XV. A" it WW El il B. F. SOHWEIER, ID OOXHTTTUTIOJ-THE UHOl-AID TEE rXTOXOaCEJT GT TD LiD. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXV. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY.- OECEMUEU 21. ISS1. NO. 50. 1 1 II A COOIt MOHT. BT-ana-bj me evening fan. Son of labor rest. Weary cattle seek the stalls. Bird are la the net. BT-and-by the tide will turn. Chance comes o'er the ty, Lite's hard task the child will learn. Br-and-bre. rty-and-bje the din will oex-ie. Day's king hoars be past, ItT-and-bje in holy peace We ahaU have sleep at last. Calm will be the sea wind's roar, Calm we too stall lie. Toil and moil and weep no more ; By-and-bye. TOl IXG WITH CCPID, Arnold Win ton, strolling np and down the upper deck of the steamship Both nia, with a fragrant Ilavana held bet ween his lips, was (a most unwonted excercise for bin.) thinking deeply, nor judging from the smile playing abcu his mouth and lightning up the dark handsome faoe, was the subject o thought at all disagreeable. It was, in fact, no less a subject than represented some five feet five inches of blonde humanity, in the shape of Mrs Bay's governess. Mra. Ray herself had not, during the five days they had been ont at sea, been seen above decks, but Miss Thornton had braved both wind and weather, and, with or without her little eight j ear old charge, had sought every opportunity to escape from the stifling cabin into a purer atmosphere. ! Life on shiplxxtrd had promised to be monotonous to Mr. Winton, until a kindly fate and chance introduction threw him across Cecil Thornton's path. He had amused himself with women all his hie. and, of course a governess was fair sport She would be very grateful to him, that he, one of the lions of New York's society, vouchsafed his kindly attentions. Of course it was merely to pass away the time. She must underbtsand that, fuuigh certainly nothing of tliis or the foregoing mus ings were apparent in this manner, as, just as they reached this stage, a Alight figure encased in a water-proof appeared at the other end of the deck, but out from the water-proof peeped out a be wilderingly love'.y face and over it broke a rrvisluug smile, as he came eagerly toward to meet her. "I am so glad yon have 001110," he said; "and aloue, too. Xaed I throw away my cigar? May I smoke?" "Certainly, I like it, you know, the odor of tobacco. Oh, how good this air feels! l'oor Mrs. Bay! She haa been so very sick to day." "Aud yon have been so much with her, leaving mo to depend ou my own resources. There are such stupid people too, oa board. But for the happy acci dent of meeting you, I feel I should ere this have grown desperate, and buried niv sorrow beneath the waves. Now I oldv dread the dav when ot.r vessel shall ride into port." She raised to him those great be wild tred eyes. "You mean," she said, with uncon scious pain in her voice," that then wCl lw the. end. that I shall see you no more?" "No, no!" he answered quickly, striv ing to dissipate the impression. meant that I would not have the daily almost honrly o -portunities of meeting von that we have bee. Docs the thought give you any pain? lie bent Ids head lowor as he spoke, and somehow hi head hid from view the little white fingers that lay upon his arm. "Ocil. wiil'you remember these days the uighth?" si. Kiu-t.-.! at the sound of her n :me. Mr Winton. vou must not." she murmured. "How did yon know it?" "I think I should have known it by iuhtinot " he replied. "In reality, heard the child one day say 'Miss Cecil' -lif.n sha addressed you. It is so sweet a name I was glad to find it yours." The moonlight failed to hide the fl sh kid auick glance noted, and the little hand on his arm trembled. What mat tered it! Another week on shipboard remained to him. A week was an eter nirv without some l.ve divertiseroent and once oa shore, with his feet on Bolid ground, if she lied made a mistake she would not be very long iu uisuuycwug Yet as the davs wore on, he began to realize that it would cost him too, pome- tl.iiiir of a wrench. If he were a fabu lonslv rich man. if he could afford to fol low the bent of his own free will he would be almost tempted to link the girl's fortunes irrevocably with hi. Her leanty thrilled lava, it was upon m .11 "its force, on the last night they were to speed together on board the vessel. Thev had lotn talking long and earnr stir, and the night was growing "I dread to morrow!" said the girl, nViveriuir. . "And whv?" he questioned. "Because it seperates us?" Kl. m.lifted to his sight the pale, i...(;rl f u-A with its answer written Hi AT The tenip'.R'ioo was stronger than his n..ctli. HesloiMKHl and preasea fervent kie npon the ripe red lips. The ia ruLflHive in bis t-ulrace. At Uiat instant Mrs Bay, unhappily ml from her recent illness stepped in front of them. "Miss Thornton!'' she said iu tones of innralnlonii aniazcnient ' Then she waited for an explanation of the scene. Receiving none, sha turned nr,tlv away in evident displeasure. Cec il drew Lerself from Arnold Win ed and half questioned. "Why did you not speak ?" "There was nothing to say," he re plied, shrugging his shoulders. "Nothing to say?,' she repeated. "Could you not have told her what I was to you?" - "And what is that?" he asked. "You ask me?" she answered. "What have your words and kisses meant? Did you not love me? Did you mean me to be your wife?" "I loved you yes; but really I have not given consideration to the question of matrimony. Do not be foolish.CeciL am ready to do anything ia reason.my dear, to atone for