VOL. LIV.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS OF
BELLEFONTE.
O. T. Alexander. C. M Bower.
A LEXANDF.R A BOWER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW*
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office in Garman's new building.
JOHN B. LINN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BIvLLKFONTE, PA.
Office on Allegheny Street.
QLEMEXT DALE, *
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BRLLKPONTR, FA.
Northwest corner of Dl tmo'.id.
D. G. Bush. 8. H. Yocum. D. H. Hastings.
JJUSH, YOCUM A HASTINGS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
High Street. Opposite First National Bank.
HEINLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BELLEFONTE. PA.
Pract'ces In all the courts of Centre County.
Spec al attention to Collections, consultations
la German or Engl sh.
II.BUR F. REDDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Alt bus ne*B promptly attended to. Collection
of claims a speciality.
J. A. Beaver. J. W. Geph&rt.
JJEAVKK A GEPHART,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office on Alleghany Street, North of High.
W A. MOKKISOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office on Woodrlng's Block, Opposite Court
Hou^e.
JJ S. KELLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Consultations in English or German. Office
in Lyons Building, Allegheny Street.
JOHN G. LOVE,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BELLEFONTE, PA. •
Office In the rooms formerly occup.ed by the
late w. p. Wilson.
BITSIXESS CARDS OF MILLHEIM, AC.
A. STI'RGIS,
I F.AI.EK IN
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry. Silverw are, Ac. Re
pairing neatly and promp'ly don* and war
ranted. M iln Street, opposite Eank, M llb°tm,
Pa. ?:■'
i O DE ININGER,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
BCRIBMER AND CONVEYANCER,
MILLHEIM, PA.
All business en'rusted to him. su -h as writing
and acknowledging Deeds. Mortgages, Releag; s.
Ac., will be executed wi-h neatness and dis
patch. office on Main Street.
TJ H. TOMLiNSONr~
DEALER IX
ALL KINDS OF
Groceries. Notions. Drugs. Tobaccos, cigars,
Fine Confectloneiles and everj tiung in the line
of a first-class Grocery st -re.
Country Produce taken In exchange for goods.
Main St eet, opposite Bank, Ml lhelin Pa.
T\AVID I. BROWN,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
TINWARE STOVEPIPES, Ac.,
SPOUTING A SPECIALTY.
Shop on Main Stref t. two b >uses east of Bank,
Millhelm, Penna.
T EISENHU I'll,
* JUSTICE Oh THE PEACE,
MILLHEIM, PA.
All business promptly attended t\
collection of claims a specialty.
Office opposite Kisenhuth's Drug Store.
-|ty| USSER & SMITH,
DEALERS IN
Hardware. Stoves, Oils, Paints, Glass, Wall
Puperq coach Trimmings, and Saddlery Ware,
AO., Ac.
All grades of Patent Wheels.
Corner of Main and Penn Street-, Millhelm,
Penna.
TACOB WOLF~
FASHION ABIE TAILOR,
MILLHEIM, PA.
cutting a Specialty.
b&op next. door to Journal Book Store.
jyjILLHEIM BANKING CO.,
MAIN STREET,
* MILLHEIM, PA.
A- WALTER. Cashier. DAV. KRAPE, Pres.
A HARTER,
AUCTIONEER,
REBERSBURG, PA.
Guaranteed,
®lte pillfceitt ■' Uittwtai
UNSPOKEN.
1 may not keep thee, dear. I long have
known
An hour must oorae for faro well look aud
sigh;
An hour wherein lovo blossoms that have
blowu
Around our path, like summer douers must
die.
And 1 have communed with my wrfkeful
heart,
And thought of a 1 that I would say to thee,
Kre hau 1 and lip from hand and lip shoul I
pait.
And oceans roll between my love and me.
ltut as we stand upon the moor to-day.
The gorao and purp'e hea her at our feet,
1 have no spirit left in me to say
The words I meant to be so strong an 1 sweet;
No eloquence to help ino at my need
No words of tire to thrill my last ' God-speed !"
Yet standing th-s beneath September's sky.
With solitude around us, God above,
We feel, with precious moments fieetiug by,
I hat silent farewell better suiteth love.
No houey<.d phrase can ease the cruel smart
Felt with the stroke fate de&leth us to day,
1 read each longing of thay t< nder heart
Thou knows! all 1 would but cannot say.
I do not bind thee by a parting' vow,
Tliou speakest not of faith-u noss to me ;
It u tnough to be together now,
Ere yet between us rolls the mi hty sra.
S lent, alone imoug the inoorlan 1 flowers,
Pa*<tl] 'he last of all our happy hours !
Major Boots.
