SM, F. 8GHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor amd Proprietor.
VOL. XLVIII
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JAN UAH Y 24. 1S94.
NO.G.
The priuce riJes up to the palaea gate
And his eye with tears are dim.
For he think, of the bessar maUen sweet
Who may never wed with him.
For home is where the heart is,
Jn dwelling great or mall.
And there's many a splendid palaca
Tfcat's never a home at all.
The yeoman comes to his little eot
With a sonj when day is done
For his dearie is standing in the door
An 1 his children to meut him run.
For home is where tho heart i,
In dwelling gre.it or small.
Ant tliei u's many a st.itely maasioa
That's never a home at a!L
Cou'.d I hut live with my own swjethcirt
In a hut with sandel fio r,
I'd be richer far than a lovolo man
With fame and a go! ien store.
For home is where the h-?art L-
In dwelling great or sraa'.l.
And a cottago lishtel by lovjliUt
Is tho dtorest home of all.
George Ilorion.
CLTU) IN THE KITCHEN.
LY MARY KLYE DALLAS.
rJjsSVi?' lit' coot has frives
warning, and th
chambermaid sayi
that, where Susan
goes she ::i)es like
wise," said Mrs.
Montgomery, in a
tone of despair.
'And as I hive jut
paid, their wages
they are packing tc
K- What wicked,
wicked women. Xol
a word of w arning."
"Why, ntanimai
w hat is the reason ol
ti
queried Emilv, the only dauxutci
of t! e house, aged eighteen aud sht
lci-hcd.
Your papa found fault with the beef
!.i-t Sunday. Alt there is nothing tc
i:Li;Ic over, I am sure," said the matron,
ii:opping into a rocking chair "A
tf't S.t tllR lnfclli'TPimi (iPinA r..a
ii!e the houe goes to wreck and ruin,
1 your papa loses his temper over tho
iners, for old Mrs. Chump, the only
ion I can seed for, abravs ruias every
pel
dish she touches.
"And we cannot have Mrs. Cbumri
this time, mamtm," said E.nily. "Sm
l- in bed with rheumatis n. I met her
h'.tle niece in the drug store buying
medicines and lotions for her, aud
aid she was very bad."
sac
"Then the end Las come !" sighed
Mrs. Montgomery.
"Don't fret, mamma, I'll do th
work," said Emily. "1 think it -night
be fua for awhile."
"Do you?'' Mrs. Montgomery asked,
irciistically. "Ah!"
Emily laughed again.
"It's the best jou can Jo," sbe said,
"and I'll give papa a high tea ; with cm:
lette and chicken saudwich, and all tin
little things be likes, and no doubt you
-an find some one to come to-morrow."
"Oh, no doubt," said Mrs. Montgom
ery, in still more sarcastic tones." I wish
I had your sanguine temperament,
Emily."
"Good-bye, mum and miss," said cook,
looking in at the door. "Good-bye,
nnd I wish you luck suiting yourself, I'm
sure. No doubt there is them that might
if they had the patience of Job, not
else."
"Gool-bye, ladies," said the chamber
maid; "I'm sorry to leave you, but
Susan and me goes tho tsvo of us to
gether, always, and if she is insulted, I
m likewise,"
"Good-bye," said Emily, calmly.
Mrs. Mortgomery turned her bade,
and muttered "Ungrateful wretches!-'
between her teeth.
"Audi actually made over my navy
blue Bedford cord dress for that
woman," sho said, after the door closed;
'and never ha' e had to buy an apron.
There. I'll go and begin my martyrdom
and, Emily, if you do go into the kit
"uen, put on my rubber gloves and my
mob cap, that I wear for dusting my
room coal ashes aro the ruin oi the
hair and a big apron your looks ait
my pride."
Emily kissed her mother, saw that she
went off comfortably, and then obedient
ly donned cap, gloves and apron, and
descended to tho kitchen.
Cook, in her wrath, had left the kit
chen in a state of chaos.
Dishes piled high in tlie sink, to.veis
on the floor, pots and kettle in sore
iiied of scouring, overflowing tubs, a
Vaii of potato peelings, a kettle of ashes
all by the way of revenge for the in
sulting criticism of last Saaday's . innor.
T; c prospect was alar jv.ng, but Miss
Emily went to work with a will, rinding
it rather more dklicult than in her inex
l.erience she had supposed, aud wishing
that her mother had not so carefully
"imrdcd her delicacy at tho expense oi
'tier usefulness in kitchen allairs
Just as sho took Lcr pots and kettles
in hand, Jack Spinner, the millionaire s
f on, flying along upon his bicycle, came
very near running into a young man.who
.-at upon a curbstone, moaning pitcously,
r.ad at once alighted. , , . 3"
"Good heavens! I haven t lmrt youi
he cried. ,
"NTo, sir," replied the pcrsja ad
dressed, who was enveloped in a mys
terious waterproof costume, and covered
iromheadto foot with ashes. J-
dune dead when you came up. 1 vc got
the cholcrny or tho typhus, I dJnoo
which, aa 1 l'U lo2 my job for I
ab'.o for it no longer, and th-re no
, ,ercy on you if you neglect a thing, U
it is ever so with you no mercy.
"That is very cruel," said young 3p.n
B8r, who had the tenderest heart in the
world. "Is it tliat ash cart you are
""ISLeed.-said the unfortunate.
"And there is six bar'ls to
tad me not able for it. I wuWnw
Lck. but I couldn't hit trie i.r
At home they called J"
,:e. for he was always v - -orlorn
being in distress, maid or man
.1 made no matter which. ow he in
intly bethought him what to do tor
.is poor ash crt driver.
