liilii f r BITES 0? A8TRTi8S0. " ' AD advertising for less than" three months for one square of eight lines or less, will off charged one insertion, 75 cents, three $i.UTt and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. Administrator' J. Executor's and Auditor' Notices, $2,60. Professional aid Business Cards, aot exceeding on square, add inclu ding copj of paper. $9,00 per year. Notices in reading eoluKins. ten cents per line. Mer" ehenta advertising by tfieyear at special rates. $ wrSj- 0 mentis. 1 jrrar1. One 8quare....$ 4.50 $".f0 $10.0(7 Two squares ,nrt 9.00 IS.00 Three squares... 8.00 12.00 ?0,0( One-fourth col'n. 14.00 'Ji.0t S5.ti' Half column 18.00 C-VOO 4.(Wt One column 30.0 5'.f0 80.fl,V ' "ESTABLISHED VX 184. . Purueuro Etikt Widiiisit Mobbuo, Bridge Street, opposite the Odd Fallows' Hall, MIFFLISTOWS. PA; Thi Jcmata Skxtixil it published every Wednesday morning at $1,50 a year, in ad vance ; or $2,00 ia all eases if not paid promptly in advance. No subscriptions dis B. F. SCBWEIEK, TBI COSSTITSTIOB TBB BBIOB AID THI BSroBCBBBBT Of THI LAWS. J EDITOR ASD PROPRIETOR. continued until all arrearages are paid, unless VOLUME XXIV, NO. 49. MJFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTr, PENJTA., DECEMBER 7, 1870. WHOLE NUMBER Utt at the option of the publisher. Easiness Carbs. JOUIS E. ATKINSON. Attorney at Law, MIFFLISTOWS, PA. ((Collecting and Conveyancing promptly attended to Office, second lory of Court House, aboTe Prothonutary's office. ROBERT McMEEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MIFFLISTOWS, PA. Office on Bridge street, in the room formerly eeupied by Eira 1). Parrer, Esq. ALHX. K. McCLURE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 144 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, PIIILAUKI.PHIA. oct27tf g B. LOL'UES, M I FFL I N TOWN, PA., Offers his services to the citizens of Juni ata county as Auctioneer and Vendue Crier. Charges, from two to ten dollars. Satisfac tion warranted. ov3-6m. THUMS AJiLDER, M. 1)., M1FFUXTOWS, PA. Office hours 5 A. M to 3 P. M. Office in Beiford's building, two doors above ibe.Srn tmel office, Bri'lge street. aug 18-tf Dll. 1 C. 11UXDI0, PATTEUSUN, PENN'A, Aaguat IS. lSG9-tf. b. . SSHTTH. ES. b7 HOH.tOFHATIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Having permuncn'Iy located in the bcrough f Mitilintown. offers his professional services to ihc caucus of this place and surroundiug eountry. Office on Main street, over Beidler's Drug Uure. au- 18 lPf39-tf G. W. McPHERRAS, Jtontcii at Saw, 001 SANSOM STREET, PHILADELPHIA. ar 18 19n-. QESTKAL CLAIM AGENCY, JAMES M. SELLERS, 141 SOUTH SIXTH STREET fiilLADkLt'HIA. B.untirs. Pensions. Back Pay. Ilor.e j Claims. Siute Claims, Ac. promptly collected. ! . . I No charge for information. when money in not collected. focfJi-tf V Mifflintow., P., A;cut of the CELEBRATED AMERICAN j ORGANS for Juniata county. These are j the best ORGANS now made. Suited to all oireumii.iucts. Prices ruuging from S10U j $:'00. Also, Asnt for FIRST CUSS TIANOS. , Ail ins iiirtent se'.d warranted fur five years. ! aug 1870-tf. LEBANON MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, or Jonestown. Ia. IJOLICIES Perpetual, at low rates. No stea-n risks taken. This is one of the best conducted and most reliable Companies in ihe ttiale. 1 be un lersigned, agent, will visit MiiH mown and Patterson on the second Wedueeday cf each maath. JOHN SWAN. Agent for Mifflin and Juniata counties. Lswiftown Aug 17, 1870-ly i - CLARK & FRANK, HARDWARE DEALERS, OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE, MIFFLINTOWN, PENN'A. Iren. Steel, Nails, Nail Rod, Horse Shoes, Carpenters, Builders, Carriage Makers, Cab inet Makers and House furnishing II A R D W A R E. Call before purchasing elsewhere, at CLARK & FRANKS, aug 18, lSGO-tf Mifllimown, Pa. jJEST CIGARS IN TOWN nollobaugh'g Saloon. Two for 6 cents. Also, the Freshest Lsger, the Largest Oysters, the .Sweetest Cider, the Finest Domestic Wines, and, in abort, any thing you may wish in the EATING OR DRINKING LINE, at the most reasonable prices. He has also refitted his BILLIARD HALL, so that it will now compare favorably with any Hall in the interior