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ft, F. ROHWEIER,
THE OONSTITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE L.A WS.
Editor and Proprtetor.
VOL. XLVI.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMIJEIl 7. 1S92.
NO. 3S.
DAY BY DAY.
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jlfo u tl.fs iUv. ilmr l.nr I. onr tl t'ty lirmil!
i, nt ,sk 1.1 inn i nm S m lt c ,mes;
Bui t in n.'v. nay hy .-ay. are f.-i.
li.ul I n.'ii tu!t to oik heavenly hume.
Give us Jlil ,lny the patience that we nt..
So nuiiiv lull-- limit's our spirits liy;
Hire i: the W..I .1 es;i li.ve In tiee.l,
Cnii tut. although our wish I'bou inav'-t
.leny. '
lilve us tin .lav Thy wtltn: when pri iitexed
w know iu. I h to tuin u.r vvii.u to oo-
save in. we pray, from beinc weakly v.-x-m'
Ai..lle...t us, uour by hour, tli.s oue day
lliiout;li.
uive us thin day the conrai; and the ohi-er
I.. ti-e I hy toes, ami our". Willi Link se.eiie;
!: v. al I liyselt so consiant and so nai,
1 li.it vie shall see l'liee, not a cloud between.
Uive us thl (Say more lovaltv to Thee,
.M..re hatred to the sin nlat wound Thy
heart ; '
More Kiaee Triy hiving followers to he,
Clio. siii In lhi-e, I .r aye, the belter i.u t.
(.Ive us fils day our own light cross to hear.
As ti..ilu:h it l...ie us on to heights divine-
O.ve us to really, 1 hy rro.s I o a'lure. '
lliat Mill the heaviest end, ueur Lord, is
1 H i ne.
Give us this day our dallv hread ;
Ihou knonest all our wants, l int want we
A,vlv'J". '!'.y r""st-.s. Savior, as we trod.
e "a" Ihte Piaster and we crown 1
liee
C"i ristian I it . llljt near.
(Jriyiual
FOU A' THAT.
UY A PHOENIX.
Helen Graliam had gone up Into Hie
Lilly nylons of her native State, to
wimess the noveity of a .spr in.; breakup.
1 1 io graphic cluiet her cons' ijs drew
lit the vviKJ lieicelieSt of the floods,
urised her curiosl.y, sulli liently to
diaw uer away ir mi the gayety of the
c ty early iu March, ilia, she tniun' he
In time for the tlit premonition:! of
coming spring.
cous-ii Fred, this alone Is worth
coming fi r," she ci n-il, as they dashed
i.vt r the snow bo'.ind ro.ul', into tit 1 la
i.ini out again, over drifts like sn ail
I. ills, ami imam skirting lheed,;e of t ie
fiozen creek. "This is my nrt real
sleigbride with nil the appui tetiances,
uml miles of snow. How can this little
stream beco.ue the d nmn you h ive
dts nbed. I in iir t be veiy eaily for
the show, am 1 not?"
"X.', we are a little late this year; in
fact there ate signs even now of a
thaw. Jus', noilc ), II. I'll, the appear
ance if the j'UH woods; tiny seem
enveloped in s noke.; th it is tlie fo.e
rtn.tier ot a tinw, anil It Is really vol so
Ci M as It 9 eai-; the growing h.iiiii lily
ot the atni'i.-pli re is harder to bear
tla.u unu h co der weather, if dry and
Bliarp.''
"1 was just, feeling cU l that I h.i'l
plenty of iviaps. 1 wouldn't, mind iT
we had a wick like Huh, if 1 could
have such a sleihr.de every d..y."
"We may have, t:ut 1 doubt il; two
or three d;ijs wiii tell the tale. The
Wesl t ana. la lias such a fall, that when
it breaks lhat is the end ot it, a .id bi
tliliik'8 lying loose in its way.''
Aa Fred pro licted, a slow, ilrlz.lini?
rain bean falling In the nihl, and the
next day Helen voted the dreariest she
Iiad ever passed, tliotiih fuU of fascina
tion from her surroundings. From her
uncle's p:rch she could look up acioss
the va'lcy. miles away. In the break
between the showers she could seethe
distant woods Heating their veil of
blue, like nuns, silent and grim with
the Intervening space, one unbroken
sheet of show.
She extracted a melancholy enjoy
ment out of the sombre scene, that was
very much in harmony with her feel
lnps, perhap?, for Helen had been less
gay the pant winter, and something of
this may have accounted for her will
ingness to accept her uncle's Invita
tion. if was a p;ctnrefqiie little village
with its abrupt, climbing streets and
sudden declivities, cloe to the banks of
the so-called cr. ek, which annually
became a tempe.stu.jus river. B-duw the
village tl.e uore suddenly narrowed,
leavinif but a sleuder road way between
the banks aud the wall, often too nar
row f jr teams to pass each other; hence
In places the wall was hewn away to
sti ply Hi n ed. Durum the spring
fresnet tin.! road was impassable, often
fo.' sen ral ilaj s.
A M the stream was tlatntusd to
fuppiy a cotlou mil!, and yeaily the flat i
above weie convened Into a lake; a
Indite supp rted by three stone arches,
S;iuned the stream at 1 1 height, and In
tlie centre spau the water was of cou
MdriiiMe depth even in summer. Here
the village youths had arranged iron
bars for aciobailc puformauces, with
the water to break unlucky falls; below
this t ,e vviter tlwed over a dam to
eeek its I :vel and darted on its rift
aire n way.
