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VOL. IX. , RIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1879. KO. 38.
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The Dignity of Lnhor.
Those who toil to earn their bread
Need not blush to own their let ;
They in noble footsteps tread,
And a claim to live have got.
Toil is not the wage ot sin,'
For in Eden work was given,
Sinn was made to work and win
8ioil of earth and bliss of heaven.
lie who at the anvil stands,
Striking whilo the iron glows,
Though he works with horny hands,
Nobly strikes the ringing blows .
At the loom, and in the field,
In the shop, mid on the soil.
Where men wisely power wield,
Thore is dignity in toil.
lie who works with throbbing brain
Thinks to teach men how to live,
Writes, that others good may gain,
Speaks, to truth fresh zest to give.
Ho can claim the manly right
With tho sons oi toil to stand,
He assorts Lis mental might,
Helps to bless his native land.
He who lives a life of ease,
Idly wastin' all his days
Aiming only self to please,
Filled wiih pride and courting praise,
Call him not a noble man,
Such existence is a shamo;
And when ends life's blank span,
Soon will die his empty name.
Labor brings reward and rest,
Educates ths latent powers;
And he serves his age the best
Who employs his golden hours;
Working not beyond his might,
Toiling not against his will,
And boneath hii master's sight
Glad his mission to tulfll.
All things labor tor onr good.
He w ho made us never sleeps;
He who tills the ground for iood,
For his pains a harvest reaps.
'None who work need leel ashamed,
Ah they do what gooJ they can;
Tis an honor to bo named,
As we toil, " A workingman."
EUSTACE CARROLL'S SKETCE
PRACTICAL ADMONITION TO TEMPEK
ANCE. "Shunt go n step further P"
"Only just n little way we shall soon
be homo now, and mother's waiting."
" I don't caro. I've made up my
mind tli:ii I've walked too far already,
and I'm just going to wit down and rest;
they must wait, and I shall do as I
fllOOSe."
" Hut father"
"Now don't you talk to me about
' bills.' Charlie because I won't have it.
I shall sit down here, and you can go
and f'll your mother not to wait not to
wait," the man repeated, raising his voice
with the stupid anger of intoxication.
Still in spite of threat and refusal, tho
child persisted in pleading that his father
should go home ; but his words only
seemed to strengthen the! man's, obsti
nacy, and all the boy could do was to got
his "father to turn aside from the high
road into a field close by, where the man
threw himself full length on the grass,
somewhat under the shade of the hedge,
nnd in a few minutes he was sleeping
heavily, whilst the child sat down at a
little distance, with a strange kind of
unchildish patience on his features, to
wait until his father should wake. Poor
little Charlie ! he knew too well how
useless any attempt on his part would be
to rouse his father from that sort of
sleep.
Kather more than half an hour had
passed in this dreary waiting, nnd
Clmrlie was beginning to find all his
small sources of amusement fail him.
He had watched n large bee that kept
hovering over the convolvulus blossoms
in tho hedge, nnd, wondered if he had
not nearly finished bis day's work, had
I tlaced a snail out of harm's way, and
lad been tempted to chase a beautiful
painted butterfly that flitted past him;
but he began ut last to lose his interest
in bocs and butterflies, for it was now
tea lime, and Charlie was growing ter
ribly hungry. Still he did tot think of
deserting his post, for no one but the
child himself knew how often he had
kept his tipsy father off the country road
when carts or carriages wero coming
along, nor how he had managed to guide
him in safety over the narrow bridge
that led ncross the river to their cottage.
Sn Chnrlev sat there ciuiet ly. though lie
was growing more tired and hungry
everv moment, until the sound ot a
whistle at a little distance attracted his
attention, the sound gradually coming
nearer and soundiugmore distinct, until
n. vriiinu man jumped over the stile at the
end of tho field and approached the
child, who then knew liim to bo a gen
tleman he had often met during tho last
fow weeks, sometimes sketching, some
times wand' ring about with his knap
sack on his back and his portfolio un
der his arm. Indeed a kind of half ac
quaintance had sprung up between the
young artist and Charlie ono attracted
by tho glimpses he had caught of the
pictures contained in tho wonderful
porttolio, the other by the child's wist
ful glances and his rustic beauty . Busy
with his own thoughts.and judging from
his happv face they wero very pleasant
ones perhaps dreams of the time when
some wonderful picture of his should
hang on the walls of the academy, and
by bo doing help him on the roar1 to
fame aud fortune Eustace Carroll had
half crossed tho field before he noticed
and bis faLhei. Then his Quick
eyes told him tne meaning oi tne in tie
scene; the quiet, wearyooking child
and the sleeping father, with his untidy
clothes and collar and necktie unfastened,
and Ids face turned up to the blue sky
that looked down upon nothing so de
based as this man, whom God had made
alittln lower than the angels, and who,
by his own vice, hd thus degraded him
self. With the quick instinct of childhood,
Charlie under-tood the look of distrust
with which the young artist turned to
him, saying kindly as he did so:
" You are waiting to lake your father
home, I suppose P"
" Yes, sir, ' replied the child, while a
. flush of hlmnio spread over his face.
