VOL. LVII. BARTER, AUCTIONEER, MILLHKIM, Pa. J 0. SPRINGER, t' * Fashionable Barber. Next Door to Journal Store, Mii.LHKin, Pa. I) ROCKERHOFF HOUSE, > Allegheny street, B KLLKFONTE, - - - PA C G. McMILLEN, PROPRIETOR. Good Sample Room on First Floor. *j-Fre Bnw to and from a'l Trains. Special ntes to witnesses and juror*. 4-1 IRVIN HOUSE. (Most Central Hotel In the City,) Corner MAIN and JAY Streets, r Lock Haven, Pa. S. WOODS CALWtfLL, Proprietor. Good Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers on first floor. D. H. MINGLE, Physician and Snrgeon, MAIN Street, Millhkim. Pa. Practical Dentist, L iff e iu 2d story of Toiu-linsoa'i Gro cery Store, On MAIN Street, Millhkim, Pa. 3R HISTFH, • FASHIONABLE BOOT A SHOE MAKER Shop ivesr J>>or to Foote'a Store, Main 3L, M H>t*, Shoe* Gaiters nuale to order, and saf hfactory work guarauteaO. Repairing done prompt . and cheaply, and in a ueat style. C. T. Alexander. C. M Bower. A BOWER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BBLLEFONTB, PA. Office !n Carman's aew bnlldlng. OilN B. LINN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTB, PA. offloe on Allegheny Street. QLEMEXT DALE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BKLLEPONTK, PA_ Northwest comer of Diamond, HOY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEPONTE, PA. Orphans Court business a Specialty. C. HEINLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTB, PA. Pnwttce* in all the court* of Centre County. spec>al attention to Collections. Consultations in German or English. J. A. Beaver. J W. Geph&rt. gEAVER <fc GEPHART, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEPONTB, PA. Office on Alleghany Street, North of High. Y°CUM & HARSHBERGER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BKLLEFONTE, PA. S. KELLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BBLLEFONTB, PA, Consultations In English or German. Offloe in Lyon'. Building, Allegheny Street. d h HAjmyos. vr. t7itmw£T~ ACTINGS & REEDEK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. J# bellefontk, pa. Office on Allegheny street, two doors east of the offi e occupied by the firm oI Y~— 1 * Hast iufct. <A-t? A CONTEMPORARY asks: "How shall women carry their purses to frustrate the thieves ?" Why, carry them empty. Nothing frustrates a thief more than to snatch a woman's purse, alter following her half a mile, and then find that it contains nothing but a recipe for spiced peaches and a faded photograph of her grandmother. fie piltluim Sintrmtl hlkthdaym. I *m content To let the aihied years That come to me Roll back Into the past HO Flr That memory Can only flint sUon# the shore Some perfect sheila, ami nothing more 1 aui content That seaweed, blta of wreck And pt'bblC* JfTHV, Drift out ot sight mto the sea; For them to stay Would be to cherlah grief and pain 1 would not, must not feel a+rsin. 1 am content That uone of life Can ever be Lived o'er with throb and thrill; No more to me Will former song, or txx>k, or toy. Fill the new measure of my Joy. 1 aiu content To live all of to-dav; And when 1 dream I.et fancy revel in the light '1 hat hope hath seen Beyond the present, and afar— A steadfast, sweetly beck'nlng star. I am content— For age upon the heart Can never creep; And w lieu, at last. In stillest night 1 seem to sleep, A birthday comes to me tn truth; The gift It brings—immortal youth. TWO HOMES. There was trouble on a oertain morn ing in two homes at opposite ends of the city. The homes were very different, and so was the nature of the trouble; never theless, tbe latter was felt with con siderable the respecive in habitants of botlu The tirst of these dwellings was on the sonth side of Meriou Square, a goodly mansion, the abode of wealth and luxury. The lady to whom ail this belonged sat disconsolate in the midst of her rich r-urtuundings. Books and embroidery were on the dainty little flower-deckeu table at her side, but they were untouched; aud a restless, troubled expression was on her face while she nervously clasped and unclasped the jeweled hands lying idle in her lap. The door opened, and a footman an nounced a visitor. "Oh," she exclaimed, rising to greet her, "you got my note." "How kind of you to come I" "[ am in such distress." "And for what? ' asked the friend. "Tell me ail about it." "You remember my cousin Laura Merrihew?" "Of course." "But no one has seen her for years." "She has shut herself up in her country-place ever since her husband died; has she not?" "Yes; she is still a prey to grief." "Before they married, her husband gave her, as her engagement ring, a valuable jewel that bad been in his family from time out of mind, and had came to him for his mother." "It was a diamond, a single stone of great size and the purest water. '* "Of course she