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Under the ice, under the snow, Our lives are bound in a crystal ring; By and by win the south wind blow, And roses bloom on the banks of spring. Moan and groan In thy prison strong, Rive J of life—river of love! The nights grow short, the days grow long, eaker and weaker the bond of wrong. And the sun shines blight above. Under the ice our souls are hid, Under the ice our good deeds grow; Men but credit the wr< ng we did. Never the motive that lay below. Moan and groan in thy prison cold. River of life—river of love! The inter is growing worn and old. The frost is leaving the melting mould. And the sun "hines bright above. I nder the ice we hide our wrong; Under the ice that has dulled us through: Oli! that the friends that have known us long Dare to doubt we are good and true. Moan and groan in thy prison cold, River of life—lit er of love: Y inter is grow ing wot n and old, Roses stir in the melting mould, And the sun shines blight above. —L. J. i'!K c ELL h ifh. [From the Evening Post.] The W estern Explorers. ' u£ oil from all moans of commu nication for six weeks, during our march from Madison to the Snake River, over the main range of the Rocky Mountains, I seize the first opportunity oi sending an account of our ascent of the Tetons, three of the highest peaks, by Captain Stevenson, who goes in to Fort Ilall after sup plies. One of my letters gave a de scription of the route of the partv un :er I>r. Harden up the Yellow stone, and I will now retrace our -tops to llenrv'.s Fork of the Snake Riv. r to describe our journey from that stream to this wonderful the great feature of our "National Park." After leaving "Crater Butter" we rode to and successfully forded the North Fork; from which we con tinued over a rolling country partly covered with "quaking aspens," mak ing an entire change in the scenery irom the monotonous pines and rc minding one of our own dear hills in the Fast. The "Tetons," our objec tive point, were seldom lost to view, and when some rising knoll inter vened it was only to allow them to assert themselves with greater digni ty and grandeur on the nearer ap proach. A week - travel brought us to their base and our camp was pitched in a canon leading up to their very foot. It was a most beautiful place, the broad plain spreading out from the mouth of the ba-i n presenting an un obstructed view for miles, while the sides were enclosed by mountains w hose pine-covered sides rose many hundred f.-et above us. The noble peaks "Fes TroL Tetons" form the background, and, with their granitic spires and snow-capped sides, add immensely to the scene not easily described. The whole tents, the In dian Tepee of our guide and bowers of pines improvised by the boys, to gether with the haunches of moose and bear-- suspended from the trees, fully realized our anticipation of mountain and romantic camp-life. On Saturday, July 2S, a partv of fourteen started from camp to ess a} the ascent of the famous peaks. Fro eeeding up the canon, following the course of the stream, we pushed along c. er fallen timber and through quagmires, the scenery becoming! more wild as we advanced into the ravine. The wooded mountain sides gave place to granite walls rising perpendicularly, laid bare by detri- 1 tion; the stream which flowed so smoothly below became broken into cascades, whose never-ceasing roar alone broke the stillness of the scene. Continuing as far as practicable with horses, we camped for the night preparatory to !eginning our climb the next morning. The thermome ter indicating twenty degrees Fah renheit at daybreak explained the cause of early waking. Leaving a few of the party to look after the camp and the horses, at half-past 5 o'clock we took the line of march up the gulch. Climbing over the COUDERSPORT, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1873. bowlders and trunks of trees washed - down by the stream, we struggled OD for about two miles, when, a small ravine in the mountain side offering j a means of ascent, we turned to the ! left and began rapidly to rise from rock to rock. The boys had started in fine spirits; jokes were "cracked one even proposed a conundrum, "Why our climbing resembled that in Switzerland? because we used all-pine staffs, of coursebut from this point every one settled to his task, and silence reigned, except • when some anathema was hurled at a rolling stone or a burst of enthusi asm was caused by some new scene opening to our views. Two hours of hard work and the crest of the first ridge was gained, j the aneroids were soon read and an elevation of nine thousand feet shown. The great consolers and re freshers were next produced and ? many puffs from as many pipes might be seen curling through the air. A field of snow two miles wide