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B. F. SUHWEIER,
THE OONSTITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFOKOEMENT
MIFFLINTOWIS, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 27. 1892.
NO. G
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1NTRY-MINTRY.
BT KOESI FIELD.
Willie anil Bess. Oeorae and May
once, as tni- clilUlrrn were liird at play,
ad old man hoary ami tiittHrim chiih
And watcln'.l them pUyini: their pretty tami.
llo H-mi to womti'r, while ataintlnit there.
What the meaning thereof could be
AM but the old m in yearned to tihara
lit the tittle children's Innnrent glee,
' they circled around with l.umh and shout,
m told this rhyme at cuuutlni; out:
"intry-mintry. cutrey-coi n.
Apple s-ed and apple tlwrn;
Wire, brier, limber, lock.
Twelve ueese lu a flock:
Some flew wit. mime tlew west,
Some 0 'W over the cuckoo's nestl"
IVIlHean l Ri Oeorgn and May
Ah. the mirth of that Suniiner davl
'Tuns Kiither Time who li id Pome to share
Thrf liiiweiit Joy l tnnw children there;
lie learned betlines the K line they played
And into their -port with lliein went he
How could Die children have been atrald.
Wince little Miry recked whom he mitfiit be.
They laughed to he ir old Father Time
Muinbliuit that curious nou-eose rhyme
f "liitry-mmtiy, ciitrey corn,
Apple seed and apple thorn;
Wire, brier, limber, lock.
Twelve gese hi a Ruck ;
Home flew e.4sr. some flew west,
boine tlew o-er the cuckoo' nett"
H lllle and Bess. teornle and Miy,
And Juy o Summer where are tlievt
The uilm old man -till Rtandeth near
Ciootilnii the soui; of a f.ir olT year;
And Into the Winter I come alone,
Cheered by th-t' mournful requiem,
Soothed by the dolorous monotone
That shall count me nil .is it counted them
I tie solemn voice of old Kallier Tiino
I Hauling the homely nursery rhyme,
lie learned of the children a Summer morn
When, with ".tuple c.M and apple thorn."
Life was full of the d.ilcet cheer
That bnngeth the i-r.ee of heaven anrar
1 tie ouud of the little ones bird at ulay
illie and Hew, Georgia au,l May.
Chicago Kewt.
KOJATA.
A STORY fob childhen: from tot bus-
KIAN.
There was once a king nnmed Kojata.
Married for three years to a Queen
ithomho greatly love 1 ami by whom
h ) was beloved, ho was yet childless.
1 his wob a subject of mucli distress to
I im. In the hope of diverting his
mind from tne coutemplution of this
m uree of regret, ho set ofTon a visit to
the divers provinces of his kingdom.
Alter travelling for several months, he
turned towards his capital.
One day, fatigued by the heat, he
ha 1 his tent set np in the open conn
try, intending to wait there the cool
ness of tho comi ig evening, lie was
thirsty, and not finding any water near
him, he mounted his horse to go in
search of it. At a short distance from
his encampment he discovered a
limpid spring, on the surface of which
a gold cup was iloating.
tie hurried towards tho attractive
water and tried to seize the enp, but it
escaped his grasp, lie made new at
tempts, now with the right hand, now
si ll the left; the cup, however, de
feated all his efforts to grasp it.
"Wait a bit," he said; "1 shall be
able to get bold of it presently.''
Anil, seouiug the wa erculni, and the
cup floating motionless npon its sur
face, he stretched forth both hands to
seize it; whereupon the enp vanished
from his sight.
"The plaguoy thing!" exolaimed the
Koiota; "I'll give it up, and do without
it.''
Saying this, he knelt npon the
ground and began to drink by dipping
his lips in the water. Bnt when his
thirst was assuaged, and ho tried to
rise, he felt himself held by tho chin.
and vainly endeavored to release liim
self.
"Who is it? who is holding me in
this way? he criod.
Nobo.ly answered; bnt before him,
in the crystal of the spring, he beheld
a frightful face, two great eyes, as
green as emeralds, a large mouth grin
ning iu a strange fashion, and two
olaws clutching his chin like a pair of
iron pincers, from the grip of which
he found it impossible to free himself.
At length, from tho depths of this en
chanted spring, an invisible being
cried to him:
"All your efforts are useless; you
can only recover your liberty on one
condition: it is that you will give me
the thing about which you know noth
thiog, and which you will find on ar
riving at your house."
"With pleasure," replied Kojata,
thinking that he knew qnite well all that
his house contained.
"Remember your promise," said the
voice of the invisible being, "or you
will repent of it."
At these words the claws relaxed
their hold. The King remounted his
horse, ami continued his journey.
When he arrived near to his capital,
all the people hurried forward to meet
him, and made the air ring with their
shouts and cries of delight. On the
threshold of the palace was the Queen,
and near her was a Minister holding in
bis arms a cradle in which there was a
baby, a rosy and snperb boy.
The King gave a start on seeing
it
"That," he said, "is the thing abon t
whioh I knew nothing, and with which
1 must parti"
And great tears ran down his cheeks.
Without revealing to anyone the cause
of his cruel emotion, he carried the
child to his chamber. Afterwards he
tried to continue his customary mode
of life, and the pleasant and peaceful
Course of his reign : a vain endeavor
Ceaselensly he was haunted by the
memory of the fatal pro mi so he had
given. At every instant, day and night,
he trembled lest someone should comr;
and carry off from him his peerless
treasure, his only and so-loug-desired
on.
Little by little, however, the recol
lection became less tormenting, his
lears less acute. His son grew up, and
everybody admired his grace and
strength; he was loved, too, and uni
versally called "Handsome Milan."
