rn rt ii i iiiihixji j i imi imnim mmm'm in " 1 1 n 1 1 n 1 1 i mi i mi n i mima i ii nimrni i mam awrriai it "Tm n iramini nnrmnrTur -i n in i i ; i iiilmi 'f eiiie m ' M B. F. BOHWEIEB, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. ' i ' VOL. XLIV. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1S90. NO. 13. ':" A' V Hi 4 -. TV- vr . - . ur i i iuit ut iv airr nx-aiuL. t Tii health of the Prince of Wales n. matter or interest to every od .. ho presumes to occupy a position ia th world of attire, frutn tlw cheapest liui who patronize the cheap custom tailor, to the bend of the bluest firm jf muii ii f n c uring clothiers in the coun try. 1'tiuiors bearing the stamp of uthcnti.-itv have lately gained circula tion t. the ell. .-t that Albert Edward, the ruling toff of the century ami heir to England's throne, U affected with a inphc i! ion ,.f disorders w hirh make hi Ie.ie iion life a matter of varue roii'tvture. The iniHrt of the effect uf hi sudden demise upon the worhl if t.i-hiou. i a matter for serious con templation. Af'erthe Prince, Who? mi it I v not Prince i.-tor. who is in liiitf of siicccs.jon to the British Em pire. Hi- vagaries of dres hare al rea.lv tu:nle him the laughing stock of Loudon. :ui, e:ii-ne for him the aou- bi -i . i t .ll.irs ami cliff. :otiil the f.i-hiou oeutt-r lie trans-f-rroi to Pari, what a revolution would then occur in the entire -hrme if men" apparel. In a few year the iiK'linai ion of the gay Parisian for furbelow ami fiuflery would again hi ing in into the era of brocade. There ha- been, how ever, during the more recent centuries, a Beau Brum tuel of everv ae. and whv should not Sending Ib-rny Letter. "You want to know how we 'jot on J te mail clerk or letter-carriers whq teal money from letter, you ay," remarked a postotiice ipector. "Ths iclhod ia simple enough, and yrt w catch thrm everr time. Of wur Children in a Den of Snakes. party of tportMueu from Fort A Stockton. Tex., while bunting suite lopes in the Pierre Char rote a few days ago, n.a.le a most singular discovery. Ki.linj; up a narrow gorge they caught ci.r.it mtf . friTantie rMtltefinflb frailiiicr tliere are a pood many scheme we can j.ideoun" lenirth alonir the steep coinpli-. pri : . -i,ve !.;,. lfpa.lB. Several ' tf the pari v. Mate the truthful corre is opemna ;c i..... i . .i.. ...;i. ........ we prepare a letter and Rive it of , . ,m,. eU,, ivuua work on them, but the cated U the decoy l-tter. When we think a man letter least a M-nu-n. utiou. au.ire- to tl.e wron3 ra,ill;, hu Mllltehip to accelerate hi treet. the wrong number or Mmethinu i..: i ... ti- i We put in a dollar or ,',,.; .-, i,-.,...,!., . nian out of a cave A nier fo-m. IH't . ill !!.. ...lay til a. unli it opM.rtunitiea o I'olir.in oli-erv .inee, furnish the :. ml;, late. The lx-t nia.le olothe world are maniifaetured here y ami for a well iireed nation, a iri'-iml average we are umjueir- ib! v the people. Iepi!e lii- j;towinir olieiiity. the Pi in. e of Wale, h;i held hi own a a tine tin ure of f i-hion. ami hi enlight enment upon what hoiild be the vojrue in lull T il:ty ilre- for men. has teen e.-i-p:io!i ilK brilliant a a rule. I v fi 'tu what I hear, that II. II. II. thoroughly enjoxed the impirtanee u; ieil in the fa-hion oracle of hi . and b' iu MUiiexvhat of a tta;' iio-.x- and then I omin weary of i- ol.-erxed for his clothe. lel hi Mill linit.itor-i a tnerrx- cha-e awav from xx hat In- ha, innately deemed the l.i-- of f i-liion and the mould of (unli. I'h'thier and Furnislier. fin, h.I he , tiiu ha. beil, XX It. of that ort and make it just bulk v ereuiirh tlu.t it will attract the clerk's attentioo, wften he handle, it. These clerk pet no kill f ii I. you know, that they alir.ot in variably can tell by the sense of toueh, when a letter contain, money. Thii decoy letter i stamed with somepvst niark electet. and U thrown ilito the clerk or carrier's box. lle pobble it almost every time. We are on the watch, and if we hea nothing from it. we know that it miiM have been lost in transit. Thi test It neI oftener outside the post-ofii.-e than in it, however, in the interest of busi ness men, who suspect their employes and others." lloston tdobc. Per 11 a-h Vas tioot. A 1 iitrl'.i; in was traveling; in the far We-f. and -topping at a hotel in a mall ton u. railed for dinner. Ho vxa, a litile laLe. and a bif dt-h of ha-li xx a- al.iit all that the waiter set before him. I'.eiiiif very hungry he i oii'.iI tiot I' -traiu the antrer that tniiled up in Ii ,loxx u V.ll t' oul.h looked at th boiled ; : in, t of the hostelry. le re, imx frund. did'n I dole pri: ,x lie inn dinner? A be; i' rai d..t tutll' Tbo waiter i i- the l-,t that could 1J u u -t broke out airaiu ot i-h il it? Iht est ne for a hoonirry draveler his preakfa.-t mitiut? latid: !rt off dees meeer Iiell "im to gook me ot to cat at once fort- 1 i: ' ' be r l"-appeared throiili k 1 immediately afterward ;u. -t heard a gruff and pronoiiming the terriblo pr.-te-done, t r 1 1 1 ii XX ho ere l.'.e lit -1 1 to Ml loiin-ditis win:-' 1 he xx ail. r side door 'il the st il t ed aim cy i n'eti i -: I he ra- al r-fu-e. t-i est thedinnet f lll'lii-led t'V my house! 