ELK C0UNTY--T1I11 REPUBLICAN PA R T Y. Two Dollars ter Annum. NaloT VOL. II. RIDGAVAY, PA,. THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1872. HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. rOETli Y. MFE'ft APRIL. Ewcet joiil blHIic Apitl torpluy lowaid tlio May Whoe xhudowH ppeed O'er hlnMomrd mend Olwoeil by the light of vail.iblc is ! Thou Ua-t beauty lLot U l.inrc tlinB Mr, Whme the wren otitis Thee on their whiffs llri'016' from out tut thicket" m in to bear. Bon, chanceful ul; s :nr-t. onilng, oof-m to 110, light they pa, A dew l'rom gru Kro silver fum have -: t their golden glow. The pannluM flutter w a milled pool Breaks o'er thy face, To paw In grace Where overy tiny wave Milks calm and cool. Nu boat, no flncne, Imt u mild lambent light Plays ronnd thy word, Till, like struck chord, Our answeihig hearts go tduglug In tby filflit. Thy smile glance ont ltko sparkles on the miuws Or rays that cross The dew-touched mom That eomo. so l're-u and fair before the rose. Th tear-, that .tint m quick, that How so free, Jeeln poured by if I'or her relief, l!, cuu-e cold sui-ruw hath no hold on thee. Ah I lio would ee ihee other than thou ait f Who downward bring The quivering wlnir. The eddying dance of the untramellcd hi-ait r uai e hei , thou World ! Brash not the down n hlch lies So soft, to light ; In time's despite, I.ea that unconscious soul within her eyes 1 London Hoctety. TUB STOllY-THLLlUl. 120'iV HEKHAX W6X HIS WIFE. a. r .1 'A 1 l i uuu b Know how to answer vou Your news is very hard for me to bear. I tool amazed, angry. Herman."' Herman 'W ilson, himself, the picture .if sorrowful amazement, looked at his undo m silence, us the old man. fpoke wuu angry vehemence, lie was a tall. stalwart young man ot twenty-four, witn a trosn, Handsome luce, now deeply oiouuou. ins uncle was not over mty hut an appearance of ill-health and fee bleness made him seem much older. Hi; usual pallor crept ouco more over his Hushed, excited face beforo he spoke again to Herman, and his angry voice was gentle as its wout, as he said : "1 was hasty, Herman, hurt and sur prised. Tell me now, how did it hap pen r " I scarcely know how to tell you, mi, paiu ms nepnew, rospoctluliy. " Where did you meet this girl '(" " Miss Miller," said Herman, ilushin a little at his uncle's designation, " was very intimato with Mr. Grey's daugh ters, i met tier there. jlr. Grey made me welcome in ins home as soon as 1 bo. came his clerk." " You met her, At G rey's. Well '(" " I loved lion That is all." I Enough, I should think. And ea you, 1 suppose, or I should not I ail this r oves me," said the young man. tollable prills. nuan, why couUIk t you have ve with ono ot Grey s girls ; sic, home-like girls, that made a Home lor you, s an idle, stuck-up girl, if o J you misiuuge ner, uncie. ell me," was the auswer, at id impatient. " Sho is John guter. 1 can never welcome ;r here. A ever . " I hope you will not hold to that res olution, Lnclo James. " I suppose you were inllueuced some by tho thirty thousand dollars her moth er leu herr " I didn't know she had one cent." Her mother kept that safely, and left it to tho daughter. I knew that at the time she died. Oh, my lad, think better of it. Money is not everything." " I toll you I never heard of her money till this minute. I wish you would see her. " I I see her i Never ! If you marry John Miller's daughter, you may take leave of me and the farm. I'll have none of that blood around me. John Miller's daughter:" . " Hut, uncle you would not turn me away irom Uere Iroin the only home I have known since luy parents died ':" " Bah ! you won't -care for that. You've been living in Tournay a year now, and you say Mr. Grey makes you a good oiler if you stay with him. Then your wife will be rich, so you need not caro for tho farm." For, be it. known, James Wilson had had a sore heart ever since his - nephew had left the farm, and gone to be a clerk in tho town near by. Ho did not like farming, ho said, and could make more money in town. Hut as his uncle spoke now, Herman suddenly remembered the years spent in this his only home, the kind, fatherly love of his relative, and spoke with honest warmth " I do care for tho farm, Undo James, and I eare still moro for your love. No matter how much money I make or hold, I can never have another such home or father." " Well, boy, why don't you stay here, then Y Oh, if it was unybody but John Miller's girl !" "But, Vucle James, it is John Miller's girl. Will you tell me why one of Mr. Grey's daughters would have suited you any better r" There was a dead silence in the room for some minutes alter this. Uncle James spoke at last, in a low tone, as it he was reading instead of conversing. " When I was a young man, Herman, not older than you are now, I was work ing on this farm for old Squire Hey ward, who was very fond of me even then." , ' He left you the farm, did he not r" " Yes, but therA was no talk of that then. I was only a