a- II I lllll IWIIH m I MWH,iVL-I Hill MIMMIkMi rl I ! WWeMSla BGHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLIV. MIFFUNTO WIS , JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1S90. NO. AS. M WINQta iiffterwri wm An EmU.Ii doctor report eve tttrty' eeeee ot headache ud reaial mvu i I curedl bv enuffinv - 1 MS W Trains on the Peanaylvaola Hatted have the Barked quotations posted, a ateaog. repher and ;pe- writer reader ajrataitoui service to the paeeeagere, and a waiting neid ia provide (or the lediea. Oecar Tattle, Seata Crns. Cal., waa split. Xiag kindling wood when ha attacked a larve piece ot redwood. Ke found a aoan piece ot 160 lodged ia the oeater ot the limb. It waa blaolteaed by the eap, Mr. Alexander McVeigh MUIer. wba Urea near AMeraoo, la Greeabrler county, Weet Virginia, ia aaid to draw aa annual alary of i.OjO from a New York Weekly paoer for atorlea and other literary work. A doll ahow for the bene lit ot the taw koapital for woia-sa la about to take place in Loudon. There will be prices for the beat dressed dobs la the different oieeeea, and afterward the dolia themeelvea will be oil for the rood cauee. Law la Texaa la oftea practiced under aifflculuee. In a court, the other day, the defendant la a murder trial waa ahot by bta victim's frleade. The Judge had to fly before a bower of balla and two other people were hit by the bullet. Lymaa Trumbull, ex-governor, ex-eeere. tarr of state, ex-suprem )udga, ex -member of comrresa and ex-Called States sen ator, la at 11 practicing law In Chicago at the ae ot 77. He U in good health and hie legal ability ia aa great aa ever. Two beggara, Cnarlee Uerke, a-ed fifty light, and Mary EU-bimller. aged aixiy, were recently married at Louisville, Ky.' W hen the mug strnte asked, the groom how Ihey would get trier e ipport, he answered, "Huatle around and live some way." Mrs. Walker, late of Kington, Ont. has been appointed matron of aa English school tt Cocaada, Madras Presidency, India, ia piaoe of Mrs. Fo.Mm, aunt of Mra. Graver Cleveland, who after nine years' service, returns to the Cut lea States on a visit. Oamaa Pasha, grand marshal or th rura-'.sh army, wboae heroism at Plevna waa one et the erundett lncldenta ot the R.o-Turlr!ih w.ir, haa written a French fcn for the Journal puhliahed la New York by Telio d' Apery, a 13-year old boy- Baroa Rathe -hite, the Paris banker, lives .In fear ot the commune. His cellars ire a-mo5 lamretrnabia, and his pictures lad Jewell are protected la such a way tht (he moil rrapiag mob could not reach thaav He live in a nta of oonatant foar. Oscar C. Strata, wha waa Cleveland's minister to tte sublime pcrte, is one of the BMl p--pu,ar Heorewj ia New York. His writings on Tur-y aal the Turk are said to be piquant. He Is one of the seven out rjf ten foreign minster who write waea taoy come home. The perfe. t combustion of coal seems tt have teen efTe.-ted by Mr. William Gibbs, of Ex. EnUcd. By mean of a fan and ultab.e c rauinc", the exact qiantlty of air naee. v is s-i:-;.lied to the furnace cham ber, au 1 t:.o irj.luota of combustion iaaua aa het air. free irutn smone or odor. Ttio New York court are a little puzilt as to tlii to d iv. h the Italians, wh oj.t Oiir ir on tht very am, lest prov ocation. len-raiy tbese murders are for o e trivial in v tor such as a harsh word pokra and tuev are almost always mir dera ot fa .low co in'.ry men or women. The Merced (Cal.) Express aays the party which left Kre-no r'iata to recover the body of James Lie 11, who perished in Che mow on D .nlap's Mountain, found Bell a faithful dog guarding the remaiea af his master. The dog would not let the party approach the bojy, and taey were compelled to kill him. Tetective John T. Norrie, of SpringSeld, Ohio, Is about t j submit to a painful eur jical operatijo. At GordonsvUle, Ya., in he attempted to take a male from aa szed colored u.jo, who shot Norris ia the left arm. TU slot have gradually worked Ijwn to the paim of hi hand, from which they vrlii have to be cutout. A correspondent of tl.o Engineering and Building lie trl thinka that rau gnaw lead water pipe to sharpen tUelr teeth, and oo for the purpose of mailing a hole through which to paaa. or to get water. Hereafter plurabirs may consider these ro leata aa valuable assistants, and poa Jbly charge for their time. According to careful calculation made by a Britlah clarzyman of note, aud Just pub lished. Protestanta have I creased during the last ltf years from 37,000,000 to 134,000,- XA or nearly fourfold. Eomaa Catholics I'iring the same period bare Increased from 80.CXI.000 to WS'.O'jO.OJO, or twofold. The Greek Churuh during the century has Increased from 4ii,OOD,000 to 68.000,000, also twofold. The prince of "Wales ia out with hie eon-la-law, the duke of Fife, because the latter, luring the aeooud performance of "Master and Man," called the leading actor. Bate Dan, to hia box, tod, after complimenting klm on 1 1( acting, lntrodnood him to his wife. The prince ot Wales aays It is going too far to la trod a oe actors to the grand . laughter of .be queen, and ha forbidden luch presentations in the future unless spe cially authorized by him. Mr. Stephen Dunforth has Jest died at Manchester, Mass, a-l 10L She bad imoked from childhood until her death. Sbe acted as a "terrible example" for aa atl-tobacco league that was formed ta her lowu la ISM, si. -ng on the platform and puffltng her piye while the lecturer desoaat id on the horrors of tobacco a-ii the cer tain death of its slaves. Slaoe thea tha tntl-tobecoo lea.-uo has played the terrW die example" for Mra. Danforth, by pertsh tnguat mely. while she has gone pifflaj along for forty years more. While outhuating. Colonel Standlfer and Billy Muller, of Uenisoa, Texaa, oame across a large dead tree, the atump of which a-as fuli to overflowing, so to apeak, with alee. The colonel and his companion fulled oS atrips of the decayed outer jrowth of the tree, and every time a strip a-as palled myraids of mice raa for their Uvea. Colcnel Stodifer kiUed USe of the alee and Mulier4i. The next day the tree was visited with two black -end -tan terriers, the bark wu removed and the sumber of mice killed is estimated at ore oe thousand. The Rojal Botanic Society has "lT for Its museum a sp.