Come along," he said, taking ( he
m by the arm and leading hia into
,u X store hard by. 'Til tell the doctor
... J- ,nntv the rest of the
j " " -r j . ma von
1 tirela
1 for you-jolly mn i- - ' .
and you'll keep your place, and
iowt and you
Theman, petrified with astonishment,
. 1 i and in a mi-
dvanceaad wasdroppino cholera
ture into a irlaM ;caoier m
. ." b11s'i ana applying nii.t.ri
Peters. ,n the little b&'ffl
in "SnU hOU503" 8aid Jck.
1 said Vhe c-'. "lght down, th9
He shouldered the first barrel and
him. but he only laughed. Xext ca-re
buth-IlT' ?It!d-St ia appearand
but tailed with decaying vegetable a-.d
ornementedby the Animate forms o
three murdered kittens.
Mr. Jack gasped, but he intended to
fiuish his work of charity now tha he
had begun it. And, with varied result,
pew experiences to him, the youn ath
lete emptied five barrels. Ou tuc"..xtta
pavement he found none.
What an ashraan'a duty was he did not
kno but he had his invalid', intent
t stake, and must do his best for him.
o he descended the areaway and r ,
the bell. la a moment a girt in a ,.,
zap, a b:g apron, and rubber KU.ve
opened the dojr.
"3eg pardon, I am aUre," said J .elc,
bowing, "but do you wish your a.a
barrel emptied?"
He spoke in the most elegant manner,
mku asnes as wita
?irment: hi mnstach 1
tis handj begrimed, cinders adhere! to
his hair and his face was dirty.
The maiden before him was not quite
free from marks of kitohen labor. It
was Emily, who had been washing the
pots and kettles for the first time iu her
life.
"What a beautiful manner he has,"
she thought; "he must be some ona iu
reduced circumstances."
And she smiled upon him:
"You are the the ash gentleman, 1
suppose?'' she queried.
"I call in that capacity," said Jcic.
"Then if it is not too much trouble,
the ash can stands in this little plact
under the front steps," said Emily.
"Xo trouble whatever," said Jack,
diving into the place indicated; "I'll
bring it back when it is emptied."
"You are too kind," said Emily, un
aware of the pot-blaci on her chia.
"Not at all," siid Jack of the Cin
ders, and they bjwed as if they were
dancing the lanciers.
In a moment Jack had dumped the
ashes, and returned with the can.
He was greeted with a great puff ol
smoke, and Emily, blushing and couch
ing, camo out into the area for air.
"Beg pardon," said Jack; "out the
house is not on tire?"
"I hope not," sid Emily; "the fire
went out, and I'm trying to kindle i',
but it smokes so."
"Perhaps it is the damper," said
Jack i "I'll look, if you don't mind."
"I shall be grateful," gasped Emily.
"It is the damper," said Jack, "sad
these things in the ovens; now if I may
have a bit of paper and some wood?"
lie found them himself, made a tire,
opened the windows and waited until
the smoke vanished from the kitchen,
and then shut the windows.
"What a wonderful ashinm," Emily
thought.
"What an elegant girl to be a cook,'
Jac'c said to himself. 1
"It is kind of you," said Ejaily; "so
stupid of me. But I did not kno.v
about the dampers; I never male a drj j
before, but the servants have ta'ce.i .
French leave." j
"Oh!" said Jack to himself. "Tlie
youug lady of the home doing amiteur
kitchen housework. I might have known
it. And she thinks me the ashman,"
nnd he sighed. "Good-daj," he said,
bowing.
Before Emily could reply a head was
thrust in at the window that of the
original ashman.
"An' here you air, sir?" he said. "An",
eure, the medicine the doctor did be
rivin' me has made me a new man, an'
I'm forever obliged. And sorry I a:n
you've spoiled the fine clothes you have
oa ye. And you'll find your boy-suckle
in the doctor's shop. I've trounced the
rascal that was goin' oft wid it to a
jelly. I'll drive down, sir, and never
forget your kindness. May you be
JXiyor of New York yet."
"Oh, you are welcome," said Jack,
and now Emily was staring at him.
'Not the ashman I" she was saying un
der her breath, and Jack, laughing, an
swered her glance.
"My first ash-cart, as this was your
first fire," he said. "The driver was ill,
and I took his place. It has been great
fun, though rather dirty work. May I
introduce myself?''
lie took a card from his pocket and
presented it.
"Iam Miss Montgomery," said Emily;
"and I think my father must knowyours
very well, if you are Mr. Willia. Spin
ner's son. They are in the same busi
ness." So it proved. For special occasions
who can say what the etiquette may be?
Emily said to herself that it would bJ
simply humane to help this mytyr to his
kindly sympathies out of his coat of
ashes, and sent him to her brother s
room to find clothes brush and wash
basin. . ,
When he met her again she wore
neither mob cap nor apron but was at
tired U a pretty morning dress, and hei
hair curled bewitchingly on her fore-
bCAtd. since this was the son of her
father's old friend, it seemed but bos
oitablo to ask him to lunch. Mamms
would not be at home, she was quit,
It was awfully improper bu!
Stter plint never occurred to Emily.
,or to Jack, and these two were both
roun" and liked sweet things and Jack
Sredthathehad never had .0 do-
irnum b iuui-u
Lri I rlifTrtrenfc
It was a romance wuH-i-
rom a flirtation-that little episode and
t always remained in the memory o
:hoS tio young people as the .weetert
noment of their lives.
When her mother retei 7
.ore cap. -iJeSi
iooked mo pretty, so happy.
"Cooking must agree with you, Mrs.
Montgomery said.
But Emi.y a u r fv - of tw0f
was annouu
onni-iUUCeJ 10 " t
teur asnmau, w - - -fter
S 8UU
And it wascnlJ oa
wedding liiat Emily told her mother that I
T.nlv .11 . ... I
... uau iauen la love wita her at first
tight, and how and when and where.
