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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLIV
M I FFMNTOWN. JUNIATA aUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUiA 2:3. ISJ(.
NO.
MAKING PLAYING CARDS.
How the Kin jr. Queen. Jack and th
Rest of Them Are Produced.
It is surprising the great number of
j l:i vitijj curds that are used. One fac
t.ry al.me. in Ohio, turns out an aver
age ,.f i pucks a day. The owner
art ibutes the present great demand
pniciiully 'ie progressive euohre
cra.v, and says that the Americans are
t'.f greatest people on the globe for
::.it-nient a'. t'ar.Ia. A rejorter of
t:,. Cincinnati Times-Star, who visited
t:. establishment, was told in answer
t-' numerous queries about the wave of
mnuufac' tiring the curds: "Much of
the process is 11 secret with n, but still
1 nn ti ll nnd show you a groat deiL
The brist 1 curd-board for making the
ear is consists of two sheets glued to-u-.
ther by luing passed between two
i-i.tne'-se rollers. The card-board must
thru l drie I, pressed, glazed and pre
I ir. 1 for further work. The card
t ar-I is prepared in sheets large enough
f. contain a whole, pack of playing
Wimt's this?"' asked the newspajer
i.: in. as he saw a large revolving ma
:.! turning out endit as i.r seeming
rolls of white paper, with ou
-: printed the color of variously fig
ure I .-alien.
It's tho process of printing the
a; r which is to le pasted on the back
of c! cap playing cards. It's printed
,-t : s calico printing is done. All, or
:.. arly a'.l. cheap playing curds have a
calico covered buck. This lengihy
-rip of calico -colored paper is siibse
qu n'ly cut int.i s'ice s ibout three feet
i-i len.th to correspond to the sheets ol
l.i 1st h-d Csr.l bour I."
Are the various Colors on Car.lS
printed on sa-.l-board .'"
Sometime--. See this glazed face on
t ., she. t- . f ar.I-board? Well, it is
:., a r.-ady for piinti ig. The printing
a !:t e art. too, as so many Colors are
p. it on at one impression. After
i - rinte-l the sheets are dried and
t': i. i t to the cutting machines to be
, st-ips us wide as a playing
. i :-l :i-'. Tlx s s-rips are carefully
-. l. n.ea-oire.l 'and then passed to
t . i ii.e!.. rs," or machines which
j !..!:' or cut out the s- p .rate cards,
-. ..ri.-tf which must be punched
- i rit '.y, great care Win.; ticee-sary
- i. r that the punching is done ae-.-,r
t. ly. otherwise the narin of the
cards . il not lu true and th y will pre--.
: ,t an 1 1 j! v a' p.-itran e. The puncti
lio is a wonderful process and the nia
c'1. 'ii. -s which do it are almost human
lii.e iii their motion and dexterity."
A Boiling Lake
Nevada.
Ilec-jtly an itctn has been going the
r Is in r-L.-ar.l- t al.oilmg 'ake near
l.i--ti's 1'enk, California. It is not
i-. i . ral'.v kn .-Mi. but we hare in
ea.la a similar boiling lake. It is
- t i ate.l at the eastern base of the first
lar. e mountain ran-e east of the Sink
i.t the Carson. It lies on the edge of
h i immense desert -a desert so large
i.ii i scorching that in summer the
I-..: ai.s never uttempt to cross it except
at i -.ht. and even then they always go
p-o', i led with a large supply of water,
i three si.les of the hike are rocks two
r t: vee hundred feet high, which are
i . . :'. it'.v bare and are burned to a deep
! i.-k red. T he area of the lake ia
a. it two sores. Thon.'h steam is
.- r.-tai.tly rising from the water, the
i,. ;. surface of the lake does not 1kiL
1 i.o a.'.t itioii boiling is confined to
;'.. -rent springs which burst np ut
v r il points. These springs force
', imus of water from a foot to two or
ti.r feet iu diameter to a Ir.tight
f I
over twenty inches alsive the general
s ir:' ic.. of the lake, csiisin : a loud rip
i !.- .; so ind and considerable loo l com
ii.. 'ion. 1 he w it- r of the hol lakj
is ,;,.;il.t:ess boiliu-; hot, though tiot
-. . a 1. 1 boil, for a br-Mk H. wing from
it .:..wu into the sands of the desert
-ei. is up a cloud of steam for a distance
f several hundred yar is. About a m-.le
!r -n the lake is a great deposit of sill
l.-ir, running th roil-.' h lrrli arest. eaks
i pure alum from two to sn iuehes
iv ;.ie.
R.-ipid.tv of Thought.
I
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I 'I!
,l. rs, of t'trecht, re-
i-eirly made some in'ercstiu ; expe.i
f . iits iu regard to the r.il'hlity of
th 'Uirht. T.y means of two instruments,
wl.i.-h he calls the neom itachograph
a!.. I the nc'.rtiiita hotueter, he promistts
-. ii.e inisrtant and iiiten-sting results.
! 1 1-experiments up to date show that
t takes the brain one .lliiT of a second
to el ilmrato a single i lea.
Writing in regard to th s I'onvleis
say-.: I 'ntil.tl. ss ttie time re.piired for
t i.- I. rain to act is not the same in all
:i. ii id'.mls; I believe, however, that
th. se inst rum'Ut.s may bo perfi-cte 1 nn-
t ' vva will lo able t iletermi ie the
!L. a! eiilil-er of nur fri-n.ls w.tho t
" ir fi i.-nds know ing thut we are testing
ti,-ir aptness." The roft ss .r further
s it-: I'. r an eve to receive an impros
soii r .riires .iTT of a sect, ml, and for
ti .- ear to appreciate a so;inl, .1 of
- "id is ail that is necess.-irr, which.
li.,w, ver. shows that the eye ats
w ta near
!y double Cue rapiility of the
R.nlwav Between Trie Vola and
TnBlicK Sea.
