S. F. BOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor amd Proprietor.
VOL. XL VIII.
MIFFLINTOW1N, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. AFHIL 4. 1894.
NO. 1G.
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II you wm:t a little rer.owu.
And ovory time n write, my Mend,
fcoil it llOAD.
Heme GuorJian.
MAN WANTED!
"I don't know that I was more ro
mantle or Riven to day-dreaming than
other girls of fifteen," si:d Aunt
I'll he, her needles flashing in and
out of the blue yarn stocking she was
knitting.
Aunt rh'i'be took great pride in
her yarn stockings, and truly I never
saw her e iual at knitting those old
fashioned foot coverings. Her bright
needles flew nimbly back and forth
and usually seemed tocarry her mind
back through the years, to the time
when she, like her hearers, was a
youni uirl. and learnt to knit at her
mother's knee; and at such times she
told us many a story of her own girl
ish experience.
"Whether I was worse or better
than other girls I don't know I'm
. lire," continued Aunt I'hxbe. "But
I do rememb -r that all manner of
romances and crotchets filled my
brain. I dearly loved to read those
wonderful, though impossible, stories
in whii'h, by some sudden chance of
t lie wheel of fortune the poor hero
ine was mado suddenly wealthy, or
the despised hero did some trreat and
noble act which made all love and re
spect him.
"My brain was so filled with thesa
tile-" that I am afraid I became Just
a little dissatisfied with my own pro
saic life, and loosed for souiethlnir to
happ.-n which might bo out of the
usual order of things. In the books
I read the girls were always doing
something, while I lived on, and on,
with hardly an object in life
"I think that it was during one
July haying that I become so greatly
disgusted with my uneventful life
that mv parents thought I mu-t be
IlL I don't wonder at it for 1 moped
about like a chicken with the pip,
and had no interest in anything that
usually ocupied my attention.
"That child is sick,' declared
mother. 'She is studying too hard.'
and forthwith I was taken out of
school, ... .
did not mind this very much for
It gavo me more time to revel in my
beloved, but to mo, unhealthy story
1 ooks. 1 do not think I was a lazy
girl, but mother would let me help
lior but little in the house and sent
ine out into the sunlight of those
long, pleasant .days. I never went
without a book of some sort, and
with one of my favorites would climb
i Uo the .mow, and on the swect--lueH'm
liay that had Just been
t roujht tip from the fields, would
read for hours together. Of course my
malady became little better under
this treatment.
"One forenoon, after the men had
Ml gone to the field, I strolled out to
ilio barn intending to mount to my
usual place on the mow. The sky
was a beautiful blue, with here and
there a hazy, lazy-moving cloud, and
it, was an altogether enjoyable day.
The sparrows were twittering jand
tailing under the barn eaves, and a
pair of bluebirds were flashing back
and forth in the sunlight
"I was almost tempted to go for a
walk instead of climbing up among
the rafters; but I had anew book
hidden under my apron, and it prom
ised to be a most interesting story,
so 1 postponed my walk until after
noon. Filtering the great, cool,
sweet spelling barn I caichssly ap
proaci.e 1 the ladder leading to the
lofts. Just at the corner of the grain
chests a dark figure crouched in the
shadow, and aa I approached a man
suddenly sprani; out into the light
"His unexpected appearance star
tled me considerably; but I did not
.cream. aithuugli his looks were by
no ni-'inj reassuring. His clothing
was duty and torn, and a rough,
stubby beard covered his face, partly
hilling a long, red scar on one cheek.
His face was pale and he walked with
a limp as though one leg the right
one was injured.
He uttered a terrible imprecation
when he saw me, and grasped my
wrist with a grip that almost drew a
cry of pain from me.
" 'Who arc you?' he demanded,
hoarsely. 'What are you spying round
hero fur.''
"With all his fierceness I could see
he was very weak, and even as he
spoke he staggered and would have
fallen h id not the grain chest been
within rea h.
"'This is my father's barn,' I re
plied, as calmly as possible, though I
was greatly agitated.
"He was silent a moment, panting
wilii cither fear or because of his re
cent excitl in. He let go of my wrist
nd we stood looking at each other a
r.:ll minute without moving. Then
Hie man spoke first
" 'Don't give me ud to 'cm, sissy,'
be implored. "Twon't do you no
zood if yer decs, an' I'll bless ycr as
long as 1 live.'
"Give you up to whom?' I asked,
trying to choke back my cmotioa
" -To the perlice,' says he. 'Thcy'ro
iftcr me, but I've give 'em the slip,
ia' they don't know I'm here. They
say I killed a chap an' they'll hang
in".: l!-it I didn't da itl' he added,
vehemently, as ho saw tho look of
bor.-oron my face. 'I didn't do it,
si i swenr ti you I didn't Jest
!: uio hide here an' don't tell no
body, an' I'll get away when it all
blows over.'
'Tl:e. t!iou"it of hiding a criminal
-.-or at least a man who was accused
of crime-in my father's barn was
lather appalling. But the man was
falsely accused, so ho ajd, IX tbe
authorities caught blm he would be !
nung, and perhaps afterward the real
criminal would come to light Sucb
things frequently occurred In my fav
orite stories and I could not doubt
their truth. Here was one of the
same incidents in my own life, and I
made up my mind very quickly.
'"I'll hide you,' I assured him.
'You can find a place in the hay up
stairs, and If I can, without arous
ing suspicion, I'll bring you some
thing to eat
'Heaven bless you, sis!' ho ex
claimed, his pale face working
strangely. 'Jest ghe me a boost ur.
this ladder.'
