GzW) . R F. BOHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. V VOL. XLV. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 15. 1891. NO. 30. tOO OLD TO IiEARS (mi lurotliin'uf avet'ran, Jest turuin' 64 yrr, nuui that's I"'1" nj hearty and a stranger tr ll f-ar; gut I've I''ra' this morn hi' that bin mail'- my ulJ head spin, iod I'm go'"' " eaie UJJr couschuiis If 1 never speak as;iu. fve IHeJ my -"'ore years of life, ant) never 'til lewday I uuu fer a jackass or au Igu'ut kiud o'jay jtw be stulieJ w ith secli durned nonsense 'buut theiu craw lin' binjs and woimj jlut's klllin' human uciu's with their uii crowskopic germs. They y there's "luikrohes" all around hunt- iu' iff their prey ; Tbtres ootliln' pure tew eat or drink or no mfe place tew stay. Taere's luUainy" lu dew full aud "uialary" lu the sun ; IJjitsafe teiv be uiit doors at uoou or when the day is ilouc. litre's "hactery" in the water aud 'trl- cheeoc-y" iu the meat, "imethy" lu the atmusfeer, "calory" In the best; Tlitre's "eurpussels and pigments" In a hu man Lein's Mood, ni every other kiud of thing existin' lence the flood. TcrUcky'a full of nl-kerteec," whatever that may be, and your throat will all git puckered with the "tannin" iu the tea; loe butter's "oly-maryareen," It ueversaw a cow, Anil things Is gettin' wus and wus from nhal they be jlt now. Xbem bus is all about us, jest awaitiu for a chance Tew utoitrnte our vitals and tew 'uaw us otf like plants. , There's men that spends a lifetime huutiu Kurllis jct like a goose, AtJ tacklu' Latin names to 'em aud lettiu ou 'cm louse. SuW, I don't believe secli uouserise, aud I don't Intend to try ; If tiling- has cum tew seen a pass I'm satis tied to die. I'll go hang m iu the sullur, for I won't be sech a fool As uw wait until I'm pieued by a aunyinal- heool! J Story Bor To-Day. In a very ancient building near the Battery, New Yol k city, there is a very modern suit of office. That is to say, the internal arrangements ol'tlie second floor in the antiquated block comprise every modern improvement known to the present day ollice builder aud fur nisher. 'ot many years ago, upon the ground glass in a door upon that same second lloor, in neat black letters, ap peared the words, Arlington & Kane," bile upon a lower line, in bolder letters, one might have read, "Amer ican Merchants." Arlington Jfc Kane was a very old bus iness firm, whose credit iu New York, London and any South American city, Was almost boundless. Three genera tions of Arlington and Kanes had passed over the majority since the bus hies, was established, and now the reins were entirely in the hands of Mr. Walter Kane, bachelor. Now , although Mr. Walter Kane was looked upon as a rich man by his friends and business associates, Mr. Kane knew better, and so did his chief clerk and book-keeper. lu fact, things were coming- to a crisis w hen, one morning Mr. Walter Kane summoned his head man into his private ottice. 'How long can we hold out Oxtoby ?" 'Certainly not more than thirty days, sir; perhaps not so long. There's a pile of paper falls due iu about a mouth." Five minutes later Mr. Kane w as rending his way up a narrow and dirty staircase at the lower end of Green wich street, and presently entered a little dingy, cramped ottice ad dirty aud rusty as his own was light and airy. This was the headquarters of Meosers. Isaacs Jfc Hubbakuk, vessel owners, speculators, bill-shavers, and gelieral dabblers in aught that would bring ri-h to their net. The door of Isaacs & Hubbakuk's inner sanctum being closed and bolted, Mr. Kane, without any preliminary re marks, handed his card to Mr. Isaacs aud proceeded, " My South American cargoes have usually been shipped here by the iteaiiiers of Kawley & Company ; but if you. gentlemen, cau see your way to making advances ou cargoes I shall be happy to divide in y business and give you a share of it. Just now I have a mixed cargo of sugar and indi go at Bahia, and upon that cargo I want au advance of sixty thousand dollars. ' Of course," added Mr. Kaue, " 1 do not expect you to advance any money until you receive the bills of lading from Iiuhia. You can learn U you wisli about me from any one li the South American trade." " We kuow your tinu well by repu tation, Mr. Kane, and are pleased to make your personal acquaintance," id Mr. Isaacs. ' We shall be most tappy to make the advance you men tion upon receipt of the bills of hiding from Bahia." Mr. Walter Kane then bowed him self out and busied himself in his office until a very late hour that night. He seemed to be trying very- persistently t write a signature, which was evi dently not his own. "When he finally gut it to suit him it read " Roderigo Ciaro." Ihe next morning Mr. Kane in structed a junior clerk to address an en velope to Messrs. Isaacs & Ilubbaltuk. Jn this the merchant placed a forged bill of lading and sealed the cover. Then he w rote a long, newsy letter to n old friend of his in Bahia a sort of fellow who would do anything to oblige friend and never think of asking questions and among other things re quested him to mail the inclosed letter n the day that the said Miriam, Isaa Hubbakuk owners, left Bahia. Three weeks later the bill of lading for three thousand hogsheads of sugar nd fifty barrels of indigo had been duly received at the olllce of Isaacs & Hubbakuk, Greenwich Street, Xew iok, and on the afternoou of the JMue day Mr. Isaacs wrote out a check for sixty thousand dollars in f avor Arlington & Kaue. .The Miriam arrived in New York two weeks after tlie mail which had brought the bills of lading, and the captain reported u very light cargo. "Light!" exclaimed Mr. Isaacs, in a. surprised tone. "Why, man alive, w hat do you call a cargo? Didn't you take all that sugar or Arlington Sr Kane's aboard?"' "Sugar ! 