! B. F. SOHWEIER, THE OON8TITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprtior. VOL. XLVI. MIFFLINTOWN , JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 4. 1S92. NO. 2'). DEAD. Oh we.irv eyesl that "ft tllil Closed now: tet well in dreamless sleep. (ih tired hands! that did their bent. Lie still br folded Into rtrl. fh heart! so torn with love, and pain. Thy jmliles ne'er can i-iine aiMln. Oh busy brain t fit full of thought. Thy work is cuded: all 11 nought. Oh feet! that tro.l life's stony roal. There's rest for ou neatli uraviy sod. Oh triple t.ndyl sail ar d worn, Ket thee-ah, rest llii-e fioln life's storm. And thou, nil soul! that wlnn'st thy flight From earth's dark prison Into light (;reat e lin. oh soul! lie thine for aye ."ruin earth's dark night to eudless day. KOSETTA. TilE STOIiY OFTIIS JAPAN ESE FANS. Three Japanese fans hnng upon a lrawiug-itu wall, their bundles tied together witU a big yellow bow. They were very beautiful Inns, and everybody who came to the house admired tbem very uiiu'li. They hud painted Indies npuu them, and gentlemen dressed in ail.it an.l rrilit t&itll liiirlaila us iMm, 1 a 1 1. . ...... , I O ' ..... as a rmlr.'a '. Ami hut did it matter 1 '""V mi ininm w cwlki umr cimun, that th. y er a 1 Mltiug on the ton of ,ue rest of tbe Purty walked on into the . ach other's lieH.lf. They smiled all interior, chattering so constantly and dv lorn.-, ho perhaps they liked it. , Hud B" f,u,t, that Lncy was thoroughly tluiewasa great jar of potpourri t-dered. She was quite sure, too, lelov. them that scented the whole lit Jhey were glanoing at her feet, room. And there were tcreens of pea- wu,, u reH,lv seemed enormous in com cock feathers, and Eastern draperies in Parison with their own. And, although silver embroidery. Rut there was nothing .mite so beautiful as the Japan- ise fans. Little Lucy thought so, too, as she stood underneath them every day, and ui. ii.-..l ih.t ...nl, I on tl.a " -.. . v - , , ...... countrv whence the beautiful ladies and gentlemen came. They would willingly huvo tuken her, for they were, oh! so tirol of sitting on the top af one auothi r upon t'ie drawing-room wall. And s imehow the brownies got to hear of tt e i wih, aud came one evening to see if they couM do any ihiog for the patieut la lies aud gentle man with the ray clutues aud the pig tails. Well, the ladies aud gentlemen told the browues how tired they were of looking at the peacocks' feathers and And thev i-aid, too, how muck they j ihould like to take little Lucy to their , awn conulry, and show her its wonders and delights. Aud the brownies were jo tender-hi'Hrte 1 and sympathetic that t iey went btruight to the King and yueen of Japanese Fan-land, and begged them to release their faithful subjects for one night. And the Kino; and Osteon consented, to the brownies' great delight. T : 1 1 1 . t ; 4l.nf night when she was wakened by a qen- j tie touch upon her cheek, and rubbing her eves aud looking up in wonder, 1 she saw a dark-haired ladv with almou l-f-lmii. d eves, beuding over l.er, and another dark-haired lady was sit- , ting upon the counterpane, fanning herself Jaueuidlv, and a third and a i fourth were explonug the wonders ot the toilet-table, pnfUug their facoS with baby's powder, and rubbing lip-salve , on their ceeks for rouge. While a whole row of tiny gentlemen nodded at the sleepy child from the bottom of the bed. doiua it so vigorously that their pigtails flew np nnd down in wild . r,(v, ,.,.. "Come with us, Lncy," they cried in oft cborns; "we are going to Japan Fan-land, and the brownies say that we may take you too." How please! Lucy was, to be sure. She sprang out of bed, and began ask ing excitedly for her clothes. But the ladies had thought of that beforehand, aud, before she could say a word, they put her into a long silver skirt that wobbled against her toes as she walked; cramming her soft little body into a queer round-shaped garment, all cover ed over with a wonderful crimson pattern, popped curly 9hoes upon her feet and tiny ronnd fans into her hair, and floated away with her down the Btairo.ifce, iuto the dark stillness of the ball. "How shall we go?" asked Lncy, wonderingly, but the little ladies and gentlemen all said "Hushl" together, and then, where do yon think they took hor? Why, straight into the jar of pot pourri. They seemed to float rather than to climb up its shining sides, and to sink lifhtly down on to the soft brown rose-leaves, as if they had been so many balls of thistledown. And then a very strange and wonder ful thing happened. The pot-pourri jar got up from where it had been sit ting in its corner, and walked quietly way, through the drawing-room door, across the hall, and out into the d wy moonlight of tne summer night. And ;hen set ofl st a comfortable jog-trot down the garden, swaying with a soft motion, the little ladies aud gentlemen lying among the cushiony leaves. Lucy was qnite excited by this time, and would very much have liked to peep out of the jar, and see where in the world they were going. She could see nothing through the top of the jar but a bit of moon and three stars. The little ladies and gentlemen were not so curious The jar knew the way, they said. For their own part they were uncertain as to tne exact route it was so long since they had seen the companv's time-tables. But Lucy need not be anxious; tho brownies would see that they arrived safely at their desti nation. And with this Lucy had to be con lent. They seemed to come to some rising ground presently, for the jar puffed aud panted a little heavily, al though it stumped nlong as gallantly as over; nnd I lieu; nil of a sudden, it gave a lit lo hop into the air and