slid a large lamp. There were half a dozen wooden chairs against the wall and a settee covered with a cre tonne cushion. Ou the high mantel m - i 1 we,e a V1 of VaSe:1' 11 cl'Um B,'ee,lierd- 11 Cl,l' a"J SaUCt,r lllilt 1,11,1 '""-ed real-grand mother, and a , , . .- , , , uiall basket ol wax fruit under a glass ca?e-. .., . , ., , I lTlSCI !' gi.ze took IU every article of furniture in the two rooms, and then her eyes rested on her mother, a faded mother was obl.ged to toil, and to turn i . . i ...... ... i. every penny ueiore mic j-ja-ni iu. I never f ought myself very lucky, aunt,1 said l'riscilla. That's because you a'n't of the thankful sort, said Mrs. llackett. 'You'd find plenty o' girls williu' to step into your shoes, now you're to have old Matthew Pounce's fortune.' Oh. Tery likely, now.' said Friscllla. i 'But don't be too sure that I'll have j there a-searchin' before the breath was fairly out of the old man's body. Pity he died so sudden. But perhaps it's better for you. l'riscilla, that he did. for be might 'a cut you out o your fortune. What are you going to do ! first. Frisc!:iar' 1 I am go'ng V to wait until the fortune i 18 really mine before I do anything . . t i i- . . .....v..l ...... i Aunt llackett. Meanwhile 1 shall leach school, as usual Well, if you ain't the queere-stl You don't ttetu a bit set up. Some girls would 'a' gone clear out o' their heads over such luck. But maybe you're ! right to hold on to your school; fo Uncle F.K-n says it'll be some time be- I fore tbe eMale can be settled. I'll look r . . 1 . . . .. .. ... 1 .......... .. n ... ; for you to make a good match, now, j Pritcilla. I A sudden flush dyed Priscilia'S cheeks scarlet. Her thoughts flew to John M rris. Would he be considered a good match? Piobably uot, for John had . only his farm ami stock, and if report id not siieaa ia sciy, old 31 aune w t Pounce had liei-u worth Sl'i0, UU. Time had been when l'riscilla, plan umg for the days to come and sure of John's love and that he would some day ak her to be his wife, had thought of the comfoit her mother would enjoy at Cloverdale Fatni, tier working dayj over forever. But now it was of Mat' thew Pounce's big stone houe that she thought. If she were indeed heiress to 5lUii,0UU she would not care to live at (JloverUale 1 arm. i:tit would John consent to share her wealth? Would be, for love of her, give up his inde pendence? These weie questions she could not answer. bhe walked to the garden gabs with Mrs. llackett, when that eood dame went away, and stood there looking out l 1J OfM&LV V IH'II.I .uwv w uav w into the dusty road long after Mrs. Hackett's substantial figure bad disap peared in the dusk. Prtscllla had talked very little of Matthew Pounce's fortune, but she had tl'ought of It a great deal, and had made vague plans for the f uturealready, though in the great stone house on the hill the undertaker and bis assis auts were yet busy. Matthew Pounce had never married, and l'riscilla was the only child of his only nephew, and the last of the line. But she bad never looked upon herself as the old man's heiress. lis had been cold, crabbed and selfish, and had never lceu kuown to do a generous or kindly act. l'riscilla well remembered the day, ten years before, when she had gone to the stone house to ask aid for her dying father, who would uever have made t!e appeal himself. It had been refused in no gentle terms. I've never asked anyone to help me,' said the old man. and I started with out a dollar. What one man can do another can. When a man's down it's bis own fault, usually, no one to blame for it but himself, and lie can't expect other people to suffer for his fan ts. My money was made by hard work, and I ain't goiu to squander it. Vou won't get a cent of it now, nor after I'm gone. Uou't expect it; you'd only be disappointed. My l.iu for di-qioHing of my mouey has beeu cut and diie 1 for twenty years. The cohl, heartless words came back to l'riscilla now, as she stood at the ,'a'e iu the dusk of the June evening, the fragrance of roses tilling tl eair. Matthew Pounce was dead, aud n wili could be found. If he ha I d ed intes tate, as seemed to be the ca.je, 1'i iscilla would have everything. 'It's only on mother's account I want it,' she thought. 