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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
NIL desperandum.
Two Dollars per Annum.
KIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1879.
VOL. IX.
NO. 21.
Mnstcr Johnny's ?icxt Door Neighbor.
" It wtut spring tlio first time thnt I saw lior,
for lior pupa mid mnmnm moved In
Next door, just M skating was ovor, and mir-
blos nbont to lcgin. r
For tlio 1'onctr In our back yard Trns broken,
nnd I saw ns I peeped through the slat,
There wore ' Johnny Jump-ups ' nil around hor,
nnd I know it was Bpring ust by thnt.
" 1 never knew wholhor sho saw mo for eho
didn't sny nothing tome,
But ' Ma ! hero's a slat in the fonce broko, nnd
the boy thnt is next door can so.'
But tlio next dny I climbed on our wood shed,
ns you know, mnmmn snys I've a right,
And sho cnlls out, Well, pookin'is marinors !'
nnd I answered her, ' Suss is porlite !'
" But I wasn't a bit mad, no, papa, and to
prove it tlio very next day,
When she ran past our fonce in tho morning I
happened to get in her way,
For you know I am '.chunked ' nnd clumsy, us
sho snys m e all Troys ol my size,
And she nearly upset me, she did, pa, and
luughed till tears came in her eyes.
"And then we were friends irom thnt moment,
lor I knew that she told Kitty Snge,
And sbo wnsn't a girl thnt would flutter, ' thnt
she thought I was tall for my age.'
And I gavo her lour npples that evening, nnd
took hor to rido on my sled,
And ' What am I tolling you this for ?' V'liy
pnpa, my neighbor is dead !
' You don't hear one-half lam snying I really
do think it's too bad !
Why, you might hnve seen crape on her dooi-
knob, nnd noticed to-dny I've been sad.
And they've got hor n coftln ol rosewood, and
they sny llioy hnve dressed hor in white,
And I've never once looked through the fonce,
pa, sinco sho died at eleven last night
'And mn snys it's decent nnd proper, ns I was
her neighbor nnd Iriond,
That I should go there to the funeral, and sho
thinks that you ought tonttend;
But I am so clumsy nnd awkward, I know 1
shall be in the way,
And suppose they should speak to mo, pnpn, 1
wouldn't know just what to say.
" o I think I will got up quite early, I know 1
sleep late, but I know
" I'll be snlo to wake up il our Bridget pulls
the string that I'l! tie to my too.
And I'll crawl through the fence and I'll
gatiK-r the ' Johnny Jump-ups ' ns they
grew
Itound her foot tho first day that I saw licr
and, papa, I'll give them to you.
" For you'ro n big man, nnd you kuow, pa,
can come and gojust where you choosp,
And you'll lake the flowers in to hor, nnd sure,
ly they'll novcr refuse;
But, pnpn, don't sny they're from Johnny.
They won't understand, don't you sec,
But just 1 ly them down on her bosom, and,
pnpa, she'll know they're from inc."
Bret Ilurte.
IN LOVE AND IN DEBT.
"Who is that, Carrie?"
"Dionysius Harrington. Is lie not
handsome?''
" Handsome! I should think lie is.
What a partner for the Lancers! or to
take one sleigh-riding, or down to sup
per, or, in fart, anywhere where a Iclc-a-tctc
was a possible contingent."
" He is sure to heat the Nevilles' ball
to-night. Perhaps you may be able to
lest voiiropinion on that subject."
" If he. is there, I certainly shall."
" Provided you have an opportunity.
'Handsome Dion' is in great request;
hut then yours is quite a new face, and a
debutante is always sure of a certain
amount of attention."
Carrie's tone was a little piqued, and
pretty Margery Ileywood felt that il
was just as well to drop tho subject.
Fortunately Bi oadway affords plenty of
conversational resources, and some mi
ported costumes in a window supplied a
topic of interest quite equal to hand
some Dionysius Harrington.
Perhaps in Margery's mind fliere was
an unacknowledged connection between
the two. Dion and dress were not so
very far apart ; for a man who attired
himself so elegantly was not likely to he
indifferent to the toilets of the women
whom he delighted or condescended
to honor.
This point settled in Iter own mind,
Margery was full of confidence. She
hatl been broucht up in a world where
the milliner nnd tailor
" Are throned powers, and share the general
state."
Her own dress was always perfect; her
ribbons never chiffotme, her gloves new,
her general costume like a morning
glory before twelve o'clock it had no
vestoi'day. Indeed, she considered neg
ligence in dress one of the deadly sins
among respectable people, ho that, un
der nny circumstances, she would have
prepared caroiuny lor mo Seville bull;
but it was certainly worth extra trouble
when she was hopeful of eyost'int could
niinr.-ciate colors and combinations.
I ler reward was with her, for sho had
a great success that night. Her toilet
was tho rarest and richest in the room,
and Dion Harrington signified nig ap.
m-oval bv the honor of three waltzes
After such a mark of distinction.
Margery could repose, as it were, upon
the sense of her own perfections.