And Mrs. Montgomery declared thil
it would have been very, very shocking
frightfully im ,ru lent if it ha 1 beja
sny one but J.ici; but that marie all th
Jiflerecc?, Jaci was such a nice fello-.v
SCIENTIFIC AMI INDUSTRIAL.
Hose diamonds are liable to explode.
Some of the stars move with t veloc
ity of nearly fifty miles a second.
There are estimated to be over ;i
humired deposits of iron ore in the Stair
of. Missouri.
The origin of the geyser3 at Sonoma,
Cal., is supposed to be a volcauic crater
filled by a landslide.
The moon gives out heat enough to
adtct the thermometer and u ake a dif
fereuce of two or three degrees.
If t's'i get beyond a certniu depth in
the sea they (lio from the pressure of the
water, which they are unable to support.
The most important domestic sources
of pntash are wood ashes, cotton sead
hull ashe?, tobacco dust and tobaccc
steins. 1
Professor C. S. Sargent, of the Arnold
Arboretum, Harvard University, has re
turned from Japan, whete he bus been
muking a study of the botany of th j
islands. ,
It is not an easy matter to freeze ou
trichinae. After subjectiou to a tem- j
pcrature of twenty-five degrees below
zero for two hours they again became !
active when exposed to light and heat. I
A simple method of keeping iron and 1
steel from rusting is to coat them with a j
solution of rubber in benzo!, made about
the consistency of cream. It may be
applied with a brush, and is easily rubboJ 1
od when desired. j
In one of the Comstock mines a new j
water wheel is to be placed which is U j
run 1150 revolutions a minute, and have
a speed at its periphery of 10,805 feet
per minute. A greater head of water
than has ever before been applied to a
wheel will be used.
Interesting experiments on the senst
of t:is:e in ants have been made by II.
Devaux. Among other results he has
found that Ltsius flavs, while fond of
sugar, dislikes saccharine. The antr
swarmei around sugar laid out for them,
bul turned away from saccharine as soon
as they had tasted it. Even sugar be
came unpleasant to them when it was
mixed with saccharine. It seems, there
fore, that sweetness is not the onl
quality which attracts them to sug ir.
It is very probable that, for health's
sake, there will, after a time, be uni
versal cremation ot tho dead in citiei.
Buryiug iu the earth is said to be vry
inimical to the health of cities. Then
t'-ere will be no ground to spare tor
burial purposes in couise of time. It is
probable that the dea 1 will be quickly
and effectually reduced to ashes by means
of electricity. The remains of a human
body that has been cremated weigh only
eight ounces no matter how fleshy anr
heavy the corpse may have been.
A Kind-Hearted Giant's Embargo.
A number of anecdotes have been told
of late of the famous old Kennebec Ium
l eiinan, 3jddsh, whose stentorian voic
resembled reverb.:r.ttmg thunder aud
2.uld be hear ! distinctly "fro;a Ken
dall's Mills bridge to Ticonic Kalis," a
distance of two miles. An old-timer says
i'jdlis'i, who lived at Kendalls Mills,
(aough a rough man in his ways, had a
kind heart and gave aid to many poor
people he thought deserving. Oace a
river driver was drowned at Kendall
Mills and Badlish having subscribed a
hiudsome sum himself to aid his family,
mounted a barrel beside the street, from
which he harangue! the people in aid
ol the sufferers. lie laid down the rule
that no man should pass that day until
he had contributed, and in that way held
up travelers all day long, securing a con
siderable amount by nightfall, when the
udd embargo was raised. Lewistoa
(Me.) Journal.
Test For tha Turlty or Milk.
Whether it is worth while to knon
exactly the degree to which one's milk
seller is watering his milk is an open
question which each must decide for
himself. For those who do not consider
that ignorance is always bliss a simple
way of setting at rest any doubts ts to
the purity of the milkman's stock in
trade is provided in a new gaUctometer.
The instruments ordinarily used for this
purpose consist of a glass tube with a
graduated scale of paper inside, and
their record is not as a rule reliable. The
now instrument is said to be much more
accurate, and shows at a glance whether
the milk is pure or adulterated. The
instrument is a glass tubo open at both
ends, along which a little ball of blue
glass acts as indicator- The density ol
this ball is 102;), and it is so adjusted
that it can rl lat only oa pure unlk.
Chicago Ne Uecord.
Il noonoertl n f .
The habit of speaking deliberate
prevents many a blunder which is as
amusing to listeners as it is discon
certing to the speaker. "What is so
fit an emblem of our fleeting life,"
said an impassioned orator, "as tno
gaudy flutterby?" and he wondered
why his audience was moved to smile
tiy the comparison. "My brethren,"
touchinjily remarked a clergyman tc
his congregation, "I have a half
warmed fish in my heart." "Half
formed wish." he intended to say. "1
knew that she was an old maid," ex
claimed a young friend to me, "she
was so prill and stim." And seeing
by my face that she must have made
a mistake, she hastily corrected her
self, saying, "I mean stim and priff.'"
v musical composer, while conduct
ing a rehearsal of one of his works,
suddenly exclaimed with great energy,
"Now, gentlemen, 'Fill up the blow
ing fowl.' " This was intended to be
the signal for the entiy of the chorus,
"Fill up the flowing bowl," but the
laughter evoked by tho ludicrous
blunder prevented any practice for
some time. "Linnie, sing us a song,
there's a dear," we said; but we were
hardly prepared for Liiitoie's render
in? of our old favorite, which began,
"She wore a wroth of reases." The
second line was inaudible, if it war
sung.
A little man has to do a good deal
of bluffing to keep the big man from
piqkipa b-"P '
A DANGEROUS PLIGHT
1 Bailor Advemtnr With Polar Ber
Alon 00 m fiblp'a Lookout.
