iime IP B. F. SCHWEIER, IHI CONSTITUTION THI UNION AND THX ENFORCEMENT 01" THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXX. MEFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. JULY 19, 1876. NO. 29. Ef THE REST. Gather them close to yonr loving heart Cradle them on imr lmwt l"ney will soon enough lesre joor brooding Boom enough mount youth's topmoet stair Little one in the neat. Fret not that the children' heart are gr. That their restless feet will ran ; There may come a time in the by and bye When yoall sit in yoar lonely room and sigh For a sound of fan ; When yoall long for a repetition sweet, That sounded through each room, Of "Mother P "Mother!" the dear lore-calls That will echo long in the silent halls. And add to their stately gloom. There may come a time when youll long to hear The eager, boyish tread, The tuneless whistle, the clear, shrill shout. The busy bustle in and out. And pattering overhead. When the boys and girls are all grown np And scattered far and wide. Or gone to the undiseorered shore Where youth and age come nevermore. Ton will miss them from your side. Then gather them close to your kmng heart. Cradle them on your breast. They will soon enough leaTe your brooding eare. Soon enough mount youth's topmost stair Little ones in the nest. A Corsican Love Sketch. "Soire, It is a beautiful prospect you have from this tower, and as you are an artist, of course you fully appreciate it?" Xolan Gordon closed his sketch-book hastily, and turned from the picturesque landscape to meet the gaze of the speak er. He was a young, handsome, wealthy American, who was spending a season in the lovely island of Corsica, and indulging his artistic tastes in sketching the many quaint and inter esting scenes of that romantic lsliind. As we introduce him to the reader, he is sitting in the tower of Arceni, one of those numerous deserted structures which are to be found in all parts of the island, and which forms romantic epi sodes In the history of Corsica. The face which met his gaze was that of a Corsican girl of much loveliness, her dark, brilliant eyes scintillating with an innocent boldness which caused him lose his self-possession almost en tirely for the moment. The picturesque costume, the exquisite fare, the graceful figure and musical tones of the girl sent an electric thrill through the whole being of the young man. His embar rassment was but momentary,however, and he replied : "You surprised mcfair lady ! You speak truly in regard to the view from this tower. Beautiful scenery abounds in every partof your lovely island. Who wonders that Xapoleon thought Corsica unsurpassed by paradise? 1 .would be content to live, love and die here!" He spoke enthusiatically, and the dus ky eyes of the maiden fell before his ar dent glance. You are an American, yet you are ap preciative of the beauties of lands for eign to your own," the girl returned half questioningly, half positively. "Yes, I am an American, and though I am sufficiently patriotic, I must say that there is as beautiful scenery and thrice beautiful women in Corsica, if you are a sample of the latter. Pray, pardon me may I ask your name? mine U Xolan Gordon !" "I am Vannina Pineelli, and I dwell in yonder mansion, half concealed by those olive, groves and rowan trees. I did not know that this tower was oc cupied, or I should not have come hither." "I am glad you were ignorant of my presence, if you otherwise would have been deterred from coming here. If I was only more of an artist, I should wish to paint your likeness. But I could not do it justice if I should try. Those mandiles set off the beauty of you Corsicans to a wonderful degree. I wish American women would adopt the style in preference to their present awkward head-dresses!" Vannina's countenance flushed at the . compliments of the handsome Ameri can. "You may paint my Iikeness,if you so desire, store. It would be very pleasant for me to look upon it, and think of him who painted it!" she said, her eyes glowing. "I will do my best. Come to see me to-morrow at this hour, and I will be gin the pleasant task," Xolan Gordon returned. The girl gazed a moment upon the dome of a distant tower in si lence, and then said, with her usual vi vacious abruptness : "I will come as you wish, I must go, for I am all alone now, except for the servants. My father died only few short months ago, and I cannot bear alone. You come and visit me, store?" Xolan gazed upon the beautiful Cor sican in surprise. Xaught but simplic ity and purity were visible upon her fair features and be answered : "I will accept your invitation." "She turned to go, but be seized her tiny white hand and raised it to his lips. She turned quickly, and in a moment was gone. As she walked briskly toward her dwelling she muttered softly to herself: "He is very handsome, and thinks I am also. And he kissed my hand, and is going to paint my likeness, and and Hove him!" As she descended from the tower she did not observe crouching figure of a young, dark-faced man who had been listening to her conversation with the young American, nor did she see him arise and dog her footsteps a she ap proached her dwelling. As she entered a grove of olive trees near the latter he hastened ahead of her, and stepped into her path with a menacing abruptness. "Yittorio Paoli ! whence did you come so suddenly?" she asked stepping invol untarily backward. . The Corsican frowned darkly, and said: "I should think you would ask that! Where have yea been?" . r "I have been to the tower of Arceni. But what matter Is that to you " Van nina retorted. "Been in the Tower of Arceni with a handsome American !" he said, frown ing again. "Well ? I did not know he was there." "And he is going to paint your por trait, and you will have to go and see him a dozen times before that is finis hed. You have asked him to visit you, and when you went away you allowed him to kiss your hand ! You will love that young American in less than a week!" You have been acting the spy, Yitto rio ! Begone ! I love the y ou ng Amer ican already, and and hate you !" Her eyes scintillated with passion, her dainty hands came together emphat ically. "You promised to marry me long ago, and you shall keep your word ! At least you shall never