V' ' (I ... , i . in .1 . i , B. P. SOHWEIER, THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprtetor. VOL. XL VI. MIFFLINTOWIS. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 16, 1892. NO. 13. hi 1 r .; . MARCH. HY tlLLi H. CHAPllllf. ft a barren hills and dull gray mountains, hlllug Beyond the vale Tbelr snowy icaks, like distant sails, seem drifting Before the gale. Xre Btful winds, bad ceased tbelr restless sIku liig, Tlie softened hue Of chastened skies, snone through dark clouds, low lying, f renely, blue. Twlxt naked boughs, cue mellow sun bed m falling, athwart the mold Breathes low of starry blooms, of warblers, calling. Within tl ? wold. A single crocus, 'mid the Winter's blighting. Has come, to bring On eolden glean, tho dingy garden light lug, To welcome, Spring. SISTER lMFBE'S WEDDING. Br KETTlB SCOTT BENTON. My grand-aunt was the sweetest old I Udy: pink-cheeked, with tbat prettiest , of all pinks (I do not know whether fashion has named it or not), sometimes! found in tbe delicate withered cheek of an old person. The shine of her dark ejea was dimmed and soltened by age. She had lived a Quaker all her life, and the peace and serenity of that most honest and true religion was in every word and action. Her life had been long, and eventful in a certain way; for she was boru metime in 17l2 or 3, on the bit of jea-ooast in New Hampshire, and whon ! she was eighteen she married, anil im migrated with her vonng husband into the howling wilderness of Western New York. In my childhood, I grew cold with horror at the thrilling stories she told me of panthers crying like lost children, to decoy people from their homes :and bears numerous enongh and bold enongh to be almost on visiting terms with the family; but as I grew older, the story that pleased me most was that of her sister s wedJing ner "comely oldest sister rhebe, whom the Quakers nearly disciplined for her enrly hair. Her marriage came as near being a joke as was possible in a Onaker eommnnitv. Th .rtnrtuliin vnn T.robablv ordi- t nary, as tradition preserved none of it; ! bnt with the business preliminaries came trouble, the first of course being the asking" of Phebe's father. Keuben Hoag was a nice yonng man, and felt tolerably confident of the suc cess of his mission ; but at the best, it was a terrible ordeal, and hewas a very bashful young man, especially before his "betters"; so when he approached the field where Phebe's father was ploughing, his courage oozed com pletely, and he grew confused and un certain. He stood resting his hand on a big tump with exposeed roots, until the old gentleman came up and inquired kindly, "Can I serve thee in any way to-day, friend Keuben?" Then was he bereft of all reason, and jumped over one of the big stump roots, then another, nntil he hud en circled the stump, ejaculating explo sively as he went, "Friond Jonathan, will thee bestow thy daughter Phebe upon me in marriage?" Then he redoubled his speed, and fairly flew around the stump. Without the quiver of a mnecle. the old Quaker answered, 'Yes, friend Keuben, thee may have her, but thee will tire thyself with that unseemly exercise." 'hen Keuben, brought to his tenses, slunked shame facedly away. Unfortunately, a young "Friend" had witnessed the scene; and for many a day there was never a gath ering of young people which was not enlivened by a rehearsal of "Reuben's asking." Tbe next step was the "passing of the meeting," a committee being chosen from among the exemplary men and women of the church to inquire into the past life and conduct of the con tracting parties, to find if there was any just cause why they should not be joined in the holy bonds of mai rimony. When the committee met to report on Rent n and Phebe, there was a serious complaint entered against Reuben: ho was irreverent and ungodly, making port of old age." The complaint was brought by an old lady, Liddy Fish by name, and eo she was brought before the committee to testify. "It were three year or better since it happened." She was sitting on the steps of her own house, eating black berries out of a trencher, when the un godly yonth passed, and mocked at her crying: "O Liddy Fish, Liddy Fish. Ealing blackberries out of a wooden dish." "And was that all?" asked one of the elders. "Wasn't that enough?" retorted Liddy, indignantly. The committee decided it was not sufficient to debar him from matrimony, and departed with a decidod twinkle in their eyes. The story went abont, and served till further to enliven the young peo ple, nntil Reuben announced ono day that he could beat that. As the Quak ers have no ordained ministers, they marry themselves by repeating a cer tain established formula before meet ing. "When Phebe and I are married," aid Renben, "I shall say: "If the Lord pern It, And friends think Mr, 1 11 have Phebe before T quit." There was s shout of merriment, and the irrevent doggerel was whisoered a!l over the community, and enjoyed immensely by the demure larls and lastles; bnt of course rigorously gnnrd ed from the he.iring of tho elder "Friends." The marriage was set for yearly meeting in Jane, and great-grandlatuer Ovuld, who was well-to-do, aud took preat thongh secret pride in I'hebe's shining curls and shell-pink cheeks, n ade a voyage np to Portnmoutb, and brought back a glittering string of round gold beads, just long enough to clasp Phebe's white throat Her big black eye9 si arkled for weeks under the influence of that nerklaoe, while her girl friends, no noubt, after tbe manner of damsels of a'l times, deplored her vanity in meekest "thee." and thons." Then, besides the necklace, there was the wedding gown of real silk, shimmering soft and shining gray, and tpices, raisins, citron, with other tooth some daintities; aud last but not least a bag of snow-white flour. Delightful visions floated through Tii 1 r.r tKo trnnrl or f n 1 whitAi bread and sweet cakes she would have riieuc ucb'i ' ' . - , t her wedding dinner, for r White MOUr was a rare and beautiful, thing in those days, "rye and injan" and corn bread being the staple; so Phebe wag a proud and happy girL Bat alas! pride and happiness grow upon slender stalks. Two or three days before the yearly meeting, grandmother, then roly-poly and six, was wandering with her brother, roly-poly and fonr, discon tentedly aronnd the house; having been forbidden the kitchen, they strayed into the back shed, and there a wonder fnl vision greated their eyes. The great bread tray was standing on the table heaped with snow. Snow in Jnne! where did it come from, when for two months they had not seen a flake? Memories of their winter sports turned their little heads, and into the bread-tray they climbed, pelting each other with the qneer snow, that wasn't cold and wouldn't shake off good, until they were little floury pillars, with floury faces. Then Phebe came; bnt where was the white bread? Poor Phebe! It was Fifth day, and yearly meeting in the square, bare meeting-house. All the people had assembled. The only sound, instde or out, in earth or sky, was tbe rasp of a locust, and the occa sional stamp of some worried horse fighting a persistent fly. r nnlf n uo,ir h silence contin- neo- Ahen Keuben arose, tall ana strong, with deep red slowly struggling through the brown of his face to the roots of his hair; and Phebe in her mlsty Kray. bte kerchief meekly ",u lu irom, uuwmg gumpse u KId beads, and her dainty face bloom- lUg UUk 1 1 Ulli lit I BUIIEOU WUllO UUUUDb. Thev came to the front and joined hands, and there was never a rustle throughout the whole audience, so well bred are the Quaker people. Still the silence continued. Phebe b'1r a inick look into Reuben's face, wondering why he did not begin; bnt Keuben stood there in awful torture, His mi jd was a perfect blank in every' thing but that horrible verse, "If the Lord permit. And friends think fit, ' Over and over it sang itself. He tried to think of the marriage service, nntil it seemed as thongh his brain would burst. His eyes blurred. He thought he had stood there an honr, and still not a thing in his mind bnt those lines. At last, in a horror of despair, he cried, "If the Lord permit, And friends think nt. I'll have Phebe before I quit." Then as though the spell was broken, the marriage lines came to him, and ha repeated them with scarcely a pause. Phebe's band grew cold in his; and if he had been capable of any emotion, he wonld have pitied her, as he looked down at her horror-strioken face; bnt he was beyond that. And after she had faitered out in scarcely audible tones her part of the ceremony, then sat down with head drooped so low that her tearful face was concealed, he looked toward tbe men. All the yonng faces were red with suppressed laughter; the old ones with wrath. In a few minutes an old preacher srose, and commenced to shake hands. That was the signal that the meeting was over; and the congregation arose, all solemnly shaking hands with their neighbors. Phebe fled out of the meeting, straight to her home, never stopping to shake hands, never stopping to peep into tha brick oven, where pies, pud dings, bresd, chickens and potatoes had been serenely baking since meet ing began; never stopping to look at tbe long white table, with its onstards, stewed cherries, peaches and app'es, great slices of honey and imposing election and pound cakes; but straight on to her own room, where she buried her face deep in the high soft bed. And Keuben? The elders, with set, stern faces, had taken him one side to inquire into his deseoraticn of the house of God and service of matri mony. Then he told them the story of the silly verse, and his condition be fore the meeting. It is said there was never a Yankee who was cot at heart a humorist; so, with quiet smiles, they left him with tbe old preacher, who said: "My son, the Lord pnt thy condition upon thee as a punishment for thy levity. I hope the will take the warn mg. Then they all wended their way to the marriage feast with him, and he rescued his hot-faced, tear-bediinmed little bride from the depth of the feather bed, and all went well at last. Rut it was a good many years before I'hebe could laugh about it. The Household, REDEEMING BANK NOTES. Many an interesting story might be told of the manner in which bank notes are sometimes redeemed. They are sent to the Treasury Department in every conceivable form. Sometimes men will hide their money in chimneys, and the good housewife, ignorant of the whereabouts of the treasure, will build np a fire that heats tbe chimney and sets fire to the valuable contents. Mice and rats, particularly in stores and banks, steal the precious paper out of tills and carry it away to make nests. Hogs destroy and swallow it; and goats, which are said to exist at times on tin cans and back lot de posits, are on record at the Troasnry having tried to live on rolls of money which came in their way. In cases of this kind the animals are killed, unless thought to be more valuable than the money lost, and the little wads or pel lets found in the stomachs of the of fending quadrupeds rescued and for warded for redemption. Babies have also been known to swallow valuable bank notes, but there is no record of one having been killed to make it dis gorge what it had eaten. It is a rule that no bank note can be redeemed unlets at least three fifths of it sre presented at the Treasnry, or the loser makes affidavit that his money was lost under circumstances such as to preclude its recovery. The strontr- ' est kind of evidence is necessary to make the Government officials redeem list or destroyed mbney when tbe notes in question are not forthcoming. Harold W. George, in The tfiautau quan for Marcn. Mrs. Elaine Ooodale-Eastmax, who bas a personal knowledge of In dian life, says that amoDg oar Ameri can Indians the property rights of wives are fully respected. She