VOL. LV. PROFESSIONAL CARDS OF BELLEFONTE- U T. Alexander. C. IS. newer. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Office in Carman's new building. JOHN B. LINN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Office on Allegheny Street. OLEMENT DALE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. / BELLEFONTE, PA. Northwest corner of Dtimond. "YOCUML & HASTINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BELLEFONTE, PA. High Street, opposite F.ret National Bank, "yy M. C. HEINLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE PA. Practices in all the courts of Centre Oounry. Spec at attention to Collections. Consultations in German or English. yy ILBUR F. REEDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTE PA. All bus nevs promptly attendel to. CoUectton of claims a speciality. J. A. Beaver. J. W. Qepbart. jgEAVER A GEPHART, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BELLEFONTE, PA. Office on Alleghany Street, North of High, yy A. MORRISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTE, PA Office on Woodrlng*s Block, Opposite Court Houie. JQ S. KELLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLE FONTS, PA, Conspirations la Eng'.l=h or German, Office in Lyon* Building, Allegheny Street. JOHN* O. LOVE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTK. PA. Office in the rooms formerly occupied by the l&ta w. p. Wilson. BUSINESS CARDS OF MILLHEIM, &. A. SITRGIS, DEALER IS arches, Clock- Jewelry, Silverware, Ac. Re pairing neatly and prompily don - and war ranted. MMu Street, opposite Bana, il lihelm, Pa. A O DEIXINGER, * NOTARY PI'BI.IU. i-CIUBNKR AND CONVEYANCER, MILLHEIM, PA. All business en'rusted to h'rn. such as writing utui acknowledging D"eds, Mor)gage>, Keleas s, Ac. will be executed wi h n atness and dis patch. office on Main Street. r r u. TO.MLIN^ON, DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF Groceries. Notions, Drugs. Tob os. Clears. Fine Confectloneiles a'd everyth.ng in the line ot a first-ciass <.ropery st .re. oountr/ Produce lakcu in exchange for gxpnis. Main bt eet, opposite bank. Ml llieim. Pa. T "\A VID I. BROWN, MANCFA'TUBER AND DEALER IN TINWARE STOVEPIPES, Ac., SPOUTING A SPECIALTY. JBboD on Main Stro* t, two Iruses cast of Bank, Millbelm, Penna. ~T EISENHUI'H, JUSTICE OF TOE PEACE, MILLHEIM, PA. All business promptly attended to. t olleetlon of claims a specialty. Office opposite Elsenliutu's Drug Store. jtyji c oiox.it <ii SMI I'll, J DEALIIRS IN • liait ware. bu.vt a, oils, paints, Glass, Wn i t jar , coach Trimmings, .nil fcuduiejy Ware, a Ac. All giadts of Patent wheels. Ccrner of Malu and Pcnu Mlllhelm, Penna. I ACOB WOLF, 1 A&IIIONAEI.E TAILOR, MILLHEIM, PA. (hitting ft PpecSnlty. simp next door to Journal Rook fit ore. |j-TLLHEIM BANKING CO., MAIN STREET, MILLHEIM, PA A. WALTER, Cashier. DAV. KR APS, Pres. HARTER, AUCTIONEER, EEBEBSBUEG, PA. iaUsfactlon Guaranteed. ®ir Slilllrlii SUnt rival THE HI'SUANHMA*. Give fools their RO11 and knaves their power. Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; Wbe sows a fields or trains a flower. Or plants a tree, is move than a.L For he who b'esses most is blest; And God and man shall owu his worth. Who toils to leave as hi* b< quest An added beauty to the earth. • And soon or late, to all that sow Tae time of harvest shall be Riven : The flower shall blxuu, the fruit shall sr° w If not on earth, at last in heaven 1 Darkness and Dawn Some years ago, while making a brief so journ in the city of Baltimore, I set out one evening with a friend for a stroil through the city. We hail visited several places of interest, and were on our return to our ho tel, when in passing through a dark aud narrow street, a female, closely muffled In a course shawl—which, thrown over her head, was drawn around her face, so as to conceal all but her eyes—hurriedly crossed over froiu the opposite side of the way, and accosted us in the accents of deepair. "Gentlemen, for the love of God, give me moneyl My mother is dying of hunger, and 1 have not wherewith to purchase a morsel of food!" We were both struck with the tone of hor voice, for though agitated by a feeling of desperation, it had a peculiar sweetness, and her language was that of one both edu cated and retinoid. "Ik) not think me inquisitive," said my | friend, in a kindly tone, as he drew forth his purse, "i ask what misfortune has brought jou to this! for it is clearly evi dent that you are no common applicant for charity." 