There is an old sailor named Jaba
Recently returned to San Francisco
irom an Arctic cruise, who has nindo
.ID bis mind cot to go on anoti:-r
whaling expedition no matter what
J.appens. The reason is thl: On
ne occasion during his late voyage,
'.lake was on watch in the lookout
cradle at the masthead, and ii was
iiight, that is, as much night as it
ever gets up thore iu summer. Tho
1 :.n had been down alxm t an hour and
would rise agai.i about an hour lat or.
It was a beautiful siuht as the ship
Jay there in the ice. and the air
hcerned scintillating with a phospho -i'S'
cut glow that penetrated every
where and made no sh.idows. On ail
sides the pack ice lay close t l hi!
vessel and leai'lied tor miles in eve:y
direction, broken occasionally by a
largo berg or the faint outlines of
nother ship. The silence was pro
found; it seemed to produce a roar
ing snund like the waves of a distant
:cean. Such surroundings will p.;t a
lerson in a seiui-comatosi! state from
which the slightest sound wiil awaken
him with a start.
Jake suddenly saw something whitt
in the gloom, climbing the 111:1-1.
His first Impulse was to Jump U the
de. k, but before he could act on it,
the white object rlini'i d through the
lubber hole anil Jake then saw it was
a polar tear. Jake realized that lie
wa in a must dangerous position and
1 egan to think of means of escape,
lie called to the watch on deck !)
low. 1 ut they couldn't hear. He
tried to get out under the canvass
bat the beast grabbed him and pulled
him back. It began thumping him
and every time Jake attempted to
move away it. would growl. Suddenly
his eyes lighted on a rope hanging to
the tifck just back of the cradle. Ity
this means, he thought, he could
reach the deck. To swing himself
free was but the work of an instant,
but the bear uiadea jumpand caught
hold of his foot. Hut a few vigorous
kicks freed him, and then ln-gan a
new terror. Perhaps the n' was
not stroni. and would break, or ho
might miss the stay and swing against
Mie mast and be dashed to death.
The moment in the air scaled
years tilled with horror, and several
times Jake wished he had taken Ijh
chances with the liear. To grab the
stay and hold on was the most di.'.i
cult, and twice, Jake's hands slipped
nd almost lost it
When he reached the deck hi
.ooked up and saw the rope swing
back to the cradle, where the t ear
jrabbed it. It tried to do as it had
seen Jake do, "but had no sooner
swung clear than it slipped ol! ar:d
fell to the deck. The crew ha 1 bear
steak for breakfast.
In Oilier IJays.
Whether in-doors or out, walking,
iding, or rowing; whether in the cel
ar, kitchen, rjarlor, or bedroom, we
sec thousands of things made of seem
ingly strange material, which, if ex
amined, would show us the same stuff
the natural produce of the earth
used by the savages, but differently
and dexterously combined Dy better
vlucated hands.
This fur, which is used nowadays
.'or cloaks, hats, trimmings, rugs, and
brushes, was at one time used lor
only a sort of shawl, being merely cut
from the animal and put to dry in the
suu. Wood, which with mud made
the savage's home, or roughly whit
tled made his tools, is now fashioned
into all kinds of furniture, vehicles,
instruments of every shape ani vaj
riety. machines and countless other
'.hings.
Iron, from which only money and
weapons were once made, is useful in
machinery, architecture and a thou
sand other branches
Hotter, which is aim- si indispensa
ble to the meal nowadays, was form
erly used soleiyas an ointment, II"
rodotus. a Greek historian, is the first
writer who mentions butter, SUU years
before Christ. The Spartans treated
1 ,
it verv mucli tlie same as we 00 co
ogne.and Plutarch tells how a hostess
was sickened at the sight, of o.ie of
her visitors, a Spartan, who was -;at-
irated in butter.
The Scythians introduced the arti
cle to the Greeks, and the Germans
showed the Homans how to ma'ie it.
But the latter did not use it for food;
they, like the Spartans, anvntci
heir bodies with it.
Anecilot- of TlmckcrHy.
Of Thackeray Dean Ha'e tells some
capital stories, says the London
Journal in review of those lately pub
lished Kcminisecnces." The tlrst
time he met him was at a dinner at
Leech's ho.'.se. "I was introduced by
our host, and for his sake he gave me
1 cordial gieeting. "We must be
ibo'it the same height,' he said;
'we'll measure.' And when as we
stood dos-a-dos. and the bystanders
gave their verdict, 'a dead heat'
the length was six feet three inches
and I had meoKly Suggested that
though there might be no difference
ia the size of the cases, his contained
a Stradivarious and mine a dancing
master's kit, we proceeded to talk of
niants. Me told m" of a visit which
he paid with Mr. Higgins ("Jacob
Omnium"), who was four or Ave
inches the taller of tha two to see a
Jirobdignagian on show, and how the
man at the door had inquired 'whether
they were in the business, because, if
so, no charge would be made.' And
1 told him how Sir William Pnn,
when quartered with his regiment at
Nottingham, was walking in the
market place, and was met by two
mechanics one of whom thus ad
dressed him: 'Sir William, me and
my mate 'as -jol a bet of a quart of
aie about ver, and we wants to know
yrr 'ight:' and Sir William answered:
'Mv height is six feet seven, and yours
is the height of impudence.' "
Not Complimentary.
Never is a Chinese wife spolfen 01
oy her husband in a plain, straight
forward way. Such playful terms as
,"my thorn in the ribs" and "my dull
companion" arc more usual, but leave
tomething to bs desired on the score
of elegance. "The mean one of the
Inner ro'im'' lias a distinct flavor of
masculine selthhness about it.
Every noble activity makes room for
itsen.
POOR BEAR.
Da Wa sick nd Wanted Help urus Ui
Man Who Trmppod Htra.
"One bitter cola mourning notions
jgo," said a hunter of Eastern Penn
sylvania, "I started out with a huge
bear trap which I was going to set.
