c y I! II. F. BOHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. VOL. XLVIII MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 16. 1894. NO. 22. ! , OO'R ANOEIS, We lovo to think they linger with ns still, Tout when our souls are full ot lonsing deep. Chey come about us at th?tr own swe-?t wil And steal into our bein soft as l9e-. Shall tb?y not co no whosa sympathies wer curs. The friends W3 lovel most ten le.Iy and true Whose graves are fresh with f?.-:n-'s n.-si off --rod fljwers And beneJiciions of the tujim.-r de7 Wa long biva kept th hearts iuirj of out Garnishcl anl swept with saorei care fo them, Anl mainory hoarl?, dapari?. year by y3.-u Their love aal frie.i UYp a3 gem. prc.ou Ve may not see thm with our raorta. V1M3 f Nor hear lue musie they hivj j Kt b?rnn. t:li they n:iy como to sp?ak of U.-l la Eiysiau, Or ; uijo us to the.n when our work it done. -pints intanjib!? we know t'a?y co n.-l When our ii.'e tu uults for a nw.nen, ceaSL ; They s e to us, althojjh tholr lips ar, du:iib. And the 3roat sllo ioa his a cry of petce, 'J tender ara tha words of ChrLii, t'nt fl sk Full armies of love on tiinrs wi da ssa- More mml:-al t!na Israftli's nti, Morolovinj than a mother's lullaby M re beautiful than any faca or form. Dearer than fam? or Iqv.-'s divine behest Sweeter than un.hiue alter days of stor.n Ara tlhir stiil voioa fro a a lanl o' rest. Tliase are cur angels fljsh anl b'.ood nf IIIOIV, As ere a laid them in our kin Ired earth; .nlya our souls may r.'a?-a theOT goao before. An 1 Rather strength from beings of n3 birtb. Tliee are o-j' an;e, for 1 V5 cannot die. Nor yet ia Ik a wit its t-uder Ji. b; dumb Our heralds; who will wat.-'i, an 1 f :i !!y c.-j Intliegrat praeac, our fr.euup, they come!' Eostou Journal. TWO HIGHWAYMEN. CEOItOE Walsh. C-'3ELD hard C l mi .1... 1 . iIowl the rouyh moun tain trail tin stag e-c o ac I rumbled Lt'itv i y, j o 1 1 i n j against r o c k 1 and ttonis it tierce de!ianc of ail coDse iuencccs, a n c swaying f r o n tide to side ua lil tbu s .rings creaked anc groaned. Tall. i;aunt Ben Til ljtion, the driver, k"!it his inscc .ire scat as if he was a part of the vehic e itself, and with every motion of the coach hif body moved with sinuous gracefulness. "Steady now, boys, stcadv." he scouted to the doublo team of plunging ' 111MM.H. 1 e wuul lo iuaKe euuu lime, but twont do to smash the coinpany't coach to pieces. Wuoa, uosv! We ain't got no load this time, but that nin't na reason for bein' ieckle&. L ioli out foi the Devil's Cut, it's rough there. Ye'll stumble vcrcclf. Git up there. I tolc je so." lie jcrlcel one of the stumbling horse, to his feet so suddenly that the animal was scarcely awsrc of his fall; but the speed of the wild, galloping team was checked by the slight mishap. "That'll bring tc to vo ir s.-nscs if any thin. Xow ta.;o it easier. Du"t be smashin' things to pieces so. Ye'll g;t enough of it when ye reach the level. Yc'rc tho most determined critturs tuat I ever drew lino behind, an' cf yo don't break your necks some day oa these, slopes I'm missin' my guess. Ef we had eomo passengers inside they'd bo scared half out of their wit3. Bat we ain't, No, nothia' but gold, and lot of It." The driver jerked his head around and looked at tho big, square box, which contaiued the precious treasure of tho company. It was a common looking box, but strongly rivctel and bound. It was close up to the driver so that he could touch it with his feet. "A mighty big sum," ha rauttcroL aloud, "au' a putty rcspousiblo load lor one man to guard. Thousands of dol lars, I s'posc. If some fcilers only knew it they'd ba holdin' me up 'round her'?. It would ba worth tho risk. But thea Eju Tillotson has never yet been caught nappia', nu' there aiu't many who would care to try bint. It would be dangerous. Ves, sir, it would." lie tapped his heavy revolvers 89 ha spoko and glanced defiantly around him. ! laughed Ben loudly. "Hold up myself. That would be great, right hero in this dark canyon, an' then tell 'em a man robbed the coach. No lio 'bout; that. They'd believo it, for I've always been eo trustworthy. Well, well, I could chuck the box into the bushes au como back for It later." Tho idea seemed to please the driver, and he smiled broadly as he continued t' hink of it. "There would be plenty of ways ouv of It. Tho box would never be found here, an' Ben Tillotson would be rich. I guess then Mttndy Duyval wouldn't look at that Harry Someis no longer. She'd take mo quickcr'n a wink. He's not good enough for her, but she thinks everything of him. I never did like his looks, lie comes from some place that nobody knows anything 'bout. He's got a better position than I have, an Mandy thinks more of him for that. How this iconej weald set me ud I I could make splurge that would astonish some of 'em. 'Twouldn't be bad, cither. I've worked for the company nigh unto ten years, an' they ain't lost a cent by me. It ain't a losin' bargain for 'em. They've madi me. But then think of the shame 1 No, sir, git up there, boys, we must hurry." He snapped his long whip in the air tnd urged the horses on into break-nock 1 ace. Tho rumbling" of the heavy wuecU soon brought tho man back: to his reGective mood. ' ' "But how easily I could work Uw ome.'i.heiaused'aiajnltL'lLMiS ' j 1 a j u Iho coach had nearly reached the valley, . t of h;; rcTOivor t0 accompany him ind was rolling along at an easier gait. the nedreat int of civilizitioD he "Hal ha I what an idee,' suddenly .lltll hn Rtrun(T un at tha first tree. ! would be the better for it. Right ahead la the canyon I could chuck the bos in , the hollow, an' all would be dnn. Tnej'd send out scrutin parties, but no body would flad it. Then months later I'd come for it." Oace more tai horses slowed down tc gentle trot, aad the sturdy driver fidgeted the box with his f .. Tas spell of touptation nearly conquered. The hidiug place wa? n.'r at hand. The hories stopped a if by mstinct; but t iu very fact startle 1 the mai. "No, no. What ails me! G.t up, yi brute, what are ye s:vpin' for? I wasn't goin' to do a-Vv:.iiag. I wai only thinkiu' how it m.ght be done. Gil upl" lie was nervous and excited, glancint round him m my tiroes. "Pnawl' I'm superstitious," ho cx jlaiiued w.t'a a lauh. "Who do I think will see ma her.'