tt. K. ROHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLVI.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1892.
NO. 39.
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It eoms to me often In silence.
When the flrellclit si. bitter low
Wh-'n the black, uncertain shadow
Seem wraith ot the liit :in;
A!wa) llh a throb of heart :icha,
Th.it thrill each pulstve vein.
Conn s the old. unquiet loncln
I vi the peace ot home auatu.
I stu slek ot the roar of the cities
And of face old an. I tranite ;
1 Know where there's warmth and wel
come. And my j earnlnn f.mcles ranee
B. k to the dear old homestead,
With an aclinic .ene of p iin t
But there'll be Joy in the coining
When I go home again.
Yi tian I go home aahi! There's mnslo
That may cever tile awav,
Ami II seem the hand of angel,
cm a mystic hai p. at play,
Sad touched with a H'.u ning sadness
On a I eautlful r-ruken tr;tm.
lo which Is my fond heart wording
When I go home acain.
OuIsldeofmyd.uk ned window
Is the (treat world's crash and din,
And slowlv the Autumn s stiadows
C. me drifting, drilling in,
Sot olng. the night wind murmurs
To the plash ot tfie Autumn rain;
But 1 dream ot the glorious tieetmg
When I go home ait-iiu.
FAIRY DUST.
A long time ago a very long time
I was young and often beard people
complain of a troublesome little crea
ture who made her way in by the win
dow, after she bad been driven out at
the door. She was so light and so tiny
that she might bavo been said to float
rather than to walk, and my parents
compared ber to a little fairy. The
servants detested her, and sent ber fly
ing with their dusting brushes; but
they had no sooner dislodged her from
one resting-place than she re-appeared
at another.
She was always dressed in a slattern
ly trailing grey gown, and a sort of
veil which the least breath of wind
sent whirling about her head with its
yellowish dishevelled locks.
r-eeiug ber so persecuted made me
take pity on ber, and I willingly al
lowed her to rest herself in my little
garden, though' she oppressed my
flowers a great deal. I talked with
her. but withont ever being able to
draw from her a single word of com
mon sense. She wished to touch
everything, saying she was doing no
harm. 1 got sc. Med for tolerating
her, and when I had allowed her t
come too near me, 1 was sent to wash
myself and change my clothes, and was
even threatened with being called by
ber name.
It was such a bad name that I dread
ed it greatly. She was so dirty that
some said she i-lept ou the sweepings
of the honses and streets; and that
that was why she was called Fairy
Dust.
"Why are yon so dirty?" I asked
her, one day, when she wanted to kiss
me.
"Yon are a stupid to be afraid of
me," she answered, laughingly; 'jio
belong to me, and resemble me mo-e
than yon think. But yon are a child, the
slave of ignorance, and I should waste
my time by trying to make you under
stand.
"Come," I said, "you seem inclined
to talk sense at Inst.' Explain to me
what you have just said."
"I cau't talk to you he e," she re
plied. "1 have too much to uy to
yon, and, as soon as I settle down in
any part of your house I am brushed
away with cou'enpt; but, if you wish
to know who I am, call me three times
to-night as soon as yon fall asleep."
That said, she hurried away, utter
ing a hearty lauftb, and I seemed to
see ber dissolve into a mist of gold,
reddened by the setting sun.
When I was in ted that night I
thought of her just as I was going to
sleep.
"I've dreamed all that," I said to
myself, ' 'or else that little old creatnr
is a mad thing. How can I possibly
call her when I am asleep?"
I fell off to sleep, and prssentl;
dreamed that I called ber; I am not
snre that I did not even call to her
aloud, three times, "Fairy Dust I
Fairy Dust I Fairy Dustl"
At the same moment I was trans
ported into an immense garden, in the
midst of which stood an enchautjd pal
ace, and on the thresl old of this mar
velous dwelling stood awaiting me
lady resplendent with youth and
beauty, dressed in magnificent festal
clothes.
I flew to ber, and she kissed me, say
ing l(
Wall 1r vnn'reeocniz Fairy Dust"
"No. not in the least, madaine," I
answered, 'and I think you must be
making fun of me."
"I am not making fun of yon at all,
be repliod, "but as you are not able
what I sav to vou. I am
going to show yorj a sight which will
appear strange, and which I willmako
as Drief as possible. Follov me!"
She led me into tie most beautiful
Sart of her residence. It was a li.tle
mpid lake, resembling a rcen di
amond set in a ring of flowers, in
whioh were sporting risk of ail hoes of
orange and cornelian, Chinese amber
colored carp, bluck and white swans,
xotic ducks decked in jewels, and, at
the bottom, pearl and purple "bolls,
bright colored acquatio salamanders;
in short, a world of living wonder.,
glidfc i and plunging above a bed ol
silvery sand, on which were g' owing
a'l sor'a of ater-plants, one more
chnrraiog than another. Around this
va-t basin was rant d in several circles
a colonnade, of porphyry, with alabaster
capitals. The entablatnre was made of
th ost precious minerals, and almost
Msappeared under a growth of cle
matis, jessamine, brionv and honey
anokle, amid which a thousand birds
rati their nesis. Koses of all tuts
ana all scents were reflected In the
water as well as the porphyry columns
asr1 the beautiful statues of Parian
Dt'ole placed under the arcades. In
te midst of the i,asin a fountain
Lrew a thousand iots of diamond and
Pe,l!)1e bottom ot the architecural am
phitheatre opened upon flower beds
shaded by giant trees, loaoed to their
summits itli 'osoms a.d fruit, their
branches interlaced witn trailing viu,
foralngabo e the porphyry col jnnade,
a coIanna of verdure and flowe'fc
TLer j the Fairy nade me seat my
self iih her at the entrance to s grotto,
whence there iasned a melodious ca
cado, flowing over fresh .jobs spak
lin with diamond drops of water.
