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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XUV.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 13, 1S90.
NO. 34.
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A lawn tennis enthusiast
game quiet and gentleman!
tobody wants to play lawn tennis with
out a lady partner, auJ its fundamental
principal consists in raising a racquet.
T rT( l-f irli.-t nntarfuln 1. ........ ,1., c
reported peach-crop failure was false
i i I be disappoint1'. VT e may as well
accept the situation and give up all
i let of getting a feast of the luscious
fruit tUU vtar.
The policeman who arrested the
y." y. :
organ-grinder who wxh play ing "When nouses that were Lnilt ages aod ages
Johnny Cimiri Marching Home," tie-, and that are likely to stand lot
M-rvea cml.t Johntiv marched home fn'-' J to come nnle-s" their demolt
i m ai ler of a centurv a n and h t o ' lrouKh tx" the Interest of
. (ii.aner ot a century ao and l.e ,ani,ry science. It is entered thronrt
.i.o.sa t want ar.y roo.e marching. , curious opening at one end. where a
" twly acd Iare-mouthed indivutnal
A man- l!i t. Paul h is len refu-ed ( ho afterward turned out t te one
i.JIiouvoii l!n ground that his wife of the actors) announces that almi
i a k:. -i.lotii.uiiao and conc.aTed the sioo is free to all. an annonuerroent
f.u-t irjm himat the time or her mar- 7 " , I " "J," w , "VEI
.. . . I.ict tr.at the deiranio seats must b
f.. n ive who have a iropen ty psi.i for. and a!so l,y the -pasin? of
f r i-o!n tl rouch tlu-ir IiusIkiu.Is' jkk'W- the hat" at the end of each act of tiie,
eH lit fc 1 re.issureil by thla decision. VlnJ- -r'
- - - " , The ti'; ct the mystery Was h-
IsNw York city the peopie are wsm of Itethlehem"." It represent-'
e "!i!rori'.eiI with tiie novel experience tvl the inci.l-nts of ilio advent of Christ,
, f l uv' nir water pipes due to incr. as- reco,:a' .ll in the K"'"- rm '
i... r, .. .i -ii -i- , annuncialion tj tiie birth ju the
edMeure from the rapidly C.Itns res- ,:ianr. Tho chil., fvzlTea oa ,he
erv . r-. There are many communities rtn were Joseph and Mary, the
t!..4t would gla lly le companions In this Aukv Gatriel and Patan; but there
r ri "f misfortutio with the Oeni.ana of wro also oth-.-r characters not to
tin' tni tropol.s. j f'und In tho scrij.turnl narrative, in-
i-ludinat a clown and his partners, who
Tl't-fn ipion'cv with wliich dnvere of ''"roducod comic features that were
pai-MSund mowers Lave len Kettin- freaky enjou-d by the 5rctatorsL la
, ' , truth, one of tho mot singular things
d up into sausa-e meat by their . . boot the play was the mixture of fan
i'ii l.I'n-s oitiit to leail some in- taslio elements with the solemn mjs
i iitive t iii..s to Te i- an attai lmu nt teries of the advent. The house .u
for 'iippuii tl e unlm-ky r, ilow who ' f"qeritly rert with laughter ut
hwH UU l,.i':i.i. while i.. i. l, l l.,w
tl:e i nt tel -bar.
allesed Kus-
Kii n I. 'a i:y, the
Uii t 'otiut. t.iuils convicted in lUislon
of having copied a pix-ui frm au Ir'sh
l..i..k ai d li.ivlnz it pnbllslied over liw
outi inmie. This is the uuie .ulof
tint Mr. Will Mm In liowellsintro -
lillld to
it-ty at the Hub as au
etiilnent
in. in.
Ku-.m.ui novelikt and nobli
Tin: i-hipiiiPiits of
li. i as was expected.
gold are not as
iilv SilOl OK
'
went out last week, ami
from tt'is
n
, , ,. . . -..,,.., , ,
it b subtraeted i. ,2 1. 000 which
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w K e: a' il ilurim; t lie previous week j
I'u! not pluppetL All the leading for- ;
ci .'ii banks trained in sincie bust week.
an I the lUnk of KuIand sent only the
i-i:-'.iily amount of i; l.l.tx.O to South
Aim rii-a.
To New Yoik ladies, wlio have
f.inn 'el a home for friendless, indigent
aud decayed cats, are called philan
thropies by one of the uewspaj-ers.
If thtir ami Is to relieve cutTering hu
manity by f in i.I.shing a retreat for
Iniiscal felines that now spend tin;
nUI.t on inhospitable back fences 1 1 icy
are t atii.ed to the name lint If the
c iM are the primary object of their
sya.; .dby a deep hatred of niatiklml is
e. i:n ed ill t'.eir act.
A '.rn-T Sunday at the sa shore,
At'ai.iic ity. Cape May and elsewhere,
I v-ry properly euforced by local law.
K r the most wearlel or dulltd visitur
f -ini ti e city the refreshment of the
Bait a.r, the picturesque Iwiard walk,
the craud sw itiging and rolling tf the
wi.es oil the nhoie, is ,uite enough
.1 -ti n t ion, and without merry-o-r
1 1 1 l. or ten-pins. It is not neces.-ary
t 1 1 imisy to have the full lx-ueflt of a
s unlay by the sea.
'se of the itnniediate resuits of the
1 - ..inning of operations on the Xieur- i
a. h i Interoceauii fanal is the reopen- I
mg ot thehaiU.r at ( .reytow n -the old ,
1 .. i - . . I . t I X .. 1. I..a'f
it a.l -I nan del iNorte, which bus
IikSed by a huo Siind-bar fr
y tw. nty-nve years, i he rapiti
wmk i.f the dredgers In ch aring away ,
t
.l.-trnctioiis in Grpytown HarUir!
it . i. led mu. h encouragement to '
. tt... . I
h.l.S
th..s,
eiy lllv.ri cituri Hie .
culi. iu of the work; and if eiual gooi
fa tune shall attend them throughout
t! ir task the twentieth century luay
.la w n iip.m a completed ititeroceanic
W it. i wav.
S.i i .. v.i as drovers and butchers are
P.-, ,, fitted to drive catt'e through the '
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a ieet i. or keen them in more or less i
fiail pei s within the city, such scenes
as thus.; on North I'.road street, I'hila-ib-!phi;l,
leccntly wi.l be of peliodic
c.ivui lence. A terrified and enraged
s'e. r will not always consent to spend
Us wiath in den.olishlng bicycles. Tho
a nine. 1 necessity tor killing cat lie at
or i.e.ir the point of consumption can
in t be pleaded when lieef is brought
heie fiesh and aweet from points as far
distant as Chicago. The apjK-araiico
ii maddened sters ou our streets
itl.oiild l e as impossible as the irruption
ef so many Uars or wolves. We are
Hot a frontier town ami our citizens
should not bo exposed to Its peculiar
peril.
