V SieiSiiel JSIk ill IV P BOH WEI ER. THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS. Editor a&d Propria tor. VOL. XLVI MIFFLINTOWIN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 25.1893. NO. 45. i V 1HF. CHILDHOOD OF" THE HlR1 Ob, the rosy dayj of ehil.lhioj. How bliss u'ly they aped, When cot a charm bad Taaiahel, Aofl oot woader fled I Tbe jenr wa full of promise tkn. 1 be tongue wai fall of praise Tut I think the ut is iMtw do. 'I ban in the childisi days. Oh, the lau ;Ling worl 1 of chUdhool, Or ignorance and ease! The lightest touch could qulcltrn. And the !e?st pleasure please; "7,-t the u ut irj pit i are dear.T, With all the thorn th-r baar, 1 ban a jar.Ieii of a buuured fl)w,ars When Inoranca is there 1 Ob. tbe beating heart of childhood That little heart of chow. That doubt has nerer entered. Nor sorrow has brought low 1 Trust me, not all the rapture Its eager life can spaa Can shadow forth ths perfect lore That warms the breast of m uu Dora Read Qoodale, in Harper's Weekly A VISIT TO KILANRA. The Largest Active Volcano ia The World Where the Goddess Pele Helens in TerrUic Wonder. We left Honolulu on Tuesday, August 1st, our party cousistt-d of four young men and six young ladies. At five o'clock in the evening our boat pulled away from the dock, where many of our friends had gathered to see us off and they literally covered us with "leia' which are wreaths of flowers. For an hour or so alter leaving tne dock, we had a jolly good time, but we son ? triu k the channel between this Oslaud and Mani, and I never saw a dock cleared quicker and the echo of the New Yorkers" could be heard above the sound of the dinner gong which was ringing. I remained on dock a little longer than the rest; although I was beginning to feel uncomfortable, but I wanted to see that the rest were h11 right, when I made a bec-hive for my state room, and I believe I w.: never richer in my life. The ship rolled and plunged terribly until we struck th leeward side of Moiokai, where it was not so bad, but we still had to lay lb:t in our backs, for we had another chan nel to cross before we reached Lehaitia on Mani, where we were joined by four other friends. At all landings the shi;i anchors about one half mile from sho:t ami sends small boats to the docks lot passengers, etc. We next landed I Mokenna, the pineapple ranch, u!i I then started for the Island of Haw... i, .ur distillation. We now have t e largest and worst channel to cross, 'i'ne lmirnrs of t-ea sickness were on usag.iin, and as one of the young ladies express ed it the half can never be told.'' t ur ships apjieared to Ik? playing leap, frog with the sea. the way die tossed an. I plunged. We finally leached llilo, oil! distillation, which is "JiJO miles from Honolulu, at '..;'U o'clock Wednesday evening and immediately retired. Alter a hearty breakfast the next morn ing we left at i o' lock in a large hack draw n by four extended horses for the oicanocs, ;2 miles distance. The load is a fine one and carriages can go -22 miles of it, then the passengers are transferred to niu and taken ovet a narrow trail the remaining 10 miles. The road winds through pieturestitie country and i the nioM ndued re- minded me ol I ncstcr county, wiui urn exception of the troi il growths, such the birds nests ferns ami huge ferns, five feet in circumference and 30 and 4 feet hiiih. The view is ever chang- .,' now a fUL'ar cane tract, then a stretch of ferns, and through a con unions forest of five miles of ohias (mountain apple) obelos, screw pine with their brilliant flowers, bananas and palms, waved into a perfect jungle by many kinds of creepers. Beyond this the" forest is broken for many miles hv a kind of pasture land, overgrown w ith ferns and by small garden plots, where mav be seen the vine of the roll lit 1-calabash then by a coffee planta tion of the delicious Kona cottee. Irovcther this road in my et- timation is the "Paradise." In the forest aUut the half-way house, where we were refreshed by luncheon, is both the green and rich garnet ti plant and branches of wild cinger. Shortly after uu mounted on tnuleS We reached tilt l.-rn forest. Here a trail winds in and out fur a mile over fern trunks laid side bv side. We arrived at the volcano house 4040 feet above the sea. Here the first ap- nearance of volcanic action is sesn in the sulphur fumes. They rise slowly and are wafted heavenward like incense from a mUrhtv censor. We spent the evening at the hotel in an hilarious manner, as only young folks can. Karly next iiiorninir one of our party and my -i lf ,i:irted out without a iruide for the active crater, while the rest of the par tv started for an extinct crater about i inileawav. We went down the first mil., whi. li is a narrow trail, and dis- i ended over 1,000 feet, and ag.iin pa-sed through a luxuriant growth of . '. tatioii. We then struck the lava gl .ws. which are block level land like stone anil have not a particle of vegeta tion L'rowinir on them. Ibis mates tin- tloor of the first crater, and after walkiinr over this two miles, we came to the summit of the second crater, we elowed our pace a little as I began to feel a little frighteded, but before we v.i-r- aware i .f it. was looking at the in st terrible sight I ever expect to wit-ne.