ilniltfa Sttliiirf " JHHt- Mil Ifef ilttliflf M A c:; , , j . B. P. SCHWEIER, THE GOISTITUTIOI-THE ITH0J AID TEE ESTOXOEMEIT 07 THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVII. AIIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 25. 1SS3. NO. 30. OI K AXlitLS. Oil! not with any sound thev couie, or slim Inch fleshly ear and eyi can recoguiLv No curiosity can compass or suraw ' The secret of tliat intereourHe divine Which God permits, ordaius, across the line Tbe changeless line which Imni Our earth from other wars. Hut they do come and go continuallv Our blessed angels, no less ours than HL- The Messed angels whom we think we miss, Whose empty graves we wep to name or iw, And vainly watch, as once in Galilee One, weeping, w atched in vaiu ' Where her lost Christ had lain. Whenever iu some Litter grief we find. All unawares, a diep, mysterious sense Of hidden comfort ccnie, we know not whence; Whtn suddenly we see, where we were blind; Where we had struggled, are nmtent. re signed; Are strong where we were weak And no more strive or seek Then we may know that from the Gir, glad skies, To note our need, the watchful Gid has lieut, And for our instant help has called and scut, tf ali our lovicg angels, the most m iue And tender one, to siint to us where lies The path that ill be best The path of eace and rest. SKT WITH THOKVS. Rose Gurney cauie slowly down the broad uttli, and pausing- before an old fashioned red-rose bush, began to select with dainty fingers some iartly-ojiened buds which she fastened with deliliera tion in the knot of lace at her bosom. A broad straw hat, with a scarf of white muslin shaded her features; and her morning robe of white lawn daintily ruffled and draped iu spotless purity, the little nosegay of roses being the only bit of rolor about her. Philip Grantley, smoking his morning cigar under one of the big elms, stepjied forward, tossing the fragrant weed aside, and doffing his straw hat. He was a fine looking fellow, with wav ing, jet black hair, and bold gray eyes; and w hen you find such a combination black hair aud gray eyes, you will gen erally find a will as 'lidoinitable and im movable as a pyramid. ''How do you do, Cousin Hose?" he said. The voting lady surveyed him with great calmness, quite ignorant of his ex tended hand. "I suppc.se you are,Mr. Grantley," she said with the slightest possible herd of her head; but I am not aware of any existing relationship between us." ""o? Then I am not," rejoined the young man. philosophically, as he drop led Lis neglected hand into the Nickel of his loose tlannel coat. She looked at him w ith some perplex ity now, but his face was inscrutable. "May I have a rose. Miss Gurney r" he asked with great joliteness, his eyes fixed ujNin the little clus-r at her bosom. "Oh, certainly! Help yourself!" with a little graceful gest tire towards the blos som laden bush. Hut he only glanced upon it w ith a smile and turned away as the breakfast 111 rung out an imperative summons from the house. You will come in to breakfast?" said Rose, w ith a stiffness not at all natural to her. "How very kind you are," murmured riiilip, languidly, as he sauntered on by her side. "Papa, how can you expect me to marry that man?" cried Hose, an hour later as she joined her father in the library. , "Is he not agreeable to you my dear.' queried Papa t;uniey,ashadeof anxiety drifting over his handsome face. "Agieeable? why papa,he is the most insufferable man I ever saw! Such coolness, and such insolent grand seignor wavs. AVhv.I wouldn't marry bini if he was the last man on the face of the earth!" At "Well well, Rosamundi, there s no compulsion about it," And Mr .Gurney smothered a sigh. "But I had hoped vou tnight fancy each other; the boy s father was an old friend of mine. At least you can treat him courteously while he stays w ith us. He is our guest, re member. " Rose left the room silently, with com pressed "Treat him courteously, indeed! Conventional courtesy seemed utterly lost on this young fellow, who made himself so entirely at home, w ho was discomiwsed at nothing. In the davs that followed, rhihp was like Uie girl's shadow, waiting upon her with the most scrupulous attention, yet not hesitating to criticise her playing, her singing and her riding. Rose Quarreled w it h him unconsciously. As for tump, he w as as iuipert unable as mortal man t0Afterall he could be a most delightful comjwnion when he chose. Rose reali zed this when on rainy days he read ex quisitely bits of her favorite authors, w hile she busied herself at sewing: or when in the long scented twilights he re lated strange adventures m far-away-countries. ,. . m ...a t..tliuii the slightest wora lunc n.. - of love lietweeu them; therefore it was a good deal of a surprise w neu a u.r, . gering with her over the piano one lovely summer night, said suddenly: "Rose, will you 1 my wife? nj.tt. I .or lieart in her mouth, and If 1 HI !.. . angry astonishment in her w ide eyes, Rose auswereu tureen v, o,.. ..-.:.. . .i. i.. t;.ke lier refusal X illlll' U1U II"V r ... - much to heart. He drummed out a little opera snatch rather absently on the white i .i.-.itu- went out on the lawn kt.auu ''"V , for a smoke; while Rose, very much dis turbed, ran up io ner loom . l,.lf TlifTllt. down no nunc - , The next day Mr. Gurney w as stricken aown hut as helnleft as a little child, with no control of hands rTEtempt at speech, the -entreaty of his large eyes, w rung the heart "5 J ...... ,..!7. -is sure that he ''henPhilu.cametodsWMhat hKo.."