T'.im Yii-e Consul at Xovorossisk, on
the l.l.ii k Sea, in bis last report, say
It i-ex,.e te 1 that the Imperial Gov-
t iiireiit will shortly sanction the con
stm. -M ,-u of a line of railway between
lhi.ir.t.-.n, on l!u Vol.'. and Tichoret
1. . 4 h i, on the Host.. ff-Vladikavlaz line,
thus putting the rive.- ami its Important
tiilul.inrs In direct cotumuuUatioii
w.tii the port of Xovoross.sk. Ouct-
the si, p is taken the greater part of the
Vol- gram pro-luce .now sent by canal
and rait to the Ilallic ports and only
r.-.ii'hit g i's d sLlmtioti in the summer
of the following year, would be taken
the l'.l.ick sea by the railway during
the time tho noitherti pirls and iabinl
canals are closed by Ice. Xovorosslak
should also then become the hKld Cen
re of iuiMrt for goods destined for the
Slim-Novgorod f..r..
Oood Advice to Women on an li
portant Matter.
Our grandmothers) would have opened
their ey-w at tie thought of a prore
aiouiil trunk-packer. And yet, the fan
cied and real wants or modern life are
such that the packing of one's ward
robe for safe tmnsiorUt!ou Is nowa
days one of the tine arts.
Every young girl should take special
pains to learn this art, not only for her
own comfort but because the can often
thereby help her frleuds, and be the
"good Samaritan" for many a weary
invalid, wiltes Mrs. K. A. Matthews to
the loutfi't Companion. It is work
t hat is specially adapted for womanly
fingers, for meu seem to think that
nothing is needed but physical Tone,
and their notion of packing Is to roll up
every article and squeeze the bunille
into corners, and to put the heaviest
articles on top.
Uefore starting upon a task that will
re-iulre a long Utue and will detuaud
much thought and planning, the packer
should go from room to room, from
closet to closet, from bureau to bureau,
aud select exactly what she iu
teuds to take with her. This is the
only manner by which everything will
be si cured, and nothing mislaid or lelt
Uhiud.
It Is a good plan to do your packing
in a lower room, as it is much easier t
bring Ihings down than to carry thein
up, and then it is not hard to lift the
trunk when tilled, nor so difficult to
get It out of the house. 'eariy all
sta rcasea bear honorable scars tha'.
have been wn in a bait e between
trunk and porter.
When everything has been collected,
a'ld the time of the journey draws nigh,
the trunk should be brought down, iu
interior du-W, and all iu broken
straps, coiners, lock, etc., carefully
mended. The heavy articles, shoes,
books, underwear, iu short, everything
whictt will bear pressure, must be pui
in the bottom. Over these fold a layer
of newspapers or a soft old t-tieeL.
In folding dresses, it the trunk is too
short to admit of the Ores lying full
leuglh, l dure and fold It carefuily
over a little at the top. All strings at
t died to steels iu gowns, should be
united. Tissue paper should be placel
tetweeii the fo ds of good dresses, aud
also uve passementerie or jet triui
u ng. This lessens the danger of creos
r g and keep dust aud lint from set
tling there.
Lr?ss waists should be laid smoothly
In long shirt boxes. All the collars
laces, ruchings, ribbons and handker
chief should be place-1 in pasteboard
boxs, and packed w th clothing on
each side so as to keep them steady.
Hats and bonnets are the most difli
cult to manage unless there are special
compartments fur them, and of these
there are never enough. They should
be wrapped each alobe In tissue puir
and Uieu coveied with stiff brown
pa-er, which should t pinned firmly
around theuu They should then lie
placed in boxes just iarge en. ugh to
tioid them, and packed In the ruiddit, of
the trunk, where they can be bell
-tea.lv by the clothing aiouud them.
1 Kj not place your jewelry and money
iu your trunk. A lar better plan is to
iiiu'.e a stouL bag of chamois skin, place
your valuables iu it, aud fasten It
ec ire'.y iu&ide your diess waist or any
other portion of your attire most con
venient. Above all, do not place your
valuables ill a handbag, so that you
w ill lay it dowu on the car seat or
hotel table, aud leave it there to be losi
forever.
All garuienU that are liable to crusti
ng should be placed at the very top of
the uppermost comparlmeut.aud if lliey
.ue carefully lad, they will be subjec
.eil to but little pressure.
li you are going to a p.ace remote
Iroui drug stores, or where the services
ot a physician w ill be hard to secure, it
is best to provide y urself with a lew
simple remedies, lest you may sutler
Iroiu some emergency. A bottle ot
J.kjiiica irlmrer. Ionda exliact of
hamaiuells, some prepared ums'ard
plasters and a few sit cloths (or im
promptu bandages would lie useful
companions wluu uway fiom home.
:vuie of yo r favorite toilet soap will
take the place of the bad-smelling stuff
S4 ofieu found in hotel toilet rooms.
Ti e bottles should be plainly lalieled,
lirinly corked, wrapped first in cotton
batting, aud tlieu in prr and placed
!u boxes. Ink and shoe polish should
never be placed in a trunk. It is bet
ter to buy 1-uch things when you arrive
a: y-ur journey's enil.
If you are packing forcnIIdren.be
lire to rememlssr these little playthings.
Make a p'ace for dollie and her ward-
lobe. uack a small box with odds and
en is of silk caidboard, embroidery.
needles, transfer pictures, scrapbook
and other th'ngs, so small in your esti
mation, so necessary to their happi
ness.
AY hen the little creatures are taken
aw ty fro n their familiar hurroundings.
and deprived of the toys and games
they love. It is no wonder that they get
Into mischief and are a nuisauce to ad
bout. In short, it is in packing a
trunk, as in everything else. It re
quires thougliifuluess, good judgment,
unselfishness, and a sincere desire to
oblige others to make your work a suc
cess.
First" Enjoyments.
Repetition is the thief of enjoyment
as surely as procrastination is the thief
of time. It Is with pleasures as with
sparkling wines. You can have the
Hashing globules, the rusblug foam, the
rare bouquet but once, Cork up your
wiue for alter use, and the next draught
from the ottle shall b comparatively
Hat and tasteless. Take a second sip at
any joy the earth affords and you will
liud it less exhilarating than the firs'.
