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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLIY
MIFFLINTOWIS. JUNIATA COUNTY. FENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUSTS, 1890.
NO. 'XI.
Ot u regular arruy is small, but It
was made still smaller by 1,573 deser-'
tions during the past nine mouths.
This Is a costly piece of business, for
the deserter costs the Government a
irood deal of money in one way ot
another from Ms enlistment until lie
skip.
Fkini f. Kism a rt k continues to sup-'
I''. grtod Interviews for the German
papers. He complained to a coire-'
pundent recently that "a few mouths
of laziness nail added ten years to hii
life;" that be had aged considerably
since he lert cilice, Ac. This is tt(
season wl en a good many persons, un-j
like the ex-chancellor, would take sev-
eral months of d(rr fur nteii'e with-1
out growling, and then feel ten yeari
younger.
Ma nt cases of sickuess from Uie
effects of tyrot.it icon are rejiorted from
different part of the country. The
poison appears to 1 deveUqied through
Kim chemical action in milk, and is'
most frequently found in cheese .and!
ice-cream. It is well knowu that milk
:md Its manufactured products are
peculiaily susceptible to the pieencej
of foreign substances or to contact'
Willi them, and a little care in this
respect would be only a reasonable!
precaution.
Kirk could not have invaded a
building lu the country where more
losses of various kiud would have re
suited than front the burning of the
upper floors of the Western Union
buildiug in New York. As it was
a nominally tire-proof structure, paers
aud bot'ka were stored there that
money could not replace, and there
was. IfBl.les, a treat amount of contly
fillings required for the business of the
Western l'n ion Company and the Asso
ciated Pren. Their destruction Illus
trates anew the practical impossibility
of securing inflammable material frm
dangers of tire by the construction of a
easing that will not buru. A furnace
U an Ideal fire-proof structure aud that
is what a Are-proof building becomes
when Sanies break out In its furniture,
boom and impers. Fire-proof or tlow
buruing coustrui-tion Is, nevertheless,
desirable, because it helps to stay the
spread of Dames, but it should not give
rise to a false sense of security. The
same precautions against tire are re
quired io a building of this kind as iu
the rliinaiest structure of wood.
Con-idfrabi.k Interest attaches to
the laying of the cable between Ber
muda aud Halifax, and its completion
will make a new era in the history ot
Uie Island. Aa American electrician
who has just returned from the Iter
mudas points out how much more par
doxlcal the absence of telegraphic
communication there is from the fact
that 't Is an important British naval
and coaling station, with one of the
largest floating dry docks in the world,
and a large military garrison, and that
the prosperity of the I.-land is mainly
deindent on its exiHt of vegetables,
which brings in revenue of over i-''0,-010.
The people have become alive to
the necessity of knowing w hat is going
on in the world around them; they are
putting up better buildings, dredging
the harbor channels so as to admit the
largest craft, building dorks and
wharves, and are now placing them
selves in a position to reap the full
advantage of daily prices current. This
evidently Is not the en;l, for it is
rumored that plans for an electric road
are already under consideration.
A ihmi'Anv has been organized In
Pennsylvania for the construction of
steel railroad passenger coaches wtilcb
will neither break, nor go into splinters
in cases of collision or other accident.
The steal car is not an entirely new
'device; but the companies did not like
it certainly have not taken to it and
Would not have it, for that reason, set
there Is good cause to tielleve that the
teel car Is as likely to be the iwii-senger
coach of the future as the steel ship is
the assured favorite of the present. In
it lies apparently the element of safety
to the most attainable degree. It may
be bent, indented or crushed, even in a
collision, but if so built as to exclude
the use of wood In material measure,
it cannot te smashed and reduced to a
mass of tinder or death-dealing timbers
and splinters. The question of practical
lightness should not be an unanswera
ble one in the construction of ateel pas
senger coaches, as they could certainly
be strongly built without being made
umcti heavier than the present palace
and sleepiug cars.
Ir meiied to sympathetic readers on
this aide of the water that if Stanley
could have only been allowed to drive
away with bis bride after the wedding
ceremonies at the Abbey, and be no
more seen by tbe wedding guests, such
arrangements would have been more
thoughtful of the great traveller's very
delicate condition and weakness after
bis acuta attack of Illness. Notwith
standing the fact that lie was a' 111
IU and extremely weak, be was rep
resented as helping to receive the
throngs of titled and other guests upon
the lawn, and as resting upon his stick
while surveying the wedding presents.
Conventionalities, In that land of for
malities, had to be observed, even If the
brnlgegroom should faint under the
routine, so that it is no wonder that the
festivities and the guests and the gifts
all contributed to make the hoped-for
speedy convalescence of the bridegroom
much longer delayed. A little common
sense would have spirited away the
bridal pair from the moment the signa
tures had been affixed, and left the
guests to enjoy the garden party and
the gifts, with tbe easy explanation
that an Invalid could not be part of the
sacrificial show.
NOT BAIT FOR ROBBERS.
A Railroad Man Tells Why Pay
Trains are Never Held Uo."
-Why is it that train robbers never
ol under a pay train?
because they know their reward
would li too Insignificant-'
That is the way an ex-railroad man
put it the other night.
-Iss money," be added, "is carried
on a jay train than any other kind of
train. Some folks imagine that the
ray of the employes of the two great
systems terminating here, aggregating
hundreds of thousands monthly, is
piled away in the cars and is hauled
over the road.
Isn't that the case?
H;reat Scottt no. Trains would be
roblied before they got well out of Sa
vannalu Besides, w ho would be able to
keep up with a car load of money? It la
largely silver, and the ten-cent pieces
and the nickels and the copers would
run away with things.
