" " giiwii eiiel Jllfc mi F. SOHWEIER, THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE IJWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLV. MtFFLINTOWN , JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 6. 1S91. NO. 20. F.XOIT.II Tim h but live aright, ,nl 1 e fr no delight H.r-l-r ol farniiijt w f iiuriid Irieutl Hit J bt , i,, m all to tliee B !l. r tli learning. And rfu -ove' iwwt breath A Id but a pii)t t rimtb N.i h"pr tl-c-ruliig ttiv ei-.itiii moan; ut for tliwlf alone M .ft lli'ill crenlrd il j- in "nine (frf at pian, V rk arl Tbe end of Ms, Jul i, fit. 1! ). Hoahrad. Iclci) Lfistoi. fli-Hi Li-ton wan a curious child, ami liT lii'' 'e crauie to ripe puihuod 'j full of poverty and ad-, venture. Then it changed and she was tkeii away to allluence and education. Her lir-t home, at 1 i-aw It, was among the era;.' anJ peaKS or tne mighty mountains which ri-e to a giddv height i . . . . . I . I . : . . I ' i a. mound l!i' i ! oi i ne; uiMuncui town of Harper's Ferry. The people whom rite called Hiui then knew as her parents, lived lniot aloiisf the fare of Mary Iftuti Heights, tltut rugged muss of rucks which reach from the banks oi the Potomac to an altitude of 1,200 feet or more. The hovel in which she dwelt ami grew up is only a type of the many which nestle along and among tli'-e high mountains which bluff ami break the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers at this point. A rough, one-story log cabin, with a tiiifjle room, to answer all the necess ities of the household is all there is of it. Around it was a. little patch of ground, upon which were a few stalks of corn. Now ami then there werq remnant of tomato vines, and the up turned earth was proof that a few liillj of potatoes had been raised. There was one poor pig in the sty, a few hungry chickens picking about the door, and three half-starved hunting dogs were in siht. This wretched habita tion is a typical mountain house for this section. The men who dwell in them are shiftless creatures, w ho live uio.-tly by hunting and fishing. When pushed to it they will do an occasional day's work for some farmer in the val ley. They are rouyli as a rule, but not dangerous. Few of them will commit greater crimes than petty thieving. The women are as indolent, coarse, ugly and low in their habits as the men. Both u-e whiskey and tobacco to excels whenever thev can get them. Once, w hen climbing to the summit of Maryland Heights to revisit the old stone fort and look afar ofl' upon the now smiling valley once laid waste by the lavages of war, I came upon the Iicum; of the Listous and the lass whose history is a romance of the war-time and a terrible realitv in the years that followed the return of peace. The vagabonds w ho were called her parents were no relation to her. Every one on the mountain and in the valley felt that she was not in her proper place. Tet no one could solve the mystery which hung over her life. The coarse, untidy woman whom she called mother, and the shiftless, worth less man she addressed in shy, hesitat ing tones as father, were strange beings muong whom to tind such a flower. She was beautiful. Her features were eoft and regular. A lithe, willowy form moved with grace amid shabby surroundings. Iark, flashing eyes, and a wealth of glossy black hair set on" her delicate olive complexion to perfection. It was evident that she was above every one and every thing on the mountain, or even in the valley. Mrs. I.irtoii was a tall, lank creature with sharp, irregular features, of the color of old parchment. Her fore head was low ; gray her eyes and cold, and her voice like the screech of a night ow l. She was barefooted as I saw her, ;d a comb seemed a stranger to her head. Her old dress was frayed and torn half up to the knees and be grimed with dirt. I did not marvel that the girl shrank around the corner of the hut as the vixen, in a shrill voice, called to her. A half-starved hunting dog, with four little ones, fol lowed the only and lonely being from whom they ever received a caress or kind word. A strange face at the door of the isolated home is rarely seen, for it is high np on the mountain and only a pathway leads by it. I was following this trail toward the summit of the range. There are few old soldiers who served in the Shenaudoah Valley, who do not remember the great stone frt on the top of Maryland Heights, from which often belched the thunder of guns that commanded the valley for miles away. As I came upon the wretched hovel the w oman called harshly to the child. Neither of them saw me, but the dog scented iny approach as she started to follow the young mistress, and gave a low growl at the moment "the woman became aware of my presence, and aid : " VVal, stranger, I reckon y ou gw ine to de fot beyaut thar. Mighty hard trudge, and yous old little mor'n half way up yet. Set down an' rest.' Hie ottered me an old splint-bottom, chair. 