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ERATItE 11.31 ECIINNICAL
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Oysters at wholesale and retail. febt'f7.
EAGLE .HOTEL,
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This well-known house has been thoroughly. ren
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THE CENTRAL HOTEL,
ULSTER, PA.
The undetelgeed having taken possession
of the above hotel. respectfully solicits the patron
age of his old friends and the public generally.
atigia-tf. M. A.TOttitEST.
•
OTIeE is hereby given that the
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Meta,
June 23, 1879
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VOLUME XL
A atrium AFTEII3OOII.
The sunlight eteeplug on the laths
lntrowsy splendor dreams away
The long slow hours as lf tt felt
. The rapture of a perfect -
The mountains eretob. broad waving line
of purple light alonitthei sky.
While et, their feet rich abitlinis veiled
Serene'and fair the meadows lle.
There comes to us the burn idbees;
A bird flits by on siartlirdwlng.
And through . dtrn arches it the woods
We hear the swaying breezes sing.
With rippling laugh and silvery sheen, . •
. Through cool, green haunts of moss and tern,
The brook betrays Its hiding place,'
And emir rows at every turn.
The wild rose hits Its blushing pies
botertne iirayslde grasses low, •
While pale wood Mlles In the shade •
Their snow while bfslia swltit Maud ho.
JOHN F. SANDZIMON
0, golden summer afternooti.
We rest content; we ask no more,
Only to hear the wind repeat
The self-same story. o'er and o'er.
ouly to breathe the trafftant
To watch the lights and shadows play,
To quaff the nectar that the um
In brimming bieakers pours to-day.
It Is enough to be, to feel
The tranquil mood of field and wood,
To know God's blessing everywhere
llath made so much that's fair and good.
—Mary E loom in Springfield Republican
Years after. Coleridge wrote that
beautiful hymn "Beforesunrise in the
valley of Chamoiini," which Peßeis
liemans said she .would have given
all her poems to have -wiitten,-- .
among - a group of strangers standing
in awe' before Mont Blanc was . a
Man who se"eXed 45 from his hair,
fully half gray, and , his quiet, digni
fied bearing, though he must have
Veen younger. He was absorbed in
his own thoughts. He did not look
at any faCe. about Lim, but seemed
spellbound by the sithlimity of the
scene- In that vast.monntain, white
with eternal snows, with the river
fed by the glaciers turbulent' at its
base, the sun clothing it with rain
hOws, he saw the same God who had
compassed his life, as the stalwart
pines hedged in the grand mount be
fore him. •
tnovll-75'
litsuttsv..
. After a time, as though that as
yet undeveloped science •of unseen
Power between mind' and mind, he
felt n - presence. He was conscious
of eyes fixed upon him, conscious
that somebody he had known and
loved was near him. A hand was
laid on his shoulder.
rfeb.llB
" Burton, you're the last man in
all the wOrld • I thought of seeing.
Ten years since you and I traveled
together, and you yet on the wing t
I supposed you had settled down to
some life-work, and was surrounded
by loves and cares ere . this. - You
and I have stood here together be
fore."
LEM
The speaker was a genial, gener.
ous man, somewhat • Cone's junior in
look and manner, whose sorrows,
whether many and great — Or- not,
could not long crush his happy heart.
His sympathies were quick, his hopes
naturally bright, and his nature
ardent. -The decade that had passed
since the former bad'
aged one more than the other. The
one had been giving time and
heart to business, but had lived
alone, though a crowded' world was
about hith. The other had been kept
young and fresh by the love of a
cheerful wife and sunny daughter;
and the years had gone by rapidly,
and more than or.livarily well stored
with good deeds.
Come, 13urton, I am tired of this
roar and grandeur. Let's go back to
the hotel and have one of - the old
friendly . talks. Nature has lost half
its beauty now that only one pair of
eyes sees it; and 'I have no one.to
tell of the beautiful and strange
things I have s..en. You don't need
friendship as I do. You are made
of sterner stuff: You - are Mont
Blanc personified,"
Cone's mind was full of the grand
eur before him,but his heart, cold as.
he was, was keenly alive to the needs
of those who had been friends, so to
(Tether they walked arm in arm to
=
their lodgings,
' "Now, let's talk over the ten
years, Cone. Ten years make a fool
or a wise man of a fellow—carry him
up to the gates or down to the,
depths !" • I
" Tell me what they have done for
you, Marsh. You know how much
I have to thank you and your young
wife for the sunshine you put into
my life when we traveled together
before. She seemed like a sister to
me. She understood me ' • and that is
where most women fail. They do
not know us, or we do not know
them, so our true natures never come
side by side,, but .she seemed to feel'
the pulse of life. 'be knew just
when I needed joyful. words and
when I needed sympathy or quiet.
She had the tact I have beard so
often described, but seldom seen, and
a pure-,good heart back of it. I fear
all hasn't gone right with you: Can
it he that you are walking alone like
myself ?"
Tears gathered in Marsh's eyes.
Ile bad almost a woman's heart and
a woman's love. "IL isn't hard for
you to stand alone, but for me it is
crushing. I e buried my wife in
England six months ago. .We came
for her health, but she failed rapidly
and went away soon after we arrived:
Our little girl is boarding with
friends. and I wander anywhere,
everywhere,—so I can forget. I
cannot go back to, America. Noth
ing binds me there. I.,.seem unfit for
labor, and I am adrift You knoW
she was like an anchor. I depended
upon her jbdgmentip upon her help,
upon her hive. When a: woman
leans entirely upon a man, and she is
taken away, he may feel- as though
something dear and beautiful, had
gone out from•him ; but when a wo
man : had strength *enough to be a
companion, a counselor in deeds
Mad plans of every day,—whey she
is not,s, pet merely, but a guide to
everything boble.—, when, whether
you will or not, you are kept upon a
plane of 'right and • duty and .man
hood,—what shall a poor, . relying
heart do?" .•
TOWANDA, PA
6123,000
66,000
N. N. BETTS, Cashier.
Aril 1„ 167.9
WM. S. VINCENT.
Peke.
geleded Zak.
Burton Cone's Reason.