says: "1 never knew an Indian to sell his wife's ponies, or anything belonging to her, w.thont her consent It is a very common reply to an offer of any kind, concerning a change of residence, the acceptance of a position, or sending tbe children to school, 'I must first ask my'- n an ibaiau woman . . makes money bvubi jij.ii ui uiuvtniu., iud is hers, and rhe uses it as she sees fit.'' In some thing?, the Indians might teaoa a lesson to the more civil ized race. OTJR SANDWICH ISLAND LET TER, Honolulu, H. L, Jan. 17, 1892. When I left Kennett Square. Pa., last August for the mid-ocean island, I promised to give your readers some idea of this, at one time, a barbarous and man-eating country, whicn is now styled "The Paradise of the Pacifio. We had a most delightful sail from Uie port of San Francisco of a little over six days, and arrived at Honolulu not much fatigued after our first experi ence of ocean travel and were soon transferred by small craft to the city of Honolulu, where we were to make our home for two years at least in school duties. We are more than sur- nriaed to find Honolulu a city o . such modern characteristics, where flneblocks of buildings built of stone and brick. and the business carried on in a man ner similar to that in the States; nice, wide streets maoadamized, and the sidewalks are a delightful promenade, with nlentv of shale the year round; and the hotels wiu compare lavorauiy with moat of the cities in the States for accommodations and table luxur ies, tor at all seasons of the year they are abundantly supplied with the fin est tropical fruits and vegetables known or crown, for much attention is now paid to the improvement of the varied kinds (rrown here. Jan l naraiy real ize yon are having such cold weather while wa are eniovmg summer or spring weather the year round. Only think of it, we are luxuriating on green corn, tomatoes, taro and other garden vegetables and such elegant strawberries, too. are fresh from the gardens. While I think of it, will tell yon how much the people think of Queen Liliuokalani when she attended the EngliBh Church, as when she comes in, all arise and stand until she is seated While on her way to or from the church, the natives prostrate themselves before her. 1 asked the rector if the people of England p id tha same respect to the Royalty. Then he said not, and as he is an English Churchman, would surely know. The natives seem to appreciate our efforts as teachers and coming so far to in struct them, semi-barbarians. It is certainly no easy matter to tame and teaoh; they however, become more and more tractable as they advance in civilization and we too beoome ac quainted with disposition and under stand something of language. It was only this morning some one of the natives sent to the teachers in the sem inary a bushel of delicious oranges, and said that they bad just picked them and thought we teachers would enjoy them. The Seminary to which we are attached was built by an English lady and for the purpose of instructing native girls, and the number now on the roll is about 132, divided among five teachets, who have the entire cire of them; they are fed and clothed free and the tearhers are paid by subscrip tion. A short description of the Lmau or Queen's feast may not be uninterest ing. January 2lst nit. tue leaguers were all invited and I assure you we enjoyed this rich treat hugely, not only to be a looker-on but a partaker of the festivities. It is a hard matter to describe the characteristics of tbe Queen. She is of a dusky shade and rather interesting in general appear ance and greatly beloved by natives and held in high esteem by the foreign element who have made this islaad their home, and this composes about one-third of tbe population of tbe is land. There are on this island abont twelve hundred Americans, eleven thousand natives and about ten thou sand others of different nationalities of which the Chinese predominate. To one who has always lived on the American continent, the island of Hawaii must appear like an oasis in the desert It is supposed to have been raised from tbe sea by volcanic action and tbeorists differ widely as to tbe thousands of years this action occurred as, lava rocks are piled np layer npon layer to the beightn of two miles or more. Mauna Kea is oi the northern portion of the island, Mauna Loa, the south, while a mountain of lesser height is abont mi l way between mem. xne elevation oi toe two nigner mountains is nearly 11,000 feet and yet the elevations differ widely in these natural features yet both are extinct craters; the sides have theappearance.it closely examined, of hundreds of ernp tions heaping np oinder,sand,stone and ashes In vast quantities thousands of years since, for already the soil is deep and plentiful enongh to grow veget tion on nearly all portions of the moun tain slopes. I visited the Mauna Loa last fall and in some of the 29 araters there is evidence of smouldering fires and at long Intervals it is said, throws ont vast quantities of lava from over the crest, and streams of molton lava run down tbe mountain side destroy ing every living thing with which it comes in contact. It is said that there is no region in the world which affords greater attraction to the lover of volcanic phenomena than this, and the scenery in many portions of the mountainous region equal, if not excelling the weird features of tbe Rockies of tbe bUtes, I think I have written enongh of the general features of this island and my at some future time srive you some thing of more local characteristics that will interefat tbe readers. A. Z. H. FAITHFUL LN AL.L. The late Doctor T..omas Hill gives in the Jndejtendent a sketch of "Tom," a faithful Irish servant, who seldom failed in being "true to his lights." His nice sense of honor is illustrated by a business transaction which Doctor Hill thus describes: During an absence of a year, I left a favorite cousin, Miss C , in charge of the place and family. In the summer, she asked Tom if he could net find some one who wonld cnt and carry away the grass, selling or using it in payment lor labor involved. Tom undertook the work with friend, and some days after the grass had -been taken away, went to Miss C , and handed her three dollars. "What is this for?" asked she, "For the grass, ma'am." "Rut I told you, you could have t for tbe cutting." "Yes, ma'am, bnt when we got the hay made, we found there was more of it that we thought It is worth three dollars more than our work." "Rat, Tom, you may have those three dollars. I made the bargain, and I will stand by it" Maw, naw, Misa O . ' That wouldn't be right toward him that 'a away." 