- ''J. 1 B. F. SCHWEIER, the coESTrrunoir-THE xnnos-AHD tee nrroKCEMEirr or the laws. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXIII. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1879. NO. 23. iiiiili &iiirf il iepltai. " ; , 4 H. T. HELMBOLD'S COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU. PHARMACEUTICAL. A SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR ALL DISEASES or tuE For Debility. Loss of Memory. Indisposi tion to Exertion or Business, Shortness of Breath. Troubled with Thoughts of Disease. Dimness of Vision. Pain in the Back. Chest, anil Head. Rush of Blond to the Head, Pale loantenance. and Dry &kin. If these symptoms are allowed to fro on, very fretjuentiy Lnileptic tits and Con sumption follow. When the constitution becomes affected it requires the aid of an invigorating medicine to strengthen and tone up the system which "Helmbold's Buchu DOES IN EVERY CASE. IS TJNEQTJALED By anv remedy known. It is prescribed by the most eminent physicians all over the world, tn Rheumatism, Spermatorrhoea, Neuralgia, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipation, Aches and Pains, General Debility, Kidney Diseases, Liver Complaint, Nervous Debility, Epilepsy, Ilead Troubles, Paralysis, General Ill-Health. Spinal Diseases, Sciatica, Deafness, Decline, Lumbago, Catarrh, Nervous Complaints, Female Complaints, ic Headache. Pain In the Shoulders. Congn. Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Eruptions, tfati Taste Intbe Mouth. Palpitation of the Heart, Pain In the region of the Kidneys, and a thousand othe.r painful symptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. Helmbold's Buchu Invisorates the Stomach, And stimulates the torpid Liver. Bowels, and Kidneys to healthy action, In clniu nj the blood of all Impurities, aud Imparting new life and vigor to the whole system. A single trial will be quite sufficient to convince the most hesitating of its valuable remedial qualities. PRICE $1 PER BOTTLE Or Six Bottles for S5. Delivered to any address free from observa- Patients "may consult by letter, receiv ing the same attention as by calling, by answering the following questions: I Give yonr name and post-office address, county and State, and your nearest express office t . x. Your age and sex T S. Occupation T 4. Married or singlet ....... 5. Height, weight, now and In nealthl . How long have you been i T 7 Youreomplexion.eolorof hairann eyesx Have you a stooping or erect gait? iowlTat rcienTr'aoTiar receive onr attention, and we will give yon STnlture of your disease and our candid opinion concerning a cure. . Competent Physicians attend to rorres pon.lenu. All letteis should 'u,?fl toDfpensatory, 1217 Ubert treet, Phil Uuphut, Pa. H. T. HELM BOLD, Druggist and Chemist, Philadelphia, Pa.- Tfll POOR MAS 3 SABBATH DAT. The merry birds are singing. And ftvm the fragrant sod The spirits of a thousand flowers Go sweetly up to God ; While in bis holy temple We meet to praise and pray With cheerful voice and grateful lay. This Summer Sabbath Dav ! We thank thee. Lord, for one day To look heaven in the face ! The poor have only Sunday ; . The sweeter is the grace. Tub then they make the musio That sings their week away. Oh, there's a sweetness infinite In the poor man's Sabtath Day ! Tia as a burst of sunshine A tender fall of rain. That set the barest life a-bloom , Makes old hearts young again. The dry and dusty roadside With smiling flowers is gay : Tie open heaven one day in seven. The poor man's Sabbath Day ! Tis here the weary pilgrim. Doth reach his house of ease ; That blessed house, called "beautiful," And that soft chamber, ' 'peace" The River of Life runs through his dream. And the leaves of heaven are at play ! He sees the golden city gleam. This shining Sabbath Day ! Take heart, ye faint and fearful. Your cross with courage bear: So many a face now tearful Shall shine in glory there ; Where all the sorrow is banished. The tears are wiped away ; And all eternity shall be An endless Sabbath Day ! Ah ! there are empty places, 8ince last we mingled here ; There will be missing faces When we meet another year ! But heart to heart, before we part. Kow altogether pray Thst we may meet in heaven to spend The eternal Sabbath Day ! A Family Jar. Philemon Haves and Fanuy Ray had been just three weeks married. They sat at breakfast in their cozy dining room one fine morning in summer, totally infatuated with eacu oilier. ever sucu luinnincsa as theirs liefore! The felicity of Adam and his lady liefore they made the acquaintance of the serpent was not to oe mentioned in the same breath. Thev kissed e h other between every cup of" coffee, and embraced twice some times thnce d linns every meal. J ust now their were sneaking of disarrcenients. Some friends of theirs hail fallen out, and refused to fall in again. "We never will disagree. M ill we. PhiL dear?" asked Mrs. Fanny. "Disagree! Will the heavens fall.' re turned Phil. "f oineen-lv hone not. It would lie de cidedly disagreeable," laughed Fanny; "but, if I thought we should ever quarrel ml have harsh thoughts toward each other. I should be tempted to terminate my exist ence. 'My precious Fanny!" cried Phil, spring ing nn and unsettini the toast plate on the carpet, of which he was perfectly oblivious in his eagerness to get nis amis an Hint, r an- nv "mv foolish little Oar in? as U we should ever be so absurd (a kiss)! May I be drawn and quartered (anolner kiss; u lever speak one word that snail cause a tear to fill the divine eves of my dearest (a third explosion) Fanny!" "O, how happy you maKe me, run. i ahull trv no hard to he iust the faithful, lov ing wife you deserve. Now finish your breakfast, deary. 1 he toast win tie grow ing cold. And" ( , Phil, did you notice Mrs. Smith's horrid new bonnet last night? I declare it destroyed all my pleasure in the music I do wish people who wear such distasteful bonnets would stay at home from these delightful concerts!" "So do I, Fanny. 