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UUORllli IIAUEKTY,
Publisher..
(Cards.
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTOUN KY-AT-liA W
Cleariield, Fa.
Will attend to all bu.lnea. entru.led to bim
piomptly and rellhfuUy.
t.vinj
wii.i.iau a. wali.aob.
UAaar P. wallai-b..
DAVID L. BBBBa.
JOSH W. WUlUI.BV.
WALLACE &. KREBS,
(SuweMore to Wallace A Fielding,)
ATTORN E YS-AT-LAW,
n-12'7S Clo-arlleld, Pa.
n v. tt.oa, a. o. a. va valiaii, . d.
DRS. WILS0U & VAN VALZAH,
t lcurtlchl, Fa.
Ofllee n rciidencs of Dp. w nijd,
n II.,, ... Krom 12 to 1 r. . or. ran-
Valiah ean tie lounu at niRuyn ....
door to Uartnirii'k
tair.
Drug Htore, up
novzo la
DU.JEKFKUSON I.ITZ,
WOODLAND, PA.
Will proiuptlj atleud all call. In the line of hi.
tonaea a. a'aaALLr. dakibl w. a'cuaor.
MoENALLT & MoCURDY,
ATTOUNEYS-AT-LAW,
Clcartleld, Pa.
tm-Legal butineu attended to promptlj wltb
Jdehty. OlSoa oa Second Hroot, abora tba FlreW
National Uank. 4 1 .
gT r7b a rrett,
Attorn uy and Counselou at Law,
OLEAUFIKI.D, PA.
Having reilgnod bi Judge.bip, baa reremod
tb. practice of tb. law In bi. old oBc. at Cl.
pld Pa. Will attend Hie eourtr. of Jefferaon and
Klk countlei when epeciallv ictalnod in ,"""',,
a-itb rceident eonnscl. ,:U!7a
"wirXMcCU LLOUGH,
ATTOHN BY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa. '
-Offica in Court Home, (Hberlff a Oltloe).
L. iTbu.ioe promptly attended to.,
bought and lold. J "Ji..
J , W . BANT Zt
AT TOKNKY-AT-LA W,
Clearfield, Pa.
joJ-OBce in l'ie'a Opera llouee, Boom No. 4.
All legal buiinem entrmtl to b,a ear. Pmtlj
attended to.
T. H. MURRAY,
ATTOUNKY AND COUNSELOU AT LAW,
,. . .....,in. .i.n tn all leial builm
mtru.ted to bil car. In Clearfield and adjoining
geunticl. Office on M arket It., oppoiiw "
Je.elr? Store, Cleartield, Pa.
A. W." W ALT E R S ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
fcOllloe In Ornbam'l Row. . iooS ly
" H. W.SIVIITH,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
tl:l:7 Clearfield, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTnnvKY AT LAW.
tffle. on Sooond St., Cl.arOald. P norll ,
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN KY AT LAW
Clearfield, Pa.
-aae. la Pi.' Opra Hon... Jy'l,'"
" JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
.M.artlAld. Pa.
r-OHlce lo Pie'. Opera llon, Room No. 6.
Jan. a, !(.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
u""7" m. ..rvicin ..nmi
indlaad. i.Cl..r..d a.d .JHnin,
ounl ui anawiiaa.F..- " ...
laar. a. a .urv.yor, fiaturl -''' !M
r.od.r .atl.raolioa.
FREDERICK 0'LEARY BUCK,
BCMVKNEH & CONVEYANCER
General Life and Fire Ins. Agent.
Part, or Oonvyan.., Artl.le. of Agreein.nl
and all legal p.per. promptly and neatly aia-
ot.d. Offloa la Pie Opera liou.., -
ClearHeld, Pa., April II), 1W.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL USTATR BROKER,
AJ1D DBALBR 1
Maw Ijoj5 and Idiiinber,
CLEARFIELD,
Ome. In Qraham'. How.
1:25:71
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORNBY-AT - LAW,
l Oareola. Clearfield. Co., Pa. J:pd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LA W,
iv.ii.reion. t learBold County, Pean'a.
fefAll l.gal buain... promptly .Handed to.
CYRUS GORDON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
M.rk.t .trail, (north lido) ClaarHeld, Pa. '
r AH legal bu.lne.. promptly attended to
Jaa. 2V, 7 a.
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SU RQ EON,
0Bo on Market Street, ClaarB.ld, Pa.
f-OBoa boar.i lo 11 a. ., and 1 to I p.
V-xfT e7 h7 scii eur er,
HOMiIOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
OBoe la re.ldeae on M.rk.l .L
April 24, 1111
ClearfleM, P.
DR. W. A. MEAN b,
PHYSICIAN & BUBOKOX,
LUTimasBt'Ra, pa.
Will attetir, professional ealls promptly nngKH
" s7$. ba" mm hart,
ATTOUNKY - AT - LAW,
ll.ll.l,.... p..
Will nractloe In Clearbeld and all of Iba Court! of
a. Jilh Judicial dl.lrlct. Real e.lat. bu.in...
d AHilleetion of olnlm. mad. apwtialllM. Bl 71
JAMES CLEARY,
; BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
MOOND BTRKKT,
C!.r.AHFlKl.l, PA. (tl
A. M. Bll.1...
T. A. FLECK & CO.,
Agent. r Olearlield aoanly for lb. aalo af
, ,. K. MIJTTBHICH CO.')
isliionable Patterng of GannenU,
j'.. w AU. STT1.B. aJID B1IBB.
t ' Market tr..t Clearflld, Pa.
T. M. ROBINSON,
' llaaafacturar Bad d.al.t ia
unless, Saddles and Bridles,
Cell.r., Whip., Bru.haa, Fly NeU, Trimming..
r.e lllanketa, Ae.
Vacuum, Frank Miller', and Bealifool Olla,
-a-.! for bailey and Wilean'a buggi...
ard.r. and repairing promptly attended lo,
oa Market itreet, CleilMd, l'a., in room
taily copied by Jaa. Alaaaadar. l:t'7'
HMErt K. WATSON k CO.,
, RHAL ESTATI BHOKKRS.
' CLKARFIKLD, PRVW'A.
u.e. and Offic.. to 1.1, Colleetlon. promptly
le. and nr.t ela.1 Coal and Fira-Clar Land.
i T..WB property for .a la. Offle. la v7.tern
Ael Itiiil ling (?, flonrl, Seeon'l SI. myM'7ty
CLEARFIELD
QOODLANDER & HAGERTY,
VOL. 48-WIIOLE NO. 2387.
Cards. .
A. Q. KRAMER.,
A T T O 11 N E Y - A T - L A W ,
Real K.lat. and Collection Agent,
CLEAHI'IBLD, PA., .
Will promptly attand to all legal bu.ineu ca-
I trailed to hi. oara.
r-er-OBice lo Pie'. Opera llouie, aeeond floor,
april 1-OmB
lobn II. Orvli. 0. T. Aleinuder. C. M. llower.
0RVIS, ALEXANDER & BOWERS,
ATTOHN EYS AT LA 11',
Helletoute, Pa. Ijanl8,'47-y
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN 4 8U1IGKON,
TT AVISO looated at PonntlcM, Pa
offer! hi.
li 1
iirofojitionivl .emoea to the iieniila of that
iiIiuiq and urrouuding country. All eall. promptly
attended to. oei. 11 IT.
GEORGE C KIRK,
Ju.tlee of Iba l'eaoe, Surveyor and Conveyanoer,
Lutlieraburg, Pa.