'Yea, it would," said the lady, "for he gave me full authority to act for him. liy bargain is his bargain. Rut Tom could not be indnoed to touch the money. He only shook his head and walked away, saying, "J(aw, nawl That wouldn't be right to him that's awajl" REVIVAL OF AN ANCIENT ART. A FOBW OF BKAOlif JL TECHNICAL 8KILI THAT DATE9 PRIOB TO TBI TIMS ' OF KING 60L0M0X. The art of producing figures by the loom, or weaving in tapestry, probably antedates every other art. Perhaps the earliest account of such wall decora tion is contained in Exodus when Moses was making a tabernacle to tbe Lord and appointed Rezaleel and Aboliab to "devise curious workp," or "to work all manner of work of the cunning workman and of the embroiderer in blue and purple, in scarlet and in fine linen, and of the weaver and those that devise cunning work." Rezaleel and Aholiab were doubt less the designers and had nnder them a host of "cunning" workmen, for we read that "all the women who were wise-hearted did spin with theii hands, and brought that which tbey had spun, both of blue and purple, and scarlet and of fine-twined linen, ol needlework." While the sacred writer goes into minutest details of the draping, eta., of these wondrous hangings, we can not but regret that he gives no descrip tion of tbe designs wrought npon them, exoapt that cherubim played as conspicuous a part in all their decora tions as cupids now do in ours. Tbi triumphant dauce of Miriam and tth women of Israel. DANCE OF UIRlAtf. and the finding of Moses in the bu. rashes by Pharoah's daughter, were, probably, favorite themes. Only bj the frequent reiteration of the three dominant colors employed we can pic ture their richness and beauty. Imagine ono of these ancient and wonderful works of art in the posses sion of a modern "collector!" Tin thought almost, is sacrilege, and imag ination swoons in calculating its price less value. Later on Solomon, when describing his virtuous woman, whose phenoni' enal industry astonishes ns, remarki among her numerous accomplishment! that "she niaketh herself coverings ol tapestry," these coverings doubtlesi referring to portieres and not gar ments. We read also in profan history o rainting in textile fabrics existing it Egypt thonsands of years ago, and ol its introduction into Greece and east ern Asia at a very early period. Thesi hangings were then used not so muck as coverings for the wails bnt in lieu ol the walls themselves, playing an even more important part Uian our moderi portiere. Tbe Babylonian tapestries were gor peons, and these were employed bj Herod in adorning Solomon s t'. mpl when he restored it to more than iti print ne magnifioence. Nero, also, spent fabulous sums in decorating nil dintng-room with them. Rut the golden age of tapestry wai destined to come to an end when, it the middle ages, barbarism ran ram. pant and PANCINO CITE RUBS. art was destroyed. For many genera tions scarcely a veslige could be discov ered. Its revival took place in France, the home, if not the birthplace of the Arras and Qoeblins. Ages have passed sinoe the last pa tient weaver of this indeed "canning" work passed away. Bnt his work re maineth. and we gaze with wondei and admiration at the marvelous re sults of the slow and toilsome process. But while men looked and marveled, some inventive brain was teeming with a process, speedy yet imitative, and before long tapestry painting took the place of tapestry weaving. To France again do we owe this sec ond renaissance, but though used in Europe, it was not nntil the last decade brought to this country. Though attracting attention from the time of its introduction, it is chiefly in the last year or two that it has be come so universally popular, and now hundreds of elegant homes in New York and other Northern cities are hung around with the soft woolen and linen stuffs, depicting Watteau figures without end shepherds and shepherd esses, nymphs dancing on the sward to pandean pipes, mythological charac ters of all scrts, while oupids run riot in every nook and corner. Even tbe ceilings are covered with this tapestry decoration. From New York, the art center of America, this form of household deco ration has extended to other cities, and to Atlanta, always a pioneer city, be loncm the honor of introducing it in ' tti Sooth, says the Constitution, tt Ukftt 01V - AMERICA'S HISTORIC LAKE. BT T. O. HARBAUOH. Of the many lakes that dot our conn- try's map, Lake George is the most historical. Its history is inseparably interwoven with the story of colonial times, and some of the men who after ward made their names famous in the Revolutionary War reaped their first laurels among the hills that border the lake. Tbe first white man to gaze npon the beauties of Lake George was a fearless Jesuit missionary, named Isaac Joquea. Long before his time, however, the Indians had named tbe lake Horioon, and some called it the Lake of the Silver Water; but Joques rechristened it Lac Sacrament, which name it kept nntil Sir William John son called it Lake George, in honor of the British king. The general beauty of the lake, its clear waters and numerous islands, render it, perhaps, the loveliest of all American