" Would yon wish to forges,
Marsh ? I would put such a blessing
away in my beart,. and grow strong
from daily looking at it."
" I can't keep it, l eone. I must
get away from such memories. I
feel as though I drifted hither an
thither, because there is no band on
the helm. To remember is misery;
to forgetmight be relief."
" And yet, do you not owe such a
Wife a loving, yearning remembrance?
One might forget a flower that blos
somed for his pleasure for gvday or a
week; but hold in grateful memory a
spring that opened in the desert of a
parched life, and became an unfailing
supply. Memorieb sometimes 'are
almost as sweet as present realities,
and sometimes we ' are made even
stronger by the one than, by the
other." •
t' That may be good philosophy
for those who have never loved.and
lost. No one can know till he has
the trial. I• have one left, I know,°
but, that does not fill the place, of the
other, and perchance no one ever
could."
" ion must go back - with me to
our father-land. I am nearly through
with my journeying, or' it teems idle
work for me now: Besides, I have
bad promonitions that I should make
ready for another journey. You
seem startled. Ten years have worn
upon me, for they have been years of
constant and hard lab Or. 1 could
not forget, and would not, but hope
will fade into fruition by and by.".
" Cone, you ought to tell me of
your , life. Much as you - respected
my wife, you never raised the cur
tains from the scene's which trans
pired before we, net you. Why
have you lived to ybur age, and-taken
no heart into your own to bless and
hold ? Your principles are like
adamant, and you would keep, any
'where; but every man and woman
needs to have his or her heart un-
"cloistered that others may grow
strong and unselfish with him. This
working out life's -plans alone with
no giving or receiving of love, seems
a mistake to me. Has your heart
anything
,hidden -away in it, or are
-you proof to what you - may think the
weaker acts of life?
Cone's face seemed , ' a little troub
led. Not one man or woman out of
ten thousand reaches the age of forty
without having loyed or been loved,
and felt blessed joy or bitter pain in
one or the other. Was he indeed
different_from the rest of mankind?
Ile manifested no partiality for wo
'nan,•except a deference that every
body pays to what it supposes ex
alted and ennobling. lie bad re
ceived numerous proofB of their es
teem for him, and indications that
they would not repel his attentions.
He was often the subject of remarks
from his
,striking face and manner,
but when all the queries had heed
asked and-unanswered they -said,
" There mtist be a reason for all this,
and time will tell it !"
He had been touched in heart by
Marsh's Utter. helplessness. He
knew, better than. any body else,
watt a center she had been to his
thought and affections. He sympa
thized with him. Perhaps the door
of his own inner sanctuary, locked
for a half-score of years, might swing
back just once, and let a weary friend
come in and find consolation. ,
" Come to-night, Marsh, and I w
talk with von
Alone and unperceived, he stole
out to sit under the majectie shadows
of Mont Blanc and worship. Nobody
with a God in his heart ever stands
there without holding close cominn
nion with No wonder the
igfty peaks, echoing canons and
wonderous waterfalls of our country
have written t'he names of inure than
one poet on the pages of American
literature. Such scenes are the nur
series in which great minds develbp.
Such grand handiwork of the builder .
draws man very near to Him.
Burton Cone had, never forgotten
the scenes through which be hid
passed. Though some things had
been laid away and sealed with the
seal of - silence for over a dozen years,
'they were as fret% to him as though
they had taken place that very mor
ning. Perhaps he did not need sym
pathy as some need it; perhaps he
did not wish to burden others with
his feelings.
It seemed almost twilight in the
room, the lights were turned down
so low.-
" Sit down, Marsh, till we talk
over the past. Yon have wondered
if there is anything back of this life
you have known. Aye,. much I very
much 1 You have wondered if I ever
loved, and why I did not love some
one now, when I _so reverence wo
man: Away back in New England,
in a little town near a beautiful eity
on the Connecticut, is the home of
;my childhood. That is precious to
me, though I have not seen it for
years. Near it is a large brick
house, painted white, with long rows
of furs and pines leading to it. In
that home was a little girl who from
her childhood was my ideal. '?,We
played together as children,`-we
roamed through the woods and
meadows,we read and sang 'and
talked of
because her nature held • me above
myself. She was not beautiful to .
others perchance, but to me, her
large, dark eyes, high brow and
glossy hair, with her quiet, dignified
manner, made her a queen. She
never seemed to do wrong. She had
to ask no one's forgiveness. She
never made mistakes. 'She had no
need of regretil. Nobody thought to
be rude or rough to Mary Fairchild,
or in her presence. She was always
calm, always genial and kind, always
considerate. She ;lever seemed like.
the rest of us. I fancied she bad
been sent from Heaven to keep our,
earthly minds and tastes somewhat,
akin to theirs. I always feared she'
might at any time take her departure
to the land where she seemed rightly
to belong. •
,“ She went away- to receive her
education, and I studied hard to
make myself, if possible, some day
worthy of her. Occasionally she
wrote:le, and those letters seemed
to me of peculiar value. I read each
one over and over again, till I knew
every word and how every letter was
made. The slightest allusion to
friendship for me seemed a mine of
TO*010 . 4;L:-. tiiittiiii*. 'OO
joy, and L•pitt the lettet . aii !ay
to . reed Au; onen'e l ekialiould get.
a little leisure. , :She ,never gave .tee
eneoursgecteer. thck l ehe" icy,ed
Mere-than otliereol!raya t . reatitigiuk'
all in'the Same gramcius t itindfy nay.,
was //OAF/0V XintiOvand. X 11 941/ 4
did not, tellrher llnved her,, , my. de,,
sire to he in her' company, iny
treme joy when I",metlier c it!i
iug cheek's acd•jily,4:P
eye,.iist
have told her,Cyer end : Over, again'
that I
. idoliled ber. wae,active t
energetic, ardent, but ' 'I lacked her:
801'4'1311v-, and ~dner ,of
soul:. ; shd rer CIO , in . all ;Oat: was
k
beautiful „au artiStl9. J. !cert.' ' . ex-,
pected that she`could, li)v3.me, as
did her. 'I, theught her nature too
etheml, but I hoped I' 11 4 1 d 8 Orni ,.
time live in her presenCe and — be
guided by her blesScd sPirlt : hi my
daily life. . ► •."