All tnialaraa Intruded to bim will be promptly
attended to. Perron, wishing to employ a Sur
veyor "ill do well to giro bim a oall, a. bo Halter,
bim. .11 tbat be can render satl.racllou. Deeds of
oonvoranee, article. r agreement, and all legal
1 w.n.l .atl. executed. t20nov74
.. ,0111111 v and neatly eiecuieu. -ivu.,e
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
JuRtloe or tbe Peace and Serlvener,
Curwenavllle. Pa.
E.Colleetloua mado and uionor promptly
paidov.r. laua.
. .,.nanv BKaBV ALBBRT. W. ALBBBT
W. ALBERT Sl BROS.,
Mannfaeturere .BtenilreDealoMln
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &c,
arOrden loHcltod. BlUi nlled on nhort none.
auu iea.""w .v.
Addreil WoodUnd P. O., ClenrftcM Co., Pt-
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MKRCHANT,
....,l,vlll. I lenrllcld Comity, Pa.
l.. Hardware, tlroeerie., and everytbtng
.nn.t.nilr on band a tun nn.....
..uallT k.pt i" flail ilora. - bieb '.
for ea.b, a. obeap a. el.cwl.ere In the county.
Frenchvillo, June xi, ,ou,-.j.
THOMAS H. FORCtfci
DBALBB IB
GENERAL MKKCH ANDINK,
GnAHAMTON, Pa.
Ai.. ..t.n.lva manufacturer and dealer in Mquare
ti.w and Sawed Lumber of all kinda.
at)rd.ri wllclled and all bill, prnntptlj
Hid. . r'"
nciiRFN HACKMAN,
Houss and Sien Painter and faper
Hanger,
I Ix.rtll Id. Penu'B.
V-Will a.eeule lob. lo bi. line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. "i J
G . H HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER
KKAH CLKARFIKLD, PENN A.
9-1-amp. alw.y. on hand and made to order
,-tboft nolle.. Pipe, bored on roonabl. torm..
dellv.redlfd..lr.d. D.y26,lypd
A. BIGLER &. CO.,
DBA I. Kill IK
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturer oi
A1X KINDS OF HAW Ml LUMIIUn.
I-7T2
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
da.ler la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
BIIINOLE3, LATU, PICRBin,
7g Clearteld, Pa,
J AMES MITCHELL,
Pa.AI.KH in
Square Timber k Timber Lands,
J.U7S CLBARFIBM), PA.
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
Lata Surg.on of th. :ld Reglm.nt, Penniylvania
Volnnte.ra, navmg reiu.u.u
off.ri hi. profailional wnrleea to th.citlien.
of Clearfleld county.
jaay-Prof.Mlonal oall. promptly au.no.oio.
Offlo. on Seooad .tr.it, form.rlyoooupl.d by
Dr. Wood.. 1 p .'
hTf! N AUGLE,
WATCU MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer la
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &c.,
CLKARFIKLD, PA
sTlTS N Y DER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABD DBALBB IB
WotchcB, Clocks and Jewelry,
tfroiaai'. e, ar fitr.et,
(l.KAFFir.I.I), PA.
All kind, of repairing In my line promptly at;
ndodto. April 2il,S7.t,
" KEMOVAL.
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
wholesale dealer. In
GEMS' FIRIS1HG tiOODS,
liar, removed to 17 Church .treet, between
Franklin and While rt.., New York. JyiH'71
MissE- A. P. Rynder,
Aeaar won
Chlek.rlag'.,8l.lnwy'.and Kmaraon'l Planat
Dmllk'., ala.o. A Hamlin', and Peloubet'.
Organ, and M.lodeon., and urorer
Bak.r'a H.wing Maebinaa.
i,.,n mclll or
Piano, Qullar, Orgaa, Harmony and Voeal Ma-
It. No pupil lak.n for le than hall a xrm.
aay-Hoomr oppo.lt liulleu . rurniiuro r.i.,r.
Cle.rB.ld, May a, lr. lf.
I. aoLLOWBU.a B. AVia 1 ABB.
HOLLOWBUSH & CAREY,
BOOKSELLERS,
Blank Book Manufacturers,
AND STATIONBRfl,
31H JHarktt HI., Philadelphia.
ja.Pap.r Flour S..k. and Baga, Foolw.p,
Ult.r, titU, Wrapping, Curtain and Wall
JJ F. BIGLER & CO.
9 har. fur aala
CARRIAGE & WAGONS WOODS,
8HAFT8 AND POLKS,
UUBS.SPOKES, FELLOES, Ao.
Oarrlag. and Wagon Mak.r. akeald B.k. a
not. er lal. and call and esamiB. in....
will b. .old at fair pricaa. mayll 71
S'
TONBS'SAW CUMMERS AND
W. have raaelvad th. .geney for the abov . and
will e.11 th.m at miaafaeturer'a prieaa. Call and
limine them. They are the beat.
j.19.71 II. F. UlfiLKR A CO.
Mountain Echo Cornet Band,
CURWEN8V1LLR, PA.
Ml'HIO farBlrti f Pkalea, Feellval., Coa-
nrl., Itar., e.,ua reaHinaoi. ,rrm..
Addrua, nr.,, nor., r. ,.
mavt im Carwaalvlll., Pa.
OOT AND SHOE MAKING.
jompii M. hlKHINii. oa aterk.t atrnt, In
Shaw'. Row, Oiearleld, Pa., hs.Ja.t retired
a lae lot af Fr.aeh Call ibln. and Kip., lb.
but la lb. aiarkei. aad H aaw pr.earea wi man.
alk.toea .ef thing la hit line- "I" ar
real hi. w.rh W h. a. rear.Mated
Th. .Itli.aa .f Ol.rt.ld a4 tlalnlly f
.natf.llrlaIU4t.lvl Lis ali.
Work doa. Bl.horl nolle.. JltJ't
PubliBhers.
O, HOW I DID LIKE IT.
HKKRr ABU IKit-nM ADD Til TILTOX iCASDAI.
Tum "Captain Jink."
I'm Henry Wro of th Puritta itoek,
I'll th grl rolifrjoiu WMtber-oock,
And hi'iheril of ft fluariablBg flook
U( ChritiRD l&iabi in Uroukljrn.
I'm m won der fully popular mo
It'i owing entirely to tuj plan,
Of nrwliing Halvatlon for fnlhn man
lu luy oungrcatlon m urvomyR.
My method of running the Qoipal machlna
la a modern one aa may be tean ;
It doee up tba liutiDNi lick and clean )
You can eeo liow It worke In Brooklyn.
The Drl and principal thing to be dona,
la to prvarh with a view to pleaae erery one
It'i lb nioeat thing beneath tke aun,
' it worm like m cttarm in iirouaiyn.
Ut religion Tiewa are a eort of baah
Of rery oonoeivabls kind of traeh,
Cotuparrd with the liible I kuow it "won't waih "
uui lie popaiar wtit in uruomju.
To the orthodox I prcaab n belli
I throw a sop to the infidel
1 would puitle em mmaeu w
hat I mean by my preaching In Brooklyn-
I visit the Indite to do thru hood,
Ah everr mnrroua peelor abould i
(..fcouree, it' generally i nnnnsToon
Among the uembere in llrooklyn.
I tell thorn It' all ahilT about iln.
what they waut la plenty of tin j w
Tu be aurr.fur nprcacher.lhii oundi"pretly thin,
Hut it suiU the auteri tn uroumyn.
Hueceee ) tbe principle for you,
It inekea no dinereuoe wbit yog ao,
Nor what mean a yuu take to carry It through,
So you come out ahead in llrooklyn.
Between you and me the fact of it li.
In religion liko everything elie bii" If "bit
lt paljiably plain that'e how tt "tit,"
Over the belghti of Urooklyn.
