V O, b. rtOHWEIEK, THE GONSTITUTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor amd Propitotor. VOL. XLVIII. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1S94. NO. K fO-IAY AND TC-MCjrtrtO VV, IT Fortune with a smiling far Strew roses on our way, V hen shall we stoop to pick thorn up? To-day, my lov, to-day. Eut should she frown with face of cire And talk oC coj.inir sorrow. When shall we pricve If grk vo we mustt To-morrow, I ve, to-morrow. If thoso who wronged us own tb?ir faulty And kindly j.ity, pray When shall we !istm and forgive To.la;-, my ?ov-, to-.lav. But if st rn Ju-'.ie? urjc raliuke. And warmth fro.n memory borrow, IVteu shad we c"nid-.--wj dare? To morrow, lov, to-morrow. If those to whom s owe a debt Ara t.arme 1 unVss we pay, When shall we sti u -le ti be just? To-day, my love, to-day. Tut if our d- t j.- fad our hop.-, Anl plea t his ruin thorough, When shali wa wuigh bis breach of fit'a? lm rro;v, love, tomorrow. If 1.5v. ostrane-!, should ouce again H s gonial s nile display, When shali w kiss his proffered lips? To- lay, my love, to-day. Emit he woul 1 in lu'.jo regret. Or dwell with bygone son- j.v, Vi hen shall we weep--if we.-p v. e mu3i? Tc-.norro.v, iove, tomorrow. For virtu ms acts and h.ir.iil.-ss joys, Thj minutes will not stay; IVe'vu aiivivs time to welcome the in. To-day. my luiv, to-Jay. tut care, reson taunt, angry words, Ani ti.iavailin-r sorrow, Ciji'ij far too s on if they ajjpear i'-moi-r-.-.v, !ov. to-moi-row. Vliai-'.-s M -kay, in liostoa Journa!. A LEAP-VEAIl STOKV. T v.as a veiy small lii-at t cit;-, h it hous: in the of a crowde 1 and y-'. small wac, three fa-r. c' i maoe :i liunte ii Ihe first floor, on I the one that brought the most rent, was l:iun lrrs, retired sea r capta'n. who was fupno?cd to pos'e-s 11 gold mine. .t the very least, :t n I nh-i had undoubtedly "ieatiiered l.i; r.es-." well in i.uiiy years of prosperous voy-.ain-. Ti.e b:i-en;;nL Cur was distinu's'ae 1;y a sig.i over the tlo )r, and a s'io;i win doiv, wherein were l:splayc 1 X'xs wares f a l,ron'.' George Davis on a very small sc lit : a n.-er who bought by til"! hnf-'t and i:, anl sold by the halt" ij'i'r-k anil .o:i!i.i. I": aiis .iicrj v.-".; only one ft .ry r.': -.ve the !ir-t floor Xanette livel witu her rrot'.icT, -Madame llillien. Xaue'tj i.a 1 be n ten years in A'neiic.l, au.l w.n employed by :t milliner, who male ijoud lite iif X.ir.'.'ttc's Latioaaiity ?ht'U Ler ci-'-.-i:1.' rs s.i-,e-.':ed her t belli :;:iy t h:t j but a French n.l'u:tier. M.i i.i i;y llillien was yei.o.v an i wriu'ule l and wore an old 1,-ai.qiie of dinv oiurs over a b'.ac c s l'c Tiettii o.'ir, and a cap of elaborate 1 0:1-fctrui-iloti over VL-ry rough, iray lisir. Xanette was a clear brunette, with eves bhick as slots and soft as velvet, c'aeeks 111;, the heart of a crimson rose, t 'e:h ti- -. l.l. -11.1. . like pLv.ris, and me tnggest utile li;:r .ever balanced on two pretty feet. With scant means and her Ficnch tancs Xia ette wus always well dres-:ed. Her print jyowns titled ler to a Dicty, her ha:r x; lossy and abundant, was al .vays arranged becomingly, and there was never any thing tumbled or soile 1 to raar Xanc.te's toilette. Two men, at ieiit, a lured Xanette; f!corC Davis in heart-rick silence; Cap tain Saunders with the audacity of wealih and position. Captain Saunders feut always to Ma lame llillien such preserves and fruits as opened wide the eye-: of the favored few invited to p-.rtake of them. He hal always a Iriend in port, just arrived rom Italy, from Cub 1, from Livei poo', from China, from any point where the long arm of commerce pushes her vessels; and t!:ee friends would always have foreign daiuties to tenmt the cold froai ahe pur-e of the generous captain. It was whispcre 1 that fabrics only suited lor feminine wear, jewels, fans, liinkets also eamo to the captain a room, but of these ho said nothing. Boxes of oranges, jars of ginger, boies of . macaroni, tempting morsels from all lands were car ried up the flight of stairs to Madame llillien. but of India muslins, Canton trapes ;.:n's silks, rings and bracelets the captaii. .-aid riever a word. Still the face cf (icorgo Davis grew longer and paler day by day, as the sight of his rival's prosperity was forced upon him. It was trua that Xanette loyally purchased every pound of tea aud peck of potatoes at the grocery ia the base ment aud presented her enh with the smile of aa angc!. Trje, too, that sho never passed the grocer without a smile and sometimes a little blush. For the grocer was only thrce-and-twenty, with a blond beard and eyes as blue as a patch of summer skv, while the captain was nearly siify, with grizzled red hair, a ekia like mahogaav, and eves of no green. r A . . : ., 1 . - . . , is -iv,.ii inn, unless it was sea- I Cut the captain had a lona bank- account, aud could woo gallantly and loudly, while tne grocer only spoke with hia ryes, r.nd wondered vaguely ho;v long two could live upon profits that were half starvation for one. "She is so pretty!" the poor young fellow thought, with a sigh; "co won der she likes to ride with the captain in the Park, while I am tied to the counter j ...... ...w a uuv in. roll in the barrels. I could not send a ba.sket home if a customer asked it." But fortunately the customers were of that class thut never trust a market-basket out of their own hands. Still, as they were very evicting as to the Iar"est measure for the lowest price, that bal cnccd the matter. It was not a very flourishing grocery stoic, for the goods were of the cheapest description, and tho profits were very sm ill; and often when the stock had to be replenished, George Davis wore patched " sho?9 and the shabbiest ot clothes. "It would delight my Lcirt," Xanette snid once to her mother, "if I could once i;et my to hand3 in the linen-closet of Monsieur Davis and repair hia collars and cuffs. They are frayed. Oh!" with uplifted Laais "how t'acy are shabby V..