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IIENItY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editoe aicd PuBLisniin.
KLK COUNTTTIIB REPUBLICAN PAltT'.
Two Dollars tee Awwum.
VOL. II.
RIDGWAY, PA,. THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1872.
NO. 19.
FOETliY.
THE WAI'SiniS VISION.
On the sldowalk cool and shady
Flvo pacoe In her row I strolled,
Bhe was a litho and beauteous liidy,
A sjlph In motion and In mould ;
And moved past all tbo fret and fovor
Of earthly toil for earthly rain,
Like one whose sunny heart had never
Felt a breath of earthly pain.
Around bor form the shadow lingered)
Like sorao fond wooer loth to go,
And with caresses, rosy-Angered,
The snnlight flitted to and fro ;
Ana where the bolder lephyr hovored,
Won favors from her neck and hair,
And waved tho broldered shawl that covorcd
llor taper bodice rounded fair ;
Or Iwlrlcd the floating fringe that muffled
The pearly splendor of her arm,
And, dallying down her klrtle, raffled
Its bonyant contour's silken charm.
To where, with coy roservo most wooing,
Glimmered the vUion of her feet,
Liko two coquetting pigeons, cooing
Within and out their looped rotrcat.
She touched the earth with step as airy,
With port as gay and debonair,
As if the carol of a fairy
Had timed her motions to its air.
And, gliding on, she left mo dreaming
llow tar more perfect in her face
Tho light of that young soul was booming,
That lent her form such perfect graco.
Tho laborer pausod, the merchant tarriod.
By noisy street, by trade-vexed mart,
As if her very prosence carried
A blessing to the Jaded heart ;
And, though unpriced the fleet enjoyment,
Each heart turned choerler to Its cares.
For each had entortained one moment
A wandering angel unawares.
She turned and vanished, but in going
Revoaled a face where glad content
Through artless iunocenco wan glowing.
And sweet reserve with archness blent ;
Not formed to dazzle by its splendor.
Hut through Its winning soflnoxs boomed
A spirit convtant, frank and tender,
That leaves no promise unredeemed.
She fudud liko a lovely vision,
A joy undimracd by doubts or fears t
Falsehood, neglect, and dark suspicion
Waylay the garnered hopes or years,
Friendship and love and honor perinh
They perish, leaving vonomed stingy,
Alas, too late we learn to cherish
The chance dulights tho moment bring?.
Thoma Durfc.
TILE 8 TO It Y- TELLER.
ALMOST A TRAGEDY.
Mrs. Eva Forrester was in a quandary.
If slio should go lo Mr. und Mrs. Blanch
ard's fete her husband would bo left to
liis own diversions during her absence.
Joalousy was one of Mrs. Forrester's
besetting failings ; if she should stay at
home and watub him, she would be
giving up to him, for she had said thit
go she would, and ho hud declared that
he would not go.
" Bluuchard cheated nie," her husband
f.aid angrily. " lie owes mo to-day two
or three thousand dollars, which lie
would pay if ho had a spark of honor in
liim, though tho law docs not compel
him. But no ; he has speculated, risen
up again and has built a mausion ; now
he is going to havo a house wanning,
and has the impudence to invito me. It
isn't proper for you to go."
" It is never proper for me to go when
I want to go, protested his wife. " It
isu't my fault if the laws do not protect
you. I h"ould think that you wonder
ful men who can rule the world in such
a grand way, without tho help of womon,
would niako Bomo kind of law about
paying debts. Everybody is going to
this.i't", many to whom Blunchard owed
money as well as ho did you, and it is to
be the most splendid affair of tho season.
Thero will bo bouts on tho pond and
tents on tho lawn,, with fruit untold,
and a dinner, a danco and a supper. I
must loso theso because some ten years
ago, he failed and in your debt ! I shan't
do it!"
" And I shan't go !" retorted tho hus
band. " If you go it must bo alone."
"Very well," said Mrs. Forrester,
and, tossing her head, went out of tho
breakfast room, where this dialogue had
taken place, und began to turn over her
wardrobe to mako tv selection for the
fete.
James would come round when he
knew that she was really going.
But James didn't como around, and
hero it was the day before, and he
wouldn't go and she would. She con
cluded that she must, for, asido from
showing him that sho meant to have
her way, it was impossible to think of
not displaying that beautiful crimson
silk dress on tho very first chanco.
To be sure it was awful to go with
out her husband, still moro to go with
that odious Mrs. Clark, who would be
her duenna ; but go she would.
Mr. Forrester Baid not another word,
lie was as pleasant as usual, and he
was generally a very pleasant man when
ho had his own way. .
