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M. P. WJHVVEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Fklltor sd Propnatw.
VOL. XLVll.
MIFFLINTOWIN . JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1893.
NO. 7.
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THE EARLY OWL.
BT O. BERFORD.
An owl one lived in a fcollnw tree
Ami he was as wl.e as wise eonld d,
I ne branch of learnlnir he rtlun't know
i uiiid scarce on 'he tie of knoled-;e grow.
He Knew the tie from branch to rojt.
And .id owl like Unit can afford to hoot.
.n l lie booted until. alas! one day,
lit- cliaueeil to hear. In a casual way,
An insiKnlfica t little bird
.Make use of a 'erm he na I never hesrd.
lie was flyinc to De I in the d iwnlng llht
w hen l.e lizard her siiiL-ltnr wi'h .-til her might.
Hurray! lurr n I f ir the eirlv worm I"
li.'ar me," iaM the owl, "what a singular
tei nit
1 would i(h k I' no If It weren't so lit,
i must rise at dusk to investigate.
K 1 1 y to bed and early 10 rl e
Makes an owl heaitliy and stealthy and wiser"
o lie si -i't like an honet owl all d iy,
. nd inse in the early tvvilUiit Krav,
i ll wont to work to the ilu-ky liiiht
i u look for the early worm at uUtil.
H searched the country for miles around,
H-.it tne e.irly worm was not to lie found)
Su he went to bed In the lUwunu lum
A iid l.mk -1 for the v.irm ' a ; un next nl :ut,
A ml aifain and ait iln a-id atsaia and a uu
He oui:!ii and he looulit, bur ail In vain,
li:i lie miMi have locked for a yea-- and a day
I ui the e-rly worm lu the twliigui gray.
At la-t in despair he eave up the search.
And as i.eard to remark as tie sat on bis
the. sale ol his nests in the hollow t;
tree:
tic .i ma i. di iitiii us infill io me
Null.iiiK i aii hak- my conviction firm,
lane's uosucli talus- as the early worm."
INGLE
BERXARh'S
SHELL.
SEA
W.r (he
French of Erckmann
Chatrian.) BY a. k. o.
Upon Cnds Bermrd's desk in bis
hiirury rested au enormous sea shell
with rosy lips, which Lad been to us
children, ever tsinco we conlj reaiem
l.cr, an object of great curiosity us
well us awe, for u set Bhell with roy
I ps wm not a common thing in the
f.ire-t of ilumlstruck, a hundred and
i.i'iy miles from the sea. Daniel Rieh
ur, an old niariue sold.er, and one of
I njle's friends brought it from the
ocean as a perpetual reminder of his
eert. voyage.
One can fancy with what admiration
we children of the Tillage contemplated
Ibis marvelous object. Every time
that Uncle Bernard went oat to visit
Irs patients,"we went into the library,
our cotton caps on the back of oar heads
and onr fingcra in the urinbolea of our
little waistcoats, with noses glued to the
Kins doors of the cabinet we gazed
at the "American snail," as onr old
tervant Gredel called it. Lalwigsiid
that it lived in the hedges; Rasper that
it swam in the rivers, but no one knew
exactly how it lived or what it was.
One day Undo Bernard fiuJiug ns
discussing the matter, smiled, and,
plnaing his hat ou tue tuMo, took the
shell in his hand-1, sented hi i.self in
his armed chair and said: "Listen to
what you hear in the Bltell." immedi
ately oue after the oth-r put the shell
to his ear, and we henrd it loud noise,
a complaint, a murmur like a cast of
wind, far olf in the forest We looked
at each other astonished. " '.Vhat do
yon think of that," asked Uncle Ber
nard. .None of us knew what to reply.
Then be taid to us in a grrare tone,
"Children this great rumbling sound
is the blood which flows in your head,
in your arms, in your heart, aud in all
your members. It flows here like lit
tle streams, there like greut torrents or
broad rivers It retche9 and bathes
all the iuner parts of your bodies that
all may live on 1 grow, and properly
increase from the crowns of your heads
to the soles of your feet. Now, in
order that you may understand why
you hear this sound in the shell I
must explain something to yon.
'You know the echo of the "Roche
treuse," which returns to you the
found of yonr voice when yon call, or
your song when yon tdng, or the sound
of your horn when yon bring home tho
goats from the Altenberg in the eve
ning? Well, this shell is an echo simi
lar to that of "Roche Creuse," only,
when you place it to your ear, it is the
sonnd of that which is within yonrself
that comes bark to you; this sound
seems to each the voice 'of heaven and
earth, for each of ns has within him
self a little world. He who can under
stand a hundredth part of the mirvels
which occur with n his head in a second
of time, in order that he should live
and think, and which he can only un
derstand faintly like the murmur of
the shell, should fall upon h s knees
and with tears thank OoJ for li is infi
nite mercy. Later when you Lave be
come men you will understand my
words better and will recognize them
as true.
"Bat, while waiting, mv dear chil
dren, gnard well yonr Bonis, and keep
them without spot; the Lord has
placed them within yonr bodies that
tiey may give light to yonr little
world, as he has put his sun in the
heavens to ligh'en aud wsrm the uni
verse. You will learn that there pre
countries iu this world where the sun
nover shines, so to speak. T!jse
countries are very gloomy; men can
iot live in them; flowers, fruit and
tri do not grow in them, neither do
t cy have singing birds. Nothing is
there but silence, darkness, suow and
ice Such will be your stat if yon
permit yonr sonl to be ob-enrod; your
little world will be overwhelmed in
darV.rjess and misery. Avoid then
with care all that can darkpn your soul,
idleness, gluttony, disobedience, anl,
above ail, deceit. These vile habits
are ike vapors which rise from low
lands an 1 will obscure the light the
Lord Los put within ns. If you keep
yonr soul above these clouds it
will always shine brUltantly like the
sun, and you will be happy.
So spoke Uncle Bernard, sad all
listened with eagerness, each promis
ing himself to follow the good advire
and never to let the clouds darken his
soul. How many times since have I
Oitrefrarded the murmur of the shell!
