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THE OONSTITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE WW'S.
Editor and loprf tor.
VOL. XLV.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 5, 1S91.
NO. 33.
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SANO CASTLES.
r.T OEOItGS un.L.
(mi In "y childhood, there rambled
Willi me
, .fi.r:trrt f ilry b--!il th. hinf- sen;
And nvT ': en a limr iunorent pair
5l ; ethi-arl thtu we two, iiu loved un
aware. 1t ip-i'i'res we found as enchanted we
jtrv-i:
Wliat pillared built with our magical np:ide!
Then iiii-n w-tli tear in our eyea had to
ura'nt,
fl'Hlfw.ive9 overthrew our proud eastles of
t.tllll.
a frf w un to.-e-h -r from elillrtliomt to vnuth,
Mr (l.irin i W in beauty and triitn ;
anil by the wa e wandered, was
to ll
tji. pxiti tali fhat will never be old:
jet ere ;!" 'I )' uawin-d that would make her
my ii'!''.
nr lif- fl'"''l .iwiv with the mit-flowtni; tide;
Ami li' l 1 w at i-li-t, while Ueith pitiless
linnil
tni il:5i'tJ our ilear, love-built castle of sand.
But tho'i .-l' we art parted yet tlll she I mine.
At uiir'it. Hi toufi the stars, h--r angelic eyes
iiiiit-:
jar twin u's In dreamland still keep loving
tr- t.
And ot.'-n I w.fte with my 1 ni pirit-ki''ed !
An4 . by :iii'i li.-'f a in cnildlwiod. shall we
lot"!!!-! watK foi th iy (he erejit Jaiper Sea,
f.ibui 'i ou ii troiu-'ii -m l eh.ieriiK strand,
t'ur ever and e ver, love castles of sand.
A BAG OF DIAMONDS.
He linil scrcwod liis courage lo the
slkkiiig point. Afler all, what good
to t'ue old mau-was that Log of gems!
TV'lnt good except to count over, mark
their twinkling facet, gloat over Ihcii
value, mid laugh at tlioso who migbi
covet them. Palsied lingers would
sbske 3 the strings of the cbamoh
ikio treasury were rapturously untied,
sad a' moment's life and energy flash
into pinched cheek and faded eye, as
every evening the revelation of nutold
wealth woke in a withered heart its
only surviving passion. But what
good to tho world or to the man was
that brief minuto of ecstasy? ' Was it
not paid for a hundredfold by nights
ct fear mid forebodings of robbery
tliAt mnda lifo a perpetual horror?
Uow often 1 1 a J Paul heard bis uncle
wake from his noontide nap with n
dreaming cry: "My diamonds, my
diamonds, Is that you Paul? I thought
it was a robber."
His thoughts were to coma true to
night. Faul tried to pcrsuado him.
v.t that the treasures ho had eet his
Lcart on belonged to him as much
u if they had been lying in a
mine, the prlzs of the first fuulcr.
Then came another thought His
ivfn poverty and his great love. His
cncVs word was as poor as Limsolf ;
poor, proud and beautiful. Such
Sowers only grow in hard and soli
'irv place1;; in the nipping air, and
UJierowdcd even by tho obtrusiveness
ef love. Straight, slender, full-hucd
as a rose, with a big soul beaming iu
her faco and eyes, with mec!;, silent
ways, and bearing unflinchingly the
blows Of on old mail's brutal tongue,
this girl had presented to the poet's
mind the image of power, of profound
passion, of unfiling constancy such as
had enchanted him and transformed
his life.
Eho had been first shy In him then
wistfully tender, as if sho pitied him.
It was in tho arbor at tho foot of the
garden, where he was seated now, be
laud the hedgo of - clipped yew, that
eho had nestled c!oso in his arms, and
they had known tho first moment of
liajpincss in their deserted Jives.
I "Wo must bo patient,' Paul."
Patient, did tho say? They had been
to long enough. His plans were ripo
uow, and he was watching tho light in
his uncle's window. The old man
would sleep well, he had taken care
of that, to-night. If he awoke? Well,
that too, was provided for. Old men
aro not hard to smother. The night,
dark and damp, suited dark thoughts.
And tho sting of long oppression, the
blind feeling oftcr revenge for years
of cruel slights and insults, had long
engendered such thoughts. And now
came a vision of an earthly heaven,
the hone of a new life beyond the 6cas.
"Yes, will fly with you any timo
you ask," the girl had said resolutely.
'We shall be happy, rich or poor."
No! not poor. He would provide
against that.
Tho lights in. tho windows of the
mansion arc gone out. Lveu the win
dows on tho ground floor, which open
on to the piazza, are dark. That is
his unclo's room. Paul rises from his
sent. The dripping jasmine spray that
strikes his check as ho leaves the little
su.iirnei-hoii?e makes his heart stop for
a moment, llo fears even the faint
crunch of his footsteps on the gravel.
There is a dog baying in the distance,
ns if conscious that thieves are about.