-s. There to the side of this second crater or pit was the active volcano Kilanea, sometimes called the abode of J'ele, or llalemaumau, the "Home of Kverlasting Fire. ' ' Here we saw a lake i;b .ut '.M HI feet across, with sides 15 bet high. In the centre and one or two places in the sides fountains of fire would shoot up 30 and 40 feet high, f-ome of these fountains are estimated to contain from 10 to 15 tons of molten lava, so you can imagine the force it takes to "upheave it. We sat there for two hours and gazed in silent awe upon the miracle. At times there was only tilent throbs from its restless, molten 1 reast. Then the lake would roar and 1 lunge like a maddened steed. At no i iv seconds is it the same I could l ardlv turn to leave the weird fasciunt iiig scene; but we had promised to join in. rest of the party at lunch. We ait. d back, it taking us just 40 minu 'es to reach the hotel. After lunch, at a ::o ocr entire puriy headed by a guide -Ut cd back again and when we reavjb- line crater a still grander siirht met ! ...vo. aijie we naci oeen down in he moiiimg.the sidehad caved in anda ivor of lire M feet wide and 10 feet leep was plunging out of the side, hisa ng and leaping liko a Niagara forming i river which took its course over the loorof the second crater. As soon s we got rested we started down into -hejbxir of the second crater a descent l 75 feet. Here we began to feel the neat and as we go nearer the crater it gets aotter. We all went within 15 feet .( ll.:- 1 a . . . ll 1 T O V 1 a mige now ani as tne lava v.as hot it made tlie girls with their thin led shoes, dance and jump and began lur their feet, so they got frighten ed and retreated to a' cooler place, leaving us ,.a Wltn Mr proprietor of tiie "Volcano House,' who hud accompanied us. He stated that in his long experience he had never seem the crater so full and would take us up if he could find a sine place. After hunting around lew minutes he motioned for us to come, and we climbed up the side of this embankment which is 20 feet hiirh. and then were standing within one foot of the fiery lake. This embankment is nearly perpendicular nnd as it is jet oiacK reminded me of a stove pipe The centre of the lake was actually foot higher than the sides and just lie fore a fountain would burst tin. the black crust would wave just like the ocean. Hot? Well I should say so. I had to keep my feet moving up and down to keep them from burning. I broke off a piece of lava at the edge of the lake and it was so hot it burnt my fingers, but not before I succeeded in getting it in my pocket. We remained on the edge about five minutes, and just started down and had only gotten about 50 feet when one of our party called for us to look back. We did so, and to our horror discovered that where we were standing only two minutes be fore was now another river of fire, another flow having broken out just where we had been standing, but Mr. Lee told us he could have told it was going to break out there in time for us to get away. We thought it was a very lucky escape. Our faces were red as beets, and we started back to where the rest of the party were making s;k?ci mens out of the first How. After we nnistieu our sK.cimens we started naci V" tuv Via, a u V v v va as crater to see night close in on the vol- uiuu. ii me mmi iui nielli, ever witnessed. .Brush could not paint, Ien uesenne or longue ten nan oi ns wonders. Imagine a lake frozen over with jet black ice, with centre higher than the sides. All over this are cracks two inches wide, and you have the volcano with out the fountains are plaving most of the time but not always in tiie same place and iiiiiiiImt from one to ten according to activity. We reached the little bouse just as the sun was going down and as night came on the sight ix-comes grander. me dark surface was streaked with n-d lines ns if by zig-zag lightning shafts. A flow began, the molten mass heaved and flowed over the black banks. At the tame time other flows began and i of the lake was a mass of liipiid fire. Instantly this was ad changed. A train the red lava burst forth into fantastic shapes over the dark ' molten mass then the fountains, which ! looked like huge fire works, would burst forth. At no two seconds was the scene the same. Wc watched this ever changing scene until 10 V. M-, and j then were loath to part from the weird I fascinating scene. The next day in looking around and going down into I the crater again. Where we had the . same experience excepting we did not go down in crater No. 2 as the lava flow was so hot it made it u:mcuu io travel in. This flow had filled up the lower crater one foot during the night and although the crust was hard enough to walk on it was so hot you could not bear your hand on it. The fountains make a great light and we could see each other plain at night, although we were over half mile away. The sulphur beds which are to the right of the volcano house are very in teresting and in a great many other places. We could see sulphur steam coming out of the ground. In these beds 1 found specimens of sulphur, borax, alum and traces of iron, etc. They look very much like the clay l,ol.. in brickyards. We left Sunday morning at 8 o'clock on our return trip to Hilo, arriving there about 3.30 I. f where we boarded the steamer and went through a repetition of thepreviot s two corves, hieh mountains, , rushing waterfalls and abundant vege- tation greet the eye as juu w r the windward side of Hawaii, while the le iward side is level, barren and rocky. v reached Melhi Bay on Mani at six and were driven through the cane fields ofSpreckelsvilleand other plantation to Wailuka, a distance of 8 miles where we rested for the night. In the morning we started on a trip side i t Tan Val ev. It was a rou8. but we felt repaid as this is one oi most beautiful valleys on Midi. We gradually ascended to the height of grauuaiiy ..u.