farm hand, though tho old squire always chose mo to drive him out, or to do any business that re quired a trusty person. He had no fam ily, so it made rather a stir when his sis ter died in Xew York, and her daughter came to live on the farm. 8 he was the handsomest woman I ever saw in my r life, quite young, about seventeen, but with all the self-possession and coquetry of a woman of thirty. I wag, as 1 said, otten about her father, and met Arabel la that was her name frequently. She was so kind to me, so gracious, had so many winning ways, that she had my heart in her grasp iu less than a week. My love was fairly worshipping, and when she would give me smiles and words of encouragement, how was I, a por country boy, to know it was all skillful coquetry, the sport of a hard hearted flirt ? i hen John Miller came, and he too loved her. He was a young lawyer, who settled in town, but came over hero very often, sometimes for a week's visit at one time. Arabella play ed her part so well, that I never sus pected the truth till I summoned up courage to ask her to bo my wifo in the future, when sho told mo sho was en gaged to John Miller. While wo were talking, John Miller citiuo iu, and she told him my cherished hope and secret as a good joke. Together they laughed at the country butupkin, and John made Sneering remarks that stung me almost to madness. I think I would have struck him to the ground, but a kindly hand was placed upon my arm, und turning, I found the Bquiro had entered tho room nnperceived. Sternly rebuking tho oth ers, ho led me away, and sent mo a long journey the next day, upon some private business. When I returned, John was gone with his bride. The old squire left her thirty thousand dollars, but he left mo thy farm. I was nearer to him than his own niece. Herman, don't ask me to welcome the child of John and Arabella here. I cannot do it." " You know that her parents are both dead. She lives with her father's sis ter." "I know. John died insolvent iu spite of his sharp practice and avarice. Arabella only lived a few years after her husband." Another long silence followed. Then Herman spoke : " Uncle James, I cannot give Fanny up. Uut 1 promise never to bring her home as my wife until you consent to the marriage. Will vou see her r " Xo, no ! Wait till I die. Herman. I won't live very long. Doctor Hodges savs. " Uncle James !" " I did not tell you before, lad. for fear of paining you. Doctor Hodges said last week that. I was failing. I made him tell-me. I may live a few years longer I may be called any day." " Ana 1 was worrying you," said the young man, penitent and teartul. " Xo, lad ; I like to know all you are doing. You will come home often 'r" 'Do you think I will t;o awav airain ? My ulaco is here." " I Hiiouhl bo very srlad to have vou. Herman. It is hard to find an honest overseer when tho farmer himself is sick. But your tirosnocts in town. Her man r" " Let them sro. Uncle James, do vou think I could leave vou now? Y'ou have been more than a father to me ; let mo try now to nil a son s place to you." '4,i,l T,...,, Arm,,., v" ' We will talk of her some other time, Tell me how farm matters stand." The conversation that followed awak ened still further tho kindly emotions of tho young man's heart, and his remorse for tho past year's absence. It seemed like desertion, when ho heard of his un cle's loneliness ; of how badly out-door matters had gone, in hired hands : of the waste, the domestic Uitheulties and losses. " I would not have told vou all this. if you had not oll'ered to stay," tho old man said. "I should have staved before, had I known you were so ill. Y'ou have al ways been about when I camo over. . T 1 1 .... i nave never ueen conhneu to my room. Mill, x grow weaker. I wish we had a good servant. Eliza is very wasteful, impudent, and. I think, dis honest." ' I will drive over to Tournay to-mor row, and see if a good servant can be found, uncle." But the first call the next day was not in search of a servant, but to the doctor's, and Herman Wilson came out ot his oilice with a very grave face. " I am glad you are to be at home," tho doctor had said. " Thouirh the first relief may not bo as complete as you wouiu ucsire. ' hat do you mean ' You said that rest and freedom from care or responsi bility might prolong my uncle's life for years. " 1 say so still. But the first reaction from tho long strain and worry may be serious. Ho has kept up by sheer force of will ; now, when he may rest, ho will probably bo ill for many days. I wish ho had a good servant. Eliza is not a pleasant nurse, I should judge. She ooks to mo as it she had lived npou emons and pickles all her life." " 1 am going to look lor a srood ser vant to-day." " Why dn t you tako the old man u nice little niece r" " All in good time, doctor. I must say good-day. I have to tell Mr. Grey of my new plan.