I
U, F. SOHWEIER.
THE OON8TITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEM LINT OF THE lAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLVI.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JIL.Y 20, 1S92.
NO. 31.
A Across word begets a word that
jjcro, so will a kind one beget Its '
0vm likenc. If people only knew j
the power they possess in leing kind,
jiow much k" d would they achieve
f,,r them-elves, how much misery ;
prevcDt for others!
John' Jacob Astor has given $5,000
to the '"' Vork Press Club, of which
b is not ;i member, and to member
ship Inwliichhc Is ineligible. The
newspaper in. u who belong to the
club may posit.lv conjecture his
reasons tor making the gift.
The tine fellows In the weather
Dure.m coiidiiciea ny simpie-minaea ,
Uncle :t n are so often caught out I
with their umbrella at home that If j
the salaries were not large the
weather sharps wouldn't be able to
pay theii ii ' tors for the colds con
raetcl Tjte Kin;; of Denmark is not a
mighty monarch himself, but by the
divine ruht of kings and emperors
present, atnl prosectivo he is the
father-in-law of half of Europe, a
large slice of Aia. and of an empiro
on which the sun never sets. Don't
turn up our nose at King Christian
'if lie n ill ark.
Pkof. Mei.B'ivhn'e, the rain wiz
ard, has just fulfilled an extensive
contraet In Western Nebraska and
Eastern Colorado. He agreed to
cause a half -inch water fall over an
area of 8, "on square miles. The
water came down within the specified I
time, and M-lbniirne is reaping a
rieh lii'rvc-t of glory and cash. Ha
should now visit the Mississippi Val
ley and cause it to stop raining fo
.While.
.LiTTi.n wiir. Is are the sweetest to
heai; little charities fly farthest and
stay longest on the wing; little lakes
are stille5t, an 1 little hearts the
fullest, and little farms the best
tilled. Littl'- !o-,ks are the most
read, and little songs the most loved.
And, when Nature would make any.
thing especially rare and beautiful,
she makes it little little pearls, lit
tle diamonds, little dews. Much in
little is the ureal beauty of all that
we love best, hope for most, and re
tuim!er the longest.
The young people In these modern
times don't have the good opportuni
ties for courting that a former gen
eration had. The molern fashion
that has done away wV.h the front
yard fence and its swinging gate
has eliminated the best chances ever
enjoyed by our fathers and mothers.
The nice little swinging gate not
too highland located a little back
from the street, has heard a thou
sand times, as it squeaked on its
hinges, pledges of devotion from
timid lovers that might have been
delayed or lost. All other things
being equal, the girl with a front
fence and a swinging gate has a bi
advantage.
.si'Aix is having trouble with thft
socialists, but is determined to put
theiu down. The g..ve: nruent has
nolirh-d the socialists of Barcelona
that, if they begin rioting on a large
scale. It will not hesitate to bom
Lai 1 the city until not one slone i9
left upon another. This is no idle
threat, as those who remember past
Lombard merits in Spain can testify.
At the same time it is humiliating
for a government to be reduced to
dependence upon such measures as
those. Barcelona is the quarter
from which th- most serious anarch
ical and socialistic agitation is ex-peet-d,
and, In the recent riot, tha
rebels against law and order killed
lo?ens of the police.
The Pennsylvania courts do noo
Olieve in the lawfulness of contracts
to secure the passage of acts by Legis
lature or Congress. A professional
lobby i-t. in that State who sued a
Postriiasier for services rendered in
Retting a t ill passed to increase his
con),t.;)-ati.,n has been turned out of
court with the privilege of paying
costs on the ground that the contract
as void as agr.inst public policy.
No sensible person will quarrel with
the decision of the court; but it will
be felt that the other party to tho
contract oeht in some way to get
his sha;e. He was as much an
offender against public decency as
the man with whom he mad : the
Improper contract. Vet h" reaps an
advantage from it while his co-slnncr
la mulcted.
A WuXDERFUL MAGNET.
I'robabiv the largest and strongest
rnngnet in the world in that at W lilett's
i oiut. New York. It came to be nin.de
by accident. Mjor Kinir happened to
'eetwo lnrKo flfteeu-inch Dahlgren guns
Ting nnnscd by aide on the dock.
He immediately conceived the id.
"lata magnet of enormous power could
weonstrncted by meausof t ese cannon,
tn sub marine cable wound sron 1 1
nem, says 1 reaanre Trove. Electricity
s brcnght into nse, the cannon being
0n''.w"h c.i de, and tney were con
An -a ID' '",Ke Perm80ent magnet,
tro if i,s Pwer may be gathered
11 following description in a
tJt , 6 niBKm't tich stands about ten
' ,rm the ground, ia eighteen feet
won' has eiK11 mile of cable
IZ Mm' the Part of the
tl i nii keH a force of 25,u0t) ponndg
ibnhl i I11 tlle "matnre, A cVowbar
comifin tbe soet required the
5 il rce of four h,ron8 men to
etnei-iT' A seemingly impossible
fltLin ? Performed with Borne
olwT . 11 cani"n balls. Thev were
oonLUitt M mnch M B ktronmon
of k t;Tetthe magnet held several
Tueiz:d ia th8 "na
tVeS tor tr,Dg ffiai"e B?luP "P""K
TO Ior th ap of 300 trees.
COMPENSATION.
In that new world toward which our feet are
fet.
Shall v find aught to make our heart forget
Earth's uely Joys, and her bright bouiiot
is4 .
Has heav-n a spell divine enough for till?
For who the pleasure .,( the Soring can tell
when on the lentlois stock the browu buds
dwell.
When the grass brightens and the days grow
loin.
And little birds break out In rippling song?
Oh, sweet the dropping ere, th8 blush of
mora.
The star-lit sky, the rustling fields nf enrn.
The s..ft aiis blowing from the freshening
Seas,
" be sun Heeled sli -.dows of the stately trees,
liirt nullow lliunoVr ml the fa'lirg rain,
1 he prm, dcrcl.ni. happy Summer rain,
her t!ie grass brightens and the days grew
on i.
And lime birds break out in rippling songt
Jih. teaiity mai iroM. rrom morn till night.
