iiiilia B. F. SCHWEIER, THE C053TITUTI05-THE UTICS A3TD THE EITF0R0EKE3T OP THE LAWS. Kditor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVI. MIFFLINTOWX. JUNIATA COUNTY. PKNNA.. WKDXKSDAV. NOVEMBER 15. 1SS2. NO. lb" MOKMNMLOKIKi Moni:n?-ru.nes-many I see While one.-, nJ piuk, and blue; And these are (dueled which oomc to me As I luvk at tlieui wet alto dew. While om-s emblems of pnrity W hich we aoioeiime hope to be, Aal tie 'cire!:D;f iuautle of chant" Carr.eJ by j an 1 by me. Pink on s Unshed wuh the p'ory of the roseate Joy of the worn. When IVibtt-Iiem's star told the story 1 ait saviour to cirta was Iwrii. Blue one, true an 1 tender. Like atuet eyes seeing need.; Helpless to do an I tn render Always km 1 worOs ac I dee-Is. And the de i wi-.k-h is over a:!. L.ke the b'.eiuis which co:ne au.l rest As the d w- lr p iiahe-r and fall On the Cow. r "s upturned breast- And so many we gather and hold From ti e mighty Ahhemisfs hand, The distil e l drop of gold, From a arnnin; precious band. Let pearls-pur.t;-, ctiar.ty, white and fair. Pink 'iiimon is j iy and h'i i:k!inj ith Hsht, Supyaire one, ten ler and true (f aith mu-t be mere), We may a 1 wtar the.-e Jewels so bright. A SLKiHr ATTACK. She's a wcli-mauiicrcd girl, anyhow, GTge, yon can't deny that," "My dear auntie. I tavo uo wish to deny acy statement yon may m. ke rt gidrJiiig the young lady. 1 would not lor the world detract one iota from the respect you entertain for her. In fact your eiuiiu.-i.siii is contagious, aud as I bit litre imagination pictures for me a vine-clad cotUige auiotigthc hills, whose presiding genius. (The genius of the cottage, you know, not the hiib-), Georue Burton, wheu I was voun. wna: dime cut ol a man a moutu was considered food evidence ot what was in his head " emphatically interrupted the old Luiy, unmindful that her "specs" had fallen into the dough which she had been so vigorously kneading. "An exploded theory, my dear auut." returned the youLg man, gingerly ex tracting the glasses from the uii-s of dough. "A very exploded theoiy. In fact this is sn age ot exploded theories, ftot ithstaud;rig ore w ise maxium stands unrelated, tamely, "What's taucu for ttie gander is sauce for the goose," tud vice versa. Xow if your xroposition was a correct one regarding the young men cf the present ouy, it would also lie ct rrett regardajg the young women, and if it were, wnat evidoace w have of tue inexhaustible wealth of intellect btalowed u; ou the femi'iine portion of - . ' . " ' the cominuuily hero ia Etomille," aud with a light laugh George Burtoo es caped from the kitchea, leuviu Aunt Jai.e to her tread end wonderment as to "wnat has got into George lately. 1 used to think the boy had uncommon good sense for his years, buli if now, alter he's turned thnty, he's going to Like up the suilly-shaliy way of thuik- lnu aud talkiiitj, that so maiiy young folks now-a-d.ij a have, I aha!l oe disap- pointeel in Liiu. Irs, 1 shall be disap pointed in him," reiterated the old lady ns she carefuiiy fohled a rpotless towel over her bread and placed u benind the oven w here it would "raise quick." "I had thought that he and Lucy Evans, but pshaw, a woman that didn't know enougii to say yes to the light man when she was young, shouldn't turn matchmaker in her old age," and the Sinmittr of fifty tied the stxiuss of her bonnet witn au energy indicative of a btroiig desire to mortiay the flesh of that girl ol twenty, who ttid not say yes, and hail regretted it for thirty years. L'noer ttie wide fcpreadiug oat tins sultry Auguot morning, George Burt jn is doing whut many a man has done be fore, mentally discusting the pros and cous regarding the eligibility of two voting ladies for the position cf wife. i'or ten years he had been the not al together unconscious object ol much maL'ln.onial angling, and had lieeu at times quite aiuU-Tcd at tne visible dismay with wnich the fair angler has seen him politely accept the bait whi e he higeni-om-ly avoided the hook, but to-day he ia in a sti.te of mild perturbation, for he grimly burmiteo thai at lant he has wallowed tlie hook while iuteudiuu only to Li'jLle at the bait. W orse slill, there is a I irebouing- suspicion iu the mind of the ning young b;ariter that lie ia not even to Oe landed, oidy to be lef : lloundeihig as Ut he can, while worst of ail hecanot detamuie whether or not tue line ws thiown with mahce aloretuought as regards himseif. la fact Gee.re burton w in rather an unenviable frame of ndnd. It lis iwavsbeenh mtentn 'Viiiie d.y' to relit and lef urnisu his beautilul iwd- denoent , and instal tUereia a beautilul wife aud the figure ol May Percivai haa always been associated witu the other beauulal objects with which fancy wai wont to adorn his future home. But Aunt Jane's reign is ao thorougtiiy cou-foitable that, with the procrastination commii to his profess ion, ho had put. IT tne day of Oetler tmngs m his present content, and now u aroused coiibeienco tells him tuat Miss l'crcival has a moral right to tne attentions which he feels a strong in clination to bestow upon the by no means equally gitled Lucy Lvans, io matriage engagement had ever cx islei bctweou GexTe Biiriou aud Mary J'ercival, only tney had botu come tact ilv to aequiebce in society 's evident c m o.usion tnat the wealthy young lawyer aud Judge i'ereivals accomplished daughter were destined to be bappiiy mated and such would have conuntieu to be his cnvicUon had not late brought Lucy Lvans from her western home that aunimer. to vh-it thefiienun of her early chiluh-AML iney had been ,-..f.. ttiwold days, but fche linn was only eight years of age ,.hen herparenns .i:...fnt to seek their fortunes in ML west, and it ia 1 robab e tna, Neither had tnought of the other ; or years, when unexpectedly, thev met . tlThLme of a mutual friend. He made uli bow and a veiy neat and iing Alia oow rt-'A m j , , , UtUe Hcch for the Leneht of Una wes tern girl, while she preeieu. - deit pleasuie. The night allele . p.Jntment visible in her kei eued, however, durieg aeeieau... tK nsili. a U.Ue netued, hetuxneJ to her suddenly and said : .. r I T..1. .