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UKOtMlU HAtlllHTY,
Pabllihttrt.
CnrUs.
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW,
ClearUeld, Pa.
Wttl attend tn all baafncu ontruated to biia
piomplly nnd f.ilhfully. bovH'73
WILLIAM i. WALLACB.
HAinr t. nutn.
DAVIO L. BBBBB.
JOIN W. WH1III.RT,
WALLACE & KREBS,
(Suiorsaors lo Wallaoo Fielding,)
ATTOHN K V8-AT-LAW,
IMJ'TS Clearfield, Pa.
a. v. wuaos, a. a. a. a. va valsaii, a. n.
DBS. WILSOE & VAN VALZAH,
tlcarUclil, Pa.
Offl-o In re.ldenco of Dr. Wilson.
Orrira llui Prom 1J lo J r. . Ur. Vno
V.ltah Clin be found at nlfcht In hi. room., next
dnor lo llart.wick A Irwin's Drug Biore. up
Main. ; J,V,' -
DU. JEFFERSON UTZ,
WOODLAND, PA.
Will nrouintly attend all calls In th line of his
profession
OOT.1D-7S
........ . '.iLLT. AiaL w. a'cuaor-
MoENALLY & MoODRDY,
ATTOUN EY8-AT-LAW,
I IrarUrld. Pa.
4rLo(tAl boilnoM attended to promptly with
inT.. (im.i. ob beoond rtroot, aboro the Virit)
ddlity. Oflioo oa beoona ro,
National Dank,
jan:l:7t
G. R. BARRETT,
Attorn by and Counselor at Law,
CLEARFIBLD, PA.
Having resigned bla Jn.lge.bip, has reinmad
th. practice of the law In hi. old office at Clear
Held Pa. Will attend the eoorta of Jefferaon and
Klk iountlel when ipocially retained in oonneoiioa
with reaident counsel. -
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORN EY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
u-nmi. In Court llouao, (Shorilf'a OBoe).
Legal buaineaa promptly aucuuou iu
benight and sold.
Heal estate
JelWJ
J. W. B A N T Z,
ATrKNKY-AT-LAVV,
Cleartteld, Pa.
sjaj-OHIee in Pic's Opera lloaas, Uoom No. a.
All local busineas entroated to h.a cars promptly
attended to.
jy7t
T. H. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
.11.. iv.n in all legal bualneas
antru.f d to hi. care In Clearlleld and adjoining
.auntiea.
Office on Maraoi ai oppu.,- -
Jewelry Store, Clearfield, Pa,
A . W. W ALTE RS,
slTTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearlleld, Pa.
aj,0moo In Ornham'a Row. doc3-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
tl:l:7S ClearBeld, Pa.
' WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Iffice on Second St.. Clearfl.ld, Pa. BQTll.M
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearlleld, Pa.
Hj-Offlee ia Pi.'a Opora House.
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
r-0c lo Pic a Opera llouao, Room No. 5.
Jan. J, 1974.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Real F-atate Agent, Clearlleld, Pa.
in Be",Li h.t.CherriAWalnot.
VR.ap.etrlly ol.r. hi. a.rvlesa Ir i aelllaf
,dl,in,P1..d. i. Cl.arH.ld and adjoining
.un.l.a and with a. .ap.rls.M.f
ra.r, u a aorvsyor, datwr. WB..I ."''
render aatlafactloa. trek. ISiM.tr,
FREDERICK 0'LEA.BT BUCE
snitlVKNER & COS VEVANCER,
General Life and Fire Ins. Agent,
Deed) of Conveyance, Article, of Agreement
and all legal paper, promp J M i
.uted. Office la 1'le'a bpara lloaaa, Koom No. 4.
ClearBeld, Pa,, April ill, I'M.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATR BROKER,
AUD DBAIaltt I
Haw Log mid Luinbep,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Otioe In Qraham's Row.
1:26:71
J. J. L INGLE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
1,11 OsreolB, Clearfield CP.T
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORN EY - AT - LAW,
w.ii.rrton. Clearfield County, Penn'a.
fvAU legal buaineaa promptly attended to.
CYRUS GO R DON ,
ATTORNEY. AT LAW
Market street, (north side) Clearlleld, Pa.
-All legal business promptly atteadod to
Jaa. J, '7S.
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SO RO EON,
OBlco oa Market Street, Clearnald, Pa.
stw-Offle. Iwarai to 11 a. m., and 1 to p.
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R. E. M. 8CHEUKKK,
110MOJOPATH1C PHYSICIAN,
OOo. la realdcBea oa Market at,
April , 7J:..-
Clearfield, Pa.
DR. W.
A. MEAN8,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LUTIIKIWUCRU, PA.
Will attend profeeelonnl ealla promptly. auglO't
J.
S. BARNHART,
ATTOHN KY . AT - LAW,
Helleloate, Pa.
Will practice ia ClearBeld and all of lbs Court, of
the 16lh Judiolai dlatrlct. Real eatale buaineaa
and etdleotion of olalrae made apecialtiss. bTTI
JAME8 CLEARY,
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
alOOND STItKET,
JyM C I. P. A H FJ K I. IK IP A. u
1. . riata.
T. A. FLECK & CO.,
Ageeta la OleaHl.ld eoaaty for tba sal. of
K. HIITTKHICK IH.'"
Fashionable Patterns of Garments,
.. -4 . at.a btvlbs aan sisaa.
j:ll Market itrwat Clearllld. Pa.
! T. M. ROBINSON,
t Jdaaafactorer sad dealer la
narness, Saddles and Bridles,
j Collara, Whip,, Drathes, Fly Nsts, Trimming..
Ihirse IllankeU, Ar.
i Vaeaam. Prank Miller's and Mralsfoot Oils.
' Agent for Bailey and JTilsan's Buggisa.
. Orders and repalriag promptly elleadad lo,
Shop oa Market street, Clearfield, Pa., ia room
formerly oesupird by Jaa. Aloaaadar. X:t'74
JAMES K. WATSON ft CO.,
RliAb SrTATI BROKRIIS,
' UI.KARI-IKLD, PINN-A.
' .leases and Offices to let, Colleelions promptly
asadr, and Arst-elass Coal sad Klre.Clav Laada
, and T"WB properly fur sale. Office la Western I
f Jl "lei Unilling (Id Soorl, Seii.l. myM'Tty
CLEARFIELD
Q00DLANDER & HAQEETY,
VOL. 48-WIIOLE NO. 2387.
yards.
A. Q. KRAMER,
A T T O K N E Y - A T - L A W ,
Heal Kitate and Culleellon Agent,
CI.UAKI'IKl.D, PA.,
Will promptly attend to all Ugn bmineis ea
traitt,d to bla ear.
4r-OAioo in 1'le'e Opera Jioui, second floor,
aprll 1-Oin
loho It. Orrli. 0. T. Aloxaudcr. C. M. Itowmi
0EVIS, ALEXANDER & BOWERS,
ATTOBN EY8 A T LA II'.
BaUet'oute, Pa. J.ii!,U'-J
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN A 8UHGEON,
HAVIK8 looated at Pennnolil, Pa., orTcn hie
proreinional lerricoe to lh people of that
plnooand lurrounding oouutry. AUoolw promptly
attended to. oot. II tf.
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Juitloo of tba Peace, Surveyor and Ooneyanccr,
Lullieraburir, Pa.
All bollncn Intruntcd to bun will be promptly
attended to. l'erioni wishing to euiploy a Utir
reyor will do well to give him a call, ae honaltera
hiniaelf that be can render satisfaction. Deeds 0r
conveyanee, articles of areeiucnt, and all legal
papers, promptl; and neatly caecuted. IJtlnov74
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Justice of the Peaoe and Bcrlrener,
Curwcnarlllo, Pa.