"AH that you see there is my wor,"
she said to mo; "all that is made of
cost. It is by the shaking of mj
gow-n in the clouds th-.t I have fur
nished ail the materials of thispaiadire.
My fiiend Fire, who threw them iuio
the air, has taken them baok to re
cook them to crystallize or compact
th m, after which raj sevan Wind
took them about with him av'd the
. tnofbtnre and electricity of he clruds,
J Lha - t 0.-$ n ion th arthf
this wide plain - k. , .
fecund substance, and tain nas made
sands and grass of it, and taring made
" . , truuyries, mar Diet and
metals of all sorts."
I listened withnnt nn...n
and I thought that the Fairy was con
tinuing to mystify me. How sha could
have made the earth out of dust still
passes my comprehension; that she
could have made marble and granites
and other minerals merely br shaking
the skirt of her gown, 1 could not be
lieve. But I did not dare to oontra
diet her, though I turned voluntarily
towards ber to see whether she was
speaking seriously of such an absurd
ity. Wis was my surprise to find she
was no longer behind mel but I hear
ner voice, seemingly coming from
under the ground, calling me. At the
same time I also passed under ground
withont being able to resist, and found
myself in a terrible place where all was
ure ana name. I bad heard tell of the
internal region; I thought that was it
Lights, red, blue, green, white, violet
now pale, now swelling, replaced day
light, and, if the sun penetrated to this
place, the vapors which arose from
the furnace made it wholly invisible.
Formidable sounds, sharp hisses, ex
plosions, claps of thunder, filled this
elouded cavern in whioh I felt myself
enclosed. In the midst of all this I
perceived little Fairy Dust, who 1 ad
gODe back to her dirty colorless dress.
She came and went, working, pushing,
piling, olntching, pouring out I know
not what acids; in a word, giving her
self up to an incomprehensible la
bor. "Don't bo afraid," she said to me, in
a voice that rose above the deafening
noises of this Tartarus. "You are here
in my laboratory. Don't you know
anything about machinery?"
"Nothing at all," I shonted, "and I
don't want to learn anything about it
in such a place as this."
"Yes, you wanted to know, and you
mnBt resign yourself to me. It is very
pleasant to live on the surface of the
earth, with flowers, birds, and domes
ticated animals, to bathe in still waters,
to eat nice-tasting fruits, to walk upon
carpets of greensward and daisies. You
imagined tLat life has always existed in
that way, under such blessed condi
tions. It is time you should learn
something about the beginning of things
and of the power of Fairy Dust, your
grandmother, your mother, and yonr
nurse."
As she spoko the little crea
ture made me roll with her
into the depths of the abysm,
through devouring flames, frightful
explosion-", acrid black smoke, metals
in fusion, lavas vomiting hideously
iud all the terrors of volcanio erup
tion. "These are my furnaces," she said,
"the underground where my provisions
elaborate themselves. You see, it is a
good plaoe for a mind disencumbered
of the shell c .lled a body. Yon haye
left yours in your bed, and your mind
alone is with me. So you may touch
and clutch primary matter. You are
ignorant of chenr.istry; you do not yet
know of what this matter is made, nor
by what mysterious operation. what ap
pears here under the aspect of solid
bodies, comes from ' a gaseous body
which has shone in space, first as a
nebula and later as a beaming sun.
Yon are a child; I cannot initiate you
into the great secrets of creation, and
there is a long time yet to be passed
before your professors thtmselves will
know them. But I can show you the
products of my culinary art. All here
is somewhat confused for you. Let us
mount a stage. Hold the ladder and
follow me."
A ladder, of which I could not per
ceive either tho bottom or the top,
stood before us. I followed the Fa.rr,
anil fonn3 myself in darkness, but 1
then noticed tbat she herself was
wholly luminous and radiant as a torch.
1 then obcerved enormous deposits of
oozy paste, blocks of whitish crys'al
and immense waves of black and shining
vitreous matter, which the Fairy took
up and crumbled between her lingers;
then she piled the crystal in little
heaps, and mixed all with the moist
paste, and placed the whole on what
she was pleased to call a gentli fire.
"What dish are you going to make
of that?" I asked.
"A dish necessary to your poor little
existence," she replied. "I am making
granite, that is to say, with dust I make
the hardest and most resisting of
stoues: it needs that to enclose Cocytus
and Phlegethon. I make also various
mixtures of the same elements. Here
is what is shown to you under barbar
ous names gneiss, the quartzes, the
talcs the micas, et cetera. Of all that
which comes from my dust, I, later
on make other dusts with new ele
ments, which will then be states, sand,
and gravel. I am Fkilful and patient;
I tin Wnrifl nnoeasinirlv to reaKKlom-
Arnta Is not flour the basis of all
cakes? At the present time I imprison
mv furnaces, contriving for them some
luuuinn vontu ho that they may not
burst. We will go above and see what i
is goiug on. If you are tired, you may
take a nap, for it will take me a little
pcnmnlisli what I am going to
do-" . ,
I lost all consciousness of time, and
when the Fairy waked me:
"You have been sleeping a pretty
considerable number of ages I" she
said.
"How many, Madame Fairy?
"You must ask that of your profes
sors," she replied, laughingly. "Lot
us go on lp the ladder."
She made me mount several stages
through divers deposits, w lere I saw
hi-r manipulate the rust of metals, of
which she made chalk, marl, clay,
sli'.te, jasper; and, as I questioned her
as to the origin of metais:
"You want to know a great deal about
iV'eho 8ad. "Yur inquirers may ex
plain many phenomena by Ore nd water;
but conld they know what was passing
between earth and beaven when all ny
dust, cast by wind from the abyss, has
formed solid clouds, which clouds of
va-er have rolled in their stormy
whirl, which thunder has penetrated
w th its mysterious loadstone, and
which the stronger winds have thrown
upon a terrestrial surface in torrential
rains? There is the origin of the first
deposits. You are going to witness
th-se marvellous transformations."
