VOL. LIV.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS OF
BELLEFONTE.
BUSINESS CARPS OF MILLHEIM, &i\
A. STURGIS,
DEALER IN
Watches, Clocks. Jewelry, Silverw are, Ac. Re
pairing neatly and promptly done and war
ranted. Main Street, opposite Bank, M.Uhelm,
Pa.
O DEININGER,
NOTARY PC HI.II'
SCUIBNER AND CONVEYANCER,
MILI.HEIM, PA.
All business entrusted to htm. such as writing
and acknowledging Deeds, Mortgages, Releases,
Ac., will be executed wtih neatness and dis
patch. Office on Main street.
JJ H.TOMLIXSON,
DEALER IN
ALL KINDS OF
Groceries. Notions, Drugs. Tobaccos, Cigars.
Fine Confect lone ties and everything in the Hue
of a Qrst-class Grocery stire.
Country Produce taken in exchange for goods.
Main St-eet. opposite Bank, Ml lhelm. Pa.
I. BROWN,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
TINWARE STOVEPIPES. Ac.,
SPOUTING A SPECIALTY.
Shop on Main Street, two h uses east of Bank.
MUlbelm, Penna.
J EISENHUTH,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
MILLHEIM, PA.
All bu- lneas promptly attended t
collection of claims a specialty.
Office opposite Elsenhuth's Drug Store
A jTsSKR A SMITH,
DEALERS IN
Hardware. Stoves, Oils, Paints, Glass, Wall
Paper-, coach Trimmings, and Saddlery Ware,
Ac., Ac.
All grades of Patent Wheels.
Corner of Main a:.d Penn Street-, MlUhelm,
Penna.
JACOB WOLF,
FASHION ABI. E TAILOR.
MILLHEIM, PA.
Cutting a Specialty.
Shop next doer to Journal Book Store.
M iLLHEIM BANKING CO.,
MAIN STREET,
MILLHEIM, PA.
A. WALTER, Cashier. DAV. KRAPE, Pres.
HARIER,
AUCTIONEER,
RKBER3BURG, PA.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
C. T. Alexander. C. M Bower.
A BOWER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office in Garm&n's new building.
, JOHN~BTLINN7~
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office on Allegheny Street.
QLEMENT DALE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Northwest corner of Dlimond.
"yOGUM & HASTINGS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
PA
High Streer. opposite F ret National Bank.
'J. HEINLE,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
* Practices In all the courts of Centre County.
Spec al attention to Collections. Consultations
in German or English.
F. BEEDER,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
All bus'ness promptly attended to. Collection
of claims a speciality.
J. A. Beaver. J. W. Gephart.
JgEAVEK <fc GEPHART,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office on Alleghany Street, North of High.
A. MORRISON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office on Woodrlng's Block, Opposite Court
Hoifee.
S. KELLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Consultations in English or German. Office
in Lyon'o Building, Allegheny street.
JOHN G. LOVE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office In the rooms formerly occupied by the
late W P. Wilson.
lie ■ pillleiw Sowrmvl
GOOD-NIGHT WIBHEB.
A blessing on my babes to-night,
A bless; i g on their mother ;
A blessing on my kinsmen light,
Kach loving friend and brother.
A Messing on the toiler s rest;
The over-worn aud weary ;
The desolate and comfortless,
To whom the eaith is dreary.
A b'eesing on the lad, to-U'gbt -,
A blea-ing on tho hoary ;
The inaideu olad iu beauty bright,
'lhe young man iu his glory.
A blessing on mv fellow ra *e,
Of everv dime and nation ;
May they partake his saving grace
Who died for our sa'vatiou.
If any man have wrought me wrong ;
Still blessings be upon him ;
May I in Jove to him be strong,
Till charity have won him.
Thy blessings on me. from of old.
My God! I cannot number :
I wrap me in thy ample fold.
And sink in trustful slumber.
SHIPWRECKED.
It was one ot those bright and beauti
ful days in the month of October, when old
Summer, with his fervid heat, seems loth to
leave us, and lingers yet for a few days, un
til his forces are gradually lessened by the
cooling winds of Autumn. .
At some distauce from the business
haunts of the thriving city of San Fran
cisco, which borders upon tbe bay of the
same name, with her thousauds of strug
gling humanity, may be seen the beautiful
grounds and green parks of Captain Will
iam Woodwane, a rich and retired sea cap
tain.
After spending many years upon the
briny deep, he determined to give up hiscall
ing, as he was now rich, dispose of his ves
sels, and enjoy these hard-earned pleasures
in his mellow old age. Having last his
wife, a beautiful and accomplished woman,
some eight years before, he was now left
with only one to comfort him iu his de
cliuiug years.