'Poor mother! She won't know herself as mistier of L'nde Matthew's big house.' She heatd the sound of horse's hoofs on the hard road and looked upeageily, her color brightening, as she saw John Morris ou his big black mate Diana. It seemed at first as if he did not mte ul to stop, and Priscllla's bent turned sick with dlsapp influent and surprise, for John seldom passed the cottage without pausing for a few w .rds with her at least. But just beyond the gate he pulleil up the mare w ith a jerk. '1 hear you've come in for a big for tune, Frsicilla, he said, as lie swung himself from the saddle. I suppose 1 ought to congratulate you.' Wait untd the fortuue is really mine,' said l'riscilla. Oil. there spenis to be no doubt that you'll liave it, said John, gloomily. And 1 can't afford to wait, fur prob ably I shall letve here in a day or two,' The color died out of Priscilla's face. For a moment she could uot utter a word. 'Ouly that I 've had an off- r for the farm, aud 1 think I'll take it, 1 want to try ranch life in Colorad i. Cicely's jomg to be married next month, you now, and there'll be nothing to Lf up me here." He did not look at her as he sjoke, but kept his eyes on the ground. Pr.scilla said nothing in reply, was ankiug herself what coul I be She the cause of the change in htr lover. !ic wan could not understand it. lid usually radiaul with good humor, and she had exected to ta.k freely with li i in of her change I prospects, lint his air of gloom and the coldness of his manner did rot invl.e conliiletice. Her :.eart was very heavy when he had ridden away again, and she washed the supper dishes and put the kitchen in order for the night, she was scarcely conscious of what she was doing, so occupied was her miud with thoughts of John Morris. It w is almost a year siuce he had begun to be attentive to her. lie liad met her often as she was leaving lire schoolliouse at four o'clock. and had walked home with her, Icudliig his horse by the bridle, and saying all sorts of pleasant things, w Inch, while neither brilliant nor witty, made Pris cilla's heart beat fast an. I gave l.er the assurance that she was beloved. lie had uiiule a practice, too, of com ing to tea on Suudsy evening, aud la ely had referred more than once to his dread of being very lonely when Cicely should be gone, and only old Sarah Cole left to keep him company. And 1 rise ilia had loudly imagined this was the prelmie to asking her to make Clovertlale her home. Seems to me you're awful quiet this evening, l'riscilla,' said her mother. who was kuitting by the Hghi of a kerosene lamp. 'Vou dou't seem a bit pleased over your fortune.' Her fortune? lViscilla had, in her misery, forgotten all about that. What did it matter if she was rich or poor it' John Morris was to be hundreds of miles away lrom, her. roughing It ou a Colorado rauchi' She cried herself to sleep that night, aud dreamed that she saw John Morris married to a Colorado girl, who was terribly old, aud ugly, and walked with a limp. She was reminded of her dream the next morning w lieu Cicely Morris stop ped In on her way to the village, eager to talk to l'riscilla about old Matthew's money. It was Saturday, and there was no school, aud Piiscilla was at home, busy making cake. It was jelly cake, aud tLe jelly was laid very thick be! ween the thin loaves Just as John liked it. For l'riscilla cherished the ho that John might come to tea as usual the next evening. 'Vou don't look a bit like an heiress, Friscllla,' said Cicely. 'You're as sober as an owL' What ought I to do?' asked Friscllla. 'Well, 1 don't kuow exactly; I never saw an heiress before. I'll read up ou the subject aud let you kuow. Are you going to the funeral this afternoon? But of course you are. Everybody's going; everybody except John, lie has goue to Barnesville, and won't be back till night. I shouldn't wonder if he were courting ArnelU Bacon.' The knife w.th which l'riscilla was spreadmg jelly dropped to the fable with a clatter. She pulled open the table drawer, and bent over it, pre tending to be searching for something. Who is Amelia Bacon?' she asked. A girl he met at the county fair last year. She lives at Barnesville,' an swered Cicely. Is she ugly?' asked l'riscilla, remem bering ber dream. Cicely stared at her a moment. What a queer question,' she said. 