They were sitting chatting together;
and there was a look on Dion's face
which absolutely indicated that lie had
forgotten himself, and was admiring
some one else. Margery was certainly
doing her best to charm him, and she
instinctively found out the best way
she was making Dion talk in a manner
that really amazed himself. Among
men he was a sensible fellow, with plenty
of his own opinions; but among ladies
he generally relied on his personal ad
vantages. Besides, his object was to conquer
women rather than to amuse them, and
he had generally found a few sighs nnd
glances a very effective method of subju
gation. But this night he was actually
talking to Margery on every kind of
topic, and feeling, also, an obligation on
himself to say the cleverest thing he
ceuld think of at the time. After their
first waltz he began his usual routine of
remarks :
"We have had very bad weather
lately, have we notP"
Margery did ot assent according to
rule and precedent, but Baid, " Really, I
wonder you should think so. It is
always changing. What more would
you have? There was once an old lady
who uwd to tell her grumbling nephew
that he ought to be thankful for any
weather at all."
' I think nearly every one grumbles nt
Hie weather."
' I have noticed that. If men arc not
satisfied with a party, or if nnything
goes wrong in their business or in their
view of politics, they grumble at the
weather. I don't believe that any two
lovers, or any form of government,
could stand six weeks of settled sun
shine." , ,
Dion looked at this strange girl. She
had a metaphysical, dreamy look in her
eyes; there was no telling how she might
turn the commonest subject. Ho re
membered that he had another engage
ment, and made his most graceful apolo
gies. Still he was wondering, all the
time he was away from Margery, what
she was thinking about him. and tor
menting himselt with the memory of
soveral good things that ho might have
said, nnd did not say.
Perhaps that was the reason that lie
called upon Margery the next day, and
the next, and so on indefinitely. In a
month the handsome Dionysius was no
lontrer at the general service; he was
devoted to Miss Ileywood. Then peo
plo began to talk. Some very good peo
ple, professedly anxious to repress mali
cious rumors, propagated them; and
though they declared tliem to be incredi
ble, still, unfortunately, they believed
them to bo only too true.
It is easy to profess indifference to
such ill-natured talk, but people cannot
be indifferent to the results of it. In
this case the rumors reached Margery's
aunt at Ileywood, and she sent a pre
emptory order for her niece's return
home immediately.
At this order Margery was very cross.
Sho did not want to o back into the
country, and she did think that, in some
way or other, Dion might have prevented
people's remarks. And his little effort to
talk the matter over with her only made
her more angry ; for her loving, anxious
heart was waiting to hear something
more sweetly personal than :
" I cannot imagine. Miss Ileywood,
what pleasure people find in gossip."
"loti cannot f snapped Margery.
"Well, then, let me tell you that all
pleasures are short-lived except that of
watching the mistakes of our friends.
and comparing them with our own vir
tues."
" Where shall we meet again?"
" I am no diviner." Sho was pale nnd
angry, but the tears were in her eyes.
hlie know that lie loved lier. hy could
he not whv would he not say so?
"Why?" She asked herself this ques
tion all during the next summer, tor
Dion, having discovered that Miss Iley
wood was with her invalid aunt in a
small village in the Pennsylvania moun
tains, abandoned at once the delights of
fashionable, hops ami drives, and de
voted himself to Miss Ileywood and
Miss Iloywood's aunt.
It was a summer to date from all of
life afterward. Such glorious mornings
by the trout streams! Such evenings in
the moon-lit hills! Such walks, nnd
talks, and rides! "A young man so
handsome so very hnnusomi a young
man so clever end polite, and so respect
ful to age," Aunt Ileywood had never
seen. Forty years before, she had
had a lover, who went to sea nnd never
came back again, and she believed Dion
to be exactly like him. Yes, she was
certain that if ever sho had been mar
ried, and Had children, all her sons
would have been lust like Dion. The
old woman loved him, in her way, quite
as much us the young one.
This fair and happy summer at length
came to a close. Dion found the ladies
one morning in the midst of trunks and
toilets. A sudden frost had set in, and
Aunt Ileywood missed the comforts of
her own home. Dion lingered, silent
and sorrowful, till after lunch, and then
he asked Margery to go into the woods
for a walk with him. He had a confes
sion to make, he said, if Miss Ileywood
permitted it.
Miss Hevwood thought he might have
spoken without her permission. "Too
much courtesy, too much courtesy," she
whispered her own heart; but she signi
fied her assent by a littlo nod of her
head and a set, steadfast look in the
water,
"Miss Ileywood Margery I want
to confess to you what a foolish waste I
have made of my life nnd fortune.
Hitherto I have squandered them in the
silliest of pursuits."
Margery begau to tap her foot rest
lessly. " I have been so vain of my good
looks."
She looked half slyly and half admir
ingly through her eyelashes at him.
" And I am sorry to say that, in order
to do them justice, I have been very un
just to others. I am very deeply in debt,
and "
" Deeply in debt !" Was that what ho
had to confess? Sho colored violently,
and rose. " Mr. Harrington, your debts
do not concern me, unless unless "
"I expect you to pay them? I suppose
that is what you think I mean, Miss Iley
wood. How can you misjudge me so
cruelly? I beg pardon for presuming to
imagine that you could feel any interest
either in the past or future of so worth
less a life as mine has hitherto been."