Ciur.t has been for year ruled by a
"mail oligarchy of wealthy landholders,
"i'.l w hile their rule has been far from
'l'Miio. rati j. It has been liberal, orderly,
pr.gre-sive and ellicient beyond that of
any tuber South American State. The
'liiii.ipienniat Presidential election is
how approaching and It has raised the
fii-t m i ioua political struggle between
the pi, sent President, Ilalmaceda, and (
the ruling majority in the Senate and
Htie. The current Issue Is the
attempt of P.almaceda to nominate a
aii.li.late, Sanrueutes, little to the lik
ing of the I.ileral majority; but the
r-al txiitit of difference is the old strug-
8e between an irresponsible execut.vej
rid representative chambers. I he i rredgohl, the ad ties, ve force or rreeu
C i.lian Congress would be certain to''lliitie giue, cementing together two
wm. as It always has in the past, but 1 Mecca of dry ad,, after he ing left for
- sm-.tw-iVnir hours, was iouihI 10 io
' t the fact that Chill in her career of , VSriS in. h, tt Pie surs.
contpi, st has greatly strengthened her ap,,iietl gia.Iualiy. and ihe sur-
"iy and nayy, and this weapon may j ace "separated being fouml on exaiuina
Pmve destructive te those which have ana to be not erlirely covered.
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a Ih. I w sv v t-M JL 1 K L. L - - m - - jt- - . . I 1 . f
I MTV rt KJT w - ; - - "MHBHBBaM
I I . w. u wv. wwv I 1 I AllBCkSDWa
o!oi; P1?; r?1,th .
" Anllca of Clow.
John Swlriton. is an SnterrcltrtBl .
ter to the N. 1 . A'ua l--i-iK. til-
J -Mystery Tlnv" witnessed hv
t the citv of Nicei !h rl .:uf !
r . . T .
in a weatner bMcn tab
made known as the Theatre Risco.
rested in a part of the City with which
ashtouale visitors are not apt to be
amiliar. It is approached through
arrow old courtyard, near which are
(fores of these Tery narrow street
linet With StrOB? and hltrh Horn
-. J -v....r ... ...K..e iiiuw
, sentiment had liren evoked.
Tho characters of Joseph and Harr.
' "? thr" apiared on the stae. were
courst' and Intercourse was in every
way becoming. Tho Anrel Gatirii-1
: w-as represented by a stalwart and
beautiful you woman cla.1 in white,
Kn,,shc.wil',''l ll'r. 8W'01'1 wit,hs,.,r
es ajrainsi talari, wuo appearext who
I .'! 1 1 i. ti nl l.mu mi.l fMfk .n,l
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elforts to do battle against the advent.
Tho stace was well set and the
fcenery was plain but appropriate. At
the end of the perlurmaiico the inraut
l 1 - li t
a ei.iiiu! H-Mue unsepn
anil iiarv. unucr iuu guuruiaiiiiiiu 01
...,-
: jaorit:i.
After having Iron notified nt the
door that mini:. - .ion was free, wo paid
! for our sc it", but this was not tho Inst
ct me civii'.anu.s upon our purse, m
thee;., of each art performers left tlio
8t:i:e. tonk a plate, and went froro
te:il to seat through the house solicit
ing pils of money, and securing a
pood many copper coins. It looked
p-cr to see the Anel Gabriel in flow
IntT rolies of white, with others among
tho actors, thus engaged; and it was
pleasing to ceo that neither Joseph
hor Mary had been cliostu to do any
purt of this work.
The Ctdors if Ikkt and Rlrert.
What ia the lor of pure atcrl Al
inrttit any pr.-,-n who has no special
k now lifda of the subject will rc-ply at
tce: "It has n" col tr." Vet everybody
knows, cither thicatr'a hcrsy or by the
evi.ii.aji5 cf his o.w.i ry. , t'i.-.t t';e ocen
is bl ie. Wtiy t'..t- iKisl Ir .ks blue is
c.nt:tioa t .t f v vh have crcl it
I L.nre ever s-.tr 'ht to i'.lve, and there are.
r-ruhntdy, many traveler who. though
t -y cavo m'u m -'t -f the furanis rivers
lak-s ;n tha world. hv flcd it
r. thi rem krk.-.hle dilTirLncet in color
vhi 'i thfir mlr.i present. Erca th
i i is nt unifrrm ia olor; ia some
i its waters are green, or even jel
i - . h. Some l' nre distinctly blue;
c ' rj prc&ent vnrioti shl-s of green,
so t:ut in some taes they are hardly du-tt-iuishab!e
frim their level, irrau cor
erc 1 bankit; a fe nr.- ol.Hiwt black. The
I ike of Oenerm is ire hued , ' the Lska
f KitemMnhmt
- .
i bv.en cslled indigo. The Lake of Brie it
is r -h yellow, and iu neighbor. Lake
i Ti.au, . ! !ue. K?w York h both grciu
and blue 1 Tha colors of rivers dif-
I fer yet cunt widely. The Rhono U
J s ' the Danube, while the
f-uir.e is r'fa. Thj Sk Lawrence ii
blue. Thtxu various hues are cot caused
by mud, or any opaque sediment, such
as that which makes the Mississippi coffee
colored, but belong to tho waters, like
the golden cotor of tea, without greatly
i:i-pi'iring thoir trsr.spnrenry. Reeently
l'rofcssor Spring, of tho "University of
Liege, has carefully Investigated the
question of the color of water, and hat
tir't I anno interesitinf ror.ilut.ii .n.
v .. .7 .
According to him, absolute pure water.
when seen in maases of sufficient thick
ness, is blue, and nil the varieties ot color
exhibited in lakes and stienmssrise fro:n
the presence in the water of mineral salts
of different degrees of nolubihty and iu
varying quantities. Water containing
ciir'oouate. of lime in a state of almost
complete solution remains blue, but if the
solution Is less complete the water will
have a tinge cf green, which will grow
tnui.-r as the point of precipitation is
ippronched. Professor Spring concludes
.hat, if lime is added to blue water ia
which so much carbonate of lime is al
ready dissolved that the point of satura
tion is approached, the water will become
preen. In proof of this he cites the fact
that the water from the shores of lakes
and servs, where it comes in cont tct with
limestone, is generally of a greener hue
than elsewhere. Nuturi.