"I helped him as he requested, and
as lie painfully drew himself up tc
the mow, I caught a climnse of :
f blood-staiced bandage about his right
ankle. He had evidently been
wounded in making his escape, and
my pity for him grew apace as
helped him over the littered fioorin"
of the loft.
"One side of the mow had alrcalv
been well-filled with hay. but in the
further corner was a place about
twenty feet sauare in which there
was but a small quantity. This hav
was from a particular field, and I had
heard my father tell Jason (hi head
workman) to put no more hay in that
portion of the mow for he wished to
leave room for the second crop from
that same field.
"Here I assisted the wounded man
to burrow into the hay near the bot
tom of the heap and carefully covered
up the mouth of his lair.
' 'Remember,' he said, as I turned
away, his voice sounding strangely
muilied from his hiding-place, -that
if ye play me false, sis, 'twill be the
worst for youl' and the tone mor
than the words made me shudder in
voluntarily. "I quickly descended to the barn
Pioor and went out into the sunshine.
The barn seemed close and stilling
now and I was in no mood for read
ing. Almost thoughtlessly I took
the road to the post office, situated
two miles away, and where I usually
went once each day tor the mail.
"My mind was filled with Conflict
ing emotions. At last a real, bona
tide romance had come into my here
tofore uneventful life. As I went
along my brain weaved castle aftei
castle of fairy fabric out of this ad
venture. "The man was of course i::iju-tlv
accused. With my help be w.nil I
make his escape, flee the country,
and after the real criminal v.:.;
brought to justice he would return,
rich and prosperous, from a foreign
6hore, and would virit me, and, t
way of showing his gratitude, pre
sent me with a pony and phaeton
like Lila Banby's, or a few thousand
dollars to spend as I pleased. And
how proud father andmother would
be of rael
"Just here conscience w
to me tnat what 1 dared not tell my
father and mother about was hardly
the right thing to do. And beside
I was not very successful in picturing
this rough, unshaven, terrible look
ing man with the scar on his cheek,
dressed like a gentleman and coniin
back in a halo of glory. There was
something lacking in it all, and, by
the time I reached the postotllce I
bad begun to be very much frightenc I
over what I had done.
'I obtained the letters for our fam
ily and was; Just hurrying out of the
office when I received a shock the
effects of which would certainly have
been noticed had not the room been
rlescrted. Beside the door and tacked
to the wall was a notice and its black
headline caught my eye.
"I almost fainted so great was my
agitation. Leaning against the wall
for support I read it through. Some
time afterward I obtained the cir
cular from the Postmaster and I've
saved it until now," continued Aunt
I'liti-bo stopping her knitting long
enough to draw forth a yellow and
crumpled bit of paper from which
she read the following:
MAX WANTED I
Five Thousand Dollars Kkwaho!
7r the apprthrnswn of Frank T. Xiijfir, -?ifi,
on the night of June 97, IS , kilUd JIalm C.
Olney in thm viliatie cf Ct.tdipringt, Russc
County, the State offers the above reward.
Description of Najac.
Agp, forty-five or thereabouts; height, five foet
seven luohee ; al'ght build. Hijbt cmp?cxloo
with reddish hair and a .llsht cast of oneeye.
ore daik and much worn suit of clothes, brown
and white checked ehirt, slouch hat and low
snoes without stockings. Usually derm shaven,
but beard stiff and bristly if allowed to grow,
and same color as hfilr. Long, deep red seal
.long the left jaw, etoiidin? from lobe of e&i
nearly to the corner of mouth. Generally vicioul
exrrosslon.
ft is thought that Najac bears a gun-fb-t
wound in right leg below the knee, ba ins been
shot while escaping from custody. Any infor
mation lending to his arrest wlU be amply re
warded. James C. Ahmst&ono, Sheriff.
"Can you wonder at my alarm upon
reading this?" said Aunt Plri-be.
"From the moment my eyes rested
upon this notice 1 was sure that tho
man wanted was tho one bidden in
my father's barn. There was the
wounded leg, the scar on the jaw and
the "general vicious expression.' And
I, who had prided myself on doing a
brave deed was really helping a
criminal to escape from justice, for,
from the reading of the circular there
was little doubt of tho man's guilt
"My limbs trembled so that I could
hardly walk home. Fear that mj
complicity with the man would be
found out and fear that If 1 told, the
scoundrel would take vengeance upon
me, were terribly conflicting emo
tions. All thought of the beautiful
romance I had woven for myself faded
from my mind. Almost against mj
will 1 turned toward the barn, nw
nerves being so shaken that ltsecme
impossible for mo to keep away frou
the vicinity of my great secret
"As I approached the building 1
heard loud voices and hurried forward
with fast beating heart My fathci
was seldom angry, but before I en
I
tered the barn I discovered that h
was scolding somebody roundly. Tha' ,
somebody was Jason, his head man,
who. although a very good workman.
often made exasperating mistakes.
"There, it was only last night,' I
beard father say. 'that I told you t
put no more hay in that corner of thi
mow, because I wanted to save roon
for the second crop of the same kind
and here vou have buried the wes!
int. hnv- under twenty feet of thii
"interval:" I never saw such a fel- j
low in all my life,' addea iatncr uis
gustedly. ( '
Wal. I declare for t I forgo)
what you said.' Jonas oegan, out, j
' . i i
heard no more of his excuse as l nevi
by them toward the other end of tb
barn. '
"Tb.ero was Jtjje place, where has
left the wounded man in hiding, bul
the mow was filled almost to th
eaves with hay, and under all thai
terrible weight lay the unfortunaU
criminal, Frank Naiad
. "I screamed aloud as this though!
came to my mind and father cime
runnins: toward mo. But he looked
over my head through the open dooi
at the rear, for. hurrying toward tin
barn was a crowd of men headed by t
tall, black-whiskered man carrying
rifle. Several of the others wen
armed, too. Father evidently thought
that my cry was caused by their sud
den appearance, an 1 lie stared at
them in great surprise as they hastilj
approached the barn.
