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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION-ANI) THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprtotor.
VOL. XLV.
15
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1SDJ.
NO. 49.
1.
A CANADIAN LULLABY.
le?p, my darlhur one, sleep,
Wildly the winter wind hlowa;
Wake not, my darling, to weep,
Coldly mid tierce It aiiowa;
Child, be thy slumber dei'p
The deeper the better, Ciod knows.
Dried are the tears on thy cheek,
Close shut are thy tiny bands,
Thv white liin so w -Ut fully meek
Are mute to thy Ininirer's demand,
Gently, mv dnrlitit; one, seek
Thy comfort lu slumber's dream-land
Cb'ld, he thy slumber's deep I -
Wildly the winter wind blows; ;23
WiSf not, my darlinir, to weep, '
'1 he molh.-r-heart breaks for thy woes,
beuth, and her half-brother Sleep!
And which Is the better, who knows?
FOUND UNCHANGED.
"Let us ride over to Aunt Deborah's
cottage and get some cherries," said
Azuts, as we beaded the pony cha.se
up the little bill to the right, on the
main road, after leaving the avenue
leading from the residence of my uncle,
Dr. Rugg.
I h.id started on a bright July morn
iug, two days before, with all the joy
ous anticipations of a youth or eighteen
oa uiy first visit to Newmarket, whore
dwelt my uno!e, the doctor, and Cousin
A :ues. It was juaUwo-and-tweuty years
ui;o, and atttiatti ue you may be sure
that 1 looked oa the bright side of life,
though perhaps the impulses of my
heart may bi no less kindly to-day thau
then.
"Who Is Aunt Deborah?" I asked.
interrogating my prttty cousin, who
was a year younger thau mys-lf, and
lu my opinion, much more unsophisli
oiled, for 1 was blesssd with all the
autocratic self-ooncelf of a young rep
resentative of the "Hub."
Oh. she Is a splendid old lady," said
Cousin Agne. in answer to my inter
rogatory, " and she can tell you such
romance about her own life, too. She
owns the beautiful white cottage I will
point out to you when we reach the top
or the bin.77
"Thank you. Cousin Acmes," I said,
And has she some nice cherries? And
will she tell us the romance interwoven
with her life in consideration of our pat
ronage.'
"Oh, yes; but she'll not accept any
thing for the cheiries. Cousin Mau.
She la as rich as a Jew, and she don
now me meaning 01 stingy " was
Agnes' answer. '-And the old Major
her hustaud, is just as liberal, and
kind-hearted, and pleased to see young
people the more the merrier, is his
motto," was my pretty cousin's supple
mentary conclusion.
When we arrived at the summit of
the hill, overlooking the level country
beyond, wnicu was spread out like
beautiful p.inorama as far as the
eye could reach, Agnes pointed out
a llttlo white villa-like cottage, era
bo we red amid fruit aud ornamental
trtej, like a miniature ark of peace
In a sea-green ocean of foliage, Bay
ing:
"mat is Aunt ue nor airs cottage, as
it is generally styled by the good people
of Newn.aiket. The reason why it was
so called, I suppose, ai in Major Hall's
deeding It to her on the day of their
marriage, and the touching events
which subsequently grew out of that
marriage. But I will not anticipate
Aunt leborati by attempting to tell
the story of her trials and struggles, and
the patient ami en luring m inner in
which she bore her cross up to the hour
of a most happy aud unexpected re-
jir'eve."
1 bus naively did Couun Agnea ox
cite my curios. ty, cruelly closing her
pretty mouth at this point, without fur
ther condescending to gratify it.
We shortly after entered a narrow,
shaded drive, liued on both sides by
stately rows of patriarcu il trees, aud
were soon at the front gale of the
cottage.
Two middle-aged people, with
wonderfully benevol-nt feature?, stepped
briskly out upon the veranda to wel
come us, wbioh they did with a genuine
air of hospitality that could not be
eoun'ei felted. They both looked like
persona thoroughly at peace with all the
world. Aunt Deborah, though a trifle
embonpoint, was still, nevertheless, un
usually comely aud attractive in appear
anoe. She carried her knitting-needles
and a ball of silk in her . left haud,
while her gold-bowed spectacles were
ihoved high up on her finely developed,
maironly rorehead. ihe major, as a
man, was exactly her counterpart so far
as man may be likened to a woman In
physical appearance ind evidently of
bout the time ago. Any one would
have concluded at a glance that they
were brother and sister, perhaps twins
to striking was the resemblance which
they bore tj each other.
The major, also, wore a pair of gold
bowed spectacle!", with this difference,
bis were firmly nstnde) the bridge of one
of the handsomest noses I ever saw on
a human face. He had a newspaper In
one haud, and a highly colored meer
schaum in the other, which he had just
removed from his lips in bestowing
his hearty welcome upon Agnes and
myself. He was attired in a well-lit-tlugsuitof
mixed gray, which set off
his plump, florid featured, and fliu ly
fotmed head to advantage to say noth
ing ,f bis rotund, though otherwise
well-shaped figure. Hh curly brown
hair, an 1 slight side-whiskers were
sprinkled with gray, while his lively blue
eyes danced with genuine humor and
merriment. He was apparently about
fifty-five years old, an 1 as a wholf. In
general appearance strikingly resem
bled the best pictures of Washington
Irving.
Auut Deborah, who bore, as we have
befoie said, such a striking siuiiltudo
to the major, considering the differ
ence of their sex, was attired in a
plain black silk dress and spotless whlto
apron, with no sort of furbelow or
ornament, fave an oblong gold brooch
and ear-drops a present from the ma
or and manufactured to order from
ft single nugget of South American gold.
