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VOL II.
RIDGWAY, PAM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1872.
NO. 31.
the cnmcAS STanT,
Whim I ra but a satin ry l.ar, now fifteen ya&r neo,
I Ured where flotra the OTerproca: through raeadowa
wide and low !
Then flr.it, when akiea wajB biuditiK bin and bloa.
ami blow lug free.
I w the ragged little boy who wont to tehaaX with
roe.
Hi homespun coat wm fraysd and worn, with patcUea
corered o er,
Hie hat ah ! roch a hat ai that was oerer neon before.
Th. boys and jrlrla, whon first he came, they fhonted
In their alee.
And Jeered the retired llttlo Boy who w,nt to ecbool
with me.
Die father wa a laliorln man, and mine was highly
oom:
Onr people hold both hi n. and hta In (treat contempt
and acorn-
They aatd I ahonld not stoop to own a playmate anch
an tie.
Tho brlsht-cycd, rasped llttlo boy who went to school
wlib mo.
Tet spite of nil the sneers around from children better
ares od
My heart went out to meet tho heart that bent within
h! breat.
Ills looka were ftnd, hla voice waa low. and strange aa
It may be.
I Iored the npgi little boy that went to school with
me.
For years they had forgotten tuni, bat when aealn w.
met.
fiia looks, his Voice, Ills genii, waye remained in
memory yet,
They saw alone the man of mart, bnt I could only
ee.
The bright-eyed, rarged little boy who weut to school
with me.
Ho had remembered mc, it seem d, as I remembered
him;
Nor time, nor honors, in Ms mind tho che-Uhed pxsr.
could Ulin ;
Tonug lore had grown to older lore, ami so to-day,
you sen,
I wed the raiarcd little boy who went to school with
me.
THE MISSES SMITH'S IIUItGLUJ.
The Misses Smith were sitting in
their little front parlor. There worn
three ot them. Alias Parthenia, the
elder, was past forty, and owned to that
age without any attempt tit equtvoea
tiou.
" I have always been a mother to my
sisters, she would say, with the air ot a
person who has made a great sacrifice
tor the well-being of others. "Our
mother died when Tryphena was a baby,
and 1 immediately declared my intcn
tion to devote myself to taking care of
my two Bisters. I nave done the best 1
could, and have tried to be a mother to
them. How 1 have succeeded, they
will tell you.
And here Miss Parthenia would as
sume the look of a heroine who had ab
negated self for the sake of doing good,
and wave her hands in the direction of
Charlena and Tryphena, who would re
spond, by a series of nods, to the truth
of her statement.
Miss Cuarlena, the second maiden of
the Smith family, 'vas really thirty-five,
butonly owned to " about twenty-seven."
Miss Parthenia gave the world to un
derstand that for the sake of her sisters
she had renounced everything else. She
bad never married, because she con
sidered that her duty called her in an
other direction. At least, that was her
statement of the reason why, at her ma
turo age, she was still Miss Smith. As
Miss Charlena could not be " a mother
to her sister," from the fact that Miss
Parthenia already held that responsible
position, she declared that nhe had never
married, and never should, because she
saw so much suffering among the circle
of her acquaintances, which was caused
by the union of persons whoso tastes
and temperaments were so unlike, that
" she feared to venture upon tho sea of
matrimony, and thought it best to steer
clear of the rocks upon which other
persons had run their bark."
This was her reason, practically ex-
Eressed, if we accept her words as true ;
ut I am inclined to think tho real rea
son was because she "never had a
chance."
" My thoughts are pleasant com
panions," she would say ; " and while I
have tbeiu I am content."
Miss Tryphena was about thirty, but
never seemed to have any idea as to how
old she really was. She had never
given up the idea of marriage, as her
sisters had, and was always on the look
out for the " coming man." She was
somewhat sentimental, and affected the
style of innocent, unsophisticated young
maidens.
As the Smith finances were rather
limited, her sisters would have been as
glad to see her married as Bhe would
have been to have been married. But,
for wine unaccountable reason, the
" coming man " had never got along.
She began to think he was remarkably
slow in fact, considerably behind time.
On this morning, as I have said at the
commencement of my story, they were
seated in their li .tie front parlor Miss
Parthenia very prim and erect, Miss
Charlena engaged in manufacturing
wonderful worsted articles, and Try
phena absorbed in a book of poems.
" I should think they'd be along be
fore a great while," remarked Miss Par
thenia, looking out. "She said she'd
have to call quite early."