valued it immensely, as indeed she would have any gift of a man to whom she was so devoted." "Since his death this ring has been simply estimable in her eyes the earnest of happiness ruined so soon. "Latterly, she has fancied that the stone was becoming loose in the setting, and spoke of sending the ring to me to have it examined by a jeweler, but could Dever make up her mind to part with it, even for a few days. "At last, however, the stone came out of the setting." "She sent it immediately to me, and" —here the speaker broke down—"l have lost it 1" "You have lost the stone?" "How very unfortunate !" "No wonder you are so wretched." "Tell me how it happened." The lady told her story, pouring the details of her misadventure into sympa thetic ears. The means that had been adopted for the recovery of the Jost treasure were discussed by the two ladies, and fresh measures suggested. At last the visitor departed, leaving the owner of these gorgeous drawiug rooins with an anxious and heavy heart under her "silk attire." The other home was in a different quarter of the city. It consisted of one room in a house let out as tenements. Tne house was habited by extremely poor families, and situated in a dirty and dark back street. Lying outside the bed, partly dressed, was a man—the wreck of a fine, stal wart, broad-shouldered young fellow. He was a day-laborer, and had lately left the hospital after a long and heavy fit of illness. Two small children were playing quitllj in u <xn.er; and the wife, her apron thrown over her head, was sitting beside the fireless grate, rocking her self backwards and forwards, sobbing bitterly. "If I could get work, I wouldn't fret> said the young woman. We might struggle on, and keep the life in us till such time as yon were on your feet again. "But I can't" "It's a poor case to b© able and will ing to work and not get it to do." i "The of needlework Miss MILIJIEIM. PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25.1883. West got for me, she's a good friend, heaven bless her, was well paid for." "She promised to try and get mo more amongst her ladies." "I'll go off u> her now, and see if she has heard of anything." "You'll he good, avourneeii, while I'm away," said she, aisaing the two half-starved mites in the corner. "An' ye won't ery, or ilisturb the ja.H>r sick daddy." "I'll be back, Jim, my heart, in less than no time." Faith in Divine help and patieut en durance of suffering are traits well known to those whose experience lies among the lower orders. Poor Jim had a full share of both. Nevertheless, when his wife had gone, he broke down miserably. "God help her!" he said, looking after her retreating figure; "and God forgive me for deceiving her, and mak ing up stories about getting stroug and well, when I know as sure as that I'm lying stretched here, that the never a stroke of work I'll do again iu this world." "My heart is weak from fasting, and the longing and the craving are killing me." Meanwhile poor Mary was harrying along through the streets with anxious footsteps, speculating on the possibility cf her friend having found any work among her pupils. Miss West was a music teacher. Though but nineteen, she was the main prop and stay of a widowed invalid mother and young sis re ITS; earning by her daily toil that which eked out the pittance left ol better days, and made by frugal contrivance the two emls meet. But none are so poor as not to l>e able to help in some way those worse off than themselves. The young girl had pleaded success fully for Maiy, aud had procured em ployment that had beeu the ouly sup port of the family during Jim's illness. She waa going to bn akfust when her protegee entered. Ttie table was already spread, aud she was just preparing to attack, with the healthy appetite of youth, and the knowledge that many busy hours would pass before she would again see food; a good slice of thick bread-and-butter. The thick-ess, be it obseryed, wa H referable to the bread only, the butler spmni thereon leiug limited to an al most imperceptible ' scrape." "Ah, is that you, Mary?" said she with ttie bright pleasant smile that always seemed, Mary declared, to ' rise her heart out of trouble." "1 am afraid I nave uo orders for yon this morning; but 1 hare got a new pupil, and she tells me that there will shortly be a wedding in the family. "So there's a chance for you." "Needlework may be required, and I may have go*l news for you before long. ' Foor M iry wrung her hands together uuder her cloak, straining them hard iu the agony of her disappointment that she strove to keep down and hide from her young benefactress. Very bitter was the pang of deferred hope; but she would not seem to be ungrateful. After a few words and a cup of tea with a heavy heart Mary