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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprtetor.
VOL. XLVI.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER J6. 1892.
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ME DEATH t. SUMMER.
xt b. a. loans.
Wild Antnnin winds blow cnlll and drear
Across in- cloudy, storm-rf nt !ky,
Mill- lul: and vaiiev. ritr hi U near.
r"ulrtei in mlsiy siieite lie.
TSo pound ul nin-lf I1IN the air.
fo voice ul b rd .iIoiik I he (Take;
Ouly the v.ild-'owri rry, remote aud rare.
Avion the Kltlieted seduci of the laee.
tione Is the aim y of te Summer nnoo ;
tione la the lender Kt e of dawning light;
The soft, iwi-rt r.ii.in.-n tlie nilim m.iuii.
Tl e silver nl.in-f of tlie starry nlit.
Vet. t: ere li splendor In the waning woods,
And Miiiiiie-r dl a, hi dies a royal king,
all d.ivin i he grassy itlades where SHeace
brMMt
l eneitn hi shroud of aoldeu Dliz,)nlni :
v hre am'il leafy liutrli liom surav onirsv.
rilll,.-nr.,ll.i1n..l Vn.tHrii. i hr.t..
The first rut, t ami, . f iinKrriiiK J. cv
Aud smites
the tuldy beecD with CrunliD
death
MARCEL.
front (hi frt'ich of Jalt Claretie
BJ A. E. c.
At twenty Marcel suffered from a
strshe illness, which for want of a
better name is railed "the malady of
tiie century." lie was the sa l victim
of a time iu which the weakness and
torpor of souls gave place only to
senseless revolts. He seemed bound
soul and body, and to have no resource
against the "malady" except love,
which like the louging for a buried
past gives place to the hope of a cer
tain future.
He worked incessantly, reading, and
reading well, all books which fell in
hi way. This avidity for science re
st-milled gluttony, it was an ardor.
trine tevensii, to kno
everything. At
twentv-two his instructors considered
him a remarkable man. A clinical
clerk, at the 'harity hospital, he stud
ied medicine both in theory and prac
tice. Analysis was his only guide; the
words of his masters were not suffi
cient. I Erecting his reasoning systematical
ly he wished to learu all for himself and I
rejecled with bauirhty disdaiu all of'
whicti he was not thoroughly convince I. I
We calle I him the "I'hilosopber." His '
philosophy whs not the sweet dreamy
and profound philosophy of Jonffroy,
it bid nothing of the systematic skep
ticism of the pust contury; lint precise,
clear, robust iu his doubt, bitter iu his
objections, adoring, above all, human
rei s 'U, it seemed to resemble in some
way the doul.t of Descarte aud the
vertiginons philosophy of Pascal.
The physical ofteu explains the mor
al. Marcel w s tall and slender, his
large, black eyes animated his face
which was a tri'le sombre. He was
active yet ilreamy, uervous rather
than sanguine, impressionalde, yet not
variably vigorous rather than robust.
One day as Marcel talked with some
pupils tu the common refectory, some
one spoke of the past and the memo
ries of his (hddhood, "Childhood!"
said Albert Lefort, "What happiness!
1 am no poet but I would like to be
agaiu of the happy age of Poliobi
nelle." "In truth Marionettes," aid
Paul Richard, "t"ie man is as ricli as
the child, bis however bears another
name, that Is all. It is no longer Ar
leqnin, or Casual. Ire. Argentiue or Co
lombine; it is love, arubition, glory,
fortnuel"
"'l ake me back to Gu'gnole," cried
Albert.
,'My faith no," replied Richard, "we
are, iu my opinion, better off as we
are Our Marionnettes have as beauti
ful clothes and we make them dauce
very properly. 1 do not speak for our
philosopher," added ho looking at Mar
ceL "You are right," replied the yonng
man, "1 have, for my part, no pup
pet of which I can pull the string. I
have never known Miss Colombise
and I scarcely believe in love."
"And glory?"
"It is far ofl."
"But fortune?,'
"Ciold is too odorous, it smells bad
ly." "lou believe at least in ambition?"
"She is the Queen of the day, I adore
her."
"Plague on this atheist!" said Al
bert, "1 bet that he does not believe in
God."
"Thut is an indiscretion," replied
Marcel.
They laughed ard commenced to
talk of other tnings. Marcel'c life had
oeen up to this time very unhappy,
Poor, and an orphan, he had been
brought up by an uncle, who under
stood an obligation better than a seuti
me nt. lie had never known the refln
ing influence of a family and home
The fam of his foster-father and the
college had taken the place of a father's
home. Of a mother's love he knew
nothing. He had not the hadow of a
remembrance of her face. No dream
of her kiss on his lips, or a tender ca
ress, came to him in sleep,
within him a sentiment
which was shocked that all
There was
of justice
these mis
fortunes should be heaped upon one
nnmau reing.
AVhen very yotiDg he demanded why
Hod had thus dealt with him, and
cried, "What have I done that 1 should
be thus abandoned?''
hat the child promised the man
became. Marcel had taid to himself
that since he was alone, alone he must
tight and conquer. His uncle at his
death had left him a sum more than
modest.
"What matters it." said Marcel, "it
is a fortune, with that I can manage,
I will be a physician."
He commenced his stndies with as
tonishing avidity. He already knew
lunch; his mind quickened by misfor
tune, like the ground turned up by the
plow, caught a glimpse of, or divined
what he did not know. No frnit neon
the tree of knowledge that he had not
at iciist tasted, if not devoured.
