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A MIDNIGHT RECOGNITION. TrasBudueiuyft»a a eij«lin the wWbj the sound of footsteps m her bedroom, .and the next moment the light of a dark lantern flooded her face so near that she could almost feel the heat and hear the suppressed breathing of the intend er. Her husband was from home, and tho only other person in the house ex cept herself was a servant girl, who slept in the story beneath. Her presence of mind did not, however, forsake her It doubtless requires a great amount of resignation and fortitude m a woman to listen to i “ rea H ‘ ‘ sacking of liq e.. re o« au< the appi^ination of her jewelry but fbe lady , very rationa Hi f w,r world, l ‘ £lU qui , tJy )“ c.ose c . 1 ; “f h STv .• e8 * ^nd - ‘”15 l withdrawn from l.er <;«, the picking emUhe of heard locks, the and ^ occasionally of djk. a low whisper o there surjii silence ; < - for •j P full - m. nt. Then was a mmutc-it seemed an hour to hoi—and Shwe. To 'UESJ Si ;u“» Through the closed lids of her eves she saw' the light, but remained calm and motionless in its scrutinizing rays, fearful that the least movement might imperil her life. What a moment of suspense! The light was removed from her face and she felt that some one was leaning against the bed. Still she remained motionless, nor did she stir when the warm breath of the burglar fanned her cheek. Not until his lips pressed her forehead did she spring up ami half shriek: “Who is in this room?” “Hush!” responded a voice in a hoarse whisper, while a rough hand was laid on her shoulder: “Speak nothing mul fear nothing.” heard the sound The next moment she of retreating footsteps and the creaking of a shutter, then all was still again. Satisfied that she was alone she sprang from the bed and touched a lighted match to the burner, then sank into a chair, completely prostrated had with the danger through which she passed. Recovering she looked round to ascer¬ tain of what she had been plunderd. The drawers were all in the utmost confusion, but, strange to sav, little or nothing was missing. A casket of jew¬ elry was open on the bureau, but the diamonds and gold were ali there. Be¬ side the casket she discovered a little roll ot paper containing a ring which had been given to her many years before, and which had been in her possession ever since. Half bewildered at tho sin¬ gular proceeding she was about to cast the paper from her when her eye caught the marks ot a pencil upon it. She care¬ fully opened it and read: “This ring, which once was mine, tells me in whose house I am. You know I am an outlaw—the world knows it, and I do not care to deny it; but, fallen us I am, I cannot rob you, Maria, Forgive mo and God bless you. “Henry.” This explained all. Falling on her knees, she prayed for him who had written the scroll. And who was “Henry?” lie loved that Ten years ago same Maria, and he would have made her his wife—for she had promised and to be his— had lie not taken to drink gambling and finally forged tbe name of his em¬ ployer, for which lie was given a home in a convict prison. When he was worthy of h r love lie gave her that ring, and she had kept it in remembrance of what he bad been. This is the story of the ring. tho husband tho On the return of wife related to him the adventure and showed him Iho note; but ho never attempted to arrest the burglar .—Chicago Tri¬ bune. The Causes of Blushing. The physiology of blushing has long presented a difficult problem to solve. Many unsatisfactory explanations have been given of tho causes of that inter¬ esting phenomenon. The British Medical Journal lately received an in¬ quiry as to the measures to be taken tov the cure of a chronic tendency to blush, and one of its correspondents takes up the matter in a very practical way. Among other causes of blushing lie gives prominence “to the wearing of too thick underclothing, and especially of too thick socks.” Ho adds that long sleeved woolen sacks or jerseys are often a cause of blushing, and, in fact, warm clothing in general. He does not fail to remark that the blusher must choose in this matter between the risk of rheu¬ matism and the annoyance of blushing. As collateral evidence in support of his views he says : An aunt of mine had habitually a red nose from this cause alone, which disappeared when she took to thinner stockings.” Regarding tlie matter from a social standpoint, the writer ways : “The best plan for an habitual blusher is to laugh and be very gushing, as, for instance, on meeting an acquaintance in the Btreet, when he colors up; and he will feel more at liis ease than if he looks sheepish and