The Huntingdon journal. (Huntingdon, Pa.) 1871-1904, March 26, 1880, Image 1
VOL. 44. the Huntingdon Journal. Office in new JOURNAL Building, Fifth Street, Ttl N lIIINTINUDON JOURNAL is published every friday by J. A. NASH, at $2,00 per innum 15 ADVANCE, or 62.:70 if trot pail for in six months from date of sub scription, and 3d if not paid within the year. No pap. discontinued , unless at the option of the pub lisher, until all arrearagee are paid. No paper, however, will be sent out of the State unless absolutely said for in advance. Transient,dvertisements will be inserted at TWELVE AND A-HALF CENTS per line for the first insertion, SEVEN AND 4.-MALI *ANTS fur the second and FIVE CENTS per line for all subsequent insertions. Regular quarterly and yearly business advertisements will be inserted at the following rates : I ! 3m 16m 1 9m Ilyr I 3m 6m 9m I lyr . -- . 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JOYFUL News for Boys and Girls !I. - Young and Old ! ! A NEW IN . , • s '? VENTION just patented for thma, for Home use Pret and Scroll Sewing, Turning, Boring, Drilling,Grinding, Polishing, Screw Cutting. Price t 5 to $5O. A Bend 6 cents for 100 pages. 4 ' to; AIM BROWN, Lowell, Mass. Sept. 5, 1879-eow-lyr, RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE HUN ruia DON COUNTY ALMS HOUSE, from December 4, 1878, to December 2, 1879, inclubive: DB. To balance in hands of Treas urer at 19,0 settlement, Jan uary- 1, 18:9 $ 1912 20 To amount paid to the Alms House Treasurer by County Commissioners llOOO 00 To amount of insurance receiv ed on Alms House and fur niture To amount paid by the stew ard in liagey case 9O 00 Do. in nettle Gray case ll2 50 To amount reeeivPd by the __.‘ Steward from Mifflin ctiunty 105 00 Do. from Blair county SI 05 To anr•unt. paid by Simpsun Arwita.ge on thq Hance Campbell judgment lB3 59 --$18765 51 CR. By aintaint paid nu criers during tile year 1879 $16814 8(1 By Balance in launch-0i Treas urer 1950 71 ----$187 6 5 51 CR. Itp lai:or on farm $ 2M 66 diff,rence in trading'oorsea 97 00 " two head of cattle 26 75 " burning lime 22 26 " clovcrseed, plaster and seed potatoeQ 45 10 " repairs 24 61 " suri.hing and wagon re pairs 4S 43 --$ 550 81 FOR PROVISIONS. By 5 070 pt•unds ui L,:,el turn i,hed hone• $ 260 55 " 5,509 pounds pork do Jr 291 07 •' 4:13 •' baron do Jr 26 93 " summer meat ll2 63 pplr-s, eider. vinelfac and pintoes 29 60 ---$ 720 83 FOR MEECIIANDISE, I*4II.I.IWARE AND CLOTH( *s. By Henry & Co.. am: others merchandise, ciothin 2: a cd hardware farnishei houz , es 1231 40 $ 1231 40 FOR 017T-DO3R EXPENSES. By reltef ;uri,ished 230 e....scs, coutiuttous during the year 3650 22 relief turnisti 176 eases less than a year 698 S 2 " phpicion, fur wellie,l services 5BO 23 " coffins and tuneral u- se; Juba for out; month our.-door services 22 10 " Michael Stair, 12 months our-door services ill 64 " A. B. Miller, 11 Ltio.nt.lis out-door services 152 83 " James Harper. 12 months out-door services S 00 FOR REMOVALS. By Justices, for relief oruers i6sued " constibies, for removing paupers --$ 163 26 FOR MISCELLANEOUS AN 'NCI- DEN L ALS. By perff•ntcge on SI 1,H9 22 at 3 per cent. paid to Altus House Treasurer for 1878 $ 356 07 " Sherif Irvin, for keeping four insane four months 291 61 Jacobs, for keeping tour insi,ne one day 6 00 " Jorn,AL, Globe azbi Moo - lior for puirliehiug state ments, etc........ 151 35 " Al. Tyhurst, for order book.. " insurance on Alms House property .. 111 25 " cash paid overseers of Val ley township. Armstrong county, for relief and fun eral expenses of Thomas Johnson, four months' re lief for year 1875 " coal 92 79 " coffins 3B 90 " cobbling 39 57 " cooking and lahorin house 232 71 " tin, stoneware and repair ing l7 15 " butchering and woodchop- • ing 3O 90 " recording deed, and adjust ing weights and measures 4 16 " weaving carpet, and ashes 5 67 " drugs 2 00 " fine paid Canal Co., for driving on tow-path 7 31 " George W. Whittaker, for report to Board of Public Charities, and annual statements, and settling with Auditors, 1678 27 00 " James Harper, attending settlement with Auditor=, and assisting Fith re ports 23 SO ---51 592 39 By Michael stair, fur servi ces as Director 12 mrts...s 67 20 " James Harper, for services as Dilectur fur 12 months 57 60 " A. D. 11i:1 r. for sercie.s as Director for 12 niantils. 114 00 " G. AFlunan Miller. servi- ces as Trea4urer, 1872 275 00 " Dr. R. Baird, services at house one mouth 8 37 " Dr. W. P. M'Ni'e, yes at house 11 months... 31 63 W. Whittaker, clerk 12 months lOO 00 " .1. R. Simpson, Esq , at torney for Directors 12 months 3O 00 " Jacksoo Harmon, Steward fur amt. of his account.... 71t' 96 ---$ 1493 76 FOR BE-BUILDING AND FURNISH ALMSHOUSE, AND BUILD ING OUT 110,,PITAL. By Henry Snare & Co., for re i.uilding Altushous,, per contract " Henry Snare .th Co., for work not included in con tract 195 00 " Henry Snare .1t Co., for oil paint, lath, glass and tim ber 29 80 " U. B. Lewis, for repairing water tank and pipes 54 40 " furnishing Almshouse 6Ol 68 " Jackson Harmon, superin tending work on re-build ing 75 00 " James Harper assistant superintendent 47 20 " Bayer, Guyer & Co., fur building hospital 265 80 " B. Wolf, for lumber 24 38 " M. Swoope, for mason w'k at hospital ..... 10 40 " labor at hospital, and shin glee " B. s er, Guyer .cc Co., for plans and specifications of Almshouse 2O 00 " J. R. Simpson, Esq., attor ney fens— ..... " G. W. Whittaker, services as Clerk ......... 