turned away, retracing her steps along the passage.. Remembering something, however, before reaching the hall door, she came back, and reappeared in the room where the little governess was tying her l>on net-strings, prepariug to set out. "I forgot this," she said. "Sure, I'm losing my mind entirely with the fret that's on it. "God help rue! my burden is making me foolish." "Coming along this morning, I seen this on the flags, and put it in my pocket, thinking maybe if it was clean, one of your little sisters might fancy it for her curiosity-box. "Let me wipe the mud off it for you, Miss." "It shines bright and beautiful now —a bit of glass like." A moment's scrutiny of the object sparkling on the womans outstretched palm, and Miss West cried ont: "Give it to me quick, and wait," snatched it from her, Mary staring in astonishment at her vehemence, and rushed upstairs to her mother's room. "What is it, dear?" said the sturtled invalid as she dashed in. "Whatever is the matter?" "Oh, mother, look!" "Can this bo what we saw advertised for in the newspaper?" "Is it possible poor Mary can be the lucky finder?" "I can scarcely believe it." "Do look." . The advertisement was as follows: "#3OO REWARD, —Lost, a valuable DIAMOND. " [The description aud further particu lars given.] "Whoever finds it, or can give in formation leading to its recoyery, will receive the above reward by applying at , Merriou {Square, {South." Mrs. West at once pronounced what was submitted to her experienced judg ment, to be a diamond of great value, and was strongly of opinion that it mi&ht be the missing one. But both mother and daughter agreed it would be better not to tell Mary the extent of her possible good fortune, for fear of disappointment, So on returning to her, tho young lady only said: "My mother thinks this may lie something wo have seen advertised for ill that square, HO I will go with you to the house mentioned.'* "Thar.k ye kindly, Miss." "The footmen in them grand houses wouldn't look at the o' mo." "They'd just slam the door iu my face, if I made so bold uh to ring." As she tripped along, the young gov eru6Bß*B heart beat high at the prospect of what might be the happy result of her errand. No more slaving for poor Mary; good food for Jim; an airy lodging at the sea side, where he would toon reeover lus strength; clothes and furniture redeem ed from pawn; and after an interval of lost and ease—sorely after their sufferings—lier humble friends restor ed to their old life of industry and com fort. it is needless to dwell upon what fol lowed whin Miss West was shown up into the drawing-room, and displayed before tho enraptured eyes of its occu pant the precious jewel whose loss had caused her such tribulation. As for poor Mary, it was somo time before she could real ze her good for tune, or take in the liewildering tidings of the wealth that had RO providentially come to her and them. And Jim, what news for him! There was healing in the very though of such prosperity. So it came to pass that in the two homes, clouded so lately with trouble and anxiety, peace of iiiud was restor ed. Heaviness hail entered for a niglil—a long, weary night in one case—but joy had oome to both in the morning. LMSAOIDK A Wild Cat. A writer thus describes the novel fun of lassoing a wild cut: *'While talking to my companion, Drake, who was on lus horse and had his liumoon his saddle, a tremendous wild cat* fully four feet long, jumped up in of us and started for the brush. But the rowels were already in the flanks of Drake's horse, and at break neck speed, the lar iat curving • its graceful coil above his head, went pursuer and pursued. When within twenty-five feel of his catship, the lariat was thrown, and, encircling like the weird chain of a magician, laud, e d the fatal noose around oudon's neck Never was cat of any desersptiou in a tiger embrace; horse at full run, the rope fastened to the horn of the saddle, auJ tbe game making unwilling jumps ol twenty or thirty feet. This, however, only lasted a few hundred feet, when the cat, catohlugtlie rope with his teeth, snapped it as if it were tow string. Drake finding that his line was empty and his hook gone (sa fishermau would say) return to look &t the dead quad ruped. Deadl He was not dead, but sleeping. For with a yell an J two bounds he cleared at last forty fe> t, and fasten ing one set ot olaws iu Drake's leggins and the other in the hip of the horse, he seemed to insist on a ride and a dinner at the same time. But for the presence of mind of the rider and his luck in having a three-pound loaded whip, with which he broke the animal's skull, we rather think the wild cat would have been the best mounted quadruped in the cattle regions of the West. Tlie AH It I. Nearly midway m L<ODdon