tlid JMBl art
M, P. BOHWEIER,
THE OONBTITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor ud Proprietor.
VOL. XLVIII.
MIFFLIKTOAVN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2S. 1S94.
NO. II
I
-'WHEN MY SHIP COMES 1N.
When my ship coins in," runs the younj
man's song,
"What brave things shall I do
With the strength of my wealth and the
, joyous throng
Of friends stont-hearte 1 and true!"
He watches and waits 'neath storm an 1 rur
By the shore of his life's broal e.
And the days of his youth are ciulckly run
Yet never a sail sees he.
"My ship has gone down f in soberer atra'c
8ings the man, and to duty turn'.
He forgets the ship in h;s toil and pain.
And do longer his young hope burns.
Tet again by the shore he stan Is grown oM
With the course of his years well spent,
And gazing out on the deep beho'.d,
i A dim ship landward bent!
ITo banner she flies, no songs are borne
From her decks as she nears the lane ;
Silent with sail all sombre and torn
She Is safe at last by the strand.
And lo! To the man's old a-e has brousht
Not the treasures he thought to win,
But honor, content and love life-wrou;ht.
And he cries, "Has my ship come in !"'
if. A.deW. Howe,Jr.,in Harpei-'sWec!:! 11.
MALCOLM'S IDEAL.
BY ANNA SniEI.DS.
"She mu-st be tall, Bab; she nvHt hi starred with gems, "and mentally decides
graceful as a willow branch, with eyos that she woniii loo'i "jolly!"
of midnight darkness, classic features, ' A letter from home reached him ia
hair like the raven's wins;." , the middle of November.
Bab, who was stirring cake, looked g ..D2iR R xv.x.v. x thillir ,lt to
op at the deep window-seat fiat wrieyou ahout you;- v ,. He won't -ou-.
separated the old-fashioned kitchen Iron; piain. tui I no aui'r. tos-iy si.-k. but h-'s pln
tha garden beyond. Seate I there "1 r. ant very w.-jft. Jlu-ban Crtti bri
Ringing one foot id-y, tt M ilool 11 atfbr!
Hoyt, describing the future Mrs. Malcolm sue cordis to p ease hit np t te. .slie 1
aa she existed in his vouthful ima'iiia-
tion.
'Well?" Barbara said, presently, aftei
glance from the tall boy.sh rhjure and
frank, handsome fae, to a small mirror
that reflected hair of burnished bronz ,
the true auburn, and numerous freckle.;.
"Well? Tall, dark, classically featured
Any other perfections?"
"Accomplished, of course. She in-.i- i
dance like a sylph, sing iii;o a u:ght; :
gale, draw, play on th j piano '
"Make cake 1" suggested Bab, vigor
ously stirring her batter.
"Why, no Mrs. Hoyt will not nt-cc
to make cake, I think. Not but wh.r
it is very jolly lo know how," he added,
haitily, "but Mrs. Clark might resent
any invasion of her e?pe;ial depart
ment."
"Yes, I see," said Bab, dryly. "You
don't want your wife to be a kitchen
maid. ''
Malcolm blushed furiously; he w.i?
not quite twenty-one, and had not for
gotten how to blush.
"I don't mean that at all," he said,
and then laughing heartily, added,
"don"t you think we are talking caa
siderable nonsense, Bab?"
"I don't know," said Bab, slowly.
"Toil eay your father wants you to mar
ry, and as you are in quest of a ivife,
you might as well have some idea of
what you would prefer."
"Just like choosing a necktie," said
Malcolm, "though I think I shou'd feel
more interest in the necktie. By the
way, what is your ideal, Bab'f"
"I haven't considered," said B;,b,
bending her face low over the pan into
which she was pouring the cake
) po
t" .
'Nonsense I said Malcolm-
"As if a girl ever Uvei to be eighteen
without an ideal."
Then Bab violsd the truth with n
daring voice, "oil bright eyes, for she
said: .
1- "Mr 'deal doesn't sit on kitchen win
dr"' -sills and talk nonsense, at any rate."
t "You don't know whnt he might do
under sufficient provocation," said Mal
colm, teasingly. "I have seen Stev$
Hale look longingly at my perch within
the last ten minutes."
"Stephen Hale!" ciicl Bab, scorn
fully, and lifted the pan to carry it to the
room beyond, where the lire was lighted
ut summer.
Eer heart was swelling with iadigna
tio,n. She was only a farmer's daugh
ter, 6he told herself, and Malcolm Hoyt
was heir to a magnificent estate and for
tune, college bred, and could marry in
iristocratio circles. But to think she
could look at Stephen Hale, her father's J
'netp, a man who could not read I It
was insulting, little Barbara thought,
nd she took an unreasonably long time
to adjust the cakepan on the oven-bars,
tnd pile on fresh wood in the stove.
f. "Oood-bye!" shouted a cheery vofae,
presently. "I'm off to -the postolHce,
but I'm coming to tea to "cat some of.
that cake.
b "I've a great mind to scorch it,"
iought Bab, spitefully. "I would too,
If it w asn't father's favorite."
' "I ilo believe she is fond of Steve,'
thought Malcolm, as he swung himself
Into the saddle. "She blushed a3 red as
peony when I mentioned him. I sup-'
pose it would be what my father calls a, !
luitable match, but she's a thousand
times too good for him. Why, she's as
good a Latin Echo! ar as half our col
lege fellows, and she tings so beauti
fully, that it is a burning shame she has '
had nothing but a concertina to accom
pany her voice." Then his reverie took
another turn, and he thought; "I won
der if father is ill 1"
It was the nineteenth centurv, and
Alalcolm was an only child, denied r.o
Indulgence from his infaucv, but be
liever thought of his father as" the "gov
ernor" or the "old man." His mother 1
was but a memory, for wheu he was fivo
years old, her golden-hairel beauty was
hidden under the daisiei. He liked to
think his great, blue eyes and cilsp, 1
blond curls were like those in his
mother's portrait, but imagination was !
more potent than actual memory ia ic- !
railing her. - 1
"I wonder if father rca'lv is ill:" ho
thought, jogging along sfowlv. "He!
seems so anxious to have me " settled. 1
And that means married. He seems t'c 1
think I will weary of dear old home, i J
nave no lamily ties to bind nic there."