10 00 " Lindsey dc, Co., publishing proposals 3 00 " J. L. M'l!vanc, Esq., for viewing Almshouse ll 64 " Samuel McVitty, esq. do 8 40 " J. C. Smiley, do do 4 60 " Michael Stair, Director, for services 22 39 " James Harper, do " A. B. Miller, do., do 52 Oil " E. Eyler, rent of house for seven months 3l 50 --$ 5669 51 LIUNTINGDON, PA RECAPITULATION. Aggregate of orders issued for 1879. tor general expenses $11225 31 Rebuilding Almshouse and furnishing same, and build ing Hospital $ 5669 51 ;894 82 Amount of orders paid for '79, as shown by Treasurer's statement, as above $16814 $0 Outstanding orders unpaid - 80 02 $16894 82 WE, the undersigned, Auditors of the county of Huntingdon, do hereby certify that we have exam ined the orders, vouchers, accounts, etc., of the Directors of the Poor of said county, and their Treasurer, and find the same to be correct, as above stated. Witnesi our hands at Huntingdon, this 15th day of January, A. D. 1880. .._ , ~ . ...,,.., I 4. N -._ 1 , he, .., f 1 7 ' ~... • - • 4 -.- -. r.i - A. 4 .... _ ....,.. v•-• 4 , 1 : • .i., .e. at. •.i. IL o .4. 1 :, , , „.._...d, ~ --- tkc i: er - ias AfTht. U 1 el -4 ....f -, L . : - s i . -.441,.... 1 j 01 5. i - 1 4 i 71 . 1 st; •, 6 , fq ‘‘..,.....‘, 43 : • fr : 0 —,...4.._ L___.) New Advertisements. I:I'I'ENDITURES. 10K }'AKM. 5172 86 SALARIES. JOHN LOGAN, J. H. DAVIS, 1 Arid tors. E. PLUMMER, fL 7 : l2 e itotDer. The Engine. Into the 4loorn of the deep, dark night, .th panting breath and a startle:l s^ream Sw''t as a bird in sudden flight I)artr this creature of steel and stelir. Awful dangers are lurking nigh, Rocks snd chasms are near the track, But straight by the light of its great white eye It speeds thro' the shadows, douse and black. Terrible thoughts and fierce desires Trouble its mad beast many an hour. Where horn and smoulder the hidden fires, Coupled erer with might and power. P bate= horse hate= the rein, The narrow track by vile and hill; And shrieks with a cry of stqrtled pain, And longs to f o lio• is (1 , 1 wild will. Oh, what am I but. :in eng'ne sip - :d With inu,ele and fieidi by the band of God, Spertling on thro' the den,. I.,rk night, Guided alone by the soul's white light. Often an•; often lily 11111,1 heart tires, And hates it; way with bitter hate, And lunge to fo , low it own desires, ,led leave tie cud in the hands of fate. Oh, ponderous engine of steel and ste,,rn ; Oh. human engine of flesh and bone— Follow the white Ihtlit's certain beam -I'he•re lies safety, and there alone. The narri-iw hitt::: of fearlttss truth, Lit by the. ' , our,: t P cif fight, ~h , boar[ 3ou!h, Alone will e,rry yeti thru' the night. —Ella Wheeler, in Inter- Ocean. Ebt SCOUTLG ADVENTURE. AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR. J. 1 4 befire the [link. Gdar Creek Cu.ter's tro ,, ps, Livtitd Dave Har rison. had au adventure full of peril. In the :ihz,ence of regular Feints he was de tailed to work his way up the valley and 4 ise-ver all be eould regarding the enemy's position, and be ~ t itered upon the enter prise with alacrity and confidence. Dave was known as a quiet, cool, enduring man, doing. his duty under all circumstances, aiid winning the good will of officers and men in eamp or on the march. It vas not the intention to send the tr,:opi , r forward as a spy. but his instruc tions were to scout over the neutral but dangerous ground between outposts and as oear the enemy ea he could. He left our camp in his Federal uniform, armed with a pair of revolvers and a knife, and there were plenty of croakers to predict that he would never return. After leaving die outpn4 Pave headed straight up the valley; determined to ac compli , h his task as soon as possible. He or c,urse took to the woods and brush, as the highwar were more nr less traveled by the eta it and by coaritry people, and the sight of his uniform would have created insta%: aliant He left our camp just at daylight, and at noon he was munching his hardtack in the bushes three miles away He had discovered that the neutral ground was overrun with Confederate scouts and foragers, and his plan was to go slow. The trooper had made another two miles after dinner, when be found that he must leave his cover of the friendly forests if he would get nearer the enemy's lines. He had seen cavalry, artillery, infantry and army wagons nioiiinEr, marching by this road or that. and bad drawn his own con c!usiens, hut. yet this did not satisfy him. Surmises and conclusions were not the in formation desired at headquarters. To secure ficts he must cross the open fields and highways, and by mid afternoon he was prepared to do so. His last cover was a thicket by the road side. Nearly oppo site him, and about twenty rods away, was a log farm-house, the front door standing wide open. The scout was hoping to get a word with some colored men, when a cavalry patrol of about twenty-five men came along the dusty road and halted at a watering trough to refresh their horses.— The noise attracted the attention of the house-dog, a large and savage animal, end he ran to the highway and barked fu• riouy,ly. Finding that the soldiers gave him no attention, he trotted up and down thP load and fi ally got the scent of the scout hiditL in the thicket. The dog wa over the fence into the thicket in a second, and his avgry b,irks and growls attracted general attention. "lie's after a Flssum." shouted one of the band "More likely itse,ut :" added a secoud as he rode up to the fence. '•Come out of that, you devil !" order the Lieutenant in command. The-coat realized that they only guessed at. the presence of a human being there, and he hoped they might be satisfied with out au investigation Perhaps they would have been but for the conduct of the dog, which seemed determined to come to close quarte,s To shoot hint would have be tra)ed the wan instanter. He tried to coax the brute with meat and to intimidate hint with a club, but neither effort was t•uccessful. When sure that the dog was about to close in on him Dave drew his knife. The dog sprang in and was re ceived with a blow intended