-. i1P mountains 1 ... 1 .a fhid 14 about 500 feet which close in i.mivp us on a where on us separate and tableland about one- fourth of a mile square, around wnicn all sides 1000 the mountains rise t. At noon wc took the train ,uie ,t I have been in since I left an neiscoWoralS mile ride to Pa a (the feet first where carriges met us and took us to miles . We eight tuX'a hobble dusty road Tj .u, .t k t and It was u . l.nvil r t I triv-v.v - tell what coior - , . lor we il llll 1 111 am1 11 M. . at the Volcano House it was5J in tne at tne voi .,tothpaceg we had an morning. At botn p' rf o,b fire P nelxt morning ''""su'rtei to go nt remaining 6 miles we started w go l tho UP the Boun" -We raduai- n nNt mill U i ein " ruv1 (ao i i Handed until we ltran to feel hisih. Wiwu ww . - , trt Kton -c, tlie high Hlutude and w -...r-tr nH.lI ajl A. here was 7 .nd think of was anotner can't imagine ahrground06fe.tde " - :la in CAT . "u " 7... ten hole in the gromm - w J tr. v TM'L UCVPi each over 750 feet high but don't look over, 10 or 15 feet high. On each side there is a huee pan in which the clouds roll in one and out the other. These gap when it is clear look like huge door ways, and in the distance we see cleat fields and the. sea. '1 his is the grand- not oi rrV fr T rxx'w naif snmo H'l V tils Vol- VV Dig lA A. V. . V. Ot OVtllV - - , cano is grand but I call it terrible or awful, but this deep cut in the walls of , il. .. , l. I . I. . V. l.... Infn 1 the land and sea below is grand in the fullest meanintr of the word. e were only up there 45 minutes and started down at 12, reaching home at 5 o'clock. The next few days we rested and visited minor points of interest on the islands and landed in Honolulu the 15th day after starting and after one of t. it- grandest and most enjoyable trip I ever expect to take. II. C. Hadlev. Laly Kent-Collectors. Probably no city of the world Ins In its poor so much as London to be ashamed of, and in its dealings with them so much of which to boast. As the need has been very urgent, the response in organized charity has been astonishingly great. London's model tenement-houses are models worth copying In every large city. Tbe success of some of them is due in no mean measure tT the plan by which the rents u.j col lected. Miss Octavia Hill in 1804 began tho system by which women t' k the place of men aa reut collect r Ladies in no need of remuneration otreredtheiraid.it on.-e. Itut iiii Hill saw the wisdom of puttiiv; t:.o plan upon a purely business basis, and insisted that the collectors should rc teive a commission of 5 per cent. She took as her field the very low est grade of teneniont-hou-es. lie sides the mere duties of collector, sha undertook to better the condition of tenants. First Inducing them t) y.ive up living in cebars, and remov ing other evils, she has gradually edu cated her tenants up to wanting thr best possible quarters. '1 hrougn her ajency nriny model tenements have been built. The builders are always fruaranteed a good per centare on their investments, and now it is said that a million and a uuaiter dollars' i urth of property is under her iiiun- illTC Hit' 111 Many oilier ladies are engaged in . r.nc work, an i t.i nigii their acMicvc- nients mav not Ire told n la: go lig- ures, it i very easy to sea what g od they cati bring about. They must, j c line into constant c poorest classes, ami contact with tbe full of the spirit of charity, must see countless ways to help the tenants' wives and children The men, too, come to look u;aci the rent-collector, not as a heartless aent to be shunned anil put olT, but as a friend with ready sympathy iirul ' real power to aid. Modern charity follows more nnd more the goo 1 Samaritan example. American workers who copy fiom En gland this form of it need never four ridicule as Anlonianiacs. seir-san.n i. Few people understand themselves thorough j enough to lie conscious of their own unlovely traits or charac ter; this seems unfortunate in some cases. A lawyer tells a story in illus tration of the foregoing truth: When I was vou.ig mv best client was a wealthy old lady noted for say ing caustic things about hera.-tiuaiut-ances. One Sunday morning, when I was staying at her house, she vili fied one of her neighbors, named Stamford, without stint. By way of changing the subject. I proposed t read to her from a volume of sermons I had happened to bring with me. She assented. . I started at random, found a misleading text, an! when too late, discovered that 1 was in tlie middle of a sermon on tbe govern ment of the tongue. I was afraid 6he would think I had selected it to admonish her, yet 1 dared not stop tor fear of seeming to make theoffen-e more pointed. So I read on to the end. pretty sure that my reading would cost me a client worth a thou sand dollars a year to me. liut when I ended she said: "Thank you. It is an excellent sermon, and would Ut my neighbor Stamfora to a T." Stab Ends ot Tliouur.t. ne Is a very busy man Indeed, who can never And time to meddle with what doesn't concern him. That woman is scarce who is cn- J tirely without malice In her thoughts , or 0mer womei.. . A man had better smile and be s Tinain than never smile at all. . A fa9hionable woman is of exoge n0U9 Kr0wth. He who runs in debt nsu-.Ily walks out of it or stays in. IVin't try. to tight your friend's battle. , , Advice should be well shaken be fore taken. With some people, discretion is t.:. better par of virtue. The woman who is most admired i.. not the most admirable woman. A Sculptur e