1 noticed tne ugiy thing the moment we entered the hall. Blue flowers and pink ribbons, and she as dark as a Creole!" "No, my love ; the flowers were green. Green and blue look so much alike by gas light." "I know they do, but I noticed it so par ticularly that I could not lie deceived. Blue especially light blue looks fearfully on a dark-complexioned woman." "Si it dues Phil : I ouite airree with VOU dear. But the flowers were not blue, they were green. I saw mem at .'ira. uray s shop before they were purchased." "Mr dearest Fannv. of course you think yourself right, love, but I have a very good eye for color, ana noticed tnese now era with creat attention. Blue anemones with yellow centers." "Green hibuscus with white centers, my dear Phil. Very pretty for a light-SKinned woman, but horrid for a brunette." "Why, Fanny, how absurd! As if I could not determine a color when I studied it half the evening!" "But it was by gas light, my love. It would look altogether different by daylight. It was such a pale green." "It was such a pale blue I rememlKT I thought of the sky before a storm." "And I thought of the sea. It was near ly sea-green." " hv, Fanny ridiculous: it was shy blue." ' ' "How you do contradict me, my Phile mon. It was a very light green." "And I insist it was blue." "Do you mean to tell me I lie?" "I mean to tell you you are mistaken." "Which amounts to the same tiling." "You make the application, Mrs Fanny Hayes. " "Mr. Philemon Hayes!" "Fanny!" "I say it was green, sir!" "I say it was blue so there;" "You are a wretch, I Till a real mean, heartless wretch, Ihil a real mean, heart less wretch!" and Fanny pushed back her plate angrily. "And you are an opinionated, sell-willed woman!" and Phil, in his agitation, upset the coffee, scalding the cat's back and him self at the same time. "The deuce!" cried he, rubbing his red fingers with his handkerchief. "I wish I had never seen a woman!" "What's that, sir?" "Confound the women! They're a curse to the world!" "You brute!" cried Mrs. Hayes, now thoroughly inaensed; "take that!" and, seizing the plate of muffins, she took aim at Phil's head ; but, being woman, her aim nt ueenmte ms it Ttiiirlit have been. and the plate went through the window, smashing in the tile of Fitz James Jones, who was passing, and the muffins were scattered in wild confusion aliout the room. Phil was indignant.. He laid his hand on the poker. "Uh, smite, excuumeu xuj. will only be in place with your other con duct. Don't let any notions f honor re strain you, because you never bad any. - - "Fannv, beware; you try me too far. xTMl " V, tr. rv. thnt I will. You .inhuman monster you -111 be divorced from you this very day. So there!" and the platter of ham made a journey after the muffins. Just at that moment Phil's Uncle John, a shrewd old fellow, appeared on the scene. He surveyed the group with an anxious twinkle of the eye. " hat s the matter, Fanny? Anything gone wrong?" he inquired. "Gone wrong! Matter enough! Oh Un cle John, he's a wretch, and set out to strike me with a poker. And she threw a plate of muffins and ham at me. "Hfc's a monster, Uncle John. Ill be divorced from him this very day. He is worse than a savage." "So he is," cried Uncle John entering warmly into the spirit of the thing. "So he is" stripping off his coat "and IH settle the matter at once. You stand back,Fanny ; I'll give him such a thrashing as he'll be likely to rememlier. Striking his wife with a poker, indeed! Ill rectify matters ;" and Uncle John grasped the long handled feather-duster, and flourished it threateningly around the head of his nephew. "There, sir take that, and that, and that!" exclaimed he, bringing down the feathers on the shoulders of the amazed Phil. "Fan nv, mv dear, I'll not leave a bone of him whole!" Fanny's round blue eyes had leen grow ing larger and larger and now her indig nation broke." "John Hayes!" she cried, "you're a heathen, and an old meddling vagabond! Let Phil alone! He's my dear, dear hus band, and you've no right to touch him. He's an angcL He never intended to strike me. Stop striking him, or you'll lie sorry!" and Fanny seized the broom from behind the door, and prepared to do battle. "Stand back!" cried Uncle John; "he's a monster, and deserves death. The man who has threatened to strike a woman ought to !e hung." Fanny's eyes blazed. She flew at Uncle John with the spite of a tigress, and the way the trio went round the room was worth witnessing. Uncle John after Phil with the duster, and Fanny after Uncle John with the broom. Phil made a spring for the window, but there was a whatnot in the way, and get ting his leg entangled in that he brought the whole concern to the floor. Ambnv types, books, vases, rare china and a hun dred cherished curiosities, all were involved in a direct ruin. Phil went down with the other things, Uncle John stumbled over him, and Fanny only saved herself by seizing the bcll-roe, which brought her two servants to the spot. Of course they took Phil and Uncle Joh . for housebreakers, and if Fanny a explana tions bad not been enforced by sundry touches of her broom-stick the consequen ces might have been serious. The first moment of calm was seized up on by the young couple to embrace each other. "My angel Fannv!" "My precious I'liil!" And then followed an explosion like the bursting of beer bottles. Uncle John left the house dining this in teresting performance, still firmly of the opinion that the surest way of reconciling a wife to her husband is to get a third person to help abuse him. A Strange Monster. Not long ago Captain Chad wick, of the tug tioat Alpha, shot a strange marine mon ster near Western Bar, on the Count of North Carolina. What is it f Some say turtle, some devil-fish, and the captain him self is of the opinion that it was "Old Nick' in person, and hereafter sinners may have no fear of punishment in the infernal regions. In fact, everyboby who hears about it has a different theory, and no two persons can agree on what it is and where it K-longs. The Smithville pilots say that his Satanic Majesty has been seen off the coast for the last twenty years, and he has never met any one who was bold enough to attack him until the gallant tar of the Alpha hove down on him and put an end to his career. Captain Chad wick sighted the "thing," alxMit eight miles off Western Bar and im mediately steered toward it When with in a