HENET JL PARSONS, Jit., Editor and Publisher.
ELK COUNTY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Two Dollars teb Anrcm.
VOL. I.
RIDGWAY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1872.
NO. 46.
poetr r.
OP AU niR YEAR.
BT HART KLtBABKTB DODOK.
Nora and I In the sunlight basked
When the woods were In crimson drest,
" Of all the tlmea of the year," (he inked,
"Which It the c-laddestf
Which it the saddest t
And which do yon lovo the beet t"
1 lookod In her foco with a yoarning pain
Whllo t answered, as half In Jost,
" Of all the seasons. In shino or rain,
This U the saddest.
This is the gladdest.
And this do I love the best"
" Stupid !" she criod, in her laughing rolce ;
" Of spring, rammer, winter, or fall,
There sural jr is more than a stnsrl choice t
To me, one Is saddest,
Anothor is gladdest.
And on. is the doarost of all."
Still, t declared that, ask when she would,
Thongh 'twere winter or spring or the rest.
With her by my side, but one answer seemed good :
" wouia oe gladdest.
That would be aaddest.
That season the sweetest and best.
" Why, what oonld It have to be saddest about ?"
She aked with a smile at it all.
So I told her at once of my pain and doubt.
And to I both our secrets came creeping out
In the glory and shade of the fall.
And, nevermore aaddest.
Bat holiest, gladdest.
We fonnd the best season of all 1
THE STOIlY-TFLLVlt.
THE (SKELETON IN HIS CLOSET.
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ter my tramn all over fnw W iZtSC.
Aear i wnat long stairs to r m i. nf.
will ; iV T :7c ' .
the stara. I 1' .? Ti f v. Up "l Passod hpr witU a Plito bow- miss
x no stars, l can t sec. Thev must. Vin mi. ,i v,,. i. ji v.:rr , . , ,
rraiinimiW l.inl, t i . .
commonly high-minded. I wish Aunt
Jemima would tret her Own mnrlifirin if
rum iiiuBi, uave ii, ana not send mo hunt
ing all over town to find her particular
female doctor, making such blunders as
i nave this atternoon. I'm right now,
iur mis cara savs. Koom I
Ti"le
building, sure enough. If I only find
jummu m an right.
Miss Susio Thayno looked up the long
flight of stairs, and tucked t.h o. Tinrpnl in
brown paper, which sho carried, closer
under hor arm, before attempting hor
nouuuu duo nau cuiuuca so many nights
tUat alternoon in search of Miss Studlv.
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she started out after toothache drops for
that estimable lady, and had yisited all
tho princinal buildincs on tlm M.rnnf. in
which medical persons were apt to havo
oiuues. At last sno had happened to
moot an acquaintance who knew where
Miss Doctor htudley s " room was, and
v,i i il . i , :', :
had got on the right track, after all her
blunders.
bho got np the Btairs at last, and
found herself in a little hall, with rooms
on either side of it.
" Here's No. 18. This one opposite
must bo 17," said Miss Thayno, to her
self, as sho inspected the door-plates. " I
don't see tho number, but it stands to
s to
roason, as they are numbered across tho
hall, and not one after anothor, that 17
is opposite 18. ImustberighUnd I'll
.
1 ho door stood tiartiallv oiien. and sho
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swung it back and entered. It was not
a very attractive room. Papers and
books and MSS. were scattered about, in
the acnio of confusion. A pair of slip-
r" '"J w'u!i uuuijuui vi i
flowers occupied a position in the spit-
toon, which was placed on tho mantel-
piece, i no carpet was dusty and un-
swept. J. he windows were tar from
clean. Tho books in tho cases wero in
tho greatest state of confusion some on
WlTri; ?4talr-fngliaa begun to to himself, as he turned and entered tho
look like quito a task. She had lost tho room Susio had considered such an "aw
address Aunt Jemima mivn lmr. wln. 'i ,i;..t i .. t. t , v i ..
end, some flat, and some sideways, con- It must bo somo woman left it by mis
yeying tho idea that they had been hav- take. I havo it !" ho exclaimed. "It be
ing a jolly time of it, and hadn't got longs to that girl I met on tho stairs. Of
straightened out vet. " Dear mo !" elac
ulatcd little Miss Thayno, taking a look
about tho premises, as sho seated herself
in
the one mpty chair. " I never
c such a looking: place before. . I don't
believe Miss Doctor Studley is a very
tidy person, or she'd pick up things a lit-
tie, and put her room to rights. It's aw-
ful dirty here, an.1, looks like my idea of
UvThii0""',1! H?- 'hat slippers !
My ! big enough for a man ! I do won-
der if Miss Doctor Studley has feet largo
enough to fill them Y And a spittoon,
mado into a flower-vase ! Dear mo ! it's
so comical J" And the amused lady be
gan to laugh. " Like enough, she
smokes."
Just then a book, which had been ly
ing in closo proximity to tho edge of the
table, tilted and fell to the floor. Susie
sprang to pick it up.
