p. B. F. SCHWEIER, THE COIfSTITUTIOl THE TJJIOI-AID THE EBTOEOEMEHT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXI. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1S77. NO. 46. 1 OUR OWN. If I had known in tha morning How wearily ail the day The worda nnkind Would trouble my mind, I sad when I went away, I had been more careful, darling. Nor given you heedless pain ; lint we Tex "our own With look and tone We may never take back aga'n. For though in the quiet evening I mar give you the ktea of peace. Ytt it might be That never for me The pa n at the heart e'ould cease. How many go forth in the morning Tiiat never ccme home at night'. And hearU have been broken By han-h words spoken, Tliat Borrow can ne'er set right We have careful thought for the stranger. And smiles for the somebme guest. But oft for "our own" The Litter tone. Though we love "our own" the be t. Ah. lipe with curae impatient ! Ah. brow with that look of acorn ! Twere a cruel fate Were the night too late Tj und the work of the morn. (Prom the May's Landing Record. My Journal. BY LILIAN' L KSTRANUK. July 10th. Isn't it splendid my dear il J journal? To-morrow Xellie How ard and myself start for Long Brunch, with her aunt Ellison to chaperone us. You know papa is not blessed with much of this world's riches, ministers are not in general, and I thought I couldn't go, but my dear patient mother lias somehow got the niouey, and to day, to my infiuite joy and delight, she told me to begin and get ready. I just hugged her, I was so glad. Only yesterday I almost envied Xell, my most intimate friend, with all her wealth and beauty. Why she might live at Long Branch all her life and not miss one dollar, and here jioor, little, plain me could not go for two short months. But now I don't care. I'm going, and intend having a regular good time before I return home to enter upon the tiresome career of district school teacher. Oh ! Aow I hale it ! How often rebellious feelings fill my heart, looking at Xell's dazzling grace. Why is it, I wonder, that some have both wealth and beauty, and others neither? Xow my heart is light and gay, and I go about my home duties humming merrily. We will start on the 14th, so I am very busy turning old dresses, and contriving to make them look new. Then oh, dear! mother is calling and I must stop writing. July lth. Well, poor journal, it has licen more than a week since I last wrote here, but we have been out so much that I really have not found time. In the morning there are calls to make and visitors to receive. After noons we take long rides along the beach, and in the evenings there are either hops or lovely rows by moon light, when the ocean looks like one broad sheet of silver. One would scarcely recognize in the careless, happy girl of to-dav the to be teacher of next fall. Xell has admirers by the dozen. very evening she tells me of the num ler of rejected suitors of that day in such a way that it quite shocks me. "Hut, Kan," she said the other night, as we were preparing for bed, "What am I to do. Surely you would not have me marry a man I did not love." "Xo, dear," I answered fervently, pressing my lips to the fresh, beautiful lace, "but " I stopped suddenly, for how could Xellie Howard's be other wise than lovely, one might as well expect the stars to cease shining. If Xell knows that she is beautiful no one could be more unconscious. She is a perfect study, and, long as I have known her I don't feel familiar with all her ways yet. One moment she is so merry and winsome, the next as grave and quiet as myself. She is an orphan, and has neither brothers nor sisters that is one of the reasons that drew me to her from the first, though what made her take a fancy to me I cannot imagine. Julv 23d. To-day two new boarders arrived iX our quiet little cottage, who were introduced to us as Mr. Greyson and Mr. Leslie. The last named is a grave, gentlemanly looking man, but Mr. Greyson how shall I describe him ? Xever have I seen such a hand some, courteous man. He is singularly fascinating, he and Xell would make a splendid match. As usual, she was charming, dressed in a thin, fleecy sub stance with dainty ribbons of delicate green fastened in among the golden curls; rarely bave I seen her look so lovely. But to-night, when we were having our usual confidential chat she, to my great surprise and disappoint ment, pronounced him "horridly rude." "Why what has he done?" I queried in amazement. "Weil," pouting the pretty lips and shaking the golden curls, "he hintnl that I was vain just to thiuk." "Xever mind," I said, soothingly, "he does not know you yet, or he would not tell you so,". with which comforting assurance I fell asleep. August 7th. Xell still treats Sidney Greyson very coolly. She cannot for give him yet, although I am sure he didn't mean anything. In the mean time he looks very condescendingly at her, and talks as if she was a spoiled child more than anything else. I had built so many castles in the air that it is hard to see them, one by one, slowly vanishing. At last I've come to the conclusion, that Xell and Mr. G. were uot made for each other, and think I may as well let things take their own course, only I can't help hoping they will love each other. One might think that I myself am in love with Mr. Greyson for the pages seem filled with nothing but his name ! . I don't see how Mr. Leslie and tie ever became friendsl But I like and re- Iect the latter very much be Is such a grave, earnest man, a sincere Chris tian, I think, by his talk. I am sure papa would take a fancy to him, he is just his style not a man to parade his religion before the world, but helps the sick and suffering in such quiet way, that one