iS JUS F. 8QHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor- VOL. XLIV. v MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1890. NO. 12. 1 i i lit it in in in ti ri WORRY. There is mneh unavoidable sorrow and anxiety in our liven, but it would be safe to say tlmt at lenst one-half of onr trouble are nui.eees.-arv are caus ed by medle-s worrv. We find this idea well expressed by Paul SSiegvolk in the Home Journal. He ssvs "it in a common observation that no ordinary bad hnl.it of niind is more un wise ami u-. -less titan self-worrviug. The matters usually causing this"kind of mental disquietude, if they le at all practical, wiil concern either others or one's self. If they 1 concern others a man can ouly tin his duty as he cora prehcuds it. 'I hisi leing found aul done, iiiir' Hhotild le content and accent the result ks iiievitnhlf.without regrets, loading or self r i r inch. If, however, the matters concern one's If there in "till leas cause lor this fruitless discon tent. Besides, one shout I reflect of how littie iiu porta nee such matters are, for the most part, m the economy of the universe- whi ther they lie done well or or not done at all and how insiiriiidoaiit in u large view and to every one else is anything that Jiertains only to one's self, uud how wasteful even of power is all idle fretting about them. Probably the secret of this habit, BO persistent ni pite of its Wins? so con trary t reason, is that the things wor ried about are seen in such undue pro portions, bee i.'.se they j.re too near the nnud. E.ke any sumll objects Very close to the eye, they obscure ottiei things n lilt le ditaut " and take on consequence they do not deserve. When time, or the oecin reii.'e of some otlier matter of i;r. uter interest, has adapted Us to the I Mi bb' before us so that it more nearly kssiuu, s its true significance our anxictv liiu.iui-lies or o iis.-sa to- gcthi r. But it e uct. i lu!e under such a vicious ec:tcu;t nt. we are liable to act footi-hl. Indeed worry is the vice of a sin! ow nature und implies poverty in the possession of patience. u iiv a:iu: I nil t'tod of puttingdown this tendency tt ii!ire:tsoi.ub e fretting over person:. 1 disappointment or appre hended evil ni.iv be to recall how many of our dearest lr:end have more real cause to worry 1 1. mi ourselves. While thus .lis.. -ov-fi-ing that we ar compara tively happy, we may be stirred to act somewhat lsi re', e ,n ; their troubles; and as u-..rl ail worry comes from ex cessive e.eis u we shall sometimes tind its licstcure lu active al'.ril.M'll. 1 mice knew a man of th:s 1 .iter tenden- y.who by his frit i. is wi.- s.u.l t.. be Continual ly looking on tin-d. irk si. to of thing's. His pres. .t t i.j ; incut was usually cioti le t by f.-,ir ot coming evil. heu niisfort.nie overtook l.uuor his friends, he was l.ul ! to tile re; roach of insen sibility; but he h.i l really gone through with ail t' . .i onv of suffering from the mischief i:, urrnl limey times In-fore it h id n.'i :;:. happened! Instead of hangm ; "in t v e i a snnie and a tear," he w is ul v :i s i ri t l.e side i f the tear. bllt S I lll'l' sT be- was se . wh hue. I I :' k epmg I t iu one 1:1 II H spoutaue ty l uretltli bt e i .1 to the element that i d i :''.-r ot I eu.g over ln t.ict by continually ! h's ni-nd and heart s strain, he had lost all ii i f urief, and bad ap- tther devoid of, or C.lleUs to, :il tlli'liral felllll lhls mans re wns his opposite in all these ti.mns. sne wan nm however frivolous or even 1 uht-heurteth In deed, ai:!.oiii:li siie aix'arel like a stream id s.itisiiine, d.tlusmj; sweetness wherever si. - ucu . et one who knew her tie Tiei :ily m ;ht have found no lack of inn ite sadness in her nature. Nevertheless, perhaps from the Tery breadth and i i .ot'.nduct.a if her char acter. she u. vt r anticipated misfortune, uor dweit tii u p..st caiariity.lmt reso lutely accepted tliir.rs as they happen ed, llie result was tiiat she was always natural mid sj .n.t.ini o is, fresh in her impulses, g.- . ii :e und hearty in her svmi.athie-. ."she wept with those who went, and laughed with thone who laughed -ever i.pi' nr'tiir bright and hapiy, or i i.iiniiM', us the picuag hi "ir permit. 1. Every act ot th.t miul.we are tanshl, costs an expenditure of nerve force; a a loss of so much power to besupplled bv rtaMiiL,' the recuperutive sources of our nature. It is doubtless a draft uponacnpit.ilf.tr from inexhaustible, and of en.ily definable limits. In this view it is puiuiul to rethct how prodi gal we are of our vit.il inheritance, anil how ranch of it we waste by sheer bad velf-mauaemcut. While one c instant drain upon our reservoir is th most common habit of fretting over the irreparable or the in evitable, ai.othi r like foolish extrava gance, iu this way of dissipating brain or spirit power, lies in th.it irucrtiuent curiosity which tlirou'h imaginative speculations or by silly consultations with preposterous mountebanks and or acles of many different forms strives to penetrate the suppositious mysteries of the iiiscrut tble, Biid sometimes more absurd tiiari this iinpiest itself a helpless h.det of deploring uncertain, though possible e lis, whi. h a morbid fancy, so stimulated will Sometimes utest. Indeed it Iris not unfrequently s"em ed to some as if even religion itself designed as it is to be the j.Tcat consol er of the bru s il spirit iu ts most try ing a:l!ii tions had been olteu pervelt ed into an i ii"iic of immense propor tions for mi -cinef throueh th.s very waste of the power to act, and to sutfer in the tchI lii-mes of iiie -by iH-cupy-iujr so inueli f our thoiCs'lits and tune wuh reference to that future state of which uesarilv from our limited powers and tne scant mess of Kevehition we know m little, in comparison with its lntirnteiifss. m to count for almost absolutely nothing. It would perhaps not be irrational to believe that this world miiht Is- happier, and its work better ilone, if s,,iUe of its temporary rel lent would ponder more the abso lute ...in of m ikiu r a iro!itahle u of the present, w itli only : judicious. and a far h ss anxious, lot cea-t ol the re- mote and unsearchable future. Tfs moment we come to understand God we love I iod. A QUARREL. r m uit r. v outM. Tlll'KK :l fcnimttcr l'U!