HENET JL PARSONS, Jit., Editor and Publisher. ELK COUNTY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. Two Dollars teb Anrcm. VOL. I. RIDGWAY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1872. NO. 46. poetr r. OP AU niR YEAR. BT HART KLtBABKTB DODOK. Nora and I In the sunlight basked When the woods were In crimson drest, " Of all the tlmea of the year," (he inked, "Which It the c-laddestf Which it the saddest t And which do yon lovo the beet t" 1 lookod In her foco with a yoarning pain Whllo t answered, as half In Jost, " Of all the seasons. In shino or rain, This U the saddest. This is the gladdest. And this do I love the best" " Stupid !" she criod, in her laughing rolce ; " Of spring, rammer, winter, or fall, There sural jr is more than a stnsrl choice t To me, one Is saddest, Anothor is gladdest. And on. is the doarost of all." Still, t declared that, ask when she would, Thongh 'twere winter or spring or the rest. With her by my side, but one answer seemed good : " wouia oe gladdest. That would be aaddest. That season the sweetest and best. " Why, what oonld It have to be saddest about ?" She aked with a smile at it all. So I told her at once of my pain and doubt. And to I both our secrets came creeping out In the glory and shade of the fall. And, nevermore aaddest. Bat holiest, gladdest. We fonnd the best season of all 1 THE STOIlY-TFLLVlt. THE (SKELETON IN HIS CLOSET. ; n V , , ter my tramn all over fnw W iZtSC. Aear i wnat long stairs to r m i. nf. will ; iV T :7c ' . the stara. I 1' .? Ti f v. Up "l Passod hpr witU a Plito bow- miss x no stars, l can t sec. Thev must. Vin mi. ,i v,,. i. ji v.:rr , . , , rraiinimiW l.inl, t i . . commonly high-minded. I wish Aunt Jemima would tret her Own mnrlifirin if rum iiiuBi, uave ii, ana not send mo hunt ing all over town to find her particular female doctor, making such blunders as i nave this atternoon. I'm right now, iur mis cara savs. Koom I Ti"le building, sure enough. If I only find jummu m an right. Miss Susio Thayno looked up the long flight of stairs, and tucked t.h o. Tinrpnl in brown paper, which sho carried, closer under hor arm, before attempting hor nouuuu duo nau cuiuuca so many nights tUat alternoon in search of Miss Studlv. yr t. . , . , . . . . ""vi i, i.,i ,i i ... i IV , V she started out after toothache drops for that estimable lady, and had yisited all tho princinal buildincs on tlm M.rnnf. in which medical persons were apt to havo oiuues. At last sno had happened to moot an acquaintance who knew where Miss Doctor htudley s " room was, and v,i i il . i , :', : had got on the right track, after all her blunders. bho got np the Btairs at last, and found herself in a little hall, with rooms on either side of it. " Here's No. 18. This one opposite must bo 17," said Miss Thayno, to her self, as sho inspected the door-plates. " I don't see tho number, but it stands to s to roason, as they are numbered across tho hall, and not one after anothor, that 17 is opposite 18. ImustberighUnd I'll . 1 ho door stood tiartiallv oiien. and sho l l ' swung it back and entered. It was not a very attractive room. Papers and books and MSS. were scattered about, in the acnio of confusion. A pair of slip- r" '"J w'u!i uuuijuui vi i flowers occupied a position in the spit- toon, which was placed on tho mantel- piece, i no carpet was dusty and un- swept. J. he windows were tar from clean. Tho books in tho cases wero in tho greatest state of confusion some on WlTri; ?4talr-fngliaa begun to to himself, as he turned and entered tho look like quito a task. She had lost tho room Susio had considered such an "aw address Aunt Jemima mivn lmr. wln. 'i ,i;..t i .. t. t , v i .. end, some flat, and some sideways, con- It must bo somo woman left it by mis yeying tho idea that they had been hav- take. I havo it !" ho exclaimed. "It be ing a jolly time of it, and hadn't got longs to that girl I met on tho stairs. Of straightened out vet. " Dear mo !" elac ulatcd little Miss Thayno, taking a look about tho premises, as sho seated herself in the one mpty chair. " I never c such a looking: place before. . I don't believe Miss Doctor Studley is a very tidy person, or she'd pick up things a lit- tie, and put her room to rights. It's aw- ful dirty here, an.1, looks like my idea of UvThii0""',1! H?- 'hat slippers ! My ! big enough for a man ! I do won- der if Miss Doctor Studley has feet largo enough to fill them Y And a spittoon, mado into a flower-vase ! Dear mo ! it's so comical J" And the amused lady be gan to laugh. " Like enough, she smokes." Just then a book, which had been ly ing in closo proximity to tho edge of the table, tilted and fell to the floor. Susie sprang to pick it up. " ' Coke upon Lyttleton,' " sho read upon tho back. " It's a law book. I wonder if she studies law as well as med icine. It can't be that I've made an other mistake, can it, and got into a law yer's oflice.'f I declare, I believe I havo, for a woman wouldn't endure a room looking like this, I'm sure I'll go out and take a look at tho numbers again." Accordingly Miss Susie went out to examine the doors again, and found out that she had mado a mistake. She had . supposed n was opposite 18, when, if she had taken notice, she would have friitifl That if traa n 1.1 " ", T J !v 1 1 ' 1 e rooms at the head Ot tho stairs commeneinrr ... .1 1, , o I 7v! 11 tnumbor'an 1 numbering across the hall. " How provoking !" said Miss Susie, as she rapped at 17. " I'm right, now, any way, becauso namo on the door." here s the doctor's u t-v.