In my pocket 1 had a sponge and a
bottle of chloroform for, after setting
the trap, 1 was going to kill an old
hound. I set the trap and sat down
on a log in the shadow of a tree.
Suddenly I heard behind me a great
panting and wheezing and, looking
around, 1 sp;ed a huge black bear.
Ho came toward me still panting and
seemed very curious as to what I was.
I sat like a thing of stne, witli mj
legs crossed, and in a few minutes the
bear waddled down and began to sniff
at my c;at- He wheezed like a por
poise.and I could fee! his warm breath
on the back of my ne -k, but I didn't
move a peg, and the bear drew back
three or four times, as though he had
found out enough and was going away,
liut he soon sniffed at my coat again,
and in a little while he clambered
over the log at my right, wheezed in
my car a second and circled around to
his left, as though ho wanted to get
V front view.
"As he did so his right foot came
ilown in the pan of the trap, the jaws
caught his foot like a flash, and of all
the bawling and snarling and thrash
ing around 1 ever heard or saw those
of the bear beat them all. There
was no clog on the trap, ind the bear
picked up his foot and started off on
three legs after he had recovered from
t lie tlrst shock, howling and wheezing
till I felt s rry for him. lwasaf:a d
the bear would lug my trap where t
would never be able to get it, and I
followed him around for two hours
and tried to get a crack at his head
with a club.
"Finally I came tip to him anrj
then he wheeled alxmt, waddled to.
I ward me, held up his trapped foot;
and whined and wheezed, as though
he was begging me to take the trap
off his foot. The b -ar's pitiful ap-
1 peal took all the starch out of me
and 1 threw away the club and took
hold of the trap Tlie bear yelled
with pain when I attempted to pull
the iaws apart, but he didn't offer to
; bite me. 1 found I could not open
the trap without aid, so 1 put his foot,
down, pulled out the bottle of chloro
form, tilled the sponge full of it and
held it to the bear's no-e. The bear
snilVe 1 Mid whee.ed an I acted as it
lie liked the smell, and I kept til l
sponge tilled with chloroform till h-;
' drop; 1 on his si le, when 1 cut h's
throat with my jaoknife. lie was fat
and his fur was prime, but I found
when I cut liim open that his wind
pipe was full of ulcers and 1 knew
then why he ha I wheezed so hard.'
j Itot C'ullee Slt.t Mm-Ii1ii.
j hopk cp -rs are threatened v, illi
; another kind of competition as 1?
among themselves there ve:c nob
j enough alre.idy - ay- a London jour
nal. It takes the form of a new
development, of the automatic mi
chine, which, if its inventors' hopes
are realized, w ill require an elargemeiit
of Taifalgar Square to accommodate,
the unemployed licenced victuallers
' sod.i-waterseiler, coffee, housekeepers,
j fruit merchants, andconfectioners wfm
will find thcnselves obliged to join in
the chorus of the "starving poor ol
' Old England." These new machines
are a kind of miniature unvcrsal pro
vider. Into tho slot of one you putj
: your cupper and leceive in return
J cup of tea, coffee, chocolate, or per-
j haps gruel, from another lemonade or
so la water and biscuits, a third dis
penses soda and milk, a fourth devotes
1 itself to retailing bitter ale or Scotch
j whisky, another sells fiuit, one more
doles out sweels, and, lastly, there is
one which bun Is its customers a basin
, of hot or cold waterand aclean towel.
, The system is, of coarse, open to
indefinite development, and every
business will be liable to its inroads.
J A slight addition to the mechanism
of the clear water and towel depart
I ment will no doubt add shaving to
j its accomplishments and a gentleman
:.......;;... i .. i .: .. .. v.in ...
may in time be alms to put his face
into the slot arid draw it out as
smooth as a billiard ball. And if, as
soon as the supply is exhausted, tho
machine at once can display in its
window acard with the word "empty,"
there is no reason why it should not
also be tautiht to whisper "I than!
you" to each customer.
Tension for Teitf-lierft.
The question of pensioning the
teachers of New York city school;
was recently aeitated, ana, verj
1 sensibly, the idea received a quick
quietus. It was not without its
champion in the daily press circles
however, the Journal giving editona;
utterance to the fo, lowing:
"It is much to be regreted that tht
movement for pensioning teachers in
our city schools has lai'ed. It is
case of injustice and hardship which
will scarcely encourage men and wo
men of first-class abilities to work for
small salaries all their lives. A more
contemptuous dismissal of the matter
than that lust given could hardly In
imagined.
'Among the many reasons alleged
for not doing simple Justice is the
very far-fetched apprehension that
"every town in the State would be
oetitioning the Legislature to pen
sion its teachers" it New York led
the way. The time will perhaps
come when the Board of Education
will be less inclined to reject a propo
sition for pensioning in their de
clining years public servants so im
portant to the municipal and genera'
welfare as our teachers."
It is a matter for surprise that so
able a paper as the Journal should fa
vor so difficult a solution of a sim
ple problem. Instead of giving a
pension to superannuated teachers
why not pav them such sa'asies dur
ing their active service that in their
old age, the pension would not be
needed? If they then failed to make
provision for their declining years it
would be nobody's fault but thei'
own.
Such a sa'ary shoutd-surely be paid:
for no work is more arduous than
that of the teacher, and none is 6i
fraught with future significance.
But a pension! 'Tis a childish pro
posaL
Give the teacher the choice be
tween an adequate salary and a pea
! sion, and see how quickly the matter,
will be decided
BUT ONE GUILTY MAX.
4.U tho Othan Wan Buffering Cnjust Tu-
Proctor Knott, famous as an clo
quent Governor of Kentucky, was a
Missourlan in the fifties. He was
Gov. Stewart's Attorney General.