1 laven't got a speck of sugar on the vessel." Investigation quickly follow ed, and, upon proceeding to Arlington & Kane's office at Bowling Green, Mr. Isaacs was not long in learning the true 6tate of affairs. Mr. Kane had gone suddenly the day before, and had left no address, no instructions, no money and no credit. Half an hour later Julius "Wells, the celebrated detective, who had at one time or another been employed by half the bankers of Wall street, was clos eted with Isaacs & Hubbakuk in the;." Greenwich street office. The whole affair was explained to Mr. AVells. "The only thing that puzzles lne,' said Mr. Isaacs, "is how he got our agent's signature. Iioderigo Ciaro corresponds with no man iu iVer York but ourselves." "Baht That was easv," replied the detective. "You can bet that Kane did not cook this scheme iu a hurry. He has had it iu his mind for mouths, aud has gone to some pains to specially secure Ciaro's signature. Wrote to hint about some timid business matter, pos libly." "Well, see here," said Isaacs and Hubbakuk together. "We hate to lose sixty thousand clear cash, but we will spend as much to see that sharper in Sing Sing. Spare no expense, Wells; draw on us for whatever is necessary." In the office at the well-appointed Queen's Hotel at Montreal sat two men. Both were well diessed and apparently men of refinement; both sat iu huge rocking-chairs and leisurely smoked very delicately flavored cigars. " Like myself',' said the elder of the two, who spoke with a strong, high toned British accent, you seem to have considerable leisure on your hands. Pardon ine, but you are a Canadian, 1 presume?" ' Yes, said the other, iu a very pleas ant, lazy voice " I am a Canadian. Like yourself, as you say, I have i good deal of leisure. There, 1 imagine, the resemblance between you and me ceases. For, while you are an English man w ho cau afford to ' torn,' I am a poor, broken down iuss, failure in business, and with the narrowest of narrow pocket-books. You are in Mon treal because it suits you to stay here until you tire of the place; I am here because it is as much as I can do to pay my bill at the hotel and indulge in v cigar once iu a while." The Englishman laughed a loud, hearty British gull'aw. ' My dear sir, I am afraid you paint your own picture iu more sombre '.olors than is necessary. Permit me to hand you my card, and as far as a name goes, introduce myself." The younger man took the paste board on which was printed from a tine copper plate, " Sik "William Hakley." 'Sorry i cannot reciprocate, Sir. William," said the Canadian. "Cop per plates coine too high, and I should have to forego a good many smokes to pay for such a pack of luxuries as tards. However my name is Carletou Robert Carletou, aud I am pleased to meet such a genial gentleman as vour self." "Thauks. Now, see here, Carle-ton, take pity on a stranger, will you, and show me the sights. My family is up at Alexandria Buy, with a lot of Tor onto cousius of mine. I got tired of that amusment and come down here to go it alone. Let us go down to Que bec on the night boat and have a good time for forty-eight hours." "Impossible, luy dear Sir William. I am not joking. I am simply too poor to indulge in anything of the kiud. "Look here, Carletou, when I invite a man to be my guest, 1 don't expect him to pay the bills. Will you come as a pure kindness to me? That's all I ask." The Canadian demurred a little, but at last he consented to accompany Sir William. They started off by the boat that night, and instead of beiug gone forty-eight hours they were absent fourteen days. They took in all the points of interest on the river ; did Quebec, the Saguenay, the Montinor enci Falls, and had a good time gener ally. There were rare diuners and champagne 6uppers very frequently, and the jolly, middle-aged English baronet proved himself to be au ex ceedingly generousind genial host. A couple of days after their return to Montreal the two men were again seated iu the office of the Queen's Hotel. "Well, Carleton, my boy, in a. week I shall embark from New York for home. I must go up to the Island for my people and then start. Come up with ine to the bay, will you, that's a food fellow ' I've telegraphed for the steam yacht, which I chartered for the season to be at the other end of the Lachine Canal this evening. We cau have one more jolly time together as we run up the river. IVow, don't re fuse me." "Can't do it. Sir William; I've been indulging too much already." "Oh, pshaw! What difference will another night make to you? You can't plead other arrangements you hu rascal. Come up and be introduced to I.adv Harley and my girls. There, if the old man left any inducement for a youngster like you, try my girls two of them; and over in London they pass muster as fair lookers, I assure you. Come along. " Much obliged, but it cannot be. You have been soexceedingly kind that it hurt me to disappoint you, Sir " il liam. Still I am compelled to decline vour invitation." The baronet looked vexed. He stroked his British whiskers, and bi his lip. "Why are you compelled to decline? Will you tell me your reason, sir?" he asked after a moment's pause. A curious 6mile played over the fea ures of Mr. Kobert Carletou, and something like a twinkle of sarcastic amusement was percepible in his eyei as he turned to the baronet. "If you wish, Sir William, I will tell you my reason," he said. "I have most thoroughly enjoved being the honored guest of the English baronet, Sir William