" Well, I think he is likely to Ha there
for hours yet. Can't you leave himP"
" No, sir; lie might be run over or fall
into the river if I left him to come
homo by himself."
"Oh!" said Eustace, as he glanced
toward the sleeping man and wondered
If it would bo much loss to any one if he
did fall into the river; but ho checked
the thought, remembering that he, with
his refined tastes and many kinds of
amusement, could form no idea of the
temptation which drink might have for
this man, with his smaller advantages
of fortune and education; and then an
idea flashing across his mind, he deter
mined to act upon it.
"Have you had your tea, boy P" he
asked, as he unstrapped his knapsack,
nnd took out a small parcel wrapped in
paper.
" Mother will be sure to keep it ior
me until I get home, sir," replied Char
lie, too brave to complain to a stranger.
"That's all right." said Eustace,
understanding and respecting tho feeling
that dictated the answer; " meanwhile,
I shall give you this ripce ot cake, just
to pass tho time away. When I was a
small boy, stray pieces of cake never
prevented mo eating my meals when
tiiey came, so your mother's tea will not
be wasted. Now you sit still, for I am
going to paint a picture, and when it is
finished I will show it to you."
Very tew dainties fell to Charlie's share
in those days, and Eustace was highly
amused at the manner in which he ate
his cake, nibbling it off around the edge
so as to make it last as long as possible ;
and he succeeded so well that the pic
ture was finished almost at the same
time as the last currant disappeared.
" Well, was it good P" asked Eustace,
" as he tied his portfolio."
" Yes, mother does not put currants in
her cakes. Sometimes on our birthdays,
when father has not been out, we have a
fake, but then we have no seeds in it."
" And those are not so nice P "
"Oh, no, sir, of course not!" answered
Charlie, surprised that any one should
ask such a question.
" Weil, I am glad you like it. I am
going back to London in a day or two,
nut I shall put another piece of cake in
my knapsack in case I meet you again
before 1 go. Look here, co you know
whatthisis?"
Charlie glanced at the little picture
Eustace held out to him, and then he
gave a scream of surprise.
" Why, it's me and father! "
And so it was, and even though Eus
tace should live to be an old man, he
will never succeed in making anything
moietrue to" nature than that hurried
sketch. He had just caught the tired,
wistful look on the child's face, and it
was all the more striking as it was
brought into such contrast with the va
cant countenance of the tipsy sleeper,
who looked so thoroughly out of place
besideTthe child and the pleasant green
background of the hedge, where the con
volvulus blossoms mingled with the
wild roses and blackberry flowers.
" Wait a moment," said Eustace, nnd
then he wrote at the bottom of the sketch
three lines from a poem of Burns :
" Oh wad some power the giitie gie us,
To see ouiki-Is as ilhcrs see us,
It wad Itp.e mony a trouble tree us "
"There," he continued, putting the
picture in the child's hands. You
jtmlj hnvothfit. nnd if xnn Ijl-n to elinw
it to vom
r lauier one 01 iuest:;uaya, uo u ,
it may teach lnm a lesson." Ann beiore
the child could make any reply, Eustace
was oil and away, tramping along me
high road.
Five years had passed before the
young artist had the time nnd chance to
visit the quiet village again. In those
live years he had done good work "had
thought, and worked, and painted, until
people begun to believe in hiin and
talked of him as one of the most prom
ising painters of the day.
Still, in the midst of it all, he often re
membered his little sketch and won
dered without much hope in the won
der, though whether his idea that it
initrht do good had come to pass; and
on the day ho traveled down to Merston
the memory of the scene came clearly
before him with the thought of the grand
old words: "Cast thy bread upon the
waters, for thou shalt nnd it after many
days."
"such a poor juiie cruino ot goou,
though it was," said Eustace to himself.
" still I wonder 1 wonder and 1 11
try to find it out, too."
And so it happened, Eustace did find
it out more quickly than he expected,
lor that very "evenin? as ho was return
ing from a walk, in the course of which
lie had visited some of his old haunts,
there passed him on the road a man and
a handsome boy oi inirieen.
My little friend and his father," sud
denly thought Eustace, whose quick
art ist eye seldom forgot a face or figure,
and he quickened his paco in order to
keep within a short distance of the boy.
So the three went on, past the corner
of the field -where the sketch had been
taken, down the road aud across the
narrow bridge, till the man and boy
reached a littlo cottage, tho small front
garden of which was gay with bright
colored, old-fashioned flowers.
" That looks promising," thought Eu
stace: "no drunkard ever had a garden
like that ;" and determined to ascertain
the facts of tho case, ho went up to the
door with the intention of asking the
nearest way to the next village.
Through the open door he caught a
glimpse of the neatly-kept cpttage
kitchen. as Charlie came forward to an
swer the stranger's question; but before
half the right turns had been cescribed,
.i Kitvlit emila hiviL'D nvpr tliertnv'a fuA
and. fialf turning around, he exclaimed :
" Father, it is my painter! ' anu to las
surprise, Jvustaeo touna that in that
household, at least, he was a hero, and
tho voung artist never felt more rever
ence for his art than ho did as he lis
tened to the account of the good his pic
tur had done.