- protein. rom Hi.- s.iiiny 1 iml "t f 'i' i But In Net t ' i "il. a i" """i-'' '"'. Is its nif.i'. n : i- ' ir " ' (n LiK k it tti itlim v. ir heart ; Neitn.-t ln-fiii'i .eitil it T.i it t.ik. s to in i -e a nuarrei; Otic can j.senu It- Trv it writ 'n et . rv war. Mill vtl'H "'- " In a It.ti i ' 1 '"". . I r o wt'.lt ivi.il.l yen " If 't lie t i .1! Ii is ouis aleie, s.i..i:i v ii w It vis ti'l it. I,i ii ts.-s .. ill :ke .t iturrel t One can al'Vays t-utl il. Let stun" Ant ' tit if bo'h are wroth, : . i.e ;'?l. tt one Tinve s. ,.it! cry I.T "rvace. bellll II .11 "- !:- . fc it but ot"- s'ii"t "P ' ,n erfacti, lie w.il u .1'k llienii It Two It t.ikes to in .ke a nuarrei; iiatf coil ai end, it. Telephone and Ear-TruoMr. As civilization advances new diseas es are not only discovered, but are actually produced by the novel agencies which are brought to War on man's body and mind. The increase of in sanity throughout the world is unques tionably due to the storm and stress" f our crowded modern life, and al most every addition which science makes to the convenience of the major ity seems to brititf with it some new form of suttcring to the few. ltail way travelling has its amari aliquid in the shape of slight, but possibly not unimportant jolting of the nervous centres; the electric lijtht has already created a special form of opthalinia; and now we have the telephone indict ed as a cause of ear troubles, which react ou the spirits, ami indirectly ou the general health. M. (.icile has ob served, not in women only, but in strong-minded and able-bodied men, symptoms of what we may call -'aural over-pressure," caused by the condi tion of almost constant strain of tho auditory apparatus, in which persons who use the telephone much have to Iend a considerable portion of each working day. In some cases also the ear seemed to be irritated by the con stantly recurring sharp tinkle of the bell, or by the nearness of the sounds conveyed through the tule into a state of over-sensitiveness which made it in tolerable of sound, as the eye, when inflamed or irritable, liecouies unable to bear the light. The patients sulfer ed from nervous excitability, with buning noises in the ear, giddiness, and neuralgic pains. Hon They Carried a Million. Two men walked rapidly down Wall street. New York, and entered one of the prominent banking intit.itions. They were sturdy, heavy-set men. ne carried a small black satchel. liotu kept their eyes roaming from ile to side. 1 followed them into the bank. The man with the satchel sat down. dropping the bag carelessly on the floor. The other weut into the receiv ing teller's inclosure, reached down into his breast ockct and extracted a package of bills. These were hastily coiintcd. and the two strangers left. The teller jammed the bills into an en velope, sealed it and pitched it into a safe, afterward closing the door iu a peiif unctory manner. The entire trans action oceupied le-s than two minutes. Then the teller turued lo me ami said: "How much do you think was iu that package?" Why, a!out ?."(. . Yes. and a little more. Tt contained one million four hundred and forty odd thousand.'' 'Yon don't mean it!" Yes," he said, showing his memo randa. "You see, it's nearly all iu f 10,11H) bills. There is not great danger in carrying notes of that denomination, lecaue, except here in New York, ther are so seldom used that su-pi. ion would at otn-e lie directed toward any one who would attempt to negotiate Uicm." One tiling still puzled me. What did the messenger have in his satchel?" Nothing but a half brick. The satchel is carried as a blind, to throw auy ossibIe thief oil' the track." Window Cleaning as a Trade. A novel enterprise in New York is n establishment w hi. h makes a busi ness of cleaning windows. Although public attention has only recently Ih-cu attracted to It. the company was or ?snUed last February, and has already established a fairly paying trade. The cleaners all wear uniforms, which con sist of a blue suit, ami a peak-cap w it li a shield, ou w hich is the company's name. They all carry ladders, which are painted reil anil white. At the top, where the ladder taiers to a point, there is a square block of rubber, so that w hen the ladder is placed against a window on account of the size of the block and the elasticity of the rub lier, the pres-nre is not great enough to break the glass, the rubber also pre venting the ladder from scratching the pane. The company charges accord ing to the size of tho. window; for washing an ordinary-sized window it charges $1 a mouth. Kach employe cleans from ItX) to 100 w indows a day. A Stow an aj Reporter. A Philadelphia reporter was so de termined to go on the second trial trip of the Baltimore that he hid in one of the coal bunkers, where he remained for hours. The Cramps were informed that he was on Imard and made an in effectual search for him. As the fog was very heavy the Haltiinore did not start at the aptHiinted time, but her engine was started w hile she was still tied at the wharf and kept running for four hours. At the end of that time the reporter concluded he must be far enough down the river, so he came out from hi place of concealment and w as much chagnnisl to lind lie was still at the w harf. He was etitertaiued t ' - . at luncheon. However, i i"ie ne was escorted to shore, the officers greatly enjoving the accidental defeat of his enterprising pu prose. A Romantic