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B. P. SOHWEIER,
THE GON8TITDTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLV.
MIFFLINTOWJS. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. MAKCH IS, 1891.
NO. 13.
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A. Theatre in Tuirty-nve Day.
The International Theatre at the
Paris exhibition is now completed, and
Only waiting for the electrio light,
which was promised to be in readineai
a week ago. The theatre is capable oi
holding 2, 00 persons, and hat been
completed by Mr. Seymour "Wade in
the short space of thirty-five days from
the signing of the contract, at a coat ol
8,000. The Psrisans cannot under
itand how an Englishman managed to
obtain the concession, and are astonish
ed at the idea of a foreigner building
a theatre in-their exhibition.
Tnr Abont is Fair.
Judge (to prisioner upon whom hi
is about to pass sentence) Do you evet
think of your mother, sir?
Prisoner (much affected ( Ye-es,
your Honor, but she's dead.
Judge (sympathetically) I cliff nol
intend to hurt your feelings. I hop
yon will pardon me.
Prisoner (brightening) Don't men
tion it, your Honor. I hope you wiij
pardon me.
Judge (catching the drift( Don'
mention it. Philadelphia Press.
The Wrong Department.
Magnificent Creature (actress, in
newspaper counting room( Oh, sir, 1
called to see the paper in regard to s
very large quantity of jewelry whlci
were stolen from my room at the ho
tel last night.
Clerk Yes, madam ; will you kind
ly step to the advertising deportment,
two windows to the left. Ifarper'i
Bazar.
Defeuiire Theology.
Bennie is the bright live-year-old
sou of the editor of the Michigan
Catholic." The other day he cams
home from a protracted tricycle ride.
"Bennie," said his father, "didn't
your mother tell you not to go so fai
aray from the houe?"'
"Y-e-a, papa, but the devil took mj
breath away and wouldn't let rat
remember."
"That's the old story about th
devil," said Mr. Hughes, trying tc
look stern. "I'm afraid I shJl hav
to spank the devil out of you."
"Oh, the devil flew out of me Jusi
as I entered the house," protested
Bennie. "Ha said, Beunie, you're it
for a spanking, and a spanking hurts
and I guess you'd better take it your
elf.' " -
A Doctor's Oaeer Pets.
Dr. H. M. Beck, Green Bay, ("Wis.
has two pets, an eagle and a beagli
hound, who are fast friends. Thi
eagle is four weeks old, and seems t
thoroughly enjoy the companionshii
of its four-footed playmate. Thi
hound will take the eagle's tai
feathers in his mouth, then seize thi
bird by the breast, being careful li
each instance not to harm it. Then i
will frisk about and try to induce thi
bird to engage in a frolic. All thi
time the eagle seems to enjoy the f tu
exceedingly.
Perfectly Satisfactory.
"Have you any work on puuetua
talon?" she a3ked at a book sure.
"Sorry to say wa are Just out."
""Well, perhaps you could tell me
what I want to know. What does
mark under a word signify?"
"That is to emphasize the word."
"Oh I see. Thank you."
And as she passed out a clerk heard
her whisper to herself :
"And James put five marks under
the word -Dear!' Detroit Free Pres.
He Agreed.
Tolly Bachelor Friend So, Fred,
f ou're married ; and, excuse me, to
that determined friend of ours who
was Miss Wilbur? And you have a
temper yourself. Tell me, do you
agree?
The Bridegroom (meekly) Oh, ye
I agree. Sew York Sun-
Capital Pnmsnment.
A"hen the idea of revenge is elimi
nated from our habits of taought with
regard to criminals capital punish
meat will be esteemed an aet Oi
brutality which no community would
think of permitting, says Hugh Pente
oost in the Arena. When we come to
clearly understand that the worst
criminal a man is the more it is oui
duty to deluge him wlta moral sym
pathy and help, the more clearly we
shall see that the main motive for capi
tal punishment is revenge; because, as
I have already said, an execution is
neither a warning to possible criminal
nor a protection to society.
On the contrary, It unquestionably
tends to brutaliiethe minds of the peo
ple and familiarize tbem with the
thought of killing. As long as the state
employs persons for the express pur
pose of murdering men, those who are
not officially employed and paid for it
Will also engage in the business.
Tin Soldiers.
BlackwooSt Magazine tells of a factory
Which makes 3,000,000 tin soldier
yearly ont of snrdlne cans.
Mme. Carnot, wife of the President
of France, is said to be the best-dressed
and most charitable woman in
Paris. .
One ot the students at the Kansas
Btate University is a barber, and is mak
ing his way through school by working
at bis trade on Saturday.
Bigoore Jessada, the great lace fabri
eaot of Genoa, Italy, carries back the
marufacture of Italian lace as early as
the year liOO, and has In his possession
tPeelmens which he declare to be of
Hat data
Superstitions Hindoos.
