.urn i i i ii ri i .1 1. i"i 1 1 1 1 1 i" t i r 'I 1 1 T "i "iti I " 'T rni"""' -.vi-.-.gvi ' .i 3 B. F. HGHWEIEB, THE OONSTITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and. Proprietor. VOL. XLIV. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1890. NO. 40. llISlll mfo ABOUT WOMEX. Ifews mil Gossip from Far and Near for the Fair Sex. Tn a village in the canton of Ln rerne. ilerland, there is a society t i'l maids. It nuniliers eighty im-mUr-, mill, quwr enough, it is un.l. r i ! patronage of the St. Cather i ii. - M itriuioiiial Agency. They per f. ii mi act nf Charity, ami are highly ! nil . I in their neighborhood. The ! .1 ii :t 1 Council lately presented tli in w iili a banner, on which there is the Maritime inscription: "Women ale an evil, hut they are al-o a blessing. Tin y remind ii- .f the onion, that in i.,-- m uh'I', but that we love all the I . it, year- Biro, nay Siian B. An-tli-n.. a woir.au coiihl not sue or go ini.i . .nit to text if y. lu Illinois I knew a married wouian who had a set of f teeth inaile. The dentist de rl ii. .l them a tit, hut the woman Raid tin v were not a tit, but on tae contrary it i; uh her li's to wear them. Well, tin- 1 1 1 1 .!i 1 1. 1 went to court about it. 1 In- law r tried to have the woman testify, luit tl.e judge said no. A mar ried n . man, he ruled, could not testify ia mat i" i of joint interest to herself hii.1 l.ii-liand. Of course it is very Jill. i-ut now. K.Mir hundred haiis of average thirl, tie would rover an inch f sj.. I'ti a woman' head. The blonde I, a in. nut I I". i) filament to comb mi l hm-h, while the red-haired beamy In t.i 1"- satisfied with t.H,tn0; the lir.-u ii Ii aired damsel may have li9. l.i'i. tl.e I.Ih. k-liaii ed but lUJ.tMKJ. K.w 1 iilie coii-ider that they carry x.ine f- it v or fifty mile-of hair on tin u In -ad : the lair-haired may even have t i ilie- seventy mile4 ot threads ..f l 'id urn morning. A German ;.. i ..in iitaii-t ha- proved that a sin gle l.ar will suspend four ounce url..iit breaking, stretching under the i in. I contracting again. Hut tl,. I, nr 1 1. ii- lusvily weight 'd must be link I i v ii. fur blonde hair break il.iwti mi. ier iu'ii uud one-ha.f ounce. lu a'l the large cities there are th..ii-.in.- women who give them m ,m - up t.i tin habit of using pernici-iiii- .Ii -tig- - the most common vice hein. tin' i.; iinii h.ihit. Some women buvl tl,.-1 i in le -urn and eat it regularly every iln. win!.- others buy laudanum and drink it in .iiarter-ounre, half-ounce, mi. I rwii ounce portion. Some deli rate :..tii.i. !i- cannot take laudanum, iinl - . iiia.'. ii ic is retorted to, hii I - tluii syrup, that are put up. .n Hie market for the sooihing of leil.ii In come the ruin of grown person. And then there are tin I .v. i powder and morphine pill, both i f which act rapidly, especially the latter. The habit seem more a ilie-e than a vice, for the whole urn lire i.f tl.e victim undergoes a com plete revolution, moral, mental, and Jiliv-i.al. The gn ite-t beautitier in a woman's truii.-eaii i- a f iir-trimined wrap. She iimv have a -liix-k of hair that brittle like a bin... Iiru-li, a complexion like a limn, feature that grow at right angles with i. in- aunt her and live-cent cheese rl.ith f.r a lire--, but mulled in awhile i. r .i inti .1 i lot h robe, lined or quilted with a satin, and bordered with Tti.ii,. . f i . x or lamb, he wil look well. The.,. it in, elegant mantle that en Ve..j. tl.e defect of a won an and her w ai Ii .. are planned to touch the k'l .iiii.l in length, to tit close alxoit the ii. . k url u.ii-t by meamtof a cord and a ril.!...ii. Tin te i- riothinnr hand-omer in the" 1. 1' material tiiim eitVel cloth a ft. warm, woolen stutf, stamped with a leaf or tl.. wit pattern in a darker tint tli ui the -urface of the cloth. There re cinnamon, cafe nu lait, cream and I "'at I. with the deign in oak, seal, laineo and amber to rhoo-e from, and. lined with quilted surah am trimmed with Angora lamb, the rolm need not co-t but ,'"'). If the bnyei i anv sort of a needlewoman a saving ut' . ii may be made by home industry lid a ti fry cent pattern. A marriage celebration in Alperia i in iniere-tinif relic of ancient ciiMtom. The lirulee;r.iiii goes to bring the I'fi.le. atut the gue-t aMiemliled out- ide ihe hou-e will wait for hi com inif. Soon the oiiud of pipe i heard '..iihiil' from the summit of ome iieiuhboring hill, and the marriage pro cession approaches the bridegroom's ln'ii-e. T he pipers always come flrl in the procession, then the bridrt innilled up in a veil, riding a mule led l.v her lover. Then come a bevy of k..i jeoiisl v dri-eil dam-eU, sparkling with -ilver ornament, after which the friend-of the bride follow. The pro neion -top. in front of the bride-Kr.M.n,'- hoiis,., and the girl's friend line both side of the pathway. The I i(..T- march off on one side, while the l.ri.l. j no,, in lifts the girl from the mule n. I hi. 1. 1- r in hi arm. The girl" ffii in I- thereupon throw earth at the Iti.I. -i-..,.m w I,, ,, i, hurries forward '! i- n i l. . her over the thresliold of tii li.iu.e. Those aUxit Ihe diMir beat n"" nli ..live branched, amid much laiijht.-r. iiiiiy:. on nuch ocranvnn. tl.e I M" r- and drummer are called in. " l the w ..men dance, two at a time. 'Hi: e i. h other, nor dot's a couple -t until, pniliiitr ami exhausted, tl.ey st. ,, aside to make room for """tl.er. The dance has great energy "f movement, though the step are '"in I and change, of po-ition slight. il.ui.eij only circling round --r-i"ti iiu . p.ut they winr their '"he. al twith an a-toni-hin? en- ritv and si, pi,.,,,.