1 I1 Fi . P. BOHWEIER, THE OON8TITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor md VOL. XLVIII MIFFJ JNTOWIs' , JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 2. 1S94 NO. 20. irVMl fa M H II gfe WWW (THE ALL-HEAR I NCI Tho wind is rising, and the trei Sob their heartfelt sympathies. While my cry is caught ani tosae i By the tt-mpest then is lost. But the Muster, who his wrrulit Mujic of His sweetest thought. Hears the least disordnnt tone So my rry is heard by One. -Flavel Scott Mines, In HnrrKr'j Weekly, MARGERY'S SITUATION. HE Emersors wers slaves, bound hard fust to the tyranny V cuaiom i a a rZ' . S 1 ,j . ' uuunuajjc 01 Keep ing up a lasmoiia blcapptarance with inadequate means to support it. Upon Mrs. Emer son and Harry, the only son, the vokei -lid not weign heavily, but it sorely galled Mr. Eniersou ; and Miirsrerv, tho only daughter, chafed against it with ad the ineffectual impatience of her seven- leen years. 'Life would be so much easier if wo could only give up pretending!" she ciied; but her mother and Jfrrry scoffed at licr philosophy. Tho striving nn 1 pretending, the staving oil one debt aad yetting iuto another went on apace. Lying alone in the ham-noc c in t'o fragrant twilight of a late May d-iy, Margery was thinking over things in general with a noble disconte it, wiiea tuddenly from the room bjyoad she heard the voices of her mother aad lather. Mrs. Emersoa's tones were con ciliatory, as they wero to bo when she sought some new favor; her husband's accents were shrill and impatient, ns if his last thread of endurance were strained. "I thought, Henry, you'd like the idea of J'argcry takm,' this trip with the P.ige-i.' 'Like it! Yc, im-iio-ise'.y, bit 1 we rhall all be calie I upoa to ta.te a trip to the poorhuiiie iastuil. I triu t:i that conclusion this m irnia f wiioj t ireu of Master Harry's bills were fcr.varde 1 ine, each of them four liiuej large t.iia it ought to be." 'Well, but Henry, you ctn't cspect a young man to i;tt ti rough Harvard w.tli out bills." The conciliatory tone3 was cashed with deliance now, and the sharpness of the answering voice was increased. "I don't expect it. Considering the sort of young mau Harry is, I Bhould be a fool if I did. And yet I don't bl.ini him half so much as I blame myself. I suited him wrong. Ho'd bo twice tho man he is now if he had been making his living for the last two year3, in.tead of vying with millionaires' sous, acting as though my poor little bucket of re sources were an inexhaustible spring." And though it is different with Mar jory, the principle is the same. With all that; licr private schools Lave done for her, I' doubt if she could earn a dollar for her self, and who knows how soon ueed it!" sue may All this was so wildly unlike l.er much enduring, indulgent father that for a moment tho unwilling listener on the piazza felt inclined to doubt both bis identity and Lcr own; but her disposi tion was so like his that she felt an im patient pity for the feebleness of Lcr mother's icply. "But Henry! Harry will be sure to repay you some day, and a girl as bright and pretty as Margery cannot fail to marry well." "Now, May," he answered, with ailed vehemence, "that is just where the rot-1 tennesss of our system comes in. Harry will never repay me, for he has uot been brought up to any sense of moral obliga tion. If he would put his shoulder to the wheel, I could manage to get through somehow. But I have no hopes ot hini "Why, to-day my friend Sinclair pro.i posed giving Harry a place as clerk fori tho summer, in his summer hotel i i Maine. But none of that sort of tiling for my son and heir I He is going with, a party to the Adirouducks. ".Margery bless the child! would take a cham bermaid's place, I believe, if she thought; that by doing so she could save me oiw pang. But I doubt if she could do even that. All her chances, it seems, are staked on a wealthy marriage poor ambition, it strikes me. -a pretty for days like these. Then it was that Margery, like some modern Joan of Arc, heard a voice which whispered of a coull ct beyond with the hope of a victory. Then it was that, leaning over tho piazza rail, sho aid excitedly to hcrsalf : "I will ! I'll give Harry a chaicc first, for he cou'.d save papa more than half this irry. If he refuses to help me, I'll give him a lesson he will uot forget very sood." The next evening Harry came home to jpend Sunday. Margery attacked him with all her might and main. Keeping her own project completely in tho back ground, she appealed to his sense of jus tice, his sympathy, h'n manliness, und fvcry other virtue it might be possible for hiin to possess; but there was not a shadow of care upon Harry's handsome face as he said "Now, Margery, you were always an igitator, but I think it's a little tit lair to work on my feelings so near the end of the year. You'd be eaten up with re hum if you got me so unstrung that I couldn't pass. And auyway, old girl, father's all right. This sort of thing lias been going on ever since I remem ber. There's always more or less of a' racket, but we get thcro just the same." 'And to save him a littie of the rack et to show him that, after all, ho needn't despair of you you'll not take this position with Mr. Sinclair, instead jf going to the Adirondacks?" Harry cuiy laughed. "I wasn't mada for a hotel clerk, Margery. I haven'n diamonds enough; and besides, I prom ised Fitch aud Morrison months ago tht I'd go with them. A gentleman never bieaks his word, you know." He lightly tried to kiss her then, but it'C scorn in her eyes deterred him, and bij hiugh'T subside- under hor reply. "B it ti e gentleman may break his ather's heart one of these days, or tempt ;i;iu to try how fast a bullet can take lim out of his troubles." Hsrry gave a long whistle. 