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p. 8GHWEIER,
THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Iropr1tor.
VOL. XVLI.
MIFFLINTOWIS. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 13. 1S9-2.
NO. 4
yuft LAND OF UPSIDE DOWN.
. iim I h.id snh very odd drearn,
lit nliM ' n , ,e ., ,,f a stream.
1 to sleep " the skirt- of a town
V3K l" Ul-'?f Iown-,
S ..ld r. iiv lees boiling h..t;
, e a on their V-ada as they
i A" ;: i
wlkt"
4nd n--f r
nald
a word, though they always
talked,
nli. ilfar oh.
t!--ar oh. dear
I "n.l.ie I 'own
'j he i-
11 .... H...1 nnnn.
i e so queer.
.ii Vi-i I . ur - ... .........
The roots
,.f ill tli"ir trees
.,, Hi.rouniii: in nit; an-.
Unit ev-r ne.ui.ir i-necse
1, .1 not l fair el eyes.
. , I ,., that the horses had Winer,
in "' danced ln separate
-iIJ!in the enKlnes along".
ISS lH' ,.itIor... smiled as they went d.ng
fnl'lt'iif eat-h house was round at the hark :
lud Ui' h """' Kn.Kked each day by the
It,,r n'a.ie " ll""lr 8,1,1 "
with salmon and
k...L.i,.'v r.itln'ied wlttiKleo from the tree
called Cwl.
nh. d.-ar oh. dear oh. dear
ll- i I ..I I i-nle D.mii
Hie ru-Uom-t were Kit qsee r,
Karli suvt-reaoi as a crown
The iuii .limn- In the niulit,
1 Ik iuooii sli.ni,- In th day ;
Aixt 1 io-1' "y tlinllt,
yuiio nl.i'1 1" Hfl aw.iy.
HOW DICK Cl'KEI) HIS FAULT.
It was a lirilit, beautiful morning
late In Juno. The sky was most
cLarmingly 1I 11 nnd tbeair jiint warm
nongb to ! e pleasant. Still there had
been jnit as lovely days before.
Why, then, was it that Pick Langley,
tilting astride tho limb of an old apple
tree in tlie orchard, decided that never
since the vmrlil began conld there have
beeu another such tlnv? It was the
firat ilsv of vacation; a quite sufficient
reason for a large tuensnre of happiness
oo tho part i.f lick.
But even this was not all. The
evening I't-fi're he had bad his hair cut.
Not tlmt out w hich is just short enough
to brush and conib nicely, making a
pretty white parting. Ah, no. There
was i.o chance for a parting here, and
no brnsb or comb wan required.
"Ah, tliero's mother!" he excl limed,
u be caught a glimpse of a white dress
in tlic garden; and down dropped
liiek to the ground and was over the
fenco in inom.-ut. "I say, mamma,"
be rnlletl out, "it is prime having my
hair cut iilT again. Yon would not bo
ll eve what a moment it took me to dress
t'jia morning."
I hck &h bin mother's only child.
Hi father bad died when he was a very
little boy and left them alone. They
were (treat friends, and Dick had
woodVrful plans for taking care of his
mother when be grew up. Ho was, as
a ffeucrnl thing, a very good boy; bnt
like all boys be had his faults, and it
is alxjut one of these fanlta that lain
going to tell yon.
'(joo.l-bye, dear," his mother said
this morning at the gate after break
fast; "and, Dickie, be sure that vott
re at home ten minutes after twelve.
Yoq will hear the bells distinctly at
Harry's, rnd ten mlnuti-B is more than
is nei'etwary for yon to reach home.
Don't forget, dear."
"All ngtit, little mother, I won't for
get;" and waving his hat, Dick dashed
oown the road..
"My dear little Dick, I hope that he
will not forget," said his mother to
herself, "nid I do not think that he
will, be is trying so hard."
Yes, that was Dick's great fanlt, a
careless heeilhsfiness, which he called
"forKetting." It troubled his mother
exceedingly ; if it were not overcome
it would bo a sad drawback to his
future life, for a fault not cured
atrencthens with time.
l'oor Dick I Though po confident,
it was not "all right." Thts Hrst
morning of vacation was to be devoted
to tennis at Harry's. Harry was Dirk's
ebmn and lifelong friend. Their
fathers had been friends before them,
anil so Mr. Montun felt a deep interest
in both I iok and his mother, looking
after Mrs. I.nngley's business for her,
auil, as lick expressed it, "taking his
place till bo hid time to attend to
things himself."
The tenuis was very exciting, but it
was finished at last, and by eleven the
boys were lying in the cool shade rest
ink', with a whole hour before them to
plau for the picnie which was to take
place the next week.
"Ltt's get our part all arranged and
then we will le ready for the girls to
morrow," Haiti Harrv.
'1 bt re were just a few more points to
1 settled when Dirk beard the cnurcu
clock strike twelve. "Jt won't take
me but a moment to finish up," he said
to himself, "and th.-n I'll rnn to make
nu the time." and straicbtwar returned
to the engrossing subject.
Un ami on. seeming to come no nearer
the eu.l. thev went, till the sound of
tbe bell ma.le Harry jump to his feet,
xi'laimitiir, "There is Innrbeoul I aui
(flad! Conic along, Dick."
"What!" cried poor Dick, aghast.
'1 pruiui-ed mamma to be home by
twelve, or ten minutes after. '
'Twelve! wliv, it's fully one now,'
iahl Harrv. look i off at his watch
"Why ilia von not tell me? I wonld
have hvlMil yon remember, old fellow,
1-iit h. you not better stay with ns
Lo V"
"No," nai.1 Dick, "I must go.
ti'sMiye, Hal," and he tnrned homo
wr.l. bnt not with the joyous speed of
tl.e morning, for poor D.ck had fallen
before hn temptation and bad 'forgot
ten.'' Ho Mt thoroughly ashamed
u.l iliifUHte.l w th h imneif.