The Hindoos are early risers. Iu the
warm season extending from April to
October they sleep either upon the
housetop or in the courtyard, or iu the
verandah, if rain should be threatening,
and are usually up at five o'clock or
earlier in the morning. Ia the ccld
weather, when they sleep within doors
they rise later, but they are out before
seven. Rising in the morning while
but half awake, the Hindoo repeats the
name of Rama several times. Hap
pening to yawn he immediately fillips
his thumb and middle finger, though
he does not know why.
He prepares for his morninir toilet.
; He plucks a twig from the bitter Xeem
tree, breaks off a span length of it
crushes one end between his teeth, and
extemporises a tooth-brush. He next
draws up water from the well in the
yard with an iron bucket, aud prepares
to wash his hands and fade. This is
quickly done ; he then throws on an
extra garment, the thickness aud text
ure depending on the season and
weather, lights his hooka, takes a few
pulls with his euphonious bubble-bubble,
and is ready to go out. With a
passing "Rama, Rama" to friend or
acquaintance, and a neighborly gos9ip
by the way, he repairs to h'.s place of
business. While going he will sedul
ously avoid those signs find sounds
which may augur ill for the day.
Should one sneeze, or should he hear
ihe cawing of a crow, or the cry of a
kite, or should he meet an oilman, or
one blind or lame, or see a cat cross his
path, he would be greatly distressed as
to the day before him. On Sie other
hand, if a fox crosses his pathj if he
hears a gong or shell summoning him
to worship, or if be meet a Brahman
with his hesd ancovered, he would re
oice, hailing it as auspicious. Some
are so superstitious tliot if any evil
portent occurs on the way they would
return home, have a smoke, or chew a
betel leaf, and proceed afresh,
Youth in Europe.
To the European youth America is
known as the land of the free, while
his life at home cannot be properly !
called his own uutil he is 40 years of
age. In continental Europe the best
years of ail able-bodied men are de
manded for military duty. Russians
must be fifteen years in active service,
Germans seven, French five, Austrians
ten, Italians five, ad all men from 18
to 40 are, moreover, liable to be called
upon at any time their respective coun
tries need their services. Russia has
already under her standards 1,400,
000 men, and is striving to place anoth
er million on a war footing. The
Russian army is officered by the most
efficient staff of military strategists,
the discipline and blind obedience of
her soldiers give the Russians a fight
ing capacity unsurpassed by any
soldiers In Europe. They are aamed
with weapons of the best pattern.
A Modern Absalom.
Peter Anderson, who is visiting rel
atives in Minneapolis, has the most
wonderful hirsute development in the
United States. He is a good-looking .
young man about 81 years cf age. j
He was born in Wisconsin, and is a
veritable Absalom. His hair is about i
ten inches long, of an ashy brown i
color, and eanh particular one stands ;
on end, not like quills, but like wool ,
on a sheep,s It also has a woolly look ,
and feeling: Mr. Anderson can wear
neither hat nor eap, but instead a silk J
turban, with a light elastic band drawn
over and flown to tne scaip, aoove
which it bulges out about fifteen
inches in diameter, and the cubic con
tents of which are about equal to that
of a peck measure. Minneapolis
Journal.
5ot the True Banana.
The true eating banana, or "ma-
dura," is said to be unknown la north
ern countries, the varieties we import
being simply those which are used in
the land of their growth for cooking
purposes. "Garden and Forest" states
that many varieties of the madura are
recognized, each of which is distinct
in flavor. The smaller are the more
delicious ; and the smallest of all, the
so-oalled "lady finger banana," with a
skin hardly thicker than paper, is the
most highly prized. Green cooking
bananas are peeled and roasted In the
ashes, and eaten with butter: partially
ripe ones are boiled for a few minutes
with the skin on, and eaten with syrup
or honey; and ripe ones are sliced
lengthwise and fried in olive oil or
butter.
An Apt Illustration.
Every one knows the answer of the
chool-boy. who was told to "give an
example of expansion by heat and con
traction by cold," and who replied.
Days are longer in summer end
shorter in winter." A new example of
the readiness of some minds to apply
illustrations to phenomena came re
cently under the writer's notice. An
Irish servant-girl, newly admitted to
service in a lady's house, was told by
her mistress that the current day was
the shortest of the year. Bridget re
plied: "Is it, indade, mum? Sure,
and now oi com to think of it, oi had
no sooner taken down the dhinner than
it was toime bring np the tay."
Harper's Magazine.
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If you do do ari d every appearance
r fit riBvl wili te eeriuin to use
fo j for a stoat p'eses-
BopprMetag the Smmtm
The town" itself consisted of a gen
eral store, two dwellings, a blacksmith
shop, and a railroad depot, and the Post
IBce was in the back end of the store.
Three or four of as had ordered our mail
directed there, supposing it to be a place
of soma Importance. Therefore, after
tbe train bad departed, we went over
to th atore to make inqury. Tbe Post
matter tat on his counter smoking a tlay
pipe, and nothing indicated that he was
tn a hurry.
"After mall, ehr" as he looked us
over.
"Yes."
"Did any of you ever think: what a re
sponsible position a Postmaster occu
pies r
None ot us replied, and he crossed
hit legs, looked Into vacancy, and con
tinned:
He is a part of tbe Government Ho
represents tbe Government He Is, to
certain extent, tbe Government. As th
Government be should command re
spect. Gentlemen, remove your bats."