On the whole, it would have been im
possible to have found a more pre
possessing, cemented and happy-looking
couple had you searched the world
over.
" Welcome Agnes, welcome!" was
the friendly salutation of Aunt Deb
orah. 'The black-hearts are dead
ripe, and so are the ox-heart?, and the
cherry birds are making sad havoc with
them. The gwse-berries are in fine
Condition, and our white plums are be
ginning to be eatable- You and the
young gentleman can have your fill out
of the variety we have to offer you,"
and she took Cousin Agnes by both
bands, as she stepped on the verawla,
i early dropping her ball of silk In the
cti n.
That's it, my boyl IHtcn right to
the ring in that post I cried the major,
beaming ou me one of his most geuial
ind hm.py smiles.
We wjie ushered Into a cosy sitting-
room, where the cool summer breeze
was wafted through the open windows
freighted with the delicious sweets of
the season.
.Luke Palmer, the major-dorao on
the major's establishment, brought In
first, to his employer's order, a bottle
of native wlue and glasses, after which
he went forth lo the fruit orchard with
three small baskets. When he returned
he brought with him a plentiful supply
of plums, gooseberries and oberries.
We drauk wine In a cozy way, and
partook of the ripe, delicious fruit,
fresh plucked from tree and bush, chat
ting away In the meantime in the most
pleasant and unrestrained fashion.
I hinted, at length, to Agnes what
she had said in reference to the romance
interwoven with the varied warp of
Aunt Deborah '8 existence. My cur
iosity was excited, and I was anxious
to hear the life-dream of one who had
so strongly awakened my sympathy and
feneration.
"Oh, Aunt Deborah I ' oriel Cousin
Agnes, taking her cue from the hint I
bad given her, "I want you to tell
Cousin Maurice that story of your own
life experience which you have so
often told us. There is no one that can
t; 11 it as you can, if they had heard it a
hundred times. I am sure, for one.
that I couldn't.
"My darling," said Aunt Deborah,
laying her sort, plump hand caressingly
on Agnes' shoulder, and glancing affec
tionately at the major, "it seem to me
mat you must nave me patience or a
martyr to listeuso often to that homely.
inreauuare story ortne fears or sorrow
and blight in the life of one whose soul
has since been a constant overflow of
sunshin? and content. Hut if it is home
ly and unadorned, it may serve to In
terest ror want of better possibly to
point a moral; and as it will be new to
the young gentleman, your cousin
nnless some one of the many to whom
it has previously been told Bhould have
fores'alled me I will repeat it la my
unpolished way, knowing that in my
iiLue Aggie a can never rail to nave one
patient, if not interested, listener.
"Plain, plebeian Deborah Clark was
considered, at eighteen, very pretty, and
for that concomitant, tolerably human.
That, as I have often told you, was the
name i bore before my marriage to my
husband here, thirty-five years ago.
"Albert was a young and thriving
trader at that time in Newmarket, hav
ing been started in business two years
before by his father, who was a man of
considerable wealth and social Influence,
but who died suddenly from heart dis
ease a few months before our marriage,
He purchased and laid out these
grounds, and built this cottage just a
year before he died; and to-day we can
relish the fruits of the labors that he
never lived to enjoy.
"I was a poor girl compared to Al
bert, but of a family as old and re
spectable as any In the plaoe. And here
1 may safely say that after a brief ac
quaintance I learned to love him with
a devotion and earnestness that could
suffer no change or abatement a sober,
enduring, elevated passion, calculated
for the foil period of m life-time, where
some rich harvest seeds would be wafted
into heaven, to germinate there into a
more full aud perfect understanding of
the inner lire.
"When Albert and I were married be
deeded me this cottage, and the twenty
acres of laud surrounding it, saying It
would be something to fall back upon
in case of auy misfortune or business
reverses, lie had already completed
for my reception a flue two-story front
In the centre of the village, which was
furnished with all the elegance ami
luxury that a young bride could desire.
I entered the new establishment happy
In its possession, happy In my husband's
love; but I fear, too vain too selllsh
and narrow In my estimate of the bless
ings of life, to continue on without
some draw-back, calculated to open my
eyes and purify my soul. I donot thiuk
I was ever bad-hear led only proud and
uncharitable in my sentiments toward
those whom fortune had placed be
neath me, or dealt with less kindly. I
did not ask whether I was possessed of
any Intrinsic talents er virtues, aside
from my social position, calculated to
elevate me above many perhaps in
Ood's eyes my superiors or to the
social level of others who might be
morally the Inferiors of the former;
and it did not seem to me in my ig
norance of truth, though I thought my
self a Christian, that there should be
lines copper, silver, golden lines of de
markation drawn in society; but I had
no thought or idea of sounding the hu
man soul to discover the kind of ore It
container, before instituting those
social classifications. I went no deeper
than the pocket in my Ideas of what
these social abuses were, and how they
should be removed aud caste establish
ed. And how many are there who go
blindly groping through life in vain
search after what they never discover
truth, humility and charity.
" W hen the gift deed of the cottage
was made out to me, the business was
transacted at the cilice of a young
lawyer lately established in the town.
named JJalton Hichard Hal ton, or
Dick Dalton, as he was more frequently
called who had somehow contrived to
wheedle himself into the friendship and
confidence of Albert, and from the hour
of our lirst meeting at his office Is to be
traced the rlsa, or dawn, of the one
great trouble that subsequently over
spread like a gannt black shadow the
rose-tinted horizon of our young lives.