-cimea of the doable oocoaaat, known als a coco de mer. For hundreds ef year toe origta ot these ante waa a msvterv. for the were never aeea axcept when they wore washed up jy the) ea. They were supposed to have wo r fl powera la the w.v of coring disease, and were the aub;ect of ether eaperaUUoos ontll the place wwere they grew waaat laal dlsrovered to be the SepcheUee. a smel group ot island ia the Indlaa Ooeaa- For merly they were worth their weight gold, and they are rare ow. rkat Ha Callea llav BurTaln Express: There was a ery mad maa at one of the hotels the other day. Ho had left an order at the of fice to be called at 7 o'clock la order to pet a train. The next morula? al 7:90 the porter rapped loudly on Ma door and eaiJ: ' Mr. R. wake oc-p. wake oopT Are rou awalce? in'1-T a sleepy mpunts Issued from oeninu he the door. -le-et: ' ini porter: -WelU go ahlape effUi. or, i oalled you to let yeu Hraaotlxlnr. dclence not only acoounu for a gTeat lej, bat has a great deal to accvuot for. The other day M. Charcot pub OolT bypnotUed a gendanoe, aud thea Wd hiia to asaasaiiiate M. Grew, whom e woul.l find iu the corner of a gar Jen. The poor constable went out and tabbed a tree with a paper krife, aud JsVme back trembling and confessed the mnrder. Such feat a have been lone elsewhere as well as in Paris, and are know what U the power of the xaffnetiaer. It baa hitherto been one f the fairy U'es of science, but now tt U said to have added a new and ter rible cliapter to the records of crime. One wait for proof, but accusation ia iefimte enough. One malefactor, a Fret ch libertine actually in the band f the police, ia said to have selected his victim, choosing those of au emo tional temperament, and then to have magnetized them and ordered them to eouiiuit suicide. One poor girl did do - La" and science are equally in terested in the result of an investiga tion which it is enid will very shortly be held. If the facts are proved the fueetion will arise whether the otle-jce actually amounts to what the law recognizes as murder. If not we -.t-tainly ought to have a new law, and we shall probably have a new word. "To suic.de a person" teeui a contra diction in terms. Tlie Tetroleani Iudutry. Some iuterestiug figures have ptared in connection with the iroleuin industry. The ireent annual production is about 2,0oo,000,0ou gal lons, of wich atut one-half is pro luced in the I n ted Sstate. The Cas pian region of It iku produces a:o it t'JO.OOO.otX) gallons, aud many of I lie well have h td to be closed becau-e the )il could not be taken awar. .al!icia prodnces about SG.OCHJ.COO, Bnrmah tboit 7,000.000 and Canada ab -ut 25.. XO.0O0 gallons. The resources of Burmah and Canada are only just be ginning to be developed, and it is im possible to tell what niaguituda the trade will amount to when improved means of transport have bee 1 provided. In the basin of ihe Mackenzie River is believed to be the most ex i endive oil region in t'..e world; but it is about four hundred mile north of the Cana dian Paciric Kaiiw .y. There is no Joubt tha when the ditliculti.' of transport Imve bt-en t-urinounte 1 aud :beap-r oil is available, it is destined :o be a formidable rival of coal for many purposes, especially the firing of l er. ami for various metallurgical prooese, for which i s freedom from sulphur, etc., renders it particularly inhabit-. ChineM" i:perti:lcin and Railroad-. Thetririi alKMit Cliiute rilrvl, wl.L ti ha . et-n some hat difficult to ,tet al. eein to be that for the prerUt railroad construction is stopt-ed. the .-ouervative and anti-progreive party, which i-t strongly opposed to foreign loan and to the introductiou of foreign methods, being temporarily iu the a einliiiit at Pekin. Prom ac count received from China, it eeun that this party has taken advantage of the accidf ntal destruction of theTrmplo of llctven by fire started by lightning, lo excite the Mipei niuon of the JLui peror a..d his chief courcillors, and that this accidentia tire has been inter preted as a visita iou of divine ven geance, consequent upou Uie imjerial order sanctioning the building ot rail roads. Thii superstition inherent ia the Chinese character has thus been used shrewdly by the conservative leaders to further their purposes. The sanction for the construction of I the railroad, it appear, has not jet I been formally revoked, but the whole question is, lor the present, in aoey ance. The progressive parry, neaaea new metropolis of Helena was con by the Viceroy Li, may bi relied upon, i ducted by Mr. J. X. Beidler. and, says however, to make every po-ible elf rt j the eminent historian who thinly dis- to secure the construction of the rail road; but for the present it is very ioubtf ul whether they will be able to V anything. Tarls to the Sea, By Water. A repjrt baa recently been msde by Ibe Commission of Engineers ap pointed to consider the piau fr con necting the city of ParU with the sen hr a si, in canal. The teport is str- ng- 7J , m .,- .i- ,,,1 sv that lyin favor of the work, ! that the engineering aimcuiue. y, u. sountered are not great, whi.e the ad vantages to be obtained will fnlly warrant the expenditure require !, whici is eftiraated at 840,00O.0. The canal would be 112 miles long, tud would have a depth of 20.34 ft. Th) material excavated could, it is aid, be advantageon-ly used in rais rig the levels of the lowiauus adjoiuiuj he lower Seine. Turf winnings of 'obllity. The Duke of Portland again hada lie list of English winners on the turf luring the past year, bis Kii .mounting to 370.00O. In 1&S3 be ad about $135,000 to hU credit, or tltogether $500,000 in the two yeuc. rhe Duke of Portland's success -i.ih ia auite unprecedentedhas jaturally affected considerably the win ainasof other owners. Both the lnke ! ' - A a 'Ifss fill! f Westminster aim w. . TT.rtinTton won over Sl- ,.'