Once ujion a time a certalu gentleman,
who lived splendidly and did not pay his
debts, owed his shoemaker a large bill, and
the shoemaker having been told to call
again many times, aud having written notes
without end asking for a settlement, re
sol veil to disgrace his customer by cxpoe
ing him to his friends the very next time
he gave one of those large dinner parties
which so excited the creditor's ire.
Accordingly, having seen the wagons of
the caterer stop lefore the door,ami watched
the waiters enter one by cue, Mr. Shoe
maker, attired himself in his Sunday suit,
aud with his little bill elegantly written
out, awaited the appearance of the car
riages and when at least fifty had arrived,
set down their burdens aud departe<l,stalkti
up the doorsteps like a vengeful ghost, and
ringing the 'jell furiously, found it opened
for him with startling celerity, and stood
face to face with a tall, black waiter, white
gloved and stately.
"Where's Mr. Cheateu ?" whispered the
shoemaker.
"Gentlemen's dressing room, second door
hack," responded the waiter.
Some dne else had arrived, and was
treading on his heels. A vision of splen
dor, in the most wonderful, soft, white
wraps floated past liiiu.
"Ladies, front room, second floor, gen
tlemen, back," repeated the waiter.
Mr Shoemaker was hustled forward, hat
in hand, and saw his delinquent debtor in
all the elegance of dress-coat buttou hole
flower, and white cravat, bowing to, slink
ing bands with and smiling ujam aristo
cratic personages innumerable.
The sight fanned anew the flame of the
tradesman' 6 just wrath. He marched for
ward. planted himself directly before the
elegant Mr. Che&tem, and stared him in
the face.
But Che&tem did not wilt. He knew his
guest well enough and he understood his
purpose ; but what he did say, was:
"Beg pardon; for the moment I've for
gotten your name."
"Hive you? Then perhaps you'll re
member me when I tell you that I made
your boots."
"Now, if you'll trouble yourself to repeat
these last lour words rapidly, you will fiud
that you don't say, as you believe you do:
'/ made your boots,' but, 4 I majurboots.'"
The lucky Cheatem detected this tact on
the instant.
"Major Boots!" he cried, demonstra
tively shaking hands. "Dear, dear ; how
could I forget you for a moment! Delighted
to see you—delighted. Mrs. Chiffins, let
me introduce you to my old friend, Major
Boots."
4 'So glad to know you," responded the
old lady thus introduced. 4 I'm sure I've
heard Cousin Cheatem speak of you a
thousand times. Sit down, do, and tell
me who all these people are. I'm quite a
stranger I've isolated myself in Europe so
long. Sit down, Major Boots; bare is a
chair."
The newly-christened shoemaker hesita
ted a moment, but it was not possible for
him to cry out: "I'm not Major Boots; I'm
Ciamp, the shoemaker, come for my bill."
He found he had not the courage. He
crammed his hat under the velvet chair to
which he was motioned, and subsided iuto
angry silence while the old lady went on :
i4 On Major, I always feel so privileged
when I have the opportunity to talk to a
military maD. I adore courage. And
were you ever wounded ? Do tell me all
about it."
The bootmaker, finding it necessary to
reply, said "that he never had been
wounded."
And the old lady went on:
"Never! llowcharming! Bcreacharmed
life, and all that sort of thing. Do tell me
all about it."
Ihe shoemaker replied 4 'that there was
nothing to tell."
On which that most gushiDg of old ladies
cried:
"Now, Major, I won't believe that. It's
like the modesty of you celebrated military
men. I know you stormed redoubts and
led forlorn hopes, and were the only ope
left of your regiment, and all that. I'm
sure I read all about it at the time. Oh,
here is Colonel Hobbs, a celebrated English
officer, did something awfully brave in In
dia. Colonel let me made you acquainted
with Major Boots, one of our bravest mili
tary men. He's been telling me all about
the wonderful tnings he did in the army. I
mean he wouldn't tell me about them—
just like all you great men —won't trouble
himself to fight his batttes over for an old
woman."
"Aw —awfully charmed, I'm sure," re
sponded the gallant colonel. "Awfully,
aw. Must introduce you to my brother,
Captain Hobbs in the same wegtment with
myself."
The shoemaker had arisen and was look
ing down Q.n his business suit.
"I didn'l intend to—that is, I didn't ex
pect to be at such a swell affair as this, "he
stammered, "or I—l should have word my
dress-suit."
44 0h, my dear fellow, we always expect
you officers to be wough and
MILLHEIM, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1880.
woady. We'd be disappointed if you
were not. The ladies, yon know, adore
wough and weady men. It's the particular
charm of Amewicaus."
