7 V snr mm mi i P t ' t i B. P. BOHWEIER, THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLV. JVIIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 25. 1891. NO. 14. DEATH IN SLEttP wium hanry wedded lives that all th day r?hn.i in hand, each In the ulnar'. iUht V.. V,n In dhci tOK.lher through ht l ie lon in PMC. iwij.iucr uuuuk' what matter tf In dreams spirt they itryt Wnce Sier o'er each spirit Mill holds .way B One 'c,: tuouaht; Un darknew takes jbe Mnuorera. earthward turning, with de- jbaUIken heart to heart 'era dawn la (ray! , , s.r, ' who glv't to parted tools, tha n The 4-"h inu i ' r each other's lace, In Jn-anv. their n v only try! to keep: Be H uur piayrr to lli II with tiy twin "i I l.ioih-r. ivaib lor u be eqir.l arac- uio hi3 uw ibuj- b'rr,e11 6lee,;i THE PEAK OF LONGING. , Legend of the Carpathians. tt "CAKilE.N STLVi" (ffER MAJX8TT QCEIX of EOCiusri. j Once on a time there was a round Jaucoat Sinain, the like of which bad never been teen before, lor it was a any of high feast and hoi day. The hospit able monks who dwelt in their pictures que old monastery on the brow of the mountain had welcomed ail comers to their tablea, which groaned with pro visions, and no person was gent empty wav, for the peasants had come from afar- from Isvrr Pocana, Lapului, C'omarnic, Prodeal, and even from beyond the other side of the monnt ai.y. The sun shone so brightly, and the heat was so great down in tha Talley, that the maidens hnd doffed their broid ered hercbiefH, and tlie young men had push'd l ock the r broad-brimmed, riower-bedecked huts, so as to danoe more at their eas.?. The marrietl women were seated on tee grass outside the oircle nursing their little one.", their long filmy whit veils of bor.md,ic reflecting the rays of the mid-day suu. The festive yonths stamped with their feet, and shouted with exuberant joy; while the g'.rls seemed to float aloug as if their tiny feet, just visible below their n irrow shirts, did not even tonch the ground. Their chemises, .richly eaiiiroiderid witn every color of the rainbow, sparkled with gold and silver epanghs as glittering as their pieces oi gold coin which were strung round their nu.-ks, and which consti tuted the dowry of en h maid n. The dance un hiuted like the waves of tlie sea, now in large, now in smaller circis, to the mus e of the native ran sic:an, which rose and fell like the pul-e throb in the veins. Somewhat apart lrom the dancers, stoo l a young shepherd leaning on hiecrook, and with his sloe-blnck eyes gazing on the dance. Siemiernnd erect an a young fir-tree was he, Li- raveu hairfell in curls from beneath his Irish lambskin cap, his white coarse linen shirt was chipped tiglitly round his body with a broad leathern girdle, and on vhis feet were the leathern sandals usually worn by shepherds. His eaje eye glanced ovar the Ray throng a momeDt, before discovering what it so eaierly sought for, then alighted sparkling witii the light of love f 1 '. " i," r,.i u i ?i AiEn? I on a young niai.len. whollv unconscious of bis ardent gaze, this girl was beautiiulas a moantain Cower, surpassing the rhododendron, more delicate even than the edelweiss. From her eyes i-hone, as it were two lights, the one from the jetty pupils, the other from the velvety brown circles surrounding them, ller small even teeth glistened between her coral lips, while her weal h of silky hair seemed as black as the depths of the abyss in in which glimmer the waters of the cat aract Her supple, willowy form was so slight that it seemed as easy to break it as a reed, and yet she was amid to be very sirong and healthy. Indeed, this young Irena was exoeed ing fair to lock upon, and the shepherd Ionel bad n i eyes but for her. At length he approached the dance, and taking the hand of Ireua, broke the circle of dancers. The yonng maidens looked at eash other and laugred, while a sudden ilnsh came over Irena'a lovely face. When the muie, with a crashing chord, mdJenly ceased play ing, each youth turns J his partner ronnd and caused her to pass beneath his arm raised high in t e air. This done, Ionel released the hand of Irena, after pressing it w-trmly and holding it some timt- in his own. This action was meant to be of great signifies on, but the girl merely shrug ged her prettT shoulders and laughed. "Irena, "i-aiil lie, "dost thou see that the leaves of the beach-tree aro chang ing their color? Autumn' is coming on, and I must soon bring down my flock from the mountain, and lead it far awav to the valley o: the Baragan, perhaps even to the inor distant Uob rudja, and then, u til the spring-time come round again, shall I see tuee no more. Say a kind work to me to set my heart at rett, so tlmt I may not Vunk that thou wilt be losing with Javcr on others when I am sny." "What shall I tav t thee?" asked the. "Thou loveet me not, and thou wilt eoon forget me." llather should I die than forget thee.- Irena." "These are but mere words that thon art repeating, and I believe them not." "Wiiat then shall 1 do to prove their truth to theer" Irena's eyes sparkled with mischief as sh said, glancing sideways at him: "What shalt thon do? Something that thou canst not do." "There is nothing I cannot do," answered Ionel slowly, as' If speaking to himself. "Tes, thou conldst not live without thy beloved floek: of sheep, 'ihon couldst part from use much more read ily than irom tut in." "Live witho t lav sheep?" said Ionel, with a sigh of astoiiiahmeut. "The only thing I ttsk of thee," con tinued Irei a, "is to remain np there on the mountain without thy Cock, and that I know thou canst not do. Thou seest, thy vows are empy words." 