As lit leu sat in Church the next day
trying t fellow the preacher in bis
di course.she was conscious of a strange
sensation, t-uch as one feels when real
ign,' a piesence they do not see. She
lo. ked around her but saw nothius? to
explain it, till she came out or chiy ch,
wli. ii sl.e noticed, walking not far in
fii.ht if iIimu, a gentleman, whose
iiaiiiu .s.'.e did not need to ask. lie
Io; lei. d s if to let them pass, and she
11 s hi and paled beneath her veil,
1 i e. n il ishes ot heat and c j! 1. She
i. ml I not r-lacken her ia"e without ex
l''aii i:'it to her cousin, wli i was anxious
to irt In out of the col l, d. imp air.
Tl.ere was uo help for it, so withavert
el face, and chatting volubly as if she
tli'l n a know this man, who bad power
to luuvrt her as none other, she walked
on. s ie longed In a moment to turn
and b.'g his pardon, but her pride had
fc-puMti'd them, so, now, that pride
Mii'tiiil ktt.p theta apart.
II'"7 l ad he happened there, Ehe
won lei, d, of all men and all places,
ami i;..fr.-y King asked himself the
fame (j us, ion concerning her.
'nn cuine iu at nightfall and tol.l
tlitiu tl.e water was rising slowly, and
u!'Mtly the ice in the dam was swelling
ui.d r the pressure. When Helen
aoke in thj niorni.ig, she knew by
t'e rearing that the Hoods were at
uik; she .-prang (puickly from her bel
and ran to a window commanding a
view ot the upper valley. The sun was
lust rising upon as wild a scene as
luj.ifc'inanon could well fancy. In
twelve hums the placid, icebouud waters
had ehauge 1 to a seething, boiling
ctul.hoti of icebergs. They were
I" eJ upon uie meadows iu manv places
in. Immense heaps, like irregular mar
palaces, where the night before all
natlbeeu whiteness aud parity. Tin
wity peroh o( tlB yin alone gtvt;J It
"om Uestructu.ii.
aim!.'?, V fllleJ Wltl1 WI,
would stand hi the course ot the tor
VnlJ wllltainl the Hood? She
lk,n 1119 ,hU,),ier 0f tl18 b,1-e
arl.Lt ey Pa,ne -'Svinst the bridge,
toL?5i Sew lhitt a torce o meu weM
Sal bafn. , , r kteP"mil the tunnel open
M tar naoie taa told ber Bne dre3d4
hastily; she wanted togobwn where she ,
could get a go kI vie of what was J
1 ,1 IT . . I 1.... .1 . I . . . . I
...... ..4 uut uirdue i meeting iteotrey'
King. Tin went down to the edge of
the bank, nit withstanding, ica surged
everywhere, anl but for the levtl
above, nothing would have stood iu its
way, here the angry torrent found a
pace, to toss the seeming vic
tims or Its wrath. It was a literal field
of ice.
TIow long will this last?" she
asked.
"We usually watch the bridge and
dam two or three days, but the water
is veiy uigu ior ten days or more
before it subsides. As soon as it is
sate, we will go up to the gorge in a
l o.it; we do every spring, it is like
rovvln on a lake, once you get out ot
the current."
The game was a narrow pass between
the rocity hill, two miles above, throngh
which the ice was thrown by the mad
dened stream like rocks from giants
hand.
Htln did not see Geofrey in tlie
crowd, so she ventuied near the
bridge.
"1 should th' nk it would get to h an
old sturv, Fre 1, repeated as it Is evory
year, but it seems t iat every one in
your littls village is out."
"I suppose it li like watering a bat
tle, Helen. It is a conflict of tha
elements you know; resistance, coercion
and submission are here displayed, aud
iu the midst of it, man seems a mighty
weak creature."
"Everything we accomplish Is done
at a great loss of strength and energy
to overcome opposition iu some forni,
Fred, so I do not won, It r that life is
called the great battle," she said
thoughtfully.
"Helen, a gentleman, a stranger, has
been regarding the back of your head
iu apparent deep thought. Huch a
handsome fellow, too," wni.sieied
Lou. "Io see if you know wtij it
is."
"Xo, Indeed, 1 shall discourage his
Impudence at once by returning to tlie
house," replied Helen, divining who it
was.
"Why is he here to spoil all my
pleasure? 1 will not 1 -t him," she
declared to herself. "He knows no
Graham can stoop to marry beneath
them, even though they have heart-1,
which he does not suspect."
Ali! Hcl-u, lovers are not blind, if
love is.
"I am go:ng a little way down the
gulf roal all by my elf,'' she announced
utter dinner. I know t'ie way so well,
thai it Is selQsh in nit) to exoect you all
to dance attendance."
S ie felt that she must walk off the
excitement that, was fast possessing
her. It sin met him she was resolved
to give hiui a piece of her min 1, but as
suddenly determined not to.
"That woii d let him see ttiit he has
power to make me uncomfortable," she
thought.
Site walked oil unmindful of mud for
at least a mile.
"Ohl" sue thought suddenly, "they
will ask me about the conditio i of ilia
i ad, and where the water Conns, up
the bank, and how much ice there Is In
the stream, and I do not believe I have
heard Its roar."
Helen was au intense crea'ure, with
nervous fibres always strained, oue to
wear out soon at the rafe she was liv
ing and feeling. She turned to go
back, aud as she did so, swept the river
"with her eyes, noting every aspect iu a
glance. The roariDg of the wateia pre
vented lier hearing aught else, and she
was startled beyond measure, when a
horseman rode up abreast ot her, and
sprang doTn beside her.
Almost with relief she recognized
Gsofrey King.
"I fiighteued you Miss Graham; par
don me, I Torgot that t'ler.oiso prevent
ed you hearing Marquis' steps." She
was very white, anil his heart throbbed
with an exquisite tenderness for her
(hit he da'red not show, yet he read
her better thai she thought.
Even the horse greeted her with
to'.;ens of lecognitiou, and bent his
head for the touch of her hand, which
she involuntarily bestowed.
