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THE OHIO DEMOCRAT, LOGAN, OHIO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1893,
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LOGAN,
OHIO.
LOVE'S SEASON.
tn sad svreot days when liectlo flushes
Hum rtrd on maplo and sumach leaf,
Whvn sorrowful winds wall through tho rushes,
And all things whisper of lots nnd grief,
When closo nnd closer bold frost approaches
To snatch tho blossoms from nature's breast,
When night forover on day encroaches
Oh, then I think that I lovo jou best.
And yot when winter, that tyrant master,
Has burled autumn In walls of snow,
And bound and tottered where bold frost cast
her
Lies outraged naturo In helpless woe,
When nil earth's pleasures in four walls center,
And side by sldo In tho sn 'lomo nest
Vo lljt tho tempests which uinnot enter
Oh, then I tay Hut I lovo jou best.
Hut later on, when tho siren season
Betrays tho trust of tho seullo king,
And glad earth laughs at tho act of treason,
And winter dies In the arms of spring,
When buds and birds all push and Mutter
To free fair nnturo so long oppressed,
I thrill with feelings I cannot utter,
And then I am certain I love you best.
But when In splendor tho queenly summer
Reigns oer tho earth and tho shies above,
When naturo kneels to tho royal comer,
And oven tho sun flames hot with lo;c,
When pleasure basks in tho luscious wcathor,
And caro lies on tho sward to rest
Oh, whether apart or whether together,
It Is thcnllnoio that Iloo jou best
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, In Llpplncott's.
THAT BED GOWN.
Why It Oausod Mr. Thlmblo a
Groat Amount of Trouble.
A sense, of duty Impels me, otherwise
I sli iiilil shrink from this task, for it is
n delicate and painful one. To begin
with, 1 call the gods to w itness that I
myself am to an infinitesimal degree
only responsible for tho train of morti
fications and regrets involved by that
little sin of feminine vanity wherewith
all the trouble began. To be more ex
plicit, I will say at once, and I spoalc
tho solemn truth, that I never liked
that gown; I hated it from the very
moment when first it shrieked at me.
1 use that word advisedly. Jlrs. JIac
gregor's gown was of that shade of red
which shrieks. For you must know
that Mrs. JIacgregor's husband was,
as vctt might suspect, of Scotch de
scent, and he had an instinctive, con
genital passion for that particular and
shucking shade of red which obtained
to a surprising degree in the trade
mark plaid of tho Highland clan bear
ing tiie proud namo of JIacgrcgor. It
was i.i deference to her husband's ab
surd jet otherwise appropriate pas
sion, that Jlrs. JIacgrcgor had pur
chased that gown. And JIacgrcgor
Was delighted with it. Its shrieks
were, in his prejudiced Scotch ears,
tweeter than the tones of the tuneful
bagpipes. They were, I fancy, more
grateful to his sodden Highland soul
than the milder persuasive inllucnces
of finnan haddio or of Athol brose. Yet
t hated that red gown Yes, at the
very beginning I intuitively recognized
and regarded it as a thing of evil.
Mrs. JIacgrcgor is my wife's sister,
and a sweeter lady never walked in
leather, excepting, of course, my
wife herself, who, in spite of
tier very few, ,but very dlsas
tirus, frailties, is unquestionably
the most beautiful and most amiable
creature in all tho world. The Jlae-g-t-gors
live near us; wo see one an
other constantly. This is a groat con
venience. JIacgrcgor abounds in
Scotch thrift; it is an inestimable boon
to have a brother-in-law handy whon
one is constrained to borrow money to
answer sudden and imperative de
mands. Last summer Jlrs. Turner wrote my
wife a charming letter inviting us to
pay her a visit. Jlrs. Turner has a
lovely summer hou-,0 at Calm Lake.
If you have ever visited the delightful
Wisconsin lake region you surely do
not have to be told of the extraordin
ary beauties of Calm Lake, nor do I
have to assure you that the Turners
have made for themselves and their
friends the most delightful retreat in
all that delightful country. Of course,
Mrs. Thimble and I wore overjoyed by
the prospect of a sojourn in tins lovely
spot. Wo accepted Jlrs. Turner's in
vitation with a dispatch and an enthu
siasm which must havo made even
Mrs. Turner's gracious hospitality
quako with astonishment.
I am in no sense a man of tho world.
Jly lifo has been spent in meditation
and in the pursuit of the literaturo of
education. Jly "History of Henhawk
County," my "First Book for Amateur
Astronomers" and my essay upon "Tho
Essential Principles of Vulgar Frac
tions" have enrolled my namo I say it
in all modesty in the proud roster of
niv country's benefactors. I am of a
cum, contemplative nature; I love
tranquillity, shun tho excitements and
un.ties of society life. I teeall now
with a painful blush how upon a time
I made my appearance at a church
bociable wearing my ear muffs tho re
sult of mental abstraction, for just
then I was deep in work upon a log
arithm involved by tho conjunction of
Aldebaron and tho other eye of Tau
rus. bo 1 was surprised and annoyed when
Jlrs Thimble, having accepted Jlrs.