-. A leave flutter f ir- the ,lo tl.y vibra e to h- ton-,. ; ,.v Klmls;; hey shiver '"l tr. nil.le; they extend qiiiverinjf r'ns. win,, veil-, and their mind 'in lo.t in the abandon and frenzy "f the .l.in. ... w hile the other women, ""kin., ,,, en courage by their high, P"f i'n;. trillimr rrie. which add to tl n.ii.e .,f ,i. pip,.. and ilrum. To the traveller, the scene is one nn' Hl'.ne f interest but full of a 'erd and kir:iili;p faacinat on that ab "U the mind and attention. Tiie lcj-psn riiiiwa- tunnel In the M Is in Hungary. OLD CODES WOBTH 75,OOflW The l'neiullel Parmelee Cnlleetloa, l-ly tsol.l to m rw Yorker. Coin Iealer K. Ixcke Mason was sitting in his s. x-foot square office in llo-ton carefully frutini.ing a tar nished looking, circular piece of metal, when a reporter recently, entered, and asked if there wa anv truth in the rumor that there had .een. w ithin a lew days, au important sale of old coins. Instant'y Mr. Maon wa all attention. -l should av that tiiere hail, my friend." said he, "and in ali my 3 years' experience I have never known it to be equalled in importance. The collection jul sold wa valued at no less than 4?75,Oih), and wa the proj-erty of Mr. Loring t;. rarmelee of No. lo Chester park, who for "JO years baa been one of the most enthu siastic coin collector whom I have ever known. It wa hi ambition to collect a perfect specimen of every American coin and medal ever i ued. whether in gold, silver, bron.e, copper or nickel and he succeeded. "Ilia collection was the most jierfect in the country, surpassing even that at the United States mint in Philadelphia. You haven't spa.-e in the Herald lo mention half the notable coins w hich he got together. Take, for instance, his silver dollar of 1mi.. It cost him 760, and when it i sold aain, a. it will lo in May or June, it will un doubtedly bring $l."oo. There are only 12 of these coin. in existence, and six of that number are retrike that is. they were struck from the original die at a later .late and have never lieen iu circulation, t'ol. Siiek ney of Sa em ha one of the original-; there wa one in Ihe I avi collection which wa recently sold in New York; another i in the posx-ssion of Mr. Walter, a wealthy corn merchant of I.iveiHMl. En : t'ol. Adam of the Stark mills at Manchester. N. II.. has a tifth. and Mr. William S. Appleton of IVacon street ha Ihe sixth. The six re-t l ike were struck surreptitioii iy. in the dead of ni;hf. at the Phila delphia mint, about !.'.!. from the original die. A great to-do wa made abjut it at the time. The-e, re-trike are in various part of ihe rountrv. Two of the ImiI dollar-are exhibit ed in a securely fastened case at the Philadelphia mint. I think ihev are restrikes, though the mint otlic'ial. 1 believe, consider them original. I made a ecial journey from this coun try to Liverpool, a few year a:ro. to buy the dollar owned by Mr. Walter, but I came back empty-handed, lie refused IJ for it: in fact, he said that money wa no object to him. lie saw it somewhere slid loiiglit it for a sm-ll fraction of its real value. I think he told me be wanted It tti-au-o it was is-iied in the year of hi- own birth. He carries it a a pocket pine; aud as he is a man of wealth, be can gratify his taste by holding ou U it if he likes. But to go back to the I'armel'-e col lection, lis most important depart ment, perhaps, wa that of gold coin., it containing a specimen of everr gold coin minted in the country from 17 '.", when the coinage of thicla-s of inaticy was begun, down to date. A larire part of this portion of the col ecttsMi was purchased by Mr. rarmelee f. em Mr. lieorge Senvey of 4 aml.i i.l-e. a few years ago, for 1. '. hi. it is be lieved to lie the on!y c miplete assort ment of the kind in the world. 'I hei I'aruielee collection, too. contained about 25 absolutely unique piece of United S.'ates and colonial coinaee, in gold, silver ami copper. Thc-e are worth anywhere from .." to :;ihmj each. The government oiihl to have bought the collection, but the iio'iiiIht of Congress to nlr se att-ntiou it was broug! t did not seem lo appreciate th value of the treasure w hich it con, tained, and so it was crmitti-d to full into private hands. The purchaser was a New Y'ork man, and I am in formed that it i to le subdivided and old at suction in sections in the com ing May and June. It is too bad that this highly valuable collection should lie again scattered, but such sceiu likely to lie the case." "Lacked Antlers" Made to Order. "Locked horns are becoming quite a fad with some of the swell at the me tropoli," said a gentleman the other day, and some of the Adirondack hunters and guide are making nice little sum by occasional sales of the curiosity that is demanded. Y'ou see the old story aliout the bucks that fall to fighting and in some manner get their horns locked so they can't get apart and then starve to death, has taken a strong hold ujion the romantic natures of many persons, and if they can only get a set of locked hornr mounted they are happy. So Ihe hunters select nice horn thai correspond as to shte, and by the use of a twisted cord and ca spring I hem together as if locked in their death i m brace by tha maddened thrust of fight ing bucks. Then, on account of their great rarity aud the difficulty of rind ing tliem, they are sold to ihe rich cu riosity bun. Iter for a big price. Hi friends look in wonder and envy at them, while he recount the story told him by Ihe guidwlio found th ir skeletons held together by Hie h rn and Ihe earth all trodden down around the place so solidly that vegetation had not grown there in year, etc., and the guide goes back to the w.h1s and fixes up ano her t-iir for Ihe next curiosity seeker." I ti-a herver. t'aaadlaa ropalatioa. The French 'a"ndin are not Mal thilsian. Since the cessii n of French Canada to England, thirty years ago. they have increased from 60.t""J to .l.tHH-M), n" htlii lho"" not ,,is tied. Englishmen and Scotchmen and the half-breed race liorn f the S.-otch servant of the old Hu.l-on'a llay Corn pan and their Indian wives are mtiln plving round them rapidly, and Hie French Canadians are afraid they will lie swamped. Hence the pioH.-aI now sring dicued bv the (Ju.