- ,t., . . 1 A voice said, " Come in," and Susie entered tho room where Miss Elizabeth Studley, M. D., had located herself. It wag quite different 111 aspect from the room she had left. The carpet was nicely swept, and the books arranged properly in their cases. The windows wero vivai wu iiuiiHiitiu, iuu mere was .. . 1 T. 1 1 il. v. I no sign 01 a spittoon, although a vase of flower occupied a position in the cen tre of the little table between tho win dows. " Good afternoon," said a pleasant looking little lady, not larger than Su sie, nor looking a day older. " Sit down and rest yourself, please ; you look tired." " I am tired," said Susio, taking the chair the lady offered, not at all in awe of tho female doctor, now thai: she had seen her, and know that she was not un like other women, em sho had somehow imagined her to bo. " I've been oil over half a dozen great buildings in Boarch 01 you. My aunt, Miss Jemima Thaym -you know her, don't you '(" " Oh, Tes. suite well." answered Mim Studley. " A very fine woman, indeed, " Yes : well, she sent mo out to find you, and get hor something for the tooth. acho. I ve climbed as munv as twontv minus 01 stairs, ana louna out whom a , " V 1 1. . , r, m " . . host of doctors, lawyers, insurance agents, and professional men generally, have their rooms, but couldn't find vnu because I lost the address Aunt Jem gave mo. I met a friend who happened to know where you were to bo found, and ue wrote, your address on a, curd. Even after I got into tho right buildmo-. I hud to make a blunder, and get into a man's room I know it's a man's room, by the iooks. it is tno one adjoining yours, ttiiu iuu irorruicni, dirtiest place vou eve saw." " It's Lawyer Dean's office." exTilriini.rl Miss Studley, laughing at Miss Susie Tl.n..nL . 1 I I 1 ! . nuvi-iiturrs oi xne aitomnon, " A very nice youner man. too. thouch perhaps, not very tidy, so far as keeping nut room is concerned. Men are not at to vie in that respect, vou know." Susie got the drops for Aunt Jemima's tootnaciie, ana started home at last. As slio went down the stairs she met young man going up ; a very fine-looking fellow, too, she decided, as she stolo a glance into his handsome blonde face. He had clear, laughing blue eyes, tawny beard and mustache, and r.urli'no- livnwii liair Susie s ideal of a handsome man u j -i:t.i j " """V u wlul luimriy Scciui waiK, tnat sue noticed as ho . " "wmacraura as sue reacneu tne bottom of tli a; nA v...i, ;., bottom of the soach of it. On tho landing she met the young gentleman, who had nicked nn the article, and was hurrying to restore it to nor. " I found this in front, nf ATiue Ktil lc"'8 room," ho said, holding it up. " presume it is yours. l es, sir, answered Susie, demurely. " I missed it, and came back to look for it. Thank you," with a smile and bow to the handsome young gentleman, as sho took tho handkerchief and trinned uuwn Kuurs aguin j i . . ii - uuu s ur uniuiy. sum xne youiis man l( 1 i tl .. .11 il iy uove i out ainn t hor eyes have a snap to them 'f and her cheeks too ! There wasn't any paint about them, I know ! And such splendid uair i au ner own, too : 1 d eriyo some thing to know who she was." ilo iluntr his hat down in one corner. """"" s,u" 111 auuiuw, nuu seaxeo himself in the chair Susie had occupied, and his gloves in another, and seated thinking all the while about tho saucy black eyes, red, dimpled cheeks, and dancing curly hair of the young lady ho uuu met. "What IS this r" ho exclaimed, ui'tnr u delightful dream concerning the lair unknown for. of course, vounclawvers. i;i, n ' ; . ? C lh'wZ.T. not exempt 1?"? dre-r" y KrttZ lett here tor me. is it r TT tnrAr if ..,! i. a:a .. ii. w Mi, nuu ua 11U U1U u, L 111 string slipped off, and there was a rustle and quiver inside the paper, as though something alive was inside of it, und something white and airy sprun into graceiui siiapo and symmetry. ' "A hoonslcirt! W nil rl.t'a ,i' cried Fred Dean, holdino- tho rl.-vil.. ml.l. looking thing out at arm's length. "It's the funniest tliinjr ! Who'd have imafrined a hoopskirt inside that flat parcel ? I ..uuit. i uu , i uauiu nt'it, ill Illy U1UCC; course it does. It s lust about larco enough for her, I should judge. Such a funnv thinp-and 1 and round, surveying it critically and wondorinrHv. ami. wrlmm a liffi,. ,i mirin-rlv. "What are you doing with that article, Dean'r" called out a laughin-r voice at tho door. " Tho y0Ung man dropped the article guddenlv. and rr,.u. TOri,l in fl, t,na as ho confronted his visitor O ' ' ' " - ' " -."v. "-' , Oh! it's you, is it'r" ho said, as a young fellow entered the office. "I didn't know but some blicnt had called in. and I didn't fancy being caught examining a hoopskirt. Hardly the kind of study suitable tor