Turner's invitation, suggested to me
that her wardrobe was haidly exten
sive enough to admit of her making a
huccessful appearance at a fashionable
watering place. It had not occurred
to mo that Calm Lake was that kind of
u place; neither had it occurred to me
that Jlrs Thimble's wardrobe was not
extensive. I recalled that of tho seven
spacious closets in our house I was not
permitted to uso one, and so had to
stow awuy my linen and other traps in
the lower drawers of a bureau. I re
membered very distinctly tho pearl
gray dinner gown und tho brown silk
uud the English walking dress and
and but why enumerate? I was
wholly satisfied witli Mrs. Thimblo's
wardrobe, and it scorned to me
that if liar husband was satis
fied, suroly the wife ought not to
complain. Hut Jlrs. Thimble thought
otherwise, nnd wo referred tho matter
to Jlrs. JIacgrcgor, and that worthy
lady agreed with Jlrs. Thlmblo Ac
cordingly it was determined to have
Miss ICclcov come at once and muko
up a tioussonu. You understand from
this that Miss Kolcoy is a dressmukor,
and horc tho troubles begin. It befell
just at that time and It was just our
luck that Jliss Kelcoy's aunt, old Jlrs.
lllgmnre, had to up and die, and. in
consequciico of this untimely heap,
Miss Keleey bad to bond word that sho
couldn't como to do tho work wife nnd
Mrs. Mticgregor bud mapped out. Of
course this caused great vexation and
confusion. Mrs. Thlmblo dissolved
dittiimlkvjiudimx
into toars, and it began tolook as if wo
would havo to abandon our visit to
Jlrs. Turner) for, although I was cer
tain that, knowing our comparatively
humble circumstances, nobody at Calm
Lnko would expect us to Haunt out Hko
lay figures or Chinese jonscs, Jlra.
Thlmblo insisted that if wo looked
dowdy wo should bo hopelessly, irre
trievably ruined I
In tho midst of this hourt-brcaking
ngony a sort of compromise occurred
to Jlrs. Thlmblo. It was to tho effect
that her sister lond her that red gown
of hers that very red gown to which
I had instinctively taken so fixed nn
antipathy. And right lioro tho plot
deopons and thickens. I havo talked
with several learned Presbyterian the
ologians about it, and they confirm my
theory that Satan engineered tho
trouble from the beginning. To begin
with, Satan created that red gownj
then ho put it within Jlrs. Thimblo's
comprehension; then ho artfully imbued
Jlrs. Thlmblo with a yearning for and
hankering after that gown: then ho
weakened the sterner qualities of my
naturo until I became in a measure
partlcops crimlnis, by yielding my per
mission to tho borrowing of that fatal
raiment yes, Satan is responsible for
it all, so I warn overybody ngalnst tho
insidious artifices of that diabolical old
tyrant.
To mako short of a long and harrow
ing experience, tho red gown was duly
transferred temporarily to the uses of
my wife. The pearl-gray dinner gown
was rehabilitated and tho brown silk
and tho English walking dress wore
fixed up in some sort of fashion upon
my word, I know nothing of this kind
of ilummory but it was tacitly under
stood that Jlrs. JIacgregor's gown, tho
red gown, was to be tho plcco do re
sistance. Jloreovcr, I was solemnly
informed nay, I was vehemently en
joinedthat I wa3 to sot an inviolable
seal upon my lips and upon my coun
tenance lest I should betray in one
way or another tho awful secret that
Jlrs. Thimble was wearing raiment
that belonged to another. I made every
promise; but, mind you, not until I had
expostulated long and earnestly. Jly
conscience clamored against this out
rage. The still, small voice within
kept warning mo that this duplicity
would surely lead to sorrow. Hut,
bless your soul! vhen it comes to ar
gument with one's wife particularly
when that wife is the most adorablo
creature on earth eloquence and rea
son and conscience arc fragile, futile
things.
The first three days at Calm Lake
wore halcyon days Indeed. The Turn
ers were simply charming so cordial,
so informal, so hospitable, so gracious.
We had boating and fishing and tennis
galore; of evenings theso was music
to refresh the senses, and tho neigh
bors had a pleasant way of dropping
in after dinner and contributing to tho
general mirthfulness. Yes, those were
ideal days; I look jack upon thorn with
fondness. Upon tho fourth day came
an awful change. Intuitively I knew
there was trouble browing, for when I
arose that morning my corns ached.
Jloreovcr, Saturn was then at perihe
lion and so was JIars.
Jlrs. Thimble confided to mo that it
was .Mr. Turner's birthday, and that
111" t'oar follow had a surprise in store
for him in the shape of a birthday din
ner which Jlrs. Turner had surrep
titiously planned. "And now," said
Jlrs. Thimble, "I shall wear tho red
gown."
From that dinner the mischief spread
and deepened and waxed and ramified.
Jlrs. Thimble looked moro beautiful
than ever before. The shrieking, sin
ful red set off to amazing advantage
the sweet spirituality of her face and
the girlishness of her figure. Sho was
I say it with regret, sho was tho cyn
osure of all eyes. Other ears might
have been deaf, but mine heard what
that diabolical red raimentkept shriek
ing. "Borrowed! Borrowed! Bor
rowed!" That was what it shrieked,
and my misery was complete. To
emphasize the horror of the complica
tion, Jlrs. Turner guilelessly and cor
dially complimented my wife upon her
appearance. "What a lovely toilet you
have this evening," said she; "it is very
becoming, you should wear it often."
1 am a man of quiet disposition and
of tranquil methods; as tho author of
juvenile text books and an elucidator
of logarithms I havo never mastered
the stylo necessary to convey to the
reader even a suggestion of the variety
and intensity of my emotions when I
overheard this remark which Jlrs.
Turner, in all innocence, passed. Let
my f.ilenco now stand as an eternal
monument to tho magnitude of my in
ability. Wo came back homo next day. I
held my peace. Jlrs. Thimble was ex
travagant in her rhapsodies over Calm
Lako and the Turners and evorything
thereunto appertaining. "Deluded
woman," thought I; "enjoy your
tiiumph while you cau. A dreadful
awakening is in btore for you!" Jieau
whilo the gown the odious red gown
went back to the keeping of its law
ful owner.
They went to the theater about a
month later; yes, I remember. It was
October tho 10th; I was watching tho
stars that night, for the Review had
commissioned mo to prepare a critical
paper upon tho apparent congestion of
meteoric matter in Sigma of tho con
stellation Andromeda. So I did not go
to the theater, and the party was made
up of the JIacgregors, my wife, and
our oldest child. It was a happy party
going, but a sad party coming back. It
seems that in tho very next box to
theirs at tho theater sat the Turners!
