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Shop on Main Street, two houses cast ot Bank, Mill helm, Peuna. X EISENHUTH, * JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, MILLHEIM, PA. All business promptly attended to. collection ot claims a specialty. Giitce opposite Xisenliuth's Drug Store. M ÜbbLk & bMiTU, DEALERS IN Hardware. Stoves, Oils, Paints, Glass, Wn caper.-, coach Trimmings, and saddlery Ware ac,. Ac. All grades of Patent Wheels, corner of Main and Penn streets, Mlllhelm, Penna. ' I ACOB WOLF,. FASHIONABLE TAILOR, MILLHEIM, PA. cutting a Specialty. shop next door to Journal Book Store. jyjILLHEIM BANKING CO., MAIM STREET, MILLHEIM, PA. A. WALTER, Cashier. DAV. KRAPE, Pres. HABTER, AUCTIONEER, REBBRSBURG, PA. Satisfaction Guaranteed. the 3iilllri fittrtwl SLIPPING AWAT. rhey are slipping awav—those sweet swift years. Like a leaf on the current cast: With never a break iu their rapid flow, We watch them as one by one they go Into the beautiful past. As silent and swift as a weaver's thread Or an arrow's flyiug gleam; As soft as the lauguorous bree/.es hid, That lift the willow's long golden lid. And ripple the glassy stream. As light as the breath of the thistle down, As fond as a lover's dream; As pure as the flush ou the sea-shell s throat, As sweet as the wood-bird's woolug note. So tender and sweet they seem. One after another we eee them pans Down the dim lighted stair; We hear the sound of their steady tread la the steps of tbe centuries long siuce dead, As beautiful and as fair, There are ouly a few years left to love; Shall we waste thorn in idle str fe? Shall we trample the u under our own ruthless feot Those beautiful blossoms rare and sweet. By the dusty way of life? There are only a few sweet years—ah, let No envious tauuts be heard : Make life's fair patteru of rare design. And fill up the measure w th love's sweet wine, But uevtr sn angry word? Two Lively Beaux. "Oh, nucha, lovely face!" sighed Miss Amelia Hartwell. "Such eyes—such a mustache —really, I couldn't help it,' Kitty. Oh, I really could uot." "Yes, Amy; but suppose Miss Hess should find it out said Kitty. "Well, well, what could she do about it f" said Amy. "Tell ma aud get me scolded, aud lose her situation. 1 should teil her about the governesses, and I think she'd keep quiet. A girl can't live with out any romance in life." "Only nobody ever introduced you to each other," said Kitty, "and my ma says that you can't tell what any one is if you haven't a proper introduction." "Yes, and then they introduce you to some stiff old creature, and he pays you a little attention, and you marry. Kitty, 1 mean to have my fuu out. You can tell if you please, but—" "Oh, Amy," cried Kitty, "I'm no tell tale. It's only for your good." Kitty and Amelia were cousius. Kitty fifteen and Amelia seventeen. Amelia had not as good a disposition as Kitty, and her mother was a mere fashion able woman, who kept the girl as much in the background as possible, lest she should make her look old. So Amy, as she liked to be called, being really grown, and yet treated like a child at home, took her af fairs into her own hands, flirted with all the college boys, wrote notes to them, waved her handkerchief from the upper windows, and behaved disgracefully with out any one having an inkling of what was going on but serious little Kitty, who was too honorable to betray her cousin, and too young to know how terrible such conduct really was. ttehool-boys and college stu dents were bad enough, but now there had come upon the scene quite a new person, a young man of five and twenty, whom no one knew, but who, having managed to scrape acquaintance with Miss Amy, de clared himself an Kngiish nobleman, and spoke of great estates, of which, in time, he would be master. Amy swallowed the whole story, and for weeks had taken long walks with him.had accepted a ring, which she dared not wear when at home, and considered herself engaged. All was going on delightfully, iu her opinion, and poor Miss fless, the governess, was quite hoodwinked. Kitty, trembling little confidante as she was, was quite in - terested in the affair, but felt herself guilty in keeping the story from her mother. But Amy had no such compunctions. Now a new scheme was on foot. The lover desired to pay Miss Amy au evening visit, and a time had been selected when mamma and papa were to attend a wedding, and Miss Hess away ou a dutiful visit to her old German grand-parents. "You may call, but you can't stay late, Theodore," Amy had said. 