Illllfl 1 7 TV.wS.': 'lirlA r SS? L . i'l H F. PCHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLV. M I FFLINTOWIS, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1S90. NO. 1. & mm WW II KIT M AS DAY. . ii jv bells rtcf, . - U, the moral ... i: t. . w I" u cQtaJren slug . ,.to., .tiotir tfur&l . in a kiic swret strata . :. ..I t mid Wike w till - I . .1 Hiflltu i-n, to lurtl gOsl WiH." ! t !. Wage -trect. -iu s M title w Kb ttwW. , , ; i'inintiure reel mui as w ; . . - . i -iy heart, . .. ... alruus still; t . . mi-es Jutli lli.rt ,. . i : a . to Uiell i:ovlJ w 111." . I luir. Ii t.. rr , - l i .1!V iuerrv peal : ... t with wou.lruu power u lus vv bicli w e but feel . 1. 1 ...I) roL, : iu cvtrj ul; u- . 1 lucil' 9oD il. IO DieO (loud will." . . t tiiir.'h w .tauJ, . .... i- stith til rlutc . 1 1 f with .'a.lcuc grand . .. - ... ir Kiii ; ., ! . k r. t .ur fir, , .... . . : i. ,!.!.. n.i rt:i, .. . , ..,... .1:1.1 . .. r, , . o rL. t" it i-.tod xin." ' . leir. h. nti.l lurel 1 lht- tirl-tuias ale, , .. iri "iilve beat :.e luaus Inspire ; . - ina-t MHaj, . , , .-t trlv to Will. . i t i hr.'tuiiia Ly .nL. to Uiru ou4 w l..1." Wcatberly. ii Is-l ' s. .in of i A. . i.l i. :. M f ' .!' :! - ot ! a of l- His Moinning-Day. I l....'l l I: t ii. le, w hv v. u u!w a tTo aw ay I mas-eve. aud S 'r r. uie back until iv af ler Christ- ' --I'd rather j t toll you now , tut j i" ' icplicd the ; 1 tu .11 -lf I atu ' w o w hen on have a to be a wo- ! .m. 1 l:i peihap I A Ki then.' But V t'ti lt:tc ii. ai get killed re the war i I and theli I 11 know." little he s-tid. "no . Li.- , true -'i ia a , . Cirii W aiTit h. a.-1.. E.nv 1. -it; l.'t Hi t i a a- s. . i nvh. I Writ II- A Le Lr '. . Chr::::... Tvi:; 1-1 phec proved i l -i . t tiie najT-ship . d through the iv. aped without a tl be at.d rs and nic.es (iiew up to a 'id children of their own, . t their home and heart -i u ai m corner for their lie iiit known to be 1 o li l.vv remembrances - r 'i . o-:U nature iiut : Cic sli.htest siteutioh to .i:ty ii.e years after the conver ! .? h i :.c':d with his grandniece !.:,' i.. peculiar habitat Christ '.h..u he was making her .- ::; 1 annual visit, he wa .i .h '.n d obliged to remain her . -?r e i.: lf'.tuas. She had grown a t. l-"!ue matron, and had tl.i- L.i ti,h till.; to btr a 1. i thr. h- I.-.. ., ic'.t u:i c e . .':i 'l .-t .t.lul childreu asone could ..is morniti the tiny trio i'.'..'iu where the old man was 1 :.-. c 1 up iu bed. His wavy, iao.v-a ba;r aud beard franied a vriitLy. u :;;-tamied face that, con trary io its usually pleasant expression. Lsi t'C':.iiie jiern and forbidding. At the htt.e aiorubs innocently' shouted funn the; r lovingr greeting, '-Merwy lwi-a.3. L'nMe Pussy I" he uttered a giouu. aul snk back with closed eye on ti.e cherry cushions. - M i : 1 1 1 1 j r. '. itiuimna! Turn twick t Liik. j si.:W!" cried the youngest, Ola. m Jeep concern, to her mother. "Uu.le. dear, what is the matter? Oin 1 do sny thinj for you?'' asked tie.ii n, v'i.or, a uument later. N .. ncti.lsiir, but keep the children a.- fiotn me. I cauuot enjoy their .i'0.:i:u to .l.iv," he replied, b turn. . I !.: f i. e to the wall." I ti le.'' pieried their mother, when tLe d,...r h...l io-ed behiud the children, -wtivdoyou say Christmas Is your iietiriiii.'-.l.iv, ami why have you al wvs rt t;i-ed invitation to spend the day with your i '..itivca?'' Dcu't ak me. 0!a; it is a long story, and had bet never be told." e. I sf. i;; a-k j ou. And further iti'ire. 1 "h il. remind you of your pro-u.i-e tj i:.e. when I was a little girl, to te.l if .;.i i were alive when 1 had (iiuwi; to w . tu.inhood. why it was you a.wss went away the uilit before .hr:-::i.n ai. 1 no one ever saw you un til the day af.er it." 1 ! u't intiid who knows of it, Ola, after 1 am d'ad : but I cannot look any one i:i the faee. ferlinz that they know in tory. I have kept the secret fifty n.e year?, and it would be a great re lief to rue to tell it to some one if 1 fhoulit auch a frieud eoald respect me frerwnr.2. I Lave always felt that you I lovl u:e for mvsclf alone, and not be you were bora my relative, and i fr!L--d, a. . rnanr criiMrea are. to ' tar tic trirh the feigued affection that i-t."n s-.ite.ti.ms as the duty of one ' e to ui'ifhor, when true regard i IV:..y !,!.-ellt." i "On. U;e-.e. I couMa't do such thin;-: Von know vouraelf. if I di-1 uke any one, I am far too prompt ir Iwwinj- it to be a fact." "Tha: is a trait vou inherited from your grandfather, who was a very ti'rv. ni.; I .t,,1ri,i man. Drone to nu! k-teunered man. prone h"w his .ike and dislikes with an im pftu. y that caused most Uieu te leHk ul""i hlin as an unpleasant acquaint i"e. H e w ere brought up to regard eah other as cousins, and, as far as 1 know, he thought I was his cousin to ""Imhj dav. He was killed at An betatii "You were too voung to recol K't about it." "Oik, no, unci; I remember it wed." 'H fonrht for the Confederate' "le. in the "iufantrr, and I was with lhu Union Navy. lie wa the innocent iause of ti.i. t.:f.rM on mv life, or, at east, he precipitated, ia ft roundabout W&v a.. - : I 4. -v-t KMSnffht the' knowledge of a tact to mv niiu.l thut I would ratWr have Jie.l th'au kuown. "Idling ni youiiff.r vtai, my uncle, your gieat-giaiijfail.er. ust-i to me tales or my fattier, who aid. wa a jjiivateeisruati. and tost iii life at sea. lie said I - !:n.l l promise,! mv father that ilvalli I J 1 I I... i . 