That wouldn't havo been bad at all if
Mrs. Jlacgregor hadn't worn the red
gown, her red gown, that night. But
bhc did wear it. and of course tho Turn
ers saw it of course they saw it, for
that red gown was of all gowns tho
gown to bo seen If not hourd. Oh, It
was terrible!
The JIacgregors and tho Thimblos
now found themselves harassed by
theso several and distinct propositions;
1. Jlr. Jlaogregor was outraged lest
the Tumors should think that his wlfo
w as weiring borrowed finery.
JIacgrcgor is a proud and sensitlvo
man.
2. Jlrs. Thlmblo was distressed lest
the Turners should discover the impo
sition sho practiced upon thom last
summer.
8. Jlrs. JIacgrcgor was fearful that
society would unjustly condemn lior
husband for letting hor borrow her sis
ter'b clothes.
4. I wiis mortified lest my part in tho
crime should bo magnified unduly.
Wo had numorous councils of war. I
heartily wished that confounded red
gown at tho bottom of the soa, but it
was not mine, and 1 could not do with
it as I pleased That confounded led
L'OWn had cost "muekln." n.R Mnno-i-r-rrni-
said, and it had to bo woru out If wo
tfkJdtHAxA
had bought it of tho JUtogrcgors mc
trouble would not bo roincdlcd, for the
Turners would still think queorly ol
tho JIacgregors. No; tho rod gown had
como to stay. It loomed up liko n fort
ress in our pathway to happiness.
Jloanwhllo Satan chuckled in domonlaa
glee. As for mysolf, I havo boon, ohl
so very miserable. I havo never boon
n particularly proud man; neither my
naturo nor my profession has served to
promote a spirit of prldo within me.
Yet hero 1 find mysolf neglecting the
volume on "Insectivorous Articulifc
tlons," which I havo agreed to havo
ready for tho printer In Jlarch, and am
haunted by feelings of resentment day
and night, simply becauso 1 am unwill
ing that folk should think mo so brutal
a husband as to compel Jlrs. Thlmblo
to got hor clothes from tho neighbors.
Jlcauwhllo tho complication gets all
tho mor;o tangled up. The JIacgregors
nro being invited out a great deal, and,
as luck Insists upon having it, tho
Turners uro overywhoro, too at par
ties, receptions, balls, dinners, thea
tersyea, though Adelaide Lucy JIac
gregor wore to take tho wings of tho
morning and fly to tho uttermost parts
of tho earth, lol tho Turners would bo
there, too, providing always Adolaido
Lucy JIacgrcgor was wearing that
hateful, that ominous red gown.
On ono occasion, Jlrs. Turner, de
ceived by that abominable gown, has
addressed Jlrs. JIacgrcgor as Jlrs.
Thimble, only to bo acquainted of hor
mistako by a haughty nnswer nnd a
freezing, withering glance.
JIacgrcgor, naturally proud and sen
sitive, has fallen Into a kind of mono
mania that distresses us all sorely. It
is his fancy that whorevorhe goes peo
ple nro pointing tho fingor of scorn at
him and are taunting him with tho cry:
"Thero goes the husband of tho woman
who wears her sister's red gown!"
JIacgregor's mogulficcnt Caledonian
physiquo is suro to break under this
strain; it is only a quostlon of time.
Jlrs. Thlmblo has given up society
altogether; If you did not sco hor at tho
bazar last month, or at Swartout's
dinner last Thursday, or at tho Wither
spoon's reception last Tuesday, it was
because remorso ovor that nbomlnablo
red gown has Immured her a sorrowing
prisoner within the walls of our blighted
home.
As for myself, I am, as I havo already
confessed, fast approaching tho hope
less condition of a total wreck. Only
an hour ago I mado up my mind to
take a manly, heroic stand against Sa
tan, who, I repeat, is at the bottom of all
this mischief. I was seeking to follow
the intricacies and convolutions of
Pottit's logarithm 39, and was about to
prove the cube of tho hypothonuso of
an isosceles trlanglo squared by tho
parallax, when suddenly a realization
of my shames as an abettor of the fraud
attempted by that everlasting red gown
entered and filled my mind to tho utter
exclusion of every pure and holy
thought. Then, goaded by this hid
eous wrath, I arose and cried aloud: "I
will endure this no longer. Liko Luther
of old, I will hurl my inkstand at tho
foul fiend that has devised and wrought
all this wretchedness! I will mako a
full and explicit confession of tho
truth, and I will send it to tho Turners
in order that they, and If needs bo all
the world, shall know how penitent I
am."
W'hon the JIacgregors como over to
night I shall read them what I havo
written. Then, if Jlrs. Thimble and
they approve what I have said, this
confession shall bo signed in tho man
ner of a round-robin, for truly wo havo
all sinned alike and our penitence
should bo expressed in a common utter
ance. 1 fear that, at tho last moment,
Jlrs. Thimble, who is as proud as sho
is beautiful, will demur, and in that
event I shall tell her that what I havo '
written is not so much a confession of
as a warning against tho sinful, blight
ing sweets of a borrowed red gown.
Eugene Field, in Chicago News Record.
STEP LIVELY.
Thut Is Gained liy Spurring Pnssengors
to .Move JJuIckly.
It is stated that tho Pennsylvania
railroad has issued notices, to be placed
in prominent positions in nil the sta
tions within a radius of twonty-fivo
miles of PhiladelDhin. rr-rmpslinf nna.
sengers to board and alight from all
trams as expeditiously as possible. The
reason for this, it is said, is that it is
very hard, under exlstlnir circum-
stances, to maintain tho schedules to
the exact minute.