'Xevertheleafl, if I were to do it," said Ionel, cltwhing hia teeth and growing very palo. The youtiiS and maiden had grouped themselves round the pa r, listening to their altercation. "Do not hs:en to her. Ionel," cried some. "Yes, do r she bids thee, Ionel," cried others. Then up rose an old shepherd whose locks were blacnh. d with the snow of rnany winters, and laying his hand on lonePs Bhoulder, said in a deep voice: "Listen not to the maidens, my son. They will only laugh thee to scorn, and break thy heart. Dost thon not know that the shepherd who forsakes hit jheep, he also is abandoned to death?' Then, shaking his rugged hand at Irena, said to her: "Xhou thinkest that because thou art beautifnl thou o ust follo.v the bent of thy own will, t nd that all tu daring ill go. .ntipsy.ji.hed; but know that What ever evil thon bringest on an twofold oa thy own young head." Irena answered laueh: with a mocking "fie seed not go; it ia not my wish that he should." Then turning on her heel, she ran behind the monastery to drink from the clear spring which triced down the mountain. L.nel wonld listen to no ow, bat with pale cheeks and rigid features turned his foot-steps towards the Peak of Longing. He saw Irena in the dis tance, and silently waved hia hand to her. "Do not go," cried she, "do not go." And the brawling river Pelesch mur mured, "Do cot go, do not go 1" But Ionel turned a deaf ear to all entrea ties, and continued his way under the scorohing inn up the s'ippery heights, past great pine-trees o large and old that ten men with outstretched arms oonld barely encompass them, on through the shady beech-wood np to his hut, around which his tlock had collected, and from whence his dogs rushed to welcome him, jumping and barking with joy. He stroked tneir silky fleeces, and called to ilioritzn, a young ewe, "3rr, brr, oitza," and she ran towards him. followed by her lamb kins, and stood while be decked her flossv coat with the white pinks he bad atolen from Irene's posy. Shortly after this he begged the other shep herds to take char. e of his flock, saying that he would rejoin them later, and a,'Jr he had accomp'isLed a vow to which it's word was sworn. 'And if I return not." said he, "ever gain here, you cau say that the 'Dcr1 has invited me to nis wedding least. Then he took up his fife and climbed the loftiest peak of the mountain, from whenoe his practiced eye could discern the Balkan lange far beyond the blue waters ot the lordly Danube. While he stood there making the echoes re sound with a plaintive air from h s fife, his faithful dog came bounding back towards him, barking with j y, wagging his tail, and trying to draw his master bock to the valley. Ioi.el, with tears in his eves, drove the dog away, men acing him and even peiting him with stones. He had thus separated him self from his last friend, and stood alone in the savage so'itude of the mount ain. The only living creatures within sight were two eagles, which came and swooped arc und him. Ionel lay down on the short, sweet smelling grass. He sighed so deeply that his chest seemed ready to burst with anguish. Soon he fell asleep, heavy with melancholy aiid f .tigue. ' On awaking, he found himselt sur rounded by thick clouds which encom passed him closer and closer, wrapp ng him in a dense mist, so that he coul 1 not see a step before Lim. Suddenly these clouds seemed to take human forms, and holding each other b the hand, angelic women, clad in raiment white and glistening as driven snow, floated around him. Ionel rubbed his eyes, believing that be was still dre.imiug, whin he heard the soft harmony of their Circe-I ke song, which sounded to him as m the far distance. These lairy-like women stretched out j men their white arms towards him, inviting : him, and calling to mm from every 'Be.atifnlW. 1 beseech thee, be mine, be mine! Come thou hence , other will fall with me.' ut , rt.f River", six miles from Cave City and overtures, he reltUed with, gesture of jtwent'vht "Better .for thee that thou resist us Gen. The largest . trees are the mam not," cried one; "for we will teach thee ; oth trees of California. One of I such perfect joy that thou wilt soon for- 'grove In Tulare county, according tc get thy valley and its denizens." measurement made by members of th With her delicate hand the pushed State Geological Surrey, was shown tc aside the cloud curtain and revealed a be 276 feet high, 105 feet In aircum flowery glade, the like of which he had i ference at the base, and 76 feet at t never be ore seen, while in the centre I of this crlade stood a shepherd's hut. formed only from rose leaves, while by its side there ran a crystal stream em banked with fragrant moss. "Come thou to us, this is our abode," cried the I fairy in a clear silvery voice. - Tol" interpjsed anoth r. "Come i thou rather to me!" and suddenly before his eyes she transformed the clouds into a dwelling so bright and ; beautiful, thtt it glistened in the sun s rays like unto a i ainbow. Its intertor was soft and fleecy as finebt wool, the floor and walls were of fresh green turf, intermingled wi.h bright-hut d flowers, while lrom its roof drooped gently a liquid rainbow, fertil izing the surrounding earth and caus ing it to bring foith myriads of lovely blossoms. "Here will we dwell," said the second fairy, "and I will deck thee out and adorn thee like mytelf." So saying she began to affix chains of sparkling drops to his head and neck, but he shook them on w.tn angry impatience. "There is only one maiden who can beautify me," said he, in a g.oumy tone, U1JU llifl im LI' uvuvuicu. "Well, 1 will be thy bride instead of her," cried a third faj-y; "behold my dowry 1" Grasping the clouds- she changed them into a flock of sheep so numerous that the mountain peaks rising up i o the sky seemed covered with them. Aneir fleeces were of dazzling whiteness; ronnd their necks were gold and silver bells. The features of the poor abandoned shepherd lighted up for a moment with sudden joy, but he speedily pushed said the seductive vision, sayinj, "I wish only on flock