"Who tof demanded the wire-fence
man.
"To me, sir to the Government"
"Not by a blanked sight! If you are
the Pottmatter of this jack-rabbit Pott
Office, then you hump youraelf and band
out our maill"
"Gentlemen, Is tbem your sentiments,
also" queried the old man as he turned
to u.
"They are."
"Then you don't pit a ensted letter
ont of thi Post Office! You bave aa
sumed the attitude of treatonlttt toward
this Government, and you git no favors
from It"
See here, you old lop-shouldered,
(ander-shanked Idiot, do you mean tc
lay you won't pan out our mail!" ex
claimed the fence man at hit hair be
gan to itand np like the barbt In hit
product.
"That's jist what I mean to say. Tbil
Government don'l bluff."
"Well, if you won't, then I will!" He
started for tbe back room, but tbe Post
matter bopped off tbe counter and ob
structed him and said:
"This is high treason for sure. This
Government warns you not to enter thai
room."
"Will you get oui maiir
"No. sir."
"Then stand aside."
Tbe fence man pushed ahesd, and the
Postmaster took bold of him. Then
there came a biff-bang! and the Govern
ment wat knocked over among a pile of
rope and axa handles. Tne Caicago
man got him by the leg. drew him out
doors, ttood him up and "lifted" him,
and at tbe old man started np the road
on a run we went back to the Pott Office
and wire fence looked over the box ol
letters and patted out half a dozen. We
were reading them in the thade of tbe
depot building when tb Potimattor re
turned. One eye wat nearly shut, and
he bad bis jaw in a sling.
"Get youx mailt" be asked, as he cams
eliding up.
"Yes."
"Want anything more!"
"No."
' ' Gents, I wsnt to explain my cor
ducu 1 got my comm ssion at P. M.
only three dayt ago. it didn't swell my
head at all until tbe old woman began
to tay at how we now ttood at tbe bead
of aociety here, and that tn. Bt.i. oi
Nebraska and molt of tbo Union retted
on my shoulders, and she put it so strong
that I got rattled and made aa ait of
myself. Gentlemen, tbe swelling bai
disappeared. Come over and take sua
taia' out of my bottle." JT. T. Sun.
How Edison Made a Bus;.
I wonder, asks a St. Lonit BepublU
writer, how many of our readers vr
beard the wonderful story of how Edi
son made a bug It happened away
back in 18S0 or 1831, before the elec
trician bad become a count and known
in tbe most remote corners of the
world. There had been two or three
persons killed by tbe electric wires,
and people were seriously contemplat
ing some plan to got them out of the
way and still keep tbe new wonderful
white light
Edison proposed that the wires be
pat in the gas-pipes; but bow on earth
was the pipes to be "threaded" with
che electric wires
- After studying the matter one eight
Edison said to a fellow-electrician:
"Why, see here, Johnson. I'll make a
bug that will drag a wire through
every foot of pipe in New York city, if
it becomes necessary."
Make a bug!" exclaimed bis com
panion, thinking the inventor had lost
bis mind.': "What la the world do you
meanP"
"Well, ni make a bug," said the in
renter, confidently, -that will go
where I send him, and drag a wire,
too."
A few days afterward he laid a cu
riously constructed thing on the table
in the office before time to go to work;
it was his gas-gipe bug. It was con
structed thus: . A minute electro-magnet,
carrying behind it a fine insulated
wire-pawl. Now, observe every time
the circuit was closed through the mag
set the armature was attracted, the
pawl clutching the sides of a piece of
gas-pipe provided for the occasion, and
the magnet behind was drawn toward
the armature about tbe sixteenth of aa
inch. When the circuit was opened
tbe armature reached forward ready to
take a second step. Thus at every
closing of the circuit, the little bug ad
vanced one step, dragging tbe wire be
hind. No doubt this description will
be hard for non-eerta to understand,
but as everybody knows something
about electricity nowadays a tolerably
comprehensible idea may be formed oi
how the bug traveled, even though the
reader nevr saw an electrio motor oi
any kind. . .
A Budding Monaronist.
They begin the classes in some of th
public schools nowadays ia the rudi
ments of civil government at a verj
early age. And it seems that th
young people, get, on the whole, a pre
ty correct idea of the way we ere gov
erned. A teacher, who. by the way,
is rather fond of EnglUh things, wai
orally instructing class the other duj
in the foundations of political science.
She had given her young pupils a very
interesting lecture about tbe British
srstem of government. And then siit
asked tbe boy at the head of the class
And now, Johnny, what are thi
men called who govern or rule over ui
la this country?"
Kings!" said Johnny, promptly.
. Oh, no. Tell me, the next one, bi
whom are we governed?"
"Queensl"
Nol Next boy."
"Jacks 1" said tbe next boy.
And he was not promoted to thi
head of the class. tiotton Trantonp
A woman's club in St. Louis, Mo.,
has protested agam?t tbe taxation ol
bache ors on the around that they aii
ueo 8itles not luxuries. .