" ' Coke upon Lyttleton,' " sho read
upon tho back. " It's a law book. I
wonder if she studies law as well as med
icine. It can't be that I've made an
other mistake, can it, and got into a law
yer's oflice.'f I declare, I believe I havo,
for a woman wouldn't endure a room
looking like this, I'm sure I'll go out
and take a look at tho numbers again."
Accordingly Miss Susie went out to
examine the doors again, and found out
that she had mado a mistake. She had
.
supposed n was opposite 18, when, if
she had taken notice, she would have
friitifl That if traa n 1.1
" ", T J !v 1 1 ' 1 e rooms
at the head Ot tho stairs commeneinrr
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7v! 11 tnumbor'an 1 numbering across
the hall.
" How provoking !" said Miss Susie,
as she rapped at 17. " I'm right, now,
any way, becauso
namo on the door."
here s the doctor's
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A voice said, " Come in," and Susie
entered tho room where Miss Elizabeth
Studley, M. D., had located herself.
It wag quite different 111 aspect from
the room she had left. The carpet was
nicely swept, and the books arranged
properly in their cases. The windows
wero vivai wu iiuiiHiitiu, iuu mere was
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no sign 01 a spittoon, although a vase
of flower occupied a position in the cen
tre of the little table between tho win
dows. " Good afternoon," said a pleasant
looking little lady, not larger than Su
sie, nor looking a day older. " Sit down
and rest yourself, please ; you look tired."
" I am tired," said Susio, taking the
chair the lady offered, not at all in awe
of tho female doctor, now thai: she had
seen her, and know that she was not un
like other women, em sho had somehow
imagined her to bo. " I've been oil over
half a dozen great buildings in Boarch
01 you. My aunt, Miss Jemima Thaym
-you know her, don't you '("
" Oh, Tes. suite well." answered Mim
Studley. " A very fine woman, indeed,
" Yes : well, she sent mo out to find
you, and get hor something for the tooth.
acho. I ve climbed as munv as twontv
minus 01 stairs, ana louna out whom a
, " V 1 1. . , r, m " . .
host of doctors, lawyers, insurance
agents, and professional men generally,
have their rooms, but couldn't find vnu
because I lost the address Aunt Jem gave
mo. I met a friend who happened to
know where you were to bo found, and
ue wrote, your address on a, curd. Even
after I got into tho right buildmo-. I hud
to make a blunder, and get into a man's
room I know it's a man's room, by the
iooks. it is tno one adjoining yours,
ttiiu iuu irorruicni, dirtiest place vou eve
saw."
" It's Lawyer Dean's office." exTilriini.rl
Miss Studley, laughing at Miss Susie
Tl.n..nL . 1 I I 1 ! .
nuvi-iiturrs oi xne aitomnon,
" A very nice youner man. too. thouch
perhaps, not very tidy, so far as keeping
nut room is concerned. Men are not at
to vie in that respect, vou know."
Susie got the drops for Aunt Jemima's
tootnaciie, ana started home at last. As
slio went down the stairs she met
young man going up ; a very fine-looking
fellow, too, she decided, as she stolo
a glance into his handsome blonde face.
He had clear, laughing blue eyes, tawny
beard and mustache, and r.urli'no- livnwii
liair Susie s ideal of a handsome man
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" """V u wlul luimriy
Scciui waiK, tnat sue noticed as ho
. " "wmacraura as sue reacneu tne
bottom of tli a; nA v...i, ;.,
bottom of the
soach of it. On tho landing she met the
young gentleman, who had nicked nn
the article, and was hurrying to restore
it to nor.
" I found this in front, nf ATiue Ktil
lc"'8 room," ho said, holding it up. "
presume it is yours.
l es, sir, answered Susie, demurely.
" I missed it, and came back to look for
it. Thank you," with a smile and bow
to the handsome young gentleman, as
sho took tho handkerchief and trinned
uuwn Kuurs aguin
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uuu s ur uniuiy. sum xne youiis man
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iy uove i out ainn t
hor eyes have a snap to them 'f and her
cheeks too ! There wasn't any paint
about them, I know ! And such splendid
uair i au ner own, too : 1 d eriyo some
thing to know who she was."
ilo iluntr his hat down in one corner.
""""" s,u" 111 auuiuw, nuu seaxeo
himself in the chair Susie had occupied,
and his gloves in another, and seated
thinking all the while about tho saucy
black eyes, red, dimpled cheeks, and
dancing curly hair of the young lady ho
uuu met.
"What IS this r" ho exclaimed, ui'tnr u
delightful dream concerning the lair
unknown for. of course, vounclawvers.
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C lh'wZ.T. not exempt
1?"? dre-r" y
KrttZ
lett here tor me. is it r
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string slipped off, and there was a rustle
and quiver inside the paper, as though
something alive was inside of it, und
something white and airy sprun into
graceiui siiapo and symmetry.
' "A hoonslcirt! W nil rl.t'a ,i'
cried Fred Dean, holdino- tho rl.-vil.. ml.l.
looking thing out at arm's length. "It's
the funniest tliinjr ! Who'd have imafrined
a hoopskirt inside that flat parcel ? I
..uuit. i uu , i uauiu nt'it, ill Illy U1UCC;
course it does. It s lust about larco
enough for her, I should judge. Such a
funnv thinp-and 1
and round, surveying it critically and
wondorinrHv. ami. wrlmm a liffi,. ,i
mirin-rlv.
