TV 77. 7 ' V mm HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher ' NILi DE8PERANDTJM. ' Two Dollars per Annum. VOL. IX. MDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, FA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1880. NO. 47. Better Lnck Another Yenr. Oh! merer sink 'nenth fortune's frown, But bmve her with a shout ol cheer, And front her lairly lace hor down She's only stein to those who four! Hero's " better luck another year!" Anothrryear! Aye, better luck another yeart We'll have her smilo Instead ol sneer A thousand smile- 'or every tear, With home made glad and goodly cheer, And bettor luck another year Another year! The damsel fortune still denies The plea that yet delights hor onr; Tis but our manhood that she tries, She's coy to those who doubt and fear; Sho'll grant th i suit another year! Another year! Here's ' better luck another year!" Sho now denies the golden prize; But spite ol Irown and scorn and sneer, Be Arm, and we will win and wear With home mado glnd and goodly cheer, In better luck another year! Another year! Another year! H'. Gilmort Simms. The Belle of Wolf Eun. A company of strolling players 'n a barn. The groat spueo is lighted by lumps of every description, the nio.-t nmbitious of which is a circle of hoops stuck full of candles. This docs duty ns tiie grand chandelier, and is quite cilective. Seated nenr the stage, before which hangs a green curtain, are two persons a man and n young girl, whom, even the unprarttced eye might take as rustic lovers. lie is a tail, finely-formed young fellow, with a noble head and keen, sparkling blue eye3. She is the beauty ol Wolf Kun, faultless in figure and fa ilure, and witli a something in her expression denoting that slit is" not quite satisfied with her position, even as the belle ol the village, or her surround ings. Murguret Lee had never in her life seen a piny, therefore sho was prepared to ri alizu nil the emotions of novelty, terror, u'oinkr, delight, with which a novice looks cm "fie strut and action of those who cater to the profoundest emotions. Of course she I irgot where site was; f cotiive she was dazzled and terribly Mured at the love scenes, which were, a.s usu.il. exaggerated. The heio of the drama was a hand some, worthless rascal, who learned, before the evening was through, to play at our umophi:i ieat ed little Mnrgnnt, readi.ig her admiration in hi r eyet, and enjoying the .-miles, the tears, and almost spoken interest, of the beauty of WoJf Run. "l'retty good wasn't it P" said Chat lie Vance, as he held her fleecy red shawl to wrap about her, at the close of the pirloniiance. Margan t had no words, she only rasped: "Oh, Charlie!" as they gained the door, and caught at his arm; for their stood the hero of the stage, still in his bespangled velvet finery, and evi dently stationed sit that particular place in order to catch a glance at her lovely face. "Confound his impudence!" Charlie Vance muttered between his teeth. Margaret shivered a little as they left the barn. Everybody was laughins and talking. The solt, clear, round moon shed its liirht upon a scene o( sjlvan beauty; but the two spoke but tow wonls until they hail reached Mar caret's home a square white house set back a garden. "A little of that goes a grout ways," said the young farmer, who had evi dently been thinking the matter over. " They stay here a week or more. I don't care to go again, do you P" "Oh, I do believe I could go every night," said Margaret, fervently. "They're a hard set, Maggy," said her lover, a little malice in his' voice. " How do you know ? Are you sure of that P" she asked, eagerly and re provingly. " Oh, they're generally thought to be . Well, good-night, Maggy;" and he had gone ten steps before'it occurred to him that they had parted without a kiss. " I don't care," he said, sullenly, half aloud: "and that lellow stavs at her uncle's tavern, too. Why should it net tle me so, anywayi"' Now Margaret unci her cousin Anr.e were almost us inseparable as 6istcrs. It was with a quick beating heart that the former took her way to the tavern next tlav, meeting Anne us usual at the pri vate entrance for the family. "Oil. Mag!" cried Aune, her eyes sparkling, " you've made a conquest.'' "What do you meant"' asked Mar garet, her fair ace flushing, her puUes beating tumultously. " Why, you know last night. Oh, isn't he glorious! exquisite P And only think he asked papa who that very lovely girl was in pink ribbons in the second seat and that was you! Papa laughed and told him his niece, and somebody else said something very handsome abc-ut you at the table, and then pupa up and said you were engaged to Charlie Vance, which sounded so ridiculous. A.id I give you my word of honor tin gentleman turned pale." "Nonsense!" said Margaret: but the flattering words had accomplished their woik, and it was not hard to persuade her to stay to dinner, where of course her lovely blushing face did not a little execution. " Well, Maggy, what is it tobnP" asked Chariio Vance, sten.ly. This was only a week afterward. All the soft ness hud gone out of his face as lies OKe. His eyes had lost their gracious, spark ling beauty, it might be that his cheeks were a trille thin, and certainly his dark face was haggaid. "Oh, Charlie!" she stood