and that was my own. Then the clouds grew more dark and dense, and Tery soon Ionel found him self enveloped in thick blackness, from which darted forked lightning, while angry thunder pealed forth. Above the noise of the tempest came a strong, clear voice, which thus pronounced the shepherd's doom: "Most audacious child of earth, who darest even to presume to bold us in distain, thon'sbalt most assureulr per ish." The thunder still rolled forth. It seemed as if the gigantic mountain were about to be reut asunder, and to be crumbled into the valley beneath. The snowdakes now began to fall, at fir-t lightly, but a.terwards sj thickly that the mountains were buried from sight, and Ionel's hair, eye brows and heavy cloak were white lII over. Tuea from the edge of the storm melodious voices arose in soft sweet strains, accompanied by flutes and other musical instruments, and gradu ally there emerged from the gloom a fairy palace of snow, constructed by in visiule hands, and lrom around the palace issued star-like beings playing aud laughing as children do. Otners arrived in gTeat state, their trains sweeping over the crest of the mount ain. The palace grrf swung back of their own accord oc vue approach of these faries. Ionel was dazzit 'or the sight of them, when one of the "brightest stars summoned him to her side, saying: "Come, thou yonng son of man, and ha my spouse, and thou sha t travel with me over the vast universe. My sa tellites sbil be thy servants, end tho shalt bo surrounded wV,h a halo of light as the most beautiful planet. " Ionel, who nau appttiched the pal ace, inadvertently heard these seduc tive words, and for .11 reply placed his hand on his heart and exclaimed : "Were the whole world at my feet, with all thy stars and planets, 1 would offer them to Irena only." Then came forth a bubbling hissing, roaring cra-h, all nature seemed moved, the stars glided towards the sky in one so emu continuous stream, while the fairy palace fed to pieces, burying Ionel under its ruins. When the spring came back, and the warm sun had melted the snow on the peak, the shepherds searohed for Ionel; soon they came upon his l.feless form. His faithful dogs licked his hands and face, his pet ewe. Mioritza, gambolied around him. All in vainl 'There he lay, a smile of rapture on his weary fuo , irrerpoci-ive alike to all. They buried him on the spot where they lonnd him, and named the monn t.iin "The Peak of Longing." I hav Often climbed its height and have looked ui on his tomb, round which the sheep still peacefully graze. THE WORLD'S BIG THINGS THE LARGEST BRIDGES, PABKs AXD VOLCANOES. ' rijiirea Tiat "Will Open Your Eye, With Wonder. Tha largest suspension bridge in th world is tiio oi.C between Brooklyj and New York. The tergth of th main span is 1,595 feet 6 inches. Ti entire length of the bridge is 6,989 feet. Fortress Monroe is the largest single fortification in the world. II has already cost the American Govern ment over S3,000,000. The water-bat-tery Is considered the finest military station iu the world. The loftiest ac tive volcano is Popocatepetl (Smoking Mountain), thirty-five miles southwest of Pueblo, Mexico. It is 17,784 feet above the sea-level, and has a cratei three miles In circumference and 1,000 feet deep. The largest university ii that of Oxford, England. It consist of twenty-five colleges and five halls. The most extensive park is Deer Park In tlie environs of Copenhagen, Den mark. The enclosure contains 4.20C acres, and is divided by a 6mall river. The largest pleasure-ground in Amer ica is Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, which contains 8,740 acres. The largest body of fresh water on the globe ia Lake Superior. It is 400 miles long, 160 miles wide at its great est breadth, and has an area of S2.00G square miles. Its mean depth is said to be 200 feet, and its greatest depth about 900 fathoms. It surfaoe is 633 feet above the sea. The largest tunnel in the world is that of St. Gothai d, on the line of railroad between Lucerne: and Milan. The summit of the tunnel is 990 feot beneath the surface at Audermatt, aud 6600 feet beneath the peak of Kastelhorn.of the St. Gothard group. The most extensive cavern ii tlio '.fommnlh favm ill T".i"mrmsnn Kentucky. It is near Green point 12 feet above the ground. Some of the trees are 876 feet hlgt and 84 feot in diameter. Some of the largest that have been felled indicaW an- age from S.000 to 3,600 years. The largest Inland sea Is the Caspian, lying between Europe and Asia. Itt greatest length is 760 miles, its great, est breadth 270 miles, and iu aroi 18,000 square miles. The largest em pire in the world is that of Great I Britain, comprising 8,557,658 squaw ! miles (more than a sixth part of the .' land of the glouep, and pmbraclng . under its rule nearly a sixth part ol I tlie population of the world. In tor- ritorial extent, the United States ranki third, containing 3,680,242 squaw miles, including Alaska; in popula tion it ranks fourth, with its 60.000, ' 000 people. Bussia ranks second; I 8,352,940 square mil. The highest monolith is the obelisk at Karnak, Egypt. Karnak on th east fide of the Nile, near Luxor, and ' occupies part of the side of ancient Thebes. Its whole length i 122 feet; Its weight 400 ton. Its height, with out pedestal, is 180 feet 0 Inches The Chinese Wall Is the largest wall 1b the world. It was built by the first Emperor of the Tain dynasty, aboul 220 b. c, as a protection against Tar tars. Its length is 1.250 miles. In cluding a parapet of five feet, the totai height of the wall h twenty feet; thickness at the base twenty-five feet, and at the top fifteen feet. The larg est library is the Bibllotheque National in Paris, founded by Louis XTV. H contains 1,400,000 volumes, 800.00C pamphlets, 175,000 manuscripts, 800, 000 'maps and charts, 150,000 coin! and medals. The