AN AMERICAN BTONEHENGE.
Fur up on these abandoned mountain farms
Now drifting back to forest wild** again,
Tho long, gray walls extend their clasping
Pathetic monuments of vanished men.
Serpents in stone, they wind o'er hill and dell
'Mid orchards long deserted, fields unshorn;
The crumbling fragments resting whore they
fell,
Forgotten, worthless to a race newborn.
Nearer than stones of storied Saxon name
These speechless relics to ohr hearts should
come.
No toller for a priest's or monarch's fame.
This farmer lived and died to shape a home.
What days of lonely toil he undertook!
What years of iron labor; and for what?
To yield the chipmunk one more secret nook.
The gliding snake one more sequestered spot.
So little time on earth; so much to do;
Yet all that waste of weary, tofiworn hands!
Life came and went; the patient task is
through;
The men are gone; the Idle structure stands.
—T. W. Higginson in New England Magazine.
THE BOGY MAN.
In 1715 a small slave schooner from
the coast of Africa, bound for Virginia,
was blown far out of lier course, toward
the north, and put in at the port of Bos
ton.
The cargo consisted of little else than
a few families of Congo negroes destined
for the new plantations of Virginia.
New Englanders did not then feel any
B]>eeial abhorrence to slavery. If not
regarded with positivo favor it was not
regarded with disfavor, and tho slaver
found little difficulty in ditqawing of his
cargo of men, women and children to
the good citizens of Massachusetts hay.
Among the purchasers was Mr. Lem
uel Clark, owner of a large tract of land
on the Merrimac river, in New Hamp
shire. Three families of negroes were
bought by him and taken to his estate
in the wilderness.
Once the tenant of an English baron
ial estate himself, he inclined to play
tho baron 011 his New Hampshire do
main. A great stockade was built upon
the eminence overlooking the Merrimac,
and within the stockade, upon the crown
of the hill, stood his large log house.
Lower down, lint within the stockade,
were three cabins of the slave families
nnd the more pretentious houses of the
families of English laborers who accom
panied Mr. Clark to the New World.
Back from the stockade and stretching
to the foot of some cliffs that formed the
abutment of a range of low bills was a
wide expanse of level, cleared land, on
which the estate raised its corn and po
tatoes.
Beyond the few charred stumps that
marked the edge of tho clearing was the
forest stretching away as far as the eye
could reach.
As the Merrimac was one of the high
ways of marauding French and Indians,
the stockade was very strongly built,
and from embrasures in its walls pro
jected three small brass cannon com
manding the sweep of the river in every
direction. No fleet of canoes could
safely pass the stockade by day. The
importance of tho place was so well rec
ognized that Mr. Clark held a colonial
commission as major and the stockade
was officially styled Fort Clark.
The children of the fort made no dis
tinction between white and black. The
little Clarks, Sanborns, Tennys and
Marsdons played with the little Qua
shees, Cusliees and Gambas upon terms
of perfect equality.
Tlio children of both races whisked
from house to house. About the hearths
of the negroes the little Englishmen
listened with fascinated horror to wild
tales of devils and evil spirits, great
serpents, huge river monsters and the
gigantic manlike apes of the mysterious
continent of Africa; of bloody tribal
wars and human sacrifices to the heathen
gods. Tho little black toys learned of
tho gny elves and gnomes, of dainty
sprites and fays of merry England, of
the good cheer of Christmas and the
sports of May Day. The rival story tell
ers strove to outdo each other in the
marvelous tales; but nothing so pleased
the children of both races as Sam Qua
shee's stories of the Munito Join to, for
in his native village Sam himself had
lieen Mniubo Jumbo.
The big Congo negro enjoyed telling
how when a crime had been committed
by some person unknown, Mum oo Jumbo
was called upon to detect the guilty one,
and how, mounted upon stilts, with a
long grass cloak completely enshroud
ing him, a great false head fastened
above his own head and n pair of
wooden arms sticking ont below it, ho
stalked about the village like a giant,
terrifying the guilty one until he con
fessed his crime.