Marriage. Jsmes Hall, of Cochraiisville, ami Carrie Malsen, of Tyler County, West Virginia, were married last week under romantic circuni-tances. The couple met the minister at the railroad station opposite Ccs-hransville, after night, and. after reading the li cense by the light of a lantern, the light was extingui-hed and the couple were made one amid the silence which was broken only by the minister's voice and that of the hooting and screeching night owls, and in the pres ence of the gentleman who accom panied the minister. Then the com pany dispersed. Dobby ra, why can a man run fast er than a boy ? Ta Because he is bigger, of conrse. Bobby (after pondering for a mo ment) Well, pa, then why don't the hind wheels of a w agon run faster than the front wbccU? Ttxai Sift ing. . TTorx and Worth are twin brothers. A pa r of shoes Tor a Georgia negro weighed four buadrtl pounds -ad five MAKING CLAY PIPES C KIOI S PROCESS THEY ARE 111 THROUGH. Thers Are About 150 Kinds and Stjle of Pipes. Nearly all the clay used in the manu facture of clay pijies is obtained at Woodbridgo and Aiuboy, X. J., where there are immense beds and mines, some open and others reached only by di-ep shafts, where clay is mined in the same manner as coal. Three kinds of clay are mixed together to give the required properties. One kind when mined is nearly as black as coal. This has a very tine graiu and gives the pipe the smooth finish. Another kind has an altogether different appearance in the rough state. It is quite white and resembles a piece of cheese. This kind furnishes the tenacity. Without this second kind the other two would not oeauieio noiu togeiner, out wowig said Mrs. Aikiu, dolefully, as she crumble as they dried. , looked around the disordered kitchen. The third kind is brown when damp, . And the cream all spoiling for lack and Stands the burning process well. 0f some one to churn, and the youn" 1 hose three kinds of clay, without any tui kevs all down with the pip, ami the one of which the composition wouid be w hite calf ailing, and me tired, hand incomplete, are the only ingredients of 'and foot like this!" a clay pipe. The clay is brought to this I "Hon't fret, mother," said Jonas, city by canal boat and stored away iu who, after a most clumsy and niaii the cellar. In preparing the clay for like fashion, was frviug potatoes over me nomsuop it is iui pui into a untie vat to soak. About equal parts of the ' three kinds are used. Tuis is allowed to stand from twelve to twenty hours, according to the length of time the clay has been exposed to the air and hardened. When it has been &oaked enough it is shovelled into a huge pug- U'.iil. The pug-mill looks like an old- 1 fashioned churn. A horse is hitched totiieena or a bar, while tne otlier end is set into a pivot in the 1 centre of a huge upright cylinder. To! the pivot, which revolves as the horse is driveu around in a circle, are at- ta.-hed twelve heavy knives about three inches broad. These knives are slightly turned up, and, as they pass around through the mass, mix the dif- ferent kinds of clay and force it down and out a four by six inch hole at tho bottom. The clay ooziiuf from the bottom is cut into huge bricks called babbitts, ami stored away until wanted. Great care must lie taken not to let these babbitts drv too much, or thev will have again to be soaked and ground over These babbitts or bricks of , the prepared clay, which look like I "Kuretta Clay?" black loaves of bread, are taken to the I Mrs. Hopkins had her once. She's moulding room and there soaked again as slow as Old Time, and unfitly at Ut bring it back to tbe proper mould- that." iug temper. Then comes the part of j Jonas was silent; his resources hail the Ials.r that would delight a child, evidently reached their hmit. He A workman takes a knife and cuts the began to cut the bread in big, irregular babbitts into pieces about au inch ! rhuuks. square and six or eight inches long. t Thinner, Jonas, thinner!" cried These he works and rolls them on a Ids mother. "Oh, dear, what a squeal board with his hands, ami ending up iug them pigs keep up; they know it's with a dexterous clip, turns out a roll past their regular feediu time, as well of soft, pliable clay with a knob at one , as though they were C hristians." end. like a pile lxwl. These rolls are "I guess the pigs'll keep." observed laid out on a rack and partly dried philosophic Jonas, trudging slow ly again. They are again soaked and dow n cellar after a pot of butter. Mrs. pa-sed to the moulding machines. ! Aikiu moved uneasily in her chair, The moulder holds a medium-sized ' and uttered a groan. i piece of w ire in his right hand, and ! sticking the point into the small end of the roll, with his left he works the clay on the w ire, after the manner of i drawing on a glove. The roll w itli the wire still sticking : out of the smaller end is put into an ; iron mould of the required shape and I the two sides of the mould snapped j together. The mould is then put into the machine w ith the top of the knob, soon to be the bowl, up. A lever is pulled dow n, and the smooth, round end of an iron rod forced into the mass, forming the bowl. As the lever is let go, it flies up of its own weight and a spring knife passes across the j large end of the mould cutting off the wa-te clay that remains on the top of the bow I. The mould is opened im mediately, the wire drawn out and the pipe placed on a rack to dry. The.