- iindentaiHl I it ... . auietiVj lie WW over iiics.i- - - - and I saTd , with his hands mpn the poor helpless hands on the prul : . "I know what you wish tosay, my tiear sin V,nt ll troubled-everytlnng is right Be comforted. voice low wm olv"V,V. "7- -.nf aw-av when Uiey returned bnt the anxious, eager xpreon was ir f.n0 "wned Philip concerning wer father's uneasmess. she t t; iaction. ' " th tK? "'T1?' taly of her sorrow, a,,dV e,,fr,,rl k'a'"'d tlie rejJ nuWUty and geutleless of Philij. Grantley's heart ,,,fHr w? tl,ere 8U( h a unwrarviiis nurse as he. hi.6 tK?11 tro"Wesoue duties upon himself. Rose gladly gave the reins of government into hLs steady hands. . Rose thought with a dreadful heart sinking of his departure. She broached the subject one day. "rJG.ra"tl')V'she said, "I fed that it is selfish in us to lean so thoroughly ujnjii on- W e must learn to do without vou. Some time again if you will viisit us when paia is better " Her voice broke here; everything in the future looked so hopeless, and she knew herself to. be young and inexperienced. lie w as watching her attentively with very gray eyes; and when she used he iwk uer u;mu ana drew her unresistingly m the circle of his arm. "Rose, do you want ine to go awa v. She shook her head. She dare not trust herself to sjieak. "Rose, I will not attempt to disguise from you the fact that your father' will never airain Ik well si. ...... tiru lierhaps months hence, he may regain the lower of h is speech. Rut, Rose, he w ill be an invalid always; and I am going to ask you to let me share with vou the care oi mm. lie is dear to me, aud I suit him. Rose, dear little red Rose, I want you for my own; we need each other don't you see? Can you love me a little?" She was weeping wildly in his arms now, and he waited for her to grow calm er, and then led her to the sick room Mr. Gurney listened, with sucn un mistakable rapture and assent in his eyes io me young man s story, that Rose could not uouut what the desire of his heart had been. They were married very quietly a few weeks later: and then a few words from Mrs. Barton, the housekeeiier, opened Rose's eyes, "So you are not going to leave the old place after all, Miss Rose?" "Leave the Hall? What do you mean, Mrs. Barton?" "Then Mr. Grantley has not told you!" "Told me what?" "Miss Rose, just before your father's illness, he had decided to sell the old house, as he had met with heavy losses. Mr. Grantley bought the place of him in order that it might not go into the market He has probably been keeping tins f rom you in order to save vour feelings; and I must say, Miss Rose" with the resjiect- tul freedom of an old servant-you have got one of the kindest -hearted gentlemen in the country." Rose went silently in search of her hus band. When she found him in the libra ry her face was very iwle, and her eyes very big. "Philip." she said, "I have just learned that this house belongs to you." "What's mine is yours, my dear; and what's yours is " But Rose had thrown herself upon his bnast and was crying heartily. "Philip! How rude, and unkind, and ungenerous 1 have beeu to you. who are so uoblel" "Soltiv. little one! You aie always my own red Rose; a little thor iy, perhaps, but that is the nature of roses." Food Mitkes the Man. Cr.tmiT rruicrhlv .hnnL three fourthf. bv weight, of the body of man is constitu . . . . . . i . i. ted tv ue nuiu ne consumes, buu iue re n...n;niT fourth hv the solid material he UJOllltu .vm. j appropriate. It is therefore no figure ol speech to say that food makes the man. We micht even put the case in a stronger light and affirm that man is his food. I is strictly and htetally true that "X man who drinks beer ttinks bser." We mke this concession to the tee loianers, ana ihit mwl Hound beer is bv dj mesns a bad thought factor, whatever imv be the intellectual value of the commodity conio only sold sad consumed under thai namtl It can not obviously ue a maitei r ,i,fT..rence what a man eats and dnnks. Ue is, in fact, choosing his ani mal and moral character wuen ne teiecis u:. It i. imnnssiMe f.ir hl.il to UIS IVrtm. - " " change his inherited natire, siaiiy be cause modiDCE lions oi oeve.opuicui ow;uyjr more than an individual life, but he can help to make the particular stock to hich he belongs n ore or U ss beery x fleshy, ot watery, and s on. b tha way he lei.ds. We know the sneci iue leeuuii; ui auuuai. . t.mni.r nnd verv natures: bow mU UU .uv.. f - . tne dog fe! on . raw meat and chttinea n? so lust he caa not worn uu iue uira fluous nitrcpenised mateiial by exercite beasL while the tair.e W --pi creature fed on bread and milk would be tame as a lamb. The same law of results s applicable to man, and every iivid? or ;. .mnaitllHl 'Ml ltS killd" With 8 PUUBUI " ..f physical and menial likeness. This is the undeilymg ptiuciple of development. Happily toe truth is beginning, though slowly ana unpeneciiy, wuuuareuunr.u it has long been denied. It is possible lhat in the natural desire to tecure the bes. and purest supplies ol looa ana crui ... um niifcliinir matters a little to Ul lunu " " I 1- extremes and becoming ridiculous. Uto pia is a lotig way on, anu -uj gem uu been builu is, however, desirable that we should aim hign sna maae iue wacu krcinlniriixtl ar.ence the DreceDls uiaui j.ujui...- r, . of our daily life and conduct, we ma) not be anle to reacn our mtai, uuv i""a ress will be advanced by striving to make IU attainment an orject. "What to cat, j.i.k .n.i .irniil" m a rational Drorjosi- UJ1UR lion; and if some of us are becoming a httle unreasonaDie in tne aucmt w m .. .1 i.. wc are on the ncht road, and ought to be encoutsged rather man abashed by we nix unsmuij uim our endeavors are calling forte. Hadwa Klver Ecarlon via Penn.ylvanla : Ti.nrwt iv thtf. firh inntant. and continuing on Thursday only until further notice, this most deliyhitul of all tlie one-day excursions will be commenced by the l-ennyivauu u- " , steamer, "lUchard Sic-kton," to V t 1'oiutaoa enuuu- - k-. ..... nMimiitniVMl 1 1 V Uuitson nver uavo uwu r.-- -j . . tK a .iii;.l tn an v in the worui. irreai iraicic.. - . - b . . t..;.i tn piiwiI the world-la- ' ..... i (.;.... IVrT.ii n v t1i.th uious scenery 01 . -- , is nothing to compare with it in point of conveuitm and cheapness, as the entire tripcan becmtortably takeu between ear.y lireakiasi mu i.c "j i . , , . . A hpecial train to connect with the boat will leave Broad Street Station at 7.00 A. M on Thursday only, w 'P ;venue, Kidge avenue, Geraianto :n Junc non Frauklord Jum tion, Torresd:Ue, Bns LTanTTu Connection will be made 2 'toby the train which leaves toot o.krt atrLt t 6.ao A. M-i which train sun-Tresulariyata.! princiial Nations be ,wS.mden and Xren.on. The are for the entire rouna iriy f 1 --- between the ages of lire aui twelve, half price. , m . Em who threw out sntpicion should at once be suspected himself. Home 1.1 1. In Brazil. The streets of the business parts of the city of Pant are very narrow. A few are well paved with limestone, im ported at an enormous exjiense from Portugal. The other streets of the town are macadamized with the one sort ef stone that Is common