short distance of it he fired at it with his rifle, the lmll passing through its neck and killing it. It required six men with their utmost strength, to pull it over the rail, and it is estimated that it weighed six or seven hundred pounds. The animal was seven feet long by three and a half feet wide. On the back was a hard black shell, like a turtle's, with three ridges running lengthwise The head was as large as a water bucket, and in the mouth, extending down into the throat, were rows of soft teeth. The tail was not more tlian eigh teen inches long, and project! in three prongs. The fins and feet were like a tur tle, with the exception that there were no claws. The Best Horse and the Best Soldier. Said Philippovich, Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian army of occupation in Bos nia, to a smart Sergeant of hussars, "What is the best horse in the squadron, eh ?" "No. 2, General ; bay, with four white feet and a blaze." 4rWhy do you consider him the best I" "Because he trots and gallops well, car ries his head well up, is still young, and has the best of tempers." "Well, who is the best Soldier In the squadron ?" "Nazy d'Anos, General. " "Why is he ?" "Because he takes care of his horse, is honest and serviceable, keeps his equip ments in perfect shape, and does his duty up to the handle." "Where is the horse you have cracked up so t" "It's my horse. General." "And who is the paragon of soldiers you have lauded thus ?" Tm the man. General. " "You rascal!" said pleasantly the com mander, as he passed his purse over to the trooper. He Agree.-. A ln.U- -aim wanted a dozen of e?es fresh from the country was among the farmers' wagons at the market, anu tne sigut oi a small bundle of grass in one of the vehicle, mm amused all the sentiment in her su tures. Snuffing at a handful of it she said to the farmer: "The country must lie beautiful these spring mornings." Ym an she is." he slowlv retried. "coming in this morning I saw two wagons sinrlc m a mua-noie. a ueau norse anu I mir'n fifty crows." 'These sunrises must be beautiful out tliere-" she continued. ' ; -Yes, they are. At sunrise this morn ing me'an Jim were eettin' a hoe from un der the hen-house, Purticst sunrise I ever t.iit tliof kfwr won't never An no more ' mnil in this world." "I suppose the grass looks very beauti ful," she said as the last egg was counted. - "Oh, I s'pose so, bnt Irve bin so rushed getting that big ditch finished that I haven't hardly noticed. Do your folks want to buy any unea pumpaiu i A Yankee Joker. On the bank of the Hudson river, in one of the villages that dot its shores, a lot of idlers were standing, seeing which could throw stones the farthest into the stream. A tall, raw-boned, slab-sided Yankee, and no mistake, came up and looked on. For awhile he said nothing, till a fellow in a green jacket, the leader of the party, a con ceited broth of a boy, began to try bis wit on Jonathan. " You catCt come that, said he, as he hurled a stone away out into the river. "Maybe not," said Jonathan; "but up in our country we've a purty big river consid erin', and t'other day I hove a man clear across it, and be came down lair and square on the other side of the nver." "Ha, ha, ha!" yelled his auditors. "WaL naow, yeou may laff; but I can den it again." "Do what?" said the green jacket; quickly. "I can take and heave yeou across mat river yonder, just like open and shut." "Bet you ten dollars of it." Done," said the Yankee, anil, drawing forth an X (upon a broken down-East bank), he covered the braggcr's shinplaster. "Kin you swim, feller? "Like a duck," said green jacket; and without farther parley, the Vermonter seized the knowing Yorker stoutly by the nape of the neck and the basement of his pants, jerked him from his Iixitliold, anil, with an almost superhuman effort, dashed the bully bead over heels from the bank some ten yards into the Hudson. A terrible shout ran tlirough the crowd as he floundered in the water, anil, amid the jeers and screams of his companions, the ducked bullv put liack to the shore and scrambled up the bank, half frozen by this sudden and involuntary Cold hath. "I ll take that ten spot, if you please. said the shivering loafer, advancing rapidly to the stakeholders. "You took us lor greenhorns, eh ? We'll show you how to do things down here in New York;" and the fellow claimed the twenty dollars. "Wal, I reck n you wuut take no ten spots jis' yit, captin." "Why, you've lost the bet." "Not edzactly. I didn't calkilate on deuin it the first time; but I tell yeou I kill deu it ;" and, in spite of the loafer's utmost efforts to escape him, he seized him by the scruff and the seat of his overalls, and pitched him three yards farther into the nver than upon the hrst triaL Again the bully returned amid the shouts of his mates, who enjoyed the sport im mensely. "Third time never fails," said the Yan kee, stripping off his coat ; "I kin deu it, I tell ve." "Hold on," said the almost petrified vic tim. "And I will deu it, if I try till tomor row mornin. "I rive it up ! shouted the sufferer le- twecn bis teeth, which now chattered like a mad badger's; --take the money." The Vermonter very coolly iiocki-ted the ten spot, and as he turned away, re marked "We am t much acquainted with you Lilian ioiks tiaiMiii iii-iu in imn, wu nart lolks ilaoun Here in iotk, out we t.ibn tl.a MfovatK anllt fF Alls Itn our way; and p'raps yeou won't try it ontu MlKliHHTJ Uc CTttivw va "I' stramrers amn. 1 reck n yeou wont,' he continued; and putting on a broad gnu of good-humor, he left the company to their reflections. A Connoisseur. lie was rather a well-dressed man, with long mustache, and he wore eye-glasses. As he approached the cigar-case the pro prietor stepped up with a bland smile, to see what was wanted. "I have always been a creat smoker ! in fact I have only used the choicest brands, j and as it is pretty difficult to get them in this part of the country I thought I would just step in and make an examination of your stock. 