marry him?" "I do not know that he- wishes me to marry him perhaps, even, he is already married. Yet I love him, and will mar ry him if he should ask me." "If you persist in visiting him, you had both better beware." With these words the young Corsican strode away toward the sea, while Van nina entered the dwelling. In the meantime Xolan Gordon re opened his sketch-book, and attempted to resume the work which had been in terrupted by the entrance of the Corsi can beauty, but he found it very diffi cult to confine his mind to his subject, and at last closed the book in disgust. "Such faces as that of Vannina Pi neli would soon deprive me of my ad miration of landscape beauties!" he muttered. "How passionate and im pulsive these Corsicans are! If I read her countenance aright she Is in love with me now. It would not be such an unpleasant fate to be the husband of this fair Vannina, and but I must see more of her before I indulge in school boy love-dreams." He seized his sketch-book, donned his hat, and descended from the tower and made his way to Benito, where at that time he made his stopping place. The following day found him at the ruined tower, which he had converted into an embryo studio. To his surprise he found Vannina Pinelli already pres ent, her mandile thrown back, her round, white arms bare, and her face brilliant in its rich beauty. "You were not so impatient as I, aiore,"she said. "The later1 1 begin my work the later it will be before I can complete it. You see I am in no haste to end the pleasures of your society," he responded. The girl's face grew bright with im pulsive happiness. "lie will love me," was what she kept repeating in her mind, while he displayed the canvas which he had pre pared expressly for her portrait. He instructed her as to the position she was to assume, and arranged her meanwhile with his own hands. His back was towards the entrance of the apartment, and he did not see the dark, menacing face which peered in upon the scene. The face was that of Yittorio Paoli, the Corsican lover of Vannipa. For a minnte he glared upon the un conscious object of his rage, and then with an oath, he sprang forward and ealt the young American a blow upon the head with bis clenched fist, felling him to the floor insensible. With a scream of terror, Vannina attempted to escape from the apartment, but before she could do so the Corsican seized her light form in his giant grasp, and bore her down from the tower and toward the wave-washed beach. He placed his hand upon her mouth to prevent ber utteriDg any outcry, and bore her along the beach until he reached a point hid den from the land by high precipitous bluffs. Here be placed her upon her feet and released bis bold upon her mouth. - "You did not heed the warning which I gave you yesterday, and now you shall suffer the consequences !" he hissed, fixing his snaky orbs upon those of his captive. "You are a spy a contemptible cow ard !" Vannina reiterated, meeting his gaze unflinchingly. 'Be sparing ot your epithets, fair one ! I have borne you hither to force you to promise nay, yon have prom ised already swear to wed me, and no other! You have confessed that yon love that young American, and I know by his every action that he loves you in return. Harry him you never shall! Xow swear, by all your hopes of salva tion, to become my bride, or you shall suffer the most horrible of deaths !" Vannina's dark face blanched, but the resolute look did not leave her eyes. "I hate you, Yittorio Paoli ; and I will die a thousand deaths rather than wed you ; she cried, her clear tones ris ing above the swash of the waves at their feet, I He saw that naught that he could say or do would alter ber determination. "Then you have chosen yonr f ate, and when it is too late you will regret your decision !" As he spoke, the Corsican once more raised the girl in his arms and bore her along the beach for a considerable distance, at last reaching the mouth of a cavern which extended beneath the cliff, and which was nearly concealed by a huge bowlder poised upon end. Once more releasing his captive, the Corsican said "A few days ago as I was passing over this spot I espied the opening of this cavern, and prompted by curiosity, I resolved to explore it. As you see. the bowlder, which partially conceals its mouth, is delicately poised and can be easily moved from without, though from the inside it is an impossibility to move it. Accordingly, I moved the rock aside and entered the cavern, first having provided myself with a light. I explored it but a short distance before I became aware of the presence of a legion of slimy, venomous serpents that inhabited every crevice in the walls of the cavern. I made my escape as quick ly as possible, and swung the bowlder back into place. I said that you should die the most horrid of deaths, and now I am about to execute mr threat." The Corsican, while speaking, had had moved the bowlder aside, and now he grasped the arm of Vannina and thrust her forcibly into the black.loath some cave. With an exultant laugh he pushed the bowlder back into place, thus Imprisoning the girl In the vile serpent's den. Without waiting to hear the wild cries for help uttered by Van nina, the Corsican strode away from the spot, leaving her to her fate. The cavern in which our heroine found herself was sufficiently lofty to permit of her standing erect, but it was so very narrow that she could touch both walls with her outstretched hands. Her horrible situation forced her to give vent to several wild cries for help, but as the sepulchral ring of her own voice added to the terror of her position, she soon ceased. All was intense darkness within the cavern, save for a narrow stream of light which came in betwixt the bowlder and the side of the cave. Desperately the girl pushed against the bowlder in her attempt to remove it, but her struggles were in vain, for the rock was as immovable, from the inner side,as the cliff itself. In despair she sank upon the rocky floor of the cavern and strove to pierce the dense gloom which surrounded her. Pre sently her eye caught two small, bright specks close to the floor of the cavern, and less than three yards distant. They were so intensely bright that she gazed upon them in