S'vety evening daring the fine autumn,
on re'orning irom the pasture, I t ok
the shell in my hands and putting ttm
rosy lips to my car, I listeued with de
light. 1 thought of the marvels of
which Undo Barnard nod spoken, and
I thought if . lie could see these things
through a little hole bow fine it would
be. Bnt what astonished me more than
all the rest was that, by force of listen
ing I seemed to distinguish in the
roi: in, of tho shell the c cho of all my
thu igi b; some sweet and tender,
oth.rs joyous; they sang like the tit
mouse and fanvet at the rottirn of
sp'.np. AU this enchanted me; I could
remain -ours al time my eyes sj-ark-1'js.
my mouth half open, scaieely
tjsathmg, in -Jer to hear lietter, had
not our old G edel railed, "Fritsel of
i'it r yon thinking, take the snail
'ro,rur eys and spread the clotn,
Morsieur, th dictor, is coming."
The replacing tbo shell, sighing, I
made the table ready for Uncle and
myself.
Ukx time I Urd less agieU
sounds from the sea she L Its no;se
became severe aud caused me the great
est fright. I had no reason to be sat-
isned with myself, for dark clouds ob
scured my souL It was my fault, my
great fault, lint I mnst tf.H the story
irom the beg nning. During the af
ternoon of this day, Lu Wig and 1 were
watching our rats on thenlitean of
the Altenberg; we plaited the cords of
our whips, we whistled, we thought of
nothing. The goats climbed to the
point of the rooks, utretohin, their
necks to reach the short gras. Our
old dog, Bochel. qnita toothless, sldpt
with his wolf like he id between his
paws. We were lying under the shade
of a fir tree, when suddenly L idwig
extended his whip to war Is the ravine
and said, "Look yonder on the edge of
the great rock, upon that bepoh trns
is a nest of black birds." I looked and
saw the old black bird living from
braucu to branch, for he knew already
that we were watching him. A thou
sand times Uncle Bernard had forbid
den me to rob the birds' nests; then
too, the nest was above the precipice,
between the forks of a dead branch. I
looked dreamily; Ludwig, said, "there
are some young ones, I heard them
crying for food tuis morning as 1 went
to gather mulberries; to-morrow they
will fly away for they must be feath
ered out." I made no answer. 1 arose,
went to the tree and tried to clasp my
arms abont it, it was too large; unfor
tunately near it grew a small beech
tree quite green. I climbed it, ai d as
it bent with my weight I canrjht tho
lowest branches of the large tree. I
climbed up, the blackbirds meanwhile
uttering plaintive cries. I did not heed
them. I reached the nest and saw
three little birds and one egg in it: the
little ones stretched out their great
yenow DeaKs, open to the throat, as 1
cautiously put forth my hand. Sud
denly the branch snapped like glas. I
had time only to cry Oh, my Father!
1'bcn I turned twice and fell upon a
great branch below, where I clnnK
with all my strength. The whole tree
shook even to its roots; the branch fell
striking the rocks with a sonnd which
made me quiver. I looked in spite of
myself, eveu to the bottom of the
ravine; the branch whirled round and
round in the foam and at length was
driven into the vortex and lost to sight
Slowly and painfully 1 descended the
tree and almost fainting reached the
heither. The old black birds flew
around me uttering mournful cries.
Lud s-i? ran with fright from the terrible-
place, but as he ran down the
Altenberg by chanoe he tnrned his
head and saw me safe. Returning, he
cried out ol breath, "1 ou did not fall
on the rocks?" '-So God saved me,"
I replied, "but let us go, I am afraid
of this place."
It was seven o'clock; the sun had set
behind the firs and our dog led the
flock of goats down the dusty path to
Hirschl and. Neither Ludwig nor I
blew joyously on onr horns, as on
other evenings, to hear the echo of
iwene Lreuse reply to ns; we were
yet trembling with fear. At length
the village was reached: the goats sep
arated going to the right and leit, each
oue stopping bef. re the stable of his
owner. 1 said to Ludwig, "Do not
tell any one." "Never" he replied.
I went into the honse. Uncle Ber
nard had gone high up on tho mount
ains to see the old charco.l burner
who was very ill, and as usual he ex
pected that we, Gredel and 1, would
have our supper at home together if
he was not at home at eight o'clock.
Supper was ready and I ate in bilenre,
after which Gredel took the plates to
the kitchen and I went to the library.
Taking the shell in my hands, not
without inquietude, I placed it to mv
ear. God in Heaven, how it mur
mured! I heard the torrent roar and
mingled with it the plaintive cries of
the blackbirds, the crackling of the
breaking brauch and the noise it made
iu striking the rocks, on its way to the
bottom of the ravine; wor.-t of all I
thought to bear the crosl.ing of the
poor little birds. It was terrible. I
went to my little room and went to
bed, but I conld not sleep. I was
afraid.
Abont ten o'clock the et'enr-e of the
night was broken. I heard Unole's
horse as he trotted by to the stable,
heard Uncle enter the honse and get
his luncheon as was his habit wheu
coming home lite. If he knew what I
had done, I fid to myself. Finally I
heard him go to bis room. In vain I
tnrned and tnrned again, my excite
ment was too great for sleep. I felt
that my soul was black as ink, yet I
could not weep. Towards midnight
my despair became so great that con
fession was the only alternative. I
went down sta rs to Uncle's room,
where a night lamp was burniug ou his
table, and knelt before his bed. Uncle
Bernard awoke with a start, and looked
at me with astonishment. ''Is it you
Fritzel?" said he. "What is tbe matter
my child?" "Uncle Bernard, cried I
sobbing, "forgive me, I have sinned
against heaven and against you."
"What have yon aone?" he aked ten
derly. "To rob a blackbird's nest 1
ciimbed a beech tree on the Altenoerg
and the branch is broken." "Broken!