Knott tells a story of Stewart which,
although very old, is declared by him
to have had its origin Just as he
states it. One dav, so Knott relates,
the pair were walking through the
penitentiary on a sort of Inspection
tour. Prisoners were then permitted
to approach the Governor in person
and plead with him for executive
clemency. As the officials passed
through the corridors Stewart asked
one after another of the convicts
ibout his case.
"I am here,' said one, "for a mur
Jer that 1 never committed."
"And I'm in," said another, "for
Utemptln' to kill when it was a clean
case of self-defense."
"I'm innocent, too, Governor,
said another. "1 never stole a thing
.n my life."
Gov. Stewart asked hundreds o;
questions, but every convict- declared
his innocence and begged for pardon.
At length, jut before leaving the
prison, the Executive met a your.s.
bellow carrying a load of some sort of
prison product Tlie convict saluted
respectfully and was passing on, when
:he Governor stopped him.
"What are you here for?" lie asked
"For stealing horses Vour Excel
lency," was the ready rei.lv.
"But of course you are innocent?'
the Governor went on. winking at
Gen. Knott.
"Of course I'm nothin' of the sort,'
said the prisoner. "I stole 'em and
I've got three years to do yet."
"Well," said Gov. Slcwart, "you
will be pardoned to-morrow. I am
sorry tiiat it will be necessary for
iou, a k'uilty, baa man, to remain
icre even another nitrht with all of
.hese innocent gentlemen. You will
:ontaminate them."
The truthful young horse-thief was
ree the next dav, and, oddly enough,
ic became an honest, valuabld dti
en. Ite Joyful, Ladies.
The physical beauty of womet
hould last until they are past fifty.
Nor does beauty reach its zenith
inder tho age of 35 or 40. Helen of
Troy conies upon the stage at the ;ige
pf 40. Aspasia was 3tt when married
to Pericles, and she was a brilliant
figure thirty years thereafter. Cleo
patra was past 30 when she met
Antony, Diane de Poictiers was ?.ti
when she won the heart of Henry II.
The King was half her age, but his
ievotion never changed. Anne of
Austria was 38 when described as
the most beautiful woman in Europe.
Mme. de Maintenon was 43 when
ltiited to Louis, and Catherine of
Russia 33 when she seized the throne
the occupied for thirty-five years.
Ml'.e. Mars was most beautiful at ,
ind Mme. F.ecauiier between the ages
it 35 and 55. The most lasting and
intense passion is not Inspired by
twj-decade beauties. The old saw
about sixteen isexplmled by the truer
kuowleilge that the highest beauty
iocs not dwell in immaturity. For
beauty does not mean alone the fash
ion of form and coloring, as found in
the waxen doll. The dew of youth
ami a complexion of roses sometimes
combine in a face that is uninoving
and unresponsive. A woman'-, best
and richest years are from 2'i to 40.
Contentment and good humor will
outrival all medical inventions as a
preservative of y utli. A wim n,
beautiful in all cl-e, but wanting
mirth, will grow old, sour, thin and
sallow, while the merry, fun-lovirg
woman will be fresh and sweet, de
spite life's happenings and sorrows.
An Oltl Story in New Form.
The platform of the electric cai
vas pretty well taken up by the
driver, a man of the "slugger'' va
riety, and a big bag, over which
the man of the "slugger' va
riety appeared to be standing euard.
When the conductor came to collect
the fares he looked sharply at tho
bag, and then said to the tough.
"I'll have ter charge yer fer that
bag."
"I'll bet yer won't," answered fib
man, looking angrily at him, as if
any attempt at collection would ki ,
duce a prize fight.
Yes I willi an' if yer don't pay,
I'll put ther bag off. See?"- said the
conductor shortly. He gave the man
five minutes more, asked him a sec
ond and a third time, then stopped
the car and put the bag off on the
sidewalk. The "slugger" didn't
even move, and when the car had
rone about a mile further the con
ductor 6aid to him:
"Yer don't care much for that haw
if you wouldn't pay 5 cents for it."
"Ah, come off!" was the reply
'What's der hag got ter do wid me?
'Tain't mine. I'd 'a' told yer so if
yer'd asked me."
IV hat She Wanted.
A certain shopwalker in one of th
.arge dry goods establishments on the
jWest Side is noted for his everity to
those under him in business. One day
he approached a juu or. assistant,
'rom whose counter a lady had ju-t
.eft.
"You let that lady go out with u.
ler making a purchase?" he asked
cverely.
"Yes, sir 1 "
"And sho was at your counter t'u!l
ten minutes?"
"Doubtless, but then you see "
"Exactly. I saw that in spite o
ill the questions she put to you, you
rarely answered her, and never at
tempted to get what she wanted."
"Well, but"
"You need not make any excuse
I shall repo t you for carelessness.'
"Well, I hadn't what she wanted."
"What was that?"
"One dollar and fifty cents! She's
. book canvasser, getting subscrib.rr
'jo the 'Life of Mr. Croker.'"
Tha shopwalker retired crestfallen
amid the audible titters of all the
assistants in the department, wtio
jreatly enjoyed his discomfiture.
VIercury.
A woman is never known to aa
vertls for the return of stolen prop
erty 'and no questions asked." Sh
would ask questions or die.
MINDING ONE'S OWN BUSINESS
Sow tho
Rockefeller Came
to Hut
Money to Burn.
, The Rockefellers have magnificent
lioues on Fifth avenue, writes a Xew
York corre-pondent i t the Philadel
phia Times, but their mcde of life is
timple in the extreme. John D. lives
n fifty-fourth street, just west ol
.Fifth avenue. William lives on Fifth
nvenue, near Fifty-fourth street.
This is the millionaire district. II.
M. Flagler, the YanderbiHs, William
jC. Whltuey, Andrew Carnegie, and
other big men live not a stone's throw
away.
