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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.
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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
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