collection of engrav ings exceeds 1,800,000, oonUined lr some 10,000 volumes. The largest bell In the world Is the great bell ol Moscow, at the foot of the Kremlin. Its circumference at the bottom li nearly sixty-eight feet, and Its height twenty-one feet. Its weight has bee computed to be 448,772 pounds. The Barnes of American States. The State of Maine was so called it 'compliment to the Queen of Charles I., who was born iu the province of 'that name in France. Few people are un aware that Pennsylvania is called aftei the great Quaker," Virginia after Queec Elizabeth, aud Louisiana after Looii IV, of France. But it is less gener ally known that Florida received itt pretty name from the fact that on th Spanish Pasqua de Flores, or feast ol Fowers, Ponce de Leon discovered, lr 1519, this lovely shore. The State ol Delaware was so designated after Lord De La Ware, who called there in 1610; and the name Rhode Island was adopt ed in 1671 from the Island of Rhode in thn Mediterranean, the two islandi being supposed to resemble each other. A Brooklyn (N. T.) burslar can ltd off (tf) seis of art'Ecial teeth; Then are 167,255 miles of rai'roar'a In the United States, r early enough to tpm the world seven times: Opsis that sold for $ 200 have been found in Oregop l rfnOlan Silenced oy a woman. , An Incident occurred on an after ( toon train on the Consolidated road lie other day that ought to have found ts way into print before this. It has numerous lessons. Among the pas tengers were three sweet and quiet iisters of Charity in characteristic tress. A drunken man, very drunk ind annoying, entered the car and sat town beside one of them, lis talked xrsistently, drank from a big bottle hat he carried, and finally stuck his lisagreeable face repeatedly into the oug bonnet of the Sister in the most nsulting way. She was evidently nuch frightened. The conductor had ilready been told of the man's conduct, ut did nothing. The other passe n rers, in true passenger fashion, sat and coked on. No man stirred. Finally a woman, white as a sheet, md full of suppressed indignation, got ip from her seat and went to the res :ue. She grabbed the fellow's bottle, rrested it from his bands, and . flung t out of the window, and she took lold of him, and, after a lively and un issisted struggle, got him out of the eat. "I'm no Roman Catholic," sho aid excitedly to the spectators, "but '. can't sit still and see a Sister of Chajv ty insulted." Hartford Courant. Charles Sumner's Dndlsh Grandson. The most variously attired of all the nen of splendor is a grandson of the ate Charles Sumner. He has clothes n apparently endless quantity and be wildering color. Everything is in larmony, too. For example, this noruing he was in white flannel, with lue silk stockings, a blue silk tie, a lu3 silk hatband and a blue Turkish ash. " Last night he wore a tailless veiling cost. Instead of a vest he rore, tied round ni. siidle, a maamifl nt white silk sash that hun down in the side almost to the knees. Tlie aids were magnificently embroidered, iome ladles with an eye for such hings say that the r mbroidery alone nust have cost him 850. He Is a hardy youth and trudges ibout valiantly even in the rain. His alny-day suit is a study in itself. A ig sou'wester covers his head. His ody Is snugly incased in a heavy mac ntosh and his legs aud feet are cov sred with rubber. He is accompanied n all his rambles by a magnificent raas iir that is as big as a Shetland pony md cost, it is said, 65,000. He is nanied and his wife has a fortune, de himself is comfortably fixed also. ;kthea seem to be his only extravc ranee. Jen. Wolseley Praises the German Army The German naiiou may be thank ful to the German army for other easons than simply the defence of the fatherland, according to Gen. Lord tVolseley. He writes very recently: I take the German army as the highest lxisting type of the military system md organization which the changes uTected in armies by the French rev ilutlon have led up to; and much as I iduik-ethat army as a soldier, I admire t still more as a citizen. Great as it s for war, it is infinitely greater as a lational school for the moral, mental, ind physical training of the people. Designed exclusively for war, it has ecoine the most Important of peace nstitutlons. In it all Crermans are rained to strength and taught the first rinclples of personal cleanliness and if health. There they learn to bo lonest and manly, and are taught the txcellence of those virtues which serve o make men good subjects and law tbidiiig citizens. It is the school of he nation, in which deep love of fatherland Is fostered and cherished, ind where all classes learn that there honor to obedience and nobility in lf -sacrifice." Lord Wolseley wants t "universal service" for England. Fashions In Murder. Fashion is changeable, even in mur ler. It appears (from an official re ort in the Northwest provinces and )ude) that the good old practice of rhuggee is rapidly becoming one of he lost arts : but the requirements of eversioners and expectant heirs are net by a new class of professional joisoners. If you wish to realize a rum of money which you are tired of raiting for the old man taking an inoonclonable time in dying you lave only to consult an expert. He Kill enable you to appoint the f uneral (or a certain day, and will take care Jiat "the corpse Is ready." In tho :rlme of poisoning there is something to fascinating, with all its horror, that he popular imagination fastens upon t and readily believes in a prevalence which is not worrsnted by facts, al io ogh (like most other fictions) it is inbstantiated by absolutely conclusive ividence. Nothing is better established han that scores of tho rich old ladies md gontlemen of anolent Rome were lone to death by eating toad's liver lot a tempting but hardly a fatal dish. Recollection Came Too