lakes. Lying near Lake Champhun, it soon became jthe natural waterway for tbe expeditions sent out by the Colonies to conquer Canada from the French, and tbe pageants on its waters were the most brilliant wit nessed during Colonial times. Many of the most stirring scenes of the war between Franco and Fngland for a permanent foothold on this conti nent took place on Lake George. It was here that some of the great armies of the two powers were marshalled, and in the ranks of the English fonght such heroes as Seta Pomeroy, Israel Putnam and John Stark, the victor of Bennington: In 1705, a memorable year in the history of the young Colonies, the king of France sent out Baron Dieskan to oommand his forces in North America. The English, not to be caught napping, raised an army, com posed mostly of the stnrdy men of New England, who, in later years, conquered their old commanders on the plains of Saratoga and at York town. Mir William Johnson led this army to the banks of Lake George and built there a flotilla, which was to carry his men down the lake to Ticon deroga. The woods rang with the sounds of shipbuilding and the shouts of the men. In a short time the two armies met. and Baron Dieskau showed what mettle he was made of. The French and English struggled nearly a whole day on the shores of the little lake, and at last the soldiers of King lionis were driven b ck and victory perobed on the banners of the English. When King George heard that the Frenoh had been beaten on the banks of the lake which bore his name, he con Id not understand how it had come abont, for he waa told that the victors were the rough bnt sturdy yeoman of New Hampshire and Mew York, not trained soldiers at all. Tbe British king took down a rude map of the country and looking at the small spot occupied thereon by Lake George, he placed his finger over it and turning to Pitt said: "The man who won that victory will be heard from again." The brave yonng soldier, Montcalm, whose name is connected with the last great battle between the French and English in America, gained some laur els on Lake George. He mustered at Ticonderoga, which was ou the river that connects Lakes George and Champlain, a large army for the capture of Fort William Henry, at the head of tbe lake discovered by Isaac Joquea. The flotilla, commanded by Mont calm, sailed down the lake one Jnly day in 1707, with the brilliant banners of France waving in the son. The uniforms of his soldiers con trasted strangely with the dark skins and war-paint of his Indians. The ex l pedition landed near the fort, com I tnanded by Colonel Munroe, and ; the siege began. j Fort William Henry waa bravely de . fended, but tbe English were st irved I into submission, and when they snr -I rendered the Indians massacred nearly ' all, and the waters of Lake George ran j red with the best blood of tbe Colonies. Snch was Colonial warfare in these I days. iiut a day ol retribution was coming for the French, Lake George, still the theatre of great events, was to witness another spectacle, as brilliant as tbe one furnished by Montcalm and his soldiers. - William Pitt, the Prime Minister of King George, resolved to drive the French from Cacada, and to this end sent out young Lord Howe to take command of the king's forces in America. Again King George took down the map of America, and looked a long time at that portion of tbe country where Lake George shone in tbe sum mer sun. The coming of Lord Howe arouse d tbe men of the Colonies; they flocked in large numbers to the English camp, and tbe shore of the beautiful lake was again dotted with white tents. It was a brilliant spectacle! The Highlander were there, and the tall forms of tbe Grenadiers were to be seen on every side. The English soldiers laughed at the plainly-dressed men of the Colonies, but they knew more about Colonial war than they, and had saved the army of Braddock j only a few years before. I The army built its boats on the lake, and, one day, those who gazed from ' the shores saw tbe great flotilla, carry ing thousands of soldiers, move away to ; ward Ticonderoga. Montcalm commanded tbe fort, ' which, later on, Ethan Allen took, and, with his few men, met Lord Howe and beat him back. It was a dreadful battle, and the lake echoed with the terrific combat. The English, despite the bravery of the native troops, were driven from tbe field, and retreated down the lake with drooping banners, leaving hundreds of their comrades on the baitle-flild. Montcalm was victor ious. After all this came General Wolf, the young officer wbo broke forever French power in America, thongh it cost him his life on the plains of Quebec. His army crossed Lake George with banners flying and every man confident of victory. General Amherst had immediate command of this army, and with him were John Stark and tbe famous Rogers, whose American rangers be came so celebrated in the campaign which followed. Tbey found Ticonderoga abandoned, for Montcalm, who had defended it so successfully before, had blown it up, and the gate to Canada was open. It seems that the road to Canada always led across the waters of Lake George. When the war between France and England came to a close. Lake George had rest, but daring the War of the Revolution it again became the thtrw of exciting event. On more than one ocasion the Americana nrot the enemy along tbe shores of the lake, or among the islands that dot it, and some sharp skirmishes were tbe result of these encounters. t The men of New England knew every island in the lake, and, when pressel by the enemy, knew just whera to bide. Venturing from their places of concealment they wonld fall npon stray parti s of the foe and pot them to ront In the campaigne against Burgovnn, the Americans performed excelleut ser vices on Lake George and made his tory among its waters. As i have said, there is no body of water more historical than Lake George. A part i f its history