any trouble you may get into on my account " "Hush!" she cried, stamping her foot upon the deck, her eyes flashing in his face. . "Don't make me despise yon here! An hour ago I loved you. Think of it! An hour ago I would have lived forever on" the narrow limits of this ship alone with you, and considered myse f blessed among woman. Now I wonder the whole world is wide enongh to hold if us two, and give my contempt breathing space!" The scathing words left him no reply. They 8 till burned in his soul after the echo of her retreating footsteps had died away. . ' For the first time in his life he felt contempt for himself, and the sensation was by no means agreeable. Neither could he shake it off as the days merged into weeks. He wondered too, if Miss Thornton had been discharged. No! he learned that she was still in Mrs. Ray's service. Doubtless she had made satisfactory ex planation, and Mrs. Ray had pardoned the indiscretion.' ' This should have satisfied him but it failed to do so. He grew more and more ill at ease restless, almost unhap py. At last, like a lightning flash it burst upon him. He had been playing with fire and it had burnt him; he had been playing with love, and Cupid had re venged ; him in Jove with but one hope?, one thought, one wish to gain, Cecil Thorton for his own his wife. Of course he would have to ask her forgiveness. For a time she might he sitate to grant it. but in the end he must win. After all, his means were ample to provide his wife with every comfort, and her beauty would adorn his home! Why had he been so blind ? Poor child! How much she must have suffered! The more he thought of it the nearer came the reality home to him, and the more impatient he grew for the fulfil ment of his desire.. Confident and rejoicing, he pulled Mrs. Ray's bell, in the dusk of a winter evening. "Yes, sir. Miss xuornton is in me library," said the man who admitted him. She sprang up with a glad cry at the sound of his footstep," then drew back, her face growing very pale as she recog nized him. He came forward, with outstretched Ji unrig ' "Miss Thorton Cecil!" he began. "I have come to acknowledge my wrong, and to beg your forgiveness. Oh, dar ling, these months have taught me my own heart, and how your image fills it! cannot tear it out I was. mad that night mad! Now I am sane, and I have come to fall at your feet, if needs be, if but yon will smile your forgive ness into my eyes, and say to me you will become my loved and honored wife. Thrice she had tried to check him but in vain. "Hush!" she said, now very gently. I am Borry for this, yet glad that I can give you back a portion of my forfeited respect More, Mr.; Winton, yoa can never claim. My love for you was killed at one fell blow, I thought that I could never live again for any man, but I have leamt differently.' I am engaged to be married to Mr.' Clive, Mrs Ray's brother. I thought it was he when you oame. We. are to be married next month. It's but just that you should know." ' V" Just? ' Aye, with .the awful justice which made of Harold Winton'a future life so barren and cheerless a thing jus with the justice which made men's praise of John Give's beautiful wife a two- edged sword in his soul just with the justice of his own outraged love, wuicn, . . 1 , 1 i :.-.. too late snoweu mm ui dii.-.m. Mrwiali One of the London medical journals declares that the great prevalence of neuralgia or what commonly goes by that name.should be regarded as a warn ing indicative of a low condition ol health, which must necessarily render its subjects peculiarly susceptible to the invasion of diseases cf an aggressive type. . It is always essential that the vi tal forces should be vigorous and the nerve power in especial in full develop ment bnt neuralgia indicates a low or depressed stat? of vitality poor and weak state and should be promptly placed under treatment Kniamvi Officer "flow's this. Mur phy f Tbe sameant complains that you called h'm names?" Private Murphy "Plaze, surr. I nier called him soy name at all. All I said was, Sergeant,' said I, ,-ome of us ought Ao be in a menagerie 1 un.K tt rewsDaDers ! Why can' .1,- ... niflh items out t" exclaimed nndertaker. when he read an ar t.c!e warning people not to. indulge too frre'y in green iruiu . 1 utinn ia the avarice of power.' To know is one thing, to do is an The Mutilated Cummer Quaatloa. "I can't take that nickel," said a horse-car conducter to a man who got in at the City HalL ; ; "Tot to de matter mit dot goin ?" asked the passenger, blandly. "It's no good. It's got a hole in it," replied the conductor, gruffly. "1st dot so? Off you please you show me dot holes." "Look at it We can't take any such money as that" "Oxcnse me," smiled the passenger, and he handed over a dime, "That's worse yet," growled the con ductor. "Yos dot dime full ' of holes, too V asked the passenger looking up innocent ly. "Here's a whole side chipped; out We ain't allowed to take mutilated money," and the conductor handed it back. v "So?" inquired the passenger. "Haf yon changes for heluf a dollar?" and he passed over another co n. "What's this?" asked the conductor, contemptuously. "Ft as bald as a dea con. There ain't a scratch on it to show whether it's an overcoat button or a skating rink. Haven't yon ' got any money?" "Yell, I should make smiles!' said the passenger, good humoredly. '-Hare is fife tollar.and yon can paste it togeth er ven yon got some leisures. Haf yon got changes off dot fife tollars," and he handed over a bill torn in fonr or eight pieces. I don't