As be ran up the avenue he looked
ronnil for his mother in the garden
it at one of the windows, but she was
nowhere to b seen. "Janet," he
"aid to the inni.l, "do yon know where
"'J mother is'"
"Oh, Mas er Dick," cried the girl,
lib terns in ,er eyes, "she was inst
h"nt wibl having to go without seeing
Jou. Hi e has pone to your grand
father's, Master Dick. He is very ill,
itl they f.ar he will not live. He
worrieil so for your mother that they
re "Mixed to h n.l for her. Tbe
'"legrHiu ramo about half past e'even
U'l she had to leave at half-past twelve
u' atc-h the train. I'm that sorry yon
i not eet ho.i e. I ennlil crv lor
Jon Wh," lind Janet wiped her
"t-oiild not get homo!" Ah,
'Mck indeed! He ha I no need to
eyes, r
.i lnuee.i: lie ha I no need to dread
J'" mother's face; his grandfather lived
"y i bun irnd miles nwuy. He tnrne
""bout a word lo go to his room.
I be
tllst lhinir tle.t liiek flaw on
iitering w..sa bttlo uote lying on his
o in nil her baste she had
twin to write to him. "Oh,
'. it began, "I fear you have for
RMten Bgi. t l,reilk8 my heart to
Rowithont seeing yon, hut the onlv
"'n to day leav s in less than half an
i i.' 1 n,"ht ,H,(0 I n writing
wiil 'Uuot fl'Ml"' mv trnnk, an.l
T. "? my '"""et on. (lo to Mr. Stan-
1 I I," yn,i " "'"''i or hvo Harry here,
"ill bi u I J011 w.,ir ) tllj ,, k that
.each Kraud papa's. Diokie, why
yo,n not corno?" And that was all.
cept a (.Teat tear blot, that sent an
pain
heavy
All the brightness had pone out o)
the day. lie felt humbled to the
earth, for he had failed his mother
when she most needed him, and by his
own careless selfishness. "Well I am
determined on one thing: I will not go
to Harry s or have him nere. I'll stay
alone and teach myself to remember."
"Bnt yon cannot in yonr own
strength, Dick, could almost hear his
mother's voice saying, as she often had
lefore. For a few moments he sat
without moving, and then slowly
crossing the room he kneeled down at
his bedside and asked humbly for the
help that is never refused the most
erring, if asked for earnestly in faith.
Then feeling strangely comforted, he
seated himself by the window and
began seriously to consider the situa
tion. After about an hour snent in deen
thought Dick went to his desk and
wrote a letter to his mother which
filled her heart with joy. We will take
one little peep into it.
"I see jnst bow it is mamma," he
wrote. "To-day has made me under
stand. I know that what you have
often told me is true: that sorrow for
the oonsoqnenoes of sin is not repent
ance; but I think that perhaps the sin
would never have seemed to me so sin
ful if the consequences to-day had not
been so very hard to bear. I have been
thinking no end about it all this after
noon, and I have done what you so
often told me to do, asked God to help
me, and I think He has already done
so, mamma."
The weeks which passed before he
saw his mother again were spent in
honest efforts to overcome his fault;
and when, one day in Anguat coming
ia hot and tired from the woods from a
long hnnt for a certain fern which he
knew that his motber greatly wanted,
he found her waiting to welcome him,'
he did not feel ashamed to meet her.
"Oh, mamma," he cried, I never
knew how muoh I missed you." His
mother kissed him, and then holding
both his hands, gazed long and silently
into his face. "Well, mamma," he
said, laughing, "what do you see?"
"I see that I have lost my little
Diokie," she said, "but I find in his
place a dear, manly boy, who has
learned, "not In his own strength, to
master himself."
The Cost or Feeding a Bey.
It is worth something to know what
it costs to feed a boy fairly well.
During the investigations made by the
Kecord of the operations of the Squeers
Syndicate Orphan Schools, it was
shown that, taking their own some
what doubtful figures, the cost was
about four cents a meal. But the syu
d irate orphans were not well fed.
Dr. McKinnon, the superintendent
of the Alituico Industrial School in
Canada, has furnished the Toronto
Mail willi an interesting statement on
tho subject. There are 108 boys in the
school, who are kept in good bodily
health, and whose subsistence is bought
in a wholesale way that would some
what cheapen the cost as compared
with ordinary household expenditure.
The boys have all they wish to eat.
and the superintendent's accounts, not
being complicated by eipeuses for sus
tenance for other persons, furnish val
uable data not otherwise readily ob
tainable. The following statement
shows tho average weekly expendisuro
per boy :
tents.
Flour IS
Oatmeal ami other meal ' -
Harlev and tM-ana ............ ...... 1-2
I; ii' Sairo. etc ................ 4-PI
ConV, cocoa anil tea.. 2
Suirar and svrui ' S-'"
Salt, pepper and other condiment...
r resh fruits
Fruit preserved and dried - 1-4
Fresh meat and risb 17 2-11
Meat and lish cured 1
Butter and chece 8 1-1"
I II her nrovlnlona '
Verrtahles.. 24
Milk 1
Total 91 07 3-1&
The cost of food, as aliove given,
does not include theexiienseof prepar
ing it, or incidental expenditure for
superintendence, etc. Hut the average
disbursement is astonisiiingiy nmu
So far as subsistence goes, to ise i
. . . II
boy is not much more costly than to
raise a niir. If a healthy boy can be
properly fed for $50 a year, them is
less iscouragemeut in the task of in
creases the male population of the
country than pessimist observers are
wont t insist upon. rniiaueipiiu re
cord.
Our Pretty Chinese Lady.
I was lucky enough the other day to
eaten a. irliiiiiise of the new Chinese
Minister s wife as she sal at me win
r- x . .
How in the south part of the Legation
house on Dnpont circle, looking pen
sively out upon the street and park.
says a Washington correspondent
il, e Pl.iliidnltibia News.
of
xT,. onlv that, but active work
brought an accomplished artist upon
tbo scene in time to sketch the lady in
one of tho prettiest poses, with her
daintv hand up to her head, and a
mirror resting upon the window ledge
close by.