Forsome time Charlie had kept the
sketch and had been afraid to show it
to his father, but the man found it by
:hanceone day, and
"It was more than I could stand.
sir." ho said, addressing Eustace.
did not need any one to tell me what it
meant, but although I wondered where
it came lrom 1 was ashamed to ask
Somehow I could not get the picture
out of my head. I even used to dream
of it at night until it fairly worried m
so that I gave ud the drink: and I had
the picture hung up there, that I might
not nave a chance ol torgetting wnat i
dragged myself down to once."
So the story ended, and in his heart
Eustace Carroll is prouder of that little
sketch, hanging in a common black
irame over the mantelpiece ot the coun
try cottage, than he would be if he
should paint a picture that would make
his name famous throughout his life.
Chatterbox.
A "stringy," rattling voice and a constant
disposition to expectorate, indicate incipient
Miroat trouble ol dangerous tendenoy. (Jse
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup in good time and be
saved much trouble and annoyance. For salo
by all druggists.
Horses with the Toothache.
Horses, like human beings, are sub
jected to tho most excruciating tooth
aches, and it is only within the past few
years that any attempt has been mado
by veterinary surgeons to allay the pain
and extract or fill their teeth. It is only
after patient study, too, that one is ablo
to discover when a horse is suffering,
and upon what tooth to light would
puzzlo, indeed, the phenomenal Phila
delphia lawyer. When suffering from
toothache, horses manifest the greatest
impatience, nnd are vicious nnd unman
ageable, and bite nnd kick continually.
Stablemen and managers at different
times have been badly bitten or kicked
by horses suffering from toothache, who
at other times are the most docile crea
tures. The experiments made by vet
erinary surgeons have been of great
practical advantage, nnd they are grad
ually getting the matter down to a per
fect science.
" What is the mode of treating tooth
ache in a horse P" was asked of a veter
inary surgeon the other day.
" Well, they differ, according to cir
cumstances. Sometimes a horse is in
the stable and sometimes in the field
when attacked, and the operator must
use his judgment. Generally, however,
a man puts his arm around the horse's
head, and with his disengaged hand
presses hard on the nose of the animal.
Then, without more ado, the hand is
thrust into the mouth and the jaws felt
slowly and gently, then each tooth is
felt, and when the right one is touched
there is no mistaking it, as the horse
elevates his feet in a manner something
after the style of the boss danseuse. In
most cases the defective tooth is found
at the sides of the jaw, where the sharp
points have lacerated the flesh. A file
must then be inserted and the points
filed down, and in a short time the ani
mal feels relieved. But this is not
actual toothache. The gradual growing
of the raolais and the sharpening of the
edges, however, leads to it How can I
tell when the horse has toothache?
Why, it's easy enough ; you can tell in
the manner in wnich he holds his head.
When a horse is affected it goes about
with the head down and the lower'lip
drooping, and if the rein is pulled
sharply the creature is ready to jump
and prance. Then again the eyes are
fired, and if the horse is compelled to
back by the pressure of tho rein on his
teeth the agony is terrible, and the at
tention of the driver is thus attracted.'
" When the teeth are badly decayed,
are they drawn?"
"Sometimes, but as a rule thty are
cauterized."
" Is filling much in useP"
"No; it is impossible, almost, to do
the job successfully. Wads of hay or
other matter nre frequently plnced in
the cavities, but nothing more, and it is
only done to keep out the cold water."
" What instrument is used in cutting
down thetHth?"'
" A singularly shaped instrument call
ed a slide is employed, nnd after the
tooth is cut it is tiled down. When a
fSP'ja-JjJWran-Jft .strung pair of
"How do the horses stand the opera
tion?" " Well, without much trouble; when
a good hold is obtained on tho tooth a
slight twist is given to loosen it, and
then when a ten or twelve pound pres
sure is obtained the tooth is drawn out
by force."
" This occasions a great loss of blood,
does it not?"
"On the contrary, after the first few
hours bleeding ceases; but I have
known horses to bleed to death from
having a tooth extracted."
"Do you use anaesthetics to stupefy
the nnimal?"
"Oh, no, nothing whatever. It is
very painful, but the horses hear it well
usunllv."
" About the charges. Do you charge
much?"
"The charges vary greatly. The
price is regulated by the time expended
on tho animal's moutli, tho value of the
horse, etc. In cases of valuable horses
wo charge a littlo extra, but tho ordin
ary fees are from S3 to $5 for extracting.
I have charged as much as $50. how
ever, to very valuable horses. NewYork
Mercury.
A Terrible Time.
Mrs.
McTimidv. as she approached
the clruir store, was astonished to hear
loud voices.
Tho voices were those of men, appar
ently in annrv dispute.
"What can it mean?" said Airs. Bic-
Timidy, to herself, beginning to trem
be.
Tho voices crew louder. Evidently
the contention was violent
What might not happen? I here were
fierce undist inguishablo words
There might bo a murder l
Mrs. McTimidv neeped in at the win
dow, still trembling in every limb.
There, indeed, stood hall a dozen ex,
cited men, gesticulating in the most ve
hement manner. Some of them were
even shaking their fists in the air.