lay before us; so we rested half an hour, enjoying the scene we had left below, before attempting the slippery crossing. We were now on the plateau bounding the canon in which we had camped the night previous. The snow crowned the ridges and glistened under the rising sun, con trasting strongly with the green val ley below, while the foaming stream rushed and sparkled through the trees, forming a picture full of varie ty and beauty. Our crossing of the snow was amusing though difficult. Raised , ■ into little ridges when in a melted ' state and then frozen, it offered but an insecure footing and many a. tumble was experienced despite the ' supporting staff. Mosquitoes pur sued us to the snow-line and attacked us uudauutingly even at that cold temperature. This " sea of ice," the ■ snow ridges resembling white caps on the water, having been crossed, we climbed up the second divide, the ' one that hid the Tetons from our view. The sight tLat bur.->t upon us on gaining the summit of this second ' range well repaid the effort it cost to reach it. A valley about three miles • wide lay between us and the third ridge, from whose crest the mu.-sive peaks reared themselves. Titg- ; bot tom wa.s entirely covered with snow —how deep no one can tell, the white ridges being raised by the wind and extending to a level with the range : of mountains itself. A lake of cun ; Adorable size lay nestled under the mountain at the foot of the valhy Entrusting ourselves to an avalanche of gravel we slid down the debris, , accompanying our descent in a show er of stones. On reaching the edge ot the snow our descent became too rapid but was easily checked by our staffs. Another snow tramp, more difficult than the first, followed. The ice beginning to melt allowed our feet to sink into it making the walk very fatiguing. Grasshoppers, too, that we had noticed ar parently fro zen to death were revived by the warming sun and began to jump around. On reaching the third nirge we; again rested, some of the party de" spairing of climbing the bare granite peaks as they now rose imrae liately before and above us. Snow surround ed ns on all sioes extending up the mountain slopes and above arose the Tetons, "rocks on rocks, and rocklets still above." The w hole country, save the peaks themselves, now lay below us. We bad reached an alti tude of e'even thousand feet. The ridges we had crossed became but hills, the rivers lessened to creeks, valleys narrowed to ravines. It re minded one of Switzerland, the tink ling bells and chalets alone being wanting to complete an Alpine scene. There is a wild grandeur, a reeling of solitude that belongs to Rocky Mountain views not to V>e realized in the more picturesque and romantic Alps. _ _ j ■ From this point your correspond- < ent i.- indebted to Captain Stevenson < and Mr. Langford, who alone of the < party succeeded in reaching the ex- : treme summit, for an account of the i ascent. Again descending they • crossed a frozen lake who.-e deep i green ice showed great thickness; 1 selecting a snow ridge leading up to " the side of the peak they climbed on their hands and knees along its crest, the upper crust being separated from the rocks about twenty feet, owing to the melting. In attempting to cross this chasm Captain Stevenson, who was in advance, nearly gave himself up for lost, clinging to a rock with both arms; he was unable to gain a foothold in the hardened snow. A fall of a thousand feet was the alternative of letting go his hold, and his muscular force alone saved him. Holding with a tenacity which the extreme danger nerved him to do he at last succeeded in indenting the ice by rapidly striking his foot, sufficiently to support himself. From this point their progress lav over rocks worn smooth by trick ling water and along ledges until the summit was finally gaini d. A surprise awaited tluin, in addi tion to the extended view over tin whole of the .Snake River Valley, consisting of a structure evidently made by human hands. The surface of the peak was about sixty feet square and in the centre of it w.i> a pile of rocks in a circular form about six feet high. This had evidently been raised as a protection against tlie wind by some aborigines, how long ago it is impossible to tell. The trappers all assert that no one has ever climbed the "Tetons,*' and t hat the Indians have no tradition of the ascent. Judging from the detritus cr w which covered the surface inside the circle, Mr. Langford estimated one hundred years as the shortest period in which the elements could erode ! such an amount from ?