Xovelty Is the spice of life. Xo sec
ondary sensations are like the primaries,
an I habit, in the end, stales eveiy lux
ury. Middle aged reader, do you remem
ber the nride with which you wore your
first watch? It may have beeu a cheap
afTlr alwavs at odds with chronos, aud
the golden horologe that now ticks
sonorously in your pocket may be a
natent lever richly jeweled. Jtut wh it
- . ... in,lifr.i.lii Willi
a contrast im"i" '"
which you draw forth the costly watch
r .n,.r i.uituntv and the subdued exul
tation with which a dozen titnesan hour
. . 1 l ul .
you paraueu iiun -.
your bobble-de-hoy-hood.
f:tnalTeme"t., This o word ha
Dure meaning on ' he farm thau h geu-
rallT suspected.
3i(uiK- seem to show that In most
eountrhss lusauitT 1 ou uie increase.
K'ectrk-itv moves 2S-s,i OO miles per
mcoud; Ihiht moves 10-J.OUJ miles per
geeoud; a rtne nan moves . c-o.
ccoud,
LOST INSTINCTS.
Sounds. Slshts and Colors Known
to Animals and Not to Man.
If the doctrine be true that inan Is
really the heir of all the various spe
cies aud genexa of the animal king
dom it seems a little hard upon us that,
even by way of exception, we iuherit
none of the more marvelous Instincts
of those species and genera, and have
to be content with thoe greater Ir.t
purely human faculties by which the
most wondeif ul of animal iustincU have
been extinguished. Sir John Lubbock !
maintains that there are InsecU. and
veiy likely even higher animals, which
(ercelve colors of which we have no
glimpses and hear sounds which to us
are iuaudible. Yet we never hear of a
human retina that includes in its vision
those colors deluding on vibrations of
the ether which are too slow or too
rapid for our ordinary eyes, nor of a
human ear which is entranced with
music that to the great majority of our
siiecies is absolutely inaudible.
Again, we never hear of a human
being who could i-iforui the feat of
which we were told only recently of a
bloodhound. Iu a dark night it fol
lowed up for three miles the trail of a
thief with whom the bloodhound could
never have been iu contact (he had just
purloined some rolls of tan froai the lan
yard iu whit h the dog was chained up),
and finally sat down under the tree iu
which the uuu hail taken refuge. Why,
we wonder, are those liner powers for
discriminating and following the track
of the scent, which so many of the
lower animals possess, entirely extin
guished in man, if man be the real heir
of all the various ceuera which show
powers mf trior to his own?
W'e see no trace iu animals of that
high enjoyment of the liner seen is
which make the blossoming of the spring
doners so great a delight to human be
ings, and yet men are entirely desti
tute of that almost unerring mwer of
tracking the path of au odor which stein
to be one of the pilnc pal gifts of n any
quaJrueds and some birds. It is the
same with the piwer of a dog or cat to
lind iu way back to a home to which il
is attached, but from which it lias lieen
taken by a ro de that it can l.ot ioss -bly
follow on IU return, even if it had
the l-ower of observing that route,
which usually It Ins not. Xolhiiig
could lie more convenient than such a
power to a lost child. Hut none ever
heard if a child who possessed it.
Still more enviable is that instinct
possessed by so many birds of cross
ing great tracts of land and sea w th
out apparently any landmarks or sea
maiks to guide them, and of reaching
a quarter of the globe which many of
them have never visited before, while
those who have visited it before have not
visited it often euough to learn the
way.
The m'gratory birds must possess
e.ther senses or instincts entirely be
yond the range of human imagination,
and yet no one ever heard of the sur
vival of such a sense or instinct iu any
memlier of our race. Il may be said,
indeed, that meu have either inherited
or some way reproduced the slave mak
ing instinct of some of the military
ants; but this only enhances the iiony
of our ile? tiny if we do indeed in any
sense inherit from these insect arislo -nicies
one of Ills most disastrous in
stincts of the audacious but indolent
creatures which fight so much belter
than they work. What is still more cu
rious is that even where human beings
have wholly exceptional and unheard
of powers they betray no traces of the
exceptional and unheard of ioweis of
the races whoe vital organization we
are said to inherit.
T he occasional apeara'ioe of very
rare mathematical poweis, for instance,
so far from lieiug in any sense expli
cable from below, looks niu'li more
111 e inspiration from above. The cal
culating loy, who could not even give
any account of the process whereby be
ai rived at correct results which the ed
ucated mathematician took some time
to verify, certainly w:is not reviving in
Himself any of the rare powers or the
lower tribes of annuals. Xor do the
prod gies in music who show such mar
velous !ower in infancy recall to us
any instinct of the bird, the ouly musi
cal cieat ure except ourselves, still
less, of course, does great moral genius,
the genius of a Howard or a Clarkson,
suggest any reminlJcence of lower aui
mal life.
The Mischievous Boy.
Every teacher In taking charge of a
school finds boys that seem determined
to make trouble for the teacher.
This se"ms to be one of the inherent
ipuali' ies of some by sli natures. Just
what to do with such pupils is one ot
the most vexing question , especially
to a young teacher.
lie kind to such a boy and see if you
cannot "thaw him out," ask him to
take a walk with you after school or to
spend the evening with you. Io your
best to win u s good will, but do not
refer in any way to his conduct.
If opportunity offers itself ask him
to do you some little favor. If by such
kindness you can not work a change in
his deportment in a few days, privately
ask him to remain with you after the
rest of the school have gone
Then wheu you are alone approach
him In your most kind ami loving
manner aud tell him of his faults aud
that you suppose he has not b -en guilty
from any iuteulioual meanness. Tell
him that you regard him as a gentle
man and that you shall treat bim as
such, and always try not to do any
thing to cause film to think unkindly
of you. If by thus throwing him on
his honor and showing your kindly
good-will towards him you are net able
to bring tears of reinlance and a
promise of reform from hiui, don't
give up in despair, for there is yet a
chance for a change. Kindness, pre.se
verance and a sincere interest iu his
welfare will at last conquer. I never
have found it necessary to expel such a
boy from school, but havj almost been
able to make my best friends and t u-
pils of those boys that ha 1 the name of
being bad in school. Kemembcr it is
not the idolent boy that isthe mischiev
ous oui in sctiool. A. II. Knapp, in
tUlucutional Ac tea.
A Great Trotter's Shoes.
Tne shoes worn by Maud S. are kepi
in Mr. Hobert Bonner's writing desk.