He was jestingly called "Pic da la
Mariandole." Bat all this tremendous
wisdom sometimes overwhelmed Mar
cel, who, in the midst of this chaos of
human doctrine walked, seeking light
that ho did not find, his soul seemed
withered, his spirit broken, his heart?
ho had never loved.
"When 1 shall have struggled and
suffered much, when I shall have moved
this cjisyphns rock of science which
threatens every moment to crnsh me,
when I tha 1 have tempted fortune and
tr:ed the future, if all fails me, if all is
vain, if all is false, then I will tako a
pistol and blow out my brains."
!Sneh was the character of this man,
who in dissecting hnman bodies con
stantly inquired, "Where is the sonl?"
He Lever found it, without doubt the
nl, proud aid enfranchised, became
divine and could no longer inhabit the
body of clay.
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.Number 2, in one of the wards of
u e Samte Claire Hospital, was a poor
girl of eighteen vears who was dying
of consumption. Fancy to yourself
srest blue eves, blond hair and a faoe i
tLcia of angais, found in old mil-
als. She was almost always sitting np
in bed, her elbow on ber knee, her
head half bent resting upon the palm
of bervh'te aid almost transparent
hand, She smiled softly, and tier red
li " and rosy cheeks gave her the ap
p 'arance of perfect health. But often
terrible oongL toriored her frail body
and left her exhausted, almost without
breath. It was heart-rending
One morning Marcel stopped me
chanioa'ly before the bed of the young
girl. A sick person to him was only a
ease and not dug more; the case bore a
number simply. All griefs, tortures
and agonies were nothing more or
less than figures. However, witb-
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i B' lue paper fastened to the bead of
me bed for the name of the patient,
and read: Martha Eugenie Havmond,
Florist, No. 6, Rue Saint Jacques.
Entered December 2nd. 189, left the
Martha, thought Marcel, it was the
name of my mother I He looked at
the yonng girl; she slept, her head
bent upon her shoulder, her hair un
bound, covering the pillow, and her
mouth half opened showing her little
white teeth. Her breathing, almost
imperceptible, became at times labor
ed. Marcel heaid a fatal rasping
sound which was unmistakable, and for
the first time, perhaps, the knowledge
that death was near almost unmanned
him. Albert Lefort approached the
led. "he is pretty," said he. "Poor
girl!" murmured Marcel.
He moved on and thought no more
of her. After making his round, and
as he was about to leave the ward, the
nurse said to him, "No. 2, cannot live
very long." Marcel could not lint r.
a t 110 B.Altl f.AA if . 1 .... I.
; but he onicklv banished it. and th
emotions which it excited, and said:
"Ah, if she can be saved they will save
her."
The next dnythe first look of Marcel,
on entering the ward, was towards the
bed of Martht Raymond. The poor girl
was pale and coughed violently. Mar
cel approached the led and asked some
questions as to how she had passed the
nigut.
"Ah!" said Sister Prudence, who
had heard the questions, "the night
has been a bad one, but there were
reasons for it, we are going sufelv to
cure the little one. Here," said "she,
extending a Imwl of herb tea, "drink
this my child."
now Diner it is, said the yonng
girl after having drank it, and she
smiled while making a little grimace.
"You mtypnt some honey in it,"
said Marcel to the Staler, and he added
quite under his breath, "let her last
hours be as free from suffering as pos
sible." Martha had only heard the first
words, she turned towards Marcel with
a smile of gratitude and thanked him.
Marcel shrugged his shoulders, "that
is nothing," said he.
Ordinarily there springs up between
the patient and the physician a senti
ment of gratitude on one aide, and of
pity on the other, the most fragile of
all sentiments, which usually are
I rokm at the end of the illness, and of
which not the least trace remains. The
more vivid the sentiments the deei.er
the oblivion to which they are con
signed. It was without donbt these senti
ments which first attracted Marcel and
Martha towards' each other. Marcel
had a positive affection for this poor
child who was dying nnder his very
eyes. It was not the common
affection of the physician for
the patient, it was more than
pitty ; but one would have greatly as
tonished the young man had he init
mated to him that it was love. This
silent and somber reasoner, this
Spinoza of the scalpel had suddenly
become a watchful and talkative nnrse.
He knew better than sister Prudence
how to make the tinane for Martha
He gave it to her herself, and Albert
Lefort langhed one day, saying that
Marcel a hand trembled.
The fact was that Marcel had care
and attention for no one but Martha.
He watched ber as be would have
watched a child; he followed with
fierce nnrest the progress of the mal
ady wuicn slowly wasted the young
gin. ne struggled witn an indefatiga
ble ardor against this terrible, invul
nerable disease. He studied with
feverish eagerness all books relating
to phthisis seeking for remedies and
applying them. "Ah!" said he at
times with a singular exaltation, "I
will save her, I muL"
Martha perceived all these cares, she
thanked him as best she could tome
with tears, sometimes with smiles. At
times they talked, he promising to cure
her. Looking him in the eyes she said,
"Are yon sure that yon can do It?"
"I swear that I will."
And he turned away to conceal a
tear. No one came to see Martha, she
was alone in the world. "Your mother
is dead?'' asked Marcel one day.
"Yes, she is dead."
"And yonr father?"
"I have never known him." Ray
mond was the Lame of her mother.
This common misfortune had attracted
Marcel.