to settle him then and there, but it only gave him a se very wound. The cut took the fight out of him and he retreated among the troopers. As soon as they noticed his wound they held a whispered consultation and divided, part going up the road and a part down. When thirty rods from the thicket they began throwing down the fence. _ The scout saw that he was to be flanked. The woods were too far away, and he vans bolt in some other direction or tamely suet render. He was not a man to do the last while there was any show for escape. As soon as the cavalry entered the field the scout bounded into the road and had crossed it before he was discovered. When the cavalry opened fire he ran straight for the house. Two white women, several colored ones and three or four colored children were running about the yard, and Dsve bolted through the crowd and into the house. lie expected to run through it and across the back fields, but seeing the people gathered at the back door he went. no farther than the kitchen. The doors all stood open. After a glance Around for a hiding place, the scout stepped bahind the one leading up stairs This doer swung close to the fl per and hit the wall, so as to leave quite a corner where the walls joined. The scout was scarcely hidden when the house was full of wen. All had seen him enter, and they felt sure of capturing him. While some stood guard at the doors, others began a search. They examined every room in detail, constantly expecting to unearth the Yankee, and two of the kitchen doors were pulled back for a peep in the corners . The cellar was the last place searched. A window io the wall was open, and after a brief search the soldiers concluded that the scout had crept out of HUNTINGDON, PA , FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 18$1. this and made off while they were search lug above. At this moment one of the colored women raked au outcry and de dared she had seen a blue e. - tat enter the corn field about thirty roils from the house Away went the crowd, wht;oping and yelling, and the scout was lt.ft alone with the women and children. Dave now planned to step forth. cross the highway and make for the cover of the forest, but just as he was ready to cx ecute the movement he heard the rumble of wheels on the road. A forc.! was Fos ing, and his appearanco would have be en the signal fir pursuit. The only way was to remain where he wAs and trust to luck. After a hunt of half en hour the patrol straggled back to the heu,e with the formation that the 17.1tilif , e nmie his escape for the time being. but that. patrols had been sent out to tut off les retutn.— The Lieutenant was offered fed, and he had just drawn up to the table to eat a cold bite when be was joined by a Captain of some independcat cewmand. whose men had just come down the mid. The two talked briskly of army matters and move. meats as they plied their knives and forks and what the to att overheard, as he crouched behind the kitchen door, was re garded of value when cairied to Federal headquarters. When the two offi; - •ers had fn,b,lit , d thiir meal it was near sundown, and as they r,:so to Co Dave had a narrow escape from dis covery. In the I.o'llll with them was a white and colored woman, and CA t he C:p tain r.se up the white woman ranarked: "Why. Captain you a:e lu,di d viith dust. Wait a minute, and brush it off." She started for the door. She Witi doubt less in the habit of standing the broom b. , - hind the stair door. for li•i•r li.tnd way al ready on the edge of the bor to swims it back from the wall when the colored vrinian trial out. from the other room that she had it. The Captain was vigorously dtiAted his hostess duly thanked, and the two offi tiers departed together. However, the scout was but little better off He could hear troops moving along the road, and if he left his hiding place before night his capture or death would be almost cett:lin But .could he remain where he was ? The excitement baring somewhat sub sided the women went about their house hold duties, and one of the colored women was instructed to get supper. Pave had been standing as stiff us a board for an hour and a half, but he dared not Chang.t his position. The women talked pretty bravely, and his escape from the house might not be aceotupiiFlied as safely as he had at first anticipated The windows were open, arid he could lief,r seueds which convinced him that soldiers were io camp not far away. By and by twilight cArte and supper was ready. Dave hoped that after the twill was over the household might sca•ter long enough to permit his exit unseen, but Faic bad a trick to play him. The meal was not more than ha;f over when some article fell to the fl , or up stlirs with a bud At this the mistress of the house rearAtked to one of the children "Albert, shut that stair do )r and ste t that draft of wind." The boy left the table, walked over. to the door and pulled it sh.it., !racing Dave in his corner without sheltvr The lad gave a start of surprise at sight of the in truder, but before he could cry 4 - ,ut, the scout stepped bold!)