Aud then fancy painted aiin tout ex
q.llsue, gnuolul and uea),u;,iishcd "
ing he had ea leavored to'fiescrioa tc
haroan. ic was odd that even wifi
tii:smcn.ai vision before him he thought
what a home Bab would make of the
.'tattly pile that was to be his inheri
l.inee. There is not mach tint is home-like
ii'iout it now." ho thiaUs, "for Mr.-.
Clark is too old to fuss r.rie'n, and I im
ijiue the servants har it uli their own
:w;iy. But how Bab's little tri n l'g ire
and red hair would hgaten u; those bi"
gloomy rooois."
A week inter,. he is oo h'l w ty to TTe .v
York, to visit his aunt, to see society,
and, by his father enres desire, to
find a wife, i
Heart-whole, fair-y frc?, he. mio-Iei ;
with the guest i who gather ' at Mrs.!
Markharu's, his a-tnt's ; escorts his pretty j
cousin Mabel to open, theatre, concert;
dances gracefully with one belle, takes 1
another out to su;per, makes himself i
n ;rccar,!e with .1 third on a sleighing '.
party, escorts a fourth lor a promena!.', i
.-i.;d so on ixt!, seventh, eighth, nam- :
hers indeliuite, tn:nia under ius caro ,
pro tern., but not one s'irriug his hears 4
as J2j- s coraia.1 greetng did whan he
returae 1 from college.
Bib! Tli'.ic i s scarcely a frolic of his
lonely childhood that is not associated
with Bab. How in my times his her
mother called him in fror.i snov-ball
fighting or coasting frolic, to cat criap,
hot doughnuts or gingerbread! How
many cacdy-pui!3 has he had with Bib at
one end of tiic s ., eu-t, sticky mass and
himself at the other!
Bab is not his ideal. That was tall,
stately, brunette! Bob is short, mem-.
brown-eyes! and with hair of b:iraishl
oronze that Malcolm irreverently calls
red ! And then, although thero is uo
foolish pride about .Malcolm, he ha9 cer
tainly moved in more cultivated aud re
fined social circles than Barbara ever
saw. He wonders how B.t' would look;
1 in clouds of tulle, her rou 1 1 white arms
' circled with bracelets, her uiorious hair
lj5 be.-t pn-l in t'i vori I I t i'i
itut she arf l:;a voir tm's ova. H-i
toryo 1, taMili orwoa't , a 1 1 ihtu'c.
Mr. Maicoltn, u you'i. f.-:--a-i t le li'iei-iy u
my savin &H-ui'.' tun i: co'ii:n i wh:a yo t
mil be ylad it you coiii iiom-jlo ciicr him.
,- '"Vuur obedient pervant,
"..lAUiT L'L.tKK."
"My (liar old tUr
eohn, tening do.vu t-tiir-ni
his band. "4Ie is tie'
ne wis la-t su'iim'.'t , ani
thought Mil
with the !el.T
,'. I air..: i
h .re le lie:-1
fouling awy lor 11. oaths
wa'.le he ha-i
been Ire'.ting for me!''
i His remorse was deeper than his neg
lect warranted, bat he loved his father,
the ever indulgent friend of his life, his
a:ie tie in the dear old homo. Aud .so,
making eracelul iipo'.o;iea to his aunt,
Lie st irte I at once for D.reriield.
.Mr. Hoyt was in the library when he
irove up to the door, aid through the
window M t'.colui cjiild ree the ru i ly
.i.'ht fro 11 the grate, the deeoanu e iau',
;iie fig.K J of his father reclining t'.iere.
Hut, piusiug on the 'porch, he saw more.
He aw that, the dear face was hollow
eyed, haggard, fearfully change 1. He
saw a trim little figure bending lovingly
over the sick man, coaxing him 'o eat
the dainty luncheon on the taVie beside
hiin. And he saw Bib mjre than once
draw baclc to hide quivering lips aad
eyes filled with tears.
i "How good she is," Milcoin thought,
, "to leave her bright home, to comfort a
lonely old man." And he steppe 1 soft
ly, not to disturb the pretty scene, nu l
went to the back dojr to send Mrs.
Clarke to give notice of his arrival.
I lie was diappointcd when he went in
to find his father alone, bat he forgot all
( else in his sorrow at fiuding such 9
change in him.
"Why have you not sent for me be
fore?" he asked, reproachfully.
i "I knew you were enjoying you?
visit, my dear boy. Your letters were
like gleams of sunshine; Bab read thcai
over and over to mej but I would not let
Hliv nut; milt; i;ui uijscii, 101 leair vi
troubling you."
I "But you were lonely ?"
I Yes, very lonely, though Birbara
uas been very kind. She is the gentlest
of curse?, the most patient of com
panions,' then, a little wistfully; "Have
you no news for me, Ma'colin?" - 1
1 "None, but what I have written !'' j
"I so wish to see you settled ia your ,
home, before I mean, soon." -(
j "Married! But i I fail to find my
ideal?" . . . i
"Ah, we aih fail in that.'!
But father, you wonld not have ms j
marrv without loveT' 1
"Never!" i
1 "I saw nobody I loved in New
rork." 1 .
; "But, nearer home?" !
j "Y'our tea is ready, Mr. Malcolm,"
jaid Mrs. Clarke at the floor, aud Mai-
colm obeyed the summons !
I The subject was not renewed as father i
and son sat far into the night conversing. !
1 There were many matters needing super- j
' vision, and again Malcolm reproached
himself that all ..the care of the estate 1
had fallen upon his father's feeble I
hands while he was pleasure-seeking. I
' "Butl will never leave him again,
he said to himself s he assisted his fctb- !
er to his bed-rooni. '".'' ;
A whole week pasiO.T ftusily, and there
came a few JaVs of1 "warju weather, such
as November finds often ia her dreary
weeks. Barbara was iu the garden, '
walking up and down, thinking. j
! Of what? Of Mrs. Clarke's aunounce- ,
ment a whole week before that had sent ,
her skurr jing home like a frightened
railbit. Was Malcolm so engrossed with
. his idea that he had. not even one heiir
for his old playmate? It hurt her to !
think so. md she missed, too', ttw dally
care she had voluntarily '.assumed during
his absence.
