VOL. LIV.
PROFESSIOXJL CJRDS OF
BELLEFONT E-
C. T. Alexander. e. M. bower.
& BOWER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BKLLEFONTK, PA.
Office in Garman's new building.
JOHN B. LINN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLEFONTK, PA.
omee on Allegheny Street.
QLKMENT DALE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLEFONTK, PA.
Nortbwist corner of DUmO'.d.
yOCI'M & liA&l'l.NG.s,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BELLEfONTE, PA.
High Street, opposite F.rst National Bank.
C. HEINLE,
ATTORNEY" AT LAW",
BELLEFONTK. PA.
Practices In all the courts ot Contre County.
Spec at attention to collections. Consultations
in German or English.
ILBUR F. REEDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BKLLEFONTK, PA.
All bus oess promptly attended to. Collection
of claims a speciality.
J. A. Beaver! J. W. Gephart.
jgEAVER & GEPHART,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BKLLEFONTK, PA.
Office on Alleghany Street, North of High.
A. MORRISON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BKLLEFONTK, PA
Office on Woodrlng's Block, Opposite Court
Houe.
s - KELLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA
Consultations in English or German. Office
In Lyons Building, Allegheny Street.
JOHN G. LOVE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BKLLEFONTK, PA
Office In the rooms formerly occupied by the
late w. p. Wilson.
BUSINESS CARDS OF MILLHEIM, &.
A. STURGIS,
* DEALER IN
Watches, Clocks. Jewelry, Silverware, Ac. Re
pairing neatly and promptly and war
ranted. Main Street, opposite Bank, M llhelm,
Pa.
k O DEININGER,
* NOTARY PCBLIC.
SCRIBNHR AND CONVEYANCER,
MILLHEIM, PA.
AH business em rusted to him. such as writing
aDd acknowledging Deeds, Mortgages Releas* s,
Ac., will be executed wbh neatness and dis
patch- Office on Main Street
T r H. TOM LINSON,
• DEALER IN
ALL KINDS OF
Groceries, Notions, Drugs, Tobac us, Cigars,
Fine Confectloneiles ar.d everything 111 the line
of a first-class .rocery st re.
Country Produce i aken In exchange for goods.
Main st eet, opposite Bank, Ml lhelm. Pa.
pwAVID I. BROWN,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
TIN H ARE STOVEPIPES, A„
NPOUTIYG A SPECIALTY.
Shop on Main Btret t, two h uses east of Bank,
Mlllhelm, Penna.
T EISENHUI'H,
* JUSTICE OF THE PEAC E,
MILLIIEIM, PA.
All bu-lness promptly attended to.
collection of claims a t-peolulty.
Office opposite Elsenhuth's Drug Store.
Ay| USSER & S MilH,
DEALERS IN
Haidware, Stoves, Oils. Taints, Glass, Wall
Paper , coach Trimmings, and saddlery Ware,
Ac,. Ac.
All grades of Patent Wheels.
Corner of Main and Penn Street-, Mlllhelm,
Penna.
"JACOB WOLF,
T ASH lON A RLE TAILOR,
MILLHEIM, PA.
Cutting a Specialty.
Shop next door to Journal Book Store.
]y£iLLUEIM BANKING CO.,
UAIN STREET,
MILLHEIM, PA.
A. WALTER, Cashier. DAV. KRAPE, Pres.
HARTER,
AUCTIONEER,
BEBEBSBUBG, PA.
ftattstactlon Guaranteed.
OLD AND YOUNG.
They soon grow old who grope for gold
In mar's when) all is bought and sold ;
Who live for self, and on some shelf
In darkened vaults heard up their pelf.
Cankered and eru*ted o'er with mould.
For thi.ua their youth itt-elf is old.
They ne'er grow old who gather gold
Where Spring awakes and tlowsrs unfold ;
Where suns arise In joyous skies.
And till the soul withiu their eyes ;
For them have the immortals sung ;
For them old age itself is young
HEART'S EASE.
llow sweet in the breath of eveu.
With sudden dash of the ram ;
How blest Is .the balm of heaven.
On brow and braiu !
O, heart thst was hoar and ashen,
And fever'd with mauv fears,
How softeu'd thy ram aud passion,
In rain of tears !
Despised and Rejected.
The gbttering myriads of December's
stars were shining in the dark blue above.
The keen frosty air was calm, with not even
enough breeze in it to lift the little flossy
rings of dark hair that lay so carelessly on
Mabel Yawn's forehead. Her lips were
slightly parted, hei pretty little scarlet
shawled head bent slightly in an attitude of
eager attention —attention to what John
llowland was saying to her the last night
of her stay at home. It was in keeping with
his reserve of nature, his unselfishness, that
now, at the very last, he did not seek to
fetter the girl with promises—that he was
satisfied sunply to assure her of his love for
her Mabel, listening with vague delight
and girlish pride, wondered whether it was
simply satisfaction she experienced to real
ize that her dear old friend loved her. or
whether the sweet, strange, curious feeling
was love.