'That dragon of a governess, will be at home at half past ten." And Theodore had protested that he would not stay late. "1 shall bring a friend," he said, "and he can be company for your cousin, since you insist on having her with you. W e'lj have a lovely evening." Then he sighed and looked "so lovely," as Amy declared to Kitty, who, flattered by tfle idea of the friend who was to "be attentive" to herself, felt it time to preach the little sermon above recorded, but with out effect. The visit was to be paid. Miss Amy was to receive her admirer. Kitty was with her. Miss Hess had tem porarily departed. The carriage had borne mamma and papa to the scene of the wed - ding festivities. The servants were hav ing a comfortable supper in the kitchen, and the door bell rang. "No matter—l'll go, Bridget," called Amy over the balustrades, to tbe waitress, who was delighted to run back to her sup per and a few friends and cousins who had just droped in; and the young lady of the house herself admitted her callers. They entered rather cautiously and with many glances up the stairs, which Amy attributed to fear of her-cruel parents. The young gentleman was attired lh the latest style, and wore a large pin and many rings; MILLIIEIM, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1881. but his friend was, it is to be confessed, lather shabby, and n f U over clean. "Miss Amy," said Theodore, with au air, "this is my friend Adolphua. A tine fellow, but under a cloud | est uow. His grandfather, the Earl, won't pay his club deb's. However, lie II couie round after a while. This Is Miss Kitty, Dolph." Dolph made a bow, aud bucked against the wall. "Come in," said Amy. "Every oue is out. Oh! isn't tills lovely ?" "Heavenly!" said Theodore, looking at the brouze ornaments on the mantel and letting his gaze rove to small ornaments. "So you are aioue, eh? How delicious f 1 say, this is a tlue place. Not so tine as we ure used to at home, but pretty good for America. Your father must be well off, Miss Amy ?" "Yes," said Amy, "I believe he is." "Lots of silver, and all that ?" said the nobleman. "You ought to see the plate at —at the castle." "Yes," said Amy. "The silver is all up stairs now, though. Ma locks It up when she goes out. There's a great closet bet ween the rooms above. She keeps her jewelry there. It is quite a nice place, for burglars wouldn't be apt to tlud the door if they didn't kuow it. It slides in, you know. Pa says it is better than a tafe." "VYby, it must be," said Theodore; "how ingenious! There, sit down, aud let us chat; or suppose you play for us." "I'd rather talk," said Amy, sentiment ally. Meanwhile Kitty was growiug very mis erable. The person introduced as Adol plius was awkward aud said Utile. He was not handsome like Theodore, and lie smelt of tobacco aud whisky. His grand father, the Earl, must have been augrv with him for some lime, she thought. She began to wish that something woul l hap pen to break up the party, that they would at least go. Neither of them were gentle man, she felt assured. They stared around them oddly. Theodore ar>se and dropped the 6ilk curtains over the wiudowa. The men exchanged glances. Could not Amy see that something was wrong ? At ihat moment Theodore pushed the door into the hall quite shut, and returned to Amy's side. As he did so he put his baud into his pocket and took out a sponge. "Curious, isn't it?" he said. "I think a sponge is such a curious object. See the little ceils." "I've got one, too," said Adolphus, huskily. "Have you ever seen such a fig one I" "It is large," said Amy. Kitty, who had been expecting some love-.uaking. and was disappointed, only curled ber lip; but the next moment both girls sat staring speechlessly at each other, each with a great sponge thrust into their mouths. "Tie her to a chair, Dolph, "cried Theo dore, rapidly binding Amy's arms and aukles with a cord he took from his pocket. "Now, young ladles, you are not going to be hurt. We'll just help ours.lves to the pretty things of value that can be carried off easy, and get the silvaa out of the slid ing-closet above, and be off. Dout't try to scream—you can't. And don't kick —you'll only hurt yourselves. Day-day." Away they went up the softly - carpeted staircase. Amy heard the sound of open ing drawers and doors overhead. Kit.y thought she even heard the clink of silver. But they could neither move nor cry out. In a few moments the two thieves accomp lished their purpose and descended the stairs again, each with a bundle on his back. "Giod evening, young ladles," said Theodore. "We're sorry we must go, but pa might come home unexpectedly. Bj r by." They were off. The door clanged shut. The