There was a radical change in Mar
cel; when alone instead of opening his
books as formerly, he indulged in deep
reveries, often his eyes were filled
witb tears. He was astonished one day
to see 'he Dine sky, green trees and
flowers by the wayside. "How beanti
ful it all is," he cried. "Ah nonsense
do yon become enthusiastic over
snch trifles? said Albert, "I have
never seen them before,' reulied Mar
cel.
III.
Martha, however, continued to fade.
She appeared to be transfigured. Her
face became ecstatic and when she
smiled sister Prndence said, one could
only weep. "I cannot save her," said
Marcel with anger. One day Martha
surprised him with tears in her eyes.
"W hat is the matterr she asked, "it
Is not for me that yon weep, no, it is
not for me, she repeatea, "tor you
see that I shall soon be welL" There
was such a charming conviction in her
infantine voice that hope for an in
stant comforted the heart of March
I indeed feel it, it will not be long be
fore I am well.
"Are you so much better Martha?
Much better, so much better that I
feel as if I had wings." "Ah, said
Marcel turning away, despair in his
heart, "she is lost." He indeed knew
it; however he aid not wisn to oeneve
t, be said to himself that one could
not die thus, so yonng. let tnis
physician knew that death was inevit
able.
He struggled against the separation
that he kcew must come then, over
come with grief he wept like a child.
Each day he marked her increasing
weakness and endeavored to stay the
hand of death; vain effort
One evemng, with the words ofa
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Draver on nr lips, marina queuy
dosed her eyes, to open tbtm on)
upon eternal glories. Marcel watched
close beside her, not far away was the
nnrse Prudence. "Poor little one she
sleeps," said be.
W hen the morning came he looked
at Martha. Martha pale but smiling,
the eyes close 1, the head half off from
the pillow. Mareel reached to cover
her white shoulder from which the
cover had slipped, fearing that she
might be cold. His baud touched her
arm, tbearm was like ice. He uttered
a cry of anguish, "Dead, she is dead,
ah my (iod sister Prudence, Martha is
dead!"
Then comprehending that he was
not alone, he turned to go; for it is
exquisite torture to have a heart grief
exposed to the eyes of even a teuder
friend. Without quite knowing how,
he reached his room aud seating him
self before bis desk, burst into tears.
Then it was that he knew how much
he loved. He, Marcel he loved, or
rather he had loved, and alt was fin
ished. "What is science?" said he to
himself, "Of what use is it, since it
cannot teach us how to keep alive the
beloved one." After a time he went to
look once more upon Martha. The
bed was covered, the curtains fell in
stiff folds; he did not, see her. The
paper had been takeu from the head of
the bed, it was finished. Anniher z,
was dead. Sister Prudence looked at
Marcel who stood qnite absorbed, his
eyes fixed on the bf d.
"Poor little one! said she, "Poor
child!"
"She was named like my mother!"
murmured Marcel mechanically. His
mother, he had never known her, but
he loved her, she was his mother; aud
that is how he commenced to think of
her. Without donbt she resemhled
Martha; he would have been a good
son, his good mother, aud like Martha
she was dead, dead like all those who
had loved him. The dead, the dead
everywhere, and everywhere nothing
ness. "Ah! I was right," said he in a lond
voice, "all is false, all is vain!" "My
child," said sister I'rndence simply
"Faith U true." Marcel looked at her
fixedly, the humble woman seemed
like a saint to him. "Pray for her!"
said Prndence with a soft smile.
IV.
Marcel was not penniless; he bought
for Martha a plot in the cemetery of
Moutparnassee. "When I grow feeble,"
thought he, "I will go there." He went
there often. One of his old comrades.
who one day visited the cemetery to
copy me grotesque and droll inscrip
tions upon the tombs for the purpose
oi sending them to one of the daily
journals, found Marcel there praying
and weeping before an humble tomb.
"Marcel!" said he, "What bends yonr
proud bead?" Sometime after Albert
Lefort bilked science and philosophy
wun him. "All wiedoin," said Marcel,
is contained in theee three word
r aitb, Hope and Love.' "Ah, what a
metamorphosis," said Albert Marcel
replied, "I was a caterpillar, a very
ioonsn caterpillar, now i am abntter
fly -with golden wings." A complete
revolution cad taken place id bis mind.
He felt the strong armor of doubt in
which he bad enveloped, himself, drop
off piece by piece and became what he
imagined his mother to be, pure iu
heart. He believed, or rather he
learned to believe. It is a science in
law as it is a revelation in grace; Mar
eel possessed at present this science
and he believed it the truth. But his
nature intense in all things, could not
le confined in its exact limits. He
had carried philosophy tven to athe
ism, it was possible to push faith to
mysticism. A. year passed. Marcel
became a priest; to him ambition was
nothing, he followed duty's call. For
a long time be begged to be sent
to the small and insignificeut parish
of Limousin, which was finally given
mm. xnere isolated, in the very heart
of natnre, be fonnd himself free to
study and near to God.
He became a familiar figure to the
peasants of the surrounding eountrv
he penetrated the forests ia search of
rare or cnrious flowers and plants, and
as he bent over the plants, they said,
"The priest prays." In truth Marcel
did pray; be saw God in the flowers of
the fields and woods.