is the story f the greatest struggle that ever took place betweeen two mighty powers for the control of a continent, and it saw tbe most of it Indeed, this little sheet of water- seldom mentioned nowadays by any save pleasure-seekers saw tbe fall of French sway in America, and tbe rise of men who, in after years, wrested me continent from the conquerors oi tbe French. It oconpies but a small spot on the map of our oountry, but its place in American history is one of tbe proudest. Golden days. LOVER3 I.N THE FAMILY. BY MAROABKT 6PBNCEB. " 'He is lover and friend and son all in one,' said a friend the other day, telling me of ber boy," writes Helen Hunt to mothers in the long ago. "And a wise, sweet mother that boy had!" I This same wise mother was one asked by Charles Sumner in Washing- , ton, to write a book on boys and their mothers, "How to teach women the way to make manly, honest boys like your own fonr." The little woman flushed away down to her white throat and answered, "Mr. Sumner, you are ' flattering me; for really my boys bring themselves np!" Mr. Snmner laughed, but said, "Yon can never make an old bachelor like me believe that " One of her first principles, even in their childish days, was to require nothing of her children because she was their mother. Not the principle ' of helplessness in the hands of power! "How rare and tender all her methods were," aavs "H. IL" as for twenty , years she labored alone for these four sons, ni wuuiu tuts wurm naiu, - luej are lovers and friends and sons, all in one." Every father and mother has it with in reach to become the intimate friend of the child, "closest sweetest, holiest 1 tie of blood to underlu the-bond of the soul." Such comradeship, the blessed ness of which no words can measure. We win love by loving, we win respect by being honorable; and gratitude u earned by our willing helpfulness. Our children are trustworthy, as re trust them; capable as we believe in their capabilities, honest as we are honest t ) them. I've seen little ones tease for pennies, and tired mothers climb up stairs to find them, "because children cannot be trusted with the pocket book." Oh, what a pitiful thing! If my boy or yours couldn't go to his mother'! portemonnaie for one or one hundred cents, and tell her tbe simple truth abont it why, I should wish that boy had never been given to me! Let them be free agents; intelligent, trustworthy agents, and at ten years old they may be so sensible, so gentle and consider ate, as to make the common, hateful "must cot" or "must" unnecessary and absurd! Our children must be obedient, bnt pounding, yelling, getting in a rage with them for all their little failures, will bring about only obedience through fear, and not love. The heavy, impatient hand on the little child! On, that a miracle might give the baby equal chance and power! A mother writes: "We owe to them; not tbe obli gation is on their side. All we can do Is to make them wise and good and sweet, to spare them pain and evil, is all too little! The joys of parenthood are ours, the sacred, holy, blessed joy of these little souls; the greatness ol calling them our." How immeasura bly dear and close is the child to ns! One of the White House family told me during tbe Hayes administration, that nothing could be more beautiful than the peculiar intimacy that existed between Mrs. Hayes and her children. Up and down the corridors, or the big East room, with their arms around tbelr mother's waist, the two boys wonld walk beside her chatting, laughing like school children together sometimes they had games in the lied room, and the handsome mother wonld be "caught" by the boys, who hugged and kissed her by wa of forfeit "ixvers in the family" there will be when mothers and fathers are reason able and wise. Tk as we wonld be done by? Yes, as near as possible. "Now Jack, be generons; give Joe half of that cake, papa says. If Jack refuses, he (says Gail Hamilton) is buried nnder a ton of Sunday-school literature and ' punishments. Very well! Now when Jack's papa's nncle dies and leaves Jack's papa ten thoa sand dollars, does he turn about and instf ntly give hit brother half? Let ns ''make ont" in the little chil dren as little sin as possible; assume all the good we can. Instead of com mands let ns have reason and "love, love, love, it makes the worlJ go round." London (England) streets are now paved with a new compound of granu lated cork and bi umen pressed Into blocks aud laid like wood paving. Tbe especial advantage ot the material isits elasticity. ;Miss Rlanchb Wfllis Howard ("Madame Teuffei), the clever Ameri can novelist, is collaborating with Mr, Sharp to write a story which will be published most likely in March. Sir Williaw White, the English ambassador at Constantinople, who died in Berlin recently, waa able to converse fluently in twenty-eight lan guages. WISHING. CHARLES LAMB. I saw a boy with eater eve Open a book upou a stall. And read a be'd devour It all : Which when thestallman did espy. Soon to th boy I beard him call, "You, sir I you never buy a book. Thereto: In one you shall not look.' The boy passed slowly on. and with a sigh He wished be never had been tauglit to read. Then of the old churl's books be should har bad do beed. Of sufferings the poor have many. Which never can tbe rich annoy. 