-- tltf ja,t season, while ihe Duke of 9s.w anil T rri Ro-cberv, on il B-au i be con- :rary, failed to secure a tingle: rmc. The Prince of "Wales wou only $.000. interesting to Champagne Drinkers. The entire wine pruUuct nf Friirt for 1889 is estimated at about t.OO.Ol'O, X0 gallons. However, a a pioui.n ,ot winegrower aays that t cntne ,rodu. t of chain; ane in France any ine of the lt ten years would not mpnlr London alone for one month, not be worth whue for ew Voikers to take much interest in the 'Ixive tigores. Gentleman (to I nrle Ka-tue, wrest W with watennclo.D-Areut you tfr'idof cr-n.1-. I n Iel.u? Uncle lU.us (contempt uou-.y-K'ot d. yo '!- c fo er tew crant: I-l och. Yoc know every time the ear passes over a rail joint there is a distinct cUcL Just count th. number of thea. th. number of miles th. tram ia going IS hour. Thi. ia a simpl. matter ol Tthm.tio. a the length of U clIos in iwww - uniform. A VIGILANTE'S DEATH I Tie Career of Oroaibon-a Beidler. of Ifon- tana Territory. I Laid Iwar la . n.. . . away la tight ef One af tlia l.i Xvaatfal loeaas ef His Vigilant Career His rmaeral a Large Oaa, Idiai aad Im pressive, w told in these columns a few day. CO the story of the early career in j Montana or Colonel Wilbur Fiske San- cere, says the J.. T. Sun. whom the republican legislature of the new state nase.ectedas United States senator. bince the appearance of that narrative, 1 mere has died in Montana the man wbo. next to Colonel Sanders himself. was the most conspicuous figure in the remarkable secret organization which took the law into its own hands in the , - , , , M . l winter of 163-64, exterminated Plum- mer a band of road agents and mur oerers. and for mora than twenty ruled the Territory in the Inter- est of peace and order by the terrorism of mask and rope. j John X. Beidler was universally known in the west as "X." and for) years that letter was odious to the vll- laias of the frontier. It meant to them the crosebooes under the skulL In this form, along with the mysterious num- erals S 7 77. it was frequently vlsi- ble In very black ink on a piece ot white card hoard, measuring exactly. I eeven inches by nine, taoked to the door of a house or cabin, pinned o the canvas ot a teht or nailed to a stake in front of a ranch or wakiiip In the wik- derne. The desperado who found ia the morning that he bad been served with this dreaded notice knew that Colonel Sanders' Vigilantes had been cunsiuerina; nis oase. A he warning meant: "Pack up and leave within twenty-four hours, or swing on the sec ond night!" There waa no nonsense about the placard. If a mistake had been made, aa happened perhaps once in a hun dred times the victim of unjust sus plcicn might out Colonel Sanders Or X. faldler; or tome other prominent citnen generally believed to be influ ential with the Vigilantes, and laid the ease before him, speaking aa neighbor to neighbor. If the plea of the accus ed seemed good It was kindly he.ird aal passed along to the midnight tri bunal to be investigated further. Per il ips the sentence was reversed and the I reused notified informally to that ef feou Perhaps it was reaffirmed by a second placard. Then there was no appeal. Oi the other hand, if the gentleman whose presence in the territory was regarued as undesirable, was so fool hardy as to disregard the notice and defy the vigilantes, he found himself on the second night in the hands of a score or more of masked men. all in dead earnest; and in counties cases ol the sort the man who adjusted the thllt tJ. wretch into eteroity - ; 1 f v -...II j was Crot-R bones beidler. Probably no , other individual on this continent ever assisted at so many hangings. Cer talnly no oitiaen ever acted as execu tioner with a sterner sense of duty to j the public. ! X. Beidler was an early settler ol Virginia City, a town originally num ' ed arina, in honor of the wife of Jet , fereon Davis. lie was one of the j originators ot the Vigilante movement and one of the principal actor In the ' tragic events narrated in "Professor . Thomas J. Dimsdale's" we h id al ' most said Colonel Wilbur F. Sanders' valuable bUtorlcal monograph. II is ruet'd personality, bis Incorruptible integrity and sense of right and : wrong and his dauntless courage made him a notable figure In the orgaulza I tion. and to his sinewy hands, o'tener l than to those of any other Vigilante. was entrusted the unpleasant task of actual execution. He was widely feared and universally respected. The first Vivilante execution In the guises his identity under the pseudonym of Professor iJimsdale. "every thine wenton in a quiet ana orderly manner. bier, who months before, at Salt Lake City, bad attempted to shoot Colonel Sanders in the back when that states map was on his way to the digging 3. Slater bad emigrated to Last Chance Gulch, where be was murdered in cold blood by the celebrated highwayman. Bob Black, whose real name was John n-eene. n.eene was caugni rea-nanaea Bsidler Keene. Keene was caught red-handed wa a gnort ,a a iumber yard. The execution took place on the hill Just north of the present town of Helena, and It was witnessed oy throng of people, including not a small number of ladies. X. Baidler found the gallows ready made: "a large p:ne tree, with stout limbs standing almost alone." Keene was transported to the hill in a lumber wagon accompanied by the Rev. Mr. McLaughlin. Under th. gallows tree a plank was arranged with on. end on a dry goods box and th. other rest ing upon, an upright stick. Keene stood upon this frail platform, the noose around his neck, and the other end of th. rope attached to the axle of a lumber cart. This was his farewell address to th. assembled ladies and gentleman of Last Chance Gulch: "What I hav. don. to Slater I doo. willingly. H. punished me severely. onor compelled me to what 1 have done. He run me from town to town. I tried to shun him here, but b. called me a and smacked me in the face. My honor compelled motodowhntl Lave done. I am here and I mutt die. and if I was to live till to-morrow I would