Two of the pair in which the beautiful
In tter made her last record are dis
played in a wall cabinet and have a
value of foOO each. Mr. Uonner has
had numerous ie(,uests to raffle them
off at church aud charity fairs, but pre
ferred alwavs to give his check for their
value rather than part with either.
THE CHILD'S FIRST GRIEF.
"Oh! call my brother back to mat
I cannot lay alone!
The summer comes tth flower and
w here is iiiy brother goue?
The butterfly l clani-lug bright
Across the sunbeam's track :
I care not now to -hs.se us flight
Oh : call uiy brother baa k !
The flowers ran wild the flowers we sowed
Arouud our garden tre:
Our vine Is drooping w.th its load
ih! call hiui b4-k to nie:"
"He would not hear thy voice, fair child
11- may noi come tothr:
Tli- face that once like triug tluie atuiled.
On earth no wore Uiou'll see.
A rse's brief bright life of Joy,
Sut-h unto hliu was Ktv. n :
Go thou must play alone, my boy 1
Jl.y brother is Iu heaven."
"And has he left h's birds aud flowers ;
And must I call in vainT
And thro the Ionic. Ioiik summer hours.
Will he not come auuiur
"And by the brook, and in the glade.
Are all our wanderings o'erT
Oh! while my brother wlthine played.
Would I had loved liim morel"
DAMUEROUS EETlKt'UMET.
It was the beginning of the year, and
Mr. Archibald Wise had made up his
mind that he must economize some
where. After debating the matter for
some time, he concluded to give up
taking regularly a daily paper. Mrs.
Wise ventuied a remonstrance:
Why not give up some personal ex
travagance, she said, 'instead of hit
ting un something which will effect
the entile familyl Cigars, for instance;
1 have often thought it would be a pos
itive benefit could you do without
thnu.
Mr. AVlse was a kind husband and
father, but like many auother man,
once lie had ie solved upon a certain
thing he was not easily turned aside,
'The family,' he began in reply,
'couslsU only of you and me, my dear,
so far as the use of the paper is con
cerned. Our children are all under 14
years of age. and not exactly eager for
news, I take it; and as io my getting
along without cigars 1 could far more
easily go without my coffee in the
morulng or tea at n'.gnt. You cannot
Imagine the solace contained In a cigar
to a tired or perplexed business man.'
Hut Mrs. Wise still remons. rated:
"You are mistaken,' she said, ln think
ing that the children do not need the
daily pater. Indirectly they do; 1 find
a gr. at deal of instruction in our patier
with which to teach the children. 1
really hope you will consider before
actually stopping IC
'1 shall buy a paper quite often, re
plied Mr. Wise. 'Of course a man
must know something of what is going
ou Iu the world about him, but I think
a daily of numerous pages quite unnec
essary, ami 1 must be allowed to exer
cise my Judgment iu the matter.'
it is an old saying that the remark,
'allow me to judge,' puts an end to al
most any discussion. Accordingly Mrs.
Wise saiil no more, but it depressed her
to (eel that the friend y visit of her
favorite daily must be discontinued.
At first Mr. Wise carried home a lit
tle thin substitute for the old favorite
neai ly every night, but by degress even
that caiue less and leas frequently.
Wheu he boasted to his wife that be
really got the uews almost as completely
as ever by watching the bulletin and
heaiiuj; men talk, she replied rather
dryly that men did have considerable
.id vantage over women Mi the matter of
gett'iig news without paying for it.
They could stand and gaze at pleasure
at great scrolls pastel ou the side of
newspaper buildings and glean a good
deal from other men. Yes, it was a
ieal sharp way bi economize without
Lining much, cheap aud perfectly nice,
she supposed.
Although Mrs. Wise's manner was
tranquil as a summer sea,et her words
rnlMcd and irritated her husband; and If
the truth was known. It was not all
iu,tr smooth sal mg for Mr. Wise. He
did not actually enjoy sitting In the
station or horse-cars, empty-handed,
among gioiqis of men, nil of them ex
cept hiuisell had oi-u paper In their
hands, so he resorted to the expedient
of carryinif a folded paper in the breast
iHM'kel of his coat, that it might appear
as if lie had a paper w hich presumably
had already beeu pursued.
One evening, as he was hurrying
toward the station, a little ragged
gam in, with papers under his arm,
squinted t p into his face and cried:
'Mister, want to read all about the
c'lisiouV
'What collision?' asked Mr. AVlse.
'Oh, you buy a paper and find out,
said the urchin, his phiz in the air and
his liltie grimmy paw held out for jen
nies. 1 have a paper,' said Mr. Wise,
glancing toward Ids breast pocket.
'liet you ain't seen 'bout the c'lision,
persisted the boy; 'it's a special to my
pa er; better have one. tonnyl'
liut Mr. Wise eschewed all counsel
from such a course, and hurried on.
Ou the train he seated turn elf be
tween acquaintances, who looked up
from their papers to exchange greet
ing". 'Had news, this evening, said one.
'Yes, quite a collision,' replied Mr.
Wis', feeling the uuceriaiuly of his
position.
'Will you allow me to see your paper?'
asked the gentleman ou the other side.
He was an agent for life iuaurauce com
panies, and added, 1 am making a list
of acci lents lately w ith a motive.'
Mr. WUe realized the danger of tak
ing subterfuge in further deception.
1 haven't the accouul in my paper,
he said. I heard the matter mentioned
but can't tell anything about it.
Thought I might hear more from you.'
he added blandly. Another moment
he adroitly change 1 the subject.
Xext day. In going to and fro, Mr.
Vise scauued the bulletins in search of
the 'bad news alluded to by his friend,
also for an account ot the collision
mentioned by the boy; but be succeeded
in obtaining information on neither
point.
On his way home, he encountgred
the gamin again, who asked, with bis
aggravating squint-
'Head about the c'lision yet, mis
ter?' 'How dare you tell a falsehood to
sell papers?' ir quired Mr. Wise sternly.
'Kead there fur ver elf, pointing to
a paragraph In his sing'e remaining pa
ler. Mr. Wise took the paper and read:
'UoyLstou street runs into Washing
ton street.
Without a word Sir. Wise paid for
the paper and strode on.
Arrived at home, his wife asked him
if he at ended the annual m eting that
arternoon of the stockholders of the A.
