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B, F. SOHWEIER,
THE OONSTITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLV.
MIFFLINTOWIS, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3. 1891.
NO. 24.
TALK OF THE DAY.
A counter irritant" A eaocj
tbop-ifirl-
MiJ t0 measure The young
-,.mnn at tne ribbon counter.
Flat nonsense Expecting the com
forts of a borne in an apartment house.
Voice from the cage "The saloon,'1
he solemnly drawle. "m Aie bouse
that Jaeg built."
I do dislike people who say yes'
with a rising inflection to everything
tby near." "yes?"
If I must die," pleaded the turkey,
let me bs buried decently. 1'leaae
don't eat with your knife!"
Sot very busy. First orange
Hello! What are you doing here?"
Second orange "Nothing; just look
la round."
I think we ought to have the
fuchsia for our national flower."
Why so?" "We have a (Treat fuchsia
before us."
When a polltican romarksthat he is
In the hands of friends it can generally
be assumed that his friends' hands are
in his pockets.
The man who pays the biggest pew
rent here on earth will not always find
the best seat reserved for him in the
heavenly congregation.
When a young man begins to courl
a girl with the purpose of reaching the
goal of matrimony, he generally get
tnere hy the "bell" line.
Businesslike: Young Sprlgg "Mr.
(liduuirk. I am worth .'o.uuu and I
love your daughter." Mr. Bidquick
retired auctioneer) "Sold."
"What nre you pouting about, John
ny?" "Billy's real mean." "What's
the matter?" "I eat all my candy, and
hilly won't give me any of his."
Nothing half way about him.
Hrowu "It's too bad about Jorgson
drinking so. He's not half a bad
fellow." Jones "No. He's a whole
one."
Kinks "What a pity that Smithers
can't keep sober! I just saw him down
the street." Jinks "Jxaded for b'ar.
as usual? Biuks "Loaded from bar,
I thought."
A Michigan paper suggests that
John 1.. Sullivan be turned into the
ring with a 4-year-old bull. John has
certain lv never hesitated to lace a
couple of horns.
Know When to Leave. "la your
cat intelligent? "I should say so!
She heard me tell the cook to have
rtthbit stew for lunch, and she hasn't
been Been since."
Quite Natural Mrs. Gazzam
'Young Mr. Dolly dotes wildly on our
Amy, Mr. dazzam "ies, my dear.
He is just at the age when young men
eow their wild dotes."
A good example. Canvasser "Yea,
it is early, but I'm a morniug glory
open out early." Victim "I hope
you'll emulate that flower, too, in
shutting up before noon."
Necessary Preparations. Visitor
I suppose your daughter is busily pre
paring for her wedding. Mother
"Yes, she is up in her room now de
stroying all her old letters."
A Cordial Invitation. His Honor
"What made you steal this gentle
man's door-mat?" Prisoner "Sure,
ye Honor, it is 'Welcome' on it, in
leathers as long as your ar-r-rm."
Stranger "Is the cashier in?"
Janitor (emphatically) "Yes, sir!"
Stranger "Can I see him?" Janitor
"Y es, sir! Visiting? hours at the jail
are from 2 to 4 every afternoon."
Relatives of the Fifth avenue. New
York, girl who rocently married a bar
tender are making a great ado over it.
And yet the girl might have married
a bar "tough" instead of a bar tedter.
The Horrid Thing. "I thiuk the
gentlemen in New York are very polite.
Three of them got up to give me a seat
In the car to-dy." Alios coney
"And you took all three, I presume?"
At Niagara. Old Mi- Testy (return
ing to his room after paying the hotel
bill) --"Don't touch me! I'm not sure
about my insulation, and I've just been
so heavily charged that I m danger
ous." One merit of Wagner. "How did
you like the Wagner oper.rs. Clara?"
"I enjoyed them immensely. The
person back of you who always hums
an opera gets left when it comes to
Wagner."
In the Black Maria: Tags "Wot
makes you Ait up so kinder stiff an'
unsociable?" Rags (loftily) "Why. I
ain't no common bloke, I ain't Mr.
Vangoulderbilt had me arrested for
beggin'!"
A broad hint: Landlord (to depart
ing guest) "I trust I may rely upon
your recommending my establish
ment?'' Guest "I don't happen to
have at this moment a mort.tl enemy
in the world!"
"Love is blind." Nonsense! Just
pay a little attention to some other
woman, and the woman who loves you
will see it even if the transaction oc
curs ten miles away, with half a hun
dred brick walls intervening.
She Could Not Accept Goslin
"Miss Weehawken, will you honor
me wilh vour company to the oitera on
Thursday?" Miss Weehawken "I'm
sorry, but a lot of my friends are to
give me a surprise party that night
and I'm expected to stay at home."
"Thipketh no evil." A lady is be
ing examined in a police court. Mag
istrate "Well, madam, one thing at
least seems to be certain; your hus
band beat you." Witness (apologetic
ally) "Yes. your honor; but then ho
always was such an energetic man."
Society: Little chick "What do
you let that ugly little thing conio
under your wing for?" Old hen (who
has inadvertently hatched a duck's egg)
"I can't help it, my dear. We've
pot to put up with the creature be
cuise she belongs to our set you
know."
No Mi.Ukc Fo.ill.lf.
No matter what language a mau
employs when ho wants liquor he
generally makes himself understood.
The Maysville Bulletin says:
"One of Maysville's grocers received
a jug Saturday from the country, with
the following request written on a
piece of pasteboard:
" 'Plees seel this gug up.'"
