B. F. BOHWEIER, THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprtotor. VOL. XL VI. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 15. 1S92. NO. 26. i V AKE ALL THE CHILDREN IN Tb dvkTisfi ffcllfl, tte wind ia hth, tnm blark cloud n fill the Western aky: The totm will toon brgtn : Tbi tbu udT( roar, the lightning A&h, X btr h tfreiai riMiod raindrop dftli Are nil ibe children in y Tber r couihiK nofily t my tide. Tbulr iottv wiihiu my cruia I tide; jio oilier arma re sure. The ttenn imy rni! ih fury wild. With truui:fi faiUi e-. h IitU child With LuotLer 1W1 cure. pat fr.tni dare are drawing r.ear. TAwy II Irt Ul ' I1 nn abelier hero. Out lutotdr wuiut' wild dm; Tn rin ill fall, tbe cold wind blow, 1 11 .H M.:oue mid long it kuow, Aru nil Uv t'L.ilJ(sii iu? Vill thrt tiave fhpftnr then lecurc. wtTf i.'iu"t are waiting tturim and sure, Or ni (litv tiud a bioken rd, Len atrt-itth of heart trwy o much need Tu help tL iu L-ra.e the tido? (Ird ki it I'M ; Hi ill is host ; 1)1 tfhtHi'l tLf Lii cow Mni yiwld the rest Iu Hi nior-t (.rat-inus baud ; pflinetiii.e th Ktujia H !en are rivco bv tt:iitf-t wiM Httd thus are driwu Ntiaror the bitter lnud If Ho kti.iul'i rail us home before Ihu mi irtu land on that blest fchore, AiaJ from curt1 ai.d mm. i know thnt 1 buhU wstcb kud wult Till H. the lt-i er .f iho gate, I.uf all thc chiidrt'u iu, -1 L Christum at WoiL A NAVAL INCIDENT. The naval .service is replete with icis uf unrecorded gallantry arid numbers many heroes uuhonored ami un-iiu,j. Nearly every American ku -ws of tlie historical deeds of such men ai Dticatur, l'erry, and Farragut, and theie are some who are. familiar with the circumstances iu which stern )M Ititfruliam, with only a small ves sel, defied an Austrian naval force. An incident iu which an obscure jrtii er played a part equally heroic ha- happened in recent years. It is i reminiscence of the year 1573 and v.a- recalled by the spectacle of the -punish flag rippling from the gaff of i uian-of-war at anchor off Liberty Island. The man who told it is a naval veteran, whose entry into the service autedated the complications which threatened to involve this .oiuitry iu a war with Spain, and was ia actor in the incident that he de-M-riled. It was a prelude to 1 lie tragedy that was enacted later on, which is believed to this day, notably ..broad, to have been settled by an hbject apology to Spain. Before the capture of the notorious Virginius by a Spanish gunboat and the execution of a number of the crew the uarrator of the occurrence was serving on board the United states ship Kansas. The vessel was then on the North Atlantic station, and in ttie early part of March was detailed to Convey a surveying expedi tion to Nicaragua. In compliance with her instructions she railed at Key West and there received on board the members of the expedition, which was under the command of Capt. Grossman. Iu due course of time the vessel reached the Nicarauan coast, but the leader of the party was drowned at Grey town while endeav oring to land throuch the surf. The command of the party devolved upon Commander Hatfield, the Captain of the Kansas, who was the next senior officer. He turned over the command of his vessel to Lieut. Commander Edwin White, his First Lieutenant, with Instructions 10 proceed to As plnwali for a supply of provisions and coal. The arrival of the Kansas at that port was opportune, as her crew were destined to discover before leaving it. The vessel came in at ni;ht and chose an auchorage between two large ves sels, whose outlines could hardly bo distinguished in the tropical darkness By the light of the succeeding morn they discovered one to lie the Spanish man-of-war I'izarro and the other the American merchant steamship Vir iiuius. The former was a heavily armed steam sloop and the latter a vessel which was said to have been engaged in the transportation of arms ind munitions of war to the revolu tionists in Cuba. She had put into the harbor of Aspinwall and had been there blockaded by the Pizarro, w hoe coiuinunder had made known his in teutlon of capturing h r the moment vbe quitted the waters of a neutral port fur the high seas. Such was the condition of allairs that the Kansas found on her arrival in Aspinwall, or Colon, as it is now known. When the captain of the Virginus discovered the presence of the Ameri can man-of-war in the harbor he at ance came on board and asked for a safe escort tosea. Thcacting capiain of the Kansas was far to conservative togivea hasty opinion. Ifeflrstrom municated with the United Sta'.es Consular representative and then asked to be shown the 6hip' clpar ir.ce papers. These were produced and a careful examination fail.nl to discover any flaw in them. After du!y considering the casr- he waswinvinccJ that no power had the riht to inter fere with the Virginius, and whatever her p,ist record had been there was no evidence to warrant her detention by a foreign man-of-war. He hail hardly arrived at this con clus.uu before the cajtain of the I'i 'ro came alongside iu his gig. He fcn; received with the usual courte ies and shown into the cabin of the Kansas. Capt. White extended tha customary welcome to his visitor, and lWr,r departing the latter expressed S desire to make an inspection of the little gunboat. The request was focrteously complied wuh, and the two commanders made a tour of tho li I p. The only gun of importance which -e Kansas mounted in her battory was an eleven-inch Dahlgrcn shell ;un, one of the same kind that sunk ''ie Alabama. It was certainly a Monster gun to he mounted on so small a ship, and the Spanish captain "pressed his astonishment at the ft- It was carried on a pivot -midships, capable of bein;; fired from either side. "That is a very formidable piece of ordinance,'' commented the Spaniard. '1 had no idea that vessels of this small type could carrv such a heavy uo." Ctpt. White looked at its cavernorw puzzle and smilingly admitted that he would rather be some distance om itsbusiniss er,.l when a Yankee T-ar wss holding the lock-string. Over a parting glass of wine in Uie carin the Virginius was mentioned if . the flrst timc- Tnc 6?ai-larJ SiiSted his jgtess against that