1 soon perceived another boy Who looked aa if be bad not any Food, for that day at least enjoy The sieht ot cold meat in a Urern larder. This boy's case, tben thought I, Is surely lutrder. Thus hunrry. longing, thus without a penny, Beholding choice of daintily-dressed meats Do wonder If he wish- be ne'er had learned to eat THAT WONDERFUL LAb'l NAIL. UBS. POTTER PALMER WILL PUT THK Fiy I8HINU TOUCH ON THE WOMAN'S BU1LPINO WITH HAMMER AND sriKK OF COST LY MAKE. Mrs. Potter Palmer, President of the Board of Lady Managers of the Expo fition, as already announced, will drive the last nail used in the completion of the Woman's Building. This nail will) be furnished by the women of Mon tana, and will be a very wonderful one,' as is indioated by tais description of it; crivrn bv the Helena. Montana, Inde- o . pendent: rte nail has been so made as to form) the back or cross bar of a brooch, which is to be a shield bearing the. coat of arms of Montana reproduced inj native cold without a trace of alloy in of gold, and the symbolic figures will, J be made of the same metal bnt of dif- na .nn.tMtmn ' ha ahieiii win r ine snieu win oe ferent colors. The waterfall in the the foreground will be of light colored gold nnk into the shield, and the plow, knd pick, standing at the foot of tho falls, will be of a darker shade, as Willi be the background or relief. ThO wreath surrounding tbe escutcheon will be of native gold, and the figures of tbe two men supporting the whole on either side will also be of tbe same iich, yellow gold. Underneath will be the scroll, bearing the motto of the State, "Oro y Plata." In the two upper portions of the wreath two Moutana sapphires will be inserted. Instead of merely engraving the fig ures, each will le wrought separately and then fastened together, making the task of shaping the brooch not pnly a delicate, but exceedingly diffi cult one, and one that will require much skill and i atience. To Mrs. J. E. Riokards, of Butte, belongs the credit of the happy idea of making the last nail one of such inter est. In design the nail, which is ireing made by a Butte jeweler, will be the counterpart of an ordinary twelve penny nail and will be composed of three strips with silver in the centre and the gold and copper on either side. .The nail and brooch are distinct articles and after the former has been driven it will be drawn from the wood, fastened to the brooch and the whole presented to Mrs. Palmer. The women of Nebraska have under taken to furnish the hammer with which this "last nail" will be driven. iA description of the hammer has not yet been given, but it is the intention to make it worthy of tbe aristocratic sail with wbioh it will be brought in contact by Mrs. Palmer. It has been Suggested that it be made of native Nebraska woods, inlaid with gold, silver and pearl. THE NATIONAL DISGRACE. From the day hen Thomas Jeffer son recommended that the American Indian, despoiled of his land, should be pushed farther west and south, thus removing him from the in fluences of civilization, to the present moment, our treatment of the red man has been a national disgrace . When the first settlers came to our shores they treated the Indian none too well, bnt tin re was an excuse for them. Self preservation may not be the first law of Christianity, but it is that of nature. To preserve their own lives it was necessary for our fore fathers to take those of tbe forest sav bges. To-day this is occasionally per- jmis lble on our frontiers, notwnusianu bng that our advancing settlers have the whole power of a mighty nation to back them. What nothing can ever justify is onr national policy, constantly ana wick edly pursued for at least three quarters of a century, of pushing the Indian ever fa: ther and away from what hd ifeels to be his own, aud from what we have by repeated treaties declared to be his own, to ever wilder and less 'valuable "aids. What wonder tbat in iia eyes we are greedy, perfidious wretches with no sense of honor or (Obligation to to tboee who are so touch Sngly called "the nation's wards?" Are not these defrauded wards justified in thinking that treacheries are allowable in retnrn for the ill treatment they can see no end to? Our feelings are especially aroused 'just now by the fact tbat there is an other disgraceful bill before Congress. Defeated last year, it raises its hissing, Venomous head again, this year. ' This time the proposed victims of a greed tbat is without a shadow of an excuse, are the poor IlI tie remnant of !ess than a thousand Utes of Colorado, oca ted on a narrow strip of fertile land on the south-western edge of that State, 110 miles long by 15 wide. When the Ltes were restricted to this small -remainder of their origiual range in !180 our Government mide an agree ment with them, ratified by Congresn, that tbey should have full and lasting possession of this land, with horses, cattle, implements, mills and schools, i Not one word of these agreements lhas been kept, save that the Utes have been allowed nearly twelve years peace ful possession of lands rendered almost useless to tnem by tbe Government's failure to provide the implements, materials and instruction it had promised. Now it is proposed to remove them still farther away from the influences of civilization to a cold and monntain jous region, where game would soon Jbe exhausted and crops can not be ad vantageously raised. But even if tbe Indians were to be removed to an earthly Paradise it would inot make it any less a fact that, as a nation we are as dishonorable and 'grasping as Gri at Britain has ever been in her treatment of weaker nations. And a worse accusation than this it ! would be impossible to make. There is even less justification for a Government's failure to ratify its agree ments than for tbat of an individual. (National bad faith is even worse than the bad faith of segregated men in fact as ,well as in effect Our trt atment of tha Indian question, though not without the efforts of some magnifioent men to change its oharaoter, has been from first to last a burning dishonor. Tbe effort of every woman in the land should be directed toward its removal. Women can do much. There is nothing more worthy of their efforts. The canal which is to connect Man Chester, England, with tbe sea, is one of tbe greatest undertakings of modern times. Its total length will be 33i miles. It will be 26 feet deep, 120 feet wide at tbe bottom and 230 feet at the top, It is about three-fourths com pleted aud will cost abont $45,000,000. There are sixty