want no more fooling," said the conductor. "If you can't pay your fare, get off." . . "Yell, don'd make so many troubles. I vill bay you," and he pulled out a Mexican quarter. '-Gif me bennies," he suggested. . . ... "Look here, are yon going to pay your fare or not!" "Off gourse. May be you vas vating for dat moneys, and he took back his quarter and substituted an English six pence. "New you get off this car! roared the conductor. "Yere has dese cars got by?" asked the passenger, rising to obey. "Fulton Ferry, said the conductor. "Den I may as well get owit. You dell dem gompanies dot some dimes do make more money as ode dimes off dvy dook voteffer dey got instead of going midout nooings, don't it?" And the smiling passenger, having ridden to the end of the line, crossed the ferry, observing to himself. "Dot vas petter off. I safe such moneys, und some dimes I go owit to East Nyatick und it don'd gost me no mere as nod- dings at all," .Caucfct hj: Ua Camera. She was a little woman, fierce-faced, scraggy as the ragged edge of circular saw, and the white lawn dress and white chip hat she had on looked as if they had got on the wrong woman in a scuf fle between herself and somebody who weighed 200 pounds more than she weighed. She had been np to the door of the camera obscura building early in the day, bnt the structure was not yet finishi d, and McManus told her to come around again in the af ternon, when the roof of the building would be in place. She came back at fonr o'clock, appar ently more determined than ever to see the show. The building was now ready, and as she pulled ont a yellow pocket book she asked: "How much does it take to get in?" "Ten cents," answered Mr. McMan us. 'And how much to stay in?" 'Yon can stay in as long as yon like,' said the manager, "and it won't cost yon cent more. "Well, I want to stay in till closin' np time, and I want you to keep that sec tion of stove pipe pointed at one place. You don't need no lecturer to show me the beauties and high art of the thing. I know my business, and while I'm after something it's got to do some slick run ning to get away." 'You can point the camera wherever yon please," was the reply, The woman put down ten cents and want in. Jimmy Hannerty was inside, and beiran turninff the camera around. The woman looked in, but Apparently took no interest in the pictures until a spot on Washington avenue was arrived at ".Now, go slow, she said, "you re cettinir near home. Jimmy turned the camera very slow ly. "Hold on," she yelled, "now you ve struck it Yon can ler the sun shine in this particular spot and go over to the saloon corner and sit under the awning for a while. 111 run things, and if there's any thing to pay I've got the stack of money to do it with. The young man said he could wait until the visitors got tired, and then she told her story. "Yon see that woman in that window. pointing to a lady sitting at a window of a Washington avenue house; "Well; she's red-headed, squint -eyed, lop shouldered and has a strawberry-mark on her nose, and do yon think she's nearly as handsome as me?' The young man did not think it srfe to award the apple to the Holen in the sun picture on the table before them. "Neither do L" continued the small and scragey woman, "bnt I've got husband that doesn't know beauty even when he rubs his nose against it and hasn't an eye in his head that Td give a two-cmt piece for If I waa buying eyes for an artist He passes by here from wnrk verr dav between five and six o'clock, and I hear he flirts wilh that red-headed heart-breaker across the street I m going to wait here and see for myself, and if I catch him there won't be doctors enough in town to put his pieces together after I once get him home," The woman kept her eyes fastened on the spot for some minntes, bnt other persons coining obliged the young man in charge to shift the camera. Large crowds kept coming in and going out until after five o'clock, but the scraggy little woman remained. When she was alone with the lecturer she asked that the manager be called in and bought the show for the rest of the afternoon. From 5.05 o'clock the camera reflected the picture of the Washington avenue house with the woman at the window. The anxious little wife, the lecturer and Mr. McManus kept their eyes fastened on the picture. Til bet that's him," said George, as well-dressed and gentlemanly-appear ing man walked along the pavement "Yes, you bet that's him," said the oman, becoming intensely lnteresieu in the picture. : . "Look there, ho lifts his hat," said the manager. And bows and smiles," added the lecturer. "And that caroty-haired a traction in the window smiled as if she'd eaten something that soured on her stomach," continued the woman. "Open the door. Let me' confront him in his guilt, and then stuff cotton in your ears if you're any where around when we get home." The little woman broke for the door, and went down the stairs like a barrel of flour with its fastest legs on. George and Jimmy followed the man np the street with the camera. The snn-pict-ure reflected him quietly promenading the avenue for about a half block, then he turned around, and when he sudden ly turned btck his head again his pace quickened. There was a car ahead and he ran for it. Following him was a small scraggy womnt in white. She waved her hand at the fleeing man and she shouted, but when he entered the street car, and the vehicle passed from sight, she turned back, and the last seen of her she was talking to a tall police man on the corner, and was