111 tan' ot Illf I ..... . -uu r uruujfiu up tlie same i hirt my uncle' own on; and. ur ! io ti.e nour I saw him last, he faithful to the promise he said ho had made to my father. As children, he made no di-lin. ti-.n in his tre.it. meiit of me and hi s..u lliioul. AI thuufe'U we were a ditterent in auce as any two relative could wi ll tc. thei wa an indciici iuablu ie teiubUnce t each other that caaed many to ask of either of us if we were biuther-t. l.'aoul wa a tall, flaxen-haired blonde; 1 was swarthy cheeked, with ehoit, curh . r iven locks, and fully a head shorter than my tuu.-iii. We weie devote 1 to each other during our younger dav?, and did everythiiiir we could to add to each other' happiness. At schocd 1 was the better nflmUr, bciau-e 1 renllv loved uiy studies ; and llaoul, who wa rather a lay student, was obliged to have me coach him al..n- until 'his enior year, w hen he s. rmj to eii.. e sudden intele.t in his ellldic. ami developed latent talent entirely un looked for. lie shot himself to the head of his class and graduated as its valeilictoi iaii. as well as winning the first priie for original meter. When we left college he entered a lawyer's otlue to study fur the liar. 1 had evinced an aptitude, for the Uieut of forii-rn lanu.ies; tiuued their study with the aome time sevuriiitr a .i'of oi I ii .re 1 i-.ii-i college. Kaoul was writiiii; lb. il.iu most of his time instead of law-t.i ids. i L'p to this time we had never e changed a cross word with each other ; iu fact, we never quarreled in our lives; but we struck against the ena ' that has so often divided devoted frieuds, aud even brothels - ti beauti wouiau. -Yes beautiful and le.l.le. She was our grandmothei . he whs the embodiment of all that is L'"d and pure, mode-t and uuas-uiniiij : yet j-ossessed of rare talents, and a higlny accoiupli-hed a lady as one could hope to meet within (he most retiued circles of polite society . It is almost useless to say 1 fell madly in love with her She enraptured mv whole soul. My every thought was of i.-. t.. ...... i "... .).; r., i... ...i t,v ,,ight. Mv least wish was for her hs.iir.iiisa VV l,. n n.e l.an.l t. ..., ... j hera it thrilled my whole beinj. and I reudered me happy through r. mem hrauce Of the tact. 1 it trutti. 1 i.vca only for her. At last the blo v t. U that nearly cost me luy leasoii. and caused me to hate my cousin l.aoul. One night he came iuto my room with Lis face flushed, and the happiest ex pression on it I ever saw upon the face of any human being. "'My dear Percy,' Le faid, congrat ulate me. I have won the deare-f. sweetest la.ly in liirinia. tveiviine i M. Pierre ha proiuiscd to be wife." Had he thrust a knife into my bo sont I do not believe the pain I experi enced could have been more acute. As I looked up, the mirror pictured ruy bloodiess countenance with an expres sion that told me how 1 would look when I grew to be aed. As soon a-i I could control uiy eniotioi. aad trut my voice, I exreuded my Laud to my cousin, and said: 44 -itaoul. you are worthy of her. aud I trust you will be happy.' '1 meant what 1 said, and I nmJo up my mind to master my disappoint ment; but it was impossible. I could not govern my passion ; it controlled me. I prayed oh, how earnestly ! for relief." I prayed for death. I prayed for anything to happen that would purge my soul of the covetous feeling I entertaiued toward my cous in's fiancee. But all to no purpose. A demon seemed to poes me, and everything 1 said and did appeared to be- at its dictation. I became a smooth, polished hypocrite. I cultivated an unnaturally calm exterior, concealing the true condition of my mind, the riotous tate of the soul within me. So sweetly did Evelynne smile upon me when we met, that 1 was fain to believe she would have favored my addressee were not Raoul between us 1 deiu.led myself with this hallucination 3ver the cast and roll it noisciessiv uutil I came to believe it a a juwn the bank. truth, aud I cursed my fair-haired, 'Who is there?' I heard a voice ask poetical cousin with a fierceness that j that I thought was Kaout's; then I would have annihilated him had wotds jijpped into the shadow of the cabin the power to kill. I brooded until I j ami followed the dry bed of the mill became a monomaniac, with but cue ; stream that lie might not recosnize idea that of bringing about a sever- 1 lne m the moonlight. Soon I reached ance of the enairement between Raul the mill-gate, over which I clam and Miss St. Pierre. How to accom- hered, then started on a short plisn it wa the question. I dared not j cut flr Colonel St. Pierre's. I had not proceed about it openly. If I involved I ?,e far when I heard a rush of water, him in a duel with me it would avail j aj on looking behind, I saw that the nnihiitir! for no woman of Let pate had strung open, and the water stamp would condescend to marry man who had taken the life of her af- ti.n.-.l husband. Therefore 1 must ucceed bv other means. How how? how? My very footstep? seemed to rinz out this query niht and dav. I slept but little merely short, feverish nap, walking th- fl,-jr between-times. I meditated uo l-Hy i harm to mv cousin, and 1 ir.ten.t. 'i to i do him no'wronc. for I W.i.-ved it to be best for all concerned that thev should part. t fter a little while E ioul drpr-d bick into his old dissipated, rryt.-rt" ... ..) ah, noor riri! was ncuh-ct l.