'How is the business conducted,
then?
hasily enough. In fact, there U bnt
oue way to properly carry it on. That
way is to draw on the banks at each
city for enough to par oil with until
Uie next city Is reached. For instance,
in leaving Savannah over either the Sa
vanuah, Florida and Western Kailroad
or the Central Kailroad just enough
mot ey is taken to pay off employes, in
cluding agents, track bands, oiators
aud others at each of the stations. This
amouut is not very Urge. The largest
amounts are paid out iu tbe cities. For
instance, lu Macon the engineers, Bre
men, conductors and yard hands and
others of the Savannah and Western
Kailroad are paid off; in Augusta the
emploes of the South Carolina division
of the Central are paid oft; the Same Is
true with the Savannah, Florida and
Western Uallway. By this means the
largest sums paid out amount, to 1 ttle
tuoie than a transfer of money pro
cured from the I auks through the pay
master of the railroads to the employes.
The sums paid out on tne line between
the beadi'uartf rs of each divisiou are
small compared to the amounts paid
out iu the cities. .None of the engi
neois or Bremen or conductors or brake
men are paid off at points along the
Hue. They are the employes that
get the largest pay.
The railroad man related an Incident
which took place several years ago,
which be said put matters in a bail
light and made tbe pay train tempting
to I rain robbers.
A newspaper reporter on one of the
dailies of a Western town wrote a long
article stating bow much money it re
quired to pay otl the employes of the
road, and concluded by saying it was
singu'ar that the robbers seldom held
up y trains.
The figures the newspaper man gave
were correct, and the article attracted
widespread attention. Several officials
of the road went to the general- mana
ger about the matter and began to sug
gest a remedy for what they considered
a very bad practice.
The general manager explained to
them that the amount of money carried
on pay trains was small compared to
w hat la carried on a regular mail and
express train, but the matter was not
settled until the newspaper man pub
lished au interview with the general
manager, giving the facta and staling
the manner in which busiuess was con
ducted on iy trains. The railroad
said, however, that tbe danger of pay
tiam robbery is very slight. The rob
bers have posted themselves about these
matters.
The Coming Man.
I imagine that when we look back
from our home iu the unseen universe
ages hence we shall see. without much
doubt, a race of men differs from those
of to-day much as the man of to-day
differs from his simious,erhaps simian,
ancestors. The brain will be developed
to meet the more complex and serious
taxation of a more complex and trying
civilization; the vital powers will be iu
tensilled; the man, reducing the powers
of nature still more completely to bis
service, will depend lessou the exertions
of bis muscles, and tbey will be corres
pondingly aud comparatively less power
ful, though they will probably, never
theless, 1 Imagine, continue to grow
somewhat In size, as tbey unquestion
ably have grown since the Middle Ages;
the lungs must supply aeration to a
larger aud more rapidly circulated vol
ume of blood richer in the phosphatic
elements especially needed for tbe
building up of brain and nerve; the
digestion must supply its nutriment in
similarly increased amount and altered
character and composition; the whole
system must lie capable of more rapid,
more thorough and more manageable
cou version of the energies of the natural
forces to the uses of the Intellect and
the soul which Inhabits It.
About Charity.
The best charity Is not that which
giveth alms, whether secretly or with
ostentation. The best cliarity that
w Inch "worketh no evil" is the char
ity that prompts us to think and speak
well of our neighbors. We are all
ashamed to confess that our quickest
instincts are to think 111 of others or to
niagniry the 111 of which we hear. There
Is a universal shrugging of shoulders,
as much as to say: "Well, I expected
as much." "It is just like him." "I
had my suspicions," and thus on
through an endless chapter, with which
every reader will be more or leas famil
iar from his or her own experience.
The charity that give is good, but
the charity that makes us 'think no
evil" Is better, and it alone is the char
ity that covers a multitude of sins.
Death and Burial of a Bank Note.
There is a certain ceremony which
attends the death and burial of a Bank
of England note. It la oniy uiree uays
I after iu cancelling that it is carried to
! its last home In the Banknote Library.
Its first dark day of nothingness is
i spent in the inspector's office, where
' severe judges sit in judgment on its
I virtue. During Its second day. It and
its thirty or forty thousand fellows,
done up Into parcels, are counted ami
sorted; that is to say, each parcel is
dealt out like a pack of cards, accord
ing to dates and denominations of value.
The third day. they are posted In led
gers, which are kept as indexes to Uie
paid notes; and then, on the evening of
their last day In the upper regions of
light and air. they are carried dowu
with scant ceremony. In huge bags, to
the Banknote IJbrary.
J poiiy Ilave you ever seen a mistle
toe bow? -Cumso
No; but I've seen a peanut
stand.
PEARLS IN OYSTERS.
Facta Concerning Their Origin and
Growth.
The keen eye of science has discov
ered that tbe birth or a pearl is any
thing but a poetical adair. It is due
to an accident, aud to one of those pro
visions of nature by which every living
creature resists foreign attack and
seeks to protect itself from injury. The
oyster rear I springs Into existence in
two different ways. The Oist is by
the Introduction into the animal of a
foieign substance. In some unguarded
moment the oyster may permit a
minute grain of sand to slip into its
domicile and lodge between the flesh
and the shelL
Tbe oyster Is powerless to expel the
Intruding substance.which immediately
becomes a source of Irritation. There
Is but one remedy. The animal begins
to cover tbe grain of sand with a coat
of membrane, followed by a layer of
calcareous matter called nacre. This
is identical with mother-of-pearl, that
beautiful lining of the shell which re
flects all the colors of tbe rainbow as
well as the most delicate and subtle
tints.
