ZewS)i
B, P. BOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor aad Proprietor.
VOL.
XI. VII
MIFFLIJSTOWiN. JUNIATA COUNTY, TENNA.. WEDNESDAY. EElUiUAUV 22. ii!3.
NO 10
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A PROBLEM IN THREES.
BT 8. BCITSTEAD.
1 'hre lllt hnn toKl !n a roirf,
Willi nrvrr n If mr to illvitte.
And if e icii liitlf lnni tia i three little maids
At pu in iw .r e i wl I-,
A ml if t-ac:i In lie mat. i li il thrive little eats
( I lnee lllllf I till? r I r e. tltrH-).
And If each life cjtTiad thre little kits,
Uuw many kits would there bet
A u.l 11 e i h lltt' mai l hal ttire little (rleads
With ti"in e loved t play.
A d if eaen l:tt f i ieu.1 li id three little dolls
I n ure-e antl t llns ay.
A nd If fr'einl" and dolls and eats and kits
Were ail invited to tea
Ai d li tjotie o( Tiieni all KliotiM servl regrets,
llow many nu -sis would there be?
The School Reciter.
MISS GRAYSON'S DISCOVERY.
GRACE BROWS.
beautiful Salida! with its towering
mountains,
air pulsing
waters 1
itch bine skies, and crystal i
with the music of Hinging I
The parlors of the Santa Christo
were rapnlly filling. A party of Ne-bra-kan
editors and their wives were
on an exctirmou, as guests of the R.R.
Co., to Suit Luke; nud Sxlida hid
shown her respect for tbe powers of tbe
press by g'ving a grand ball in their
Lonor. While bou e of these editorial
gentlemen wvre of ttie leanness so de
plored by tiis astute I'oman, and bore
deeply cut npon their faces marks of
laliorions thought, the majority pre
sented an aj peurouce of ruther corpn
let.t jollity. Their quips and retons
t-ei raea to furnish considerable amuse
uieut to a group of new arrivals from
Denver that had Mopf ed here for the
night, in ile: reuce to tl e magnificent
tceuery aliend, which, " if lost," to
quote the words of tLe suave and gftl
iant Mr. Seville,
of a life time."
would be the regret
This party of tourist? was noticeable
from the fact, that though thoroughly
social and congenial a few short days
txfore, the exmtotice of each was en
tirely unknown to the other.
After leaving Denver, thep rsnJcur of
the scenery had brought them into
sympathetic lelaticns, and many acta of
thoughtful couifc-ay on either nide had
prcduced the ease and confidence that
ruatk tl e intercourse of friends and
i eiphlx rs.
Perhaps no one had contiibntod
more to this pleasant state t.f affairs
than the hauJxome an'l polished Mr.
Seville, of the West, and the binming
faced Mr. Franklin, of MassachuHettH.
The four great sections of the country
were represented by this rout any.
repret-enien Dy tnis
which we shall distiueuiah as the Den-
ver partv.
The Nebraska! were socially in
clined ; and one bright, little "bit of
bweet nntdre. the juvenile wife of the
oldest editor nrnoug them, who seemed,
by her lube movements and live y talk,
to try to com pen. siit .) lor the absence of
both movement and talk in her aed
lord, got iuto a ."prightly chat wi'h our
lady from Louisiaua. This spicy
daughter of the South, whose eves as
wnll rlr. woe. in Aoct ,.;,.
ing, was
traveler.
most delightful ft Low
The eloquence of her lan-
gaage and gestures had the fire bnt not
languor of eonthern clmes. With a
Hash of her black eyes, she had assured
us at the very beginning that she was
the widow of u rebel General, and that
she never had been and never would be
anything but a rebel, heart and soull
As all of this was accepted by her
northern friends with unn filed amia
bility, tranquility always prevailed.
The little ediirt ; s told us for her
pleasant eyes at once made friends
with ns all that the dust was " jut. ,
detested baggage,'
dreadful, that she ue
and so had only her traveling suit, P' scarier, oroatieuea ana neignt
filled with the soil of Nebraska and fe' ,n,?necr CJotu ,f
Colorado, to wear at the ball, that she :
loved travel above everything on earth,
but wasD't it "exhaustively tiresome?"
The conversation becoming general,
Miss Grayson, one of tho Denver party,
spoke of an accident which had befallen
them tbe day before on the perilous
edge of the most marvelous loop in
that most marvelous feat of engineering in entire sympatny, and so most nut--the
Denver and Rio Grande U. It i al tb nPJon our return to the hotel,
when five cattle had been killed by! should walk together. Near
being rnn over, and portions of the ! , Christo, we were met by Mr.
long train of cars uncoupled ; but that I ran,n , , . , , ,
most of the passengers had been ob- ''Ab; tty de" '"end, exclaimed
livions of danger until all danger was M" "rajson. "bow sorry I am for
past. Upon tnis a young Nebrask an . whk y,ou. nBve m, 88ed! Ahe sight of
editor observed that he had lived in ; BOon glories would compensate yon for
the wildest parts of the West in the many tr'a'" ,n tb past and ba f.,00.1180"
wildest tines, when one literally wa'ked lat,n for. tBe sev rer ones likely to
in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, meet you in the future,
and had noted that danger and death , "think, rttorted the New Eng
. liku niilM criiim tiiom lrU. tln lander, "the loss of ones breakfast
ting is nnfeared and unfelt; and had
often wondered if Shakespeare did not
think of this when be spokeof ".Plucking
the flour Safety ont of the nettle Dan
ger.
In the thoughtful
pnuse which
fol-
lowed, the little editress exclaimed:
"And so yon are all going to Salt
Lake? Do ot you long to see tne city
of so many strange experiences? Have
any of you ever i een there before?"