servants at their little supper knew nothing, and the two girls both nearly suf focated. Their slender wrists, cut by the cords that bound them, remained fastened to their chairs. Glad were they when the good-humored voice of Miss Hess was heard bidding some one good night on the doorstep, and when, bustling into the house, she threw up her hands with exclamations of horror, called for help, and as soon as possible dragged the sponges from the mouths, cut the cords that bound them, and asked for the terri ble story, which, with many tears and sobs, Amy told truthfully. There had been a heavy robbery—money, silver and jewelry were gone. Vainly papa strode the floor, scolding his daught er and bewailing his "ducats. M "I never thought English noblemen could do such things," sighed Amy. "No body could think that, papa." "English noblemen 1" laughed the de tective, who had appeared upon the scene. "They were two English thieves, Mis", and this is their regular dodge—making love to young ladies and then getiing let in. It has to be the servants in England, but tjje American young ladies are such flirts, and so easily taken in, they've changed their plans." "I, at least, will not be so easily taken in again, and 1 shall flirt no more," said Amy. She kept her word. —ln 1880 Corn ana waeat exported, $288,087,000; beef and pork, exported, $127,943,242 ; cotton in bales, exported, $212,000,000; geld and silver, product ot 1880, $80,000,000; tobacco and its manulactue, exported, $18,422,273; petroleum, exported,for fiscal year, $36,208,025. The mattock will make a deeper hole in the ground than lightning. Agriculture iu the lluljr l.aud. A recent writer says nothing can well exceed the desolateness of much of the Holy Land. Treeless it is for 20 cr 80 miles together. Forests which did exist 80 years ago—for instance, on Mount Car mei and Mount Tabor —fast disappearing; rich plains of the finest garden soil asking to be cultivated, at best but scratched up a few inches deep iu patches, with uo hedges or boundaries; mountain terraces, naturally or artificially formed, ready to be planted with vines, as the German colony are doing at the foot of Mount Car md; the villages nothing but mud-huts, dust, dirt and squalor; the inhabitants with scarce clothing enough for decency, their houa*s ovens; large tracts without a horse or cow, sheep or dog; no preteuse at roads, except from Jaffa to Jerusalem, aud this like a cart road over a ploughed field, the rest at best like sheep-walks 011 the Downs of Sussex, but for far the most part like the dry bed of the most rocky river, where, amid blocks of stone, each makes his way at a foot-pace as best he eau, or on smooth, sipping rinks, or over loose stoues thrown tiown from the old walls ou either side, which no one offers a finger to remove; uothiug upon wheels, not so much as a barrow, to be met with iu a title of ovtr 800 miles. Everything is taxed: every truit-te, so nouo n< w are planted; every oow or horse, etc.; every vegetable sold out ola private garden. Every eighth egg is ni I taxed, but taken by the government. ;n some places the ti.xes of the district ai sold to the highest bidder. The farmer s uuable to sell a measure of his corn t ;1 all has been col lected into a heap and he tax collector has set his sum upon it, f om which there is no appeal. Double taxes are expected this year, because, after three years of scarceness, the hxrvait promises to be abundant. Notlnug Ike a small farm house is to be found la|or near. If there were, the owner is liaße to have soldiers or revenue officers quartered upon him, to be boarded and lodge! at his expense. The towns are filthy inflthe extreme, none uk re so than Jeruaalenmtself, where, how ever, taxes are levictifrom every house for lighting aud cleauinl the streets, while a sprained ankle or a steash into a hole of blackest dirt is sure tAe the result of a momentary carelessness Nothiug is done for the good or improvement of the people or the land tiy the government. Not only so, but every offer —audw heard ot several made by private individuals, or by corn nan ies —is at once refusfd, 'unless a bribe be first given to tbe authorities. This is a picture, 1 believe, in no Way overdrawn of that land which was oufce "flowing with milk and honey." Wffifl might it not be come again with fair us<ge *and good gov eminent? But there is §0 |<pe for Pales tine while it remains ia|tha hands of its present rulers. The writer goes ou to show that the country is wollli little to the Turkish government, llfcs in tire revenue drawn from it being le* than a million dollars a year