Jn Rrazil. This common stone is conipsed of very small quartz crystals and ochre cement. It is exceedingly soft, and under the heavy wheels of the clumsy vehicles rapidly crumbles to a fine, red dust, which would be intolerable but for fre quent wetting. Street sprinkling is wholly performed by the clouds, and as this section lies in the zone of calms a daily shower is expected. It usually falls about 4 P. m. and with so great re gularity that daily appointments are made with reference to the rain. No "outlandish invention" could so thoroughly wash through the liest pav ed parts of the city, and it is to be liojr ed that no other sprinkler would leave such wretched ikk1s of water in the fine red sand of the macadamized streets. Winding among the elegant dwellings of the more wealthy classes of people the streets are wide and beautifully planted with trees of various sorts. Sometimes the palm is chosen and sometimes the far-famed "silk-cotton" tiees are planted, but by far the com monest are the mangoes. Drought from the East Indies, the mango flour ishes in luxuriant beauty and its thick, clustering foliage forms one of the most striking features of Para, making' this city stand out in bold relief among the other individualities and jieculiarities of various ISrazilian cities. In studying the habits of birds there is nothing more interesting than to mark each tril's siecial manner of coLstructing its nests. So, too, in mak ing the acquaintance of a new jieople, nothing seems more important than a consideration of their houses aud home life, and they are first to attract the at tention of a foreigner. One might naturallv exiiect wood to lie the most common building material in a country of such vast forests of huge trees. 1 lus however, is far .from lieing tlie case, There are only aliout a half-dozen saw mills on the whole Amazon river ; con sequently home-manufactured lumlier is not abundant and all of the stone used in building is imiorted. Rut the clayey soil bordering the small streams and many parts of the larger rivers makes brick a far cheaper building material and it is also a much lietter means of protection from the fierce heat of tropic suns. The outer walls and even the partitions are built three feet thick, in order to support Tlie crushing weight of the heavy earthen tiles of the roof. Xlie outsides ot uie brick houses are sometimes colored pink, blue, green, yellow or white, bnt they are for the most part covered with porceiain tiling, iu which blue and white predominate, but in which al most eery color or combination of col ors may sometimes be seen. This til mg is always of the same form, live inches square and nearly ha'f an inch in thickness. Sometimes one piece forms a design, but commonly it takes four of the pieces set together to form a figure. The hgure is fastened either with cement or wuu mortar on me brick walls. When not of glass the outer doors are almost invariably paint ed bright green, and without exception both windows and doors open in the centre and swing on hinges into tlie room. In many cases blinds or " lat ticed windows " are used in place of glass windows, and these are frequent ly susiieuded at the top, so mat uiey may be turned outward aud propjied into a kind of awning for tlie windows. The outer dxrs and windows are all provided w ith w ooden shutters, w hich are made to exclude the hot sun and are faithfully closed to shut out the niirht air. of which the people are so much afraid that every house looks like a dungeon when its inmates are sleep ing. Perhais one reason ior inese weii- nigh hermetically sealed windows and doors is found the fact that vampire bats abound, and they are sometimes so bloodthirsty that a strong horse that has been exiiosed to their ravenous ap petites for a single night will be stag gering and weak in the morning. They seem to ue possessed oi very lasmuous tastes, and the bats that fieely bleed one jiersou will never be known to bite another, even if the two individuals are sleeping always iu the same room. Rut to return to the houses, au uie doors of a common dwelling-house are wide and high enough to admit two mounted horsemen riding abreast. As for the interior, paper-hangings are not very common, the walls being covered from the floor to a height of three feet with glazed tiling, like that used for exterior walls, and tne reuiainuer simply whitewashed to the ceiling, which is made oi woou anu pauueu white. Sometimes for better ventila tion the ceiling is constructed of slats that are arranged in diamond form and the diamonds expand in size from the chandelier to the edge of the room. Insect life is so vigorous and so en croaching that even oilcloth is not com mon ahd other carpets are out oi uie question even the most elegantly fur nished houses ouly boast of a rug or two. The floors are, however, quite ornamental, being composed of alter nate striis of light and dark wood. The roofs, as 1 have said, are tiled, and the red tilinz is made in oblong, curv ed nieces which are so laid on the wooden frame that the roof is of con tinuous and parallel rows of earthen gutters ; the scalloiied edge of the eaves beimr hidden in nicer houses oy nuiiu ing the front wall a foot or two higher than the roof, and placing upon the top of this paraiiet a row ol porcelain or marble vases, urns or monster acorns and beautiful statues. Among the flowers and shrubbery of the eardens tnere is oiteu a iouuiain and around their marble basins statuary is arranged. o high winds or winter frosts ever blight the verdure in this land of perpetual summer, ana every yard with its sanded pavements or its gravel waiks is providea wiui a uigu iron fence, over which no thief could possibly climb. Above the head of him who passes the guarded entrance a pair of crouching lions or porcelain dogs seem to threaten violence to him who ; enters unbidden. Some of these gates are provided with bells, others have only the cord of the house bell dangling in the street, at the mercy ot many si saucy and mischievous boy, who catch es tlie cord as he runs and is far from the reach of the angry servant who comes to answer the summons. Door bells are not the most common means of warning to those approached by visi tors. Knockers are seldom seen, and as the heavy doors would never echo om tapping knuckles, the only way would