Mrmu tin i ar ! i i i -v. v m r- v. w w i m w a r v w i mm m fc j i -3 a jm w ai m s i a- i m i m as, mm i i n . as aw n. ea . - - - - - -- ' 1 1. -- B. F. SOHWEIER, TSB 00SST1I U 1 10 J THE UIIOI ATD TEE EFF0EOIMI3T. 01 THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VQl, XXXIX. MIFFIJNTOWN," JUNIATA COUNTYtPENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 29, 1SS5. NO. 31. the wisTKB or tare o uo so gently aa the loowa of Vet uone are so heavy, aa tbey new T, Ba- The mi of '",,;r lJ uu And wblten o'er tue grouud; Thus. the 8no,r? wreadi- f kme fne brow of age Li bouu.i. ,t orvei uieltN but slowly falls. s,lent aud scarcely seen, i Bfl tie bead of ,llos,! oiiltrr with silver sbettu. T,ine uever heeds tl.e paiu or grief Vhich humau nature teela; ' backaard movement ever makes ' put ..'iiward rolls Its wheels; BrtHJIrsa of tlie bitter wail Of heart- by anguish, riven; IbesuuKS of voiilh, the plaints of aa, tuliertled, rise to Ueaveu. Oh couM we tiuJ the tabled aiiriuj Which would our youth restorel Or ea-e, like traveler outward boucd, iiu lie receding shore: but all " v.ilu the boiiudiiu; wave bull bears u froui the strand; Tteify-"0 water's power uauUl tut a tile of fairy land. (teller to lar with heerful heart rue cLaue that time may bnug. And garuer unsure for old e, Itcu sifili fr endless spring. jp-jurts of faith, of lio, of luve, Freciv to ui.irtalsltiven; lir-aili iU restore our youthful bluoui, Tuejr'i- ii'1 -'Id :tt;e iu heaven. V1 lit A AlTETl Kt. A g.iod many yeais have p.csst-J siuce out bitterly cold night the last Diijht in the oM j ear I waa takmr the 7 p. iu. xpres"t'ruu Vork to Newcastle The train sUhkI reaily to start; but either there were few passeugers or they did Botlike leaving the cheerful warmth of witiug ami if freshnient roouia until Uielast uionietit.f-ir 1 jatfd the platform mgkx'Uiy solitiule. tninR to decide tie tffn uioiiif ntous question, whether U irael third class, and please the piveruoi or first class and please myself. My father was a large shareholder, and ukI an active mtrrfst iu the working of the line. He was not satisfied with ettiiijl gcxl interest for his money, but anted to t!ie very full amount ail the principal was capable of making. One jf Lis inaxiiiis was "Make the third class carnages as comfortable as you cau, and theu lar gi eater numbers will .travel-'" 'It is not the solitary first and sec onds. Hob uiy lad," said he, addressing me, "that will make the affair pay, but tie hundreds and thousands of mill hands and mechanics. When you travel on our line, never lose an oppor tunity of going third class, and then you w:" te able to suggest improve ments. And so 1 usually followed his advice but ou this n g!it I wis sorely tempted toniakeau fx-vpt on to the rule. I ifBieuil'eied 1 ver, with an uneasy eouscieiice, tl.a-. 1 was bound to please the old gent It uiau just now, if possible. Be might lave a latent for making money, but his sun had been largely en uowl with the gilt of sjiending it; and 1 knew wrll that in a few days I should be obliged to again appeal to his gen erosity to free me from my liabilities; &nd so, Wan the air of a martyr, 1 walked up to the door of the nearest carriage. "Are tin-: comer seats all taken?" 1 asked of two ladies who were the sole occupants of the carriage. 'All hut that,'" said the elder one, pointing to the one opposite to her. I threw in a small satchel and some wraps "Vouaie not going third on a night like this, Mr. Lawson?" said the guard addressing uie "Cer'.ali lj! Why not?" demanded I bravely ; hut I f dt 1 was a most self drijying u c in iu, and should, most sMireUi. in my first letter home, make a s i,i ig note ()f the sacrifice I tad lua it-. "I will get ou a foot-warmer; you ill need it to-night," said the guard as he aas hurrying away. "TUnio! Uriiigone for these ladies as well," returned 1 "Have uu an luggage, sir?' the uian iLmifd. a lew moments later, as having fiiliilied his commission, he stood wa.!ing to give the signal for our departure. ' la the van," 1 replied. '"And voiir friends?" asked he. I turned to the ladies. The elder one nodded and I answered, "Yes." "All right!" the guard shouted, and hie a shrill whistle; ami in a few min utes we were ou our way to Newcastle. Hut traveling was heavy work, as the raiij were encuinU-ied with snow. M companions weie not talkative. The old lady indeed listened to what I had to :v.i . and now and again ventur ed a reiuaik on her own account; but the yoiinsjer one merely gave uionsyl labic replies to any observations addres "eu to her. 1 thought however that she had the luoot musical voice I had ever heard, and felt provoked with her fur talk in, o little and keeping her concealed by a thick Shetlaud veil tu:li uia le il au iuiliossibility -to see tat her teat uivs were like. it length I gave up all efforts at conversation, and sat wondering who Uiy fellow-passengfis were, and devis ing a ec-heme that would make the young lady throw lck her veil. As I ky hack with closed eyes, visions of a uuMuvred, blue-jed. gentle irl float- bcfoie n.e; and already I was more t"4" La f iu love with her. I was a Juung man, and had never before felt Uieehanu of a sweet voice, atd I de termined that 1 would not lose sight of l e possessor in a hurry. ttesently i et down the window and "kuibted to look out; but instantly "I Was such a vol lev of fiim whil " that I was comieled to close it ?ain quickly. The ladies shivered. u ineu more carefully and tenderly owed my piai j auout the y0ung oue At last we ran into D rlingtou sta "ou: and, as I hastily ordered port we negus to be brought to us as hot 't could be made, I exulted in the "fuught that at last I should have a nipse of tiie yollIlg 1;t(lyt8 face- But .y unjed to disappointment. vui iU ''"tter keep down your uenr." the ol.l k.dy said, turning ,"Col"I'iiiiio; "this wind will make Jour toothache worse." fter this I sat down iu sullen silence 10 hrood over my ill-luck. J. ravelma grew woi se. The old lady evidently agitated. She slipied "" "and into the young lady's muff "Wyforaynithy: Xf.a,!1U!,itfraid we 8,11411 uu- Ket int0 Sl,eIuOUight''Silid I.ndin l0'".rel':" b'lrst from both their lips