• forward with a polie good evening to all. Ni on, was greatly startled, as soldiers were frequent callers. "Who is it ?" asked the mistress, as she looked up. "Gor' a mighty ! it's dat Yank !" ex c:ainied one of the colored women in reply, as she caught sight of his blue clothes. A frightened look swept around the cir cle, and as the black woman turned to fly the scout called out : "Don't be afraid—no one shall he harmed. I am going right out doors now." He edged towards the back door, when the mitres asked : "Have you been in the house all the. tittle ?" "Bilhind that (Lg. 1.," be answered. The col fired W. 411111 begin laughing in a hearty wanner, and the others t help awiling at the idea of how the soldiers had been trielccd "You ean't be so very bad, or you would have killed us all before cow," said the woman, as she rose up ; and taking a plat ter of meat in one hand and a plate of bread in the other, she extended them to wards her Yankee guest. He helped hint self, bowed his thanks and the next me meat was out of the house and cros. , ing the fields. No alarm was given, and in a short time he was safe from pursuit. It having become known that a Fedcral scout was about, every effort was made to intercept and capture him. Twice he ran against patrols and was fired on. and again a horseman jumped right over him as he crouched behind a log. Even when only a mile from camp he ran into the arms of a bushwhacker, and while the latter was left dead in the bushes. Dave entered camp with a bullet imbedded in his shoulder, but walking bravely and bearing news greatly desired. aititct HeFlth in the Schools. William Blaikie. the author of "How to Get Strong, and !tow to Stay So," spoke before the Brooklyn Teachers' Association in New York on 'Physical Education."— "I want," said he, "to see i: an informal talk we can't hit upon some way in which we can bring the physical education of school children down to a practical basis . Our children, who are healthy and buxom when they begin school work, come out pale, sickly and with round shoulders.— If you require the children under you to sit far buck on a chair and to hold their chins up you will cure them of be jog round shouldered, and the lungs and other vital organs will have free and healthy play Auother simple plan is t,) linve, the children bend over backward until they can see the ceiling. This ex:4.6s° I;ir few miuutes each d.ry will work a wonder ful transformation. If a well teacher could be employrd to superintend the physical development of the children, the best results would be seen. Dr. Sar gent, now the superintendent of the liar yard Gymnasium, whir f innerly had charge of a gymnasium in New York, has no equal as a teacher of simple. efficacious means by which the weak parts of one's body may be developed. I think it would be well for you to send some competent physician to him to take lessons, and then the ex ercises could be taught to your teachers. The first steps should be simple and economical. Exercises of the simplest kind can be begun without any apparatus. The Scribner Prizes for Wood-En- graving The American superiority in the matter of wood cm4raving baying been recently widely recognized in England and Amer ica, the editor of 'Scribner, in the April number, with the desire to stimulate the art, offers several premiums, for works by pupils, in the following article : •One of the sad things—almost the only sad thing—connected with the tremendous popular interest in art. that has been de veloped in America within the last few years, is that there are multitudes engaged in its study with the utterly futile hope that in some way they can make it a source of liveltlio .d to them H army women there are at this moment painting porce lain, a:ol dreaming id returns, who will never reali".e a p.nny from their enterprise, the public will never know, but the nuts her is very large The young men and Yount: women in the vari,tus art schools, learning to draw, are most of them looking forward to a life of remunerative art work which will never tv accomplished. Lack inventirtn, genius, originality, they will not he able to pr duce pictures that win sell, and they will be much disappoin tee. The marvel to us is that so few, In the preene•_. of notkonous facts suggesting op psite acti,oi, should think of becoming engravers upon wood The busiest people w4lnow of in the United States are wood cvsavers. We du not know of one who has not all he can do. and more. too. Every co2raver is busy up t:, the measure of his stren g th and endurance, and even the ~ otnru9nplare and poor engravers have htir bands full of cotntu, , nplace and poor work, i:f which there is an enormous amount ••ooe in this country. There is a vast field for this latter work in all sorts of iilustrated catalogues, and second and third rate periodicals; and the field prom. ices to become larger rather than smaller We feel that art schools themselves are much at fault in not providing facilities tor teaching this branch of art work, and the very first thing for them to do is to establish cht , srs in wood engraving under f!e litre of,competcut masters. There no question that a good engraver on wood can get a g -, nd living. There is a good deal of qu:: , stion as to whether an painter or : , .cuiptor can get his bread by his work. Pictures are luxuries, rvhPe engravings are in the line of great business enterprises that demand and must Lave them. There is a prePrliee athnnc artistically inclined ropie against the work of the engr.ver. It is widely regarded as pretty purely mechanical, hut, in these days, it tikes an artist to engrav , t, and men can make great repul - ati.iiis in the art world as engrivers. Mr. Lint , n, Mr. Anthony, Mr. Cole and Mi Marsh are eminent men —ni.fu as veil and flrorably known as the best of our artists, and known for the same reason, vis : that they are artists. In order to attract attention to this most imposlaut field art work, we have con, eluded to offin. thice. pr• miurns to pupils for, the best work as follows : $lOO, $75 and $5O, respectively, to the first., second and third best specimens of wood engrav ing produced, and sent to this offiee any time during the present year, 1880, by pupils in any art school or under any pri vats teacher in the United States. We shall need to see only proofs, accompanied by the teacher's cert fic,te that the coat rtitor submittirg them is in reality a pu pil who has nev:.or