The children delighted to hear of the
Mumbo Jumbo marching up and down
the paths of the African village, crowds
of people dancing about him, beating on
tomtoms and singing wild chants. And
when Cnshee and Uuinba gave the bat
tle yell of the cannibal tribe—for those
were cannibal families—the satisfaction
was complete.
Of the tales of the English merry
making, none pleased the little Africans
so much as Philip Sanborn's descrip
tions of the May Day sjiorts. The jollity
of Christinas they knew, for Lemuel
Clark was not a Puritan and kept the
Christmas holidays, but they wished to
dance about a May pole crowned with
flowers. One Christinas night, aB all
the peoplo of the fort were gathered in
the big common room of the "great
house," Mr. Clark promised that the ap
proaching May Day should be celebrated
in English style. Philip Sanborn was
told to take tho matter in hand and
make any preparations he wished.
Philip Sanborn was pleased, but seeing
a cloud upon the face of his rival story
teller, Sam Quashee, he asked if the
negro families might not have the after
noon of May Day for showing their na
tive games and sports.
The reqnest wan readily granted, and
on the next day Sain tjuashee dragged
to hia cabin two well seasoned pine logs
that had been left after building the
stockade, and for weeks thereafter em
ployed every evening in carving from
the logs mysterious objects which even
his own children were not allowed to
see.
The winter of 1722 melted into an
early spring in New Hampshire. The
rivers were free from ice in April, and
the first canoes that came up the Merri
mac brought the news that war was de
clared with France. Tho weapons and
defenses were duly looked to, but 110
precautions were taken, for it was a long
month's journey through the wilderness
to Canada; besides it was not likely the
enemy would move at once.
May Day came at last and a tall May
pole decorated with wreaths of flowers
and strii>cs of colored cloth stood in the
broad stretch of greensward before the
gate of the stockade. Around this pole
the children danced and played old
English games. A bountiful outdoor
repast called the merrymakers from
their fun. Hastily eating what was
placed before them, the older negroes
left the others at the feast. Going
across the clearing they disappeared
among the heaps of rocks at the foot of
tho craggy hills. All the mysterious
things Sam Quashee had been laboring
upon for the past months evidently were
hidden in the cliffs. The children im
patiently awaited the advent of the
weird procession whose grotesque
strangeness would cause thein that de
lightful terror all children enjoy.
An hour passed, but as yet there were
no signs of life about the heaps of rocks
The delay was unaccountable. Sam
Quashee's oldest boy, Bob, proposed that
they start across the fields to meet tho
delayed procession. The other chil
dren eagerly agreed, and off they all
started.
Picking their way over the soft
plowed land, they went toward the
hills, all the time on the alert, expect
ing to turn and flee at any moment be
fore the approach of the Muinlio
Jumbo.
"Why, they are not at the cliffs at
all,' said Mary Clark when the chil
dren had reached the middle of ihe
clearing. "Look over the edge of
pines."
Sure enough, they could see dark fig
ures among the burned trees at the bor
der of the forest hastily concealing
themselves from the gaze of the little
crowd so suddenly turned upon them.
"I saw 'em!" cried Luke Sanborn.
"One of 'em had a feather hat on. I
could see it just as plain, hut I didn't
see anybody on stilts with a false face.
Let's go over."
"It's too far away to see any stilts or
false faces and we had better stay here,"
said Patience Tonney, the oldest of the
group.
Just at that moment there sounded
from the fort the liursh blare of the
trumpet used to eall the laborers from
the fields at mealtime. Looking back
tho ehildren saw a sudden flash of flame,
and a deep roar of a cannon reverberated
among the hills. The next instant the
crackle of musketry came faintly from
the Merrimac; it was answered from
the fort; a blood curdling war whoop
burst from the edge of the clearing near
them and three Indian warriors raised
from among the stumps and came leap
ing toward theml
Almost before they could turn toward
the fort loud drum peals sounded from
the rocks at the foot of the hills. As if
in reply to the war whoops there rang
forth the wild, savage, African battle
cry. There stalked forth into the clear
ing two immense, hideous giants, ac
companied by four strangely bedecked
creatures beating on tomtoms and
screaming forth the battle cry of the
Ansgari cannibals. Fearful, huge, red.
distorted gashes of mouths, knobby,
black cheeks, terribly staring white
eyes, altogether diabolical faces had
these two giants, stalking stiffly out of
the clearing. Scarcely less terrifying
were the bepainted creatures with moose
horns rising above their heads, who
leaped and danced along before the
giants.