on the other side of tho spacious hearth, droop ing and timid, her face very white, and the large eyes startled in expression, like those of a frightened fawn. "You arc changed, Maggy. I don't say it alone. God help us both, it's talked about all over the place. Last night, whe n I heard something at Dille way's. I felt like going home and blow ing my braius out." . "Oh, Charlie!" mTihevoice Y moreplaintire, and the little figure drooped yet lower. " And it all comes of that infernal vil 'ain. It all comes of your going back and forth to the hotel, and with yonr Cousin Anne, to see him." Margaret lifted her head with a piti ful gesture. " ITe is coins nwav to-dav." she crTefl. a great Paul iu liei yuice. And you will ee him before he goesP" "Oh. no, no, Charlie. Oh, don't look so cruel. I can't see him now, you know I can't!" Since yon've heard that he's cot n wife elsewhere, ehP" "Charlie! I don't care: it isn't that." she nnswered, chokingly. How could she add " It is because I have found lnra base, untrue, when he seemed to me like an angel of light." Her red Iids Quivered : the tears stood large and shining on her lashes, her eyes were downcast, her hands folded with the rigid clasp of despair. 1 snail never see him again," she whispered, hoarsely; " but if you say all is over between us, why it must be so." 1 don t say ft need be. mind." he said, looking pitifully down at her. " I can overlook a good deal, 1 love you so much, so much! God in heaven only knows how much I have loved you. But I won't have the face of that man between us. God! no! no!" and bis great shoulders lifted with the scarcely drawn breath, while a dark red hate smoldered in his usually soft eyes. "It shall be hut as you say," she murmured, meekly, without looking up. "It shall be just ns you say," he re plied, quickly. "Do you think you could learn to love me again, a littleP" he nsked, the anger all gone. She was so beautiful. "Try me, Charlie. You are so strong and good, and noble; I always felt that and iie can't long like where one can't respect, can one?" Her hands were on his arm now, and the lovely plead ing eves uplifted to his. " You won't see him again P" 'I won't I swear I won't! What should I want to see him for nowP" she sobbed. "Then, we will wait. This troupe aoes to-morrow. Don't cry, darling; I dare say it will all come out risht;" and alter a few low-spoken words, the young man left her, but by no means with peace seated on his bosom's throne. ' Mamma, if anybody comes, say I'm out." called Maigartt, from the top stairs. "Well, I cucss nobody'll be hero to day, unless it's that actor fellow," was t lie. response. " D jn't walk in the sun," lie. added, for mother and father were proud of their darling's beauty, and they secretly wished for her a better match rlmn even their neighbor's son. Deep in the woods she struck, deter mined never to see that too fair fatal face again. ' He'll be gone to-morrow," she half sobbed, holding her hands hard against her heart, "and I shall never see him again. God bo thuukea ! for, oh, I dure lot trust myself.'' The path, slippery, with pine-leaves, ied to a favorite resting-place uclearcd spot through which ran a crystal-clear river. The place combined several dis tinctively beautiful features. Here she sat. down, unmindful of the singing stream, .he soft shadows, the sweet murmuring of the wind in the tops of the trees. A footstep near startled her. In the river, as in a mirror, she saw a vision that had become all too clear to her a graceful figure clad in black vel vet, the small hat, with its waving plumes, reflected, with the outstretched hand that held it, in the blue depths. She sprang to her feet, a burning Hush spreading over brow and neck, am1 would have lied but that he was beside her at a bound. "My beauty! my darling! my own!" "Mr, those words are an insult to me!" she cried with spirit, striving in vain to free herself from li is caressing arm "An insult! I would die before I would offer you an insult, my beautiful Come wi'h me; 1 want to show you a lovelier spot than tins come: ' " I will not, she said, firmly, wresting herself from him, not daring to look up in his face. "How could you follow r.if how dared you?" " Love will dure anything,'" he said. gayly, fastening his powerful eyes or. lier face, and drawing her glance ud to Ins. "Come, 1 will woo vou like ChudeMelnotte." And again he put an arm about her ; but, like a flash of light ning, the two were torn asunder, and the man was thrown headlong with one blow from the powerful urm of Charlie Vance. "Go!" he said, sternly, pointing to the frightened girl. " I can save you from his insolence, but I cannot promise to save vou from yourself. Go, and thin): on your broken promises." Later in the clay Charlie came up to Marsaret's house and asked for her. "Whatever is the matter with the child P" queried the mother. I never saw her in such low spirits." The young muu made no answer, but went into the cool, shaded parlor. Presently Margaret came down, white as a liby. There was an unspoken question in her wide, tearless eyes.' "No, I didn't kill him, Magi., though he deserved it-. I don't want the crime of murder on my sou!, even tor you, my poor girl. But I sent him away as subdued and cooled-clown a man as ver