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B, F. BOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLY.
MIFFXJNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APRILS. 1S91.
NO. 16.
TIIE RAO SPIRIT.
t The night without Is very lonely,
Jfoon and nun aud all their luminous train
hare fie J ;
Parknets rule the earth, and darkness only; '
lUla-drops fall like tears atx-fe the dead;
Yet la many voices
Cornea a sweet retrain,
f utterances of a spirit sad but tender
The Spirit of the JJain.
Weary seems the Spirit; his accents falling
Weil m!bt be the language grief and pals
employ;
Xt with voice of Trailing he Is ever calling
Ob the distant future fur beulaons of joy :
Though Its tones arc mournful,
Swett may be the strain;
Wocdrcus are his tijiiigs, though the tone
breathe saJaeis
Tbe Spirit of the Hula.
Gentle is I'.t tnissloa: through the brown
earth stealing,
Seeking there the tiny seeds that grow to
perfect flowcis;
to the dreary prtoa the spirit toes revealing
The glorious resurrection that comes with
sua-fed hours
Bids them wait in patience
Summer's royal reign ;
jt a world transfigured, low the spirit whis
pers The Spirit of tho Bala.
lirswn are all the curtains; close and warm
our dwelling;
Prom the glowing fireside no restless foot-
su-ps roam;
for the Spirit' accents to our cold hearts are
telling
Tbe secret of the fireside, the wondrous
charm of boms ;
Listen to tbe story
Told upon tLe pane,
Told UVb sweetened ia-uic by a Leavcn-born
spirit
The Spirit of tho Rain.
Uary E. Vandyn.
fin Usher's Bate.
XLe scene was a young' man's bou
ioir, If such an anomaly can exist; the
ime, late iu the evening, when confi
dences find easiest expression ; the peo
ple were the boudoir's owner, in a
neglige compounded of dress clothes
and a smoking jacket, and the friend
of his bosom, somewhat similarly at
tired, with the conixJi'table abomina
tion of a cigarette between his fingers.
"Sust let mo read it to you again,"
aid he of the smoking jacket, straight
ening himself in his ciiair, und taking
a worn-looking paper from the table.
'Something may suggest, itself to you.
I waut to have it all right, you know,
so that when the notice is mentioned I
shall be ready with, a good suggestion.
Now, then, listen: Oiilier Waldron.
On Wednesday, tho la.h inst., at
the Church of the Seven Angels, by
the Right Reverend Arthur St. John
Fobes, D. D., asitcd by the Reverend
f Tancis Willard Mason, George Korth
rup Miller and Adaliue Dell, daughter
of the late Huj jr-Gcncral Sylvester
Waldron, United States Army.' llow
Ult? Does it gof"
Go? I should think so! All those
capitals will sparkle like diamond) in
the sun. But, Miller, I wish you would
count me out of the affair. How many
weddings do you think I have played
usher for this spring? Six no less."
"Well, make it seven. There's luck
la odd number?."
"There wouldn't be in this case. I
was Just ready to swear off from all
social dissipations, and go into train
ing till fall, for the sake of my health.
There's Green, he's a good fellow ; have
him."
Miller shook his head. "I won't
fcave Greene nor anybody else." he
aid, clasping his hands behind his
hsad and throwing himself back in his
chair. "I'll have you. I'm sorrv if
you're feeble. I wish you could be
best man. There's plenty to get and
little to do ia that situation; but Ada's
brother confound himl I had to as!
him."
"Of course I don't grudge him the
honor; but you know Wednesday i
drill night for mo, and "
"I'll pay your fine."
"Hang the fine."'
'With pleasure; but you don't mind
is fine, I'm sure I don't see why you
mind cutting. They will work you
harder than I shall. I won't oblige
you to carry a gun."
"Thanks I'm equal to tie run I be
lieve." "I'll tell you what it is, Brooks, you
tare been in no cud of a sulk since
there was a doubt of Miss Howard's
feeing maid of honor. I must fay I
think It's shabby of you to desert me
on that account. Still, I will be mag
nanimous, and tell you the news, al
though it would serve you right if I
didn't. She has ecceDted. after all:
tier father has consented to her coming
to town for the occasion. Why be
wanted to refuse at all I can't Imagine.
But It Is like him ; everybody know
wbtt he Is."
Brooks laughed with a more Inter
ested manner than he had shown here
tofore. "I don't," he said, "what if
he?"
"Why. haven't you mot him?"
"Yes, but only once or twice, and
wen not for more than a minute, lit
is a bandsams man.
"Oh, iron-gray hair gives anv man a
distinguished look, and he is tall and
straight, which helps out the idea, but
be is a perfect tyrant. I have heard
tht he is positively cruel to his daugh
ter; that he b o ughi tins place out of
town purposely to keep her shut up,
ad that he won't let a man look at
her. Xow there was Radford. It
seems that he went out there to offet
Miss Howard hi hand and heart, ar.d
was Mrly rushed off the place by hi
tost."
"Sensible man. Who told it Rad
ford?" "I don't know; It was told. I ad
mitthat, excepting financially, Rad
ford is not much of a catch. He hasn't
as much strength of character as a little
wee monkey ; but I must say I think
that he might have been declined with
thanks. I suppose it sounds heartless,
but peculiar advantages belong to
girl who hasn't any father."
