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B. F. BOHWEIER, THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and ProprWtor.
VOL.XLV. MIFFLINTOWIS. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA... WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 19, 1S91. NO. 35.
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ttne of the beat specimens of Macaronic
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all collectors! :
In temjiui old a hero lived,
(jui loved puellas deux ;
Hi' M.. p.mvait pas quite to say
Winch one aiuabal niieux.
Pit-ll lui-inime un beau matin,
'-Non po-sum both aoir.
Seil i ail.lress Amanda Ann,
'iiien Kate and i have war.
Ainand liabet argent coin,
s.t k ate has aureas curls ;
fcl bo;h Mint very agalhae
hi uuite formulae girls."
Enftn the youthful anthropos,
i'hliouii the duo lliaids.
Kesolve.i pri).otiere ad Kate
L. taut eel evening's shades.
Profedeiu then to Kate's douio,
11 tr.iuve Amanda there,
h.il 'i.e forgot his late resolves,
h..iii Mint so goodly (air.
he.l sn i i iiifc on the new tapis,
tieTvveell puellas twain.
C e.it to tell his love a Kate
I'uiii uii pocllque strain.
M.us. aiioing ever et anon
At Ij'.r Amanda's eyes,
Illae lion pi.s-unt dieere
j r. which he meant his sighs.
t-o-h vho heard the demi-vow,
Willi .neek-i a roii:e as wine.
And off ring each a milk white hand, n
bo!h whispered. 'lch bin deiu."
"THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA."
CHATTER I.
It was a disorderly school -room ; but
then, as an austere lady. Dr. Alexan
d.r Whitaker's second wife, the mother
ol four unruly juveniles and the au
tocrat of Southtield Mauor, often de
clared, Miss l'aue was incapable of
maintaining discipline. Certainly jast
then .Muriel Fane's thoughts were far
away from the educational surrounding-,
it tut, taking advantage of the
girl's ubstraction.her pupils were doing
tnucli as they liked.
clue little pirl meandered up and
down the piano at her own sweet will;
another was making a roulette of the
celestial globe; a small brother was
openly counting his marbles; and, en
trenched behind his desk, armed with
a toy.gun, a youthful sharpshooter
was iriug recklessly at friend or
foe.
Muriel was oblivious of all this. She
no more saw it than the fair landscape
before her, which lay under the sunny
brightness of a spring day. For March
ba.i aluio t blustered through its course,
aud was going out iu orthodox and
luuib-ltke fashiou. A fair and winsomo
face was clouded. Something was glis
tening in a pair of mournful eyes, and
S.11H-..-H 1 thoughts fonnd vent in a
weiiry mli.
Toy-guns have their uses. With
not unnatural start, as a pellet whizzed
very near the prettiest little nose in all
the west country, the owner or that nose
catue ba-'k to the realities of life. Sue
saw a rirJi ii.au trying to hide his weapon
and to conjure up a look o( preternat
ural innocence, and Muriel spoke:
"l'hilip, bring that to tue."
There was no sign of obedience. The
trirl had risen to her feet, and with an
indignant flush on her face, the light
of buttle in tier grey eyes, she charged
down upon the rebel, aud then she was
marching back with the trophies of
war, followed by an audi bio grumble
from the vanquished:
"I don't cure. I know who gave it
to nie. That's all".
"It is not the least consequence,
'lhe color in Muriel raues cheek was
brighter, for there was exasperation, al
most a threat, in the childish imperti-
net.ee. "i on shall not have it again
tor a week, not for a mouth," with grim
determination. "I don't care whose
gift it was."
"Ven. you do, though," was the una
bashed retort, "aud you won't be here
to keet) it from me. Jt was Brother
l'uul, and mamma is Bending you
awav because vou are in love with
him".'
"Silence, l'hilip! Do you dare?"
There was further exasperation in the
sneer, lhe tormentors cheek was in
vitingly noiir, and not unnaturally t
wl.iloiii ceutle hand was uplifting it
self, when auotber voice broke in, and
so sternly that sheer astonishment bud
dued Master l'hilip, who was conscious
of an irresistible force urging him to
the door.
'Vou hardened little wretch! Make
yourself scarce! Vauish!"
He offender was already outside.
aud, obeying a mute signal, the others
followed, leaving Brother Paul and
Muriel alone.
"I eurest one, what was the brat
Ulk'iiiK about?" The doctor's son was
standing by her, looking down upon
her troubled face with a startled won
der iu his own. lou leaving us?"
"lias not my employer mentioned
it?" with a hurd bitterness. "I sup
pose not. It is a mere matter of de
tailtoo trivial, possibly. Governesses
are dismissed every day. This one has
to seek another situation at once."
"Dismissed! What for? You shall
not go. Why ha3 my gentle stepmother
done this?"
"The esteemed laly is not forced to
give reasons for discharging a servant
She is the ruler here, subject of course,
to Mr. Lemuel Yash and bis familiar
spirits," with a smile that was half a
frown.
"Hang Mr. 1-ernuel Yash and his
spirits too!" The young man's ire
blazed out at the name. "Everything
has gone wrong since his ugly face
came into this house, and 1 long to kick
him out."
"It is a credi able impulse, and I
should rather like to see the process."
The wish was foreign to Muriel' usu
ally gentle Dature, and the frown deep
eued as she said in earnest: "Paul, is
that that wretched man to stay for
ever in a house where he is destestcd by
all?"
"That, like the great good Lemuel
himself and all the spirits about which
he drivels, is a mystery. I wish wo
had never seen him, or Aunt Julia's
money either. Tho dear old pater was
happy enough as a country doctor be
fore it came to ns that is, if it did
come.''
Paul's face had grown dark and
gloomy at the thought, which framed
itself in a dark saying:
"Muriel, do you believe in magio?
Can this fellow have bewitched my
father and all of us? Do not smile.
Remember, he was Annt Julia's friend;
and Aunt Julia disliked her one brother
as much as she disliked all the rest of
the world. She never intended to leave
my father anything. She would have
mad i? a hundred wills unless she could
leave a malison with her money."
"I wish some one would leave me
four thousand a year, either with or
without a malison," put in Muriel.
"I don't know," said Paul doubtfully.
"'.Not if it is to be accompanied by a
yellow-faced hypocrite who bewitches
people. Hemember how he turned up
six months ago. It was proper witches'
weather thnnder, lightning, bail, and
Win and, like Sindbad'a Old Man of
the Sea, he came never to leave, but
rides on the shoulders of us all, and we
shall never be rid of him."
"Not even if he is kicked out?"
asked Paul's sweeheart with a hopeful
smile.
"It would be useless. Lemuel would
come back, andlmy father would be
cowed and humbled as before. Even
my stepmother quails in hi? presence,
and that iron minded relative is not too
considerate of others' feelings, as you
know."
Muriel endorsed the statement with
sigh, recalling how the lady had no
tified her own dismissal in pbra.es re
membered with scornful indignation.
"Evervbodv
Paul ruefully. "My father has a pre
sentiment of coming poverty. Mrs.
Whitaker, with her own charming
frankness, hints of the workhouse.
They both urge me to go on with my
law studies, aud I won't For good
and all, I have finished with John Doe
and Richard Roe." Then his gay, reck
less nature asserted itself in a slightly
varied rendering of "Pinafore" : "In
spite of all temptations to follow other
occupation, 1 remain perhaps the
worst painter and the happiest English
man in all the world."
Bo singing, Paul caught the girl to
his heart, and she would have eluded
him, but those strong arms were around
her, and the young man was gazing in
to eyes which showed a monrniul ten
derness. "It is time I went away." she whisp
ered. "1 may not stand between you
and a grand marriage." The whisper
was barely audible, but it tried to be
very decided, ami it faile L "Yon must
forget me, I will not win you from
from so much money."
"Ah, deary, deary me!" The young
man heaved an exaggerated, a tremen
dous Bigh. I understand. My pru
dent stepmother has told of an impos
sible alliance with Mr. Jacob's ouly
daughter and the eminent brewer's
money bags. My dearest girl. Miss
Cicely Jacobs, the vats,aud shekles are
not for the likes of me," and there was
no regret in his laugh. "Such prizes
are reserved for our friends the Lcv
ites, and the Itevercnd Chasbull Cope
is making the running for the Brewer's
Plate, leaving me a contented second
with my darling. Muriel, together, we
can smile at my prophetic stepmother,
even at the workhouse. Together we
can defy the Old Man of the Sea, Mr.
Lemuel Yash, and all his spiritualistic
works."
She shivered at the name, and her
cheek flushed again.
"Do not speak of that horror. He
has procured my dismissal because
because -" The girl slopped, but
her hesitation, the burning crimson,
was a revelation to Paul Whitaker, and
his face darkened ominously.
"Does the scoundrel dare?" The
joung niau's teeth came together
viciously, aud his wor.-s were deep
with o UiCot trate.l scorn. "The
worthy Lemuel may bewitch my father,
may cast his spells upon in v lather's
wife and all this house; but it he lilts
his eye to your sweet face " Paul
hesitated a moment for an appropriate
menace. "If Sindbad's Old Man dares
to look at my darling I will bewitch
him."
CHAPTER II.
It bv no means fell in with the sec
ond Mrs. Whitaker's ethics of discipline
or economy that the children should
ruu wild tending the advent of another
teacher, or for herself to pay good com
of the realm for value not received;
neverless the prudent lady was willing
to speed the parting guest, aud the day
of Muriel Faue's departure from
Sonthtiel.l Manor, came very, very
soon. The doctor was sorry. His son
was indignant. Mr. Lemuel Yash, too,
thought fit to assume a pitying com
passion which the young man dared
not resent. Even the servants sighed
as they brought dowu two diminutive
trunks to the hall, awaiting the station
'bus.
The owner of that luggage was wait
ing, also, alone in the room where the
doctor's wife had spoken a chilly fare
well and counted out her salary. It
was not a large sum, even with the ad
ditional unearned increment in lieu of
formal notice; and Muriel was picking
up the few coins, with a sigh for each,
when behind her the Mgh was echoed
with a deeper pathos, and she was con
scious of another presence, which had
glided rather than walked into the
room, and was closing the door.
A hasty haud shuttled gold and silver
into Muriel's pocket, and, as if avoid
ing some unclean thing, she would have
swept past Mr. Lemuel Yash, only he
barred retreat.
Thin intruder might have been any
age between thirty and fifty, and was
not altogether prepossessing. His
black hair was of the longest and
straightest.bis figure was gaunt and un
gainly, and his features were so insig
nificant as to be mere outlines on a
saffron-tinted skin; and, furthermore,
he was the proprietor of a pair of fur
tive greenish eyes that tried to lie sym
pathetic, in unison with a propitiatory
smile which was almost an insult
"Mr. Nash, will you allow me to
pass?"
The eyes grew more disagreeably ex
pressive, the smile was intensified, but
that was all. Mr. Yash did not move.
"I must speak to you Miss Fane."
"There is nothing yon need sav,"
answered the girl haughtily; "nothing
I care to hear."
"Cruel!" he moaned, "cruel on this
your last day with one whom you are
leaving to despair.
"Be good enough to stand aside."
Muriel really looked cruel, and cared
not to hide it ' 'Do you dure to detain
me?"
"I humbly crave your forgiveness."
Mr. Y'ash was not to be got rid of so
easily. "My heart must speak! You
must listen! Miss Fane may 1 say
Muriel, dear girl?"
"You certainly may not say am thing
of the kind." He was confronted by a
stately little iceberg. "I do not care
for the utterances of Mr. Yash'a
heart"
"And yet I am your devoted slave.
Lemuel was looking bis tenderest as
he made an abortive grab at a hand
which drew away with a repulsion that
might have warned a less ardent
wooer.
"Perhaps my devoted slave will open
that door?"
'I dare to disobey." he cried in des
peration, and stung by her contempt.
lou have despised a love wnicu is not
quite worthless. Mnriel, darling Mu
riel I must utter the dear name once
more why do yon avoid me?"
"Because, witn every one eise in iu
house, I dislike to see or even to be
near you. The knowledge that we
shall meet no more reconcile? me to my
dismissal. Have I said enough?"
"Perhaps," with an evil glance. He
had almost knelt, but his knees were
stiff, and his idol was unresponsive.
Besides, Mrs. YYhitaker's olive-brsnchea
were audibly playing in the hall, and
occasionally rattling the door-handle,
for which well-meant intention the late
teacher was grateful. "You will listen
to my last prayer. You, discharged at
the caprice of an nnfeeling woman,
shall at least know what yon reject"
Lemuel was artfully appealing to pride
and resentment "Discharged, I say,
at a day's notice from the house where
it is my power to make you rule.
Yes, you might be the mistress of
Southtield Manor.
For the nonce, astonishment ban
ished all other emotions, and in silent
wonder Muriel recalled Paul's aus
picious. Had Mr. Lemuel Vash really
t lrieuas and acquaintances in the spirit
world? Could there be any truth in
the occult mysteries that he was un
derstood to have studied with the de
ceased Aunt Julia, on which he so often
enlarged? Was this a page from the
"Arabian Nights," and would a pair of
bony hands be clapped directly to sum
mon some attendant genie?
Then her pretty lips curled in defiant
unbelief.
"If you could do all this it would in
no way alter an opinion which it seems
-tur. asn is too conscious of his own
merit to understand."
"Pardon me, I begin to understand
at last ' The pleading look vanished,
and was replaced by a black scowl.
"ion speak so very plainly, ion re
ject love and wealth for a rich man's
heir who will inherit nothing, for a
lawyer who knows no law, a painter
who caunot paint"
Indignation choked back speech, but
there was no need for Muriel's indig
nant reply. An impetuous hand dash
ed open the door, aud its janitor reeled
away, as the painter who could not
paint, the heir to nothing, dashed in to
regard the enamored Lemuel with no
friendliness.
"Excuse me" (Paul Whitaker's voice
was resentful as his eyes), "Miss Fane,
1 am sure, does not care for this con
versation. Will yon kindly relieve
her of an unwelcome presence? You
had better go." Then the almost per
suasive accents blazed out in unmis
takable wrath: "At once, or, by all
that is mean and crawling on the earth,
I will kick you out!"
"Young man, it is unwise, and worse
than unwise, to insult your father's
guest." It was Mr. Y ash's turn to
menace, but he did so with a certain
trepidation in view of the dork face,
and he took a step nearer the door.
"Be careful, I say, lest you repent
your insolence in dust and ashes.
"I am not altogether given to re
pentance," aud Paul laughed derisive
ly. "I beard what you were saying
just now, and I rather fancied it was
bonuce; now I am sure. Miss Fane
has had quite enough of you. Do
go."
"I go when it pleases me." The
young man's contempt was exasperat
ing, and Lemuel's frown took a deeper
menace. "Remember that at my
word you and your father are both
paupers."
It was rash, with a pauper of warm
temperament and tough muscle so
near, and whose angry stride was
bringing him nearer; then, ere be quite
realized what was happening, Lemuel
Yash wildly waltzed to the doorway,
and into the arms of an elderly gentle
man just entering.
"You see, sir," he panted. "You
see this," extricating himself from
what was scarcely a willing embrace.
Mr. Yash sat himself down in the near
est chair, whence he looked up at the
master of the house for sympathy.
which was not forthcoming. "You are
a witness to this outrage by your son.
"Yes, I am certainly a witness.
The doctor smiled ever so little, but
he did smile. "I hope there is good
reason for what does appear just a tri
fle unfriendly."
"Yes; and I will be unfriendly,"
gasped Lemuel. "Do you think 1 will
tolerate this insult?"
"I really do not think about it,"
very carelessly. "Probably you will
do what you think best"
Mr. Yash was astonished and un
comfortable at an unmistakable change
of front
"Dr. Whitaker, am I to take this as
defiance?"
"So, no!" It was the voice of the
lady ruler of the house, who was be
hind her lord. "Husband of what are
you thinking?"
"My dear, I am thinking that I have
cringed to this fellow too long, aud it
is over, Mr. Lemuel Vash can go
to "
Mrs. Whitaker's shriek recalled to
the doctor's remembranoe his being
Mr. Chasbull Cope's churchwarden,
and he went on witn the patient sad
ness of a practitioner who, diagnosing
his own case, can face the worst:
"M r. Lemuel Vash may do what he
chooses.''
"Father, what is the mysterv about
this fellow?" broke in Paul. "What
does it mean?"
"It means, my boy, that yonr father
has been weak and wicked has bound
himself hand and foot in bondage, and
that this day he will be free."
"Alexander Whitaker, have you
taken leave of your senses?" In a dis
mal perspective his wife saw riches
taking wings unto themselves, and
with them Southtield Manor all the
ease and comfort so dear to her heart
"Husband be wise ere it is too late."
" Admirable advice, my dear
madam," sneered Lemuel. "Come,
my good doctor, yours is rather a seri
ous complaint for which silence is the
best remedy, Then warningiy: "ite
member there is nothing to be gained
bv war."
"At least there is an end to a scoun
drel's oppression. "
The doctor was defiant, and his
hearer was startled from his assumed
composure.
"Tush!" he said, smiling uneasily.
"We are not children, to quarrel with
our bread and butter. To-morrow we
shall think better of these heroics."
"To-morrow I hope we shall be well
rid of Mr. Lemuel Vash," put in Paul
sternly.
His hand rested on his father s shoul
der with a kindly protection, and the
elder man appeared to gain oonrage
from the touch.
"I am not sure that we shall part so
aoon. Possibly you may all come to
your senses before to-morrow."
The speaker glanced from one to the
other, bnt only the lady's face betray
ed irresolution tm Mr. Vash made his
exit, and his heavy tread was heard
npon the stairs.
CHAPTER III.
After the friend and confidant of the
late Miss Julia Whitdker, had dis.p
peared there was an ominous silence,
first broken by the doctor' wife, who
now noted the presence of a pale and
wondering girl, and the lady glanced
meaningly at her watch and at the
door.
"Miss Fane, the 'bus is overdue; and
excuse my reminding you that this is a
"I beg your pardon, madam."
The girl was moving away when a
young man, fearless of a stepmother's
frown, drew her to his side as the doc
tor's voice was he ird again:
"io need to run awar, my dear.
There is no secret but what all the
world will know soon."
"All the world need not know save
for your own headstrong folly," ex
cla med his helpmate with emphatic
austerity. "Listen to me, Alexander
Whitaker; you will repeat this quixotic
business too late."
The doctor only shook hi) hea 1. He
did not i-peak, for now again Lemuel
Vash was with th. m, and all the former
insolence was redoubled.
"Well, my raih aud impulsive
friend," aud with an evil smile he tap
ped a legal-looking paper in his hand,
"is th's interesting little document to
be public property?"
"Yes, aud 1 care not how soon." For
once peaceable Alexander had the val
or ot his great namesake. "I am
weary of fraud and deceit "
"Even aa I am weary of all this mys
tery," put in his son. "Be good enough
to say what there is to say, sir, and
then. ' with grim significance.
"Ce tuioly," Mr. Vash bowed In
mock humility; "I hasten to obey.
Mine is a simple tale. Merely this: As
next-of-kin to an ot.ly sister, deb ased,
Mr. Alexander Whitaker is here in
comfortable possession of Southtield
Manor aud something like four thou
sand a year, because that esteemed
lady was supposed to have diod in
testate. A mere matter of detail, but
nevertheless, a mistake. You see Miss
Julia Whitaker hanpened to make a
will!"
"Made a will !" This was indeed un
expecte ; but Paul saw confirmation in
his father's fa:-e, and his own was sore
ly troubled.
"It is true, my boy. And I think
1 think I am glad of it," with a certain
grim despair. "The money can go. it
has brought only shinie and dishonor.
I always expecte 1 it. My sister haled
us all, and. rather than we should have
a penny of her wealth, would have
made a hundred wills. "
"Hardly necessary." With a cruel
smile, Mr. Yash was unfolding his
paper. "You will find this one mora
tuau enon.h. It leaves everything of
which M as Julia Whitaker died pos
sessed to be devoted to the better elu
cidation of 'psychical ph nomena,' w th
the exception of a small legacy to her
gool friend Lemuel Yash."
"Ah! You benefit by this remark
able will?"
"-Not much of a benefit" Thelesrntee
seemed by no moans enthusiastic, and
he declined to notice the young man's
sneer. "It is hardly a fabulous sum."
Iiemuel rpoke trulv. His fincer in
dicated a beuueit of one hundred
pounds, and Paul's swift suspicion ot
forgery seemed unwarranted. No oae
woul I play a dangerous frame for so
sm dl a stake with all the b ard before
him and iet the young man had a
doubt for every pound.
"ion are the anthor t'.at is. von
di covered this precious will?"
l he other changed color at the w. rd.
but he rejoin m1:
"Exactly. I was told where it was.
and brought it to this house, suppos
ing, not unnatural.y, Dr. Alexander
Whitaker might have an intere-t in n t
divulging it Y'on know," with cool
effrontery, "yon know poor men, such
as y. ur humble servant, must wat -h
their own lutore-ts. "
"And I have sacrificed honor, fair
ame, for my inter -st," brok . in the
doctor. "The man 'erupt d me, and I
yield d. Aa h. siys, the rascil look
care of hlms If, by ruthless pluuler
ing, that r.ised the price of his silence
day by day, until exsK.snre is better
than his insolence aud extortion."
"is it true, father?"
The eld-r uim bowel his head in
shame as he whispered one word, and
his sou lo ked up from the document,
jealously guar ed by its disoovero , to
a-.k, "rf.,w did you bee me possessed
of this will?"
Paul had scanned it in every detail,
but the profe-sional eye co 11 detect
no flaw. All the proscribed form were
correct Tha "Juiia Whitaker" was
attested by two witnesses, who had
signs I in Miss Ju'ia's presence, and in
the presence of ouch other. . And it was
dated some time before her death,
when, after a tremendous quarrel with
the doctor, aud the doctor's wife, the
testatrix had made her home in the far
north, and reno meed them a'l.
"You have the right to ask. I wis
guided thereunto by what y..u call the
dead lady; but the studies w ich we
pursued togeth r taught us there is no
death. Her spirit-hand gtve it iuto
m hand of flesh.'
Paul smiled in derision.
"Please spare us tht This is the
nineteenth century, and t o pr waio
for occult myst ries. Surely there is a
better explanation to give us?"
"There are things whio i our dim,
imperlect human intelligence is power
less to explain. The secrets of N'at i e
are not all solved," said Lemuel v ry
solemnly. "Miss Julia Whitaker ha
left this earth, and yet her etherea'ized
skape is I ere, with me, even now."
One of the listen rs winced un asiiy.
In the flesh, the doctor's sister h id
never been too a oiable; bat her nepbe r
laughed as before.
"I commiserate the gentleman who.
by his own confession, betrayed her
t ust. Our deceased relative, who is
not deceased, has a genuine i riev .nee.
and even a shade might feel annoyed."
Air. V ash attempted no answer to
that argument He was still jealously
guirdiug the wdl, and now he lo.-.ked
no wiih an uneasy a ance. for Panl's
Cuuntena ce was changing before him,
as the 1 right spring sunshine pe - ed
in and touched the paper, and a En
tering sternness sounded in his next
words:
'Mistakes will happen with the b st
regulated spirits, and they have be n,
lijte ourselves, taken in by an impu
dent forgry." He jerked aw.y t'.e
parer, and held it up so that the dpl.t
could shine through the 'nannfao nrer'.s
name woven therein. "Witterer, Jenk ,
and Benjason,'' he rend aloud ' a firm
that commenced business exactly twelve
months aft r the date of this lyintr
fraud. The office where I was articled
happened to draw np the deed of part
nership. It is a curious coinciden.-e,
but the Sfirils appreo ate a jake on
.his day the First of April, you know
when I fancy we must make up onr
sorrowing minds to lose a valued
gu.st"
The guest had already vanished, like
one of his own shadows, they scarcely
knew how or when.
"I suppose he was a rascal," wonder
ed his unwilling host "Of course.
Yet why did he risk penal servitude
for so small a sum?"
"Because he was a peculiarly cun
ning rascal," aaid PanL "cunning
enough to avoid suspicion. The gen
tleman was not so easily oontented, but
he bad yon, air, to draw npon."
Mr. Lemuel's late backer sighed in
thankfulness.
"He had, and was tronbled with no
scrnpl a. Think Heaven there is an
end to his extortions!"
In the silence which follow d Mr.
Vfcsh was heard descending the sta rs,
as wnreis grued outside wbicU were 'o
bear Muriel from Southtield Manor,
and the girl rose.
"ato you re a y to leave us, my
uearr
in u is new freedom the doctor was
pitiful to everjboiy, and even his
aust-ra helpmate f Jt a small reproach,
"1 hope we are not to lose the one
ray of sunshine that gladdens the
house." Paul was making his confes
sion in his on whimsical way.
"F..ther, we have lost one esteemed
cuest Will you join me in persuading
anotner vo stay and console ns as my
wife?"
"Your wife!" It was a revelation to
the doctor, whose late sorrows had
dnlled pereep ion. "Dear me, I had
no idea! AJrs. Whitaker will be disap
pointed," with a doubtrul glance at
that lady. "She thought of a wealthy
alliance."
"Evactly so, aid I am very grateful
indeed," broke in the young man, with
a Kood-humor that should disarm re
sentment. "It would be a brilliant
alliance; but, alas! Miss Cicely Jacobs
bad tho bad taste not to fancy me.
So s; eaking he glanced out and,
with a peculiar smile, led his father to
the win low.
It was not to see the last of Lemuel
Vash. Rather he point -d where a
gorgeously attire I lady and a clerical
companion, arrayed in extreme Ritual
istic fashion, were walking side by
side, an 1 apparently oblivious of ail
the world save themselves; and Paul
smiled, but with no resentment, as the
Rev. Chasbull Cope skipped aside with
nudiguitied activity as tue stition vehi
cle lumbered past, aul Lemuel favored
an inoffensive priest with a parting
scowL
Then Paul Whitaker drew his'be
trothed more closely to his side, as his
gaze came back from the window to
rest with love aud admiration on Mur
iel's sweet beauty.
"It is merely another First of April
mistake," he laughed. "The brewery
shekels are bespoke," with a comical
glance at his stepmother. "Such prizes
are snapped up by tue Church, and I
am more tuau content to let them go."
The doctor of his own accord had
taken Muriel's hand, with a profession
al flourish, as if about to feel her pulse,
to join it with his wife's, whilst the
children, peeping in, sent up a small
cheer, which was a betrothal benedic
tion. Then Mrs. Whitaker's counte
nance relaxed. Perhaps it was grati
tude for a deliverance from the hand
of the oppressor; perhaps it was con
viction of the hopelessness of her own
ambition; perhaps it was an unwonted
desire to be at peace with all the world;
perhaps it was a prudent concession to
the unavoidable, but, stooping her
inflexible head, Mrs. Alexander Whita
ker bestowed on Muriel the kiss of
peace.
THE ART OF LEAVING.
When Mme. de Stael visited Weimar
with the avowed intention of intellect
ually capturing the literary lions of the
day, Goethe and Schiller, she made
one fatal mistake: she stayed too long.
Goethe wrote to Schiller: "Mme. de
Stael is a bright, entertaining person,
but she ought to know when it is time
to go. ''
The art of leaving is less understood
bv women than by men. The habits of
business, the recognized fact that to a
business man time is money.tbe throng
and press and exactingness of business
life, all tend to make men who live in
cities tho best possible exemplars of
the fine art of leaving quickly and neat
ly. A business man's social call is us
ually a model of good manners in this
respect. When he has said what he
has to say, and listened to what there
is to hear, be takes his hat,says "good
evening," and is out of your presence
without giving any lime or chance for
the too often tedious and embarasslng
commonplaces of mutual invitations
and promises to call again, which seem
to be kind of social formula with
women. In striking contrast with this
neat snd skilful method of cutting
short the parting words of an inter
view or call, is the too oommon social
practice of visitors, who, commencing
to leave, seem temporarily to abandon
their purposes, and then linger, as
thongh it w re a kind of compliment
to the visiting patty to appear loath tc
part company.
Who does not dread the visitor who
starts, then thinks of something else to
say, rises, and then thinks of another
subject of consideration, neirly reaches
the door, and, most probably holding
it open, is aroused to a degree of men
tal brilliancy, that threatens his health
at.d that of his host or hostess by long
detuning of both in a cold draft white
he discourses? What a tax on the
patience and po'itenoss of the listener,
who vainly strives, by assenting in
stantly to every proposition, to end
the interview, and jbreak the restran
iug I ond of polite attention. Phiila
dcjtfiia Rr.cord.
Thr first printing press in this coun
try was set up iu Harvard in 1639, and
Mr. W. Lewis Fraser.the artist-lecturer,
finds thnt the first American-made lUus
t'ation appeared in Tully's Almtnac of
Boston in K!9S. Increase Mather's
"Ichalo.l," published in 1703,contained
an American copper-plate portrait and
from 17J0 books were regnlorly illns
trited in this country by American
workmen.
FinrrF.v yeors nro there were no
oranges shipped from California. Last
yenr more than throe thoussnd car
ioids were sent East In 1875 the
Southern Pacific ltoad shipped five
hundred pounds of raisins; last year
twenty-six millions. In seventeen years
there has arisen an industry which in
1890 returned to California people
eight mi boa dollars.
Tbp: cultivation of tobacco has been
prohibited in Egypt by the Khedive.
Pride requires very costly food it
keeper's happiness
AUGUST.
BT NELL. B. CHAPMAN.
'Tis August, and ihe yeilow green
That lay but yesterday between
1 he bills a sun-lit sea
Now w ind swept rolls in shining waves
'falnst burniui: pasture lands, and lavas.
The slopes with crested gold.
Tls Aufrust. plumes of golden rod
Bend low above the duty sod,
The scarlet creeper twines :
A bright wreath In the Untied faedn
A Iodic the mossy fern bound led..
Whet e red ripe berries grow.
Tls August, languid breezes blow.
The meadow brook forgets to flow,
An Id e zrphyr roves!
Whispering low of orchard bowra
Ol Autumn days and dreamy hoars,
VTn summer Joyi are flown.
LETTERS, AND HOW TV3 WRITE
THEM.
It seems an easy matter enough, but
in this case, as in so many others, ap
pearances are proverbially deceptive.
Letters are often by no means easily
written, and it occasionally happens
mat some particularly important one
Is not written at all, and this not so
nnch from any deliberate intention,
on our part as from an unfortunate
trick of procrastination which is pecu
liar y apt to affect us in those moments
ahich we ought to devote to our cor
respondence. It is a strange thing
enough that many fairly well educated
persons, persons not only solidly
grounded in those first principles of
ill learning vulgarly known as the
"three R's," bnt possessing besides
much useful information and many
graceful accomplishments, should
throughout the whole of their lives
never appear to be on terms of any
thing like intimacy with their pen and
paper; to write a letter is to them
always a thing to be carefully avoided,
to be put on one side and forgotten, no
matter how serious may be the conse
quences involved, and thus they will
continually expose themselves to all
sorts of unpleasantness and inconveni
ence rather than put reluctant pen to
anfamiliar paper, and so end the
matter at once. Polite people, who
usually treat their fellow men and
women with scrupulous consideration,
will yet be guilty ot acts of grave dis
courtesy so soon as it becomes a ques
tion of writing to or for them; while
naturally kind-hearted persons will
apparently lose all sympathy for the
feelings of their nearest and dearest,
and leave them the prey of anxiety and
wearing apprehension rather than
write the few lines that would at
once remove their fears and give them
that most priceless boom, peace of
mind. How many estrangements
between once firm friends may be
traced to this source, how much sor
row, how many misunderstandings.
There is nothing in this perplexing
world of ours that causes so much
trouble and misery as letters, and the
not writing them, unless, in some few
oases, the ill-judged and unadvised
letters that are written. The one is
merely a sin of omission, and may
perhaps be pardoned and forgotten iu
time; the other, unfortunately, lives as
an accomplished fact; and even should
the letter itself be destroyed, its mem
ory will survive to shame and confound
ns; therefore, of the two; the latter is
the greater eviL
Letters, and the writing of them.
being thus of so much importance, it is
surely to be regretted that people"do
not give a little more thought and at
tention to the matter, which after all,
is a simple one enough. Take, for in
stance, the letters of acknowledgement
wuioh we all of ns have to write from
time to time debts of honor these.
that must be paid, or how shall we look
our fellow-man frankly in the face?
Good manners lose half their charm
by being delayed in their effeot. 1 f,
for instance, you have a birthday, and
a neighbor or a triend sends you flowers
or bonbons, a new book or an etching,
or manages some pleasant treat to your
interest always write your note of
thanks before the sun goes down.
There is a special grace in a promptly-written
letter of courtesy a per
fume, so to speak, which the laggard
loses, and which is not present in a
tardy note, apparently the result of a
prick of conscience or an afterthought
Now all this is very true, and most of
ns have had occasion at one time or
another, to appreciate the force of the
illustration from practical experience.
We know bow pleasant it is to feel that
our effort to give pleasure has been
successful, and we also know too often
bow di-agreeable and unsatisfactory it
is to wait and wonder through the long
days and weeks, hoping we have given
pleasure, fearing we have given pain.
In these cases of ungracious delay the
perfume is apt to exhale with a ven
geanoe and leave nothing bnt a very
nnpleasant odor behind. Surely no
one is justified in yielding to this selfish
habit of procrastination, and thus
possibly wounding the feelings of those
who sought however imprudently to
do a kindness. Promptitude in writ
ing letters of acknowledgment is or.e
of the great secrets of success in this
difficult art, and it is a rule which may
be applied with equal confidence to
letters of all kinds.
Indeed, so far as correspondence is
concerned and correspondence enters
very largely into our complex modern
life it is a good rule invariably to
answer one's letters fully and clearly,
as soon after their reception as practica
ble; and, whenever the letters convey
invitations or have in any degree a
flavor of compliment by all means let
them be responsive to the dominant
key.
This is an important suggestion
which we shall all do well to lay to
heart; it should not be difficult to act
upon it and certainly we must all
readily admit that a courteous letter
should le answered with courtesy, jut
as pretty speeches merit a pretty
reply.
But, after all, promptitude is, gener
aily speaking, the most important, aa
it is too often the most neglected, point
in letter writing; and if it is mere not. s
of courtesy, where no groat harm could
result from delay, how much more so
is it in business communications and
letters of real moment! Here the fatal
habit of procrastination may some
times cause incalculable mischief, and
lead to terribly serious lesults, far
beyond our control. Such risks should
not be slightly run, and all for an un
reasonable disliko to the use of the
harmless, necessary pen.
It is not usually the busiest peon 6
who offend most in this respect; for
them there might be some exense.
But it is rather the fault of those per
sons who, having nothing to do, spend
their whole time in doing nothing, and
grudge every moment to any, even the
lightest, employment. Such persons
appear to be, of no j radical use in the
world, and merely serve to complicate
matters for their busier brothers and
sisters.
CoNsriEvnors Mr. Nuclos.-"Why
do you always appear In your worse
gown when going out with me, Brid
get?" Bridret-"Sure, I'm always afraid the
people moigbt mistake me fr th' mis
tress if I w ..re me folne driss,"
iiPESsrvK EiirtATiov. Dashaway
"That was a beaulirul dress your friend,
Mrs. WJckstaff, had on the other niebt.''
Bingo "Y'es. It cost me f loa"
Dashaway "How so?"
Bingo "My wife saw It" '
Carlylesays: "Do the duty which li
nearest thee which thou kn wtst to !
I duty. The second duly will already
have become clearer."
'a TALK ABOUT SLEEP. I netvixbrief.
An ex-superintendent of a city hos
pital was a-kcd the best method of
procuring sleep by natural means, the
old-fashioned method of counting, iu
the mind's eye, a succession of tiieep,
jumping over a fence being barred.
For simple insomnia from over-mental
work," said the Doctor, "the first
tiling is to stop mental and do physical
iroik, and rest the mind by tiring the
body. Drugs should only be used
when the condition of the patient is
such as to demand sleep immediately.
A full meal will frequently produce
sleep in the wakeful. At the hospital,
where men are sleepless from long con
tinued stimulation by alcohol, they are
put on draughts of hot milk or beef
tea every hour and a half, until they
fro to sleep. That treatment is good
lor insomnia produced by o er mental
activity and anxiety. The business
man's insomnia can, as a rule, only
be relieved by lessening the amount of
work he may be doing. There is no
way by which a man may violate
natural laws and obtain natural sleep.
Life is much more rapid than it was
twenty years airo, ami it would be bet
ter if more of us took a Saturday half
holiday and observed the Sabbath as a
day of rest. I believe if the commu
nity would take that prescription in
somnia would be practically banished."
"I think the best way to get to sleep
is to go to bed, that is, make it a habit
to go to bed w hether you are sleepy or
not. Sleep will come if a persistent
and continued invitation is given. I
have never failed to see any one who
did not have an organic disease who
could not, by sticking to it, iu the way
I have indicated, finally acquire the
sleep habit. ' Sometimes it will take
you two or three weeks, but sleep will
come. Its arrival may be assisted and
hastened by judicious eating before
retiring, or by drinking milk. 1 do
not say drink it warm, but at a mod
erate temperature. This draws the
blood to the digestive organs aud away
from the brain. A warm bath just
before retiring is a very good thing,
as it impels the circulation toward the
6kin."
'It is not necessarily work thai
kills nor work that keeps men awake.
We are built for work, physical and
mental. Our forefathers worked and
thought, and we are endowed with
the like ability. There are good reas
ons why the race is tending toward
neurasthemia, the disposition to ner
vousness, which has given rise to what
has been characterized as 'the Amer
ican disease.' The increased aud in
creasing use of narcotics has more to
do with this disturbance of the nervous
equilibrium than all the work people
do. It is a lamentable fact that the
use of w hat are known as stimulants
and narcotics is increasing in this
country. This is especially true as
regards tobacco, beer and various al
coholic preparations. With this use
conies a per capita increase of wrecked
nervous systems."
"What," inquired the reporter, "are
the natural remedies for sleeplessness
brought about by these violations of
nature's law g?"
"The natural remedies," said th
Doctor, "are to cease to do evil and
learn to do well. Give up these things
altogether. We have only to go back
to the time of Sir Walter Raleigh to
note the advent of tea, coffee and
tobacco among civilized people, and all
three were introduced into England
within a score of years. Since that
time their nse has been ruarvelously
increased, and corresponding with the
increase have coine these pronounced
disturbances iu the nervous system of
the people. The best thing to induce
the syetem to return to normal condi
tions is to avoid the things that work
mischief and pay better attention to
feeding the body ; live on those things
that will make good blood and reiui
force the system with nerve power."
"The majority of those who come
under my care who are troubled with
eleeplessuess are those who Lave been
indulging in the aromatized spirit of
corn."
"What's that?" inquired the re
porter dubiously.
"Whisky. Sleeplessness proper is
not a disease of poor patients; it is un
aristocratic disease, largely caused by
mental perturbation. Our sleepless
patients are filled up w ith beef tea and
milk as hot as they can drink it, ami
this treatment is good for any one,
rich or poor. Aside from the use of
alcoholic drinks, people who work w ith
their hands sleep well. It is mental
workers and debilitated women who
are troubled with sleeplessness. There
are some persons who sit up all night
and never get anything better than
two email pairs. They are troubled
with sleeplessness, and if they do
get sleep, do not get a restful kiud, as
they are apt to see flushes and four of
a kind, and all that sort of thing in
their uneasy slumber. There are many
persons who do not sleep sound enou:h
or long enough to rest the mental fac
ulties, and awake unrefresbed. The
amount of sleep required depends on
the habits and the constitution of the
sleeper. Some light slcejiers, and those
who slept a few hours have been men
of the greatest mental activity. Re
lieve the strain on the mind, and the
condition of sleeplessness will disap
pear." "What produces sleeplessness?"
"Worry, overwork and haste in eat
ing,"' replied the Doctor, "are about
the chief factors in producing it. "Want
of exercise and sedentary habits may
be added. The remedies? Well, the
chief remedies are nutritious food and
good exercise, not dings; and there
must be a motive behind the exercise.
A perfunctory walk of so many squares
at a certain arranged time affords a
very limited benefit. It is a good
thing for a business or professional
man to have a hobby outside the grind
of his daily pursuit."
He Didn't Translate It.
Mistress Nora, what was that gib
berish that Michael was talking to you
in the kitchen last evening?
Nora (who is sweet on Michael, the
hostler) He was talk in' to me in
Clan-na-gael, mum, an' sorra word can
I tell ye, for himself didn't give me
.he translation uv it at all, at all.
Arkansas Traveler.
George El ot says: "No diarofij'
is a security from evil withes tc- a man
whose happiness hangs " dnrlicity.'
White house changes this summer
will cost t35.0u0.
The Mormon temple at Salt Lake
holds ten thousaud people.
The twenty-third ward In Philadel
phia is larger in area tbeu the city of
New York.
An idolt collector in Sin Francis
co, w ho has just died, had a collection
of five huudred little gods,
liquid chlorine is now supplied as
an aiticle of commerce by a chemical
establish ineut on the Rhtue.
A spirograph for drawing spirals
aud volutes in a s'.inpie manner as one
draws circles lias be u devised In Paris.
Boston has two more backs than
New York. Pittsburg has two more
than Chicago anl tuiity-two more than
Phi'.a 'e p'.oa.
The Manilla hemp plant, which la
very similar to the banana, Is found to
thrive best In soil composed of decayed
vegetable matter.
The sun is tremendously large. It
is equt.1 to 1,300 000 e,-.rths, but owing
to its small density Its weight equals that
of only 332,0 JO earths
Mrychuiue has been found to in
crease lhe amount of gastric juice sec
reted in the stomach, the general acidi
ty and the quanily of free acid in the
secretion.
recent German tests have show a
chat the loss ic weight of steel tails
from wear and rusting Is In about aa in
verse proportion to the teuslle strength
ot the metal.
Among French dairymen the use ot
hot water for milch cows Is growing- in
favor. It is alleged that oue-thlrd mors
milk is yielded than when cold water Is
given.
r A valley more wonderful than th
Yosetnlte, except iu the matter of water
falls, is said to h ive been discovered
tn King's river cannon, above the far
famed Yosemite.
The Bible of Martha Washington,
which was bought by Mitchell, of New
York, at the sale of the Washington re
lics in Philadelphia, has passed fot
f j'.oO into the collection of C. F. Gun
ther, of Chicago,
A piece of flue property was s.ild in
b't. Louis recently the owner of which
is a native of and resident of Johannes
berg. Natal, South Africa. The deed
was made at that distant point aud wan
written In Dutch.
A Camden (Me.) lidy who pledged
herself to earn a dollar in some uuusuai
way for church carpets carried out her
contract by digging worms for her
brother-in-law to use for bait on his
fishiuu expeditions.
The Rev. Dr. Breckenride, who
fell dead at the last Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly in Detroit, Midi., had
JJO.OOO insurance on Ms life. Hli pol
icy expired the day before hts death
aud tie renewed it by telegraph.
The largest, telescopic lens evei
ground in this country is now lu couise
of polishing nt Greenville, Penn. It
measures thirty and one-half Inches In
diameter five and one-eighth inches In
thickness.
The application of the microscope
to machine shjp practice, for the pur
pose of proving whether surfaces are
true, is pronounced by experts as being
the best method of obtaining accuracy
thus far suggested.
An apparatus for testing the smell
ing capacities of individuals was recent
ly exhibited lu Paris. It is said tode
tei mine the weight of odorous vapor
existing in a given quantity of air. Tha
iuveuli-Mi is called the olfactometer.
A man name I Jones, of Cardiff,
Wales is said to have patented a sewing
machine without shuttle or bobbin. Tha
thread is supplied directly from two
ordinary sjiools and sews through th
assistance ot a rotary loopar.
The death of Albert flarum, the
oaisman, at the age of thirty-one,
revives the question of the hfalthful
nesg of athletics. Hamm's death was
the result of heminoihane of the lungs,
and It is believed that overtraining
caused it.
Excessive moisture of the hands la
a disagreeable trouble for which the
followine is said to be a remedy; Tiuc
tnre of belladonna, half an ounce; eau
de cologne, four ounces. Rub it upon
the hands several times daily.
Moulds for casting iron can oi ly be
made In si ml. Iron anl other metallic
moulds chili the irou, aud it does not
hli well. The great beat at which irou
mells will burn any other material, or
will stick so aa to break the mould.
It is reported from Col raJo tn it
two miners have found the famous
lost vein," for which prospectors have
le-n searching for years. It consists of
a six-Inch stietk of almost solid silver,
(st-inated to run from Slo.OOO to $.6.
000 in value ier ton.
History says the ancient Greeks
used olive leives for ballots, and the
Australian voting system is a revival
of the practice in Koine '0 0 year ago.
History reieats itself. Modern Improve
ments are often only the revival of
an ancient voue of some suit
A Liverpool man has invented an
electric organ with many novi 1 features.
He does away wl'h slop-knobs, a touch
of the button iiutauily putting the stop
in or out of o;ratlon, I5y the act'on
of the "transp.ising switch" the music
as it Is ie'ng played may be transposed
to a higher r lower key by the action
of the electric current.
Slate Is extensively ured for elec
tric switch board , and nil hough it is
liable to fracture, yet an e!eitri; eon
ptructlon company reccuily drilled 12.
000 quaiter-inch holes In a slab five
eigths of an inch thick and rotitainin;
but twenty-two square feet of surface.
One of the novel' les at th St. Pan
cras Exhibition, n I-on.1:n, lately was
a sausage machine, driven by electric
moior. In conjunction with this ma
chine It has been proposed to ftmploy
Bn elec r!c heating attachment, where
by the s ivory dish can be delivered
cooked.
It will cost $9,478,517 to run the
city of Brooklvn during 1W2. This is
at the rate of $11 for every man, woinau
and child In the city.
A successful exhibition was given
In Philadelphia recently, of the syateu,
of storage batteries for propelling tass
enger railway cars, introduced by Mes
srs. Wright & Stirr. A special feat
ure of the ut w system is the recharging
of the bat-erles by a retrograde move
ment of the motor.
The run from Ba'timore to Phila
delphia of the Itova: Blue Line Express
Is made behind wbat is Jaid to l the
lsraest enzrne in this country. . It weight
! 187.010 iKiunds. and run on rour T.v
i Ing wl ee s six feet six Inches in 01am
; eter. It is black, without a particia of
j Srlght calor aVjut it
1
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