.Collectiona modo and uioooy promptly
paid oyer. fol.2J'7ltf
aao. ALaanr iimr Ai.atnr..- w. albbut
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manufacturers A eitenalre Dealcra In
Sawed Lumber, Square Timbor, Lo.,
WOODLAND, P K N N ' A.
SMJ-Ordcrs aollclted. Ullla lllled on ahort notioa
and reasonable terras.
Addreas Woodland P. 0., ClearBeld Co,
Pa.
c2a-ly
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ALlltUT A 111108.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
uv.M.-l.vllle. ClearBeld County, Pa.
Keeps constantly on hand a full aaaortineiit of
Dry Oooda, Hardware, llroeeriea, and ..erytblng
aaually kept In a retail .lore, which will b. aold,
for oaah, as cheap as claowhere In the county.
Prenchville, June 17, 1867-iy.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DBALaa la
GENERAL MKRCII ASDIKR,
CiBAHAMTON, Pa.
Alio, eitenalva manufacturer and dcolor In Siuro
Timber and Hawed Lumoorui an
aja-Orderf solicited and all bills pf"1'
lled. I -
" REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield. Peim'a.
afavWIll astute Joha In bla line promptly and
lo a workmanlike manner. r ..
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
. NEAR CLEARFIELD, PKNN A.
aaa-Pampa always oa hand and made to order
, . ,lu PinMhnerfl on reasonable torma.
On ,n.o nm - , .....
All work warranted to render aatlalaelion, and
delivered If d.elred. y:lyp
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
SQUARE TIMBEK,
ud tnavnulsvcturrri 01
ALL KINDS UPIAWEO M'MHllH,
8-T'TJ CLEARFIELD, rUMA'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
8I1INC1LES, LATU, riCKBTn,
f:l78 ClearBeld, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
DBALBB IH
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
J.U'73 CLEARFIELD, PA.
DR. J. P. BUR.CH MtLU,
Lata 8urg.OBOt the b:id Regiment, Psnnaylvanla
Volunteers, naviag rciuroeu n,e
offara bla prof.aaional s.rvicos to Ib.eltisenf
of ClearBeld oounty.
a.Penf...lonalcall. nromptly attended to.
nai.. .. R..nnrf .(pssl. formarlvoeeupied by
Dr. Woods. lP" "
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer in
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, Sc.,
J,1C7J CLEARFIELD, PA.
I, SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABU DBALBB IN
Wotohos, Clocks and Jowolry,
0rala'e Bom, Mark firreet,
CI-UARKII'I D, PA.
All kind, of repairing In my line promptly at-
.ndad to. April 2, lJ.
HEMOVAL.
REIZENSTEIN 4 BERLINER,
wholesale dealers In
GEMS' FIRMSHNG GOODS,
Have removed to 17 Church street, between
Franklia and VYkita at.., New York. jy3I 71
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
AaaBRT to
Cblekarlng'i, Sulo way's and Kmarson's Pianos (
inlth'a, Masoft A Hamlin's and Peloubet'i
Organs and Melodeone, ana urorar
Baker's Hewing Maebinas.
also eaicaaa or
Piano, Qatur, Organ, Harmony and Voeal Mn
mis. No nunil taken for less than half a terra.
syHeome opprnlt Oullcb'f Furniture IStora.
Ulvarlleld. Hay , let.v-u.
it. pavis CAHMT
HOLLO WBDSH & CAREY,
BOOKSELLERS,
Blank Book Manufacturers,
AND BTATIONSRS,
31ft Jtlarhtt 81., FMIaMpMa,
jsa,Psp.r Hour Sa!i. and Bags, Foolscap,
Letler, Nets, Wrapping, Corlain and Wall
Papsra. isas.i-iyp
II.
F. BIGLER CO.
CARRIAGE & WAG0S WOODS,
SHAFTS AND POLES,
HUBS.SPOKKS, FELLOES, 4o.
Carriage aad ttsgna Maker, shoald make a
aet. of th I. and rail and aaamla. thorn. They
will b. aold at fair pricsa. may 71
OTONKS SAW GUMMEKS AND
SAW UPSETS.
Wa have roeslvad the arenoy for the abov.and
will aall thoea at maaararlursT's prlcaa. Call and
.lamlns tbaca. Tbey arc the heat-jolt-;!
H F- BlULKH A CO.
Mountain Echo Cornet Band,
CDKffENSVILI.B, PA.
MrSIC farirlrbed foe Ploalos, Feet I. sis, Coa
e.rla. Lectures, e., on roaeoaable terms.
Addr.se, B. . rlKONBR, Sec,
BjeyMai Carweaavilk, Pa.
OOT AND SHOE MAKING.
J08IP1I II. DIRHINH, oa Market street, In
Shaw's to, Clearfield, Pa., basjasl resolved
a toe M of Praaek Calf tklaa aad Kips, lbs
best It Ik. market, aad Is bow prepared ra maa
afaetors eras yttlnf In hi. Una. lis will war
real his work Is as as reprsMBtod.
Th. allia.aa sf tllearfisld aad vlel.lly an
napastfally lavlud ta glvt LI? sell.
Work dear at abort nolle T If 17
S.
Publishers.
O, HOW I DID LIKE IT.
iKunr waru ixiniBa aud ? tiltox poahpal.
Tum4-" Captain Jink,"
Vm Henry War of tha Puritan itock,
I'm tlie (frtiil rfUjiooi wnalbtr-eovk,
And ihriilicrd of flour iili lug took
O, Cbriitiiu luii lit in llrooklyii.
I'm a wondor fully popular man
It'i oinr callrely lo my plan.
Of prencbing miration for fallen man
Tu my oonrcgutinn lm Brooklyn.
My method of running (ha Goip1 machlna
I a modern one ivi tuay ba leen ;
It duoa up iba Imiineai tlick and olean
You can aee bow it worka In Urooklyn.
The first and prlnoipU thing to be dona.
it to preim witu view to pieaaa arary odo
It'l tbe nicest thing beneath the sun,
- It work i like a charm in Uruuklyu.
Mr mlliiouf riewR era aort of hesh
Of every eoneeivible kind of treib,
tow pared wun th Jiiule i know ."won i wiin ,
Hui If opular over in Brooklyn.
Tn ttio orthodox I preach a bell,
I throw itip to the infldel
'T would putale eld Nick hioieeir to tell
Wliat I mean by wy preaching in Brooklyn.
I rleit the In d l to do thru hood,
Ah erery generoae patter thuuld )
(tfcouree, U'e generally nana nit too d
Atnontf lb ueuibere In Urooklyn.
I tell I hem It'a alt Bluff about ln,
Whit titur waul ii n Inn I r of tin t .
To be mre, for aprrucbur.tbie aoundi "pretty thin,"
nut u iuiu tba aiitera in urooaiyn.
Buccom ii tbe principle for you,
It makei no dittoretioe what you do,
Nor what nieain yuu take to earry U through,
Ho you coiuo out ahead in Brook lyu.
Hot ween you and me the faot of It Is,
In reunion liko everything eUe "bit" la "bla,"
It' paltmbly plain that's how It "rls,"
Orer the heights of Urooklyn.
I never allow tbe thing to lull,
I always baro tome wire to pull,
l're praotieed se long In pulling the wool
Over their eyes in Brooklyn.
I preached abolition for many a year
I'm good at shedding tbe arooodile tear
I shed at about ten thousand a year
That's the cheapest I do it in Brooklyn.
As soon as that began to grow stale,
I took up the woman rallruge tale .