Maud was the only living child, aud was
a perfect image of her mother, now passed
from earthly view, with eyes of a dark
brown that one could never look into and
never be able to sound their depths; hair of
dark chestnut, that flowed in suunv ringlets
about a fair and classic brow, and a form
and face that might well lie envied by
many a lair one.
('apt. Frederick Goodwin was a young
and accomplished seaman, having not yet
reached tne age of twenty-five; but from
the serious brow and streaks of gray in
those locks, you would supjiose him to be
fully ten years older. With eyes of that
peculiar gray that at once show strength aud
determination of character, dark and curl
iug hai.* shading a broad aud expansive
forehead, giving evidence of iutellect; com
bine with these a firm and expressive mouth
and clan, broad shoulders, well developed
form, and standing full six feet in height,
he was indeed fit to be the guardian of the
human freight placed under his charge.
Such were the young people of whom I
shall write.
During Gapt. Goodwin's short visit in
that city, having seen Miss Woodwane at a
private reception, was pleased and at
once captivated. It was plainly a case of
love at first sight. And the object of this
passion? How was it with her? She
saw this noble looking stranger, and was at
once pleased with his bearing. After an
introduction, given by their kind host, tbey
were left to chat together until the evening
had finally worn away, and it was time to
depart. By this time these two young peo
ple had become the best of friends, and a
cordial invitation was extended to the cap
tain from both the young lady and her
father to call on the following Wednesday
afternoon. Jt was of course accepted.
He continued his calls for some time,
until at last it was whispered through
society's circles that Miss Maud Woodwane
and Captain F/ed Goodwin were engaged.
It was a cool and yet pleasant day in
October. The birds in the groves were
singing their farewell songs to Summer,
but in the beautiful parks of Captain Wood
wane they seemed to carol their sweetest
songs ; for a great event wus about to hap
pen.
One of the most brilliant marriages that
had ever been heard of this side of the con
tinent was to take place ere many hours
passed. Everyone seemed to be astir with
renewed energy in the mansion upon the
hill. The invita ions to this grand event
were beautifully gotten up, and all who
were fortunate enongh to receive one wei e
expecting something grand; in this they
were not disappointed, for the rich and
generous old gentleman had prepared sump
tuously for the occasion, and he was noted
for the grand dinners and other entertain
ments that took place under his hospitable
roof.
The guests at last arrived, and at four
o'clock the bridal party entered the spacious
parlors that were filled with many friends.
They were a handsome couple. The cere
mony over, they left the parental roof, and,
with many friends, went upon the tiny
steam yacht "Victor," the private boat of
Captain Woodwane. All paid a short visit
to the large and elegant steamship of Cap
tain Goodwin, which for a time was to be
the home of the bride.
Gaily decked with streamers and bunting,
and amid a salute from her guns, they
passed upon her decks, where, after a pleas
ant hour of enjoyment, all departed for the
shore, and night settled down quietly over
the bay and city.
It was a bright and beautiful morning on
which ihe "Ocean Bird" was to spread her
white wings and sail for the distant port of
Liverpool. Now could be heard the merry
"heave-ho!" of the seamen, mingled with
the noise of the rattling chains, and the
anchor slow iy ascended from its muddy bed
to its accustomed place. Flags were float
ing to the breeze, the smoke poured out
black clouds, the water foamed and boiled
as she slowly and majestically swung about,
setting her prow for the head of the bay.
She was a floating palace—without, prob
ably dark and gloomy to the eye; but
within, all was brightness and gayity. She
was manned by as good and bold a crew
as ever trod a plank, with a generous and
noble-hearted captain.
How bright and beautiful were the waters
as her sharp prow cut through them, and
they were hurled aside hy the graceful
lines of her huge hull! first they were of a
bright green; gradually this deepened into
MILLHEIM, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1880.
a darker hue; then they changed altogether
and became a dark blue.
Happy and light of heart were the pas
eiigers. They had caught some inspiration
from this beautiful day, and were enguged
m merry sougs aud laughter. The city
gradually faded from sight, and at last was
lost. As they floated smoothly along, the
the scene grew brighter and more beuutiful
along the banks, llere was a farmhouse,
with its several outbuildings, all surrounded
by large and shady trees, and the cattle
peacefully grazing in the fields beyond,
while overhead could be seen a flock of
crows cawing continuously as they wheeled
in circles over the corn-fields. A forest in
the distance covering the sides of a moun
tain, and extending away at last into the
blue and empty air, while dotting the whole
of the rippling surface of the bay could be
seen crafts of all nations.
.Now a fishing smack passed under her
bow, bowling merrily along upou its course.