Away, with loud shrieks, the children
rushed toward tho fort. The Indians
halted amazed. The giants and their
attendants halted too. They had just
discovered tho Indians. They had
thought the firing of the cannon u salute
in honor of the day.
The Indians hesitated, and the Mum
bo Jumbos hesitated.
But one cannot stand still on stilts.
Tho tallest of the Muiubo Jumbos stag
gered forward and one of the Indians
turned and fled. Tho other giant ad
vanced, the attendants struck their
drums again, and aguiu the horrid Ans
gari war song pealed forth, anil the sec
ond Indian followed the first. The third
Indian dropped on one knee, and before
the Mumbo Jumbos coulu turn ho d v
a bead and sent a bullet crashing
through the wooden forehead of Sam
(juashee's mask.
The giant neither fell nor faltered,
and with a cry of terror the last Indian
rushed after his companions down the
river edge.
Slowly, as befitting their brave con
quests and the softness of the ground,
the procession of Mumbo Jumbos passed
across the field and through the guto of
the fort where the ehildren had just pre
ceded them. The idols of Africa had
overcome the redskins. The rising gen
eration of Clarks, Tennys, Sanborns and
Marsdens would never doubt that fact.
Meantime the white coated body of u
French officer went floating down the
river, and two canoes rapidly disap
peared up the river. The attack upon
Fort Clark had been repulsed. The war
with France had begun.—Atlanta Con
stitution.
What Good Clotlie Are For.
The chief inducement urged in an in
vitation to make one of a woman's camp
ing party in the month of August is the
assurance: "You can wear one dress all
day long every day until it is dirty.
That's what we all did last year.'' Then
the note adds: "Be sure and tell mo right
away bow to have my tnpnsseline desoie
made, Mrs. R.'s husband and a lot of
the gtrlß' brothers are going up for a
week. You'd better take something cap
tivating for tho dance in the old barn,
and one or two pretty day rigs, but you
won't need them till the boys get there."
-New York Times.
A FALSE PROPHECY.
Would be prophets tell us
We shall not reknow
Them that walked our fellows
In tho ways below!
Smoking, smoldering Tophcts,
Steaming, hopeless plaints!
Dreary, niolo eyed prophets!
Poor, skin pledging saiutsl
Knowing not the Father,
What their prophecies?
Grapes of such none gather-
Only thorns and lies!
—George Macdonald in Cosmopolitan.
Puritun Small Boys.
In a book iii which Jonathan Trumbull
recorded the minor cases he tried as
justice of the peace is this entry: "His !
Majesties Tithingman entered coin
plaint against Jona and Susan Smith, j
that on the Lord's day, during diviu*- 1
service, they did smile." They were
found guilty, and each was fined five
shillings and costs. But it was the ;
"small boy" whose behavior in the meet- |
ing house provoked the Puritan elders
to groan in chorus, "Foolishness is j
bound in tho heart of a child."
The boy behaved badly because he
was seated with other boys, instead of
with his father and mother in a family
pew. They were herded together on j
the pulpit and gallery stairs, and tith
ingmen and constables were appointed
to watch over them, "and see that they
behave themselves comelie, and use such
raps and blows as meet."
In one parish it was ordered in town
meeting "that there be some sticks set
up in various places in the meeting ,
house, and fit persona by them and to
use them."
A Pern lan Mode of Puniitliiiieiit.