"I think," said Miss Grayson, with
a sparkle in her gray eyes, and in ber
words, too; for, like one of Oolgol's
heroines, she seemed to fla h fortu her
words and then dart after them in swiit
pursuit "Mr. Seville has been to bait '
Lake. I notioe be is very familiar
with the road."
That gentleman's brown eyes looked
a little disconcerted, but be said pleas
antly that he had been over the road
many times, and bad seen Salt Lake
City more than once. Ue and Miss
Grayson had had so many animated
talks tcgetLer, that some of her com
panions probably wondered that tUe
introduced, although considering wbat
'
subject of Salt Lake had never been
an abundance of matter for- conversa
tion such long sketches of stupendous
scenery must furniah.it was no mystery,
after alL
"Is Salt Lake a beautiJIU city? Do
yon think we ahull find it all our fancy
nas paiuted it?" questioned the little
editress.
"No, Madam," said Mr. Seville,
"yon will be wofully disappointed.
Tbe tile is glorious, Lut in this season
of drouth, wheu tbe foliage is brown
and scant, and the nnpaved streets are
deep beds of powdered earth, penetrat-
mg every inlet of clothing or body-!
might add soul and mind, too, for i
lh"b BOr tb6. ,nVl'OCtQal I
choking infiuence-yoaw.il first en-
dure, tiitn pitv, ana suoh are its pe
culiar attructious end by embrac
ing." The little lady laughed, and merrily
and emphatically repeated the closing
words to her husband, who seemed
snatched by her latigh to the surface
pf a very gray ad very deep reverie,
in whoso depths he had been perilously
slumbering.
"But the Morm
.aem r
men as very bold with various Impres
sions of hot at-irons on their persons,
and tbe women are sulky and danger
ous. Are they as my fancy painted
them?" '
No;" replied Mr. Seville with a
scarcely perceptible glanoe at Mis
Grayson's intent face. "A Mormon is
a human being; and a Mormon lady or
gentleman bears I he un mistakable marks
that distinguish the lady and the gen
tleman everywhere. Did von speak,
Miss Grayson?" turning to that lady.
"No; but I will," a .parkle and
glow in every feature. "I am willirg
to concede that the Mormons are hu
man, but their creed is most inhuman;
and tbey aie certaily a dogged and
dangerous people northy the careful
attention of every watchful patriot.
People who shape their lives by laws
divinely reveile I to ambitious lea lers,
are likely to have some revelations
more conducive to the interests of these
favored leaders titan to those of the
government or the governed, it must
"e a terrible tiling to be at the mercy
' rulers subject to such divine rev-
! potism of
Khorazan."
: t w us, no n leiiev.Liuu ui ius UWT
tbe veiled prophet of
I "Do yon know. Miss Grayson," said
the irrepressible Mr. franklin, "that
' yon are on the border land of blas
phemy in your contempt tor divine
revelation? If you channe to know an
interesticg Mormon Elder, Seville,
j don't introduce him to Miss Grayson;"
and the New Englander's laugh rang
ont boisterously.
A look of consternation crossed the
t faces of Mi's Grayson's companions.
' No one ever took lilerties with her.
: Her minners in sparkle or repose said
ever, " thus far and no farther." But
the jolly Yankee woul I have joked
with the grin ruler o( the pale horse
with no sense of imp opriety in tbe
act. Miss Grayson had the good sense
,ake Pet'I'le as she fonnd them, and
was ever really to overlook tbe sharp
prickles of nature and habit, for the
sake of the fair flowers of sweet char
ity and kindly humanity; and so, she
merely glanced with a look of intense
pity at Mr. Franklin's very bald head and
in a voice trembling with compassion,
hoped absence from hi. me was grad
ually obliterating bis personal impres
sions of heated tint-irons, i he laugh
generously shared by all was inter
rupted by the welcome summons to
supper. And a most delicious one it
was; perhaps in compliment to the
Nebraskans though none the less en
joyable for th'it.
liven a ball in the heart of tbe
Rockies could not long distract the at
tention of the tired Denverites from
. L ; i j o . I .. f xt I "
,unr u1"1 """""" "
a among me number, bad planned
a wa k lor tne early morning. lie
constant dash of waters, makiug musi
cal tbe starry darkness and the fre
quent bursts of music from the ball
room were not the best ae latives for
sleep; and I seemed just to have fallen
iuto a doze, uhen awakened by a light
tap on my door. The low, clear tone
of Miss Grayson announced the ap-
Pcli ot sunrise, and Hinted at tho
necessity of haste if we would witness
tbe royal entrance. erv soou we
stepped from
S.nta Christo into
.Paradisel
I The air that seemed to hold in its
pearly meshes tbe winged sunbeams of
all the springs to come, was throbbing
with tbe music ol awakening birds and
sleepless waters. On every side the
mountains towered in rich violet, rose
. red and pearly tiray, all expectant of
or exnltant in the plory of the coming
King. First one, than another of the
stately courtiers put on their golden in
signiu of loyalty, until not one, but many
crowned kings seemed visible; then
the heavens, marvelous in their har-
mPD ?f Breen ?nd &on, and pur-
yV1"' ""u
trinmpbant.
"Is not this a divine revelation, new
every morning?" said a grave, musical
voice. And Miss urayson turned to
meet the brilliant brown eyes and
rapt face of Mr. Seville. It was quite
evident that just then these two were
would be the keenest sorrow of ail in
this appetizing air; and as the train
has no inclination to wait for tardy
j people, I advise yon to get your break-
last as soon as possible, io be sure
the supply of fish the most luscious I
ever ate is exbanste I, and the coffee
is not in its first aromatic delicious
nesa, still, there are tome fried bacon
and cold mafiius I guess." Thai say
ing, Mr. Franklin walked away to make
every possible provision for the com
fort ot bis fellow-travellers, by think
ing of the irany little things so neces
sary and yet so otten foigo'ton by
those whom time presses. Ihis was
his way, and a very pleasant way too,
as bis oomtanions had always fonnd.