We mounted higher, and came to
chaiks. marbles, and banks of lime
s ne enough to build a city as big as
the entire globe. And as I was won
deri g at what she was able to pro
duce by sifting, agglomerating, meU
m rphoslng, and baking, she said to
ire:
"All that is nothing; yon are going
to see a great deal more than that
yon are going to see life, already
hatched in the middle of these stones."
She approached a basin wide as a sea,
and, plunging her arms into it, drew
from it first, strange plants, then ani
mals, bt ranger still, which were as yet
half plants; then beings, free and in
dependent of one another, living shells;
lieu, ai last, nsn, wnicnsne made leap,
mjjxik as sue aiu so
That's what Dame Dnst knows how
to produce, when she pleases, at the
bottom of water. But there's some
thing better than that. Turn round
and look at the shore."
I turned. The caloar and all its
components, mixed with flint and clay,
had formed on the surface a fine brown
and rich dust, out of which had sprung
fibrous plants of singular form.
' 'That is vegetable earth," said the
Fairy.
"Wait a little while, and you will see
trees growing."
1 then saw an arborescent vegetation
rise rapidly from the ground and peo
ple itself with reptiles and insects,
while on the shore unknown creatures
orawled and darted about, and caused
me great terror.
"These animals will not alarm you
on the earth of the future," said the
Fairy. "They are destined to mannre
it with their remains. There are not
yet any hnman beings here to fear
them.
"Holdl" I oried; "here is a world of
monsters that shock mel Here is your
earthbelonging to these devouring crea
tures who live upon one another. Do
you need all these massacres and all
these stupidities to make us a muck
heap? I can understand their not be
ing good for anything else, but I can't
understand a creation so rioh in ani
mated forms to do nothing and to leave
nothing worth anything behind it."
"Manure is something, if it is not
everything; the conditions it will cre
ate will be favorable to different beings
who will succeed those on which you
are looking."
"And which will disappear! in their
turn, 1 know that. I know that crea
tion will go on improving itself np to
the creation of Man at least, that is,
1 think, what I have been told. But I
had not pictured to myself this prodi
gality of life and destruction, whioh ter
rifies me and fills me with repugnanoo;
these hideous forms, these gigantio
amphibia, these monstrous crocodiles,
and all these crawling or swimming
beasts whioh seem to live only to use
their teeth and devour one another."
My indignation highly amused Fairy
Dust.
"Matter is matter " she replied, "It
is always logical in its operations.
The
human mind is not and you have
proved it you who live by eating
charming birds, and a crowd of crea
tures more beautiful and intelligent
than these. Have I to teach you that
there is no production possible wi'hout
permanent destruction, and would you
like to revorse the order of nature?"
"Yes, I would I should like that
all shoi.ld go well from the first day.
If Nature is a great fairy she might
have done without all all these abomin
able experiments, and made a world in
which we should all have been angels,
living by mind only, in the bosom of
ai unchangeable and always beautiful
creation."
"The great fairy Nature has higher
views," replied Dame Dust. "She
does not intend to stop at the things of
which you know. She is always at
work and inventing. For her, for
whom there is no such thing as the bus-
Fension of life, rest would be death,
f things did not change the work of
the K'ng of the Genii would be ended,
and this king, who is 'ncessant and su
preme activity, would end with his
work. The world which you see. and
to which yon will return presently
when your vision of the past has faded
away, this world of man, which you
think is better than that of the ancient
animals, this world with which you yet
are not satisfied, since you wish to live
eternally in a pure spiritual condition
this poor planet, still in a fet ito of in
fancy, is destined to transform itself
infinitely. .T"ae future will make of you
all feeble human creatures that you
are fairies and genii possessing sci-
ence, reason and goodness. You have
seen what I have shown to you, tbat
these first drafts of life, representing
simply instinct, are nearer to you than
you are to that which will some day
be tbe reign of mind in the earth which
yon inhabit. The occupants of that
future world will then havo the right
to despise you, as you now despise the
world of tbe great sanrians."
"Oh! if that is so," I replied, "if all
that I have seen of the past will make
me think the better of the future, let
me see more that is new."
"And, above all," said the Fairy,
"don't let us too much despise the past
for fear of committing the ingratitude
of despising the present. When the
great Spirit of life nsed the materials
which furnished it, it did m:trvels from
the first day. Look at the eyes of this
monster wbicb your learned men nave
called the ichthyosaurus."
"They are as large as my head, and
frighten mo."
"They are very superior to yours.
They ore at once long and short-sighted
at will. They see prey at great dis
tances as with a telescope, and when it
is quito near, by a simple change of
action, tney see it perfectly at its true
distance without needing spectacles.
At that moment of oreation nature had
but one purpose; to make a thinking
animal. It gave to this creatnre or
gans marvelonsly appropriate to its
wants. Don't you think it made a
very pretty beginning are you not
struck by it? In this way it will pro
ceed from better to better, with all the
beings whioh are to succeed those you
now see. Those which appear to you
poor, ugly, pitiful, are yet prodigies ot
adaptation to the place in the midst of
which tiiey have manifested them
selves." "And, like the others, they think of
nothing but eating!"
"11 what would you havo them
think? Tho earth has no wish to be 1
admired. The sky, which exists to-day i
and for ever, will continue to exit
without tbe aspirations and prayers of
tiny living creatures adding anything
to tbe splendor and maiestv of its laws,
The fairy of your little planet, no
doubt, knows the great First Cause;
bnt if she is ordered to make a being
who shall perceive or gness that Cause,
it will be in obedience to the law of
time tbat law of which you can form
no idea, because yon I've too short a
space to appreciate its operations
You think those operations slow, yet
they are carried on with a bewildering
rapidity. I will free your mind from
its natural weakness and show you j
rotation the results of innumerable
centuries. Look, and don't cavil any
more, bnt profit by my kindness to
you."