1 "I do believe I am bluei" she thought,
pettishly. "What will happen next?'
VV nat nappenc l next was a crunching
of gravel under quick feet: aid & voiee
saving: - ' ' x
i "Bab, I have come to see' why you
have deserted mv father.'
It was so su'dd'ea that Bab crimsoned
as she replied: 4 -
"ife does not need, me, now that you
are at home." . 1 - ' ... . .
"He asks, for yoii evey hour. ' But,
Bab, I did not come rihlv ou filial duty j
I came to say somebody else needs you,
longs for you, loves you ! Bab, darling,!
won't you come to the old-home for life!
Won't you be mine, dear,, my wife, my
darling?"
She could oaly answer by shy blushes,
by vailing the soft, browu eyes to hide
their happiness. But Malcolm was sat
isfied; and when she asked, presently:
"But your ideal, Malcolm?" he auswered,
triumphantly:
"She is here in my arm?, Bab my
f rst and only true love." Xew Yvrk
i A company has been organized at
j Grand Rapids, Mich., for the macufac
ture of pAPer patches. V'. '
A BUSH MASSACR.
Fat, of
tVllson'ii and Cuntcr' Cumm
.nil.
Were Bim(lr.
The massycre of (a. .lain W ilson'
force by the VaU! eles closely re em
I bles the slaughter of Genera! Cu -iei's
command in the Yellowstone ai'cy.
jTrc number of victim wis much
' smaller, 1 ut the cii cuinstances under
; which the' trcoi cm were outaa
; n 1 11 red and entrained by aboriginal
' slralt'i.'' were simi.ar. Captain Wil
j son with the advance guard pessel
j on in hot pursuit of King Lobengiila
1 whin it would have 1-cen more pru
' 1 -oL 10 halt for reinforcements lroin
. me inalr. lo ly, from which it had
been separated lv a river swollen by
a surtl n rain rail. General lifters
owo impetuosity and contempt for a
smae foe were reproduced with the
same disunions cone iueoees. I'mg
Lobengula, dis o .ering this weakness
of the pursuring detachment, cnt cod
CaDtain Wilson it. to, a:i ambuscade,
! mii rounded the force with overwhelm
w,mt u,,jlUillt.,y lc.AIUJ a ,1:ul,,.to.
ing nuiuticrs, and clestro.el it in
hand ron 1 ot.
The man 1 uvro is a familiar one in
the annals of savage warfare, and is
instinctively adopted when a stand
is to be made witn superior nutnl ers
at-'ainst a vast y infijrlor 1orce of jmr
suers. The Matal eles thr. w Cap: ain
W ilsun oil hi- guard by conducting a
disorderly retreat, and thereby en
couraging him to be.ieve that they
would not tight, but would scatter in
the African bu-h. Then when his
t!i rly- fiiiir troopers nere in pursuit
o!' t!:e main loiv and the capture ol
tli! King seemed a matter or only
a few hours of hard riding, foices of
eavages concealed on the right and the
ltt cl"Sed in upsn them and cu: oil
rvtreat. Wiien the troopers were
fcii'iy rntrai ped- the King's warriors
faced about and made a, determined
Maud upon high ground. Captain
ilson's followers, surrour.ded by
Bwarun of sav-iges, perished like
lieneral Ctts'er's cavalrymeu. They
u-ed their c ii bines as long as they
bad a cartridge to spire.' and then
fought liopolo-
y but gallantly with
revolver and sabre. C."loc:- In; ame
the o:;set, until every wounded and
j dying Knl i'iinan was fa e to face
. with hurid'-.is of merciless savages,
j When the last man was dead the
J bodies were stripped bare and ho ri
1 Lly muliiated.
I Captain Wilson's companions were
! in the main adventurous young
Englishmen, without expcriPnee in
: bush c.i:i.paiiMiiiig and impelled bv
an inordinate ambition tod slinguisii
themsci ves. They were not adisen
who would exc rc so any reslra nt, but
wo. lid urge him to pn-di uhea.l, and
' by a bold dah to overtake the King
and to carry hi m back as a prisoner
i to the main column. A deta hment
! of Hotspur. 1 ke tho advance gaaid
! was readily entra;ped by the wily
! Mat ibeles: but it is doubtful if a
1 more s asoncd body ot i!iiti--li reiru
1 lars would have fared d.tfercntly.
j enr-ral Custer w as one of the oest
1 Indian-t'uhiters who ever conducted
' a campaign in the West; and inexpli
cable as h's r i-hnci-s appeared after
1 the mass.ic.c, lie em, lo-cd tactics
which weie aistilled by bis own' cx
perien e. With rare exce t'ons
audaoit. is (.ho safet ilic when
su er or n 'HuIht ot savnue- l,rc to be
attacked o 'au inferior lo.-re. Hard
! riding. ' iiii etuous "assailUs and
j celerity ot movement ordinarily
terror io a horde of. warriors like the
1 Matabeles. All the KugJisIi lighting
done in India and Afrca has been of
1 6uCcessfUL'
that order, and it has seldom been 11a-
How Walkinc-StleVs ore Made.
The raw material of the llriti.sh
maker who U'es native wood only con
sists of beech, holly, ash, thorn, and
oak. Sometimes the sie of the tim
ber is su h that sticks are sawn out of
.It;.' but sapl ng of from forty-four to
forty-eight Inches in length, with
good-bark on them, are more valu.i
bli. If -they taper pretty rgu'arly
frdm'e.id.to end, and have a 'strong
root 'attached, so much the better.
Artificial handles, ate of course, fit
ted to sticks, and with such ingenu
ity. that it- is ditticult to detect tho
joints but it is better for several rea
sons strength being the most im
portantthat the handle should be
a natural part of .the stick.
The. rouuh und'sTwood, then, is cut
with a bill book, and when we go to
the factory we see it lying in bunches
seasoii.ng.' It is tough, ugly -looking
stulf, anil scems'Talueless; but as we
go throitgh the place' ve easily under
stand how it changes and becomes
marketatrte;
1 irst'of all the sticks are laid in
wet sand-a process which renders
them more tough arid pliable. Then
a workman takes thctu singly, and.
securing one end to his bench, liends
them dexterously until he gets them
straight- Ater. he. has done with
thein their natural twistsjand bends
aro. gone forever.