would scarcely know that lie had done anything. Xell pronounces him as one of the "goody, goody kind," then adds hastily, "but a dozen of him are better than that provoking Sidney Greyson !" August 21st. Well, it's queer! Most certainly God's ways are not ours, and He leads us in a path we know not. Journal, my first, very first heart's his tory, I set down on your pure white pages to-day. Douglass Leslie came to me this morning, and in hisearnest, manly way told me he loved me, and asked me to be his wife ! I was so surprised that any one could ever care for me in that way, but I knew by my joyous, light heart that I loved him, and told him so. He has written to-dav to papa. Oh! God grant he won't refuse his request, and yet, why should he? My Douglass is an earnest, noble-hearted man ! Xell came to-night to congratulate me, yet how the sly little rogue ever knew is a mystery to me. In return for her teazing, I retorted that there would soon be another en gagement, whereupon she flushed, then said haughtily, "I do not know what you mean. Fan." "Xell," I replied, "vou 1 love Mr. Grevson." "Fan, stop talking nonsense," she said quickly, and left the room. August 30th. The strangest thing hapiiened to-day ! I was sitting at the farther end of the piazza, half hidden by the luxuriant vines clambering around, when Xell stepjed out from the low window opening from the par- or to the porch, closely followed by Sidney Greyson. An amused smile hovered around his handsome lips as he said, "Xow, Xellie, do be reason able, you know that you love me, and that " "Indeed, Mr. Greyson, (pardon the interruption), but have I ever given you cause to think so? if so, excuse me for saying you were greatly mistaken !" was Xell's haughty reply. "For all that. Miss Howards, you have not yet said you did in it love me. Only say that, then I will believe you." "Then," was the sarcastic reply, "I, Xellie Howards, do not love you, and never shall. Is it plain?" "Xell, Hush, I cannot bear to hear you speak so lightly," and he caught her hands, and then went rapidly on "Xellie, I love you, and always will, though you do not return my affec tion;" then, clasping her to his heart, he murmured, "Oh my darling, my darling, happy is the man who wins you. Remember dear, I shall never forget you," then he turned and strode rapidly away, the blue eyes soft and moist with unshed tears. Then with strange perverse uess she cried eagerly, "Sidney, come back, oh, come back," but he was gone, and I hurried to her. "Xellie," I said, sternly, "you have brokeu the heart of one of the best nu'n God ever made. People are right when they call you an unprincipled coquette." "Fan, don't," she pleaded, so sadly that I could not help forgiving her, and kissed the tearful face I never can be angry with her a moment. Poor child, how penitent she was tonight; but we saw nothing of Mr. Greyson, and she could make no ex planation. August 31st. This morning when I came down to breakfast and not seeing Mr. Greyson, asked where he was the landlady replied that he had gone away the afternoon before, expected to go to the mountains, and would not be back that summer. 1 gave one glance at Xell. Her face was deathly white, but she managed to say faintly, "Please excuse me, Mrs. Ellis, I do not feel well this morning." Then she went from the room. Poor girl, how I pity her; but I'm determined that she and Sidney Grey son shall come to an understanding in regard to each other, so I went up to her room, and entering saw the golden bead bowed and the hands tightly elasped. "Xell," I said, softly, "Why do you not write to Mr. Greyson and tell him vou love him?" "Xever," she interrupted, her eyes flashing angrily. I will never lower myself so much." I saw talking was of no avail, and so left her to ieu a few words to her far away lover, the most important part was these words : Xell will not acknowledge that she does not care for you, and t have rea sons to think that she does. She has no idea I have written this. Fannie Willard. I prayed earnestly for my darling's happiness, an 4 then heard Douglas call ing m. He has just received a letter from papa, who sanctions our engage ment with joy, for Mr. Leslie was an intimate friend .of his youth, and he knows all about the family. How good God is! The grass seems greener, the sun brighter, the birds sing merrier than ever before, and I would be perfectly happy if I only knew that Xell was. September 4th. To-night Xell looked very lovely. She wore a pale violet awn trimmed with soft lace, while the pearls at neck and ears were not whiter than her sweet, sad face. It was lovely moonlight, and we were all on the piazza, with the exception of Xell, who was singing in the parlor. She sang so pathetically that the tears forced their way to my eyes, and I stepped in and took a seat by the piano, that no one should see my emotion, for the pale moonlight was the only light in the room. XeU was singing "Robin Adair," and the words seemed to come from full heart as she sang: ' "What's this dull town to ma ? Bo in's not near ; Ha wbom I wished to sea, - Wished for to hear. Where's all tbe joy and mirth. Mads life a beavea on earth I Oh! they're all fled with thee, Bobin Adair. But now thou'rt far from me, ttobtn Adair. But now I never ssa fiobm Adair. Tet him I loved to well. SU11 m my heart shall uwell. Oh I I can never forget Bobm Adair. In the middle of the second verse I noticed a tall figure darken the open window, but supposed it was Douglass. It waited until the verse was finished and then crossed the room. "Xellie," said Sidney Greyson, softly, "do you mean what you sing? If Robin Adair was here, could you say you loved him ?" Xell gave a little cry at