I felt that the Fairy was right, and I
looked, with all my eyes at the succes
sion 'of aspects of the earth. I saw tbe
birth and death of vegetables and of
animals become more and more vigor
ous from instinct, and more and more
agreeable or imposing in form. In
proportion as the ground decked itself
with productions more nearly resemb
ling those of onr days, the inhabitants
of this widespread garden, in which
great accidents were inoessantly trans
forming, appeared, to become lea eagar
care
ful of their progeny. I saw them
construct dwelling-places for the use
of their families, and ' exhibit attach
ment for localities, so muck so tbat, '
from moment to moment, I saw a world ;
fade away, and a new world arise in its
plaoe, like the changing of the scenes
in a fairy play.
"Rest awhile," the Fairy said to me, I
"for, without suspecting it, you have i
traversed a good many thousand oi ,
centuries, anu iur. iuio is KU1UK ,u w
ViA,n alwin l, r. n Af Mi T ( 1 M If V
has been completed."
" w. . j
I once more fell asleep, quite over
come by fatigue, and when I awoke I
fonnd myself in the midst of a grand
hull in the palace of the Fairy, who
had again become young, teautifni,
and splendidly dressed.
"You see all these charming things,
and all this charming company?' she
said to me. "Well, my child, all that
is dunt! These walls of porphyry and
marble are dust, molecules kneaded
and roasted to a turn. These build
ings of out stone are the dust of lime
or of granite, brought about by the
same process. The crystal lustres are
fine sand baked by the bauds of men
in imitation of the work of Nature.
These porcelain and china articles are
the powder of feldspar, the kaolin of
which the Chinese have taught us the
nse. These diamonds iu which the
dancers are decked is coal-dust crys
tallized. These pearls are phosphate of
lime which the oyster exudes into its
shell. Gold and all the metals have no
other origin than the assemblage, well
heaped, well melted, well heated, and
well cooled, of infinitesimal molecules.
These beautiful vegetables, these flesh
colored roses, these staiuless lilies,
these gardenias which embalm the air,
are born of dust which I prepared for
them; and these people who dance and
smile at the sound of those musical in
strument", these living creatures par
excellence, who are called person,
they also don't be offended are born
of me, and will be returned to me."
As she said that, the hall and the
palaoe disappeared. I fonnd myself
' with the Fairy in a field of corn. She
! stooped, and picked np a stone iu
' which there wus a shell eaorusted.
"There," she said, "iu a fossil state is
' a being w hich I showed vou in the ear-
! liest ages'of life. What is it now?
dust, people make manure of it for
land that is too fl nty. Yon sse, M in
is beginning to understand one tiling
that the master to study is Nature."
She crumbled the shell into powder,
and scattered it on the cultivated soil,
saying:
"This will come back to my kitchen.
I spread destruction to make the germ
spring. It is so of all dusts, whether
they be plants, auitnals. or persons.
They are death, after having been life,
and there is nothing sad in it, since,
thanks to me, they always begin aain
to live after having been dead. Fare
well! Yon greatly admired my ball
dress: hrre is a piece of it, which you
may examine at yonr leisure."
All disappeared, and, when I opened
my eyes, I fonnd myself in my bed.
The sun bad riseu, and sent a bright
ray towards me. I looked for the
piece ot stuff which tho Fairy had put
into my hand: it was nothing bnt a lit
tle heap of dust; but my tniud w still
under the charm of the dream, and it
gave to my senses the power of dis
tinguishing the smallest atom of this
dust.
i was filled with wonderment. There
was everything in it: air, water, sun,
gold, diamonds, ashes, the pollon of
tlo vers, shells, pearls, the dust of but
terflies' wings, of thread, of wax, of
iron, of wood, and of many microscopic
bodies; but in the midxt of this mix
ture of imperceptible refuse, I siw
fermenting I know not what life of un
distinguishable beings, that appeared
to be trying to hx themselves to some-
thing, to hatch or to transform them-
selves, an couiuuuueu luagoitiuu ziiisii,
or in the roseate rays of tho rising
sun.
SOUDANESE SOLDIERS.
U T.k.. m
Boltl Commander to UOTtraia
Th.lr IuipetiioAlty.
The Soudanese troops are vastly in
teresting. The Jet-black creatures,
resembling amiable gorillas in face,
of all heights and only one thickness,
narrow-hipped, thin-chested, with no
backs to their heads and no calves to
their legs, are liked and trusted by
their officers to a remarkable extent.
There is little of the red Indian In
them; they would not tire into a
sand-hill or stand still to be cut
down.
Tie Dervish Is their oppressor and
natural enemy, and they only desire
the opportunity to "get at hiru" at as
close quarters as possible. They are
children in their love of decoration
and their whims and their devotion
to their officers. They are savage In
their dislike of discipline and their
passionate impatience of restraint on
the battlefield.
For this reason to keep tbem back
they have more English officers to
a battalion than Egyptian troops.
They tetest drill and blank cartridge.
They are enthusiastic over every
rumor of approaching fight.
I was told a delightful story of onb
recent action In which they took a
prominent part. The enemy was un
der cover not far off, but the tiring
line of blacks were blazing away at
him as fast as they could open and
close up their rifles. In vain their
officers tried to stop them. The waste
of ammunition threatened to become
extremely serious, and their com
nianding officer, a Scotchman, who
had seen many fights with theni, los-
j lnS ,h'3 temper, rode up and down be-
i ",c '"- -"''"B
them with
every abusive epithet in
a fairly ad
equate vocabulary of Arabic invec
tive. But entirely without effect.
