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' V , ' ft0 subscriptions dig
"-nrearagesare paid. Unless
ai iob jujbUaher.
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attou:ev at law,
Hi SOUTII6UTU SIKEET,
PI1IIAUF.LPIIU.
oct-7 tf
JOBE lit MdZET
ATTOIiXiY AT LAW,
MIFFLSTOWX, TA.
Office on Bridge sreet. in the room formerly
occupied by Ezra Ii I'art cr, Lsq.
s
B. LOCltEX,
miitli:town. pa..
Offers Ins servicesto the citizens of Juni
ata county as Auo-eer and Vendue Crier
fharees, liom twe'U ten dollars. Satisfac
warranted. . . nov:-'Jm.
Thomas AliHiiTjr
MIFFUMoiYN, TA.
Office hours 0 A. M.to 8 P. M. Office in
lielford's building. tw doors above tbe.W
Uuel oflice, KriJ-e ctrst. aug j S tf
DR. 1 C. RUXDIO,
PATTEUSOr.PENX'A.
August 18, 1 800-1 f.
IIOM.EOPHATIC lIi YS.CI AN 4 SURGEON
Having iprninTinl v r in tUa ?.rrn..l.
of MitHiutnwn. offers hUvufLsiacal ervirp !
to ihe citizens of this pice and surrounding
country
Othcc on Main street, wer Beidler's Drug
Ptore. g lt 1 W.'-tf
G. W. McPCJRHAN,
gittorncn it
001 SA XSO J.: STKEKT,
rnLAKELrniA.
aug 18
QE.NTKAL CLAIM AG1XCV,
JAMES M. SELLERS,
144 SOUTH SIXTI STREET,
PIllLADr LPIIA.
Bounties. I'ensiotis, ttack Pay. Horse
Claims, State Claims, &e., pmptly collected.
No pS.r f,ir infnrmii.. i.,p hiii mnti.v 1
no cjarce Mr miormatiou, vr w nen money ,
is not collected.
"
-if
1!1S1!USS ltrtjs.
mi. rrtEDiiHCK's "
THE MEDICAL VOXDEH!
ron r.tis a ad aches.
Depot, Philadelphia. .
JOHNSTON, II0LL0WAT4 COWDEN.
oct'27-4m
SIEVES
WIRE CLOTH,
MANUFACTUKKIi SY
MCI.M St ItflOTIIEKK,
CZ3 Market .Street, riilada. -
sept2-J-3m :.
1SG9. PHILADELPHIA, 18tj'.t.
WALL PAPERS,
UOWICI.L & UOt-liKE,
HANTFACTl HERS III'
Paper Hangings and Winrljw Shades
Sales Iiooms Cor. 4th aud ?rket Ms.
PHILADELPHIA.;
Factory, Cor. Twenty-third anlfansom Sts.
trtc Styles fi'try Day, of our a. a 1ike.
sept29-T,m. 1
E. B. ART MAN. C H. MLIIMJKE. tl. A. J10T.T.
AB.TMAN, DILLIHGEa !& CO.,
No. 101XORTII THIRD STREET, PH1LA..
TVo doort above Arch, formerlf --',
MANUFACTURERS &. JOBBERS IN
Carp'tt, Cotton Yarns, Jiitting,
Oil Clotht, Carjiet Clmim, Conl.iye,
Oil Shades, Grain B'i'jn, Tit J'urn,
Wick Yarn, Window I'apcr, CoocrUtt,
A L S O t
WOOD AND WILLOW VAKE,
Brooms, Brushes, Mirrors, Trunis, &c.
w- ii. saigi:r,'
WITH '
SIlUMWAir.' CHANDLER & CO.
'
Manufacturers and Wholesale DciJer8 'n
1 S
BOOTS & SHQES,
221 Market aud 20 Cltunh S.,
.PIILLADLPHIA. ' : .
apr 13.1S70 j
J. M. KEPIIEABT
BARNES BROTIlER&lIElKOxN
WHOLESALE DEALERS III
HATS AND CAPS,
' 603 Market Strett, Philadelphia"
aug 18, 1809-lv-
PRICES REDUCED?. . ,
Newport Planing Mill CcinW.
MANUFACTURERS OF
ooons, SASH, suwfe.