-Jill to dmap-. "What 18 it OI wuieu J"" Veri to aee Ler Uush and falu m Uer reply, but ahe only looked at liiw serenely as she said : -I rather think I disapprove of you 6e' extremely unfortunate." he x . . ...t "lint uerhaps if sarcastically reimuou, , "only you were such a dependable bo 'And am I not a dependable man? j nanus. v "'Please don't be offended but," with spirit, "1 don't think you are nearly go nies as you were ten rears ago." "Ah, then dependable mean nice?" "Mo it doe not not in the least only " 'Duly what? Will you deBne depend able for me ?"' ''So, I was never good at definitions." "Yon mean that I am not to be trusted." reproachfully. "Not quite so bad as that, though I don't think I should trust you ia ia some things," hesitatingly. "Would it be loo much to ask you to mention one or two of those things. "Yes, Air. Barton, it would, and don't lei us annoy each other any more, please, but be good friends. Tell your aunt I am coming to May nil the afternoon with her to-morrow," "I am sure she will be pleased. Dues dependable apply to Aunt Jane, Miss Evans?" Yea, emphatically. Oood night, P;.pa's going," and "Lucy Evans left Oeorge Button mote tm roughly iu- teiesuxi in uer tl.au be bad ever before dreamed of being in any woman. lhat was the beguiling. The end came that August morning tinder the out oak tree. We will not accuse Lucy Evans of coquetry, nor Gaorge Burton of infi delity to au engagement which had never really existed: but as he re viewed the events of the mouth past. since their first meeting, he bitterly re proached himself as the cause of the deep sadness he could not fail to see iu May Percivul's beautiful face, while his heart beat fast, bis breath came quick as he thought of w hat Lo had ol t en read " BI'""S eyes, certainly t t. l.i- . . no unavoueii i..v. r 11.1 i nu it tn hope for more. "Oh, Luey. Lucy ! trembled on his before lips, and Laicy a father stood uim. "A pretty warm day for Xew ug lat d, George" he remarked, wiping the bald spot on his head with a fiery red handkerchief. "As I've been telling your Aunt Jane, it seems more sulibca- ung-like than aujthiug ive gone turougii in years. "Anut Jaiie repeated the yonug man, abstractedly. "l'es. By the way, George, I've got something particular to say to-day. Perhaps you've noticed your auut and 1 have had some pretty long talks lately. Well, she told mo I must break the news to you. You see, my lov, it was about tLirtv years aco, ou just as suf focating a duy as this, that your Aunt Jane told me 'So' wheu I asked hex to be my wife." "What 1 did you really propose ? 1 never knew the poor old lady had a lover." "Well, she ain't so very poor, nor so very old, either. She never waa any ricUt-r, that X know of, but she was a considerably younger thirty years ago so was I, for that matter and she hail mote than one lover," Here the literal widower signed. "But 1 guess sue gave 'em all aoout the same ans wer she gave me, aud they all did aa I did got married and settled down. But somehow I never exactly forgot her ; so when Lucy came to me a couple mouths ago, ad blushes like, and half a crying and asked if 1 wouldn't just as soon she'd marry young Iusieo (he's a doctor out there), it came to me all of a sudden just what I'd do. The Lord had helped me make my money, aud Lucy's mother had helped me save it, to 1 j uat made over a good half of it to Lucy, and But, man, what's the mat ter ? You are as pale as a ghoet I I hope you dou't object. I am afraid Jane would say 'So' again if you do." "Xo, no, Mr. Evans, it's all right only tins heat is " Jiiud a sudocatiug bike, ain't it ? It sein ed me just so once, about thirty years ago," The case ha 1 gone against him, aud George Burton was little accustomed to defeat ; but ho rallied his forces heroi cally, exb-ndeJ his hand to Mr. Evans iu congratulation, then said. "1 must go an.i speak to auut," which he did, and she, seeing bis agitation and alt i buting it to her anticipated marriage, was beKinuing to cay ahe would not leave him, when he interrupted ber with : "My dear auntie, you bhr-11 be mar lied next mouth, and I will give the bride away. I have some bu-iiicas now to attend to. Don't hit up for me if I am out late." lie was cut late, but Aunt Jane was waiting tor Liiu ; so also was Mr. Evans. "Why. man alive, you lek as though you hail had a pretty uaid case to-day 1" cxclainud his luiure uncie. "Poor boy ! you go look tared ; but some way you look as though you had won," from Aunt Jane. "Yes. it was hard : but I think I've won. I am very tired. Good-night." "Xow, Mr. Burton, I am going to call yon George after papa marries your aunt. We will be related aouie way tlmii. won't we?" and the soft dark eyes were raised shyly to his face. He thoJKlil oi nr, ausicc. and re- plied accordingly. 'By all means. Miss Lucy, accept me for a relative, if I asa sunvueiitiy de pei.dat.Je. By the way, doea Dr. Iu slee come under that head?" Sbe started, flushed deeply, then, with a visible effort, replied : Dr. Insleo is, of course, all that m:lU should lu" anvthiwr but a filial mood w hen next ahe'met her hire. "Papa, I thought I told you not speak cf my engagement to any one e'Vhv, pet, I ready didn't know I had, . xc.pt, of course. to-ti the Bur- rv did vott tell 'the , Villi i J Burtou's."" , . . ..,1- u T.ni-v. I don t lust re member telling them at all, but proba- I did when we urs came J . . li ali,nr .minned the Uiorouguiy - gn . w-hild tears of young J " , j VT dampened the SEwb5Tni-d UJr innocent Vby d.d you never tell me, George Oiat thJt-you aired ; first tor Mrs. j sleer asked Mrs. Burton, two years '"darling May, it was a very alight ati". but sometime- you know at'tacks Pr.vent. . peon from taking the malady again, aud I think Borne times " "Do you? It's very wicked of you. it you do." And she, looking iu bis eyes, knows to a certainty thit from nh. wnn,l at tack there will bo no recovery. in aiysone. Indit, a tigfr bad killed one of my cart bullocks while lie was irrazioi In Ik- 1 .1 :.. .... s ... me juuijic wiiuia na:i a mile of camp. In my abeaee they hid put up a macuao on a tree near the carcase, but they must nave made so truch noise that the tiger was frightened, and left that part of the jungle; for, though I rode down to the p ace on my pony and t over the kill till aark, no tiger appeared. I was well re