Dawn's tlusn, umm'i blaze and sunset s tender
l.gliti
Oh. lair, fa-nlilar creatures, changes sweet
of her reviving seasons, storms and sleet.
And golden chains, as t irt (lie wheels through
space
From miow to rwes: -n.i how dear her face,
vt hen the urass brightens, wheu the days
grow lo'iir.
And little b ras break out In rippling song!
Oh. Happy Karth! Oh. Homo so wjll Detovedl
hat r. '-oiiiponse have we, from thee re
nt . i
ni v -ar
One In i e we h,ve that overtops the whole:
The hi.pe ol finding every banished sm
- nil., iiiiik atii ll.ll I J , AlIU bills
;iad:y we tin n from thee ami all tliv bliss,
Kven it tny lovel et, wh"ii the days are long,
And Utile birds b eak out I- rippling song.
Ceua TuaXTBR. in Boston Juumal.
our. nlw cook.
LY HORACE EATON WALKER.
Her bread wa' delicious, but to me
cot moie palatal le than tier elf. Her
c row n Oiead wa aometlm g to be re
inemof red in the sense ot a pleasing
illicit dream, suiieriniuced by a too
hearty suf ptr of ilcli ecalloiel oysters,
a la mode. And yet she could not lie
lo-gotten lu Hie multitude of her cul
inary endowments.
Her graham bread was a luxury, and
n ay be said to have nilted bei eata
the fasciua el tongue. And yet her
black, bead-l:ke eyes rose uppermost In
he meu.ory. Her graham gems were
stig-slive of precious store if roar India
or souie new Ar ibin. But she verily
stemed a gem lierself, and fie convic
t.on grew on one us one's natural appe
tite becam" appeased.
Htrryebreid was luscious beyond
onipari-on, auu it inane one a inouiu
watei as It was placed staining on the
.-. e iing table. Yet soii ehow and from
-ttui unaccountable reason she rose
-iipreuje a'love all her co.ikery achieve
ments, and fasteued herself in the
nemory forever!
And le.- re breakfast cakes would
pull a fellow out of Lea a half hour
arher than his custom. And, aside
now. all this, she became a paramount
something in the mind that could not
bj eradicated by I he 9. tuple appeasement
of a seosua1 appetite.
1 diu'D bl
Kn?
One egg, o ie cup of molas.ses, two
cnpi of bweet unit, four cups ot rye
o,eal, two Bmab teaspooululs of soda,
and a little salt. 1 bis was her Invari
able rale even if a prince weie lo dine.
And 6i e excelled. It almott made you
leve her in the agreeable mastication.
.Surely, ihis womau had her sphere of
HCtiou in this world. And If jou re
membered nothing else, you vividly
remembered tier rye rolls. They were
superb. It almost made one love her
for th.s alont.
And her Farker House rolls were a
clincher, chirking lo your memory like
a departed fneud or a gift of a stranger
from over seu-i. And if you have ever
eaten togUj bread, you are yettjbe
surprised at her superi jr results in this
uiiecton. I ate it with the half un
conscious relish of shrimps. Aud yet
ihe maker of her sweet self seemed to
have produced something even super.or
'o all these, although catering to quite
tiffereut tastes.
I can not vouch for her nationality or
her place of nativity, but if she were
not a Southern lady she beat tne world
n making Lhiie bi.-cult. You could
eat them for supper and live!
now I lonjre 1 to unbrace her for the
very divine culinary gifts she so exclu
s veiy eijoyedl Was th-re ever a
wjtuan I ke this womau'r Her blue
brrry rolls were marvels of success, and
r.iit-y strongly reminded you of the blue
olueberry tlelds of some feolian Jersey,
l epodug beneath bluer skies.
Even a gouty d'ay must have been
redeemed Irotn his terrible alhueut, for
L sincerely believe thy wers uore of a
panacea than so many blue ills with
ilie uhytician's warrant. I could not,
of course love her for herself, but I did
ove her for her ideal egg roll.il And 1
over delighted to roll them beneath my
ougue, a sweet morsel.
Cuuid had to fire Ins arrow in vain,
ior another Cupid had already entangled
me in fine mairiuaonial meshes.
Sh., my wi e, was pretty as a star.
Hut she couldn't to k for a farthing.
So we, or rather I, hired a co: k. My
uiottitr had been a queen ot me uuut
barrel. And I should have married a
irl proficient iu this household line.
Hut Cupid aud I made the match.
A ad it was ab ut as dirimiuallng us
::ould 1 expected. Cupid couldn't
book. Nuttier cjuld I. But there
jee ined no end to Madeline' kitchen
utilities. And her popovers were like
lozenges uudef the tongue. Two cups
jf Hour, two eggs, a littl salt, and a
.mall piece ot butler. The two !Uer
we.e nther indetinite A btl e salt to
me was a good diL And a small
id ce of butter wasn't much. I think
these ingrrdieu'.s should be disposed lu
mnces. fiiioe a little of this, and a
littlo of that, a pinch of this, and a
.ilnch or that, are bout as Indefinite
is love. And yet she cocked divine y,
lushing in a little of thia aud a lutlj
f that, varying tho ruie, like tho great
painter, and mixing wlin the nilna'.
And yet she did not ssem to be largely
endowed wlih intellectuality.
Huns that looked like baker's buns.
ut were ten tin es more eatable. Aud
yet, married man though I was, I could
not restrain myself from being haphaz
ardly in l-ve withour new cock. That
s I I mean her Eden cooking.
Mrs. Hanity quietly asKed me If I
were more attache 1 to ti e kitchen than
t, Hie parlor. I winced a little, but
ot to be outgeneraled I fenced my
ojitim by the happy rejoinde? tbat, I
.vas so enamoted of ihe cook's suprem
apacity that I could scarcely refra.n
V m paying my personal attent on to
,!e mat'er. ... ,
Aic-i Hani y smiled. Andforafew
ireary days I conlined myself in the
i t o.mi.i studv uoholstery.
mr b curtly, tl at little evauesc-nt
-mile alternately wreathing hel pretty
oou 1. coul 1 ponder the mechanism
- the great cu.-diiored parlor J0"
he divinity pcttmd in the Turkish
the BrusseU carpet, rer in rry
na io the oils on the paoered walls,
.ilrg Raphael up in my mind, po. itt
-,w ,nviu9 a thiug it wm to paint 8ucn
splenlors, how rare the artists, and
how superior all this must be to mere
co iking.