" Nothing could hate been farther;
removed from Coarseness or passion
than my love. for. Mary Faitchild: I!
never pressed my lips to hers. 8o I
could be near her; heir her voice and
live in the sunshine of herself I was'
content. I went out from her society
a better man each time. I would. go
any distance, endure any exposure,
so I might feel . the, biased' light of
her eyes . come ; into' mine. '. I never :
joked: with her as.l Might others. I
never used her name before.aey per
son. - I never *rote it carelessly.
Everything] partainieg to her was,
sacred as the fiesien 'which I some-.
time expect to enter. My , highest
thought was her happiness, not mine.
My ambition, my hopes, my prayers
all centered in that desire to walk
beside her in the beantiful journey of
life. When any person coupled my
name with hers in pleasantry, I felt
as though they 'had touched a name'
that was hallowed, 'and changed the
subject. I longed to' be constantly
in • her presence; • yet I dared not
trouble her too_ much; so between
desire to hover near her and fear of
being an annoyance rather than a
joy, my soul was constantly harassed.
I had often pledged myself to ask
her to accept my homage, and though
I had means and social position and
education, everything seemed' un
worthy Of her. What if she refused
to. be.my guide .forever?, Life then
would be worse than useless, so
hoping and ,praying I waited, and my
worship grew aft the months went by.
.Every flower that sheloved 'pressed
and laid away in the books I had
seen her ,read. Every kindly word
she gave i 'me made me joyful for
days. Very touch 'of her hand
thrilled nie' with Aelight, and . l
_lived
over the bliss a thousand tunes in
'memory. Once, I remember, vhen I
gave her a Picture of myself, and sbe
looked at it long and earnestly, I
thought, and her dark , hair touched
mine, I was too happy for words to
I I express it.
" Other young men called upon ,
her and, like myself showed her the
deference that belonged to' a pure,
beautiful woman,girl though she was
in years. -Among them was a noble
young man, the perfection of manly
grace and the embodiment of manly
.virtues. Alfred Trumbull was a
preacher of the word.'—a genial,
earnest ,eloquent young man,as
Good-bye till then!'
- ,3•1`1
r,.f:x:.;,,.
;~.i ~: ;..af i.•a
DIEM
final, as herself. I had met him there
and had learned to love him. He ad
mired her, we all plainly saw, but she
treated him as the rest, with a cor
diality that was blended with, re
serve, and that kept, us all removed
just far enough to worship her.
" Weeks.went by. I Was growing
wretched I was coming to .know
how entirely dependent l`was upon
her foduippiness,_ If a day passed
by and I did not see her, it was a
lost day, I must tell her and have
her allktny own. Oh, Marsh those
were glad days after all,—when I
could see her, if no morel—brit God
and time shape things differently
from what we will,
" It was just such a night as this.
I remember so plainly how I stood
by the gate and watched the shadows
of the pines flicker on, the walk, ,and,
man though I was, trembled to Lake
the final step. She met -me so cor
dially, more than-_m_ her- wont, I
thought. ' She was so lovely on that
calm Summer evening; so doubly
frail, too, that my solicitude for her
kept pace with my love. She was
alone. With no •sound, save the•
rustle of the pines, and no one to
hear save God and her, I told her
all my heart. I toldler how 1 wor
shipped her. with all the strength of
my being. • I told her hOw I Tould
struggle to the end of my life to
make myself worthy of her.
" She waited a full minute before
she answered me. In that minute it
seemed as though my reason would
give away. She was so white with
the moonlight streaming ;in opon . her
as she put her hand in.mine and said,
with an irrepressible 'tenderness,
Burton,' (and nobody else spoke my
name as she did,) a Binton, I have
promised to help Alfred Trumbull
win souls.'
"At first I was dtimb, then I
buried my face in my hands ' and
groaned aloud, then I wept like's
child that cannot be comforted. Oh,
Marsh I there is nothing that bends a
man's soul like that ! 1 felt alone, no
support, no guide, no love, no hope.
Life was worse than a blank; a dull,
dread certainty of sorrow: It would
be torture to die if death were to re
move me from her sight ; it would be
torture to live and never have. her
love of presence. Those• were bitter
days, full of the depths of sorrow.
Those dnys made me grow old a
score of years. ' I waif never young
afterward.
"At last, when I could command
myself, I begged to be allowed to
love, her till my life went
out. If any oue could win her in
stead of me, I was thankful to have
it one so good as Alfred Trumbull.
I conquered self. I fodnd my high
est happiness" was still to see her
happy. Sometimes when I. visited
hei the old love, the yearning to
claim her for myself, would sweep
over me till my head grew dizzy and
my heart sank — within- me, and then
my better nature said: 4 Rejoice in
her joy, and be contented only to
• 1
Wye.'
'"I came' at lust to oe resigned—
yes, happy in my idol worship.
From:her • I could hope for nothing
but kindness and tenderness, but I
~-
iitramunAss 07 , 01011NOIATION FROM ANY QUARTER
lIME
tcould , never love any.: other. The
Pree.drewnear when she and Alfred
Trimhull . were. to _comm ewe their
grand kire-woSir. Suddenly: bis,health
She went , •to him, she cared
ifor.bita.4l#,4ll4 night w... o.the same
;intensity Ot.love that . .tvbad given
i,her. It coadd not arrest disease. He
longed 'for returning health, because ,
,tbey wonld have been so happy and
;congenial 'in . their love and- work ;
brit one day' iri early spring he died
in hCr arms, and was laid away
, among the first floweri, to rest from
;his labors. •
I never a life so blighted - xi
hers. ller . 'whole 'heart lay beside
his in thtograve. - She 'lost all inter
'est. in life; She - grew quite sad and
,more ethend4 - She never mentioned
ihis, , natne,.Abut.. we knew that she
longed torlive withiii.m, even though
:she ,must pus- through the valley of
, the shadow. .
",Ag*st, all . my struggling, I
fournl ; -,my„ old ; desire , to claim, , her
coining back-into my soul I showed
;her ail . the delicate yet unobtru
sive •' kindness possible. Iler very
sorrow made her unspeakably dear.