All wore anxious to reach Salt Lake
City in time for the Sunday service ia
the Tabernacle, and, as to make the
proper connection necessitated a stop at
Cimmaron nmil midnight, we stopped
there.
The ooseta which the travellers en
tered at Oinimaron, some time after
midnight was well filled, and Miss
Grevson fonnd herself seated by a
kiatUr but sorrowful-faced lady of i
. ..1.11a .aa whn MinrliuinRlr mailA i
middle age, who courteously made
room for her.
In the course of a conversation into
which they immediately entered, tbe
ladv said she bad been suddenly snm-
; moned by telegraph from her home in
. . . . . . . 1 I l I u
ColoraJo to wguen. a ociuieu umitsu
ter living in the latter place had just
died and she was going on to get tbe
motherless, baby boy. Mua Grayson's
interest and sympathy seemed a com
fort to the mothor; and she talked, in
a voice trembling with tbe teats she
.TO,C0 k. nVeV of th dear
7aval l'""8?'.
J e oT thei home; lad who
f B, . " .u.f i, hiv.ra innrriod
anJ ltrrsband6 toffiS
fc Md briRht-
ness "of this darling one, her sweet
voice, and her father's love for one
old song eho n.ed to sing, "Ijrcny,
I thiiiR she called it; and she quoted in
a broken voioo the closing words:
"Up there, up there 'tis heart to
heai t"
"My Mary wajso fond of the poets,
contiuned the mothor after an iuterval
of silence, ia which the teais of
the bereaved one did no flow alone,
unrl iul liiom so beoutliuuy. xeior
pissages
"Do you not think," said Miss Gray
Ron, "that in the Bjyond, yon will en
joy talking about the blessed home
life of which yon speak, and that there,
all the mysteries will be made clear
and all tbe darkness, bright?"
"Indeed I do," cried the bereaved
mother, "If I did not think so, I oou d
not live."
"Could not live!" Poor motherl The
Angel of Death is rarely seen iu com
pany with the Angel of Sorrow; tbe
one chooses Pleasure for his compan
ion, the other Life.
Later in the day, Miss Grayson asked
her companion if she had seen Salt
Lake City. The reply was. that this
city had been her home.
"And did you ever meet the Mor
mons in society there?'' was the next
question.
"Yes," was the answer. "I am a
Mormon."
In her surprise Miss Grayson stam
mered an apology, bnt the Mormon
lady said,
"Why apologize? I am not ashamed
of my faith. 1 think," she added gen
tly, "von will find that we Mormons
are all ha man after alb"
"Indeed,' exclaimed Miss Grayson,
with a painful blush, ! never doubted
that. But you are not a believer in
polygamy ?"-
Certainly, my dear lady. I must
be or I cannot be a Mormon. What,"
she added, with an air of pathetic pa
tience, "are a few heart-aches more or
less, if we women can help, by onr
suflerings, to elevate the human race?
I am the only wife; but 1 am always
urging my husband to take others; and
when my dear daughter married, I
prayed my son-in-law to do the fame.
Why should I not, when I firmly be
lieve the revelation which declares such
husbands and wives have highest,
happiest seats in the presence of thj
GodofgOLis?'
Miss Grayson was always making
discoveries. Sometimes a wondrous
tint of color in sky or on mountain side;
sometime stately castles or strange
sculptures of savage monsters or the
human form divine in the ro -ky gal
leries through which tbey sped; more
often notes of magio musio from tho
haunting Undines of mountain streams;
and here was another discovery!
Her face was indeed a study as the
soft, gentle voice of tbe Mormon lady
fell on her ear. A woman in the after
noon of this lightning illumined
nineteenth century, refined and intel
ligent too, a citizen of one of the most
oivilized countries on the globe, giving
expression to such beliefs! She could
not argue wi'h the grief stricken
mother, she merely said:
"You may not perhaps conceive of
the impression your words must, make
npon me."
"Yet I think I may and can," softly
said the lady addressed. "Never
mmd," she added, "we will talk no
more on this subject All w 1
be clear by and by. 1 liked
you as soon as I saw yon; and 1 will
t:ilk further of this when I meet you
'up There.' I shall surely see yon
There."
"I fear not," siid Miss Grayson,
with one of her sparkles. "If I under
stand, it takes numerous marriages to
lift you to an immortality among the
immortals. What ol those who never
marry? Are not they shut ont from it
all?"
"1 do not say that," returned the
Mormon lady. "Among the Gentiles
are some of my dearest iriends, and we
have many things in common. Have
we not tbe same God and the same
Christ? Yon believe the last revela
tion was given thro' John; we believe
lie is continually giving us new reve
lations suited to our needs in the midst
of changed circumstances and environ
ments." "But" said Miss Grayson.
"All change cars for Ugdenl" called
the conductor. The Mormon lady
rose, shook hands with many warmly
expressed gqpd wishes, and passed
from the coach.
Then came the gentlemen, Franklin
and Seville, for a chat; and both ex
pressed fears for her orthodoxy, when
Miss Grayson told them of her talk
with tbe Mormon lsdy.
"Bnt seriously, Miss Grayson, what
do you think of this lady's reasoning?"
asked Mr. Seville. ,
"1 don't think I can call it reason
ing," was the answer," it was simply a
statement of her beliefs and hor hopes;
and that, witU all due deference to the
lady, was very sa I, and to me very
absurd."
