B. F. SCHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTIOK-THE UITIOir-ASr THE E5FOBCE1IEITT OF THE LAWS. Kditoi ancl Proprietor. VOL. XXXI. MIFFLIXTOWX, JUNIATA COUNTY, TENNA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11), 1877. NO. 38. THE BEE'S FROLIC. A bee came winging to my cottage door Upon a bluing, etilty Acgnet mora : Ilia telta the ano had fieshly gilded o'er And clatrly, merrily rang hia tiny born. He hied him 'o a blush n j hollyhock. Piped a eoft atrin. ta-ted her daintiea fine. Aa high-born lords light words of nonaenae talk. And aip the lovely ladles' health in wine. And then be apied a 1-dy'e alipper neat. Foorei for hits praises, roamed it round and ronnd. Stole aoftly in to End aome hidden iwH ; Then, surfeited, be reeied npon the g onnd At length he wingi hit weary, drowsy flight To moruing-gloriea, twining round my door That screen the ruahing flood or morning . light- He 1 mba thick laid with precious golden etore. He awinga a moment in the heated air. Perplexed, while each of all the rival hues Proclaims itself most fa r In doubt which beauty it is best to ch: To pink, to purple, then to acarlet here ; To one in stripes, then one in crimson bright He takes them all in hie euchanted view. Then settles softly in a rpotle-a white He revels recklessly in rapture there. Heedleat of time, or near-impending wo s. Till, slowly shrinking in the sun's red glare. The quivering petala clasp him in their close No more he'll roam to aip each daiuty sweet. Or warm himself within the sunny wave! The morning-glory prove his winding sheet The tearful raindrop sink hia tiny grave An Evening At Epping. I suppose that all persons given niore to reflection than to action have at times been conscious of power undeveloped far transcending all they have ever put forth. In illustration of this assump tion, I propose offering a plain state ment of facts. It may be that circuin stances equally remarkable occur within the experience of most persons; but, if it be so. I believe thev excite usually only a transient observation. " Ten years ago I was standing the summer in Epping a quiet, pleasant country town in Xew England. Vn usual demands had been made on my energies, mental and physical, the pre ceding year, and, with scarcely suf ficient vitality to enable me to seek rest, I yet thankfully accepted it when offered by chance. A month of abso lute repose restored to me a degree of vigor commensurate, perhaps, with that which I before possessed, but with a difference. Previously I had valued chiefly my uniformity of ability to la- lnr. Xow I had the ability in an equal degree, but interruptedly. Gradually I observed, too, that my own mood were precursors of meteorological changes, so that I lecame a sort of con scious barometer. My experiences at this time were not all equally agree- able, but the most so of them, I think, was a feeling of extreme buoyancy, ac companied bv an unusual clearness of perception, apparently coincident with, and, as I grew to believe, dependent upon any extraordinary augmentation of atmospheric electricity. At such times, too. I was conscious of a reeogni tion of traits of character in the indi viduals around me which I have never belore observed their thoughts, the very words they were about to sjx-ak, were as clear to mv mind as at the mo ment of their utterance. I cannot bet ter express what 1 experienced in this respect than to say that my own mind like a mirror, reflected sometimes the consciousness, memory and volition of another, and this quite independently of effort on my part other than to hold in abeyance disturbing forces. One morning in the middle of July, after a protracted drought, and after the failure of repeated prognostics of rain, the temperature had descended from little less than 1()0 degrees to the vicinity of 50. The coolness had braced my nerves to a degree of tension which I had rarely felt. I was evolving a plan of action as I stood by the window in the office of my friend Wynn, whose guest I then was, and who, by the way, was eminent in the brotherhood of law yers whose rare acumen and sterling good sense form a counterpart to the granitic structure of their own Mate. While I stood there, then, an individual entered the office whom, in soite of multifarious disguises, such as dyed hair and whiskers, false teeth and an assumed name, I at once recognized as mr own fellow-townsman, and as arrant a scoundrel as it lias ever been mv lot to encounter. He had an air of much pretension, wore a large seal ring, a showy scarf-pin and several crossings of a bright gold chaiu over a bright-patterned waistcoat, all of which decorative trumpery served the purose of varnish to a very ugly picture, heightening the distinctness at every fioint. His errand, to obtain the the use of the Town Hall for the de livery of a lecture upon animal niag uetisin, being speedily accomplished, he took his leave. "Wynn," said I, as the door closed upon him, "do you remember Mark Tufts, who was convicted of burglary in Charleston, and who afterwards es caped from State prison ?" "Yes," answered Wynn. "and I could not think of who this man re minds me; yes, it is Mark Tuft.s." "It is Tufts himself," I replied. "I recognized him before he had uttered three sentences. I came across the room to look for the scar of a wound on the left cheek, given him by a companion in a drunken brawl. The mark is there. And I know that the little finger and the first joint of the one next to it are missing from the hand which he carries it in a sling, and which he pre tends to have been hurt in a recent railroad accident." "Pierson G. Leffingwell" was elabo rately engraved on the card with which he had introduced himself. I looked from the window; the man had crossed the