- . 7.- n i i i i si 'Hi "Youlial b-'fer look at something cl-c than the m? o.' Mousieu.: Davis,7' said Madame H.iliea, severely, "In my country maidens do not look at youu-J raoD." 'But, raammi, when I must look at him every day how can I but scj him? Do I not buy of him suear auj tea and all tbat we have to cat 2'' "If you were wise yn i would not be compelle j to buy to 1 1 ui a little st ore iike that. Listei: Monsieur, tne cup tain, hm told uis taat if he marries ha will buy the whole house. Ah, think of a whole house !" "But we are comfortable in three rooms.'' Bah! We live I But comfortaVe? You have no sense, Nanette I Twice already fias the contain spoken to me. You will lose him." 'Let him 50! I have my work and we have Cve hundred dollars iu bank. Why should I marrv an old horror like that.'" "He 1 n t horrible." "No, you are right. He is kin 1 aid .food, an i I am sorry he will love me orhen I cannot love him." "But, way':" "Ah. why!" said Xanette, fhrujjaina her pretty shoulders. But sue ran a.vay then aud bojan ti concoct a mirvt'lo'is omelet for supper, singing in a Ion J. clear voice, so that her inotaer could not ;nake her heat from where she sat iu au nner room. Whv.' Xever a word o! rove had the youn;; grocer spoken, tliouh ,m nonest eves to.i ins adoration: out A'anette knew that she always hud t it .:hoice of the mirket set aside for he-, and there was aiwaji a little overweig'at of all the ;hoicest thinjs in her basket. But the attentions of the captain soon became a burden : not because of hi. persecution?, but because Madame H:I lien became fretful and exacting oa tus subject. It was all foolishness ou Xanette's part, and no modest girl re i'ued the husband her aiother off-.Ted ber, ;be said. I 8ut Xanettc had been too long ii i-Ycaerica, though she was but tTenty Nj, to give up her freedom of choscj I.'or any old Fienc 1 custom. 'Here girls c'joose their owa bus- ' i'ands." she said. And Madame Hillcn sere lined: "You would o3er yourself to him?" "Xot so bad as that, mjinut, th mli 'this is leap-year," said X"nette,for ISSS was but a week old. "Leap-vearl Ah, tou arj a bole "'rll" 10 But Xanette was not bold, . a id hei Jenoer heart was sora over h?r lover's isilence. lie was her lover: of that s'ae wa' sure; but he was poor, se Tery poor, an I netded a wife to help bi n gro rich. Kow she could help him! Ho v sin would save in house keeping. and make iii clo'.hes last twice as long, and tidy up :he rooms the open door showeJ to be so forlorn. She was a true woman, this Jittle Xanette, longing to give loyal ser vica where she gave loyal love. But h 'would not speak. "It is already two years we have be?n jn the house," Xanette thought, "aid I know he lovas me." Something wonderful happened just at this time. There was aa old uaele iu France, a clo-x'-iisteJ miser, who Lai ri fu'ed often and often to help hi widowed sister by so much as a niucli of salt, arid he died, leaving to Xinette a sum that made ten thousand American dollars. It fairly stunned the little milliner. , To bs so rich as that, w hen and here a ' -.t. i-: : . . 1 .1 .... 1 choking sob came into her throat wheo V- .....1.-1 Jl 1 . 1 . the me li she loved had not a goo 1 coat to his back, tho'tghhc workttd faitalully to earn one. Xanette grieved over her access of fortune as much as she rej iced. She shrewdly sjspectel the cause ol Oeorge's silence, and knew that this legacy would be another bar betwean them. Already her mother was talking of moving into a better neighborhood end mora commodious apartment.. The captain had offered his congratu lations rather ruefully appreciating the weight of this nev phase of affairs. "I was sure of the irother," he thought, "but now I ara not so sure." It was dusk when he rattled the key in his own door, aad did not see a tall figure near him, until a familiar voicj in the darkness, said "May I leave the keys of the basement with you, captain?" "Hey, what? You are going away?" les, 1 an going aay, said George Davis, very silly "I hone vou wi t be rcy happv "Oh, you do! Pray, what is there to' make me especially happy, just now. Thin George flashed out : "If such a woman as Xanetta, were goin, to marry me, I should not askl that question," and something suspic- iously like a sob ended the sentence. , ' "Who told you I was going to marrii Xanette?" " I "Madame Hillien." , J "Then she told a ii'iem! s'ae mi W ; a serious mistake. Ninetta has refu-e I me Qistinctly on separate ojc isious. So the way is onen to you." "Ab, no! I am so poor, so verypjor,' you see. I have no capital to start nny thing, and I can only scratch out tho barest living. And now this money has come, aoi 1 win go away : lou sen I I love her so much, I cannot stay any longer. My heart is breaking." 1 Odd confidences! Weil. es: but I think it must have been the dark that opened their hearts to ench other. 