"Ylie 'guir' was sealed' up. and it
wasn't empty when it was returned to
lu owner." Courier-Journal.
A REASONABLE RFOUFST lie
'"Would vou mind making a little change
in your oancingr
He "fn what way?"
She "You might tread on my left
foot for a change. The right one has
suffered enough."
Not a connoiskcr. "Were yon at
vne art auction yesterday?"
"Yes."
What was old?'
I was."
ANECDOTS OF CREAT MEN.
Which May Possibly be Recoy
nlzed by "Harper's Magazine."
Shortly after the death of Cicsar'i
daughter Julia, who had married Pom-
I nan .V. 1 4 . i . .
t'j , ukwr grew very uisiani to
ward Caesar and before much time
elapsed the two had become thorough
ly estranged. Brutus having remark
ed In Caesar's hearing that Pomnrv
made a great mistake in treating him
in the way he did, Cxsar observe !:
"ies a very foolish mistake. lie
treats me as though 1 were his motner-
in-law instead of his father-in-law." It
was that evenintr that Brutus iuined
the opposition.
Oliver Goldsmith's modesty has be.
come proverbial, but he was bv no
means the dullard in conversation that
he is sometimes represented. David
Garrick. who fond of his little joke,
once asked Goldsmith before a larre
party of gay Londoners: "Why does
an ass bray when he can argue so e o
quently with his hind hoofs?" "Why
do you ask me?" asked Goldsmith.
"Because you are an ass." replied Gar
rick, wilh a smile. Quick as a wink
came the reply; You're another." It
is not likely that Garrick after tbia
trifled much with dear old Noll.
On another occasion. Bos worth hav
ing said in Goldsmith's hearing that
the "Vicar of Wakefield" should bavt
been called the "Vicar of Sieepfield."
modest Noll turned toward him and
without a moment's hesitation cried:
"Shut up your mouth!" Dr. Johns,
nearly laughed himself into an apo
plectic fit over this when fcrir Joshua
Reynolds told hisa about it next day.
"Will," said B.icon one day tc
Shakespeare "they say I wrote youj
plays." Shakespeare laughed. "Why
do you laugh my William?" "Because
my lord, thoy think you are the swan
of Avon. You're a devil of t. swan,
you are."
Ben Johnson said it took one of Ba
con's strongest essays to keep h im
from striking the poet New York
Sun.
Tr.a Coartny. ' '
It is possible to learn salutary lessoni
from all kind of people, in alt sorts ol
places. Anna Dickinson was, yean
ago, invited to a Chinese reception
over the shop of Chi Lung, in Sao
Francisco, and owned that as a school
for good manners, she should not ob
ject to such an experience oftener.
The seat on the right hand side el
the entrance farthest from the door is
the post of henor. To this was I con
ducted, mounted in state ou a high-
backed chair and left to my own de
vices, to behave as well as I knew how
and so fell Into disgrace! There
came to me a sedate-looking servant,
carrying a huge box divided into com
partments crowded with nuts and
sweetmeats.
What did I do? Looked at it nicked
out a half dozen goodies from the half
dozen sections, put them on the broad,
flat arm of the chair that served as a
table, and watched the progress of the
man and his box to my next neighbor,
who, to my amnzemeot took but one
sugared drop. The box moved on to
another and another, and each one
helped himself to a solitary sweet
while I gazed with horror at my own
pile.
I lost appetite, and watched the
sedate servant cross to the left-hand
side. Did the first of my celestial
hosts take one sweet and then stop, I
should be lost! But no, he gathered a
handful to surpass my own, and heap
ed it on the table beside him.
I breathed again, the more freely as
I saw one and all follow his example.
Afterward I learned that had 1 en
tertained these people at my table, and
had one of them torn a chicken limb
from limb with his fingers, he would
nave done no greater violence to our
code of good breeding than I had done
to theirs. The question remains wheth
er I should have had the courage tc
fall foul of my dinner in the same vio
lent manner for the sake of putting m
guest at ease. Youth's Companion.
A BoieM B.dVaTor.
Related huabands hate to meet
Their wives, and so in stocking feet
They try to atealMpstairs to bed with cub.
nina; truly clever.
The average wi fe is not a room,
She's on to every subtl. ruse.
And so tbe husband finds the trick a boot
leu vain endeavor.
Optlailaa.
"Into each life some rain mast f all,"
la written, and none may doubt it
And better it is that rain "should fall.
For life would be dry without ih
Tk. Win Will Tar..
Has that yellow-haired dude
been
around here to-night?"
"Not yet Why, papa, what is the
matter? Did you miss your footing on
the train? or"
"No, I didn't miss my footing on tho
train. I gently reminded that dude of
yours that he was t wanted here and
this is the result When h comes to
night tell him he can have you, and he
can't have vou any too quick to suit
ma. A man who can use his hands
like that fellow is protection enough
for a dozen women. If he asks for me
tell him I've gone to Africa or Camden
inJ won t be back until the marriage
baa blown over." Philadelphia In
quirer.
a Slrdld RMOmdatio.
Mr. Hayseed (buying a cigar) 1
aope this ain't oneo' those weeds that
ourn out in no time at alL l want
rood lon!T smoke."
Tobacconist (impressively 1 mint-
... . - . . . . c-
friendt, dot cigar vill last you till fou
ras sick of It
A Kcw Lcaal.f IaTeatl...