-), and find a servant." " Uood-day, then. Send for me, if I am needed." The day seemed a long one to James Wilson, watching for tho nephew who was like a son in his heart. Eliza, re- seuting the new arrangement that threatened to disturb her much-abused reign, was slamming doors, and making kitchen-jars which were very trying to the invalid nerves. A uiuner, UaUly cooked, and served with bangs of spite and ill-nature, did not improve matters, and made the arrival of Herman's com- anioB almost as welcome as himself. For he had found a servant, whom he escorted to tho house with pardonable pride, and introduced as " Anuie. uncle. She has been hiirh- ly recommended to me, and I think will suit us." " I will try to make you comfortable, sir," said tho new girl, modestly ; and L nclo James decided that the sight of her face and sound of her voice were sufficient for that. She was not pretty, though her face was very pleasant to look at, and her voice was still more p'cisaut to hear, She was neatly Hr, f,.t:d as becamo her station ; and butore she took off hat or cloak, she had made the room seem like another place. Uncle James wondered how a few light touches here and there, a gentle little stir ot the uuU lire, a dropping ot tho curtains, a little twitch of the table' cloth, could do so much. " This is the living-room, I suppose," sho said, presently. " I think I shall ask for an hour or two alone hero to. morrow." " Just, as you please." " Will you see Elia now ';" Herman askea. " Yes. Is she in tho kitchen ';" "I have told Annie," Herman said, " to keep Eliza, if sho will be reasonable, and submit to her. Two girls, Herman !'" ' Annie is to be our housekoeper, uncle ; nnd Eliza is to do tho rough work. I must be out of tho house a great deal, if we are ever to get affairs straightened, and spring is opening very fast. Annie is to make you her special charge." "Arrange it as you will, Herman. feel very faint and sick to-night. My dinner was quite uneatable. " Annie will see to supper. I will give her a hint." Surely, Uncle James thought. Her man had made a most judicious selec tion ot a girl. 1 he table was set as lie had never seen it before. Cloth, dishes and the homely tea-service all shone with cleanliness, and tho supper would have tempted an epicure. .Light, flaky buiscuit, an omelet that was a miracle of lightness, some pork cooked in most delicious sauce of cream and other mysterious ingredients, und coffee whoso aroma alone was a bouquet to the gen tlemen's nostrils. Presiding over all, the pleasant face and neatly attired figure. " Eliza declines to take a second place, jir. Wilson, sho said; "but will re main until you find another girl." In about a week, Mr. Wilson, senior, oegan to woncier now he had ever ex isted without his new housekeeper. A young, cheery girl was found to take Eliza's place, and over tho old farmhouse settled a home-like peace that was the best modicine tor the invalid. Doctor Hodges proved a true prophet. For many days after his nephew re turned to him, James Wilson was very ill, requiring patient and tender nursing. it was Ann hi who made his baro room cozy and pleasant with pretty curtains, a strip ot carpet here and there, till he was well enough to have a wholo ono tacked on. It was Annio who brought him tempting little dishes, just onough to satisfy him, without exciting the dis gust that Lliza s coarse messes did. Annio read to him, chatted with him, got Herman to buy a backgammon board, and taught tho invalid to play. Annie brought him littlo cheering piece of news how the farm matters wero improving, how Herman was plow ing here and sowing there ; of the new bam araaugements that would make the cattlo healthier, and, as sho said, gayly, "ever so much happier." Never did a fretful word fall from the pretty mouth, never did a frown cross the broad white brow. Uncle Janics wondered if Herman knew how pretty Anuie could look, when sho sat knitting or sewing and telling him pleasant news in the after noon, or when she ran up in the morn ings, from household duties, to bring him little luncheons or some strengthen ing drink ordered by the doctor. The great day eamo in three weeks, when Doctor Hodges said his patient might go down-stairs again. " Annie ! you are a fairy. Where did you fine time for this ':" he cried, as Herman tenderly led him to a wide, chintz-covered armchair. " Mr. Wilson helped me," said Annie, demurely, glancing with pardonable prido around the room she had found so bare and chilly-looking. Now, a neat carpet covered tho floor, and snowy curtains were draped from the clean, bright windows. Every inch of paint fairly shone. All the shabby old furniture wore a new dress of gay chintz, and the table had a crimson cov er that wub in itself a furnishing of brightness. On the mantle were vases of quaint old china, long hidden in a corner of the garret, now full of spring flowers ; and by Uncle James's chair, a little table bore the backgammon-board, some new magazines and papers, and a cup. of Annie's coffee. When Uncle James first learned