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For smiles light up their brows so fair; And their little harps ring out so clear, So soothingly sweet to faith's listening- ear. And they live in the smile of th.? Saviour's lore Who so early called my darlings above. I have two little angcls wai!ing. for Inc the beautiful banks of 11,:• crystal Forev!r free from sorrow and pain, Spotless and pyre from all Never in erring paths to rore— Safe in the bosom of inlioite Evermore, evermore walkiti.g. iu Thee beautiful angels robetl I have two little angels waking for me U•i the beautiful banks of the crystal sea.; When my near• heart is throbbing with it.ain And I twin would clasp my darlings agaia, I look away from this earthly strand To the beautiful fields of the '"better I will think of the angds waiting there, And offer to God a thankful pr.lyur. T bare two little angels to weicomo_t• me When I too shall stand by the crystal tee When the Great Refiner Ills iinagt. ta , ty trace In the heart lie has w;.,: ; And in robes of tiresl, My soul shun seek the 11.) , n , 0:1 the beautifui hanks of the crpial sem clauliii;. 4 s, waiting. thal welcome me 00000000 Elbe'cistorD-Eilkt. SAVED FROM _DISGRACE. I was standing LoLiod my Rae counter. en a d.:rk jannary afternoon, a boy entered and handvd me a note address: to Madame which asked me to go to a certain stleet, where tiville one would like to see me on a matter of pressin ; z7 ne cessity Though the note was in one sense anonymous, there seemed to grow in my mind a desire to answer it in person. I took a coupe, and in fifteen minutes was driven to the Fpot. I had no sooner stepped upon the walk than a small door in front of me opened, and a 3oung maid desired me to enter. R-crted into a Inauricini apartment, a graceful yeuog lady Feized my hand and said : madam, how glad I am that you have comet lam in great trouble, and only you cut assist me. I must persuade you to, buy some of my dreszes and jewels. Look 1 have - made quite a eolketicn you t) choose fr.an." She noted my earnest look, but did not wait for city remarks front me. bUt pro ceeded at once to state in suhs!anee that her brother had done wroig as an under treasurer of a trust and deposit company. The president, she said, had called upoa her, and told her that• her broth.i. had con verted eighteen thousntd dollars to his own use, and the money must be returned in a day or two or au exposure could u. - .;t be avoided 1. inquired if' she was sure it was the presi lent, and she spode of his fine ,'p• pearance and agreeable manner, which alone led her to believe he was that Official Then she told me of her poiscssing stocks and bonds to within about two thousand dollars of the required amount. She spoke of her great anxiety to save her brother. Time was spent in lo,,king over the dresses she presented for my examination, as well as jewelry. I estimated that about twelve hundred dollars could be raised upon the same. The poor girl said with a faltering voice: "I have nothing left but a diamond cross. I must not sell that, but I can pledge it." It was shown me, and it was indeed very handsome. "I will lend you the necessary sum for this as security," I said. She threw her arms about my neck, and the tears upon her checks left a in!pisture upon my face. I. ascertained from I.er that she had premised to pay the Money to the president the next day in the parlor of the Albion hotel; then, he assuted her, no proceedings against her brother would be taken. She acknowledged that she had stripped herself well nigh to abject poverty. There was a knock at the door. A mes sage came that some one wished to borrow the diamond cross for that night, as her's (the would be borrower's) was being re paired. I was told it was her brother's affiance, and I allowed her to lend it, tell ing her she could bring it to me early in the morning. This was hardly business like, but I felt a sympathy fur the poor young maiden. Then I took my departure, after ascertaining that her name was Kings ford, that her parents were wealthy, and she and her brother were the only children. The next morning a young man entered my shop, and asked me to purchase a dia mond cross On his unrolling it from bits of paper, I recognized it at •once, and taking a close scrutiny of the person, I de tected enough in his features to convince me that be was Miss Kingford's brother. I suddenly rang a bell and summoned my own brother from the rear room. I (ilea asked the youne: r man to step to the end of the counter, when I told him briefly that I knew him and of his defalcation Ile was for a moment paralyzed. Ile partially rallii d, but he trembled frem bead to 144., and his knees shook as ifbe were shudder ing INith cold. I asked him the rit,ine his confederate, and to describe him. fle replied it was Marshall, and that be was pretty tall, had white hair and beard, and a broad forehead. "CS e, l 01 0- cr 0 ry . 