Of his love for her there could lie no
possible doubt. Every syllable of his dec
laration, so intense, yet quiet; so thorough
ly unselfish, yet eager and true, bore its own
impress of truth and tenderness. "But I
don't want you to promise yourself to me,
my darling, much as I love you, much as 1
want you for my own. It would he happi
ness to me to Know that you went forth
into the world as my betrothed wife —the
next sweetest joy to knowing you really
were my wife —but for your sake, Mattel
darling, I will ask no promise from you
until you have seen other men who will no
doubt offer you much more, except love,
than 1 can—men ami their lives between
whom and me and the life that I offer you,
you will he called upon to choose. If I
did not love you so well, I could not with
stand the temptation to seek to bind you;
but I love you so much that I will Ik- fair
with you, and wait for my answer until you
are sure that vou love me alone, beyond
all."
She listened, awod by Ins grave yet im
passiouate words.
Y'es, it was best that they should wait,
until she had tasted the fascinating world
that would open on the morrow—only,
st inding alone with him under the solemn,
silent stars, Mabel felt sure that the coming
years would make no difference.
His low, rapid tones went on, ami he
suddenly took her in his arms and kissed
her. "My darling, come back to me as you
leave me—come hack to put your hand in
mine and look in my eyes and say, in an
swer to the undying iove you see there,
come when or how you will—say to me,
'Yours, yours always aud ever, rather thaD
all the world else I"
And holding her one instant so near his
thiobbing heart that its pulsations almost
startled her, Mabel took and gave her fare
well kiss under the brilliant December stars
that to-morrow night would shine on him,
lonely, waiting—on her, treading the rose
strewn path that would open to her.
It was like fairy-land to the enraptured
girl, thai entrancing succession of dissipa
tions anil delights culled "s>ciety." All
her beauty expanded into a dangerously
glorious attractiveness of captivating charms
that set society wild—masculine society.
Her Aunt Helen, the aristocratic .Mrs.
Philip Florestan, was bewildered by the
girl's exquisite tact, grace and beauty.
Wherever Mattel hud learned her elegance,
ease, careless ei/ipresttemeiit that hail made
her country friends a little afraid of her,
that made strangers regard her as proud
and reserved, that perfectly delighted Mrs.
Florestan—that august lady could not
imagine. She only saw for herself that her
brother's child, brought up to assist in the
manifold ami mental duties of a large house
hold, where the fullest of plenty did not
ieigu, was a lady of culture and elegance.
True, it needed several lessons to teach
Mabel a better style in which to sing her
songs, in which to improve her touch on
the piano, before she could mauage her
train, and toy with her fan aud bow pre
cisely the angle a la mode. Aud only
several lessons, and then, alter a month of
strict privacy, during which time Mrs
Florestan had made for Mable a wardrobe
regardless of expense and gave out myste
rious hints of the beauty for whose sake she
was sending out her cards for a grand en
tertainment —then, on the momentous night
of Mrs. Philip Florestan's ball, the gates
opened wide /or Mabel's eager feet, and
she arose in the social sky a star of the first
magnitude.
A fortnight later, she and Alexis Wyllard
met, and then the actualities of life began
for Mabel Vawn. Heretofore the romance
had been pure and simple ; now, with Mr.
Wyllard's handsome face, earnest eyes,
courtiy manner and delightful tones meet
ing her so often, she realized that a new
element had been introdu :ed into her chal
ice of nectar. Heretofore she had almost
laughed to herself at the idea of anything,
any one, coming between her and John
Howland. Heretofore she liad never had
but one thought regarding him, and that
was of her return to hiuj, just as he had
asked, after her proud, triumphal progress
through temptations that could not allure
her front her loyally, her steady faith ; that
she would come off victorious, and lay her
laurel at her lover's feet and bid him take
her; tender and true. But—ah 1 these
"buts," that so warp our humanity into
faults, errors and sins—since Alexis Wyl
lard had crossed her path gradually had she
come to fear lest her march among the
booths of Vanity Fair would i.ot he so
grandly disdainful aud triumphant alter
all.
It was not much wonder Mabel was fas-
MILLHEIM. l'A., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1880.
ciuHU'il by this num. He had always been
a favorite with wouieu, auii to Mabel,from
becoming his admirer, she crew tube eager
for hit* coining, heartsick at his tarrying,
jealous of his suiiles on other women. It
could mean but one tiling—love for Alexis
Wyllard, the deepest depths of misery for
John liowlaud, the grand, great soul who
had been so magnanimous, so trusting, who
was so true.