'Mar .rcrv," he cried, "what is n follow to do under a tongue like yours!" But Margery knew sadly well that, .hourh Lc was neither bad at heart nor v cious, the "fellow" in question loved bis own pleasure too well to dothethin ne required of him. Whea ho bad gone iu whispered tojicrself i 1 snail nave to no itl it's Just a heroic treatment for me as for hira, but 1 don't leel as if I could draw back now." A day or two later, having still for tlier matured her plans, she eald to het mother: "If you don't mind, mamma, I should like go to Boston this week to visit Cousin Sally. You know s'ae's been ask. inr me ever sinee I wrote her that j could not go to school on account of my eves. I am sure she will not think it too much if I go for a few days now, and go 1 again .or commencement week". I Now Cousin Sally was a maiden lady, with just such radical proclivities as j were beginning to mke themselves ap. parent in JUiss JHareerv. Airs. Emerson hesitated as to giving her consent. Then she saw the other sido of the question. Ia both social and financial respecti Miss Bally Parkhurst could afford to dj m she pleased. Her favor was a thing to bo desired. Margery did need a change, and last of all, this often un wise but always loving mother hated to refuse her children anything. "Very well," she said; "but you must I not stay too Ion We 11 have youi next week, and Ciass-day dress ruade you know how important it is that you enouia do nere to try it on. "Oh, I know it's very important," wily Margery answered, gravely; adi leg then, "I promise I will not stay long with Ciusin Sally." Accordiug to the letter of it, sho kept her word. She only stayed over i ccuple of days in the tall old West Eud house which had sheltered several gen erations of P.u k'aurits, but into tho-e d-iys wa crowded much cemfort and encouragement. From this oid house, on the attcraoou of the third day, a trembling thought hopeful maiden, ba g in hand, S'.-t out for Cambridge, and M sj Sally followed her in spirit with so-ne anx'ety and mucli sympathy. Margery's scheme was to CousinSally' liking but handsoino Harry, busy witb his own plans and ambitions, had not faintest premonition that Nemesis was npproachiug liiin. So far as his gay, easy-loving disposi tion would per nit, those diys were anx ious ones even to him. But his spirits did not suller thereby, and it was with an appetite wholly unimpaired that he walked into his boardinir-house in time ! for dinner on the evening of the day of Margery's pilgrimage to Cambridge, There were several things on his mind just then, and a somewhat depressing letter from his father was iu his pocket. But Fitch was telling a funny story as Harry seated himself. Catching the point in his own j-i:c-k way, he laughed as heartily over it as any. Then be hixsalf told an anecdote apropos of the other, and was listening to a conff Jcnce from his neighbor on the right. "Sr.y, E uerson, Miranda has gone away. We have a ucw table girl, aud sue s a beauty loca ueaMummuie new gin spose: "Will vou have muuigacawy or lamu broth, sir?" If he had lost his composure complete ly; if he had jumped up and denounced her, or even if he had fainted betore his mulligatawny could reach him, this ne.v table girl would h:rdly have been sur- . : 1 T.. 1, .. .1:1 :.t 1 . i thin Starting slightly, he turned around and looked her in tho face; but though hi- ,,1,t .h,.lr ,H,1 !,c l..r thero was no recognition in his gazo. In ' ... j --w "-"o the coolest possible voice he replied, "Broth, please!" Then Morrison across the table called out mockingly: "Our friend Emerson's i'ruck all of a heap with so much youth aad beauty." Emerson, quite in his usual manner, luswcrcd, "l'ui all of that, I assure you." But all bis sang froid could not pre sent him from rinding that dinner a bit ter one; and his father's letter in his pocket scorned to havo gained an added weight. An hour or two later he retrace 1 his tteps toward the boarding bouse, rang the bell, and brought the landlady her self to the door. "I want to see that new table girl, Mrs. Coffin," be said. "Sho left my motaer only this week, and I have t ! message for her." i "Oh, it's ail right," he addel, impi- . (ient!y, as Mrs. Coffin lingered wall 50me inquiry ia her eyes; "you ueedu't I . bo afraid." I Concluding that even if it wero all ' wrong she had nothing to fear, the land- j lady went out at oace and sent tho girl ia. I j Margery came with her pretty head erect, and no fear in her innocent eyes, t i But tumult was ia her heart, and at first ' ' she could not find voice to answtur hij ' imperious greeting. ! j "May I ask the meaning of this usas- j ! queradiug, Miss E ncrsonf Whatcvor it ' is, you cerlaiuly choose a nice way tc ; I (list-race both yourself and me," he said, still more angrily, after a moment's pause, and then she flashed upon him. 'There never was any disgrace in hcncstworkl It's you who are in much more danger of disgracing us all, and perhaps you will think so yourself if vour selfishness and extravagance kills papa. Ho is jui'' sick with anxiety now, and you could eav3 him from it if you only would. I am sure you could livo on half what you do, and you havo so much Influence with mamma that she would save, too, if you would only talh to'ner. I'm not clever. I know, but I could do the housemaid a work, ana 1 would, but you will not do anything. I Vou refused to take that situation, ana you only laughca at mo wnen i uui.eu i you tha last time you wero home. And then I just made up ray mind mat ii you wero too proud to vork I'd show you that I wasn't 1" All through this torrent of words her brother walked angrily around, affecting not to listen. But he stood still now, looking sternly aad seriously iuto her face. "And you will stay here and do this menial work just for