Mrs. Ale I imidy quickly withdrew,
But her curiosity still burned.
She ran for her big son. He must go
instantly and seo what was being done
in the drug store. Something terrible
was happening.
1 lie big boy went promptly
Presently he returned.
" What what what is it!" gasped
Mrs. Mc limidy.
Oh, they're having a reg lar monkey
nnd.narrot time. ' replied the boy.
"And what what are they saying?"
prpt Mrs. McTimidv,
" Why, they're arg'yin about now to
spell 'peddler.' They've got two dic
tionaries, nnd the dictionaries both
Knells it different. Jimmy 1 but it 8 a
And the boy ran back to see how it and 15 mio Italians, Spaniards, and Cu
"j r ; rn.,.c..Tn.jis,i bans: but this is an exaggeration. The
iouiu euu. sjuumuf iK, wi -
Smallest Tea-Set n the World.
i w H Riland. who now keeps a
in the rirv nf Reading. Pa., w
wounded in one of the battles of tho last
war. It took him a long while to get
it m 1 A A V A nUflCOfi t MP
tedious hours sitting up in bed and
whittling on peach kernels with a niall
penknife. He concluded one day to
tUoi,.. ten-net out of the kernels. Ho
whittled out one of the tiniest, cutest
set of dishes in the world a tea-pot,
i,r.R saucers. sugar-Dowi, nuu nur
thing, even to knives and forks. He
.ut .till and though he has been
oftVred as high as $50 for it. says that
will never sell it for any price.
Chinese maxim : Man cannot become
oerfectin a hundred years: he can be
come corrupt in less than a aay.
TIMELY TOnt'S.
Montenegro is a unique country in
regard to its postal business. Until
lately the mails were not sent to any of
the cities or villages, but every citizen
had to go for his letters to the Capitol,
Cettinje. There has now been estab
lished a postal department, and the mail
is sent from Cettinje to four other cities.
The mail carriers travel to these four
cities on foot three times weekly.
Piece by piece have the relic-hunters
carried away the marble slab that once
was placed over the tomb of Gen. Dan
Morgan in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, in
Winchester, Va., until now nothing re
mains to mark the place of burial. But
the hero of the Revolutionary battle of
the Cowpens is not forgotten. It is pro
posed to erect a monument that snail
be a fitting memorial of the worthy old
wagoner.
Of the European nations Germany
stands first as to fighting trim. She can
put in the field at twenty-four hours'
notice 1,200,000 men of the line, the re
serve and tho Landwehr. The grand
total of tho German army is 2,200,000
men, exclusive of 200,000 not reckoned
on the field strength, but deducted as
garrisons. The strength of the second
Landwehr and Landsturm is generally
exaggerated; but they are thoroughly
efficient soldiers, the best in the army.
France has a nominal strength of 3,500,
000 men, but practically it must be re
duced to 2,000,000, and even of this total
a very large proportion is still n pro
gress of organization. It is not be
lieved that France could place in the
first line more than 800,000 men.
Italian newspapers contain reports of
audacious outrages by bandits on the
highways and railroads of that pictur
esque country. In one caso a dozen
follows brought a train to a stop by
hoisting a danger signnl. They intended
to rob the passengers, but a large force
of soldiers happened to be on the train,
and when the bandits saw them they
started for cover. The military sent a
volley after them, and some started in
pursuit, but it was already growing
dark, and no captures wero effected.
On tho road from Senttfro to Isernia
twenty-seven unarmed travelers were
robbed by thirteen brigands, and a law
yer who proved troublesome was badly
wounded. Attempts were made to
throw trains off tho track, successful
robberies are frequent, and the police
are utterly inefficient and untrust
worthy. A correspondent of the San Francisco
Post, writing of the varied climate and
temperatures of California, says that in
the interior valleys he has found tho
thermometer as high as 114 degrees in
the shade, nnd at least 125 degrees in the
sun, yet tho air was. so pure and diy
that lie did not find it enervating nor
even very inconvenient, as a lowertem
perature cast of the Rocky mountains
certainly would have been. He rode
sun 6r 1'ff5iiV?en rwyfitbp in. that
ing, and making notes', for liis news
paper, and lelt perieftJyrwea through it
all. A constant gentle nreeze that is
never wanting in summer kept him
comparatively comfortable. The nights
were cool and pleasant, as they always
are in the hot interior valleys of Cali
fornia. The peculiar quality ol Cali
fornia heat is illustrated by the fact that,
however high the thermometer rises,
sunstrokes are unknown.
Stop Scowling.
Don't scowl, it spoils faces. Before
you know it your lorcneaii win resem
ble a small railroad map. There is n
grand trunk lino now from your cowlick
to tho edge of your nose, intersected by
parallel lines running east and west,
with curves arching your evebrows. and
oh, how much older you look for it.
bcowiing is a habit that steals upon us
unawares. We frown when the light is
too fstrong, and when it is" too weak,
Wc tie our eyebrows into a knot when
we are thinking, and knit them more
tightly when we cannot thiuk. There is
no denying there are plenty of things to
scowl about. The baby in the cradle
frowns when something fails to suit.