seem to be to call out for admit tance. Not so. The Brazilian pauses on the threshold of his neighbor's castle and claps his hands two or three times ! Sometimes this sound of clapping will lie heard under your window, and step ping to the lialcony, it is according to chance whether you will tic saluted by a lieggar, by one of your best friends, or by a man. who most resiiectfullv in vites you to purchase a ticket to a circus or a sleight-of-hand performance. The poorer classes and slaves live in a sort of house whose floors are of mud, whose walls of sash-like framework are filled with unbumed clav and whose roofs are covered with the tvell-dried leaves of the " thatch palm." t'reiimtlon Iu the ait. Among the Hindoos, as every one knows, the process of cremation is common, and at Rerares its practice may be observed at any hour, alike be neath the burning rays of the noonday sun and by the lisht of the pale moon. Many a poor sufferer strains his last ef forts to reach the shore of the Ganges, there to die on the hallowed ground. Tim excuse of wood for the funeral pyre lieing too great to secure the burn ing of the whoto body, it is iartly charred, and then sent to float down the holy stream into the eternity of the sea. Ihe wealthier Hindoos are more formal in the disiiosal of the dead. Af ter bathing the Ixxly iu the river it is swathed m a shroud of white, scarlet or saffron colored material ; sometimes even covered with cloth of gold or sil ver, some vermilion jaint, symbolizing the blood of sprinkling, is then thrown over it, and the body Ls laid upon the pyre. After adding sweet grass, pre cious oil, and more wood, the chief mounter bears a lighted torch three or nine times round the body, touches the dead lips with the holy flame, and lights the pyre. Then it is kindled in several other places, and in a very short time the body is consumed by the flame the ashes are gathered up, and the Ganges liears them away. In Japan cremation Ls not so publicly lierforuied. A plain-looking house iu the corner of the country cemetery, with mud walls and earthen floor, in side of which are seven or eight low stone enclosures, serves as a crematory. The body, in a sstting attitude, is plac ed on a heap of dry fagots in one of the enclosures, and when after six or eight hours the lire is burned out, nothing is left but a lew white ashes, those are put into an earthenware urn aud buried with or without religious rites. The burning of the bmlies is not compulsory iu Japan, but Ruddliists of the Monlo sect are . nearly without exception cre mated. The town crematories differ only from those iu the country by their tall chimneys, by which unple;isant- odors are kept from becoming troublesome to the neighborhood. There is a small room kept separate for the wealthier lieople in which they have their dead burned apart. For the use of this pri vate apartment they jiay twenty shill ings, whiie those who prefer to be burned in comiiany pay about the fifth part of this sum. The fuel only costs about one shilling. Prom 8 F. M. to C a. m. the tires burn on the granite sajv ports which are laid on the earthen floor, and from each of these hearths the ashes are gathered and put separa tely into an urn. There is no smell to annoy any one, aud no nuisance. Terri blo as cremation may appear to some, the process is far less hideous in its de tails than that which has its slow course in the deep narrow bed into which tlie flower-covered coffin is lowered from our sight. t.irl Graduate. There were eight graduates iu all. Two of them were exceedingly beauti ful, lxtth lieing blondes : live of them were pretty, but the eiirhth was decid edly homely, though intelligent. " Well," said one of them when ask-' ed the question, " I'm going abroad to study medicine. It will take me about five years, and then I intend to come back here and practice in my own home in Connecticut. I think the sal vation of this country will be only at tained when lialf physicians are wo men 1 " And when a noble expression in her lieautiful blue eyes she turned away. 11ns was from the prettiest girl of the lot. ' I'm not going to be so silly," said the other beai.ty, biting the end of her white satm fan. "I'm going mto society. This summer ma's going to bring me out at Newport, Saratoga and Long Branch, and in Uie fall I'm going abroad to lie finished or polished up, you know. It gives one an air of elegance to travel abroad, I'm told." " But what are your plans tor lite t was asked. Plans ? how funny ! AVhy I in tend to have a good time, of course. But plans ! AVhy, ma says its vulgar for womeu to have decided views on subjects. Of course I'm going to be long to a dancing class, ami have regu lar rweption days, if that's what you mean by plans," and she fanned liersell gently and held her big bouquet of pink roses up to her dainty nose. " t or my part," said the homely girl, I think life is a curious mixture. What's tlie good of learning so much trash, for it is trash. Then you live a httle while, and sjieak correct Eng lish, and then die. 1 don't know w hat I'm going to do. I should like to be in love, but I dont really think any one weu'.d ever fall in love with me, so I'll have to give that up. I wish I couid goto school all my life." "Now. Edith," said one of the girls, yet unheard from; "you know you'll marry some awfully nice fellow, be cause you've got so much money. As for me, I am only too thankful to have been educated, even by a stingy old aunt ; aud now I've got to support my self." " I should think it would be lots of fun to earn your own living," said a lively little brunette who was in grand spirits. " Dont you tird it so t " she went on, turning to the reiorter. " Oh, yes, lots I " was the heroic re ply. " l es, I should love it. Getting checks of your own every week and drawing on the bank, and having euough money to buy all the candies aud chocolates you wanted. -Oh, I do wish pop wasn't so rich." "Don't be silly, Maud," replied a stately young lady, with very wise eyes. " Frank says it's very difficult to make money, aud when I'm married I'm go ing to be very economical I've come to the conclusion that it s a very wick ed tiring to have so many new dresses and music and ice cream, when thou sands of people are starving." John Gilbert. Routt. Toward the close of one of these trips through