to hu7 cjnsternation as made me sorry forna11 such dwreeale in- "But at: the elder lady irraftoMdly; and the t as stood in her eyea as she added, "Do you really think there is no possibility of our arriTing to-night?" "I am at raid not, madam," said I; "but, if your business is very urgent I will try to get a telegram sent for you from the next station that Is, if the wires are all right." "There is no need, thank you," re plied the young lady quickly. "Xo, thank you," echoed the elder one. "1 was but reflecting ou the un pleasant position we should be placed in as two unprotected ladies. My daughter too has not been well for, some time." Of course I offered my protection and sec retly felt glad at the probability of spending several hours iu the com pany of "my daughter." "Ihere is a long cutting not far off," I remarked presently. "If we get through that, we shall reach Newcastle two or three hours late; but, if not, we are doomed." As I finished speaking we came to a dead stand In a few seconds the guard opened the carriage door. "We shall be obliged to stay here for the night, Mr. Law son," he said; "there is a regular block. Lucky job there are some cottages just near!" " "Send to engage at least one room for me and my frieds," requested I. "This young lady is not well, and would be glad to get to beo, I dare say, if such a luxury as a bed cau be procur ed." "All right sin," said he, touching his cap, and giving me a knowing wink as I tipoed him. - I was positively informed," said some one in a loud voice, "that the party I want to find took this train at York; and I have a warrant for his ap prehension." Both ladies trembled violently as we. passed the man. "Well.you see he is not here, "answer ed the guard. "You have seen all the passengers." "All but those," said the stranger pointing toward us, "I tell you again," cried the guard, tins is young air. Lawsonl" "Y'es, yes," allowed the detective for it was no other "I know him but those ladies?" "They are his friends. Came with him to the station at York, and " "But I must and will know more about theml" broke in the detective. "Mr. Lawsou," shouted the guard impatiently, "you will please come here a moment?" "Oh, say we are your friends!" pleaded the old lady. "I will give you a full explanation afterwards. " "Well?" said L as I joined the two men. "I am really ashamed to trouble you sir," answered the guard; "but this man won't take my word Tor it that those lailies are vour friends." "Perhaps he will take mine," ' said I. "Then they really are friends of yours?" interroeated the dective. "Certainly! They are going with me to Newcastle," I answered. I left the fellow in the midst of his apologies to follow the advice given him by the guard . "Get back to York as fast as yon can, and know what you are about an other time before you begin insulting respectable ladies and gentlemen!" When I had ushered the ladies into the little sitting room which had been reserved for us, I looked from one to the other for an explanation. They did not keep me waiting. "We are in your bands, air," the elder lady said, rising, and. taking the hat and veil from off the bead of the younger one, displayed to my sight not the blond beauty I had been dreaming about, but a pale delicate-looking youth I stood dumfounded. What a descent from the sublime to the ndiculousl "I don't understand," said I slowly trying to take in all the facts of the case. "Then are you really the people," I went on, and then paused. "Yes," answered the old lady finish ing the sentence for me, "we really are the people the detective is looking for; but, oh, sir, have pity, and spate us!" aud here she broke down, sobbing as though her heart would break. The young fellow hid his face in his hu uls and wept like a child. After a little while, the old lady told me her story. She had had misfortune aud trouble, had experienced loss after loss indeed everything had seemed to have gone against her. At last her only daughter fell ill. Weeks passed on; but there was no improvement. The doctor told her plainly that the only hope of her recovery lay in her being provided with better nourishment, and ordered expensive wines and various delicacies. But the question was how, with her limited means, to procure these. Affairs were in this condition when her sou l'aul, who was in a bank, embezzled some money, intending to refund it. but the defalcation was at once found out: and as there bad been other petty frauds on the bank of late, the manager and dirctors were deter mined to make an example of the de faulter. "And now, sir," concluded the old lady, "we are in your hands. You must do with us as you please. Had it not been for you, we should now have been in custody." It was no question of right or wrong I felt I could not give these people up to justice, and at once assured them of my protection, although in so doing I felt rather guilty, for on that very moo ting my father had been discussing this case at breakfast, and hoping the delinquent would be caught. We were detained several hours, and it was not until the evening of the next day that we arrived in Newcastle, As we alighted on the platform, whom should I see but my friend the detec tive Luckily neither of the others ob served him. After seeing to the lug gage, we entered a cab and drove away I felt terribly nervous, but thought it was better for the present not to ac quaint my companions with our real position. That we should have a visit from the fellow I felt certain,but could devise no plan to elude him. The ladies, on arriving at the hotel, pleaded fatigue, and were served with a cup of tea in their bed-room, whilst I had dinner, and afterwards went into the billiard-room to smoke a cigar and think over a way of escape for my new formed friends. 