Such a notice would bo n. n-nnrl tWnfr
if peoplo can bo mado to heed It. But
it is only a text, after all. Tho real
preaching and driving must bo done by
the conductors and brakomen, and the
main work of the superintendent will
be to keep thom up to tho mark. On
the Jlanhattau Elevated thn irHnnMirm
of tho trainmen to "step lively" has be-
como a uyworu, ana they doubtless
find the duty of reiterating it thousands
of times very irksome, but it is ,-mlv hi
this constant spurring at all nnlntq
that a groat passenger movement can
be accomplished with punctuality.
uoncrai .manager iinin onco told his
men (in a circular issued for a "rush"
day) that the country people who
would then visit New York would not
bo used to "tho energetic ways preva
lent here," and it is a fact that tho
thousands of habitual travelers on the
elevated lnve learned to movo prompt
ly without being driven, nnd (most of
them) without overriding their neigh
bors' rights and convenience.
The samo thing is true, but to a less
degice, on the lines of the heavy
suburban travel, but tho brakeman en
tho ordinary railroad hus a harder
task, becauso his passengers do not
have tho practice of thoso who ride
every day, but even he must remember
that a half minute wasted at each ono
of ten stations moans five minutes
lost.
Tho methods of driving passengors
successfully ennnot be laid down on
paper very well. They must be deli
cate, for folks hate to be "bossed" by
trainmen, but they must be constant
and persistent, until peoplo do not
need to bo bossed. Whon we speak of
"driving," of course wo mean driving
by tho inducement methods, so to
fapeak, and one of tho host things a
brakeman can do to Induce passengers
to promptly prepare to disembark
without coercion is to announce tho
station distinctly twice, and always a
minute or moro beforo the train stops.
Hut, oftor all, the mos. effectual ele
ment In getting suburban trains over
tho road promptly on a hard time
tablo is a good conductor. He needs
no posted notices to passengers, nor
any professor of elocution for his
brakeman. His quick oyo and brisk
movements and pervading enorgy soon
impel ovoryone who often uso his
train to "stop lively." Kailrnad Gazette.
iAhmmim, ,MiiiiiMmiHi''iM-iaiitmi ii i inirfiii Atti rufawivfttfiii"'
A PICTURESQUE! RUIN.
An Old Sow ilrriioy lllngo Tlmt Is Com.
plotoly I!cnrtCMl.
Tho stato of Now Jcrsoy boaBts a
tin ions region, not many miles from Iti
handsome stato camp ground, that Is n
'counterpart of Goldsmith's deserted
village. It Is a pretty spot In tho town
ship of ' Allaire, In Monmouth county,
nnd oddly enough Its existence is
known to fow outside of tho residents
of southern Now Jersey. A pictur
esque country road winding past large
farms leads tho traveler into n tract oi
cultivated land, over ono thousand
acres In extent, owned by ono man, ac
counted to bo tho wealthiest In the
county, and right in tho mlddlo of this
tract stand tho ruins of tho deserted
village. It Is n collection of a score or
moro of dwellings and largo buildings
whoso colonial typo of architecture
makes it plain that they must have
been built ovor ono hundred years ago.
Somo uro in good btato of porsorvatlon,
and aro Inhabited by employes of the
owner of the estate. Others have
tumbled Into hopeless ruin.
Tho walls of what was onco a largo
and busy Iron foundry stand nt ono end
of tho village. Tho roof tumbled in
many years ago and burled In ruin the
outfit of tho foundry. To tho right arc
a row of two-story brick houses with
gabled roofs, whero tho foundry hands
used to llvo half a century ngo. Only
ono of this row is now habitable. Last
year the front walls of tho others were
tumbled in a heap in a heavy Btorm.
The roofs havo fallen in, and carried
with them tho rotten floors. Near by
is tho stono building which was the
village post olllce, and two hundred
feet away still btands a four-story
building in good preservation that was
tho villnje general store, with a school
hoiiEO overhead. This is now furnished
just as it was when tho industry thai
gave employment to sovcral hundred
workmen and their families suddenly
ceased at least fifty years ago, as the
present dw oilers thore say, through tho
failure of the firm of iron men who ran
tho village. It Is thrown open to vis
itors nowadays at cortain times, when
n guide takos sightseers around tho de
serted villngo. All tho old tools nnd
tho unpcrlshablo things that wore sold
at tho village store aro still to bo seen,
rusted by ago and disuse.
What was onco a spaclouB and hand
some dwelling in tho colonial days
when tho vlllago was founded stands,
amid trees, near tho old store. It is
crowned with an old-fashioned cupola
oi wood, with a balcony, overgrown
with vines in tho summer time, and
great entranco doors with glass panels
on cither side tho threshold, set with
tiny panes of glass. Standing back of
what was tho main street of tho vlllago
is the llttlo church whero tho villagers
worshiped, which is still kept in good
repair to nccommodato churchgoors in
the immediato vicinity. A country par
son drives up in his buggy every Sun
day and preaches from tho ancient
pulpit to the country folk. This church
is crowned with a fiat wooden Gleeple,
with a great clock set in it that has
faced many a storm and was long since
disabled for further service in keeping
track of tho march of time. A grass
plateau spreads out in front of tho old
church, nnd is now ono of tho most
popular picnic grounds in Now Jersey.
Picnickers gather there in tho summer
time from Asbury Park, Long Branch,
Jlolmar, nnd other neighboring towns.
The opportunity afforded to get a good
view of tho deserted village is a big in
centive in drawing tho crowds thither.