Tney had now entered the Valley of
Salt Lake, and the tirel and dasty
faces, in their eagerness to see the
heavenly valley, took on a look of
almost new life. All through the long
journey from Oiminarou.the gentlemen
had omitted nothing to make the ride
less wearisome. Flowers and greens
and onrious bits of rocks were brought
in as souvenirs of tho different stopping
plaot s in those wild regions and im
partially distributed among the ladies;
all so kindly and delicately, that few
were found to dissent from the Germ in
lady, on the way to join her son in
California, when she declared that a
more perlect gentleman than the trne
American gentleman was not to be
found. First and foremost in these
kind and thoughtful attentions was
Mr. Seville,
Before reaching Salt Lake City, the
train stopped to water near a farm
bouse, w hose master came forward and
treated some of the gentlemen passen
gers with apples from bis well-stocked
orchard.
"How refreshing those apples look"
fell simultaneously from the parched,
dusty lips of the on-looking ladies.
Just then Mr. Seville entered with a
basket of the rosy fruit, which be dis
tributed among the thirsty company.
If tbe fatal apple of L'den memory
looked as delicious to poor Eve as those
tasted to the travelers, what marvel if
she fell?
The Southern lady, Miss Grayson
and myself had decided npon our ar
rival in the City, to go to tbe Cbff
House, and Mr. Seville quietly ar
ranged everything so well, that in a
short while after reaching Salt Lake
we fonnd ourselves in comfortable
quarters at this hotel. We were, how
ever, too late for service at tbe
Tabernacle.
Early tbe next morning a co?e was
received from Mr. Seville inviting ns
to accompanying him in a drive
through the town, and naming two
o'clock as the hour of his oalL The in
terval between breakfast and that time
was filled by a long walk thro' the
dust to different points of interest, not
ovei looking tbe Dagle Gate, Bee Ilive
House and City Museum. The keeper
of this Museum with its revelations ef
historical and geological wealth, was an
enthnsiastio Mormon of the old school.
Those who have met the aathmatio
Englishman will not forget bis torrent
of talk, wonderful with its gods and
godessea in high places, and its angels
on earth bearing to the faithful torn-
there were the favorite
mark by her dear fingers."
forting revelations of the divine will,
etc
Returning to the Cliff House, we
fonnd a ha idsome equipage in watt
ing and near it Mr. Seville stand
ing with bared head to receive us.
ra'tLake City was in lee 1 dusty.
Tho historical rippling streams along
her streets, were only moist memories
of what had been; but nothing could
change the far sweeprag grandeur of
her guardian mountains. Of con r so
we saw the nsual a'ghts. Temple, Tab
ernacle and Tithing House. As we
had been told we found tbe Mormons
very human. The children were bright
and generally pretty, tbe mothers care
ful and loviug, the fathers protective
and authoritative as am uz, ourselves.
We fancied the ftces of the women
were unwritten tragedies so pathetio
and patient! The Southern lady spoke
of this to Mr. Seville. His answer was
that tbe womau whose fine, sal face
had emphasized tbis impression, was
the wite of a prosperous Gentile offi
cial. Onr ride was made unusually
entertaining from the really remarka
ble knowledge displayed by oar escort,
ia the history of the City and its terri
tory. On our return to the hotel, we
were all warm in our thanks to this
ever kind friend, Mr. Seville. All this
was received by our handsome escort
with uncovered head, and graoefal de
precations. Tbe pleasure was his; h?
was the grateful debtor.
"This is not a good-bye," he said, on
taking leave, "we shall meet to-morrow
at the Salt La&e Pavilion, where a
grand Labor Day Celebratim is to be
held, and until then, au revoir."
As this delightful gentleman drove
away, the Southern lady remarked
that the very presence of suoh a per
son must be a benediction to the be
nighted Mormons. The next morning
d twned npon the world with its usual
Utah dazzle of blue and gold, and soon
tbe whole party, Nebraskans as well,
were en route for the Salt Lake.
No need to describe this wondrous
sheet of water. Who has ever seen it,
and escaped the witchery lurking in
every ripple?
The Pavilion was well filled with
Gentiles and Mormons, and the ad
jacent waters grotesquely and grace
fully animated by tbe presence of num
erous bathers. Feasting and dancing,
were at their height wheu the eieg.tut
form of Mr. Seville was seen approach
ing. The gentleman was in thi midst
of a rather large party of fine ladies,
and quite a bevy of children of various
ages. Tbe reception accorded him by
his traveling companions was most
oordial, if not atTectionite; for wits he
not a general favorite? The ladies of
his party were presented in due form,
bnt their names were lost ia the con
fusion incident to the .arrival of a
fresh train tilled with passengers. One
was certainly Mrs. Seville, and a t ill
St iritnal faced Monde was selected by
Miss Grayson, as the lady.
After all were seated, a sweet ficeJ,
little girl with Mr. Seville's brillia it
brown eyes, crept timidly to tho side
of Miss Grayson, and encouraged by
her smile, asked if she was the lady
"from way, way o3?''
"Yes," was the answer, "and what is
your name, my dear?"
"Rosa Seville," she lisped, "and he''
pointing to Mr. Seville, "is my papa."
That gentleman, hcariug the child
spejk. came np and lifted her in his
arms.
"Do yon know," said Miss Grayson
in a low voice, "I believe I am very
dull, but 1 no not nndera'and which o'
these ladies is Mrs. Seville."
"They are all Mrs. Seville," he said
with a peculiar smile.
"Yes, I know," with a sudden
thought of many sisters-in law, "but
which is yonr wife?"
"They are all my wife," with another
but faint smile.