A month utter the trio lmil met, Alexis
Wyllard told her, in courtly, gentlemanly
tones, with his pleasant, smiling eyes look
ing at her pale, beautiful face, that she had
iu her power to make him the happiest in
the world—would she be his wife? And Ma
bel, standing there in the dusk of the dim
lighted parlors, with luxury and elegance
ail around her, listening to the second pro
posed ot marriage that bad been told to her
girlish cars, could not help contrasting the
last with the first—Alexis Wyllard's culm,
passionless tones with John liowlaud'a
eager intensity, that swayed every power
of her nature before his own strength. A
sudoen trembling weakness came over her
in the silence thlut intervened between his
question and her answer—a silence in which
no voice told her that a week previously
Mrs. Forestall had told Alexis Wyllard that
if lie eared for Mabel anil wanted to marry
her she would dower her magnificently.
Aor did any subtle feeling warn her against
the strangeness of this calm, gentlemanly
oiler, for all she mentally contrasted it
with the tire and ardor of another. It never
incurred to her tiiat Alexis Wyllard did not
love her for herself. She had not the re-
mutest idea of her golden value in his eyes;
she only realizeu, with a thrill of excited
delight, that for her would be forever gone
the olu-time drudgery aud light with gen
teel poverty over the epoch of turned
dresses and darned gloves. For she fuliy
comprehended, in that moment of waiting,
that, after all, it had not been genuine out
and-out love she hail thought she felt for
him
She knew now that he hail fascinated her,
infatuated her, anil yet —yet, in the very
face of that knowledge, with almost a sob
on her lips as she thought of John How
laud's face anil voice us they looked that
December night under the stars; as she re
membered that farewell embrace and the
fierce hot kiss lie pressed on her quivering
lips, she deliberately made up her miud
that, as Alexis Wyllard's wife, she wouid
continue iu this revel of gayety ami enjoy
ment, which without she felt she would die
of stagnation. And so she raised her dark
eye ami smiled, and drooped them beneath
her white, blue-veined, silky lashed li"is
again, and Alexis Wyllard was answered;
and lie kissed her lips ami thanked her for
her priceless gift to hint.
Twenty-four hours later, when the sparkle
of a diamond engagement ring was so ue v
and exciting to her, while she was in the
first flush of glory of realizing all that her
future life *ould hold iu the way of the
worldly lights that was sweet as honey on
her lips—twenty-four hours later when she
was sitting aloue in Mrs. Fiorestan's par
lor, a servant showed John llowland, in
all his glad heart in his eyes at sight of the
girl lie loved, for a sight ot whom he had
so famished that he had to seek her, if oniy
tor a look on her sweet face.
"Mabel, Mabel, don't blame nie for
coming; 1 could not stay away! 1 have
only come for a glimpse of you, my darl
ing." She grew white to the very lips.
"John don't speak so—loud,"she added,
as if it were an after thought. "And and"
—all the girl's wonderful courage uprose,
and she determined to teii him at once his
coming could avail him nothing—"John,
you musn't call me —sucti names, for—it
never can he. Look at this !"
She amiost thrust her engagement ring
in his face, her dark eyes wearing such a
look of mingled woe, defiauee, love, uml
bruve recklessness, lie gianceu froiu the
diamond to her lace with an expression so
unnaturally quiet that its dead-white (tgony
terrified her.
"Oh, John, don't!"
His low, steady toues interrupted her as
a keen blade separates flesh, aud hurt her
ueariy as mortally. "Answer me this:
Have I lost you?"
She covered her face with her icy hands.
He saw her shiver from head to foot.
"Answer me. Mabel!"
His authority commanded her as though
she liad leeu a wayward child arraigned iu
judgment.
"Yes."
She whispered it with a gasp ; she knew
now how she worshiped him, this lover
who had turned to judge.
"And answer me this: Did you ever
love me ?"
His voice quivered ; he was one of those
self-contained men who suffer long and
awfully before the world or the woman
they love knows of it.
"John ! Oh, John !'*
It was enough. She admitted the whole
of her ambition, that ali of tier weakness, iu
that impulsive cry.
Except that his face grew whiter, and a
deeper undertone of agony crept into his
voice, he made no sign as he went on,
slowly, positively.
"Yes, I see—l understand ; and I thank
God i am saved from making a woman my
wife who could ever have been so false to
herself as you have been." She heard him
leave the house; she heard some one iu the
room which was ouly separated from the
parlors by portieres of gold brown velvet.
She sat there several minutes, cold, suffer
ing such dumb accutenessof anguish as she
never had dreamed could con e ner—the
pain only a woman who dtiiberately
crushed her best emotion, who has been
coldiy scorned, can feel.
And then Mr. Alexis Wyllard came in,
slowly, gracefully, quietly, as he always
did, and walked up to her. And, had her
eyes not beeu covered with her cold fingers,
she would have seen the stern, contemptu
ous look on his handsome face —this gen
tleman who did not hesitate a moment in
proposing to marry her for her money
value, but who , "Miss Vawn," he said,
pleasantly, decidedly. "I regret to be ob
liged to tell you I was very awkwardly
situated a few minutes since, being in the
next room while your visitor was here.