Y. & Z. railroad company. It o -curred
a week sooner, she explained, than bad
leen expected, but Mrs. Chester said It
was advertised in the leading daily pa
pers.
Ut Wisti'a face fell. He was not a
Stockholder ia the wealthy concern, but
it bad been Intimated to him that at
the close of the meetiat some appoint
menu would probably be made, one of
which might affect him favorably wen
he on the spot to p ess his claim.
lie ate his supp r in gloomy silence,
then went, to call on Mr. Che ter, one
of the stockholders of the railroad com
pany. To his keen disgust and disap
pointment he learned that his absence
had bex n taken for in inference, and the
appoint n enU had all been made.
'But 1 received a circular stating that
the mettiug wou'd not take place until
next week,' i-aid Mr. Wise.
'Yes,' replied Mr. Chester, 'so of
course did I. but circumstances were
discovered making it necessary that the
meeting should take place to-day; it
was well advertised in the papers,'
added Mr. Chester.
'Strange I didn't see it. almost
growled Mr. Wise, as he turned from
the door.
Mrs. Wise sincerely hoped this c r
cunmlance would convince her husband
of the poor economy of trying to get
along without a daily paper, but t-he
soou discovered it had only served to
make his resolve the more dogged.
- A bout that time Mrs. Wise became
engaged in the purchase of a new dress.
She was a pretty lady, and was always
tastefully attiied. a matter iu which
her husband felt no liltie pride. But
wheu she apieared be ore him in her
new attire, Mr. Wise exc'aiuied almost
angrily:
'Why, wife! I never saw you in any
thing so lositively hideous before.
What c-iuld have induced yuu to buy
such a mean fabric, and such dull, un
becoming colors?'
'Had I only known it,' his wife re
plied regretfully, 1 might have gone to
Warren's and bough, a beautiful silk
and wool fabric for the same money 1
paid for this, but I did not see their
advertisement, and thought it no use
to go up to their store wh re things are
usually higher than any where else. I
was limited to the price, and did the
best I could.'
In auother part of the suburban ci'y
where Mr. Archibald Wise resided,
lived his cousin, Mr. Herbert Wise.
The CjujIus had no great regard for
each other, and seldom met. except oc
casionally at the house of Dr. Krastus
Wise, an uncle.
Dr. Wise was a retired physician,
living in the great city where both his
nephews were engaged in business. He
was widely known aud esteemed among
the profession, and had a large ac
quaintance, with w hom he was exceed
ingly popu'ar.
A man of rare principles, he fe'.t that
he should regard tils ueuuews equally
favorably, but despite the fact of Her
bert's being much more assiduous In
his attentions than Archibald, he yet
felt more nearly drawn to the latter.
As these nephews were ti e old doc
tor's nearest living relatives, it was
lerhaps ouly natural that botugeutli
meu had vague ex-ect.itioin that il
might transpire at some future day,
tliat they had been gener.'Udy lemem
lered wlien the old physician should
have done with all earthly wants.
One morn i g. as Archibald Wise wis
about entering his olli e. he suddenly
encountered his cousin Heibeit, Wi.o
s;ii ?n.ilinglv:
.-mi you didn't think It best to appear
at our good uncle's, last night.
hat do you mean'i"
Why, I mean you didn't present
yourself to ask after him.
W hy. what's the matter?'
'Hon? You didn't see the uccount
in your paper yesterday?'
'Not a woid of it! Did you?'
Why, certainly. Uucle seems to
think your absence somewhat marked.
1 fancied, in the luidtt of such a large
assemblage of friends.'
A soon as Herbert W ise's back was
lurued, bis cousin went hastily to the
nearest news-stand and bought a paper
of the day before. It to.ik him but a
moment to liud that the old gentleman
had oeeu Injur. d and narrowly es
caped death, aud that many citlz-ns
had called to congratulate him ou
having attained his 8Jth birthday Iu
safely.
At the large gathering the previous
night, when Herbert Wise was about
taking leave of his uucle, the genial old
gentleman leiuarked:
'1 am disappointed iu not seeing
Archie here to-night. Have you heard
that he was away or indisposed?'
'Oil, no; replied Herbert, hesitatingly;
he might not have known of It.'
'But I think he must.' rejoined his
uncle; 'the t cc.sion was noticed twice
iu Lis paper.'
'I'erhaps betakes no paper regularly, '
suggested tlu nephew, who seemed to
have developed a sudden aptitude for
drawing conclusions.
'And perhaps he does,' said the old
gentleman serenely, at the same time
he thought a keen, forbidding thought
concerning the man he felt had cast
rather a slur towards his favorite
nephew.
Reflecting on the subject later in the
solitude of his chamber, Uucle Erastus
soliloquized audibly.
it looks to me as if Herbert might
have said that for the purpose of alien
atiuir me from Archie. I can recall
having heard him speak sligbt'ngly
of his cousin on former occasions. I
wonder it he thinks '
l.'ut there the old man sank into a
profound reverie. After a moment,
however, he aroused aud added em
phatically Xo, indeed! That would not be
Archie at all! I'd be ashamed. Indeed,
of a relative of mine, who would go
without a dally paper for any cause ex
cept extreme poverty, but I believe
there is no danger that a Wise would
do a foolish thing!'
At noon Mr. Archibald Wise was
emerging from the newspaier office
wheu he met his uncle just going in.
In eager, sincere terms, the nephew
began explaining his absence the night
before.
'I entirely m'ssjd hearing of the ac
cident, he said,' simply.
1 see you have your paper,' said his
uncle, glancing at the ample sheet in
bis nephew's bauds.
"Yes, I have just been in to pay for
my subVc Iption.
'And 1 am arolng to renew mine;
ait a bit. Archie, aud we'll go to din
ne. together.'
True to the latent manliness of his
natur-, Mr. Archibald Wise told the
whole story to his wife that night, and
added what seemeal a ledeemiug con
fession; he ea id:
"Why is it a man seems possessed to
persist in what he knows ia only dam
aging and hazardous, simply becau e he
has determined to do So? I can't tell.
I only Know I'm doue wi h tryiug to
ecouom.ze in such a costly way us I
discover is Involved iu doing without
my valuable paper.'