strait, a nuge. naked rock, which might fairly be calletl an island, lilts itself above the waters, breasting the conflicting cut rents caused by the winds and tides. Between this rock and the eaje on Muskong is the famous Maelstrom, which fertile imaginations have clotned with many terrors. Its geograph ical position is such as to expose it to tierce tidal currents, and, when they are assisted by high westerly winds, they are, no doubt, terrific. The bottom of the strait is strewn w-th immense boulders, which are so ar ranged as to give the current a spiral mo tion, directed toward the isolated rock from the northern side, which is much in creased in times of high tides or storms, when it whirls quite around the island rock. Then it is that it becomes really d fiicult for boats and vessels without steam power to keep cleir of the rocks against which the wayward currents would dash them. While there are at times vast and powerful eddies, whmh give objects floating upon them a fearful spiral moiion, there Is nothing liae a vortex produced by a subterranean discharge of the water, although the tumbling and boiling char acter of the spiral currents may submerge temporarily objects driftmg on the surface. No doubt in the course of time the actioD of the water has tended to leve down the bed of rocks, some of which, we may presume, showed themselves above the surface. This inay have made the Mael strom much more terrific than it is now, and better justified the ancient fable. As it is, in ordinary times and in favorable weather, the fishermen do not hesitate to seek for fares throughout these waters, which to strangers are suggestive of the most terrific dangers. DRAPERY, as a means of modifying the stiff aud cold appearance of the entrance lia.ll, is not made as much use of as it might l>®. Whenever it can be employed either as a portiere over a door or across an archway, as well as lor hangings, for the staircase windows, it will, if made of suitable material and harmonising ia color with the walls and woodwork, warm and lighten the hall and give it a inueh more homelike and hospitable aspect. A Mouthful of^Pepppr#. Four yonnj gentlemen were preparing to enjoy h first class dinner recently, in one of the bent known and most popu lar up-towu restaurants of New York. One of the party was a regular frequent er of the diuing-saloon, a man of the world, and a connoisseur in the gt>od tliingH of the tuble. Two were oitv men. The fourth waa a stranger from the Ettst, but a man of the world, so far as a knowledge of the world can be ob tained 111 New England citieo. When the party was seated the waiter brought to the table, among other things, an innocent-looking octagonal shaped boitle filled with u bright red sauce. Its very appearunce was appetising. It appeared to bo a small bottle of tomato cutsup. Oysters on the fialf-shell con stituted the first course of the dinner, The ' regular diuer" of the party picked up tne innocent-looking bottle, trilled affectionately with it a moment, unscrewed a little cap which served as a stopper, and sprinkled just a dash of tlio tempting-looking condiment on the the edge of the shells of las oysters. Then he ate one of the Blue Points with a relish that would seem to indi cate supreme satisfaction with himself and the world at large. Tho young gentleman from New England witnessed the operation from the corners of liis eyes, and thought it would lie an emi nently proper thing lor him to imitate iho example His impres sion wus that no was dealing with tomato catsup. So the sauoe wus sprinkled with a lavish hand, until the oysters assumed the color of a boiled lobster. The New Yorker, who was an enthusiast on the subject of condiments, watclied the proceedings with astonish ment, and finally remarked: "Oh, yta; of course J do," was the answer of the representative of Boston culture, w lio assumed such a look and tone of injured innocence that further interference or any explanation on the part of the New Yorker would have been wholly out of the place. The New- Yorker simply turned to the waiter and said; "Bring me a glass of milk as quickly as possible," and waited further devel opments. The New Englander moved one of his oysters gently about iu its bath of sauce until it was thoroughly coated, and with a graceful movement of his fork transferred it to his mouth. He took u thoroughly energetic bite, and that bite wa> the last he took for some min utes. He didn't say anything. He didn't have time. He swallowed his oyster like a hero. Then he reached tor liis water goblet, and drained from it every drt p. Tears gathered in iiis eyes. There was anguish clearly de picted 111 every lineament of his faos, sud he looked toward his fri-nd as 1 hough he would murder luui, The New Yorker