Permit me to release you front your en
gagement to me, since, very evidently, I
do not possess your affection. If you
please, Miss Vawn, we will consider our
selves free from to-night."
—The Empress Eugenie remained
alone all night at the scene other son's
death.
THE boy who was kept out of school
for orthography said he was spell
hound.
the l'o% Her lull
People who have cows to sell take them
i to King's cattle yards in Detroit, on Mon
day morning, and the jx-ople who want to
buy cows go there to select their animals.
There is uI ways a big crowd uml any
amount ot chatting. Cows of all colors,
s, shapes and sizes are tied to the fences,
and the owner will take his oath that noth
ing hut a mortgage on his farm could huve
| induced him to part with his favorite.
The other Monday the sport >f the yard
was u cow viith a tail about a fool and a
half long. The weather was awful hot
! ami ilie flies plenty, and she not only
' worked that old stub for all it was worth,
but made it pretty lively for insects with
her hind feet.
"1 see smiles and hear laughter," said
| thu owner as he faced the cow, "hut tins
very hob-tailed cow is worth any four in
the yard. She don't look finished out
witli that stumpy tail, but here is another
case wherein the inventive genius of man
eau overcome the lost forces of nature."
He thereu])on deftly affixed a small hush
to her tail by means of a string, and the
cow seut the tlies sky-big I at every rap.
| "And now how did this cow lose her
tail?" continued the mas as he hung his
| coat ou the fence. "She didn't go slath
ering around a mowing-ifxehiue—oh, no.
' She didn't get it hung in the barndoor—
not by a jugful. She didn't cut it off her
self to spite Hie family, for slit knows how
we all love her. Why, gentlemen, when
1 started with this cow tins morning there
was m re weeping and howling in the
Town of Bedford than i ever heard at any
luueral. 1 tell ye, hob-tailed cows not
only have a place in the world's green pas
tures, but also iu the affections ol the pub
l lie. I've got to sell that cow to buy liver
pads for my family, and I tell you 1 feel
sad clean down to uiy boots. Excuse these
I tears, hut that animal has got a strong hold
on uiy affections, and we are a family tiiat
never conceal our real feelings."
i By this tine everyliody in the yard was
:in the circle around him, and the man
wiped his eyes aud said:
"About Iter lost tail. Last week a stran
ger come along looking for a cow which
would give twenty quarts of milk at one
mi.king. I told him lie was my huckle
berry. That cow has done it time aud
again, and she'll do it every day in the
I year. The stranger laughed, that kinder
1 stung me, aud 1 told him if she didn't pan
out twenty full quarts of milk I'd cut off
; her tail. If she did, he was to give me
$5O for the cow. Ladies and gentlemen,
1 sot down and milked. I felt as sure of
them froO a* 1 do of leaving this yard alive,
hut alas! this is a vain world. She had
got hold of something wroug that day, and
all 1 could eet out of her wus nineteen
quarts, one pint ami one gill. lam a mail
of my word, and off went her tail. Now,
then, if there is any person here who isn't
! dodrotted particular aliout that missing gill
1 or milk, let 'em step forward, plank down
$25, and take away the liest cow which
ever pulled grass in Wayne county.,'
Sapphire Hunting in Nmm.
Five years ago a native hvnter in Siant
i found sapphires in a remote and secluded
district. Some nen who wire let into the
secret followed him into tie mines aud
brought hack to Rangoon iuid Calcutta a
number of very v. luuble stones. A rush
ensued from British Burrnah, thousands of
adventurers flocking to the mines, some to
find sudden fortune, hut more to ose their
lives Irom privation and jungle fever. The
mines occur iu the provinces of Buttain
hong and Cliantaboon. In his commercial
j rc|x>rt for 187U, the British consul at Bang
kok says that the miners are very careful
to coucoal their gems while iu Siam. Being
anxious to show some of the gems to
Admiral Coote, the consul called for speci
mens from some miners who had just re- I
turned from the diggings. One ntiuer a
poorly clad and miserable looking fellow. I
produced a few small stones, and after a j
great deal of coaxing was Induced, with !
manv precautions, to give a private vi.w of I
his great prize, which was a large sapphire
in the rough, valued at $lO,OOO. He wou d
not have shown this stone at all had he not
; been on the point of leaving in a steamer '
i Owing to the secrecy then observed by the j
possessors of valuable gems, it Is impoeihle I
| to give any estimate of the total value of |
; stones found, but that individuals have |
made very large profits is certain. One 1
man dug out a stone which he offered for
sale iu Chantalioon at five-hundred dol
lars, but did not find a purchaser. He
went with with it to Rangoon, where he was
offered $750(1; hut having awoke totlie value I
of the stone, he declined toseil and took it to
Calcutta, where lie eventually obtained
$15,000 for it. Now, however, there are
many experienced gem merchants estab
| lished In the ueigeliorhood of the mines,
■ and something like the real value of t e
stones can lie obtained by the miners on
1 the spot. The largest sapphire hitherto
i found, so far as the consul knows, weighed
' 370 carats in the rough, and when cut
turned out 111 carats of the finest water.