0 Lord ! didn't 1 rant and rail
'Bout woman's wrongs in Brooklyn f
As soon as this began to disparage
My preaching, In came tbe Hicbardson marriage
Hut I rather think there was a miscarriage
L'poo tbe whole, in Brooklyn.
Now wince along this det itish row
About me and Tilton, and Bow en and Co.;
Faot it. I hardly know what to do.
It's getting so hot in Urooklyn.
1 tbink I'll mameuvre something like this:
I'll summon a jury who can't go amiss,
Their brotherly kiudncss will quickly 1 limits
All the charges against mi in Brooklyn.
And when they ak, "Well! how did you do!"
We'll 1st we sifted it through and through,
And the sum of it is tbe ttory ain't true
"liow't that for high," in Urooklyn.
MomL, You know how it Is yourself.
AOTJ-S AROUT ICELAND.
T FllOM MURAT IIALBTEAD'S CURRKaV
PONHKNCB.
From tbs Cincinnati Commercial.
On stftitiiuir rtHlmro tlie fimt thiiiE
tlio imliurint uotifoB is tlio Toliftiitc
fliiinicUT of every ntmu anil pcbblo
mid irniin of sniicl. The beach is not
white, but blink. The rritvel on the
street hits tho nniieantiico of black
Mid. 1 lio tlixr tep are mocks oi
black lava, bonevcoinlied by tho in
tenuity "f tho heat to which it has been
Hitbicctetl. Ono who travel in Iceland
nitmt know tho pony wisely it not too
well lor be is tbe solo (leienuctieo on
the romlx. which arc mere lHiny paths.
There wan a (Treat lot of the little fcl-
lows in town yesterday. They o
about in sti-iiiirH, a stout cord or mniill
ropo fiisteniiig tlie lower jaw of one to
tlio lull ot the oilier. J uun unu a u
en are nttachetl ill lino and the furnt'
er who has conio to market trots homo-
ward on the ftiremottt ot his stnnir of
ponies, and tho rest, tied tttil to jaw,
with puck saddles piled with cods'
heads, or other merchandise, follow,
anil keep step nicely. The prevailing
color antonjrtho ponies is sorrel (they
are of all the annie colors iuoucd)
and thia- are tlistiniruiHlied by an abiind
tint irrowth of hair. It is not unusual
to seo their tails clipped squarely to
prevent them drap(?in on the ground.
This abundance of tail hair (jives a
fastening for the uscltil rone that regu
lates tho next iwny in order. A ques
tion arose whether tho little, rascals
were shod, anil an examination of their
lent answered It in mo anu-inaiivc. i
Htienk of tho lionics as small rnscals,
but tho term sliouiil oo untiemioou in
this case ns ono of endearment, 1
think one might bo justilied in petting
a neat and docile, long-tailrd, sorrel,
Icelnml nimv. It is liinnv and adinir-
able to see them rattle olonrj with tlain-
tv nnd nimble steps over tho ovorlast-
ing Invrt, swill and suro-footed under
burdens that would seem sufllcicnt for
a largo horso an animal, by the way,
that could not get along here at all.
I wus mistaken in assuming that
there was no road on the island. There
is ono of three miles in length, leading
finm Heikiavik toward tlio Geysers,
and tbe people enjoy it so much that I
wonder tliev ao not, extcrni n at. icam
a milo or two flirt her. 1 am able to
irivo in addition to this information
about tho road the fact that there is a
cart on tho islutid. Yesterday 1 saw
its track, and to-day 1 saw tlie thing
itself.
Tho King took a ride ol five miles
into tho country yesterday and eanght
snlinnn. The process of Ashing in
which he indulged is not difllcnlt. The
river flows in several channels over its
bed of lava, and is dammed so that the
water runs into largo boxes, and tum
bles through a bole in each Dux, mint
ing a slight lull. Tho hole is guarded
on tho inside agaist exits by long,
converging sticks, and tho adventurous
fish, swimming up tho river, find the
littlo water fall flashing before them,
and seemina to como from a pleasant
pool abovo, jump it with force sttfllccnt
to plunge them into the box ; and there
they are as safe ns mico in a Iran Into
, r i -i i 1...1 t,.....i.
wnicn Liiey navv rinwieo .unmw
sharp wires that yield them admission
rcaili!y,hut forbid return. Thesalmon's
well-known nowor and sameness in
jumping water fltlls gives rise to this
contrivance. The King caught tho
salmon by Inserting in tho trap where
they were taken a basket net on a polo
and seisiping them out. In this way
rlftv-one were captured during Ins visit
tho largest weighing twelve pounds
and a half. V hen his Majesty was
weary ol landing out the llsb lie passca
tlio spoon net to ins son.
It may bo bad to look at bonnet in
church, though I am told vory oxecllont
ludies Iiiito been known to do it, and
whatever the measure of wickednot
tho gala head tires of the ladies of
. , , , , I .1
icciami would eotnmanu mo aiu-niion
of even tho most pious visitor. We
first saw this head divas in all t glory
jn the catbednil, and it must ho do-
scrilied. J ho bams ol it is a short horn,
made of paster-ofird, 1 believe, the
mouth of which (Ha the heads snugly
as a silk hat. This It a mistake, but I
allow it to stand to trlve the first im-
pression. The linen covering oi the
pasteboard horn widens toward the
head, and in fualened to tho hair with
pins; and the veil is attached to tbe
front of tho structuro thus reared, next,
tho hair, and thrown back over tho
l.i.rn which ilisn avi it to ureal au
vantage
CLEARFIELD, PA,
The noliit of the horn ia by a short
citrvo presented to the trout. Then it
is eovorod with snowy mien, or in euso
of extravagant nut in, and about it at
tho bottom is a belt of gold or tilver,
whilo over all, supported by tho horn,
is thrown and jastencd a white veil.
It is at once unique and uperh, aud
produce a fine effort in a public a
semhly. , , ,
A section ol tlie nanu oi tue niiig n
I'riimtn discoursed most eloquent music
in the neighborhood of the dancing
ilutform, and thoro tlio uancor were
dancing in tuno. Many of tho girl
looked very nice, alio tianceu grucoiu uy,
their peculiar hoaddroHe decking
them with appropriate splendor. The
dancing is something botwoon a tier-
man walla and a Highland fling, and
must bo highly enjoyable to those en
dowed with Bitnlvnessof limb and elastic
constitutions. Tho dancing by this
extremly religious people won ou Sun
day evening, anti mere wa no quern ion
among that it wa the proper supple
ment to tho solemn exercises in me
Cathedral in the morning.
Mr. llavard Taylor wa introduced
us tho Sknld from America. He quite
surprised the people by addrcing
tlicin In Jiantsu uricny, out nueuuy,
expressing sentiment of respect and
congratulation. When be had con-
Inded tlio King, who was suinuing in
tho thick of tlio crowd, led the
cheering, giving the Skald tho full
and regular three times threo. At the
(ievsers a few day afterward tho
Kino-told Mr. Taylor ho was cxeoed
ingly surprisod to hear him sieak in
Uanish, ana comnnmeuieii nun 11(1011
his command ot the language.
The immediate approach to thing-
valla is throtiLrh an awful volcanic Ba-
stiro, peopled ry the raven ana inu
thrush. A tract of many square mile
has been torn apart f 1-ora tho rest of tho
island, and were split and scutterod by
the convulsion has sunk from sixty to
ono hundred feet, thore is reason to
suppose, literally, into a lake of fire
and brimstone. The Allmun' Pas is
tho best entrance to the sunken valley,
when approaching it from tho west
side. Haifa milo from the Thingvalla
Church a hill of black rock ha boon
rent in twain, and tho mnor part bo
Allien awav so as to make a nan nearly
one hundred yards in width, and into
this wa tumbled by the eartliquuKe,
to which we arc indobtod for the tem
tile of freedom, from tlio west, a heap
of debris, over which we scramblo,
leaditiB- the nonie. if we obey our
iruidca:and that is the pate. Mouth
ward from tho valley ia a beautiful hiko,
and beyond it a mountain with bold
outlet. In tho centre of the sunken
region is the holy ground uf Iceland.