-ct- ed." save bv an occasional sonnet . i ir iirin some of the lucid intervals in his maudlin carou sinirs. svm- v, turned to 100K io me 101 nHthv but I never spoke of Raoul and tl I Hl.ita and she never asked regard- h S I doub'if 1 would have be- ing lam. " Sometimes I Sf-Wd to remain silent. Instead of dTrntnk' the embers of pa-sion that I ld in mv heart, her silent wavs, amoldered in m u vi,u cousin's neglect, fanned the spark o ( life ith renewed vigor. I lotted to n-tk mv sympathy for his md.tlerence. and 1 kuow not what held my tongue in cheek or how I was prevented frou. betraving myself in her presence. "In this manner the days pas-ed ... i. 1 Kolieva VOU have until l .uie-nei . tv, . . r.r. K enjoyed .evenu ni , , V uncle and I alwavs tued lt much!" miu mured OU. Bu -. .- v,t a demons tra- ciatiou of Christmas Lay. It ia their 'aia time, ana during the week pre ceding it they are busy in making preparations for it. My uncle gave nie a list of things, calicoes and knick- knacks, that he wished me to order in .Norfolk, which was a little over a ' twenty-mile ride from the part of Suf folk where our plantations lay. As I started on my journey. Colonel St. ' 1 "ierre handed me a letter from Eve- ' lynne for Kaoul. who spent most of his time playing billiards with Norfolk sharps, w ho found him easy game to pluck. I delivered the letter to him on a hotel-pia.a. where he sat, flushed with wine, amid a group of bibulous comrades. He read it, theu turned to j me, and said : -Tell her, if you see her before 1 gel back, that I will come. She w ishes me to help hr with the festivities at her father's plantation on Christmas- ' eve. You know they all come over tc our place Christmas-night.' j 1 told him 1 would deliver hi an swer, aud did so on my return. 41 presume, you know, that colore.! people are as a race very superstitious, and they believe that to some of their number usually those who have been it tier princes or princesses of tribes in African, lands is given the power to foretell the future and disburse good or bad luck to swains and wenches ac loriiing to their w ill and pleasure. On our if i eat-grandfather' plantation w as su h a i-et soii. She was alilK.-t " white as you are, dear, aud the moat beau; if 'i! Ieiiig with colored" bhod in her veins ! ever saw. Contrary to what one would expect to liud iu a w oman in her state at that time for idea of he was a sluve she was highly iutel hlp in a 'eetual. and far brighter-minded than i ninny w hite women. She could cou vei e fluently in several foreign lau u:tu:cs. and could read and write them as-well. uch accomplishments were uuu-ual iu a sluve. and to only few were they known. She lived ia a little cabin bv herself at the toot of a hill but a short ciistauce from tiie house, and her master, who at'paretitlv stood a much in awe of her as anv of the field-hands on his to- ; bucco plantation, allowed her to do j much as she pleased. Kaoul had be come a continued gambler, and he was ' as sup islitious as any darkey that ever bleat lied. Many a time lknew of his : making a visit to -Old Maumie lecira,' ' she was called, to -get luck' w iih w hich to w iii at cards, i Christmas eve I walked the knoll in the moonlight, where I had a full i view of Maumic's cabin, aud a I pa.ed to and fro, between an old 'water-mill and the hedge skirting the pathway leading to the holi-e, 1 ' thought 1 snW Kaoul enter the cabin. Every one belninj to our plantation . had gene to Colouel St. Pierre's, and j ihe melodious voices of the gingers ou ' the last load Were wafted ou I the breeie to me from the j road below. The sound maddened me. 1 he e daikK-s could stand in tvelynue St. Pierre's presence un moved by any such tierce passions as raged w ithiu me. Oh. why could I not trovern invself and b calm like- U'!'l,iia) TI I ll...n..ht nf P.. .1.1 an.l his carelessly l inij a-ide the treasure he had w on, as if her love was a mere bauble, with which he could toy and play fa-t and loose at his pleasure. " -Why why could I not have been favored with the love of such aa angel? ( cried, in agony, as 1 cast myself on the frosty ground. "How long 1 lay there I do not know. When I staggered to my feet my brain was wild aud frenzied. I have a dim recollection of having an idea that if I ;ould prevent Kaoul from keeping his promise to join her that evening. ,, I might lose faith in hun and renounce him forever. Aud, should she do so, I could honorably try to win her love. "A large hogshead, filled with heavy stones that had been culled from the . tobacco-beds, stood half-way down the knol!, all headed up, ready to be taken to the storehouse at the further end of :he plantation. Raoul had just entered the cabin, not knowing that Maumie Tegga had. as I supposed, gone pic nicking with the rest of the hands. The door of thi cabin opened outward and the windows were formed of single panes of glass not more than six bv ei'-l.t inches square. If I rolled the j hog'head against the door, he would l be fastened in there for the night. 1 j was a very strong, athletic young man then; but it took quite an effort to tip ! from the pond was flowing ; i,asin at the foot of the knoll into the ..I thought to my sell, Good! It will be a yard eleep around the cabin, at.d he w ill not venture out until the hands return and cause the water to escape through the second dam below.' "P.ut on reaching the St. Pierre plantation, I received a shock such as I would not wish my worst enemy to experience. Raoui was sitting upon the veranda, sniokir.g a cijrar and complacently watchiug two darkies dancing a break d wn. and urging an old gray, wool I v- ; haired fiddler to 4keep tier up. ai- lii. iih toth the musician and the dancers were dripping with perspira tion, and scarcely able to move hand orioot. AYhen thev flagged. Raoul ( would instill new vigor into i ' trembly limbs by patting time a j livelier w ith one hand between his aud his other palm. It was a cot their little his knee mind was in the cabin at the foot of ! the knoll. I was ,u far more of a tremble than the exhausted dancer who- w ho was it 1 had left fastened in the cabin ? W hose voice was it that had called out to me? Twas no negro'. A negro would have said, 4Whu's dar ?' and the voice had asked in uuuiistak ably good Euglish, 4 Who is there?' "Oo my return home I dared not visit the cabin lest some one might mistrust my knowledge of the dam h.rimr hunt nrovinna to mv leavincr piantiionr 1 slept little that night that is, even less than usual ; but I was up early ia the morning, and yet not as eaxlv as my ancle, who zsvs me look - I ever saw him wear. Oh! ho can 1 tell the re-t; Well, there is but little more to re late; yet it is the wor.'t of ad." con tinued the old man, tremulously. 