A large schooner was moving slowly up the
bay, towed along by a tiny tug. They were
passing through the "Golden Gate," one of
nature's greatest aud grandest freaks. Anon
they were beyond the head of the bay, ami
were passing the lighthouse. The land
gradually faded away into long banks of
blue clouds.
At last they were in the calm Pacific,
with her mild and balmy breezes, her cloud
less skies above the blue waters below.
This gayity continued from day to day.
On the morrow they expected to weather
the stormy cape. And night settled down
upon them, leaving all in peace and happi
ness, with nothing to disturb their calm
slumbers.
The morning broke clear and beautiful,
with not a cloud to obscure the blue heav
ens. it was a warm and lovely day ; even
the most teeble had ventured from their
bertlis to behold this beautiful scene. But
as the day wore on, a cloud was seen in the
offing. At fli st it was only a small,
white spot; then another rose, to be fol
lowed by still another; they seemed to be
hurrying together until they had combined
iuto one large aud widely-extended mass,
which rolled along, blackening and en
larging until it covered the whole heav
ens.
A breeze sprang up, lashing the waves
into frothy foam ; the white caps were ris
ing, now sinking. Few remained on deck
to see the storm which threatened.
The waves were tossing and tumbling,
driving tne sleet and raiu with great vio
lence against the deck and rigging. The
sea grew more ooisterous as the night ad
vanced. At eight l)clls the wind wus blow
ing a hurricane. The ship plunged to uud
fro, as she bravely breasted the augry
waters. Now, as she rode upou the crest
of an enormous wave, liei steru sank, and
she seemed slipping backward, down—but
as the wave broka under her, she rushed
madly forward into the trougti of the sea.
She trembled and quivered like some
dumb creature in agony, us the waves broke
over her, deluging tier decks, and seeming
uhout to engulf her. But she still rode
upon the crest of another.
What was that ? A bell? Yes, it sounded
agaiu \ By some chance the tongue ot her
watch-bell bad beconle unfastened, and it
struck her resouudiug sides with a dull aud
hollow sound, startling everybody with its
witrd aud hollow clanging, as the ship
rolled iu the trough of the sea. Dolefully
and sadly it pealed out upon the waters,
with the cbilliug and almost human words,
"Your Knell! Your Knell !" filling the
minds of the passengers with horror aud
dismay.
What was that dull roar? Was it uot the
beat of the surf ( The man upou the look
out shouted—
"Port ycur helm For your lile, or you
are lost! The breakers! The breakers!"
Too late! In another instant her keel
grated the rocks, and with a fierce lunge
she struck. She quivered and trembled
from bow to stern.
Then tne panic was fierce and wild ;
Frightened men, women and children rush
ing madly here and there in their fear,
while above ail could be beard the wild roar
and beat of tne surf upon a rock-bound
shore.
Above the roar and din could be heard
the noble shouts of command.
"Keep the guns booming! Men, stand
firm to the boats ! Let no one of us enter
until the women and children are sate !"
Then did they show their true and noble
hearts. The boats were lowered, but the
sea was so wild that they were, one after
the other, instantly swamped, and with
shrieks and groans the poor wretches sank
to their watery graves.
The ship was sinking slowly. Her fires
were out—she had passed the last water
line.
The remaining passengers, affrighted,
were huddled together upon the upper deck.
The waters had reached them. Some,
braver than the others, were trusting them
selves upon spars and doors —with any
thing, so as to reach the wished-for shore.
They felt the chilling waves gradually creep
ing under their feet, hungrily reaching up
with their horrid jaws to grasp them, de
termined not to be cheated out of their
prey. There were only five left—the sea
had claimed the rest. These clung to the
rigging with the tenacity of despair, and as
a large and mighty billow came rolling to
ward them, as it reached them and swept
them from their hold upon its crest, with a
last despairing shriek two were swept away
and lost.
Out of the two hundred souls upon this
noble ship, only the mate, lashed to a gun,
and the captain and his wife were left. The
wind, whistling through the broken masts
and cordage, seemed to play tbe prelude
to their "Wedding March to Heaven."
With a last dull boom, the ship sank to its
final resting-place.
What was that upon the beach yonder,
half buiied in the sand? A spar and a hu
man figure? Y r es, it was that of a man. A
woman clung closely t > him. 'Twas the
brave commander aud his beautiful bride.
Her arms were about his neck, and a sad,
sweet smile upon those pale, cold lips.
One of his hands still grasped the spar.
With the other he held her close. Together,
hand in hand, their spirits had ascended
to the bridal feast.
In Scripture the drunkard's style be
gins in lawlessness, proceeds in un
profitableness, ends in misery; and all
shut up in that denomination of his
pedigree. A son of Belial.
They who are ignorantly devoted to
the mere ceremonies of religion here
fallen into thick darkness; but they are
iu still thicker gloom who are solely
attached to fruitless speculation.