Late. During the sliower the other day a nan was passing up State street with in umbrella over his kaad wbcu a itranger stepped out of a doorway, rraflped the handle and said ; "I'Te been laying for you for a nonth. I olalm this as my property!" "Ah! Exactly I see," stammered die other, and he surrendeied it with )ut protest or struggle and bolted for die doorway while the other walker' fZ. ""Was It a stolen one?" queried t, nan who had witnessed the affair. " Well er well, I suppose I picked t up somewhere." He stood looking after the umbrella tor a minute or two, a sad expression n his face, and then suddenly uttered i great oath and slapped his leg. "What is it?" asked the companion. "By the big spoons but what a fool was ! I now remember that I stole 'dial umbrella in New Orleans a year igo, and that fellow could have no ight to it!" Detroit Free Press. America's Richest Woman. The richest woman in America is a resident of South America. She is not July the richest woman in America, sut the Is the richest woman in th world. She has one of the largest for tunes held by either sex. This woman is Dona Isadora "Consino, of Chili. She is the biggest real esta o owner in Santiago and Valparalo. South Aeierira fortunes are hard to estimate, but many pople have put hers above 1200,000,000. Money multiplies fast la her hands, for her eye Is every-rbaiw. The Devil Light. I The old-timers around Chinatown, ' especially those wliose ideas of San Francisco are founded ou what they bee around their own quarter, were much surprised last night when the uew electric lights which have been established in their alley, sent forth their glare for the first time. The news that the "devil light" had at last reached Chinatown spread far aud near, and soon large crowds of Chin ese gathered around each mast and wire, gesticulating wildly to one an other. Others, who looked upon the coming of the lights as a punishment for some evil deed, commenced to burn punk and scatter religious papers ' for the purpose of driving the evil spirit away from their habitation. This was especially the case in Bart-1 lett and Ross alleys, where the houses of ill-fame are located, the inhabitants of that quarter doing everything known to heathen superstition to exor cise the evil spirit. I The highbindera were very much dissatisfied with the light, as the dark ened condition of the alleys was much luurc ntvuntuie lor meir ousiue.s. the better class of Chinese are dehght td over the new condition of affairs, ( ut they are afraid to express their I pinion. Last night Sergeant Witt I tail and posse went tlirough the alley nth the reporters, and it - was seen f iat the new lights make a great dif I erence in the aspect of things. Places t rhere before a person could dlatln- uis-h nothing with the sye, are now as ) gut as day, and the rice and corrup (iou in the alleys become more glaring when exposed by the electric light. - ,au Francisco Chronicle. IIow the Air Brake Work Said a railroad man to me to-dari 'I'D bet not one in the hundred of the people nl'i travel on railroad trains understand ho :w pressure of sir is used to apply the brake to a train. When the air brake was first invented the air was turned into the cylinder under each car when the car was to be stopped, and the pressure was exerted a force the brakes up against the o wheels. But at the present day :he brakes are held against the wheels jy springs, and the air is turned into :he cylinders to push the brakes away from the wheels as long as the train is n motion, when it is desired to stop die train tlie air is let out, and then Jie springs apply the brakes and stop .he train. This last method of using lir pressure has great advantage over die old way on the score of safety. Vi henever an accident happens to a Tain one of the nrst effects it is apt to lave is to rupture the air pipes leading from the engine to the cylinders under ha cars ; aud that of iuclf stops the j-aln instantly. It is very Important for everybody to understand this mat- ev, because a child five years old can itop a train in thirty seconds from any m- in tho tram if he simply under- tands how. Yon will see, if you look or it, that there is a sort of rope pio- ecting f rom the toilet room of every ar. That connects with the air pipes mder the traiu. If you catch hold of t and give it a little Jerk it will stop :he train before It has gone two hun Ired yards." fVhltes Increase Faster than Blacks. I stand prepared to show the follow- ng facts : 1 Th nmm .nr.iaf!n v. ionthhas never increased In eaual - ' . -atio with the whites from the foundsv- census Jon of the Government to the if 1860. 2. Tho white population increased ).57 per cent, during the decade 1860- 1870. 8. For the same period the negroes ncreased 8.29 per cent. 4. For the decade 1870-1880 the ivhite population Increased 87.64 per sent., the negro population 36.66 per :ent. 5. For the twenty years, 1860 to .680, the white population increased 0.81 per cent., the negro population .6.91. This period covers the term of years n which the South lost nearly 1,000, K)0 of her white population by the cas laltics of war. Iu the above statement I do not in iludo the States of Maryland, Dela ware, Kentucky, and Misssurl. These itatcs are excluded because less than i per cent, of their population belongs o the negro race. Broadly stated, the fact is shown by he census of the United States that, lotwitbstandhig the destruction of luman life by war, the white popula ion of twelve Southern States lncreas d in a greater ratio than the negro ace by nearly 4 per cent. Lost Els Rand and Didnt Know it. Early Wednesday morning Officer Veils, of Lynn, discovered a man oming down the Boston & Maine Rail oad from the direction of West Lynn. The man appeared very jolly and en irely oblivious of the fact that he had ut a bleeding stump of his right