paid, however, f. goinir. for I wa favor- eu witn a very interesting sUnt. The suo was r Uitijr low, cverythinif was quitt iu t'ae thick pintle round, aud I ti? thinking about moving bnmeward wben a peacock behind tne called, and 1 hoped it was the tiger nturmnir for his evening meaL A lew eecnmis allerwKrd a rustle on the uavca followed ; and yet though I strained my eyes, I could see uothing. Suddenly, stealing aiocir, with the:r noses up, drink ing ia tbe delirious fragrance which came from the dead bullock, down wind, 1 saw a Lilian pack ot wild do, seen in al'. I heir bright rtfous color bad no doubt made ttie peac-:k, who must have seen one of them, think it was his enemy, the tiger. They circled quietly round tbe glade where the kill was lyiu, as though suspicious ot a tran, but finally tbe; seemed to make up their minds that there was Dothiuic to fear, and, led on by the largest of the pack, tine fellow with large bushy tail, they crept up to the Car cas in Indian file. One Rood look to fee if tbe coast was clear, and they rushed in to the unclean feast, it was now that they did what I have never read of wild d)gs, or indeed of any other wild aaitua-s Coitus. Ouly three of tbe party comaien cid fie linj. The other four, as if it were only part of their usual routine, trotted iff into the jungle, and during the whole time the r friends were feeding, tuey were en kagbd in a ecascVs patrol of the adjoining neighborhood, crnsmg and recrossnn; each other at a cistancs cf from SO to 101 yards fro n the kill. Presently one of tbe three seemed to have taken tbe t U-e off his appetite, f jt he left the bullock, rolled and rubbed his uoee in tbe grass, and then trotting off on his tour of duty, relieved the nearest viiiette, wh ran in to eni y the carrion. And so iu turn each one got bis share, no doubt enjoying the feart the more from the kuewitdfje that friendly sentinels were on the alert aud that he would get timely warning of any approach in? danirer. Their system of outpost duty is in fact, unrivaled, and our iiest light infantry might wi'h advantage have taken a leson freru them. I have several limes during the last few years had litters of wild do-'8 brought id to me by the Saria or jungle men of (Jculral India, but 1 could never get them to live to maturity. Though warm'y housed and well looked after they alays eufinr.b to lui discHSi. One r.-tiched tne age of 11 months, but the damp in the early raiue proved t be loo much for him. Th- y were, as a rule, tame, but never rociabie, and though they male great trieuds with tny n iscellaneo'is pa-.k of terrieis, and es pecially with my two monkeys, who iu vanably chaperoned the pack when they went out for walking exercises, yet 1 could never get the wild dogs lo come to me, except when I had food to give them, when they would eneak up, snatch it from my li-uid, and run off aiiain. 1 bail, of course, no orjeet iu shootmg ay of my friends ou the present cccasi 'n, especially after the interesting evening they had given me. The air, when once the sua was down, became rapidly chilly, which meant subsequently fever and ague if I remained, so, as I had given up all hopes of the tiger, I gave a whistle. Tee wild dogs vanished as if by magic, to return, no doubt later on. And 1 draggad my sore bones to camp, where a good dinner mide me forget my bruises, and 1 was .ble over a soothing pipe to meditate future plaus of revenge against all the bison specie's. Followiu: a Streak ol M ind. Atrbutorof Buby Hill was askel how his "pitch" looked, aud ho made the following lemark : "I am fol ow ing a streak of a iiwl." Sirau e as this may appear, yet it is true. It appears lhat ia sinking upon his piece of ground he came upon a crack iu the rock altou time inches in w tilth, from wl.lc-n issues considerable air, Wuero it cornea from ku1 wha tue miner mny stnke m foi loaiiig this strange "lead"' must for the time remain a my-tery. Tha miuer was right iu folio ing hia "btTji k of wind." He doubtless understands lhat this streak of air breathed out of the depths is liable to lead Lini to a cave, and be also knows that a cive is nau.e to contain an amount of ore that would make his fortune. Among tbe old lead .... . 1. r mines ot aien, xu., a siacu ui wind" or "breathiu-j crevice was al ways considered a first-class indication. When a miner found tlnit, he was pretty sure of fir.ding a cave filled with lead ore. iu-3 lead Kunes oi uaieua axe ui a limestone form-itiou tlist is much the sau.e as the formation about Eureka, "Wind" from a crevice down in the mine is worthy of much consideration, but "wind"' on the surface from the hor izontal crevice 'i inch or so below the miner's i oee is often noth Dg Lot wind. WordhWurtll. The grave cf William Wordsworth, iu the churchyard of Grasmere, Lug land, "between a ye tree of Lis own planting and an aged morn, muiauc plorable state of neglect A writer re cently paid it a visit, and the following is his report of what he discovered : "We saw a path among the grave mounds, ab. ut oue foot in .width, and followed it, aud ii led to a dirty, dark corner, where several blue black head stones cf slate stood. Could this be the res iug place of Nature's tender lover? It was, and we felt a chill come over us. hTheday was beautduJ; tne sun was shiiung in a cloudless say, out. trveiy thiug round the spot we had come to seek seem decaved and withered, like a trave in the centre of a dirty, smoky town, not iu beauteous Grasmere. o green grass was there; ail was dud. dank and depressing. The poet's corner must bo badly dnouedj for we could scaicely get near enough to read the in scription, in consequence of an accumu lation of water that foruied a trench at least an inch dee pat the base of the stone curb that heldUie iron rails sur rounding the grave." fckiEBED WugAia Among the advan tages claimed for bearded weens are liiat they are har.'ier and tiller more; not ha ble to attacks of mildew; they make a rxa eilow flour which commands a good price 'iu m-iktL Oi joctions lo bearded wheat are that they have a too soft straw, hence are liable tc kA--e easily; the cnaff fads oa oo much in the shock, causing the grain to waste In hauling; tue beard make We handling of the sheaves disagreeable- To