Her arguments were undeniable, and
as for refuting them, It was .ite too
far from me. And so she left me in
my glory. I had no martial cloak to
wrap xronnd m, but I felt small
enough to conceal myself behind a
spider's web. I began to wonder at
last if the cooking would seem the
same, even if it had been done by my
wife. It struck me pretty forcibly.
And conscience wou.d keep on pro
pounding the questions:
'Would her popovers seem as nice
as Md line' even though better?
Would her Dixie bi&cult cure Indiges
tion even if they were lighter than a
feather? Would her gem rolls call up
in memory tbe dear wife who had
made them?"
I was staggered.
The kitchen for one solid week re
mained a sealed book to me. And still
in my superinduced Ignorance I could
not help the reflection that the longer I
remained away from the kitchen the
less ravishing seemed the bread, the
po rer the rolls, and ths dozen other
things emanating rrom that source, I
had before thought so fine.
lteally, could it be that I had fallen
in love with the cook? and, blind as a
Cupid, I had wor hiped the rolls because
they were hers! Ktlished the mutllm
because she had made them! Ate her
French toast with the gujto for wiue
when 1 was scarcely hungry! And
flopped her pancakes onto my plate with
1 icriiy because she had ma le thetn!
But my wife couldn't cook, so what
was I to do; remain from the kitsheu?
l"repc8terous!
If every grain of enjoyment must be
denied a man simply because h-i is mar
ried, then matrimony should be abol
ished at once. Yet I had said nothing
in particular to the cook, aud yet I w.ll
confess to enjoying agreeable sensations
of pleasure iu the kitchen. I had
simply sat in the great k;tcheu rocxer
and curiously watched the dapper li tie
cock in her manipulations of different
utilities of the kitchen, her arms round
and bare to the elbows, her face flushed
with laudable exertion, a very striking
business air pervading all her movements.
I could see no harm in all this, but
I ha' i a shrewd little wife. She is
shrewdt-r than I, and the first thing I
knew I heard carpentei's hammers in
the front part of the house.
I arose suddenly from my kitchen
seat, I was profoun ly impressed.
What could it mean? I certainly had
given to such Instructions; my house
was in first-class repair, nevertheless,
I hurried through the great hall and I
was nonplussed, or something of that
nature, to find Mr. Jasper Salton, tha
master builder of i'rry, engaged in
what I then regarded1 as some very use
less repairs.
To my questions as to his object, he
very suavely refeired me to my wife,
who, strange euougb, sat as placi 1 as a
Zeno in a g.eat easy rocker I had given
her last Christmas. ThU iuaoit'ered
the affair, if anything, and I was d un
founded. But, to my astonishment, she
only referred me to tbe kitchen with,
to me, a very Intelligent aud impjnai
nod of the head.
And the carpentry went on.
And the cooking went on.
We met only at meal times.
Dally I quietly stole upstairs to watch
the progress of the work while M r.
Dalton was away to dinner, aud a very
useless piece of carpentry 1 found it
from my standpoint. The doors were
of ak. Running around the panels,
fancy mouldings had been placed; not
so bad to look at either, but Utterly
useless, utterly. Ornamental strips had
been inserted in tbe window jambs,
and with a nicety of skill and masterly
adaptation that quite fascinated m-, f jr
I had an artt-tic conception of form, of
style, and the little mannerisms of a
crack wood-worker. I was not alto
elherdispleasedbiitthenone384!it!:ility ot tbe performance quite overwhelmed
me; and, besides, wnat was It for?
And, beside, why hadn't I been con
sulted? For never from our matrimonial
connection at the Perry altar, had she
failed to consult me in regard to the
minutest detail of our household aff.iirs,
even to the purchase of a print dress,
if she had ever worn one, which she
bad not. And now the entire bouse
was undergoing a revolution and I was
not even hinted to. But siinething
was iu tbe wind. I would have given
I hat wood-butcher a five-dollar note
iiad he arisen to the emergency and ex
plained. But he remained absolutely
dumb, and she wis just as dumb as he.
I wasn't getting fat, I wasu't comfort
able either.
Matters had progressed for a week or
so thus, when it seemed to me, dimly
perhaps, the biead I had praised so
much had lost its aroma, for it had
aroma. The pies had lost their flavor.
'I he popovers had nearly popped me
over.
Mr. Dalton bad been regular
as clock-work, my wife being a constant
eye witness to every little, insigniiicaut
detail, going into the intricacies of
carpeutry like au adept apprentice, and
displaying an enviable disposition to
learn and never tire.
I myseif am an eye carpenter, but
not a hand carpenter; and once upon a
time I attempted to build a small box
to transport an adolescent kitten by ex
press to a friend out of town; and if I
rem mber aright the box was a mon
strosity, and remains a relic of my car
pentry skill in the woodshed to-day.
And what struck me forcibly now, that
failed to strike me at all then, was the
fact that Mrs. H irrlty had displayed
very little interest in my carpentry I
But. Mr. Dalton 1 bhe noted every
slishtest move, and even walked down
stairs with him, holding the front door
open until he should descend the steps.
Humph!
Iu spite of Madeline's splendid cook
ing, her jumbles, her tarts, 1, Mr. Har
nty, barrister, was unaccountably
losing appetite. And us far as 1 was
concerned her Dixie biscuit might go
to Dixie, so tar as I personally cared.
Her varnished buns row looked like so
many dynamite bombs to behuiledat
me for some delinquency. Her pan
cakes seemed live great atove-rimmers.
Had she changed?
I interviewed tho doctor.
No disease.
Mind trouble!
Sleep deserted me. I sit up in bed
and nursed insomnia. I walked the
room in dishabille, nursing insomnia.