the comforts of a dressing-gown, instead of a worn-out coat, for house wear, em broidered slippers for old shoes cut down, and other little feminine contriv ances quite new to his bachelor experi ence, I cannot stop to relate in detail. Ono by one the comforts a loving woman can bring crept into the old farmhouse and, to the amazement of the owner, the economy of the househould more than balanced the added expenses. " Eliza never had anything but tho plainest of food, and sho spent twieo as much as you do with our tempting table." ' " Eliza wasted, and I save," said An nie, with a smile. " She had not your interest at heart." " I was nearly frightened when Her man asked me to look over the month's account. So much comfort ! My room so neat and pretty, tho now china, the kitchen utensils, and so many pretty things to pay for. And yet the income showed a clear saving." " A master's eye ou tho farm," said Annie, modestly. "And a housekeeper indoors, said the old man, affectionately. " 1 was brought up to make an in valid's home pleasant," said Annie, quietly. " Mv mother was never verv strong, and depended upon me for such duties as I perform now. even when I was a schoolgirl. I have not had such care since she died, but it seems quite natural to resume it again." " l our mother is dead, then f ' ' I am an orphan. In the house I left when I came here, I shall scarcely uu uussea. mv aunt, who took me when my mother died, has five daugh ters." " Your aunt I" "Yes! I smell something burning' Let me see if my pies are ruined !" and Annio escaped for the time from ques tions it was becoming difficult to answer. The old man sat musing a long timo. It was not the first time a vauge mis trust of Annie had crossed his mind a wonder why a woman so gentle and re fined, so evidently a lady, was serving in a menial capacity. Tho first timo sho had sung for him, in one of his ner vous hours of pain, he had noticed she was confused, when ho spoke of tho evi dent cultivation of her voice. He had spent much of his time, while Squire Heyward lived, in the city, and appreciated the difference between country-bred ways and city refinements. As he mused, he began to grow restless ; and when Herman came in at tea-time, he found his uncle flushed and excited. In a few words the cause of agitation was communicated to the young man. "You think Annie is not what she seems, uncle ' Y'ou are right. She is hero under false pretences." " Herman I" " But, putting that oside, what fault have you to find ?" . " Fault I I could not find a fault, if I tried. Sho is the most lovable, capablo domestic girl I ever saw, as well as a lady in every word and action." " Then, you would like her to stay here, if I proved to you she is worthy of your confidence and affection '(" " Gladly." "Even if I deceived you!' I knew you would love her, if you only would consent to see her !" " Fanny Miller 'r" "Yes. Will you forgive m the de eption, ncle James 'r" "Will you forgive mo my willful blindness, Herman ? X'o wonder you would not give her up I No wonder you love her ! Bring her here, lad, and let mo ask her if sho will stay, to cheer the short time I may yet live to see your happiness." The wedding was not long delayed. Care and love tire rejuvenating Uncle James, who threatens to prove Doctor Hodges a falso prophet yet, and who dearly loves to tease Fanny about the wav ilerman won his wife. A Sensible Monkey. Young ladies who insist on going to evening parties when they are alllicted with colds, notwithstanding the insuffi ciency of their clothing and the inclem ency of tho weather, should read "A Case in Comparative Pathology" given by a correspondent of tho London Lan cet, from which they will see that a champanzoe in the Zoological Gardens, by carefully following the directions of his medical advisers, and exhibiting an amount of common-sense too often, alas ! not to be witnessed iu human cir cles, succeeded in warding off the con sequences of an illness which, if neg lected, would no doubt have been at tended with fatal results. It appears that this animal, who, although barely two years old, is endowed with tho in telligence of a monkey of riper years, caught a violent cold and cough during a frosty night in January, attended with loss of appetite, a high pulse, and other feverish symptoms. At first tho mon key wisely restricted its diet, taking only grapes, orange-juice, and a littlo milk. As, however, the urgent symptoms in creased, it was persuaded to take small doses of liquor of ucetato of ammonia, with ipecacuanha wine and aromatic spirit of ammonia, every four hours, and also to wear a " linseed-meal jacket poul ticu" round its chest for an hour or two at a time, three or four times a day, at other times wearing a flannel band and a cloth jacket. Although it derived some relief from this treatment, yet in a day or two it became worse, and was at last reduced to such a state of weakness that it could only lie on its back or