Thero aro other odd things besides
tho decaying and deserted buildings to
reward tho visit Ono of the strangest
to thoso unfamilinr with tho region is
the spcetaclo of a sparkling brook ilow
ing up hill to tho left of tho ascending
road to the village. Down a declivity
about twenty feet from tho road level
is another brook flowing down hill. To
watch tho ono go up hill and tho other
down puzzles most of tho sightseers
who viow it for tho first time. The
guide smiles at tho questions of tho vis
itors about the phenomenon of tho as
cending stream, llo explains that it is
an excellent illustration of tho wonders
of tho system of steam force pumping.
To savo his fine cattlo a long journey
down tho road to tho natural brook
level tho owner of tho extensive tract
of land built a great force pump at tho
foot of tho hill, dug a now bed along
side tho road and forced the cool water
up hill, so that the cows could readily
got a drink. At ono point near tho
bank of the up-flowing brook aro tho
ruins of an ancient well that was In uso
when the foundry was going. It dried
up long ago, and now a gnarled and
twisted applo trco grows up out of tho
side of tho woll. It evidently grew from
seed dropped into the well when it first
fell into disuse. Another object of in
terest to tho visitor is tho spot whero a
canal ran whilo tho foundry echoed
with the hum of its noisy industry. Its
walls tumbled in and buried tho greater
p.irt of its course. All that is now left
of it is a littlo well-likn body of water
that i9 clear and sweet and cool.
What is tho story of this mysterious
monument of a dead Industry? Tho ono
man who probably knows is not talka
tive, and nobody has yet boon able, tho
present townspeople say, to get him to
toll tho interesting history. Ho is Jlr.
James P. Allaire, owner of the deserted
village and of the wldo tract surround
ing it, nnd tho man after whoso ances
tor Allaire was named. Thero is an old
legend that tho country folk nowadays
profess to bolievo that Cnpt William
Kidd, tho pirate, was Interested In some
way in the work of the foundry when
tho village was founded. If this wcro
true, then the Allalro ruins must bo
two hundred years old. It is recorded
that tho English pirate arrived in Now
York somowhero near the 4th of July,
109(5, and was back again with his ship
tn Oyster Bay threo years lator, at
which tlmp hq was believed by English
men to havo given up his original mis
sion of pirate hunting and tnrnod buc
caneer hlrasalf. It is probable, though,
that this legend, like many country
talcs handed down from fathor to son,
has no foundation hi fact It is said
that Jlr. Allaire laughs at tho tale.
Tho exact location of tho deserted
village is seven miles from Ilolmar
and four miles from Now Bedford.
It is ronched by Pennsylvania trains.
Anyono who has a liking for studying
relics of olden times will find it woll
worth a villt N. Y. Sun.
Vory Flattering.
Doctor You see, wlfoy dear, I havo
pulled my pationU through, ufter all; n
very crjtic.il case.'l can toll you.
Wlfo Yos, hubby; but then you arc
o clover hi your profession. Ahl if
had only known you flvo years earlier,
( feci certain my first husband, raj
poor-Thomas wpuld hfcvb been saved.
-Pharmaceutical Era.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
In 1870 thero woro 40 establishments
In tho United States for tho manufac
ture of sowing machines, omploylng n
capltnl of about fS.OOO.OOO. Tho total
annual product of tho sowing machine
business in tho United States in 181)0
vas probably not loss in valuo than
120,000,000.
Thero nro two fixed rulo3 for pre
portioning tho human form; just two.
Thoy aro that eight heads (that is, skuV
lengths) mako tho total height of tha
flguro nnd that tho invarlablo center oi
tho total length of tho wholo figure
should bo tho front termination of tin.
lowest part of the polvls.
Australia is entering Into strong
competition with Frnnco in tho produc
tion of brandy. In l892 tho colony o
Victoria exported to tho United Kintr.
dom 63,040 proof gallons. It is said
Australia can produco brandy that will
stand comparison with tho finest French
cognac. All tho Indications aro of n
very encouraging character, and tho
area planted with vineyards is vory
largely increasing.
During tho year 1802. 17,29(1 vessels
arrived at tho port of Now York. In
this number aro included only steamers,
ships, b.irks, brigs and schooners. Of
this total 8,70 woro coastwise vessols.
Of tho remaining, 5,388 vessols wero
from foreign ports. Great Britain heads
tho list with 2,0138; America comes next
with a total of 1.22S, and Germany Is
third on tho list with 1501. . In 1S01 tho
number of vessels of this class was 17,
771. Hallway Keviow.
The power of cold to preserve ani
mal tissues from actual decay is indefi
nite, perhaps infinite, but it cannot
prevent all change. A turkey that was
kept in n refrigerator for ten years was
free from putrefactivo changes, but also
free from ilavor practically tasteless.
Flavor is an evanescent quality of or
ganic tissues that cannot bo in any
manner surely bottled up and preserved
for uny great length of time.
Ovor a hundred specimens of deep
sea fishes havo been secured off tho
California coast For tho most part
they are dark colored, soft bodied, and
many of them aro covered with phos
phorescent spots which act as portablo
lamps, whereby the fish aro ablo to see
In the dark depths of tho ocean. Thoso
fish livo in the open sea, at a depth of
two to five miles, nnd their soft bodies
at this depth aro rendered firm by tho
tremendous pressure of tho surround
ing waters.
Reports to Bradstrcet's from ono
hundred and thirty-fivo railway com
panies furnish an aggregate of $508,
025,000 gross earnings in 1802, about 4. 7
percent moro than their total grosr
earnings in 1801, when their gain as
compared with 1890 was 9.0 per cent.
