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. y. SOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS.
Editor amd Proprteter.
VOL. XL VI II
MIFFLINTOWJS. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14, 1894.
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gnter, (lini.ii
. ikfast table, "
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from
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at t!ie ii
know, lr
d.'.i 1 seen :
' -i )ne at
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cvcrvl ody sa s it's a
I
time, jib ase, '-;irl-
en- i
treated their
you're b.o;:
seen Voll i
old. ''
"U'ie n rvi
aunt, eva-ivelv. "Neliv,
i sp!--i:did. 1 h:,ve:i"'t
,ic ' v ia were ten ve.iH
odv said
retorted
I was the
111 it joaiij
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lade.
tint ;
'ail Mi
Klauce ai
i that en.
Weli."
i ir, wiiii an
api i-ovin :
! : v speaker.
Now,
!U Ull-
trirK yoa mu
sta : is and ! i'
'Ibe.v can
slay to lea.
your things o!b"
Aunt Honar, when
we are to the ball at the 'Wind
sor t'l-iii .-L.t?"
"1 shan't b-t you i,T on that plea.
Why, I haven't ve:i Nelly for ten
years. You can leave here earlv, in
tune t
.t .-
and Charlie
siiail
von bom -. "
So i; was s
1 ripped up st
bouse, led tin
dark, and i t : -
f'b 1. The two yirls
i; s Lett y, used to ! h
way. It was yetting
le't iieir aunt's cha mber
both sat down on
the way with
b.il , no-sip: eil f. i
'How d ad;u'.:
a lounge and, as is
ir's on the eve of a
f d!y half an hour,
v dark it is!" cried
I.etty.at last. I.i-'.it th uas, Nelly. '
A lirij-ht ihv il'iinrned every corner
as Nelly cou'piie.l. Mie had her hack
to her cousin, and was standing be
fore a pier-lass when she suddenly
saw Letty's face iu the mirn r. The
terror in il lo:r:lied Nelly. She
turned ipiiek-y lound. l.etty uttered
a piercing shriek: th n Nelly, looking
past her, saw I li - reason.
A man was sta ml in by the ward
robe, tall and -erectly motionless;
Ids hat came down almost tohisneek:
his face she cui'd not. s e. He must
have 1 e -n in the ro. .ni all the t ime
inde, d.
course !
bed
tley
a buu
ci
tied it.
! Lettv s
ll.v, but. Ni
ali-olute si
e 1 her W
u !
' I:'
d ui.
'bh'
st 1 her
l.esi of the lell-.w
dread. l!,U:iur a
she ran up and r.'.i o
lentlv. A str.i;ie
Off fe.I the hat. and
of Mi!;-iu was ri
(Juick -wtted Nellyc
situa; io. i at a ;'l.ine
and cousin, lashin
s.id : ii imjiulse,
!w li.s arm i,
iust!in: ensued,
the i ra,.en i-ust
vealed beneath,
ouipreiiended tin!
e, a '.d her aunt
n in a m-. in- nt
later, found her iu Ills of lau.:ht
r.
s'.e
It's a st aw in in, l.etty,"
trasped, '-that Charlie's put here
to
lrihten us!"
"Oh. no. indeed!" protested Char
lie's mother, lie's not so bad as that.
I forget it was here. It is Charlie's
skating fjet-up for the. mas iucra-,1-: at
Victoria r:r.L."
Now that t be
bag, their aunt
showing tie an '
beloved son's in
of Montreal en
Herod at th -.
eutertalniu'-rn.
radiant alt i:e :
at was out of Cue
to k great pains in
his evidence of her
enuity. 'lite youth
:e.i or to i'Ut-I len d
fancy d es, skat in
The bnlies biaze iu
nd on. lint disguise.
ana many a gaii.n.i ioi.o-..s in ineir
train: but proudly high swells the
heart of th it youth who can sport the
bupremely grot'-s ,ue.
'itnn r linn-ir llillt won ihis llislin.---
f. -1
tinn ( In the line!.- of Ill's st r.i w tn i n I
he sailed around the rink light of
heart and light of heel, the cynosure
of every eve. ?la.iy an on-looker
misto k the straw man for a real one.
as he appeared t i toil wearily by; and
many comments from the crowd,
refute,- his fatigue, were heard by the
Misses Laura ai e and poured into
Charge's delighted ears. I!ut this
was t.wn das lap-r.
"And wiiat does ho call the dress?"
r -led Lett;-', pruwa suddenly brave.
"And what is this belt for. 1 wonder?"
"That Is to fasten the man to him,
irid he is down on the entrance list
;:'-. 'Man on Original I lobby-Horse,' "
replied Mrs. Honar.
He ought to go as 'some mute in
! 'liou- Mil ton,' "quoted Nelly laugh
ing. "That bast is so funny, sewed on
to -!. a fgure. "
-At the tea tab!.- Cliaiiic failed to
appear, b'-.t a maid brought in a mile
ihiit Lad Lcc.a letu 2-lrs. Bouar read
it, anil said It with sorue iliappoiut
rient, "What a pity. Rii-is; Cliarlie can't
rttuin till late. He has sent to say
ho lias been ut on the committee of
tiiti Tu jue Iileu Tolio'aning Club
and he will liave totaka visitors down
the liJe all thi evenin-.'. 1 shall
hav to .-eail ycu back in a cab."