A poor woman in the village died
leaving a little babe. "I will care for
her, said Marcel. He took the little
one and it became his greatest conso
lation and joy to mould and instruct
this young sonl. Of all his flock, she
became the dearest. The child loved
books and read with avidity all that
came in iher way. "Take care,"
said Marcel, "all is not to be found in
books, they contain only the letter."
"And the spirit?" asked the child,
who already comprehended his mean
ing. "It is yonder," replied the priest,
pointing to the sky.
Marcel died last year, wept by all,
loved by all, forgotten by those only
who should have remembered him.
PERSONAL.
M. Saint-saens. the well-known
Freuob composer, whose opera "Sam
son et Dalila" is to be produced for the
first time in Germany at the Roval
Opera House in Berlin in the conrre
of the ensuing month, has accepted an
inv.fation to visit the Chicago Exhibi
tion next June, in order to conduct
the performance of several Concerts
which are to be devoted to bis own
works. He will also give some Organ
Recitals there.
Helen Kellbb, Alabama's gifted
blind girl, who is fast becoming as
celebrated as the famous Laura Bridge
man, is writing a story for A't Sicoa.
the proceeds of which are to be devoted
to the children's bnilding at the expo
sition. Mrs. JicsLAP-HopKrss has been a
leading spirit in the work involved in
founding the recently organized school
of applied design for women of New
Tork. It is to have for instructors
practical men and women actually en
gaged in manufactories or architects'
offices.
Mr. J. R. Lowell's admirers will be
pleased to learn that there is a pros
pect of a biography of the famous poet
and essayist appearing from the pen
of his friend and literary executor,
Prof. Charles E. Norton, of Cambridge
Mass. '
Miss Cob. Bbemmeb has undertaken
to paint for exhibition at the world's
fair the fish of the waters irnnnJ
Louisiana.
Miss Gbbtbuse Howb, for twentv
yeara a missionary of the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society in Central
China, has returned to the United
States, with her five bright von nor
Chinese atadents. two vnnnir woman
and three young men. to cnmnit
their education and take a medical
coarse at Ann Arbor before returning
to Dnrsne miaaionarv nrV ;n i),...
ownland.
The "cabin boat' la dlaanrojirin
from upper Mississippi Biter.
HE FELT LIKE SINGINO.
So th. Warbler From Bad An K.yt BS
Vp la Spit nt All Camera.
lie was a queer-looking old man,
and as he sat in the waiting-room at
the Third street depot with a satchel
letween his cow-hide boots, he sud
denly tuned up and began singing:
Thar's a land that Is fairer than day.
And by fallb we shall see ber afar;
Our Father
"They won't allow that here, old
man!" interrupted a man who sat
next to him.
'They won't, eh? What have they
got agin it? I've traveled in seven
teen different states and I never bad
anybody try to stop rue from sing
ng." And he cleared bis throat, lifted
his eyes to the ceiling and sang:
In the sweet biineby blmeby
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet
'We don't allow that here, sir!"
Aaid Officer Button, whose attention
bad been called to the disturbance.
"You don't allow no siDgin' in
here?"
"No. sir."
"No singin' of religious song9?"
"No, sir."
"Look-a-bere!" said the old man as
he turned around to face the officer,
I've bin travelln' up and down this
sentry fur years and this is the fust
t iiue anylxidy has ever told me to
sliet my head when 1 was a-slngin' s
hymn. "
'He can't allow no disturbance
lure," replied the officer.
"Disturbance? Does it disturb
iiiybody for me losing:
-We shall meet we shall meet
We shall meet on that beautiful shore."
You l! have to stop that, sir!"
commanded Button.
"I will, eli? I've lived In Michi
gan, exactly seven miles from Bad
Axe, fur over sixteen years, and I've
never beard of no law to stop a feller
from singin' when the spirit moved
hi in. I wasn't singin' no sportln'
song like:
-Oh. Buffalo gala, are yon eomfn' out to-night-
Are you couiiu out to-night
"You must obey the rules and
regulations here and keep quiet," said
the officer, while everybody In the
room pressed forward.
"Must, eh! I've been in over forty
different depots this summer, but no
Ixxly objected to my singin' a hymn.
Had you druther I'd sing:
"Oh 1 think of the borne over thar;
hy the side of the rlrer of liie.
Wbar the soul "
"You'll have to go or stop!" mid
the officer, as he took the old man by
the arm.
"Is that accord in to Michigan
law?"
"It's according to my Instruction?
here."
"Is the railroad down on religious
songs?" asked the old man as he slowly
got up. .
"Any singing or boisterous talk in
here is forbidden," replied the officer.
"Wall, I feel like singin I've had
the quinsy fur the lastfour weks and
couldn't hardly git my jaws open,
but I'm oetter now and I want to
sing. I don't keer to sing any sicb
sportive 9ong as:
"The old oaken bucket the iron-bound bucket
Ibu mottg-klverej bucket which buna In the
well."
The officer took him by the arm
and led him outdoors, and told him
to stay out until he got through sing
ing and could juiet down, says the
Detroit Free Press.
"All right," responded the old
man, as be opened his satchel and
took out a piece of sassafras to chew
on. "You folks here in Detroit are
mighty techy on the subject of singin'
and 1 ain't goin' to have norow and
git in jail over It. I'll do my 6lngin'
out here war' thar' hain't no law to
prevent, and anybody who don't like
it needn't listen."
And he wnt down to the foot of
the street and walked to and fro and
struck up anew and in a higher key:
In the sweet in the sweet
la the sweet btneby blnebr, i
Senses of Owls.