wonder. As she gazed they seemed transform their phospho rescent whiteness into rainbow hues of marvelous brightness and beauty. As if spell bound, she continued to gaze upon them, and presently they slowly but surely commenced to approach her, their hues changing and scintillating, and seeming to penetrate with their horrible intensity to her very brain. An i ndescribable sensation of horror and dread crept upon her, and she strove to move her limbs and take her eyes from those strangely beautiful objects. But in vain. Strange, celestial music filled her ears with its mellifluent strains, and a subtle charm seemed cast over her whole being. Though she half realized that to submit to that charm would end in her doom, yet she was loth to cast off its influence. Xearer and nearer drew these objects, more and more powerful became their influence, nntil Vannina might have touched them with her outstretched band. At this juncture a hoarse.strange cry smote her ears and drowned the melody which had possessed them. And the cry, as it was repeated, resolved it into her own name. In an instant she turned her eyes toward the boulder. The charm was broken, and her wild cries of horror, as she realized that those strangely brilliant spots were the orbs of a serpent, filled the cavern, and she drew back from them as far as pos sible. As she did so a footstep sounded close to the mouth of the cavern, and an Instant later the boulder swung slowly back, admitting a flood of daz zling light. With a cry of joy Vannina sprang forth from the horrible den, and sank in a swoon at the feet of Xolan Gordon. The latter had been but mo mentarily stunned by the blow of the young Corsican, and upon his recov ery he beheld the latter fleeing toward the beach with Vannina in his arms. He unhesitatingly started in pursuit, though taking care not to show himself to the ruffian. When the latter bad ef fected his purpose and returned toward the village, the young man followed along the beach, divining that the pur pose of the Corsican was to confine the girL He noticed the loose bowlder con cealing the cavern, and was about to Investigate it when be heard Vannina's cries. The young American raised the droop ing form of the girl In his arms, and bore her toward her dwelling. Ere he had reached it, she recovered her sen ses, and briefly explained the horrible position from which he had rescue her. "I must flee from this vicinity at once," she said in conclusion, "or Yit torio will kill me in the end !" Xolan Gordon's heart thumped almost audibly as she turned those darkly brilliant eyes full upon his face. "Van nina, we know little of each other, yet believe me when I say that my intentions toward you are perfectly honorable. If you will trust me I will take yon home with me to America, and there, if I read your face aright, you will consent to become my wife !" As he spoke the young man bent and kissed the red lips of the girl, who blushed a silent con sent to his proposal. What more shall I add? Only that the twain did come to America, aud that now the warm hearted, impulsive Corsican girl is the wife of the somewhat rash, but never theless fortunate Xolan Gordon. Twa Steer Stories). A late German newspaper related the following anecdote: In an imperial city, lately, a criminal was condemned to be beheaded who had a singular itch ing to play at nine-pins. While his sentence was being pronounced he had the temerity to offer a request to be per mitted to play once more at his favorite game at the place of execution, and then he said, he would submit without a murmur. As the last prayer of the dying man, his request was granted. When he arrived at the solemn spot he found everything prepared; the pins being set up and the bowl being ready. He played with no little earnestness. But the sheriff at length, seeing that he showed no inclination to desist, pri vately ordered the executioner to strike the fatal blow as he stooped tor the bowl. The executioner did so, and the head dropped into the culprit's hand as he raised himself to see what had oc curred. He immediately aimed at the nine conceiving it was the bowl which he had grasped. All nine falling the head loudly exclaimed : "Well, 1 have won the game!" This reminds ns of a story which has been told in proof of the amazing dexterity of the German executioners in cutting off beads with the sabre. A culprit being bound and prepared for the blow, and not feeling it when It came, cooly asked the man what had hindered him, since the signal had been duly given. "Shake yourself!,' said the executioner. And, on the the criminal doing so, his head, which bad been severed but not displaced, umbled on the scaffold. , The Byron memoilal fund now amounts to about $15,000. An exhibi tion of the various models for the statue will be given in the South Kensington Museum, In London, next October. Bedehaaaher. Of furniture, in one sense of the word, there Is, in a Japanese house, almost none. The casual visitor sees no sofa, chairs, tables, stoves, curtains, or hat rack. In the parlor, or room for re ceiving guests, are seen In the tokonoma, or raised space a handsome sword rack, flower-vases, bronzes, or lac quered ware. In the ladies' chamber will be found bureaus, mirror or toilet stands, needlework-boxes, cabinets, racks for dresses, but all these are Llli putian in size, and it may be seen at a glance that they are to be used when kneeling or sitting on the floor. The fact that everything is done on the floor explains in great part why the Japanese are so courtly and ceremonial in their customs. What is a bedcham ber at night is usually put to some other use during the day. Bedtime come, the sliding-door closets are opened, and the bedclothes brought in. One or two quilts are laid on the floor. Xearthe upper one is laid the pillow a block of wood with a small pad. The paper pillow-case, in a well kept house, is re newed every day. An enormous and thickly padded loose coat, made of silk or cotton, is laid on the top, and fits nicely to the body. This is the covering. On this sort of couch all Japanese have slept from time immemorial. Among a few of the richest families the bedding is of silk. With the great mass of peo ple it is of the usual dark-blue, quilted, cotton