1 dropped into it and then saw that hundreds of feet yet stretched away between this place and the fort. The-little girl peeped around the cor ner of the cabin as the old woman begged for some tobacco. Having none, a half-dollar was a very accept able substitute, and it took" the old witch into the house. I then callod the timid girl, who. after much per suasion, cautiously approached. "What is your name?" said I. 'Helen Liston," she replied, half miner her breath, as if scared out of her life. "Where is your father?" "flown at the river, tishing. He goe9 there nearly every day to catch black bass and sell them to passenger when the trains come along." "Are these people really your par ents?" "They say so," and in a whisper she added, "but none of them like me; they say Tin stuck up above 'in. Old Lncy and her puppies are all the friends I have on the mountain." "What do you do all day?" "I pick berries some days and then act as guide to show people up the height to the fort above there, or to see the valley from the rock above the fnan'i face-. There are men who wedj to be soldiers about here in the war, who come every year to see the place again. 1 show tlieiu the bypaths, for 1 know "em all. "Where and what is the mau'a face '" "Why, don't you know about the man's face on the rocks over ou the heights?" 1 was: about to ask the child more about the freak of nnture that so in terested her, and not only the simple child, but so many others, w hen the forbidding mistress of the house re appeared, and the girl shrank away. "How far away is Die man's face of which your daughter has been telling' me?" I asked of the hard woman whose presence was so ungracious an interruption to my pleasant conversa tion with tl child. "Have you been listening to the gab Die of that brat? She has got an easy tongue for strangers, but she is too mighty cunning to get any of her tine talk off on the people what live along the range. That gal wants to be a line lady, she docs, but I reckon she w ill get over that afore many years. I'll send her to show you the way, if you wants her." The old creature, warmed with the idea of making some extra change, by my interest iu the girl, called out, "Helen, come here, this gentleman wants you to go and show him the way to the top of the heights." The girl walked shyly toward us, and together we started to see the cu riosities of the mountain. She was scantily dressed in a faded calico frock and a half worn sun-bonnet. Her shoes were out at the toes, and there was hardly enough of them left to keep her feet from being torn by the ragged rocks. Her home was soon left iu the distance, and while walking on over the wild confusion of trees, stunted undergrowth and great stones, she told many strange stories of the people who dwell among the crags, and within the shadows of the wind clipped forest that garnishes these lofty mountains. She was as fleet of foot as she was glib of tongue, and it taxed my energies to follow her in either walk or talk. Perhaps half a mile lay between the desolate home of this young girl and the opening among the trees to which she was guiding me ; an opening that brought to view as wonderful a panorama, painted by the hand of the Creator, as ever met the human eve. W bile I took in the view my comely and interesting guide climbed about the rocks, and fell into a gleeful mood as she chased a mountain squirrel into its home among the stone piles. Her musical voice rang out upon the rare lied air, while 1 studied some of the grand lessons nature teaches in the ma jestio picture that stretches far awa; before and above us. I withdrew from the study with re-' luctance, and together we started up the mountain to the fort at the top. There are no guns iu the old fortifica tion now ; no soldiers on guard, and no evidences of war except the cold, gray walls of the fortress, once so fa miliar to thousands of brave men whom the North and South sent into the war. In one corner of the well-remembered fort wc found another mountain family living in poverty too abject to be de-. scribed with words. While they evi-. deiitly wanted bread to eat and clothes to wear, their first request was for to bacco. A small donation of money did not even supply the place of the much-coveted weed. A half hour (spent iu looking over the old relic of War times, reviving recollections of the past, and iu catching a broader and bolder view of the scenes we looked upon from below, brought the hour of departure. It was easier going down the mountain than it was coming up, and while we walked on I tried to learn from the child somethiug of her early history. She knew nothing except of the life she was then leading and of the mountains that weje her home. She told some strange stories of life on the .cliffs during the hour that brought us back to the hovel where I found her. A short rest at Helen's rude home, -and I started down the mountain alone. It was almost twilight when I reached the bauks of the Potomac, ar.d crossed the great iron bridge belonging