under this wretched system ofmlsruL* aud oppression. He suggests that in the present condition of U finances, the porte might be glad to "sell out" for twenty or thirty millions of dol lars in hard cash aud that an international company for the p trchase and government of the country (aner the patteru of the old East India company) would find such au investment, oven ot fifty millions, highly remunerative in the King run. A mercan tile crusade of that sort might accomplish what no military one wat ever able to achieve,—the rescue of the Holy Land from "the unspeakable Turk," and its restoration to its ancient prosperity. stories of the Sea, The delights of solitude have been fei vuily extolled by writers who took good care to keep themselves within hail of the busy hum of men ; but its fancied charms have soon palled upon unfortunates of a silent life, either by their own whim, the tryauny of others, or circumstances over which nobody had any control. Three weeks' experience of Crusoelng sufficed to bring an unwilling solitarian to death a door, but he was a mere lad, want iug three years to be out of bis teeus. The youth's name was Lord. Getting separated from his messmates while seeking wood and water on one of the Galipagos lslauds, he lost himself in the forest. After passing an uncomfortable night there, daylight saw Lord roving in quest of what he might devour, and finding nothing save a big snake, unavailable for slaying his appetite, and when night came around aguin, he was still wandering in a maze of trees, weary with walking, and faint for lack of food, fearing to sleep on the gronnd lest he shou d intrude on the privacy of some deadly serpent. This difficulty he surmounted by climbing a very tall tree, and roosting in its branches, unaware that he had a fellow lodger in a big owl,- until, on leaving his airy chamber in the morning, he knocked the bird down, and turned the accident by breakfasting upon the owl, without any further preparation than stripping it of its feathers. That night Lord was out of the wood, but was not much better 6ff, for, sleeping at the feet of a mountain, ha was drenched with a rain, and when mcruing broke was in anything but a condition for climbing. Climb the mountain, however, he did; from the summit beholding the bay iu which his whaler had been, but was Lot. lie saw a brig there, but sue was making her way out. Madly he dashed down tiie mountain side to gain the beach all too late, and becoming oblivious Df his disap pointment by going off into a dead faint. When he recovered his senses hunger got the better of despair, its pangs being none the less bitter t r om the knowledge that there was abundance of food in the waters washing his prison, and that he had neither hook to bait nor bait to hook, and must perforce,, live as best he might upon berries, and seal flesh. bo the dismal days dragged on, the only event breaking their monotonous misery being Lord's nearly coming to grief alto gether in grappling with a great seal, roll ing into the sea with it, and scrambling out alone as quickly as his weakness al lowed. After this bout he contrived tc crawl up the mountain again, and to his joy descried a large ship makiug for the island. The sight gave him new strength, and he managed to get down to the beach lust as the ship entered the harbor. boon a boat was lowered, and ho kntfw no more until his eyes opened upon a crowd of friendly faces. He cried out for water, and he drank till he swooned again, . when kindly arms carried him to the boat, and he was soon safe m the care of the famous explorer of the seas, Captain Cook. Lord did not find the Gallipagos Islands so much to his mind as did an Irishman, who let his ship depart without him, and set up his ref-t 011 one of these volcanic islets; dwelling there for seveu years in a hovel of his own building, living upon tortoises, seals aud fish, washed down with rum obtained from ships in exchange for the potatoes aud pumpkins he busied himself tu raising. lu 1818, au American sailor was taken off a desolate rock in the South Seas by a lioat'a crew belonging to H. M. 8. Queen Charlotte, whose attention had been drawn to the spot by the smoke of a seaweed tire. He had, tliree years before, been left there with three companions, ail of whom had quickly succumbed, wht'e bo had lived on, sustaining life by feeding upon the flesh of birds and drinking their blood. The flud of the Queen Charlotte's men was not so surprising as that of the Flemish seaman Pickm&n, when, iu 1616 his ship grounded near a small island-rock between Scotland and Ireland. S >me of his