Oh, my God!" "Yes, and the Lord
saved me by permitting' me to cling to
another branch Now the old birds
demand of me their young ones, they
fly around me and prevent my sleep
ing.'' Unoiii was s'lent. I wept bit
terly. "Uuc," I continued, "I lis
tened to the hhiU tLis evening. All is
broken; T can never make it right
again." Then he took me in his arms
and said in a solemn voice, "Be
quiet Fritzel I forgive you but let this
be a lesson to you, think of my grief
bad you been brought home dead
The poor father and mother of the
little blackbirds are as desolate as I
should have been; thoy ask again and
again for their children. Yon did not
think of that but smoe you repent I
forgive you." He ceased and handed
me a gins of sugared water saying,
"Go to sleep, the poor old birds will
no longer trouble yon, God will par
don you, but you will no longer watch
the goats; yon must go to school." I
went to my room quietly and slept
sweetly.
The next day Uncle Bernard took me
to an old teacher, Tobie Veyrius. It
was very hard for a few days to bo shot
up from morniug until evening in a
cl Jie room. I longed for tbe fresh air.
but one gains nothing in this world
without some self-denial. It was time
tbat I loarned to do other work than to
watch the goats. 1 soon found that
only by constant work with my lessons
was I kept from doing my schoolmates
or myself harm, aad that the sweete.it
enjoyment was work woll done, for it
taught mo to bo useful to others.
To-day Imi-le Bernard is a very old
man. He passes his time seated in a
great armoii chair in the chimney cor
ner in winter, in the summer upon
the stone bench in front of the bouse
under the Tines. At for me, 1 am pbr
sioian and have taken bis place. In
the morning at daybreak, I monnt my
bOTM to Tiarit Bt Mtuata and I return
in tbe evening fatigued. It is a tire'
some life especially when the snow on
the mountain is deep, but it bring
happiness to me.
Th9 shell is still on tbe library shelf;
I sometimes take it in my bands as I
did in my boyhood days and hear in its
roir ng the echo of my thoughts.
They are not always joyons; sometimes,
even, they are tad, especially when oue
of my poor sick ones is in danger of
death and I can do nothing to ail him;
bnt they are not the echo of threaten
ing thoughts as on t. e eveuing of my
adventure with the bird's nest. He
only is happy, dear friends, who can
listen to tbe voice of bis conscience
withont fear, for it is the greatest
pleasure known to man.
MIDDLE AGE.
There is no doubt that nowadays Middle-age
is fashionable. Whatever tho p -ets
may say of the golden spring time c
Youth, we'of a practical, busy decade
hasten to cast off our salad days as
soon as possible. Bnt if we are no
longer proud of being young, no oue
can acense ns of the crime of wishing to
grow old. Up to four score years and
ten, and even loi ger, in every olass,
every profession, every sphere royal,
political, social, artistic or ornamental,
we all profess to belong to the mezzo
camin period, rather than to that of
venerable old Rge. There is no no.ibt
that people develop less quickly, but
decay less rapidly. i
Between youth, with its glamour, its
hopes, its illusions, its self-deceptions,
and old age (if, in this whirl of hurry
and high pressure, ever reached', re
joicing in the equal deligbt'of rest
stretches, ever lengthening, tbe long,
dusty track of toiling, struggling, dis
illuioned, faithless, hopeless, middle
age, bearing the burden sand heat oi
the day. Y'et it has its compensations.
If shorn of the hOws and illusions .!
youth, it takes pleasure in the great j
uurcotic-work and the delight of toil
is unknown to, and abhorred by, '
youth. Midtile-age has ceased to be
disappointed, because it has ceased to
expert. It no longer covets forbidden
fruits, for it lins tasted the dead-rei
smiles, it distinguishes between the
shadow and the Biibstauce, and calls
things by their right nam s. It boldly j
looks on both sides of a question,
whereas youth ipnorantly, and old-
age, wilfully, ignores tbo revert dc la ;
vicdailte. It is less seltish than inex
perienced youth, or t-elf absorbed age.
It has learnt the value of quarter lu the
fierce strife of life, and is therefore
more ready to give it. Stmding, as it
were, on the summit of the hill of Life,
it looks down on one side into the green
valley of youtb, with a memory still
vivid enough to be sympathetic; on the
other, it sees, near enongh to be very
real, the shady forest of old age. With
one band it clasps the children, fresh
to the wonder-world around them.
With the other it supports the parents,
ovtr wl.oso eyes the eveuing mists are
fast stealing.
Not that middle age has mnch time
to linger. Tbe noise of the battle oi
life surges round, drowning all mem
ories tbat whisper from tbe past. Tbe
strain of tbe present requires a cool
head, clear eye. Behind rise ganul
spectres of tbe mistakes and the foil let
of the past, doggiDg tbe footsteps of
middle-age. Closed for ever are tbe
chapters of the Might-have-beens,
wnich accumulate, oh! so fast. Men
tally and physically mid lle-age is al
ready aware of the slackened string of
the little rift in the lute.
Middle-age deals less kindly with
men than with women. True thai
buldcess is fashionable even in the
most exalted stations, and tbat where
their ancestors concealed their phreno
logical developments under masses ol
earls and powder, tbe present genera
tions exhibit them with a gratuitous
lavishue.-s which ought to reflect credit
upon the intellectual calibre of an
advancing civilization. It may, per
haps, point to a period when hair shall
have gone the way of tbe caudal ap
pendage and tbe missing link, and the
hairless human be the latest develop
ment of hit race.
Socially, too, the unhappy married
middle-aged male is at a disadvantage
to the other sex. When bis son comet
"out," he promptly becomes young
Brown, and his parent is relegated to
tbe distinction of "old Brown." A
grown-up daughter inflicts no sucb
stigma on her mother.
Social opinion is less kind to wome.
with respect to the age at which the
marriage market is still open to them.
