Huntingdon Globe (Newspaper) - August 9, 1888, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania HUNTINGDON PA AUGUST 9 1888 TLA W PA fto 319 Pmn St L KOBE DENTIST Office Iu S T Browns new PA Ao 520 ril 11 1871 r ALLEN LOVELL W HUNTINGDON HU i HUNTINGDON PENNA formerly oC D Blair ILTON S LYTLE feb 3 87 ATTORN Huntingdon Pa VTT Two doors cast of Rend PENS STREBT AH legal business In RAILROADS f after Sunday November train will run as follows Ol BlS g FM A x 11 25 11 M PM i 47 5 JS 1 07 150 7 00 A M 1120 611 Tsd 7 10 7 00 7 07 745 12 45 11 55 r M STA IONS P M 320 Philadelphia Harrisburg i N Hamilton 1 03 HUl Creole AM 6 50 425 2 10 Huntingdon 2 23 Petersburg Barree 2 35 Spruce Crook Union Fur 2 48 Birmingham 2 50 Tyrone Tipton 314 S 30 8 20 P M 1250320 3 00 2 88 2 58 AM 7 10 5 03 1 47 4 88 851 34G 838 333 II M r M a 15 P M 1150 9 50 9 84 850 A M 425 A ST 1045 12 15 331 SM 805 758 7 47 43 2 421 7 40 8 44 00 SC 17 53 2 85 221 7 35 7 25 nio 2 211 7 25 2l 7 211 120312 13 11 50200 8 55 A MUM IT a AMI 020 00 i 807 SSC arriving at p in Passenger arrives at Huntingdon Philadelphia Express daily 10 U Rr in Philadelphia at 4 23 ft iu on tho above stop only at stations aro given JK WOOD Agt TOP attar Monday Way 11 1888 pus ill arrive and depart as follows SOUTH Kail PM 6 A M 8 Huntingdon Line P M e Exerts M 1216 G M 703 7 10 7 15 7 841 851 9 00 y 05 9 Gratton Beaver Cove 09 6 05 5 55 5 45 5 89 5 n 58 11 48 11 40 11 35 11 28 735 7 48 7 53 25 940 9 Saxton Cypher 20 5 06 5 02 4 15 11 02 10 57 10 47 S 21 8 Mt Dallas Bedford 4 28 10 25 BRANCH SOUTH NORTH ATM 9 85 950 STATIONS Saxton Coalmont y 955 Crawford 10 05 PM 5 00 445 440 430 E OEO F General Manager AST TOP RAILROAD On and after Monday Jan SOth 1388 trains will run as follows Northward Southward A M too 6 13 0 21 027 6 57 7 05 7 20 7 35 7 55 g 05 25 P M 4 50 5 02 5 10 515 540 548 G 01 p A M M 4 16 9 05 9 SI 9 3 52 10 22 10 16 10 Springs 301 10 58 11 OB 11 Mills Mount 10 2 OS 1 55 A M 8 89 8 19 5 13 43 7 35 7 20 6 55 oo P JC It 57 11 44 11 30 11 30 10 M 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Democrats lonn their line But then beside Protections banner crimson rags cant shine Our votes will lay their kerchiefs low As though beneath a sea And lock those Rebel ensigns up While Harrison holds the key Well teach the enemy And Groyer Cleveland too That honest pensions must be Those vetoes will not do Down with To his vetoes we He must retire presently Into innocuous desuetude O B CUNNINGHAM Pa Aug 3 88 Guys Choice affecta piles of I wish you would get married Guy Courtney Mrs Howard You are getting spoiled Why dont you anyhow I cant afford it said the fellow whom everyone regarded as the young Croesus oi Abington Nonsense That is sheer tion You know you have money No I mean what I say A man is rich or poor accord ing he thinks himself so I have a good deal of money it is true but my tastes are expensive I have just about enough to do as I please But if I were to marry and increase my expenses I should have to stop doing some of the things I like and I dont fancy that mean you are not in love No I am not and dont want to be unless its with a rich girl who can make up the deficit in my bank account Arent you ashamed of yourself I cried Mrs Howard I had no idea you were such a sordid wretch Why married hundred ft year and we wore just as happy as two turtle doves I never expect to find a woman like you Ada he said relighting his cigar which had gone out But see here what is this thing you are going to have next Arcadian didnt you call it It is n picnic in Pshaw it was some thing better than bugs and a thunder It is but if I said it wni a picnic people wouldnt believe it 1 call it an Arcadian and I know all the quests will appear if for in the world but to find out what Im up to Here she added in an undertone us she caught sight of a flowered parasol coming languidly up the gravel walk Miss Angel is it possible cried Guy with a fervor which amused Mrs Howard but flattered the young lady immensely How could you venture out in such a heat On foot too with that heavy parasol Isnt it dreadful cried Miss Angel sinking down with apparent ex Dear Mrs Howard how do you manage when you have to walk to town Beautifully was Adas brisk re joinder It doesnt uso me tip half so much as the german Doesnt it really I cant stand walking she said waving a blue nnd gold fan with such a terrible effort that Guy had to comu to the rescue I shouldnt have ventured up here but I saw you sitting hero Saw me exclaimed Mrs Howard You dont mean tosay you saw mo all tho way from your house With an opera glass I wanted to bo sure you were at homo