Xi.-ei-m':ii(l. ' I.ftty saiiL '-rap:l
t-ild Lii to hriiiif lat-U his silver-fox
coat a'lU cap ; tiiat li? left 1. ere yes
terday. Tl.e t'la .vt'.id not last Ion?,
and now he needs them aain."
lint now p-iirt Hie nil Is chagrin
when iuit a ca-n-ouM he round on the
stind;' Mrs lionar sent her ina:d
f iuv streets off to K-'tone, but she re
turned un u c,-"H:!. As to the horse
cars, eacii d:.c th it passed was packed
like a lioxof sardines nay, more men
were haiiin on the rails behind.
To such st rails a e the citizens of
Montreal red u e l at carnival time.
Let tv wis alaiost :u tears: Nelly
sat in silent despe ation; Mrs. lionar
wruii her h si.ds.
li .t-ver s'lail we do if we don't
Kei a cai..- ou oiiiilit to he dressing ,
for th.: ball, oh, if I could o ily get j
a man t ) send hi. me with you"' :
Ne.ly siivali;; up suddenly. j
'An I -o you ca'i, auntie!" she
cried, witli a laua of iasijii-.ition:
'Charlie's straw in. in. of ionise.'' ,
Mrs. l!n:iar !rol;e 1 bewildered, then
remonstrate! fe.-blv ;,s Nelly pro- !
ce.-d-' i t i carry oai he:-desi'ii: Imithe
kind soul would hnic been almost
iiisajii:o:ut.-d as the Kii'ls tliemscives
I'd tbr-y ini-i'l t:;e ball. As to
Nelly, sii,. arr':ei away ail objections,
w iiilst. ...he ail. red our friend in her
uncle's cap and coat, and fastened a
walkin-i-.-tick- to his mitten. I
'Now, l.etty, take the other arm!"
be cri '!. ' A:.1, auntie, stand just 1
there and tell us if be doesn't lool: I
the imr.uo of uncle." !
Atraii.st bi-r will Mrs. llor.ar j
laughed. She could not deny it, but
v :s loth to counti-iniice such a freak,
'i Ley w-.-'v now in hi;h spirits, and
carried their escort downstairs.
Th-.Lid::'- is as li'ihf as a feather:"
. r!.. 1 Xi -by. eL-e'iiiiy. -'We can hold
lii:.i ail t:.i- v.a i- home and never ttet '
a bit t. red. We call j:o alon the
s de
t reels, v. -iieh are badlv lighted,
and no on
n an i-n't
'NeWy!'
r e indali.e
; will know the dear old
unite himself."
' cried Mrs. lionar, rather
1.
mi the' i,'i:ls sallied forth with their
ti-c'uhty i-rot ctor. and all went mer
rily about two-thirds of the way: but
I hey bdh bit a s,'ood deal of alarm
before tli. -y riyi' hed their lodiiurs.
l iie-c were situated in a very quiet
stieet, and shortly alter turniui; the
fomer the p;irls heard footsteps a;
proachin.',' them. And wliat alarmed
them was the conduct of the new
comer. He came up rapidly, as il
about to erect them; but jut at this
point the sham .ludtre stumbled badly,
and the ui.-Is had as much as they
e add do l i keep l.im in an erect
p sition. The street led up a hiil;
the pavement was covered with ice,
which Nelly especially found it dime-alt
to walk on. The Judge's arm to
which she clung- alas, could alTor.l no
; assistance; iiinin-r. l.'io eilort to Keep
j iii in straight heightened the cm
' barra-siiiLT situation.
"Oh, Nelly," whispered Lettv
terror, "some one is following us!"
Nelly had known it for the last
fi ve minutes. If she had only know n,
likewise, they were being looked
after by a friend, possibly she might
li'ivc felt easier iu her mind, but
probably not. For Miss Nelly, with
ail her love of fun, would not have
relislie'd being laughed at, e- eciall
by Harry Hill. He, poor fellow, mut
teie.l under bis breath that "those
poor g lis were in a ileueedl.v awk
ward situation: and who would have
thought it of the .ludge?"
I'll the long street tolled the
cousins, in mortal terror, with tbo-e
steady, dogging footsteps ever behind.
Twie- they cross -d the road, and
a stealthy ilgure (unobserved, he
thought, ) followed them.
i "Oli," sobbed Letty, softly, "!
' don't think the ball is worth it. Let
us go into th lirst house, Nelly."
"Willi Ibis dummy?" whispered
Nelly. "People would think n s
lunatic. Courage, Letty; we're nearly
houi"."
)!', t he glad relief to get up the
familiar steps, and smuggle their es
cort into their wardrobe." Then both
sat down, and Nelly had to do her
utmost to k'-ep Letty from going into
hysterics. L it both went to the
i ball soon a t- r. in high feather, a-
pretty a couple as anv one could wish
(to m-c: and Nellv, waltzing with
Harry Hill, ir-ver dreamed he h id
discovered th; dark secret she an 1
Let ty had sworn t keeji, .''as, that
he should have ui co'. cd onlv- the
half of it!
' Again, at the mas ;ijer i- when tl.e
girls sat in the director's nailery, and
j looked down on that gl-'aming cx
I panse of ice below, with itsglitter
1 ing crowd of skaters that seemed te
llo- k from every Ian I, decked out in
i bravery of cost umc that livaled roy
alty, they singled out young I'.onar
and his grote que companion: they
looked at the judge standing belli n I
them in his s iver-fox coat, ail uncon
scious of the tibert ies so bit ly ta':c;i
with that handsome garment: tle-v
laughed into cadi other's eyes, did
the-e two naughty con ins. and matlo
young Hill furiously jealous by tl.e
whisper of Charlie I'.onar's name, and
something ab-ait "a friend ia need
j beii:- a friend indeed."