I never allow the (king to lull,
I alwaya baro aowe wire to pull,
I've practiced ao long in pulling tbe wool
Over their eye in Urooklyn.
I preached abolition for many a year
I'm good at shedding the crocodile tear
I abed at about ten thouiand a year
That' the cboapeat 1 do it in Brooklyn.
A aoon aa that began to grow ate),
I took up the woman aullruge tale)
0 Lord I dido't I rant and rail
'Bout woman's wrong In Brooklyn I
A coon a thl began to dffpnrege
My preaching, in enrae the Hlebardaon marriage ;
But 1 rather thiuk there waa a mieearriago
. I'pon tbe whole, in Brooklyn.
Nuw oouee along Ibi deviliah row
About me and Tilton, and Bowen and Co.j
FioL it, I hardly know what to do,
It's getting so bot in Brooklyn.
1 think I'll manu-nvre something like tbl i
Ml summon a jury who can't go ami,
Their brotherly kiudnve will quickly dimil
All the charge against me in Brooklyn.
And when they ak, "Well ! how did yon do!"
We'll say we sifted it through and through.
And the sum of it is the story ain't lw
"How's that for high," in Brooklyn.
Moral. Yon know how It li yourself.
A'OTHS A POUT 1CELAXD.
fl'T FROM MIIIAT IIALSTtAD'S CORBK8-
PONIiKNt'E.
From tb. Cincinnati Commercial.
On HU'iipiiif; fiHlmro tlio fimt thing
the geologist notiwit i tlio Tolt'iuiiv
cliurnctvr of every Btone and pcblo
, :-. ..f I l.na,.K ia nut
tllKI gnilll I'l iiu.
white, hut black. Tho gnivel on the
atwelM litis tho uiiiieaiUM'O of liltu'k
ImuI. The door ston nro hlocks of
Llnclc liiv. houevpoinhcd by tho in-
tennity of tho heat to whii li it linn been
mihiet ted. Ono who travels in Iceland
mtiKt know the pony wisely if not too
well fr he i tho nolo deM)inlenoo on
the roads, which are mere nony paths.
Tliero was a great lot of the fittlo fel
lows in town yesterday. They go
about in Btriinrs. a stout cord or small
rope fastening the lower jaw of ono to
tho tail of the other. Thus half a dtm
en are attached iu line and tho farm,
er who has coino to market trots homo
ward on the foremost of his string of
ponies, and tho rest, tied tail to jaw,
wilh pack saddles piled with eods'
heads, or other merchandise, follow,
and keep step nicely. The prevailing
color anioiurlho tiotiies is sorrel (tlicy
arc of nil tho horse colors though)
and they are distinguished by an abunti
iinl irrowlh of hair. It is not unusual
to seo their tails clipped squarely to
prevent them drugging on llie grounn.
This abundance of tail hair gives a
fastening for the useful rope that regu-
Inles (he next nonv in order. A ques
tion arose whether tho littlo rascals
wcro shod, and an examination of their
lent answerea it in ine aiiiriiiauve. a
speak of tho ponies as small rascals,
but tho term should be understood in
this case as ono of endearment, I
think ono might lie justified in petting
a neat and docilo, long-tailed, sorrel,
Iceland pony. It is funny and admir
able to see them rattlo along with dain
ty and nimble stops over the everlast
ing lava, switt and suro-footod under
burdens that would seem sufficient for
a largo horse an animal, by tho way,
that could not get along hero at all.
I was mistaken in assuming that
there was no road on tho island. There
is ono of three miles in length, leading
from Jtejkiavik toward tho Uoysors,
mil l lie in-null) eniov it so much that I
wonder they do not extend it at least
a milo or two further, J mn ablo to
givo in aunuion to mis iiium-hiwuui,
about the road the fact that tliero is a
..,.) n llm Ix ntll . Yl'SU'lltllV 1 SOW
its track, and to-day 1 saw tiie thing
itself.
Tho Kinir talk a ride of flvo miles
into tho country yesterday ami caught
salmon. The process of fishing in
which he indulged is not difficult. The
river flows in several channels over its
bed of lava, and is dunimod so that tho
water runs into largo boxes, and turn
bins thmtiL'h a hole in each box, mak
ing a slight fall. Tho holo is guarded
on tho insido agaist exits by long,
converging sticks, anil tho adventurous
fish, swimming up the river, find the
little water fall flashing Delore tnem,
and seeininir to come from a pleasant
pool nbovo, jump it with force sutllcent
to plunge them into the box ; and there
they are as safe as mice in a trap Into
which they have crawled through
sharp wires that yield them admission
readily, but forbid return. The salmon's
well-known power and gameness in
jumping water Hills gives viso to this
contrivance). Tlio hing caught tho
salmon by inserting in tho trap whore
they were taken a basket net on a polo
nncf scooping them out. In this way
Mtv-one woro captured during his visit,
tho largest weighing twelvo pounds
and a half. W hen his Majmty was
wearv of landing out the llsh he passon
tho spoon net lo his son.
It nisv be bad to look at bonnets in
church, though I am U,ld vory oxcellont
Indies liavo been known to do it, and
whatever tlio measure of wickedness)
tlio gala head dress of the ladies of
Iceland would command tno attention
of even tho most pious visitors. We
first saw this head dress in nil Ms glory
jn tho cathedral, anil it must bo do
sc ribed. Tho baais of It is a short horn.
made of pastelioaril, I hellevo, the
mouth ot which fits tno ricaus snugi
as a silk hat. This ia a mistake, but
allow it to stand to give the first im
pressioa The linen covering of the
pasteboard bom widens toward the
l,d. and ia fastened to tho hair with
pins; and the veil ia attached t the
front of tho ritruMuro inns reareo, nox
tho hair, and thrown nark over in
, .j, dnlRyg It to great ad
vantage"
P"'""g.
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
The noint of the horn ia by a abort
nrvo presented to the iVont. Then it
is covered with snowy linon, or in case
of extravagance satin, and about it at
tho bottom is a belt of gold or ailvor,
while over all, supported by the Horn,
is thrown and fastened a whito veil.
H is at once unique oud juiperl), and
produces a fine effect in a publio as
sembly. A aeetlon 01 mo uanu ui iuo jwk
MiwtA discoursed most eloquent music
in the neighborhood of the dancing
platform, and tliero the uaneera were
dancing in tunc. Many of tho girts
looked vory nicc.ana cianeeu gracoiuny,
thoir peculiar headdresses docking
them with appropriate splendor. Tho
dancing is something between a Gor
man waits and a Highland Hing, and
must be highly enjoyable to those en
dowed withsuplenessoflimb and elastic
constitutions. The dancing by this
oxtremly religious people was on Sun
day evoning, and there was no question
among that it waa tho proper supple
ment to tho solemn exercises 111 iuo
Cathedral in tlio morning.
Mr. Bavard Taylor was introuueeu
ns tho Skald from America. Uo quite
surprised the peoplo by addressing
tliKin in Danish briefly, but fluently,
expressing sentiments of rosiiect and
coiigniuiiaiiiiii. " "uu i,
c nilotl the Kinu. wno was staiiuiuir in
tho thick of tho crowd, led the
nhoerinif. trivinir tiie Skald tho full
and regular three time three. At tho
fievsors a few tlavs atterwaru mo
Kinir tola Air. xavior m n ciewu
ingly surpnsoct 10 near nim sieua. m
Danish, and complimonted h'im upon
his command ot the language.