The ruby, onjx, and jade are also found
in the district, hut the quality of none of
! these is such as to make them very valua-
I hie.
llow to Boil and Stow,
To do either properly, the food must l>e
immersed at ihe beginui'ig in actually boil
ing water, and the water must he allowed
to reach tl.e Idling jtoin im mdi i e y. and
;to boil for about five minutes. The action
; of the boiling water upon the surface of
i either meat or vegetables is to harden it
i slightly, just enough to prevent the escape
!of either juices or mineral salts. After
the pot containing the food has begun to
: hoil the second time, it should he removed
| to the side of the fire, aud allowed to sint
mer until the food is done. This simmcr
j ing, or stewing, extracts all the nutritious
! qualities of either meat or vegetables; the
| pot should he kept closely covered unless
for a moment when it is necessary to raise
the cover in order to remove the scum.
The steam will condense upon the inside of
the cover, and fall back into the pot in
drops of moisture, if the boiiiug is slow.
Do not think that the rapid boiling cooks
faster than the gentle process 1 recommend.
After the pot once boils you canuot
make its contents cook any faster if you
have fire enough under it to run a steam
engine. So save your fuel and add it to
the tire little by little, to keep the pot boil
ing. Remember if you boil meat hard
and fast it will he tough and tasteless, and
most of its goodness will go up the chim
ney, or out of the window with the steam.
CLEAN ULL cloiii wn uiiuc and wa
ter; a brush or soap will ruin it.
Doing; Her RCNI.
A party of Dciroitero who were fishing
for brook trout on the Boyne river, und
camping on its hanks, run out of supplies,
aud an envoy was sent Hit to beg, buy or
borrew something until an order sent to
Traverse City could l>e filled. After a walk
of two mile* lie reached a log house iu the
woods. A woman, live children, three
dogs and u family of tame coons occupied
the one single room iu the house. The
furniture was all home-made, the tableware
consisted entirely of tin dishes, and only
one bod was visible. The envoy slutcd his
errand, and the woman replid:
"Flour! 1 reckon we ran onto' flour
yesterday, and we won't have any more till
j next week."
| "Can you spare any coffee?"
"1 guess not. The last coffee we hud
1 run out on Christmas. If we get any next
I week I'll spare some."
"How about tea?"
"Well, lea has been purty skcerce with
us for the last two months, hut Beu said he
thought of gittm' some 'long this fall. If
you are around here when our tea conies
we'll divide with you."
"You haven't any potatoes to spare, have
you f"
"Well, now, you ought to have beeu
I last week for 'latere. 1 cooked 1 lie last
Sunday. These 'ere dogs and children sot
a heap on cold 'latere, und they go off like
j hot cakes. Ik'n is going to git some more
'long about Saturday."
"Haven't you any provisions at all which
you can spare?" asked the discouraged en
voy.
"Well, now, 1 don't believe we have,
hut we are goiu' to stock up 'long in the
full. 1 was telling Ben only last night that
I'd got kinder tired of fccroocliin' along on
Injun and 'lasses "
"I 'll buy some of that it you can spare
it, for we haven't a bite ol anything in
| cauip."
i "No, 1 can't sell any. Fact is, we had
the last for breakfast, aud Ben won't get
any more till Saturday night."
"I'm sorry," sighed the man as he turned
away%
"Yes, so'm I," she sighed in return. "I
' seed your party down tliar in camp t'other
day, and you look like honest folks. I'd
he glad to spare you somethin' hut I can't.
If you men want to move yet camp up here
and enjoy our society and use our smudge
to drive away skeetera, we'll do our best to
make it pleasant; hut when you come
down to fodder we haiu't nowhar'. I was
j telling Ben ouly last night that we'd be
lucky if we got these dogs and coons through
j another winter!"
Reserved ScaU.
In traveling, one meets with many sel
fish people ; among them countless women
who insist on monopolizing two scats in a
railway car uuder the pretense that one of
them is engaged by an attendant gentleman,
supposedly iu the smoking-car for a brief
interval. We saw two women of this sort
rightly served during a summer trip. For
fifty miles they succeeded in warding off
travelers who sought the shady side of the
cur, aud the seat in front of them was the
convenient receptacle of their baggage.