He rose to go, and some dumb, evil
spirit possessed tho girl. She longed to
smile, to speak, to detain him; but she
could not permit herself to do it.
"Good-bye, Margery dear Margery.
When I venture to speak to you .'gain, I
hope to lie more deserving ot a hearing."
He put out his hand, and she would not
gee it. Oh, it was hard that he would
not understand the love and longing and
Disappointment in her heart ! She had a
right to be angry with a man so blind;
and as she could not for very shame go
into a good, womanly passion, slie gave
vent to her feelings in a very unwomanly
exhibition of sarcastic indifference.
Hut when Dion had really cone, she
fell with passionate sobbing upon the
ground, until the pines talked sough
fully among themselves, and wailed
back to her those melancholy tones they
learn I know not where.
Aunt Heywood was as broken-hearted
as her niece. She brooded on the loss of
the gay, beautiful youth, with something
ol both a mother's and a lover's anguish ;
and when, a week later, they heard that
he had sailed for the coast of Africa as
supercargo of a friend's shin, all the sun
shine died out of tho two lives at Iley
wood Park.
A year later old Miss Hevwood died,
and Margery was left sole mistress of her
person mid iortune. t here was some
rumors of a strange will mode by Miss
Ileywood in hor last hour, which it
was thought Margery would dispute.
But the rumor died, and the voting
heiress apparently settled down to a
monotonous life, in which nothing
seemed left her but the " having oved.
In the second vcar a little ripple was
made in Ileywood by the advent of
Harry Lake. Harry had been Dion's
great friend, and was probably even
then in correspondence with him.
Margery had always avoided Harry's
uncle hitherto; but now, with a sweet
ness that no old man could resist, she in
quired after his health, his crops, and
whatever other subject seemed ot im
portance to him.
In fact, she quite won the old bach
elor's heart. It was a great grief to him
that he could not hope to wed her for
himself; and lie half disliked his nephew
for his chances. But at any rate ho de
termined that such a nice girl and such
a rich girl should not go out of the
family ; and he soon let Harry know that
the prospects of inheriting the Lake
estate rested very much upon his mar
riage with Margery.
" But suppose the young lady will not
have me, uncle?"
"You are not to suppose failure, sir,
in anything. You have no rivals here
but me," the old man grumbled, not very
pleasantly.
Harry was in a dilemma, and he sat
thinking long over it that night. But
he was endowed with a nature singu
larly honest, and . at this juncture it
helped him better' than intrigue. He
simply wrote a little note to Margery,
asking permission to see her next day at
noon, lie received, as he expected, a
cordial nssent; an I so, putting Dion's
last letter in his pocket, he went almost
confidently over to Ileywood Park.
It was a very pleasant meeting, but
Harry was determined not to let their
conversation drift into generalities.
" Miss Ileywood," he said, " I am going
to ask from you a very singular favor.
1 I want you. In short, I want you to
refuse to marry me."
Margery could not help a smile at
Harry s awkwardness. She readily di
vined.that he had something important
to say to her, and that ho had, in his
eagerness to be perfectly plain about it,
begun nt the end instead of the begin
ning. So she said. "Ishnll certainly
refuse you when you ask me, Mr.
Lake."
"Oh, that of course! No follow like
me expects to get a hearing, after poor
Dion could not succeed. But the truth
is just this: my uncle admires you so
much that ho threatens to leave me noth
ing unless I marry you."
" And you prefer to be disinherited, of
course?''
"No, no, no; but. Miss Ileywood, I
am dead in love with the dearest little
girl, nnd I am over head and ears in
debt nlso; and if I vex uncle, he will
give me no money and don't you see
how the thingis?"
" Not exactly. Now what am I to do ?
Tell mo plainly."
" Well, I shall write you alettor to
morrow a real, old-fashioned Sir
Charles Grandison letter and ask your
permission, etc., etc., to pay my devoted
duty, etc., etc., to you. And I shall
show this letter to uncle, and get his
suggestions and approbation."
" Yes ; and then I am to "
"To answer it, just in your loftiest
style. Miss Ileywood. If you say a few
words a little down on the Lakes, I don't
mind it at all, and it will finish tho mat
ter. Of course I shall be cut up and all
that. If my poor Dion was here lie
would find some clever way out ol the
scrape; but I can never think of any
thing but just going to headquarters, as
I have come to you."
" It is the best way. A straight lino
is just as good in love ns in geometry."
Then the affair was talked over, and
Margery brought all her woman's tact
and delicacy to its arrangement. Tilings
were planned so as to proceed more
leisurely; for the climax, instead of
coming the next day, as Harry pro
posed, was indefinitely put off. But
Margery thought herself well paid for
her complaisance; for in a verv short
time Harry knew as well as possible the
true state of her heart, and many a pre
cious bit of news he brought her con
cerning Di:n, nnd ono day lie managed
to forget a photograph of liim and never
afterward to remember its loss.
So, with this fresh interest in life, time
did not seem so heavy to poor Margery.
She had Dion's pictured face, and every
now and then a few words of informa
tion about him, or else a long talk with
Harry concerning the manifold perfec
tions of one so dear to both.