Nacre Is constantly exuded from the
bodies of the oy.ter. ti e cockle, the
nautilus, the snail, and other animals
of tbe mollusk order, aud forms their
outer covering, hard or soft, thick or
thin, according to the protection de
manded by their surrouudlngs. Around
the Intruding grain of sand which has
been mentioned accumulate alternate
layers of membrane aud nacre until a
pearl is formed.
These iearls, however, are not the
valuable gems of commerce, because,
in the tlrst place, they preserve tbe
form of tbe grain of sand aud hence are
Irregular lu shape; and in the second
place they frtqueiilly adhere to the
aliell and consequently present one
rough side.
The perfect pearl is found loose In
the Interior of the tlesh. and has lis be
ginning in an animal germ. Tbe oyster
annually produces a number of eggs,
which, as soon as they develop Into
diminutive animals, are thrown out by
the mother. Occasionally, however,
an egg remains behind, it is almost
microscopic in size and is inclosed in a
tiny cattsule.
This capsule now becomes, to all in
tents and purposes a foreign substance.
But it has eel lulu powers akin to those
of the parent, on of which is thai of
manufacturing, throwing out. and
gathering around llself nacre. The
uacre envelops it, and the germ of the
animal is soon Incased in a beautiful
prison, usually spherical in form, but
sometimes pear-shaped. This is the
true pearl. Its size of course depends
jon the length of time to which the pro
cess is continued, as the pearl is en
larged by constant derails from year
to year.
Considerable ingenuity has been ex
ercised in the manufacture of artificial
pearls. Tbe French have attained the
greatest, excellence in this industry.
From a small fish called tbe bleak the
scales ate scraped, washed, aud pressed
betweeu folds of linen cloth of fine tex
ture. A fluid then klowiy trickles from
them, and when It lias tieeu til tend
ofleu enough to attain the requisite de
gree of purity Is mixed with au alka
line substance to arrest tbe decay of
animal matter.
This Is the precious "Essence
d 'Orient," to produce a pound of w hich
several thousand of the tish are re
quired. Tbe addition of a small quan
tity of isinglass completes the prepara
tion of tbe fluid for use. The essence
is now injected Into hollow spheres of
oolorless glass uutll it covers the sur
face of the interior. Instantly the glass
bead is transformed into an admirable
imitation of a pearl. In fact, the coun
terfeit Is so perfect that it can only be
detected by weight.
Tbe Italians also make artificial
pearjs, but in an entirely different way.
Tbey insert skillfully colored varnishes
Into glass beads, and also cover porce
lain spheres with a cement made from
finely powered mother-of-pearl. These
imitations are pretty ornaments, but do
not make any pretense of comting
with the genuine article.
The production of pearls by assisted
propagation is a curious industry which
has been carried on more successfully
by the Chinese than by any other ieo
ple. They take the mussels from their
beds, and, prying open the shells, or
boring them, insert small molds or
beads so that they will lie in the soft
flesh. The animals being unable to
expel these foreign bodies immediately
begin to cover them with nacre, as de
scribed in the natural pearl-making
process.
In a year a complete coating is
formed, but the beauty of the pearl is
greatly enhanced by allowing it to re
main undisturbed for two or three
years. These pears, however, are sel
dom perfect iu shape, because it is
almost impossible to obtain or manu
facture kernels of spherical form. The
deposit of nacre, of course, follows
every inequality of surface in tbe arti
ficial molds.
The most famous pearl fisheries in
the world are near tbe coasts of Ceylon,
Japan, Java, and Sumatra, and in the
1'ersian gulf; although earls in limited
quantities are obtained in the streams
of various countries. Ceylon, how
ever, stands iu the greatest renown for
Its pearls and pear. -divers. Ceylon is
an island In the Indian Ocean, about 60
miles south of Iliudooslan. It pieseuts
great contracts of scenery, from pre
cipitous and picturesque rocks to level
plains of sand.
Tbe I earl oyster banks are on the
west coast, and here, at certain times
of the year, villages suddenly spring up
and are as suddenly abandoned at the
beginning and end of toe diving season.
Tbe formation of oue of these villages
is a strange sight.
Bleak and deserted wastes of banen
laud suddenly become populated, great
throngs of people clad in gay colors
rapidly assemble, and there is a confu
sion of tongues wheie but a short time
before only tbe swash of ocean waves
was heard. Besides the divers there
are provis on dealers, boat repairers,
traders, laborers, merchants from many
nations and priest..
Before the diveis begin their work
there are blessings and magic spells
from priests and sorcerers, to drive
away the sharks and bring good luck.
Thee incantations are of course round
ly paid for. Tbe boats start out late at
night, so that operations may begin at
daybreak.
Tne divers have small Instruments
for compressing their nostrils and bees
wax to stop the apertures iu their ears.
Ksch one liolJs a block of stone be
tween bis feet to aid his descent. Leap
r g from tiie boat and pluugiug beneath
the waves, tbe divers reach the bottom,
where they run about swiftly and fill
their b -gs with oy iter as quickly as
possible. When one is ready to rise be '
gives a signal and Is drawn bock to his
boat by a rope.
Divers cannot remain In the watfr
over a minute on the average, while
two minutes taxes the most expert. A
very few who have staid under four or
five minutes have won great reputa
tions for their extiaordiuary endur
ance. The occupation Is Injurious to the
health, as it reijutres a tremendous
amount of exertion. Divers are short
lived, subject to various diseases, and
have been known to expire suddenly
on reaching the surface of the water.
How Lonz Does a Dream Last?
The London Globe says that this In
teresting question has recently been
discussed iu German)', among others by
Dr. P. Scholz, who has given some
striking examples from his own experi
ence aud observation. It is not possi
ble to give a definite answer; and prob
ably enough dreams vary very much in
point of duration, just as they vary In
force and vividness. At one time the
figures of a dream.whether they emerge
from the horn or the ivory gate, are as
real as In life; the sorrow Is even mote
intense, the happiness more realistic.