JTo man ever made an ill-fljrurt vn
nrM.ratnod his OwB talentS, SOT a gOM
One who mistook tfeam.
ncsvon'e ratnonan.
Though he was a citizen of the world,
and a naturalized American, his inter
est in his native land never ceased; in
deed his affection for it increased as he
advanced in years. Yet he never vis
ited Sweden after his departure from
home in 1826. says Scribner's Magazine.
He did propose in tbe latter part
of bis life to return thither, aud de
clared that be would rather lie under
a mound of gravel in Sweden when be
was dead than beneath the tallest mon
ument that could be erected on Ameri
can toil. He became interested, bow
ever, in his study of solar heat and tbe
development of his sun motor, and was
not willing to transfer himself to a
region so Tittle adapted to such studies
as the high latitudes of Sweden. He
needed, as he explained, to be near the
vertical rays of the sun. "New Yirk
Fork is certainly not vertical under
the sun, but the rays in midsummer in.
cline only seventeen degrees, and pro
duce a heat scarcely two degree less
than in the tropics, thus sufficient for
mvpurpose."
When Ericsson obtained a position
lecuring to him an income much In ex
cess of his modest needs, which was
not until after he had reached bis
lixtieth year, be was constantly matt
ing gifts to Sweden and to Swedes.
Tnese appear to have attracted little
or no attention in this country, but
they have urlded a feeling of affection
to tbe pride with which his country
men remember bim. An ancient miner
sent word, through one of Ericsson's
correspondents, that be had known
John in his youth; immediately a draft
was sent to purchase a handsome
watch for the old gossip, and as one of
his neighbors, "tne man with the
leathern apron," was subsequently
found to have some vague recollections
in the sane line, he received 150
crowns to "buy bim a coat"
When famine pinched the Norrland
ers in 1867. and oollectections for their
relief were taken np in various coun
tries, the total contributions from the
United States amounted to 20.S1S
Swedish crowns. Of this sum Ericsson
gave 20,216 crowns, and a subscription
of 100 crowns from the Swedish minis,
tar completed the total. u
THE KINC AND THE CAT. .
Alio, th. King- and th. B.sCr-M.M.a-.
Storlet ol th. I-lttl. Rot.r of Spala.
Stories of the little King of Spain are
In order now that his recovery has been
attured, and several new ones have come
out Tbe young King, as is well known,
has been brought np In a strictly family
the Xiao or sranr.
way, and very mucb as any otner young
person of good birth in his kingdom.
His mother has very sensibly forbidden
the lugging In of tbe royal feature! of
bit life any more frequently than the
abtolute necestitltt of the strict rules
of Spanish court etiquette required, and
except on the occasion of State cere
monials young Alphonso has been at
tended almost entirely by his mother
and by tbe stalwart peasant nurse wbe
baa been bis companion from hla earliest
babyhood to his present comparatively
mature age of four years. During bis
U1d.ii the and the Q ieea were eontlaat-
!y at the little fellvw's bedside, and
about tbe only other jiving creature to
sonttanrly in tbe room wat a cnt The
roung King, before bit tickueis hid
begun to tire of tbe baby plavthinzt
that had been at bis ' coinminj,' and,
leekiog other toys, let bis fancy lient
jpon a Maltese cat that be saw some
wbere about t!ie palace. The animal at
ones become a creature of disllDguithed
sontideration in tbe royal household.
In anawer to tbe name of Perico. The
ribbon upon I'l neck was tied there br
the King liimelf. and when be was
taken sick the King insisted that puny
hould be In the room with bim. So,
(or a full month tbe faithful Cat was
constantly in the sick chamber. Natur
ally the animal became a great favorite,
and one of the hih ladiet at tbe court
made for It tbe embroidered cutblon
upon which it is sleeping in the picture
bera:
Another story from tbe sick room,
and one that has more of tbe flavor utu
ally found In stories of royal Infanta,
George Washington and other lofty per
sonagea It eals with a little crippled girl
whom tbe King met on one of his walks
or rides about with his nurse before be
was taken sick, and to Whom, seeing
often sgain, he bad taken a fancy. It
cams to be that whenever tbe King ia
bis outings saw tbe little cripple be
would make One of the ladles of honor
descend from the carriace and carry
some little gift to bcr. When he bad
been sick for a while he said to his
mother one das
tax nxo's tavowti cat
"What will become of my little crifpli
and what will she eat now that I go out
no more?"
Bread," said the Queen, "like all
the poor people; that Is, if she can get
it"
"I am too little to command," said
the King.
"As it Is to do good," replied the
Queen, "I will permit yon to give or
ders." t
The King, at this, said nothing, bat
the next day be bad takoa to the little
beggar the bonbons some one had sent
to himself.
No affidavit goes with this story, bat
It is a very pretty one, -and there Is no
particular reason why it thould not be
true.
Cfanrlle Griffiths, of Athena, Ga,, lu a
I curiosity In tbe shape of a pipe. Tl
Jowl of the pipe Is fashioned out of u
jostly variety of brlarwo d, wh le tbe
item was tak n from the left of some
lordly gobbler of the days of long ago. ,
Hand ttratif. rather than th) world.