'No; she's periectly lovely. But she isn't the sort of a girl to get along ou a farm. John ought not to think of her for a mouieuV Mrs. llackett came in just then to see if Friscilla intended to wear mourn ing to the funeral, and so the subject of the fair Amelia was dropped. But enough had been said to add consider ably to the weight ou Priscllla's heart. and she began to feel as if the gulf between herself and John was growing verv wide indeed. The funeral was a long, dismal affair, the discourse commonplace and tedious; and Priscil'a was very glad when it was all over, and she was at lilrty to re turn borne. She had hardly removed her bonnet and the black diesi she had worn out of respect to ber Aunt Hackett's idea of decorum, when Mr. Simpson, her graud uncle's lawyer, called to see her. His manner was the very essence of respect. It seemed to l'riscilla that he did not forget for a moment that she had inherited old Matthew's money. There's been a thorough search made for the will. Mist Carew,' he said. "But it hasn't been found. I can't account for Us loss, lor Mr. Pounce wasn't a mn to bum one will before he had made another. And bis heart was set on building a hospital for old men; he spoKe of it to me very often. But as things are, ou're the heir, aud you can move into the stone house to-morrow if you like.' 'I thiuk I'll wait awhile,' said Pris cilla,' coolly. 1 want to be on the sale side, and the will may yet be foti nil. There's not much chance of it,' said Mr. Simpson, but he did uot argue llie matter. Priscilla put on her bail dress aud tied a pink llbbou at tier throat Sunday eve.iing, for iu spite of what Cicely had said about Amelia Bacou, she felt lhat there was a chance that John might come. But hour after hour passed and he did not appear, aud ouly Mrs. Carew tasted the jelly cake at supper, l'ris cilla would not touch it. She told her self she was sorry she had been so fool ish as to make it. aud that she might have known Iheie'd be no one to eat it except her mother. Let hlui go to Colorado. she thought, as at nine o'clock she repaired to her own room. 'I shan t say auy thing against it. And lie can marry that Amelia Bacon! I don't care!' She cried herself to slep, t-everthe-le.is, and looked like a ghosl when she came down stairs utxt morning. She role to the schoolhouse after breakfast in Farmer N'esbitt's light wagon, having thankfully accepted the offer of a 'lift,' but before she had driven a rod she wished she had gone oil foot, as usual, for if r. Nesbitt begau at once to talk of John Morris. John told me last eveuiu' that he had to give an answer to-morrow about 1 the farm,' said the old man. 'He seems I set on goiu to Colorady 'u won't wait i uo louger'n to get Sissy married. 1 ' don't see who first give him the notion j o' goiu. 1 alters thought John one o' i the steady sort,' Piiscilla was glad when the school j house was reached and she could escaie the sound of her lover's name. But she found it haid to give her thoughts to her work, aud her teaching thai morn- j lng Wiis purely mechanical. She could uot forget for a moment that John was ' going to Colorado. At recess as she sat at her desk try- ' iug to give her mind to the correction I of some examples in mulfiplicatiou, she , was surprised to s-ee her Aunt llackett enter, bieatl.less and excited. l'riscilla, I've got souie awful news : lo tell vou,' she ci iexl, as she thiew hcr.-elf exhausted into the nearest seat, j Tiy to bear it, child. They've louud j the will tucked away iu an old die- ' tiouary. And you won't pet a eiiny not a ienny. It all goes to a hospita1. i Oh, alu't it shameful! I declare, 1 j could 'a'btii'st light out cryia when I . heard it,' I l'riscilla had started to her f et as ! her aunt l;gau to s;iea, but now sank into her chair again. ' I always suppose! they'd find the! will. Aunt llackett, she said. '1 never le t at all like ;in heiress. An lJou see 1 wasn't lioru to good luck, alter all.' ! Mis Hacked was amaed at her niece's coolness. Never iu all my life did I see any body take news us ea-y as Priscilla,' si.e said later, m telling ber stoivof hei coll at the f-clioolhoiise. lf anything she seemed glad she lost lu r fortune. ' It was a long, weary day to the young i school teacher, and she was detained a' her desk later than usual, having to prepare some work for the morrow. It was nearly six o'clock when she locked the school house door behind her. aud turned away to see John Morris standing under a tree not a yard oft. I've been waiting for you, Priscilla,' he said, as he took from her the pi-e of books she was canying. 