TMeirFLiPKIHS' PflRTY.
I ' 3Irs. FHpkins , you must know , is
* -iv5vife ? of tho Honorable Jeremiah
"JFJipkinB , Representative from Boodlo
< 3o nty. Tho time was when the Tlip-
Rinses wero as poor as a church
suouse , and as little thought of by
| -Eieir neighbors ; but that was a long
-jdLme ago , and in a distant state.
I % They have no time now to think of
*
; , TSieir early struggles for the necessaries
| p -of life ; they are of the elite of society
[ r * n tho western town in which they
II < S ve ; and tho doings of this exclusive
I- Bittle circle are sufficient to occupy
I' xJ&etrentire attention. As may bo
[ ' rsurmised , tho antecedents of Mr. and
U. 3Irs. Fiipkins wero not especially il
It * sSustrioas ; in fact , tho Flipkinses of
L SBoodJe County would bo extreme-
I . § ymortified and humbled if
I' tihey know that tho people
r -with whom they associate were
I .saware of their relation to "Whiskey"
I- STItpkins and Jako Mosby , of Carters-
I < 57ille , New York. They aro in blissful
I Ignorance of this fact , and pride them-
I selves on their high standing in the ps-
"
I- Ttimotion of tho people of Boodlo
hi County. "Whiskey" Fiipkins , father
h- of Jeremiah , filled a urunkard'sgrave ;
r -and. Jake Mosby is , even now , serving
I = a. term in the county jail at Carters-
I -vnlle for chicken-stealing ; "but that is
[ , ' an a distant state , " as Mrs. Jeremiah
h T 5Kpkins , formerly Jane Mosby , says
If . iorherself when she has time to think
I i-ofher relatives at all.
I But , to get to the point , Mrs. Flip-
I. frlns decided last week to have a party ;
; awl with Mrs. Fiipkins a decision ,
I ' -cmca.axrived at , is immediately follow-
I vesl jyiexiergetic action ; it isnotalways
I so with Jeremiah.
I -'iJJCary Ann Fiipkins ? "
I -"What is it , ma ? "
I -'iBxingyour writing-case this min-
I iafce. "
I Mary Ann obeyed , and in a minute
I it bright-faced , sensible looking girl ,
I atbout seventeen years of age , entered
I ifclreroom with a neat little writing-
I . Azaso in her hand.
I " ' .Mary Ann. I'm going to give a
I 7 panty Wednesday night , and I want
I yaa ifco write the invitations before
I • dinner , so they will be at the post-
I . -ofllce'before the afternoon mail is dis-
I - tributed. "
I jAliright , ma , I'm ready , only I
I • wish you would invite somebody that
I I like , too. "
I "What business have you sot to
I Hike people that your parents don't
I condescend to associate with , I'd like
I -to know ? I'dhave you remember ,
I Mary Ann , that you are the daughter
I of-She/Honorable Jeremiah Fiipkins
I - of Boodle County ; and I don't want
I you associating with every upstart
I . family in the county who happen to
I Aave conceit enough to think they're
I .as : good as anybody. I want you to
I tiuderstand that we aie now fit to
I associate with tho best families of the
" "
state ; and it is only because circum-
I . stances compel us to do so that we
I remain in this vulgar , out-of-the-way
I 5la.ce. We know it is not right to
I Siring you up in such society , but we
I Siaven't the means or we would move
I to the capital to-morrow. "
I -'inhere are some good , honest
tL • geopleliere , and if they are poor , their
society is good enough for me. I
I don't believe in lionizing thieves and
I ' robbers because they are rich or
I occupy high positions. "
I "JUary Ann Fiipkins ! Who in this
I -world ever put such ideas as them in-
Co your head ? One would think , to
I fvs-ar you talk , that you are the
I r ' 5aaghter of oue of them misguided
I anarchists , instead of what you are ,
I • .the.petted , only child thank fortune
I of-the Honorable and Mrs. Jeremiah
I Tiipkins of Boodle County. Why.
I child , goodness and honesty are all
I eight in their way but they don't
I sjaalify a person to shine in society
I -akd tlie quicker you make up your
I -oiimd to that the better. I may as
I -csrallitell you right here ; Mary Ann ,
I tkvX T forbid your going with the
I Uandscomes and their set any more.
' "They'll only unfit you for being a
I > shining light in society , which is your
I \ 3306 * and my ambition fonjou. "
I "But I don't want to shine in any
I - that which call
* -such-society as you
I * 'Che best in Boodle Count } * . ' I don't
I vthirxkdfc is iit for honest neople to go
I TnY"
I - .Mary Ann Fiipkins , don't let me
I Tiear you tallc like that again under
I /sejyroof. Its tor me to say what is
, l best < iov you yet awhile , and you do
I . sus - saytill you get old enough to
I biow something yourself. And now
I let's get at the invitations ; you take
I /down itbe names as I give them , and
I invitations afterward.
v-A-rilve out the
I tLetfs see put down Major Johnson
I jand wife , John Peabody and wife "
-"But , ma , everybody says Mr. Pea-
I "Sody is dishonest , and cheats his cus-
Vomers every chance he gets. "
-"That don't matter , he is rich ; and
I * .5ils wife is very entertaining.