He 6ioa!s pat llio big pear tree at
ths corner of the piazza, and tramp
ling iu llio soft mould of the flower
garden, where her jonquils and tulips
grow, he creeps breathlessly to tl'.O
hark poich. The outer door is quickly
ot.cne.l. Ho thrusts out his hand to j
find Hie knob Tf the house door and
taking a latch-key from his vest
po.ji.ct, ho opens it loo. At the end
of :lic li.il! is his uncle's room. Tho
ho.,- i6 silent. Hut hark! did he
hear a footfall? It mnt be a heavy
fooif.ti i,at j3 heard on tho thick car
pet ai, 1 neatly floor of oak. Ho had
never before explored this old rom
ping dnelling iii darkness. It was
tiwnys to him a sad and dreary place;
I'-sre of faded hangings, old-as'mon.-d
and tasteless biio-a-brac.
J'o tings Insipid in their tarnished
n nies, and books that echoed tho
cy and opinion of a dead genera
ion flavorless os yesterday's news.
He has reached his U'BcIo'i door.
There ho produces a dark lantern from
Wider his cloak. Drawing up tho
siido for a moment ho Bashes the cone
of light over the hall and up the stair
case. It light up for a moment
oaken wainscoting, crowded hat-rack,
tlio nntlors overhead, and the statue
of Cupid, pallid as a ghost, and then
falls on tho staircase. As it does so
he snaps down tho slido and all is dark
again.
Yes, all is dark and quiet. Thcro
U no witness to his crime.
What would she say or think it 6ho
caw hint cowering and crouching at
bis uncle's door? ' Tho thought of her
rises liko a phantom in his mind, she
Is all in white, yet calm, resolute and
beautiful au angel iu contrast with
tho' Inferno of his own troubled
thoughts, and yet' it deepens his reso
lution, llo is the martyr eco ng the
martyr's crown, tho soldier with tho
reward of his valor beforo his eyes.
In her purity, her strength, her peace,
It seems to him ho would find an es
cape even from tho torture and shamo
of his guilty mind. lie would baiho
himself in her presence as in a flood of
cleansing water, "a second baptism.
Her smile, her trustfulness, the music
of he i voice would be a heaven in
which bo might bask and test, and
forget his fraud yes, oven his blood
guiltiness.
Ho turns tho handle of tho door
quietly, gradually, and enters. A del
icate scent as from tho folds of eilken
garments strikes his senses. But ho
docs not hear a singlo rustle from his
ancle's bed. The old man .sleeps
indeed.
Then he draws up the Elide of his
lantern.
So violent!', with such trembling
agitation docs he closo it again, tho
instant aftor, that the whole thing
falls clattering to the- ground, and
Paul tarns and rushes through tho
room.
What has he seen to overcome him
so?
A woman, tail and supple as a
Greek, stern-eyed a3 Clytcmuestra and
twenty times as fair, with black hair
and marble arms, eyes of fringed
violet how often had ho doted on
them! How often had he felt his
heart swell with pity, with admira
tion, with unspeakablo love, as tho
jo ft voice tremulously remonstrated'
Willi him.
"We must be patient, Taul."
And now this saint of his life, this
virgin flower of women, this ono who
was to bo the salt and salvo to his sa'd,
wounded, outraged and rebellious
heart there she stands, her right
hand under the pillow of the uncon
scious sleeper, her left nrmcd to strike
him down, if ho awake 1
Taul passed stealthily into the gar
den again. Ho went with bounds
across the parterre, fiercely trampling
tho flowers and borders; cursing
mcinwhilc, in his heart, with bitter
rsgo and execration tho 'angel, for
sooth I who was thief and murderess.
Then he laughed a wild trembling
laugh such as only grief that borders
on frenzy lluds utterance in.
That night as he sat till da'wn under
the moaning poplars, and over and
over again repeated to his mind tho
hideous incidents that ho half believed
to bo a dream, love turned to hate, as
fuel to ashes, as a flower to the blood
rcd poison.
It was for love of inc," ho mur
mured "for lovo of me ah! lint is
the blow that cuts the deepest; lor
why? that love of hers is loathecmo
to me."
"That was forty )'cars ngo," said
Miss Ferry," and it seems ouly yester
day." She looked from the gay area of tho
Casino at Narrngansett, out over the
blue, dimpling sea, whero a yacht wa'
just coining to anchor.
Tho wrinkled old general whn di
rected tho tasto of the wealthy New
York spinster in the fitting of her art
gallery wiped a tear from his glass eye.
It was a telling gesture, though tho
tear was not a tear of sensibility.
'But how did you find out that it
was ho?" he inquired, softly.
Hand me that fan and I will tell
you. I had come down stairs, hear
ing a noise and thinking of burglars.
I was brave in those days, and seized
a heavy pair of scissors, which I car
ried tlnggerwise. I went to my un
cle's roomj felt nndcr his pillow and
was relieved to find the bag of dia
monds safe. Then thcro was a mo
mentary flash of light, a clatter of a
lantern dropped in darkness, and the
sound of receding footsteps. I never
saw. Paul pgaiii to this day. The la ir
tern was identified as hi3. I felt re
lieved at his flight at the moment.
But, General, you and I are Id peo
ple, and for my part 1 can love only
once, ond yon must mt speak to ma
again as you have done today." Th
f-pocli.
How She Drove.