When at tioon luncheon his wife ap
peared resplendent in a red silk dress,
with low neck and jewels scarcely hid
den by the little jacket she was to wear
till evening, and with her hair superbly
rolled and puffed, he only said :
" My dear, you look remarkably well,"
and seemed to take for granted that
tho attirewas assumed for his especial
delectation.
Kite pouted, returned no answer, and
mado a great show of being in a hurry
and of listening to tho sound of every
carriage wheel that rolled along the
street. But he would ask no questions.
She would have given something if
Mrs. Clark had driven up betore James
went out. but she did not : he went out
without a word of good-bye, though she
was to bo gone all night the cruel
wretch.
Mrs. Clark came the minute he was
out of sie-ht some people never do come
at the right moment and. Mrs. For
rester bad hard work to be sinning.
" Wasn't vour husband sorry that you
should ero without him '(" the horrid old
woman asked.
"Oh. verv sorrv !" exclaimed Mrs.
Forrester, 44 but ho is bo anxious that I
should have all the pleasure that I can
He, poor dear, is completely immersed
in business. He hasn't failed and paid
8, shilling on tho dollar ha! ha! -60
he must work. However, we will lot by
gones bo bygones ; and, indeed, Mrs.
Blanchard is very civil. When I told
her that, as you intended to return homo
directly after dinner I should loso tho
dancing, sho insisted on my staying all
night.
' Aro you going to do so r"' Mrs.
Clark nsked, with a faint air of disap
proval. " I am certainly," replied Mrs. For
rester, quite docidedly.
She was not going to tell people that
sho and James had quarrelled, not she.
If she thought that ho was a wretch and
told him so, she (ltd not mean to en
lighten others on tho point.
They reached Blanchard's place in
due time. It was a fine estate, a mile
or two from the town in which Mr.
and Mrs. Forrester had taken up a tem
porary summer residence, and on this
glorious September day was as beautiful
as a picture.
Tho turf was green velvet, but here
and thore a treo or vino was red, gold or
purple with autumn, and lighted up the
landscape liko a torch. The pond was
gay with boats, tho lawn with gaily
dressed people, and all went merry as a
marriage bell.
Tho Blauchards were very polite to
Mrs. Forrester, and grieved that busi
ness had prevented her husband from
accompanying her. They quite dis
tinguished her, and complimented her
as the handsomest dressed lady there.
Perhaps they remembered the three
thousand dollars ; she certainly did not
forget it.
When Mrs. Anno Trask called her at
tention to the beauty of the conserva
tories, she sighed and said :
"Ah, yes; and my dear, poor James'
money built them. I really feel as if
they were mine."
When Mr. Clare, an old admirer of
Mrs. Forrester's, on whoso arm sho took
a long promenade that afternoon, groan
ed as ho looked at tho charming place,
und said : " It is like a view of Purudiso
to Adam after ho was turned out. We
poor bachelors look at tho wives and
the houses tf other men and sigh in
vain."
Mrs. Forrester laughed and said :
" Why don't you fail ? Then all your
friends can contribute tho houso and
land, and tho wife will come of herself.
Such a place as this would be an induce
ment to any girl."
For a woman who was inclined to be,
jealous of her husband, Mrs. Forrester
certainly carried on quite a gamo that
afternoon with Mr. Charles Clare. He
was very attentive and gallant, and she
was very complacent and evinced no in
disposition to a little flirting. Sho en
joyed it immensely.
served James right tor not coming.
Ho could look at the other women and
make them sweet speeches she knew
ho did and sho would show him that
two could play that game. Tho only
thing wanting to a perfect enjoyment of
the situation was that James could see
tho whole.
It wouldn't do half as well if sho told
him, because he might think that she
was doing it to make him jealous. Sho
almost hoped that somo one would no
tice and warn him and think that she
was horrid.
Charles Clare was going to remain all
night too ; ho told her so. Ho had been
ussisting tho Blanchard in preparing
this allair, ana was going to stay.
Should ho have the pleasure of driving
her over next morning '
The real moaning of tho request was
that she wanted James to see her driving
up to tlio door with Charles Claro in his
carriage, and usk Charles to help her out
in that graceful, devoted way of his.
Wouldn't sho smilo on her escort and
mako believe sho did not seo who was
looking out of tho window. She would
teach James Forrester to let her go off
ulone, and never caro whut became of
her. Ho should know what jealousy
was.
" You really think that you will Btay
all night '(" Mrs. Clark asked, putting
her head into a charming tete-a-tete be
tween Mrs. Forrester and her old lover.
" Oh, yes ; it is quite decided !" said
Eva, angrily.
" Flirting thing I" muttered Mrs.
Clark, turning away. " I shouldn't
wonder if she came on purposo to seo
M. Clare."
Just as tho dancing began, a boy inT
quired at the open window of tho parlor
lor Mrs. rorrester.
"She is dancing there with Mr,
Clare," Mrs. Clark said.