ono side with its paws open, as if too ex hausted to make any effort at all. Dis liking its cough mixture, it was given ipecacuanha wine in its milk ; but, the exhaustion increasing, a teaspoonful of brandy was substituted for tho ipocac uanha wine, and added to its milk each time it took it. For some davs it remained in a listless state, merely presenting one of its feet to any acquaintance who visited it, but evidently liking to be attended to and nursed. It is most gratifying to learn that a steady adherence to this treat ment of poultices and brandy and milk resulted ut the end of a few days in a change for tho better ; and, although tor some time it would take no solid food, except from the keeper's mouth. yet its appetite gradually improved, and in about three weeks, though much thinner and weaker than before its ill ness, it was in excellent spirits, and is now not only able to climb its ladder, but is " as lively as ever." If this young monkey had insisted on going out in the evening in a low dress, instead of remaining quietly at home in ti "lin seed-meal jacket poultice," tho Zoologi cal Society would probably havo ha 1 to deplore its loss. A Warning to Ameiiican Girls. An American girl married a Swiss gentlo man, in this city, abaut a year ago, and returned with him to his native land a few months afterward. It is now report ed that, within a few weeks past, tho Supremo Court of the Canton of Solcure set aside the marriage ou the gronud that it had been contracted in America, with out tho consent of the commune to which the husband belonged having been pre viously obtained. This, of course, leaves the wife without redress, so long as her husband continues to reside iu his native pluce. It has repeatedly happened that American girls, who have married natives of Continental Europe and gone home with them, have found themselves dis husbanded becauso some technical for mality required by the local laws of the husbands' birth-place had not been com plied with. It therefore behooves young ladies in this country to be careful to have every iormality 6urely attended to when they marry admirers from any part ofthe Continental countries of Europe. -V. J'. rlr. Spring Xoveltlcs In Shoes. The New York Shoe und Leather Re porter thus speaks in reference to spring novelties in shoes : Tho latest news on fashions for shoes seems to bo not only clesirablo but almost a nocessity in thcte days, when new styles e.re being brought out every mouth. It is a task of no lit tle difficulty for dealers out of largo cities to keep themselves posted in nov elties which are constantly appearing, so that their orders may include not on ly tho general stylo, but also the many pretty and ingenious devices that go to make ladies' shoes "things of beauty forever." The soles are being inado broad, firm and thick, and the heels com paratively low and wide. An improve ment so much needed, onco sanctioned by the mandate of fashion, and wo will have no moro French heel abominations, with the unavoidable weak, tottering gait, but a free, elastic step, as beautiful and graceful as tho former was painful and awkward. There is no item of dress, perhaps, that is so much criticised as shoes ; no item more important, and cer tainly none where comfort has been more sacrificed. Tho practical solution of tho problem, " can easo and beauty be combined in shoes," has been accom plished in a measure this spring. Tho first innovation noticed is the Scotch welt walking boots for ladies, with broad soles projecting about an eighth of an inch beyond the uppers, with low broad heels ; u plain shoe, with no attempt at ornamentation, but decidedly sensible, arid one which in time no doubt will be adopted universally. A buttoned walk ing shoe of pebble goat, strong and sup ple, will attract attention "by its stylo of finish. The trimming is of pink kid, button holes in scolloped edge stitched by hand, heels finished with a row of highly polished copper tacks, with small heads not larger than a pin's, invisible, as far as preserving the shape is concern ed, and greatly adding to tho beauty. It is a noticeable fact that shoes are cut much lower than last season. Somewhat after the style of the " New port tie" of last summer, is a garden shoe called the " Metropolitan tie ;" material, French kid, lined entire with kid, making the value of the shoo inside and out tho same, tied across tho instep with ribbon an inch wide, height of huel one and one-eighth inches, a plain elo- gant shoe, and one that will undoubted ly bo a favorite. A croquet shoe comes next, of black glove kid, lined entire with white kid ; a rosette of black rib bon, .with buckle, relieves the severe plainness j material, satiir with fancy bow of same ; facings of white satin; heels wooden, covered with satin ; suita ble for home, full dress, or carriage shoe; retail price is $12. It takes from one half to five-eights of a yard of material to a pair. A rival of this shoe is ono