4 Oh! uo, sir—no!" she said, shrinking back into herself, as it were; "1 neve/ ask ed for charity liefore; and though 1 have not taken ftmd for two long days, I would sooner perish than ask it lor myself now; but I could not see her die, my suly friend —oh, God! 1 could not see ler die!" "Heref' said my companion, placing a sum in her hand which 1 immediately doubled. She clutclud the money like a miner, and ior a moment or two was completely over powered by her emotions. Then, w itli choking effort, she gasped forth: "Thanks,gentlemen! may God in heaven bless you! n rilie turned away, and took two or three hasty steps, and then stopping suddenly, she looked around, and added— "You ask me what misfortune brought me to this! 1 shall seem ungrateful if 1 re fuse to tell. " "Never mind." said my frieud; 4 the re cital will give you pain, and therefore con sider the question unasked." "Your noble generosi'.y overpowers me. Bin" aiu retained, in. & tremulous voice, "and my pride shall give way. it you nave & few minutes to spare, come with me and you shall known aIL" 4 'Nay," said 1. "do not let us intrude upon your sorrows, unless you think we can be of further assistence. You are welcome to the little we have given which should be doubled if we had more to spare, but we have no right to claim your secret in return." She buried her face in ber shawl, and burst into tears. "Alas!" she sobbed, 44 1f all mankind were thus generous, how many a miserable being might be made happy! Come with me and hear my story! i know 1 can trust you, and I shall rest easier to know 1 have convinced you 1 am no impostor." We assured her that we did not for a moment doubt of her being the victim of some terrible misfortune; but as we might tie of further service to her, we would see her safely home, and she might then relate her story or not, as she should think proper. 4 'Follow me," she said, and set off at a quick walk down the street, we keeping a respectful distance behind, and I tor one feeling an unusual curiosity to know some thing more of her. At the next corner of the street was an oil lamp which threw out a dim light; and standing near it, in a listless attitude, we observed a man in the garb oi a sailor, aud evideuily just from sea. As our unknown guide drew near him, X noticed that she seemed much agitated; and on coming up to him, to our surprise, and apparently his, she stopped, and looked eagerly into his face for a moment, and then, with a wild cry, she suddenly threw out her aims, clasped him around the neck, and appeared to swoon upoi his breast. ••Seel" said my friend,making an abrupt halt; "we are duped—this is some trick — that girl is an impostor!" "Impossible!" returned I, unwilling to believe tbat such grief and mist ry as she represented could be a base counterfeit. "Ha! see!" As I spoke, the sailor, as if In deep sur prise, partly unwound the arms of the un known from his neck, raised her head, and looked, first curiously and then wildly, into her face, which we could see, even from where we stood, was pale and beauti ful. The next moment he uttered a wild cry of surprise; and quickly throwing his arms around her now lilele-s form he ex claimed: 4 My God! my G<xl! Mary! My God!" It seemed to be all that he couid utter, as he fairly to tared with his fair burden and lor a few moments we stood dumb with amazement. "What's this? what's the meaning of this?" he now demanded,looking fiercely at us. "Well, if that is acting, it is the best 1 ever saw," muttered my companion, as we hastened forward, and gave a hurried ac count of all. we knew of the matter. "Great God! is it possible?" said the maD looking alternately at us and the fair crea ture in bis arms, and clasping his forehead as if to collect his scattered senses. 4 'Mary!" he continued, at short intervals; 4 'my wife! my dear wifel And my mother too starving!" He continued to repeat these expressions like one overpowered by some terrible shock, and who knew not what he was saying; while we stood looking on, too much astonished to think of offering him any assistance. At length, with a sort of gurgling gasp, the poor creature opened her eyes; and looking wildly and fondly into the manly face of him who supported her, she mur mured: "Charlesl Charles! is this you? in life— In death—or in a dream?" I pass over the wild! frantic, passionate exclamations on both sides, as each began to realize the truth —the one that he had MILLIIEIM. PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1881. found a loving wife in the depths of mis cry—the other that she hail regaiucd a fond husband at a inouieut of all others when she most needed Ids aid, counsel, love anil support. i "Come," whispered uiy friend, touching my arm, "let us withdraw; their meeting I should be sacred froui the niirusiou of strangers." Though deeply curieus to know some thing of their history, I silently acquiesced i iu his proposal; and quietly departing, re turned to our hotel, musing upua the un certainties, vicissitudes ami romance of life. Two days after, as I was sitting on the piazza of the hotel I saw the sailor passing along the street, and curiosity prompted me to address him. The moment be saw me he came bounding up,grasped my hand, aud burs', iuto tears. "God Dies* you!" he exclaimed in a chok ing voice; "God bless you aud your friend! and so says Mary. I've bceu hunting you all over the city, sir, but feared I'd never see you again. Here, let me pay you back your mouey aud will you be so kind, sir, as to accept these two rings for yourself aud frieud?" 