SHUTTERS, MOULDING 3 I
COBHICE, FLOORIKG. WEATEB-
: BOARDIfliG, &C, ' M
Have reduced their prices to suit the
Give them a call, or addres ' ' ' '
' KEwroBT pn-me hw;
mr23-3m Newport, Perry Oo,,
1)LAIN and Fancy Job Printing neatly;
cuted at this Office. . . .
ES
B. F. SCHWEIEB.i
VOLUME XHW; NO. 21.-.
ocal , SWdisrmrnts.
Grocery and Provision Store,
o
Cherry Street, Mifflintown Pa.
" to A v .. . n
rTMIE undersigned, haTing purchased the
A- Grocery aud 1'roTision Store of S. B.
Loudoo, sit uate on Cherry street, East Toint,
has now on hand a full aud well selected as
sortment of
Groceries and Xoiions.
As follows; Syrups, Teas, Coffees, Flour and
ced, Mackeral, Salt, Coal Oil, Buckets,
Briioms, Fancy and Common Soaps,
Spices, ToTiaeca," Cigars, Rice,
' ' Crackers. Vinegar, Coffee-
Esscnce,Strch, Corn
Starch. WashinfF
Soda, Caking Soda, Lamp Fines, Lamp Wicks,
iru.-nes, indigo, Comhs, Hair Oil, 1 er-
fumery. Gloves and Hosiery, Sus
penders. Thread. Bullous.
Notions and Stationery, and in fact a good
assortment of everything usuilly kept in a
coun'ry Grocery ant Notion Store.
BrS?" The highest rK-:lowed in exchange
for Butter and Ezz.-?-ia 1'rouirt cavers.
thirty days.
Will also keep constanlly on hand a full
supply of York county lime.
marJO ,... C. BARTLY.
The Tlacc for Good Grape-vines
IS AT THE
lunula iTallfii llbtnarbs,
AM) CKArE-VIXE M'liSEKY.
r'HE undersigned would respectfully in
X. form the public thai he has started a
Gripe-vine Norwrr about one mile liortheast
of Alitllintowu, where he has heen testing a
large number of the different varieties of
Grapes ; and having been in the business for
seven years, he is now prepared to tuuiu-u
(Jr ALL
THE LEADING
VARIETIES, AND OC
HIE
3IOST PROMISING
KINDS, AT
Is O V RATKS,
by the single vine, dozen, hundred or thou
sand. All persons wishing good and thrifty
vines will do well to call and see for them
selves. A r , , .
JtjyCooJ aud responsible Agcuta wanicd.
Address,
J')NAS OBEUHOLTZER,
Miflintown, Juniata Co., Pa.
Feb- 14, 1870-ly
COME THIS WAY!!
Xew Flur and Feed Store !
i
M'MIE undersigned having opened a Flour;
-1- and
the Tost Office, in the building formerly occu-1
. itiii' hr I'nlph Parkpr would rnoctfullv
r - , ' -,
gnnounce (o ,hc cit itns of Miftliniown and
niiy, that he is now prepared to furnish ;
! r'll'iic with
FLCUn AJJO TEED, I
srcH as
Corn HnJ, Corn, Oa't, CJnw, Mui,lun-jx, '
Aud everything usu illy kept in a First-class
Feed iore. Also,
POTATOES FOR SALE CHEAP.
I will deliver all goods if ordered. I
respectfully solieii a liberal share of public j
patronage.i' - - ......
EKOS EEKGV
Miflliutown, April 20, ISTU-Cm.
CONFECTION E 11 Y
AND
FRUIT STORE. f
THE undersigned, thankful for past pat- j Ki"S Arthur is represented as holding
ronage. takes this method of iuforniing his his most Splendid court, and more Sub
old customers and the public generally that ta,,tia moLs than he observed it as
Lb kn J.tiui ati.illiA InviTA anil Wnll BitlftrM mil I
stock of Oranpes, Lemon's, Potatoes. Tohac-!
oo t-ipare, educes or an Kmus, ani ine wit;-
countv; also,
Fresh Bread, Rolls, Cakes, &c.
Having purchased the .Mifflin Bakery, I am ,
prepared to Ornish Bread, Kails, Pies; Pret
lels, Dutch ( :.ke. Eye Dread, Ginger Cake,
Sugar 'ake. Spice Cake, Pound Cake, Fruit
nani(,'n(lJI Ca'te"a ffill'lle ,0 order.
lloll and or-
53U Having secured the services of a first
class baker, 1 am prepared to. furnish the
country trade with all kinds cf cakes at rca
sonable rates.
Nov. 10, 1869. WJL II. EOOLF.