< > hard a r >ok. It may have been centuri* s and bng before the pale face ever invaded the home of the red man. The two successful climbers re-ted but a short time enjoying the view their labors had secured for the haz ardous descent had to be accomp lished before nightfall. All returned in safety to camp and enj-yed that deep sleep only to be had after such physical exert; n. Many of interest both in geology and natural . history were observed on our route. Profeor Bradley rcj -rt- the peak composed of granitic rock, with seams of trap ruuning across the ; formation. Glacial action was seen , to have existed and it is supposed that the lakes at the foot were made by its force. Thev correspond both ~ * * in location and structure to those at the base of the Alps. The foothills ■ were tertiary limestones. About fifty species of Arctic flora were col . lected but r.one were fund on the extreme heights. The aneroid bar ometer.- showed an elevation of 13000 feet, but as these are not trustworthy - i above certain altitudes, owing to the rarity of the atmosphere, the result . which Mr. Herring obtained by trian gulation. of 10100, is probably more ; correct. The next day the party returned down the canon to camp, satisfied with having accomplished s feat hitherto judged imj ossiblc. In my next I hope to give an account of the Geysers, among which w arc now encamped and whose wonders excite <-ur enthusiastic admiration. EXPLORER. t # t Is there a Magnetic Mountain ? The But-nos Ay res Standard , in an article relating to the wreck of the Royal Mail steamer Tacora, says: "A has been a subject of surprise to many that Capt. Stewart, who i.- con sidered one of the most experienced and careful sailors ir. the Pacific Company's service, should have been so convinced that he was several j miles from laud just before the Ta cora ran on Cape St. Marv. Tbere : is, however, an extraordinary revela tion by Mr. James Oliver, of Fray 1 Bentos, which goes far toward ex-L plaining the cause of the wreck of : the steamer in question. Mr. Oliver savs that in the year 184 s the schoon- < er 31-iUiadcs , of Monte Video. *x- < fishing for seals between Labcs Island i aud C'astillos. On the evening in i question, about 4 o'clock, it fell quite i calm, with no current either up or < down, the vessel lying in nineteen i fathoms of water and about fi\e t miles from the shore. 'At Bp. m.," 1 says Mr. Oliver, 'on going on deck, the moon being nearly full and a < bright moonlight night, I thought we t were much nearer the shore, and on 1 heaving the lead I found the same depth of water. I soon, however, perceived that, although there was no current, the vessel was drifting towards the shore aliout a mile an hour. Calling my comrades I suc ceeded by means of oars in turning the bow of the vessel again seawards, but several times it swerved again round towards land. 1 was unwil ling to east anchor in such deep water and kept the lead going while the vessel drifted towards the shore; till, luckily, a light breeze sprung up from the land and carried us out to sea. If it had been a dark night we would probably have been driven ashore in another hour perfectly ignor ant of our danger of the mysterious power that wafted us without any cur rent landwards. The occurrence im pres.- Ed me so much that on my return to Monte Video. I reported it to the Topographic Board but no notice was paid to it. Subsequently, in lsfis, Mr. W . Hanimeth, who had been on the topographic committee, informed ine that magnetic stonis were found in the Tierra •!<* Animas, running northward from Monte Video and this at once appeared to me an explanation of the mystery. In 1800 I wrote to the British Admiral on the station on this subject but ]>er haps my letter did not reach him. In later times I wrote to Professor Agassiz. but with no better success. Now that the Tacora wreck revives in!ere-t in this question, I think it right to give the above, statement of facts; that I leave scientific men tu liechtr up-.-n. — IFn-m the Indentii l< ut K- puMiraii.] Perverting One of G-oci's Blessings. The meanest looking person (street drunkards excepted) I have seen this w inter was a young man of good fain ily.fmcfcaturesaiid very well dress, d. He came tip, with lack-lustre eyes and a : lip shod appearance generally, but with a lei r in his drooping, siilv countciiaiice, as if he thought he had ( been doing something gnat. And . what was it? Why, mis: -A lot of us fellers ha 1 be n up all night; ball at then down to for an other oyster-supper; had a time of it j till da) light; just came home; shan't go to bed till midnight—ri-tu-di-ni tu-di-ni!" And off he walked at a gate between a drag and a dance to tell another group of his wonderful triumphs of genius. But I could not s< e it. If he had not been among gami -tils and bad women he had cer • taiuly wa-ted the time God gave him f<>r sic*]-: had gorged himself with uuneeiled food, expended money fool i-hli, done no good and given no ; i " L . , happy emotions to one of ins oest friends or family. His day's work . would be imperfect aud in no respect as good or as pleasant as if his mind and body had enjoyed their wonted rest. Yet, in spite of his sleepy looks and catnap blundirs, he tried to think iie was doing something to lac proud of! Having occasion to call that after noon where resided a lady who had attended the ball, but not the ride. I iieard her voice in a snappish and unlovely expression to one of the family. On entering the room she i declared .