stood qni'o stilL "We must get out here," said the little ladies nnd gentlemen in a chorus. And, as before, they floated upwards, through the mouth of the jar, and sank gently downwards until they stood w ith their feet upon the gronnd. Where were thev ? hy, standing upon the borders of n moonlit laVe. The trees drooped dark and heavy about it, aud the shadows blackened the gronnd where they stoo. I. But, right in the centre of the brightest spot of moonlight, floated a little boat, shaped like a beauliful white swan, and rowed by twelve men w ho wore long pigtails, fierce moustaches, and large shady hats. They beckoned the little ladies and gentlemen to them, and so Lucy and her quaint wee friends sprang into the boat, and were rowed away into the shining silver of the lake, while the jar just waited to see that they were safe, and then turned round, and trotted contentedly home again. Lucy had no time at first to notice which way they were going, she was so busy admiring the boatmen's short iacketa and pale green baggy troueva. I But presently the little ladies and pentlemen r11 broke out into a cry of delight, and, looking np, Lucy saw an inland stretched away before them, and knew that it must be Japanese Fan land. What a funny shape it was, to be sore. One little neck of land stack straight out towards them, and the mainland swept away from it in an im mense circle. Ami in the distance the whola island looked like a wonderful mosaic of coloring. They drew nearer and nearer, how ever and presently came to a little landing-place, and then the boatmen helped them to aligl.t. And, touching the gronnd with their heads three t mes, by which they meant to say "Good-bye," sprang back into the little boat and rowed away. A great many of the inhabitants of the island wen? gathered together to welcome the little ladies and gentle men, for the brownies bad sent word that they were coming. And so much saluting went on, so much touching of the gronnd with be pier-tailed heads, that Lucy felt quite giddy. Indeed, by the time they had finished, several ot the gentlemen had quite lost their balance, and had turned bead-over-heols into the lake. They were fished out, however, and did not seem to mind. And. while . . . . . fmiiwiiiie w any aujiuiug. fc ,e .Iel!' certain that they she felt, certain that they must be . shocked at the vulgar proportions of ' her shoes. 1 However, they were very kind lo : , , . . , . uer, in spue 01 uer lgnorani aisregaru of Japanese Fan etiquette, and very Boon Bue iorgot. an anoui uer ieei, in the wonders of the island. For there j were in it, oh! such marvelous things. ! First of all, they came to a quaint ' little house built in a circle, and with a gold, n ball whirling around on the I top. But the f 11 timet t thing about it was, that it was built upon nothing at ; all. It just balanced itself np iu the I air as comfortably as possible, and looked down upon the world as much as to say: I "I am no common bouse I am an aeronaut. I hang without effort between the earth and sky. ?:'me au!.lo"k at my .,,?,d? ,f. y ou may ou li ie. Yon will Bud nie comfortably furnished, j and of superior attractions." Well, w hile Lucy gazed at the con Iceited iittle house in astonishment, the I host came out of it. He had two pig tails which r ached down to his heels, ' and a long blue coat trimmed with teapots. And he bent himself donble ! to do honor to the little ladies and gentlemen, and invited them gracions- 'i " u " u ue """" V eli, after a little consultation they accepted the invitation. But while hey were making np their minds, Lncy had time to notice what she had not observed before. And that was that a 1'ttle stream, coming apparently from nowhere, flowed uninterruptedly 'down one of the chimneys, and issued from the back door of the little house, as un concernedly as if nothing had been in its way. The host saw her look at it, and n dded his heal with much self satisfaction. "Ah!" he said, "that's a fine thing now, isn I " hat isn't it?" is it for?" asked Lucy, wonderingly. "Well, it isn't for anything, exactly" he told her; "it just happened to be there. But you've no idea how con venient we find it. It saves the water works a tremendous lot of expense. You see the Town Council has no need to bother after taps and drainage, and a comfortable water supply. We've a good many of them in Japanese Fan land," he added looking np at the blue stream. Lucy was very mnch impressed, and still more so when tie unrolled a flight of f-b'ps, as easily as she could have un rolled a reel of silk, and bung them out over the balcony. And all the little Indies and gentlemen tripped daintily up them, and went inside the quaint banging house. '1 he host said dinner was ready, and Lim.-elf led the way into the dining room. Such a pretty room, all over fans and funny red feathers and silver Mars. And little tables were dotted about with only two legs apiece, and those both on the same side, so that the to) s balanced themselves aloft in the curious fashion peculiar to Japan ese Fan-land. The only wonder was ! that the tea-trays did not fall off on the ' 1. 1 1 . 