1 suppose you Keep the best eh ?" The dealer gave him the following stereo typed answer : "I keep tine very best cigtu in the city. "That's the ticket," stud the other ; "i'm glad to have met you ; I think I'll be a regular customer. I snioke on an average about a dollar's worth of cigars per iliem. Just let me take a look at some." "The dealer laid a handful on the counter, at the same time remarking : "These are the Ust thrce-for-a-quartcr in the universe." 'They may lie," responded the other, 'but they are too clieap for me. I never smoke anything less than a twenty-five center. Now, if you have some of them "I have, sir." broke, in the man behind the counter ; and he immediately produced some. I hate to buy anything I a:n not thor oughly acquainted with. This may be the best cigar in the land. I am very much in fatuated with its contour and general ap pearance, but, you know, you should never judge a cigar by its wrapper. Now, if you will just let me try one for a sample, 1 shall fill my case here every day if it comes up to my stamhird." "It isn't customary, but I'll make a de viation in your case." The man then lighted the cigar, tipped back in a chair, and puffed like a Turk, lie seemed as though dwelling in a realm of sunshine and flowers. After a while the dealer smiled very pleasantly, and said : "Now then, my dear sir, bow many sliall I put in your case if" "Not any, thank you." "Wasn't that a good one " "Not more than but I never like to disturb a man's equibriuni. I am a very sensitive person myself. Now, if you will kindly furnish me with your adilrcss and a three'eent stamp, I slmll take great pleas ure in dropping you a line or two, in which I shall give you my impartial opinion of your cigars ; may l nave me stamp i "Not much l 1 think you are a irauu ; roared the man behind the case. Then I'll get right out ; I don't wish to remain in your place any longer. If you call your customers frauds you cannot ex pect to get along successfully." "The cigar man was enwreathed in a frown which seemed to have in its temper ament all the furies of the elements. The sampler stepped lightly out, and, when he got around the corner, he lighted a fresh ci gar which he had surreptitiously appropri ated while talking to the proprietor of the establishment. Camaron Fishing. "Camaron' fishing is a pursuit highly thought of in the Island of Mauritius. "Camarons" are a species of cray-fish or fresh-water prawn which are plentiful in every river and stream in the colony. They are of a beautiful blue-black, with claws set at the end of feelers quite out of pro portions in length to their bodies, and a number of black legs, which, when spread out at the bottom of a stream, give them something the appearance of great spiders. They measure as much as six inches in length, and a large one will turn the scale at a quarter of a pound. When boiled they turn a dark red. and are almost a universal dish at every Mauritian dinner-party. They are in season during the summer, when the rivers are low, and the chae mix cama ron is made an excuse for many a pleasant party in the woods. . Ladies are lndelati ga ble fishers, and add a charm to parties by their presence. 'Hie mode of proceed ing is very curious. Arrived st the river side, generally a pretty English mannered brook, twisting and turning in the usuid vagrant fashion of brooks between high banks, the party are handed over to a score of old piqururx, poachers, and iuardicim, who have already got ready the fishing tackle. This consists of rods of thin bam boo six feet long, one end supplied with a slip noose made from the root of the wild indigo, which is stiff enough to remain open in the water, while it is sufficiently pliant to run together with the least pressure. Provided with one of these apiece, the fishermen are taken to the water's edge and planted in all sorts of queer positions over the likely pools, sonic astride of trees which have partially fallen, others on the shelving bank, supporting themselves by sticking their heels well in the'soil here and there, wherever the water gives promise of cama rons. The bait is manioc made into a paste and spread at the bottom of the stream. The paste is of the consistence of thin dough, and a portion of it is wrapped in a calatliuiu leaf, lightly folded and dropped dexterously into the water, when it falls to the bottom, carrying the paste with it, which gradually floats out and lies along the gravel. Now conies the period of ex pectancy. The glare of the sun on the water refli'Cts the shadows on its surface like a looking-glass, and the eyes weary of piercing the clear water, now ruflled by a puff of wind, fill with tears, and see strange things, as if in a dream, under the water. Every stone is magnified into a camaron, the bits of fallen sticks blackened by lying in the stream, assume the shape of the creature's claws, and the moving water adds life to the fancy. At last a camaron makes bis appearance, crawling lazily, and begins to pull in the manioc with his claw. The old piqueur who is looking after you grows excited, and points and whispers. At the most you can see some black lines zigzag ging along the bottom, and to catch the animal you must push the noose gently un der his tail till it is over his middle, and then with a smart jerk secure him. Added to the difficulty of seeing him, the camaron is cunning, and has a dislike to bis tail le ing interfered with, and so plants it firmly on the ground and defies you to get the noose under it. An impatient movement and he is off with a rapidity quite astonish ing, and each following attempt finds him more "touchy." But patience will at length be rewardeil, and with a final jerk the camaron is' pulled out struggling vio lently, and transferred to a pot carried for his reception. So the sport goes on: cama ron after camaron is persuaded to lift his tail, and pays the penalty in the pot, till the sun gets too hit and the camaron refuse to leave tneir cool holes under the bank. Then the vh:it nr retire to the "hangar" for breakfast, and spend the rest of the day as best they can till the piqueur come to announce that the game is feeding, when the party turn out and catch as many more as they can before night sets in. "I'll pay"lt,"Uerln-:,; x..i. ..i..:uu :.. t,,.i.. u-l... ',a , .. . , . ' ,,, unr.,.-,.,r . , of h) t 1 . . .'