The" stiCKs next pass to another
v.ork.uiart,'---who, by putting them,
through a circular "cutting tool, re
moves their knot,, and makes them
quite smooth, apd tlien they aFe ready
foT'bdnduijr.dr.carying. .
' I'lVolo' 'wliicU. are to have curved
handles' are aain-.put in the wetsadd
until . Uiey become pliable. ' When
they are indliat condition a portion
of, eachsticK' is bent by means o'
matal--clanipV arti so forth into, a
crook. -Th'efl, t6 ?et or fix the handle,
the slick i3 turned, rapidly on a jet of
gas untll'it is dry.
We are to'd. that some manufac
turers have another method of mak
ing their stl -ks pliable. They plunge
them info riot sand, which has the
etfe t of repclcrjng'tbe wood bo soft
that it can. I e. l ent or twisted in any
direction.- When it becomes cold it
will retain sue'h bend or twist. In
this manner are fashioned those cir
cles, double circles, and the like, in
the handles' of ladies' umbrellas, as
well as many of those oddities io
(ticks that' commonly pass for natural
;ur:os:ties,
We have seen . a spiral cork-screw-ihapcd
walking stick, a wafy walk
ng stick and a walkin stick consist
ing of "thre'i. ti s regularly and
tiuhtly entwined, that al owed their
jhape to'hot san I aad a skillful work
man. Many metals, such as gold, silrer and
platinum, are now caused to ' volatilize
by means of thet electric correal
STRUCK THE WRONG FARMER.
An Experiment with a Watch That Hap
pened at a Bad Time.
We were ta'klng about human na
ture In general, and the human na
ture of farmers in particular, whe
;ne man who was traveling for a
button factory sagely obsened:
"Tes, the average farmer is a queer
man. They talk about bis confiding
disposition, but he hasn't got it. On
the contrary, he suspects everybody
of intent to defraud him in some way."
"Well, I dunno about that," said
one of the crowd.
"I th'nk I can prove It to jou in
ten minutes," replied the button man.
"Now, then, look at this watch and
estimate the value."
He handed out wateh and chain,
and they were r,as.-e:l from hand to
hand. The watch wa a fine one,
and the chain was solid Mold, and the
lowest estimate was 1300, says the
1' '.troit Free Pre-s.
i paid $400 in good money for tho
nutdt," said the man. "One ot yon
( ome along into the smoking car and
We'll find a farmer. I'll otTer him
waUh and chain for Sf.O. and he'll
just think 1 am trying to beat him.
it I lose I pay for six dinners. If I
win s micbody p:iys for mine."
He started cut in company with
the man who had expressed 1 1
doubts, and about the llrst man tie
camo to in tho smoking car was it
middle-aged farmer who had been to
Cleveland and had two new ax
helves in the scat beside him.
, The button man held out the watch
and said:
"My friend, I am hard up and want
to sell this stuff. Look at it."
"I'on't want it," replied the far
mer. "liut I must have money. Watch
and chain cot mei400. How much
will you give me. "
"Iou't want to buy."
"liut take them in your hand and
examine them. Even a child could
estimate their value. I ought to get
at. least half cost, but as I want 150
awfully bad right away, this mlaute,
I'll make that the price. Yoa may
take me for a traveling sharper, but
I assure you"
"You needn't assure me "till," in
terupted the farmer. "I think I
know an honest man when I see one."
"Thanks. Then you aro not sus
picious of rac?"
1 "Not a mite."
J "And you'll take the watch and
chain at $o0?"
! "1 will." replied the farmer as he
slipped tliem into his po?ket and felt
for hi calfskin, ".lost got paid for
my wool today, and here's jour cash.
1 see you'e got a diamond pii cu
our tie. I can't toll a diamond from
(a ihinestone', but I'm willing t
. chance 42o on it. Has the other feller
got anything for sale cheap':"
It had to be explained to tho far
mer that it all come about on a
wager, but he was pig-headed about
It, and the button man had to hand
him a ilO bill tcfoie he would call
the bargain oil.
"You contended that the farmer
hadn't a confldin' disposition, did
, you?" queried the toiler, as he nocket
. ed the greenback. "Wa'll, I pues
j you know more about buttons than
I you do about farmers. You just come
.down my way and offer me a wlnd-
mill fur $2", planer fur SAO or a
mower and reaper fur $75, and I'll
coutlde in you so duroed quick that
you can't keep your hi els on the airth'"
just n-ioit.
In a certain New England town
soiae years ago there was a justice of
the peace who, through a terrible
accident, had lost both lili legs. lie
had an acute legal mind, a ready
tongue, and both kindnc-s and gen
erosity enough to tna';e hlmleloved
as well as respected.
Nothing incensed h s fellow-townsmen
more than any allusl m to the
pcor man's misfortune or a sugges
tion that it incapacitated him in any
way for the position he tilled. A
visitor from another town was loung
ing about the pristotlice one morning
when the justice wa wheeled past
by his faithful servant.
""Who's that feller?" he asked,
curious'y.
"That's Square Lrown," replied
the citizen whom he had addressed,
"an' the smartest an' best jestice
anywheres round these parts he is, 1
ken tell ye," he added, with a half
detlant tone.
"Well, I swanee," remarked the
stranger, "that's kind o' cur'ous,
seems 's if. Jestice o' the peace w ith
out no legs!"
"Does it appear eo,I want t' know,"
said the inhabitant of the place with
a glanca of withering contempt at
the stranger. "I hecrd you say you
a fr'ni Ilillvil'e way, if I ain't mistook'-'"
he queried.
The stranger nodded.
" (Veil, now," said the native in a
reflective tone.. "I heerd some folks
remarkin' only a few days back thit
over in your township they'd got a
feller square that hadn't pot no head!
Now that doos appear cur'ous to nie;
but o' course folks' tastes are alius
Sill'ient."
Hearing- One's Self Speak.
"It is a singular thing," says a phy
sician, "that a man does not hear his
own voica exclusively through his ears.