1 j : 1 ' . noor, nnc, somenow, tuey uiuii 1. Lncy, who was a wise little morsel of humanity, came to the conclusion that Japanese Fan land must have laws of gravitation of its own. The host had invited them to dinner, but there was nothing to eat or to drink excert tea. In Japanese Fan land they never do drink anything except tea. It was verysweet and hot, however, and Lucy enjoyed it very much. As for the little ladies and gentlemen, they drank cup after cup. until Lucy grew qnite anxious about their powers of digestion. Well, when dincer was over, they all of them turned tc her, as their most honored guest, and asked her what she would like to do. She didn't hesitate a mnnnrf SsliA aaiil that ahnVA nil tQingS she would love to sail away down the little stream that flowed out of the back door. All the little ladies and gentlemen looked very mnch pleased indeed. It was just what they had been dying to do themselves, only they had been too polite to say so. So the host sent a message by one of his servants, an 1 very soon a funny little boat was wait ing for them ontnide, it curieu np at both ends, and had a tiny wooden house in the middle, painted blue, and hung all over with silver bells. So they said good-bye to their gentle host, and sailed away in the little boat down the blue stream. It was the very bluest stream that Lncy bad ever seen, only varied here and there by a streak of white running down the middle. And, as they sailed along it, the little silver bells played the sweet est music in the world. And oh! what wond rful thing they saw as they failed along. The blue stream zigzagged so delightfully, and never troubled its head about the way it went; bnt then there aro no boards in Japanese Fan-land, with "Trespas sers will be prosecuted." So now and then the stream went into a garden where more almond-eved ladies were drinking more tea, under funny droop ing trees that were trimmed with blue and scarlet ribbons, and that seemed to grow upon nothing. And occasion ally it flowed right over the ladies' beads, but they just looked np and nodded to it, and waved their handker- 1 chiefs when they caught sight of the little bine boat Sometimes, by way of a ohanga, the little stream would flow in a lovel waterfall down a gentleman's pigtail, or would climb np to the top of a tree and startle the storks, or would pay a short visit to the sky, and come down again as if nothing bad happened, while running through a gentleman's private mansion was qnite a common oocurence, and dil not alarm anybody in the very least. Then, too, they saw such marvelous sights on the jonrney. Storks balanc ing themselves on trees a great deal smaller than themselves; silver and gold stars growing like flowers among tho grass; rosea twice as large as Lucy's bead tied together with magenta streamers; wonderful birds with long red tails, catching bright blue fish in their enormous beaks, and a thousand an 1 one other things, each more new an 1 btarlling than the last. Presently they came to another banging house, and this was the scene of a great commotion. A pair of lov ers bad just eloped from it and were running away as hard as ever they could, their hands outstretched and their pigtails flying. There was a temple exactly in front of them, bnt that didn't seem to trouble them in the least They were making for the door as straight as possible. Perhaps they thonght they might have time to go in and get married before they were overtaken by the angry father. Bo was pursuing them with a scimitar in each hand and a teapot upon bis bead, but be could not see tbem just at that moment, for the gardener bad planted a rose-tree right in front of the ball door, and the angry father was on one side of it, and the flying lovers were on the other. Lncy could not help boo ing that the cross old gentleman would fall head-first into the rose-tree, which he teemed on the point of doing, and that his poor pretty daughter would escape. Everybody that they passed, except the eloping oouple, who were too agi tated, and the "father who was too angry, saluted them by kneeling dowu and bumping the gronnd with the tops of their heads. Lucy came to the con clusion that it must be the constant friction that made them all so bald ex cept just where their pigtails grew into those great, long, thick plaits. And they often stopped, in answer to a pressing invitation to have a cup of tea from the funny upright trays. At last Lucy saw that they were drawing near the coast. The stream had one last zigzag before it went into the lake, and took a farewell ripple over a lady sitting in a high-backed chair. And then the boat slid away from Japanese Fan-land into the moon lit waters of the lake, and the little ladies and gentlemen all brought out their . flowered pocket-handkerchiefs, and cried. But the silver bells played a sweet "Hush, hushaby," and presently Lncy and the little ladies and gentlemen began to nod. For the brownies bad bold of the boat, and were swimming over the lake with it in their arma And they laid poppy leaves over their charges' eyes, and held chamomilescent bottles under their noser, until at last Lucy and all the little ladies and gentlemen lay at the bottom of the boat fast asleep. Lncy never remembered how they got home. The brownies might have told her, bnt they never did. Only when she awoke she was lying in her own little bed, and nurse was standing over her and scolding ber for having overslept herself. Lucy went down into the drawing room, by and by, and looked up at tho Japanese fans, and down at the pot pourri jar. The latter looked very sol emn and heavy, Lucy could hardly lie lieve that it had ever done anything so frivolons as trot away with her and the little ladies and gentlemen to the silvery lake. As for the little ladirs and gentlemen themselves, they were, as usual, smiling with an imbecile ex pression and sitting upon one another's heads. And it's my belief that they never went to Japanese Fan-land again, bnt tat upon one another's heads for ever. Jut tb Dlflirac, "It all depends on the point of flew," an old gentleman was accus tomed to say when forced to disagree a ith a friend. "You can't expect me to love shoemakers just when myowD ihoe pinches." "1'iu so sorry to go," said a lady, after making a long