" After Alfred had been in heaven
a - year, and knowing that sbe loved
no one else, I told her' again the old
:burden of my heart. She seemed
moved to pity as she did once before,
and said in tones I shall never forget,
Burton, I am Alfred's
" I lived over again the old days
of torture, and again conquered self
to minister to her happiness. I should
have died if could not have loved
.her,, and I was almost happy that she
didnot,:deny me Ibis: I gathered
beaiitifill,Aind 'rare things for her, and
.in -ways made tier `life less sad if
Possible: - Two years more went by,
and agnin ,felt, as though I must
have het ~to care for and love and
serve,' - ind ngain I laid my affection
'at tier'' feet. With the same sad
i
smile she had borne for three years,
she said, looking down at the mourn
ing robes she • had worn for him,
' Burton, I ate Alfred's still, but if 1
can make your 'life any happier, I
will be your wife I'
"Those words staggered me. I
had not dared hope for this, though
I prayed for it. Joy seemed to take
away my senses; and- seeing me so
beside myself, the old lo 7k came
back once or twice to her face. I
was as one who, ship-wrecked in mid
ocean, after , clinging for a day to a
tidating plank, at last picked up by a
stray ship, is' helPless through job
and gratitude. ' 1 was more dead
tfian dive with my wealth of happi
ness.-' Mary Fairchild . and I were
made one. . Marsh, how I live over
again those. beantitul days. I used
to-look at . your pretty wife beside
you as we partied, and think of my .
pracious Mary.
, "My cup of joy was full ,to thE.
brim. She accepted my hinnage and
was grateful. I spared no Pnins to
make her life complete. To hare
her in my home, to have the blessed
influence of her presence evening
after eveningewas the crowning joy
of a man who had loved for years in
silence and nnreturned affection.
" I was so entranced with my joy
that another Summer had come
round again before I began to -realize
that-she wakfully mine, and the next
Winter flew so rapidly and a little
son - came into the household. We
were both grateful. I, all the more,
because I thought it might filitMary's
heart something as the old lOve had
done.
•" I watched her cheeks grow
brighter as she fondled the boy,
whom I named Alfred for her sake.
They were so beautiful in my home, '
mother and child. I worked with'
redoubled energy, and well-nigh for
got that there was any heaven be
yond, my joy was so complete be
-4:017-
" Spring came and I gathered wild
flowers to wreathe the brows of both.
Ore day, while absent from home, a
message came for me that my wife
was ill and desired me to come. I •
grew palsied with fear. I hastened
home to'' find her just able
to speak to me. She had a violent
hemorrhage of the lungs. I was
weld. I knelt before her, and clasped
'her in my arms, begged ' her not to
die, but live fur my sake and .her
boy's. She put her' white arm
'about rap neck, drawing me to his
little face and hers, as she said,
faintly, •‘ Burton, keep the darling
child,• who is ours,—but I—l am
Alfred's P—and was gone! •
For months I did not know what
happened. All was a blank. My
boy died before I -came to myself,
and I was-alone again in the world.
I traveled till my health permitted
work, and thenl labored incessantly.
" I love Mary uow as I loved her
so long ago. No other can fill her
place. She is as mach mine to love
as eyer., All this has whitened my
hair you see. I must lock up my
heart again, lest the world look in
upon my idols. Do you see that I
have reason for not loving again ?"
Marsh's heal was bowed. ' He
loved Cone as a brother, and he had
suffered all this and loved on, and
ivas brave and strong.
".Let tis take my little girl and go
back to yours and `Mary Fairchild's.
home."
"Yes, and Mary had an only
sister, strangely like your wife. You
need another heart to lean npon4
Yournature is different from mine 1"
Not many yeirs after,.Ma.rSh had
taken-the sister to be a mother to hit
pretty daughter, and Burton Cone,
Leaving his property to the little one
had been laid to rest, by the side of
Mary Fairchild.
Tits *just about the time of, the year
Wheel sentimental young girls with
dreamy eyes-and silken, golden hair, pay
three dollars a dozen for potato-bulbs in
the hope of seeing them sprout and bud
into rainbow-tinted, perfumed, hyacinths.
=-81. Louis Tiines-Journal. •
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yl+i 1~~1.
TIMISPAY ' MORNING, JULY 31,. 1879,:'
- A LOVER'S QUESTION:
A Ifple mold Sign:ming, John,
' Just undeineath my chin;
It gives me so much grid, dear John,
I'm grossiug pale and thin.
Anotber one Incoming, Jobu.
Just here beneath toy ear,
And I Will be disfigured, John, V
For life. I sadly fear.
Aud so I want to ask Sou, John,
.1111 eir-your,love grow et)1(1?
nuswer we at ..lear . lo
win yOll love me when 1•m tooled. "
—Somerville It:itirna
THE CAPTAIN'S STOGY•
lA:at 1.1,114
" Well, it's purty hot," answered a
lake captain in one of the ferry. dock
saloons yesterday," but it isn't noth,
ingiti - the summer of 1836.. We had
it at least Venty degreeutiotter than
this right along for siz weeks. I
was running the "Mary Jane," be . -
tween Cbicago and' Buffalo then, and
.I've seen the therMometer stand: at
130 degrees in the middle of Lake
" That "was awful," sighed one of
the sitters.
it was Parish, but we didn't
caltiriiery hot till we got' into 'the
St. Clair river, and the mercury went
up to 150 degrees banging against
the water-butt. The boys used up
727 palm-leaf, fats on one trip that
year. On some of our trips down
we were becalmed for three days on
Lake Huron. We got it there and
mistake.” . -
" Nifty hot, eh ?"
"Well, I'm an old man, and don't
care to do any lying at this day,tut
I'll tell you a few solemn. facts. Every
Emil on that schooner smoked and
smouldered till they l fell to pieces on
deck and left us under bare poles!
Yes, sir, we hadn't a ra,g aloft, as big as
your hand. That was Just at sunrise
in the morning , and within an hour
we had to wet down decks to prevent
them burning.' I went down stairs
to consult the thermometer,', - and it
lay on the floor all melted) into a
hunk of glass and tin I _Then I be.
gan to realize how hot - it was and I
got frightened."