arm, us Laud having been severed above he wrist. The man was leaving a rail of blood to mark his course On uvestigation it appeared that the man iad lain down to sleep with his right rm across the track, and when at day- ight a freight train was backed down ts wheels cut his band off as clean as hough with a kulfe. The man's lerves iu the arm were perfectly numb, nd he did not realize wiiat bad hap pened to him until hia attention was ailed to it. He had been drinking, ut did not appear to be drunk. He are his name as William Cable, of lartford, Ct. Christopher Gaffney aw Cable coming through the freight ard singing. His hand was gone hen. Cable is 24 years old. Boston oursal. To Do Away With Oars. An Ingenious contrivance is about t e brought out by Captain Woolward f the royal mall steamer Den, by rhich It is proposed to do away with ars as a means of propelling ships' feboats. It conMfts of a hand-power crew propeller, which enables the oat to be driven by any one in it, iiough unacquainted with rowing, 'his, Captain Woolward points out, rill obviate the chance of passengers rho may get away from a stranded hip fiuding themselves iu a ship witb ut oais, or having them without any ne skilled In their use. The machinery ikes up little voozd, and seems to be tn efficient and simple. Man and Mire. By observing as closely as possible oe following "lets," the number of oines "to let" will be materially de reased: Let each allow the other to know ouicthiug. Let each consider the other's feel ags. Let each realize the fact that they re one. Let the husband frequent bis home, ot the club. Let his having "to sec a man" wait ill next day. Let his latchkey gather unto itself ost from misuse. Let him speak to his wife, not yell Say!" at her. Let him be as courteous after mar lage as before. Let him confide in his wife ; their nterests are equal. Let him assist her in beautifying the tome. Let him appreciate her as a partner. Let her not worry him . with pctt, roubles. f Let her not nan-ate Mis. Next Door's eeiji. Let her not fret because Mrs. Neigh- tor has a sealskin. Let her make homo more pleasant ban the club. Let her sympathize with him in usiness cares. Let her homo mean love and rest, ot noise and strife. Let her meet him with a kiss, not a town. New York Mail. A Fondness for Color. The ponderous elephant may be xediied with a keen sense of the tumorous; at least, many of their ricks would jusify the belief. Here s the story of an amusing trick played ty one of them upon a came), its leighbor iu a roanagcrie. Ono of the vorkmen had been engaged in palnt ng t portion of the bouse, touching off he ornamental projections with red aint. The young elephant watched dm with great interest, apparently unused at the bright bits of color. Che painter was absorbed in his work vhen the dinner-bell rang. He put lis pot and brush down and went off o his meal. The elephant waited till le was out of sight, then carefully felt for the brush with his trunk. N'ext the young elephant stood a sleepy mel, dreamily eating hay. The ele jhant took the brush and streaked the Miners side. The keepers came along ust then, aud watched events. The ilepbant appeared highly pleased when le saw the red lines of paint on the . i&mel's gray flanks When the painter atumed, the brush was back in its lacc, the elephant was gazing larncstly into space, aud the camel was imblazoned all over with red stripes ike a crimson zebra. A 5ew Distress Signal. A new nautical distress signal has een successfully experimented with n England, the notable feature in this ievice being that no stick is required, md there is no back fire, the rocket aking the form of a metal cylinder, a the base of which is the propelliug diarge, above this being a charge of onite, and above this agairj a star somposkion. The rocket is placed iu i phosphor-brouze socket, which may i: I, e screwed or let into the rail of the ! ihlp, and when It Is required to fire t a firing tube is placed in the centre I f tha rocket, and to the ton of this a . , , 1 1 J . . V anyard Is hooted ; uie propelling i sharge is fired by simply pulling this anyard, and the signal is propelled lpwards at one impulse me wire fuse by which the detonating charge exploded being at the same time lg iltea, and this burns until the rocket us reached the maximum hoight, which Is six hundred feet- The stars je thrown out, giving a brilliant il umluatlon, and the toidte" charge hen explodes, the noise of tho explu dou being equal to tlie firing of a eix xrand gun, but, being high up, Is leard at a great distance, in ono iu itance, as reported, a disabled vessel laving by this means brought another her assistance from a distance of waive miles. The full-sized rockets ire seven inches long and two inches n diameter. , Cross and Redirect. Lawyer Now, Mr. Costello, will rou have the goodness to answer me, llrectly and categorically, a few plain (uestions? Witness Certainly, sir. "Now, Mr. Costello, is thore a f nolo at present living with you who is tnown in the neighborhood as Mr Jostello?" "There Is." "Is she under your protection?" "She is." "Now, on your oath, do you main alnher?' "I do." "Have yon ever been married to er!" "I have not" (Here several severe Jurors soowlea floomily at Mr. Costello.) "That la all, Mr. Costello; you may ro down." Opposing Council Stop one mo sent, Mr. Costello. Is the female In luestion your grandmother? "Yes, she is." He Was Too Ugly for Her. Peter L. Clerc, a prosperous French farmer who resides in Ro Seville, Kan., ame to Wabash, sevoral days ngo, to ured a young woman with whom ho iad been corresponding, having Pe ru red her address through the medium. fa matrimonial sheet. Clcrc's ap searance was not prepossessing, and he girl refused to wed the stranger ifter the license had been procured, rierc returned to his Western home, le bus written to a friend hero oakin? hat a lady be found who will wed dm. Clerc Is 28 year old, and owns (60 acres of land. Cliicago Imcr )ueau. The Tery Highest Point. It seems that the highest Qoint at rhich regular meteorological observa ions are made is on the Andes, in ?cru, at a height of fourteen thousind hree hundred feet. Harvard College las a weather observatory in Colorado uly a few feet less than tho former. Fiie station on Pike's Peak is at an al j itudo of fourteen thousand one bun lred feet. In Europe there are but j rwo stations at any considerable height, iiese being about ten thousand and thrvem tkowaad feet respeetrvab. 