I " "But they say her father is in the
I > noor-house in Hanford County , be-
I cause she won.t have the poor old man
I sh her house. "
"You must not believe all thestories
I -vou hear , child. Put down John Pea-
I fbody and wife , Ezra Eathbone and
I jwife. Banker Jones and wife "
I -'Why , ma ! you surely don't intend
I -ijo invite Jones and his wife. Every-
I . Zbody knows that Jones is an old skin-
I vilint ; and there are more stories
I arcmnd about Mrs. Jones than any
I other woman in town , rich or poor. "
I "That may all be , but Mr. Jones is
I . -a. prominent banker , and they have
I * the entree of the best society. "
I -"Well , if you aregoing right through
I - with your regular list , at all hazards , I
I vswanAt have any more to say about
I "Why , bless your heart , Mary Ann ,
I .our society is established ; and I can't
I .slight one without offending the rest ;
I t besides , if we want to co in the best
I - society , we must treat all of its mem-
vbers as we hope to be treated. It
I -won't do to slight this or that one
I because sometime in his life he has
I -4one something that didn't look just
I right. Let me see you confuse mo so
put down Dr. Getafee and wife.
I They , do say he got his money by
I * ipoisoning his Door old grandfather in
I " > . icCalifornia ; but he is very stylish , and
I jsfae is influential at the capitol , too ,
so we must have him. Put
I -idown the Catchems. the Bateses ,
I "Mrs. Jackson , Mr Brown they say
I .iiegot a large part of his property by
I aaducing a friend to deed his real es-
B tt&te to him , with the understanding
I -that he was to deed it to the friend's
I -wife to keep it out of the hands of
I xreditors , and after he got it in his
I -own name he refused to deed it over ;
I Siut Mr. Brown is a really nice ap-
I Clearing man , and at the head of our
I fashionable church , so I don't see
4 how we can get along without him. '
< Why not invito the Blakes , ma ?
They aro nice folks in every respect. "
"Mary Ann Fliplcins , I'm ashamed
of you. Mrs. Blako hasn't got but
oho decent dress to her back , and she
wears that everywhere she goes.T Do
you suppose I'm going to disgrace my
family in tho eyes of all the worthy
people of Boodlevillo by inviting such
nobodies as tho Blakes ? "
"But , ma you forget that Mr Blake
is considered one of tho most honor
able young men in the country , with
very bright prospects for tho future ,
and that his wife has a fine education ,
and is a perfect lady. "
"No , I do not forget ; but I remem
ber that they wore both brought into
the country near here , and came from
very poor families , and are very poor
yet. They do not go in the best soci
ety , and thoy never will by my help.
Well , you may set down tho Carters ,
Frank Smith , tho new lawyer they
do say , Mary Ann ; that his father is
as rich as a Jew , and I think you
might set your cap for him. It would
be an immense relief to your pa to
have you marry a rich man. "
"No , I'll not set my cap for any
man , much less Frank Smith. Mrs.
Blako has a cousin living in the city
that Smith came from , and she says
that ho has the reputation there of
being a very dissolute man. "
"What does that matter so long as
he is rich ? You will find , before you
aro as old as I am , that 'wealth cov-
creth a multitude of sins ; but go on
with the names , or we'll never get
through. James Trowbridge and
wife , Wilcox tho banker , and
his wife , the widow Hull and her
daughter , I guess if is true that she was
never married to Hull , poor man , but j
she has any amount of money , and is
a shining light in society and the
church. Why , only yesterday I heard
Beacon Brown say that she had given i
more to foreign missions than any
other member of the church , and
that she is a very worthy woman. "
"Yes , Deacon Brown is courting her
daughter , and he has an interest in
the widow's reputation. "
_ "Well , he has a right to court any
girl he likes , hasn't he ? Next come the
.Langdons , there are five of them ; the
Sawyers , three , the Professor and his
wife , Senator and Mrs. Randy it is
said on good authority that the Sen
ator sold his vote in tho last session ,
and that that is the reason
his wife dresses so well since ,
but that doesn't affect their
standing in society , and I am
glad of it , for Mr. Fiipkins' elec
tion was partly due to his influence.
That's all except the editor and his
family , we must have them , so that
our party will be properly reported
in the paper. Now , ' ' after reading the
list , "I think that includes alf the
elite of Boodleville society , and they
are very worthy people too , as the
world goes. "
"Yes , 'as the world goes , ' " exclaim
ed Mary Ann contemptuously.
"There is not a really worthy person
in the list , except the Professor and
his wife and the editor's folks.
"Worthy , indeed ! Two-thirds belong
in the penitentiary , if half that is said
about them is true , " and , taking up
her writing-case , she hurxued from the
room before her astonished mother
had time to reply.
When Mrs. Fiipkins found her
tongue , she exclaimed :
"Mercy on us ! What will ever be
come of that girl ? I am really afraid
she will go to the bad in spite of all
my trouble in trying to train her up
in the right way. "
An article appeared in The Boodle-
ville News two days after the party ,
from which the following is an ex
tract :
"A grand party was given Wednes
day night by the Hon. and Mrs. Jere
miah Fiipkins which proved to be one
of the most important social events
of the season. All the guests were ot
the very highest standing in social cir
cles , and enjoyed themselves as only I
those know how to enioy who have j
attended Mrs. Fiipkins' parties be
fore. " j
When Mr. Blake finished reading the
article , a * ; supper that evening , he re
marked to hiswife :
"Another set of fools have met , and
voted themselves the wisest of men. ' '
Chicago Current.