One day, while hunting, he allowed
himaels to be drawn far away from his
companions, in pursuit of a wild
animal, and presently found himself
alone in the rni.lut of a Hnnui format.
where neither path nor sign of human
life was vi,il,le. iu a sort of clearing,
surrounded by pine trees, stood a tall
lime tree thickly leaved. Suddenly
the foliage of this tree became agitated,
and from the bole came forth a strange
old man, with green eyes and a round
ohm. He advanced towards the young
huntsman, and said:
"Oood-day, Prinze Milan. I have
ior a long time been hoping to see
you."
jjWhoare you?" asked the Prince,
ion shall know that later. Jt'or
Present, go book to your father,
and tell him to niuko haste to pay his
Uood l'ye. till we meet again."
the old man disappeired. The
"inee returned to the pained, and
King l rolute hia aJv-'Htre to the
trembling. "What a misfortune! My
near son, we must parti"
ribi 7 WoP'n. e told him the ter
rible promise he had given.
Mibm n?.WeeP Sd tether!" replied
-Ine evil, I am sure, iJ.no.
irremediable. Have a horse got ready
forme, and I will set nflr
- a viUl U
speedily, I hope. Tell nobody our
secret, least of all my mother, whom it
would greatly distress. If iu the
course of a year you do not see me
again it will be because I shall be
dead.
Kojata, giving way to hia wishes,
gave him a tine horso, with golden
strrups, and a good sword. The
Queen sobbingly gave him her bless
ing, and he rjde away from the
palace.
i!'or three days he rode forward
withont knowing whither he was going.
On the evening of the fourth day he
vyiuK mo iooi oi a mountain on
a silent and desert plain, in the midst
of which, shiuing in the light of the
setting sun, a mirror-like lake lay
spread.
He approached this mysterions basin,
and beheld thirty beautiful ducks bath
ing and disporting themselves in its
liquid waves, and thirty white robes ly
ing npon the shore. The rriuoe dis
mounted, and slipped into the midst of
a cluster of roe. Is, taking with him one
of the snowy garments spread upon
the ground.
A few minutes later, the ducks, hay
ing sulliciently enjoyed their bath, re
turned to the shore to retake posses
sion of their clothes, and immediately
transformed themselves. In place of
twenty-nine wob-footod ducklings ap
peared nine-and-twenty beautiful
young girls, who rapidly dressed them
selves and hurried away. The thirtieth,
nuable to find her white robe, remained
in tho water, turning from one side to
the othor, scared, bewildered, weeping
and sobbing.
Tho 1'rince took pity on hor. He
put aside tho roeds and rose. The
poor terrified duck saw him and cried
to him:
"Prince Milan, give me my robo.
For that good act you shall bo reward
ed." The Trince obeyed. He put down
tho fairy linou on the shore of the lake
! and then discreetly retired from the
spot.
In a moment the raotamorphosis was
completed; he saw before him, dressed
in a white robe, a young girl of match
less beauty. She held her baud out
to him, and. lowering her eves and
blushing, said to him, in a gentle tone
oi voice:
"I thank yon for having done what
I asked you. You could not have done
anything better for yourself, and 1
hope that yon will be content with me.
My name is Wellona. The young girls
you saw bathing with me are my sis
ters. Our father is the enchanter
(Jzernuch, who governs the subterran
ean world. He is possessed of riih
treasures and a large number of castles.
For a long while he has be n waiting
for you and is very angry at not seeing
you arrive; but have no f ar, and fol
low my advico punctually. When you
come in face of this powerful sover
eign, cast yourself upon the ground
and approach him crawling on your
hands and knees. If he stamps his
foot with rago, if he threatens yon, go
still nearer to him. I do not know
what he will order yon to do, but what
ever it may be, I shall be near to as
sist you. Now lot us depart."
Giving tho ground a tap with her
little foot, the earth opened, and the
beautiful Welleua and the Prince de
scended into tho subterranean region
and entered the palace constructed en-
entirely of carbuncles, and shining like
the sun. 4 zemnch was seated on his
throne. His eyes were as green as the
leaves on tho trees, and his hands were
claws.
Following the instructions of his pro
tectress. Prince Milan threw himself
down with his face towards tho ground.
The terriblo magician was in a state of
rae. His eyes darted flames, and he gave
utterance to such horrible cries that
the roof of the palace trembled as if it
were going to collapse. The Prince
crawled humbly towards him. At
length Czornnch burst into a fit of
laughter, and cried:
' 'Tis well; I shall not be your ene
my. Hut, nevertheless, you must be
punished for not having eome sooner.
To-morrow you shall know my will."
Two .- ervants politely conducted the
Prince to tho chamber w hich had been
reserved for him; and, being fatigued,
he immediately went to sleep.
Next day the enchanter sent for him,
and said:
"I want to ascertain what you can
do. This eveniug you must set to
work, and during the night you must
build me a palace, the roof and walls of
marble, and the windows of crystal.
Around this palace there must be a
large garden, waterfall, and a lake with
fish in it. If this work is well executed,
I shall be good ualured towards yon;
if not,you will have yonr head chopped
off."
"Accursed magician?" the Prince
said to himself, on returning to his
chamber ; "he condemns me to death,
and laughs at me while doing it.
He siit with his head between his
hands all day, absorbed in the thought
of his crnel destiny.
At hist evening came, and with its
coming a little beo tapped at his win
dow, and said to him:
"Lot me iu."
He opened tho window. The bee
transformed itself: Welleua stood be
fore him.
"Good evening, she said: "why are
you so downcast?"
"Do you not know thit yonr father
has condemned me to death?"
"And what are you going to do?
"Submit to my fate."
"What an idea! Hon't lot yourself
be so easily conquered. Go to lied,nnd
sleep in peace. To-morrflw morning
rise early; your palace shall IZ bnilt;
go round it, a hammer in your hmd,
as if you had just finished constructing
it."