reserved. ” An obvious cause for blushing is over-sensitiveness and self-conscious¬ ness, which will wear away as the person becomes more used to society and itrengtliens his character by adopting wise principles of thought and action. The physiological explanation of blush¬ ing given by tbe writer just quoted is that it is due to paralysis of surround¬ the sym¬ pathetic circles of the nerves ing the arteries, which, not contracting properly, allow a freer flow of blood to the surface. “I am so alarmed, Lizzie,” exclaimed ft St. Louis girl, who was engaged to be married to a young army officer. “He hasn’t written mo in three days.” 4, There is no occasion to get excited," <Was the reassuring reply; “he is out of fhe reach of the Indians, there is no ep¬ idemic prevailing where he is stationed, ftud when he last wrote ho was in per¬ fect health." “Oh, yes, I know all that, Lizzie," said the timid, agitated cren Jure, “but then there’s the army worm.” Deference is the most delicate, the jnost indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. Asleep on a Telegraph Wire. on j M1 rar e occasions in a steeping car, but , b)lb] f tho first casc of any one select i telem-anh Hole K ^ 'nrred as a . ccc 'the other night, mi(luight Jack Donegan, - linemen employed by the tel ; ^ ® Appeared, ;*« 4 forking 'fully -lj * in uniform, in¬ * : dimbe at W ood Brothers’ ice h ft( . the foot of Hoimcs street, and , a the men in charge fc for the loan of t Rljort of 1 lank Supposing ing that he to use it in mak some re pairs () f the telephone lines, a large number of which ; pass directly in front jf {|ie ic0 ll0Use they gave him the plank, !*rise but were unprepared for the sur which awaked tin m, for Donegan, taking the board under liis arm, climbed to the top of • high pole ne»r be, trod = « ViffgZ ai , ( ., ( , hing j, inisel f on the plank, corn j b j msc ]f f 0 r a snooze and was soon as peacefully as a babe in its : anas Tbe employees L, of tho . So........ exported tore,, fell ever, moment, but were afraid to make any 'Attempt to wake him lest it should an officer came along and, being made ac¬ quainted with the individual situation, yelled at the high-minded roosting at the top of the fiole, and endeavored to persuade him to come down from liis toffy perch. Donegan woke up in good order, but failed to recognize the Finding officer’s •/uthority to order him down. persuasion of no avail, the officer, not to be outdone, and being something of a *,limber himself, “shinned” up the pole, uid by the application Safely ot a little force brought his man down to terra firm a, and Donegan was taken to the station. A few hours afterward he was irraigned in the police court and fined :55 for drunkenness. He said that sleep¬ ing on the top of telegraph poles is one if his favorite pastimes, and he is unable o see any reason why he should bo dis urbed in his repose. — Kansas City fmrnai. _ A Seal’s Affection for Her Young. An interesting incident, illustrating the maternal affection of the animal for its young, was brought to notice during the visit of an excursion party to Ana capa Island. A young seal pup, only' a few months old, was brought away from the island by little Ernest Whitehead, who desired to take it home for a pet. The little animal was secured by a rope around one of its fins, and tied within a Shortly small yawl belonging to the sloop. before sailing a large seal was noticed swimming around the sloop anchored off the cove where the capture was made, uttering loud barks and at times howling piteously. No particular attention was paid to the ani mal at the time or to the little captive, which at times barked in response to the old dam’s plaints. The boat sailed away, making for Ventura shore. When off San Buenaventura a calm in the wind decreased the speed in the boat, wlic-n a large seal was noticed near by. On reaching the wharf at Santa Bar I>ara at two o’clock the next morning a seal was again discovered swimming about the boat. It was Hot supposed that this was the mother of the captive, or out of pity for its misery the pup would have been thrown overboard. tho rope was taken nom u fi i ai it was tied up in a jute sack and let loose on chor the seal responded to its mother’s invitation by casting itself overboard, all tied up as it was vvithiu a sack. It is asserted by the man on deck that the mother seized the sack and wit h her sharp teeth tore open the prison of her offspring. This, however, is a mere conjecture. If it did, the little pup was saved; otherwise it would drown tied up in the sack. The incident was more in miles ovm b tn , ocmi m 1 ‘ Crfnl on } " y oxmg.