done engraving for the public or for pay. We propose, as the board of judges, Mr. Alexander W. Drake, superintendent of the department of illustration in Scrib ner's Monthly and St. Nicholas, Mr. Timo thy Cole, a practical engraver of the first rank, and Mr. Theodore L. De Winne, who is probably the best printer of wood en gravings in the United States. We can assure all competitors that they will have at. the hands of this board competent and fair treatment. Its decision will be ren dered January Ist, 1881, and the awards w• 11 be promptly made. In case any pu pil wishing to compete has really done un iw!,ortant work for pray, he or she shall send proofs of it, and the judges shall de cide at discretion whether it is important er;ough to vitiate tile claim to be consid ered still a pupil. Seven Bibles of the World. The seven Bibles of the world are the I,f the Mohatuteedans, the Eddis of the Scandinavians, the Try Pitikes of the Buddhists, the five Kings of the Chi nese, the three Vedas of the Hindoos, the Zandavesta, and the •scriptures of the Christians. The Koran is the most recent of the seven Bibles, and not older than the seventh century of our era. It is a compound of quotations from the Old and New Testaments, the Talmud and the Gospel of St. Barnabas The Eddis of the Seandihavians we:e first published in the fuirteetrh century. The Pitikes of the Buddhist contlin sublime morals and pure aspiratten, but their author lived and died in the sixth century before Christ.— The sacred writings of the Chinese are called the five Kings, king - meaning web or eloth, or the warp that keeps the threads in their place. They contain the best say of the sages on the ethic„ political duties of life. These sayings cannot be traeed to a period higher than the eleventh ceLtury before Christ. The three Vedas are the most ancient books of the Hindoos, aed it is the opinion of Ass Muller, Wil son, Johnson and our own Whitney, that they are not older than eleven centuries B. C. The Zendtvesta of the Persians is the grandest of all the sacred books next to our Bible. Zoroaster, wh.'se sayings it contains, was born at Batrie in the twelfth century B. C. Moses lived and wrote his Pentateuch fifteen centuries B. C., and therefore has a clear margin of 300 years older than the moss ancient of the sacred writings. Two young men out riding were pass. kg a farmhouse where a farmer was try ing to harness an obAinite mule "Won't he draw *r" one the men. "of e.orse," said the timer, "he'll draw the a•tention e‘ery tool that passes this w:iy." The yGung men drove on. A GENTLEMAN adverti , es his willing ness to exchange. 3 a cork le; for a revolver This is the nearest approach to the old law of retaliation we have scan f.)r along time. It isn't an eye for an eye—but it's a leg for an arm THE difference between baying a tooth properly drawn by a dentist, and having it knocked out by a fall on the pavement it only a slight distinction—one is dental and the other is accidental. Tux mean temperature is what disgusts a maa with every climate. The Death of a Wife, how often have we heard the idle words, "when you 'lie soon get another," spoken by a husband to a loving. dutiful wife. We, the other day, heard these words testily uttered by a husband whose soul is wrapped up in the wile they were addressed to. Oh I thoughtless, short-edged words, how easily said, but how terrible the reality whon that dear wife is no more. Wait, brother, before you speak unkind ly to your wife. Remember the many household trials and vexations she is sub ject to ; the anxiety for the precious souls God has, pertutps, placed in ILA. keeping Speak slowly and heed the appeal of one who has seen the clammy hand of death suddenly laid on her who was the joy, the pride, the life of her househo:d ; hearken to the words of-one who has s , en the life ebb away of as gentle and loving a wife as God ever gave to wan, without receiving a word of farewell or even a gentle pres sure of the hand—taking without a mo talent's warning, and leaving to R'solate hearts only the consolation of knowing that i;er "lamp was always trimmed and burn ing," and the promise of Christ that "the pure in heart shall see God." Brother, be patient, be kind, be true, be just to your wife. When she is agave it will not be so easy to get one like tier. To-day the rose of health may bloom upon her cheek and her e 3 e beam with love, to-morrow. Yon may return to a des ate home, And list to a step that will never come, And yearn for a voice that must still b, dumb, Where the silent roam and want chair Ilave memories sweet, but oh, how hard to bear, While the half-stunned senses wander back To the cheerless life and the thorny track, Love is not in our power; and what seems stranger, is not in our choice ; but only love purely and sincerely where some mysterious power ordains we should ; there fore in comparison with the loss of a wife, all other bereavements, are trifling. The wile ! she who fill *so large a space in the domestic hea: en ; she who busied herself s. unweariedly f.sr the precious ones around her ; bitter, bitter is the tear which NIL on her cold clay. You stand beside her e o ffiin and think of the past. It seems an amber colored pathway; where the silts shown upon beautiful flowers, or the stare hung glittering overhead. Fain would the soul linger there. No thorns are remem bered save those your Lands have unwit tingly planted. ller noble, tender heart lies upeu to your inmost sight. You think of her now as all gentleness, all purity, all beauty. But she is dead. The head which has so often rested so lovingly upon your b:isom is now laid upon a pillow of clay. The hands that have ministered so untir ingly are folded beneath that gloomy por tal. The heart whose very beat