will IIENItY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editoe aicd PuBLisniin. KLK COUNTTTIIB REPUBLICAN PAltT'. Two Dollars tee Awwum. VOL. II. RIDGWAY, PA,. THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1872. NO. 19. FOETliY. THE WAI'SiniS VISION. On the sldowalk cool and shady Flvo pacoe In her row I strolled, Bhe was a litho and beauteous liidy, A sjlph In motion and In mould ; And moved past all tbo fret and fovor Of earthly toil for earthly rain, Like one whose sunny heart had never Felt a breath of earthly pain. Around bor form the shadow lingered) Like sorao fond wooer loth to go, And with caresses, rosy-Angered, The snnlight flitted to and fro ; Ana where the bolder lephyr hovored, Won favors from her neck and hair, And waved tho broldered shawl that covorcd llor taper bodice rounded fair ; Or Iwlrlcd the floating fringe that muffled The pearly splendor of her arm, And, dallying down her klrtle, raffled Its bonyant contour's silken charm. To where, with coy roservo most wooing, Glimmered the vUion of her feet, Liko two coquetting pigeons, cooing Within and out their looped rotrcat. She touched the earth with step as airy, With port as gay and debonair, As if the carol of a fairy Had timed her motions to its air. And, gliding on, she left mo dreaming llow tar more perfect in her face Tho light of that young soul was booming, That lent her form such perfect graco. Tho laborer pausod, the merchant tarriod. By noisy street, by trade-vexed mart, As if her very prosence carried A blessing to the Jaded heart ; And, though unpriced the fleet enjoyment, Each heart turned choerler to Its cares. For each had entortained one moment A wandering angel unawares. She turned and vanished, but in going Revoaled a face where glad content Through artless iunocenco wan glowing. And sweet reserve with archness blent ; Not formed to dazzle by its splendor. Hut through Its winning soflnoxs boomed A spirit convtant, frank and tender, That leaves no promise unredeemed. She fudud liko a lovely vision, A joy undimracd by doubts or fears t Falsehood, neglect, and dark suspicion Waylay the garnered hopes or years, Friendship and love and honor perinh They perish, leaving vonomed stingy, Alas, too late we learn to cherish The chance dulights tho moment bring?. Thoma Durfc. TILE 8 TO It Y- TELLER. ALMOST A TRAGEDY. Mrs. Eva Forrester was in a quandary. If slio should go lo Mr. und Mrs. Blanch ard's fete her husband would bo left to liis own diversions during her absence. Joalousy was one of Mrs. Forrester's besetting failings ; if she should stay at home and watub him, she would be giving up to him, for she had said thit go she would, and ho hud declared that he would not go. " Bluuchard cheated nie," her husband f.aid angrily. " lie owes mo to-day two or three thousand dollars, which lie would pay if ho had a spark of honor in liim, though tho law docs not compel him. But no ; he has speculated, risen up again and has built a mausion ; now he is going to havo a house wanning, and has the impudence to invito me. It isn't proper for you to go." " It is never proper for me to go when I want to go, protested his wife. " It isu't my fault if the laws do not protect you. I h"ould think that you wonder ful men who can rule the world in such a grand way, without tho help of womon, would niako Bomo kind of law about paying debts. Everybody is going to this.i't", many to whom Blunchard owed money as well as ho did you, and it is to be the most splendid affair of tho season. Thero will bo bouts on tho pond and tents on tho lawn,, with fruit untold, and a dinner, a danco and a supper. I must loso theso because some ten years ago, he failed and in your debt ! I shan't do it!" " And I shan't go !" retorted tho hus band. " If you go it must bo alone." "Very well," said Mrs. Forrester, and, tossing her head, went out of tho breakfast room, where this dialogue had taken place, und began to turn over her wardrobe to mako tv selection for the fete. James would come round when he knew that she was really going. But James didn't como around, and hero it was the day before, and he wouldn't go and she would. She con cluded that she must, for, asido from showing him that sho meant to have her way, it was impossible to think of not displaying that beautiful crimson silk dress on tho very first chanco. To be sure it was awful to go with out her husband, still moro to go with that odious Mrs. Clark, who would be her duenna ; but go she would. Mr. Forrester Baid not another word, lie was as pleasant as usual, and he was generally a very pleasant man when ho had his own way. . When at tioon luncheon his wife ap peared resplendent in a red silk dress, with low neck and jewels scarcely hid den by the little jacket she was to wear till evening, and with her hair superbly rolled and puffed, he only said : " My dear, you look remarkably well," and seemed to take for granted that tho attirewas assumed for his especial delectation. Kite pouted, returned