The next morning, on rising. Prince
Milan beheld the palace completely
built. The Czernuch examined it-min-ntely,
and was astonished by it
"An, liO said to me yonnjt i riuce,
"you are a skillful aitist I mnst now
try the penetration of your mind. I
have thirty dangliters. To-morrow
they shall be drawn np before you;
yon look at them once, twice, anJ, the
third time, yon shall tell me which is
the youngest, or you shall have yonr
head chopped off. '
"Very good," said the Prince to him
self ; "that's an agreeable task. Why
at the first glance, 1 shall recognize
Wellenal Nothing could be easier to
do "
"It's not so easy as you think," said
the little bee. "My sisters and I are
so much alike, that my father himself
ean hardly tell whioh of us is the oldest
and whioh the youngest But, bo that
yo may not make any mistake, I will,
on your third examination, wear a
patch on my right oheek."
The next day the magician a thirty
daughters were ranged in a single line.
The Prince looked at them attentively,
and could not distinguish which of
them he loved. He examined them
again, withont lessening his embarrass
ment. finally, at the third trial, he
perceived on a white cheek a tiny, rose
colored patch, and turned towards
uzernuch:
-ams,' ne said, "is the youngest
ox yonr uaugnters, tlie I'nncess Wei
lena."
"He's protected by Satan himself I"
muiierea me magician, grinding his
loom in inry at the defeat he had bus
tamed. "I admit yonr ability," he
said to Prince Milan; "but I must try
70a once more, and in a different fash
ion, tome hack to me at the end of
three hours. I will then set fire to
match, and, before it is burnt out, you
must make me a pair of boots reaching
iu 111 j allocs, uo ana get ready lor
mis new piece of work, and return to
me at the time I have named."
1 he Prince retired dispirited. The
little bee new to him.
"liow melancholy you appearl" she
said.
"AiasI I shall never be able to do
what yonr father demands, and shall
have to die."
"No. I love yon; I am yonr affianced
uriue, we must live or die together.
And now we mnst fly."
Saying these words she licked the
window, the moisture instantly con
gealing there. Then she took her lover
by the hand and led him to the spot
where they had descended together in
to tne subterranean region, thence to
the margin of the lake where she had
erst met him. There the Prince fonud
his horse awaiting him. The animal
neighed with delight on recognizing
his master. The two fugitives sentml
themselves on his back, and the gallant
steea galloped away with the speed of
an arrow.
At the honr appointed the enchanter
waited for Prince Milan, and. not see
ing him arrive, sont a footman in search
of him. The door of the chamber was
looked, and Wellona had thrown away
the key. The servant knocked and de
li verered the message he was sent to
give; the moisture on the window re
plied, in the tones of Prinoe Milan's
voice: "I'm coming presently." Three
times, at intervals of several minutes,
the footman repeated the summons, and
always received the same answer: "I'm
coming presently." At last Czer
nuch cried furiously:
"The wretch is making game of me!
Let his door be bnrst open, and let him
be seizeJ, gagged, and brought here to
mol"
The door of the Prince's chamber
was burst open; nobody was in the
room.
"Ah, the ecoundrell" cried the magi
cian, foaming with rage. "He has
taken flight Til go and arrest the
deserters."
A moment afterwards, the Princess
said:
"I hear tho beat of a horse's hoofs."
We are pursued, and some ono is
qnite near to us," said Prince Milan.
Woe to us!" exclaimed the young
girl, "it is my father. Bnt his power
expires at the first church whioh stauds
beside his road; he cannot pass that
barrier."
A moment later, Czernuch, perceiving
a hermit, said to him:
"lto iii-nl i, iiaro yxro seen a
mia iau wuumu ku dt uu Jiiuiw
back?"
"Yes, Prince Milan and the Princess
Wellena, They have dismounted to
pray in the church."
"Oh! why eannot I wring their necks? '
cried the magician, furiously.
He went back to his subterranean
kingdom growling, and, to satisfy his
anger, had his servants flogged all
round.
The two lovers eontinued their way
peaceably, and came to a beautiful city.
Prinoe Milan wished to enter it
"I bog of you not to stop there,"
said the young girl. "I have a fatal
presentiment as to that city,"
"I only want to see it, and then we
will continue our journey," replied the
1'rince.
"Alas! it is easy to enter, bnt diffi
cult to leave it. Bnt go, since it is
your wish. I will wait for you here,
changed into a white stone by the way
side. I'ray be prudent The King of
this oity and the Queen will come forth
to meet you and witn them a charm
ing girL Take carel if yon kiss her,
you will immediately forget all that
has passed between ns; and then I
shall die of grief. Go; I will wait for
you here three days. If, at the end of
those three days, yon do not return
But go, since it is yonr wish."
Transformed into a stone she waited
as she nau saiu, one any, two uuvs.
three days, bnt Prinoe Milan did not
return.
The fatal prediction bad been real
ized. On entering the city he saw the
King, the Queen, and a beantifnl
yonug girl advance to meet him. Daz
zled by the look, by the smile, by the
perfect beauty of this yonug girl, he
kissed her on the cheek; and the mem
ory of his dear Wellena instantly fled
from his mind.
"Alas!" cried the poor girl, "he has
deserted me. I have nothing more to
hope for in this world, and have but to
die. I will change myself into a little
field-flower; 1 will stay by the wayside,
and some passer by will crush me un
der his foot"
In a moment the transformation was
accomplished.
Along the road plodded an old man
who paused to look at the flower, on
whioh a tear glistened like a dew-drop.
Tho flower pleased him. He carefully
detached it from the gronnd, and
planted it in a pot, and took delight in
tending it, withont in the least nun
pec ting tho return it would make him.
From the day it entered his rustic
dwelling-place everything in it was
each morning punctually set in order.