The prevalence of throat deafness is a
iroof to the laymen of the connection
between the ears aud throat, and this in-
oility to hear one's self speak just as
'.hers hear us is another instance. In
lonie people this peculiarity is very
marked, and in my case, if I speak into
1 phonograph and let tho machine grind
ut tho toands again, I don't recognize
;he voice ct all. In regard to singing,
;he varying ability to he ir one's self with
;he ears plugged up with cotton makes
tseif evident, for wh'le ono member of
1 chorus will only hear the blending
iarmony, or discord, another will hear
i ttlc beyond his or her own voice, anl
Makes occasional bad bieiks in conse
quence. I kno.v a man who used to
! :ng a very fair b-.iritone, but whose voice
is now oaly adaote V to the weakest
ialictto. Vet he doesn't realize tho
change, and I believe he honestly thinks
':e sings as well as ever. Tnis apparent
. nrKssib:li!;. may hn a dispensation of
rroviucuce to prevent men with excep
tionally uly voices being driven to
Ueide. L'hi&iQj 11-traXd.
A li'iil Veaf I'.ir l::ilr.Hl r.ai'..Ji:i.
Last voir Ail. be notable in the
history of An encan railroads l ot
july for tne tremendous bankru teies
imong great common carriers 'but fat
the decline of railroad build. ng to
tho lowest io!nt known since 1-Ts.
Onlv 2,i:io miles of new main track
were laid in lSf'3. The falling o:T is
atout 4 1 er cent as com are l wsUi
1 and . i ercent f 0111 the aver.uo
annual increase of the last twent.'
vears. The growth of the total rail
road mileage of this country v.i!
about 1 per cent in the car ju-tt il l
ed, whii li briniM it b low the rite
of iiurea-e in the o illation. Such
extreme stagnation must be followed
0 m by a ra; id ex ansion of construc
tion work, and that will u.iau a
great lift from the iron indusir. n;i
which the ros;ierit ' of the co'iutr.
no largel - cie ends.
The distribution of railroad l.uii.l
tr.g of I.!) ! in fo: t -three -tates ai.,1
IVrr tories was near! a; ahiioriii li
as the meager total. The. oil and
wed develo; ed St ite of lYnns Ivanla
heads the li-t with .'9.t miles of nc.v
road, or about 15 1 er cent of thee:. -tire
construction. Ohio is sixth
among the States with 14 miles,
and Maine eight with 115 'miles. f
the Western and Southern States i:i
which the iailroad building of tl:-j
countr.-had been chiell.-done in tlei
five jea s 1 receding lS.i.'t, onl :
1 lorida, Georgia, Mi-souri, North
Dakota, and Texas contributed from
'l miles to 1M I mi'es a iece to tlia
total. Tiiesc live States, together
with Lenns ivanla, Ohio, and Maine,
contain l.-14'i miles of the new rail
road 'track laid down last :car, or
about ." 1 er cent of the whole.
Only 4 miles w:re built in Iowa, ! in
Mississippi, 2..' ia New Mexico, 4 i:i
Wyoming, and 10 in Oregon. New
England, outside ot Main , built but
8 miles of new road. New Jersey
gained one mile and .Maryland two.
In but fifteen States did the construc
tion ifor the ; e.i:- exceed fifty
miles. It was a terribly bad icriod
for railroad building in nearly every
I art of the country.
An African Pet.
With regard to the utility of the
crocodile there are diverse opinions.
It is certaily a scavenger, though
when the rapid currents of most riv
er are taken into consideration, tl.es
importance of li s mission dwindles.
The author of '-In the Moramhal.i
Marsh'' says that along the banks of
African streams it is dangerous to ap
proach the. ri.er edge. Water for
domestic purposes is obtained from
the top of the banks by mean of a
cup attached to a bamboo jiole tweu
ty or thirty feet in 1. ntrtti,- and in
spite of these precautions the death
roll is a most ghastly one.
The primitive dugout us.-d by tho
native for tcaveling on the river
are in many cases merely death-traps.
While the man is pa. Idling along,
barely two inches a' ove the surface
of th river, tli crocodile s i es bis
hand and drag biai to the bottom.
(In one o.-easiou 1 scut down some
letters by a Hindoo mrrchanr. an 1 .1
few weeks later beard th it Loth let
ters and postman had li en devoute 1
by crocod.les. At another tini I
was strolling along the bank, and
hearing cries, arrived at the water's
edgo In time to sci c a young boy
w hose leg had been cauir'.t by one of
these brute and torn from him. Jie
cscaied with h s life, thanks to mv
timely ar. i al.
In some places one sees thousands
of crocodiles on a mud bank, most of
them scarely two inches in length,
evidently just hatched. A week does
not pass but in some river-village
wails and lamentations are heard for
a fresh victim to the crocodile's in
satiable appetite.
Profitable Deadheads.
A man walked up to tho box office
and paid down 2o for two boxi s ;it
that night's performance. The ticket-seller
handed him the coupons an l
tlu man, pocket ng them, w..lk"d
away, says tie New York Son. A
moment later he return, d to the
window:
"I leg your pa don," he 1 -xelaim-Hl.
"but would you muni marking ih--se
tickets with the complimentary
punch? It's to decide a bet, don't
you know?" The ticket-el'er iuicl.ee1
the tickets.
"That's an old trick of that mail's,"'
said the ticket-seller, "lie's I een fil
ing that detige with me for years,
and I suppose be has tried it on at
most of t le other theater. I have
always humored him. lecauso he is
one of those frauds who are willing
to pay srot cash for their folly. Ij
you know why he wants to make out
that those tickets are complimenta
ries? It is because he i still a little
verdant and yet wants to considered
that full-blown (lower of the metrop
olis a man about town.
"Some young woman remarks in
his hearing, a wish I had tickets for
"Charley's Aunt," ' and immediately
he exclaim, 'Why, I'll run down and
see Charlie Frohman Charlie's an
old friend of mine, you know. He'll
give me a couple of boxes with pleas
ure. You make up a party and weT
"Then he goes to the theater, pays
for the boxes," and gets his tickets
punched. Mind you, he is always
careful that his friend shall see thosj
tickets. He has nodesire to 1 e known
as an open hearted chap who Is willing
to pay for tho amasemect of his
friends. The influential dead-head
pose is the height of his ambition.
With the help of his punched ticket?
he obtains it to a certain degree."
A Strauge Fish.