The hearing of all snecies of owl
mown to me is marvellously keen; so
keen, in fact, that I know of no way
01 lesiing 11, since It IS SO much
more acute than that of man. If
owls have the sense of smell, I am
unable to And satisfactory evidence
of it.
I have tried various experiments
with them, hoping to prove that they
could smell, but the results are a?l
negative.' They dislike putrid meat.
but they bite it to ascertain its con
dition. They will not eat toads or
frogs which yield an unpleasant odor,
but they Aid not reject these snecies
until they had tested them by tastr
ing.
They may be earv so hungry, yet
they do not suspect the presence of
food if it is carefully covered so that
they cannot see it. This test I have
applied with the utmost care to the
great horned, snowy and barred owls,'
iiie tatter are snrewed enough to
learn ray ways of hiding their food,
and when they suspect its presence
they will search in the places where I
have previously hidden it, pouncing
on pieces of wrapping paper and pok
ing under leathers aod excelsior with
amused cunning.
I tested them with fumes of cam
phor, ammonia and otherdisagreeahle
snd unusual smells, but they failed
to show that they perceived them un
less the fumes were strong enough to
afTcct their breathing or irritate their
eyes. Finally I nut a cat in a baskr
and placed the basket between the
two owls. They wcreutterly indiffer
ent to ft until the cat made the basket
rock when both or them fled precipi
tately and could not be in induced to
go near the basket again.
Although Puffy will put a at to
flight when on his mettle, Fluffy is
frightened almost out of his wita by
trm.
A Japanese toy bird, made of n
D e of wood and a few scarlet featb
fcrs, was eagerly seized by Puffy, indi
cating not only a lack or smell but thu
presence of an appreciation of color.
I have fancied that an appreciation
of color is also shown by the barred
owls in their frequent selections of
beech tre5 sa nesting places, by great
horned owls in their choice of brown
tr inked trees, and by Snowden in an
apparent preference for gray back
grounds. Beilin is having indoors numbered
with luminous figures risible at night.
HIS EFFOPT8 NOT APPRECIATED
A Chlewco'a Man's Resolution Kaooke4 lw
the Mead.
A Chicago man a few evenings ao
red an article In a newspaper setting I
forth the fact that it is the duty of '
every person to make it lively and
pleasant for those about him. The .
following morning he decided to do
what he could during the day to wake
everybody lively and cheerful. He
heard the hired girl coming down
stairs, and be thought he would bide
behind the kitchen door and give her
a pleasant little surprise. The girl
was hardly awake, and failed to see
the pleasantry of the joke until after
her strong right band had planted a
a slap ou his cheek that almost loo
ened his teeth.
He was quite 6ure his wife was not
yet awake, but instead of gruffly call
ing her, as he sometimes did, he de
cided that her awakening from hapy"
dreams to stern realities should be
rendered as pleasant as possible.
When he reached her room she was
sleeping soundly. He thought it
would be fuu to take a hairbrush that
was lying on the dresser and tickle
ber cheek till she awoke. When she
opened her eyes she did it with a
suddenness that surprised him. At
me same lime sne inrew ner arms up
with such force that the brush was
driven through the mirror of the
dresser. Still he reasoned that
these were only accidents that
were likely to occur to any one.
After breakfast he went to the
station to catch a train for the city.
It was raining. He saw Jones stand
ins dripping unorelia in a corner
while he tied his shoe that had come
unfastened. It would be a good joke
to take bis umbrella just for a minute.
Wheo the man, who turned out to be
not Jones but a stranger resembling
him, had tied his shoe he reached for
his umbrella, but It was not there.
he had just located it in the gentle
man's band when the latter said:
"I beg your pardon. I really mis
took you for another man. It's all a
mistake, I assure you."
"Oh, 1 understand," said the
stranger as be recovered his property.
"Mistakes concerning the Identity of
umbrellas occur frequently on a rainy
day." And everybody felt sorry for a
man who was caught stealing an um
brella. Throughout the day the man wht
uesirea to make it pleasant for every
body met with several minor re
pulses, but he did not despair. On
his way home in the evening, when
the shadows were gathering, he saw
his neighbor walking Just In front of
him. It occurred to him that he
would slip up behind his neighbor,
and putting bis hand over bis eyes,
make him guess who it was. That
very morning his neighbor had read
al out some one being held up and
rofdied the night before at that very
same place.
The Joke proved to be a deplorable
failure. The Joker no sooner attempt
ed to put his hands over the neigh
lor's eyes than he was knocked down
by the latter, who held his face hard
against the pavement hile he called
for the police. Later on matters
were explained and the Joker returned
home with a disfigured face and a
determination to let this sorry olr
world amuse itself henceforth.
A Costly Doll's House.
The costliest doll's house probabh
in the world is that made by a resi
dent of Chicago for his 4-year-old
daughter, at a cost of $3,500. It is
built of brick, with a tower and cu
palo like an ancient castle, and looks
for all the world like a reproduction
of the great modern residence of some
millionaire. It has a little flight of
steps leading up to the solid oak front
door, and an electric push-bell for the
convenience of the baby visitors of
the happy mistress of the house. On
this door which, by the way, is four
reet high is the name of the proprie
tor on a silver plate. There is a hall
way lighted by a miniature gas lamp
suspended rrom theccmng, and it is
finished in thechoirest of hard woods.
There are umbrella
. Aut.v. u 1 u in in 1. 1 1 a anil ii.ii. xii,'.
An, 1 . 1.
of annrnnriatp rllmnndnna VWont
araperies cover the folding doors, and
the parlor is fitted up in grand style.
'ihe rurnitureis all of white enamel
wood, covered with white brocaded
silk. There is a handsome mantel
fllled with bric-a-brac and little
lamps. A beautiful chandelier, fur
nished with real gas, hangs from the
center of the room. Center tables,
divans, easy chairs, sofas, etc., fill ur
Ihe apartment
Washing- Oilcloth.
Kitchen oilcloth does get shabby
often in a remarkably short time,
and the manufacturer and the mer
chant who sold it get all the blame.
I whereas some of it should be shoul
dered oy both mistress and maid.
Tepid water should be used in wiping
up an oilcloth, and s p only where
there are green spots. Wet only a
small portion at a time, and, as soon
as he dust and dirt are removed
wipe perfectly dry. After the oil
cloth is cleaned, go over It with a
flannel wet with linseed oil. Use
plenty of strength rubbing in the oil.
Once a year give the oilcloth a good
coat of varnish. With proper treat
ment a good oilcloth lasts for years,
and the colors keep bright even after
constant use has worn parts of the
oilcloth into holes. .c4ap rubbed into
an oilcloth and left to dry on it will
take all the freshness out of the best
oilcloth in a very short time. The
Household.
Imitating a Railway Collision.
A "locomotive engineer' has pre.
posed a novel exhibit for the World's
Fair. He wants space at the grounds
on which to build two circular tracks,
once inside the other. On these he
proposes to place two lo)motlves,
one on each track. These will be
started around the tracks in the op
posite directions, and when at full
speed by means of a switch the two
engines are to be turned on the same
track and allowed to crash together,
thus giving a realistic exhibition of a
railway collision. The engines are to
be old ones that could be purchased
at scrap prices.
The "engineer" fails to state bo
many times a day he proposes to give
bisshow, also whether bis "scran"
engines will survive the collisions so
as to oe able to come to scratch again flrl was present fhiladelpnie. In
after each, round, quirer.
iGS AND THISTLES.
ANOTHER'S love
is the same kind
. . ,.
oi love as uou t
love.
Thr most that
any one can lose
is to !oie faith Id
God.
If you are
praying for a re
vival don't do it
on a back seat
No max gets
such great pay
God's work.
as the one who does
The religion of Christ never puts a
long face on any tody.
It often happens that a dog with
out teeth barks the most
No one can have joy to-day who is
worrying about to-morrow.
No one can be truly brave who if
not trying to be truly good.
The first praver was marie by the
nan who had the first need.
It doesn't pay to build any kind of
a house on a poor foundation.
TnE meanest man you know de
wands that God shall be good.
x he people wno need your prayers
most are those you don't like.
The right time to repent is when
you find out that you are wrong.
The devi.'s best time to make ha
Is when Christian's are not busy.
Nothing keeps a stingy man from
steal I x but the risk of the thing.
There isn't a promise in the Bible
'or anybody who is not in earnest
The devil never puts on mourning
when a stiugy man Joins the church.
Heaven' is alwavs bending to
help the man who carries a heavy bur
den.
One of the most foolish men is the
ou2 who worries about things he can't
help.
God never disowns His children be
cause they now and then make a mis
take. Ik you are leading a child, "it may
be that you are commanding an
truiy.
God was never able to say what be
wanted to say to men until Christ
came.
If there were no troubles to talk
about some people would be always
silent
The man who is not honest in hie
religion is not to be trusted any
where. When you want to find a coward,
bunt up the man who knows he is
wrong.
Anything that make us take at
jnseltlsh interest in others makes us
setter.
A revival is in good conditio-,
when taking up a collection won't
-.hill it
The devil has to work extra hard
to get hold of children who have good
mothers.
One of the hardest things to get
people to believe, is that little sins
are deadly.
If you want to have a good time ir.
Heaven, stop hunting for an easy
place here.
Christ has nowhere promised to
Dear the burdens of people who bor
row trouble.
The woman who talks about het
neighbors is no worse than the one
who listens.
The woman with two mites didn't
do any more than every Christian
ought to do.
It is hard to convince a man who
nas no religion that anybody else is as
good as he is.
Working without a plan is one oi
ine net ways in toe world to waste
7our strength.
No man can get any nearer to God
than he is willing to try to bring
everybody else.
There is something wrong when &
ennren member has to go to the thea
ter for enjoyment
People who never worry do a good
deal of missionary work that they
don't get credit for.
"Know thyself," is good advice,
but "know about your neighbor" li
toe general practice.
Husband yonr means if you want tu
become wealthy.
If knowing what U duty were fol
lowed by doing it, the weirare of socie
ty would be secured, snd Us moral
progress would keep pace with its
xaterlal advancement.
Why destroy present happiness by a
distant misery, which may never com
at all, or you may never live to see it,
for eveiy substantial grief has twenty
shadows, and most of them shadows ol
your own making.
A Beloved Prince.
Many stories are related of the
Emperor Frederick of Germany,
known to the people while he was
Crown Prince as "Unser Fritz" or
"Our Fritz," which show why he was
so loved by his subjects.
He was always kind to the pooi,
the sick, and the helpless, and one
can urderstand, how, during the war
of 1870, the terrified French peasants
quickly learned to feel confidence in
the commander of the invading army.