the sound of the familiar voice, then hid her face In her hands with a faintly murmured "Yes." I stole from the room; no third per son should be present at the opening of hearts. After the lapse of some five minutes Douglass, who did uot know Sidney was there, called in, "Finish your song. Miss Howards," and Xell replied, with great happiness in her musical voice and a hidden depth of feeling I had never given her credit for, "I cannot, except to say : "Come to my heart again. Room Adair! Never to pari again, rtobiu Adair! And if thou au 1 art true. 1 wiu be constant toe. And will wed none but you, Bobin Adair !" Aatonlahed Rattlesnakes. One of the earliest settlers of the country around Lake Cliamplaiti was Colonel Raymond. He understood the character and disposition of the redskin natives of the forest, and lived with them in much harmony, frequently employing them to row him up and dowu the lake, as he had occasion. One stout fellow, by the name of Bigbear, had his wigwam at no great distance from the colonel's dwelling, and was .often there. The colonel, having occa sion to visit some distant shore of the lake, employed Bigbear to row him in his canoe. On their return, they passed near a high yet sloping ledge of rocks, on which lay an immense number of rattlesnakes asleep and basking in the sun. The Indian gave a penetrating look at the colonel, and thus inquired : "Raymun love fun?" "Yes," was the reply. "Well, then, Raymun have fun; mind Indian, and hold your tongue." So he rowed along silent and slow, and cut a crotched stick from a bundle of hazels upon the bank. "Steady now, Raymun," said he, as he claped the crotch astride the neck of a serpent that was asleep close to the water. "Take uin now, Raymun. Hole fas !" The colonel took hold of the stick, keeping the serpent down, while Big bear tied up a little sack of powder, putting one end of a slow match therein. He then made it fast to the snake's tail, and setting fire to the match gave orders to "Let um go!" at the same time pushing the canoe off the shore. The snake, being liberated, crawled away to his den. The Indian immedi ately then stood up .And clapped his hands, making as loud a noise as pos sible, ami thus roused the other ser pents, who in a moment disappeared. "Xow look, Raymun, now look see fun," said he; and in about a minute the powder exploded, when there was, to be sure, fun alive. The snakes in thousands covered the rocks, all hissing, rattling, twining, twirling and jumping in every way im aginable. Colonel Raymond burst into a loud laugh that echoed across the lake, pleased alike with the success of the trick, and the ingenuity of the savage's invention. But Bigbear, from the beginning to the end, was as grave as a judge, not moving a muscle, and not having the least show of risibility in his countenance. An Intelligent Dog. We hear so much of the intelligence of dogs, and the many wonderful and well-vouched instances that are recorded can scarcely cause surprise at any new proof ef sagacity. The following from Belgium has been commented on severe ly, but there seems no reason for doubt ing that dogs are capable of all the rea soning faculties here implied: A certain Monsieur X , going on foot from Leuze to Lessines, in Belgium took with him his dog, which he was anxious to get rid of ; but as he was un willing either to drown him or shoot hirr, he resolved to lose him on the way. The dog, who, Instead of kind words and caresses, received nothing but. threats, seemed to understand his master' project; he kept quite close to his heels, and would not leave him for a moment. X , obliged to sleep out for that Light In order to finish bis business, went to the inn, and said to bis four-footed companion, instead of sWl-night: "To-morrow, you rascal, 1 shall take tbe train, and you will have to walk about here." He then went np to his room and went to bed. The next morning great was X 'a surprise to perceive when he got up that his socks and bis waistcoat were missing. The landlord when questioned maintained that noone could have taken these articles as no other stranger had been lodged in the Inn. They were searching and wondering, when they found in a corner of the bouse the dog, who had been so threatened the evening before, lying upon the stocking and waistcoat of his master. The poor ani mal seemed to have wished in this way to prevent his master from starting with out him. X , admiring the sagacity of his dog, no longer tried to get rid of him. Kenning. Whatever expands the affections or enlarges the sphere of our sympathies, whatever makes us feel our relatious to tbe universe and all that it inherits, in time and In eternity, to the great and beneficent cause of all, must unques tionably refine our nature and elevate us in the scale of being. The way to gain a good reputation Is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. The Blackfeet India. The Black feet, taken as a body, are still the most numerous and powerful of the nations thatlive wholly or partly in Xorth America. In person they have developed an unusual degree of of beauty and symmetry. Though of less stature than many other Indians, they are still tall and well made. Their faces are very intelligent, the nose aqui- line, the eyes clear, and brilliant, the cheek bones less prominent, and the lips thinner than usual among other tribes. The dress of the men differs little from the ordinary costumes of the Indians of the plains, except in being generally cleaner aud in better preser vation. The Bloods dress more neatly and are finer and bolder-looking men than the Blackfeet, who, in turn, sur pass the Peagins iu these respects. The Bloods are said to have among them many