men goiug iu search of egirs, came upon a black hairy creature, who by signs entreated them to come to close acquaintance and fludiug the strange object to be really a man, they took hiiu on board with them to tell the skipper his story. It was a malancholy one. He and two others, occu pants of the passage boat between England and irelaud, had been captured and after wards cast off by a French privateer. Having nothing eatable save a little sugar with them, oue of the three soon died of starvation, the others lived to be driven on the island, where they built a but out of what was left of the boat, and for six weeks lived upon the sea-mews, sea-dogs, eggs and water. Then the partners in misfortune parted company, one of them disappearing, leaving his forlorn friend iu utter ignorance of his fate; he could only surmise that he had fa'ieu into the sea while searching for eggs. Months passed, aud the poor fellow lost all hope of deliver ance. Winter came aud found him clotnes iess. Compelled to keep within the hut for days together, he only kept starvation at bay by catching sea-mews, as hungry as himself, by bailed slicks thrust through the openings in the hovel's walls. So he kept himself alive, until the accidental advent of the London-bound Flemish limber-ship released him from his dreary durance. It might be supposed tuat a castaway would receive a brother unfortunate with open arms. It was not so with Fedro Ser rano, when he caught sight of a man float ing towards the island still beariug his name, of which he had been undisturbed lord for nearly forty years, lie jumped to the conclusion that Satan had found him at last; while the newcomer was not a whit less horrified at seeing a creature as naked as Adam before tbe fall, with a beard reaching to his waist, and a body covered With bristles. When both had recovered from their fright, Serrano, awakening to ihe duties of hospitality, placed the best food his limited larder afforded before his uninvited guest. For a little while the pair lived amicably together, but ouly for a little while. Tnen they dissolved part nership. aud avoided each o;her ; becom ing reconciled again to embark as friends on board a ship attracted to the islaud by their signal fire. Pedro reached Spain, was presented to Charles the Fifth, pensioned by tbat monarch, and passed the remainder of hiß days in ease aud comfort at Panama. Bis companion, less fortunate, died on the voyage. Eft<iulmux Carpentry. The bulkier select® snow of the proper consistency by sounding a drift with a cane made for the purpose of reindeer horn, straightened by steaming, and worked down to about half an inch in diameter, w th a ferule of walrus tusk or the tooth of a bear on the bottom. By thrusting this into the enow he can tell whether the layers deposited by successive winds are separated by bauds of soft snow, which would cause the blocks to break. When the snow is selected he digs a pit to the dej tli t.f eighteen inches or two feet, or about the length of the snow block. He then steps imo the pit and proceeds to cut out the blocks by first cuttiug down at the ends of the pit and then at the bottom afterwards, cutting a little channel about an inch or two deep, making the thiekneas of the proposed block. Now comes the part requiring practice to accomplish suc cessfully. The expert will, with a few thrusts of his kuile in just the right places, split oil the snowblock and lift it carefully out to await removal to its position on the wall. The tyro will almost inevitably break the block into two or ti.ree pieces, utterly unfit for the use of the builder. When two men are building an igloo one cuts the blocks and the other erects the wall. When sufficient blocks have been cut out to commence work with the builder marks with his eye or perhaps draws a line with his knife describing the circumference of the building, usually a circle about ten or twelve feet in diameter. The first row of blocks is then arranged, the hlocks placed so as to incline and res nig against each other at the ends, thus afford iug mutual support. When this row is completed the builder cuts away the first and second blocks, slanting in from the ground upward, so that the second tier, resting upon the first row, can be con tinued on and around spirally, and by gradually increasiug the inward slant a perfect dome is constructed of such strength that the builder cau lie flat upon the out side while chinkiug the interstices be tween the blocks. The chinking is, how ever, usually done by women and children as the building progresses, and additional protection secured from