no answer, and mado a great show of being in a hurry and of listening to tho sound of every carriage wheel that rolled along the street. But he would ask no questions. She would have given something if Mrs. Clark had driven up betore James went out. but she did not : he went out without a word of good-bye, though she was to bo gone all night the cruel wretch. Mrs. Clark came the minute he was out of sie-ht some people never do come at the right moment and. Mrs. For rester bad hard work to be sinning. " Wasn't vour husband sorry that you should ero without him '(" the horrid old woman asked. "Oh. verv sorrv !" exclaimed Mrs. Forrester, 44 but ho is bo anxious that I should have all the pleasure that I can He, poor dear, is completely immersed in business. He hasn't failed and paid 8, shilling on tho dollar ha! ha! -60 he must work. However, we will lot by gones bo bygones ; and, indeed, Mrs. Blanchard is very civil. When I told her that, as you intended to return homo directly after dinner I should loso tho dancing, sho insisted on my staying all night. ' Aro you going to do so r"' Mrs. Clark nsked, with a faint air of disap proval. " I am certainly," replied Mrs. For rester, quite docidedly. She was not going to tell people that sho and James had quarrelled, not she. If she thought that ho was a wretch and told him so, she (ltd not mean to en lighten others on tho point. They reached Blanchard's place in due time. It was a fine estate, a mile or two from the town in which Mr. and Mrs. Forrester had taken up a tem porary summer residence, and on this glorious September day was as beautiful as a picture. Tho turf was green velvet, but here and thore a treo or vino was red, gold or purple with autumn, and lighted up the landscape liko a torch. The pond was gay with boats, tho lawn with gaily dressed people, and all went merry as a marriage bell. Tho Blauchards were very polite to Mrs. Forrester, and grieved that busi ness had prevented her husband from accompanying her. They quite dis tinguished her, and complimented her as the handsomest dressed lady there. Perhaps they remembered the three thousand dollars ; she certainly did not forget it. When Mrs. Anno Trask called her at tention to the beauty of the conserva tories, she sighed and said : "Ah, yes; and my dear, poor James' money built them. I really feel as if they were mine." When Mr. Clare, an old admirer of Mrs. Forrester's, on whoso arm sho took a long promenade that afternoon, groan ed as ho looked at tho charming place, und said : " It is like a view of Purudiso to Adam after ho was turned out. We poor bachelors look at tho wives and the houses tf other men and sigh in vain." Mrs. Forrester laughed and said : " Why don't you fail ? Then all your friends can contribute tho houso and land, and tho wife will come of herself. Such a place as this would be an induce ment to any girl." For a woman who was inclined to be, jealous of her husband, Mrs. Forrester certainly carried on quite a gamo that afternoon with Mr. Charles Clare. He was very attentive and gallant, and she was very complacent and evinced no in disposition to a little flirting. Sho en joyed it immensely. served James right tor not coming. Ho could look at the other women and make them sweet speeches she knew ho did and sho would show him that two could play that game. Tho only thing wanting to a perfect enjoyment of the situation was that James could see tho whole. It wouldn't do half as well if sho told him, because he might think that she was doing it to make him jealous. Sho almost hoped that somo one would no tice and warn him and think that she was horrid. Charles Clare was going to remain all night too ; ho told her so. Ho had been ussisting tho Blanchard in preparing this allair, ana was going to stay. Should ho have the pleasure of driving her over next morning ' The real moaning of tho request was that she wanted James to see her driving up to tlio door with Charles Claro in his carriage, and usk Charles to help her out in that graceful, devoted way of his. Wouldn't sho smilo on her escort and mako believe sho did not seo who was looking out of tho window. She would teach James Forrester to let her go off ulone, and never caro whut became of her. Ho should know what jealousy was. " You really think that you will Btay all night '(" Mrs. Clark asked, putting her head into a charming tete-a-tete be tween Mrs. Forrester and her old lover. " Oh, yes ; it is quite decided !" said Eva, angrily. " Flirting thing I" muttered Mrs. Clark, turning away. " I shouldn't wonder if she came on purposo to seo M. Clare." Just as tho dancing began, a boy inT quired at the open window of tho parlor lor Mrs. rorrester. "She is dancing there with Mr, Clare," Mrs. Clark said. Mrs. Clark was just about going, and was annoyed ttiut sue must go alone, She wanted somo one to abuso her host and hostess to all tho way home, and sho must bottle it all till the next day. ' Hero's a note for her," tho boy said ; and having