'I want to tell you that I'm not going to Colorado, after all. 'N'ot going!' exclaimed l'riscilla. Why have you given it upl Because yo;i'va lo t your fortuti", l'riscilla. and I want to take the place of It. it you'll have me, darling. I couldn't ask you lo le my wife If you were going to be rich, Piiscilla, but ' 'And Amelia Bacon.' interrupted l'riscilla. 'Cicely told me' A lot of nonsense, she told me about it, dear. She ouly wanted to hud out if you really cared for me. Io you, Pri-cilla?' It was quite dark when l'riscilla en tered the snug k tcheii of her humble home, where her mother and aunt were discussing over the tea table the loss of old M.itlhew 's money, and won dering why Priscilla didn't tome home to discuss it with them. The girl's eyes shone like stars her cheeks were flushed and her mouth smiling. Aunt llackett,' she said, bending over that comely litt e woman to press a kiss on her still smooth cheek. on were right, I was bom to good luck.' 'Whatever do you mean, Pilsci.la? Gracious! To look at you one wouldn't suppose you had just lo-.t a fortune.' 'I've lost one aud found another,' laughed Prisci.la. And then she told them about John. Perfumed Linen. Everything Is perfumed save the handkerchief. Custom stamps a scented baudkeichief as vulgar. If you wish your iluen to have a particularly fresh, wholesome, old-fashioned odor, buy otie of those lavender bags now lu the mar- kef, liiey are tilled w.th the crushed lavender llowers aud the pungent odor w II last much longer than poiidre sachet. One cannot Imagine the task it is to prepare llifse bags for the mar ket, 1 was talking with a girl who does this work and she told me that w hen at work she Is forced to cover her ha r completely, wear gloves, cover her neck carefully aud her gown with huge aprons, aud even then the tine dust of the flowers will fly up, lodge in the eyebrows, ears and nostrils, causing utlimi'ed diacomfort. But one-half the world must have the luxurious ap pointments of the toilets; the other half must prepare them. It Is not the king. crown that makes the NEWS IN BRIEF. Miss May Brain mT is the latest musical sensation in Europe. She is only 1G years old. and is the holder of the prize of the I.elpztc conservatoire. Her execution on the violin is said to be wonderful. A correspondent te'.is l i Science that Euroieau furze grows iu one spot in the lslaud of Nantucket, having been introduced by an Irishman, who was homesick because it did not grow about his c.ib ii, as iu the Old Couutry. Will Carleton, ti e po . is getting stout, lives iu Brooklyn, and acknowl edges to li ve-aud-forty. His success has been sudden, ye', while the critics give him a wide bci th, he gets fancy prices for his verselets, and his future work is already contracted for. The servants of Brazil are very oor, very hih-pi iced and hard to get. The necessity of havii.g to work to live never having lurnuie a stern reality lu their ees, they consider It rather a favor than olherw se In fact, quite a condescension to do anything at any i rice. Novelists rarely py much atten tion to statistics, but Walter Bcsatit, in his The Bell of St. Paul." appears to have tiken note of the claim lhat nearly 10,000 bo' ties were filled at a famous spring during IS i'.i, for he ob serves, 'This is au a'e of ApollmarlB water." A colossa' scheme h.is been pro jected for conveying ietio!eiitn in pij.es lrom the port of Baku, 'in the ' isp an, to Batouin, ou the Black Sea. The length of ths line of piping is 4 '7 miles, the cast Iron pipes aie to be eight inches iu diameter, and there aie to be sixty-four intermediate stations. The papers are full of accounts of a silver center piece which Is lielng manufactured for the t.ieen, and which contains ,ihji ounces of silver. As there is alieady plate at Windsor castle valued at upwards of two millions, it Is difficult to conceive what the i'neei can want with another center piece. There Is an old lady living In Polk county, Fla., who Is quite a genius. She