"iiaveift we had a loveiv time?"
5a'd Lettv,
when the Carnival v. as
OYC-. and thev somewhat dolefuliv
j pre ared to return home.
I "That we have," assented Nellyi
; heartily. "I:ut, Letty, even tobog
ganing was not as exciting as to i
know our secret."
Judge I.aur. nee
town hall at 10 ob.
was due at the
nk one morning.
A select conimiltee nad liecii awa t
ing him there for some time; hut still
he came rot- Upon the faces of in -irommittcemen
wjte varied cxpr.-j-sions
of embarrassment, chagrin, i i
lignation, and even amusement. The
fudge had been nominated Hi;
teu'perance candidate by the l'r .lii
ttou party in the corning election. A
grateful county had at T.i-t rccog.
nized his sterling wortn, and l'iuiia
metit. it was confidently aitlrmed.
would shortly lling wide lier porials
j to welcome an able statesman. There
,wasa solid vote for Laurance ricrht
through his county. Why, then, this
ibsence of warmth, these alien
fiances, as the judge at last strode r
in? Surely not for that; trifling de
lay of live minutes, f.r which he so
imply apologized.
Hang it, gentlemen," cried the
Judge, who was easily put oat.
"w hat's the matter with you all?"
"It's a verv painful duty we have
to perform," began a thiu old man,
with a sad countenance.
"Well, be quick about it then,"
said the Judge, very sensibly.
There was a dead silence.
"It's a lynching" case, perbap '."
said the judge, with sarcasm.
"Look here, Laurence," said an
oilier suddenly, a great personal friend
of the Judge's." we want to retire.
After all that's happened, we cia't
send you up as a temperance repre
sentative. "
To this speech, hurriedly utte.-e 1.
came a strong chorus of support, "No,
indeed, we can't now, you know."
In cases of real emergency the Judge
often kept his temper. He now
looked lound upon the group with
un disguised atiui.ement.
"You m ist be good enough to ex
plain yourselves, gentlemen," lie said.
Another dead silence. At last a
member blurted out
"Judg- we don't want to hurt
your feelings, but we can't have a
man who's given to drink to repre
sent us."
"I don't know what you mean to
insinuate," said the Judge bokily,
"out I think every one present knows
1 haven't taste I a drop of liquor foi
the last twenty years: though from
principle only, not. having been given
to drink previously."
"Come r.ow, Judge, draw it miid,"
pleaded the sad faced man.
Sir:" thundered Laurance.
"Judge: Judge:" repeated the last
speaker, sorrowfully, "you've a-fur-
feited our conlldence and respect al
ready, you're a-forfeitiug it agen. "
"1 demand an instant explana
tion:" said Laurance, hastily looking
round the circle.
"Well, then,' said another member
stepping forward, "you shall have it
plain and unvarnished. Yoj wer.
taken to vmir lodgings in Montreal,
during the late ( arnival, in a dis
graceful state of i toxication.
j '-it's a lie!" shouted the Judge and
looking up suddenly, he saw his niece
j standing at the open door of the committee-room.
He waved her back, and she van
ished immediately.
J "Now, then." cried the Judge, look
j ing very war-like, "where's the authoi
of this scandal?"
' Then he turned suddenly pale, a
Harry Hill stepped forward. Hill
almost his pretty Nelly's affianced
husband.
j "Sir," said the young man, will:
; visinle emotion, "1 solemnly declare
1 I never meant to betray you."
The Judge looked thunderstruck,
and this was taken as overwhelming
proof of his guilt,
i "I was so sorry about it," faltered
the young man, "that I took Iloiiai
into my conlldence. I thought that
we we e entirely alone: nevei
dreamed our conversation would 1 1
overheard "
j "It's a lie," rep -ated the Judge. "It
was some one el e you saw. AYJial
made von t hink oi m-y"
No ie. e eo'i: 1 'mi-take your fui
coat," cried several voices,
"I'rhaw!" cried the Judge, shortly.
"You must bring oetter evidence, oi
I'll sue every one of you for libel."
"No one could mistake the Misse
Laurance," said the Judge's friend
in a low tone.
"What the deuce do you mean?"
shouted the Judge.
"Why, they were seen supporting
you on each side"' cried some one
I with brutal candor. "I think that's
conclusive."
To depxt the Judge's expression of
' mingled incredulity and fury were well
worthy of a master painter; tint ere
lie could reply. lol there again stood
Nelly in the doorway, praspinii bj
the arm a man who had the im
pudence to be wearing his own pet
overcoat, while Letty stood on the
other side.
"Here is the real culprit," cried
Neily's clear voice.
The girls advanced into the room,
pushing their companion gentl-,
backward. Again the Judge's tern
per got the better of him. Hiis,
doubtless, was the impostor for whose
otfence he had been so lately ar
raigned. His wrath fairlv blazed.
Striding forward, he caught hold o!
the collar of his own e'oat, exclaiming,
as he shook it furiously:
"Turn round, you rascal! and let
me see your brazen face."
Will the on-locker ever forgot th.'
pi; turv?
Off fell i.he hat, as on a rrevioiiH
nivasinn, and the Judge stood glarin.
upon the bust of Milton, which be
held up astonished in one hand, while
round the shoulders hung the silver
t'ox coat. His savage onslaught had
severed the head, and the tickles-.
i-oay, oo.ing straw, lay prone upon
ihe lioor.