At meal-times, by an invisible hand,
his table was spread with a spotless
white cloth, and the nicest food was set
before him. He enjoyed all these mar
vels; bnt he wished to know to whom
he owned them, and how they were
brought about He therefore sought
an old sorcerer, who said to him:
'Be awake to-morrow before cock
crow, before the break of day. Look
carefully around you, and, wherever
you see an object moving, throw a
handkerchief over it quickly."
Next morning, on the first ray of sun
appearing, the little bine flower quit
ted her pot and flitted from one side of
the room to the other, dnsting the
room and lighting the fire. The old
man rose and threw over hor a hand
kerchief which had been given him by
the sorcerer, and in place of the little
flower, a beautiful young girl appeared
before him.
"Why have you recalled me to life?"
she cried. "Prince Milan was to be
my husband, and he has completely
forgotten me."
"Prince Milan," replied theold man,
"is on the eve of being married; from
all parts people are flocking to assist at
his wedding. '
The faithful Wellena wept bitterly,
then, with sndden resolution, dried her
eyes, and, in the dress of a peasant
girL went to the city. Entering the
palace kitchen and modrstly accosting
one of the head cooks, she said to him
in gentle tone:
"Will yon allow mo to make a wedding-cake
for Prince Milan?"
The prond and se f-sufliciont cook
was not in the least disposed to accept
such a proposal; but when he saw bow
pretty and graceful this young peasant
girl was, ho replied to her politely:
"Yes, my pretty one, if yon wish it.
make a wedding-cake. The head cook
advanced with a solemn air, bearing
npon a silver dish a cake mndn in the
form of a crown. verylody admired
this piece of pastry, its elt'g.iut form,
and 1 s golden crust. The Prince, lie
fore whom the cook had placed it, cut
off a piece, and from tho opening. Hew
out a pair of turtle-doves, which
wheeled in flight about the table, the
female doxe crying to her companion:
"Don't leave me! don't leave me! or
you will forget me, as Prince Mil in has
forgotten his Wel'ena!"
At those words tho Prince recovered
his memory. He roso from his seat and
hastened to the door, where ho found
his betrothed awaiting him.
Under tho bnlcony of the palace
stood his faithful horse, pawing the
gronnd with iinputienco. He leaped
into the snddlo with his own trno
bride, and they soon reached tho king
dom of Kejiita. The King and the
Queen received them with tours of joy,
aud their marriage was celebrated with
a splendor never before seen.
Kowspnpers in Germany.
Dr. Bamberger contributes a most
interesting article in the shape of a
paper on the German Press. Its foible,
lie says, is omniscience, especially in
nil that relates to foreign countries.
Greater stores of historical and geo
graphical knowledge lie hidden in Ger
man editorial crania than a 10 to be
found in England and Franco togeth
er. So greatly 13 Dr. Bamlerfrer im
pressed with this inborn facility for
apprehending the conditions and pe
culiarities of other nations thnt ho
is almost disposed to sec in it a provi
dential call to Germany to re-extublish
a new Holy Roman Empire over all
tho world. The Heptile fund, he says.
amounts to $2.r0,000 a year, but Hep
tile fund notwithstanding-, German
journalists, even of the financial genus,
are less corrupt than their brethren
elsewhere.
Journalism in Gormanv, however.
labours under many drawbacks. First,
there is tho excessive localism, due to
the law of regional limits; secondly,
the thirst for liquid rooted iu the Ger
man organism contends with the thirst
for information, and his coppers po in
beer, not in papers; thirdly, there is
tho severity of the law against the
Press.
Not very lonp; ago a court of law
decided that a writer could be refused
admittance to a theatre subventioned
by the public money, although he had
paid for his ticket, because he had
criticised the actors so sharply that he
had spoilt the pleasure of the public
In thjyjfvrnjynce v-
aiodVrn Military Hides.
Tho London Standard rays: On the
whole, there seems ood reason to bo
satisfied with our own rifle, tne Lco
Mitford. It is light 91b Co tho
tightest in Europe, except tho French
arm, which is two ounces less; it fires
eight rounds, and in this direction is
surpassed by no weapon ; and it has a
range of no less than 3,500 yards, with
a smokeless nitro coinpoun I. At 2,01)0
yards the percentage of hits when ex
periments were lately made, the object
being four companies in quarter column
standing a good sized target was
48; at 2,300 yards it was 21) per cent. ;
and at 2,800, 18;but tho latter range is
over a mile and a half, and if on y 18
men fell before tho enemy at that dis
tance it wotill have its ellect. Another
advantage of the new ritle is its reduced
calibre, for this enables the soldier to
carry more ammunition.
The late General SkobelefT, who saw
as much fighting as any one of recent
jeais, was of opinion that 130 rounds
wero necessary to keep up a fight
when once troops were committed to
it; and it is certain that 00 rounds
per man were found too few nt St.
Privat, whero tho French tired away
all they had, and were forced to re
treat, ammunition wagons not having
come up. Itiissia is supposed not to
have settled what magazine rifle 1-I10
will adopt; and this is also the caso
with Spain, Portugal, Norway, and
Sweden. Even non-progressive iVina
has a magazine rifle, the Lcc, which
fires five rounds.
The new rifle and field artillery have
enormously extended tho dang -r zono
into which no troops can pass without
peril of death. The new field-pieces
make capital practice at a range, of
three and a half miles, t.nd the ritln is
sighted up to a couple of miles. What
is tho result? Obviously the troops
must be spread out more as the area of
the battetield widens, and the men
must no longer advance in massed 1
umns. These changes neccssitato the
abandonment of the old cast-iron tac
tics, and the adoption of a new system,
in which much more is left to the indi
vidual intelligence of the soldier.
FLOWEKS BY TELEGRAPn.