before I ventured Mrs Howard glanced at Guy and then looked down an odd smile dimpling the corners of her mouth The fact Angel went on 1 camo to ask you an important question What is one to wear on Thursday I have noyer been to an Arcadian Havent you exclaimed Guy with wellaffected surprise Why I thought you were always up to every thing Miss Angel you are far away behind the times Oh I am not a society person at all Mr Courtney she said sweetly I have gone out very little since dear mammas I am sure I dont know what to tell you said Mrs Howard It is out of doors you know I should think any cool pretty thing would do Oh I must you such a joke cried Miss Angel laughing behind her fun Jessie Norris is coming you know I dont know why she per sists in going out for they cant afford it and to teach school now She doesnt spend yery much on clothes said Mrs Howard Her dissipations dont cost much I should say laughed Miss Angel I heard this morning that she was going to wear a white dress made out of some linen sheets which her grandmother gave her as a wed ding dower I suppose she thought there was no use of keeping them any longer Why not Jessie cant be over twentyfour and she is a very nice looking girl said Mrs Howard Miss Angel shrugged her shoulders But fancy coming in bed clothes I sho said I never beard of such a thing Mrs Howard was too kind to say much and Guy took up the conversa tion in another vein Who is this Miss Norris Guy asked idly She in the district school over there said Mrs Howard point ing out the place where a few brick gables among the plum ing tops of the distant trees She is not your style of person at all said Miss Angel hastily You mean she is very unlike your self said Guy with such brazen flattery that Mrs Howard almost laughed outright But Miss Angel blushed with pleasure I dont think you would admire her she said Or her gowns Blue is my favorite color j If you her sho might have the wash woman tone down her sheets said Miss Angel looking com at her own pretty flowered satin with its blue satin bows and flounces of ecru lace Then I may wear what I like sho said as she rose to go Thank yon Oh Mr Courtney pray dont take the trouble to walk home with me I It is no trouble I assure you said Guy possessing himself of the lowered parasol am going that way Mrs Howard watched them go off attitude of as he carried the parasol Angels head and looked like an adoring slave I dont understand him she said as sho went into the house He is too bright not to see she is throwing herself at his head and yet he acts yery Guy meanwhile had gotten as far as the gate with had de her invitation to come in as on his way into town by a road that lay by the district school He slackened his pace as he came near it It was one of those last days when it is so hard to keep the chil dren quiet The hum of young voices was audible through an open window near which Guy stopped to peer at a small head curly brown braids bent oyer a childs copybook Let me mused lam one of the board of school directors It is my duty to visit the school especially when the examinations are going on Jessie Norris looked up with a vivid blush when she saw him enter the room They had never met but she knew who he waSj and rose to meet him with becoming dignity which did not prevent Guys observing that her blooming like the wild rose and she wore a blue gingham dress I am Mr Courtney of the board voice that would have sent Mrs Howard into convulsions Jessie gave him a seat and duti fully put tho children through their exercises to which Guy paid not the least attention though he said when the school was out and to Jessies surprise he still lingered They do you credit Mids Norris I am immensely fact would you deem it an impertinence if I were to walk home with you and have a little chat about the prospects of the school The educational ad vantages of Abington are not what they should That is so said Jessie earnestly And she entered quite heartily into his discussion while they walked home together Mrs Howards came off the following Thursday and Jessie appeared in a dainty white linen suit which every one pronounced very stylish in spite of its origin Dont you feel like a clothes horse whispered Miss Angel maliciously as Guy went by with the pretty school teacher on his arm Did you ask her if she thought it was a sheet and pillowcase party CI left that for you Miss Angel Guy answered You can do it so much better than I1 Mrs Howards Arcadian with the tennis and archery the dancing on the green and tete a tables under the trees was such a success that every lady present thot shed like give one and the result