you see. Such men are always cowards. And now, Maggie, you're free. I never should want' to think of the look you gave him while I held you in my arms, ar.d I should have to think of it. I've come to fay good bye, for I'm off lor the West, and if ever I-hello!" There was a low, broken sob, and on his chest Margaret lay a dead weight. The girl hud fainted away. Well, a long sickness followed. Charlie could not leave her lying there between life and death, and the first visit after she could set up settled the mutter. Margaret hud conquered her vanity, which, after all, was more touched than her affections, and found that there was only one image in the heart that hud been, ns she thought, so torn with conflicting struggles and that was the frank, honest, blue-eyed Charlie Vance, who had loved her ever since she was a baby. And of course they were married. Tlie tremendous energy concentrated in a flash of lightning is shown by Prof. Mayer, of the Stevens institute, in an observation from which he concludes that at least 600 square miles of the eartn's surface hud its electrioal condi tion changed at each flash of the light ning. War kills Its thousands, but a cough listens ol thousands; Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, how. ever, always kills a oough. price only 25 cents a bottle. Snow Two Hundred J Feet Deep. The following remarkable account, from the London Times, of enormous snowfnlls in Northwestern India, shows what a world of vapor is carried inland on the monsoons from the Indian' ocean to strike against the loftiest mountain chain in the world, and be precipitated in such snow and rains as occur on the foot-hills of the Himalayas. About the sources of some of the great rivers of India occur the heaviest rains ever known ; and further east, in Cashmere, it seems the snows are sometimes ter rific. Some interesting details of this extra ordinary snowfall in Cashmere in 1877-8 arc given in a paper in the just issued number of the "Journal" ol the Asiatic Society of Bengal, by Mr. Lydekker. Early in the month of October, 1877, snow commenced to fall in the valley and mountains of Cashmere, and from that time up to May, 1878, there seemed to have been an almost incessant snow fall in the higher mountains and valleys: indeed, in places, it frequently snowed without intermission for upward often days at a time. At Dras, which lias an an elevation of 10,000 feet, Mr. Lydeicker estimated the snowfall, from the native aeeount, as having been from thirty to forty feet thick. The effects of this enor mous snowfall were to be seen through out the country. At Dras, the well- burt traveler s bungalow, which has stood somo thirty years, was entirely crushed down by the weight of snow which tell upon it. in almost every vu- 1 a ira nf f Im tint rrliKrUM nrr mmmtaina mrin orlessof the losr houses had fallen, while it Gulmarg and Sonomarg, where no at tempt was made to remove the snow, almost nil the huts of the European vis itors were utterly broken down by it. In the higher mountains whole hillsides have been denuded of vegetation and soil by the enormous avalanches which swent down them, leaving vast pans in tho principal forests, and closing the val leys below with the debris ot rocks and trees. As an instance of the amount of snow which must have fallen in the hither levels, Mr. Lydekker mentions the Zogi pass, leading from Cashmere to uras. which has an elevntion of 11,300 feet. He crossed this eariv in August hist year, and then found that the whole ol the ravine leadine up to tho pass from the Cashmere side was still hlled witli snow, which he estimated in places to be at least 150 feet thick. In ordinary seasons this road in the Aogi pass is ciear from snow some time during the mon.li of .func. As another instance of the great snowfall Mr. Lydekker takes the valley leading from the town of Dras up to mo pass separating mat place from (he valley ot the Kishengunga river, About the middle of August almost tin whole of the first-mentioned valley, at an elevation ol 12,1)00 feet, was com pietely choked with snow, which in places was at least 200 feet deep. In the sanie district nil passes over 13,000 feet were si ill deep in snow at the same sea se n of the year. Mr. Lydekker gives other instances of snow in places in September where no snow had ever before been observed .liter June. As to the destruction of animal life in tiip Upper Ward wan vul- lev lnrue numbers of ibex were seen im bedded in snow; in one place upward of sixty heads were counted, and in another not less than one hundred were counted. The most convincing proofs, however, ot the liavoc caused anions the wild animals by the great snowfall is llie tact that scarcely any ibex were seen during last summer in thoso portions of the Wardwnnand lilail vallevs win are ordinarily considered as sure finds. 