-I.ec I'arlia nent to offer a prize of a f re hold h"ine tead to every French Canadian woman ho is the mother of twelve children, t is estimated that at thi moment 0 000 Canadian mothers will able o claim the reward proposed by the Juebec Minister of Agriculture: but t appear, he has no definite sUOUUc tearing on the pjUiU Jstentatiou hi the lignal t hJJ- Tilt: SlUliY IIKIULU f iicsjuutof tb Aizas'inxtioa of Linooln as j Told in "the Cantnrj. Graphic Description of ths Sen. ia Ford's Tne.tr. at ths Awful Komsat Th Leap of ths Aumia, His Flight aad ths Par suit No one. not even the commediao on the stae. could ever remember the last words of the piece that were uttered that night the last Abraham Lincoln heard upon earth. The whole H-rformance remains in the memory of those who heard it a trajua phan tasmagoria, the actors the thinnest of specters. The awful tragedy iu the box makes everything else seem pale aud unreal. Here were five human bcinr in a n&rro. space the greatest man of his time, in the glory of the most stupendous success in our history, the idolized chief of a nation already mighty, with illimitable vistas of grandeur to come; his beloved wife, proud and happy; a pair of betrothed lovers, with all the promise of felicity that youth, social position, and wealth could give them; and this young actor, handsome ad Endymioa upon Latinos, the pet of his littleworld. The glitter ot fame, happiness, and ease was upon the entire group, but In an instant everything was to be changed with the blinding swiftness of encbantmea t. luick death was lo come on the cen tral figure of that company the cen tral figure, we believe, of the great and goisi men of the century. I ver all the rest the blackest fates hovered menacingly fates from which a mother might pray that kindly death would save her children in their infauey. One was to wander with the stain of murder on his soul, with the cur-e of the world upon his name, with a price set upon his head, in frightful physical pain, till he died a dog's death in a burning barn; the stricken wife w s to pass the rest of her days in melancholy and madness; of those two young lovers, one was to slay the other and then end his life a raving man iac. ""The murderer seemed to himself to be taking part in a play. The fumes of brandy and of partisan hate had for weeks kept his brain in a morbid state. He fellas if he were playing Brutus off the boards; he posed, expecting ap plause. Holding a pistol in one band and a knife in the otner, he opened ttie box door, put the pistol to the president's head and tired; dropping the weapon, be took the knife in his ri-ht hand, aud when Major ll.il h Done sprang to sieze him he struck savagly at him. Major Kathbone received the blow on his left arm, suffering a wide and deep wound. Booth, rushing for ward, then vaulted lightly over to the sta'e. It was a high leap, but nothirg to such a trained athlete. He was in the habit of introducing what actor call sensational leaps in his plays. In Macbeth.' where he met the weird sisters, he leaped from a rock twelve feet high. He would have got safely away but for bis spur catching in the folds of the Union flag with which the irort of the box was draped. He fell on the stage, the torn dag trailing on his spur, but instantly rose as if be had received no hurt, though in fact the fad had broken hi leg, turned to the audience, brandishing his dripping knife and shouting the State motto of Virginia. Sic Semper Tyrannis.' and tied rapidly across the stage and out of sight. Msjor Kathbone had shouted, stop him!' The cry went out, he has shot the President-' From the audi ence, at first stupid with surprise and afterwards wild with excitement and horror, two or three men jumped upon the stage in pursuit of the flying as sassin: but he ran through the familiar passages, leaped upon bis horse, which wa in waili'ig in the alley behind, rewarded with a kick and a curse the call-boy who had held him. and rode rapidly away in the light of the just risen moon. The president scarcely moved ; his head drooped forward slightly, hi eye closed. Colonel Kathbone. at tir-t not regarding his own previous hurt, rushed to the door of the box to summon aid. He found it barred and ou the outside some one was beating and clamoring for entrance. He open ed the door ; a young officer named Crawford entered ; one or two array surgeons soon followed, who hastily examined the wound. It wa at once seen to be mortal. It was afterwards ascertained that a large derringer bullet had entered the back of the head on the left side, and, passing through the brain, had lodged just behind the left eye. By direction of Kathbone and Crawford, the President wa carried to a house across the str.-.' and laid upon a bed in a small room at the rear of the hall, on the ground floor. Mrs. I.in.-oln followed, half distracted, tenderly cared for by Mis Harris. Kathbone, exhausted by loss of blood, faiuted, and was car ried home. Messengers were sent for the memtier of the Cabinet, for the Surgeon-(!eneral. for Dr. Stone, the President's family physician : a crowd of people-, rushed instinctively to the White House and. bursting through the doors, shout. si the dreadful news to K.ittert I.in.-oln and Major Hay. who sat go iping in an upper room- They ran down st .ir. Finding a carriage at tin- d-Hir. they entered it to go to Ten'ti street. A they were driving away, a friend came up and told them that Mr. Sewart and most of the Cabi net had leen murdered. The news wa all so improbable that they could not heln hoping it wa all untrue. Bjt when they got to Tenth street and found every thoroughfare blocked fcy the saiftly gathering thousand, agi tated by tumultuous excitement, they were prepared for the worst. In a few minutes ail who had been sent for. and many other, were gathered in the little chamber where the i'hief of the State lay in agony. His son was met at the door bv Ir. Stone, who with grave tenderness informed him that there wa no hope. After a natural outburst of grief young Lincoln de voted himself the rest of the night to soothing and comforting his mother. -The President had been shot a few minute past ten. The wound would have brought instant death to most men. but his vital tenacity was extra ordinary. He was. of course, uncon scious from the first moment; but he breathed with slow and regular respi ration throughout the night. As the dawn came, and the lamplight grew