This is tho valley in miniature that
is to tay, a the valley is marked by a
hueo crock throuirh tho solid rock, tho
sacred spot is sepamtod from tho atir-
rounding county oy line nssuros. a no
sanctified soil comprises, perhaps, threo
acres, and ia almost surrounded by
dark cleft, deep in which, in the heavy
shallows, may bo seen crystal streams
that flow transparent as air and with
out ripple or murmur. A narrow peck
of rock, affording au irregular and
cramjied footway, saves the solemn
enclosure from beina; an island, and
leavos it an irregular promontory,
famed for excossivouoe. It was here
that tlio ltepulUiean Althing (Parlia
ment) mot, and that the Judge deliv
ered the law from A. D. VM to 121)..
The central elevation, tho Holy of
Holie. ia the rock of tho law, an easily
sloping hillock, eovcred with closely
shaved turf.
We bad observed near the I hmg-
valla naraonao-e a brush heal) (we
should have denominated it in Ohio),
and learned that it was invaluable
firewood. Before reaching the ravine
we had an opportuniiy of viowing the
forest whence this treasure wa ob
tained, aud where happily much more
of the same sort may lie had. The
timber" is, for the greater part, dwarf
birch, and it ia wondortuiiy gnarieu
and twisted, and crouches close to the
ground, evading thus tho lull fury of
the wintry wind, in 11 greaioM ue.
volopmcnt thw brushwood roeemDio.
in d tnonsion. our tall blackberry and
cider bushes, and mi Icelandic forest
certainly presents the most favorable
opportunity n tho world for obtaining
crooked slicks, A straight stick;, or
oven one crowing generally in the
same direction, lonir enounh foracano,
was not to be found, though looked for
with some solicitude.
The Kinir of Denmark arrived in
Heikiavik alter the ThinirvallBMiclebra-
tion. weary and with a co)d, and wa
put to bed with a diasc of quinine, by old
of which he came out in good shnpo the
next day.
IKE PABTiyOTOWH COATPOSl
TIOX. ('Plymouth Rock," being tho subject
given out for the exorcise 01 the school.
the teacher and boys were astonished
at the following luminous composition
by Ike rartinirtoii, which Uisplayt
grunt historical acumen, and a most
astonishing cnronoiogicni iucitity,
Plymouth Hock. J his rock was
brought to this country in the May
flower, in the year 1402, by tho Pilgrims,
tinder the directions of elder Unman
Brewster, who afterward moved to
Huston, and bocanio an alderman of
that city. It wo on this rock- that
Governor Carver first shook hand
with Hamowet who said: "Welcome
Englishman!" It it recorded that
when Samosot came up, Governor Car
ver asked him if he was a real Ingine,
or only a member of an Ingine com-
pany.
The rock ha long been regarded as
a fhmniiB place, The American Eagle
for a great many years used to ooine
and whet his bonk on tho rock, hut in
1 (153 Mile Standish, In order to keep
it from being stolen, carried It and put
it In front of Pilgrim Hall, where it re
main at tho present time, Invested
with irreat Interest and an Iron lenee.
Tho fence beam tho namet of all the
I'ilgrimt in cast-iron letter that can't
bo rubbed out
Tho rock is a good deal worn out by
the allusions tourbinu it that are thrown
off hv Vntirth nf Jnlv (imtors. Ply
mouth Bock is the corner-stone of tho
cellar wall of our Republican trnrtcr,
parcgorlcally speaking, and the spirit
of Lilierty lt upon it with a drawn
sword In ono band, and tlio torch of
freedom in the other; and if toe Invade
tho shore ot Plymouth at high water-
tor they povor can get in at low tide
they will throw this rock In thplr teeth
It is a precious legacy from the Past
to tho Present, und from It tnny be
reckoried the rugnm rrogic.
Hinsisi.s. Tho editor of the Lonis-
ville CcuritrJournal when fbrood to
leave the ft foot from th trreV; "
which was prevailing rentaks 1 On such
a day as yotterday full grown shade
trees on the sidewalk are worth ten
thousand dollars apiece, Tbe man
who sots out a single shade tree it bet
ter than the founder of four baae ball
clnha. hold the asertlon may seem.
PRINCIPLE, NOT MEN.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1874.
AURELLA 8VSLITCKY YOUNG
MAN.
nr kj.HK twain.
The facts iu V following vase catnu
to me hy letter! "in a young lady who
lives in the bvai .lul city of San Jose.
She Is porfbotly unkown to me, and
signs herself '.'.isrelia Maria," which
may possibly ps a notitious name.
But no matter, the poor girl is almost
heart-broken by the misfortune the
lias undurtrone, and so cotifhsod hy the
conflicting counsels of misguided fneudt
and insidious enemies that she does
not ktiow what course to pursue in
onlor to extricate herself from tho web
of difficulties in which she nconi al
most hopelessly involved. In thi di
lemma the turns to me for help, and
supplicates for my guidanco and in
struction with amoving eloquence that
would touch tho l;rt of a statue.
Hear her sad st-1 ,.,
She says that when she was sixteen
years old bo met and loved, with all
tho devotion ot a passionate nature, a
ouiig mun from Now Jersey named
iVillianison Brcckenriilge Camthein,
who wa some ix years her senior.
They were engaged, with tho free con
sent of thoir friends and relatives, and
fur a timo it seemed as if thoir career
was destined to bo eharacteriwd hy an
immunity from sorrow beyond the
usual lot ot humanity, nut tit last me
tide of fortune turned. Young Curulh-
er became infected with small-pox of
the most violent typo, and when he
recovered from his iiliieoi hi thee was
pitted liko a wattle mould, and his
comeliness gono forever. Aurelia
thought to break off the engagement
at first, but pity for hor unlbrtunato
lover caused hor to postpone the mar
riage day for a season and give him
another trial. '
The very day before the wedding
was to have taken place, Hrockonridgo,
whilo watching tlie flight of a balloon,
walked into a well and fractured one
of bis legs, and it had to be taken off
above the knee. Again Auroua wa
moved to break tho enimccnietit, but
attain love triumphed, and she set the
day forward, and gave him another
chance to reform.
And again misfortuno overtook the
poor youth. He lost one arm by the
premature discharge of a Forutb of
July cannon, and within throe months
he got the other piinoa out ty a curd
ing machine. Aurolia't heart wa al
most crushed by these lator calamities.
She could not but bo grieved to sec her
lover passing from her by piecemeal,
feeling, as she did, that he could not
last forever nndep this disastrous pro-
K'ob ol reduction, yet Knowing 01 no
way to stop its dreadful career, and in
her tearful despair Bhe almoet regretted,
like broken who bold on aud luae, that
she had not taken him at first before
ho bad suffered such alarming dcpreol.
tion. Still her brave soul bore her up,
and she resolved to bear with her
friend's unnatural disposition yet a lit
tle lontror.