most or tlie public Borneo is still a geographical term. Granting to Australia tbe dignity of a continent, then Bjmeo would class as the largest islanif. Its sue. indeed, combined with its form, hss hitherto been its trreatest d'awbak. lhe other islands in tbe torrid zone present a great lengtn of coast iu comparison with their balk, so that the interior is compara tively accessible. Borneo, three times as 'arge as Great Bnt'.an, which even the ancient geographers ol 'Served to be pene trated everywhere by noble esiauries, drawing thence an augury of its ocean dominion, lies like a round hu'k across the equator. It was credited with imper meable f tresis and swamps, thickly peopled with wild beasts and venomous crettures, and about 3.000,000 "Dyaks" general'y speaking, pirate robbers, ana murderers. Chinese and Malays had made setlletceals on the coast, just as the I'l ocuicians and Greeks hud on tbe allure? of the Mediterranean. In our nursery ciays, Borneo was a wsste, a cssuaity, n:t to be reconciled with any intelligent or moral idea of cosmogony. But so had I -e.v-Holland been not Jonir before Bit there came rumors of its mineral aud veg eiible wea!tlu It was only wailing for the opportunity and the man, and these came when ltijsh 11 rook o won the douiinioa of Sarawak, and founded the bri'.ish colony of Labuan. lie proved at least the possibility of deal. tug with the natives on whatever terms they might prefer, whether peaceful or otherwise. Ia fact, he disenchanted the island and Borneo is a mercantile idea. As appears by the proceediiars ot the first i leral meeting of tbe British North Bor neo Company there is now a British set tlement there, in very good bads. and undergoing tne usual phases of colonial growth. There is a government, with the proper commission and instructions, now taking the place of the former Provisional Association. 1 he company has taken over the existing stall ; it has an approved Bsg, and a coinage already found a giest con venience and expected to be a source of ire tit. 1 1 offers land and jungle rights oo tavoratle terms. It is niatd'ig and con cluding arrangements with various Aus tralian and Chinese companies for passen ger and mercantile trafiia. Indeed it appears lhat Borneo need u longer fear 'jcing out of the world. It wil very soon have a complete judicial system. Singa pore about 4.i0 miles from LVjroeo, ap;ears to be the nearest point of the civilized worli'. The island is known to abound in (utta-percha and the other substances now n lucieasmg lequest f it electric cables. Its uiincnd resources have yet to be ascer tained, but there is no doubt of its wealth in coa'. Last, but not IcasU in the enum eration ot is advantages, the company en joys lhe diligent attention and the great iihdilies of ?ir ltuthertord Alccck. no novice in those rcgious and in such under takings. Thai'. Him. The iiMi.d crowd ot aiilumn ii&3 were gathered together in the store?, oc cupying all tne groceries seats the ouly gross receipts that tuo proprietor took no pride in when a little, blear eyeil, weazen-fared individual sneaked in by the back door, aud bluuk into a dark corner. "That's him," said the uugrammaii cal bummer with a green patch over his left eye, "Who ia it i" asked several at once. "Why, the chap who saved a train from being wrecked," was tiio reply. "Come, tell us about it," they de manded, as the small man crouched iu the darkness, as if nuwdiing that bis heroic deed should be brought out under the glare ot the blazing kerosene lamp. Alter much persuasion, reinforced by a stiff horn ot applejack, he began : "it was pist such a night as this bright aud clear and I was going hme dowu the tiack, wheu, right before me, across the rails, lay a great beam. There it w as. Pale aud ghastly as a lifeless body, aud light aa it appeared, I had not tne power to move it. A sad den rumble and roar told me that the night express was thundering down, and soon would reach the fatal spot. Nearer and nearer it approached tUl, just as the cow-catcher was about lifting me, I spnug a-dde, placed myself be tween the obstruction and tne track, and the train llcw on unharmed." The silence was so den) for a mom ent that one might have heard a dew drop. Presently somebody said : " vVhat did you do with the beam ?" "I didn't touch it," he replied ; "but it touched me'." "Well," persisted the questioner, "if you couldn't lift it, and didn't touch it, how in thunder did tne train get over it '!" "Why, don't you se V" said the sd facod man, as he arose from his seat and shded toward the door. "The obsti no tion was a moon-beam, aud I jumped so that the shadow of my body took its place, and " Bang flew a ham against the door ; and if.it had struck the body vl the re treating hero, there would hare been a much tiggr greases-pot nreacoeu oa tne panel. Slt.rc Trip. There is a proposal of foot to carry European passengers to Cspe Itace, or some eastern part of Newfoundland, and there embark them ou steamers for Europe. It is calculated that the time can be reduced to for or five days, even with our present steamers, by making the ocean journey "simply from land to land, aud performius the remainder of the distauce by railway. It is calcula ted that from two to four days can be saved by embarking at St. JoimsorCjpe Bace instead of New York. Our idea is that if a iougaea voyageis to bo taken, the annoyances, except in case where extreme speed is necessary, of changing from cars to ship, and a two-day rad way journey, will overbalance the-iifi'er-ences of sueed at aca. We liavo- not the least idea, unless the Eastern rail way connections are made vastly iu bet ter style thai at present, tnat this sehem-j will be successful. IlaaTea Help Him. It was in horse car. Sue Lad been aw&y 'or several months and the children had gone to the depot to meet her. They caatied awsy merrily while she patted their little heads and smiled micreaieiiiy. "Hows Mary I she inquired when they bo'h stopped for breath. Oh 1 she's wed. She's taking her music lessons right along." And Harry ? "ile's going to school. Started last week." 