Mrs. Harrity never slept better. Her
slumbers were peaceful beyond concep
tion. And while 1 was holding my
bare foot after setting it down on a very
inoffensive little tack, I could have
sworn that Mrs. Harrity was audibly
dreaming of Dalton! I rushed to her
bedside, forgetting my other affliction,
and glared upon her placid features.
Galatea, tfore the breath of life enter
ed her ivsry to m, was never more
Innocent ot wrong than my beautiful
wifel ,-
I took opiates. Morpl loe. Essence
or poppy, useiessi oieep ana i were
avowed enemies. I couldn't eat. I
couldn't sleep And if there were a
hell on earth to mecowltwas.be
kitchenl For somen, iw, intuitively
thcugh, I impu'ed everything bad to
th's most haimltss and least culpable of
places.
If I attempted to sit by my wife's
side to watch the business of the wood
butcher, her manner was 8U3h that I
only too gladly r- tired to the parlor.
The kitchen wai a fni'ure. The bed
room was only one remove from this,
and tbe parlor was not exactly Para
dise, espcially with Dal ton's batntn r
ringing In my ears. N , ths kitcheu
was no longer the luxurious haven of
all earthly b'.esMugs. Even Madeline
herself did not seem the angelic
persouiflca' ion of the days agone.
Mr. Jaser Dalton was effusively
polite. Mrs. Harrity never seemed
more conscientiously attentive to my
various wants when Mr. Dalton was
absent.but on his systematic return she
was never from his presence Never
taking her eyes from his handsome face,
and more than onee coming upon them
suddenly and unexpecle lly I found
their noses almo-t touching in her
minute Inspection of his work.
Finally, our meals were ofteu eaten
in silence, silence more profound than
words. But she seemed so infinitely
happy to charmingly interested that
It almost drove me to distraction. One
day I ventured:
"You seem to like carpentry!"
She uodded.
I paused, t.ien from her quietly:
" low seem to like cookery!"
I wai too full for a reply. I seized
my hat, going out to the rap, rap, rap
of that infernal hammer, aud coming
in to tee same tin-tlnuabulation.
Suicide s' a red me In the face, U,
shades of Tom Hood! Shall shall I?
i-'asuioiird so sleuderly
I essayed to see Mr. Daltoi alone. I
C3iild have seen the cook fortv time)
had I so desired. But Mrs. Harrity
was bo much at ached to Dalton's pres
ence fiat my effoits were positively
unavailing. Her attention to him re-
minde I me of our honeymoon. Or my i
wire's very dear kindness to me before
the arrival of our new cook. 1 began
to scent something. At ! and I rushed
precipitately to the kitchen.
"Miss Madeline," I taid vehemently,
flushed to the ears, "I must dispense
with your services at once!''
She stared with those black eyes.
"And for the abruptness of my
treatment, here are double wages!"
This was beastly. Yet I could not
bear it a moment longer. And it
seemed I could fly before the dilatory
expressman succeeded in removing her
truuk, herself soon following.
Our supper was very Inelegant. I
had prepared it myself in default of a
cook.
"This is my work, little wife," I
said smoth?retI'r, gulpingdown a swal
1 w of inky coffee, and wishing I might
tumble down a precipice, or die of
apoplexy. ...
Vu)te a 'beIhnTn,,, ' in" that suave
way of hers. tiuess I'd better lura
you into the kitchen, you'll soon be a
mast r cook."
"And you a master bmlder."
We "swapped" faint smiles, as boys
say of jack-kuives, but we finished our
improvised supper ia silence. For
silt-nca was go. den.
The next noon when I returned from
legal bu bu s-, I found a emoking din
ner awaiting me on the tahlj, and my
reject d cook Ma hi ne, pretty as a
pniK, flying around like a butterfly, and
I failed to hear that horrid hammer.
What could it mean?
But I was still further surprised at
the unique combination at table. My
wife sat oppori'.e me. Madeline sat on
my left, and ou my right, our friend,
; ilr Ja.-par Dalton!
I looked at my wife in mute appeal.
My three companions smiled.
"So you dou't catch on to the
mystery, Harry? as the gamlLS say."
My Milirmatiou came modestly. How
mucti I would have relinquished from
all my mortal pleasures had I never
blaced foot in that now abcmiuable
kitchen. But how came 1 to do it? A
very ea-y explanation can be pre.-euted.
We were not long married. "Can you
cook?" I had said lo the newly made
Mis. Harrity. And her very negative
answer had so impressed me that 1 won
dered why I had not pondered that
before, fdnce sho had been "bred up"
a Svoi!ed child of the daddies of the
dollarocrac, and therefoie didn't know
the iirst rudiments of cookery, not a
syllable, tiie very natural result being
tuata mal l-of-ail-work must be enlisted
at once. Jlary Ann remained with us
precisely ten ever-to-be-remembered
days. She couldu't cook a cod
fish! Aud her face was not a Cleo
patra's. I had the honor of hiring aud
discharging her. I s;ill vividly remem
ber the characteristics of the look she
gave me. But I could certainly endure
that better than her cooking. A widow
lady came next. I didu't blame Mr.
Doiiyriuiple for dying to be rid of her
kitchen accomplishments. In fact I
virtually believe her cooking killed him!
Ugt! I can feel her biscuits lu my
su m ach now! We would have been
glad to have given her a diploma to be
rid of her presence, for the devil said
her art wasu't art, and the devil is
oftener right than many people suppose.
We shed no tears at her departure, and
I yet remember the faint smile th .t
displayed Mrs. Harrltj's pretty teeth at
the expressicn overspreading my face.
"I'll go iu the kitchen myseir!" I
vociferate i and throwing off my coat,
I rolled up my "cuffed" sleeves and
metaphorically foil into the flour barrel.
j leaving my leuul business unattended
to, uesenaug my client in a supposed
muider cas", with the self-assertion
that the murderer might go scot free
or hang until the intricacies of the cook
room should be solved. I had seen
mother cook In the old-fashioned way.
And if things didn't look quite so well
they relished. If I wasn't a rook cr
the son of a cook, . I yet had it iu my
mind to give the new bride a kitchen
surprise. My potatoes did very well,
although a little bitter fiom the
fat that the kettle became sud
denly dry. Mrs. Harrity sail my
steak would make a good thoe sole.