Granger roads report relatively tho larg
est increase in 1S02 (13 per cent) East
ern railroads and the Southwestern
following with gains of 7 and 5 per
cent respectively. Southern railroads
increased their gross earnings last year
ovor 1891 by 3.0 per cent, and Pacifia
railways similarly, while Central West
erns gained 3.1 per cent and trunk
lines only 2.7 per cent
The general showing in regard to
the vintage in Franco last fall is con
sidered to bo very satis 'actory. The
total yield for tho seventy-six depart
ments in which wine is mado is esti
mated at G34,34S,015 gallons. This is a
decrease of somo 25,000,000 as compared
with '91, and yet somo 50,000 moro acres
wero planted in vines. It is, however,
an increase over tho two years preced
ing 1891, and is 25,000,000 gallons nbovu
tho nverago of tho past five years. But
theaverago has been decreasing steadily
binco 1875, when tho phylloxera in
vaded French vineyards. In that year,
with 5,550,000 acres in vines, Franco
produced 1,800,000,000 gallons.
Tho researches of many observers,
as reported upon by Dr. Buchanf show
that the ocean currents causo tho tem
perature of tho west sldo of tho Atlan
tic, at depths from 100 to 500 fathoms,
to bo nearly 10 degrees warmer than at
tho same depths on the east side. At
GOO fathoms, however, the temperatures
of both sides aro equal, whilo at greatci
depths the cast side is tho warmer.
North of tho Wyvil Thomson ridge,
which is botween Shetland and Iceland,
stationary temperaturo is reached at
700 fathoms, below which tho watar re
mains at about 29.5 degrees. In the
Gulf of Mexico tho water grows cold
down to 700 fathoms, below which it is
always at about 23.5 degrees. Tho tem
perature of tho Jlediterranean at 200
fathoms Is about 50 degrees, and no
chango is found in going to the bottom,
which in places reaches a depth of 1,500
fathoms,
LACE THE COIL PROPERLY.
VToniou Should Consider tho bhnpo ol
Tholr IIi-mH Whon DrosMiig tho Hnlr.
Don't make tho mistako of letting
your "coil" project too far. Bemmnbor
that tho symmetrical head In a profilo
view must bo included in a circle, tho
chin and the edgo of tho eoil being at
tho circumference of tho circle. This is
tho philosophy of tho bang, for if tho
forehead is not full enough to fill out
tho upper edgo of tho circle, tho hair
loosened und curled will supply the
need. But romembar that tho coil or
tho rest of tho headdress must bo
planned accordingly. In this idoa of a
circle is tho secret of tho coil's correct
arrangement It bhould como at that
point of tho head that requires bal
ancing, a littlo too nigh or a littlo too
low and tho effect is ruined. Tho coll
itself may bo protty, tho hair may bo
lovoly, tho face charming, but some
how tho whole offset is not satisfactory.
It is becauso tho circle is violated somo
where. Understand that In many case
tho coll comes distinctly outUdo tho
circle, but in such cases it must be so
distinctly outside that tho nead's own
contour is but emphasized theroby.
That is why only tho very symmetrical
head c:. i stand tho pronouncod "Psy
che," or tho exaggerated Greek effect
Tho hen I whoso own contour Is faulty
must hi .'o tho holo of a coll in just tho
right .ico to make the wholo becom
ing. 'J no really symmetrical head can
wear t u hair anywhere, provided it is
woll outside of the circle. Such a head
Is only spoiled by a spread-about stylo
that blurs tho head's own outline. Soma
heads aro prettily curved from the ehln
over tho forehead nnd half way down
tho head. Such heads should always
wear a low coll. Dolloienoy just bolovv
that lino is then buppllod. A heai?
whoso butter curvo is tho lower oni
takes tho hnlr high or just ubovo con
tral line Chicago Post
A Cold Spot.
Landlady I don't know how it Is,
but I cannot keep the milk from got
tlngbour, although' I always keop it In
tho refrigerator.
Boarder Why don't .you try the oil
stovo Utut'a In mv room? Dotrolt Frea
Press
'-,
HMi
THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA.
A ltloh Soctloii n r Country That Is Itnplillj
JtolApsliiR Into llnrhnrlsin.
"I want to assort that tho mouth ol
tho JIlsslsslppl rlvor is tho most won
drous plnco'as woll as tho wildest and
least known plaeo In this world," says
Joiiqiiin J tiller. "And yot fifty years
ago It was full of ships. It is safo to
say thrtt tho bettor half, if not tho big
ger half, of San Francisco was original
ly sottlcd by peoplo who caino to in
through tho mouth of tho mighty rlvor.
To this day our bootmakers aro tho
best this sldo of Paris, I know sovcral
ladles nnd gentlemen of Now York, old
San Franciscans, who still havo their
footwear mado hero by our Frouch ero
de boot-makers.
"Our cooks nro tho best this sldo of
Paris; that is, so long ns wo omploy thti
original orcolo French cooks or thoi
descendants, our free lunch liberality
but lot's got along. I only wanted to
say that wo owo a lot to Now Orleans.
And now Now Orleans Is being dumped
upon and literally drowned year after
year. I want to turn on tho lime llgh
onco moro and lay tho responsibility
whero it belongs. I,t Is a big thing to
mako a now state. Thero Is a lot of
noisj nnd bang nnd patriotism and poll
tics about it; tho now senators, tho now
scats of go'ornmcnt, and all that; but
it is n bigger thing and a better thing tt
savo an old stato than to make a now ono
"If I wero Louisiana I would send up
tho JIlsslsslppl to tho world's fair at
tho other end of the river a mlniaturo
plaster case, or, at least, a picture ol
tho fearful crovasso which toro its way
through plantations to tho gulf from
above Now Orleans and sucked down
its throat tho very ship which tho gov
ernment sent to inspect and report; 1
would send a map of tho broken levees,
dikes, drowning cities, deserted planta
tions, all the desolation, indeed, that
this destruction of forests and dumping
of debris has wrought, and I would
send tho bill of costs, and send nothing
else, say nothing else. I think this
appeal would go straight to tho good,
honest American heart and help it t
sot things right in those drowning
states down the great river.