the border States, the company to which Mr. Gilbert was at tached played in St. Louis, then an in significant town of a few thousand in habitants, paved principally with mud six inches deep, and boasting one theater, transformed out of an old salt house, the only entrance to which was by way of a long and rickety flight of steps built on the outside of the end wall. From his share of the receipts of a performance in this establishment young Gilbert bought a pair of very fine-looking boots, and, on account of them, was for the moment the envy of his companions, several of whom were without adequate covering for their liedal extremities. They said very lit tle regarding his purchase, however, until some days afterwards, when, on the way down the Mississippi to New Orleans, the boat iu which they had taken Jiassage. stoptied at Vickshurg for a load of cotton. There two or three of the actors, knowing that the lioat would be detained all night, deter mined to give a performance on their own account, and hired a negro to make the announcement. Toward evening it became evident that the tumble-down shed in which the enter ment was to lie given would be tilled ; and old " Sol " Smith" the original Sol " who was to be tine of the per formers, came to Gilbert, and dolefully displayed a pair of shoes through which a torn stocking was only too plainly visible, said, m tones which would have done credit to Forrest or the elder Booth : "John, friend of me youth, let me have your opinion of these shoes." " They are very bad shoes," replied Gilbert, with equal solemnity ; exceed ingly bad shoes, my friend." In fact it would be injudicious, as it were, to appear before the culture and fashion of V icksburz in such shoes ' queried " Sol ; " and Gilbert be ginning to see what was coming, reluct antly admitted that "the culture and fashion of Vickshurg " might indeed object to so lavish a display of worn stockings. " Then me friend, me noble triend !" continued " the inimitable Sol " with increasing animation, " there is abso lutely no help for it. Me very soul re volts at being compelled to ask the sacrifice, but iu the name of our friend ship I conjure nay, I command you to lend iue your new boots 1 " What warm-hearted man could have withstood such an appeal 'i Certainly not John Gilbert. Without further ado he pulled off the new boots and gave them to his friend 'f They were several sizes too large for " Sol ;" still, happy in their possession, he hurried away to take part in the performance. The house was well tilled. Sol" received uearl y 20 as his share of the proceeds, aud, having the night before him, wandered about "just to see the town, you know," happened into a gambling saloon, lost his money, took a brandy-smash or two, became happily oblivious to what was going on about him, st;iggered out into the street to ward Ins boat, aud at last arrived in the very best of health and spirits, but without anything on his feet. He left Joha Gilbert's new Ixmts ticking in the black mud of Vickshurg. During the rest of the trip to New Or leans that eminent comedian was oh liged to wear the "holey " shoes of his friend " Sol," while " Sol " himself it wiser, if not a sadder, man was obhg ed to walk about in a pair of dilapidat ed slippers furnished by the liberality of the steamboat captain. Don't go to bed with c ld feet Don't sleep in the same undergarments that are worn during the day. Don t sleep in a room that is not well ventilated. Don't sit or sleep in a draught. Don't lie on the left side too mucb. Din't he on the back. to kiep from snoring. Dun t try to get along wnh less than seven or eight hours sleep out of twenty-four. Don't jump out of bed immediately on awaking in the morning. Don'l forget to rub yourself well all over with crash towel or bands before dressing. Don't forget to takes good drink of pure water before breakfast. iou t take Ion; walks when the stomach is entirely empty. Don'l start to dj a day's work without eating a good break fast. Hon t eat anything but wd!-cx)kcd and nutritious foods. Don't eat what you don't want just t3 save it. Djnt est be tween meals nor enongb to cause uneasi ness at meal-time. Don t eat the smallest morsel unless hungry, if well. Djn't try to keep up on coflee or alcoholic stiinu- laDta. when nature is calling you to sleep. Don't stand over hot-air registers. Don't inhale hot air, or fumes of any acids. Don't fill tne gash with soot, sugar, or anything else to arrest the hemorrhage when you cut yourself, but bring the parts together with strips of adhesive plaster. Don t wear thin hose or light-solcd shoes in oo'd or wet weather. Don'l strain your eyes by reading on an empty stomach or when ill. Don I strain your eyes by read ing or sewing at dusk, by a dim light, or flickering candle, or when very tired. Don'l sing or halloo when your throat is sore or you are hoarse. Don't drink ice- water when you are very warm, and never a glassful a; a time, but simply sip it slowly. Djn take some other person's medicine because you are simuviy am.c- lei Djo t bathe in less than two hours after eating. Don't eat in less than two hours after bathing. Don't call so fre quently on your tick friend as to make your company and conversation a bore. Don't make a practice of relating scandal, or stories calculated to depress the spirits ot the sick. Don't forget to cheer aid genlly amuse invalids when visiting them. Don't call on jour sick friend and advise him to take soaie other medicine, gtt an other doctor, eat more, eat less, sit up longer, go out more frequently; stay a, week, or talk him to death before you think of leaving. A GoruuMi Porter. A traveler describee the average porter of the hotels in Germany as a re markable being. He is asked more questions in one day than an ordinary man can answer in two. He must reply to one question in Spanish, another in English, a third in dulcet Italian, the next second he most assume all the suave politeness ot the mercurial Usui; and before the t tste of the Last French I nasal adjective has ltit his mouth, he most twist his tongue about the many spirals of a Russian consonantal noun. His gold-banded eap is ever ready to be lifted, his learned head eager to bend ibrelf m a bow, and his linguistic tongne willing to answer any and all questions in almost any and all languages. But even