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B. F. SOHWEIER,
THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Propr-totor.
VOL. XVLI.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 20. 1S9-2.
NO. 5
A WOM VN'S C0SCI.U3I0J.
i ..in t( I rnUlit no aealn
T., the ttv ! '" an 1 i'l:u-t f my birth;
Mliibt hive mv ii.it.-TiT I chose,
ind llv. H lu ai.y i-ii-t t Hie eartU;
Put perri-.-t sun-hlne Into my sky.
Banish tlie slu.t'W s.irro an t doubt;
Hiti- ll my liai'i'iiifss inultlelli-il,
and ll my ulfTiiiK stricken out ;
II I couM t known. In the years now gine.
Tut tx-st lh.lt a o nan roms to klw ;
Could tavi had whatever nil! m ike tier Meat,
Or whatever she t:iinks will make tier so;
HiTr f ntnl the hiehes' and pares! Miss
That the lirid.il- rent h anil riliE encli.se;
And talned the one out id the woi Id
llut my heart as well as my reason cliose;
iod If this had tieen. and I stood to-nti:lit
hy my eliiMren. hiiiic :ileei in their beds,
nd could count in mv prayers, for a rosary.
The shinlnii row of ilieir t ddeii heads;
yal I 'aid. If mir ict- such as this
Could he mucin f r ine. at my tldillng, still
I would choose o h.'e inv pust as it is.
And to let my future come as it will I
lwnjld not m Kc the path I have trod:
M.ne pie.Kaut or even, more straight or
Jior chant- mv course the breadth of a hair.
This aV or that way, to elth-r side.
My pait I" mine, and t take It all:
Its weakliest. Us folly. If you please;
Jiav even my s'ns. if von come to That,
stay have lieeu n ' h'-llis, not hludrancesl
If I saved mv hodv from the fl imc
Because that once 1 had hurned my hand.
Or ketd myself from a isreater sin
By ilulng a less, you will understand;
It wis betier I suffer-'d i little pain.
Better I sinned tor a little time.
II me suiartine warned me hack from death,
And the slii'i: of s.n withheld from crime.
Who knows Its strength, by trial, w ill know
what stiength. nit. si he set aiMtust a sin ;
Ad I how temptation Is i vercoine.
Ha has learned who has felt its power within !
And who knows how a life at the last tniy
sh w
why, l.ok at the moon from where we standi
Oa'Pie. uneven, you sjy; yet it shines,
A luminous, sidicrc, complete and raud.
Bo let nit past stand Just as It st mds.
And let me now , as I m. iv, mow old ;
I am wb.it I am, and my liie Tor me
Js Ihr best or It had not been, I hold.
1'lim.be Curl.
IN A IT Kit YEARS.
Ulo8 was five years ol 1 that wintry
morning and tier birthday gift was a
coral uecklaee with a diamond clasp. A
pretty trifle, a-id a costly one, tor Bios
y's father was a millionaire.
Mounted on the cushion of a velvet
cbair, the diiinty littl-j lady surveyed
herself In the great pier mirror, cl tsp
lDg and unclasping the necklace about
her dimpled ueck with all a childV
dallght over the possessijn of a new
toy.
The voice of the footman from the
Lull attracted her attention.
"No, sir," he waj saying, emphati
cally; "nothing here for tramps or beg
gar. Take yourself off."
"I'm not a tramp or a beggar," re
plied a pHtintive voi -e. "I never
Legged befo'n In my life; but my
mother's so sick, aud the baby is freezing-"
"Nomattir t iey all tell that tale
beoQl" cried the. aristocratic foot
man, and the hall door closed with a
bang.
xioas noppert irom her iercn like a
rparrow, and was at the front win
dow In a breath, pressing her roay
face aud golden curls against the plate
glass.
It was snowing, and a keen wind
was blowing, and down below on
the marble steps a little boy stood,
sobbiug as if his heart would bre.ik.
Biopsy could see him thi-ough the
glass, and her sapphire eyes dilated
with childish woD.ler. Hie dropped
her pretty corals aud tugged with all
the might of her two fat arms at the
heavy iflli.
Up it went at last, and tiie snow came
whhllng in, almost taking away her
breath.
Bdt Mossy did not mind the snow;
be faced it bravely, aud leaning out,
pesi led down at the lillle wanderer be
low. 'Little lioy, what's the mttter?"
The child, shivering In hlstlireadbare
ga.ime.uts, and dreading to go forth in
to the wintry storm, started up in
amaz-uieiit at the sound of the little
Urd-like voice. Looking up, framed
like a raie picture in the lofty window
of the grand Fifth avenue mansion, he
law lilos.sy's losy face and Hossy
curls.
'Little boy," she cried again,
"what do jou waut. AVhat makes you
cry?'1
"I am hungry, and niy mother's
ick, and we've no money to buy any
thing to eat, and the baby's freezing,
'cause we've got uo lire," sobbed the lit
tle boy.
Blossy's pearl-white brow contracted
In a thoughtful frown. What could she
do to relieve the little sufferer. Her
child's heart was tenderly co jipassinn
te. If papa only were at hornet But
be wasofi at the great store on Broad way,
aud Blnssy's lady mother, lounging in
her elegmt boudoir, with a French
romance in her baud, was not fie wo
&uui to tike an Intere: t In a street beg
lr. lSlossy's childish instinct told
her tub; sho had no idoa of applying
to mamma. A dim thought of making
a laid on the pantry and the coal-bin
filled her curly head, an 1 witli an em
phatic" You w ait little boy," alio bound
ed down from the window.
The coral necklace, glittering on I'm
Tutklnh rug, attracted li.T t en-
llon. Mire caught it up with a cry of
Childish delight aud flew talk to the
window.
"Here,'' little bny," she fried, "this
my birthday g.ft, and p ipi s lid it
cwt ever auj ever so uinch; do yon run
ud Sell it bad-, and you'll et heaps o'
Honey, and then your mother won't
trve, and the baby won't, rieezV
And down llno.ih tie while, whirl
ing mow, flashed the jiwoled necklace,
Md fell t n ding on the marble btcps
um uoy's leet. lie picked it up, and
d hU t!)es- In a bewilJered way to
iweet face above hnu.