FOR WOMEN FOLKS.
Newa and Gossip from Far and
Near for tbe Fair Sex.
' Necklaces are again in fashion.
Ecru pongee is used for petticoats,
' Englishmen who affect the single eye
glass use one encircled with a gold rim.
. Chantilly insertion forms stripes ia
afternoon dresses of moussellne d
soie. .... j
Skirts are now frequently cut so as
to sweep the ground a few inches
liehind. i
' ' Creped moussellne de soie it a new
material for afternoon and reception
dresses. , "
There is no more becoming material
for bonnet ties than velvet, although
no fabric is so certain to grow stringy
and untidy looking. Few people know
just how a velvet ribbon should be
I knotted, and the art seems to be diffi
cult to acquire.
Broad velvet ribbons are much used
Just now as skirt borderings ; they are
put on in two or more rows of equal oi !
graded widths. Fawn upon brows
aud the reverse are popular combina
tions, and co is fawn upon Gobelin and
gendarme blues. !
A flounced - petticoat may be set
down as an indispensable addition tc
all fashionable costumes. The mors,
ordinary of these petticoats for daj
wear are made in mohair or alpaca,
the handsome ones in spot silk with
pinked flounces. . i
. . Coat sleeves are still used, but art
enlarged at the top, either slightlj
above the armholes, or the outside ma
terial lengthened aud widened beyond
the lining, and caught there in slight
folds that are broad or high, aa best
suits the wearer.
The great majority of dresses wort
at dances just now are entirely devoid
of draperies, and consist of some semi
transparent tissue gathered rather fill
over a silk fourreau, with low bodioi
full to correspond, sash and shouldej
knots. Lace is little used to trim thii
evening dresses.
A pretty home-made table teen re
cently was simply made by placing
two disks of wood about three few
apart as top and shelf, these held ii
place by three legs. The whole had
received a liberal coat of black enama
paint and a top of marbleized slate
with a spray of wild roses painted ot
u, mailng a charming accessory to I
corner In a small room.
There is a fancy now for low
couches, or old-fashioned settees, with-
out side or back, luxuriously nphol-
stcrod with Lair oorered with rep.
figured velvet, or tapestries. Thej
" .
are finished with four or five pillowi
at the back and sides.
it "Jf11"
in size about six feet six inches it
length by three feet in width. Th
pillows are twenty-two by twenty
eight inches in size.
Belts of grossgreJn or satin ribbot
m"u TJ "--u"jr kui, uio wm.i was Biddy Finn's billy goat. It hap
with many long loops and ends ar- pened that the venerable old graybeard
ranged slightly to one side of the from bd gnawed the rope whieh bound
are in favor just now. These belt art bim to the stake In Stumpy Field and
effective on cotton costumes made up had gone on a little ramble. As he
with round bodices, and they impart s rambled down the Old Point road,
quaint air when the gown consists ol dragging behind him about twenty
a full skirt and round bodice. Tie- feet 0f clothes line, he looked every
member when arranging them thattht inch a conqueror, and the children hid
loops must not look stiff even thougl benind mothers' skirts and peered
they are sewed; one loop should be a out fearfully as he went by. On ar
long as the shortest end. I riviBg Rt wood ha gnlfie4 &ir
Pllssed toilets are a charming novelty, redolent of fresh and growing things.
And not only charming in themselves, After cropping tender grasses for
but very simple and easily made bj awhile he grew tiled of this ordinary
hand. The skirt consists of a plait fare and fed only on dandelion shoots
f onndatlon shapo laid with fine straight and other dauties in the wood,
plisses, similar pllsses cover a well- Violet, you are in danger I
fitting bodice lining, and are drawn it ' The goat stood on the crest of a ridge,
at the waist by a broad, firm belt. Th which ran like a great backbone
sleeves are likewise mado of plissei through the forest. He looked oil up
arranged over well-cut, plain lining on the river below him with a dreamy
Of course, only fine, thin stuff lendi expression in his eyes, as if he enjoyed
itself to this arrangement, dark mat- the scene. Suddenly he turned his
erials should be chosen for the morning head aud listened. Down the aisles
or walking dress, and light colors witi of the wood came a faint Halloo,
velvet collar, cuffs and belt, or hand- Billy, Billy, Billy!"
some ribbons for evening and visitinj ' There was a moment of silence,
toilets. broken only by the soughing of the
Rheumatism is quite prevalent Just big pine. Then above the voices of
now among the children of fashion, the wood came the call again. The
There is a new cure for It. Thi hoary aud wicked old truant lifted his
patient goes to a steam or vapor batt head and uttered a ma-a-a-a of wel
and is rubbed down afterwards with s come.