At a recent meeting of the Society
nt Aerostation Jn Berlin x"ror. Onese
nntcrLained the assembly with a de
scriptioa of an invention of his, by
means of which a man with his own
muscular power may leap into tue air
and fly for a short time. lhe maenine
en. lad a BDruntrnug-ai. oeverm
cicntiflc men have become convinced
that Herr Grieso's invention is serious
and that it will aid considerably in 801V'
ing the problem of navigating the air.
Tti. twlm ot Avarire.
Mrs. Einstein "Vat vas de maddet
mid mine lieber Chakey?"
Kurfws "He just swallowed de penny
vat his Ungle Isaac gif im.
Mrs. Einstein "Dat's vot eomts Cl
bein' so me..n. If he bad been gener
ous und gif him a supleoded silfer dol
i.p ilia awful accidents wouldn't ever
bat happened." Society.
The German Empi baa 43.0C0.fKQ
people.
Tbe cashmere ibawl indnstry is declin
ing.
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IN THE NORDLAND.
BY THOMAS B. WTLLSON, X.A.
Many of our readers have lingered
with pleasure over that charming little
jtory now an old one by Harriett
Martinean, called Feat on the Fjord,
in which she tells of the beanties of
the far-distant north, and the exciting
adventures of Rolf and Oddo in tbe re
cesses of the Salten Fjord. Now al
though we are not to take too literally
all that she tells us there for she had
never, 1 believe, been in Norway her
self yet there are few more pictnr
sqne little tales of that northern land
than the one I have mentioned, and if
the reader does not know the story it
will repay the reading. Let me then
tell something about that region, and
the equally or more inte resting Lofoten
Islands, with their strange and fantas
tic form?, which look so very weird
when lit np by a midnight snn.
We for there were fonrof ns made
Bodo our headquarters for a while.
We bad enjoyed our well nigh two
avs' sail from Trondhjcm in tbe most
perfect of weather, which showed all
the wonders and the beauty of that
strange coast to perfection. The great
c m j , : Bn r -
in cloml, nnveiled itself as we sailed
along; the wild and lonely Trrcnen Is
lands rose like pyramids far out to sen.
We bad the excitement of witnessing
the little town of I'.jorn on fire, and of
going several mil ont of our conrse
to offer shelter and conveyance to the
homeless people which offer, how
ever, was not accepted very largely,
and at last we dropped anchor at Jiodo,
having first bad a view a to-s the broad
Vest Fjord, of the most southern of the
Lofotens.
Bodo itself is not a very interesting
spot: one "long unlovely street, witn
a few short ones at right angles, a new
church, and some shops constitute the
whole of it Bnt the views around are
very fine. Seaward you have the Vest
Fjord, with the large island ox lamiego
nesr at hand, and tho Lofotens atou
twenty miles distant Inland the town
built on a peninsula yon have the
fine mountain ranges of tbe interior
covered w.th snow, the group of whi-h
Snlitjelma is the highest point; and
further south the magnificent range ol
the Borsvatnstinder. Mnch of this re
gion is quite nuexjlored at present;
roads are few, and tourists still fewer.
Occasionally some make their way to
Bnlitjelma, to reach which a beautiful
chain of lakes has to be traversed; bnt
the interior all along this wondrous
coast is still more or less an unknown
land.
The Ralten Fjord, which lies behind
is remarkable lor tue iiimous nnii
strommen, the most jxjwerful of all
the Norwegian "stroma," or rapids,
caused by the tide. This can be seen
twice a day, when the waters or the title
make their way back again from the
Skjarstad Fjord, as the inner part of
the Salten Fjord is called. Two small
islands block np the entrance to this
fjord, and in the narrow passages be
tween these and the mainland, tho water
rushes with terrific force, and presents
a very striking scene. No steamer can
pass at this time, so ttial li yon want o
see it in its force, yon mnst tnke np a
position on tbe laud close by. This
place nas Deen visuea iy me rem?iiv
Kino- of Norwav. Oscar II.. and an
obelisk marks the spot from which tho
best view en be obtained., the f.ni
peror of Germany went to the same
nlace a lew weens aiier we were luorc
We
i passed np through these narrows
one of our visits to the Salten Fjord;
on one
bnt at that time of conrse the water
was only running with the rapidity of
a fairlv swift river, and the steamer
quickly passed it and reached the open
Skjxerstad Fjord. We had intended
making the ascent oi muiijaima, imi a
we had to leave one of onr party behind
ns at Bodo, we were not able to go the
whole way.
We landed. However, ai a pi nee cmiou
Fineid, and made our way for some
distance along the lowest of the chain
of lakes, over which yon have to jour
ney to reach the bse of Sulitjelma. It
was quite delightful and wonderful to
see the richness of the vegetation in
the far north. Tlie lakesido was all
clothed with trees birch and alder,
and the grass and wild flowers in abun
dance made it more like the English
lakes than a spot ia the same latitude
as Greenland.