"in." sai i li ossy; "ma, I say,
nil sell it back, and buy something
lor jour mother. You may have it,
Md welcome, ami I know pa;.a won't
nilnd."
inh8 hi'ard tI,e nurs rT-maid apuroacli
lii tt lat a l,ri'ciP'lt retreat, leav
difn "do "l,e" 1,111 the snow
""In In; aud the Hide boy below,
enM uWlllg W'''lt ,-l8a t d". Clisej IliS
wwu. brown fingers over the costly
Jt and rau hou.e with all possible
wJhe fflerchaiit'a sumptuous dinner
rTi aud ho s-,t iu Princely
rawinij-rooiu, with the evening pa
Jtfore him. ius wife, in ber satin
dlnD ' rt,cU,,tJ uP'i a 8'lkeu
n7 C'!ne lit'-t ein:dowii from tue
"PDa.
rv8;.p,t'' replie'1 tl,e
mor-
jou this
0W..n .fpose'1 Uie mother, Trom
!r,w"r Bto'. iu disgrace! VVhat
W8ii'Pi9e ,be iJ o-day, my
t bUe gave llut ,ove to
a beggar dropied It from the window
mj a common street brggirt She's
enough to drive one tusone. Go
h'ldl''0 1,16 nua0y Jou naughty
The merchant arose, and going to tTie
door, took I he child in his arms.
"Now, Blossy," he sai 1, resuming his
seat, "tell papa all about it."
She hid her face iu his bo om. Bobbins
bitterly.
"I didn't meau to be naughty, papa
ludeed I didn't, she said. " The little
boy cried so, and the footman put him
out, and he said he was sohungiy, and
his mother was sick, and the baby-a-Ireezin,
and I had nothing else to
g.ve him, aud 1 was sure you wouldn't
mind."
"And I don't mind. You are agool
generous little girll" exclaimed her
fa.her, ki sing her tear-wet cheeks,
"and papa loves you for It, aud will buy
yon another necklace."
Now then," cried the mother In
rising wia h, "what's the us of my
authority? You go right against me
and uphold that child In all her
obstinate ways. I won't put up with
It, The idea of tossing jewel to
street beggars, aud you encour
aging her. I will not put tip with
ill"
Hush, wire." said the merchant,
soothingly; "don't blight the child's
befct instincts ai they they are cropping
up. Li"t her alone."
Tne Indignant lady went rushing
from the room, and at the same instant
a servant appeared in the opposite direc
tion. "I lg your pirdon, sir, but there's
a la lout here who will Insist on see
ing you. I've done my best, but he
declares It's Important, and won't
go."
' Show lilm In,' commanded tin mer
chant. And iu abreat'i a little boy eutred, his
well-worn hat iu his hand.
"I've, come, sir," he began at once,
nis brown eyes clear and fearless, and
extending a little parcel tothe merchant
as he spoke, "Io return this and to b.g
you not to think bad of me. The little
girl there," his Cnj eyes lighting at they
re tad on Blotsom, still perching on her
lather's knee, "threw it down to me this
morning, and told me to sell it aud buy
someth ng for my nek mothea. I didn't
think about it, and ran off home but
mother soon made me see how wropg
it was to take it, and I've brought
it back, aud I hope you won't think
bad of me, sli !"
lHosy made a swift clutch at tin
pae1 age, as blie slid from her father's
knee.
" You sha'n'tt" she cried, vehemently,
crowding it back into the lad's hand.
"Y'ou sha'n't give it back papa says
he doesn't care, and I want you to keep
it."
"Wait, Blossy," interposed her father.
"You shall keep your pretty necklace,
and we'll give your little friend some
thing more available. Here, give him
this."
lie drew out his purse, and took from
It a bank bill, whioh Ulosv counced
upon eagerly, and put In the boy's
hand. Ilia fine sensitive lips quivered,
and a mist dimmed his clear eyes.
'I thank yon, tir," he said; "it will
be a fortune to my poor mother. But,"
he ad led, hesitatingly, "I'm n jt a beg
gar only I couldn't see her and the
baby suffer so. If you would let me
work if there was anything I could
do. I'm handy boy, sir, if I do say it
myself."
The Broadway millionaire's keen
gray eyes sof leued.
"So you would like to work for It,
would you?'' he said. "Very well;
come to my place of business to-morrow
morning, and we'll see. Here's
my card ; can you flud the place, do
you thiuk?"
"th. yes, there's not manv places In
Xew Y'ork that I can't find."
" Very well, come at ten ten o'clock
sharp. 1 like boys to be punctual."
"All right, sir and a thousand
thanks to you and the little girl,
too."
l)!o?sy pushed forward and put out
her dimpled band.
"Good-by, littld bo;. ," she said- "be
sure you get your mother plenty o sup
per." Twenty year after Miat wintry even
a great financial failure shook the
commercial world, and so.neof the best
Xew Y'ork firms toppled an-i went over.
With the rest was the great Broadway
store, owned by Blossy 'a father. He
failed utterly. The store, the grand
Fifth avenue mansion, the plate and
jewels, aud horses and carriages, all
went, and Blossy and father retired
from the gay world as poor as the
poorest laborer that walked the streets,
iler mother had died a year or two
previous, and Blossy alone was left to
comfort ami sjpport her invalid father.
For some time his health had been fall
ing ami this sudden losi of all laid
him pi. f' rate, an old man whose miud
and body were a like enfeebled.
A rare and radiant maiden wasourlit
tlo Blossy the sweet bud had bloomed
into a peerless flower. Bravely enough
hho met her grave responsibilities, utter
ing i;o word of complaint, betraying
no sign of weakuess or despair.
Her first step was to disposs of her
jewels and whatever valuables she pos
sessed, in order to raise tuius si.m tietu
to tako her r.'lher to llie seisiao. one
let them all go all her pretty, girlish
ornament , and the old coral necklace,
with the dlamoul clasp, was among
them.
She wont down to the sea side with
her poor father, but the talt wicds did
not invigorate him; he sank perceptibly
day by day, aud one sultry summer
night found him dying.