"What are you doing with that article,
Dean'r" called out a laughin-r voice at
tho door. "
Tho y0Ung man dropped the article
guddenlv. and rr,.u. TOri,l in fl, t,na
as ho confronted his visitor
O ' ' ' " - ' " -."v. "-' ,
Oh! it's you, is it'r" ho said, as a
young fellow entered the office. "I didn't
know but some blicnt had called in. and
I didn't fancy being caught examining
a hoopskirt. Hardly the kind of study
suitable tor a lawyer, vou know." he ad
ded, laughingly, as he pushed the chair
ho had occupied toward the visitor. I
found this thing," touching tho crinolino
with his loot as lie spoke, "on my table.
How it camo there I don't know. Some
lady left it, probably."
"X eartuUy and wonderfully mado. isu t
it Y" said Lockwood, taking up the skirt
and depositing it on tho table in much
the same way a body would handle some
thing he expected would bite. "Quito
an adventure, I declare, and romantic
withal. If you can only find out tho fair
being whoso property this is, and restore
iw fcv 111 1 1 ,vu n in JUl uu ug no UUlll IU
ciaim. her as your reward. That's the
wtty in romances, and I hope this won't
.
her, you will perhaps be able to
prove an exception to tho rule."
..T'll .t i v,. i0i";,i -n
All pub lb in 11110 nuav , doiu xsuau,
hanging the crinoline on a nail in a
small room in one corner ot the ofhee.
"I'm inclined to think, however, that
finding a hoopskirt wouldn't bo con-
sidered very
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romantic by romance-
writers.
Hereafter, it can't bo said that you've
no skeleton in your closet, laughed
Lockwood, as Dean closed the door on
his new article of apparel and took a
seat onnnsito. with hi feet on the table.
after emptying the chair of a pile of
papers, and tossing the slippers into the
corner whore ho had "nuns up his hat.
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"Here are your drops, Aunt Jemima,"
said Miss Thayno, on her arrival home, as
sho handed Miss Thayne, senior, the vial
she had received from "Miss Doctor Stud
ley." "Such a time as I have had, looking
for your female M.D. ! I've 'hunted up
and hunted down,' as the ballad goes, and
found her at last, after much tribula
tion; and oh, dear !" suddenly
"where s my crinolino ? I declaro, Aunt
Jem, I do beliove I loft it on that lawyer's
table. You boo I mado a mistake tho
very last thing beforo I found Miss
Studley s room, and blundered into
lawyer's offico. I was so tired that I
dropped down into the only chair that
happened to be empty, and put my
package on the table. When I found
out my mistake, I was so provoked with
myself for making it, that I forgot tho
crinoline complotely.and haven't thought
vi it since, until mis minute. hat will
that lawyer think, I wonder !" cried Miss
Susie, half laughing, half crying, und
wondering to herself if the young gcntlo
man sho had met was the lawyer who
would nnd what sho had lett on his table.
"Such adventures as I've had, Aunt Jem I
If I was an authoress, I'd write them up,
and call the story, 'In search of a Female
uoctor.
One day Miss Jemima Thayno called
on her Iriend, Miss Studley. M.D.. and.
having somo legal business which she
wished adjusted and being in the vicinity
of law-offices, she asked Miss Studley to
recommended somo reliable person. Ac
cordingly, Miss Studley recommended
Mr. JJean, whoso room joined hers, and
both ladies called on tho young man.
The result was, that he was encaged by
Miss Thayne to transact her business for
her. Inch he did in a very satisfactory
way, and won Miss Thayne's gratitude
thereby. One day he received an invita
tion to dine at the Ihayne s, and, as Miss
Thayne was a gooA patron, and in the
best society, and might get him other
business than her own to attend to, if he
kept himself in her good graces, he ac
cepted.
llio evening before the day anpointed
byMisslhavno tor him to dmo with
her, Dick Lockwood called at his office.
and, on mentioning that ho was to dine
at the 1 huyne s next day, Dick astonished
him with the information that tho
Thaynes were distant relutives of his, nnd
that ho had an invitation to dine there
on the next day, too.
"How many arc there in the family 'f"
inquired Dean.
Only two, answered Dick: "Miss
Jemima, spinster, and Miss Susie, young
may. 1 tell you what, i red, there s the
girl for you ! Handsome as a picture,
ana smart. too ; not ono ot your wishy
wasny tilings, out a clever, genuino
young wonmn. lou ll bo snro to like
her: It Miss Jemima has taken a fancy
to you, and Miss Susie should do likewise
you d tmd it easy work to win the day,
likewise a wife.""
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"l aon 1 Know as j. want a wito very
much, answered 1 red. "The truth is.
Dick, I'm in lovo with that skeleton, and,
when I find its owner, shall probably fall
in love with her.
"Perhaps its owner is tall and lean.
and very likely thirty-five, or thereabout,
and tho probability is, that sho belongs
to tho strong-minded class, as most
young ladies wouldn't be seen caiTying
a hoopskirt homo in broad daylight."