111 see alxmt It! Let me ir i t at him!" The eUe. beaii ti bliovel in the flash like unioadins? coal, and a tiiTee xx hi-k i-ed. st alxvart fellow w ith two pi-t..L. ami a dirk at hi waist came tramping toward the table. II if I der biea-ure ouf attressii,. tier 1 nid'.ort 'r ' said the iMttehman, rising nerv :i-ly, and Ixixving with ex treme politelle-S. M. i -!i r I.andiordt, vill you blease pe so kimlt as to oidter der vaiter to prin me a lectio more ouf decs bash? Old Jones riiilosophy. Soap don't cost as much as dia monds, but lot o' people don't seem to ( tie atiie to attoni txitn. A man who need forty cent worth of whisky to give him an appetite for a fifteen cent dinner always has the dyspepsia. I never feci comfortable vx there's a man around that smiles all the time. The only doj; that ever bit mo never stopped w age in his tail. Wen a man goes a sleighr'nliu with a parcel o" girls an" come home w ith bis ears froze, it shows he need more hand. i f course be" irot to use one hand to drive, an that don't havt) none to rub hi enr with. You can't rely on t-iirns. I.ofs o folk say that a man w it Ii big ear U generous and stupid. W'cn I wa a boy I went to a cirkis. ami they had a little mule no bigijer than a ten-weeks' calf. They asked for boys to ride tha critter, an' I sez: lie's only a mule, an' he's got big ear. lie tnu-t lc stupid an he won't play me no mean trick." W'en they took me home my father licked me for Ik-'ih a fool, an' said he'd like to give the mule a:in ilaU Royalty at the Cirrus. Ramum's show had a great scml-oft In London and i turning away pcophi nightly. It i patronied by the Prince of Wale and other members of the royal family, who declare that there i Iio'thiug like it. barley Stoxx e. I'.ar Iiums pre- agent, write us licit roxaltv at a cireu net very much lik other folk. It lan-hs ami applauds, and clap it hands, says Oh my!' when the trapce net is on. and nearli nlits it sides laiiLdiitiL' over the antici of the clown in the general riii'r. just j aMut as the ret ih. Sioxve hat. imagined until he went to r.ngland, that a plantation darkey jr.it more fus out of a circus than anx body, but h savs now that a prim e is the one x h get the ino,t for his money, lie takel it all in, from the -grand cut ray tc the monkey ridinir. ami then rushei off to Inspect the animals. Ileha-tc lie warned not to get too near the paxvt of the great !-Mlerian l ar, and to al stain from giving the elephant tobacco, lie make hinwlf familiar vx ith thl w ild !Milo, an. I i lax fully chu. k tin fat woman under the chin. Koxalty ha fun at the cireu, you had bcttei believe. in the rocks, and after some talk the hunters were invited to enter. They found a woman and children tliere. The woman lighted a torch, revealinjr the cave swarming with snakes of every description and size. They hun; from rocky projection in the roof and sides of the cavern, hissing at the un wonted light, and glided about from one corner to another. One great tii in v black mon-ter lav across the throat of a sleeping infant, gently waving it horrid head aliove the .hi Ms mouth. An older child was rating something from an cart hern ware vescl, and a large rattler leaning from hi shoulder would swing over and eat from the dish, while the child would strike it with its bare baud whenever it strange messmate seemed getting more than it share. Selling Keal Birds Nests. "Wlicu the robins nest again seeing likely to have a future bearing upon trade. In conversation with a pretty little French woman the other dav, reporter discovered that the largest part of her living was made by the -ale of natural and artificial birds in t. containing from threo to five tinv f'' and mounted or not, as the purchaser desired. The enterprising little tradeswoman live, move and ha her being in a contented way, giving no sigii of n.rvoii-iiess through being haunted bv visitants from the world of the de parted spirit of birdling. Carriages ut wealthy women roll up to the small shop where her merchandise is, anil without hesitation, leave the .:$ which is her price for her nest with eggs ami. Im-hiit tastctullv mounted on a pile of stones or rustic branches in the shape of a corner piece, they make a uni.iiie decora! iou for a home, and bid fair to Ik? one of the most popular ar ticles for sale in the Fall. In this ru ed for train on one hand and a de sire to have lieautiful, if forbidden fruit on the other no notice is taken of l be robin's song, w hich has changed fiui merriment to woe. .No one thinks of her as she reaches the home n ee and timls her nest gone and her hocs bla-led. ar were the walls of tbe Abbey That sheltered the ganlrn irreea (There St. Bridget's leek aud St. John wort And many ijuaiut flowers were seen. tnJ there kin? J.ibn was walking With the AIiIk-ss A na one day, "Then be cunningly sought to reprove Oct And all her nuns in eray. In yonder cloister. cxxl mother. There are maids tliat are young and fair. Xea Ixixe never come with bis whi-perinca lu tbe midst of penauce and prayer ? fust then ht-h over tbe garden There flew to the wide, free land, 1 bird; and tbe Abtms Ana Followed u flight with her baud. We cannot binder tbe passim; lif a wild-winded bird overhead. tut well may we keep ber from huildiug Her nest in our garden, be :.!. Binns and NKSTi A Faithless Wife. nitle pallor ou Oliexlnir Order. The poj m e stopping for the nijrht fn a sniail v illa-e of Italy, the inhabi lants rcolved to semi him a deputa tion. The max or also sugjfested to pre,ent hi holiness with the chief produce of the country, consisting of pine-apple, 1! and cream. The pine-applc. however, were dispensed x ith. and ca.-h member waa to carry lis and cream in silver basins. Now." said the mayor, with all the eravitv of otli. e, you are not accus tomed to appear before these high per .ma"e. then-fore, let n have no non-M-n.e: do what you see me do, neither more nor !-." The deputation wnsarranged accord ingly. The mayor placed himself! inaie-ti. allx- and magi,terially at it ( head, armed, like his followers, with a bu-iii of tigs in his left hand, and of en am in the right. At this time it was the cu-tom t wear beard. The l...-r opened, and the mayor re peated hU caution. Neither more nor les. I beseech x oil.' There wa a step down into the room, but the max or not thinking of it, the shock plunged hi beard and face into the cream-ba-in. and brought him upon hi knees, with his hands Hii.l ba-in under him. and hi creamed face vii.hlv ornamented with well lath, red and dripping beard) raised, a it were imploringly, toward the representation of St. Peter. The mem-U-r of the deputation, thinking this a grave matter of form, simultaneously ilucked their li.