bluer. A successful sculptor gets much amusement out of the sitters whose busts he molds especially those of strong originality. Carlyle, after much persuasion, was persuaded to sit for his bust to Sir Edgar Boehm, the sculptor-royal to the English court. "I'll give you twenty-two minutes to make what you can of me," said he one day, storming in at the door of Bochni's studio. He stood there, watch in hand, while Sir Edgar manipulated the 3amp clay. Scarcely bad the minute hand pointed to the appointed mo ment for the sitter's departure when the sculpter pushed his clay aside. But Carlyle had been drawn on to talk and to forget; so he insisted upon jiving tho sculptor another two-and-twenty minutes. He returned to the studio on another day to be studied it the artist's leisure. Lord Stratford de Bedcliffe, who so long ruled at Constantinople as tho British Minister, had a passionate temper. After sitting to Sir Edgar for his bust, he visited the studio to inspect it. He did not like It, an 1 unittlng his overhanging brows into a. .rreat frown, he shouted out, "Why, you have made me look like baa. tampered maul" "TlRtu MOTHER." 'all, Clio Sketch of I.lio by a Youth'a Coin liaiilou Contributor. A vi-itor inspecting the charities nf a manufacturing town in "ev England came at last lo the Home of U d Ladies.. Being yjunj and kindly, l.c thought if ho were to build sucli an inn for tired souls wiiiie tliey waited the coming of the Shadow, it should be set in the midst of quiet woods or gay and friendly flowers. This home io:ke.d out on dusty streets arid brick-yard: Within the i:i:inn gers had fulfilled their duty. Each inmate had half i f a clean, bare cli ir.i! er, a bed, a il:est of ilr.'.wc.s ;nid a chair. She was given so. many ounces of neat mid bread for b cakfust. of meat a id potatr.es for dinner, of bread and apple-sauce for tea. The fool never varied throughout the ve.tr. The house was k";.t spotlessly clean, yet there was in it a flavor of decay and hopeless tallies. The withered old women sat silent, or talked feebly of yesterday's wind or today's rain. No tit'ior change. c.i mo to them. They li:i 1 no home nor place nor worlt in t!i3 world. Nothing but this liltv- bare space in which to sit and wait ir i'.iv.Ui. 'T'o you know anylhing of t iioiiiV" the stranger asked of the matron. 'That tall woman, now? She h:i a strong, noble f:ic.;. Wiio i ; s i '" "That is Ann Miller." si. "I happen to know hers4. llerhus b::nd died, leavii ..er penniles with three children. She cp?ned a littb: school for small children. She d d tailoring at night. The baby, a girl, was sickly. For years this woaian sat stitching.bv the c::i lie until mid night or eariySnornlf. r. "She had great ambition for her children. She worked and starved herself to keep them at school, to make their lives happy and full. One is'iiow a merchant; the other edits a newspaper in the West. The girl married a wealthy farmer." "And their mother is here?" said the stranger, amazed. "Yes," said the matron. "Her children took her to live with them in turn. But she was not pleasant to look at. and her manners were out of date. The grandchildren, striving to be fashionable, found her in t ie way. Grandmother's eat at the table and her clumber wee nee led for moie stylish guests. "Her sons and daughter tired of her old storie of her love, ar.d of her. They paid the snvi necessary to place her here, aud they never come near her." The visitor went to her and talked cheerfully for a few influents, lie happen d to mention his home. Her withered face Hushed and trem bled. "Are you from A V" she cried. "My son John lives there! I am expecting a visit fr im him. lie has not been here for more than a year. But John is so bti-y, you know! 'Iid yon ever scj his little boys? I was so fond of tbeai! 1 dream about them eve, v night almost. They loved Tne so. They would climb on my knee and bog for stories, and hug and k i-s me. "Their mot her disapproved of it. She said an old p; roti's breath was unhealthy. It maybe so. But if I could o:ily see them oncel" she said, rising in her excitement. "TV 11 her 1 will only look at them. I will not touch nor kiss them. My children have outgrown me. But the little boys loved me. Tell John it is near tl.e end. Oh, I'm comfortable enough! But I want my own! And 1 am so lonely! Beg him to come to bring them once before I go!" When they had left her the stranger said. "Surely vou have no other such case? The children who could so abandon a mother are monsters!" "Vou are mistaken. Manv ambiti ous men and women, pushing into society, 11 ml 'mother' a weight. They put her out of sight in a Home, and forget her." The stranger, looking back, saw Ann's hungry eyes following him. "But God," lie said to himself, "God doe not forget the cruelty of the one or the loneliness of the other." Ilitiuau Nature still tlie Sumo, "Human nature is essent ially the same, yesterday, to-dav and forever," mused T. C Merri weather, at the La clede. "The City of lionie used to turn out en masses to see gladiators hack each other to mincemeat That was all very brutal, but modern Chris tendom has no cans-; to throw rocks at ancient paganism. Gladiators fought because they were compelled tt. Such exhibitions were usually free to the multitude. We now travel half across a continent and pay 1215 a ticket to see two bipedal brutes pound each other to a pumice. Some of us are too good to patronize prize lights :it $15 a ticket. The Chris tian world condemns them. Just now the aforesaid c. w. is rending its garments and crying with a loud voice