Again the wedding day approached,
and again disappointments! overshad
owed it. . Caruthers fell ill with the
ervBipela, and lost the use of one of
his eyes entirely. The friends aud
relatives oi the bride, eonsiderinit that
she had already pot up with nioro than
could be expected of hor, now eamo
forward and insisted that the nuttcti
should bo broken off, but ofter waver
ing a littlo, Aurelia, with a goncroaB
spirit that did her credit, said she had
reflected calniy upon the matter, and
could not discover that Breekonridgo
wa to blame :
So alio extended the timo once more,
and bo broke tbe other leg,
It wa a sad day for the iioor girl
when ahe saw the surgeons reverently
bearing sway the sack whose uses she
had learned ky previous experience,
nnd hor heart told ber the bitter truth
that some more of her lovor wa gone.
She felt that the field of her affection
was irrowlmr more and more circum
scribed every day, but once nioro she
frowned dows her relatives and re
newed her betrothal. :
Shortly bofbre tho time sot for the
nnptial another disaster occurred.
There was but one man scalped by tho
Owens liiver Indians last voar. That
man wo Williamson Breckenridgc Ca
ruthers, of New Jorscy. He wa hurry
ing home with happiness in hi heart,
when he lost hi hair forever, and in
that hour of bitterness he almost oursed
tho mistaken mercy that had spared
his bead.
At last Aurelia !b in serious perplex
ity a to what she ought to do. She
atill loves hep Breokonndgo, ahe writes,
with true womanly feeling the ttill
loves what 1 left of him but hor pois
ont are bitterly opposed to the match,
because ho has no property and Is dis
abled from working, and she ha not
sufficient means to support both com
fortably, "Now, what shall I doT
she as&s wih pnlpful and. anxlput so
licitude, It is a delicate question ; It Is one that
Involves the life 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 resjionsibility to do more
than make a mero tniti-estion In the
co. How would it do to build to
himT If Aurelia can afford the ex
pense, let her furnish her mutilated
lover with wooden arms and wood
en legs, and a slam ev and t
wig, and trive him another show 1 give
him ninety days, without grace, and if
lie uoos noL.nreaa nisneoa iniut';noaii
time, marry him and take the chances.
It does not scorn to me that there is
much risk anyway, Aurelia, because
if ho sticks to his singular propensity
for damaging himself when bo tecs a
aood opportunity, hit post exnenlmont
ia iiounu 10 nmaii mill, Hie. viivii yuu
are sfo. married or ninp-lo. If married
the wooden leg and such other valua
bles as ho may possess revert to the
widow, and you see you sustain no
actual loss save tho oherished fragment
nf a noble but most unfortunate hus
band, who honestly strove to do right,
but whose extraordinary Instinct wen
against him. Try It, Maria. have
thought, the matter over carefully and
well, and it hi tho only chance I seo lor
you. It would have been a happy con
ceit on the part of Csrothprt if he had
begun with bis neck and broken that
first I but since hv has scon lit to ohoose
different policy, and string himself
ont as long at possible, I do not tbink
we ought to upbraid him for if) tf he
ha enioyed it- W niiie do the beat
wo cm uil,1er tiie oircunistanoos, and
try and not reel exasperated at him,
Sidney Smith was once visiting the
conservatory of a young lady who was
proud of ber flowero, and used (not
very accurately) a profession of bourn
Sfl name- : "-Madame," said he, "have
you the Mepteana. ajMnastsT" "No,"
ska aaid very innocently, "I hod it hut
winter, and I gave It lo th Archbishop
of Canterbury, and it came out beauti
fully In tho spring." Mcptenni psori
asis it the medical name Tor the oven
years Itch. ,
TUE LAXI) OF GOLD. '
discovkhy op Tin rumors iiitai. in
,. 1 Till BLACK HILLS.
Tho reported discover- of gold in
tho Black Hills by Custer's expedition
ib occasioning great excitement along
the Upper Missouri, especially In the
vicinity of Bismarck, wlier the exis
tence of rich mines In the Black Hills
has long boon believed in. Although
tho existence of precious metal in tlio
lllaek it tils Is now lor tlie llrst time
definitely announced to the world, the
fact has long been known to soldiers,
trappers, clinics, anil hunters. Our
army officers have (Voqiicntly spoken
01 tiicm ana exnioiicu spw-iiiicna 01
gold brought into tho forts by Indians.
As early a 1R62 an Indian from the
Black 1 1 ill visited Fort Laramio,bring-
i iiisr with hiiu a considerable qtiuntity
ot gold dust and a number ot
PINE NUtHIKTS.
Ho many persons wore anxious to
get his gold that tho Indian became
ulnniiod nnd threw it into tho I'lutte
river. In ISfiti a Crow chief gave to
Major Burt, at rort Phil Kearney, on
tho Powtler river, a "picula of pure
gold as thick and almost as long as a
Knlier Infill riciuiil. In IliA aiitns) voar
soldiers found gold in many liiaccs along
rowder river, llig Horn, t lcnr rorK,
Pinoy, Goobo, Wolf, Trout crooks anil
Tongue and Littlo Horn rivora. in
1H0I, it ia related, Mr. Bullock, a post
trader, through some private arraugo
nient with a chief of the Black Hills,
established a trade in gold and got
$20,000 out of the Indians in a short
time. During 18ti9 two Indians fre
quently brought gold to the fort and
sold it. When pressed to discover
where they obtained it they said (Jer
ry' Creek, a place in the Black Hills,
above Fort Lamuie, Some white men
bribed these Indian to show them the
place, and the party started out, but
in the night the Indians deserted and
the white men had to return. Two
Indians, now at Whetstone Agency,
say they kuow of a place In a creek,
not far from Laramie, where the lied
of the stream is lined with yellow shale
rock, filled with gold. The rock is so
rotten, they stute, thnt they have often
I licked out pieces of gold with their
lutehcr knives. It is a well known
fact that several years ago an Indian
brought into Fort Laramie about a
3uart of rotten shale rock tied up in a
irty cloth, and upon examination it
was found to contain over 1200 worth
of gold. He would not tell where he
got it, but the shale showed water
marks, and had evidently been dug
from the bottom of a stream.
Til Mill HORN EXPEDITION.
Ill January, 1HT0, tho flimous "Big
Horn (iold Searching Expedition" was
organised. FnllyB00pcrons enrolled,
but less than 150 started. Your cor
respondent 6w this expedition at Fort
Steele, Wyoming Territory, Juno, 1870,
nnd it wa thoroughly provisioned,
equipped, and provided with every
means of locomotion and dofoitco. It
became the subjoct of Congressional
action, aud a detorminod effort was
mado to abrogate the Sioux treaty of
I sou, that it might march through
jled Cloud'e tan, 'a. The f-rovernment
warned the leaders of the expedition
that it would be unlawful for them to
pursue the route they had marked out :
but tbe expedition started, and bad
marched over 350 miles when General
Auirer ordered bis cavalry to pursue
the "Big Hornet." and compel thpiu
to return. They were overhauled on
Grey Bull river, a tributary of the Big
Horn, and distant auout zau miles
north of Bryan Station, on tho Union
1'aciflo Iiailroad, Some of the explor
ers pushed on through to Montana and
came out at Fort Ellis, but the body
of the expedition returned with the
troops to Fort Brown, in the Wind
Kivcr Valley, and marched thence to
South Pass, whoro tho men were din
banded. Tho exploration produced
great excitement in tho West at tbe
timo and came near causing a gonerat
Indian war.
RETICENCE OP TUE INDIAN.
It is almost imixxtsible to get Indi
ans to tell of tho existence of gold in
their country, and it i rarely they can
be scared or bribed into showing where
it it to bo found. Old John, for a hot
tie of whisky, discovered the While
Pino mines to Captain Collier, and
Natty Gamo, tor a keg of tho same
stuff, showed whito men the Sweet
water gold mine, but those are isolat
ed instances. Long ago tho famous
Catholic priest, Father De Smet, who
spent most of his life among the wild
Indian tribe of tho WosL told the
Sioux if tho white men found out there
was gold in their country they would
come, drive out the game, and take
poasession of tho land. Tho Father
seemed to have a very high opinion of
lankoe enterprise, lor be told tbe
Crows, "So much do the palo fcc
love god that to poesesa it they will
kill one another, cross mountains and
rivers yea, go through fire and risk
thoir souls' salvation or sell themselves
outright to tho devil to obtain it."