do the same thing again. I am ready. Jerk th. cart as soon as vi. u plea-.." X. Beid:er"s funeral the other day. within sight of the hill where he hanged John Keene years ago, was the largest ever seen ia Montana. It .a omlnentlv appropriate that the funeral oration should be dell ve rea ty rnlnnal Wilbur F. Sanders. "His heart was al large as toe prairies no loved so well." aaid that eloquent gentleman as he stood over X'a bier; his courage as lar?. as th. moun tains which lured him hither. He was our most active, our most sacrificing, our most laborious instrument. Th. weather could wot be so theatenlag. storms could not threaten destruction so much but that ho was at the head of any enterprise, any expedition, pursuing like sleuth hounds tho. men that came here for robbery and for murder." - Ana with these heartfelt if not strictly grammatical words Colonel Saoaers laid away X. Beidler to bis everlasting rest. vr hen a man tells his poqualattnce. thai tie 1 forty be ever got oar. Isl, It is safe to aaauin. that bis wis U sorry, too. ... - WOMAN. fineu(Atlvsi Theories Conernfntf tH" Origin of Man's Idoi. vt oman s urat appearance nas neen a fruitful subject for legend mongers. Phoenician myth of creation is found In the sory of Pygmalion and Galatea, ays the Pall Mall Gazette. There the first woman was carved by the dowed with life by Aphrodite. The Greek theory of the creation of woman, according to Hesiod. M that Zeno. as a cruel zest, ordered Vulcan to m(.ke a womaQ out ot cUyt m4 lhen Induced the various gods and goddesses to Uvest the clay doll with all their worst qualities; the result being a love- l7 thing, with a witchery of me in. re- noaa craft, eager passion, love of areM- treacherous manners and thous,,m'f ,. , The Scandinavians say that as OJia, VU1 and Ve. the three sons ol Bur. were walking alonir the sea beach they found two sticks of wood, one of aah and one of elm. Sitting down the eod shaped man and women out of these sticks, whittling the woman from the elm and calling her mia. One of the strangest stories touching the origin of woman ia told by the Madagascarioes. In so far as the creation of man goes the the legend 1 not unlike that related by Moses, only that the fall came before Eve ar- rived. After the man had eaten of the for- bidden fruit he became affeoted wlih a boil on his leg, out of which, when It burst, oame a beautiful girl. The man's first thought was to throw her to the piff. but he was commanded by a messenger from heaven to let her play among the diggings until she b- came of a marriageable ?. then to make her his wife. He did so, called her Barboura, and she became the mother of all races of men. I The American Indians' myth rela tive ho Adam and Eve are numerous and entertaining. Some traditions track back our first parents to white ana rea Aloace; another is that man, searohing for a wife, was given the daughter of a king of inuskrats. who. on being dipped into a neighboring lake, became a woman. SINGULAR PETRIFACTION. A Man With Whiskers Pound Pet rified In Washington Territory. Joseph Swesbenger, who resides near Stanford, writes to the River Press particulars of a wonderful dis covery be recently made In an unfre guented mountain near his residence. The discovery consists of a petrified man, with all his limbs in a perfect state) of preservation. The body stands against a massive bowlder, of which it a-uems to have become a part, ail cannot b removed without much labor and considerable expense. A tiny stream of water Cowing from a spring above fal s directly upon the head of the body, and after pas-dug over It loses itself in the surrounding rock. The body measure' six feet and nine Inches from the crown of the bead to the soles of the feet and is well f roportioneX the ch -t a-d limbs bo ng of ponderous width aod size. The features are of the severe Roman type, surmounted by abroad high forehead and a luxuriant growth of hair, w hich Is as firm as a rock itself. A beard reaching to the waist completes a picture which inspires : feeling of awe and reverence in the beholder. Cer tain hieroglyphics are cut upon the rock, a true copy of which Mr. Swes benger oromises to send us. Thus f ir be has kept his discovery a secret but will in due time divulse its locality. It will doubtless attract the sav.nts of the day and a large sum may be real ized from it. It is indeed, a wonder ful discovery, indicating as it does that the first inhabitants of this (Treat country were giants. Tacoma News. l-IFE PERIODS OF ANIMALS. A bear rarely exceeds 20 year. A tortoise has been known to lire to the age ot 107. A squirrel or hare lives 6 or8 years; rabbits 7 year. A dog lives 20 years; a wolf 20; a fox 14 to 16 years. I Elephants have been known to live lo the age of 4.00 yenrs. Sheep seldom exceed the age of 10, and cows live about 15 tears. Camels sometimes live to the age of 100; stags are long iived. ! A swan has attained the age of 200 fears; pelicans are long-lived. Cuvler considers It probable that whales sometimes live 1,000 years. ! Pigs have been known to live to the age of SO years; the rhinoceros to 20. A horse has been known to live to the age of 62, but average from 2) to i0. Insects, as a general rule, are short lived though there are a good many exceptions to the rule. A Child's Ceaselatisa. Not many days ago a gentleman haa taken affectionate leave of his wife and daughter, for a three months' trip abroad. The child, a lovely little girl of two and a half years, stood by a chair with her thumbs in ber mouth a favorite pastime, and. to her, a pan acea tor all her childish ills. She watched her mother for a few momenta, aw th. tears tilling th. lovely eyes aod dropping one by one from ber cheeks, than want to ber side, and with a comforting tone, looking pityingly op to ber face, said: "Mamma, suck 'oo fum!" A 6m4 lata. It.w Bride When we gel to the ho tel w. must act as if we had been mar lied a long time. New Husband AU right! I know how we cava fool the hotel cleric and tnslrA tlim h. 1 1 4 v A tha.t w ar an fijil married couple, i vw Ttrid How. dearest? lijband You carry the grip- savJc fefed umbrella. Wast DM fca. Bsa. Jack "Shall I kiss you?" NeUi "Do It if you dare!" Ta. Bvat la T.a Tears. Stnlgsby (the tramp) Soy, there' a beer pool In Pittsburtr. Lugs by (another tramp) Let's go there and take a bain. Munsey's Weekly. Ke Sarsvhw. "I bear your husband Is quite a gal. luflt. Do you ever Had aoy letters in nis pocket?" "Only th. ones I give him to milL" We are Dsvr bearer rlfUtLhan wtait whoa w. faar wt are wraaf. 