PIIE public are hereby informed that, the
X unJur.-igacd .is kw manufacturing all
kinds of ' ; v-'
Cane Scat nnd Windsor Chairs, and j
Koel.ing Chairs,
of every description, and will endeavor to
keep constantly on hani a . t ,
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT -j -
of the same. Not wishing to- offer anything
I '.uai ne would not be willing to buy, his p
trons can rely opon getting the valu of their
i monev. 1I l.ifM nut hoaitu,a ;n ,i.,
wurk .nuffurea.
eitlier now or in time nau
Wareroom on Main street, Shop on Water
street, Milllintown. Pa. : , . -
CS5uGood chair plaiik wanted, Xrom six
teen inches and upward.
Bcpt2a'un.tf WM..F. SNYDER.
WELL! --WELL!! WELL!!!
rpiI E un lersigned would respeclfull inform
.1 , '1,e.c"UCn8 l'toa vicinity
that he has opened a ,
DRY GOODS. GROCERY AND PROVISION
, . STORE,
S'ftn1 '? I'a,tcr8"'- ' ""ing been
out of business for a number of years, he
hopes to again receive a liberal share of pub
lic patronage, feeling assured that he can sell
9ie4pl!,,S,"-n 0"lcr 8t0re in Je county.
W, All kinds of county produce taken in
exchange for goods at market prices - '
sept 22 1809- ly WHT. .
CLARK & FRANK, r: . ;
HAUDVVABE DEALERS,
OPPOSITE THE COUET DOUSE' . .', '
M I FFLIXTOWN, PEN N 'A.
Iron, Steel, Nails, Nail Rod, ITorse Shoes,
Carpenters, Builders, Carriage Makers, Cab
inet Makers and House furnishing
HARDWARE. .
Call before purchasing elsewhere, at
CLARK & FRANKS,
ang 18, 1869-tf Mifflintown, Pa.
A Large assortment of Queensware, China
ware, Glassware, Crockery waie, CeJar
ware, for sale chtap by . . ,
0 KAVU1JLL ft SHELLY. , ,
MFFLINTOWN,
IJcti's ' Corner.
r DREAMLAND.
Down a silent, tidclesa river,
Which we mortals have named Sleep,
Floats my soul all wrapt in slumber
Floats adown its waters deep ;
O. and on it drifteth slowly
With no sight, or shape around,
Through the silence and the darkness,
And the mystery profound.
As the thistle-down, wind-wraftcd,
Floateth without power or will.
So my soul floats o'er that river
O'er its depths so dark and still.
Till like summer dawn there riseth
O'er the dark, a golden light,
And through shadowy-builded portals,
She beholds that region bright.
Oh ! the glory of the Dream-land !
Who the tale shall dare to tell, .
Of the strange aud mystic beau'y
That within it e'er doth dwell ?
Of the sigh and sounds mysterious,
Of the shapes that through it glid,
With the old beloved faces,
Vet so strangely glorified ?
Of its treasures, weird yctlovely,
Like the secret of the sea ;
Mortal eye may never fathom
All its beauteous mystery !
Far beyond our sunny Earthland,
Spreads this country fair, serene,
Through the clouds at sunset oft-times,
And in "golden vietas" seen ;
Through the clouds that, high and snow
tipt, Hide its portals from our sight.
Save when souls are tome beyond them
On the thought-wings of the night,
Mist enveloped and surrounded,
Dim its valleys stretch away,
Dewy silence on its bosom
Kow a mystic veil doth lay.
To le contimued.
Miscellaneous ' Stalling.
WHITSUNTIDE.
Its Celebration by the Good People of Lan-
culler.
A Jewish festival was the Fentecost,
held, as can be guessed from its name,
fifty days after the feast of uuleaveued
I,.-.? rVrt i 'I. i-i jM n a i InrnriKt .H'HM
from the circumstance that was the day
l ' I . lr l rl... J,1A...l,t
onwuica me jiuiy uuust utvuuucu uu
.... . .
the Apostles, bringing to them the mar
vtlIous irift or "tongues." Iu.
nf.oLJ;vai.t..mES.
i-'and even prior to them, it may be but :
certainly iu media; val times the people
of Western Europe celebrated the Pente
cost, as a season of great festivity, re-
t - -. i r i i .
gaming it as a period ot tugner lraport-
ance than can ue easuy cxpiaiaeu uy tuo
incidents attached to it, the record of
-1 1 II I.
the Gospel, or Chiistian legends rather
vague. ' ' i '
In the romances of .that time---deJight-ful
iu their quaiutuess we( are told that
it was one of the great festivals of kings
aud chiefiaius. It was the day on which
the grand festival of the year, looking j
orju-d to it as the special season ot ,
chivalrous adveuturc of tut and toruncy.