" Outrunning?' queried father, o:
the t-tll man.
" 'Yes, cunning for a murderer,
replied the man coolly. 'Been chas
ing him for a fortnight Tracked
hiia to the woods over there an houi
ago. A woriian down the road saw
him come into this barn, and bj
ginger, boys, he's here" he added ex
citedly. 'Here's a blood stain on tli
floor and here's one on the round o'
the ladder. lie's in the loftl'
"Father was too greatly surprised
for utterance and sat weakly dowc
upon the wagon tongue. Jasou, too,
seemed struck all of a heap; but 1
managed to find my tongue at this
stage of affairs.
" 'He's under the h;iy in the cor
ncr,' I said with a sob. '1 I saw
him crawl under there before 1 weiil
to the mail.'
" 'An' I've th rowed two loads o:
hay on there since then,' groaned
Jonas.
The men looked from one to th
other with lather white faces.
" 'This won't be any case foi
shootin', 1 reckon," said the black
whiskered man, wiio was the sherifl
of the county, leaniiiL' his rifle in the
corner. 'Let's have your pitchforks,
neighbor, and we'll get at him.'
'Father hurried me into the house,
and amid a passionate outburst ol
tears I told him and mother all about
it. I was si'-k after that in good
', earnest and it was a fortnight before
I was able to be about again.
"T: on I learned that the man 1
had thought to befriend because ol
his innocence was a well knuwc
criminal who had already served scv
J eral terms in prison, his last offence
j having been the murderof an inoffen
, s vc old gentleman, for his monev.
But. poor creature, he met a terrible
i punishment for bis crime, for, when
! they icmoved enough hay to get at
him he was already dead.
! '-I don't think mother and fa'her
' ever told my part in the sad a;Tair,
in. 1 t oere were no questions asked,
nor did they ever refer to the mattet
in a way to attach any blame to me;
but nevertheless the lesson sank deer,
into my heart. 1 begged this bit ol
pa; er from the postmaster and tacked
till I left the dear old home, and then
I brought it with me here. And da
you think, with that reminder evei
oefore me, that I could auain long
for more of romance than usually
falls to the lot of every day mortals?
YariiLeu lila.de.
One or Ueai Uurcon. fetorle.,
A story of Dean Burgon's was alut
a friend's experience in a conjuror'.'
exhibition. On entering with the
crowd the friend felt somebody at hi;
coat pocket and expected to fine'
his handkerchief gone Instead lie
found two wooden dolls in his pocket.
"Oh, no doubt," he thought, "tlit
conjuror is going to make game ol
me by pretending that he has con.
jured these dolls into my pocket, but
I will be more than a match for him.''-
The two dolls were promptly trans
ferred to the pocket of a stout gentle
man in frout, and from him the orig
inal victim of the conjuror's confed
erate took care to sit at a distance.
Bv-and-by the conjuror, pretending
to throw dolls among the audience,
said, pointing to Dean Burgon'f
friend,
"I think if that gentleman will dc
me the favor to look in his pocket lie
will find that he has the dolls."
Dean Burgon, telling the story at a
breakfast, acted the visitor, exhibit
ing his coat pockets in proof of theii
being empty. Standing up on his
chair at the breakfast table, and
turning his oack, he pulled out the
linings of his pocket and showed them
in an empty and flaccid state. Then,
turning around, he said:
"iNo. I don't carry about dolls in
my pocket; Dut I shouldn't wonder il
that stout gentleman yonder 6houId
End a doll or two in his."
Then he acted the stout gentleman,
who, he explained, was a little irrita
ble. "What, me; sir? What do you
niMn cir9 1 rnrrr ftollc'1
( , . -
I Then he put his hands into his
pockets and made believe to bring
out the dolls, with a look of amaze-
. ment and horror a quasi gui'tylook,
which, as he did it, was indescribably
ludicrous. The audience, he con-
tinued, were convulsed. But oh, the
poor conjuror! How heavily the
I wheels of his entertainment seemed
to drag all the nightafterward! Out
done in a trick by one of his specta
tors, who might, for all he knew, be
a great adept in legerdemain, a Tros
pero or a Merlin.
"The Obittnate Thins;. "
Lately the little sons of the Em.
peror of Germany were shown the
mystcriesofa chapcau-ciaque, or crush
hat. Shortly afterward, in the ante
room of their father, they found a
tall hat, and immediately desired to
test their skill in shutting it up.
Being an ordinary hat, and without
the claque mechanism, it naturally
refused to shut. At last one little
nrince. crowincr lmnatient. said to
his brother: "Sit on it, Fritchenl"
Fritz obeyed; there followed a loud
crack and a roar of laughter from the
authors of tho mischief. The Em
peror sent out to ask the cause of the
disturbance. Pointing to the smashed
hat, the Crown Trince replied, with
a military salute: "The obstinate
thing wouldn't shut at first, but
among us we managed to make it
change its mind!" The wrecked hat
wag replaced by anew one, which the
0Wner will doubtless keep as a sou.
venir of a very amusing episode in the
i;fa 0f his countrv's future head..
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Manchester Times,
The troul)le"with most scbemcs la
that tbe"v look so smooth and plausi
L'le, and are so hard to work.
ABOUT THREAD-MAKING.
Did Vou Ever Wonder How tha Diflerunt
Slav. Wsr. numbered?