. There ain't nothia' ta be afraid of. I'll j i ;t o;i to quiet mj uerves. Whoa, t.iure!" The sta'-coac'.i came to a dead halt Cbu Till jio:i jumped down from bit hi-jh sua: aai walked up to the heads o) tad animal. 'A mighty lonely place. NJD0.I5 ii twenty miles of me and five, six ot seven thousand dollars in gold. Maybe there's more. Let 1110 see how heavy the box is. Ay. but that is heavvt ( Shouldn't wonder ef thtre wa3 more probably ten thousand dollar! all soli, 1 1 wonder el 1 cjtui 111 1 it. lea, an throw it in the bushes. K isy as can bo. Held up by hig'waym:n, nice story, two bullets in tho clotucs, aad one through '.he hat. Hat ha! hil I'll tr it, yes no. Iley whatr' A stone rolled dowa the side of th. canyon wall, an i tho man ltoked up ner vously. It was ouly a grey squirrel, bul tho bead like eyes were, watching him intently. "What n:n I doin,-' the man mut tcred, with the cold perspiration run ning down his face. "Uobbin, slealin' an ordinary highwayman. Heavens' Git up here I ilurry, boys, or I'll gc crazy." The coach seemed to rush along a iightning speed. The heavy box fel bae' to its original position, but t.i j driver's hands trembled so that he could hardly hold the reins. Do.vn the canyoc horacs and driver rolled in a cloud of dust. The man saw nothing around him, and the whisperings of his o.vn cousjiance shut out every external sound. The horses follo.vei the road by instinct, and that alone saved the c lach from entire destruction. Faster and faster beurgec the plunging animals forward until tho limit of their speed was reached. Tacy rushed a sudden curve with thoir fl inks reek leg with white foam, and then tey came to a standstill so suddenly that lici Tillotson barely retained his seat. "Hands up ! Hands up, quick !" Was ho dreaming, or was bis braiu turning? Was his mind still dwelling upon the old idea, or was he held up iu earnest? Mechanically, however, he raised his hands, and when his btfoec brain nu clear enough to understand hit position he realized that a heavy Win chester was staring him ia the fn-:s. "Don't move, old man, or ye'll die,' the masked highwayman said, calmly. "Ye'se caught this tiruo. Hani ovoi the box quick. Hands up!" The ride moved threateningly nearer ind Ben bad nothing to do but obey. Ho had never been caught before, and . t 1 . . - 1 . . ,Ue thought of delivering his t loougui ui uuiivuiiug uis ircasaro Le a highwayman roused all of his luten' . Sunning and courage. j "Hero ye are. Gat hold of it. j must hold the horses." , "2ever mind the horses. S'aove thi 33X toward me." 1 Ben obeyed. ne pushed the bci ' ilowly along with his feet. He could see that the man was green at the busi ness, and ho waited for his opportuuity. When the box was close to the highway man the riile was lowered for an instant. j Bun was within three feet of it, and with 1 sudden spring he caught the barrel 0 . t in his left hand. 'Hold up, straDgcr; I hsve the droj ;his time," he calmly said, producing a revolver and holding it within a foot of ho man's head. I "Cur3C3 on ye," came from behind the jiask. i "Drop that riile, and hold up you. elands. Drop it, I say, or you'll go into eternity without warnin'." I The man reluotautly obeyed. lit ' could do nothing else under the circu u- itanccs. . . . " I "Now oil with that mask. No; I'l. cake it oil myself." j The highwayman sought to catch tht nask, but Ben tore it ofl with oue sweep ' of his band, holding tho revolver tight In his right. 'Harry Somcrsl" he gasped. The two men gazed at each other foi several moments. The uncovered high- 1 way man was pale, and Ben Tillotson trembled at the sudden revelation. The penalty of such a crime was death, and the driver would be justified in shooting ! his rival without a word of warning. On the other hand, if be showed a mag The choi:e of deaths was not encourag ing. "Well, what are you goin' to do with net" the captured man asked in a voice Ihat was intended to be brave. "You have me in your power an' my life ii yours, I i'pote. 1 could have shot you yours, 1 pose. 1 mum M.uui. before, but I couldn't commit murder, You can shoot me, an' nobody will call it murder. It will be justice. Or you can take me to tho town an have my body grace a tree. Mandy Duyval will ba there, an' she'll rejoice with you at tho light." At the mention of his sweetheart's name Bon started. The man's harsh lausrh crated horribly oa his nsrves. Would Mandy think more of him if he brought bis rival to justice! Justice Had he not just attempted the ta ne crime, and been prevented only by the sudden awakening of his fear and con science? Was not he as guilty as Harry 1 Somers of highway robberyt The j thought of his undected crime made his hand" tremble, and the beads of purspiri ion started out upon his forehead. I "Come, what are you waitin' furt rw't Vpn me uncertain like this. Shoot away, or let me get up alongside of you. I'll go peacefully. All's up with me, Uiyway." . . Ben still kept him covered with his revolver, but his mind was so agitated that his man could easily have escaped. The words of Harry brought hiai to his tenses, and .he rnurmured aloud: nanimous snirit. and forcod him, at the "UO wun you wuat am R do? Well, let me see. You ain't bid at heart, Harry, an' this is your first of fence. You didn't meai to be bad yo;i joa' yielded to temptation, same' I tii.l an' then well, y iu got caught, an' I didn't. You ain't no worse thai I am. Dot Wai am I goin' to do a ifi you? Welt, nothia' not a t In ti cf Come, vL up alongside of me an' ride to the town. I ain't got nothia' ag'ia you, an the Lord knows I would 11 hurt any one unjustly. Come, are you 50ms; with met" Ban had withdrawn h:s revolver and placed it in his belt. Too highwayman was uncjvered and at liberty to do as he p!'