miles of snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad Sccouas will never come to your Loose without a special invitation NEWS IN BRIEF. Tbe Greeks had tue grip 470 yean EC. I Two ounces of ottar of roses repre sent the refined product of a ton or rose-buds. I An establishment for canning wild ' geese is to be constructed in Alaska. Germnium i worth sixty times ila weight in gold. A light steel telegraph pole has been patented by a Wisconsin man. To extinguish an oil Gre, bran or any Kind of mill feed will be found ef fective. The "heaviest" woman in Europe bas just died in Bavaria, bhe weighed 550 pounds. Sixty gas motors were fhiwn at the Lust Talis (r'rauce) Expo-it ion. in 1803 only three were exhibited. A telephone wire has just been commnieu Deiweeu iueiouurue ana Adelaide in Auatilla, a distance of 500 miles. A curious fact, common to Eng land, France and Germany, is the spec ial severity of tbe grip epidemic at tbe seaside. An Athens (Greece) student asserts that Hippocrates and Galen used anti septic dressing for wounds. A few years ago the Belding Bro thers, sbk manufacturers of Northamp ton, Mass., sunk a well at their silk works to the depth of 37c0 feet without, obtaining water Hot water taken freely half an hour before bedtime Is help'ul in the case of constipation, and has a uiost soothing effect upon the stomach. The mean descentof the Ohio River from the junction of the Allegheny and the Monongahela to the Mississippi is about M Inches ptr mile, tbe distauue being yo miles. A Connecticut Jadge flue! man 10 for disttubing the slumber of a loiice officer by practicing on thu cor net There are 14 great gates to the Es cuiial, the ralace of :p;tni-h kings, aud the building is 1 glited by 1110 outer and 1153 iuuer Vvindows. The proposed ship canal between Philadelphia and New York, it is esti mated, will cost fl .,('0),0iXi, aud would, it Is thought, be ieinuneralive During a recent thunderstorm In Maiue the skin of a boy wbo was struck by lightning turned a dark pni'ple aud has remained so ev r since. The domesticated Malay cat has a tail that is only about one-half tbe usual linth, aud very often It is tied by natme in a sort of knot that cannot be straightened out. The latest whim for the owners of dogs Is to make them wear shoes In the lioufe for the purpose of protecting tbe polished fliors. They are ruaJe ot chamois with leather teles. The smallest coiibtituency repre Efciit i In the National House of Rep resentatives is that ot ll.irliuo of Ne vada, and, though It embraces the en tire state, it contains only 45, 7ol mem bers. Two fish hooks made of the pearl oyster shell cf the Indo-Pacilic Ocean wero recently plowed up ou the north shore of Lake Ontario. They are said to be Identical in every respect with those of the ancients of Polynesia. ', A faint impression of the enormous value of the exhibits at the coming Vorld'a Fair may be calned froir the T.ict tint lbs com mission wi.l curry in surance on the buildings and conteutd ' to the urnouut of ov er ?:.00,0(OV,0. There is a rosebush at ILlilersheim, In Hanover, that was planted more than 1,1 00 years ago by Cnar'emange in coinuit nioiatlon of a ialt made by an Ambiisador from the Caliph Haroun al Rasch.d. The bu.-ih is now twenly 8tx ieet high. 1 There Is an annual "Feast of False Faces" among the Ououdaga Indiana id Xcrthwesteru New 1 ork, that fol lows some weeks after the "Wbl'e Dog Feafct." The faces ar mostly wooden mucks made by themselves, but are not oil. . Cchasset, Mass., boasts a school marm who has taught in the sam schoolroom iu that town for feveaiy twocousecutlve terms. Alup-st every man and woman in the village has been to school to her. She is now taking her first vacation. A Californii prune grower bas re fuwd an offer from a Bordeaux (France) fimi for his prune crop iu packs. They would of course be re packed and shipped as French prunes. But the Califoiniau nr. ana tj Improve liia style of packing and make th6 profit himself. By the subjection of ordinary a'r lo a pressure of sevenly-five atmospheres, or 1121 pounds, with a condenser kept t minus 110 degrees centigrade, air tas been reduced to a l'quid form, and he liquid, when allowed to evaporate. reduces. It Is said, a temperature ol inus 200 degrees centigrade. This is Within seventy-tUree degiees of abso lute zero. LITTLE THINOH. "Do not despise the day of small things," says i'ick's Magazine, iu other words, be prepared to stuJ.v whatever presents itself, and think nothing in Nature insignificant At one time it may bo no more than a single clond, at another a fragment of rock or the bough of a tree. Let what jever is felt to be worthy of effort, re ceive all tbe care and attention th t would be given to a more elaborate subject. . A wido-awake Yaukee boy bought five ceijts worth of potatoes and raised ienongh at 50 cents a bushel to brin him 81.50, and ho only got a small ljt of seed for his money. He cut it in one-eye pieces, and after making tha ground rich cultivated it carefully, keeping the crop free from weeds and beetles. Another boy showed his buoi ness faculty by carefully raising gar-' !den truck on a small plot he was given the nse of. He sold his produon a little at a time for a neat sum. These Doys are thinkers. No danger t lat they will be poor farmers. A subscriber tells The. Phila. Farm 'Journal how richly tbe purchase of two packets of flower seed was reward ed tbe past season. One packet con tained pansy seed. The resulting bloom was very brilliant, especially in tbe spring, and was almost incessant the whole summer. Tbe other packet contained chrysanthemum seed, of good stock, bnt mixed as to sorts. The variety and richness of coloring in the October and November flowers were imply glorious. These little pleas ares, which anybody can have, con stitute what may be trrmed the tA big dividends ol liie. V A:
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