Tho picture was one which attracted
much attention from passers by, and
provoked the comment that the wife
of the minister must have been a belle
in her own country, and that it is a
nil v she cannot go into the society of
the American capital and convince all
beholders that China ha produced at
least one pretty woman.
A. tu wife of a Minister of China
this little woman has little more liberty
than a convict of the galleys, and is
already knowu in the neigiinornoou ox
the Legation, which is the old house
commonly called Stewart Castle, as
"the prisoner of the castle.
She is not permitted to drive oni
alone, nor to go shopping or to mix
with the world in any manner, lne
story that she rebelled one recent day
and went out in the park and sat on
one of the benches till the gathering
crowd drove her back into the house,
is a mistake. She has never dared
show so much independence of ner
stern husband's authority, and Would
probably be sent back to China in dis
grace and perhaps have her pretty
head cut from her slender neck if she
J,Tho Corcan ladies rebelled agaJnsi
the laws of the realm and went shop
ping and sight-seeing within a week
after their arrival here, but China and
Corea are different countries.
a difference betweaa sit-
TltCBK! IS
ting Issfore
the fire and Miniing
aln.nt
extra throb
heart.
TILK FAMOUS FINANC1KU HERB
13 HER NTUKV.
"Within the past year or two Mrs.
Mary E. II. (J. Dow of Dover, New
Hampshire, has risen into considerable
prominence through having become
the President of a horse railroad
which was in a bad way, and working
it into a flourishing condition. Mrs.
low has lately retired from the Presi
dency. That is the last act of a very
interesting story, the story of a Yankee
woman whoso characteristics entitle
her to the admiration and respectful
consideration not only of every Yankee
man, but of every one of her own sex
as well.
Mrs. Dow was born on a farm
near the city of Dover in 1849. Her
maiden name was Mary Edna Hill.
She was of the Massachusetts I'uritan
stock. She was educated in Boston
and graduated with high honors from
school there when 17 years old.
She at once began to teach, and for
several years served as assistant prin
cipal of the Rochester, N. II., high
school. Then she went to St. Louis,
Mo., and there taught French and
German in an academy. The fact
that she was ablo to teach these
languages without haying studied
them abroad shows tho thoroughness
of her education in Boston.
While in St. Louis she became in
terested in amateur theatricals, and
participated in one entertainment at
a great fair held there after the war
for the benefit of wounded soldiers.
one of the other actresses being Miss
Nellie, the daughter of Gen. Grant.
Her next venture in life was getting
married. She came back to her old
home to do this, and the gentleman to
win her was George F. Gray, editor
and part owner of the Dover Press.
The IVess was a profitable paper in a
thriving town. The lady had already
used her pen for the benefit of the press
and she at once became a companion in
business as well as one at home to her
husband. She could not only write an
editorial or a news article ; she could
contract with a patent medicine man
for an advertisement at a rate that
would make him wonder afterward
where his wits had been, and on occa
sion could estimate the price of a three
colored poster or a thousand pamphlets
of fifty-nine pages each. That was
what she could do in tho printing
office. At home she could cook a din
ner either in the English, the German,
or the French style, and carve a fow'
or a roast to perfection.
Incidentally she occasionally sent
special news despatches to Boston
papers.
Jshe was twenty-five years old whet.
she married Editor Gray. After a
few years he died, leaving her with
three children to care for. Sho closed
up the estate satisfactorily, and found
that she hail enough proerty to live
on. sho remained a widow lor nve
years, and then married her present
husband, Dr. Dow, a leading Dover
physician. They went at .load Im
mediately after marriage and remain
ed several years. When they returned
she undertook the management of her
own property and that of her husband.
leaving him free to practice medicine
without interruption. On their return
the Joint estates were worth $ 10,00,
chiefly Dover real estate. In looking
after this she showed excellent judg
ment, and it is conceded that under
her management the value of the joint
estates has lioen doubled since sue
returned from Europe.
The most important financial event
of her life occurred a little over a year
ago. Among the personal properties
which she had bought was a blitrk of
stock in the Dover city street railroad.
The road had beeti a pretty tioor enter
prise. On the one hand the people
complained that tho accommodations
were meagre and tho fares excessive.
The stockholders complained that the
expenses were excessive and the divi
dends meagre. The stockholders were
tired of carrying the coriKiration.
Learning of this condition of attaira a
Boston syndicate of capitalist sent a
man to negotiate for tho purchase of
the road. This was in the summer of
1888. Mrs. Dow was out of town
when the agent arrived, and did not
hear of the negotiations until, on her
return, she got a call from the agent,
who wanted to take the stock oil' her
hands. The price oil'ered was about
one-third of what it had cost her. Mrs.
IKiw told the buyer that she would
think about it. She did.
She decided out of hand that i Hit
tock was so low as that, and the
Boston men could make money by
buying the stock and improving the
management, any other able busii.ess
man or woman might have to do the
anie. If there was a speculation in
buying Dover city railroad stock, she
a.- iroinc to have some of it. She
beiraii buting right away. Where sho
could not buy she got proxies. After
a little the Boston men found that
there was opposition on hand, and i
uiiritcd contest for the control ensued
Mn. Dow worked so carefully, liow-
irer. that the run of business men fn
town expected the road to go to the
Boston party, and they were generally
triad of it. for in that event an enter-
nrisinir maiiaffeinent of the road could
lie exnected. The time for the annual
meetimr came on. There was a deal of
interest iu the event, tliougn no excite
ment, because of the assurance of the
Boston crowd. But when the meeting
was called Mrs. Dow walked into th
room with a substantial working ma
inritv of the stock in her satchel. The
lloaton crowd was thunderstruck. So
was everyone else.