The Iay Length.
St. Loais ncpublle.
At Stockholm. Sweden, It is 1H
hours in length.
At Spitiborscn the longest day is 3H
months.
At London. England, ana Bremen.
Prussia, tho longest day Is hours.
At Ilambiirtr. in Germany, ana u.v
lie. in Prussia, tho longost dJ baa 17
AtNvarlburv. ?Tot aay. the longftst
uay lasts from "May SI to July U.
out inturrupticn. -
jrrordnf to experiments made by
" Hrn,lll plonnt hill there played.
h.mr-Tnil yi-uni(.i.
In iiirtiPti tit thni!r!. littr"d hat.
s ai. n-si aim irrrsici ntl ail la.ib,
1 lairHt U.y we know.
JI rini".! I.i Imtft field content.
! ut h 17. .in luh nd brier.
The ntmMf t-t pitt matiT a Tatrh.
11 1 W't lenah lt4 bimiely thaUb,
A"i'.reii to isMimeibing Utgber.
Over hi rtoc eared upellhifr book.
Or sM-bo 'l bsvy enifMeiii!ttu.
Tuzlinc hit heA.I wub .me bard inn,
o n: fr nut-, or aiherint; gum,
lie clii r.slted hi aiiibittmii.
Kind nature tm!let on that w1e cbild,
Nr i on lit i.fr ttive i-tiv him
The Unre fuln!!tn-nr if hi tlaa:
binre tie w h lift hts rr; ber man
Ju turn i lirtvd by him.
lie reat-li.-d th wtarry bight of peaca
tsf t- hi head wast hn.i v ;
A n-t now at fttursr.ire yenr acata
1 b l-l-st,vfiest ttf h ts fvfiom reea.
Watt him a crown of glory.
ALKXIA.
Sh-'s cornel'
'Alexy's arrivt'
'Mere she be!'
One rough I ead after another was
thrust into the open doorway of the
long room which served as postotlice
and geiieial Vtoie,' to announce tliat
the event of the day was at hand.
Willis Iioothroyd followed the others
to the stieeu He would satisfy his
cuiio-ity by a look at this Alexy.
w li e name was in everybody's mouth.
Ho beheld her. the centre of au ad
uiiiiug group, mounted mau fashion
uion a sturdy mustang. Her costume
f dark blue flannel, with its loose
blouse aud full Turkish trousers, met
b. low the knee by untanoed, close-lit-tmg
btKit-, might be different from or
d tiaiy, but was not unwomkuly. Her
liuegranate-colored face, with its
ri -li browns and tetls, half hidden un
der the deep visor of a trim little cap,
showed peiftct health; and the dark
ees roamed pleasantly over the assem
bled countenances seeing them only
as those of friends uutil they caxe to
15vti ro d's ttwn.
Then the expression was changed, and
a touch of defiance was added to the
fearlessness. She bestowed upon him
no Hevon.l glance, and as soon as the
IHvtmaster bail securely fastened the
mail bags behind 1it saddle she made
a dashing little military salute to all,
chiri iipetl to Polero, and was off like
t'.e w Hid. As she galloj-ed out of sight
the l.liers sent up a lusty cheer; a mo
ment later theie floated back the echo
of a musical Yo oh-ho!" and Crimmins'
Station returned to Its gossiping lazi
ness. 'How long has Miss llae carried the
mailV
'H.t-ow long? Let me see! I reckon
t must te ubaout a year come Aur
gust. Jim, ha-ow long's Alexy b'eu
ou the rowi;?'
'.Nigiia year. Kver sence she come
hum from UP Hast. She went ter
school in li.. stin, t'other coast crost
countiy so to p.ak.'
'Then siie is au educated woman?''
K.ldycatedl Kd-dy-cated? W'a-all,
stranger, that thar is abaout the green
est thing 't je've said yit. Eddycatedl
1 should say so. That thar gal knows
inore'n all creation. She Jarned so
much she, busied the collige ishe was
tu. au' !-o they packed her back West,
whar that's s-.iue room. She kin write
her natii-! 'ltli a li .11 string o ;niti..!s
art r it, an' :c i one on 'em means
some k n I o' tlipl uny she's took. 1 ain't
no gieat scho aid myself, but wha'. that
thar Alexy l.'ae J uiiii. ain't v u; li mucli.
Hun. phi laid teat! II ilii-:n:'
The speaker ti'.t-l l ack his chair and
pulle i his iii.!i-itatioii through bis plle.
His silence was another's opportunity.
Wbere'd you come from stranger?
Askiu and auswerlu's the same game
er M orWr be.'
'lil' laughed 15 wtthroyd. good na
tnredly, I came frt a that same llos'on
winch was hoi.oit-d by your favorites
presence. I am a ueologist oue of a
party traeilng through these moun
tain ; but I've cut loose from the olheis
for a few tlas to make a little tour ou
my own account,'
Then yon ain't a-prospectiu'?
'For gold? No. I. too, have leeu
sent W est by a college, but not, like
your haul-some mad carrier, because I
knew too much rather In pursuit of
moie knowledge.'
'loi!' cruiilc.l the man with the
pie. 'ye've no call ter tell n't.
A laugh ran around the circle,
Then ye must a-knowed bet thar?'
No. 1 regret that 1 hid not that
pleasure.'
'How came she to take up such a
life?'
atcral enough.' replied the post
master. MIer lather owns the stage
Pne thitiuns alween Uloomiu' City
an' lleriick's station, further daowu
sire in. She cum hum, au' badu't
iiolbiii' ter do. Old I lie's lich as thun
der, an' the gal likes the 0en. She
b'licves in work-, tu. Hain't a lazy
lu.ne iti her hull body. So she arns the
leg'lar wages, an' supptuts an ole feiler
what iiten ler carry Ihe mail, till be
got 'held up' and shot, au left ter be
half chawed up by b'ats.
la this same route?'
Yes, sir! Od Kao he b'lieves the
'.ierinit' robbed tho mail bisself, au'
won't ic iiothui' fer hi in ; but Alexy,
el it! don't, au" she takes keer o' him
spleiuliil.
Speak iu o b'ar--, inteijected tha
pil-e-feiuttker; 'I bar's the gal fer ye!