"1 beg pardon," said Miss Grayson
in one crimson glow, "Y'ou are
not a '
"Mormon? Y'es," and the gentleman
continued with a deprecatiug gesture,
"1 hopo you will still regard me as t
member of the human f.tmily."
His face was very pale in contrast
with Miss Grayson's glow.
Just then Mr. Franklin stepped for
ward, and said briskly,
"Miss Grayson, may so old a fellow
as I am ask you for a farewell dance?"
The lady rose quickly, and placed
on the kind arm a tremb.ing hand.
Miss Grayson had made anotner discovery.
Official Salarte.
The President of the United States
receives a salary of $"o,Ouu a year.
The Vice President and all members
of the Cabinet receive 13,000 per
annum each, while Senators and
Representatives receive 5,000. The
Ministers to England, France, Ger
many, aud Russia receive $17,500; to
Spain, China, Japan, Mexico, and
Brazil, $12,000; to Chill. Peru, and
Central America, $10,000; to Vene-
.uw, AUin, k.' auu lui Haj!
and the Netherlands. $7,500;. The
Ministers to Denmark, Greece, Uru
guay, Portugal, and Switzerland re
ceive each S-i,000, and the Minister to
Liberia, $4,000. The Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court receives $10, 500,
the Associate Justices, $10,000 each;
the Circuit Judges, $6,000; the Dis
trict Judges from $3,500 to $5,000;
the Judges of United States Court of
Claims, $4,500. The Director of
Geological Surveys is paid $6,000; the
Auditor ot Kailroad Accounts, the
Superintendent of Census, ana the
Superintendent of the Naval Observa
tory, each receive 85.000; tbe Com
missioner of Patents and Director of
the Mint receive $4,500; the Land
Office Cointnissionor and the Superin
tendent ot Signal Service receive
$4,000; the Superintendent of the
Nautical Almanac and the Com
mander ot the Marine Corps receive
$1,500; the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs and the Commissioner of Edu
cation receive each $3,000.
Lights.
A Koard of 2aval Experts recently
made tests which demonstrated that
white signal lights could be seen
twice as far as red or green lights;
and there has now been perfected an
Invention by which railroad trains .
may be signaled by using white lights
only, and giving tbe necessary signals
by position, as Is done In the day
time. Even when they may- be no
color-blindness there is always an un
certainty in the use of colored lights,
and this Dew invention will doubtless
be conducive to the further safety of
the public.
' 'Arias A del M. Gbaef is a commer
cial traveller for the large wholesale
drag hoose of Reed, and Carnnck, of
New York. , She goes all over tbe coun
try, and ia said to receive the largest
.1 . , f. W . . A 11
salary on taw nrm m m uitiutni
THREW DOWN HIS SWORU. f
How a Xaval Lieutenant bared the Cowl. '
modore and Was Forgiven.
The case of Danforth. the assist,
jnt engineer on board tha Philadel
phia, tried by court-martial for dis
obedience of orders and condemned
to a year's suspension on half pav,
vsauUs to the New Y'crk Evening Post
au incident In the navy during the
war of 1S12-1". Richard Con tee ol
Maryland, a gentleman of high tone
but with a lack of self-control that
through lite marred many estimable
qualities, was lieutenant of marine
uuder Commodore Bainbrlde when
the Constitution took the Java. Dur
ing the cruise a sailor's hammock,
one day, was found out of place. To
detect Its owner it was laid within
tbe beat of a sentinel, and. In person,
the Commodore ordered the marine to
see to It that no roan touched It. When
no one else was by. a sailor approached
the sentinel and said: "Tom, you
don't want to have a poor fellow
flogged, do you?" "Of course not"
"Then let me have that hammock",
will you?" "I've nothing to do with
tbe hammock," was the answer. The
result was that when tbe time came
whatjver tbe sea term may be
that was to disclose tbe delinquent
every man had bis own. Naturally
the aa.'er of the balked Commodore
fell upon the disobedient sentinel;
and orders were given for imru diau
punishment In those clays ottlcers
and crew alike thought that the prop
er punishment, that on which the
discipline and honor of the navy de
pended, was flogging on the barr
back.
When the marine was about to be
dtripied, Lieut. Contee stepped for
ward and said: Commodore Bain
bridge, that man cannot be flogged.
Every blow laid on him is laid on me.
I commanded him to receive no ordet
not given through me. Had he obeyed
you, I should have punished bim fot
disobedience to ma" Whatever fol
lowed this outburst, the preparation
for the catr was not interrupted.
Whereupon, Contee threw his sword
on the deck, exclaiming: "I am nc
longer an officer on this ship." The
next words heard were: '-Lieutenant
Contee, talce up that sword. Go tc
your quarters and consider yoursell
under arrest." Tne marinn was not
Hogged. After several hours of soli
tude, during which gober thought and
perhajs fear of consequences had
time to suli'Im rage, the lieutenant
received a message an order "The
Commodore wishes to see you in bis
cabin." When the door was opened,
a table was seen on which was a de
canter with two glasses, and beside
which were two chairs. The Com
modore said: "Mr. Contee, you have
acted very foolishly; but," stretching
out his band, "I can tind an excuse
for you. Let us be better friends.
Sit down and take a glass of wine
with me." llow the clashing claim
of authority were settled Is not
known.
Several years after the war Bain
bridge was in a hotel in Baltimore
conversing with a friend (frrn whore
this relation was received,) whec
Contee approached him. So soon a
he was seen the generous Commodore
sprang forward, threw loth arm;
aio'jiid his insubordinate and lifted
him off the floor, crying out, "Whv,
my little lighting cock, who darel
tuo on my owu deck!"
A Hannted room.