pale in the fresher beams, his pulse began to fail; but his face evn then was scarcely more haggard than those of the sorrowing group of statesmen and generals around him. His auto matic moaning, which had continued through the night, ceased; a look of unspeakable peace came upon his worn features. At twenty-two minutes after seven he died. Stantoa broke ths silence bv saying, low h belongs tt Ifes, fgaaA Pr. GttflU UtAH It the bedside aad praysl fervently. The widow came in from the adjoining room supported by her son and cast herself with loud outcry on the dead lody." From the History of Lin coln" by Nieolay an Hay, in the Century. THE CITY OF CEMS. Ceylon's Treasures Which First Became Known In London. Katnapura, Ihe city of gems, is the center of a district twenty or thirty miles square. In almost all of which a stratum of gravel six feet to twenty feet under the surface exists. Through out this area gem pits are to be seen near the villages, some being worked now. others bo'ng abandoned. The natives work therein companies of six or c-ht, and pay a rupee per man per aionth for the privilege of working a certain allotment, where they begin by marking off a square of about ten feet. After removing about three feet of soil, the sounding rod, a piece of iron about half an inch in diameter and six feet long, is used to sound for the gravel. If successful, the digging is begun in earnest till about four feet deep. On the second day gravel is taken out by baskets handed from one man to another till all within the square is excavated. Should the min ers find the sod fairly firm at the bot tom of the pit, they tunnel all around for about two feet, drawing out the gravel and sending it up also to be heaped with the rest, which usually completes the work of the second day, a watchman remaining near it all night. On the third day. it is all wash ed in wicker baskets by a circular jerking motion, which throws out all the surplus light stone and rubbish, till a good quantity of heavy gravel is left in the bottom, which is carefully examined. There is hardly a bas ketful that does not contain some gems of inferior value, which are usually sold by the pound for about nine rupees. Should no valuable stones hs found, another pit Is sunk, and so on till one or two or perhaps three really valuable gems are un earthed, when the work is stopped and the whole party goes off to Katnapura with the prizes. If these are worm, say a tew thousand rupees, they are kept secret, and only shown to one or two men of money who make the own ers an advance and look after the safe custody of the precious stones. Then they gamble and drink for some time till another ad vance becomes uecessary, and so on till half the val ue is obtained. Then the party, with the mortgagee, proceeds to Columbo. or Italulara. where rich Moorish traders are sum moned to purchase, and the gems soon find their way to London. The general public know nothing about these tran saction, and valuable gems are never beard of In Ceylon, and scarcely see the light of day till they reach Bond street. The natives have a great fear of exposing their find till they are sold, and they have most extraordinary superstitious ideas about showing them. This system has been in vogue for centuries past. It is only occasion ally one hears of any native having en terprise enough to dig a few feet below the first gravel to see. if by sounding, a second bed of gravel is within reach, for they fear the expense of bailing out water, which increases as the greater depth is attained, although the second gravel is well known to be much richer than the first Ceylon Observer. Prtr1Ssl Sia with HhUkrra. Joseph Sweshenger, who resides near Stanford, write to the Kiver Press particulars of a wonderful dis covery he recently made in an un frequented mountain near his re-i-dence. The discovery .-onsist of a petrified man, with all his limb in a perfect state of preservation. The body stand against a massive bowl r, of which it seems to have become a part, and cannot be removed without much labor and considerable eiense. A tiny stream of water flowing from a spring above falls directly upon the head of the body, and after passing over it loses itself in the surrounding rock. The body measures six feet and nine inches from the crown of the head to the soles of tho feet and is well proportioned, the chest and limbs being of ponderous width and size. The features are of the severe Koman type, surmounted by a brond. high forehead and a luxuriant growth of hair, which is as firm a a rock it self. A beard reaching to the waist completes a picture which inspires a feeling of awe and reverence in the beholder. Certain hieroglyphic are rut upon the rock, a true copy of which Mr. Sweshenger promises to send us. Thus tar he has kept hi discovery a secret but will in due time divulge its locality. Ii will doubtless attract the savants of the day and a large sura may be realized from it- It i indeed, a wonderful discovery, indicating as it doe that the first inhabitant of this great country were giants. Tacoma News. Lf.' r.U.nsU 1-iBrtira. I wa a stranirer to her speech. And knew no way her love to reach. Our languages were diffrent quite And left mo in a sorry pltirht. Hut when her eve my own dare I e?k 1 looked the thought 1 coul.l n..i And though herloujruecoulJ not contes S:.e smiled me baca her ao-wer, "Ye." Words, so I found, ara niMies thio-s. Ths hsart ha .wtfter, surer wioirs, Aud love it misei (ri will hnd To carry ils IhoiiL-tits from mind to mind. Tongue .re confused in ea'band name, iove's lni?uaee ever is the same. We sealed our bond of perfect bliss lo onadeep universal kiss. A llMttari WiM. In the southwest counties of Missouri bordering on the state of Arkansas and along the slopes of the Ozark moun tains, nature has made the finest hunt ing and fishing park on the American continent. Splendid rivers and moun tain streams abound in gams fish ot every description, while forest, dell. copse and jungle afford safety from ' gun shot and scent of bounds to bear, i el a, deer, wolf and fox. It