was a series of entertainments that made the sum mer unusually gay I wish you would always wear that dress to these out of door affairs Guy Courtney said to Jessie indicating her white linen suit It is so be coming and so suitable I I thought sn the first time T saw you with it on Most of these women look like show window figures I am glad you like it said Jessie blushing I made it myself I know you Guy replied I heard its history before I met you and though I should have admired the dress in any event I was com captivated by the ingenuity of the wearer Jessie smiled but she wa still too sensible to enjoy having the poverty of her wardrobe a matter of comment I did not know you took any account of such things she said look ing away dont know me said Guy laughing All my life I have been looking for a girl who could manage well enough to take care of my money I shouldnt expect my wife to pinch and save for the purpose of allowing me to gratify tastes which as a married man I could not afford But I did want to find some one who could show me how to get all the things I like nnd share them with me on the aame amount of money which I squander You are the first girl I ever saw whom I would trust to do that Are you willing to try Miss Mr Courtney I have not put it in the beat way nor the truest way he went on hastily I love you Jessie Will you be my wife Is that what you mean she said tremulously Are you quite sure Yes taking her hand If you were the most extravagant crea ture that fashion ever made I am afraid I should still want to marry you Then I have nothing to she answered softly Nothing Jessie Against it was her meek reply l They were married in the fall and Jessies trousseau was a marvel for at onefourth the cost it was four times prettier than any ever seen in Abing ton When Miss Angel heard how Guy Courtney would boast of his wifes economies she said that she thanked heaven that she hadnt married him as he was evidently very close in money matters In point of fact Guy turned over his whole income to his wife Between them they managed to live in luxury on about as much money as Guy used to throw away and the surplus was spent in such benefactions as bid fair to perpetuate their names for generations Lawyers and Their Ways Peter the Great was opposed to litigation Ha issued an edict that no trial should last to exceed eleven days A lawyer making his will be his estate to fools and mad men for said he from such I had it and to such I give it Solon compared the people to the sea and the lawyers to the wind The sea he said will be calm and quiet if the wind docs not trouble it Hargrave the English commentator is credited with having said Any lawyer who writes so clearly as to be understood is an enemy to his pro In the reign of Henry VI courts were held at Dorking every three weeks and there are instances of suits lasting six months and resulting in damages of four pence and costs of twelve pence European civilisation may have wrought changes but up to a few years ago the Chinese code was so simple that the services of attorneys were not necessary and there was not a lawyer in the whole empire Dr Garth alluding to the practice of lawyers wrote For foes to any form they mold u Tho worst merits nnd tho worst has flaws Five guineas u criminal And ten tomorrow wipes the Tho Great Laud Enterprise measures tiro being adopted by the nnd Development Co for the carrying ont of tho great enterprise to which wo alluded iu n recent issue in con with tho Grant of Laud it has acquired iu of Mexico hardest of the surveying is already done nud it is estimated that iu n year 1800000 cnu bo surveyed of which tho Company will tuko 1000000 acres Tho laud has navigable aud har bors aud coal and dense forests of Duo timber and petroleum nud precious metals and other minerals but suppose it had nt all except the bare laud and suppose Unit it does not bring more than acre you might tbo profit will bo on some million acres We know laud is Wo can see it It is always whore we can it Tho most successful companies for some years have been organized on laud Tue wholo world knows ft boom there was iu Southern California last year and tbo ninny fortunes that were made None of these begin to compare with this enterprise in magnitude uor in its possibilities It com prises not alone millions of acres of land but tho opening ftr many industries See tho Companys advertisement else where A little boy was told that there were no politics in heaven He thought for a moment and then said I guess thats because there arc no politicians there He who muddies his stream of life should not complain if to drink of the