.:i ed. "Pick up your rifle," Ben continue). "I kin trust you. You don't want to hold me up any more, an' I don't want to hold up myself ag'in. We're not fi; for highwaymen sot too much coa lcience th, Harry?" lie laughed so strangely that II irry Somors began to doubt bis sanity. Me chanically the highwayman picked up his ride and took a scat alongside of the driver. "Xo, it's no trap that I'm leadio yoi. . into. 1 m honest with you. io, I ain I mad, nor insane cither. I'm just fait ar.' square. - You needn't be afeard. j 'J'ain't Ben Tillottsoa that goes bacs ou I his word, nor justice cither. You tr.ed to hold me up an' rob the stage-coaua. i Well, that's no more'n I did, too. You pot caught, but the good Lord saved me, an' I'd be a brute cf I didn't have as much feelin fer you. It was simple caough. I je' felt a terrible fcclla' come over me back in the canyon thet I'd like to be rich all of a sudden. An' had thousands of dollars aboard, an' no body roua'. I could pitch the box id the bushes, an' then come back fur it later. Tell 'em that highwayman held me up. Nice story, ebt Nobody bj tos wiser. But when I cum to my senses agin I was frightened at the tho ight. I licked up the horses as ef Satan was af ter ma. 'Twa a narrow e-cape. Tuen, sure enough I was held up by you. j b iieve the Lord jes scut ve to try me. ' He wanted to see if I'd be as merciful ai He was. That's the whole of the story. Taiu't much, llnrry Sjmcr3, but it mean fiat we're both high way inei. It's oui itot, an it will never happen agiu'." - Ben was still dilating upon his fears in the canyon when the stage coach rolled into the town; but the two highwaymen kept their story to themselves, and di vulged it to no one. Yankco Blade. Ulilizln; Old Barrels. Tha Standard Oil Company has ovet 530,001) second-hand barrels at ilt Point View Oil Works, In Philadelphia, where they are refittc 1 by a large num ber of cooper3. The barrels are gathzrel up in all parts of the Old World and brought across the Atlantic to be used for fur ther shipment. At the shops in this country they are rone wed with hoops and broken staves, and then glued and filled with retined oil for the home mir ket. Formerly second-hand barrels were used the second time for export shipmuuts, but in the last few years all those that are brought back empty are iftcrward used in ths domestic trade. There are now several large vessels on the way across, loaded with empty oil barrels Besides these there are thousands of second-hand barrels gath ered up in all parts of this country. Some are br.'Uj. it h'.ro Aiid others are so it to the rj jntry ia C.evuland, but the bulk istak' ii t j the Eastern oil works. Ti e export as well as tha import trausportation of refined oil ia mostly all in tank cars and in tank vessels over th ocean. The transportation os the retined oil from here is getting less every day. The average is not more than 2 JO barrels a day, and this is nearly all taken away in bulk. AU the new oil barrels .that are made around here are turned out at tho Workhouse and they are all taken to the Beaver Creek KeHnery. New York '"'elegram. Came Back and Paid Up. Sixteen years ago T. R. S chock disap peared from Mexico, Mo., between two days. It soon transpired that be was overwhelmingly in de'tt. The Schock family was and still is a prominent one in the country, and his brothers indig nant lit his absconding determined to bring him back, but no trace of him could bo found. Recently a travel stained stranger, bronzed by a southern sun, came to Mexico. It was Theodore II. Schock. He employed a lawyer, called on Circuit Clerk Ben C. Johnson and pro posed to pay off the judgments, aggre gating several thousand dollars. As fast as these papers, all of them yellow with Bsc, were passed upon by the attorney, Schock would pay t&em off. All of his pockets seemed to be filled with money. He asked no questions and would answer nonet When the last judgment was satisfied he departed as quietly aa be came and no one knew that he was here till he bad gone. Schock's home is believed to be in South America. New Orleana Picavuae. A Lejcnd of Solomon. There is a Turkish legend to the fol owing effect: Wuen 3 lom a was rul ing oa earth, the aacl Gtbriot was sent to him one day with a gullet filled with the water of life an 1 bearing from oa high the message that If he choose he might drink of the water .Q,j become immortal. (jailing tether n h!s wisa cjunselors, he Uij0ij their alvice. Tiiey, with one eonMntf advised him to drink aal live oreycr. Then he sum.noned the birds at the air and the beasts of the field, and til of them gave the same advice, with ' jne solitary exception. This was the hedgehog. Approaching the throne, tnd bending iu brow to the ground, ;hus did it speak: "If this water may ba rej by thee with thy kith and kin. ;hcn drink and enjoy ths bliss of Uvin B'.it if it is intended for thee aloae, thea io not drink, for sal would it be for ;hee to live on but to see thy kins nea ind friends one after the other disap pear." "True