afternoon call, "but I promised to be Louie before tea." "Oh! do stay, and I'll explain iHu four husband," replied the hostess, who had just been urging the same invitation. "Don't do it!" came her nephew's voice from the next room. "iKin't let her lead you into misdemeanors that you will be punished for after wards. She used to coax nie in jut that same way, and then I had to suf fer for it." "Nonsense, Henry!" said his aunt. "That's nothing but a Jbke. Don't take any notice of it, Mrs. Bell, but itay to tea." "You see, when I was here In ichool," pursued the ruthless nephew, "we lived out of town, and I was ex pected to be at home every night be fore dark. Once a week I used to run in to call on auntie, and she al ways persuaded me to stay to tea. and 10 go home in the evening; and when I said father would settle with me afterwards, she used to say, Oh, just ttav, and I'll take the responsibility.'" "'Well, didn't she take it?" asked the visitor. "Yes," was the reply, "she took the responsibility, but I took the whippingl' MANNERS FOR BOYS. In the street Hut lifted when say ing "Uood-bye" or "How do yon do?" Also when offering a lady a seat or ac knowledging a favor. Keep step ith any one yon walk with. Always precede a lady upstairs, but ask if you shall precede her in go ing through a crowd or pnblio place. I At the street door liat off the mo , ment yon step in a bouse or private ' oflioe. Let a lady pass first always, unless she asks yon to precede her. In the parlor Stand till every lady in the room, also older people, aro seated. Rise if a lady enters the room after yon are seated, and stand till she takes a seat Look people straight in the face when they are speaking to yon. Onb feature of the World's Fair ex hibit from Rhode Island will be a col lection of books written by the women nf that ftttA irothororl h Mrs V P I Palmer. President of the Rhode Itlas Woman's Club, OUR RELIGIOUS COLUMN ITEMS OF INTEREST TO DENOMINATIONS- AWL ta laaolvant Dt.tMllov.r R.baltt m Allarward CoartU Tht llckin.. at Fortune Irfarafll lor m BkoptIO-. lta llebr.w tattb, I to. Bold lutldolj UITE a remark, able scene oc curred at an even ing meeting in connection with a, series of evange, llstc services which were being held in Lebanon, Tenn., writes the Bev. E. P. Ham mond. I had been asked to interest my. self in the spirit ual welfare of a hotel proprietor there, and I made an effort to see him as soon as possible after arriving in Lebanon. He attended our meetings and in a few days made a public declaration of his faun, which touched the hearts of alt who heard it. He had a friend who was a law student, and an avowed Infidel, and in him 1 was also desired to Interest myself. But he manifested decided hostility. At the last meeting I made a solemn appeal, urging every one at once to "flee from the wrath tocome." I felt the moving of God's Spirit upon my own heart, and saw its eirect upon others. Towards the close of the inquiry meeting one of the students from the college In Lebanon, approached me and said, "There are two youug men here who have been converted within a few days, who will tell their experience if you wish It." I at once requested them to do so. After they had finished I started for the platform, Intending to close the meeting, as the hour was late and many had left the hall. When passing one of the pews 1 discovered the young lnttel, aud said to him iu a low voice, "If your infi delity is, as you say, better thau our religion, why uou't you urge fellow-students to embrace view-iV" your your He at once said in an excited man ner, "I will discuss the subject with you. " I replied, "This is no place for a discussion, but if you wish to say a word you can do so," never imagining that after a solemn meeting like that he would dare to flaunt h.s sceptical ideas. As I moved towards the platform he said, "I will do that," and fol lowed. I then said, "this young man has a word to say." He replied, "I came here for a discussion." I re plied, "I did not promise to discuss with you." "What do you believe?" he asked I answered, "I believe that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners." He then sprang up in au excited manner, saying "You cannot prove what you have said." The few who were remaining in the hall, to show their disgust at his insolence, rose to leave. He asked why I did not "hold the audience." I replied, "I did while 1 was speaking, but they do not believe a word vou say." Then looking him in the face I added, "And you do not either." He then hastily left the hall. My heart was rejoiced to receive recently from Mr. W a full ac count of the conversion of this infi del, and of his work in the ministry. When this friend wrote me, the re generated sceptic was preaching the Gospel with much blessing in Mani toba. Facta like these should lead God's people never to waver at the hostility manifested by the enemies of God. Let us pray and labor for the most hardened. The scoffer of to-day may be weeping for his sins to-morrow, and may soon be found seeking to lead others to Christ. Th Hebrow I mlto. For 3,000 years the Hebrew nation has lived in expectation of a Messiah. 