a lawyer, vou know." he ad ded, laughingly, as he pushed the chair ho had occupied toward the visitor. I found this thing," touching tho crinolino with his loot as lie spoke, "on my table. How it camo there I don't know. Some lady left it, probably." "X eartuUy and wonderfully mado. isu t it Y" said Lockwood, taking up the skirt and depositing it on tho table in much the same way a body would handle some thing he expected would bite. "Quito an adventure, I declare, and romantic withal. If you can only find out tho fair being whoso property this is, and restore iw fcv 111 1 1 ,vu n in JUl uu ug no UUlll IU ciaim. her as your reward. That's the wtty in romances, and I hope this won't . her, you will perhaps be able to prove an exception to tho rule." ..T'll .t i v,. i0i";,i -n All pub lb in 11110 nuav , doiu xsuau, hanging the crinoline on a nail in a small room in one corner ot the ofhee. "I'm inclined to think, however, that finding a hoopskirt wouldn't bo con- sidered very ; ,1 ., 1 1 : v... ,n romantic by romance- writers. Hereafter, it can't bo said that you've no skeleton in your closet, laughed Lockwood, as Dean closed the door on his new article of apparel and took a seat onnnsito. with hi feet on the table. after emptying the chair of a pile of papers, and tossing the slippers into the corner whore ho had "nuns up his hat. . D . 4 "Here are your drops, Aunt Jemima," said Miss Thayno, on her arrival home, as sho handed Miss Thayne, senior, the vial she had received from "Miss Doctor Stud ley." "Such a time as I have had, looking for your female M.D. ! I've 'hunted up and hunted down,' as the ballad goes, and found her at last, after much tribula tion; and oh, dear !" suddenly "where s my crinolino ? I declaro, Aunt Jem, I do beliove I loft it on that lawyer's table. You boo I mado a mistake tho very last thing beforo I found Miss Studley s room, and blundered into lawyer's offico. I was so tired that I dropped down into the only chair that happened to be empty, and put my package on the table. When I found out my mistake, I was so provoked with myself for making it, that I forgot tho crinoline complotely.and haven't thought vi it since, until mis minute. hat will that lawyer think, I wonder !" cried Miss Susie, half laughing, half crying, und wondering to herself if the young gcntlo man sho had met was the lawyer who would nnd what sho had lett on his table. "Such adventures as I've had, Aunt Jem I If I was an authoress, I'd write them up, and call the story, 'In search of a Female uoctor. One day Miss Jemima Thayno called on her Iriend, Miss Studley. M.D.. and. having somo legal business which she wished adjusted and being in the vicinity of law-offices, she asked Miss Studley to recommended somo reliable person. Ac cordingly, Miss Studley recommended Mr. JJean, whoso room joined hers, and both ladies called on tho young man. The result was, that he was encaged by Miss Thayne to transact her business for her. Inch he did in a very satisfactory way, and won Miss Thayne's gratitude thereby. One day he received an invita tion to dine at the Ihayne s, and, as Miss Thayne was a gooA patron, and in the best society, and might get him other business than her own to attend to, if he kept himself in her good graces, he ac cepted. llio evening before the day anpointed byMisslhavno tor him to dmo with her, Dick Lockwood called at his office. and, on mentioning that ho was to dine at the 1 huyne s next day, Dick astonished him with the information that tho Thaynes were distant relutives of his, nnd that ho had an invitation to dine there on the next day, too. "How many arc there in the family 'f" inquired Dean. Only two, answered Dick: "Miss Jemima, spinster, and Miss Susie, young may. 1 tell you what, i red, there s the girl for you ! Handsome as a picture, ana smart. too ; not ono ot your wishy wasny tilings, out a clever, genuino young wonmn. lou ll bo snro to like her: It Miss Jemima has taken a fancy to you, and Miss Susie should do likewise you d tmd it easy work to win the day, likewise a wife."" ..T J 11 1 t . "l aon 1 Know as j. want a wito very much, answered 1 red. "The truth is. Dick, I'm in lovo with that skeleton, and, when I find its owner, shall probably fall in love with her. "Perhaps its owner is tall and lean. and very likely thirty-five, or thereabout, and tho probability is, that sho belongs to tho strong-minded class, as most young ladies wouldn't be seen caiTying a hoopskirt homo in broad daylight." "Xot a bit of it !" declared Fred. "It's too short for a tall woman's wear, and it isn't the kind a strong-minded woman would choose. It's too too delicate " "And spiritual," suggested Dick. "Well, yes: if you want it so." answered Fred, laughing at the idea of applying such a term to a skeleton-skirt. "At uny rate, it's a neat little affair, nnd I'll warrant it belongs to a neat little lady." "You evidently believe in the 'external fitness of things,' " laughed Dick. "How ever, if you don't fall in love with Susie Thayne to-morrow, you're a hard-hard hearted man, and deserve to dio a bachelor." "Since thero is a 'Susie' in your own case, I suppose you think