Mrs. Dow announced that she was a
.....li.luto for the office of President
If the ofher stockholders wonld like to
enmo iu out of the wet she would
glad to have their votes, but if they
didn't want to they could do otherwise.
She should be elected in any event.
Under the charter the directors elect
the President. The old directors were
horror-struck with the idea of a woman
trying to run a horse railroad. It wai
preposterous. This woman was try
ing to wear the trousers a little too
much. Tho old road had had hard
luck enough already, but with petti
coats holding the lines with one hand
and the brake with the other the cat
would jump the track and go to ever
lasting smash before the mule could
wag one ear.
However, when they found that by
w.llv allowing- her to do as she
"V
J sat down in the President's chair. Thi
I former incumbent had rattled arounc
in the place; Mrs. Dow filled it.
The Boston crowd took the train t
Boston. Her first act was to double
tho insurance on the company's build
ings. That made the directors winco.
They had carried inadequate insuranct
because they thereby saved a few dol
lars in premiums. The next move wai
to annouuee that thereafter everything
bought for the use of tho companj
would be paid for cash down, and
discounts for cash demanded. The
company had been buying all sorts o1
supplies, and letting the accounts run
so long that she was able to discouut
the supply bills by 10 per cent, and
even more at times. Then she raised
the pay of the employees and reduced
the fare from 6 to 6 cents. That made
the old directors gioau, but the pain
did not last long, for the receipts be
gan to grow at once.
During all the years since Mrs. Dov
had been a farm girl she had had
liking for horses. Editor Gray had
owned carriage horses. Dr. Dow
owned horses. Mrs. Dow knew more
about horses than any one in the Jd
street car company. She was a keen
Yankee in a horse trade. Tho stock
began to improve and the bills for new
horses to grow less immediately.
Another device for increasing the
proliu was unique. She introduced
tlx ticket system and got her tickets
of a tobacco company that advertised a
gn:!o of plug tobacco on one side.
This made a deal of talk in Dover,
and the nice old ladies of the Womeu'i
Christian Temperance Union were
re )Matedly asked to protest. But the
old ladies were sensible as well as nice
und did notldng of the kind.
By and by a year had rolled round.
President Mary E. II. G. Dow was
ready to report on the condition of
affairs. Some things did not need re
porting. The old rolling stock had
been cleaned, painted, and kept ln re
pair. That was obvious. New cars
had been purchased. That was obvi
ous. The service had been increased.
Every one knew that. But when she
showed that the debt had been reduced
and that there was a suplus so large
that a dividend of 1 1 per cent could be
declared without using It all, the state
ment was such a pleasing surprise that
every soul in the Board rose up aul
said: "I told you so."
But it was not alone as a practical
manager of horses, cars, employees
and traffic that President Dow showed
her capacity. When the Improved
ehnracter of the road hail become ob
vious Mrs. Dow got an offer for it
worth accepting, provided she could
get tbe company's charter so amended
that she could use electricity instead
of horses to propel the cars. So she
went to the Capitol where the Legis
lature was then in session, to see about
getting the necessary act passed. To
her surprise,' on reaching the Capitol
building, she found that the House
was at that very minute enacting a
law chartering a new company to
build an electrio railroad in Dover.
By some trick of the opposition sho
had not been informed of the scheme.
She arrived fust iu time.
By the end of an hour the opposition
bill would have been signed by the
Governor. Mrs. Dow had never tried
her hand as a lobbyist before, but she
acquired the proper knack by instinct.
She gathered a force aliout her in no
time. The bill was recommitted. She
apsared before the committee. In
stead of reporting the bill in the old
form, it was reiwtrted as an amend
ment to Mrs. lHiw's charter, and gave
her the right to use electricity instead
of horses. Her triumph was com
plete. That ended her experience as a rail
roader. She at once sold out her in
terest at a round profit and retired to
tho more congenial, because less ex
citing and exacting management of
real estate.
One of the most interesting features
of Mrs. Dow's history is her home life.
Mrs. Dow has demonstrated that a
woman may lie at once a most charm
ing wife, mother, and mistress of the
home, and at the same time a level
headed manager of extensive business
interests of a sort which have rarely
Ix'en committed to the care of any one
save meu of knowu capacity. There
is nothing masculine atiout Mrs. Dow.
In the words of her biographer "she
fulfils all the functions once supposed
to Iks woman's only rational ones; is a
tender wife and mother, a charming
hostess, and a helpful and sympathetic
friend, a skilful housewife."
Iu appearance Mrs. Dow is of medi
um height, and somewhat portly. Her
eyes are blue-gray and kindly, while
the corners show a strong sense of hu
mor Her nose is straight. Her eye
brows are arched. Her hair is a light
brown. She combs it straight up
over a roll, "l that is the only fault
any one can find with her modes of
dressing. Pompadour rolls and dou
ble chins do not go well together. Ske
is nevertheless handsome. She carries
hersi'lf at 40 with tho vigor of a girl
at 20. She is always dressed richly
and in excellent taste.
Her accomplishments are not limited
to languages, the eii and the horse
railroad. She handles the rifle, the
pistol and the shotgun with equal skill
and pleasure. She can lengthen out a
line with an eight-ounce rod in a way
that would win applause on the Har
lem Mere. She swims and has taken a
prize in an amateur contest among
ladies. She is skilled alike in embroid
cry and in tho flower and vegetablo
gardens. She is an all-around uientul
and physical athlete.
Thin is a most beautiful and satisfao-
, toT plant and the Amrriran Arrtcul-
Ijc turtHt lor Angnst gives a fine picti reof
! the flower with adescripti. n of it which
we eive lelow:
Lions and leopards are very fond of
pert iime?.
The telephone has been knowu in
India fi r thousand of year.
A delicious and nutritious jelly Is
n a le of the dust filed from elephants'
tusks.
Mirth is the sweet wine of human
life.
Our lives ara diamonds digged from
out the clay.