A prominent thread manufacturer
said to our reporter: "Ourhouse was
originally a Scotch one, and even now
has factories in Scotland and in To
ronto. A branch was established in
Newark, N. J., about thirteen jears
ago, but the business was by no means
so extensive as it is now, until last
January, when a large mill and an
entirely new plant was put in. The
direct reason for this move was the
p issing of the McKinlcy bill, which
made it almost impossible for foreign
makers to do any business in this
country.
"By the way did vou ever examine
into the process of manufacturing a
spool of thread? It looks simple, but
in reality it is a very complicated
process. Only the very best Sea Is
land cotton can be used for this pur
pose. The cotton is taken in the raw
Ktate and torn all to pieces by a ma
chine called a 'breaker.' It then
goes through several other machines,
by which it is carefully combed and
freed from impurities. A machine
called a 'slipper' then takes it up and
twists it out into soft white yarn.
This is carefully combed again, and
it is taken into another department,
where several small strands of t!:::
yarn are twisted into one fine one.
Three of these arc twisted together,
and you then have six cord thread,
which after it Is bleached, is ready
for the market
"Another interesting thing Is the
numbering of the thread. Every lady
knows the size of thread that she re
quires for doing a certain piece of
work, but very few of them know how
it came to be so numbered. You see,
when cotton thread was first made
840 yards of it weighed one pound.
Thi3 was called Xo. 1, and if a pound
contained Just twice this number of
yards H was called Xo. 2, and so on.
Until sewing machines were intro
ducedonly three-cord thread was made
but their introduction demanded a
smoother and finer article. The num
bers were left the same, but the six
cord thread had to be made of strands
just twice as tine as those of the old
article." American Analyst.
How They- J:o in Floratnce
A harrowing tale comes across the
nea anent a young American girl who
was studying music in Florence. She
became ill, and apparently from ado
sire not to worrv any one, she strug
gled against her Increasing weakness,
and let no one know of her condition.
She had been helpless and in con
siderable need of careful nursing for
some days, when one evening afief
night had fallen, four blaek-rob d
figures, with hidden faces and only
holes cut through the sombre cloth
for their eyes, appeared in her room.
Almost fainting from terror, she
made a frantic appeal for mercy, but
it only met with a low murmured re
sponse, which did not reassure her.
Finally the stretcher which tbej
brought was placed beside her bed
Hide, she was slipped on to it, a cloth
was thrown over her and she felt her
silf borne through the streets.
But not to a terrible dungen, as her
fevered imagination supposed. When
sJie regained consciousnes it was to
find herself in a hospital ward, where
she received devoted care anil atten
tion. Later on she learned that her
case had come under the notice of the
famous Order of the Miscrieode. and
its efficient, though mysteriously
alarming, ministration was the result
All ranks and conditions of Flor
entine society hold membership in
this order, and the shrouding robes
are worn so that service without os
tentation may be rendered. It has
existed for hundreds of years.
Need es. to Telephone.
If parents could sec their own chil
dren as others sec them, it is to be
feared that the sum of human happi
nesswould suffer a serious diminution.
An exchange reports that a loy of 12
years, more or less, rang the door
bell of a house not long atro, and
said to the lady who answered the
summons:
"Won't you please telephone to the
police station for me? I have found
a lost boy."
"A lost boy? How old?"
"Aboutfour, Ishould think, ma'am.
Ho can talk, but he can't tell where
he lives."
"Some poor child, probably."
"Some awfully poor child. Why,
lie was the dirtiest boy you ever saw,
and so hungry! Ma says he can't
have had anything to eat for a week.
We think his folks lost him on pur
pose. Ma says they ought to be sent
to State Trison."
"So they had. Does he give any
name?"
"Oh, yes; he says his name is
Burt "
"What! Has he light hair and
blue eves?"
"Yes'm."
"And one front tooth gone?"
"Yes'm."
"He's my own son, he is, and yo
walk him over here as quick as you
know how! Also, tell your mother
that people have got rich minding
their own business."
Tha VTealthy Oiaii.
Dsage Indians are the richest com
munity on the face of the earth.
They are 1,50'J in number and havo
6,000,000 deposited to their credit inj
the Treasury at Washington, on which
t hey draw?! 00.000 inteie.-t every three
inonths. The income will continue
until Uncle Sam gets ready to pay
them the principal. They also have
1,470,000 acres of tho best land irt
Oklahoma, for which the unterrified
"liooruer," totally indifferent to tha
rights of the red man, hopelessly
sighs. Half of them wear blankets
.o this day.
A Mnlno Fsapsr.
There is but one pauper In the town
of Whitney ville, Me., and that one is
a festire widow who looks out for
herself ten months in tho year. It is
evident that she will soon be entirely
independent, for her last request of
tho overseers reads as follows:
'T.'ease send mo ten yards of red rib-
ben and a new dress, and let the
rlress bo good enough to wear ar
principal at a wedding.
A DRESS does not mih o
but of tea breaks a man.
FACTS ABOUT SEW; YOKE
CT7JHOTTS INFORMATION COVCEm?
lSa THE EMPIRE STATE.
lis Great SIz- and Imiiierisa Popoto
tiou l'ictur jsquely Shown by Con
trast Willi Otlisr Flaces. T
NEW YORK" STATE is nennjr
twice tto Biza of West Yir
giuia, wanting only 390 square
(, miles. '-1 " X
St. Lawrence County is larger than tbe
Stato of Delaware and more thaa twica
the size of Khodo Island. - - : ,
Leaving out Prussia and Ear.rla, New
York Stata covers more grouud t'uiiu all
tue G.?rman principaliticc. - ';'-;." :l
Fifteen counties in this State occupy
ni much spes as Connecticut, Massa
chusetts, an i Xex Jcrey. '' - "'v,
Tho ovulation of Xer York Sta'e, as
i -ording to the olli'-iial Stato report, is
more than one-tentU of tUo populatioa
of the United States. - .