'What, Bob, is that you?" shouted a familiar voice. "I should as soon have thought of meeting my peat grandfather here to-night as you. w here in the world have you sprung from man?" And there, to be sure, was wild laughing Ted Vercoe. or mad Ted, as was more frequently called amongst his friends. , . "What if 1 ask you that question old fellow?" said L "OU, it is easily answeiea to my easel he laughed. "I have my yacht just down the water a little way, all manned ready for starting on another long cruise, and had it not been for my rascally confidential man just at the last moment taking it into his head to get married and settle down on laud, I should have been no one knows where now. I shall be off directly if I meet with one to suit me. You know, Bob, I am rather hard to please. 1 want a fellow th it I can make a companion of at times." '"Get married," suggested L "That would uevttr do. I couldn't get rid of a wife just when I wanted. Xo, Bob, I dou't want a wife. 1 want a man to see to my clothes, arrange my books, keep a diary of our travels, aud dine with me. or take a hand at cards with me when 1 thluk good to ask him. I give a liberal salary." "I believe I cau fit you with just the arcticle you require," said I. "From your description of him, I will take him," said Ted a few mo ments later, "especially as you think you can persuade him to come at once. Well" taking out his watch "I have a few things to arrauge. It is now seven o'clock; I should like to leave here a few minutes after enrht. You see I have a long way to go and not much time for iu 1 have a very heavy wager on the voyage." "I will do the best 1 can." I assured him. "Well," said Ted, "we will meet in this room again in a quarter of an hour; and, if this friend of yours will go with me, we will sleep on board to-night, aud be off before you are awake in the morning. Oh, by the-bye, Bob, Mrs. and Miss Spence are herel They are occupying Xo. 10 sitting-room. Like you they were snow-bound last night. Dont say anything about my starting off to-night the old lady is such a fidgety dame!" "Fortune favors the brave," mutter ed 1 to myself, as I went to inform Paul of his danger and and opportunity of escape. "I have told Mr. Vercoe nothing of your previous history, but that you are a gentleman who has been unfortunate aud is in trouble," said I. "Tell him just what you like yourself, and when you like. I shall give him the number of your room: he is sure to be punctual. I shall see you no more," I added, hold ing out my hand. "Xo thanks, please. Redeem the past. I will look after your mother and sister for the present." "So far so good," thought I, as I was ushered into No. 10. "Wonders will never cease!" said good Mrs. Spence, coming forward to greet me. "I was surprised at the talle-d-hnte to meet Mr. Vercoe, and now here is Mr. Lawsonl" "Had it not been for Ted, we should probably have slept in the same hotel and known nothing of each others pres ence here," I remarked "perhaps have left to-morrow without seeing each other. I am over-due at Grey stone Lodge, having been detained on account of the snow-storm." "What a strange coincidence!" said Mrs. Spence. "We too are on our way to Greystone, and, like you, were de tained for some -hours owing tu the snow having drifted so as to render the roads impassable. And so you must leave us now for a short time?" she went on, as I rose to so. "I have or dered tea for half-past eight; come and take a cup with us, aud bring Mr. Vercoe." ' 1 cant answer for bimabut I shall be delighted to come myself," said I, bowing to the ladies, "Ten minutes late!" growled Ted, as I entered the bllllard-room. "Have you succeeded?" "Y'es. This is the number of my friend's room," said I, handing him a slip of paper. "Now let us have a few strokes at billiards," I added. We played very listlessly, talking and now and then giving a ball a stroke. "Eight o'clock. Bob," said Ted; and in walked the de'ective. "Let's put more life into the game, Ted," I said, feeling terribly unstrung. "Sorry to trouble you, sir," observed the detective to me, in a low voice; "but you have two ladies here. Can I see them?" I raised my eyebrows In surprise, "Se my friends? What do you mean man?" "Xow It is just this, Mr. Lawsou. 1 know the party of whom I am in search left Y'ork last night by the 7 P. M. ex press; I saw all the passengers but the two who were traveling with you. I must and will see them!" "If you must, you must," said I, as suming a carelessness 1 was far from feeling; "but really Vercoe, will you excuse me a moment?" Then turning to the detective again "You say you must and will see these ladies at once; well, wait a few minutes no, no trickery I I am going to have a cup of tea with them in their private sitting-room, aud you can go with me as another friend 1 have just met acci dentally in the billiard-ioom, as they know 1 met Mr. Vercoe a little while ago. You see, I could scarcely enter the room aud say, -heie, ladles, is a po liceman demanding an interview with one or both of youl' " 'Time's up!" said Ted; and we clasp ed hands as two old schoolfellows and friends will do. "Let me hear from you now and again, lea." "All right. Bob. My secretary shall give you full accounts of our doings, and now and again 1 will enclose a short note: but vou must not expect much from me in the letter-writing line," My heart beat fast as we entered X o. Excuse me. mv dear Mrs. Spence; bul I have quite unexpectedly met this eentleman. and. as I did not like to deny myself the pleasure of your com pany, I have claimed the privilege of an old friend, and brought him with me." '.Any friend of Mr. Lawson's will always be welcome; but you have for gotten. Bob, to introduce him to us," Mrs. Spence repuea anaoiy. "Dear me!" said I, pretending to laugh. "What a breach of etiquettei Allow me to introduce to you my friend Mr. Arthur Randall." The fellow ww completely crestfallen he sat down, but seemed as though he hardly knew what to do with his feet and hands. Mrs. Spence saw his em barrassment, and tried to draw him into conversation. I tremblea , out at that moment welcome sound! Ted and his companion passed the door. I drew a sigh of relief. "What dreamui weauer we are nav- ing!" Mrs. Spence observed. "Have you travelled far, Mr. Randall? Mr. Lawson anrue were snow bound last night, and, had it not been so( we should 1V What 1 1 mv elrtM allOTlM YlA P:IT- 1 ,' T " fT -r. t CJ. Mieageat which ruunuig can lureo jusiaiinemouieu aiw by healtbyiuanil U,U" a " " 7"'"c . from twenty to thirty. Boys all three or us nave been enjoying tie festivities at Greystone Lodge. Any way it is lucky we have him here as a protection. It is foolish, I know; but 1 do not like stayiug for a night in a strange hotel unless we have a gentle man belonging to the party." Conversation flagged, aud both ladies seemed relieved when I begged for a little music " "Io you like classical or popular un- sle.Mr. KiiidaU?"said I mischievously. I begau now to feel that 1 was master of the sit'iatiou. "I dou't care much for music at any time said he in a low voice, "but sbou1 like to have a word with you in private Mr. Lawson." "Certainly!" 