From these circumstauces we feeljusti-
gej jn BU,,posiug that the
CHRISTIAN PENTECOST
had been identified with one of the great
summer festivals of the pagan inhabi
tants of Western Europe. This i3 ren
dered more probable by the circumstance
that our Whitsuntide always has been
aud still is one of the most popularly
i festive periods cf the year. It was com-
imonly celebrated ; in mighty draughs of
tL WliltBUt ale 'and in the nots of the
l
Morris dancers. England at one tune
considered the festivities of such import
ance that their expences were defrayed
by, the parish. ' Games of all kinds were
indulged in on each annual recurrence of
the' day, sorao of them peculiar to the
season, others more geueral, and archery
especially was much; practiced. .' -j
Iu this country, America,. ft never has
risen to the dignity of a general holiday
a season' of joy and festivity'--but then
America has refused all the holidays of
the Old World, aiid WLitsunide was but
included in that weeping refusal. i Nev
ertheless, in j articular places, and anning
particular classes, of our people, the sea
son is far from ' being supp6se"to come
and go unobserved ' and ' uncelebrated.
Among these places aud these people,
perhaps Lancaster county, in this State,
and the good
PEOPLE OF LANCASTER
are first in celebratuig tliia era. Ilere
the people are, many of them, German,
the descendants "of Germans. They
speak the Hugo knowu as the "Lancaster
county Dutch," and wear in face and
firm mien undeniable marks of their or
gin. They are of the Vaterland, "and
any stranger can at once 'see it. , But let
no stranger imagine that they are of that
rude, uneducated, emigrant class that he
encounters Jon; Abe dock, green' from' tie
land of wooden shoes and meerchaums.
Far from it. Take a gathering of our Lan
caster yeomen, 'and take a gathering of
your New England farmers, and the dif
ference. If any, i regard ef Inteffince
and self assertion, of pluck aud quickness '
is in favor of Lancaster.
THE COSSTlTOTIOa TB DIIOX AND TH BroaOKHRaT:
JUNIATA COUNTY, PNN'A.,.1JUNE 15, 170.
Where land U dearef'.aa a coudequcube,
rather as a cause ? Where if sericulture
more thrifty and profitable ihan in Lan
caster county ? Where cat ' yonr oyes
behold better Btock, fatter cattle, horses
of purer blood,' sheep of h'feer and sof-j
ter wooii Were farms tetter managed
and more fertile like the fat lands of
Egypt ? Where houses more comforta
ble and barns lanrer and warmer than in
Lancaster county? The ; answer, "No
where," pprings ready to the lip of any
one who looks abroad upon the fair fields
of waving grass ' and grain.' And "the
men who have done all this are Germane,
or the children of Gerraais-the men
who have made Lancaster; county the
garden of the State are GtrmanB- and
they - are proud, in a country where all
are from foreign stock, of tlifeir descent
Aud they are proud, too, In their reten
tion of the festivals and holidays in their
fathers bequeathed them, j They are
proud iu their celebration of . ( j
, WHITSUNTIDE
15ut they are peculiar iu Jieir observ
ance of it. How "times Live changed
since fifty years ago,'. as tiif soug has
it, and the peculiarities of iLo celebra
tion of the season in Lauuster county
have also suffered change iu half a cen
tury. . If the memory , of the elders
amorg the Germans there xn'.jpQ trusted,
the custom was we speak f fifty years
since for the surrouuding cuutiy, near
and far, to flock to Lanciajter town on
Whit-Mouday, and ir a grud jollifica
tion a feast of good, ihii j. the cakes
aud candies of the shops, .a marching
Intlier aud thither through, the streets,
linked arm in arm, eating, each couple
or trio or quartette of the, same huge
"gingerbread," an attendance the year
ly fair, viewing aud purchniug the gay
things, the ribbons - and the breastpins
celebrate the day according'to their tra
ditions, clear their consciences of duty
in this respect by clearing their throats
with ehout8 and songs, anl wash down
friendly salutation from (the pewter
bowl. ' i -
This they used to do, andjnore. Tbey
j were economical in those jiays. Lloie
' fl.an Ani anniimt if tiinm trill rtfm PITll fr
i how they walk to town, a:i wa.I; bare
; jot waisea iiiruugu tuo ausi, aim UIUU
I
t . ii i .1 l. -V l fc l J
men, women, and childim, together-
aud only when on the edgef the place,
within sight of the town balk, encased)
their feet in the carried sLoes and stock-
injrs. This is not their wont now. J hey
would not uo eucu a tLnij low. Alter
barefooted slow pedestriauicmcame quick
pedstriatiistn. They still came to town.