1
The Perfected Phonograph.
Electrical World.
The improvements in the phono
graph have now been carried to such
a degree of perfection that the instru- ,
ment is practically ready for general I
introduction. Undoubtedly means '
will be hit upom from time to time to
enhance the value and efficiency of
the phonograph , bnt it stands to-day ,
in our opinion , far more practical and
complete than was the type-writer
when first brought out and placed ont
the market. Back of all the tall talk
and exaggeration on the subject , for |
which the daily press is chiefly respon
sible certainly not those who are |
introducing it it is a machine ol
admirable performance , whose utility .
is so wide and various that itis hard
to determine just which work will give '
it the largest fields of employment. 1
And then , too , aside from the prac- !
tical use , is the wonder for wonder i
it is that not only can the human
voice be registered , but it can be du
plicated in countless electrotypes.
We may be wrong but not greatly , in
believing that this century will be
memorable above others because it is
that which first preserved articulate
speech for after time. All poetry , of
every age , is full of the yearning , one
of the deepest in human nature , for
one voice whose gentle greeting could
be heard no more , and yet this tender
sentiment will be gratified , and each
delusive tone and accent now has
conferred on it a perpetuity that is
not an attribute of even the graven
stone or brass.
A Convict's Pride and Honor.
Atlanta Constitution.
There was a most remarkable oc
currence at the penitentiary which
has no parallel in the annals of the
institution. Sorao months ago a
young white man from a western
county was convicted of horse steal
ing and sentenced to tha penitentiary
for five years. He applied to the su
preme court , and pending its decision ,
gave bail. The supreme court
affirmed the judgement and the man
was resentenced. The sheriff had
made preparation to bring him to the
penitentiary , but the young fellow ,
who is a man of good family and high
spirited , could not bear the idea of
being taken to prison in irons , so he
started for this city and arrived on
an early train. He went at once to
the penitentiary and stated who he '
was. He was taken in charge , and
when the sheriff arrived he found the
prisoner , to his reat astonishment ,
dressed in his convict garb and a full-
fledged convict.
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l STORY OF THE L0H8 AGO.
V WHjMAM II. BUSMNKIiU
A stranger sauntering through the
pleasant little village of Ilarperaville ,
on a calm June morning in the earlier
part of a former century , would have
fancied it was the Saubath. Work of
every kind was suspended ; everybody
was in their best attire , the lads and
lassies wearing the whitest of ribbons
and "breast knots" Tho air was
loaded with tho sweetest of floral
odors ; tho birds sang merrily from
the hawthorne hedges ; the bees hum
med contentedly from flower to flower ,
and all of nature seemed attuned to
joy and peace.
High up in the bellfry of the ivy-cov-
ered church stood tho old sexton
grasping the rope and waiting the sig
nal to ring out a merry peal. But it
was not the day devot'id to worship
and rest ; not a Sabbath , save oFlove.
The smallest urchin playing along the
tree-shaded streets could have told
that Rose , the only daughter of the
miller , with skin as white as the flour
he manufactured , cheeks and lips as red
as the carnations of her mother , and
voice clearer and sweeter than that of
the sky lark , was that day to wed
Giles Simmonson , tho young and
handsome rector ot the parish.
So uncommonly lovely , so kind
and tender hearted , so spotlessly
pure was she that by common con
sent she was called the "White ilose
of Harpersville. "
That was over now ; her choice
made. But all determined upon the
launching ot her bark upon the sea of
matrimony in a manner worthy of
herself and husband , who also was
beloved and respected all but one.
From the window of the gieat man
or house , situated upon a hill and
overlooking the village , Elizabeth
Gunning watched unhappily. She had
done her utmost to win the young
clergyman ; had failed and nursed
jealousy until its fires almost con-
sumpd her. Homely herself , she hated
good looks in others , envied them the
youth she had passedand her eversal-
low skin grew to a greenish-yellow
whenever the name of Rose Aiken was
mentioned.
But she was crafty , and knew her
absence from the wedding would be
the subject of coarse remarks. Hav
ing dressed herself with exceedingly
care she was driven over to the mod
est cottage of the miller and proffered
her services to assist in "decking the
lamb for the slaughter" a great con
descension in the eyes of the admiring
rustics.
But at her touch Rose Aiken shrank ;
as the flower after which she is named
does at the breath of tire frost , and
rushing to the arms of her raother ex
claimed : "See how I am ahivering.
Can it he that some enemy S walking
over my grave , " and the bfae eyes
Hooded with tears.
"You can't have an enemy in the
world , my pet" said her doting
parent. "You are nervous , dear , that
is oil. "
The wordsfailed to comfort Kg > se.
Every time the fingers of Elizabeth
Gunning rested upon her flesh the
effect was asii they bad been ice. For
tunately that was not often. The ex-
posure'of the shoulderswhite as snow
and polished as-marble , quickly satis
fied the fine lady , and immediately
after the-weddingceremony she drove
home and dispatched1 a messenger for
an old half-gipsy crone who had
assisted- birth and burial for half a
century.