"You otto Maiquis has not forgotten
you, Miss Orahaiu. How do you happen
to Iks Iu M?"
"I came to witnas the Hoods" she
replied liudlng her voice; and you ."
Ohl the house sent me this way to
Iook aTter its S ring Interests. I came
down from Trenton. Saturday on my
way to II but I tind I am cut off for
several days; at least till the water
subsides, and I dislike to risk the
Marq lis limbs climbing these Icy hills
fcr an outlet. If you do not mlud ."
"O cert liuly not, why should I mind.
Do not refuse yourself the hospitality of
this towu ou my account."
"I did not know but the sight of me
might remind ysu of my wild presump
tion, and make yoa uncomfortable,"
he sai ', so gently, that her h9art be it
sufTociit.ui.ly.
She shook tier hea l unabte to control
her voice.
"i'leaie forget it Miss Graham, and
be my frien I and comrade, just as we
were in the tl I park drive last sum
mer. lt me lirt you on Marquis back,
he will be proud to bear you through
this mud."
"Xo, no, please ride on. Whatwould
iieople think, after my refusing to re
cognize you yesterday aud this morn-
"True." And with manly politeness
he left her. , ,
"Bah! she cried, as she walked along.
"I unhappy? It Is In no one's power
to accomplish that miracle, I will for
get itahV' , . -
One morning, a few days 1 tsr, Fred
announced bis determination to take
them up to "the gorge."
'There Is considerable ice on t ie
meadows yet, but it will add to the
illusion that we are seeking the or h
role, though I am arraid the north
west passage Is too rough to undertake
a voyage to the open polar sea.
Helen wanted excitement, she didn't
mind if the un leit iking were attended
anma (1 :i 11 TPF-
Out and
iu among me hm'.j
blocks thev went.
with the soon 01
i.n ulnarv voyage or
Cll lureii "".". ihJT -litT
discovery, till wey arrive -- -
a
i i.,.,iari Fred inrew mo
over re state that had served years
fo mooring the bo it, and took he oars
JromUe rowlocks
ashore, lest some motion o
should send them afloat, for the
2! U lapI the shore with considerable
V1ound was bare, and the pine
neeJleiWewel Zl
pet; it seemed nCMdlbI.lleie"go
he snow could have melted S3 soon
They lolte-ed and W'"1
iu at the upper end of, the Pa an
ran down to watch t,mthce,mUtthr
low as children do; M o
lunch sUting on boughs that ired ous
from the tree?. errand
Mctheraskelmeto do JJ
for hor while we were here, w 1 will o
over 3 Mrs. Grey's while yoa wait. 1
will not hi gone long; then we will go
home." said Lou.
Helen got tired of waiting and left
Fred, sp.yinz she would walk slowly,
and wait, at the lanliug which was in
sight, with the boat rocking back and
forth. When she reached It, she
thought she should enjoy the in itio ),
and pu'ling the boat in, she got in,
shoving it off again, with all her force,
by a push on the sta'e.
Alasl the stake, water soaked and
rotten, yielded as the boat shot out,
and before she could think she was
alnft among the ic -rocks.
She screamed, an I Fred, though he
could not hear, knew by t e frantic
movements of her hau Is that some
thing was wrong, and dasned toward
her but too late; the boat yielding to
the force of the downward current was
fast approaching the bel of the strewn.
It he plunged in It would avail naught,
the only hope was th it she would be
seen by the watchers on the bridge aud
saved. He sped to Mr. Gray's, where
l.ou had gone, and drove home iu fran
tic haste.
Helen, feeling that life was so sweet,
saw deat h appro idling. Once she
grazed the sids of an immense
cake of ice, aud the poor girl,
knowing her doom at the dam,
in frantic haste sought to stay the
boat by clinging to its slippery suit)
aud nearly overturned it. Iu despair
she crouched as low as she could . not
daring to look over the sides, expecting
each moment that the boat would cap
size. Aft-r what seemed an age to her,
she heard voices; and railing herself,
saw she was fast uearing the middle
span, where the current was fiorce.-t.
She could see they had rope, and were
preparing t do all they coul I, an 1 s'ae
raistd her hands in an agoniz d lea
for succor, as Hie boat shot uudjr the
bridge; while but a rod below Hi
waters tosiod !n a seething mass over
the dam.
When the bo it was first sighted they
thought it was empty, and a fear arose
lest the occupants ha t been drowned,
for they soon recognized it as the oue
Fred had taken In the morning.
"Gi-t ropes ready, auyw.iy,'' was the
cry that had rous.-d the girl.
With agouv, Geofrey King, staudiug
among th, ui recognized H-leu.
"tui:k, taka hold," he cried, throw
ug a rope to the in i, mid winding the
other eud about his body. He did not
wa.t to see if they obeyed lint t-Iimlwd
i v. r the raihng and seiziug an iron rol
that was fast to t in bridge, shot like a
flash to the level ol tii water, and none
to soon, for the boat darted out as if
tliroAU from a catapult, poise 1 au in
stant on the edge of the cataiact aud
was gone. He saw t nit il was empty
and his self p issession nearly desertel
him. Where was Helen?
He looked under the bridge expert
lag tj see her struggling In the waters;
bit uo, in. ,1 way of the arch, aud
clinging to what he now saw was a
continuation of the bar by which he
supior'.el himself, was his dear girl.
"Let out the rope" he shouted, and
hand over hand lie appioached her, and
drew himself up ou the. rock lieside her.
Xo word was spoken, i lie girl was
chilled to th. in u row by the icy water,
luickly loosealng the ris he bound
her loosely to H e rod. so she could 1
drawn along by tie willing hanli
above.