are thy words, O hedge log," replied the king. "To me alone las the water been sent. As thou hast souuseled, so will I decide." Thus ipoke Solomon; and the water of life iid he not drink. A MuflTerer. Visitor (in New York hospital) What is that man taking on so for? He must be In terrible pain. Is he ilnO v.irn n Indeed IHe Ulll; - li . .. m . Is one of the surgeons suffering from slight headache, Judge. TOO DARING FICTION. J Nothing to Do. j Of all bores the most formidable is; THm Harm Soma "Advucad" Women ' the man who, whenever he has any Novelists am Likely to Work. j time to spare, vlbits it on some busy Whether men like It or no, the fact . couaintanre or friend. To the con B.ust be faced that it is women who , Bcientlous or methodical worker every . ... I rmmnnr ia viva zinnia Hiivlnn are now writing the really notable novels. In some cases, no doubt, the "advanced" school of fiction has much In U that Is tremendously, even de- plorably, daring, but that some ot the recent stories of the kind are not only brilliant, but thought-compelling and valuable cannot be denied. We may hold with the hero of one ot the lat est ot thee works that "this new craze for advanced talk between the sexes Is no good," but 1 am quite sure that he Is wrong when he nays that "it's a pose, mostly, as their smoking is, just done for effect." These uew writers are plainly In deadly earnest which Is the one reason why It Is wise not to Ignore, even If onecan - not always agree with, their work. The responsibility which these popular advocates of advanced views take upon their shoulders Is enor. uious, according to the Ladies' Pic - torlaL The written word remains, and no one can tell what lis result may be. An unhappy young woman who committed suicide only last week was apparently influenced by fi ding opposite her birthday date in a George Eilot birthday book the Quotation from "Roiuola:" "There are mo ments when our passions speak aud decide for us, and we seem to stand by and wonder. They carry in them an inspiration to c; iiue that in one Instant docs the work of long pre - meditation." The poor creature, whose spirit seems to bavo been ut terly broken by ill-treatment, then I olsoncd herself, the natural inference being that this unfortunate quota tion acted Injuriously upon her over wrought mind. ir George Eliot's philosophy may, under certain conditions, in any de gree lead to such lamentable results, one hardly likes to think of the pbil osoDbical or pseudo-philosophical fic tion ot to-day, it it should happen to 'all Into unfit, hands, A Looking Glass. "Many persons who are superstl tlous regard the breaking of a looking-glass as an omen of bad luck," said John L. Beardlof Detroit, at the St. James, "but 1 had an experience once where I think that the break ing ot a looking-glass was the means of saving my life. I was the keeper in the State Insane Asylum at the time. One evening about 11 o'c'ock I was sitting in my room reading, when I heard the door suddenly open, and on turning around was startled to see one of the patients, a man whose mania often took a most violent form, standing In the door way. He had always been ke;t un der look and key, and how he man aged to get out is a mystery to me to this day. "I tried to appear as cool as possi ble, and asked blm what, he wauted. 1 have come to kill you,' he replied, I at the same time taking a pistol from bis pocket, which he had ga ned , possess on ot in some unaccountable manner. As he advanced toward lue his eyes wandered around the room, when all at once he saw his own image In a large mirror that hung on the walL His whole de meanor changed In an Instant, and, teeming to forget all about me, he crept aud to what he supposed to be iitioiher man. Suddenly, and with an awful yell, he raised the pistol and fired point-blank at bis Image in the glass. The niirrnr was broken Jnto a thousand pieces. His back Was turned to me, and in an Instant 1 sprang upon him, and held him till lieip arrived, when we locked blm up securely. 1 have always thought that class was the means of saving my life," St. Louis Glo!.e-Democrat. Dromto Missing. John Drew, the actor, too, has a funny story about how he was fooled one April 1st night. He was then supporting Mr. Crane and Mr. Hob son In the "Two Dromlos," and, ow ing to the illness ot Ilobson, had to plar the part of one of the Dromlos. "It was a bad night," says Mr. Drew, "and 1 saw that there was very little money In the house. Mr. Crane was jolly, however, and when I asked him what be thought of the house, said that it was fairish tor Apr 1 Fool's night. "I ought to have tumbled then, but I didn't- All through the play Crane was guying me because I was a bit shaky in. the way of the busi ness of my part, and was rather nerv ous. But we got along to the time in the play when the Dromlos meet together In the center ot the stage. I was there on time, but Mr. Crane was not. Instead a voice came out of the wings. It was Mr. Crane's voice, and It said, 'April Fool,' so that all tho audience could hear It Oli. how they laughed at the joke. Cut I did not" Points In Tree Planting. A careful writer In the Flordia Agriculturist says: "In transplant- ing a tree from a nursery a mark should be made on the body to as to set It out precisely in its relation to the cardinal points of the compass as it originally stood; because the struc ture of the bark and fibre differ very much from the north to the south sida. The lamlnlferous concentric , rings are nearer each other on the south side and are more hardy and durable. However, If Is a paradox to observe that a young tree that has been injured by excessive cold weather always shows split bark on the