Knowing she would ! be well paid ,
though wondering afi the summons ,
the woman went asq idcly as pos
sible to the manorhouse. . When she
entered the room where thelad3r was
waiting , she was greeted with the
question :
"Were you in thehouBe - of Mark
Aiken when his daughter was born ? "
"Aye , my lady , and it was a blithe
birthing as it has been a blithe bridal. "
"Who dressed tne-babe ? "
"These old hands , and a fai7er one
was neverblessed by the fairies. "
Drawing nearer toher ; with her
black brows drawn dowiii over the
cold , haughty , gray-black eyes Eliza
beth Gunning whispered in her eyes.
The gipsy crone started , glared ; at her
suspiciously , hesitatedThen , as a
broad , bright piece of' goldwas held
temptingly toward her she-murmured
out :
"Yes , mv lady , " with-ashadider.
"What is it ? "
The answer was given.im the most
cautious of whispers , and' with an
alarmed expression of the old wrink
led face.
"Gan anything obliterate- ? "
"Nothing but death. IS is His
mark. "
"Can you I will weigh it down an
hundred times with gold can you , "
and no human ears could have heard
the words she breathed'save the ones
for which they were intended-
"Yes ( trembling ) , bub ii must be
dug from among graves when there is
shining neither moon or star. Yes , I
can bring it to you , but no one must
know , for it would be death , death ! "
"Fail not or - ' and the thin jeweled
fingers were pointed threateningly.
Glad to get beyondthe presence of
one she hated-forher wealth , feared
for her power , and yet was anxious to
conciliate for reward , the gypsy has
tened from the house and returned to
her hut buried in the depths of the
forest.
Once there , she-sat down.rested her
elbows upon her knees , her clenched
hands , and from time to time shaking
her gray locks remained ? lost , in
thought for hours. Then * she arose ,
looked out upon the night , saw that
it fruited her purpose , hobbled to the
graveyard that surrounded the church
and crawled upon her devilish errand
among the graves of the-long mould
ering and recently buried dead.
A few weeks later whpn Rose Simon-
son returned from her happy wedding
tour she was startled by the intelh-
3ence that the lady of the manor
house was alarmingly ill , was daily
failing ; had grown very thin ; that her
disease baffled the skill of the physi
cians.
"You must go and see her , dear , " "
she said to her hnsband , "must try
and comfort her. "
"And you Rose ? " he asked , aston
ished that she did not propose to ac
company him , knowing a3 he did , her
warm , sympathetic nature.
"If she wishes I will visit her. No ,
5ear , do not urge me now , " and she
I 3hivered as she had done when being
' dressed for her wedding.
j He went , returned with a sad , puz-
' zled face and explained as well as he
was able the situation of tho lady.
"She is laboring under some strange.
: y
,3
mental delusion ; is a victim of one ol
tho demoralizing , uncanny and un
christian superstitions of tho age and
imagined aonie one has bewitched
her. "
"Heaven forbid. " answered the
young wifo , "who does she suspect of
dealing with tho evil one ? "
"She would not tell me , dear , and I
mourn to think how readily some
poor , innocent woman may be wrong
fully accused and made to suffer. "
"You prayed with her , husband ? "
"Long and earnestly , and endeav
ored to reason her out of her foolish
and wicked belief , but it was a sad
failure. She would not listen to me ,
declared that some one was nightly
sucking her blood and eating away
her heart. "
"Horrible ! O , husband , can noth
ing be done to 3ave tho lost soul ? "
"I have exerted myself to the
utmost , Rose ; you might try. It is
possible she would listen to you ,
dear. "
The ordeal was a terrible one for
the young wife to pass through , but
she nerved herself lor it. Yet she was
trembling from head to foot when she
entered the room of the sick woman
and could not keep back her tears
when she saw how slip had shrank to
a shadow , how like parchment her
skin , how her eyes burned with a wild
and unnatural fire and brightness.
The presence of Rose appeared to
throw Elizabeth Gunning into convul
sions. She shrieked as in the most in
tense agony , and screamed so loud
that every one in the house thought
her dying and rushed to the room.
"The witch ! The witch ! Rose Sim-
onson has bewitched me. Look just
below her right shoulder. I taw it
when 1 was helping to dress her ; saw
the devils' mark ! Take her away ,
she is draining my heart dry. "
Rose was taken away , had to be.
She had fainted , and merciful would
it have been had she not awakened
until in another world. It was in the
days of executions and drowning for
the crime charged against her ; when
ignorance and malice were unscrupu
lous and friends were powerless to
save.
So was it in the case of the young
wife. Bravely her husband and fath
er fought for her ; stoutly she asserted
her ignorance ; her intense horror : her
faith in the justice of God. The lady
of the manor used her money fieely
to accomplish her revenge ; shrieked
that she was dying , all of the White
Rose , and in the end conquered and
fairly laughed aloud when she heard
that her victim was lodged in prison
and would speedily be tried.
"And sentenced and burned ! "
Shrieked the wretched woman so joy
ously that the blood of her attend
ants ran cold , and they shrank from
her in dismay.
There was no one who suspected her
in the matter , but all who had heard
her make the accusation wondered
what she could mean "by the devils'
mark. " Soon it was whispered about
nntil every one heard it ; even the o-d
gipsy crone , who , tortured by rheu-
miati3m , lay writhing and groaning in
he ? wretched cabin.