5v, uls- , the red bear and the marmot were far less numerous than usual. Mr. Lydekker estimates thu the destruction to animal life caused by snow it's fur e.veei'iiL'ii any siuugiucr which couici ne inflicted by sportsmen during a period of at least five or six years. How Hie Count Joannes Was Bounced. The death of the Count Joannes re. calls aii incident in the editorial room of the Boston Transcript some vears ago before the Count left Boston, and when the genial D m. Haskell was editor of the paper. Tho Count's frequent visits hail become a source of annoyance to liaskeii and his associates in the editor nil room, and but little respect was eu tertanied by them tor the numerous titles claimed by the Count, while his consequential airs and lofty style had become a positive bore. Bushing in late one forenoon, where Haskell, Pox, Dix and Whipple were scratching away tor dear lite at their respective desks.the Count slapped down a smail slip upon Haskell's desk and asked in a loud and indignant tone: " Why was that item about me pub lisped in yesterday s J mnscrtm r Haskell laid down his pen, and, rising to his feet, confronted the Count, who stood m a dramatic attitude with folded anus, nnd said, in his decided, matter of fact way : "Mr. Jcnes, leave this room (point ing to the doer), do not enter it again as long as you live; wo are tired of you and you may rest assured that as long 1 am editor ot the l ranscrtpt your name shall never again appear in its columns except under the head of "Obit. uary.' Go!" The Count was so taken aback that he did not utter a word, but elevated his eyebrows, fixed his hat more firmly upon his head, ana strode maiesticuiiv to th doortoward which Haskell stili pointed and van-shed beinnd it. The editor sank back in his seat witl: a sigh of relief, hut there was a peal of laughter fivni those present, in which even the sedate Whipple joined. Bos ton Commercial- uuuelin. Afghan Cruelty. A Cabul correspondent of the London Times writes: As a specimen of the rule which we come to deliver tire Afghans from I give the following, which 1 heard from Major-General Hills, before whom the case against Ibrahim lilian was tried. Ibrahim Khan, who is a brother of Yakoob Khan, when he left Cabul with other rova sirdars to ioin our camo at Kushi. in structed a confidential servant to burv some of his treasure. On Ibrahim's re turn with us the confidential servant aud the hiding-place of the treasure was not to be found. Ibrahim, how. ever, laid hands on the father-in-law of the nan who had been entrusted with the business, and giving him credit for knowing something about it whether justly or unjustly does not appear tor tured him to death by fastening up his head in a bag of snuff and tobacco, which was eventually set on tire, as the milder preliminaries had no effect in throwing light upon the whereabouts of tiie treasure. FARM, GARDEN ASD HOUSEHOLD. Farts for Farmers. - Bone dust is a lasting manure, and will continuo to fertilize plants for years, when not ground too fine. The best potatoes grown under favora ble circumstances contain twenty per cent, of starch; poor ones, about ten per cent. Homo is recommended to be cultivated in vineyards, orchards, etc., for the banishment or destruction of noxious insects. It is said noxious insects are not found in hemp fields. Cows remove more from the pasture that their droppings supply; therefore it is a good plan to spread manure over them, sprinkled with plaster, to save the ammonia for the young grass in tho spring. Thick lime whitewash, thinned with strong decoction of tobacco stems, ap plied o fruit trees, is recommended as rireventative aeainsi rations and otner animals gnawing them during the winter season. A eood Jersey cow. during ten years of usefulness, will produce skim milk enough to pay for her keeping, and 3,000 pounds or tiie best nutter in the world into the bargain butter worth several times as much as the heaviest beef ani mals. A cellar that is cool, drv and daik. and yet well ventilated, is the best place tor preserving potatoes in large quanti ties. W hen smaller quantities are tc bo preserved there is nothing like dry sand. The very con'agious and destructive isease of cattle, the pleuro-pneumonia, was imported irom England in iota. since which time it has prevailed to a greater or less extent, and it seems doubtful if itcan be exterminated. The best breed of fowls would never satisfy the man who did not take an in terest in tiiem. j-owis must have care and attention just the same as any other livestock. It is foolish and unwise to think they can find their own living and at the same time yield a fair profit to the owner. Good, clean, pure water and a food of egg-producing and nour ishing constituents, fed regularly and wisely, will pay the owner of the flock, no matter wnut may be tiie oreeci or pedigree. .T.D.Gilbert, of Elkhart, 111., who xhibited the fat prize ox at the fat cut tle show held in Chicago, gives his mode of feeding young animals as follows: ' I feed my young cattle just enough to keep them strong through the winter months. Alter tney are two nnd a halt years old commence feeding corn win ter and summer until I send thein to market. Attend to them closely and keep them improving from tho time they are led on corn to tiie time they leave tlie arm. irencrally feed from eight to twelve months on corn. Intend from this time to feed a year younger and send one year noon cr to market. l'liiuk I can get my steers at thirty months old to weigh 1,700 pounds. This uiirsf! wil n:iv mm-i helrer than to ; ep them until thirty-six to forty-two months, nnd get an average fl 3,1100 to a, 100 pounds out of the cattle. Itcrlm'S. K01.1.KD Jkki.y Cake. One