is said I thousands of acres of this mountainous j region still belong to the United States ' government. If this be true, why not' ask Missouri's representatives in Con- gress to unite in an effort to secure the cossion of these lands by the federal ' government to the state of Missouri ' for the purposes of a game park. This cession might be made conditional. The Centennial anniversary of the founding of Paterson, X. J., by Alex ander Hamilton In 179-2 will occur on the 4th or July, 1892 and the Board of Trade has appointed a committee to arrange for a proper celebration. Including an Urfustrlalparada and aa exhibition. . The Author of " Looking Backward." ! Miss Willard send to Our Day an account of Edward Bellamy, the author of Looking Backward." Of good old New England sJock, son of a Suptist pastor, a journalist and author both born and made, such, in a word, is Edward Bellamy. In ligure of medium height, in forehead full and , broad, with thoughtful dark-blue eyes, radiating good will; with mobile lips, parenthesized by a dark-brow u mous tache, the cheeks covered by a stubby beard ; and the dress a little careless this lie is lo look upon. I He said: 'l am a married man with a boy four and a girl three years old. I believe a man must have a daughter of his own lie fore he really learns how to s uipathise with women iu their difficult lelations of life. It would make wou en absolutely iudc.eiidcht of men to the extent that material value are concerned. Under my sys tem men will be choson on their indi vidual merit, and not because they can support a w ife." The present mis understanding and jealousies of the sexes toward each other will be largely eliminated by this perfect in deieudence each of the other in finan cial matters. The vast change must come by evolution rather than revolu tion. Little by little changes will be Wrought out, as for instance the liatioualisation of railways, not by confiscating stocks, as some have ignor antly mpKsed, but by the United States becoming; the great receiver alike of solvent and insolvent, and paying dividends on a reasonable valuat ion. "In like manner, coal mine would lie turned over, paying a suitable interest to the present owner, and doing away with artificial rates. They now have artificial rates lecaiise they shut down in order to raise the price of coal ; we would open the mines to lower it. The telegraph and telephone naturally le long to the national service, and we would make them part and parcel of it. Municipalities are now lighted, heated, and the means of transportation fur nished by great corporations. But why not let the municipality Is- itself that corporation? Hut the working x-ople are confederating: Knights of Labor, Locomotive engineers. Train-men, etc., are going to work together after a little, and thus condense their ower. We who believe in nationalism are forming clubs in all centres. Women are very friendly K our movement. Howell i strongly sympathetic, as his recent story of Annie Kilbuni" proves. "Mark Twain is looking our way with great Interest. The clergy are sympa thetic too. Thi movcineut will bring the common people back to the church; they always heard Christ gladly. Sul stantially His sermon were on the unity and brotherhood of man. A resume of the Teu Commandments contains all we are working for, that ani the socialism of the early church, a stated iu the accounts of Pentecost. Christians form the best class in society, but they have lacked a pra ti cal working plan, and our movement supplies that lack. The partnership principle is the backbone of our phil osophy. Some say we do not need a new religion, I think we need Ihe old sort, only we might well talk about it less, aud live it out more." Some Miod Texas Shouting. Monday a party of four, among whom were two Boston gentlemen, visited Mitchell's Lake, a ducking re serve nine miles south of San Antonio, Texas. The lake, which has !.cn formed by building a dam acro-s a ravine, i one mile long and half a mi e wide, four feet deep, and is overg own with tula and smart weed. It is claimed to be the finest pie-crve in America. The party reached there at daylight, shot until ten o'clock, then got into the wagon and shot quail al.ui the road to town. The score made by the party was I'M mallards, 35 pintails, Id pad well's 7 black jacks and 2 spoon bills; total. 77. The quail bagged numbered 67 to the four guns. Shibboleth of the New York Tough. A clergyman, who hs labored as a missionary in New York city for many year, has discovered the New Y'ork tough's shibboleth. He finds it in tho sound of th. A soon a a younj tough, in the course of hi ellorts at reclamation, liegins to say "the ' and not "de," aud fourlh," and not "fourt." he regard h'm as having crof-sed tl.e Kuliieon and on the hieli road toward the making of a Useful citizen. If the hoodlum finds it im possible to conquer Ibis dilli. u!t of ptontinci ition he is lost to all ciforls looking toward his reformation. A Solitary Winter in the Alps. An old man named Peter Iechner lives, year in and year out, in a round lower on the top of the Soiinl.lick Mountain in the Au-trian Alps the highest meteorological station iu Eu roie, and x-rhaps in the world. Throughout the long Alpine winter he see no living soul, save for an hour or two on Christmas flay, wl en a party cuts ils way to him from the valley below laden with pre-ents sul scribcd for in Vicuna. His busine- in his eyrie between earth and heaven is to lake, three times a day, the read ings of Various instruments, and to telegraph or telephone them to the clerk of the weather ia Vienna. For mouths his only chance of hearing a human voice is through the telephone. And all this Peter Iei liner i willing to do for two hundred dollars a year. What T.a Sirht Call Calralatla.-. Lewiston Journal: I never hear an instance of meanness mentioned with out thinking of an aged man whom I met one day last summer on the Ken nebec Valley camp-ground. In sea Ic ing of the late war he dwelt upon its horrors so pathetically that I was led to inquire if be had participated in the struggle. "No," be answered, "I wasn't in the army, but my son was a soldier. He was drafted and wanted me to get hira a substitute. 