He pulled on the lope and they die-v
hor to the eud, he following, st 11 hand
over hand. Once there he l.Misened
her from the rod itu 1 fastened the r pe
securely about her, supporting her in
his arms above the flood while he ili I
it; for she was he 1 1 t-s, and she was
drawn up, to faint iu the hands of lier
rescuers.
The brave fellow w.,s numbed with
cold yet attempted to climb up as he
came down. Xo oue c uld tell how it
happened, but as they watchel Ids
efforts to pass from under the b.d-Ige,
bis hands slipped, and iu an instant the
waters were carrying him toward the
dam. He knew what was befoie him,
for no swimmer coul 1 stem that cut
rent, and inade a brave tffort to take
the plunge as it swimming. Many
rushed along the bank to aid him if
possible, and in a moment they had
the satisfaction of seeing him throw
out far below and making a feeble
effort with one hand. As they drew
him ashore be said faintly:
"My arm is broken 1 thiuk," and be
came unconscious.
Helen's first uucon-cious act, was fo
sleep, sleep, for thir.y-MX hours,
scarcely rousing to receive the 1 quid
placed to her lips. It was partly the
effect of col 1 and shock, partly opiate i
"She will recover sooner It kept
perfectly quiet, eveu if it is an enforced
quiet" said the doctor.
AVhen she first really awakensd, she
raised herself on her elbow and looke I
around the room, 83 her aunt opened
the door to look In upoii her.
"Am I awfully lazy, auntie," she
asked brightly.
"Xo, dear, lie dowa again, and
when you teel that you want to get up,
some o.-e will come aud help you,"
replied her aunt.
"Come and help me! Thai's line;
how long since you turna 1 ladies'
maids? liy the way auntie, I've hid
the strangest dream, I coul In't have
suffered more, had It been real, and,"
moving," I belLeve it has lert me stiff
in my joints."
"Is It possi'-.le, Helen, that you do not
remember going to the gorge?"
She was interrupted by a low scream
as Helen bid her fa-:e in the pillow. It
had all come back in its horible real
ity. "Auntv." in an agitated voice,
"where is he?"
"Here. Helen, in this house, you dil
not think we would let hi in be taken
elsewhere, after what he did for you?"
"Ohl" sh3 cried, "was he injured in
saving my worthless life?"
Mrs. Graham told her all that had
transnlred since she fainted on the
bridee; of Fred's fiantic home coming,
and their anxiety over her and the hero
in the adjoining room.
"I must go to him," she declared
slipping out of bed. "No use trying
to prevent me, auuty, I am a Graham,
and when I will, I will you know.
What can he think of me, when he re
members, I once spurned such manhood
as this?" , , .
Her aunt thought sbe wauderod iu
mind, but that it was Lett to gratify
her, aud when Heldii was ready she
took her to the room where her lover
lay maimed and bruised In her service.
"Oh" she thought in self-jontempt,
"what have I dons in refusiu? a ich
love as this? can not humble myself
enough to this prince am jug men, but
will he love me now, after wh it I have
cost him?" ,
With trembling hands she closed the
door and advanced to the bedside. It
was a noble faca, sha owned, as stoop
ing she wblsiiered,
Georrey." . .
He opened his eye3 in surprise, ana
seeing who it was, put out a band say
ing. "I am glad you have come at Lsl; '
did not feel quite sure. Miss Graham.''
.1 te Mire or wna.r nun you are w
c til me Ileleu."
"That you were alive. I shall be
very glad if you will again peim.t me
to call you Helen."
"You are to call me Ilelea, always,"
passionately, but faintly.
"I do not want pity, Helen."
"P ty," scornfully.
"Xor, gratitude, your life was dearer
than my own."
A bu'ning red mantled her face, but
she came to yield. A lit. le deprecatory
gesture, aud the last remnant of Helen
Graham's pi Me died ou his lips. Such
a kio I in It she gave herself to hlin,
feeling that neither weslLh nor station,
weighed aught in the b.il nee.
"My darling," he w hispered, holding
her there with her face beside Lis
own.
"What will papa say?" she asked.
"He bade me 'God speed' a ye at
ag Helen."
"Then he knew Ilia worth of the
jewel I so scorurully spurne I. Forgive
mo if you eai', lor I loved you so nearly
all the time G 'ofrey, aud I cried out foi
you when I caught at lhat saving bar,
aud knew the boat bad been swept
away from me. I did not think you
were so near. I thought you must
have gone; driven away by my er verse
spirit, 1 shall hate myself If you love
uie less. "
His whispered assurance satisfied
her, but her regret was not so easily
ove cjine. ' When she ltf . the chamber
she made u confession to bar aunt.
"You see he Is poor, Auuty, and has
no po itlou iu the society I have made
;uy uml. I have Leen spoil, d by flat
tery, and am not hair good enough for
him, yet I w is weak enough to thluk
the stooping was on my part. It mar
riage is ordained of (jot), 1 tremble to
think wha'. a mistake I nearly made. I
had to be brought face to face with
death before my pride was crushed."
"15 ut bow will your father like this
Heleu?"
"lean understand that papa has fur
thered it all ho could, by allowing me
to have so much of Oeofrey's society. I
l a lcnly to say I wished a c inter in
the park and Mr. King was sent up
from the store to accompany me, and
ir papa could not take mama or me
where we wished to go, Mr. King was
delegated, s you see, aunty, I looked
iioii hi ui as something like a servant
at lir t, and I forgot
' "A mail's a m in for a' that.' "
Hulisiltutloa or ;la.
The substitution of glass by a new
chemically prepared sulistance, the
details of w hich have lately been pub
lished, appears to have taken a defi
nite form and is expected to take its
place ainoiij.' the practical industries.