to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. - During the night there was a heavy fall of raiu on the mountain and iu the valley. In the morning I went out to look at the ruins of the Government property, 4hat stretch for a mile or more along the banks of both rivers. Each decay ing building has an interesting his tory, but the little engine house w here John Brown was captured has been well preserved, and is the spot toward which all visitors first turn their steps. The place almost lives upon its tradi tions, now that its industries are swept away. The hoof of war trod out most of its hopes for the future, and then floods came and swept the rest away. After looking about for & while at the many curious places in and about the village, I found that the morning fog had cleared away from the face of Maryland Heights, and I looked for the mau's face cut iu stone. An old citizen pointed out the curiosi ty aud traced for me its outlines on the rock. Sure enough there was the grim visage, furrowed and browned by tno storms. The rains of summer aud the nows of winter had pelted against it without other eficct than to deepen the lines and make the face more wrinkled. The half cheek was turned directly toward the village, but only a part of the rigid countenance that had been worn into the limestone by the erosion of ages. It has taken centuries of sun shine and sleet to chisel the mouth, round the nose, curve the chin and work out all the outlines of a face that some people imagine always wears a broad Milesian grin, while others say it is the calm, dignified countenance of George Washington. These differen ces each observer must settle for him self as he studies the face which has looked down from its giddy height up on many strange scenes. How many aud how strange the reader must imag ine for himself, or herself who can recall the mighty events that chased each other in rapid succession not only under the great broad nose of the face, but through this eastern outmost to the Valley of Virginia. While I was studying the lines of this countenance, the little guide who had shown me above it the day before, came into the village with nuts to sell. She waited about the hotel and depot until the train came and her basket was empted by a dozen good customers; She then started toward her unforbid- ' ding home on the mouulaius, and hard ly had she left, before a middle-aged man, who had just come in by th train, inquired the way to Henry Lis ton's house on Maryland Heights. Ha was shown, and at once started ovei the bridge. He was not far behind the child wheu he reached the Mary laud shore aud turned into the road that skirts the river bank and follow I hard by the foot of the mountain. But a little distance separated the two a they left behind them the country store at the end of the bridge. Perhaps 200 yards had been' walked when a sharp report as if lightning had struck near the town startled the people for a mile about. It was followed by a heavy rumbling sound like the roar of distant artillery. Hundreds of eyes were rivited toward the mountain side, down which was tumbling a great rock, weighing many tons, followed by a shower of debris. Both the stranger and the child were in the track of the moving mass, and the people held theit breath with painful expectation that both would be crushed to death. The girl, frightened out of mind, stood still and looked into the very jaws of death, for she was directly in the track of the largest stone. The man, seeing her peril, rushed up, grabbed her, and pushed close to the face of the over hanging rock. He had just reached this shelter when brokeu stones fell all about him, and the largest boulder struck the hard foundation above him and his charge. It bounded clear over the road and rolled fifty feet beyond into the river. There was a sigh of relief and a loud hurrah on the other side of the Potomac from the throats of a hundred sturdy men when the stranger led the girl into the road, both of them unhurt. This incident tilled the villagers with much curiosity to know who this man could be that, in looking for the home of Henry Listoii, had saved this strange girl's life. The mystery was soon solved. Both man and child were back into the town in less thau an hour from the rime they had started over the river. When Horace French, for such was the stranger's name led the weeping girl out of her peril, he asked: "What is your name?" j lieieu vision," sam sue oeiween her sobs. "My Godl you are my child!" "I knew I didn't belong to them people," she said, as the man took her in his arms and kissed her again and again. For a few minutes fhe could not realize what had or was happening. But she finally grew to understand the change that was at hand and wept for joy. Father and daughter took the train that night, and she left forever the scenes of unhappy childhood and the name of Helen Liston for the North; with one of the citizens of the town lie left money for the old vaga bond ou the mountain who had passed