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Aunt Ahhy lifted her eyes from the stocking which she had been darning with such exquisite neatness, and gaz ed sympathetically at her distressed friend. 'I am afraid you don't quite kuow how.' Mrs. Lorton looked astonished and we girls, who were spending the holi days with our friend, wondered also what the little lady could possibly mean. 4 'Don't you know !' Political econ omy, I am willing to admit, is a most ditlicult science ; but I did not fancy that domestic economy involved any thing deeper than self-denial and the a voidance of unnecessary expenditure.' Aunt Abby smiled. 'lt may seem that way in the beginning ; but I real ly doubt if there is any part of our dai ly living that requires more tact, judg ment, and experience than this same business of economizing successfully.' 'The results of my last year's work incline me to suspect something of the same kind,' sjglied Mrs. Lorton. 'I clearly must have made a great many mistakes somewhere, but just where I am at a loss to discover. I certainly have tried very hard, and have done without a great many things I used to think were quite necessary to the com fort and happiness of the household ; yet here the figures are, and really the sum total is very little less than it was a year ago, when our iucome was so much larger.' Mrs. Lorton looked thoroughly dis couraged. We who admired her so much and took such pleasure in the intimate friendship to which she had admitted us, sympathized with her most thoroughly. She evidently saw how we felt from the expression of our faces, for she turned to us laughingly and said : 4 You young ladies must le very much interested in my financial Doub les. It is too bad to entertain you with my laments over these unruly ends that seem to require such an un due amount of stretching in order to meet.' We hastened to reply that anything which concerned her could not fail to inteiest us, when Aunt Abby (a rela tive, it should have been explained, of Mrs. Lorton's husband, a gentle little lady whose lile had been spent in a dis tant city) riveted our attention at once by saying : 'I was just about the age of these young ladies when I first made ac quaintance with what I am now inclin ed to call the science of domestio econ omy, though, like you, when I first found myself under the necessity of mastering it, I thought there was little in it, save doing without many things I was accustomed to, and bearing the discomfort as heroically as possible.' 'Well,' smiled Mrs. Lorton, 'what are the great underlying principles (is not that the phrase ?), also the process es whereby we are to arrive at practi cal results namely, the bringing of our expenses within my husband's means?' 'Well,'echoed Aunt Abby, 'one of the leading principles is the abandon ment of the velvet cloak I saw you working at so industriously this morn ing, and all garmeuts of a similar char acter.' 'What can you mean ? Why, I have worn that cloak two winters, and now I haye put new sleeyes in it, and it is quite as good as new. Surely nothing could he more economical than that. Why, X take immenie credit to myself for that per^omance.t 'Precisely. It would have been very extravagant to give or throw the cloak away. You would have blamed your self greatly, would you not ?" 'Or course I should.' 'Well, let us emulate the famous cow, and 'consider.' The cloak is of Lyons velvet; the new sleeves required a yard of the same material, costing §lO. The 3loak now is 'quite as good as new ;' but new or old, it can only be worn in fair weather. There must be a cheaper one to 'save it.' Again, this velyet ploak requires a handsome dress under it, and a cheap bonnet would be quite incompatible with it. You require, therefore, to complete the operative process resulting from the underlying principle of this velvet cloak, the repairing of which was such an e conomical measure, an expenditure of anywhere from §SO to SIOO to produce the harmony in your toilet which your cultivated taste demands, and perhaps | SSO more for another suit in which to go out on cloudy days, to wear shop MTLLTIEIM, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11)., 188(1. ping, and for nil the ordinary,common place business of life. Would it not, then, hnye been much more economical to let the velvet cloak go, and purchase a substantial cloth oi.e, Dimmed with fur, we will say, so that it shall bo handsome enough for visiting, suitable for church, not too fiail to stand a sprinkle of rain, and requiring to go with it nothing more elaborate than a well made cashmere dress and a taste ful bonnet of ft It, or some material as enduring ?' Aunt Abby paused, and, following tier suggest ion, wo all emulated the cow and 'considered.' Mrs. Luton's wrinkled forehead relaxed, and after a few moments she broke into a merry laugh. 