cloth. The object of the Japa nese pillow is, evidently, so to rest the head as not to disarrange the coiffure. With the woman, this is a matter of importance, since it usually requires an hour or two for the work of arrang ing the hair. Hence the priest, whose head is shorn, does not use a pillow of the usual kind, but a more luxurious one made round and resembling one like ours, though much smaller. This is called the bazu-makura or priest's pil low. In a Japanese hotel I always cal led for one of the latter pattern. In summer, when the mosquitoes make their appearance (for Japan is equally favored with the rest of the world with these pests,) mosquito-nets are found in every household that can afford them. The netting is good and strong, though rather coarse. It is mostly pink or green. The nets (tacho) are made In the form of a cube. They are hung by brass brings in the wood work on the corners of the room, occu pying nearly the entire space of the the room. They thoroughly answer their purpose. When a Japanese wid ow chooses to consider it leap year, and wishes to secure a partner, she simply hints to a favored suitor that her mos quito net Is too large! For the baby's naps a smaller one Is provided. Ajyle ton'r Journal. LMkl( for Trlehlaa. The ladles.partcularly .object to trich inae. Probably no one shows much anx iety to come accross the little twisters in his food but the ladies particular ly oppose their presence. A few days ago a well known gentleman ordered from his butcher's a large ham and a piece of dried beef, weighing almost as much as the ham and somewhat similar to it in appearance. The next day when he went home at noon he found his wife and servant girl busily en gaged in the kitchen. The wife bad an opera glass and was inspecting the meat. "What's up?" asked her husband. 'Well, we thought we'd have some bam for dinner, and I didn't want any of those tri Sarah, I believe that's one ; just look at it and see. Ugh ! It's nice lean ham, ain't it." The husband leaned up against the doorpost and broke into a tremendous guffaw. "Oh, yes! That is always she way with you men! Supposing I didn't look for trichinae, and there was some, and we should bah eat 'em and die. Guess you wouldn't laugh then !" And then the husband roared the more. He endeavored to speak and pointed at the meat slapped his legs and roared again. "Why, William, what is the matter with you! I don't see anything very funny in trying to prevent harm. Why, yesterday I read about a family down in Missouri somewhere that why, William say don't you want somebody to help you laugh ?" By this time the husband had gained control of himself sufficiently to pick up the meat and bold it before his wife's eyes. "Beef." he said, "ha-lfa-dried beef better get a telescope oh, my !" Actually, she had been examining a piece of dried beef with an opera glass, trying to find trichinae. She didn't say much when her husband asked her how long she had been keeping house, but sho put the opera-glass back and told Sarah that perhaps she'd better go and" get the ham, now, and they'd have some for dinner, "when people who know so much get through laughing at a little thing like that !" Evening Wis consin. The Turkish Government, in its cor respondence with the great Western powers, finds it convenient to disavow all complicity with slavery ; but it not only exists, but is connived at by the local authorities in Damascus. There is not a week in which women are not bought and sold here for the basest of all purposes. Guided by ' two of our missionary friends, we went to tbe place in which this foul traffic was said to be carried on, in order that we might see with our own eyes. At the foot of a stair we inquired of a man who was guarding the entrance whether slaves were sold here. Seeing us to be Franks, he denied with the most violent asseve rations. As "the fellow" seemed to us to "protest too much," we ventured, while he was engaged in altercation with our friends, to ascend the stair, and in a small apartment at the head of it we found seven young women huddled together on the floor. A little tambourine and some other simple in struments of music lay around them. The slave dealer almost immediately after made his appearance, and not the least ashamed of his falsehood, though he saw himself to be found out, asked ns to name our price for one of the even. We confess to having felt a strong inclination to seizes whip which hung in the apartment and to thrash the scoandrel with it. It was a great AM relief to pass away from this saddening picture and to wander at win among tbe bazaars of this truly Oriental city. They appeared to be greatly more rich and varied even than those of Cairo. The products of the East and West met here in equal abundance; silk cloth from the looms of Bagdad, perfumes from the gardens of Persia, spices from the banks of the Indus, with calicoes from Manchester, lamps from Birming ham, and knives from Sheffield. Xo place more interested us than the im mense workshop ana bazaar or the sil versmiths, in which hundreds of men and bovs were busily engaged in pre paring the most delicate ornaments of gold ana silver, or in setting costly gems and jewels, and as you stood, a thins of beauty came forth from the cunning hands of tbe artist. A violent quarrel took place between two or tbe workmen while we were looking on. Immediately the younger of the two, furious with rage, seized one of the sharpest instruments, and rushed for ward to plunge it in the neck oi his ad versary. His hand was arrested by two other workmen from behind, just as it was descending with the fatal blow. Xext we drove to the gardens around the city, in which the rose of lamascus and many other flowers were in all their loveliness, and the trees seemed to have retained much of the verdure and vigor of Eden. And when the sun was gone down, and the colored lamps were lighted among the trees, and picturesque groups, in strangely varied costume, sat in front of the cafes, or by the banks of the streams, or near to little cascades, sipping their coffee or smoking their graceful nerghiles, It seems as if an en chanter's wand had suddenly conjured np some of the scenes in the old Arabian Nights. Thompson, The llolg Land. Similarity