'And papa I" Uu's well, too. He's having a bully time, lie said he didn't care if you didn't come back for a year." the passengers roared. Grabbing the children with both bauds ate rusned for the door with an I'd get-even- with-him-for-tnis expression qu her face. Beaven help him. y How Gold ia Sent abroad. An idc In Wall street. New X or, is that tbe Banc of Ami rica has a cooper shop attachment. This is scarcely true, however, though the great array of kegs which sometimes are rolled out all dav from the rear of the institution would seem to give color to the belief. The iezf arc considerably SJiiller than those which usually ornament beer-saloon sidewalks, and they are always ae. But to those converssnt with the subject, the luterest im feature of these kegs is their contents. Each keg contains $50,000 in clear gold. "On an average,'' said a prominent ship per recently, "a million of dollars sent across to London will lose well a few dollar-." Pressed toerimite rr.ore deSoitely, the shipper said, "A fe dollars. Oh, tint's definite enough." What the Wall street man considered "a few dollars" W is showi by reference to the account books of one o the heaviest houses in :he stre"t- Taking shipmants at tl,000,0'0, ri-o;nt'y made, one was found to have faTea short in the yoyag a fraction more thau nine ounce;, another a fia i n more than IS ounces, another a fraction more th.m IU ounces, while in a shipment ot $75 000 there was a loss of a fraction more than 10 ounces. The average loss can be safely estimated at IS ounces on a million dollar shipment. Gold being worth tli dollars an ounce, semis the "few dol lars up to about (-6U. Any movement will have a similar eifccL la Great Britain it is d.clartd tnat a shipment from the Bink of B linburgh down towu to the Bauk of England, wld cause the loss of an appreciable percentage and a Government officer said very recent ly that a bag of coin cannct he earned down Wall street a single block from the Sub-Treasury to the disjoin house without an alirasion which is discoverable. It is popularly supposed that all gold re ceived from this side of the ocean by the Bank of Lngland is re assayed there before acceptance. This is praha'ily strictly true of gold shipped in bars, aud also, perhaps, of coiu which shows wear or loss by abra sion, t he Bank of England managers have tried to convince the world that they assay every ounce of gold received, but the president of a prominent Wall street bank characterized this assumption as one of the "petty humbugs' widch B led the atmos phere breathed out from behindthe counters of the Bank of E-Js;l.in 1. "1 always p'aced some faith in the state ment of a re-assay of all gold taken in ky the bank," added he, "uutil a year or su ago, when tbtre was a su Men inllux of gold into the United stales from England. Fully two thirds of that gold came here in the shape of Unilsd States coin, aud this too, iu the face of the fact that we had shipped no such quantity of coia to Eng land in a long time. This com came from the vaults of tb: limit of E.mlaud, where it evidently had been tressured, and n)t' melted anil assiyed as the directors of that lig institution would fain convince uf- poor Yankees l'es indeed, there is a vast deal of humbug aliout the Bank of Eag and's f retentions iu such matters as these." There is occasionally au tnteiesting item ofcipeuse of another natur -, the mere entry of which oa an account boos would be apt to puzzle the man not acquainted with all tbe pe'ty details of snipping, "Sixty basV is the charge recently sent from London to ore big new York shipper This signia.d thitt the cooper here in fas tening ths iron bands upon the specie kegs hud uriven his uails through the hairs con taining the coin. The result wss that the Iinndou agents of the New York house were obliged to repack every bag so torn be the hole ever so slicht, before it could be placed oa the English market. The cost ot new hags was a trivial mat ter, but it is of trivial matters the man who handles millions is generally the most care ful. Shippi rs of gold to E irope frequently find it much more favorable to their inter ests to sell to bullion brokers thau te deal with the Biuk of Eugland. London bul lion brokers very oftea are wiilicg to pay as much as an eighth or a penny or even a farthing per ounce a!ove the bank rate. L'uder such circumstances the average New Yorker does not deal with the bank. A.-k in Wall street at what rate it pays lo ship gold, an I iu nine cases out of ten the answer will be four-ninety." Sometime ago f 1 91' to the pound staling wis con sideted lhe safe shipping point; but gold has increased in value on the othei side, andean be sold there for 7os. 5 J'L per ouiice, au advance of from to i-lGJ. per ounce. Practical operations have shown that a shipment can be made at H 8a i equivalent 10 buying here a three days' fcihl bill for that a.iiouut. Tlia Ton.h nf Autlliai. The arefcas 'logical r searches in Home of the receid years have tLrowu much light upon the life of the eirly Christi ans in that city; but no discovery has prouueed such int. rest as that jitst an nounced of the tomb of Amplias. Says Paul in Bomaus xvi. 8, "Great Ain Iilias, my beloved in tie Lord." Who was Amplias? Wjo were his frijuds? Why was he buried in this particular place? The answers to these questions are all furnished I y the discovery of his tomb, aud a flo.d of light let up on the times of the early Boman Christians. Bis tomb stands iu oue of the catacom'os excavated in the time of Domitian, on the grouud then belong ing ta Flavia Domitian, Lis niece, Soman history preseives the fact that Jlavia became a Christian. Amplias, the friend f P ;n1, must have beeu a a distinguished mau. Becaaso he was buri diu Fhaua's cemetery, we judge they were persouaily acquaiuteiL By Patd's greeting we imagine he. was ami n isterof the Sew Word. Th?n the Tomb k of such a caracter that only the pos sessor of great wealth could Lave con structed so remarkable a resting-place. Was this the work of Fiavia. niece of the great Domitian? Was it erected at the cost ol his family ? or by the e-irly Cliristians of Boinc? These questions may be answered, for the investigations are not yet concluded. Ail that we k'low at pre: ent is fiat there ia lo tomb iu the catacombs that equals it for the beauty of its adornmentsai.d variety of Dietorial illustrations. The frescoes in the golden Louse of Nero, and tne adorunienta of the bouse of Germanicus ia the the Palatine, are not to be corn Dared, so it is reported, with the sym bolic illustrations of the the tomb Am plias, the teacher of Flavia, the beloved of Paul By the Tensed census it appears that tbe population of Scotland ou the . 