Mrs. Clark was just about going, and
was annoyed ttiut sue must go alone,
She wanted somo one to abuso her host
and hostess to all tho way home, and sho
must bottle it all till the next day.
' Hero's a note for her," tho boy said ;
and having given it the boy vanished.
Mrs. Clark delighted in mystery and
melodrama. This was so charming, the
mysterious message, the tragical looking
note, the fact of uny note at all having
come. Then when she had breathlessly
sought out Eva Forrester, and given her
the note, hoping that it contained bud
news, and had watched her tear it open,
the expression of her face when sho read
it added so to tho charm ot tne situu
tion.
" Is Mr. Forrester ill '(" her comforter
inquired.
" Not verv well, that is all," Eva re
plied, as calmly as she could. " He can't
do without me, if he hag a soro finger or
a toothache.
Charles Clare scowled, lo be sure
Eva's flirtation with him had consisted
in tho most outrageous praises of her
husband and descriution of the haiirii
ness of thuir lives ; but then he wanted
to drive her to town, and make her hus
band a little loalous, if possible.
He had to resign himself, however,
and lead her to Mrs. Clark's carriage,
and see her drive away in tho starry
night.
The contents of the note were theso
lines :
44 H Mrs. Forrester knew with whom
her husband spends his time while she
is gone, sho would not stay away long,
certainly not over night.
Of course there wag no naiuo signed1
Of course that note would have taken
Eva Forrester home over red-hot plough
shares. Mrs. Clark found her a very dull com
panion, and could get no satisfaction
concerning hor husband's illness.
44 Loavo me at tho door," said Eva,
whon they drew near the hotel where
Mr. and Mrs. Forrester were staying.
44 Why, my dear, your rooms are on
the othor side," Mrs. Clark said.
" But I will stop here," Eva replied,
decidedly.
If James was at home, he should not
hear a carriago drive up, and look out
and see that it was she.
It was ten o'clock, for tho drive had
taken them some time. Tho young
wife's heart burned with a fierce and
deadly jealousy as she glided noiseless
ly through the long, lighted entries.
Sho did not know who to bo jealous of,
for her husband had, after all, done
nothing to point out any person. Her
vexations had been vague and as noth
ing, but now a terrible reality stood be
fore her. She had realized, thinning
the matter over on her way home, that
in truth she was the happiest of women
till that night, and that, though she
had pretended to be jealous, it was a pre
tence. Never till now had sho known that
agonized contraction of the heart which
comes when proof of misery is at hand.
Her head was m u whirl, though sho
was outwardly cool. She was tit for
anything. What she would do to him
she knew not, but as for the woman who
had dared to lure her husband away
from her sho should dio.
Sho passed swiftly through tho hall,
went into a side passage and down to
the street at the back part of the hotel.
An apothecary's shop was at the back
of the hotel. She was known there, and
had no difficulty in procuring what sho
wanted. After a minute, she went back
to the hotel with a bottle in her hand.
(V light shone under the door of her
room, lie was at home, oho stopped
for a minute to take breath, then softly
tried tho lock. Of course it was fastened,
she thought. But no, it yielded to her
touch, and she entered without a sound.
1 he entry and parlor lights wero dim.
but from the open door of the sleeping
room camo a flood of light. She
crossed the room and stood on the
threshold. Horror of horrors ! a woman
lay on her bed asleep, with her face
turned away : a whito hand dropped
over tho sido of the bed, and a flood of
hair streamed over the pillow. Eva
Forrester's norves seemed changed to
wires of Btoel. Sho only glanced round
to make sure that no ono else was in tho
room ; sho softly approached the bod,
the bottle clasped tightly in hor hand.
A table was drawn up to the bedside,
and on it was placed a vase of flowers
and a smelling bottle. i
With her hand resting on tho table,
Eva bent forward to see tho faco of her
rival. It was a sweet and lovely face,
scarcely the one that might be looked
for in a woman who would be found in
such a situation.
44 Wretch !" she muttered, taking a
step nearer, but at the same time Bhe
heard her husband coming.
44 Why, who is hero '(" exclaimed a
lady's voice at the door.
Another woman I In sheer surprise
Mrs. Forrester turned her head and saw
Mrs. Marvin, tho lady who owned the
suite of rooms next her own. Tho lady
stood looking at her in astonishment.
Their acquaintance was too slight to
warrant such a visit on either sido.
14 Why, how in the world happened
you to come into my rooms f cried
Mrs. Marvin, too much surprised to bo
very polite.
44 Your rooms t
Eva looked about her. Suro enouch,
she was in the wrong room.
After explanations and apologies,
Mrs. Forrester gathered up her wraps.
which had dropped on on the floor as
she entered, and sought her own apart
ment. But not with a light heart. Sho
might find something as bad thore.