At last one of them hapjened to
turn, and discovered the beloved
Iicy in evidently a very excited state
of mind. Ha at once rose ran back
to him, and, patting him reassur
ingly on the boot, he said: )
"Don't be frightened, Bey. It's
all right. We're here; we'll care for
you:"
The Scotch Bey, however, was
equal to the occasion. He rode out
through the line, and waed bis
iorse up and down in front of the
rifles.
"Now," he said, "if you must fire,
Are at me."
After this
it s not surprising to
read in dispatches that tbisofficer has
twice recently had his horse shot un
der him.
Edinburgh (Scotland) University is
one ot the chief medical centres In tba
world. It was founded In 1681.
to aestroy eacn otner, ana more
MUSICAL FLASHES FROM
ABROAD.
BY PR. WALDTERS PEGU.
t aut, genla, olJ composer,
Ve.rdi i)a8 completed his new opera
entitled "Falstaff." and the MS.
j8 now ja tfae banJa of bis publisher,
Ricordi- Tbe distinguished musician
N ftt Monte Catini, near Florence, and
he has invited M. Mural, the French
baritone vocalist and other artists that
have been engaged to create the princi
pal parts in the new work, to join hint
luring the early part of Autumn.
Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Tsohar
kowski and Wagner, were all repre
sente 1 on the programme at the "Lady
Orchettra Concert," London. There
were seventy-five performers and the
director was the Rev. E. Woberly.
Georte Fox's new opera entitled
"Nydia," based on Bulwer Lytton's
"Last day of Pompeii," will be shortly
produced at Covent Garden Theatre
Loudon. It will have an excellent
"Mine en Scene." This opera has
been expressly composed for the tal
ented Swedish vocalist, Mine. Arnold
on.
Gactano Cipollini is composing an
orera for the publisher, Sonzogno, en
titled "Piccolo Hayden," (Little Nay
den). It will be produced early next
eason at Milan.
Gnstave Charpentier has composed
a work entitled "Life of a Poet,"
whioh is described as a Lvmphonic
drama, in three acts. It will be pro
duced at the Opera, Paris, in a few
ays.
On the occssion of His Majetty,
the king of Italy's visit to
Perlin, two scenes from Alda,
nud the ballet eutilled "Prome
theus," were given in honor of His
M'-iesty's presence in that city. Anton
Kubensteiu's mother died last week ai
Odessa; she was eighty-fonr years oi
age.
Although the musVal and theatrioai
exhibition held at Vienna was a suc
cess in many ways, it is with sin
cere regret 1 am informed that finan
cially it will not be. The management
estimate the losses at the sum of. oi
Hbor.t, 200, OX) Hot ins.
The weil-known Tenor Stagno ano
La 1'iva Bellinrione, prior to their de
parture from Rome, forwarded to Edi
son one of bis own phonographs, wbict
had recorded tbe duet from the "Cav
alleria Rnsticatia," nud the scene from
the second act of "L Traviata," sung
by these eminently gifted artists.
Franz Yetta died July 10th, of con
sumption. He was a pupil of that
celebrated (and deservedly so) con
tralto, Madam Lallache, daughter oi
Luigi Lnhlacho. Franz Vetta stndied
under Madam I.ablache until 1SS1,
when he obtained an engagement in
her Majesty's Opera Company at H.
M. Theatre London. But he made bis
Erst i ppearauee on the operatio stage
under Colonel Mapleson's manage
ment. This was due to the kind, gen
erous influence of Vadam Adelina
I'atti, who had heard Franz Vetta sing
in concert, and Madam I'atti asked
Colonel Mnpleson as a favor to send for
him aDd henr liim sin?, which he did
ind engaged him I Vetta) at once.
Onring the season of 1SS', the memor
ible performance of "Faust" was given.
Madam I'atti, Madame I.ablache and
nna were in the cast aud Franz Vetta
dlled the role of Mephistojdieles. The
endition of the opera created a pro
found sensation at the time, in Lon
lon. Franz Vetta had an extensive
repertoire, as follows: Srastro, in
"II FInto Magico;" Marcel, in
"The Hugenots;" Caser, in "Der
t-'reischntz;" Saporello in "Don Juno;"
Balthazar in "Favorita," Dalar.d, in
ho "Flying Dutchman"; the King, in
; "Jjohengrin.
In all these parts be
and he received em
, was successful,
phatic acknowledgment from all
who knew him during bis brief career.
It is most remarkable that one
neets in society, at the opera, and
everywhere, where sweet strains oi
music can bo heard, the Fretty Lady
who a is "soi-disant" enthusiast of mu
sic. Verilv, she has heard (she will
leclare repeatedly) every opera extant.
She bus not the slightest knowledge ol
music, (but this fact she endeavors tc
hide) beyond the art of tinkling upon
her miicu tortured pianoforte, acquired
from an expensive master, who was
perchance as iudolent as his pupil, in
early youth, when she made the ter
rific resolve to study the divine art.
Still, one wiil constantly hear hei
gush over that, utterly too utter,
eh rming Levy, or the prima donna.