pint of alcohol, rolled in a warm sheet, I Barefooted and flashed with exercise
carried into the cooling-room, and laid Mickey Finn made his appearance,
on a Turkish couch face down. Thi Ihe most affectionate relations pre
Ironing lady puts in an appearance be-' railed betwoen the boy and the goat,
fore the immaculate patron has lud which was shown by the ardent man
time to close her eyes. ; A small giri nrr in which the goat rubbed his head
carrying a heated fletlron, a cooler, s ' against the boy's legs. Mickey picked
sponge-cup and a little white blanket np the rope, and the pair started homo-
of lambs' wool follows and the opera-
tiou begins. The madame makes in
quiry as to the location of the pain,
the sheet is rolled down and massags
applied. Then the little wooly blank-
et is spread over te seat of the pain
dampened as a tailor might sponge i
custom ocat and ironed dry. At firs-
thcro is a fear, then a struggle,
scream of two and in five minutes th
invalid is submissive as an infant
Tho treatment Is continued until thi
skin becomes sensitive, when a dasl
of svect oil is applied and rubbed intc
tho flesh. Coffee and buttered niuffli
or wine and almond cake is served
the gas is turned low and in the naj
that follows a body gets as near heavei
as mortals are allowed. Two or thro
(lava later tb? Ironing Is repeated
ktch pressing costing $1 -
"WOMAN'S CAREER.
actuate, robed in tpo
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jwwMAAfcM kClUTCJ IUUUQ . iwi oj
bohr itght
She bent with grace her dainty head to re
ceive the ribbon blue.
Whence bung the tllver medal, adjudged to
be her due.
watched her face with rapture at the raised
heaven her eyes,
And moved ber lips In prayer as her fingers
clasped tbe prize,
Per I knew to education the had pltdgcd bet
coining dayt,
To unclasp poor woman's fetttia ana ire
her from man's wavs.
Tinie patted. Our pathway! parted, but ever
and anon
My thoughts would ttray toward her and I'd
peculate upon
vTbat my graduate wat doing, If athwart the
scroll of time,
Among unselfish workers, had been written
hlh ber name.
At last I chanced to meet her, but her books
were pushed aside,
While around a dainty garment the tewed
the laoe with pride,
And at her feet her baby, dimpled, happy
crowing youth, .
Upon that tllver medal was cutting his first
tooth.
Judge.
MICKY FINN'S VIOLET.
Out of the ground at the foot of the
big pine tree in lindsley's wood there
grew a violet. Twas after much hesi
tation thai the flower had pushed its
way up through the carpet of brown
needles which covered it, and at last
timidly showed its head. Every morn
ing a 6lantiug beam of sunlight shot
through the branches of the big pine
and kissed the purple lips of the fliwer
and drank np the beads of dew which
nestlea In its green leaves. After many
days of struggling the flower began to
manufacture its new spring bonnet.
This bonnet was woven in looms of
air and shaped by the shuttles of the
sun. Still, while thi process was
going on, the flower often shrank and
trembled as a vicious blast, lingering
over from March, chilled its tender
leaves. But one day, when the sun
was brighter timn usual, tho bonnet
t opened itself and a subtle perfume
came from it and mingled with the
balsamic odor of the pino and the faint
breath of the honeysuckle. Twas tho
eau de cologne of the wood.
It seemed as if the dwellers In the
wood had conspired to protect the
flower. A big bumble bee was pilfer
ing sweets from the violet one day
when a blue bird flew down and gob
t uiea it up. a rea-ueaaea woodpecker
' picked up a bug which was gnawing
away at the violet's stem. A brown
breasted rnllin trinninor Ktt itnnnsit n
loolt at flower. A squirrel lingered
itm M , , ,
On 1 Tn WOT ln & TVl rrrrnri nal fnriiAH
t" " . ,7 " "a, . , .
Inspect it, then whisked out of sight In
- ,. . . . '
tno foliage. And everv dav the stem
of the flower grew stronger and its
perfume sweeter.
But across the fields from beyond
the meadows there came one day a de
structive animal which consumed evprv
green and UvingtWng before it. This)
ward
lewarc, violet 1
The way led past the b!g pine.
;bey went dowu the slope of tho bill
the goat saw through the leaves the
':wiukle of the violet's blue sap. He
was eager to reach the flower, but
Mickey held Mm back with the rope.
rrhus struggling they went by the
lower on. a run. Mickey caught a
Ijlitnpsoof the violet as he went by,
jiiowever, and the desire for possession
icizf .1 him.
j Whcu the gcat had been safely tied '
!io a st.""ie again and the kcroseuo oil
j iiid been poured upon the rOyfi by I
ilickey to keep the grav beard f.-oin
aliening it again, the boy returned
ifter the flower. Ke took his mother's ;
are shovel wiib him and dgit up,
jarryiii ciioujrh earth with 'ae plant
:o proteot i's roots. He planted it ia
the front yard and built a Mttle fence
of sticks around it. The flower drooped
and faded for a day or two, then it re
sumed its pristine brightness of ue,
all its exquisite bloom, all the subtle
odor of perf uue which it had borne in
the wood. Every morning Mickey
watered it f roai an old tomato can, and
pdwdered the earth around it until th
soil was soft and loamy. Only the
morning sun was allowed to shine upon
the violet, for at midday the hot rayi
would have blasted the flower. Undei
such fostering care the violet becanw
ambitious, and put out another stem.