the sake of shaming mpl Put in thia wav she did not like the sound of it but she held her ground un- the ocean. Theest.imatedcostisllC.ff, flinchinTly.' j 7.10,0(10. or nearly twice that of the "I not only mean to say it, but I mean Nicaragua Canal. And the fears of to do it. Oh you need not look at mo timid Englishmen who don't want to like that! I don't like it you may bo Fee their protecting "silver streak" sure. I could have sunk into the grouna fKia nvAninir whetl those young men Joked about me. But I've begun, and I am going to go on. I'm nDt going to be a sham or a burden one day longer. He walked away from her then, and leaning against the mantel, remained i i utter ailence fu".y five m'raues. To most of js, however ease-loTing0- however hardened, there are moments when it i given us to see a new heaven and a Del earth; and to Harry Emerson this flas'i of inspiration came as be stood studying the border of shells wherewith Mr Coffin hud flanked her fireplace. Margery . watched him with intens anxiety. Under all her pain and disap pointment she had still such faith in him that it was not wholly a surprise to her when, returning to her side, he said, with all the anger gone from his voice: "We must call Mrs. Coffin in and ex plain to her, Margary. Say anything you like I don't care but I'm g'jiur Co tg'co you into Cousin Sally's thu evening. Your mission is accomplished. I'll take the hotel place or do anything elso that I can to help; and when I fad, I'll give you leave to go out to service again as fast as you please." Margery, looking up at him through her happy tears, lelt almost as if sin were marring the splendor of his surren der by saying as she did "But, Harry, I mast te'dyou! Ciis''. Sally said that if you sa.v things this way, she would pay every debt you o.ve, and help papa out ot the t ight place he is in. She never did h-jlp us b.-fore, sia said, because we sce ne 1 to her so 1 act ing in principle." But even when Mis3 Saliy hal help? 1 them to such an extent that they oo i sailed past all the breakers of whic i I have written, Harry's nc.v niititineij proved seaworthy. So effectually, in deed, did he learn the lcsoa whic'i , Margery gave, that his c mtributioin to the family exchequer saved her fro.n any ' reed to take a situation. Yju'.u'i Coinpauion. The Soutli Africau Cepubl'e. Hidden within the mountain ridps-of tho !and locked Transvaal lie sue'i r 'j deposits of ;old an 1 so fertile a soil t.i ic it may well have excited the de-i es of England for its possession, altliTig':, until now, it has succeeded iu pr.ici.c .iiy maintaining freedom from European i domination. We have a few salient facts regarding the country. Tae South African Kcpu'ilif, a's-. kno.vn sw the Trauiva-il, tone ics oa tha cist Portuguese Alrica aud Zulu Land; soui.li, Natal and the Orange Free State; we t and north, Bechuana Land and British South Africa. It would be en tirely shut in from t ie coat but for the recent annexation of a small part ol Swaziland aid Amatonga Land, giving a Darrow access to the ocean at Cod Bay. Tuo country's area is 113,013 fpnie miles, dividelinto eighteen districts. Its white population is 119,123, auJ na'ive, SJU.UCl. The capital is Pretoria, with a pop-iH tion of 50-JO, but Johannesburg, Ly lei burg and Utrecht are also iuiportaib cities. The Tracsvaal was originally (ettled by Boers from Cape Colouy au 1 Natal, and its independence was recog-niz-fd by European powers iu 152. in 1677 it was annexe 1 by England, but Jelf OTornlaont wa, stored. Great I ,..ltain ,.., of ...: ., The executive is vested in a President, assisted by a Cabinet, and there are twj electetd legislative bodies known a tlu First and Second Volksraad. The Dutch j Kefornlea church is the pracii reiL, !:. ,mi- n,i tw rn -i vi -i,ia - t - - Although gold is mined extensively ia the Bar'oerlon, Witwatersaud and nine teen ether "old field", the c'l.ef nu'-ui'.s I. . T ? . 1 . tarmn. '. si-u aud Climate Otin esne- cially laorible. The exports are woo-, cattle, hides, grain, ostrich feathers, ivory, gold and other minerals. The imports for 1SJ0 amounted to 5ii7,5JO, 000, on which the custom duties were $1,9.13,950. The country's mineral wealth has at tracted thither so many miners from tlii United States and Great Britain that in a few years the naturalize 1 Anglo-Sax a element in the Trans va d may do.nin it j the early Dutch settlers. Ia sue l a c is.-, we may look to see the restoration of English rule and the pro'jable insugi:;--tion of an era of increased prosperity Cor the Kepublic. Mail and Express. Sun l'.vieh Island Biid-s. Tho following is said to be the manner a Sandwich Islauder proposes marriage when ho falls a victim to the tender pai sion: The chief told her that if she would become his wife he would send a hun dred sea otters to her friends; that Iu would never ask her to carry woo 1, draw water, dig for rooU or hunt for pro visions; that he would make her mistress over his other wies, aud perm.t her to sit at her ease from morning V.ll night and wear her own clothes; hat she should always have abundaadj of fat salmon, anchovies and elk, and bo allowed -to smoko as many pip ii. ol to bacco aa shu thought proper, togerjier with ma-iy other flittering iudjcc-aettts. Xew York AdviatUer. rtuiH.rtittoii .VxHtt Itgcs. The undent, Kinri believe tti- s mystic bird laid an egg on the lap ol I aimainon, who was to batch it ir. his bosom. Put he lot it fall and il broke, the lower portion of the shell forming the earth, the upper the sky, the liquid white became the moon, and the yelk the sun, while the littU fragments of broken shell were trans formed into stars. English aud Ii l-l mothers tell their children to pu t: their spoons through the bottoms ol egg shells after finishing their meal, "or else the witches