"Xot a bit of it !" declared Fred. "It's
too short for a tall woman's wear, and
it isn't the kind a strong-minded woman
would choose. It's too too delicate "
"And spiritual," suggested Dick.
"Well, yes: if you want it so."
answered Fred, laughing at the idea of
applying such a term to a skeleton-skirt.
"At uny rate, it's a neat little affair, nnd
I'll warrant it belongs to a neat little
lady."
"You evidently believe in the 'external
fitness of things,' " laughed Dick. "How
ever, if you don't fall in love with Susie
Thayne to-morrow, you're a hard-hard
hearted man, and deserve to dio a
bachelor."
"Since thero is a 'Susie' in your own
case, I suppose you think there ought to
be ono in mine, said Fred, as he gave the
fire a poke. "Wait till after to-morrow,
and then I'll tell you what I think of
Miss Susie Thayne."
hen t red Dean and his friend entered
tho parlor at Miss Jemima Thayne's, the
next day, he was conscious of a very de
cided flutter under his vest, for there
before him, besido Miss Jemima.'was the
identical young lady ho had met on the
landing, and whoso handkerchief he had
estored.
As she looked at their visitors, on their
entrance, a swift, rosy flush dyed her
face, and she dropped her eyes immedi
ately ; for in that brief glance sho recog
nized her Aunt Jem's lawyer as the young
man whom sho had met, and in whoso
room, probably, she had left her "skele
ton." Still there was a possibility that
she might be mistaken, and the only al-
1 1: V.il. 1 ,
ii-iiiuuve, wneiiier mistaKcu or not, was
to put tho best face on tho matter.
Mr. Dean, mv niece. Miss Thavno."
introduced Miss Jemima, and they bowed
to each other in "regulation style." mur
muring something about being "so happy
to meet you," etc. j and henceforth Mr.
Dean and Miss Thayno were supposed to
be acquainted with each other.
After the introduction, tho conversa
tion became general, and in a short time
Fred felt quite well acquainted with
Miss Thuyne, and mentally concluded
that she was a charming young lady,
and that ho was on tho brink of doing
as his friend had reccommended him to
falling in love with her. Indeed, he
rather thought he had been in lovo with
that faco, with its saucy, bright eyes and
rod chocks, since tho first glimpse he had
had of it.
Dinner was announced, -and he had
tho pleasure the very great pleasure
of taking out Miss Susio Thayne.
" I think you are looking better than
when I first saw you," remarked Miss
Jemima, as she did the honors. " You
looked quite pale then, Mr. Dean."
H red answered that he never felt bet
ter in his life, and looked at Miss Susie,
who sat opposite, and who blushed de
lightfully under his very earnest gaze.
" tlo does look remarkably well tor a
man who has a ' skeleton in his closet.' "
said Lockwood, very demurely, yet with
a mischievous look at Doan.
iredg face turned red. Susio. who
couldn't holp thinking of her lost crino
lino, heard the remark, and saw Dean's
face color up, and was not at a loss to
understand Lockwood's meaning. And
so hor faco grew ruddy, and her eyes
sought her plate, not darine to lift them
selves for fear she should betray hor con-
corn in tho matter, if it was not already
understood sufficiently won.
"A clrnlnlnn in nia flrQnf I" V.r,nnJ
"'.'..a LV11 in A" " " v....... i. 1 J.i:illv u
Aunt Jom, hardly comprehending what
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.iiun. uuuiu mean, anu luumiig irum one to
the other. ' Oh I" with a sudden light
breaking in upon her understanding,
" I think I know what you mean now.
Did Susio leavo her ' skeleton ' at your
office. Mr Tionn V"
" Somebody did," answered Fred, un
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uiu lunger w cuiitiui iiiu , luatures,
whinh wmilr! amiln nnrl Kitain nrnon
risibilities wero also considerably affec
ted, burst into a peal of laughter, in
which tho others joined.
" I see through it now," said Dick, as
soon as ho could speak. ,' It was your
skirt, was it, wusie .' Uo you remember
waat yon told me about Uncling its
owner '( You seo, fate took tho matter
in hand for you. I shall expect to see
you trudging up here to-morrow with
the aforesaid article under your arm, in
order that you may restore it to its
owner. I'll tell you in confidence what
ho said about falling in lovo with the
skirt, and the probability of his fullino-
in love with its owner, if he ever found
her," added Dick, in an aside to Susie,
but loud enough for Fred to hear all ho
said.
Of course they blushed, and then Aunt
Jem, who was as much of a tease as
Dick, had soniotViina. to rhvi unil V.n
tween the two, they kept Fred and Susie
pretty well flustrated for the remainder
of the meal.
After dinner, there wero duett in the
parlor, and then chess for Susie und
Fred, while Aunt Jem and Dick played
backgammon.
When the young men took their de
parture, Fred voted that ho had just
spent ono of tho most delightful even
ings ho had ever known, and had prom
ised to call again.
" Whenever you choose to," said Aunt
Jem.
And, of course, he did call. And the
end of it was, as you havo all foreseen,
that ho restored the " skeleton" to its
former owner, and received her hand in
payment for " services rendered." And
they " lived happily ever after."