An association has recently been
formed by the leading florists of New
York by which flowers may lie de
livered in any part of the civilized
wnrlil nt n fflw hnnrfi' nntitA A aaJa
of telegraphy has been adopted by the I
association, and a representative of the
trust, who understands this system, is
to be engaged in every city and large
town in America and Europe.
Ihenseol this code saves the ex
pense of a long telegram to those send
ing flowers.
On Christmas Day in London over
twenty dinner tables were decorated
with flowers, for which orders were j
sent the day previous from the associa
tion, j
In three hours after the order is '
givei here flowers are delivered in San
Francisco. Yesterday orders were j
executed here from that city for every- '
thing fiom an elaborate table decora
tioa to a small bunch of roses, and all
was done in less than two hours after
the receipt of the telegram,
Flowers are ordered daily through
tkis system for London, Pans, Vienna
and all over Europe by those having
friends there. As oon as the society
(eta in complete working order the ex
pense attending telegrams, which is
only nominal now, will be abolished.
Many a Christmas rose was worn
there by fair ones yesterday oidered
bj sweethearts far away. I
BOIi HKK KINti TOOK
KEVEXGE.
BT FLORENCE E. BCRCH.
"Fish! "Fish out o water!' Catch
lold and chuck him in. '
I llobert Fislt was fresh to the place
a town-bred boy who had never pad
I lied in a brook: much less dnckod his
iiead before the salt-sea waves when
j ''white horses" were riding in npon the
tide. No wonder if bis now com pan
; iotis held him in contempt
"What kind o' fish d'ye call him?
asked ono, standing up all ready for
die dip.
I "Too big for tho a sprat," returned
another; for llobert was as big as most
ot them.
"Herrings for Sunday dinner!"
cried a third, Bill Tuck by name.
"Bob Herring 1 " shouted halt-a-dozen
voices. Accordingly Bob Herring it
was.
Now, a boy who can't endure a nick
name is a surly customer, and Bob
whs anything but that It was that
rofcronce to the Sunday dinner that
! annoyed him, for thereby hnng a
tale.
Arriving on the wagon-load of
household goods on the Saturday
before, Bob's mother had discovered
that tho only butcher was one that
visited the village twico a week.
So Saturday bring one of his days,
away went Mrs. Fish, accompanied by
Bob to find him out
At length, after threading their way
by several dusky streets, and through
some narrow openings betweeen the
wooden houses ou the quay, they came
to an old shed by the water's edge,
from the door of which strcamod a
flickering lilit.
Bob's mother pushed past the women
who were coming out, and stood to
wait until the batcher was at liberty
for his last customer.
"Ah! Missis," he was saying, as hs
threw his kmfo down on the block
beside two lumps of b-jf, "first come,
first served; that's all the choice that's
left"
Bob's mother pressed forward as the
woman grumblingly made choice; but
another customer had pushed past.
"I'll take that bito' brisket," said she.
"How much?"
The man namod the price.
J 'oil's mother interposed. "I was
first," said she.
"Quite right, mum," returned the
man; "but this lady was here last
week," and bundling up the meat he
gnve it to the older customer, who bus
tled out to join her boy waiting by the
door.
Casting about in her mind for what
slib should do, Bob's mother decided
on sixpenny worth of bloaters as the
readiest substitute. And as Bhe tnrned
into the shop, whom should she see
agninst the counter but the very
woman who had done hor out of her
bit of beef; and she had told the fish
wife all about It "Herrings for Sun
day dinner," sang out the boy, as they
loft the shop.
This was none other than Bill Tuck,
and ho told it round among the boys,
and made Cue fun of it No wonder
tnh shontd feel 1h.1t he wonld like to
pay into liill Tuck, first chance he got
Bnt, luckily, opportunities for revenge
do not always come to hand. Bob
found a better way of putting matters
right Eight or ten days later, the
Fish family being quite settled down.
Bob had fallen into a regular way of
going to school. Ho was on his way
one morning, when ho heard half-a-dozen
of his schoolmates racing down
the street after him. "Ii'll be np,"
shouted tho foremost; my father says
it will!"
They were very near the schoolhouse
by this time. One or two turns
Iironght Bob full in sight of it; and lo!
a most extraordinary Mght met his
eyes. The playground had disappear
ed, and there was a flood right up to
the steps. Tho moon was new; a stiff
breeze had been been blowing np the
''channel" all night long; and there
was a spring tide.
Bob stood looking on in delight.
Boys and gills wire pulling off their
stockings to w ide across. Some were
already iu the doorway; others wero
ecratnbling np tho steps or sitting with
their feet dangling whilst they re-shod
themselves. Une girl had left her
slate and books just where Bob stoo.l,
to help a little one across, whilst her
brother carried tho boots and shoes,
aud her playiLates on the steps waved
hands and cheered.
Bob felt like cheering too. He was
just pulling off his own boots when
someone shouted "Here's Bob Her
rinvr, daren't even paddle. Chuck him
in."
It was Bill Tuck, who had just come
np.
If Bob had been a fighting boy. BiLi
might have repented it As it was,
Bob merely threw down his slate and
in he went
Bill cheered derisively; but someone
bpyond cried out, "Don't leave yonr
elate behind."
Just then tho bell rang. Mary,
having put her siitcr on the step, was
half-way back to fetch her slate.
'Bring mine," callod Bob, but it was
nowhere to be seen; and whilst he was
hnnting about, tho door was closed for
prayers.
Bob expected the cane when the
master culled him to the desk. Hs
related how he had loft his elate npon
the grass by accident and found it gone
on wading back to it
"Yon are nure yon left it there?"
tho master asked.
Bob said, "Yes, sir."
'Somebody must h ive dayed you a
trick then."
Bob looked straight ahead. Only
tne, boy had come over after him.
"Is there any boy whom you sus
pect?" the master questioned further.
Bob looked down a minute. Then
he answered, "Please, sir, I'd rather
not say who."