the winds in very cold weather by banking up, with a large snow shovel, the snow at the base often being piled tc the depth of three or four feet. This makes the igloo, perfectly im pervious to the weather. When the house is completed the builders are walled in. Then a small hole about two feet square is cut in the wall on the side away from where the entrance is to be located and is used to pa: sin the lamps and beddihg. It is then walled up and the regular door cut about two feet high and niched at the top. It would bring bad luck to carry the bedding into the igloo by the same door it would be taken out. Before the door is opened the bed is constructed of snow blocks, and made from one to three or four feet high, and occupies three-fourths of the entire space. Tne higner the bed and the lower ths door the warmer the igloo will be. EUmI and Mortimer. Very near us in the steamer Bristol, on the sound sat two people. He wore the face ot a man who shares three times a day, and that woite necktie had never seen the starlight before. There was pearl powder on the shoulder of his coat and a tender, dreamy look in her lovely eyes. They sat and looked up at the stars and they didn't care for any solitary thing, any nearer to this earth. ' 'Mortimer, she murmured softly, "Mortimer," his name appeared to be Mortimer, though I couldn't ham whether it was his front name or his after name, "Mortimer, dear," she said, "if we could only live apart from this buy and sordid, unsympathetic world, in one of yon flittering orbs of golden radiance, living apart from all else, only for each other, forgetting the base things of earlhly life, the coarse greed of the world and its animal instincts, that would be our heaven, would It uot, dear?" And Mortimer,4ie said that it would. "There, heart of my owu," he said, and ins voice trembled with earnestness, "my own darling Ethel, through all the soft ened radiance of the day and all the shim mering teuderuess of uight, our lives would away in an exalted atmosphere above the base born wants of earthly mortals and far beyond the chattering crowd that lives but for to-day, our lives, reflued beyond the common ken " And just then the man with the gong came ont. Mortimer, he made a grab at Ethel's hand and s plunge for the cabin door. Elkei just gathered her skirts with her other hand, jumped clear over the back of her chair and after him, and away they went olatteriug down the cabin, upset a chair, ran into a good, sweet old laker lady and banged a bad word out of Ler before she had time to stop it, down the stdrs they rushed, collared a couple of chairs at the nearest table, feed a waiter, and opened the action without skirmishiug. I auiu man of coarse mould an 1 an earth-born appe ite myself, and I wouldn't live in a star so long as I could find a good hotel in America, but long, long before 1 could get seats at the table for my family, Mortimer and Eihel had eaten two blue-flsh, a little rare beef s'eak, some corn bread, a plate of hot cukes, two boiled eggs, and & bunch of onions, and the waiter had gone out to toast them some cheese. We have during oar wanderings, met several people who wanted to live in a star, where earth born people with animal appetites couldn't trouble theiu, and we always found the safest place for an earth-born man when the star-born soul started for the dinner table, was behind a rock. Distrust the aspiring mortal who lives in a plane so elevated that he requires the use of a telescope when he wants to look down at the rest of us. And if he ever wants board at your humble table charge him sls a week and feed aim lots of soup or you'll lose money ou htm. The kmpreM of Auatrla. This titled lady is winning golden opinions for herself among the votaries of the chase down in Shropbshire, England. Whatever may be said of her taste in pur suing such a pastime, far away trorn home, and at such an enormous expense to the tax payers of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, there seems to be but one opinion as to her skdl as a hunter of foxes aud as a horsewoman. Her feats m hunt ing three days in succession immediately after traveling nea-ly 1 000 milea, in clear ing stone walls, taking stiff fences and long Whter jumps are allowed on all hands to be unprecedented. Her riding has been compared with that of the two acknowled ged greatest horsewomen in England, and they are 'ao where.' For eleganoe of style, undaunted courage, beautiful seat and light hands, she has no rivaL And see is said to enter into the sport with greater enthusiasm than any old fox-hunting squire in Leicestershire—the