street and was standing on the piazza of the Epping House. Presently he entered, and shortly after reap peared, accompanied by a showily dressed woman and a young girl; in the appearance of the latter I remarked nothing, except perhaps extreme fra gility. A programme indicated that at the close of the lecture some interesting de monstrations would be made. Mrs. and Miss 1-efllngwell, it was stated, were both mediums, and the former gifted with remarkable powers of reading the future. We decided at once to "assist" at this prelection. The man's extreme villanv and audacity made him interesting, Indeed, so entire had been the popular conviction, in the trial to which I have referred, of the man's deliberate, vin dictive malice, that there had been felt a very general disapointmcnt that his sentence was not more severe. Not very large audience, of course; but it was a pretty fair turn-out several hundreds and these were mostly col lected before Mrs. Leftingwell and the young lady made their appearance. On a platform at one side of the hall were placed a table with lights and several chairs. Mr. I.efflngwell came in, arranged these, withdrew again. and soon returned conducting his as sistants. The woman seated herself in a hustling, important way, arranging and rearranging her dress, and sending around bold, assured glances. The girl took her place quietly without raisin her eves until the falling of a window which had not been properly fastened npi then she lifted them for a moment with a startled, expectant look. I ob served the group closelp, for I had be gun to grow interested in them. The lecture was a tissue of trashy plagiarisms, through which what the man w ould be at was not at all percept ible. It was evident, however, that he had himself a sort of grotesque faith in what he was trying to say a kind of trembling belief involved in his dia bolism. And this suggested to me a plan for the solntion of a query' which had entered my mind : How far, namely, that slight young girl sitting there with an air of such utter abstraction was a voluntary accomplice of Mr. and Mrs. Leftingwell. That they were well matched admitted scarcely a doubt. the woman, large-framed, coarse- featured, swarthy, with thick, sensual lips and black brows meeting over lurid eyes, looked tit for any emergency of wickedness. In dress she was the counterpart of her husband; every thing about her was tawdry; a flashy silk gown, much flounced, a heavily wrought and solid white shawl, a rigo- lette, as I believe they term thoso, tri angular tagrags which women were then beginning to wear on the head, a quantity of bracelets, rings, chains, brooches, and the like, and a vulgar looking fan, w hich she flourished un remittingly, made up her outfit. She impressed one as having forgone every womanly trait. X'ot so the girl claimed by the Leffing- wells as their daughter. She looked at most fourteen, and might have been a year or two jonnger. She wore a lilac- colored dress and a black silken scarf. the simplicity of her attire, not less than the frail, delicate beauty of her person, contrasting noticeably with the intense vulgarity of the woman beside her. Her face was too ale, but the features were exquisite in outline: the brow low, the shadowy chestnut hair; the eyes blue, I knew afterwards, though I had supposed them black, were so large anil fringed with such long, thick lashes, that they seemed to make half her face. There was an oc casional slight compression of the un der lip that showed her to be ill at ease, whether from physical pain or some other cause, and under an air of apparent languor, a quick, nervous closing of the little left hand which held the edge of her black scarf. She wore no ornaments. Of course I do not pretend to account in any way lor the phenomena l am about to ascribe. Xo theory that ever came in my way has seemed to me to bear adequate credentials. In most in- tances, too, which have been related to me I have found myself compelled to doubt facts and inferences. I will give an unvarnished statement of occur rences, premising only that I had pre- iously and precisely, when I have found myself in a mood similar to that which I have deserilied as particularly belonging to me on that day, been able to exert the influence to which has been given the epithets magnetic, odic, and the like, over some refractory subjects. At the close of Mr. Lcftlngwell's de clamatory farrago he came to the front of the platform and proposed, for the more satisfactory demonstration of his science to experiment on any one or several among his auditors who might solicit proof in their own persons. A middle-aged man of stolid aspect and a boy of 13 presented themselves. Di recting them to be seated on chairs on the right of the staging, and observing that he would begin with the elder in dividual, he took his station nearly op posite and commenced his craft. I commenced too, and in earnest. For about three minutes, during which I felt my concentrative power I know no better name for it growing stronger, I perceived no outward token of suc cess; but then mere was a pcrcepuuie toning down, a manifest smouldering of the audacity of his look. Let me en deavor to describe my own experience at the time. It seemed as if I projected a circle of influence extending to an indefinite istance from the man, and inclosing im as a centre, the circumference ir regular at first and w-avering. It was my effort to integrate, and then with a steady, tidal pulsation to contract tc- ards and around the person I was en deavoring to control. It was in my fa vor that he, intent on his own purpose, as unaware of mine. I was succeed- ng nearer and nearer came the en closing wave 1 saw it become faintly luminous, while points of lambent, blueish