1 ll7 CltY OF THE DRKA31EJ2. I I am tred of planning and tolling -j lu the crowded hives of men I Heart weary of feailding and spoiling And spoiling and building again. -And I Ions; for the dear old river Where I dreamed my youth away. For a dreamer lives forever, .nd a toiler dies in a day. f" I am ii k of the ebowy seeming Of a life that Is half a lie ; Of the face, lined with scheming, In the throng that hurries by. . From the sleepless thoughts endeavor," I wouid go where the children lsy For a dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies In a day. I feel no pride but pity For the burden the rk-h endure; There Is nothing sweet in the city But the patient lives of the poor. ' Oh, the little bands so skillful, And the child mind choked with weeds, The daughter's heart grows wilful, " And the father's heart that bleeds. Ko, nol from the street's rude bustle. From trophies of mart and stage, t ould fly to the wood's low rustle, And the meadow's kindly page. Let me dream as of old by the river, And be loved for the dream always For a dreamer lives forever, j,- Ahd a toiler dies in a day. X"r--' John BoyU O'UeftTy. " .-'" - -- JL Costly Suspicion. Thi is a dismal spot this populous city of the dead. Naught rises to greet my eye save suggestions of mortality, Tombstones, monuments, mounds, seem to cover the face of the earth. There to the right of uie, so near that the shadow thereof fell athwart this puge jut now, rises a costly monu ment a massive stone pedestal hold ing the figure of an angel with wings outspread. The marble features have been cut to resemble a woman. She holds lu ber arms the form of au infant with which she it flying heavenward. The child but of that I cannot write now, per haps I shall be calmer after awhile. I would rather think of Irene Barton as she was ere I wrung ber soul into mis ery. God forgive me! I force myself to write this sad narrative in the hope that it may, perchance, warn some man, with a companion akin to mine, to shuu the course I took. I was spending a few weeks one sum mer a? the village of Melrose, not far trots X , the city in which I resided. There I met Irene Barton, bhe was to me a revelation, as beautiful a? a Cream. Her fragile figure was full of grace, her face a picture of loveliness, frhe was not y-t eighteen, and au or phan, the protege of au agl uncle and unt. .- It was ber beauty that first caught tny eye; soon ber perfect character chained me to her. I became a fre quent visitor at the cottage. The weeks of my stay lengthened into all-too-quickly passing mouths. Still I lingered at Melrone. 1 Lad no thought I the life I bad led in the city ; I would hare been content anywhere IrttJa her. j . made no secret of my feelings; I ifuia rove with her and told her of it. She was slow to return my passion, but when she did I felt no man was ever loved more fully. VTa were married the following winter. It was a quiet wiedding in the parlor of the ltttle cottage which bad so long been her home. Her good uncle aud aunt w ituessed the ceremony with tearful eyes and heavy hearts. I felt U I were robbing them of the sunlight of their declining years. I was exceedingly proud of my peer less wifo. Her father bad been, up to Ee time of his death, a noted lawyer, id, while Irene had not had a thorough collegiate education, she bad read aud studied so much under his direction that ber mind was remarkably well trained and stored with general infor mation. We arrived in X on the evening of our wedding day, and were driven to my new home, which I had provided with every luxury that money could buy. My heart boat tumultuously a I no ticed her queenly dignity and com posure when she bowed to the clusters of servants iu the gas-lighted hall. yerUy she seemed to have been born a queen. I began seriously to regret that my friends aud associates bad beeu so un wisely selected wheu they, anxious to do me honor, began to call on us. 1 iajt that there could be little or no cou fapJaUty between my wife and them. I demurred when Mrs. Sander re quested, our presence at her reception, ana tried to decline Uie invitation on the soore of Irene' not being accustom ed to gay social life. I accepted the Invitation and went home miserable t inform Irene of it. Mrs. Sander's drawing rooms were crowded on the tfieningof the recep tion. Irene loi&ed beautiful, but I was not preparnd fr the sensation which she created on this ber lirst ap pearance. I heard ber beauty praised on all sides. Sr. was surrounded with admirers. I 'is astonished at the skillful manner in which she held the attention of, ar.d conversed with the throng around her. In all my experi ence I bad never beheld any one so quick at repartte. By a wittv retort in German to hi jest," she had -jaught staid llerr Brah mann, who was never known to ad mire American women. And Mon sieur Meudalion, thereupon addreesin a query to ber in Frem-h, received such an apt reply, so well framed in his mother tongue, that be forthwith went from group to group enthusias tically laudi'jg ber wonderful pronun ciation. 