1 ney ' , u u- .1 ' . : 1 1 1 : 1 . . ... buuu uuucbi. cuiiuiikb ueari.s. both ! of tuem, to belong to great, bcardeJ men. I am quite sure the dark was unan swerable for what followed. George was standing leaning against the banister when he said : "My heart is breaking 1" Suddenly there was a little soft rustle aDove him ; then he felt two arms steal round his neck, a soft check touch his. iuio nis ear stoic a whisper "Don't go awav or vou will Lrea' my heart, too: m,. i " j ... . . anlshut tfth ! ?r TVAVl- I .au.d.!b"lW"h -.baD'' not -th,nk those two " looi oi me staircase .i heard it TVliof A'.A 11. u ! ' can repeat the rapturous speeches of one thl rnntlirrcn arK.ni.tsna rxf ' - the shy whispers of the other. But one thing Xanette said at last, as they went arm in arm upstairs to cou front Madame Hil.ien : "Tou will not tell anybody, will you, George, that I proposed to you, thougn it is leap-year" "Never!" was the emphatic reply. Madame llillien cried and laughed and was none too well pleased; but, after all, she loved Xanette. and o she cave , George her hand at last, and a motherly I?:it the trangot part of all was yet tt. co 1. e for tae, captaiu made Xanette a v e Idin' preseut of atl the Snery he had puic'uased especially for her, and then ffered his hand a-i 1 heart to Madame lliuien. lie bn :at the wnolo nous-; ton, and a biandn'-w grocery-store was started nest door with a portion of Xanette's money. The neighbors "always kne ' ii was the widow the captain wai court ing, and it would be diliicult to say which household is the happier, that ol jolly Captain Saunders and his wife, r that of honest George Davis, grocer, and pretty Garotte. The Ledger. stiExnnc AXD industrial. Germaa:u:n weight in gold ii Borib sixty times il A light steel telerap'i polo has been pateuted by a Wiacousiu man. To extinguish aa oil lire, bran or any kind of m'.li feed will be found effective. An Athens (Greece) student asserts that Hippocrates an 1 Galen used antisep tic dressings fi r wounds. Sixty gas motors were shown at the 1.-st I'aris (France) Exposition. Ia ISO; only three were exhibited. A telephone wire has just been com pleted between Melbourne and Adelaide 111 Australia, a distance of 5UJ miles. A curious fact, common to Kngiand. France and Germany, is the special se verity of tlio grip epidemic at the sea ,..!e. A few years ago the BeMing Brothers, silk manufacturers of Northampton, jilnss., sunk a well at their silk works to lue depth of 07J0 feet without obtain ing water. Hot water taken freely half an hour l-ifore bedtime is helpful in the case of I 'instigation, and has a most soothing cf ; ect upon the stomach. The mcaa descent of the Ohio River pom the junction of the Allegheny and t'.ie Monnngahcla to the Mississippi is i bout inches per mile, the distance , n . . . j London (England) streets are now I 1 aved with a r.e v compound of granu j 1 : I cork and bitumon pressed into j 'oloivis a-nl laid like wood paving. The 1 .lni :w .1 in. pi. special adva-itije of the material is its i listicity. Good peat in Gcraiany furnishes a cel- ilose which Is valuable to paper makers, lesides serving as a wholeiome litter for ive stock, it is also used to preserve per- "-haale goods. Meat and nsh are now i acked in peat litter for transport be ! ween Trieste and Copenhagen. - By the subjection of ordinary air to a J ressurc of seveuty-ave atmospheres, or j 121 pounds, with a condenser kept at , linus l.TJ degrees centigrade, air has i l.jca reduced to a liquid form, and the I 'quid, when allowed to evaporate, pro duces, it is said, a temperature of minus I- 10 degrees centigrade. This is within I evenry-throe degrees of absolute zjro. A number of ma .netic fo::i have been vou:id iu the Alps by Signors Sella aad 1) idone, the rocks with distinctly m ig netio properties beiug magnetite, serpea tine.diorite and syenite. A magnetic rock on Fonta Giufetti showel traces of fu Mon, as if it had be.'n struck by light ning, and it is s iggested that this cir c im-tance has given the roc c its mag netic properties. A tube ins.'rtel ia the th-iat oT a child su.Ttiin ; from memoraueoas croup pave relie ', but had disappeared when the phy.-ician, Dr. J. Bleyer, came to remove it. It was located by passing aa electric probe through the larynx,a click being heard in a connected telephonic receiver when the tubs was touched. Its exact position being known, it was sue carsfully removed by iracheitomy. A speaker at the recent Internatioa il j jugiuu auune-L uj cxperiuieuis upon bcaool children when taree or lour sums in arithmetic were given iu succession, that each sura showe 1 an inferiority to the previous or,e, both in correctness and as regards the time in which it was com pleted. The one faculty employed was gradually exhausted, a fresh piece of evidence showing the necessity for di versity uf work. A Little lleroiue. Maud Hood is only a tiny mite ol j thirteen, and therefore not capable of j doing anything on what the world would call a great scale, but nevertheless her name merits n place in the large "Book : of Golden Deeds." There are seveu . motherless little ones in Maud'a home in Lowe Sydenham, all young. Their j father, a working watchmaker, has 1 1 earn the household bread, and ono brother help3 in the process by acting as a green grocer's errand boy. Another is an invalid confine 1 to bed aad the caies of the household aud the oversight of the younger ones all fall upon little mother Maud. While she was attending tt the invalid, Arthur, four years old, severely scalded himself by upsetting a teapot at t:ie hrep. ace. Maud and the ! elder boy got him into bed and dresscl I the wounds with oil as best they could. The green grocer's customers were