-e half-finished pipes are allowed to stand just long enough to dry the oil with which the mould is lubricated, and are then passed to a girl, who trims oir the seams where the two halves of the mould come together. The soft, damp pipes are theu allowed to dry thor oughly. The burning kiln is about eight feet in diameter and ten feet high and built of lire brick. The pipes are carefully packed in hoary earthern sagers about ten inches iu diameter and ten or twelve inches deep, and these sagers are piled up in tiers with hot air flues bet ween each tier. About 325 gross of pipes are burned at a time. The burning process requires a white heat j ami it must be maintained from ten to fourteen hours. About thirty-six hours are required to cool the furnace. After the pipe has become thoroughly cool the small end is dipped into a solution, the composition ,of which is a, secret, to erlaze the mouthpiece, oilier wise, until the pipe had been used some time, the lips would stick to it unpleasautly. The pipes are packed iu one. two, and three gross boxes with shavings to prevent breakage and shipped to the wholesaler. There are about 100 different styles of pipes and as a rule ten different kinds are pack ed in a box. To Be Kept From King Humbert. Tom" Ochiltree wanted to control a large slice of the patronage iu Texas, and asked an audience with General narrison for the purpose of explain ing matters. The President sent out won! that he would give the former member from the cowboy district of Texas live minutes of his time iu the librarr. W'but!" exclaimed Thomas Porter house, "fire minutes for me, for me who was almost raised in the White House, who has slept in the same bed with a President, who has been the confident and chum of kings and princes five minutes for me, forme! Tell that little bow-legged lawyer from Indianapolis, that sawed-off Hoosier, that Thomas P. Ochiltree has not the five minutes to waste on him." As Ochiltree sailed out of the White House he paused long enough to say to a newspaperman! For heaven's sake, don't print a word of tliia. I don't want my friend XTOrQ Ol Litis - uuu t wu uit xiivuu . ,t l i . t- i l ""SlS.S EaftaS lull fciiv.. j , y r fond of me that I am afraid he would declare war on the United State It THK DAWN. I saw the gribtious moon, all glowing red, Sink down below the iut hurizxiu's riiu, The stars, night's caudles, burned but pal and dim; A. blush ot llht the eastern slues oVrspread. While purple tints filled all the arch u'arlinil ; In darkling grove, upuu his ehoseu liuib. Some wild bird warbled low his morning hymn ; Fne cock bis clarion sounded from his shed; Then (rrew auJ spread the liybl nt!!! more and more: The village cburvh xpire caught the flylu ray; A thousand feathered throats diJ then out pour A joyous welcome to tbe new-born day ; 1 taw tbe dew-drops glisten on tbe lawn, And all tbe glories of tbe summer dawn. I'ittsburg Bulletin. 'Joins' tdeddii- Srip. "I never thought to come to this," vue lire. "It 11 all come right." 'It can't all come right," said Mrs. Aikiu, jerking out the words betweeu the spasms of rheumatism. "Every thing will go to ruck ami ruin. Oh, dear, Jonas, yon'U have to hire a help. The men are coming next week to cut down the grass in the fortv-acre meddcr four of Vm. ami all evm-. led to boarded here, ami the doctor says it'll be a chance if 1 get back iti-ent'th in six weeks." my "I rnti put 'cm otT, mother," 6Ug- gested Jonas, cheerfullv. .'And spoil the linest hay-crop we've ever growed," said Mrs. Aikiu. That will never do. Hired help is the only way out of it." "I don't know of anv- one to be hired." said Jonas, dishimr uo his otatoes in a way that struck a chill to his mother's heart. There's l'hebe l'otter, but she asks two dollars a week." She must be crazy," said Mrs. Aikiu. "What does she take jieople for, 1 wonder? Twelve shillings is an exorbitant price for any girl to expect. No one can earn it." Oh, dear: oh, Ueari we never can g along this way," mused she. Something has got to be duue. Jonas!" Yes." The curly head and sunburned face appeared at the top of the cellar stairs. like the Good Genii coming up through ' the stage floor iu the pantomime. i"Iok here, Jonas you must get married !" Jonas sat the butter-plate downou the table w ith a bang. Me!" said he. "Good Ird, i mother!" he exclaimed, "what are you thinking of i ' Why, 1 don't see any better ar rangement," 6aid Mrs. Aikiu. "You're bix-and-twetity, and I'm gettin' feebler and more good-for-nothin' every day. There aint no gal w e can hire short of twelve shillings a week. A wife would come a great deal cheaper, Jonas and she wouldn't want no clothes for a year, at least and she'd sort o' take an interest, and lo lots o' things a hired help wouldn't under take! There's Lctty Hooper, Jonas, she's a right smart, stirring gal, and as pretty as a picter." Jonas whistled; the idea commended itself to liiiu, on further reflection, as eminently practicable. It might be better ccouomy," re marked he. Of course it would," said Mrs. Aikiu, There's the new rag carpet ready for the loom, and the spri-ig house-cleaiilii' not attended to yet, and all the uulk ami butter, ami the tur keys and goslings, and the young calves, and the vegetable garden I sold three doliars' worth of green peas out of the garden last year; and there's no sense in hiring a man to make gar den w lieu anv smart woman can look ,..,. itt ',imes; aa jour clothes need attending to, and my new alpaca dress aint made yet, and why, la me! there's work for three women, ul least, !iltt the place! Go and see Letitia Hooer this very afternoon, before Nat Pellett gets the start of you!" the added. Jonas Aikiu had come home at ten o'clock that night, and told his mother liat Letty Hoomt had accepted him. Good!" said Mrs. Aikiu. "Now we'll get something done aVuit the premises. Hurry up the wedding as soon as ever yon can. my son; it's an awful inconvenient time of year to get married in !" Are you snre yon" it doing a wise thing, Ietty?" F.iid old Ebon Hooper, when his dnnirVcr showed him her I ..jl.llt.r. iltstcfi ,1 i f 1 1. 1.11..., . . 1 1 -1 . 