dirty water A Eide to Russia From Amsterdam to the ancient City of Cologne or Colonia an old Roman colony of a ride of about sixty miles through a country part of which is very beautiful and part of which is very sandy bare and un interesting But when Cologne comes into view nnd the great cathedral lifts up its tower above the City one forgets all the fatigue of a hot dusty days trip There is only one thing that I regret and that is that the cathedral faces the town and not the Rhine As it now stands the front is surrounded with old tumbledown structures which are so close to the towers that it is almost impossible to secure a view from any distance However this is being remedied as rapidly as possible and every year a large appropriation is made by tho City which is a very rich City for the purchase and removal of these build ings near the cathedral which arc being torn down one by one and replaced by gardens and beds of flowers An antiquarian would revel in Cologne there is so much of the old to trace down to the new There is an old Roman tower and a part of the wall and many houses dating back to the thirteenth century The foundation of the Cathedral was laid in 1248 although it was not completed and consecrated until 1S80 The engravings of it give little idea of its length breadth and night or the magnificence of the fine carving with which it is covered from the foundation to the sumit of its two towers The interior is equally fine and the beauty of the stained windows and chapels and carved stalls and tapestries can hardly be surpassed I was fortunate in having friends residing in the City who spared no pains to make my visit as interesting and enjoyable as possible They were very proud of the improvements which are being made in all new streets which have been laid out embank ment which will v soon follow the Rhine for miles in front of the town etc But we have enough that is new at home and to spend all the time possible in and around the Cathedral which ha the City its worldwide fame and through the quaint old narrow streets there is an old paved market place in the center of which is a carved and lofty stone drinking fountain and we stop to listen to its story About the year 1593 there lived a farmers boy Jan Van Werth by name and he fell in love with a pretty serving maid by the name of Marga Greta They plighted their troth but Jan into the army and obliged to oo off to the wars and fight the battles of his country Fifty years and more went by and in the meantime the farmers son had risen step by step until he returned home for the first time a Commanding General and right here in the year 1652 he finds his Greta old and yet with a wonderfully young and lovely face but forced to earn her bread by selling fruit in this same market place He recognizes her at once and of course his life is sunshine ever after You dont believe the tale Well the people of the City of Cologne did at any rate whole story is woven in and about this lovely fountain erected by her citizens to commemorate the event and there you may have every vestige of your doubt removed today A fine stone bridge crosses the Rhino in front of the City A rapid nights ride through Dusseldorf and brings us to Berlin As we pass through we can see the tower of the palace which the poor Kaiser Frederick made his homo Of Berlin something later on I am off for St Petersburg tonight and unfortunately for us the fast train has not yet been put on so we have a ride of two nights and two days before we can reach the Tsars Window If it is May or June do not come to Russia without the heaviest winter clothing and the heaviest of winter wraps eyon you may have left England all ablaze with blossoms Holland carpeted with tulips and Berlin at summer heat Remember that the Russian calendar is twelve days later than ours Re member that St Petersburg is on the shores of the Baltic Sea Remember also that you are on the direct road to the North Pole Already I have seen two hard snow storms and our teeth have been on a continual chatter since reaching here In the country May 28 the peasants arc just plow ing and sowing for their summer crops and in the City heavy over coats and furs seem quite at home There is one thing however that strikes an American very agreeably as well as strangely and that is the suddenly increased length of the days Even now the sun docs not set until about 9 oclock and rises no one knows how early and soon the longest days will haye reached here when the sun is only nominally below the horizon from onequarter past 10 till onequarter before 2 but really the twilight is so bright that one can read