wait ing, and the errand lad had to go, leav ing his sister in solo charge. She de cided that the burncl child required bet ter trea'uieut than she could give, so she marched off to the home for sick chil dren to lay the case bofore them. Ye' they would take him in, but she must get a letter ot aomiss-.on. nerei They gave her the names cf several subscribers. Off she went to canra,ss and was happily successful. How to get him to the house: She bonowej a perambulator, carefully placed the injured child upon the cush ions, nnd wheeled it herself to the in- Stlltioil. where the invalid w 1 u nn ' admitted. All this energv and devotion were of no avail, for the barns were too severe. Pall Mall Gazette. Peculiar Tair of Eyes. I labor under tho peculiar incon venience of having a right eve of nor- venience ot having a right eve o mal Pwer aD ort-sighted'left James Shaw. "Tin numen eye, numerals ou i , :..u.i .. c i-o uiaviutiv nil; Vilnius ui an inca " .. - 3. J ."v.iv feet distant, but in order to discern them as clearly with my left eye I re quire to bring that organ of vision as near to the figures as eight inches. Oa looking at my gold chain hanging on my breast in daylight and with both eyes, the chain, colored yellow and toward the left, is perceived by the right eye, while a steely-blue chain, another, jet the same, is perceived about an inch to the right and a litttle higher up.' Chicago Herald. Two centuries and seven different mea c'aim Uu, isfentiou of jpinpo.wdcr. 'S-' DEADLY 31 ACII JXE GUN K WEAPON CHARGES WHICH FIRES I.OOC A MINUTE EASILY. .ariirularl Well Adapted for 01. Sh;(ciiarl. the AcrUt Machine Cud I ICtiualljr 1 ITect V3 wlla Ir icl J, I'arapety or Uiubraure MouatiuRA. Naval Men l.lko Ir. Tlif latest iiujiroved type of nic-, . lue gun is th? invcutioii (if .1. t;.: Aic i'i, who for many y. ars w is a-s-iate.l a; a practical export with thi iiiaiiufai ture uf tho tiatling gun.' j 'j It; navy has ordered "on.? of lir J 'Acc'os gusisi. ;. 11 1 in ciso evperenrc I wit '1 it. i:iid-r t pi vice ou.1itl.ns, is ratisfai-to y. orders b.r other , will t o issufil at an rarly dite. I.kMit, ;i.iit Coiiiiirand;r t.i.iiub'ii. an altarn1 uf thil'ureau of Ordnance, Navv I'a- rartnient it. ton express.-.! the opinion j 1, u u"sa' "lcl"ri n c n,K1 l ,lJ;wl 3 Ac-lcs luvc.-iti , ri.fUs sat- t,lc C(sat ives separately and n S ic ily all tlu- teuudvinontsof the :T"on' "' ,r"ann'r ,of exhibiting that the isfu'-torily naval s rvice, ai d l as tVwi r ilofic.s than any inv. ui inns of 1 lie kind which his has bad occasiun ioexa:n ! inc. Several of these gans have been I u: cbacd by Knghunl and otbe. Kuropoan powois for t.se in the mi i t tiy an I naval services. Iu a general way tin An ies gun lesotnbics the Gat li ;g kiiii. It pos sesses, lioivjve, a lumber of impor tant features which give to Us dis tinctness and increased efllcieney. Vor general purposes of description it may be regarded as a modified and impioved Gatling gun, containing many of the best elements of that weapon, together with notable im provements and new devices, which go to make it a machine gun of much excellence. Jy a simple clut h at the Eie the firing mechanism can be. thrown in or out of gear instantane ously, and, secondly, the gi:nncr can Dither throw a continuous btream of . , t 1 1 i - .'j Tim All LES MtCHISZ Oi l bullets, or lire shots singly at lb.; rate of about JOO shots per niiiuiK- -the crank being turned at a ptca 'y rate all the time. Tne gun may i t mounted on Held carriages, parapets,' finbr.isiires, and on all tvpes of naval mountings. Onboard slip the guns are arranged so as to be actuated both by hand and by electricity. In usii g eJYetriciiy the main current from tiie ship's dynamo Is led t ia smaller motor contie ted with the shift which works t',10 gun. Gr-;:t rapidity of lire is obtained with this latter arrangement, l.oud slnts er liilnute having been iln-d accurately in recent exi criments. Dy the ap plicathn of electricity as a power, two men cm eiTectively operate tho gun. one to a:m and Hre it, the other to supply the ammunition. And .er imrortant anl novel feature of tlv; Acc'es gun is the feetl boxes. Instead of being made i.i j ackages tl l with strings, or being carried to the gun in heavy boxes and then thrown into hoppers, the cartridges aro pla e.l Hat in cardLo.ird cases, and lie 0:1 a thin, continuous fluted strip of tin. The cartridges are thus par-ked for use at the manufactory, and are not chMiged In ariaiigcincnt until placed in the breech 01 the gun ready for THE ACC1.ES CCS ON flXED -MOCXT action. The rate of feed of ammu nition depends entirely upon the speed with which the cartridge pack ages can be inserted, which is far bc 'y nl the piolable rcquirments of service. Speed, at the rate of 800 to 1,00) tounds a minute can be main tained without dilli. ulty and w ith accuracy of aim. Slave-Making Ants. Certain specimens of ants mak slaves of ol hers. If a olony of slave Snaking ants is changing the nest, a matter which Is left to the discretion of the slaves, the latter carry their inistres-es to their new home. One kind of slave-making ants has be come so (bpendent on slaves, that even if provided with food they will die of hunger unless there are slaves to put it In their mouths. Manvscriith by noicd authors .lave so great a value as autographs that within the past few years some authors have stipulated with publish ers that their manuscript shall be kept clean perhaps copied on a type writer fur giving out to the