for his child's father. He also dropped the fact that the soldier from whose loins she sprang had redeemed his promise to come some day aud take her away. Why she had been left to grow al most to womanhood with these harsh, worthless people will never be en plained. It is just as well that it should not be. Helen's lifelong wish to be taken away from her strange life was realized, and she is now "the fine lady" which the old hag swore she never should be. The day she went over to her better and higher hopes the huge chin dropped off' the great stone face she had so often looked upon in child ish awe, and the father whom she did not then know had saved her from be ug crushed to death by it. Frank A. Burr. A 'ew Cigar Horror. Among the latest imitations which have beeu successfully introduced into the tobacco trade are cigars, the wrap pers of which are made out of a spec ially perfumed paper. A drummer for a large tobacco factory of New York State is introducing an imitation cigar wrapper which was so deceiving iu its character that experts could scarcely distinguish it from the genu 'ne. This preparation was made from rye straw, aud oue portion of the process was to steep the material in a strong solution made from tobacco stems. The grain of the straw together with the manner in which the material was dressed would lead any person to Sup pose that it was a sample of the leaf used in making wrappers for cigars of more than ordinary quality. The flvor of tobacco was also present, owing to the paper having been im mersed in the solution made from the genuine article. Major Estes J. Rathbone, of Ohio at present chief post office Inspector, baa been tendered an ! accepted the office of fourth assistant postmaster general created at the last session of con gress. The B diemlan workmen of New York held an indignation meeting at a hall on Avenue A to protest against thebru'al treatment of their fellow countrymen at PurceU Camp, West Virginia. About twenty Indians from Pine Ridge, in charge of Buffalo Bill's repre sentative, have arrived at Chicago. They were joined by the Indians now at Fort Snendan, and the party left at once for the east. Many years ago George W. Childs In structed his ass stant editor never to let a witticism reflecting upon gentle woman creep into the columns of the Philadelphia Ledger. A new muff of s9;)ls'ln has eaun'let like pieces added about the openings for te hands, which give the wearer the appearance of having on deep gauntlet glomes. It is exceedingly comfortable. A brigf't young girl who has fine Us e earns her living in New York by superintending the arrangements for any kind of entertainment. She decorates the table and makts sune delicious dishrs with her own barn's. Tailor made gowns can be worn only by women who can walk gracefully. It is a notorious fact that few women can walk well. I might als say that tailor-made gowns can be worn only by women who can afford them. Cora Bacon Foster, ot Houston, one of the most successful real estate agents in Texas, has Immortalized herself by voting at the election held recently In that city. 8he is the first woman who tver voted in Texas. cbasdeit. TBI MOST BatATJTIFCLj 8 A SON T. CITT 1ST The primitive Dresdens reac bick for more than a thousand years, back to the time that the Milcinler rought to establish homes in the thick wo Us When Henry I In 925 had overthrown slavery and master of thes tuation had become Count and Bishop, Christian and German culture found cnttancs. The oldest church In the place. "To our dear Women" was with its woDdertul image of the Virgin, as later the Cross Church with a splinter from the Holy Cross, the o' ject of numberless pilgrimgts. J MONUMENT OF KING JOHN OF SAXONY. The oldest aoountt of Dresden date from the years 1206-1215-1210. In these records the nlace is nrsc as a city ana then as the temporary residence of the Marerive. On the 15th aud 16th of June, 1491 the greater part of the city was I'estroyad by Ore. In 1535-37 the Geergian Castle was built by the Duke Georce: his successor, uenry we nous, Introduced the Reformation here In If 39 The most ilwzvling period for the citv of Dresden began with Vie relga of Frederick August I. In 1085 the burned distri :t of Old Dresden was re-built in grand stvle and called the "New City of Dresden." The Log Hous. the Knlchta Academy.Barracks, the Japanese Palacthe Zwlucr (pris on) building, the new City Church, the Dresent Women's Church, and other prominent buildings were then erected THE NEW COURT THEATRE. The seven-year war blighted the bloom of Dresden for a long time. In Jul-, 1760, this city was besieged and bombarded by the Pruss:ans. The French Kevjlutlon drew many eml graota to Dresden emigration lucreas td after ths division of Poland. In 1813 Dreslen was the principal point of Napoleon's operations. The whole country, at that time, was like a gt eat encampment. The city wis al ternately beset by the French, Russians nd Prussians. On Oct. 7. 