Hand Organ Mualc.
"The popular taste just now secerns to
run more to light uud comic than to serious
uiul sentimental music, M said Mr. Taylor,
America's hand-organ maker, pressing
down the ashes iu his pipe bowl aud medl
tutively giving a twist to the nearest crank,
which brought forth a i>rot eating yowl from
the instrument. "Hut, of course," he con
tinued, "when they got their musical car
goes by the hand-orgnu line, they have to
take them mixed. We put up the tunes in
assorted lots, as you may say. For spring
styles just now, the principal choice seem
to be selections from the 'Pirates of Pen
zance,' Ed. 11arrigau's aire, 'The Pitcher of
Beer'and The Jumping Jack;" airs from
'Fatinitiza.' and a variety of jigs, reels aud
waltzes. What arc we doing from the
'Pirates?' Well, the opening chorus, the
second chorus from the policemen, and the
aria of the General's daughter. Published ?
Well, 1 lielieve some of the 'Pirates' music
is published, but I'm uot certain. It isu't
necessary for us to wait until music is
printed to get it on our cylinders. I can
listen to a piece of music ouce and write it
out afterward correctly, without it is terri
bly complicated. Hut the 'Pirate' is weak,
viewed from the hand-organ standpoint. It
lacks taking airs, melodies such as 'Pina
fore' was rich in, things that everybody
gets to know and that the children sing.
We had a great rush on 'Pinafore' airs last
season, but now they are never called for.
I only make organ barrels, or cylinders, to
order, and the jierson ordering picks out for
himself the tunes he wauls put ou; so there
is no regularity about the arraugment, and
no two are alike. As I said the demand
this year is lively for music more than ever
before, but still there are some serious tunes
that hang ou well. 'Silver Threads Among
tho Gold' is one of them, anil the 'Sweet
By and By' will always lie good in the
West and through Connecticut. Some of
Moody and Sankey's tunes are good to have
in working the rural districts, particularly
the sort of lively ones, such as 'Where is
My Boy No-night?' and 'Hold the Fort' is
a good, steady stand-by. Au operatic air,
one from some old, good, standard opera is
always well to throw in.
"Negro minstrel airs arc very seldom
culled for now. That sort of music seems
to have in a great measure died out, audit's
I a pity, for some of the sweetest purely
American music was written for the burnt
cork brethern. I have a good deal to do
putting in old country songs, German and
Italian, generally, that people come and
whistle or sing to me for the purpose of
getting them set up. But the popular fav
orites, you may say, for the coming season,
those whioii you will hear on more organs
than any others, will be tbe 'Jumping
Jack' aud 'Pitcher of Beer.' "No, 1 don't
make a great many instruments. I can
turn out about two a week, if i want to,
but the demaud is limited, and n oh of my
work is in repairing and making new cyl
inders. A cylinder with eight or nine
tunes for hand organs cost from $32 to S4O,
aud for parlor and organs from
$33 to $11)0, according to size. The score
of instruments you see about you all belong
to individual owners who are having some
j thing doue to them. The large ones come
from the carousel sat Jones' Woods, Coney
Island and some other places of summer
1 resort. I don't hire out any organs, but
there is an Italian ou Baxter street who
rents out a dozen or more during the sea
son. I uever tried that, but 1 did try ouce
selling hand orgaus on the installment
plan. It didn't pay. Organs are too light
aud handy to get away with."
ItoNes.
is not known from what country the
rose first came, but it has been common
from the earliest period. The variety of this
beautiful flower is infinite, and the study of
the various kinds forms one of the charms
of liotanty. There are several wild kinds
in the United Slates, among which are the
prairie or Michigan rose, blooming in July,
and from which some of the cultivated pink
roses have descended. There is also the
dwarf rose, so called, which blooms from
May to July; the swamp rose, found usual
ly in damp ground, and which blooms from
June to September, and the early wild rose.
The Cherokee rose, much used in the Sout
hern States for hedges, was originally
brought to this country from China.
Among the cultivated roses, the red French
or Provence rose is fine and attractive. It
was brought to France from Syria in the
days of the Crusades. The familiar and
luxuriant cabbage rose came from the Cau
casus, and the Denmark rose from Damas
cus. The poetical moss-rose was first
brought to England front Holland; the yel
low rose from Persia. With us the rose is
valuable for its ordinary fragrance and
beauty, but in the East it is a source of
valuable manufacture, and is valued for
the perfumes or oil extracted from it. The
ottar of rosea is an oil distilled from the
petals or flower leaves ot roses, and is pro
duced iu India and Turkey, some also be
ing made in tbe South of France. It re
quires 4000 pounds of rose leaves to make
one pouud of ottar of roses, hence the great
cost of this article, very little, if any, of
which ever reaches this country in an una
dulterated state. Damask aud musk roses
are chiefly used for the production of their
delightful perfume.