Constitutional scowl." we say. The
little toddler who has sugar on his bread
and butter tells his trouble in the same
way when you leave the sugar oil.
Uross," we say about the children, ana
worried to death " about tho old folks,
and as for ourselves, we can't help it.
But we must. Its reflext influence
makes others unhappy ; for face answer
eth unto face in lite as well as in water.
It belies our religion. We should pos
sess our souls in such peace thai it will
reflect itself in placid countenances.
If vour lorehead is ridged with
wrinkles before forty, what will it be at
seventy P There is one consoling thought
about these marks of time and trouble
the death angel always erases them.
Even the extremely aged, in death often
wear a smooth and peaceful brow, thus
leaving our last memories ot them calm
and tranquil. But our business is with
life. Scowling is a kind of silent scold
ing. For pity's sake, let us take a sad
iron, or glad iron, or smoothing tool of
some sort, and straighten these creases
out of our laces beiore they become in
delibly engraven upon our visage.
The Popnlatlon of New York City
An erroneous impression seems to
prevail in regard to the foreign popula
tion of New York city. It is commonly
Bpoken of as a city substantially foreign,
and many well-informed persons think
the foreign population exceeds the na
tive, but this, it seems, is not true. 1 he
native population exceeds the foreign by
fullv 125.0U0 1 he common belief is
that in ew I oi k city there are 4uu,uou
Irish
200,000 liermans, 25,000 French,
- i
census ui lou pui uin loieiiin uopuiaiiuu
of the city as follows.-' Irish, 201,009;
English, 24,442; Scotch. 7,562 ; Germans,
151.216; French. B.265; Italians, 2,705;
Austrians. 2.737; Poles. 2,303; Swiss.
2.178: Hollanders. 1.237: Russians.
1,101. unis manes a total oi 4uo,4, a
large number of foreigners, but not so
large bv 20,000 as is generally supposed.
In 1870 there were 13,702 colored persons
in New York city, and there is no doubt
but that this number has largely In
creased since tl.a.t time. The Chinese,
too viaTe added "to their number verv
I largely. In 1870 there Were only twelve
m the citv. and now tha number is esti
mate(j al ttooo. The excess of women
n,rav ron of thn loaf nonn oa nun
he and it j8 believed the disproportion will
still be greater at the next census. The
census next year will show a large in -
crease of population, as several subur
ban towns have been taken within tho
corporate limits since 1870, besides the
natural increase that has taken place.
THE CASE OF MISS JUDD.
Her Recovery Firmly Believed to be Tne
to Prayer, The Full Story of the ftnp
po.frt Miracle that line Created such, a
SUr In Western New York .
A letter from Buffalo, N. Y., to the
New York Sun, gives the following par
ticulars of a strange caso i One of the
most marvellous cases of restoration to
health has been made public in this city.
Miss Carrie F. Judd, eldest daughter of
Mr. O. K. Judd, of 260 Connecticut
street, this city, is the person who has
beenfeured. Mr. Judd has been con
nected with the cashier's department of
the American Express Company here
for nearly twenty-nine years, and is well
and favorably known. The story as told
by Miss J udd, who is an intelligent young
lady of nearly twenty-one years of age,
and substantiated by her father and Mis.
Hamblcton, her nurse, is as follows :
For some time prior to January, 1877,'
Miss Judd fell into a decline. On the
sixth of January, 1877.she was prostrated
by a violent attack of nervous levtr,
having its origin, it was conjectured, in
the spine, which had been injured by a
fall on a stone sidewalk. She grew
worse, tho disease taking on a settled
Bpinal difficulty which was accompanied
by hyperesthesia of the spine, hips,
knees and ankles. In a short time those
parts of her body became so sensitive
that she could not even bear her own
hand upon them and means had to be
devised to lift the weight of even the
bed-clothes upon her. The spinal nerves
and those of the large joints were so un
naturally alive that they seemed to be
bare, and the slightest noise or jar in the
room made them vibrate. The pain in
her head was acute and the aching ot
the eyelids was so intense that for hours
she could not open them. She had to be
kept in a darkened room, for a ray of
light could not be withstood, bo sensi
tive had her eyes become. Her hearing
was unnaturally acute, and great care
had to be taken to prevent rude sounds
from falling upon her sensitive nerves.
No fperson was permitted to be in the
room except the nurse and other mem
bers of the family whose attentions were
absolutely necessary.
This state of things continued until
Miss Judd became so weak that she
could not even turn in bed or move her
self in any way. For over eleven months
she was unable to sit up a single moment.
During all that time she was under the
care of Dr. Hoxsie, one of the most pop
ular homeopathic practitioners in the
city. After the eleven months of strug
gling almost between life and deatli she
began to improve, and in the following
summer was able to sit up for a short
time every day. She was yet unablo to
help herself, and in being taken from
her bed the attendants had to place their
hands under her arms, for she could not
boar any pressure whatever upon her
body. At tho time when she was gain
ing very slowly the weather was very
hot, which, in addition to the great effort
she mado to help herself, threw her into
a relapse, and she again grew worse.