teaeunful white powdered sugar, one teacupful Hour, four eggs, whites and yolks beate n parately, pinch salt; beat the yolks nnd sugar to a cream; and tlie flour and salt, then the whites beaten to a very slid' froth; mix quickly; rub and butter large roasting-pan ; bake ten or fifteen minutes, according to oven; when done spread wuh jelly and roll quickly. Favorite Meat Pie. Take cold roast beef, or roast meat of atiy kind, slice it thin, cut it rather small; lay it, wet with gravy and sulli :iently peppered and salted, in a meat-pic dish. It liked a small onion may be chopped fine nnd sprinkled over it. Over the meat pour a coupie 01 slowed tomatoes, a nine more pepper, and a thick layer ot mushed potatoes. Bake slowly in moderate oven till the top i3 a light brown. Fkieu Bhf.au Pl udi.n'ci. Take a stale loaf of baker's bread; cut in slices; beat up six ei'gs; stir them into a quart of jink; dip the slices into the milk and eggs; lay them upon a dish, one upon another, and let them 6tand an Hour then fry them to a light brown in a little butter; serve with pudding sauce or syrup. Potato Balls, oh Choquf.ttes tour large mealy potatoes, cold, mash them in a pan with two tablespoonfuls of fresh melted butter, a pinch of salt, a little perper. one tablespoontul of cream, and the beaten yolk of one egg rub it together for about five minutes, or until very smooth; shape the mixture into balls about the size of a walnut or small rolls, dip them into an egg well beaten, and then into the tine sifted bread crumbs; fry tiiem in boil ing lara. Care ot Duck. Ducks usually beein to lav in Febru ary, and it shut up at night most 01 their eggs will be saved ; shut up all tlie time, they will stop lavine. They will sometimes lay in nests prepared for them in their roosting-house, but do not buuu nests 01 their own until nearly done laying and ready to sit, which is about tbe middle of May. Taking their eggs away will not pro lone their lav ing. Ducks should not be plucked in winter, and those that are to sit should not be plucked until a week after hatch ing, as their long four weeks sitting leaves them weak. After that they should bo picked as often as their leathers ripen, which can be told by picking a few from the bro st: if there is no colored fluid in the end of the feather, it is ripe. Tlie little gray duck ripen their leathers once in four weeks if not picked soon after this they begin to sheet them, and pin feathers take their places, when separating them is very tudious. Larger breeds of duck lings do not ripen eheir 'feathers so quickly. The ducklings can be kept near the house better if hatched under hens, as ducks and turkeys are alike about keeping their little ones as fur away as possible, until hawks or other animals catch them, when the old ones come home as tame as hens. Ducklings should be fed on raw Indian meal dough, salted a little, once or twice a week. A dish containing a few quarts of water, and refilled when empty, will do for them as well as a creek, but it should be fixed so that they can get out of the water easily or they will drown. Do not confine them, and they will help themselves to sand and insects. Balti more Live Stock BulUtin. TIMELI TOPICS. Mr. A. S. Fuller, of Ridgewood, N. J., whose etomological cabinet is said to contain " 8,000 species of beetles alone," is credited with the declaration that of the hundred thousand specieB of insects in the United States, there is "not one hundred whose true history is well known." So he reminds active young men that there is a little room still left for them in this line of study, and men tions for their encouragement that one person bug-hunting in F.orida " found under a dead palmetto fan hundreds of bugs that were previously rated at 75 apiece." The Detroit 'Free Press says that the practice of locking passengers in the auroad coaches is a custom that would never be tolerated in America, llie very fact that the door was locked would stir an irresistib.e impulse in the liberty- loving bosom ot the nverage American to kick it open. There is even in Eng- nd a sort ot mild idea ot this kind afloat. A gentleman of this city, who has traveled a good deal in Britain, says that most of tlie knowing passengers there provide themselves with the small square keys that will unlock tho door of the iiritisli railroad carriage. 1 nose nervous passengers who do not like to travel with locked doors, yet have no key, can easily make one with a piece of ver of tho requisite size, btrange as it may appear, the door is unlocked in this way by slipping the silver in the guard s hand while the appropriate words are whispered in his ear. Many of our greatest discoveries have been the result of accident, rather than hxed and dehnite purpose. "It is curious to note," says tlie Chicago Tri bune, " how nearly every invention that :is proved to be a service and a blessing to mankind has been tho result of what is popularly termed an accident. It is well known that many great discoveries in the arts, in science, and in mechanics have mtuo to the knowledge of experi menters in a lineouiteditlercntfrom tlie one in which they were operating, and what they called a blunder at the time led the way to the most important re. suits. It is said that the Goodyear pro cess of