-ar.letl face, prostrated themselves on t beir marrow-lione, and li-niticantlx- cast a ha I f-in.piiring and .10111. lent iook at their leader, as though .. av : Von see we are all riltht.' hie pope wa '""'t v1"1'1 ,,e tii-hl be) astoiimlcl. but burst into a inline a n ot lauirii'cr a h.s i. hat the Chinese aun.it I'n.lerstaiid l'rom soiim extracts of a letter pub- li-hed in the Irebvterian Messenger, xx e learn that the tirst major surgical operation M-rformed in C'hangpu by the Pr.I.x term n mi-sionarv was in uianv wavs a remarkable one. One evening a beggar with a dreadful leg, ami in all but a living condition, was laid bv some of his friends at the d.xir of I ri Howe's house, and left there The doctor had the patient at once carried to an eniptv house belonging to one of our church members, and there on the morrow, in the presence of a large and wondering crowd, am putated the limb below the knee. To the surpri-e of all, the man fctood the j operation well, ami lias since grcauy J improved in general condition. That j tiie foreign doctor should pay feo much attention to and spend co much time and trouble on the Is-ggar seems to have astonished the Chinese. They cannot understand bow any one should five himself so much trouble without being paid for it. X Tretty Milk Peddler. An alert milk i-ddler in P.rooklyn f a young woman of -S or 24. She has ii.-r regular route over which she drive in a milk wagon of the usnal pattern with white covered top, win dow iu front and sliding doors on each side. She is very regular about Congressional Furniture. It lakes a lot of furniture to tit oiu the Capitol. It i a pretty big build ing to furnish with tables and chair, carjiets and rug, de-ks and bookca-c, wa,htaml, and what n"t, without taking into account the article of ornamentation. There are no hundred attics in theconntry that could furnish, in a combined effort, as much rubbit as is atowed away in that building, some Ivimr awav in dark hole, and aome serving still as furniture. There I servinir her ci,tomer. ber sober old are, of course, some articles of furni- bor-e .Iraxving up in front of each gate tnro f list are maile vaiUHiue oy ineir aire and historic association. There I are the desks at which our gn at men i of the "early days wrote, and the cliairs , they occupied, and there are rare old j pieces of mahogany that are valuable in.Ictiendetit of their association; but what an auction sale it would make to ell out all the ramshackle furniture thereabout. It is proposed to recom mend to Congress this session to have uch a sale, and to make an appropri ation to refurnish all the House side, where the furniture is in the worst state of dilapidation. at the same hour almost to a minute , rain or shine, every morning.- She wears a pn-tty, rather coquettish print . gow n. w ith bright ribbon at her throat, neat little sailor hat and as often as not a bunch of country posies thrust into her licit. Her milk is quite as good as the average and she looks rosy and jolly, quite as if she enjoyed living. The business was her father's and her friend advised her to sell out and go in to a liop when he died; but she makes more money and is far healthier and happier, so sie says, by continuing for her sup'iort and her mother's the out of-door trade. The summer day was dying in t rest; along tbe low, far-olt line or tti lorizou the sky was full of flaming rirhtness. that mirrored itself in the lue waters that seemed to meet it Higher up, the sky was full of purple tha.lows, shot tbrougu licre aud there a ith lines of gold. Two persons walked along tbe jcach a man. who saw only tbe jrightness in the face of the woman y bis side, realizing in a vague way from her features, that held such a harm for him, the splendor of the unset pageantry. She wa looking out to sea. ihe mnset fires seemed to glow beneath Jie lashes of her eyes; its crimson ra iiance made her cheek bright and touched her hair with shifting lights. I shall be gone three years." he laid. 6oftlv, his eves still on her face. Three years are a long time," she tnswered, slowly. I know that," lie said ; "but they sannot be longer to you than they w il.' o me." She did not reply, but kept her eyes upon the fading brightness in the west. "You will write often, I know," ho aid, taking her hand. "Your letters will help to make the time seem short er." "Rut you are not fcure of getting them," she answered. "You are go ing far away, and into a country whereone doesn't enjoy the means of rorrespondeme with a great deal of rcrtainty or reliability." "Hut I shall know you have written 't I do not get your let ter," he t-iiid, tru-tinglv. John lierxvent had a vast amount ot faith in Agnes ISrcnt. He loved her; loiisequently he trusted her. Aud you are going to-morrow?" She asked the question with a little lliadow in her face. "Yes, I start to-morrow," he answered. "I shall not see you again. I have come to bid you good-by." She drotMH'd the long lashes of her velids to hide the tears that gathered there. Her betrothed husband wa Coiug away lor three lonesome jcars. she should miss him. Like most women, sweet words and lender caresses were pleasant to her. No one had ever cared for her In-fore Joint l'erwent did. To know that he was loved by some one that in hat person's regard she was the one woman in the world was a knowledge fraught with pleasant .