cf bis Host aud said that his orders were to prevent that vessel from goin to by force if necessary. Capt. ttnite emptied his glass and quietly Informed his guest that it was his in tention to tire on any vessel that in tcrfered with her. With this pleas ant understanding and mutual good wishes the pair separated. Hardly had the Spaniard's gig left the gangway before the shrill notes of the boatswain were heard calling the crew to muster on the quarter deck. When they had all assembled aft Capt. White made a brief address telling them of his intention and ask ing them to stand by him. The crew was very small and the odds were much against them, but there was not a craven soul within those ribs of oak, and when the address was fin ished, the captain felt sure that he could depend upon his small but va lient crew. The captain of the Vir ginius was formally notilteu that his vessel would be escorted to sea the next day at noon sharp. The preparations for sea were quietly conducted. As soon as night fall concealed the movement the gens of the Kansas were run in, charged with tlve-second sliell and run out again ready for firing. The eleven inch gun was pivoted so as to bear on the Spaniard, and the pivot ports which masked it were made ready for knocking away at a moment's notice. All the usual preparations for battle were made ami no precautions neg lected. The Spanish captain had said his orders were to tire on the Vir ginius if she attempted to leave the harbor, and there was no reason to suppose that he would disobey them. On the other hand, the commancer of the Kansas saw his duty plain. This virtually amounted to the sacri fice of his ship and crew, for he knew that there would be nothirg left above the wate r line of his little v -s-sel after she had received the Span iard's broadside. His only chance was to disable her with the flrst shot from the eleven-inch. At 11:30 in the forenoon everything was reaily on board the two Ameri can ships. The engineers stood lever in hand, and forward were a group of men with axes ready to cut the ropes which 1'ld the cable. Thr gun trun were quietly assembled around their respective pieces, primers placed iu the vents, and the locks thrown back. When all was complete a boat was lowered and an officer dispatched to the Spanish ship officially to notify her captain that the Virginius would go to sea at noon. The message had hardly been de livered before figns of excitement were noted on board. They had not observed the preparations and were taken completely by surprise. The bo.U did not delay a moment, and as soon as she was alongside ag.nin she was hooked on and run up to her davits like a Hash. A moment litter the bell struck the noontide hour. At its first stroke the ax descended upon the rope, the engineer threw the thro. tie wide open, and in less time than it takes to record it the Kansas was interposed between the Spaniard and the Virginius and both vessels were steaming out to sea. The men, clu: red around their guns, awaited the tire of the l'i:irro heroically, but it did not come. The latter was ly ing in such position that none of her guns could be brought to bear on either of the American ships. To make matters wcrse for her, she had fouled her cable, and much time elapsed before shecould get her anchor up. When she finally did get under way both vessels were well out to sea. The Kansas was no more remark able for spued thau she was for size, and the pursuing shin rapidly lessened the distance between them. The VJrginius, however, was very fast, and was rapidly becoming a mere speck upon the horrizoii. The men of the Kansas watched the foam as it rolled from the bow of the pursuing frigate, but they soon saw that shu stood no chance of catching the Vir ginus. As she swept by the Kansas, almost grazing her guns, Capt. White politely doffed his cap to her commander, but the salutation wai not returned. The next morning the three vessels were 200 miles apart. New York Times. bPOOXSIX THE ASCENDANT. The tnble of patents for the qnarter ending Jnne 30, ISDI, contain." at least one noticeable feature, namely the large nnmber of patents granted for spoons, etc.. sixty-five being on do signs and twenty on trade-mirks. The nanon d'etre of this unprecedented cirenmstanco one need not i-eek fur to discern. During tho period compre hended in the quarters referred to. the fashion of collecting sonvenir spoons, or, ns it is commonly known, "tho Fouvenir spoon fad," was at the zeuith of iia popularity. Tho craze is still potent, many patents for sonvenir spoons being granted week after week. It is to be noted, however, that tho fashion has evolved a class of spoons which though they contain the senti ment, of reminiscence, differ from tho souvenir spoon per sc, not only in the elmrneter of their designs but in their pnrposes; for while the former are to bo given as tokens of affection, tha latter are to be collected by tho mdi vidncl. Jeirrlcrs' Circular. TOTATOFS IN TIIE LAUNPrtY. To Irtish clothes withont fa-ling farm, wash and peel Irish potatoes; then grate them into cold water. Sat urate the articles to bo washed in this potato water, and they can . then be wssbed with soap withont any running of the color. I have taken oil out ol carpets with this potato water when simple cold water would make the color run ruinously. Have also set the color in figured black mnslins, in col ored merinos, in ribbons and othei silk goods. Often the potato watel cleanses sufficiently withont the nse ol soap; but the latter is necessary.I find, where there is any grease. In Biictj esses (withont ponp) 1 take tho grated potato itself and rub with a flannel rag. In woolen goods it is necessary tc strain tue water, else the particles wiL arlhere, but this is not necessary or goods from which they can welt b shaken. Detroit Free Preis. "Who bctttr thRn that old war corres pondent, Theo. R. Davis, could wriU on General Sheridan's personality 1 Pis article illustrated by himself, w u the June Cosmopolitan. A SHORT RAMBLE 1 CONSTA. " TlNoPLli It was daybreak on a lovely Mav morning, the rising sun jnst tipping the gilded domes and taperiDg pinnacles of mosque and minaret, that the Aus