Blossy sat by bis bed-side In the lit
tle cottage she rented, all her golden
hair iut back, her white worn tace m i
of an unutterable sorrow Life look-d
very dreary and desolate to the friend
less gill.
"It will soon le over, Blo-sy," panted
the old merchant, "and 1 should be
willing enough to go, but for you. Who
will comfort you and Like care of you,
my poor little girir"'
Biossy choked down a hitler sob.
"Never learfor me, dearest father,"
she muimured, dropping klss-s on his
cold brow, "I am young and strong,
aud Heaven will help me."
A Up at the door interrupted them,
and Blossy, upon opeuing it, faced a
tall and haudsomo gentleman.
lie bowed deeply before her.
"I must beg your pardon, Miss Boss,
for the untimely Intrusion. You have
forgotten me, no doubt, but your father,
my oldest, best friend "
Bl osjy uttered a sudJeu ciy, and put
out both her hands.
'I know you now," she cried, and
papa has talked of you lncesaaulij. I
am so glad you have come.
She I d him to the bed-side. The old
merchant looked up, and his eyes lit
with joy.
HV'hv Howard, mv bor." ho ex
claimed, '"have you come? and at the I
The young mtn sat down, and took
his old friend's hands in both his own.
It required but a few words to tell bis
story. From th position of errnn 1
boy In the great Broadway store he had
grown straight up, and now he was tne
junior member or a wealthy Arm, just
returned from Calcutta. Arriving In
New Y'ork, he had heard of hn o! 1
benefactor's misfortunes, aud ha 1 loft
no time In following him to the sea
side. But he found htm lieyond all
mortal help.
My days are numbered," said the
old merchant, solemnly, "I am willing
to go, only for Blossy who will care
for her?"
The young man's bronzed cheeks
flushed, and his haudioma eyes grew
eager aud wistful.
".Mr. Ross," he said, his voice un
steady, -'she shad never need a friend
while 1 live. And,' he added, hesitat
ingly, "If I might hoie that sue would
ever come to regard me as her nearest
friend I Ob, sir, since that wintry
morning years and years ago, when I
stood In the iow, a iiooi, bill's beggtir,
and she looked down upon me like an
angel and dropped l.er pretty j.nvel at
my feet since that hour I have loved
her. Her sweet face has been the one
inspiration of my life. The hope, that
one day I might be found worthy to
win her regard has been my incentive
in all I have accomplished. If you will
permit if she will I will promise to
shield her from all sorrow and care.''
'"Blossy. little daughter, what-do you
say to this?''
Blossy was weeping, with her face
hidden In the pillows, but at her
father's call she put out her hand. He
tjok i and placing it within the
young man's, clasped them closely to
gether. 'What God hai joined together, lit
no man put asunder,' " ha said solemn
ly. My children, may the merciful
Father bless you. How I can die in
Ieace. "
A few hoi rs later the old merchant's
soul took flight; an 1, hand-clasped, the
newly-pllghled lovers kept their solemn
viil by the deal.
BUDGET OF FOT.
CUMcmors sKbTCHRs fiioh
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Qntr, Though Trne Under the
Iron Hr-1 He Known Ttiem
.Prior to Penance Caed
Their Feet, Etc
Mirth la catching, ao thy rmy.
My wire tafcm Uilnn th other way,
"V hen I am sober, aba U gay.
And vice vrma : (traofre to any.
When 1 get Joily.
fshe'a melancholy.
TWA.
nmR. Tirs i Rom nrp.L.
Teacher "Whera i Ireland?
Smart Pupil "Under England. n
- -
vD TnEiR rent.
Do Marcus "Why did he call it a
pUecttoo of fugitive versest"
Bt. Agedore "Probably became they
ItKaped from the pea." St. Jotvh Aar
a MEiN REMARK.
Nia Angy Now "Miss Oldun told
toe thct she was afraid of Ok dark.
' Mias Vera Cutting "That's strange.
J aheruld think the would be more afraid
of the light. "
.rEKPKCTLT ACCURATE.
"I thought you said this house had an
nttra large yard I It's only four feet
deep."
"Well, the ordinary yard isooly three
feet." Puck.
.rmoR to penawcb.
Tti (on his knee)"."Mia Watelong-
Edith---I am too full to Speak. I "
V- Bhe (anxiously) "Oo on, Mr. Bullion,
Do notn-wait until you sober up."
WuMitglor Star.
AtX HE KNEW.-
Mri. Ilenpccrpie "What do you
know about women, anyhow?
Mr. H. (meekly) "Nothing, my door,
or I would be a bachelor now, perhaps "
HnAiii0teit StarK
HE KNOWS TirKW.
'BlieSf "I'm awfully homely. " And you
think so, toot
. He "I believe that what you think
about It is true. What you think about
It---not what you say about it." Life.
IRRESISTIBLE.
Tnvet--''I heat you have resigned
all claims to Miss Dingbatt's hand."
V. Dicer (sadly) "Tea. Bhe asked for
the resignation hcrulf, and I never could
deny her anything. "Chicago Inter-
fUE PARSON 6 SMTt.E.'
''Tour engagement this evening,
John,'' ventured the clergyman's wife,
,'ia of a b'.nding nature, I presume."
'Particularly so, Mary, I have mar
riage ceremony to perform." Detroit
fye Preti. ' 1 ' ' ,
n-EADTNO A TECHNICALITY.
he "You have deceived me. Didn't
you tell me you loved me?"
. He "No, I wag very guarded about
that. I only told you I worshiped the
ground you walked on." Katt Field 't
H'i4hingt0n.
SHORT A LI AROCND.
Wife (tentatively) "The stringency
lb money ia about over now, isn't it,
dear?"
-Husband (shortly) "Yc, over every,
thing I have anything to do with,"
WaAinolon Star.
GLEANINGS AT HOMG AND
ABROAD.
Bv the actiti; of "tb Italian National
Bank, the principal creditor of the
Borghose family, the 'fiznre and sale
of their fatuous collection of paintings,
I. ...... iwi.radtmn.Unt BflTd 14 M -
I, nuiur n'i . .v. -. . . - -
dered uuavoidnble. I he p'cture gallery
- . - . . 1 ,
contains i,ou paiunugjs, i:u. iuihj
. , t..i. a.. iKa .ir.wtiiislinnn of crreat
ui wmtu . j . . - r.
masters, ench as Raphael, Michael Au-
golo, Titian, Andrea ue oarw, xuui-
II U 1 UU nun " ' " " " -
120,000 is asked for th collection.