Brooks rose to his feet and dropped
ds cigarette end into a receiver; then
turning an animated countenance to
ward his host, he grasped his hand and
hook it warmly. I'll see vou through
"tiller" he said, "if it takes the last
op of my failing constitution."
fUis the weddmgjpreparationj
w-ent merrily on. one evening, How
ever, hardly a week before the great
day, the happy bridegroom sought out
his friend Brooks, with a wrinkle ou
his brow and a troubled svmnathv in
Ids manner. "It's all up, old man.'
be said, with desperate frankness.
"Great heavens! what do you
mean?" exclaimed Brooks, aghast.
"Miller laughed a little. "Oh, it
isn't as bad as that," he said, "onlv
Miss Howard cau't come; 6he has
Bprained her ankle. Lucky it was no
worse. She was thrown from her
horse. Her father must be an idiot to
let her ride horseback. I suppose hi
wanted Ler to break her neck."
Brooks laughed in spite of his dis
appointment. "Oil, you're not your
self at all, Miller dear, Miller dear,"
he said; "and small blame to you.
However, as you say, it it lucky it is
uo worse."
"Yes: but What will you do?"
"I? I shall send her some flowers,
nd a note to say 1 am sorry."
Miller looked relieved. "And vou'll
oe on band yourself all the same?" be
said.
"Do you take me for a child?" an
swered Brooks with some asperity
'Of course I will."
He was as good as his word.
"You're a trump, Brooks," Millci
said to him, in a basty aside at the re
ception. "You have outdone yourself
-o-night."
"Don't say a word," returned
Brooks, in a low, delighted voice. "I
have a note from Miss Howard in my
pocket, asking me to come out tomor
row afternoon and tell her about it.
So I am playing society reporter to
night, seeing everything and every
body."
Miller laughed. "Alas! poor Rad
ford!" he said significantly.
Ou the following afternoon, there
fore, a pretty young lady with an in
teresting pillowed foot was relating
substantially the story of her tempora
ry invalidism and its cause to the brown
mustached young man seated near her,
who showed an absorbing interest in
the subject.
It was an attractive picture for con
templation on a warm day. A shady
veranda, with the gentle breeze com
ing toward it over au odorous velvet
lawn; a small afternoon tea table set
forth with fruit and cooling beverages,
and a young and attractive pair of
people luxuriously disposed to enjoy
their beautiful surroundings and eacr
otiier's society.
It was a reality doubly fair in the
eyes of the young man, who was ex
changing it for tne monotony of busi
ness routine in tho dusty city. 2Cot
that Ills lot was a hard one. An only
son ia business with his prosperous
father is in the majority of cases rath
er overpaid than overworked; still
such a day, such a situation, and such
a companion formed au uuusual com
bination. It was the first tete-a-teti
that he had ever enjoyed with her
wherein the certainty of au interruption
was not imminent. But now now no
carrihge was waiting at the curb to
bear her from him ; no partner all too
prompt would come to claim his waltz.
Brooks had known for many a day that
there was inore happiness to be found
in the society of this young lady than
in that of any other, but the difference
bad never shown so plainly as now.
Presently she raised a great bunch
sf rare roses wliich lay on the couch
beside her, and held them admiringly
above her eyes. "These are the second
you have sent already," she said. .T
understand something from them."
"So much the better," he returned
boldly. "I intended that you should."
She glanced at him over her flowers,
and then fastened her eyes upon them.
"I understand," she said, "that you
are very extravagant and very
young."
"Young!" ho echoed, paying no
hoed to the less shocking adjective.
"By that you mean foolish, I suppose,
However, the flowers pleased you.
didn't they?"
"Yes; but they did not please
papa."
Ah I hero was mention of that 6ef
noire at last. He had almost forgo t
ton its existence. "Your father is
hard to please, is he not!" he said,
haltingly. "I think I have heard that
he was not always quite amicably dis
posed toward such as I."
She covered her face completely
with the roses at this, but when she
epoke be could divine nothing from
her manner. -'Papa likes to have bis
own way," she said, half apologetical
ly. Then seeming to cast concealment
to the winds, "He has a high temper,"
she confessed. "You know some peo
ple have, but his is something quite
terrible, tbe storming, raving kind;
pot toward me he is the dearest,
most devoted f atlier In the world ; but
toward young men, especially young
men who send me flowers, be is quite
violent sometimes."
He nodded seriously, thinking of
Radford's fate ; at least that fate should
not be bis. "I shall meet Mr. Howard
at dinner, shall I not?" be asked wish
ing the flowers iu Jericho wliich so en
tirely concealed her face. "I eupposa
if a man conducts him?elf like a gen
tleman he is treated like one."
Oh, certainly that is, sometimes
noarly always. But he has been ask
ing a grest many questions about you
since these came. He ays that he has
known your father all bis life, and ho
alwavs adSuired him. Still, papa is
hard "to please; although he likes your
father he may not liko you. You are
not your f atlier, you know."
"Aud you are not your, thfirX
Heaven; no let us dismiss the subject,
and defer the evil hour as iotig as po?
Bible. Will you put down those rose? ,
or shall I take them?" He stretched
forth his hand toward tliem, bat she
avoided it.
"You have not told mo a word about
the wedding," she said hastily; "I am
dying to hear about it. Begin at once."