trian Lloyd steamer Elbe, which had brought ns from the Piraeus, east her anchor in the bnsy wattrs of the Golden Horn and we realized as we gazed on the brilliant animated scene spread out before onr eyes, far surpas sing in beauty and richness of coloring our most extravagant expectations, that the great wish ot onr hearts was at last gratified, and we had really reached the once mighty capital of the great Eastern empire. To carry away a favorable Impres sion ot Constantinople, one must accept the statement that "distance lends en chantment to tho scene," and never land, and so never penetrate into tho scenes of dirt, squalor, and wretched ness whion meet the eye on all sides, once the traveller has mode up his mind to investigate for himself more closely the manners and customs of the people of the East. The great and most striking charac teristics of the streets of Constantino ple, which makes them distinct from the streets of every other European capital, are the dogs. A miserable sion ly race, crippled, troddeu on, beaten, driven over, always quarrelling, ex posed to every kind of weather, living on the tilth and refuse thrown into the street, they eke ont an existence which is by no means devoid of usefulness. They have divided Constantinople amongst them, and woe betide the un lucky dog who dares to leave his own quarter and trespass into that of an other! He never gets ont of it again alive, but his half-starved corpse serves b uu example to all other iutrnders, and a few bones left to whiten n the rays of the sun are all thirt remain iu a few hours of the venturesome, nnlueky trespasser. The Greek finds a vent for his innate love of cruelty iu ill-treating in every possible way these poor, pa tient, harmless animals; but the Turk, on the other bund, extends to tlieni a not inconsiderate, menaure of kindness and humanity, putting mats and bas kets for the newborn puppies, and taking care that there should be always a plentiful supply of tempting incrsels to eat und watu,' to drink. Loafing about in the daytime, singly or in companies of tea or more, they awaken the dark empty streets at night with their dismal howls. Cut in spite of their miserable, degraded appearance they give very material assistance to wards the sanitary condition of the town; if it were not for them, who else would do the work of scavengers of streets in whieh all that is foul and refuse ia daily thrown from every honse? We took a cursory look round before starting for any p irtienlar point, and were much struck by the strange in congruity of the different buildings ad joining one another. Side by side with the ruins of what had once been a richly ornamented palace might be seen miserable little wooden hu'..3, hardly worthy of the name of human dwelling-places, and a little further on our eyes lit upon a heap of blackened ajhes, which no one had ttken the trounle to clear away or re build since a fire had reduced them to their prerent dilapltated condition. The town of Constantinople is divided into two great divisions, those of I'i ra and .Stambonl. There ire two or three fairly comfortable but expen sive hotels in Cera, the Koyal, the Angleterre, and tha Belle-Vue; the Koyal and the Belle-Vue occupy the best situation, being on a hili; the Angleterre is in the heart of the town, shut in by houses on all sides, and therefore more subject to outbreaks of diphtheria. The streets in Pera are lighted up at nieht, and up to a late hour the Corso uffers a warm weloome to those inclined to enter, but in Stambonl if by any chance a troveller gets benighted he runs a very considerable risk of being arrested by one of the watchmen as a thief or a murderer, for the streets ure in total darkness, there is not even so much as a Bolitary oil-lamp here and thore to help to disperse the gloom. There are many large and beautiful hops in Pera which would not do dis credit"! o London or Paris, but they are nothing like so fasoinating or at tractive as the primitive arrangement of stalls in tho ''bazaars" of Stamoonl. The "bazaars" form the commercial centre of the whole mercantile life of Constantinople, and are encircled with massive stone walls, ami closed at sun down to every living sonl, with heavy iron door, over which two stalwart watchmen, fully armed, stand as senti nels. The necessity for these precau tionary measures is apparent when one realizes the fact that, as so many of the palaces and bouses are built of wood, tires are not infrequent; bnt the whole of Constantinople might be burnt level with the ground before the dames would have any effect on those Bolid walls and massive doors, which so securely protect from harm tho costly treasnres stored within. The long labyrinth of paths is lighted by sky lights, let into the arched roof, and seated on the gronnd, witn their legs crossed under them and their goods spread out all round them, may bo seen the Turkish shopmen, a-rayed in tur bans, pointed shoes or slippers, and caftan, smoking their long pipes and filling the air with sweet aromatic fumes. The bazaars are divided into differ ent quarters. In one place one mar notice twenty color merchants, or drug stores, all arrauged side by side, aud esoh seeking to outdo the other by the artistic yet silent display of their several oods. The most fascinating of all the qnarters, and the one most cnKnlatcd to attract strangers, is that in which tho rich Persian and Smyrna carpets and shawls are displayed in pit their wealth of blended color and delicate texture. Tho Oriental em broidery is simply lovely, especially the tablecloths which come from Ara bia. Specialities of the toilette, essen tially Turkish, are also exposed to the vulgar gaze of the unbelieving; one important article of import being a curiously bent brush, with a handle made of a sweet-smelling root found in Arabia, and which is used by the ladies of tho harem as a tooth-brush. There is also the ornamental case, filled with a black-looking powder for dark ening the eyebrows and eyelids, and tha crocodile shaped plaster scratcher for tickling the soles of the feet. Leaving the bazaars, we fonnd our way on to the Galata Bridge, that great thoronghfaro of traffio