It ia larger than Scotland and Switzer
land together. The total area of Bel--iiim,
Denmark, and Servia is less than
that of New York State.
Add together the number of pcopTe In
Fcotland, Wale, the I-le of Mun, and
the Channel Islands and the total is less
tiiaa tho population of New Yori Stats.
In lCD'J the population of the Stato
equalled tho present population of Ams
terdam, N. Y. In I7'JJ It equtllei tho
present aggregated populatioa of Sm
Francisco and Seattle.
The population ot t:ie E upire S'.a'.ois
now equal to one-Gfth of the populatioa
of England, moro than half as largo
ngaiu as Scotland, an 1 nearly half ai
large a-jain, as Ireland.
Comparing the sizoof Now York Stats
with European and other foreign coun.
tries, its area is greater tha-i that of
Oreculand or Cuba, or of Ceyloa and
Cochin China combined. - , ,
There is also room for favorable com
parison outside of tho Unite 1 States'.
The population of Nj.v Yorit City is
greater than that of Florence, Genava,
LeipsiCt Rotterdam, Smyrna, Venice,
Antwerp, Dresden and Eliaburjh com
bined. There are more people in Ne-r York
than in Ohio and Indian! combine!; or
in Indiana and Illinois; Illinois an I
Michigan; Minnesota, Iowa an! Mis
souri; Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama
and Mississippi; Mississippi, Louisiaua,
Georgia and Texas.
The entire population of C.viala is
le?s than that of this State, waich has
more people ia its sixty coucties than
there are in Australia, including New
Snath Wlc3, Victoria, South Australia,
Western Australia, Tasmania, XevZ;a.
land and Queensland.
The population of New York City is
cr,uil to tho following group: Fall
Iiiver, Ma-s. ; Cambridge. Mass.: At
lanta, Ga. ; Memphis, Tenn. ; .Wilming
ton, Del.; Dayton, O. ; Troy, N. Y. ;
inland K;ipi'i-, Miou. ; lalmq, Pano. ;
Camden, N. J. ; Trenton, N. J. ; Athens,
Ga., and Chicigo, 111.
The area of New York Stale equals
that of Connecticut, Delaware, Dlstriet
of Columbia, Maryland, Missachu?e:ti,
New Hampshire, B'ioJo Island and Ver
mont combine 1. It is greater in sizb
than Maine aad Maryland together. Ail
the area of Ohio and New Jersey an!
the total is less than tiiat of New York.
Tho number cf inhabitants of this
State is greater than the aggregate pop
ulation of Connecticut, Wcit Virg uia,
Nebraska, Now Hampshire, Verm nt,
Ithode Island, Delaware, Fiorida, Col
orado, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota,
South, Dakota, Montana, Washington,
Wyoraln?, Ner Mexico, Arizaua and
Idaho.
Going over to the European continent,
It is found that the population of Ne w
York State to-day only lacks 233,00 J of
being greater than that ol Swedoa an!
Norway combine). It is greitor than
Norway and Denmark; l,50J,00d yrea'.cr
than Portugal; nearly three times a!
large as Denmark; half as large again as
Holland, and 1J1),000 greater thaa Bel
gium. Taking a glance at some of the mm
Important cities, it is found that New
York City lias a populatioa erceeJiug
the total of Milwaukee, Wis. ; Newark,
N. J. ; Minneapolis, Minn.; Jersey City,
N. J. ; Louisville, Ivy. ; O.naha, Neb. ;
Rochester, N. Y. ; St. Paul, Minn. ;
Kausas City, Mo.; Providence, II. I:;
Denver, Col. ; Beaver Falls, Ta. ;
Chattanooga, Tenn., and Hot Springs,
Ark.
New York State has more thanAwlsa
the populotion of Switzerland, and co.nes
within 500,000 of being equal to the
total of European Turkey and Greeca.
It has a greater number of inhabitants
than had Italy or Spain under the En.
peror Augustus. More than one-fourth
as many people are now within its
boundaries as occupiel the whole of
Europe at that time, and its present
population is more thon one-third of the
whole number known to be living oa tho
Continent of Asia.
Considering for a moment the q'ltioa
of responsibility in emergent caes, tha
Governor of New York Stato has iu his
hands a responsibility for huraia weal or
woo equal to that of niueteen State or
Territorial Governors. His rule, directly
or indirectly, aTects the welfare of more
human beings than that of the Kings of
Denmark, Belgium, Greece, or Portugal,
the Swiss Presidents, the Governor-General
of Canala, the Austrlian Governors,
and a host of British colonial Governors
of lesser degree. New York Sun.
A Saiall Stvariu of Bs.
Be earnest. Half-heartedness will not
accomplish one-half as couch ai whole
hcarteJness will rightly handled. So
earnest.
Bo honest. "Honesty is the best 31
icy," and the best policy will often be
found along tha way that honest mea
travel. Be honest.
Be straight. Not only "straight as a
string," but rather "straight as aa ar
row," if you would be sun to "hit the
mark," Be straight.
Be watchful. "Watch out," and watch
in, as well. Also "watch and wait," if
you would not let opportunity slip by
unnoticed. Be watchful.
Be considerate. "Consider your ways
and be wise," and having found the
ways of wisdom, walk therein "ail the
diy3 of your life." Be considerate.
Be amiable. A "cross-patch" may
pass by on the other side, without being
as'tcd "to come back our way," while
fell ths world likes to go hand ia hand
with amiability. Be amiable. Gost
Housekeeping. .