utilizing rubber was purely an accidental discovery, and now it is laimed that Mr. Edison by a fortunate accident discovered that carbonized paper, instead of platinum, was what lie was alter. The reicnins Czar possesses in full measure the family love of beins nresent at ereut fires, which his vounn-er brother. the lirand Uuke .Nicholas, is enabled to tr ratify nt will by hu position as head of the nt. 1 etersburg tire brigade, Un one occasion this passion for "running with the machine" all but proved fatal to both. When the German Lutheran hurch. on the Moika canal, took fire n the middle of the nieht. the Czar nnd his brother were anion tr the first, to reach tho spot, tind, while directing the opera tions 01 the lii'enuin, incautiously ap proached too near the burning build- ng, the belfry of which was already be ginning to totter, hipideniy a huee beam, nt least twelve feet in length, fi blazing from the roof, and H'ruck the ground with a tremendous crash clo to the spot where they stood, lnitirmg everal of the crowd with its flvins splinters uenerai trepoll, then minis ter of police, at once stepped forward, did succeeded m persuading the Czar "withdraw, but the Grand Duke Nicholas. Mnained to the end. and saved tlie greater part of the building. If Mexican robbers, who have alvva vs been one 01 the many curses of l!l- governed, distracted Mexico, were dealt with as wore the robbers near Guana. uato, according to u recent account, we should hear of fowr depredations there upon travelers. Thirty highway men, having attacked a man couch with mchester rules, were put to fliirht five of their number killed and several wounded by two young Americans, onlv one of whom was hurt. So the account reads, and it might seem to be a gross exaggeration, considering the dispuritv of numbers, were not most professional lawbreakers, especially those in Mexico arrant ce wards, who never take the offensive unless backed by greatly su- peuui caii-uKiu . vvnc iuigiiL imagine tnit the Americans had been armed with Gatling guns from the destruction they wrought, but their most effective weapons were, no doubt, coolness, cour. age and resolution. As one of them George Green, is from Texas, and the other, frank benter, is from Massa. chusetts, tho honors of intrepidity are, ns respects section, equally divided They are obviously of the right ma terial ;iust such citizens are wanted there, and many of them. A hundred brave, firm fellows of their stamp would oe more enective than hi.iiuo nronuicia mentos in favor of honest coverrment and strict administration of lustice The education of tho two Americans bus unquestionably been ol the kind most needed there. Their parents have, verv plainly, in their case taught the young idea now to Mice Edison's Rival. Edison is all very well in his way, but the inventor that will be remem bered when all others are forgotteL is a party named Mickley, who has just rendered his fellow-men an inestimable service by producing an apparatus called the "Married Mans Indicator, or the patent "Domestic Barometer." This ingenious device is simply a wonder fully sensitive arrangement of the ordi nary barometer, which infallibly detects the most minute alterations in the atmospheric conditions. Tlie married man. returning late from the alleied lodge," or other locally contraband ot war, indulges in no fearful speculations as to his reception. He simply takes his "indicator1' from its case and inserts a projection, arranged for the purpose, through the key-hole. Instantly the domestic temperature within is recorded by the dial. If it marks S. F. set fair; S. A. sound asleep; or even C. S. cross but sleepy, he brings his propitia tory box f fried oysters well to the front, chews a fresh clove and enters boldly. If, however, the ratthful little instrument reports S. B. storm brew iner or V. S. L. very squally, with lightning, he doesn't waste any valuable time in warfare, but hies him to the nearest hotel and sends an "up all night with a sick friend" Bote, w:th some matinee tickets and a new bonnet, home in the morning. Truly, il science keeps on in this way, the world will be come quite a comfortable place to live In after a while. Boston Herald. THE GOOD OLD DATS. The Kxtravacant Nprees of Our Cclelra ted Forefathers. Tlie following is from nn address by James Parton before tho New York His torical Society : This venerable society has seen fit for many years to hold feast, especially in June, when the festive strawberry gladdens the heart of man. He had asked, why this collation every month t What connection between sandwiches and history ? But a vener able member had rebuked him, saying gravely: " Let no man speak disrespect fully of sandwiches here, lor Bandwiches built this house." One of the first acts of the Puritans in 1620 was to abolish that mo9t time-honored and beloved feast, Christmas. .Some of them made tlie observance of the day a matter of conscience, and the governor had spared them "till they should be better in formed ;" but he had forbidden public games on that day. But in truth the Puritans never succeeded in abolishing Christmas, although they no longer ob served it openly, according to tlie old chronicles. They had simply changed the date on which It had been observed for 3.000 vears. nnd