The receeding tide left a fish en
tangled in the weeds nt the head of
Cache slough, at Dixon, C'al., one day
last week, and it was cjptured, but tho
most experienced fishermen in thi
vicinity cannot say positively to what
species it belongs.
It was apparently a young tish and
weighed eight or nine pounds. Tho
muzzle projected over the mouth, the
nostrils were situated on the underside
of the muzzle, the gill openings were
lateral in fact, so much of its descrip
tion tallied exactly with that of a young
shark. . It also has a double row of teeth,
and a long black tongue. 7 No one there
abouts seems to know whether ornot a
shark has a long tongue or ever "visiti
fresh wtr. San FrsnsUeo Examiner.
BEVEB CSIVB. UP.
Hever give np! It is wiser and better
Always to hope than once to despair;
Fling on the load of doubt's cankering fetter,
Aud break the dark spell of tyrannical
care.
ifever give up ! or the LurJen may sink yon;
Providence kindly has mingle 1 the cup;
And in all trials or troubles, bethink you.
The watch-word of life must be, never
give upr
Never giva np! There are chanee3 and
changes
Helping the hopeful a hundred tj on';
And, through the chaos, high wlsloai ar
ranges
Ever success, if you'll only hope on.
Never give up! for the wisest is boUes
Knowing that Providence m'.u.e. to? cuo
And of all maxims, the best, as t'.ie oldest.
Is the true watch-word of "Xev.-rlv up!"
Kever give up! Though t'ai grap:--'.n: iny
rattl.-.
Or trj3 full taaa ler-elo-jj ov.-r you burst;
Stan 1 like a rev, an I t'.iB sirn an 1 the
battle
Little shall harm you, though doiaj their
worst.
Kev;r give upt If a iversity press
Providence wisely has m cgleJ fa? e-a
And thebest counsel iu all your dis'is e
Is the stoat watea-wor I of "Semr givs
p!'
JIartin F. Tupper, t'.i .Vcic York Weekly.
HUMou of Tiin y.vv.
Benjamin Franklin was
the cr ei-ml
lightning calculator.
C'rop3 t'uatgroA- by tho electric light
Wild oats. Jjurii i!.
"Ask popper," sai I t'au iirc-ci.ier
fine wheu a untch was euggesie I.
That ru -ny taiks I doo't tlea; ;
To ma it al vays savs, "Jool
I'-r'-
It is o ld caoarh that burglars tt'io
such rts'-:3 ia a sale opening. Btlii'itore
American.
The head waiter rcmiuJs one of mat
rimony. He is a high menial, it will be
remembered.
A stingy man can be relied upon to
keep everything but his promise.
Elmira Gazette.
"Capital punishment," as the boy said
tvhea the school-mistress seate 1 him with
the girls. Bazar.
A man finds the pooreit coaipanioa
!hm when he "entertains a suspicion."
Washinjton Star.
Your friend3 may not know mur-'i, but
they know what they would do if they
were in your place. Atdutvn t.'-V'.
Stranger (brightly) "Fine day!'
Chronic Grumbler " Ye locally
probably raining somewhere. I'uck."
Now i3 the time when the s-mll boy
Df the family is caught poaching on his
mother's prcservei Baltimort A-neri-
can.
All animals have their good points,
out for abundance of the same none can
compete with the porcupine. 2Vr-j
bitinys.
It isn't so much that a man objects to
pay tho duht of nature; it is nature of
tho debt that trouble him. Boston
Trirucrqit.
Tuo peacock may not be inclined to
gossip, but he loves to spread a highly
colored tale about the neighborhood.
Elmira Gazette.
A man can always keep himself in
good credit so long as he doesn't ask
for it. Paste this in your hat and dodgo
the fatal request. Pud.
"If I were only in politics," muse I
the car-horse as he started up the hill,
"what a lot I could do with the pull I
have." Baltimora American.
"I don't look like a very formidable
fellow," soliloquized the honest milk
dealer; "aad yet I've male lots of
bigger men tako water." Life.
Blinkers "Hello, Winkers. I hear
you married a woman with aa independ
ent fortune." Winkers "No-o; I mar
ried a fortune with an independent
woman.
Mudge "I hear that Timming's girl
has induced him to give up his cigars."
Yabsley "H'mh! That's more than any
of tho boys could do." Indianapo'U
Journal.
1 People who are constantly saying
'what is due to society" often forget al
together what is due to themselves, to
say nothing of what is due to the batcher
and baker.
"Sir," said the tailor, "my suits talk
forme." "But, my dear sir!'' expostu
lated the customer, "can you expect mo
to believe statements made out of the
whole cloth." Baltimore Amtrittn.
Tie "Yoj say you love me, bat can
not be my wife. Is it because I am poor?
There are better things in this world than
money." She "Quite true, but it takes
money to buy them." Baton Budget.
THE BALD MAN REJOICES.
I love the crisp, cool autumn day..
They 1111 my soul with ;lee.
For ihen in peace I fro my ways
With not a fly on uie.
S'ew York Herald.
Oldun "Ivemember, my son, to al
ways keep your expenses within your in
come." Young-un "Got a better plan
than that. I propose bringing my in
come up to my expenses."' Indiiinajfo'.it
Jiurnal.
"Dinguss is a man of expensivo
habits, is he not, Siiadbolt'' "Yes.
Diugjss's habits siuce I have been ac
quainted vrith him h ive co3t me ?'15t5,
without counting a cent for interest. "
tViiC'7 1'tiuuns.
Maps Used as Tru npeli.
A maa can be more politely iusaUc .
ia Paris than io any city iu the world.
A gentleman who undertook to speak ia
paolic thero recently expressed himself
ia such a lo.v tone of voice that the
audience were unable to hear him. He
was lecturing upon a geographical suo-jt-ct,
and copies of a map about three
feet square had been generously dis
tributed. Presently one of the audieccs rolled
his map ia the form of a very long at
tenuated lamplighter, inserted the small
end iu his car and turned the other end
toward the spsaker. It was rather a
ludicrous performance, but not a Uugh
was heard among the polite assemblage.
In two minutes, however, cverj map in
the audieacs was turned into an ear
trju?pet, and the speaker saw himself
confronted with a sort of m immoth por
cupine, whose nearest quills almost
touched him. He at oacs spoke louJer.