of the State. June I, 1870-ly COAL AND LUMBER YARD. The under sifised begs leave to inform the public that he keeps constantly on hand a large Stock of Coal and Lumber. His stock embraces in part. Stove Coal, Smith Coal and Linie-bur-oeis Coal, at the lowest cash rates. Lumber of all kinds and quality, such as White Pin Plank, two inches, do 1 White Pina Boards, 1 inch, do one-half inch, White Pine worked Flooring, Hemlock Boards, geantling, Joice, Rooting Lath, Plastering Lath, Shingles, Striping, Sash and Doors. Ooal and Lumber delivered at short notice Persons on the East side cf the River can be famished with Limeburners Coal, &e., from thecoal yard at Tysons Lock, aug 15-ly. GEORGE GOSHEN J. M. KEPIIEART BARNES BROTHER &HERR0N. WB0LISA1C UBALEB3 III HATS AND CAPS, 603 Market Street, Philadelphia, aug 18, 1869-ly. Handbills for publie sales printed on short aoticc at the SsitnaBL Ornci. THE CELEBRATED SINGER sewihg menu THE superior merits of the "Singer" Ma chine over all others, for either family use or manufacturing putj'oses, are so well established and so generally admitted, that an enumeration of their relative excellencies is no longer considered necessary. OUR NEW FAMILY MACHINE, ahich has been Tears in preparation and which has been brought to pertectiou regard less of time, labor or expense, and is now confidently presented to the public as com- parlly the best bewing Machine in exist ence. The Machine in question is simple, com pact, durable and beautiful. Itisquiet, ligh running, and capable of performing a range ana variety of work never before attempted upon a single Machine. using either Silk Twist, Linen or Cotton Thread, an 1 sewing witb equal facility the very finest and coarsest materials, and anything Del ween the two ex tremes, in the most beautiful and substantial manner Its attachments for hemming, braid ing, cording, tucking, quilting, fcllit.g. trim ming, binding, etc., are novel and practical, and tiave been invented and adjusted especi ally for this Machine. Machinrs alrays kept on hand at our Clothing dore on Bridge street, MitHintown, Pa., for the inspection of the public, and fur sale at tin most reasonable prices. Machine Cotton, Needles, Thread, Oil, Ac, and everything pertaining to this Machine constantly kept on band for sale. 1). W. II A I! LEY A CO., Agents. Mifnintewn, July 13. ISTO-ly GROVER & BAKER'S SEWING MACHINE. The following are selected from thou- sands of testimonials of similar character, j as expressing the reasons for the prefer- ence for the (Jkovkr & Baker Machines j over all others. i " I like the Grover 1 Baker Machine, ; the first place, because, if 1 had any other, I j should still want a G rover & Baker, and, bar , ing a tirorer & Baker, it answers the purpose ; of all the re.-t. It does a greater variety of : work and it is easier to learn than any other." ; Mrs. J. C Croly (Jenny June j 1 have had sevi-iul years' experience with broTer Macl!,ne: b" K,Tcn me Kr"', 8'!sf'iC,,ou- 1 u,k lh roya ItdLup Iihitia i iiiura Aflail met n i rrori anH ' liaker Machine is more easily managed, and less liable to get out of order. 1 prefer the j Grovci A linker, decidedly."-.Vr. l)r, Wattt, "1 have had one in my family for some two years, and from what I know ot its workings, and from the testimony of many of my friends who use the tame, lean hardly see bow anything couid be more complete or give better satisfaction." Mrt General Grant. x I believe it to be the best, all t bines con- sjdered, of any that I have known. It is very bimple and easily learned ; the sewing from the ordinary spools is a great advan ; tage ; the stitch is entirely reliable ; it does ornamental work beautifully ; it is not liable j to get out of order." Mrt. A.M. Spooner, 86 j liund Street, lirooklyn. ' I am acquainted with the work of the ; principal machines ; ana 1 preter tue t.rover j X' linker to tbe.ru &1L hecause I consider the i ' ' stitch more elusiic. 