-Santa jsatoaru D v Couldn’t Help it. I was visiting a magistrate in Kerry county, stalwart says fellow an English brought writer, when a was in a pris oner, charged with nearly killing an old, bald-headed man, whose head was a bloody mass. Being asked to swear in formation against the accused who had wounded him, the injured man was si lent, and on being pressed, absolutely refused. “What was it this fellow did to you ?” asked the magistrate. “Noth ing,” was the answer. The magistrate turned to the culprit. “Are you not ashamed,” he said, “to have liaif killed this old man, who will not even give in formation against you ? Had you any ill-will to lnm?” “Oh, none at all, your Honor; I never saw him before to-day.” “Then what made you do it ?” “Well, I’ll tell your Honor God’s truth. Ye see, I came late into the fair; luck M as agin me, for all the fighting wan over; so, as I was strutting about, looking for a boy to cross a stick wid, I saw this poor man’s bald head poked out of a slit ct a tent that he might cool it, and it looked so inviting that, for the sowl o’ me, I couldn’t help hittiug the blow.” Hasn’t the Chance of a Dog. “Wliv don’t you feed the dog ?” was asked of an old negro. “Why doan I feed him ?” “Yes, why don’t you feed him ?” “Why doan I feed mvse’f? I’se as hungry as de dog is, an’ ’sides dat he’s got de ’vantage ob me. He ken go out an’ pick up a piece ob meat an’ go ’bout bis business, an’ de white foks doan say nuthin’, but ef I picks up in suthin’ ter eat, da wants ter slap me jail, sail. A nigger ain’t got de chance ob a dog, nohow. ”— Arkansaw Traveler. W hat He Earned. —Jim Smith, who was released «from the Tennessee State prison the other day, is a master me¬ chanic and toolmaker, who can earn $4 per day. He worked in the machine shop 2,836 years' days, and his good behavior cut two and eleven montlis off his term of ten years for robbery on the highway. Deducting the cost of his support, estimated at eighteen cents per day, he earned net for the State, THE HOY AND THE EXTINGUISH*:!!. A manufacturing establishment down Fort street was moving its office the other day, and had called in all the ap urentice boys to assist in the operation. The desks and chairs and books and maps and patterns were all safely loaded nod transported, and by-and-by nothing was left but the fire extinguisher. One of the boys was ordered to place this on a wheelbarrow and carefully wheel it iver, but he knew a plan twice as good as that. There were straps on it, and he was big enough to carry it slung on iiia back. With the help of another boy he load d it up. and when he found it snugly fitted to his back, he pranced out and wished from the bottom^ of his soul that he had been a fireman instead of an apprentice boy in a foundry. He was stumping along in a melancholy way when his foot struck the end of a plank and he went sprawling. The nearest person was an old woman with a basket on her arm, and right behind was a chap with a white vest and yellow kids on. Both started forward as the boy yelled out, and the next minute a circus was in progress. The fall set off the machine, and it w'as impossible to doubt that it was in fine working order. There Wits a distant rumbling and groaning as if old Vesuvius was on a bender. Then name a z-z-z-z-tizz ! as if somebody’s da fountain had concluded to quit business. The boy rolled over and over, the liose flew around like a whip-lash, and such of the chemicals as didn’t till the boy’s ears and eyes and pockets were pretty evenly divided be tween the old woman and the man with the white vest. The man would have got across the street had he not run into a hitch icg-post and got a set-back, and the old woman would have escaped with a mouth ful or two had she not stumbled over him. There was a screaming and jaw ing and.whooping among the three as the terrified hoy kept rolling around and calling for some one to put him out, but nothing could be done until wild-looking the charge was exhausted. Then the object which had once been a man got up and kicked at an apple-peddler hand and made off with his hat in his at a run, and an object which had once been a good-natured old woman with four cucumbers in a basket, rose up and grabbed a handy club and whaled away at the hoy and the extinguisher, hitting elbow one as often as the other, until her grease gave out. Then she panted and gasped, generally and announced: known peaceful “I’m as a woman, but when any boy jumps at me with an infernal maslieen and throws corrosive sublimate and skunk s grear.e all over my best bonnet, I’m bound to let’em know that. I’ve spunk enough to resent it .”