observed it after the old fashion on the last Thursday of November. Tlie Puritans had little to make merry with. For years they had nothing to drink but water: and often the only viand was a lobster, with nothing to make a salad of. Then it was that the lam made its appearance in history But often, when the pilgrims had made ready a feast of ground-nuts end clams, tlie Indians would come and eat it. To put a stop to these breaches of etiquette thepilerim" haneed a man, not an In dian t hat would not have been strange or oriainal but they hanged one s)f their own number for Btealing from an Indian. In t his tromcwav the clam an peared in history. In this proud and haughty town the vender of the clam, and even the horse who draws his load, are often mentioned in tones of dispnr agement; but it is far otherwise inNew England, where they have "grand ah nual Episcopal clam-bakes." When America began to c-xport furs and tobacco and codtish, the people ot the country lived extravagantly. Uring. ing molasses Irom the west inoies, tney soon learned to make rum of it, nnd mm became a circu atine medium : but rum and tobacco soon vitiated ttie feasts of ur forefathers. Even at the meetings of tlie clersv the room was often dark with smoke ol tobacco and the steam 01 hot rum. If anyone supposed that in colonial times the peot le were more austerely virtuous than they arc now, let him examine the records 01 tne soer etv. and he would soon find the magni tude of his error. John Adams, who began tbe temperance move ment in this o untry, records that the price of rum was in those times a shilling a gallon, though sometimes it was raisod to a pistureen, and in small towns there would be a dozen rum taverns, which were alarm ingly injurious to the people. Other records show similar facts. Frsm read ing franklin smemoirs, the lecturer, in common with others, had thought that sage a temperance man. But the saga cious Franklin, who knew well what to tell, omitted to state that after he be came a prosperous gentleman lie was no longer a teetotaller. I he absurd and barbarous habit of drinking healths whs observed in all its rigor, but evea this wits to be preferred to the slangy habits of modern times. Later, tea and coffee came into fashion, though chocolate had preceded these dainties in the popular favor, and the chocolate was commonly boiled with sausages and the whole mess eaten with a spoon. The coffee in olden times was probably very bad, nnd even as late as John Randolph's time there was ground for his immoral remark: "Waiter, if this is tea, bring me coffee; it this is coffee, bring me tea." In the time of the revolution, while the. nrmv was starving at Valley lorge, the people in the great citie.i were liv ing in luxury and extravagance: and later, when the commerce of the country was pour ng 111 wealth, the style ot nv insr was incredibly luxurious. The con sequences of this extravngaace were sc. nous, r or one thine it broke up Pres ident Washington's cabinet. Dinners did it. The salaries of the secretaries were all insufficient to keep up the style ot living that was thought necessary Parboiling Themselves. . The Huntsville (Ala.) Independent of a recent issue says: One of the most sickening affairs, if, indeed, it is not the most horrible, which it has ever been our duty to chronicle, happened last Saturday on tbe premises of Mr. Solon Kelley, about eight miles from Hunts- vine, there was a hog killing in pro gress, and two colored men, Robert and Dennis Patrick, brothers, got into a dis pute about each other's share in the year's crop. A long kettlo filled with water was near by. Tlie water in the kettle had been heated to such a high degree that they were waiting'for it to cool a little in order to scald hogs in it. The water was so hot that they were afraid it would "set" the hair o( the hogs. This was tlie high temperature of the water when the brothers began to quarrel. Dennis, who was the oldest, told Robert that he would put him in tho kettle if he didn' shut up, and Robert, the preacher brother, told Den nis that if lie put him (Robert) in the water he (Dennis) would have to go with him. Dennis caught Robert and pressed him back in the direction ot tlie kettlo. He pressed him, both of thera having their arms locked meanwhile, until tliey both went headlong into the kettle of seething water. Their piteous and awful sureaius and moans soon at tracted others to the place, who finally extricated them from the boiling caul dron. They retained their senses when first taken out, aud their intense agonies were simply beyond description. They at once complained of their hot clothes, and when these were taken from their limbs, great flakes of boiled flesh went wiMi them, leaving their bones exposed. Their beards fell out and their hair dropped from their heads. They had literally been cooked alive. The sight was such that those who witnessed it were well-niirh naralvzed with horror All possible measures of relief were tried during the night, but Kooert died . , . i r r- J J m. j next any anu uenuis uiea on pionaay. Ud to tbe twenty-fifth of October 156. 