6L00X ISPELLERS. Why hasn't the debt of nature oeen paid ; she's got the rocks? A girl will naturally express a can died opinion of the young man who '.' constantly bringing her conf ectlouerj Girl solemnly promts to be th wive Of doctors, lawyers or buaiuess men, But when the wtildtng day arrives Th mlniater usually marries theni. First Newspaper Man "Did you da any literary work on your voyag. across?" Second Newspaper Man "Yea, I contributed extensively to the Atlantic." "I hear that young Lazie passed hi examination in anatomy with honors ; did he have a private tutor?" "No, he went in bathing every day at Asbury Park." Accepted Suitor- "Won't you Cno It awkward when you meet your other two husbands in heaven?" Interesting Widow "I don't expect to meet either of them there." Omaha Wife-'I see that even Sul livaa Is a monopolist." Husband "So? I thought he was among the strikers." Wifo "No, ail of hli 'mills' are In 'the ring.'" "Are you fond of diamonds, Mr De Smythe?" said a young lady. "Well," said he, absent-mindedly, "that would naturally depend on what was trumps, wouldn't It?" Mr Oldbeau "And your husband?'' Widow "In heaven these two years." Mr. Oldbeau "I'm shocked at the news! He and I used to go out to gether. I never would have dreamed it." "Pa" (inquired Bobby, as they wert returning f rom a revivalist mating, "why, do those people shout so loua; Is God deaf!" "No, Bobby, but iu s case of that kiud, He is a good waT off." "I really don't see what is the mattei with my razor today. It is so dull that it don't cut at all," said Johnny's pa. "Why, pa," said Johnny, "it wai sharp the other day, when 'I used it tc "ilrs. ilacfowers, don't be arthei pokiu' yer tongue out at me, but acl lolke c ladv for wunst an' come outside the door for a moment an' o'ill make the Utflv face o' you look loike th Pau Handle Route to Chicago!" "What on earth is the matter with that razor?"-' shouted the victim, as h writhed In the barber's chair. "Dwu, sah, dere isn't nuffln' de mattah wul de razah, but you whiakahs sutny acki ez if dey'd bin nickel plated." Sharpe "Just give that messenget call a whirl, will you?" Clerk "Yes, sir. What shall I tell the boy whe he comes?" Sharpe "Send him around to the telephone office to notif j them that I want to use the telephone." i America. Multiplying the candlo power "Miss Kelly, Oi notice yez got yez s pew mirror." "Yis; Ol thought 'twould be more econemy to buy wan to set the candle in front av, soze to have two candles than to burn a kero chine lamp." Judge. Mrs. Coldtca "We must plan an rtr fine dinner for tomorrow. It i Mr. Coldtea's birthday. Let me see; what shall we have for the pieot de resistance?" New boarder Why not have the usual piece da resistance the steak?" America. Pity hr husband City dame (who has bought a little farm) "Mary, all those fresh eggs are soft, go out in the barn and see If some of the chicken! haven't laid some hard-boiled eggs; I'm going to make a salad." Mary "Yc6, mum," From Time. "AVell, my dear, how would Farmer Brown suit you for a husband? He seems to be uncommon sweet on yon lately." "Perhaps, so, father; but hii hair is so red that " "True, truc: my child; but you should recollect that there is vciy littlo of it." Judge. Coming home from picnic: John "But, now, look a here, Suso, do you doubt that I love you?" Susan "Not a bit of it, John, I know you wouldn't have squandered sixty cents for ice cream and things unless you were in dead earnest." Rochester Post Ex press. ' Perils of the Summer Outing Mr Dudley Spunger "Oh, I say, chappie, we cawn't stay here. My tailor't registered and I owe him a cool hun dred." Mr. Flashly Bo rem "I'm with you, old man, I borrowed fifty of Charley Lawrence yesterday, and he's here, too." Boston Beacon. Something wrong A child who had ust mastered her catechism confessed icrself disappointed, because, she said, "though I obey the fifth command ment, and honor my papa and mamma, yet my many days are not a bit longer in tlie land, because I am still put to bed at 7 o'clock." Times of India. "I don't believe you havo been to the Sunday school. You've been In swimming. Your hair is wet and your trousers are hlndpart foremost.'' Well you see, mar, I was runnin' so Laid to Suuday school that my head jot wet wid perspiration, and thon fell down, and I was going so fast 1 uroed over in my trousers." Tho Bitter Before the Sweet. Jim my "Mamma, I wish you'd lick me real good and hard." Mother (sur prised) "Whip you I Why, Jimmy, you haven't done anything wrouv, have you?" Jimmy "No; but me an' Bill Jones are goin' swimmin,' ind you know you told me you'd lick me if I went, so I thought I'd enjoy the swim a good deal better if you'd do it beforehand." Lawrence Ameri can. Still Another Trust, A New Yorker who was stopping for a day or two at a small town on the shore of Lake Huron saw many fish caught, and naturally became en thusiastic to make a few choice hauls himself. Going down to the only wharf, he asked about lines and bait, ind a 12-year-old boy replied: "I furnish everything and charge 26 lents per hour." "But isn't that high?" No, sir." "I think It Is downright robbory, ind I'll try some other place." "All right," responded the boy. "There's this