Mark Twain as an Equestrian.
In a recent lecture on Xevada, deliv
ered in Chicago, Mark Twain told of a
" horso trade that ho made there. Ho
spent considerable time at Carson City.
Everybody rode horseback in that
town. I never saw such magnifieont
horsemanship as that displayed in Car
son streets every day, and I did envy
them, though I was not much of a
horseman. But I hod soon learned to
toll a horso from a cow. and was burn
ing with impatience . to learn more. . I
was determined to have a horse and rido
myself. While this thought was rank
ling in my mind, tho auctioneer came
scouring through the place on a black
beast, that was humped and like
a dromedary, and fearfully homely. He
was going at " twenty, twenty-two-two
dollars, for horse, saddle and bridle."
A man Btandinir near me whom I
didn't know, but who turnod out to bo
tho auctioneer's brother noticed the
wistful look in my eye, and observed
that that was a reinarkablo horse to be
going nt such a price, lot alono tho sad
dle and bridle. I said I had half a no
tion to bid. " Xow," ho says, " I know
that horso. I know him well. You are
a stranger, I take it. You might think
he is an American horse, but ho is not
anything ot tho kind. He is a Mexican
plug that's what he is a genuine Mex
ican plug," but thero was something elso
about that man's way of saying it. that
mado mo just determine that I would
own a genuino Mexican plug if it took
every cent I had. And I said, " Has ho
any other advantages r" He hooked his
finger in the pocket of his army shirt,
and led me to ono side and uttered,
" Sh ! don't say a word ! He' can out-
buck any horso in America ; he can out
buck any horso in the world." Just then
tho auctioneer cuino along. " Twenty
four, twenty-four dollars for the horse,
saddle and bridle." I said, " Twenty
seven !" " Sold !"
I took tho genuine Mexican plug.paid
for him, put him in a livery stable, let
him get something to eat and get rest
ed, and then in tho afternoon I brought
him out in the plaza, and some of tho
citizens held him by the head, and others
held him down to tho earth by tho tail,
and I got on him. And as soon as those
jeoTilo let go ho put all his feet in a
bunch together, let his back sag down.
and thou ho arched it up suddenly, and
shot me ono hundred and eighty yards ;
and I camo down again, struight down,
und lighted in tho saddle, and went tip
again. And when I came dpwn tho
next timo I lit on his neck, und seized
him, and slid buck into the saddle, und
held on. Then be raised himself straight
up in tho air on his hind feet and just
stepped round liko a member of Con
gress, and then he camo down and went
up tho other way and just walked around
011 his hands just as a schoolboy would.
Then ho camo down on all fours again
wilh tho same old process of shooting
1110 up in the air, and tho third timo I
went up I heard a man say, " Oh, don't
ho buck !" So that was " bucking." I
was very glad to know it. Xot that I
was enjoying it. but then I had boon
taking a general sort of interest in it
and had naturally desired to know what
the name of it was. And while I was
up somebody hit tho horse' a whack with
a strap, and when I got down again the
genuine bucker was gone.
At this point of the interesting scene,
kind-hearted stranger camo to tho
rider, told him that he had been taken
in, explained the mysterious terms, and
gave him tho comforting information
that anybody in town could have told
him all about the home if ho had in
quired. A Kentucky eirl was recently struck
by lighting, but the only apparent ef
fect of tho stroke was to photograph a
young man who was standing near her
upon her breast. Whether this will re
sult in any ill-consequences remains to be
seen.
IIow a Bullfinch Conquered Baron
Rothschild.
Twenty-five years ogo it was a raro
thing to see a Bullfinch among caged
song-birds, for in tho wild stato littlo
Bully only whistles, or makes a plaintive
cry, which both male and fomalo uttor.
They hido away timidly in shady
coverts, and it takes a practiced eye to
find their nost in thick bushes or hedge
rows. This nest is formed of bits of
wood, and fine, throady roots are woven
inside. Tho mother-bird lays five or six
bluish-white eggs, mottled round tho
big ond with brown and violet spots,
and sits on them a fortnight, tho usual
timo with Bir.all birds. Tho young bull
finches, when two months old, are strong
enough to fly and leave thoir mother.
Tho Bullfinch sometimes mates with the
Canary-bird, and bird children of such
families are highly prized as songsters.
They wear in part thoir mother's
Canary-yellow gown, and they sing con
stantly. Tho Bullfinch prima-donnas
made their dtbut in the piping times of
peace and plenty, under Louis Philippe,
in Paris, at Baron Rothschild's palace.
They camo into fashion in this way : In
the year 1850 or 1851, Baron Rothschild
was travelling in the Tyrol. While they
were changing his carriage-horses, tv
handsome young niountaimer offered
him a shabby cage inhabited by iv sober
looking bullfinch. Birds can not bo al
ways in full-dress or in song, and Baron
Rothschild waved a " Xo, I do not want
it," with tho buck of his majestic hand.