And they now come. They came yes
terday. But'now they have grown rich,
waxed fat, and disdained even the saddle.
When they appeared yesterday.
. . A GREAT THROSQ
crowding the streets, filling this historic
"Centre Square," swarming the hotels,
the country taverns a great throug from
the hills and the valleys, and the plains
too ; yes, twenty miles away a multi
tude that pressed iu. every shop door,
and kept every happy shopkeeper busy.
They appeared m carnrs carriages
brought them buggies, and phaitoue,
and rockaways. Not one fame on foot ;
not one on horseback. A Vehicle it must
be the mode ; of conveyances. "And
what a multitude of thetn- Why, on
every street of the town they stood In
long lines, fairly blocking the highway,
stretching three or. four LIscks from any
particular "stopping place" standing
there, packed pole under body, hard
against each..;othjpr, Jha Iicrses-all taken
out and taken away. Taken where f
Where is stable-room in Lancaster city
for all the horses of Lancaster county ?
Where? Somewhere, for, you don't see
them. , . Room . haa been found for tLcm
somewhere. . .Walk into the vast stables
of the tavern stables fho extent of
which you , wonder at-bnilt ifor just
such occasions hundred , after . hundred
stalled and unstalled, the harness , unre
moved, ready for a hasty start and each
one numbered.- Yo- lai already no
ticeJ that cach''wagon as numbered
Yort know: now' the reason. 'Now out of
the stable, again "r f ; " - ' '
: V- "'' t'POJJ THE flTBBET.' ' ' ;'
What a sight enconnters the eye of the
stranger j . The multitude, ' which the
town kuows but once a year -we have
already mentioned that. But its com
position ! Donnie lassea, fresh and charm
ing as roses, yet wet with 4e dews of the
morning, dressed in their hist,- their ap
pearance exciting in the bosotn an unex
plained thrill, tripping like; deer over the
hard pavements the unaccittomeid bricks
hurt them-gaziag in the widows, leagu
ing in tones as clear as the skylark's and
sparkling on jou like a gttdden' flash!
These are tic girls of Lanceter 'conn'ty
come to the celebration of Yfliitsuntide m
town. A4 theTlada thc.,r along
Tall Btrong..stalv'art -bone tieref muscle
there; nothmg weak. , lney can. Btnke
as their horses kick.. Aj loot at them
would, carry dismay .to any piyaiciau's
soul. r for medicine they have, a supreme .
contempt. They never, need it. When
they die they die. without it just drop
off, at a ripe old age, like ripe' fruit' from
their own trees:' And the older folks are
with them, to keep them" straight in that'
TBI LAWS.
dreadful place the town, we suppose.
But the old ones come to do shopping too
They combine everything, for they are
wise in their years ; they combin e plea
sure for themselves, pleasure for their
children, care over thepe latter, and the
purchase of coffees and sugars. And
the little ones are there tender plants
from Lancaster county fields. What more
can be said ? Everybody is there and
there upon the street. The city keeps
the the season as a holiday, for, what
ever employers desire employees are
bent on a frolic. And they have it in
fulness ere the sun goes down. By that
time the crowds have vanished the
horses have found their proper carriages
these have rattled with tired Lancas
ter county people over the stones and out
of the gates and all is quiet.