given it the boy vanished. Mrs. Clark delighted in mystery and melodrama. This was so charming, the mysterious message, the tragical looking note, the fact of uny note at all having come. Then when she had breathlessly sought out Eva Forrester, and given her the note, hoping that it contained bud news, and had watched her tear it open, the expression of her face when sho read it added so to tho charm ot tne situu tion. " Is Mr. Forrester ill '(" her comforter inquired. " Not verv well, that is all," Eva re plied, as calmly as she could. " He can't do without me, if he hag a soro finger or a toothache. Charles Clare scowled, lo be sure Eva's flirtation with him had consisted in tho most outrageous praises of her husband and descriution of the haiirii ness of thuir lives ; but then he wanted to drive her to town, and make her hus band a little loalous, if possible. He had to resign himself, however, and lead her to Mrs. Clark's carriage, and see her drive away in tho starry night. The contents of the note were theso lines : 44 H Mrs. Forrester knew with whom her husband spends his time while she is gone, sho would not stay away long, certainly not over night. Of course there wag no naiuo signed1 Of course that note would have taken Eva Forrester home over red-hot plough shares. Mrs. Clark found her a very dull com panion, and could get no satisfaction concerning hor husband's illness. 44 Loavo me at tho door," said Eva, whon they drew near the hotel where Mr. and Mrs. Forrester were staying. 44 Why, my dear, your rooms are on the othor side," Mrs. Clark said. " But I will stop here," Eva replied, decidedly. If James was at home, he should not hear a carriago drive up, and look out and see that it was she. It was ten o'clock, for tho drive had taken them some time. Tho young wife's heart burned with a fierce and deadly jealousy as she glided noiseless ly through the long, lighted entries. Sho did not know who to bo jealous of, for her husband had, after all, done nothing to point out any person. Her vexations had been vague and as noth ing, but now a terrible reality stood be fore her. She had realized, thinning the matter over on her way home, that in truth she was the happiest of women till that night, and that, though she had pretended to be jealous, it was a pre tence. Never till now had sho known that agonized contraction of the heart which comes when proof of misery is at hand. Her head was m u whirl, though sho was outwardly cool. She was tit for anything. What she would do to him she knew not, but as for the woman who had dared to lure her husband away from her sho should dio. Sho passed swiftly through tho hall, went into a side passage and down to the street at the back part of the hotel. An apothecary's shop was at the back of the hotel. She was known there, and had no difficulty in procuring what sho wanted. After a minute, she went back to the hotel with a bottle in her hand. (V light shone under the door of her room, lie was at home, oho stopped for a minute to take breath, then softly tried tho lock. Of course it was fastened, she thought. But no, it yielded to her touch, and she entered without a sound. 1 he entry and parlor lights wero dim. but from the open door of the sleeping room camo a flood of light. She crossed the room and stood on the threshold. Horror of horrors ! a woman lay on her bed asleep, with her face turned away : a whito hand dropped over tho sido of the bed, and a flood of hair streamed over the pillow. Eva Forrester's norves seemed changed to wires of Btoel. Sho only glanced round to make sure that no ono else was in tho room ; sho softly approached the bod, the bottle clasped tightly in hor hand. A table was drawn up to the bedside, and on it was placed a vase of flowers and a smelling bottle. i With her hand resting on tho table, Eva bent forward to see tho faco of her rival. It was a sweet and lovely face, scarcely the one that might be looked for in a woman who would be found in such a situation. 44 Wretch !" she muttered, taking a step nearer, but at the same time Bhe heard her husband coming. 44 Why, who is hero '(" exclaimed a lady's voice at the door. Another woman I In sheer surprise Mrs. Forrester turned her head and saw Mrs. Marvin, tho lady who owned the suite of rooms next her own. Tho lady stood looking at her in astonishment. Their acquaintance was too slight to warrant such a visit on either sido. 14 Why, how in the world happened you to come into my rooms f cried Mrs. Marvin, too much surprised to bo very polite. 