this magnificent man of varied at tainments ..decked out and though he is in a showy uniform, does not ref u e to take what is offered him, be it gold, silver or eoppper. .Flag For toe Aauoo. "What can you tell about fl-igs that is interesting I " was asked ot the proprietor of one of the largest factories in Hem York. "A great deal," be said. "The trade Is booming; tbat't interesting to us. The Fourth makes the trade lively just now, of course; but trade lor the last year has been mucb better than it was last, flags form one of the necessities of life. They are the most prominent outgrowth of American enthusiasm. We get married at an altar draped with the national colors. Sunday schools parade the streets and go picnick ing with fLigs in the hands of the children. Christmas trees are decorated with them. The advent of bock beer or the opening of a bar-room calls for the use of the patrio tic emblem of freedom. We nominate political candidates in flag-draped halls. The opening of the great bridge called for thousands of flags. rV's honor the memory of the soldier dead by decorating their graves with the flag they fought lor. We listen to stones of the wrongs ii.fl.cted on the oppressed in another land in halls where the stars and stripes are twined with the emerald field and the harp. Every thing that excites our emotions sells oar fltgs. There is no place like America for flags; there is no flag so beautiful as the American flag." "Have you any idea bow many flags are made and sold in a year l" "Mot a very accurate one. They are made by the million. Our concern turned out a million and a quarter last year.Tbere are d zens of other nrms turning out other millions. W e fill orders for thousand gross of the small ones. We keep hundreds of thousands constantly in stock. Flags are perishable. When the present excite ment is over the fljgs are thrown away. When the future excitement comes new ones are bjoght. They are so very cheap that no one cares to keep them. Thus we. make small paper flags, one by one and a half Inch large, mounted on a pin. that we sell at thirty cents a gross. From lhat figure the price runs up to (209 for a very large and elegant silk banner -handsomely embroidered. The largest bunting fldgs seldom exceed 36x60 feet in size. Such flags are used by hoieia. Then there are the streamers, the burgees or baaneis with mottoes, the signs) flags for merchant ships and yachts. Those may be called side issues to the flg business, hut they are a large factor in the trade." "What do you make yjur flags of?" "Silk, bunting, muilin, and paper. Silk fligs are usually ma le to order. W e keep a great variety of Duntmg fligs in 6tock. These flags are made by sewing the dif ferent colored ciothes together. The bunt ing was formerly imported, but a nujiber of years ego Gjv. lien Butler, of .Massa chusetts, made up his mind that he could make better goods for less moaey. The opposition he encountered encouraged him. lie now sells the best bunting in the worlk tor about $10 apiece. The in ferior imported stud co-ls $14. The next cheaper grade ot flags is made by printing the colors on the while cotton cloth. We can print them as large as six feet in length. They are printed on hand pre.-ses much the same as newspapers were printed years ago. All attempts to cheapen the work by steam power have failed." "Do you ever make foreign fl igs ?" 'Thousands of theia. They are wauted for decorating purposes chitfly. Ships buy some, but not many. They get thein abroad. The foreign consuls give us orders for soaie very elegant fl igs. To what territory do you look for your trac-el- 'The whole country, Mew York sup plies the nation, although many flags are made elsewhere. Here is an order from Cincinnati. Uver there is a bundle for San Francisco. Vou can say lhat in the new trade, as in a gnat many other things Mew York city leads the world." An Aesthetic Kitchen. It is wonderful now pretty even a kitchen may be made to look by the woman of aesthetic taitea. Calling on a lady who, tired of boarding, dabbled in "lijlit house-ketpiug," she showed us her kitchen with paidonable pride. 1 rctty cinua was displayed on shelves, brackets, and In a tiny cupboard; Japan ese scrolls, fans and plates hung upon the walls, and there was n ithing about the room suggestive of cooking except an innocent looking oil stove, which stood on a box cm tamed with chintz, bearing printed figures from the opera of ' Patience,' in soft, itbe'.ic colors. A breakfast-table stood at one side of the room which was little larger than a hill bed-room a pretty drecsing-caa occu pied one coiner, ami the only remaining corner was filled by a small wardrobe. "But where do you keep things? Where are your kitchen utensils your kettles, tins and broilers?" With a smile our friend pu led aide the curtain which hung below tha oil stove, and there in a box were a'l Uio utensils necessary in cooking. Farther investigation revealei the fuel that the dressing case wna only used to hold groceries, while the wash- stand concealed the tin dish-basin, soap, etc. Maiket baskets, tea towels, work aprons and the like were stored away in the wardrobe. "Lion do you dispose of refuse scraps; fruit and vegetable parings and the likei" we asked. She beckoned us to the window, where basket hung by a long rope reaching clear to the basntnenl. 1 send them down in tha"; tne girl empties the basket, and I draw it up aain wuenevcr 1 need 1L it saves running up and down stairs, and besides has a flavor of 'The Princess in the Tower' about it which relieves it from absolute c.mmen- place." This woman moves in the best society, drives in a stylish coupe, drwsjes welt, and, in the current phrase, "goes everywhere.' yet there are probably few bo anow about her cozy little kitchen and ber dry slop-basket. Verily, "one half the world dxsa't know bow the other half live. Luther" Bible. Martin Lather's hand Bible, preserved as a most precious relic in the Berlin JIarkiah Museum, gains additional in terest with the approach of .the 400: h anniversary ot the great heformer. It csme originally from Wittenberg, from the library of tha Theologian Profesaor, Lommatzicb, who sold it in I860 to Sanitary Councillor Lutse, of Koet-jen for 9.000 mar .s and a life rent. Of the latter t e Markith Provincial Miseum acquired the Bible by purchase ou Janu ary 27, 1877. The Bible is the large Basle Datin edition of 1509 cum pieno apparatu, and annotated throughout by Dr. Luther, who made use of it in his preparatory study for lU translation. Ills characterntio coarse mtnawnung covers every page of tha text, and the commentaries as well as the inside of the parch meet covers. The title page contains the biblical quotation: "If Thy word, oh Iiord, do not comfort me, 1 should perish in miseiy. 