1 1 a - ...... .....0 "Why not. faUitr?" "Those Aikins have the name of being very hnrd. And Mr. Green, their neighbor, pays .leuns is only get ting married to save the expense of a lured girl." I think he likes me," gaid Letty, shyly. "And Tin aw fully sorry for his poor rheumatic mother." "I guess you'd better keep vourpil j for yourself," observed Mr. Hooper, shrcwdlv. "1W all account., vou 11 need it ! Gojn:r to l.';i !o Prickett's for y our wedtlinir trip, eh? Well, it's a pleasant part of the country. 1 dare say you'll like it." Uncle Prickett was a lrntlier-com- a . j . , . I itipxioiicsi ola mm, with keen V- .' "n . yellow tee,!,. black like tho-e of an elderly monkey. He gave them a coroial welcome. "That's a pretty little new wife oi 'ours, JUr. Aikin," aajd be "And as smart as steel, to, though she Is my niece 1" Yes," said Jonas, with lhodeat ex ultation, "I calculate she'll be helpful like around the farm. We need astir ring woman at home.' Not too beipful, I hope," said Uncle Pricki ft. Eh?" said Jonas. 'Ixwk here," said Uncle Prickett. !Sir?" stammered Jonas. ' Fond of her, eh?" questioned Uncle Prickett. "You bet I am!" Jonas prouiptly responded. "Then don't murder herl" "Murder her!" IxMk here again." And Uncle Prickett drew Jonas towards the win dow. "D'ye see the church-yard over there on the hill?" Jonas shivered a little. Yes," said he, "I see it. Thme white stones gleamiu' through the trees, aint it?" "My wife lies there," 6aid Uncle Prickett. "Indeed!" said Jonas, a little un easily. '1 killed her!" said Uncle Trickett. Jonas started back. Eh?" he exclaimed a 6econd time. Don't look at me that way," said Uncle Prickett. ! didn't stab her, nor poison her. I loved her, young man, just as well as you love your wife. And yet 1 killed her. Do you want to know how it was done?" Jonas started at him. Had the man gone crazv? "Work!" said Uncle Prickett. Hard work I We were proud of the farm and of the dairy.. We liked to take premiums at the county fairs. We added up our bank account every night. Jenny was as anxious to save money as I was. Hie rose at three o'clock in the morning, and sat up sewing until eleven at night. Well, here's the farm, and there's the bank account; but Jenny lies buried under the biggest gray shaft on yonder 6ide hill, t-he died the day before her twenty-ninth birthday, and 1 knew just as well as if a coroner's inquest had said so that 1 had been her death." No, no!" pleaded Jonas. "Don't say that!" 'As true as I stand here," said Uncle Prickett. "I should have been careful of her. A woman aint an iron machine. I should have cherished her aint that what the -Marriage Service' says? instead of letting her work her self into a decline. What 6ort o' good do you suppose all that money does me now? She ain't here to share it with me. Now you kuow what I mean, young man." And Uncle Prickett turned ou hi, heel and went out of the room. "Letty," he said to his niece, who w as gathering the first riiie raspberrict that grew on the siiunv garden wall I've been giving your husband a word of advice. I've been telling him he mustn't let you work yourself to death 'ike vour Aunt Jennv did." Do you think he needs advice, Uncle Prickett?" 'All young meu do at one period or another of their lives," said Mr Prickett. It w as of a Saturday night when Jonas brought his bride home. Mrs Green, the nearest neighbor, had been helning around the house, and had prepared a savory supper. The even ing meal was scarcely concluded, when a wagon drove up to the door, and out stepped a stout elsh girl, With bundle under her arm, and a yellow cotton umbrella. "Who's this?" said Mrs. Aikiu. viewing the new arrival with disfavor "It's the hired help," Jonas an swered. The hired help! Why, I thought you'd got married to " 'The fact is, mother," said Jonas, kindly, "I've a sort o' changed my mind about some things. Y'ou've most killed yourself with hard work. You never would have got this iherxnatisii, fastened on yvu if you hadn't stuck b it you'd whitewash the cellar yoursell that damp spell in May, and I mean Letty shall start on a different plat form. We aint rich, but we can afford to live comfortable, and 1 don't mean my w ife shall lose her round cheeks and fresh color, fche'll find enough to do, without turning iuto a drudge: and so I've hired Joan Llaunis for i year." Airs. Aikin uttered a hollow groan '1 do believe you've gone crazy," she said. We shall all go to tin poor-house togetner." But they did not. Joau Llatinis proved a domestic treasure, especially as uurse-in-4-hief to the poor old rheu malic invalid. Lucky and I'nlucky Days. Superstitions regarding the days of the week are many. The follow in;, doggerel is an old Scotch rhyme, not often quoted nowadays: Monday for wealth, Tuewlay for nesltb, Wednesday tbe best day of all; Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses, Saturday uo day at all. In Judea, a rainy day was always ronsidered unlucky for a wedding. Here is more doggerel regarding lucky and unlucky days: Born of a Monday, Fair ill face: born of a Tue-Jay, Full of lio.Cs Kr'aee; lSurn of a Weitnesday Merrv and glad ; Bm of a Thursday, isour and sad ; Born ef a Fridsy, od!y given ; Born of a tsiturdsy. Work for your living; Beirn of a Sunday. Never shall want, bo there's tbe week, And tbe end ont. The idea of Friday being an unlucky dav is almost universal, and it is kuow n as hangman's dav. In Scandi navia, Thursday is considered the dav of bad omen. It is a very old belief that the hair, like the nails, should be cut at certain times. There is another ancient rhyme that reads: Friday cut and Sunday aborn. Better never had been born. Few persons in Iceland cut the hair on r riday. outh s Companion. Emperor William's Bank. F.mperor William has but recently honored himself with any high military rank. Though as Kaiser he is the "War Lord" of the German army, he remained but a bngaJier until a short time ago, when he rose to a ma. jor-general. Since Queen Victoria