there ought to be ono in mine, said Fred, as he gave the fire a poke. "Wait till after to-morrow, and then I'll tell you what I think of Miss Susie Thayne." hen t red Dean and his friend entered tho parlor at Miss Jemima Thayne's, the next day, he was conscious of a very de cided flutter under his vest, for there before him, besido Miss Jemima.'was the identical young lady ho had met on the landing, and whoso handkerchief he had estored. As she looked at their visitors, on their entrance, a swift, rosy flush dyed her face, and she dropped her eyes immedi ately ; for in that brief glance sho recog nized her Aunt Jem's lawyer as the young man whom sho had met, and in whoso room, probably, she had left her "skele ton." Still there was a possibility that she might be mistaken, and the only al- 1 1: V.il. 1 , ii-iiiuuve, wneiiier mistaKcu or not, was to put tho best face on tho matter. Mr. Dean, mv niece. Miss Thavno." introduced Miss Jemima, and they bowed to each other in "regulation style." mur muring something about being "so happy to meet you," etc. j and henceforth Mr. Dean and Miss Thayno were supposed to be acquainted with each other. After the introduction, tho conversa tion became general, and in a short time Fred felt quite well acquainted with Miss Thuyne, and mentally concluded that she was a charming young lady, and that ho was on tho brink of doing as his friend had reccommended him to falling in love with her. Indeed, he rather thought he had been in lovo with that faco, with its saucy, bright eyes and rod chocks, since tho first glimpse he had had of it. Dinner was announced, -and he had tho pleasure the very great pleasure of taking out Miss Susio Thayne. " I think you are looking better than when I first saw you," remarked Miss Jemima, as she did the honors. " You looked quite pale then, Mr. Dean." H red answered that he never felt bet ter in his life, and looked at Miss Susie, who sat opposite, and who blushed de lightfully under his very earnest gaze. " tlo does look remarkably well tor a man who has a ' skeleton in his closet.' " said Lockwood, very demurely, yet with a mischievous look at Doan. iredg face turned red. Susio. who couldn't holp thinking of her lost crino lino, heard the remark, and saw Dean's face color up, and was not at a loss to understand Lockwood's meaning. And so hor faco grew ruddy, and her eyes sought her plate, not darine to lift them selves for fear she should betray hor con- corn in tho matter, if it was not already understood sufficiently won. "A clrnlnlnn in nia flrQnf I" V.r,nnJ "'.'..a LV11 in A" " " v....... i. 1 J.i:illv u Aunt Jom, hardly comprehending what n:i. 1.1 j 1 1.: r . .iiun. uuuiu mean, anu luumiig irum one to the other. ' Oh I" with a sudden light breaking in upon her understanding, " I think I know what you mean now. Did Susio leavo her ' skeleton ' at your office. Mr Tionn V" " Somebody did," answered Fred, un 1 1- 1 1 v.:. 1 uiu lunger w cuiitiui iiiu , luatures, whinh wmilr! amiln nnrl Kitain nrnon risibilities wero also considerably affec ted, burst into a peal of laughter, in which tho others joined. " I see through it now," said Dick, as soon as ho could speak. ,' It was your skirt, was it, wusie .' Uo you remember waat yon told me about Uncling its owner '( You seo, fate took tho matter in hand for you. I shall expect to see you trudging up here to-morrow with the aforesaid article under your arm, in order that you may restore it to its owner. I'll tell you in confidence what ho said about falling in lovo with the skirt, and the probability of his fullino- in love with its owner, if he ever found her," added Dick, in an aside to Susie, but loud enough for Fred to hear all ho said. Of course they blushed, and then Aunt Jem, who was as much of a tease as Dick, had soniotViina. to rhvi unil V.n tween the two, they kept Fred and Susie pretty well flustrated for the remainder of the meal. After dinner, there wero duett in the parlor, and then chess for Susie und Fred, while Aunt Jem and Dick played backgammon. When the young men took their de parture, Fred voted that ho had just spent ono of tho most delightful even ings ho had ever known, and had prom ised to call again. " Whenever you choose to," said Aunt Jem. And, of course, he did call. And the end of it was, as you havo all foreseen, that ho restored the " skeleton" to its former owner, and received her hand in payment for " services rendered." And they " lived happily ever after." Mark Twain as an Equestrian. In a recent lecture on Xevada, deliv ered in Chicago, Mark Twain told of a " horso trade that ho made there. Ho spent considerable time at Carson City. Everybody rode horseback in that town. I never saw such magnifieont horsemanship as that displayed in Car son streets every day, and I did envy them, though I was not much of a horseman. But I hod soon learned to toll a horso from a cow. and was burn ing with impatience . to learn more. . I was determined to have a horse and rido myself. While this thought was rank ling in my mind, tho auctioneer came scouring through the place on a black beast, that was humped and like a dromedary, and