On the Himalaya Mountains, fields of
in ..nltivated aud brought to
irniw ,
uetfeclion 11.500 feet bove the sea.
AN luca J tue mif urr win ui w,
ru;i..;. ; mnnif.nt bv the 'act that
Ykkutsk is built .n ground that is per-
j.etnally trozeu to tuo ucp.u w
lest.
THE COSEY CORNER.
HINTS AS TO ITS COSSTRtJCTIOW. THE
VSE OF CfRTAINB AND RFOS. DIN
NEB TABLE DECORATION. TH
BRASS BEDSTEAD.
The "cosey corner is getting to be
as macu a lentnre ol tne modern draw
ing room ss were a few years ago the
cold ninrble-topped centre-tables, with
tueir sepulchral sncrirestivenesH.bnt wi b
this difference, that whereas the centre
tables presented no variety, the cosey
corners are as individual aud distinctive
as the women who evolve and in many
cases execute them. These corners are
quite as frequently arranged out of a
corner as in one, a window affording a
dulightful nneleas, the shallow alcove
betweon the two closets which adorn
most back parlors of old-style houses
lending itself delightfully to the treat
ment and a square of the eot-auce
hall having wonderful possibilites ia
thii- direction.
One clever little housewife glorified
the most hopelessly prosaic sqnare-toed
parlor loio fairyland with a "glow cor
tier." A fret work of gold fitted across
the coruer of the room and extending
about one-third of the distance from
the ceiling to the floor was hung iniide
with rose colored onrtains, which
draped in lYstconu ilova either side to
the tloor. The wall paper was of pale
rote pink in happy contrast to the
dingy walls ontoide. Queer little
shelves of different lengths, set erazily
one alovo the other on gilt brackets,
hel.l dainty bits ol porcelain and brio-a-brnc.
on one sid of the wall; on the
ether a medallion of Caj. id's bead stood
out against the pink covering. Below,
a Hoft conch in real Turkish fashion
filled tl,r corner.composod of innumer
able huge cushion.-., covered with cre
tonne in Watteau designs and piled one
above the othet on a low frame of tri
angnlar shape. At its head hovered
ever a tall, qnaint old lnmp, with a
rose-colored shdo, which intensified
the glow of enrtains and wall covering,
but re He ted its clear light down upon
th conch.to that person resting there
might read easily or by touching
m'n jlo golden chain extinguish the light
for a siesta.
Another extremely pretty effect, in
volving not otil.r the a'coe but the
closets of an old-fashioned back parlor,
was puzzled oat by a housekeeper
with nn nrtih.io sonl nnd means to grat
ify its demands. The ioors were re
moved from both closets. Half-way
down one closet wsis fittod in a g.dd
and white cabinet of irregular and fan
ciful shelves. From t brass rod below
it fell an odd curtain of the indescrib
ably soft yellow found only in .Liberty
silk. Inside were shelves filled with
the books of the household, while the
cabinet displayed the usual collection
of bric-a-brac, to which cabinets oe
their creation end success. The other
closet was filled to the top with books,
save for aspAce ofabonttwo feet, where
a lattice in the form of a gigantic Rpld
spider's web supported drapry of
yellow brown damask resplendent w.tli
gold broche and liued with yellow.
Hi t ween the closets the alcove was re
duced in height by a fret-work of gold
nnd white. The ceiling waa covered
with fluted silk gathered to a losette in
the centre. The sides were panolled
in white, with gold framing in Lonis
XV. style, nd painted with flower
fostoons,and dancing fawns and fairies,
save the middle panels at the back,
whii'h were all of plate gloss mirrors
1'he fear was of artistic br oca telle in
the Lonis XV. br icade, and a folding
s r. en of the same period half ihot in
its seclusion, but did not wholl con
ceal its beautv.
Another woman with intuitions qnick
nedbyalock of rrnney, devised a
scheme scaret lv less effectivo in that it
whs inviting in i's comfort rather than
recllant in its splendor Two old
fashioned spears picked np in her
travels were crossed over the alcove
space, and over the Gothic nrch thus
formed were drape 1 two of the
llugdud portieres which can be picked
up in any of tue shops at comparative
smn'l expense. Inside, with the assist
ance of a cheap carpenter, a conch was
constructed the entire length of the al
cove, and piled with the gayest.br'ght
est pillows. Home were of cheap bine
deuim, with bright silk darned work,
some of cigar ribbons all in yellow,
and some of deep nnd blue scarlet India
silk. The covering of the conch was a
rng of fur. Its duplicate covered the
tloor benenth. The shelves at the back
wi re coveretl with a collectian of pipes,
hookas and meerschaums. The only
extravagant thing abont it wasa Japan
bo lamp of wrought iron with won
derfully painted lass lenses, which
Jidnsed a rich, mellow light, and a
ipnumt old Japanese vase, wherein the
sacred joss sticks were always giving
forth IJieir pungent lncente. The lit
tle won.au win planned it all, nphol
itcrod the conch and hnng the drapery,
irrnnged it for the comfort of her lord
Mid master, bnt such a favorite place is
it with every gnest.that he for whom it
was designed says, he doesn't know how
it would seem lo smoke his afternoon
;igar in peace therein.
A huly w ho is the happy possessor of
collection of beautiful lur rugs of
rest variety, has sacrificed six feet of
!ier entrai.ee hall tc a f'ir corner. The
;iipHrts and lattices are nil ot Moor
sh architecture, gilded and bronEed.
1 he ceiling is of fluted crimson Bilk.
The walls are covered with the wonder
ful furs on one side and draped with
the crimson silk i n the other. An im
mense tiger skin eovers the floor, i's
aaighty head np lifted at the entranee.