quietly remarked: "Diink tins glass of milk that I or dered ; it will relieve you at once. I had it brought beeauso 1 thought you had mistaken the character of that sauce, though some people can eat it in that way. It's a splendid coudiment, a good appetizer, and a line aid to diges • Uou.'' "Sauce! condiment,! Aid to diges tion 1" exclaimed the New Englauder, a* tor he had obtained so much relief from his draught ol milk as enabled him to s|>eak. "JDoes Beecber ever dine here? Hus he ever tasted that 'sauce,' and doee Lie still believe there is no Lieh? Holy Mososl what is it?" And at the close oi his series of exclamations and interrogations ho wiped the tears from his eyes and cheeks, drank another goblet of water, and gave other evi dences of huving obtained a fresh hold ou life. The theological questions were n<t answered, but tbe verdant young New Englauder was informed that the "appetizing condiment' with which he had rashly made so intimate an accpiaintunOe was Tabasco sauce, a highly relished by epicures, and said to be one of the finest ever made. "riuuee! why, it's nothing but liquid red pepper, done up so seductively as to make a man think it's ton ato catsup." "You're mistaken, my friend, it's better than capsicum. It's simply the pulp of tbe ripe pepper extracted by pressure, and contains the flavor, strength, color, and arum a of the fruit. After you've used it a time, aud in mod eration, you'll like it. Oriiuife Culture in Souihri n California* The orange-tree grows all the tima That is to be thought of. It calls for the frequent cares which are its due as well in winter as iu summer. Not a few persons of the invalid class who had looked iq>on its culture as a mere pastime haye been broken down through this cause, and liaviug taken up more laud than they could manage. The lesson of such cases is not to at tempt too much, but to keep to the five or ten acres perhaps within one's per sonal cap;icity. Nor his it been politic to put everything into the single crop of oranges. The smaller fruits, peach es, plums, and especially apprieota, for canning, which come into bearing quickly, are useful in tiding over tbe rather'tedious period of waiting for the orange-trees to mature, and are always in profitable demand, To start exist ence comfortably here the new-comer should have a capital of from five to ten thousand dollars. Peculiar energy, of course, will do with less. It requires about nine years to bring an orangt-tree from the seed to a full bearing. On the other hand, it is found that by deitiy inserting an orange bud into a smalt shoot ot lemon-tiee slitted in an X shape, and setting this m the ground, a tree can bo obtained winch oears marketable fruit utter the second year. The controversy rages as to whether it is worth while to do this, since the product is but a dwarf, like the dwarf pear-tree; and though it yields early it can nevor yield much, and its truit does not stand shipment as well as that of the seedling. Against this it is maintained that it lives longer than the seedling, yields choicer varie ties of fruit, more uniform in size and quality, and not subject to the singular form oi destruction which sometimes overtakes the seedling, that of being clashed against its own thorns. The Larded Undue. It appears that young Butler was much enamored of a pretty girl who lived ou a farm about six miles from that of the Butler family in the west ern part of Massachusetts. The country beauty was a coquette, however, and kept quite a large train of admirers in suspense, each rival doing his best to gain the advantage of the others. At lust matters were brought to a climax, and the damsel appointed a certain night when she would render her final deci sion as to which suitor she preferred. It goes without saying that they were all better-looking than Ben, but the latter determined to put the inside of his head against the outside of those of his opponent*. r l he nearest way to the fair flirt's house, and the one taken by all lier eager followers, was over a bridge formed by a single and some what slippery log placed across a deep brook 111 the rear of the house. Young Butler repaired to this bridge an hour earlier tnan the accustomed " courtiu' time," carrying a pail of lard with which he carefully auuointed the log by the mellow moot.light, backing himself across it astraddle. As he afterward sat with his sweet heart, watiug for the other suitors to appear, a loud splash came from the direction of tne brook. Ben's eye t wink- It d, and in imagination be could see one of his gorgeously gotten-up tellow candidates climbing np the opposite bank with his teeth chattel iug and head ing for home across lota ; but the con spirator looked as innocent as a cat in tne dairy and said