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BELLEFONTE, PA.
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BELLEFONTE, PA.
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BELLEFONTE, PA.
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BEIIEFONTE, PA.
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BELLEFONTE, PA.
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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.