will make boats of them." In France a similar cus tom prevails, but the reason assigned is that the magicians formerly used eR(, shciis jn concocting iUcvlI witcheries. their di;i- I fiddling tho Eng-Uh Channel. I It seems a mad scheme, but it Is a fact that a project for a bridge across ' the English Channel is going to be submitted to the House of Commons, j and that, too. with the approval of practical British and continental en gineers. A cantalever structure is ! contemplated, carrying two railway tracks and standing 200 feet above iiroken are caimeu uv tue asburaiice mat. in war a mreaieueu invasion could be headed off by the judicious isrt ol a few sticks of dynamite. Boston's crooked streets; indicate newspapers are said to be very wicked tha the city is noted for its warpaUl. M tet, they scintillate RESEMBLES THE EIDLE STORY, .,GuatcuiaIlan Indian Legend or tb9 Wor.cT. Creation. I Of all the American nations, none aave left a fuller mythological legacy than tho Gaieties uf Guatemala, who, ia addition to avast mass of ora tra dition, jossesscd also a written liter ature en the subject, full of rude, strange clo incrjcc and pr.etic origi nality. The simple sublimity of their account of the crcat 'ou equals any thing to be found in literature. "And t lie heavens were formed and all the signs thereof were set in their angle and alignment, and its boundaries , were lixed toward the four winds by tho Creator, the Mother and Father , of life and existence; He by whom all move and breathe, the Father of the peace of nation and the civiliza tion of liis people, llo whose wisdom I has projected the excellence of all : that is on the earth or in ttie lakes or in the sex But there was as yet no man, nor antjaninial, nor bird, nor crawfish, nor any pit, nor ravine, nor creen herb, nor any trrc: nothing was but the firmament. The face of tho earth bad nut appeared, only the !cacpful sea and all the sja-'e ol heaven. There was nothing yet joined together, nothing tthat tlung to anything else; nothing that bal anced itsel'", that made th least rustling, tint made any snimd in the heavens. There u;:s i.oiliinir that stood up, nothing but theo,uiet water; .but the .ca, calm and alone in its boundaries; nothing lived, nothing I but immobility and silence in the .darkness in the night. 1 'ettrruined 'In people tl.c waste, the Supreme Father called intj being the earth, the -plants, the trees, and llnally ani . tnals, birds, beasts and creeping things. And the gods called on j these, their creatures, to praise their i reator, ana incy couia not, so tnc go is despised them. And again and again they tried to create an animal that should speak and intelligently declare the praises of its Maker. And tlnaliy after many failures and thousands of years spent in experi ment, they made men, and the men looked up to heaven and said: 'Hail, O Creator! Thou that l'.carest and i:nderst:i!:dest us! Abandon us not; Forsake us not! Give us to walk al ways in an open road, in a path with out snares, to lead quiet, happv and peaceful lives free of all reproach.' Under the protect ioa of the gods men muitinlied, 1 tit soon forgot to praise and lienor the deities, and a great rain fell which destroyed all out one good man, his wife. Ii is sons, and his sons' wives, all of whom had taken refu.'e in a great canoe. When the rain ceased they settled In a place railed Titian, and there the language of all was confused, so they deter mined to leave Tulan and go to dif ferent parts of the earth; thus they did, and in this way tho whole rartb was peopled with men." huuii-tjilng- or a Liar. Iti a downtown barbcr-shop is cm ployed a little i.ov to keep the flics off the latrons of the place in summer and act as general utility man in the winter. Having nothing else to oc cupy his mind, he has developed a wonderful faculty for relating marvel ous stories, lie tuds fair in time to OUUlUl J OC .UUlliaiUlU and several others who have become noted as pre varicators. His talent in this direc tion is so marked, indeed, as to astonish the patrons of the shop, whom he never fails to regale with one of his choice selections. The other afternoon a gentleman who was in a hurry to catch a train took a scat in one of the chairs. He bad not got fairly settled in the big cushions when th youthful story teller, with a most serious counte nance, began a new work of the im agination. "Vou are going away on the train, aint you, mister''" There was an as sent iiil' nod. "I supiose you must be coin' down to Georgy this time o' year. It's sc cold, you know. 1 ucd to live down in Georgy with my grau'p t. Me an: him rai-.ed popcorn together. We had eighty acres in our farm and on four ol them we raised popcorn. When it got ripe we shucked it and put in a big burn. It was hot an' the barn was dry. "One night it caught Are. The ;or:i popped and flew all over the farm, until it looked like it had snowed. The next niornin' when out old cow come out o' her shed she saw tno popcorn over ever'thing1, and, thinkin' it was snow, sho laid down and froze to death. " Louisville Courier-Journal. Down a Farihlau Scni-r. A correspondent of the Congroga tionalist describes the sewers of Paris aud the description affords an ex ample of what well might be in every large city of the land. Going down, with some seventy other visitors, by two flights of carpeted iron 6tairs, he landed in a vaulted chamber, where the visitors took seats in two large boats in the sewer, which was over 18 feet wide and 14 feet high. The sew age, which is only the water dis charge from dwellings, factories, etc. ! (tho offensive sewage from closets be- ing, otherwise disposed of), flows in a central channel 12 feet wide and from 4 to 5 feet deep, and this chan nel is bordered on each side by paved walks, 3 feet