At another time they seem to live oiJy
In a pale moonlight, and we watch tbe
scenes rather than participate in throi.
It Is very certain, however, that the
majority of dreams are only of momen
tary duration, though extended occa
sionally to tLe length of a minute.
In proof of this. Dr. Scholz tells the
following story from his experience:
After excessive bodily fatigue and a
day of mental strain, of a not disagree
able kind, I betook myself to bed after
I had wound up my watch and placed
it on the night-table. Then 1 lay down
beside a burning lamp. Soon 1 found
myself on the high sea on board a weil
known ship. I was again young, and
stood on tbe look out. I heard the roar
of the water, aud golden clouds floated
around me. How ljug I so stood 1 did
not know, but it seemed a very long
time. Then tbe scene changed. I
was in the country, and my long dead
parents came to greet me: they took me
to church, where the loud organ sound
ed. I was delighted, but at the same
time wondered to see my wife and chil
dren there. The priest mounted the
pulpit aud preached, but I could net
understand what he said for the sound
of the orgar, which continued to play.
I took my sen by the band and with
Lini ascended the church tower but
again tbe scene was changed. Instead
ot teing near my sou I stood near au
early-known but long dead officer I
ought to explain that I was an army
surgeon dui uig the manoeuvres. I was
wondering why the major should look
so young, when quite close in my ears
an unexpected caution sounded. Ter
rified, I was hurrying off. when I woke
up aud noticed that the suposed can
non shot bad its cause in the opeuiug
of the bedroom door through some one
entering. It was as if I bad lived
through an eternity in my dream, but
when I looked at my watch 1 saw that
since 1 had fallen asleep not more than
one minute had elapsed a much shorter
time than it takes to relate the ocet r
reiice." Dr. Schulz has collected many
other examines of a similar kind.
Lducatlniz the Girls.
An eminent French writer lias said.
When you educate a boy you perhaps
educate a man; but when you educate
a girl you are laying the foundation
for the education of a family." lie
might have added that to this end the
physical training was of equal import
ance with the mental.
Iu these days the subject of the
physical training of young men is occu
pying much attention, and the discus
sions aie broad anil full of Interest.
The fault is that the needs of both
sexes iu this resiect are not equally
considerel.
Au erect figure, an organism In which
the processes of life may go on with
out the ceaseless discord of functions at
war with each other because or abnor
mal relations-in short, the added ad
vantages which a fine physical adjust
ment gives to its possessor are as nec
essary to one sex as the other aud for
the same reasons.
If physical education and consequent
improvement are things to be desired
it is not that a number of individuals,
as a result of this tialuing, shall be
able to perform certain feats of strength
or agility; but in its broadest sense it
is for the improvement of tbe race, und
the race cannot materially advance,
physically, intellectually or morally,
unless the two factors which constitute
the race share equally in whatever
tends to its greater perfection. There
fore, If In consequence of proper physi
cal training men can do more work,
live longer aud transmit to posterity a
share of this improved condition women
also should be ho trained that they can
do more work, live longer and contri
bute to the higher iosMblllties of tbe
race by supplementing instead of
thwarting the promise which has been
presupposed in the higher development
of meu.
What Is a Clever Woman?
What Is really a clever woman?
A clever woman is one who looketh
well after the ways of her own house
hold. A clever woman is one who under
takes nothing that she does not under
stand. A clever woman is oue who is mis
tress of tact and knows how to make
the social wheels run smoothly.
A clever woman is one who makes
the other woman think herself the
cleverest.
A clever woman is one who acts like
hot water ou tea, she brings the sweet
ness and strength out of everybody
else.
A clever woman Is one whose ability
Is never unpleasantly lelt by the rest of
the world.
A clever woman is one who acknowl
edges her neighbor's right to live, who
doesn't believe that she alone is the
motive power of the world.
A clever woman is the one who is -at
ease In any place and among any eo
pie. A clever woman is the woman, my
friend, that you and I should want for
a guide, counselor and friend.
Engaged She (singing) "I wmt
to be an angel
Ile(interruptlng) "Wantto be! You
are one now!"
Ax Apt Comparison "She has the
disposition of a flannel shirt."
"What on earth do you mean?"
"cbe la a shrinking little thing."
THE HON EST OLD TOAD.
Oh. a queer little chap Is the honest old toad.
A fuuny old fellow i he:
Lying under the stun, by the side of the road.
' Ncatta the shade of tbe old willow tree,
II. is dressed all in browu from his toe to Ills
crown.
Save his vet. that U silver white,
lie takes a Ioiik nap in the beat of the day.
And walk in the cool dewy night,
"ltaup. yaup." nays the frog,
From his home iu the bog.
But the toad he says never a word :
He tiles to be good, like the children who
should
Be seen, but never be Ard.
When winter draws near. Mr.Td goes to bed
And he sleeps just as sound as a top.
But when the Mayflowers follow soft April
showers.
He conies out with a skip. Jump and hop:
tie changes his dress only once. 1 confess
Everv snrlnr: and his old worn-out coat.
1 With trousers and waistcoat, be rolls lu a ball.
Ana stuns tne wnoie ining aowu uis
throat.
K-rruk. k-rruk." says the frog.
From his home in the bog;
But the toad be savs never a word,
lie tries to be good, like the children who
should
Be seen, but never be beard.
RETRIBUTION-
'You wanted to see Miss Celia West
leigh? Goodness gracious, she was
buried yesterday!'