south side; the north side appears more spotigy'and porous. When a la ge ' treo is cut down and sawed up the ' p tn is observed to be several inches south of the center. There is no legularity In the distances between j the concentric rings close for a dry year and far apart caused by long and protracted rain seasons." Whose PlaasareT Mr. De Vine-Afflatus Oh, I write only for pleasure. Mr. rennyllner Precisely, my dear boy; hut did it 1. ever strike you that from the stand point of the reader the pleasure should be mutual? During the reign of Ausgustus there were 32J public bakeries in Rome. The societies of miller and bakers were incorporated by Trajan about A. D. 108. ' V , . v i., hours. Each minute wasted by him self, or taken Idly from him rj an other, costs him at least some extra exertion, but more often actual loss of opportunity, or fatal delay, In bis important affairs. While he is lis. tening to the idle chat of his unwel come visitor, chat which might be entertaining enough under favorable circumstances, he Is wondering how ne can "'ontrlve to get rid of him without actual rudeness. Having at 'ast done so, he inwardly ows that n J wl11 never again be to victim! id. Hut unfortunately the tore glvts no ; warning of his approach; one day la jne walks agnln, saying, "My dean fellow, I wasj 1st passing and thought 1 would drop in and see how you were." "But 1 am awfully busy," yu reply. "Oh, that s all bosh," ! 8a'8 the plague. "You don't taka i me ,n wltn tnat kl id of stoiios, I'n too old a hand. Hy the by, whom do ' you think I saw to-day?" You may capitulate; you have the p'ague on you, and must give in. Mayhap the visitor is some chance acquaintance met while traveling, and who is now pa-siDg leisurely through the town but stopping for a little chat over past enjoyments; or perchance It is some favorite relative from the coun try, who makes an annual trip to the ! metropolis and has left all cares and concern aoout nis own affairs, wltn all notion of tVe value of time, be hind him. All are equally unwel come during business hours; what J might be, if time permitted, a de lightful Interlude, or, at most, a petty annoyatue, becomes a real af fliction, and not unfreq-iently ex poses the thoughtless cause of It to severo secret animadversion of even the most patient or charitably dis posed sufferer. Gloves. Gloves were not known in England until near the cloe of the tenth cent ury, and were then worn with a thumb and no fingers, like mittens. They were larger in every way than they needed to be, and wondrously embroidered and starred with jewels. No gloves were finer than those of the clergy. They were mostly of white silk or linen, cunningly broid ercd and sometimes fringed with pearls. One ecclesiastic had a red 1 silk Palr- with the sacred monogram worked on the back, surrounded with mvry, aim iaier on iney nai gloves to match their different vest ments. -In fact, gloves had dot ar ted from the primary idea of utility and become a decoration. They were too magnificent for common wear, and were frequently carried In the hand or worn on the girdle. It was by the One gloves his page had in his girdle that C'ur do Lion was be trayed on his way home from the crusade and so fell Into captivity. But already the glove was more than a mere bit of foppery. The knight's mailed glove sheltered his hand; it became a sign of power; and when a gracious lord meant to signify his in tention to protect a town lie sent his glove as a sure sign of his willingness. The glove, too, was the token of de fiance when one knight declared war against another; and to show his fealty to his mistress, ho bound her broidered glove to his helmet Long gloves came in at the end o the seventeenth century. Nell Gwynne's gloves were a proverb for their beau ty. All through this time g'oves were prettily set off with lace, rib bons and fringe, although the fashion of the finer artistic embroidery of the middle ages was falling into li s use. The bare hand was deemed an oTcnse, and the costliness of gloves leflned their wearers' social position. Professional Jealousy. Mallbran and Sontag, the two fa mous singers, were rivals, and once cast to sing in "Kotr.eo and Juliet" Sontag was a German, vory sweet and, gentle, but not so quick as Malibran, who was a Spaniard. The latter,; who played llomco, did her best to puzzle and torment poor Juliet at re- ! hearsals, and when begged by her to . Shy on what part of the stage she was going to fall In the last scene, always replied she really did not j know, really could not tell; some times she died in one place, some times in another, Just as It happen ed. On the night of the performance, Sontag meekly prepared to follow ; Korueo, who maliciously Insisted on dying close down to the footllghs In front of the curtain. Juliet fell dead by his side, and the fair corpses had to be removed by two red-plush liver ied footman in good view ot the au dience. Slot Machines In Ancient Egypt. Ancient Egjpt Is "looking up" in every way. Some of its contrivances appear to have been quite up to date. Actually, they had already more than 2,000 years ago what we call "a penny in the slot" for the extrac tion of something useful, pleasant or otherwise desirable. Ileron, the philosopher of Alexandria, describes an automatic machine which he as serts to have been In use In the Egyptian temples for a long time past even before his time. By throwing a piece of money In the slot the worshipers received some consecrated water through a valve. The stature or stand, the two-armed lever with its closing valve and the other details of the machine are all correctly described. St Jamei Ga zette. A railroad man in Oakland be- came angry at a friend and shot him ; four times. The shots were at shrt range ana an struck, but not one penetrated the skin. If the Oakland man really wants to hurt his friend he ought to kick him. A Narrow Escape. "What do you think of Dauber's pictures? Pretty bad, arn't they?" 