1 took the money—for I saw if I did not he wouid feel very much hurt; but fearing his circumstances might uot justify him m makiug a present of so much vsiue, I at tempted to decline the riugs. it was of no use—he would lake uo denial—aud BO I re luctantly accepted them, tliankiug him m behalf of my friend, who was absent. 1 theu drew from him his story, which 1 will give iua tew words. He and his wile were both natives of a small village ou the Chesapeake, aud hid olteu played together as childreu. His own father was iu good circuuis aneea. but sub sequently lost uis property aud died soou alter, leaving himself aud mother to strug gle along as best they might. Among those believed to be friends in prosperity, but who forsook thetu iu ad versity, was the father of his present wife; but though ohauge of forluue separated the youth aud uiaideu, it only increased au at tachment which had begun in childhood. For years, however, they did uot meet; aud duriug that lime the uarr&tor became a sailor, aud acquired sufficient means to purchase a cottage for his mother, leaving a small balance ou mortgage, which his next voyage was to clear off. While at home he and his Mary again met, and discovering a mutual passiou aud knowiug her pareuts would not consent to the union, bm were most anxious to ally her to a wealthy sui tor, they look advantage of the opportuni ty, and were privately married. Charles Delaine, for such was his nam*', then took leave of his wile, aud shipped for a whaliug voyage, Intending it should be his last cruise. While absent, his wife's patents, discovering tue secret of her mar riage, disowned aud drove bar forth, and she took reluge with his mother. Together the widowed mother and wife atriuutied akn* ImAO* ">*umaly looking for the I etui not their only hnr x.- £...., not at the time expected, the mortgage was foreclosed, the property soid, and, almost penniless, they repaired to Baltimore, hop ing to be able to maintain themselves by the needle. 1 need uot proloug the story —it is au old tale, bickuess and mislortune followed them; they failed to procure sufficient work lor uieir necessities, and on the nigut when the wife appeealed to us, they were in a starving condition. Charles had just returned from his cruise; and at the very moment when his Mary so unexpectedly met him, he was thinking ol home, which he expected to reach the next day. lie had been prudent, the voyage had been more than usually profitable, and hiß share, he said, would enable hiui to start in business. "Come what will," he concluded, "I'll never leave my dear mother and Mary again while we live. They're happy now, than* God, ano it stuill be the aim of my life to keep them so." He urged me to come and see him and his now happy family, aud bring my frieud; and then invoking upon us the blessiugs of heaven, ho wrung my hand and turned quickly away to conceal the emotions he cared not to display. "Ah! such is file, in this world of sel fish and unselfish humanity," mused I, as I watched his retreatiug footsteps, till a turn in a street concealed him from my view. We never met again. About Quicksilver. One of the most curious properties of quicksilver is its capability of dissolving or of forming amalgams with other metals. A sheet of gold foil dropped into quicksil ver disappears almost as quickly as a snow flake when it drops into water. It has the power of separating or of readily dissolving those refractory metals which are not act eu upon by our most powerful acids. The gold and silver miners pour it into tiieir machines holding the powdered gold bear ing quartz, and although no human eye can detect a trace of the precious substance, •D flne are the particles, yet the liquid metal will hunt them out, and incorporate it into its mass. By subsequent distillation it yields it int > the hands of the miners, in a state ol virgin purity, beveral years ago, while lecturing before a class of ladies on chemistry we bad occasion to purify some quicksilver by forcing It through shamois leather. The scrap remained on the table after the an old lady, thinking it would lie very nice to wrap her gold spec tacles in, accordingly appropriated it to this purpose. The next morning she came to us in great alarm, stating that the gold had mysteriously disappeared, and nothing was left in the parcel but the glasses, Sure enough, the metal remaining in the pores of the leather had amalgamated with the gold, and entirely destroyed the spectacles. It was a mystery which we never could explain to her satisfaction. Removing Odors Ground mustard, mixed with a little water, is an excellent agent for cleansing the hands after handling odorous substan ces, such as cod-liver oil, musk, valerianic acid and its salts. Scale pans and vessels may also be readily freed from odor by the same method. In the case qf almonds and mustard, the development of ethereal oil, under the influence of water, may perhaps be an additional help to destroy foreign odors. The smell of carbolic acid may be removed by rubbing the hands with damp flaxseed meal, and