Tho immediate approach to Thing-
valla is through an awiW volcanic fis
sure, peopled by tho raven and tho
thrush. A tract Of many sqim iiinea
Im. been torn anart from tho rest of the
island, and were split and scattered by
the convulsion has sunk from sixty to
nnn hundred feet, thore is reason to
suppose, literally, into a lake of Are
and hrinistono. "The Allman's l'asa is
tho best entrance to the sunken valley,
when approaching it from tho west
side. Half a milo from the Thingvalla
Church a hill of black rock has been
rent in twain, and the inner part has
fallen away so as to mako a gap nearly
one hundred yards in width, and into
this was tumbled by the carthquako,
to which we are indebted for the tem
ple of freedom, from tho west, a heap
of debris, over which we scramDlo,
h.silinir tho Domes, if we obey our
guides; and that is the pass. South
ward from the valley is a beautiful luke,
and beyond it a mountain with bold
outlets. In the centre of the sunken
region is the holy ground ot icolanu,
This is the vallev in miniature that
is to say, as the valley is marked by a
huge crack through tho solid rock, tho
sacred spot is scpamieu irom iuo sur
rounding county by like fissu res. Tho
sanctified soil comprises, perhaps, throe
acres, and is almost surrounded by
dark clefU, deep in which, in the heavy
shadows, may bo aeon crystal streams
that flow transparent as air aim whu
out rinnlo or murmur. A narrow neck
of rook, affording an Irregular and
cramied footway, saves the solemn
enclosure from being an island, and
leaven it an irregular promontiiry,
famed for exceasiveness. It was here
that the Republican Althing (Parlia
ment) mot, aim tnai ma .uiig uvnv
cred the law from A. D. 930 to laflll
The central elevation, the Holy ot,
Holies, is the rock of tho law, an easily
sloping hillock, covered with closely
shaved turf.
We had obsorvod near the Ihing-
vnlla parsonage a brush heap (we
should have denominated it in Ohio),
and learned that it was invaluahlo
firewood. Before reaching the ravine
wo had an opportunity of viowing tho
forest whence this treasure waa ob
tained, and where happily much more
of the same sort may bp had. Tho
'limber" is, for the greater part, dwarf
birch, and it is wonderfully ffliarlea
and twisted, and crouches close to the
ground, evading thus the JIUI rury of
the wintry winds, in lu gruawmt ue-
volonmcnt thw brushwood rosemoios.
in dimensions, our tall blackberry and
eldor bushes, and an Icelandic forest
certainly presents the most favorable
opportunity ill tho world for obtaining
crooked sticks, A straight stick;, or
oven one growing generally in tho
samo direction, long enough for a cano,
was not to bo tound, though lookou lor
with soino solicitude.
The Kinir of Denmark arrived in
Rejkiavik alter the Thingvalla-cclcbra-lion.
woarv and with a cold, and was
put to bed with doseofquinino, by aid
ot which no enmo out in goon snapo mo
noxt day.
IKE PARTlXaTON'8 COMPOSI
TION.
Plymouth Rock," being tho subject
given out for the exorcise of (ho school,
tho teacher and boys wore astonishod
at tho following luminous composition
by Ike Partington, which displays
grout historical acumen, and a most
astonishing chronological facility,
Plymouth Rock. This rock was
brought to this country in the May
flower, in the year oy t no riigrims,
tinder the directions of elder Unman
Browstor, who afterwards moved to
Boston, and becamo an alderman of
that city. It was on this rock that
liovcraor Carver first shook hands
with Hamosct who said; "Welcome
Englishman I" It is' recorded that
when Samoset came up, Governor Car
ver asked him if ho was a real lngino,
or only a member of an Ingine com
pany. The rock has long been regarded as
a famous place, The American Eagle
lor a great many years used to oome
and whet his beak on tho rock, but in
lfif3 Miles Stanttish, In order to keep
it from being stolen, carried it and put
it iu front of Pilgrim Hall, whore it ro
mulne at tho present time, invested
with greot interest and an Iron fence.
Tho fence boars tho nsmos of all tho
Pilgrims in cast-iron letters that can't
be rubbed out
Tho rock is a good deal worn out by
the allusions touching it that arc thrown
off by Fourth of July orators. Ply
mouth Hock is tho corner-stone of the
cellar wall of our Republican afrncter,
parogoricially speaking, and the spirit
of Liberty alts niton It with a drawn
sword In one hand, and the torch of
freedom in tbeotbor; and if toes Invade
tho shore ot Plymouth at high water
for they never can get in at low tide
iney will in row rms rpfia; ;n nit mem.
It ia a precious legacy from the Past
to the Present, and from It niny be
reckoned the rngnm s rmgress.
Reniiili. The editor of the Louis
ville CbHrfarJoau-fuii when .brood to
leave tho street from the groat heat
which was prevailing remaks i On such
a day as yesterday lull-grown shade
trees on the sidewalk are worth ten
thousand dollars apiece, 1 The map
who sou out a simile shade tree is bet.
ter than the founder of four base-hall
clubs, hold as the assertion mav seem,
PRINCIFC J, NOT MEN.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1874.
A VBELLA'S VXL UCKY YO VNQ
DT MutkK TWAIN.
The facta In V a following ease cumo
to me by lottr om a young lady who
lives in the bote .ful city of San Joso.
She is porfocti, nnkown to mo, and
signs herself "arelia Maria," which
may possibly b a fictitious name.
lint no manor, iae poor gin is aunosi
heart-broken by' the misfortune she
has undergone, and so eon Hi nod by the
conflicting counsels of misguided frieuds
and Insidious enemies that she does
not know what course to pursue in
order to extricate herself from the web
of difficulties in which she sooms al
most hopeloealy Involved. " In this di
lemma she turua to me for help, and
sumilicatea for inr guidance and in
struction with a moving eloquoneo that
would touch tho Jlyart of a statue.
Hoar her sail ate'.'.f v ,, ,
She siiys that when she was sixteen
years old she met and loved, with all
tho devotion ot a passionate nature, a
young man from Jow jersey named
Williamson urccKenniigo lannners,
who was some six years her senior.
They were cngugotl, with the tree con
sent of thoir frieuds and relatives, mid
for a tinio it scorned as if their career
was destined to bo characterised by an
immunity from sorrow beyond the
usual lot of humanity. But at last Hie
tide of fortune turned. Young Caruth-
ers becamo infecUd with small pox of
the most violent typo, anil when he
recovered from his illness his face was
pitted like a waffle mould, and his
comeliness gone forever. Aurclia
thought to break oft" the engngemont
at first, but pity for her unfortunate
lovor caused hor to postpone the mar
riage day for a season and givo him
another trial. "
The very day before the wedding
was to have taken place, llrcckcinnlire.
while watching the flight of a balloon,
walked Into a well and fYaoturcd one
of his legs, and it had to be taken oft'
above tbe knee. Again Aurclia was
moved to break the engagement, but
again love triumphed, and she set the
day forward, and gave him another
chance to reform.
And again misfortune overtook the
poor youth. He lost one ami by the
premature discharge ot a f omth ot
July cannon, and within three months
ho got the other pulled out by a card
ing machine. Aurclia a heart was al
most crushed by those later calamities.
She could not hut be grieved to see her
over nassinir from her by piecemeal
feeling, aa she did, that he could not
last forever under this disastrous pro-
kcess of reduction, yet knowing of no
way to atop lis dreamui career, ana in
her tearful despair she almost regretted,
like brokers who hold on and lose, that
she bad not taken him at first before
he had suffered such alarming dcpreuL
tion. Still her brave soul bore her up,
and she resolved to bear with her
friend's unnatural disposition yet a lit
tle longer.