which unites Pera and Stambonl, where nearly every nationality nnder the sun has its representative from the polo-faced, fair-haired Saxon to the thick-lipped, coal-bla"k enrly hair of the dusky Nubian. The stranger might imagine himself the eye-witness of a vast masquerade, never ceasing, and for ever changing. At the end of the bridge stands the toil-k eeper. The average amount tiken every day is about -to.OOO piastres piastre is worth 2d.), and this u duly handed over to the creditors, fol like many other state revenues in Turkey, the bridge is mortgaged. A splashiDg in the water below mude ns look over the side of the bridge, ana we were amused to see a fine stalwart M ssulmao, with close-cut beard and green turban, taking his three wives ont for a ro-v. Our atteution was attracted next by a curious, long, narrow carriage, not unlike a brewer's dray, drtwn by two richly-caparisoned oxen, and leil by a negro in gay clothes; the top of the carriige was made of wicker; over which a crimson covering was draped, with a bright yellow fringe hanging down. Several Tnrki.h ladies were seated under this lml laehin, looking as cozy and full of cossipas English ladies at a select five o'clock iea-party. Tliey were d reused in tha loudest colors, and were sitting back to back on two long seats, that reached from one end of the carriage to the other, their little feet all Turkish ladies have small feet hanging down, with slippers on, with ont any heels, aud their wide pauta loons trimmed with luce, giving ample opportunities of showing off the bright colors of their elaborate open-work stockings, between these ladies were squatted a number of little boys and girls, deeked ont with roses and carry ing oranges in their bunds. But there are some who take part in this never ending procession who are not of the same pleasing character. Mingling in the crowd, almost or entirely naked, au l drawing as much attention as pos sible to their gaping, sickening sores, may be seen human deformities of every possible description, who, by exposing these revolting sights thus publicly, seek to awaken compassion and pity in the minds of the possersby. A copper removes them from npleasant ly close proximity. We followed the crowd, and, aooom panied by onr native servant, we visit ed the I olma liatche Palace, with its splendid rooms, decorated in the French style and magnificent parquet floor. At the conclusion of our visit, aud as we went- the honored guests of the Ottoman Bunk, we were solemnly invited to partake of coffee, served iu silver cups, and a sweet compound, of which we found a very little went a very long way. Oar guide next took us to the Treasury, for which it is necessary to obtain a special order, and by distributing "backsheesh" on all sides we were allowed to see the "Holy Carpet," literally embroidered with pearls. Tired of sight-seeing, and wishing to enjoy the snushioe without fatigue of mind or body, we hir d a boat, and spent the remainder of the afternoon at that favorite resortof yont'u, be.nty, and fashion of Constantinople, the "Sweet Wat ts of Europe." Satisfied with onr day's onting, we returned to the hotel, aud were not sor.'y to have dinner aud go to bed. Oi.r time biinliuiiledVwu were glad to seize the opportinity ext day of attending Divine service St. Sophia, and from the strangers' gallery were allowed to iook down o-, the long lines of prostrute Mnssnlme , intent on thjf. worship, and setting us an exaaw le of devotion and comyiete self-renanci-ation whilst perforr.ng the religious otlices of their bif,' ted creed. Like one man, at a given signal they rose, they bowed, they knelt, thev kissed the ground, called upon 'Allai" and striking their hrea-ts with all the fervor and earnestness of religious maniacs. We were not sllowed to leave until we had each a cepted a hamlfnl of beautiful glass mosaics which form ench a strikiug feature and ornament of the walls of the great mosque, bnt which it seems liko an act of sacrilege to pick ont of their places. There was one great wish we were not able to gratify, and that was to penetrate within the strong walls of a harem, and contemplate the inner family life of the Turkish ladies. But what man what strng r can ever bosst of having done this? A friendly Turk once said to me that he should like to take me into his house and introdnce me to his children, but his wife I was only to be allowed to catch a glimpse of for one mon.ent, and then closely veiled. It was with feelings of great regret that we realized that onr little visit had come to an end, and pressing business calls obliged ns by 3 p. m. on the fol lowing afternoon to take our places on board the Russian steamer Tchickac hoff, en route for Alexandria. OLD MAIL-BAG LOCKS. Once in eight years all the looks on United States mail bags must be changed, if not oftener. This is be cause after a while a good many lost keys get around, and they are not very safe to have so distributed. Jnst now the equipment division of tho po-t of fice depa-tment is ranking over 250,000 old locks, merely for the purpose of rendering tliom dim ront. They were very good in their day, and are still so in other respects. At first it was sug gested that all these 250,000 locks should be thrown away. The junkmen were asked how much they would eivo for them, and they said twenty cents ! a hundred pounds. This did not seem ' large, inasmuch as tho postoftice had originally paid fifty-seven cents apiece ! for the locks. Therefore, it was con- ' eluded to make them over a?ain, and this is being done now at a repair shop on C street, at a cost of six and three quarters cents per lock. It is a very pretty sight to sea tho workmen cit tL-e old contrivances apart, polish them up on rapidly revolving giindstones which give ont showers of sparks, and putting together tho pieces into as good shape as the new lumps which the magician in the story of Aladdin ex changed for old ones. W axlthigton Star. j BIO TREE OF CALIFORNIA. j Professor Sargent, of Harvard Uni vert-ity, has secured somo large speci men sections of the Seqnoia from a canon east of Visslia, California. The tree from which the cross sections were cut was eight feet in