comparatively fair men, with gray eyes, and hair both finer and light er-colored than is usual in the case of pure Indians. This tribe is supposed to bear its savage name, not from any particular cruelty of disposition, but be cause, unlike tbe other tribes, lu war riors do not steal horses, but only seek for the blood of their enemies, whom they generally overcome, for they are among the bravest of all the uatives. The faces of both Blackfeet men and women are generally highly painted with vermilion, which seems to be the national color. The dress of the latter is very singular and striking, consist ing of long gowns of buffalo skins, dressed beautifully soft, and dyed with yellow ochre. These are confined at the waist by a broad belt of the same material, thickly studded over with round brass plates, the size of a silver half-dollar piece, brightly polished. The Blackfeet, however, in common with other Indians, are rapidly adopt ing blankets aud capotes, and giving np the beautifully painted robes of their forefathers. The ornamented robes that are now made arc inferior in work manship to those of the days gone by. The mental characteristics of the Blackfeet resemble closely those of In dians everywhere. Similar circumstan ces give shape and force to thoughts and emotions in all. Intellectual vigor is manifested in shrewdness of obser vation, anil strong powers of percep tion, imagination and eloquence. They are quick of apprehension, cunning, noble-minded and firm of character, yet cautious in manner, and with a cer tain expression of pride and reserve. They are strong and active, and natu rally averse to an indolent habit. Their activity, however, it rather manifested in war and the chase than useful labor. Pastoral, agricultural aud mechanical labor they despise, as forming a sort of degrading slavery. In this they are as proud as the citizens of the old republics whose business was war. Their labors are laid upon the women, who also are, upon occasions, the beasts of burden upon their marches; for the egotism of tha red man, like that of his white broth er, makes him regard woman as his in ferior, and a predestined servant to minister to his comfort aud pleasure. The Blackfeet have, moreover, both a local attachment and a strong patriotic or national feeling in which respect they differ favorably from all other tribes. In their publiccouucils and de bates they exhibit a genuine oratorical power, and a keenness and closeness of reasoning quite remarkable. Eloquence in public speaking is a gift which they earnestly cultivate, and the chiefs pre pare themselves by previous reflection and arrangement of topics and methods of expression. Their scope of thought is boundless as the land over which they roam, and their -speech the echo of the beauty that lies spread around them. Their expressions are as free and lofty as those of any civilized man, aud they speak the voices of the things of earth and among which their wild life is cast. Their language being too limited to aflord a wealth of diction, they make up iu ideas in the shape of metaphor furnished by all nature around them, and read from the great book which day, night, and the desert unfold to them. Appleton'M Journal. Comets' Tails Prof. Talt'a Sea-bird Theory. Comets, says Richard A. Proctor, have beeu the subjects of paradoxes in numerable; but as yet comets have been so little understood, even by astrono mers, that paradoxes respecting them cannot be so readily dealt with as those relating to well-established facts. Among thoroughly paradoxical ideas resecting comets, however, may be mentioned one whose author is a mathe matician of well-deserved repute Prof. Tail's "Sea-bird Theory" of com, ets" tails. According to this theory the rapid formation of the long tails and the rapid changes of their position may be explained on the same principle that we explain the rapid change of ap pearance of a flight of sea-birds when, from having beeu in a position where the eye looks athwart it, the flight as sumes position where the eye looks at it edgewise. In the former position it is scarcely visible (when at a distance), in the latter it is seen as a well-defined steak; and as a very slight change of position of each bird ntay often suffice to render an extensive flight thus visi ble, so the entire length of a comet's tail may be brought into view, and ap parently be formed in a few hours, through some comparatively slight dis placement of the individual meteorites com posi ng It. Th is paradox for para dox it unquestionably is affords a curi ous illustration of the influence which mathematical power has on the minds of men. Every one knows that Prof. Tait has potential mathematical energy competent to dispose In a very short time, of all the difficulties involved in his theory; therefore few seem to in quire whether this potential energy has ever been called into action. It is singular, too, that other mathemati cians of great eminence have been con tent to take the theory on trust. Thus Sir W. Thomson, at the meeting of the British Association at Edinburgh, de scribed the theory as disposing easily of the difficulties presented by Xew ton's comet in 1680. Glalsher, in his translation of Guillemin's Le Omelet speaks of the theory as one not impro bably correct, though only to be estab- ished by rigid investigation of the mathematical problems involved. In reality, not five minutes' inquiry is needed to show any one acquainted with the history of long-tailed comets that the theory is quite untenable Take Aewton's comet. It had a tail 90,000,000 of miles long, extending di rectly from the sun as the comet ap proached him, and seen, four days later, extending to the same