4 What could you do ?" '
" Well, not much. We had begun
to rig lines over the side, so that, all
could take to the water, when the
topsail yard came down and killed
the cook. The link in the chains
had melted right out! never knew
a case like it since, but then the
weather has cooled off (neatly since
1836."
" And .about the cook.?" •
"Nothing about him. When we
picked the body up to heave it over
board it had Spread ont in a mass
about four feet square, and. we had
to use shovels before we got through:
Ile was a good young man and a per
fect gentleman,.and his mother never
blamed me in the least for scoop
shoveling his remains .over the rail.
Welfinally rigged our lines and
,got
overboard." -- •
•
'"And it waS much cooler?"
".4th young man; how; Litt you
reporters know of the great akes
spread out before. your - gaze on 'the
maps Cooler ? Why, the 'minute
we struck the r water NiT• began
squirming like so many eels. The
lake was red-hot.' The water would
have cooked an egg in four minutea.
I wawblistered from -head to heel in
no time. Some day will take off
my coat and vest and show you my
back.. The flesh was actually cooked
to a depth of two inches, and for
over two years the dogs used to
scent cooking Meat when I walked
out, and follow Me by dozens. Five
surgeons fainted away in a heap at
the sight of my shoulder, and the
only man I could get to 'dress my
back was a butcher under sentence
of death." .•
" It must have been terrible. How
did you come out of the calm ?"
" Well, while I was squirming in
the water, a white squall struck the
schooner and down she went. It was
all over in a minute, and air and wa
ter Were hotter than ever. I struck
oat for the Canada shore, over a hun
.osed miles away, knowing that it was
sink or swim, but in half .an hour :!.
was safe."
•
" Picked up ?"
"Well, no," replied the captain as
he, scratched his leg. "I struck an
iceberg and climbed up into a ~cave
near the top. I tell you it was a
grateful change to me, and that's one
reason why I can never see a bunk
of ice and a lemon without feeling
grateful to both,--with a very little
gin in mine, if you please."
THE PULSE MADE TO SPEAK. —AI
the last meeting of the Royal Soeie
ty, Dr. Richardson demonstrated the'
action of a new invention of his own,
which he calls the sphygomophone,
and by which he transmutes the
movements of the arterial pulse into
loud telphome sounds. In this ap
paratus the needle of a
_Pond's sphyg r
mograph. - is made to traverse a me
tal or carbon plate which - is connect
ed with the zinc pole of a. Leclanchc
cell. To the metal stem of the sphyg
mograph is then attached one termi
nalbof the telephone, the other termi
nal-of the telephone beina connected
with the opposite pole of thebattery.
When the pole is, ready, the sphyg
mograph is brought into use as if a
tracing were about to be taken, and
when the pulsation of the needle
from the pulse ' strokes is secured,
the needle, _which previously was
held baelr,, is thrown 'over, so as to
make its Point just touch the metal
or carbon plate, and to traverse the
?_
plate to a d fro with each pulsation.
In so mong, long
ng, three sounds, one
and two port , are given from the
telephone; which sounds correspond
with the fust, second and third events
of sphygmographic reading. In fact,
the pulse talks telphor.ically, and so
loudly that when two cells are used
the sound can be heard• by an audi
ence of several hundred people. By
extending the telephone wires the
sounds can also be conveyed long
distances, so that a. physician in his
consulting-room might listen to the
heart or pulse of a patient lying iu
bed (speaking modestly as - to dis
tance) a mile or two away. Dr. Rich
ardson described- to the Fellows of
the Royal Society that the sounds
yielded by the natural pulse resem
bled the two words "bother it:" Not
a bad coinmencement for a' talking
pulse.—London Lancet. -
IT has been proved that after kindling
bis tire, a miser stock a cork in the noz
zle of the bellows to save the little wind
that was left in IL—lnter-Ocean.
Wass liatherizits husband was arrest
ed for correcting that lady with a, strap,
he said it was a pity that a man should
be rifled for strapping his skate.—Beaton
Commercial
THE Detroit Ftee Press thinks that Ze
ro is a pretty good fellow. Z. is s a pretty
Mercurial sort or a chap, - "and when the
breezes blow he generally goes.below to
seek the seclusiortwhich a cabin granta.',
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itir white hand Sashay en the strings.;
Sweittptnits swift Add sliTer cord,
dmd wild and strong the great harp rings
thiOthilng Antes sieved
Music and'mpanlight risks ikbloont -
Thmughent the rich and iceubte room.
Ol3,s . weet and finyr 1140 ahlvering swells,
• and sweeter still the lingering dew—
I/effelons as remembered bells ' "..
,Dying to 41stasite keg ma, , ,
When evening winds from heaven were blown,
And.tbe heart yearned for things anknewn: '
'denim the leafy window place •
Peace gills the statutes's sapphire sleep;
, One sentry Usar in outer space
Ills quenchless lamplitta, halt asleep;
Peace *cede where falling waters new,
Peace where the beaiy.roscs blow.
;And ea the •lndteu atmosphere
. Waft all the fraraneeiet pine ;
The snteutei alight fa hushed teams?
Tbe voodoo of the secleat aloe : -
Tben why those, suOttrn tears that start,
'And whir this pierced and' =lane heart?
:jet 'mid -all our -pa
Are mortal, and divine the song
Idly our topncolftitilibl &In-;
It sporna that height, and far along ,
Seeks In the heavens Ita aplendfit mark,
And we fall lawkward on the dark !
- —eine:naafi Ccnmercfa/
04:140 40)4041):504NiziV44
THE HISTORY" AND MANAGEMENT UN
DER REPUBLICAN•ADMINISTRATION.
Philadelphia North American.