flame projected from it inward; needle of light glided toward his hand he rubbed his hand hastily the next moment the faint blue circle, invisible to all but myself, was contracted to a hazy, luminous, irregular centre. My aim was accomplished; his eyelids buivered, then dropped, and with slow, audible respiration he sat back in his chair, rigid and white. I breathed freely then, and I became aware that two persons were intently watching me; one was Wynn, whom I had taken iuto my counsel at the out set. With a glance he directed my at tention to my other observer, the young girl on the platform. Her hands were tightly clasped, her lips slightly apart, and her dilated eyes, fixed full upon me, expressed an indescribable blend ing of pleading and terror. uut my work with Leftingwell was not yet done; the audience had per ceived the change in his efforts, but supposed it the result of his own efforts. Xow, however, they began to suspect some counterplot. Wynn, well known to tne whole assembly, broke the si lence with a few words. It happens that an individual pos sessing a higher degree of the power to which Mr. Leffingwell lays claim is present this evening, so that the fowler is apparently taken in his own snare." Several exclamations of "Good ' Let the gentleman come forward were the response. I did not, however, leave mv place, hut asked to be allowed to interrogate Mr. Leffingwell; an immediate and perfect stillness reigned. The replies were made by Lefllngwell with deli berate distinctness. My first query was : "Were you six years ago in Concord, X. H.?" Answer: "I was." "Will you allow me to look at your left hand?" He replied by drawing his hand jrom the sling which supported it, unwrap ping from it the enveloping handker chief, and held it out. The fourth finger and a part of the third were w anting. "Is Leffingwell the name by which you were known in Concord ?" "It is not." "Is the young woman who accom panies you a relative of either yourself or Mrs. Leffingwell?" Of neither." Is she voluntarily associated with von ?" "Xo." "What is her real name?" "Janet Ware." "Whv is she thus connected with you?" "She believes herself Mrs. Letting- well's niece." She supposes this through the agency of yourself and Mrs. Lefling well?" "Through our agency." At this juncture Janet Ware, since such was the girl's name, who had lis tened with intense interest to every word of our colloquy, made au attempt to rise. Mrs. Leftingwell arrested her motion, at the same time addressing to her a whispered remark. , I spoke to the woman then with a degree of confidence for w hich I felt full warrant: "Mrs. Leflingwell, let me assure you that it will be for your interest, your own and Mr. Lefling well's, to remain passive." There w as more, probably, in my tones than in my words, for the woman cowered and desisted. The girl spoke with a passionate energy which set aside fear. "I am not with them of my own will, God knows! They said they had a claim to me ; that they were my only relatives, and I feared it was true. Thank God it is not true ! Do not, do not, let them take me away with them." I am unused to the melting mood, but I confess the girl's words and tone ap pealed to me as no acting ever did. In deed the effect on ail present was elec tric. Wynn spoke in a low tone with his sister, who sat next him, and both arose and went toward the platform. Miss Wynn addressed Janet Ware, who looked in Iter face searchinglv a mo ment, and then clung to her arm. I resumed my dialogue with Mr. Lef fingwell. "Has Miss Ware relatives? If any, who are they?" "An uncle, her mother's brother, Paul Williams." "Where is he now?" "In Boston." And now, reader mine, if you doubt whether all this be very convincing, I acknowledge the reasonableness of your doubt; but then and there I did not take time to weigh the matter. It was. however, no part of my plan to estab lish the identity of Leflingwell and Mark Tufts, even if such a result had been possible. I decided to withdraw the influence which, as all exjeri menters in this bizarre branch of psy chology are aware, is comparatively an easy process. The man awoke, mucli as from an ordinary sleep, looked about him, and finally, as he recognized the place and missed Janet, with whom Wynn and his sister had withdrawn, his features assumed a ludicrous mixture of bravado and consternation, visibly heightened as I approached him. Inti midation, though, was not my sole ob ject. I spoke to him, in a tone audible to himself only. "You are foiled with your own weapons. Tufts," said I. "There are several of us who know you ; I have no personal grudge against you, and if you are discreet this return to your native State scarcely looks like it you will not delay to make the distance between the State prison and yourself wider than it is now. You have not exposed yourself to-night, but you have put it in our power to expose you at a mo ment s warning." He scrutinized my features rapidly. I permitted him to do so a moment, and then walked away, ne exchanged a few words with Mrs. Leflingwell, and then approaching the audience assured them that it was not his fault if an en tertainment different from that laid down in the programme had been offered them this evening; that he hoped to meet them again, to-morrow evening, when be would resume the subject, and, he trusted, convince the most skeptical that neither he nor Mrs. Leflingwell urged claims of any kind which they were unable satisfactorily to establish. I doubted if they would let him go, but they did. I presume on account of the presence of Mrs. Leflingwell. . The next morning the Leflingwells were gone. They had taken the mid night train down. If they had waited they might have had Wynn's company for he went to Boston in the