Away he led the b<>otinaker, who really
began to find that he must have been, at
some period of his life, a military man.
And after being Introduced to Captain
liobbs as Major de Boots, who was "de
lighted," found himself tete-a-tete with a
very lovely young French lady, who ad
dressed him as "General do Buta," and
whom, at the request of his hostess, whom
he had never seen before, and who hail no
idea who he was, he took down to supper.
Somehow this stranger in his mixed suit,
and with his sulky air, had oeen set down
as a most eccentric and distinguished mili
tary man by everybody. Ho was regarded
with attention, listened to with reverence
when he condescended to say a few words.
The French lady introduced him volumin
ously as General de Buta; and tiius wtis
he addressed thereafter. The waiters of
fered him champagne frequently, and the
bootmaker gradually grew exhilerated.
Never had he Iteeu present at such elegant
festivities. Never had he partaken of such
viands —been so overwhelmed with festivi
ties. Never had sir lovely a creature leaned
on his arm. Never had he tasted such
wine. At first it exhilerated him, then it
mounted to his head, and suddenly it ap
peared to him that his host was a glorious
fellow, and that he was under infinite obli
gations to him.
Doubling his fist, he brought it down
upon the table with a crash that made the
glaases ring again.
"Better man than Cheat em don't live!"
cried he.
4 1 agree with you," replied his neighbor,
politely.
"Ah! I adore such enthusiastic friend
ship, such lof like Damou aud Pythias in
ze play," ejaculated the French lady.
"Ho v original! flow delightfully eccen
tric! A perfect military man," whispered
others.
Meanwhile the bootmaker, staggering to
bis teet, made his way, as best he might,
loward his host.
"Cheatem," he cried,look here! 1 came"
—here he reeled and caught at a table—"l
came to give you this—before every (hie)
everybody "
And he held out his folded bill, which
Mr. Cheatem instantly took.
"Now I—l wouldn't (hie) do it —for—
for—"
Mr. Cheatem beckoned two waiters.
"My dear old friend," he said, "you're
not quite well. Let these men put you iu
a carriage, and go home. 11l call ou you
to-morrow. So glad to have seen you.
As for this —pooh ! pooh!
The waiters led the bootmaker from the
room, after their host hail whisj>ered a di- j
rection to lie given the driver.
And Mr. Cheatem thus addressed his
friends:
44 You must not think ill of my old friend
for this little lapse of his. After the trials
of military life it is ouly to be expected
that his habits should not be those of quiet
civikans, and 'tis his only weakness."
"One forgives everything iu a soldier,"
remarked a lady.
"A very ordinary failing for a military
man," responded a gentleman.
"Andto think the honest creature should
have remembered so slight an indebted
ness as this, and lieeu so anxious about it," j
sighed Mr. Cheatem, as he put the shoe- 1
maker's receipted bill into his pocket.
How the Fooler wan Fooled.
•
A party on the West Hill did not make 1
much by fooling his wife. When he went
home late, waiting until after twelve
o'clock so as to plav the joke, he rang the
door liell. and answered "April fool" when
she appeared at the door. His wife laughed
over the joke, and it was soon forgotten.
About two o'clock in the morning our
friend was awakened by his wife, who in
formed him that there was something
wrong with the horse at the barn. She
held the lamp while he went out to see.
As poou as he had gone a short distance, he
4< smelled a mice!' and returned to find the
door locked. He knocked, pounded, kicked,
hut it did no good, lie went around to the
bedroom window and could hear his wife
breathing regularly, us though quietly
sleeping. He could not go down towu for
he was en dishabille. Finally, tapping
on the window he geutlv called :
"Dear! "
4 4 Yes."
"Let me in ! *
"Will you promise never to try to April
fool me again ? "
"Yes."
"Will you get me that new bouuot ?"
44 Yes."
There was a turning of bolts, and the
man, who had gone home happy with the
thought of fooling his wife, passed in and
retired. But we will wager that the
party who informed its will die if he is
found out.
Shaking Tli*ir Relations,
One of the most remarkable things
noticeable in social life is the unanimity
with which people shake their relatives.
Recently a gentleman arrived in Carson
with a letter of introduction to one of our
leading citizens from the citizen's uncle.
After the Carsonite read the letter he re
marked:
"Glad to see you, sir. Glad to see any
l>ody who knows my uncle in Cleveland.
How are all the folks?"
"Splendid. I spent six weeks there
last fall, and I don't really think I ever met
such a fine family of genial, hospitable and
cultivated people."
"Yes?"