Why, one day long back iu the spring
she was couilu' 'long toward Criiu
tuinses wbeti, my gracious! thar sot
three b'ars right ahead on her iu the
road, lioleio. he got tcairt an' throwed
ber, then star 8 ofli back toward ISioom
In' City. Uut she up au' arter hlml I
tell e, she runs like a deer. She out
run "the mustang an' caught him; then
she jumped on the saddle au jes: rode
li nit back agin, right amongst them
thar grizzly cusses, an' by 'em, on ter
Ciiuiuiiiists! I ter kin twor the b'ars
was fcairt I hat time. Sence then she's
met two uv Ihe critters, but they didn't
dast tj tackle her. Keckiu them rela
s! ui us o' Iheirn 'd spread the story;
'cause tiiein to jest sneaketl off outen
the road 's if they couldn't look sech a
gal iu the eye. Mnait au' plucky? You
bet!'
Wil'is itoothroyd spent that night at
Crimmius's. He heard many more
stories of the pre'ty carrier's advent
ures over her twenty-mile route, which
lay d redly through the heart of the
uiouiitiiiis, ati.l was lonely in the ex-tieiii-.
Ihit ihe girl seemed utterly
fearles, and there was not a man In
the whole countiy but what would
have laid down his life to defend or
avenge tier had t.eed arisen.
Yet that which interested Mm most
was her tlevotiou to the neglected, mis
judged 'Hermit, her predecessor, who
by his enemies' own showing, must
beve been a man of no ordinary daring
and intelligence. He fancied mtap-
athy between the rough frontiersman
and the cultured girl born of a common
courage, and his Interest so grew that
he resolved to make bis next day's wi k
lead to the cabla of the cripple to e
for himself what manner of man
was. It is quite possible that he w -4
aided in this decision by the knowledge
that Alexia's return trip on the mor
row would also bring ber to the sarne
cabin, and at about the same hour he
proposed for his visit. He bad a wIutm
to compel those dark, contemptuori
eyes beneath the sheltering visor, to
glance at him once with something less
of indifference in their depths.
His plan promised well. 2e iound
the 'Hermit.' a man whose roughnet
was a top-coat for a native refinement;
who had spent his youth in Eastern civ
ilization, and, like many another pio
neer, bad won his 'sheepskin' at a lead
ing college. They talked of many
tilings, and drifted at last to geolotry,
and to Iioothrovd's delight, the lonely
old cripple could render him inestima
ble service in the business which had
brought him to the locality.
'Up yender, fin Dragon's Canon,
you'll find some o' the purtiest speci
mens they is In all Auieriky,' be said
to his eager listener, in the jterverted
English wu c h had been acquired on
the frontier.
Boothroyd pulled out his watch.
Oh! you'll have time to get back to
dinner, and lowering his voice and
looking cautiously around I hope you
won't forget it. I I suppose you've
heern tell o' Alexy Rae?'
With an admirable air of lndfference
Willis 'believed that he had. Where
upon his host launched Into a panegyric
of that remarkable young woman, and
ended with the explanation; 'I'm kind
o' 8us;ectiu' trouble. They 's b'en a
pang scoutin' 'round these digging's
fer nigh onter a week, au they've sot
here au' quizzed me an' sacsed me till,
if 't hadn't b'en 't I was a no 'count
cripple, they'd a-b'eu somebody's
blood runnin' loose. Ye see, ol man
Kae, he's got a habit o' sendiu' money
down ter Hei rick's ter bis pardner
thar, aud onct iu a while it don't git
thar ner the carrier neither. That's
what hapitened ter me. 1 was shot an
left fer dead not fur away iu the road
'thar, an' the money took. Then the
grizzlies nigh took me, but was headed
off iu time. What's left o' me 's
'bleeged ter stay ter hum the heft o'
the season' point ng amusedly to his
stump of a leg aud his one helpless arm
! 'but I allers did live alone, au' that
I don't mind. I'm too poor ter be
' robbed nowadays, an' I'm too ol' au'
i tough ter be eat. 'Tain't so with purty
Alexy, an stranger, ye've got au hon
est face. I sh'd sent word to some o' the
' boys at Crimminses, but ther ain't b'en
a soul this way sence 1 seen them scaly
cattle, nigh outer a week back, 'cept
an' savin' Alexy herself. An I wouldn't
i tell her, in course. An' so we-all, I
hope ye won't be late ter dinner.'
t Boothroyd did not intend to be. ne
had been forcibly struck by the appar
lent f oolhardin. sa of Miss 1 Lie's life auu
' undertaking, a view of the matter
which seemed not in the lea-1 to have
suggested Itself to her i tanch admirers
of Crimmius's Station. Why, who and
what could hurt her? Her lame had
spread the country through, aud there
' could be no mau so vile as to molest
'her. That would have been foolliardi
ness indeed. And the villain would
have lived but few hours to regret his
crime.
j The man who sets out to crack the
earth to pieces with his little geological
hammer generally loses his head. Dame
Nature Is the most fascinating of wom
en, and Willis Itoothroyd did not es
cape the common fate cf those who
test her cliarms. She i ielded him so
many gems from tier l-osom, and so
. bew llderel him by her beaut v, that oue
'result was inevitable. He forgot every
' thing else but her aud be was late to
'dinner.
Deep In tiie heart of the canon a sud
den sense of being wanted elsewhere
came over him. He paused hammer
in band and pulled out bis watch.
Ten minutes iast one! He was to have
been at the 'Hermit's' cabin before
twelve. In the next quarter of an hour
lie did some of the fastest traveling of
his life, and came out upon the plain
beside the i-ost-road spent with fatigue
aud overcome with heat. He dropped
upon the grouud to rally, but was al
most immediately oppressed by a sense
of impending danger. From whence'
it would come he did not guess, but he
rose aud pressed forward to the cabin.
He fancied he herd the neighing of
a horse from a distant clump of trees,
but the only one which he expected to
see was Alexia line's mustang, and that
was nowhere in sight.
The cabin door was oi-en, and as he
turned to enter, he sUipied, rooted
iwith horror upon the threshold.
The old 'Hermit' lay under his own
dinner table, apparently dead; while
jtbe beautiful mail-carrier sat strapied
to a chair in the centre of the room,
t bound -and gagged, auJ staring belp-
lessly before ber.
Even yet there was more of indigna
tion than lear in her dark eyes, and the
blood flowed in a fury to her blanched
cheek as be sprang to her relief and set
her free.
Yet she neither spoke nor moved till
the last cut and she tried to rise but
could not for the tremor which seized
her.
I 'Water, she whispered; and Booth
! royd held it to her lips. Then she
' motioned to the cripple upon the floor,
' and Willis was forced to turn and do
J her bidding.