pointing after the car as if she wanted the officer to arrest the driver or fire a shot or two after the fugitive husband. A Rich Di.lt. A correspondent says 011 the street called Okiyo-koge (High resting place of the Mikado), in Tokio, is a restau rant "where persons can enjoy the su preme delight of broiled eels." Iu com pany with a friend I visited the eel hocse and was shown by the proprietor into tbe kitchen. A cook seleeted a vigor ously squirming fish, struck its head smartly upon a wooden block placed upon the floor, and kneeling by it grasp ed the creature's neck, inserted a knife in the left side of the vetebra and dex terously ran it down to the tail, then rapidly applied his Instrument to the other side of the backbone and repeated the process, leaving the eel split open. Holding np the head, to which was at tached the vertebra and lateral bones enclosing the intestines, he bowed and said: "There is not a splinter left in the fish." The operate washed down the block, chopped the flattened eel into three-inch lengths and shouted to a cook who advanced and removed it on a tush. We advanced to a range and saw anoth er cook skewering the pieces of eel on long bamboo splints. Then he placed them on the rods over the glowing coals and wjen one side was browned, dexte rously picked them up with a pair of iron chopsticks and turned them. After they were thoroughly cooked he seized the fish with tbe same instrument and planged it into a vessel containing old shovn. which was as thick and dork as molasses. I took mv choputicks in my right hand inserted the point in the fish, broke off a morsel and ate. Ye gods! It was de licious, rieh, tender, delicately flavored. and boneless! I drew my box toward me, nodded approvingly at tin attend ant and enjoyed the delectable- food. The smiling eirl brought in box after box, the contents of each being nicer than the last I have partaken of fried oysters at home, broiled fish in all coun tries and the delicacies of every clime, bnt have never more thoroughly enjoyed any dish than 1 did those unagi. Abmt-MlsdMiwM. - It is anawkward thing to be absent-mind ed. Tbe story is told of a certain gentle man of Detroit, who discovered tnis at his cost. It so happened the other day that the dinine-room of the club which be frequents was quite full, when a tnan wbo chanced to know his particular failing came in very hungry. Tbe waiter told the new- comer there was no room at present Spy lag our absent-minded mend comlortanly seated and reading the newspaper, a bril liant idea struck the hungry man. "Has Mr. A. dined yet," he questioned. "No sir, replied the waiter. "Well, never mind, take him Ma bill anil tell him he has had bis dinner." - The waiter hesitatetT a moment and then appreciating "the situation went over to Mr. A. and banded bun bis bill. ' "What is this fori'' quoth the poe fellow. For your dinner, sir. -, 'My dinner ah! Have I really ha-'I it?' "Yes, sir," rej lined tbe waiter ia all in nocence, j 'Dear me, I had an idea -t was waiting for it Whet a curious mistake." And with a comtemplative smile Mr. A. sauntered out of the room, leaving his table for the use of tbe genius wbo bai prvUed by his absent-mindedness. Sojourner Truth, the colored ex-slave, m ho in 10.1 years old. ia still lecturinir. she was bom a slave on the banks of the Hudson river, and was owned by a Holland family. Her name was Belle Hardenberg. Furs are now engaging the attention of those who are making ready their winter wardrobes. During the last few days of positively - warm weather it is impossible to say what furs the world of Loudon will wear; bnt still, what the furriers lave prepared in the way of fur-lined cloaks, fur trimmings, pele rines, and mantles are all objects of in terest at present Fur lined circulars are warm and comfortable, bnt not pretty; they are, however, the best extra wrap yet intro duced, and they suit slender purses be cause they accepted as a general fash ion. The new circulars have arm holes cut in them, trimmed round with fur; and, instead of being lined with squir rel lock, which is the breast of the skin, and has white for its predominating color, preference is given to the all-gray lining, which is the back of the skin, but is decidely heavier than the squirrel lock. Rich materials' are now' used for the exterior of these circulars velvet embossed with large flowers; tremerlain (a new soft twilled silk, with satin lustre) damask satin, Sicilienne, satin de Lyon, inerveiJ'eux and camel's hair . are all to be seen; bnt as circulars are only wraps, the wisest course is to select material about which tbe mind may be at rest if the wearer ia overtaken by rain or snow. The sot of fur now seems limited to cape and muff; the former is large; the latter small. Black furs are in high favor such as black hare aud glossy black fox. Beaver is also likely to be much worn, and it is a skin that is dressed in various ways, appears in natural brown, as oelored, plncked.half plncked, silvery or pointed, and as the new golden beaver. Next in favor to black furs rank the brown ones,' and there are none prettier than the beaver that Nature, not art, has shaded. The golden beaver, bleached into a bright hne, looks well on a black velvet cos tume. Great care should he taken when purchasing the pointed beaver, as its silvery h"irs sewn in at intervals are sometimes only glued, and disappear quickly when in wear. Sealskin jackets and sealskin cloaks are both made. The former measure from thirty-four to thirty-eix inches in length, and the latter