44 Yes, indeed —I never spent a pleasanter
time in my life. Your relatives are, indeed,
the—"
"Well, young man. if my relatives are
such fine people they must have changed
like thunder since I lived with them there
a year, and I think they are about the
worst pelicans in the deck. I wouldn't
spend a month with the crowd for the
whole town of Cleveland."
"Indeed," said the other. "Well, since
you've been so candid about it I might as
well remark right here that your uncle and
his whole family are the toughest collect
ion of old fossils I have ever had the mis
fortune to be steered against."
"Put it there, young man —you show
good sense. Let's go out and take a sorne-
I thing."
In a few minutes more the two men
were pledging perdition to the Cleveland
relatives over a foaming schooner of Carson
beer,
A Lawyer's Predicament.
What is known as Iho "Western Hotel
game" was tried on an ordiuarily sharp
Boston lawyer recently, and was frustrated
through the shrewdness of a bank cashier,
but lei the extreme discomfiture of the law
yer. The operator was a young aud at
tractive woman, and the victim was
Charles K. Allen, huvlng an office in Pem-
Inrton Square. The developement of the
case was full of surprise to all concerned.
Late one afternoon the young woman in
quest ion drove up in a carriage to the
I National Security Bank, on Court street,
! and on entering the bank presented a check
for #l,OOO, signed bv Charles E. Allen.
The gentleman ha 9 had frequent dealings
with the bank, and from the fact that some
time ago several blank checks had been
stolen from his check-book, and a few had
Ih'i'u subsequently presented at different
places for payment with forged signatures,
the hank officers were particularly cau
tious in paying out money on checks pur
porting to lie drawu by him aud presented
by si rangers. Accordingly the cashier,
Mr. Charles R. Batt,when the check wus
presented, became at once suspicious, and
stepped to the President to ask whether he
should give the money. As the woman
was giving the closest attention at the
time, the President thought it pru
dent to reply in the affirmative. As
soou as the teller had lieguu count
ing out the bills the cashier slipped
out of the hank unperceived, ami hastened
to the detectives' headquarters in Pember
ton Square. Utficers Wade and Uersom
immediately hurried to the scene of the
transaction, and, as bnt a few moments
had passed since the presentation of the
check, the woman was "still there. After
the olficers had atationeJ themselves out
side, the cashier entered anil informed the
woman that no payment would lie made.
She then started to leave, and was arrested
by the detectives, who took her to their of
fice. On the way she attempted to swallow
the paper that had caused so much trouble,
but this was prevented. The woman gave
the name of Louisa Silvan, aud on search
ing her, keys were found to rooms in the
Revere House. Then followed the sur
prises. The detectives first went to the
lawyer's office in Peinbertou Square, confi
dent that he would prove the signature on
the check as a forgery. But ttie lawyer
whs out. They then repaired to the Re
vere House, and in answer to an inquiry if
Dmisa Silvan was stopping there, was
shown to an apartment in the hotel Un
locking the door with the keys which had
liecn found, what was the detectives' as
tonishment al discovering the very lawyer
of whom they had lieen in search,
without his coat and appearing
very much ashamed at being caught
in the predicament. Questioning Liui,
the detectives were told that he bail
been invited by the woman to ca!l
at her room to see about the purchase of ;
some real estate. He complied with her
request, and once at the hqto( the woman
induced him to remove * ITWroat. Then,
lie fore he was aware of her design, she had
llirown that garment into her trunk and
locked it. Turning upon the liewildered
lawyer, she demanded #lO,(Kk) or threat
ened to ring the bell and call the jiolice.
Finally she reduced the sum to #l,OOO, aud
a check for the amount was given her,
when she left, taking the precaution to lock
the door, aud promising to let her prisoner
go in case the money was paid The wo
man is unknown to the detectives.
The Flreiilde.
The fireside is a seminary ot infinite im
portance. It is important lieeause it is uni
versal, and because the education it be
stows, woven in with the woof of child
iiood, gives form and color to the whole
texture of life. There are few who can
receive the honors of a college, but all are
graduates of the hearth. The learning of
the university may fade from the recollec
tion, its classic lore may moulder in the
halls of memory ; hut the simple lessons of
home, enamelled upon the hearts of child
hood, defy the rust of years, aud outlive
the more mature but less vivid pictures of
after days. So deep, so lasting, indeed,
are the impressions of early life, that you
often see a man in the imbecility of age
holding fresh in his recollection the events
of childhood, while all the wide space be
tween that and the present hour is a blasted
and forgotten waste. You have, perchance,
seen an old and half-obliterated portrait,
and in the attempt to have it cleaned, and
restored seen it fade away, while a brighter
and much more perfect picture, painted
beneath, is revealed to view. This portrait
first drawn ujiou the canvas, is no inapt
illustration of youth , and though it may
be coucealed by sonic after design, still the
original traits will shine through the out
ward picture, giving it tone while fresh,
aud surviving it in decay. Such is the fire
side—tue great institution furnished by
I Providence for the education of man.