1 hare work now in the i house which was done nine years ago. which ; is still g!K)il." Vr. Dr. McCrrad;, Xo. 43 Eatt Tyreniy third Street, A'etc Tort. " More than two-thirds of all tliS sewing : done in my farrily fir the last two years has been done by Grover & Raker's Machine, and I never had a garment rip or need mending. ! except those rents which frolicsome boys will ! mnke in whole cloth. It is iu my opinion by far the mist valuable of any I have tried." Mrt. lletiry Ward JJeecker. The Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company manufacture both the Elastic Stitch aud Lock Stitch Machines, and offer the public a choice of the best ma chines of both kinds, at their establish ments in all the large cities, and through agencies in nearly all towns throughout the country. Price Lints and samples of sewing in both stitches funiiidied on ap plication to Grover & Baker S. M. Co., 115 Market street, Uarrisburg. April 27, 1870. a. b. fasick.. ..JODM BOBTH. FASICK & NORTH, SOOT a SHOE MAKERS, MAIN STREET, MIFFLIN; Ia the Hotel Building of Mr. Albright. Having entered into partnership, we are now prepared to manufacture and have for sale all kinds of BOOTS, SHOES AND GAITERS, FOR GENTS', LADIES AND CHILDREN. Our work is all manufactured by ourselves, and we warrant it to be made of the best ma terial. OH work sold at our counter will be repaired free of charge, should the seaming give way. Give us a call, for we feel confident that we can furnish you with any kind of work you may desire. Repairing done neatly and at reasona ble rates. FASICK & NORTH. aug 18, 1869-tf. KOONS, SCHWARZ & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND W HOLES ALK DEALERS IN MACKEREL, SALMON, HERRING, SHAD, AND PROVISION GENERALLY. 144 North Delaware Avenue, and . am -t . , nr . n . . k m i ionn water street PHILADELPHIA, PENN'A. : aug 18 1869-ly Jocf3 Corner. THE COMIXG WIHTEIL BY TAXAK ANSIS KEBMODB. What will the coming winter bring For the favored ones of earth ? Glowing grates, and cheerful hearts, And sounds, Of joyful mirth. The musical sleigh-bell's merry chime j Will ring on the frosty air. And luxury's mantle will banish cold From the great, rich, and fair. What will the coming winter bring To poverty's lowly home ? A mournful wail a grief unfold And hunger's fearful moan ; A ragged mantle that will not shield The form from the lroit king.s breath ; Tears and sins, despairing cries. And the icy touch of death. Charity folds her shining wings, And asks (will she ask in vain ?) Help from the rich for the starving poor, That hope may be their's again, There are noble kindly hearts to heed, The call of her gentle voice ? They wUl feel 'tis a blessed thing to give, Then go on their way and rejoice. I Sliscfllantous gtainn. THE WESTER TRAILER. The Illustrated Annual of logy and Physiognomy speaks Phreno thus of the Westeru trailer : The trailer is not a graceful man. He cirries his head much inclined; his eye is q-iek aud restless, always on the watch, aud he is practicing his art un consciously, hardly ever crossing the track of man or animal without Beeing it. When he euters a house, he brings the habits he contracted in the practice of his art with Liin, I know a trailer as soon as he enters my room. He comes iu through the door softly, and with an air of exceeding caution. Be fore he is fairly iu, or at least has sat down, he has taken note of every ar ticle and person, though there may be a dozeu vacant chairs in the room. His ! description, of a route he took as guide and trailer for the Ogallalas iu bringing them from the Platte to this place was oiiiiu'.e, ami, to me, exceedingly inter esting. Every war party for that season had crossed his trail of course unseen by him he describes with miuuteuess as to their number, the kind of arms liiey had, aud stated the tribes they be longed to. In the etraugo revelations thnt he made, there was neither imposi tion nor supposition, for he gave satis factory' reasons fur every assertion he made. I have rode several hundred miles with au experienced guide and trailer, Hack, whom I interrogated upon many points iu the practice of this art. In going to the Niobrara River we crossed the track of au Indian pony. My guide followed the track a few miles and then said, "It is a stray, black horse, with a long, bushy tail, nearly starved to death, has a split hoof of the left fore foot, and goes very lame, and he passed here ear- moruiug " Astonished and in credulous, I asked him the reasons for knowing these particulars by the track of the auimal, when he replied : "It was a stray horse' because it did not go in a direct liue ; his tail was long, for he dragged it over tne snow ; iu brushing against a bush he left some of his hair, which shows its color. He was very hungry, for, in going along, he has nip ped at those high, dry weeds which horses seldom eat. The fissure of the left fore foot left, also, its track, and the depth of the indentation shows the de gree of his lameness : and his tracks show he was here this morning, when the snow was hard with frost." At another place we came across an Indian track, and he said, "It is an old Yankton, who came across the Missouri last evening to look at his traps. In coming ever, he carried in his right hand a trap, and in his left a lasso, to catch a pony which he had lost. He returned without finding the horse, but had caught in the trap he had out a prairie wolf, which he carried home on hia back, and a bundle of kinikiuic wood in his right hand." Then he gave his reasons : "I know he is old, by the impression hia gait has made, and a Yankton by that of his moccasins. He is from the other side of the river, as there are no Yanktons on this side. The trap he carried struck the snow now and then, and in the same manner as when he came, shows that he did not find his pony. A drop of blood in the center of his tracks shows that he carried the wolf on his back, and the bundle of kinikinie wood he nsed for a staff for Buppott, and catching a wolf shows that he had traps out." "But," I asked, "how do yon know it is a wolf 1 why not a fox, or a coyotte, or even a deer Y, Said he, "If it had been a fox, or coyotte, or any other small game, be he would have slipped the head of the animal in his waist belt, and so carried it by his side, and not on his shoulders Deer are not caught by traps ; but if it had been a deer, he would not have crossed this high hill, but would have gone back by way of the ravine, and the load would have made hia steps still more tottering." Another Indian track we saw twenty miles west of this bo pnt this serious construction upon : "He is an upper In dian prowling borse thief carried a double shot-gun, and is a rascal that killed some white man lately, and passed here one week ago ; for," raid he, "a lone Indian in these parts is on mischief and generally on the look out for horses He had on the shoes of a white man who he had, in all probability, tilled, but his steps are those of an Indian. Going through the ravine, the end of his gun hit into the deap snow. A week ago we had a very warm day, and the snow being soft, he roede these deep tracks ; ever since it has been intensely cold weather, which makes very shallow tracks." I suggested that perhaps he bought those shoes. "Indians don't buy shoes, and if they did, they would not buy them as large as these were, for Indians have very small feet." The most noted trailer of this country was Paul Daloria, a half-breed, who died under my hands of Indian consumption last summer. At one time I rode with him, and trailing was naturally the sub ject of conversation. 1 begged to trail witb him an old track over the prairie, in order to learn its history. I had hardly made the proposition when he drew up his borse, which was at a ravine, and said : "Well, here is an old elk track. Let us get off our horses and follow it." We followed it but a few rods, when he said it was exactly a month old, and made at two o'clock in the afternoon. This he knew, as then we had our last rain ; and at the hour named the ground was softer than at any other time. The track before ns was then made. He broke np here and there clusters of grass that lay in the path of the track, and showed me the dry end of some, the stumps of others, and by numerous other similar items ac counted for many circumstances that as tonished me. We followed the trail ovci a mile. Now and then we saw that a wolf, a fox, and other animals had practiced their trailing instincts on the elk's tracks Here aud there he would show me where a snake, a rat, and a i prairie dog had crossed the track. Noth- og had