It. is pr, dueed by dissolving from four
to eight parts of collodion wool in
about loo parts, by weight, of ether
or alcohol, or acetic ether, aud with
this are intimately combined from 2
to 4 per cent, of castor oil or other
oil that is non-resinous, and 4 to 10
ier cent, of Canada balsam or some
o' her soft renin balsam. This com
pound, when poured ilxiii a glass
plate and subjected to the drying
action of a current of air of about .".d
degrees Cent , solidities in a compar
atively short lime into a transparent,
glass like sheet or plate, the thick
ness of which may l e regulated as re
quired. The sheet or plate obtained
in this manlier is found to possess sub
stantially the same projjerties as
glass, it tx-iiig capable of resisting
the act ion of salts and alkali and of
Jiluted acids, being also transparent
likeglas, and is without any odor. On
the other hand, the peculiar advan
tage is claimed for this new article
of being pliable or flexible aud in
frangible to a very considerable de
gree, and an additional quality in its
favor is that its inflammability is
much less than the ordinary collodion
substitute.
A Queer Feat'h Tree.
"Did you ever see anything li.ee
this?" said Mr. E. E. Kirby, ticket
agent of the East Tennessee road, as
he held up a peach seed as large as a
man's list. "Well, I know you
haven't. There's a peach inside of
tlie seed, and the tree on which the
peach grew is the only peach tree
that I ever heard of that, instead of
growing the seed on the inside of the
peach, grows the peach on the inside
of the seed. Some years ago while 1
was visiting in Southern Georgia, I
grafted a peach tree on an Australian
cherry tree. The twig bore fruit, but
the fruit apparently was nothing but
seeds. It was not disturbed, how
ever, until they had grown very large,
when one of the seeds was pulled and
broken oien. On the inside was a
perfectly-formed green peach. After
that none of the seeds were disturbed
until they had changed color from
light brown to black. Then one of
them was broken open ana a ripe
peach of a light yellow color was
found inside."
Hustle" and "Hustle."
From the West we have caught
the word "hustle," but we use it
humorously, not seriously, as the
Westerners do. To hustle with them
means to work, and to work ha.d.
The word always jars upon the ear
oi au eastern man wueu it is seri
ously spoken, but it is preferable to
that other expression once dominant
in the West, but now all but ahan-
' -
which despite its euphonious
cnnnrl
expresses an evil intention. The cow
boys invented it and applied it to
cattle-thieves, rustlers being the
swift raiders who stole upon the
grazing cattle on the plains, and
rustled off with as many head, or
beasts, as they could uet away whrh.
Therefore rustle is the worse word of
the two. But both imply a lack of
consideration for others a fugetful
ness of everything save self which
uiakis their case objectionable.
"Pa," said a five-year-old son, "can
a roie walk?" "1 think not my son,"
answered the father, "but it might
if It were taut.
sweeplugs or buildings u'd at mints
are always very valuab e, an I a story
comes from Berlin that gild du-t to
the value of $25 was recently found In
the soot takeu from tiie chimney of the
royal mint In that city.
In the war between Prince and Ger
many, in 1S71, Frauce lost the greater
part of Alsace-lx)rrain. The r.umlter
who fell in ba tie is estimated to have ,traws so we eant use "em again, doz
leen 150.C0O, but many died from '"k- .one tm,
nes- j
IIUMOKOUS SELECTIONS.
GATHERED BY OUR
REAPER.
PATENTED
lohes or rreueliem. Lawyers, Doctor,
nil Kslitor. soiii. ol Tu.ui Very Dry aud
Oilier. Soin.it hut Ju.oy They Will Aid
lKtlin If Feruled Alter Meal. Do
Not Kead lu.ui tjiuu au lnptj
8loui:k4iu.
Itlitls ufu Fvillier.
The teacher h;ul b en giving a class
of youngsters some ideas of ailaues
and how to make them, and to test
her training she put a few questions.
"What is an idle brain?" was one.
"The devil's workshop,'" was the
prompt rcsxmse. Then there were
several more till this one came: "birds
;f a feather no what"'" "Lay egns,"
piped a small bov before anybody else
had a chance to speak. Detroit Free
Press.
How It Hurl Him.
Senator (indignantly) The report
ii.inif about that 1 am one of the best
poker pla ers in the country is doing
me a great deal of harm. Senator's
Wife (soothingly) "I don't see whv
it should, my dear. People pay very
little attention to what they read In
the pajiers. How does it harm you?
Senator I can't got anytxnly to play
with me!" Texas Sifting"
Keonouii xi ng .
"How is it, my dear, you used never
io give me cigars that cost less than
fill or $20 for my birthday? Hut
these huh well, the least said of
them the lietter." "Why, don't you
remember saving lhat we must econo
mize when you gave uie the diamond
necklace, you dear, inconsistent old
boy?" Life.
The, Rivoster Oh, you can laugh,
but if you'll Just train down to my
size, I'll break your neck for you.
Exchange.
He Knew Her.
Husband I am not ready to go out
walking yet. Wife But lam, and we
in ut go immediately. Husband Put,
ruy dear, your hat is not on straight.
He Hear tue! Isn't it? Walt a
minute till I go to my room and tlx It.
;Exit wife for half an hour and her
ihrewd husband completes his work.)
--Puck.
That Wii His Lay.
Can vou beat a carnet?" said the
iady of the house to the tramp who
isked for something to eat "Ifcin't
now, mum," he replied, frankly; I
never tried. But I guess mebhe I
:an, fer I've beat most everything
lse iu this town." Detroit Frea
I'ress.
A L'seli'ss Errand.
"Why did you send for me, Mrs.
Xupop?" asked Dr. Paresis. "There
Is absolutely nothing wrong with the
baby." "Oh, I'm so glad, Doctor."
'but what made you think there
ivas?" "Why, Doctor he hasn't
:ried a bit all the morning." Jester.
She Had Him There.