HAWAIIAN FACTS.
DFFICIAIj ixpormatiox about
THE SA.VDWICH.ISIjA.NDS.
the, Treasury Department Gives OuS
Some Interesting Statistics
Commerce mad Industries
of tbe Islands.
THE Bureau of Statistics of the
Treasury Department has is
sued a carefully prepared his
tory of the Hawaiian Islands
and their commerce with the United
States which is interesting at the present
moment. It states that there is no reli
able information showing the discovery
of the Hawaiian or Sandwich - Islands,
prior to Captain Cook's visit there in
1773, when he gave the islands tho name
of "Sandwich" in honor of Earl Sand
wich, the First Lord of the Admiralty.
The next year Captain Cook was killed
in one of tho harbors of Hawaii. At
that time each of the islands had an in
dependent Government with its own
ruler, but Kamchameha I. brought all of
these islands under his sway between
1734 and 1819, and being a man of un
usual intelligence and great strength of
character, he established a commerce
with a fleet of twenty vessels of from
twenty-five to fifty tons each, which he
caused to be built after the model of
European vessels. His son, his successor,
Kameharaeha II.. abolished Idolatry in
lilt), and in 1S20 missionaries went to
the islands. From that time the social
and commercial conditions have steadily
improved, various lines of Industries
being established and the islands and
their commerce greatly developed.
The islands in this group aumber
thirteen, eight of which are inhabited.
Their total area is about six thousand
square miles, or about the size of the
States of Connecticut and Rhode Island
put together, Hawaii, the largest of the
islands in the group, having an area of
about four thousand square miles, and of
itself nearly the size of Connecticut. Tho
five uninhabited islands are very small,
having less than sixty square miles each.
The islands, as is well understood, are
of volcanic origin, high, steep, and
mountainous, with many lofty peaks,
rising in somo instances to the height of
from" 10,000 to 13,9 30 feet, their slopes
covered with verdue and forests. The
climate, although the Islands are situated
within tho tropics, is temperate, ex
tremely equable and salubrious, having
n-jitlier extreme heat nor extreme cold,
the temperature ranging from fifty-three
to ninety degrees. The principal pro
ductiots are coffee, sugar, cotton, rice,
cocoa, oranges, bananas and sweet pota
toes. Oa the uplands wheat and other
cereals are produced; oa the mountain
sloiies is abundant pastures for large
nocks which flourish in this mild climate.
me population is estimated at one
hundred thousand, which is considers
bly jnore than that of Idaho or Wyoru-
X- I T . ...
or Mcvaua, aa ot wmca aro now
States in the Union. Of this number
one-half aro native nawaiians, fifteen
thousand are Chinese and nearly as' many
Japauese, over eight thousand Portu
guese, two thousand Americsns, four
teen hundred British, and seven hun
dred Germans. In other words one-half
the population aro native, one-fourth
Chinese and Japanese, and the other
fourth are representatives of the
Caucasian race. Curiously, the native
population has decreased rapidly since
tue loreign element entered tbe islands.
In IS23 the native population was nearly
one hundred and fifty thousand aad is
now but fifty thousand.
There is more of civilization aad the
methods of civilized life among tha
represeatatives than is generally
suppoicJ. Over 11,000 children are in
f.tendance upon the public schools, ot
which number over eight thousand are
Hawaiians. English is taught in most
of too schools, and thero is a growing
tendency to abandon the native language.
There are about one hundred and seventy-rive
schools of which nearly all are
under the control of the Government.
That the people are prosperous as well
aa fairly intelligent is shown by the fact
that they have deposited in the postal
savings banks which the Government has
established nearly a million dollars. Tiie
Government is a complete one in all its
characteristics, having its Custom House,
Postoffice Department, Intciior Depart
ment, Finance Department, Judiciary
Department, Postal Savings Bank system,
etc. Tho largest industry is the pro
duction of sugar, there being betweca
seventy and eighty-five sugar plantations
valued at thirty-four million dollars, of
which Americans own about two-third;.'.
The exports of sugar have steadily in
creased until they aggregated, in 1891,
275,000,000 pounds. In addition to
this, there was exported about five
million pounds of rice, all of which with
other exports, such as coffee and fruits,
made up a total value of domestic ex.
ports of over tea million dollars. Saa
Francisco is the nearest port to bo
reached from Hawaii, the distance bcin:
2100 miles. Yokohama, Japan, is 37JJ
miles away; Auckland, New Zealand,
4000; Sidney, Australia, 4100 and Hoag
Kong, China, 4S00 miles.
It is natural, both in view of the fact
that ours is tho nearest port and that our
people havo the largest investments ia
the industries of Hawaii, that her com
merce should be mostly with the United
States. Her exports during the year
IS08-SI inclusive, amounted to aDuut
fifty million dollars, of which about;
forty-eight millions came to the United
States, while of imports Into Hawaii,
which average about seven million dol
lars a year, about five-sevenths corns
from the United States. Of the 311
vessels clearing from Hawaiian ports
during the year 1S91, 233 were Ameri
cans. Earned flTith Fire From Heaven.
Among the relics at tho Capitol is an
aid book ia the office of the Secretary of 1
It contains the original laws framed
by the Legislature in 1795 when it was
in session at Louisville, then the capital
of Georgia. The pages from G03 to SZi
have been cut from tho book, and in the
vacant place a resolution ordering them
removed is pasted.
These missing pages were the records
of tbe acts of the House and Senate in
the famous Yazoo fraud matter, and
when they were thrown out they were
burned up with fire drawn down front
heavea through a sun glass by Governor
Jackson, grandfather of Captain Harry
Jackson. ...