diameter at a heiuht of 210 feet The whole height of the tree is not mentioned. Tho first section, cut near tho base of the tree is twenty-five feet in diame ter, and four feet in the length of the grain. After this section had been mado another was cut as near the same size as possible. The first one ia ' to bo exhibited in Central Park, New York, and the other is to go to the British Mnsenm, London. The cut ting was completed last October, bnt the approach of Winter stopped furth er proceedings. Now the sections are being cut into covable pieces, and it is expected that they will be shipped to their destination in May. ROIAL ARTISTS. The long list of artitta lefortb pub lio, receives yet another accession. H. S. H. the Princess Lilly Lolgorouky whose connection (morgantic) with the late Czar of Russia, together with her great ability as a musician has made her famous, will arrive in this city rhortly to perform. Her Serene High ness, intends to give recitals through out the conntry. Although her title is ; Russian the Prinoess is really Spanish and is a descendant of a noble and an cient family of Seville. The Prin cess's Father was Dam Pedro Do Caznas; ho was a great enthusiast of musio an I a dear friend of the great Violinist Wieniawski. The Princess at a very early age showed consummate talent as a violinist, and under incom parable Wieniawski, she soon became an executant of the highest order. To gether they traveled to Russia and ap peared before the imperial court. Tue talent aa welt as the beauty of the lady attracted tha notice of the Czar (Alexander the II.,) and marks of royal favor were showered upon her. She left the stage and remained in Russia until the death of the Czar. Besides being a tine violinist, tha Princess ia an orchestral director of rare skill; she was for a period the director of a well known orchestra of two hundred per formers in Paris. The Princees has appeared in Vienna, London, Berlin, Rome and several other European cities, gaining the most marked ad miration as an executant of great ibility. Among tha Royalty of Europe, there are to be found quite a nnmber of famous musicians. II. R. H., the late I Prince Consort, was not only a superb executant, but a rare composer; many of his great works will be published before long. The MSS. are in the ' possession of his brother, the Dnke of , Saxe-Coburg. During this month (May) a Te Deum composed by the late Prince Consort, will be produced at Coburg, and in musical circles it is awaited with great interest. Again, Her Most Gracious Majesty, the Queen, is a skillful musician and a 1 rare judge of the divine art. Her I Majesty is ever ready to recognize ' genins and encourage it. No matter to what nationality the artist belongs. God bless her. T. R. 11., the Princess and Prinoe of Wales, have extraordinary skill and talent ij music. The Prinoess of Wales especially so. When Her Royal Highness was hatted I to use a Univers ity term) the Princess never looked more beautiful than when she appeared iu the graceful dear old oxonian gown. Perchance the Princess is the only Royal Lady, who is a doctor of mnsic. H. R. H., the Duke of Connaught, is a most scholarly and excellent player on the violin. H. R. H., the Duke of Connaught's artistic conceptions are marked by unusual force, finish and consideration. The late Emperor Frederick", of Ger many, was also an expert musician and Lis consort, the Empress, has fine mu sical talent. H. R. H., Prince Bismarck is quite the reverse. I heard Abbe Liszt of ten remark that a friend of his once said Prince Bismarck declared to him (personally) that, neither he nor his son hail ever possessed the slightest appreciation of music. The Prinoe said further, "I was never able to per form upon . the piano-forte, as was usual for a yonng man of good family when I was a student. There is noth ing musical in my composition. Yet I enjoy music, aud like to listen to in strumental music, particularly such in struments as suggest the human voice, as flute and violoncello. As for attend ing the opera or concert halls, those are places of pleasure entirely nnvisit ed by me, even had I so desired. I could never have spared the time." The present generation are per chance little aware that Mr. Crouch, the grand old brilliant composer, is still alive and resides in this country. Mr. Crouch is the composer of the world-famed "Kathleen Mavonrneen," "Dermot A store," and hundreds of other splendid vooal works. He in herited his great talents from Freder ick William Crouch (his father) who was famons in England as the colleague of Richard Lindley, the great violon cellist. They travelled together, Mr. Crouch playing the piano forte and Lendley the cello, ap pearing at the provincial festi vals and at the anoient and Philhar monic concerts and at Her Majesty's Opera Honse. As a boy, Mr. Crouch who is now in this country, was a musical prodigy and performed before royalty receiving warm demonstrations and plandits from the European royal families. From the minor houses in London he succeeded in gaining ad mittance into His Majesty's Theatre and had extended to him the great privelege of playing a solo before Rossini. Rochsa at that period was in the zenith of his glory and was the director of the opera. Rochsa was so pleaded with the devoted young musi cal student that he took Crouch as his pnpil. Afterwards Mr. Cronch was transferred to the famous William Hawes, master of St Paul's Cathedral, ami soon afterwards he became a stud ent of the Royal Academy of Music. There he enjoyed the great opportunity of studying under graud masters like Atwood, Hayden, Hawes, Cro'oh, Piscrucci, ana Crivelli. The other students of the academy were usually of noble birth and they fro qnntly together with Crouch, attended at Buckingham palace, Brighton pavil ion and Windsor castle. When King George the IV died, young Mr. Crouch together with senior students were pres ent by royal command at the corona tion of King William the IV and Qoeen Adelaide. He was scon afterwards appointed to Queen Adelaide's private ore lies tera anil remained until it was disbanded. Mr. Cronch then became the principal violoncellist at the grand old