Dick Dalton was a dashing, hand
some, long-headed man, gifted with
some intellectual ability, and a clever
amount of woildly tact of insinuating
address aud oily smile, with wick, d
dark eyes that bad something of the
fascination of the serpent about them.
He was older than Albert, aud more
conversant with th world and its
manifest springs of action, and suc
ceeded after a brief acquaintance in
wielding an unlimited Influence over
him.
On all possible occasions, whenever
circumstances threw me Into his soci
ety, he never omitted to bestow npon
me the most asslduousattentlons rare
ly neglecting to follow me with the
most insidious compliments, under the
guise of especial friendship and affec
tion for Albeitana Albeit at mat time
firmly believed In bis sincerity and
honor. But, as Is often the case, it ul
timately proved to be one of those In
stances of misplaced confidence ror
whlcb there is no legal redress. lie
hurried him from one pitfall to anoth
er, in the complicated iraua ui biwb.
speculation, the grand bubbles bursting
with an utter financial collapse, whlcb
terminated In the complete ruin or Al
bert in twelve months.
"He came to me one night with ahag-
trarrt. wild face an Insane gleam of
despair in bis beautiful blue eyea at
least they were always beautiful in my
sight, and said, 'Deborah, I am ruined
ruined past all hopes or chances of
recovery, but the cot age is still leit to
you, that is one oouiioik i
After this startling revelation, be
rushed from the house like one beside
himself, and came back to me no more
till loug years after years of utter
loneliness and sorrow, in which I had
worn the somber weeds of widowhood
and mourned him as one that was dead.
A few weeks later the store, the mer
chandise, and the two-story front in
which I live J, with its costly furniture;
the horses and carriages, and personal
effects generally, were sold under the
sheriff's hammer to appease the credit
ors, aud I retired in itrief and humility
to the little cottage where you now see
me, attended by a single servant-of-all
work; and here I have since resided for
a period of over thirty years. Aud in
this place, to which I am so fondly
attached by long associations, I bave
passed the darkest as well as the bright
est and most peaceful hours of my ex
istence. "Six months after the mysterious dis
appearance of Albert,Dick Dalton paid
me a visit of condolence and placed in
my hands a letter purporting to have
eome from the American Consul at
Havre, it iting that Albert Hall, an
American seaman, had been murdered
In that port, aud then, by way of con
solation, ollered his own hand lu mar
riage. "I spurned him with contempt. 1
could not bear to look upon the wretch
the villain who had wrought me so
much mis -ry. He never insulted me
again, for I have never since set eye'
ou him. I heard, however, that he died
some years since, a miserable, dissolute
vagabond. Whether he was ever
hauntad by remorse I know not; such
men rarely are.
For the next twelve years I struggled
on In my lone widowhood, without
hope otuer than heaven. I strove tc
be good, and to bear my cross with
out complaining. I would have de
voted my life to chanty, but mv cir
cumstances were too poor to admit of
my giving much.
1 visited the sick, and did all in my
power to alleviate the miseries of oth
ers, for it seemed in a measure to lift
the load from my own heart
to lighten the burden I was sc
patiently struggling to bear. And
so those twelve weary years were
passed.
"On a windy September evening,
just at sunset, I saw a stranger ap
proaching. He inquired If I could
give him food aud shelter for the night
He looked feeble and old, and was
weighed down with a heavy bun
dle, I pitied bis forlorn condition,
and readily acceded to his simple re
guest. "He came in, very thankful seem
ingly, and I gave him some toast and a
cup of warm tea, after which I made
him a comfortable bed ou the lounge.
I thought hlin a very pleasant aud
harmless old man, but astonishingly
inquisitive for stranger. He iaked a
multitude of questions respecting my
past life; If I had been married, and 11
I still love J my husband sufficiently tc
desire bis return, supposing he should
come back as . empty-handed as b
went. My replies seemed to please htm
more especially wuen I assured b'm
that I bad never for a moment ceased
to love my husband with the most de
voted affection, and that a crust with
him at the moment be left me would
bave been preferable to the most
luxurious existence that could have
been offered by another. But Al
bert was dead, I sighed, and 1
should never see him any mora
The stranger Bul led pleasautly, and
said:
" Terhaps he may yet come back
to you. In my experience I bave
known stranger things than that tc
happen.'
"The next morning I heard mv
guest moving In the room below, be
fore I was dressed. When I descended
he was gone, but in hia stead there
stood another person with his back
towards me. He was genteelly dressed,
but seemingly twenty years younget
than my guest of the preceding night,
but they were identically the same.
He faced toward me when he beard
the door open. Merciful Heaven!
could my eyes deceive me?- No, their
was no delusion. It was my own Al
bert, alive and well. He had been all
this lime In Peru, and had amassed a
competency. He bad come to me In
disguise, partly not to give me too
great surprise, and partly to draw
from me, surreptitiously, a confession
of my present sentiments towards bim.
He found me unchanged."
Tfcoiikt H. Coald Edit
Father (to editor). "I would
like
your
you to give my son a chance in
printing otiice.
Editor. "What can the boy do?"
Father. Well, at first he couldn't
do anything more than edit your pa
per and take general charge of the
mechanical department, out later on.
when he learns sense, h.'ll be handy
to have around to wash windows, keep.
lamp chimneys clean and silt ashes."
-Nor walk Record.
Prop It.
If you have imbibed the Idpa thai
more people die at midnight or day
break than any other hour, drop it. A
mcmorauda of 1000 cases proves thai
the dying die at auy hour or minuti
throughout the day or night, and thu:
there is no favorite hour. Just in
right go whenever you get ready ant
you will bo jn stylo.