with caseall night No doubt this has much to do in matur ing the harvest so rapidly in the few months of summer The journey from Berlin presents nothing of special interest until you reach the little stream which makes all the difference between Germany and Russia is the first town on the frontier after passing the border and there of course passports arc examined and baggage searched but no more thoroughly and with quite as much politeness as a foreigner is apt to meet on landing in America In fact I have received no more courteous treatment anywhere than right here in Russia from the first day I entered it both on the part of any officer police and civilians and I believe that no one unless he is very obstreperous and bound to disobey the laws need have the least difficulty in going everywhere and with the utmost freedom Of course with a swarming population composed of such varied elements regulations must be strict and obeyed to the letter but would it not be well if some of our American cities which are similarly situated were under discipline as strict There is very little show of lorce here one sees more armed soldiers in Berlin in an hour than in St Petersburg in a day and everything is more quiet and orderly here than in any American City of its size that I know of We have been educated to think that the Emperor sits all day cowering in his palace entirely unapproachable and surrounded with guards on every side Dont you believe it I The facts are that ho rides about the streets in an open carriage frequently and utterly unattended except by his driver Of course there are parts of the city where he probably would not venture in that way and are there not in London and New York sections where it would not be wise for any ono to go without protection He is not one of the most fearless but kindest hearted of men and it is said to be a very common occurrence for himself and the Empress to visit the hospitals and asylums entirely alone He seems to be very popular and his picture is exhibited in almost every window So much lor the facts which I have been careful to verify St Petersburg is a most interesting City The streets are very broad and well paved with stone and wood and they are kept in a manner that would put our Detroit authorities to the blush Send a committee of the Common Council over here to find out how they do it The are many of them very fine especially the cathedrals one of which that of St Isaac is magnificent On either side of the altar are large columns of lapis lazuli not less than thirty feet high and outside of these still larger columns of malachite four on each side and each at least fifty feet in height while between these columns are very large and finely executed pictures in mosaic The wealth of gold and precious stones used in ornamentation one would scarcely believe without having seen The music in all the cathedrals is very fine There are no instruments in any of the Greek churches but the effect of the great choir composed of men and boys is grand The Russians are a very religious people There are hundreds of churches besides the cathedrals and also little buildings for prayer in many places on the streets they are very careful not to pass one of any of them without tho utmost reverence You are riding ia a street car when suddenly every hat will come off and all are crossing themselves You look around to eee what is the matter and find you are passing some church though it may be at a distance from it Even the drosky drivers though it must necessitate the utmost ingenuity at times to pick their way through the crowded at he pace they go still are always on the lookout for the praying places and seldom pass one without removing their hat bowing and crossing themselves Of all the cities we have been St Petersburg is the most bewildering and one can scarcely be placed in a more confused position than to be set down alone in one of these streets The signs are all Russian of course and look like Greek written back wards while the strange language on every side renders the position still more difficult However as long aa one can make signs he can manage in some way If free Uncle telegraph office Has yo got a envelope sah do you want of on envelope Uncle Rastus sah am ob a wery private nature an I wants it sent scaled You will sometimes see a man planting trees around his place for shade and at the same time you will see another cutting down all the trees around his house because they produce too much moisture The Socialists dont want the earth They only want the land and the lager The rest of the folks can have the water Subscribe for the