She may not be able to technic
ally distinguish between the varionf
excellencies of the soprano, or "canta
triee's stvl, (as the case may be) bul
she is positive that the artist's voic
is pirfei-tinn aud exquisite newt, and
that it is as far superior to Jenny Lind's.
whom ber mother or grandmother ad
mires, as Jenny l.ind's was to everj
other Vocalist who preceded her. Il
is not altogether nnploasant to be lulled
almost to sleep by the fearfully won
derful and strange conversation (en-UtuHiii-hi
I should fan) of this little
butler fly, who knows no more of the
topic she is discussing, than a Hotten
tot. This lmiy is merely seen in mnsi
cid circles ami at the opera, so as tc
convey the impression that she is in
finitely mnsicnl aud a patron of the
art; she is faultlesi-ly dressed, she ap
plauds with her My- like bands, and
dreams a dream that she is the ob
served of all observers. There is an
other enthusiast, the gentleman who is
a habitual opera-goer; he usually sits
in the balcony as far away from the
stage as is advisable, where many
conscientious admirers oi the opera
prefer to sit. This gentleman is a gen
nine lover of music. He admires music
for its sake alone. He rarely talks
during the intervals, but he seems to
think deeply, not altogether over tbe
beauty of the prima donna, bnt also of
the composer. He desires to do justice
to tho brains that has created the me
lodious work which he has just listened
to. There are yet other honest
ar.ihiisiasts. The dear kind grand-
' mothers
and grandfathers. They
many a time and oft, converse
of the times of their jouth and the
triumphs of their idol, that rare song
bird, Jenny Lind and her wondrous,
glorious tones, and all the b: autiful
ongstresses that enchanted the world
with their voices half a century ago.
Ah! it is very refreshing to listen to
the reminiscences of those by-gone
days of their early youth. It is well
to think there are a few at least of
the musical people who do not quite
Forget the artiuts' trials and triumphs.
3o let them talk. Perhaps when the
present generation are seventy or
eighty years of age, they will be hold
ing forth and informing their grand
shildren of the nineteenth oentury, ot
the time when so many able artists
filled the earth and heavens with their
wealth of melody.
Da. WAurraa Paoo.
TREADING WAT&B.
The easiest position that a man, a
woman or a child can assume in water
is to float perpendioularly. Any per
son, withont any previous practice, caa
tread water, and so keep afloat for a
long time. He should keep bis hands
below the snrface of the water, his
lungs inflated, and his feet moving np
and down as in walking. Let the "man
overboard" throw his hands and arms
ont of the water, let him raise an out
cry wbereby tbe air is expelled from
the lungs, and he will sink to the bot
torn. Tbe trouble is tbat nine people
ont of ten lose their presence of mind
when they are in water out of their
depth for the first time. If, instead of
struggling and floundering about, they
would do a little walking, there would
not be the slightest danger of drown
ing right away.
Any one can tread water in the first
attempt. No preliminary teaching is
necessary. Treading water is simply
walking into tbe water ont of one's
depth, with or without tbe aid of one's
hands. Tbe operation is not unlike
rnnning np-stairs, and, if anything,
easier. Truly, any man, any woman,
any child, who can walk upstairs, can
walk in water, and, remember, on the
first attempt, without any previous in
struction or practice.
Henoe I say that persons really igno
rant of the art of swimming are per
fectly safe in water ont of their depth.
Very often you bear people exclaim:
"Ughl if this boat were to upset, I'd
drown, of course. I can't swim, yon
know."
Yes, bnt yon can tread water. Most
of ns attach a wrong significance to the
word "swim." Why should we mean
one thing when a man swims and an
other or different thing when a dog
swims? The dog cannot "swim as a
man swims, bnt any man can swim
"dog fashion' instantly and for tbe
first time. Tbe anima' has no advan
tage in any way iu water over man,
and yet the man drowns while the ani
mal "swims." The dog, the horse, the
cow and even the cat all take to the
water, and are able to walk as they dc
when ont of water. Throw a dog into
the stream and at onco he begins tc
v alk, just as be does on dry land.
Why bhonld a man, woman or child act
differently under like circumstances?
It seems strange that people have tc
be told to do what the animals do in
stinctively and instantly. Man's igno
rance of so simple a thing as treading
water is remarkable; it is withont rea
son or excuse. There is a popnlai
notion afloat that in some way the dog
and the animals have an advantage
over man in water. Nothing could be
further from the truth. The advan
tage lies with man, who is provided
with a paddle-formed hand, and knowi
enough to float when tired something
the animal rarely or never does.
Next to treading water, floating on
tbe baok is the easiest thing to do in
water. This consists in lying flat on
the back, head thrown well back, the
lungs inflated, the limbs extended, but
flexible, the arms held close to the
ear9, the hands over the head, the
majority of people able to sustain
themselves in tbe water prefer to float
in a horizontal position rather than in
a perpendicular manner. Both posi
tions are much better, in fact mncb
safer, than tbe attitud- that we assume
in swimming. I have found it so. One
day, in a rough surf, I was nearly
strangled with a sudden swallow ol
water, and had I not been able to float
the result might have been disastrous.
Harper' Young People.
WHO INVENTED KISSING.
The word "kiss" is Anglo-Saxon, and
may, indeed, be taken as an instance
of how pleasant Anglo-Saxon can be.
The philologist assures ns that it is
allied to the Gothic "kustus," a proof
or test, and to the Latin "gustus," a
taste; which suggests tbe ol ' saying,
'hat "the proof of the pudding is in
he preein' o't."
Tbe same gothio kustus come from
the verb kiusan, to choose, from which
one would imagine that among the
Goths kissing went by favor.
According to Prof. Skeat, writing j
with all ;tbe austerity and sobolarsbip
of an expert, a kiss is "a gust, a taste,
a something choice." Rowena, the
beantiful daughter of the Saxon Heng
ist, is credited with having introduced
kissing into these fortunate islands
but it seems as if that, had the nativei
been so utterly unenlightened, tbe
Romans could scarcely have failed t
anticipate her.
The Romans had really a delightful
word for a kiss osculum, which cam
from os, the mouth, and meant a httlt
mouth, a sweet mouth. "Give me i
sweet little mouth" would be th
phrase nsed when a good little Romai
ooy asKeu his moiner ior a kiss.