Nelly's explanations were drowned
in a roar of iaeghter that shook the
building, and that young scape-grace,
Lonar, who ha I followed the girls,
stood grinning with delight
"Just arrive-' i-; Ihe ni"k of time,
?h, cons' n?" he was saving. !
iH-oiight my man along to skate with
and create a laugh iu your town: but
great Scott, I didn't e-ocnt on such u
triumph!"
Need we say the Judge won his
v'.ecr.ion?
Sit Mc.-.H a Day.
Queen Victoria has evidently pou
dered well on the saying that mar
must e;.t to live. At ialinor.il
where she lives in the simplest possi
bie way, she begins h'-r t'ay at i
o'clock with t a, chocolate or coffee
and dry toast. At y.3 shj ha;
breikfast, sa all trout fre-h'y caught
frem the Liver Dee being an invarl
able dish. At "::io, after her ruortilnt
outing sne has a little refreshment
an egg b ;aU n up in mhk. some soup,
and alitt'e fruit. She lunches at 2.
Later iu tht afternoon there is the
invariable a't'-rnoon te.i, and t.etweer
8 and !i dlm er bs served. Thus or
six meals a (lay dois her Majesti
manage tj sustain nature.
lianlc in China.
All Chinamen start the Journey ot
life on au equal footing. Eank Is
conferred by the Emneror never in.
nerite(L
bird ;miqrations.
The Fhlloiophera Cadeoldeil Whether Ik
In Dua to Instinct, IuteUlgeno or Habit.
Another arctic expedition returned
lrom the JTorth a few days ago. Its
arrival was announced by a loud,
"Honk! bonk"' far up In the sky.
It was composed of eleven mourners
and was headed by a gray veteran,
who led his forces, arranged in the,
form of a letter V, without the si ight
est deviation due South. It was the
wild goose exposition, which, having;
summered in the arctic, had derided
to winter in more temperate climes.
It is not to be supposed that they
reasoned the question of a change ofj
location among themselves, consulted
almanacs and time tables or even
compasses to reach their decision o:
to decide on their course. Their ac
tion was influenced not by whal
psychologists know as higher cerebra
tion. As the country folks say, they
felt in their bones that it was time ta
move southward, and South tbey
went under the wonderrul influence
of w hat is called instinct.
To the older philosophers instinct
was a far more wonderful thing than
it appears now. They asserted that
all the actions of the lower animals.
were performed through instinct, an I
explained that they passe-sed t. lis
faculty in lieu of intelligen.-e, which
was the peculiar attribute of man.
This was, however, soon exploded by
ihe demonstration of the possession
of intelligence amoag animals and o(
instinct by man. Indeed tlio later
philosophers have conn to believo
that almost ail the actionsof man are
influenced, if not controlled, by in
stinct alone Instinct itself has been
explained as hereditary intelligence;
that is to say, the repeated actions
of the ancestors are more readily ac
complished by the child without re
gard to the will or special adaptation.
The tendency to migration of cer
tain species of animals is plainly re
ferable to this hereditary influence.
Originally, no doubt, migration oc
curred because food was more easily
found in one locality than in anither.
The hereditary memory, so to speak,
pointed out the place where more
food was to be eibtained with le-.s ex
ertion. Gradually other surroundings
suggested themselves as agreeable to
the embryo mind, and these, repeated
through many generations, created
that unthinking tendency toward a
a particular place or a particular
climate, regardless of its original
Utness.
Almost all our ideas are gained
from association, and it is fair to
imagine that the constant and re
peated association ot a particular
locality with a pleasurable sensat'on
the satiation of hunger for example
would soon identify the sensation
with the place. Then would be
evolved the sentiment of home, a
sentiment which we feel only more
keenly than the lower animals be
cause it is associated, not only with
the place where there is something to
cat, but because of other pie isurable
sensations equally associated with it
as they arc constantly found in tiie
same locality.
It is a mistake to regard the mi
gratory instincts of an nials as unerr
ing. Kvery woodsman has observed
how a particular species of bird will
apparently desert a certain locality
for another for one or more seasons. !
Occasionally this may result from
choice, but it seems altogether more1
probable that It is from some mi.s-1
take on the rart of the birds them- j
selves. Their generally accurate'
course has been deflected by some
circumstance, and they have made
their homes elsewhere. In the e-asc
of stragglers this is particularly
marked They rarely succeed in re
joining the main body to which lhey
originally belonged and arc forced to
be content with whatever suitable
place may be found. Migratory ani
mals and birds are almost always gre
garious, that is tbey live and es
pecially they travel in compact flocks
or herds. They do this for one rea
son only, that the wisdom of a num
ber is greater than that of any one.
Any error in the route would be de
tected by one or another and thenco
communicated to the whole flock.
Once In a while they are all mistaken,
and then some incoming steamer
serves as a point of rest tor the tired
little wings, or some hitherto un
known country becomes the new home
of the wandering home-seekers.
Itut there is much that is very won
derful and awe-inspiring in the in
stinct that guides them. If, indeed,
it is merely the reflex of the memory
of long-departed ancestors if the
thoughts as well as the sins of the
father descend to remote generations,
what tendencies and inclinations are
we transmitting to our children which
inav in Liter generations develop to
goou or ew.f Are we steering a
straight course, like the old grev
coosc? Baltimore Sun.