1 ts literature teems with references to the glorious event. Prophet, priest and poet have pictured his coming and his triumph, and the whole world has accepted these teach ings as divine. Christianity, indeed, sees In Jesus the fulfillment of these prophecies, Islam finds their fulfillment in Mohammed, while the Jew, rejecting each of these as well as many other claimants, has looked for some other yet to come; but all alike have ac cepted the prophecies as sacred and unimpeachable. This wonderful faith, which has characterized Judaism througu all the centuries, has been its most pow erful and beautiful feature. The Hebrews have suffered and been scat tered as have no other people, but they have always been upheld by a Arm, unfailing assurance that some dav a descendant at their famous 'ancient king would come and restore I them to their home and to a chief ' place among the nations of the earth. For thirty centuries this belief has . been their stay and strength J a precious common bond which has j bound their hearts together and pre served them a separate and peculiar people. Tho rioklonmm of Fortoafs T 1 . . . . . .1.1.. . . - , i i ijtrti u now .uieKij lui lis toe wueei of fortune; from how high up to how far down went Nebuchadnezzar. Those now In places of position and power, even though they should live, will iu a few years be disregarded, while some who are this day obscure and poverty-striken will ride up on the shoulders of the people to take their turn at admiration and the polls of office. Oh, how quickly the wheel turns! Ballot-boxes are the steps on which men come down as they go up. Of those who were a few years ago successful in the accumula tion of property, how few have not met with reverses of fortune, while many of those who then were strait ened in circumstances now hold the bonds and the bank keys of the nation and win the most bows on the exchange. Of all fickle people in the world fortune is the most fickle. Every day chances her mind, and woe A I my ' to that man who puts any confidence, in what she promises or pnqio.ses. (She cheers when you go up and she laughs when you come down. Oh, trust not a moment your heart's af' I fectlons to this changeable world. 'Anchor your soul in God. From Christ's love gather your Jov. Theti, come sorrow or gladness, success or defeat, riches or poverty, honor or disgrace, health or sickness, life or death, time or eternity, all are yours and ye are Christ's and Christ b God's. Arguing wlia m fekeptto. "The Bible, the word of God!" ex claimed a young skeptic in hearing of a friend. "No, it is the invention of men." "The Bible claims to be God'a Word, does it not?" asked the Chris tian. "Yes, the men who wrte it pre tend that they "sjiake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost' " "If the Bible, then, is not what it claims to be, it is, vou think, an im posture, and its writers liars?" "Yes, that is what I believe." "Good men would not lie and de- :elve, would they?" "Of course not" "Then the Bible, you are sure, could not have been written by good men?" "I feel certain that It is not." "Now, answer me candidly. Does the Bible condemn sin, and threaten bad men with punishment?" ."Yes." rather reluctantly. "Does it condemn lying and decep tion?" "Yes." a little sharply. "Would bad men deceivers and liars make a book that condemns their owu sins?" "They would not lie likely to do so, lertainly." The young skeptic felt the ground giving wav under him, and changed .he subject Bible Society Recorder. Tho On, Qoxllia. The sentimental twaddle about re. dglou being "Good enough for women and children" had a sharp re buke the other day from Mr. Glad stone, the eminent scholar aud states-, man. On his way home from the' Ilolv Land, Dr. Talmage was invited to take luncheon and spend the after noon with Mr. Gladstone, at Ha warden Castle. The two men bad a long talk on religion and political questions. Mr. Gladstone said: "Talk about questions of the day, there is but one question and that is the gospel. It can and will correct everything needing correction. All men at the head of great movements are Christian men. During the many years I was in the Cabinet, I was brought in association with sixty master-minds, and all but five of them were Christians. My only hope for the world is in bringing the hu man mind into contact with divine revelation. Christian Inquirer. A Conaulatlon. When the favorite horse of a friend af ours went lame, he consoled him self by the thought: "Well, aftei all, it is better that it is not the horse of some man who gains his liv ing by him." This is like what Fene Ion said when his library got on fire he thanked God that It was not the house of a poor man. Kulao Dponrfttlont, When Russian decorations are given to foreigners they usually take the form of medals, which at St Peters burg are the reward of faithful do mestics of the courts. Dumas ire received the medal of St. Anne after he had written a story of a Russian life; but, hearing that such a decoration was of no social value, he returned it to St Petersburg, where upon a cross of the second-class ot that order was dispatched to him, with an apology for the mistake, as it was termed. A famous singer was once ridiculed at St. Petersburg when he walked about wearing the medal of St Andrew, which he innocently regarded as being very nearly equal to the light-blue ribbon, gold collar chain and eight-pointed star, with a blue eagle on It of that famous or. der, which ranks with the black eagle of Prussia and with the English garter. The medal, however, is an upper servant's decoration, and Rus sians laugh in their sleeves when they see foreigners to whom it is given by dozens wearing it as a mark of higb distinction. Tho Bearing or Children. If any one has reared children, and Inducted them safely into manhood in the midst of dangers that multi plied about them, and the troubles that beset them, and the temptations that surround them, and the liabil ities to evil that contested their way, he must lie strangely insensible, in looking back upon his household, if he be not overwhelmed with a sense tif the niultitudinousness of God's mercies. A man may do many things In this world that are deserving of praise, but there are