The landlady of the shabby, out-of-the-way
boarding-bouse, stood at the
door of tbe close little parlor. Into
which she had just ushered two ele
gantly dressed ladies, with an awful
enjoyment of the dramatic nature of
her announcement,
'Dead!' exclaimed one of the visit
ors, in a shocked tone. 'And we only
heard of her illness the other dayl I'oor
thing! So young, too! How does her
sister bear it? She had a sister, 1
think V
'Ves'm. She's taken it very hard
they hadn't nobody but themselves,
them two. l'er'aps you'd like to see
alias Helen?'
I don't know. Mrs. Lennox?
turning to her companion, with a look
of embarrassed appeal, and a rising
flush. 4 We are strangers to Miss West
lelgh, you know, and If you prefer not
to meet her
'If I prefer not to meet her, Mrs.
Thurlow? I am not aware of any rea
son why I should object to meeting
Miss A estleigh,' said the second lady,
who had a voice of almost masculine
depths; a voice in perfect keeping with
her handsome, obstinate, massive-featured
face; and she turned to the land
lady, raying:
'Inform MissWestlelgti, if you please,
that two ladies are wait ing to see her
Mrs. Lennox and Mrs. Thurlow.
The landlady vanished.
You must not be oUended, dear,'
Mrs. Thurlow ventured to say, "I, I,
was really a' raid that to meet Miss
W estleigh under the circumstances
might be a little don't you think for
some pex pie, at lea-t awkward '
lt you refer to my having dismissed
Miss Westlelgh's sister from my house,
J can understand its being an awkward
meeting for her, said Mrs. Lennox,
with a look of cold astonishment. 'But
1 am at a loss to kuow in what manner
your observation can apply to me.'
. 'That was what I meant, of course,'
eagerly exclaimed Mrs. Thurlow. To
stare the poor girl's feelings, for Celia
was her sister.
1 am very glad to hear that that was
what you meant, Mrs. Thurlow, said
Mrs. 1-ennox, not relaxing her injured
air. 'For you must be aware that there
Is nothing I regard so highly as duty.
And in this case of Celia Westlelgh's
iliove all. I have ttie satisfaction of
feeling that I have never, for a mo
ment, evaded duty.
'To be sure, my dear how consol
ing!' 'When I remember the unprincipled
.way in which she took advantage of
her position as governess In my bouse,
actually to Inveigle my poor, weak
headed brother-in-law into the folly of
offering her his hand; when I remem
ber that she left my house in a cloud of
disgrace, consequent upon her having
secretly worn and ruined valuable laces
of mine; when I remember all the trou
ble she caused me, from first to last;
then, Mrs. Thurlow, I positively won
der at my own presence here to-day,'
said Mrs. Iennox.
"Of course you do, my dear.
'Hut the moment I heard or the poor
erring girl's illness, I determined to
visit her at once, and endeavor to rouse
jlier to some sense of her miserable
state. You. yourself, heard me say
repeatedly, Mrs. Thurlow, that I should
not flinch from the duty of reminding
her of the past, and pointing out, to the
best of my poor ability, that the way
of the transgressor must necessarily be
liar J; si that, if she chose tj shut her
eyes to the lesson conveyed by these
things, and pers'st in denying her
(wrong-doing, no shadow of ftisglviug
.might rest upon my conscience.'
; 'Yes, yes; and your strength of char
acter Is wonderful. 1 couldn't have
done it.
' 'However, we have come too late,'
said Mrs. Iennox, shaking her head.
'We shall never know what effect a
few strong words of warning aud coun
sel might have had upon her. We
must be charitable, and remember this.'
'How maguaulmousl' said Mrs.
Thurlow.
Vts, said Mrs. Lennox, we must
make many allowances. We must not
le surprised, if we should find Miss
Westleigh, as your words seemed to
imply, prejudiced enough to cherish ill
feelings against me; for people will ba
unreasonable. But she need not fancy
that, if she is herself sensible and re
spectable, her sister's memory would
ever, in my mind, be regarded for a
moment, as a reproach to her.'
'Her sister's memory is the most
sacred thing left to her on this earth.
Can you not let your victim rest even
now. when her broken heart is hushed
In the grave?'
The two ladies arose simultaneously,
as the challenging words, uttered in a
clear, thrilling voice, rang through the
room. On the threshold stood a tall,
youthful figure, clothed in black; it
advanced a few steps; and they beheld
before them a pale girl, with oue of
those wonderfully expressive faces that
do not need to be beautiful to stamp
themselves In our remembrance. It
was Helen Westleigh. Her dark eyes,
burning in the deep, purple hollows
worn by loug watching and much
weepinz, flashed upon them a greeting
anything but conciliatory. Before It,
the two startled women stood silent,
and involuntarily quailing, for a mo
ment, as if they had been confronted
by something unearthly.
But. Mrs. Lennox soon recovered her
self. 'You have a strange way of receiving
visitors, who come to you with kind
intentions, young lady,' she said, haugh
tily. 'What do you mean by rictim?' '
M meau that Celia 's death lies at
'your door. Mrs. Lennox.'
'1'leasant accusation!' said Mrs. Len
nox, settling back in her chair; wits
stony sneer. 'Really, Mws A estleigh.
I fear you are a young person very 111
regulated in mind, as most certainly
you are in manner. A re you aware
that it was only owing to my possibly
mistaken clemency we are all bo liable
i to err!' that your si-fter did not rass
from my door to a prison I hat she
lost her situation, under such unhappy
circumstances, was entirely her own
faulL
'Her own fault?' raid Helen, pale a?
she had been, growing yet paler. 'Was
it her fault that she was a shirking,
sensitive creatre, who withered like a
flower in the cold, nngenial atmosphere
of your house? Was it her fault that
you judged her out of your own coarse
mind aud narrow Instincts! Do not
interrupt me, woman! You shall listen
to me, whether my words are pleasant
to your eais or not.