fearfully homely. He was going at " twenty, twenty-two-two dollars, for horse, saddle and bridle." A man Btandinir near me whom I didn't know, but who turnod out to bo tho auctioneer's brother noticed the wistful look in my eye, and observed that that was a reinarkablo horse to be going nt such a price, lot alono tho sad dle and bridle. I said I had half a no tion to bid. " Xow," ho says, " I know that horso. I know him well. You are a stranger, I take it. You might think he is an American horse, but ho is not anything ot tho kind. He is a Mexican plug that's what he is a genuine Mex ican plug," but thero was something elso about that man's way of saying it. that mado mo just determine that I would own a genuino Mexican plug if it took every cent I had. And I said, " Has ho any other advantages r" He hooked his finger in the pocket of his army shirt, and led me to ono side and uttered, " Sh ! don't say a word ! He' can out- buck any horso in America ; he can out buck any horso in the world." Just then tho auctioneer cuino along. " Twenty four, twenty-four dollars for the horse, saddle and bridle." I said, " Twenty seven !" " Sold !" I took tho genuine Mexican plug.paid for him, put him in a livery stable, let him get something to eat and get rest ed, and then in tho afternoon I brought him out in the plaza, and some of tho citizens held him by the head, and others held him down to tho earth by tho tail, and I got on him. And as soon as those jeoTilo let go ho put all his feet in a bunch together, let his back sag down. and thou ho arched it up suddenly, and shot me ono hundred and eighty yards ; and I camo down again, struight down, und lighted in tho saddle, and went tip again. And when I came dpwn tho next timo I lit on his neck, und seized him, and slid buck into the saddle, und held on. Then be raised himself straight up in tho air on his hind feet and just stepped round liko a member of Con gress, and then he camo down and went up tho other way and just walked around 011 his hands just as a schoolboy would. Then ho camo down on all fours again wilh tho same old process of shooting 1110 up in the air, and tho third timo I went up I heard a man say, " Oh, don't ho buck !" So that was " bucking." I was very glad to know it. Xot that I was enjoying it. but then I had boon taking a general sort of interest in it and had naturally desired to know what the name of it was. And while I was up somebody hit tho horse' a whack with a strap, and when I got down again the genuine bucker was gone. At this point of the interesting scene, kind-hearted stranger camo to tho rider, told him that he had been taken in, explained the mysterious terms, and gave him tho comforting information that anybody in town could have told him all about the home if ho had in quired. A Kentucky eirl was recently struck by lighting, but the only apparent ef fect of tho stroke was to photograph a young man who was standing near her upon her breast. Whether this will re sult in any ill-consequences remains to be seen. IIow a Bullfinch Conquered Baron Rothschild. Twenty-five years ogo it was a raro thing to see a Bullfinch among caged song-birds, for in tho wild stato littlo Bully only whistles, or makes a plaintive cry, which both male and fomalo uttor. They hido away timidly in shady coverts, and it takes a practiced eye to find their nost in thick bushes or hedge rows. This nest is formed of bits of wood, and fine, throady roots are woven inside. Tho mother-bird lays five or six bluish-white eggs, mottled round tho big ond with brown and violet spots, and sits on them a fortnight, tho usual timo with Bir.all birds. Tho young bull finches, when two months old, are strong enough to fly and leave thoir mother. Tho Bullfinch sometimes mates with the Canary-bird, and bird children of such families are highly prized as songsters. They wear in part thoir mother's Canary-yellow gown, and they sing con stantly. Tho Bullfinch prima-donnas made their dtbut in the piping times of peace and plenty, under Louis Philippe, in Paris, at Baron Rothschild's palace. They camo into fashion in this way : In the year 1850 or 1851, Baron Rothschild was travelling in the Tyrol. While they were changing his carriage-horses, tv handsome young niountaimer offered him a shabby cage inhabited by iv sober looking bullfinch. Birds can not bo al ways in full-dress or in song, and Baron Rothschild waved a " Xo, I do not want it," with tho buck of his majestic hand. A bird is not, indeed, the most con venient fellow-traveller in a carriage ; but tho Baron changed his mind when he heard this bullfinch warble tho citchuctut, and then several Tyrolese airs, without ever missing a note. " How much for this bird ':" he asked tho peas ant. " A florin, sir," replied tho youth. " It is worth more," quoth tho banker, and suiting tho gesture to tho words, ho put threo or four gold pieces into tho bird-trainer's hand, which mado him open his eyes very wide. " Have you any more birds that sing as well as this one V" he asked, smiling at tho poor fel low's delight. " Sixty of them, sir ; I am raising them all tho while, to sell to travellers, but nobody