cod-liver oil bottles may be cleansed with a little cf the same, or olive oiL A man must become wise at his own expense. Cutting a Hov'< flair. There Is no use in fooling arout It. When a boy's hair has become long aud bleached and scraggy uud full of burrs and feathers it is time to cut it ami the inevitable must be faced. The boy doesn't want it cut of course. No one ever had a speaking acquaintance with a boy who thought that the time had arrived when ho could part with euough hair to stuff a sofa pillow. They must be co erced, and kind words aud broad promise) are thrown away. Coercion is the only method. I let my lx>ys run aliout to loug and then when I get a spare half day 1 play barber. There is no apjxial irora my decision. When I come out fiat-footed I carry my point or dietryiug. "Yonng man, you can get ready to have your hair cut." •"Next week?" "N<>, sir—nowl" * 4 With a buzz-saw!" "Yea, if the shears won't do it." "Won't you draw blood?" "1 may have to." "If you won't cut my hair, 111 bring in nuff wood and coal to last all wiuter, and I won't ask for a light when Igo to tedl" "Come out here aud make ready!" 1 never take any cliunces on a boy. I have an old thair bolted to the floor, and than I bolt the boy to the chair. I ftx him so that he an move neither baud nor foot, put a soft-gag in his mouth to prevent a neighborhood alarm, aud begin work. The first step towards cutting a boy's hair is to put iu ten minutes' hard work with a curry-comb. If he hasn't been running loose over two or three years this tool will be fouud sufficient to rake out the snarls, buttons ami articles previously mentioned. A basket is placed behind the chair for than to drop into, and they can be deco rated with faucy pictures aud made to serve as parlor ornaments. When a boy's hair is rea< y for the shears brace your feet and shear away. Shear front, back, top and side without re ference to lines or angles. The object is to remove hair. There is no use of any conversation, not even when the shears find a piece of wire and refuse to cut it. The boy wouldn't know how it got there if you a&ked him. He has had his head iu closets, cellars, garrets, barns, fence-cor ners, barrels, boxes and ail sorts of nooks, and such extra attachments are no surprise to linn. No one should be less than half an hour robbing an average boy of ais capillary sub si auce. Any attempt to hurry the job will result in overlooking a lot of shingle nails, the missing screwdriver, or something which may damage his Sunday hat. My average is thirty-five minutes, and I have ouly two minutes hft alter beiug able to see that he has a scalp. It theu takes au additional ten minutes to look him over and identify him us the same boy 1 began ou. His neck has grown longer, the size of his ears increased, and the whole shape LimiH ScL til! Aktv .*1 , H' i. . . Jf • that it u my DOyJ and not the S>p of some neighbor who lias skulked in on me, I brush him off with an old broom, crack his head three or four limes, draw the bolls and remove the gag, and thou hold the door open for him to shoot into the back yard. lam a loving father on ail else, but wieu 1 cat a b>y s hair lui a ttoru old ltouiau oi the firat water. ▲ Fearful Vmllor. The bane of tue beautiful Island of Mar tinique is a serpent called tue "iron lance." This reptile, with venomous taste, chooses the coolest and most delightful places iu the garden for ms retreat, aud it is liierul iy al the risk of one's life to lie down on the grass, or even take a rest in an arbor. The wouuds inflicted by these serpents are very apt to be fatal unless immediately cared for. The whole island is infested wiih this dangeious reptile, aud it is said that on an average nearly eight hundred persons are bitten every year, of which number from sixty to seventy cases prove fatal, while many others result in nervous niseases which are almost as bad as death. A few years ago, when Prince Arthur of England, visited this island, a grand fete was given in his honor in the Jardine des lit ites. In the evening the grounds were Luuiianlly ilium mated, and thousands of people sauntered through its cool and shady avenues. A large number were bit ten by the "iron lanoe," and many of them never recovered from the effects of the poi son., The fondness of tins terrible reptile for cool and shady places is a serious draw back on the pleasure of rambling through the charming groves of Martinique. A rest on the grass under the shadow ol some spreading tree is always haunted by the dread ol unseen dangers, aud oue cannot even cross a field without exercising ex treme caution. The Origiu ol t lie Horse. When the white men took possession of this continent they found no horses here. Tue horse—our horse—came with the new settlers, and through him is now common over the whole continent. But the remains are found in a fossil state of niauy species of hcoses, showing tbat at one time in the earth t history they existed here. Profes sor Marsh has made a g<xxi point in favor of gradual evolution by