A few days after this we madeanotner
xenrsion to the Saltatrese by a route
preferable to going all the way by
steamer. First we bad a drive of about
ten miles, passing the interesting old
chnrch of liodo, with its great parson
age, or "prspstegaard," where they once
entertained Louis Philippe, and where
the walls of the rooms are coverea wuu
very strange and grotesque paintings:
on to a pot called Kvalvaag, where
after short time we succeeded in get-
.ing a bott with a sail, and two -narny
Norsemei ," to take ns acroas the wide
stretch of fjord whicb separaiea ns
from Strom. It was a most glorious
day, and the snow clad pes us oi me
Borsvafcistinder, with their several
glaciers, glittered in the sun. Tnere
vast ireen Dreeze monug "c , "
started, and we made good way; bnt
abont half-way across we found the
wind and tide met, and the result was
that we began to ship water at a very
alarming rate, and had to bale it out
with all speed, lest this should be the
last of onr "Feats on the Fjord." How
ever, we escaped with nothing more
than a partial dncking, and were none
the worse after we bad a good walk on
the shore. Unfortnnately, however, the
Saltstrom did not show itself to advan
age on this occasion, as the tide was
a very low one, and we had to content
ourselves with imagining what it would
be Uke. Going back to Kvalvaag we
had another roneh crossing, but reached
shore without mishap.
Before we cros ed to the Lofotens we
made one or two attempts to photo
graph the miefn'ght snn. His solsr
majesty, however was rather coy of
showing bimseif at the right moment,
and althongh be was not below the ho
rizon all the time we ere in the Nord-
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land, it was bnt se'rlom that we hid an
unclouded midnight Howaver, our
photographer was not easily dannted.
and one evening alout lip. if. be and
I left Bodo and climbed np the bill,
which lies to the north-west of the
town, overlooking the Vest Fjord.
When we gained the top we fonnd it
blowing rather hard, bnt the sky was
fairly free from cloud except just where
the snn was partly behind the island of
Landego. The camera was got ready
and we waited anxiously for the'sun to
emerge. We were much afraid that
the island would obsenre onr view,
as it rises abont 2,1)00 feet from tbe
sea, bnt, to onr great delight, about
five minutes before midnight the snn
emerged from the bank of clond in its
full and wondrons glory the glory of
a summer sunset, which lit np tbe
mountains and island with a golden
light. It was blowing so hnrd that we
had to hold on to the legs of the camera
to keep it steady while the necessary
exposure was given. Then we waited,
watching the snn, and soon we could
trace the upward movement, which told
ns another day bad legun. It is some
thing marvellous in what a short space
(a few minutes) the change of light
takes place, from sunset to sunrise,
from the deep red of the setting snn,
to the golden rays of the dawn. I have
always thought this one of tho most
beantiful effects produced by this
phenomenon. In itself there is noth
ing so very pecuhnr in the ajipearance
of tbe snn at midnight, except for the
quiet which reigns around. It is little
more than an ordinary sunset effect,
and these very highly-colored repre
sentations of the scene which one often
meets with, exist party in the im Agi
nation, or under certain rare atmos
pheric conditions not generally met
with.
We contrived, notwithstanding the
difficulty of keeping the camera steady,
to use three or four plates in onr at
tempt to take this view of the midnight
snn, but unfortunately as we found
afterwards, the results obtained were
not very satisfactory.
F"rom Bodo we croased the wide Vest
Fjord to Svoher, an important place in
the Lofotens. The time we were there,
however, was not the busy season. It
is in the early month of the year that
tho Lofotens are full of fishermen from
all parts of Norway. Then it is that
, the groat harvest of the sea is reaped,
and millions upon millions of cod fish
are caught and dried, for exportation
to the Mediterranean. Svolva-rconsists
of a number of wooden houses built on
small islands, backed by procipitous
mountains the S vol vhtsj tire almost
overhanging a part of the little town.
On this mountain is a very curious pin
nnclo of rock resembling a gigantic
stack of chimneys, quite nncliralmblo.
All over the place are the wooden huts
erected for the fishermen during the
fishing season. They are littlo more
than long sheds with berths along the
sides, where tbe men sleep. These
huts may be counted by the dozen in
Svolva r and other important fishing
stations, such as IlenningsvnT. With
out them it would of conrse be impossi
ble to accommodate half of those who
come for the fishing. The entire pop
ulation of the Lofoten gronp is only
abont 'JO.OoO while there are usually
about 2.",0(K) fishermen assembled in the
springtime.
enjoyed onr stay at Svolvnsr ex
ceedingly, and our photographer was
bnsy securing many beautiful pictures
of the islands and their inhabitants.
Not far from Svolvaris Kabelvaag. and
it is connected with it by one of the
few roads on Lofoten. We walked
there oue dav, and a very interesting
walk it is. Ihe road runs along the
the sea amid huge boulders, which have
fallen from the mountain sides, skirting
some lovely bays, and then creeping
between narrow walls of rock. On tho
way we met with an interesting object
Fastaned to a mighty louhlcr was a
thick ir n box which hung from a
staple. It was within easy reach of the
passers-bv. In the lid of the box were
two sli s iike those in a collecting-box,
and under one the words, in Norwe
gian, "Will yiu give an ore for mis
sions to the heathen''" and under the
other "Will yon give an ore for the
poor .teamen's widows and their little
ones?" What an excellent combina
tion! The dangers of the winter fishery
are many, und often there are poor
willows and little ones to lament the
loss of tho breadwinner; but tbe other
npjienl was none the less appropriate,
for we were in the parish whete that
nobleheartsd missionary, Hans I'gede,
was pastor for about eleven years
from 1707 to 17IS before ho began the
arduons work of tho evangelization of
the Eskimo of Greenland.
A short distance further on we came
to the chnrch of Vaagen, a very plain
wooden building, which replaces iin
ancient church which stood on the
same siti. Around the gnllery are pic
tures of the various pastors who, in
formdr days, bad charge of the parish.