Wagon loaded with building stone
going up Cass avenue on the rlgb hand
side. Two women iu a phaeton coming
down Cais avenue on the left-hand
si Jo. Horses meet head ta tatd and
stop
Lady Driver Bay I
Waeon Drivets Well
Htoi.klyn has a $1,COO,000 chewing
gum company.
The colored Farmers' Alliance Is said
to number 800,000 men.
A sage remark A little more staf
fing, please."
SAILOR HERMITS.
I QUEER LITTLK CABIN'S EPILT UP
IX TUE MAINE WOODS.
An Old Comrade Keeps Him Company.
On a recent trip to Togus, Me.,
piloted by Sheriff Ames of Chelsea, I
made a little exploration of the groves
surrounding the Soldiers Home, says
a writer in the Lewiston Journal. Af
ter a mile or so we came to what first
appealed to be a group of South Sea
Islanders' huts, located iu a group of
tall pines and hemlocks. "There are
the headquarters of an old salt," said
my companion, and I was introduced
to Mr. John Ivers of North Yarmouth,
who for nine years (from 1841 to 1850)
served as a sailor in the Uuited States
navy. In 1842-3 he was aboard the
Columbian Frigate, under Commodore
Morris, at the Brazil, S. A., station.
Thence he sailed to the Mediterranean
Sea, and after three years and four
months returned to Norfolk, Va..
when he left the service.
Next he enlisted on the sloop of wat
Marion, going to the west coast of
Africa, remaining there several year
before returning again to his natie
land. After his arrival home Mr. Ivi rs
enlisted a third time and went to Nor
folk, Va., aboard of a receiving ship
and was, later On, detailed on duty on
board of a dispatch boat carrying the
mails between Charleston, S. C, and
Peusacola, Fla. Iu a heavy gale they
drifted on the Panama bunks, and lost
their anchor. Ivers iu diving to recov
er it, was so severely burni'd that one
of his arms became partially paralyzed
and he received his discharge.
He is C2 years of age, short and
thick set. His heavy gray beard reaches
nearly to his waist. His eye is still
clear, however, his movements vigo
rous; and he is a worker, being attir-
t ed in frock and overalls. He is also a
man of much intelligence and ehuirly
explained the arrangement of his
home.
First he introduced us to bis cabin
resilience, a building 10x7 feet, C feet
posted, the corner posts being trees
sawed off at the requisite height. The
walls were made of what he railed
"common faggots" interwoven and
pliotcred with clay, one end being
Imiit up with fhit siOMcs in which was
a fireplace. The roof was thatched
with straw. In weaving the thatch
upon the roof he invented a method of
his own. '-Hundreds of Irishmen
from the old country who were exper
ienced in thatching would come here
and say I was not doing it right, but I
had thatched rope at sea for dialing
gear and did it my own way. Wlu-ii
I had finished my roof I found it V, us
watertight."
The interior walls of the cabin were
covered with small flags pasted on. '-I
got those from the soldier's graves in
the cemetery where they had been a
year," he said. On shelves in the
room were lasts which he had u-a'd in
mending his shoes, and he showed us
a locker filled with wearing apparel.
Out of it he took w hat he called a
bir.iiket jumper. He put it on and the
big hood, which was a part of it com
pletely covered his head. "I made tho1
garment all myself," he suid.
Mr. Ivers has three woodsheds and'
is now engaged in filling them so as to
have a store full for w inter. One is
a unique structure. Its dimensions
are some 10x6 feet, and it is completely
thatched with long, black grass, the
roof being composed of poles bent
over a central ridgepole, the ends be
ing planted in the ground. Thus a
circular-shaped roof is obtained. This
contains ordinary wood, but a "shed
adjoining is made of slicks with a slant
ing roof and is devoted to the storing
of pine knots. Mr. Ivers, however,
has just completed a third woodshed
of about the same size as the others,
the walls of which are made of staves
up to within two feet of the roof when
common swamp flags are used. The
roof is also built of staves and flags.
The veteran has planted a row of beans
in front of his cabin and a walk con
sisting of flat stones extends from the
front door. All the buildings are en
closed by a pole fence, and at one side
a peculiar contrivance which the "old
sea dog" has fachioned attracts the eye.
A fifteen foot pole is erected and at
the summit is a horizontal wheel on
which are four sloops in full sail, wir
a Union flag in the centre. The sloops
whirl around rapidly when there is a
brisk breeze. "How much do you
think think this entire establishment
cost mc?" asked Mr. Ivers, "Just
nine cents which I paid for flour
which I made into pnsto to stick the
flags on to the walls of my room."
Outside of the yard, jnst in front of
the buildings is a.singu'lar looking pile
of rocks, with a big hole in the middle,
and a large quantity of little flakes of
stone scattered about. MThat was a
lolid ledge once," said the old soldier,
and the man who was here before me
nadc the hole by building hot flres
lpon the ledge and often the stone
-as thoroughly heated, throwing cold
rater upon it each time removing a
xrtion. He did this repeatedly until
Jie hole was excavated."
Hard by this spot a spring of pure
jvater bubbles from the ground and a
fresh pailful was brought, from which
re drank.