printers and returned to them, that their families may traffic in them alter they are dead, presumably. T. 1!. A Id rich !s said to be one of the au thi rs who alwavs want their copy back. Able to ltuy the Best. "Y'our husband has gone fishing t lay, vou say?" "Yes." "What docs he expect to catch?" "I think lie will catch trout to-day. Tor be was well supolied with money when he went away." New York Press. Tiie absence of temptation ibse.oea of virtue. Goethe. is- tho mi W-ii PHOTOGRAPHING IN COLORS. Xi ni'irkutilu Ucttulla Acromplinhed by tin Ileliorhronioscopn. The latest invention In the line o photographing in colors Is aa Instru ment icrfected by Frederick K. Ives, of I liiladelphia. It is called the lie'.iocliroiiioscope, and is a device fur exhibiting triple-plats composites. Inly one observer at a time can look into this lit tie machine, and what ho sees is a colored photograph prcdu ed by three negatives taken on one plate, by one exposure. The result is emi nently pleasing and lifelike, and is a vast improvement over any other p-ctlifal of producing colored plin!- giap- s now in use. The helioehromoscope as an exhib itor of the colored photograph Mip p'ements Mr. Ivos' remarkable inven tion of a camera wit h which it tlist lecan.e possible 1,0 g -t three in g.i tives on one plate by a s'ngle expos ure, instead of following Hie clum-y and unsatisfactory method of tjkirg these composites was by placing the ! positive tcans end -ncies behind glass j plates of different colors and thus THE MFI.llirilltoM s O.-l: blending them into me picture. These new discoveries In photography have advanced color preducti;-!! to a stage hitherto supposed to l.f ::nf os ible. A YOUTHFUL KLEPTOMANIAC iiit Seven Tears OM and Ite Sti-ils Any thing lis an Lifl. New York boasts of an exceedingly ouihfdl kleptomaniac. His nam is Andiew Jirust and he is Dot years old. Thetbiev- - yet in.' TilviTipni t V ci-f.ma i to have b-.eu born(c'i' wiiii 1111:1. auu e.er since lie was al 1-? to ; waik he 1 as had a le ! sire to take ativt.iiing that his sir. ngili per milted him to carrv. it w;is found nece "sary toexp 1 liim from three -clioo:. ir te.; lug ftoin bis s lellow,?g , tew did ' - V. pt'Iiils. Andt not, connne n:s o' ra tions to his s h. mi niates, but bis neigh l ors in the I lock iu wlrch he livul were also s a t' e r-L-is thereby. When ever anything was missed they bad but to go to the house of '- ---. Hit! hl.EPT IMA N I AC Mr. Uriist ana get the stolen articli 'J'be bii's parents were also victims and fre quently when they would retire f(.r the night young Andrew would steal from his bed and pilfer from their 101'kets. Threats and punishment on oiii side and k:nlness on the other had no effect on the boy. Kvcry thing be could lay his hands on at home or abroad be stole. Two weeks ago matters came to a crisis when young I hirst tak a b tile of medicine, and ifter he was put to 1 e 1 for the night iratik It. He nearly died jn consc ience. The boy recovered th s week, and his father, after doing iverythlng possible to cure this itrange fault in the hild, bad lummittrd to a juvenile asylum. hi.r i l ading in t Minis. A manufacturing concern in l;ir (lingham drives s ni.-thing of a trade n crowns. They are real ones, of ol:d gold, with cap of crimson v el ret, tncrustatlona of garnet, tojaz, ind various kir.ds of cheap but showy nones, and are -implied to the kings jf Africa in return for ivory aud Jther merchandise. The time has jono by when an ancient top hat. idorced with turkey reathers, sufllccd to impart a halo of magnificence tc Ethiopian royalty. liarmnir a Hollar. At a meeting of the " Women's auxiliary" in it-was agreed that ;very member should contribute a aim, not less than one dollar, whbh the had earned especially for the purpose. The money was to be landed in at the next meeting of tLc Vuxiliary. The time came, aud the contribu-.b-us were duly turned over to the ireasurer. Some members brought ;'o or thrc3 dollars, an l the total imount was really handsome and ncouraging. Then, of course, the food women fell to relating their ex perience in earning the money. ;ne had done this and another '.hat; but Mrs. Allen said nothing. Tinaliy her next neighbor asked: "How did you earn your contribu tion, Mrs. Aden?" "1 got Mr. Alhm to give it to me." "Oh! ohi" cried several voices at jnce, and young Mrs. Smith said, "Why, that wasn't according to the lgrccii cntl We were to earn tho iiouey ourselves. I shouldn't call it ;arning it if I had got my husband :o give it to me." "Perhaps you wouldn't," said Mrs. Vllen. "And then again perhaps you would, if your husband was like some folks." Nothing more was said. Mr. Al ien's reputation was pretty weli inown, and it was tacitly agreed thut Mrs. Allen had lived up to the spirit f her promise." i Shad arc of different families, which come from the ocean to the rivers to Impawn. The shad of Florida aro not the ! ame as those of the Hudson or the Con riect'cut or the Susquehanna. The samo J lib. come each year to tho particular iver where they were born, and in their lippearance are slightly different. Each fiver is the home of a separate colony. !- i - X vJt' , OREAD FOIl ALL WHO ASK, BF.F0K2 A. NSW TOES BAKERY. Human Wricks Stnifiling Ta-t a Uig Katcrr Doop In I.oct Step J01 Stalo Loaves Weird Spcc:acie. T T1IERK is a weird sceno every llioriliug, 11 illic niu ili; u.j is fast as eep, at Bro idwayaa l leaia siree:, wuic.i ie..s in eloiiuent silence ol the depth of humiia woe and misery. It is probably known, but not always re-nemberal by persons who have loving fumiiic?, c .cerfu; hones, downy be.is aad well-stocked larders, and w.10 live iu an a:r of luxury, that there is a half-:-: irved army iu tli.s city aga'nst waic'i tin U .r of organ i. j 1 e.i arlty c'. scd. It lives 20 on 1 knows wii'.