Tho Indians have remembered tlie
teachings uf the old priest, ami not one
of them to this day will tliow a white
man whoro there are cold or silver
mine. In some tribes it is mado
A PENALTY or DEATH .
to discover the presenco of "precious
metals, and, no Indian could livo if
throngh any act of his a horde of min
ers were brought into a country be
longing to the 1 naians, lilt t n oe won ia
certainly kill him. That vast quanti
ties of gold exist in tho Black Hills
thore is not a doubt, and that it will
soon be found and made subservient to
the wants and oonveuioncos of man is
equully certain, Protestor Agassit
declared that there were only throe
great deposits of guld in the world
ono in Africa, one in Australia, and
the other somcwhero iu tbe basin of
the ltocky Mountains. James Cardur
a UHLiii num "une uay buuu vast quuit
titiosof gold will be found in tho liocky
Mountains of America as ulmost to
shake the valtto of that most precious
of all metals.'' I have been In tho
Rocky Mountain country sineo 1808,
and all my experience goes to convince
meuai tue niiuiaiui ji,iuuiin, i-acvniiit,
t'tah, nnd Wyoming are but
THE Ot TI.T1NQ tPCM
of a great oentral deposit Just where
it will bo found of con rue it it impossi
ble to tell, but I behove, it exists either
along tho baso of Big Horn Mountain
or in the Black Hill, and if in tho
Black Hills Custer would be as likely
to strike it as any ono. The Rocky
Mountain proper havo been pretty
thoroughly explored, and so have their
outlying branches, except the Big Horn
and Black 41111. In the explored
regions no great deposit of gold has
been fuand, and in on of the two small
unexplored tracts Custer now is with
his fHAumtirOonffotulcpee York
If your flat-irons are rough, "rub
tbra with fin salt and it will make
them smooth.
ALCJWUOL VS. OPIUM. ,
ENORMOrS INCREASE IN THE IMPORTA
TION Of THE POISONOUS DHUO WOMEN
TUB PRINCIPAL CONSCMUtS INTER
ESTING; STATISTICS.
Until 1810 our inqioi'tutioii of opium
did not exceed Ihe proper medical de
mand for the drug. We used In that
year about 24,000 pounds of it. In
1870 we imported 154.841 pounds ; in
1872, ovor 250,000. Tho Chincso de
mand for opium prepared for smoking
accounts for about one-eighth of this.
Three-eighths are absorbed in proscrip
tion prescription which are too often
recklessly written, a wo shall show
hereafter. Thi haves fifty per cent.,
or about 125,000 pounds of poison, un
accounted for. 1 ho books of whole
sale drug houses in tho East show
heavy snles of opium to the country
dealers. The habit of opium eating
seems to prevail chiefly among women.
Tho fact may explain tlio great per
centage of fanners' wives in lunatic
asylums. The author of "Tho Opium
Habit" estimates that there are 80,
000 or 100,000 habitual opium eaters
ill the country. There are somewhat
precise returns, however, only from tho
stateof statistics Massachusetts. The
apothecaries in tho smaller towns of
the Commonwealth report an alarm
ing stato of things. . Wo subjoin a tew
notes furnished by different druggists
to the Board of Health.
ThoM addicted te opiom are all females, '
Several Bervous womea take opiate bare.
. I think the ass of .plum bas slightly increased,
mostly among females.
There are probably balf a doacB oplflm aat.rs
here, alt females but OBs.
Ono opium eater IB Iowa s woman.
The bss of opium haa greatly increased, es
elally among women.
The causes of this ularniing hubit of.
sell-poisoning are sovcral. 1 ho taste
is often implanted in early Infuncy by
tho uso of tho drugged syrup which
foolish mothers give to their restless
babies. The Massachusetts Board of'
Health, endorses the author of "Opium
and Opium Appetite" in hi statement
that "tho basis of what is known as
WIjisIow'b Soothing Syrup is morphia;
a recent analysis of a sample of this
medicino gave one grain of tho alkaloid
to an ounce of the syrup ; the doso for
an infant, a directed, being four or
nve times as great as that usually re
garded, as safe." Another caso is the
rashness of physicians in prescribing
the drug. Out of fifty apothecaries,
fonrtcon mention this as a great reason
of the growth of the habit. The opiate
treatment of neuralgia is vory common
nnd very mischiovious. This disease,
by the way, first led Dc Quinccy to
uso the deadly drug. Tho third great
cause is the denial of the natural crav
ing for alcohol. Man, balked of one
stimulant tukos another. "It is ja sig
nificant fact that both in England and
in this country the total abstinence
movement wo almost immediately fol-
lowed by an increased consumption of
opium." ino r-ngllsh importation
doubled within five years of the out
break of the movement. When tceto-
tulism gained ground iu America, our
importation although tho price of opt
uin had Just Increased fifty per cent.
rose in the proportion of 3-5 to 1.
PMIItv, IU Ula TUuiopuuuiaauu Hlnw.lt
Medics.," (ays: "The habit of opium
chewing ho becomo very prevalent in
the British Islands, osnei-iallv Riiicc
tbe uso of alcoholic drinks ha been to
so great an extent abandoned. " More
house, ill his "History ot inebriating
Liquors, declare that the Mohumo-
tnns began to use opium when wine
wa forbidden them. In Turkey, in
creased demand for wine ol late years,
lias boon accompanied by diminished
demand for opium. In hot countries,
opium and similar Bubstunces are vcry
gcnerally used in place of alcoholic
stimulant. These instances establish
liability 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
Boston druggist Bays: "Have but one
customer, ami that a noted tempci'Kiicc
lecturer,'
Tho prevalence of the habit among
women is probably explained by tho
unhappinus of most ot them, the men
tal stacnation, the liability to nervoua
drepression, aud, in the country, the
seclusion and the grinding physical
work. Moreover, women are excluded
by public opinion from ihe boor hall
awl the dram shop, and they are very
subservient to that opinion. Their
stimulants must lie secret. Opium
in its various forms of lainlnnaum, pare
goric, and sulphate of morphia, can be
taken readily in private aud without
interruption of duty.
The relation between alcohol and
opium is of special importance. If our
prohinitory and scmi-prohioitory lawt
are not only bringing with thorn the
usual evllt of sumptuary legislation,
but are driving thousands of people to
the use of a poison that is fur worao
than alcohol, wo nocd to know it.
Hash legislation may fatally affect
morale. The English Utsto for firoy
liquors a tasto that wo havo inher
ited is attributed by many thinkers
to the heavy tariff imposed upon rrench
lie-lit wines in 1708. This practically
shut the latter out 01 the maricou ana
drove tho hnglish ta the use ol tho
heavy winct of Portugaal. The taste
once gained grew npon them.
What a Bov Know about Girls.
Girls are the most unaocountablest
thinirt in the' world except Women,
Liko the wicked flea, when you have
them they suit thuro. . I can ipher
over to improper fractions, and the
tcacner says 1 no it nrst-rate ; out
can't cipher out a girl, proper or im
proper, and yon can't either. The
only rule iu arithmetic that hits their
case is the double rule of two. They
are as Dill of tho okl Nick as their skin
can hold, and they would dio if thoy
couldn't torment somebody. When
they try to bo uioifn they are oa mean
as pulsey, though thoy aint as mean as
thoy let on, except sometimes, and
then they are a cuou ileal meaner.