The couch is of fur heaped with crim
son fallows. A censor in the form of a
growing red va-e swings from golden
mains and is always burning. And
in re ure mora pipes and rare jars filled
oth the weed, and a great, gleaming
nnnch bowl of eat glass which adds its
:Larm to the place, rilled with crimson
ji ctar at all high teis and social func
tions. Where the window is selected for the
sentre of the cosey-coruer scheme, the
tower part shoiil 1 be covered with sash
mrtaius of bright silk, the upper half
icte with stained glass, or if that is too
jxpensive, the colored rough-finished
;lass so mnch used now in iron settings.
I lie conch is usually replaced here with
i broad, low, old-fashioned window
-eat, which may be of carved or paint
ed wood, cushioned and liberally sup
plied with pillows. If the house be of
itone or brick, the window sill may be
Droadened ont in many cases and eush
oned for the seat. A pretty tea table
mil a screen may then shut in yonr
'.osey corner.
Hot water CAi.no be raised to any
considerable height by suction.
Nature repairs Ler ravages, repairs
them with her sunshine and with hu
man labor.
Queen Victoria's crown, kept wltn
jther royal regalia under strong guard
tt the old tower, la worth about 600,-
xx.
CHILDREN OF THE PERIOD.
' This Is essentially an ago of dissatis
faction with all past methods of rale and
government, a dissatisfaction which
does not expend itself on political
forms or religious dogmas only, but
goes down to the very root-work of
morality, to the very foundations of
society, till not the most sacred institu
tion is left untouches!. Certain modes
of thought and principles of action
which have been taught by the wisest
men whom the world has known, which
have been sanctioned by experience
and consolidated by time, the leaders
of the iconoclasts deride as effete and
attack as tyrannical. All restraints of
every kind are fought against, and
Irom the policeman who takes up a
drunken woman in the streets, to the
law whioh keeps the marriage tie irv
taot save under certain specified con
ditions, the cry ia for individual
liberty, "down with all tyrants and
tyranny, and let the natural have room
for expansion and development."
The dissatisfaction with things as
they were, these blind attempts to con
struct a new hnman natare on the lines
laid down by theorists, have penetrated
the nursery and the school-room, and
the result here is undoubtedly a new
phase of childhood and youth; whether
better or worse remains to be deter
mined by experience. So far there is
no evidence to show that it has created
a more charming race of children than
those before them, bnt on the contrary
that they are very much behind the
past in manners, nnselfishness, disci
pline and modesty.
The most striking characteristic in
the children of the present day ia their
total want of reverence and of disci
pline. To call a thing "old" is to pro
nounce its condemnation, for old is
synonymous with unlovely, contempt- '
lble, ridiculous and that which is to be
disregarded and despised. And this
sentiment pervades the whole mental
life of the modern child.
(What waa all very well for the
mother is inadmissible for the yonng
daughter who knows so mnch better;
what "the govenor" stood from his
father, young Hopeful will not stand
from his. But indeed neither "the
mater" nor "the govenor" does much
in the way of restraint or coercion. )
The fashion of the day leans far too
mnch to the side of individual liberty
for any thing approaching to the dis
cipline of the past; and from a very
early age the modern child is master of
the sitnation. Parental care is con
fined to the most elementary protection
from those far more fatal evils false
principles, moral dangers, protection
by enforced restraint there is little or
nothing.
In the nursery and the school-room
dike, punishment is out of date. The
rod, of course, is not to be thought of,
and Holomon was in error when he ad
vocated its use. To send a child to
bed is cruel, when fresh air nnd exer
cise are so necessary for its well-being.
To deprive it of its share of fruit or
pudding is to lay too great a stress on
the pleasures of the table, and to teach
it future gluttony by present absti--sr
ce To put it in the corner is to de
stroy its sense of self-respect. To omit
the nightly caress is to sin against the
Scripture, whioh enjoins the angry
man not to let the sun go down on his
wrath; and how would you feel if the
poor little thing died suddenly in the
night?
The same may be said of any pro
posed form of coercion. Aoccrding to
these mollusks, no child should be
made to do what it does not like to do.
It never occurs to these people that
childhood is the period of education;
that judicious training can make a fine
creature ont of inferior material, while
injudicions indulgence can do just the
reverse. They ignore all the good old
maxims, such as "As the twig is bent
the treo is inclined," "Train np a child
in the way he should go, and when ho
is old he will not depart from it," etc.
The child is to them the father of the
man, and the father is not to be
eoerced.
We all know families where the chil
dren are absolutely unfettered. From
the beginning the rule is liberty.
The whole mischief, and to relate,
lies in the parents. The children are
plastio material, to be worked into
such shape as the parents will, bnt
what can be expected when the normal
rule is one of weakness, indulgence,
absence of restraint, lack of coercion
and a general predominance given to
the children over every one in the
bouse? From the first, these children
are taught to consider themselves ot
supreme importance, that life ia made
op for them and them only.
They have not their own little world
apart, where they are cared for In sub
jection to the larger needs of the
adults; but their needs rule those of
the adults, and they are worshied as
so many little idols, complete in them
selves, rather than loved for what they
are and what under good management
they may become. Of late, too, what
seems to us a most mischievous and
disastrous innovation has been made in
newspaper editing. We allude to the
"Children's Column," where little peo
ple as yet unformed aud untaught, are
invited to send their drawings or their
written compositions for publication
aud prizes. What can be the mature
fruit of such untimely forcing? It is
destruction to all quiet modesty, to all
deep-rooted growth, and to all thor
oughness, all love of work and art for
their sake only.
To foster the vanity of display in
children, not yet in their teens, seems
abont one of the most iuiquitans meth
ods of making money, for that is really
what it means, that has ever been de
vised. It is of no use to condemn the
young people for manners, habits, and
rjualities which the parents and guard
ians force, encourage, aud foster in
every direction. With the crude essays
jf little children published in serious
earnestness, and their unformed pro
ductions rewarded as of intrinsic merit,
with lads put into the responsible posi
tion of experienced men, we have sure
ly laid the match to the mine, and the
virtues which have ever been con
sidered needful for the young will soon
be among the things that have vanished
forever.
The whole thing hangs together.