The oldest da'es from 15.MI a very
curious i ne, painted on panel. Among
the others we fonnd oneof Hans Egede.
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Except .or thcio ii-turua, t-.- o
not much interest in tbe church, an
and as works of art they wore by n.
means remarkable.
During our stay at Svo'vjer we visite
one of the industries for which tbi
Ijofotf ns are noted- The Norwegian
re a thrifty race, and do not allow an;
art of the r harvest of the sea to go t
Ts?e; and to, when cod are caught t
le dried for the southern markets, thei
ivers are dnly transformed into tha
ust fnl bnt nnpleasant oil, so familiar 'l
this country, and then it might b
i h. night that the rod had done its fai.
sli-ire in providing for the wants o
man. Bnt it is not so. In preparing
the dried tnkftk, or klipfik, for ex
portation, the head is first cut oft
Now the bead of a cod is no smal
psrt of the tih: sn these bends are al
collected and dried, and when driei
are ground to a powdi-r, which is ex
tensively me l asgnnno. The oh' est o
the factories where the beads are s
treated is at Svolvar, and we paid it i
visit one morning. Ou reaching tbi
Futirik we saw vast sheds with thei:
l.enrs of these fiahy remains. Thi
odor is cot at all as bad as might tx
imagined, as of conrte the heads, be fort
being brought there by tbe fishermen,
are first dried in tho tun; still, there ii
a very unmistakable smell about them,
The manager of the factory was
kind, aud showed nsall these treasures.
He told us at that time (and the sbedf
were not quite full) they calculate!
they had ia stock about six and I
quurter million of cods' heads waiting
o be gronnd down. By his kindness
we werti allowed to see the whole proc
ess. The heads are first roughly
gronnd, so as to bring them to a kind
of powder; then this powder if
thoroughly dried on hot plates of metal,
and then ground down to a fine powder.
I have said the smell was not at ali
trying when passing the sheds where
the bends are stored; but it is a very
different thing in the house where they
are dried after being crushed. There
the smell is something to remember for
a long time, and to this may be added
the dus'. of dried cods' heads, which if
flying nbout, and gets into tne nose and
down the throat, so that for a day or
so afterwards you cannot fall to be re
minded of your visit to the factory.
Still, notwithstanding this drawback,
it is interesting to see the way in which
all parts of this nsh are turned to ac
count. In other places, I believe the
heads are pounded np with a kind oi
seaweed, and given to the cows during
the winter. I am not over fastidious,
but I think I should prefer not to drink
the milk of cows accustomed to such
diet
One more excursion In the Lofotens
I may mention here, because it is one
of very singular beauty, even in thai
wonderful land. It was to tho Trold
Fjord. This fjord is a narrow inlet ol
the llaftsund, which is so well known,
and is visited now several times a week
by the tourist steamers; bnt the Trold
Fjord is so narrow that no large steamer
can well turn in it. and so it has hither
to cscapeil with loss notice than it do-
serves. We were able to charter
small steamer which lies at Svolvajr for
this excursion, as in the summertime
she has bnt little to do, though very
busy during the fishing season. The
The Trold Fjord is about two hours'
sail from Svolvxr, through delightful
scenery the whole way. The only im
portant place passed is Brettesntos,
picture of which can be seen in every
railway-station in London indoed, we
might say in England in a pictorial
advertisement of what in Norway is
called "Tran." The reader can easily
guess what it is. Soon after leaving
lirettesnws we came into the Raftsund,
with its wonderful mountain-peaks and
glaciers. A short way np this "snnd,"
tho cntrace partly hidden by a small
island, is the Trold Fjord. This inlet
is, I think, not more than a mile long,
but it would be bard to find in Europe
such a bit of water and mountain
scenery as is to be seen there in such a
small space. On the right hand is a
terrific wall of rock (polished and made
bare by frequent avalanches), which
must rise some 2,000 feet right out ol
the water. It is one of the most im
posing of the many walls of bare rock
1 have seen in Norway, and which,
even in Norlland, where rock scenery
is unexampled, is almost unique. At
tho head of the little fjord is a magnif
icent group of jagged peaks, with five
small glaciers among them, and the In
variable glacier torrent rushing down
to the culm waters of the little bay.
Up to now the Trold Fjord has enjoved
its splendonr almost unknown; bnt alas!
like so ninny other places, this must
not be expected to last; and some of the
t'inrist steamers, later in tbe summer
than we were there, made their way in
for the first time; and now this qniet
little spot where nature so grand and
lovely showed herself to bnt a few, will
become as well known as Torghatten or
the North Cape.
But I mnst say no more about this
strange and wondorfnl Nordland. Time
and space alike would fail to tell one
Ii F.I f of its wonders. Mnch of it re
mains to be explored, and it will lie
long leforo it can be overran. Vast
districts of unrivalled grandenr exist
on all siclos. Magnihccnt mountain
ranges, with glaciers of great extent
nnd noautv, are yet wholly unknown
like the Oxtindorne in Uelgeland, and
man v ot her ranges and ice-fields further
north. Jiut it is not unlikely that if
tho marvellous development which is
going on in the South-west of Norway
spreads much further, then these
names, like many others a lew years
age ii I most unknown, may become to
tourists household words, and the Nord
land, in spite of its distance from Eng
land, become tha playground of the
north.