Feriltimn 1 do Soto4 Itody.
Ferdinand de Soto, It Is said, wa
buried in a tree trunk which was
sunk in the Mississippi Liver in 1542.
Oliver Kigsby of Louisiana, who has
recently been in New Orleans, told a
reporter there that he and two friends
were camping out near Fort Hudson
in ls,-,:t, just after a great rise in the
river. Among the drift along shore
was an old tree trunk, portions of
which tbey used to light their carhp
fire. Finding it soft and spongy, and
evidently hollow, one of the party be
gan chipping it with a hatchet, and
finally drew out from the opening a
rusty sword. "We quickly demolished
the log." says Mr. Illgsby, "and found
it to contain a heline,-, badly cor
roded, and a human skeleton, that of
a man apparently six feet tall. On
one of the bony fingers was a large
seal ring, and about the neck was a
small chain to which was suspended
a bronze crucifix. Wo carried the
skeleton inland a quarter ot a mile
and buried it on a little knoll be
tween two large live oak trees. ITurlrt
kept the sword and Davis appropri
ated the crucifix." The narrator of
this storv suggests that possibly these
were De Soto's remains; but ho ij
careful not to make any claim
It depends entirely upon how much
ihe baa whether or not It embarrasses
woman to have her back hair come
lown. Atchifon Globe.
It Is a poor cordage trust that has
not more than one string- to its bow.
Washing toa SUr."
fnexpected.
There arc occasions on which it la
rather gratifying to hear an unex
pected reply, one tires of listening to
commonplace responses to everything
..hat is said; but as a rule the un
looked for answer is disconcerting.
Mr. Sharpies makes a point of con
tinually catechizing his boy John,
who ts now 7 years old, on points of
lalural hi-tory. As Mr. Sharplesjives
in I he heart of a large city, and the boy
icldom sees any other animals than
noises and dogs. lie has rather a bar I
time of it- The other day the father
lskcd: "Johnny, what animal is it
hat says 'Hee-haw: hee-haw?"" The
.it t Ie boy opened his eyes ve-rywi ie.
He had never heard such a Poise be
fore. Then he answered p'omi.Cy:
"You, papa"' "l'oyou know, Harry,
I am often afraid I shall never meet
you in Heaven." s . d a Sunday school
teacher to a robellio;. -it in. "Mi.s
you been su very ii u.hty then?''
lsked the l'liarisaieal Harry, t'nex-
pected answers are not confine. I t
-hildren. An anecdote is told of a
lady who was somewhat famous for
this kind of a retort. An acquaint-me-e
was lamenting over the sad fat.i
tt a relative who had made an un
fortunate marriage, and concluded:
"What would you do in such a c:se?
I am sure I should die," "No, I
should kill," was the brisk rejoinder.
Many an Interesting illusion has been
shattered by an unexpected iinswe-.
When Prince Ferdinand made his en
try into AVidin, in llulgari i, an in
habitant of the town read a short
paem of welcome to him. The new
majesty was moved to tears. ' I will
decorate you!" exclaimed the prince,
deeply affected. "I should prefer a
little money," replied the poet.
"Why?" "Because, "said a bystander,
"mv friend has already obtain- 1 a
medal for reading this poem to l'i i;:.-e
Alexander, and now lie woul 1 Lk.
something else for a clian.e." A
p irty of tourists at a well kt owu ruia
asKed tin; custodian if they miht
carry away some of the fragments of
stone which were lying in the em
brasure of an historic window. "Oh,
dear, ves," was the reply; '-it does no
harm to the window. I put frcs'i
bits there every day on purpose for
visitors to take." Kouaily disappoint
ing was the reply of the famous ehef
who, when bribed to reveal his secret
for "roasting a turbot, " coolly le
plied, "Vel, sire, I no mast him at
all; 1 put him in de oven and bake
him."
A Siirut Sellout.
In Cue biography of Uehramji M.
Malabari, a noted worker in the social
reforms of Indi i, we find : descrip
tion of a native school at Sural. It,
is hel l in a commodious little shop,
the Moor ot which is strewn with
st i-. et du -t. Oil an elevated s inarj
splits the master, and oil the floor
s ;uat his I'ock. Hindu and Paisi.
The fee for ins! met io i is only a hand
ful of grain, a few lowers, or S":n :
fruit now and then. There a-o n i
table nor benches, nor slate; n r pen
cils, nor books nor maps.
Kach pupil has a wooden beiar !.
pati, which serves him for a slate, and
a pointed slick, iekh iua, which he
uses as a pencil. W.th a rag lie sii'-.s
dust over tiie board, and in that h
traces figures, letters, petitions, an 1
so forth.
The boards are submittcl every
noon to the master, who holds a rod
in his hand, with one cud painted.
nanaing over tiie dust work, heglv- s
a grunt of approval, if j leased, and
strikes tiie boird with th- pointed
end of his stick, whereupon th" i;g.
u res of el list disappear. If. unluck
ily, tiie task has been badly don.-, the
butt end of the rod makes the ac
quaintance of the pupil's back.
All the work of the school is done
on the versified plan. The eli'Teiviit
processes addition, substra tion,
multiplication and division are.
drawled out in verse. The pro -ess is
a powerful aid to the memory. In
dealing with the heaviest and most,
Intricate figures, the native account
ant merely sings a verse, and thera
the result is, re :dv to Ids hand.
The alphabet is learned in thcs.im
way. Kvery letter has a nickiiinie
and a familiar versified de-erin' ion.