But though the final letter was de
layed as long as possible. Uncle Lake at
last got impatient. " Harry had spent
part of every day nt Ileywood for four
months; it boys and girls did not know
their own minds in that time, they never
would." So the old gentleman wrote
the proposal himself, stated frankly
what lands and money he intended to
give Harry, and solicited for the young
man the hand of Ins fair neighbor.
The answer had been caiefullv pre'
pared by the two young people. It was
exquisitely polite, but yet it contrived to
hit delicately several points on which
L'ncleLake was very sensitive; and, in
fine, it absolutely declined nny alliance
with ins house.
Tho effect was better than thev had
dared to hope. Uncle Lake was greatly
offended, and for Margery's sake recalled
the very worst of the stereotyped flings
at women and women's ways so gener
ally laminar to bachelors young nnd old.
" However, he was sorry for me,
Margery," said Harry, one day, a week
afterward, "and he has shown it in
way that I thoroughly appreciate."
"A check?"
" Yes, for ten thousand dollars."
" Did von nine much. Hiirrv?"
"No, I could not manage it; and, do
you know, that pleased uncle. He
praised mv spirited behavior, and said
that was just tho way lie took a saucy
woman's No thirty years ago ; and then
he gave me the cheek, and told me to go
to Paris lor a season.
" And vou go. I suppose?"
"Just as soon as the dearest little girl
is rendv to eo with me."
"Will you have enough, after paying
your debts?"
" I shall naturally consider my wife's
comfort before mv creditors'."
"Oh. Harrv! Harry!"
" Well, Margery, I never could keep
out of debt and out of love. The men I
trade with nnd the girl I love always
have a lien on nie."
After Harrv left letters were long de
laved. Addresses were lost or changed
and week after week nnd month after
month passed without bringing any
word from Dion, about whom ho had
promised to write. In the third summer
Margery was so lonely that she deter
mined to join some friends in a European
trip; Lr'shewas sure by this time that
Dion had quite forgotten her.
So she wandered all summer in the
sunniest places of the earth, nnd was so
( harmed and happy that she really be
lieved her love and her regrets were
buried deeper than nny memory could
reach for tliein.
She was sitting, one lovely afternoon,
cn the top of Richmond Hill. As she sat
musing some one suddenly stood be
tween lior and the sunshine. She looked
up, and instantly put out nor two hands
with a joyful cry to Dion.
Oil, Margery I Margery I Mareerv!
Oh. mv
y own love! my dear love! my dar-
ingr while m a minor tone Margery
vassobbinc: "Dion! Dion! Dion! Ymi
have nearly killed me! How could you,
Dion? You don't know that von have
nearly broken my heart. Yes, you have,
sir."
Then there was such an exnlnnntinn
to be gone through that at ten o'clock
thnt night they had only got as far as
their unfortunate parting. And this
seemed to remind Dion of something,
for he said: "Oh, Margery darling, I
am afraid I must tell you the samo old
story. I have worked very hard, and
all that, but I am still in debt." .
"No, you are not. I have something
to tell you, also. Aunt Ileywood left
you all hor money provided you claimed
it within five years after her death; if
not, it was to be mine."
" It will still be yours, Margery."
" No, I do not want both you and the
money; I have enougn of my own."
I hen I shall get out of debt at last."
No. vou will not. sir. You own mo
the price of three years of my life. You
wiM never be out of mv debt, nnd vou
will never be out of my love."
" I don't want to, sweet Margery! nnd
they who are deep in love can afford to
spend twenty out of nn income of nine
teen; lor you know the old proverb:
lliere was a couple who loved one an-
other, and they always took what they
Weekly.
Early Morning Market Scenes in New
Tort.
Although a vast retail business is done
n AVasliington nnd Fulton Markets, says
i New York co-respondent, not one
householder in a thousand goes there for
supplies, llie householders buy of the
green-grocers and butchers who keep
stores convenient to dwellings. The
green-grocers and butchers come down
town for their supplies. But there is.
especially at this season of the year, an
immense market business done in the
tlown-town streets. This is a compara
tively unknown business, except to those
who carry it on, nnd niany..people have
never even suspected its existence. It is
entirely a vegetable market and is well
worth looking nt as a curiosity.
A visitor who wants to explore its
mysteries should come here nt five
o'clock in the morning. Landine at
Liberty or Cortlandt street a few steps
will bring him into the midst of its ac
tivity. Many a hurrying stranger, who
has been rushing for a midnight train
out of the city, hag wondered why long
and solemn rows' of covered wagons.
with slcenv-lookinir horses, are then
standing along some of the streets
through which he passes, lie would
tsk, had lie time to stop nnd think about-
it, why the drivers do not drive to livery
stables and stay there until morning, or
it least why thev do not, if thev want
the wagons to remain the street, take the
horses out and put them in comfortable
shelter.
To which it must be answered, first.
that these wagons are placed in position
during the night in order to have the
choice places which their owners fancy.
lor some stands are far hotter than
others; second, that there are not
enough stables in lower New York to
shelter this great army of horses. There
are hundreds and hundreds ol wagons.