'How did it end? Worn out by
months of silent martyrdom, Celia
came to me one night, saying she could
bear no more; her heart was breaking,
her life was ebbing away. I looked
into her de ir eyes, and saw that it was
true. I held her to my heart, and said
s' e should never return under your
roof again; I said, let us statve together
first! Oh, if I could have persuaded
her to listen to mel But she must go
back, if only to g.ve you warning oj
lortuuily to provide another governess
for spoiled, exacting children, forsooth!
'That was the merry entertainment
at which you accused her next day of
having been present, decked out In
finery of yours. You knew in your
ht-art that the accusation was false; but
it suited your purpose to dismiss her
Iroiu your house in a cloud of ignominy,
aud Satan furnished you with a plausi
ble pretext. You have done your wuik
very successfu'ly, Mrs. Iiinox; Celia
Wes'leigh will uewr be your brother-in-law's
wife, now. But how will you
answer, at tl e righteous bar of God,
for the cruelty and calumny that have
broken the heart of an innocent, moth
erless girl, and sent her to an untimely
grave?'
Mrs. Thurlow was weeping. But
Mrs. Lennox, though she may have
grown a tillle paler, sat upright in her
chair and returned the scorching judg
ment of Helen's eyes with an icy stare,
for some brief, silent moments; then she
rose, and gathered up her rich robes
elaborately.
lf 1 really believe you to be a respon
sible being, young woman, I thould
feel like calling you to account for your
Insulting behavior and words,' she said.
'But I pity you for your deplorable
lack of self control and judgment; and
I should really be glad If I could be
lieve that your poor slater was, as you
say, innocent, and all that. Ah, dear
mel Come, Mrs. Thurlow; there is
nothing to detain us, I think? We
need only atologize to Miss Westleigh
for our intrusion, and assure her that
there is not the slightest danger of Its
being repeated.'
4 Yet we shall meet again,' said Helen.
She came a step nearer, and lifted her
thin, right hand to heaven.
'There is Justice,' she said, solemnly.
'You have robbed me of all I had left
in this world to love; you have mocked
me in my desolation; do not think I am
one to forget or forgive. When the
hour comes that I feel in my soul is
written in heaven will come, and you
stand before me as helpless as my poor
darling stood before you, such a little
w hile ago, then be sure you shall receive
the same mercy which you have shown
to me and mine.'
As the last words fell, with bitter
emphasis, from her lips, Helen left the
room.
Few homes were more attractive aud
lmjiosiug than the handsome mansion
of Senator U , which stood on one
of the broad streets of Washington city.
It was the centre, also, of a hospitality
both generous and refined. The beauti
ful woman, whom the Senator had
lately married abroad, hail made a
marked sensation in thatsociely, where,
by virtue of his brilliant oiiticaI suc
cess, he had loug been oue of the most
prominent figures. The Senator's wife
not only shared, but even in some
measure, increased her husband's pop
ularity; It was said that her intluence
was used to soften his somewhat hard
and dominant nature, and that, more
than once, her intercession had suf
ficed to turn the scale of his pjwerrul
influence, in favor of some suppliant,
who would have been otherwise coldly
dismissed.
It was a rumor of this, that had
drawn to the door of the Senator's msn
slon, one cold, midwinter morning, a
tluuly-clad woman In widow's weeds.
The warmth of the luxurious lit rary.
Into which she was shown to await the
coming of Mrs. It , was grateful to
her poor, chilled hands and scantily
protected frame. She had left her chil
dren shivering at home, around an in
sullicieut fire, in a room which some
shabby remains of past elegance only
made more melancholy. Who, in those
long past, bitter days, could have fore
seen the bitter array of privations and
humiliations, that were to be her sat?
The lot of a poor and friendless claim
ant upon the nation's generosity! The
slights, the evasions, the in Mtlereuce.
the Impatience, that she bad encoun
tered iu her weary applications here and
there the polite excuses of this distin
guished official, the abrupt, unsoftened
refusal of this other. The poor woman's
heart had long been sick with hope de
ferred; her pride and confidence had
been laid low; she was about to make
one last, desperate, effort to move some
compassionate interference in her be
half; and it was with an agony of hope
aud fear unshakable, that she heard
tbesilken rustle at the door, which an
nounced the great lady's entrance.
A beautiful woman, majestic in bear
ing, came forward aud acknowledged
the anxious widow's presence with gra
cious courtesy. There was a peculiar
gentleness iu her manner towards such
applicants, but she saw so many cf
theml It was not possible to assist
them all; and the Senator's wife of en
carried a sad heart under her rich robes,
for a world of various miseries not to
be relieved.
The widow took courage, at sight of
her. It was easier than she bad thought,
after all her bitter experience, to pre
sent her case oace more alas, such a
common case! She urged it with the
eloquence of desperation. In her earn
estness, she failed to notice how, at tbe
first sound of her voice, the Senator's
wife had started nervously, and fixed
upon her a close, scrutinizing glance;
that the lady's cheek grew paler, and
her brows contracted darkly. But
when, in answer to that pressing plea
for help, the Senator's wife said, con
strainedly, that she could not tell, so
many such claims were dally made
known, and the widow, trembling all
over at the thought of this last chance
slipping away, absolutely threw herself
at the lady's feet in her distress, she
relt I he Senator's wife draw back with
strong recoiL
'Oti. madam. It Is life or death with
mel' cried the widow. 4l have no
fi lends to pres my claim, aua I have
applied everywhere In vain. If the
Senator will not help me, I must see
my c'll lren starve. I hear every where
how kind vou are; do spak to hliu for
me. I entrea', you, for the loveot Gcd!'