Theatre, Drury Lano and while he was there he composed the first of his celebrated songs, entitled "Zephyrs of Love," for the celebrated Miss Anne Tree, and also the Swiss song "Meet ing," for the famons Mme. Malibran. It was in beautiful Devonshire, on the banks of the Tamar, Mr. Crouch wrote his immortal song '-Kathleen Mavonr neen," and "Echoes of the Lake," the former song made the composer famons throughout the Kingdom. At is utfually the case of course, the com poser bad previous to this sold hia rights to the publishers and they netted all the profits. The words Kathleen Mavonrneen, were written by that accomplished lady, Mrs. Crawford at her house in Loudon, and the melody came like an inspiration to the composer while on the buiks of the Tamar, one day as he was t linking of the beautiful poem. How sad and pathetic it ia to learn that this grand old artist at the age of 84 yaars, and after hia brilliant career. once a Welcome member of hig'j and churming circles in socio' y, in arllueuce at one time a lriend of Sheridan Knowles, and Douglas Jerrold, Mrs. Crawford, Miss Mitford, Alarich E. Watt, Thomas Bailey and many other distinguished personages, honld at this moment be resid ing in an obscure part of Baltimore, where poverty and squalor reign supreme. Think of it! Th e faith fnl servant of the public, almost penndesg aud alas, friendless, perchance. Has the pnblic no sympathy or spirit, or bos one only dreamed that it is called fickle, he artless aud ungrateful? Surely the claims of the grand old composer should be recognized. Crouch has done his duty in "oilicina gentium." Dr. Waldterm Peoo. PERSONAL. Mrs. Mtba Bbadwelx, who has for more than twenty years beon eiVtor ol the Chicago f.eral yews, has been ad mitted to practice before the Snpreme Court of the United States, on motion of Attorney Gonerul Miller. Mrs. Harriet Ketch am, who made the successful design for the Iowa Sol diers' Monument, died soon after learning of the acceptance of her plan. She was an Ohio girl, who had studied abroad, and manifested undoubtod tal ent as a sculptor. It was in the library of the Abbt Bossnet, who recently died in Pans at the age of ninety two, that Victor Hugo is said to have collected the ma terial for his "Hunchback of Notre Dame. Thr first woman to be graduated in civil engineering, an 1 to receive a di ploma in that course from the Univer sity of Michigan, will be Marcurel Shaw, a niece of the Rev. Anna H. Shaw. Dr. Babcock, of Chicago, is, although blind, a specialist in throat und lung diseases, his acuta ear making up for his lack of sight. He was materially advanced in his studies by the aid and encouragement given him by Dr. May French, now Mrs. French-Sheldon. Thi Princkss Fhkoerick Charles is to be patroness of the German Fe male Department at the Chicago Ex hibition. The department is consti tuted with the object ot illustrating the whole sphere of woman's activity and status, not only in the household, but in the general walks of life. The Rev. Joseph James Cheese man, a Bapti-t minister, has recently been elected President of the Republic of Liberia. He was appointed Super intendent of the Southern Baptist, Mis sion in Liberia in 1371. Miss Ami Baker is making a gooc deal of money by her classes of yonng New York women, who spend an hour a day in listening to her selection ol editorials and articles on current events clipped from American ana foreign journals. ""Martha Washington's Bible ha jnst been sold by a New York firm to t. Mr. Gunter, of Chicago, for $1000. The firm paid 81,000 for it at the Washing tonian sale in Philadelphia last year. Neal, Dow has signified his intention of bequeathing to the trustees of the Temperance Temple in Chicago, twenty three scrap-books containing material relating to the temperance cause, the collection of a lifetime. Probahlv the yonngest college presi dent in the country is John H. Finley, President of Knox College, Gulesbnrg, Illinois. Mr. Finley is only twenty, eight years old, and has studied al Johns Hopkins U niversity. He is editor of the Charttics Hcvicw. One ot the most loyal daughters o. the Emerald Isle is Miss Maud Clonne. She is yonng, beantiful, anil educated, and although the daughter of a Pro testant landlord aud British army officer, and a woman of high social sta tion, she tins strongly identified herself with the Land League. With her money and gifts as a speaker she has done much to promote the national cause. Pierre Loti is described as small in stature, with exceedingly narrow and sloping shoulders, a rather Urge head, and very small hands aud feet. His eyes are singularly fine, and when hie face is in repose it is profoundly mel ancholy. Upon the day of his instal lation in the seat iu the French Academy left vacant by the death ol Octave Fenillet, a lartre and brilliant reception was given him by Madame Adam, the author, and the editor of the -Vom efc Kevue. Mrs. Richard A. Proctor, the widow of the astronomer, was married not long go in London, to Dr James Cammac Smythe. of Belfast Ireland. Pine may 1C made to look like some beantiful wood by sriving repeated coats of hot linseed oil and rubbing hard after each coat. AN UNTAUGHT DIPLOMAT. "Yon know, Nick," said his mo!hor, "a gentleman never asks for things, no matter how badly ho wants them." "Why doosn't he?" said Nick, open iag very wido his round four-year-eld eyes. "Becanse it is impolite and greedy. That is why it annoys me so to have you ask your Uncle John, whenever he comes, if he has brought you candy. Remember, now, you must never do it r-uy more." "Bnt it's my candy he says so and he wants me to have it." "Then he will certainly give it to you, and you must wait his time for it. If 1 ever again hear yon ask him, I will not let you have it. So promise mo that yon will not 1 know my littla boy wants to 1o a gentleman." Nick made the promise with a verj sober face. He was the normal small bov, not a little augel, yet he h d been trained "upon honor," and felt that a promise onee made could not be brok- en. This is the way he kept i. When Uncle John came again, his nephew, I after greeting him, leaned medita tively against his chair, and said: "Von didn't bring