few things that he can do more deserving of praise than, dying, to leave his name with a family of children who shall more than fill his place, who slf.ill main tain virtue and intelligence and good habits throughout their lives. A roPTOFTiCE In Kansas is named Zero. It was probably so named on account of the postmastor's salary. Little things have their influence, Thorean says: "I hare read that a descent of an eighth of an inch in a mile is sufficient to produce a flow." Maria Pakloa has built a borne from her domestic writings, and is practical ly independent of ber pen. IN TWILIGHT TIMES, n twilight times, when the full day Is dune, Ine battle fuught. the fret and fever pant. And with the quiet setting of the sun We sink to ueace, and welcome rest at last, la twili;ut times. Old friendships steal like ghosts about us then, Olil loves awake, old sorrows stirring sitth, Old fancies murmur oi sweet moments, wnen 1 he primrose bloomed beneath the Auril sky, aud low aud soft rluic memory's golden chimes. In twilight times. In twilight times the pulses beat again, With the fresh glow and gladuess that they krew. When life was dancing In each youthful vela. When Joy was sure, and hope was brave aud true. In twilight times. The (ailing powers are bright and strong once more. The (ailing clasp on faith asserts Its fright. And (rer-h and sweet as dreams or (airy lore, Llle shows Itself in love's celestial Unit, Bo low and s ft ring memory's golden culmtv la twilight times. DR. HOLMES ON DRAGGING SKIRTS. "Our 1 inJlady's daughter is a young I lady of s me pretensions to gentility. aire wears her trains very long, i h the great ladies do in Europe. To be ri.te, their dresses are ao made only to sweep the tapestried floors of chateaux aud palaces; as those odious aristocrats of the other side do not go dragging through the mud in silks and satins, bnt, forsooth, must ride in coaches when they are in full dress. It is true that, considering various habits of the American people, also the little accidents wb ch the best kept sidewalks are liable to, a lu.ly who has swept a mile of them is not exactly in such a condition that one would care to be her neighbor. Why, there isn't a beast or a bird that would drag its tail through the dirt in the way tuese crea tures do their dresses. Because a queen or a duchess wears long robei on great occasions, a maid-of-all-work or a factory-girl thinks she must make herself a nuisance by trailing through the street, picking up aud carrying about with her pah! That's what i call getting vulgarity into your bones and marrow. ' If any man can walk behind one of these women aud see what she rakes np as she goes, an 1 not feel squeamish, he has a tough atomach. 1 would not let one of 'em into my room without serving 'em as David served Saul at the cave in the wil.lerness out off his skirts, sir! cut off bis skirts!" I suggested that I had seen some pretty stylish ladies who offended in the way be oondemned. "tityllsh women, I don't doubt" said the little gentleman. "Don't tell me that a true lady ever sacrifices the duty of keeping all about ber sweet and clean to the wish of making a vnlgar show. There are some things that no fashion has any right to touch, and cleanliness is one of those things." I'i'he Professor at the Breakfast Table, SOMETHING BIG IN ROBBER. The biggest "biscuit" of rubber ever seen in North America is on exhibition in a .store in Warren street It came from the Llpper Amazon, weighs a tride over a thonsaud pounds, anil cost its owners $1010. Around its largest circum'erence it measures ten feet, I being composed of successive layers that form a practica ly s did mass I throughout. There is e ongh rubber in the "lntnp" to make 5,000,000 elec tion bands, or, if made into a single string, there is enongh to make a line which would reach loO miles. Although t!ie bi cuit is now per fectly black it was pure white, like the juice of the milk-weed, when taken from the tree. The native wlo made the lump first drove two crotchet stakes in the ground at a distance ot teu feet apart, and in the crotches he rested a smooth pole. Then ho built a fire midway between the posts in such a position us to concentrate the heat at the center of the crosspiece. The rubber, in its fluid consistency, was poured on the hottest surface of the slrinL'er, and us it felt the warmth of the fire it congealed. By turning the pole slowly around the layer of rnbber took its present shape, which is that of a big, overgrown biscuit It is slow work turning the stick and congealing the rubber, and a whole day is consumed in making a single layer. It took forty days to complete the biscuit in question, for, besides hardening it, it had to be cured aud smoked by processes very similar to those used in curing and smoking bams. The Amazon natives nsj a peculiar bark to effect the curing process which is burned in the fire, and which imparts certain properties that pre pare the rubber for preservation. The rubber which is here described smells so much like the ordinary sugar-cured ham that one could not tell the differ ence if blindfolded. In this respect the rnbber from the Amazon possesses a distinct superiority over that from Africa. In the latter country the na tives seem to know nothing whatever about the curing and smoking process, and the result is that their rubber has an indescribably vile odor. In preparing this big lamp for com mercial use, it will be first put into the crinder or mill, where it will nuderuo a treatment very like that of maBtioa- j tion. This makes it pliable. It will then be put into a calender, where it will be flattened and drawn out iuto the acquired size and shape, after which it will le cut