7 o "j- r--j 4 in oi April was j, i jo, xi t. Kartlrn l-ir.- Land. Ou tha lTt'i of July, wi-Ii a traia of five mules and two eompai ions, oue of wuotu was paruaiij lauim.. i .. f.. .-ill. country sa a a wi iter. I climbed tue summit of Cerro Oord . At last we sto-xl upon the lofty ridg-J of the Tele scopes, avid beheld !elow as tho fateful valley, which bes 2Sd tn-t Ik-Iow the level" of the sea and extends for a hun dred mU northeast and southwest, with a width of from thirty to forty mdes trom eat to wesf. I "Hn uo land scape can one look so dcply into the interior of the earth, for it occupies the lowest point of dry 1-ind upon the conti nent, aud, so far as I am iijormcd, of the earth itdf. Befor us it lies, a kug, deep, wide, vt basin, its shiuiug patches disclosing through the distance its beds of sod i. salt a-ij lor.it, which cover thousauds of ac-ea and blaze aud shimuier and burn iu the steady blaze of light aul h-at which pnnrs npoo them from a cloudless sky. Tue valley's deep declension grows upon tho senses and becomes more marked as the eye is held steadily U;oa it, and it is empha- sizid by the swift decli'ity of the iieloH- mg mountains. Drear and desolatd it stretches its full leunth alo g iu a frame of painted mc.uiit ibis, which dedue, iu strong and mighty lines, its aspects of terror. Thongli leaving the summit at 3 P. M. aud riiling sUjadiy dowu descen ding trails night settii upon us before we escaiie from the canyon and reached the borders of the valley. By the bril liant moonlight we wern enabled to trace the trail along the rojky wash- as w rode oa into the night, At last, worn and weary with hours of ruling, we reached the centra of the valley, known as the "Big Hole." the point of great est depression. Tuon-h time and ex- i duration have drawn from out the au;l- ent story most of its fearful threads, this is still Death's Valley au l is still and will remain a region of oread. Indians lamiliar with its iaC3 from iu faucy know its treachery and cauuot be prevailed on to go mto it beyond their lime-worn trails. To the lost emigrant it was "the valley of the shaelow of death.' The daring prospector enters it with fear. 11-; kuows its terrors, aud the b'eaching bones of many a skeletou warn him to beaan. Once lost withiu its embrace, and a man's doom is writeu. Without water to cooi his fevered irame, sweltering air drives him to agony and Oe wilder incut. Confused, he waa iers without aim. licas u, unseated by fi'utiisy, gives im.igiuaiiou riu to play tricks witu his pi lguieuu Beholding heave at last iu tno uioekiug waters of tho n.ka-, ho sinks to diM iu the ll I'no of jhe desert. TeiaiKl Ciine-ea Itival. Coffl'iy and tea cro natural ailie-s, but they are oJso natural rival-. As a jaiust alcholie drinking in aur form they aru comoiued. It is over tkt unoccupied territory, after alcohol has bea driven awav. thut thj coiitetitiou bet.e;i tlie two comes. Takin;; the world thriiugh, the general verliet s.-ems to lie in fave of tea. Two of tho l.irge-st empires iu , , , , .... i n ..... i , tho world Cii'ia anil JUii.-sia are tea ririukers. Iu Bokiiara aud Samarkand, aud in most parts of Central Asia, the tea-nru is forever steaming. Oa the ether hand, the Aralt anil tha Turk, aud with thorn tho whole western part of the Mohainmedati woild, are coffee drinkers. The decision of T.uropn is not aliaoliito for either side. It aee.ns to be very much diiteroiine-l by what we may call tho accidents of tlie" case. The nations which can get good couee drink coffee. Those which can get good tea drink tea. Those which caa get both drink both. England cl.ums to I one of these, but tho preference of Eugland is be-yo id all doubt for tea and not for coffee." The unfair choice is very largely compensated for iu the Uuited States the chief eofico consuming eoiiu- try iu the world. Englishmen, to , would probably make more t-'.e ul cof fee than they do if they C'.uid once bo induced to overcome the jaitiai utlioul- ties of Laving it prepared as it ought to bu. Tea can tuo made tdly cuotigh. It may bo strong or we.de, a x-or.ling to fancy. It is tea in either cise. lhe right plan, we are assured, i t put plenty of tea into tho ix.t. theu tj ad l it to chance whether the liquid comes out strong or weak. But whatever we may tnina of weak tea, ther ia no gtd word to be a.ud for we;ek coff e. Cod'j must be very strong if it is to de.-ervo the name of coffee at all. it ia a gen erous drink and it is lor t,em rous na tures. Tne little arts whicii the frugal housekeeper uses in making tea are not to be thought of m nuking collie. There mustbenoeconouiyiuthti amount used, no filling up of the pot, no making the same materials serve twice over. That tea should ever be mtu-j like this ia bad enough, but there may bo taste so depraved as to put up with it and to see nothing to object to about it. The mau has yot to be found who can evuu make pretence of liking weak coffee, diluted in ten times its proj-er volume and as deficient in fragrance as iu strength. Had Wefher hi HitZ9il-iiil. The Swita sea:ou Us en ied as it begun. in bad w.atner. r-o wei a oeiuioer Switzeiland has never known in the mem ory of man. Seven feet of snow be'ore tbe Bhine Glacier IL.teU 100 tourists snowed up at Z.'rnis'.t, every Alpine pass either obstructed by esuihsiir swept by svalancae.', thousands ot IruU trees broken by the snow as if they tsd been iilasted by ligbln'.Ui.', thuusan is oi snet-n lost on the mountains, aa I a 1 before tlx middle of Seidcnibtx, are phenon-ens p rtentous and mpird eled. And lhe rain has been something le-rtui. ia twenty fonr hours the lake of Pfaetnlk.'n, cantos, Z-iricu, rjse twenty-nine centimetre, and ia tlie saa.e space of time the rainfall as recorded by the pluviometer, was at the rate of fifty-seven -litres ('ay flity quarts) to the squire metre. A Sew Inil'i-iry for Women. Amonir