One day while he was Crown Prince
ne was paying his accustomed visit to
the school of Bornstedt and talking
to the children, when a telegram was
handed to the schoolmaster,, mlorm
ing him of the sudden and severe ill
ness of bis mother.
"Go at once," said the Prince,
"and leave the school to me!"
The poor schoolmaster at first hesi
tated, but was at length persuaded to
nurry off, and the Prince continued
the instruction of the astonished but
ielighted scholars until late in the
norning, when the clergyman arrived
and relieved the Prince from bis
duties as schoolmaster.
Unique Sulk la Germany.
There has been recently a unique
ladies' strike in Germany In one of
the garrison towns. The conduct of
the men, who neglected the uomar
lied ladies in orcer to dance with the
wives of their friends and acquaint
ances, displeased the slighted maid
ens and their mothers, and at the
last regimental ball not an unmarried
4 C
LANDMARK ON THE HUDSON
er Old House at the Palisades -RTlisr
Lrd Cornwalll. One Slept.
One of the landmarks on th Hud
on River is an old house at the foot
I f the Palisades. Just south of Alpine
Landing, it was built more than
ne hundred and fifty years ago as an
Indian trading station. Subsequent-
ly a small pier was built there and
' narrow path was cut leading to the
lummit of the Palisades. The local!
ty was known as Closter Landing
until about twenty-five years ago,
when It was changed to Alpine.
Hot much is known concerning the
old bouse previous to the Revolu
tionary war. Then an event in vested
it with Historic Interest In the
nhjht of the 19th of November, 1776,
Lord Comwallls, the British general.
fresh from the victory gained by the
lUng's army at Fort Washington,
crossed from the east to the west
bank of the Hudson and effected a
landing at Closter with 6.000 men
Cornwallis made the old house his
headquarters, and issued orders to
have the rough pathway, leading to
the heights above, prepared for the
passage of his cannon. The road
made for that purpose may be seen
now. Part of it is used at the pres
ent time by wagons on their way to
and from Alpine Landing.
Cornwallis passed the night in the
nouse, and trie following day pro
ceeded to execute his design of sur
prising the American garrison at
Fort Lee. His object was frustrated
by the untiring vigilance of Wash
ington, who, learning that the British
waiaa lord cornwallis slett.
had crossed the Hudson in fre,
niace a hasty retreat toward the
Hackensack River.
The few persons who live near the
old house give it a wide birth after
dark. Some say that at midnight en
the 19th of Novembereach yearthe fig
ure of a man, clad in the uniform of
a British general, may be seen stand
ing in the doorway of the building.
A.tbr remaining motionless for some
time the figure stalks up the grass-
grown roadway made by Cornwallis
for his artillery and disappears in the
gloom. Although no one can be
found who has actually seen this ap
parition, the story of its annual ap
pearance is generally credited.
TRUNKS IN FRENCH.
lhetr Cost Varies According to to i4iR
(! in Which They Are IVeie;hed.
A singular fact concerning luggage
in fcurope is that Its price varies ao
cording to the language in which It
Is weighed. For example, the last
time I left London I paid $2 extra
for two trunks. On leaving Tarls-
having fortunately bought a return
ticket in advance 1 found myself
shorn of all but 30 francs 6. With
a light heait I went forward to pay
lor extra weight, arguing with a logic
which even a great masculine intel
lect would not dispute: "If two
trunks cost 12- in going from London
to Paris, the same trunks will cost a
like sum in going from Paris to Lon
don: therefore 1 shall have H to
spare. "
"yuarante francs!" shouted the
Ourly olticial from his pigeon hole.
"Forty francs!" I cried in despair.
"But I've only 30!"
"Then you must leave your trunks.''
"But I can't, and won't!" I replied,
knowing that if they were sent by
French express, I'd meet them on the
day of judgment not before.
"Mais, ruadanie, que voulez-vous?
Se perds mon temps. Portier, mettez
ces malles apart"
"Non, non. Do not put them
part. I must go to Loudon."
"Eh bien, allez, cherchez vos amis."
The Idea of finding my friends at
7:30 in the morning, and two miles
from the nearest! And the train
started in five minutes.
"Here, here's a diamond ring," I
said, appealing, to the burly official.
"Take that until I ran send you a
check."
"Mais, diable! I'm not a pawn
broker! Voila une femme impossible!
Ah, cos Anglais, ces Anglais! lis
soot fous tous! Allez, allez, allez:
cherchez vos amis dans le train; com
prenez vous?"
Here was an idea. I might meet
some one 1 knew. Off I rushed to
the train, my maid at my heels, the
two of us looking like maniacs. Kot
a friendly face did I see! "Is there
an American among you?" I asked,
frantically. No response. One man
young looked as though he might
be a compatriot I ran to him.
"Are you American?"
"Xn, English."
"Are you going to London?"
""So. but this lady is, pointing to a
benevolent relative beside him.
"Oh, madam,' 1 said, "have pity
on a wretched American, short of
cash. Lend me 10 francs to pay for
extra luggage. Tie a string to me,
put irons on me, do anything you like
vith me only lend me 10 francs."
She did. I redeemed my trunks
and got into the train just as it
started. Of course I took the car
riage occupied by my creditor, that
she might keep an eye on me. She
laughed and said: "This is the firth
time I have been asked in trains for
10 francs. It seems to be my mission
in life to lend 10 francs to travelers,
and I have always been repaid." I
was no exception to the rule. Kate
Field's Washington.