distance, and still directly from the sun, as the comet receded from him in an entirely different direction. According to Tail's sea-bird theory, the earth was at both these epoch's in the plane of a sheet of meteorites forming the tail; but on each occasion the sun also was in the same plane, for the edge of the sheet of meteorites was seen to be directly in a line with the sun. The comet's head, of course, was in the same plane; but three points, not in a straight line, de termine a plane. Hence we have, as the definite result of the sea-bird the ory, that the layer or stratum of mete orites forming the tail of Xewton's comet lay in the same plane which con tained the sun, the earth aud the comet. But the comet crossed the ecliptic (the plane in which the earth travels round the sun) between the epochs named, crossing it at a great angle. When crossing it, then, the great layer of me teorites was iu the plane of the ecliptic; before crossing it the layer was greatly inclined to that plane one way, and after crossing it the layer was greatly inclined to that plane another way. So that we have iu no way escaped the difficulty which the sea-bird theory was intended to remove. If it was a start ling and, indeed, incredible thing that the articles along a comet's tail should have got round in four days from the first to the second position of the tail consideied above, it is as startling and incredible that a mighty layer of mete orites should have shifted bodily in the way required by the sea-bird theory. Xay, there is an element in our result which is still more startling than any of the difficulties yet mentioned, and that is the singular care which the great layer of meteorites would seem to have shown to keep its plane always passing through the earth, with which it was in no way connected. Why should this preference have been shown by the meteor flock for our earth above all the other members of the solar sys tem? seeing that the sea-bird theory requires that the comet, and not Xew ton's comet alone, but all others having tails, should not only be thus complai sant with respect to our little earth, but should behave in the totally different way with respect to every other mem ber of the sun's family. AVe can under stand that, while several have been found who have applauded the sea-bird paradox for what it might do in ex plaining comets' tails, its advocates have as yet not done much to reconcile it with comet observation. Stellaeoom. Steilacoom (Washington Territory), though unknown to general fame, has some historical importance. It was from it that General Harney dispatched Lieutenant Pickett, since famous as a confederate commander, to seize San Juan Island, which the British Colum bians claimed for themselves. Many stirring anecdotes of those days are related by the enthusiastic piout-ers, and with honest pride they dwell upon the integrity, spirit and bravery of that fine type of the American soldier, the American soldier, the veteran general, aud the gallant nonchalance of his young officer, who, when told by the lompous commander that if he did not quit the island the English fleet would land its soldiers and capture his miser able excuse of a fortification, replied that the threat could in all probability be enforced, but that many a red-coat would deck its bastion ere they were fulfilled. His careless bearing, easy indifference, aud genial hospitality, prevented, undoubtedly, the angry Briton from overcoming a prudent in activity, and this led to our late quiet possession of the place through the gra cious ascent of his Germanic majesty. When the island was occupied con jointly by the British aud American troops, the magistrates were appointed by both nations to mete out justice to all, the judicial dignity of the Britons was so shocked bv the action of their American contemporaries on the bench that they were compelled to retire from the association through fear of ridicule. The English magistrate appointed to the island circuit being Impressed with his own importance appeared in court in faultless attire, and wearing the most fashionable gloves. His Yankee confrere, who was appointed apparently for the special purpose of contrast, ap peared in an old suit of rusty gray, a collar less flannel shirt, and his large and horny hands never knew any coat ing other than a coating of clay. Brit ish dignity could scarcely stand such company, and It was only a severe sense of duty that made the English justice bear with the association. The last straw, however, was heaped on one day, when the American justice came into court with unkempt hair and beard and the inevitable old suit, but arrayed, ye gods ! in a brand new pair of glaring yellow kid gloves, through which the hands seemed to have sprawled. When he took his seat on the bench, to the disgust of the other, and held up his hands, with fingers outstretched, the audience in the court roareu with laughter to such an extent that no busi ness could be transacted. This attempt at imitation or mockery was so evident that even the Britons could not sup press their laughter; and the' result was, that tbe English magistrate re treated from the bench in a fit of dis gusted anger, and vowed that he would never again sit with such a boor. He kept his word ; so the American resi. dents were tried thereafter before their rude though just and fun-loving justice of the ' peace. This was what they aimed at; so American diplomacy had gained another victory. Glamour. Arrajure and Vnaeeonntable At tachment off the Sexes. Seeing what the sujierstition of man kind is and how far it goes it is small wonder that in the days of darkness and scientific Ignorance people believed in strange