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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."