"Mistress (returned from her sum
mer vacation, to her cook) "I hear
that you have been entertaining your
soldier lover here. Didn't I forbid
your entertaining company in the
kitchen during my absence!" Cook
"Yes, madam, but I took him to the
parlor."
"Young man," said the banker, "I've
decided that it's about time for me to
put a check to your aspirations to
ward the hand of ray daughter." Oh,
thank you, sir. But wouldn't it be
better to wait till after we're married?
then the check would come as a wed
ding present It would save my feel
ings a great deal."
She was not able to support a ho...
band. "And what answer do you
make to my appeal?" he asked as he
knelt at her feet "James, I will be
frank with you." she murmured. "Oh,
speak," he Implored, "and relieve ma
from this agony of suspense." "Then
let me say it cannot be." "Why not?
Oh, why not?" "Because. James. I
do not feel able to support a husband."
If you are in a crowded theater and
Boincuouy cries -nre, tnrow up your
bands and scream and rush toward .
.V. J , -,, I . . I
uo uuurwajr. At win neip on tne
pan la Then, when you reach the
middle aisle, faint and fall over. Do,
especially ir you weigh 200 or 300
pounds. Nothing shows off womanly :
sensibility like fainting in a crowd,
This will help on the panic amazlniriv. '
m ess KJj iKtLsass
flie
Manufactures and
Buildiujf.
Liberal Arts
Notable for Its symmetrical propor
tions, the Manu'uclure aud Libeial
Irts Building Is the mimmoth struc
.ureoftli Kxposltion. It measures
1.1537 by 787 feet auJ covers nearlv 31
icres, beiu the largest Kxinisitiou
ht'il liug ever constructed. Within the
building a gallery 59 feel wide extends
iround ail four sides, ttud projecting
from this are Si! smaller gl!erles,12 feet
wid-, from which visitors may survey
the vast array t exhibits and the busy
icene b 'low. The galleries are (
proacbed upon the main floor by 3 )
?re;it staircases, the flights of which
are 12 feet wide each. "Columbia
Ave.iue,"5i) feHt wide, extendi through
lb mammoth building lougitudiualiy
il l an avenue or like width crosses it
at right angles at the centre. Tht main
roof is of iron and glass and arches an
:irea 33 3 by 1,4'J0 feet and has its ridge
15 ) feet from the ground. The bnild
iui?, including it gillerles, has about
10 acres of floor spa e.
Toe Liberal Arts Building is in the
Corinthian style of architecture, aud in
point of being severely classic, excels
nearly all of the other edifices. The
long array of columus aud arches, which
its facades present, is relieved from
Monotony by very elaborate ornamenta
The Fisheries Building.
One of the most or the Exposition
Mlaoee Is the Fisheries Building, which
,wo smaller polygonal buildings, cou
lected with it on either en I by arcades.
The extreme length of the b.iil lin is
1,100 foet and the width 2! 0 feet. It
M beautifully located to the north
ward of the United States Government
Building-.
In the central portion is the general
Fisheries exhibit. In one of the poly
gonal buildings is the Angling exhibit,
and in the other the Aquaria. The t-x-terl
r of the building Is Spmish-Roaiane.-que,
which contrasts agreeably
In appearance with that of the othe:'
buildings.
To the close observer the exterior of
the building cannot fail to be exceed
ingly iuteresting, for the architect,
Henry Ives Cobb, exerted all his in
genuity in arranging Innumerable forms
of capitals, modlllions, bracket.", cor
nices, and other ornamental details, us
ing ouly flan and other sea forms for
his motif of design. The roof of th
building Is of old Spanish tile, ami the
side walls of pleasing color. The cost
was about SJOO.Ol'O. 1
The Flab, exhibit is a wonderful one,
A HOUSE-TOP AT JOPPA.
BT HART HARRISOlt,
Among the many interesting spots
the world contains, few are better
feuited to an impressive and stirring
view of tbe marvels of history, the mo
mentous and permanent In the per
sonal Christian life, and the mighti
ness and simplicity of the means by
which the kingdom of Cbrit-t was
founded and advanced in the earth,
than the top ot Simon's house at
Joppa.
The moment of time is when Teter
is there for prayer, while the town
doves and sparrows settle upon the
walls of it, and below a meal is being
prepared. It Is a moment of leisure
between work and food, which Peter
wonld spend in qniet bd1 seclusion, in
communion with the Father of his
Lord.
Peter no longer believed in tho Jew
ish Ood, who was the God of Abraham,
Isaao and Jacob, bat in the Ood and
Father of all mankind, with vhom it
was possible for every living man to bo
as intimate as bod been the groat dead;
to whom might be spoken feelings and
thoughts as children spoke to a father;
hud from whom it Wiis possible to receive
teaching, guidance, and power. Peter
had no more doubt of all this than he
Lad of bis power to converse with Si
mon on his return in tho evening from
his tauyarJ, or to receive strength
from eating the bread his wife baked
on the hearth-stone. Tho bouse on
whose top he was, was not moro real to
him than was the house of God ahovn.
Nor were the inhabitants of the houso
below possessed of more power to
understand Peter, and to guide and
help him, than was the Dweller in the
Heavens.
The reality of the unseen Ood and
the possibility of intimacy between
Him and man was the foundation of his
new religion. By this means priests and
rabbis were no longer his masters, nor
was the world the theatre of his action.
The great mysteries Qod and His
image, Jesus, had taken their place.