Mr. Watts You never notice any
.if this 99-cent nonsense in stores for
the sale of men's goods. If a dollar
article there is marked down, they
take off the whole 5 cents. Mrs.
Watts Y'es. Just the price of a
;lass of beer.
Xhe Difference.
lrs. a You don t give me
a
handsome presents as you used to.
' Mr. X Xo; but I have to pay for
j those you give yourself. Life
A Good Reason.
Hunker Hello Ricketts. when is
yr marriage to Miss Munn coming
has been indcfl-
' nitelv TvittrsnoH
What's the trou-
. ' .-- -
oier -Tjn, sne marricu anouicr iei-
AU the Same to Him.
Travers I want you to come
around every week to crease my I
trousers. Tailor When shall I come
round to collect my bill. Travers
Every day if you like. Black and
White.
Sisterly ttweetness.
She The man I wed must elope
with me at the midnight hour. He
I don't think any man with cya
would carry you off by daylight.
tiO GENTLEMAN.
''The man down there at that table,"
tltiri thA waiter oVarina . t gnmal-yulff
j it the otber end' ot the room, "is no
gentleman. That's all I've got to
ay.''
"What's the matter with him?"
asked the cabier.
"TlA'a VirMkkiniT thAm lnmnn, ,1a
AN APE IN REGIMENTALS.
The lidlorou Ineldeut Which I.ed to m
Duel lu Jualiulea.
I was talking with an old West
j Indian ex-planter, a man not long past
his three-score years and ten, who
left Jamaica somewhere in the '5ts,
I lays a writer in the Louisville Com
mercial:
"lsee," said he, "there Is some
talk of raising Sir John Macdonald's
widow to the peerage. If it should
prove true she will be the first native
West Indian to come iu for such au
honor, at least in a great number of
years. Indeed, I do not remember
that the thing has ever happened be
fore, although Cowan, the composer,
who received a baronetcy sorre time
a ;o, was, like Lady Macdonald's widow,
a native of Jamaica. "Yes," he con
tinued, "I remember her father welL
'.Monkey Uernard' they used to call
him, and probably no white man, ex
cept Charles Darwin himself, the
apostle ot the monkey aucestral busi
ness, ever more closely resembled an
ape iu the face. There was a young
buck, however, who had a narrow
escape from paying dearly for his
laugh at Bernard's physiognomy.
"John X. (that was not his name,
but it will do as well as any other)
was walking along Port Royal street,
Kingston, oue fine morning when a
crowd of Idle negroes attracted his
attention. The center of amusement
proved to be a good-sized ape. which a
Spanish sailor held by a rope fastened
around his laxly. X was at once
struck by the likeness so he told me
afterward to Bernard, and the result
was that he then and there handed
over two gold doubloons to the sailor
and became the proprietor of this
living caricature. Bernard was a
large planter and a mau of some
wealth and held a Major's commis
sion iu the Jamaica militia. The
fates so willed it that there was a
grand inspection of the miliua ap
pointed to be held within a few weeks
after this zoological investment of
X.'s, and the father of the mischief
prompted him to avail himself of the
occasion for an act ot the most out
rageous devilment.
"He bad the aie fitted with a com
plete suit of regimentals, such as
worn by the major in the Jamaica
militia, bought a little tiu sword, and
spent hours in training the brute to
walk upright with the drawn sword iu
his right hand. The secret was well
kept tiutil the day of the review.
Crowds of negroes surrounded the race
course just outside of Kingston, where
the troops were to march past. Pres
ently Bernard's regiment marched on
the ground and wheeled into line. At
the same moment there was a shout
from hundreds of lusty negro throats
"Lookoo, Monkey Bernard:" anil X's
ape, brilliant in scarlet and white,
with its tin sword well shouldered
strutted out toward the ranks. I
suppose that, with the exception of
Bernard himself, there was tiVit a man
on that ground w ho was not convulsed
with laughter. The military evolu
tions had to wait until the ape had
been recaptured by X's gr Kim.
"The duel had not quite gone out
jf fashion in those days, or at any
rate, not in Jamaica. Of course,
ajiology would have lioen ridiculous,
o X. had to accept Bernard's chal
lenge. The weaiions, as was usual
with us was the old-fash loned,
jingled barreled dueling pistol. The
principals had the light of 'reserving
their tire' that ls.though tiley might
not Are until the word was given,
either of them might take time
after the word was given to aim
more deliberately. X was an ac
:omplished duelist, but I ippose
he saw the enormity of first labori
ously insulting an unoffending man
and then shooting him. Otherwise I
can't account for his missing Bernard
is he did, for, if I remember right,
the distance was only twenty paces.
Bernard reserved his fire. Theu, with
his pistol still pointing to the ground,
he said to X , who was quietly await
ing the event: 'Young man, I am
not going to take your life, but 1 will
teach you what I could do If I felt in
clined.' "X. was standing closed to a tree
ou which a ripe lime fruit hung
within a yard of his head. Bernard
raised his pistol, and with the bullet
cut that fruit from the branch it!
hung on. If anyone ever deserved to
bear the motto, 'handsome is as hand
some does, 'it was 'Monkey Bernard,'
and I think from and after that day
he and all his family ought to have
been proud of his nickname."
"What became of the ape?"
-'1 forgot what befel that famous
ape," said my old friend, "but the
pistols they used a pair have found
their way, I believe, like Bernard'?
daughter, to Canada."
A Tribute to the Irish Girl.
Do you know how very pretty a
pretty Irish Girl is? She Is like a
glass of tine, clear Chablls. She
hasn't the champagne sparkle of the
American girl, the beery tranquility
of the German fraulein nor the ver
mouth suggest iveness of mam'selle.
our French cousin.
She does not Intoxicate, neither
does she soothe, nor yet inspire, but
she allures you.