"But enough of this sad subject If
is not my place to elaborate. I onlj
wanted to sot down tho idea; it is the
privilege of tho south to do as they
pleaso with it And now lot us go
down tho mouth of tho river to "Barra
Land," or Barren Land, ns it was called
of old, and tho kingdom of Cervantes
Sancho Panzo. Strango how littlo the
great men of tho old world knew ol
this. In one of his plays Shakspcare
speaks of ships from Jlexico; in another
ho means to mention tho Bermudas.
Burns speaks of a Nowoundland dog as:
'Whelpeu In a country far abroad,
Whero boatmen gang to llsh for tod '
And Byron gets in a wholo lot about
Daniel Boone, besides laying somo nasty
sins at our door; but ns a rule wo have
been ignored.
"Tho soil along the river bank is so
rich that weeds, woods, vines, trench
closo and hard on tho heels of tho plow
man. A plantation will almost perish
from the earth, as it were, by a fow
years of abandonment And so it is
chat you sco miles and miles on either
oidc parishes on top of parishes, in
fact fast returnii ; to barbarism, drag
ging tho blacks I thousands down to
below tho level oi jrutcs with them, as
you descend from n'cw Orleans toward
tho mouth of tho .nighty river, nearly
100 miles from t1 a beautiful Crescent
slty. Ah, tho supjrstition of these poor
blacks!
"You see hundreds of littlo white
houses, old "quarters," and all tenant
less now, savo ono or two on each plan
tation. Cheap sugar and high wages,
is compared with old times of slavery
but then tho enormous cost of keeping
up tho levees, and above all, tho con
tinual peril of lifo nnd property all the
time, witli a mile of swift, muddy wntct
sweeping seaward high abovo yout
head these th:ngs nro making a desert
of the richest lands on earth. Wo are
gaining ground in tho west, but wo arc
losing ground in tho south, tho great,
silent south.
"Of courso tho world, wc, civilization,
will turn back to this wondrous rcgioD
some day, whon wo havo sottlcd the
west, for tho mouth of tho mightiest
river on tho globo Is a fact It is the
mouth by which this young nation was
nourished in its youuger days, and we
cannot ignoro it in tlio end, howovoi
willing wo may bo to do so now. Agair
I say to these drowning states and
cities: "Send your broken dikes, dams,
and lcoves, your drowning cities, the
cost, tho increased cost of keeping the
rarest and richest part of tho globe
abovo water send tho details of the
damage and the bill to Chicago for the
world's fair. You, tho drowncd-oul
Latins, sond these to the rich nnd large
hearted Saxons at tho other ond of the
mighty river, whero they aro to cele
brate tho deeds of tho great Latin dis
coverer, and send nothing else. Why,
you aro bolng drowned almost in sight
of St. Kit" San Francisco Call.
DANCING ON THE GREEN.
A Gypsy l'orffirmnnco in u llomoto Moun
tain Vllhifto in WullnchJii.
Ono happy Sunday, lato in tho golden
September afternoon and in a remote
mountain village, wo camo upon Wal
lachs, dancing on a tiny green by tho
church, to tho music of two gypsies in
peasant dress, with tlio tails of their
white shirts sticking out liko little
skirts below their sleeveless jackets.
Had wo seen it on tho stage, wo should
havo pronounced It overdone, so greal
was tho excess of costume. Spangles
and tinsel glittered on tho aprons oi
tho girls; row upon row of gold and sli
ver and scarlet beads hung ubout thoit
necks; long ribbons streamed from their
plaited hair; and tho tip of a pcacook'i
feather or a flower was stuck in tholi
gorgeous handkerchiofs over each ear.
Large bunches of peacock feathers wer
in tho men's hats, their wldo bolts wort
studded closo with braHS, and boll:
around tholr boots pealed at every
movemont. Two by two they walked
around tho green, holding thutn
solves nnd taking their steps with a
ntatclincss and graco rarely surpassed
by tho professional dancer, and then
huddenlv they began twirling, the
white skirts and aprons of tho girls ily
ing and showing all their high rod
boots, the men now and then throwing
back tholr heads, nnd singing wild
snatches of improvised song. Onco oi
twice a girl smiled, but it was mostly o
solomn performance, Hko a mystic
danca sacred to the gods; and thero was
an Impressive Oriental monotony in the
tune to which thoy danced, cracked
though tho fiddles of tho gypsies were.
We stood looking with tho pooplo ol
the village, a Roumanian woman's nrtr
about my wnist, whilo tho sun went
down, and tho moon roso beyond tin
bank of trees bohind tho dancors, and
wo loft thom thore, twirling and sing
lug in tho silver moonlight, HVo th
Phyrgian girls whom tho summer wan
ing of old saw
Flashing in tho djneo's whins
Underneath tho starlit trees
lu tho mountain Tillages.
Mrs Ponncl in Century. Q
"jjgtgj
PUNGENT PARAv"APHa
'What beautiful fr-1 color Jliss
Dattbor has." Carrlo " luf, tho drug
gist suid ho hadn't had it i.i ,tock mora
than a day." Inter Oconu.
A Orcat Baby. "Thut'b it lino baby
of yours, JIawson." "Y03. You ought
to hoar him at night Ho crios Ilka
twins." Truth.
Ono Cover. "I'm going to glvo n
dinner to my best friend to-night," oaitl
Mawson. "Who is that?" asked With
crub. "Jlysolf," said JIawson." N. Y.
Sun.
Hicks "Stlgglns and his wlfo, thoy
toll mo, never speak to each other."
Wicks "So? What splendid whUtpart.
nors thoy must mako I" Boston Trnns
crlpt Clytio (pointing to her corsago
"I'vo worn thoso rosos all evening soo
how thoy keep." Cholly (whom Clytio
has frozon) "Yoas tho fio walls keop
but no wondah thoy alio on ico."