44 1' w ill be soon told. Some of the hsndi ; had opened the low er sluice, and le ' the water run out of the basin ; thet they had rolled away the cask of stones 1 saw uo one around the cabin-door . aud I neither dared to enter it nor as! , any questions of the hand', w hos faces all wore sorrowful expressions 1 walked around aimlessly, with m; brain on fire. Something had happen j eel. uai w as it .- as i nie caus. of it? 1 dared not in.iuire. " 'Percy !' exclaimed a voice bchinc roe I 1 turned, and met my uncle' gaze J fixed on me, and hi eye were brim miiig w ith tears. -1 wish you to follow me,' he said in a low, hoarse whisper. j He led me toMaumie Tegga's cabin which we entered. He pointed to i chair, on the seat of which was a poo : of water. I shuddered involuntarily J as 1 glanced at it. I did not tit. bu t my uncle sank into a cane-bottomec . chair, aud buried his face in his hands It was some time before he spoke, bu every word he said has burned iu im memory for over fifty long years. Sir, he said, ! have a paint u communication to make to you. i ! know not why you did so, but I d know that you ojeiied the niill-nluic last night. No one else knows of it for I removed the evidence, and now ' return it to you.' And he handed tn ' a part of a broken watchchain, witt ! its seal, the loss of which I had not until then noticed. 44 lt w as an accident, sir,' I ex plained. 44 ! am quite willing to accept yo-.n word that it wa so. and I am sin cerely glad to believe it; but was it by Accident, too, that you fastened thh cabin-door with the cask of stones i Yon hesitate you do not answer. Mj God 1 you could not have mrditated this! Say it is not so, or 1 shall go tud!' 'I made no reply. I could not. "Suddenly he arose and grasped u.i by my neckerchief. " -r)o you know what yoa have dotie?' he gapped, hoarsely. -Do yoi" know the extent of your w rong-doing? No! Then you shall know. 1 wiii tell vou. And first of all, vou villain, ! I will tell vou vou are a nigger a i .. , , , ,, .iii LiAiiuiu'.'iari hum iiei fccri uiauuaoif, uigeer slave, that 1 can ell as quieklv , .... , . i as I can the blackest field-hand on the ' who po-e-sed nothing in the world ' plantation. You ehall receive a fat ' but their affection for each other; aud worse punishment than the law would the grandmother was seveut v-scven .inflict on you as a while man. Yoa Tear. of a e aiJ tUe pandson wa9 I shall be iii.iiiai-Ied. sent to Louisville:". . . , ., . . . , , ! .n.l ,l.l ... ti..n V.,.1 le.ve been TLe chlldwas Sick, Crippled, i brought up to believe yourself to be ! my nephew and a while mau. You i are not my nephew; you are' j "Oh! oh! How can I repeat it?'' ! 4-l calm, uncle; be calm." He said: You are my son! ! and the woman who lies ou that bed I behind you, old Maumie Tejra the ' woman who was drow ned iu this c-biu ' last nioht is ' " I "What? Einish. uncle!" exclaimed his grandniee-e. 1 . is your mother!' "I was not sold; I escaped, a:a , shipped aboard a privateer. Some I years later under an assumed name, I bought myself of my father, and iu ' the biil of sale he agreed never to bc ! '.ray my true relationship to him. j After the war I I had her rc ; buried in that lot where the monument ; is raised, near by my house, at the beach; and that is where I go to be alone, to be by myself, when my pen- ance-tiine comes round. Ood may forgive me, but I have never forgiven myself. I can never enjoy a Christ inas Day. The anniversary of the birth of our Saviour, the day of joy and pleasure for all the rest of tb w or Id, is my mourning-day." TLe Discovtrer of the "Elixir."' Charles Edouard Brown - Sequard, the physician who has suddenly stepped into fame as the discoverer of the eiixir which bears his name, was a man widely known, and respected in" his profession Ions; be-fore he put the i crowning touch to his reputation. The son of an American sea-captain and a French mother, he was born in the ', island of Mauritius In lSltt. In i he went to Paris for his medical educa tion, and while there added his mother's i name to the one inherited from his Philadelphia father. He made a spe cialty of nervous diseases, lectured foi many years both in New- York and Paris, and before he readied middle age was accepted as one of the nn st enlightened neurologists of his time. His discoveries in rejrard to the nerv ous system have become historical. He created the pbvsiologv of the sen- ' sory tract of the spinal chord, and con firmed UeuiiL'ri s theory of the action of the spinal chord iu conveying en-a-tions to the brain. He made mauy famous experiments with the tran-fu-sion of blood, once reviving a devl do with the blood of a living animal. I and keeping him alive for twclv i aours. i He has confined himself to no eub i ject, however, but has explored all i fields. Hi