-motions. Thev walked up and down the beach, while the sunset died away into som bre grayne-s. ami till long after the yellow moon had started on her voyage up the sky. Then John Derwent kissed tier goou- bv. She hung upon his neck, her warm tears falling swiftly, and would have kept him back, l'-ut he must go; and, with his kissc9 on her lips, he whispered his words of parting and was gone. I wonder if the moon looked down n other scenes like that that night? Iid it see other lover kissing good bves and parting with trust in each other's faithfulness through the days ir months or year of separation? if nial could have indn'ged iu. Tbe luxeuti.in of the Thimble. There is a rich family of the name f Lofting in Knirlaud, whose fortune wa founded by the thimble. The fir-t ever seen in Kmrland was made in London less than 'JoO years ago by metal worker named John Loftiug. Its usefulne, commended it at once to all who used the needle, and lift ing acquired a largo fortune. It was then called the thumb-bell, it being worn on the thumb w hen in ue, and it shape suggesting the rest of the name. Thi elumy mode of utilizing wed. however, but "e , - ' ...v:.KI name, sotteuetl into --mmiipm, mains. Brilliant Policemen. The intelligence of the average New York policeman was well illustrated . t, ..titer ibiv in the cao of ICoiin.ls- 1 man Schanw'ecker, a late addition to I the "tinest." S.-hnnwecker wa i ing I drilled in the little yard attached to 1 one of the station hou-e and rercivi-d j the command, "Forward, double I quick." He obeyed pnunptly, and not ' bearing the order to bait ran with j much "force against a stone wall, I sprained his wrist and otherwiso in I inrin.r himself. The surgeon who i looking after the case d.ies not know w hether to prefer charges again-t the man who irave the unfortunate com mand on the ground of d.-troying public property (as the policeman " longed to the city), or against Schan wecker himself for criminal negligence for running into the wall. The New York police are evidently an intelli gent body of heroes. re- Words, Words, Word. Edward J. Phelps, ex-Minister to England, in his article in the Icecni ber S.-ribners says: "Never since the creation has there come upon the earth such a deluge of talk as the latter half of the nineteenth century has heard. The orator is everywhere, and has all subjects for bis own. The writer staveth not hi band by day or by night. Everv successive day brings forth in the English tongue more dis course than all the great speakers of the past have left behind them, and more printed matter, such as it i, than the contents of an ordinary library- We certainly seem to be ap- BToachina' the time when hardly any . .7. ...... 1 1 ... K Th. Wtnteref His Ontent. "Doctor, how does this fall weatSsw tiiinff will b left to be said on any sub affect your bustnesi?-' Ject that has not been said before per , Siirgeoa-vo to good for it as the t,p, many times orer ; when all known The Flood Cure for Baldness. Frank May bury is just recovering from a friihtfui experience in the Johnstown flood. For seven long hours be battled with the water for his life. Every hour seemed a day, but at last he was rescued several miles from the place where the hotel had stood. Mr. M avbiirv is 38 vcars of age, and for 12 years he had lieen entirely bald, and the top of his head had become quite iioiiular w ith the flies as a summer re sort. He had ti-ed the wonderful hair re-toratives icople read about in the botw of stmt in-' the hair, but all to no purjiose; it refused to prow. Two days after the flood he noticed . downv substance all over the hitherto bald bead. As time passed the down liccauie hair, which grew re markably fast, and now has reached D.e len.'tli of one inch all over bit tj.a,l.Kansas City limes. Mrs. Wetter's Earing. Mrs. Frederics B. Wetter, the plain tiffin a recent divorce case tried in Iietroit. Mich., was a woman of about fiftv, who wore in her ears silver bell nearly as large as English walnuts, w hich tinkled with her every move ment. Her shawl was a bright blue, her white drees had large mauve spota and she wore a bright red hat, trimmed with green. Her face was cop per colored, and she wore white kid slippers. The Shah la Love. The Shah has fallen in love with the nortrait of Madam de Pompadour. A Persian maimate has been charged to roiwt all the books and other docu ments lie can find about her, with whatever pictorial images he can hunt uo. aud Mad Ue W U DOTtrwa. wrecked csel with her face. Presently a wave leaped in shore ward, and then swept back again, leaving a body on the Kami. Seaweeds tangled themselves iu his wet hair and clung to the man. garments. She cried out to some one close to ber, and diiectlv there was a little crowd about the boil v. Thev took it up reverently, as though they were beari ng the dead ; jierhaps they were. Thev might be, for all they could tell then. The man was taken to some place where shelter and care could lie afford ed, if there was any trace of life cling ing to hiin.aud medical aid summoned. He was not quite dead. There were great gashes on his face and bruises on his bodv. and the waves had nearly chilled out of him the little life that other injuries bad left him. But by and by he opened his eyes aud looke." vouiid. He 6aw the woman standing near to whose feet the waters had brought him, and a great light came into his face, and be whisjiered very faintly, but still loud enoiish for her to hear him, "Agnes, darling, I have come back to you. I kuew you would be true. Come and kiss me, darling." A cry of pain found its way to the woman's white lips. In that voice, so weak and low, and by the words, she recognized the man before her. John I'erwent had come back to her, and he thought ber true I And for a year she had been the wife of another man. "Don't you know me, Agnes.-" he whispered. "I'm dying, I think. Won't you kiss me?" She sank down liesido him and kissed his face, her tears falling on it like rain. Her husband caine towards her, wonderingly ; but she motioned him back, and he obeyed silently. "It's a different coining home from the one we thought of, darling," lr went whispered; "but I knew you would bo true, and I never doubted you for a moment, though I didn't get any letter for a long time a very long time, darling; but I knew you would be true.' He said these last words in a dreamy way, and they knew he was drifting out to sea again out to sea, past all wreck and storm ; and on thi voyage there would be no coming back. Every word was like a knife-thrust in tho heart of the woman who had been so faithless, and w hom be thought so true. I'm sorry, dear," ho said, a mo ment after, opening his eyes and smil ing in her face; "but we can't help it. I can die easier with you by me, darl ng. I knew you would be true." The bitter thrust again 1 fche shi ere.l like a guilty thing. 