becaus; Sullivan and Corbett are preparing to punch each other for a tat purse. It is quite sure that the principals should be put in the peni tentiary, yet on the night of the bat tle it will congregate around the bul letin boards instead of going to nraver meeting. It will nrav for the success of its favorite, instead ot for III. ,:il ivit inn tA lite r-we fivl ninm. ' ing it will get u; bright and early, make a iash for rhe morning paper and devour the account by rounds. It will sneer because the papers print such stuff, and protest that journal ism should have a higher mission than pandering to deprave 1 appe tites, but if it fails to get a circum stantial account of tho affair will feel that it ha been swindled and threaten to stop its paper. Despite thousandsof years of civilization, wo will yearn for the horrible. A public banging will draw a larger crowd than a eanipinceting. People rush to fee a foolhardy adventurer take a parachute leap from a balloon, with a secret hope that lie would bo killed. A quarrel has an irresistible attrac tion for mankind, and the most godly will loiter at a dog llL'ht. Wo chango our fashions, our governments, but human nature remains essentially the same." Globe-Democrat. If the old men could bocoino young, ind live their lives over again, there odd be a wonderful lnrreasn in thn I lumber of great men in toe world. HONEY MADE BY INSECTS. i Not by lleee Alone, bat by Waepe, Ante, and Other Bnp. Washington Star: "Did you evev consider how many flowers are re quired to supply one pound of honey?" raid a naturalist "About two anda half millions is a fair estimate. Think what a vast amount of toil by hard working bees that represents! How ever, there are other creatures besides bees that gather honey. For example, there is the 'honey-wasp' of tropical America and the honey-making ant of I Texas and New Mexico. The latter j is very abundant in the neighborhood or santa le, and the sweets It collects are highly esteemed by the Mexicans, not only as food, but for medicinal purposes. There is an insect railed the 'tazma' in Ethiopia whic'i depos its its storPs of honey without wax. It looks like a giant mospuito and its product, which it hides away In holes underground, is eagerly sought by the natives as a remedy for diseases of the throat. "There arc giant bees la India which suspend combs as big as house doors from the branches of trees in the forests. In the Koono province of Lithuania bees are reared In excavated tree trunks in the woods, and the famous Koono honey derives its pecu liar and delicious flavor from the blos soms of the linden trees which are so abundant in that region. One tribe of people in the province devotes Us attention exclusively to bee-keeping. Bee-keeping is taught in Switzerland by paid lec'urcrs, who go from town to town and from canton to canton. In that country honey is a staple ar t:cle of food even among the poorest classes, brXd and honey Lving the most common breakfast. One gets nothing else for the morning meal at the big hotels. Conse iuent'y nearly all of the Swiss product is required for home cons-amp' ion, and very little of it is imported. "All ovr continental Europe apicul ture is a very important industry. The German government c impels all sch ailiuaters to pass an examination in bee-keeping. European Kussla pro duces TOO.OOU pounds of honey anmi. ill y. The ancient Greeks were famous for honey-making, but the business is neglected by their modern descend- ; ants. Corsica!! honey is rendered so i b.tter by tin; arbutus blos-oms from which much of ;l is o'l.aiiied as to be ii it I aipa i.e. j he greatest bee-keepers in the world are in the L'nited States S ivgle individuals in California each own f.om 2.00.J t' 12 000 swarms,' which they farm out to the owners of orangeries and other fruit orchard;! iluring the blossoming season. Ond l e - farm in Sin Diego county in tha Mat.: furnish" : Mi, 000 pounds o honey annually. Some lej farmer have t'oating bee houses, which follov the streams to find flowering pasture for the inserts. This wa done ii Fwypt thousand. of years ago. It ha even been propose ! to send swarms b ship to the. West Indies in winter. (-asIlioiiHti'O V.'otmMl ail 1 IK'lpIo MltJ fait? Iluring the Roman fashion red hair was bought largely of tlie GerJ man peasant girls and simplicity re turned with th invasion of tho Frank. Our historian has to tell us jf tho sumptuary laws of Charle magne, followed in Franco by others, jver and over again, with much tho same result, l'hilip the Fair decreed that no demoiselle with less than two thousand livres a year should have more than one pair of gowns a year, r more than two with that income, lie fixed the price of the 6tuff, and provided for ar.d again .t everything inu the ladies cared not at all. The ausbands remonstrated and the cler rr preached an 1 thev cared less. Slits in the dress were called doors of hell, and shoes i t p-mluine an out. rage on creation; bu in vain. High head-dresses hlnh heels came later were preached down everywhere; and the "cscotlion," a broad cylinder of rich stuff ornament ed Willi jewels and two horns, said, to ci,ie from England, was the ob; ject of the most sacred invective; and the "hennin," a tall conic tube ii( brocaded hLu!T worked with beadj and tightly fixed 0:1 the forehead. was denounced even more. But th ladies would have them, liecause lhe. were becoming, and harmonized w itli the architecture the day of slender spires, slim turrets and lofty clock tower. In vain did Brother Con ncctc, a Carmelite of Bennes, under lake a campaign against the hennins. The women c.inie to hear him wear, ing them, till be seii:e I 1 is staff and rushed among then, knocking tho henalns oil with tho assistance of an Idle mob. When he had gone on his way, says the chtonicle, the hennins were made rather taller tha 1 before.' Tho poor man went on to Home; but as his fervor had grown on him till he iittackcJ the luxuries of tho church, he was arrested and burned. : Klsning. Kissing is one of those ancient cus toms which never grow old. As to its invention, it Is certain th?.t Xa turo was its author, and it began with the first courtship There Is an aid Scandinavian tradition that Ro wena, the daughtcrof Hengist, lntro Jueed the kiss into England, just as i( the lads ami lassies long beforo ' llowena's time had not discovered It 101 iticiiiuiti.