morning train. As he had arranged previously to go at this time, and as his usual stopping place was the Revere House, the drama of the previous evening had probably no influence in those circum stances; but it may have furnished the motive which prompted him to inquire of the clerk if Mr. Paul Williams were among the guest, and the reply being in the affirmative, it may have induced him to seek out that gentleman. The result was the confirmation in every particular of the items elicited from Tufts. Janet Ware was the daughter of Mr, Williams' only sister, who had married and with her husband removed to Illi nois. Their sole child was Janet, and when she had attained her twelfth year both her parents fell victims to that fearful scourge, cholera. A neighbor had taken home the child and written .Mr. v illiams a letter which never reached its destination. A year after wards Mr. and Mrs. Leflingwell, on tour through the western States, had accidentally encountered Janet and dis covered in her such susceptibility to the odic influence, so termed by Mr, Leffingwell, as to make her a very de sirable acquisition. She was timid and easily wrought upon, and the myth of ship. Invented on the spur of the momeut, had been overpowering. The child had a tolerably hard di cipliue, though it might have been worse. For the six months and more he had been wandering about, good care had leen taken that she shouli find no opportunity of escape, and en tire seclusion, exoept when under the eye of Mr. any Mrs. Leffingwell, se cured to her at least a degree of immu nity from bad influence. Mr. V illiams was induced to accom pany Wynn on his return to Epping, and when lie saw Janet, w ho bore her mother's name, her strong resemblance to that mother was to him convincing proof that his sister's child stood be fore him. I have since seen a full-length por trait by Sully of Mrs. Ware before her marriage. I should unhesitatingly have pronounced it an incomparable like ness of Janet, or, as she is now, Mrs, Wynn. There were just the saaie large, shadowy, violet eyes, fringed with lashes of uncommon length and rich ness; the same low-, pearly brow and profuse, brown, waving hair, with golden lights on it; the same faint tinge on the cheek, just like the inside of a sea-shell; the same curve of the bright red lip; the same poise of the head on the white, slender neck. A little sad I should say the face is, but Elinor, Wynn's sister, now my wife, affirms that Janet is as cheerful a little sprite as ever gladdened amau's hearth stone. The Profits of Literature. Longfellow is Independents circum stancesprobably worth $100,000; but the greater part has come to him through his wife, long since deceased, who was rich in her own right. Emerson has not made from his re markable little volumes over $20,000,- 000. He has gained nearly as much more by lecturing; and yet, by excel lent management, which one might not expect from the high idealist, and by a serene philosophy of a practical sort. he continues to live on his small prop erty. Bryant is often cited as an instance of a rich author. He is rich, but not by authorship. All the money he has di rectly earned by ptn, outside of hit journal, would not exceed, in all proba bilities, $25,000, notwithstanding his estate is estimated at $500,000. Hawthorne was poor to his dyingday, and might have suffered, but for his appointment to the Consulship at Liv erpool, by his friend, President Pierce. Lowell is independent in circum stances no thanks to his fine poetry and essays whatever. Whittier, like most thrifty Xew Englanders, owns his own house, and beneath his humble roof, it Is said, he has sometimes subsisted he is a bache lor, you know on $500 a year. Holmes is well off by the practice of the medical profession, by marriaage and inheritance, albeit not by poems, lectures, novels, nor "Autocrats of the Breakfast Table." All that he has written has not brought him $25,000. J. G. Holland is frequently named as an author who has amassed wealth. His books have sold as largely as those of any American writer, and whatever may be thought of his ability, he has a vast constituency. He Is not at all rich in the Xew York sense; he may be worth $200,000, but most of this he got by his partnership in the Springfield Republican. George William Curtis is dependent on his salary from the Harpers ; so is Wm. D. Howells dependent upon his editorship of the Atlantic; Bret Harte, T. B. Aldrich, Jame Parton, J. T Trowbridge, R. II. Stoddard, T. W. Higginson, Albert Rhodes, Richard Grant White, Junius Henri Browne and Henry James Jr., depend mainly on fugitive writing. Looking fur s Mao. One of the most striking characteris tics of woman is her cheerful persever ance In looking under the lied for a man. Xo man in his senses ever looks under the bed for a woman, but there are millions of women in this country who would And it quite imiiossible to sleep in any bed under which they had not previously searched for a concealed man. Experience is lost unon them. The average unmarried woman of 40 years of age has usually looked under the bed at least 7,n00 times, without ever once finding the expected man, but she is not in the least discoursed bv so long a course of failure; and it would be easy to find women of SO or 90 years who still nightly search for the man whom they have never found. Tabls d'hot An ironing table. Am American Circus la Brittany. To-day the Bretons are very much what they were a century ago yes,more than that perhaps two or three cen turfes ago. They are superstitious. oigoteu ami picturesque. I tiey come to the markets clad in skins in winter and in sackcloth in summer. They cul tivate the sou in the rudest manner with wooden plows, and are content in all the wavs of life to