foil wed or crossed the track i that the quick eye of Daloria did not j detect. He gave an account of the hab its of all the animals that had left their footprints on the track, also of the state of the weather since the elk passed, and the effect of sunshine, winds, aridi ty, sand storms, and other influences that had a bearing on these tracks. THE STORY OF A FAITHFUL HORSE. Many years ago there lived on the banks ot the Brandywine, in the State of Pennsylvania, an old Quaker gentle man, who possessed an old faithful ser vant. This servant was a horse' and his name was Charley. Now Charley had trotted before the family chase for many a long year, to the village post office, to the Sabbath day meeting, and upon all I kinds of errands. Old Charley was ever readv to be "hitched up." Not one trick had he shown, nor had he once proved unfaithful, and grandfather al ways rode him upon such errands of business as he might have about the , farm. The river divided the farm, and it was at times necessary to visit the lot on the other aide ; there was a bridge a mile and a half from the house, but there was a good ford just down by the bank which was always used when the water was not too high. One day in the spring time grandfather had to go over the river but the freshet bad come, the banks were overflowed and the ice in great cakes and fields was coming down with a rush, so he mounted old Charley and set off by the way of the bridge. Arriving safely ott the other side, he spent aome time in the business which had brought him over, and it was nearly sundown when he got ready to go home. He looked up toward the bridge, aaid it was a long three miles around and that he believed he would try the ford. "Old Charley can swim," be said as he rode down to the bank of the stream, "and it is but a short way over." Charley looked reluctant, but after considerable urging he entered the stream. In a mo ment be was striking out bravely for the opposite shore, but in another moment a great cake of ice came pounding along, overwhelming both man and horse. They both rose, but grandfather had lost his seat, but aa be was swept along by the powerful curreut, he caugh the droop ing branch of a large sycamore tree, and wa soon safe from immediate dan ger. The riderleea horse pursued his journey toward the house, and soon reach ed the snore. Here, appeanng to miss his familiar friend, he looked around, and, as it seems, discovered his master clinging to the branch of the tree ; im mediately and wiihout hesitation, turned around and swam boldly for the tree, and beneath the branch he stopped and permitted my grandfather to get on his back, and then, although quite exhaust ed, he started at onee for home. . The scene bad been witnessed by. the whole family, and they got ready with boats and went to meet the nearly exhausted hone ; be was caught by the bridl when near tne shore, and the old gentleman relieved from his perilous position. , The hoc. A writer in the Chicago Pout grows eloquent in the praise of the hog.' We qnote r The hog has been in disrepute for a long time, at feast ever since he began to play his part in the ancient religions. It is fashionable to ridicule and denounce him, to call bin a filthy brute, and to in sist that he ia the dire author of leprosy, consumption, cancer, scrofnla. and the most disgusting diseases that afflict hu manity. This is the teaching of preju dice, not of science. The bog will outlive all hostility, and laughs, so to speak, at the success of his slanderers. Still is the reeking roast pig the sacrifice of many a dinner table, and still is the rural ceiling festooned with the savory sausr-ge and the 6 moke house fragrant with ham. We deal with facts, not sentiments- The hog is a true cosmopolite a citiaen of the World. He increases aud multiplies and inherits every part of the inhabitable globe, lie is as ubiquitous as the bat. lie does not stand in high repute for his manners, bnt he is most accomodatine. thriving with equal content in the sty of the rich and the kitchen of the indigent. He wallows sometimes but naturalist tell me that he does this for the sake of cleanli, ness, which is next to Godliness for the