Two important and interesting
charts have been prepared at the
Treasury which give in a small space
a griat deal of valuable inforination
about the debt and the currency of the
country. There are "an analysis of the
principal of the public debt of the
United States ' from ;July 1,1859; to
July 1, 1819," and a "statement show
ing the amount of notes and fractional
silver coin outstanding at the close
of each fiscal year from IS6O to 1876,
inclusive." , The first statement Is
worthy of careful abstract and ex,
planation that follow. In 1856 the
whole debt was $31,972,537, less $21,-
006,584 cash in the Treasury, mak-
ing the net debt $10,965,953, at five
and eis • per cent.--$3,632,000 fives
and $26',130,761 sixes.- The annual
interest charge was 'only , $1,869,415;
or secen•cents per capita on a pope•
cation. of 28,683,000, the principal
being'only,thirty . .sixCents per capita.
In the nest year the minimum was
reached, And the debt was as follows:
$3,489,090 fives, $24,01,958 . sixes,
82,1,460,958 tnta1,•51,1;7,767 annual
interest charge, $9,996,021 net,debt,
which was thirtY-five cents a bead,
•
and the intereSt charge. only sia
cents. The -year alter, the increase
began by the issue of about twenty
millions of five per cents, although a
little more than three millions of the
sixes were . paid - off: Ten weeks after
the attack on - Fort Sumter the war
had begun, and the debt, though re
duced by the redemption of ten mill
ion of threes, and the increase by
the -issue of pearly, forty million
sixes, so that the interest-bearing
debt was $90,380,873, entailing
_an. ,
annual burden of interest of $5,092,-
630, or sixteen cents for every man,
women and child in the. nation, the
principal- being $2 .74 for each. The
year following, 1562, saw. the first
issue of the seven-thirties and a large
increase in the sixes, with a very,
slight reduction in The fives, also the
•
first issue of legal-tcnders, making
the increase, though .only $417,094,-
092, the greatest porportionately
that the country had ever known,
the principal having been multiplied
six times, and the interest charge
having quadrupled. in 1863 there
was an increase in every class pf
debt except the fives, for the country
could no longer borrow at that rate, I
the interest-bearing debt being al
most doubled, and the volume of
legal tenders being nearly tripled so
that the total was more than dobbled
and the burden both of principal and
interest was increased in like propor
tion. In 1864 the increase was about
sixty per cent. though almost exact
ly the same . in amount as during the
previous_year, the new issues being
of fives, which were ten times as
many in amount, and the sixes,
which nearly doubled, and the legal
tenders, which were inflated by about
ten per cent., while the seven-thirties
remained the same, and about a third
of the fours, or temporary loan, be
came dile and were paid off with
bonds
,O a higher, rate of interest.
In 1895, the last year of the war, the
credit of the government was at the
lowest ebb, and the increase ortite
debt was the largest ever known,—
$591,863,499, alniost entirely in six
per cents and seven-thirties the in
crease in temporary• loan tieing only
trifling, and the redemption of fours
a little over fifty millions. In the
last two months more than.slso,9oo,-
000 was added to this vast total, and
the country owed the • magnificent
sum of $2,844,649,636. The fours
had fallen due and been - paid off, but
all the high classes of bonds were at
their greatest amount, $2,381,530,294
of the debt baring interest to the
amount of $150,977,697 anneally,the
tax being $4 29 per capita on "I 8 25
of principal. The war was now over,
and =work of recovery b4gan.: The
country was prosperous, and high
taxes were borne with ease, for the
money was, depreciated, and every
one was ,making a great deal of it.
The maximum both of interest and
principal, both interest-bearing and
nOn-interest-bearing,, was reduced
from the higest point, which had - teen
reached on the 31st of August, but
the paying did not proceed with any
thing like the rapidity _with which
the horrowine; had been carried on.
Nevertheless in ten months the net
debt had been _diminished from its
greatest amount of $2,756 0 431,571 by
more than $120,000,000, or at the
rate of twelve millions a month, show
ing.a.recuperative power that aston
ished the. world. It was, enough to
carry such a Vast load on interest,
but the. country-not only did it, but
paid fully as much more toward the
reduction of the principal. This had
been accomplished
_by the payinent
of several - millions of the higher in
terest-bearing bonds, the cancella
tion of twenty millions of legal-ten
ders and the issue of $120,000,000 of
four I) , cent. call loans, payable at
any time after one month and ten
- day's "notice. The neat year, 1867;
witnessed the greatest reduction in
'any year--sl2Bllo,o4B—which was
more than double the whole debt of
GM
=ME
SCOO Dor:Aranuncin Advinta..
LISTENING.
I ? ,
WITMER- 9
the I.lnited,Statea in soy year.l:!efore
the war, together, with the payment
of over a .hundred millions of tem
porary loan, and the, funding of more
than a milliondaY of seven -thirties,
into the consolidated •six-per cent.
loan.' This year.nlso• witnessed the
greatest reduction of debt per capita,
thniugh the . reduction of interest per
capita was greater in „the next, year,
when the debt reduction -was Tess
than' thirty millions.' In 1868 the
navy pension fund, 'carried at three
per cent, first appeared' in the, debt
statement; the ,temporary loan had
been almost entirely paid off, several
.millions of legal tenders cancelled
and more than $40,000,000 , of seven-.
thirties funded into sixes. In 1669 1
the last of the, seven-thirties were ,
paid off, and in the following year the „
way.was cleared for' the' second: -re
fending. by the passage of theta-bolt
ing act of 1870, alter more than a
hundred. millions of the six per cents,
has-been paid off from surplus rev
enue. The diminution of debt i 11,1871
was nearly as rapid, being at the rate
of a million andthree-quarten3a week,
_ _
ore thai - $150,000,000 'sixes being
paid off with surplus revenue and the
proceeds of the - first'issue. of the
funded fives of 1881. The debt-bear
ing interest then for the first time
fell below $2,000,000,000.. The re
duction in the volume of. six per
cents. went on steadily 484 had.froxe
the last year ,of their issue, the max
imum having been reached in 1868,
when' the last of the seve n-thirties
had been converted. In' 18'12 the
res,t of the funded fives wore Issued,
and;5250,000,000 sixes cancelled; but
in 1873 the only item , of
,interest was
the reissue of legal-tenders by Secre.
tary Richardson, and the of
interest below a • hundred !millions
fon the first time. 'The reductioo
the, debt was least ',1874, when.it
.was only, a million and a quarter,' the,
interest-bearing, debt being increased
by the issue of more of tbe funded
fives in excess pt the redemption of
sixper"vents. In• 1875 progress was
little greatpr, but the interest charge
per capita was only half what it liad
been in 1865. In 1876 the diminu-
Lion of the debt w as thirty millions,
the last of the fu nded fives were 804
and the-six per' cents. fell . below a
thousand millions. In 1877 the See-,
rotary of the Treasury sold •thefirst
four 7 and.S.-halfs; and the debt was cat
dowdforty millions. Last year the
Brat of the funded fours made their
appearance in the statement, and
. the
last of the four-and.:a-halts were issued.