live as their fath ers lived. We often hear of tiie son standing in the shoes of the father, and this may be said literally of the Bretons. It often happens that a pair of leather shoes is handed down from father to son. These shoes Ixst a long time, for they are only used on rare occasions rude wooden shoes, or snlntts, being commonly worn Xot one in ten of the grown people can read and write, and newspapers are luxury enjoyed only by the rich. The people are simple-minded and credulous but in money matters they are not too simple to make exceedingly shrewd bargains. Xow, in a country like this, in a town like this quaint, old-fogyish Quimperle just fancy an American circus making its appearance. Here, in the public square, a tremendous yellow-and-red poster has been displayed for a week past, and crowds of admiring peasants more picturesque than tidy, have stood before it in admiring wonder from morning till night. Its long trains of mottled horses, its hump-backed camels and bulky elephants, have been com mented upon until their minutest point are known to every peasant within ten miles. A commotion was created one lay by a cynical old one-eyed beggar declaring that the proprietors of the circus were emissaries of the Prussian government, and from that suspicion it came to be pretty generally understood that the man who drove the triumphal car in the painted cavalcade was Prince Bismarck, although the bill announced, in plain English, that it was the Anglo- American circus that wascoming. The people didn't quite tumble to the word Anglo; but American was plain to such of them as could read French, on ac count of Its siiiiiltaritv to the same word in that language. as tne writer was known to tie an Vmerican, he was called on many timr to give explanations or tne figures on the bill; and any ignorance regarding them would have thrown doubt at once on his nationality. Was that like an American elephant? Does the Presi dent of the United States ride in a coach like that? pointing to the musician car. How many ostriches could a good sportsman shoot in a day in America? IH all the people in America wear feathers like that red Indian on the bill All these questions, and many more. were continually put and faithfully answered. At last the circus came. Bright and early on that wonderful morning all Quimperle was up and dressed in its best clothes to see the grand entry of the circus. Tramp, tramp, tramp into the town, from all quarters, the people came. All the saot clattered in one direction toward the great square, where busy hands were putting up the tent. Every town ill Brittany has its distinct ive coif, or women's head dress, and every variety was here represented The men came w ith their huge pockets stuffed with great buckwheat cakes. and women brought loaves as big as the top of a pail, by way of a slight refresh ment at midday. Every man and wo man who had children brought them all, from the carefully wrapped up in fant to the gawky boys and girls who are alwavs tumbling over their own or somebody else's safuts. And the beggars! It was "corn in Egypt" for them. They came like bees round a cask. There were blind beg- gaas at least they said they were blind. There were lame beggars, and sick beg gars, and palsied beggars in fact, every kind of beggars but clean beggars. They beset one at the doors. They peered into windows, followed car" riages, and stuck to every stranger un til he was forced to empty his iocket of coppers to lie rid of them. And the boys! Some of them had saved their sons till the necessary franc had been reached, and they were happy. Some of them hadn't a sou to their name, and they were plunged into the depths of misery. In an unlucky mo ment, remembering that some half a century back I w as a boy myself, I gave a franc to a bright eyed little Breton to go to the circus. In front of my w in- dow is a low wall, about fifteen inches high. It is alout one hundred feet long, and is a good place to sit; nobody can go in or out of the hotel without being seen by persons sitting on that wall. I gave the franc at three o'clock; at half-past three that wall was covered with boys from end to end. You couldn't have wedged in one anywhere without shoving one off at one end or the other. What were they there for? found out when I left the house. Each one had done me some service or imagined he had and came to ask for a franc in consequence. It's aston- shing what memories these boys had upon what preteuses they dared to ask for a franc. One had handed me a hair in church, another had asked to go rowing with me, and having volun teered to pull an oar for awhile, had just thought to ask pay for it; another had brought me a daily plate of straw berries, for which his mother had al ready charged me twice their market price. Those boys were too much for me. I fled. At last the hour of performance came, and such a scene as I witnessed w ithin that tent which, by the way, was a re markably handsome tent 1 never ex pect to see again. On tiers of seats, one above the other, were rows of the broad, velvet-banded hats, and snowy coifs. and underneath them full-flushed healthy faces of old men and children, young men and maidens, who waited anxiously for the entrance of the ring master. It was to us Americans, simply a very good circus to them It was fairy land. We saw only spangles and bul lion lace they saw gold and gems. We saw only painted clowns they saw mysterious and wonderful beings. They were a lot of grown up children. They screamed with delight at the antics of the clown, and they yelled with admira tion when Mile. Bell rode round the ring on her fiery charger. They would hae enjoyed themselves a great deal more but for one drawback. They couldn't understand the clown's