44 Your rooms t Eva looked about her. Suro enouch, she was in the wrong room. After explanations and apologies, Mrs. Forrester gathered up her wraps. which had dropped on on the floor as she entered, and sought her own apart ment. But not with a light heart. Sho might find something as bad thore. Mrs. Marvin -8 sister had arrived only that night ; but perhaps she was not the only new comer in the house. A light under the door here too. She made sure that she had the right door ; and again tho door yielded to her hand. Again the dim light in tho parlor . and the bright light beyond. .1.1119 UUIO AU.1B. 1 Ul i u ia; I iwftuu suuut the room. Yes, that was her furniture, and tho canary gave a sleepy warble as mm,:- nr..,. i.,.i. ii.,i t i she entered. She went to tho bedroom door, and, with a thickly beating heart stood on the threshold. No flood of fair hair and no whito hand wore there to wring her heart ; but a brown haired head on the pillow and a pair of brown eyes open und looking at iicr. 44 Won't you lock the parlor door, Eva t her husband asked sleepily. She stiirted and tried to recover h,er- BClt. 44 Why didn't you lock it '(" she asked, 41 1 left it open for vou." he replied. 41 But I said I should stay all night," Bhe exclaimed. 44 1 didn't think you would, dear, after you received that note," ho remarked, coolly. 44 That not !" she cried. 44 Yes : didn't he bring k to you, though t He couldn't ftelp smiling. 44 James, what do you mean r" his wife asked, breathlessly, coming to tho bedside, having hidden the fatal vial in her pocket. He stretched out his hand and draw. ing a littlo stand nearer took from it the fao simile of the note va bad re ceived. 44 1 couldn't bear to have "'you away from me so Ions?" ho said. t Then, as she burst into tears, ralf of joy, half ot terror for the awtul crime she had just escaped, ho put his aiu aiouna ner. 44 Forgive me, dear !" he said tenderly, 44 It wag a cruel jest. I didn't think you wouia take it go card. It wag gome time beforo she was quite calm, having told him all her story, not omitting the vial, frightening him near ly to death. He learned by that novor to tease his wito with making her jealous again, Jealousy, he saw, 'was no play, and no weapon for a man to use. They were quite reconciled at length, and happier than ever. 44 But I did flirt awfully with- Charles Claro," she said, penitently. 44 So I saw," her husband sam, aryiy. 44 You saw then with a glad laugh. 14 Oh, sir, I have caught you. lou didn't mean me to know, and you really cared enough for me to follew mo, you darling James V" 44 Weil, to tell the truth, I haven't been homo ten ininutes," he had to own. Colors for ETcninir Wear. In choosing evening dresses, ladies should bo careful to select those colors which best endure the test of gaslight. A color gains or loses in beauty by day light according to tho greater or lesser quantity of yellow it contains. Violet, which is the opposite ot yellow, is that which changes most ; it becomes a dull reddish-brown. Bluo, if pure, becomes greenish ; if dark, it looks hard and blackish j if light, it loses color, and turns gray. Thero is a shade of bluo which has no brilliance by day, but ac quires a great deal by tho yellow light ot gas, while turououe silks, charming by daylight, are quite efface under the lamp, ot a ball-room. Those greens which incline most to yellow look the prettiest of an evening. Thus the apple green acquires the brilliant tints of em erald ; peacock green loses its blue re flects, and becomes too yellowish. Yel low materials are certainly those which appear best by lamp-light, especially silks and satins. Buttercup yellow, so bright at any time, is brighter than ever under gaslight ; straw color becomes rosier, sulphur-color does not change, and maize becomes exquisitely soft and clear. Pink changes to salmon-color. Tho yellow light of gas or candles, so hostile to all blue tints, enhances tho splendor of red. Ruby becomes more brilliant, crimson assumes a richer tone, and orange vies with fire-color. Even black and white aro subject to the alter ation caused by artiticiul light ; bluish blacks, by far the most hundsome by day, lose all their beautiful blue shade, and become hard and dull. Whito, on the contrary, gains muck by lamplight ; if faded, it lights up again, and actresses efteu chooso yellowish-whjto dresses, knowing they will look best on tho ge. Perhaps the loveliest of all shades for tho evening is silvor gray, which acquires a somewhat rosy tint : but grays which contain any amount of blue, such as pearl gray, lose all their beauty and look dull as soon ns lamps are lit. True and False Arcliitccturc. Your first-class architect should bo an artist of no mean order. Ho fiheuld possess dignity ; ho must not triilo und play tricks must bo in earnest; he must not be giddy, he must be serious tor only out ot such a temper can come the stupendous conceptions of true arch itecture, which differs so essentially from the false. Study finishes an archi tect, but genius is the foundation. A man may be perfectly familiar with all tho works ot architecture, from Vitru, is to Calliat, still, if all this know ledge is planted in a head sterile by na ture, it will amount to nothing. He may learn to make ornaments, but he will not reach the sublime height ot conceiving a grand design. Tho work. era of false architecture require littlo moro genius than is demanded by tho art of making