The cash in the 'Treasury was then .
at its highest point, though . Whas
been greater in some -months; . being
then $256,823,012. Thenet debt was
diminished less than twenty millions,
but the total fell :for the .first time
since the increase tiiless. than two
thousand- The )ast year
has witnessed the most rapid refund
ing ever kneyrn•; - the issue of fours
having beenC 'nearly $950,000,000,
necessitating the redemption of $4.50 7
000,000 of Six per..centa.. and $200,-
009,000 of ;fives.. It is a noticeable
fact that the_ auxual interest charge
is reduced- more- than in • any year
since that in which the greatest re-,
duction debt wa.s made: In 1866,
when the greatest amount ( 5120,000,-
00) of debt was paid off, the interest
account was reduced less • than last
year, when only tliree millions Were
paid. 'lt Was a year of. refunding,
not of paying. Our intereat-bearing
debt is now $4O 42 to each. person
in the country, and the interest
charge sl . 69—a reduction of 50 per
cent. 'in ten years. •
A PHENOMENAL BASER. '
Mr. Sarvis went into a bArber , shop
to get shaved last neck. 'When, his
turn came : he stretched himself out
in the chair and told the artist what
he. wanted to do. Mr. Sarvia wis
considetablysurprised" al him, for he
.asked_ not a single question and was
very short in his answers when inter
rogated on the state of the weather,
the political outtOolt, etc. While by
ing shaved he carefully remarked to
the artist: .
" Ifo you think:my hail; needs cut
ting?" .•
The barber ran his grigers throtigh
his - hirsute appendage and replied. -
4‘ No not for a Month yet."
Mr: :SarviS was astonished at his
honesty: - .
" Do sou think I need a shampo'n ?''
"No sir; yon head is cluite . clean."
" Have you a preparation you can
recommend for the preservation of
the hair ?" asked Mr. Sarvis.
" You need nothing of the kind,
[BSI
" But my son does." - -
"Tell him to use castile soap and
Lot- water ;.all these preparations are
" Can . you'tell me•how to get rid
Of these pimples?" -•
" Yes, sir." • . • -
"
• "Go to some good physician and
get a prescription." -
" Will you let me lie a brush
with nietalic bristles?" •
" Never keep them ; they do more
harm than good.'"'
Then Saris told himthat he
was posseSsed of that kind or hones
ty which sends people to the poor
house, and walked out more astonish
ed that if he had just - put his hand
on a red . -hot stove under the iinpres
sion that it was his umbrella: *
who
HUMAN NATURE.—A l a d y uaa
bad much experience in teaching both
boys and girls, speaking of the ex
traordinary obtuseness of a certain
pupil, said : "In a physiology class,
this young lady of fifteen inquired
with languid surprise, Is there not
a straight passage through the head,
from one ear to the other ?'—a some
whatsnatural conclusion, " the teach
er conatnented dryly, "if had ever
watched the • process of• her own
mind." " Which would , you prefer
teaching," asked a visitor, "boys or
girls?" "Boys, infinitely," was - the
prompt reply. " Noboy,for instance,
would ever have asked such a ques
tion as - that. He would long before
have investigated the subject with a
lead= pencil. Not probably!' in his
own. 'ears," she said meditatively,
"but in his youngetbrother's."
"You'ne a tasty stuck up' -thing," sa
the Pea said to thq P.V4V-P4t,—Derricii:
rut !Alm- rAozzur.
Oh 3 sal not woman.' heart to bought
With vain and empty trwapt
06 ! say not womaaCcheart ill caught
By every Idle pkeuirvii r
When Ant her gentle bosom knows
' TAve's tame. It wanders. never
Deep falter heartatur passion glows—
She loyeksori lures prover:
I ( ' ,
: Oh : say net iiiiiztativi false as fait.
: That Use the berths rugeat
• Stilt smktnit Bowan mote ;Mb sad rare,
As Ilene Deny etmages....
Oh, not the Wm that drat an warm
Will leave het bosom wryer;
eetop..4.9legon_e'er ebette-_
She loves, and wee. forever. . t t
A NAN-wilt not fell if be continues up-
iightri-Pietaystrie, -
Rums are frequently placed
_in very
trying positions.--Pikeytine. -
ADAM was the only man ever married '
On his wedding Eve.—Alen California. .
ARTIFCIAL pearls are more common
than the_real things, for diver's reagents,
--Pfeasnine: -•- _
!grin's look a gift grin in the muzzle:—
Hackensack Republican. It - should be hob-
toed inthe:breech.,—New - Haren Register.
To have meet property is now consid--
ered an evidenee of fraud ; to will that
property, evidence of insanity.---Turner's
Falls Reporter. ":
IT is strati - lb - A :hungry people will
fight io bre ak a will when the wilt: itself
is so hungry that, it. bee to have lots of
provisions.—Boaton Poet.
Tumor. is Jery little difference between
a man 'who sees a ghost and one who
swallows a bad oyster, so far as looks are
concerned.—Buralo Every Saturday.
-PurcoionrEns telt us never to be , in a
hurry--except when catching a flea. In
that case you have to be in a hurry be
cause the flea usually is.—San Promisee'
Wasp.
THE c' Midsummer' Night's Dream "
will doubtless prove the most enduring of
Shakespeare's plays, since - it's the only
one that has any Bottonr"-to it.— Ton
ken Gazette.
THE eloquent X. visits - a friend who is
seriously ill to - rehearse at biebedside the
discourse he has piepared for the funeral,
And asks him how that strikes him.—Par
, is Newspaper.