. The old book could tell
stories Vere it gifted with the power ol !
sTAAAr. " Jl4?.-t. T 1 -
rilE" MERRY. SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIE3 THAT ARE TOX.l BY TUX
. ruNinr men1 of the p.es3- i
Ye Ballade ot Mistress Xewlrwetlde-.
: A Uaocl Name Model Itoofcteery
ing Beyond Ht Control, Etc.
Eh wished to have the shopmen taink
Her versei in household lore, .
Bo she strove to loolt tha matron
As she came into the store;
But the shopaion smiled in concert
When sha sai I in clearest tone;
"I think to-day I'll take a rxiund
Of sauja ja, "off the bona. -
ruck.
MODEL EOOKKEErrXO
Principal "You had a deficit in the
cash account yesterday. Has tho crroi
been discovered V
Clerk "The error. ye3; but not the
cash!" New York Advertiser.
nicnsu RATES.
VA penny for your thoughts," later
posed tho fair girl.
"Excuse me," interrupted Tarr'A.
Graff, as he roused from his reverie, "th
editor gives me fifty cents for 'em."
Truth.
STILt. IN DOCBT.
First Little Girl "Has your sister be
gun takia music lessons yet I" :
Second Littlo Girl "Sho's takin'
soman on th piano, but I can't tell yet
whether it's music or typewntia'."
Good News.
AN EXTEax's VIEW.
Miss Anthropy "And do yoa reailj
think that women are prone to jump at
conclusions?"
The Novelist "Certainly; they al
ways read the fast chapter first I" New
York Vogue.
WHY BE WALKS.
, "Why do you walk instead of ridina
lyour bicycle?"
Because," replied Mr. Shiueon, "I'vt
figured it out that it costs less for shoe
leather than it did for court pla-t----."'
(Washington Star.
A GOOD HAME.
'1 tell you Dick Fitzgerald "3 on!
marrying you for your money."
j ''Nothing of tho sort ; he's told me
ever so many times that he was attracted
by my good name."
' "Yes, at the bank." Truth.
BEVOXD HIS CONTROL.
Gentleman "Why don't you 50 tt ,
vow i
Tramp "I ain't able to work." .1
Gentleman-" What's the matter with '
.
1 ,.T , t ..
Tramp "I was born that way. Du
troit Free Pre33. I
- m f
,
GASTRONOMIC ITE. j
Mr. Cynical Sacer "Tuis c'i:c ;ea is
an old acquaintance of mine. At least I
knew the family." f
Waiter "How sol
vju.ti. otoci j. am uji ir-,
I :c I think I ato bis great gr.vi '
a; jut five years ago." Sittings.
A BETTER REASON.
110005 "xjo vou oeueve GaiUi)
.... . . 1
burnej his home to get the in3uraace
money?" -. - . '. ;4" ,: i
Dobbs "No; I visited him at the jail, j
and lie confessn.l tn mn ttiflt rm rlM it to 1
get rid of the box of cigars his wifi
,bo'.i?ht him for his birthdav." L;fc.
SECURING QCIET.
Tho fair patient had describe 1 he.
symptoms with much volubility aad
minuteness, but paused a moment foi
breath. .
"Madam," gasped the doctor, "please
let me see your tongue. Thanks. Ob
lige me by holding it in that position
while I write a prescription." Chicago
Tribune.
TOO TRUE.
The Heiress "Why were you so anx
ions to be introduced to mel"
The Impecunious "I had heard ol t
...... .i i
1 n.T " i .-.
Ihe Heiress "And von nrr- still anr.'
lous to marry mei"
The Impecunious "You are s deai
to me I cannot live without you.'' Xe -s I
York Press. j
I
TUB REASON'. I
Stranger (.after placing a thermometer j
in a bathtub full of hot water) "Sec,
now, the water instead of being twsnty-
five degree, as I ordered, is thirty-oao ,
degrees." j
Attendant "I'm not surprised at that .
considering how long you let the tber
mometer stand in tho water." 1 i.c-
gende Blaetter.
TRECAUTIOXARV.
"John," called out Mrs. Bilius, "arc
you ready to put up those new curtain
fixtures!"
"I am beginning to put them up now,
Maria," was the response that came iu a
metallic tone of voice from the parlor.
"Children," said Mrs. Billu, with
nervous haste, "run out and play!"
Chicago(Tribune.
UOT OBTCSE.
Mother "Walter, where is the mcai
I left on the kitchen tablo when I left
to answer the door bell?" :
Walter (who has arrived at the dignity
of wearing pants) "I gave it to Jack.
(The dog.)?
Mother "Why, : what made you do
that?"
Walter "He knt lookiDrr as thourrh
he wanted it, an,d I guess I can iake a
tint." Judge.;'..
.-MATBa'nB WAS A LOAFER.
"Darling," Wid ho tenderly, "I have
rr.a le up my.' mind to ask you to ask
you " - . , ..' .jj.
'"Yes," sho whispered, breathlessly.
"To ask you to become my wife. I
know, dearest, that it is bold it is ora-
iu apious lor use to uj so. lo. jJ
much superior'to me. - I am, I feel, un
worthy of your " '
"Say no more, JoLn. I sra yours.
You may beunworthy of me, but'
"But.wtat, dearest?"
Halfaloaf is bettor; thaa no bread."
,-3ifHrjssiX-
A painting by Millet recently sold in
Brussels for $0,000 was originally dis
posed of by the artist for a cask of win
worth 4--- - -, -
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Fir is stronger than oak.
Peanuts yield a superior oil.
Thcie aro thirty species of tobacco.
Tobncco grows wild in somo parts
Df Tex as.
Loudon has about 173 rainy days in
t year.
In Japnn editors must be twenty
one years old.