Harley, in this fair Domin ion of Canada; but I fancy I thoiilri decidedly not appreciate the pleasureof becoming the guest of Mr. Julius Wells, at Alexandria Bay, which place, I believe is iu the State of New York. Is that reason sufficient? Good-by, Sir William," he added, as the quondam British aristocrat moved slowly awav, biting his lip until it bled, "remember me kindly to Messrs. Isaacs, Si Hub bakuk." HVireW. IS IIE TUE OLDEST LIV1NU MAM Nagy Fereno7 a Hungarian Peasant Who Was Burn V21 Years Ao. The oldest man in the civilized work it may be said with reasonable safety, is Nagy Ferencz, a peasant in Bares, Hungary. He was born iu Hedrahely 121 years ago next September. He passed his boyhood on the little farm of his parents. He was not an espe cially robust child. He could not haul and split wood, pitch hay, and tame colts, as could his three strapping brothers, who died half a century ago. His father regarded him with dis'fi vor, because he was too weak to do more than a peasant womau's work, and did not earn enough to pay for his food. At the age of 19, however, Nagy sud denly developed into a phenomenally muscular man. His chest widened, his arms aud legs hardened, aud his girth increased. He became a famous local wrestler, and did more work in a day than most peasauts near Hedrahely did in two. Just 100 years ago last May he fell in love itli the daughter of au inn keeper. She promised to marry him on July 81, 1780. Two days before the marriage day she jilted him for his best friend. Since then, Nagy has been a woman hater. He never loved an other woman. Nagy's boyhood was lived long be fore the days of compulsory education, j so he never learned to keep a diary or write memoirs, lie has an immense fund of anecdote, however, which is at the service of any one with a half hour to spare at Bares. The children of the town have heard from him every week for many years the 6tories of the famous charges, retreats, sieges, and campaigns iu which he has partici pated. The great event of his life, ho thinks, was Ms attendance at the fun eral of his dead Queen, Maria Theresa 109 years ago. Although but twelve years old then, he has treasured up for more than a century every detail of the procession aud burial. Naggy Fereucz is penniless, but he is not a beggar nor a public charge. A score or more of families iu Bares are ready to give him food, clothing, and shelter. He takes all his meals vv ith seven families whom he has known for fifty years. Each one enter tains him one day iu the week. Be tween meals he walks from house to house, chatting with all men aud child ren whom he meets. He rarely talks with women, for he has not forgotten that young woman who jilted him one century ago this month. After each meal he smokes a pipeful of strong tobacco. He has been smoking three pipef uls of strong tobacco every y for the last 104 years, lie is fond of his wine and an occasional beer. The friends with whom he dines give him every day ten cents with which to buy tobacco and liquor. Altogether Nagy Ferencz is a sturdy, contented aimable old man. His health is good. His mind is fairly clear. He has plenty of friends and all the money he wants for smoking and drinking. He looks as w ell and happy as he is. lie has clear dark eyes, clean-cut regu lar features, and a smooth bronzed skin. He has a bushy head of white hair and a heavy white mustache. He is erect and quick in his movements. He is scrupulously neat in his person. He looks to be about seventy or seventy -five years old. The Origin of Women. Woman's first appearance has been a fruitful subject for the legend mon gers, says the London Tablet. The Pho-uician myth of creation is found in the story of Pygmalion and Galatea. There the first woman was carved by the first man out of ivory, and then en dowed with life by Aphrodite. The Greek theory of the creation ot woman, according to Hesiod, was that Zeus, as a cruel jest, ordered Vulcan to make a woman out of clay, aud then induced the various gods and goddesses to invest the clay doll with all their worst qualities, the result being a love ly thing, with a witchery of uiein, re fined craft, eager passion, love of dress, treacherous manners and shame less mind. The Scandinavians say that as Odin Vill and Ve, the three sons of Bor, were walking along the sea beach they found two sticks of wood, one of ash and one of elm. Sitting down, the gods shaped man and woman out of these sticks, whittling the w oinau from the eliu, and calling her Emia. One of the strangest stories touching the origin of woman is told by the Madagascaienes. Iu so far as the cre ation of man goes, the legend is not unlike that related by Moses, only that the fall came before Eve arrived. After the man had eaten the forbidden fruit he became affected with a boil on the leg, out of which, when it burst, came a beautiful girl. The man's first thought was to throw her to the pigs, but he was commanded by a messenger from heaven to let her play among the diggings until she was of a marriageable pge, then to make her his wife. He did so, called her Babouri, and she be came the mother of all races of men. The American Indians' myths rela tive to Adam aud Eve are numerous and entertaining. Some traditions trace back our first parents to white and rod maize; another is that man, searching for a wife, was given the daughter of the king of niuskrats, who, upon being dipped into the waters of a neighboring lake, became a woman I'nsatisfaetory Exhibition; Proud Father (show iug off precoci ous child before visitors) Whose 'ittle boy is oo? Precocious Child Mean, stingy ole filing's 'ittle boy. Proud Father (in astonishment) Why, no, Archie ; Ws papa's 'ittle bov! Precocious Child (positively) elL 'at's wot mammy calls papa, anyhow. From Chicago Tribune. SLAVES OF STAMB0UL 4. TURKISH CKXTLF.JI.WS STOIiY OF THE TRAFFIC. There are actually at Stamboul (or Constantinople) abjput ninety regular slave dealers who buy and sell slaves, or who are the medium of buying or selling, "an influential Turkish gen tleman," a Mohammedan, says in a letter to the London Daily News from Stamboul itself. The slaves are lodged in houses known by the public, just as they know the dealers iu any sort of merchandize. The principal slave bouses are about thirty. THE PRICE OF A SLAVE. An Abyssinian maiden from H to 1? is worth from CO to 120 liras (a lira is worth about $4.50), but a handsome one is sure to bring 800 liras. White slaves are more abundant. Maidens from 12 to 15 are quoted from 60 to 300 liras, and those from 10 to 20 from 60 to 1,000 liras. The price varies ac cording to beauty, size, complexion aud accomplishments. Singers and musicians Keuerally bring a good price. It should be noted here that the slaves exported to Egypt greatly improved the breed of the Egyptians. Out) can immediately distinguish au Egyptian who has had for a mother or father a Circassian slave, from the pure Egyp tian. Many people here buy slaves for legal marriages, preferring them to Turks. The reason is that a slave has no relatious(mother-iu-law especially), and therefore no visitors or callers. She endeavors to please her husband. She is obedient and economical, aud very affectionate even, if pretty well treated. SLAVES WHO AUE WKLL TKF.ATKD. Mauy slaves would not leave theii masters for flic world, but many oth ers would be too glad to obtain theii lilierly. Some are well looked after, well cared for, richly dressed, and have costly jewels. They dine with their lady and are treated as compan ions and members of the family. Among the possessors of slaves who were the most noted for their kind ness and benevolence was the late Princess, the daughter of the first Vi ceroy of Egypt. During her lifetime she gave monthly allowances from two to 0 liras to each of Iter slaves. She hod some 80 of them ma-ried to re spectable gentlemen, and gave to each a dowry of from $0,000 to SU5.000. Before her death, three years ago, she made a will granting freedom to all her slaves, and distributing to tlieni valuable presents and settlements. TI1E OTHER SIDE OF THE PlCTl'KE. I give these details as an impartial writer should do; but impartiality must also make me say that there are other slaves who are treated with brutality and barbarity when a girl of thirteen is compelled to submit to the barbarism of men of the worst aie hundieds of young girls who are sold to persons who sell them or exchange them for others of greater beauty. It is revolting to see to w hat extent slavery is encouraged here, and how many of these poor creatures would like to fly away from the brutal ity of their masters, and how many others are exported against their will. In general, slavery here is the curse of the country. In a few lines I will explain how a slave is bought or sold. She is taken home visited by a midwife and a doctor to see her state of health. If her state and accomplishments are ap proved she is purchased. The follow ing is a copy of the purchase contract; "I (the name of the proprietor of the slave) declare to have sold to X (the name of the purchaser) the slave. .. . for the sum of .... piastres in gold, which slave is my property. I have received the money in full, and declare that X (the slave) is now the property of.... and that he is satisfied with her actual state. (Seal aud name of the seller.'," Slavery is against the Moham medan roligiou. I have consulted many high authorities about it and tiud it illegal. THE SULTAN'S FIFTEEN' HIXLKLD SLAVES. But here customs and usages become law, and the Imperial harems contain more than 1500 purchased slaves. Many slaves have run away from their masters to the British Ambassador and her Majesty's Consulate, but all that these authorities could do was to put themselves in communication with the police. Once the slaves go to the police, God knows what becomes of them. The British Embassy and Con sulate have no authority to protect slaves. Slavery could only be sup pressed by the Snltan issuing a general decree granting liberty to all slaves, and that could only be done through the strong repre entation and pressure of Europe. We know that this slavery is the curse of society here, the cause of polygamy, which brings thousands of other evils with it ; yet Europe, which is desirous of abolishing it iu Africa, ignores its development in the centre of Europe. To ignore the state of Constantinople, at the gates oi Europe, is astonishing and really iu co'iipreheusible. 4 TLEKXSH LIBERAL'S APPEAL TO MR. GLADSTONE.. If the Power wish to leave affairs In Turkey, it is toe duty of the press,' and mora especially the enlightened Liberal English papers, to take th Initiative in abolishing an institution tawortby of the century in which w arc living. We hope that venerable statesman, Mr. Gladstoue, will take the matter in hand. We unfortunate Mohammedans aud left to the mercy of our despotic rulers, and we can only uplift our hands to Heaven foi help when we are in our mosques. The foregoing appeal is publisher apropos of the Brussels Anti-slaverj Conference, composed of representa tives not only from the different civil ized States of Europe, but also from three Mohammedan Powers, namely. Turkey, Peisia and Zanzibar. Th European Powers that are represented will, perhaps, be astonished to know that the female and male human traffic in its highest development and exten sion still exists in Turkey, and more especially in its capital, Constantinople- Good For Evil. 