pays me liko you, sir, or I should now havo a bird of my own to pet, and not to sell. See Orctchen, yonder, sir ; theso two years wo have been of 0110 heart, but her father will not listen to our plans, for I own nothintr but my cabin and my birds." " In a month 8 time, said Itothschild, " I shall bo back in Paris. Como and see me there. This is my address," and handing the Tyroleso a card, he was driven off at a brisk trot. A month after this meeting, to the very day, our bird-keeper, with sixty cages and their inmates on his shoulders, suspended by a pole, reached Rue Lnritto, covered with tho dust of the high-road, rang at Baron Rothschild's hotel, and asked to speak with the master, showing his card. While the Swiss porter was hesitating whether to admit this strange visitor, tho Baron fortunately camo to the window. Ho knew tho Tyroleso bird-keeper at once. by his stack of cages, and sent word for him to como in. " Mr. Rothschild," said tho mountain lad, in German, " you told mo to come. Here I am. Allow me to offer you this bullfinch. Ho knows more tunes than the bird you bought in our mountains. Ho will sing you a dozen airs." And thereupon ho set to bobbing his head liko a Chineso doll, before tho bird. Bully presently puffed out his throat, moved his head gently, half-opened his wings, and then, half-closing his eyes, as if trying to remember, began to warble German and Tyroleso songs without words, air after air, to tho end of tho twelve. The Baron, amazed at this feat, which showed so much perseverance in the trainer as well as talent in the bird, ordered his steward to give tho lad a hundred dollars and to lodgo him at a small hotel near by, adding that his friend from tho Tyrol should bo his guest while in Paris. Tho Figaro and other papers, that week, had a few neat paragraphs about tho plumed musicians. lho bullfinches wero seen, listened to, and admired at tho famous banker's, and no price was thought too high for such well-educated birds. Tho Tyroleso youth returned home, still afoot, but with no cages swinging on his shoulder, and with seven thousand francs folded away in his licit. Seven thousand francs fourteen hundred dollars ! 1 his is quite a fortune in the Tyrol. Tho biitl keeper married his Gretchen, who was sixteen years old upon her wedding day, about ten years ago. Her cheeks still wear their mountain roses ; sho speaks French us well as Germon, and accom panies her husbund and tho birds to their great city murker. 1 ruined bullfinches sing all tho sum mer, then are silent from tho end of autumn to tho early spring-time. As the sun kisses tho brown earth's choek until she smiles back on him in flowers, you hear tho birds recalling iu soft un dertones tho airs they had forgotten un der tho reign of tho frost-king. Xow they repeat them, note by not1, begin again whonever they strike a laiso note, never tire of this exercise, but persevere, like true artists as they are, until they have recovered all that they had learn ed. Thon they sing all day long they sing even to the moon and stars, liko nightingales and mocking-birds, drunk en with molody. It is a month or six weeks before they sober down, and be come respectable family birds, singing occasionally to the bright sky overhead or the sweet flowers below, or to all to gether. Hearth and Home. " Company Manners." The current phrases of the day are tho key to the social life of the people, and the very common expression " company manners" utters a disagroeablo hint of difference between the public and pri vate Dcnayior ot the average household. " Manners," says Emerson, " are tho hap py ways of doing things." " Handsome is tnat uanusomo aoes, good Mi's, rnm rose assures her daughters. And the Hindoo Menu wrote : " Grass and earth to sit on, water to wash tho foot, and affectionate tpeech are at no timo wanting in tho mansions of the good." That is, tho fino manners of hospitality, service, and courtesy should be universal. Fino man men aro the growth of self-respect, of benevolence, and of tact. To self-respect they owo it that they aro gonuinc, and not a tinsel imitation of tho fino gold of somo modol. To benevolence they owo it that they seek always the comfort and pleasure ot others. To tact they owo it, that without words, they seo wherein that comfort consists, aro keon-eyed to find pleasant things, and blind to what they should not see. This being the definition of " company manners," it will instantly be seen that nowhere is this considerate grace so needed as at homo and alus I so absent. When Miss Smith, tho visitor, trips up u perishablo goblet with her fashionable sleeve, mamma says, " Pray don't mind," and papa smiles blandly at tho dripping table-cloth ; but when at their visitorless table littlo Mamy's insufficient hands let the glass slip, ten to ono mamma boxes her ears, and papa calls her ' a naughty, careless child." If Mr. Jones is staying in the house, mamma nnd the girls come to breakfast in pretty collars and rib bons, and with tho most fluffy nnd be witching of heads. But if only papa and tho boys are to seo them," calico wrappers and crimping pins are almost as certain