■ Finally, however, an uncouth-looking indi
vidual removed the baggage and turned the
seat. The astonished ladies paused in their
conversation to each other and raised their
| hands as if in remonstrance, hut it was Vx>
late; the thiug was quietly and q.ickJy
1 accomplished, and the two foreigners who
! were seated there seemed to understand no
1 words or gestures. Public opinion iu that
i car, at least sided with them. On another
; occasion, when our party entered a car, not
' a seat was avu'lable. One person was
I gum ding four, others one and two; the
aisle was uucoiufroriably crowded. "This
■ way said the conductor, "room in the
palace car for those who are standing."
| The engaged seats were at a discount (plenty
I of room now), but the conductor insisted that
j they should be retained by their occupants,
j ami all were made comfortable. "Do as
: you would he done by," is a good ruii
| when traveling as elsewhere.
A Chapter ou ilald Head*.
A bald-headed man Is refined, and he al
! ways shows his skull-sure.
it has never been decided what causes
j bald heads, but most people think it is
' dan'd rough.
i A g<H)d novel for bald heads to read —
I "The Lost Heir."
What does a baid headed man say to his
comb ? We meet to part no more.
Motto for a bald kcad —Bare and fur
hare.
However high a position a bald-headed
I man holds, lie will never couih-dowu in
the world.
The bald-headed mau never dyes.
Advice to bald-headers—Join the Indi
ans. who are the only successful hair reis
ers.
What does every bald headed man put
on his head? His hat.
! You never saw a bald-headed man with
1 a low forehead.
Shakespeare says—There is a divinity
that, shapes our ends.
Bald men are the coolest headed men iu
the world.
go-j.e bald men have heirs.
Absent Winded liens.
Near a large planing miH in the town of
! Red ('lay, there lives a family named Rose.
| .Several days ago Mrs. Rose had occasion
i to go io the mill, carrying her tcu-mouths
olii child along with her. While there the
li'.tle one fell asleep, and becoming rather
burdensome, she laid it in a large box in
the n.ill. After concluding her business
she lett the mill, forgetting all about the
child, leaving it peacefully sleepiug in tiie
liottom of the box in the mill. Some hours
later she remarked its absence, hut, re
membering where she laid it. she thought
she hud told her husband to bring it home,
and she lelt no further uneasiness. At
supper the father came, but no child. She
anxiously asked him iu regards to the child,
I hut he disclaimed auy knowledge of its
who: cabouts. Upon telling him where she
! had laid it, aud w here iu all probability it
! was still lying, a sudden pallor overspread
i hia lace, aud it was with the greatest difii
' culty that he could tell her that a few min
utes before he had emptied several bushels
of meal iu that self-same box. and in all
probability the chiid had long since died
lrom suffocation. A doctor was hurriedly
sent for, the box was sought, and in it,
under the meal, lay the child, herett of all
sensibility. The doctor applied every
known restorative, hut at last accounts it
still lay in a comatose state, with hardly a
possibility of recovery.
ft undent lug Willi Her Hn.
Miss Angelina Apem went rusticating
last summer with her OIL They found
hoard at a pleasant country homestead,
where there was already quite a party.
Miss Apem desired to make herself gener
ally agreeable, and decided to cultivate the
acquaintance of the graud mother of the
household on the very first eveuiiig after
their arrival. Accordingly after tea, when
the hoarders had assembled on the
enjoy a cool breeze, Miss Apem opened on
the grandmother, who was busy with,her
knitting.
"Tins is a very romantic situation," said
the young lady, addressing the venerable
dame.
The latter looked at her inquiringly.
"This is a very romantic situation,"
repeated the young lady, in her sweetest
tones and a little louder.
The old lady said: "I am a Tittle hard
of hearing, please speak louder."
"This is a very romantic situation,"
agaiu repeated Miss Apen in a higher key,
coloring slightly and looking a little em
barrassed when she saw that she was
attracting the attention of the assemblage.
The oid lady looked thoroughly puzzled
and said ; "A leetle louder, miss."
The young lady reddened visibly; three
enVmienVere look intra jher with quizzi al
expressions, and four ladies were taking in
the situation with evident relish. Miss
Apem gathered herself for the final strug
gle, and concentrating all her power of
speech, she shouted: "This is a very ro
mantic situation!"
Three elderly gentlemen jumped so sud
denly as to throw their eye glasses from
their noses. The house dog thought an
army of tramps had invaded the premises
and ran toward the gate harking savagely.
Miss Apem's situation by this time was
anything but romantic. She was blushing
like a red, red rose, and the perspiration
had started from her forehead in such pro
fusion as to take the crinkle aud frizzle all
out of her hair. Her pleasant smile had
given awayto a look of pained expectation.
She watched the old lady nervously. Did
the old lady hear this time? Would she
answer? Must Miss Apem again yell at
. her ? These were the questions that chased
each other swiftly through her throbbing
brain. It was a critical moment. It
seemed ages to Miss Apem. All the acts
, of her life came crowding up before her.