As the canonical hours for the solemni
zation of the holy estate have been
lengthened of late years, so Las the
period expanded dnrin? which men are
still fair game in the matrimonial
chase. But a woman runs swifter down
tbe bill of life than a man. Her youth
lasts bnt a few short years, and then
comes the desert of a certain, or rather
uncertain age. Bnt never till the pres
ent time had woman such a golden op
portunity for revealing, as Voltaire
remarks, in the decline of ber beauty,
the charm of her intellect Never was
tbe sphere of tbe middle-aged woman
wider. We ean abolish tbe generic
term of "old maid" and substitute
that ot the woman "with rights,"
"with a mission," "with work." We
do not waste them in convents; we use
tbem in philanthropy, education, poli
tics, art and even, in a left ban-led
way, tbe Church. Wbereunto modern
dress assists. We have abolished tbe
ringlets, and white muslin, and blue
ribbons sacred to maidenhood, as well
as the caps ot middle age. Bonnets
will probably share the same fate, for
bats are simultaneously worn by three
generations. Mothers and daughters
dress alike, aimin;, not at an appear
anoe of perennial youth, bat of pre
serving that of an eternal middle
age. PERSONAL.
Mrs. tel goxo, the Japanese reform-
1 1 ; .1
er, wno is now lecturing in tnis co intrv I
to raise funds to estat.lUh in Tnk.n l
non-sectarian training school for!
women and girls, had the honor of i
being tbe first woman lawyer in Japan. I
She has been a Christian for only five
years, and is deeply interested in work'
among the "high olass in her eountry.
ins success of D-xrtor Emily
Kemplin's courses in the University ol
Zurich are well assured, and her no.si-
f T (AT, lADIdwIiat n.I. n ...1 -.n n . 4ta. a. a '
woman instructor was a great innova
tion becomes mere and more secure
every term. Her subject this semestre
is "The American Laws of Civil Pro.
cedure." Doctor Kemplin baa been.
Distinguinttng features of tbe Admin-
istration of Justice in Switzerland'
for tbe Law Reform Committee of tbo
World't Fair.
Thkbb are seventy-five women oran-
istsin New York; tbe most of them)
tram tueir choirs; many give organ
reoiUla and oompooe muaia, I
nUMOROUS SELECTIONS.
GATHERED BY OUR
REAPER.
PATENTED
Jokes of Preachers, Lawyers, Doeeora.
and auditors fcome at Tbem Very Dry and
Others Somewhat Juioy They Will Aid
Digestion If erased After Meals Im
Hot KemM Them Cpoe, M Kiuyty
Ktomacu.
1 wo Tiers ot rutting- 't.
"Yesterday was groundhog day,"
observed Amy at the breakfast table
recently.
"Yes," assented Mildred, the nigh
school girl.
"He didn't see his shadow?"
"No."
"Then, of course, the backbone ol
.he winter is broken."
"Yes; the supposition is that the
vertebral column of the frigid season
has sustained an irrepairable frac
ture." Exchange.
Sn-IIM the Other VTa?.
Wife The accounts are $5 abort
this week.
Husband II' in! Oh, that C5 na
for ante.
Wife I rernerulter. But aren't you
a little too old to speak of poor Re
becca as your "aunty?" Brooklyn
Eagle.
At The Captain's Table.
Mis Earton (to sea-captain) How
do you like living all your life on
Witter?"
Captain I doesn't doit, ma'am.
1 live mostly on whisky, ma'am.
The DlnToreuee.
Mrs. Pugh Oh, yes: just because.
It is a little damp out, you won't go
to church. The pouring rain didn't
keep you home from tbe theater th'
Jther nlht.
Mr. Pugh If 1 had remained h r.ne
from the theater the other night, I
would have lost the four dollars I
paid for the tickets; but If I stay
home from church, this morning, IT
be in fifty cents. Puck.
ICzempllfylng n trov.rb.
"D'.d you ever go to war, bosa?" ii
juired a tramp of a farmer.
"No, sir, I did noL I have enough
to do looking after mv hogs."
"Thank Heaven!" fervently cjac
ulated the tramp.
"What for?" asked the astonished
granger.
"Because I have at last met the
man who really believes that the pen
is mightier than the sword " Texas
Sittings.
Advert sier Par.
Sharp Do vou see that mansion
over there? That's where Thomp
son, the millionaire, lives. Another
projf of the assertion that advertisiug
pays.
Flat Ah, a merchant prince. 7
presume?
Sharp No. he's the owner of 9
lewspapar. Truth.
Helping- Him Oat.
Bingo Did you succeed In cutting
down on your shopping expenses thi?
uonth, as I requested?
Mrs. Bingo Oh, yes, indeed, clear.
You know that nice woolen under
wear you wanted? Well, I got some
thing in cotton much cheaper. Tex
as Sittings.
A Horse Tele.
"I have a horse that has ruu a mile
In 1:20."
"Is his tall bobbed?"
"No. Why?"
"Because It Is best for a horse ta'e
like that to be cut short." Kale
Field's Washington.
Uahtnd or dim.
'They say you have an excellent
memory, Mr. Dukane," observed Mis
"Vallflower.
"Yes, indeed," replied tbe brute.
"I can remember dutiuctly events
that occurred In 184'J, the year you
ere born. Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Strictly Business.
"Suppose the devil should rie be
'ore you, Littleton," said Cobely.
"What would you say?"
"I'd ask him "if he'd laid in hi.
winter coal," said the coal merchaut.
Mice County Sarcasm.
, . , . ....
Bottom-land Farmer-W by don't
v" pit a stun-brcaker tcr haircr y.,ur
lan' with.
tp'and Farmer Got that divin'.
ll yit ter put In ycr spring wheat
with? Judge.
A Slruus IVImese
Juc'je Have you any witnesses fo
JCnTtelr?
lilsoncr Yes, tor, meself.
Th sill Ifferent.
"Jack, your wife is not as pensivy
is she used to be."
"No, she's left off and has become
"
ex-pensive." Detroit
frlbuna.
Aa Instinct Analysed.
Primus I am always for the
UD-
ler dog.
Secunnus Yes. aelf-preservatlon i
tb Oral law of natura. Iha Exkocb.
, - i
in
f, Y'.i-Rtey'f
lifts
CT TflJE SHADOW OF THE YJtatS
OF ABLES.
BT A. FAUS.