PKE-ADASITE REPTILES-
While dip
ing on the farm of Joseph
Jessup, Esq., near Mullica If all. en the
11th hist., some men struck the remains
of an animal, the study' of which hits
long engage the attentiou of scientific
men. .The only portion of this fossilil
erous specimen yet discovered is the
head, which measures six feet, aud from
its construction indicated that it belonged
to the Mosasaurus species of the Third
Period, The body of this would be
sixty feet iu length, and iu breath four to
five feet. The collection taken shows
two rows of teeth iu a perfect state of
preservation, with extremely sharp edges
measuring from an iuch to an itiiii and
a half iu length. Not knowing the value of
the skeleton, no care was taken at first iu
removing it from the marl. The collec
tion is therefore, incomplete, and it may
be that the procuring of ihi remainder oi
the bones is impossible, owing to causes of
which we will not speak. It was found
about six feet below the first strata of
maiL Prof. Marsh, of Yale College dur
ing a visit ou Saturday, obtained the pos
session of these remains, to aid in com
pleting the form of this animal, parts of
which he had previously secured. Other
curiosities, of geological formations, were
found in the'neighborhood, indicating that
the character ot all these animals were
marine, and that they existed m
i,. e
.itions or
years ago. This peculiar species found
belongs to the snake tribe, somewhat re
sembling the lizird in form, aud had two
paddles, by which the motion of the body
was directed. A bone was found in the
pits by John W. Ilazleton, Esq.,
; four inches in diameter, of consid-
marl
about
erable weight, belonging to an animal
forty feet high, which stood on its hind
fee. Wonilhvry (Conn )Const!tution.
A ClKIOl'S LEtiESD.
When Adam was fur advanced in years
and at the point of death, he sent his son
to the angel Michael, who kept the gate
of Paradise' to pray for the oil of mercy.
so that hfi could be healed, lhe angel :
answered that it could not be until fifty-
fiive hundred years, but he gave Seth a
branch of the tree of which Adam had
eaten, bidding him plant it on Mount
Lebanon, and that when it bare fruit his !
father should be healed. Seth planted
the branch on his father's gave ; it took
root aud grew, and from it were made
Aaron's rod and Moses, staff with which
he struck the rock aud sweeteued the wa
ters of Marah. . If also formed the pole
on' which the brazen serpent was raised
up, and the ark of the testimony. At
last it came into the hands of Solomen,
who used it in building his palace ; but it
continually resisted . the efforts of the
builders to adjust it. Now. it was too
long, and then again too Ehort. The
builders, being angry, then threw it iuto
a marsh, so tliat.it might serve as a bridge.
The queen of fcheba would not walk upon
but adored it, and told Solomon that npou
it should be suspended the man by whose
death the kingdom should be destroyed.
Solomon then had it buried deep in tho
ground, where afterward the pool of Beth-
sada was dug, and from the .virtues of
this tree healing properties were imparted
to the waters. After it had been buried
three" hundred years it rose to the surface
of the water, and the Jews took it and
made of it the cross of our Savior Lip-
TtATS and Pippiss. Many people
who have been told that the Chinese eat
rats, do not believe the story j but it is
true. ' In the northern part of China.'
where meat is cheap, rats are never eaten ;'
in the central provinces, they occasional
ly add a flavor to a poor -'man's soup ;
but i-tDe vicinity . of Canton, they are a
staple article of food with, the lower
classes ., A rat is prepared for the Chi
nese market in a peculiar, way; it is
skinned, opened, pressed Hut, salted and
dried. . Bats are to be seen in the market
place, piled up, iu the above shape, like
codfish in our grocers' shops, r Of course
when the , "coming man'' is represented
by the thousand herr he will want his
rats ;7and bo doubt there will be enter
prise enough among our people to give
them to ' him in the.- form' as above de
scribed.' This will be" called "a new
branch of industry and trade' very pro
perly, ,1--iL ? lr...
j Di. Hall, the Arctic explorer, ia in
New' Loudon with si group of Esquimaux.
EDITOK A5D PROPKIETOR.
WHOLE NUMBER 1213
CABBIES PIGEONS AT SEA.
When the probable loss of the Inman
steamship City of Boston was first sug
gested in the newspapers, on account of
her non-arrival at Liverpool, some one
in this country proposed the employment
of carrier pigeons as . sea messengers of
distress. A prominent London journal
devotes a long article to this proposition,
and nrges that a test of its practicability
be made. If it is certain, or even only
probable, that had there been suitably
trained carrier pigeons on the City of
Boston, we should now know the story
of her fate, the fact is one of no slight
interest and importance.
There can be little doubt that the
missing steamer is finally and forever
lost. Whether she was destroyed by
colliding with an iceberg when a few
days ont from Halifax as Mr. In man,
her owners, believes or whether she was
consumed by fire caused by the over
heating of her engines, as has bt en ru
mored, we shall probably never know.
And, if anything, it is this dreadful wa nt
of knowledge that intensities the anguish
of those whose de:ir ones formed a part
of the precious human freight ou board
the fated ship.