-re. and itco";s o-i'. on t n utieets, like rats from a ho e, a:'ter dark, seeking fool aid everyihiug that i! can ilcvour. it is uL-ly t!ie r.ig!it workers who see the big city waen toe lights aro turned lo.v whe c.'. ili a ;r:nn2 of tho sl..r ;:ig nleavinr. nr ny, find tue sig-it is no; i It a; bt-t.veeu 2 an I 15 o'clock in the muming the other d iv. Tiie wind caiuj piping with a Xortii Dakota chill through Fist Tenth street, nnd nearly rione 1 the t.itteiel clothing from an old man who came sin np:n; avenue with a fie'jle ste; at the Tcnt'i str.- t c-'J': along Fouit'a lie stoppel The lamp- li,'ht sho.vol tin.- sk.n p. his clothjs in many pin e little deeper into his rags J .it) : throu :h He sank a after a o ilcl; glance up tiie street and u: .vel ilo-.vly toward iir n i way. ".List tit lor a little while," said Policeiavi ! niaell to a reporter who was on his way ho ue alter his night's work, "an 1 vu i will see the strangest gathering that yoj ever looked at ie this town." The old r.nm kept moving until he reached the bright light whica shown cheerfully froru tin windows of tho Vienna 15 ikery, midway on the block. He looke I wistfully at the scene of good chjer wituiu, theu leaned against a lamp post with heal bowed low, violently trembling from col 1 an 1 hunger. "He's the firjt on the line," said Me. Connel!, ".ml l.e'j not mis;cJ the honor for over a year." The poiicemm's rcmirk was vague, but in i little while the explanation came. The solitary tramp sooa had plenty of co:np.my. Mea with want aad poveity stamped oa every feature of their gaunt faces and every shred of their eloquent rags turne 1 into K ist Tenth street from Fourth avenue aad Droil. vay. Tiiey c.cne singly and in prou-n, and fell iu behind the firjt ar rival. At 3 o'cloc": the line cs'.ctidel around in front of Grace Church, and there weft- over 2.J0 uica standing closely ti.getbcr, w-iting, apparer.tly, forso.ae signal to raitc'i. It was a silent crowd, 'il.eie was n ; a worJ spoken above a whisper. S .til.- of the m.a were drunk and hardly ably to stun 1, but they were held in plate by their co.nra les in misery. One fellow dropped on the walk and rolled into the gutter. Ni one dUturbid hhu. X'ot even the po liceman, j Tacra was a flaifer of excitement J a.ong t.io hue as toe doors of tut! ba.;-.-ry were i'urowu open with a lou 1 bang and several bakers in white caps and aprons rolled a half dozen big boxe3 filled with b:eil oa the sidewalk. Tho bakers handed out the bread to tin men, and the line moved sio.vly along with the shuffle of the lock step, well kno.vn, apparently, to many of the gnng. To every mau was given n l uf ef bread a day old. There was .w ro than enough to no around and soim got t.v loaves. Tin long wait in the open a:r seemed to Give added aa extra pang to the hunger of the men, and almost every one took a rrveno.is bito fro:a the loaf as soon as. it reached his hand. They acted like, hungry wolves ia sight of prey, and to many of tliciu the dry bread appeared lit for a kingly feast. Some sat down on the euro, broke oil large chunks of tin loaf au 1 fairly crammed it into their mouths until every morsel of it was one. Others, after a few bites, stowed the brei 1 away among the rags which covered their bodies, and a few hurried away without tojchmg it at all. In fifteen minutC3 tho street was deserte 1 and no sound was heard save the merry song of tho bakers as they piled up big stacks of bread for theu customers with tho feeling that steals into the human l.eirt when a good acS lias been performed. 'That's the best object le-s in," eaiu Policeman MeCoanell, as the last bundlj of ras moved away, "of what ru n will bring a man to if he sticks at it. Most of thcfc poof chaps come hero nigh: after night, aad many of them have told me it's the only fool they havo had in twenty-four hours. Thj gang is mado up ot tx coavlct3 whi have lost even the desire to stea', and drunkards who have reached the bottom of the ladder. Among tho b'.tter arj n.en who havo been ia good circum stances, and there is 053 wao ubo.it ten years ago owued a large whelesalo gro cery in Washington street. Thischari y is a godsend to them, snd it's all the de cent treatment they get during tho day. They are kicked and shunned by every body, sbeek shelter wherever it can bo found, nnd m;t of litem will win! up in Potter's Field. Xo questions are aske-J here if these mea are worthy ob jects) of charity. They are a'l hni; starved and drunkards without borne . and thieves have to cat as we'd as an; one e'.5e. Although they are a L ir h-ie . lot therj has not been t'no slightc-t d.s order on the block during t'.ic yeirs th 1 they "have Ic.