The methods of puni-hiii -nt are
characteristic, the sharp an 1 supple
cane, the thong, the pebble underlie:
knee, the stone across the s"uo:l!ers.
the twisting of the nose, the shaking i
r.y the neck or by a knot made w uh
the tutt of hair in the centre of tiie
delinquent's forehead
Whenever the master wishes to ad
minister a Hogging, he orders theelasi
to pray vociferously in order to drown
the victim's cries. His favorite way
eif dealing with the refractory girls of
the school is to seize the unfortunate
subject of his displeasure by her bar
and violently whisk her about in th:
air as If she were a lifeless marion
ette, while the room icsounds with
invocations to Ahuramaz U le-ited
by her school-fellows.
Working for Former Slav.
"What a great old whirligig time
is, to be sure," said C A. Schneider,
a native of Louisiana. "There is in
New Orleans to-day a man working
for a negro he onc-3 owned, but lost at
a game of eards. Defore the war
James M. Coleman was a well-to-do
Mississippi p'anter. He owned thirty
or forty slaves, had a tine plantation.
and was what now would be called a
nign-roiier. lie spent much or h s
time at Memphis and New Orleans,
and thought nothing of a blowout that
cost him a cool thousand. One day
he was coming down the river and
indulging his weakness for draw
poker, be lost his roll. He had i
bright mulatto boy with him whose
business it was to see that -nias-a'
got safely to bed when he chanced Vj
get an overdose of bourbon. He u.
the bay up against a thousau 1 an
lost Dissipation and the war mined
him in health and fortune, and two
years ago lie came to New Orleaa . in
sea.-ch of something to do that w mid
provide him his daily bread. Toe
boy he had sold had become a con
tractor and employed several mm
and teams. lie met his old -iu :ss i'
and employed him to keep his
accounts and that Is w hat he is do
ing to-day." St. Louis Globc-Dcmo-craL
The moment a man does anythin -wrong
bo bates the light.
MLLE. KILMPKE.
Nominated as Doctor or Mathematical
Srlcncca In Tar!.. j
Culte :;st:r has b en created in the
-ciciui.!c"ci.cles of J'aris by the re-,
eat nomination of Mile. Klumpkeas
Hoctor of Mathematical Science-.
The paper which won for her this
gieat distin. -ton was entitled "A
Contribution to the Study of tl.e
Hings t.f Saturn," that was declared
aln
r.i! ii- :wv.'-.-' U
ly liiC ex ;u;
1 i. ulty. t'...
Oi.se. vat ) y,
Astroni.lny
m is tlu Dean oT tl c
Id., ctor e f the 1'aris
and the I rofessor ol
-as ad nis a'dy w:itt -n
and of g e.il scientitic 1:1 tit.
A (Jcr: i;.n by origin luid tin Ameri
can by birth, Ml e. Klumpke followed
in the f o steps of Sophia Germain,
Maria Agnesi, and Mme. Sophia
Nr. m de vska. and studied rnathe
in it ies p; ini'i ady with a view ot
i f tie ir a; plic ition to astronomy.
Mi- was tir-t employed at th?
i'.iri s Obsenatory on the stafl
of tiie equatorial, an instrument
to ob c-rve and refister the daily
movement of the stars. The late
Adurral Mouch-.-s, who directed the
I ot servation . t a u ht very h ghly of
I Mile. Klumi'ke's talents, and trans-
feire l her t the department Intrust
ed with the const tuct ion eif the stel
lar chart, f-.r which the newest de
velopments .f sideteal photography
are utilized, l'or this purpose the
sky lias been divided into segments,
and to each of the partitions a group
of photeigraphers is apportioned. The
negatives are taken on very sensitive
plates, which, after ha ing been de
veloped and printed, are joined to
gether to form the ( hit t. On this:
cliches the relative position of the
stars at a given time is fixed, and
comparative ob-ervations can b? made
with the aid of a powerful miero
s'ope. without again h iving to resort
to the t lesci pe. On this kind ot
w irk Mile. Klum; ke is engaged in
the jorLrait. which is reproduce I
fn m the Que. -n. Mile Klumre be
longs ti a talented family. One of
li r sisters is a doctor of medicine,
and was the first woman physician
admitted toa l'aris hospital: a second
sister is a distinguished painter, and
two others are writers.
AMERICA AT THE FAIR.
II vt Vi- Will II,- Itcp.-rspiitp.l at the
An
w crp Kcpo .ilton.
At the International Kxpositioti ol
Industries, Arts and Sciences to be
opened May 5, at Antwerp, ISelgium.
under ti e auspices of King Leopold
11, Americi will be well represent
ed. The Exposition will contir-ue
until Nov. 12, and pronrses to be one
of mudi imp. riai. ca and interest. It
is located m the new quarter of the
city and c .vers an area of 200 acres.
The main buildings a e extensive,
covering 1,100,000 s niare feet. In
A
IMlED 11ATS llCILIItN.T Ar THE AM'WEIir
EXI-OSITIOX.
th
Industry ltuilding the United
States will have GO.Ono square feet; !
in the Electricity lluilding, 30.(100;
in the Machinery Iluilding, 30.000,
while the American Iluilding will fur
nish 12.000 square feet for exhibits in '
models or small articles, and 14,000
square feet for States' and Govern
meut exhibits.