Thor was a god of the chase and was
repre ente-l as be'ng seated on a couch
of skins with twelve stars over his head
mid a sceptre iiliis hand. Thursday
or "Thor 's day" was the day Thor was
worshiped.
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MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Vicarious Punishment of a Sup
posed Son-in-law.
'When I reached Philadelphia re-
sently" said Mr. Mooney of ChilU
tothe. Ma, "I had written several
letters, and about 11 o'clock thought I
would take a walk down Chestnut
itreet and finish my cigar. I walked
is far as Kiniu Btreet and then started
sack for the hotel. When I reached
rwelfth and Chestnut I thought I
a-ould buy another cigar and went into
a neighboring store.
As I came out of the store a picture
n the window attracted my attention
ind I leaned over to examine it more
losely. I bad hardly stopped when
omeone hit me a terrible blow across
.he shoulders with a heavy stick, at
:he same time exolaiming:
You miserable villain! You will
lesert vonr wife and seven small chll- .
Iran ud laava tham to suffer atarva- I
ion, will you? Come home you
icoundreU and take that and that!' at
die same time bringing the club twice
nore over my shoulders with terrible
!orce
The blows were so severe and the
sain so intense that for a moment I
was stunned. Before I had time to
ealize what was next coming or put
ip any defense the man grabbed me
sy tbe coat collar and dragged me
across the street to a lamp light said:
'Ain t you ashamed to leave your
eifeP
At the same time he looked up Into
my face and then retreated as if terror
itrickcn.
O, I beg your pardon,' he exclaim
d, 'I mistook you for a son-in-law of
nine. I hope you are not hurt I did
tot think I could be mistaken,' and at
;he same time he drew a handker
;hie( from his pocket and, placing it to
lis eyes wept bitterly.
I thought that mighty funny, but as
I was 'green' in your eastern ways
ind did not know what was coming
next I thought it best to make tracks
lor the hotel and I got there as soon as
possible.
"WEEDS OR GRASS." WHICH?
K "Divorce Cap" to Distinguish
Har Wldowshlp.
A San Francisco lady writing to the
Chronicle is anxious for some distin
guishing mark to distinguish widows
ind suggest for the one a Divorce Cap.
It might be pertinent to remark that
;here might be two kinds one trimmed
with weeds, the other with grass. This
luly says: "I think there ought to be
lorao kind of a divorce cap. A man
ioes not need one. He always looks
iinglo. But if some inventive milliner
will think up a design for a hat that
will permit you to understand whether
a woman is a spinster, married or di
vorced she will save men a great deal
of trouble. The most trying thing for
i man to find out about a woman he
has fallen in love with is a husband,
lie can stand almost anything else and
still hope. But the pretty widow with
tho child always dresses the child up in
way to attract attention, mere s
something about the contrast between
the two and tho way she treats the
hild that seems to say. "This poor
hild has no father." And, man. poor
sympathetic man, with his heart drawn
o youthrul innocence, tninks be is
-atching the mother by giving candy
o the infant The mother, bless her
.tear, unsuspecting, frank, ingenious
heart, is catching him and saving the
expense of tho family bonbons, Pity
is akin to love. Is it? It seems to me
that love is akin to pity. Anyway,
uen don't pity women whoa they don t
love thetn. but thoy love tuem very
often when t y don t pity them. Uto-
cr wci isa co me pitying.
A titrtum f rtutnt m
A stream near Benton, Tenn.. Is said
to be full of phantom fish. Standing
on tho rocks and looking down into
the water the eyes can seo hundreds
of trout some of them remarkably
large, darting about the pool or res.
ing with tue gentlo motion pocultar to
their tribe. The angler casta his line
in one of those pools literally swarm
ng with fish, to all appearances, and
no matter how attractive the fly or
how skillful the fisherman, he never
gets a bite. As plentiful as they seem
to be no one has ew yet been able
to catch a trout la that stream. The
fish pay no attention to the book or
line, and tbe bait is thrown at them.
or an attempt is made to spear them.
tbe instrument has tbe appearance of
passing through tbe fish, but he is not
caught; when the barb or spear is re
moved he is still there.
Wlrk PutlaM.
A manufacturer of foot-balls wrote
to the "secretary foot-ball club" of a
town in Wales soliciting orders. Ha
received from the parish clerk a reply
which read : "We have no clubs of
the kind here. We are better Christ
ians than to allow our young men to
indulge in such wicked pastimes. Let
them read their bibles and common
prayers and think of death." The
admonition to the foot-ball player to
"think of death is timely. I hey
geuerally do before the game Is hal
over. But the reply of the parish
clerk shows that Wales is a decidedly
poor place for a young man to obtain
a thorough college education. Norris-
town Herald.
ImtH Tk Both It la a.
Miss Gotham 1 don t like young
Mr. Dolley. He fairly talked tUe arm
off me last night
Miss Boston Yes, he also performed
verbal operation on me.
IUaa For T.ar Scrap IwL
A tcaspoonful of borax added to
Mild starch will make clothes suffer
nan anything else, though it adds no
lolish.
In using ammonia for domestic pur
poses one taoiesponniui to aooui
rjart of water is about the ordinary
jro portion.
If vou dip the wicks of lamps in
trong hot vinegar and then dry them
t will do away with much of the dia-
igreeable smelL
Before beginning to seed raisins
over them wilh hot water and let
hem stand 15 minutes. The seed
.an then be removed easily without
particle of waste-
An old recommendation often given
young housekeepers is to use tea leaves
in sweeping carpets; but their use on
lelicate colors should be avoided, as
-bey will surely stain light carpets.