1542 Mart, .Luther D." Kabtlng Cinchona. A letter from Ceylon, lower India and Java says I aancy you would be sur prised at the modes of cn tivating the cinchona, as now practised in Ceylon, lower India and Java. I fancy a slight description of it will have come interest for yon. After getting the forest felled and burned on, the land is lined off, aud holes are cat the same as for coffee, only not so large, eight inches wide and deep, instead of twenty as f r coffee. The best ar proved mode is five feet apart; this gives 2,540 trees per acre. Leave the holes oen until thoroughly oxygeniz-ed, aud this point is shown by the weeds begiuniuir to grow wtll down ii.side the holes. Then put oat pleats in shadowy weather, at four years of age, cat off all lateral branches to a height of five feet from the ground. Trees if on fairly good soil should then be ten ft et high. Yon leave branches above five feet from toe ground, be cause they are the laboratory, a ma chine that draws the alka'oid-piodac-ing properties from the at a sphere. At the end of five years you start on the stems of the cinchona trees (here you will be astonished) with spoke shaves. Set the blade of the spoke shave snfliciently forward to enter the bark to the point where the cambnnm. or inuermost bark, lies. This cambrinm mast not be rat; it ls the machine that will grow thick for next year's bark. Mats are adjusted at the loot of the trees to receive the shavings. The men peg away, and a fair day's wurk for an average ooolio on five-year-trees Is 00 or 70 pounds of the wet bark. This, when dried, should turn out one thud of its weight in dried bark, the value of which, just low, in Colombo (.Ceylon), is one shilling and sixpence, or about 36 cents per pound. A fair thing, from five-ysar-cld trees, would be half a pound of bark per tre. But, like many other things, many get more, and many get less. At our present rate of expenditure, about ten pounds sterling per acre, or say in equivalent rupees, 25 or 100 cents to a rupee equals H2o. Allow ing 1.700 trees to the acre, an average of 7 cents per tree covers expenditures. Taken as a whole, cinchona growers have done v-rt wtll on soils that were not too light with clay. Tne plant waits a very gravelly sou, bnt will not stand wet feet The variety of plant now most in vogue in Ceylon is called the ''Cinchona hybrij," caused by the mixture of the pollen I rom the two varieties. This cross is believed to possess the greatest immunity from the various diseases peculiar to any tropi cal cultivation over large areas. The greatest dith:ulty is found in the cinchona nurseries, when the yonug p anU are just aliove tha ground, say a quarter ot an inch, they damp OU' in yellow spots. The ouly remedy here is to transplant at once into new beds, four inches apart, removing the plants to the field when four inches high. Tue diseases moat commonly met with are two, a peculiar decay of the roots and consequent death of the true, and canker, cause and care not known. Tue hybrid is not subject, it is said, to canker. Plants of like nature covering Iare areas generally do produce some decimating induenue, as if nature pre ferred varioty. But the plant of all others I would trunk best to cultivate in Ceylon Is the cardamon. It is a bulbous plant, some thing hke a hen's egg in snap?, with a root of oar American rhubaru plant at tached to one end of it at right angles to the longest diameter of the egg. The best Malabar plants are for sale at fifteen rupees per thousand. Plants not three years old are eight feet hign. and have by tuat time developed im mense tufts of long, heavy shoots ot leaves. Tie a haudtul of fowl's feathers together at the lower end and spread the tops out in a sort of radiating tuft, and yon have the shape of the crop bearing cardamon plant. Some get to be 10, 12 and 15 feet in height; the leaves aud shoots are in shape like the aloe. Xhey are very thin, with stunt! mid-rib, glossy dark-green on upper side, and velvety pale green on under side. The crop is formed ou lateral shoots proceeding lrom the cluster f bolbs at the surface of the ground, and pushing then way along the gronnd in all direc tions from the centre ot the plant. The httle white flowers aad buy bada spring from the sides of the-xj tendrils, or vhoots. A remarkable, peculiarity is Unt the nower spnngs from one point on the tendril, and tlie carbamon pods, of which there are two or more, close to the flower, from anether part of the tendril. The flower, in short, does not develop into a unit. It seems to be there as a feeder or fractiher, on its own wee, tiny stem, and each young cardamon has also a tiny stem of its own. Steauiiui; In Muu. A correspondent from Las Vegas, New Mexico, s tys the Lis Vega a hot springs, which are now attracting so much attention, from their specino cu rative qualities, are situated in a pla teau of about 30 acres, completely sur rounded by mountains and traver.-ed by the sparkling Oallinas. A palatial hotel, also built and controlled by tne railroad, adds to the attractiveness of the place as a popular resort. There are about forty spnngs, of ail degrees of heat and vdeness of taste, and all varieties of baths are given, the most popular of the latter being mud baths. The new arrival usually declares that nothing bat a case of life or death wou d induce him to be immerse 1 in the black, slimy earth. He begins witn a mdd tab bath aud shampoo, tnen his courage rises to a vapor, medicated or electric treatment, and finally he succomtis to the sensation of the honr, the mud bath mania. A tab is filled with hot earth, taken from a spot where the mineral waters trickle through, and a boot the consistency of thick pacta. Iu this the victim is placed, with Lis head protrud ing, to at -am for a half hour or so. Tnen he. is put under a shower nntU cleansed. It is astonishing to see what people can bring to themselves to do. Delicate, fa-stidioos ladies, who shrink from the ordeal at first with horror and nauseo, beoome so found of the baths a to cry when giving them op; but a row of the fair creatures, immersed in the thick, black stuff, with just then; heads visible, hke so many Bluebeard s wives after the decapitation act, is a sisrht more novel than edifying. It is claimed tuat tirs treatment wiu core rheumatism, neuralgia, akin diseases, etc., and eradicate malaria. A Cincin nati doctor has lutt left the springs after taking 63 mud baths cured of a terrible case of blood poisoning. NEWS IX URIK1 There are over 1, mm bicyclers in Boston. hXS) new post-olliees were estab lished in the United States during the fiscal year just closed. Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto, Canada, has fully recovered from his recent dangerous illiievi. Three children have died in Brazil, Indiana, within the past two years from drinking concentrated lve. Portland. Oregon, is to have this year a $1,000,000 bridge, and railroad workshops costing $-,tsW,00. A devil fish, measuring eight feet in circumference, was captured at Santa Monica, CaL, a few days ago. The total coinage of the L. S. Mints during June was$4.!t44,4.'!d.aiid during the last fiscal year 5jii,r.f2,ii4. There are more than SOO.OiM peip!e in Ireland who speak Irish, aud b ,) who can speak no other language. Tlie total debt of the citv of B .- ton is reported at $4l,2-'l,O..M, a:i in crease of 1,US,000 since last year. The French authorities this year estimate for 17,200 tons of iron-clad ship building; the Knglisli for 12,2 tons. Chester County farmers are c ;n- plainingjseriously of the damage wroi igh t in their grain fields by tuglis'i sor rows. A census of Portland, Me., liisjust been taken, which shows a population of 3."i,80b, an increase of 2,0m in three years. II. I). Cosgrove, of San Franriseo, has offered tne City of Buffalo a monu mental drinking fountain, to cost A cane made of s,0(i;i pieces of pasteboard playing cards, tightly rolled and glued together is carried by a m.ui in Chico. Laborers are scarce in Maine and there is a brisk demand for men iu the hay field at 52..Oa day so au Augusta 'paper says. There are nineteen bills affecting the liquor trade before the British Par liament, and half of them refer to the Sunday tratlic. The public debt statement for".Tune shows a decrease of ?lS,oos,: n. The decrease for the tissal year jjt cloi 1 was J187.2.J.2 :5 The number of slu-e; in Xew Mexico is reported to have inerea-sed from 10,000,000 in lv$0 toi.mciMM at the present time. The quantity of wli-at raised in Maine last year, was '.'.i."i,71 1 bushels, ol wits, 2.2iV,."75 bushels, and of p ta toes, 7,lfJ:,02 bushels. Men quarrying flint in a wood near Elkton. Md., have, for some time p;isi. been disturbed by showers of stones Coming apimrentlv from the sky. Tlie Indian colonial retains his fondness for curry when he returns to Kngland, ami curry is one of tha fear dishes that England has adopted. The amount of fresh beef exported from this country during May was !,j22,0OU ounils. For the correspond ing mouth last year 2,725,0'JO pounds. The total assessed valuation of real and personal estate in the city of Xe.v York for 1SS."!, is 1.27ii,i;77,101,aii in crease of $1:1,2. n,7ij-" oil the valuation for 1SS2. In actual gain in hpulation in ten years, from 170 to lsso,only one State exceeded Pennsylvania. Tne gain in Texas was 77:5.170; the gain in Penn sylvania was 7ii0.tH0. The claims received at the Internal Bureau for relmte of tax ou account or tobacco, snuff and cigars under the new law numlier nearlv20,ini:,aiii. Hint ing to alwut $2,0OO,iu6. ''Hal" Orth, the youngest son of the late Godlove S. Orth, of Indiana, has been presented with the desk used in the House of Representatives for so many years by his father. Careful observations on tiie tem perature in the Alliser Theatre in Ha vana, before and after the introduction of electric lighting, shows a difference of 25 degrees F, under the new and old conditions. The eleven surviving niemtiers of the Class of "l of Bowdoin College, of horn there were 20, are to have their semi-centennial reunion in Brunswick, ile.. at the coming Commencement. Nine of the eleven are clergvmeu. A curious freak of nature can be seen at olomou .Marsh's farm, near Norton, Kansas. The curiosity is a calf born without eves. The calf is perfectly formed, active and all right, with the exception that it has no sign of an eyeball. Forty thousand acres of laud in Arkansas have been secured for an Italian colony. The immigrants are to come from Tyrol, principally, and will lie agriculturists. About a thousand Italians have already settled 111 that region. The largest mule in the world was sold at Kansas Citv, last month. It was lSj hands high, weighed 1,075 pounds, measured fifteen feet from nose to tail, and was six years oi l. Some body will rise up now and tell a kick story commensurate with the si .o of tlie beast. Tlie Princess Isabella, of Bavaria, recently married to the Duke of Genoa, is described us looking like a wax sta tue, without a particle of color iu the face, rich auburn hair, large, dark wist ful eyes, and the figure of a Juno. She isv?ry timid ami retiring, and even her smile is tinged with sadness. Bishop Keane (R. CI, of Richmond, Va., who has been visiting Palestine, has shipped from that country a corner stone for the new cathedral that is to 1 built in Richmond. The scone is twenty y fifteen inches in size, and was cut from the Rock of the Garden of Gethsemane, on the Mount of Olives. An illustrious record of long and faithful services is the brief summary of the life of a Georgia clergyman. For nearly half a century thtUev. Henry Crawfo d Tucker expounded the leuets of the Christian religion, and zealously performed the duties of his sacred otli ;e without receiving one dollar in return for his protracted labors. Ixxndon will soon have a population equal to that of ancient Rome, which is by some historians put at 4,000,000, aud by others at 5,MU0,000. According to the last census, the population iu 18 1 1 was J,2.4,2tjO; it has no w risen to 3,815,483, including 1,707,480 males, and 2,018,91)7 females, thus giving a uet increase of 562,223 persons. gone from Mr. ouracj
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