the other grievances of the fair sex ia England the legal rule that "man" in acts of Parliament includes both sexes wheu it ii.flicts punishment, but is limited to the niald sex wheu it i cotters rs privileges, has long held a prom i- nent place. Itwoull seem, hi at v r, tiiat tue iu:e is not invariaole, ana ac ... , cording to a decisien of tae Pontef;act magistrates it would seem that women can indulge in poaching with impunity. The daughter ot a notorious poacher was caught coming from the fields witu all the paraphernalia of the cratt con cealed on her person. Her solicitor secured Ler release by contending that as the act referred solely to n.eu a wo man could not be punished under its provisions. This decision opens up a new field of profitable industry to w men ; and, if it should be upheld, the inale poacher would not become aa tx tinct as the dodo. A Doww-Kaat rtnt-S-.k. To thoroughly appreciate a Njw Eug- danj.bate one must eat it ia New EugLuid, and to make it entirely enjoy- able one must assist in preparing it, or at least be present at the oven wheu the grand funeral pile is lighb'd. The writer was present at a feast of this kind iu the little town of Westpott, Mass., last week, and after partaking heartily of tho clams and the "fixius" is prepare 1 to make d position to the fact that the genuine clam bate is a rare treat which it pays one to travel mtny miles to en loy. Cada.an's Nck, wh-re the clam-bake was prepared, is a small p int of land juttitig out into the Westport River, aliout four miles from the town. Under the trees aud near the long tables two large "ovens" Lad been constructed by excavating two holes aliout fi.'teja feet long 1 y three broad and two deep, aud in each a great fire of oak and pine wood was burning fiercely. A score of uii-n were seated ou the ground near by earefuily washing and sorting '!')) bush els ot c-lauis which Lad beeu duir the iiight before ou the shores of the Provi dence Liver. They were not the large, repulsive-looking clams which ar o so often made to do service in bakes for eign to New E.igl and. but small, lus- eiems looking bivalves, whose shells fairly shone as they eauie from the uands of the cleaners. Close by stood twelve bushel baskets full of lobsters. all green aud shiiui.g as they came from the water, and all wriggdug about as though they loresur the fate iu store for them, aud were struggling to es cape. Near by was another giag of men dipping highly spiced dressing from two large, clean tu'os and placing it in tin pans just from the stcrj, whicii were nicely covered with clean, whit j cloths securely fasteued aronnd the lims. Others were husking cor.i for the grand bake, aud still others were washing sweet potatoes and tyiug them securely ia cauvass bags. The prepa rations were observed by the hungry crowd, aud appetites wero whetted by the sight. There was nothing to re pel, but everything to attract to the fea-t for which all were w.utiug. 1 luaily the great mass ol loo I w.is reaily for cooking, and then tuj grand event of the day, the closing of the bake, began. Men with pitchforks en ured the ovens of the bUzmg lec;, aud the stones, which had been raised to a wiiite beat, were carefuiiy swept el -an of ashes and embers. These country folks are fastidious iu the mat ter of cleanliness, and object to ea'iug Karui,Ued with carbou, , . ovens once cleaued ttie work oi ! The ot ailing tuoi. .tvith the edibles to be cooked was quickly iierformeiL Into each was fust poured I0O bushels of clean, shiuiug cl.inis. Very gently they were de posited iu the g'o-ving fnruaej that their shells might not be broken, and, as they struck the ftoues, a sizzing noise was heard, as the thousands ol clams apparently breathed out lou 1 s.;ghs of agony, and a dense cloud of salt-smelling steam arose, which tickle! the UOtUils aud served to whet appe tites whieh had already been sharpened by rides cf fVoni five t twenty miles in the fresh raurxirg air of the country. The lobsters we) next sent to bear the clams ce)in; any, and as they struck the bed they wriggled ajd squirmed in a maimer which would have toru the heartntriigs of tne good Mr. Bergh. Next came the c ru, with pans of dress ing juiliciously dis.tri! itited f'om oneeud of the great bake to the other, aud the apex was crowded with a score ol lonj aud shadow baskets, iu which were lay ers of bluelish and tripe, aud the bags of sweet potatoes ga.nishiug the outer edges of the great pihj. A heavy can was drawu over the whole, and on this was thrown a moss of wet and . dry seawtcd, until every crevice from which steam ewuld possible escape was closed, and thd ud!0 was theu left to cook it self iu tha uUam of the clams and the heat of the fimy I uruace. It takes a bak thus judiciously pre pared about tall an Lour to lie reaily for tho table, and at the end oi that time the Noq i.iehuck bake was ready to be eaten, Tho sea-weed was tossed aside, tlm canvas raid from one tud. aud the bake ojiened Ly dt grecs. A Jmudred lleet-footed waiters dipped tii:if paua ui the mass of stearuiug food jilaeod upou the tables before the hungry erowd the res-.Uts of tho experiment. Every body set to work with a will, opeuiug tlie clams and pickiug them out with their finders. The grouuel beneath the tables afforded a convenient plaeo for ilejxisitiiig the shelLs, aud little mounds of these seiou appealed by the side cf each eater. The clams Were tender and luscious, and large pans of them elisap peared iu a twinkling. Floating in melted butter butter churned the day before ou th3 farms of Wesfiiort they preaeuted an appetnung appearauce winch could not bo resisted, i. he eieaii ers and sorters had none their work well, and uo grit or sand entered the me nth to spoil the taste of the delicious bivalves. The lid.ster.s were warm und juicy ani impregnated jiust enough with the rUvur of the eteani in wnieu tuey iid boiled t moke theui a delicate u.or.