in width and perfectly dry, sweet and clean, giving excellent sidewalks for workmen or visitors. The sewer itself Is far more than an American sewer. It is a great and well-built tunnel, constructed for a variety of uses, only one of which is to carry away the waste water ot tho city. It is a way for huge water and gas pipes, for conduit and serv ic3 Tjipcs, for telegraph and tele phone wires and for pneumatic tubes for postotllce and other service. By ropes attached to tho boats tho vis ltors were propelled along this roofed over canal, from which no offensive Bflor was perceived, while the rapid current, made by the constant inflow from the side pipes and small sewers sept up the steady flow of the stream. After a long ride in the boats the visitors climbed up two other flights of carpeted iron stairs, having beea on their visit to the sewers just an hour. - Atx bright writers on morning ABOUT PASTE DIAMONDS. rhey Am Vorii Cunta-itly by K!ch and fashionable l'eoile. "About a year ago a lady, whose ianj'5 is "one of the best known in ibis country, came to my icwelrv tore with a tiara that was not only hcirliKini, but was a most remark ible specimen of art. Its value could lot have- been less than $15,000. She went into society a gnat deal and was celebrated for her magnificent eyveli. She was compelled to wear ;hcm very often, and for that reason topt then: in a small safe iu her bed 'oom. "Twice within a month an al l jmti i.id been made by burglars to g i at die jewels and she had become thor- t ghiy frightened. One of licr1 'ri'nds infjrmed her that she ought : get her jewels imitated in paste. i fir-it she was vciy skeptical, but 1'ially she agreed to try it, and the dara was placed in my hands for copying. "Some four months afterward 1 ivorte to her asking her to come t.i aiy office and tiring the diamonds. ?he handed them to me, and I pla cd l.ieni with a co-.interlteit sot and j iske 1 hor to pick out the genuine, j ihc examine;! them carefully and at ast said she could not. She went iway delimited wan Her new gems which had cost her but 100, and now ;he never we irs the others. "Then lie handed me a necklace ivhich 1 estimated as being worth acar 9in,oo ). 1 picked it upand took j t to the light. A moment later 1 aimed and said: 'These are not gen uine.' "Good heavens! Can it be true? ac said. 'I have tried to believe it . was not, but I am afraid it is.' "r or a moment ho was unable tc speak. Then he went out, an 1 with I detective he began the search. "The next day the real diamonds, which belonged to his v.;fc were found in the hands, of a well kiunva person who makes a practice of loan ing money to society women upon J their jewels'. From him it was learned that one of the wife's frb nds had sent her there, and that she had borrowed a large sum and at the same time obtained the imitations from him. New York Journal. J-i-lucc- A lcloria Mary or Tet-k. To I e possessed of roval blood; to rome of a long line of princesses; to he pretty, gen tic, generous, and ito-.d what more need any woman desire? i'ct Her Iloyal Highness, Victoria Mary, the subject of our water-color fronti-pieee, and he'.tor known throughout tier native land as Princess May of Tet-k, is all t his, and mora Only daughter of the Pukes and Puchess of Teck, the Princess May lias from tier very birth been sur rounded by all the refining and en nobling imUienees Miat help to mould -iud form a character already gentle, pure, and noble. Educated by tho mo t finished and thorough teachers that cou' l be fo i il in the United Kingdom, a : i ad I t i '. his a remark ibly keen and ready a:ire -i.iLi -m of ihe advantages of lc ir.iing, it was 'ml nitural t.iaf the jo:ng and at tractive. Piiu already richly ,'ifted bv nature -ho ild ha. e de veloped into a niNt!!i'c itiipl;hed and brilliant young woman. t:cli is Princess May, who ijos,esst-s not only l knowledge of the (t.rnty.and de jira'oie arts of the educated young woman ot the century, but her royal mother has seen to it that her daugh ter was taught also in the practical and more common tilings of life. A mini--lering angel among the poor, the unfortunate, aud the distressed, she gives her alms with a modest and generous hand. Betrothed to the late Puke of Clarence, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, the Princess May has had her full burden of sorrow, and she has, of cotirc.since his death withdrawn from society; but her famil7 and friends know her as a sweet, pure-minded woman, though every inch al'rinccss. Godey's. An l:i.U:tn In Congrenft. There Is a good deal in common hv twecn the natures of schoolboys and congressmen, l'-otii demand a cer tain amount of amusement, and are perhaps the more mischievous If they do not get it Ilccently the conitress mcn had an opporttinitv.b derive a good deal of innocent amusement from the visit of an innocent chief to the halls of legislation. It seems that tho chief of the ralouses, a tribe of the Pacific coast, Wolf by name, had come to visit the capital of the Pale Faces, and sea the Great Father. In the course of his wanderings, he entered the ante rooms of the House of Bepresenta tives just prior to the time for open ing a session. He was attired in full war paint and feathers, blanket, and other de tails of the Indian costume. A mes senger of the House who encountered him at once put himself at his serv ice, and conducting him to tho hall of the House, seated him in the speaker's chair. Such members of the House as had already arrived began to applaud the Indian, and Wolf took these demon strations as a great honor. Seeing the Speaker's mallet lying on his desk, Wolf supposed it to be a pipe of peace, and asked for tobacco to OH it. His astjnishment at finding the "pipe" solid was amusing, but he seemed to understand when