ffifntw Si cm oc vat. BBLLEFONTE, PA. Th Lar){Mt,CkRp**t and Bct Paper PUHLISHKD IN CKNTRK COUNT*. From Ilie N>-v York Otwerver. INTERNATIONAL LESSONS. RT IIV. i. r. kiKiuß, n. n FKRRUART (J. I.eston ft ; Tho Boyhood of JCBUB. I.t II 3 : 40—63. GolM* TtXT : " And thi rliiltl grow nml waxed Ptrt'ng in •|||it, filled with uiadutn; titid tin* grave ol UVMI W** U|K>II biui Luke 2 ; 40. Central Truth : —Jesus Christ was truly human. Twelve years have past since the scene recorded in the la-t lesson, .lectin is a boy in Nazareth in the home of Jo sejih and Mary. We are indebted to St. I.ukn for this glance at this sweet and lovely boyhood, lie is the only one of the evangelists who mentions anything of the childhood and youth ol Christ, and he gives us only the scene in the temple among the learned doc tors. He lived in the quiet country among the hills of Nazareth, communi eating much with nature, and in train ing for the area! work of ins brief but eventful public life. it was ihe time of the great feast of the Passover. This was one of tin three leading festivals of the Jews, the others being the festival of Pentecost and the feast of Tabernacles. The Passover was instituted, as we know, (see Exodus 12.) to commemorate the departure of the Hebrews from Egypt, and the sparing of the first-born on the night when there was such bittpr wail ing m the houses of the Egyptians. It war a festival of special importance, lasting a week, and though the attend ance of adult males only was obligatory on the people, it was not uncommon for females also to attend. We might expect from Mary's w.-lb known devout character that she would accompany her husband to Jerusalem to attend the festival, and we learn (v. 41) that this was their regular cus tom. On this occasion they took their child Jesus with them. After engaging in the duties and festivities of the Passion week they set out to return to their home at Nazareth, about thirty-six miles north. They traveled in caravans embracing a large number of people, and made up mostly of pilgrims from the same neighborhood, and generally acquainted with each other. The younger portion of the company would naturally group together as they went aling, leaving their seniors to do the same. Ho it might eailv happen th it children of ihe age of Jesus might be with their young companions, and be separated from his parents for a time without exciting any special uneasiness, j It seems, however, that Jesus did not j leave the city with the caravan, but had become deeply interested and en grossed with the temple services, and with communion with the distinguish ed Hebrew teachers with whom he was brought into contact. His parents, meanwhile, proceeded on their journey homeward, but missing their child after the first day. tarried to seek for him, anorch, and in a low tone said to Mr. Chapman Johnson some thing which seemed to make a deep impression on him I, who was then a youth ureparing myself to enter the University, sat with a few other com (•anions near the foot of the table, and being on the opposite side from Mr. j Johnson had a full view of his lace, and although I did not know the communi eaiion, could r.ol fail to observe the j grave expression ot bis countenance. The mystery was soon solved. Mr. j Johnson rose, und in fitting terms an noonced to the company that news had i just reached him of the death, near noon that day. of Thomas Jefferson. After a lew remarks on the life, cbsrae ter and public services of Mr. Jffer*on, Mr. Johnson requested all present to fill their gia-e* as fie desired to offer a sentiment. This was done. He then desired that the company would rise and remain standing. While we thus stood, deeply impressed with thesoleni tiny of the event which had been thus unexpectedly announced, Mr. Johnson offered the following sentiment: "The memory ol Thomas Jefferson, author ol the Heclaralion o( Independence | Though the mortal man may never wit ness another celebration of the day which his pen has so much illustrated, j his mortal spun will tie present and inspire the last anthem which hallowed Its memory." The sentiment was pure- ; ly impromptu. He did not take tune : to commit it to paper. He gave it to ! u* as it came gushing up, like living waters fmm the lountain of his greet i heart and it found a response in the j heart of every one who was present. As ' for myself, every word that he uttered tiecame, a* it were, ingrossed on the tablets of my memory, and, after the j lapse of more than forty Tour years, I j leel that I am able to rejKirt Mr. John son's toast not only wuh substantial, but with literal accuracy." Avalanche* of the Canyons. Vll TtVS HI RIED IN TIIE RAVINES I NtIER A IIL'NDKED rr.r.T or SNOW AND ROCKS. JUlt to Ih# C hicago Tim##. Word reached here to-day of another snow slide in American Fork canyon, south ol Little Cottonwood, on Halur day night or Hunday morning. Two men l)r. Nperr and John Poole, were carried away and