"The White libso accwed of being a
witaij ? " she murmured from her tooth
less gmns. "Aye , 1 know who did it. "
and with eyesthat flashed asvivid
- her al
as lightning notwithstanding-
most ninety years , "if 3 had1 the
strengWi to crawl toher bedside I
would mnke her own'it was at lie , eTen
if I had1 to > shake it from her lipsas
she was breathing her last breath.
But but I shall never move again un
til I am carried to my own grave and
then mother of mercy prevent it
nothing but poison will grow upon
my grave. "
For hours-slie raved thus , even as
the wicked woman whose will she had
obeyed wasdoing. . Meanwhile-
young wife was pining in prison , and
tne officials planning how she should
be tried , and curiously wondering-
there was indeed1 the mark-of tho'evil
one ution her iair , white skin.
It was easy to be decided. The ex
posure of the beasatiful shoulder was-
all. Before the judges she was led ,
the dress cut away and upon the spot
indicated there was a discoloration
birth-mark as thephysicians and her
mother declared ; the stamp of Satan , . .
as others were ready to swear.
Imagination - riot at such times ;
and the innocent blemish , without
particular form an < 3 > of a dull red col
or , grew into acrimson serpent , with
flashing coils and eyes like fire. This ,
the man who held the office of "witch
finder" stoutly averred. The people
believed him and loudly clamored for
the death of the witsh.
The lady of the manor house heard
and rejoiced ; heard that the nearly
broken-hearted husband was stand
ing in the darkness holding the hand
of his weeping wife ( as she passed it
through the iron-grating ) , was kissing
it from time to time ; bidding herkeep
unshaken her trust in heaven and
frowned.
"Midnight and he there , " she hissed
furiously , "fool that he is. He thinks
to get her free again , but tomorrow
she dies. "
"And what if youi should never see
the light of another day , " came to her
with startling distinctness.
"Who spoke , " she demanded of the >
nurses.
All declared tli3y had not , and'
again the strange and not to be ac
counted for voice broke upon , the
stillness with :
"This night thy-soul will be > reqnirert
of thee. "
Starting up m bed , ghastly from
fright and' horror , Elizabeth Gunning
stared around. Then she fellback
upon the pillow , gasping.
"My medicine , quick , or I'die. "
"There is none. Thelast drop , is-
gone. "
"None ! Merciful father ! The gipsy
woman ? Where is she4'
"Dying , as we have heardin - her
hut. "
"Dead or alive bring her here. "
The frightened attendants turned to
obey , but were met upon the threshold
by the old crone. Leaning upon her
crutches she entered , and without
ceremony asked :
"What would you with me ? "
"More medicine you. know what
give it to me quickly. "
"As I came through the graveyard
there was no stars shining , the moon
was hidden behind a black cloud , the
wind was moaning , sobbing , shrieking
and two corpse fights were burning
where two graves will be dug on the
morrow. "
"The medicine. Give it to me. "
"There is no more to be found , "
was the calm reply. "I sought it , but
lightning had blasted the gnarled oak
under which it grew and burned the
damp earth to ashe3. "
"No more ! In the name of heaven
what shall I do ? "
"Die ! Aye , there were two corpse
lights ; ona for you , Elizabeth Gun
ning ; one for me ; one for a murderess
and- " ;
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'mmtuwu'u u iu mii jL < iiiai nm
' "Hold ! Have mercy ! A murder- '
ess ? Oh , God. I did not think of
that. I cannot , daro not die. " |
"With the innocent blood of tho
White Rose staining your soul. "
"Innocent ? Yes , " yes , she is inno
cent. I wai jealous of her , determin
ed to kill her , honing to win her hus
band , for I loved him so. "
Silently , though she knew it not ,
the door had bt-en opened and the
young rector , Mark Aiken , and the
judges , had stolen in and overheard
the words.
"You declare Rose Simonson to be
innocent ? " was asked by a stern
voice.
"May God have mercy upon your
bouI and for this , your partner in
crime "
"Hush ! " interrupted the young rec
tor , solemnly , she has gone to be judged
before a higher tribunal than that of
earth. Kneel with mo and implore
forgiveness for the soul soon to fol
low. "
His words were true. The gipsy
woman had atoned for her sins as far
as earthly action could do. Craftily
she had plotted for and obtained the
confession. Then her heart-strings
worn to feebleness by old age. had
suddenly snapped , and at the foot of
the bed where Elizabeth Gunning was '
dying , she had fallen dead. j
But the sun rose not again for the I
lady of the manor. Stark and btiff .
she lay in tho gloom of tho manor j
house , knowing nothing of the rousing J
welcome accoraed to the White Rose
of Harpersvil e as she stepped from
prison free , happy and cleared from
every suspicion of witchcraft , save
that of beauty and purity. Yankee
Blade.
Veil Wameon a Rose Leaf.
"Shall I write your name on thid 1
rose ? "
"How will you do it ? " asked a New '
York Mail and Express reporter of thu '
dealer , who was handling a beautiful
jacqueminot rose. 1
"As easily as writing on paper with
a pencil and without injuring the rosa '
in any way. "
"Tell me about the process. "
"It is done by an electric needle.