An extraordinary punishment is now
in vogue in Persia. It was introduced
by the present shah with a view to put
ting a stop to tho petty pilfering that
had had unbridled sway for hundreds of
years. It consists in taking the culprit
through the following "course of
sprouts" and is said to bo very effectual. !
especially when it has been applied to
one guilty of the third offense:
The first time a man is caught in the
act of stealing lie is "bastinadoed" (beat
en on the soles of the feet with an iron
rod) and made to sign a paper declaring j
that that will be his last offense. If he
forgets this when the soles of his feet
quit burning and tries it again, the sec
ond offense calls for the amputation of
his right hand. If he is still obdurate,
and goes at it left handed, the third and
of course last resort is decapitation.—
St. Louis Republic.
Arruiiging Punsic.H. ,
You must pluck pansies every day if
you would have them bloom continually
There is not so great a field for their ar- 1
rangement in tlsp house as with many 1
other flowers. I have a low, shallow, '
flaring basket of amber glass in which I
lay them.
A pretty way to arrange tliem is this
Along the edge of a shelf, bracket, man
tel or whatever it may be, put in a row
of small vases straight up aiul down,
little yellow match jars shaped like a
mug without a handle (which you can
find in any store where Japanese goods
are sold), and into these put your pnn
sies with faces upright looking over the ,
edge, only three or four in each. There <
is room for all sorts of delicious com- i
binations and contrasts of colors in this •
arrangement.—Mrs. Celia Thaxter.
Many LaiiKuagpg In Gorman Colonics.
The Germans are trying to count the
languages that are spokeu in their colo- :
nial possessions. In east Africa they
have found fifty languages, in southwest
Africa, twelve; in Cameroons, twenty; |
in Toga, five or six. These fignres do
not include a largo number of dialects '
which are almost equivalent iu some
cases to another language. The Ger- .
mans have no idea yet how many lan
guages are spoken in their South sea
possessions, hut they have thus far
counted fifty. Tiieir missionaries and
agents are hard at work reducing the i
languages which are most used to writ
ing and making dictionaries of them,—
New York Sun.
Bought Up Ofloitding Orgiuin.
A story is related of the composer
Verdi that has to do with organs. One
time a friend while visiting him was
shown through the composer's home.
When the door was opened into one |
room it was found to be filled with bar- :
rel organs of all sizes and patterns.
"What on earth are you doing with
all these/" asked the astonished friend.
"Those are a few that have annoyed
me with 'La Miserere,'" answered the I
great artist, "and they will never do so
again."—New York World.
A Natural Inference.
Teacher—When was Rome built, say, j
Fritzcheu?
Fritzclien—Rome was built in the
night.
Teacher—How do you make that out,
you silly boy?
Fritzchen—Because you always said,
sir, Jhat Rome was not built in a day.— '
Saphirs Witzblatt.
Massachusetts has given a last rest
ing place to two presidents, New Hamp
shire to one, New York to three, Penn
sylvania to one, Ohio to two, Illinois to
one, Kentucky to one, Tennessee to
three, and Virginia—the "mother of
presidents"—to five.
A heavy plate glass shade, ornament
ed with gold and securely locked to
three staples set in the marble top of a
pulpit in a church in Brussels, is Raid to
cover one of the thorns which formed
a part of the Saviour's crown.
More people were executed in England
during the reign of King Henry VIII
than ever before or since in tho tight
little island, the number reaching 71,400.
"Gentlemen," said one worthy noble
man, who loved to use the Devonshire
dialect, "I wish to propose a toast; and
that there is this here, 'Fox hunting!'"
"Contagious diseases," says tho old ,
philosopher of the Canebrake region,
"is sometimes gen'ly always ketchin." j
FOR PARENTS ONLY.
He M'uh the Youngest Hoy Kver Caned
in School.
I have just returned homo from an even
ing at the play, or rather from visiting my
friends, the Robinsons.
RobiuSbn, an amiable man except when
| his shoelace breaks, sat alone and glum
; in the study. His teeth were clinched, his
face was pale and he stared hard at the
| fire. He welcomed me with an effort and
: then forgot me. He is a business man and
' I am not: so I concluded, that, stocks or
debentures had fallen or risen (or wbftt
! ever it is these things do to plunge those
I who know what they are in despair). J
tried the drawing room and there found
I the two little girls crying, Mrs. Robinson
i on the couch, with her face to the wall.
