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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-
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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
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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.
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