734 people had the cholers in Japan, of whom 90,627 died, t he aboluhanm ty the British and Germans of the ligid quarantine there is citied to eipluia the great mortality, Choose for Me. In tho throng ol a bazaar liewililered, sighing, Mid toys spread wild, Mid claeh and madding jar, "What to be buying, Chooo lor me, father," said the ehill. In a labyrinth ot flowers, Uold daisies flaring, Pink bells inlaid, Hound roses rained in showers, "Which to be wearing, Choose lor me, time love," said the tm In livelong, dazzling mi 1 Joy's flood, love's passion, Fame's star-arched goal "Which mine ot these vexed ways? In thy compassion Choose for me, heaven!" prays the eeul. Laura Sanbrrf, ITEMS OF IATERENT. Sound logic Telephone talk. Hunting parties on the plains of Texas report buffalo very scarce. Nine thousand miles of new railroad will be constructed in 1880. There's one thing you can borrow on your personal security Trouble. When a stag takes to the water he swims for deer lite. Aew York Herald. Gen. Grant savs he thinks Washing ton is the handsomest city in the world. Darwin has won a $3,400 prize, offered at Turin, for discoveries in tbe physi ology of plants. A funny conductor says car wheels make more revolutions than are made in Central America. The Sisters of Charity in tho United States number 1,179, in charge of one hundred and six establishments. Oh, it was pitiful, near a whole city full, snow-shovel lie had none. Gone to borrow one. New York Express. The employees of nearly every lending railroad in the United States now wear a unirorui adopted by the company. An ounce of keep-your-mouth-shut is better than a pound of explanation aftsr you have said it. Detroit Fret Press. Bismarck hits bought 40,000 seedlings of the American maple, which he in tends to plant in his forests in the Sach senwald. We know n elderly maiden lady who savs sho is wilune to waste her sweet ness on;some neir, aeserior otherwise. Salem Sunbeam. The first colored member of the Ohio legislature, Representative Williams, of v. llH'iiinau, wiik icumeu ny me cuiurru biethren recently. Ex -Senator Revels, the colored politi cian 01 .Mississippi, is president 01 ine University at. Alcorn. He says he he abandoned politics. Lives of gruat men nil remind us, For some tilings they care not a rmh, Hnt to t his faot they can't blind us ; Kiich one wants his own tooth-brush. Salem tittnbeam. "Grandpa." says Minnie, reflectively, with some assurance of being able to im part useful information; "Grandpa, do you know where this snow comes from? Let me tell you. the angels nre up in the sky cutting up ice witli scissors." New York Graphic. The following are among the promi nent sales of thoroughbreds for the year :' Falsetto. $18,000; Spendthrift, $15,000 Lord Murphy, $10,000; Wallenstein 89,000; Sly Dance. $8,000; and Mis take. $5,000, besides many transierfi ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 each. Gloucester. Mass.. is a town of widows and orphans a place ot sighs and tears. ltst year the sea swallowed up tnirtv of its vessels and 240 lives; and those 24rt deaths made thirty-eight widowiJ and 219 orphans. Since the year 183d the losses ol Gloucester have been-1 vessels, 405; men, 2,118. Remarks a writer: "A gentle hand can lead an elephant by a hair." H aw wnat loousiiness mat in iu put hid uj 1 . c i. !.. . - . f . .u minds of children, why, bless you elephants don't have hair; they jus have hides. Hint's nil. Perhaps a ifentl' hand might lead him by the tail, bat mind you, we have our doubts even that. Rockland Courier. Words of Wisdom. There is no good preaching to tli hungry. Better go supperless to bed than t run in debt. The wild oatsof youth change intotl briars ot manhood. The lesson of disappointment, huniil ation and blunder impress more Good men have the fewest fears. 1 has but one who fears to do wrong. 1 has a thousand who has overcome th one. Tlie hardest working men and wonv are those who do tlie working and plaa ning; and they are lew, lor most pcop consider second-hand goods t cheapest. Good words do more than ha speeches, as the sunbeams, without at noise, will make the traveler throw his coat which all the blustering win could not do. It is easy enough to find plenty of m who think the world owes them a li ing. but hard to find a chap who willing to own up that he has collect the dent in lull. If a man's word is not as (rood ns I bond the best thing is to get on witl out. either. If this can t be done loc well to the bond and treat the wore though it had never been spoken. The Great Heard of Kama." Tltere's a plant in Ceylon that seed made to grow where no other grf thing '.-an. The curious thing nbout is tlie way it manages to scatter its see over the dry and desert places. T seeds grow in a round case, shaped li a dandelion's seed-head, but mu stronger and larger, being as trig a child s head. When thev are ready grow, the boxes of seeds get loose frq me stalks, and the hrst strong bre starts them off on the sand. Away th go like balls, scattering the ripe set on their path for niilea, and wherever seed la us it takes root and grows the ball comes to water, it is so Li a tuat it nor ts easily, while the wind s carries it on. In this wav the seeds carried to the most barren shores, d begin tbe work of covering thesn v green. This curious plant is the wa pink, called by tha natirtt "Tbo Grl eearo 01 Kama."
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