location has been about as varied as his labor and his thought. In 1665 he was in Englaud lecturing before the Royal College of Surg-!., I the same vear founded and edited the Journal de la Phy-siologie de I Hunine et des Auimaux. The following year he returned to this country, was a medical professor at Harvard until his return to Frame in IS!1. In this vear I he established the Journal de Phy-iol-' ogie Normale et Patholoique, and in ; ls73, with Dr. Scguiu of this city, ; commenced the publication cf the Archives of Scientific aud Practical i Medicine. His literary industry and accomplishment in the matter of inedi- cal and scientific articles over his own signature in pamphlets and reviews has been something phenomenal. He is seventy-two years of age, and looks upon the world-guying of his so-called "elixir" theory exjeriinent with the caluiues of the real philosopher. Economy In It. The slowest walking hoi ses in tht world are to be found iu Germany. They are trained to a slow gait on the 'kiry' that the slower they move the better they will keep their flesh. A great many American livery men seem to have caught on to this idea in the last two or three vears. KING CHRISTMAS. Atsg Cttlitraai comttli blithe anJ joiry Crowned with lb. inT-tleteM; and Uoilv, Proclaiming wide that melancholy Its rusty fetters shall unbind; Erlt'.flrza welcome t all races. In lofty or in low-.'y places. Wafting to earth's remotest spaces Peace and goodwill to ail mankindf King Christmas in his royal pslivae Fills to the brim a -Ic1en chali. , 4 nd envy, hatred, seoru, and malic 'o mortal to its dreirs will find: Although his coffers hold no treasure. ! His bountv is hvond a!! nieavare la gifts ot bupt iness. love, pleasure, 4-Peace auJ soolwill to all mankind!" When li.rouU Lis realm King Christmas fe-oelb. His nmi.le visnse Kl:.dos ?howoth, l or well that geri.il monarch knowcth How best to soothe the troubled mind. Bis subjects, when grim care oppresses. Are comforted by his caresses; And one creed only he profeses- peaee and goodwill to all mankind !" His majesty doth with all nations Maintain the fricndlic-st relations, llappy to join in gay ovaiious. In ceremonial pomp enshrined; ! I I1" happiest when his subjects, hearing liis footsteps, shout at his appearing, And he responds fu tones eudeariug, '"Peace and goodwill to all mankind'" Ills trople are not sialn like cattle I'pon the crimson field of battle; No sword or bayonet they rattle, Nor cities burn, nor captives bind ; A gentler rule King Chi Lstmas lovetb, A iid scenes of horror he reproveth; li is antiiem is, where'er he moveili. "Peace and goodwill to all mankiud! He bauisheth regret and sorrow I'.ids Aire be nopeful, Youth to borrow bright visions from the cotuiug morrow, Leaving the shadowy past behind; And hearts w ill gladden, eyes will glisten. In te-mple, palace, cot, and prison. When to his regal chant they listeii- "Peace aud goodwill to all mankind:" Joseph Yerc-y. I MOTHER ANTOINE'S LAD 1 c'HMilMAS lUKk . Once on a time there was a poot j., ., ,... i i,, .. confiued to bed during the entire t welve month?, aDd the old woman was very old, very feeble, so that with the best gooJ-w ill iu the world she could not w o:k lnuoh. The old woman was called Mother Antoine, and the child was called Mother Antoine's Lad. Alas! he was coins: from bad to worse, was Mother Antoine's lad. The i poor boy was consumptive and sickly, and when he was not crinj from the dull uaiu in his hin. he was couuliimr drv and bloody coui:li, which broui'h! 'i.:. 1 two bunches of dull violets to lijq . cheeks. j The last time he had been out was ' Christinas day. Ou that day Mother! Antoine had wrapped him up as best she couid in a big muffler she had made of her old shawl; she had put! on him her two only pairs of stockings , to keep his feet warm, and she had j taken him to the boulevard, along the little stalls full of toys and dolls that , made a splendid many-colored fairy- ; land. ' There was, first and foremost, avvav . down near the Place du Grand Opera, ' a superb punchinello striped and , gilded, almost as tall as the little stunt- j ed being himself which, when one uiU'd the string, shok gnyly its bell iiid rattles, raised its great funny inns, flung ee.it its le'gs and looked at .on at the same time wiih its illumined (ace and almost living griu. 'Oh, how pretty it was, how pretty it was!" Mother Antoine's lad cried. 'It is very dear, mummy, is it not. a Que punchinello like that?" And the old woman always replied, "Come now, I will buy you one of 'Jiem, when we are richer." "And when shall we be richer?" ' "Soon, my pet, soon." "Then I shall have it, eh? the pun ' v!.:i,rl!o?" Yes, yes; you shall have it." 1 or you see, mammy, l am sure that if I had it I should be cured at J : once." ! ' This same idea recurred incessantly though he were pos-essed by it. And when he was worse than u-ual 1 the poor iittle thing when his pains racked him fiercest; when his terrible cough shook him as though it would tear the br?a:ii out of him, oh, then, tlm desire became more active aimost ptegnant. And she knew this, Oid Mother Anioii"". By dint of prou.is- I in.:: the punchinello she came to feel j that she nni-t keep her promise, and . that she had no other way but this to keep her cherub alive a little longer, j Yes ; he should have it, his puuchiu- ' ello. And he would be cured! She. too she herself had ended by believ- : ing in this mad hope. j Yes, he should have it. But how? as he said tu. .