as tho coffee. And on the other hand these lords of the household, whB havo much pleasant conversation for neighbors and friends, raise a ram part of morning newspaper between them nnd their own womankind, ond sit behind it, speechless, nnd impregnable to nil conversational attacks, week in and week out ; or, worse still, tho mem bers of tho household think it too much trouble to talk to each other, so the meals go by in grim, unoccupied, miserable si lence, each feeder pushing his chair back and departing whenever his eora-crib is empty, so to speak. At such a tablo the cloth is apt to havo seen better duys,uiid tho furnishing to bo common and course, all tho shining damask and china being safely stored with tho " company man ners" for occasions of need. Moreover, tho best room is similarly consecrated, and tho common sitting-room, conscious of tho neighborhood of such careful splendor, is browbeaten and unsettled in consequence, and grows to have tho shabby look of a poor relation. Tho members of theso households are worthy peoplo as tho world goes. They aro honest and sober, intelligent and well read, perhaps ; excellent neighboiu, agreeable friends. But becauso. their manners are veneer, they peel off every where under tho hard knocks and famil iur usngo of every day. The women nro apt to be dictatorial to servants, and un pleasantly direct of speech to each other. " Annie, that dress mnkes you look hunch-backed." "Mary, I do believe your complexion gets worse every day." " Well, certainly, Jule, your feet are big enough for the whole family. Where you inherited such deformities I can't see." Yet theso sisters and mothers would not deliberately stick pins into each other, nnd pins do not hurt half so much. We havo even known families, by no means boors, to interrupt each other constantly, nnd without compunc tion. A stranger would have been al lowed to finish his' sentenco ; but they did not rcraamber that to snip off each other's observations but half-made, was as if they should slam the door in that other's faco when he wos half within the room. They did not for a moment con sider that they owed perfect hospitality to tho homo-bred thoughts as to tho tra velled ones. Xor was that all : for this carelessness of delicacy and decorum of ten goes a step further, and ends in tho " nagging" of each member by all for various right-hand fallings-off, and left hand defections. Every foiblo comes in for detection and publication, and though the process is not necessarily ill-natured, it is always indelicato and useless, nnd easily degenerates into what Shakespeare calls " the mischievous foul sin of chid ing sin." But conscience is a sharper searcher than tho nib of any pen. We all know, we offenders, wherein it is our habit to put off our company maimers with our best clothes. Pray Heaven tho best of us may not remember frowzy hair, nnd an unsocial breakfast, and a "sharp snub to tho children, among the sins of our past ! It is not easy to write a formula of homo etiquette. And, after all, if we are only well-bred enough to under stand it, thero is ono already printed in a very old book, and which runs in this wise : " Bo l indhj affeetioned ono to an other in brotherly lovo ; in honor ;Y7 r riiiij one another." Hearth and Jhmi 'r. Pipes Introduced In Cabinet Organs. Mr. Carl Focelbevtr. a Swiwlisli Ornr.m builder, has succeded in combiniug pipes witu rewis ; renaermg it possible to use both in Cabinet Organs, and has secured patents for his inventions in tho United oiaies. ino importance ot doing this has long been appreciated, but hereto fore it has been found iiminvotieiililo tho difficulty arising from tho fact that pipes vuijr iu pucu witn every cuango 01 tem perature, while reeds do not. UO til tit 11 change of ten or tiftoen degrees made it impossible to use them together. In struments which have boon Pino Cabinet Or?an h 1LVA Cnnrnimif! nn real speaking pipes, but only imitations of some sort. Mr. Fogelberg usos gen uino wood pipos of the best quality. Tho substance ot his inventions is an ar rangement by which tho pipes, whon out of tuno from a change of temperature, can be simultaneously find lriutniiHv rrt. stored to the same pitch with tho roods, uy iuu turning ot a single scrow. The Mason & TfainU.i n.-,,.. rv. i,.,., boen thoroughly testing Mr. Fogelberg's inventions, and it is understood, are sat- isnea 01 tneir value, and will soon offer inom to tne public If pipes are sue cessfully combined with rood, it will K tho most important improvement ever uiuuu lu.vuuinei urgans. What are wo coming to 'i A citison of Philadelphia lias been arrested and held in six hundred dollar for taking two umbrellas. Facts and Figures. Sir Francis Crosslcv. an English mil-. lionaire member of Parlinnient,colebrated lor his chanties, is dead. General Andrew Porter, formerly of the United States army, died at Paris re cently. An Illinois girl made ciarhtv flour bar rels in six days, and thereby earned fll.ZU. In Manilla 25,000 women and girls muko cigars at average wages of seven cents per day. Women have been admitted as mem bers of tho parish by tho Unitarian Sor ciety of