"Oh, certainly," he acquiesced with
reckless gayety." "The spinster and the
bachelor will "now discuss the wed
ding. As you know I was one of the
ushers, and if you had ever been glad
thut you are a young lady, continue to
rejoice, for no bne can turn you into
an usher."
"Is it hard work? she asked.
M"t inf. toll Mt '""t yiv
tttended a wedding without seeing
that it must be drudgery. Imagine a
i fellow shall I start there, or go
sack to the very beginning?"
"The very beginning of your exists .
nice, do you maar" she asked, laugh
BjTt
j The beginning of the wedding,"
te answered with lofty mnjesty. "I
an too young to have a past.
"So you are. The 'wedding then,
aid uo your very best this afternoon ;
e entertaining, for lying still for so
ong inclines one to blue dragons of
be bluest kind, and I want you te
ight them off for me."
"St. George for England !" ho cried,
aughing, "The fight begin! Iinag
ne a church, large, gray, a trifle damp
erhaps, lights turned low, but over
dl a gala air. The chancel is decorat
;d in its white garments, and forty
nilliou roses throw their beauty and
"ragrance over all ; together with pot
ed things, of course, palms and hyde
angcas, tall lilies, and miles of smi
ax." "Smilax in pots?"
"Xo, not in pots, but everywnere
tlsc. Enormous candelabra stand
ibout, lighted and festooned with
jreenery, aud high above everything
a great crescent made with twinkling
ights like little stars. Now 1 Enter
sight conspirators ! I am one. The
ston is there to admit us ; the organ
st and a few favored friends are al
ready iu the loft. A mob besieges
ivery one of the doors. That is the
ituffing of the assembly, so to speak;
without it tho nooks and crannies
rhich one could not fill with invited
ruests would be vacant, and give the
:burch a cheerless look which lights
ind flowers could not soften. Xow we
wdmit this stuffing aud it tears its com
xneut parts to shreds trying for
laccs from which to see. Good ! The
looks aud crannies are filled, aud still
hey come. They are vaudals. They
itand up in the seats ; they walk up
ach other's skirts. These are ladies,
'ou understand ; at least they were la
lies, until the rumor of a wedding
urned them centuries back into barba
rians." "Splendid!" interrupted his audi
mce, laughing. "Why do you not re
ort for the papers?"
"Too young," he answered, dryly.
I must have experience first." I
"I am blighted by your sarcam!"l
ihe cried, continuing to laugh. "Please J
ixcuse me for living and go ou with
he story."
"Listen, then, for tbe plot thicken
ow arrive the least important part of
he guests ; how they can be o foolish
is to be ou time I cannot imagine. The
irgauist begins to play, and the stal
ing mashes itself to paste. I give my
italwart arm to forty stranded damea
met damsels no, not all at once one
liter another, and they go at all sorts
f gaits. By the time I have escorted
ny share of the wituesscs, I could
teep step with any animal in a mana-1
;erie. There are tall ones who stalk j
ike the stately door only it is not tLe
leer who does the stalking; but never
nind; there are short cues who chat
imiably up at me, trying to appear un-;
souscious of the gaping crowd, and these
rot like little foxes ; then there are
hose unaccustomed, half-fledged ones !
vho are frightened, and get over the
fround like a pair of dividers. But I
un up with them, neck aud neck, so
o speak, as I turn them iuto their
laccs and stroll unconcernedly back
:or another victim in my natural mm
y gait. And now they are all showu
up and a very comfortably gaudy
fathering they are with fans waving
md jewels scintillating. How au J
retting along?"
"Xot at all at present."
"But how was I?"
Graudly I We had Just arrived at
he interesting part. I was standing
m tiptoe, ankle and all, to see tbe ;
vide come iu." J
He nodded. "Remain In that posi-.
Ion, if you please," he said. "The
fi-gauist is playing and leaving off at
lis pleasure, aud any ingredient of ,
ituffing would, at this moment of ex-,
uteineut, be willing to ataud upon the
forehead of its tainting neighbor tc .
fet a better view. Presently we are i
luminoned to the vestibule. Tbe bride
as arrived. Miss Waldron has eight
iridemaids in green, and a special
your substitute) in j-lnk, who walks
ai beside her. They all have bouquets
is large as hay-stacks, aud are positive
y silent with fright. Xow wraps ,
lf! Here we go I 'Doo? dool dy
loo!' That is the wedding march as
jerf ormed upon the organ ; it must gc
hrough that oucc, and then the doori
ire thrown back. All the people in
.he church turn wrong side before,
md those at the sides sway forward,
riving an appearance of the walls fall- j
ng in. We leave four pews between
lasa two of us, and six between the
ast pair of bridemaids aud the bride
md special. "o one comes after the ,
ride, which is fortunate, as her dresi I
no less than a mile long behind. We ;
each the chauoel steps ; the eight ,
iridemaids lu blue slide beside u? eight
rouths In black. Tbe bride and hei ;
apodal are next tbe rail, as per rehear-
ml. Miller and young Waldron are
hero ready to receive them. Wur-r-!'
that is the service."
"Don't be flippant," said tho audi
Uence, reprovingly.