jokes. Such a thing as a French clown is all but an impossibility; and it seems al most equally impossible for an En glish clown to learn French. So we few Americans and English gathered there were obliged to explain the jokes over and over again for the benefit of our (Quimperle friends, who laughed but did not understand. But we did it all very willingly, for we were patriotic enough to wish the best impression slioultl be lett by the American circus in Brittany. St. Xirhnln. A Romance of Fort fiorge Island. The young owner of the island, culti vated hundreds of acres and raising enormous crops of cotton and sugar, used to build schooners in a ship-yard of his own. and imported slaves directly from the.Afrtcan coast, selling to his neighlmrs such as he did not want. He was unmarried. Perhaps no one of the daughters of the neighlwriiig planters could be Mrsuaded to share the lonely life w hich could hardly have'apieared attractive in any woman's eyes; er haps he preferred a life of freedom and independence. However that may have been, he was in the habit of going oc casionally to Africa himself, and of buying his slaves from the native chiefs, who disused in this way of their prisoners of w ar. During one of these visits, while en gaged in bargaining, he was struck w ith the grace and beauty of the chief young daughter, a child of ten years old. lie proposed to buy her, but she was a favorite child and her father could not part w ith her. Persuasions were for a time unavailing, but at lastj the savage father, unable to resi.t the glitter of the white man's gold. agreed to part with his child on condi tion that she should be treated with consideration and brought up as be comes a king's daughter. The planter promised, and, strange to say, he kept his word. She was kindly cared for and well educated, and in course of time became the planter's lawful wife. She had, according to tradition, with the exceptiou of a dark skin, none of the usual negro characteristics. Her hand.some features were regular, her hair smooth, her preseaoe dignified ami commanding. Her husband seems never to have regretted his unusual course, and her influence over her cap tive countrymen was unbounded. In addition to her position and sujierior intelligence was the consideration of her native rank, w Inch to them at least was a source of unquestioned right. The establishment was kept in almost princely style. The sons were sent to England to be educated ; for the daugh ters t rench and English governesses were procured, and established in sepa rate houses near the mansion; white artisans of various kinds were con stantly employed, making quite a large community aside from the hundreds of slaves upon the island. And over all this, in her husband's long and frequent absence", reigned our dusky princess, as absolute in her insular domain as her avage father in his native wilds. She had a strong and powerful mind, and womanly kindness and sympathy as well. One old gegro, who died some lime since, so old that no one could re member him as other than old, used to tell how he was brought over when young to this island, where he had lived ever since, and how he and others. sick and exhausted, were ministered to by the "missis' " own hands, and how they all loved her and always prayed, Lord bless Ma'am Hannah !" Every morning as she stood upon this very spot, the field hands passed in review before her, each gang with its driver, going to their daily work. Hie in spected them all, picking out such as were unfit for labor and sending them to the hospital or to lighter tisks ; and every night in the same spot she heard report of the day, examined into all complaints, and with strict justice ad judged each offender's punishment ; and without her order not a lash could be given. Scrihnrr. European Forests. Europe, which pays more attention to the preservation of her forests thaa America, is also careful not to waste wood used in her industries. Many railroad companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland impregnate their wooden "ties" or "sleepers" with chlo ride of zinc, tar oil or combinations of the two to preserve them from decay. A few companies use corrosive sub limate and sulphate of copper for the same pui pose. A Oerman engineer re porting on the cost and effects of these impregnating processes, wys that the average durability of woods is extended as follows by impregnation ; oak, from thirteen years natural life to twenty two years if impregnated; fir, from four to ten years; pine from five to twelve years; beech, from three to thirteen years; and larch, from five to fifteen years. The average cost of the processes, including carting to and from the impregnating establishment, is about IS cents per tie. Twelve per cent. thus added to the cost of the tie, while its life is extended from 70 to 300 per cent. Pearl Oytrrn. Ordinarily the distinctive pearl- oyster resembles the common sort but is usually about three inches in diame ter; the pearls are most generally con tained in the shell, but sometimes thev are found in the thickest and most fleshy part of the creature. A single oyster will frequently contain several of these beautiful objects, and it is on record that one has been known to con tain as many as 150. On our American coast the sjecies producing the pearl has long been found in the Gulf of Cal ifornia, adjoining both American and Mexican territory. These pearls are of excellent water, or lucidness, but generally irregular in form. Bathing aa a Hygienic Measure. When we consider that the whole ex ternal skin is in some measure a breath ing organ; that it is continually dis charging Impurities from the body; that it Is the medium through which a portion of the effete or worn-out mat ter of the