llint a tor the Laundry
If you invite friends to pass a week or
more with you, try to fix the visit to begin
the day after the ironing is done. Your
girl feels a weight off her mind, has time
to cook the meals better, and you will find
her a much more willing attendant upon
yout guests. Do not have beefsteak for
dinner ou washing or ironing days—ar
range to something you cau roast in the
oven, or else have cold meat. Do not have
fried or boiled fish. The smell sticks, and
your clothes will not be sweet; besides, the
broiler and frying-pan takes longer to
clean. As for vegetables, do not have
spinach, peas, string beans, or applesauce,
as these good things take time to prepare,
and can be avoided as well as not. If it is
asked what to have, let me suggest baked
white or sweet potatoes, macaroni, boiled
rue, parsnips, sweet corn, stewed toma
toes, any canned vegetables in the winter.
For dessert, baked aoples nnd cream, bread
pudding, or something easily prepared.
The lady of the house will find it both
pleasant, easy and econmical to attend to
the dessert lu rself. Neither do we call
dusting work, and strongly advise her to
all she can of it. Of course there is much
that a lady must do about her house to
to have it neat and attractive, but we do not
call this actual work. It is rather laying
the hand of taste and adaption upon her
lielongings, and so making her home harm
onious and individual.
DURING mild weather sheep sliould
not be kept In too warm pens, but
should be given the run of the bacn
yard In the daytime.
—The King of Siam has turned twen
ty-four.
Why Be Would Not tluy.
He was a tall, thin man who hadn't been
shaved for probably two weeks. His hat
had holes in the top of it, his clothes shone
like a placid lake at sun rise arid how his
shoes managed to stay on was known only
to themselves, lie ambled up the narrow
stairs aud into Mr. Margrave's law office.
The lawyer was sitting iu hir chair chew
ing on his jh*nholder.
"is Mr. Margrave In!" inquired the ped
dler.
"Yes, sir," was the reply, 'I am he.'
"Ah yes," responded the tleud, reflec
tively, as he rubbed his chin with his
knuckles, "if you are at leisure, the Melli
fluous Morning Glory of the Appeniuea
would like a moments audience." —
"Certainly, certainly," responded the
man of law," take a seat. Now, then,
state your ease. Is it a divorce you
come—"
"No sir. Oh, no, its—"
"Assault and ba'tery 1 presume,"quietly
uiterjKisfd the lawyer, as he picked up lus
pen to make a memorandum.
"Oh uo, you are wrong," smilingly re
plied Mellifluous Morning Glory of the Ap
pen nes "1 just came in here to have you
examine a salve I'm selling. It is com
posed entirely of vegetable matter and is
made by myself only and is called the Aro
matic Soul of Mignonette. It is just the
thing you want. It is as necessary as
overshoes. Of course, Ido not nuan for
a moment to insinuate that it will keep
your feet warm or keep water out of your
lioots. 1 was only speaking metaphorical
ly. You tumble to my metaphor, eh.
•"Yes sir."
"Well now, here is a box—a nice little
sky blue box which will make a nice play
thing for one of your children when it is
empty. It is only twenty-fire cents per
box and this is genuine. See my si na
ture."
"Yes."
"Well, that's salis factory. Now that we
understand each other we'll just get down
to business. Now how many boxes will
you take ?"
While the btwyer was thinking, the can
vasser continued:
"There is no doubt of the virtue of this
great healer. It will cure chapj>ed lips in
one night. I have known it to close up
cracks in a door and on one occasion a
woman put some on her lips aud it drew
them together and closed her mouth. Her
husband came down text dty and reward
ed me handsomely. I have testimonials
from lots of ministers aud prominent men.
Here the lawyer chewed on his jam
handle in revery and enquired:
"Have you a letter recommending your
salve from the man who sawed Courtney's
hosts in too ?"
"1 liave not."
"Then sir, 1 can't purchase anything
from you. When 1 buy salve, it has got
to be endorsed by the man who sawed
Courtney's boats.
"Yes," responded the fiend savagely as
he backed towards the door, "you are one
of them hula what always finds fault and
won't be satisfied. You're a healthy man
—you are. You wouldn't buy a box of
pills unless it had a set of legislative reso
lutions and a schedule of the dates of the
deaths of ail the famous people for the past
two centuries attached to it."
he slamuied the door and went
down stairs.