1 agree. "I will retir with you for a short time directly w have had tea. A servant is just bring-' ing it in." "But I should like to return to Y'ork by the a 0 train," he begau hurriedly. "All right," said 1 rising to follow him. ; "You gentlemen are uot leaving be fore you have had some tea?" Mrs. Spence asked looking bewildered t such strange behavior. "One or both of us will return in fl, fe'-v seconds," I assured her. "I dout know what apoloey to offer. you," stammered John Uobson uiux Mr. Arthur Handall, as soou as the door was closed. "Are you conviuced of your error?" demanded I loftily. "Nothing is more certain. I should never have came to Newcastle, but. that the inspector was so positive they took the train you came by, aud blew me up soundly because I had not seen the ladies who were with you. It would have been a great rise for me to taka that young rascal. But, for the present, the clue seems lost. I have a uotioa be is hiding in London." "tjuite likely," I asseuted; aud a few minutes later I returned to Mrs. Speuce' sitting-room alone. As the night wore ou, I thought it strange I had never before noticed the soft low music of Laura Spence 's volte 1 liked to bear her sing, auu felt charm ed when she spoke to me;aud, although we none of us had much rest the night before, we did not separate until a late hour. The time at Greystone passed all too quickly; but I did not leave there un til Laura Spence had promised to make me the happiest man iu the world. The nine days' talk of the North British Bank robbery rau its course, and then died away, to be remembered by very few. My father seemed much interested In the affair, but felt certain that the fellow did not go in the same train "that my son went by," as o course I knew no hing of anv one an swering to the description giveu by th police. Time passed ou, aud Laura Spence became my wife, aud then I told her of my strange railway adventure. We often talked about it. and mv wife be-1 came a suunch friend to Paul's mothee and sister. The lad remained wrtt' Ted over two years, and then left for the diamond-diggings in South Africa, For two or three years we lost light J him, and then, with many other jw.. were startled bv an anuoueevrneiu -iAp the newspapers stating that Paul ltiv- era, who had robbed the N. It. Bank in ISO-, had refunded the full amount he bad embezzled with interest. A few months later a gentlemanly little man called at my house and inquired for Mr. Lawsou. My surprise may be im agined when 1 saw. Paul Kivers stand ing before me. "Why, tli is is an unexpected pleas ure!" said I, holding out my hand "As soon as I was a free man I could not resist the longing to come over and thank you for all vour kindness to me and those at borne," he said earnestly. "i ou are not going back I hope?" "Oh, yes!" lie replied. And back he went iu a short time, taking with him his mother and sister. Paul is a rich auu prosperous man now. He ofteu writes to Ted aud me; and his letters are always full of hope and happiness; for he is blest with a clear conscience, a good wife, happy children, and au abundance of this world's goods. Wiveaol ferutiaa Moltlitra. At Payta we took ou a battalion of Peruvian soldiers, writh one brass- tnounted ollicer to every seven men. The wives and families of the Peruvian army always travel with them like the squaws and papotises of the North American Indian. Iu camp the women do the cooking ; on the march they carry on their backs and heads a great part of the camp equipage, and in battle they nurse the wounded and rob the dead. Tbey are poor, miserable, de graded creatures ; iustoue degree above the dogs which follow at their heels. Their power of endurance are extraor dinary. Often it is the case that they will march twenty or thirty miles a day over dusty roads, carrying a child ou their backs, without water or food. The poor children have the hardest time, for they are always without rest or shelter and often without food. But it is the experience tbey are born into, and they know nothing of a better life. The ollicers tell me that the children often die on the march, when their mothers strip the -clothing frciu them and throw the bodies into the sand or woods, without'even a bural or a tear. On the contrary, the women seem to be glad to be relieved by death of au In cumbrance. Kunninc. According to an eminent physician, be prac- training. Is and girls also of ten or twelve can run with no apparent fatigue. In boy's races, for those under fourteen, no previous train ing should be inflicted No one should train for running until he is eighteen, but twenty would be the safer. Be tween twenty and twenty-seven is the best age for ottaining speed in running. Between thirty and forty a wise man will think twice before undergoing training for race-running. Older men should run under no pretence whatever. It may be added that no woman should run on any pretence whatever, except, of course, when chased by a cow; and, since every rule must have its excep tion, a man, even after his fortieth birthday, must not hesitate upon occa sion to run away from a pretty girL That Is the only way. It has been fonud that compressed teak may be made to serve some of the purposes for which boxwood which is rapidly becoming scarce, is now nsed. A powerful hydraulic press for com pressing teak for loom-shuttles has just been made in Manchester, England. The Jntnle of Victoria, The London Globe in a recent issue says: The (Jueen having upon Saturday enteral upon the 4ttt.li year of her rehrn. the thoughts of many of her subjects win turn to the next 20th of June. when her Majesty will commence her year of jubilee." To some it will seem surprising that the auspicious date is so near, for there appears to nave been an impression upon many minds that the celebration would take place in 188 1, when the half centurv of reign will have been comuleted But the precedents are clearly in favor or the celebration being held at the begin' n ing and not at the end of the Goth vear. The most direct is that of 1809, upon the 2oth of October, when rejoicings were held throughout the empire because of tue entrance of George III. upon jubi lee year; aud thus the original institu tion of the jubilee itself was obviouslv followed. "Thou Shalt number." says the Mosaic law, "seven Sabbaths of yeais uu tot hee.se veu times seven years; aud tne sace or the seven Sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty aud nine years. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the Win year, aud proclaim libery throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jub ilee unto you." Only three sovereigns In the whole tale of our history have been suffered to see the opening of such a year, Henry III.. Edward III. and George 111. All Englishmen will sin cerely trust that before another twelve month has quite run its course a fourth will have been added to the list. xne occurrence, therefore, is so unusual that it will be of interest to compare, in however brief a way, the circumstances under which the three sovereigns named entered their jubilee year, and those under which it is likely to be the lot of our preseut monarch to join their company In this particular. The comparison, if it does nothing more, will serve to show that the Queen, despite the many sorrows which have afflicted her middle life, will see the sun shine upon this fiftieth year of her reign in far more brightness than did either ot the three to be considered. Henry III. had ascended the throne in October, 1216. at the age of 0. upon the death of his father, John, a little more than a year after the Great Charter had been forced from his reluctant hands. The reign was as troubled as it was long; The Barons bad tasted of power, and were not inclined to forego It; and, in the -midst of internecine struggles, England's first regular Parliament sprang into being. As the . King was nearing the fiftieth year the strife be came moTO acute; Simon de Moutfort was in the thick of the fight, and the national deadlock came to such a pass that the dispute between the King and Barons was referred to the French monarch for arbitration. At the beg mum At the beginning of 1:205, (at the end i"" which Henry's jubilee began) de tMontfort, once more in the ascendant, .' n the early autumn his power was ; wfeen, he himself was slain, and the 4 ronge was again placed under royal t.jction. And Henry, who had only ' ttmii.is bbior been a prisoner" in the hands of his nobles, commenced his year of jubilee with the embers of civil war still warm around him, and with a speeuy revival or mem into a name a possibility, steadily staring him in the face. An almost equal gloom attended the entrance of Edward III. upon the fif tieth year. The greatness of the King who had won Cressy and Poitiers and who had added Calais to the English dominions had become sadly dimmed by the weakness of his later life. Much of the popular hatred which had . been the portion of the elder and younger Despenser, hanged by the Barons at the beginning of the reign, was showered upon Alice Ferrers at the end; and the earlier victories in i ranee, by which general enthusiasm had been fired, had been almost forgotten in the national sliame which followed upon the later humiliations in Spain. The teachings of Wiclif, directed though they were to a reform in religion, deepened the discontent; and. when the "seven Sab baths of years" of Edward's reign had passed, the opening of the jubilee round a miserable King and a mutinous peo ple. Before the year was out the Black Prince, once the nation's and his fath er's pride, passed to his rest, and Ed ward himself the next year went almost unwept to his grave. Not far from four centuries and a half rolled away before another King's jub ilee could be celebrated in England, aud then for the third time the circumstan ces could uot be considered other than sad. "It was a melancholy season for a jubilee, this close of the year 1S0D," says a historian of the period; "yet a jubilee there was. The old man himself was nearly blind and bis wits were wav ering; he was at variance with his heir: his favorite son was just disgraced and be was In displeasure with the others of them. In the midst of the depression abroad and the quarrels at home, in defiance of the gloom which was settling down upon the world, the jubilee was to be held aud men were to be joyful and loyal on the 2"th of October at least. whatever had gone before or should come after. But, despite the surround ing gloom, the occasion was celebrated with much enthusiasm and fervent loyalty. Through the livelong day ser vices were held, cannon roared, poor and rich were feasted, and all deserters from army and navy received a pardon. There were grand doings in the far cor ners of the earth, by appointment, in sympathy with home; meetings in Can ada, balls at Bombay and Calcutta, and some remission of toll, some faint revival of the sensation of citizenship among the convicts or liotany Hay. Balls and banquets, fire vorks and feasts were soon forgotten, but mementoes of the occasion lingered for7 a long time. In some remote townsare yet to be seen a "Jubilee Jnii ; and at the South Kensington Mnseum, not many years ago, could be inspected, carefully covered by a glass shade, a crumbling biscuit, the impression upon which showed that it was baked in celebration of the juoilee of George III. The jubilee went off well" is the summing up or the historian above quoted, "and those who were most proud of it were most eager to point out how unlikely it was that there should ever be a other." Aud yet within little rium t!.nu three-quarters of a oeutury the question of how most fittingly to celebrate so rare an occasion is once more