Atrain the wodding day approached
and again disappointments overshad
owed it. . Camthers tell ill with the
erysipelas, and lost the use of one of
his eye entirely, Tbe friends and
relatives oi tbe bride, considering that
she had already put up with more than
could be expot Uxl of hor, now came
forward and insisted that the match
should be broken off, but after waver
ing a littlo, Aurelta, with a generous
spirit that did hor credit, said ahe had
reftectod calmy upon the matter, and
could not discover that Breckonridge
was to blame :
So aha, extended the time once more,
and be broke the other log.
It was a aad day for tiie poor girl
when she saw the surgeons reverently
bearing away the sack whose uses she
bad learned y previous experience,
and her heart tola her the bitter truth
that some more of her lovor was gono.
She felt that tiie field of hor affections
was growing more ami more circum
scribed every day, but once more she
frowned dowa her relative.) and re
newed hor betrothal '
Shortly before tho time sot for the
nnptiala another disaster occurred.
There was but one man scalped by tho
Owens River Indians last year. That
man was Williamson ilreckenridge Ca
rut hora, of New Jersey. He was hurry
ing home with huppliiass in his heart,
when he lost his hair forever, and in
that hour of bittornews he almost oursed
the mistaken mercy that had spared
his head.
At last Aurclia is in serious perplex
ity as to what she ought to do. Sho
still Iovob ler Broekonriilgo, she writes,
with true womanly feeling1 sho still
lovca what is left ot him hut her par
onta are bitterly opposed to tho match,
because ho has no property and is dis
abled from working, and sho has, not
sufficient means to support both com
fortably, "ow, what shall l dor
she asks wilh painful arid anxious so;
licitudo, '
It is a delicate question ; It is one that
Involves the lltb-long happiness of a wo
man and that of nearly two-thirds of a
man.and I feel that it would be assuming
too great a responsibility to do more
than make a mere stigirestlon in tho
case. How would it do to build to
himt If Aurclia can afford the ex
pense, let hor furnish her mutilated
lovor with wooden anus and wood
en legs, and a glass eye and a
wig, and give bim another show ; give
him ninety days, without grace, and II
ne aoee not.nreaa niaiioea in tno mean
time, marry him and take the chance
It doc not sooni to me that there is
much risk anyway, Aurelin, because
if ho sticks to his singular propensity
for damaging himself when ho sees a
good opportunity, his next experiment
is bound to finish him, and then you
are safu, married or single. If married,
the wooilen logs and such other valua
bles as ho may possess revert to the
wktow, and you see you sustain no
actual loss save the cherished fragment
of a noble but most unfortunate line-
band, who honestly strove to do right,
hut whose extraordinary Instincts wen
against him. Try it, Maria, I have
thought the matter over oarefhlly And
woll, and it Is tho only chance I see for
you. It would have been a happy con-
celt on tbe rart of Carnthers it he had
begun with his nock and broken that
first i but since ho has seen (It toehonse
a different policy, and string himself
out as long as possible, i no not think
we ought to upbraid him for It if he
has enioyod it W !.. do the best
fro cat under iite oin umstances, and
try and not feel exasperated at him,
Sidney Smith waa ones) visiting tiie
conservatory of a y oung hvly w ho was
proud of ber flowers, and nsod f not
very accurately) a profession of botan
ical name, "liadamo," said he, "have
voo the Bantcania morlasisf" "No,"
aa aaid very Innocently, "1 had it kvat
winter, and I gave it to tu Archbishop
of Canterbury, and It ntmo out beautl-
luny in tno spring, , nop tennis pson
aula is tbe medical name for the seven
years Itch
REFUBL
TIIE LASV OF aOLD. ;
discovxhy or Tin Piixciors mktal in
, , , , Till BLACK HILLS.
Tho reported discovery of gold iu
the Black Hills by Custer's expedition
is occasioning great excitement along
tho Upper Missouri, csirocially in the
vicinity of Bismarck, wnere the exis
tence of rich mines in the Black Hills
has long been believed in. Although
tho existence of precious metals in tho
Black Hills is now for tho first time
definitely announced to tho world, tho
fact has long been known to soldiers.
trappers, guides, and hunters. Our
annv nfHcers have frooticntlv snoken
of thorn and exhibited specimens of
gold brought Into tho forts by Jiiduins.
As earlv as 1R62 an Indian from the
Black llills visited Fort Laramio,bring
ing wilh hitu a considerable quantity
ol gold dust and a number ot
FINK NUUUKTa.
So many persons were anxious to
get his gold thut tho Indian became
alarmed and threw it into tho l'liilte
river. In 180(1 a Crew chief guve to
Jlujor Hurt, at Port I'hil Kearney, on
the Powder river, a spieula of pure
fold as thick and almiwt as long as a
aber lend pencil. In the same year
soliliersfoundgold ill many places along
t'owder river, nig Horn, tlenr rork,
Pinoy, Uooso, Welti Trent crooks and
Tongue and Littlo Horn rivers, in
1HU4, it is related, Mr. Bullock, a post
trader, through some private arrungo
nient with a chief of tho Black Hills,
establiKhed a trade in gold and got
f2n,Q00 out of the Indians in a short
time. During Ibo'9 two Indians fre
quently brought gold to the forts and
Bold it. When pressed to discover
where they obtained it they said Irer
ry's Creek, a place In the Black Hills,
above Fort Laramie, Some whito men
bribed these Indians to show them the
place, and the party started out, hut
in tho night the Indians deserted and
the white men had to return. Two
Indians, now at Wbctstono Agency,
say they know of a place In a creek,
not far from Larumic, where the bed
of the stream is lined with yellow shale
rock, filled with gold. The rock is so
rotten, they state, that they have often
nicked out pieces of gold with their
uuicner Knives, ii is a wen Known
fact that several years ago an Indian
brought into Fort Laramie about a
3tiart of rotten shale rock tied up in a
irty cloth, and upon examination it
was found to contain over t-0Q worth
of gold. He would not tell where he
got it, but tho shale showed water
marks, and had evidently been dug
irom the bottom ot a stream.
Till blO HORN IXPSlllTION.
In January, 1870, tho famous ''Big
Horn (fold Searching Expedition" was
organised. Fully 500pcrons enrolled,
hut less than JSll started. Your cor
respondent saw this expedition at Fort
Stoele, Wyoming Territory, June, 1870,
and it was thoroughly provisioned,
equipped, and provided with overy
means of locomotion and defence, it
became the subject of Congressional
action, and a determined effort was
mado to abrogate the Sioux treaty of
18(10, that it might march through
Red Cloud's lani'.a. The flovemmont
warned the leaders of the expedition
that it would be unlawful for them to
pursue the route they bad marked out ;
but the expedition started, and had
marched over 350 miles when Genoral
Auger ordered his cavalry to pursue
the ''Big Homers" and compel Ilium
to return. They were overhauled un
Grey Bull rivor, a tributary of the Big
Horn, and Umlaut about zou miles
north of Bryan Station, ou tho Vniuu
Pacific Railroad, Home of the explor
ers pushed on through to Montana and
camo out at Fort Ellis, but the body
of tlio expedition returned with the
troops to Fort Brown, In the Wind
mver Valley, and marched thence to
South Pons, whore the men were dis
banded. Tho exploration produced
great excitement ill tlio West at the
lime ami camo neur causing a geuerui
Indian war.
RETICENCE OF TUI INDIANS.