There are 400 head of bison at
Telle w store Park in Wyoming.
the
-"-1 IX I IUKF.
Chilean money la pasteboard.
The Greek pike was twenty-four
feet long.
America has fifty-three telephone
companies.
-Snutliem California produces 190,
000,001 oranges a year.
Up to J une 1200 roi s of railroad
nad been built this year.
United Ftites farm mortgages
amount to il5,350.575,o0d.
. The cost of a one-man sea-diving
app iratus for a depth of '200 feet Is
&S75.
Banner County, In.-b., boasts cf a
new bjrn baby which weighs 20$
pounds.
The Queensland government is ex
perimenting Tith the cultivation of
bops and olivet.
The best corks come from Algeria.
There are 2,500,0u0 acres of cork forests
in that country.
The streets of London, if put to an
e id, would reach from that city to St.
Peteisburg, Russia.
The world consumes 3,000,000 000
pounds of paper a year and is supplied
by 4 )00 paper mills.
It is reported frcm the state of
Puebla, Mexico, that rich g ild discov
eries have been made.
A Hon In a country clrcm showing
in Nonistown, Penn., hit off the tall of
his neighbor, the tiger.
The cultivation of the graps in
France gives employment to no fewer
than 2,300,000 persons.
A ro red woman In Jacksonville,
Fla., un i farm, a woody ard, a mar
ket air.. - number of drays.
Total membership of all religious
denominations In the United Utates in
1S00 is given as 20,317,364.
The peach yellows his seriiusly af
fected orchards in portions of Michigan
Maryland and New Jersey.
It is estimated that ten per cent of
all vessels passing through the Saalt
bte. Marie Uaual are Canadian.
In England one person in every
thirty-nine Is a pauper, in America the
rate is one person In every 6S9.
The total value of unclaimed letters
and parcels In the London postoflice is
something over JoO.OUO a year.
Russia has herself contributed
1175,000,000 to alleviate the sufferings
of her famine stricken peasantry.
Near Astoria, Orezon, there is an
ancient deposit of clam shells which
covers an area of ever four acres.
Tfipcensu savs that, we have" 14-
OilO,' 00 horses In this country, and that
I hey are worth upon an average $67
each.
The Dismal Swamp of Virginia em
braces an area of l,f00 square miles.
very little of which is of auy use at all
to man.
Only citizens who are ab'e to read
and write have the power to vote in
1J livia and several other South Ameri
can Republics.
A statue of Doctor Gulllotin, the
inventor of the guillotine, 4s to be
placed in the Museum of Arts at Ver
sailles, Trance.
A Riverside (Cal.1. man has suc
ceeded In extracting from ten pounds
of orange peel od in the proportion of
fifty pounds to one ton of peel.
A Duluth (Mlnn.1 stvitchmw Ins
a memory which enables him to walk
past a long train or cars and ien
write down their numbers exactly.
-A l'aris builder has boucht tb
ruins of Sr. Cloud for $000. He will
use the materials In the manufacture
of paper weights and other souvenirs.
A corn-husk in;; contest of 500 e3rn.
for $"0 a side, took place recently in
Australia, the winner's time being
twenty-eight minutes, forty-eight sec
onds, and the loser's time twenty-nine
minuies, leu oeuuims.
The largest number of shpep held
ov one owner in Xew South Wa'es is
55 ,000 head, and there are 330,000
owned rv the Momba pastoral com
pany. There are nine owners who
each hold more than 20,00J sheep.
The island of Mauritius contains
an area or neaiiy 4io,uoo acres, or
winch 40,000 a-e planted to sugarcane,
2003 to aloes, 1400 to beans, 1000 to
peas, SlO to rchards, and smaller
areas to coffee, vanilla, maize and othex
crops.
The Japanese method of cultivat
ing the cucumber Is unique. They
drop the seed in double rows on a tied,
anl when the plants begiu to form vines
Ihey are brushed as we brush peas with
the brush of two adjoining rows leaning
against each other.
William Patrick, of Reeve town
ship, 1ml., baited a hrofc with norms
while fishing In the White river. The
bait was swallowed by atwo-pound cat
fish, who In turn was swa'lowed by a
sixty-pounder. Mr. Patrick succeeded
In landing both Q-h.
A woman of Lyons, Neb., has a
nose four ana mree-quarter inn e
long.
Mr. Townsend of Anacortes,
Wash., made a pecu!;ar catch the other
dy while fishing, it apiears that p.
dogfish had swallowed the bait and
book and a shark in turn swalleweii
the doafish. The shark measured 7 1-2
feet long and weighed about 150
pounds.
The phylloxera exists in fifteen pro
vinces of Spain over an area of 675, OCX1
acres.
The tall hat worn by men first ap
peared in France nearly five hundred
vears ago.
How It Worked.
It would be an abuse of language,
perhaps, to say that scarecrows are
ever lazy, but it is undeniable that
they arc often inefficient
"What is that (jiieer thing over
there in the field?" asked a little
child fresh from the city. "It looks
like a man, only it Isn't"
t- "Oh. that's a scarecrow," said the
farmer's girl. "Father put it there
to frighten the crows away; but I
guess, from the way they act, they
think it's to let 'cm know when din
ner is ready." Good Jiews.
Make an unexpected call on a wo
man, and she will say, "Oh, you
should have been here yesterday.
The house wad tax) of goul thiugs U
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