a fair topic for talk. But the jubilee of Victoria will be far more legitimate cause for national rejoicing than was that of Henry or Edward or George. It is not necessary to attempt to contrast the great an I solid advances made during the present reign with the state of affairs in the three other reigns which have been named. It is as little necessary to try at this date to forecast the manner in which the day will be made one to be long remembered i here is a great good fortune in the fact Uiat the blessings which have be fallen the nation since the accession of the Queen are not matters of argument, but of common 'consent. As the day araws nearer tne language of prase will be restrained to tell of what has been, and the day itself will be marked with a white stone in the memory of young and old of every party, of every seot, and of every class in the empire. ttit7-Oa Balsw Zeru. The thermometer stood at 71 degrees Imlow zero, Fahrenheit, in the Arctic Regions, the unclouded sky iu the vi cinity of the sun, banging low in the southern horizon, assumed a dull leaden hue, tinged near the sun's rim with a faint, brownish red, not unlike the skies we see coarsely painted ou cheap chromo-liihographs displayed for sale iu third-rate picture shops, At night time the stars glitter like diamonds under the electric light, and fairly seem ou hre with their brilliant ladieuce. Should you pour water cold water taken from the well dug through the ice of the lake near which vou are camped upon the surface of the ice, it greets you with au astonishing, crackling noise, like fire running through the cedar brush, or like a dozen bunches of miniature fire crack ers, aul the ice that, was so clear before uiat you almost felt timid about put ting your foot upon it for fear that it really was not there, now instantly turns white aa marble, and as bard to see through as so much snow, caused by the infinite number of seams running In every direction through it from the unequal expansion. Many of the Es- quimaux children amuse themselves trying this simple experiment until the white spots on the clear ice of the lake give it a most mottled appearance. V apor and steam seem to roll away from everything of a living nature, aud the sledge, with Its ten or fifteen dogs, and its four or five humans in harness, looks luce a starting locomotive euvel- oped in Its escaping steam, and leaves ! cases. The plant is a small shrab about a trail of vapor behind them resembling : five to eight feet high, which bears the dust stirred up on a well used, j thick evergreen leaves. The foiiu of road by rolling wagon wheels. Should the leaf Is an ovoid, prolonged aud tar the party halt to rest iu a basin like row at the base. Theshiub grows iu valley this vapor rapidly collects as a ; the mountain districts, wl ere it is cul- fog bank, and in a little while becomes tivated iu plantations for the leaves, so deuce as to obsenre the originators ' which form an article of domestic com from a person at a distance, but really : merce, aud are sold in a dried state for a makes their whereabouts easily deter- j dollar or more per pouud. The fir.t mined by this very sign. Herds of i crop of leaves is picked when the shrub musk oxen and reindeer make their positions visible by this means at quite long distances if the herd be large, four or five miles away, and at from very favorable heights, even three or forr times this distance, so the Esqui- ly for some time at least, as new plauta mau hunters claim ; so faraway, in fact. ' lions are of slow growth. It is quite that it has been khown to take two day's sledging to reach them ; but mv readers musp bear in mind that a day 111 iue aiuc wiuier is very siioix, oueu only an hour or two long. Even at these wonderful and extreme distances the most keen-eyed hunters claim (and these Lsqiiirniiiv. are nevr given to premeditated falsehood) that they can tell whether the herd is one of musk oxen or reindeer by some varying peculiarities of the vapors which 1 did not clearly understand, and which 1 never took an opportunity to practically apply. Even the foot of a person walking along as it is lifted from the ground leaves a little puff of vapor to Moat away from the spot as if the walker nal stepped upon a sponge saturated with smoke, which was liberated by the pres sure, aud this, too, when there are four thicknesses of heavy reindeer skin be tween the bare foot and the snow underneath. Sir Attej Cooper aa av Hunt Itueiur. In the life ot Mr Astley Cooper it is said that he required his coachman to attend every market morning at Smith field, and purchase all lame young hor ses exposed for sale which he thought might possibly be convertible Into car riage or saddle horses, should they re cover from their defects. He was never to give nior than 7 pounds ster ling for each, but 5 pounds sterling was the average price. In this wanner thirty or forty horses were sometimes collected at Gaelisbridge, bis farm. On a stated morning the blacksmith came up from the village, and the horses were In successive order caught, halter ed, and brought to him for inspection. Having discovered the cause of their lameness, he proceeded to perform whatever seemed to him necessary for the cure. The improvement produced in a snort time by good feeding aud medical attendance, such as few horses before or since have enjoyed, appeared truly wonderful. Horses which were at first with difficulty driven to pasture, because of their halt, were now with as much difficulty restrained from running away, f.ven one fortnight at uaelis- bridge would frequently produce such an alteration in some of them that it re quired no unskillful eye in the former owner himself to recognize the animal which he bad sold but a few weeks be fore. Fifty guineas were paid for one of these animals, which turned out a very good bargain, and. Sir Astley 's carriage was for years drawn by a pair of horses which together cost him only 12 pounds 10 shillings sterling. e believe a simdrar business to that of Sir Astley Cooper is carried on by a class of horse dealers in New Y'ork and other large cities. Lame and otherwise worthless horses are bought for a