0 in in „ .z . 1 Elz' o 2 I = I 0 Cr to co I gave Kingsford to understand that the cross would not be returned to him, and that be must appear in the Albion hotel parlor just betZire noon the next day, ready to be called for, and be sure not to attempt to run away in the meantime. I assured him he must not r.tteropt fliOtt, and he promised humbly that be would obey me, being fairly terror stricken Ile had not been gene ten minutes when Miss Kingsford herself entered heavily veiled, and then uncovmd I noticed how extremely pale and weary looking she was. She stanunezed : "l h:ive not brou:At the cross." "Do not feel troubled about. it," I re plied. "Perhaps we will not need it. I will go with ycu, as a matter of form, to the Albion. Perhaps Ft.lnething can be done to prevent too relit a saerifico on your part I begged licr to go into my private office and to rest there until the- time should come to visit the "president," and she complied with my request. We repaired to the Albion and were shown into the parlor, when Miss Kings ford sent to inquire if any one was await ing her arrival Soon the "president" was ushtred in and he bore the appearance Miss Kingsford's brother had given ot him To guard against apprehensions on Ills part, Miss Kingsford followed my instructions, I in, r 0 0 4 , _,., .---,, _2` . .__ 1 ll' 71 'A 71 4 "I : ei l t 1 11, sm..- -L. , 1, . -4- 4c,4 z (.-__- and told hiw I 1:1-; hor maid. He com menced a diK: , l,::is•nt of the character of the prop , rty Nvhich had been abstracted from the vault. lie professed deep sorrow and regret • at Ki!Tslurd's conduct, and con citiiied by F:•::; _r that time was pr: sin; and Lo won nutters ntijusted. _ ``,'air a ii,t , „. . I "I's :v im. trim- • The tut , ,ed ii6d. I :it: and t . :1 , 1 :111 . j , iinitig apart -1 r•tt:id I Leek :.,;(l lie sty pp.d into the ru: , m. finilly addressed H • atinl to IChs a:.d kind hearted w;.i::- 1.f.0 al2 a ihout•and times the Ynu expected lie, is ou:d and' wanage to 111 ice, 4 . 40,11!) or. :our own c,mplicity with from t.ho means with which his r•olLf.lit to make good the i rlat 3ou ~.o pun • I I: out ti.akiiag any interruption. Wheu I r. turilcd to tho rood) Mrs Kings. ford wa-: standing., with Ler face hidden in hz_r hui,ds. her=itle. the ~tauttl. fter brother, vt.illrtt: iu LI opp§ite cor s.:Cel I, ";ou have been rescued iron] dt s ructieu. You have been cArried by s : our weakne,s within a short distance ( tl - ,c perditkn that is aff4dcd ur.on aad Noll have been drawn back by cue baud. Your si.-ter robbed herself in order to stve you, and this after you have repoat.Aly deceived her and proved treacherous to those that Leiieved you " 3; Kingsfola 501.h....d violently, and her bee:Lt r tried to hide behind himself. I could not spare either telling the facts with reLtion to the diamond cross which he had taken from his affiance and en deavored to sell As I produced it the sister uttered a liesh cry of distress, and the brot her was ovcrkt belmed with remorse. Yes," cried 1, "301 have accomplished nothing but to n,ahe your-elf dreaded and feared i.y those that ate upright. At, th•s moment von deserve art ai l lnntent, trial and condemna!i , m. Your heart should be tor tured by the kniAdedge that Sou have broken the Iliar;s of others. You should be mapped an in the contemplation of your own sin, awl the devastation that it has made." K:tig4 . ord was <o agitated hat the table upon which he leaoed shoAt beneath his hand. I eould tort close by remarking: "The crime th;;t you have committed is to be covercd up. Your s;ster,- by her energy and devotion. has screened you.— Will 3,0 u not strive to honor, to he penitent., to be 1,f1 . . etiiionte I:astc,n.e:l licrr•Fs the room to hi,: ~• r. me with etnotiou, seized Lei :zrid.liestow4.upga her every mai k of endearment. 11:)w lid tie matter end ? Kirwsford repurchased the bonds with his sister's money, anh•ntled Lis accounts, then left the office of the compeny, and became in the end an honorable man. IT.rshall fled, leaving a deficit in his accounts. The owner or the diamond crt4ss re mained beautiful and happy in her th4.amht that by self sierifice she had saved her brother Frequently s he used to send me bouquets of fliwers, and:was friendly to me notwithstanding the character of my busi ness. One cannot be intimate with a pawnbroker with impunity, but she felt that I had given hour to my calling in aiding her, and I rejoice in having been a friend in need. There are families whose love of things beautiful would prompt them to adorn their homes with fl ,veers duriug the winter sea son, were it not that they have heretofore been unsuceesefel Their plants would neither