I 'But tell me first, are you wounded
in any way ?'
'So-no but poor old Job is dying.
0,uick! It was a gang of thieves '
Even In ber weakness her glance
flashed, and her tone thrilled with
Wllt
'Yes, I know, ire told me
Her eyes opened in amazement.
'He told you? He knew '
Not what you imagine. He only
feared. I promised to return long ago.
Why did I not!'
He had lilted the poor 'Hermit' and
laid him on his rude couch, and now
bent over him, examining him anx
iously. The gravity on his face grew
. deeper, aud when Alexia moved to his
side, questioning him eagerly, 'Hoes be
still live?' he could only shake bis bead
in mournful answer.
'It canuot be tha', he is dead! If so,
he died defending me poor cripple that
he was!'
It was too true.
'But you re you surely uninjured?'
'Surely.' A wonderful calmness had
come over ber at sight of the rigid face
upon tha narrow pillow. 'Listen. We
were sitting at dinner. He had told
me about you and we were watching
to see you come out of the canon. I
had laid aside my knapsack where the
money was and waa resting before 1
went on to lleriick's. Suddenly the
cabin seemed to swarm with masked
men; but I think there were only four.
Three of them seized me, the other
struck him down. They offered me
no indignity beyond what you see, but
they rifled the mail-bag. and seized the
knapsack of my father's money. Then
they disappeared as suddenly as they
had come almost as noiselessly.'
'Did they ride away?'
'It did not sound so. But there Is no
cover near; It is all level stretch except
the canyon yonder, aud a bit of brush a
little to the right.'
Your mustang?
'Isn't Bolero there, outside?'
He was not when I came In.'
They must have taken him. Oh, for
a man or two to help us!'
Boothroyd winced and went to the
door. A welcome sight met his eyes.
Bjlero was galloping cabinward, and
presently stop.ied at its door. He had)
come from the clump of scrub-oak and
brush-wood on the west.
Alexia heard the creature's foot fa' 1
and flew to his side.
Oh, my old comrade. If they had at
tacked me on your back, they would,
not have gotten off so well! But I had
put aside my revolvers. They were
cowards they did not dare '
Her eyes flashed. Every trace of
weakness bad left her. A wild idea
leaped into Boothroyd's mind.
Will you lend me Bolero?'
Xo one but I can manage him. Still
why?' She searched his face, as his
eyes traveled toward the clump of oaks,
followed it and read his meaning. The
outlaws, secure In the utter loneliness
of the place, were taking their ease iu
the nearest shelter. Au Immediate sur
prise upon them there might meau an
easy capture or it might mean death.
Eor an instant the girl gazed into
Boothroyd's eyes. Blue and gentle as
they had looked to her before, they
were at last alive with a steely glitter.
She held out her brown, shapely hands
to hlin, aud he clasped them impetu
ously. To avenge his death!' Bhe cried,
'Amen!-
A few. seconds later, the trusty little
mustang, bearing double, and with
1 Willis behind, was headed toward the
brushwood. Alexia held the bridle
and a revolver ready cocked. Her com'
panion was armed to the teeth with"
j the dead frontiersman's weapons.
j Bolero sjted softly over the grass,
, and the mail-carrier's trained eye kept
mm m line ot the densest cover. 1 he r
approach was as noiseless as the depart
ure of the marauder's had been; whom
they discovered through the branches,
sealed iiioa the ground dividing their
si-oils. and. in the carelessness of their
j fancied complete obscurity with their
own fire-arms laid aside, though close
at band.
'Disable not kill!' whispered Alexia,
and Boothroyd aimed low. At the
same instant the barrels of her own
bejeweled weaiton were discharged, and
the outlaws knew that the game was
Some time later the assembled idlers
who watched from Crimmius's Station
beheld Bolero coming down the post-'
road, lie was long past time; and lift
paced along as if he was weary, or else
in courtesy bound to subdue his speed
to that of the pedestrian beside him.
I swan ter graciousl Ef thar don't
come Alexy with that thar stranger
alougside! Dot rot his blue-eyed car
kiss! He ain't gr t enough fer ber, an''
afore be shall carry her outen these
mouut'ius he'll lav ter court the hull
passel on us I'
Still the blue-eyed stranger was not
abashed by the unfriendly glances of
the irate loungers. 'Friends,' he said,
quietly, as he offered his hand to the
mall-carrier, who, for the first time in
their experience, accepted assistance in
dismounting, 'it will be necessary for
the proper authorities to goto the brush
beyond the 'Hermits' cabin and take
charge of a few highwaymen whom
they will Cud there, bound and wound
ed. And some to care for all tliat re-
I mains ot faithful old Job Aldrich, a
misjudged hero, who gave his life for
your Alexia.'
Public opinion at Crimmins's changos
swiftly. Twenty -four hours afterward,
when Alexia's red lips had told the
story of the stranger s quick wit.
prompt bravery and 'splendid aim, the
voice of the community was uttered in
the pipe-smoker's tones: 'They'd orter
git married! Them two ain't no or'nery
kin, an' ef they ain't matched in pluck.
an' looks, an' eddycashun, I swan!'
Willis Boothroyd accepted public
opinion. So, ln-fore he returned to the
East, ua he stood with the mall-carrier
in ber father's garden at Blooming
Cltv, he tested its effects on her fair
self.
'Alexia, he said, taking her brown,
supple band iu bis, I Jove you. You
are tiie bravest woman in the world.
and I want you for my wife. Dare you
risk the chancus of a poor scientist's
future, and share it with me?'
Though the hand he held trembled,
and the dark eyes dropped befure the
passion of his blue ones. It could not
have beeu from fear, for a witching
smile ca-t.e out aliont her red lips, and
she aiis-vered low, but firmly, 'Ves. I
dare; because I also love.
Where the Patents Come From.
Most of the women Inventors of tho
country live in New .Euglaud aud the
Middle Slates. Few patents are taken
out by Southern women, but quite a
number come from the West. Massa
chusetts Las more inventive ladies than
any other part of New England. Helen
Marr, of Boston, has invented a patent
dressing case and wasl stand combined,
Mrs. Carpenter has a metal baiu-r for
hitching horses ou tiie street, and Miss
Mary Barber, another Massachusetts,
girl, has a patent pie-lifter, by which
you can taVe a pie from the baking pan
without burning your fingers. One oC
the best cutting machines for trimming
the leaves of books is the patent of a,
Massachusetts lady named Semple, and
it ia used by the leading publishers of
the country. There has been lots of
money made in ironing boards. A
Boston girl named Parker has a kitchen
table and ironing board combined,
which can be folded up and packed
away in a truck. There are patent
beds by Massachusetts ladies, patent
corsets, patent gtiddle greasers, and a
hundred and oue other new ideas put
into mercantile shai-e. Counecticut
women have invented dust-pans, fire
escapes, and there is one woman in
lrovidenc3, Bhode Island, who has a
patent chimney.