are as long as convenient to wear them. The jackets fit closely to the waist, below which ample room is provided for the crino lotte. The irouts are double-breasted, the sleeves are narrow and without cuffs, all the pockets are inside, and these jackets no longer trimmed with another fur. The long seal coats are, on the contrary, trimmed with either black marten (which, by the way, is now deo dorised) or with black or silver fox or with otter. Sometimes the brown satin Greo with which the cloak is lined is embroidered down the fronts. Fur trimmings on dresses will be fashionable. The skirt will be bordered with a wide band, and occasionally there will be panels. Shaded brown beaver chincliilla, gray lynx, black fox, black hare and black marten will all be worn on winter costumes. rraetulna- I-aw At Fort Wayne I heard of a man who had fallen very in the social scale. The man was np before Judge Foster for ille gal voting, and in his cross examination he developed a line of family depravity seldom heard of. I confess I never heard of a family springing from such a de praved moral source. "What hss ben your profdsaion pre vious to your arrest?" asked Lawyer Johnson, one of the proudest lawyers in Fort Wayne. "I have kept a saloon sir." "Anything else?" asked Lawyer Thompson. "Yon have not kept a sa loon for ten years, have jonf "No sir; I was a negro minstrel for a year, and then I went with Conp's cir cus." 'Do you not think the life of a negro minstrel and a traveling circus man very low calling?" asked the lawyer. Yes, sir; they are low callings. will admit but they are honest Yon see, my father started very low, and could not seem to get ahead." But your father never occupied a lower position than yon, sir. He could not Impossible," said the lawye. "Yes, sir. but he did." "Wei, what?" "Why he kept a faro bank. He had bad luck at that and kept going down hilL He ran away from mother just be fore I was born, leaving na children to starve. Then he began to get drunk and sleep on saloon floors. He got lower and lower, and became a low tramp, and next we heard of him overSn Ealamazoo.ntterly shameless, practicing law. Th Romai senate Chamber. Education is always opportune, and in the magnitude of modern progressive ness everything should be anticipated, for even the day when the cook mnst necessarily be fluently conversant with ancient history seemth cot far distant The writer happened to be spending the evening with one of the feminine litera tune of the East End, recently, when the following suggestive colloquy took place between the worthy lady of the house and the cook; "What shall I get for breakfast, missus ?" "Split Vie two Gesar chickens, aud fry them qnite brown; butter and serve at 7, sharp." Will you have coffee or tea ?' "Titus Andronicus in the brown Schliemann jug." "Shall I bake biscuit ?" 'Alexander muffins, done crisp, and don t yon forget it I say, set the table, Biddy, in the Roman Senate chamber.'' Biddy, much perplexed, wended her way thitherward, while the writer be thought nnandibly, the oft-thought thought, "knowledge ts necessary." A TfrriMa Ordeal. Do you remember, says Frank II. Cu sh ine, tbe mention I made ot the II a- aoory of tbe Zunia, in New Mexico, of tbe prayers, ancient songs, unwritten Bible, obsolete language, etc., reposed in the or der of A-pith lan-shi-wa-oi. or 'Priesthood of the Bow.' and or my desire, throuen se curing a scalp to cet into this wonderful omnization f Tbe scalps procured for me bv my father and the officers of the army were insufficient In themselves for this nurpose : but tbe timely outbreak ot the Apaches enabled me to acquire another snd far more genuine article, with right and title of possession I passed through s country constantly raided by Apacbes for four days and nights, and saw very cnect ually a fipbt between them and some rancberos. Moreover a grand old rain poured down over New Mexico the valley of the Zum in particular and washed away the foundation of the scalp house, destroy ing all save one of the trophies of centarie of Zani valor. My rueblo brethrei were therefore ready for the story I had to tell them, made me buy my insignia of victory about two miles westward from tbe Pueblo, guarded me all day, and took me nnder cover of night to the chamber of warriors, convened a council, listened to my tale of blood and thunder, refused abso.utely my entrance Into the order, but consented to listen to a strong defensive speech from me. in which I recalled former allusions tending my initiation, my service to the gods in securing the trophies, my love for my people, the sadness to while as A-pith-lan-eht-wa-ni my heart would be always Zoni as a baffled warrior I should return, forever severed from my people, ere two moons psss, to Washington. Here I was interrupted. Fit tern minutes after the dis cussion as to which clans should adopt me, the Parrot decided, and tbe vows of eternal fidelity to Zuni and obedience to the rules of tbe crder were administered. Then I was hustled eff without warning, guarded by four warriors and two pnesu ontil morning, taken out to the burial place, where a sham flgbt with prayers, songs and ceremonials, ensued. A pcle was produced ; to it the scalps were hung; it was then presented to me, and, at the head of my yelling gang, I was marched to the vicinity of the gardens, where the pole was planted ; I was perched bare-headed, on a sand bill filled with ants, compelled 10 sit motionlers in the hot sun, watching my scalps until evening ; then the prayers, embraces, conferring