She lilted her eyes full of beseech
ing anguish, to the la ly's face. But
there was no relenting on that brow, no
compassion in the cold glance, at once
averted ftom her, and lifted elsewhere, I
as if the sight of any other object were
pieferable. Well for the widow that ,
it was so! For at that moment of f .te '
when her futuie lay in the balance, and
the lips of its arbitress trembled with a
scathing word from the past, which
would have sounded In her ears like a
death knell, the lady's upturned eyes '
fell upon an old painting, that adorned
the opposite wall. A stray sunbeam, I
glancing out of tbe steely gloom of the '
January beavenp, touched it. as she '
looked, and brought forth from the
dark canvas, la vivid momentary clear
ness, the face of our divine Lord, bent
under the cruel crown of thorns, and
convulsed with the agony of more than
mortal sorrow.
The strained eves of the anxious sup
pliant saw, without comprehending, a
great wave of emotion sweep across the
face of the Senator's wife. With a
tremulous hand, she signalled to the
w Idow to rise.
'You may leave your papers,' she
paid. In a lone of one straggling with
herself for mastery. I will speak to
my husband about your case. That Is
all I can promise, at present. Good
morning.'
Hardly knowing, between this glimpse
of encouragement, and the strange,
abrupt dismissal that accompanied It,
whether to yield her heart to hope or
despair, the widow, In a whirl of emo
tion, went out of the warm mansion
into the bitter street, and hurried home
ward to the melancholy room, where
her two pale, young daughters sat
trying to sew, iu the midst of the
shabby furniture that had once been
fine. There was wonder and specula
tion over her report of the interview;
the two girls refused to see any jt
hoiefuI auguries in the words o the
great lady.
I'eople say she is so good,' said the
eldest. 'The other day, when I went
to get this bundle of work, Mrs. Wells
pointed her out to me, silting in her
carriage; and I know, just from her
face, that she is ready to help anybody.'
'I cannot tell,' said the mother dtear
ily. 'And she would, of course, see that
you were a lady, mother,' she went on
confidently. 4I know she will feel for
us.'
'They say she was once a ioor glr".
herself,' said the younger daughter.
'Yes she has quite a romantic
story,' said the other. 'Most people
think she is a foreigner, because Sr-ua-
tor H mairled her abroad, but Mrs.
Wells told me she knew lier, years ago,
in New Yolk, aud that she taught elo
cution In a school. Her name was
Helen Westleigh '
'Mother!' shrieked the yourger
daughter, springing to a chair iuto
which the widow had fallen, pale as
death; for the name had made clear to
her all that had seemed inexplicable In
the conduct of the Senator's wife, and
she had fainted.
Yes, Mrs. Lennox for the widow
was Mrs. I-cunox had again come face
to face with Celia's sister, and commit
ted unwittingly her hist hope of better
fortune for her children and herself,
into her hands that had, long ago,
been raised to heaven against her, with
a threat and a uromifie of vengeance.
She recovered consciousness directly,
but she felt that for her all was over.
The Set ator's wife would doubtless
keep her promise; but the presentation
of the widow's appeal would go hand
in baud with the story of Celia West
lelgh's wrongs aud sorrows. The hour
bad come which Helen's outraged
heart had forseen and predicted; the
hour in which her enemy was to stand
before her humbled in the dust, to re
ceive the same measure which, in pride
and hardness of heart, she had meted
out to others. The cup of her punish
ment was full to ovei flowing.
From that moment Mrs. Lennox
gave up claims as hopeless, and fell iuto
a state of listless, brooding despair.
Tbe long, slow days went by with no
comfort or hope iu their passing; the
long, watchful nights brought her the
white, pleading face of Celia West
leigh, as she had last beheld it; the
sound of Helen's passionate voice rang
in ber ears, with terrible words of accu
sation and ominous warning. Doeply
avenged was the poor young governess,
forgotten so many years in ber liumbl
grave! Keen were the stings of ra.
morse, lu Mrs. Lennox's once harj
heart.
Comfortless and silent, she was sit
ting with her daughters. In their little
room, one day, when a knock at the
door announced a visitor. How shall
we describe the flutter of excitement,
the fear, the hope, that stirred the
hearts of the girls, or the agony of sus
pense that held their mother breathless,
who oieiied the door admitting Senator
H .
I have taken the liberty of calling,
Mrs. lennox,' lie said, generously, 'to
bring you myself the good news, that
your application, on account of your
late husband's services, has just been
granted. Finding your claims entirely
just, I made an effort in your behalf,
which has happily proved successful.'
'How shall we ever thank your" Bob
bed the girls, while their mother sat
like a statue, unable to speak.
'You owe me no thanks,' said the
Senator, with a smile. 'It is seldom
that I have either time or inclination
to undertake such matters. But my
wife was so much Interested in your
case, that I could not refuse, at least,
to examine it, and having done bo, it
seemed a duty to go farther. Mrs.
It has met jou formerly if I mis
take not, Mrs. Lennox. Yes; I thought
she mentioned it. Allow me to con
gratulate you on your good fortune. I
am very glad to have bad the pleasure
of doing some little service to an old
friend of hers.
And the Senator bowed himself out,
and went his busy way, utterly uncon
scious that certain words of his had
fallen upon the widow's head in coals
of fire.
This was Helen's vengeance. Well
for her, and for all of us, who hare
learned to substitute, for the burning
cross of resentment, the holy cross of
tbe meek and lowly Teacher of forgive
ness? Tlie caterpillar feeds with two saw
edged jaws, working transversely, and!
uses them to such an advantage that he
eats three or four times bis own weighf
every day.
NF.VYS IX BRIEF.
D:irlng the early days of the war
Gen. Garfield, while iu Kentucky,
bought a farm near Fiestonsburg for a
few hundred dollars. Kecently his wi
dow sold it for ;7,OjO.