Italy exported 4S0.000.000 dozen
eggs lust year.
Cancda forbids tho adulieratien of
choest', and Canada is right.
Three out of every 1115 English
spe-ikirjg people have red hair.
Tho mildest duy England has seen
Tor fifty two years was last Christmas
It would take a snail exactly fonr-cc-u
days, five hours, to travel a mile.
Drovers say that a sheep weighs
more lyiug down tban when standing
tip.
Tho best emeralds fonnd in tho
United States come from North Csro-
lima.
Legal executions iu Mexico aro by
shooting and take place ia tho prison
yp.nl.
Mrs. Luciuda Perry, of Tipton, Mo.,
Ii.is married a widower with nineteen
-liiMreii.
Tho "Georgia thumper" grass
hopper has a wing spreud epial to that
Df a robin.
China is tho most ancient Empire in
tho world and contains ono-fifth of tho
human race.
It is sui.l that the human hair wil
turn white during violent emotion if tho
hand is laid upon it.
Tu a Koyal Aquarium of St. Te
terslmrfr, Koine, are SkIi which have leen
im exhibition for 150 years.
In fourteen States and Territories
of tho Union marriage between first
coiihius is forbidden bv law.
j Letters aro still occasionally rooei
f veil at tho Miirshfu ld I Mussl Fostoibce
ml.lressed to "tho llou. Daniel
Webster.
Thirty-two kings ami princes havo
born the naino of Albert. It is of
Anglo-Saxon deiivation, and means,
"all bright."
''Kip Van Winkle" has been on the
sliie for sixty-five years. Tho first
I'liiy was produced at Albunr. N. Y..
I ..ray -jo,
! Amofr tho authors who produced
nCro Pot-thins, Cervantes, Balcibh,
Voltaire and Selden.
. r, , , ......
t0Ji05ticl,ltur1,htf,Tsa "
pernong vino can be made to cover ten
acres of land if stnrted oil properly
hen it, first be-ius to run.
.... " T
Catherine the great of Russia was
verv intempnrute, and constantly
.J,,,, ,pst'her fp ,,econje
siio rurely appeared in public after it
did.
what is supposed to le a meteorite
,.,ls hcon nileal.tlje(, Ilt Windsor, Conn.
it is aiiout loot ty "i leet and is
, eighteen inches thick, with a knob on
ono end.
; The most absent minded man in the
, world has been found at (Jeneseo X. V.
ll em to uis teieiuione tue otner oav
- .-1; I. . .
in one of his abstracted moments and
r:mg hnneelf up.
In tho West India Islands, Nubia
and the Soii'inn whistling trets are
' fuuna- fee
: ' ,olIs 'th "
.the wind a c
l eculiar shaped leaves atd
split or open edge, gives
cuauce.
Tho "Excelsior," tho lurgost dia
mond in the world, is kept in a safe in
the Lank of England. It is too bifr and
and too valuable for use, ami therefore
remains locked tip.
During tho Civil War the Union
blockading lleet captured or destroyed
7Xi schooners, 15.") sloops, 2(!2 steamers
and 170 other vessels that were attempt
ing to run tho blockade.
A root of cassava thut measures
seven feet in length and a sweet potato
twenty inches in circumference are two
products from the furm of H.A. Lupk,
near St. Andrew's liiiv. Fla.
The s!ntne Venus do Milo, regarded
' no tlio tft.a , ,f rtni.f.,t i 1
ns the ty,,e of perfect womanly beauty.
" ', . . . . "
.... I w nuiutiui OeWlil,
was found id Milo, one of the islands
of tho Grecian Archipelago, by a peasunt
while digciug at the roots of a tree.
George Kabbilt, of Wavcland, Ind.,
was deaf and dumb for five vears. A
fall lately caused a serious accident to
Lj arm an,l leK Slnce then h(j eftQ
talk and hear as well as he ever
could.
Charles B. Carey, of Benton, is the
first to utilize aluminum for leggins.
He had a pair mado of the metal, ami
b test them tramped through tho
swamps ol ilorula, infested with
venomous snakes. They were fang
proof
A millionaire of Vienna has left
provision iu his will for the constant
illumination of the vani wherein he
now lies. An electric light is to bo
kept burning for a year, and even tho
cofl'iu is to be lighted in the interior by
electricity.
During the siege of Sobistoiol tho
batteries of the allied Hrmy threw into
tho 1 sieged cily over 3,000 tons of
rhot and shell. The cost of the
artillery firing and tho value of the
guns ruined and oondenmed is esti
mated attl2,000,000
Before ho died Mr. Horsey, nn ex
inmate of tho Connecticut State Prison,
provided a turkey dinner for the conviots
on each anniversary of his birthday.
These occasions are events in the prison,
and last week guests in stripes sat
down to tho dinner.
SOT LABELLED.
. It Was the morning of Mr. McSrat's
birthday. As he came down to break
fat Mrs. McSwat waylaid him in the
family sitting room, lo 1 him to the door
of a closet, opened it, and pointed to
two gorgeous garments hanging from
the hooks inside.
"I made them my3elf, Billiger," she
said, "as a little surprise for you. One
of them is a dressing gown and the othei
is a night shirt. Iloiv do you like
them?'
"They aro simply magnificjnt, hi
bolla," replied Mr. Mc5at, gazing at
them ia mingled admiration aad a.ve.
"Mado them yourself?"
'Every stitch. Glad you like the;n.
Billiger."
- "Like themJ"
overwhelm me.
ho echoed. "They
Would you mind tell
which hum which
ing mo, Lobelia,
is the dressing gown and which is ths
aihi shirt 1" Chicago Tribj.ua,
.as."