I've bad some interesting expert
ncs, I can tell you. It's not a bad
life on the who a, bnt at first it used to
be very annov iug iu some waya. To
begin with, they planted me down in
tneti a drsnght, and in the Tery worst
light poefcibie.so tbat I eouldn't see
auytbtng, uor could anyone see me;
and then tbey wouldn't give me a new
pedestal they tried to palm off on me
the one that belonged to a discarded
Nereid, which made me look top
heavy, as it was much too small. How
ever, one day a waiter, who was rush
ing past with a soap tureen (it was
when I stood close to the door of tbe
refr. shment room in the gallery, you
know), tuni'ded up against me some
bow, and smashed a great piece of the
pedestal. Afterwards, when eTeryone
bad gone and the plaje was quiet. I
just leant over to one side a bit and
slid down. Hurt myself? Ob detr nol
I chipped my lyre rather. There was
a fuss Lext morning when the curator
came round; that waiter got into no
end of a row, and had to pay for my
new pedestal and lyre; it was a pity 1
couldn't expl dn, but be was a poor
fool, and 1 wasn't sorry to see him
sacked for his disrespectful clumsiness.
After that they moved me into this big
bal', and very much relieved I was to
find myself in uristocratio society
again. Mind, I know what's what, and
these ladies and gentlemen you see are
all tip-top specimens of beauty aud in
tellect. The last isn't much in my
line, but 1 have a wholesome respect
for it, and shouldn't be half a dnflf jr at
philosophy aud those subjects myself
if their exponents weren't each dried
up old fasties. Take old Socrates, for
inst tnce, he's such a frump; then He
rodotus and .Eschylus.they don't know
what it ia ti see a joke they will ar
gue so. And, really, if 1 want, to keep
out of tbe bines I have to be wry stiff
to Enripi les, he's so morbid. I played
a fright i ill practical joke on him the
other day, but it got me int such hot
water with all the ladies, especially the
huntress over there, that I daren't flash
ont ajain. Life woul 1 have been very
colorless indeed were it not for the
dear Yenns ou my right. Look at ber
isn't Sue lovely 1 Wuut? lou KUrety
don't mean to my ? Nonsense!
The good lady at Milo can't bold a
candie to ber, and as to that simpering
Medici woman, she's a disgrace to tbe
name. I won't be bard on you, tbongh,
because I'm sorry for your bal taste.
Come over here, and 1'il tell yon a
story that will bring a big Inmp into
yonr t'iroat as it did into mine.
There was a little student who came
to draw here; a little bit of a thing,
with a sallow f tee and a slight limp.
She was rdaayg shabby; her gloves
(one - button black kid I were
very mnch cracked, she wore a
battered black straw bat which bad
outlived the picturesque stage, with a
wreath of limp streaky roses round the
crown, even in midwinter; her dress,
such as it was, was grey linsey.akind of
drabby nondescript grey, and ber poor
little square-toed boots were patched
and reputcted. Tbe only points abont
ber were her clean collar and .her big
hungry eyes. Wet or fine she came,
laden with her easel and materials.
She worked for the gallery, and I
heard ber say s-'ie gives leraons. I
know the pay is very small, because
she doesn't have half enough to eat.nn )
she certainly cannot afford to ride or
drive, because on rainy days her fet
are so tnnduv. She has very little
talent; it is only by dint of sheer ob
stiuacy she manages to draw decently.
Several other students come, bnt only
casually.
Some time apo a young man came
nere prefer frnqnently for several
months. He's a fine baudsome follow,
very like that sturdy Discobulus, yon
see straight in front of you. By Jupi
ter! tbat boy can drawl I could tell he
bad it ;n him the first time I saw him
handle a crayon, though be never sat
near enough for me to be able to criti
cise his work. The little lame student
was passing him one day, heavily laden
as usual and looking more tired than
ever, and she tripped over tbe ede of
a barrier tbat bad be- n put to screen
off the Laocoon family who were un
dergoing repairs, when down went
everything with a clatter, inclnding the
poor little soul herself. The other
student, whom I will call "the Boy "for
distinction, as I don't know bis name,
was np in a moment, had put her ou
ber feet again, anl picked np all tbe
dispersed articles wita a reassuring
"All right!" before you ccs'd ejaculate
"Mercury." She pulled herself to
gether enongh to whisper "Thank
yon. ' and limi-ed away.
Mext day she came early and worked
assiduously. The Boy was there too;
he did not notice ber, he was so busy.
Presently he felt a timid pull at his
sleeve and looked up. "Hallo." he
said, with that sunny smile of his, "I
beg yonr pardon, can I do anything for
you ?"
"W-woulJ yon Met me look at your
drawing?" she faltered.
"Certainly, but there it nothing to
tee."
Well, they chatted a bit after tbat and
jompared notes till the ice was fairly
broken, so the time flow and the little
grey student found she bad forgotten all
abont that tiresome foot of the Hermes
which wouldn't come right. After that
day they conversed pretty freely; mean
while 1 noticed a great change in her
though the still looked pinched and tired
ber eyes began to bave a new light in
them, tbe white collar was discarded
for a black lace ruffle, the poor
tired roses disappeared too, . and
in their p'.aoe 1 noticed a large
black feather, which, it is true,
soon lost its curl, and had certainly
seen better days, hut still she thought
it looked smart and that cheered her,
poor little soul tbe gloves too were
new, or else the ht-d mam aged to ink
over the purple cracks.
Some days she was there alone, and
then tbe would look wistfully from
time to time towards tbe door. Ot
course, we all knew qnite well who she
wantei to seel Once when a step
came twinging down tbe corridor she
gave a lit lie start, bnt it was only an
attendant, who was a conceited ass
with nothing to do, and he came in and
bullied her and made himself perfectly
odious. I would bave set my dog at
him, only fortunately the Boy tnrn- d
up at the right moment and sent the
wretch flying. The Boy has a kind of
imperious way with his inferiors which
it most eflectiTe. I couldn't resist whis
pering to my Venus what a sm irt
feltow he was, and she nodded approv
ingly. When these two got tired of work
the Boy would sit aud talk to her by
the hour together, sometimes it was
Art "shop," sometimes poetry or scraps
of aciane wonders, and oftta odis
and enda of mythology, over which be
got considerably mixed at time, till
one day I was in such fits tbat Venus
thought they would bear, and snubbed
me fearfully.