'T would have cost f lOO. I couldn't see any money in it, and there's where I was short-sighted. My son was killed before he'd been a month at the front, and I've been hir ing a man ever since to help carry on the farm. It's cost me hundreds and hundreds of dollars over and above Ute price of a substitute, and. besides, my son was a master hand to work. ana w mut Mr i arr HEART FEELIMQ3. What doth it meant that fla-vhing ara, That stern and lowering brow. Those hurried, bitter, veoiioi words Krora proud, set lips that flow; And why that sudden tremor Pulsing through every parti Oh, 'tis indeed a fearful thing, "l is anger in the heart. What doth it meaa! that tearful eye. That weary, drooping brow; Why do those proud lip quiver so, V hy are they silent now! What make, that dull and aching paia Keep throuing through each parti Oil. 'us indeed a piteous thing, 'Tis sorrow in the heart. What doth it meant that sparkling e That free, fair ojien brow. That sound of rippling laughte. From liis grown rosy now; Wliat makes that quivering fceiinf lan-e lightly through each panl Oh. 'tis indeed a joyou ttiiiuj; 'Tis gladuess in the heart. A SCREEN'S SECRET. rhyllis!" "Yes, auntie." Mrs. Van Itoosevelt was here again to-day." "The girl busying herself around the little kitchen paused at the words. "About the screen, auntie?" she asked wistfully. "About the screen, my love." And sne offered?" Seventy-five dollars this time.- "And," rather hopelessly, "you "I refused it, dear," very promptly and proudly. Phyllis pressed her red lips very tightly together. How she wished her aunt would sell the article in question! They were so very poor. Her salary as teacher in the village school barely paid for their necessaries, and she did so long to be able to spend a few dollars fool ishly sometimes. She was a pretty girl an extraordi narily pretty girl. Her slender but well-rounded form was mostly alertly and charmingly broad graceful, and the face, with it smooth, brow, its snnbright hair, its short, arch feat ures, its delicate coloring, and dreamy, violet eyes, deserved better gowning to emphasize its exquisi'.eness thau the faded and mended old blue cash mere which she wore. But, Auutie. all your other old heirlooms went long ago to buy bread and butter for us both went in the time liefore I was old enough to earn the little I do. Why do you prize this so much more highly than the rest?" T he small, withered old lady, dress ed in black alpaca, with a net hand kerchief crossed over her bosom, ceas ed her slow rocking and looked up into the questioning young fai-e. I'm keeping it to give you for a wedding present." T hat is very kitid of you, auntie, but indeed I would rather have you sell it and enjoy some comfort now." Mrs. Merrill's little brown, bird-like eyes twinkled shrewdly. I would if I were offered enough tor It." But," cried Phyllis, stopping in the art of filling the tea-kettle, $75, auntie." "Seventy-five dollars can't touch it!" declared the old lady with asperity. Phyllis sighed. It was quite useless to argue with her aunt when she got an idea in her Sead. As the girl washed up the supper dishes and tidied up the tiny room, which was tioth dining-room and kitch en and which with two other apart ments formed their whole establish ment, she recalled many of the odd stories she bad heard about her aunt. A peculiar character every one seemed to consider her demented, many intimated. Certain it was that one episode related of her seemed to justify suspicion of her sanity. Very wealthy In her own right was she when she had married a handsome adventurer named Oswald Merrit. She had converted all her property Into money, invested the money into bonds, aud then made a bonfire of the bonds! Her jewels disappeared, no one knew where. She said she wished to test the sincerity of her husband's love, and believed a husband should solely support his wife. But a test so severe Oswald Merrit could not and did not stand.'' Infuriated at his bride's deed aud doctrine he told her he had only married her for her money, and took himself off. Kor years, worthless, abusive, dis sipated, he hung around the neighbor hood, seeking no reconciliation with his wife, but ever to her proving a persistent and malicious menace. To her immense relief she learned one day that he had fallen out of a third-story window and broken his neck. His widow devoted herself to the care of her brother's orphan child, Phyllis Clyde, till the latter was of an ago to work, had supported them both by nursing, doing plain sewing, and occasionally selling a bit of her an tique furniture and old family sliver. Now the only relic left wa the fire screen, with which Mrs, Merrit so stubbornly refused to part. That night, when she had given her aunt her regular cup of cocoa and tuck ed her snugly away in bed. Phyllis went into the wee box of a parlor and stood before the screen in question. Worth more than 75 indeed!" she murmured, disgustedly- "That clum sy, ugly, useles old thing! But then it is just the articles which are ugly, clumsy, and useless that rich people seem to run crazy after nowadays. " It was oval in shape, bound in dull silver, and swung in a slender frame of black mahogany. The back it was a couple of inches deep was of papier macbe. the front, a queer jumble of appliqued pictures in oil. India ink. and water colors, all being protected from the dust by glass. The following day was Saturday, and Phyllis, in ber best gown a pretty, soft rose and white challie set off for the Van Koosevelts', where she was engaged to instruct tri-week-ly the younger children in music Quite the show place of the neigh borhood wa the Van Koosevelts'. Built in the most elaborate style of modem architecture, it was surround ed by conservatories, orchid houses, and terraces of emerald velvet. Phyllis was endeavoring to make the most diminutive Miss Van Roose velt comprehend the difference be tween a crotchet and a quaver, when Archie came