The one he had not seen; the other he
had seen, and looked, in a little while, to
see Him again. Within Him new
power had come to life, a power of
gTeater aimplicitiy, contenteduess, and
love, which are the first conditions of
communion with Ood and a real and
joyful place in hia eternal kingdom.
.uo uuuo in wuiuu xeier is staying
' tho P ' dome-shaped monnd.
... 41. . ..A f. . . ..
on the sea-coast, covered with beehive
toppod buildings, it is on the highest
point of modern Jaffa, tbe Joppa of the
Acts of tbeArjostlaa. Th nrAsiant in-
habitants of tbe place are brightly clad,
'egged, and piotareeque. Loaded
camels with
gay trappings
stalk the
. street The
late:
iriora of the glaring
al-Cfv"!'rS
law
2
tion. In this ornamentation female fig
ures,ymbolical of the various arti and
scieu xs, play a conspicuous and very
attractive part.
Designs showing in relief the seals of
the different States of the Union and
of various foreign nations also appear
In the oruameutation. These,of course,
are gUaatiu in their proportions. The
Agricultural Building, perhapi. Is the
only one which has a more elaborately
oi naineutal exterior than has this colos
sal struct uie.
The exter 'or of the build ind Is cov
ered with ataff," which ij treated to
represent marble. The huge fluted col
utns and the tmmeuse arches are appar
ency of this beautiful material.
There are four great entrances, one
in the centre of each facade. These
are designed In the manner of tri
umphal arche. the central archway of
each King 40 feet wide and 80 feet
high. Surmounting these portals is
the great attic story ornamented with
sculptured eagles 13 feet high, and on
eacii side altove the side arches are great
panels with inscriptions, and the span
drils are filled with sculptured figures
In bas-relief. At each coruer of the
main building are pavilions forming
gie.tt arched entrances, which are de
salted in harmony with the great por
tals. The iuteriors of these pavilions
are richly decorated with sculpture and
and not the least interesting portion of
it is the Aqtiarlal or Live Fish dis
play. This is approached through
one of the arcades from the main build-
ing.'.-- .. . ... .
In the centre of the polygonal bulld
Ipg is a rotunda CO feet in diameter, in
the middle of which is a basin or pool
2d feet wide, from which rises a tower
ing mass of rocks, covered with moss
an 1 lichens. From clefts and crevices
in the rocks, crystal streams of water
gush and drop to the masses of reeds,
rushes and ornamental semi-aquatic
plants In the Iiomu below. In this pool
grgHius gold flshes, golden ides,goldeu
tench and other fishes disport. From
the rot un lit one side of the larger ser
ies of Aquaria may lie viewed. These
aie ten lu iniinier aud have a capacity
of 7 00 to 27,000 gallons of water
each.
Passing out of the rotunda, a great
corridor or area le Is reached, where on
one hand can be viewed the opposite
side of the series of great tanks some
what smaller, ranging frou 750 to 1,500
gallons each In capacity. The corridor
or arcade is ubjiit 15 feet wide. The
g'ass fronts of the Aquaria are in length
about 575 feet and have
3,0 0 square feet of surface. They
make a panorama never before seen
white dwellings present scenes of filth
and squalor. Over the whole is a bril
liant blue sky. Far as the eye can see
to the west stretches a pale-green sea.
and to the east, Imnnded by the brown
bills of Juda, vast plains of orchards.
1 hough the scene is bathed in perpet
ual sunshine, it would in itself scarcely
claim the traveller's attention; yet it is
a spot where devotion may in fancy
rest anil find a reward, for It is the
scene of a heavenly vision, by which,
nearlv niueteeu centuries ago, was ao
ocmpliehed the nrst completed udiou
of the Gentilo and the Jew in Ihe then
newly forming Christian Church in the
world.
Mankind may afford to forget that
here, according to Greek story, An
dromeda was exposed to the monster.
that hero Barneses encamped, that here
Pharaoh Ncclio met and conquered his
Assyrian invaders under Sennacherib.
that here "Dan remained in ships."
that here the servants of Hiram landed
the cedar and pine wood trom Mount
Lebanon for the building of the Tem
ple at Jerusalem, that here Jonah
"took ship to flee from the presence of
his Maker," that Alexander the Great
and Napoleon trod its streets. But
those who long for tbe union of the
races of men in one family cannot af
ford to forget that here Peter lodged
"with one Simon a tanner," and that
there the mau who was to leave his
spirit in the gri atest movement of the
world's history lost the last vestige of
his bigotry, and the final catholicity of
his great Master's spirit was born. But
for this event iu its history, insignifi
cant as the world counts signifioance.no
man save the small shipping traders
who do busiuess iu its harbor would to
day care to look upon Joppa. Once
realize the issue of the apostle'a life
and mission, the world contains no
street which led to so great a sanctuary
as that Joppa street along which, with
'a devout soldier of Cornrl'us's Ital
ian band, and "two of his Household
servants,'' Peter went to make one the
Jew and the Gentile in the Church of
their Lord.
To this day this glaring empty ruin
of a town contains its tan-works. Still
too, there is the site of the house "by
the seaside," on whose flat roof Peter
prayed. Another house is npon it
Upon that roof, overlooking the great
wide sea, spanned with the vast dome
of heaven, whilst his meal was being
prepared, Peter sought the refuge of
qniet for prayer. From a description
of the man aa he was seen with Paul at
Antioch some years after this date
which has been preserved, we oan, in
faney, see the man wh has for a mo
ment's communion with Ood left the
busy house below. It is while hia meal
is being prepared for him fot Petsr is
no ascetio. His frame is large and
stiongly built. He is clothed with a
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rural paintings. The long racaiies o
the great hall surrounding the build
log are oomposed of a series of arches
filled with immense glass windows.