Thev stand on Washington and Green
wich streets ns far up ns B'.cecker and as
far down as Dey, which is next to Cort
landt. New Church street, under the
shadow of the elevated railroad, is full
of th. "in. Thev nro most, numerous on
Saturday mornings, but Ion every morn
ing except Sunday a goodly number may
be found. Having stood all night thev
are at daylight ready for business. Some
of tho drivers have reposed on their
loads, while others have ttrotched them
solves out on soft granite steps or luxuri
ous wooden cellar doors. If tho night
has boon storm v, it is rough work for all
concerned. Ihe business is at its height
between live and six o clock, and pre.
sents a sight worth coming a long dis.
tance to see. Not a moment is to be
lost. Ihe whole caravan must come
out of the way by eight o'clock, for
every one of these wagons is in front of
some store or warehouse, and the resi
dent business men havo the right to
clear away all such intruders when their
own bnsiness hecrins. Each wniron nnva
twenty-hve cents tor the privilege ot the
room it occupies, xiiis goes iu uie cjiy,
or is supposed to. A collector conies
around each morning, and must have
his cosh. All transactions are for cash.
and every vegetable dealer who brings a
good and fresh stock sells his whole
wagon load and takes the equivalent
cash home with him.
Rules of Health.
Nothing is so essential to health at this
seiison of the year as a proper observance
ot sanitary rules, l he lollowing sugges
tions in this line will bo valuable :
Drainage A thoroughly drained soil
is all important. Sewers should bo prop
erly located and frequently examined, so
as to insure cleanliness and effectiveness.
Houses, cellars and yards should be
clenned.
Water supply" Water, next to nir.
is the chief necessary of life." We may
even place it before food, because all food
is largely composed of it. Cisterns should
he constructed of suitable material; its
water ought to be frequently examined
and kept free from color, odor and other
indications of impurity. .Wells are the
most dangerous sources of water supply.
for few wells are free from surface pollu-
tion. They should be properly located,
to avoid all possible risk of eontamina-
tion from their surroundings, carefully
built with elevated curbs and covered
tops. The water they contain should be
examined at short intervals. A simple
method of examination is by dissolving
a lump oi loin sugar in a quantity ol sus-
pected water in a clean bottle, which
should have a close-fitting glass stopper.
oei tne bottle m a window ol a room
where the sunlight will fall upon it. If
the water remains bright and limpid
niter a week s exposure, it may be pro
nounced .lit for use. But if it becomes
turb id during the week it contains enough
impurities to ne unhealthy, such water
should not be used for drinking purposes
uuui ii nun iiui-ii uuiiwi nu niu'reu.
Dwellings Ihe prime condition of
health in a house depends upon cleanli-
ness, pure air and unpolluted water,
Good ventilation is absolutely necessary,
Rooms should be frequently aired and a
daily visit from Dr. Sunshine encouraged,
Overcrowding is a fruitful source of air-
pollution In dwellings.
TIMELY TOnt'S.
A Russian paper gives an account of n
plaeue of locusts near Elisabcthpol,
which forced a detachment of troops on
tho march to retrace their steps. The
insects settled so thick on the soldiers'
faces, uniforms and muskets that the
commander, driven to desperation, or
dered firing at them. This was done for
half an hour, but produced no effect, and
the soldiers were obliged to march back.
The swarm covered an area of twenty
two square miles.
The Louisville Courier-Journal bundles
together its advice to profane men in this
wise : " To all who are afflicted with tho
habit of profanity, and who are desirous
of curing themselves of it, wo would sug
gest that, ns a beginning, they resolve,
and rigidly adhere to the resolution, that
whenever they feel adisposition to swear
they will take no other name in vain ex
cept that of the Aztec god of war. Huit
zilopochtli. That will give their anger
a chance to cool and to disappear before
they get to the other end of the word, and
they will not thus be guiltv of the sin of
a complete oath. And if Iluitzilopoch
tli won't break them, then their cases
are hopeless."
The trade in glass in the United States
within the last few years has reached
enormous proportions. Pittsburgh, Pa.,
is the great glass center of the country.
More than half of all the glass produced
is made there. Tho productions ncrirre-
gate over $7,000,000 annually, employing
chinory and erounds. of nearly, if not
quite, $3,500,1)00. There are soventy
tliree factories, containing in nil 690 pot's.
Each year $3,000,000 is paid in wages to
the hands employed, who number some
5,248. One can form some little idea of
the magnitude of the business by ascer
taining tho amount of material consum
ed annually. Last year there were con
sumed 2,925 tons of German clay, 300
tons of lead, 250 tons of pearl ash, 2,700
barrels of salt, 6,055 tons of straw. 4,025
cords of wood. 4.525.60 bushels of coal.
793.500 bushels of coke. 1.218 tons ot
nitrate of soda, 48,340 tons of sand and
150,000 lire brick.
Of the successful pedestrian, E. P.
Weston, the Rev. J. C. Fletcher, of
Indr. apohs, says that when a child
Wei t in was the cleanest, sweetest lit tle
blorie boy he ever knew. Ho always
had his Sunday-school lesson perfectly,
and was well trained at home, in Provi
dence, by his small, slender mother.