' A L altwn eye is said to indicate capaci-
Sy. A black . eye indicates that the pos
sessor was a poor judge cif n.usele when
he told a man that he lied.—Cincinnati
Saturday .hripkt.
you see a bank note on the sidewalk
or crossing,; be sure .you pause, stop and
pick it ppe "In not doing so you might bo
guilty of,passingh counterfeit bill: Nos
ton Vonre4ereia2.,,!
illouw:tor- robberies are frequent nowa
days.. While going home on 'a recent
night, Citizen'. was ',held up" by—a
friend. citizen was intoxi-_
catetl.—Okiecr.go Trarune.
The dalsy4gaapa wltkln the close,
Beside lts alsterdn-law, the'ruse, .
And buttterillea of Tutuila dyes;
Are fluttering under soft blue skies,
While lines wake upon the lake,
plant atm: the bUek.wheat cake
—N. T. Star.
Is COnseivi dice of the threatened trou
, kir in tilaika, the United States army is
Awing rapidly put on a war footing. Two
=more soldiers have reported for duty in
•an Francisco, and a man in the. hospital
With a sore leg will be ready for buisiness
in-less than a fortnight.— Waterloo Obser
'ter. -
A itturnEtt in the rhetorical class in a .
certain college had just finished his decla
mation, when the profess'or said : "Mr.
A.! do you suppose a General would ad
'dress his soldiers in the manner in vthich.
you spoke that piece ?" " Yes,' sir, Ido !",
was the reply--" if he was half scared to
, tleath."Boston Globe. • •
P --
RACTICM. Yankee : "-Nell, yes, sir.'
I give in to you. Shakespeare was a ge
nius. o But he didn't kinder seem to 'put
it to a practical use. sever -benetitted
civilization with- a washinf.Tzmachine, nor
a patent tprnip-peeler, nor anything of
that sort. Still, he was a smart man. "—
Unidentified Exchange. -
GENTLEu.xx recently about, to pay
bis doctor's bill said : " Well, doctor, 'as
my little boy gave the measels to all -my
' neighbors' children ; and as they were at
tended by you, I think you can afford, at
the very least, to deduct ten per centum
from the amount of my bill for the ~inc
rease of business we gave you."--Inter-
Ocean.
TnE_Brirlington Ha!ekeyie says : " The •
women in Kansas vote at the school-elec
tions. At a recent election at Osage City
one woman went up to "vote, • but before
site got through telling the judges what a
time her Willie. had with the scarlet fever
when he was only two years old, it was,
time,to close the'polls, and., she had for :
gotten to deposit- her ballot.
•IWAsu a baby up clean, 'antrd ress. Wit
up.real pretty, and he will" resist -all ad,- '
rauces With a most superlative crossness ;
but let him eat mnslasses-gingerbread and,
fool around the coal-hod for calf an hour,
and he will nestle his dear little dirty face.
:close ill tp your - clean, shirt-bosom, and
be jest the loveliest, cunningest little ras
cal iuMie' world !-I.lre - is Haven Resister.
~
- Wris.s a lady visiting on street
engaged her servant girl 'she said to her :
" want a girl who will -stay in the
-evenings instead of going out ; I like toe go
out myself occasionally, and Cannot leave
the children .lone," and that girl averred
if there was one desirable trait above an
other she possessed, it was thatofstaying
in evenings. Thc,lady of the house duds
that heejewel does stay in—in-the yard;
but the children might die of the: colly
wobbles and burglarei carry off every bit ,
of silver in the house for aught that , she ,
knows,,while stitting on the stoop with,
her young man, from'seven until twelve
o'clock every evening, and later on Sun
days.--IThigha 7i con Republican. .
"Tnr. Bishop was addressing a Sunday
School, and" related to the children the .
Story of Jacob's dream of the ladder into '
heaven. Chising his remarks, he invited
them- to ask any questions they had in
mind. After a few seconds' pause, a lit- 7.
tie girl in a piping voice inquired "If the
angels, bad wings, what did they want a
ladder-for to climb into heaven?" This
was a puzzler for the Bishop. He cleared
his throat several times, -grew red in the. ,
face' and - hesitated; but at last a bright
thought struck him. Turning towartythe
school, he said, "As one little cliild.hai
asked this question, perhaps some other
little child - can answer it. - Now can anyz
one tell ma why the angels. 'wanted the
ladt:er?" Back cattle the answer from• a
remote corner of the room,- "Because
they was molting, sir!" The good Bish
op sat down.
How few of us have traced the his
tory of.hats! The felt is as old Homer.
The Greeks made th6n in skullcaps
—conical, truncated, narrow or broad
brimmed. The Phrygian bonnet has •
an elevated cap tvithouka brim, the
apex :turned over. in front. It is
known as .the Cap of. Liberty. .An
ancient figure of Liberty in the time
of Antonius Divy, A. D. 145, holds the
cap in the right hand. The Persians
wore soft. caps ; plumed hats were
the headdress of the Syrian corpse
-of Xerxes • the broad brim was worn
by the 'Macedonian kings.. Cristor
means a beaver. The Armenian cap
tive wore a plug bat. The.mereliants
of the fourteenth' century wore u
Flanders beaver; fourteenth , .
VII., in
1469, wore a felt hat lined with red
and plumed; The English' men and
women in 1510 - mire close woolen or
knitted caps . ; two centuries ago hats
were worrlln the house. Pepy, in
his diary in 1664, wrote:—"Septem
ber, 166-Iv.got § severe cold :because
I took otl iny late at dinner," and
again, in January, 1665,,. he got
another cold by sitting too long with
his head bare to allow his wife's maid
•to tomb his hair aril wasithis ears.
And Lord Clarendon behis essay,
speakincr of the 'decay of respect due,
the aged, says '" that in his younger.
days he never kept his hat on before
those older than himielf except at
dinner." In the thirteenth century
Pope Innocent IV, allowed the card
inalsthe use of scarlet cloth hats. The
hats now in use are the cloth bat,
cork hat, embossed, hat, fur hat,
leather hat,,
.paper hat, silk hat,
ohat : pera hat, spring brim hat, and straw
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