A new telephone has len brougt.t
out in England which Is said not to in
fringe on any existing patent. It No'
the most simple construction, consisting
of an electro-masnet and celluloid
diaphragm.
One of the od;Iest silver brooches
shown resembles a dilapidated shoe,
turned down on one s d, with broken
lsces. A dozen small diamonds glitter
ing from tho sole take the placM
usually occupied by nails.
Among the many girts receive! by
Mr. Mauley recently is a well worii
copy of Shakespeare's works, from a
laboring man. Mr. Stanley was mueti
gratified by the receipt of It, and
wro'e the giver a cordial letter cf
thanks.
Three tlioufa'il patents have beu
granted to women shice tho establish
ment of the I'nitf d Slates patent office.
Some of these are of consiileraHn im
portance. Tim hollow Mick for line-'
and partition walls is the Invention of
a woman.
There are people who still believe
in the practicability or cow milkers.
One of them has just got a patent for a
four tube arrangement by which he ex
pects to draw oil the contents of the
udder without being kicked over f. i
his smartness.
The I'nitcl States Govi 1 innen',
Commissioner of Patents e-tiuialt-s th.it
from six to seven-eight ot t ho eniu.f
manufacturing cap.tal of the I'uitel
States, or six thousand millions of dol
lars, is directly or liiducctly based
upon patents.
In Uussia. when colli ns are coh
ered with cloth, the colo. of the cover
ing Is to a certain extent d!i In -tivc,
pink being used when the decea-ed ii
child or a young person, cnmsou fru
women and brown for widows: but
black is In no case employed.
The increase or capacity of !'
Suez canal resulting from the u-e of l In
electric light for mht passage L
equivalent to widening the canal l:..:n
its present bottom width of t -.vi nt ,-t i o
metres to thirty-two metres- a'i ; ra
tion which would cost at least c' ow,
000. Cyrus W. Field is said to we ir two
watches. One an elaborate affair,
valued at t,J,5('0, is worn t please a
friend who presented It to him, and the
other, an ordinary gold watch, is worn
to tell the time of day. Ho does not
use the fine watch for fear of being
thought too 4showy."
The uses of electricity extend. An
electric tlatiron is one of tho new thing
under the sun. The iron is hollow, and
the wire passes into the center and i
arranged that when the electricity 1
turned on the fiat face of the iron 1
kept at an even degree ot beat just
nutlicient to do good work.
It Is reported from Koine, Italy,
that tlioie are alarming fissures in tho
dome of St. Peter's. About a century
ago a similar state of things was reme
died by encircling the dome with a
strong band of metal. The band was
heated and ltr contraction on cool.iuj
was found to besulllcieuttoclo.se up the
cracks.
William Waldorf Astor, since h
became the richest man in America,
has the gloomiest expression of fitce
conceivable, his former cheerful de
meanor having entirely departed, lli.
head hangs forward like that of a man
who is weighed down by responsibili
ties, and his eyebrows aie draw n to
gether lu an almost querulous fashion.
The latest luvcntion is a li.it with
clock work fixed in the crown. When
wound up it causes a little door to open
on one side of the hat, when th'j figure
of a young man apiears and nmkes a
IHilite bow, thus faving the wearer the
trouble and Inconvenience of taking oil
his bat every time lie mn ts an ac
quaintance in the street.
Engraving on metal is probably
tho oldest or all the arts. If leader
will take the family Bible and turn U
Exodus xxxix. 'M, they w ill I'm I an al
lusion to engraving ou gold. In the
rooms of the New York Historical So
ciety there Is an engraved gold ring
which Egyptologists sjy dates hack to
OUO years before Pharaoh.
The Japanese government ha
taken up the matter of public teleplioin
service, and proposes to bring m uni
versal u.tt) throughout ttie country. A
line of telephone has just been con
structed lietween Yokohama an 1 Stilz
noka, a distance of VXJ miles, at the
cost of the State, and a Iarg uumlier
of other lines are to lx run very shoitly.
The L'liited States has about thiity
acres of land to each inhabitant, while
England has less than two acres.
This is what keeps wag s up in America
and makes the problem of t read win
ding eatiier here than lit England. Vet
protectionists assure us that nothing
but the tariff can cau-e gxd wages
and keep us all from going to rum.
Shakesjieare Is well appreciated by
tbe higher educated natives in" India,
and last year a large number of his
plays were published in the vernacular.
"As You Like It" ami "The, Winter s
Tale" were translated into Tamil and
Telegu for Madras; "The Tainin; ol
the Shrew" came out in tho Punjab
and "Hamlet," "Much Ado About
Nothing" aud "The Comedy of Errors"
were great favorites in the northwest
provinces.
As the nuisance of a net-weik ol
telegraph wires in a great city ainays
has set down against it the evils for
which it is responsible, it is only fa'r to
record likewise that these wires may bo
of some use. A small boy recently fell
out of a window on the fifth floor of a
Milwaukee houe, but could get n
further than the telegraph wires, twenty
feet below, from which he was t.ikeu
uninjured.
That a child, deaf, dumb au 1
blind should be taught to speak is a
modern miracle. Through the aid of
the of the sense of touch alone iitlle
Helen Keller has acquired a vocabulary
of 3,000 words which she expresjes m
sign language, the ordinary vocabulary
being 1,'JUO to 1,409 and has consider
able knowledge of French, German,
Latin and Greek. She has al.o learned
to dance. The latest news from her,
however, is still more interesting.!', -inj
able to neither hear nor see from hii .h
she has learned to talk.
InexhaiiKt iblr. quantities of red and
yellow ochre have been laid bare I y a
landslide five miles south t.f Ihair,
Oregon. It looks like rock, but dis
solves readily in water and gives a hue
color on wood.
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