of heavy black silk with trimmings of heavy blue silk ; a dainty rosette of thread lace and silk, entirely unique in design. Bronze boots aro no longer worn by peopleof refinement and taste. They have had their day, and must give place to black, which is far more genteel. Black shoes are no longer stitched in white ; simplicity iu style seems to be in favor. Opium. This drug was known to the nations of antiquity, as is evidenced by a de scription of its preparation anil proper ties written 1800 years ago. It is pre pared from the juice of tho black and whito varieties of tho papaeer tomiiier um, or opium poppy. This specie's of PPP'i though found growing without culture in some portions of Europe, is supposed to bo indigenous to Asia, and is cultivated for its opium in Hindostan, Persia, Asia Minor, Egypt and China.. Tho opium poppy is an annual plant, having a succulent stalk usually attain ing a height of from four to six feet, and bears smooth, spherical capsules, or seedpods with large leaves, which enfold the stem. Tho opium is procured by making a slight incision into theso cap sules while iu an immature state during the hottest portion of tho day. From theso a milky juico slowly discharges and adheres in drops to tho lips of the incisions. This white sap is permitted to remain undisturbed for the space of twenty-four hours, during which it as sumes a dusky brown color, when it is removed with dull instruments. At this stage of its preparation it is of a viscous consistency. It is then placed in vessels prepared for the purpose, and beaten with some heavy implements until it ac quires a proper solidity, after which, be ing enveloped in leaves, it is placed in earthen vessels, preparatory to its re moval to the factories for purification. Here it is thrown into capacious recep tacles and foreign substances removed from the mass, which is then compressed into globular shapes, and these, whon entirely free from moisture, are enclosed in chests with leaves and capsules of the Eoppy plant. As opium suffers a sensi lo deterioration by exposure to an ex cessively moist atmosphere, its quality is frequently impaired by heavy dews dur ing the first stages of its preparation. Tho varioty of this drug from Smyrna, usually recognized iu commerce as the Turkey or Levant opium, is esteemed more valuablo than that from any other locality. Of the Indian opium there are three varieties, which are exported freni Calcutta and Bombay, tho ship ments from the former being largely in excess of those from the latter port. In this region the trade is regulated by government officials. Whilo its cultiva tion is not restricted to any particular classes or localities, tho East India Com pany reserve to themselves the exclusive privilege of purchasing, at a stipulated price, the entire product of the country. As many foreign substances are surrep titiously combined with the pure drug for the purposo of increasing its weight, the Company employ accomplished ex perts to detect adulterations, and to avoid the purchase of an impure article. The opium produced iu China is much inferior in quality and purity to tho Turkey or Bengal varieties, and iu its preparation is usually confounded with the latter. Since its first cultivation iu India by the British East India Com pany in 1773, its production has increas ed rapidly. On Carving. Tho subject of carving is so old, and has been treated so often by those who rack their brains to deviso some means of filling up tho household columns of the family newspapers, that it is like at tempting to find a slice of white meat on a turkey throe days after a Thanks giving dinner, to try and discover any thing that will be now or of interest to those who, from their proud position, at tho head of the family table, are fre quently called upon to wield the knife and fork in a manner ot once graceful and effective. Tho subject is also ono that concerns many individuals ; young men are constantly entering that state of double-trouble where it behooves them to know' a "drum-stick" from a "pinion;" single men at' boarding houses aro often, by tho absence of tho landlady, compelled to dispense justice and tough meat to their fellow sufferers, and it is to theso wo dedicato the few hints upon carving, which muy bo of much assistance to them. To carve gracefully and without any mortification to yourself, tho best plan is to cultivate an intimacy with tho cook (if your wifo or the hitter's hus band is not jealous) and when you havo become sufficiently acquainted, usk her to let you practice on tho fowls that are to bo served for dinner whilo they aro in tho kitchen. You can then man gle them to your heart's satisfaction, and if tho guests manifest any surprise at tho condition in which they are served, a remark that they wero killed with nitro glycerine, or have been run over by the cars, will be sufficient ex piation. If your wife or the cook insists that the turkey, goose or whatever it