'Kiss me!" he whispered. And sin- kissed him. once and tigan, ami John I'erwent "a life went ont tpt-j the great Eternal sallied out to find the Happy Islands and the lands of which we dream died thinking that the woman he loved was true. It was better thus. Hut, I wonder if, in the Hereafter, he found out how faithless she had been? lid it touch his soul with thoughts of bitterness or was the iu-xv life too far removed from the old to know- any earthly care or disappoint ment Who can tell? Six Short Lo Stories. Adam Eengle and Auguaia Krau fc&uer, ot Minnesota, wers to have been married October 15. In an un guarded moment Adam swore at a Sunday school picnic AagUtfta faint ed and was sick for some days In con sequence, being delirious most of the time. She swore most awful oaths w hile out of her head and her father suspected Adam of having used such language constantly in her piesenceand the wedding is declared off. Mary Hall aud James Flanders, ol Irouton, Missouri, bad never met until the afternoon of October 9. Their meeting was accidental. Mary slipped and would have fallen while crossing the street if James' strong arm had not upheld her. A he grasied her both were thrilled. An acquaintance was soon struck up and at 9 o'clock that night they were married. Mary rfe irrets the incident verv much. Esther Stevenson fell in love with Thomas Newcombe, a clerk in her father's business house inOlathe, Kan sas. Thomas was willing, but poor and youthful. He was but 19 and Esther was '27. Esther eloped with him, having provided herself with funds from her father's pocketbook without his consent. Thomas is now in jail, and Esther i on a visit to friends in Montana. John St. Georges of Florida and Emily Lacinne of Louisiana never met until they had been married a month. The engagement and courtship was by letter. The marriage was by tele graph, in order that the bride could execute certain documents in New Orleans as Mrs. St. Cieorges without having to return. It took a month to get the business transacted and reach her husband. The latter says he is tolerably well satisfied with his bar gain, but thinks his wife lied about her age and sent him some other girl a picture. Terence O'llara and Bridget O'llourke lived in adjoining houses at Painted Post, New York, for thirteen venrs. They loved, were married, and have lived together seven years, but have never spoken a word to each other. Both are deaf and dumb and Terence is blind. Bridget can not smell very well, but their three chil dren have full possession of their Benses. It is not William Peterson's fault that he is single. He lves in Iowa, and has tried to elope four times. His last attempt was coupled with tho rob bery of his prospective father-in-law. AVilliam is in jail, his adored is in tears, and her father in high spirits. AVilliam will remain single for some time. The Electric Telen-jili Xnt a Sew Idea Joseph Glanville, sometimes calle "Sadducismus Trinmphatu Glunvill,' rector of Bath from 1006 to 1ST2, wa a learned writer upon abstruse cn mystical subjects, but iu a style o. w hich it is not alw ays easy to catch th. meaning. In one of his t-reatises, callei "The Vanity of Dogmatizing," printr. in 1GG1, chapter xxi., he is speaking o: "supposed impossibilities, which maj not be so.' In the concluding sentenc. of the following passage he seem ti have anticipated the electric telegraph "But yet to advance another instance That men should confer at very distan removes bv an extemporary intercoursi is a reputed impossibility; but vet then are some hints in natural operntioiu that trive us tirohabilitv that ti teas ible, and may be compassed withou unwarrantable assistance from dxmo I uiack corresjiondence. That a coaphj of needles equally touched by the saini magnet, being set in two dials exactly proportioned to each, other, and cir cumscribed bv the letters of the alpha bet, may effect this 'magnale i.e.. im portant result, hath coiisid.rabl authorities to avouch it. "The menner of it is thus repr sented. Iet the friends that wouU communicate take each a dial, and having appointed a time for their syirt one move hn -SEWS INBKtEF. The Mexicans eat salt with thell oranges. In Turkey, at the present day the mourning hue is violet, England acquired Ireland and Wales by conquest; Scotland by union. One of the highest students at Caso brhlge (Englaud) University is bliad. A good horse-meat dinner can new be had iu Berlin, Germany, for fivw cents. Wash Stone, 103 years old has tieea arrested for vagrancy at Henderson rille Ky. Mrs. Eunice J. Jo9e, a ninety-me year old SacofMe. ) woman, is cutting her third set of teeth. Miss Mary Libby is the only wjmaa chiropodist, in London, and sue kails from America. Liitie g rls' dreases are made mock shoiter at the waist than they havabeea for mauy years. The Princess of Wales is consider ed to be one of the tiuest amateur plaa player lu Englaud. I'.Lick satin, divided into Inch Jhecki by ha illness of white, Is neat tor elderly ladies' luuse dress, The people cf Munich consume tHi enormous quantity of 4S5 quarts of brc pathetic conference, let impregnate needle to any letter in tn per head per aiiuuui. alphabet, and its utiectea teiiow w ii precisely respect the same. So tha would I know what my friend wouU acquaint me with, 'tis but observinj the letters that are pointed at by tux needle, and in their order transcribiiif them from their syniphatised index, ai its motion directs : anil I may be us cm red that mv friend described tin The cultivation of tobacco has been forbidden iu Egypt and the duty upea the imported article raised. The first Jewish synagogue err built iu IxiuJou, Encland, was