From the top of this stem there grew
another bloom, with a yellow heart anc
with purple petals softer than imperial
velvet. Every morning before he
went to school Mickey knelt over tho
Cower, and his nostrils dilated as the
perfume greeted his freckled nose.
Then he covered the delicate plaint
with a roof of brown paper to shade
it from tbe noonday heat. All day
long as he toiled over his spelling book
and primary geography the picture of
the nodding violet danced on the page
before him. It obscured the naked
lavages in Terra del Fuego ; it came
Oetween little Mike's eyes and the Cape
at Good Hope, and with tantalizing
Insistence interfered with the boy's
spelling of "phthisis." In fact, violets
nodded archly all over his desk.
Hide, violet!
But the kerosene evaporated from
the rope which bound the billy goat,
and he began to chew upon it as he
had in days gone by. He was in no
hurry about the job apparently, for he
chewed with painstaking persistency,
knowing that patience always brings
a recompense for toil. After chewing
for three hours without once relaxing
his Jaws, the rope fell apart. Once
more he was free to roam at his own
sweet will over hill and dale in Stumpy
Field, and e'en in the balmy Linds
ley's "Wood if his fancy led him thith
er. Instead, however, he went straight
to the shanty. It happened that Mrs.
Finn saw the goat coming. She closed
the gate and made preparations for
defense, but billy vaulted over the
fence, and began his old time foraging
in the back yard for cabbage stump
aud the Juicy potato paring. Mrs.
Finn was afraid of the billy. Frequent
encounters had taught her he was not
to be trifled with. She stood in the
kitchen door armed with a clothes pole.
When the goat came within reach she
used this weapon upon the goat's back;
rtt when the sroat reonted this famll.
iarity she retreated into the kitchen,
and closed the door behind her.
After a number of these encounters
the goat rambled around into the front
yard. Here he fed upon the fresh and
luicy crocus and the budding hya
cinths. Mrs. Finn looked helplessly
out of the window at the destruction
joing on. She dropped a sad-iron up
on billy's head, but he only shook his
head and resumed his feeding. A stove
111 roused a little animation In the
goat. Still he pursued his wicked un
dertaking.
Take care, violet I
When the goat reached Mickey's
flower he ate the brown paper first, and
then with one snap of his Jaws took in
the precarious violet. This must have
proved very toothsome to him, for he
lingered over the choice morsel like a
gourmet until Mrs. Finn deluged him
with a kettle of hot water. Then he
rolled over on the ground in pain.
Finding no relief in this, he Jumped
over the fence and went down the Old
Point road at a gallop. After his de
parture Mrs. Finn went out to esti
mate the damage. Suddenly it oc
curred to her that Mickey would be
heart-broken if he discovered that his
violet was gone. How could she re
pair the damage? Ha! she had it.
There must be other violets In the
wood. Flying down the road went
Mrs. Finn, fire shovel In baud. She
climbed a stone wall and went head
long through a brake of blackberry
bushes in the wood. Tbe birds were
singing and squirrels clattering over
bead, but she paid no attention to them.
At last, in a little shady hollow, her
search was rewarded. Carefully she
dug up a fine violet and started for
home.
She put it In the place where tbe
other had been, and fifteen minute
later the brown paper was in position
over the violet, and all signs of the
goat's invasion were removed. Then
Mickey came home. The first thing
he did was to examine the flower.
While Mrs. Finn was still washing the
dirt from her hands her boy dashed in.
"Mother," said he with a shining
face. ........
"Fwhat's th' matther, me VjV
"Me vi'let has free flowers. "Wan
o'thimhas growed since I left in th'
mornln'."
"Ha, ha, me bouchal! Faix, them
wild flowers grows mighty fasht this
worrum weather."
Mrs. Finn Kissed the rosy face ol
jher boy, and they went out together to
look at the violet.
Dr. Frederick Bramann, who pel
formed tracheotomy on Emperor Fred
erick in 183. bas now become Extra
ordinary Frofessor of Surgery in the
University of Berlin. He was gradu
ated iu medicine and surgery barely
tea years oi0.
Tl e Ipilinn chief call din derision
the Cow Kdler was Bed JacRpi. Brant
so named him in allusion to hi lark of
pojrs cal courage.
NEWS IN BRIEF.'
Colorado means muddy.
London has more Scotch than Edla
urgh.
Cloth is successfully made froa
vocd.
The Romans etched their public reo
rds on brass.
The Chinese do not permit their
women to be phjtoraphed.
The rails in the United Statet
voulU goaiound the earth twelve times,
There are 15,003 br.iss bands In tUl
ountry, with lod.OJO performers.
Within the last decade 5.245,530
'orelsners have coue to our shores.
Every year a layer of ll.e entire sea,
'ourieen leet thick, is taken up into ths
ilouds.
?eawee 1 is now made lata a tough
wper, which takes the iUaoj of window
lass.
A Circassian nnther's first care fs U
promote the growth of her children
jyelashes.
Florists are said to add perfume ts
flowers by Ai ping tLem la some fr
rant essence.