The old salt has a companion named
Isaac Lemfest of Lewiston, who keeps
him from being lonesome some of the
time, anrt he says he would never leave
bis camp were he not obliged to eat
and sleep at the Home by the regula
tions of the institution. Every day finds
him in his cabin, not even the deepest
snows keeping him away. He has
I lived there two years and a half and
looks with disdain on the companion
ship of the veterans of the Home and
their amusements.
Ftglitlitff narM
Ilftrci and rabbits conflno lliclr
maiKEUvrcs. chiefly to a succession of
vigorous kicks, delivered by the hind
legs iu the. act-of jumping Over each
tlher. A tight -between two hares is
9 droll sight appearing- much .like a
lumping innlcli, the skipping- exercise
being, kept np with tremendous energy
ud nerve; hut a blow from;the leg of
s hare- is- no laughing matter for the
recipienf, who occasionally finds him-K-if
knocked out of tho world alto
gether. Nor is puss always as timid
U we describe her
Once, When taking a constitutional
(ft a Hampshire lauo, I heard a shrill
ery, the pvclu ie to the appearance of a
half-grown leveret, which .tumbled
down the bank, In company with n
dree animal of the ferret kind, probably-
a polecat, which had fastened on
its neck, and was making lliort work
of it, despite the desperate struggles
of the victim.
Pity prompted me to come to the
rercue; but I had barely commenced
to obey the impulse, when, with a
grunt and & scamper, a full-grown
hare leaped through the gap, and at
tacked the polecat with the) utmost
ferocity. The latter, loth to lose a
good dinner, took up an attitude of
defence and defiance, but was immedt
I s.ic!y knocked over by a well-planted
j and resounding kick. Recovering it
self, it gathered itilimbs fot a spring,
and threw iiself repeatedly upon tho
rodent, dodging, feinting aud guarding
with lightning rapidi'y.
Thehnre, Tiowever, Was fairly roused
' iO fury, for. seizing on nnguarded
, moment, ehe bowled over the vermin
j with a tremendous blow, and follow
I nig up. her advantage, beforo It. could
j recover i I self, drummed upon it until
j the7 life Was wcli-nuh driven out of il3
body.
I" But the vitality of these creatures H
wonderful-, nr.d. finding itself close ta
j a small hole beneath- the roots cf ar)
overhanging oak, it sneaked in (tin!
, was lost to "View; while puss with
drew with Jict 'Wounded offspring, and
I saw no more iLongmau s Maga
ziuc. i
i From the Farm to the Observatory.
j My birthplace, says Professor Simon
' Newcomb, tho eminent astronomer, in
1 the Forum, was in the northern part
I of Nova Scotia and the surroundings
of my childhood and youth were such
as deeply to tinge the economic views
of iny'laler years. People lived there
much ns the settlers of New England
lived before tho Revolution. The
children of all but the r'rch went bare
foot in cummer, and, except the rare
and costly Sunday suit, nearly every
family 'had to make its own clothes.
The men and boys tilled the ground,
or cut and sawed lumber for exporta
tion to more favored climes; the wo
men and girls sheared the sheep,
carded the wool, spun the yarn, wove
tho homespun cloth, and insde the
clothes. . . . Partly from neces
sity, partly from a fear of overstudy
and a desire to strengthen my bedily
constitution, about half my time from
tho age of eight to that of sixteen was
spent in working on farms. The nioro
intelligent of the farmers generally
had two or three books, which there
were occasional opportunities of read
ing by tho light of the blazing fire in
winter evenings, ... Up to the
age of twelve the Uws of naturo re
mained a mystery to inc. About that
timo I remember ouco neking my
. father what light was, anrt why we
could not see in the dark. He tried to
give me an idea of -something he had
read or heard on the subject, but the
question Was one which nothing In
our reading could help to answer. He
could tell about gravitation, tho nmnci
and order of the planets, history, and
navigation; but I doubt if a book on
natural philosophy had -ever fallen
within hls'Tcach. fForuui.
! Cored of the MerpJiine Habit.
'There are some terrible habits which
mankind cultivates to his own destruc
tion," said a Buffalo physiciao, "arid the
excessive use of certain drugs is among
the worst.v But we aro gradually learn
ing how to save 'even slaves from their
slavery, -and among the habits that are
gradually' coming under the head of
curable" is tho morphine habit. I know
of a womtn for over twenty years a slave
to morphine who Is now practically
cured. The chloramel or some other
such cure was the first used, I am told.
A druggist told me, only a few days
since, of a young married woman, ap
parently well, happy and blessed with
children, who sixteen years ago, when
scarcely beyond he school days, had
come to him for morphineKaod taken
down eleven grains at a time. She cer
ts lly had found a cure of soma value."
Svffah Commercial.
Butter is fold by the the yard at Cam
bridge, England.
Electrical tanning Is satisfactory.
A NOVEL HALL
It Is Made From Cno of Cali
foxnia's Mammoth Trees.
TGn Men Took Seventy-Two
Days to Cut the Forest Giant.
A novel hail is now on exhibition it
San Francisco Which is only 60vcn feel
Itt height and twenty feet in diameter.
It' contains nothing inside but c row of
bright lights, yet it is an aged curiosi
ty. It was mado from sv section of a
Big Tree," Sequoia Giganfca, which
was growing until last winter iu Tularo
County, Cal.