The American Building, 240xl.")0 .
feet, is of tb.e renaissance style of ,
architecture. The approach is by a '
broi.d marble stairway, which leads :
up to the (.rand vestibule. 110 feet'
wide. From the vestibule erne can
can obtain a lew of the entire Expo
sition Hail, w hich occupies the cen-)
ter of the building and covers 12,-'
TOO squire feet. To the rear of this '
main exhibit hall will be a '
model shoe factory. On the cast
front, where there will be a separate
eutrance, the entire space has been !
divided I etween the rooms for the'
pres3 and a commercial room, where
catalogues and literature of exhibit
ors wiil be available for distribution.
The second floor is in reality a gal- ;
lery eurroauding the main Exposi
tion Court, which is n-n to th
! dome. From this gallery a view may '
be had of the models on exhibition
below, and acc.ss is given to t':e ex
hibit rooms of the various States j
which will be thtre ;e;re entcd. The
largest of these exhibit rooms, which '
is -:uxS2 feet, is devoted to the
t d States Government.
Uni-j
A triangular s ace near the build
ing will be a-ed as a tire station. The
station will be tilted up with the
latest e lectrical devices, lire alarms,
and other devices for fighting fir
In this aunei v ii; e.io t.-3 an iirnt.ii
lance wagen. in the center of tlm
main hall w U le ;.a i-luruin itcd !
electric fountain. A. band of twenty
selected musical iri-tF: sr:ents will bij
stalioceu in the la cosy. rJh-?entiw
buildicj will be of iron, steel an 1
srras?.
A Kensington doctor suggests tbri
a good thin;-; for the Cramps s a c
tract fe-r a new win-hip. i'Lilaeie:
phia lie cord.
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WOMEN VOnEr.3 IN PA-5IS.
Earilr Old rcxmin V. ;.o Manage to Look
Pirtnrrn-snf. V. 1.1V Swerpin Slreeta.
It is i-a.t a t. gethar certain that
the women wh sweep streets aid
sh -11 oysters i n I ,-, is streets would
feel unduly elated if they t?ere to be!
congratulated ts "pionee.s in an un-i
usual field of woman's work." Mors j
than likely they w
their several o citj :
paying any im re at;
maik than provcri iai
ncss would d nun !
represen'atives of tl
:' I go on about
Ilea 5 wit iio ut
it am t the re
l ienc'i polite
from tl-.eni as
c "polished na-
tion."
Iiut the fact that
kiuds of work remains
figures they are, too.
they do l oth
i ictures ,ue
with that pe
even in old
cullar neatness which
clothes the woim n of
Jfrincess to jeasant. I,
FarD. from
kntiw bow to
I preserve. Artists tind in them that
j which sets their linger- itching for a
pencil and a sket:! ing pnd. and all
travelers would Ie so ry indeed to
miss them from the bouieva' ds and
1 markets
Not only in these
two kinds of la
bor, but at the fruitand llo.-.erst ills,
with the milk carts, and in a sore of
other capacities, e-ne sees them
I c,
ometimes one catches a glimpse ot
i
a pretty young girl who looks as if
she were playing a part in a comic
opera instead of really working; but
tteuest wrinkled old peasants, made
hardy by years of outdoor labor,
satisfy one's sense of fitness.
HIS ESCAPE WAS NARROW.
A
Farmer Slrnrk by a I'assonrer Tralr
, Hut I Not Injured.
( One of the most remarkable ex
. perieuces iu the way of narrow es
capes on record fell to the lot of
, Frank Arno'd, a farm hand employed
( near North ilridgewater, X. Y.,"re
: cently. One evening he was driving
along the road near the North Bridge
water station. Just before he
reached the Delaware, Lackawanna
: and Western llailroa 1 track, the pas-
, scngcr tram which leaves
j about " o'clock approached
that city
the sta-
I tion. I he engineer saw Arnold ap-
proachiug the crossing, and gave
j warning signals in time for him to
( have heeded them, but for some r a
; sen he kept on. The horse succeeded
j in getting across, but the wagon was
struck by the locomotive and demol
Ishrd. The train was running at the
rat' of twenty miles an hour, and it
. was feared that Arnold was killed.
hetj the train was
stopped the crew
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frank Arnold's Mmrrr. cs r:?e'Ars
found him firmly wedged iu between
two iron braces e n the pilot. He was
released with dill! -ulty and taken to
the station at Bridge-water. He soon
recovered completely, and walked
hrmie. With the except h n of a few
slight Irnises he was unin ured. The
horse also escaped without injury.
Some organization Is at work In
the Fennyslvarii a coal r-g'oii terror
ising the foreigners w h are there
empleiyed in large numbers atd who
live in a condition rf hand-to-mouth
misery which it is diolcu'.t to believe
ean exist in th" I n te'l Stat s. Of
fenders against some secret code of
ethics are bidng war, el to le.r e the
distr ct, and if thv do n t n.inply
i a res ii n oown or otiierwi-e ' r- in ivtd
, by dynamite or the kni e. Lawless,
j bloodthirsty combinations do the v.
.-ret pc.petratois ro g :.d in the end.
j 'J hey will be found t:l and mad. t
pay the penalty in son e share.
I
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A Blj Crop of rar.?es.
j inecropor lioiidi ura-;ges this
eason is the hcav.e-t kno.vn, a, con
servative estimate le'nj 4.."i0ii,ooo
boxes. TUeweatlur in Florida du--!
Ing fie summer was highly favorable
; for the development e.f thj fruit,
and many young groves areioming
Into bearing for the first time. The.
fruit is rirenii.g earlier than it ha
for several years est.