spells and magic charms as the only means by which to account for certain mental phenomena other wise inexplicable. It was glamour; all delusion and enchantment; a powerful spell working on one side, and hopeless subjugation, because of entire fascina tion on the other; else how could it have been done? How could Titania have loved Bottom had not her eyes beeu blinded with a magic herb? And were not the Thessalian witches fam ous for their jiower long before our own jioor old women took to riding on broomsticks, nourishing families, enter taining doubtful visitors, now as black cats and now as screech owls, and cast ing SMlls generally over homestead and byre, beast and man ? These concrete aud comprehensive explanations for mysterious things have always been ac ceptable to lazy thinkers who do not care to search into difficult matter in volving trouble; as well as those whose characters are founded on ultimates, and who must therefore have reasons for all things and be able to ferret out to the minutest particular how it was that the cork got into the bottle and the apple into the dumpling. strande attach mknts. Xow, however, magic and witchcraft, with material filters and abraeadabraic spells are out of date, and we are driven into wonder, not to say conjecture, when we see certain attachments aud associations between two people who seein to be the very antitheses of each other, and without one point of contact where they may be in harmony and union. What can be the charm which that loud, vulgar mannish woman pos sesses for that soft and gentle creature who gives up her family and her money. her peace aud her liberty, that she may minister to this uncomfortable tyrant, who, in our eyes at least, accepts all and gives back nothing? Where is the power of fascination in a person who has neither physical beauty to delight the eye, nor grace of manner to please the taste, nor yet grandeurof character to elevate the mind and give tbe sense of moral dignity and a noble mind to those whom she influences and with whom she is associated ? It is glamour. We can call it nothing else, and we can scarcely say more. There is no radical explanation to be given; so we must perforce fall back on the irrational, and for want of accurate knowledge drift into the safety of vague superstition. Sometimes in going through the world we fall iu with two women of this kind one who commands and the other who obeys; one who accepts and the other who gives; one who receives all hom age, care, tenderness, love, as her right of tribute, a tax in no wise to be ren dered back in kind, and the other who sacrifices her very life that her friend's slightest wish may be fulfilled and her least caprices obeyed. The more un- amiable of the two is always the one mast worshipped ; the sweeter and more loveworthy the one sacrificed and hu miliated. Yet the sacrifice is voluntary; and the slave has herself forged the chains which bind her. Still, the ques tion remains unanswered What is the charm which makes these chains so dear, the servitude so loved? What is thesell which binds sweetness to peev ishness, feminine delicacy to hybrid coarseness, unselfishness to domination ami self-denying love to rampant ego tism? Who knows? There are mys teries iu sea and sky which no man has yet fathomed ; but greater than them all is the mystery of human love, and why one ungainly soul is prized, aud an other, beautiful and precious, is dis carded ! IN MARK1KD LIFE. What friendship is iu its degree, so is marriage to a still more striking ex tent. We sometimes see the sweetest and dearest little woman married to a bluff, burly, and cross-grained fellow, who goes through lifelike a perpetual thunder cioud, from which the slightest shock brings angry splutterings, sullen murmurs aud fiery outbursts, destruct ive of all peace and comfort. Yet Ti tania worships her rough-skinned treas ure; he is her "gentle joy" to her, and she finds her happiness in wreathing garlands for his long eared head, and in idealizing him dull ass as he is till she has made him into a god by whom all men might take a pattern. Her sister, married to Hyperion, as good as he is beautiful, and as clever as he is good, finds her lot in life a hard one, and thinks every wife is to be envied where she is only to be pitied. She talks feelingly of the dreadful punish ment which falls on women who make the one great mistake of their lives, and waxes eloquent on the sin of parents in suffering their daughters to marry be fore they know their own minds or those of the men whom they take for better or for worse. Her eyes fill up with tears when she speaks of Titania's happiness, and how good and kind, for all his rough exterior, is that long-eared Bottom of hers, who shows his rough side to the world, but keeps only bis down and velvet for home. And then she sighs aud looks out into the distance as one whose heart is full of sadness and whose tongue might say bitter things if she would; but she will not. If unhappy, she is loyal; if unappre ciated and not fairly dealt with she un derstands the holy reticence of martyr dom; and though her marriage has been a mistake, she will not make the world the confidant of her griefs Xevertheless, she gives the same world clearly to understand that she is un happy and has been taken in, and that man for man Hyperion does not come near to Bottom, and that Titania is to be congratulated while she is only to be commiserated. This is glamour in an inverted form glamour dealing with poison, not ambrosia, but quite as gen eral as the other, if somewhat more distressing. TBI FOLLIES or MEN. It must not be thocght that women alone have the fee simple of this kind of thing; that they and