'Why did you not read me that lect ure a week ago ? 1 beiieve that is the way in which 1 have been 'economiz ing' the whole of this past year.' 'I have no doubt of It. It is the way i in which every one begins, I fancy.' Aunt Abhy amused us for the next half-hour with meny stories of the tilings she had bought to match otln r things in her early days of economiz ing, and Belle and 1 thought guiltily of some elaborate gauze overdresses,broad sashes, and expensive artificial il lwers which we had recently purchased with a view to arranging some cheap even ing toilets over two old silk skirts.J '1 believe I have been doing ttie same thing with the children,' sighed Mrs. Lorton. 'I believe you have,' smiled her friend, 'for only last Sunday 1 heard Jenny tell her sister, very gravely, that mamma was going to lengthen her blue silk by putting on a new tlounce.' 'That was my plan.' 'Yes, aud then the blue silk would demand a plush jacket, and that would call for a bonnet with ostrich plumes, or some other bit of frail magnificence. 'What shall I put on the girls ? ; 'Two pretty tailor made suits.' 'And waste the silk frocks because they are a tritle short ?' 'Decidedly, or else they will waste a great deal of mouey, and the children be left without any suitable serviceable garments for half the occasions on which they wish to go out ' Aunt Abby was growing very elo queut with her theme. 'I think,' she said, 'that a great many of the worries, the wrinkles, and gray hairs that vex the days and de stroy the beauty of our American ma trons grow out of this very want of harmony and arrangement in our do mestic affairs. Wealth has been be stowed so lavishly upon American peo ple in the past ; we have enjoyed so much luxury, and gratified our taste 3 and longings so habitually, that as a nation we know very little of domestic economy. To use a rather vulgar say ing, it we economize anywhere we are apt to 'save at the spigot and let out at the bung.' We are wasteful in our kitchens, extravagant in cur ward robes, and caieless of our furniture. Our attempts at saving when the ne cessity comes suddenly upon us are apt to be yiolent and spasmodic, and productive of very small results.' Aunt Abby smiled suddenly. 'I re member one instance," she went on,iti explanation of her amused expression, 'when I proclaimed to my fattier, whose household was the scene of my early experiments in domestic econo my, that for the last three months I had not spent but fifty cents a day for food, and with a household of six* 'Well, and what have you now in the house in the way of provision ?' lie in quired, mildly. What had I ? I in vestigated my closets, and found—well an empty flour barrel, an empty sugar barrel, a butter firkin with scarcely a pound of butter in it, no rice, no soap, no starcli, no pctatoes, no coffee, no tea. In fact, I had simply gone on ex hausting our supplies until everything had to be bought at once. My fifty cents per day had simply paid for milk, meat, vegetables, and such things as must be pnrcbased day by day. I shall never forget the mild glance of inquiry wherewith my patient parent went o ver my accounts, which read,' January, February, March, sls per mouth ; A pril, £os.' Our income was a very small one, and for some time I had to endure the impatience of tradesmen who kept asking ' when I would please Settle that little bill ?' 'Another of my mistaken fancies,' Aunt Abby proceeded, 'was in regard to laundry work. What is so pretty a bout a house as white curtains, tine toilet tables with white muslin drapery, and so on ?- And the muslin 'costs so little.' Alas, yes ! But when the bill of one dollar for each window comes in from some Celestial, and Ah Wang, or Chu Wai, or Lang Fu shakes his long queue and 'mus habee him monee,' then one begins to realize what luxur ies these pure white hangings are. 'Another point where economy is apt to press sorely is iu the entertainment of one's friends. One does so long to give them something a little better A PAPER FOR THE HOME CIRCLE than tlir ordinary f.irc, flomo one dain ty diah to do them honor and to show what an accomplished housekeeper and cook presides over tiro üble ! Hut when that dainty dish must l>o shared by all at the table, those terrriblo bills will show it if tho luxury ia often in dulged in.' 'Hut one must entertain one's friends.' 