Which I did not regard as an ludir
nity, as we freqeently interchanged our
little mots. I hunted out an old cook
book, and proceeded to inspect its
contents. How simple It all seemed!
Bo much of thi, so much of that, a
pinch of salt, a cupful of milk. Water
luke warm, and yet how warm was
luke? How big a pinch of salt? As
I endeavored to put the little culinary
rules Inte practice I found I was sud
denly out to sea. In sber desperation
I rushed to the Intelligence olfl -n, tbe
glorious result being tne personification
Madelicel Hjlelujah! I knew she
could rook I
Her looks told me that. And she
could, and and to my sorrow.
Trofound silenct prevailed at la1 h
after my very gracious aUinuation, and
a faint auroral flush stole over my f ice. '
Why didn't a trap-door open aud let
me through? Why was I born to ;
"Mr. Harrity!" 1
It was tl e sweet voice of my wife.
But the Inflection!
"Yes," I replied.
"I didu't believe you had fallen In
love with the cook. Hut to give you a
little lesson in matrimonial 1 fe that
may serve as a criterion later, and In
tercept the progress of the blind god
ere he became too iutrusive, I e ig iged
Mr. Dalton to help us prove to you
that it is a very poor rule that will not
work both ways."
I cringed.
"Turning off the cook voluntarily
was evidence positive that you loved
me instead of her."
"And the mystery of it?"
"I had tbe Intelligence office send up
pretty girl to"
"To?"
"To test my husband's love!"
"Bravo! Bravo!" I cried.
"Da you forgive me?"
I arose in the in hist of my meal, and
irpplauiiag a fervent kiss on her fore
head, I said:
"This is for bringing me to my
senses. And if ever I am caught nap
ping again, send a Koland for an
Oliver."
- We had a hearty laugh, a hearty
meal, and from that day to this I have
been a far happier man. And Made
line's Dixie biscuit seem just as good ll
I don't see her make them.
Clabemoxt, n. n.
WAXDERXXUS IN NOKMAXDY.
In Normandy one lives in an atmos
phere of William the Conqueror, and
nowhere in this most interesting part
of "La Belle France" does one feel its
influence more than at Fnlaise, the
birthplace of tbe great warrior (a. d.
1027 i, and the feudal home of his an
cestors, ths Dnkes of Normandy.
The remains of its majestic old ens
tie, its fine ohnrohes, its qnaint old
streets, and its picturesque situation,
all tend to render it a place most at
tractive to tbe artist.
Viewed from the Tlnce on its sonth
ern side, the Church of St. Gervais is
extremely picturesqne, the central
Xorman tower, with its deeply-recess
ed windows, and the south doorway,
being particularly worthy if note.
Henry II , King of England and Dnke
of Norman ly, was present at its conse
cration in 1134.
Not far from this is the handsomt.
hnrch of La Trinite, with a curious
riangular porch at its west end, now
disused as snob, and converted into
ohapeL
Close by the latter church, in tho
open square, stands a colossal eques
trian statue in bronze of the Conquer
or, the work of Rochet, erected in 1851.
It is a very spiiite 1 and fine produc
tion, placed on a lofty pedestal, sur
rounded by figures representing the
first six dukes of Normandy. Near to
La Trinite is the street leading to the
cn-Hle; but, before poshing through its
entrauce gateway, the visitor should
tarn to the left, in order to obtain a
good view of the outer enceinte, with
its semicircular towers of the tw-lfth
centnry, and whic encloses a modern
college. On entering the precincts of
the castle, we ascend to the plateau on
the summit of the ancient walls, shaded
by fine old timber, and, looking over
the parapet, see far down beneath ns
an avenue of lofty trees and the road
way, which, in mediieval times, was
flooded, and formed the ditch on this
side of the fortress. Tbe massive Nor
man donjon or keep rises to onr rigl t,
grandly, situated on a rugged promon
tory jutting ont over the valley. It is
65 feet iu height, and the same in
breadth, and is a square stone struc
ture, with fiat, broad buttresses, mag
nificent in its stupendous massiveness.
It was from a window in the keep,
overlooking the little river Ante be
neath, and still pointed out by tho
cut-todian of the rhatean, that Robert
the Magnificent, also called Robert tne
Devil, sixth Dnke of Normandy, but
then Count of Hiesmes, first saw tho
fair Arlette, the tanner's daughter,
whilst engaged in washing linen at tne
foot of the Castle Rock, who sulse
qnently becamo the mother of William
tbe Conqneror. And there remains the
window, thcro is the tanner, and there
are the women washing, to carry up
back 1100 years.
In the thickness of the wall, and
close by this window, is the small
chamber in which, accordion to tradi-
I tion, the fntnre warrior first saw the
light The historic interest of this
j part of the castle is enhanced by tbe
I visitor being shown the dnngeon-roi m
: in which the anhappy Arthur of Brit
' tany is sai I to have been confined by
'his uncle King John of England. We
i give a sketch of the keep, taken from
tie bridge that crosses the valley at the
foot of the mnia street of Falaise.
Adjoining the keep stands the Talbot
Tower, founded by Henry V. after his
French victories, when be left Sir John
Talbot. K. O., first Earl of Shrews
bury, and one of the most renowned
captains of his age called bv Shake
speare "the great Alcides of the field),
Lord Warden of the "Marche N'or
niacdo." It is a grand piece of mason
ry, rising to a height of 110 ft, witi
walls 15ft thick, enclosing a winding
stair loading to the top. Our sketch is
taken from the promenade below the
rampaits of the castle. Tbe chateau is
kept iu excellent order by tbe French
Government; but it is mnch to be re
gretted by the artist that he is not per
mitted to sketch within its walls. Im
mediately opposite it, across the valley,
in the steep falaise of Mont Alirat, on
which Uenry V. planted his cannon
when besieging the place in MIS. Fal
aise remained iu the possession of tbe
English Crown till li."0, when it was
finally taken by Charles YI1L, King
of France.