they only love the base and despise the noble by the influence of that strong state of mind which, for want of a lietter word, we are forced to call glamour. Perhaps we see it even more distinctly in men, for the objects to which the stronger sex sometimes carry their worship, or it may tie their displeasure, are cer tainly of a kind which make other wo men behind the scenes open their eyes and ask Why? Look at that un suspecting, honest-hearted gentleman who gives his good old family name and personal honor into the keeping of a woman who has not one qualification to make her a worthy custodian of either; and very many which one might have thought would have made any wise man hesitate before he gave him self and his precious treasures into such personal guardianship. He alone ig nores what all other men know; he alone believes where others more than doubt. The woman, to eyes untouched Dy glamour, lias not a charm; she is rude and violent, ill-breu and vulgar; her very beauty, what there is of it, is of a low type ; and In all probability she has lost the freshness of her skin as long ago as that of her mind. Yet the nan whom she holds in thrall loves her, and marries to his ruin a kind of nine teenth century Circe, who, if she docs not transform him into a swine, doe: lower the tone of his mind, so that she makes him accept dishonor for fame and humiliation for glory. But his brother, who has found Solomon's "crown ol glory," thinks no more of his treasure than if it were an old brown paper fool's cap; and lets what might have been the sweetness of his married life run to waste through neglect and in difference as one who grows up his stately flower garden and noble orchard n thorns and briars, and lets his cask of Shiraz wine run into the sand for the want of a little care iu hoops and nails to keep the wood together. Ln- 4' m tytetn. The Right and rone; of Cat. Cats are supposed by many persons to be wild animals who may be destroyed without compunction or fear of conse quences if found trespassing on enclosed premises in search of prey. This is a popular delusion. Cats, however, mis cbievious, cannot be shot or otherwise killed with impunity by those who are not their owners, and a case beard at the Bromsgrove County Court last Thursday is instructive on this point. A professor of music in that place was sued by a neighbor for the sum of Jt'2, the alleged valueof a cat shot by the de fendant. The plaintiff said "he hired the cat which was of a tortoiseshell na ture, an-.l was a gray and white Tom." He had been told that it was worth Xo, but be valued it at 2 or.Iy. The defen dant admitted that he had shot the cat because it had that morning taken five chickens and a pheasant out of his garden, although the garden was walled in and fenced, with wire netting. The Judge observed that in point of law the defendant was not justified in killing the cat; but he was of opinion that a cat that had mischievous propensities and was given to destroying neighbors' property was not valuable, but rather a burden to its owner, and that the damage, therefore, was reduced to noth ing. Xo greater nuisance could be imagined, than a cat that was constant ly a source of annoyance to its owner's neighbors. He was bound to give a verdict for the plaintiff, but would As sess the damage at sixpence only, and ordered costs to be paid on that amount. Pall Mall Giizett. la Doors. I have observed that the day in doors resolves itself into three grand crises culled the three meals. Indeed, this prying into domestic affairs has sur prised me. First, at the amount of physical labor a woman has to perforin; second, that she can carry so many things on her mind at one time, or rather that she can act in so many directions at one time and so quickly. This in-doors work seems common place enough; but examine aa hour full of household work, and you will find it alive w ith plans, contrivances, forethoughts, afterthoughts, and count less experiences, minute, it may be, but full of animation. Household work has it breezes of hurry and flurry, besides its regular trade winds, which blow morning, noon and night, and if company, unexpected isn't like stone dropping into a pud dle, then what is it like? G'jod H7r'.. A Mistake ORn Made. Boys aud young men sometimes start out in life with the idea that one's suc cess depends on his sharpness and chi canery. They imagine, if a man is able always to "get the best of a bargain," no matter by what deceit and meanness he carries bis point, that his prosperity cannot be founded on cunning and dis honesty. The tricky and deceitful man is sure to fall victim, sooner or later, to the influences which are forever work ing against him. His house is built upon the sand, and its foundation will be certain to give way. Young people cannot give these truths too much weight. The future of the young man Is safe who eschews every phase of double-dealing ami dishonesty, and lays the foundation of his career in the en during principles of everlasting truth. How Eagles and Flh-Hawks Feed the Poor in t lonua. Passing the cabin of au old negro, on the Spruce Creek, we were hailed by his daughter, who asked us for fish. It so happened that having none in the hoat we were obliired to refuse; but just then an osprey was seen passing by mith a large fish in his talons, pursued by an eagle. The fish-hawk was so closely pressed by his pursuer that he had to drop his prey, which fell close by the cabin, and was gladly picked up by the woman. Thus, although the birds lost their supper, the hungry ne groes gained one, and, as the man hap pened to be a preacher, he doubtless compared himself to the prophet who was fed by the ravens. Good Xuarn-Like