headquarters of the sport. Her favorite horse is a light bay full blood, who is said to have a temper of his own. On her first mount, when the cry of 'Tally hoi Tally hoi Give awayl' was heard, the bay broke away at a tremendous pace through the crowd,seem ingly overpowering its rider, but tne em press soon proved equal to the occasion. Bhe quickly pulled him together and turned him around, giving him at the same time such an introduction to whip and spur that he has not attempted any simii .r pranks since. Her habit is of dark blue, with trimming of fur around the collar, and it is said to be rather 'cutty sark' in its longitude. She has a pocket in her saddle for a fan, which, after a sharp spin, she takes out and uses freely. Though of light weight, weighing only nine stone, her muscle and power of endurance are some thing remarkable. One day she rode ten hours over the most difficult oouoty, with out pulling up. To keep up this torm she exercises on a private course, going over five pair of gates, water Jumps, etc., every day besides going through a regular co irse of gymnastics, iu this way she maintains a state of health which enables her to ride long distances without fatigue. She brought over with her ten hunters for her own use. Thirty-five more are provided for her suite and servants, as well as ten or twelve average horses, whilst the total number of her suite and servants is no less, 1 am told, than eighty. Um Snort Word j Ex-Governor Seymour advocated the use of short words at the CJtica educational con vention tne other day. Among other thiugs he said: "I have always thought that, on the trial of John F. Knapp, for murder, thai the jury found him guilty, not because the proof was so strong, for the judge thought it weak, but for the rea son that Mr. Webster,* put before them the scene of the old man's death in away so graphic that they took his speech for proof. William H. Maynaid, a very able man, who stood high in J his county and Slate, once wrote out a speech for the Fourth of July in words of one syllable. His strength was very much due to the fact that in thought aud speech he made it a rule to use as few words as he could, aud those that were short and clear. If he had lived out his term of three-score years he would have been known as one of the great men of our State. I do not mean to say, that the mere fact simply of the word being short, make it clear, but it is true that most clear words are short, that most long words we get from other tongues, and the mass of men do not know exactly what they mean, and I am not sure that scholars always get the same ideas from them." A Pacific Coast Bandit. Not long ago Governor Perkins, of Cali fornia, issued a wairant upon a requisition from the Government of Lower California, for the arrest of Clodimero Cots, and his incarceration upon the Mexican man-of war Democrata, to await departurejfor Mexico. Cot* was once an ambitious man of great influence in Lower California, and lias had an adventurous career. He is a nephew of General Emanuel Markes, of the Mexican army, is about 50 years of age. tail and well built and of handsome and intelligent appearance. His career as a bandit is perhaps due m&mly to circum stances which defeated his ambitious pro jects in affairs of State. He aspired to be Governor of California, which he proposed to govern as a province of his own. With this scheme in view he was a faithful fol lower of Lerdo and an uncompromising enemy of Diaz. Upon the accession of the latter to the Presidency of the Repub lic he lost most of his followers and all hopes of success as a revolutionist. He refused to surrender, however, and became an outlaw. From this it was but a step to the lite of a batdit, aud he became a terror to the merchants and peaceable and wealthy people all over Lower California. He frequently kidnapped wealthy persons and held them for ransom, after the man ner of the Italian brigands, and pillaged a great many small towns along the coast, retreating to the mountains when the oppo sition became too strong for him. His baud, which six years ago numbered about 200 men, by losses in his various predatory incursions and desertions became reduced, until about a month and a half ago, he disbanded this remnaut and with two of his trusty lieutenants fled to San Francisco. A published sensational story which charges him with stealing and carrying away a wealthy Spanish lady to the moun tains is said by well-informed men to be untrue His operations have been directed principally against the wealthy and he has many friends among the poor people. Al