-a coming here." N" . Yoik Recorder. Mow Sjll is Hale. The process of coavcrsioa of graaita into soil is thus summarized by Profc-sr A. JohnUoae, of Edinburgh: Oxida tion of iron is the first change perceiv able; then creation and multiplication of weather joints and carboaizition fol lows; next, turnus is formed by lichen?, and then higher plants; following thi?, fungoid germs, capable of assimilating aerial nitrogen, become abundant; fiatii ly all the three processes, mecaaaic.il chemical and organic, go merrily oa to gether and contrib ato all ia their proper ihare to the formation of aa ever-deepca-ing soil, capable of supporting tho lux uriant Ufa of the highest plants. Na. 7 York Witness. Good will, like a good nam?, is got by many actions, and lost by ono. THE CHICKADES Core keops Its hold with constant ciasiv Whatay.er may betid u urisf waits th shrinking heart to frsc, Pacji;, kaif veiled, bssidi us. Eut oh, tne sky blu?, And oh, '.he sun is bright! And th: chickadee in the dark pine tre C'aroU his meek djlight. The earth in silent snows is bound; Want grinds and pain oppresses; Life's awful problems who shall souni? Its riddl-rs sad who su-u-s.-s? Eut ob, the sky is blu , Aud oh, ttis sun is bright! And tho chic'ta lee iu the tall pine tres fc'iugs in tin cold's iespit. Give me of thy wis: hop', dear birl, VVh brav'st ths b.rtei- weather! S!i ara the 'a 1 mssa-i thva hasi hoar", And let n s sin - t"?:'i?r Tho wiatei' winds olo-.v ivu 1 Xo storm can thee aiTi-ightl Thy trust teach m?, oh chickadee, Swjet chanting from thy hight. Calia Thaxter, in thu Independent I1L.U0U OF THE DAY. S.vect meets Trysts. A bags. gripsack The doctor's saddlf Lightniu; talkers Fire insurance rgeats. You can't trust the letter "3" for it is tiaturaily crooked. Dansville (i. Y.j DreeZi. The dark ages are the ones that el derly spinsteis refuse to divulge. t. Jo3eph Xews. Pump Handle "How do you feel:" Vacuum Chamber 'Lthausted." Yankee Elade. The book that makes the greatest stir in society is the weli-liued pocket book. Texas Sifting?. Most people laugh not when they want to, but when they think people imagine they ought to. Atchison Globe. DeSmithcrs '-Do you objeft to col ored waiters at the club?" Bjoues "I object to green ones. The Club. The man who laughs iu his sleeve should be relegated to the society ot him who talks through his ha'. Pu.-k. A nnu's goodness to his wife depends entirely oa htr ability to make bi n e i j oy beiug good to her. Atchison I'.lobv. It is always proper to call upon the superintendent of tin s're-ts t i --.nen I his ways." Boston Co.niu -re-id Bullc tin. No one can ever tell what a woman will do next. If any one did tell she would besure to do sanething ehs?. Somerville Journal. The flush upon the cheek of the society girl is not hectic ; it is permanent until it is scraped off with the butcher knife. Galveston Xcws. It's rumored as a strong proof oi na ture's disposition to assert it self thatfe.v cir'i3 learning the violin euro to use the chin rest. Philadelphia Times. Patient "Doctor, I fancy, somehow 1 ve got atoucu. of the gout. Doctor "Fancy, my dear sir I If you hal, you wouldu t fancy you d know. Com c Ethel "Mr. Hobsoa and Mr. Hub oell will call this evening, Grace, you know i hat shall we d tjentertna themi" Grace "Let's propose." Bos ton Post. The barber is a sort of bellicose iuli- vidual. He has his little brushes right aiong, ne lathers people, ara he oc casionally smashes their mugs. 3tng hamtoa Leader. Miss Ongwec "I think your charms are simply horrid 1" Jeweler "Yours, miss, are irresistible." Miss Ongee "I'll take half a doz;n, please." Jewel er's Gazette. "Carberis stili in trouble. His lawyer now makes serious charges against him." "I thought he won his case?" "Si he did, and that's what his lawyer is charg ing him for." Lowell Citizen. Charlie (wh i has been blowing the cornet for an hour) "Xed.do you think there is any music in me?" Xed "I don't know. There ought to be. I ilidu't hear any come out." Loudon Tid-IJits. He "I am rather in favor of the English mode of spelling." She "Ye-cs!'' He "Yes, indeed. Take 'parlor' for instance. Having u ia it makes all the difference ia thu world." Indianapolis Journal. Brcwn " Y'es, he was a brave man ono who could meet death without blanching." Fogg 'I see. The gen tleman was in the undertaking profes sion, I presume; or was he only a doc tor?" Boston Transcript. Seeker "You have been farming many years in this section and know thy peculiarity of the soil pretty well ; wha do you consider the hardest thing to raiss oa your farm?" Meeker "The money to run it." Boston Courier. "Ab," said Chappio jokingly to Miss Keenc, "this is leap yacr.dontcatrknow; do you intend to avail yourself of its priv ileges?" "I really cianot tell what I might do," she said with a smile, "if u ntaa should come along." Xew York Press. Biaks "I lont like to compiRia about trifle0, Mrs. Jiagie, but my Lash appears to coniLt largely of fragments of ceil board." Mrs. Jingle (the landladj) "Well, what kind of board do you cxi ect for Cve doll.:n; a week polished mahogany i" Wa'.p. Sue "Did you succeed in mastering French while ia France!" He "Xearly. I did cot succeel ia making the French men comprehend rue, nor could I main out what they were driving at ; but I got in I oou'd understand inyitlf when J talked.'' Fanny Folk'. LaCy (engaging cook) "Why did yen leava your last place?'' Cook "I coilia't pand the dreadful way tho mister and mirsu3 used to quaneL-r.um." LvJy "What used they t- cuirrel ojUT Cojk "i'se wuy tin viianer a cooi-ed, iiiuca.'' London t?;-i-ucr. ( Rtcs.-u and .1a;nct. Tae researches ofStrouhal nn. JSiTs havo shown that vrith long c u'.in :.: beating !a steam, marcets l ,:e ir iro twccty-c'.ght to sixty -it-n per ceot. of their power. If, after t'ifc, the majnets arc rctzignct'zjd and anla exov-d ti. tb action of stcita, oaiy a vo.