This violent renewal of tho old trouble
continued all tbaX-iU. ajdwntox.untU
that she could hardly whisper.
During all these weary months all
th.-.t the ingenuity of the best physicians
could devise was done for the patient
littlo sufferer, but all to no avail. Dr.
Davis, a well-known pi, vsican.of Attica,
tried his skill, but failed. Dr. Bnethig,
of this city, also treated tho case with a
like result. Then Dr. Lon See On, a
Chinese physician, educated in his own
country, was called. lie is a gifted fel
low, and treated tho ease, but
was unable to do anv good. About
S-2,000.had been paid out bv Mr. Judd :
the daughter was slowly failing, and
they were almost discouraged. Sao got
so weak that she could only move her
ips.
About this tune Mr. Judd read a para
graph in the Buffalo Courier, copied
from the Springfield' Republican, in
which a colored woman. Mrs. Edward
Mix, of Wolcottville, Conn., was cred
ited with having effected some wonder
ful cures by power of faith and prayer
alone.
Mr. Judd managed to make the pa
tient understand, and by herrequest her
sister Eva, twelve years of age, wrote to
Mrs. Mix that the sick girl believed that
Mrs. Mix's great faith might avail for her
ii Blie would only pray for her recovery.
Ou the twenty-fifth of February the
family received the following :
Woi-OotvilIiK, Conn., Feb. 24, 1870.
Miss Cauhie F. Jl-dd. I received a
line from vour sister Eva stating your
case, your disease and your faith. I can
encourage you by the word of God, that
according to your laith bo be it unto you,
and besides you have this promise:
"The prayer of faith shall save the sick.
nnd the Lord shall raise him up."
Whether the person is present or ab
sent, if it is a prayer of faith it is all
the same, and God has promised to raise
up the su-k ones, and if they have com
mitted sins, to forgive them. Now,.this
promise is to you as if you were the only
person living.- Now, if you can claim
that promise, I have not the least doubt
but what you will be healed. I ou win
tirst have to lay aside ail f.e medicine
of every description. Use no remedies
ot any Kind lor anything; lay aside trust
ing in the arm of flesh, and lean wholly
upon God and His promises. When you
receive this letter, I want you to begin
to pray for faith ; and Wednesday after
noon the female prayer meeting is at our
house. We will iake you a subject of
prayer between the hours of three and
four. I want you to pray for yourself.
and pray believing, and then act laith.
It makes no dinerenoe how yo" iee, but
getrh'.ht out of bod and begin to walk by
laith. strength win come, tuscase win
depart and you will be made whole. We
read in the Gospel. "Thy faith hath
made tho whole." Write soon.
Yours in laith,
Mks. Eowahd Mix.
Miss Judd obeyed the instruction to
the letter. She dropped her medicines
and gave herself wholly into the care of
the Almighty. She prayed as well as
Bhe could in her weak and emaciated
condition and was filled with laith. At
the time when the women's prayer
meeting in Wolcottville. Conn., was to
make Miss .1 udd a special object ol
prayer, all the members of tho Judd
family lifted up their prayers, though
not in tho sick girl's room. Miss Judd
says that about half-past three o'clock
she
tell a sudden ana remarkame
change, and, -without the least fear or
- nesitation or uouot. sne turnea over anu
raised up alone in bed for the first time
in nvtr inm vonra When Mrs. TTam.
bleton, the nurse who had Cared for
Miss Judd for over a year, saw this Bhe
1 sank : upon her knees and began a prayer.
- 1 Then the nurse burst forth in songs and
I praises, and while doing so gave Mis
I Judd a little assistance aud she walked
I about nine teet to a chair.
Up to this time the girl had not borne
any weight on her feet for two years and
two months. During the hour that
prayer wns being offered in her behalf,
the nurse says, a great change was per
ceptible in her color, circulation and
pulse. Miss Judd then referred to her
diary, which was kept by Mrs. Hamble
ton, and read the following entries :
Feb. 27 : " This afternoon after sitting
up she walked from her chair to the bed,
a distance of eight feet, by taking hold of
my arms." i'eb. 28: "I gave her a
sponge bath, and could not help but
notice the change in the color of her
flesh: instead of the yellow, dead look,
it' is pink and full of life." March 1:
" This morning she drew on her stock
ings." March 2: " Her chest and lungs
have been strong. She has talked aloud
a good deal, appetite good, color fresh
and clear."
In three weeks from the day the girl
began to improve she was able to walk
all over the room without any one near
her, and in four weeks she was able to
go down stairs with a little assistance.
She could walk steadily from the tirst.
She improved so rapidly that the swell
ing of the muscles were almost percepti
ble. On the first pleasant day in April,
Miss Judd called at a neighbor's, and
everybody rejoiced.
The strange fact of the walking is made
appreciable when it is known that the
spine and large joints had become so
weakened by the hyperassthesia that
they were like cartilages, and if she had
been placed on her feet when in that
Btate, she would have settled all out of
shape. They, however, became strong
and firm at once, and have continued to
strengthen every day. Now Miss Judd
can walk long distances without fatigue.
She teaches her class in Sunday-school
every Sunday, and her friends say she
looks better than ever beforo in her
life.