This went on for a couple of months
cr to, and then the Boy left off draw
ing here. Tbehttls grey figure pl d
ded in and out bravely, but as ttm
went on I could see her bite her lipt
to keep hock the tears of disappoint
ment and longing for human inter
course anl sympathv. At lost one day 1
she dropped the pencil and aprang up,
wslkiug to aud fro and up and down,
then with a tndden moveme it nnng
ber arms round t ie leet of my beloved
Venus and wailed, "Oh! dear, kind
God make me good, and make me
patient, and clever and wise clever ,
and wise." She lay there qnite still,
with her head on tbe marble, and I
raw a tear fall from the eyes of the
lovely goddess and and glisten in the
girl's dull hair like a moonstone. The i
little grev student lifted up her bead
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fia.v, vu tnisn. tvi uci hquiiv
eyes.
"I am not bautiful like yon," the
moaned pathetically; "but I will be
patient and good."
And fhe went resolutely btck to the
easel. Weeks and months passed, tbe
year crept on, spring blossomed into
summer, and still she worked.
Oue morning I beard a soft laugh
behind me, and then tbe Boy't voice.
He pissed me with a tall, "fair girl.
Tbey passed in front of a bust of Soo
rates. "So jou don't think muih of h im?'
she saij, reproachfully.
"No; why should 1?" said tbe Boy.
"But be is a philosopher and a great
man," she urged.
The Boy looked straight into hei
eyes.
"But, he didn't know yon, sweet
heart," be sai I, putting a strong arm
round liar. "Don't you know by this
time that for me all art, all knowledge,
all philosophy is bound np In a single
word ;ou who are love and philoso
phy and all art and beauty incar
nate?'' There was a tremulous silence lor t
few minutes; only Venus and I beard
the deep, quick breaths coming from
tbe huddle! little figure concealed
behind a pillar. Tbe Boy aud tbe fait
girl passed out, she leaning on his arm,
and looking half roguishly, half ten
derly np to him.
It was then that I looked round fot
tbe little grey stu !ent. S ie seemed
stunned; after a minute she pushed
I aok her easel, rose to ber feet, and
came forward, gropiug with ber hands
in a blind, bewildered fasuiou. then fell
floor.
Soxeoue name in a few hoars latet
and carried ber awsy gently. i5be has
never returned. The only relic of ber
is a fanny little Scotch pebble pin
which x can see gleaming in tbe dust
aud the sbadow of yonder corner.
N , I don't blame the Boy; it wasn'.
anybody's fault in i articular; be was a?
sympathetic as tbe tenderest woman,
and much too good end simpie-sculed
to play with ht,r feelings. It was just
one of those cases where "Nobody
knew."
Going? That's a pity; you're such .
good listener. Come again anotbei
day, and I'll tell you some more.
A. M. R.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
Al'. of the World's Fair offi4, ex
cept two or three, are now removed to
Jackson Park, and those will soon fol
low. For nearly two Tears the offices
neve been in the Rand-McNally build-
ing in the center of tbe city. Now,
however, the work of preparation ol
the great x air has reached a stage re
quiring it to be carried ou in the build
ings which are to contain tbe exhibits.
All of these buildings are riow practi
cally finished nad reaJy for the installa
tion of exhibits. Moat of the work re
maining to le done on the buildings it
of a decorative nature snd can be car
ried on and completed withont inter
fenng with the placing of exhioits.
An effort is being ma le to arrang,
for a grand reunion at the World's Fait
of surviving ' 49-ers" the men who
left their home; v the East in 1M9, to
bee imo gold-hunters in California. It
is thought that several thousand ol
them ate still living, aud that all would
make an extra effort to go to Chicago
next year, were a reunion arranged as
is proposed. Many of them remained
in California, but the majority re-
turned and are now scattered through-
out thosta'eseostof the Mississippi,
.
The most approved methods of err-
ficial ice making and cold storage will
be exhibited at the Worl i s Fair.
These processes will be shown in a very
fine building, 130x255 feet, and five
stories high, with observatories at the
corners and a lofty tower at tbe centre.
About eighty tons of ice will be manu
factured daily, three methods being
employed, namely: tbe plate system,
from filtered water; the can system
from condensed steam filtered and puri
fied; and tne can system from deaor
ated water. Three difiereut pro esses
of cooling rooms will also be shown.
Ohio will erect a mineral cabin it
tbe Mines building at the World's Fair
to illustrate its mineral resources. The
cabin will be 3JxGl feet in dimensions
and twenty-three leet high and be on-
structed entirely of Ohio mineral pro-
ducta.
There ia no ground for the published
report that visitors to tbe Fair are to
oe maue me victims oi exorDitant
charges. Competition will be s ex
tensive and sharp as to prevent it O e
who o'.imbs to the top of one of tbe
Lxposition buildings and surveys the
territory lying to the nort. west and
south of Jackson, can easily believe
this statement. There, and iadee.l in
all parts of the city, the amount ol
buildiug which it going on is simply
astonishing. Hundreds of structures
to meet World's Fair demands are be
ing erected. Some of the new hotels
are large enough to accommodate sev
eral thousand guests each. By tbe
time tbe Fair ojiens Chicago will bave
living accommodations for not less than
300,000 strangers. Connected with the
Exposition management is a B reau ol
Publio Comfort, through the agency of
which many thoueands of visitors can
be directed to hotels, apartments,
boarding bouses, furnisbed rooms, etc. ,
where tbey will be comfortably cared
for at moderate prices. Lattng facili
ties, both outside the Fairgrounds and
in tbe numerous res'anrants in t'je Ex
position buildings, will be so extensive
that no one need fear tbat he will not
be able to get eJl be needs to eat, and
at reasonable charges.
Dr. Cottox Matufb, who died it.