The needle consists of a very fine piece
of platinum wire and is connected
with a very powerful battery. The '
rose must course be handled very 1
carefully or the entire flower will be \
destroyed. Take one of the leaves of
the flower one of the most promin
ent ones and a perfect one , arc ! place
under it a piece of glass. Then with
the needle quickly write your name '
over the leaf. The needle must be held
very lightly , but it must touch thu '
flower. The electricity conveyed J
through the needle kills the parts that
it touches and drives all the color i
out , 'eaving ' the natne-eJistiuctly writ
ten. This will show beat on colored
flowerslike this red rose ; or on a yel
low flower. It can be dcte on a white
leaf , but doe3 not show well as on
the color. "
"Can ycra make white' 5-arnations
green ? " I
"Very easSy. Some floriuta claim
that coloring flowers is a tra-c-s secret ,
but it is nothing of the sort. Wh n
the Emerald ball was given ira Brook
lyn these green-tipped carnations were
very prominent "in the decorations.
Everyone present at the ball wore
some of these oddlooking flower ? in
their coats. A great many persons
thought that they had really grown as .
they appeared that evening , and I be
lieve some amateur gardners have
been trying to buy some of the plants
to grow in their gardens this summer
anybody who wants to can easily
have some of these flowers. They are 1
only the ordinary white carnations
colored , and , instead of bein a trade
secret , it is just the result of a little
8he ; ical experiment. One way to
color these flowprs is to d'octor ' them
while they are growing. This is done
by feeding into the stems of each flow
er a weak solution of carbolic acid , j
The acid must not be strong enough •
to injure the plant , and just enough j
should be put in the stent lor it to 1
3oak into the bud and flovrer. Thifc |
v U give it a greenish tins when it
hasopened , and to make the color |
deeper the flower should be crashed in 1
a-aolution of carbolic acid after it has
been picked. This method can be
'
used when a number of the colored
flowers are wanted , as they can be >
dipped into the solution a handful at
the time. The color does not take. !
held of the flowers in an artistic man- J
ner , but appears in blot dies on the j
leaves. If time is no object , a very '
pretty coloring can be given , to the
flowers. After they have beea picked
the leaves should be carefully squeezed
in the hands until only the edges of
the leaves are exposed. These should
ba left in the fumes or sulplrer for a
short time and then the flowers drop
ped into a green dye. The dys will
color the flower just where the fumes
have touched. By this means and by
pxercising a little care the flowers can
be made to look very pretty. The
edges of the leaves can be colored
green , and a light green streak can be
made to run down the veins of the
leaves. The white carnations can bo
made blue , green , yellow , purple
blast , or anv " color that one may
wish. " :
"Is it possible to color other flow- ,
" !
ersr" _
"Just as easily as to color the car
nations. Lily of the valley can be
made blue or red or any ? olor. I have
taken a spray of lily of the valley and
made one of the little bc-lKs green , an
other red , another blue and yellow ,
and so on. The large lilies can be
made to look very peculiar. They can.
easily be colored and their names and
dates can be written on their large
leaves. Any lover who might wish
could send lots of letters to some fa-jr
lady in this way , and no one would
ever dream of examining the leaves ol
lilies or roses to find messages of af
fection. If any one liked too , he couM
arrange quite a prettjT cede of signnls
with the oddly-colored flowers. A
blue rose might mean one word , a
5reen carnation another , and so on.
using yellow lilies of the valley , piKpl
pinks , violet chrysantnemums , and so
on. Different colors on the same flow
ers could be made to mean anything. .
Tn fact , a new language of flowers will |
have to be arranged to suit these new |
colored floral beauties. The process '
of putting carbolic acid on the stems \
of carnations to color them was , I be
lieve , discovered by a New York boy ,
who had spent a great many months
experimenting. Since the Emerald
ball they have been named the emer- •
aid pink. "
* > • -
Cromwell , a small place twenty-two
miles weafc of N. P. Junction , was burned.
All tho railroad buildings nnii dwelling
houses except one were consumed. Tha
Are caught Irom an ens ' ino. {
" " *
* 4c x r _
: Human Sacrifice In Jamaica ,
From the San Francisco Examiner ,
I
j "The last timo I attended a sacri
fice , " said Mr. Lindsay , "was in Au.
! gust 1S71. just previous to my second
departure for California , where I had
previously lived for years. Tho con
gregation started in separate groups
' and from different directions from a
town of San Domingo towards a for
est around a lake , several miles dis
tant from tho town.
"At tho eastern sido of tho lako was
an open space , and here a largo num
ber of the ICroomans erected a largo
camp-fire. Then all present , men ,
women , and youths , stripped to tho
waist and , joining hands , formed a
circle around the fire , while two drum
mers with their chests and arms also
bared entered tho ring , and seating
themselves back to back upon their
drums , began pounding vigorously
with the palms of their hands and
1 their heels upon the goatskin drum-
heads. A strict silence was , however ,
; maintained by the dancers. When
thL * ceremony had continued for
\ three-quarters of an hour the chief of
! the tribe and his eldest son ,
1 the junior chief , entered tho
j circle and danced around the
I drummers , chanting wild anthems in
the ancient or sacred tongue of the
t
ICroomans.
"The two chiels then called out tho
names of seven members to enter tho
circle and pray with them that the
coming sacrifice might be acceptable
to God , whom shey also begged to
choose a worthy victim. Those call
ed for came in response to tho chiefs
and , with the latter , prostrated
themselves face downward on the
ground in prayer. At the close of this
silent prayer the seven returned to
their places in the circle , and then
came the solemn portain ol tho rites.