Mrs. Marvin -8 sister had arrived only
that night ; but perhaps she was not
the only new comer in the house.
A light under the door here too. She
made sure that she had the right door ;
and again tho door yielded to her hand.
Again the dim light in tho parlor . and
the bright light beyond.
.1.1119 UUIO AU.1B. 1 Ul i u ia; I iwftuu suuut
the room. Yes, that was her furniture,
and tho canary gave a sleepy warble as
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she entered.
She went to tho bedroom door, and,
with a thickly beating heart stood on
the threshold. No flood of fair hair and
no whito hand wore there to wring her
heart ; but a brown haired head on the
pillow and a pair of brown eyes open
und looking at iicr.
44 Won't you lock the parlor door,
Eva t her husband asked sleepily.
She stiirted and tried to recover h,er-
BClt.
44 Why didn't you lock it '(" she asked,
41 1 left it open for vou." he replied.
41 But I said I should stay all night,"
Bhe exclaimed.
44 1 didn't think you would, dear, after
you received that note," ho remarked,
coolly.
44 That not !" she cried.
44 Yes : didn't he bring k to you,
though t
He couldn't ftelp smiling.
44 James, what do you mean r" his
wife asked, breathlessly, coming to tho
bedside, having hidden the fatal vial in
her pocket.
He stretched out his hand and draw.
ing a littlo stand nearer took from it
the fao simile of the note va bad re
ceived.
44 1 couldn't bear to have "'you away
from me so Ions?" ho said. t
Then, as she burst into tears, ralf of
joy, half ot terror for the awtul crime
she had just escaped, ho put his aiu
aiouna ner.
44 Forgive me, dear !" he said tenderly,
44 It wag a cruel jest. I didn't think you
wouia take it go card.
It wag gome time beforo she was quite
calm, having told him all her story, not
omitting the vial, frightening him near
ly to death.
He learned by that novor to tease his
wito with making her jealous again,
Jealousy, he saw, 'was no play, and no
weapon for a man to use.
They were quite reconciled at length,
and happier than ever.
44 But I did flirt awfully with- Charles
Claro," she said, penitently.
44 So I saw," her husband sam, aryiy.
44 You saw then with a glad laugh.
14 Oh, sir, I have caught you. lou
didn't mean me to know, and you really
cared enough for me to follew mo, you
darling James V"
44 Weil, to tell the truth, I haven't
been homo ten ininutes," he had to own.
Colors for ETcninir Wear.
In choosing evening dresses, ladies
should bo careful to select those colors
which best endure the test of gaslight.
A color gains or loses in beauty by day
light according to tho greater or lesser
quantity of yellow it contains. Violet,
which is the opposite ot yellow, is that
which changes most ; it becomes a dull
reddish-brown. Bluo, if pure, becomes
greenish ; if dark, it looks hard and
blackish j if light, it loses color, and
turns gray. Thero is a shade of bluo
which has no brilliance by day, but ac
quires a great deal by tho yellow light
ot gas, while turououe silks, charming
by daylight, are quite efface under the
lamp, ot a ball-room. Those greens
which incline most to yellow look the
prettiest of an evening. Thus the apple
green acquires the brilliant tints of em
erald ; peacock green loses its blue re
flects, and becomes too yellowish. Yel
low materials are certainly those which
appear best by lamp-light, especially
silks and satins. Buttercup yellow, so
bright at any time, is brighter than ever
under gaslight ; straw color becomes
rosier, sulphur-color does not change,
and maize becomes exquisitely soft and
clear. Pink changes to salmon-color.
Tho yellow light of gas or candles, so
hostile to all blue tints, enhances tho
splendor of red. Ruby becomes more
brilliant, crimson assumes a richer tone,
and orange vies with fire-color. Even
black and white aro subject to the alter
ation caused by artiticiul light ; bluish
blacks, by far the most hundsome by
day, lose all their beautiful blue shade,
and become hard and dull. Whito, on
the contrary, gains muck by lamplight ;
if faded, it lights up again, and actresses
efteu chooso yellowish-whjto dresses,
knowing they will look best on tho
ge. Perhaps the loveliest of all
shades for tho evening is silvor gray,
which acquires a somewhat rosy tint :
but grays which contain any amount of
blue, such as pearl gray, lose all their
beauty and look dull as soon ns lamps
are lit.
True and False Arcliitccturc.