At twelve, the water having gone
down, the children tnrned ont into the
playground. But there were no games
that day. All wantod to know who
had served Bob such a trick, and he
was being hard beset when somebody
cried, "Why, here it is!"
The slate was lying in the mud jnst
beyond the hnrdle-fence where Bob
had stood.
"Of course he dropped it" sneered
Bill Tuck. "Lost his wits paddling."
Bob knew better, though.
Some days later the boys were enjoy
ing a bat be, amongst them Bob, who
hod won their favor by his conduct
about tti6 slate; and bravely he was
fetting on with his attnmpts to swim,
iill Tuck was some distance ont, his
head just bobbing np and down npon
the surface like a floating cork.
Nearly all the others had got ont, but
Bob was looking full that way, when
suddenly he saw liill struggle for an
instant, then disappear. "What's np
with Bill?" cried he, wading down into
the water again with all speed.
All the others turned to look. Bill
was some way ont; but Boh pressed
bravely on, the water gradually mount
ing as he went, till ho could hardly!
ke his feet. A minute more he,
would have thrown himself foiward
and strnck out But at that moment
Bill rose close against his side, and Bob
caught holJ, aud slowly towed him to
land.
Kill lookod pretty much ashamed
when he saw who Lis preserver was.
"It was the cramp," said he, as all
the others crowded round. "Never
had such a thing before. 1 might ha'
gone down to the bottom, though," he
went on presently, "if it hadn't been
for Bob; and I should have deserved
to, after that tries I served him t'other
day. Ho ain't a chap to owe a
grudge." So that was Bob's revenge.
THE WOMAN FAKMFR.
The following sensible comment npon
what is required of a woman who un
dertakes furming as a business, we find
contributed to the New Encland Farm
er by a woman who has had practical
experience:
It is seldom that a woman's ontlook
is broad enough to manage the busi
ness 01 a large farm easily or success
full'. From girlhood to womanhood
her hirgost purchase has probably been
that of an occasionul new dress or
cloak. Suddenly, from the position of
a farmer's wife or daughter with its
comparatively narrow and qniot sphere
of operations, she is called upon to
take up the broader and more onorons
duties of a man. No longer may she
busy herself with housewifely cares
alone; as larmcr, taxpayer and citizen
hor horizon is vastly widened, and far
more is expected and demanded of her
than in her former qniot sphere. In
stead of the faw dollars ontlay for per
sonal adornment, hnndrcds and thou
sands of dollars if the farm is a large
one, pass yearly through her hands.
claiming careful planning and wise ex
penditure. Market reports, cron statis
tics, tariff, taxation, socialism, the
labor quest on and many other topics
of equal importance call for careful
consideration and have for her now, as
larmer, deep and vital interest What
wonder that sometimes her woman's
heart fails hor at the vastness of the
issues before her? The only remedy
that I know of for this dfficulty a nar
row outlook and inability to reason out
far-reaching effects from certain jnven
causes is for her to broaden and deep
en her education as ftr as is possible
and ".Look np and not down, look out
and not in, look forward and not back
and lend a hand."
Boston Newspaper Amenities.
Please, Mr. Herald, don't give your
self any uneasiness about the ' Tran
script; we own our building aud can
pay cash for printing presses at the
same time. Boston Transcript.
Was the virility ot the Transcript
ever more strikingly displayed than in
tho sentence quoted above? There is
no Nancyistn in that crushing retort,
but only upcrbi'sculiue strength.
"We own our own building, and can
pay cash for printing presses at the
tame time." The charming creature we
presume, means to insinuate that the
Herald does not own its building and
cannot pay cash for printing presses at
the same time. Wed, the present Hoi aid
company does not own the building
that was buil out of tho profits of the
I Ierald newspaper.but it hires It at a sat
isfactory rent for a term of year, .with
privilege of renewal, and it never was
contemptible enough to try to humbug
the put lie into thinking otherwise.
As for the rest, the Herald is promptly
meeting all its bills upon presentation,
and putting by such a tidy sum besides
that it is quite within the range of
probability that it may, iu tho not dis
tant future, invest its surplus iu tho
granite pile that adorns the cor
ner of Milk and Washington streets,
scr.iling to the junk dealer for old iron
tho press now used to print tho mam
moth edition of that strikingly original
and creative sheet known throughout
the civilized and uncivilized world as
"The Transcript of Boston." Boston
Uerald
Mr. Stanley's Mother.
Mr. Stanley, somehow or otner, li
not much loved. And yet in many re
'ationsof life iie seems lovable enough,
The slory of how he brought his old
mother up to London, put her up at a
grand hotel, and told her that he
wished to make her a very valuable
present, is full of humor and pathos.
It was just after he had eome back
from the Abyssinian campaign. Her
curiosity was much excited, and she
eagerly watched him unfasten a care
fully tied-up parcel, wondering what
precious contents wo ild soon be re
vealed to her view. ''It is very valu
able," said h, proudly, 'and it will
become still more so as time goes on."
So saying, he unfolded before her eyes
a strip of torn and blood-stained coat,
worn by King Theodore when ho was
k lied. But, alas for Mr. Stanley's
pride! His mother, so far from ap
preciating it, was frightened at the
blood stains, and begged him to take it
back, w liich he did, feeling his gift
was somewhat misplaced. Other lel
ics, however, she was glad to receive
and to cherish.
There used to bo a small Stanley
museum in her cottage, in which she
kept the hats her son wore in his search
for Livingstone, an African war-club,
named by its maker the tree of life, a
papyrus cradle, like that of Moses,
and Hie small American flag which he
carried with him on his hunt for Liv
ingstone. All these used to be on view
before the good old ludy died and was
buried in a coffin on which was record
ed the fact that she was "the mother
of II. M. Stanley, tho African ex
plorer." She loved him and so did
her sister. So also did the boy Dualla,
who waited upon him for many years,
and was one of the most conspicuous
features of Mr. Stanley's chambers in
London.