told that the chief of the House needed li to keep his unruly braves in order. "Heap knock 'em in the head!" said Wolf, swinging the uialiet ap preciatingly. I Tho membe:s,arriving, entered intc thespiritof the joke. The hour for the opening approaching, the Indian was j asked to descend from the Speaker's chair, and was conducted to the seat of one of the 'cw York City repre sentatives wno nau not yet, arnveu. Here he was taken by a group ot Western members, just coming in, ior a meniDer ot tnc lanimany so Iciety in full Indian costume; and they j crowded- around, shaking his hand. Wolf enjoyed the demonstration and ( so did the congressmen, j 1 inally, as the Horse was called tc I order, Wolf was conducted to a good seat in the gallery, and witnessed the "council Are" of tho Tale Faes. He 'returned to the Pacific coa-t con vinced that he and his t be were hold In great honor at Washington. Youth's companion. FOUND FOOD IN JAIL, How a rrisoned Burglar Helped a Friend to Ills Dinner. You would n' think of going to the County Jail for comfort, would you? On the last visiting day at the J il a very hungry looking lei low pre sented himself at the cage. He wanted to sec William Jones, locked up for burglary. "Wilfiam Jones!" yelled the at tendant In the corridor, and a well fed, husky fellow canio forward, his face alight with pleased anticipation. "Hello, Jim," he crlrd, poking tho tip of bis little finger through tho jtrating. "He'.lo, Bill," was the warm re sponse, as the vis tor touched the end of the member presented, ".-'orry they pinched you." ' Sorry myself. But I'll get out ol t" "Sure?" "Sure. Po i't my uncle h. tie the votes in that precinct?" 'Can you git hi I?" Vas, but I dou't want none. A'l I want is to wait. I won't never be brought to trial. I a;n't worrying none. Good feed, nothing to do '.hat's more than some people lias " "It's more than 1 hae," said Jim, d jlefully. "Vou don't look very f ush " "1 aint" Hungry?" "Hune.-y as h 11." "Ho, Mr. Price,'' called William Jies. '-Give th s man my basket out there In the cage; will you?'' 'Vour basket?" a-ked the lockup keeper. "What's in it " 'Oh, a whole lot of grub I don't know what. Me girl brought it over Lo-day and it ain't been passed in yet. Give it to him, Mr. Price. He needs it, and I don't" Kind Ben Price lookel at tlu burglar'-j friend for a moment, stopped only Ions enough to realize the strange situation, and then picked out the proper basket and b'aye it to Jim. "Thank you, Bill," said the i-i-tor, -'I'll do as much for jou some day.-' 'I hope so," said Bill, aud they touched llesh again and parted.'" Chicago Herald. Always Heady to Serve, Puring the progress of the big flrri in Boston Phillips Brooks illustrated fine marked phase in his character, and, according to the Journal, one ol the greatest phases in the charm-tit of any man or woman tho willing ness, the desire to serve, to help some fellow crcatuie in distress. After 6eeintr his own church on Summer M.reet destroyed Mr. Brooks next went to the store of Slireve. Crump - Low. the well-known jewelers. Their doors were barred and their shuitets up and no wonder. The store st. oj straight, in the track or the flames, and already a lar crowd, made nr. principally of roughs, had gathered in the anticipation of a chance to plun der and loot. Through this crowd Dr. Brooks made his way straight tc the closed doors. His vigorous pound ing Anally gained him admission. Some of the men at the head of af fairs were friends of his. To them he said: "Gentlemen, I am here to do anything for you In my power. Make any use of mo. which is possi ble." They were at first averse to accepting such distinguished servi cs, but at last yielded to bis earnest pro tests. So they loaded him down with diamonds and valuable jewelry. They filied his pockets, bis hat, ana even his siocs. Again the d v.r was un barred and out through that crowd of roughs walked Phillips Brcoks, carrying on his person valuablcs.worth thousands of dollars. Tho a-t must have been suspected by the roughs, yet not a hand was put out to strike or even to touch hi m. Towering above them all, he inspired a respect or fear which proved a perfect pro tection. His magnificent courage, which did not know what fear was, enabled him to discharge his trust and leave the valuables in a place o' safety. "Cat-a-cornereJ." Kone of our lexicographers give "eat-a cornered" (sometimes "cat-a-corner-ways"). "Cat-er cornered" is given as "local English and United States." B'-t does anybody in this country say cater-cornercd? Wor es ter gives ' catty-cornered" in a lash ful note in small type, Halliwcll de rives -catcr-cornered" from quatrc. through the provincial "cater," tc cut diagonally. But why go so far? Might not "cattcr-cornered" heonl a lorrnpt "quartsr-cornered" that is, quartered by lines through tho corners instead of in the more usual way, by lines at right angles to the sides? This etymology seems to be confrmcd by a curious bit of folk speech in the Upr er-Hudson country. Our people, in sawing or nailing any thing at an ar.glo other than a right angle, do not place it or cut it 'Vjuar tering," wh ch is the recoanlzed technical term, but "catterlng." am told that in parts of Vermont catering" Is used in the sense of bias, ior "cattering" there is a ludicrous diminutive much oftener u.ed In my neighborhood namely 'kiltering1' that is, somewhat cat tering for is not a kit a little cat? Century. Terrors ol the Awful Pause. We usually talk about the weather arhen there isn't anything else to talk aliout. This fact may tend tc roll the subject of its importance, yet It should not In fact it ought to be greatly in its favor, as it is ever ready and efficient in breaking tho "awful pause." Have you ever been over taken by the awful pause? Fortun