A Tarred Hoot
A man living in West End of Baltimore
recently had the fiat roof of the L of his
house tarred, and when six or seven cats
got on it the following night they could
yell and arch their backs and try to get a
pull on all four feet at once, but they
couldn't lift themselves free aud their
sighing was frightful, and people in the
neighborhood began to chuck things at
them, and the owner of the house forgot
about the tar and went barefoot and in his
robe de nuit upon the roof to chase them
off, and pretty soon found he couldn't stir,
and he began to whoop and swear, and a
policeman got a ladder and cliuilnd upon
the roof, and when he came up over the
edge, ou his hands and knees, he had to
remain in that posture. McAutime the
booljacks were falling in a shower about
and upon them, and the mau's mother-in
law, in looking oat of an upper window
that overlooked tne L roof, to ask them if
they were not ashamed to be out on a roof
plating cat at that time of night, untort
nuately knocked her wig off, and it fell in
the tar; auithen she rushed down a flight
and went out on the roof to get it, and
couldn.t pull the wig np, but got her hand
stuck to it so she couldn't let go of it, and
of course her position and her bald bead
made a dead give away, as it was quite
light, when some one finally cam'e with
tKiards to put down on the roof for them to
be got on to when they were cut loose from
the tar, and the old lady didn't feei a bit
worse than the policeman, who had to
walk through the streets with the knees of
his trousers cut out and left stuck on the
roof aud a great hunk of tar stuck to each
hand, and got a reprimand when he reached
the station. And the houseowner himself
blistered his feet trying to melt the tar off
of them by holding them up to a hot stove,
and when the cats were cut loose from .the
roof aud put on the ground they tried to
gnaw the tar from their claws aud got their
paws stuck in tlu ir mouths and rolled
about aud yowled and carried on so that
folks thought they were mad and killed
them.
Faltte Teeth and t'ruiohei.
Among the passengers who boarded the
east-bound train at Holly, Michigan, the
other day were a bride and groom of the
regular holly-hock order. Although the
car was full of passengers the pair began to
squeeze hands and hug as soon as they
were seated. This of course attracted
attention, and pretty soon everybody was
nodding and winking, and several persons
so far forgot themselves as to laugh out
right. By aud by the broad-shouldered
and red-handed groom became aware of
the fact that he was being ridiculed, aud
he unlinked himself to the height of six
feet, looked up and down the aiele and
said: 44 There seems to be considerable
nodding and winking around here because
I'm hugging the girl who was married to
me at 7 j'clock this morning. If the rules
of this railroad forbid a man from hugging
his wife after he's paid full fare then I m
going to quit, but if the rules don't and
this winking and blinking isn't bitten short
off when we pass the next mile-post, I'm
going to begin on the front seats and create
a rising market for false teeth and
crutches!" It there were any more winks
and blinks in that car the groom didn't
e&tch 'em at it.
Angling fur Whales.
The fact that whales abound in sufficient
numbers immediately outaide the harbor of
Bau Francisco—between the Faralionesand
the Golden Gate—to warrant the establish
ment of a whaling Industry of some import
ance, is not geuerally known, the idea gen
erally entertained being that those waters
are too far seuth to become the resort of
schools of whales, and that only an occa
sional fish, separated from his companions
in the north, strays into a latitude so far
from his supjiosed habitat—the Indian
Ocean. Considerable numbers of whales
can be found at all seasons of the year in
the ocean adjacent to that port, and within
a distance that cuu be easily traversed in a
day. Between the Ist of May and the Ist
of Octolier is the most favorable season for
fishing, on account of the calm weather
generally prevailing. When fishing in
rough weather there is always some liability
of losiug the fish by breaking the line or by
cutting loose when the vessel is endangered.
The abundance of whales on that coast is
accounted for by the fact tliat whales mi
grate southward along the coast in winter,
returning northward during the summer,
and are constantly in motion. The varieties
of whales which may be caught in that vi
cinity are the sulphur bottom, which is
about 18U teet long, the largest in the
world, aud weighs in the neighborhood of
2Ul> tons, yielding a small quantity of valu
able Ixiue, but being rich in oil; the hump
back, weightug 120 tons, tlie California
grays, eighty tons, and the finbacks and
blaekriah form the remainder. Sperm
w hales, which are valuable on account of
the large quantity of spermaceti which they
yield, are but rarely found iu those waters,
aud prove a valuable addition to a vessel's
catch. Capt. Thomas Whitelaw is now
constructing a little screw steamer, sixty
five feet long, sixteen wide aud nine deep,
with which he intends to inaugurate the
business of whalinir outside the Heads.