same reason that the Pacific Islanders grease themselves. Among his quaint peculiarities are his grunt of satisfaction and his squeal of remonstrance and re proach. He should never be fed till he stops his squealing ; it is the approved method of breaking him of the habit. Homer, in his odyssey, honored the swinekeeper with the confidence of Uyls ses and why not? The hog, called stupid, is realy one of the most enterpri sing and sagacious of animals. The gamekeeper of Sir Henry Midmay actu ally broke a black sow to hunt game in the woods ; and she ran in the hunt with wonderful sucess. She would track game, back and stand and point partrid- ges, pheasents, suipes and rabbits, as i sk'lltully as a bred pointer, bhe would bound in response to a whistle, and would wag her head and squeal with de light on being shown a gun. The Babylonian Talmud says : "Cuised be he that breedeth hogs ; and the history of the Maccabees tells us that the scribe Eleazar walked straight to the tortures of persecution rather than eat a slice of spare i !Y heroically prefer ring the martyr's stake to the pork stake. This animal has been under the ban of many religions. The Mohammedans learned from the Jews, as the Jews had previously learned from the Egyptians, to hate him because he perversely de clined to "chew the cud ;" but he still manages to masticate and digest con siderable pottage in the course of a year The hog is the product of nature's most economical tuougnt. 1 here is no part that caunot be utilized. His flesh, fat. bristles, hair, hoofs and bones are all turned to account. ' "The divisions of his unctious body eays Apicius, "are as familiar as the division of the earth. His ears and feet go to Bouse . his brains are a choise dish for the epicure. His tail has for ages been claimed by successive generations of children as their peculiar property. Tradition points out how to appropriate it : roast on the coals, take in the fingers and eat without sal(." The hog is the staff of life the arch enemy of famine the poor man's best friend. Moreover, in his earlier days, he is stikiugly playful, frisky, cunning and giaceful and much more interesting than a human infant of the same age as the latter is more interesting than so much putty. In adult pigbood he is omniverous and self-reliant, bold and ex peditionary, aud he breeds faster, and he grows fasters and keeps cheaper than any other domestic animal. America is pre eminently the home of the hog he is a logical deduction from Indian corn. He was introduced to Vir ginia in 1609, and here he multiplied bo rapidly that the eolouists were compelled to palisade Jamestown higher to keep out the Indians, cloge to keep out the hogs. Mrs. Hog can produce ten to twenty at a birth, as often as twice a year. The descendants of a single pair allowing six young to a litter, would amount to six millions in ntty years.- The gratitude of the country is doe to Cincinnati for that, by assiduous harvest ing, she keeps dowm the inundation which constantly threatens to overwhelm us in common ruin . Miss Annie Kirst, a daring young lady of Danville, was driving a spirited horse attached to a buggy,' and stopped to see some coal cars come down an inclined plane. A young lady in the buggy with her jumped out, fearing the horse would scare, and advised Miss Kirst to drive away. She would not do so. The horse frightened, backed on the track, and the cars demolished the buggy and instantly killed Miss Kirst and the horse. ; After si wedding, it was formely a ens torn to drink honey : dissolved in water for 30 dajB-7-a moon's . age. Hence the J origin of the honeymoon. : i "The World as Yon Find it"-A Pressing Invitation. Vivier, renowned as a physician, mu sician aud wit, was mvi:ed shortly after his return to Paris from a long tour, to dine wrh a rich capitalist who was a great friend of music. After the meal was over, Mr. and Mrs. B , entreated their agreeable guest to let them have the pleasure of his company very often , adding that he would always find a place at the table. "Always," said Vivier, "that i, in a conventional sense et the word." "Not at all ; we do not belong to those people who speak erntpy words ; we love