of the sacred plume, and adoption into the clans tonk place; the pandemcmac four marches ronnd the Pueblo, tbe killing of twenty-five or thirty dogs, and ere I knew it 1 was hurried off to be baptised as thud of tbe parrots,' and 'ton of the eagles.' locked up in the chamber of the wairiors, sans fire, meat, oil, tobacco; tabooed from touching any outside person or thing, from leaving my prison, looking at women or laying a3ide a single article of dress, night or day, for four days. How fearful those four slow dys, with their motionless sittings, tbeir nights of only live hours sleep, tkeir emetics, sacrifices, etc But I must stop here. I can not describe tbe multitude of ceremonials which tbe ensuing twelve days brought forth. I can only say that tresh in my memory as they are, tbey seem to me the grandest most irteresting, weird and terrible experiences and days my life has ever seen, and open up the sub-depths of meaning my researches in Zuni." 'Eighteen years nave changed tbe possi bilities of my hfe and labors, aud opened up a new significance to the study of In than ethnology. It nay be that when I see yon I can tell you more about thi". But 1 can only add now that I have told you tbe mere beginning and least interesting part of my experiences. 1 bese have re vealed to me tho fact that all my previous work amounts to nothing as compared to that which is at band; for the Indians have already compelled me to learn by heart five ancient prayers, and commit to paper for memorization as many more with swgs and rules for conduct as a member ot the order, all of which you will remember, I was using every effort to get bold ot, ana had about despaired ci recording. Some Highly Honored Mummies. p.rhn the most remarkable experience which have befal!en the human remains of . . 1 . an ancient race occured to seme mummies that were taken to Paris subsequently to the occupation of Egypt nnder .Napoleon i. and placed in the Louvre. After the cu riosity in regard to them had worn off they becams a nuisance, and, owinz to the pe culiar condition of the climate, in tbe course of years slightly offensive. They have been stowed away in tbe garrets of the Louvre, and the curators tad year af ter year been endeavoring to solve the problem of how they could most decently be got rid of, when the rcvolu'don of 1330 broke out As every cne will remember, many of uie heroes of that episode fell in tbe court of the Louvre. When the cura tors observed that graves were being dug fot distinguished pa' riots and republicans under their very noses, Ike brilliant idea occured to them to slip surreptitiously Into the same resting places the bodies ot the ancient Egyptians which bad for so long been a cause of crebarrmssm-nt to them. With the inspiration of genius they seized the opportunity, and thus assxiated the past and the present of two great ca'ions by a common sepulture 01 loose wno n m been disiinguUbed citizens of both. But the honor which bad thus been conferred upon tbe mummies was nothing to what was yet in store for them. When the glorious days of 1848 arrived, it was de cided to rxbume the heroes wbo had been buried in the Court of Uie Louvre, and re-! move them with great pomp and cere miry 10 the Place de U Bastille. 1 he secret ot tbe mummies' burial hsd been well kept, and when they were disinterred with their companions of modern date, to the super ficial observer there was nothiBg to dis tinguish their bones from an ordinary French Kepublican. lbey were, tacretore. exhumed tog-.ttcr and formed the most interis'ing and. possibly, most respetabe part of the piocessi-in which traversed fans on that occasion. 1 be magnincent funeral oratiops were made over mem by fervod orators, who little suspected, whoee bones they were hono.ing ; and to this day these mummies were awaiting the final moment under the Column of July. Mcan- IIIUC, BLVJIUlUjJ W till. WJl.1V Ul (i-J. v, lllb t Cgypiians, uie remaraaoie aa venture which cave thus befallen these bodies nave been narrowly watched by their souls; for it was tbe idea of tbe K.rypnana that tLe soul retained the warmest i uteres', in the body after death not merelv from a n tural feeling of affection and" sympathy ft.' a shell, so to speak, which one has iuha b:ted once, and would under certain al- tered circumstances inhabit again, but be - it was all that the indivafuals could cause kstc lew uie wuviu to rcmruiucr mm uj , 1 .j Battle Breek, ilich., has found It and hence b was desirous tta his body . more profitable job than he anticipat should be preserved in as perfect state as j , creTice of the wall he diseov rossible, and under such conditions of : tw0 $m greenbacks, and near by splendor and durability as befitted earthly , , amonnt of gold jewelry, all of m . 