mjie liiii a general, Moltke has urged him to come up to the first rank, ana p U ef com man nlng gtuwtu DliLVLNG FOR DIAMONDS PRESENT CONDITION OF K1M- BERLKV'S GREAT INDUSTRY. One Mine "Which Has Already Produced $45,000,000 'Worth Of Diamonds. Kituberley (South Afiica) Letter iu the New York Sun: The lirst annual meeting of the shareholders of the De lieer mines was held here last week. This company was formed about fif teen months ago to consolidate the whole of the diamond mining indus try of South Africa, and it has so far succeeded that it has now the owner ship first of the De Beers mine, which has au area of about fifteen acres, w ith 600 claims. Out of this mine there have already been excavated 3,2oO,U(0 cubic yards of diamoiidiferous ground. producing diamonds to the value or $9,000,000, or about one and one-half tons weight of precious stones, betweeu 1(571 and l!So. Since then its annual has averaged about JL'oOO.000. This mine was originally worked by individual diggers. Then, as the depth increased and the cost of working be came too great for individuals, claims were amalgamated ami taken up by companies, till at length the w hole mine came iuto the hands of the De beers company, w hich has a nominal capital of about 2,000,0o0. Karly lust year the 10 shares of the company stood at 40, making the capital then more thn 8,000,000. At that time it was taken over by the new company, the De Beers consolidated mines. The next step of the Consolidated was to take over the Kimberley mine. This mine, although smaller than the De Beers, possessing only about 280 workable claims, was and is much richer in its production, and by the end of lb5 had scooped out 9,000,000 cubic yards of stuff, half of which was diamoiidiferous. The yield of dia monds up to lb85 exceeded 17,500,000 carats valued at 20,000,000, or about thrre and one half tons of precious stones. The capital of the Kimbericy mine when amalgamated stood nomin ally at about 2,000,000, and as the 10 shares were then selling at 6( the capital was nearly 9,000,000. Having these two mines, the Consol idated company had virtually the con trol of the diamond production, but there were two other factors with w hich it was important to deal. These were the Dutoitspan and the Bultfon teiu diamond mines. These represent ed a capital of another 25,000,000, w ith au average annual production of nearly 4,000,000 in value. All the productive diamond minet in firigualand West are under the com plete control of one consolidated com pany. This company has a nominal capital of 3,900,000 in 5 shares, which are to-day standing at nearly 16. During the year it has paid off amounts iu tli2 shape of transfer and oilier expenses w hich will ouly oc cur once amounting to nearly a quar ter of a million pounds, leaving a pro tit of 400,000, out of which a divi dend of 10 per cent, has been declared for the last half vear. But this lir-t vear has been a trying one for tl company. It is only within the last few- months that diamonds have reached their present price. The ex peuses w ill not occur again which have been such a drain ou the revenue. Sav ings have been effected and will be ef fected in the Working which will re duce the cost of production, and as the price of 25 or 30 shillings per carat is to lie maintained, it will materially athl to the profits of the shareholders. Such, for instance, is the accumula tion of blue ground on the floors i. e.: the diamoimilerous grountj taken from the mines which has to be pul verized by exposure to the atmosphere and by watering. The watering pro cess has been expensive, but the new policy of checking production will leave the ground to be pulverized by nature's processes alone i. e. : by long exposure to the atmosphere and rain, thus saving the cost of water. At present there are ou the floors of the two mines a stock of blue ground amounting to 80, 000 loads, w hicl. represents an asset of 1,375,000, as each loid averages 1 1-3 carats of dia monds. Altogether, then, this com pany is in a mwst flourishing condition. The demand for diamonds has kepi pace with the production ever bince the mines were opened. That it yvili still keep pace is shown by the fact that even at the increased price all the diamonds have been cleared off, no stock remaining on hand. The goltl mines of South Afiica which are now in the full swing of their development, are gradually at tracting the notice of financial men and speculators in all parts of F.urope. With only a few properties working the last month the production was 32, 000 ounces of gold. There have been great drawbacks to the development of the mines, not the least being the dif ficulty of transport and the expense of fuel and labor. Every inch of machin ery has to be conveyed over the worst roads in the world for more than 300 miles by the slow bullock wagon, but railways will soon be constructed to the fields, and then better things my be expected. Great Curiosities. The spur of a moment. Tbe horns of a dilemma. A nick of time. A bone of contention. Parliamentary whips. A man of straw . A grain of truth. The threads of stories. A ship of state. A fly on a wheel. A boe in a bonnet. The point of a joke. The di k horse. A political warming pan. A circle in which men argue. The historic sword and pen. Tbe si.ver tongue of an orator. The features of a plucked candidate. A Splendid Studio. The paintings on the panels of Miss Anna Tadema'a studio are from the brushes of some of the best artists iu London- w ho did them as a sort of house-warming gift to the young artist. The ceilhig of her father's famous studio is of aluminium. It looks like silver, and it would have been silver, said Mr. Alma-Tadema to Mrs. Louise Chandler Moultou, "but that silver tarnishes so quickly in this London , 15.