measured an eternity of love, lies under your feet. There is no white arm about you, no speak. ing face to look up in the eye of love, no trembling lips to sympathize with you and murmur, "Oh, it is too bad !" There is a strange bush in every room, no light • footsteps passing round, no smile to greet. you. And the old clock ticks and strikes— it was such music when she could hear it. Now it seems to knell on the hours through which you watch the shadow of death gath ering on her sweet face. And every day the clock repeats that story. Man yan other tale cloth the old clock tell, of beau tiful words and deeds of love that are reg istered above. You feel, oh how often, the grave cannot keep her—that she will live agai n The Record of a Famine. Those who bare but a faint idea of what gaunt famine really is, will learn some thing of the appalling distress which per vatles the people of a country smitten by this terrible calamity, by reading the an nexed report of a relief committee on the recent destitution in the north of China. When year after year the crops failed, the people began by supplementing the meagre harvests gathered from the blight ed fields with herbs and leaves; but, as' throughout the country dtstriets the scarci ty pressed upon all classes with equal se verity, even these means of eubsistence were soon exhausted. Next the bark of trees, the stalks of millet taken from the roofs of houses, and even a kind of white clay, were greedily eaten by the starving people Upon the old, young and weakly the effect of want of fool soon began to tell. One by one they died off, until whole districts were depopulated of all but the stronger men and women, and upon the faces of these there cline the black, hag. gard look of starvation. la one enclosure, at one time full ofsub stantial building, which had been pulled down for the sake of the thither and sold for a tew cash, was found a solitary man sitting dejectably in the midst of his de serted enclosure. His face was almost black and he had a wild and haggard look. He looked up when spoken to, however, and in answer to the question of how many members his family consisted, he said with sobs that he alone was left out of sixteen. In another Louse was a little boy some thirteen years of age, who was the sole survivor of a large family. Father, moth '-r, brothers and sisters had all gone, one by.one, and left the little lad to fight it out alone. So completely did the mural stamina of the people become destroyed by want, that the stronger f,:lt upon the weaker and de• vuured them, and bands of starving wretches, in whom the only instinct re maitiing was that of self preservation,scour ed the country to satisfy their inhuman appetites. In vain the authorities tried by almost as revolting punishments to put a stop to the practice. They buried women alive for eating their own children, with no other effect but to add to general mur tality. The extreme weakness'to which even the strongest were reduced was pit eous to a degree. A CoaNwALL farmer told us that his cattle were so gentle and kind that they followed him all ever the farm, and in passing a haystack they would often call him, upon which he obligingly gave each one a lock of lily. The traits relerr,Nl to are not uncommon among domesticated animals. We were visiting a family last week in the vicinity of Goshen, and, hay ing occasion to cross a field where a male cow was grazing, when be followed us to the gate with an eager expression, and, !Mine. ' the gate off its hinaes, he took after us at full speed. No doubt we would have called when we passed a haystack, but the folks were waiting dinner for us and we couldn't atop. So we lent our coat tail and a portion of our pants on the gentle erea tures horns, and went into the hou:ze. ---...,...-.. JOST/ BILLINGS says: "I will stale for the information of those who haven't had a chance to lay in sekrit wisdom as freely az I have, tha' one single hornet who feels well can break up a whole canapmeeting." Fishing for Sharks. At the head of the harbor, seven miles east of the to.vn of Nantucket, is a pLice called Wauwinet composed of two rude summer hotels, where splendid fish dinners are served. Several steam and sail yachts ply between Nantucket and Wauwinet, making two round trips each day. The fare is 20 cents each way, and the trip is a charming one. At Wauwinet only a hank of eand an eighth of a mile wide sep arates us from the main eastern shore of the island. Here we find a party of sturdy fishermen ready to take us on a sharking expedition. We embark in "dories" and are carried out to larger whale boats an chored a short distance from shore. Sail is then hoisted, and having reached half or three quarters of a mile from shore, an chors are dropped and work begins. Large fish hooks a foot long connected by a yard of chain to lines as thick as your little finger and baited with a dozen small perch are thrown into the water, which is here five or six fathoms deep. The bait rests on bottom and the fisherman holds his line sufficiently taut to enable him to feel a bite. He does not have to wait long. A violent tugging tells him that he has a shark on his hook. his c.aupanions assist him, and the united efforts of two or three are required to draw the animal's nose to the gunwale of the boat. Then while some bold him th: others begin a fierce assault with clubs as thick as your wrist. Blow after blow on the nose is kept up until the animal is completely stunned, his tail meanwhile keeping up a fearful lashing, which, if not well protected with oilskin oversuits, wets every one on the boat through and through with salt water Finally his lashings cease, and by the uni ted efforts of the whole party he is hauled over the side into the boat. Though