ate, indeed, if you have not, and en titled to heartiest sympathy if you have. It is truly awful, especially If courtesy demands that you should break it It settles upon the best regulated companies like a nightmare, and seems to paralyze the tongue and put thought to flisrht iNo one can think of anything to say, or fears to attempt to say it Then, if ever, a fool is welcome, because ho doesn't think before he speaks. Pittsburgh Commercial-Gazette. A max seldom has money and idle ness at the same time. I. TEROCITV OF ARAB DERVISHES, low They Behave Themselves In Ha I lie Absolutely Destitute ol Fear. I think it was at tho battle of El Tcb I first made the acquaintance of the mahdist dervishes, says a corre spondent ot the London Telegraph. The Fuzzy Wuzzy Haacndowah tribes man is the bravest of the brave, but the dervish is heroism run crazy. These so. called "holy beggars," self sworn to devote themselves to the prophet's cause, came at Gen. Graham's square of marines, Iligh landmcn, and stout linesmen as if we had leen children to be fright ened by a cry. Clad in their patch vork rags, with shaved bare heads, many armed with no better weapon than sticks, they charged full in front c f the fire-walled square. Down they went by scores i-.tid hundreds, but others qu'ckly took up the running toward us. I saw them that day more than one of them pierced through and through with Martini Henry bullet wounds, come fiercely on, reeling like drunken men, their teeth gleaming and eyes ailam : with hatred. Happy were they if they could but cross weapons with our bayonets. When exhausted nature failed them their last act was gen erally to hurl the weapon they car ried, stick, lance, or sword, toward our ranus, and shout an Arab im precation against us, "Nosranil" (Nazarcnc). An old, gray-haired sheik actually charged the square reading the koran aloud, which he held in his hands. Later on, when Sir Herbert (then Colonel). Stewart, charged the worsted Arab footmen with his two regiments of cavalry, their mounted dervishes faced the whole force and boldly charged them in return. Again, In Tamai, when the Arabs broke into Gca Davis njuarc, where I was, and temporarily raptured our six machine guns, on which they danced in fiendish glee, the dervishes were in the forefront of ho attack. A big marine who had bayoneted I no of them found bis rille. ramrbt J :.:i 1 clutched by the fanatic savage, ' v.ho strove to reach his focman with bis sword. It was at the moment we were driven back, and while tho marine tugged and swore to get his weapon free the reeling acrvish es sayed with his parting strength to i lay or wound our Tommy Atkins. In the desperate battle of Abu Klea pmilar scenes occurred. I state it as ji fact that during the melee in which ol. Barnaby fell a dervish who had I truck that officer and was promptly bayoneted through the back twisted ; uboiit while the steel was protruding Rinl tried to thrust his lance into tho roldicr. Even the crippled and I wounded dervishes on the field ot i battle lay in wait to stab the chance I passing enemy. Asked to "surrender" j imd put down their swords and spears, j tha invariable answer of the sorely ; stricken dervish was "Christian (or : frnfidcl) dogs, never!" When I saw : them last in the Soudan, a few years I R ;o, there was no abatement in their i 1. - odthirsty ferocity, nor show of I sitation, whether they numbered ; :v or many, of a longing to get to cose quarters with their enemy. Two Living- l!aroinotcr4. . Two very curious natural barome iers were lately described to a writer lor Harper's by an observer of such things. The first consists of a half pint glass, half filled with water, a leech and a piece of muslin. Tho leech is put into the water, and tho muslin is tied over the top of the glass, so that the little creature can not escane. When tho weather is to be line the leech will remain colled up and motionless at tho bottom ot the glass, under the water. When It leaves the water and craw's to tho top of the glass, rain may be expected, and wet weather will continue as long as the leech remains there. If there is to be a henvy wind the little creat ure will contort itself violently, and squirm about in the liveliest fashion, and a thunder storm may bo hiokc.l for when he seems to bo suffering from convulsions. The other strange barometer is found in the person cf a young girl living in l'ennsvlvani t, v. ho, when the weather is to be clear and sunshiny, has a remarkably picas ant disposition, but who becomes mo rose and disagreeable if clouds are ap proaching, and who foretells storms by becoming almost unmanageable. Sometimes sho has to be tied up when the storms increase in force, but when they become milder so does she, until finally, with the returning sun, she is peaceful once more. Neither of these strango barometers is likely to prove a popu lar substitute in cities for the ordi nary instrument that does similar prophetic work or on the farms for tho farmer's rheumatism or pet corn, by means of which the changes of the weather are there customarily 'orctold. Happiness anil Work. Genuine happiness In this worli cannot be obtained without work and responsibility, remarks an exchange. The person whoso time hangs heavy on her hands is sure to become a creature of njoodi, and develop a pet tish and unhappy disposition, and degenerate into a sort of Mrs. Skew ton, whoso vanity takes up her cn ti e time. It is not alone In the mansions of the rl h that the vl -tims or ennui arc found. Many a poor mother and father viturally starve themselves to gratifly tho whims of a pampere 1 child. Many a woman of independent means de votes her entire time to her fellow beings, and works as hard as women who have to caru their daily bread. The idle woman is generally