Bits of the oil town walls remain
peeping ont here and there from
amongst the houses, aud are especially
seen above the wooded slope overhang
ing the valley of the Ante; and one of
its gateways the Forte des Cordeliers
is still very perfect, an excellent sub
ject for the sketch-book, whether
viewed from within or without tao
walls. Past the east end of St Gervais,
and through the rained Porte Ltomte,
tbe picturesqne suburb of St Lsnrient
is reached, built up and down the
valley, with its old houses and very
anoient little church perched on a
rocky eminence. The subnrb of Gni
bray, on the opposite side of the rail
way from Falaise, contains a specially
fine church in Xorman stylo, daJng
chiefly from the eleventh centnry.
Falaise is certainly one of the places
best worth seeing in Normandy, con
taining as it does such a variety of sub
jects for the sketch-book. Ihe coun
try road is very pretty, and if the
visitor elects to reach it from Caen by
carriage he will have a delightful drive
through scenery of the Tiost charm-og
character.
WOUAVS WORK FOR WOMAN'S !
GOOD.
Tho Yonng Wo uen's Christian As
sociation, of the City of Xew York, is a
living proof of the truth of tht asser
tion that women are capable of work
nar together for worn m's eood.
Tne Y. W. C. A. "is not, however,
as well known to the great public as it
deseives to be.
It has been in aet've operation for
more than twemy years, and for the
last five years has occupied the beauti
ful building which was planned and
erected for it, Xo. 7 East Fifteenth
street.
Any woman who snpports herself, or
any girl preparing to do so, is admitted
to the full privileges of the Associa
tion. There are free classe. both day
and evening, for women who aesire
practical instruction in useful arts for
the pnrpose of self support, and the
branches taught include: look-keep-insr,
writinu, commercial anthmetio,
business-training, stenography, type
writing, retouching ph ito-negotives,
photo coloring, mechanical and free
hand drawing, clay-modelling, applied
designs, machine anil lianil-seiag,
choir music aud physical culture.
Tne class-rooms occupy the th'rd,
fonrth and fiftu floors of the building
and are bright, comfortable and well
ventilated. There are numerous sew- j
ing-machines of all the different makes
for the use of the learners, who are
carefully instructed in all kinds of
needle-work. A special coarse of cut
ting aud fitting by tbe S. T. Taylor
system is given to dressmakers for a
moderate charge, and for those who
are busy during the day there are eve
ning o'asses.
The Art Course is divided into three
departments, the first year being pre
paratory, tho second devoted to High
School work and methods for teicti
ers, and the third to stndv fron life,
still-life painting, etc., or else model
ling and itesin, pattern-making, stuoy
of relief, etc. The Art roomi are per
haps the most attractive of all, though
indeed the whole building is intensely
interesting. They are on the top floor
and have large sky-light-', plaster
casts and evi ry requisite for study,
and as one looks at the bright, earnest
faces of the young students, one re
flects that here perhaps is beiug
fostered artistic, talent which will som-f
day develoo into genius, instead of
being left without aid, encouragement
or hope.
The phot o-process for photo-engraving
is an industry which has only lately
been entrusted to women, indeed the
Association's class is the first one
opened to them for the acquiring of
this interesting and lucrative accom
plishment The worker takes an old
faded or imperrect photograph, and
using both pen and brush defines all
the important lines and shadows
and makes a perfect picture which is
then ready for tho photo-engraver.
There is a room full of type-machines
of miny different styles, and the girls
engared in this easily acquired indus
try, are allowed to come and practice
on them between the morning and
evening class hours.
At the close of ea -h term tbe most
proficient members of the Art, type
writing and photography classes, re
ceive diplomas from the President of
the As ociation.
Last year an evening class was held
once a week in which nursery-govern-esso
were taught Kindergarten games
for children, and this is to be repeated
next season if there is a demand for it.
During 1891 the number of pupils
nn'ler free instruction was 18s3. an
etlicient corps of fifteen paid teachers
being emploved.
The Y. W. C. A. library, a large
lofty hall, occupies the entire front of
the second story, and contains more
than 17, 0'K) volumes, b sides having a 1
well-stocked reference-room. The read- '
ing-room contains 117 current period
icals, and tnere is also a library of
musical compositions of the best mas
ters, aud aunt her of 2"0 Art studies.
The latter are monntod on heavy card
board and are invaluable hc-lps for
teachers and students. '..'his is tho
onlv free circulating collection of Art.
All women and girls have free
access t every part of the Li
brary department, and one of its
many charms is the privilege al
lowed readers of taking the books
from the shelves and examining them
at pleasure, and book-lovers ail agree
in thinking that the next best thing to
possessing one's own library, is being
with n reach of that of the Y. W. C.
A. Any woman or girl, who is self
supporting or preparing to be so, may
on presenting a note of introduction
from some responsible person, or from
a regular attendant, become herself an
attendant for life, and may tbeu take
books home from all depattmonta, ex
cept the refereuce and reading room,
as from other free libraries, and this
privilege is extended to all self-sup-
porting womeu aim wnuuufa uiauuunuu
of oreed, nationality or profession, the
only conditions being respectability
of character, and obedience to the
simple regulation of the library. Its
circulation during 1891 readied 44,. 177,
and it has at present fi, l-!2 regular
readers. Very young girls making use
of the books are expected to have the
librarian's approval ot their choice,
and all readers are welcome to sugges
tions and advice.
In the salesroom, on the first floor
there is a fine display of needle-work,
handprinting, etc., all of which is done
by self-supporting women. Any snch
woman who gives references is allowed
to consign her work, without any regis
tration fee whatever, and a very
small commission is charged her for
selling it A special fund provides
material for fancy-articles, and the
women who make it up are paid im
mediately for their time without being
kept waiting for tbe sale of the articles
nor being put to the expense of the
handsome material necessary for most
kinds of fancy-work. The Needlework
department receives orders for ladies',
children's and infants' garments, for
all kinds of family sewing, for em
broidery on Bilk, linen and flannel, and
for "drawn-work." There is a regu
larly fixed price for this work an 1 it is
done by women who have proved theni
Belves proficient. The salesroom con
tains numerons beautiful specimens of
fine needlework on children's
frocks, etc. This department, be
ing strictly for the use of
elf-supporting women only, differs
from many exchanges in benefiting
persons who actually work for a liveli
hood. j During the long snmmer weeks when
lost of their regular cnstooiers have
left the citv, these women are aided by
what is called the "Tide Over" Com
mittee which, pays them fot their
needle-work until the families return
home from the country.