Your first-class architect should bo an
artist of no mean order. Ho fiheuld
possess dignity ; ho must not triilo und
play tricks must bo in earnest; he
must not be giddy, he must be serious
tor only out ot such a temper can come
the stupendous conceptions of true arch
itecture, which differs so essentially
from the false. Study finishes an archi
tect, but genius is the foundation. A
man may be perfectly familiar with all
tho works ot architecture, from Vitru,
is to Calliat, still, if all this know
ledge is planted in a head sterile by na
ture, it will amount to nothing. He
may learn to make ornaments, but he
will not reach the sublime height ot
conceiving a grand design. Tho work.
era of false architecture require littlo
moro genius than is demanded by tho
art of making sweetmeats, which has
for its object the pleasure of the palate,
or that art which pleases another sense,
and works at the composition of per,
fumes. In the same quantity of super,
flees tho truo architect will produce
nothing but great and magnificent do
signs; the false, a multitude of small
and trifling ones. This shows the differ
ence between tho grasp of true genius in
the sublime art, and the feeble elabora
tions of mere talent. Genius invents ;
talent works in tho materials already at
hand. The one soars in magnificence
and beauty ; the othor gropes and plods
around in the region ot mere ornaments.
Theso false beauties in architecture are,
however, apt to bo popular with tho
crowd, who have not tho taste and cul-
thre to see tho absurdity. But the ar
tistic eye requires something very differ
ent from mere 44 crinsrerbread" ornament.
ation, and rests delightfully upon tho
simple grandeur of true architecture,
wnicii bears tne stamp ot an on every
portion of its graceful whole, combining
majesty, simplicity, and more important
bull, perfect harmony.
The Anaconda of Venezuela.
Of ophidians, the great anaconda ser
pent is unquestionably the most terrific
in character of all the reptiles on the
African continent.
Under the name of celebra tie agua, the
anaconda of Venezuela (eunectetmurtnut
not unfrequently attains the length of
twenty, thirty und even torty leet. It
actually swallows animals larger than
its own bpdy. The throat may be put
upon a stretch to admit a deer, or a cow,
and the stomach is sufficiently elastio to
receive the mass.
In gorging a tail stag with antlers,
they stick crosswise at the angles of the
mouth until decomposition in one direc
tion and prodigious muscular action in
another, separate them from tho skull,
and then the remnants of an eugulphed
carcass slide down for digestion. They
only teed occasionally. Alter success
fully swallowing a crushed victim they
can go seven months or more without
further food. Their akin is used for
straps whon tanned, on account
of
toughness and durability, in that coun
try. Serpents inspire a feeling of hor
ror, large or small. There is an instinct
ive dread of them in all human beings,
A.nd yet they fulfil an important mis
sion in the economy of life, indispens
able viewed by the law' of equalization
or cheeks and balances in the domain
of nature.
Nilsson receives a thousand dollars
per night at tho Drury-Lune Theatre
Accepting the Situation.
Every day, in this world of mutation,
men and women are called upon to ex
change broadcloth for homespun, silk
tor calico, tho palace tor the cottage.
By fraud, by accident, by flame, by fluc
tuation in trade, tho rich inheritance,
the honestly-earned competence, is
swept away, and the man who thought
himself independent for life must begin
again at tho foot of the hill J the woman
laprd in luxury must become her own
maid, and the serviint ot her own family
as well. So quietly do those suffering
reverses slip away into the nooks of so-
lety, that little is known of their daily
lives, their struggles with adverse for
tune, their efforts to retrieve loss and re
gain position. Tko contest may be long
and fierce, and end in defeat, deeds of
prowess may be done, and acts ot valor
performed, blows given and received
that in tho crowded amphitheatre would
call forth tumultuous applause ; but
there is no concourse to cheer, there are
no hands to clap, no voices to shout for
the victor. Yet not unnoted do these
noiseless heroes and heroines move along
their quiot path. Many a heart is
strengthened at sight of their patient
toil, their cheerful submission, their ac
ceptance of whatever fate may bring.
For all of us bear burdens ot one sort or
another, all of us need the cheer and
stimulus of such examples)
Kecently an instance illustrating what
we have said fell under our observation.
Years ago we know a gentleman who by
industry and business sagacity had be
come the possessor of a handsome com
petence. His family had grown to ma
turity enjoying all the advantages of
metropolitan life for education and ac
complishment. We supposed him still
riding upon the full tide of prosperity.
But a year or two since reverses over
took him which compelled tho sncrifico
of a beautiful residence on tho Hudson,
the sale of tho carpets and costly pic
tures, tho giving up of every luxury and
tho recourse to daily toil for daily bread.
Living in modest retirement, surrounded
by an intelligent and industrious fam
ily, sustained and cheered by a dovoted
wife, we found him a few weeks since
steadily and patiently trying to lay tho
corner-stono of another competence.