The lower portion of these arches up
to the level of the gallery floor and 2
feet In depth. Is open to the oulsid
thns forming a covered loggia, which
forms an open promenade for the pu
11c, and will provide a very Interesting
Nature, particularly on the east ti le,
where It faces the lake. It is iutende
to locate here a number of cafes, wher
the great crowds can loiter at their
ease and enjoy the breezes ami cto
shadows of the afternoon.
The arthltect nf this gigantic build'
In?, George B. Post, of isev ork. has
been remarkably successful in giving
architectural symmetry and effective
neas to the immense proportions with
which he bad to deal, and bis work
stands as one of the marvels of the Ex
position.
The building occupies a most con
spicuous place In the grounds. It f.ices
the lake, with only lawns and pron e
nodes between. North of it is the
United State3 Government Building,
south the Harbor and in-jutting lagoon.
and west the Electrical Building
and the lagoon separating It froui
the great island which lu art
wooded and In pait resplendent with
acres of bright dowers of varied hues
la any exhibition, and rival the
great permanent aquariums of the
world uot only in size but in all other
respects.
The total water capaolty of the
Aquaria, exclusive of resevoirs is is
725 cubic feet, or 140,000 gallous. Tlifs
weiahs 1,192.4?5 pounds, or almost fit"
tone. Of this amount about 4 J. 000
gallons Is devoted to tbe Marine ex
hibit. In the eutlre saltwater circula
tion, inciuuing reservoirs, there are
about 80.0CO gallons. The pumping
ana distributing plant Tor tbe Mai me
Aquaria is constructed of vulcanite.
The pumps are in duplicate aud ea h
has a capacity of 3.000 gallons per
uour. J. he supply of sea water win
secured by evaporating the necessary
quantity at the Woods Holl station of
the United States Fish Commission to
about oue-Hfth its bulk, thus reducing
both quantity and weight for transpor
tation about 80 per cent. The fresl
wa'er required to restore it to its
proper density was supplied from Lake
.Michigan:
In transporting the marine fishes to
Chicago from the coast there was an
addition of probably 3,000 gallons of
pure sea water to the supply ou each
trip. Every visitor will take a deep
interest in the t lsnenes Exhibit.
white shirt-like coat to his knees, with
a small cap on hia head, beneath which
is seen black hair, short, thick, and
curly. His broad face is olive and sal
low. His deep dark eyes respond to
the quick-impulsed soul within. His
beard grows dark and copious.
Probably Peter's wife, Perpetua, was
below, for it was as the ideal man of
the home that Peter contributed bis
hare to the establishment of Christ's
Church in the world. He was at least
reputed for great affection to his wife;
and early stories which have been pre
served, ten now sne accompanied him
iu iiia journeys, ministering to mm, as
also did one of his children, a daugh
ter. His meal his wife was now, prob
ably, down in the honse IkjIow bnsy
preparing, while he waited for it on the
house top. This affectionate domestic
tnrn of mind probably accounts for
Peter's not figuring as a great traveller
as Paul did. According to the testi
mony of early writers, his wife was with
him when he, at the cloxe of life, vis
ited Home, and suffered martvrdom
there before him, whilst he sustained
her with his srreat manly love.
It is still further of interest to remem
ber w hilbt Perpetua is preparing the me
for whiuh Peter waits.tbat it was in the
house of these two that He whose na
tive place was heaven, before all other
Pisces open to him preferred to live.
Whilst He chose John's home for Hs
mother. He chose Peter's for himself.
We shall never understand the nlaoe of
Peter among the twelve anthorativa
witnesses of the Church of Jesus until
we remember that it was in the house
of that, humble, industrions, and affec
tionate married pair that the Founder
of it most manifested that Life which
is tbe Light of Men. Whilst He wna
here, it was in that borne were known.
His most intimate joys; and when He
had gone away into heaven, it was in
that home were ahed tears of deepest,
holiest sorrow. Though there are many
advantages in this conventional world
in a smooth-coursed, canal-like manner
of life, such a life is not tbe ideal life
of the founder of the kingdom of
heaven on earth. That is the life whe
lovingness is most abundant aud affo
tion is most beautiful.
The scene from the bonse-toD on
which Peter sat is mnoh the same to
day as when those bright dark eyes
wbioh had daily seen the Lord rested
npon it more than eighteen hundred
years ago. In those reaches of plain
and that distant range of rounded hills
little is changed. From the times of
Moses the conntrv aronnd Jnnn i...
been marvellous for its fertility. To
day it is an almost level sea of groves
of oranges and lemons; orchards of
apricots and flg; olive yarda and fields
of pomegrantes, intersected by roads
with fenees of tall prickly pear, with
here end there clumps of mulberry.
icacta, and stately palm. The wealth
of thiaaniiout plain of Sharon baa
boon celebrated iroui the times when
i ho Philistines were its misters. Not
only bos it a rich soil, but it is filled
with wells of water from which it is
ouHtaotlv irrigated. So it was when
-niiou a Galilean loJcer beheld it
On the other side Peter's view rested
on the sea. The view of this was unin
terruptcd. That a fisherman born
should choose for his lodgings a honsa
"by the sea was natural. The vs.st-
ness of the new waters must have awn k
ened feu tie awe in those dark, child'
like eyes. Possibly, too, the gorgeous
junsets seen above as he eat musing
atone at evening witn the darkuess do
scenuing, nigut swiftly following, may
uave suggested the grand p etio lm
agery in which be wrote of the coming
of the day of God '-the heavens being
on n ro shall be dissolved.