A Noi*y Joke.
A faithful night watchman in a Sacra
mento warehouse was recently made the
victim of a practical joke. Six alarm clocks
were locked up in the drawers of six desks
along the wall. They were so. arranged
that the first should begin the racket about
1 o'clock in tbe morning, and the others to
chime in intervals of a half hour each. At
the appointed time, as the watchman was
resting his feet upou the stove, the hereto
fore nois?less little instrument iu one of the
drawers fairly turned itself loose with a
noise resembling the ringing of half a dozen
door-beJs mingled with the roar of a steam
engine. The startled watchman sprang to
his feet and i ushed to the windows, but,
gazing out, could see nothing, and again
taking his seat, was beginning to imagine
he had been mistaken, when clock No. 2
went through a like performance. This
time the location was suspected, but the
cause not understood. When No. 3 began
there was new cause for wonder, as the
noise had changed from one desk to another.
The matter now became too perplexing for
rest, and No. 4 and No. 4 were listened to
with equal astonishment. When the last
one had ended tbe night's entertainment
the joke was 6een:
EXPERIMENT shows that with Early
Rose potatoes the smallest amount of
seed iu the hill yields the best crop.
Safety in Thunder Storm*.
The safest place iu a thunder-storm is the
interior of an irou building, or of a house
well provided with lightuiug rods. As to
what meets the latter condition, it is suffi
cient to say that the application of lightning
rods is a matter demanding the exercise of
ex |>ert knowledge aud judgment, and in
telligent apprehension of the law of electric
ity. Experience has shown that it is not
safe to trust to an ignorant person the de
cision as to the quantity aud location or
arrangement of lightning rods for any
building w hat so ever. Under ordiuary cir
cumstances, iu a house without any rods,
or with rods improperly adjusted, the safest
position is a horizontal one, in the middle
of u room, upon a leather bed elevated
above the tlajr. An iron fied-stead, how
ever, furnishes a perfectly safe position, and
! a wooden bedstead may lie made a safe
place of refuge by attaching metallic wires
to the corner posts, and connecting them
all together by other wires running from
one to the other around the bed In these
circumstances, a discharge of lightning is
provided with an easy path in any ilirec
i tion, either vertical or horizontal, a d no
injury can ensue to a person lying upon,
such a bedstead. Number nine annealed
iron wire or a small copper or brass wire
may be conveniently and effectually used
1 11 tins way; or strips of sheet-metal may
be tacked on. Nails, bell-wires, stove fun
nels and other metals in buildings present
an interrupted path for lightning. It is
: especially dangerous therefore, to assume a
position between two detached lines or
masses of conducting matter. For exam
• pie, a person has been killed by lightning
while seated in a chair with his head leau
ing against a hell knob; in another in
stance, a man was killed by a discharge of
lightning, which passed from a socalled
, lightning rial ou the outside of the wall to
the quicksilver on the back of the mirror,
, in front of which he was standing; thence
through him into the floor, an t to a stove
pipe in the next lower story. Positions
near windows, doors, and lire places are to
be avoided as particularly dangerous. Out
! of doors the safest position is flat upon the
' ground, away from any tree or other ele-
I vated object. Thoroughly wet clothing is
a partial conductor, and gives lucreased
security to the wearer. An umbrella with
an iron or steel shaft, having attached to
the handle a metallic chain or flexible wire
i cord long enough to trail upon the ground,
would protect the person carrying it.
Farmers might easily arm their wagons With
wires in a manner similar to that already
suggested for a bedstead, or they cau fasten
a wire on a long handled pitch fork or rake,
and then hold it vertically, with one end in
the ground and thus secure protection. The
interior of a barn containing new hay or
graiti, is a very dangerous place in a thun
der storm, uud such building need lightning
rods of the most complete and perfect des
| cription.
NmiCMt-M in India.