-elt with tears or im potent longing, it must cost a deal, a 1 punchinello like that! It wa a toy for the rich. At least twenty francs. Perhaps more. "Where could she find tide gold, she who no longer knew the color even of silver, and who only saw t long, long intervals, a few big cop per sons among the alms she received. She traded off the rags that were given her at the beginning of winter. Ehe even sold the occasional tickets for bread and meat w hich she had such ! trouble to get. She reserved only enough for the little one. She herself fisted. And when he was eating by himself he said to her, "So you are not hungry, mammy ?" "No," she answered; "they made me swallow a plate of soup ia tiie binet-mkrr's shop." She had economi.ed in this fashion for three months, and on the day be fore vesterdav she had altogether nine francs three sous. (She must have ten 1 francs? That day, Mother Antoine's lad svaa terribly sick. And her poor neighbors cannot be stow much charity on the old woman, they themselves dying of cold and hunger. No more rags to sell; three tickets for bread and wood; that was all that remained in the garret. I But the little one is so low so low that he can swallow nothing. What use, then, for bread to-day? For her? Not a word of that. And to-morrow? Ah, to-morrow she will find some. AVhat is wanted at the moment, the necessary, the indispensable thing, i not food, but the punchinello. If he had it, there, now, in his trembling little fingers, surely he would be better. "How pretty it was!" he said with a siifled rattle iu his throat. And his eyes grow large, his nostrils, pinched bv disease, suddenly quiver, a warm glow comes on his skin, life returns to bis pale lips. "How pretty it was!' "I am going to get it for you; yes I am going right away, little one." "What, the punchinello?" 'Yes, the punchinello." "So, we are rich, mammy?' 44 Yes, my pet. Look here!" She shows him her nine francs three sous. It is all iu sous a big heap of them. The child clasps his hands "Go quick, mammy; go quick Oon't be long." She ha gone. So, she will not be long. 'With her old feeble limb 6he first runs about tg her neighbors to Bell the three tickets, cue last ones. "It is to buy a remedy for the lad," says she ; and she speaks the truth. Ten francs, she has them at last! tfhe had to waste half an hour ou it, but at last she has them. How sh hurries on tottering and stumbling, in spite of the slippery pavement, in spite of the numbing cold that freezes her honest for she has eaten nothing yes terday, nothing to-day, and has put her cru?t on the sick child's bed. Sho has only a wretched petticoat aud a tllin j:1,-'kct over her shift. I5-r-r-r. She wia C of all. She will not o to the hi st store she comes to. sue S away away, must go away away, near the Grand Opera. The punchinello, perhaps is still there this vea?, and who knows? rcrhaps it does not cost more than teu francs. Yes; it was indeed the same, ana for teu francs she got it, by bargain ing. She returns, pressing it close to her heart. She, too, said: "How pretty it is!" Fate is the most terrible of dramatic creators. No one luventa such strik ing eflects as Reality. The old vvomat had been away two full hours. Ou her return she found the chiia dead. Yesterday Mother Antoine's lad was buried. j Mother Antoine placed in the littlo' coffin, ou the shroud made out of a. patched gowu, the pretty punchinello,! covered with daz.liuif Colors, and . tinkling bells. Thus the little corpse had it Christmas box. Aud Mother I Antoine prayed for her Xew Vear' gift leath. A Fair Life-Saver. . Miss Lillian Hampsou, of Philadel- phia, and one of the handsomest girls ! in Atlantic Citv, made a heroine of t 1 her-elf recently by swimming over j 2.0QO feet out into the sea and rescu- I ing a Pittsburg boy who was carried j away by the under-current. When ' she lauded the victim ou the sand she was ehferert to the echo and aamirea as much for her bravery on the beach as she is at the hops for her beauty and graceful dancing. Last year she rescued two young girls from Phila delphia. She has bright, blue eye, a wealth of chestnut-brown hair and a graceful figure. In addition to her reputation for heroic valor shj is re puted to be one of the best sailors and fishers along the Atlantic coast. Sho will remain here dnriug the season. How Ah Sin Worked the Boys. Sergeant Wittmun arrested a high- j binder oa Monday night, and whilt I searching him found a clever device which extjlaius the nhenominal luck that wily Mongolian has been enjoying at poker of late. The an-angement consists of a steel clip, which is fas- tened inside of one sleeve. Two .nrrU ronrh nr. thn aleeve. across the breast, and down the other sieeve the hand, where one is fastened to the thumb, and the other to one of the fingers. By a pull ef one cord the i . 1 ...c. : i cup reacueo out unci wica in m emu, . which is at once drawn up tne sleeve. Pulling the other cord causes the pai d i to be shot out into the band of the j player with lightning rapidity, and without any part of the median-, ism being exposed. The fellow who had the machine fought streirtv ously against giving it up. San Fr cisco Chronicle. THE BIG SUEZ CANAL ARTIFICIAL RIVER IN THE U1UST OF A DRY DESEKT. Enormous Profits from Highway. Tina Water The abandonment of the Panama Canal and the dicuion of matters elating to M. de Lesseps lias brought me from Cairo to Ismaiiia. It is fifrv-eight vears 6ince he first came to Egypt, in the French consular Fervice, and it is more than a euera iou ago since he persuaded the Vice roy of the country that the work coal. I be done. Now more than two-thirds of the ships which pass through the ranal belong to Great liritain, mi l the English, in order to protect their in- terest in India, have had to pin some- . thing like 17.J'.'O.ai0 into caua! shares. It is not a bad iuv Csiiie.nt . f in !