or the ladlvldaal mad Social Orgaaism. Conversely, in both cases, If not brought to a close by violence, the life of the aggregate greatly exceeds in du ration the lives of its units. The min ute living elements composing a de veloped animal severally evolve, play their parts, decay, anil are replaced, while the animal as a whole continues. In the deep layer of the skin, cells are formed by fission, which, as they are enlarged, are thrust outward, and, be coming flattened to form the epidermis, eventually exfoliate, while the younger ones beneath take their place. Liver cells, growing by imbibition of matters from which they separate the bile, pres ently die, and their vacant seats are oc cupied by another generation. Even bone, though so dense and seemingly inert, is permeated, by bloodvessels carrying material to replace old compo nents by new ones. And the replacent, rapid in some tissues and in others stow, goes on at such a rate that, during the continued existence of the entire body, each portion of it has been many times over produced and destroyed. Thus it is also with a society and its units. In tegrity of the whole and of each grand division is perennially amaintained, notwithstanding the deatWs of compo nent citizens. The fabric of living per sons, which, in a manufacturing town, produces some commodity for national use, remains after a century as large a fabric, though all the masters and workers who a century ago composed It have long since disappeared. Even with the minor parts of this industrial structure the like holds. A firm that dates from past generations, still carry ing on business in the name of its founder, has had all its members and employes changed one by one. perhaps several times over, while the firm has continued to occupy the same place aud to maintain like relations to buyers and sellers. Throughout we And this. Governing bodies, general and local, ecclesiastical corporations, armies,institutions of all orders down to guilds, clubs, philanthropic associations, etc., showing us a continuity of life exceeding that of the persons consti tuting them. Xsy, more. As part of the same law, we see that the existence of the society at large exceeds in dura tion that of soma of these com pound parts. Private uuions, local public bodies, secondary national institutions, towns carrying on special industries, may decay, while the nation, maintain ing its integrity, envolves in mass and structure. Extreme Seasltlveaess ol The Blind. John Stanley, the musician, lost his sight, when two years of age. He had so correct an ear, that he never forgot the voice of a person lie had once heard speak. An instance is given in which he re collected the voice of a person he had not heard for twenty years, who then accosted him in an assumed voice. If twenty people were seated at the table together, he would address them all in regular order, without their situations being previously known to him. Hid ing on horseback was one of his favorite exercises, though it would seem a very dangerous one for the blind, and toward the close of his life, when be lived in Epping Forest, England, and wished to give his friends an airing, he would take them the pleasantest road, and point out the most agreeable prospects, lie played at whist with great reaiyness and judgment. Each card was marked at the corner with the point of a needle, but these marks were so delicately fine as scarcely to be discerned by any per sou not previously apprised of them. His hand was generally the first ar ranged, and it was not uncommon for him to complain of the party that they were too tedious in sorting the cards. He . could tell the precise time by a watch. He knew the number of per sons in a room when he entered it; would direct his voice to each person iu particular even to strangers after they had once spoken ; and would miss any one if they were absent, and could tell who that one was. Mea as Lovers. In the first place it is an imposition on a well bred girl to keep her up later than half-past ten, when you have the opportunity of seeing her often. If you always leave her with the wish in her heart that you had stayed longer, yon gain so much. Xever run the risk of wearying her with your presence. Be just as earnest and as straightforward as in your honorable dealing with men. Impress your friends with the worthi ness aud seriousness of your love, so that vulgar and senseless bantering will appear to them as such. Love is religion the supremest happiness; wear it manfully and proudly, bnt at the same time holily. Woo a woman bravely. If there is anything bumila ting to a woman, it is to have a lover, whom she wishes to honor, weak and vapid, ever yielding, half afraid of her. She longs to tell him to act like a man. The man who conceals or denies bis love from fear of being laughed at, is a cow ard. A love that has no divinity is not love, but passion, which, of itself, has nothing ennobling. That was a beau tiful inscription on an engagement ring: "Each for the other, both for God." Spencer Lsisun, a Chinese lad, has Just won the first prize in English com position at the Hopkins Grammar School In Xew Haven. - rEXTESXIAI. MOTES. Mexico displays a solid mass of silver worth $72,000. Chill exhibits ore containing 95 per cent, of pure silver. Switzerland exhibits a perfect watch no larger than a silver half-dime, and set in a finger ring. Memorial Hall contains a fine mar ble statue of Wm. M. Evarts. Also Palmer's "Livingstone" in bronze. Solidified cider is a remarkable ex hibit. It can be seen in Agricultural Hall, and was contributed by the State of Oregon. They must have careful kitchen girls in China. That country sends to the Centennial some plates and dishes over a thousand years old. An Indian house one of those used by the natives of Washington Territory haa arrived in sections on me grounds and is to be erected in the rear of the Government Building. Among the pottery exhibited in the Chinese department is a snauow soup bowl made ol bronze metal ana enam eled, which is 4.000 years old. There are 400 pieces of china ware dating back 1,000 years. A very tired old lady was taken by her two nephews into a refreshment room at the centennial Decause tney saw the command divided between