A true man of honor feels humbled
himself when, owing to circumstances
beyond his control, be cannot help
humbling others.
UT XMVA j. our.
HABITS.
'When Miss Muloch wrote the poem,
entitled "Philip, my King," she might
Lave dedicated it to the mothers of the
world, for hor words give the key
note of the universal song of mother
hood: but aa there are babies and
babie, just as truly are there mothers
and mothers, an 1 it may not be amiss
to give suggestions which may provo
helpful to both, therefore tho follow
ing papers:
' ' Shall I rock the cradle?" Raid a
visitor the other day to the mother of
three little ones, whose iufant of two
months had been suddenly awakened
and on account of her fright was cry
ing lustily.
"Bock ner cradle!" was the reponso,
"she would not understand what you
mean by it," an! to the ntter amaze
ment of the visitor, the mother went
n braiding her hair, apparently uii
aeeding the little one's cries.' After
twhile, mistress baby gradually ceased,
ind laid L.oad awake, and was quietly
lontemplating her hands. The mother
illowed her to do this for five or more
minutes, and then, by way of excuse to
ihe visitor, said, "Now, that alio ia
learning that she is not to lie tukeu np
5r rocked when she cries, I will attend
to her, for she must be hungry; she has
been asleep over four hours," After
receiving food end other necessary
tttention, the visitor was further
iniazcd by Boeing tho mother lay baby
tgain in her crib.
."The child will be bod-riddsn:" tho
risitor exclaimed.
'Oh, no; in a half an hour or so I'll
nt Holly take her, aud so give her
attlelegs opportunity to rest, for her
body might be afTticted by too contiuu
jus Viig in the crib; but if I do not
put hfr down for awhile, now thut she
is awake, she would not learu thut
when she is awnko when laid down,
iho must keep still, for w hile she was
in bed for over four hours to-day, she
waa then asleep, aud learning noth
ing. I do not moan that either my
household or myself wi'l be a slave to
this i-mall child; but isn't she lovely?''
were thon the mother's admiring word
f-ud surely 6he wus. Ins great dewy
bine eyes, so bright aud restful with
ileep, snd the baby month quivering
with sn i js, at thus receiving notice,
was e ireiy a pleasant sight for any even
chance beholder.
"You believe that 'Tho hand that
rocks the cradle rules tho world,' don't
you?" asked the visitor.
''Tor, I do; because babies are the
future men and women the future
fathers and mothers. If I had allowed
you to rock my baby's cradle, as your
kindness suggested, I would have been
doing my child an irrevocable wrong
one that the future alono could c dea
ls te. She would think that all she had
to do w as to cry, and at oncesomo one
would fly to do her service. I woulJ
be teaching her to be selfish, stub
born, ana self -txmecitott, an un
pleasant trio to meet in babyhood, and
in womanhood these same evils would
lie contemptible, and so she would be
thus unfitted to do her share in rock
ing the world. Babies ore much wiser
than some grown ups give them credit
for, and, if they ore in health, tiiey
cannot too earl v learn good, aud evil;
aud that they learn something every
Jay is proven. Of course balnea hnvo
their rights, which all mothers should
protect, and, in my wisdom, I am pro
jecting one of my infant's rights in pre
venting her for being taught a bad
habit. Before yon came in, grandma
thought she had slept long enough and
wanted me to wake her, in order that
she might exhibit her to our neighbor
over the way. I persisted in keeping
her asleep, as I did not want her littlo
body raked and tortured, and her
pretty eyes filled with tears, because
of her discomfort in not being allowed
to have her sleep out. Grandma thinks
I am so set in my way. au.l not half as
proud of the dear child as I should
be; but I don't believe that, 'all a
baby's made for is older folks to tease,'
and no one shall interfere with my
baby's rights as long as I am around to
protect her. By tne way, it is her
right now to have a little fresh air. au
she Las been in the nursery all the
morning."
I Whereupon tho nurse was called,
and careful direction given to carry
the child to a worm, sunny, well-ventil-ated
room, oa it was thought to be
too cold that day for baby to be ia
ilirect exposure to out-door air. There
upon the nursery windows were throw n
wide open, and the sunshine and oxy
gon streamed in, so to purify tho fetid
atmosphere before the baby would
again appear.
An untold amount of responsibility
falls upon the motherhood in lonking
after these little people. Thoir help
lessness appeals to all, and hard inn.-1
be the mother's heart who eitn put asid.)
the care of an infant mto any hired
hand. Mothers have the holiest rights
but sometimes wealth aud pleasure
cause them to forget the infauts who at
one time tugged at their heart Htrings.
And servants will, therefore, ree.-ivo
the love that by divine right is the
mother's own. I have known mothers
to t-milo exultantly while saying, "You
se how much more she cares for her
nnrse than for me, but it is no wonder,
as she scarcely ever sees me." Poor
mother, she has lost one of the sweet
est joys other life not knowing the gen
tle touch of her baby's hand, or the
resitonse from tho love-lit baby eyo or
mile.
Babh s have a right to their own
mothers. To them she should seem
omnipresent. They should bo taught
not to be to exacting regarding her,
but certainly she should not be among
the missing when she is needed. No
matter how busy the day, surely some
Eirt ot it should be the "baby's hour."
veu when mothers are invalids, their
little ones should, for a short time at
least, be brought to them. They will
not be babies always. All too fast time
flies, and the infants in the cradle of to
day are the strong, stirring, wide
awake boys and girls of to-morrow.
The little shoes and dresses are so soon
put aside, to give p'ace to the larger
nee.hi of onr big children. From the
tender lullaby w ith which we sung onr
babies to sleep to-night, it hardly seems
to-morrow night when we are guiding
the stumbling fingers of these same
children over the keyboard of the
piano, or helping them oat of some
puzzling problem or thesis.
Therefore, mothers, let your kiss
seal your baby's eyes in sleep, and let
your voice be the answer the baby's
cooing will first receive when waking.