A box of powdered borax should al
w:ys Do kept on the sink shelf. A lit
lie addnd to the water in which disa
towels are washed will help much to
keep them clean and at the same time
keep one's bands soft and smooth.
THEY'RE ALL HUMAN.
And the Little Woman Knevk
the
Gateman's Weakness.
Now and then one finds a person
who understands rail toad human na
ture, as exhibited by the gatemen in
the depots. Their orders are to pasg
no one in without a ticket and it is
the easiest thing in the world for
them to wave back old age, youth,
beauty and anybody else who wants
to pass in to meet a friend expected
on that train. One of the surliest
officials I ever saw, says the New York
Sun, has a gate in the L. & N. depot
in Cincinnati, and I have seen him
turn stiOly away from desperate men.
weeping women and howling children.
To every protestation he bad but on
answer:
"Can't pass' thout a ticket"
Tha other day. while 1 was watching.
htm, a lit
little, blue-eyed woman came
gliding into the throng waiting at the
gatoe. Of the two tenders she selected
thb one to operate on. although any
one could have seen that theotber had
the biggest heart. After several peo
ple bad been turned away she slid for
ward in a graceful way and inquired:
"Beg pardon, sir. but am I speaking
to tbe president of the road?'
"N o, ma'am T' he stammered,
thrown on his beam ends by the query.
"Ah! you look so much like him
Are you the superintendent?"
"No, ma am not exactly."
"Then, you must be the manager?1'
"Hardly, ma'am."
"Dear met but how could the people
be so mistaken?" she went on. "Half
dozen of them said you were one of
the high officials, and I am so dis-
ppointod to find you are not Per
haps, though, you have the general
manager's powers when he is no
here?"
"What is iLjna'am?"
"My sister will be in on the C.30.
and I so want to go inside the gates
nd help her with the children. As
you must have the authority of tne
manager in his absence, 1 make bold
to "
"Certainly, ma'am; walk right in,"
he interrupted.
"ion are so kind.
"Don't mention it"
"But all leading railroad men nre
ever courteous, she said as a parting
bit of taffy, and then she made a bee-
ne down the depot.
W e turned to look at the gateman.
and the change was surprising. He
bad braced up until his height was in
creased by four inches, his chest was
thrown out and he was standing as
tiff as a crowbar, while a man pound
ed him on the back and offered to lick
the stuffing out of him if he would
come off the perch. The little woman
of all bad found his weak spot
Alter tk. Battl.
An ex-confederate officer relates thai
fter tbe buttle of Fort Donaldson, it
was decided after a hot fight to with-
raw from the fort Upon looking
around for Caesar, his colored cook, he
was nowhere to be seen. He shouted
to him several times, and by and by
was answered in such faint tones that
be knew his servant was inside of the
log on which he was standing.
Come out ol there! commanded the
officer.
"Can't do it!" he shouted in reply.
'But you must Tbe fight is all
over.
But I cau't dar's fo' white men in
dis log behind me."
And when the officer investigated he
found that such was the fact They
crawfished out One aftor the other,
each having an excuse to urge, and
finally the darkey appeared. The of
ficer was about to open on him, but
Ca'sar protested:
Doan say one word. Iis ar de
fust time I ebbcr got ahead of a white
man. an its gwin to be the werry last!
De nex' fout we have Ize gwin to let
do white man have de hull log to him
self, an' I'll look fur a hole in d
ground!"
Tka Lot mf Fra Lanaw
The truth is. to be spoken flatly and
ith confidence that it is truth, that a
man who does not love his first love all
his life long makes a great mistake
and does injustice to bis own past
But, of course, ho is to love them as
they were. The affection they In
spired IB aim. when thoy did inspire
it is a part of himself for all time, and
they, as they then seemed, are a part
of him too, aad it is as idle for him to
try to eradicate them from his actual
ity as for tbe leopard to attempt to
change spots with the Ethiopian.
That he should love what they may
become with tbe lapse of years is man
ifestly inexpedient and unreasonable,
as well as usually improper, if for no
other reason, because
One must not love another's."
iScribner's.
Bar tfc.lra.
Bald sweet Matilda Jinks,
"I am willing to aver,
Ufa widow were,
I'd wed a widower.
There is one opportunity of influenc
ing voters under the Australian ballot
law, which perhaps has not occurred
to many of the public They may still
bo hired to keep away from the polls.
A candidate for aa Important office in
Boston once stated that this was the
method in which he proposed to carry
an election. Tho coarse he Intended
to pursue was to pay two or three
thousand t ix bills, and then put the
receipts in his own pocket thus bav
in? a iruaranty that those to whom
they were madn out would not regis
ter. Boston Herald.
Tfcajr Wan Kat M th. Market.
A little boy of & went with hi:
mother to make a calL Tbe lady of
the house, who was very fond of chil
dren, told him she was going to ask
his mother to let her have him. "Don !
vou think that your mother would let
me buy your sbe asked.
"No," he said, "you haven t got
money enough-
"How much would it take?" she
asked.
"Three hundred dollars." he an
swered. promptly: "and you haven' I
cot that much."
"1 think I could manage it" she
said. "If 1 can, will you come to me?"
"No," be said, with decision, "mams
wouldn't sell me, anyhow. There are
five of us and mama wouldn't like U
break the set"
War 8. Iut raaele Ami . Talln.
Bayney "Why did you change your
tailors? Couldn't Cuttem suit you?