nothing. Pretty soon there came another souse, and after awhile another. The beauty began to look at the clock and show evidences of decided pique at the negli gence of her other admirers—a circum stance Ben did not fail to turn to Lis own protit. Presently he could faintly hear voices in the distance, and he knew that the last two, swains were approaching to gether Pretty soon came a tremendous double splasL. "Dear me," said the young lady, " how the tish are jumping to-night 1" The upshot of it was that when the future governor rose to go the slighted beauty gave liiin her hand, beaiiug the bargain with an old-fashioned husk mg-beo kiss, Butler left his prize 111 such a state of exultatiou that he for got all about the greased log, and the tirat tlnm? Le knew both heels hit him in the back of his head and he took a header down below, just as his victims had done. He climbed up the already well-clawed bank and made six miles to home, uttering Keameyisms untit for publication. He was taken with chills and lever as a result, and when ho got well, found his tlancec had eloped with a hired man. Butler klia tins as the narrowest escape of his life, as he says tiie gnl began eating onions the very next day alter she became engaged. Dolia Worth Many Dollar*. Said a dealer in dolls in New York, to a reporter. "The value of the last lew weeks' importation may be pat at $600,000. Turee hundred thousand dol lars' worth are now in the retail shops to lie sold to private customers for holi day presents to children. The rest will be purchased from the wholasale shops by out-of-town dealers. Why. a ready made doll's costnme of ordinary ele guuoe is worth SSO, and such costumes are made for spring, summer, winter and autumn, as a doll could not reasona bly be expected to wear the same clothes the year rouud. The banner dolt m this shop is valued at $95. Her dress and jewels are very rich and elaborate." "fcjhow me an economical doll." "Certainly," said she ; "here is one in white satin, wi'h a white satin cape trimmed with swan's down, poke bon net ditto, silk stockings and kid slppers. It is SSO. Here is an aesthetic dob IU old gold plaid plush sacque, with a blue satin dress and red satin bonnet with ostrich tips ; a mere matter of $15." Tne reporter gasped and turning to the suoerintendent of the department, "i>o these dolls go oat of the stock alone ?" "No," said he ; "they require elegant fcros: ocau box* a of toilet articles, trunks, bandboxes, &o. A tolerable wardrobe includes two extra dresses—one ot fauey satin, the other of white satin ; a full line of underwear ; lace caps, fashiona ble hats, necklaces, ear-rings, brooches and a basket of flowers. Some ward rones are arranged in handsome boxes; others l • trunks, ready for starting. A lair ward rob a costs sl2 ; some are $9, while a i.iniiod wurarooe for a very young doll is only 9$ oents." A miniature bedstead with a brocade velvet spread aud cardinal satin cushion costs $9. More luxurious couches for dolls cost $lO. Cuniiuig rustic chairs are $0 and $4. Bronze high chairs, se cured iu a maunor to prevent very active dolls irow jumping or falling out of tliem, are $b and $lO apiece. Lace cur taihed cradles for dolls which have uot yet been weaned, may be had for $9. Nothing But A Boil. Now that Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks lias really recovered from his attack of so-called "senile gangrene," a story has come out which is decidedly at the ex pense of his physicians. On the very day, the tale runs, to which the medical pkropliets in attendance had limited his life, a blunt old granger—also a doctor alter a fashion—called to pay him a fare well visit. After a pathetic interview the country practitioner thought he would take a look at the " gangrene" which was about to terminate his iilus rious friend's life. He did so; stared at it open-mouthed for a moment; aud then with a derisive grant and an indignant, thumping oath, roared out: "Nothing but a boil! 'Surely enough, Mr. Hendericks was very oon rushing along the high road to recovery, and the able physicians who attended him are keeping moderately quiet. Char ins Against in* r.vtl Eft. The supposed liability of the innocent multitude to the malevolence of the evil eye caused the superstitious to hare recourse to many charms, incantations, and ceremonies to avert ill-oonsequenoes and render the poisoned glance innocu ous; among which, as just recorded, prayer and the use of saliva were con spicuous. The wearing of oorsl brooches, beads, and earrings is still a opular charm in Naples against tiie til eye, "In Scotland," says Mr. raham Dalzeli, in his addenda, "a thread tied about a child's neck, or rowan cross, (cross of mountain ash), i : . believed to be equally efficacious in preventing