-.-t. j L ciiujosiv uiiitcs one ! 1. 1 . 1 .I..-"... 1 . iv is.i ne uu-ii uui.ii a certain period Jescribed by Hone in his queer old "Table Book," when In Ireland they and "kissing bees-" on Easter Mon day, on which occasion it was the iuty of each female present to re ;?ivo "r.t least vna dozen hearty kisses." Tncim aro always two sides ton dory; pirticularly when so:no peoplo ic'.l one side of it. ant man can control his tongue who cua control his thoughts. Certain physicians have been dis cussing lightning, and have discover ed, or think they have that people strnck by lightning can often be re stored by artificial respiration, as is the ease of the partially drowned. Figuring on the experience of eighty-four fire insurance companies the losses incurred last year in Kentucky were forty eight per cent of the pre miums, while in Tennessee tbey were ninety-nine per cent. Writing pens made from celluloid are coming into use ia Franca. QUEER THEATERS IN MEXICO, teener? CeaeraUy Poor aad tbe IlaIoce or the Playe Extremely Verbeee. "The theaters? Well, I have found hem to be in rather primitive coodi. ion," said Manager Hanlon to a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter. "Io ;ize they are as large as ours: one ia articular, the Teatro NacionaL being About equal in size to the Boston thc btcr. The stage equipment in the Way of scenery, it must be admitted s poor. Hardly a piece but has the tippearance of having seen many years of hard service. But, then, I ilo not believe the Mexicans consider Iconic embellishments a sine qua non In the staging of their plays, as, for tho most part, what I 6aw were ex tremely verbose, replete with lengthy dialogue and devoid of much action. They have to depend almost entirely upon local talent for their plays and players. "Once In a while a grand opera company from Europe will visit them, or a genuine Spanish zarrula, or comic opera company, but I am told that they are few and far be tween, as It is an expensive and haz ardous undertaking. A custom I noticed In the Teatro Principal, called the 'Tandas' system, you will agree might be adopted with advantage in some theaters ia this country. The patrons pay for one act at a time at the rate of about 25 cents for an or chestra seat. Should they remain in their seats after the first act, the treasurers go round and collect the price for the succeeding act, so that In case of a bad performance they need not consider themselves imposed upon to any great extent. Of course, many leave after each act, returning another evening for a different act. Vou would naturally think that this ay item would make the management exercise great Judgment as to the clays selected and manner of present ing them from a business standpoint. While the curtain is up the main por tion of the audience remove their nats but directly it falls they are im mediately donned. Cigarette smok ing continues during the entire per formance." "Did you get any encouragement In a business way?" Well, yes; so far as I can see, the oniy form of entertainment in this country outside of the grand opera that could be thoroughly understood down there is pant imime and the style of spectacle which I have the good fortune to control." KotliiMililld and tlie Cointuunlsta- During the revolutionary period in Paris, in 1948, a committee of seven Communists called at the Rothschild establishment and demanded to see the famous banker. Rothschild ap peared, as suave as you please. "Fray be seated, gentlemen," said be; "and now what can I do for you?" "Rothschild," sa;d tho chairman of the committee, "our time has come at last. The people are triumphant the Commune is on top" Good for the people vlve la com mune!" cried Rothschild gleefully. "The time has come," continued the chairman, "when each must share equally with his fellow-citizens. We have been delegated to call upon you and inform you that you must share your enormous wealth with your countrymen." "If it is decreed," said Rothschild urbanely. "I shall cheerfully comply. At how much is my fortune estima ted?" "At two hundred million francs," replied the leader boldly. "And at what is the population of France estimated?" "We figure it flfty million," was the answer. "Well then," said Rothschild, "it would appear that I owe each of my countrymen about four francs. Now here, gentlemen," he continued put ting his hand in his pocket and pro ducing a lot of silver, "here are twenty-eight francs for you. I have paid each of you, have I not? Please give me your receipt, therefore; and so, good day to you!" The committee retired, and the Commune never pestered the wily financier again. One Tli Ins; He Dlda't Do. He was the office lmy, a round-faced, under-sized boy, who seemed to live iu a neighborhood