&65 the net piolits of tl.i? ci-'in! were more than 66,000 .('"0. .slid nfux all expenses w ere ) aid the thai chol d- ers received a dividend of 17 per cent. In 1686 more tliau 3,0'.'U vessels passed through the canal, and estiumt- j ing that each of these ve-sels to India, Australia or Cuina made a saving of at least live thousand miles, it will be seen that the aggregate saving in one year va ! more than fifteen million miles, equal to a distance of six hundred times around the world. I have not the j ttatisticsof the number of passengers carried in lSo, but ten years before j that when the ships which pa - d ' through the canal were less than half j the number that now go through. :b- passengers carrietl numbered more :ha:i 1 eighty-three-thousand Undoubted. y i more than one bundled and fifty thous- j and passengers are taken through tn:s . anal every year, and the charges arc 2 on each passenger. It makes heavy charges upon the vessels which pass through, estimating them according to their tonnage, aud the receipts of the canal make it one of the best paving institutions of the world. And still this canal is only one hun dred miles long; it is only one-twelf Ii the length of the Red Sea, into which it conducts the waters of the Mediter ranean, and these tw o bodies of water arc of nearly the same level. The v now flow into one another without locks, and the canal is weil described as a ditch of the desert. This ditch is about three hundred feet w ide ut the bottom, aud the water w ithin it is j quiet as a mill pond. It is of be:iuii ful 6ea-greeu aud the contrast of this color with the bare yellow -an. is which line the banks of the canal ina.;os , it wonderfully beautiful. The canal ! is so narrow that ships e.m pa- oi:lv j at certain points, and the iiiauaocme .t j irovern these passajres ju-i a-the' train I despatchers regulate the pn-ao,. of I trains upon our trunk lines. There I are, from time, to time, through the' j e-anal wider spae-es w here the ship ; must turn in while other-, which bio ' the right of way, nuiy pass them, mrl at a distance these ships u: to ! . walking, as it were, in siouh- iile through tho desert. '1 le y sue n t al lowed to go over liv e miles an hour, and this is largely due to the depih ( the canal. Its average dep'h in about twenty-four fce,t, mid many of ti e ships which pass through ure i.auc than twenty feet deep in the water. There is so little water under the bot toms that there can be no great speed. I The banks of this cioud are of dry and thirsty sand. 1: -oine placet they are kept back by pavements of -in. and in others by a network of twis like the jetties of the Mi-si"ippi. It cost nearly 100 .Cm. .!.".' to build the canal, and in some place- the channel had to 1e cut through .-olid rock-. In others there was little tln-diMiti: needed. The waters of the Mediterranean floWed into long natural lakes, and the-e required but little excavation to make them deep enough for the tran sit of the 6hips. One of the great problems iu making the canal whs fresh water for the woikmeu. The' work was begun in l 's. and I lie rit.er of Egypt provided 2o.'"'o hi I r-. Ihese were relieved every tuiee I mouths; but it was in rr-niy to feed : them. It took 4,ooo w aier-ca-'. -, which were carried ou the backs ,.f ; camels, to supply them witli dtitikir.c; j water, aud this was kept up f..r ti.e 1 years. The work of preparing hai bois ( ut Port Said and Sue, was veiy e:;)"ii- ; sive, and I took a look tit the piers ut Port Said, which are intended to ward , off the accumulations ed' -and and mud. i and which form tlm navigable entian to the canal. These pier- are made of artificial stone, composed of ib M it' sand and cement. Tin; machinery to ; make them was brought here f:.,m I France smd the stones were mad- to; throw into the sea. Each -tone w icle d tw enty tons, and it look !.'.". '-oo ,,f these : massive rocks to form tl.-; ba--s of these piers. Immense dredges are now emploveri throughout the canal. The.-e tunp up the sand, which blows in from t!:; desert, and tlirow it out beyond tho banks. There are stations or jj'iard housea at inU-rvals along the course aiid a few small tow ns ha', c grown up here and there. Cartalu Lecture Topics. Consult your wife. Better use, on a rainy day, mini and pen than tonguo and Jack-knife. "All work makes Jack a dull buy," and no work makes Bill a mein ori. Every man ought to be htartiiv BEhamed of a gall on the shoulder of the animal he drives. A lie ia the only thing that cau be made out of nothing: the miik cannot ', in mwe tl,a" is 5ii ll'e j when the wife ai.el children attend to the poultry, it isn't fair to exchange eggs for tobacco and machine oil. II me money expcnf ci 101 lODti.'CO w I and whiskey w ere judiciously' apph I lfl thfi biefllltifviiic iif intr hon.ea. w I. . . lv-elv land would ours be! A Discovery. j been recently tliscovered ii Enjiluud that sutiirrels plav promi- i ueut partiutlte destutetion of fungi th) search for w hich is tho main object of their lively hopping and conning along the ground. It is interesting to note that the squirrels f eel by preference on the sorts w hich are unfit for hu man consumption, such as Lvcoperdon I -' incredibie siecies of Agaiicus I n.l boietua NT V"? IS" PRIEF. GeoTri has a eK' - that cau count, Yior City, Fa.,1 c- in cU at hai k..hd JO ) chickens iu I altle. to:'.eci;.u:s of engraved portrait! nave a. wavs p:i" e.l favorite houDleSL There nti' I'. ),o i Americans who j tit..tii!y re. K.e in I.oU'lon. Ihi'.t ii.ion . M l., is makir.g aneffort to Hrute -tr.f -!