It is almost impossible to get Indi
ana to tell of tho existence of gold in
their country, and it is rarely they tun
be scared or bribed into show ing where
it is to be found. Old John, for a bot
tlo of whisky, discovered tho White
Hue mines to Captain Coiner, ana
Natty Oanio, for a keg of the samo
stuff, Bhowod whito men tho Sweet
water gold mines, but these are isolat
ed instances. Long ego tho famous
Catholic priest, Father De Smct, who
spent moat of his life among the wild
Indian tribe of the Weal, told the
Sioux if tho while men found out there
was gold in their country they would
come, drive out the ganio, and take
possession of tho land. Tho rather
seemed to have a very high opinion of
Yankee ciitci-priso, tor he told the
Crows, "So much, do Ihe palo faces
love god that to possesa it they will
kill one another, cross mountains and
rivein yea, go through Are and risk
their souls' salvation or sell themselves
outright to tho devil to obtain it."
Tho Indians havo remembered the
teachings of the old priest, and not one
of theni to this day will show a whito
man whore there are gold or silver
mines. In some tribes it is mado
A PENALTY OF PEATU ,
to discover tho presence of 'precious
metals, and no Indian could live it
through any act of his a horde of min
era were brought into a country lie-
longing to the I ndians. tt Is tribe would
certainly kill him. That vast quanti
ties of gold exist in the iilack lulls
there is not a doubt, and that it will
soon be found and mado subservient to
the wants and conveniences of man is
equally certain. Pniftwaor Agassis
dvulurod that there were only three
great deposits of gold in the world
one in Africa, one in Australia, and
the other somewhere in the basin of
the Rocky Mountains. James Uarder
Atistinsuid "One day such vast quan
tities ot gold will he tound in the Ifocky
Mountains of America as almost to
shako the value, uf that most precious
of all niotals." I haro liocn In tho
Rocky Mountain country slnco 18(18.
and ail my experient'i) goes to convince
metnai vnc nuuiai oi Jtoiniuia, ncvjitia,
IMah, rind Wyoming are but
THE Ot'TLYINO SPCRI
of a crest central deposit Just whore
it will ho found of course it ia impossi
ble to tell, but I hi'lievo it, u.iaU either
along the base of Rig Horn Mountains
or in tho Black Hills, and if in tho
Black Hills Ouafor would he a likely
to strike it as anyone. Th Rocky
Mountains proper have been pretty
thomnghly explored, and an have their
outlying branches, except the Big Horn
and Black Hills, lu tbe explored
regions no great deposit f gold ba
been found, and Id one of tbe two small
unexplored tracts Custer now la with
his elumn. ifcrrwywiWrfisu Xw York
If your flat-irons are rougli,"rnb
them with fin salt and It will make
them smooth.
ALC110H0L VS. OPIUM.
INORMOi'S INCRF.ASI IN THE IMPORTA
TION OF TH K roiBONOt'S DBI-'O WOM EN
TUB PRINCIPAL CONSUMER INTKR
EBT1NU STATISTICS.
T'ntil 1810 our importation of opium
did not exi'cod the proper medical de
mand for tho drug. We used in that
year about 24,000 pounds of it. In
1870 we imported 154.841 pounds; in
1H72, over 250,000. Tho (liinoso de
nuind for opium prepared for smoking
accounts for about oneeighth of this.
Threo-eighths are absorbed in prescrip
tions proscriptions which are too often
recklessly written, as wo shall show
hereafter. This leaves fifty per cent.,
or about 125,000 pounds of poison, un
accounted for. Tho books of whole
salo drug houses in tho Eust show
heavy sales of opium to the country
dealer. The habit of opium eating
seem to prevail chiefly among women.
Tho fact may explain tho great per
centage of fanners' wives in lunatic
asylums. The author of "The Opium
Habit" estimates that there are 80,
000 or 100,00(1 habitual opium caters
in the country. There are somowhut
precise returns, however, only from the
stateof statistics Massachusetts. The
apothecaries in tho smaller towns of
the commonwealth report an alarm
ing state of things. . We subjoin a lew
notes furnished by different druggists
to the Board of Health.
Tboaa addicted t. opium ar. all female.,
Bevaral nervoa. woinea take opt.ro bora,
, I think tb. aa. of opium k... lightly inoraajod,
mo.tly among fem.l...
There .r. probably half a doaea opium ..tar.
here, all female, but oa.
On. opinm aater la lawn a woman.
The aae of opium baa greatly inereaaed, eepe-
aiaity amaag
The causes of this alarming habit of
self. poisoning are Boveml. 1 ho tasto
is often implanted in early Infancy by
tho ubo of tho drugged syrup which
foolish mothers givo to their restless
babies. Tho Massachusetts Board of
Health, endorses the author of "Opium
and Opium Appetite" in his statement
that "tho basis of what is known os
Winslow' Soothing Syrup is morphia;
a recent analysis of a sample of this
medicino gave one grain of tho alkaloid
to an ounce of tho syrup ; the dose for
an itilaut, as directed, being four or
fire times as great as that usnally re
garded, us safe." Another case is tbe
rashness of physicians iu prescribing
the drug. Out of fifty apothecaries,
fourteen mention this as a great reason
of the growth of the habit. Theopiato
treatment of neuralgia is very common
and very niiacliiovious. This disease,
by tho way, first led De (juincey to
use the deadly drug. Tho third great
cause is tho denial of the natural crav
ing for alcohol. Man, balked of one
stimulant takes another. "It ia a sig
nificant fact that both in England and
in this country the total abstinence
movement was almost immediately fol
lowed by an incroasod consumption of
opium." i no r.ngnsh importation
doubled within five years of the out
break of the movement. Wbcnteoto-
talism gained ground in America, our
importation although the price ol opi.
um had Just Increased fifty per cent.
rose in tho proportion of 3-5 to 1.
nillle, lu Uln TlifiMp-uuvicaauu muwilo
Mediea, says: "ihe habit of opium
chewing has bocomo very prevalent iu
tho British Islands, especially Binco
tho use of alcoholic drinks has been to
so groat an extent abandoned." More
house, in his "History ot inebriating
Liquors, declares that the Mohanie-
taus began to use opium when wine
was forbidden them. In Turkey, in
creased demand for wine of at years,
ba boon accompanied by diminished
demand for opium. In hot countries,
opium and similar substances are very
generally used in place of alcoholic
stimulants. These instances establish
probability that opium and alcohol
conflict with each other. The use of
one is apt to involve the disuse of tho
other. A number of Massachusetts
apothecaries tuko this view. One
lionton druggist says: "Have but one
customer, and thut a noted tcrnporMiice
lecturer," 1
The prevalence of the habit among
women ia probably explained by tho
unhappinuss of most of thorn, the men
till stagnation, the liability to nervous
drepression, and, in tho country, tho
seclusion ami tho grinding physical
work. Moreover, women are excluded
by publio opinion front ihe beer hall
and tho dram shop, and they are very
subservient to that opinion. Their
stimulant must lie secret. Opium
in it various fbrrna of laudanaum, pare
goric, and sulphate of morphia, can be
taken readily in private auu without
interruption of duty.
The relation between alcohol and
opium is of special importanco. If our
prohibitory and semi-prohibitory laws
are not only bringing with thctu the
usual evils of sumptuary legislation,
but are driving thousands ol peopio to
the use of a poison that ia far worse
than alcohol, wo nood to know it.
Rash legislation may fatally affect
morals. Tho English taste fur firey
liquor a tasto that wo havo Inher
ited Is attributed by many thinkers
to the heavy tariff imposed upon French
light winoa in 1708. This practically
shut tho lattor out of tho market, and
drove tho English to tlio use of tho
heavy wines ot i'ortugaai. i lie taste
once gained grew npon them.
WfiAt A Boy Knows about Girls.