—Detroit Free Press. The Skeleton of a Giant. DISCOVERY IN INDIANA OP THE BONES OF A MAN OP GIGANTIC SIZE. G f r 8 e /mold, . ft Drin „ hand . , in . the e “P 1 %,f f Franklin Boots who lives about fifteen miles west of Shelbyvile, In < l > a d f- C °7 ery haS T « ted ^spread interest . in that county. 1,H ‘ ?H ect thls mterest “ the sl I eleton ol wbat otlCl j a mau ot gig a »tic pro portions, which was uncovered in a a gravel pit on Mr. Boot s farm, The skeleton was found in a sitting posture, facing the east, and about six feet be neatii the surtace. Some of the bones fere badly broken by a caving of the >ank, but the skull and some of the „ au ti c statue of “Sf the being to whom they a d the skull from front to rear the rule Pf?mg from the eye-socket to the back the head, shows it to have been about inches while the breadth of the ndenor maxillary was eight and one-lialf mcnes, showing that the bram must have weighed und from Careful four and one-half to of five the P“ s ; measurement other , bones establish the tact that the man, when a ive was not less than nine n vorj iSgo ml do not slirav the slightest ° sign ^ of decav, to’theboims although they thi ar worn ao vnalmost of j aw> the man could not have been less than 100 years old when he died, and of course he may have been much older, The bones of the lower jaw are very large and thick, showing an extent of mus cular development in that organ which is far beyond any thing of the present day. How long ago the body of this giant was interred w here it was unearthed, or to what tribe or nation lie belonged when lie trod the earth in all the majesty of his strength, it is impossible to say, but it must have been ages ago, as all the indi cations show that the soil where the re mains were discovered had not been dis turbed for many generations. Steps have been taken to have casts made of the bones, and they will be placed either in the State collection or some of our col lege museums. A " Frightened "__ Witness. Qn one occasion, says Oakev Hall in [jj s reminiscences, a witness to ail moral conclusions perjured himself, and yet ho seemed cool and natural. Presently the Recorder of the Court turned in his pa¬ C uliar, affable way, and said : “My friend the room is not hot, the day is cold, and yet you are in a perspir¬ ation—are you not ?” There were no signs of this, but the witness instantly caught out his hand¬ kerchief, his forehead. and began to mechanically wipe ill; look pale?” “Are you you so He responded by turning pale and gulping down some water. Here the counsel for the defense showed signs of wishing to interfere, as being afraid of his witness breaking down, but the Recorder interposed wi*k: “Sorry to have agitated you: but my duty is like yours” (the Recorder had an impressive the truth voice) and the “to whole ascertain nothing but truth.” Then the witness turned and said • “Please let me go; I am indeed ill.” His testimony was withdrawn by con¬ sent. At the conclusion of the case the Re¬ corder said to me: “I knew he was committing perjury, for he had a peculiar tremor of the eye¬ lids which, from my nearness to a wit¬ ness, I can alwavs see. And this tre¬ mor may generally be noticed in men and women who are lying.” MODERN WITCHCRAFT. A Community Dineover«*<l fhnt lias a vSnbliine Faith in Witchcraft. a respectable German family named Boyer, who have lived in Stony Creek Valley, Pa., for several years, were re gently compelled to move away. Most 0 f the inhabitants are believers in witchcraft. For four or five years they nave annoyed ground and persecuted that old Mrs. the Boyer Boy era, on the was a witch, and had bewitched a daugli xr G f William Kildey. pilot, and Kildey is an in telligent the river Susquehanna is “Squire.” known all along believer in witchcraft. as He is a firm His daughter Emma was taken sick in 1877. She was afflicted with convulsions, dur ing which she barked like a dog, made noises like a fighting cat, and talked German, a language she knew nothing about. Physicians tried for three years to cure her, but could not. father One day she told her that a young man had asked to go home with per from Sunday school and she would not let lnm. He told her lie would give her over to old Mrs. Boyer, who would bewitch her and she would die. Since then she has been sick. A witch doctor named "Wolf told Eiidey that his daugh tcr was bewitched. He showed her half sister the likenc-ss of tho witch in a basin of water. It was old Mrs. Boyer, s i ie said. Kildey then consulted Arm strong McClain, a peddler and witch doctor. He burned some hair on a shovel, and told Kildey that if he did uo + meet a brindle cow on his way home pig daughter would be relieved from the witch’s spell at sundown. He said that the witch was Mrs. Boyer, Kildey said his daughter got better at sundown. She was well for some time, put } la d occasional relapses, when it was charged that Mrs. Boyer was tor menting her. Two years ago she was reported as being worse than ever, McClain was sent for to “lay the witch.” He placed some roots andherbs j n a bottle and sprinkled a white powder on them and filled the bottle with water, Then he asked for an old hammer, which was given him. He took it out doors and remained fifteen minutes. Be - turning, he walked to the patient’s sided Drawing the hammer back as if to strike a powerful blow, he said: “Now I’ll kill ;j ie witch, old Mrs. Boyer.” He brought ip e hammer down gently against the girl’s right temple three times. Then He took the hammer and threw it out doors, and said to Mrs. Kildey: “If your spotted cow kicks when you milk her to-night,be sure and don’t scold her, because that’s what tho witches want you to f i 0j and that will break the c harm. I have settled Mrs. Boyer. She will die in seven months, and when they bury her her coffin will burst open.” Boyer, had John Boyer, arrested a son finally of Mrs. for defamation McClain of character, and lie was bound over to answer at court. The Kildey still girl con¬ tinued to assert that she was tor¬ mented by Mrs. Boyer, and, being un¬ able to convince they the being superstitious imposed peo¬ ple that were upon, Slie family decided to move away. A Boat With a Wooden Boiler. Some time ago it was announced that a machinist of this city named Joseph Sutcliffe was engaged in the construc¬ tion of a steamboat boiler from an ordi¬ nary ale cask. At the time it was men¬ tioned the boiler was not quite com launched and tested, and has stood a considerable pressure of steam to tbe square inch. The wooden boiler was built to supply a two-horse placed power rotary engine, and was to bo on a six teen-foot boat. The boiler was made from an ale cask, and very little change has taken place in its exterior. On the iuside of the barrel has been placed a fire box which extends well down into the cask; this has been fitted with tubes - placed horizontally and vertically to T other boilers the te is ouppliod supplied with fuel through from tho top, draught being a tube from below. This unique boiler lias been fairly tested, and is pronounced a success for the purpose for which it was constructed. The engine is a two-horse power rotary, and was also built by Mr. Sutcliffe. This novel vessel is a twin screw pro peller, the screws being ten inches in diameter. The vessel is not only pro pelled but is steered by these screws, which act like the tail of a fish. A trial trip was made a few days after it was launched with five persons, and the boat proceeded about a quarter of a mile up the river. It was then thought best not to proceed any further, as it was found the engine was not in a direct line with the propeller shaft, which caused con siderable friction. This trouble lias since been remedied, and the engine and boiler are working very successfully, and trips are made with the boat up the river every afternoon. The wooden boiler boat, as it has become known and spoken of on the river, is the cynosure U eyes, as it passes up and down the stream.— Paterson Press. Accidents to an Imperial Family. A whole series of unlucky accidents have lately befallen the Austrian imper¬ ial family. Just as the Empress Eliza¬ beth was passing which on horseback over a small bridge spans a torrent in tbe Styrian Alps, near Murzsteg, a plank gave way under her horse’s hoof. The animal stumbled and threw his rider over his head. On the very same day, at the same hour, Archduke William, brother of Archduke Albert, while super¬ intending the cavalry exercises at the camp at Brack, was taken ill, and fell in a dead faint off his horse; and at the same moment the Archduchess Cloilda, wife of Archduke Joseph, who had been to visit a girls’ school near Buda-Pestb, having just stepped out of tbe house, accompanied by the young girls, heard a frightful noise behind her. She turned, and found that the roof of the school-room had just fallen in ! What interpretation will superstitious people place upon these coincidences? Ours would be that the Archduchess Clotilda is luckier than her relations. Sin is never at a stay; if we do not re¬ treat from it we shall advance in it; and the further on we go the more we have to come back. I- 1 - Jones & Gomean Corner Commerce and Warehouse Sts. 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