Ferf uiued ink is leady for adoption.
WOMEN.
Their Influence for Good or Evil.
They talk about a woman's Sphere as though It
had a limit:
But Uiere Is not a place In earth or heaven.
There's not a task to mankind given !
There's not a blessing or a woe.
There's not a whisper-, yes or no.
There's is no lit.-, marriage. dath or birth:
Thai has a feather's we til of worlh :
WITHOUT A WOMAN IS IT.
History both ancient and modern,
sacred or otherwise, tells of wouieu
good and bad. There is a well-known
passage at the end of the Hook of l'ro
verbs, describing the traits, character,
and the ministrations of a noble woman.
These words weie written thousands of
years ago, and they show then as we
can see now that the training of the
young, the happiness, tho good order of
things in general, purity of humau llle
were dependent ou women.
Which has accomplished the most,
meu oi women? would be a very foolish
question to ask. One might ask w hich
it the most useful one half of a pair of
scissors or the other half; or which Is
most useful, part of a locomotive or the
spinning jenny? Any part of these are
no good w ithout the lest. The names
of Mary, Ieborah, Hannah, Kuth and
Esther, will live for all time. Dorcas,
Lydia, I'riscel'a sisters iu the one faith
(delivered to the SaiuLs) are grand w t
nesses and beauties ot Christian moral
ity. While the names of HeioliU',
Jezebe 1, Athabiah, and De! his, snow
that dlsiegarding, wicked puipose a
woman can tome to without grace
from above.
The sisters of llelhauy. Mary, Mag
deline and Johanna, ought to evoke
sacrifices from every good woman's
heart. Nations as well as men some
times make mistakes aud make (wis,
toys aud idols of the w. men. Y'et the
nations and men who have done this
aie the most disiegarded to-day, A
man in l'hilailelphia called his wife au
au el one week and iu less than a
month after he was In pr sou for wife
bealdig. Act mis siieak louder thau
words from a good husband anl a gooJ
wife. The treasure of a good womau
is like the grace of Cio-1 it is not
bought; but given to the most deserv
ing. What can gold do? What can't
riches do? They can't buy a woman's
pure undcllled heart and love. Her in
fluence Is immense, the whole world's
pro-perity de,-eiid-i upon it. The jiower
f a good wile is au irresistable ro k of
solidity and endurance.
A good wife is the strength, hope,
wisdom and courage of a man. A
bad womau is the co fusion, despair,
discomfiture, aud weakness of any man.
-dan Is strong but his heart is not a la
maut. and Iro.u a woman's I'oiv hap
piue-s, love, ami refreshing waters.
A God fearing woman like her
Maker, who Is in heaven," cau for
give and love an uncharitable world
"without upbra.d ng. Hut a disrepu
table, sinful, gossipy woman there is
u end 1 1 her cpilhe's. A virtuous
woman is I ke one of the pillars of the
lit uiaiueiit. She is one of the eternal
p liars of the Kingdom of 11 -a veil. She
is the fountain of her owu hoiHch.ild
aud happiness.
Her moral wealth is untold. A
mighty power is the inlluence of a wo
man. Every vrtue or vice of a woman's
heart te. Is ou the World al lare. H it
worn in does not do enough. Her
power for gool must be more than felt.
Her virtue is not yet come to its climax
of jKiwer. Her religion comes shoit of
its work. She Is iu the conflict and
the battle of life, but we want her as
au advance, picket, as a sharp-shooter
to keep the young men in our cities
aud towns from goiug as ray.
How sw-et 'twill In- at eventide,
11 you and 1 eaii sa
'fO.d sln-ppard." we re been serkilll!
I hy laiul.s thai w .-ul a-ti ay :
lieail soie. laitit aii.l Iiuiii ,
We ti.-.trd lliem making in. .tu;
And lot wet-oiii.-al uitil ia,l,
lleai lu them safely lutliie.
SOUND SENSE FOR HOME USE.
Miss Corson Says a Few Words to
Youn:,' Houi?keiit)er3 About
Authorities.
When so many departments in p,-rijd-icals
devoteil to women's work are con
ducted sensibly and with an interest
directly applicable to their needs it
would seem strange that such seiioiis
misinformation should be circulated
broadcast if nothing were known of the
system of clipping and icc.istlng matter
already in print.
The accusation has been made in
lie irly every branch of women's woik
that women Iheiii-elves were always to
blame for the couip iratively small pay
ment olleiel new Comers in any held o!
work.
In 1S73, when this writer was ac
tively entailed In building up au insti
tution for helping women to earn their
own livelihood, she met in committee
one of the largest manufacturers of
teady made garments at that time iu
the trade. The subject under discus
sion was the sum ier doz.-u paid for
sewing plain cal.co shirts on the ma
chine, the ladies of the committee ai
pealing to the emploer to advance the
sum beyond fifty cents a dozen. His
auswer was explicit, and from a busi
ness point of view strictly defeiisibe:
"W'.y should I pay more than women
offer to work for? I do not legulate
the ttade pri -e. I used to pay seventy
five cents. Some German women came
here who wanted to buy sewing ma
chines ou installments of il a week.
They had comfortable homes, and only
needed the dollar to pay ou the ma
chine. They offered to do the work for
fifty cents. 1 was obi ged to regard my
own interests. If the girls who were
already sewing foi me would n it reduce
their rates I had to take the German
women." All this was said with much
emphasis aud gesticulation, and it was
the u nana wcrab e truth.
It Is with sorrow that, after seven
teen years' work among women for
women, I must repeat the statement.
In every branch of women's work
women stand ready to underbid and un
derrate the work cf others. While in
dividually I have great satislactiou In
tne reflection that a new field of work
for women has been ope.ied In the
teaching and writing of cookery, I re
gret to believe perforce that numbers of
wr ters are engaged in newspaper work
on this subject who have no more real
experience thau a bliul kitten, who
laps) milk instinctively, discriminates
between the maternal aud bovine fluids.
Provided with paste p t aud scissors, an
array of exchanges aud some cookery
books, they sla b away without know
ing what sort of dishes their readers
will produce. Poor readers! Pitiable
victims to the literary pirate, who
cares only for the price he or
she receives for each column of patch
work. How Is the young housewife to know
if her materials are to be wasted and
her workmanship derided by the unfor
tunate eaters of her culinary attempts?