may bo shall bo placed upon the table whole, you must sharpen your knife, procure two or three extra handkerchiefs to re move tho perspiration that will accum ulate on your brow, place your trust in Provide''!' ,,r Newport and buckle in. No iuutter if you have a razor edge on your carver, always touch it up on tho steel before commencing, and while so doing get off some joke to the lady near est your right hand ; this will make the guests think you aro an old turkey slasher, and aro perfectly at homo in such work. Make a graceful stab with the fork (which should bo in the left hand, unless you aro " righ-handed,") and pin tho fowl to the plate, at the same time give a mullled war whoop to call attention to yourself, whilo with tho right hand you cut off tho outer joint of tho wing. After cutting off the wing look and seo if tho head and feet aro off, if not they should be amputated at once. To show your dexterity, chango hands and balance yourself on your stomach across tho back of your chair, whilo you shave tho white meat from tho breast. If you wish to make a suro thing on tho fowl, it would bo well to have a hand-saw, hatchet, draw-shavo and cleaver lying near your chair, where you can uso them to chop away tho tougher portions of tho bird. If you cannot obtain a sufficient purchase on the fowl to keep it steady you can put one foot on tho same whilo you cut off the drumstick, tho second joint, and haggle off sufficient dark meat to go around. After you havo pretty well cleaned out one side of tho fowl, chango ends with it by throwing it in tho air with tho fork, and catching it as it falls. This will muko a sensation among your guests, especially those who, not know ing your skill, failed to provido them selves with oil-cloth suits. It also allays their hunger for a few moments and gives you a chance to recover your wind. Take off tho other wing and leg in tho samo manner you did the first, only swing your knife and fork more careless ly as you gain confidence in yourself. After taking out tho dressing and stack ing it upon tho floor where you can reach it without trouble, employ your self by picking out all the little " tit bits " and extra pieces of whito meat that everybody likes, and concealing them on tho lee side of a soup tureen where you can eat them yourself after you get through carving. When the fowl has boon decimated sufficiently, begin attending to tho guests, always giving the toughest portions to thoso with poor teeth or none at all. Ask everybody which they prefer, dark or white meat, and give them the opposite color from that called for. A little study of those simple rules will render any man capablo of carving anything, and in a style not excelled by an Es quimaux or " Heathen Chinee." Extracting Hie Teeth of Young Persons. Unless they become extremely painful it is host to allow nature to conduct the process of shedding the first set of teeth. It would occupy too much room in this paragraph to give a reason for this advice. Therefore receive it as true without hesitation. When the second set aro developing it is a common prao tice of some dentists to extract one somewhere in order to give nioi room for others, which aro said to bo crowd ing. That is a serious mistake not to be perpetrated. If ono is removed, the jaw at onco stops growing, and the re sult is a very different expression from what tho individual would have had, provided all tho teeth and jaw were harmoniously developed together. Iu consequence of that sort of uiiphiloso phical interference with the law of denti tion, ono jaw or tho other is smaller than it would have been. The whole character of the face becomes altered. Even distinct speech is sometimes im paired in that way. When caries takes place after the teeth have completed their growth, they may be removed with less damage to facial expression. Now certain counties of Mississippi are suffering from a sort of Egyptian plague in the form of hordes of buffalo gnats, which devour the horses and mules. , His friends have to paste an extension on the envelope when thev direct their letters to Joseph, Allenbaubcrgrapun ateinershaubensticker of Topeka, Facts ami Figures. A twenty acre chicken farm has boon started near Wyandotte, Kansas. Scotch whiskey is being distilled by a new process from tho national thistle. Since last August twenty men have been buried at Newton, Kansas, every ono of whom " died with his boots oiuT It makes a modest man open his eyes to read of a New York broker deposit ing four or five millions of dollars to his credit on a spring morning. The young folks of Raleigh have nice way of eating philopenas.. Thu girls hold the almonds between their teeth and tho young gentlemen bite them off. " Is there any article in common' uso in the country so dangerous as a kero sene lamp '(" Answers to this conun drum to be sent to the office of tho Bos ton Globe. Persons who have recently travelled through Russia say that that country resembles