....' ! n,l nill4 nn,,,., .in,) i n nt.,Tr tv " U 1 i ft ri.m:lrkllI,,, ' rsiontowhistlincoranv.Hher I ... ... . . . .,. .if fi.: .... , . .. iJakcrsville. , thc wonhy Kha(!amanthug in question, became restive under the incess ant gabble of a flock of geese that were feeding on the grass plat behind the court house. "Sheriff, drive them geese off from her.-." "May it please your honor, everylmdy in town owns geese, and if I drive them off I can't keep them off." Then kill them," exclaimed the angry Judge, "and charge them to the court. j j The judge was stopping with the sheriff. mut at the end of the term the officer hand ed him the bill, one item of which was as follows : "Twelve geese at fifty cents each, $5." "Look here, McKinny," said the judge, "I liaven't tasted a piece of goose since l"ve leen on. the circuit." "True, your honor,, but you ordered nic to kill the geese about the court-house, and charge them to the court." "Ix)k here, sheriff," said the judge, at the Rime time expectorating his totweco juice with unusual rapidity, "You certain ly wasn't darn fool enough to kill them geese I Look thar now : twelve geese at fifty cents apiece, 1 II pay it, slienlt : I'll pay it ; but you ought to be removed from office for being a darn fool darn fool!" A Disgusted llride's Adi Ire. A San Francisco lady, who was recently united in the lionds of matrimony to a dis tinguished looking but exceedingly myste- .ious stranger, has discovered that instead of being a Mexican grandee her lord and master loods after a physician s horse and buggy for $:!' a month. After deciding that it would be wiser to go home and get her meals regularly than to stav with the coachmen and starve, she sent him the fol lowing pointed epistle : "I am deeply sorry that hunger and other circumstances over which I have no control compel me to write you this note. I find that you arc utterly unable to provide for me, and as I am at present unable to pro vide for you, I will have to leave you, and return to that happy home whence you stole me, and once more fill it with thc snnsliine of love. "Had I known that you expected nic to live on the morning breezes for breakfast, the trade winds for dinner, and the evening fogs for supper, I would have honestly told you that my constitution would not be equal to it. even where the atmosphere is so odor ous and substantial as in this hotel in Tar Flat, and would have declined to become your wife. "If you shall ever marry another lauy i trust you will remember the advice of your first wife, and that the demestic menu will consist of pudding made of plums rather than the north wind, and pics of pumpkins rather than of zephers ; in short, that you will provide her with a bill of fare rather than with a bill of air. If you meet me on the street hereafter pass me by as a perfect stranger, for if you do not I will be com pelled to give you the cut direct, Your wife, Mary." A Berlin BlU of Fare. Some of the dishes of a Berlin restaurant: Beef tea, with balls of marrow, eggs, and bread crumbs and small pieces. Pike and spinach, covered with moist sugar. Veal, cooked in oil and sprinkled with bread crumbs, surmounted by a sardine ; on one side of the dish a pickle, with moist sugar; on the other a lettuce h"ar ; at one end a piece of lemon and at the other a crawfish's claw, all swimming tn a thic-K, brown gravy. Gollash mit Nicker 1 is stewed meat in the same gravy the only one Berlinese cooks produce flanked by two small sausage- shaped dumplings. Goose, stuffed with pounded chestnuts, prunes, apples, calf's liver, onions, eggs and spice. Eels and carp are served with beer sauce ; beer soup is much in request, and beef stewed in beer and strongly flavored is a fovorite dish. There are white and red wines, and tne waiter carries adhesive labels in his pocket, which he licks and sticks on the bottle, ac- j cording tn the customer's order. A Widow OatwiUed. (.hit in that lieautiful land where the classic waters of Cherry creek take their rise and ripple tlirough a country as lonely as that which the returning Israelites looked upon as a home of delight, lives a wayward widower, who has been smitten with the charms of a neighboring widow. Both are well advanced in life, and are respectively the head of a numerous family. Fair sons and daughters grow around them. Tune has frosted the locks of both with a silver hue, and much of the freshness and vigor of life has passed beyond their reach. But their staid lives and rugged natures have still left some tender sympathies, which Cupid seeing, has let fly an arrow, which rankles in their hearts. Being neighbors, they knew, or thought they knew, each other well. Frequent mi-etings stirred in their memories some recollections of days of dalliance and youth. Before care and the busy bustling world had seared their hearts, they had known what it was to love, and perhaps sometimes each reverted with moistened eyes and tender sighs to two lit tle hillocks that nestled in the graveyard lieyond the hill. Perhaps this feeling drew them closer together. Be that as it may, the widow began to watch eagerly for the old man's coming, and the bloom in the matronly cheek became fresher and the eyes of the lady had a tenderer light when he was near. Of course, there are always persons who note these signs and report them; and gossip soon grew busy with their names. It was told far and wide, that this venerable couple were to be mar ried. With what feelings the grown up 8 ns and daughters heard the announce ment, it wouid be difficult to tell. The youngest daughter of the ancient suitor, however, 'was not pleased with the arrange ment, and determined to break it. She was a shrewd lass, and went about it in a business-like way. Putting on her lionnet, one afternoon, she called upon the widow. Sue fairly gushed with affection. "And so I am to have you for a mother?" The widow Mushed. "Oh, how happy we all are, and I do hope father will treat you well; but !" and the girl's face grew solemn and her eyes filled with tears. "Treat me well!" exclaimed the aston ished widow, "why, of course he will. What in the world can you mean t" and the widow's tones assumed an anxious inquiry. "Oil, I can