Rev. Mr. Bjyd, of London, Cinada
once ciirtsienod a Mora Scotia young
ster "Act of the Aim. s! lea." The
child was a fifth ton, and his four
brothers had been respectively Lamed
Matthew, Mark. Luke and John.
A COST "WINTER.
"Dewep hearted a an untried Joy
The warm Merit flashes on the bay,
A. id placid a Ion hapiiluess
The perfect sky of r'loruia."
When the winds of winter blow bleak
aud chill and all the world seems grow
ing cold, we huddle over our warm
tires and look out at tho wild, wet
weather and tbe frosty skies with a
dim Ider. We may heap our furnaces
and fl replaces witn wood and coal, but
we cannot shut out lurking draughts
ii nd the white, cold face of feature.
For those with enfeebled systems in
whoae veins the warm blood of youth
no longer courses swift and strong, the
prospect is a dreary one and we long
for the wings of a bird that we may fly
to a land of perpetual sunshine.
It is this longing realized which
Elizabeth Htuart Phelps has embodied
in tbe exquisite poem, "A Lost Win
ter," which has been brought ont by
tbe Lothrops in handsome gift-book
form illustrated by Mary Cecilia
Hpaulding. No expense has been
spared by tho publishers in the way of
superb and appropriate binding, and
the artist's work has beeu brought out
ia beautiful and attractive manner
by onr methods of fine modern repro
ductive art. One cannot turn the
leaves of tbe book without a desire to
visit the scenes so naturally portrayed,
and to those who havo already spent a
season in sunny Florida, it is a perfect
souvenir of happy days.
The title page is embellished with a
fac-simile of the Spanish coat-of-arms
above the spacious portals of the mala
entrance to the old fort of San Marco
at St. Augustine and another pago
gives a sketch of the watch-tower ou
the seaward side of the fort Tho
ragged walls loom np, gray and grim,
whilo beyond stretches the broad At
lantic; There is also a view of the
famous "City Gates' at the northern
end of the city with a vist i of the nar
row shaded street beyond.
The book brings vividly to our mind
a "lost winter" spent partly in "dear
St. Augustine' and a rapid pauoram t
of the tranquil, old city passes before
a. The wide-baloonied houses built
of beautiful, yellow-gray eoqnin-t, with
their walled garden courts where many
tropical plants and dowers grow : the
golden, sandy streets with troops of
laughing pickaninnies tumbling about:
the quaint moorish-looking cathedral
with its queer, cracked boll and old
paintings where the gentlest of priests
ministered to the souls and bodies of
many negroes and white people. The
back gives a fine picture of this curious
old church with back ground of olean
der and Christmas holly and mistle
toe. The sea wall forms a grand promen
ade fronting tho quiet bay and extend
ing from the water-battery of the fort
some three-quarters of a mile south
ward to the arsenal building. Tho
wide plaza, whioh is said to have been
the slave mart of ante-bellum days is
well worth seeing and the light house
on Anastasia Island where we stayed
melt's day, picking up odd shells.
watoi.iug the sand-fiddlors rnuuing to
and fro, and wondering over the strange
flotsam and jetsam whioh strewed the
beach. One is carried back to the old,
historic days and ran easily imagine that
just beyond the sandy bar the fl rco
Menemlez is sailing lu witn ins cruel
Spanish ;crew to plant this lasting
mcmouto of his inuomitaiiie ana im
placable nature but those dreams
vanish as we hear mnsio and light
langhing voices wafted over the bay,
ami see the saillioati with their gay
awnings and loads of merry passengers
glancing over tho silver water; while
in the city itself, miugled witn tne
massive structures of by-gone centur
ies rise the elegant homes of wealth
and the spacious hotels of modern
times.
We visit the shops and museums
where many interesting curios- are
fonnd; relics of Indian days when the
untamed Seminole roamed the tangled
forests; alligators egi;s, au nalurel or
painted with marine and tropical
scenes; palmetto work done by skilled
Minorcan fingers; bright-hned wings
and feathers and stuffed birds of tropi
cal plumage, and even young alligators
themselves, pert and saucy aud innocent-looking.
Ihe orauge groves are loa.loa witn
their golden fruit and by and by will
bo in bloom, making the air heavy with
their perfume. Mulberry and fig trees,
lab's aud bananas may Do lreeiy growu.
We wander off into dim, woodland
paths, where under onr feet.
"S-ar-like among- the tender irrass
The lltUe, white wild llowcrs show;
dumps of palmettos wave their green
fans; tall oaks and fringed pines rise
above onr heads and soft maples begin
to show their crimson tassels, while
like festoons of gray mist lending an
avanescent grace of fancy, tne sipan-
iah moss drapes every limb. Glossy
vines rlinir to the trees and sweet-
scented vellow jessamine, clambers in
wild profusion over mo do sues.
Here is a wild oraneo tree and we
gather of its bitter-sweet fruit to make
a cooling, delicious drink better than
sherliet or champagne. Near the city
are wonderful hedges of Cherokeo
roses and i ink and ffhite oleanders
bloom freely in the gardens with brist
linir vuomb and scarlet trumpet vines.
Brilliant birds flit to and fro iu the
trees, saucy red-birds call to each other
and the mockincr-bin's make impe-r
tinent answer. Jays clutter and scold
and the mourning-dove coos and la
ments in the shadv thickets.
In the midst of all this sunshine and
warmth and beauty ouo can scarcely
realize that anywhere the snows are
drifting in Col t, white wreaths and
"pnr le-cold shadows" lie on mountain
aud meadow, and we too, exclaim:
"There Is no winter In Ihe worlill
There is no winter any whrrcl
Earth turns her face uiw.n her arm
And sleeps wii bin the golden air."
The two pages in the book contrast
ing "the vanished world of ache and
chill" and tbe glow -nd riches of per
petual summer, are exquisite concej
lions of the artist's pencil. There are al
so sketches where far off down the
tranquil bay are seen green nooks
where some sluggish stream enters and
waterlilies float like white boats of per
fume; stately cranes stand alsorbed in
silent meditation; the gulls flash by
silent and swift, while scattered hore
and there over the shining waters,
"Green with an Immortal sprtnir
The little, lonely Wands stand."