-he was "gav," and never en j joyed anight so much. But her eve*, her drooping mouth aud her general over-exhausted looks betrayed her. 1 She did nut look nor feel half as happy, as pleasant or innocent as i! she had enjoyed proper repose. She tried to laugh and appear light-heart ed but it was from the mouth only. SLe was no better, uo lovelier woman, in any respect, for that night's {n rv er sious of the order of nature. In this, as in other respects, this i proverb is expressive: "The excesses of our youth arc drafts upon our old age, payable with interest thirty years after date." If sickness or other necessity re quires a sacrifice of sleep, that be comes a duty; perform it and be con tent. But night w-as made for rest and no man can violate that law with impunity. Like money in a b;.nk drawing no interest every reduction is absolute; whether it is drawn soon er or lat<-r, every dollar gone is gone forever. Ihe unusual short lives of physi cians generally, (notwithstanding their better knowledge of the laws of health.) is owing most of all to their irregular hours of sleep. The occa sion of their, violation of nature's laws does not release them from its physical penalties. No immorality is chargeable upon them; their sacri fice is virtuons; but they afford no excuse for those who recklessly and wilfully, or by not making efforts to avoid it. pervert the laws of life and wantonly turn day's duties into night. Many (so-called) "accidents" arise from lack of sleep. When individual employers or companies deprive any employe of needed rest and accidents , ensue from that lack such employers . should be responsible for the same to the last dollar. Wlien it is the fault of the employe how dreadful is his crime. In one railway accident the culpable person claimed that he had been deprived of rest; but the com pany proved that they had not de prived him; he took his chance "to have a night of it," thought he had done a cunning thing and from lack of the vigilance sleep would have given him he had caused the death of several. >o it does "matter to others'' bow some men spend "their o\\ u time." Their waste ami dissipation may in jure innocent persons as well a.s them selvt s. These thoughts hu\o gone further than I intended when I commenced writing. I only meant to give a hint . that the most unprepossessing apjtear ing person one usually meets is he or she who has been dissipating (I do not use the word in it.- worst or crirn • inal meaning) over night and thinks • he or she looks interesting, when lie | or she only looks about as foolish and .-tupid as he or .-he really is. They may deceive themselves and each other, but not the wide-awake ob server. Wasting nights is unnatural, in jurioii- and should be held as not ex actly modes? or reputable. It is ui - friendly to health ami good moral-. It endangers and cnu-e- many mi-- takes and accidents. If all well meaning }eoplc, and especially the young, will view the DiblUu* ati it. I'trLt Itll' 1 gOV ern themselves accordingly, they v. ill thank the writer for this word in sea son. Follow nature w hen you can ; reserve, and never exhaust your life forces. Your truest, richest aud mo.-.t lasting enjoyments and purest pleasures will be promoted b\ avoid ing all night revel in gs and all night travel, labor and engagements a- far as you projierlv can do see A FRIEND OI ALL. To THE KESCVE. —One dav last summer my attentie>n was arrested by u flock of sparrows fly iug about the opposite house in a very strange manner. 1 was curious to find out ! the cause; and on open ug therein-' dow the mystery wa- explained. 