The oply way to get along with a girl
when she conies at you with her non
sense, is to give it to hor tit for tat, and
that will fluiumux her, ant) when you
got a girl flummuxed sho is as nice a
a now pin. ' A girl can sow uturo wild,
oats in a day than a, buy ran how iu a
yuar, but girls gut tbuir wild oats
sowed altar a while, wuii'h boys iievor
do, and then thoy settlo down as calm
and placid as a -mud-puddle, ilut
like girls first-rate, aud I guess the
boys all do. . I don't rare haw niuiiy
triik they play uu mo anil they don t
capo, either. Tho hoity-toity ist girls
in the world can't always boil over like
a glass of soda. By-and-by they will
got into tbe traces with somebody thoy
like, and mill as steady a an old stage-
horso, . That 1 the beauty of them, So
lot them wave, I say; they will pay
for It some day, sewing on buttons, and,
trying to make a docont man of the
feller tbVry have sphced on to, and ten
to tmc if they don't get the wnrt of it.
TEEMS $2 per annum in AdTance.
NEW SERIES-V0L. 15, NO. 87.
A GLIMPSE BELOW THE ETEH-
. JsAL CITY. , , ,
Charles Warren Stoddurd, writing
of "Under Itouiu,". says: "Fancy a
narrow snbterranean walk, varying
from two toseven feet In width, twisting
into a thousand angles and three hun
dred and titty miles in length. ' Hneh
wore tho ancient catacombs. Tbey
have been filled iu, walled up ami lull
to their eternal night, many of them ,
somo of tho underground trails have
been lost or forgotten these thousand
years, but St. Culixtus is still a marvel,
lull of mystery and horrors and ro
mance. No ono ventures into it la
byrinths without an export guide, and
the number and lengths of the -wax
tapers that are necessary to complete
a successful exploration is simply
alarming. In the midst ot a meadow
wo found a pair of step that led iib
into the bowels, of the earth. .The
guide unlocked a door at tho foot of
tlie stairs and our party entered ; the
door was locked after tu, the lights
were lit, the guide leu us into a mirk
alley that smelt warm ami earthy;
one after another, in silence, we trucked
that guide through avenues that seemed
entiles, for tho shadow crowded in
upon us oppressively and our tapers
burned but Icetiiy. 1 p-stairs, nnd
down-stairs, to right anti left, we won
dered liko a band of lost spirits. We
hung on to cuch other's coat-tails, and
grew more anil nioro intimate, as we
felt our hold on life and our depend
ence on tho remorseless Hum who was
burying ns alive Increase, What if
tho earth should full the soft tufa
rock that yon could scratch, with your
thumb-nail 7 it grow uncomfortably
hot ; it was not pleasant to havo the
wholo party crowding on to your heels,
nor pleasant to be in tho midst of it,
with no chance ot cscnpo in case of a
panic ; but It was worse than all to he
the last man, who was half the time
around tlie comer in darkness and
liable to drop off into chaos or ohlivion
at the shortest notice. There were
several small chapels, with the rem
nants of altars and balf'-oblitorated fres
coes to be inspected. Many a Poc
has slept here his final Bleep, and many
a saint and martyr ; but the bone of
these revered ones nave Deen more
gorgeously enshrined and the dark
city of tho dead is now nearly deserted.
It was iu these windinc ways that
'Miriam,' of the Murblo Fawn, met her
dismal model ; it was here that Hans
Anderson's 'Improvisatore' had hi ad
venture with the young artist, and
here is laid much of the scene of that
most fascinating and patriotic story,
Fabiola.' How oonrrregationB of wor
shipper ever survived tho unholy
darkness of theso tombs I know not:
yet in the third century Christian
Home was driven liko hares to these
burrows. Hcrethey worsbipped,lived,
uieu ana were minea.
COMPULSORY PRISOX LABOR.
Nothing seems more reasonable than
that prisoucrs iu our county jails and
peniteutiaries who uro usually incar
cerated lor the misappropriation or uo-
pit ucuoai ui vntuu ui one auuu ur an-
"ln. I--M. ? fl Vy ,,! 11 , Y" r.V.
to compensate the public for thoir Keep
ing. It has beou suggested with grout
reason that in many instances a pun
ishment might be inflicted which should
consist of tlie restitution of a money
equivalent for the crimo committed In
cases where the nature of the crime
admitted of such restitution. The con
vict could then work his way out of
prison, his detention being measured
by tho rate of bis earnings. In North
ampton county it appears the system
of prison labor has been practised for
a iiuihIkt of years. We extract from
tho Easton VimiUh the following ac
count of its workings 1
The wisdom ot J udce Maynani s ro-
commondation looking to the Intro
duction of muniial labor into our coun
ty prison has been fully vindicated,
and to (ho visitor to that institution to
lay Jt bas tho air almost as much of a
manufactory as a place of compulsory
confinement and punishment. But lew
of the inmates are unwilling or unable
to work, although there is 0110 notable
example (a bo classed with tlio former
head. The cells generally present the
appearance of workshops, and tho pris
oners that of workmen -laboring for
thcmsolvos. The products oftheir man
ufactures scattered around, and the
f;cncrs.l industry manifested, impart a.
00k absolutely chcerflil, when con
trasted with the apparent hopelessness
of the former situation (before the in
troduction of Intior) when each one
seemed to havo nothing else to do
- . 1 1 , rn . s
man to uruou uver ujs uucuuriuiiCB auu
to consider hinusclf hopelessly wretched
lor tile, iho minus 01 many 01 tne
prisoners for the first time have been
properly occupied and led to look ujKin
labor as useful and uecessary- to the
truo enjoyment of lift, nnd tncy will
emerge from their present life better
fitted for a career than ever before.
Bolbro tho introduction of labor, Ufa in
nrison wa calculated to tmttalizo and
to leave tho prisoner worse than it
tound him on account ot vile associa
tions. Wo learn that the labor system
was introduced into our pruon ui Jan
uary, 19 1 s. Mr. Vi eland, eiil iNorth
srapton county, was tho first one with
whom the county commissioners con
tractod to supply work fur tho prison
ers, and more lately s similar contract
has been made Willi Mr. 11, Bondrr.
Thirty eight of tho pi-lsoacnj (a largo
majority) are engaged in tome indus
trial pursuit, and the work they turn
out is represented to bo good. So lnr
thoy havo neon engagea in carprt
weaving, collar matting ana Booe-mak-ing.
, . , . .. :,! r . : ..