I The Hall of the Association building
Is nsed for the meetings of the Bible
laas and for entertainments. The
former take place on Sunday afta
toon and are always largely and rever
ently attended.
Tne Hal. is spacious and lofty, having
a gallery, platform, and churob-organ
and so iting 550 persons. Once a mouth
an evening entertainment is given and
the tickets are supplied free, to all
self-supporting women who ask for
them. During the past season Mrs.
Sarah Cowell Lemoyne gave a read
ing, there was a lecture by Mr. L. J.
W. (Linccln, another by Mrs. H. E.
Moi.roe, with stereopticon-V'ews, read
ing by Mrs. Harriet O. JJellenbough,
an addrcs-t on "Amateur Photography"
by Mr. Daniel K. Young, and read
ing by Mr. Oeorge Riddle. There
Lave also been several concerts; Miss
M ircellina Gonzalez' wonderful yonng
niece has been heard in the Bell son?
from Lakme and other son its, and Mr.
Arveshon, the Villard Family and such
artists have contributed their talents to
these concerts.
Besides the entertainments in tbe
Hall, there are social gatherings nearly
every evening in the large, comfortable
parlors. The ladies of the Hospitality
Committee welcome all women to tbe-e
gatherings, which are entirely friendly
aud informal; all kinds of amusements
are provided, and tbe hours slip by in
pleasing contrast to the monotony of
the Jong day's work. Every one's
taste is considered, the amusements
being sometimes musical or literary,
sometime merely consisting of fanoy
work or learning new stitches in knit
ting, crochet, etc.
Wednesday is "Young Girls' Sight"
when games, stereoscope and musio
are enjoyed, and tbe room rings witb
merriment.
These gatherings are held through
out the year, and during 1891 more
than l,70il women took part in them.
Practical talks were given during
the Summer on various subjects, an I
there was also a course of readings
from English and American authors,
which were listened to with eager in
terest. Tiie Emp'ovment Committee is
charged with the duty of finding po
sitions of all kinJs (except iu douestio
service) for Protestant women residing
in Xew York City or its immediate vi
ciuity. A small fee is reqnlred of em
ployers making nse of the Bureau, and
a merely nominal one of applicants for
places, and references are strictly in
vest igateiL
The Board Directory is entirely freo
to sell-snpporting women, and families
are charged only fifty cents for regis
tering their hooKS which are visited
be ore and, ami references are always
exchanged. Women who apply for
rooms and have no references are
placed in one of the temporary homes
of the Association nntil satisfactory ar
rangents can be made.
One of the best services rendered
women by this departm ntof the Y. W,
C. A. is the protection so cordially
provided for strangers in tbe great
oity. A woman can be consigned from
an Association in some other pi ice and
a person sent by the Committee will
be waiting at steamboat or railway de
pot to receive her, take her to her new
home, or if she has none secured, to
tbv Association building, guide her
through New York if she is to travel
further, or find a good boarding place
for her and extend to her every hospi
tality. Any woman who has been
under the necessity of arriving alone
and a stranger in a large city, will
appreciate the blessing of finding a
Cnriatian friend wa ting to welcome
her, and of being able to obtain, for
the asking, information, encourage
ment and advice.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
Pennsylvania lntenos to make a hor
ticultural exhibit which will snrpnss
anything of the sort ever made. Aside
from fruits and viticnltnre, in 'g'lich
the State will not attempt to outdo
other portions of the conntry, all
brtnehes of horticnltnre will be splen
didly represented. George W. Childs,
A. J. Drexcl and several others, who
have very large and valuable collec
tions, will give or loan to the Exposi
tion tlu ir finest and TBrest plants, some
of which cannot be duplicated.
A miniatnre model of a typical west
ern firm, complete in every detail,
will be ehibitel in the Was'iin?ton
Stato Ruildiug at the World's Fair.
Among other exhibits will be a collec
tion of specimens ot all the species oi
birds, fish and animals to be found in
the State. Tbe interior of the build,
ing will be decorated in large part by
the women of the State.
The floricnltural exhibit will not bo
concentrated in one place. In 'je front
curtains of the building will appear
tbe preenhonse and hothouse plauts a '
very large variety and many rare and
beautiful specimens. There, too, will
be tbe finest disiliy of orchids ever
seen in thi conntry, if not in the ,
world. Oae firm alone will spe id
(10,000 on it-i orchid exhi'dt. At tbe 1
openinirof the Fair, Chiaf Ssmnels says,
there will bcadispla- of 2,000 different
varieties of orchids embracing fnlly
15,000 specimens. Beneath the threat
dome will be the largest tropical plants
obtainable, including Japanese and
Chiuone bimooos to 80 feet high,
palms "tO to 10 fei-t high, and troe ferns
1.1 feet or more in height There will
also be a mini itnre mountain covered
with tropical plants, and in a cave
withiu will le tried the experiments of J
growing plants by electric light and of '
growing tbera by the aid of electric
cnrreiits.passed through the soil, both
of which, it is claimed, have been ac
complished with remarkable results.
A very interestinu exhibit which, it
is reported, the British Commission is
planning to la&ke at tho World's Fair,
is a large scale n ap, showing the dis
coveries which have been made in
North America ty Englishmen. Though
Columbus discovered the West In
dies, Ihe credit of first sighting the
maiuland of America seems if we put
aside the unrecorded investigations of
the Northmen to lie due to an En
glishman, Sebastian Cabot; and the
list of names cf English explorers of
America, which is headed by his, is a
very long and distinguished one. Ra
leisrh. Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Hugh
Willonghby, Frobisher, D-ivis, Hud
son, Baffin, in the saventeenth century
were followed by Scoresby and Cook
while the work they commenced was
curried on during our own cent ry by
the Rosses, Parry, Franklin, Collin
aon. Maclnre, McClintock, Xares and
Markbam. It will, therefore, be seen
that there is ample material for a map
uoh as that urouosod.