sweetmeats, which has for its object the pleasure of the palate, or that art which pleases another sense, and works at the composition of per, fumes. In the same quantity of super, flees tho truo architect will produce nothing but great and magnificent do signs; the false, a multitude of small and trifling ones. This shows the differ ence between tho grasp of true genius in the sublime art, and the feeble elabora tions of mere talent. Genius invents ; talent works in tho materials already at hand. The one soars in magnificence and beauty ; the othor gropes and plods around in the region ot mere ornaments. Theso false beauties in architecture are, however, apt to bo popular with tho crowd, who have not tho taste and cul- thre to see tho absurdity. But the ar tistic eye requires something very differ ent from mere 44 crinsrerbread" ornament. ation, and rests delightfully upon tho simple grandeur of true architecture, wnicii bears tne stamp ot an on every portion of its graceful whole, combining majesty, simplicity, and more important bull, perfect harmony. The Anaconda of Venezuela. Of ophidians, the great anaconda ser pent is unquestionably the most terrific in character of all the reptiles on the African continent. Under the name of celebra tie agua, the anaconda of Venezuela (eunectetmurtnut not unfrequently attains the length of twenty, thirty und even torty leet. It actually swallows animals larger than its own bpdy. The throat may be put upon a stretch to admit a deer, or a cow, and the stomach is sufficiently elastio to receive the mass. In gorging a tail stag with antlers, they stick crosswise at the angles of the mouth until decomposition in one direc tion and prodigious muscular action in another, separate them from tho skull, and then the remnants of an eugulphed carcass slide down for digestion. They only teed occasionally. Alter success fully swallowing a crushed victim they can go seven months or more without further food. Their akin is used for straps whon tanned, on account of toughness and durability, in that coun try. Serpents inspire a feeling of hor ror, large or small. There is an instinct ive dread of them in all human beings, A.nd yet they fulfil an important mis sion in the economy of life, indispens able viewed by the law' of equalization or cheeks and balances in the domain of nature. Nilsson receives a thousand dollars per night at tho Drury-Lune Theatre Accepting the Situation. Every day, in this world of mutation, men and women are called upon to ex change broadcloth for homespun, silk tor calico, tho palace tor the cottage. By fraud, by accident, by flame, by fluc tuation in trade, tho rich inheritance, the honestly-earned competence, is swept away, and the man who thought himself independent for life must begin again at tho foot of the hill J the woman laprd in luxury must become her own maid, and the serviint ot her own family as well. So quietly do those suffering reverses slip away into the nooks of so- lety, that little is known of their daily lives, their struggles with adverse for tune, their efforts to retrieve loss and re gain position. Tko contest may be long and fierce, and end in defeat, deeds of prowess may be done, and acts ot valor performed, blows given and received that in tho crowded amphitheatre would call forth tumultuous applause ; but there is no concourse to cheer, there are no hands to clap, no voices to shout for the victor. Yet not unnoted do these noiseless heroes and heroines move along their quiot path. Many a heart is strengthened at sight of their patient toil, their cheerful submission, their ac ceptance of whatever fate may bring. For all of us bear burdens ot one sort or another, all of us need the cheer and stimulus of such examples) Kecently an instance illustrating what we have said fell under our observation. Years ago we know a gentleman who by industry and business sagacity had be come the possessor of a handsome com petence. His family had grown to ma turity enjoying all the advantages of metropolitan life for education and ac complishment. We supposed him still riding upon the full tide of prosperity. But a year or two since reverses over took him which compelled tho sncrifico of a beautiful residence on tho Hudson, the sale of tho carpets and costly pic tures, tho giving up of every luxury and tho recourse to daily toil for daily bread. Living in modest retirement, surrounded by an intelligent and industrious fam ily, sustained and cheered by a dovoted wife, we found him a few weeks since steadily and patiently trying to lay tho corner-stono of another competence. The seamstress was long ago dismissed, there was no housemaid, no laundress, no cook, The young ladies, accom plished musicians, thorough French scholars, well-read in literature and po etry, devoted themselves to tho mastery of household accomplishments. Tho mother showod with equal prido a dress her daughter had ironed with nicoty, anil a drawing sho had finished with skill and taste. In tho