1813 Napoleon and ihe King of ? axony, were obliged to leave the city. After the battle of Leipalc, they were surrounded by the Austnans. Hunger, lack of provision, and a dan gerous fe' er, cause 1 the French com mander to surrender. JAPANESE PALACE. After tue removal of the fortifica tions, tbe cltv presented an Improved aspect. In 18G6 Dresden was the im portant point that the Prussians sought to obtain by strategy. Since the forma tion of the German Empire, Dresden has Increased inlmportan eand now con tains about 270,000 inhabitants. We go through the New City and p iss the Leipefc Station and Sehlesichen Rail road. We walk over tbe Mariai bridge to tbe Japanese palace built from 1715 to 17, where we find tbe Antique collec tion, and the King's Library with iu 400.000 volumes. THE CITY PRISON. We go over the old or Augustus bridge and turn again to tbe Old City. This bridee was built out of stone in the Twelfth contury, and remole'ed in 1344. In 1727 it- was again improved. It is 14 6 feet in length and 36 feet In breadth, with 17 pillars and 16 arches. WOMEN'S CHURCH. Opposite to the bridge the King's Castle is situated, and tear it tbe Catholic Court Church. The Idst portion of the castle was built by Duke George in 1534 and was enlarged at a later date by August II. On tbe ground floor Is the great castle court near the Cola Cabinet We then visit the cele- II II .." a iUI S US i 1 THE OLD ELBE BRIDGE, THEJ CATHOLIC COURT CHURCH, THB KING'S CASTLE AND THE NEW MUSEUM. brated "Green Oewolde" which con ta:ns a costly collectioa of jewels and works of art. The decorated entrance through the Catholic Court Church connected with the Castle.was built In the 8tyl- of style of Italian Ch aver'n Renaissance by August HI from 1739 to J 756. HISTORICAL MUSEUM. The tower to the centre of the Cross is 3 .0 feet in height, and consists of three stories supported by three pillars. West of this Is the theatre. The Court Theatre built from Prof. Semple's de sign, from 1337 to '41, once occupied this place. It wa destroyed by fire ?ept. 21it. 1So9. The present theatre was also bu It after Prof. Semple's de sign from 1870 to '78 and excels the old one in magnificence and the inside ar rangement. Between the Castle Church and Court Theatre staids the statue of the dead King of Saxony. Dr. Johannes Schil ling, the crestor of the "Neiderwalt," was the sculptor. On the eouth side of the Theatre stands the Zwanger (prison), the odd style of which was designed by Poppel mun. and built from 1711-22, On the north side is the New Museum built after Fernple's design anl finished in 1354. Here we flu 1 the world-renowned "Gillery or Paintings," which oc cupies two stories of the building. There are 2400 pictures heie, among them the master-pieces Mxtini's "Madonna" by Raphael. Holbein's "Madonna." "The IToly Family" by Carlo Dole". "The Penitent Magdalene" by Battonl.'The Holy Knight by Correlo,"The Find, ing of Moses" by Verones and other master-pieces. The fouuler of this collection was the Duke Georg-, son of Louis Kranach. Tbe greater OLD MARKET WITH CITY HALL AND VICTORS' MONUMENT. part of the gallery has been purchased since 1745 from the Dukes of Modena by August II and III, for 1,200,000 Tha ler. Tbe most valuable paintings here are by the Italian and Netiierland masters. RUSSIAN CHURCH. The museum and the Zwanger con tain about 4 ;0.000 engravings by both old and new masters. . We r.ow go through George's Tun nel toward the Old City with Us City Hall, and its monuments to Victors. We then return to the old bridee. To tte left we see the Brublish Terasse, hich was originally a fortified wall. The Terras? extend alongthe .hre of the Elbe River 1400 hundred feet. From the top of the Terrasse we can see the valley, dotted here and there with vil lages, villas and wine gardens. The Restaurant building, Belvidere, is built in the style of the burned Court Theatre. ALBERT BRIDGE. We now turn towards the New Market and the imposing "Frauen kirche," new which stands the "His toric Museum" with its collection of Porcelain and Chioa. We take a horse car from bare to the H " f J..E. . . , -73 Great Garden the Boulevard of Dres den. : In the midst of this Garden stands the Old Palace. Dresden contains fifteen Churches, one of which is Russian. It Is the seat of the Commander General ot the Twelfth Corp d' Ar mee. The greater part of the garrison is located on the left bank of the Elbe a peculiar p irt of the city. We are now nearing the Albert bridge, and here we end our travels. This bridge was finished in 1877 and is 4950 feet long with 14 stone arches. Wages in the United States In 1S00. The condition of the American wages class nearly a century ago is full of instruction. In the large cities, unskilled workmen were hired by the day, bought their own food, and found their own lodgings. But iu the country, on the farms, or wherever a hand was employed on some publio work, they were fed and lodged by the employer, and given a few dollars a month. On the Pennsylvania