Down by tho low, flat shore runs the
the saudy road, through Asbkelon to
Kgypt to the south, and to the north
through Carmel to Tvre and Sidon,
along which Peter and the messengers
or Uoroeiins "with certain brethren
from Joppa," went to Casarea.
Over all this scene the sea which
ceaselessly murmurs against tho little
reef that forms the Joppa harbor; the
fertile fields; the dome-shaped town;ita
blistered houses, its brown, half-naked,
harmonious inhabitants; all made vivid
by tho warm transparent buoyant air
the fact that from Simon's house, perched
up on the hiest point of the town, the
man whom the Master Builder of the
Church for all time placed in a position
of singular honor looked npou it, casts
something of the halo of saereu-ness,
which even the more than eighteen cen
turies that have passed over it since he
d d so cannot destroy, nor all the events
which bave happened, since super
sede. It is a sacredness which has
no name.
Before this Galilean fisherman hired
his rooms at the tanner's house, aud
after that Joppa was the scene of great
victories of generals and kings; Macca
bees and Komana, Saracens and Cru
saders have claimed it Processions,
momentous in their day, have passed
to and fro from its fortifications, and
have Messed and enrsed it That mod
ern Alexander the Great, who rode
roughshod over Europe, and who died
at St Helena, has walked its streets;
but it is Peter who has given its marked
interest to it The town in which he
had that vislon.ao great with future re
sults, still lives for man through him,
and through him alone, and must sur
vive its own destruction, and be lasting
as time.
isn't the man who paints a feaoe
a hue-er of wood?
When you look at some people tht
Irst thing you think ot la a club.
Boys go to West Point for a cadet
ship, and girls for a cadet-smack.
The chimney-sweep is a contented
fellow at least he is always sooted.
Live within your income, because it
is very inconvenient to live without It
The Frenchman says: When I start
out in search of a wife I'm going to
Havre.
The wheels of
moro smoothly
lttle juven-lle.
matrimonial life run
when there is a
When a man is looking for a wifo it
is nis mission. hen be gets ber It 1
nis submission.
Tl n . . .
xne owner nrst breaks tne race
horse, then the race-horsa proceeds to
-irean me owner.
Most men like to see themselves II
"print;" but women do not They
Vreier suit or satin.
J he two ugliest things on earth Is
tno man who looks like a girl and thf
girl who looks like a man.
t ontributor: How much ouerht I to
get for that poem? Editor! You
ouirht to get about 15 years.
Hon t be too severe oa the man who
scolds his wife in Dublin PerhaDS
.hat is the only time he dares to do so.
Tommy: Paw, what Is "senatorial
courtesy?" Mr. Figg: It means that
no senator Is expected to ask another
one what he paid for his seat
The Watch Trust is said to be break
ing up. It la time. A great many
other trusts, by ihe way, need watlh-
"They tell me you have had some
money left you." said Brown. "Yes,"
replied togg, sadly; "It left me long
igo. "
Teacher "Now. children, bv what
Is tbe earth divided?" Tommy (whose
father Is a kicker) "By tho Doliti-
clans."
Waiter (at tho club) "Ther' .
lady outside who says that her hus
band promised to bo home early to
night" All (risiiiff) "Excuse mo a
moment."
The chin is said to bo an lmnortant
thin? for a man to consider in choosin?
a wifo. but the absense of the chin is
what he really, truly needs aftt-r the
ceremony.
A clever roan has invented a system!
of reading music for the blind. How
delightful! Now they can feel the elo
quence of Wagner's music without huv-
ing to hear It
If you would know the reason why,
A maiden often answers "no;"
Tis part of love's philosophy
That you must Dot accept her so.
"Butter," says a learned writer.
was unknown to the ancients." Il
would be hard to make a man believe!
that who has ever eaten a meal at
a Wellington Hotel. I
Severe Adorer (about to enter ihe I
t . . . '
ministry i : 1 trust vou nnd a treat
deal of comfort in thinking of Scripture
verses. Interesting Invalid: Yes. in.
ed! That text "Grin and bear it'
does me a heap of good.
hen a dog gets after a rabit he
niikes the hare fly. Sometimes when
a woman gets after her derelict hus
band, she, too, makes tho hair fly.
And when a mother finds her onlv son
at the jam, she also makes the heir fly.
itfown: "Where is your diamond
ring, my dear?" Mrs. Brown: "It Is
Vininir ma -a T !.!.. I 1 - ,
...... ..R "j-oo 'nun oounny (wnoi
has been out with his mother): "Does!
the man always give you money, ma.
nen you take anvthinir to ha r.
wired?"
Erne's brother "Do vou love mv si.
ler Effie?" Erne's
'Why, Willie, that is a aueer aunstinn.
Why do you want to know?" Effle's
brother "She said last night she would:
give a dollar to know, and I'd like to ,
scoop It in."
Mrs. Smitem-Bobbv. vou bad bov
have you been fighting with Tommy matlcal- The former are obliged to be
Slimson again? Dear, dearl I shall ' g,n Lord" (since the plural is out
have to get you a new suit Bobby I
mat's nothing. mo You ouirht to T
sea lommv bumson. HI
ma may
'lave to get her a new boy.
Brown (to Black who la DrftnArino
for a continental trip) How do vou
get on with your langua?o,old fellow?"
j.iaoK -capitally. by I've got so
now I can thiuk in French." Brown
"Well, that's a blessirtg. for it's more
thanjrou could ever do in English-'
NEWS IX B II IGF.