Girls are the most unaocountableat
things in the' world except womon
Liko tho wk-ked flea, when you hv
thcin they alnt tliero. . I can sjipher
over to improper fractions, and the
teacher say i no it nrst-rote; oiu i
can't oipher out a girl, proper or im
proper, and yon can't either. The
only rule in arithmetic that hits their
case is the double rule of two. They
are a full of tho okl Nick as thoir akin
can hold, and they would die if they
couldn't torment somebody. When
they try to bo uierfn they are as mean
puisey, though they aint as mean as
they let on, except sometimes, and
then they are a good deal meaner.
The oply way to get along with a girl
when she conies at you with her non
sense, i to give it to her tit for tat, and
that will fliuumux her, ana when you
got a girl flummuxod alio i as nice as
a now pin. A girl can sow nioro wild,
oat in a day than a) buy ran sow iu a
year, but girls got thoir wild ut
sowed alter a while, which boys never
do, and then they settle down aa calm
and Placid a a mud puddlo. itut
lux girls tlrst-rato, auu a guoss tho
boys all do. . I don't care, bow many
triek tltry phty ou me and they don t
oaro, cither, The buity-toityist girl
in the world can t always boil over lik
a glass of soda. By-and-by they will
IE
ct into the traces w ith soineuouy iney
ke. and null a steady a an old stage-
horso, , That is the beauty of them, So
lot them wave, I say, they will pay
fur It some day, sewing on buttons, and,
trying to make a decent man of the
feller they have spliced on to, and ten
to one if they don't get the worst of ft.
.. TERMS $2 per annum in Advance.
NEW SERIES-V0L. 15, NO. 37.
A OLIMPSE BELOW THE ETER
. XAh CITY. ,
Charles Warren Stoddurd, writing
of "Under Rouio," say: "Fancy a
narrow subterranean walk, varying
from two tosoven feet In width, twisting
into a thousund angles and three hun
dred and fifty mile in length. Snch
wcro tho ancient cjitnoombs. ; f hey
have been filled in, walled up and left
to their eternal night, many of them ;
sorao of tho underground trails have
boon lost or forgotten these thousand
years, but St. Calixtus is still a marvel,
full of mystery and horrors and ro
mance. No ono ventures into its la
byrinths without an expert guide, and
the number and lengths of tho wux
taper that are necessary to complete
a successful exploration is simply
alarming. In the midst ot a meadow
wo bund a pair of steps tbat led us
into tho bowels, of the earth. .The
guide unlocked a door at . the foot of
tlio stairs and our party entered ; the
door was locked after ua, the lights
were lit, tho guide, .led us into a dark
alley that smelt warm and earthy;
one after another, In silence, we tracked
that guide through avenues that seemed
endless, for tho shadows crowded in
upon us oppressively and our tapers
burned but feebly. Upstairs, and
down-stairs, to right and left, we wan
dered liko a band of lost spirit. Wo
hung on to each other's coat-tails, and
grew more and more intimate, as we
felt our hold on life and our depend
ence on tho remorseless man who was
burying ns alive increaso, What ifl
tho earth should fall tho soft tufa
rock that you could scratch, with your
thumb-nail f It grew uncomfortably
hot ; it was not pleasant to havo the
whole party crowding on to your heels,
nor pleasant to be in tho midst af it,
wit h no chance of cscapo in case of a
panic ; but it wns worse than all to he
tho Inst man, who was half the time
around the corner in darkness and
liable to drop off Into chaos or oblivion
at the shortest notice. There were
several small chapels, with the rem
nants of altars and halt'-oblitorated fres
coes to be inspected, Many a Pope
has slept here his final sleep, and many
a saint and martyr; but tiie bones of
those revered ones have been more
gorgeously enshrined and the dark
city of tho dead ia now nearly deserted.
It was in these winding waj-e that
Miriam,' of the Marble Fawn, met her
dismal model ; it was here that ltans
Anderson's 'Improvisatorc' had his ad
venture with the young artist, and
here is laid much of the scene of that
moat fascinating and patriotic story,
Fabiola.' How congregations of wor
shippers ever survived tho unholy
darkness of these tombs I know not:
yet in tho thin! century Christian
Rome was driven liko hares to these
burrows. Herethey worsbijrped.lived,
died and were buried."
COMPULSOEY PRISOX LASOIt.
Kothing seem more Tousouable than
that prisoners in our county jails and
peiiiteutiarics who are usually incar
cerated for the misappropriation or de
struction of valuo ol ono kind or an-
to compensate the public for their keep
ing, it has been suggested with great
reason that in many instances a pun
ishment might be inflicted which should
consist of the restitution of a money
equivalent for the crime committed in
canes where the nature of the crime
admitted of such restitution. The con
vict could then work his way out of
(iriaou, bis detention being measured,
y the rate of his earnings. In North
ampton county it appears the system
of prison lalwr has been practised for
a number of years. We extract from
tho Easton Dismtch the following ac-j
count of its workiugs i
The wisdom ot J udgo .May naru s re
commendation looking to the intro
duction of munitul labor into our coun
ty prison bus been Hilly vindicated,,
and to fho visitor to that institution to,
day It has tho air almost as much, of a
manufactory as a placo of compulsory
confinement and punishment. But lew
of the inmates are unwilling or unable,
to work, although there is ono notable
example to bo classed with tlio former
head. The cells generally present tho
appearance of workshops, and tho pris
oners that of workmen laboring for
themselves. Tho product of their man
ufactures scattered around, and the
ffcneral industry manifested, Impart a
ook. absolutely cheerful, when con
trasted with the apparent hopelessness
of the former situation (before tlio in
troduction of labor) when each one
seemed to have nothing else to do
than to brood over his misfortunes and
to consider himself hopelessly wretched
for life. Tho minds of many of the
prisoners for the first time have been
imporly occupied and led to look uiion
fthor aa useful and ucccssarv to the
tmo enjoyment of lift', and they will
emerge from their present Ufb better
fitted tor a career than ever before.
Before tho introduction of labor, life in
prison was calculated to brutaliio and
to leavo tho prisoner worse man it
linind him on account of rile associa
tions. We loam that tho labor system
was introduced into our prison in Jan
uary, 1873. i Mr. Weland,uf North
ampton county, was tho finrt one with
whom the county commissioners con
true Uxl to supply work fur tho prison
ers, and mora lately a similar contract
has been made wilh Mr, H, Bcpder.
Thirty eight of tho pilmikcnl (a largo
majority) are engagod in some indus
trial pursuit, ana tho work they turn
out is represented to be good. So tar
they navo noon engageu in carpet
weaving, collar making ana sbos-mak-
A Swiet-Smxllino Odor, A wri.
tor in Hiirmr't Moqtuint says : "Musk
ia a secretion, and is obtained from the
muskdeer (Mosohna nvnwchiforua), a
pretty Utile animal uihabiting the high
er mountain range m t bin, lonquin,
and Thibet . The musk is found in a
small pocket or tiouch under tho belly
of the doer. Tho hunters rut off this
pouch, which, becoming dry, preserve
its
contents, and in this state, the arti
cle reaches our market. Musk, when
moderately dry, is an Unctuous powder
of tnldiah.hi'own. color. , tt give out
powerful odor of a warm, aromatic
character, and most, wonderful persist
ency. Blending with almost every
other Rcent, It discover but littl of it
own peculiarity in compounds, vyh.R
used in proper proportum, and yet
give them great permaacney. In
point of general usefulness to the ticr-
lumer it is probably unequaled by any
oilier snbstanoe, for, altWiitb W".!-
and undesirable in a pure state, tho
moat popular coniponmla are thoso iu
which it is an ingredient, Genuine
musk ia very costly, being worth, when
separated from it sack and all oxtrano
ons matter, from tM to 135 per ounce.