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THE SWEEPER
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Xi:W.-5 IN BEIEF.
I
j The World nuT USCS 111,000 kinds ot
postage sfa-upp.
Ih-j engines of a lirst- class man-of-wor
e )st nearly Ti'O.CpO.
The golJen-ertisteJ wron ia the
smallest bird in the world.
There are now 7."0(i milAa nt !.
i trie railroads in this country.
t Children plants and animals grow
' more rapidly during the night.
! New Jersey manufactures more eilk
than any other State in the Union,
j The Dutch Ooveniment eventu
ally own and entirely control nil its
railroads.
The assessed viiltintion ol the United
States, according
fo Miillhall, is (!".,-
IW.Oi O.l'OO.
! A year on J npiler is eqmd to eleven
years, ten months and seventeen elaytt
on our globe.
Three hundred and sixty mountain
m the United States are over ton thous
and feet high.
When oxygen is in a liquid state it
is strongly attracted by a powerful
electro magnet.
Slug from blust furnace is pulverized
nail used for fertilizing farming lands
ia Oi rniany.
The largest coast light in the United
States can be seen twenty-eieht miles
in clecr weather.
There are iu FJarida OOO'OOO cocoa
nut trees, whoso fruit is all sent to the
New York market,
The fruit orop of thiseoantry, most
ly devoured at home, is valued ut
$210,000,000,8 year.
The surface area of tho moon is said
o be fully as great as that of Africa and
Australia combined.
A Eus3iau scientist hns sticceede 1 iu
traciDg all mans' diseases to tho fact
that he wears clothes.
The tongue of the toad is attached
to the front of its jaw and hangs buek
wrrd instead of toward.
Among other articles made from
cotton -seed oil, onca regarded as uselss
is uriincai imua rubber.
Florida orauces aro beiDu slumic d
to Europe, where hitherto the Ituliun
fruit has reigned supreme.
There are forty-eight distinct dis
eases of the eye. No other organ ot
the human body has so many.
Two hundred and eighteen thousand
tons of phosphate have have been mined
in South Carolina during lS'.'.l.
The beef extract factories in South
America make one pound of extract
from thirty-four pounds of meat.
George Goodie, who recently com
bined in Texas tho minstrv and
burglary, lias given up and is resting
in prision
There are fifty miles of electric
rnilwiiy utiil litOO telephones in use iu
Oiiiud" Ilapids, Micb, a city DjO.O.).)
iali ititauts.
Water alone has been known to
sua tain life fifty- five days. If only drv
food were taken, death" would resnli
in a quater of that time.
A cable foot of new fallen snaw
weighs five and one-h-ilf pounds ou the
average, and has twelve time's the bulk
of an t quid weight of water.
Itisstraugo though true, that iu
Asia and Africa, where grass wi 1 not
grow, the most beautifnll flowers and
shrubs llourish to perfection.
A deposit of iron erc has been dis
covered ue ir Cliipmu::, Xew Hiiinsrtiek
Specimens are uv being tested
with a view to working mines.
The latest explanation of the rain
which usually follows a gicat buttle is
thut it is caused' not by the smoke,
but bv the perspiration of the sol
diers. A new system by which suiokelem
o mibustion of con! is rendered possible
1ms been adoptcp by the North German.
Lloyd and the Ilamlmrg Amerie.uiCoiii
pauies. .More than iid.OOfl.OuO i ounds .,f
chewing tobacco are made every year
in St. Louis, whicn claims to bo' tlio
greatest manufacturing centure of to
bacco in the world.
L-ondon'electneal supply firms aro
not only lending out electrical cooking
stoves to customers but are prepared
to supply a separate meter and charge
half rates for cooking.
Kentuckey which passed a game law
before there were live huodre-il people
in the then territory, is still at it. It
is now illegal to hunt on any inclosed
, !and without permission.
J In filing band saws, tie. a striiig
where you begin to (ile.and then yon
'. can tell when you get nrouad, iind
. therefore all tho teeth will bo sharp
and yoa will uot filo any of them twice
, P. Rilvert, of Dohlen, 8axony, pro
poses tho nianiifactnra of glass pipes
by rolling down molten glass iu
groves eir flutes, and using a core l.
complete the formation of tho pipe or
tube.
Dr. O. V. Thayer, of San Franeise
ha? successfully used the solar c.iutcrv
1 burning glass in removitur facia!
discoloratiooB of tho skin of largo ars.
also in removing tattoo or ludii ink
marks.
Mae1iine-Mae ru-ttirea.
Place between two sheets tf guis,
some sticky substance, printer's in -c
for preference, and press the plates
together. When you separate them
the sticky substance will be found to
have formed very artistic designs m
BembliDg exactly impress:ons of fo-s j
algae or seaweed.
You will be surprise at tiie variety
of elesigns you can obtain in this
maimer. They will vary according
to the greater or less thickness of the
substance used and the amount ot
strength exerted. In separating tin:
sheets of glass, if you make .one sl.p
lightly over the other the branches
of the seaweed will be long and
parallel to one another. If you twist
slightly one of the plates the branches
will have a very graceful arched ap
pearance. The branches will always
run in the direction caused by the
movement of the plates.
The design seen here was obtained
with the help o;' printers' ink. To
preserve such a design it is only neces
sary to apply a sheet of paper care
fully to the surface of tho glass ami
allow It to dry. .cvv York World.
You may never knock the bill's
iye, but that Is no good reason why
ou should not aim at it