6h had a remarkable voice, and aang toward the end of the evening. he had held ber listeners like enrapt ured statues. After that I offered no resistance to our going out generally. She grew to be fond of it, aud did not disguise it from me. Somehow I lost sight of the matrimonial happiness my fancy bad pictured in brooding over uuagi- tvary wrongs, and now and then tiarborinz suspicions of the vilest kinds. The winter passed away, and svm- mer came with its change of amuse- ents. A party of our friends, young tad people were going to L In um mouauuBs 'X- S , ancf thev earnestly wished thai Irene and 1 should join them. Owing to some business engage ments, I found it inconvenient to go with them; but at their suggestion,! confuted to Irene's going, promising to follow myself in a week or so. It was the firt time that I had been separated from her since the day of our marraige, and nearly every day bung most heavily on my hands. I was angry, too, because she had, even with my consent, been willing to leave me. Much sooner than I hod expected, I went after them. It was about eight o'clock in the cveuing wheu I alighted from the stage at the hotel. 1 saw none of my acquaintances iu the throng on the veranda, and went into the office alone and registered my name. Walking toward one of the large parlors, 1 heard Irene singing wiih some one. Looking through the win dow I saw my wife at the piano with dark-faced man, very handsome, who, I afterwards learned, was an Italian, Signor Barilli, a famous tenor. While I was looking, the song ended and the audience, which had been lis tening attentively, applauded vigor ously. Irene's face was flushed with pleas are and covered with smiles. Some thing in the Italian's look, whloh he cast at her, convinced me that he was not indifferent to her. My heart be came cold and my blood 6eemed to stand in my veins. I waa madly jeal ous. I made my way through the crowd to a door near the piano, wondering iu the profundity of my suspicious soul if she would regret to see me if my presence there might not interfere with her pleasure iu receiving; the ad miration of others. She saw me before I had reacheo ber, aud ran to meet me with a cry of seeming gladness. I led her from the crowd, few of whom knew me, aud walked by ber side down one of the corridors. "Oh, Clare, I am so glad you came 1 We were not looking for you so sou," 6he exclaimed, putting ber bund in mine. I tried to speak naturally, for I was beginning to be half ashamed of my self for entertaining doubts about her, but something in my unsteady voice attracted her attention. "You are tired, Clare, poor fellow; it is a hard ride over here," she said. "They are playing for the gei inaii. I promised to dance it with Signor Barilli, Clare, a gentleman with a beautiful voice. But I will ask him to excuse me, 6ince you have come." "You will do no such thiny !"' I re plied sertentiuu-ly, my blood rushing madly to my brain at her pr.-ii-e !" hie voice, and the information that she lmd pioini-ed to dance with him. I am tired and will retire, I -uid, ju as bignor uarilll Hastened up to ber, evidently not knowing me. "It is ours, I think, if you remem ber," be said. "My husband; Signor Barilli," Irene said, introducing us and I noticed that she was turning pale and looking at me helplessly. "lie has just arrived, she continued; "I know that he must be weary." 1 will excuse you, of course, if you wish," the Italian said, bowing politely, aud looking frustrated. "Oh, no," I interpolHted, firmly; "I will not interfere with your dance," and I turned indili'orently away, leav irif Irene no alternative but to accept the Italian's arm to Uie ball-room. Although I had actually compelled her to leave me, I was angry. At a loss for something to do, I went to my room aud sat smoking, mad at myself and Irene. Two hours passed; the dance was etill in progress, for I could hear the music from below. She bad made the engagement with the anticipation of enjoying it, I thought; why should I interrupt it? During those moments of solitude I almost argued myself in to the belief that I was decidedly ii the way of her pleasure. The Italian was undoubtedly in love with her, and I could not recall any society woman or my acquaintance who would not have enjoyed receiving his ai tendons. Was I to think that my wife was unlike her sex? Had not Mrs. Sauders, a woman of great experience, told rue that they were all alike in that respect. The dance was ended ; I heard the sound of the dancers' footstops as they quitted the ball-room. I waited, momentarily expecting Irene to open mv door and enter. I see now that I greatly exaggerated her del.---- iu coming, so highly was my imagin m worked up. Where could she be? What excuse could she have for lingering after the dance was over? My bin in was uflume; I was insanely jealous. I opened rhe door. I heard voices. They were Irene's and Bai illi's on the lauding just below rue. I went softly to the to of the stairs, and, leaning over the baiurtrude, I saw them together; he holding her hand, she drawing away from him. " I love you. I cannot live without you! " I heard bim say. I don't know how I got over the teps that were between thc-in and me. I sprang between them, murder in my heart, clutching him by tlie throat, lie struggled uttering no sound. In my grasp be acted like an affrighted cur. 5she twined her arms tightly about me, aud he struggled from my embrace, running down the hall. Irene remained half fainting in my arms, for even in my madness, I strove to keep her from falling down the stairs. The doors of the room along the corridor were quickly opened aud the occupants gathered around us. Con fronting the probability of a scandal about my wife, my presence of mind and calmness came to my aid. I ex plained that my wife had fallen on the steps, but was not injured. The crowd dispersed, satisfied with my explana tion. I led her to our apartment, wonder ing at her strange quietude. When I had turned around after closing the door behind us, she was standing be fore me in the center of the roora proudly erect, with a flaming light iu her eyes that dwarfed my anger. "You have suspected me !" she hissed between her white lips, with a look of mingled anger and sadness in ber face. Then the regarded me with a stonj glare of wounied dignity, burst into a storm of tears and fell prone upon the floor. . Xbe ft eat wrosf I had don kf somehow became plain to me, and ber tears wrung my heart. How could I have been so rashly precipitate? Before we slept that night