the body ol Poole baa not been found. There are but lew in the canyon and they are not aiixioua to run the risk of being caught in the slide while hunting lor the body. A Chinaman who cooked for the men e* caped unhurt, and when the avalanche pasted dug in the snow seven hours bo fore be found Hperr'* body. The Chin aman then went five miles down the canyon, at imminent peril, to report the catastrophe. A small party of min era is now searching ami as a frost occurred on .Sunday night it ia probable no more slides trill come until the next snow falls. The bodies of John lla WHNII and Evan Morris, two miners killed by a slide at the Origgly mine, Little Cottonwood, above Alu, the night of the 12lb, were found Kuixlay night shockingly hruiNeil mxl mrnglcil hy stone* hikl tllllher. Search is being mixle lor other person* thai have been buried. Some cannot lie found until Spring, an they are buried beneath H hundred feet of inow and debria, and it ik impossible to tell at what point to dig, hh mime of the slide* Mettled in the bottom ot the canyon, covering half a mile in length. People are mil I fleeing from Alia, on the Little Cottonwood, the scene of the terrific slide* on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night*. The town ix practically desert ed. Not more than thirty persons re main hi the village, where three or four hundred held their home liihi week. The railroad is shedded for nix miles and people walk down the Hack under the hhetfs to the point reached by tlx* trains. This walk is described lis ledi ous, painful and fiighlful in the ex treme. The sheds are crushed ut nu merous places, where the frightened pedestrians are obliged to dig their way up through mountains of snow to the surface ot the slide and wade twenty or thirty rods to the next point where they I can enter the tunnel shed. The long I journey is beset by the perils of the I avalanche at almost every point and j many slides actors the tiurk have oc -1 curred. "Ntice the hegira began on Siturday fathers and mothers have had I to carry babies .and little children over the perilous road and some invalid men have been brought down by brave j miners, t hie miner reached the city I tins morning at day light, having walked ] the entire distance, thirty miles, since dark on Sunday. He had spent two days in digging for ilie bodies of two \ comrades, and alter finding them and making arrangements for their trans portation c one ahead to arrange for the funeral. While searching he ki caught by a small slide and carried lit teen rod* and two or three times buried in the snow, but escaped with only slight bruises. With the exception of two or three mines, which have long tunnel boarding houses roofed so the I slides will psss over theui and a full , -upply of provisions the mine* of Little j Oil ton wood will be closed until spring. | It is impossible to get provisions lip the : canyon ami the miners will not work in such peril ns they have been in for two weeks punt. TAII.OIt-MAIIL MK.V now satire's cnooxr.n w*rs sax soar TIMtS MAIH -THMOIIT BV KARToBIAL ART. From ih* N Yotk fttto. "The fact i there are very few men j who are formed regularly. What a professional cutter would call n 'regu- j lar proportion' is a measurement of thirty-six inches to the hreat ami ( thirty-three inches to the waist. Hut those measurements are seldom met I with." This wns said to a Aim report- 1 er in reply to inquiries as to the shapes j that are encountered by tailors who make custom clothing. Kx perienced cutters say that they are obliged to j make allowance for ]>eeulinr forms in i almost every cao. Many men have one shoulder higher than the other. j This is particularly the case with tlx>.e j who do much writing. The right arm is kept continually on the desk, while the left arm is reM<*i and lowered, i Naturally, in such cases, a man's right shoulder is rui-ed and his left shoulder depressed. To remedy this slight de formity the exjserl cutter must resort to padding. "Talk alwuit padding," said an old cutter, "the men are really pad.led a much as tlx women. Put your hand ' on the shoulder of the first nnn you meet; you will find probahlv that, iu stead of n Irony shoulder-blade yu will feel a soft cushion. Watch the men walking on Broadway. You will notice that many of them swing their arms under eaves of padding. I-ook j at the padding in the breasts of coats and vest-. A tailor finds a man 'caved in' and has to build him out. Thut is i the reason so many high vests are J worn. A low vest would expose the flat, pinched chest." "Ilow alwuit the legs?" "The cutter who cannot conceal the imperfection* of a man'* leg* i* on worthy of hi* profession. If a ninii i* bandy-legged the cutter will make him wide nml roomy pantaloon*, in which his crooked limit* may wander without detection. If he i* short-leg ged the cutter will fit him snugly, so that hi* nether extremities shall not offend the eye. If he is long-legged the cutter