A Filial Emperer.
The Emperor of China visits tho
Empress Dowager at the Nanbai pal
aces every five days to Inquire after
Her Majesty's health. The visits are
always made very early in the morn
ing, attended by a vast retinue of per
sonal followers. After saluting Her
Majesty and making the usual inquiries
after her health, the Emperor generally
has same State affairs of importance to
consult with Her Majesty, whose ad
vice and suggestions he still highly
values. This his filial conduct b made
manifest to the world.
SALTON'S INLAND SEA.
CrS WATER ORADUALLT K1SINO AVD ITS
AREA MUCH OBEATKB TBAX WHEN
DISCOVERED.
TritA, A. T. A party of ex
nlorers has just returned from
the Snlton Sea district anil it is
avideut from their report that the
oe inland sea is' hore to stay. Wh-n
the water first came into the old dry
bed it was said by scientists that it was
only a temporary affair which came
periodically and which wonld go away
as soon as the sun had full play npon
the water. For some weeks there was
no perceptible increase of the water
and then it begau to recede, and the
acii ntists in question felt prond of
their predictions and saw them veri
fier. The reiiort of the men who have just
returned, however, takes from the
glory of those who thought they knew
all about it The report says that the
sea is not only still there, but it is in
creasing. The water is gra dually ris
ing and, notwithstanding the constant
evaporation which is going on, the sea
now has an area of many miles greater
than it had when it was first formed.
The water is stoalily advancing, and it
will not be long at the present rate be
fore the whole surface of the old bed
will be covered many feet deep by
the salt water.
There is undoubtedly some under
ground connection w ith the ocean, for
the water is coming in much faster than
the small stream connecting it with
New Hiver and the Colorado would
warrant The water is intensely salt
and has that peculiar acrid taste of the
sea water. The party whioh has jnst
returnod made a trip clear around the
sea and saw no place where there wat
any indication that the water was from
the rivers, except at the place where
the break was first made.
They think they discovered a place
where the ocean water came through
the earth, as there was now a constant
boiling of the water in the sea. It is
now believed that this country will be
redeemed by the formation of the sea,
and it will be of vast benefit to the
mining industry of the country.
ARABIAN BABIES.
Life has exceptional difficulties for
the babies of Eastern nations, especial
ly for those who are of sufficiently
high rank to be bronght np according
to all the ancient customs of their rce.
The lady who tells her own story in the
'Memoirs of an Arabian Princess,"
sava that a royal baby's first toilet, in
Arabia, consists in winding a bandage
about its body, after It has been bathed
and perfumed. The little creature is
then placed on its back, its arms and
feet are straightened, and the entire
body is swathed to the shoulders.
In this position it remains motion
less for forty days, bnt the bandage is
removed twice a day that the child may
have a bath. The Aral's believe that
this process will make the body straight
for life. Under such circumstances it
seems fortunate that babyhood is not a
period that an be remembered In
after-years, for no one wonld choose to
suffer snch days of misery again, even
in recollection.
If the child be a girl, on the seventh
day after her birth, holes, usually six
in number, are pricked in her ears,
and when she is two months' old heavy
gold rings aro attached to them, to be
worn throughout her lifetime, eicept
during periods of mourning for rela
tives. On the fortieth day the baby's head
is shaved, a ceremony whioh could
scarcely be performed in onr own
country, whero tbiok hair is usually of
a later growth. This oporation is con
sidered a very important one, and thirty
or forty persons are witnoases of it, for
the performances of certain rites.
The disposal of the first hair is re
garded as a very weighty matter; it
must not be bnrned nor carelessly
thrown away, but buried, thrown into
the sea, or hidden in some crevice of a
wall.
The fortieth day marks a turning
point in the child's life. Heretofore it
Las only been seen by its parents, the
slaves on duty ana a few intimate
friends of the family; now, however, it
may tie seen by anjbody, and is re
garded as fairly launched on the tide of
existence.
Several charms are attached to Its
body for protection against the "Evil
Eye," hoys wearing them to a certain
age, and girls still longer. The favorite
charm consists of a gold or silver
locket worn on a chain.
The smallest children among the
Arabians are strongly perfumed; every
thing they use, from their clothing to
articles of the toilet Is covered at night
with jasmine, and liefore it is use. I,
fumigated with amber and musk, and
sprinkled with otto of roses.
GRAMMAR LESSOX3.
Russell is three years old, and his
elder sister, Bes-ie, is trying to teach
him grammar. Bessie herself apeak
correctly, and she does not like to have
Kussell make so many mistakes. Bat
she does not think her 1 tile brother is
a very apt scholar.
"I singed mv song to Mrs. Hooker,
last night," said Russell, "and "
"You should say '1 sung,' not 'I
singed,'" interrupted Bessie."
'Yes," said Russell, hurriedly, "I
snng it, and she thinked it was nice."
"O Rnssell!" cried his sister, with a
little frown, "you mnst not say
'thinked' there is no such word! You
should have said 'She thought il was
nice.'"
"She did not say so, anyway," said
Russell, stoutly. "She said, - think
that's very nue' 'cause I 'member
now I"
"O dear," laughed Bessie, "can't I
ever teach you the difference between
the present and past tenses?"
"No, 1 don't guess you can," said
Russell, wearily.
The next Sunday Rnssell went to
Sunday school.
"Did yonr teacher give you any
candy to-day?" asked Bessie on his re
turn home, for the little boy was often
the recipient of such sweets.
Oh, yes," said Russell, brightly,
"and I'd have brunged yon one if I'd
have thunked of it!" Youth's C'otn
xxinion. Gentloman (to young lady Trom
Richmond, on the cars) Beg pardon,
but I am a Dhvaician. Your mmnun.
ion is very pale. Is she serlou.ly af- !
rccted r
Young Lady Painfully so, I os.-uro
rou.