1 1 J . w . t. . w remains wnicn were ultimately ocsimea immortality. Cowper, the poet, died in 1800. Iowa has 13 lady candidates for sup- tintendant of schools. Th EaMb's Smrfee. According to Lombardini, the f'o now 1 transports three times as much sedimeU due to tbe destruction of the forests, rod I tbe consequent denudation of the Alps. Freuch engineers estimaU that the delta of tbe Bnone has advanced at a rate far greater than it did previous to the culti vation of its valley. In the Eastern United States, wherever a mountain slope has been stripped, itxripient ravines quick- ly form aud enlarge with such rapidity as to excite the attention of geologists. This ia specially the case with tbe sandy soils r Maryland, Georgia and Alabama, pre viously covered with pine forests, Tbe Back Earth of Russia, one of the chief sources of tbe agricultural wealth ol tbe empire, is quickly cut up into huge ravines, and the finest soil in Europe ia being rapidly carried away to increase tbe deltas of the Yolpa and tbe Don, and to silt up tbe sea of Azov. During the great floods of 1868 and 18(8 in France and Switzerland, the wooded soil alone escaped being washed away. Tbe im munity of the provinces of Brescia and Bergamo from damage by tbe great Hoods of 1673 was chiefly due to forest improve ments. During tea vears, the depart ment of tbe Lower Alps lost (1.000 acres of cultivated soil from the effects of tor rents; and tbe clearing ot tbe forests of tbe Ardeche has resulted in the covering np of TO. 000 acres of good land with barren sand and gravel. It is thought by many that vegetation elevates the sorface as much as water de presses it This, however, caa only be the case when natural vegetation ia suffer ed to decay on tbe ground in which it grew. In the cae of cultivated crops, which on'y partly return to the soil, this elevation of the surface cannot take place: and its compensating effect being lost denudation is relatively greater from this cause alone. Hence, it appears that one result of man's influence, by laying hare large tracts of land for ca'tivation, bas been greatly to increase the erosion of the surface, in some instances, however, the action of man bas been to check the natural transport of sediment This especially has been done In the case of shifting sand dunes and encroachments of tne sea. Aloag that part of the French coast which extends from the Uiroode to tbe Adour, the sea throws np annually 1,26,000 cubic metres or sand, whiea tbe wind heaps up in hills and carries inland, overwhelming villages and con verting streams into marshy pools. The annual progress of these hills was so great that in many parts of Bratagne tbe tops of cbimmeys ahove a sea of sand alone marked the site of buried villages. Tbe amount of duneland in Western Eu rope alone has be.n estimated to cover more than a million acres; and still larger deposits exist in parts of Africa, Asia and America. 1 be destruction caus ed by these shifting sands has, from an early date, attracted the attention of Gov ernments; and the result has been to check their ravages by careful planting. Thus bas man ingenuity been success fully opposed to the action of the agen cies which have caused taose endless wastes of drifting sands In Poland, Peru, and the Unite 1 States; and to the devas tation wh'ch has resulted in the feruia- tion of the lancle of Uascony, Bologna, and B enne, and the Campine sands of Belgium. A Bako la the WooAa. Kut long ago the littie three year old girl of Mr. Jonnson, living on the Sabinal, rexaa, wandered off iu search of flowers. Iu absence attracted attention before it had been gone an hour aud tbe family be gan to look for it but not finding it on tbe place at once roused their neighbors to join in tbe search. Califarria Brown, wbo bad stopped over night on the place. Ben While, Henry Shane, several Mexi cans and tbe distressed patents hunted all that day and night and at about 1 o'clock oa the next day the dim track of the child's shoe was discovered by tbe practic ed eye of sir. Brown. Tbe party, buoy ant with hope, followed tbe trad with great disnculty until night when nrea were duiu I "P the hope ot attracting its attention. 1 fin EViHv mnniinir the search waa reaum- On Friday morning the search was resum ed aud fresh tracks round, which were toilowed by Mr. Brown, Mr. Shane and a Mexican, tbe rest of the party havinir divided and keeping np tne search In different directions. About 10 o'clock the little one was discoved on a bigh hill by a bole of water, three and a half miles from borne, with Its clothing tern into shieds by the thorns and piickly pear through which it bad worked i way. Oa the approach of the hunters the child commenced crying, and the brst remark she made was that she " wanted to go to ber mamma." Signal guns were imuiedi- ately fl.ed, which soon brought the bal ance of the party to the spot, and tbe feebns of the overjjyed but heretofore frantic mother at the finding ot ber living ehild, instead of its bones, can better be imagined than described. It was out two days and nights, without any food what ever, and where the tracks of panthers, wolves and wild-cats were found thick by tbe hunters. Pwaabod Owt. "Yesterday I bought a knife of you, beiran a man as he entered a hardware store. "Yes, sir yes, sir, and now you want to exchange it for a glass rolling pin! Come this way. sir." I don't want any of your rolling pin. Yon gave me a half dollar with a hole in it Yes just so I remember it ion put a string through it, and now want to ask me whether to wear it on your breast or between the shoulders. My forty years exp " "Wear it: What in thunder do I want to wear a half-dollar for?" exclaimed the customer. "That's it certainly just so. Yon want another hole in it, eh? Somothia; new in wall decoraticn srood idea nut oa with cold headed tacks. Willi am. "I want yon to take this half dollar back and give me " "Two quarters with holes in Vm! Cer tainly clad to oblige. William, look 1 over the chance and get the pieces he , wants; and if he finds that two quarters j won't answer, we'll give him five tens with centers punched out!" 1 j-he for tsk man who secured the contract takinar down the old brick countv . t o. . . . - to . w eTiJellUr been hidden bv thipvpa m onler to avoid havinir their ' spoils found upon