wharf, that old wreck, and that slab pile, and they are the jiily places to fish from. We've formed a trust and made the price, and 12 you want to fish you've got to cocoa, tell, HEWS IN BRIEF. Coffee is brewed by electricity. The German army is using horse shoes made out of paper. - Siara is to havs a ilCO.000 electxie railway thirty miles long. A Missouri man. aged nlnty-three. is cutting a new set of teeth. A London Journal proposes U rabbit as a wool-producing animal. D. A. Sla-'ht, of Buffalo, J. T., has a cat which we'ftha twenty-eight pound-". W thin sixty-two yers Mexico bas bad fifty-tcur Piesldentj, one regency and one empire. It is a curious fret tint all of the g!rls in Wellesley College who lead thel cbisses are bloude. Frith and firth mean the same, a narrow arm of ti e sta into which a rtver empties. The loroier form is the bitter. A savantestlmates thtt the number of persons drowned in tlie various waters of the world sitce the creation is 150.00,000. Sir Pamuel Baker, the great hunter and explorer, sys 1 la the moat fool 'ah thing in the world to look a savage ani mal In the eye. Thi London libraries, all have a small stationer's shop connected with them, where various conveniences tor writing are supplied. Dalmti persimmons weighing eigh teen ounces have been grown on the place of Colonel Church, Just east of Orlando, Fla. In E-RHnd's Australian properties the mile ot opium to the aborigines and kanakas Is very 'ergs, and the drug la even given hi wages. A ITooier Inventive genius has re cently patented a votlng-boath that can b-j folded up into Uie smallest possible bpace for transportation. One of tht students at the Kansas State University is a larber. and is making his way through sohool by working oa Saturdays. A Gotham bride stood In the vestl bu'e oT church recently before she en ere l to be married and had her "picture taken" by a friend. Sidney Ann Wllhl'e of Sedalla, Mo., ts one huudrei aud six years old, weighs 250, and was a slave to George iioone, a brother ol Daiuai lioone. nea'firjg tars, fittei out with the most popular per.ioiicali and books, will be attached to the p.i-"senger trains of the St Petersburg & Warsaw, Rail road, iu Russia. "Limited" as applle I to partnerships and placed after ine name or a firm means that the memb- rs composing the firm are not responsible for more than the amount of shares or stock they hold. Aecordinz to tho Chinese legend, the v riusof tea weiedl.-covered by the mythical emp?ror Chiming 2737 B. C, to whom all agricultural and mechan ical knowledge Is traced. A Ma re debtor has been lying in Jill several yeais. the creditor telng resolved, as a'leged, to pay his board atideoteud his term to imprisonment for 1 fe if necnessary, the man being UuaLli to pay The isolated Galapagos Archipel ago Is a rich repository of an'mal and vegetable forms. Its Mora d ffers by one-h,t:f of its f pedes from that of the rest of the globe. On the authority of Dr. Ueylla, Is state-1 that ceruiu Tartars often kill a go d-liiokiiig stringer, "not out of desire for spjil or to iat Ins body, but that the soul of such a comely person might lemaiu among them.' Charles Griffiths, of Athens, Ga., has a curiosity iu Uin slmpe of a pipe. 1 he bow 1 of the pipe is fashioned out of baiarwuod, nlu'e the s e n was taken from Hip leg cf si me lordly gobbler of the dajs of long ii0. According to nn officiil return whirli h.is j ist Veen Issued, th-re are 400,03 mi c'i cows in the colony of Victoria, and tl e annual value ot their mllk, but er and cheeje is about three million sleriiu. The fastest English trains are those running between Euston and Edin burgh, which average foury-even miles an hour, while thi sieed of the fast trains lfetwi-en Beiilu aud Hamburg averages foity-fle miles. After the young lad'es. of AVellseley Collece had given Mrs. Hemy M Stan ley a reception she returned the compli ment by luvlilngthem to her husband's lectur-, paying $75 J for them with her persoral check. In the 10 years aftr he passes 33 a man's foot grows in length nearly an inch. In the case of a woman, however, her foot Is generally sma ler at 23 than U was wheu she was 13. It a No. 4 wiU fit her at 13 she cau easily wear a S at 25. An Interesting heathsn'sh usage rxlsts among the rnlle-Oi. ots (a II .tb enian tilbe) in Vo'hynU A bride t e n? led to the church to be married must pa-s th ough the Are. A small Ore Is bui t for the purpose on the road, and the tela Ive of the gronrn dispose themselves in fl es on both !ds to see the br de a-a over it. They believe tlint if the c rl is not virtuous the fire must harm her. Ml". I.onl.-e Gautler, a you aft woman who was born d ar and dumb, but taught ly the Gr ossein system, was able to go through successfully all examinations both written and oral of the National i-'chcol of Fine Arts, at raris, France, has bee i appoluted teacher of design in that institution, A short titna ago a colored man at A Tier it us, r;., ai mangled by a circular saw which cut two lncliei into h s biain, and two ounces of the brain were removed. Particles of the sku'.l bone we e taken out deep in the brain. 1,1s nose was cut off, aud it was expect ed ibar he would die. Now he Is well and atle to be about town. A London publisher advertised for seven t al'i-headei men. painted the name of his piper, Tid-Biu, one letter on each bead, and tried to net them seat at a pm'ominp, but the manager of tte theatre olj cted. What u crushing blow to geui-a. A FF-ocrsa for the production of a new material rail, d Let te, or milk ivory, has been invented, idtim-milk being the sulsUaco from which it ia made. Tlie first vcnTearoun 1 the world was male by the "V.ttona," a thip which formed part of the expeli'too which tailed under MagelUn in 1619; 6 v f . t V; i 1 i r ii i ,-7 V r -vjr ' "?l - J- ,
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