There la only one safety for her; the re-,
solve never to test a recle which does
not bear the name of some ackuowl- j
edged authority in the world of domes
tic economy; the personal signature,
not some ersiod prepared by au adap
ter.
Even with the most carefully pre-
pared manuscript to work from the
compo it r aud proof-reader will make Flowers are said to be' rented" in
uistaKes enough; but bow much more stead of purchased at Washington, aud
questionable must be the results when a clever florist recently used the same
i he writer does not really know w hether
the subject matler is correct? Iu i he
publication of my own books, the re
vised sh ets of which weie submitted
to me, I have never yet had a copy of
the first edition that did not contain
some error, perhaps small, but still nu
error, that had escaied all
...
watchful
eyes.
Oll nior utatemfinti and the reader
will be left
to reflect upon the best
way of arriving at a safe basis of
operations for the kitchen labors, ujiou
which the comfort of the wh le bouse
de-u Is
One ot the Xew York leading dailies
has been making Signed aiticles of in
terest to wouieu a weekly featuie, and
even proposing the republication in
book form. Heaven save the unhappy
readers if all the subjects touched were
treated as superficially aud iucoirectly
as cookery bits beeu!
The writer has even had the courage
to alter my own recipes after Interv.ew
iug me to 8 -cure them. And recemly
she favored me with a description of
her method of work. Under half a
d zeu names she clips, rewrites u
little, sends an article derived (?;
from a California publication to
one In the eastern states, aud ".ice
versa.
Ifoueofhtr literary friends is good
natured enough to give her au opening
where some special woik has beeu ac
cepted regularly and paid for fall ly.
this friend to herself straightway con
cocts matter of similar import f.om hei
various sources of Information, sends it
in at a low rate, using as a lever the
name of the daily she writes for, and
having once secured a foothold con
tinues to put in bo much nuitter ahead,
under her seveial names, that she some
t uie has as many as forty columns in
tje covering the field of women's
w ork, and of course shutting out the
woik of other writers.
iow she cau possibly do such au
amout of work is simple euough. She
is only a copyist, and every co umn she
"adapts" takes just so much bread
away from women who defend upon
their honest work for da ly sustenance.
I A-l our readers ponder upou this sub
ject. They will wouder less that so
many failures altend trials of formulas
tbey liud In papeis conducted by idltors
t ot lersonally conversant with special
lines of work, particularly of women's
work.
In conclusion, a word to wise women:
If any one working after my own
signed formulas has failed to meet Willi
e.itue success I shall be glad to receive
a detail) d account of the entire luattei
and do my lest to see where lies t e
occas'on of defeat, for I never publish
a reciie until I know just what result
it will produce when woiked out exact lv
according to diiectious. Of course, I
any change of any kind is made, or
tin re U any typographical error, 1 am
not respondble, aud can only point out
Hie coirect way of work.
Juliet Cokson.
Something to Avoid.
A little ix-rsoiial p que, a bit of
wounded vanity, a sudden flame ol
auger, often undoes the most substan
tial and faithful work, and nullifies
the most intelligent and wise action.
It is one of the painful things in expe
rience that effort is often defeated by
these small, purely ters.mal, aad often
momentary things, which are generally
unintelligent and unwise. Life would
bo freed from some of i's most painful
features if men always ac ed to each
oilier on a basis of real justice, and in
telligence, anil left their small tiersoual
feelings ami prejudices out of siht. A
man's wo:k ought to b) judged by
itself and for itself a one, and the
strength of a man's position ought to
rest solely upon w hat he Is able to do.
Ami yet most of us are constantly neu
tralizing the best work of others le
cause it is not done in our way, and
are constantly failing to do justice to
others because of some small personal
prejudice against them. The really
stron clear-sighed man is the man
who is able to put himself out ot the
question aud to judge others by what
tne really are and do, not by theii
relation to him. In this working world
there is neither time t or strength to
be alwavs coddling our small vanities
anl still smaller perj ul ices. The wor d
does not stand iu older that we may be
,..ea.so.i. " piace ior l ie
doing of honest work In the best way
ami if that work cau be be tier done iu
some other way than the one we prefer,
our business is to let it be done and
and lejoice in it. If you wish to see
things clearly, and to be just with your
fellow'-u.cn, ke. p clear of the fames of j
van ty and the thick atmosphere ol j
mere personal feeling. Make it a rule'
lo see wha'. a man is aud dies, and to!
value him by these things. A ersou
may be very distasteful to us and yet
be eminently useful aid successful in
the woild.
Delicacy of Mint Scales.
The fine gold weight n; scales made
In Philadelphia aud intended for the
mint at Xew Orleans a few years a'0
are marvels of mechanical invention
and expert workmanship. The larger
of the two pair has a capacilv of lo.ooo
ounces, troy, or about bSU pounds While cutting the chicken h;s kinfe
avoirdupois, aud when loaded to ils s'ipped and wounded the hand of his
full weighing capacity will indicate the wife, who was assist in him. 'j'Pe
variation of the oue-thousaudtb of au woman's hand soon after li::iii swell
ounce. The other and smaller pair are lug, asdid also her entire arm and fa'-e,
intended for lighter work. All its and soon she was in t-ruble comli
beanngs are of the finest agate, which tion. Med cal aid was called, and Mrs.
h ve been ground with remarkable pre- Cells is now considered out of danger,
cision. This instrument .8 believed to The swetring of bh ol brotherhood
be the mopt delicate iu the world. It in Africa Is a peculiar function of much
will give the precise weight of a human solemnity and responsibU ty in the re
hair, and is susceptible to the slightest lationship it institutes. An incision li
atmospheric changes. udo above the fifth i ih, on the right
Absent-M Inded, Indeed.