"Hut," added Mr. Fletcher, " E. P.
AVeston was the most uneasy bright boy
I ever saw. There was no keeping him
still. His father was a man restless in
his brain, and finally died insane. The
mother of E. P. W. was a woman of
ntellectual parts, nnd at her husband s
death, in order to support her family,
she wrote a number of interesting books
for children. These were printed and
then, instead of being published, were
hawked about Providence and elsewhere
in the State of Rhode Island by Edward
Payson, who walked from bouse to
house all over tho State, and thus early
iiequired tho habit of walking."
Sergeant John P. Finloy has investi
gated the cyclones that swept over Kan
sas in May. Ho traveled in a wagon
and rode altogether live hundred miles,
visiting thirty-live towns and villages
1 started out in making observations
by first finding the center ol Ihe track ol
the storm, and then making correspond
ing observation on botli sides to ascertain
the oilect ol the wind on each. I found
after a great deal of questioning that
these tornadoes were always heralded by
tho nppoarance ot hailstones and rain.
which onlv ended when tho tunnel dis
appeared. The funnel, which resembles
a water spout, was generally seen ap
proaching irom me nortnwesi and soui n
west, and has the embodiment of the air
currents coming irom both tho direc
tions. The northwest clouds always re
sembled heavy vain-clouds, while those
in the southwest were a light. Hooey
color, indicating wind. After their ap-
fiearance the inhabitants would notice
ictwecn the two, near the apex, a terri
ble commotion, and in a few moments
this would be followed by the funnel ex
tending gradually from the clouds. It
was this funnel-cloud that always did
the damage. The majority of these
storms travel about thirty miles an
hour, and 'while they are on the ground
their force is great enough to destroy
everything within their reach."
Troops Attacked by Locusts.
A detatchment of Russian troons.
bound for General LazerefTs expedition
against the lurcomans, met with a
curious misadventure near the Georgian
town ol l'iisabetlipoi. At a tew versts
the' soldiers encountered
armv of locusts reputed
Irom the town
the wine ol an armv ot locusts ren
to be twenty miles in length and broad
in proportion. The officer in charge did
not like to turn back, repelled by mere
mseccs. and, pushing on, soon became
surrounded by the locusts. I hose ap
pear to have mistaken the soldiers lor
trees, nnd swarmed by thousands around
them, "crawling over their bodies
lodging themselves inside their helmets
penetrating their clothes and their knap
sacks, filling the barrels of their rifles.
and striving to force themselves into the
unlortunate men s ears and noses." 1 ho
commander gave orders for the troops to
push on doiiblftquiek for Elisabcthpol,
nut the road was so Diocked with lo
custs that the soldiers grew fright
ened, and, after wavering a few min
utes, a regular stampede took mace.
.Led by a non-commissioned oflicer of
keen vision, who had observed a few
huts a short distance from the road,
tike troops dashed across the fields,
"slipping about over the crushed and
greasy bodies of the locusts as though
they had been on ice." Tho huts were
soon reached, and the oflicers rushed
inside, but the refuge proved to bo of
little value, as the premises wei e al-
radv in the possession of the enemv.
The peasants told the correspondent of
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uiu jujrun uinti lor uays nicy Iiau
been hesieged by the vermin, the in
sects tilling the wells and tainting tho
water, crowding into the ovens and
snoilincr the bread, and prevenlinn1 anv
food being cooked or stored. At in
tervals tho villagers issued from their
houses, and made onslaughts on the lo-
I cusis, Killing ineiu ny mousanus, aim
carting them away afterward to tho
fields for manure. The soldiers were
detained prisoners by the insects for
forty-eight hours, and on their maich
to Elisabethpol, in the rear of the lo-
cust army, tliey found every blade of
grass antf green leaf destroyed and the
peasants reduced to beggary.
Visit to the Znlu King.
On the following evening, writes nn
English correspondent, I again visited
the king, who had especially invited me
to witness a review of his troops, two
regiments of which, one of "white
shields" nnd the other of "black
shields,-" were stationed nt Nonduengu.
These troops formed a large circle in the
open central space of the kraal, while the
king walked, or rather trotted, about ns
well as he was able, within the circle,
closely followed by hissliiold-bcarer nnd
other attendants carrying his snuff nnd
his beer. The shouts that arose from his
assembled warriors became deafening as
the king, calling upon one or other of his
more distinguished soldiers by name,
and pointing toward him, summoned
him to perform his feats of agility.
Every arm was extended and every
finger pointed toward the man thus hon
ored, who leaped from his place in the
ranks, and commenced running, jump
ing, springing high into the- air. kicking
his shield, flourishing his weapons and
performing the most extraordinary man
euvers imaginable. All this time the
" imbongas, ' or praisers, recounted the
deeds of the king amid the shouts of the
multitude. After his majesty was tired
of moving about for his extreme obesity
rendered it no easy matter his chair of
state was brought to him, in which he
sat and regaled himself with a copious
draught of " ourchualia," or beor made
of fermented millet, often taking pinches
of snuff.