the panes of the front window 'Best aur- ant." Irrapntc. A canoe of ash, from the Indians of ancouver's Island, arrived at tbe Cen tennial recently. It is 60 feet in length and 8 In breadth, with not a chink nor joint discernible. It is dug out with stones and gouges. A Providence girl's description of the centennial tn a letter to her mo ther: Philadelphu, June, 1876. Dear Mother: Oh! Oh!! Oh!!! Oh!!! !! O-o-o-o-o-o-o-h !!!!!! Your affec tionate daughter, Mart. There Is in Machinery Hall a ma chine which seizes wood, makes staves of it, places them into position, puts iron bauds around them, inserts a head at each end, and a barrel or keg is the result. There is another machine which turns out 150,000 shingles in ten hours. The Professional prizes at the Cen tennial International regatta will be four-oared; first prize, $2300; second prize, $1000. For pairs, first prize, $1000; second prize, $500. Single sculls, first prize, $800; second prize, $400. These amounts may, and probably will bsriucreased. One of the relics to be exhibited at the Centennial is the pulpit used by Whitfield in his open-air meetings. It is made of pine wood and can be easily taken to pieces. From this pulpit he is said to have preached over 2,000 ser mons in the fields oi England, Wales and America. Tbe exhibitor is the American Tract society. The attendance at the Philadelphia Exposition for the first month was l,0OO,0U0 persons, which, at fifty cents head, would yield receipts of $500,000. This is not up to the standard of what ought to be seen, and what, probably, will be seen. The yield for six months at this rate, would be only $3,000,000 which is $3,000,000 short of what the Exposition has cost. The Cincinnati wood-carving de serves mention. A set of microscopic engravings, oy Jirs. ut. n ormiey, oi Columbus, Ohio, are exhibited, which she first drew as illustrations for her husband's book on the "Micro-Chemistry of Poisons," and then engraved on steel herself, because no engraver in Xew York would undertake to copy her microscopic drawings. From Venice there are exhibited at the Centennial samples of exquisitely carved ivory-work, and the famous gold and silver filagree of that city in the sea. In the Japanese department there are innumerable antique brouze vases; a large number bear a card stating that they were made eighteen hundred years ago. Some of these figures are very un couth and odd-looking, vet they bear fabulous prices. A rich display of vel vets is made by the XetherUnds. The Argentine Republic and Orange Free Stales of South Africa are well repre sented. In the latter is a curious col lection of minerals and of preserved snake of all the deadly kinds. Of the magnitude of the Centennial Exposition the Springfield (Mass.) Union says: "People are expressing surprise that they are getting so little clear con ception of the Philadelphia Exposition from the accounts of it which the news paper correspondents are giving. This is as it unavoidably must be. A clever writer might cut up the entire two hun dred and thirty-eix acres inside the three-mile fence into patches of a half dozen square rods and give an accurate description of the contents of each, if be had tbe whole summer at his com mand, and then he is as far from pic turing adequately the immense assem blage of objects as when he began." The Woman's Pavilion Is full of in terest. In the way of pictures, Mrs. Lily Spencer has a large allegorical painting called "Truth Unveiling False hood." Mrs. Eliza Greatorex exhibits throe pictures painted on wooden panels from the old pulpit of the North Dutch Church, at Fulton and Ann streets, Xew York, which are worthy not only as souvenirs of old landmarks that are rapidly passing away, but from excel lence of execution. Mrs. Greatorex has made etchings of countless old and historic houses aud scenes, which will in a few years be of priceless value. These oil paintings are of "Louis Phil ippe's House," "The Old Porch on Lex ington Avenue," and "The Old Bloom ingdale Church." Above these paint ings by the mother bang two very long, narrow panels in oil, by one of the daughters. One is a few stalks of corn in their autumn russet coloring, with the golden ears shining out from among them. Tbe other is a thistle, partly in bloom and partly gone to seed; the sharp-pointed leaves, the fresh purple blossoms and fluffy, snowy filaments of those already faded, are exquisitely ren dered. The exhibit of the Gloucester fish eries Is the most interesting one of iu kind in the Centennial Exhibition. It is by far the most complete, Inasmuch as it gives an accurate idea of the growth from very small proportions to their present gigantic status of the fisheries of tbe largest fishing port in the world. In the vicinity of the Aquarial Depart ment in the Agricultural Hall tbe town of Gloucester has erected a tank 23 by 12 feer, filled with water, in which correct models of the fishing fleet of the old and new times are afloat, illustrating the different branches of the fisheries. In one corner is the old "cob wharf" ol Revolutionary years, with its primitive appliances, and the odd, quaint, "pin kies" lying beside it. Opposite it is a model of the massive and durable pile wharves, such as are built in Gloucester In 1876. ten times as large as the old ones. On this the fishermen are shown at work packing m ackers L. All the ap pliances of fishing wharves are exhibi ted. Kan zed about in the little harbor are models of all tbe various improve ments in fishing crafts, from 1300 to the present time. a lorra-s colcm. The Babv Aina. On a dark Decern ber afternoon, when the days were short and the winter at its hardest, a bttle wailing infant, weakly from its birth, though born Prince of Wales and heir to the most powerful of Euro pean kingdoms, was born in Windsor Castle in the year 1421 : Henry, only child of Henry V.. the conqueror of tbe age and grandson ot Henry iv., one of the moat wise of Emrlish kings. He himself was not destined to be either brave or wise or fortunate. His mother, Katherine of France, had been won at the swords point; and the marriage was supposed to give some claim of right to the sovereign ity of France, which Henry V. had got Dy rignt ot conquest Detore ne mamea her. What her own