Colonel Hatg, in his account of his jour
ney to discover the best road to Judgalpoor
iu the Bastor county, thus describes the
falls of Indravati, which must very nearly
come up to those of Niagara: "The falls
, are certainly one of the graudest sights in
India, though from their inaccessible jx>ai
tion few will ever see them. The river
was in flood within teu feet (according to
the people on its banks; of its extreme
height. Aln)ut four miles aliove the falls
I (which area mile alxve the village of Chitra
kot) the Indravati is joined by theNarnagi,
, a river about three-fourths it size. "The
united waters of the two, by the
heavy rains to a volume wnich I reckoned
[ at al>out thirty million cubic yards Dor hour
descend perpendicularly a height of ninety
four feet over a ledge of sand-stone rocks,
alx>ut five hundred yards in length, and
slightly curved iu at a place at one end, so
as to give the fall something of a horse
shoe shajK*. The rich coloring of the water,
varying from a redish brown at the crest
of the falls to a brilliant ochre, where more
broken in its descent, adds much to the
beauty of the sight. The lower part of
the fall is hidden by the clouds of spray,
and iu damp weather, immediately after a
shower, when the air is loaded with mois
ture, these rise even higher than the crest
of the falls, fill the whole chasm below, and
even hide the country on the opposite hunk
from view, disclosing only at intervals the
final plunge of the immense mass of water
into the gulf beneath ; the scene then he
comes one of the wildest and grandest im
aginable.
Itu* ; ne*H Maxims.
Choose the kind of business you under
stand.
Capital is positively required iu business,
even if you have real estate outside aud
credit ever so good.
One kind of business is as much sis a
man can manage successfully.* Invest
ments on the outside do not generally pay,
especially if you require the mouey iuyour
business.
Buy cautiously and just what you want,
and do not be persuaded to purchase what
you do not need; if you do you will soou
want what you can't buy.
Insure your stock; insure your store;
insure your dwclliug, if you have one. If
the rate is high it is only because the risk
is great, and of course you should not take
the risk yourself. A business that will not
pay for insuring will not just.fy running.
Sell to good, responsible parties only.
Sell on a specified time, and when your
money is due demand it;, do not let the
account stand without note or interest for
an indefinite jieriod.
Sell at a reasonable profit and never mis
represent to effect a sale.
Live within your income; keep your
business to yourself; have patience, and
you will succeed.
Competition is the life of trade, but in
trying to run your competitors out of busi
ness, be careful you do not run yourself
out.
A Nice Dinner.
A lady guest at a Baltimore hotel last
week decided to have a nice little dinner all
by herself, and here is what she called for,
served in courses: Soup, baked shad stuffed,
boiled mutton and caper sauce, chicken
with egg sauce, turkey with parsley saHce,
spring lamb and mint sauce, roast veal,
stewed kidneys with champagne sauce,
chicken pie in country style, cold veal, cold
mutton, mashed potatoes, spinach, lettuce,
asparagus, cabbage, apple pie, rhubarb pie,
punch cake, sponge cake, baked tapioca
pudding, vanilla ice-cream, English wal
uuts, crackers, rice snow-balls with cream,
apples, coffee.
The Far West.
Old Dr. Potts, of San Francisco, and who
is an enthusiast in his profession, is the
originator of the theory that much disease
is transmitted to human beings through eat
ing the flesh of immature animals, such as
calves, in the early spring. The doctor
maintains that young animals, in their
inexperience, eat greedily of certain nox
ious weeds, and that the poison thereby
assimilated is transferred to the blood of
the consumer of the animal 's gosh. As this
assertion was disputed by some of his con
tenqiorary M. JJ.'i, Dr. Potts determined
to make some useful experiments before
giving to the world his discovery. He ac
cordingly purchased a six-months' calt—
one of the kind that appear to be built on
stilts—and, as the doctor had no hack yard
to speak of, he had the brevet cow placed
in the cellar, where he projiosed to mix the
weeds injquestion among its food for a few
days prior to its being converted into test
cutlets, so to speak. The China boy was
bribed not to mention the calf's presence to
the other members of the household, who,
it happwued, had been absent while the
quadruped was being secretly let down
through the coal-hole by the butcher. To
prevent its bleating the doctor had placed
a stout leather muzzle on its nose.
That night the doctor was awakened by
Mrs. Potts, who sat up in oed and gasped
in a horror-stricken voice: "Gracious
heavens! Archibald, don't you hear that
singular noise down stairs ?"
The calf had evidently gotteu the muzzle
about half off, and was making a peculiar
sound, resembling a small foghorn tortured
by remorse, but Old Potts stammered out
that he couldu't hear anything in particu
lar.
"Not Lear anything, Dr. Potts? Are
you deaf ? Just listen to that! It's per
fectly blood-curdiing."
"Perhaps it's rats, " hazarded the miser
able physician.
"Rats, Dr. Potts! Are you insane?
Did you ever hear rats wailing like a lost
soul in purgatory ?"
"Well, not exactly like it,' said tbe doc
tor, soothingly, "but perhaps—"
"I can't staud it a moment longer. I
shall go wild if you don't go down and see
what's the maLcr. It's my belief that
burglars are trying to murder Ah Wrong."
"Well, my dear, if you insist I'll—"
But just then there came a sudden jerk
at the bell and a terrible hammering at the
front door. The doctor put up the window
and beheld a delegation of about fifty lialf
dressed neighbors with four police officers
iu their midst.