Then every soldier passed in single file
before the king, each one bowing to the
dust, and lowering ms shield as he passed
the august presence. This ended the re
view, and the king was borne back to his
harem amidst the shouts and din of the
multitude. Nothing can be imagined
more truly savagel yet picturesque
withal, than the appearance of these
Zulu soldieis when arrayed for battle.
With kilts formed ot tne tans oi the
leopard and other wild animals, their
heads adorned with the plumes of the
crane and the ostrich, with long stream
ers of goat's hair nttached to their arms
and legs, and holding in lront their huge
bucklers of hide, which almost cover
their bodies, and above which protrude
the bristling points ot their well-sharpened
assegais, they present a most strik
ing aspect, and one not easily forgotten.
The costume of the king consisted of a
copious kilt formed of leopard's tails and
the skins of the green monkey. Un his
forehead he wore a large ball of closely-
cut feathers of the blue roller, and round
his neck hung a quantity of very large
white beads. His arms were nearlycov-
ered with bracelets of brass and gold.
le fillets of beads encircled his body
and his legs, in aspect no was tiignitigd,
and his skin was of a lighter color than
that of most Zulus.
Mnkiiig Them Ent Their Own Flour.
Relating his Indian experiences. Colo
nel Meadows Taylor tells of his being
beset by hundreds ot pilgrims and trav
elers, crying out against the bunnias or
Hour-sellers, who not only gave their
customers short weight, but adulterated
the Hour so abominably with sand, that
cakes made of it were utterly uneatable.
The colonel determined to punish the
cheats: and this is how he did it.
I told, says he. sonic reliable man
of my escort togoquietlyiinto the bazaars
and each buy hour at a separate snop, Do
ing careful to note whose shop it was.
The Hour was brought to me. I tested
every sample, and found it full of snnd as
1 passed it under my teetn. i men de
sired all the persons named m my list
to be sent to mo, with their baskets of
Hour, their weights and scales. Shortly
afterward they arrived, evidently sus
pecting nothing, nnd were placed in a
row on' the grass before my tent. " Now,"
said I, gravely, ' each of you is to weigh
out a seer (two paunds; ot your Hour;
which was done.
" Is it for the pilgrims?" asked one.
" No," said 1, quietly, though I had
much difficulty to keep countenance.
" You must eat it yourselves."
Thev saw that 1 was in earnest and
offered to pny any tine I imposed.
Not so," I returned; "you have
made ma:;y cat your Hour; why should
you object to cat it yourselves?"
They were horribly frightened: and
amid the screams of laughter and jeers
of the bystanders some of them actually
began to eat. sputtering out the hall-
moistened ;ilour, which could bo heard
crunching between their teeth. At last
some of them Hung themselves on their
faces, abjectly beseeching pardon; nrd
so, with a severe admonition, they were
let off. Ao more was heard of the bad
flour.
Vegetable Ivory.
The Colonies and India furnishes some
interesting particulars respecting the
so-called " vegetable ivory," which is
now so much used as a substitute lor
ivorv. The vegetablo ivorv nut is the
product of a species of palm found wild
m b,ou4' SITS
llie Ij.liu blltril la iiiu wiiia'Wiiiri, w mi.n
heme softer than ivory and easily carved.
as well as readily dyed, nnd being less
brittle than bone, is largely used in
making buttons, etc. Tho unripe fruit
consists of a green shell, containing a
waterv fluid, which as tho nut ripens
gradually thickens until it becomes a
pulpy mass, and eventually hardens into
solid mattoi. The water, though hitter
to the taste, is wholesome, and often
renders invaluable service to travelers,
who cannot otherwise obtain water to
drink. Tho tree on which the fruit
gtows is unlike an ordinary palm, hav
ing little or no stem and drooping down
ward, especially when tne weak
branches are overwoighed by the six or
seven bunches of nuts, each containing
six or seven seeds, inclosed in thick
heavy shells and outer sheath, and
weighing altogether irom twenty to
twenty-four pounds.
Three Things.
Three things to do Think, live, act.
Throe thinus to cherish Virtue, good
ness and wisdom.
Three things to teach Truth, industry
and contentment.
Three things to govern Temper,
tongue nnd conduct.
Three tilings to love Courage, gentle
ness and affection. -
Three things to contend for Honor.
country and friends.
Three things to hate Cruelty, arro
gance and ingratitude.
Three things to delight in Beauty,
frankness anu freedom.
Three things to admire Intellect, dig
nity and gracefulness.
Three things to avoid Iilness. lociua-
city and flippantjesting.
Three things to like Cordiality, good
humor and cheerfulness.
Three things to wish for Health,
I mends and a contented spirit.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
After dinner A hungry man.
The sleeper reposes in tho lapse of
time. New York reoplc.
The roads and inns in Spain arc as bad
as they have been for centuries.
It is forbidden in England to tako
costs of the heads of executed criminals.
The amount of money already rxprn ded
on tho bridge between New York and
Brooklyn exceeds $10,500,000.
The United States uses up 1,000,000,000
paper bags annually, nnd several manu
facturers report increasing demands,
A gentleman in one of the Western
towns is so much opposed to capital pun
ishment thnt he refuses to hang his own
gate.