Like the Vanderbllts the Eocke
,fe'lers ate steady church-goers. Tl.ey
bit under Dr. John K. Paxton, the
famous soldier preacher, who was the
pastor ( f Jay Gould and who also
p.xarhcs 1 1 the daughter and sons of
that great tluancier. At the same
church attend a dozen or more of the
richest men in New York who do not
seem in any way displeased by the
habit Dr. Paxt n has of saying hard
things against the rich. The oil
kings are liberal men with their
money, although they make but little
ado over their charities Most of the
money they spend in this way is
spent under the direction of Dr. Pax
ton and nothing is heard of it in the
I ubile press.
Take them all in all, they are the
sort of men whom wealth In no way
changes. They are the same men
to-d.iy that they were when they
were struggling for wealth in West
ern Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio,
and when physical courage as well as
mental acumen of the h gl'.est sort
was neerled in order that they might
hold their own against thi tierce oic
f o-ition of desperate men. But the
Rockefellers had the requisite nerve,
and in the end tht y won. They aro
called monopolists and other hard
names, and it is not necessary here
to consider the fitness of such epi
thets. One fact stands clear. Theso
men s.arted with nothing, p:act!cally
speaking, and to-day one of them Is
valued as being worth $130,000,0011
and the other almost as much. As
an object lesson in the a:t of how t t
do It, these figures and farts speak
more forcibly than almost anytliin;
ilse could.
Mitii:' Sam-ei.
To make a sauce Tartare, chov
some capers very line and a clove o
garlic or some onion and stir in ;
mayonnaise, and vou have a Tartai'
sauce which is delicious with boilci'
ir fried ti s! 1.
One ot the simplc-t and most pal
atab'e of sauces, an I one that is used
with more dishes thin any other, is a
lnaitre d'hote) sauce. It is made by
placing a tablesnoonful of butter in
an earthenware bowl. Over this i
squeeed the juice of cine large lemon
or two small ones. A tablespoon till
of chopped p irslev, an eighth of a
teaspooufiil of red pepper and a little
siii i:o;,li be added. Stand the bowl
I aclv on tlie range, where it will keep
lot. until ready to serve.
A drawn butter sauce or gravy i
made by putting a pint of milk in a
stew pan with a heaping tablespoon
I il of butter. Place it on the range
ami wnen 11 coi.ies to a Don tn ciieii
with two large tab!epoonfuls of Hour
nixed with milk.
Caper sauce is made by adding ti.
this drawn butt'-r sauce as many
capers with the vinegar from the bot
tle as one desires. Tastes differ about
capers. Som- like many and others
m y a few in sauce.
An egg sauce is made by adding U.
.he drawn butter some hard-boiled
VKS chopped tine.
Poulett'-sauce, which is deliciou
ivitii oysters partridge or quail, is
made by adding to the drawn butter
tlie juice of half a lemon, seuii
ciio;.'d parsley, a little mace, a Lav
leaf, two cloves of garlic cut One and
two whole cloves. Let this simmer
jentlv a half-hour and strain beforr.
using. Then powder with finely
h ipped parsley or serve without.
iew York Herald
A YVoihUt in lVnntaiislilp.
A Mr. Peedle, who formerly livea
nearOttcry, St. Mary, Liverpool, is
credit el with having executed the.
most wonderful piece of pen work in
existence. He used a piece of com-1
mon white cardboard, tliree and one-;
half inches square. On this small,
card the pen wizard wrote, without,
the slightest abbreviation, the whole
of Goldsmith's "Traveler," "The De
serted Village," "Essay on Educa
tion," "Disrress of a Disabled Sol
dier," "The Tale of A.im," "and the
same author's six e-says on "Justice,"
( Jcnerositv," "Irresolution of
Youth." "Frailty of Man," "Friend
ship." and "The Genius of Love."
In the ceuter of the card he executed
a perfect picture of Ottery Church,
all of the shades and lines being parts
of the letters used in writing the
above named pieces. This miracu
lous production was finished with the
English national anthem of "God
Save the Queen." The margins, cor
ners and spaces between the lines
were embellished with seventy-two
stars Ilfty-one crescents and nineteen
crosses a mobiea snaice in p nworn
inclosed the whole nf thi remark
ublc product ion.
GlaiUtono's Ifublts In Keuilin?.
It is rather discouraging to kne
that if one should read more hours a
day that the average American is
able to spend away from business he
would be able to read only a lew of
the works that are really worth read
ing Mr. Gladstone, however, is not
to lie discouraged by this knowledge.
. . 1- - : :.o in.l..
lie goes upou 1110 pnue.ino
only way to get any reading done is
to reau. 111 a iniiuuv ui uinci.-a-tions
recently translated, Dr. Dollin
ger said: '-1 think it was in the year
1S71 that I remember his (Gland
stone's) pay in" me a visit at 0 o'clock
In the evening. 'c began talking
on political and theological subiects,
and became both of us so engrossed
with ttic conversation that it was 2
oMock at night when 1 left the room
tn retch a book from my library far
ing on the matter in hand. I returii"d
w.th it in a few minutes and found
Gladstone deep In a volume he haa
drawn out of h:9 pocket true to his
principles or never losias time dur
ing my momentary absence. And
th.s at the small boura ot the morn
ing:" Critio
XEWS IX JJRlEt".
The property of Germany is is sen
led at 32,5110,000.
Over 12.O10.000 bushels of buck
wheat were in 1S'2 manufacture 1 into
cakes.
The wcrld's sugar plantations pro
dtice every year 0,000,000 tons ot
Migar.
FInx is first mentioned in f onnec
tion with Hebrews at the exodus, ii.
1491.
American pumps are known in Chi
na and Japan, as well as in parts of Eu--ope.
The best whispering gallery is it
the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, ii
Loudon.
K year on Jupiter is equal to elevei.
years ton months and seventeen d iys
a onr globe.
rtu.-sia raises 1200 pounds of gT lit
md fifty-one poinds of meat to each
'uLul.itaut.