"Is he dead yet ?" said one of the crowd,
as the doctor poked his head out.
"Is who dead?" said the latter much
astonished.
"Why, your brother, down there in the
cellar. Didn't you tell us your brother had
made a big strike in stocks, and was com
ing to stay with you this week?" asked
Didimus, the doctor's next-door neighbor.
"Why, yes ? What of it ?"
"You cola-blooded villain. Do you sup
pose no one heard you murdering him in
tlu-cellar just now? By Jove, he is not
dead yet—he's groaning still. Just lis
ten 1"
"If you don't lemme iu I'll bust the door
down!" said one of the police.
"Oli, Archibald! to think you should
turn out to he a murderer!" gasped Mrs.
Potts, going into hysterics.
Old Potts was too mad to utter a word.
He just walked down stairs iu his night
cap, admitted the whole crowd, conducted
it to the cellar stairs, handed the policeman
a candle, and told him to go ahead. He
then went up stairs aud awaited results.
Of course the calf made a break for the
i light as soon as it saw it. The big officer
holding it was upset by a terrible butt in
the stomach, the candle went out, and,
amid the rattling of the coal and the un
earthly yells of the crowd, the cellar began
to vomit forth liatless, grimy, aud disgusted
men.
When they had all gone, Old Potts quiet
ly descended, locked tbe bouse up again,
tied a sponge full of chloroform round the
calf's nose, resuscitated Mrs. P., and then
returned gloomily to his dreams of science.
Thus ended one of the most interesting in
cidents of pioneer life in the far West.
About Dinner*.
"A man should, if he aie having accept
ed an invitation to dinner, leave his execu
tors in solemn charge to fill his place," said
Sidney Smith in that vein of burlesque
solemnity with which his ample wit draped
all trifles. And the absurdity contains a
truth. Dinners are so carefully measured;
they are so important to host and hostess;
they are the results of so much care and
thought, that every one is socially bound
"to remember tbe engagement and keep it
with punctuality. If illness or necessary
absence from town cuuse the invitee to
regret, after having accepted, a note in the
first person should inform the hostess at the
earliest possible moment, that she may in
vite somebody to fill the place. Invitations
to dinners in New York, in the gay season,
are sent out a fortnight in advance, and
should lie answered quickly and positively.
Never hint at any contingency, but give
your hostess the simple assurance that yon
will come or that you will not come. Nev
er say that you "would come if so and so."
Never attempt to give a dinner unless you
are sure of your cook and your waiter —
that hot h are very good (unless you give
your dinner a la Russc and order every
thing from a restaurant. These are uot
the l>eßt dinners. The dishes are apt to be
cold, greasy and poor unless you have the
very best restaurant in the world at hand).
The best dinners are those given by excel
lent housekeepers, whose domestic service
is perfect, who have a cook who is famous
for individual dishes and with a waiter
who is at home and who can call in, if he
needs them, some men to help him. The
American habit of hiring the same waiters
who have just served at a neighbor's house
led "to a very curious mistake from a foreign
nobleman. Looking at a well-known oki
black man, who used to serve at all the
dinners, he remarked: "What a very
singular resemblance the colored race bear
to each other. Now I could swear I had
seen your butler at every dinner I have
eaten in New York." Tbis habit of hiring
a "set of retainers" had never occurred to
the nobleman. "The little dinners" there
fore, of eight or ten, cooked in the house,
served by the servants of the family, simple
and short dinners are the most agreeable,
the most flattering as attentions, and require,
if giveD often, a far greater care and ex
penditure of thought than the one splendid
show dinner.
How to Writ* Well.
We believe that the whole of our method
, is a mistake, and there is no single system
, of niecanique for writing, and that a child
belonging to the educated classes would be
taught much better and more easily if, after
being once enabled to make and recognize
written letters, it were let alone, and chid*
den or praised not for its method, but for
the result. Let the boy hold his pea as be
likes, and write at the pace he likes—
hurry, of course, being discouraged—but
insist, strenuously and penitently, that
his copy shall be legible, shall be clean, and *
shall approach the good copy set before
him, namely, a well-written letter, npt a
rubishy text on a single line, written as no
body but a writing master ever did or ever
will write till the world's end. He will
make a muddle at first, but he will soon
make a passable imitation of his copy, and
ultimately develop a characteristic and
strong hand, which may be good or bad,
but will not be either meaningless, unde
cided or eligible. The boy's hand will alter,
of course, very greatly as he grows older.