Charity They Cover a Moltitnde of sin. There is nothing like good manners at a table. Good manners mark the cultured lady or the polished gentle man. Like charity they cover a multi tude of sins. Good manners exalt a man or a woman. With a good twelve dollar suit of clothes and good manners a man can get f!0 worth of board at any hotel "on tick." We have prepared an article on table etiquette for our readers to swallow, it unless they chews : First When a man seats himself at the table he should remove his quid of tobacco and place it under the edge of his plate ; then he should stand up and reach across the table ami snatch the bill of fare from before the iierson op posite. Second He should begin on his soup by first taking a large spoonful and blowing in it. He should blow hard and allow the spray to spatter on the lady opposite. This will impress her with his elegant manners. Xext he should dip his head down into the soup plate, seize a spoonful ami at every mouthful he should suck hard, making a loud "s-s-p" this will attract the at tention of the people at the table to ward the polite gentleman. Third Order fish, and when you be gin eating It you can spit out the bones on the table cloth. If you can let a mouthful of bones fly from your lips to your right hand neighbor's plate it will give a irt i.-ular reli.-h to your neigh bor's food and cause him to admire your manners. Fourth when you receive your tur key take a wing in your left hand and seize it with your right fingers. Pull hard, and if you are an exjiert you will make your elbows cause considerable amusement to your neighbors on each side. If you can take good aim with an elbow and knock a set of false teeth from the mouth of either of your neigh bors, it will cause much laughter among the guests at the table, who will im mediately set you dowu as a natural born wag. Fifth In waiting upon yourself to butter, be sure and lick your knife blade clean before sticking it into the butter dish. Then when you want a taste of pickled cabbage or a mouthful of jelly, tike your knife to the jelly and your fingers to the cabbage. One thing be sure and do, and that is to put the vinegar bottle to your mouth and taste it before you pour any of it over your food. If you have a cold in the head, remember that napkins will an swer better than a handkerchief, and by all means never turn your back from the table when you cough or blow vour nose. If doing the latter, try to imitate the sound of the steam engine blowing off Us overplus of steam. It will im press people with your dignity and grandeur. Sixth Pie should be eaten iu haste. A quarter section of pie should make exactly three mouthfuls. Cut it with your knife, insert the blade underneath. then shovel it down like throwing a scoop of coal into an oen hatchway. If you can manage to knock over your cup of coffee with your right elbow it will lie a warning to your ueighliors to beware of the animals when thev are feeding. Seventh Before eating nuts place them on the table and crack them with a knife handle. Assort over the fancy cakes and pick out the one that suits you best, and Tie sure and till your pock- ets with oranges, raisins and nuts for lunch. Let us impress one thing on your mind, aud that is to shuttle your feet under the table as much as possible. Hit the feet of all the ladies you can. This will impress them with your gen tlemauly deportment in particular. I V casionally curse the waiter, making sure to use good, loud, emphatic oaths none of your little childish ones but oaths that have some italic bottom to them. After you have concluded your meal lay back in your chair and scratch your head vigorouslv with lxth hands. Your teeth you can pick with a fork. placing the food removed on the edge of your plate. Smack your lips, gulp up gas from the stomach. wie your lips with the table cloth, and placing a new quid of tobacco in your mouth you can rise with the proud consciousness that yon have impressed the people at the table with vour exalted manners. Three Cvreat fainter. Rubens, the handsome man, with LI- broad, open forehead; the joyous eye; the sober, resolute expression. We know the hat, set sideways on the shapely head; the graceful cloak; the well-bred, well-inspired a-et. The man who was a picture; the child of a contrite father and iioblv - forgiven mother. Some especial grace was thrown into his human lot to make amends for the sorrows out of which he came. There are two Italians whose names this master suggests to you. One is Michael Angelo, with his mastery of drawing and design. The other is Titan, with his glory of coloring. The mus scles of Michael Angelo, with the flesh and hair of Titian. Rubens saw aud studied the works of these great men, and obviously desired to combine their merits. In doing so, he has found other merits of his own. Free from the melancholy of Italy, savage in one of his models, tender in the other, he embodies for us the sunny health anil cheerfulness of Xorthern climes. The two beautiful women who were his wives look out to us from the back ground of happy, domestic life. Michael Angelo painted bis women iu the shall ows of his own loneliness, inspired by the mistress whom he could never call his own. Titian lavished his red and gold upon beauties less difficult, less unapproachable. Rubens, in one faniily portrait which crowns his tomb, ha painted those two women the dead wife in shadow, the living one in light with a tenderness which tells us that in the glowing present he did not for get the dreamy past. For words are wise men's counter's, they do but reckon by ihein ; but they are the money of fools. Thoma Zfucfcs.
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