-eI. The fish, too, was marveiousiy (.reived in flavor by this same steam, ia which it had been coulined for half an hour, while the potatoes and corn tasted as potatoes and com never tasted before, to oue individual who was en joying Li first New England clam-buke. Oue see ma never to tire of eating at a table spread with such luxaries as the, and, as there was plenty for all, every body ate until forceJ to desist from pure exhaustion. Cheek: Beauty and lawdifnlness are often united, let the pettiest maiden ia admired for her cheek. NEWS L r-KIKF Eight tidies h ive clerkships iu t'l Oregon Legislature'. The widow of General George I. Thomas is iu Washington. General W. 5. II irney, who is now iu his eighty-tifih year, is in St. Louis. I Of the English-spea'ang people 1:1,- SOrt.OUO are liomsn Cat hone's aud 5t, ! OlHl.OiX) ProteJUnts. Senator Peudi-ton s new h ue in Washington haa golden sunffers ca the tops of the lightning rod.-". , Pug dogs as pts hive h.vl theii d:iy among the n.tra fashionables, and now the "King Charles" is in favor. The- hoars fixed bv tiie Prince of Waies for his guidance at llotuburg wer ? rise at seven, bed at iev.-u. Seuator James G. Fair, of Nevada, one of the big bonanza firm, resiling in California, is said to lie in declining health. Ile-v. William S:a'-'S L,-e is the only uiau living of t iosi? wh w-. re graduttt-d troui Piiiicet.ia C odego be lore 1312. Bishop Andrews, f the Mcthoelist Episcopal Church of Wisconsin, urges his miuist 'rs not to favor any politie-al tarty net Ive ly. Aeooriiing to the assessui-nt roll of California, there h a been a d"pr.cia. tioa ol value- iu t:.at State the p.ist Ve-ar of .11;, ii !;. The remains of Miss A l.dai.le Puil lips are to be bori. el iu the burying grouud iu M irsbtiehL Mass., where" the Webster te'tub is. During best year i),21t! heal of cat tle weic either thrown ovirooir I or died from iiijtuic-t rece ived in tue pas sage across the Atlantic. Joshua Duun lias livsl no .;t tin" same farm in Garrard c.muty, Ky , for sixty years, and says that tlie prjseut crop is the best in his experience. One of the lending nicreh mts of Wiihamsbnrg, Va., i a cole-rod man, w ho dia-s a bitsini-ss of jiod.O h) a ve r and is requited to be worth ?2.",(KJ. St. Paul, Minn., is one of tin; most prosp.-rois cities of the North west. During tho last 2 0 viars its wholesale trace h is increased 6 J t 100 per cent. Tiie completion ol a taetory iu To ronto, Canada, was celebrated one d iV last week by a lunch party of sixteen persons on tha atop ed tue ehi uiiey, hi) feet from the ground. Tl.e South bus this season ruisesl ueaily eu nigh grain to supply tiu ho-n demauil, aud will s.ivj IJo.t.'Oil.lHl.l which it has beeu ae-ciistomt'd aiiuitally to .-peud in tho West f r food. Bar u Nordeuskjold is getting rca.lv for another Aictio uspe iitun, wmcn la to se t out from Stockholm iu xt snmun-r under tho p.itroua ;e of Wilheini Sen m-le-nck, a Berlin mcrehani. 2:iee'U O'ga. of G:'e.c, cinh s with her on her travels a lap -dog of fi t rare bree I so often repr sout.l by Sa l'et- r L-ly iu his lucturei of tiio ladies ol the Court of Cu urles the S -con L Trump., abound in tiie Nup.i V al ley. Cdiiomia. They say they have eouio to help pick tue gripes, lhe growers thiua tuey havo eoiuo to iivo upon the gia;-e'S whieh are easy ot mc- cesi. The walking costume of the Em press of Austria for wet or cold nvathcr is a watei proof New Market coar. a orowu straw hat aud thick navy Units. Iu hot weather she wears a thtu hunt ing blll. A line specimen of moss agite. found iuibcdde'd iu limestone in Am.te-r- d.im, Montgomery county, New Yoik, a nays ago, is said to lie tne lirst sjieeimeii of the kind ever diseoveiv I in this secliou of tho c ouuti v. The lietroletiui piixi constructed from the Con ban od tcrriteiry over tne .'aite-asiis Mouut.uu.s to Novoroszisk liarlior, on the Black Sea, coast, is luo miles long, with a daily cap icity to de'- livcr yO.OJO puds ( I.IHH,!! K pounds) ol petroleum. lhe Company trying to supply Sioux City, Iowa, with water have sunk an urusiau well l.ild fe-et tnroii'u. latterly, Very hard rock. Alter pene trating tha Trehto i liui-sto e tne-rc is a pi'oiuioility of watt r-iK-an.ig strata be ing struck The Brooklvn Sablmth-schoi ls num ber 21d, with Hl,57i Licinix.rs. Tue aletnoeliits stand highest, with 4 1 schools, l.,DtM m'mi.;rs; Episcopa- halis, schools, 11,1 lo; Baptists J) m hools, Vi,'M2 ; Presiiytcriaus have til hoois, 11,11,. . The State of (reorgia shows an in crease in taxable pnqierty, ditnug the last year, amounting t lt.lk.IKHl. wliieu is the iiest possildo evidence that tiie peo le are recovering front the tf- Iccts of the carpet ba;r rtyime. lhe Unhappy r, ui'nr of all the Biissifcs, returning to St. Petersburg Irohi Moscow, at his first meal in tint royal palace found, it is sal. I, a Nihilis tic proclamation wnppe-1 iu his tablo uupkiu, placed tiieie by adxiloj-.d page. Mr. Tennyson h.ib been for some weeks revciiily at his pi.ico on the Downs, known as Aldwarth, and U said to ixiiitempiate .ho sale of th ; place. lie heids mat tha air of the l.-io of Wigiit suits him liette-r. Frnugford, tho Isle of Wight place, is said t beoae of tho uiubl ijeiighttiil hons-.-s oil the is land. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Mis souri, Kansas and NeOra-ika producj a surplus of crn. Theje St ites yielde 1 IJJVttf iO.uO'1 bushels iu 1111, and 7io, 0nJ,IXKl m lS'sl. Tne percentage oi product stiil on hand is nearly twenty tour percent, aiucuuling n 11,0;1.',ii ) bushels Estimator of tho damigo dona at Alt x.uidiia during an 1 idter tnu loin bardment vary wid Iv, Claims m.nie tiy the owners f.xt up to nearly 17, oGo.bOO, but it ls said that an . mment aiitnority his expresse-d awi.litigness t rebuild and reluriii-u tne entire prope rty destrcyed for oi"j),0o0. la the year lsdd, at the M -rgae in Paris, t'uere were received t M corpses. Fiom 1V!1 to 117 too grcitest number was 3-jO. Iu 111 it rose to 7J0 ; it led in loiJ to 320. Iu the fodowing years it ruse gradually, until 1-170, fiom totldO. Then it fell in 1.174 to Iu the year 111 it was toil, lhe avera.ru by decennial penois, from llivl tollj, was 325 : from 111 J " T5 ; from 1 to l's5i, 425; from llod to lMV, it roie to ; and it was 675 from 1S7 to 187 J. sjxccE ron the Sake. Tue yolks of three egg-1, one and cne-haif enpa of sugar, and one pi it of milk. Boil ni til it haa the consistency ot cream. Flavor with vaadhi or lemon. To .La eaten cold.
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