The relaxation of domestic discipline;
the inability of the young people of the
ptriod to do what they do not like to
do, or to give up what they want; their
notoriously rude and clumsy manners;
their aa notorious want of self-restraint
or reverence; their bold bearing and
fatal independence; the vanity whioh
runs through the world of the young,
evidenced in a thousand ways, bnt
chiefly in their contempt for all coun
sel, and in their marvelous assertion;
the immoral doctrines preached by the
revolutionary press, appealing aa it
does to the surging passions and heady
self-conceit of the young; the immora.
practices resorted V by certain other
portions of the press in fostering the
vanitr of the immature and treating
the half educated as if fully equipped
li a i. : i . it.. . 4 . r.t 1. a V
flower of juvenile predominance the
cause of the "bad manners" we all see
and know. Thtrefore when we come
upon some sweet, merest girl whose
beauty is enchinced by her bash ful
ness, and whese sweetness of compli
ance speaKS eloquently of her domes' ic
tiaining, when we find her capable, in
dustrious, thoughtful for others, court
eons, well-bred, our heart goes out to
her involuntarily, and we not only love
but thoroughly respect her The same
may be said of the boy who combines
with a boy's freer instincts the sweet
modesties of his age and that noble
kind of deforence which promises both
the power of governing others aa well
as that of self-government Again
when we tea a group of little children,
brimming over with health aud animal
spirits, bnt in due subordinatioi to the
dear mother who lov.-s them too well
to spoil them, nnd who thiuks that, till
they can walk (morally alone thd
they are best guided into good ways,
we thank Heavot. for the remnant siiil
left among us the remnant of wise
parents who bring up their children
for charm iu the presen' and nobility
in the future, and who are the good sea
walls standing between the surging
tide of folly and the fertile lands of
Wisdom and Delight.
GOVERNMENT NOTES GOLD
COINS AND PEN NIES.
Perhaps many of our readers do not
know that all oni government note
paper is made in a large factory
situate! at Dalton, Mass., and that any
ono who desires, can go in and see the
workmen place the blue silk on the
machine that makes the paper for the
United States notes. The ulk comes
in spools and is made by the Beldinn
Co., of Northampton, Mass. This silk
thread idea is secured by letters patent,
but Iho real secret, the making of the
paper, the compound of the ingredi
ents, is known only to Mr. J. Murray
Crane who received the art from his
father, who made bonds for Salmon P.
Chase, Lincoln's Secretary of the Trea
sury, in war times.
The linen pulp, looking like any
linen pulp, is in a large room which
Mr. Crane, with a small satchel in
band, enters alonf, and locks the door.
In half an hour's time he comes ont,
and then the pulp is put into the paper
machine, but it has been materially
changed by that visit, and no ono has
ever been able to penetrate the secret.
Abont fi'ty times as much is paid for
this paper as for nny other paper made
in the same mill. In a ta k about
Treasury notes the other day the ques
tion came up about the weight of s
dollar bill. To test the matter, scales ot
perfect accuracy were employed, and
the discovery was made that twenty
seven one-dollar notes weighed just a
much as a twenty-dollar gold piece, the
latter balancing five hundred and
forty grains. The bills weighed were
perfectly new, but a trial made with
soiled notes, such as are sent in for re
demption, showed that twenty-seven of
them weighed much more than the
twenty dollar coin. This fact is due tc
the accumulation of dirt that every
note acquires during its brief existence,
thus rendering it perceptibly heavier.
Oold was first coined and made lot-a)
tender for debts (current money of the
realm) by Henry HI. who had lurge
quantities of gold that was not in de
mand for business purposes till thnf
made into coin nnd declared to lie fiat
money, ns whatever is legal tender foi
debts is tint money.
It was Henry III. who first coined
copper into money for small transac
tions, and by fiat or decree declared
copper to be money when thns coined
under his stamp, representing official
lower. This was in 17U2. The gold
coins pnt forth by Henry HI. and by
him sold ns legal tender to those wish
ing snrh, were pure gold without alloy.
In lliKl tin was coibed into legal ten
der money, and for all debt paying pur
poses went side by side with gold coins
at the face, fiat or representation as n
debt payer, and the tin mines of Corn
wall were largely worked to bring
foith the tin metal that was coined into
legal tender fiat money. The small
coin, the farthing, was made from the
product of the Cnmbrinus mim s, aud
each of these little coins and a small
stnd of copper set iu tl e centre, virtu
ally as a trade mark. In lti'.N) and HiUl
England was largely supplied with
these tin coins, bnt the copper com-binsti-jn
secured a fiat of the king, de
monetizing tin coins, and thus the
copper producers shoved their metal
into the mints nnd brought out coini
which they sold as legal tender.
The first coin ever issued in, thii
country was the old-fashioned cart
wheel cent. The first issue was in 17M,
and there were three dies made. In
the year 17115 the liberty cap was
changed to the fillet head, and these
were issued regularly for thirteen
years, when thetoddess of Liberty ap
peared on the face of the coin, with
thirteen stars surrounding it. With
the single exception of the year 1815,
there has been no break iu the issne ol
cents from that time to tho present
But what becomes of all the
pennies? This se ms to lie an unan
swerable puzzle, for it is very much
with them as it is with the pins no
one knows where and how they dis
appear. Yet they vanish in some fash
ion. Lost year the Philadelphia Mint
coined 91,IMH(KH jiennies, but they did
not legin to supply tho never-satisfied
demand for more.
Bronze cents are subject to more ac
cidents than happen to any other
United States coins. It is said that a
penny changes hands in trade ten times
for once that a dime passes from one
pocket to another, tiling of small
value, these little piecos are not taken
much care of. '1 here are a thonsand
ways in which they get out of circula
tion, and thus the minting of them has
to be continually kept up.
The metal blanks from which they
are made, by the simple process of
stamping, are turned out for Uncle
Sam by contract, by a factory in Con
necticut at the rate of a thousand for
$1. As they come from the machines,
fresh and new, 4 hey look like glittering
gold.