There Is something enduring yet
( evanescent and fleeting and it draws j
you on and on. She Is like a draught
of pure, sparkling spring water that
refreshes and neverpalls. She is tall,
slender and round.
Crisp little black curls lie against
hefwhite neck. There is nothing
creamy or peachy about her skin; it is
clear red and white. Her teeth are
as white as the driven snow. Her
lips are as rubies and her smile cap
tivates and entrances. Chicago
Sews.
Never give up. If, however, you
are alone, the night Is dark, and the
other fellow has a pistol, it may be
cradant to rescind this rule,
COI LDS'I SIT ON 'fcM.
Farmer Horuypalui Wbai'a become
)f your new hired man?
Farmer Longrow He qn't work yes
'erday. "What was the matter?
"Said he didu't know when he hired
to me that fences were all made cf
wthed wire."
If there was but one potato in tha
A-orld a careful cultivator might pro
luce 10,000,000 from it in ten years,
ind that would supply the world with
ned again
I PHILOSOPHY OF THE GIZZARD.
Hv It Aid. the Ostrich to Display Kis
traonduary Dlgeatlro Ability.
A fowl's gizzard, where so many
ost articles turn up, Is a curious trap
as well as a necessary vital organ of
the fowl. D amonds, pearls, coin,
buttons, tacks, orange peel and about
everything else, save dynamite, have
been found in the gizzards of fowls.
A studv of the organ is interesting.
Experiments have demonstrated that
what may be edited the gastric juice
In fow ls has not sufficient power to
dissolve their fool w.thout the aid of
the grinding action of the gizzard.
Before the food Is prepared for di
gestion, therefore the grains must be
subjected to a triturating process;
and such as are not sufficiently bruised
in this manner, tie fore passing into
tlie gizzard, are there reduced to the
proper state by its natural action.
The action ot the gizzard is, lu this
respect, mechanical, this organ serving
as a mill to grind the feed to pieces,
and then, by means of its powerful
muscles, pressing it gradually Into
the intestines in the form of a pulp.
The power of this organ Is said to be
sufficient to pulverize hollow globules
of glass in a very short time, and
solid masses of the same substances
in a few weeks. The rapidity of this
process seems to be proportionate
genera.iv to the size of the bird. A
chicken for example, breaks up such
substances as are received into its
stomach less rapidly than the capon,
while a goose rerforms the same op
eration sooner than either. Xeedles
and even lancets given to turkeys
have been broken in pieces and voided
without any apparent injury to the
stomach. The reason, undoubtedly,
is that the larger species of birds have
thicker and more powerful organs of
digestion.
It has long been the general opin
ion that from some deficiency in the
digestive apparatus fowls are obliged
to resort to the use of stones a ad
gravel In order to enable them to dis
posed of the food which they con
sume. Some have supposed that the
use of stones Is to sheathe the gizzard
in order to fit it to break Into smaller
fragments the hard, angular sub
stances which might be swallowed.
They have also been considered to
have a medicinal effect. Others
have Imagined that they acted as ab
sorbents lor undue quantities of acid
in the stomach, or as stimulants to
digestion, while it has even been
gravely asserted that they contribute
directly to nutrition. The Hartford
Times claims that repeated experi
ments, however, have established
that pebbles are not necessary to the
trituration of the hardest kinds of
substances which can be introduced
into their stomachs; and, of course,
the usual food of fowls can be bruised
without their aid. They do, how
ever, serve a useful auxiliary purpose
When put in motion by the muscles
they are capable of producing some
sffect upon the contents of the stoni
ich, thus assisting to grind down the
grain and separating Its parts, so that
Uie digestive fluid of gastric juice
tomes more readily In contact with it.
Deserted Reproof.
Teople who have had reason to re
tard the umbrella as a dangerous
weapon in the hands of some other
people, will doubtless appreciate the
following story: A careless and un
juspectlng American, who was sight
seeing in Berlin, was wandering along,
with his umbrella sticking out lie
bind him almost at a right-angles,
when be suddenly felt a blow upon it
w hich sent it to the ground with a
:rash. Looking around in some
vexation as well as surprise, he en
:ountered the stern gaze of a citizen
it P.erlin, who, on discovering the
gentleman's inability to understand
3erm.n, explained with sotuedifti
:ulty in broken English that he had
uly followed the law of the city. "I
ee I have you astonish," he re
marked, with severity; "but it is the
law in this our city; It is not allow so
to carry a stick," and, w ith a bow, he
passed on. The American learned b?
inquiry that such is the universal
case. Every one is permitted, even
Biicouraged, by the authorities to
strike down an offending walking
stick or umbrella in this way when
ever he sees it, and the one whose
property receives the blow had best
accept the reproof with good grace,
is popular opinion is against him,
and his complaint would elicit no
sympathy.
To place an umbrella in a rack at
a club indicates that It will shortly
! change owners. If a cotton one is
1 substituted for a silk, It means ex
change is no robbery. An umbrella
held over a lady, with a man getting
all the raindrops from the points,
signifies courtship; but when a man
keeps the lion's share of the article
and gives the lady the Droppings It
Indicates marriage. To carry an um
brella under the arm at an angle im
plies that the Individual following
will lose an eye, while to hold It lust
nigh enough to injure passers' eyes
and men's hats, signifies "I am a
woman." Lastly, the loan of an flai
brella is synonymous with an act of
egregious folly. Atchison Globe.
Home.
Cherish the home with infinite
tcndcrniss. You cannot love it too
much nor give it too much time and
thought. Remember, life has noth
ing better to offer you; it is the cli
max and crown of God gifts. Make
every day of life in it rich and sweet
It will not last long. See to it that
you plant no seeds of bitter memory;
that there be no neglect and no harsh
ness to haunt you in after years.