It may alter at eleven, because it is at that
age that the range of the eye is fixed, and
short sight betrays itself; and it will alter
at seventeen, because then the system of
taking notes at lecture, which ruins most
hands, will have cramped and temporarily
spoiled the writing, but the character will
form itself again, and will never be defi
cient in clearness and decision. The idea
that it is to be clear will have stamped itself,
and confidence will not have been destroyed
by worrying little rules about attitude ami
angle and slope, which the very irritation
of the pupils ought to convince the teachers
are, from some personal peculiarity, inap
plicable. The lad will write, as he does
anything else that he cares to do, as well
as he can, and with a certain efficiency and
speed. Almost every letter he gets will
give him some assistance, and the master's
remonstrance on his illegibility will be
tended, to like any other caution given in the
curriculum. t •
An Auhtralmn Opossum.
The tree was a large one. Its bark was
smooth like glass. Cutting a notch in the
bark, and embracing as much of the huge
trunk as possible with his arms, the black
fellow mounted the height of the step, then,
standing with his toe in the notch, with his
tomahawk he proceeded to cut another,
about the height of hi 9 waist, which he also
ascended, keeping his body flat to the tree.
Step by step he gradully rose looking like
a fly walking up a window-pane, uDtil he
reached the first fork, nearly forty feet
above the ground. A sudden twist enabled
him to surmount this difficulty, after which
lie walked among the branches with the
activity of a monkey. Selecting one with
a hole in it, he dropped two or three small
stones which he had carried up with him
down the hollow, listening intently as they
rumbled down the pipe. They all stopped
at a particular place. Descending to the
spot Stick-in-the-mud cut into the hollow,
and, inserting his hand, drew forth a large
opossum, its eyes blinking in the daylight.
A few knocks against the the tree deprived
it of life, and throwing it down, its captor
descended, grinning f rom ear to ear his
appreciation of the white fellow's compli
ments as to his dexterity. Blacks never
move without a flrestick; and 900n the
opossum, divested of its fur, was roasting
on a fire, emitting a most inviting odor un
der the circumstances. It makes Stick-in
the-mud, who has only lately despatched
an immense meal, hungry again; and John
has some difficulty in persuading him not
to seize the half-roasted creature and bite
out a piece. The black fellow looks aston
ished; the prohibition is quite against the
customs of his race; however, he gives in,
contenting himself by throwing the entrails
on the fire for a moment, and soon, to his
guest's horror, he commenced dispatching
yards of the scarcely warmed intestines, at
the conclusion of which operation his face
presented a sickening spectacle.
fifty Vents* Worth.
Jamie Welch, a bold teamster, living in
Detroit, wus sitting on his doorstep the
other evening when along came a stranger
who picked up something from the walk.
44 Was it a hair pin ye found at my door ?"
demanded Mr. Welch.
"1 never bend my back for less than
fifty cents," was the reply, as the stranger
tossed the coin in the air.
"It rolled from me pocket, and I'm
much obleeged that ye found It," said
Jamie, as he put on a smile.
44 You can't foil no fifty cents out of
this chicken," was the answer, as the man
moved on.
Mr. Welch followed him, and argued
and flattered, and when that wouldn't do,
he put his fists at work and hammered the
finder until he gave up the coin. When
he returned home and told his wife she
claimed half, and there was a family row
which brought an officer and an arrest.
4 4 Where's the money ?" asked the court,
after the story had beea told.
The prisoner handed it over, and after it
had been inspected his honor said:
44 lt's the worst counterfeit I ever saw I"
. 44 What! is she bogus?" exclaimed Jamie.
"She are. It's more than half lead."
"And I was fool enough to have two
fights and get myself run in for the sake of
this old sham!" groaned the prisoner, as he
flung it on the floor
44 You were, and I must punish you."
4 'Go ahead, judge; I'm deserving of all
you can pile on. I'm the biggest fool in
America, and I might as well be in prison
as out!"
"I'll say ten dollars or sixty days."
"That's little enough. Is the perform
ance over ?"
"It is."
"So am I. I've no money, and so I shall
go up. If my wife comes crying around
tell her I've hired out to a circus as the big
fool, and that I won't be home for two
months."
A DISCOVERY ABOUT CORN.— An ex
change tells of a man who plants, two
or three weeks after the crop is planted,
a new hill of corn every fifteenth row,
each way. And this Is the reason: If
the weather becomes dry after the fill
ing time,the silk and tassels both become
dry and dead. In this condition, if it
should become seasonable, the silk re
vives and renews its growth,but the tas
sels do not recover. Then for want ot
pollen, the new silk is unable to fill the
office for which it was designed. The
pollen from the replanted corn is then
ready to supply silk, and the filling is
completed. He says nearly all the abor
tive ears so common In corn crops, arc
caused by the w r antof pollen, and he has
known ears to double their size in lUU
filling.
NO. 25.