"I give you my word that was all j
icard of it. Tbe organ continues to
ilav sofdv: the bride ifive3 her hay-
itack to the special, and wor-r-r' on il (
roes. There is some juggling with the
Ing.and the bride's brother-in-law near-.
y dies of stase fright as he gives hot
iway . 2f o w they kneel. Well done ? I see j
he benediction. Up again 1 Good I The (
lrgsoi roars its loudest, and the bride ,
aces about without turning her traia ,
mder side tip, which is tho master
troko of the whole performance, and I
ails down the aisle, Miller and all, '
rhile the crowd simply grinds itsell ,
o little Hts and goes away piecemeal." i
"I think you are very mvotous,
ihe commented, laughing.
"Aud I think you are very ungrate
til. Have I not amused you and
' toiight your blues with might and
i naiu?"
"Yes, certainly; but"
"Do not distress yourself over uy
i!rivolity; It was a frivolous wcaamg.
j So single person there was awed oi
rven serious not one. The bride was
; ibiiged to count the pews and be care
j ful that her train did not turn over
i is for the crowd, they could heal
lothinc, and devoted themselves try
ng to sec, that they might not bva
mo entirely in vain. We had two
-ehearsals, and I do assure you that the
lervice is tbe very least part of the
jrbole."
I should not want any one to say
iat of my wedding," she confessed.
,aMl4F4Jt.
"Xor I," he assented, speaking e
eriously, but with a daring light ia
his eyes. "I shall try to have a very
liferent kind if you approve."
Five minutes later the grating ot
carriage wheels ou the gravel drive at
the other side of the bouse made iuclf
beard, succeeded by the sound of hasty
footsteps, which followed the aoond of
t calling voice.
"Pupa, papa," cried the voice, "come,
acre ! come here as quickly as you can.
Papa, this is Mr. Brooks, and he has
isked me to marry him, and he kissed
oie, and won't say that he is sorry.
Tell him your opinion of such cou
Inrt." There was an instant of silence. A
stern, steady gaze on the part of tho
older man ; a firm front and as steady
a gaze on that of tho younger. Then
this terrible father, this tyrant with
the violent temper, turned quietly to
ward his child and took her baud la
Vis.
"Tell me what you think of the re
quest, little daughter," be said, bend
ing over her, "and I will tell Mr.
Brooks what I think of the other."
"You behaved magnificently,"- tht
isaid to her acecpted suitor. "If you
had seemed one bit afraid, I should
have been provoked with myself for
caring for you. You see I had never
had a man friend who was not in ter
ror if papa showed his face. Just be
cause Papa is splendid and silent, they
fairly seem to grovel before him. So
when I found that you did not quake
at the monstrous idea you had formed
of him, I was tempted to see if you
could be made to quake. It was a test,
but I was on your side all tho time,
hoping that you would win."
"A kiud of fairy-tale ending," be
said, laughing. "If the young man
guesses the riddle, he marries the prin
cess; If not, off with his head?"
"With the difference that this young
man would have married the princess
in the end whether he had guessed the
riddle or not. Still, I like the fairy
tale ending. Let us hope for that, by
all means. Do you know what it is?
And they all lived happy ever after.' "
The next morning, as the young
man in the fairy tale was flying ou tho
wings of steam back to real life, he
sat with a small note-book before him,
iu which ho had entered two words of
an original composition only two
words, but of such dazzling brilliancy
as to be quite incapacitating for fur
ther mental effjrt. The words wore.
"Brooks Howard." Bazar.
ITITCH DOCTORS' TICTI3I3.
Stranjo Fancies Increasing Amonj ti3
Negroes of Tennsssec.
Marv Harper, a negro woman, died
recently iu Tennessee of fright caused
by witchcraft, although the physician's:
certificate states that sho died' of ner
! vous exhaustion. The facts as related
by one of her neighbors, with whom
' she was very intimate, are as follows:
The deceased aud a woman na ned
; Watson were rivals for the hand jf a
, negro man named Thompson, who
seemed first to prefer one and the t the
other, being exceedingly variab.e in
his moods. Several quarrels took place
between the women ; none, however,
I with serious consequences. Some few
i weeks ago the Wauon woman told the
Harper womau that If she did not
leave Thompson alone she was going to
"fix" her, by which itwas meant Uiat
she was going to report to witchcraf t.
This weighed heavily ou the woman's
mind, aud within two or throe days
she became too weak to work, and was
xtnfiued to ber bed.
Tbe sheets were found to be pinned
together with a rusty needle, and after
tins discovery the woman grew more
feeble every ' day and died as staicd.
The physician was unable to find any
disease, aud the presumption is there
fore irresistible that she died from tho
effects of sheer fright.
Whitchcraf t among the negroes Is oa
the increase in this section, and a num
ber of notable instances have occurred
within the lost few months. The case
of Claib Franklin has become a noted
one. Afflicted with heartburn, stom
ach troubles, with icy feeling in tho
barJt, he sought relief from a regular
witch doctor, who is well kuowu here,
going about the streets with a small
crooked stick, with which It is sup
posed she controls the elements. She
cupped the man with a bom, then
cuip:icd the born, which contained live
frogs and bugs wliich she said came
from the man's side. He then became
better and the operation has been re
peated several times until now ho is in
a dangerous condition from exhaustion
and loss of blood.