eiie Imd convinced me that she had not dreamed of Burilii's admiration being anything more than that of a casual acquaim snce until he had detained her ut the foot of the stairs Willi the declaration I had overheard. I implored her forgiveness and she granted it. r ortunutely nothing was ever beard about the matter; aud the Italian, I discovered, had left on an early train the following day. We remained a couple of weeks longer and then returned to N . Meanwhile I had done all in my power to atone for my misconduct and want of coufleence in Irene, and she re warded ine by appearing happier than I had seen her for months. Then came a period in which she did not go into society. Trials and sufler ings for her followed, through all of Which I had no thought except of her. The good old l)r. Brown locked downcast when he called. Great heavens! my heart seemed like ice, when he told me the worst. A child would come into the world, possibly not alive rthe mother might not escape with her life. Her chances were small. The crisis came. ' I remained in an adjoining room, ray face in my hands praying to God to spare her to me. 1 beard a rapid movement of feet on the floor. I sprang up, but with sinking heart. There was a paus within her chamber; it was as silem as the grave. Presently I heard tli voices of the attendants and the doctor I put my hand on the knob, openec the door and met the doctor. Ilii face told nie all. I felt the room turn ing around. My senses fled. It um-t have been hours that I lay insensible. When I opened my eyes. I was surrounded with attendants and the doctor. It seemed that I had awakened from a terrible dream. My first hought was of Irene. I rushed from their retarding bands into her chamber. Her bed waa vacant. "Great God!" 1 exclaimed and tamed into the adjoining room. lu the centre of the room I saw a casket that contained my sweet and injured Irene. . So Fight, No Pray. ' A group of naval officers were in dulging, the other day, in reminis cences of the war, wheu one of them told the following yarn: Early on the moruing of Lec. 24, lb64." he said: "Admiral Porter sig nalled to the fleet before Fort Fisher, 'Get under way and follow me.' The ship to which 1 belonged was as-igned iu the programme, to a position be tween lu iroii-chids, cl-i-e under tha fort. W e anticipated hot and terrible, work. The flagship ledthewuy, and was iiproaching withiu range wheu Lieutenant Commander V , of my ship ordered nil hands called to mus ter. The brawny tars gathered aft on the quarter-deck, with the officers iu their usual places, and our coinuiaudcr began to read from the prayer-boook the I'rayer Before Battle.' It was a solemn moment; none knew who or how many of us might suddenly be u-hered into the presence of the God of battles. Our commander read as though he felt it; the whole ship's company were awed and hushed, and the throbbing of the engines and wa.-h of water along the side seemed prenat urally loud. When about half through a signal was reported from the flag tliip: . " -Come to anchor in vour posi tions.' When it was read to our comman der a sudden revulsion of feeling came over him. Throwing down the prayer book upou the hatch, be exclaimed : "Well, I'll be if I'm going to prav if we ain't a-going to tight! l'ipe dowul" HOW HE MANAGED IT. The Western Telegreph Operator Sees His Girl Every Saturday Night. "The prairies of the west are great places for winfl." said a wild west tele araph operator to a N'e York Ledger man. "I Used to have a station ia Nebraska, right out in tho open prai rio, u:id the way the wind blew there was a caution. Hut it was a lucky wind for ma. At a station about thir teen miles it my g r a'ved, anl, as 1 hai no ouuday trains business of any kiui. I used to go up there and stay over Sunday. Hut a livery-horse from Saturday nieht to Monday morr. in(r eost ma too much money, so 1 rigged up a saii on an old tie-car. All I had to do Saturday night was to hoist my sail, push the tie-car out on the mam track, and in less than an hour I was at my journey's end. For j rn'ire than a ear I went to Bee my ' fir! every Saturday night by means J of that sail-car. Pretty sleeit, wan' If " "Yes. pretty sleek. But do you mean to say that the wind blew In ihe same direction every Saturday night durin? all that time?" "Of course I don't!'' ' Well, how did you manaire on those nizh'.s when it blow in the other direc tion? "L"asy enough. I had another girl at a station fifteen miles east." First 5tpapr. The'first newspaper published In Virginia was issued at Williamsburg In 1739 It was entitled the Virginia Gazette, edited by William Parks, who. during the nine preceding years. I bad published the Maryland Gazette, j at AQnapo.is. In 1771 the first nuai ! bers of the Massachusetts Spy, edited '; by Jsaiuh Thomas, appeared in Bos- too. It was removed to Worcester in j 1775, where it is still published under the title of the Worceter Spy. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War there were in existence seven j newspapers In Massachusetts, one ia ' New Hampshire, two in Khode Island, four in Connecticut, four in New York, i nine ia Pennsylvania, two each ia ; Maryland, Virginia and North Caro lfna, three in South Carolina and one in Georgia, a total of thirty -seven. With the exception of the Philadel I pbia Gazette, which was published semi-weekly, all were weeklies. In IS A) the number had increased to 200, of which several were dailies. There are h iiuiulr o peop'e, e.iec ially in olilics, who are I ke bottles; they hae no value except that which ia poured into them. NEWS IN BRIE. The amount of loa to creditors In England and Wales through bankrupt cy 131. year was i. ,tl4,SOj. j A fl!k hacdi-prcHer, so often reeon l meialeil for wiping the spectacles or je-xiasses, is not good for this pur jiiose as it m ike the gla-es electrical juud Ciu-es dusL to adhere to them. Llfn in the little Germin vlllaie of Slrobeck, in tiie Hartz Mountains ia almo teu irely ri-en up to chess play ing. Even the children in the schooli uie proficient