showing how these fossil horses varied in their feet bone, and he has collected specimens, which seem like links running froui the most simple to the most complex, the chief poiut being once the horse had not a single large hoof as he haß nowadays. Professor Cope has recently discovered in Texas a breed of hogs with undivided hoofs, and this, it seems to us, ought to be takeu as much a sign of "evolution" as Professor Marsh's horses. They are regarded as distinct spe cies, because their boues are distinct, but no one would think of sailing these pigs a distinct species. It is thought that as the world changed in temperature and other conditions, the species changed to suit, but the climate has not changed to make the horse-footed pig, nor is there any sign that it will be any better fitted to endure the struggle foi life than the uuclean thing that "spiiileth the hoof and cheweth not the cud," that so excited the ire of Moses. It seems that our men of science have scarce ly got "the hang of the thing yet," as the mower says of the new scythe. —The foreign business of the Bos tou and Albany railroad now occupie sheds and warehouses at theEastßosto.i terminal covering 200,000 square fee;, besides the graiu elevator with a ca paoity ol 1,000, 000 bushels. Orijdn of Thanksgiving Day. The origin of the observance of Thanks giving day, like many other interesting mutters, is little understood by those who most would like to know of it. It is sup posed that the day was originally suggested by the Hebrew "Feast of the Tabernacles," which was held Ht the end of the year. The Protest ant Episcopal prayer-book, which was ratified in 1789, recommends the first Thursday in November as the proper day, except when some other one is appointed by the civil authorities. The lust Thursday iu tlie present month has of late years generally been selected. The first recorded observance of the festival oc curred on October 3, 1576, when the good people of in Holland, gave thanks for their deliverance from a siege. In 1508, when the pilgrim fathers were ex iled to Hollaud, they temporarily revived Ike occasion, iu America the first known celebration was in 1021, shortly after the landing of the pilgrims, when Governor Bradford, according to history, "sent four mn out fowling that the people might in a more special manner rejoioe together." Ever since that time 1 hauksgiving day lias been generally observed In the New Eng land States, the governors annually issuing the proclamations for that purpose, but it was not until 1088 that it became a recog nized annual custom. To go back a little in the recountal, a day in July, 1028, was appointed a day of fasting aud prayer on account of drought, and it is recorded tliat rain cauie ahuudantiy while the peop'e were praying ; for this another day was appointed tor thanksgiving, the same to be observed with religious exercises. In 1755- 00 the English Governors of New York also named days for the giving of thanks. Duriug the Revolution, Tti&uksglving day was a national institution, being anuuaiiy ordered by Congress. After 1784 there was uo national observance until 1789, when, by request of Uongress, President George Wellington recommended a day of thanksgiving for the adoption of the Constitution ; also in 1795, ou account of the suppression of an insurrection. In April, 1815, President Madisou followed the example of his illustrious predecessor. Since that time the custom has annually been observed in au appropriate manner. In New York State the day of th&nksgiv. ing was not the subject of any serious thought from its chief executives until J 817, and its adoption by the Southern Stales did not occur until several years later. Of all the festivals of the year, uone is more eagerly eujoyod than Thanksgiv ing. Christinas, with ail its hallowed memories; New Year, with all its enjoy ment, and the Fourth of July, with all its blaze of glory, are festival days much en joyed and loug anticipated, yet we venture to say tbat iu the homes of the devout tiller of the Eastern soil Thanksgiving day is hallowed and enjoyed in a quiet, happy way as luily iu exteut as is either of the foregoing. This sentiment of appreciation for the day Is, to a large extent, shared in the WesL For an island twelve miles loug and two wide, and inhabited by some seven hun dred people, Roanoke Island, Virginia, has been as loud a spot as any of the same num ber of square inches on the globe. It has been full of sensation from the jump, and from the birthday of Virginia Dare, in 1585, to the bully fight on the 3d of December, in which birds, beasts and women bore a hand, a period near unto three huudred years, it has seldom beeu without an eye opener in the shape of a sensation. It has beeu the scene of bloody fights between hostile Indian tribes, and between civilized armies in hostile array, Savage and civilized relics of remote ages said mod ern convulsions are hidden beneMth, or wave- washed upon the surface of its gol den sands. Indian forts and cairns and tumuli attest its