YiSifj IVri Teharain.
REPARATION.
I
now rxcLK sam jiadk para
OUT APOLOGlZti
The) Attack ou the' Water Witch by
J.'araguans A Unlteil Staler
Karat Expedition ltrins
llicm to Term.
The incident in our nival liislorj
which had in it, perhaps, the most points
of comparison with the Chilean situation
was the one that begun iu 1S55 in a:i
oilense given to' the United bt.itcs by
Paraguay. Ia 1SD3 Capta'n TuoiajTs
Jeffetson Page, in commau i of a smail,
light-draught steamer, the W'.iler V.'.te'.i,
started out for South Amerie-i to CKp'ore
the river La Plata and its lar-i ti-ilr.i ur
its, with a view to future coarnereial in
tercourse betweeu our coua'ry and thj
interior States of South A::iLTica. 'Iho
expedition wits ordered by tje L'altc 1
States Oovernmenc, and tli. countries
having jurisdiction over tliosa waters
signified their concurrence in the project.
The Water Witch pushed her way up tho
river slowly, carrying on her investiga
tions without trouble ' until February 1,'
' 1855. Oa that day she was steaming
' quietly up the River Tarana, which forms
I the boundary between. Pa?gu.iy and
Corrientes, ono of the States "of tho
I Argentine Confederacy, when sud Icnly,'
i without any warning, a battery on tho
Paraguayan shore opened fire on her.
.The little Water Witch was not Sttcl
out for hostilities and sh
lost no time
O110 of her
iu getting out of range.
sailors, however, tno
' killed.
helmsman, was
As for as the Wdter Witch was con
cerned, there was apparently no cau;o
for attack. President Carlos A. Lopez,
whose rule over Paraguay was e;cutially
autocratic, had previously renjive I Cap
tain Page and bis vessel with every show
of friendship.
A few months before the att.ck, how
ever, Lopez took offense at tho conduct
of the United States Consul, who, ia ad
dition to his official position, acted r.s
(the agent lor aa American mercantile
company. Lopez expressed his disap
proval by breaking up tho bjiiucs3 of
1 this company, and ho also issued a de
' ctee forbidding foreign vc-e!s of w ir
from navigating tho waters of Paraguay.
Tho Water Witch retiin-.pl to the
United States and reported tho case to
, the Government. We claimed that t'.io
Water Witch was not within the juris
diction of Paraguay, as the channel she
was in belonged equally well to Cor
rientes; and even if s'10 were within
Paraguay's jurisdiction she was not prop
erly a vessel of war, as her ooject was of
an entirely scientific nature. Words to
this effect were submitted to Paraguay,
and our Government demanded repera
tion. Negotiation', however, proved
fruitless. Lopez pursued the even tenor
of his way and refused to give any sails
factory answer to our demands. There -
lore Congress, finding pc iceable comma
j nication of no avail, authorized the I'r-is-I
ident of the United States to send such
j a naval force to Paraguay as would com
I pel her arbitrary ruler to give tho satis-
faction demanded.
j One of the strongest naval expeditions
ever sent out byjthe United States up to
that timo was ordered to r.s-e .ublo at the
"mouth of La Plata. Nineteen vecsels
were fitted out, seven .if thorn bc'u-.g
steamers specially chartered for the pi.vl
pose on account of the eieliciency in our
navy of light-draught ships tuite I to
tho navigation of the rivers to bo as
cended. The squadron carried 230 guns
and 2500 men. Flag O.Ticcr W. Brad
ford Sliubrick was placed in command,
and he took on board his flagship with
him the Hon. Mr. Bowlin, who was a;
pointed a speciul Commissioner of tho
United States intrusted with the negotia
tions. It was just at the close lo5S that the
force assembled at Montevideo. The
; Water Witch was one of the force, but
this timo she was all in trim for hosiilo
I action. The other ship3 were two
frigates, the Sabine and tho St. Law
. tence; two sloops-of-war, the Falmouth
I nd the Preble; threo brigs, tho Bol
I phia, the Bainbridgc, and the Perry; sis
Itenmers, the .Memphis, tho Caledonia,
fhe Atlanta, the S mthern Star.tho Wes
fernport, the M. W. Chapin, aDd tho
lletacomb; the revenue steamer Harriet
Lane, and two armed store shins, the
Supply and the Release.
! On January 25, 1S5D, this squadron
pailed up and came so anchor 01T Ascen
cion, the capital of Paraguay. Presi
dent Urguiza of tho Argentina Con
federacy had volunteered his services as
mediator in the dispute, and had arrive 1
at Paraguay in advance of tho United.
States officials. Then negotiations were;
reopened, and Mr. Bowliu male his do
mand for immediate reparation.
Meanwhile such of our war ships a
were capable of ascending tho river hai
made their way through the numerou
difficulties of currents, shoals, and sanH
bars, and came to a chosen position.,'
where they made ready in ca;e of ne
cessity to open fire. The furco within,
striking distance of Paraguay consisted
of 1710 men, besides the rfiiecr.J, aad
seventy-eight gun3, including twenty
three nine inch shell "uns and cue
eleven-inch shell gun.
I '-Then Lopez and his Government came.
' to the conclusion that the United States
j meant business. By February 5 Mr.
Bowlms demands wcro acceded to.
Satisfactory apologies were made for the
firing on the AVater Witch, and pecuni
ary compensation wis given to the family
of the sailor who bed been killed. la
addition to thii 1 new commercial treaty
was established and cordial relations be
tween the two Governments were fullv
I restored.
j When the squadron return e 1 the S;-c
retary of the Navy expressed thj satis
faction or tho Lmtod States Govern
ment as follows :
"To the zeal, energy, eliscrction, tin 1
courteous and gallant bearing of Flag
Officer Shubrick and the officers under
his command, in conducting an expedi-
j tioa lar into tue interior of a remote
: country, encountering not only great
I physical difficulties, but the fears,appre
1 hensions, and prejudice of numerous
States; aud to the good conduct of the
brave men under their command, is the
I country largely indebted not only for
the success of the enterprise, but for the
friendly feeling toward the United
1 Slates which now prevai's in all that
part of South America." New Yors
Sun.
Sydney, New South Wales," has a 1?..