-y sligb less of maguetic power ii fousci to tas:-j place. Rp;a.ted stemig ad rtagnc; szing arc therefore rtcotarassded 'or sj. curing ra jatisn ia tstd stcol. Trct toa (N. J. Aacricm. - - XEWSIXElHlir. Fuper is mnJo from tobacco stalVs. --Ireland bus i.StlO.Ooo notes of bog land. Massachusetts has 20j button f ie torics. Journals aro printed ia fiity-nino languages. In Asia there are 1:V people to the square mile. Palmistry is said to bo a growing society ninns.-ment. If you don't waut to bo detested, don't lie a chronic growler. Canada hid 1" dtfiorent kinds of potatoes on exhibition nt tiie World's Fill r. A statisliciau estimates that Ameri cans expend (,oo j a Jay f,r nni'ise rueuts. --In 1SS0 the prisons of Hi contained -P'v'.is Ain-ricntis -i eotmli v id It!,'1.'" foreigners. F.kven of the general fellowship of Chici.go University have Let u wo ii by women. In.lavin, n-i a part i.f tho marring.' firenioiiy, the blido washes the b-et of the groom. - In Serviu and Jbilgnria tho gr.i..:u gives the l.tido n tup with the h-o 1 .d her ov. n shoe. The Hebrew n cnpitul crbno laws "Tt:. made witch ii blailt not s n wit.-h to pve." The firs'! seliouls for tho separate ediientii.n uf girls were founded during the Human Umpire. In llyj books on gcoim try and as Iromony were destroyed in I'.ngUul as savoring of mnie. Tho first town school in tho conn try was opened for business in Hert ford, Conn., in lCi . The Anstrulian gold is liuer than that of California, having n iitiulitv i.i twenty to carats. . The fireo's Church employs two nugs in the iiiurriaco ceremoiiV one of gold, the other of silver. Fifty thousand per autiuin. is the niiirriago dower of the young w tneu of tbe Vanderbilt families. Four liugcrs were used for the marriage ceremony of M iry Stuart to the unfortunate IPurulev. All s. Au-drmn rrinunnls : re tucen thi ng. s of tweutyor Unity, tiuhty per cent are unman iad. Plants plf ced under blue gins !.. and will Still VC, I I'l-iinsi. till V I'aiilii.t nl.si.l-t. i-.i. . bonic rcidfrom .li'utaio-idi-re. The gnat is provided nith regular t of lancets and cupping glu,s from whiteh the air cnu be withdrawn. riiysi,.ogi.-ts sav that the ga.stne glands of the stomach of nn iiduit hu man X'iiig number over .1,1)011, ei hi. - At flreiit Fulls. Motiiuun, the 111. r cury b s bt-en known t.i drop twetilv five degrees inside of five lniimti s. There are evu-ry year in Australia L't'.OtH) arrests for' crime ii'id misle mennor, and over t?,0 10 convictions. - The nverng.i life of a n-i'e of th.-b-ink uf 1 ingln'jil is 11 l.t- less than 70 ibiys. Notes are Lever ri wined. - The wild .-trnwbi 1 ry js found over ubiiost all f!ie Northern I letni-pliere ibove the thirty eigb! p it-ii! -I ..!' in t .- tude. It is said tliat blue -eyed cits nr. llwiiys perfectly deaf, and tluit ) iir. white ones aro iill'Iicto.l with the same inliimity. - Handkerchiefs for the niom-nt aie pure white of indiii liiirn. us i!iht 11 mist, with hemstitched e lc. alu ut li iil cn inch wide. A dilV-r.-ni-.' between a kiiifei.Iilo ising its teiiiper nnd a woman is lli.t the former is becming duller an l the latter more cutting. -Afghan ciiroiiie'i-rs ci'I t,'i ir n o pie Jlaiii-Isnii l, Ibe Arab b.r clni.Ir. 11 oT Israel, und claim .b-sciit fr.mi S -i the br-t I sra.litisli Kifr,'. Alien at -V,aiio!,MlIe. M.,l,i,.. I,,.- ing lieen often robb.-.l of Iht n.-st. ,.. eamo disgnsted and tinuliv int upon two d .zen neorn thnt n.. ..i.i- s. , met to want. There aro Kl.l.ooo in. .re doiu sto ervants in lingluud this year tlim there were tea veins nge, but it is .-iu. the iiiility bus not keot pace . with the quatitity. Mrs. Hicks-Lord, of New York., bus a Sevres s-'t that nm-s l longed t- tho Kinpress Kugeui'l. She -.lis. . ha a ret which wasgiven to her by the Sul tan of Turkey. lVibies nnd vmag chil lr--ti di es- 1 iu white nro thought by in. dicil u.c:i to be more siuei i.til.ie t colds nnd infectious diseases tbnn tiios.- r!a 1 in lark, wui in colors. So cntliu.siistie a botanist is tin. Duchess of Cleveland that she his .on. herself to Cn;ie towD, South A fi i.-.i, i 1 search of additions to 'n r iilrend v ei iml botanical collection. v a new route which is pm; ns u from lingluud to An.-tr din. net .s. Caioidii, tiie trip i'rm Loii.b'ii to S d- tiey, it is believed, may be sl ot i. n.-d to twenty-eight days. Nothing can go on n i lui.1 iu ti'i - way of trimming but velvet nnd bine', braid, and the less of that (ho belt. :, and nothing on the skirt. 'liie l.rcp -c plaid is to be made i:p on tl .- bins. The voting d.itilics of iio- l,i;i.i Quarter r.f I'nris wear t 1) i-.-vi pip hats whoso lriois Lave ou j.;'.,er: .. downward droop, nnd v.Iio-e in;. 1 crown Las what an ariist would call i n entasis," or decided convex i- : e. A coon, with u 1. athr r rfra;. : .1 its neck, which was lost by ou-i- wi.mau nt Chester, H. .i., ulu...; teen yearn ago, was fotin 1 tlio other bv a hunter in the wood? Lear - (i: Ihe aninuil i.till Imd tne l. athr r e. around its ricelt. fat. 111 ;- iil.t les Out of Alui.nn nn Aii aluminuui violin, inv. nn-d :n: 1 patented hy a Cincinnati musician, i ; lii-ilily spoken of. both by players :::..i critics. It is made in the same slept as the ordinary violin, but looks, nf course, like silver, and 1; cie.;ing ' light Many advantages over woo-leu violins are claimed for it- Om- v.:. ;;?ed ia a concert I ti Indiana; oils 1 few days ago, arid a newspaper critic comments that, while it s eim d 10 lack la vibratory power, it h.ul j ecu llar qualities, which added gre;.f.iv lo tbe l-rilllancy of tone. New York tiuu. El una La, n.i.va'u'i !a aeaia active "res; volciai
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