Our English word occurs pretty i
nearly In its present form in Anglo
Saxon, Dutch, Icelandic, Danish,
Swedish and German. And this ii
worthy of note, because natural ai
kissing may seem to be, it is a practiot
unknown to the Australians, to thi
Maoris'of New Zealand, the Papuans o:
New Guinea, the people ot Tabbati, th
negroes of Central and Southern Af-
rim fi,trun,lrkfl ft KrA7l1 t Vl RAVflffM
- , n
of Terra del Fuego. the Laplanders and
the Eskimo. Most of these benighted
mortals have not got beyond the low
stage of rnbbing the noses.
Kissing points to an ancient dis
credited belief in a veritable union ol
spirits a belief common to all the
Aryan peoples that the breath of
man was his soul, his spirit. "Spirit,"
is "breath," and "ghost," is a "gust'
whioh possibly accounts for the cold
air tbat is said to accompany appari
tions. If, then, the breath was a divine
thing the soul and spirit of man ia
it not easy to understand how naturally
kissing dime to be a veritable commun
ion, a commingling ot soul with soul?
Boston Qlobe,
A new opera composed by Maestro
Leopoldo Mvgnone, entitled "11 Birio
ohiiuo," will shortly be produced at
the Malibran, in Venice. The tal-
' ented composer played excerpts from
his opera before his friends and the
critics in Naples. Several numbers
! ire very quaint and skillfully written.
' During last season at the Vienna
Opera House, two hundred and ninety
' Dne performances were given. Sixty-
lix divers operas and fourteen bol
I lets were produced, including seven
. aperas composed expressly for tbe
' management of that bouse. Mozart's
"Bastiano and Bastani," was pre
lented there, and also Mascagni's
"Amico Fritz," Massanet's "Werther,"
tnd Stranss'a "Chevalier Pasman."
! M. Ie Chatelier states that by means
it his pyrometer be has discovered taat
ihe temperatures whioh occur in melt
lag steel and In other industrial opera
tions have been overestimated.
' Tbe tallest chimney in the world is
tt Port Dundaa, Scotland. It is 451
Caat to ita conestona from tha around.
WATSON, OF GEORQIA.
Ttx MM Wbt Stirred l p Conr fty
(,'haiwtBe DrunkenneM.
Representative Watson, of Georgia
who by his charge of drunkenness sa
effectually stirred up Congress, wa
born in McDuffle County, Sept 5,
1836. At an early age he started to
earn his own living, his father being
a poor farmer. At the age of 14 he
became a clerk to Mr. T. E. Messen
gale, afterward Senator, and sMidled
sufficiently to enter the freshman
rnovu BDWARD WATSOIf.
year at Mercer University, Macon.
After working hard to get through
college, he was admitted to the Rich
mond County bar In 1875.
He was a member of the Georgia
Legislature in 1882 and 1883, and
elector for the State at large for the
Cleveland ticket In 1888.
He ran for Congress against Majo
George T. Barnes, being also in syni-
Satby with the Farmers' Alliance.
Ince then he has gone over com
pletely to the Alliance, who nomi
nated him for the seat he now holds.
Mr. Watson la married and has two
blight children at bis homestead in
Georgia.
Short Soliloquies.
Why doesn't some clever man invent
a machine for shuttling cards?
We pretend to know others, but
what one of us understands himself?
We have noticed that the boys who
are great to "cut up" are always In
vited when there Is a party.
About the greatest pleasure most
men have in life is waiting for the
malls, and counting on receiving
money In letters.
How grown people now envy the
poor little boys on the streets who go
barefooted, and whose clothes are full
of big holes.
The story of the life of the most
commonplace man in town would be
of more Interest than a fairy story, If
he had a gift to tell It.
A man may feci like fighting when
he Is young, but by the time he
reaches 60 his ambition may be de
fined in three words: "On earth
peace."
If you have any confidence to giva
lock yourself up alone In your room,
write your thoughts on a piece of pa
per, and while the Ink la still wet,
burn it.
We should hate to be a Rid. Every
time the wind blows a locof hair ou
their necks, they scream and yell, be
lieving that a big bug is going down
their back.
The kind of woman who thinks it
Is sinful to waste anything, makes
preserves and sweet pickles of her
watermelon rinds that are suggestive
of heaven In winter.
If you hesitate you are lost, and
unless you look before you leap, your
leap will be a disastrous one. If there
Is anything In proverbs, you are lost
no matter what you do.
Tha men are having a piece of good
luck. The new costume designed for
women by the Chautauqua reformers
will not cost one-half of what
women's clothes cost at present.
There are too many young people
in the world who spoil their real
talents by getting the idea Into their
heads that they have a "higher ca
reer" before them.
A late fad is to present old people
with a fine cotlln for a birthday gift.
It can not be a cheerful present to
receive, but it Is a fad, and fads are
tyrants that many submit to.
There are so many people of the
kind who never realize that there is
a pretty view from their own front
door until a stranger comes along and
discovers It for them.
People should either devise some
plan of destroying the chigger, t
adopt the Highland style of goin
bare-legged. Scratching (-luggers 1
at present attended with too man
difficulties.
It has been noticed that men wh
aje the quickest to take offense at r
marks made about their personal ag
pearance, are slowest to resent anj
l , . . r
j u ,
said about their lack o
brains. Atchison Globe.
Clever Clerk.
She wasn't exactly old, but the din
criminating observer could see tha'
she hadn't seen the Inside of a school
room for at least ten years. Thi
shopman threw down piece aftc
piece of fleecy white material be fori
ber critical eyes, but none of then
seemed to claim her unreserved ad
miration. She was taking a great
deal of his time and the silk cotintet
was crowded, so he decided to play
his trump card. Holding up a length
of crepe de chine so that it Ml in a
perfect cataract oT shimmering folds,
he remarked, reflectively, as if to
himself alone: "The best thing for
graduating purposes we have in store
this year." The effect was Instan
taneous and In another minute the
tactful salesman was measuring off a
full pattern for his well-pleaded
patron.