'a A prominent lawyer relates to a cor respondent of the New York Sun thai many years ago, whilo he was Attorney-General of Missouri, he hap pened to bo in Governor Stewart' office when a convict was brought iu from the penitentiary to receive a par don at the Governor's hands. The convict was a "steamboat man," large, powerful fellow, with the rough maimers of his class. The governor looked at the man, and seemed strangely affected, scrutinizing him long and closely. Then he signed the document which restored him to liberty, but before handing it to him, he said: "You will commit some other crime, I fear, aud soon be back in the petii. tentiary." The man protested solemnly tba such a tiling should never happen. The governor looked doubtful, aud after s few moments said: "You will go back on the river ano be a mate again, I suppose?" The man said yes, that was his inteu tiou. "Weil, I want you to promise rct one thing," continued the governor. "1 want you to pledge me your word tha! when you are a mate again you will never take a billet of wood and drive a poor sick boy out of his bunk to help you load your boat on a stormy night." The man answered that he never would, but seemed surprised, and in quired why the governor requested such a pledge. Because," ansvrrcd Governoj Stewart, "some day that boy may be come governor, and you may want hiio to pardon you for some crime. "One black, stormy night, many years ago, you stopped your boat on the Mississippi River to take ou a load of w ood. There was a boy on board working his passage from New Orlcaiu to St. Louis, but he was very sick of a fever, and was lying in his bunk. Y'oo had men enough to do the work, but you went to that boy with a stick ol wood in your hand, drove him on deck with blows and curses, and kept him toiling like a slave till the load wa completed. "I was that boy. Here is your par don. Never again be guilty of at brutal au act." The prisoner took the pardon, cov ered his face, aud went out. How to Wear High Heels. "This prejudice against high heels u a mistake," remarked a shoeruakci reader of the Kansas City Globe, as he prepared to place an additional "lift" upon the end of a shoe which ho held n his lap. "It depends entirely upon tht natural shape of the foot. People with a high instep require high heels, and it is only the flat-footed w ho fee' easy with low heels. j "Slippers are positively injurious to most persons, especially if they at tempt to do any unusual amount of walking in them. The low heels give no support to the ankles aud cause the aukles to break down. "Any person who finds, in breaking iu a new pair of shoes, that there is a pain across the instep, should know al once that the heels of the shoes are too low. 1 am satisfied that children suffer a great deal from this cause. Every individual should learn by ex perience how high the heels of his shoes should be aud select accord-igl-" Albert Edward's Rudeness. A strange story of the rudeness of a jicmber of the royal family of Eng land comes to The Man About Town direct from a lady correspondent at Edinburgh. A fair was in progress there and Mrs. Langtry was selling coffee at one of the booths. Enter the Prince of Wales, who asked for a cup of the delicious Mocha. Mrs. Langtry served it in delicate Worcester, and just as she handed it to him threw a dainty kiss into the cup. "How much?" the future monach of ii he surveys queried. "It was 10 shillings," answered the lily of the Jersey Isl-s, "until I threw kiss into' it. Now it is 20 shillings." "What will you charge for a clean ;up?" retorted the Prince, very ungal lantlv, as he returned the coffee un t&sted. If the story is true it indicates thai the Prince of Wales is getting to be less and lest of a gentleman as he edges nearsr the throne. St. Louis KeoubLjj. - DAI3V GRANDMOTHER. H zobeth W.DtniMon. in Widt-Awake. C children, corns down in the meadow W here the daisies and buttercup grow. And see mv funny Grandmammas, All nid-nodding, so vise and so slow. They are rUbt doon there in the dlnrle. And my auntie, she n ad them for uie; We were silliim down In Die grasses. Deep in it taller than vte: The daisies were there, cltwe beside as. In s circle they stood on a mound. And aunlie took out her sh rp scissors Aiid she nipied theiu around and around, tatil each had a while cap border. And she lelt them two petals for strings; And then next she found a lead-pencil In her bait with the rest 1 her things. And wit . that, on each yellow center. Auntie drew su li a queer litt e face But look you can see the Grandmammas! Here they are. in th aame trass v placet SUMMER AT mSBRUCK. a H. COURSES. The Martmswand, or Wall of St. Martin, about ten miles west of Inns bruck, is easily reached by taking the Arlberg railway to the neighboring village of Zirl, but to drive there is far preferable. The road runs close along the base ot the Bavarian mountains, passing the stern limestone peaks of Fran Uutt, the Brandjoch, the Hohe Warte, the Solstein, seven eight thousand feet more in height. The solemnity of the scene is softened and enlivened by the wide-spread verdure of the Inn Valley, the swift current of the Kiver Inn and the distant view to the south toward the forest-clothed mountains which shnt in the Sarn Yalh y. The Martinswand is a ragged, frowning precipice, that rises abruptly from the smiling valley to a height of one thousand six hundred and sixty feet. A ine hundred feet above the road, which runs at the