F.vwrvthinff is Dicturesone in Flori-
da.
whether it be moonlight on the
changing waters witn aara paims ana
magnolias ln the background ; sunlight
upon the sparkling river with waving
shadows of live-oak veiled with stream
ing moss, and plumy palmettos and
wild grape pennons reflected back in
oval and silver tints: the lonely cabins
" ...-.I 1
of the pioneers covered with trailing
vines of jasmine and ipomoeas and half
hidden in the thick groves of orange
and banana: or the tray life of the
towns with their varied population:
J Brisk Northern tourists, gaunt, solemn'
"crackers from the back settlements
with their rickety mule carts, and the
d irk laughing faces of the irrepressii lo
darkies. Iu the marshes, thick growu
with giant bulrnshes and saw-rasa nu I
bordered with dark cypress trees, grent
white heron make their homes; the
plumed night heron is also seen and
sometimes a rosent spoonbill, tbe most
beautiful bird foun 1 in Florida. Gray,
shining alligators sun themselves ou
bare logs and slide lazily into tbe water
at the approach of a boat; fish abound
in the streems as toothsome as any
speckled beauty or gamesome grayling
found in the Northern wa'ers, while iu
the doep mazes of the forests deer may
still be found and an occasional will
cat or the unctions possoiu, beloved of
the colored race.
One should not leave the Sonth with
out a visit to the African churches,
where the quaint simplicity of the wor
shippers, and the earnest unsophisti
cated language of their preachers will
bring an amused smile to the lips,
though their evident and deep sincerity
should cIT dually check all levity. Tue
fervor and music of their songs com
bined with the rich molody of their
voioos, quite carries ono away. Some
of these "jubilee" songs seem quite
meaningless, whilo others such as
"Swing low, sweet chariot," and "The
year of Jubilee" are full of tender
pathos.
To receive the full benefit of the
climate and to fnlly appreciate tho
beauty of the Florida winter. one should
go down nst before the holidays when
the change from tho sharp sting of
early winter to warm, south winds and
sunny skies is doubly welcome. As
the holiday season nears nnd
"Sweet with all the scents of June
And ircntle with the breath of May
And t-.sionate with harvest calm
Liawns tbe strange face of Cbrit-tma9 day,"
We scarcely rcognizr. the season.
Strantre. imleed. it seems at this time
when all onr memories are of snow,
and cold and leafless trees, to walk in
the warm, golden air and see tho
churches trimmed with flowers and
green brano'ies and sprays of Ameri
can holly and mistletoe fresh from the
trees; to eit Btrawbcrriosandioocreim,
summer daiuties, and hear the street
children shonting-and yelling as they
touch off bunches of fire-crackers and
torpedo.-!. It seems as if Christnvis
ami Fourth of July had become inex
trically mixed up and you shake yonr
selves to see if you are not drenni-
We may sit on the broad piazzas in
Februarr breathing the soft, soothing
air and watch the progress of the va
grant, slip shod Florida Spring c ime
lilting alone, as who should say, "Here
there is never any hurry!" The de
ciduous tree drop their leaves f-lowly
and as slowly put on their new livery;
lazy lizards bask in the sunshine and
tbe dear, tame little "ohameleons"
watch for flies and shift their changing
colors for our admiration.
In April or May one should travel
leisurely homeward, stopping here and
there at points of interest and reaching
northern latitudes in the fresh spring
time. As we are greeted with tales of
blizzards and snowstorms ami ther
mometers at some unusual depth Ix-Iow
zero, we will not look hnok at our 4 'last
winter" with regret, but resolve that
as often as the state of our finmces
will permit, so often will we drop this
wild season from our lives and spend
tbe frosty time in dear, sunny Florida
where ice and sleet and wiuter never
come.
In tho volume which formed the
starting point for this backward
glance over one of the green o isoe of
life, the talent of poet and artist has
combined to form one of the most ex
quisite souvenirs imaginable of the
"Land of Flowers." "Lost jnst hero
the sense of winter'" ascompauiod by a
sketch of the gates of the ancient and
bean ti ful city, is a pretty conceit and
one can imagino oni's self wand ring
forever dowu tbo shady street with the
golden air modi more gol.lon with tho
wealth of yellow jessamino, in am en
chanted land nnder au enohanted sky,
and we feel that
"Many, many years shall learn
To blush and bloom as yonnir years may,
Hut only once the soul fo. sret
All else but its t.vn Florida!"
Willing to Oblige the Lady.
Col. Thomas, one time member of
Congress, was in the city this week,
and among talcs of tho old days told
the following aliout Thaddcus SU,
vens :
"Thaifcleus Stevens was sitting in
his olliee one day with a few friends
when in walked an old lady, wearing
a ske lionnet, blue gogjrles, and car
rying a green alpaca umbrella. She
looked around the room as if in search
of some one, and then said solemnly :
" 'Can you tell me where to find
Thaddeus Stevens, the Apostle of Lib
erty t"
" Ohl Thad blushed.
" 'I'm Thaddeus Stevens,' he replied
shortly.
" 'Are you Thade-e-us Stevens, tUo
Apostle of Liliertyr"
" -I reckon 1 am, ma'am.'
"The d.l lady dropped her parasol,
made a rush towards Stevens to kiss
him, and when he held her ofi', she
said :
" 'f came from Bucks County to
lee Thade-e-us Stevens, the AiMistle o"
Lilierty, and to take home with nie a
lock of his hair.'
"The Apostle of Lilierty took off hit,
red wig, handed it to her, and said:
" 'There it is, ma'am. Take as
much as you want.' '" New Y'oik
Tribune.
11IK SNOW-BIRD.
Winter h coming. Winter Is com!ns;i
Birds know it, skies kuow it, hearts knot
IU
Bleep again, snow again, drifted so dcc
again,
Ovei each brave Spring poet.