A short time ago Mary Christian was
conjured" by a rival, who placed a
ball of red flannel and sticks tied with
a white string, to the other end of
which was a toad, under the woman's
doorstep. This so worked upon her
mind that she at . once began barking
like a dog aud it was not expected that
she would live. She has now recovered
physically, but is insane and is re
garded as incurable.
A rare case of epilepsy, in which the
tvoman wandered away "from her home
and remained two days without tho
slighter recollection of where she was,
is regarded by the negroes as an in
stance of witchcraft.
A man named Gainer poisoned his
r1fe with love powders given to him
by a witch doctor, who prescribed them
for the purpose of winning back the
wife's affection?, she beiug estranged
from ker husband.
There are several well-known witch
doctors in this city, and tho belief in
charms and potitions is becoming more
general every day, and, unless stopped
in seme wav, will soon rival the early
days of 2Cew England. Sf. Loui
Globe-Democrat.
TJniThlo Bill.. Amelie Rives-Chanlcr,
Bfilva Anu .Lockwood aud Wu'tolaw
lie id talked about books to Mi s. Chan
ter, while Buffalo Bill asked Mrs.
Lockwood if she was not tired tryiajr
to huso the elusive electoral vow.
He Wilted.
Montana I'ete (looking at h over
done beefsteak aud jabbing his borie
knife through it) "I'd like to see tho
scoundrel that cooked this mcatl"
Large Woman (cross-eyed and redV
headed, appearing a moment later)
The waiter tells me yoa wish to e
me, sir." Montaa Fett wiU- Chi
cago Tclbuse.
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Ihe directors, with habitual discretion
and tact, have overcome all obstacles,
aone of which were, indeed, formidable
iaintt Chicago resolution and forcj.
One of the t oases of congratulation at
the outset of operations u the happy
idjubticeut of what might in less judic
ious h in.Lt hava proved a painful em
bcrr:i6sment a threatened dispute with
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the inestimable value they represent in
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labor has been promptly and cordially
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Communications received from many
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from the accredited agents of the direct
ory abroad, hrough consuls and minis
ters of the United States, and by letters
exchanged in commerce, indicate that
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sive and magnificent. It is true that for
a time the McKinley bill chilled Europe
toward the great fair. But art and gen
ius arise above commercial considera
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po ii'tcndeut in bis laboratory a;
Llewellyn, described yeseiday th
prei i Ui crcat-rc-t which they arc ab ju'
to turn ou- at a startling blrih ra e
Mr. O t aid six talkl. g d lis Lad Ju-i
Lccn c::tto Europe, pos-lbly all ol
them iutcudcit as presents, and one ol
ti.es.- had probab jr been presented tc
the P in:o-, although be did noi
know about It personall. Tbey we.s
sci.t t Mr. Elly-n, vr..o Is fltt rg up
s ovo in ew York to be devot d en
tiicK t the sale of talking dolls and
cti.cr toys. The s'x that were seni
abroad, a' d almost all the others, foi
that ira tcr, are patterned after the
Fro nil J jiutoa d lis si fir as outwarJ
appearance and size go. They are
from tif ice. i to eighteen Inches lovg.
The head .8 made of china, like or i
nary dolls, a id tl.e arms of panet
macho. The peculiar part is t body,
v. Lich is m.:do of tin. Tin Is nscd be
cause it al ows roo.n for the miniature
pli iicgra -!i placed inside. The d..ll
mayic)e.t crerytl-lng that may be
rcc rded by a phomgraph.
For several weeks they have had
Orange children at the laboratory,
talking, laughing, crying and singing
in all sortt of ways to the phonograph,
in oi der that their chatter may b re
produced by the dolls.
Another novelty which Mr. Edison
will soon bring out is a clock to talk
the titne. Instead of a blank sound, tt
will say "one," "two," ic at the pro
per hour. For an alarm it will say,
in so many words, "Get up I" in s
stentorian and commanding voice.
Mr. Edison thinks that be has now
nearly pcrfee'cd the phonogr ph, and
his improved instrument willgradually
be substituted for all the old ones. He
has simplified it considerably, having
sow one diaphragm instead of two and
a simpler arm. There are no adjust
ments, the recording needle being self
adjus:iug and acting upon tho wax by
Cavity. '
hTi it Is said of a man that ha Is
dyspeptic people begin to wondei If his
wua writ ooveia or vaU.
iiriisswi
tions. It has come to be realized that,
independently of tariff, great interna
tional comparisons of advances in science
and industry contribute indirectly if net
always directly to the progress and
wealth of all civihzed nations. Com
merce itself, while justly lamenting the
forbidding aspect of a cubtoms scheme
which the next Congress is certain ma
terially to modifv, knows that the finest
productions of looms and forge, the
highest standards in production of every
class, will control the markets of the
world. Therefore, although for the
presen tmany industries may be depref sed
blightly by tbe narrow n ts of a partisan
majonty in the American con xr ess, it is
clear that the heolful spur of tbe Colum
bian exposition is felt throughout s:o
dnemg nations and that each of them
will be represented unofficially in a su
perb menncr and most of tht m also offi
cially, lending splendor and courtesy to
the tncbt noble event in tne history of
the democratic republic of the northern
half of America.
American sUtes are also preparing for
the fair without regard to politics or
section. Whihj political pettiness may
here and there defer for a ehort time
Btate appropriation, the people are
moving spontaneously and vigorously in
every quartor of the anion. The chief
difficulty the directors have reason to
apprehend, indeed the only one, will
be to find room for all tha exhibitors
who will seek it. Wise ones in other
continents and countries and in our own
will make application early.