Bhe will lie completely decked over, so that
a sea can go completely over her without
causing damage. Bhe is built very strong
ly, and is deeper than ordinary, so that she
can be drawn some distance into the water
bv a whale, to which she may lie made fast
without danger. She will be fitted with
two compound eugines—four cylinders.
She can carry coal enough for a run of
thirty days, which will be stored in the
after pari, and with the weight of her ma
chinery is expected to keep hsr propeller
submerged, to avoid the "heating'' caused
by the blades when the vessel pitches, which
can be heard by a whale a considerable
distance, and frightens him off. The cabin
will be iD the torward part, and will lie
occupied by the crew of five men. The
vessel will be launcned in about two weeks,
aud is expected to have a speed of nine
knots an h-.-ur. Her large coal capacity is
to enable her to take an Arctic trip if re
quired. '1 he mode of killing whales adopt
ed by this vessel is by ihe whaling rocket
or bomb-lance, which can be discharged
from the vessel, which method possesses
considerable advantages over the o'd Btyle
of hunting whales in a boat and with the j
land-lance. The e\|ieclations are that an j
average of ten fish will be caught each
month. When a whale is dispatched the j
steamer w ill low hiui into port and land
him at the reduction works, where the car
c iss will lie treated by au improved process
by which every portion will be utilized.
When a whale is caught at sea the blubber
is Htripjsxi off, and the bone removed, after
which the carcass is set adrift, and floats
around until completely devoured by sharks
and birds. Under the process to be tried
by Capt. Whitelaw the fish will be cut into
sections, and without discriminating be
tween blubber, flesh or bones, will be
placed in large steam-tight tanks made of
boih r plates, into which steam at a high
pressure aud temperature will be intro
duced, which will have the effect of com
pletely digesting the mass aud separating
the oil, which will be then drawn off. The
process wili be completed in about eight
hours, when tne residue of flesh and boues
will be taken out, dried, and afterwards
ground together to pit) luce a fertilizer.
TLe bones are valuable for this purpose on
accouut of tne phosphate of lime which
they will yield. Three "trys" can be made
in a day, aud as three digesters have been
constructed —each capable of containing a
ten-loot section of a whale—a large nsh
can be reduced in about two days. An
Arctic whale yields from 1700 to 8500
pounds ot bone, worth #2.75 a pound by
the cargo at New Bedford. Each whale
also yields from 100 to 250 barrels of oil,
worth #lO per barrel.
Rill Klie|>ar<l and tun Hlg Buck.
Waiting for the train at the Northwestern
depot the other day, a reporter heard Capt.
Bones, a well-known hunter, telling this
story to a small but interested audience,
composed chiefly of Tom St. George: "Did
you ever hear £ow Bill Shepard shot seven
deer out of one drove? It was a still, cloudy
day, and there were two feet or more of
snow on the ground. There were just an
even dozen in the herd, and Bill had got
behind a big log within ten rods of them.
He had to snake a hole through the snow
on the log to get sight. He got all ready,
picked out the biggest one, and blazed
away. It was a big buck, and dropped to
the shot. Well, you kuow if a deer can't
see or scent you he won't run, and you can
keep on shooting as long a° you like. So
when Bill dropped the first one the balance
just scattered and came right back together
again. He shoved in another cartridge,
picked out the biggest one again, and he
tumbled too. Bill put a third cartridge
down, picket! out the biggest one again,
and he dropped to the shot. By this time
Bill was pretty well excited. He had only
four more cartridges left; but kept as cool
as possible, picked out the biggest every
time and fetched him. When he fired his
last shot, he sat and watched 'em
for a long time, but finally he had to show
himself, and the balance of the deer left.
It was just about this time the rest of us
came up and inquired what all the shoot
ing was about. Bill was feeling awfully
because he hadn't any more cartridges, but
lie swore he'd got seven deer anyway, We
went over to see. The snow was mightily
tramped down, sure enough, but there was
only one deer—a big buck. There wasn't
the least trace of the other six, every one
of which Bill saw drop to the shot. Then
we went up and looked at the one he got,
and as sure as your're born he had seven
bullets in him. Bill had shot the same one
every shot. He would fall, and then, jump
up again, and being the biggest one, Bill
picked him out every time. Of course it
must have been the last shot that settled
him, for there was only one ball that would
have killed him,"
FOOD FOB THOUGHT.
• It you would not have affliction to
visit you twice, listen at once to what
it teaches.
Nothing go adorng the face aa cheer
fulness; when the heart lg In flower,
lta bloom and beauty pass to the fea
tures.
He who boasts that his heart has re
mained whole, confesses that he has
only a prosaic, out-of-the-way-corner
heart.