feelings were about it, or whether she loved her bold English husband and her feeble Eng lish babv well enough to be willing that her brother should be disinherited for them, and her country brought nnder a stranger s rule, no one knows for it is always difficult to make out what the poor woman felt about it, who have to take a passive place in history and say nothing about what they are thinking. Anyhow, poor Kathnne, one would imagine, must have been sad enough in those dull wintrv davs at Windsor ber husband far off in France, lighting against her family and ber people, and doing all be could to crash out every germ of freedom in the conquered country ; for in those days, and even in our own days, a man may be very fond of free dom lor himseit ana ior uis own country, who is quite ready to call the love of liberty rebellion in other people. Henry V. was a patriotic and popular monarch, doing everything he could to enrich Eugland and secure her peace by ruining her neighbors as the most of us have lived to see another great nation do. But Henry did not succeed, and 1 hope the other enemy of France will not succeed either. He was far awav in France, at his favorite work of fighting, when he trot the news of his son's birth his first and only child. It seems that brave Henry had in him some touch of superstition, as is not very unusual with fighting men ; and be did not wish his child to be born at Windaor. no doubt from some idea that it was unlucky or un wholesome. hen be beard where the event had taken nlace. he turned to his chamberlain. Lord Fitzbugh, and gave vent to a dreary prophecy: I, Henry, born at Monmouth, shall small time reign and much get." said the foreboding king, "and Henry, born at Windsor, shall long reign and all lose; but as God will, so be it." This was Henry VI.'s welcome in the cold and wintry world. And, after a while, bis mother went away to France, and the baby was left solitary in the great silent Castle; so great and powerful, beir to two kiugdoms, yet so feeble and helpless and small. You cannot fancy a greater difference than there was between this poor little atom of humanity and his position ; and if he had died then in his craddle, or been suffered to grow up among the grooms in the stable, a hnmble servant of tbe king's household, one cannot bnt think it would have been better for that last Henry PlanUircnet better for Eng land and certainly better for him. Presentation of the Great Seat to Henry 17. The poor little Prince was hut eitrhi: months old when bis father died, and he in his swaddling clothes became Kingof England; and the first time that history shows ns any glimpse of him is in a strange, gorgeous scene which took place in the September after his birth, when a procession of splendid noblemen in all their robes of state, bishops and archbishops, and all the great officials of tbe country, came thronging into the Castle to bring the Great Seal ot tngianu, me highest emblem of imperial authority, to the new monarch. Poor little soul, in bis nurse's arms! There he sat while all the tine Deople came in. carry ing the Seal in ati embroidered bag, it self sealed by the Lord Chancellor, that no one mignt tamper wnu iu Perhnns the arold and tbe jewels, the ribbons of the Garter, and the beauti ful badge (of which 1 told yon) ail wrnnirht in enamel and gold. the "George," which all the Knight of the Garter wore. dazzled and delighted tbe baby. Or, perhaps, he only sat and looked on with that solemnity which yon see in babies sometimes, as if. inst newlv arrived out of heaven. they were too much above us to troublo themselves about such trities. It was at the hour of vespers, when the bell was pealing from St. George's Chapel, and all the chorister boys in their white robes were streaming into the cool, dim choir out of the slanting sunshine ; and all about the Castle the fair woods lay green, and the sun dropping into the west made the long line of tbe Thames into a shining. golden pathway. This outside; and all the great lords within bowing and doing homage, offering tbe Seal to the infant, handing it back again with ela borate ceremonies, at wnicn pernaps in their hearts they did not know whether to langh or to weep; for what ennld he more rjitiful than the thought that their great Harry whom they loved, he of Agincourt. who had conquered France, was lying dead, and that this was King Henry of England this speechless unconscious child? 1 do not think mere couia nave Deen a mnr nathetio scene though, indeed. yon may call it laughable, if you like. The great dukes, the bishops who were princes, the chancellor of England, and all those splendid officers of state, kneeling to kiss me Daoy s ieeoie fingers. "The King's Majesty,'' that is what they called him, though he was but nine months old. 77, fh niliiM nf Settlements hu the Cniifnnisi t).Mr. Scattered no and down the stream, were small encamp ments ol diggers, a xew nau tenis; many slept in the open air, wrapped in ti.oi l.UnL-otu thnnirh the nights were cold. Some of the more home-loving miners bad built booms oi oougns ana logs, and a few bunks from the costly lumber which found its way np here r.m finaiwrtiiwn. a small camo down the river, where some industrious Mexicans had established a saw-pit. These little settlements were at once .:.,.. wnmAM tt iniDA BlTt in fhfflAr til distinguish them from each other in the rude gossip of the country. One group Ot tenis, cuinoa auu uuuius, rbich W) as ceo a population ol iwenty- a -nAn watt Irnnm-n mmF nrtr ThlAV- es," though there were only twenty- five people in ine camp, ana not one was a thief. Another was called "Fatty Gulch,'' because one of tbe members a t.u nort, in t h a AAmn hannAnAfl t .j .u uv - f- r i be an excessively lean fellow ; and an other was auDOea -sweuueaa tigg ings," on account of the personal char acter of several miners located there. urther down stream were "Map-Jack i-ltmmi TlinnrtAr " and "lln Cva'" nmM wtiih miirhf. hara meant something yesterday, and which stack there long alter men naa iorgotten ny tuey were ever hitcu. Tbck HnsoisJi. The man who walks the streets with unruffled brow and peaceful heart, though his business is ruined, his prospects be elouded, and his family reduced to want, who main