'indeed one must. Hul then, if we relied that it is our affection for our I solve*.and not their appreciation of our cuisine, that brings them, we shall feel solicitude about producing any culinary tiiuinp s for their delectation.' •Hut, Aunt Abby,' sighed Mrs. Lor ton,'would not life be very dreary with only brown stuff dresses,bare windows, and a diet of roast beef and cottage puddings ?' •No I think not. Luxuries cease to be pleasures when they bring care and worry as how they are to be paid for with them. Besides, there can be a great deal of variety in the st utl dress es ; all drapery does not require semi annual refreshing in the laundry ; beef and cottage pudding are but two of the healthy, nourishing, and inexpensive varieties of food our markets provide. 'Hut 1 must finish my sermon. It is getting too long,and only that my aud ience is too polite to yawn, they would certainly do so. i will simply 'sum up,'as old fashioned ministers used to say at the conclusion of 'eighthly.' If you want to economize, think well whether the thing you propose to do will not, in addition to the original ex penditure, bring with it a train of ex pensive consequences, liemember that nothing is cheap if it is not durable. I)o not fancy that you are economizing if you are simply using up supplies that must be renewed at some time. Remember thai in living beyond your income you harass yourself much more than you impress others. 'There, good people,' laughed Aunt Abby as she gathered up her knitting, •you have results of a great many severe lessons that I once learned in a very severe school.' Common Sense and Common Sleep. Excitement,worry and anxiety,which have their seat in the brain, interfere with the functions of the stomach, and in like manner anything that unduly taxes the power of or irritatesthe stom ach disorders the circulation and nu trition of tho brain. The sleeplessness often complained of by gouty persons is due to the poisonotn effect of the mor bid material upon the nervous system. Excessive smoking, too much alcohol, tea and coffee, often resorted to by over-worked persons, are frequent causes of sleeplessness. In all these cases the cause is removable, while the effect may be counter acted by appro priate treatment. Nothing is more mischievous, however, than to contin ue the habits ar.tl to have recourse to drugs to combat the effects. A duo amount of exercise tends to induce normal sloop, and such exercise need not be of a violent character. A walk of two or three miles daily is sufficient and is, perhaps, as much as a busy man can find time for. A ride on horseback, the Palmerston cure for gout, is probably the best form of exer cise for those whoso minds are con stantly at work. It has been well said that a man must come out of himself when in the saddle ; be is forced to attend to bis horse and to notice the oljectshe meets. Walking may be a merely automatic process, and afford little, if any, relief to the mind, and carriage exercise may bo practically valueless if the mind is not diverted from what had previously occupied it. A Midnight Battle with a Panther. From the Nashville t'nion. A few days since John McAtee, a prominent mountaineer of West Vir ginia, started from a neighbor's resi dence at nightfall for bis home, sever al miles off". The path lie followed led through thick woodlands. It had grown intensely dark and he was stumbling along the path when his blood curdled at the horrible scream of a panther, apparently' some distance away. He hesitated to retrace his steps, when the scream was heard a gaiu, this time much closer. MeAtce realized that the beast was on bis trail,and drawing a large sheath knife, the only weapon ho carried, he boldly pushed forward. He had traversed perhaps two hundred yards when tho cracking of twigs in a low tree a few yards ahead attracted his attention. Looking up ho saw two frightful balls of fire glaring at him. The next mo ment the beast sprang upon him. A bloody battle took place, in which the panther was killed and the man badly wounded. The beast measured eight feet. MR. TILDEN'S WILL. Loaving an Eatate of tr5,000,000 —Two-thirds for Public Institu tions. The will of Samuel J. Tilden was ro.nl 13 the heirs at Greystone. lie be queathed the bulk of his property to public uses, but he was not unmindful of his relatives. The value of his es tate is closely estimated at $5,000,000, and outside of Greystone and theGrum ercy Park (New York city) property, it is nearly all in personal property. The amount bequeathed for the establish ment of public buildings is fully $-1,(100- (00, and the disposition of this money is left absolutely in the direction of three trustees, whom lie names—John Rigelow, Andrew 11. Green and George W. Smith. Mr. Smith has been with Mr. Tilden for twenty years, and was liis confidential Secretary and the gen eral manager of his