To be unkind or rude to others and
yet expect to be treated by them with
courtesy and affection, is absurd and
selfish.
Look at the pages of yourown heart,
aud you will see a din) reflection of
what the recording angel has written
about you.
The more a man knows about a sub
ject the greater will be his charity for,
and sympathy with views differing
from his own.
The wise man is happy when he gains
his own approbation, and the fool wheu
he recommends himself to the applause
of those about him.
Truth and purity, like so many gems
in the life and example of the good
man, cannot but shame and condemn
error and vice in others.
It ig easy enough to make sacrifices
for those we love, but for our enemy we
have to struggle and overcome self.
Such a victory is noble.
Those who, without knowing ug,
think or speak evil of us, do us no
harm; it is not us they attack, but the
phant )iu of their own imagination.
Politeness may prevent the want of
wit and talents irorn being observed;
but wit and talent cannot prevent the
discovery of the want oi politeness.
A thoughtfulness for the oomfc.rt of
those about us, a pleasant smile, a kind'
word—these are the ingredients of
which good manners are chiefiy com
posed.
Anybody can soil the reputation of
an Individual, however pure and chaste,
by uttering a suspicion that his ene
mies will believe and his trieuds never
hear of.
If you wish success in life make
perseverence your bosom friend, ex
perience your wige counsellor, caution
your eller brother, and hope your guar
dian genius.
Unselfish people are always polite
because good manners are only the ab
sence of selfishness. They are the
doing unto others as we would wish to
be done unto.
So much are we the slaves of the
world, that we sometimes hesitate to do
an action which is prompted by the
heart, feartul that it may be mistaken
by others for folly.
He that sympathises in all the hap
piness of others perhaps simself enjoys
the safest happiness, and he that is
warned by all the folly of others baa
perhaps attained the soundest wisdom.
"There is good advice enough extant
for the population of three worlds like
ours," said an old preacher; 4< wbat we
need most is to have this advice prac
tically worked up into good examples."
Life has many ills, bi tthe miud'that
views every object in the most cheer
ing aspect and every doubttul dispens
ation as replete with latent good, bears
within itself a powerful and perpetual
autidote.
Religion gives to virtue the sweetest
hopes, to uurepenting vice, jusc alarms,
to true repentance, the most powerful
consolations, but she endeavors above
all things to inspire in men love, meek
ness and pity lor men.
Contentment produces, in some meas
ure, all those effects which the alchem
ist usually ascribes to what he calls the
philosopher's stone, and it It does not
bring riches it does the sime thing by
banishing the desire for them.
To ascertain the length of a day and
night multiply the hour at which the
sun rises by two; the result will be
the length of the Might. Multiply the
hour at which the sun sets by two* and
the result will be the length of the day.
Nothing is easier to a man of genius,
nothing more certain proof auit part
of it, than to compose what raises men's
wonder and admiration; nothing more
ditlicult than to show them distinctly
the simplest and most obvious truths.
Kvery man stamps his value on him
self. . The price we challenge for our
selves is given us. Tnere does not live
on earth a man, be his station what it
may, that says "I despise myself."
Man is made little or great by his own
will.
The fountain of content must spring
up in the mind, and he who has so lit
tle knowledge ot human nature as to
seek happiness by changing anything
but his disposition will waste his life
iu fruitless efforts aud multiply the
griefs which he proposes to remove.
People make a great mistake about
heaven. They think it begins up yonder,
but it really beglnadown here. If you
are happy in the basement-story you
are litied to enjoy the other stories.
But is you whine and moan here, heav
en itself con no: change your mood.
If we long to bring forth all the
fruit of the Spirit, let us strike our
roots deep and wide in private prayer.
That faith and support, that strength
and grace which we seek of God In se
cret, that they may be excused in the
hour of need, God will In that hour
give us before men.
A great supply indicates a great
charge. Oh that soma would think of
this! A man ha 9 grown richer than he
used to be. Brother, with more barley
and straw you ought to keep more
dromedaries. I mean that God does
not send the corn for the mice to de
stroy, but he means it to be eaten.
A woman may be handsome or re
markably attractive in various ways,
but if she is not personally neat she
cannot hope to win admiration. Fine
clothes will not conceal the slattern.
A youug woman with her hair always
in disorder and her clothes hanging
about her a* if suspended from a prop,
is always repulsive.
The chief peril of the Church to-day
arises not from infidel or ignorant as
sault. It comes from the false vows
of partial consecration of true mem
bers. A full fidelity on the part of
caA, producing a glad harmonious
and self-denying ministry of banded
believers, will most effectually reiute
and at length utterly overthrow all out
, ward assailants*
NO. 24.