Chill money is pastoboarJ.
Uuss;a has the biggest Krupp guo,
Detroit. Mich., bos a borsetweny
oue hands high.
-The Cathedral at Home will Beat
64,000 persons.
A shoe factory is to be established
at Columbia, S. C.
The Niagara Falls tunnel has now
1175 feet of Its 35.'io exca.a.ed.
The zoue system of lares la to be
employed ou the 15 rim street cars.
More cigarettes are sold In Texas
thau in auy other Stale in tbe Uuion.
No trade has increased more rapid
ly of late than the Importation of eggs
from Kussla.
The deer have never been so tame
nor so abundant iu the Adlroudacks, as
at present.
More sheep will be Imported Into
the Untied States this year than any
year previous.
The actual length of the new St.
Clair (Mich.) tunuel is o,02iS feet. It
cost Jl, P.0.00O.
The honey crop of California for
19 1 is only one-fourth of the amount
produced iu 12'M.
Atlanta, Oa., Is about to open a
large canning establishment, with a
capital of f 25,ooo.
The local Board ot Underwriters, of
Kausas City Mo., maintain aa electrla
lighl inspection bureau.
More than $3,f)oO,COO of English
capital bos been Invested in the tin mine
of Sjuth Dakota.
At St, Louis the Mississippi Is
2500 feet wide; at No v Orleans it is
2000 feet wide.
Immense flocks of cows have ex
terminated thegra-shopper pest iu some
Varts of California.
The total immigration to thU coun
try during August, except from Caua
da and Mexico, was 45,172.
The first land otlice erected In Kan
sas is still standing at Kick a poo, be
tween Atchison and Leaveuwoilh.
It is estimated that one-rouith of
the street railways of this couutry are
operated wholly or In part by electnc-
ty.
The Standard Oil Company Is erect
ing tanks for 750,000 barrels in the Mc
Donald petroleum field west of Pitts
burg.
The Immense cattle farms out weot
are being cut up Into farms for immi
grants, and realize an average price of
trom t7 to $3 au acre.
The Russian Minister of War has
declared that the arms to equip the
Ktissian troops must, be mauufactaied
either in Russia r France.
Bounties were paid for 61 liears. 30
wolves, 4u lynxes, Oolti foxes, 739 eagles
and 4 j;iit hawks In Norway last yea;.
The supply is not exhausteJ.
State averages for the corn crop are
generally high, especially tor the
Southern States. The lowest State
averages are thosd of Michigan and
Wisconsin.
S.tnford Dowd, who was the father
of thirty-one children, baa just died at
Eldon, Iowa, at the age of eighty-seven
years.
The Russians have a word-wide
reputation as linguists. The children
of the nobles are instructed iu French,
English and German, besides thir
native tongue.
ran of the railway which is being
built by an English company, and which
will place Gibraltar In communioatiaa
with the rest of Europe, has been
opened.
The surface roads of New York city
carry more passengers annually than
are carried by the combined steam rail
roads of New York State lu the same
interval.
Fourcountiesin Illinois Douglass,
Moultrie, Coles and Edgar supply a
large proportion of the world's stock of
broom corn, nanielv, about 12,000 tons,
valued at $l,(i00,ooo.
Tbe new tunel of the Baltimore Jt
Ohio Railroad, under the citv of Balti
more will cost upwards or $i,0oo 000. It
Is being pushed night and day, fully 1000
men being put at work upon it.
The great railroads ruunlug from
the north western part of our country to
the Gulf of Mexico have determined to
establish steamship linas to Central
and South American poits from New
Orleans.
The Canadian government, lu view
of the large influx of exiled Russian He
brews, will issiieaproclammatiou, carry
ing Into eilt ct the sixteenth clause ot
j the immigration act, which prohibits
the landing of pauper and destitute Im
migrants. There is athrirty farmer in the
West who pays twenty-five cents a day
less to ttu se of his hands who woik in
the fields nearest to the railroads. Th.s
lie does l cause they stop whenever
the trains go by, and so lose one-sixth
of their working time.
The ruins or the palace of the
Queen of Sheba have not teen found iu
Moshonolaud, Africa whence the won-
.i . i i , r 1 , ,
derful gold of Oi hlr is supposed to
have come. But the Zimbah ruiu3
show that this strange county was once
the scene of a mighty civilization.
The modes of fishing for oysters
are as various as the modes of rearing
and eating. At Minorca the Other mau
simply dives tj a depth of seventy feet
with a weight in one hand to cany hliu
down. With the other hand he picks
up as many oysters as he can cany and
brings tbem up to the boat
loung people ai Kingston, Luzerne
enunli Pnn
S?iJ
tiave held a "cobweb
party. Selecting a numbered card
from a basket they searched the walls
of th-house, from attic to cellar if
necessary, until tbev found thareou a
corresponding number and a designation
of a partner to supper for each searcher.
The school boys or Molden, Mass.,
will hereafter be taught to sew during.
wi" "'r1'"1'"
Business correspondence between
nrms and peers is necessarily ungram-
r tne question), and to conclude in the
DauJO "uuer: e remain, my lord.
your obedient servants.'
In the Harlfian MS., A. D. 5-0.
mention is made of au extra..rdiuary
piece of work the whole Bible con
tained In an Engliah walnut shell no
larger than a ben's egp, "The nut,"
says the MS., "holdeth the book, and
there are as many leaves in it as In the
great Bible,"
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