Little PlUs.
In 1826 there was but one repre
sentative of homeopathy in this
country.
Waterproof Cloth.
To waterproof cloth, saturate the
fabrlo with a strong hot aqueous
solution of soap, press out the excess
of liquid, and transfer for several
hours to a second bath, consisting of
a strong aqueous solution of sulphate
or acetate of aluminia or acetate of
lead. Repeat the process If nexsn
aary, prwss out the excess of MqCld,
and dr, not too rapidly, In tha air.
NEWS IN BUiK'.
Japan women lead vesaflfe.
Illinois leads in railway mileage.
Warsaw has women car oonduc
iord. There are 4,500 women printers In
England.
Rubber tires have been placed on
carriages.
Mrs. Marsh, of Chloao, is an nn
lertaker. Many southern women plant and
ihip peanuts.
Three hundred women are florists
in the United States.
Mrs. Kimball, of West Virginia, is
president of a railroad.
There are 59,000 women In England
an rolled in trades unions.
In Massachusetts 133 women are
employed in making cartridges.
In 1845, Miss Sarah P. Mother in
vented the hrst submarine telescope.
PI eebe Cousins acted as sheriff of
St. Louis after her father's death.
The humble are rarely humiliated;
the proud often.
An intellect cocteuted with lncou
ruous opinions is immoral.
In the battle of life valor la our
iword but patience Is our shield.
The finest aspirations of one who
is a slave to the pqe go up In smoke.
When man gains a knowledge of
the infinite he achieves true freedom.
There Is only one shrew in the
world, and every husband thinks he has
her.
Women must have their wills while
alive, for they nihke none when they
lie
He who marries a widow will often
have a dead man's h ad thrown in his
Usli.
Queen Marguerite of Italy claims
to have the sandal J worn by the Em
peror Nero.
Miss Pullman receives a salaiy ot
tl.OuO a year from her father for naui
iu Pullman cars.
There is not a 1 zzrd or snake north
af the southern exiremltv of Hudson's
Bay.
A lead mine which yields almost
pure lead has beeu discovered at Tur
ner, Me.
A Missouri man ate eleven dishes
of Ice cream aud did not die till a week
tfterward.
Wellsville, Mo., has twice as many
Jogs as inhabitants. It has 1740 resi
leuts and 3580 dogs.
Sir Edward Arnold has been deco
rated by tho Emportr of Japan with the
order of the Rising sun.
The southern portion of Algiers
has been Invaded by a swarm of locusts,
which has destroyed cereal crops.
A man In Fisherville, Fenna., re
cently captured a coon weighing thir
teen pounds.
Among the South Sea Islanders
black and white striped goods are even
now worn in sign of mourning.
Hardwood In Wisconsin Is being
rapidly cut up to te uia 'e into charcoal
for the iron furuaces in that State.
So long as we remain imperfect
the most regretful ihiug of all would
be thai regret itself, should cease.
To cherish a persoual enmity is to
make an altar of a hateful thought aud
saciiilce your peace of mind on It.
The conqueror of death can uevei
be the lore of life. And does not the
soul shed the limits ot tixe in thinking
eternity?
Inspiration is the simultaneous re
ception of light and energy, the lllum
iua'ion of Individual faculties and their
iuipuHion to universal goals.
We should orefully attune our
souls to that triune chord of reason,
love and liberty whose reverberations
compose the harmony of t!e universe.
If at the table a little salt is spilt
between two people, the way to prevent
a qu irrel is for each to take a pinch
and throw it over his left shoulder.
Mi.'S Calhoun of the United States
Treasury Department recently counted
eighty-five thousand coins In a single
day. Even at this speed she can readily
1et?ct a counterfeit.
The latest Qsli story comes frou.
Pittsburg, Penua. The fish Is about
eighteen inches long, and Its htad, about
as hirge as a marble, is in the centre of
Its body. Instead of haviug tins It has
ten lona tails.
Combing and rubblug the scalp of
the head w Itb the baud Craws tbe
blood up to the surface of the head,
nd not only relh ves the pa!n at times,
but ad.' s new strength to the hair.
A company was organiz- d at
Pl.cenix, Arizona, recently for the c in
struction of what la claimed will be the
largest artificial reseivolr iu the world.
It will be sixteen miles long aud con
tains 103,058,040. 8(0 culic feet of
water.
In China one can always borrow
money on the strength of having a son,
but nobody would advance him a cent
if be had a doen daughters. The
former ia responsible for the debt of his
father for his generation. The latter la
only responsible for the debts of her
own husband.
The European rat is found all over
the woild. In hot or cold climates it
flourishes; and wherever man has gone,
It has gone, and often secured a 1 dge-
' ment where man found it difficult o-
very unpleasant to live.
Five hunters, desiring to rest, laid
their guns on a flat rock, five miles from
Ironton, Mo. Instantly their guns
moved from the rockxud leaped xowara
a h'ipe boulder some feet distant. The
boulder proved to be the magnetic iron
ore.
The value of the art treasures of the.
Museum of Art, of New York City Is
$7,000,000.
On the twelfth of May, in the audito
rium of the Drexel Institute in Phil
adelphia, an entertainment was
given for the benefit of the Japanese
Scholarship for Women. The object
was to establish a fund to enable a
Japanese woman to take a four years'
course of study in an American institu
tion. This scholarship is to be open to
all J apanese women, as a free gift from
the women of America, as a proof of
interest in tbem and of the value at
tached to education by American la
dies. Miss Tsnda is tbe originator of
the plan. If this succeeds, it will be
worth more for Japan than many mi-aioaariea.
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