never tell you," wailed the girl. ' "But you must tell me, my dear. 1 ou niust tell me!" importuned the widow. "You knew mv mother ?" "Yes." "She died suddenly, you know." "Yes, yes, I know." "From asthma!" "Yes, yes." "Oil, i" can never tell the rest," and the girl gave herself up to uncontrollable weep ing. But the willow's interest had now lie come ungovernable, and she pressed eager ly for an explanation. "Go on, go on, for pi'y's sake tell methe rest." "Well but you'll never tell ; you pro mise nie never to tell." "I swear it," solemnly protested the widow. "We but oh, it may have been a mis take we thought we saw a mark aliout her neck oh, what have I told, what have I told!" and the young lady sprang to her feet and rushed across the flxr 'wringing her hands in agony. The widow sat in speechless amazement. Her lips were pale and her eyes dilated horror. Her trembling voice twice essayed the sentence before she gave it utterance: "Choked to death!" ' Hi, madam, it may have been all a mis take," cried the sobbing girl. The willow stooped ami kissed her ten derly. "Go home, my child, I wish to be alone, but God hears me when I promise to keep your secret." The damsel staid not upon the order of her going, but went at once. Fairly clear of the premises, the solemn little face flung off its sadness and began to ripple with smiles. "I think I've stopped that wedding," she murmured softly and I didn't tell a story either. Mother did choke to death with asthma, and there was a mark an old scar on her neck. The idea of father marry ing that old woman." Well, the wedding didn't come off. There was a stormy interview lictween the widow and her suitor, and more than onee it was on the lady's tongue to call him a murderer; hut she restrained herself and simply said she had changed her mind." The old gentleman took a discouraging view of life for several days railed at wo men in general, and widows in particular and then settled down to his ordinary life. He never knew why the widow went back on him. now They Salted that .Mine. In the fall of 1873 I was prospecting around in Utah. One day w hen I was rid ing along on my animal, looking for a new prospect, I saw an right-mule team hitched to a loa-l of cement Iwrrels. "What are you doing with cement in this region," said I to the driver. But he was not inclined to be communicative. My curiosity was roused- 1 am something of an inventor my- elf, and I thought I would follow the wa gon and see what new use tney were puning so much cemnt to in a ruining country. I camped after the team for a couple of days until I saw it drive tip to a shaft. There was a shed over the shaft and under it a windlass. Near the shaft was stacked up alxiut 1 50 sacks of ore. I picked up two or three specimens. It was cliloride ore. One of the specimens assayed $i"0. I have the other specimens yeL "Are you going to build a mill ?" I asked the men at the shaft. But they were as uncommunicative as the teamster, and made me know that my absence would be about as pleasant as any advice I could give them. So I went off on my animal and prospected around in the neighborhood. I passed by the hoisting works several times. I saw that they had built a close shed near the shaft. I noticed that the cement and ore had disappeared. Not an ore sack, not a stave, nor a hoop, nor a barrel head was to lie seen. But the miners were no more so ciable than at first. I was not welcome there, so I wandered aliout awhile and then went back to Salt Lake. After I had been in Salt Lake a few weeks, there came to the city an old "cap italist," whom I had known for years in San Francisco. He remained there five or six weeks and I saw him frequently. He looked half tickled and half worried. I knew he had something "big" on his mind. Sure enough. He knew I was a prospector and something of a judge of rock. So one day he asked me if I would go out into the country with him a few days and look at a mine which he thought of buying. "Where .u . -v .. V. , il IS U1C 1111 UI. 1 A VU IMlG J""' ."a said I. "No," said he, "I have given them $2, 000 and I am again going out to look at it before signing the papers. They are going to get 1 200,000." "Well," said I, "I will and be of ser vice to you if I can." Well, we went to the mine. It was the old shaft to which I bad seen the cement bar rels hauled. The men did not know me. I had my city clothes on and I was shaved clean. They had a square shaft 37 feci deep. . We went down it. From the' top down to where they struck the ledge, there were little stringers of ore. At 30 feet down a wedge-shaped vein came in. Where they first struck it, it was about six inches wide, but it widened out as they went down, and where it crossed the bottom of the shaft, it was three and a half feet wide. It was a true fissure vein. The walls were smooth and hard country rock. It assayed from $75 to 80 a ton. On the whwle it had the appearance of a first-rate ledge. "Well, what do you think of it?" said the old gentleman. "Do you think this is the same ore as those specimens I showed you? I've had an expert here before and he says it is, and thinks the mine is a big thing." "Well," said I (we were off to one side when we hail this talk), "you've given tljem $2,000 since we've been here. That makes $4,0oo. Before you give them any more just get a permit for me to put a few shots into the vein." He asked the men, and they were glad to do anything to prove the richness of their claim. So I went to work in the bottom. The men wouldn't help me. The old gen tleman was too nice and weak; so I had to work with a single hand-drill. I blew out some of the side of the vein and some of the bottom. I found nothing but vein mat ter. The men were mighty happy, and wanted to know if we were not satisfied. "Wait till I put in a few more shots," said I. "Do you want to spoil the mine," said they. "Spoil the mine," said 1; "you have never seen better work than tliat. I guess I know something about mining." So I blew out a little more of the side and bottom. When I was ready I called the old man and we "consulteiL" "I.et us get away from this country," I said to him. "Don't you pay a cent for the mine; it's