canals the diggers ate the coarsest diet, were housed in the rudest sheds, and paid $0 a month from Mav to November, and $5 a month from November to May. Hod carriers and mortar mixers, diggers and choppers, who from 1793 to 1800 labored on the public build ings and cut the streets aud avenues of Washington, received $70 a year, or if they wished, ftiO for all the work they could perform from March 1 to December 20. The hours of work were invariably from junrjs. to uu- BRUHLISH TERRASSE AND BELVEDERE. set. Wages at Albany and New York were 3s., or, as money then went, 40 cents a day ; at Lancaster, $8 to $10 a month; elsewhere in Pennsylvania workmen were content with $6 iu t-uiimier aud $5 iu winter. At Balti more, men were glad to be hired at lSd. a day. None by the month asked more than $C. At Fredericksburg the price for labor was from $5 to $7. In Virginia white men employed by the year were given 16 pounds currency; slaves, wheu hired, were clothed, and their masters paid 1 pound a month. A pound, Virginia money, was, iu Federal money, $:5.33. The average rate of wages all over the country was $05 a year, with food and perhaps lodging. Out of this small sum the workman had, with his wife's help, to maintain his family. Chief Justice Fuller's House Rent. The rumor which has been current for some weeks that Chief Justice Ful ler had purchased the old-fashioned house and beautiful garden at the junction of M street, Vermont avenue and Fourteenth t-treet, . Washington, has caused considerable comment on the iusutiicieut salary of the Chief Justice of the luiled State. The purchase price named is $100,000, but this is pure guesswork, but the figures lead one to consider how far the Chief Justice's salary goes in helping him to carry ou the establishment that so ciety in this city requires from him. Calculate upon a 6 per cent, basis, aud upon a etist of $100,000, the Chief Jus tice's annual outlay for house rent would be $6,000 a year aud the intcr tst upon the purchase money, to which 2 per cent, more should be added for taxes, wear and tear, water rent aud insurance, making a total of $rt,OoO per annum as the ce-t of living in a $100,000 house. This being true, there is but a pitiful $2,500 left for house keeping and persoual expenses. Any one can readily see at this rate that no man can accept the office of Chief Jus tice of the United States unless he has a large personal fortune upon entering upon the duties of that high office. This by itself is sufficient to make any reasonable man agree that the Chief Justice should receive more money for his services. Complimentary to the Visitor. All the old and middle-aged Baptists not only of Baltimore, but a large sec tion of the South, will remember the celebrated Doctor Fuller, whose elo quence and powerful exhortations brought thousands into fellowship with that church. Shortly after the close of the war he was making a num ber of addresses through South Caro lina. One Sunday he preached to a huge outdoor meeting of colored peo ple near Beaufort, the congregation of the Rev. Mr. Murchison, a colored clergyman of limited education, but strong native talent. Like many of his class his prayers ainl sermons abounded in set phrases and meta phors which were brought into play with frequency and effect. But it must have startled good Doctor Fuller to hear his sermon prefaced by the con-, eluding invocation of Brother Murchi sou's set aud accustomed prayer: "An' now, O Lawd, biess'de feeble words which are about to fall from de sinful an polluted lipsobdy unworthy ftrrftnJ. ' . Y east was c 'ico red fifty years ago to be composed o. minute oval particles endowed with life, and the recent bacilli investigations have again turned atten tion to the antaect, ,. Vwr- truths. I ODD TRADE TRICKS. ' PXUI READING) THE LATEST FAX OF FASHIOX. It Tiooks Mjiterions But is Zaiy Artel All. T want to tell vou that there Is noth ing Id this world so easy as fortune telling wheu you kaow how to do it!' It was a woman who spoke, and she knew whereof she spoke. For yean she had gathered rich rewards from patrons in the best ranks of society, and she has not yet discontinued add ing to her income in the same way. But she laughingly, though half ser iously, told me some of the secrets of her trade. "Do you know," she continued, "that the most popular form of this ancient superstition just now is 'palm reading?' 1 have derived a wouderful amount of amusement, a good deal of money and a great insight into human nature by the practice of this mystew ious art. "Everyboby likes to have their for tunes told. Scores of so-called 'me diums' and 'clairvoyants' reap an enor mous) harvests of gold from the credu lity of people who ought to know bet ter. Yet there is a great charm about having your hand read, as 1 am well aware, for I have read hundreds. There is a science of palmistry, and apart from that there is also the gift of palmistry. 