' "An aneurism, perhaps?"
"No: I think hia namn ! Ai Ihm
fenas." Richmond Recorder. 1
i-EWS IN BRIEF.
Berlin, Germany, has 210 miles of
sire-Ms,
The Shah of Persia has a tobacco
pipe worth $100,000.
There are over 9003 brass bandi In
.be 3 ilvatlon Army.
On at. Britain used 500,000 barrels o
our apples the pail year.
Singapore, India; is nt last getting
rid of the plague ot dog".
In Southern Europe 83,000 oranges
have been picked frotn one tree.
Castile is the only country In the
world where Castile soap la not used.
A syndicate of Chlcagoians Is
about to embark in fig-culture on
large scale.
About 10 per cent, of the floweri
that grow In Europe are odorifer
ous. t Ine ground bone used as a fertilizer
is worth twice as much as Is the eoarse
ground bone.
It is feared that lawlessness in the
famine stricken districts of Russia,
will get beyond control.
The consumption of coffee Is declin
ing In Great Britain, owing. It Is said,
to the excess of chicory used.
The curious custom of placing dolls
on graves obtains among lot-holders In
the Baltimore (Md.) Cemetery.
A huge potato, weighing twenty
seven pounds, has bteu raised by a
farmer at Bayou Sara, La.
A mountain of coal In Wild Horse
Valley, Wyoming, has been burning
for more than thirty years.
The number of locomotives In the
United States Is about 30,000 -one to
every five miles of railroad.
Russian peasants besieged the
Czar on his railroad journev with peti
tions for relief from starvation.
It Is still possible to purchase land
In New Zealand at $2.50 the acre, or to
rent an acre at twelve cents per an
lum. The annual pay roll of the officers,
professors and employees of the Uni
versity of Michigan amounts to nearly
IloO.OOO.
In a lifetime of elahty years the
human heart beats S'W.O.O.OOO times,
an average of seventy teais a min
ute. Ilenny Cook, a Norwich, Conn.,
tailor, bus a teard seven feet two
inches long, though he is only five feel
six Inches.
The temple of Hom-mon-JI, at
Ikegatul, begun In 12S2 and finished In
l:)7, is one of the most famous re
ligious sliucturea In Japan.
It is said that four-fifths of the
steam engines of the world have been
constructed within the last twenty nv
years.
According to an estimate credited
to Sir J. B. I .awes the yield er acre 0!
wheat of the United kingdom for 1-iUl
was SO bushel.
In 1890 the total area of olive plant
ing In Spain amounted to 2.881,642
ncres, yielding G0.9CS.6t0 gallous of oil,
worth over $39,000,00 .
Reliable authorities say that th
death penalty is always i:ifllcted la Hiam
011 every one who is heard to mention
the Kind's name.
In the pockets of clothing d!sca;d.
ed by a burular In Indiana were found
U tran-lati n of Ciccir's Commentaries
nnd a problem in algebra.
AUraveler said the other day that
Phllsdelphla had more people with
ihuk h.Ur and blue and gray eyes than
iny place I o had ever visited.
Petroleum, which nctually flowi
unai led through the rocks, baa been
discovered at Crow's Nest in the Ca
nadian Rocky Mountains.
Carrier pigeons are lielug trained at
Portsmouth, England, for carrying
messages fiom ship at sea to the shore.
During some trials they successfully
srossed the channel during a fog.
1 he artificial incubator of eggsorlgi
pated in Eayp where it is still car
ried on. Aecoidlnc to a consular re
iHitt no fewer than 75.000,0000 eggs are
hatched In this way every 5 ear ou tb
tanks Nile.
Robert T. Barker, of New nd
ford, Mass., read the Bible through for
the first time lu ISO-. Since that date
he has read it ninety-nine times. II
usually takes him two mouths to read
it from beginning to end.
A man fishing at Jersev, Enylana,
was caught by the rising tide, and a
lioat had to be put out to rescue him.
;Tlie next day the magistrate sentenced
,hiui t eight days' hard labor "for the
tioublo ho bad caused."
There seems to be a go.xl prospect
for the establishment of a line ot
.bteauiship-t I etwee 11 PldUdelphia, IV,
aud certain poiti ou the Gulf of Mex
ico. The tower bridge over the Thames,
London, Eeglun l, built 011 the Bascule
principle, ha caused the underwriter
of Idoyds to refuse to insure veSotW
that have to pa's it.
The first yard of cloth ever made
In the Rocky Mountain country was
turned ont on loom oiV.i lu the new cot
ton mill in Denver, Col., on Ttitns
day, Nov. 12, IS il. It was made from
cotton grown In Texas.
There are now living in one bouse
In a village near Norwich, EnjUnd,
five gene rati ins, the ages of theiudiviJ.
nala being nluity-tao, bixty-one, thirty
six, nlueteen and six months respect
ively. So greathas been the destruction
In Rome, Italy, of the many palaces
and public monuments that it is very
difficult even to trace the plans of some
of the more Impoitaut which were
known to have existed.
A treasure composed of pieces 01
gold as large as a twunty-maka piece
has been found at Beulhen, in f-ilesla
The pieces of which there are said to be
about a million, are btamped with a
portrait of King Ocho ot Bohemia, aud
bear date 150S.
Who has a greater combat than he
that laboreth to overcome himseli?
Thia ought to be our endeavor, to con
quer ourselves to make a further
growth injholiness.
Tbb widow of Senator Hearst has en
dowed five $ (00 studentshis for young
women at the State University of Cal
ifornia. Candidates for these scholar
ships ore to be recommended by the
superintendents of schooW. but are not
to be given as prizes for the entrance
examination.
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