A bird is not, indeed, the most con
venient fellow-traveller in a carriage ;
but tho Baron changed his mind when
he heard this bullfinch warble tho
citchuctut, and then several Tyrolese airs,
without ever missing a note. " How
much for this bird ':" he asked tho peas
ant. " A florin, sir," replied tho youth.
" It is worth more," quoth tho banker,
and suiting tho gesture to tho words, ho
put threo or four gold pieces into tho
bird-trainer's hand, which mado him
open his eyes very wide. " Have you
any more birds that sing as well as this
one V" he asked, smiling at tho poor fel
low's delight.
" Sixty of them, sir ; I am raising
them all tho while, to sell to travellers,
but nobody pays me liko you, sir, or I
should now havo a bird of my own to
pet, and not to sell. See Orctchen,
yonder, sir ; theso two years wo have
been of 0110 heart, but her father will
not listen to our plans, for I own nothintr
but my cabin and my birds."
" In a month 8 time, said Itothschild,
" I shall bo back in Paris. Como and
see me there. This is my address," and
handing the Tyroleso a card, he was
driven off at a brisk trot.
A month after this meeting, to the
very day, our bird-keeper, with sixty
cages and their inmates on his shoulders,
suspended by a pole, reached Rue
Lnritto, covered with tho dust of the
high-road, rang at Baron Rothschild's
hotel, and asked to speak with the
master, showing his card. While the
Swiss porter was hesitating whether to
admit this strange visitor, tho Baron
fortunately camo to the window. Ho
knew tho Tyroleso bird-keeper at once.
by his stack of cages, and sent word for
him to como in.
" Mr. Rothschild," said tho mountain
lad, in German, " you told mo to come.
Here I am. Allow me to offer you this
bullfinch. Ho knows more tunes than
the bird you bought in our mountains.
Ho will sing you a dozen airs." And
thereupon ho set to bobbing his head
liko a Chineso doll, before tho bird.
Bully presently puffed out his throat,
moved his head gently, half-opened his
wings, and then, half-closing his eyes, as
if trying to remember, began to warble
German and Tyroleso songs without
words, air after air, to tho end of tho
twelve. The Baron, amazed at this feat,
which showed so much perseverance in
the trainer as well as talent in the bird,
ordered his steward to give tho lad a
hundred dollars and to lodgo him at a
small hotel near by, adding that his
friend from tho Tyrol should bo his
guest while in Paris. Tho Figaro and
other papers, that week, had a few neat
paragraphs about tho plumed musicians.
lho bullfinches wero seen, listened to,
and admired at tho famous banker's, and
no price was thought too high for such
well-educated birds. Tho Tyroleso
youth returned home, still afoot, but
with no cages swinging on his shoulder,
and with seven thousand francs folded
away in his licit. Seven thousand francs
fourteen hundred dollars ! 1 his is
quite a fortune in the Tyrol. Tho biitl
keeper married his Gretchen, who was
sixteen years old upon her wedding day,
about ten years ago. Her cheeks still
wear their mountain roses ; sho speaks
French us well as Germon, and accom
panies her husbund and tho birds to
their great city murker.
1 ruined bullfinches sing all tho sum
mer, then are silent from tho end of
autumn to tho early spring-time. As
the sun kisses tho brown earth's choek
until she smiles back on him in flowers,
you hear tho birds recalling iu soft un
dertones tho airs they had forgotten un
der tho reign of tho frost-king. Xow
they repeat them, note by not1, begin
again whonever they strike a laiso note,
never tire of this exercise, but persevere,
like true artists as they are, until they
have recovered all that they had learn
ed. Thon they sing all day long they
sing even to the moon and stars, liko
nightingales and mocking-birds, drunk
en with molody. It is a month or six
weeks before they sober down, and be
come respectable family birds, singing
occasionally to the bright sky overhead
or the sweet flowers below, or to all to
gether. Hearth and Home.
" Company Manners."
The current phrases of the day are tho
key to the social life of the people, and
the very common expression " company
manners" utters a disagroeablo hint of
difference between the public and pri
vate Dcnayior ot the average household.
" Manners," says Emerson, " are tho hap
py ways of doing things." " Handsome
is tnat uanusomo aoes, good Mi's, rnm
rose assures her daughters. And the
Hindoo Menu wrote : " Grass and earth
to sit on, water to wash tho foot, and
affectionate tpeech are at no timo wanting in
tho mansions of the good." That is, tho
fino manners of hospitality, service, and
courtesy should be universal. Fino man
men aro the growth of self-respect, of
benevolence, and of tact. To self-respect
they owo it that they aro gonuinc, and
not a tinsel imitation of tho fino gold of
somo modol. To benevolence they owo
it that they seek always the comfort and
pleasure ot others. To tact they owo it,
that without words, they seo wherein
that comfort consists, aro keon-eyed to
find pleasant things, and blind to what
they should not see.
This being the definition of " company
manners," it will instantly be seen
that nowhere is this considerate grace so
needed as at homo and alus I so absent.