- - - SOMETHING ABOUT TEA. IT CAME FIRST FROM JAVA AND NOT FROM CHINA. Prices Ones Charged fcr the Drug Chinese Exports Palling; 02". Contrary to the popular imxression. savs the London Standard, we did not receive our first supplies of what was then known as "chaw." and drunk out of "silver porringers," from China, but from Java, which, until the Dutch obtained possession of the island, was an Foolish settlement. The commerce in the herb could not, however, have been great, for at tir-t the ju ice ranged from 0 to 10 per pound. Even during the reign of Charles II. and his brother il was disposed of at from los. to O0s., according to quality, the duty payable ou every gallon of the bever age sold in the coffee - hou-es hiring eightpence. Iu the reign of William and Marv it was further burdened with an import duty of 4s. per pound and 5 per cent, of the value, and dur ing the next century, when the ave' ate price was 10s., the imports mount ed up to fully 2oo per cent, on tho value of the commoner qualities. The tea trade, was, however, in that era a comparatively small branch of commerce, being ni.iiiily a nionoiilv in the hands of the Ka-t I ndia C'oiupauy. It w as when the con-uiupti. n increased enormously, while the business id" .sup plying the demand was not too much subdivided, that il bei-ame and con tinued so remarkably lucrative. Tbo juices were not high enough to bo pro hibitory, and yet were sulli. ient !y good to jiermit of a handsome prolit t-j grower, buyers, biokers ami sellers. This is no longer the cae. The peo ple who expect to live by tho trulli.: have multiplied out of all proiort ions tr ll.r.if .iii.t.iNi..r. n itl. tl. in..t itwl.l.t .-.,...,! t.t" ,..!,.- ',.-.. i,e,. w),;tii,.,l ! down to h nVure w hich admits of lilt I., margin. In China so it is allii'ined by those in a jiositiou to know a suicidal attempt has been made by tho native growers to recoup themselves for falling juices by more slovenly manufacture ami even by flagrant adulteration. This, at least, is tbo verdict of a hotly so well qnalilied to pronounce on the evidence before them as the Shanghai t hauiber oft oinmeice. A fact even more eoin lu-ive is that while the exports of China tea havo fallen off enormously, those of tbe newer tea-producing districts have in creased iu an inverse ratio. It is known that between lcOl and Ibt'.O the export decreased by 2,00l ,000, ami since rheu the disparity has been even greater. Thus it is obviously ii-o',. -s for l.ina uuy longer to regard her-elf as able to control the tea trade of tl e world, or to conduct herself as if she. were the pr'me producer. She may bo fortu nate, indeed, if India. Ceylon and .lava leave her the second place iu the strug gle for supremacy. The jdanurs of Assam w ere the tirtd to work their gar. lens on the p: inci pies of scientific high firVining, and now I they are reaping their reward. But of all the competitors w ho have disputed, the China iuoii ..iiv, Ceylon is likely j tt prove the most formidable, t In 'iiii h ! she entered the field so recently that tea was only regarded as a likely crop when the desMiictioii of tin ir c lh c plantations compelled the owners of estates to try other product. Now, J thanks to the experience of India with j which the planters began, and to thoi advantages of climate and soil, the ex-I jiort of Ceylon tea is incrca-'mg year by year, while the quality, taking one season w ith another, is of a decidedly high standard. New Departure In Instrumental Music. A peculiar feature of amusement life in New York is the growth of the women orchestras. Women now fur-ni-h all the instrumental music in the immeuse Atlantic tiarden on the Bow ery, in the Volks and (lander's Car dens and iu more than otie-d.., .ii smaller jilaces on the east side. Ex perience has taught the managers of such establishments that the women play as well us the average man instru mentalist, that tliey are reliable as to hours, that they never get drunk und that they never go on a strike, and with all these excel. ent qualities they cost much less money than lint nude performers. They receive from !0 to $30 a week for seeu nights and three day performances, for w hi. h a man, according to the commands of the Musical I nion. would bo obliged to demand and receive s") or c-u for each of the ten performance. O.fler cities have inaugurated this change to a sligh er degree, and this new condition of things is growing so rapidly that already the demand for women musicians is far in excess of the sujiply. Tho girls come mainly from Vienna, Berlin, Ecip-ic mid Buda-Pffith. I am told by the head of a German amusement agency, which does a brokerage in this class of public entertainers, that they have now on hand fourteen uiiftiltilled conti ads for orchestras of this kind, and that the necessary number of women lay ers have started or ate about stai ting from the other side of the ocean. It is a somewhat unexpected peculiarity that these blooming foreigners do n- t lose their heads and fall v i. liun to tlw- wiles of that unmitigated ami pesiif. ruin Ditisaiice the American Johnnie." For instance, Frau Holler and 1'rank lii Kicci have been installed as queens in the Atlantic Garden for a long time, where tleir niuio ha fractured inany hearts. They are remarkably beautiful women. Nightly scores of adorers worhip at their feet, but they go ou wielding their bows just as though a man had never existed, and no one yet has been able to boast that he has brought aa encournging smile to their faces. Which goes to show that they have letter heads on their shoulder than, '.heir American sisters. The Better Way. When the three grown-up toys cf 'ieorge Zatlock. a Now Jersey farmer if 65, protested against h's taking a bird wife, he turned to and licked hem off' the farm to prove that ho was t better man than at 45. It was an irgument which silenced all opaoaW ism. God loves a cheerful giver, the