where water was scarce and soap an unknown article. He had a high-pitched, strident voice that made one's ears ache. And he always talked. lie was a disputatious boy. and would argue with the head of the firm on points which the head Falosman, who got three thousand dollars a year aud went to Europe, would not question. Tho boy wore long pants and suspenders and a cape overcoat. He chewed gum. He was tha bete ooir of every one in the es tablishment Suddenly, by a few words, this pes tilential boy made himself a favorite. He and another "kid" were working iu the office. The office force was sit ting around waiting for the time to go home. The two boys were dis puting. "I never sass my mother back," said the tiresome office boy to the other who, up to that time, had been considered pretty decent. "You don't, eh?" sneered the nice boy, with contempt ia his tone. "No, I have too much respect for her." said the boy we thought a nuis ance. There was an inaudible remark from tho nloe boy, and the other replied, "Because I was raised that way." And we forgave him his squeaky voico and his shuffling gait and his dispatatious propensities, because he respected his mother t'jo much to "sass her back." Thk women are so much more in clined than the men to pray, that the Lord hears a great deal more about bad husbands than he bears about bad wives Why not turn your surplus cab bages, cucumbers arid cauliflowers in to pickets? There must be a market for them, for this country imported last year over $1,000,0C0 worth of picktils. The Australian Government has a law requiring all sheep to be dipped. More than this, they have decided up on a standard dip, and the law is en forced with severe penalties for disre garding it About ten thousand gross of pens are produoed from a ton of steel. nuiroRous selections GATHERED BY OUR REAPER. PATENTED Jokes or Preachers, Lawyers, Doc tore, and Editor Some of Tbem Very Dry aad Otnore Somewhat Juicy They will Aid Diroatloa. If Perused After Meale Do KoI Bead Them ITpou aa Empty lommcu. An Overworked Invalid. I)octor Have you tried the sca hore? Invalid Yes I tried it once, but it's too hard work. Dressing and undressing is very tiresome. "I don't quite understand?" "Well, you see, the doctor I had ald I must take a toddy after each bath." "Yes, but suppose he did?" "It keeps me in bath'uii all the Urae. Texas Si f tings. A Soothing Off. Gus DeSmith Whew! IlDStetter McGinnis -What's the matter' That cigar you are smoking. It smells dreadful." "Yes, I know it" "You can't have any pleasure smok ing it" .'.'Yes, I can; you see the longer I imoke it the happier I'll be when I'm done. "Texas Sifting. Time to Escape. "What time have you, Parkins?" said tha bore, as he sauntered into bis friend's office. "Not any, Just now," answered Parkins, as ho clutched his hat and (scaped. , . Ills Idea. Papa (teaching little Barr his num Cers) Now, Barr, how much is teu times nine? Barr Ninety. Papa And ten times eight Barr Eighty. Papa Then how much is ten limes aaught? Barr (studying) Well, I des ten times caught must be naughty. narper's Bazar. Koonomlcal. Sparrow Cop (to tramp) What are you dalng here? Why don't you move ? Dusty Rhodes I was just debating whether It would not be more econ omical to pay rent New York Her ald. ' Berrloes Ken dared, Amerlcaa Tourist How much 13 ny bill? Parisian nost One hundred francs. "How much?" One hundred and twenty francs." "But you said 100 at first" Certainly. Twenty francs more for answering monsieur's question. One hundred and forty francs, please." Indianapolis Journal. An Outrage. Mr. ITayseed What's this extra charge for? Hotel Clerk We charge extra for gas burned all night Mr. Hayseed Why, consarn y'r picturs, you've got a sign there plain as kin be: "Don't blow out the gas." New York Weekly. He Probably Remained. Tapa (from the head of the stairsl Oh, Mary! Daughter Yes, father. "Is Harry down there yetr- "Yes dear father." "Tell him to wake me up for the 5-o'clock train as he goes out, will you?" Once a Week. Kept Him I p. Mrs. Bingo What made you stay out so late last night? Bingo I went to a christening with Bilter." Mrs. Bingo Why, he hasn't any children that want christening." Bingo (meekly) No; but he has a new suit Nom Excuse. Yabsley I am pained to see that the moon is getting full again. Mudge If you had as much Jim crow poetry fired at you as the moon has you would get full yourself. In lependcuce Journal. Uood for Polly. "My parrot is a patriotic bird," "aid Brekkus. "As to how?" asked Barlow. "On the Fourth of July she. always ays Tolly wants a fire-cracker.' " Judge. Authentic. Warwick I suppose you know the history of the battle of Bull Run? Garnlcht I have heard a running account of it Warwick It was authentic Sympathetic. The Guest Say, there's a fly in this shortcake. The Pretty Waiter Girl Poor thing! A Long Time As;o. Mrs. Somerset You haven't met my daughter yet, have you, Mr. Von Blumcr? Von Blumcr I met her once, but I do not think I would recognize her now. Mrs. Somerset Why, when was it? Von Blumer At her coming-out balL New York Herald. Publicity. Matei uo you enjoy bathtngr Muiilla Yes. After the first plungp. Mabel Into tbe water? Murllla No. Into publicity. Aa Uncompleted Job. Amy You know Mr. Codling claims to be a self-made-man. Mabel Does he? Why. I didn't even know that he was finished vet We Modorns. He Then you don't regard mar riage as a lottery? She How absurd! It's a guessing contest if people were bound to silence up on subjects concerning which they aro ignorant or unqualified to speak, what a andden, unexpected, and all-prevoi-isg hanh there woald be. NEWS IN BRIEF. 