the influence of evil spir its, evil eyes, aud other calamities." In the Middle Ages an amulet, of a lozenge shape, marked with the mystic letters A. B. R. A. C. A. D. A. B. R. A. was worn in the bosom as a certain specific. A cross formed of the wool of (he elder tree, affixed to cow-houses and stables, was supposed to protect the cattle from all possible barm. A branch of the rowan tree was also in great favor, and to hold up but a branch or a twig in the presence of an eye-biter was sufficient to render her deadliest wishes of no avail. A four-leaved shamrock, which is excessively rare, and all the more highly prized for that reason, was a sovereign antidote. In Pooock'a travels in the east be says that the Arabs of Egypt threw salt into the fire as a charm against the effect* of an evil eye, or before loading their camels for a journey through the desert, concluding, as the blue flame arises, -hat tvery evil genius is banished, the ejection of saliva was also consid red a charm of peculiar efficacy. I'liny speaks of it as a certain antidote o "fascination," as well as a preserva tive from contagion, and in pugilistic encounter as certain to aggravate the violence of a blow. "At the present day, as of old," says Mr. Dalzeli, "a Greek mother, as if commemorating the words of Theocritus and Tibullus, spits in lier bosom to repel fascinating glances directed toward herself, and, dreading the gaze of the sterile on her child, spits in its face." But the most common of all the charms in use against the eyil eye is that very vulgar gesture of applying the thumb to the noose, stretching out the lingers, and "twid dling" them with a rapid motion for a few seconds, commonly practiced by London street boys, without the slight eat knowledge of its origin or meaning, and known in slang parlance as "taking a sight." The Slang Dictionary says that "to take a sight" is a vulgar notion employed by boys to denote incredu lity or contempt for authority; but the real moaning in ancient times, forgotten and wholly unsuspected in our own, was to show contempt aud defiance of the machinations of witchcraft, and to render the evil eye powerless. This is the action that so offends the good ie a lured Pio Nono, not for itself, but as a manifestation of the public opinion, that he possesses, independently of his will, a power that he would be the last to exercise designedly. This vulgar sign, modern as it looks, is as old as Egyptian civilization, and was known, as tracings upon the unearthed walls ot Pompeii and Herculaneum abundantly prove, to the street boys and other VUi • gar inhabitants of those ancient cities. uyemx Leatliur, In the glove trade the leather has hitherto always beeu dyed by brushing on the dyes by hand. The defects of this method are : its slowness, the oc currence of large, soiled edges on the tleshy side, and, notwithstanding eyery care being taking, the uneven ch araoter of the dye produced. To avoid these, Joseph Kris ten, of llrunn, has a pro cess in which even dyeing is obtained by the application of centrifugal force. The skin to be dyed is fixed on the cen ter of a horizontally rotating disk ; the oolor is also fed on to the center, and by the rapid revolution of the disk, is spread equally over the whole surfaoe. Tiie oolor is forced on tc the disk by means of a pump, or it merely flows from a reservoir standing at a high level. The exoess of color driven off at the edges of the revolving disk is collected and used over again, until the skin is fully dyed. To dye one skin by this method takes from ten to fifteen minute. A single color pump may serve for at least five machines, whicli would re quire only one attendant, so that, by tue above arrangement, one man oould, in twelve hours, easily dye 150 skin*, possessing great evenness of dye ana free from spotting. A Mine's Mistake. Ex-Congressman Bill fcilemmons tells of a pair of feel tliat mast have been objects ot great regard in their day. One aay a party of men, includiug Jacfcson, the man of big feet, were preparing to attend a po litical barbecue. It was soon discovered that there was ao way of conveying Jack son, as all the vehicles were full. "Let me ride that mule over there," asked Jackson. 4 There is'ut a man m the world that can ride that animal. He'll work to a buggy or plow, but no man can stay on his back." "I'll try him, anyway." And the determined man instructed sev eral negroes to catch the mule and hold hira The animal plunged andkicked, but finally Jackson secured a seat in the sad dle. Every one expected to see turn dash ed against the ground; but the mule lock ed around, saw the man'i feet, and walked peacefully away. He thought he was between a pair of shafts. NO. 4.
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