It rreat strength rompetiMt in a
meaaure (or Its rrrio. One part of
mask, it is aaid, -will oeui mora; Uiaa
3,000 part ot inodorou powdvts
THE TXE4SVHE8 OP XIIIVA.
ArHlrVift W fintUi ''fliJtn
speaking of the invasion of Khiva last
year, says: "Said Mohammed, tho
Khan, had fled, and tbo Russian Gen
eral, with hi staff and bis mite, rode
through the gateway, guarded so vain
ly by it bra cannon, into the my,
tcrioii palace which no European bud
ever entered, triumphant over the sai'
g power against which tbe uectssiv
expeditions of two hundred yeatu has
hitherto failed. Few persons can look
carelessly on an object of fanatical rev- ,
erenco and faith to a whole people.
The Sacred 'Tower of Khiva is a plain,
round tower, 125 feet in heighf, with
out pedestal, capital,, or ornament of
any kind. It surface is madeof hnrnt
tiles, colored ' blue, green, purple, "
and brown, on whito ground, arranged
in broad stripe and figure with ex
quisite effect, It i covered with verse
of tho Koran, and from its summit the
mollab calf tho people to the sunset
prayor. ' i he paiuce, a niige, irregular
structure, with external mud-walls
twenty feet high, has three centres of
interest tho ball of state, the treasure
chamber and the harem. The hall of
audience kt open to tho court, flanked
by tower whom decoration resembles
that of the Sacred Tower, has a floor
ruisod six feet above the pavement,
and a roof supported by pillurs of
carved wood. : It must have been very
liko a scone in a plnyr-when the Gen
oral, tho Grand Duke, tho Prince, and
the others recliued upon their raised
stago, and refreshed themselves with
wheateii cako, apricots, cherne, ana
iced water, while the baud played the
'Blue Beard' mttsioof Otttobach. licau
tiful armor, -carpet, coverlets of fine
silk embroidery, marvelous in color,
splendid Cashmere shawls, three hun
dred books, many very curious and '
valuable, were among the treasure of
the mysterious palace. The books, .
bound iu leather or parchment, were
all bciitiiully written by hand, and
among than was a history of the world,
and a history of Kbiva 'from the Is.
ginning of time,' How did the armor,
beautifully inlaid with gold, find its
way to tho treasure chumbcr of tho
Khun? What is tho story of those
two exquisitely wrought gauntlets,
which bear on each a lily in gold, and
a crescent of much later workmanship, :
telling ol tbe Christian knight tar from
Franco who carried tho flower device
of his laud and his lady-love to defeat
and confiscation by the Saracen foe f
How they Waltz at Pit-in-Bay. ,
People may say that a wait is a
waiiz, out n is a mistake ; as mucn as
to say that a dog is a dog ; for there
are dog and dogs, and there are
waltzes ana waltzes. With one peramr
it is the noetrr of motion : with anoth
er it is about as awkward a perform
ance as putting yourself upon a level
and going through tho motion of run
ning up stairs would De. A Kentucky
girl is a natural waltser, and she doe
it with a charming chic and abandon.
An Ohio girl's waltzing is easy, grace
ful, and "melodius." If she happens to
como from Cincinnati and across the
Rhine, she swing dreamily round and
rouud in the endless "Dutch waltz."
If she comes from Chicago, she throws '
her hair back, jumps up and cracks her
heels together, and carries off hor
astonished partner as though a simoon
had struck him, and knocks over all
intervening obstacles in her mad career
around the room. If ahe ia from Indi
ana, sho creeps closely and timidly up
to her partner, as though she would
liko to get into his vest pocket, and
melt away with eestaoy as the witch
ing strain of tho "Blue Danube" sweep
through the hull. If she is from Mis
souri, ahe crook hor body in the mid
dle like a door-hinge, takes her partner
by the shoulders, and makes him mis
erable in trying to hop around her
without treading on ber No. 9 shoe.
If ahe come from Michigan, she aston
ishes her partner by now and then
working in a touch of the double-shuffle,
tir a bit of pigeon-wing, with tho
Fdnlal'gfie MvAfiifOWniThriVct--his
neck, rolls up her eye a she float
away, and is heard to murmur, "Oh,
hug me, J ohn 1 tiiwtaavtfi J imt.
Till Good of Milk. If ono wishes
to grow fleshy, a pint of milk taken
before retiring at night will cover the
scrawniest bone. Although nowa
days we gee a great many fleshy fe
male, there are many lean and lank
ones who sigh for fashionable measure
of plumpness and who would be vastly
improved in health and appearanco ..
could their figures bo re-bound with
good solid flesh. Nothing is more co
veted by thin women than a full figure.
and nothing will arouse the ire and
provoke the scandal of one of the "clipper
builds" a tho conciousness of plump
ness in a rival. In case of fever and
summer complaint milk is given with
excellent result. Tho idea that milk
is "feverish" has exploded, and it is now
tho physician's great reliance in bring
ing through typhoid patient, or those
in too low a state to be nourished by
solid food. It is a mistako to scrimp
tho milk-pitchor. Take more milk and
buy loss meat. Look to your milk
man; have a largo-sized, well-filled
milk-pitcher on tho table each meal,
and you will also hav sound flesh and
light doctor bill. i
The 1omk of St. Pacl's. The dome
of tbo St, Paul's is the original of our
dome at Washington ; but externally
i minx onrs rs me more gracctui oi
tbe two, though the effect insido i
tame and flat in comparison. This ia .
owing partly to our hard transparent
atmospliorc, which lends no charm or
illusion, but mainly to the stupid unim
aginative plan of it - Otir dome shut
down hke an inverted iron pot ; there
t uo yiata, no outlook, no relation, and
henoe no proportion. You open a door
and are in a circular pen, and can look
in only ono direction up. If the iron
pot were slashed through here and
there, or if It resled on a row of tali
columSj or piers, and was shown to lie
a legitimate part of tho building, it
would not appear the oxhaustea re
ceiver it does now. -
Tho dome of St, Paul's Is tlio culmi
nation of tho whole interior of the
building. Rising over the central area,
it seem to have, the aislo, the transepts,
tbo choir, and give them expreaaiong
and expansion in it lofty firmament, ,
WhattheBirp Din. Frederick 17.,
of Prussia, was one day walking along
tho terrace of Sun Houoi and noticed
that his beautiful, large grape were
suffering severely under the appetite
of tbe sparrows. , Enraged at the im.
pudunt thioyoa, bo offered a price for
thoir heads, and In a few weeks there
wo not a single sparrow in the royal
gardens. In the following year, how.
oyer, not a single grape rijiened, ami
tho Prussian monarch found that a
sparrows disappeared the grulw, catter
pillors and snails began to commit their
depredation unmolested, and tbo king
found out that, although the sparrow
were great throve, war usellil qualttlea
far more than counterbalanced their
bud ones. Ho repealed bis former
edict, and since that time sjiarrow and
grape nave prospered abundantly at
Sun Houtil - , i. .
"An obtuse English critic ba again
been deceived by tho volatile "Ameri
can humorist," The majority of news
paper readers probably remember tho
(fntvo announcement wnicu naa ire
quently circulated in lha newspaper
lately that Mr. iiayani iavior na ai
orrvcred daring his recent English trav
el tbe letter which raaased between
Joseph nd . Potiphar'e wif Th
writer of the paragraph alluded to tho
fact that only "ono side of the story"
was known, exptwetng ttr hop that
"aln. PoUphar1 tatwasnt would now
ba haardV' i.Tha! Loiiou TAtmkmi
,1 take the Jo t in earnest-, ; ,. -i ..