"The elder chief was blindfolded by
two strong men , who , when it was
made certain that he could notsee , re
joined the circle in company with the
drummers. Imagine yourself there as
I was at this awful moment.
"The victim of sacrifice is now to be
selected. The person whom the
hand of the blindfolded chief shall
touch will be the fatal one. Wilder
and wilder go the dancers in the
swiftly flying circle. He rushes for
ward , staggering from fanatical excile-
ment. Now he is near the ring of
dancers. An old woman , an aunt of
the chief , is directly in front of him ,
hut the flying circle pulls her by and
his hand falls heavily on the should
ers of a young man a youth of only
1(5years of age.
"instantaneously the young man
brea'ks from the circle and in resigna- j
tion prostrates himself upon the
earth at the feet of the chief , who was
then led away by his son , and the
high priest appeared upon the scene ,
clad from head to foot in flowing
white linen garments.
"The high priest then danced around
the victim , calling upon God in the
sacred tongue to' accept the being of
sacrifice.
"The bandage beinrr taken from the
eyes of the elder chief he called a man
from the circle tov come forward and
slay the victim.
"A tall Krooman responded to the
leader's command , and , receiving a
dagger from the high priest , in anoth
er moment stabbed the victim in the
heart.
"The high priest next cut off very
small pieces of flesh from-the victim's
right arm , then from'his left arm , and
afterwards from the calve * of his right
and left legs and distributed them
among members of the congregation ,
who ate the morsels given tothem. .
"The member- t lie congregation ,
still arranged in a circle , then turned
their backs to the central fin * , and
kneeling down , clasped their hands in
prayer while the high priest , taking a
calabash cup made out of a-native
gourd , filied it with the victim ' s-blood
and after signing the brows ol the two
chiefs with the crimson fluid besprink
led it to the fourquartersof the world.
"At the clo e ot this ceremony the
high priests and chieftains took the
body and placed it in the fire covering
it over with wood.
"Tne dancing anddrumming * ware-
then resumed and kept up until the
corpse was burned to ashes , which
were scattered to the winds.
"With the exception of this festival
the Kroomans hold no other religious-
serivoes. "
Food of the Primitive Wfary-
From the Cotemporary Magazine.
Primitive manwherever he was first
castwhether in one center or in. more I
than cnemustof necessity have found
ins food in the plant world. We can
not imagine him commencing his ca
reer learned in the arts of hunting- ,
killing and cocking the lower animals
lor food. Many infer from this cir
cumstance that the argument infawor
6f the vegetarian practice is copied
diract from naturesigned and deliver
ed by her. 2\ot quite so fast. There
is one interposing barrier to the free
acceptance of vegetarian dped and act
of conveyance ot food lrom nature to
man. Nature herself , of her own right
royal willmakes for animalsherbivo
rous and carniverous , one distinctive
au-imal food ; a secretion from the liv
ing animal organisma fluid which is a
etandard food meat and drink in
one the fluid known under the : &me
or milk.
Against absolute vegetarianism ,
lien.we may fairly , set up with one ex-
veption derived from nature as the
the unerring guide. On observing the
habits of animals , we discover anoth
er natural fact. We find that animals
of quite different natures , in. respect
to primitive selections of foodpossess
the power of changing their modes of
feeding and of passing over.as it were ,
from one claw * to another. This
change is distinct but limited , and we
must exnect it with all its limitation
on the othec : The fruit-eating ape
can be taught under privation to sub
sist on animal diet ; a dog enn , I be
lieve , be taught to subsist on a vege
table diet. Bnt it would be as impos
sible to teach a sheep to eat flesh as
it would te to make a lion feed on
gsoss.
His Son Was 115 Years Old.
Vienna Dispatih to. the London Times.
Cases of longevity arenot rare > n
Aust-fia-Hungary , but one is rather
stariled to see the Vienna journals
announce as a positive fact that a
peasant who has just died at Bieltsch
m Moravia , had attained the rsmairk-
ahle age of 142 years.
He is stated to have lert a son ag&
115 , and a grandson age 185 , besides
numerous children.grandchildren and
. deceased
and gre-at-grandehildren.Tbe
centenarian , it is said , enjoyed thu
Vest of health until the last ,
A Cheerful Essay on Death. j
Now York Star. \
Peoplo dio very fast nowadays. Ita
a regular business. In my native vil *
lage nino-tenths of my boyhood B
friends aro in the graveyard. At least , fl
tho bones they used are there. I havo H
rows otjfunts and uncles there nil V
dead. ' 1 have one undo there whe fl
was a great lover of horses OnV
night a horse kickedm \ tombstone in
two pieces. People remarked it noA 1
guessed Uncle Henry had overdriven W
that horse some timo or othen
There's girls I used to know in that
cemetery , too. They are nil dead I
too. They are girls of 18513 , whoso |
young men went to California to J
make a fortune and never euimt back. a |
The girls who waited for them died , . V
and those who didn't wait married
the other fellows , and wished after- \i \
ward thoy were dead. J
Does death end ail ? Not in Now
York if there's any money in tho dear - - . B
deceased. After death there's tho q (
judgment of the Probate Court , and J
the discontented heirs , and the broken jk
will , and the lawyers , and the mournM
ers mourning about the streets bo- |
cause ho bequeathed a few thousand B
to a charitable society. H
Said tho Probate Court f-tenograph- H
er of this city to me recently : "I
havo been outraged. A villainous
thing was done to me to-day in open '
court. Tho dissatisfied heir who had
got ready to contest the will of a rich
relative have by soma my.terioui
means become satisfied. They in
structed their lawyers to withdniwob1
jections. A squad of lawyeis to-day J
withdrew them and lam out of pocket * M
in prospective fees at least two mill
ions of dollars two millions ol dol
lars sir. You know that Probate
Court Stenographers never work for
less than a thousand dollnrs an hour.