Keep tli v soul attuned to high bar
m uies. Forgive th it self within thee
which Is an enemy to thy soul. Forget
what thou art in what th u wou'dst be.
Thou canst not know how manv soul)
stand In the ray that p sses through
thee. Count what thy fiien 1 Is to thee
and say naught cf what he is not.
K FANCY.
( Trantlat'd h F. Jf. C.)
The rose In the frarilrn slipned her bud,
Aud Imuched In the pritie ol bar yiut&ru)
bllXHl,
As he thought of the gardener (finding by ;
'He is old, so old I And he soon must diet"
Xhe full rose In the warm Jane ar.
As flie spread, and spnalllll ner heart la
riare ;
And 'he lanshed once more as she heard his
tred.
'He is older now I lie will soon be dead."
Flit the breeze of the mornintr blew, and found
Ihal the leaves of tbe hlowu Rosa strewed Ui
! round,
is came at noon, that gardener old
And he raked t. ein sofny under tbe would.
And I wove the thing to a random rhyme,
l or tbe Kose is beauty ; tbe Uardener, Tune.
NE.VS IX LRIFF.
' Europe uses 60,000,000 matches
i daily.
The first trumpet was a sea shell,
ind was used by the very old N'atlona.
i The use of E ii'lish rape has, it is
sal I, been tr'ed with success for fatten
ing sheep in W Iscjnsln.
It is seriously proposed to purify
vhe Thames, iu England, by Importing
a schi ol of crocodiles to act as river
scavengers.
; More men htve died and are burled
n the Isthmus of Panama, along tbe
line of the proposed canal, than on any
equal amount of territory In tbe
world.
' I he largest woman in Maine
jnly twenty-eiiiht years old and weighs
415 iiounda. It la impossible for her
to stand for more than a minute at a
time.
Over 100,005 pounds of snails are
lally euteu oy the Parisian lovei s of
such dainties. The tjste of a properly
cooked snail Is said to resemble that of
a mushroom.
People in Japan are called by tbe
.'amlly name first, the individual, or
what we should call the Christian
name, next, and then the honorific,
thus, "Smith Peter Mr.
According to a law of nature,
when a body is cooled It becomes heav
ier than when it is hot. There is one
exception to tbe rule, however, and
that is in the case of water.
I A physician in Massachusetts re
cently treated a broken neck success
fully.' Alter selling it he fixed It in its
place by an Iron head piece and the
pat ent now seems to be as well ai
ever.
, A recruiting circular sent out by
be Scot Guards of the British army,
states that for two years the lnter-regl-
mencai iooioau cup nas oeen won uy
the second battalion, and concludes
with, "Come and join ths champions. '
I The method of skinning a sable is
co draw the skin over the head without
any Incision in tbe body. Tbe feet and
tail are left as part of ihe fur. Every
thirtieth of au inch Is valuable, for the
average length of t'le animal is on'y
twelve inches and the tail about tax
inches.
A Massachusetts man has invented
4 recording device f t scales. Upon a
roller is placed a piece of paper, upon
widen a maiker records the weighing of
the scales as desired.
A paper just issued by the English
parliament shows that the number of
einigraii's who left Irish ports In 1891
was 59,$tR Of this number 52,273
came to tuis country.
I Two California inventors have do
med, a toll-collecting i-pparatus for
, telephones. It consists of the usual
1 coiu-in-the-sl t device, with the addi
tion of a clock-work apparatus that
automatically cuts off the telephone
when the time for talk has expired.
The mesquite bean, that grows .
rank in Mexico and Texas, when
browned aud ground, it is said, tuas
queiades as genuine Java, which It re
sembles in appearance ani oJor.
A Georgia man has in bis possess
ion a palm oil lamp made lu Madrid,
Spain, in 1604. It was dug up in tbe
woods some time agi, and Is supposed
o have been lost by Ponce de Leon.
A number of prehistoric skeletons
were lecently unearthed in Rome,
Ita y. They were of males and fe
males an I averaged seven feet in
length.
At Marshall, Mo., a rat has made
up with a litter of ki.lens aud comes to
play with fiern every day, but It Is
without tee knowledge and consent of
the kittens' mother.
The ants have their great person
ages as well as the human race. These
little Ins cts go under commanders, and
it is well known lh.it the bee colonies
have their qu ens.
In ancient times Greece possessed
about seven and a half millions of
acres of dense forest, and she was com
paratively rich In timber until about
fifty yars ago. Much of it has, how
sver, now disappeared.
It Is a time-hnuored tradition of the
flohenz dler-s that the Cr- wn Prince
of Germany upon attaining bis tenth
year, shall be fo.maliy commissi med
as lieutenant of the First Regiment of
the royal or imperial Foot Guards.
Peeresses of Great Britain, Scotland
or Ireland, by birth, marriage or crea
tioi, are free from arrest or imprison
ment on civd process; and, in the event
of a p- ems being charged with a crim
inal offence, she would be tried by the
House of Lords.
In France there are two classes of
(he olive, the wild olive, producing
only a few small berries, aud the culti
vated olive. The tree flowers every
year but tbe inj irity of olive growers
are content to get a good crop every
second year.
A novel Invention is a bran packer
lor tbe use of millers who do a hrge ex
port business and to whom economy of
space is desirable. The apparatus con
sists or an augur working in the funnel
tbat fills the bag. It constantly re
volves, at the same time having an up
and down motion. On thedow roke
it forces tbe bran into thsack, packing
it solidly at tbe same time,
j A clock maker of Warsaw will send
to the Chicago World's fair a clock
represent ng a railway station, in which
all tbe circumstances of the arrival and
departuie ot a tr iu, with whistle-.
bells, rattle of carriages, etc . are re
peated with wondenul fidelity, every
quarter-hour.
The British ship Berean, which re
cently made the voyazn from Tasmania
around Cape Horn to England, encoun
tered a remarkable but not unusual
phenomenon at sea, v'z: A storm nf
dust. Fine dust f idling on vessels In
tbe Atlantic near tbe Caps de Verde
islands has often tven reported
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