now perfectly quiescent, it is still dangerous to place one's hands in too close proximity to his triple row of sharp teeth. These sharks are ugly things, six or seven feet long, and perhaps 500 pounds in weight, without scales, with sharp-pointed tails, white bellies, small eyes and the great cavernous mouths. Their teeth pointing inward, are not used so much for dividing their food as for holding on to it when seized, their teeth acting as barbs. The food is swallowed whole. They are very numerous and bite freely, insomuch that a party can in a day catch one apiece with in an hour or two. Brought to land, the honest fisherman first cut out their livers from which cod liver oil is extracted. Their carcases are then buried for a few months until mostly decomposed, when they are dug up for use as fertilizers Immensity of the Stars. It is known that the stars are true suns, that some of them are larger than our own sun, and that around these enormous cen tree of heat and light revolve planets on which life certainly exists. Our sun is dis tant from us 38,000,000 leagues, but these stars are distant at least 500,000 times as far—a distance that, in fact, is incommen jsurable and unimaginable for us. Viewed with the unaided eye, the stars and the planets look alike, that is, appear to have the same diameter. But viewed through a telescope, while the planets are seen to possess clearly appreciable diameters, the stars are mere luminous points. The most powerful of existing telescope, that of Melbourne, which magnifies 8,000 times, gives us an image of one of planets posses sing an apparent diameter of several de grees. Jupiter, for instance, which seen with the naked eye, appears as a star of' the first magnitude, with a diameter of forty-five degrees at the most, will in the telescope have its diameter multiplied 8,000 times and will be seen as if it occupied in the heavens an angle of 100 degrees. Mean while a star alongside of Jupiter, and which to the eye is as bright as that plan et, will still be a simple dimensionless point. Nevertheless, that star is thousands of times more voluminous than the planet. Divide the distance between us and that planet by 8,000, and you have result a dis tance relatively very small ; but divide by 8,000 the enormous number of leagues which represents the distance of a star, and there remain a number of leagues too great to permit of' the stars being seen by us in a perceptible form. In considering Jupiter or any of the planets, we are filled with wonder at the thought that this little luminous point might hide not only all the visible stars, but a number 5,000 fold greater, for of stars visible to our eyes there are only about 5,000. All the stars of these many constellations, as the Great' Bear, Cassiopia Grion, Andromeda, all the stars of the zodiac, even all the stars which are visible only from the earth's southern hemisphere, might be set in one plane, side by side, with no one overlapping an other, even without the slightest contact' between star and star, and yet they would occupy so small a spa, e that, were it to be multiplied by 5,000 fold, that space would be entirely covered by the disk of Jupi ter, albeit that disk to us seems to be an inappreciable point._ A Local Editor's Dream. Once upon a time a local editor dream ed that he was dead and io another world. He approached a city before him and knock ed for admittance, bat no one answered his summons. The gate remained closed against him. Then he cried aloud for an entrance, but the only response was scores of heads appearing above the wall on the other side of the gate. At sight of him the owners of the heads set up a dismal bowl and one of them cried, "Why didn't you notice that big egg I gave you ?" At this horrid interrogation the poor local turned in the direction of the voice to learn its owner, when another voice shrieked, "Where's that piece yon were going to write about my soda fountain ?" and close upon this was the awful demand, "Why did you write a piece about old Tomlin son's hens and never speak about my new gate ?" Whatever answer he was going to frame to this appeal was cut short by the astonishing query, "Why did you spall my name wrong in the programme ?" The miserable man turned to flee, when he was rooted to the ground by these terrible de mands, "Why did you put my marriage among the deaths ?'' He was on point of saying the foreman did it, when a shrill voice madly cried, "Yon spoiled the sale of my horse by publishing that runaway !" and another, "If I catch you alone I'll lick you for what you said about me when I was before the police court ?" Another, "Why didn't you show up the school ques tion when I told you to ?" and this was followed by the voice of a female hysteri cally exclaiming, "This is the brute that botched my poetry and made me ridic ulous," whereupon hundreds exclaimed, "Where is my article ' Give me back my article ?" and in the midst of the horrid din the poor wretch awoke, perspiring at every pore and screaming for help. Hints for the Sick Room. Somewhere lately I read that in some country house where milk was plenty, a pan of it was placed near meat in the larder to keep the latter fresh. lam sorry to be so lame in my story, but the principle to be carried out was that milk, beluga ready absorbent, the bad air that would other wise have tainted the meat flew to the milk instead. My thoughts immediately re verted to the sick room, where milk is of. ten left standing for the use of the invalid ; and it occurred to me that if this was the case would it not just as readily absodi the poisonous exhalations that arise there Y Why. or how, I am not chemist enough to explain, but—as most persons are aware— water is a rapid absorbent of the taint of paint ; and