BoBton in 1723, was the author of 3 -l
works, some of them being of huge
dimensious. The most bulky cf his
works obtained seven large fell) Vol-
oat. Hs died at tbo agt ol 65.
uiuuuaviuo IUUI UI IUO lOUIls: HUH I l. : f -m l.1 i t ha l.lirta nf i r
""".'"r-.iLi.T! anU cul'tmns on the negro's arm a I
ri,.h ,.,,..,, on f,, fle 3 sic two inches oy three-quarters ol
CH ANQING THE NECRO'S SKiN.
an Attftaapt to Demonstrate That Mss'i
.Original Color Woe Not UnrB.
The scientific world Is curiously
-waiting the results of an experiment
uow being m ule by Dr. John Ege, a
prominent physician of Reading, Pa
If successful Dr. Ee exrects to ac
complish the miracle of turning the
negro white and the white man
black, ne will also establish, at the
same time, the original color of man
kind. The process by which the won
derful revolution in changing the
color of the skins of the human fam
ily is to be brought aixrnt is by skin
grafting, an operation which has
been known and performed through
out tbe civilized world for ages, but
which Dr. Ege, by his experiments,
hopes and expects to very materially
advance.
He has been treating for sotuo
( 'lUiV VVCl OdUl, yUUIlg UJdU
at 239 Mulberry street, Reading
who for over two years has been
troubled with an obstinate ulcer, in
volving almost the entire lower por-
, 11051 01 lne lel1 le- AS 8 lasl resort
to effect a permanent cure he decided
upon giaiLing a ucwsmu ou me sore
leg. Having obtained permission
from Mr. Saul, to graft the skin of a
colored man it opened up to him an
opportunity for experiment which ho
had long been looking for, and he at
once entered Into the project with a
spirit and zeal bora of a determina
tion to advance the cause of science
if possible. After considerable effort
lie finally, by the aid of money, se
cu'el two healthy negroes of ebony
black, who consented to part with a
certain portion f their skins, and
the process of grafting, under both of
the prescrilied methods, was accom
plished. To await the result of the
operation, aud to watch for any
change In the color of the black skin,
w.is attended with considerable
anx'ety on his part; aqd when, after
a few days of patient watching, he
was rewarded by observing that the
skin of the black was gradually but
surely turning white, he at
once determined to further pursue
his scientiHp Investigation, and as
certain if it was possible to change
the skin of the Caucasian to corre
spond with that of the Ethiopian.
Accordingly Tuesday last he se
cured Jatfies Lewis, a healthy negro
Of 35 years, who consented to undergo
the operation for the beactlt of
science. I he doctor used a largo
an inch, la this place he planted
twelvo pieces of skin from bis own
inu and twenty-live pieces from the
arm of an intimate friend. The in
grafted skin appeared whiter than
Lefore, possibly by contrast, and it
v.111 require possibly four or five days
lender to determine what the result
wViI be.
Should the color change to corre
pond with the black's skin, the do
tor will pursue bis investigation still
further, and the intermixing of the
skins of the Caucasian and Mongolian
will be his next attempt.
Dr. Ege says: "If this wlfite in
grafted skin continues to grow and
remain white on tbe black man's
arm it will show the onstancy of the
white race as well as the originality
of Color. Should white skin thus in
grafted change to black, scientists
could argue that black was the origt
oal color of mankind. Philadelphia
, Record.
flone-ty ltt Tornba.
A curious illustration of the honestj
jf some savage peoples is given in the
rerort of a recent traveler in Yoruba,
West Africa. He says he often saw
on a mat by tbe roadside small quan
tities of maize-flour, bean-bread,
cooked yams, or other articles of food
carefully arranged for sale, while near
at hand a broken calabash was placed
for the receipt of cowries, whi"h are
the currency of the country. In pass
ing, the men in his caravan would
choose the articles of food they de
sired and put a number of cowries
into the calabash aft r consulting
among themselves as to the exact
price which they had paid at the last
town or market-shed. For forty cow-
rie9 which is less than two tents, a
j man could fully satisfy his hunger,
' .l v. 1. n 4 r: .... ini
luc "u"b- oi auun-au ia:mi'
ing under n load for from flrteen to
twent miles a day Is not to be easily
appeased. It never occurred to any
of the carriers to uuderpay or to take
anything of which they did not know
the price. The owner of the artiole
wr probably a mile or two away work
ing placidly at home, while her little
commercial business at tbe roadside
was taking care of itself.
In Yoruba water is stored in largts
Jars near every hut or roadside shed,
and may be bad for the asking or
taken freely by the passing traveler.
It is one of the unwritten laws of the
country that the traveler may stop at
any farm or field and cook sutticient
' fo;d from the standing crops for on
t lu -al, but It would be considered a
he nous offense to carry any away with
hlra- Such honesty wouid hardiy be
' found among civilized people. Gold-
i iuohui; a ucuiaimiwi jiiiuaiiiic.
Hot the .au amn.
A lady who prides horelf upon al
ways remembering the name of a
person whom she hits once met, had a
droll experience the other day.
At a railway station she encount
:red a man whose face was familiar
to her, and whom she soon remem
bered having seen at the housa rt a
friend some months before. With
tbe utmost graciousness of manner,
she turned to the stranger, and said:
"Isn't this Mr. Tombstone, whom
( met at Mrs. Lyman's?"
The stranger looked at her with
baffling expression of countenance.
"I may have met you at Mrs.
Lyman's," he said, "but you have
somewhat twisted my name. 1 am
Mr. Stonegrav
An A self nm-Bt.
"Mr. Cullom," said the city editor
one of his reporters, "do you
J3
irink?"
"No, sir."
"I wish yon would acquire the
iquor babit, for I want you to make
s personal test of one of tbe new
iptcifics for drunkenness and write it
' jn a good Style," Judgt.
J
SEWS IN BRIEF.
Tho Babbith day's joirnsy of the
Bible was 2000 yards.
It Is sa d that 3) (TO Tiriutles of
foods are manufactured from wood.
A pair or Uorge Wathi gton't
breech, s was lately sui? at auction In
Tbflhdelpbla for $310.