Whnt Boys Do In Japan.
We have just had a foreign guest of
our house in.whom we were all mucli in
terested a young Japanese, the son of a
gentleman In northern Japan. He lias
been in California more than a year,
and came East with the embassy, pass
ing some days with them at Salt Lake
City, of which place and its people he
says many very funny things. But what
we are going to tell you now is how the
boys sometimes amuse themselves in
Japan. He says that on his father's place
which is on a large plateau surrounded
by high hills is an artificial fish pond.
In it are n great many fish of species he
has not seen here, that are about a foot
long, and very beautiful in color nnd
form. They are as playful and as tame
as the kittens on our hearths. One of
his favorite amusements was going to
this pond nnd knocking on the edgo of
the tank with some hard substance to
make a. noise, when every head would be
turned in the direction of the sound, and
every fin employed in making for him,
the fish expecting some treat from his
hand. If, to tease them, ho threw noth
ing in at first, but put his empty hud
into the water with his.fJnifaTand
seize "Ins tliumb and fingers In their
mouths, till he had as many fish ns lie
had thumbs and fingers, playfully snap
ping and biting at them, as we have nil
seen puppies do.
But this paradise of the Japanese fish
was often rudely broken in upon, for it
was not kept expressly as a plaything
for boys, but was the source which sup
plied tho fish for tho table. Whenever
fish is wanted for the dinner, the cook
goes to tho tank and knocks, and when
the poor unsuspecting thingsswiin irpto
her, she catches such of them as please
her, and beforo they know where they
are going, she has them in the pot or pan
on t lie lire.
This young Japanese expressed much
surprise at seeing cranberries eaten at
table, and said that in the mountains of
Japan they grow very large and beauti
ful, but are never cooked. Some old man
occasionly goes up to the mountain and
picks a largo basket of them, which he
brings on his shoulders down to the
tmim. if ere Liie ocivs uauin huuul nun.
and for a small coin purchaso the right
to crowd their Dockets with them. And
what uso do you think they make cf
this otherwise useless iruitr luoboys
blow the glowing berries through rattan
tubes, as our boys blow white beans
through tin ones. J hat s what cranber
ries are used for in Japan, where they
grow in great perfection.
How the Captain's Patent Worked.
Having piped all hands to splice the
main-brace, the cap'n had the first mate
of the farm tow out the horso and
wagon, and, ascending the quarterdeck
of "the craft, he took possession of the
tiller-ropes (as he styled the reins), nnd
said:
"Now, boyB, my invention is very
simple I might make a million dollars
out of it niebbe, but I ain't going to
patent it; you can all use it if you want
to. 1 VO Simply iasteneu a tweniy
futhoru line onto the mizzen axle of tho
craft, and put on a stout grapnel. I
shall bring this here boss along the read
under double-reefed topsails, and then
one of you cusses scare him open an
umbrella at him, or something; men,
when he goes tearing along about
twenty-five knots an hour and won't
answer to his helm, I'll just droo the
anchor nnd ride on the gale. Git up!"
The horse came jogging gently down
the road, when, according to tho pro
gramme, the first mate pushed out and
hit him a belt over the nose with a
blanket. The terrified animal stood on
his hind legs for a moment and then
struck a course northwest by north with
great celerity. The interested specta
tors beheld the fearless cap'n sitting un
moved, though the buggy bent and
careened before the breeze; then, with a
triumphant smile, they saw him In ave
out the anchor with a merry 1 o,
heave, ho 1" The grapnel dragged tor a
few moments in the treacherous sands of
tho road, then caught in a rock. Cap'n
Cornwell rose irto the air like a bird on
the wing and Bailed majestically for
ward, alighting on his ear; the horse
stood on his head for a second, and then
resumed his onward course at the rate
of at least seventy miles an hour, and
amid a frightful crashing, ripping, tear
ing and smashing, all the wagon van
ished into thin air except a piece of the
mizzen axle, to which the anchor haa
been fastened. .
Can'n Cornwell can't precisely under
stand whv, when the tackle held, he
wasn t able to ride out me gate, out is
not diBcournged, and will repeat the ex
periment as soon as no nas naa a new
buggy built upon lines of his own de
signing. Life insurance canvassers are
bearing down upon him from h11 quar
t er s, and the liveliest interest is mani
lasted in the neighborhood. We wish
the gallant captain 11 success. C.'ikago
i Tribune.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Franco has penny saving banks lor
schoolboys. " ' .
Spaint can't pay the interest on the
$2,500,000,000 which she owes. ,
One million railway men in England
are obliged to work on Sunday. ,
' " None but the brave deserve thd
hair," is the way the Indians put It.
Even criminals like paragraphs, that
is to say, they prefer a shoit sentonoe.
Tho home stretch is taken in the even
ing on the sofa. Cincinmti Commercial.
JStTwcnty-six French mayors have been
dismissed by the government for taking
part in factious demonstrations. ''
The hired girl who was called up at
four o'clock in the morning thinks
arose two hours later would sound quite
as sweet.
Ex-Empress Carlotta is in 'excellent
health and talks rationally on manj
topics, but she is as insane as ever as to
her own sad history.