One may form a notion of the num
ber of pennies lost .from the history of
old hidf cents. Of; these, SOO.GMO were
issued a few years ago. Where are
they now? A few are in the cabinets
of coin collectors. None have been re
turned to the mint for recoinage or
are held by the Treasury. No one sees
them in en dilation, and all of them,
eicept somo hundreds saved ont by
cario huntert have absolutely disap-
? eared. Of the old copper pennies,
l'J,000,000 still remain unaccounted
for, savo that once in a long while one
sees a specimen. There are more than
3,000,000 bronzo two cent pieces some
where ont of 4,500,000 that the Gov
ernment issued.
Of nickel three-cent piece, noatlv
2,000, "OA are yet outstanding, although
it is seldom that one of them is seen.
And so the question, "what becomes
of all the pennies" still remains uu-aolved.
GLOOM DISFELLEBS.
A bay-word "How much?
Why hasn't tho debt of nature beat
paid; she's got the rooks 1
A girl will naturally express a can
died opinion ot the young1 man who ti
constantly bringing hex confectionery
Girls solemnly promise to be the wives
Or doctors, lawyers or lKistiivts men,
But when tha wedding day arrives
The minister tuuaJJy marries them.
First Newspaper Man "Did yon do
any literary work on your voyagt
across?" Second Newspaper Man
"Yes, I contributed extensively to the
Atlantic."
"I hear that yonng Lazie passed Lii
examination in anatomy with honors ;
did ho have a private tutor?" "Ko,
he wont in bathing every day at
Asbury Park."
Accepted Suitor "Won't you find
it awkward when you meet your othet
two husbands in heaven?" Interesting
Widow "I don't expect to meet either
of thorn there."
Omaha "Wife "I see that even Sul
livan is a monopolist." Husband
"So? I thought he was among the
strikers." Wife "No, all of his
mills' are in 'the ring.' "
"Are you fond of diamonds, Mr.
De Smythc?" said a young lady.
"Well," said he, absent-mindedly,
"that would naturally depend on what
waa trumps, wouldn't it?"
Mr Oldbcau "And your husband?"
Widow "In heaven these two years."
Mr. Oldbeau "I'm shocked at the
news! He and I uscd to go out to
gether. I never would have dreamed
It"
"Pa" (inquired Bobby, as they were
returning from a revivalist meeting) ,
"why, do those people shout eo loud;
is God deaf!" "No, Bobby, but iu a
case of that kind, He ia a good way
off."
"I really don't see w hat is the matter
with my razor today. It is so dull that
it don't cut at all," said Johnny's pa.
"Why, pa," said Johnny, "it was
sharp the other day, when I used it to
make a 6hip with." Epoch.
"Mrs. MacPowers, don't be afthci
pokiu' yer tongue out at me, but act
loike a lady for wunst an' come outside
the door for a moment an' o'ill make
the ugly face o' you look loike the
Pan Handle Route to Chicago 1"
"What on earth is the matter with
(hat razor?" shouted the victim, as he
writhed In the barber's chair. "Deed,
sah, dere Isn't nuffin' de mattah wuf
de razah, but you whiskahg sutuy ac-ks
ez if dey'd bin nickel plated."
Sharpe "Just give that messenger
;all a whirl, will you?" Clerk "Yes,
sir. "What shall I tell the boy when
he comes?" Sharpe "Send him
around to the telephone office to notify
Uiom that I want to use the telephone."
America.
Multiplying the candle power
"Miss Kelly, Oi notice yez got yez a
new mirror." "Yis; Oi thought
'twould be more econemy to buy wan
to set the candle in front av, 6oze to
have two candles than to burn a kero
chine lamp." Judge.
Mrs. Coldtea "We must plan an
extra fine dinner for tomorrow.
It is Mr. Coldtea's birthday. Let ine
eee ; what shall we Lave for the piece
de resistance?"' New boarder "Why
not have the usual piece de resistance
the steuk ?" America.
Pity her husband City dame (who
has bought a little farm) "Mary, all
those fresh eggs are soft, go out in the
barn and see if some of the chickens
haven't laid some hard-boiled eggs;
I'm going to make a salad." Mary
"Yes, mum." From Time.
'Well, my dear, how would Farmer
Brown suit you for a husband? He
seems to be uncommon sweet on you
lately." "Perhaps, so, father; but his
hair is so red that " "True, true.
; my child; but you should recollect that
there is very little of it." Judge.
Coming home from a picnic: John
"But, now, look a here, Suse, do you
doubt that I love you?" Susan "Not
a bit of it, John, 1 know you wouldn't
have squandered sixty cents for ice
cream aud things unless you were in
dead earnest." Rochester Post Ex
press. Perils of the Summer Outing Mr.
Dudley Spuuger "Oh, I say, chappie,
we cawn't stay here. My tailor's
registered and I owe him a cool hun
dred." Mr. Fhuhly Borcm "I'm
with you, old man, I borrowed fifty of
Charley Lawrence yesterday, and he's
here, too." Boston Beacon.
Something wrong A child who had
just mastered her catechism confessed
herself disappointed, because, she said,
"though 1 obey the fifth command
uient, and honor my papa anil mamma,
yet my many days are not a bit longer
in the land, because 1 am still put to
bed at 7 o'clock." Times of India.
"I don't believe you have been to the
Sunday school. You've been in
swimming. Your hair is wet nnd
your trousers are hindpart foremost."
"Well you see, mar, I was runnin' so
hard to Sunday school that my head
got wet wid perspiration, and then I
fell down, and I was going so ftst 1
turned over in my trousers."
The Bitter Before sklio Sweet. Jim
my 'Mamma, I wish yould lick me
real good and hard." Mother (sur
prised) "Whip you I 'Why, Jimmy,
you haven't done anything w roir,
have you?" Jimmy "No; but mo
an' Bill Jones are goni' swiminin,'
and vou know voa told mo vou'd lick
j me if I went, so I thought I'd enjoy
the swiin a good deal better if you d
do it beforehand." Lawrence Afri
can. Wi owe the invention of visiting
sards to the Chinese. They were Grst
1 ased during the Tong dynasty (C'.S
I J07). Tho present Chinese visiting
I jurd is large enough to fold twine aud
is brigut rea in coioi.
The great steel bridge across tho C.v
liitnhia ltiver at Vancouver, British O. -luinbla.
will bo CJ00 feet In leuzth an 1
-n-cled on pneumatic tuljea. The est
Dialed cost of the struct are ia $4.00 ,f
W0.