Tbe Columbian exhibition is under
way and bids all the world to be ready
for the dedication of the most glorious
group of buildings ever devoted to art
and industry, ihey are now risin j in
Jackson Park and will be dedicated the
first week in October, 1532. The expo
sition will be opened May, 159J. C'At
cao Herald, March 11th, 1S91.
largest Sailing Ship In tbe TTorlJ.
La Yacht, i i a recent umber, gives
a detailed cescription cf tho remark
able sailing vessel culled the France,
which is now b' ing built in the Rus
sell Yard, ot Tort G a.gow, for the
firm of Bardc & FiU, of Paris end
Bordea ix. Tne Fn.nce will be, it is
claimed, tl o largest sai.Ing ship ever
built, her dimensions being: Le.igtU
over all, 37C fr.; beam, 40.3 fs.;
depth, 83.7 ft.; nc: register tonnage.
8, GOO tons. T c ves-cl is built of
steel, with double bottom on the cellu
lar fystem, and will cany water
ballast. She will probably be the only
wiling ship on tho ocean with five
masts; of these foor will be of the
samo .ength aud sq-'.arc-rigged. The
lower mast and t praa't are in on ;
the after-mas , wh ch Is fon-aud-aft
rigged, is a poh-ma.t.
A 8,000 ton sailing ship Las just
been launched at I'ath, Mc.
Weary of Pnbl!c Life.
rirst Assistant Postmaster-Genera)
Clarksoa is not infatuated with public
service, according to a Washington lot
ter in the Philadelphia yews.
Mr. Clarksou was a farmer's son, a
;?oor man' son, and knew what tho
hard work of farm life was. He ued
to drive a voko of oxen from bio
father's home, in tho interior of the
state, to Davenport or Dujuqne after
a Ioad tif lumber, Jonrnevina ail alone
ever tbe prairies f jt tw or three
wee.
He was a printer, the local cd.tcr oi
a newspaper, an editor in chief, a cam-
pa gn malinger, mid yet no rrnn-Iy de
clare that the hardest labor of h.s llf 3,
the most arrluou-, wearing toil, ha-t
been iu tho oScc which he now holes.
A QUEER HOUZ.
T have hnrt of a boy who !ivd Ions? flro
Fur rucli b yi us uu: luuud uwd.ys, jot
knuw-
WbOM Ii ituds were as troubled as tliey cool
bo.
Because of a bole la bis memory.
A c'mrre from hn rnottiT ent In one day.
And ibe b- said --VVo." and Inirrlrd awjji
Hut bo m t iiimii th 4 iiunx.il t. p.
Aud IiIh nUiti's words tbrou Ja Uii bole drf
Uop.
A 1mw writ In :-nt ah tn! "i ml
Knr a lxy wl'h it I O lu III. memory!
wtH-n be nm-1 ice ie. n w.i all in a doubt
Eet J word of Uuu taneu tuid Uilen out.
And at la,t at lat Oh. trrlnl loft
He could si.- uolv lo word-1 "I lot jot."
Wouid It nut be Md. Inaerd, to be
A bof wut bole la lu neuwrr
ITAXT1IE TERRIBLE
A VISIT TO THE TOMB OF THE
MOST CBIEL OF RUSSIA'S
CZARS.
A Vivid Picture of His Awful Crbie.
In the Cathedral of the Arehange.
within the walls of the Moscow Krem
lin, is the tomb of Ivan the Terrible
the first sovereign of Russia to bear
the title of Tsar (iu our day Czar).
The sepulchres of rulers and royalties
of less degree may here be counted by
the score. Even in the annals of his
own country, Ivan (John) IV, has
always figured under the sobriquet
The Terrible." There is a tragic
interest in the name; even horror is
not without its fascinating aspect.
This man mounted the throne in 1545.
He was possessed of marked ability.
His natural instincts were cruel, but
bis reign gave ample proofs of the
highest talent, as well as the most fe
rocious temper a remarkable contrast
of character embodied in one man.
Ivan was a human paradox. His first
wife exercised a wonderfully happy
influence over him, and during her life
time he never failed to show forth the
better qualities of bis nature, but after
her death the arch fiend of which be
was possessed broke loose. In a reign
of thirty years he conquered Siberia,
Astrakan and Kazan, and taught the
Tartars the indelible lesson of subju
gation. He made war against Poland
because ber king refused him his daugh
ter's hand in marriage. He pillaged
the churches of Novgorod, the ancient
capital, and in 1570 put to death more
than 30,000 of her unarmed citizens,
because they were suspected of seeking
an alliance with a Sweedisli prince.
Tbe bodies of the slain choked up the
waters of the River Valkhof. Faiuiuo
followed in the footsteps of massacre
and destruction. This forced the
starving inhabitants, in a few instances,
to alleged acts of cannibalism, which
so enraged the Czar that he ordered
tbe entire surviving population, 50,000
or more, to be wiped from the face of
the earth. This same monster caused
the acts and epistles of the Apostle to
be translated into the Russian lan
guage, and liberally disseminated them
among his people. He likewise granted
hi3 subjects an admirable code of laws.