'Of the first I know very little ; the second I think i possess in some slight degree. What it is 1 cannot explain. I only know that I can tell the charac ter, disposition aud general habit o life by the hand. "The trouble about the whole thing is this: It is almost impossible to he honest, especially when one is only doing it to amuse people, and not to earn a living. It is very hard to real the hands of persons whom you know or are liable to meet again. You can not tell them the truth without offense. Not that most people have any trait that they wish particularly to hide, but human nature is so queer. Al most anyone would rather be accused of some terrible fault of which they have not the slightest trace than t be told of some slight foible which they really do possess, "Of course, every one always saysi 'Now, tell me the exact truth. Don't gloss anything over; I shaii't'be angry.' But, then, they will be, so you cannot tell them the 'exact truth.' I will give you a few points which 1 have always found invaluable. "I do not mean points in the art 01 reading the hand correctly. That is a science in itself , and unless one has it naturally, no amount of coaching will help them. But any one who has some natural shrewdness and Is a good guesser, can master enough of the mystic art to make it a very amusing pastime. Ixok at your own hand first. See w hat a peculiar network of wrink les cross and recross your palm. Ob serve the hands of your friends, study the different shapes and notice if they accord with the characters 'of their owners. You will find it a very fas cinating study, and you will soon be able to distinguish the stubborn hand, the executive hand, the artistic hand, s soon as you see them. Then forti fy yourself with a large stock of as surance, aud remember the old saying, 'everyone is a fool, more or less,' aud you have your capital. "You must not flatter people toe much. The majority will not see i. : 1..., i.n t..ii:,., i tv will, and that intelligent minority is just what you want to conquer. Ex cept in verv few instances, never tell a Verson his real faults. He never bo- Iievesone, and he does not like it. Tell him just the opposite. But there are a few weaknesses of which people like to be told. Iride, stubbornness, a hot temper, prodigality, jealousy, and a too-sensi- tive nature. Ihese are the mtn unties of which people are proud. But you must regulate your faults by the mar ket. "Never forget to tell a weak -minded, easily led person that he is stubborn. He w ill be delighted. 'Invariably tell a pretty young gir. that she is a flirt. She will blush and bridle and deny ' it, but she is enrapt ured. "Always tell a man that he is fouo of ladies, hint delicately that he is a bit of the gay Lothario. If he is a young man he will be elated ; if he is an old man he will have a weakness for you from that day. "I have given a few general rules which must be followed. I will now go into particulars. An illustration it better than a hundred rules, so I'll tell you how to do it. "I tuke my victim into a quiet cor ner and look at his left hand. 1 look at it a long time without speaking. Then I let the indifferent look on my face change to oue of startled incredulity or anxious doubt, and look suddenly into my subject's eyes with a searching glance. He begins to get interested. Let us suppose I have for my victim a young mail of ordinary ability and ave rage good looks. By the shape of his hind I can tell whether he is by nnture executive or inventive. "By his voice and manner I cat. J decoration Is a miniature Turkey car form a pretty good guess as to his so- j Pt as a table cover; the fancy, how cial position. Being a woman, I can ( ever, Is . carely one likely to last, tell the instant I take his hand whether 1 A New Yoik "beautifier" sued the. be is accustomed to ladies' tsa I .-I a aoti mas4 lamina' crtr uifr rw not. "Now I hare nothing to do but make a few vague guesses as to his life, and the thing is done. I always tell him he is ambitious; all young Americans are, or if they are not they think themselves so. I invaria bly tell him that he will make money. I say that his early life seems a bit un settled; he had some doubts as to choice of a profession. He will go Sack mentally to the time when h ranted to run away to sea, and he'll say, 'Well that's queer. 1 did want to a-o into the navy when I was young.' Tell him he is very proud, very obsti- nate when roused, very foud of his friends and that he would make a good soldier. Say that he is unlucky, but that l.e will succeed through the force of his ability; that he has many trait the existence of which his friends do not suspect. Hint darkly at mys terious troubles and jealous rivals. Chaff him a little about his love anairs, and I have worked the miracle. He will go forth and say, ' Well, of course I don't believe in such things, but she some realiv told me X En 8 IN BUIEP". Irrigation spreads in the West. Tb wool bat trust has collapsed. Kamus has50,( wc lored recldanU. Artlticial coffee is fc:iluiug ground. Schrller (Iowa) altVrmcn get f 1 a ear. Thera are 8 ,0C0 A liauca men in Geor-hi. - Suiail bitten. 