This was serious, and seemed to me to
! mean at least a "corner" in stocks.
| It was not stocks, however, my hostess
' told me from behind a handkerchief, it
j was Bobby. Had not her husband shown
I me "the letter?"
| Bobby is the heir, aged seven. I softly
withdrew from the drawing room and re
j turned to Robinson, who, with trembling
arm, handed me "the letter." It was from
the master of a school to which Bobby goes
I by train daily, except during the birdnest
ling season, when other matters claim his
attention. The letter read thus:
Dkaii Sir—l regret to have to apprise you of
the fact thnt I had today to oane your sou
Beverely. He is the youngest boy I have ever
caued, but bis delinquencies have of late been
so frequent that no other course wtw open to
me. This conunutdeat ion will doubtless cause
you pain, but the punishment will have a bene
ficial effect not only on him. bpt on the other
boys of his ugc, whose leader in mischief he
has been. They will no longer make a hero of
one whom they have seen publicly chastised.
The disgrace of the punishment, indeed, is
greater than the punishment itself. That
Robert may feel his shame more keenly I have
read this letter to him, and he shall he the
bearer of it to you.
"And where is Bobby at present?" I
nsked, when I had rend t his terrible letter.
"Crying his eyes out in the nursery, no
doubt," answered Robinson. "Of course 1
should have him here, but I can't face him
—I can't face him. I don't blame his mas
ter, but— My dear friend, think of it I The
youngest boy ever caned in the school!
The marks won't wear off his hands for a
week, and think of his agony of mind
every time ho looks at them! Bobby is a
sensitive boy, otherwise I should not take
it so much to heart. My hands, I assure
you, are tingling as if I had been caned
myself."
Mrs. Robinson was for the momeut not
on speaking terms with Robinson, because
he seemed to think that Bobby should con
tinue to go to "such a school." If Bobby
had misconducted himself, surely the
blame lay witli a master who did not un
derstand that he was a boy who could best
be ruled by kindness. She had never had
the least trouble with Bobby. No, he was
not in the house, lie had ran out imme
diately after delivering the letter, and she
had searched for him everywhere in vain.
His pride had been broken. He would
never be the same boy again. He was
nfraid to be looked at. He was no doubt
hidden somewhere in the cold night, and
he had not even on his greatcoat and he
would catch his death of cold.
"If he does, mamma," asked the older
girl, brightening, "will the master be
hanged? And, oh, do you think we could
get tickets?"
The night was dark, so we lit a lantern
and set off to look for the unhappy Bobby.
At last we found him—in Mr. Mackinnon's
stable. We looked through crevices in the
woodwork nnd this is what we saw:
Bobby in tremendous spirits was the
center of a group of envious and admiring
youths, soineof them school fellows, others
ragged lads of the village. If they began
to brag Bobby stopped them short with,
"That isn't nothing; you didn't never get
caned."
"Yes, I did, though," insisted one.
"Let me see your hand," retorted Bobby.
"Oh, ho! he won't, and 'cause there's not
no marks on it."
"Let us see your huiuls again, Bobby."
Bobby held out his hands as proudly as
if they contained a diamond.
"By gum! I say, Bobby, come and play
with me tomorrow."
"Let mo walk beside you, Bobby, and
I'll give you my crossbow. It's broke,
but"
"Bobby, I'm the one you like best, ain't
I?"
"I'm the youngest he ever licked!" cried
Bobby in a transport of delight. He began
to strut up and down the stable.
"Well, then, you needn't 'bounce about
it like that."
"I'm the youngest he ever caned! So
would you bounce if you was the young
est he ever caned."
"But, Bobby"
"Look here, you chaps," broke in the
hero of the day, "I amii't not to he called
Bobby any more. You'll have to call mo
Robinson now. lie called me Robinson
when he caned me."
"Gum!"