evening wo had music from Beethoven and Mendelssohn, and in tho morning delicious butter- cukes from the same fair fingers. Every ray of sunshine in that family landscape was dwelt upon and enjoyed ; wo need no nnger to point out shadows ; instead of mourning over tho loss of fortune, tho whole family were resolved into a committee of the whole to improve tho neighborhood in which they live, to dif fuse intelligence, to inspire aspiration toward culture and refinement, and awaken the love lor that which is im perishable. Sweet are the uses of ad versity I Accepted, it is tne 41 crowning grace that sanctities the whole ot lite. Honorable indeed are the stars it sets upon the forehead and upon tho breast. though to careless eyes they seem but wrinkles or marks ot vulgar toil. Plunged in the flame, tempered in tho ice-brook, polished by long attrition must the blade be ero it may receive the tool of the graver, bo set in the jeweled hilt, and flash in the air as tho general waves it m front of his on-inovinsi legions. ' O well for htm whose will Is 9trong I lie suffers, but he will not sulfur long ; He suffers, but ho cannot sntfer wrong ; For him nor moves the loud world's random mock, Nor all calamity's bugest waves confound. Who soems a promontory of rock. That compassed roui.d with turbulent sound, In middlo ocean moots the surging shock. Tempest-buffeted, cltadol-crowned." N. Y. Tribune. How to Disinfect a House. Mix common salt and black manga nese, about equal weignts, and take about a pound of the mixed powder for ouch cubic yard in the house. Place it in a pan deep enough to hold thrice as much, in any rooai whore you can ar range to upset a vessel of acid into it by pulling a string outside the houso. This will be oil ot vitriol, or boiled suiphurio acid (specific gravity 1.8), a weight double that of the manguneso. Make all openings, except chimneys, air-tight, and leave no water or wet thingg within, or polished metals, unless you want them dimmed. Then pull the string that pours the acid on tho powder, the ob ject is to fill tho house with chlorine gas, which, being neavy even wniie warm, will accumulate from the ground upward, expelling the air by the chim neys. However tight the lower open ings, you will probably smell a little of it as a warm soa-breeze. liy next morning the law of gaseous diffusion will, even through the chimneys only, 1 1 5 .11 ! . A - J ?i nave disposed oi au im truces ; auu it will meanwhile have found out every unclean atom, lurk where it may, and killed every germ or sperm, zymotio or aniunalculur, deader than any other kill ing known. Eternal Lamts. St Augustine do- scribed a lamp, placed by the seashore, which neither wind nor ruin extinguish ed. In the sepulchre of Tulliu, the daughter of Cicero, was found a lamp, supposed by Puncirollus and others to have burned above loM years. Now, the flames in suoh oases are thought to havo been caused by the inflammable airs go frequently generated in pits and caverns, wnicn is connrmea by a discov ery in 17oj on the opening of an an cient sepulchre at Naples. The Accepted Loveu. Emerson preached a whole discourse in a few lines thus: "The accepted and betrothed lover hag lost the wildest charm of his maiden in her acceptance of him. Bhe was heaven while ho pursued her as a star she cannot be heaven if she stoops A- V w sucn a one as ue. Tlio Crifjly Bear. Tho grisly be&r is tho largest and most formidable of the quadrupeds of California, lie prows to be lour leet high and seven feet long, with a weight, when vory large and tat, ot J.uuu pounds, being tho lorgest of the carniv orous animals, and much heavier than the lion or tiger over got to be. The grisly bear, however, as ordinarily seen, does not exceed 800 or 900 pounds in weight. In color, the body is a light, grayish brown about the ears, and along the ridge of the back, and nearly black on tne legs, llie nair is long, coarse and wiry, and stiff on the top of the neck and between the Bhoulders. The 44 grisly," as he is usually called, is more common in California than any other kind of bear, and was at one time ex ceedingly numerous for so large an ani mal; but he-offered so much meat for the hunters, and did so much damage to the farmers, that he has beon industri ously hunted, and his numbers greatly reduced. He ranges throughout tho State, but prefors to make his home in the chaparral, or bushes, whereas tho black boar likes the heavier timber. The grisly is very tenacious of life, and he is seldom immediately killed by a single bullet, llis thick, wiry hair, tough skin, heavy coats of fat, whon tn good condition, and largo bones, go far to protect his vital organs ; but ho often seems to preservo all his strength and activity for an hour or moro alter hav ing been shot through the lungs and liver with large rifle balls. He is one of the most dangerous animals to attack. There is much probability when shot he will not bo killed outright. When mere ly wounded he is ferockms. His