1h French coach horse posscssei great n lnrance. - Photography on marble has been iccomplished by a London artint Among the curious animals in Sinm ire tailless cats with purple eyes. Nebraska has not qnite two DerRons o each cow. Spain baa twenty-five. In 1627 the New York price of a row was $150; of a yoke of oxen $ J00. In 1730 wbolo provinces of ihina ere given np to the cultivation of the oppy. Tho wool clip of Saint Clair county, Michigan, will amount to 40n,0od oand. Hailstorms very rarely oeciir ia joimtries w here there is a large growth )f tiuilier. Canada supplies nearly all the plum jago used by American manufacturers f lend pencils. An attempt is made every three 11 iu iite 9 on an average by some one to 4tke bis own life. The excavation at Hell Gate, New fork, was attended by 21,000 sound ngs and 8,000 borings. It is estimated that the government lost last year by fraudulent importa ions of Havana tobacco over $4,0uo, HJO. Over twenty-six per cent of tha eading men in every country ate ihort sighted or otherwise of defective nsion. Scientists say that horses will eat iighty varieties of planta, cows fifty tix and sheep 5"0 ont of GJ0 p ants ia ihe test. Pantaloons were originally long stockings worn in Italy as a sort f religions habit of the devotees of St Pantaleone. Caesar did not say "Et tit, Brute.' tlye witnesses to tbe assassination de rosed that he died fighting, but silent, ike a wolf." The first buildiDg erected in tbe j Lmted states for the rederal govern ment was mo united mates mini in t'hiladelphia. While a baby was being photo rraphed ia Leominster, Mass.. sev u niuutes after birth, it spoiled the pie ;ure by sneezing. In bering the Monnt Cenis a d St. liothurd tunnels ordinary mea a wero irst used, then steam power and fi nally compressed air. Large, long pearly teeth belong to lectimental, imaginative people ; small, ihort yellow teeth to those of an on poetical turn of mind. The circumference of Jupiter at the equater is about 27.",000 miles, which could make bis volume about 1,234 ames that of our earth. The prediction is made that within ten years artificial iee will be in such jeneral usa that people will not care o buy the natural product. French prison diet consists of fiva jnnces of bread aud thirteen ounces jf vegetables daily, with a meat ration if four ounces twice a week. William Oardeuio was the first per on entitled doctor of medicine: be re reived the degree from the college of isti in the Fourteenth Century. A new decree of the Russian Miuis r of Justice ordaiis that in future 1 duellist who kills bis antagonist is Jable to sii years' imprisoment. The work perforated by the humtin ieart each twenty-four hours is equul the lifting of 120 tons to a height f one foot in the same length ol :ime. Tbe smallest crack, rent, or fisMire n a mass of metal, such as a bell or a oeomotive axle, can be di-tecttd by a ittle instrument culled a "sciiis jbone." In one of the Mexican provinces a iprightly old mm of ninety-nine years ecently married a girl" of sixteen. Singularly enough, the bride was uu leiress. A young woman of Drifton, Penn., lot only mends her own shoes, but aim Qioso of her own family. It is s:iid that be is proud of her ability as a bh je uaker. Tho flea's manner of breathing is itillj an enigma to the entomologists, but it is believed to perform that all mportaut function through two ruin ate holes in the palui. Window glass was first used in mo dern times in 1557. Now the eonsiim -lion of plate glass alone exceeds tKIO, 500, square feet in England and !,(HK).. X)0 ia the United States. Miss Lorene Allen is deputy in the jflice of the North Dakota Insurant-j Commissioner. She I as held a re ponsible pluco in the State Insiir.nee Department for several years. The first cvmniminm for oirlu in r . ... ... Jermany will be opened this Hutuinu y, , ... . . ... vurisruue. Jiuasieen loiimled by ;he "Women's Instruction Reform So ;iety," formel in tbe year 1HSH. Ida'io's Precious Stone?. Collections being made in Maui aTord unusual opportunity for studying the geological and mineral proJuctlon. Tne exhibit for C inter Coauty contain a beautiful specimen of onyx. Indications are that aa agate field cxUts in the county. Sapphires have also been found there, one lot of which sold for $1100. But recent efforts have failed to produce one for the expoiition. A sample of rock has been received from LewUton, the exact character of which has not beea determined, but which appears to be a variety of j ipur. This specimen cuts glas more rexiily than the diamond, and is so hard thac tea minutes' grinding on aa emery wheel has scarcely any effect on it. It is varie gated in color, with pink anl greeu tints. It is quite small, and effjns are being made to secure a larger one. The value of the rock is not known. The variety of opals will be very lare. There two mines iu Latah and ooe abuut forty miles from Boise C.ty. They are the fi.nninn tirA nnnle anil mtm sniil til lir nf r-, 1 very superior quality. Petrifications are very numeroa ia the State. The chief specimen ia this lepartment is a sample from the pet ri tied lorest ia Custer County, aear Cuallis. This distinctly show the bark aul wood f a conifer, a species of pine. Tan ttump from which it was taken is fuur teen leet above the ground, twelve fe.-t n diameter at the top, and fifteen at the isc. The bark is s x inc be thick. It ara discovered about five Tears s"0. Stsw York Time- 1
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