You know how they all build towns 1
and buy railroads. I never saw such >
an outrage in all my long experience •
of mortuary jurisprudence. " S
Funerals are very unconsoling af
fairs. The minister says something ,
but it is never very satisfactory. No
one at a funeral seems to enjoy him
self but tho undertaker. He has got
something to occupy his mmd , to say
nothing of the bill.
J'vo seen attempts made here by -A
the skeptics who try hard not to be- H
Hove in anything , to make the funeral J
of one of their fraternity lively and 1
cheerful. But they turn out just as 1
dismal failures as tho rest. Then I
speakers will get up and Hy : "This • !
is the last of our brother. Ho is gone
out entirely. Ho is anihilated. Hi *
body is dead and so is his soul , and
will your soul be and mine after we'ro
dead. " And everybody then goes 1
home fuller of gloom than ever ; and
those who dare , take a big drink to
wash out tho recollection of the
whole affair. Those who dare not
drink , and live entirely on vegetables , 1
get their little excitement by writing -
articles "to provo that we're all can
dles eternally snuffed out by death , "
which they give to their friends tc
read , saying : " .Tom our misery , ,
brothers. "
Our graveyards have become artifi- j
cial stone quarries. We rate a man's
worth by tho tons of stone we put
over him. If at the last day thegrave Hfl
do break open , the tall monuments in- H
Cavalry and Greenwood cemeteries H
will go rattling and tumbling over H
each other like a mn of bricks. fl
In my boyhood days death and
deathbed scenes were the staple arti-
cles for conversation at the breakfast Jm
table the intellectual relish of winfl
ter's griddle cake and country sausage.
A funeral was a three days' business M
in a country village wht-re people lived J
so near each other that tho sound ol "j
busy hammers nailing coffins up could J
be heard over half the place. Tho ]
young people got some rebel by sitting , M
up with the corpse , and the old ones j
by gnesing how much the dcea ed * - -v j
left his family around the tobaccoA ]
btained stove at the village grocery. Jf
Does death end all ? No. Whenthl LJ
-
rich man dies and is buried it's now M fl
necessary to hire permanently asquad H
ot detectives to watch the. nmams.
Itich men's bones have a commercial J
value in the thieves' market , and we m
may yet see the current prices quot- _ _
ed. The requiescat in pace period is W" " s
over. This is a progressive world ,
and when a man of money dies we M
have sometimes to make a bogus J
grave for people to come and weep ]
over to keep the body snatchers oil
the right scent.
I love graveyards. There 's so nmch * J
genuine fiction on some of the tomb
stones. I was walking through the
wealthy part of Greenwood the other \
Sunday , and the re-embance ! ot a 1
substantial and co'tly street of sepul- \
chers to a row of small retail store = j
was very striking. Of course it wa ? j
accidental. k
j
The queerest move I ever saw in ' B
graveyards was at Red Mountain Bar fl
Cal. , in the winter of ' 01-132 , when it fl
ramed for sixty odd days , and w fl
had commenced making design * foi - - * - - lflj
Noah's arks. The camp graveyard |
on the hillside got so wet that the I
whole concern , tombstones and all , J
with the boys who had did with j
their boots on and those who hadn't J
slipped off the ledge and t-hd into I
Bloody Uill's back yard , ramjam 1
against his back door. The thing J
was done so neatly that not a corpse I
was disturbed , and Si Putnam ' s dfl
tombstone looked in at Bill's back | H
window. Bill was mad. and wanted H
to hydraulic the lot off , but the boys H
wouldn't let him. - y M
-o . H
Cot Angry by Telephone. • ,
A recent decision in Germany is j
worthy of record for the beaeSt oi 1
American telephone patrons. One
unfortunate telephone user Lost his
temper at being kept waitu by the
central office , and when exp'tmations
were made he told the telhone offi
cial per telephone to shut his gab and
not he about it. The ccfc eurp the
merchant sixty marks tine tnd twelve " *
day3 in jail as a warning ; against a 0
libelous use of a scientificconvenience. . J
Electrical Review. 1
Those panctilious peopie who ire f
making so much fuss about the A
alleged breach of Vatican etiquette bymB I
the king of Sweden appear to 'orget H
General Grant's visit to the pope. At J H
the worst , all tha kiag of Sweden did jf H
was to. kiss the holy father on both. I H
cheeks instead of on the hand , bat H
the American general , it vt 'Al be se- |
membered. instead of sahsttng the ,1
outstretched hand of the p&pe , seised 1
it vigorously in his own , * ad. shaking 1
i heartily , exclaimed : "Very clad , H
to see you. sir. " Thus , if Pope Leo H
was so shocked , what "must have been fl
the state of mir.d of Pope Pius , I H
should like to know ? London H
Figaro. A H