A messenger ou one occasion presented
himself to the Czar as the bearer of a
dispatch from one of his generals.
The opening sentence betrayed tho
fact that his arms had sustained a de
feat, which, like a thunderbolt, caused
Ivan to plunge the pointed steel of his
stock through the foot of the poor mes
senger, pinioning Mm to the floor.
Ivan then commanded him to go on
reiding, admonishing the unhappy man
that if he manifested any signs of
Eain he should at once be deprived of
is life. This famous staff of Ivan the
Terrible, which be alwavs carried, was
a heavy baton, about two inches in di
ameter aud fully four feet in length,
with a weighted ball about the size of
a goose egg ot the top, the lower end
being fnruishcd with a sharply pointed
steel prod several inches iu length,
something after the fashion of an Al
pine stock, but altogether a more for
midable affair.
This description of Ivan's stock Is
pertinent not only because it was the
plaything with which he was wont to
amuse hiinself in pinning to the floor
the feet of those who brought un
welcome news, but that it was the
instrument of occasional private kill
ing. With this was committed his
historical crime, the murder of his own
sou a deed due sorely to bis un
governable temper. The act itself Is
presented to us in one of the most vivid
of pictures. Even that master of the
horrible, Vercschtschageu, whose per
soual experiences of the dreadful in
real life have been equalled by few
and possessed by none, could not have
put upon canvas a stronger scene than
this by Repln, iu the Tretidkoff collec
tion at Moscow. We have before us
au audience room in the palace. The
furniture is limited iu quantity, the
walls and carpets are in bright colors,
the curtains and all interior decoration;
are exquisitely done. A large aim
chair is vacant. The young son, not
much inore than a lad or 20 rears or
thereabouts, has entered ana stands
before his father. Tbe ofi'euse (God
alone knows what it was) has been
given, and so has the death blow.
Ivan's stock lies upou the rich carpet,
Tbe blood is yet dripping from the
pointed steel, the exact imprint of
which is seen in the left temple of tho
boy. From the wound the red current
of life is gu'biug. The father Is on
the right knee, while upon the left tho
drooping form of his son is supported.
The pallor of death is fast suffasiug
the countenance. Its icy print is
already upon the face a face In which
all the features or the father are strik
ingly reproduced. Ivan places one
hand over the wound, iu the ilu
effort to stop the flow of blood. He
seeks to undo the hasty act of five
seconds ago, but "too late" is written
upon every line of that awful face.
The bloodshot eyes are glassed, as if
far the fust time they had been turned
within to gaze upon the horrors that
had already brought destruction upon
his own soul. The expression is
frightful as every finger of that htnd
is gradually thickening with the wanr
blood of his own child.
The tomb of Ivan the Terrible is
covered with a black pall. He lies
uear to the main altar, and lights are
perpetually burning before bis picture,
close at hand, lie is said to have
taken monastio vows ia the closing
days of bis lif e, which Is recorded by
tradition to have ended in convent
walls. The saintly honors over his
body are still conrluued for the repose
of his soul. Let none begrudge him
these prayers, for it would seem that
if anyone ever needed them this moa
ach did.
Boris Gudenof, the husband of his
nstcr, succeeded Ivan as regent for
the young Demetrius, the only surviv
ing son of the Czar and heir to the
throne. This boy, when scarcely ten
' years cf age, wrs murdered by order
of his cruel aud ambitious uncle, and
hi? body now rests with the royal dead
of the Cathedral of the Archangel,
. where it yet remains as a devotional
shrine for the Orthodox Russian.
Boris was himself soon overthrown,
the house of Rnrik was no mors,
i
Michael Romanoff was elected to the
throne, and thai began tho dynasty
tttu aappu rwgaiag ia ttussta,
KEWS ia BRIEF;
Canada has an area of .ST 00
iquace mi.es.
ArgT.t ne lecomotire will m pa
rol j urn fueL
F.rm rs do not rg.ee as to the r-
ts or alfi.Ua.
ew Yoik's yearly bink eleartnje
ire$I.C00)v,)OJ.
That clJ fashim of names on doa
!ates is bloftly being revive J.
The tnt iir-oduce of barley la Um
or:d is SJj.OvO.OOj bushel.
Ua'f a million of d 'liars rer ananas
s spent upon Q-ieeu Victoria's sacUU.
The cri-iiter portion of the ocasva
)ed is pitch dor i.
Maine's h 'V cron nf ti e pastseasoa
was estimated at 1,100,0.0 Urns.
An Englsh mit-inonlal agent
:'atms to have negv,Wted 4.1,000 mar
riages. Of tbe white population in America
!igM per cent. U unable to either rd
r write.
A s x-mlle tunnel ondern ath to
N" riliumoe-land Eualaud btraita ia
talked or.
In 13)0 there were net mora thaa
5,0 0,000 copied or t io Bioie; now mora
than that number are Issued evarv
fear.
A co'lector of idols who dted lately
In Sau Francisco had a co loctiouof 600
Utile deitie.
An expert nys that tba easiest way
to c'.tMii rai tier tliof ol any kind U lo
rub them with v.is Hue.
No Ilergolinder under U1m
years of &go is allowed to go tt a public
Uoii'e, dancing saloon or theatre.