Sing th old year with his beard of gray
He looketh at you so sadly ;
Is It a masque that the rola-s of May
Fit his gaunt llm'is so badly T
"Love again, sing again, nest again, yonn
again."
Hark I tls a Lear gone crazy
Autumn will soothe him with wine and will
too -h.
And golden-rod give for daisy.
Winter Is coming, Winter is coming;
Birds know It, skies know it, hearts knos
It,
Weary-winged snow-bird, fly o'er the sea
nd break the news to the poet.
Grace Dutue Coo
TIIK NEW TEAR.
"The dark pine weais the snow, as bead
Of Eihiop iloth ohiteturbsn hear.
Thetreis, like irlant skeletons.
Wave IiIk'i Uh ir II. sliless arms and bare,
Or (.rami iike wrestlers, stripped and bold
And strongest winds to battle tfaro."
A New Year's greeting to the flower
lovers! May yonr hearts be warm anil
light; may yonr winter gardens "bios,
sum as the rose," and may your life
paths bo nil npon tho sunny side. Safe
and warm under the snows of winter
onr plants nnd bulbs in the garden
are lying dormant waiting for the com
ing of Fpring.and so may all our hearts
rest content amid the storms of life,
knowing that some day there will
Bhine upon ns all brighter skies than
even that of turth's summer time.
A LITTLE POT ANT.
I.
For those who love flowers a little
teebnial knowledge, however slight, is
a great help in studyiug them and wo
purpose to lve.from time to time, brief
articles npon the snbject which we hope
.mr readers may find helpful, defining
the terms in common use among bota
nists with description of our commonest
wild flowers.
Beginning, then, with the develop
meat of the seed, we bud that the em
bryo plant resting in the seed consists'
of two par's; the radicle ami the plum
ur. Alter planting, warmth and
nioistnro awaken this embryo and the
slender radi. lo begins to grow, point
ing downward into the lamp earth,
while '-he pbimnlu -fronting in tho op
posite direction l-ciiius to ascend seek
ing light and warmth. This ia.at first,
only a bud, but it soon expands into
leaves and stems and branches. Soon
there comes another change in which
some of the leaf bnds uudergo a dif
f rent process of development, and ex
panding themselves in crowded whorls
or petals, becutuo a flower instead of a
leafy branch.
The mission of tho flower is soon
accomplished and tho plant then puts
forth all its energies to developing its
frnit.
Plants are divided, as to their length
of life, into perennials, biennials, and
annuals. The latter is a class whose
life is limited to a single season in
which it grows, blossoms and ripens its
seed. To this class belong the aster,
tho poppy and the marigold.
A biennial is one which germinates
and leaves only in tho first season re
quiring a second year to blossom and
bear its fruit, as in tho oase of the
hollyhock and the Canterbury bell.
IVreunials are. those which grow in
definitely, usually for many years. All
treos and shrubs belong to this class
and also many herbaceous plants as the
the dandelic n, 'he columbine and the
larkspur.
Flowers consist of the floral envoi
opes and the essential organs. The
floral envelopes consist of one or more
whorls vr loaves surrounding the floral
organs.
The outer of these leaves is called the
Calyx, from a Greek word signifying a
cup. The leaves composing tbo calyx
are called scpab and have their edges
separate and united, usually green, but
sometimes colore!.
The interior euvelope.if any.is called
the Corolla, a Latin word signifying a
little crown; the corollo has its parts
separate or united at their edges; these
parts are called petals and are of deli
cate texture aud of various colors.
Perianth is a word used to designate
the floral envelopes ns a wholo, aud is
generally u.--e.l w here only one envel
ope exists ir nhme calyx aud corolla
sro not ri-ndd v distinguished as in the
tulip or 111 v.
nowsn or flax ant diaoram sttowin-j
KKHVLUllTt OF ITS PLAN.
Within the i- rincth nre found the
essential florid organs.so called because
they ate 'lie instruments for perfecting
tho seed. They are the stamens and
the pistils.
The Stamfns are the thrcadliko or
gans seen around tho pistils and vary in
nuniber: tbe most usual number beiug
five.
Tbo Pisti -s otciipy ho centre of the
flower, they are sometimes numorous
bnt of ten a'ppcar fc be but one aud are
d stined to bear the seed; they are
son etiiu. s called -."artels.
1 he ToRfs i.i the axis of the flower
s'.toated A tho end of tho stalk. It is
a "onvcx lisb nronu.l which, as on a
platform, -bind the floral organs in cir
cles or vi hoi Is.
1 lu- typical flower has oil thrsn parts
arranged in ns ninny conceutrio circles;
it rnnt-t have 'to organs of the same
name a 1 alike nnd the snroe number in
rach ,-irclo di-connected from each
other. Ibis type, however, is seldom
realized, making endless variety of form
and color.
Tho flower of '.be flax co-i-bines very
nearly all tho on.litions and comes as
neat '.he typical lwer, pcrhnp-.as may
be.
Tn: plackcerrv lilt.
This handsome flower is m t, as its
popular name leads to suppose, a lily
at all. but belongs io the Iris Family.
Its scientific name, J'aradnnthun chin
rsi't.is d rive I from ;rirroi,leopardiiu.l
onrio,a llower hi nee, leopard flower;
ami chin' -sis means of China. The Chi
nese Leopard flower was formerly very
common in gardens, but like many an
other deserving plant has given way to
the universal -raze for novelties. The
stem grows three or four feet high,
branches at the op where it bears reg
ular flowers of au oraugo color aud
abundantly dotted "vith crimson or red
dish purple spots. One great merit of
the Leopard Flower is that it is late
floweriug, beingin bloom from mid
summer to Septem'oer. After the
pretty flowers have faded the capsules
grow on and enlarge, and when quite
ripe the walls of the capsules break
away and curl up, leaving a central
column of shining, black contrd seeds,
looking so much like a well developed,
ripe Macklerry, that the fruit, if not
so handsome as the flower, is quite as
interesting, and shows that in this in
stance it does not re.iuire any effort of
the imagination to see the applicability
of perhaps its most common name the
Llscklierry Lily. The plant ia hardy
in most o oni Northern s tates, but the
French florists sav that it does not en
dure tho winters of Paris without pro
tection. Ii is a tuberous-rooted, herb
niTonn perennial, requiring a rich, sandy
loam soil and a sheltered situation in
i winter. It's propagated in spring by
! seeds, or by th- division of the roots,
j A plant together with its flowers and
tri.it ia seek in our engraving.