salted." "Look here," said he, '-you're playing me; you want to get some of your friends to buy it." "Coma down with me," I said. We went down together. I pulled out the loose ore from the side and bottom, and showed him the country-rock where the vein ought to be -I hail struck it aliout four feet below the bottom of the shaft. He thought we hail better leave, too. But I told him to be careful, and not to let them know what all the biographies of t 'e Italian soldier and we had found out. "They are regular ! patriot she is alone mentioned by her mountain cut-throats. There's another of I Christian name of Amita. She was a bni them that you haven't seen; he's shut up in nette, with black, piercing eyes ; of a licau that shed. ' He's the artist of the party; he tiful figure and a queenly majesty in her made the mixture for the vein." " deportment; active, daring, high-spirited So we pitched the broken ore back into in every respect worthy of her husband, the holes, hitched up our animals, told the ' Her courage was remarkable. A short men to come into Salt Lake for their mon- j t'"'c after her marriage, she particqKited in ey, and started for town. The old gentle- an engagement at sea with her hasbami, re man did not pay $2.Vi,0"0 for that mine. fusing to go ash. .re, and during the flight n- ii i . i . r. ..i, insisted on n-nuuning on deck, where she ell, a few davs after they came to tow n , - . r . .t ,.Vv . i. .i . o ' armed herself and cheered the men. In for their pay. "Did you have the ore as-. ... , . - , .;. , , - - n s i . the heat of the battle she maintained a posi saved? thev asked me. "No, said I; I.. ., . ,. , ..r...t ,i;.i"" ir..w.i;.l ;t " ")li i tion near the gunners, flourishing a saber. .. , . .ill : ..,... l i aim luspiioi me men v weens ui titiitr, it went lust what Vou told him it wouliL 1 . . . . . . . i- i i r ".i . " ui .l i n ii when she was, at last, hurled to the deck ' Were glad of that. "Iok here, 1 . f i . i i i -n i. .i c i .- ii- hv the wind of a passing shot which killed B ud to them, confidentially, "if your game - . ? . .. Iiad succeeded you might luivelwen lynched, . - ' ' ...... . . J ,t i ,m-i,.,, U'lieving that he would hud her a corpse. I It UUI U I HHJ UltUll lilt , Kllil. Iiecame of tin ee cement barrels; I a?keiL ! ...iv. -1 . i .i ...... ; "W hv dnln t vou pack that cement in u Vi " i i. 1 1....1 sacks? "Some people know a good deal, -i .i . . i . don t thev? said they. "Some people do, sanll. Some don l. ' Shortly afterw ards those men disappeared fmm Salt Ijlke. i i The old gentleman gave me 1,oOO, ; begged me never to tell anyoom. rsmie . jn? M,(W aI),. jIlim,.(ll.ltl.Iv r)-,pn,.art.,i, twelve months after, when I piissv.1 the llrivin:J H.f(M-,. i.r ti,t. ,. witli.sli.iii., shaft, I found that all the pay ore bail been M Ums riir(.t.(, to )hltv ,(V a n.UlU. cleaned out and carried away to some other wollmn, s;Uu ri.ni:,ii i "the j.ilt f the unknown locality. battle to the end; and after the struggle i ; accompanied her husband in all his unili r- A Woman I'nder Water. 1 takings, and died while flying with him "Don't go out on that log!" screamed I the masculine attendant as one of the dam-! sels walked out on the careening limb of an old dead tree, which lay diagonally with the bank. "Why?" But she kept on going. "It will turn with you!" shouted the' gentleman, warningly. j "How can it ?" and the line with a long sweep of the pole descended into the water. ! sjHuk to some purpose. Mart-robins tells Just then there was a slight oscillation of . us that when Augustus t'asar was returning the log, two dainty feet sweep from under in triumph to Koine from his victory over a cloud of skirts, a sylph-like form, bent . Mark Anthony, there appeared among the gracefully to the treacherous tlfoA, anil, ' crowd which welcomed him a bird borne on with a stifled scream, liody and feet disap- 1 a man's hand, which flapped his wings ami pearetl from view. But fora moment only. ' cried out "Heaven save the Emperor, vic The next instant, like the twin extremities torious C:i-sarl" Augustus, delighted to of a pair of scissors, two symmetrically hear himself saluted by this winged Sokes modtlcd female continuations appeared ( man, gave the owner a handsome sum of aliove the surface, boblied aliout for a 1 money, refusing to sh:ire any of it w ith an secontl, and then sank again. By this time ' associate who had aided him in training his the gentleman was in the water, and by I jackdaw. This men, in order to be re good fortune contrived to get hold of one of i vengeil, and to show the loyality which had the gaiter-clad feet, ami was tugging away animate! his friend, ttrotight to the empe manfully in the direction of the bank. But ror another bird which they hail in training the unfortunate lady appeared to lie turni d and which cried out, "Heaven save the v wrong side out, and dragged heavily like an I torious Mark Anthony!"' Augustus, whose inverted umbrella. But a landing was , good nature is well known, only laughed at made at last, and the young lady, like a the joke, and "ordered the confederates to capsized sailing vessel, was put right side divide the money. After this lilx-rality in up with care. As soon, however, as she this instance, he had a nuiiilier of speaking had regained her usual balance, she turned j:u-kilaws and parrots brought to lum. me furiously upon her rescuer. pour fellow, a shoemaker, took great pains "You wretch! Why did you pull me . to teach a bird whit h he had procured for out by the feet?" that purpose, hoping to make his fortuue by "Because I couldn't get hold of any other ' it. The bird, who hat! no such prospects, part of you. You seemed to me to be all but was a slow scholar, and his master, in legs." the miilst of his lessons, often ejaculated, "Sir! How dare you?" in despair, "Well, I have lost my lalior!" "I beg pardon; but really 1 did the Ust Having, at last, however, and with much I could." pains completed his education, the jack- The subject was too delicate to continue, daw was brought one day to salute Augus but it was evident the lady and her frientls , tus, and repeated the wonls: "Heaven were excessively indignant. No apologies