1 rop iu G-.i-rgia are fnwt Cuba is beglniiiug to ship molasstil hi balk. There are uearly 3 0 Arabians in St. L iuii. Arctic whulcboue tow sells tor $6 a poun-t. The grip proved a bjnanza for win ter resorts. Portncueae wine growers are settllag In California. Turkey is making efforts to extend its foreign trade. Dyapr-psU is the oldest malady known to man. Tbe earliest dav on which Easter can fall is M .r.h 22. The United States contain 20,000 homdppalhtc d-ctor-. Nearly 13,C00,0C0 hogs were butchered In the West last year. The Jamaica International Exhib ition is a financial failure. The Eoglnn oyster crop Is badly damaged by the sevwre weather. Enulisb syndicates are buying .a.niei ic in wooleu plants. Queen Anne's war ended with ths Peace of Urecht in 1713. Time hundred and nlnetT-ehrht millions speak English. A New York dealer advertises that be will pay cash for old teetn. An orange wiue factor? Is soon to he started In Jacksonville, Fla. The Brat Fewlmr machine was ot- eiited In England lu ths ye r 1700. Amer-c.Vs first metallic tin Ingot was nude on Marc'i 20 at Cujaloj, Cal. A c'ock owned bv a resident of Trapjie, I'enu., has t eked since 1766. Bail reports come of the condition of w iut- r wheat in the south ot Russia. A Chicago phy sician has lu hU mi croscope what he c illsa microbe of "ths grip." The hiiad fihing Industry in Conii'cticiit It llaeaie. cd with destruc L.'n. , Canadian railroad agents are en- deavo-iug to secure setilbrs from Noiin Dakota. The use of Florida ihospbate la re ported as very rapidly increasing In tue Gulf States. German steamship lines have raised the price f steerag ! f i.-e to the United States about fJ.CO The Havana manufacturers are alarmed at the gi-at ducrease in tbe ex portation of cijiurs. The Indian boys and girls at the Indiau school have $11,000 on deposit in Cirlisle, (I, tin.) hanks. The population of Italy, according to a recent census, is 2,4.:i9I451. It area is 114,30 i-quare miles. The Supreme Court at Springfield, HU, has dee:d d that mutual benefit as sociations are Insurance companies. It is estimate 1 that 10,( 00.000 pas sengers ride through the New York Central tunnel in New York yearly. The St. Augustine, Fla., Gas Works were recently destroyed by fire. Loss $05,000. 1 he tow n was in darkness at uight. S mebodv h:w cotcputed that If thirty-ltvo million peopl-j should clasp hands they could reach round the earth. TI e Emir of Bokhara has seat to the Cur or Ku-.sia a present of eight milk-white asses of the purest Central Asian breed. Street cleaning experiments In New York City show murk d advantages of the "block" system over the machine system. Since 1375 there have been 1696 lo comotives exported from the United States to foreign countries, valued at 215,929,260. According to the Department of Ag riculture the aeiae value of farm horses has risen from t 8. 44 to $67 dur ing thu last de.Nule. Just above Vienna, on the Danube, Is the convent, and sch ci of Mailt, which has Just celebratej Its one thou sandth anuiversury. The S; cretary of the Minnesota Far mers' Alliance reports that tbe organi zation lias 52;(',0il members, 11,000 of whom enrolled since election. The Orrel Coal and C jke Company, of Newburg, W. a., has voluntarily advanced the wages of all Its em ployes 20 cents per day. The engine of one Rio Grand freight train struck another broadside at Malta and pasted clear through it. Engineer Fulton was killed. The Stockbrldge (Mara.) Savings Bank has been placed iu the bands of the receiver, owing to the defalcation of $i9,000 by ex-Treasurer Willis. Reports from a number of counties of Southern Indiana show that peaches, plumbs, and pears have not been injured by the Tost and give promise of an abundaut yield. Ot s aud potatoes art) a month liehind tb season, but wheat is in excellent condition. Oneot the latest fancies for table wife of Millionaire C. P. Huntington for J900 for se v c :s rendered to bis wife in removing her double chin. Mine, de Stuel once said that the thing niost p'.eased her was the fact that she kntw seventeen trades by any one of which she could earn her living. limp. Carno, wife of the French President, is tbe best dressed woman in Pari", and lb extravagait enough neves to appear twice in the same costume. Mrs. Arthur Wellesley, a grandnle: of the Iron Duke, and Mrs. ITeskfth hmlth, two members of "(rood' society, have recently opeceu a flower shop la London. It Is said that there are only two bun- ?rea anu uu u un , an body but when , . man has Use potatoes all day long, it U hard . to tli("ve U' The doctors say that peuty of purs air win ao more goou mu m" u of medicine, and yet there are people 1 whe are as much afraid of it as ths would be of the measles. A e&me called "piogressive potato picking" is all the rage iu North-Platte beb., social clrclsa. r-HIUA., PA, 1 f -.-, V
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