The tree is sopppsed to have? stood
fa tho forest for nearly three thousand
years. It mensnrod at its base ninety,
nine feet lit circumference, and Its
height was three hundred and twelve
feet. .Last January men were sent
into the forest to cut tho- tree when
now'jvas sixteen feet in depth around
its trunk. It took ten men seventy
two days to cut the tree, and several
months Were consumed in taking out
the"inner 'portion of the section and
preparing it for exhib'tion. "It was
the- hardest Work. I ever did in my
lifo remarked one of the exhibitors.
The section composing tho lin.ll was
severed from the trunk at . a distance
of twenty-eight feet from the ground.
No-saw- w-as long enough for cutting
through the .largo trunk, therefore it
was necessary to have ono made for
this purpose. The Pacific steel works
produced ono as lon as possi
ble, it being twenty-two feet and rc
qV.ir'itig eight men to work it. , This
length fell short of what -was needed,
but by fastening strong wire on either
end of the saw (he-section was at
length cut from tho trunk, which was
sixty feet in circuiufcrcnco at this
point.
Tho section was separated Into
several pieces. Ono which is now the
floor of tho hall is a eolid piece weigh,
iug 19,728 pounds. It is one foot in
height by twenty - feet in diameter.
Another piece of the satno height
and diameter, makes tho flat roof of
tho hall. Tho various pieces Wero
transported to the city on flat cars, and
freight was paid on seventy thousand
rounds
As one enters the large lent on Mar
ket, street, thesection now made into
a hnlt is seen in the contre. It is
raised several feet from tho (.'round
and stands on nine turned pedestal
made from the same tree. Fivo or
six steps lead up into the hall, these
being also mado from the tree'. Much
of the outer bark has been burned oC,
leaving some of tho remainder
blackened by the fire.
Many big trees havo this blackened
appearance, caused, it is supposed, by
some great fire hundreds of years ago.
In proof that the fire is of no recent
date, sugar pines from thirty to thirty
six feet in circumference; and two
huudred and fifty feet iu Jjciht have
grow," snccecainj everywhere and
with everybody. They do well in pola
of earth, but ere more novel a?.i
bchutiful rown In 6uailow bowls of
water, Tvita enough fancy pebbles to
prevent thera toppllug over when in
bloom.
A doxea bnius started srt Intervals
will givo succession of flowers
throughout the winter. As r the plant
is partially aquatic in its nalure,plcnfy
of water is necessary.- If it bo grown
In soil it should be light and sandy.
Afler tho bulbs havo been planted
thr-y should bo kept in a closet or in a
cool, dark place for a few days to in
duce a growth of roots beforo (he tops
fl.nt; afterward they should be placed
in a sunny window
They succeed in an ordinary living;
room, yet it is necessary for them to
be kept away front tho gas, as it
causes the flowers to blast. By anak.
ing a small - incision with a knifo
across the top of tho bulb in two or
three places from one-half td ou5 inch
from tho centre, a fresh lot of leaves
is caused av.d flower stalks Will start
from thoso points. The cutting, hoV
cver, must bo carefully done, so as not
to injure the bulb; the skin simply
need bo cut to liberate tho leaves.
The Chinese lily bulbs tell at 25 cents
each or $2.50 per dozen.- fNew York
limes.
PVin-Graftins; en a Font.
The delicato operation of skiii-graft
lug was performed in St. Mary's Hos
pital at Astoria a few dars ago. Tho
patient was Ole Anderson, who had his
left foot badly crushed at the Jetty
about two months ag!. Tho skin
from the ankle down tho side of the
foot for the space of four or five inches
square was torn off and tho flesh left
exposed. From the leg of Anderson
several strips wero taken, but not
' enough to cover the spaco necessary.
Another patient offered to len Ander
son a little section of his rutieie. Thej
offer was accepted and from tho pa
tient's firm enough was taken to ccm-
j plete the, operation, and fyurontof the
j six new j?ees are growing nicely, and
j In a shell Jiuic Anderson will have
kin all oyer his injured foot. Port-
ljnd Origonian.
i The b ain of man exceeds twice (hat
of any other animal.
A n an breabei about twenty time
minute, or 1200 times aa hour.
How the Czar Built a Railroad
Thc Winaus brothers," aid Ccr
ernor Curtin. were among; Iho, first
railroad builders- of Kassia and "llio,
story of inci fqrtuuc-maki.ng. thcrq
rcod3 like' a romance-, "i tiey Erst cama
to ftic natioc of the czar from- a con
tract which they looli to build a bridge
neross.tIi6 liver Neva- Id- liuildii'g
this bridge they found that th&cttfrent
tvu much yif tei than Ihcy supposed
Jtld llio liver was deeper iud. lhe re
suit Was lhaflhey lost 'jtbou.1 S75.C00
6rt the job. About tlt limfl the: B'ridgo
was completed tho czar cainedowti 14
see it. llo was told' that tho Ameri
fan contractors had lost ou it, And; li?
knew the -amount of thoif.losj 11$
Otlcrcd tO-jeiih'bci-6c thcuVbut tlicy 1C
fused, and said that in, their countiy
men stood by their contracts": and that
if they had ma'do 150;000. instead ' of
losing; ISO'.ODO rabies Ihtf would havo
6aiil nothing about if, and tiiey would
have considered it it fai? business at
rangemcnt.