-.t streets. T e Ut uuiwa (Iowa) coal palace 1 paid .-1 -oo, i -Amen clear tit all t xpenses. a I. n l.o U AO telephones; the vot . 1 1 ' mi (' t A be-ii;:j ; 1 A V: oll' IV.' r. i vt. i e i; t :4 J datiaResfor .iv . -u- ;. 1 iroaiastreet oar. it. ii '.. I t o:vr has one of ... : : .-if w alches In the the l.oie WeulJ. A lot ,x a Al.h.M. . f 1,: ,'kMt.h three znlleS ..i v. i le passed over - A o! e- c. ! -y er has issued ;e.i 'cycldr rh lile.le to .il.; for a b:. y, ,c i., - The il. h ;at liei.l 1 it,, i el. The! us . 11(t l.lhora'.. I le: sxplos. veJ. The M :.:;! y Ne 1 oi k r o:.e-:r: V a ley it hio) natural J To t.-ahoet exhaust- over T tht ii.o ut Isorganlz luauufaclure of t! .:. rievatel Hailroad ay e ears nearly Sb.lXiO. 1.1!) eolhiis ;i yt... IVer, 1. a i s us.ra'ly iiinii-io: ta.t.s of IVnnsyl Thi- se.lv." , West h.., i x v . th;r:y-tvvo ;it.d i.l a'l.ounTs areuu- os i : the Uliie Moun I v an n. .'s !.'; packing lu th .1 1 t i. it ol hist jear bv a n. i f I er cetiL. 'IV -n i i:r I'athaus, ot a-i a pi.iver Is that htl Atni i. ' I.-i l .l, the in. .11 ln.iv .1 thief. tio'.v to b a success- e ! etl ilMi I.. e.l i n i a great fuss iu ,i:. 1 r.ii.c i t- u 11 h dealer sh.uk meat for vv.-d ea-.uhL sole-. l"h" census t.ikou y the police of llrookiy ii. tlituvH that" o.i.OuO name vre cu..;UeJ ly tiie nat.ouul enumera- tola. Ai:i-rlea;i dn. turners In Canadaare now feijmre l to pav a license of i0, an i alter .'anu.i.y I they nmst pay J100. Next year l.icy.les will be made of idumiu ii. i a.rl w. 11 have the device known i s Hi- p:ieuni.-.tie tire. s:.,t' f;. o:.cist I'tinit le says the Iron ere tie . Is l Lhu.it in Texas will yelld ,- ! O.-o-.'-O-' tons i i tiie S'pauie miles. Ti.e lle.v i. ceSS .f mahlng gift with tu-l i;in i.i iiiulactureJ on th I pielillses iss a pioiioiinced saccet at the gl;t...s w oi k at ti !aa.-bor. , N.J. '1 hete Is a t t en en Ions activity In the toy d.v s: .ti of thj l'ateat C:ll?e at Washli utou. fsH'c:a!ty in autotnatlo toys taat cm ta le ao 1 vva'k. The Km: eror is m i v anvl uis to have I Jr. Koch 'a remedy at plied lu the Ger man armv, wlu-ie con-uuip'.iou Is aiuis lea 1 y than ii : ' other disease. Ti e fariin is" movement Is spread- i i; - lihe il I 'T'iow .oi l 1! : -:iicj fo: iiie'l ! ia ail over tne v esi. .! ii : Ah iliona" are almost every day In the A Mil f c n'v hit'aiifo t ula presnt tiie- I'lJUIeS to s'i: and slupp- 1 r vv or! h ol e. -:;i ai n AU.til.i (.a. only city In li e has a h iu-e ti froiu foundation All salmon CoTiiitieia-' ut been pi I bv nets, ovv.i.g to ti. he catch. w thai 1' has produced H year over f40.0tAI i w:, :.- 'navy" beans. . Is beheVed to be the L'n::ed Stales which !u-iel w holly of paper to tn- ret. Ii-I.iin with nets lu itiv, Washington, ha it.- I .ie.ih.mg of th c ic.il atmiiidatlce of Thei o are pf-OJi'e ill Cl.IC W in. Ill il H ;i f. ncnilv 12.0D0 coloreJl :'o, t! 03 wtalthiest of Tine , t about J I'M 1,000. ve roj--ity ainountlngto Ic-I.s ! .: ac''. -Aliio a i j natives a ;! A ! when e t tie i. 1 Li'stovvbd en I. 1 shhiperi by the et by tho Turks, A 1 1. .tout skipetar' iniiah.itiuls, are de- the i lived. j That bv I ct -ohi :s pi i piescl a li !'..! j Thi! I e-t .,. I becoluu h i'ta t :t :n M becointtig daa i by the issuing of a ,;,it;,t t lie hypuotiier. v would be, first, never .I. I in ti ice has been pat .ehiuaii for incinerating e In crematories. Kafy .:. an ! economy are the jiiwi for the new hu- '. dst 'a e ever recorded ! cannon tias beeu 4 1 ol l.e t iiiK t, 163J, All ei c. i et.'o '. t y i i r. . put J.o-. s 1..1 idiiy ill exec.. i Chief V.I'I Ii. ,-i c in in to ii'i-r. The gr.-nt" lit U Ii eh H. I e.ud was ... when thecai in tie II: ec tii ii A n ! v. . t p were heard i;- Moiinlaliis, al a dla- I -S. '' -"itn rlcim, (;a.,ownsa oi Iliijlidi .-piriows : i j 1-y -lyly creeping -b tat co of ''' in A c'it;e:i Jo.' that iiv ! I e i".- ! !li II ! hem. '' : Valley l!.e pr. : woul'i i fc w ii 1 U.eta' -. ; Tho ti ' charge of t ! e : have d. i t ie , ; te.ichiu : of e i ini.'i:n' and n ! so .h I :h. j.eteti' t- til. t In . cities of ti e Ohio . of that ail well 1 uailruped lit In gold .lent inspectors lu 1 of n lues at Madrid u a chair for tho ity as applying to ;rjy. They have al )!'..: I'l Spun is coui '.a and they ait) look !"i i ersou. c 1 : 1 '.I ,1. t tor a pr. ( II. e of t tie' ninnufaf : tio-i :, -.:. h t into a 'en, improvements In ot ni e tow el s.i Is tha l r O' e S o dipping thu :li bath tuh cjii varioiia liquid y seen. Iw re- -t ou tnd the mix in- ! Its re-.,;: moves al was I -f i'.i uve: 11 a: and pure as IE inro-igh the fiatten- it '.vent i A r!i!!!c.i'.ty Abor.t witnesses, j 'Mr. siiiith," said the eiectrio light i ru:iii3i.".r to his foreman, "we want ' some men to testify to the absolute . burrriif-s'tiess of the electric light cur ! rerit as use-J by us You might send i Roberts " J Foren.aii "II wrs killed while tlx- : ng wire !a-t flight, sir'." j 'Well, Jackson will do then." I 'H? accidentally grounded a nrouj j wire !au week, ai. J is scarcely expect- d to iive, sir." I 'Su'-h awk'.vfir ities! Send W1U ! lams." st-rry, t.i . hut he was paralyzel wljie Hxi'-.i' iii c lamp on Thurs day." "Really. It's most annoying . Em ploy orr.e new men nt one e and aend tii .n to testify t tn--: committee before they have li'uo to get Uicselvoe killed." New York Heraid. l-.l ' u accident thM gSSSm tftS
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