As you will see, th'-y were expecting
callers. Mrs.' Brown a friend living
next door had a visitor, a Mr. Job
Oreen, bachelor, rich, and wishiig he
could find a wife, but dreading terribly
to do anything about the matter of pet
ting one, from an unaccountable iear of
women in general. This item of knowl
edge had been imparted to the sisters on
the day previous, with ..the additional
fact that she Mrs. Brown intenned to
" bring Mr. Oreen over in the morning,"
to make hiui acquainted with them.
"I do really hope he'll take a liking
to you, Tryphena," said Mrs. Brown.
" He's rich, and you couldn't do better.
I told him about you, and I think he's
already interested, because ho said be
should like to get acquainted. I'll come
over real early in the morning. Now,
remember, Tryphena,' and put your best
foot forward." '
. Such was the stato of affairs on the
eventful morning. Miss Tryphena be
gan to think that perhaps the " coming
man " was at last about to arrive. At
least, the hoped so. Figuratively, she
bad her " best foot " all ready to " put
forward," when opportunity presented
itself for her to perform that ieat.
" If you should marry Mr. Green,"
remarked Charlena, " I hope you'll take
more comfort than most married people
do. I should feel that I w.s running a
great risk if I was in your place."
" But you ain't, you know," rei pondwl
MIks Tryphena.
"They're coming." said Miss Par
theiiia, who had been keeping watch of
the street.
"Dar. dear! how my heart beats,"
cried Miss Tryphena, in a flutter of ex
citement. "Is my bow on straight,
Charlena ?"
Mi Charlena answered, after proper
investigation, .that the "bow", was all
right. Immediately after, the bell
rang.
Miss Parthenia admitted the visitors.
and was introduced to Mr. Green in the
hall. She felt, like taking him by the
hand, and calling him a "man and a
brother." If he should become her
br itlier-in-law, it would not be quite bo
hard work to make the Smith income
and expenses correspond.
" Come right into the parlor, Mr.
Green," said Miss Parthenia, leading the
way. " Mr.. Green, this is my sister
Uharlena. And this is my Bister Try
phen. Mr. Green," with a flonri-m of
her long hands, as though she were pro
nouncing a motherly benediction upon
their future happiness.
Mr. Green bowed, as did " sister Try
phena." He was a short, red-faced man,
evidently very bashful, tor ho looked di
rectly at the picture of " Mary Jane,"
on tho wall, as he was introduced to
Miss Tryphena, and wiped his face with
a red bandanna when the ceremony wus
over, an I gave a sigh of relief as he sat
down.
" A beautiful morning,'' remarked
Miss Tryphena, sweetly. " I had to
watch the sky all the tinio I was eating
breakfast, it was so bright.
" Yes, yes," stammered Mr. Green;
" it was awful bright."
Miss Parthenia and her sister directed
their attention quite exclusively to Mrs.
Brown, and Mr. Green and Miss Try
phena were thus left to each olher.
Miss Tryphena had to do most of the
talking, for Mr. Green couldn't seem to
think of anything to say except " Yes,"
ami " Just so."
"Oh, you ought to see my paintings 1"
exclaimed Miss Tryphena, by-and-by.
" They're in the sitting-room. Would
you like to seo them, Mr. Green f"
" Yes. I ukauld like to see them," re
plied Mr. Green. " I'm fond of pic
ters." " I keep them in tho sitting-room, be
causo they have a better light there,"
exclaimed Miss Tryphena, as she led the
way to that apartment. " Here's one I
finished last week. How do you like it 'i
I call it " The Lovers."
" It is purty," said Mr. Green, ad
miringly. " Is she sick '(" he inquired,
indicating the damsel in the picture,
who was leaning upon her lover.
" Land, no 1" said Miss Tryphena, with
a giggle. " Shb's his promised bride,
you know, and he's telling her that he
loves bur."
"Oh IV said Mr. Green, feeling rather
uncomfortable over his mistake ; " I see !
I see I"
" And heve's ' The Deserted Maiden."
You see, her lover left her, and she's all
broke down about it. That's his like
ness she's looking at."
" Sho ! said Mr. Green. " I want to
know! Poor thing ! poor thing !"
hen Mr. ureen brought his call to
an end, he left with a decided feeling of
admiration for Miss Tryphena in his
bosom, also with very cordial invitations
to be Bure and call again, and to make
himself perfectly at homo.