found among the vulgar, or those who deem that work will disgrace them. The true gentlewoman is nexer afraid of soiling her hands with any necessary or userul work, and such woman ii not likely to be the victim of a pet tish disposition. lciU A simple rub; of determining the number of tons of rails required to ,1-iy a mile track is as follows: Multi ply the weight per yard by 11, and : lividc the product l y 7. J or example: Pake a 70-pound rail; TO multiplied by 1 1 equals 770 which divided by 7 jives 110 the number ot tous r iuired. ... INEWS IN BRIEF. Silk is woven by electricity. Aluminum does not rust or tarnish, There are 13,000 kinds of postaga stamps. A British peer cannot resign Lis reeiage- It ilie type was fiiet made by Aldus about 1 170. The United States contain lol, tit-0 str ct cars. Sun-exposed trees have their lar gest hn.bs on the south side. There is a prospect of steam tarl inct being appliol to torpedo boati. 1 he steam engines of the world to Jay givo 0,000,000 hoise-pDwer. ' hinn'H national hymn is so long that people take half a day to listou to Gas pipes of manilla paper coatoc i!h asphalt have been used snocesi tally. More than 10,000 Hindoos havi bf-en inoculated for the prevention of :h- lera. Zoologists say that all known specie of wild aniiu-ds are gradually diminish ing In size. - Sait.erland has morepost-offieet. in proportion to population than any other c untry. Th earth's lowest boly of water it. tho Caspiau sea, which has been Bink ing for c. uturies. --A large meteor fell near Atehiwn, Kan., and people for miles around Tent looking for it. T prove he bad a largo mouth i Co'uinbus, Ohio, mnn inserted a biliiard ball. A surgeon cut it out. A mip of Aierica, by Columbus, lias been discovered. It represents his continent as part of Asia. Immense as tho bulk of Jupiter nv. it makes a complete turn on its axis in a trille less thm ten hours. Tho French systems of weights is pretty nigh universel in all countriei other than English speaking. The inventors in Chicago are quar relling over the ownernhip of an ap Vnrat us for the transfusion "of blood. Cukes of tea in Indin, pieces of ailk in Chin i, n-ilt iu Aby tsinia and codflab in Iceland h ive been used t-s money. - Of lu"0 men who marry, 332 marry yintnper women, o7l) marry women i tuo sjimu a; Women. --Jv- IL Fanlkn-r, of Henderson, JJ. C. T (he father of eighteen children, h s forty grandchildren and is not yot nn ol I man. Tho Rd Sea is so willed because it js literally covered with minute red animaleulae; the water itsalf is of a ?lcar bright blue. At a masquerade in a Mew York Milmrb recently a man who appeard as Father Time carrud a lawn mower in stead of a scythe. According to careful estimates, three h .-nrs of elo.-o study wear out the body more than a whole day cd hard phytie.il exercise. Over the door of a goneral store il rineviile, Ky., there used to bo a sign r ailing: ''Pistols, collins and dime novels sold Here." )pticiaus say that the eye can de teet the color produced by a 'ding but one-mil ionth of a grammo of luchaine t a gluts of water. There are several factories in India an 1 one. at least, in Europe, that at Mannheim, Germany, whero butter is m ule from cocoanuts. The Tuir 1 United States Cavalry roue 1S.OH0 mile l ist year on the bor der, one company. Troop G, aeeoiu-Vli-hed c-i, hty-livc- mi'es in one day. --A gr.ty fox on a West Chester, IVtib fa-iu is on terms of friendship with a lot of young lieagledogs and frequent ly Meeps in the same pen with them. Baliinfiro engines are supplied with hose lilted with electrio wires, fu that the tireman handling tho hoso can communicate with those at tho en jiue. The statuo of Benjamin Franklin which stood in front of tho Electric Building at the World's Fair has been presented to the University of Penn sylvania. Le-oh-ta- Wan-nah-wnh -nan, or ' The Maid with eys That Kill," a half breed Kionx lias changed her name to Mr. John Joned. Sho married au Indian agent. Observation recently made undei the auspices of the Anstr'ian Government prove that there are places in tho Med iterranean Sea that are over three uiles deep. --In Trwin County George, a mule ran a ay with Mr.Frankliu Hammond, thrc-ir- him from tho wagon and broke his ieg. That is tho eighteenth time '.he same leg has been broken. Express freight cars are to Iks used for carrying merchandise on the t-lec-tric lino between Albany anil Troy, V Y. They are tho first "or their kind Ko bo useil in this country. Investigation of raindrops leads to tho conclusion that Mime of tho large drops must be more or less hollow, as they fail when striking to wet the whole surface inclosed within the Irop. - Opals are so sensitive that exposure to moisturo or heat, or even atmos pheric change, sometimes ruin them. John Kaminer, a Chicago electrician Las invented an electrio vapor lamp. It involves an entirely new principle and makes a light a dozen times uioro brilliant that the present electric ights. Gurlt has collected figures which i-how that there is ono death to every 3,00") administrations of chloroform; while with ether there is only one fatal casein 1I,00. Ether is dangerous to the iungp, chloroform to the heart. l"lucky. This illustration of the nluck ot Admiral Sir Arthur Cumminus. lately ieceascd is given by a London paper: When a Lieutenant on the South American station, half a century ago, tie hoarded a slaver, and through his boitmen losing hold of that vessel, be found himself unsupported ou board a ship the deck of which wus :rowded with hostile Spaniards. Without hesitation he shot the aelmsman, seized the wheel, ran tho ilavcr up in the wind and, pistol In nand, kept the entire crew at bay un lil hi boatwas ncc WQj alongside. 4 1 - ' -ir' ,- --.y,:
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