, She lived her entire life over again in an
instant of time. But see, the old lady's
eyes brighten! She is about to speak.
Miss Apem listens:
"Wall, I don't know 'bout its bein' very
rhumatic around here. I have lived nigh
onto seventy years, an' 1 never bed a tech
of pain off any kind except once when the
brindle heifer kicked me in the shin as I
was lmlkiu' on 'er. I tied her tail around
her hind leg to keep her from whiskin' on
it in my face. She got mad 'cause she
couldn't whisk her tail and up and kicked
like creation. 1 rubbed arniky ou the snin
and 1 was all right in a day or two. But
Jim Shaw, who lives over on the cross-road
he has complained of rhuuiatiz a good
many years, off and on. It catches him in
his hack and in his knee jints and makes
'em stiff sometimes. Do you ever have the
rhuinaiiz ?"
By the time the old lady had finished
i Miss Apem had fainted dead away, aud
b.rnl to lie carried to her room. The shock
tn t'tr nervous system was too great. The
old lady looked somewhat surprised, hut
retained her presence of mind aud shouted
j to persons who were assisting Miss Apem :
"If she lias got the rhuuiatiz bad conic
I and iret my bottle ot armky."
Night iu the Moon.
At last, however, night sets in. Grate
fully it comes after the sun has gathered
up his smiting rays and gone down to his
reht All at once we are plunged into
comparative obscurity.for again there is no
twilight to stay the steps of departiug day.
At one stride comes the dark. But look
ing up into the sky, we behold a vast orb,
which pours down a milder ami more
beneficent splendor than the great lord of
ihe system. It is such a moon as we
terrestrials cannot l>oast, for it is not less
thnn thirteen times as large and luminous
as our own. There it hangs iu the firma
ment, without apparent change of place,
us if "fixed in its everlasting seal." But
not without change of surface. For this
globe is a painted panorama, and turning
round majestically ou its axis, preseuts its
oceans and continents in grand succession.
As Europe and Africa, locking the Medi
terranean in their embrace, roll away to
the right, the stormy Atlantic offers its
waters to view, then the two Americas,
with their huge forests and vast prairies
pass under inspection. Then the grand
basin of the Pacific, lit up with island tire 9
meets the gazer's eye, and as this glides
over the scene the eastern rim of Asia, the
upoer portion of Australia, sail into sight.
The indiau oceun, aud afterward the Ara
bian sea spread themselves out in their sub
dued splendor, and thus in four and twenty
hours, "the great rotuudity we tread"
turns its pictured countenance to the moon,
aud grandly repays the listening lunarians
by repeating, to the best of Its ability, the
sto yof its biith. Nor is the sky less mar
velous in another respect. For the absence
of any atmospheric diffusion of light per
mits the constellations to shine out with a
distinctness which is never paralleled ou
earth. They glitter like diamond points
set in a firmament of ebony. Stars ami
clusters which we never see by the naked
eye flock into view, and crowu the heavens.
Tlif llouilt rful Adaptability of Paper.
The adaptability of paper to numerous
important and widely-var.ed uses is wonder
ful. What other substance can he satisfac
torily substituted for wood, iron aud such
common inaterals, to the extent that paper
can be'( it is impossible to find anything
else wuicli, like paper, may be so different
ly aud dexterously prepared, as regards
flexibility, thinness, strength, durability,
imperviousness to fire aud water, etc., that
it can he readily made into pailsj wash
bowls, dishes, bricks, uapkius, blankets,
barrels, houses, stoves, wearing apparel,
curtains, bonnets, newspaper and writing
sheets, wrappers, carpets, coating for iron j
ships, flowerpots, parchment slates, cover
ings for the leads ot pencils, jewelry,
lanterns, car-wheels, dies for stamping, j
uppers of shoes, roofing and many other
t.iii g. It is this tendency on the pr. of
paper to take the place of everything else,
to becomes universal substitute, solo speak,
which leads to the conclusion that the
f iture has a grand development in store for
it, and that in the years to couie its manu
facture will hold a magnificent position
, among the great industrial interests of the
world.
The Lying Wltum.
I will n>w narrate a rase, showing upon
what slight circumstances the verdict of a
jury sometimes turns. I can not now
recall the year, and my notes of the case
were burned in the great fire of 1871. I
think about the year 1846 my friend Bran
son Murray, who then lived at Deer Park,
Halle County, aent for me to come to
Ottawa and defend his hired num. who.
killing a neighbor in a quarrel, had been
indicted for murder. A sadden quarrel
had arisen, and the prisoner, seizing a
hickory stake from his sled, had struck the
deceased one hard blow on the head pro
ducing death.