ThU reply pleased" the ur very
much. It showed him that tho Wi
r.ans were Jioncst business men, and
the manner jiv -which lhey had made)
the bridge shotted him lhat they Wet-
good eivil engineers. " He then told
them that he wanted this road built,
and a survey was made for the pur
pose. The surveyors laid out the road
in a sort of a zigzag linC; taking in tho
biggest cities and the) best, grades.
This survey was shown to the czsr
Nicholas. Ha looked at it and then
saidf ."That is nOt what I want, and
taking down a map of Ilussii he laid a
lead pencil upon it, resting one fend of
the fcencil on the city of Moscow and
'.lie other on St. Petersburg. -'J'hre
is where I want my road to I un, said
he; 'it must be in a straight line from
one city to the other, audtho railroad
will make other cities between its chief
points.' The Winana built the road,
and through Latrobo got this twenty
five years' contract to run it.
"After tweuty years had passed the
ttussians had learned all about the road
and its machinery, and they wanted to
take it out of the hands of the for
eigners. I was minister to Russia at
the time, and tho Winaus hearing" of
this disposition of tho czar came to me
and asked me what they should do. I
replied, "If iho czar want the road
you had bctier sell out to him aud fix
a price on it when he ofl'era to . buy.
If you don't he will take it oil Soiuo
pretext or other, and the chance 'are
you will liavc to lako What they dhooie.
to give. A few days after this
Winaus was asked to sell ibo road to
the government. Ho fixed his prico
it $9,000,000 and got it without a
trord." Chicago Herald.
" Af Fxpert on an Indian JVriffc
A party following ait Apacho trad
during the Indian 'diflieullle's 41 188J
suddenly came to a ledge of bar"e-rock
The oflloei s of the h oops examinc;int
carofully, bnl could 6cd-!i6thihg to in;
tlicato where tho tribe had gone-. But
the icout ted thent- tot two fte
Across it as unorringly at iliotigh -thd
(rail had been made in Heavy-- grass:
When asked-what told him thO w a? lie
Called attention to a fiuo- ri'ioss which
Covered the rock and- that by;.Hcl6s8
rftiny gate evidence 6f Raving Veen
pressed by thfr foot, an indication' 80
Blight that it Would have-..passed; has
noticed by ninety-hind out of & hfin
dred, yet his keen cyo detected every
footprint as easily as could be wished
In llio grass a trail can be fieen for i
long time, at tho blades Will bo boni
In tho dtrcctioii followed by the party;
and even after it has recovered its nat
liral position" an expert trailer Wiil de
tect a Blight difference iu the color ct
the grass that has been stepped on and
ttiat growing around It.
So tlo appearance of the tracks will
felsd show hinl tho gait at which .'Hie
party was traveling, and he thiis knows
how to regulalo his pace iu order (a
overtake them.
It is rare to find a White person wh(J
C.tn retrace his steps for any great dis
tance in the open country, but it is
simply impossible to lose an Indian.
No matter how Circuitous may bo the
oute by which y6u have reached a
Certain place, an Indian will And his
way back to tho place of starling by
tho most direct route, aud without
hesitating a moment which course to
ours ne
If you a-k him how ho does Itho
may possibly shrug his shoulders and
reply! "Quicn sabe?" or "Who
knows?" though the chances are thai
he will not reply nt alt. No matter
how affible and entertaining he may
prove in camp, he Will talk littlwhilo
in route. fChicasro Herald.
A Consctentleaj Isittan,
Indians. sometime di-play quite a
elrvak.ofcouectCt.ee. The following
is to'ld about 'Bi-ly Chinook, who re
cenlly died nt Wnrin Springs. Wlicn
be joined the United Presbyterian
Church u few years ago he had three
wives. Of course tnat would not do
for a church ineinbor, and he hud to
give two of them p. Which one ho
should keep wns a serious matter. One
had a child, one had no sense, end the
third he loved best. 'She was childless.
Out of a sense of duty he kept the one
With the child, and lite one lie loved
best was inarric I t- another man.
which bo . 1 ww ptx-lly liatd Iu bear.
The ono without any sense be kci aud
opponcd for a he In lo liiifc-
A bnny (O c-ou) Democrat.
jA BK00M FACTORY.
How a Ver7 Useful Article Is
I'lade.
Tfia Material Used in the Pro
cess of Manufacture.
How many housekeepers who r!o
some sweeping . themselves or havo
other people to do it for them ever
take tho trouble to consider how the
broom i9 made? To begin with, the
sticks mostly come from Michigan,
""hey arj made of basswood or maple,
Which grow plentifully iii that stato
and afford a material that combine!!
tho- advantages of lightness aud
strength. Tho wood is turned with
lathes into broomsticks, with; a. hole
through each end ono oLthem in
tended fot tho housekeeper's siring to
bang the instrument up byj Somo of
the sticks aro left in their natural hue)
and others ore painted red, to? saiiely
the tastcaof all sorts of purchasers.