anvthing bnt yourself this time, did you, Uncle John?" i "Yes, I did," said Undo John, with a laughing shout, "I brought a whole pound of candy, and after that, 1 wish it was two." Harper's Young J'eopte. According to the Medical liecord, ! castor oil has not failed in any case to remove warts to which it was applied onoe a day for two to six weeks. Kerosene will make a tin kettle aa bright as new. Wet a flannel cloth, and rub with it Kerosene will also remove stains and dirt from varnished furnitnre. A representative of the Krnpp gnn manufactory at Essen, Germany, is about to start for Chicago to make ar rangements for an exhibit at the Fair, A BOWL OF GINGHAM. BT NELLIK STUART RUSSELL, 'Mimie, O Mamie! Where are you?" cillod hiarna. "Here I are," answered Mamie from the hay mow. "Do you want me to do an erring?" "Oh! may I go with her aunty?" c-tiod Lulu, the little cousin who was visiting Mamie. "Yes, you may go. Now listen. Take this bowl over to Mrs. Hoot, aud ask her please to lend mama some graham -flour. Now, what are you going to say?" "Will you please lend mama some praham-flour? You're welcome," re peated Mamie, slowly. Mama smiled and said: "Don't play on the way." So Mamie and Lnlu tied their bine snnbonnets over their yellow hair, and trndged along thecountry road, hand in hand, singing to a tune of their own: "Graham flour, gra-a-ham flour, grame, grame, graham flour." "O Mamie!" cried Lulu suddenly, 1 tting go of her cousin's hand. "There's a bird's-nest, right thcre'n the hedge, low down so's we can see into it I'm a-goin' to see if there's any birds in it." "Say 'going,' " correctly Mamie, as she quickly fo lowed Lulu; and, stand ing tiptoe, looking like little birds them selves, with their necks stretched and mouths open, they peered into the nest. Nothing there. Jes' 'n old one," said Lnlu in a dis appointed lone, while Mamie tnrned with a little frown, and said crossly: "I don't care. I just hate little birds, any way. Skinny old things!" "Yes, but they get pietty feathers on 'am, Mamie. What if they'd been three little birds there, and the old mother-bird had been otfgettin' worms, and I'd taked one. and you'd taked one, and we'd left one for the old birds, and " "Yes," chimed in Mamie, getting ex cited; "and supposing we had tooken oi.rs home, and mama had bonght us two little shiny cages, and oh, dear, I b'lieve it's j ist wicked for birds to 'eeive folks that way! They oughted to 'stroyea that old nest" "Oh! birds don't know nothin', only jes sing aud lay eggs," said Lnlu. "I guess they do too, now, Lnlu Haven. Didn't my mama tell me about the ravings? That's a bird, that ob, my! Sail rat us! saleratas! salerutus!" "We forgetted, didn't we Mamie? But that wasn't the word. It was gingham; gingham something." ''Gingham!" said Mamie scornfully. "That's what mama does when she sews. Don't you supposing I know? Mama sends me on lots of er rings. I never forget. Saleratus! saleratnsl ealeratus!" she chanted in a determined tone. By this time they had reached Mrs. Root's door, and Mamie said politely: "If you please, will you please lend mama a bowlful of saleratns?" "A bowl of saleratus?" said Mrs. Root, smiling. "Haven't you made a mistake? What is your mama do ing?" "She's making bread," answered Mamie. "Oh! it's flonr you want. That's white, like saleratus." "No, ma'am," said Mamie positively; "it was a great, long name, saleratus, I snow." "I think it was gingham," said Luln imi.lly." Mrs. Root wipod a smile from her mouth with the corner of her apron, said: "I will give you what saleratus I have in this paper, but I never ad a bowl fnl in my life." "Then ji lease pnt some gingham in the bowl, Mrs. Root. I jes' know aunty didn't say saleratus!" cried Lulu, 'orgetting her bashfnlness. "i'.less you, child; I never had a bowl of gingham either." And then Mrs, Root burst into such a loud laugh that the two little girls, half frightened, flipped out of the door, and ran quickly home. And when ninma and grandma laughed too, it was moretban they could bear; but it cured the little girls of their worst fault. When they grow up, perhaps they will meet some grown people who stop to look into empty biru's-nests, and forget the errand on which they were sent. Exchange. Futility of SeK-saer.ticn. It would be hard to convince self sacrificing people, women especially, that their very forgetfulness of self is often followed by results disastrous to Hie comforts of others. A woman will seriously affirm that it Is the height of selrlshness, when work is concerned, to think of her own health, or make any arrangement for her own comfort. Yet, for the sake of other Icople, if not for her own, she should kwp herself in good physical and mental health. Duty to her family demands that she should take not only ordinary precautions, but ex tra ones, too, when required to pre vent illness. Matters pertaining to health which she would never over look ia her children, she should not ignore in her ow n case or feel them ot lie liter moment. She should save he. self unnecessary work, and not make herself a slave to the wants of others. It is not selfishness that should cause a woman to walk in stead of to run up-stairs. If her child is crying, let him cry: crying will re lieve his injured head and feelings. The slight pause at the head of the stairs to recover breath mikes up for the difference in time. If this ad vice is old, can it 1 too often given? It is not selfishness for a woman to save herself steps. To let some one else, fetch the forgotten scissors or pa per, or do the unimportant errand, is wisdom. It is pure obstinacy which causes the peculiarly self-sacrificing one to insist on performing each trille he.vself. Concern and planning for her own ease may riot be pleasant to to an unselfish nature. But unself ishness can be shown more truly in these little ways than in all the de termined self-sacrifice which narrow natures love to display. It Is by "eating crow" that the pub lic man must somestimes show hia devotion to the political caws. Don't despise little th'ng. Even the pin in the hand of the small boy will turn and torment its tra!ucer. When a woman refuses to pocket an insult It isn't always