'We heard
of au iustance of ah.
sent-mindedness t his week,' relates a binds them to be steadfast to each othei
Ieximrtou (Mo.) paper. 'Oue of our throughout life, and to give assistance
good fanners, living not a thousand m time of danger. Dr. Peters U re
unites distant, thought be would plaut ported to have ma le a covenant of thu
tweuty acres of ground in corn, and, tak- nature with Mwang.i, the Knif ol
mg the sack which contained his seed I'ganda, aud he w ill no doubt make
coru, went into the field, put his corn the best use of his fr.endsiup iu the
planter into operation and pretty soou German interest.
had the required number of acres .1 ul anyr phenomenon In the heavens
planted, so he thought, with seed corn, was noticed by many in Islington, .,
Hut up n finishing his job, what washis latelv. It was a hazy, cloudy, and eu-
coiisternatiou aud amazement to find circling the sun was a complete ram-
his sack of corn untouched. He had bow with at least ha f the hues, ."some
simply forgotte;: to put the coru In the of the suspicious looked ii-oii It as a
planter, aud was forced to do his whole sign of some great calamity to come,
work over again.' aud have not rested aiucu.
XEWS IX BRIEF.
Thsre Is a firm in Cincinnati whlcTa
each year beats 21.U gold dollars into
gold leaf, and as each dollar can be
t . f..t.s n al,A, t 1 . ...11
I uci .iii.. .si,, i . l i , i n lit laii iei iwu
rooms ItH feet square, some idea mat
, formed of its tenuity.
flowers at an early afternoon lunch, at
a 5 o'clock tea and a card reception In
the evening.
More bridal couples are said to
have visited
Washington this Spring
than ever before.
One
of the hotels
makes m iiresetif of ;i Iton.nir in ..Ah
r-Tv.".-' - r " .
uimr wi.it mutus its u I II l u-r.HHIJ, Ituu
,u uuw" l"13
season has been
j "or,u ua-
A portable house of paper lately
constructed in Hamburg, for use as a
restaurant, has walls with uu inner
layer impregnated against lire and an
oilier (ine against moisture. The paper
Is fixed ill readily connected frames.
The dining-room is ninety feet long.
A use for flowers that was novel,
if not altogether new, w:is made on a
train at Jersey City by a convict. IU
carried a huge bouquet In his hand to
hide the liandculls which encircled his
wrists. He was being taken to servs
out his sentence.
A very Ingenious electrical device
has lately lieeu patented by which the
hands of a clock, set to a certain hour,
are made to complete au electric cur
rent connected with the kitchen stove
Sd that the fire is t-tarled w hen the given
hour arrives.
A little chicken, which, though
healthy and flourishing, will always
have to lie fed by human hands, at
tracts a tent ion in No: Ih Plaiutiel l, X.
J. The upper half of its bill is rolled
back lu a tight ball between the eyes.
The lower half is n.ituia1 i.nd iN-rfect.
Mr.'. Huling, a Ithode Island wo
mau. lielng thrown into the water by
the filling of a boat iu w hich she aud
two lady friends weie .rowing, escaiied
drowning by clinging to her dog, which
swam with her to the shoie. Her
friends were drowned.
The sum of 5 .""...' 0 In gold coin
was sent from San Heruanliiio to San
Francisco by mall recently as second-clai-s
matter at one cent au ounce. An
insurance company took a risk on the
Ctiin, ami the bank saved Jl.VJ by using
the maiL
The old A qiiidncek mill at New
port, which has long leen Idle, has l-een
purchased. It is said, ami is now lielng
converted into an ice factory to supply
the Summer demand. A feature which
the factory will Introduce will I
"carafes frappes," or frozen water
bo' ties. These have teen used foi
twenty years In Paris.
A French savant has been calcula
ting the time required to i-iforiu s
journey around the worl 1 w.th this re
sult: A man walking day and uic;bt,
4JS days; a railway train, sVI days;
SOIIUd, ut a nic.hiiii. t..., . .... -J-i)
hours; a cannon ball, -1 i hours; llht,
a trille over one tenih of a second;
electi icily, a tiitle under one-leulh of a
second.
Patti gets isdij a night. In li'l
the entire fees paid to vocalists for a
season at the London )pera House,
from March 10 to August IS. wen
i.'rt,l'.3C. whi'e iTO.OOO went for the bal
let. The only singer who got more
than a thousand pounds for a season
was CamiHirese. Two ballet dancer
received J-l.TSo and JLT,.V.7 respec
tively. In the Catholic Cathedral or Wells,
England, a dock was put up as far
back ai l.TJ "i. There is also mention
made in old lecords of a clock of new
construction Invented by the Ablxitt of
St. Albans, Uight Kcv. 'Robert Wallln
forn, in the following year. Down to
the time of llenrv III. this antique
timepiece was lu fine running order.
An Interesting event took place oil
the Clyde recenl ly in the la -hing of
a Japanese steel-plated war vessel. She
is 300 fwt in length by 12 feet in
depth. Her tonnage Is -Jl ".(I; slie has
twin screws and three ma-ts with mili
tary tops. She fairies twenty-seven
guns and three u.rp-does, and
manned by a crew of .'on. iseount-M
Kewase, a Japanese lady, chnslcned
the ship the Chiyodiu
The ways of the itinerant vendor
of the delicacies of the x ason are often
amusing if trying. Through a subiiiban
' s reel toiled a cait whose driver veiled,
j "Watermelons! X ice i iie watei melons'.'
1 the tones of a stentor. Called to a
halt by a housek. ep-r. he confessed
- that he had nothing but jN.t aloes tc
sen. nv did voil cal wat.-rmi- oih
then.-"' was the indignant question.
"To attract at eution, mum; cvciybody
has iotatoes."
A Beal recently caught In tie- Rivet
Parker by two flsl.ei men of Newi.iiry
Jmrt, Mass., was a dav or so aftei w.nd!
returned to the nvei, ' but it refused tc
be left tiehmd and followed the men
back to the what f, ci mg to le taken
into the boat. Finding it imjxissible
to force the seal to leave them, they
made a little house for it on one of the
wharves, and every day since it ban
gone into the water to get fool, return
ing at night to 1 e 1 jeked up in Its new
quarters."
A singular case of Mood p jlsoning
Is reported frotu Xyaek, X. Y. Am
brose Cells, a y mug man well known
there, lost a fav.nte clrcken, and le
ing anxious to know the cause of the
fowl's death, he proeee h-d to d gsei t it.
8 de. aud conee berries are soaked in
the blood and exchanged au 1 eateu by
the persons mak'-iig the Vow, which
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