bufltu-y Portugese Jews in 10.'6. A n American actress has sung "The Star tpaugied Banner" at ttie top of (k L iff el Tower in i ai'ia. SHine with his. and that the words oi : ' my paper are of his inditing. N'oxv j The music kept up nt Irish wak though there will be some ill-cont riv , used to lie for the purpose of dritiof a tice in a circumstance of this invctv . away evil sp r:ta. tion, in that the thus impregnali Birch bark book covers are nome needles will not move to, but aver ! thing new. Thep have a slip on thes.da from each other (as ingenious lr ! o uxvhlch the name of the bo, written Browne hath observed), vet this can' I ua b.t of a caid, can be inserted, not prejudice the main design of thii -or the first time in seventeen yenrs way of secret conveyance; since it n iLe i(,i;lnJ of M. Helena ha a Governor, but reading counter to the magnetic in-1 t)ie rit:8i, crown having l-een repre former, and noting the letter which b; cUted thete since lS73by acting Gover- most distant in the Atieeeoerian circle uois. The days went by. John Derwent reached Ids destina tion safely. The situation ottered to him was a lucrative one, and in his new Australian home -he was quite contented, feeling that love was wait ing him by and by that would amply repav him for the long days of lone some hours that were sometimes his. Letters came regularly for the tirst j-. ii rear; not liair as oiteu as ne couiu have wished them to, but as often as he could expect them. Pleasant, loving letters, that were full of tender little wishes for bis comfort and happiness, and of longing for him to coino back to her. It was 60 lonely after he left. It was pleasant for John Derwent to read such letters to know that at home one heart was so true and tender, that one heart thought always of him, and vearned for his return. "If every man could have a love like that which life has given to me your love, Agnes," John Derwent wrote home in one of his letters, "there would be much more happiness than there is at present fewer men who scoff at woman's truth and constancy. I never thought for a moment of doubt ing von. Agnes; l snouiii not iorgive mvsclf if I were to do so. You are nv ideal of all that woman should be true, tender, womanlv." Yon can see from that how much he rared for her what faith be had in her. The day was dxing again in a pomp nf purple glorv. I he skv bad a gloomy look aliout it. despite its lurid bright ness where the sun bad gone down The wind moaned across the beach, and beat against the rock, where the waters had lashed themselves into a white foam of furv. It bad been a terrible day. The storm had sjient its violence now; but the ship that had struggled so nobly to save it crew bad fallen a prey at last to wind and water, and lay a helpless wreck a little way out at sea. Men and women gathered on the chore. Thev cast anxious glances sea ward, and watched the waves to see if any semblance of hrmamty was swept to land bv them. A woman stood a little way off from the others a tall, handsome woman in Siflb garments. Bha looks towards tha A Woman Marries a Woman. An extraordinary story, tirst publish ed in a Vienna newspaper and then generally disln-lievcd, has since been confirmed in every particular, says a dispatch from Vienna to the Loudon Standard. "A young man calling himself Count Snndor Vay, who pre tended to have fallen out with his family in Hungary, married last August a teacher at Klagenfurt, aged twenty-seven, daughter o an Inspector of Woods and Forests tliere. The marriage took place on a lonely farm iu Hungary, a certain Father lime offi ciating at the wedding ceremony. "The newly-married couple lived together for some time, and afterward visited the girl's parents iu Klagen furt, where the father-in-law was con tantly fleeced by the alleged Count. Ojiarre! arose, and ultimately it turned out that the young Count's tales of him self were all inventions. The person ho referred to were imaginary, and the Inspector was convinced he was a swindler. Something still stranger, and indeed unparalleled, soon came to lit. Ere long it was found that the so-called Count was in reality a wo man of thirty-six, the Countess Sarolta Vay, daughter of the late Colonel of Ho'nveds, Count E-idisIaus Vay, one of whose daughters, named sarolta, had been educated as a boy. All her life she had worn male at tire, and recently had appeared in the uniform of the Honveds. She pub lished a collection of poems under the name Sandor, and associated with young men, who were not in the se cret, in niatilv amusements. From Pesth, where eccentricities of that sort are hardlv a rarity, she disappeared about a year ago, after which she was not airaui heard of till her arrest, on the demand of her nominal father-in law at Klagenfurt. It is probable that Father I in re was not a priest, and that the girl, in going through the form of marriage, only executed another eccen tricity in order to procure money, of which she was greatly in need." 400,00 Christmas Trees. Christmas trees ought to be cheap this vear unless a trust is organized to control tho evergreen market. In the town of Orland. at the mouth of the Penobscot, in Maine, a Uockland firm have a large crew of men employed in cutting Ur trees, and expect to ship 4O0.0O0 to the metropolis between now and the middle of December. Tho linn pay about half a cent a tree for the priviledgc of cutting the firs, and all the expenses, except for freighting, are small. The trees range from live to thirty feet in height, but the great est demand is for those measuring be tween five and eight feet. The bush iest and most symmetric 1 trees bring the best prices, and these are found in abundance along the edges of the woods. There are enough young lir trees along the renobscot Uiver to supply the world with Christmas ever greens for centuries to come. Three Old Document. Cornelius Hume of Kingston, N.Yn has in his possession three ancient deeds. They bear the dates 