all artists and yoa especially. It would be a great pleasure to us if you were our daily guest.' "In earnest." "Certainly : we shonld bo delighted." "Well, then, as yon, are so kind to me I will do all I can tor carry out your wishes." "Very well, wc hope to see you here soon again." On the following day Vivier appeared. "You see," said he, "I have taken your invitation literally and have come to dine with you." "That is charming." cried host and hostess, to whom the conduct of the artist seemed extremely piquant and original. Dinner passed merrily, and on bis departure the guest was overwhelmed with protestations of friendship. The next day, precise to the moment, Vivier again stepped into the room of Mr. B., who was just in the act of sitting down to dinner. "Here I am true to my promise," said he, "you see lam punctual ; but you seem surprised," continued he, casting a pene trating glance upon the astonished faces of Mr. and Mrs. B-. "did you not expect to see me ?" i "O, certainly we are glad to see you," rej. lied the pair, forcing a smile. "So much the better then," and with these words he took a seat at the table, acting the part of the agreeable one to the whole family, and did not at all seem to notice that he alone, with the ex ception of a few monosyllables from the rest, was bearing the conversation. On the fourth day, with the stroke of six, the obstinate guest again made his appearance. This time, however, he was received in such a cold manner, he asked the cause of such a recption. "You will have to put up with what we have to-day," said Mrs. B., freeze ingly. "We have only a plain dinner, which, with a guest present, places me in an embarrising situation." 'T thought you expected me ; but do not let youself be disturbed on that ac count, for I only wish to have the pleas ure of your company." lie sat down to the table with per fect composure, ate with au excellent ap petite, and politely turning to madam said : "I cannot understand what you enn by calling this a plaiu dinner the vi ands are as good as your former ones were, aud I never wish to fare better , The next day the fifth as soon as Vivier stepped into the house, he was detained by the servant, who told him Mr. B., had been invited out to dine, and would not be at home all day. "Very well but I must get my over coat, which I left here yesterday ;" and without allowing himself to be detained any longer, he walked through the hall, ascended the stairs, and knocked : "Your servant is a fool," said he to Mr. B., who had opened the door and stood gazing at him speechlessly ; "he tried to make me believe that yon were not at home ; I knew that he was mistaken, though. But why these long faces ? Has anything happened ? If so confide in me, and rest assured that you will have my most heartfelt sympathy." During the meal, the artist entreated bis host to tell him the cause of the sup posed misfortune, but finally at dessert, breaking out into a hearty laugh, said : "I very well know what displeases you ; it is my literal acceptance of your kind invitation I only wish to try you aud see how long you would endure me To-day you denied yourself to me, and if I should come to-morrow witb the in tention of calling again, you would re fuse to let me enter the house. But it shall not come to this ; I wish you a good evening. 1 have shown you that it is very dangerous to make too press ing an Invitation, in case it might be ta ken up literally." A letter from Canton to the Peoria Democrat claims that the wickedest man in Illinois is living in the former place. On Saturday afternoon la3t, while his child was lying a corpse in his bouse, he was in a ten-pin alley, playing ten pins, and spending the money he should have used to supply the wants of his family. I t r ' I . . The young Japanese students now in New York are erroneously ; called "Princes" by several newspapers. They earnestly disclaim the title, being the sons of merchants, farmers, and civil officers, and in no . way of princely rank- v . - SEWS ITEMS. The Kansas Pacific Railroad has re-' tfuced its fare to six cents a mile. The Prussians hare allies in trained hawks to capture Paris carrier pigeons. Hot tar will