though he made a g*eat deal of money in his raids he always scattered it witn a lavish hand and among the criminal classes was the beau ideal of a bandit chief. However, tha reigning powers iu Mexico and the business portion ot the S:ate are very bitter against him. People who are familiar wnh his standing in Lower California express toe opinion that if he reaches there he will be speedily trim! convicted and shot. Upon being trans ferred to the Mexican man-of-war Cota was recognized by the officers as the leader of what was known as the Marquez revolution in Lower California, in his bandit career, at tne head of about 250 filibusters and guerillas, flourishing towns, villages and haciendas were burned and destroyed. During one raid on the town of Loretto they tit d an old man to a tree and some of the gang are said to have out raged the three daughters of the helpless victim. The gang was finally broken up, what was left of it, by a strong force of government troops an I some of the sur vivors are said to have fled into Arizona prior to tne departure of tbeir leader for ban Francisco. Moinsthlug for it Uiwajr Traveler. Recent decisions of state supreme courts contain some points of interest to railway travelers and others. A railway company is liable tor injuries to a person traveling on a "shipper's pass," althouab such pass stipulates that the oompany shall not be liable for injuries done to the per son using it. The evidence of a person injured as to the amount of damages Buostained by him is clearly incompetent. He may describe his injuries, but it is for a jury to determine the question of dam ages A rule prohibiting passengers from riJiug on the platform of a railway car is a reasonable regulation; and one who violates it without some reasonable excuse or ne cessity, cannot be said to be free trom negligence if the act contributes to his in jury. An individual is nx a passenger af ter he has left a moving iram and is not entitled to the protection of the railway oompany. When one buys a ticket of a railroad corporation he is ordinarily a pas senger of the corporation for tne time when he reasonably and projierly starts from the ticket office or waiting room la the station to take his seat in the car of the train, un til he has reached the station to which he is entitled to be carried, and has had an opportunity by safe and convenient means to leave the train at the station. It is the duty of the corporation to furnish all the means and necessary employes to guard passengers against all injuries which hu man foresight may prevent. A passenger leaving a moving train ceases to be a passenger, and to have the rights of & passenger, wbe her he leaves it when at full speed between stations, or has been car ried past the platform of the station. He must wait until the train comes to a full stop. A custom in t tie management ot a depot yard of a rai r Jad company th t is swi: cuing cars therein it is not the company's duty to have ft brake man or other persons on each car or i group I jf cars, separately in motion, to give warn ing to men at work in the yard, but that the men in ouch cases must look out for themselves, would not relieve a brafteman actually in charge of a moving car, who should see it approaching a workmau upon the track, from the duty of stopping or warning him of its approach; and, there fore, the company would not be relieved fiom liability to such workman for aoy in jury thus caused. A Kuvei uuUs*. One of the most interesting objects of fered te public inspection at the Sydney International Exhibition was a dwelling house exclusively made of paper and fur nished throughout with articles manu factured from the same material. Walls, roof, flooring, and stair-cases alike con sisted of carton-pierro; the carpets and curtains, bed steads, lamps, sheets and counterpanes, towels, boot-jacks, baths, kitchen utensils, eta, were one and all preparations of paper mache, as were the very stoves used lor heating the rooms, in which large fires were kept burning dally throughout the duration ot the exhibition. Several banquets were given in the paper house by its owners to the commissioners, members of the press and foreigners of distinction. All the plates and dishes, knifes and forks, bottles and drinking yeasels, used at the entertainments were fabricated entirely and solely of paper. Bhould these paper buildings come into vogue they may be expected to superinduce some s'riking changes in the rates of fire insurance, at present calculated upon a basis of bricks and mortar, NO. 17.
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