their persons:. j A Missouri woman has a collection of 17,000 spools. NEWS IX BRIEF ' Xlie c.ion in printing, does not 00- cur before 1490. There are 13.K) tel ;h.u. a low. i bers in Boston. Michigan i to have a new museum which will cost S0,000. Pearl fishery iu Euglaud ia aa old aa Csssar's time. Shanghai, China, U to have an in ternational exhibition in 1SS3. The Prussian mouandiy was de clared established ia 1701. Libraries existed in Egypt contem poraneously with the Trojan war. Mrs. Hayes will visit Washington some time during the winter. There are 140 woavin law firms in the United Sta"s, Emanuel Swedenborg died in 1772. Cornell University hjs an endow ment of gl.700.0ti0 Bishop Weightman of the M. E. Chnrcn, 8011th, is critically ill at Charleston. S. C. Donald O. Mitchell ispoken of for the professorship of English literature in Columbia College. Chaucer received a pitcher of wine every day from the cellar of Edward 1IL Charles Mattel, who defeted the Saracens in the Battle of Tours, 732, died in 74L Drowning was a military punish ment mentioned in the charter of Rich ard L only. The oldest c.mal iu Eugland, from Uie Trent to the Withan, ;s said to have been dug in 1134. The number of meteorological . ta tions maintained in the United States by the signal service is 291. . The Kev. Dr. John HalL has d clined the Chancellorship of the New lork University. Senator Blaine's new house iu Washington will be ready for occupancy next spring There is perfect darkness at the Xorth pole from Nov. 13 to Jan. 23, a period of seventy -seven days, England's i,,st baronet is a He brew. Sir Moses Montefiorc, a man of . great benevolence and blameless record. Marggraf, an eminent Frnssmn cuemist, first drew the attention of the public to beet-root sugar in 174 1. Baked, coarse bread, called horse bread, was common food for horses in the time of James I. instead of grain. The Archduke Rudolph of Austria as just printed an account, in two vol ume-), of liis Oriental travels last year. M, Pasteur has resolved to visit the Bordeaux lazaretto to study yellow fever and ascertain whether it is due to parasite and can be guarded against Tho French fishermen suffered in October almost as much as the British. At Boulogne the October storm has made 96 widows and 280 orphans. Oakes Ames' children have erected library and hall as a memorial of the Congressman in North Easton, Mass. It cost $40,000. The 1 tiiiCe of Siam has been in ienna recently to purchase arms and engage Austrian instructing officers for the Siamese army. A transfer of $45,000 of real estate in McLean Countv. Ill inois. represeids the losses of the former owner in two weeks of heavy play at poker. According to statistics just issued. the import of rain into Germany has far exceeded the export during the first nine months of the current vear. A colony of 150 Italians, in and around Nashville, Tenn., have 1500 acres of land devoted to grape raising, which has proved very successlul. The pianoforte was invented in Ger many, and began to be popular in Eng land and France near the close of the last centurv. The hist court dwarf in England was a German, named Copperheim, re tained by the Princess of Wales, the mother of George III. In 1441 a patent was granted John Cobbe, that, by the art of philosophy, be might transmute imperfect metals into gold and silver. In the time ot EJ vard I. of Eng land, the pay of a knight or esquire was sixteen shillings a day, and that of an sreher three shillings. One Wisconsin county estimates that in eight months the cost incurred through tramps was 3000, not to speak of crimes and the expenses of criminal trials of tranins. Edwind Booth, it is reported, has written to Berlin that he will appear in Germany next year, after having com pleted his unfulfilled contracts during next spring and summer. Mr. A. F. Grant, of Montreal, who lately gave $4,000 for a theological col lege, bas offered $30,000 to free Trinity Episcopal Church, 11 that city, from debt. Eight of the Jurors who acquitted Bella Spraudling of murdering her hus band, at Galeeburg, 111., accepted her invitation to a banquet inthe celebration of her escape from the gallows. Ia consideration of the exception ally trying seasou, the Duke of Suther land has remitted 50 per cent of tbe current year's rent to his sheep-farming tenants iu utherlaadshire. Thomas Pamell, a retired publican, who died at Bamagate, in England, took part in the lmttle of Copenhagen nnder Nelson, in 1801. He served in that fight as a naval volunteer, and died at the age of 96. The Annapolis of Italy is Leghorn, where the Government has established a'dourishing naval academy under forty tw 3 officers and professors The pupils number 145, and will be taught how to handle the new iron-clad monster. A number of young Englishmen sre working on a farm at Le Mars, Iowa. They are pupils of an Englishman who owns a large tract there, and are learning tue business with a view to conducting extensive farming in the far West Th re is a large English colony at Le Mars, including many sens of aristocratic families. The Mormon .Tabernacle at Sal Lake City, which haa been twenty-sigh years in process of construction, and ia not yet completed, has granite walls nine feet fonr inches thick, is 230 feet in diameter, aud seats 12,000 persona. It is a perfect whispering gallery, and the dropping of a pin or the rustle of a dress can be heard from one side to tho ether. H i r 1 1 nr nntliinir?" she half assert- other. 4U m- w,
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