Iu a garden at Lexington, FU
there are said to be 122 different varie-
ies of roses.
The first oratorio mentioned ir
medieval chrouiees was presented ia the
fth century.
A PtiM-iiin scientist has succeeded ii
tracing ail rusn's diseases to the fact
'hut he wears clothes.
Clement Spelman of Xottinghan
wiis liiiri.-d upright incased in a piita
u Nf.rburg church.
The largest room in the world nu
br.iken by pillars is a drill hall iu St
"YterMburg, 020x150 feet.
Blick walnut Fawdnst, caramel am
roi'-ted and browned horse liver are
i.sed to adulterate coffee.
The surface area of the moon ishpu.
to bo fully as great as that of Africa
'ud Aust-alia combined.
Among other articles made froiL
cotton-seed oil, once regarded aa use
't;s.s, is artificial Ind a rubber.
There are torty-cight distinct dis
fises of the eye. No other orgau of
'he human body hus no many.
In tho At-hantee army the ofiiieers
occupy the rear, soas to cut down the
"oldiers who try to raa away.
Tho proposed Iloboken (Js. J.,
Ilri.lge will have a single spin of Iio0
cee.t tho longest ia tae world.
A ith a load of 40.1 pounds a came.
c:.n travel twelve or fourteen days with
ut water, going forty miles a day.
Iu the year To ) A. 1). Tep3 Puiu
I. b ut t liii only clock i i tho knon
woildas a present of Pepin, King of
'-'iiiuce
Eus.siua woru;in and Japanese mm.
sre pronounced by those competent to
ju.lite th best of the world's workers
-v.th tho 'aeedle.
Ia Corfu 1 heets of paper pass fo.
money; one sheet bays ona quart of
rioe, or twenty sheets a piece of hemp
:oth.
IVsta;. e - tumps in the form of stum pi
envelopes were u e l by M. do YoIuv-t,
who on ued a priviitj pot iu tlie n:y
f Paris in the ri iga of Louis XIV.
The latent explanation of the ruii.
a iiieh usually fol;o as a great battle ii
Ihat it is cms 'd, uot by tho kuioUv,
but by tho p i-spir it ion of tho ol
'iers. A new fey-tom
MiiilU.-tio'i of coal
bv w lie'i sin ik -l- s,
is rendered posi-
ble has been ado
it.-1 bv the North ii-r-
a in Llov l ami
tho Hamburg Auier
iaa Co npauies.
Tim rrv'iii-t depth recorded ot
Lake Mid i uu i l-7o f.-ot, or ah i.it
in-- sixth of a mil . the. in uu d o'.li
is a'MHit ti'J.i !eet, ore one-sixteenth f
n.il.
The lien is o.nvre I with aruioreu
plati sverv h ird an i ovel i ippin 1 e ich
other. Each is set with spikes, nnd
bends in eon'onulty with the m vt;
letits of tlie body.
A rep res ntiti m of tli bigp'pe w.i.
found in tli r.Uas of 1'nrs n Tim
instrument w is 11 h.sj 2 'oil yeirs l-;-loretlio
Chris iau era, au l its urigiu is
luknowu.
The Breed of tho fastest r il v
train is only a little more thm oin half
the velocity of tho goldeu aie's tlirfht.
the bird having been ktiowu to luuko
'40 miles per hour.
It is f-aid that on account of th..
size and attractiveness of tho bmii, a
man of lii pounds weight removed to
the surface of that orb from th s plan' 1,
would "tip the beam" ut 110 lebs thau
'wo tons.
--London ehetrieal supply firms are
not only lending ont electrical coo-iag
(doves to customers but aro prepar. d to
supply a sepirnte meter and chaigo
'.a f rates f r cooking.
The number of notes coming inb.
the Hank of EugUud for redemp'iou
every di:y idio it 5 l.O'Kl, aud o",0:li
are destroyed every week, or sometuiuc'
ike 1X,0 ,0,000 eery year.
The largest engine is at Fried. 11s
ville. Ft nr.; its ilriviug wheels Hre
Ihirty-tivp feet ia diameter, thocjl-iud.-r
is llniuehes, and it ruisjs 17,"i ))
gallons of water per minute.
The name "Indian" was given t..
:he inhabitants of Amcriei by Colum
bus, from his belief that tho conn'i v
which ho had discovered w as an extousi. m
of India, iho country, known to o-er-;iv
the extreme of the La-stern liemispbe.-e.
There is a hole in Yelliwstom
Park supposed to be a "dry geyser."
which is believed to be "bottomless."
three thousand feet of lino with weight
ittaehed has been let dow n into it wi:h
jut meeting with obstructions.
An instrument has been invented fo.
sounding the depths of the sea without
nsiug a lead lino. A sinker is droppid
contiining a cartridge, which explode
on toiieh'ng the bottom; tho report is
registered iu a microphone apparatus
and tLe depth reckoned by the timu ui
which the explosion occurred.
Anew process of rain making wn
recently brought before th'i Ac idmi
. . J. .. 1 11 t 1:.
(es Sciences.
lu tljeory is thateh-ct
bv M. Paudoiu.
rieity maintain
the water in clouds in a state of small
drops and that if the electricity hi
discharged the wuter will come dow n.
Duel !iiulleU by a lig Uoc-
Two professional men of Milan,
Italy, who had repaired to a frontier
village to fight a duel, were prevented
from doing, so by an enormous St.
Pernard dog w hich appeared on the
scene just as the would be duelists
were taking their places Several at
tempts to begiu operations were
made, but the dog interfered each
time. Finally the ridiculousness of
the situation dawn d upon the prin
cipals, and they shook hands and re
turned to Milau tocothar.ew York
World. v
uia only nit nis -"h-A drU!,
ien
more a still mere .7 iu.
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