There are abrot 82,000 arrests eaea
year in .Paris, ud of those arrests thirty
Qve are assassin?!
The underground system of tele
7raphs of the Uerman Empire has a
total length of SC00 ai'es.
ri.itmum and ver can each b
irawn iuto w ire ' n.auy times amallec
than a human hair.
A dozen church organs in Ken
Fork ti v are now supplied ai.h wind
by eleculj motois.
A BiiJgeportfConn.) mechanic hss
invented a new method of adjujtliuj
propellers for ocean steamers.
It seems not unlikely that electric
ity wiil be applied to smelting furnaces
In the near future.
A petrifle 1 man, reven feet long,
aid weighin? C10 pounds, has been di
covered In a Colorado canyjn.
An orance tree in Polk Count?.
Florida, bas jiehled from twenty-uvs
to titty boxes of fruit yearly tiace
1853.
Into the 6treet3 of Denver. Col..
t?5,C00,00O In gold and silver coin art
shoveled from the mountains every
year.
Then are five women aud one maa
livin? at 162 Ambers; street. Toronto.
Canada, who sleep every night la tbeii
respective ccUlns.
Darmio persimmons w.Vahla
eighteen ounces have btea grovu on
the place of Coloutl Church, just trust
oi uiiaudo, x ia.
Practical New York dairvniea
claim it has taken at least Id 1-2 pounds
of milk on the average this season tf
make a pound of cheese.
Geolopi!s bave proved that the
diamond n.iies iu South Arri;a 8 if
t-ituatcd in vents or cl imueys varying
from 70 to 1500 feet iu uuineter.
. -r 'Manufacturers are beirinnlnir f in,
trource electricity imo tlii:r factories
as a motive power by suhJ.vidlug it
Into units.
A very extensive domestio industry
in F-USbl.t consuls of the manufacture oi
wocden spoons, which are male to the
extent of 30O,00O,00J annually, mostly
of birch.
The average pulse In Infancy Is one
hundred and twenty a minute; ia man
hood, eighty; atblxty years, tixty. The
pul.-e of females ts m jre frequent than
that of males.
The production of metal a'umlnuro
by electrolysis at a cosi li.tle above
that of tin is what some French ehem-i-ts
are sanguine of being able to ac
complish. The 30th Weroil was discovered
on Octob- r 3J, 1830. The Crst was di.
covered January 1st 18 tl, and the li.t
bas been iuciea.ed by about 100 ia the
last ten years. '
Dr. Stephen H. Emmons, tbe in
ventor of the explosive emmousite,"
has triven di ections fur an alumnlum
brocie gun at the Pittsburg Reduction
Company's work?. The gun will Lave
a range of fifteen miles.
A petroleum engine h?s been Intro
duced iu a lighthouse in FcittLind fox
working tbe siren of the fog s-ignal ap
paratus recently Installed. The result
Is said to be excellent, giving security
and promptness.
A froldt n eagle weigh'n? So p unds
was killt d a short time apo on the 61s
seton reservation, Montana. The bird
stoort three and a half feet huh and
measured nine feet fioiu tip to tip.
Nickel was first, obtained as a metal
In Geimauy about 1701, but the ore bad
t een previously kuoun to miners, who
Called it kupferiilciel, or old nick's cjp
per, for the rea-un that, though It
looked like copper ore, no copper ore
could be obtained from it.
Siam, r country with some 6,000, 000
Inhabitants, and an area nearly as great
as that of the vast empire of Texas,
with Vermont and Massachusetts added
Is to break ground in January for lea
Qrst railway, which is to be ltj miles
long.
The Chinese on the Rossi an frontlet
are restoring the fortlGc.it. ons tt tbe
town of Kuldj i, An enormous fortress
Is nearly finished, with mud and clay
walls. 23 feet high, 35 fet t thick and
315 feet in length, with a moat 7 fee
deep and 1-5 feet broad.
The Egyptian papyrus is an aqnaflc
plant, bavins a stem from three to eta
feet high. Its soft, smooth uoaer-stem
afforded the most anc:ent material from
which paper was prepared. Its flowering
stems and leave are twisted Into rorea,
and root3, which are sweet, are used as
food.
In the most flourishing per ol rl
Rome, under Vespas an. about 7 a.
D., it had a population or 1,3 0 000; It
335 A.D., it bad 3U ',000; in 1377 only
17,000; umlerLeo X., 4 ",000; in 1537
about 23.OC0; In 1S71 it r.se to 2 :4,000;
In 1331, 3jO,OjO, and in 13S0 more than
sio.ooa
A short time a?o a co'orel man at
Amerlcns, Ga., was maoled by a cir
cular taw which cut two Indies into
his brain, and two ounces oC train,
were removed. Particles of the skull
bone were taken out deep in the brain.
His nose was cut off, and it was
exp eted he would die. Now he Is
nearly well and able to be about
town.
The highest pneed Eutograph In ex
istence is .-aid to be the signature of
Christopher Columbus, which Is valued
ai $300. Next to that Is the only leuet
by Cornellle that was ever for sale. This
la worth about the same as Columbus'!
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