base, yawns the famous cavern from which the .Em peror Maximilian L, himself a daring hunter, was rescued by a native chamois hnnter. The cavern is now easily reached by tnose who are sure-footed, for a path has been constructed which leads to it by an ascent of one hour aud a half. In a restricted sense the neigh boring region is still the haunt of chamois. Ludwig von Uormann, a Tyrolean writer, in his excellent book, "l'iroler Volkstypen" (Types of Tyro lean Lifei, tells ns that "the best free ground is afforded to the fugitive chomois by the mighty mountain ridge north of the Inn, with its wild, roman tic valleys, with its base, inaccessible cliffs, over cool forests and succulent Alpine meadows. Here lie tuo hunt ing districts of the Duke of Cobnrg and Count Tentieuberg, where the chamois are preerved against the ex tinction which threatened them at the hands of over-ardent hunters. Separated by the high road from the Martinswand is the little green hill where, from time immemorial, has stood a chapel dedicated to St. Martin. Professor Anton Noggler, in his stud ious monograph (German) traces a connection such as often has been found to exist between Christian saints and heathen gods; that is, this writer thinks that very possibly the early mis sionaries may have chosen the eques trian St. Martin to take the place of Odin, who rodo upon wind-footed SSleipnir. Benders of the German poet Julias Wolff, will understand why such a sp t should suggest this comparison. Thoughts of brave exploits spring to the mind when one stands beneath the shadow of this stupendous rock, and we listen gladly to all that legend and history can tell ns regarding it. Here T'yroleaus hive rallied; h re, doubt less, the Goths of Theouorio have passed southward; here have tarried those Romans who left in the hill of St. Martin so many tokens of their presence; here have pressed the foot steps of men belonging to that earlier, shadowy race, whose ashes rested so long unheeded in their burial nrns not far away. The pietnresqne village of Zirl is dominated by the ruined castle of Fragenstein, near which raDs the old Iiooian road leading through Seefeld to the monntian pass of Scharnitz, and so into Bavaria. Near Imst, on the Arllierg, is the station Oetzthal, from which excur sions are made into the Oetz Valley, with its glaciers aud wild corses. East of Innsbruck stretches the Lower Inn Valley with its charming towns, churches and castles. The Brenner railway rnns northeast through this valley, from Innsbrnck to Kafstein on the Bavarian frontier, passing through the merliieval town of Hall, with its interesting Gothic cathe dral, and then through Jenbach, whence an inclined railway leads to Achensee, a blue, mountain-encircled lake three thousand feet above the ses. Here are summer hotels in the very heart of a magnificent system of Alpine paths, and here good pedestrians have an exultant feeling that in any direc tion they may walk "over the hills and far way." At Ebon, a little station on the inclinded railway between Jenbach and Achensee, the people are devoted to the memory of. Nothburga, the sainted . maid-servant, who, with her sickle, is represented at many a neigh boring wayside shrine a significant figure la a country where the women are so strong and industrious. In Septemler of every year the festival of St. Nothburga is celebrated with inter esting rami ceremonies. Artists are fond of the Rattenber?, not far beyond Schwatz, and in trnth there are few places of its size that con. tain more quaint architecture snd greater contrasts than this little town. Here was executed, in 1041), tbe Chan cellor of Tyrol, thrt brilliant Wilhelm Biener, who had fallen a victim to the Italian faction at the court of the Arch duke Ferdinand Karl, regent of TyroL With the following words Hermann Schmld closes his fine novel. Kanzler von Tirol,' which hits been previously mentioned: "Two centur ies had pas-ed over his (Eiener's) grave by the churchyard wall, when tbe knocked brazen finger of tbe new era at it and asked admission. The rail road advanced aud out its way beneath the rock on which stands Castle Ratten berg, long since a heap of ruins. Under the tpot where Biener died the locomotive rashes onward, passing through the space where he once lay buried. The new age hdd nndermined the old grave in order to remind ns of that man who, in dark years carried its I Bullerish fashion." It is further re advance torch to bleed for its convie- marked that while the General is un tions its Erst greeting to the Alpi?e able to bend over quite as easily as he and still radiant with old-time splendor j used to, yet he steps along quire bore witness to the man of truth, the martlv. The country will lose one of defender of German principles, the i riend f toleration the noble Chancel lor of Tvroll" There is so much desirable literature relat ng to Tyrol and the adjoining countries that visitors will be glad to know of a plan which has been pro posed for a library and reading-room at Innsbrnck, to be available for foreiguers as well as citizens. One can scarcely doubt that many English and American guests will be anxious to as sist in this enterprise, not merely for ttieir own sakes, bat for that of the town, and for their own compatriot who may come alter them. A few words ninsr le riven to the I pilgrimage churches. In Tyrol there 'am tin I ou. Irian nna ltnmtrA.1 . ti il furrv of the-e. We have already noticed the Waldrast chnreh and that of fiedip Wasser, which is perched on a wooded mountain-side high above Igls. Wc have seen tbe pretty little pilgrimage chapel of Artzl, on its green hill out in the