due to the fact that she can't find her pockets. There Is no fit search after truth which does not, firs; of all, begin to live the truth which it knows. BEING HIS MOTHEl.. Petnic hl mother, nhen lie jrces away I wullld nut hold Iilln over lmi;. and so Soivctimes my yielding slt;lit u him srowa, .11! quick rt tears. I )ry hp dM not stay 1o eaich the f.ttut"t rumor ot Ihem, nav, Leave lw:ivs Au ty.) clear aud clad, altnutigh Mine oa a, .le.ar Lord, do flit t'i overflow ; 1 , us lenitmbered feature, as 1 pray. Si ! ever on me! Ab what stress of iove Tbou g i vest oie to mu d witli Tlive Iliia w ;.e: Its fullest speech ever lo he denied Mine own. teiny hi mother! Allthereef Thou knowest nly. looking froin the akies As Mhrn uot t'bnst alone was crurined. James Whitcuntb liilev. in Jute Lippiscott NEWS .'N L1UFF. An Illinois man traveled over 1000 miles recently to recover an tld family horse t!iHl had been stolen from him two years ago. He recovered the ani mal finally in Georgia. Profecsor A. C. Reese, or Carroll .oo, Ga., has been teaching school for fllty-six years. He says he has taught neaily 5L.00 pupils and never has had but two to die In school time. A turtle farm flourishes at Lisbon, 111. One of the turtles is quite Intelli gent, and Is known as Dick. It is amusing to see him, when summoned to his food, crawl towards his owner on bearing his name called. In Sweden special gymnasiums art constructed for the treatment of the sick. In these passive motion Is first jiven by attendants with the use of medical appliances. Later, the patient begins to e?ercUe himself with asslst iroe. Chicago skaters are to have a skat ing rink with real ice to glide over, all the year round. The ice is to be made irtitlclally, and the surface renewed svery night. The temperature of the room will be about forty degrees, win ter and summer. David Lins iy, the explorer, while in an Australian desert awhile ago found that the Inhabitants got their aater supply by draining the roots of the mallee tree, which yield quantities rf water, supposed to be absorbed from the air by the leaves and twigs of that tree. The Netherlands, or low countries .n the west of Europe, formeily com prised Belgium as weil as the present Kingdom or Hollanu. In ly.'jj the severance of the llelglau provinces from Hi Hand occuned, and sired that time the name Netherlands has been politically restricted to Holland. Police matrons in New York and Brooklyn g.-t 80:). School teachers begin on hulf that pay aud work four teen years to secure the maximum sa lary, which ia $750 a year. A distinguished Methodist peacher jnce sid: "But for the interest aud de votion of the women of our churches one-half of them would die the first year, aud ihe other half the second. " Antelope skin, which has been ex tensively used for pocket books, photo graphs, frames, et3.. Is now being em ploye d for g!oveP. It is very soft and pliable, resembling the finest s utile, and comes in all the tans aud light shad es. A new wrinkle is the wearing oi colored ribbons as collar trimmings; some are merely folded an I set over or on the edge of the dress collar, and fastened at the back with a roset te. Ribbons are woiu in every imaginable manner. There a whirlpool in tho Santa Fe river, three miles nnithaest of High Springs Fla., into which 1000 feet ol line has been lowered without fiiniug bottom. Mrs. rriscllla Scropglns of Hare county, G;i., who is said to be 113 years old, has now livinsr twelve child ren, K-3 grat dchlMreii. f:G greatgrand children, and 250 great-great-grand ihildreu; in all a family ot 1274 touls. The number of islands, large and small, in a. I the oceans of the world amounts to oue hundred thousand. The smallest inhabited Isl.ind is tiiat on which Eddystone( England) Lighthouse stand. At low water it is thirty feet In diameter. Dunng the recent cyclone In Kan sas a cow was ilfted from the ground, carried to the top of a house and de posited on the angle of the roof, where she could neither fall nor lie taken down. So they had to go up on the roof and kill her. Berore the invention of bottle-jacks the turns) it dog was used iu England to turn the spit on which on the joint was roasted, for which purpose thej were attached to a sort of wheel. It, Is a queer-looking dog v?ry long-bodied and very shott-legs l, and is possessed of a great degree of int lligence. Illck3 pond, In Palmyra. Me., Is a strange body or wa er. It is only twelve acres in area, but is more than 100 feet in depth. It has no visible in M, although a falr-bizal stream flows from it into lake Sebasticook. The volume of its waters is not materia'ly affected by either droughts or freshet-, and the water Is always co:d. Lady O'Brier, the wife ortle Gov ernor of Newfoundland, is much abso. bed iu the wives and children of the meu engaged along the coast in the fish ing industry, and has organized a small society to work up material into suitable clothing for her proteges. There are many women registered at the Patent Oilice in Washington aa Inventors. Their inventions rangd from pillow lace to locomotive armlem- cs, though they have been esiiecial.y successiui inuevising ice-cream freezers and sewing machine attacnmenls. The Duke of Westminister has oeen recommending young women of the middle classes to train for teachers of cookery. He says that he is convin ced, by careful exam nation of the sub ject, that there is a good living for any woman who will tit herself to teach ceKkeiy. At one time the number of swans in England must have been enormous, t'aulus Jovius, writing three and a half centuries ago, declared that lie never 3awanver so thickly covered with swans as the Thames; aud In lb'.'S, when Jvhn Taylor, the water poet, rowed from London to Christchurch, and then went up the Avon to Salis bury, he was amazed at the swarm of birds on that stream. Senator I'effer's wife Is a Pennsyl anlan, and she has been married just rorty years, ane is a woman ot busi ness ability, and while her husband was in the war she so husbanded the saviags he sari home that when the war was ! over she had the nucleus of a small, ' fortune awaiting him. I
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