hoary history. Abel's pet dog that sings in church meetings and the canary that praises itself in parrot English attest t he attainments of its beasts and birds in polite accomplishments. Lewis Mann's sixty alligators, hatched and reared in a potato-house, attest the fecundity of its ■oil—or the fecundity of Lewis' imagina tion Two miles from the shore, at the point at the gateway to Oregon, lie luscious bivalves. Wild fowl of every name feed upon its grasses. Its men are the best spec imens of manhood; its women of feminine loveliness. But to our tale. On the 3d of December, at Roanoke is land, a soaring eagle, towering in its pride of might, turned his proud eyes from gaz ing at the sun upon the quiet yard of Wai ter Dough. A flock of fat geese invited his eye and tempted his taste. The glance was father to the tfiought, aud down he pounced, The feathers flew, the geese squawked, and there was a sensation iu the farm yard, and there was a dog there, too. A g(x>se is put down as a fool, but it is a vulgar error. A goose is a particularly smart fellow. And so was the one the eagle struck in Walter Dough's yard. As soon as struck, the goose ran under the house (which was some feet above the ground) with the eagle fastened to her back, and the rest of the flock in hot pursuit. And there the fight grew fast and furious Forty biting and flopping geese on one side and the king of birds on the oiher. Al though outnumbered, the eagle maintained the fight and clung to his victim. Hut soon another enemy presented him self —an enemy more terrible than an army of geese—a bull-terrier dog—little, but full of tight. It wasn't fair, and the dog had no natural, belligerent rights in a combat between birds, but he caine with a bound, and the eagle had no time to settle ques tions of military ethics; so he threw him self on his back (eagle fashion) lo do his best iu this hard fight between too'.h and toenail. The dog uiada a lunge at the eagle's breast, and the eagle struck his claws deep into the dog's fore-shoulder. The blow was simultaneous on either side. Both blows told. But a terrier never, and au eagle haidly ever says die. The only witnesses of the dread combat were the geese, who now stood off and looked on, and Miss Martha Brothers, who was singing to her spinning jenny in the house alone when the fight began, and who in the end was to be the conquering hero, crown ed with the laurels of victory. The battle raged. Teeth gnashed, claws staved, eyes flashed. But eagles, like men, contend against odds when fighting against fate, and so this eagle's great heart sank within him, and turning tail upou his foe, he sought safely in flight. But his retreat was slow and full of difficulty, lor be had fifteen pounds of bull-terrier swinging be 'Lind him. He reached the yard fence. With one desperate effort be sought to scab* it. He reached its topmost round. He bore a weight he could not further carry. There they stood, victor and vanquished. Then it was that Miss Martha Brothers, the true hero of the fight, came to the front and won the palm of victory. Seining a rail, with one fell swoop she came down with a crash upon the eagle's head, and left him prostrate, struggling in the agonies of death, the victim of a combination too powerful to lie resisted. Alas! poor eagle! He measured nine feet between the tips of his outstretched wings. in* nun og. A wealthy nobleman residing in the county had a magnificent and much valued bull mastiff. '1 his dog had been accused of sheep-killing. Though the gentleman refused to credit the accusation, the evi dence of several was so incontrovertible that the dog, to accordance with the then strict laws, was ordered to be shot. This order was given to one of the servants In presence of the dog, who was lying on the stoop, who responded to the affectionate farewell of his master without qiaking a sign. In the meantime, while the servant went for his gnn, the dog disappeared. When the servant returned from the sup posed shooting, the nobleman asked if it was all over; the servant merely replied, "The dog is out of the way." A year or two afterward, while the nobleman was returning from collecting his quarterly rents on a distant estate, accompanied by his steward or bailiff and his valet, the coach suddenly broke down in the midst of a desolate moor. They had passed no bouse for miles and the night was intensely dark. After waiting several minutes, the coachman suddenly cried oat, "I see a light." The valet was immediately de spatched to ascertain what the light de noted, and shortly returned with the an nouncement that he had found a comfort able inn. The horses were removed from the carriage, and the party—the steward taking the gold, a large sum—proceeded to the inn where the nobleiriaD was obse quiously welcomed by the landlord. As they were entering the door, the steward saw a huge bull mastiff stretched across the threshold and at once exclaimed: "Why, sir, thai is Duke!" the name of the mastiff that had been condemned to be shot. "Oh, no!" said