When Miss Smith, tho visitor, trips up u
perishablo goblet with her fashionable
sleeve, mamma says, " Pray don't mind,"
and papa smiles blandly at tho dripping
table-cloth ; but when at their visitorless
table littlo Mamy's insufficient hands let
the glass slip, ten to ono mamma boxes
her ears, and papa calls her ' a naughty,
careless child." If Mr. Jones is staying
in the house, mamma nnd the girls come
to breakfast in pretty collars and rib
bons, and with tho most fluffy nnd be
witching of heads. But if only papa
and tho boys are to seo them," calico
wrappers and crimping pins are almost
as certain as tho coffee. And on the
other hand these lords of the household,
whB havo much pleasant conversation
for neighbors and friends, raise a ram
part of morning newspaper between
them nnd their own womankind, ond sit
behind it, speechless, nnd impregnable
to nil conversational attacks, week in
and week out ; or, worse still, tho mem
bers of tho household think it too much
trouble to talk to each other, so the meals
go by in grim, unoccupied, miserable si
lence, each feeder pushing his chair back
and departing whenever his eora-crib is
empty, so to speak. At such a tablo the
cloth is apt to havo seen better duys,uiid
tho furnishing to bo common and course,
all tho shining damask and china being
safely stored with tho " company man
ners" for occasions of need. Moreover,
tho best room is similarly consecrated,
and tho common sitting-room, conscious
of tho neighborhood of such careful
splendor, is browbeaten and unsettled
in consequence, and grows to have tho
shabby look of a poor relation.
Tho members of theso households are
worthy peoplo as tho world goes. They
aro honest and sober, intelligent and
well read, perhaps ; excellent neighboiu,
agreeable friends. But becauso. their
manners are veneer, they peel off every
where under tho hard knocks and famil
iur usngo of every day. The women nro
apt to be dictatorial to servants, and un
pleasantly direct of speech to each other.
" Annie, that dress mnkes you look
hunch-backed." "Mary, I do believe
your complexion gets worse every day."
" Well, certainly, Jule, your feet are big
enough for the whole family. Where
you inherited such deformities I can't
see." Yet theso sisters and mothers
would not deliberately stick pins into
each other, nnd pins do not hurt half so
much. We havo even known families,
by no means boors, to interrupt each
other constantly, nnd without compunc
tion. A stranger would have been al
lowed to finish his' sentenco ; but they
did not rcraamber that to snip off each
other's observations but half-made, was
as if they should slam the door in that
other's faco when he wos half within the
room. They did not for a moment con
sider that they owed perfect hospitality
to tho homo-bred thoughts as to tho tra
velled ones. Xor was that all : for this
carelessness of delicacy and decorum of
ten goes a step further, and ends in tho
" nagging" of each member by all for
various right-hand fallings-off, and left
hand defections. Every foiblo comes in
for detection and publication, and though
the process is not necessarily ill-natured,
it is always indelicato and useless, nnd
easily degenerates into what Shakespeare
calls " the mischievous foul sin of chid
ing sin."
But conscience is a sharper searcher
than tho nib of any pen. We all know,
we offenders, wherein it is our habit to
put off our company maimers with our
best clothes. Pray Heaven tho best of
us may not remember frowzy hair, nnd
an unsocial breakfast, and a "sharp snub
to tho children, among the sins of our
past ! It is not easy to write a formula
of homo etiquette. And, after all, if we
are only well-bred enough to under
stand it, thero is ono already printed in
a very old book, and which runs in this
wise : " Bo l indhj affeetioned ono to an
other in brotherly lovo ; in honor ;Y7 r
riiiij one another." Hearth and Jhmi 'r.
Pipes Introduced In Cabinet Organs.
Mr. Carl Focelbevtr. a Swiwlisli Ornr.m
builder, has succeded in combiniug pipes
witu rewis ; renaermg it possible to use
both in Cabinet Organs, and has secured
patents for his inventions in tho United
oiaies. ino importance ot doing this
has long been appreciated, but hereto
fore it has been found iiminvotieiililo tho
difficulty arising from tho fact that pipes
vuijr iu pucu witn every cuango 01 tem
perature, while reeds do not. UO til tit 11
change of ten or tiftoen degrees made
it
impossible to use them together. In
struments which have boon
Pino Cabinet Or?an h 1LVA Cnnrnimif! nn
real speaking pipes, but only imitations
of some sort. Mr. Fogelberg usos gen
uino wood pipos of the best quality. Tho
substance ot his inventions is an ar
rangement by which tho pipes, whon out
of tuno from a change of temperature,
can be simultaneously find lriutniiHv rrt.
stored to the same pitch with tho roods,
uy iuu turning ot a single scrow.
The Mason & TfainU.i n.-,,.. rv. i,.,.,
boen thoroughly testing Mr. Fogelberg's
inventions, and it is understood, are sat-
isnea 01 tneir value, and will soon offer
inom to tne public If pipes are sue
cessfully combined with rood, it will K
tho most important improvement ever
uiuuu lu.vuuinei urgans.
What are wo coming to 'i A citison of
Philadelphia lias been arrested and held
in six hundred dollar for taking two
umbrellas.
Facts and Figures.
Sir Francis Crosslcv. an English mil-.
lionaire member of Parlinnient,colebrated
lor his chanties, is dead.