This is an ai;e when thi luxuries eua
be lid c'1-.tp y. Typewriter are bow
sold for SI aud founutiu pens for Ua
o uls.
nere is a cmsUtMicy for yoo. Tba
propii tor of a I'.ul ulrlii'il i cinoT tort
Ii is pasted a ti.'a lu UUyUce forbMdlaf
sinok ug.
The chief of police in Ch'cago Ii a
rpfoiuit-r. He wants mora 1 ght in tus
city, KiiU fny that lnl U a great pre
ventive of crime.
I'ei'i'e no nsver atlfld with
their i oil Ion. The tool la King Lear
say :
'1 had r.vher be auy k'nd of a thu.
than a fool!"
Ill linn, Mor.t., t wis that it Isthf
wealthiest city In tne u 1 n o' it s popa.
hv.inn. It c mUius 2"i,C00 people and
bai 32.C0J.0JJ.
I'liil.i'ielplui 1ms a blue book, but
many ot the ni'it f.isiilon ib e people do
nt ap; ear in It, having made a point
not io be imlu ltd.
F ji ii lormrns lo cultivate to
t&! ro, tin eu e: pri e lirin j au sled by
the cone -?sI.mi of Eoven.ui3.it hind to
the pl.iLt rs on eay terms.
A r siiips mnv, 1'iit they reldcn
re.ic'.i ihe iomt where "dnuuco leads
eiiciimiiiiieiit to i lie vie." h?y are
short d stance -bir.'s."
The Emperor o: Germany hasbeaa
re Kle, bit he lias turn 1 around aad
from bvng a spn fin 1ft be babeeosaa
a man of ngid economy.
An octo-enarUn who lives six
miles weft rf Mi erly. Mo., was bap
l.z J the other d.iy Uj h s grandson,
In some foreign eltie tbeieareotaa
hired lo attioot a crowd to Mi tr aav
plojrr' windows by kiorug end gasiaf
mlo l hem.
An Englishman wqgerel that be
i nd moth r would consume a bo helot
p ilatois l-i half ..n hour. He woo the
Let. 'ihe '"olhi-l" was h pi.
Five hi n'Ved application hare
leeu tiiadu o iiieUeHitinrnt f tbe (an
terior or Toronto for the pr vdege of
hoiks or oil In the Koottmiy coua
t:y. The German cavalry wl'l try the
lioise s'ioe in-de of compressed paper.
It ia thought they will Us belter thaa
the old u ou oues to long in vogue.
Time ma' es many queer change
The in itiug i rtsa whicn Voltaire art
up In t'eri.y to euuilisli Chr all-nity
is now used to print Bib.es ij Oea.v.
Henry S. Ives, thyoung Napiieoa
of Ciiaiue, 1h gradually robing toother
another fo.lui e. J-'oire men r ie again
when tney are built that wy.
The Miirmons may go when they
liave to or want lo. Any way luey are
rai I lo be engaged on the sly in buying
uli the land luey can don in Old Mex
ico. Crackers ought to be cheap. The
f real cracke company of ibe Esvst are
hi war with ihe co v aries of ihe West.
But coitibiualion will s joa end ovtnpett
Uon. The Chines have no straight streets
or wmIK They have a th o.y that Use
devil U a vela iu aUaislr. lines and they
wa r. t to 1 1 ve b ' m as Ulue eucouragetneot
us possible.
A number of wealthy New Tort
ladiei r i e to eatabl.ab a sort of club
bouse whl h wtil receive womea at all
hiursottlie nlxhc nnd keep them a
long as they behave with propriety.
Police reg'iai Ions In St Petersburg.
Russia, i:t more r!,M than arree.
S-tran-frs no soo er anlvn Ilia a tbey
are Cull l upon tor passports ana
iunuuierb.e conundrums.
The Duke or Cun b;r'an1 pos
one cf the Ihtsi at und tlue-t collettloo
i f sold and silver plate and 1-wels la
the world. Hisfxm'.m pails, wllch
the Q'l-en woie dm ing lh tirst twenty
ye is of her ie"g'i ru-d they we e Sor
re .deie I t t!n ' t- King of anover),
are v .Ju.d at Z'Z).0jO.
The Anziu'a (Ot.) ChmnkTe 8avs
G?nral Lee Lever extcated a tpy. 2Z
Used to mv:
Poor fellows we bare (rottnem.ao3
they can't An i.s an." hirm. What ks
tne use of kil'iiiZ ihem?"
M.Tjrd!u.of .Toinvil-lp-"fnti
Par-is said to lave 2.0T00 Kesv
wiiicTi .pro-luce auii'-Ri'y 2 3 000.004
ofqiniK lie bH4 the Li lo it quill mala
Ufact ry la the world.
T.ils'oi s;iys: ! rv kind of op-pr-s
t n of man by man rests on tbe
poss til ty whirli a mnn li is of lak nf
nnt er mnn' 1 i ' o mid, by fcreplng a
111 e iien ng attitude, conipelhsi bis
obedlencn '
One whl has looVed over tbe statis
tics f H'-cidei ts say tliot 11. er show that
about 1-1 T"i.t of all railway acci
dent tn tli- U.ilted Siar ari-ifn f re
deraiirren sure caused by deft e live frosy
and sw tcbes.
To swe money a iran aborld asioas
ato with men whose incomes are eeJ7
ontvbalf as Urge as bis own, .
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