the nobleman ; "Duke was shot years ago." And, to satisfy the steward he called the dog by the famiiiar name; but the dog gave no sign of recognition. After partaking of a hearty meal, the land lord conducted the party to their rooms. As the nobleman passed through the hall, the mastiff, uuperceived by the landlord, rushed up the stairs in advance, and they entered the room together. The steward was assigned the room adjoining, and the valet and coachman a room in another part of the inn. When the nobleman had closed the door, he placed his light on the stand, d.vested himself of his pistols, and, sitting down in a chair, called the dog by the mune With which he had been so familiar. The faithful animal at ouce &p --nohlemau sat for a long while in bewilder ing conjectures as to how the dog hap pened to be there, and why his servant should have told him he was shot. At ieugth he understood, and was approach ing the bed, when the dog jumped upon it and refused with signs of violence to let hiui lie down. The nobleman returned to his chair, and the dog resumed his position at his feet A second attempt was made to approach the bed, but with the same re sult, the dog becoming more violent. This set the nobleman to thinking. He retneuf bered the large amount of money he had with him; he took up his pistols to ex amine them, and fuund the priming had been removed from the pans. He imme dlately reprimed and cocked them, and laid them ou the table; then he took up the chair on which he was sitting, a heavy oak one and thiew it on the bed, much to the appareut satisfaction of the dog; then took it off, and arranged the bolster in its place, and wailed lor what should follow. About fiflceu minutes elapsed when he noticed the bedstead began to settle and continued to settle gradually until it had disappeared through a trap, in the floor. He sat opposite to the etige of the trap, and locking down saw the landlord and his coachman, one with a knife and the other with a bludgeon, and a third person with them. The fiends disappointed in their object, aud taking the word of the coach man that the pistols were harmless, started for the nobleman's room; but he had aroused his stewaid and was prepared. As they opened the dour they were met by the nobleman aud the dog. The latter seized the landlord by the throat, while the steward appeared on the spot just as the va'et was coming to the aid of his confeder ate. All three were severely bruised and lift in charge of the steward and the dog; while the nobleman, as soan as it was day light, went for a magistrate, and they were duly committed, tried, and hung, after making a full confession of the plot. Without H Divorce, "Cap'n, I've got a thing that you might work up," said a man to the chief of po lice. "All right," replied the chief; "just come up iuto my office." "Now," he continued when he had shut the door, "go ahead." "Ysu, of course, know that when a man marries again without a divorce he can be put into the penitentiary." "Yes." 44 We11, Colonel Biliiugs never got a di vorce. " "He can be arrested then." "1 don't want to spring questions of law at you, but if you will give me a half pint of whisky I'll prove that he cannot be ar rested acoording to law." 4 'You say he married again without get ting a divorce?" "Yes, sir." "Prove then that he has not violated the law and I'll give you fifty cents." "Well, you see some fifteen years ago, Billings married a lady in Maine. After living with her awhile he caine to Little Rock and married again." "If that is the case, he has violated the law." "No, he hasn't." "Why?" * 'Because his first wiie died before he married again." "Here, take your fifty cents, but if you ever come up these stairs again I'll throw you put the window." THE white men didn't have a color of a chance in t ho walking match. * tare the Cider. ••One thing is certain," said Mr. Hath away, emphatically, •'forty gallons of cider won't keep while we're drinking it. There must be something to put in it to keep it from spoiling, and I've heard that mustard seed is the article. •*I agree with you," .paid Mr. Lefflng well. *Tf you don't take care of it, the cider will sour, and I encline to the idea that horse radish is the bait. Put in horse radish and your cider wili keep all win ter." "Let me remark, gentlemen," said Mr. Anderson, laying down a chicken wing and wiping his moustache, "that raisins are what you want. Dump in plenty of raisins aud you've got your cider wnere you want it. Think so, Mr. Sherwood?" "I can't say I do," rejoined Mr. Sher wood." "There is no doubt that the elder will spoil unless you put in something, but what you want it borax. A pound of borax wiil keep that barrel of cider until spring. Each gentleman sustained his view with potent arguments, but the dinner was fin ished before any conclusion was arrived at, and the party separated. "They can talk about their borax and raisins and horse radish until they're gray," said Mr. Hathaway, as he flopped out of bed at daylight the next morning, "but I'll have my mustard seed in before they roll out;" and cautiously stepping down stairs, he extracted the bung and poured a liberal dose of the seeds into the barreL "That will Seep," he muttered, "for six years," and chiving the bung home, he went back to bed. 