'Yes; and yet I know one man who thinks them very fair and who owns a lot of them." "Who, for mercy sake?" "Dauber." Truth. Merely Wated to Know, Ton Know. He Would you marry me She -You know I would; why do you ask such a question? lie Simply out of curiosity. Once a Week. ARB THI SPRINGS LONC AOO or Come near, O sun O south wind, blow. And be the winter's captives free 1; Waere are the springs of long ago? Drive under ground the lingering snow, And up the greensward legions lead ; Come near, O sun O south wind, blow I Are these the skies we nsed to knowr Ths budding wool, the fresh-blown meadl Come near, O sun O south wind, blow I The breathing furrow will we tow. And patient wait the patient seal; Come near, O tun O south wind, blow , The grain of vanished years will gron Bnt not the vanUhei years, indeed I Where are the springs of long ago? With sodden leafage, lying low Toey for remembrance faintly plea4I Come neur, O son O south wind, blow I Where are the springs of long ago' Edith M. Thomas. IIUXOB OF THE DAT. TXumbug Bumble bees. Buy words Uow mucht A shining light Jupiter. A spokesman The wheelwright. A pronounced failure Stuttering. Room for improvement The gym nasi urn. Truth. "I am willing enough to work," fi 1 young Steer, "but I can't find anybody to work." Elinira Gazette. Cholly "What kind of a balance hn-. me wawtscht" Jeweler Probably aa unpaid one." Jee'er's Weekly. George "I thought yoa were itudv (ng oil wells in the West." Fred "O.i, I gave it up; it was such a bore, yo i know." Exchange. Cnticus (looking at a picture of tit. impressionist) "If that's high art, thea I'm an idiot." Cynlcus "Well, that is high art" Tid bits. Extreme loquaciousness sjldom goo. with an air of prosperity. The more a man talks through his hat the shabbier j ii gets. Washington Star. Crinoline or cblera, Which one wdt it be To sweep the western continent la eighteen ninety-tarMtr Detroit Free Ti-ess. She "Itcally, now, aren't you a married mant" He "No. Whyf She "Oh, you have such a settled look." He "Yes; I've been refused by thirtcej girls." Doctor "I really believe you havt jomo kind of poison in your system." Patient (Gloomily) "I shouldn't won der. What was that last stuff you gave met" Judy. A "Hello, old chapt Congratula dons I I hear you have married a lady with an independent fortune 1" B "No; I married a fortune with an Independent lady." Vogue. Daggs "What are yon retJing Acre?'' Scaggs "Tha story of '800 Who Must Be Obeyed." Daggs "Oh, yes; the romance of a hired girl." bouiervillc Journal. Borker ."Spoodle has married a gir. ho knows half a doxon languages." Nagger "Poor fellow, I pity him I My wite only knows one language, and I find that one too many." Love peepad into the eottago. And the building seemed all right; But a scanty supply of pottage Ma le blm quickly take his Bight Truth. Parisian (to intimate friend) "1 jave brought the novel you asked me to lend you, but, as you are not fond of re turning books, I will take back a couple of yours ac hostages." L'Echo Fraacais. Family Fhysician "Well, Mr. Ay .ing, what is it nowt Any fresh trouble on handt" Caller "No, I don't think you could call it exictly a fresh trouble, Doctor. It's salt rheum." Chicagr Tribune. A stump orator wanted the wings of 1 jird, to fly to every village and hamlet in tb broad land; bat he collapsed when a man in the crowd sang out: "You'd get shot for a goose before you flew a mile." Tit-Bitsl Miss Poctique "How dreamily de ilghtful is the soothing sound of old ocean's waves rolling up in tho moon light upon tho silver sandal" Miss Prac tical "Yes, I always did like to hear tho water sloshing around on the beach." Somerville Journal. Biggs "You say your wife alwayv pins a flower on your coat before you leave hornet" "Yes; she has for a month." Blggt "Well, it shows she thinks of you." 'No; it's because she never can remomber to sevv ou the but ton." Chicago Iuter-Occai. A man can grow sad, melancholy, dys peptic, bilious, hollow eyed, pa'.c, de jected, tired of life, cynical, cold blooded, rcpellant and too dangerous to be at lartro. and still he will Inn rh tn ' see a fat man chasing a street car that is going three feet to his one. Detroii Free Press. 'Want to buy some of those applest1 inquired the grocer's clerk. "To buy some!" said the hopeless looking ruua near the barrel, with a dry sob. "No, I don't want to buy any; but if it doesn't cost too much I'd like to stand here n few minutes and indulge sparingly iu smelling them." Chicago Tribune. "Halloa, Major," said the Jule oat norniag; "I haven't seen you lor a week; where have you beenf "Bcui home ill as anything," repl'c 1 th.. Major. "Yoa! Why you were always as healthy as could be. What i 1 tin; world made you ill?" "Weil, I tried l follow some rules on health I taiv in I':.? paper." Drake's Maaziue. Emperor William of Germau l:n-t much to the disgust of h.s su'.ijic s in augurated the pract'c of ha'v.u ail t . game killed at the imperial s'l'ioti-i-parties sold for the highest p:-vb'e price. Heretofore it has been c is o-iury for such of the game as was not re rt; I for the royal household, or for-prM':u, to be given to charitable institutions. Took It All D itt The Rev. Mr. bingo (wrestling with the turkey) Maria, have you Ih-cii trying to sharpen this carving-knife? Mrs. Bingo I have, dear. 1 did the best 1 knew how with it The Rev. Mr. bingo Then I take back every thing I said In the