The seamstress was long ago dismissed,
there was no housemaid, no laundress,
no cook, The young ladies, accom
plished musicians, thorough French
scholars, well-read in literature and po
etry, devoted themselves to tho mastery
of household accomplishments. Tho
mother showod with equal prido a dress
her daughter had ironed with nicoty,
anil a drawing sho had finished with
skill and taste. In tho evening wo had
music from Beethoven and Mendelssohn,
and in tho morning delicious butter-
cukes from the same fair fingers. Every
ray of sunshine in that family landscape
was dwelt upon and enjoyed ; wo need
no nnger to point out shadows ; instead
of mourning over tho loss of fortune,
tho whole family were resolved into a
committee of the whole to improve tho
neighborhood in which they live, to dif
fuse intelligence, to inspire aspiration
toward culture and refinement, and
awaken the love lor that which is im
perishable. Sweet are the uses of ad
versity I Accepted, it is tne 41 crowning
grace that sanctities the whole ot lite.
Honorable indeed are the stars it sets
upon the forehead and upon tho breast.
though to careless eyes they seem but
wrinkles or marks ot vulgar toil.
Plunged in the flame, tempered in tho
ice-brook, polished by long attrition
must the blade be ero it may receive the
tool of the graver, bo set in the jeweled
hilt, and flash in the air as tho general
waves it m front of his on-inovinsi
legions.
' O well for htm whose will Is 9trong I
lie suffers, but he will not sulfur long ;
He suffers, but ho cannot sntfer wrong ;
For him nor moves the loud world's random mock,
Nor all calamity's bugest waves confound.
Who soems a promontory of rock.
That compassed roui.d with turbulent sound,
In middlo ocean moots the surging shock.
Tempest-buffeted, cltadol-crowned."
N. Y. Tribune.
How to Disinfect a House.
Mix common salt and black manga
nese, about equal weignts, and take
about a pound of the mixed powder for
ouch cubic yard in the house. Place it
in a pan deep enough to hold thrice as
much, in any rooai whore you can ar
range to upset a vessel of acid into it by
pulling a string outside the houso. This
will be oil ot vitriol, or boiled suiphurio
acid (specific gravity 1.8), a weight
double that of the manguneso. Make
all openings, except chimneys, air-tight,
and leave no water or wet thingg within,
or polished metals, unless you want them
dimmed. Then pull the string that
pours the acid on tho powder, the ob
ject is to fill tho house with chlorine
gas, which, being neavy even wniie
warm, will accumulate from the ground
upward, expelling the air by the chim
neys. However tight the lower open
ings, you will probably smell a little of
it as a warm soa-breeze. liy next
morning the law of gaseous diffusion
will, even through the chimneys only,
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nave disposed oi au im truces ; auu it
will meanwhile have found out every
unclean atom, lurk where it may, and
killed every germ or sperm, zymotio or
aniunalculur, deader than any other kill
ing known.
Eternal Lamts. St Augustine do-
scribed a lamp, placed by the seashore,
which neither wind nor ruin extinguish
ed. In the sepulchre of Tulliu, the
daughter of Cicero, was found a lamp,
supposed by Puncirollus and others to
have burned above loM years. Now,
the flames in suoh oases are thought to
havo been caused by the inflammable
airs go frequently generated in pits and
caverns, wnicn is connrmea by a discov
ery in 17oj on the opening of an an
cient sepulchre at Naples.
The Accepted Loveu. Emerson
preached a whole discourse in a few lines
thus: "The accepted and betrothed
lover hag lost the wildest charm of his
maiden in her acceptance of him. Bhe
was heaven while ho pursued her as a
star she cannot be heaven if she stoops
A- V
w sucn a one as ue.
Tlio Crifjly Bear.
Tho grisly be&r is tho largest and
most formidable of the quadrupeds of
California, lie prows to be lour leet
high and seven feet long, with a weight,
when vory large and tat, ot J.uuu
pounds, being tho lorgest of the carniv
orous animals, and much heavier than
the lion or tiger over got to be. The
grisly bear, however, as ordinarily seen,
does not exceed 800 or 900 pounds in
weight. In color, the body is a light,
grayish brown about the ears, and along
the ridge of the back, and nearly black
on tne legs, llie nair is long, coarse
and wiry, and stiff on the top of the
neck and between the Bhoulders. The
44 grisly," as he is usually called, is more
common in California than any other
kind of bear, and was at one time ex
ceedingly numerous for so large an ani
mal; but he-offered so much meat for
the hunters, and did so much damage to
the farmers, that he has beon industri
ously hunted, and his numbers greatly
reduced. He ranges throughout tho
State, but prefors to make his home in
the chaparral, or bushes, whereas tho
black boar likes the heavier timber. The
grisly is very tenacious of life, and he is
seldom immediately killed by a single
bullet, llis thick, wiry hair, tough
skin, heavy coats of fat, whon tn good
condition, and largo bones, go far to
protect his vital organs ; but ho often
seems to preservo all his strength and
activity for an hour or moro alter hav
ing been shot through the lungs and
liver with large rifle balls. He is one of
the most dangerous animals to attack.