'M's clear to my mind that Hathaway is trying to save that cider by faith,"mut tered Mr. Lefflngwell an hour later as he groped around for his cloths. "Mustard seed!" Why, he might just as well put in squash rind. I'm going to fill that barrel with horse radish before he's up and show him how to keep cider. Mustard seed! 1 'll head the subscription with five dollars to test his sanity." And Mr. Let fingwell shivered down to the cellar and cracked away with the hammer until the bung flew out litre a bullet •There!" he ejaculated, as he pushed the horse rad ish in with his thumb, 'that'll do the business," and with chattering teeth he pro wled back to his room. ••One would think to hear those people talk that they'd been brought up in an orchard," said Mr. Anderson to himself, as he jabbed the right foot into the wrong slipper. "Borax! Horse radish I Mustard What that cider wants is raisins, and that's what it's going to get." Upon which Mr. Anderson crept down into the cellar and innoculated the barrel with a couple of pouuds of raisins. "It's beginning to spoil already," he soliloquized, eyeing the float ing seeds and radish suspiciously, without identifying theui. "if 1 hadn't been light ning quick we'd have been drinking vinegar by this time." And satisfied that he had saved the beverage he wait back to the Sherwood, as he opene<TThe and slipped down stairs. "What I'm afraid of is that those fellows wiil begin to tinker with that barrel before 1 can get there. If they can manage to stick their foolishness in first, I'm gone, but if I can empty this borax before they're around there's so much cider saved. Mr. Sher wood belted away al the barrel until the bung toppied out, and in went &e borax. •'That's the business," be observed with great satisfaction, as he replaced the buog. "It will teach those boys not to be so dog matic with their remedies hereafter." "I don't believe that cider was very good in the first place," said Mr. Anderson, as he pushed his glass from him that night at dinner. "We got swindled on that cider. "i think so," siid Mr. Sherwood. "It had a bad taste when we tapped it It isn't fit to drink now." "I'd head a subscription with five dol lars to send that cider wan to the peniten tiary," observed Mr Letiiugwell, severely. It is not good cider. We couldn't have put anything in it to keep it What do you think, liathaw&y?" ••1 had my suspicions of it from the first," said Air. Hathaway. ••It's old stock, and 1 think we'd better give it away." And then there was silence and each gentleman wondered if it hadn't been bet ter to have let the other gentleman try their various recipes before zealously ad ministering his own. The Hunieh Dead Room. A writer from Munich. Bavaria, says that between the two d visions of the graveyard is a large build ug at all times. A crowd gathered in fro A of them at tracted my attention, ml, joining it, I be held a most singular ana startling sight A few feet beyond the glass doors lay the dead Munich of the past day, with their feet toward the spectator and their heads slightly elevated. Their faces were plain ly visible in all the pallor of death. Be tween these corpses were extended were quite invisible in the profusion of flowers. Ail were dressed not in the gloomy grave clothes of other counteries, but in a grace ful garments associated rather with life and pleasure than with the gloom of the grave. Thus there was nothing repulsive in the sight and yet there was a publicity about about it which seemed wanting in delicacy. A little babe but a few weeks old was lying on one of the sarcophagi prepared for this last service. It was cov ered with laces and flowers and looked like a tiny marble statue, pale and white. Nothing could be more beautiful, and yet nothing could be more lonely. It seemed almost cruel that this dead could not have remained in its home, among those who loved it best, until the moment came for laying it away forever in the crowded graveyard. But at Munich the strange custom has existed for years of exposing the dead thus publicly before burial, and all classes, rich and poor, must submit to the rule. While the custom to us seems repugnant, the surroundings are so beauti ful that to those wh) are accustomed to it there is nothing gifting to the feelings. In deed, that fearful death watch, so dreary and sad a necessiiy when death visits an Atneiican family, is wholly avoided by this system, for the dead lie liere awaiting burial in well-appointed places in oempaiv lonship of the dead, and well protected, and watched. Friends have access at all hours to this apartmeut of light and flowers, and in case of suspended animation and return ing to conscious immediate and eaa be af forded. NO. 5.
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