Will yon be a slave, then? Memory
will be your recompense. Besides, if
you have wisdom, tact, and careful
ness to help yon, yoar slavery will
know no other bondage than the tie of
love, which between mothers and
babies oaanot be too strong.
lbs qiicsiiou might be asked,
Should I not tr.ke a child up if he
cries for naughtiness?" Most posu-si-.
ely.no! 'i'uen, more ttttt-u u.. .;
other tirro, try, "let nloneness." It
is astonishing how rooa lie will learo
not to hope for our coming, if you
never come. He may kick and ar-ieam
for a loug tune, an I try your nerves
i most nierc:i.'s.-i v, but iu the majority
' of instances whipping would cot be a"
productivo of g od as simply to l,t
. h m alone. Whipping is npt to pr -t
duce increase I exe.teinent.nu.l then th
f child's pow er to controll hims, If is iru
1 possible. After a few trinl- the scream
ing fits will not bo attempted and the
, baby will become i.s d .c.lo and pJiy
ful as a iy mother could tl s ro. i'oi
often is it the cape thut tho mother ex
claims. "I cannot bear this; the child
I will either kill himself or me if he
keeps on." Put llrmtioss rumd be your
resc e. If yon yield ouce, you can con
tinue so to do. Tne instances are rare
where vi -lent Lts of crying from
naugl. tines . have not been the direst
ri suit of tho t o re i.ly yield. ng of the
over-indul.. cut mother." It is better
to hnvo thy annoyance of hearing your
children fcre.nu until tired nature
' forces them to stop, tha-i to let them
ki.o that they con have what they de
Sire, if th.-y only m-ic.tui long enough.
lie uiirr they or., ct crying from the
result of a pin, or any other accident,
nn.l thon dimply leave them. Home
children have be ii cared of sereamiug
' li.s by bei.ig t ilieii tint of their cradljs,
'and th.-u l.ti 1 on the bed, with their
faces tarni d toward the wall, with a
pillow placed at the r backs, to prevent
t'.eir tin :. in ,'. If they are old t uoiigh
, t o scit iia f. r what thoy desire, thy
nre old n uh to understand what
this treatment means. When an Indian
baby ciit-s from temper, the mother
s jut ez s his nose with one hand, and
covers his mouth with the other.
Whea removing the hands, if tho baby
gives another scream, they are ut once
applied, as I efo.-o. This is rather
'heroic treatment, nn.l, therefore, 1
cannot a lvi.-e its trial.
Each baby is or ought to be, the
, sweetest ouo in all the world to Lis
ojrn mother; hut they need discipline
, long before they have out-grown their
cradle, aud it is wine to allow no habit
to form in infancy that must bo broken
(later on. Hard as it inny be to prevent
the form of evil, it will be still harder
some day to lo away with it. Nor is
it nec-jsvary to sjx.il a baby in order to
gain his l.ve. Spoiled children are,
perhaps, the most of all to be pitied,
lor theyaie so rare-ly happy,
j It is a problem, which an intelligent,
eonsc ont.ons mother alone c tn solve,
ns how best to Ir.iin her own little ones,
for e ith child is mo diJereu! from every
othtr. But do not iiliow them to tyran
ize. Pet them nn.l love them nil thut
. you will, remember th .t they both
j want and need ynur love ; besides, they
appeal to yon h.i entirely, that no true
mother could help but love them. Bui
do not allow them to Le exacting.
' For they will rule, these tiny things,
alw' : vs ful.j.?::! 'oo? a l:in s-
CLEPT Oi HI3 P'-JT.
How a Scldler's Life was Saved by
j the Late J udge Hcllcy
In 1SC4 a voting soldier of a I'ennsyl
Vania regiment w as coa icled by a court
martial for (dri-ping on p.)st, and ren
cuccd to be thot. Friends of the un
fortunate buy hastened to Washington
mid enlisted the ptmpi.thi s of the" late
Hon. W illiam I), kelley iu his behalf.
The ir (-tatciiu nt s cf the l.t.j's giuve of
fense militated that there w ere mitigtitlr t
ciicumstane-cs which irndcrcd Iiim a
proper subject for exocutive elemencv.
It was claimed that the ooldier wS tu
feeble heellh, but hnd refused to M
the hospital, iviuaining n illi his t r-:n-
puny, whi. h wis r:igi:;;etl in the c.uu
paigii kgait-.yt ltichiuoa !. lie had Itcro
inaichii.ga.vl fighiii:-; fur two days aud
nights without sleep, aud it was uutltf
such circumstance thut, overcome by ex
haustion, he ha I suffcicd biin.elf to fall
asleep while n picket. Military law was
rigidly enforced at that time aud little
mercy wa idiowti to onrndcrs.
Mr. Kr I ley f.t cure went to the Pre.'l
eler.t, with wiiieu he v-zJ on terms of
-"-u intimacy. Few i- . a enjoyed to a
f.ilitr t!rit th i S.i- the confidence of
Mr. I.incc.'.n. ;!r. Ji;,.y laid befuie the
President t!:.- case ui ore-kt-ntid by the
friends of the soi.ia-r. ll-.th speed that
if the facts wero us stated the death sen
tence might properly bo revolted in the
interest ;f haiiiiinity, mid w ithout preju
elite to the service. The time was short,
us but a few hours, or days nt most, in
tervened between the si-nteuce of a court
luaitial and its CNcrution. Mr. -Kelley
volunteered to --o ut once ti the army
Mill inv'-tla.Ve. To enable him to t.i
this .Mr. laic-, in bunded him a reprieve
for three slays. S., fully did he trust the
judgment d Mr. Kelley that he nlso
wrote and signed a pardon width Kelley
was to present m u-r lie found the tiute
leents of the soi.li.-i's friends to be eor
lect. If, upon Uv.- e.'lier hand, he should
rind the t ase t be without extenuating
features he should not interfere with the
execution beyond the reprieve grautcd
for the inquii y.
Mr. Kelley to. k the first train for Ihe
. fiont. Traveling as far as he could by
rail, be rode on tiMscliHrk nearly nil
night through the . t camps to mi Ii
! tho ri gimei.t he iec.i jht. The execution
: was to have talon pl.i. e that nioiiiing,
lot was stayed Lytic- I'lt-i .dent's oitler.
: Mr. Kelley snlislicd himself that the j;.
I mands of justice nr. 1 the tliciplinu of tht
j army did not rcouirc tlt: suerilicc of tiie
i young life1, produced the nrtl-m and the
fcoldirr was restored to duty.