A WISH.
ST LOUtSE CHAN Ol.EK MOCLTOS.
I wish thee lensth e dav.
Filled full of nl that's best
Long years io e.iro tliv i,:ivs.
llieo twilight lime tor rest.
I wih thee love and J.-iy
love that Is l 1.1114 anil sweet
Gladness witti-att aliov:
A heart with lliln.' t beat.
Ard then, when F.arth his civen
Her iest an.l intt to lli-e.
At last 1 wish tl.ee lie iv.-n
Ihen cokh ag.tln to iii :
Independent,
NEWS IN BRIEF.
"Imitatt
jewelers.
n gold" puzzles even
Rattlesnake oil is worth $16 an
ounce.
An on-anjo tree will bear fruit till
150 years old.
English Isspoken by about 100 000,
OCO people.
There is said to be net a single
Baptist church in Western Australia.
ln the province of Silesia, Germany,
there are at present twenty pedigree
heails of ml cattle, consisting of l.tfiO
bead.
The Australian colories have ex
pended about JlO.OOlt.OOO in patronizing
immigration.
The "imperial" diamond which
was recently purchased by the Nizam
of Uyderaliid from a London dealer, U
valued at $1,500,000.
To save the finger nails an Ingen
ious fellow has Invented a pocket knife,
tho blades of which are made to opeu
by touching a spring.
The devt lopment of the cotton 9eed
ail industry bus been so great that it
has supplanted the famous ( live tree
product in a majority of cases.
New Jersey and New York elect
their governors for three years, and of
the oilier forty-two slates mneteeu
choose their governors for four years.
Telephones are put in the houses
of Stockholm, Sweden, at a rent of
$2.75 a year each. For each call, how
ever, there is a charge of 2J cents ex
tra. It Is belleveJ that there are 1,800
professioual women painters, sculptors
and engravers iu Tarls, besides those
who live by painting menus, fans,
etc.
A landslide at Roseburg, Oregon,
has exposed tbe jawbone ot a prehistor
ic monster, aud the surrounding coun
try Is said to be rioli iu such re
mains. Out in Melbourne, Austialla, a
beauty show was completely wrecked by
an enraged mob, because the style of
beau'y was not up lo their eypecla- -tlous.
Three prisoners made their esoapa
recently from a jail in Smte Fe, New
Mexico, by intimidating the guard switu
wooden revolvers wrapped iu tin
foil.
In a Georgia settlement is a "schrol
with 21 scholars, all cairymg the same
surname Dreggor?. Aunt Tabltba
Dreggors is tne grandmother of the
lot."
Apples weighing three pounds each
have been grown In Southern ("aliform
and apples that weigh two pounds and
a half are so common as tj excite uo
comment.
The dividends paid by the various
mining companies this year are gre itly
iu excess of last year, and indicate, de
clares the New Y'ork Time, Increased
labor in this industry.
A fine weeping willow tree in the
Hollywood Cemetery, at Richmond, Va.,
has grown from a twig t; at was cut
from a willow at Naitoleon's grave and
brougtit to Yirgiuia by a french
man. Two rf the proud possessions of an
Atlanta man are a saber and a cross of
the 1-egloti of Honor that one of his an
cestors received from the hand of tha
great Naiiolcon.
Liverpool is the largest shipping
point in the world; then comes London
and then New York. New Y'ork
stands second t j Imdon, howeve , as a
Seut ral commercial city.
An oil painting owned in Philadel
phia shows, it is riaim- d, that tbe
lir.st man to wear russet Bhoes In
America was t brislopher Colum
bus; that in fac', he landed n
them.
The first German Court of Jus
tice has held a session at Heliogoland.
Tbe calendar was a blank. The
e'erk registered the fact that the
court met and adjourned aud all was
over.
TTow much trouble he avoids who
does not look to see what Ids neighbor
says or does or thinks, but only to what
he does himself, that it may be justaud
dure!
The web of our life is of a mingled
yarn, gl and ill together. O.it virtue
would lie proud if i nr faults whipped
them not, and our crimes would despair
if they were not chei lahed by our vir
tues. It is said of tno-e than half the men
that they resi'iiil'le Napoleon; it ia said
of more .ban ha f the women that they
have Madonna-like fat es. Si ill, there
was oidy one Napoleon and only one
Madonna.
The word knot, signifying a certain
distance over the water, is one-sixtieth
of a mean ilegr e of the, earth's meri
dian, which lu figures is C.t7ti,81S feet.
20'2o.6 yards, or one uiilo and 'JG.5G
yariK
Ilistorx Valley Forge's original site
of fifty-one acres has just Wen trans
ferred by jiereinptory aa'e to Jolr.i Duun
for $10 ir ri re. It was General f!eorce
Washington's headquarters in 1777-7M,
and here the iron was forged for imple
ments of war by Wabhington aud the
Continental army.
The medical adviser of a friendly
society ln Bath, Me., advertises that he
will undertake the medical treatment
ot all aud sundry at the economic rate
of two cents weekly for adults und h -If
price forhiltiien.
Mme. Mi lot, f Anrers, France, a
school tract i r, h is iuveultd a system
enabling tin ..ami to read ordinary
tyi. Several pu lis who have beeu
trained by this .-vstem are found to read
with greater ease and rapidity than
those taught by the Braille svstem of
raised poiuU,
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