In order to employ carrier pigoons for
the conveyance of messages from vessels
iu distress, it would be necess.iry to es
tablish large dovecots as homes for them
at one or two of our important seaports,
from which they could be taken by outward-bound
ship. In case of accident
or peril, a slip of paper attached to one
of the birds would be swiftly borne to
the cot from which the pigeon came,
provided the distance were not too great,
and the bitd could be induced to fly from
the ship.
Five hundred miles is a long flight for
the carrier pigeon, though sea birds can
can doubtless traverse a longer distance
without touching the water more than
once ortwice. But the speed of the
carrier pigeon is very great. At the
annual pigeon race in Belgium last July,
some l,ii00 birds weresentfrom Brussels
to a place near Toulouse, 520 miles dis-
taut. There they were let go, and the
winning bird reached Brussels iu twenty
. ... .
hours from the time he was liberated. Ir
Eneland, carriers have flown 300 miles
in three hours and a half.
Useful, however, as carrier pigeons
might be in some case; as where a ship
! wiU short of Proviiiions' or her machinery
KML they would avail nothing, prob -
ably, on the occurrence of a suddsu dis
aster. The outbreak of fire, or a colli
sion with an iceberg, are accidents so
U-rrihte n their nature that they leave
no time for any thoughts but those ot
how to escape. And it is probable that
gome such sudden and unexpected fate-
befell the City of Boston ; some disaster
that would have rendered the writiu of
a message and attactun;
utterly impossible. But
it to a bird j
if she Went :
dowu in a storm at sea, aud before she
had half crossed the ocean, carrier pig-
eons taken from this side might well
have brought ns the last words of her
passengers to those in the world they j
had left. X. Y. Suit.
WHAT IS DIET 1
Old Dr. Cooper, of South Carolina, n.ed 1
to say to his students : "Don't be afraid j
: - . ., j- t9 i inwMig i acre was a savage Uo on tho
of dirt, young gentlemen. W hat dirt .' ) . , , a
. . ii r i i i premises, the lover took an eriua'Iy frro
Why, nothing at all onensiv: when chemi-1 . J
,, . j r t. it l- .u i clous cur with him, aud set the two t
cally viewed. Rub a little alkali upon the I '
dirty grease spot upon your coat, and is j hth W1,iIu lhe oU f"lkj wcre trJ" ,
undergoes a chemical change and becomes m "V tLe cbative beasts, tho ,
an- v, mh it with alittln wntpr ami it I S,rl '"VP""1 oltt tue 0;lc'- 00T. and wad
:.r. ., '
UIonjJJl-Ara, a " uchuci gicivc, owj, ma
ter, nor dirt. That is not very odorous
pile of dirt you seo yonder; well scatter
a little gypsum over it and it is no longer
dirty. Everything like dirt is worthy
your notice- as students of chemistry.
Analyse it ! analyze it ! It will separate
iuto very clean elements. Dirt mikes
com, corn makes bread and meat, aud
that makes a very sweet young Lidv that
I saw one of you kissing list night. So
after all, you were kissing dirt, particu
larly if she whitened her skin with chalk
of fuller's earth. There is up telling,
young geutldmcn, what is earth ; though
I may say that rubbing such tUuflf upon
the beautiful skin of a young lady ; is a
dirty practice. Pearl powder, I thiuk,is
made of bismuth, nothing bat dirt."
Lord Palmerston'sfine definition of dirt
js, "Matter in the wrong ploce." Put it
in , the "right place," and we cease to
think of it as dirt. Herald of Health.
: An unhappy father writes to a Louis
ville papery "I am a miserable man. My
only son is not quite eight years of age;
and yet he not only swears and chews to
bacco, biikc persists in partiughis hair
in the middle, and in declaring that his
mother has a better right to the ballot
than I havo. Tell me, for Ileaven's sake
what shall I do with him?"
'A" Western corner's jury returned a
verdict that the deceased came to his
death from exposure. "What do yon
mean by that ?" asked a relative of . trie
dead man ; "there are two bullet-holes in
his skull." The comor replied with a
wave of his magisterial baud : "Just so;
he died from exposure to bullets." .
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PEBS01AL HABITS OF WlSttLIBTOX.