make sole leather water proof. Cincinnati has two base hall cluba composed of girls. ( When docs an editor play a singular trick with grammar! When he declines an article. The yrenelt balloons, with a fair wind, go about as fast as tfie express trains on American railroads. Applause at Sunday gatherings is be- I gtnning tf be qwte a Common occur rence in Boston. "Parling, it's bedtime. ATI the chick- ; i ens have gone to bed." "Yes, mamma. and so Las the old hen." A Japanese ean Jive eomfortaoly on two cents st day ; but then he has to work more tfcsm eight hours to earn them. The Massachusetts Supreme Court has decided that a contract made on Sunday and carried into effect, cannot be repudiated by either party. The opening of the theatres in Paris is a military provision, to prevent the troops and the populace from dwelling" too much on their sitnatfo. Hngh J. Glenn owned a farm of 22, 500 acress in Colusa, California, and feeling cramped, spent S200,000 in ad ing 12,500 acres. He raises stock and grain. A ring was found ly a la Jasl week in the water at South Beach, Nantucket, which was lost by a lady while bathing twenty years ago The ring was re turned to hef. "You ought to lay up Botnethmg for A rainy day," said an anxious father to his profligaie son. "And so I have," replied the veutn. "What T' "An nra-- brella." A money-hunter being about to mar ry a fortrtue, a friend asked him how long the honeymoon would last. "Dou't tell me of the honeymoon," he replied : "it is ihe harvest-moon witb me." The Chinese are a queer people to- gr to maiket. A friend in San Francisco writes that a neighbor of his liad just laid in his winter's provision a hind quarter of a horse and two barrels of bull dog?. An Indiana paper tells of a lawyer there who charged a client $10 for col lecting $9, but said he would not press him to pay the other dollar for a few days if it would be more convenieu! for him to let it stand. A file of one of the Met journals is a curious sight. Owing to the scarcity of paper it wa9 printed one day on red pla card paper, another on blue, a third on bluff, and so on. Another was printed on common brown packing paper. A sea-captain, invited to meet the committee of a society for the evangeli zation of Africa, when asked "Do the subjects of King Dahomey keep Sun day ?" rej.lied : "Ye3, aud every thing else they can lay their bands fro' During a recent Irsh wake at Middle town, Cotm., the deceased was taken out of his coffin and made to stand in a corner of the room, with a hat on his head and a pipe in his mouth, while the crowd indulged in coarse jokes at the expense of the departed. It was mentioned one day to Trcs. Lincolu that two Padres of his acquain tance had quarreled, and loaded each other with abuse. "Have thy called each other ugly 1" said the President. "No sir." "Very good ; then I will un dertake to reconcile them." Japanese FashionIts Yarietj and Ex pensiveness. The style of dress in Japan is even more varied than it is on Broadway. A Japanese lady thoroughly arrayed, is quite an elaborate work of art. A large amount of attention, and no little ex pense, to begin with, is devoted to the arrangement of th3 hair, even the conV mon peopie regularly employ a hair dresser. If they cannot afford tho lux ury every day, they will make it list two days by sleeping upou a wooden pil low piaced under the neck. The item of the next importance ia the oli or gir dle, which is arranged behind with great care, so as to form the camel's hump, re cently popular among other civilized na tions. The Grecian bend is aa old insti tution in Japan, and to see one of those dark skinned ladies, with her extensive bead dress, a hump upon her back, aa extremely narrow skirt, high wooden pattens, her boJythrcwn forward as she minces her way along, you would imagine . that she was caricaturing the brainless votaries of fashion in other lands ; but , she is only dressing as her people havo dressed, and walking as they have walked , perhaps for centuries. Josh Billings says; "When a feller gits a goiu down hill, it duz seem as though everything bad been greased for; the okaeiou."
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers