r A I 7 ni n hi i in in n THE OON8TITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Propria tor. VOL. XLV. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1S91. NO. 36. IBM Jan ill II m r . oun rv coaxi, A cyMMfeB THOUGHT'. t i' n :l ibelasd. nz?i.rso the landsoape llesj Biur. gold, and green Even to tear- tamed eye B.auteou, I ween. Bin kT- "Ide-spreadtng. treat. Grf n, sull, and tall ; SuD'hiiH- in truldrn ease bianting o er ail. usupy heart wandering, uu on them tooi Streamlets meandering Fair meadows through. Ficri'ttv sinks the sun Crimson to rest: After lila ork Is done, beeks tie the west. Hum. ward the happv hea Mr..il o'er tin" lea: fcilent tli stream departs, hound (or the ea. Hntied stand the lordly tre sentinels st run it ; Whispers the evening breee Gently along. I, mv tinted shadows creep Over the sky; lp In a dreamless sleep son all things lie. g.irrnw seems lost lu rest, Care In r"P"e Wrapt In ohllvton blest t ir'.h ami her woe.. tmlv I linger still. I.o'li to depart Fiom these calm si enej that kl t ain at my heart! A COL DEN BIRTHDAY. 1'HiKai.aT, October lltli, 18. Hark, Uiat is tLe tun-rise gnn, announcing Uie opening of a new day) Muck obliged to you, good gunner at the navy yard, (or tbns saluting me on my birth-day. To think that I, Helen Copitborne am actually fifty years old! lean not realize it, not even when I try to oon vinco myself of the painful fact by lubtracting the year of mv nativity (roin ti.is present anno domini. Onoe open a time 1 looked upon fifty aa a fCry advanced age oonldn't really tee mnch difference between fifty and leventy; tint now I bold a vastly differ ent opinion on the subject. When I was about twelve, one of my nuts was iuvited to dine at oar house because it was her birthday. My mother would give me no information as to the age of my elderly relative but the big family Bible was less reticent, i littlt) subtraction gave forty as re ami uder; when anntie arrived the jarried her brat rap in flat willow uasket; fancy me arrayed in a oapj "No single woman except yon, Helen, would have the courage to not nit rely announce her age but the) the - the eccentricity to make a feata of it tnd actually send ont invitations to a 'gul.lon birthday,' as yon qnaintly lerni it," said my old friend and former ichool -mate, Mrs. Lyford, a few days in writing or sjieaking to my elf of her I try always to allude to her is Mrs. Lyford; 1 have not yet become uncustomed to "Marmu," as she writes aer Christian name, and to call her by ihe old familiar title "Mary Ann would never do I There is one com fort in being an old maid; you've never married into a severely aristocratic, conventional family and therefore have uo husband's position to maintain. 'Oh yon know tbat I was always, ven in my girl-hood, called as 'odd as Dick's hut-band,' whatever that may nean, and my cranky ways do not ranish as the years roll on." I answer id lightly. "My cousin had a golden wedding, yon remember, lots of fun tnd heaps of presents; why should she because she has a husband and children lave ail the good times? As I, being an old maid" "Don't use that objectionable word, ay dear; single woman sounds much setter." "Then why should not I, being a tingle woman who can't possibly have i golden wedding, celebrate her semi sentennial? If people wish to bring ne golden gifts, as they did to cousin ilary, I'll not refuse them; bat of tourse I do not expect them in many uses." "Just think how many wedding pres mts yon have made!" "Tea, and as 1 told Lon Hodges, ho has been married three times, tome people really owe me a pres mt " "You remembered Dr. Berrien and Mrs. Lawler, each time they were mar ried really, Helen, I shouldn't won ler if yon had quite a charming party ifter all!" said Mary Atn Marian, I mean, suddenly rousing from her usual cy manner. "1 mean to try to! I happen to have .he gown, a white erepe, whioh 1 wore it the last party X ever gave, the day I as twenty-live; I intend to wear it, 'or now that fashions have changed it i quite in the mode. I plan to adorn ny rooms with yellow flowers, my arge birthday cake gold cake is to e iced in yellow, my ioe oream is to e flavored with orange and the water ce will be served in baskets of orange eel;oh 1 assure yon 1 shall be as (olden as it is possible for me to be." After Mrs. Lyford had departed it tccurred to me that as I still possessed ivery gift which 1 had received at my ast birthday party it would be good lan to arrange them on a table in my losy little parlor, and here they lie, jiled on my bureau waiting to be dis used of : two lace handkerchiefs, a h:te fan, a set of carved oorel jewelry, turquoise and pearl ring, a silver anaigrette, a filigree ailyer bouquet lolder, a set of Shak spear e, a writing leek, and the copy of Longfellow vhich Mr. Tremlett so awkwardly pre ented to me. Hobr.rt Tremlett, how mnch that wme once meant! I wonder where he s now, if he la alive and happy; his ihihlren mnst be grown by this time irowni Yes, and married; Hobart may a grandfather long ere this, for he is married in less than a year from hat day. Por mamma never forgave bim for us heartless desertion of me, as she ailed it; but I think she was -wrong, ie never gave nttci .nice to one word of ove and his air of seeming devotion aav have been only a little gillantry nLented from his Maryland mother. Had he cared for me why did he not peak? He was rich, therefore onr oss of money could not have influenced iim. As for the disgrace which came , ipon us, dear kind Mr. Beaudette was nly my step-father therefore I did not eeome nameless because he, my aother's second husband, had married rhile bis first wife was still living. No ne ever blamed him; it was clear nongli that he had good reason to be leve himself a widower when he mar led my mother; yet the shock of Mme. leaudettc's appearance at our honse ae morning after my party so affected tra that I know he was demented fhen he pulled the fatal trigger. How my life waa obangedl From ting known as Mist Beaudette, atep- Sghter and idolized ward of rioh Importer, I soon dropped late oblivion when I fell back upon my own ' father's name and, with my worse than n.uuwou uuiucr, iwrwa oat into a selfish world to earn my daily bread. However, a trnoe to retrospections! The hard times are passed, thank God, and mamma and I are once more living lnwhatuecalllnxtiry. My writingsare more than appreciated, my inkstand has at last proved almost as paying as an oil well, and now that my name ap pears so often in the best magazines I Jni I n quite a personage; why, even the Lyfords condescend to know me what more can I ask ? ' Mid-day Alice Lyford, the step daughter and thorn-in-the-flesh of my old friend has just made me a little in formal call to ask permission to bring a friends with her this evening. The friend is of the sterner sex, but I was so much occupied in trying to suppress the little witch's love of joking at her ttep-mother'a expense that I would not ask even his name. "Dear Miss Copitborne," Alice had erisd on entering my parlor, she has none of the traditional Lyford dignity, T shall take it aa a immense favor if you will permit me to bring a most charming gentleman with me to your birthday party. No. you need not look so quizzical, he is not 'veal,' but a man of mature years." I had long ago alluded to some of Alice's callow admirers as "veil," and the appellation had so struck her fancy that she frequently used it. "Pray what are yon doing with a mature oavalier?" I asked her," I had the idea you had taken a solemn vow never to speak to any male being who waa too old to be an under-graduate." "Nonsense! Don't I just dote on your con Bin Oscar, who U forty if he is a day?" "Yes, I admit that yon two do flirt most abominably; he is old enough to know better. Do yon not fear that he may challenge your new 'mature bean?' " "I tell you he is not my beau! May I bring him?" I gave the required assent and she rattled on: "Now that I have your consent I will let you into a little' secret I tried to coax mamma to secure an invitation for him, bnt to my surprise she would not agree to do so. Suddenly it flash ed over me, for the first time, that mamma is just a little Bweet on him herself" "Now Alice you know I dislike gossip,' I said warningly. "1 know yon do, my dear, but this it too funny to be mere gossip. You know 1 told you some time ago that mamma is the least bit jealous of yon now please don't stop me till you hear the joke! Well, when 1 feased her sbe at last said, in just these words, 'I am not willing to take him to Helen's; she is a very attractive wo man, in spite of her age, and I shall ever blame myself for having brought them together. A man of his wealth and culture might' and here she bit her hp and was silent. After that I watched her, whenever he has been at our house, and I am convinced that be will soon be what relation will he be to me if he marries my step-mother?" "He will, virtually, be your step father, for you know you are your mamma's ward until you are twenty one. Where and when did yon meet this rara avis?" "Oh he was an old friend of my father's I believe, though he has been in Europe for twenty years, ever since his wife died I told you he is a wid ower, didn't I? A rich widower, with out encumbrances. Oh, by the way, you'll be sure to like him for he has been living in Egypt for years and years, he has seen all those excava tions, mummies and things that you are so daft on yon know, and all you've got to do to entertain him is to say mummy, or pyramid, and he is wound up warranted to ran for an hour. I told him I had a wise friend who ador ed Egypt, and yon should have seen him prick up his ears! 'Who is she?' he asked; and when I told him you were the well-known writer he express ed so muoh interest that mamma sud denly remembered that she had left her purse lying on her bureau, so I was sent off to search for what I'm sure was in her pooket" Since Alice left me I have reo illed to mind some peculiarities in Mrs. Ly ford's manner the last time I saw her; she was absent-minded and nervous, and had a good deal to say about some recent marriage among our middle aged friends. She was inclined to ap prove of them, bnt I gave free utter ance to my sentiments, saying: "For my part I must say that a woman past f .rty runs a great risk when she marries; if she is a widow, who had one good husband, I should think she would fear that fortune might not be kind to her the second time; if she is an old maid, then ninety nine times out cf a hundred she is an egregious fool." "Yon don't approve of matrimony?" "Indeed I do for young people, who ean grow up together and adapt their tastes and fancies one to the other's. But for old folks, never.' Fancy me, a self-reliant spinster rather 'sot' in her ways, tied for life to an equally cranky old bachelor, or a widower who would be for ever trying to make me like the dear departed, my predecessor!" "Then nothing would persuade you to murry?" "Nothing!" I answered fervently. "I devoutly hore I shall never be afflicted with softening of the brain, for in that case I might be daft enough to think I would be better off if married." Had I Bnanectod that she was think ing of herself 1 raiaht have spoken dif ferently; at that time 1 fancied teat ilia warn doinir as many of my married friends profess to do, pitying me be of my state of celibacy. Pity, indeed! Thpy should rather congratulate me mat x am amu w . care of myselx. Mcrtoirr. And my goLlen birthday is a thing of tbe past! What a prophetic name I did give to my little festivity! Each of my invited guests brought me a gold-colored gift, most of them were the precious metal itself; even dear mamma put her wits to work and presented me with a bracelet niade of tiny gold half-dollars, issued from the San Francisco mint soma years ago. But my most precious and certain most unexpected gift was this old sea ring which temporarily adorns the third finger of my left hand, and to it han?s a strange tale. Mrs. Lyford evidently did not know of Alice's mischievous plan until the girl sua 'enlv entered and presented er guest, a talL well-built, fine-looking man about my own age. whom 1 did not recognize until 1 gazed search ingly at him on hearing his name. "Mr. Tremlett, the distingQished Egyptologist, Mies Copithorne," Alice salo, and then glanced triumphantly at her step-mother. 0h mart hsve been surpriea to distress an 1 perplexity plainly depiotet on Mary A. Marian a face, not an ger nor jealousy. "I assure you, Helen, It waa not m doing!" Mrs. Lyford whispered 1 htt e later. "Nothing would have la duced me to bring Hobart Tremlet here after tbe shabby way he treat you, years ago." "Oh never mind," 1 answered, "thi past is dead and buried; he and 1 mee aa strangers now.'" J-id we meet as strangers? 'I a n very much surprised to fini that you are my hrsteas!" Hobar said in the coarse of the evening. understood that it was Miss not Mrs Copithorne whom I was to meet I your husband present?" I explained why I was known nov by my own father's name, and that I was Btill Misa, thongh nut Mies Beau dette. "The last time we met was on one o: your birthdays, was it not?" he asked. "Yes, the day I was twenty-five. Alice, please hand me that blue-and-gold book" on the table near yon thank yon. "Here," I smilingly said as I handed the book to him, '"is yom gift on that occasion. Do yon know you did not pat my name in it? Her is a new gold pen. you can repair thi omission now.' "Oh bnt I did" and as he spoke h examined the blank fly leaf in front then he opened the book at the back and what did I see? 'T not only wrote your name, but enclosed this tiny billet do tit which seems to have clung persistently to thi book." As he held the volume open towards me I tore the note out: a tiny drop ol mncilage, or other sticky substance, had h Id it there all these years. Ho bart bad oarl ss'y written my name in the back of the book, where I had never once looked for it or I would have seen his note. "Read it," he said persuasively. I did so, for it was short, bnt oh, sr full of meaning. "It is not too late to answer it, is it Helen? I have been a lonely widower for twenty-three years you did not know it? Yes, I married a dear little invalid cousin in order to soothe her dying hours; she was fond of me; yon were silent, so I thonght you had re jected me. Will you answer it now?' Hobart said rapidly in a low tone. Alice, her eyes as big as sauoers,'bad long ago left ns and discreetly begun to thrum a noisy tune on her inseparable banjo. I thought that her ingenuity had earned an affirmative reply to thu words she whispered as she said gooc night "Oh, may I be bridesmaid? 1 think more of bim than I did before." Bo I am to have a protector at last! A coble, manly husband on whom can thoroughly rely! Of course if it were any one but him 1 snoul 1 run a great risk in marrying, at my age; but he is worthy of all trust To tell the truth, mamma has so long leaned on my judgment and 1 have also used the same prop so constantly, tbat it has become somewhat warped and 1 am glad to relieve It of its burden and give it a cbanoe to resume its normal condition. No unmarried woman is really happy, after aU. I." . .-i T, . fSASUBI r.l.l.KJI 1 AU1.BIUIS. Ammonia and Borax. The uses of ammonia and borax art manifold and their value as hou eliolc agents can scarcely be over-rated. Ir the laundry, bath and kitchen tbe are growing positive y dispensable to tb progressive housekeeper. Tbe first i a valuable cleanser and disinfectant al the same time. By those who wish to do their work in the quickest and most effective way, these remarkable facili tating agents are employed. As toilet articles thc-y have no pnperior. A little ammonia in the bath will keep the skin heaithy, deliciously sweet and olean, firm and fresh looking. It is found ir many tbampoo mixtures, and Is i thorough cleanser of the hair and soaln. Borax water is also excellent for wash ing tbe hair. Many prefer it for the face, as it renders the water very soft and leaves the cuticle smooth as velvet, Weak ammonia w ter will clean bail brashes very rapidly and keep th bristles white and stiff, weak bora? water is a good dentriflce. Almost every housewife who has in clination toward window flower culture knows the efficacy as a fertilizer of a few drops of ammonia put in water twice a week for plants. A tablespoon fill of household, or prepared liquid. ammonia to a pailful of water in which tunnels are washed will Keep tnem as solt as when new. It n a so an excel lent cleanser and whitener of white ootton goods. Borax is a valuable agent in keeping the color of muslins, lawna and urints from fadine. A tea spoonful of finely powdered borax pul in the last water in wtiicn wnite ciotnet are rinsed will whiten them surprising ly. Thia is especially goo 1 to remove the yellow tbat time gives to white gar meats that have been laid aside for two or three years. It may not be general ly known, but finely powdered borax it one of the best articles for a severe cold in the head. If a little is snuffed iu the nose, the congested membrane will give way before this simple treatment ana tne noetr is clear out in a snor time. At house-cleaning time probably moLd than at any othtr. tbe worth ol am 'ionia and borax is thoroughly ap predated as wonderful ligbteuers ol luL'.r. Painted w lis and other snrfa e can be ouicklv cleaned by washma with weak ammonia water. Floors scrubbed with it come ont white and sweet smelling. It U good for window washing, scrubbing sinks, general man wasbing. in fact, for anything where the alkali of soap is needed to cut dirt or c-rpflsp. Manv housekeepers use ammonia water to clean carpets. II ingrains, it is put in the water in which thev are washed, bnt if brnssels. mo qne"ttes, or still costlier grades, sf tor the carpets have been tiken up and thor oughly beaten, the floors scrubbed ani the carpets again laid and tacked down, the surfaces are thoroughly gone over with clean white cloths rung oat of warm weak ammonia water to remove any remaining dust and to freshen up tbe colors. Ammonia in ine propui tiuu of a teaspoonful to a teacup of water is a cleanser of silverware, filver and gold jewelry. Oolden Bod. YEMTTLarrNa fans for passenger cars are now operated by electricity. Cr.KviiiND. Ohio, will pnah ita tun nel nnder the lake two miles farther, at a cost of 335 per foot A talent may be perfected in soli- tnde. a character only in the world. Oaethe. Carbon, 'Wioralug, pays iU Mayor a year. It la now believed by vegetable bio logist that atmoapberl air la as Import ant to the roots of trees as moisture, and that indeed, one of the chief, omcea oi water to to ffot a change of atmoa pbart fox the root. NADINE. BY RUTH WARD X AETM. Thia strange name belonged to a no ess singular figure which 1 see pic tured in a corner of my ante-chamber n Paris the figure of an old negro woman. It half conoeals itself behind jhe seat And if no notice is taken of it, t remains there as mute, as motion lets, is the little poroelalt neuroea, cardie rearers, which are placed in the great tails of the Venetian palaces. Yon lave seen them with their woob y beads, heir caciques diadems, their goluen raceleta, their sky blue tunics, their ed cushions a costume half Oriental, la I xjou b yuinze. lnia old negro slave of mine had leituer diadem nor bracelets, nor even t sky-blue tunic. Neither had she a -red cushion. She crouched in an ab- ect position; she was old and ncrlv igly but exquisitely clean She had formerly held, I know not what office companion or narse in a Creole family, which bad now disappeared. An old black silk dress, tbe age of which no one could tell, shining in many places through excessive brash Jig, enveloped her shrunken limbs. Her tie, rich with starch, dazzling white swelled out like a cuirass over ler heart She had on her feet heavy ihoes which always shone, however leep might be the mud. 1 said tbat ISacliue did not speak. fwo reasons closed her month her tnfamilirity with our language and ler exoessive timidity. Timidity is lot tbe word; humility is what I mean. some persons are humble from vir- ne. To briug tbem to that poiut. nany struggles and prayers have been leedeJ. Not so Nadine. She was tumble because she naturally thought 10 good of herself at all. Her own nerson was a stranger to her. She aid lot look at her own actions, sbe did lot bear herself speak, she did not pity aer own sorrows, sbe hardly realized I nein. ner thougnts. in their perlect dmplicity, did not form the thousand urcles of which Belt is centre. She ex eoted little, asked still less, and when Ay one aided her, her antouishuient Kirdered on eostasv. From time to time she came, cau- ious, close-monthed, and crouched in .he corner of bich I have spoken. If, n passing by, 1 saw tier, it was well; hat waa enouph. It 1 di.l not see her be remained hilent Without the prov- eooe of others she would have left is see came. Now the effect which this reserve and leference.and these explosions of grat- tuue, nau npon me, was to (-hake mv louBcience more deeply, I avow it to ny soame, thaa ten tne sermons upon hurity would have done. In the presence of this silent and jotlest creature, who received the, imallest gift as heavenly manna, one of nose suihlen questions rose in my mind he serenity of which freezes mv blood sharp questions of unavoidable direct- less, truths which ntart out of tlie ihadow, the result of which is confu iion, or more than that, a distress hioh only leaves as cast down with he weight of our sin at tbe feet of Him t ho pardons. adine, simple creature, would have jeea verv mnch aBt,iniah,l at tha ,H- -eotion she gave my thoughts. lo tne respect with vh ch all men nspired her, to her traditional defer- inoe toward the aristocracy, was uni- ea an incomprehensible veneration .'or the white race. Now. she, poor, black, and old as ihe was, possessed a treasure of which he contemplation failed all her days. It was a child, her grandson, fatherless ind motherlets her veiy life. one was nothing, liut her boy. her beautiful boy, Hugo! i he child was a mulatto a quadroon. Po Nadine he waa white; be belonged xt the race of masters. The grand notherpass d her feeble fingers thronuh be somewhat obstinate hair of his tit le bead, and pulled out the curls to ler they wore very silk v. But that was lothing. She loved with all the trength of her poor solitary heart, she inalyzed nothing, she enjoyed ardout- jNadine would have asked nothing to nstain her old existence, but for tbe ake of her beautiful boy she came to leriorm those dnties lor me, her silent lischarge of which moved my very ton!. The old woman occupied a sunny lttle room on tbe Boulevard. It waa ow, whitewashed the poor negress lad white everywhere and in the dec- irations of these fonr walls waa seen the ipirit of her people. At the windows were rose-colored ;ur:ains; on the walls were gay prints; he mautlepiece was strewn with toys. 3ntt ns, bits of laother-o'-pearl, 6hells, ittle looking-glassi s, brass nails, ends f bright wire, everything shone. I .bought involuntarily of those charm ng birds which adorn their nists for heir wedding, Nadinn had adorned lers for her child. The beautiful boy was happy. How nany hours he spent in looking, one k'ter another, al the wonderful objects vhich sparkled in the sun liko precious (tones. What long reveries, distant ourneys to the land of the sun, and tbsorled there, his eyes intoxicated itb gorgeons colors, he asked for the undre.lth time an explanation of this ir that image. In truth, when I entered this little lome, so brig' t and warm, a'.ter Na- linehad recovered from her embarra s-uen-, when I saw her sitting with the iuld on her knee and tbe sunlight littering among tbe glass I also felt xpaudea like a plant on a sunny morn- ug. lingo gave every promise of health ind otreng b. He carried his bead iead high ar.d looked straight before nm with a martini air and an instinct f command, which were not disagree' ible. (iood nature J, ready with re' jlics, Bomewhat proud a veritable 'auphin. Toward Spring, wh"n the weather vas dry Nadine went to the Boulevard vitb her charming boy. The grand nother's legs could not earry ber far. i'uey seldom went beyon I the long rl ite line bordered on one side by roung elms, on tbe other bv the stalls f marble cutters and the sellers of im uortelle. As for trees Hugo knew only these ilcnder trunks, with th ir crown of ray rather than green leaves For lowers, he knew ouiy tne little yenow lufta w bich, wheu they are touched, untie like paper, which never fade, it a trne, and which grow all ready jlaited into garlands. It waa qnite inongh for him. Ah, how delighted he waa when puli ng the old ne gross along by the road, to held her long before tbe urns and broken columns! There he saw the workmen with rolled op sleeves valiant ly attacking the atone, while the ihipa flaw on every aide. Bnt the immortelles! those aoaJTolds full of garland ; those skillfully ar ranged igaraa, that was what he looked twt vido-opea eyes. Motion!, his heart fnll of mute envy, he oonnted tbe flowers and ihe cron; Some times his grandmother, yielding to tbe pressure of the little hand, would ad va ice, and drawing two itout from her pocket lay them on the table saying, "Choose." "Then dazzled, perplexed, looking first at one and then another, and Tat last brongbt to a decisioa by the mer chant, Hugo, hung the wreath on his arm. Every instant he took it off in o der to see it better, and bonnded around his grandfather like a kid in April. It was joy enough for a whole dav. Hugo cared little for playing with other boys and as hs grandmothrr loved him, he loved bis grandmother ex clusively. So they went on. Sometimes the gruudmo her walking behind with a motion of bearing arms. In front was the child at military distance, sword on shoulder, bead erect, eyes fixed. Proud glances flashed from the old negress' eyes. For the first time in her life ebe assumed a proud attiiude. One day tbe little denizens of the street attempted some jokes at the ex pense of the old grandmother, but they never tried it again. Hugo, singling ont the most insolent, aimed a stone at the middle of his back so effectually that tbe whole troop considered it a sufficient hint Hugo's learning was not extensive, but on the other hand it mounted very high. "Grandmother, who made the trees?" "The good God." "Who made the sheep?" "The good God." "Who made the sun?" "The good uod." So it would go on for hours. The ideas were not extensive, and contained nothing complicated, bnt then the foundation grew in the child's heart Those words, '"the good God," fell into it like stones; on them one could build. To understand the creation is the be ginning of everything. When Hngo and bis grandmother had parsed in review all that they knew of the physical world, beasts etc., Na dine spoke to the child of Uod. Her theology was short; her stories inter niinab.e. God loves little children, Uod pities sinners. Of doctrine sbe knew little mure. But theloveof God, his devotion, his goodness O, she could td k forever of that! I Then she told him of the wise Riugs of the Last, and the ohild would im agine them with their golden cotters, censers in their hands, tiaras on their beads, and trailing brocade mantles, was black. 'One I ke you grandmother?" The negress shuddered. Tocouipaie her to a wise king her! Bat one of i the wise men waa of the color of ebouy ! tbat waa certain; and often daring i her meditations the negress' heart ! leaped within her at tbe thought. The child looked thoughtfully at bis grand mother. A holy respect filled his bouI; I utile wuh needed to niaae him a e on the old woman's head an eastern crown : stud led with jewels. Uue niormug diue came to my Louce. Contrary to her usual custom she knocked loudly, and as soon as she was admitted insisted, npon seeing me. Her f ice was agitated: h i tronbled eyes s iw nothing. In an impatient ! voice she cried: My bov, my boy !" "Sick?" She made a gesture of assent, and rushed from the house. When I reached ber little room, an hour later I felt thnt a tragedy was taking place there. i he little bed waslrawn into the middle cf the room. Tbe child very pale, wi.h eyes immensely dilated, was stretched npon it. Above his head a rose tree extended two crimson roses. The coverlet was strewn with crowns of immortelles among which his little finuers played feverishly. It was a Btrange sight, terribly sal and of touching beauty. I oan not tell what it was that the old pictures of Luini and Francia, with their indis tinct outlines, their faded tints, and their an gel j bearing lilies came into my mind. Nadine had heard me, but she did not move. She remained seated and rigid, with folded arms and impassive face. Not a word, not a sign, not a tear, 1 approached. The old negress re tained the same attit ide. In this gen tle, genial nature it was frightful. The c ,il 1 was, dying. Hi grand mother had pra ed but she prayed no longer. She hud implored bnt she im plored no more. God would do as He wished, what had a poor negress to do with it? Sbe did not question, she did not submit, she awaited tbe blow. The blow! The torn heart held its treasure in a passionate embrace. God had for her withdrawn into the cold depths of an accessible heaven. Everything was falling to rain. The child turned his dark eyes on his grandmother. His body was con vinced with anguish, the incoherent wur-is of delirium gushed from his lips. Through all one thought, vague but tenacious, pof-sessed his mind, a doubt, an uneafainess, and he looked st adfast ly at the old face. The expression ter rified him. He could not analyze tbe anguish oi th a heart, but he felt in it something new and harsh. The dying have these intuitions; th6y read the thoughts. Words have passed away; the nuie of life baa di-ajeared, soul meets soul. The looks of the ohild were fastened on those drv, stern eyes, and between his brows a fold was traced I do not know what I said or how I said it The name of death I dared not pronounce. It would have been equiv alent to murdering the old negress. I spoke of God, of our Friend, of Him whose arms enable us in the hoar of aony, and who bears ns, pressed to His bosom, to Kis abode above. The child listened. The negress re mained like marble. She submitted, he did nnt consent On the contrary, her arms lecame more rigid, her lips growing more compreseed, her glassy eyes gave token of that despair which no ray of faith enlighten. Alas! words froze on my lips. This desolation bordering so closely on re volt I knew only too welt By one of those vagaries of the memory which sometimes cause a sound or a refrain to ring iu the ears during the deepest emotion, as if some old choir responded with melodious hymns to onr cries of grief, two verses "sung by our village children came continually into my mind We speak of !t freedom from sis. Or t iat city so Oriutit and o fair, Of Its wonderful glories untold bat wbat must It be to be there?" From my mind they rose to my lips. The child rained his dark eyes to niy face. "Are there any grandmothers there?" he asked in a low, feeble yoioe. Tears gushed to my eyes and I ooold not speak. The old negress, now thoroughly overcome, fell on her knee. She no longer rebelled, no longer sat rigid and silent, and as her tears flowed freely the bitterness of her soul broke forth in broken sentences uttered half inaov dibly. "As thoa wilt, O Lord but yon will no' you could not take bim from me. Let me go with him Oh, let me go!" Tbe child half rose on one elbow: and said in a low voice "Y'ou may gr too Grautlmother you may go." He fed back on his pillow and a pe culiar liprht c-iroe into h s eyes. The old grandmother came quite clo?e to the Ledsnle and peered loto his face. For a moment all was silent it was five minutes of four. The old negress threw herself across the bed, her sob- ' bing cleared, a gleam of delight of joy j and resignation parsed over ber lace. Two minutes of fonr the chill raised himself from his pillows and clasped the old negress' hand and ex claimed: "Come on grandmother come on," and fell bock exhausted. I hastened to feel his pulse but that strange thins; men cull life, ha 1 departed. The grandmother, too, lay quite still. Tbe clock struck four. I was alone- HOW TO BKEATHE. There was once a learned book writ ten by the famous Indian traveler and s'ndent, Catlin, which was entitled, "Shut Your Month and Save Your Life." It was not about guarding the ntteranoes of the tongue 1 1 avoid dis putes and troubles as one might sup pose, but its great secret waa in tell ing people how to breathe. The fol lowing extract from an article by Helen Clark Swazey in St. Xicholan, em bodies the same ideas and quotes one of bis stories of Indian experiences: Tight dres ing, thongh the most ser ious hindrance to the habit of good breathing, is not the only obstacle. There are careless ways of sitting and standing that draw the shoulders for ward and cramp tbe chest; aa it is hard for a closely bandaged hand to set a copy of clear, graceful peumanship. Then there are lazy ways of breathing, and one-sided ways of breathing, and the particularly bad habit of breathing through the month. Now the nose was meant to brtathe through, and is mar velonsly arranged for filtering the im purities out of the air, and for chang ing it to a suitable tenieraturefor en tering the longs. Tne month has no such iipparatus, and when air is swal low, d through the month instead of breathed through the nose, it has an injurious effect upon the luntrs. A story is told of an Indian who had a personal encounter with a white man, much his superior in size and strength, and who was asked afterward if he waa not afraid. "Me never afraid of man who keeps month open," was the im mediate reply. Indeed breathing through the mouth gives a foolish and weak expression to the face, aa you may see by watching auy one asleep with the month open. It is well to establish a habit of deep breathing if it does not already exi.it, but in addition to this, the re serve air which is left in the lungs alter an ordinary expiration should be expelled and tbe lungs thoroughly ven ti luted at least twice every day. First then, see to it that the air in the room is as pare and fresh as out of-door air can make it Then, with all tight and superfluous clothing removed, lie flat on the back ami, with the mouth firm ly closed, take a deep breath. Hold it eight or ten seconds, and then let it out Take another, and yet another breath in the same way. After that, take a breath into the lunja as hlowly as possible, beginning to fill them at their lowest extremities, and inhaling gradually until they are filled to their fall capacity, when the air should be exhaled in the same slow and steady manner in which it was taken in. Bepeat this exercise three or four times. Now watch and see if the shoulders are kept drawn down and immovable while the air is inhaled, as they sbouid be, or if they are drawn up, nnd are thus robbing the diaphragm and muscles of forced breathing of half their exercise. When you have taken this movement again to m .ke sure that the shoulders are in good position, thr .w your arms vertically over your head and take an other quick, fu 1 inspiration, swinging tbe arms rapidly to the sides close to the body and bock again over tbe head. Swing the arms np and down font times on the same breath, and repeat the exercise three or four times. After this, it is a good plan to stand erect with the arms horizontal at the sides, and vigorously clap the hands from that position over the head a few times. When taking each movements la an erect position, always keep the chin two or three inches back of the vertical. A few such exercises as these, for five or ten minutes at night and morn ing, will promote refreshing sleep and give increased vitality for duties and occupations of the day; and it may be noted in conclusion that a low condi tion of the blood is seldom fonnd where there la an established habit of full, deep breathing with the month closed. How to Keen Qood Look. Ella Wheeler Wilcox condemns the practioe of young girls being forced to rise early after a night spent in social gaieties, and says: "I never yet heard a womsn declare herself a po ir sleeper or an early riser nnder all cirenmstanoes who did not wear a jaded and worn appearance. "1 never yet saw a woman who was renowned or remarkable for having kept her youthful looks and her health who Wiis not i good sleeper, and who, if she lost her early hours in tbe night by socinl pleasures, did not make np for them in the day-time. "All the cosmetics, all tbe massage, all the beauty-btths and physical cul ture in the worlj cannot do for fagged checks and hollow eyes, and fatigae- bianched face what one good hour of sleep every afteruoofi will do. "I have seen pinched oheeks, hollow circled eyes, and Mae lip transformed into plumpness bloom and brilliancy by even half an hour of sleep. "If we can cet enough sleep we will be surprised to find how much we can accomplish in a few hours. And if we do not sleep enough we wonder why we are so languid, ana wny everything goes wrong. "The parents of young daughters are making a criminal mistake when they urge their daughters up in the morn ing after a night broken by social pleasures. Nothing they can do for their daughters afterwards will ever re compense them for the injury thus in flicted on ostragei nature. "I think some enterprising being ought to rise np, and supplement our physical culture' and 'Delsarte' and massage' school by a 'slumber school,' where people WjII be taught how to go to sleep at will, with an offer of prizes to pnpila who ean fall asleep the moat rae&." SANDWICHES; MAKING THEM. KEEPING THEM. AND EAT ING THEM. BT ATSA BCBEOWS. The true sandwich is ever the moM popular thing at picnics, s nce.whetted by fresh air and unusual exercn-e, th average appetite calls for something more substantial than the usual picnic assortment of cake. If sufficient food of the right sort was pro ided less evil would follow in the train of picnic. and doctors would find such gathering lets profitaMe. s-i J v J . i . ; , , - r a good sandwich. As there is usually twiie as much bread as meat in a eand. which, it is extremely important that ! it should be of the best quality. Even if iha Ivi.IHa i. tatlPHR nno an btap . it if it is supported by good bread and bntter; but the nicest of meats inside will not atone for sour, soggy, or dry bread. This is true, in spite ol tbe re mark of a witty woman, making the best of a peonliar situa ion in hich she was placed: "The best part of a sandwich is always in the middle. " Having secured a loaf of the right kind of bread, cut off the crnBt slice on the end; then butter the end of the loaf. This is far easier than it is to butter a out slice, for thin slices are of ten torn in pieces while attempting to butter them; but by putting the butter on the end of tbe loaf, very thin s'icts oan be cnt without any trouble. By all means let the bntter st .nd for a time in a very warm place, that It may be spread evenly; for nothing is more dis agreeable than to find here and there a lump of butter and tbe ret-t of the bread bare. Bread one day old is bet'er for sand wiches tiian that just baked. the cruets may or may not be cut off; at any rate, do not do it until the sand wich is pnt together; then trim off the ed;-'e evenly. To many tastes, how ever, the sweet tender crust is an im provement rather than the reverse Sandwiches may be cut in tbe square, diamond, or triangular shapes; fancy cutters may also be used to give a greater variety of shapes. Whether for picnics, afternoon t as, or evening parties, do not make them too large never over two or three inches square. Meat for saudwiches, whether beef, ham or tongue, unless very tender, is best prepared by chopping and mixing the right propel tion of seasoning witti it rather than hiding between the shoes of bread tough meat, with here and there a lump of fat, and altnobt covering it with dabs of mustard. A oertain proportion of fat is an improve ment in chopped meat; but no one oares to find a sandwich half fat, or to bite unexpectedly into a mustard plas ter. Oftentimes several kinds of meat may be cboprxd together for this pur pose. Scraps may be utilized in this way, and a plentiful supply of sand wiches prepared for a suddenly ar ranged excursion, when other meats could not be oooked and canned goods were out of tbe u jestion. When slices of meat are need they should always be cut across the grain, and be quit thin. Hard-boiled eggs have long been oomtant attendant on picniea, but may well be superseded by Egg A'artiiuioV. These are not tc be made by a recipe which once ap peared for them: "Boil fresh eggs five minutes; peel, take a little white oft from each end; cnt the rest in fout slices, and pnt between bread and bat ter." That oomponud would be but little better than tbe egg in its natural state. Hard boiled eggs, for any pur pose, should be cooked in water just below the boiling point not less than twenty mlnntes; then the yolk, instead of being tough will be soft and mealy. To make sandwiches, use eggs th b lied; ohop fine; add a tea-spoon full of bntter for each egg and salt and ptpperto season, mix well together. The butter in the mixture holds it to- f ether when oold. i-pread on slices ol uttered bread, and pul them together. A little chopped ham may be mixed with tbe egg for a variety. Chicken Sandwiches. Boil the the chicken, remove all bones, etc., and choo the meat; season wiih sell and pepper, and celery or celery salt, if liked. Boil tbe broth down to a small quantity; mix with the meat; pres-, so it ran be cut in slices, nn I pat between slices of bread, or the chicken may be chopped with celery and mixed with a salad dressing and thus makf chicken-solal sandwiches. Cheese Sandwiches. Grate th obeeee and make into a paste, with e little oream or melted butter. If liked, season with salt, cayenne pepper, and mustard, spread this paste on tlxir alioes of breud, and put together. Like hard-boiled eggs, sardines are regular picnic-goers, are even more troublesome than the former; for, though the yolk and white are always falling apart, and the bits of shells sure to appear when least expected, the oil from tbe sardines is sure to ruin some body's dress, while somebody else cuts bis fingers in trying to get the bo7 open. Sardine Sandwiches may be made with bread. Drain off the oil; lav the sardines on soft paper to absorb all the oil possible. Pick over with silvei knife and fork, removing the bones, etc., and mincinir fine. For a box of sardines, use the juice of a small lemon, and one or two tea-spoons full oi melted butter a speck of cayenne pep per and salt Sometimes the mixture is rubbed through a sieve, bnt that is not necessay in every caao. Spr ad the bread with this paste. Oil would be preferred to melted bntter by many, and sometimes a slice of ripe tomato if put in each sandwich. Salmon Sandwiches. Cannoi or fresh salmon may be prepared very much like the sardines, and makes very acceptable sandwiches. Slice of cu cumber make an agreeable addition to these. Lobidcr Zlayonnnitz Sandwich is merely a convenient way of cany ing 1,. bster salad to a pionio. and is i re pared like the chicken salad. When preparing for a pionio, remem ber that a o mbination of bread and oak does not form an agreeable sand wich; therefore, pack tUem separately. Also remember that sandwiches dry quu-k y, and are often brokea by care less packing; so it is beet to pnt tbem in a lox, r in oiled paper, or wrap damp napkin around them. At a pic nic, as at borne, it is not an over-supply of expensive articles that lurnisbe the most comfort, but the careful prep aration of the simplest materials. Luminous huneis is new. Soup is a cirk.-ity In Ind'a. ( lpcsgo w 1! have an L road. Arabl i lias a 1 u thns plant A'ti itn'i King ln. 579 wives. Tin re xre loJ li'i 000 watches. Th- tint gloves ei o- bysr NEWS IN BRIEF. There are no "fixed" stars. it cost? $33 to patent a carpet design. A cubic iucii of cast aluminum weigh o.o a. It In slid th it the slot machine U over 15 J years i Id. i lie ordinary watch gives 110,144,000 ticks during the year. West Punters s,tv thry never learn how to use ik ckets ag:tin. The graduates from Ann Arbor, Mich., this year number 620. The barjo la a favorite instrument th members of the Englhm royal , ',, At Ed. r, New M. x co, a stratum of B:lIt bw bee-i struck which la forty test thick. The name Nebraska was first applied to the river, iu tbe Indian language It means shadow water. Fifteen locomotives of tbe narrow cau p.ittern with tender were shipped from Bait. more to Brazil recently. A Reading (Fein.) man has just re ceived, a lef-er mailed to him by bis sol dier brother twenty-seven jear ago. Jupiter la the largest planet in tbe so lar system, teing bo,39d miles tn diam eter, while the ear h U but 8000 mile. An Atchi-ion (Kan.) -irl who Is about to t e married has announced that aba will pay the expenses of tbe wedding tour. Brooklyn has another female house oreaker. This one la fifty years old md is now safely cajed in the peniten tiary. Beiltu's suicide epidemic shows no gua of abat-meut. less than 260 persons died there by their own baud in July. The hafslones which recently fell at Arkansas C;ty, Ark., were about the shape of a common soda Li-seult and nearly as big. Thi British admiralty has resolve! to give 3.1,003 to Admiral Colomb for his Invention of flashing light sig nals. The greatest steam power using coun try In the world la the United states. Great Hrltain cnies next, then Ger many and theu France. There is in Denver, Col., a Chinese highbinder and general terror named Wuu Man, and according to accounts one like him Is enough. Manitoba and the Northwest Terri tory are expecte 1 to harvest 25,000,000 bushels of wheat, while other crops will surpass previous yeats. There are spiders no btgeer than a grain of sand which spin thread so flue that it takes 4-0 ) of them to equal In magnitude a single 1 air. Bii'ldha is worshiped in Paris iu van ous priv.ite tem.iles, the devotees being chiefly Japane. e, but many of them are Frenchmen uud a few Englishmen. A boy of ten arid a girl of twelve In one of the public scliooli at Portland, Me., are subjects of a great deal of curi osity, aa bta are bald as billiard bolls From 1h( mimmit of Mt Rose In Ne vada, lOOO feet above the sea level, tbe w.deis of 21 likes may be seen glis tening onion,; the forests of the Sier ras. 1 he necr.loey list of Harvard Col leee records therl atliso' 1.13 graduate. Of this number 119 occurred since last i omiiipnceuient, against 111 deaths In 1SS9-10. Aecrding to a German authority U has been found that zinc will rapidly corrode when in.-ontact with brickwork. To ptevent this roo'lng-Mt Is placed be tween the zinc and the brickwork. During a recent thunder storm la Maine the rkiu of boy who was struck by liglilu ng turned purple aud has ltUMineJ aj ever since. Otievthe.it fi ! 1 in Colusa county, C.il., covers 57 J squ.trn mitts. This Jf at it y.elded ii average of 15 bushels per a re, or a to.al of nearly 3,009,00j bushels. At North Aaatns, Mass., the other Jay u couple who were united In mar rhtgu lu church before the regular eer v. o went u.1 once Into the choir aud s blaied la the singing. The number of lives lost by Nccideut and Uiase lu tne cont.truct.iou of tbe I'atiama Cnaul 1j Ccii.j clural. Man) vtriiera dgree that it U bouuethtng like 20 00). a jeweler has invented a devise fot can in sleeping cars that prjinies to be come popular. It is a ladder composed of tubes of leather, that provide easy access to up; er berths. Alaska was rt-.t-c jveredby Vitus Bebr dig as lute as 1741, aud became aud re mained KtsU-i territory by right of discovery unt 1 it pas.ed o the United S'.aus by purchase In 1507. It Is reported tbat aa English syndi cate will construct a line of freight (teamsLips to carry grain between Chicago . did England, uud ultimately to cont i.eutai ports. Tl e quarantine officer or the Call nriila Hoi t.io r.iural Board seized 375, 1 00 orange trees from Tahiti, which Were itife-ted with five different varieties of Kale buifs. They were all lutea .ed for San B rnardiao county. A Dane arrested lu Meri len, Conn , for ttieit u sa'.d to be heir lo over a q iait.-r of a million dollars. He was LiiDHlied from 1 enmark In liC9, the stcry g"e?, aD l is prevented from e alin ing ti e pioperly by the fact of his ban Uh i t-ht The Maine bo'iuty of $ on bears nr. thinned them out lemaikably- A few jeais ag-1, Greenviilc, which Is t'ie very centie of the l-"r region, offerer for saie everv yeir 5) or more skins. Tl !s year o- ly seven have teen off t-n-d. Mantreal peoale have been furnished food Tor goss!p I) ths matriae there of a r ch Widow tj her coachman. IIt fip-t husband was a cousin, whom "t-hs rr.a:red i't her folks' iu-r-tance,' in order that the family coid should net e' out of the fain- ny." A pound ol sulphur burnt in a tight ly closed room w ill destroy every liv ing thing iu it, from moths and bed bugs to possible leose germs. Re move first all gilded or braas orna ments or lamps, and any delicate dress fabrics, bnt the ord nary furniture and clothing may be le t without fear of in jury, and should be as mucii exposed as t o stole to the fumes Fat the sul ph'ir 'c an old dr ppiug or tiu pn good for rothin? e!-e; set it on bricks, pour over a 1 trie alcohol and set a matoh to it Leave tbe room quickly, th mgh yon may peep in after to see if it u et.li buruiag. Leave burning all day, bnt air thoroughly for a day two before sleeping in it X
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