Clhc l est of the broom .isvTuado Of
6traw chiefly, and this .material is ob
tained from a sort of corn plant grown
expressly for the purpose. Doubtle 6
you have noticed the tassel on an or
dinary corn stalk. What Hie 4 asset is
fo the cdiblo coin is found Iu tlicMvisi.)
that grows from the lop. of the broom
conn Hhick bear lir-ars.-8.t 11
There art two- kinds broom 6ruj
roughly speaking the-oarse-soi t fot
ordinary -sweeping and thc-iine dwarl
sort for "parlor brooms" and. Whisks,
Tho fine stuff is plucked tf hand,
while the Coarse yatieiyis cut witllfhc
knife. - It is in bales f30i pound!
each that the material reaches eiich A
facio-y as there is-overinGtpjgclOwDi
which produces "5,000 broom, every
year to help scoop uii-lheswtopiiig- oi
the District of Columbia.
Perhaps vott would like to know
li5 w ortcn a broom is made. To begin
with the wisp tasscIsilt.from thecorn
tops niust bo assorted as ia length.
This process i performed ly on ex
pert Who takes tho wisp- I r'Qift tlu
hale and distributes, then among a se
ries of compa tmciits .The broom
wliisps thuj assorted go into the bands
of A mail whf holds the broomstick in
a revolvingTisd wHHVits end projecf
ingthecudjtliatistc8ay which, if
lobe tho broom. Thi operator first
passes a fine Wife lluonglt tho hole ic
the end of the broomstick and by tht
aid of a treadle makes; the Jcngtli ol
wood rcvolvo nnlii it lifts taken nr.
three or four binding of the wit
from the great coil below. Then Ik
grasps a number of whisps of lon
stemmed broom corn, lo servo ioi
what is known technically as "bandit
siutr." fastening them to the stick Inl
U wilb. windings Of tho Wire.
All turjtime while the wire is wrap
"jmg the), f'traw -ipon the ttick it ii
made to bind more lightly by blowi
from a Jiammer. Next Is bouni
around the embryo, broom which i
tailed' flie. Shoulder tuff,' will
snorter stems, winch, as was trie case
with tho handle stuff, Is trimmed oil
dose ftbovo the wire binding with a
sharp knife. Stalks yet shorter, from
which the stems havo been cut off en
tirely, are finally wound upon the out
side with more wire, aud the whole
business is clinched and fastened
where the broom meets the stick, with
a strong belt of tinned brass, its cor
rugated edge bound down with the
Wire so that the straw is made as much
a part of the broom handle, as if it
grew upon if.
Now the broom goes to tho sewer,
who passes flaxen twlno around its
middle and pierces the substance of
the broom through and through with
a needle provided with similar flaxen
cord, so as to bind (lie straw together
tloscly. Is'ow it only remains to chop
lhe etraw ends of the brooms off even
with a 60i t of closver knife and to
Comb the seeds out of thein with a re
volvingmachine armed with teeth, in
order .jo make them ready for market.
A fii st-rate broomvis bought by dealers
nt from $3.25 to $4 adozen and sold
at from $4.50 to $4.8G retail. Some
brooms,. "for heavy sweeping of ships'
flecks aud outdoorsrC6st C a dozeu.
The coarse straw i best for those.
You can calculate the profits or the
hmnufaetuiw for yourself when you
pre informed that broomsticks, while
pr red, cost $14 a IhOnsaiidi whilo lhe
(straw is 6 1-2 cent a pound for the
best 6f. iFj and aft ordinary firoom
f6ntalils2 1-t pounds of this latter
material. Broom Corn that 14 Slight;?
green ii.in lit IL belter for the purpose
than, tntf-jrine: material-, because the
Patter is briitl anil, ta this account,
Id deceiv'6 purchasers, it used to be the
custom for. manufacturers ,of -brooms
fo.-iirit'tlieir material rect with the
fafflc4Cf, prIwsl$hc At present the
tame, cflqjr fs jnore tthcajiljf obtained
v QftkTiig"the stuff jft acoldred mix
1 turo. Supl)ie Atliroorn cotr S o this
1 countf-y ar cbTtfty aecured from
1 Chicago and Philadelphia, ( which
points the-farmer! (hip. shelf broom
rurn product, consigning it lo Com
' mission men. whoteUitto tbef maiin
1 (acturci ". WaihIhgto5taa
i
l Melbourne has the finest coffee pul
acra.
! We suent f COO 000,000 in tobacco Ir
10.
It is the salt that makes sea watei
fif-avy,
I Savannah claims the oldest America
theatre.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Tobacco grjw'.ng Is prohibited in
Egypt.
The lobster is greatly In dread of
tlainler.
Italy has raised the duty on pe
troleum. The fly-spider lays an egg as large
as itself.
The latest invention is a bill-post-ing
machine.
Beaver houses are not as plentiful as
they used to be.
Ohio ha the greatest number of
liensioner?, 57.0-7.
The ton erne of a giraffe is nearly a
foot aud a half 1 i'.
A Mi'waukee (WR) grocer ca i
sleep ten da) a at a stretch.
There are 13.000 different kinds of
postaiis stamps iu tue world.