An instance of tbe sort of thint
ffhich often earns for a house the
reputation of being haunted is given
by the author of "Tenants of an Old
Farm." Tne mistress of the house
In question, only a temporary resi
dent who has lately arrived thtre,
asks an old colored servant to take, i
bundle to a certain room for her.
Her reiuest is polit-ely but decidedlj
refused.
Un beiug questioned as to his ob
,ection to the room, he says: "How
d'ye s'pose deui tracks got up on dat
ceilimj? No dorg nur man elei
walked ober de roof In dat away,
bead down'ad. No, no' dar's been
bad business dar, yo' maydepen'l
..o iiiui ljis ueoner maue ue;u iracxs:
An' ole Dan doan' wan' ter git his
lead In under 'em!"
The ceiling of this room has beet
preserved precisely in the state in
which It was built a century ago. It
is made of plain, unpainted boards,
which are really the floor ot the loft
above.
As one enters the rocm and glance,
jp he sees a number of dog-track!
upon the celling. There they are,
their etroog leather-brown color show
ing distinctly even against the age
browned boards. In one corner ol
the ceiling are the indistinct outlines
of a pair of a human feet. Some one
seeme3 to have scrubbed thena until
they are recognized with didiculty,
but human footprints tbey certain! ?
are.
The origin of these "tracks" hat
oeen for many years a fruitful subject
for gossip, but there is not much mys
tery attoul them, according to the
family tradition.
The board-yard at which the lurr.
oer was liousht was also the tan-yard,
and the feet tnat bad passed through
the liquid tan had walked across and
left their print upon the hoards which
good friend Townes loaded ud for his
dpw house, yo one thought it worth
while to plane them off, and so thej
were nailed down, tracks and all!
Many a tidy housekeeper tried hd
hands and temper at the taskol
scrubbing off the marks; but at last
thev came to be valued for tiieirodity.
Nevertheless, In some minds the mys
terious dog-tracks awakened nearly
as tuiicb consternation as did the
"handwriting on tbe wall," at Bel
sbazzar's feast.
Poor old "Dan" was one of tht
victims to this foolish superstition,
and he persistently refused ti believe
so "tmple an explanation as the true
one. He preferred to call tbe roon
ba'nted."
Misa T?at Frank, of Oakland, Cal.
is about to study for the Jewish pulpit,
and judging from ber literury wor'i
and ber ideas of the inflrence neurit .
to refine, uplift, and render nion
spiritual the synacogne life, the y .tin.
Jewess will prcve a dtcided auditioi
to tu Helrew ministry.
A Bmnswlck M"- man recent')
paid for a suit ol cloaies with 8000;
wrucn weignea twecty-ont pounds.
now to noLD reins.
DRIVINQ IS NOW REDUCED TO A
SCIENCE.
all 9?rta of Method In Voa-u bnt Only On
Correct Importance of tha Left Hand
Haw the Body Should Be Ileld Timely
information.
Form in Urlylng.
"The most imperative command of
smart driving is to hold the reigns in
the left hand, tbe near side over the
first finger, the off side between the
second and third fingers, and seldom.
save in an emergency, separate the
reins by taking one In each band,
ays a writer In Lipplncott's Maga
zine. Diagram A illustrates the cor
rect position, in which we also see the
hands are held well up and close to
the body, as a Frenchman graphically
and facetiously enjoins: 'Quant aux
renes, 11 faut les tenir aussi pres que
possible du cceur (si vous en avez).1
In this regard figures 1 and 4 are in
correct. The wrist is bent, giving
pliability to the hands, and the whip,
held in the palm of the hand almost
entirely by the thumb, so as to leave
the four Angers free to work the
reins. Is nearly at right angles with
the horses and aliout forty-flve de
grees from the horizontal. In turn-
log to the left or near side, the riyhl !
hand reaches across, and, taking '
hold of the rear rein between '
tbe first and second fingers, pulls .
it backward over the off-side rein, I
which at the same time the left '
band has forwarded slightly tc !
slacken tbe draught. (Diagram B. '
The off-side rein is acted on in the I
same relative manner, except that it '
Is taken hold of from tbe top by tbe )
.ast three fingers of the right hand
as shown in diagram C, and pulled ,
toward the left band. Although t
generally confined to tandem and j
four-in-hand driving, it is often de- j
lrable to 'point' in driving one or i
pair, that Is, to loop the near rein, 1)
you would turn the near side, undei
the thumb, or 11 c ft side, which Is!
more difficult, between tbe first and
lecond fingers. The advantage ol
this Is at once apparent, as it glvei
jne a free right hand with which tc
use the whip on a sluggish horse and
'help him' either round a corner oi
In passing another vehicle. To stop,
ilmply place tbe right band at a
jreater or shorter distance, accord
ing to the speed, in front ot the left
hand (diagram D), and pressing the
right hand toward the body, and
poshing the left band a trifle out,
raise both hands, tbe body mean
while being kept straight, even in
:lining a bit forward. Tbis is a far
uore effective and clean method
iban thai of taking a rein In each
land, leaning back and pulling not
uly with the loss of dignity but at
;he risk of the rupture of a blood
restteL"
n Spoke Hla Flee. BJEjaj
Ingenuity, facility, that quality,
y whatever name it may be call
id, which enables its possessor to do
die right thing at the right moment
ind in all sorts of unexpected clr
:umstances, Is one of tbe indlspensv
le qualities of a man who would be
in explorer. Major Campion, In his
xok, "On the Frontier, .escribes in.
i modest way one of the Instances in
which tbis character stood him in
food stead. He was out by himself
in a deer bunt. His dog started a
leer and dashed off In pursuit. At
ihat moment a well-mounted Indian,
i Ute, appeared In sight, the flrt
ne that Major Campion bad seen.