1686, 1G94 and 1715, and are signed by tha representatives of bis majesty'! gOT emmeaW Those Don't Children. We are witnessing the production of a new race of humanity, which is at present in its infancy, and will be best named as the "Don't Children," says the New York Sun. The Don't Chil dren are the offspring of the fashiona ble women up town and on Columbia Heights and the Hill in Brooklyn. What kind of men and women they vxt 1 make time alone can tell, but tho result is worth waiting for, and will be very interesting. There aro few, if any, adults now iilive who spent such childhood as these little things are going through, but as there are now tens of thousands of such little ones, they will make some sort of a distiuet mark on the future social and business life of the town. The Dou't children aro those little, things we see iu front of the brown stone houses with the nurse-girls iu mob caps and starched aprons. These little children are verv peculiarly dressed: alw ivs ultra fashionably. If thev are little girls, barely able to walk, they are dressed in long skirts that reach to tho pavements, and have on either bonnets like old women or very- great spraw ling hats. If they are boys thev are dressed equally within an inch of their lives, and in cither case they never stray live feet from their nurses. Their little faces look prematurely old, and are often deeply lined, because it is the fashion to keep them up with their mothers, assisting at entertaining in the parlors, eating rich food at the regular family dinner, and cake and ices at 1 or 11 o'clock at night. They have their own tastes in wines and cordials, and drink with the grown folks- They go to the theatres and discuss the actors on the stage; indeed, thev are all -made up"' themselves as Elsie Leslies or Fauntleroys, or what ever the chihi heroes of the stage may happen to be called. They are called Don't children be caue the word "don't" is like an iron band that cramps their little lives. When they try to do anything that is childish, when their spirits effervesce, and their infantile nature asserts itself iu any way, "dont" is the word that checks them. If they start to run, the nurso snvs don't; if thev begin to romp, she says don't ; if they leap u and down with glee, the nurse sayi don't. If they chatter at home, as little things will, the mother says don't; so she does if their hands are soiled, if they smear their little mouths with chocolate or get down njion all fours with the family kitten. Don't, don't, don't is the chorti6 of their seniors, and the obstacle to all their natural inclina tions. They become as unnatural as dwarfs, as stilted and cramped and abnormal a the tree the Japanese stunt for centu ries or the feet that Chinese women compress in bandages. Their mothers rear them much in the same spirit that they guard their jewels. They are not to be free a moment, or to get out of sight or to lie left to the expression of a legitimate desire or trait of childhood. It will be interesting to happen up in the brown-stone district twenty-five years from now just to see what sort of men and women these Don't chil reu will beernne. A Prudent Courtier. Frederick the Great of Prussia, who hHd a violent temper, was in the habit of playing st dice with one of his adju tants, using a cup and two dice of solid silver. One dav Frederick complained that the game was rather dull when there was not money at stake, and proposed that they thi ow for a penny a throw. "Not much," teplied the adjutant, who was a plain-spoken sort of a man, "I think we had better not risk any money. As it is now without any moneyed inducement, when Your Majesty loses yon throw the cap sod dice at me. What will become of me should there be money on the game and Your Majesty sJioulxJ lose f from that which the needle turns to and the case is not altered. 'Now, though this desirable eff.-c. possibly may not yet answer the ex pectations of inquisitive experiment yet 'tis no despicable item, that by some other such way of magnetic ef ficiency, it may hereafter with succesi' bo attempted, when magical histor'. shall be enlarged by riper inspections;! and 'tis not unlikely but that presenl discoveries might be improved to tli performance." Bath hroiii. lo. Tolicc Torture in limitary. The "I jsag," of Budapest lias re ceived tho following atrocious storiei from its correspondent at Alt Becse. It cousequence of sheep-stealing at AI' Becse. the police arrested Blusius K Mrs. Mary E. Bease y, of Philadel phia, has an Income of 2 i,0 ) a year from her iuvention of a barrel hooping 'uachine. When the juice of acid fruits has touched colored cot' on a perfect restor ition will be accomplished by the useol Hinmouia. Wig used to 1 confined to old tvoineu who had lost, the r hair, but are aoxv worn by young ones who have aletity of their own. A reduction of postal rates In Japin R-as expected to cause a deficit In the revenues, but instead they showed au increase. I Plovers are strong enough to run (be moment '.hey are hatcned, but do I not develop any power of flight for many lays. vacs, and subjected him to terrnue tor-, A j,r,oky (N v.) Jruggi?t boasts tures. The pain wrung from him tin f .., , ,-ielibts to feast on rubber '.liitrli, and has been known to eat forty- iiHine of one I 'seke. ( Veko w as arrest ed iUid laid on his back. Txvo gen.l-! armes held his hand- and a third km ll, oil his chest, w hile a fourth beat him! on the solos of his feet xvitli a Icatlii-i strap till he fainted. Cseke, however! would not confess to the crime, so hill tormentors steeped hi feet, drippinul with blood, in vinegar, and thra-hcii, him again till he fainted a second time J The next dav Cseke innocence war amply demonstrated. The gendariuei ' waited till night, then turned him mtc the street with a stick to support him. He hail to be conveyed home in a cart, and will remain, it is said, cripph.