So far as known, tha first rsxoterfelt
Ing w. t done in 17 ' 8 by a man named
Richard Wi.liam Vug' n.
A new Methodist Ejiscopal Churct
is being built at Glasow, Montana,
the nearest Church being 2b7 mile
way.
English cattle breeders are agitating
a BUI against American Stock, provid
ing for t'.e quarantining or all live
cattle.
Every one of us, whatever ourspeju
lat.ive op:nious, kuows better than he
practices, and recognizes a better law
'.ban heoLeiS.
!uch as thy words are. inch w'.ll thy
affections be esteemed; aud auch will
tby deeds, as thy afJec loua; and sucb
.by li e, at tby deed?.
They are mistaken mortals who think
it a sign of wisdom to go out of tbeit
way to see wreiher thre are weeds lr
xnother person's garden.
Among the Sixons, when drinking
healths, as many cups were drunk at
there were letters in the names of the
Person com; llmentod.
One George Smith Is to have his third
trial at Valparaiso, Ind., for the tbeft
of a live-cent cigar. Law)er's fees, H
s s ild, have already reached 81000.
Drowning as a punishment forcrlme
was legally enforced iu Scotland up to
the e.ir 1611. The same punishment
prevailei lu Fuland up to a few year
ao.
i Of the whole lsnj'h o the Sjez Ci
nal, sixty-eight miles are cattings, four
teen were made by dredging through
the lakes and eight miles required nr
labor.
A fast penman will wrlte at the r ite
of thirty words a minute, which means
that iu an hour's steady wrllinj he has
drawn bit pea along a space of 30V
yard?.
j Washington was a great sportsman
when i i ibe prime ot l.fr. He was
panic iNrly for.d or fox bunting, and
, keit a pack of Imported hounds anJ
I several hunters.
I The different railroads operating In
New Yotk Ci.y carried more than 417,.
(.CO 000 passengers, receiv.i'g from them
1 iu uve-c-nt fares the) aggregate sum of
In a single mill at Gray's Harbor,
Washington, recent y, the eiit ire worn
were kept runcing all day on a single
Csdar stick, which made 1S8.50T
shingles.
1
Mrs. Flora V. Woodward Tibbetts,
ot Chicago, but. forxerly of Kentucky
h is been sworn In as a practicing attor
ney oelor the Uourt if Aopeais a
Frankfort.
Louise Michel, fie famous sxdilist
agitator, teems to have lire l of htl
tumultuous career and haSseU el down
to teachlug school In a qu et pari o
London.
In a murder trial recently in
Eneuz, Switzerland, one of tbe names
drawn from tbe jury bjx was tbat ol
Uir'ck AujMCher. It was tho uame of
tbe murdered man.
The new Iron tmnument being placed
on the b muuary line between Arizona
and NewMeXico are sevenf-.et in height
and weigh about 8J0 pounds. They
ate laid live miles apart.
tfince tbe coal mines at tbe Kansar
State Penitentiary were open, 15. .-71,-010
bushels havj been taken out, which
represents at least. threefourths of s
million dollars.
As an example of bow httls things
count up it may be mentioned that It
takes nearly one hundreJ gallons of oil
a year to keep a large sized locomotivr
tn running order.
A cuiious clicumstance in connection
with the recent epl lemla of cholera at
H.ituburg, Germany, was tbedepaitute
of all the biids from the oity only a few
uays prior to the outbreak.
A man down In Maine has found a
i-etiiion 'o Parliament written In 1643.
It it wrl tan ioluk on hau l pa; er, aud
the brass p n stuck into tue paptr ir
doubtless, older than the petition.
Mits Martha D. Bossey, who de-ig-ne
i tbe Com miss oners' badge for the
Worlit'a Fair Board of Lady Managers,
It the only w..uian regularly employed
y Tiffany & Co., Ne York City.
Oculists profess to have disco vers 1 a
connection betweun wood pavements
and opibaln.ia Is Is said that tbe
gaseous ejieuailng from tbe pavement
are very Injurious to tbe organs o'
vision.
Miss Sadie Trice, of Bowling Green.
Ky., has devoted nearly four years to
collecting and tlm ifylng tbe wild
pla .ts of Wauen County. She h is
found in all about eighty -eight dlfferen'
orders and about ('50 sp. cles.
The stewards ot St. Nicholas Society,
New York City, bave an aunual "test
in? dinner" prior to each regular an
imal dinner, in orler to de Mi upon
: the caterer whom the oo;tty shall pat
j onize.
j In the Old South Church, in Boston,
there 1 a placard on, wl ten is priLled
j the longest word In Eilo'.'o Indian lilble.
Tills Is ibe w.jrd: Wutta pesiuukquss
unnookwsbtuLkquoh. 1; is taen irom
Ma k.. 4 ). and means ' 'Kneeling dowr
i to I Iji.
I la tbe five Swiss u Ivers tieirf Base',
'Berne, Geneva, Lam nut and Zurich,
j curing tbe past sitmmT, tbe uuor.er ol
wom.-n students was 224 of whom 127
were in the mediclal depattmenul-ixiy-two
ia the pbil. s jphical and five In thr
law.
j Walter Satter'e, the artij', says ort
' f the greatest d Q-u'tie be me?U U
the lack of models ia this country,
whose hair is sj bla:k lint t has b ue
or puro'e llghis ia ic He adds that
what be wants is common in Europe,
but almost unattainable here.
Wa are strong enough to bear the
woes of others.
Tbc interest you in others take, that
interest tbey will take in too.
Tab first woman in Norway to serve
sn ea.renticeship as a book-binder,
and lu enter upon that trade, has just
celeb-ated tbe thirtieth anniversary of
her taking np the business, Sue ia
now manager of tbe largest book
Mcding establishment in Christiana.
rc ence is a firs -te qleca of lur.;'
turefor a man's up. er cbaniber.lf bebxs
common sen-, on lh ground floor.
But if a man In s cot common sense,
toe mors) r.ieucehebas tha worse for
Pt Us t.
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