Tiote ait thirteen rsglmsnUof heavy
tavaliy ia ths EiiUnh amy.
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5TEWS IN BRIEF.
ChlU extends 2600 miles
Pacific coast
oo to
A New York socloly collects gar
ments for the poor.
The Shah of Persia uu a tobaco
pipe worth SlOJ.OJU.
The British Parliament has met at
eleven places besldei Westminister.
Soundings to the depth or 26,700
feet have been made on tho coatt of
Africa. ,
Prospectors in Oregon have recent
ly discovered the only mine of pura
platinum In existence.
During the past year the water of
the great l.ikes has I eeu lower than at
ny time in twenty jears.
Apples were worth from 12 1-2 to
25 cents each in the reelon of Henry
V1L of tnglanil.
In the Solomon Islands the market
tiuotatiou on a "good quality" wife is
10,000 cocoaauU.
TheTersian carpets which adorned
the halls of the Shah's palace at Tehe
ran have been in use for 2 J0 years.
A young man serving on lury In
Iowa received leave of absence 1 n
enough to get warned.
The longest and heaviest tra'n ever
carried over any road In this country
consisted of 223 loaded four-wheel
co il cars on the Lehigh Valley llall
road. The telephone line recently com
pleted between Manitou and Pike's
Peak In Colorado ia probably the high
est In the world.
Fire-proof and time-proof books,
with leaves and covers of sheets of as
bestos, and printing in gold and silver
letters, have been suggested.
There is a tradition that Erlchtho
nius of Athens built the first war chariot
about 1580 B. C. At the time or the
Exodus (B. C. 1491) Pharaoh had 600
war chariots.
Surveyors at wont on the Gila
Kiver in Mexlca claim that they have
discovered a mountain of pure alum a
mile square at the base aud 3000 feet
high.
Colonel Will Watts has Just put
up u hamo-strlng factory and is making
hame strings of snake hides. It Is a
One two-st jry building Bltuatel at th
town or Ig ), Ga., known as the Igo
hame string factory.
Miss Connor O'Brien, a Melbourne
(Australia) Journalist, read a paper be
fore the Austral Salon, which Is a la
dies' club, to prove that "woman Is the
equal ot man in a'most every sphere of
liie."
The Empress of Austria has order
ed' hat 50 Ot 0 rase trees should bs
planted round the statue of Heine, to
be erected on her property at Corfu, oo
a rock over two thousand feet above
the level of the sea.
Pi of. Blake of the Kansas tat
University professes to have discovered
that rainfalls are artificially produced.
-I 'r tiis noise of explosions, but by
the dust they kick up.
A remarkably ingenious and simpU
orange and lemon peeler Is now be na
Introduced by which it is claimed 100J
oranges may be (eeled without soiling
finder or glove or 1 islng a drop of
juxe.
Kecent reports from IheSaltoa Sea,
In the Colorado Desert, California, art
to the effect that there Is no uiaiked
dlmlnuition of the water, notwithstand
ing the enormous evaporation, aud It
s.eins to have come to stay,
A great obstacle to the manufacturt
of lead encils will soon arise In the
scarcity of soft cedar wood. At preseut
the wood used iu all the lead pencils In
the world comes from Florida, and that
supply Is expectel to be exhausled with
in live years.
Fcr choice mahogany, which Is ont
of the chief articles of export from
Honduras, Loudon pays 175 er thou
sand superllcul feet. Kos;woo 1 britigi
about $1(1 per thousand.
Thocrealure having the gieatesl
number of distinct eyes is the t-httou a
species of mollusc, In the shell of wblcl
lias Its'ii found as many as 11.000 sepa
rate aud distinct eyes.
A few minutes after the death ol
Michael M.D mild, a convict in tin
Valparaiso, In I., jail, a telegram ar
rived announcing th at he was the only
heir of a fortune of l." OJti.
By an act of the British Parlia
ment, which w as passed March 29, 1807,
and came into force June 1 of that
year, the Canadian provinces, Outaiio
and Oueliec and New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia, were federally united In
to one Dominion of Ctnada.
At a recent meiitin of the Academy
of Natural Sciences of I'hiladelphpt,
I'roressor George A Koenlg exhiblte 1 a
specimen of an a-Molite that had fallen
iu Arizona in which diamonds were de
tected. They were too small to be of
commercial value.
Teiity-one specimens of fossil
ehe'.ls have been found in the vie n tyol
Boston, M.iss. Some of these fsslU
were found in the Muddy Kiver, on lb
border of lliooKI nc; some have been
found in the dredging of the Chailet
Kiver near the Back Bay. Some of tha
oyster sholls are 10 Inches long.
A farmer nt Missiou Bottom, Ore
gon, dug up a tut nip iu his patch thai
weighed fifteen ouuds.
The following are examples of nine
syllable words in the Kuglish lan
guage: AiiihroKmetamorphosls, antisuper
naturalism, anticontitntionalist, an
hydrohepsiterlon, lat rotnatlien.atlcian,
incomprehensibility, individualization,
syncategor.tmatlcul, unconstitutionali
ty, un.utelligibllity, valetudinarian
ism, aud vlcis iLudinality.
The Treasury Department is in re
ceipt of two $10 )-biIls, one (5il-blll aud
one $ 0-l.ill, all counterfeit with a pen
by John Bradley, nr. inmate of the Cen
tral I r.sane Asyium cf Indianapolis, lud.
They are all poor counterfeits, but the
$.10-note has lieeu passed and the t'2J
note lias been In circulation eo long thai
it Is almost worn out.
Mrs. Hetty Green, of New York City,
Is raid to be the weait tie t woman iu
the United .Hales, with a rortune of
forty tmll.o l dollars. Mi Elizabeth
Garret, of M try laud, come next, with
an dtate worth twenty million dol
lars'. The most popular Turkish poetess
is a Kussian lady. Her name is Olga
Lovedoba, but she is known by her
pseudonym, "Hulaero," tothe Turks,
who dc.lght to recite pjems. Be
aido ber original productions aha
makes translations from the Russian,
loots luto the modem Arabic,
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