mid* a little to the length ot hi* hotlv and bring* him apparently into pro[mrtion. It is a very common occurrence for man'* right leg to he a little longer than the other. Very often a man's occupation gives him a stooping position, so that he seem* al most htlmphaeked. The ex|>ert cutter attend* to all these peculiarities, ami sees to it that they are, a* tar as pos sible, concealed." "Do you think that men are as par ticular about their dres* a* women?" "When they care at all they are more fastidious. The trouble with men is that they do not always know what they want. Women are more npt to know exactly what Ihey want, liecause they make a study of dress. They think of it from childhood. They see something thev lik< and say, 'Make it like that.' 'fhey know how goods will look when made up. But many men are unreasonably fastidious. One thinks he has a full breast. When you measure him he puff* and swells out to undue proportion*. When the coat is finished and he tries it on he says it dou't fit, when the real trouble is that he does not swell himself out as he did when he was measured. If a man is punctilious about a very neat, close fit, the chances arc that he will complain that his ciothcs arc too tight when he tries lhm on. Then the man who says he 'wants them easy and is not particular nlaiut the fit' is to lie feared. When he gets his clothes his wife or his sisters, or his fellow-board ers, will scrutinize his garments and setxl him hack to the unfotuiiate tailor." "I>o you find that men are much influenced by their wives as to the cut and material of their clothes ?" "Influenced ? Why, sir, it amounts to slavery in many cusps. I have had men make rite contract to please their wives in the cut of u coat. They conic here filled with instructions. Thev have orders for the style of cloth, the style of cut, the style of buttons, the lining, trimming and price. When I cut a coat for a married man I know that, in most cases, J have got to please the wife. Frequently a man goes away perfectly satisfied with a garment and cornea hack the next day ' running over with complaints. Then I know who lias been criticizing the work. Sometimes when I know there is nothing wrong, I put the garment I away in a closet, never touch it, and j when I send it hack in a few days it is pronounced very much better and all right." The military tailors are the greatest adepts in building up unpromising forms to become models of soldierly up|>earauce. They will take a lean, scrawny, consumptive clerk and turn j him out in a uniform that make* him j quite a formidable as well ns a pre possessing |M-rson. With skillful ap propriation of haircloth, hugging and flatting, they manage to manufacture well-rounded forms in almost every case. As for the theatrical tailors, i their work is often a marvel of art. I Actors with natural gracefulness of form have sometimes served as walk ing advertisements of fashionable tail ors. Actors whose line of characters require many changes of fashionable dress are frequently asked to introduce 1 some new style. "\N hat doe* it cost to dress a man in the height of fashion ?" was asked . of a Filth-avenue tailor. "About S7OO a year," was the reply. "But it u man is to indulge in 8-11)0 fur coats ami a variety of fine silk neckties and an assortment of fauev pantaloons his hills will run up much higher. Notwithstanding all that i said of the extravagance of a woman's , dress, it costs twice as much to furnish -U li*h clothes to men a* to women. I lie reason is that a man cannot have I• is clothes made over a- 1 a woman can It his clothes get out of fashion they ' are useless to him. But the clothing ii a fashion able style ami make up old materials ut the new sha|x-s with marvelous aptitude. Men do nothing of this kind, and '.hat i* the reason why, as a | rule, they do not follow the fashions a -crtiptilously as woiuco." MtklNli AAIMTLIt PLEASANT. Il" Tilt Ri-MAK* I'HOTfCT TiII!MSB!.VKt AG At SAT Tltr COLD. From tl* r.U Mall ■tii'iu. The Bits an* have a great knack for making their winters pleasant. A ou feel nothing of the cold in those j tightly -built houses where all the door* and windows are double ami where the rooms are kept warm hv big stove* hidden in the wall*. There is no damp in n Russian house and the in mates may dr-s* indoor* in the light est of garbs, which contrast oddly with the nut— of furs and wraps which they don when going out. A Russian can afford to run no risks of exposure when he leaves his house for a walk or drive, lie covers hi* head and ear* with a for bonnet, his feet and leg* with fell boots lined with wool or fur, which are drawn on over the ordinary iKKit* and trousers ami reach up to the kiict-s; he next cloaks himself in an ample top-coat with fur collar, lining and cuff*; ami lie buries his hand* iu a pair of lingerie** gloves of seal or ttcar-skiii. Thus cqmp|ied, and with the collar of hi* coat mined all round *<> that it muffle* hint