A Sweet-Smrllinu Odor. A wri.
tor in yiirtxT's'tdiUtsrsay: "Musk
it a secretion, and is obtained from the
muskdeer (Mnochn mosehifents), a
pretty little animal inhabiting the high
ur mountain ranges of China, Tonquin,
and Thibet - The musk is found in a
small pocket or pouch under the belly
of the doer. Tho hunters cut off this
pouch, which, becoming dry, preserves
lis coilieiim, Oliu 111 1111s mine, ine nni
clo reaches our markets, I Musk, when
moderately dry, is an unctuous powder
of reddish-brown: ouliuv It gives out
a powerful odor of a warm, aromatic
character, and most wonderful persist
ency. Blending with almost every
other soont, it discovers but littl of its
own peculiarity in compounds, nyuta
usod 111 projK'r proportion, and yet
gives thvin great permanency. ' In
point nf general nm'tnliic!, to the pcr-
ihinor it is probably uneqiiulod by any
other stibslanoo, for, aJtlioiLgh co.
aud undesirable hi a pure state, the
moat popular coniponiui are those iu
which it 1 an Incredlcnt, Genuine
musk is very costly, beiiur worth, when
separated from its sack and all extrane
ous matter, from (29i to 135 per ounce. ;
Its great strength mmpeiisate in a
messKir (ur its priosv Oiuv pnrt of
ukuna, 11 u Mia, win sweat suorv vubsi
3,000 part o inodorous powder, ,
TUE TREASURES OP JCIIIV-
a . aril J 1 1. . - jl
j in broad stripes and figure with ex
quisite cnoct, u isoovoreu wiiavorseB
of tho Koran, and from its summit tho
mollahs call tho jsxiplo to tho sunset
pruyor. The palace, a huge, irregular
structure, with external mud-walls
twenty feet high, ba thine centres of
interest the hull of stiito, the treasure
chamber and tho harem. The hall of
audience is oiicn to tho court, flanked
by tower whose dceortvtioii resembles
that of tbe Sacred Tower, ba a floor
raised six feet above (he pavement,
and a roof supported by pillars of
carved wood, i It must have been very
liko a scone In pisyy-when the Gen
oral, the Grand Duke, tho Prince, ami
the others reclined uKin their raised
stage, and refreshed themselves with
wheatcn cuko, apricots, cherncs, ana
iced water, while the bund played the
Bine Beard' musioof Oft'enliachI Beau
tiful minor, carpets, coverlets of lino
silk embroidery, marvelous in color,
splendid Cashmere shawls, three bun
dred books, many vory enrions and '
valuable, wore n,nng the treasures of
the mysterious psiaro. The books, .
bound iu leather or pun-hmout, were
all beatifully written by hand, and
among tbcjn was a history nf the world,
aud a history of Kbiva 'from tho be
ginning of lime,' How did the armor,
beautiliilly inlaid with gold, find its
way to tho treasure chamber of tho
Khun? What is tho story of tliosu
two exquisitely wrought gauntlets,
which bear on each a lily in gold, and '
a crescent of much later workmanship,
telling ud" tbe Christian knight for from
France who curried tho flower device
of his hind and his lady-love to defeut
and confiscation by tho Saracen foe
How Tiur Walte at Put-in-Bav. ,
Pcoplo may say that a waltx is a
waltz, but it is a inistuke ; as much as
to say that a dog is a dog ; for there
are dogs and dogs, and there are
waltzes and waltzes. " "With one person
it is the noetiy 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 be. A Kentucky
girl is a natnrsl waltser, and she does
it w-ith a charming chic and abandon.
An Ohio girl's waltzing is easy, grace
ful, and "melodius." If she happens to
come from Cincinnati and across tbe
Bhiiie, she Bwings dreamily round and
round in the endless "Dutch walls."
If she uoiues 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 iu her mad career
aronnd the room. If she is from Indi
ana, she creeps closely and timidly up
to br partner, as though alio w ould
like to get into his vest pocket, and
melts away with ecstacy as tho witch
ing strains of the "Blue Danube" sweep
through the hull. If she is from Mis
souri, she crook her body in the mid
dle like a door-hiugo, takes her partner
uy inc. suuuiucrs, unu nias.es nun mis
erable in trying to hop around her
without treading on her No. 9 shoes.
If Bhe comes from Michigan, she aston
ishes her partner by now and then
working in a touch of the double-shuffle,
or a bit of pigeon-wing, with tho
his neck, rolls up her eyes as she floats
away, and is heard to murmur, "Oh,
hug mo, John I OiKtssafi Timet.
Tub Good or Milk. If ono wishes
to grow fleshy, a pint of milk taken
before retiring at night will cover tho
scrawniest bones. Although nowa
days we see a great many fleshy fe
males, mere are many lean and lank
ones who sigh for fushionable measures
of plumpness and who would he vastly
improved in health and appearance -could
their figures bo re-bound with
good solid flesh. Nothing is more co
veted by thin women than a full fiirure.
and nothing will arouse tho ire and
Iirovoke the scandal of onoof the "clipper
milds" as tho conciousnes of plump
ness in a rival. Iu cases of fever and
summer complaint milk is given with
excellent results. The idea that milk
is '-fi'verish" has exploded, and it is now
tho physician's great reliance in bring
ing through typhoid patients, or those)
in too low a state to be nourished by
solid food. It is a mistake to scrimp
tho milk-pitcher. Take more milk and
buy less meat. Look to your milk
man j have a largo-sized, well-filled
milk-pitcher on the table each meal,
and you will also have sound flesh and.
light doctor bills. . ; ,
The Dome a? St. I'acl'b. The dome
of the St, Paul's is the original of our
dome at Washington ; but externally
i tnmn ours is tne more graceful ot
the two, though tho effort insido is
tamo and flat in comparison. This is .
owiug partly to our hard transparent
atmosphoro, which lends no charm or
illusion, but mainly to the stupid unim
aginative plan of it. Our dome shuts
down liko an inverted iron pot ; there
it no vinto, no outlook, no relation, and
hcuoe no proportion. You open a door
and are in a circular pen, and can look
in oniy ono direction up. ir the iron
pot were slashed through here and
there, or if H Tested on a row of tall
eoluinaj or piers, and wa shown to lie
a legitimate part of tho building, it
would not ajipoar the exhausted re
ceiver it does now.
Tho dome of St, Paul's la tlio culmi
nation of tho wholo interior of tho
bntldlng. Hising over the central area,
it seems to have, tho aislo, the transepts,
the choir, and give them expressions
and expansion in its lofty firmament, ;
What theBirps Din. Frederick II.,
of Prussia, was one Hay walking along
tho terrace of Hans Souoi and noticed
that his beautiful, large grapes were
suffering severely under the appetites
of the sparrows. , Enraged at tho iin.
pudvut thieves, ho offered t price for
their heads, and in a few weeks there -was
not a single sparrow in tho royal
gardens. In the following year, how.
over, not a single grape ripened, and
tho Prussian monarch found that aa
sparrows disappeared the grubs, catters
pillors and snails began to commit their
depredations unmolested, and the king
found out that, although the sparrows
were great thieves, thuar useful qualities
far more than counterbalanced their
had one. Ho repealed his former
edict, and since that time sparrows and
grape have prospered abundantly at
SnusHouci.1 , ..:;
l: An obtuse Knglish critic ha again
been deceived by tho volatile "Ameri
can hnmorisL" .The majority of news,
paper readers probably remember tho
(jravo announcement which has iVe.
quontly clrcnialea in in newspaiwrs
lately that Mr. Bayard Taylor has dis
covered during hit recent hngllah trav
el tbe letters which passed between
Joseph snd Potiphar't wifei The
writer of tlio paragraph alluded to the
tact that only "one side of. tho story"
was known, exsrtvAMng the- her that
"Mrs. Pothihar" ttMsrsaeiit would now
be heard.' - The' 1-oailo AeaUtMM
takes the jest in earnest., ; .. ..
A Vriler ifl Tho fiOiiflofi ,W'rr
spoaking of the invasion of Khiva last
year, say : "Said Mohammed, tho
Khan, hail fled, and the Kusslan Gen
eral, with his stair' and bis suits, rodo
through the gatew ay, guarded so vain
ly by its brass cannon, into the my.
teriout psiaoe which no European bud
over entered, triumphant over the sav
age power against which the Biieeinslve
expeditions of two hundred yeart has
hitherto failed. Few persons can look
carelessly on an object of liihatiel rev- ,
erenco and fiiith to a wholo people
The Sacred 'l ower of Khiva is a plain,
round towsjr, 125 feet in height, with
out pedestal, capital, or ornament of
any kind. Its surface is made of burnt
tile, colored hhio, green, purple, -'
und brown, on white uruund, arranged
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