into the room. Arclre was the Y'an Roosevelt's eldest son, their pride and heir. And Archie was most tremendously in love with Phyllis Clyde. This, to the girl's decided embarrassment and consterna tion. Not that she didn't like Archie on couldn't help that, so frank, and kind, and handsome, and honorable was he but Phyllis felt their paths lay in widely different worlds, and that ahe would be more content with tr prosaic existence If tp barrad og I from It the dreams which nerer. never could culminate in realization. So that was why she gave him now tha merest nod of recognition when he en tered the music-room. To half a dozen random remarks she made no reply. He tried the strategy of questions. "My mother went to see your aunt yesterday, didn't she?" Yes." "About that curious screen?" Yes." "Why. won' she sell it? My mother has her heart set on securing It" Phyllis looked up and laughed. She says she is keeping it for a wad Aung present for me." "PhylU!" "Well, one, two. three, Bessie!" "Oh, infantile tuition bo blessc-d!" SWted Archie in exasperation as he Bung out of the room. But he managed to meet Phyllis on ber way home. "Paillls." he said. "I've thought of a great scheme. Marry me!" You've said tnat before." with a shake of her head. "Yes, but about the screen, you know. We'll give it to mother as a peace offering when you are her daughter-in-law." Phyllis laughed merrily. But she was absolutely unreleuting. "No, no, no, Archie!" "I shan't take no for an answerP avowed the young fellow stoutly. You must!" "I won't!" "That is a nice way to contradict a lady." reproved Phyllis, with great indignation, and at her heart a warm, glad thrill. That evening Archie presented him self at the door of Mrs. Merrit's domi cile. Kegardless of his sweetheart's pro test he marched boldly in to seo her aunt. He quite dwarfed the little parlor and its furniture. The wrinkled old lauy in the window looked at him in ama.einent. "Mrs. Merrit. 1 presume?" he said, standing, hat in hand, before her. I'm Archie Van Koosevelt, and 1 want to marry Phillis. if she will ac cept a man who has to depend on his brain and hand for a living." But your father and mother?" Have disinherited me." For wantiugto marry rhyllis?" "Yes." "Then I shan't." began the girl promptly. Oh. yes," in a voice both coaxing and confident. "Oh, yes, you will Phyllis!" Mrs. Merrit turned her gimlet eyes on her niece. "You'd better!" she advised dryly. "You won't find such a lover every day. Look at my luck!" The remark was effective. The eyes of the young people met, and out oo each soft cheek of Phyllis Clyde glow ed a bright flag of surrender. The following day Archie Van Koose velt went to the city and secured worK, and Phyllis received a note from his mother, dispensing with her service. A year passed, during which A rciiio worked hard and saved every cent he could, and Phyllis, half regretful that she had made such a sacrifice as his necessary, and wholly glad of bis royal love, counted the weeks till she should see him again. It was in September that he came back golden. fragrant, delicious September. Very quiet was their wedding. And Phyllis, in her simple. snowy wedding gown, looked more radiant and lovely than ever. Just as soon as the cottage could be disposed of Mr. Merrit was to go to the city to live with the young couple. When the sacred ceremony was over the little old widow said briskly : "Now. Phyllis. I'm going to give you the present I promised." "The screen, auntie?" Yes. dear." She took a tiny key from her bosom went toward the heirloom. Does it open?" cried Phyllis Van Roosevelt in ara izemcnu Mrs. Merrit smiled. In the heart of a papier-macho rose she thrust the tiny key turned it. Tho whole back of the screen opened like a door and down came tumbling on the carpet folded papers aud heavy little, packages wrapped in tissue paper. Bonds." explained the eccentric widow briefly. "The bonds I told Oswald Merrit I had burned just to test his affection. And my jewels all the old Clyde jewel. They are yours now. my dear yours and Archie's. I was bound you shouldn't be married for your money. a I was. There i $1.'),Oho there, Phyllis, not to mention the stones." "Ju piter!"erie; Archie. "Oh. gasped the bride "it sound like a fairy tale." But it wasn't. It was every dolla, as true a it was delightful. "Now." declared Mrs. Merrit. "you know why I said 1 never was offered enough for that screen." When she joined them in theii charming little home she proved her self once more the blessed magician o' their destinies. "I've heard Archie's mother is heart-broken over her quarrel with him, Phyllis. You should send her that screen with your love.'' The bride took her advice. The re sult ot the gift was a visit from Archie's parents and their proud ac ceptance of their lovely daughter. "Whoever would have thought," queried Phyllis, ecstatically, "that the old screen held such a secret? But beautiful things do happen outside of book, don't they sometimes?"' Kate M. Kleary in Philadelphia Saturday Night. T.bMir. PoImm av.t. Cases of poisoning due to meat which seemed thoroughly wholesome have sometimes occured and have remained unexplained. In the Revuo d1 Hygiene of this month M. Bourrier, inspector of meat for the town of Pari. niiKes a valuable suggestion. He describes his experiments with meat impregnated with tobacco smoke. Some thin slices of beef were exposed for a considerable time to the fume of tobacco, and af ler wards offered to a dog which had been deprived of food for twelve hours. The dog, after smelling the moot, refused to eat it. Some of the meat was then cut Into small pieces and concealel within bread. Thi the dog ale with avidity, but in twenty minutes com menced to display the most distressing symptom, and soon died in great agony- All sorts of meat, both raw and cooked, some grilled, roasted and boiled, were exposed to tobacco smoke and then given to animal, and in all cases produced symptoms of acute poisoning. Even the process of boil ing could not extract from the meat the nicotine poisoning. Lancet. The proportion