Naturally Mr. Kelley wi-.ttled with in
terest the future catcer of the boy whose
life ho had held in hit. bands, and whs
gratified to know thut he had not erred
in his judgment. 'Ihe soldier fully re
deemed himself by con-h tutus gallantry,
and lct an aim in the Una) iwault uiKin
Petersburg. After the war Mr. Kelley
secured his appointment in one of the
departments of W:r hington, where be le
mained till bis death two or thiec yeai ?
ago. Jn after years Mr. Kelley often re
marked that no art of bis life, public or
private, gave l.im mere fiti-f.ietion than
iiis services in bcln.if of that condemned
Soldier. It goes without saving tliat tht
Istter's affection for Mr. Kelley was be
yond any power of l-tnguage to exprt- s,
eootinuiivg liii the Leu inotreitts of life.
The discovery ina.'e by Kxp'orer
Stanley shows that the Nile is the long
est river In the worl 1, being at kist
4 100 miles In length.
Originality, sas Carlyle Is a Ihirg
we constantly clamor for and constant
ly quarrel w ilh:
Like lightning the cyclone seldom
strikes the same spot twice, but th '
reason geneiaily is that the spot isn't
there.
KLWS IN lillU-x'.
It takes three seconds for a message
to go from oue end or the Atlantic cjlble
to the other. 3v,
There are 2000 more Gefaiarfi
in New York thau in any secoud class
city of Germany.
A census enumerator In S.m FraO
jisco discovered ten club-footed chil
dien in one family.
A wild Westerner, in Winnipeg
Manitoba, lit his pipe in church, and
was fined $10 for it.
A concert given recently in Bead
ing was listene I to in Philadelphia and
Washington by telephone.
There have been eighty-six de
signs submitted for the great tower in
London, to surpass that of Eiffel's.
Emperor William, of fiermany.ha
his meals conveyed from his kitchen t
Ins dining-room on au electric railway
Ancient fans had long handles, so
that ladies used their tans for walking
slicks, and it was by no means unusual
for tasty dames to chastise, unruly chil
dren by beating them with their fan
atic!; s.
The danger to life and property
from spat ks emitted from electric wires
h is been so well recoguizel in Loudon
(hat it is recommended that the city
.tut hoi i; ics take the matter in baud and
.-( e the w ires aio properly iusulated.
Mis. Catherine Sharp, of Philadel
phia, when a little gill sold milk to
General Washington aud his stall from
her lather's farm, she is now 112 years
oitl, and her lneiita! lacilities are un
clouded. A new and popular development of
electrical science Is the e'ectrical hair
curler. It is said to be equal to the
most exacting demands of the feminine
( oilluie, au.l the i s ard or moustache
can bo curled in any style in two min
utes. At the celebration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the invention of the post
age stamp, held recently in England, a
stamp was shown worth 10 1 guineas.
It was from the British Guinea collec
tion and showed a rude postmark ou
pink paper.
An Australian music an has In
vented a trombone that i.s played by
steam. Its "God Save the eueeu" can
be heard at a distance ot four miles.
Ho had hard luck with it, however, for
the eople of his own town drove him
out as a nuisance
Henry Fawcett, the blind English
postmaster general, who died in 1S4,
was a greater man by half after the
unfortunate accident which deprived
l.iui of sight than he ever w as lufore.
He was bom in ami los.1 his eyes in
1-..-.S, at the ane o! lio, trom the effect of
a gunshot wound.
The discoveries made by Stanley
show that the Nile is the longest river
in the world, lieing at least 4,100 miles
in length. Were the Mississippi re
garded merely as a tributary to the
Missouri, as some geographers contemd,
the latter wouid surpass the African
water course, having a length of 4,50tl
miles.
Throughout the most elegant per
iods of the "age of chivalry" handker
chiefs, or any substitute for them other
than such as nature provided, were
utterly unknow n. Elaboiate books of
etiquette and treatises utou manners
were written long before either h md
kercliiefs or table loiks weie thought
of.
Miss Caroline Whiting, 71 years of
age, has been a te clier in New Vork
city for lilty-lhiee years, l or fifty
years she has not spent a day iu bed;
has taught always m the same school
(No. 14), and worn out two school
buildings; has been forty years princi
pal, and has twenty teachers under ber
care and bus had not fewer than 12,0j0
pupils.
A monument is being constructed
by the Vermont Marble Company at
ButlHiid, Vt.t to commemorate the loss
of the ill-fated steamer -leanette, of
Arctic fame, her commander, the gal.
hint De Long, and his company. It is
to be paid for with funds raised from
subscription among officers and men fit
the navy, and will occupy a conspicu
ous place in the Naval Academy Ceme
tery, at Annapolis, Md.
John Gough, totally blind from the
age of 11 years, became piite celebrated
as a liotanist and writer on subjects
pertaining to natural philosophy. He
arranged, by the sense of touch aloue,
and w ithout the least aid from any liv
ing human being, one of the largest and
most valuable collections of dried herbs
and grasses at that time 1780 known iu
Bi Ham.
Mr. Ilerreshoff, the blind president
of the Herreshoif Manufacturing Com
pany, of Bristol, B, I., teems as much
out of his element in his present capa
city as either the blind sculptor or the
blind postmaster general. Aside from
Edison, the government has rctgnized
him as being one of the greatest in
ventors of the times.
The Americans who are exploring
ami excavating in Mesopotamia have
every reason so far to lie satisfies! with
the results. At Niffer, the Nipur of
the ancients, they have laid bare the
temple of Bel a very line one aud
have found inscrllied tablets which date
back to about 3.750 15. C, and at I'r,
in the great temple library, they have
discovered many inscribed tablets,
cylinders and bricks of first-rate relig
ious and historical importance.
Tins little story is from a New
Orleans journal:"Little Floribel Heitch,
7 years old, died suddenly at Morgan
City, and her pet nigeon flew iuto the
room while the conse lay surroundel
by weeping relatives and frienls. The
deep grief of the mourners fo Impressed
the bird that it drooped its bead and
died. It was placed in the coffin and
buried the next day with its little mis
tress." The Japanese are a gentle, sensi
tive race, very much under tha Influ
ence of their emotions. Love with
them Is a serious maltei ; often one of
life or death. Disappointment iu love,
or di sertion, frequently ends iu suicide.
The passions which thrill aud torment
the human soul are as intense in far
away heathen Japan as iu those lau.le
which boast a higher civilization.
Jewelry is constantly being twl-te 1
into all sorts of old shaiies and styles.
One of the latest is a bar Misrepresent
ing a caterpillar, being formed of cat's
eyes. The main part is the fu..v sub
stance, held in place by a slender gold
chain, twining round and round be-twet-u
the stones, and giving a most
lifelike appearance to the creature.
The head is of bea.en fold with ruby
eyes,
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