can write poetry and set it to music and has written two hooks. She hunts phosphate, plants trees, clears laud, works in au oi.ui.re groe, can knit dresses, make iie.at shoes, plait hats of palmetto and make flowers out of shuck. Miss Eva Mcl'a.ldeii, of Oxford, Pa., had an adventure with a i.it one day recently. She took a loaf of luead from the pantry, and when about to cut 11 a rat jumped out U and scamp ered aiounJ until the fmlly cat settled its caiiers. The animal had e.iteti a hole into the loaf and ensconced itself therein. A motion has b'rn introduced Into the Swedish Parliament, with the ob ject of raising the marriageable age of women lu Sedeii to L'l yens. This would mean a vast, ditleie lice from the present ki?, a-corduig lo which a woman, or rather a girl, is allowed to marry at the early agn of 1 ". ExKT:men!s have N-cti m.ide near Conliagen with tree felling bv dyna mite. Trees of three feet in diametei were brought down In soinu twenty Ui twenty-'ive m nutes, whereas the time occupied by ordinary feeling would probably have been ten t:ins as much. The experiments weie made for mili tary purposes. The Post mastcr-C cm-nil's at tent Ion lias been called to the condition ol about a hundred women employed In the mall bag repair shop at Washing ton. They are coinpcll. ! to mend foity bags daily for ;.'! s-r month. The WorK is hard, tho building un healthful and it is cl iiuied that as a consequence many of the Women be come s:ct and die. Probably no sing'e aggregation ot figures give such a woudeitul Idea of the advance iu fjiolci n wai f.ire as the description of the new Kiupp gun, w hich has Just lieen orderel for Cron stadt. It throws a ball weighing 2.U0U pounds a distance of twelve miles. The gun is forty-four feet long and it cuu be tired tw ice a minute. I.veiy time, it gees off it costs the government i'l.ouO. It will not laj used for the purpose of liiing government salutes. Philadelphia's new city ha'.l is one of the large-it, if not the largest, build ing of its kiud in the w il l, covering a space of 47nx4Si'. feet, and overtopping every other structure th.it man has built except the Ei.."c tower and the Washington monument, falling shoit of the latter'-; -V. I feet, by I'.J t ic;ies. It has ."i) rooms ou 1 IJ ac:e of floor space. The main stin tint is U'i fe"t high. Three nails of the true cross hav been found in a very singular place, namely, iu the ruins of the thcatie at Zurich which was burned down. They j weie lu a little ivoiy casket or admir able workmanship, together with a manuscript on parchment, and were bricked up within a little cavif if the substructure. It is presumed that these relics were liiddeu sy monks duiiug the Kelol mation. According to the Boston Jl'ri'J , "the heaviest mall carried over .ny mail route in the United Mates is le- ' twe-n New York and PalU leiphla. The average dally weight of t:ie mad carried over this r.ute. last year was Jol.M." pounds. For trains canying the mails the best time :s made ou the I.ehlgli Valley Kailioad between Easton, Pa., and MetU"hcn Station. N. J., dla- tance ol.'JO miles. The average, time of all mad tiaius is fol ly miles au hour. The longest continuous run made by postal clerks Is from Omaha to Ojjdt-u, j a distance of 1.035 miles." ! In London alone there ari upward of ITU piano factories. Over l,.'i0 shops and factor. es iu the metropolis are devoted to the supplying of musical U'uds of all sorts. 1 hroiighout the provinces mere are aooui .i.ixrj music establishments of various kinds. They possess iu England no iewer than flinty-t-even newspaiers de.iling exclusively 1 with music At the annual banquet of 'the Society of Musical Instrument : Manufacturers one of Ihu sjeakers e: , lluiated that WU.oOtJ pianofortes are ' manufactuied every year iu London. The I1"oi' O' ,r, Ktiggests that for enterprising women, it would be worth while to let the public kuow that they are engaged in a useful business. There is au opening of which one l.ttlo woman has availed herself, in mending locks, trunks, bags, window fastcrruKS and the like au easy aud not unprof itable business, which is almost alto gether in tho hands of rough elm ol men. W'ouieu would greatly rrefel employing wuujea lor such work,
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