more a vast camp than a na tion on o peace footing. Soldiers abound in all directions, and the greatest mili tary activity prevails. Tho crack compositor of South Bend, Ind., is one Mrs. Augusta Miller. She learned to set type in her father's office at the tender age of thirteen, and not long ago a proof of hers of 9,000 ems had but two typographical errors. A Boston girl being asked if sho had not once been engaged to a " party by tho name of Jackson," who was at the timo a Harvard student, languidly re plied : " I remember the circumstance perfectly, but I am not certain about the name." The people of small towns in Iowa seem to be very remarkable naturalists. In ome of theso a short timo ago four or five ribs were dug up belonging to a man, or calf perhaps, that was buried twenty-fivo years ago. Immediately the county coroner sat on these ribs, re constructed the entiro specimen, and made a diagnosis of his final sickness, arriving at the sage conclusion ; " Name unknown, but supposed to have died of bilious fever." Agassiz could not have dono better. There is a story that the Princess Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte advertises to supply millinery in the latest style to the nobility and gentry of Loudon. Whether the lady with this imposing title has gone into tho bonnet and rib bon business to supply the vulgar wants of this corporeal existence, or from the vocation and a desire to raise il to tho level of her own dignity, wo are not told j but in either caso wo hope sho will succeed just in proportion as sho furnish es good merchandise at fair prices. In Indianapolis they havo a wonder. A little orphan child, sent West by the Children's Aid Society, and adopted in that hoosier capital, gets up in her sleep and plays the piano most beautifully, though in her walking moments she " knows no touch of it." At these times she is possessed by tho evil spirit of her mother, who wus a French music teach er, and died of starvation in New York. The child is slowly but surely fading under tho inttuenco of her midnight music lessons, and will soon be with her mother. An affecting incident reported by the Raciuo Journal : " Tho other day u father and son were dressing a bog, the father doing the chopping. By a misstroke, instead of splitting tho hog open, he split his son's hand. In expla nation of how it happened to tho doc tor, tho father exclaimed : ' I cannot tell a lie, doctor, indeed I cannot. I did it with my little hatchet.' Tho son was deeply moved, and was heard to remark that he ' had rather have such a fatker than a wholo slaughter houso full of dead hogs.' " Tho management of the Pacitto Rail road appear to havo a geat deal of difficulty in comprehending tho mean ing of the word terminus. They have hardly yet arrived at a clear understand ing as to whether their eastern termi nus is in Council Bluffs or in Omaha. And now they aro in difficulty about their western terminus. The act of 1862 re quired tho Pacific road to establish its western terminus at San Francisco. The Western Pacific road, the last of the series which constitute the Pacific line, and the Central Pacific sought and obtained subsidies to the amount of $600,000 from the city of San Francisco under this condition. Now the mana gers of the road say that a ferry landing in San Francisco, five miles from tho end of the road, constitutes a terminus ; but tho San Francisco people aro un able to view the matter in that light. They say that the cars of the Central and Southern Pacific railroads should enter the city by a bridge, by the most direct route not likely to injure the har bor, and that Congress should require them to do this in fulfillment of their obligations. A distinguished oculhtt says, iu refer ence to the habit of reading iu the cars, the constant motion and oscillations of tho car repder it impossible to hold the book in one position its distance from the eye is constantly varying, and no matter how slight tins variation may be, it is instantly compensated for by the eye, thus keeping the organ constantly employed accommodating itself to dis tance. This becomes fatiguing the eyes have a sort of weary, heavy teeliag, and, if the reading is persisted in, soon become bloodshot and painful. Wo have often observed young misses, intently engaged in the perusal of some ro mance, while upon a rapidly-moving railway train, who have only been ablu to finish their story with perceptible discomfort. We have noticed them rub bing their eyes, shifting their positions, and holding their book at various dis tances from tho eye, making the great est effort to see with eyes that nave al ready been fatigued beyond endurance. Such practices lead to serious injury to the eyes, and it is not unfrequently the case that the oculist is called upon to prescribe for a patient who has paralysis of accommodation of the eves, produced 1 by reading in a railway car. i
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