The man with new tight shoes and an
ingrowing nail seems to be the one who
is always selected by fate to be compelled
to run for a train. New York Star.
The Ute Indians are a mean, treacher
ous lot ; but none of them wear their
watch chains dangling from the top out
side pocket of their coat. Wheeling
Leader.
Tell us not in mor'n full numbers.
Lite ia but a fittul dream,
Quit your cups and then your slumbers
So much quieter will seem.
Saturday JVighU
Adam Hammond complains that the
tedclothes in the Scottsburg (111.) peni
entiary are rotten. He tore a sheet into
strips and hanged himself; but the cloth
broke and let him down. Then he tried
a quilt with no better success, and was
badly bruised by the fall. '
Robert Goodpaster, of Owingsville,
Ky., was a sensitive bankrupt. Being
accused of trickery, he said that he
would live just long enough to clear
himself of suspicion and then kill him
self. A trial at law vindicated him,
and fimmediately after the virdect he
swallowed a fatal dose of poison.
The next artist that seeks a' subject
for " Misery" should watch tho man nt
the opera who is sitting behind two
women with head-coverings of great ele
vation, and an inconquerable desire to
bring their heads together t frequent
intervals for the purpose of exchanging
remarks. Rockland Courier.
A young man named Bailey, living six
miles south of Fairfield, Clay county,
Neb., was accidentally poisoned by his
mother. The young man had been sick
for sometime, and his mother adminis
tered a dose of epsom salts, as she sup
posed, but w-'iich proved to be oxalic
acid. He Jived just twenty minutes
after sallowing the fatal dose.
liiello. Bill, when did you change
,our boarding-house r" said CharlesCal
lender to William Creamer, at New
Vienna, uiiio, as they met in the street
"-'earner hnd just been icic(vocu n-oui
prison, and rcKruing the question as
insulting, he drew a big knife and stab
bed the' offend pr; link tliillendpr win
quick enough with a revolver to save
ins own mo and kill Creamer.
Tho End of the World.
Caniille Flammariun. the Vi
scientist, thus expresses himself n ift
Correspondence Bcietuijiquc, regnraiu the
ultimete fate of our globe i The eaii,
was born; she will die. She will die
cither of old nge, when her vital ele
ments shall have been used up, or
through the extinction of the sun, to
whose rays her life is suspended. She
might also dio by accident, through col
lision witli some celestial body meet
ing her on her route ; but this end of the
world is the most improbable of all.
She may, wc repeat, die a natural
death through the slow absorption of
her vital elements. In fact, it is prob
oMo fiuif ho oivond water are. diminish
ing. The ocean, like tne atmosphere,
appears to have been formerly much
more considerable than it is in our day.
The terrestrial crust is penetrated bv
waters which combine chemically with
tl e rocks. It is almost certain that the
temperature ot the interior of tho globe
reaches tlint of boiling water at a depth
of about six miles, and prevents the
water from desc ndmg any lower ; but me
absorption will continuew ith the cooling
of the globe. Tho oxygen, nitrogen and
carbonic acid which compose our atmo
sphere also appear to undergoabsoi ption,
but slower. The thinker may foresee
through the mist of ages to come, the
epoch, yet afar off, in which the.eaith,
dp rived of the atmospheric aqueous
vapor which protects her from the
glacial cold of space by preserving tke
b lar rays around ner, wm un-ome
chilled in the sleep of death. As Henri
Vivarez says: "From the Bummit oi
the mountain a winding sheet of snow
will descend npon the high platenus and
the valleys, driving before it life and
civilization, nnd masking forever, the
cit'u'sand nations that it meets on its
passage." Life and human activity will
press insensibly toward tho intertropi
cal zone. St. Petersburg, Berlin, Lon
don, Paris, Vienna, Constantinople and
Rome, will fall asleep in succession un
der their eternal shroud. During very '
mnay ngc-s equatorial humanity will
undertake Arctic expeditions to find
again under the ice the place of Paris,
Lyons, Bordeaux and Marseilles. The
sea coasts will have changed and tho
geographical map oi the earth will have
been transformed. No one will live and
breathe any more except in tho equa
torial zone up to the day when tho last
family, nearly dead with cold and hun
ger, will sit on the Bhore of the last sea
in me rays oi me sun which win iin ie
after shine here below on , an ambulent
tomb revolving aimlessly around a use
less light and a l arren heat.
Sea-Water Gargle In Chronic Catarrh.
Professor Mosier, of Greifswald, says,
in the Berlin Klinische Wockcnschrift,
that he has for some years most success
fully . treated patients with chronio
catarrh of the throat by gargling with
sea-water.. Special rooms fur gargling
have been erected on the seashore in
some of the watering-plaeep, according
to lus directions. It is, however, es
sential that the patients should be given
special directions how to gargle. As
the afl'ection is generally located in the
nasopharyngeal ppace, it is necessary
that the part ot the water snouiu come
In contact wim the nasal . cavity, in
order to attain this, the gargling move
ment must be- combined with move
ments of deglutition. A marked im
provement in tho state of -the patient
follows as soon a? the latter l as acquired
this particular art of gurgling.