1 w an sorry to see that one of the young birds had fallen from its warm neat which hud bts*n built under the tiles of the house. There the poor little thing lay on the ground unable to flv and the old birds unable to lift it * up. A fine bantam, which seemed to un derstand what was wanted, walked forward and cautiously took the poor bird in his beak. He then mounted an empty cart, from which be fiew on the tiles and stretching his neck out over the edge placed his ( 'charge safely in its warm uest again. In doing so, however, the noble), fellow overbalanced himself and fell; to the grouud. He apj>eared frightened bnt notj, much hurt. After pluming hisfeatk crs for a short time, he began tod i strut about, and crow, seemingly ] quite proud of bis acbiiA emeit. And , well he might be. . ( .MALLEABLE GLASS. —One of tin ' lost arts which ekill.and science have ' for Lund reds of years Weo making j efforts to re-discover is the produc tion ol malleable glass. It was men- t tioncd by many ancient writers, ee pec tally by I'liny, who speaks of its i being indented when thrown on a c bard substance; aud then hammered < into shape again like bras*,. The j world uses a vastly greater amount s of glass now- than during the early t ages but has never been able to i overcome its brittlenes®. That ac- c coinplished, it would enter into uses i not even suspected row and p'cb- a ably dispute * itn iron itself for su- - S. F. Hamilton, Fui.iflu r. S 1.75 ft YEf.R premaey R an agent of civilisation. A glass spinner of Vienna has re cently made a discovery that may lead to the recovery of the lost link in the chain of early invention. He is manufacturing a thread of this material finer than the fibre of the silk worm which is entering into the man ufacture of a variety of new fabrics, such as cushions, table cloths, shawls, neckties, figures in brocaded velvet and silk, embroidery, tapestry, laces, and a multitude of other things. It is as soft as the finest wool, stronger than silk thread, and is not changed by heat, light, moisture or acids, nor liable to fade. So important is the matter deemed, that while the pro cess is kept a profound secret, the Austrian Minister of Commerce has already organized schools for glass spinning in various parts of Bohemia, and a variety of manufactured arti cles are now for sale and will no doubt soon reach America. If i* shall end in the final rediscovery of malleable glass, so that it can In wrought or rolled into sheets, it will revolutionize muce of the world'- in dustry. Indeed, no one could safely predict to what uses it might not be applied as the material is plentiful in all lands. Mankind have long waited for it. Let us hope the time is near w hen so great a boon w ill be vouchsafed to them.— S. Y. Trade Reporter. < THK WORST PUNISHMENT. —"You do not look as if you had prospered by your wickedness," said a gentle man to a vagabond one day. "I haven't prospered at it," cried the man. "It is a business that doesn't pay. If I had given half the time to some honest calling which I have spent in trying to get a living with out work, I might be a man of prop erty and character instead of the homeless wretch I am." lie then told his history and ended by saying: "I have been twice in prison and have made acquaintance with ali soils of miseries in my life; but I tell you my worst punisnmcm is m u--uig what I am." Pottery Making at Trenton. This branch of industry is of re ! cent origin, the first kiln for making pottery in Trenton having been built about 1860. Since then tin busim-.-,.-. has been prosecuted with varying success until the pre-seut time, but now the trade is in a more flourish ing condition than ever before. In 1859, two years previous to the breaking out, of the rebellion, tin first white granite ware ever made in th.a country was produced at Tren ton; now there are in that city alone, eight- en potteries with fifty-seven kilns, all making white ware, as also yellow and Rockingham or brown colored ware. During the war the high price of gold affoided additional protection, and the impetus given the trade du ring that time encouraged many to start in the business. Until within the past two years the demand for American crockery has been .-ef ficient to kep all the manufactories in the I niled States in operation but not to lull capacity, as the facilities at present, if fully worked, would produce one-half the earthenware r - quired in the United States and more potteries would soon be built to sup ply all that might be needed. At the present time there arc in the United States < vir 150 kih.s en gaged in making crockery wsre ex clusively, New Jersey and Ohio hav ing two-thirds of this number. These kiln? are capable of producing at the rate of about $30,000 worth of ware each per year, making a total for the whole of nearly $ 4,500,000 per year. They would use in such production 75,000 tons of coal and an equal amount of clays and other materials. In real estate stock and matt rials there is invested, in Trenton alone, $ 1,500,000, and in o'her states about. $3,000,000 more, wLilc the amount of money invented in mining clay and other materials, and in machinery fi r preparing ttum for use, is probably somc $ 5,000,000 more, scattered through several st&U? and furnish ing well-remunerated labor to hun dreds of workmen. American mate rials exclusively (except Boracic acid) are used to make earthenware. —Boston Commercial 13 h''(> i.
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