up to the eyes, the Russian only cxpo*es hi* nose to the cold air; ami he takes care fre quently to give that organ a little ruh to keep the circulation going. A stranger, who is apt to forget that pre caution, would often get his nose frozen if it were not for the courtesy of the Russians, who will always warn liiin if they see his nose "whitening," and will, unbidden, help him to eliaie it vigorously with snow, lu Russian cities walking i* just |xi*sible for men during winter, hut hardly so for ladies. The women of the lower orders, wear knee hoots ; those of tin? shop keeping classes scltlofn venture out at all ; those of the aristocracy go out iu sleighs. These sleighs arc hy no means pleasaut vehicles lor nervous people, for the Kalmuc coachmen drive them at such a terrific pace that they fre quently ca|>size ; but persons not des titute of pluck find tlirtr motion most enjoyable. It must be added that to be spilled out of a Russian sleigh is tantamount only to getting a rough tumble ou a soft mattress, for the very thick furs iu which the victim is sine to Imj wrap|>ed will be enough to bieak the tall. The houses and hovels ot tlio Russian working classes are as well warmed as those of the ariatocra- , • ey. A stove i* always the principal item of furniture iu them, and these ! contrivances are used to sleep en a* well as to cook in. The mitjick, hav ing no bed, curls himself t p on hi* stove ut hi* time for going to rest. Sometimes he may Ik- found creeping ' into the stove and enjoying the delight* of a good vajwir bath. The amount of heat which n Russian Mill ■ stand is amazing, and hi* carelessness in luring the cold afterward* not less , so. On a Saturday, which is wushing , day all over Russia, you tnav see in any village a mujick", who lias been cooking himself in hi* Move till he is 1 of a color like boiled lobster, rush i nuked into the snow ami roll himself iu it like a dog till he glows ull over to hi*satisfaction. It with* monstrous that one of the Russian's principal 1 protection* against the cold hislieurd —was laid under penalty hy I'eter the '•nut and subsequently by Kl'izulh th and Catharine 11., when they were I ' r .V'"K to civilize their subject* accord ing to the custom of the \v -t. These three sovereigns all laid a tax ou , beard* : and |ieasants entering cities I on market day* were required to ex hibit, ill proof that they had paid j their tax, a lira-* coin stamped with n i bearded face and the words "horoda iignaia tiagota" (the heard tax lui | been settled j. I hi- uh-urd impo-t was abolished hy Paul, hut tlx* effect* of it 1 still survive iu a manner, for the beard is still considered "had form" in aris tocratic circles. Military officers wear only moustache and whisker* ; diplo matists and other civil servant* eschew* the whisker* and generally reap their faces altogether. A Ru—iun with a heard i pretty sure to he either a "pope" or u member of one of the clave* below the upper middle. TIIH LAST ELK. I Ilow Jiu JACOB*, TIIE SRKK' V lit STEK, j Kill.ED TIIB I. AST ELK IV I*EN\V IVIv I A. j Krutn ll- ItrttJford Era. It is now many years since that largest |H*cic* of the deer futility, the jdk, roamed about among tlx* moun tains and wild* of M< K tlx* hunter* j Ihe sections of Northwestern I'enti i -ylvauia most celebrated for mimlw-r -->1 elk were along the Siimeniahoning | aud the vicinity of where Rutgeway now stands. It *a< in that neighlmr hood, while the great forests were vet in their prestine glorv. that the S neca and ('ornplanter Indians cham-d the monster animals and slew them prin cipally for tlx-ir hides atxl horns There was an elk path from near i Kidgeway through the Kinzua coun ! try, which emerged iu the eat branch [•if the Tuna Valley, near Iywi* Run | It then continued ixuthward to this city and up the West Branch to the po.nt where the Washington Stri* t Park i* located, where there wa* an , "elk lick" renowned among the Seneca hunters. Many of the luckless ani mal* have met their death at tlint |>oiut from the Indians, who concealed j themselves ntxl lay iu wait nt certain i <*a*on* of the year for the game. I*7l k were usually alwuit the size of a horse and their antlers frequently measured six feet from tip to tip. The rtesli of the animal was coarse and not very compact. Indian* cared little for the meat, a* there was hut i very small part* of the carcass which they regarded a* worth preserving, j Ihe more tender and palatable flesh i of the deer and fiear. which was easily found, suited the rcdman's taste much better. The horn* of the elk. how ever, were regarded a* a desirable trophy and piece of furniture in the rude blhmlc of the son* of the forest. A peculiarity of the elk skin, which wa* the leading incentive to the eager hunter, was that after lieing cured it remained soft aud the red-hrowu hair quite firm. The elk did not |>o**c** the intelligence or flectm-** of the • leer. It WHS said to le quite stupid, and although