weight and strength are so great that ho bears down all opposition betore nun, and He is very quick, his speed in "running being nearly equal to that of the horse. In attacking a man, he usually rises on lui hind legs, strikes his enomy with one of his powerful foro-paws, and tlion com mences to bito him. If tho man lios still, with his face down, tho bear will usually content himself with biting him for awhilo about the arms and legs, and will then go off a few steps and watch him. If tho. man lies still, the bear will believe him dead, and will soon get tirod and co away. But let tho man movo, and tho bear is upon him again; lot him light, and ho will bo in imminent danger of being torn to pieoes. About half a dozen men, on an average, are killed yearly in California by grisly bears, and us many moro cruelly muti lated. Homo Heading. Ono of tho most pleasant and noblest duties of the head of the family is to furnish its members with good readme. In times which urepust it was consid ered enougn to clothe and teed and shel ter a family. Ibis was tho sum of parental duty. But lately it has been discovered that wives and children havo minds, so that it becomes necessary to cducuto tlio children and furnish read ing for the wholo household. It has been found out that the mind wants food as well as the body, and that it wants to be sheltered from tho pitiless storms of error and vice by the guard ing and friendly roof of intelligence and virtue. An ignorant family in our day is an antiquated institution. It smells of the musty past. It is a durk spot which tho light of tho modern sun of intelli gence has not reached. i,et good reading go into a home, and the vory atmosphere of that home gradually but surely changes. The boys begin to grow ambitious, to talk about men, places, books, the past and tne tuture. ine gins begin to lee I a new life opening beforo them in knowl edge, duty and love. They Ullfl TlfiW uc'"' iaauic. 44 so the family changes, and out from its r ,..,r.,l,. . i ' . i number will grow intelligent men and women, to fill honorable places, and bo useful members of society. Let the torch of intelligence be lit in every household. Lot tho old and young vie with each other in introducing new and useful topics of investigation, and in cherishing a lovo of reading, study aiid improvement. A Humbug of Neatness. Charles D. Warner, in his now book, " Saunterings," thus ventilates one of the stock 44 sights" of Holland : 44 We drovo out nvo miles to Broek, tho clean village ; across the Y, up the canal, over flatness flattened. Broek is a humbug, as almost all show-places are. A wooden littlo village on a stag nant canal, into which carriages do not drive, and where the front doors of the houses are never open ; a dead, uninter esting place, noat, but not especially Eretty, where you are shown into one ouse got up for the purpose, which looks inside like a crockery shop, and has a still little garden with box-train ed shapes ot annuals and furniture A roomy-breeched young Dutchman, whose trowsers went up to his neck, and his bat to a peak, walked before us in slow, cow-like fashion, and showed us the place, especially some horrid pleasure- grounds, with an imago of an old man reading in a summer-house, and an old couplo, in a cottage, who sat at a table and worked, or ate, I forget which, by clock-work, while a dog barked by the same nuans. in a pond was a wooden swan sitting on a stick, the water hav ing receded, and left it high and dry, Yet tho trip is woith while tor tho view of the country and the people on the way ; men and womon towing boats on the canals ; the rod-tiled houses painted green, and in the distance, tho villagos. with their spires and pleasing mixture of brown, groen and rod tints, are very picturesque. The best thing that I saw, however, was. a traditional Dutchman, walking on the high bank of a canal, with soft hat, short pipe, and ferecohes that came to tho armpits above, and a little below the knees, and were broad enough about the seat and thighs to car ry his, no doubt, numerous family. He made a tine figure against the sky." Silent contempt is the sharpest reproof, Facts and Figures. At the celebration of thePope's birth day in the Cathedral of Notro Dame, a subscription was started to present to nis Holiness a crown of thorns, to be mado of massive gold. An Italian capitalist has established a peanutry at Sullivan, Ind. The citizens will celebrate the event in grand mass meeting, on which occasion 14 bushels of peanuts will bo barbecued. An Alubama paper was not ipsucd at the regular time' lately, ono of tho edi tors being on the jury and the other having been married. Both expressed their regrets in the next issue. A certain popular clergyman, young and unmarried, is said to have remarked that if he were a centipede he could not wear one-half the slippers fashioned for him by tho fair hands of admiring par- is moners. Bony Nash, tho Cincinnati cramblcr. who died rocently, was oongratulatod