Tlio Club.
Tommy "I looked through tho key
hole when sis was In tho parlor with
her beau laBt night" Father "What
did you find out, my son?" Tommy
"Tho lamp, sir." Cedar llaplds Chat
"Going up to Brndloy's for Sun
day?" "Yes." "Well, look out for
squalls." "Why? Bradley's not quar
relsome." "No; but ho has a now baby."
Harper's Buzar.
Trotter "Women havo very littlo
appreciation of anything that is really
funny." Barlow "I don't know about
that look at Cholly Do Void. Ho seems
to bo very popular with somo." Vogue.
Tommy "Pa, tho tcaehorsays that
If n man gots dyspepsia it may make
him baldhcadcd, Is that so?" Jlr. Figg
"I guess so." Tommy "Then, if a
man cats too much pic, would ho brt pic
bald?" His References. Georgo'a Jlother
"I can say this for George: Ho has been
a good boy to mc llo has nlways
treated his mother well." Georgo's Af
fianced "Y-yes, and ho treats mo well,
too but not often." Chicago Tribune.
"Thero is an old saying to the e-ffect
that the threo hardest words in a lan
guage to say are, T am wrong.' " "That's
a mistake. It. to much harder to say,
'You aro wrong,' when tho 'You' is a
strapping big follow." Pittsburgh Dis-pa-tcii.
Jlr. Green (who has been listening
to Jlr. Brovn's account of a trip round
the coast) "And how did you Hko It,
Jlrs. Brown?" Jlrs. Brown "Woll, I
didn't seo much of tho scenery, but tho
cabin was very comfortable, nnd tho
stewardess a most sympathetic wo
man. "Pick- Jle-Up.
"You'll find that carpet hard to
beat, sir," said tho dealer to Mr. Jlad
dox," who was contemplating a pur
chase. "Then I won't tako it," replied
ho, "for my wifo makes mo beat tho
carpets every spring." Harper'b Bazar.
An Enthusiast Indeed. Jlrs. Tru
lovo "What on earth ever Induced you
to engage yourself to Count Lack
penny?" Jliss Brickybrac "Why, my
dear, don't you know that ho will in
herit n service of Rennaissanco plato?
How it will improve my collection!"
Jeweler's Weekly.
INDIAN CURES.
Surg;lcnl SItlll of tho Jted Man of North
America
Wo might well learn a lesson from
the Indian's health and strength. With
him a constant succession of long days
spent in active bodily exorcise in tho
open air developed a. raco which was
physically unexcelled, probably, even
by tho Greeks.
Exposure, fatigue, privation and
physical injury wero lightly borne.
The seeming indifference to pain, which
gained for him the titlo of "stole," was
probably duo as much to an absence of
sovero pain as to an unfiinching endur
nnco of It
Tho Indian is not without surgical
and medical skill. Dr. Hingston, of
Jlontreal, in a paper recently read in
London, describes somo interesting pro
cedures which aro part of tho Indian's
traditional skill.
For tho Indian who breaks an arm or
leg in Hie dopths of tho forest, splints
admirably adapted for their purpose
aro immediately out. "These aro lined
with down-llko moss, or scrapings or
shavings of wood, or with fino twigs
interlarded with leaves; or, in winter,
with curled-up leaves of tho cedar o
hemlock, and tho wholo is burrounded
with tho withes of willow or osier, or
young birch."
Sometimes tho soft bark ef tho poplar
or tho basswood is used, or, if tho acci
dent occurs near tho marshy shoro of a
lako or rlvor, resort may bo had to wild
hay, or to reeds of uniform length and
thickness.
For carrying a wounded man, nn ordi
nary "stretcher" of olastio boughs is
made; but when tho injured man has
only a singlo companion, two young
trees of birch, bocch or hickory aro cut,
with tho upper boughs loft untouched;
from theso is constructed n stretcher.
Tho jolting from tho dragging is broken
by tho elastic boughs. It is stated that
in tho Indian's "plentltudo of health,"
bony union of fractures takes place in
a remarkable short time.
"Indian tears, Indian balsams and
other such 'euro alls' tha virtue of
which it sometimes takes columns of tho
daily journals to chronicle aro not
theirs. To the whito man Is loft this
species of decoptlon.
According to Dr. Hingiiton, the Indi
ans employ counter-irritation by means
of firo upplied at a distaueo from tho
affected part Thoy lnclso abscesses
with pointed flint Thoy perform am-
CutationB, in tho oourso of which tho
leeding is stanched by means 'of hot
tones. Youth's Companion
Crowi 'Unit Ulvldo the .Spoils.
As a rule, fomalo birds do most of tho
work which tho llttlo feathered crea
tures find necessary to tholr wolfaro:
but Sir John Lubbock, tho naturalist,
tells of a New Zealand crow with which
the case Ls different. Tho malo bird
has a strong bill adapted to cutting and
ilgglng into decayed trees, but ho ls
Icllcieut in that horny-pointed tonguo
whioh would permit him to plorco tha
jrub and draw it out Tho hen bird
has, howevor, an elongated and straight
bill, "and whon tho cock has dug down
to tho burrow, tho lion inserts hor long
bill and draws out tho grub, whlob
they divide between thom." Harper's
Young People.
Winter nud CnU.
Winter lo the season in which cats
bocomo especially tho guests of tho
household, tho companions ut all mo
ments nt tho fireside, sharing with us
tho dancing flamos, the vague molan
jhollcs of twilight und our unfathom
iblo dreams. It la also, as everybody
knows, tho epoch of tholr greatest
beauty, thoir greatest luxury of coat
tnd of fur.
What a strange mystery, what a pro,
lorn of soul tho constant affection ol
in animal and its enduring gratltudsl
Piorro r.oti.