few dollars and taken to the couutry, where the change to pasture diet, the needed rest, aud the watchful and careful treatment of the owner frequently transforms a worthless horse into a val uable animal. The Orowtn of oar Cltiea. Rival cities may be skeptical as to the accuracy of the count, but Chicago reports an increase of her population from o03,3U4 in lStH) to oOU,UH, ami buffalo boasts an increase from 1-5,11S7 to in the same time. In this country, as in Europe, the tendency of population toward the cities is marked. and our city population Increased from 2,8u7,rS0 in 18-Vi to ll,31rt,547 in 1SS0, or nearly 400 per cent. Gen. Walker predicted, after completing his work on the latest census, that the census of 1S90 will show a population of 01.4 i7,- 0K, but he predicted only 49,000.0JU for lrirt0, and it Is probable that he has un derestimated for 1 '), as both in city and country Ihe increase is very rapid, a gain of tW0,0U0 in five years U-inj announced bv Iowa alone. He prospers most in life, who self -confidence. loan. be Cue Piaau We owe many things to Peru, so many in fact that were it not for them it is an interesting quest on to study out what condition our race might occupy at this day differeut from that of the past. The Peruvian silver turned a numerous emigration to the shore-i of this conti nent, while the Peruvian cinchona kept alive the newcomers who might have died of the coast and other fatal fevers which met the uiracchiuated adventu rers. Peru van guano has tunc lied England and Frauce through the pros perity of agriculture, and we owe a great debt of gratitude for the same gift. Aud now we have a new metiici nal agent which promises to become as notoble au auaeshetic for loc-l applica tions as ether or cblorifoein have Ifen in other ways. This plant has long lieeu known from its uses among the Peruvi ans, who have been addicted Jto it as a pleasing and moderate stimulant and intoxicant. The leaves are rolled up with a little lime in them and are chew ed. The saliva, wbicti is swallowed, produces slight intoxication aud a strong inclination to rest. As the native workmen take their coca four times a lay the prolouged rest which it encou rages are serious drawbacks to their industry. As a set off against this, however, it : claimed that the laborer 2au perform a great deal of labor by the help or this stimulant with very little food. The same claim we thiuk has been made for beer and other alcoholic stimulants. The new uses of coca, however, Is of the greatest importance to the humau race. By a chemical process an alka loid, or its active principle, cocaine has been separated from the leaves. This drug has the property of produ- jcing local insensibility to pain upon auy j part of the body to which it is applied. ) The cocoaine has been chiefly used in serious operations upon the eye with ! great success; but its use in the treat- I ment of General Grant has brought it i into greater notice and has popularized ! its name and reputation, it is exceed- j ingly costly, having been sold for j several dollars a gram, audit costll- : ness prevents its use, except iu rare , is five years old, after w hich au annual ialliering is made. 1 he leaves are now ; imported into Europe and Amenca, and the tr attic promises to become ltu- portant and the value to increase large- ! probable that the plaut would grow sue , cessf uily in some portions of tne United , states or Mexico or Cuba, aud the sup- l'y oe lariieiy lucreaseu. us buonu value aud the probability of its success j ful culture in the United Mates gives . it a general interest, especially to the farmers or r lorula ami southern I aii- foruia. AgooaUra iftouuc & Maaoua. A dispatch from lor onto says: Sev eral months ago a charge was preferred in King Solomon Lodge of Masons of Toronto against a member named liar- risou, to the etlect that he was au agnostic, and therefore uot entitled to admittance Into the lodge room. The charge was investigated, and satisfacto ry proof of Harrison's agnostic views having been obtained he was expelled from the lodge. As this was the first case of the kind that ever occurred ou this continent and it proliably has no precedent in the history of Masonry it excited much speculation as to the justice of King Solomon I.odge taking the action il did, and the decision of the Grand Master of Canada, giveu to day at the Grand Lodge meeting in Hamilton, has been looked for 'with interest by Masons all over the world. Harrison, it was alleged, was au agnostic, aud not an atheist, the distinc tion being that the latter deny the existence of a Got), while the former simply say: "There may be a God. I do not deny it; but I do not know that there is." The decision of the Grand Master of Canada to-day was as follows: "No person can be initiated who does uot believe in the true Uod, the t .reat Architect of the Universe." The Grand Master added that the attention of Masons all over the world had been directed to this subject by the address of the Grand Master of the State of Xew York, which he quoted approvingly. Masonry, he continued, wisely required no more than a belief in God, who had revealed His will to mau, and would punish vice and reward vir tue. It required that, and nothing less would be accepted. The mau who denied the existence of a God was already excluded. Practical atheism should also be excluded in the persons who only admit that there possibly may be a Gix I. The Grand Master also decided that a Quaker, who does not take an oath or administer one, cannot be a Mason; also that an Indian not enfranchised can be a Mason. This decision has given much satis faction among Masons in this part of Canada, Harrison is a manufacturer of church windows, and be says that his expulsion from King Solomon Lodge injured his business. He threatens to take action tor damages. The mountain supposed to mark the spot where the ark rested after the de luge is divided into two peaks. Great Ararat on the northwest and Little Ararat on the southwest. The bases of the two-hills blend, though their summits are seven miles apart. The summit of Great Ararat is the highest point iu Armenia, and is 17,322 feet