save the Emmnir," with great distinctness. could conciliate them, and it was in a tone of inexpressible sorrow that he said in turn ing away: "If you ladies will persist in turning up side down when you get into the water I can't help it," The Slnklocof a Mountain. On the 2oth of April, about two o'clock a. w., there was some very heavy thunder and lightning, and a terrible shaking was plainly felt near Tallulah, Georgia. On the next day it was found that the north east side of tTiatt-Joga Mountain, four miles rtheast of Tallulah, Haliersham County, Ga., sloping down to the Chattooga River, nt at an angle oi 4" degrees, the top of the mountain being aliout 1,200 feet aliove the river, was gradually sinking. A party of men visited the mountain last Sabbath, and found that it was not sliding but sinking, means of their tongues, when the causticity There was a break near the top, and at one of the alkali is found weak, a long r solu place over the top of a sloping ridge was a tion is allowed. When the skins a-e taken perpendicular rock, the depth of which was out, they are taken to the river ami left al)OUt sixteen feet and the extent thirty or under water for a day and night. Next a forty acres. The bank was in the shape of vedro of dog's dung is boiled in as much a horseshoe, the toe being at the top of the j water as will soak fifty skins, the latter be mountain. Trees were standing w ith their i ing put into this solution when it is at the tops downward, and the roots and large ; heat which the skins can liear, anil in this stones were seen on the mountain. Aliout t they remain one day and night. Tlie skins tliree years ago we felt a severe quaking at are then sewed up water-tight; about one ni"ht. The night was clear, aud it was re- j third of what the skin will contain is then ported that "Devil's Pulpit" was shaken filled up with leaves and small twigs, chop down. An old gentleman living near this ped together, of the plant called toll .knanka, m,r,(,;n informs us thnr a lar.r crack w.is or bearlierry. and the skins fillet! with discovered about the time of the quaking, but little notice was taken of it until re cently. Some fear is manifested by those living near the mountain. It is not uncom mon in Florida for large bodl of island to sink, but I don't think it common in a mountain country, as our mountains are nearly all composed of rock, - Cumulative Prosperity. "Whoa! and as he dropped the Hues over the old mare's back, he sung out, "Hulloa, Spriggins, what ye up to ? build ing a chicken coop, eh ?'' "Yes, kinder, sorter putt'm' one together. Two hens come off yesterday and I was s' infernal busy that I haven't but just gt around to fixin' 'em up a place. I started to build a coop, but I had to leave it off and dispose of a couple of kittens. Don't like to have too many cats 'round to once." "Chickens and kittens the same day ? You must be growing prosperous." "Well, kinder, sorter prosperous," said Spriggins in an off-hand sort of way. "Want to buy a nice Shepherd pup ? Got tliree lively ones, good blood ; mother's full Bister took second prize at the bench show." "No, can't say as I do," was the reply. "Oh ! what's ever In-come of that line liack alderney I sold you last year." "She's all right, I should like to sell ye her calf. He's a rouser, now I tell ye. I'll let him go reasonable; I've got too much young stock on my hands just now. ' "Well, 1 should think you was accumu lating a little, according to your own sto ry," and his friend run over the list of poul try, felines, canines, and liovincs in his mind. "Perhaps you take to horses more than to cattle. I'd trade off Nan and the colt if I had a chance." 'I guess not, I must be getting home, I'm not on the trade to-day. Get up! Whoa ! By the way, how's your folks ?"' "Well, as well as could lie expecteil, you see it was twins again, and " "Spriggins! You don't mean it? you can't lie enjoying such cumulative prosjcri ty ? It's too much !'' "It is considerable," remarke'd Spriggins, and he lowered his voice, "another day like yesterday would be more giod lin k than 1 could stand." His friend chirruped up his team ami slowly drove off in a most meditative niood. The Wife of Garibaldi. The wife of Garibaldi was a heroine in her day, and the event may well be chroni cled with the deeds of daring which mark the career of her distinguished partner. In ' . , the blood of the men who had fallen at her ... . . . . . Side, but quite unhurt, t.anlialill U-gged . . . i .-i .i . her to go below and remain until the action , ... , , ''but onlv to drive out the sneaking cowards wh() are sk,,;-.,,!- there!" for a moment U- i f.., . 1 fore she had seen two or three men desert ace of safety. Ami, go- : from the Austrians. Speaking Jackdaws. In modern times parrots are almost the only birtLs that have the gift of speech, though connoisseurs are not ignorant that the starling and jackdaw, when properly ei!uca!i tl, have good abilities in that way. The ancients eoulil at tinies make them Tut!" said the Emperor, "I have too many courtiers of your kind." "Well,'' cried the jackdaw, who had at that moment reniemlK-retl his master, "well, I have lost my labor!' The Emperor w:is so much amused with its answer, that he iniught the feathered wit fir double the e;iecletl siUU. Tanning Knssia Leather, In prejianng the famous Russian leather for book-biudiiig, thc hides to be tanned are first laid to soak for three days and nights in a solution of potash to which some oiiicklime has liecn added. The potash used is made of the tree called in Russia ilim, thc elm; it is purineil, so that it is of a orown coior ami carun Bipcai-.ime alxait twelve ponds of this, each pood lieing j equal to thirty-six English pounds, ami two pootls of. lime for one humlred skins. By I water; they'are now laid one on the otlu r in a large trough, with heavy stones upon them, so as to press the infusion through the pores of skin in about four hours. 'Af ter this the skins are taken to the river and washetl, and are ready for the dyeing,"! hi' whitest skins being laid aside for the red and vellow leather & ' OLD CVKBTWHE&X """""""" "" m
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