thrive her Meow, so that they abandoned all thought of trying to culti vate them. To such persons we herewith offer some suggestions, hoping that they May be induced to make another and more sueees,ful effort in the culture of flowers in the house during the dreary winter sea son. It matters little what kind of pots are used. Some of the most thriving plants I have seen were growing in broken tea pets and pitchers, yea even in little tin cans that once were packed with peaches, tomatoes, &c. With a little care and taste almost any kind of vessel can be made to answer, and be an ornament. Medium sized pots are the best Failure is some, times caused by the kind of soil put in the pots. This must be light, or else it will gradually harden to such a degree as to prevent the rootlets from growing. It is a good plan to take ordinary garden mould, an equal quantity of sand, and a little fine, well retied manure, which when thorough ly mixed will make an excellent cou.p.ist for the pers. The soil should never be 1,re.i. , (11 into the pots. It should be loose tike that in a wed kept flower garden. In teetering, care must be taken to discrind nate between the_ different plants. Same here require much ere water then others.— . For iustance, ti.c Cilia Lily needs a great quantity of water I teoce put a Calla bulb in a pot half filed with pebbles and a few haudefull ell sand, and kept it covered with water It United luxuriantly But such treatment would so en put an cod to any plant of the Cactus family. Too fro - pent and toe c. , pieus warming is injurious to meat plants. . Examine each pit several times per week, arid keep the soil loose and moist ; never saturate it with water. Plants in glazed vessds or in tin cans do nut require as frequent watering as those in tang ezed pots, the latter drying out much sooner than the others The tent perature it the room should be kept uni form. Teo great heat is just as injurious as trio e,141. More house plants are In jured by heat than by nost. The room in which flowers are kept should be cooler than that usually occupied by the A southern or seutheasterm exposure, so as to guard aeaint4 the penetrating north west winds, and also to have the Murrain , sue shining with its health giving light upon the plants. is a necessity. The leaves of pl-tots peen' m for them the same rue()- ; tion the lungs do for man. They need therefore to be protected from dust. When the room is swept they should be covered, and so remain until the dust is settled.— Thick leaved plants are helped by an ue eabional washing. Per eat-leaved Omits a.. old-faebioucd fire beiiows is au admi ruble duster. • HUNTINGDON, PA , FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, ISBO. tied h) 1,1 ch f it C y.,,, 1 lizt.tened to the 1 a private ,(..zed aid kept 1 Luc c that lie was iti ct.tcct .)111i5celtann. Rowers in the House. The Mt. Union Times is engaged in publishing a series of articles relating to things of the lowg ago, furnished it by a correspondent, and from a recent article we clip the tilliowilg notiee of two per sonages who were well known in this vicinity in their day. The majority of our older readers will remember Jake Yost end 'Reuben Ireland, and the younger por lion of them are no dlubt familiar with these names from having heard the "old fas" talk of their actions and conduct, durirg their brief sjourn in the different localities which they regularly visited. We ..an remember Jake and Reuben quite dis tinctly, and we al..oost ituagive that we see and hear J.tke imploring soma one to "put a drop on this," as he held up before them a smxil bunch of tansy, over which he de sired some whisky to be p ,ured f bitters. The correspondent says : s cret of your You tllought t Jake Yost was a fearful looking man. His hair and beard were black and hod probably not been cut f,r twenty years. f: is heavy matted beard almost covered his face, and as ho wore no hat, that portion his face which could he seen was as black as a negro's, and when bespoke or lauf.t-li ed he showed his large white teeth, giving hint a frightful appearance. lie koked quite as touch like a gotilla as a man such a man would suddenly appear on our rttects to day many would doubt whether he really was a man. II is c'othing was made up of filthy rags. and he always kept his pants lapped with straw. He never spoke to any one, and if he was spoken to .the only reply he made was a little chuckle of a laugh, ha, ha, ha. When he came into a house be took his seat down on the hearth stone in qie chimney conner—and if the fife was not too hot he would lean hi, back against the back wall and if he did do so, his clothes were so filthy that this would not add any to iheir filthy ap pearance. And he would hold this posi tion day and night so lung as he remained a guest at that house. There were no cooking stoves then. The cooking had all to be done in the fireplace, tr chimney. Now I would ask my lady readers to im agine how they would like to cook a meal wittiout a conk stove, in the fireplace, with a custom ?r like this looking on, with his feet all tied up with rags and straw, and perhaps placed between you and the fire, and wore than you dare to ask him to move them I remember well my aunt once, having been bothered with Jake's feet in her read for a long time in cooking, said to him "Jake I wish you would take your feet out of my road." Jake looked up in her face showing his large white teeth and ickedly said -'go long to Jobjiliway with your ordering here" and at the same time jumped to his feet adding a number of curses, that frightened my emit almost to death. It i , needle , . L say that she never bothered Jake to move his feet out or tier road again. This man never went 'Weed, and- would keep up a lire all night. He seldom slept, and if he did it was on the ii,etrth. Ile speat most of his nights printing letters on the well with a coal, amid it was astonishing what welhfurined letters he could make in the dark. If he had a white plastered wall to work on he would c ever it all over in one night. So when Jake left there always had to be souse white washing done. And when lie was not making letters he spent.his time lapping straws around sticks. No one ever knew anything of his origin or where he came from. if he had friends in this coun try no one knew anything of them, and he had so little sense he could net tell any one. All that was known of him, was that his name was "Jake Yost." And while he had a frightful appearance lie was not. considered dangerous. Another crazy person I will name was nuehen Ireland, and, as many of my young readers have heard his name without. know ing much of the man, a little history of him here may not be without interest Reuben Ireland was more widely known perhaps than any other crazy man ever in our country. He frequently traveled from Huntingdon to Harrisbure and from there to Washington on foot. In. many respects he was like that men we read of in the New Testament Scriptures whom our Sav iour met coming out of the tombs. "Who had his dwelling among the tombs, and no man could bind him, no, not with chains. Because that he had been often bound with fettets and chains and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces, neither could any man tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs crying." Ireland in the first of his insan ity was considered dangerous, and in order to make him safe, the overseers of the Poor bound him like the man mentioned above, with fetters and chains, but the chains were soon plucked asunder by him and the fetters broken, and, like this man, he too took to the mountains, and hallowed and cried. News that Ireland had broken loose spread like wildfire, and everybody feartal him. As soon as the overseers could areest him they c inflamed him more secure still, in a shell time ha would break his fetters and chains and be at liberty, so that it might be said of him too, that no wan could bind him Reuben Ireland was real• er tall and slender. When be walked, he leaned a little forward with his head to one side, and if his foet at each step had rest( d en a spiral spring his step could not been mire elastic. Thus he would glide have along at the rate of 40 or 50 miles per day. I hurtiAl to the wi.dos7 and saw ben Ireland standing at oar gate, wiih large call) iu his hand, threatening yen geance on some one. He remained there for sometime and then went away without attempting to come into the house, as I feared he would. When Ireland travelled he hallooed all the time. Some times he would preach and pray, and again he would swear pro fanely It w;is said that he was educated fir a Methodist preacher, and, when a young man, bad taught school. Poor man, he bad a hard life, and died (at Main, Pa.,) as he had lived, a poor maniac The Nan ity with whom he was during his last ill said that he sutiere'd eery much be• fire he died. He imagined be was that great red dragon mentioned iu the 11)ok of Revelations; and the only way they could quiet him wai to read to him from tijat book, I believe he we a good man and that he is heaven to day. A CLEVELAND woman recently married a Chinese laundryman ' and three days thereafter the unhappy Celestial appeared at a bArh,r's shop and ordered his pigtail cut off, .say ing iu explanation, ••Too muchee dam yank." Loca! Matters. .;; . Co!ored Camp Meeting Poetry. "What kind er collar duz de angels w'ar? Piccadilly collar ! Piccadilly collar I'm gwine to war, (Iwine to w'ar, C wine to w'ar, I'4.c:li:illy collar I'm gwine to w'ar, Gwine to see de Lord ! 'What kind er tie duz de angels w'ar? Long white tie! Long White tie I'm gwine to w'ar, Gwine to w'ar, Gwine to w'ar, Long white tie I'm gwine to w'ar, Gwine to see de Lord I.' "Away oher der in de gospel lan' ; Hey, brudders ! ajine yer ! Dar's milk and honey on eb'ry Lan' ; :I.ll' Sister Sal's behin' me; Si ter Sal and BrudderJim ! Fo' God 1 Fetch de children ; Do Lord Almiglity'll tote yer in, (t!:, sinners, iever willin'?" "0. de debbil he sat in a 'silt - mon tree, 0, bless de Law', glory hallelujah ! An' he hook his line for to catch me, 0, bless do Lam', glory hallelujah ! t de L.2.m' rid along', an"Debbil,' ses he, 0, bless de Lam', alory hallelujah flit outer dat now, lte 'longs to !De,' Fo' God bless de Lam'." Damascus L . :7 4 ! a il tee e-e rn cities the interior is dis appointing. The sireets are dusty and naves-, and the effect of the shabby houses and dilapidated walls is rather that of a c•Aleetion of villages bundled together than of a large and important city. Our fiat call was made at an excellent hotel kept by a Greek. Its courtyards, with fount ains playing, and with large orange trees shadowing the whole Waco, looked so en• tieing., its myrtles and jessamines and marble floors s r cool, and its bedrooms so clean and comfertable, that we felt quite sorry it had not been arranged that we should stay there, instead of pitching our tents in one of the far famed gardens of Damascus. From the hotel we made a progress through the picturesque bazaars. Here there are covered in buildings,swarm ing with people in every variety of Oriental costume. Turks, Syrians, Maronites and Druses of the town, jostle each other Now a Bedouin of the desert tribe rides by on a beautiful Arab mare, with his long pointed lance at rest, followed by other Bedouins on foot and in rags; unsuccess ful robbers, possibly. We wandered about for some time, greatly amused by looking at a crowd assembled to await the prince of Prussia's arrival. At last we sauntered on to our tents, but a great disappointment awaited us in the appearance of the garden in which they had been pitched. Its roses were over, the grass looked parched and dusty, and the Abana flowed low and sluggishly in its bed But it was too late to alter now, so there was nothing for it ex cept to dress and go and dine at the hotel We made a droll cavalcade on horseback, the gentlemen with loaded pistols, and the attendance carried lanterns, bristling with weapons. The table d'bote was rather bate of guests to night, fur the diligence which plies between here and Bay rout, and brings the travelers in time for din ner, did n' arrive at all, having been re quired fur the use of the prince of Prus sia, as it is the only carriage in all Syria. We returned to the tents in the same melo dramatic procession, and bad, besides four soldiers to guard the tents during the night. Friday is the Mohommedan sab bath, and they make it market day as well, SO that the Bedouins of the desert, who come from long distances, may coin bine their temporal and spiritual duties comfortably, and do the marketing and go to the mosque on the some day. The streets were even more crowded than last night, with wonderful and varied costumes, and so closely packed that it was difficult to make one's way through them. In one corner stood a Bedouin — Auazele, of the tribes near Palmyra, bargaining for a cane to make a spear, his goat's hair cloak, with its broad black and white stripes, hanging from his stalwart shoulders. Another of the tribe, hard by, seemed to be doing his best to sell a horse, while others again rode by with an abstracted air, the grace ful mares they bestrode often closely fol lowed by whinnying foals. Groups of Turkish, Jewish or Christian women made their purchases with quite as much earnest ness and gesticulation as house wives nearer home, while their lords and masters lounged near, probably keeping an eye on the do mestic expenditures, but apparently only intent on buying sweetmeats from some of the many vendors. There were no Franks except ourselves. A Lawful Marriage. "To have and to bold from this time forth," said Augustus, who is studying law, as he took Matilda Jane on his lap on the evening they became engaged. And Augustus placed upon her finger a ring, and clasped about her snowy arm a brace let, and murmured "Know all men by these presents," etc., and that he might show that he was in lawful possession of the chattels, he did then and there produce what purported to be a bill of sale, wherein it was stated that "In consideration of one dollar to me paid, receipt of which is here by acknowledged, I do bargain, sell and einvey one plated ring, the value whereof is twenty-five cents, and one pinchbeck bracelet of value seventy-five cents." To which Matilda, realizing that she had be collie "articled to an attorney," replied, "I am lawfully seized in fee simple," and "I am held and firmly bound unto Richard Roe," which Augustus regarded not, know ing him to be a fabulous character, inces santly in litigation with John Doe, and whose name Matilda took upon her lips only from adhering too literally to the text. And Matilda, having vested in Au gustus "power of attorney," as a form, "I do appoint Augustus to be my true and lawful attorney, in token of which I have pledged my band, and now cause the seal of our lips to be affixed." And Matilda observing that it was now the end of the term for which this court was sitting, did this court adjourn ; but Augustus, as a petitioner, did humbly pray that the court might not adjourn sine die. And so she fixed the day and the attorney turned away.--Boston Advertiser. A WESTERN paper speaks of the house cleaning seasln as that when divine wo man has her own way at the house, while the "old tuan" takes his solemn repast from the top of the flour barrel, and, in sleep ing, enjoys the freedom of the interval be tween his bedroom and the front fence. It is a seatm of meditation, whitewash and calm, unimpassioned profanity. MRS. ROSE ) of Connecticut, said she would hang herself if Rose wasn't home at eight o'clock. When he came in at night she was suspended to a beam, cold and dead, and he rubbed his hands and whis . pered : "There's a woman who couldn't tell a lie !" Snow Two Hundred Feet Deep. The following, remarkable account of enormous snow falls in north-western In dia, shows what a world of vapor is carried inland on the monsoons from the Indian ocean, to strike against the loftiest moun tain chain in the world and be precipiated in such snows and rains as occur on the middle slopes and foot hills of the Hiwa layas About the sources of some of the great rivers of India occur the heaviest rains ever known ; and farther east, in Cashmere, it seems the snows are some times terrific. Seine interesting details of the extraordinary snowfall in Caishmere in 1877-78 arc given in a paper in the just issued number of the Journal of the Asi atic Society of Bengal. by Mr. Lydekker. Early in the month of October, 1877, snow commenced to fall in the valley and moun tains of Cashmere, and from that time up to May, 1878, there seems to have been an almost incessant snowfall in the higher mountains and valleys; indeed, in places it freqeently snowed without intermission f;ir upwards of ten days at a time. At Dras, which has an elevation of tee thous. and feet, Mr. Lydekker — estimated the snowfall, from the native account, as hav ing been from thirty to forty fees thick. The efLet of this en.krt , :rr , s snowfall were to be seen throughout the country. At Dras„ the well built traveler's bungalow, which has stood some thirty years, was entirely crushed down by the weight of snow which fell upon it. In almost every village of the neighboring mountinas, more or less, the log houses had fallen, while at Gulmarg and Sonomarg, where no attempt was made to remove the snow, almost all the huts of the European visitors were ut 'erly broken down by it. In the higher mountains whole hillsides have been de nuded vegetation and soil by the enormous avalanches which swept down them, leav ing vast gaps in the primeval forests, and closing the valleys below with the debris of rocks and trees As an instance of the amount of snow which must have fallen in the higher levels, Mr. Lydekker mentions the Zogi Pass, leading from 'Cashmere to Bras, which has an elevation of 11,30(1 feet. He crossed this early in August last ,year, and then found that the whole of the ravine leading up to the pass from the Cashmere side was still filled with snow, which he estimated in places to be at least one hundred and fifty feet thick. In ordi nary seasons this road in the Zogi pass is clear from snow sometimes during the month of Jane. As another instance of the great snowfall, Mr Lydekker takes the valley leading from the town of Dras up to the pass separating that place from the valley of the Kisheogunga river. About the middle of August almost the whole of the first mentioned valley, at an elevation of twelve thousand feet, was completely choked with snow, which in places at least two hundred feet deep. In the same dis tricts all passes over thirteen thousand feet were still deep in snow at the same season of the year. Mr. Lydekker gives other instances of snow lying in places in Sep tewber, where no snow had ever before been observed in June As t) the destruct tion of' animal life in the upper Wardwan valley, large ttumbers of ibex were, seen imbedded in snow; in one place upward of' sixty heads were counted, and in another not less than one hundred. The - most con vincing proofs, however, of the havoc cans ed among the wild animals by the great snowfall is the fact that scarcely any ibex were seen during last summer in these portions of the Wardwan and Tilail valleys which are ordinarily considered as sure finds. So, also, the rea bear and the mar mot were far less numerous than usual- Mr. Lydekker estimates that the destrac tion to animal life caused by snow has far exceeded any slaughter which could be inflicted by sportsmen during a period of at least five or six years. Signs and Portents. When the crtsent of the young moon rests supinely, its horns in air, it is a sign of dry weather; because in this position it holds all the water, thus preventing its fall to the earth. This is only a sign of wet weather, the explanation in the case being that a waterful moon is emblematic of a water soaked earth. Lon't forget this sign of the new moon. It is rarely you will find one so impartially accommodating. Whoever finds a four-leaved clover is generally a liar. It is so much eesier to detach one leaf from a five leafed stalk than to hunt for one with four that the temptation to mendacity is too much for average clay. When a mouse gnaws a hobo in a gown some misfortune may be apprehendel. The misfortune has already happened to the gown, and may be apprehended to happen to the mouse. An old sign is that a child grows proud if suffered to look into a mirror while less than twelve months old. But what the average infant can see in the mirror to make it proud it is difficult for any but the parents to understand. A red sky in the west at evening indi• cates that the next day will be pleasant, barring accidents of rain, snow and bail. If you take down your shingle, prepar story to puting it up in a new location, it is a sign you are moving. . If a, hen runs across the street directly in front of you, it is a sign that a hen will soon be on the other side. If' she crosses over just behind you—Pshaw ! who ever knew a hen that wouldn't die right in her tracks rather than .ero: , s one's pathway in his rear? Whcn you see a cat running around fu riously, it is a sign that the erockery or glass ware is in danger. When you drop a knife and it sticks in the floor, it is a sign that some one is corn ing. If you are a small boy, that souse one may be your mother, and' her coming is to remonstrate with you with her slipper. To dream of a wedding is a sign of ina nition, To dream of a funeral betokens too much pork and cabbage. To dream of finding money betokens that it is easier to dream of finding money than to work for it. To dream that it is Sunday mornin; is heaven. To be suddenly awakened from your sweetest sleep to find that it it not Sunday is—that is to say, very disagreeable. It is a sign that you will be unhappy. A great many more equally infallible signs might be given, but the reader bas probably bad enough for one day. The man who believes in signs is sufficiently credulous to believe that our knowledge in that line, as well as in every other line, is inexhaustible. IF "Rome was not built in a day," the inference is that it sprung up in the night, and thus became a mush roomy city. SUBSCRIBE .for the JOURNAL. What We Smoke. To the world in general a cigar is mere ly a tightly-rolled packet having little frag meets of dry leaves within, and a smooth, silky leaf for its outer wrapper. When it is burnt and the pleasant flavored smoke is inhaled, the habitual smoker claims for it a soothing luxury that quiets the irrita ble nervous organism, relieves weariness, and entices repose. Science, scouting FO superficial a description, examinesfirst the smokes, seeond the leaf, third the ash. In the smoke is discovered water in vaporous state, soot (free carbon), carbonic acid and carbonic oxide. and a vaporous substance condensable into oily nicotine. These are the general divisions, which chemists have further split up, and in so doing have foiled acetic, formic, butyric, valerio, and propionic acids, prussic acid, creosote, car bolic acid,. ammonia, sulphuretted hydro gen, pyridine, viridine, picoline, lutidine, corodine, parvoline, corodine and rubidene. These la-t are a series of oily bases belong ing to the homologues of analine, first dis covered in coal tar Applying chemical tests to the leaves, other chemists have found nicotia, tobacco camphor or nicotia nine (about which not much is known), a bitter attractive matter, gum. chlorophyil, malate of lime, sundry albuminoids, mallet acid, woody fibre, and various sa4s. The featherly white ash, which in its cohesion and whiteness is indicative of the good cigar, yields potash, soda, magnesia, lime, phosphoric acid, sulphuric acid, silica and chlorine. The ingredients extraetible from a poor and cheap cigar would be fearful and wonderful to contemplate. Here is a list from a parliamentary report on adul terations in tobacco. Sugar, alum, lime, flaur or meal, rhubarb leaves, saltpetre, fuller's earth, starch, malt commings, chromate of lead, peat mess, MOIIISSON bur dock leaves, common salt, endive leaves, lampblack. gum, red dye, a black dye com posed of vegetable red and licorice, scraps of newspaper, cinnamon stick, cabbage leaves, and straw brown paper. Benefits of Sunlight. In all houses with a north front it is the positive duty of families occupying them to transfer their living-rooms to the south side of the house during the winter months. The sun rises and sets during the six cold months of the year to the south east of west, so that south rooms are warm ed up by rays of the sun more or less du ring the entire day. To those who have never experimented with the difference will probably be surprised to learn that there is a difference of from five to twenty five degrees in the thermometer between the north and south exposures, five to ten degrees difference in the morning and af ternoon, and from twenty to twenty five degrees in the middle of the day. The glass in windows is an non-conductor of atmospheric cold, while it is an assistance to the active transmissions of the sun's rays of light and heat. Wherever the sun's rays can be enjoyed longest during a win ter's day is the desirable part of the house for living purposes. Due attention fact will contribute enormously not merely to the comfort, but to the health, of the women and children, who spend the great er part of their time within doors in the winter season. There is a vast amount of talk about ventilation and change of air as necessary to good health; but the suppres sion of the light and mephitic sewer gases by affording proper avenues of escape, and an admission of all the available sunlight, are the two chief conditions to good health in household life. In France, Italy and Germany, though the winter climates are not nearly so severe as our own, the bene fits of sunlight are understood better and cultivated more generally than among us. The comparative scarcity and costliness of fuel in those countries have led the people to take advantage of the sun's heat to the largest possible extent. The natural warmth of the sun's rays should be more cultivated in a cold climate like this, and any change in a house necessary to the better enjoyment thereof will save more in the reduced consumption of fuel than it can possibly cast. The south exposure is not only warmer, but less damp, and in every way more conductive of good health than any other. The Coldest Town. This is Jakntsk or Yakootsk, chief town of the province of that name in Eastern Siberia, on the left bank of the river Lena, 44 deg. 1 min. north, longitude 119 deg. 26 min. east, and distant from St. Peters burg 5,951 miles. The ground remains continually frozen to the depth of 300 feet, except in midsummer, when it thaws 3 feet at the surface. During ten days in August the thermometer marks 85 degrees, but from November to February it ranges from 42 to 68 degrees below zero, and the river is solid ice for nine months out of the twelve. The entire industry of the place—population about s,ooo—is com prised in candleworks, and yet it is the principal market of Eastean Siberia for traffic with hunting tribes of the Burials. The former, mostly nomadic, having large herds of horses and cattle, bring to market butter, which is sent on horseback to the port of Okhotsk. The Buriats, also no madic, bring quantities of skins of sable foxes, martens, hares, squirrels, and the like, and many of them are sold at the great fair in June, which, with May, is the active period of the year. In May collected goods are conveyed to the sea• ports, whence they are sent in every di reotion. The merchandise, chiefly furs and mammoth tusks, sold at the fair amount in value 400,000 roubles ($3OO, 000). How Maggie Fell. "You ought to have seen me," said the vivacious young lady to the new minister, "I'd just got on the skates and made a start, when I came down on my—" "Maggie !" said her mother. "What ? Oh, it was too funny ! One skate went one way, and the other'n t'other way, and down I came on my—" "Margaret !" reprovingly spoke her father. "Well, what ? They scooted from un der me, and down I came on my—" "Margaret!" yelled both of her parents. "Oa my little brother, who had me by the hand, and liked to have smashed him. Now, what's the matter ?" The girl's mother emerged from behind the coffee pot, a sigh of relief escaped from the minister, and the old gentleman very adroitly turned the conversation into a political channel. A YOUNG gentleman at Kansas City sent seventy five cents to New York re cently for a method of writing without pen or ink. He received the following in• scription on a card "Write with a pencil.' 111 NO. 6.
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