"And, what's more, I'm the youngest he
ever"
The other Robinson here retired with a
hopeless look on his face. Mrs. Robinson
seemed less humbled. I came home re
flecting.—J. M. Barrio in Harper's Maga
zine.
Just the Placo.
"Alice, fetch Tom into the fireplace.
Here's fun. He can see the blue sky, an
there's a cool wind on ycr head."—Life.
Thirsting for Information.
Miss Gush (on board the yacht)— What
are they doing, Lieutenant Goldbraid?
Lieutenant Goldbraid—They are weigh
ing the anchor.
Miss Gush—Oh, are they? Would you
mind seeing how much it weighs? lam
so interested in everything of a nautical
nature.—Boston Globe.
The llrook.
"Down by a little running brook.
I first met Maggie May,"
For Maggie owned a dairy and
She made tlio business pay.
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the wunts of the traveling public.
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destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, products, yet wo are free to confess that the
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful merits of Castoria has won us to look with
agents down their throats, thereby sending favor upon it."
them to premature graves." UNITED HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY,
Du. J. F. KINCHELOE, Boston, Mass.
Conway, Ark. ALLEN C. SMITH, Pres.,
The Centaur Company, TI Murray Street, New York City*
BOOTS AND SHOES.
A Large Stock of Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers, Etc. Also
HATS. CAPS and GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS of All Kinds.
A Special Line Suitable for This Season.
GOOD MATERIAL I LOW PRICES!
HTTG-H MALLOY,
Corner Centre ami Walnut iSts., Freeland.
S. RUDE WICK, 1
Wliult-aak IVukr In
Imported llrandy, Trine
LIQUORS.
TIIE BEST
Ec ox,
3? CTtOX,
Brown Stout.
Foreign and Domestic.
Cigars Kept on Hand.
S. MICK,
SOUTH HEBERTON.
PETER TIMONY,
BOTTLER,
And Dealer in all kinds of
Liquors, Beer and Porter,
Temperance Drinks,
Etc., Etc.
Geo.Ringler&Co.'s
Celebrated LAGER BEER put
in Patent Sealed Bottles here
on the premises. Goods de
livered in any quantity, and to
any part of the country.
FREELAND BOTTLING WORKS,
Cor. Centre and Carbon Sts., Freeland.
(Near Lehigh Valley Depot.)
~A. RUDEWICK,
GENERAL STORE.
SOCTH HEBEKTON, PA.
Clollu.o. Groceries, Etc., Etc.
Agent for the sale of
PASSAGE TICKETS
Br in a!! the principal points in Europe i
to aii |"iiills in t-lie tinted States.
Ag-. nl foi llie transmission of
MONEY
To all parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts,
and Letters of Exchange on Foreign
Biiiiko cauhed at reasonable rait*.
F.. M. GERITZ,
23 years in ftermnny nnd America, opposite
the Central Hotel, C'. lit re Street, Freelaeu. The
Cheapest ltcpalring Store in town.
Watches. Ciocks and Jewelry.
New Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry oil hand for the Iloli.
days; the lowest cash price in
town. Jewelry repaired in
short notice. All Watch Re
pairing guaranteed for one
year.
Eight Day Clocks from $3.00
to $12.00; New Watches from
SI.OO up.
E. M. GERITZ,
Opposite Central Hotel, Centre St., Fr< Man*.
GO TO
Fisher Bros. '
Livery Stable
FOB
FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS
At Short Notice, for Weddings, Parties and
Funerals. Front Street, two squares
below Freeland Opera House.
C" D. ROHRBACH,
Denier in
Hardware, Paints, Varnish,
Oil, Wall Paper, Mining i
Tools and mining Sup- -7
plies of all kinds,
Lamps, Globes, Tinware, Etc.
Having purchased the stock
of Win. J. Eckert and added a
considerable amount to the
present stock I am prepared to
sell at prices that defy compe
tition.
Don't forget to try my special
brand of MINING OIL.
Centre Street, Freeland Pa.
H. M. BRISLIN,
UNDERTAKER
AND