moving very rapidly along the familiar path when closelv p reward, does not attempt, as the deer frequently does, to elude its pursuer* by suddenly turning from its course and seeking a stream to destroy the trail or the heavy underbrush for con- i cealment. The elk's medium of de fense was not its large horns, but fore feet. It was uot aggressive, hut fought dcsperaU-ly when cornered. Indians usually chased the aiiimals with (logs, and when fatigued or tightly driven the elk would station itself upon a nick or elevated point, and keep off the dogs with its weapons of warfare. It elevated itself with wonderful agili ty and threw a force into a blow from its forefeet that wa* dangerous to the health atxl life of a venturesome dog. In this manner the dogs and elk stood, neither yielding a point to the other, until the hunter reached the scene when the elk's life was soon cut short. About fifteen year* ago, Jim Jacobs, the old Seneca bear hunter, struck the trail of an elk along the Sinnemahuti iug. He called several other Indians to hia assistance and with dogs the Seneca* followed the trail for several days an l chased the elk, probably the last of hit rare, through a blinding •now storm, down into the northern i section of Clarion county. The nni • nuil MUM hungry and d,-xjH-rute, and i when surrounded by the dog* fought fiercely for hour*. On the arrival of tli ble-od in his labors, and |no one call,d on for money. When I they came together the roiiler asked the pastor it hi- wants had IK-CIJ sup plicl and hi- salary met. He replied iin the affirmative." When the brctb | ren were a-k< d if they were anv |KK>r er than at the beginning of the year, each one replied "No," and asked"how ! they could IK- when they had paid nothing. If" ti-kod again, "I- anv man here any jsMircr for k<-cping the minister? and the reply wa- the same as U-fore. "Then," he said, "brethren I have only to tell you that you have paid the salary the same a* you al- I way* did, otilv more of it and with greater promptm-**. on remember • you told me to take my own way in j this matter, and I have'done so." As each of you brought your gri-t to the mill, I took n- much grain a- I thought j your jsiriion and laid it away for the -alary. Wh< n the harvest was over I sold it and paid the minister regu larly from the proceed*. You conic** I thni you are no poorer so you never missed it. and therefore 1 now propose we stop talking almut poverty, and UIMIUI letting our minister go, and add enough to 1 i salary to make u* feel that wc are doing something?" Mr. Dunbar used t<> say, "<) for a miller in every chttrrb!" A II nnmnui* Judge. Iwo State official* destroyed the fyke net* of \\ iiham Faucher, which 1 thev found set in the Seneca river contrary to law, and he sought to , recover damages. Hi* claim was that he caught only such fish a* hull-heads, sucker*, catfi-h, and that he threw hack into the water, without injury, all the pickerel, has* and other game ti-li. Judge Kiegel, in deciding against this claim, said : "It is pos-ible that Mr. Fanchcr did threw those fish back into the river j the law forbade hint to catch. Hut this law was framed with reference to the known moral character of ordi , nary mortals who would not do any such thing. Angels' visit* on this i planet are ton few and far between to : influence the ordinary course of legis ' Intiou. A fisherman all alone iti the dark ness of the night or at the earlv dawn, 'in the act of sorting out the nice, ! plump pike, pickerel and ba*s, and throwing them back into the river, for no other puriwtse than to afford some enthusiastic disciple of Sir I-aHe Wal ton the rare *p<>rt of catching those same fish with honk and line would lie a spectacle worthy the admiration of g<*l* and men ; but whether any such transaction* ever occurred on this sub lunary sphere, aside frem the one tc*- tifieo to by the plaintiff, may well lie considered a matter of grave doubt. If the Ix-gi-lalure bad known Mr. Faucher, it is barely |xmsihle it would have trusted him to do what he swear* he did do; but such case* arc too ex ceptional to form the basis of legisla tion. I never knew hut one man whom I would have trusted under such circumstance*. Ho died thirty year* ngo, quite young. All the old women in the neighborhood declared they knew he wn-n't long for thi* world ; he wa* too good. It is against all proba bility that our legislator* intended to expose the fish they assumed to pro tect to such dire peril, or the fishermen ,lo *uch grievous temptation. Certain it is, that if the construction contend ed for were to prevail, the object of the act would bo wholly frustrated."* IF an untruth is only a day old it i called a lie; if it i* a year old it ia called a falsehood : hut if it in a cen tury old it is called a legend. "WHA* are the wild wave* saying, John f' sang out a Young American to a Chinaman on the beach. "Washee, wa*ltce," calmly replied the Celestial, with a grin. <