.Every American is eager to learn all
he can about Washington, and is never
weary of hearing anecdotes about him, or
incidents o'f his private life. A letter, -
jnst published, gives oma facts about
him, in which our readers may be inter
ested :
While the Fed r tl City was building,
the Legislature of Pennsylvania voted
the President a house, hoping, perhaps,
to keep the seat of government iu Phila
delphia. The house formerly occupied
as the University of Pennsylvania wa
accordingly built for that purpose. But
as soon as General Washingtqp. saw its.
dimensions, and a good while before it
was finished, he let it be know that he
would not occupy it ; that he certainly
should not go to the expeuse of purcbsa
ing suitable furniture for such a dwelling-
and hired instead a modest but comforta
ble residence.
The President ate Indian Ciikes for
breakfast, after the Virginia fashion al
though buckwheat cakes were general
ly ou the table. Washington's dinner
parties were entertained in a very hand
some stvle.
Ilisveekly dining day' for company.
was Thursday, and his dining hour was
always four o'clock in the afternoon.
His rule was to allow five minutes for
the variation of clocks and watches, and
then go to the table, be present or absent
whoever might.
lie kept his. own clock iu the hall, just .
within the outward door, and always ex
actly regulated. When lagging members
of Congress came in, as they often did
after the guests had sat down to dinner,
the I'resident's only apology was
"Gentlemen, (or sir) we are too punc
tual for you. I have a cook who never
asks whether the company has come."
He was always dressed iu a suit of
black, his hair powdered, and tied in a
black queiw behind, with a very tleganl
dress sword which he wore with inimita
ble grace.
Mrs. Washington often but not always
dined with the company, sat at the head
j 01 tne wole' anrt " a3 was occasionally tuo
j ease' t,1Pre were 0,fieir ,aJies present, they
' 8at pac" B"lc ot 1 ne 1 resnlent sat
! 1...H r. .t.
, wiV l '" to ma iooi oi uio
! tilbIp' arul on tLu ei(Is Le woultI PIi,c0
I Mrs. Washinprton though distant from
him, on his right hand.
1 or Dbatu. -That death aud
!gieep are very much alike the sages all
1 tell w, but see how very attractively
Leigh Iluut described the latter : "It isa
delightful thing certainly, that of being
nestled into bed aud feeling that vou will
jrop gently to sleep. The good U L.
j come not past. The limbs have been
j jllst tire(j enough t0 reiult.r the remaining
j in one portion delightful. The labor of
the jay is done. A gentle failure of the
j preccptions comes stealing over one ; tho
spirit of consciousness disengages ilself
.norM nnd mnro VL-ilTi blitw Ii.iIim...
degrees, like a mother di-taching her hand
from ,iat 0f jlt;r BleeMig child? the mind
8erm3 t0 h;ive a balmy lid c!osin ovci-
;t( ijke tue eye .;rt ci0;(;. t;3 closod.
The mySterious spirit has gone to take
ronliru
They tell how a cruel father iu New
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t!'.e arent ,over cf L" Stcr.-
Alt , t..,i i -.. i
married to her devoted John.
Kkv. Peter CAimvainiiT, the veter
an Methodist preacher, was in Indianapo
lis, lud.,- last week. lie is eighty-six 1
years' of age, and has bi-en an itinerant
preacher f r sixty-five years, and a pri
siding eUer for fifty years. The reverend
gentleman looks old and feebl.', and
says hi: "can't prvacli any more : all bi
can do is to talk.'' '
The manufacture of oil from the cot
ton seed is m iking progress with every .
prospect of ultimate success." It iasorav'
what surprising that tho problem of thn t
use of cotton seed should not have been -,
solved l'ing siucc, especially when wi
consider how many thousand tons of it '
have tx'en allowed to go to "waste in thu "
United States. i
Ef.ports from Central and Southern ".
Frauce represented the appearance of
the crops of wheat as not promising,
while a fair averago crop is expected ia
the Northern aud Easteru sections.
A man in Charleston, whose son wa .
killed recently by the explosion of a boil- t
er, is suing the company that owned the :
boiler for S30 000. - , , .
Charleston and Savannah announce
the first green corn aud tomatoes of tho
season. "'
A Chinese lawyer, who practises at .
San Jose, Cal-, graduated at an English ,
law school. ,(
. In the vicinity of St. Jospeh, Mis, .
s-juri there are 400,049 fruit trees, cov- .
ering 3710 acres. ' t .. ,
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In Russia the prospects of the wheat
crop are- mending, but prices at Odess.-v '
contiuud steady. " -: ' ' ' '-'