000,000 electric? lights
NEWS IX BU1EF.
The Scotch have tho greatest her-
, ring fisheries.
I Eight cubic feet of saow pro l iw
one cubic foot of water.
A Roventoen-months-old baby of
' Fairbanks, Me., can wkistl-j a tune.
I Tho first olectrio maehitie. a globo
j of sulphur, was made bv .ln. ric'o iu
1C17.
j On tho night of April 10, J -!).
j there was a "heavy shower of Mia:!-."
j near TilUin, Ohio.
, Tho pointer inherits his noso from
j tho bloodhound and his other qualities
', from tho bulldog.
I The lirbt bricks made in tiiis eo n!ry
j were manufactured by the Virginia.
tsct'U rs in 1012.
j It hns been culcalated that 80O shots
I were fired for every wounded man
. during our late civil war.
I Tho rmide Ims a larcor oronortion
of phosphorus Ihamviy ot'icr fruit, and
is, therefore, nu excellent brain food.
Tho first iron ship was launched iu
1S30; now tho carrying power of tho
world's iron shipping exceeds Hil.OOH,
X0. Up to 1S71, of ?:it,O0H,f 00 gold
and Bilver produced iu avada, the
Comstoek lode produced $lc..'00,
0.0. The Kmpcrc.r Hadrian, when d iug,
composed that beautiful address to his
foul, which Pope translated into i'ust-li-sh.
Gold has been found, though mt
always in paying quantities, in every
6tatcs in tho t'niled States except Del I
ware. The naval warfare of tho world was
revolutionized by tho battlo between
tho Merrimacnnd Monitor, March '.,
102.
Tho life-saving service on the Brit,
ish coasts was established in IS:!!, and
has been the menns of Fusing :il,0;:5
lives.
Ktienno .Todello was tho father of
tho French theatre. His first play was
"e'loopatra," presented oa tho stag.; iu
1 5" 2.
The
averiigo cost of building nn
Kn-dith
ironclad is SJI'l per toa:
French,
; Italian, ?Js."; (ierman.
Dianionl cutter? in Hollanl have
snceeet'ed ia cutting i-tones to .small
thut it t ikes l,o )D of them to weigh 11
karat.
Coroeillo died iu the most hitler
poverty, unrelieved by ninny whom
during his days of 2'rosperity" ho had
benefited.
InM0xicotl1ereisn.it ono wagon
factory. Every man makes his own or
L;ets it from 11 neighbor or i.noth. r
! country.
Iu 1070 tho Dutch owned and oper
ated one-half of tho world's shipping;
cow they own about one per cent, of
tho whole.
Watts' l atent for a steam t-iuiae
v-Bhii-sued in ITHil. Tho tenia cnintp
of tho world to-day exercise 50,0:'0,oiHl
horse power.
Tho blast furnace was devised in
1S1.'. In IsO j tho United States nlono
made 9,00:1, Oo) tons of iron and -l,t!77,-OJ3
of ttoel.
1
j Tho win 1 blowing ut tho rate of
j nineteen miles nn hour exerts a pressure
of but one and four fifth pounds to the
; fq'ia-e foot.
Matches were first invented ia ls:; i,
and it is ei-Uniited that 7.),0j0,O iO h
clay aro I nrned by tho people of the
Uiitod .States.
The newspapers report tho Mriking
of a gns well near Portland. Ind., th
daily output of which is over hix mill
ion cubic feet.
Tufro is a httlo towu mimed Murk
ccukirchcn in Saxony, whero nenrly
every inhabitant is engaged in thur
manufacture of violins.
At the p reseat day 111 ist heavy tun
nel work is elono !tv 111 ichino drill-',
driven by compressed air which ul-o
serves to ventilato the works.
Tho Simplon II oa 1, from Swit-er-lan.t
to Ituly, was built by Napoleon's
engineers in 18U7; over Jo,o.'0 work
men were employed at 0110 lime.
The tleelric railway has pe-uetratej
even tho fastness of tho Tyroleso moun
tains, a road 27 miles long being pro
jected between l'.iva and l'inzolo.
A new glass Tor thermometers is un
affected by a heat of 1.000. degrees, tho
ordinary glass being unreliable nbovn
7o0 degrees on necount of its tendeuey
to soften.
Saccharine has a rival. A new kuIj
etauco called vulziu is now be. i ul,:
manufactured in Berlin under pat
ent, and is claimed to bo -00 times
sweeter than s:igar, nud fieo from e-er-tuin
objectionable properties 'jf saccha
rine. AJnpaae.se novelty is "glass pa
per,'' which is said to combino W011
derfnl transparency with uuumiuI
i-trcngth and tenacity. 'J ho matcrid
fur making it is furnished by a Japan
ese aquatic idaut.
lluilway mathematicians calculate
that a train which can speed at tho
rate of eighty-five miles and hour
woulil requiro from seventy two to
seventy-live seconds iu whii h to "puli
np" or como to a standstill. Jt would
requiro nearly a mile iu which to .stop.
The Cowboy's Quirt.
St. Louis sends out cv-rv year ahai-.t
30,000 whips of a peculiar character
known 33 the quii t No one but a cow
boy, a wild Westerner or Mexican has
any use for such an article, b it away on'
on the plain3 It is indispensable, as it an
swers the purpose both of a whip aad a
life-preserver. A quirt is a solid loath- r
whip, with the handlo loaded with sho-.
and so heavy that the thickest skull v.-iil
yield to a blow from it. Missouri holds
a practical monopoly in tho manufacture
of this curiously named article, St. Louis
m iking the most and others coming ou:
of the Stato Penitentiary at Jefferson
City. At least 030,000 leather whips
are made in St. Louis or near to it, an I
it is often asked where they all go to.
As a matter of lact, this city stands al
most alone in this manufacture, for while
light buggy whips aro made in various
places, leather whips are not made in
largo numbers outsido of Missouri, al
though there aro factories in New York,
Philadelphia and West Virginia. Oao
reason why St. Louis holds ,tho fort is
that this is one of the cheapest hide mar
kets in the world, and instead Of buying
tanned leather the plan here is to buy
green hides aad litaril r-ike the whips'
out of raw material.'' of,' Zouit 'Globs-Democrat.'--"
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