up into the shapes used in commerce. . MICHIGAN WILD FLOWERS. nf. VIOLETS. W. A. BROTHEKTON, ROCHESTER, MICH. Viola Cucullata. Common Blue Vio let. Found throughout the eastern half of the United States, hence well known. A pretty flower of many shades from dark blue to white; the prettiest variety beiug variegated with bine and white, in this species the l !.if and the flower-stems spring direct ly from the root, but the following 1 species form plants from eight to eigh teen Inches high. Viola Glabella. Smooth Yellow Violet Will not grow in ' the BHme locality as the Downy Yellow Violet, which will be described in an other a-tide. Grows in shady, wooded va leys, where the s il is a rich, loamy alluvium- It has prostrate sterna, eight to ten inches long, bearing several yel low flowers, May. Not very band- j some. I Viola Canina Mnhlenbergii. Muh lenberg's Dog Violet A spreading. Mender specieH with stem six to ten inched long, bearing smooth, pear sliapcd leaves aud pretty, pale-purple, 1 bearded flowers. Prefers deep, rich, moist soil, in shades. May. Viola Rostrata, Larkspur Violet 1 Somewhat resembles the last bnt handsomer. The flowers are pale blue, larger, with long conspicuous spurs, like the larkspur. May. Viola Striata, Large Yellowish-white Violet Grows about a foot high, with ' er -"handsome. yellowish-white flowers, which are not spurred. May. Viola Canadensis. Canada Violet The largest of our violets, often eighteen ' inches high. Flowers not so large as in the last, bnt much haudsomer, white with a faint bluish tinge, often very fragrant Like some flowers pre viously mentioned, finely adapted for u assing in large beds in flower-gardens or parks. It grows in low, rather shady woods, where the soil is very rich, with a little sand. In such places it often covers the ground, forming immense natural flowerbeds, like Tiarelia Cordifolia, The finest of our white violets, and, except V.pedata,our finest violet May Thb New York State Forest Com missioner has just purchased 1000 acres of land in the Adirondack s for park purposes. A Logical Boy, 4j iWiffim Philip Mother, they call all the men in Wall street either "bulls" or "bears." Which is papa? Philip's Mother It's time to go to bed, Philip. Philip Well, I ouly wanted to know whether I was a "cub" or a "calf." Brooklyn Life. Kot minded by tbo Clara. American Girl (after a proposal) If 1 should marry you, could I wear a i -rown? Foreign Nobleman Oh, no. 'Well, I don't mean a crown, ex actly, but a coronet or a scepter or something like that. 1 "N-o." I "Then what's the good of a title?" "Think of a palace you could live In and the horses and " "I have all that at home." ' "Then there is the society dukes nd princes and presentations at court you know. I "I'd like that But you'd always 1 aith me, wouldn't you?" "Oh, yes." "I forgot altout that. I guess I . wou't accept." New Y'ork Weekly. It Discourages Them. They stood together Iu the conserv atory, did young Mr. Dinwiddie aud the younger Miss Uaswell. They had talked of everything they rould think of and the conversation began to drag. Finally Miss Gaswell observed, as she looked aliout her at the blossom? ind the shrubs: "Extremely cold weather Is bad for plants." "Yes," replied the young mau after a short pause; "extremely cold weather is very discouraging to plants, especially to artificial plants." Pittsburgh Chronicle. A l'olnter on tho Raco. Jagfck Truth. A Sign of Spring. The spring poet and the sprin? chicken walk out together. Harper's Bazar. Its Had to t:o. 'They had been billing and cooin? for several hours and the shades of night were beginning to fall. Ha arose and putting on his gloves, was ahout to take his departure. "Wat! are you going to leave al ready, Kosciusko?" murmured the maiden. "I must, dearest. I'd give ten ears of my life to be able to spend the rest of the evening with thee, but there is a called meeting of the Idiotic Order of Red Muffs and I am Most Tuissant Past Grand Cyclops, and If I ain't there on time I'll have to pay 35 cnt- line. I've got to go. Farewell, d.vrest!" and he scooted like a beautiful dream Texas Sift 'ngs. Knew lllm Afterward. Little Ethel And Cousin Mary Is married? I did not kn.jw that she knew any gentlemen. Little Ethel's Mamma She must nave known one at least or she wouldn't have got married. Little Ethel Did you kt.ow papa oefore vou were married to him, mamma? Little Ethel's Mamma (with sigh) I thought I did. Y'armoutb Register. So si any Ties "Y'ouseeui to be well used to tramp ing the track," said the bearded pard, scraping au acquaintance as they went along. "Certainly," was the reply, 'iur profession Is that of a walking cen tleman." 1 "And why do you go all the way to New York." - "Well, because there are so many ties between us." Boston Post Wouldn't Ha I ooled. "What have they wound up on that cart?" asked tht old lady who was visiting the tire entfine house. "Firenieu's hose," was the answer. "Go away," she rejoined indig nantly. "Yon can't make me think that any fireman or anybody else had legs to fit those." Washington Stan Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prospeions circum stances would have lain dormant There are 208,749 railway bridges in the United States spanning 3213. miles. Tub Honorary Vice-Presidency ol tha Egyptian Exploration Fund, made vacant by the death of James Russell Lowell, has been filled by the election of George William Curtis to the place. TnEiiE are now 400 electrfc roads (n this country. Three years ago the number was only thirteen. lf(lil NEWS IX BRIEF. Or Wateiloo vttaiaus France has eioht h ft. A M'ssouri'man has carried thb same knbe lor sixty-nine years. Western .New York has a skunk farm where black skunks aie bred ai.d raised for their pelts. Portland, Me., iu a re eit entire Jveek ha I but two arrets out of a p p ulatiou of 40 000 person-". O d post gs timpi nre highly pr'zel In China, aud a hundred cau ctllel stamps will buy a baby. The new G.