Have you ever thought how exceed
ingly kind it is of the average murderer
to forgive everybody before he is swung
off? Puck.
The evening the young man hasn't
money enough to talie his girl into an
ice-cream saloon ho sends her a note
stating he is sick.
The valuation of personal property in
New York city for 1870 is $197,532,075, a
decrease of $'21,597,120 over last year.
The real estate in 1879 is valued nt$918,
134,340, nn increase of $17,722,910 over
1878.
A story is going the rounds of the press
called " A son turns up after twenty-five
years' absence." We have seen a son
turn up after nn hour's absence, often,
and never thought anything of it.
Griswold.
The name "tabby cat" is derived, from
Atab, a famous street in Bagdad, inhab
ited by the manufacturers ol silken stuffs
called Atabi, or taft'eta, the wavy mark
ings of the watered silks resembling
pussy's coat.
When two women meet at the fence
there is no harm as long as the talk is
loud and the tones firm, but the moment
the head begins to nod, the voice drops
to a murmur, and tho tones sound
hushed and muflled, then you may know
that scandal, or some ono s character, is
made a sweet morsel for tho occasion.
Every good man sits down and weeps.
Doohy.
Two Arizona miners. Freeman nnd
Hill, recently played a huge hoax upon
their fellows. They represented that in
the country 400 miles to the north of
Prescott could be found large quantities
of gold. Fifty six men, with 112 ani
mals, banded together and followed the
two from Prescott. Water could not lie
procured, and the whole party nearly
nearly died from thirst. Freeman and
Hill finally admitted that tlio affair was
a joke. They were hung in just 100
seconds.
How a Great Silver Mine Was Found.
Two miners sat down in tin A'ilder
ness of Southern Utah a few months
since to munch their bread and then
pursue their wanderings and their search
for wealth. They were "prospectors"
who, havimr left tho beaten track of
treasure-seekers, wandered oft', lo tho
amusement of their fellows, into tho
comparatively level country, where
months of searching had revealed noth
ing.
We had better get back into the
mountain country, Jim, said his
"pard."
as nespokc ins tool t truck something
a few indies under the sand nnd tho
prospector found a fracture on tho rocks
nnd picked up a small, yellowish piece
of stone.
What's that?" said Tom, as ho saw
with what feverish earnestness his
" pard " examined the piece.
" 1'igadi l tiniiK it s horn silver: '
Thev were out of provisions nnd
clothes; they had not means with which
to pay the fee lor securing their " lind."
Alter opening up their prize snllieicnlly
to show that a vein of ore existed, they
offered it to Mr. Ben Morgan, ol Pitts-
hurgh.who is operating smelting works a
few" miles below Salt Lako City, for
18,000. Mr. Morgan sought the advice
of tho superintendent of tho Ontario
mine. Together they carefully examined
tho new " find," and unfortunately lor
tlio genial Ben they decided it was not
worth risking the money on. Tho
miners continued to open their veins,
but soon again were stranded, when ono
of them wrote to two Irish friends, who
had already lost money on supposed
"finds," and besought them to try their
luck once more. After much importun
ing tliey invested enough money to give
the miners a good start, when tho de
velopment of the mine proceeded rap
idly. Four shafts were sunk and a num
ber of intermediate galleries run which
connected the shafts. The work was
pushed solely witli a view to show the
magnitude of the deposit. It was the
marvel of the whole country. Conserv
ative old engineers measured the ore-
bodies actually in sight, taking nothing
for granted, nnd made numerous analy
ses in all parts of the mine to delermino
its richness, nnd the most cautious cal
culated the silver in sight as worth $27,
000,000. Jay Cooke, hearing of tin's
prize, secured an option of a one-half
interest for $2,500,000 for a short time,
and hastening Eastward ho induced a
number of Englishmen in New York to
invest, and they took it nt this price, tho
lour original owners declining to sell tho
remaining half at any price. This is the
now bullous "Horn buyer Mine" or
New Bonanza." nround which a town
has in a few months clustered called
" Frisco," nnd to winch one mine tho
Utah Southern Railroad will this sum
mer be extended nearly three hundred
miles.
Cholera Medicine.
Tlio New York Jourtml oj Commerce
says: More than twenty years ago,
when it was found that preventionof
cholera was easier than cure, a prescrip
tion drawn up by eminent doctors was
published in the'New York Hun, and it
took the name of tho Sun cholera medi
cine. Our contemporary never lent its namo
to a better article. We have seen it in
constant use for nearly two score years,
and found it to be the best remedy for
looseness of the bowels ever yet devised.
No one who has this by him, and
takes it in time, will ever have the
cnoiera.
We commend it to all our friends.
Even when no cholera is anticipated it
is an excellent remedy for ordinary
summer complaints, colic, diarrhea,
dysentery, etc.
Take equal parts of tincture of Cay
enne pepper, tincture of opium, tincture
of rhubarb, essence of peppermint and
Rpirits of camphor. Mix well. Dose,
fifteen to thirty drops in a little cold
water, according to age and violence of
symptoms, repeated every fifteen or
twenty minutes until relief is obtained.