valley, and many have climbed the peaceful Calvarienberg near the Mar tinswand. But not far more Innsbrnck is also the strange monntian church of Joilenstein, with its chancel rook and wild legend of the little Andreas mur dered by Jews. Then, too, tbe initiated know nothing of what is hidden in yonder Alpine forests, the Chnreh of Ueorgenberg on its precipice towering above a wildly romantic gorge, the fragrant "Forest of Grace" (Gnaden w aid ), skirt iDg the glittering peaks of the Bavarian Alps, and holding dewy glades wherein nestle qmet churches. Here the pilgrin, whether CathoUo or Protestant, or one to whom mere dogma is of little worth, may find re pose snd hope, for (as George Eliot writes in "Sanct Margen):" Ptill ring the lat'iollo signals, summoning To grave remembraaoe of the Unror lifts That bears our own, like perishable fruit Upon iu heaveu-wide branches. The "everlasting light" that burns in these and other Tyrolean churches is it not a symbol of the everlasting light of truth, which men cannot destroy? Home Journal. BATTERING RAMS. The Ponderous Machines ot War Used by our Forefathers. They exerted greater power than any gun or cannon invented up to the year 18G0, says a writer in St. Nicho las. These battering rams were prob ably as effective in knocking down a wall or staving in the side of a ship as the best modern cannon, but for mak ing a breach the guns are far superior. Such w as the solidity and thickness of the walls of Jerusalem that, Josephus tells us, it took all of one night for an enormous battering rain to dislodge four stones. Virtruvius has left us the description of a ram weighing 480,000 pounds, but probably the most celebrated of all the ancient moving tower rams was that constructed by Demetrius Polior cetes at the siege of Rhodes. The base of the tower was 75 feet square. The ram itself was au assembly of large square beams resting on wheels iu size proportioned to the weight of the structure, and all riveted together with iron. The felloes of the wheels were three feet thick and strengthened with iron plates. From each of th four angles of the tower a large pillar of wood was earned up to a height of 15o feet, and these pillars were inclined toward one another. The tower had three stories, communicating by three staircases each. Three sides of the machine were plated w ith iron to pro tect them against fire. In front of each story there were loopholes screened by leather curtains to keep out darts, arrows, etc. Each story was provided with machines for throw ing large stones and darts, and in the lower story was the ram itself, thirty fathoms long, and fashioned at the cm. into an iron beak or prow. The en tire machine was moved forward b 8,500 soldiers. But it can be easily understood that among eo many men some must be more or less exposed to the enemy's darts and arrows, and so to drive the enemy from the walls and open places, to break the roofs of his houses aud otherwise annoy him, machines were necessary for throwing missiles, from sir.-ill d ii U up to huge boulders. Uls Bald Head Won IIlui it Sauioan Wife. In the book of Mrs. Laulli Willis, the Sauioan whose husband, a con tractor, left Almeda several days ago aud has since been missing, occurs the following quaint story of how she fell in love with her husband: "The first thing I saw when we went alongside the ship was a white man with a bald head. That looked very funny to me, as I had never seen a bald-headed mau before. He was real fat and nice looking, but he did not have any hair ou the top of his head; and I got my brother, who could talk English, to ask him just as soon as we got aboard, where was all the hair that belonged ou his head. And the white man told him that he lived in California, and they did not have any cold weather there, but bad what they called a 'glorious climate,' and the climate had taken all the hair off' his head. We got very well ac quainted, and I liked him, because when another white man kept talking to me this one with the bald head quarreled with him and knocked him down so he could not bother me. -Oakland Tribune. Why He Quit Courting. A good story is told of a man in Bath, Me., who although a widower and pretty well along in years is as much, of u gallant as ever, and has lately' been paying attention to a lady iu another town. This gay widower has a luxuriant beard, but it is liberally streaked with gray, and the other day when he started out to visit his new in tended he went to a drug store aud ordered a preparation for dyeing his whiskers black. Then he went home i and proceeded to beautify himself. After a hasty ana generous application of the stuff, however, he made a hor rible discovery his beard was not I -ve D'ac'c' DUt a pronounced sky blue He made frantic efforts to remove the color, but it sticks like grim death uid he doesn't go courting any marc Picturesque General Butler. Gen. Butler is described on his tour ! through Maiue as carrying the usual bright red rose and "tipping his hat. ! on one side of his head in the saucy j i.i. iiiresone fe&tnres when the hero of Dutch Gap is gathered to his fathers. The late M. Cahours, a wealthy mem ber of the Academic des Sciences, Paris, France, has bequeathed $23,000 to that Lo4y in order that It may ap ply tbe annual Interest to smoothing tbe path of poor and deserving youths who aspire to lead a scientific life. The mors we do to help others the lighter oar owa burdens wU become. NEWS IX BRIEF. Laundr irors ara heated by elec tricity. Cancon projectiles have been photo graphed. The fl st modern bank was opened at Venice In 1019. Sati Francisco ha 3000 miles of telephone wires