;. Tbe deer and tbe doc disappear
DIAGRAM a
I
BAD STTXE.
DIAGRAM a
DIAORA D.
la the thicket. Just then tbe 'Majoi
crossed a rough hollow, ani when be
came again iu sight of the thicket,
he found tbe Indian's horse tied to a
tree. The Major fastened bis own
h r e near the Indian's, and pushed
into the truab.
There he found Nip, his do,
astride the dead body of the deer,
while the Indian stood a little way
off, bow and anow in hand, violent
ly remonstrating with the dog, speak
ing in the L'te tongue, with a mix
ture of English words.
Major Campion ordered Nip U
down-chatge, aud then held up his
open right hand with the palm to
ward the Ute the recognized sign ol
peace. Ttie Indian relaxed his bow,
laid it down, and advanced to shake
bands, all the while with a sharp ey
on the dog.
By means of signs be made tht.
white man understand that he had
wounded the deer, and was In pur
suit of it when the dog pulled it
down. Then be drew his knife, skin
ned and cut up the deer in a work
manlike manner, tied the fore half ol
it up in tbe skin, and placed It on
one side. The other half he laid at
Major Campion's feet, at the same
time pointing to 2f ip and delivering
himself of a 6pcech in the Ute lan
guage. Tbe white man understood hu
meaning, but not a word of his ad
dress. The Indian and the dog had
killed tbe deer together, and the
dog's owner was entitled to half the
game. The speech called for a reply,
and the Major was equal to the emer
gency. Ile rose and delivered in full
the classical declamation, "My name
Is Norval," with appropriate gestures,
just as he had many times given ital
school.
Nothing could have been bettet.
as he says, it was a great success.
Tiie Indian was moved. Ue and the
white man shook bands with effusion,
and each with bis share of the vent
son rode away.
An Author Literary Ideal.
Earnest and painstaking as a work
man is she, following tbe rule thai
Dr. Johnson told Sir Joshua Reynold!
be had laid down for himself, "to makt
each work the best," writes Marguer
ite Merington in a delightful sketch
of the author of "John Ward,
Preacher," in tbe Ladies' Home
Journal, needless of the muniflcenl
offers that are continually made t
her to "pad out" short stories, oi
write "anything, on any subject,
Mrs. Deland is true to her ideals,
giving only her best thought In iu
worthiest form. "John Ward" under
went thre successive, careful writ
ings from rough notes before being
type-written for the printer. Three,
sometimes four, galley-proofs of hei
MSS- are submitted In succession
to the author before they arrire at
the chrisalld stage of a psve-prool
reading. An hour before the "Teu
tonic" steamed down New York Baj
in May, 1891, bearing Mrs. Deland
for a summer holiday, she was giving
careful correction to the proof of the
chapters of "Sidney" which were tc
appear in the-August number of the
"Ailantic Monthly," and the seria!
"Sidney" was most critically revised
before its publication In book form.
The wood sticks In "Florida Days"
are not reminiscences worked up in
the studio; they are aquarelles from
nature, full ot color and atmosphere.
If fur the relentless purpose of Action
a hero has to be sacrificed, tbe fam
ily doctor is called in, though not
permitted to prescribe for the re
covery of the patient, he makes as
careful a diagnosis of the case as il
beloved flesh and blood were in dan
ger. John Ward s gloomy Calvinism
was studied from the teachings and
preaclnns of recognized authorities
of the Presbyterian creed. Fiction,
ot course, steps in where husband
and wife are parted, but the catas
trophe is as inevitable as the de
struction of CEdipus, being a logical
conclusion of a rigid adherence U
the letter of the belief.
Hit lleed Live Alter Him.
So far as known, the first counter
feiting was done in 1758 by a mail
named Richard William Vaughn.
Vaughn was engaged to a young ladj
In Stafford, England, and desiring tc
Impress ber favorably with an tdeaol
his wealth, be employed a number ol
artists, each to execute a portion of a
Bans of England note. Through one
of the engravers the discovery was
made known. Vaughn was arrested,
8Dd his offense was deemed to come
within the scope of the law punish
ing counterfeiting the king's coin.
Vaughn was hinged, but the eas
with which he demonstrated hw
counterfeiting could be done soon led
to numerous imitations.
i
White Clover O raves.
John Brown was the grave-digge.
of a Scotch parish. Ha bad his own
ways, like most Scotchmen, and
one of them was to sow the graves of
little children with white clover.
The new minister of the parish had
noticed John s loving care of chil
dren's graves, and one day came upon
him trimming tbe small resting-Dlace
of a child burled a few days before.
, The conversation which followed is
reported In a volume ot Scotch anec
dotes. i "John," said the minister, "wh
are you so particular in dressing and
keeping the graves of children'"
i 'Of such is the kingdom of Heaven,"
answered John, looking up at the
sky.
"And on this account you tend
them with so much care?" remarked
tbe minister, slowly, as If musing on
John's answer.
"Surely, sir," said the grare-dlggei.
pausing In his work, "I canna make
ovcrbraw the bed-coverin of a little
. Innocent sleeper that is waiting here
; till it's God's time to wauken it, and
cover It with the white robe. When
sic grandeur Is awailin' it yonder, i';'s
tit it should be decked out here. I
think that He will like to see the
white clover sheet spread above it;
dae ye no think sae tae, sir?"
I Lrcr Labcov, known as the Jean
Iugelow of America, was first inspired
to write poetry from tbo sad and cruel
experience she underwent during the
War of the Kebellion. Her "Idyl of
Work" evinces the spirit in which she
labors, and although a poet, she has
always been a buay, useful woman.