There is much probability when shot he
will not bo killed outright. When mere
ly wounded he is ferockms. His weight
and strength are so great that ho bears
down all opposition betore nun, and He
is very quick, his speed in "running being
nearly equal to that of the horse. In
attacking a man, he usually rises on lui
hind legs, strikes his enomy with one of
his powerful foro-paws, and tlion com
mences to bito him. If tho man lios
still, with his face down, tho bear will
usually content himself with biting him
for awhilo about the arms and legs, and
will then go off a few steps and watch
him. If tho. man lies still, the bear will
believe him dead, and will soon get tirod
and co away. But let tho man movo,
and tho bear is upon him again; lot
him light, and ho will bo in imminent
danger of being torn to pieoes. About
half a dozen men, on an average, are
killed yearly in California by grisly
bears, and us many moro cruelly muti
lated.
Homo Heading.
Ono of tho most pleasant and noblest
duties of the head of the family is to
furnish its members with good readme.
In times which urepust it was consid
ered enougn to clothe and teed and shel
ter a family. Ibis was tho sum of
parental duty. But lately it has been
discovered that wives and children havo
minds, so that it becomes necessary to
cducuto tlio children and furnish read
ing for the wholo household. It has
been found out that the mind wants
food as well as the body, and that it
wants to be sheltered from tho pitiless
storms of error and vice by the guard
ing and friendly roof of intelligence and
virtue.
An ignorant family in our day is an
antiquated institution. It smells of the
musty past. It is a durk spot which
tho light of tho modern sun of intelli
gence has not reached.
i,et good reading go into a home,
and the vory atmosphere of that home
gradually but surely changes. The
boys begin to grow ambitious, to talk
about men, places, books, the past and
tne tuture. ine gins begin to lee I a
new life opening beforo them in knowl
edge, duty and love. They
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so the family changes, and out from its
r ,..,r.,l,. . i ' . i
number will grow intelligent men and
women, to fill honorable places, and bo
useful members of society. Let the
torch of intelligence be lit in every
household. Lot tho old and young vie
with each other in introducing new and
useful topics of investigation, and in
cherishing a lovo of reading, study aiid
improvement.
A Humbug of Neatness.
Charles D. Warner, in his now book,
" Saunterings," thus ventilates one of
the stock 44 sights" of Holland :
44 We drovo out nvo miles to Broek,
tho clean village ; across the Y, up the
canal, over flatness flattened. Broek is
a humbug, as almost all show-places
are. A wooden littlo village on a stag
nant canal, into which carriages do not
drive, and where the front doors of the
houses are never open ; a dead, uninter
esting place, noat, but not especially
Eretty, where you are shown into one
ouse got up for the purpose, which
looks inside like a crockery shop, and
has a still little garden with box-train
ed shapes ot annuals and furniture A
roomy-breeched young Dutchman, whose
trowsers went up to his neck, and his
bat to a peak, walked before us in slow,
cow-like fashion, and showed us the
place, especially some horrid pleasure-
grounds, with an imago of an old man
reading in a summer-house, and an old
couplo, in a cottage, who sat at a table
and worked, or ate, I forget which, by
clock-work, while a dog barked by the
same nuans. in a pond was a wooden
swan sitting on a stick, the water hav
ing receded, and left it high and dry,
Yet tho trip is woith while tor tho view
of the country and the people on the
way ; men and womon towing boats on
the canals ; the rod-tiled houses painted
green, and in the distance, tho villagos.
with their spires and pleasing mixture
of brown, groen and rod tints, are very
picturesque. The best thing that I saw,
however, was. a traditional Dutchman,
walking on the high bank of a canal,
with soft hat, short pipe, and ferecohes
that came to tho armpits above, and a
little below the knees, and were broad
enough about the seat and thighs to car
ry his, no doubt, numerous family. He
made a tine figure against the sky."
Silent contempt is the sharpest reproof,
Facts and Figures.
At the celebration of thePope's birth
day in the Cathedral of Notro Dame, a
subscription was started to present to
nis Holiness a crown of thorns, to be
mado of massive gold.
An Italian capitalist has established a
peanutry at Sullivan, Ind. The citizens
will celebrate the event in grand mass
meeting, on which occasion 14 bushels of
peanuts will bo barbecued.
An Alubama paper was not ipsucd at
the regular time' lately, ono of tho edi
tors being on the jury and the other
having been married. Both expressed
their regrets in the next issue.
A certain popular clergyman, young
and unmarried, is said to have remarked
that if he were a centipede he could not
wear one-half the slippers fashioned for
him by tho fair hands of admiring par-
is moners.