1 sat down to the triaL, supposing I had
a clear case of manslaughter, and one free
from ditliculty, and that the only question
would be the extent of my client's impris
onment. There was no controversy about
the quarrel and the blow, and that death
was the result. These facts having been
proved, the prosecution call the officer who
iiad arrested the prisoner. He was a large,
muscular man, very dark and sinster in
his sppcarance, and as he took the stand 1
saw him scowl at the prisoner, who was an
impulsive, passionate Irishman, in away
that startled me. 1 immediately asked the
defendant if he had ever had any difficulty
with the witness. "Yes," he replied ; '*the
witness hates me, and has threatened to
have me hanged."
After describing the arrest, the witness
was asked : "Did you, on your way to the
County Jail, have any conversation with
the prisoner, in regard to the killing, and,
if so, state what he said ?" He replied:
"On our way. as we were riding across the
prairie, 1 asked him what made him strike
the deceased, and why he struck so hard.
Prisoner answered, 4 him, I'm glad he
is dead; 1 have long had a grudge against
him, and 1 am glad 1 have killed
him.' "
"Take the witness," said the State's
Attorney, in the tone of a man who had
made out his case, and he had. The wit
ness had supplied tiie proof to change the
kilhug from manslaughter to murder, and
unless 1 could break down or contradict
him, my client was lost. By one of those
impulses which 1 can not explain, but
which all of us have often experienced, I
felt that the witness had been swearing
ialse. I knew it, but bow could I make it
inauifest toj the jury ? The terrible con
fession was made, as the witness said,
when he and the prisoner were alone apou
the prairie, ana therefore there was no
possibility of contradiction. "It is a lie,
every word ot it," whispered the prisoner.
I knew it perfectly well; but, how to
prove it ?
1 began the cross examination without a
plan; at tirst putting a few questious
quietly, and studying the man whom I had
never before seen. After a few unimport
ant questions, asked to gain time and try
and make out what manner of man he was,
I led him back to the confession. I asked
him if he was sure he had repeated the
exact words of the prisoner, lie replied,
"1 have told you the very words. I have
not altered oueof them." I saw that he
was one of those who if he once swore the
horse was sixteen feet high would stick to
it. 1 then asked him to repeat the con
fession, which he did, and, as I expected,
with variations, I then called his atten
tion to the fact that some mouths had
passed between the confession and the trial,
and then asked him why, if in his direct
evidence he had given the identical words,
he could not on the stand repeat them
twice in the same way. He thought it
necessary to his statement, and
he said : "1 wrote down at the time what
the prisoner said, so I might not forget it,
and I have got the paper yet, and 1 have
read it over to-day, and it is in the very
words I first stated." 1 kuew that ho was
lying; I felt it, and I arose and asked him
sternly: "Where is the paper? Tell ine
instantly."
"in iny pocket," he said.
"Produce it," said I. I knew that he
had no such paper. He turned pale; the
pweat rolled down nis face.
On my repeating my demand for the pa
per, he refused point blank.
1 repeated, 4 'You have sworn you wrote
down, at the the time, on paper, the state
ment of what the prisoner said: that you
brought that paper with you to Court;
have read it over to-day, and that you have
it now in your pocket. Is this true?"
4 4 Yes," said lie. falteriuglv.
"Then," said 1, "will you produce it and
let me see it ?"
"No," said he, 44 n0 lawyer shall see mv
private papers."
"Is there anything on the written pa
per besides the memorandum of what the
prisoner said f" inquired I.
"Yes on the same paper are private writ
ings which no man shall see."
"Hold the paper in your own hands,
then so that I can see aud read only the
memorandum. Have you any objection
to that?" said I.
"You shall not see any of it," said he.
He was sinking deeper and deeper in the
morass.
"Very well," said I.
"Perhaps you will allow the Judge or
the jury to see it, if you don't want me to
see it ?"
"Nobody shall see it," said he.
"This lias gone far enough," said I.
44 You have no such paper, and never had,
and 1 now ask the Court to make an order
that you produce the paper or be committed
to jail until you produce it."
The Judge made the order, and as the
hour for dinner had come, adjourned. 1
knew that my client was saved; not by
any skill of mine, but by what I hardly
know how to characterize. But I think we
old lawyers often see results which indi
cate that there is something outside of our
selves or any known agency, which some
times leads to the triumph of truth and
the protection of the innocent.
On the coming in of the Court the wit
ness was forced to acknowledge that he had
no such paper, and the State's Attorney
said: "I will not ask the jury to place any
reliance upon this witness."
A verdict of manslaughter and a short
imprisonment was the upshot of the trial.
To Drill Glass.
The following directions are given for
drilling glass: Take a common drill, run a
little fast; do not press on, the weight of
the drill is enough. Drill from both sides,
keeping the glass and drill wet with tur
pentine. Be very carefnl when the two
holes meet not to let the drill catch. After
a hole is made large enough for a small
round file, file to the desired size, keeping
the file and glass wet with turpentine.
NO. 38.