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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.
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