-J for life. A woman named Szilak was lafelj arrested on sustiicioii of theft. She also was tortured, and the follow iny day her innocence was proved. The doctor who examined her after her re lease declared that there was not a place as large as one's hand on her body with out a wound. Her husband instructed a lawver to obtain redress for him. but the gendarmes, learning thi, hurried round to the lawyer's residence, and beat him till he promised to withdraw the action. Elizabeth Major, nyc sixty- three, was arrested on a charge of hay-' ing found a sum of money and kept the matter secret. She, too, was ublv to prove her innocence, but not untii she had been tortured. As she wa about to be discharged, the gendarme, heard that she meant to prosecute them so they shut her up and tortured her again. Then, after setting her fi--for the second time, they run after her and gave her a brutal beating. Ihe correspondent of the "I'jsag" says that he can establish evidence of other case equally horrible. Just the Way 'With Some Men. Mr. Chugwater (looking over his paper at breakfast) Hello: Here's a singular story. Beats anything I ever beard of. (Sips his coffee.") Family (interested) Bead it. Mr. Chugwater It' too long. 1 can tell vou all about it, though, in 8 few words. (Butters a biscuit.) Family (impatiently) Weir!" Mr. Chugwater It seems that Mrs. Haggerty, wife of Beeves Ilagsrerty. a blacksmith at South Bend, accidentally swallowed a (takes a bite of bis- cuit ) . . . Family (eagerly) swanowcu wnai : Mr. Chugwater A hairpin. Thirty- seven vears sro. (Takes auoth.-r bite.) Never felt any inconvenience, from it whatever, though her husband often conilbiil the doctors about t bo case. Last week now comes the strangest part of the story another cup of coffee, if you please. Last week she Family (in breathless euspenc) Yes? Mr. Chugwater (spearing a potato with hi fork) Died of old age. Vit. ihiee at a meal. A boy at Nevada Citv, Cab, catch ?s iiaids with a hook baited with tlies, 11- throws hi3 line 011 the n-cks and the reptiles; epritig eagerly for the fly. A vicious stallion at llochestet tint., bit its owner in the shoulder, then tttacKed a passing dairx man, then Un shed up by biting oil the ear of the lat- '.ei'a hors. 'I he crack whips of Vienna, Austria lave had a raceot forty cill-M with four .n-hand. Seven coaches started, and ;he winner coveied the ilU.ance in two 'jours and three-quarters. It is stated that a recent lia'lstorni it Alus.i, Cab, exposed the fact that j-.il live in the green foliage of tree Jin ing the summer. The hailstones snicked many to the ground. The port Browning had a marvelous memory. lie could alwavs tell the exact ulace of any quotation or fragment oi i juotatiou referied to him. and was ' "really vexed w believer lie heard his own . lines misquoted. I A rug valued at f.iOOO was bought j In lmilon li.teiy. It was nliout thirteen I feet i-qu.'ireand had al out l!."0 s' itches to ihe inch. The material waa wool . comlied, unlet, in 111 the animal, and , tvoith inure than its weight In silk. When a child dies In Greenland the natives bury a living dog with It tha lug 1 1 le used by the child as a guide to .he other wot id. When questioned about their strange custom they say: "A dog au liud hit) way anywhere." Japan shows on nearly all Its pretty itamps tlm sacred chrysanthemum, a lower of which the little Japs have be :ouie especially proud since its cultiva .Inn has been taken up by tbe Europe ins and Americans. Lightning split a large oak tree In ihe cemetery at alem, Va., and there was disclosed a Mlvcr tea-pot In wTiich was a child's skull. The date, lt3S, was on the tea-p it, but nothing else :ould tie loariied ol its history. The nobhs of Annam termlt their lales to grow to such a length that the lands are absolutely useless for any prac ical purpose. Tbe nails on the second, hirJ and fourth fingers attain a length if from four to nearly five lncbea. They are straight, with a slight inward :urve and present the appearance of im iifchse claws or talon. The body of the Queen of Corea, vho died June 4, is eti 1 kept in brine, he processor end alining being unknown o the people of that far off land. The tody will be kept four or five months, iccording to the custom of the country, ind then interred with much pomp aud tetemony. There is'a coal mine at St. Andre du 'oirier. France, worked with t wo shafts if a depth of 2:t"i2 feet and 3oB:S feet. Tl.e latter is to be Increased to 4' 00 et-t. Contrary to theory, little increase rf teuiierature has been met with as the harts went farther iDto the earth. A Boston cat has just died at tbe ven iiaile age of twenty-four years and five souths. The tturteiits at the col'.ege for the i;tiU at Worcester, iiass., 1 lay crimei. There is no action of the intellect of which the object and uses, and even the verv identity, are so often mistaken as wit. In some people satire passes j,i,.ndlJly with a ball in which abell is for wit, the biting sarcasm, the keen ,iaCed. jibe with the point dipped in burning a llC cat,rioiet in use fifty 01 sixty vears gall are the coin which they endeavor ,)as rea,)p,area in Hvde Park, Lon to circulate for the genuine metal. , England, Including ti e "Tiger" at In others waggery is recognized as j0 back wit. The comical sayings the quc.jj Ml,waukpet Wis.. IHo build a l-er pai grimace.the dangerous art of mimicry, the Cuj Wotl I's Fair. It is which are tbe admiration of a certain j 0 a InI1Bter, constructed en class, pass for wit. I , , of keg, t,oUies and glasses, "frk 1 "I . 1 J . a 1 Tt I UOUgias ucrrum uuo: mi'i, --0.11 have heard od'ed a iv"chant prince, , trading with the whole world ; while j waggery is a green grocer, making up mall finaj 'orths for the local Tular Guatemala's area is 4'i,713 square nile. Population 1,50.",0 0; Salvador 1 s 7220, square miles in extent and 000, ius about 673.000 inhabitant. -' s' St .1- 1 ; mWltiri.M ' 1 ' 1 ir n-i-Mnin 1 1 1 1 ' "
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