Russia's national printing office
publishes lu every known language.
It Is estimated that 10 trains tra
verse Ou-o every twenty-four hours.
There re some 11.745 soldiers'
zraves at Jefferson Barracks, St. I.ouis.
Mo.
The agate symbolizes health and
long life; the garnet c justaucy aud fidel
ity. In Amsterdam no.w it Is the fashion
to aunouuee a brokeu engagemaut of
mamage.
A sheriff in Southern California
bunts escaped prisoners with blood
hounds. It Is now stated that the typewrit!
was discovered iu Marseilles, Frauce, iu
1S33.
Tho Bible has now been translated
into 00 of the languages aud dialects of
Africa.
Dense smoke from the far-off Mich
igan Ores sprend over a part of Qdcrjla
recently.
There are C36 authorized guides in
the Alps. Six of them are over 70
yeara of ape.
A 0800-foot tunnel drains a sub
terranean lake in the Ceutralia (l'eun.)
cjal basin.
London wss slow to accept the elec
tric Us''1', out U now making up (or
lost time.
The production of iron by the Krupp
works at Es-en, Germany, Is given at
"00 tous a day.
New York doctors recently treated
a thrt-e-legeed man for rheumatism in
all three legs.
The largest forest fires In Michigan
have oceiineil a decade apart in 1471,
1S81 and 1S9L
Emigrants leaving Sweden must
have a letter of recommendation from
the p-tstor of the parish.
A row belonging to a firmer near
Marshull'own, Iowa, Is the proud
mother of triplet calves.
Thr ureat Kansas satt bed is 350
fe'-t leIow the surface, .'!liO miles long,
2oreet wi.le aiid 40 ) feet Illicit.
Invitations to npeu air entertain
ments in England always contain the
proviso: "Weather parmittlng."
Photographs of the run are said to
show that the grant luminary makes a
complete revolution In eleven years.
Santa Barbara. CaL, boasts of a
hotel waiter who can take an order fot
dinner in seven different languages.
Hlk furnishes the larg-at contln a
ous fibre known. One cocoon has been
known to yield no.tiiy lime-fourths ol
a mile.
Fauldinir County, Ga., has a farm
liorfw that drinks two gallons of butter
milk per l i y, and seems to relish aud
thrive on it,
A discharged chorister in an Ohio
town took revenge on the congregation
ly sittinit in a pew and purposel)
a nging out of tune.
America has 80, OCR) miles of bound
ary, or more than the coast'line ol
Asia, Africi, Europe, Mexico and
South Auieic.a combined.
The deleterious influt nee of exces
sive heat is most manifest in the fevers,
dysentery, diarrheal and exhaustion In
curred on the teuted field.
A New Englander t?t that he could
eat over a hundred eggs lu one hour;
and then basely won the wager by
taking a mouthful of shad roe.
The first German newspaper waj
Das Frankfurter Journal, published
at the bei;lnln of the seventeenth
century at Frankfort on the Main.
In the great animal market at Ham
burg, in Germany, giraffe twit at $7t(K
h pair, cbipanzees go at Sir) apiece,
and select lots of Sumatra monkeys al
$Kx).
A Michigan grocer has a mouse
that c itches flies. Hi reepi it in his
show window, wheie it Uiei bettet
work thau a square yard of ordinary flj
pii!er,
A Fort Worth (Texai) man sayi
that he has the largest madstone iu tin
-.voi 11. It is nearly as large as a I.ej's
eifj, and w,is taken, be says, by bb
fn h -r from the stomach of a white
t f found dead in the Oz irk moun
tains. The daepest silver mine In tht
II ,iud Suites Is said to be the Yelloa
.!:c'-;.-t in the Corustoc'c l.ole, neai
Vii.'lnla Uity, Nov. Its lower levels
urn 2700 feet below the I oisting works
Pn'iHvidi, Penn , has the deepest cra
shaft some 1050 feet, producing 100(
l.uis of coal daily.
A commercial traveh r who makei
trips to rMuth America snys the native
m t very fond of roasted mo ;key, and
that in his opinion it is more tooth
S'liii" thin tin key or chic-en or even
canvas I nek.
A seal in the P-ris Janlin d'Ac-
Imitation lias given birth to a cub.
Kolli animals are doing welt. This Is the
lirt time such an event is known to
i.ave t.keu p!ucj among e-als in captiv
ity. Ti e cub is ten inches long.
Tin quickest bridge building on rec
ord -va done by an engineer named
I'r'-iiKP, who, in right clays, pntan lros
-pMii across the Blackwater in Tyrons
County, Ireland. It was eeventy-foui
feel in lencth.
The custom prevailing In the German
army of attaching to the clothtuv ot
each man in active service a card giving
hi rank, name and regiment is to be
adopted In the British army. Deaa and
wounded men are by this means readily
Mentlfle 1.
The Fropheey Investigation Society
wan recently received by the Lord May
or of London and Informed that func
tionary of Its otdect, whlc:i is lo seek
guidance in the study of the prophe
cies as to the expectation of future
events.
Nature baa made occupation a imo-es-ii
v to us; society makes It a duty;
habit may make it a pleasure.
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