-rman t-'iit is rievUible uto two portions, ca h of which can lie coaverted iuto an overcoat in case of rain. St. Taininmy Fariih, La . boasts jf a spring which pours f. rtli clear pure water during the day, but go.s dry when tl.e suu sets. Au 8'JO-pound cinnam n be ir was captured reeiully iu Liissmu County, California. It is believe i ti be one of the largest ever tak n in a trap. In a N'ew Hamp-libe griveyard there Is a larje marble : h.. ft on which 'the following words aie iiRCiibed "Sacred to the meuioiy of three twii:s j All other t' in. s being equal, a jiii iu ne voice in a man and a contralto voice in a woman will wear letter and last longer than any of the et lets. MUs Morgan, tne New Y rk cattle reporter, h;is nude niimy .noiigh by her work to built and furnisli a coiu . fortable home. I Miss Mud leu hn travelul 2000 miles horse! a:k o l her mission fir the j lepers of Si eria She ha, secured (50,0 for a hospital j It Is said that i leeil Vieto'ia and the Duchess of Somei-iet both pour their t a into their saucer:, lath -r thau swallow it while it Is too hot. I Rose E'iz.ibetu Clev. 1 md, sister ot j the ex-President, is about to wnte a book on Egypt, and Ii ie gone to that far- ff country in KemcU of m iteri.il. Mrs. II --ber Ne .v o i h is the repu tatlou of bi-iui; one of th few women who would never con cut to have a ! photograph t iken or a p.iarait pilnt ed. I The uiiivrsit.y to ntnissioner of Scotland Ins p.is'l an orPuauce uiak u.g provision f r tie t-MCliing and 1 endua i mi o' w.xuen in a 1 its univers al ie?. : The ca bier of t'ie new Ilollan I 11 on -w in New Y-n i; f'itv, ii Llsette Mc Evoy, a ha diiu:o y.iuii brunette. She is the only f in hotel cashier lu that city. A Mississippi man who has coniit xl the number uf see is .a a bihnl of various era'ns fout.d t h it. t hi ii went 72, 13J; wheat, S5n,( 00; peas, lmuilj; col tou seed, lOl.li'O. At a Calho'ic convent in Foil JJer thold. North Dakota, all the si-t-jrs, iu cluding the mother Mipi r.or, are lu diaus, and the spin1 u il dl-ector is a priest or Mohawk ile-ci-nl. A new diamond U I e'm; cut in Antwerp, Belg.nui, s-ii.l to be the larg est ever found iu Africa. It weighs 400 carats, and when l' is finished it will be reluued one-half. The daughter of W. K. Vamlerblii, New York, has a reputation as a lln-pui;-t. Th u;li only font-ea years ot age, shespeaks French Gei man, Chineie and It ilian w th ci e. From a report receiit'y issued it Is learned that the number of women pur suing studies at the various c illr-ges in Paris have incre.is 'd fr-)tn l ii in 189 to 252 at the preeut tunc. Lace piouiiss to bi mote fa.shion- able than it was last suiiitii-r. In many cuses the entire bodice Is of l;.ce. This Is particularly effective when the gown Is of the fashionable light-shaded silk. Mrs. Newman, wife of Bishop Newman, of Omaha. Neb., has beeu elected fellow of the American Geographical Society. She has earned this distinction by her observations as au extensive travel r. Tea and c jffee are not f od j. It this pair of ino Urate stimulants were lost from off the face of the eirlli to day and forever tiiey would not take way an ounce of physical pronper Ity. Antelope sV in, which h is been ex enslvely used for p.icketbooks photo graph frames, et , is now beiug em ployed fo;' gloves. 1'. is very silt and pliable, r.-s. mblin Hie finest suede, and couies in all the tan and light shades. In the riiagtiifl ;ent court of the .eniple of Mediiiet Haboo the traveler will see a score ..f columns, several of them leaiing Greek inscriptions, and in the cliambeis on t!ie north .vest side of the temple he will see crosses de signed to consecrate p.irts of the build ing which had previously been devoted to p igau me. Herrmann Zciturg, who makes his .ivlng by fraelmg in trunks and then exh'bi iin himself in var ety shows on the Continent, u.ade his las', trip from Antwerp, Belgium, to C'lirlstlania, HahiIhii in a wooden box. which stood ' I ou the ship's d ck four days and four j nights without anybody's knowing it cmtaiiKU a m;;u. i ne voyage was stormy, but Z'etunz kept his nose to a crack In the boaids,ate his sandwiches, aud kept well. The precipitous mountain crags around a large lake near the Colum'iia River, In Idalto, are said to be the fin est fields for sport In hunting the large) white mountain goat and black lar ihat there are iu the world. Sj white tire the go its that it tiki s days of practice hunting them to detect a baud moving over the snow. Young lalies are now employed in the spectro-photographic department of the Paris Observatory. It has been found that they are giftel with keener visual power in regard tii minute ob jects than intn. Axolotl, or fish with legs, is the name Mexicans give a queer creature which cau swim like a flsh or run up a smooth wail like a fly; cau live aud grow when kept constantly In water like a true fish, and yet can live and grow entirely away Trum water (except ing a little to drluk) like a trua air bieathiug animal. Fish are drowned when taken from the water Into the air, aud aulmais when put eveu for a shoit lime under water, but the axolotl cannot be drown ed auywhere. Y'et he m nowhere safe, for the inhabitants of the place where he is found Mexico, New Mexico and Texas thlak that hij flssh is very g kxI t eat, and catch great numbers of the axolotl for f cod, which they cook In various wavs. s (( 1- -
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