that are to t e replaced by cables in underground conduits. A new metallic crosatle has b en Invented by a railroad man who was fornn rly an employe on the Pennsylva nia road. The smallest church In the world Is at St. Lawrence; near Ventnor, Isle of Wight. It has a seating capacity of twelve people. A company of Russian and Be'glan dnancieis with large capital has been formed to cultivate cottou on a large scale in Bokhara. The old Matin quartet in Paris is blooming out with new and modern buildings that promise to make it rival any other portion of Paris. In Switzerland every man Is his own tax assessor. When jou die they examine your estate, and take out any shortcoming in this resoect. Among the other novelties put up ou the market for the benefit of house keepers in banana flour, an article of traffic which Is becoming quite popu lar. One dollar a minute is the charge for using the new London-Paris tele phone line. This is about double tha rate charge! for a similar distance In this country. The Secretaiy of the Xavy has con cluded to limine one of the gunboats building at Bath, the Lexington, in hon or of the famous town in Massachu setts. A London tradesman recently re ceived an order for sixty-four pairs of snoes for the dajghter or the Grand Duke Paul, of Russia, a child less than a year old. A bride in Montreal appeared at the altar w ith a iet canary fastened to her shoulder by a golden chain. The bird enlivened the marriage ceremony with a song. A Limoges (France) firm of porcel ain makers have substituted petroleum for wood in tiring their wares, and not only find that it produces bolter results but cheapens the cost. The Prince of Wales being asked on one cccaslon - who was the cleverest woman he hud ever met promptly an swered : "My sister, the Empress Frederick." A German statisticlau has shown that a married man has a good chance to reach his sixtieth year; bachelors have to be contented with a term of only forty-live yeurs. The Superintendent or the Phlla delphii Mintsavs that ten ten-cent pieces Instead of weighing as much asiv silver dollar, as formerly, only weigh about nine-tenths as much. Mrs. Jennie June Croly is a little woman of slender figure. Her hair Is brown, w th a few strands of white In it. Mrs. Croly is a pleasant talker and an amiable and interesting woman. The Mexican Government has been experimenting with a machine and pro cess for deeumminc and cleaning ramie Blue, the capacity of the machine being 1J tons of fiure per day at a cost of about 4 7-10 cents a pound. Senator Blackburn's daughters are ardent admirers of thorough bred horses. They ara alwavs to be seen at the Lexington (Ky.) rices and are thoroughly accomplished In equine liTd. Thousand of ready made skirt yokes are sold la New YorK every day. They fit the figure nicely and are invaluable to fat women. Th 'y are, however, cut on the bias, and require careful hand ling. Miss Jf. G. McClelland, the Vir gina novelist, is of middle age, tall and slender, with iron-gay hair that she wears parted over her forehead. Mie Is cordial and kindly of manner, and a prolific writer. A irirl medical student in a West ern coll -pe is the proud recipient or two prizes won from a competition with sev enteen other places. One of the prizes was for the best plrjFlc tl diagnosis of the disease of childn n. Mrs. Richard Manning, of South Carol'ns, is the only woman on record who was the rue tlier of a Governor, the wife of a Governor, the sister of a Governor, the niece of a Governor, and the aunt of a Governor. A new appliance weighing only a few pounds enables cloth dealers and others to measure fabrics while rolling or blocking them. Tim cloth passes over and under a s-t of four rollers, the la't of which actuates a counter, which tells the number of yards paid out. The I arbor authorities of South ampton, England, the great mall port, have decided to adopt elastic cranes for the unloading f vessels, on account of the greater rapidity with which they whl enMble work to be performed. la tbe list of late patents are one for a propeller and brake cork-pneked bicycle, another for improvement, In the construction of tires for bicycles, others for improvements in the running gear of road vehic:es, and all invented by women. It has been concluded that for anv cons'aut volume the specific heat : whether at constant volume or at con stant pressure, decreases to a limiting value with ri.ce of tempera ture and subsequently increases, and that tbe smaller the volume the more rapid the change of temperature. My is usually said to have been so called in honor of Mala, the mother of I Mercury, but t-'s appears to be erro neous. Modem It-X'cograpbfrs concur in the opiuion that the root of the word is a contraction of the L tin word ma gin", and that It simply means to grow, or the tnoatu of growth, Nearly all nf the most famous of the Se i a tors from Illinois have been Kf i tucklans by blrtb. Among them a e Palnier, Browning, Ogbsby, Cu'lom aid Yates. Douglass was born iuVer n out and Ltgan was a na'ive of f-outb-ern Illinois, Lincoln was a Kentuckian and Grant an Ohio man. The Hindoos are about to adopt a I modern not Ion In forming a '-Hindoo tourists- party lor vjiuing turope, America, China, Japan and the Males. The "Hindoo noblemen and centlcmen" who are invited to join the party are as sured that Uiev will be able to travel without violation of caste rules. It Is es'imated that over eight tons of diamonds have t eeu unearthed in the South Afrl a fields during the last eigh teen vears. 1 his represents a total Ya of 275,00J,Oi0. 1 I y r V 4
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