Inndette (sadly) "He could, but he
wouldn't wait any longer."
There axe fUll 114 log sch olhoueea ii
IUinoia. .
NEWSLS BBIEF.
Bacon Is cured with hops.
Silk is made from paper pais.
Cleveland has a $10,000 street car.
Heating by e'ectrlcity is promised.
Compressed air signals sre success
ful.
London will h .ve new Thames
tunnel.
The anticipation of evil Is the death
Of happiness.
A sheet ot plate glass is 308 square
feet, 128 inches.
Dy speiisia is one of the most com moo
causes ot baldness.
A petroleum bicycle makes forty
nine miles an hour.
Wire wound guns are the latest ac
quislt on of tbe United btatesNavy.
An Ohio young man has turned
green from the effects of cigarette smok
ing. Gotobed Form is the name of a farm
er living in Dickinson ffounty,
Kan. t
Her. R. L. Kidd, Canal lane van
gelist, can recite tbe ent.re Bible from
memory.
The Duke of Wellington was born at
Dungan Castle, County of Meath, Ire
land, in 1700.
A Spanish potato, raised at Clark
vllle Ga., this season, was four feet aud
eight inches in length.
A man was in Athens, Ga., recently
exhibiting a bulldog with oue foot ex
actly the shape of a hoot.
It Is said that at last a satisfactory
arc lump for use on an tneamleseeut cir
cuit has been designed.
A postmaster la Texas committed
suicide recently because he bad been In
dicted for stealing forty cents.
A West Philadelphia poet In bis
latent effort attempts to make "tobog
gan" rblme with "oh, come again!"
The electrical underground railway
In London has proved that a speed ot
twenty-four miles an hour is practicable.
rure gold shines but little. It Is
only when it Is mixed with alloy that
it takes on a glitter aud brightness.
It is easiest to be all things to all
men, but It is not honest. iNjir-respect
must be eaciifleed every hour ot the
day.
An alderman in Janeville, Wis.,
has been fined $'25 for allowing a chick
en fight In front of his place of busi
ness. All the precepts of tbe divine law
are linked together. Negligence In one
single point may lead to the destruction
or all.
Inquisitive people are the funnels
of conversation; they do not take In
anything for their own use, hut merely
to pass at to another.
All virtues are sanctifies1 or unhal
lowed, according to the principle which
die ales them, and will be accepted oi
rejected accordingly.
A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another man than this, that
when the injury began on his pait, tha
kindness begun on ours.
Turkish soldiers. In a recent tar
get contest, proved that not one In
twenty could hit a man at twenty
paces.
Mr. Tapling's famous collection of
postage stamps, valued at f l)0,Uti, liai
been bequeathed to the British Mus
eum. Opportunity Is the flower of time;
and as the stalk may remain when the
flower is cut off, so time may remalu
wilh us when opportunity is gone.
Mental pleasures uever cloy. Un
like tho-e of the body, they are inclos
ed by reietition, approved of by reflec
tion, and strengthened by enjoyment.
Energy will doanything that can be
done In this world; aud no talents, no
circumstances, no opportunities will
make a two-legged animal a man with
out it.
It is a good thing to laugh, at any
rate; and if a straw can tickle a man it
is an instrument ot happiness. Beasts
can weep whan they suffer, but they can
not laugh.
The el clrlc arc is composed or a
stream of vapor arising from the actual
boiling or vaporization ot the solid ends
of tbe separated conductors.
To secure uniformity in tbe paint
ing and varnishing of their passsenger
and frieght cars some railroads employ
expert chemists to analyze the paints
and oils used.
A double bulled ship has been de
vised by Captain Meacon, of Chelsea,
Mass., which Is said to be absolutely
unsinkal le. His plan has received In
dorsement in the highest quarters.
There Is not a chapter In the history
of human nature more Instructive, both
to tbe heart and understanding, than
that which records our errors.
Studied conversat on is most ted
ious and defeats its own ends. We
want : in conversation that the heart
should flow out We cannot every
moment pron3unce an eplgrxm.
Good manners are the blossom of
good sense and good feeling. If the
law of kindness be written in the heart,
it will lead to that disinterestedness in
both great and little things that de
sire to oblige, and that attention to the
gratification of others, which are the
foundation of good manners.
Sixteen millions of dollars were
sent from the United States to pay for
beet sugar bought in Germany during
the year ending June 30, lH'JO.
Justice is itself the great standing
policy of civil society, and any eminent
departure from it, nnder any circum
stances, lies under the suspicion of be
ing no jsjlicy at all.
One must not only cultivate one's
friends, but cultivate one's friendships,
preserving them with care, looking
after the n, so to speak, aud watering
them from day to day.
It Is said that durin? June and July
the insect life in New Yoik ftate
is much more numerous than in any
tropical country.
A volunteer vine at ITai;f')rd, Cal.
yielded forty-two monstrous pumpkins
and another vine thirty. The product
of either vine would make a good wig
on load.
Theonly man tried, found guilty
and execnted for treason luring t'm ex
istence of the Unit- d States was Wil
liam B. Mun f rd, lnlSG2. Tho execu
tion took place in New Orleans, under
an order of Major-General Benjamin F.
Bntltr.
To be courteous does not take much
time, b it it lakes a little. He who
w uld be courteous must not bs iu such
baste that he canuot be ?ympa'hetic,
nor so absor! ed that te cannot be cot
iderate for vVbcrs,
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