above the sea level. For more than 3,000 feet below Its summit it is con stantly covered with snow and ice. Little Ararat is lower by 4,000 feet, and is free from ice in September and Oc tober. The two mountains are both volcanic, an eruption having taken place from them as lately as July, 140. Ararat is the central point of the divi ding lines of Armenia; and marks the place, since 1827, where the, Russian Turkish aud Persian possessions meet. raabotly rand. The London Peabody Fund now amounts to $5,086,595 It provides for 10,144 rooms, supplying low-priced homes to 18,453 people. Five thousand six hundred and seventy dollars paid all last fear's expenses for management, XEWS IV BRIEF. Xew YeTk has 2-12 telegraph orll- ces. Train robbing death in Arkansas. ts punisliable by A groom of M has wedded a bride of 14 at Athens, Ga. Drunkenness, it is asserted, is un questionably decreasing in England. Over one hundred thousand persons pay taxes ou real estate in Xew York. Female telegraph operators in Ger many teceive 5240 a year with no vaca tion. The largest tree iu the world Is a cheslnut tree near the foot of Mount .Etna Threats ol lynching aie driving Mormon missionaries rapidly out of Tennessee. Leprosy among the Chiuse popula tion ef British Columbia is causing great alarm. A couple, aged 75 aud 72 years ro sjiectively, were married near t'larks dale. La., recently A plau i3 on foot iu North Caroli na to dram the swamp lands of the State by convict labor. The first Swedish lodge of Old Fellow s was recently instituted at.MaUu and named "Scania." iad from a pump chain, poiaouexl a well in Lyndonville, Vt., aud caused the death of a child. It is estimated that the N'ebiaska wheat crop will be in excess of 2O.00O, 00U bushels this year. A tot spring, which emits steam and sulphuric vapor, has been discov ered at Osyka, Misa. Lincoln county, Tenu., boasts of a woman Betty Fraulhaiu who is re puted to be 14n years old. Xo less than twenty three architects have sutmiitted plans tor the new public library building in Boston. A society in Xew York city .headed by Father J. J. Keau, has for its object the eradication of profanity. A farmer was robbed ou the wav to his home hp Kehoboth, R. 1.. recently, even his laise teeth being taken. The elephant Emperor, nearly as tall as Jumbo, vveut for i-j-J, it is lei ported, at a recent auction in England. Twenty-five English ami seven Ital ian, French aud German opera compa nies, it is said, are in the field this sea son. The Methodist Episcopal Church has ninety-seveu conferences and in cludes 25,XivJ clergy aud l,S-j",0o) mem bers. Property owters iu M'riukriielJ. Mass., are considerably agitated over au advance of fifty percent, in the insur ance rates. The annual consumption ot' impor ted and domestic cigars is sixty to every man, wouiau and child in the United States. The valuation of lakota has nearly doubled m two jears. In it was ;t-l7,iXiU,0xi,aud is uovv over SSO, OiiO.uuo. Indiana has no less thau two b'ui dred and six coal mines, which produce auuUaily two and uue-i.aif million tons of coal. A Virginia walnut tree was re cently sold for i'Xv. It was so big that the purchasers made money by the transaction. A divorce is wanted by ao25 pound Waterbury, Conn., mau on the ground that his wife beats him with stove-lids and lifters. The Euglish 1'ostui t.ttei-tteuel.tl says the condition of the Enliah work ingrnan has not been improved during the past 5U years. Los Angeles, l al., boa.it; of a do w hich evinces sucn a great appetite t'of honey that he rotis hives whenever op portuuity offers. Georgia, it is said,h.u enough water lower to supply 10,000 timei as uianv mills aud factories as are now in opera tion in that Mate. Since the development of Weo cul ture, the forests of Euiopo have iii crtased from one-sixth to oue-UIth ot the entire territory. Anthony Thompson, one of the lait of the old New Jersey slaves, died in West ( rauge, a few days ago. He was born at Haritan, iu 17Jti. The crematory planned loi Chicagj is to cost about 25,000 and is to have three retorts, one for men, oue for wo men and one for childreu. There Weie l,tl pictuiesexhibited in the Royal Academy this year, of which 203 have been sold at prices rang ing from a guinea to Jfl.OOO. The faces of all the guests at a lawn party in Newport recently, were discol ored by u pi actical joker w ho put salt on the ca. u.-us of the electric tights. A ring was stolen from a iewehy store in Sanford, Fla., recently, and after some search, was found to have beeu taken by a pet squirrel. Leaks iu natural gas mains still continue to occur in Allegheny. Ouo took place there a fevv days ago, the es caping gas tieing lighted by small boys. The Government of Canada has recently taken a census of tr.e Indians living within the Dominion and find their number to be m excess of 105,- 000. The lance is to be banished lroui the Australian army under a recent general military order, by which the Lancers will be transformed Into light cavalry. An immense anti-Chinese Uiasa meeting was held lately at Tacoma, W. T., to take measures to exclude China men from Tacoma and the entire Ter ritory. The two islands of the Straits of Sunda, Steers and Calmeyer, which sprang up last year at the time of the Krakatoa eruption, have again been swallowed up by the sea. A three year old boy in Middlesex county, N. J., was playing with a quan tity of lima beans the other day, and in some way got one of them in his throat, which caused his death within twelve hours. A juror, a .red 50 yeajs.in atteiidu: Court recently at Mouticel'o,the county seat of Sullivan county, N. Y., said It was his first visit to the county seat, though he had always lived in the county. Blank prescriptions sigued by an Atlanta doctor are sold for a small sum in Gainesville, Ga., to parties wanting a drink of the forbidden juice of the corn, aud drug stores are centres of cx- hiUration. The town hall at North E;istou. Mass., is amongthe"ten tint buildings in this country, as settled by a majority vote taken by the Aunrican Architect. but the Pbiladelph'a new Otv lull u not in the lis'. . L
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