estate. Mr. Tilden provides hberally for his relatives. To Mrs. Pelton, his sister, lie gives the house in which he resides, .18 West Thirty-eighth street, and the income of SIOO,OOO. For each of the other relatives lie sets aside a certain sum to be held in trust by the execu tors,the income to bo paid to them dur ing their liyes, they, however, to have power to dispose of the principal at death. All the rest of his property, Greystone and the Gramercy Park resi dence included, is left in trust to the trustees, who are also executors, to be applied to several public uses. They have absolute power to do, or not to do, as he suggests in the will. All details are left entirely in their discretion, ex cept in one point—the outside limit is fixed in each case. The will provides for a free public li brary aud reading room in New Leba non, and another free library and read ing room in Yonkers. These are small things compared to the next suggestion of Mr. Tilden, which provides for a grand free library in New York, at a cost probably of more than three mill ions foi establishment and endowment. Nothing is said about the fine library now in Die Gramercy Park house, the disposition of that being a detail left to the discretion of the trustees. No specific disposition is made of any part of the property except in the case of Mrs. Pelton. The will provides that if the trustees decide not to establish the library they may use the money for any other charitable or educational institu tion that they may prefer. They may also use any surplus funds in this man ner. A large number of small bequests are made to servants and friends. HEFSEES. A little girl of nine summers came to ask her pastor about .joining the church. She had been living a Chris tian for several months, had been prop erly taught and answered the usual questions promptly and properly. At last the pastor said : 'Nellie does your father think you are a Christian ?' 'Yes, sir.' 'Have you told him V' 'No, sir.' 'llow then does he know ?' 'lie sees.' 'Sees what ?' 'Sees I am a Christian, sir.' 'llow does ho see that ?' 'Sees I am a better girl.' 'What else does lie see ?' 'Sees I love to read my Bible and to pray. 'Then you think ho sees you are a Christian ?' 'I know he does ; he can't help it;' and with n modest, happy boldness she wa3 sure her father knew she was a Christian because he could not help seeing it in her life. Is not such the privilege of all God's people, to be sure that others see they are following Christ ? We remember hearing of a poor hard working man whose fellow-laborers laughed at him, told him he was de ceived and pressed him with difficult questions. At last in the desperate ness of his heart he said '1 am a saved man. Go ask my wife if I am not. She sees I am.' This is what Christ meant by being wittnesses and lights in the world. Not only orthodoxy of faith and bold ness of confession, but a manner of life which, even without spoken words, testifies of a new life and love. This is the best evidence of our re ligion. When those who work with us in the mill or store or on the farm see that we are living a new life, then our words have power. This is the privil ege of everyone. We may be rich or educated or eloquent, and hence not able to give much or teach much or speak much ; but we can live much, and good liying is the best giving, the best teaching, the best eloquence. The poorest, the most ignorant, and the youngest can cause people to see they are changed. They can prove the reality of their conversion. We cannot hide a good life. It shines. It may make no more noise than a candle, but like a candle it will be seen. Thus eyen a little boy or girl may be a light-bearer. Terms, SI.OO per Year, in Advance. My Friend, the Major. A MAN WHOMEVERYBODY LIKES. "To Make Himself Felt" Was The Scheme of His Life. Do you know my friend, the Major ? lie is a rare bird. He is an optimist on principle, and a liar because he can't help it. To know the Major is a lil>er al education, at least so far as the fine art of prevarication is concerned. The Major first attracted my attention dur ing the war. He was exempted from service on account of some slight disa bility, hut as soon as hostilities opened he announced his intention of joining the army, lie made no secret of his determination even to strangers.When ever he saw a crowd of able-bodied young men he would introduce himself, con gratulate them upon their manifest a* bilities to serve their country in the field, and wind up with the statement that, although a cripple himself, he did not projiose to be cheated out of his share of the glory, and was then making his arrangements to go to the front. The effect of this kind of talk can be imagined. Iu those days everybody was patriotic or nothing. Many a tim id man was made so ashamed of him self by the Major's devotion to the Con federacy that he precipitately volun teered and marched off with a musket on his shoulder. All through sixty one and sixty-two this gallant patriot gave himself up to his work. Finally it began to dawn upon us that he was loosing a good deal of time, and missied all the fighting right straight along. Something of the sort was hinted to him, but he promptly silenced all criti cism. He had been delayed by so many things he said. First, he had intended to join Col. Blank's regiment, but the Colonel was killed,and that caused him to change his plans. He had found it difficult to decide between the infantry, cavalarv and artillery branches of the service. He had also thought of the navy, and at that very time was wait ing to hear from a certain admiral, who was an old friend. After hearing these voluble explana tions, men would wink significantly at each other, but they kept their suspi cions to themselyes. It was useless to make war on the Major. He was hand in glove with the authorities, and the women were all on his side. The sacri fice which he proposed to make in go ing into the army in spite of his exemp tion stirred the feminine heart, and so much was said about it that scores of men less fit for duty than the Majbr found themselves unable to stand the pressure. They rushed off to the army but the Major still lingered at home. During the siege of Atlanta, my old friend made himself very useful, and I think hurried up matters not a little, lie attached himself to a flag of truce party one day, and although present as a citizen, he wore an officer's coat, ne strolled about, got left by his party,and was picked up by the Federals as a spy. He was so defiant, so voluble and so bright that he was carried before Gen. Sherman. In the presence of this ter rible commander the Major did not a bate one jot of his natural dignity. He explained his position satisfactorily, ana in respor.se to the questions put to him said that Atlanta was defended by 60,000 men; that Gen. Wood had 200 big guns,unlimited ammunition,and all the supplies ha needed. The garrison, he said, would be reinforced by 40,000 militia from the South Atlantic States inside of ten days. To make him stop his everlasting jaw, Sherman ordertd him to be escorted to the Confederate lines, As soon as the Major got back to the city, he was interviewed by everybody from Gen. llood down to the newsboys. To all these searchers after truth the Major was gracious and communica tive. He said that Sherman's force, at a moderate estimate, amounted to 140,- 000 men, and 60,000 more were on the way. He had seen 300 heavy siege guns placed in position and had learned that it was the programme to open fire on the city with all of them in forty-eight hours. He had also seen a brass band with instruments costing $40,000. This band had just arriyed from Washing, ton and had been sent for to furnish the music when Sherman made his entry into the eity. Looking back to those days I can easily see that the Major's fearful yarns must have driven both Sherman and Hood nearly crazy. Both generals made some very eccentric movements soon afterwards, and my old friend was doubtless responsible for the whole bus iness. After losing sight of this am iable personage for nearly a score of years, I found him some time ago com fortably established in a small town, not a hundred miles from here. Time had dealt gently with him. He was rotund anl rosy, and his face wore a perpetual smile. I accepted an invita tion to ride with him into the country, and on our trip I learned still more a bout the man. We passed a farm near ly all hillside, but with a narrow strip of bottom land. The corn on the hill side was stunted and worthless, but in NO. 32- NKWBPAPBR LAWS If subscribers order the dlscontiuuaMon newspapers, the publishers ni*y continue send them until all arrearage* km paid. If subscribers refuse or neglect to take their newspaiK'rs from the office to which they are sent they are held responsible until they have settled the hills ai d ordered them discontinued. If subscribers move toother places without In forming the puMlsher, and the newspapers art sent to the former plaoe, they are responsible. ADVERTIEINO RATBB. I wk. 1 mo. 13 mos. 6 .no*. 1 yea 1 square *2 00 $4 00 $5 00 S6OO SBOO licoluuiu 400 . 6001 10 00 15 Oft -lfi 00 }i " 7W 10TOI 1500 300 D 1000 1 •• 1000 15 00 1 25 00 45 00 76C0 One Inch makes a square. Administrator* and Executors' Notices *2.50. Transient adver tlsements and locals 10 cents uer line for first Insertion and 5 cents per line for each addition al insertion the tHjttom it was very flne. Stopping suddenly in the road, the Major hailed the farmer, a blue, hopeless-looking man. 'Say, Jones,' he shouted, 'that's mighty One corn in the bottom.' 'Yes, it's tolerable.' was the despond ing reply. 'Tolerable ain't no name for it,' naid ray companion. 'There ain't no fluer corn in tiie country. I always did tell those town fellows that what you didn't know about farming warn't woith knowing.' The gloomy Jones smiled with evi dent pleasure. 'lt's my opinion,' continued the Ma jor thoughtfully, 'that yon will soon have the best paying farm of its size in the country. Just keep up the lick jou know.' And, with a cherry smile and a wave of the hand, he drove off. s Turning to me, he said : 'Now, I talk that way on principle. Why call Jones' attention to his hill side corn f Poor fellow I He looks at that too much anyhow. I made him look on the bright side of things, and whooped him up. That's the way to do it.' Throughout our ride this rosy, smil ing old man stopped every man, woman and child, and gave them just such a racket as he had given Jones, suiting his talk to the varying circumstances of each case. On our return to town I could not help noticing that the Major's encour aging words had alreadj produced an effect. At many of the farm houses the women folks had been told by their husbands of what bad occurred. They looked upon us smiling from their door ways, and at several places little chil dren were sent to waylay us with fruit and buckets of .cold spring water. Even at the cottage of the despondent Jones we saw that gloomy individual laugh ing in high glee and .chucking his wife under the chin. 'Jones will come out all right,' said the Major with a grin, 'if not this year, then some other year.' Naturally 1 asked the Major how he was getting along. 'Splendidly,' was the answer, 'l've made about $40,000 since I here, and I'll clear s£o,ooo this year.' lie said much more, but these figures will do. Before leaving the village I had an hour to myself, and improved it by making a few inquiries about the ' Major. I found that all he had in tin world was a place worth a few thous and dollars, and heavily mortgaged. 1 found, too, that he made only a tare living. He must have known that I would learn the utter falsity of his statements, but his old habit of lying was irresistable. One thing struck me. Every man in the town stood up for the Major. 'ne'll never pay out of debt,' said one, 'but that makes no difference. No body's going to press him.' •You like him ?' said I. 'We love him,' was the answer. 'The Lord don't give us many such men.' All the testimony was to the same ef fect. As the traiu whirled me back to the city my thoughts were decidedly mixed. I said to myself : 'Here is a cheerful old fraud who can't tell the truth to save his life. He played double during the war. He lives by false pretenses. He is iasy, extrav agant, and an old bag of wind. Yet all these people love him. They would fight for him, die tor him,and, most in credible of all, they credit him. What is the secret of it all ?' Then I thought of the talk with Jones and the other farmers and their wives. It all flashed upon me in a moment. With all his faults the Major's genuine love for his fellowmen made itself feH. It was invincible, and it won the devot ed friendship of the very men who hat ed his besetting sins. Human sympa thy is a wonderful thing. It will wia a spontaneous return when everything else fails. We cannot well spare such men as the Major. We need them to whoop up the Joneses.—Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution. Fell Under a Moving Train. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Aug. 12. J. W. Harding met with a miraculous es cape from instant death to-day at noon. He was going to take the noon train, Philadelphia and Reading rail road, for Montoursville. He was a lit tle, late however, and on reaching' the depot found that the tram had started. He tried to jump on at the Market St. crossing, but fell and rolled under the wheels of the moving car. The by standers stood by awe-stricken, but luckily as he fell he doubled up and was not struck or hurt at all. The train was stopped and Mr. Harding was rescued from bis perilous position. —THE NERVOUS, brain-working type .of people, such as lawyers, clergy men, business men and students are the principal victims of hay fever. Sufferers may be certian that bay fever does not arise from an impure state of the blood. Local treatment is the only way to cure it. Judging from results, Ely's Cream Balm is the only specific yet dicovered. 28-4t
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