Detroit Free Press. .
A man's love for his kin, Is some
thing like the love be has for his
, duty.
A GOOD TITLE.
Author to friend who has jrist fin
ished reading MS. Can you suggest a
title for my story? Something; appro
priate. His Friend "Well, judging by the
way the characters are killed off In the
lrtft i hapter, I t'alnk 'The Undertaker's
Paradise would be as appropriate as
any.
Once every eight years all locks ou
the United States mall bags are changed
to Insure safety.
NEWS IN BRIE-.
Tiie largest pyramid In Egypt Is
437 feet high.
Philadelphia is now to have a col
lege of ucdertiike-s.
Tapanese children are taught to
write with both bands.
Male and female- teachers In St.
Paul get the same salaries.
A hospital pitient in Xew York
City slept himself to death.
To find the area of a circle, square
the diameter and uiu.tiply by O.TSot.
It is said that envelopes were first
used in France iu the time of Louis
XIV.
A vocabulary of tha Eskimo lan
guage has been compiled by M. Ky
berg. There are 3(50 mountains In the
fulled States each exceeding 10,000
teet in height.
The first railway to Jerusalem will
probably be opened In the spring of
next. year.
For every dollar spent in England
on drink only oue cent is expended on
id ucat ion.
A Philadelphia burglar left a vest
button In the house he had broken into,
md it led to his arrest.
The members of the Yale Corpora
tion hove voted to wear the academic
hat aud gown at Commencement.
Terrapin frequently fetch 52 apiece
within ten miles of the waters in which
tney are most abundant,
In all England there are only seven
school boards which do not provide for
religious instruction by the teacher.
A panot i3 sai l to have lived lu
the Zoological G.udan?, Hegent Park,
Loudon, for 52 years without a drop or
water.
A violent gesture male by an
Atlantic lawyer, to emphasize a remark
luring a 8 eecu, cau-ei a dislocation
of his arm.
Many persons will not allow the
rocking of an empty chair, because
they s ay it is the forerunner of death
in the family.
It is now proposed to rear insects
fcr ornamental purposes, just as p'auts
and flowers are acjllmatized lu hot
houses and gardens,
The heart of the poet Slielley is
preserved iu the house ot his sou, Sir
Percy Shelley, at Boscombe Manor,
Bournemouth, England.
A blind black eel was found in a
pond In Maine recently and sent to the
United States lish commission as a
curiosity.
In California, peach trees are
cessfulls grafted with rose buds,
producing groves of red, white
pink roses.
Bodie, Mono county, C,il Is
Ued at the highest elevation of
town In the Uuited Mates, being
sue
thus and
situ
any 9duJ
ftet above the sea level.
Rome, In the time of Augustus,
was surrounded by a wall twenty miles
i'i circumference, pierced by thirty
jates, and had a population of 2,(XK),
DOO. One of the Ameer's latest acts is to
nrderthat funeral expenses be cut down,
lcause of a verse of the Koran which
condemns prodigals to the lower
world.
Miss Hannah FaircliiM of West
port, Conn., has been a church mem
ber for tlfty-tivt) years, and has not
mised a singlj bervice during that
period.
A bald eagle fixed his talons in
the hair of a little girl In Johnson
County, Mo., recently, and was trying
to cairy her off when he was frli;hteued
away.
The Presbyterians are ab.'ut to es
tablisli a college In Salt Lake city, and
have pui chased a tite of oue hundred
cies.
The Trinitarian Bible society at its
annual meeting held recently in Lon
don, reported a total circulation of
382,362 Bible.", Testaments aud por
' ions.
A German paper says that Berlin
lias lately been suffering from a plague
strati. Tuey come in droVrB into the
several wholesale warehouses of the
city, and were of extraordinary sizs.
In the United States every 200th
man takes a collegiate course; In Eng
land, every 6H(lh man; m Scotland,
every COOth, aud in Germany, every
Jl3tb.
Thomas Pumler was the bust sur
viving general of the American Revo
lution. He was a native of Virginia,
and bscame OLe of the ablest partisan
leaders of the South. He r presented
South Carolina In both bouses of Cou
gress. A Mirion County, Iowa, physician
is the owner of a remarkable human
monstrosity, a male child, sixteen in
ches long, weighing nine an I one-half
pouncs, lu head tiie perfect counter
part of that of soma gigantic ser
pent. The biggest tree In Northern Ver
mont stands on the ruiln street of
Derby Line. Its height by careful
measurement Is 102 feet. Three feet
from the ground its clrcumfereuse Is
exactly 20 feet, while at 5 feet it is Id
feet and 2 Inches.
A resident of Plumstead, Penna.,
has a turkey hen which Is very aquatic
in her habit?. She recently hatched
and is now caring for, fourteen duck
lings. When they take to the water
she wades in after them, and keeps as
near them as possible.
Dolls' heads of thin Iron are now
-old In the fancy shops la London. The
he ids are said to be well cast, and
when enamelled ana nuisueu uy a
handsome bead of hair, a veiy good
looking, if rather beavy-hea led doll is
the result. Tue bodies are made of kid
as heretofore.
Considerable astonishment was re
rently excited In a zone of Sweden and
Russia, comprising the towns of Stock
holm, E iavtgrod, Pinsk, Kovno and
St. Petersburg, by the appearance In
the air and the eventful deposit on the
ground of large clouds of powder of a
peculiar appearance.
It is not quite true, as has been stat
ed, that 25,000 natives In Alaska are
threatened with starvation owing to
the destruction of the salmon.
Opium Is the dried juice of the poppy,
and the flower Rets its reputation for
putting peopla to sleep because It con
tains so muoii of this narcotic A story
comes from Turkey that people stopping
to rest near the large poppy field there
are often overcome by initialing tha
xug.
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