Bony Nash, tho Cincinnati cramblcr.
who died rocently, was oongratulatod a
short time beforo tho event upon look
ing in better health than usual, when ho
repliod: 44 1 bot you $20 I don't live l
week." He won.
A wealthy old lady in Detroit has ta
ken a whim to peddle orange and figs,
and goes about the streets retailing her
wares, dressed meantime in elegant
clothes. Sho is partially demented ; and
if her friends do not allow hor to follow
her notions she becomes violent.
There lives a man in the village ef
Eoohester, N. H-, who is out every
morning, rain or shine, before other peo
ple are np, searching diligently on tho
sidewalks, in the gutter and through
the streets for money or any valuable
that was dropped tho provious evoniug.
The result oi his diligence is not report
ed. The servant girls of Pittsburgh havo
caught tho striking fever, and demand
that in tho future their hours shall bo
from eight to twelve ih tho forenoon,
and from two to six in the afternoon,
Sundays free, free rango of pantry and
cellar, free admission of friends and
cousins to the kitchen and washroom,
hospital attendance at the expenso ot
their einployors in caso of sickness, and
increase of wages with the growth of
the lamiiy. That s all.
They have a now way of treating tho
broken legs of horses, which ought to bo
gonerally known. A valuable horse, in
Hartford, Conn., had his leg broken a
short time since. Tho leg was carefully
set by an experienced surgeon, and was
covered thickly with plaster. When
tho plaster "sot" , or hardened.it kopt
tlio limb as immovable an if it had been
mado of iron. Thus treated, a broken
leg, it is assorted, will knit togothor
in a brief tiino and become os good as
ever.
A littlo presence of mind and resolu
tion sonyitimes does wonders. Detroit
of late has boon much afflicted with hj
aropnobia. Whether it appears in tho
first instance in tho dogs or the pooplo,
it is hard to say, but whon once it seizes
dog or man he immediately bcoomes an
ugly creature to deal with. A heroio
Detroit woman saved herself and chil
dren from the bito of a rabid canino, tho
other day, by seizing and bestriding tho
animal and holding him in euch u posi
tion that he could not bite. Sho thon
dragged him to the gate, flung him out,
and shut and bolted the erate. and ho
was soon slaughtered beforo any ono
was hurt.
Elopements of the real old-fashioned
kind are rare in these prosy days. Thero
was ono specimen, however, in Illinois,
quite rocently. A poor young man was
in love with the daughter of a rich far
mer, and the farmer objected to tho
vouth htuyiUHa ia wan noor nrul fnrlmriA
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i mm mo iiuudd, ivt mu mu tsmuruus
pair continue to meet and send sweet
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messages to and fro, and one night the
youth planted a ladder at the maiden s
window. The maiden was waiting as
sho should be, and descended into tho.
bosom of tho night and of her udveuv
turous caralior. They fled into the dark
ness and the pastor's house,, and whilo
the farmer slept they wee made ono. "
Of all tho hotels in tho world tho very
oddest Is a lonely ono in California, on
the road between San Joso and Santa
Crua. Iiuaginctenlmmensotroos stand
ing a low foot apart and hollow Inside ;
these are the hotel, neat, breezy, and ro
mantic The largest tree is sixty-five feet
around, and contains a sitting-room and
that bureau of Bacchus wherofrom is dis
pensed the thing that biteth and stingeth.
All about this tree is a garden of flowers
nd evergreens. The drawing-room is a
bower made of redwood, evergrcons and
madrona branchos. For bed-chambers
there aro nine great hollow trees, white
washed or papered, and having doors cut
to fit tho shape of the holes. Literature
finds a place in a learning stump, dubbed
44 the library. it it wore not for that
same haunt of Bacchus, it is certain that
the guests of this forest establishment
would feel like nothing so much us
dryads.
The Frankfort Yeoman tolls this i
44 Once upon a timo a young Kentucky
physician, who had been regularly edu
cated tor lug proiession, was called to
tho bedside of a patient that he had been
attending with his best care for some
time, but who obstinately grew worse
and worse, until now his end seemed
vory near. Doctor,' said the sick wan.
I am dying I am certain l am dying.
and I believo you have killed nie.' Tho
doctor seemed to think very earnestly
for a moment or two, and then quite
gravely and seriously replied: 4 Yes, I
see that yon are dying j and, on reflec
tion, I beliove that yon are right I be
lievo that I have killed you ; nut I hero
take my oath that it Uod will forgive
me for having unintentionally murdered
you, . I will nevor murder another I
will never give another doso of physio
Erofessionully as long as I live.' And
e kept his oath ; he at once quit medi
cine entirely ; turned his attention to
the study oj law ; obtained a license in
due course, and, after a few years' suc
cessful practice, became one of the most
eminent circuit judges of that day in
Kentucky now.ucariy forty years ago."