a short time beforo tho event upon look ing in better health than usual, when ho repliod: 44 1 bot you $20 I don't live l week." He won. A wealthy old lady in Detroit has ta ken a whim to peddle orange and figs, and goes about the streets retailing her wares, dressed meantime in elegant clothes. Sho is partially demented ; and if her friends do not allow hor to follow her notions she becomes violent. There lives a man in the village ef Eoohester, N. H-, who is out every morning, rain or shine, before other peo ple are np, searching diligently on tho sidewalks, in the gutter and through the streets for money or any valuable that was dropped tho provious evoniug. The result oi his diligence is not report ed. The servant girls of Pittsburgh havo caught tho striking fever, and demand that in tho future their hours shall bo from eight to twelve ih tho forenoon, and from two to six in the afternoon, Sundays free, free rango of pantry and cellar, free admission of friends and cousins to the kitchen and washroom, hospital attendance at the expenso ot their einployors in caso of sickness, and increase of wages with the growth of the lamiiy. That s all. They have a now way of treating tho broken legs of horses, which ought to bo gonerally known. A valuable horse, in Hartford, Conn., had his leg broken a short time since. Tho leg was carefully set by an experienced surgeon, and was covered thickly with plaster. When tho plaster "sot" , or hardened.it kopt tlio limb as immovable an if it had been mado of iron. Thus treated, a broken leg, it is assorted, will knit togothor in a brief tiino and become os good as ever. A littlo presence of mind and resolu tion sonyitimes does wonders. Detroit of late has boon much afflicted with hj aropnobia. Whether it appears in tho first instance in tho dogs or the pooplo, it is hard to say, but whon once it seizes dog or man he immediately bcoomes an ugly creature to deal with. A heroio Detroit woman saved herself and chil dren from the bito of a rabid canino, tho other day, by seizing and bestriding tho animal and holding him in euch u posi tion that he could not bite. Sho thon dragged him to the gate, flung him out, and shut and bolted the erate. and ho was soon slaughtered beforo any ono was hurt. Elopements of the real old-fashioned kind are rare in these prosy days. Thero was ono specimen, however, in Illinois, quite rocently. A poor young man was in love with the daughter of a rich far mer, and the farmer objected to tho vouth htuyiUHa ia wan noor nrul fnrlmriA I Y . .. . 1 - i mm mo iiuudd, ivt mu mu tsmuruus pair continue to meet and send sweet - 1 . ""Jviu , ' messages to and fro, and one night the youth planted a ladder at the maiden s window. The maiden was waiting as sho should be, and descended into tho. bosom of tho night and of her udveuv turous caralior. They fled into the dark ness and the pastor's house,, and whilo the farmer slept they wee made ono. " Of all tho hotels in tho world tho very oddest Is a lonely ono in California, on the road between San Joso and Santa Crua. Iiuaginctenlmmensotroos stand ing a low foot apart and hollow Inside ; these are the hotel, neat, breezy, and ro mantic The largest tree is sixty-five feet around, and contains a sitting-room and that bureau of Bacchus wherofrom is dis pensed the thing that biteth and stingeth. All about this tree is a garden of flowers nd evergreens. The drawing-room is a bower made of redwood, evergrcons and madrona branchos. For bed-chambers there aro nine great hollow trees, white washed or papered, and having doors cut to fit tho shape of the holes. Literature finds a place in a learning stump, dubbed 44 the library. it it wore not for that same haunt of Bacchus, it is certain that the guests of this forest establishment would feel like nothing so much us dryads. The Frankfort Yeoman tolls this i 44 Once upon a timo a young Kentucky physician, who had been regularly edu cated tor lug proiession, was called to tho bedside of a patient that he had been attending with his best care for some time, but who obstinately grew worse and worse, until now his end seemed vory near. Doctor,' said the sick wan. I am dying I am certain l am dying. and I believo you have killed nie.' Tho doctor seemed to think very earnestly for a moment or two, and then quite gravely and seriously replied: 4 Yes, I see that yon are dying j and, on reflec tion, I beliove that yon are right I be lievo that I have killed you ; nut I hero take my oath that it Uod will forgive me for having unintentionally murdered you, . I will nevor murder another I will never give another doso of physio Erofessionully as long as I live.' And e kept his oath ; he at once quit medi cine entirely ; turned his attention to the study oj law ; obtained a license in due course, and, after a few years' suc cessful practice, became one of the most eminent circuit judges of that day in Kentucky now.ucariy forty years ago."
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