grace Brooklyn Vile. There is a boy m jne Philadelphia Hock Exchange whn can read the "ticker" by sound. WHERE SCIENTIFIC AND INDTJSTEIATu Southern lactones are making panel from palmetto. Liebig, the chemist, says the huma. body is composed of air condensed and uncondensed. It is said that men faint less freqnentlj than women because their imagination is slower of action than it is with the fair I The extent of the oscillation of tall chimneys may be exactly taken by a close observation of tho shadows they cast on the ground. The incandesced light is a yellow lighl just as gas is, and colors cannot be de- 1 tccted by it any better than they can by ordinary gas or lamp light. A slit in a piece of paper, even though, it be not more than one forty-thousandth of an inch in width. Is sufficient to transmit light to the hunaa eye. On many of the railways la German the practice of starting locomotive fires with gas instead of wood has booa idopted and proves economical. AVhite or Irish" potatoes are now ned extensively in the manufacture ol buttons. By means of certain acids po tatoes can be hardened to almost the re sistance of stone. 1 It is asserted that waterproof sheets 01 paper, gummed and hydraulically com pressed, make a material as durable at leather for the solos of shoes. It alsc makes serviceable horseshoes. A special commission at Toulon France, has decided against the use ot petroleum as fuel on torpedo boats. Out of ten cans of petroleum experimented upon eight became ignited, from per cussion after twelve shot bad been fired upon armor plate protecting them. The lungs will contain about one gal Ion of air at their usual degree of infla tion. We breathe on an average 12J0 times per hour, iuhale GJ0 gallons of air, or 21,000 per day. The aggregate sur face of the air cells of the lungs exceeds 20,000 square inches, an area very nearly equal the floor of a room twelve feet square. A law has been enacted in Ontario, Canada, forbidding ths spraying or sprinkling of fruit trees while they are la bloom with any mixture containing Paris green or other substances poisonous or injurious to bees. Tue object of the legislation is to proteit the bees from harm, the honey from possible taint ol poisoning, and to avoid possible obstacles to complete fertilization of the fruit. A remarkable discovery in the domaii of medical science is reported from Vienna. Doctor K. L. Bcleich claims that the results obtained by the use of chloroform and cocaine may be secured by subcutaneous injections of a solution of sugnr or salt, or even of simple cold distilled water, while the ill effects that sometimes follow applications of the former are avoided. This claim. It is as serted, is based upon a series of experi ments, and some medical authorities are said to be satisfied of the genuineness of the claim. ihe atrtion that the temperature oi the earth increases about one degree for every sixty feet as we descend into it is not true fer all localities. In some shafts tunk in mines the increase is one degree for every twenty feet, while in others it is not more than one in a hundred, show ing that there is no uniformity in the temperature of the earth's crust. The Making of Scissors. Though no complexities are involved in the making of scissors, or much skill required, yet the process ot manufacture is very interesting. They are forged from good bar steel heated to redness, each blade being cut off with sufficient metal to form the shank, or that des tined to become the cutting part and bow, or that which later on is fashioned into the holding portion. For the bow a small hole is punched, and this is afterward expanded to the required size by hammering it on a conical anvil, after which both shank and bow are filed into a more perfect shape and the hole bored in the middle for tho rivet. The blades are next ground and the bandies made smooth and burnished with oil and emery, after which the pairs are fitted together and tested as to their easy j worsing. They an not yet finished, j however. They have to undergo hard- ! ening and tempering and bo again ad justed, after which they are finally put together again and polished for the third time. In comparing the edges of knives and scissors it will be noticed, of course, that the latter are not in any way so sharply ground as the former, and that, in cutting, scissors crush and bruise more than knives. Inventive Age. Tho Ilergaiuut Troe. There is but one spot in the world where the bergamot tree can be culti vated with profit a fact of some import ance, since its essenca is indispensable in the manufacture of numerous perfumes and medical preparations. The spot referred to is Reggio, in Calabria, that extremity of the Italian peninsula which is familiarly known as the "toe of the boot." Mr. Kerrich suggests that there is a good chance here for cnterprisiug capitalists of getting a highly profitable monopoly of the bergamot tree by buying Up from the producers all that they ex tract. At present the Reggio bergamot suffers both in quality and reputation through the frauds of small traders, who, it is said, mix it with ten parts of adulterating matter. Chicago Tribune. Styles la Canine Moamlnj. Traveling up Fifth avenue a few days sgo was a woman dressed in deep mourn -in. With her was a beautiful greyhound with long streamers of black ribbon at tached to his collar. If the woman was in mourning for her husband he must have had hard work to conceal a smile as Le gazed down on a ludicrous picture of this canine, decked out in yards of black ribbon. I suppose when the stage of eeuii-mourniug comes the dog will ba arrayed in purple. New York Herald. Hard to Wear. "It must have been dreadfully" hard