system passes off; that in its anatomical structure and functional character it holds very near and pow erful relations to the lungs, stomach, and other internal organs, we must feel convinced of the great importance of preserving its healthy condition, and of securing the vigorous performance of its functions. In order to do this, few things are more indispensable than cleanliness; and hence bathing should never be neglected. A portable bath may be placed in every sleeping room, and if this cannot be afforded, an ordinary washstand and bowl, or even a pail of water, with a good sponge or coarse towel, will an swer the purpose. If to these can be added a tub to stand in, surrounded by a screen made of cheap cotton cloth, nailed upon a frame likea clothes horse, everything necessary is supplied. Pure soft water, if it can be' had, should al ways be used for bathing and cleansing the skin. On rising in the morning the bed garment should be laid off, and water applied very freely to the face and neck ; and if the hair is short, the whole head mity be plunged into the water. A little mild soap may be used to ad vantage about the face, ears and neck, to make every particle perfectly clean. When thoroughly washed, these parts should be wiped dry, with a towel which is sufficiently coarse to give ac tion to the skin. This done, if the in dividual has a tub or something else to stand in w hich will bold water, let him take a tumbler or some other vessel, and pour water freely upon his shoulders with one hand, and with the other wash himself briskly in every part. This Is an exceedingly great luxury where it can be enjoyed, in every season of the year. If however, the individual has nothing to stand in which will keep the water from the floor or carpet, then let him take a good sponge or coarse towel, and make it as wet as it can b- without dripping, and beginning at th back of the neck pass briskly over th whole surface of the body and limbs; and then dip It again into the water, and wring as dry as possible, and rub the whole surface more freely and vig orously, andthen immediately take a coarse dry towel, and in a brisk manner whlpe every part perfectly dry. This operation should be followed in the same manner with a flesh-brush, as stiff as the skin can comfortably bear, apply ing it freely to the spine and limbs, aud, indeed, every part. Where the brush cannot be had, use the coarse towel or the hand alone. By such operations as these, the skin is cleansed and invigorated, and the whole system healthfully exercised Those who are dyspeptic and inclined to sluggishness aud constipation of the bowels, should take this opportunity to exercise the abdomen with the hands or handle of the flesh brush, placing it against the lower part of the abdomen, and passing it quickly up to the stomach, and repeating the motion manytimes in rapid succession. Where circumstances admit, this is also an excellent oppor tunity for a free exercise ot all the limbs anb muscles, by leaping sw ing ing the arms and throwing the body iuto various attitudes. They who have never practiced this mode of bathing can have no just no tion of the comfort which it affords. When, from almost any cause, one rises from his bed in the morning, languid and dull, and perhaps with a heavy feeling of the head and foul taste of the mouth, such a bath, followed by the exercise I have named, refreshes him astonishingly, and makes him feel like a new man. Indeed, any one who has been long accustomed to this kind of bathing, would hardly be willing to dispense with it for a single morning, even to save his breakfast. It may with perfect comfort and safety be continued through the whole year. Even on the coldest morning of winter it is exceed ingly refreshing and grateful. Science if Human Life. Aa I'nhappy Fellow. Probably the most thoroughly miser able man alive is he who is too near sighted to reeeguize acquaintances at a distance of a couple of rods and yet ab hors glasses to such an extent as to re fuse to wear them. He cuts his most intimate friends w ith refreshing fni'ul, or mayhap, bows obsequiously to an utter stranger, covering himself with confusion on discovering the fail ure to respond and the haughty look that invariably follow such a mistake. He is taken to task in severe terms by his friends for his impoliteness while the other party refers to him as an "im pudent fellow." He is compelled to exercise his ingenuity at every turn to avoid getting into hot water, and gen erally resolves not to look at anybody on the street. Verily, his in an un happy lot. Japane Paatbeon. There is one creature, in character semi-grotesque, semi-diabolical, which plays so important a part in Japanese life, that it deserves special attention It is Master Kitsune, the slippery en chanter, with his myriad metamorpho ses, the wily guide of erring mortals into afflictions manifold. He is wor shipped in connection with "Inari," the rice god and protecting deity of all cereals, and is indeed a sort of prime minister, a 'power behind the throne.' Sly Monsieur Fox is supposed to render the rice god most loyal service ; but no doubt his keen appetite originally lured him to the shrine of the former, in search of the food offered by the faith ful. Shrines consecrated to Inari and his strange servant may be found in every town and district. They may be recognized by red-colored Torii, or by the carved stone foxes that keep ward on either side. Another valuable deity, suffering un der the title of "Tate mina-no-Mikoto.' seems not to loathe the abominal prac tice of flesh eating. At his festival a deer's head is considered a suitable of fering. The Japanese, in their horror of flesh diet, were formerly constrained by conscience to purchase chop-sticks at