General Andrew Porter, formerly of
the United States army, died at Paris re
cently. An Illinois girl made ciarhtv flour bar
rels in six days, and thereby earned
fll.ZU.
In Manilla 25,000 women and girls
muko cigars at average wages of seven
cents per day.
Women have been admitted as mem
bers of tho parish by tho Unitarian Sor
ciety of Springfield.
Joe Jefferson's Orange Island promises
a yield of nearly two hundred barrels of
oranges this season. Tho crop is being
taken to St. Louis.
In Swizerland, editors who advocate
woman's rights arc prosecuted according
to law, and one n&rrowly escaped convic
tion recently in the Canton ot Uri.
Mr. Spurgeon has been compelled
within tho past year to receive ten
warm offers of marriage, all of which the
reverend gentleman has been obliged to
decline.
Eugenia is selling out all her real and
personal projierty in Spain. She has
just offered for sale tho magnificent
Chateau of Artonga, one of the nets pos
sessed by her family for centuries.
Mrs. Mary Clemmer Ames is to write
tho memoirs of Alice nnd Phoebe Cury.
Tho letters and -papers left bv tho two
sisters will bo entrusted to Mrs. Ames,
who was one of their most intimate
frii-nds, by their executors.
For tho past nine months there bus
been in operation in Philadelphia a
" omen s Christian Association, which
provides employment nnd homes for
young women. Many young girls have
been rescued from ruin by this associa
tion. A number of girls at a St. Louis theatre
lately insisted upon going out to drink
every timo their escorts did, and invari
ably took brandy, although tho latter
drank lager-beer. Xotwithstanding their
moro potent potations they remained
perfectly sober, whilo they wero obliged
to take their masculine companions homo
in a very inebriated condition. Tho St.
.Louis women evidently possess all tho
qualifications appertaining to tho right
of suffrage.
A singular death recently occurred
from diptheritic poison contracted by a
bite from a child suffering from diptlio-
ria. A littlo girl, daughter ot a station-
agent on tho Boston and Maine Railroad,
was very ill with diptheria. Tho father
for somo reason perhaps to examine
the throat put his hand on her mouth,
when tho child seized it, and bit it just
enough to break tho skin. The virus
from tho teeth penetrated tho wound
and was diffused through tho system.
His body became much swollen, and af
ter a week's illness ho died.
Thero is a rich girl in Louisville, Ken
tucky, who is ns much troubled with
suitors ns was Penelope. She, however,
gets rid of them in a way the wife of
L lysses nuver dreamed of. hen one
offers himself whoso affection sho has
reason to think is centred upon her cof
fers and not upon herself, sho begins to
hro at him with a six-shooter, telling linn
that if he is a truo lover he will prefer to
dio by her hand than livo to offer his to
somo one else. So tar, no one has "pre
ferred." It is related that when the late Gover
nor Bigler, of California, was Minister, to
Chili, ho procured a situation tor Harry
Meigs, tho great defaulter, in a mercan
tile house, tho latter being then under
ban and an exile from California. The
friendly act was remembered by the
now South American Railroad King and
millionaire, and less than a year ago the
Governor received a check by which ho
was enabled to purchase the comfortable
homestead in San Francisco, in which
his lust breath was drawn.
Trainl.) xi'liv npn u'illinfv f rt uliion clint
np liko a jack-knife will Tie delighted to
know of a new process of insuring lon
gevity. A California scientist, whose
head like his back must bo a trifle weak.
declares that ho has prolonged his life by
sleeping with his finger tips touching
his toes, and has invented a machine to
hold the body in that graceful and
pleasant position. . Ho contends that the
vital electric currents on the prin
ciple we suppose of tho smoke-consuming
stove "are thus kept in even circumflow,
instead of being thrown off at the ex
tremities and wasted." There is no pa
tent upon tho great discovery, and any
0110 with u sufficiently supple back is of
course treo to try the experiment.
Friend Hazard, of San Francisco, did
not get a wife as cheaply as ho thought.
ilo happens to uo an itinerant vendor
of potatoes. Meeting a Mrs. Parrott,
who was impecunious, but who wanted
somo potatoes, sho proposed to exchange
ner daughter Clara tor "a bag of peraties.
Hazard agreed to tho bargain and went
into the house to secure his brido. But
Clara thought the prico too small by far,
and Hazard returned to his wagon, only
to find a sack of potatoes missing and
Mrs. Parrott with them. Nothing could
bo proved against tho lady, however, and
so Hazard did tho only thing left for him
to do ho went on a jolly "drunk."
Can a woman legally inform against
her husband, and claim her share of the
damages for giving such information?
Judge Lowell in tho U. 8. District Court,
in Boston, has dooidod that sho cannot,
unless whon sho has been divorced. In
the case at bar, tho divorcod wife of a
tobacco dealer gave such information
and evidence that her lato husband's
stock was seized and confiscated. She
cluimed her share of tho proceeds, and
had her claim allowed. Judge Lowell,
in rendering his decision, said that he
should not navo sanctioned the claim if
tho parties had been living together as
husband ond wife. Another instance of
tho despotism exercised by kgaA tribur
nalaover those unhappy creatures the
married woman.