Tax first woman lawyer ever sworn
in as a member of tbe bar in Tennessee
ia Mrs. Martba D. Strickland.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
London boosts of a "Liars' Lea
gue."
Violets are $j0 a thousand at
H'ho'esale.
England has thirty co-operative
dairies.
Every town in MrXlco has a public
bath hous.
Thev refoot stockings in Eugland
at a f m ill exi-n-te.
A horsefly will live for hours after
Its bead lias been p :l'ied off.
A man In Lo O i'o, Cat, for ten
years li s not taste I cooked food.
The man who borrows trouble
always has to pay bl interest.
Wl n is fiequently used instead ot
water iu iSjiain in mixing eh)e black
ing. Baking bread, cakes and pies be'
came a profession in Greece, B. C.
148.
It Is estimated that no fewer than
70,000,000 Europeans wear wooden
"hoes.
More mushrooms are raised in the
vicinity or Tarts than in any other place
m tne v.orH.
An Alaska Indian declares that
wittiin a year he has seen a live mastod
on running will.
Brussels, Beljlum, boasts of a
clock which Is nevrtr wound by human
hands. Wind power does it.
In Sweden and in Denmark the
Parliaments have voted that the oflioe
of stenographer shall be filled by wo
men. Thorgha'.ten, the famous Norweg
ian mountain, has a hole extending
entirely through It from one side to the
other.
Many of the most appstizlng soups
that deliglil the palate of man are Siid
to have been lavrnied in the middle
ages.
At a recent rrarriage in England
the bridegroom was six feet two inches
in height and t'ie brlJe only three feet
two aud a half Inches.
A farmer at MUIersburg, Ind,, was
ooung for WAter and struck a four-lo t
vein ot good coaI at a depth of ouly
seventy-five feet.
Qolden shoes are worn by a Shet
land pony b longing to the bhah of
Persia. This extensively shod animal
Is enly twelve and a half inches high.
The Duchess of Portland is the only
woman wlio ever had a dress made and
sewed on tier person while she stood up
right.
Miss Corabe Quay, daughter of the
Pennsylvania Senator, Is one of the
bright young women of Washington
society.
MifR Parker, of New Mexico, runs
a te.egrapli otllue, two express compan
ies, a railroad ollxa ranch, aud keepr
her hair combe 1 neatly.
rive of Vasar's alumnie retaking
post-gixdriiite courses at Yale, two at
the Unlvrisuy ot Chicago, one at Ann
ibor and one at Leips'.c.
Mis, Tel Sjono. the .Tai'anesi re
fo tn r, who is now lecturing In this
co intry, bad the honor ot beiug the
.Tit woman lawyer in Japan.
Reduce! to currency, the postage
of Mrs. Cleveland's m iming mail wou d
amply pay for her gloves, shoes and
l:ppers for a year at leat.
Mrs Al.by Hutchinson, who set to
music "Kiad Worn Can Never Die"
and "Ring Out, Wild Be'lp," has JuBt
r.ied In New crk City.
Mrs. Oracle King, President of the
Colonial D.tmes' Club, has some plate
which figured at the stateliest banquets
ot the days of Washington.
According to a late ensus 150
white men have aire dy settled down
to live 'n the Congo it gion of Africa.
Tourists in Japau And tbe native
guit'es as avaricious as they ara la the
more traveled parts of Europe.
Cardinal Hichelleu hated children
and loveil cats. When he died his
favorite Angora pet refused to eat and
eoon perished.
There are more than 50,000 persons
in Paris who earn a living by picking
up and making use of what other peo
ple throw away rags, bones, metal
nd such refuse.
'July 23G9 sea-otter skins were
Imported to Englaud ly tbe Alaska
Commercial Company and other traders
in 1891. They were sold at an average
trice of 12S'j apiece.
Whenever Whittier hal an inspira
tion be would go to a ccruer of bis
roam and kne-1 down whUe he reduced
Ys thoughts to words.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid will soon be
the possessor of one of the largest dia
moutia in the woild. It is now being
cut for ber by a famous Dutch lap cl
ary. Miss 3adle Boyd, of Chevfnnc,
Wyoming, aud a st ident at the Deuver
(Col.) University, traveled 110 miles at
the recent eltc im to cast ber first bal
lot. Mrs. Cleveland has a wonJerful old
Puritan rag carpet of white and blue,
which is over 100 years old. She
always has it with her; it is used In ber
boudoir.
It has been discovered that a man
ufactory of ''relics" has been In opera
tion in Edinburgh, Scotland, for some
time. Relics of Lurns were tbe staple
Tiroducts.
A new marine light which wrll soon
be in place near Havre will be tne most
powerful in the world. It will be vir
ible at sea a distance of from twenty
two to fifty-two mild, according to the
condition or the weather.
Great Britain, with 35,000,000
people ppends as much for Intoxicating
beverages a" the UuIteJ Slates, with
6o,000,( 00. But ber b quests for re'ij
ious, educational and charitable pur
pose?, exclusive of baron Hlrsch's
benefactions reacted $15,000,000, a
Rga"ni.t $7,0o0,00o in the the United
States.
Fbc Navcy Axdresex, of Stockholm,
tbe first lady teacher in swimming in
Sweden, who many years ago instructed
the daughters of Queen Victoria in
swimming, died the other day at the
ige of 60.
Mai. Habbiet Prescott SporroitD,
who stands easily in the lroat rank of
American authors, is a slender, grace
ful woman, with a manner of exceeding
charm. Mrs. Spofford is very fond or
the womanly employment of knitting,
and her results in this direction are a
Jtistio as her fiction.
Julius Cats. r was ashamed of bis
bald Lead, aud WDen It bocinie shiny
be constantly wore a laurel wreath
1b tha hpe of concealing the deform
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