his "place of residence," knowing that, armed with these consecrated weapons, it would be safe to indulge. The sixteenth Mikado, whose reign ended about 3u0 years before Christ, is held in high favor among the gods. The posthumous name under which he re ceivesh omage, is "Hachiman." He ranks as god of war, owing to his mili tary fame, though bis imperial mother seems to have excelled him in heroic exploits. His festival eccurs on the eighth month, and during its celebra tion the streets are filled almost to crushing. On a sultry August evening we wandered about looking at the gay ety that flashed from lighted lanterns, far and near, and made fairy-land of the temple grounds. Stately figures of Hachiman and his priu,e minister stood in the temple to graee the grand occa sion, w hile outside the walls numbers of miniature bazaars proffered thir gay toys, fruits, and all sorts of delecta ble follies. We wandered, but not long; for the thronging crowd prsesed about us, and pleasure-seeking was no longer to be thought of, and our ener gies were employed in frantic efforts to free ourselves from the surging human ity that seemed utterly reckless of life or limb. Sutional Ertsitori. A AU-TrainU Moiue. it is a curious yet historical fact that prisoners who are sentenced for lite often train some insect or animal, which becomes the one solace of their prison hours. One of the most curious cases is that of Anderson, the murderer, now in our county jail, awaiting a new trial. He sometime ago caught a mouse in his cell, caged him, and has carefully trained him. Anderson will hold a string suspended from his fingers and in broken English will command the mouse to "up, like a sailor," whereupon the little animal will lay hold of the string with his feet and climb to the prisoner's hand. The mouse will also sit at command on his hind legs on a tea-cup, will crawl up the prisoner's face through his moustache and over his nose, and finally jump from the man's head to his hand, completing his performance with a gracefui bow. One of the most interesting things concern ing the history of this little acrobat is the great love it has for the prisoner. When Anderson was moved a few weeks ago to another and darker cell the mouse was lost, and although carefully sought after by the keeper, could not be found. Anderson was deeply grieved over the disappearance of his tiny com panion, which he feared had been killed, and even the prison officers expressed regret that the little creature should have dropped so completely and mys teriously out of the dull routine of prison life, threat was the joy, there fore, of Anderson and of all, when one day the mouse made its appearrnce at the door of Anderson s new cell, and running in. resumed its former place by the prisoner's side. It is said that the little animal see mod as greatly re joice! as its master over the reunion. The Sahhalh-Mone. Ii the recesses ol tne Xorthumber land coal-pits, a party-colored clay, con sis; ii.g of grey and black layers, is found, w hich bears the name of "Sabbath-stone."' The springs which ooze Into the pits are charged with a fine impalpable pipe-clay, which they de posit in the pools of water of the deserted workings, and which is of a pale-grey color, approaching to white. When the miners are at work, however, a light, black dust, struck by their tools from the coal, and carried by currents of air Into the recesses of the mine, is de posited along with it, and, in con sequence, each day's work is marked by a thin black layer in the mass, while each night, during which there is a cessation of labor, is represented by a pale layer, which exhibits the natural color of the clay. And when a cross section of the substance thus deposited comes to be made, every week of regular employment is found to be represented by a group of six black streaks, closely lined off on a pale ground, and each Sabbath by a broad, pale streak inter posed between each group; exactly such a space, in short, as a clerk, in keeping tally, would leave between his fagots of strokes. In this curious record, a holiday takes its place among the work ing days like a second Sabbath. "How comes this week to have two Sabbaths ?" inquired a gentleman, to whom a speci men was shown at one of the pits. "The blank Friday," replied the fore man, "was the day of the races." "And what," said the visitor, "means this large empty space, a full fortnight and more in breadth?" "OU! that space," rejoined the foreman, "shows the time of the strike for wages; the men stood out for three weeks, and then gave in." In fine, the "Sabbath-stone" of the Northumberland coal-mines Is a sort of geological register of the work done in them a sort of natural tally, in which the sedementary agent keeps the chalk, and which tells when the miners labor, and when they rest, and whether they keep their Sabbaths intact or encroach upon them. One would scarcely expect to find of transactions so humble a record in the heart of a stone; but it may serve to show, however curious that narrative might be, could we but read it aright, what lies couched in the party-colored layers of the Morayshire Wealden. All its many beds green, black, and grey, argillaceous and cal careous mav oe regarded as recording the workings of nature with alternating repose, in a timeof frequent vicissitude. and, amid its annals of chemical and mechanical changes, embodying in many an episodical little passage its ex hibitions of anatomical structure and its. anecdotes of animal life. The Hun- day at Honte. The truest help we can render to an afflicted man, is uot to take his burden from him, but to call out Dls oest strength, that he may be able to bear the burden. Phillips Brooks.
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