to wear those old suits of armor." "Yes, they have the appearance of being hardware." Sittings. Dresses are made of wooden fibre which, when spun or otherwise pre pared, is scarcely distinguished from tine silk. NEWS IN BRIEF Male mosqnitoess do not bito. Every trade in China has its patron saint Wife selling is still common in Cen tral Russia, In China when a pupii is reciticg bis lesson he turns his back to his teacher. Garments taken from Egyptian mummies have been found to be dyed with indigo. The Chinese claim to have pos sessed the art of enameling metals from at least 2 000 B. C. The lightning discharge acts power fully by induction on all conductors in its vincinity. Arithmetical notation by the nine digits and zero was used in HindosUa in the sixth century. When lightning strikes the Sahara desert it vitrides a small portion of the sand, making a sort of glass. It is a rare thing to find in any part of China man over twenty years of age who cannot read or write. The manufacture of Greek antiqui ties has been a regular business in southern Russia for twenty years. Leather trunks for transporting clothes were made and sold in Rome as early as the time of Julius Cacear. Moorish potterty and vase makers werebrought.to I tally in 1115, in order to teach the trade to native workmen. There is on exhibition in Madison Ga., an egg that weighs 3i onneex, and measures 8 inches the longest way. The Bun throws vertical rays on the earth's enrfnee only upon an area eqoul to about thirty-live square miles at one time. The first Biblical mention of brick making ia in Genesis. The chronologuts place the date of this reference at B. O. 2,247, Some long leasehold proporty at Chcapeide, London, sold the other day at a prioe equal to ijiliO per super ficial foot rhidias understood the art of sof tening ivory so as, from a single tusk, to produce a plate from twelve to twen ty inches broad The greatest natural cold known is estimated at 105 degrees below zero, the highest natural temperature is in Egypt 117degree8. All true fish have kidneys when in the larval state, but these either be come atrophied or are absorbed bo fore the fish is fu'l grown. The Chan-Santa-Cruz Indians in Yu catan have never been conqnered. No white has ever seen their city, which is defended by a swamp. The word hairbreadth, now used for an infinitesimal space, was onoe a regular measure. It was the width of sixteen hairs lade side by aide. The Needlemakcra' society was formed at Nuremburg in 1370. The eyes of the needles were made by loop ing the wire at the head of the needle. Houses which are damp because of proximity to nndrained land, mny be rendered more habitable by planting the laurel and the snnllower neur them. A butchers' anion was incorpora ted by Nerva, and splendid marble abattoirs were conRiructcd. Ne.o bnilt a meat market as large as the Col lisenm. Professor Hlmnnd Fremy, who died in Paris several weeks ago, is the man who startled the world some yearn since by his artificial production of rubies. Cotton and cotton-weaving were in troduced into Europe by Alexander the Great who sent the material, the seed and the workmen from Persia and India. The heart of a man fclruck by a New Jersey train at Bound Brook, was found on a cowcatcher of the locomotive at Allentown, 1'enn., some seventy miles distant. Dr. Fletcher of Cincinnati, in proof of his theories of "tooth grafting, 'implanted homo dog teeth firmly in the leg boi e of a goat and caused thorn to grow there. Lamb hashed with bananas is one of the bn akfust dishes which often figure on the menu of the mort famous restaurant in New York. It tastes bet ter than it sounds. In a Boston book store is displayed the sign: "Germs sold here germs of thought; of philosophy; of logic, bnt yon cannot be trusted, else we would be buBted.' The sect of Jains, in India, are ths champion long-distance tasters. Fasts of from thirty to forty days are com mon, and once a year they abstain from food for seventy-five days. It is said by experts that practical, even-tempered men nsnally write a plain, ronnd hand, in which every lot tor is legible, and that more ambitious men write hastily and carelessly. New York grows worse and worst in its absue ol the title of Professor. There are now not less than three" bootblacking cellars, the head of which calls himself Professor on his signs. The manufacture of Ikons, those sacred images so universally venerated by orthodox Russians, ia one of the largest household industries of Central Russia, where 2,000,000 are turned out every year. Let him who regrets the loss of tima make proper use of that which is to come in the fntnre. Impiety is the greatest of indisore. tlons. Modern Society's Idea. "A party in a parlor, all silent and all" listening to somebody on a plat form who reads, recites, addresses, and lectures, seems to be the modern idea of social edification. Mr. Augustine Birrell has remarked that in America wo seem still to love talk for Its own sake, and really enjey sit ting and being declaimed at In a loud voice, delighting in the rolling sent ence and the lolly and familiar senti ment And It is certainly the fact that let any one, nowadays, stand up and read a paper or recite a memorized speech, no matter on what subject everybody listens; every heart seems refreshed by the overflow, every In tellectual need stilled. Indeed, no little wit skill, grace, and clever powers of adaptation are pressed Into serv ce for drawing-room entertain ments; and sc long as tbey-go for what they are worth I am greateful enough, only I am tired of the dismal ne cessity of being Instructed at every turn. Aliaut c
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