of married couples who live to celebrate their gcldeu wed ding U under one la a thouaaoi. NEWS JN EK1E A Bowery muse'ini advertises the ( "b'ggest dwarf" In the world. I'ntil lTTii cotton spinning was performed by the hand sp iming-wheeL To salute with the left band Is a deadly insult to Mohammedans in trie East. Germany manufactures over $10, OOO.IMH) worth of children's toys every year. It Is estimated that the sun raises 37.H'.l,OC0,O0 ) tons of water from the earth to the minute. It is proposed to apply electricity to the irrigat.on of some of the dry and sterile districts of California. Iewis Ledger, of New Y'ork city, on a wager recently ate thirty hard boiled eggs in flftccu minute, A New York broker has just paid Sl."i,lKH) for a half interest in a salmon stream that flows into the Kestlgouche, in Canada. In the maw of a cow killed near Dat ien, tJa.. a few days ago, was found a pound of six ifiiuy nails and a five cent piece. The presence of a well developed apple growing on the graeviDe at Portsmouth, Ohio, is ascribed to skil ful grafting. M. Lavasscur find that the chances of a ih-isom in the nineteenth century reaching lOO years of age are one In IS, KM. Joseph Smith, the President and prophet of the r.'oigatnzed Mormons, and the son of the fouuderof Mormon tsui, is iu Boston. A sparrow at Colestowu, Pciui., built a ne-t in the rutin. ng gtar (da farmer's wagon, and makes a trip to market every week. A room 1 ventilated best by ojieu lng the upK'r sash of a window, lie cause the hoi test and worst air is al ways near the ceiling. With the present rate of incie;iao as a basis, it is estimated that a nu tury ht-i:ce this country will have a IHipulation of '.H l.'.iJl.i'.Si'i. --II the .salt held iu so tit ion in the ocean were spread over the earth, it would forma layer of more than thlity feet deep covering the whole iilolie, The ratio of suicides is !arge in Nul l hem and small in Soi;thcru na tions of Europe. The same holds good of the S ates of the United States. A marine on duty at the Brooklyn (N. Y .) navy yard, is unable to siak above a whisN-r, in consequence of having habitually eaten fcUnioAlcr for years, NaiHileon. Ill, got his title, the third, lor the second never reigned, by a couiixisiUir mistaking tho exclama tion points "1 I !" lor the Kouian numerals ill. The reason why fire crackers art a'ways coveied with red paper is that led is t he festive color in China, and that fiiecrackers ate used chielly on festive occa-ions. The Ixitindary line letweeii the United States and Canada is distinctly marked from Lake Michigan to the Pacific by cairns, pillars of iron, earth mounds and tuniier clearings. The fact, as r potted, that the ficr maii Army i as the lowest death rate of any in r-uiupc is attribu ed to the practice of frequent bathing iu warm water l.in made compulsory. The oldest man in Great Britain is liu-li Mar I .cod, a Sci-tch crofter, w ho was luti n on tha 'J-llh of Novem 1 ir, 171. lie lives in County I toss, ami is still licitthy and vigorous. Prince IIitIm rt Btsmark cherishes carefully the wreck of a watch which he carried during the I'canco-Prussiati war and w hu h sioppul a bullet that otherwise mlht have end.d his life. The great exhibit ion he'd In Lon don, England, n. l.-..jl, wms attended bv ti.t !.'!'., P. C) persons and left a profit of Il,0iiC..VJ.". it remained open from the first of Ma to the 11th of Octotier. The iioties or some prehistoric giants have been unearthed near Annls ton, A'a. One ot the thi.-h hones was mxty-two inches Nm anil the akul.s averped thii ty-fotir inches in circum ference. An electric hair curler is a new and convenient instrument. It is said to be equal lo the most exacting de mands of the femlnino coiflure, and the beard or mustache cat be curled in any stvle iu two minute. A Mine, ('ierrnutit '.3 dead at St. Martin, hi ar Montreal, at the age of 'JL She was mai l led at the age of 13 and had 17 children, 14-" grandchil dren ami 2S! great gtandcliildren. Of her descendants :!.I5 are living. The Pacific: coast has not a com plete n-ohupoly of big trees. There is a cvjreas tree at Enterprise, 1'la., that is over ten feet III diameter and lias a tniiil: reaching up f oi ty feet to the first bra'.cii. 1'i tv j- pie know of the origin of the name Bisinatck. The caslle of the Chancellor's ancestors received iji name from the "uiarca," or Ixiundary line, foru ed by the. liiver Bie.se, Ii ese tlaica became B stnat k. A queer white and rediobin aston ishes the f.shermeu at tiioiiochoutaurf, K. 1. It has t n ilt its nest iu a shaggy reach of pastute tie.ii the thundering ceati break waur. The bird's body in Of a snowy white, even lo the tipof its tail, except its bic.it, which is of a rosy red. The food of a "Zoo" hippopo tamus is estimated to be about two hundred pounds a i'ay in wi Ighl, aud Consists chielly of l.av, rass and roots. The daily pi v.nderol a giraffe weighs abuvt titty ji . nu. .s. The lions and tigers obtain about tight or lime pounds of n. eat a ilay. For fifteen years u I'., it. n 1 (Me.) business man ha- receive i from the florist's eveiy o'her mom ng a fresh bunch of flowers, roses, ii. i,,uoie. for-get-hie-nuts a.i l the lire, iiud placed it iluectiy m front o! h tn upon Ins desk. By thus look ug up m the blight side of lite he has u:.(i i...t..ijiy added to his happiness. Vasiii, the faiuo i-. i..s, an coos: I of Alexander Duma- tun eMi.r. lied last Aeek - t I..- J'uv i eai !;.( pp", m the French coist. lln pn.-.e d.iiing his master's Met I : e was by no ii eaim a sinecure, for it is ii . oi ed that wheu the nH-ii-haiided author of 'The Thine Musketeers-' and M. n;e "i i: to" vvjs '"hard up" Va.-i i had to co eoci. Ci;.. h ou next lo nothing. A scheme for --c',tic HgYingall Ihe large towns ;;i Saxony bv mcini of great Cables count cted with the coal pits of the I'l iiiensgi und is on foot, and is said to be watched wit h deep Interest in Berlin. The Ihst scheme of this kind which i succrui in aziy part of the world ui.i tioubUe" b followed by many others.
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