treacbex So do all NEWS IN JJUIEF. Just 250,000 women are marrlexX ceaily in England. The tonsrue of the giraffe la nearly a foot and a half long. A jaguar will rather attack a black man than a white one. The coins of Siain are made of porce lain; those of Japan are principally of 'oil. Heligoland lia-i a national debt of L'li) Tne revenue is betweeu tj,000 and i'.l ( 00. A failure o the potatecrop is tbreat ei e I in Ireland, and famine will follow if it happens. W. E. O.sliorne, of l'lio-nix, Arizona, lias collected ten tons or honey this sea son fium 171 hives. A hunter of Ctiepallls, Wash., recent ly killed a cougar wnlch measured 9 ftet 5 inches iu length. A large sturgeon, with a chain fiv feet long attiich-d t j It, has. been caught il' the coast of Ortgou. A nun In Jefferson County, Peun., is .'aid to have lost h,ssiht from drinking 'ce water when heittd. Consul Meyers, of Honolulu, declines that of the 1150 lepers at Melohalr only twenty-eight e Chinese. . A I.o:iisvill.phv9ieian a few days ago tnairied his six wife. He is eighty-oi.e and she Is forty yea is old. A Eos Angeles (Cal.) pickle factory bo. e,ht eighty tons of cucumbers at Al a h.dm re.ei.tly at one cent a pound. In B alforl cotiiitry, Florida, is a hollow stump f r im which comes anoue similar to that of a bodiig kettle. In clearing up the post office at Astona, ttieiren, recently, a paoa;e of letteis mailed in 1?7 was fouud. He Is a cm el cynic who declare that I'eoji'e who eat most at summer hotels are tho e who ate said to be iuva'ids. A I' i tsinouth, )hi , man has a well l"i'cd apple urowimr en an ordinary ?l-evme, U-e febUlt ot skillful graft- The f.mi .His Physic Garden in Ct.elsen England, whose pte'ervsli n 1s now a mutter of discussion, has ''0,0(0 differ ent herbs ami plant). A North K a codti-ber carries a Fet of lines 7"J'0 fathoms in length, and h.tving an amaing numter of 4'."0 hooks, every i ne of which must 1 baited. Lincoln Me., hns a bl'nd man who is a clever croquet player. He $lays by information as to direction and by nieas i ring the distance by walking to the ol jcl ball. A Waterloo veteran who resiles near ( Iswestry, England, has just attained his i inetieth year, lie has been matried f.mr times, and is the father of tweaty toiir children. A unique horticultural exhlbitiou held n Engl tnd is devoted tot amatious ami ferns. ( hie huge tent Is filled w"th tt e I ut ton-hole cariiaUuti, and the air is heavy with ieifuiiie. Parasols made of the lst lin fell wo.io, ti aiiu'a iuied by FiiiM-h liasantsiu the s. 1) in a of ldorg, are in fashion lu he K-ss'au summer resorts along lines of tt e Husso-Fiimisli railroads. 'I'l.t y arc light, elegant and very cheap. I'eiui ei Km. N. J.. has a curious fre&k of inline. At the farm of Alfred John son i, re twin calves, under sized, yet 1 e.il'.hy, coverel with white, fleecy wool and with tails l.ke those of a rab bit. Domestic servants are so scarce In Montreal that women In want of help are s iid lo visit the jail with a view to engaging younz women to work foi theui at the close of their term of im Vribniiu.ciit, A triplet steer team is one of the cur iosities to be seen at ( lid Oi chard. The steers arc hitched to a vehicle resem bling those used in chariot races lu cir cuses, ami 10 cents iay for a short title iu Ibis novel turnout. A vessel has left San Francisco to ?t cure -'2.0t 0,i00 that lies at the bottom of the I'ai ilic In tho wre.'kofthe 111 f.itetl Brother Jonathan, which wai lo-t many years azo ou the oast, Soiuo vvheie lu the vicinity of Crescent City. The effect of gum-chewing has l-eeti hi iidied caiel u ly by an expert. In pum chewing the mass, er muscles whict move t he jaw are abnormally develop 1 mi l the fa'.ty substance which produce: fair, jliiinp cheeks is deteriorate J. Tt Is said t ) be not at all unl'kely that the house 111 which President Lincoln d e.l will folow I ibby Prison to Chicago, a Western syndicate having made at offer for it. The intention Is t) put it on exhibition dining the World's Fair. hi" i f t' e la aest foiests in the world s'amls on ice. it is situated betweeu Uial and the Okhotsk Sea, lu Itua-tiaii Siberia. A well ws recently dug in this region, w hen It whs ft hi ml that at a depth of lit; indies the ground was etlll fro zen. The French tuder, the Legion ot Honor, wai established by N ap ileon In sti2. Tnere are five grades, that of i ll' -Villi' r, othter, commander, g'aud t Ulcer and urnul croix. Itecipients re ceive s.Yi. -p it - Nt jloij, xhj a jeat r--.' pei lively. l.'ich.ird Tevit- i. k, of England, built the liist loC'inotive in IS '4. but the first locomotive alter the mo tern idea was l.uiii l.v Gi-oige Stevenson in l"2'J; the Idea of the construction of a locomotive was g.ven to the world by James Watt in ITt.'.i. and patented by him 173-1. Ee.Ws Eetlger, tif New York city, on a v.ai-er recently ate thirty hard-toiled eggs in fifteen minutes. A spiiirovv al (.'..li'Stowtt, I'enn., built a ii"sl in tiie t milling gear ot a fat mer's wagon, anil makes a trip to market every week. The American druggist is called a cl e nist in England, many of the oldest I ra -t it inner retaining the old spelling "c li tnis.:.' A sign over h- t.flh e counter in tht leading hotel oi Ee ttiville. Col., reads; "Dogs boarded at 40 a UiOBth.'' vht w Afrlil Of. Foreign power (sarcastically) Bat'iclng out, I see." Uncle Sam ( . irrouf ully ) : "Yes: doasyou jiiease, I won't make any resistance." f oreign power fproudly): "I knew you would not darn defy me." I'nele Sum (hotTy): "it an't vou I am a'raid of, you old fool. I wouldn't mind a war. What 1 am afraid of is the pensions." One ol the itiia. af X. Y.leniimeratora, found a family of ten jiersons, each mend er of which was born lu a tuni I eat Stte. 4 IS A I f;r)'iAt,-j')fwi"fi ItnsBPWCFTw'rW i
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