iu the ancient and royal game. Each section of our great oountry has a "siiecial'y" which is more or lesa de tructlve totheproductiveness of the soil; not oi ly this but to the general welfare tt the human family. English shoemakers always cut a V In the bench leat!i- r for luck. Swed ish carpenter mark a cross on their tvilefor th'i suaie purpose, and many painters mark a cross and tr angle on a hluh scatloid bef jie they feel Comforta ble upou it. In China the man who lives nearest the scene of a. mur;ler is acused of the crime, and he must prove bis innocence it s and the puiiinlimeut. Consequent ly if lie is innocent he raUles around preity lively lo discover the criminal. Nearly eveiy building intended for fhe tr'cal erfrniauce8 Is called an ppera house. If it is over a rich man's tt'.ore in a swell little town the show hall will be called the era ml o;eia liou9e, thuuli its patrons tnny never ere grand opera nor any other kind of opera. lbil'rcad are Invariably the forerun ners of civilization, 'l iny will lift up the benlnhteil eoile wh i arere-onlhle for lae lorWIuin name by which Afri ca, is now know u. 1 tiey wi'l carry a gos icl of liulit ami liberty. They will be veritable nuasioua: ies ou wueeld. It is a point for the boy gr- wingup on the farm to consider that thu "farming tiaie" well learued will pay Mm as well as, or better than any other trade be can a '.opt. The boy who thoroughly learns all the details of farm processes, when lie ar Ives at man's es tate is : a well equipped lor the battle of life as it is post). LI j to be. There Is no other country on the globe in wh ch the construction of canals aud the canalization of livers would te at tended by greater advantages than in the Ui-i ed States; but we have lieeu so ab boibed in railroad bi.ild u t bat we have ny thou hiof a. at la Ke I ubout such enlerprbe , i ir. t'- t-.uie wl.lcome when their gieal inipo.tai.ee be recog nized. 1 he news apers aieaain speculat ing on the prub ibilitv that the Mor lu us will gather tl. m elves toirelurr, b.ig and bagae, aim goto Mexico. As there is no danger that their morals will have au irjiu ious effect ou the ii tives of that sun U.ke.l jitl.il, it is to be lj. ped that t .ev wbl go hence w ithout deUv. If they can teach Ihe Mexicans mdus'iy their going w.ll be a good thing all around. Insurance !.- not only a benefit to the individual iiismeil. but also to the j si cicty, since it prevents tht uiuloluj of ' any member of the society and leads to c renter co-ill lrme an I enter ; riMJ lu the ' acquisition of property. On the other ! Ii.n.il it is j 'isiillabltf and wise that an ! iu iivldilal should provid-i that his loss shall 1 e bl.uied by the many, be giving i hem leasoiiable couii,enbalion for the u.-k they uasuuie. What e need is no', reforms ir methods and forms so nn.c 'as a change iu social tendencies. Lei the influences u hicii are coiiceiii ra' lug wealth at the eont of i'nor . in-e ami puver' y among the masse be checked and tae I uiidameiitai u.teiition ot n c .L.ii .iii institutions will HS"e!t itself. 1,. t II em keeji on and the ml-government of auk i rmii cities w 11-l-e auioiig tiie L-u3l of the evils that follow. It iff said that the elect r;c cotrpass 's havitig an excellent etlect on the sai ors on bhlps iu winch it has beeu a lopted, as the sUei ing iu such oaaee Lis marked improved iy, '1 ho object of thi invention lslo Indicate by an electrlo bell placed in the captain's cabin any deviation fiom the Course laid dowu tl.ouith any careli S3 es3 of the man a-t the wheel. Tins lnvi-iiil.-u Is akeiy to materially lessen dangers at ta. N'ible works ought not to be printed iti mean and worthless forms and cheapness ought to be limited by au instinctive sen e and law ot fitness. '1 ne limding u a book la the drees w ith w ich it walks out into thr worlds The paier, iyp uud ink are the oody in which its soul la doru.ciled. And theus three "oul, body a id bahllim-jnt are a triad which ouifht to oe aitjustV ed to one another by the laws of bal uiotiy and good bens. All this lush to the cities, by cut ting dowu the ranks of the food pro Juce a. Is bound, sooner or later to give the ral-ing of lai m products a ttemen Uiiotis oooin. W'l e'i Horace Greely used to go alout lecturing to the farm ers be told them the b-st t mg they could do was t set out shad i trees. He thought In knew soinetiiing about farming, but the millionaire railroad piesjiUnt gees far ahead of him op practical points. A preity pass we have corne to when all the pleasant attributes ofcouitesy. consideiatljii, cleanllii-ss aud civility are at a discount at puidic places, and only the liolous rough, and th elbow lug, pushing, iucuuaidt : ale boor are held h'gh in popular estimation. Cleanliness Is not no'npatiil with mankind, neitl er i it n ce ory ti Chew loi-acco, drink whiSie or ko nnsharen (T unkemit to prove yourself a ao.j or Mais or u descendant of Tiior. Outside of the cause the material from which the greatest proportion of the world's supply of suitar aud molas aes is liepiivei is the Sugar beet. Prance and Geimany successfully and profitably manufacture su 'ar from the l-et. Why cannot we? It may be answered: "Uecuuse iai) r is so high In this countiy.'' Thai, w-,11 uu loubt ediy enhai ct the c st, esjieclahy the coat of growing the beets. But then, to offset this disadvantage we have cheaper, less exhausted bods. The once renowned English racing ' yacht Cauibr'a has lilt the Mersey for the coast of ATr ca, where she is to be come a "palm oil t'ader.'' Her race a ro3S the Aliautio wlih the Ainen Ic.ui tehooiier Datmtiess was one of World wide interest, a d when the Cain hi ia put in her a pi nuance al New YoikftcU was the jub..at,ou iu n laud. A Gerrran watch that is on exhiblU ' I'm iu a Pit'bbuig (Per n.) wiu iow Is I'tot-tiblv ine the tbii.neal time pieo In the wi rid. It is not im to than aa i-itfhth of an inch thi. k, ud the works . themselves aeeui no th.ckor that) CaiJ boald. f yr train had gone, Mfl' -:,v-..
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