Springfield. Joe Jefferson's Orange Island promises a yield of nearly two hundred barrels of oranges this season. Tho crop is being taken to St. Louis. In Swizerland, editors who advocate woman's rights arc prosecuted according to law, and one n&rrowly escaped convic tion recently in the Canton ot Uri. Mr. Spurgeon has been compelled within tho past year to receive ten warm offers of marriage, all of which the reverend gentleman has been obliged to decline. Eugenia is selling out all her real and personal projierty in Spain. She has just offered for sale tho magnificent Chateau of Artonga, one of the nets pos sessed by her family for centuries. Mrs. Mary Clemmer Ames is to write tho memoirs of Alice nnd Phoebe Cury. Tho letters and -papers left bv tho two sisters will bo entrusted to Mrs. Ames, who was one of their most intimate frii-nds, by their executors. For tho past nine months there bus been in operation in Philadelphia a " omen s Christian Association, which provides employment nnd homes for young women. Many young girls have been rescued from ruin by this associa tion. A number of girls at a St. Louis theatre lately insisted upon going out to drink every timo their escorts did, and invari ably took brandy, although tho latter drank lager-beer. Xotwithstanding their moro potent potations they remained perfectly sober, whilo they wero obliged to take their masculine companions homo in a very inebriated condition. Tho St. .Louis women evidently possess all tho qualifications appertaining to tho right of suffrage. A singular death recently occurred from diptheritic poison contracted by a bite from a child suffering from diptlio- ria. A littlo girl, daughter ot a station- agent on tho Boston and Maine Railroad, was very ill with diptheria. Tho father for somo reason perhaps to examine the throat put his hand on her mouth, when tho child seized it, and bit it just enough to break tho skin. The virus from tho teeth penetrated tho wound and was diffused through tho system. His body became much swollen, and af ter a week's illness ho died. Thero is a rich girl in Louisville, Ken tucky, who is ns much troubled with suitors ns was Penelope. She, however, gets rid of them in a way the wife of L lysses nuver dreamed of. hen one offers himself whoso affection sho has reason to think is centred upon her cof fers and not upon herself, sho begins to hro at him with a six-shooter, telling linn that if he is a truo lover he will prefer to dio by her hand than livo to offer his to somo one else. So tar, no one has "pre ferred." It is related that when the late Gover nor Bigler, of California, was Minister, to Chili, ho procured a situation tor Harry Meigs, tho great defaulter, in a mercan tile house, tho latter being then under ban and an exile from California. The friendly act was remembered by the now South American Railroad King and millionaire, and less than a year ago the Governor received a check by which ho was enabled to purchase the comfortable homestead in San Francisco, in which his lust breath was drawn. Trainl.) xi'liv npn u'illinfv f rt uliion clint np liko a jack-knife will Tie delighted to know of a new process of insuring lon gevity. A California scientist, whose head like his back must bo a trifle weak. declares that ho has prolonged his life by sleeping with his finger tips touching his toes, and has invented a machine to hold the body in that graceful and pleasant position. . Ho contends that the vital electric currents on the prin ciple we suppose of tho smoke-consuming stove "are thus kept in even circumflow, instead of being thrown off at the ex tremities and wasted." There is no pa tent upon tho great discovery, and any 0110 with u sufficiently supple back is of course treo to try the experiment. Friend Hazard, of San Francisco, did not get a wife as cheaply as ho thought. ilo happens to uo an itinerant vendor of potatoes. Meeting a Mrs. Parrott, who was impecunious, but who wanted somo potatoes, sho proposed to exchange ner daughter Clara tor "a bag of peraties. Hazard agreed to tho bargain and went into the house to secure his brido. But Clara thought the prico too small by far, and Hazard returned to his wagon, only to find a sack of potatoes missing and Mrs. Parrott with them. Nothing could bo proved against tho lady, however, and so Hazard did tho only thing left for him to do ho went on a jolly "drunk." Can a woman legally inform against her husband, and claim her share of the damages for giving such information? Judge Lowell in tho U. 8. District Court, in Boston, has dooidod that sho cannot, unless whon sho has been divorced. In the case at bar, tho divorcod wife of a tobacco dealer gave such information and evidence that her lato husband's stock was seized and confiscated. She cluimed her share of tho proceeds, and had her claim allowed. Judge Lowell, in rendering his decision, said that he should not navo sanctioned the claim if tho parties had been living together as husband ond wife. Another instance of tho despotism exercised by kgaA tribur nalaover those unhappy creatures the married woman.
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