in a room freshly painted, a pail of clean, cold water left standing there, will quickly "take off the smell." Dip your finger into the water which has been thus left all night, and you will find it tastes strongly of the paint. Milk is too costly to be thus largely used, but a little —say a saucer-full—might be placed for experiment, and if it tastes of the paint you may reasonably conclude that it would taste just as much (certainly absorb just as readily) of whatever impurities hang round a sick bed when left standing near it. L-t me impress upon invalids the im portance of keeping their refreshments covered. Many delicate persons not ab solutely in need of night attendance yet require a supply of night nutriment. I know of an invalid home where almost every patient is regularly supplied with a glass of milk at the bedside for night use. Then there are cooling drinks, jell*, blancmanges, and a variety of liquids usu ally seen at the invalid's bed side, and all more or less absorbent. All should be kept covered. I once visited an invalid who had her bed-side table supplied with an array of glasses, cups, tumblers, etc., the contents of not one of which could we see, all being covered with a most amusing variety of glass and porcelain lids. The invalid liked to forget the contents of each, and was amused to lift one or another of the tiny covers and select a refreshment which presented itself to her taste. And to keep invalids amused, and ready to relish what is provided for them, are im portant duties in nursing. Such slight attentions cost little trouble, while they prove to the sufferer that he or she is tenderly cared for.—From Land and Wa ter. The New Copying Process. The Scientific American gives this brief, simple description of the new gelatine pro• Me : Write with a steel pen on ordinary writ ing paper; allow to dry; press the writing gently upon the tablet, allow it to remain a minute, when the greater part of the ink will have been transferred to the gelatin ous surface, and as soon as the paper has been removed the tablet is ready to take impressions from. Place ordinary writing paper upon the charged tablet, smoothing them over with the hand, and immediately remove the sheet, which will be found to bear a correct copy of the original writing; repeat with other sheets until the trans ferred ink is exhausted. Immediately after, wash the tablet with water and a sponge, let it dry, and it is ready for use. With a tablet and ink prepared according to the following, fifty good copies from one transfer have been obtained, anddoubt less with care it would double this num ber. The proportions for the pad or tab let is as follows : Gelatine, one ounce ; glycerine, six and one quarter fluid ounces. Cooper's gelatine and pure concentrated glycerine answer very well. Soak the gelatine over night in cold water, and in the morning pour off the water and add the swelled gelatine to the glycerine heated to about 200° Fahrenheit over a oak water bath. Continue the heating for several hours, to expel as much water as poFsible, then pour the clear solution into a shallow pan or on a piece of of card board placed on a level table, and having its edge turned up about one eighth of an inch all around to retain th , ! mixture, and let it remain six hours or more, protected from dust.— Rub over the surface a sponge slightly moistened with water, and let it nearly dry before making the first transfer. The ink is prepared by dissolving one ounce of aniline violet or blue (2 R B to 3 B) in seven fluid ounces of hot water, and, on cooling, adding one ounce of wine spirit with one-quarter ounce of glycerine, a few drops of ether and a drop of carbolic acid. Keep the ink in a well stoppered bottle. What We Like to See. A wan worth $504100 who says that he is to poor to take the local paper. A man refuse to take his local paper, and all the time sponge on his neighbor the reading of it. A man run down his local paper as not worth taking, and ever now and then beg the editor for a favor in the editorial line. A merchant who refuses to advertise in the home paper. and yet expects to get his share of the trade the paper brings in town. A man complains, when asked to sub scribe for his home paper, that he takes more papers than he reads now, and then go around and borrow his neighbor's, or loaf about until he gets the news from it. Above all, the rich, miserly man, who cannot pay for his local paper, yet who is always around in time to read the paper at the expense of a friend, not worth the tenth part of what he himself is, yet who is enterprising enough to help support the paper. We like to see these things. because they are indicative of economy, thrift and progress—in a horn. Keep the Body Ergot. An erect bodily attitude is of vastly more importance to health than most peo ple imagine. Crooked bodily positions, if maintained any length of time, are always injurious, whether in sitting, standing or laying posture, whether sleeping or wak ing. To sit with the body leaning forward on the stomach, or lo one side, with the heels elevated on a level with the bead, is not only in bad taste, but very detrimental to health It cramps the stomach presses the vital organs, interrupts the free mo tions of the chest, and enfeebles the funct ions of the abdominal and thoracic organs, and, in fact, unbalances the whole muscu lar system. Many children become slight ly humpbacked, or severely round shoul dered by sleeping with the head raised on a high pillow. When any person finds it is easier to sit or stand or walk or sleep in a crooked position than a straight one, sticks person may be ante his muscular syiteni is badly deranged, and the more careful he is to regain a straight or up position again, the better. NO. 13 .