tains his integrity amid ine perilous temptations of tbe hour, and bravely, hopefully struggling against these stern adversities upborne by an an yielding Providence, Is a hero. B1W8 IS BEUT Sheep are selling at from sixty to eighty cents a head in California. Hon. Amasa J. Parker has been elected a trustee of Cornell University. The orchards of this conn try are es timated to contain over 2,000,000 fruit trees. Mrs. A. T. Stewart's gifts to char ity have already amounted to about $100,000. There is a drought in Florida, and alligators are dyingfor wautof a water ing place. Eugene Roederer, head of the cel ebrated champagne firm, died recently at Rheima. The Auditor of Kentucky has re ported that the population of the state is 1,605,525. A reunion of Hood's celebrated Texas brigade will be held at Brvan. Texas, July 12. Paradoxical. Eleven young ladies have lust been made Bachelors of Art at Elmira, Xew York. The hulk of the old Merrlmac, which was sunk by the Monitor, will be manufactured into canes. During this season 12,000 tons of ice have been shipped from Lake City, Minn., for tbe Keokuk company. Mr. nenry W. Raymond, the talent-- ed son of the founder of the Xew York - Times, is to enter the lecture field next season. An apple tree in Crawfordsvllle, Ind.. is over nine feet in circumference at the base of the trunk and eight feet at the height of five feet. A Xew York doctor charged his wife's estate $270 for medical attend ance by himself in her last illness, but the Courts wouldn't allow it. An extensive vein of amethyst h;i been found near Monticello, Ga. Some of the scones are very large and bril liant, and sell for $1U0 a pound. One of the convicts of the Virginia penitentiary is serving out a sentence of two years for stealing an orange. The theft was his second offence. A school house In Alabama has been struck by lightning twice this sum mer. This Is what comes from having so few school houses in the State. One of the clowns in Barnntn's new show put this conundrum : "Why is the Centennial like home? Because it's the dearest spot on earth. Boston Globe. . The production of coal in England was 64,500,000 tons In 1855. and 4Jt, 500,000 in 1875. The total number of deaths In the mines is upwards of 1,000 per year. The largest tree standing in the United States is at the head of Bear Creek, north fork of the Tule river, California. It is over forty-six feet in diameter. The trustees of Vanderbilt univer sity at Nashville have just received an other donation of $300,000 from Commo dore Vanderbilt, making his entire do nation $I,UUU,UUU. -The will of the late Wm. B. Astor has been proved in England, where the personal estate is sworn under 400,- 000. which appears to have been in vested in British consols. Secretary Seward began an autobi ography, but stopped at 1834. His son. rederick V . beward, has completed the work by giving a full account of bis father's life after that. The father of eight daughters iu Grand Haven, Michigan, has made a musical band of them, and he has bought twelve brass Instruments, be cause he expects to add to the member ship. Philadelphia ought to be a good city. It has 160,000 evangelical church memoers and &Z6 churches or wnicn the Methodists and Presbyterians have each 99, the Episcopalians 90, and Bap tists 63. Xew York State pays her Governor the largest salary of any State In the Lnion. lio.lit 0 a vear. Michigan. -Ne braska. Xew Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont each pay their Governor $1,000 a year. H. H. Spenser, of Los Angeles, Cal. has gone Into the cultivation of the eu calyptus, or fever tree, and has raised from the seed and transplanted in his nursery not less than 150,000 trees since February. Mrs. Carnoyle of Breckinridge county, Ky., has a child five years old whose body appears to be absolutely boneless. Although well developed in every particular, its limbs can be liter ally tied in a knot. The Swedes of Bethlehem, Pa., in vite their fellow countrymen to join them at Philadelphia, on the 26th of August, to celebrate tbe tour hundredth anniversary of their own and the cen tennial of their adopted country. The detectives sent after Winslow by the Boston authorities have spent four or five thousand dollars for the city, and have kept a sharp eye on the fugitive s baggage, much to nis satis faction upon resuming charge of it. The name of Mr. Herschel V. John son, who ran for Vice President of the United States on the ticket with Stephen A. Douglas in I860, will be presented to tbe next Democratic State Conven tion in Georgia for the nomination for Governor. The surplus of labor in Xew York is indicated by the fact that contractors for building the West Troy water works who were threatened with a strike, went there and found plenty of men who are anxious to go to any part of the country and work for from $1.10 to $1 25 per day. There are now in the state fish- hatching house at Anamosa, Iowa, 100.000 Penobscot salmon, 15,000 land locked salmon. 10,000 California salmon and 15,000 Mackinaw trout, besides some beautiful specimens of brook trout and California salmon six to eight inches in length. A ralr of Vultures have made their nest on Vulture mountain at Gaysville, Vt.. for years. The other day a party of hunters ascended the mountain. went down aprecipice-laO feet by means of a rope, and then bagged four young vultures. The old ones meanwhile soared above them just out of reach of rifle balls. Judge Davenport, of Bandera, Texaa, gives these figures to show the pronis oi soeep rawing uwr: aij m. 1874, bought 1,440 sneep ior $z,sw; herding cost $216; salting, 47.50; total expense, $3,161. Have on hand 3,130 sheep, worth sobu; sold wool last year for $720.25; this year for $1,362. Total profits, $34l2.55 ; net profit, $5,180.75. Thomas C. Darant. the railroad man, testified as to his wealth In Xew York the other day. lie said he once was worth $3.400.ouu. or wnicn i.,4uu,- 000 was made from the Pacific road. Since then he h as lost $1.500,000 In Wall street, and $3,500,000 in an Adirondack venture. Asked now tuts eouiu ne. ne said he now. besides having nothing. owed one million and a quarter. . 4 r to il 6 ' C ! F. S H i r ! 1 r t 1 1 1 t t
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