" let-, do call again, Mr. tmen, 6aid
Miss Tryphena. " I have enjoyed your
society very much this morning. I don't
very often like people when I first get
acquainted with them, but 1 do like
you ! Oh !" with a little shriek
'what have I saidf forget it, Mr.
Green do forget it! I am to impul
sive '" And the lady blushed as much
as sho possibly could, though that was
not much to speak of.
" I don t want to torget it, f aid Mr.
Green, putting Miss Tryphena's blushes
completely in the shado. " I'm I'm
glad ot it ;
L uis etlort to be complimentary and
gallant frightened Mr. Green terribly,
tor he broke out in profuse perspiration
immediately af ter making the attempt
his first one and had resource to his red
bandanna.
Mr. Green did call again, no called
quite often. Miss Tryphena began to
be sure that the coming man had " hove
in sight," if I may be permitted to use
a nautical expression, aud congratulated
herself accordingly.
lier sisters congratulated her on the
impression she was making on Mr.
Green, and it was not without some
foundation for the belief, on Mr. Green's
part, that they came to the conclusion
that Tryphena was " as good as mar
ried." AVheu a man of his age calls
regularly on a woman, and begins to
try'his hand at making pretty speeches,
and brings little nosegays, no matter if
they are made up ot marigolds and
dahlias.it looks sua-iciuus, doesn't it 'r
think it does, and so did the Misses
Smith.
" 1 hone. ou'll never have cause to re
pent the step you are taking," remarked
Miss Charlena, regularly once a day, as
events went on. " But I tear I tear I
" Do shut up !" Miss Parthenia would
respond. And considering that she was
" the mother of the family," with due
obedieuce Miss Charlena would comply
wuu me puute request, suu buui ujj,
though not without many ominous
shakes of her head and foreboding
sighs.
" VY hat s the use of trying to dis
courage her'f" said Miss Parthenia.
She s old enough to know what she
about" (which assertion was trueonough).
" I have no doubt I should have done as
she is about to, if it bad not been for
beiug a mother to you. I have tried to
do my duty to you, and the fact that I
have done that duty to the best of my
ability must be my reward."
" 1 presume the d like the chance, said
Miss Tryphena, referring to Charlena,
loftily and coldly. She doesn't make
any allowance for the yearning of two
hearts that that two heart like Mr.
Green's and luiue."
Mr. Green prolonged his visit to tho
Browns longer than he had intended to.
He had almost made up his mind to ask
Miss Tryphena to be Mrs. Green, but
kept puttiug off tho moment when he
must offer his heart aud hand to that
expectant damsel as long as possible. It
frightened hiui tie think of it. More
than once he had to use his red bandanna
at the baro idea.
One evening the Misses Smith retired
to their respective couches, not dream
ing of the adventure that awaited them.
About eleven, or it might have been
near to twelve, a terrible racket down
stairs woke all three of the Misses Smith.
It seemed as if all the crockery in. the
pantry was tumbling down.
" Charlena !" said Miss Parthenia, in
a shrill whisper, " are you awake V"
" Yes," whispered Miss Charlena.
" What is it, Parthenia '("
" 1 don't know," answered Miss Par
thenia. " I'm atraid it's a burglar. I'm
going down to eee."
"Oh, don't!" cried Miss Tryphena.
" I wouldn't stay here alone for the
world I What if he should come here
while you Hre gone?"
" Get up and come along, then," said
Miss Panhenia. " I'm uot going to lay
here and let him steal grandfather's sil
ver spoons, and the forks, and the but-ter-knite,
if I know myself."
And up Miss Parthenia got, and put
on a wrapper, and her sisters followed
suit, trembling and pale.
Meanwhile, the racket down stairs
had somewhat abated.
" Are you ready 'r" said Miss Par
thenia. " Gome on, then !" and the three
women tiptoed down stairs Miss Char
lena aud Tryphena, clos behind their
more heroic sister, hardly daring to take
a long breath, for fear the burglar would
hear them.
" Here's tracks," announced Miss Par
thenia, as they reached the hall; " great
horrid muddy tracks, going right toward
the pantry. He's in there, as sure as
you live ! If I could only get the door
shut, we'd have him safe."
" Don't !" whispered Miss Charlena.
".We'll all bo murdered if you try to
do it !"
"Keep still!" commanded Miss Par
thenia. "Hark! I hear him stirring!
He's coming out ! And see ! He's going
into the iron closet, and we've got him !"
the latter part of which information wus
delivered in a shriek liko a war-whoop,
as Miss Parthenia darted forward and
banged to the closet-door, and snapped
its bolt into place. " There, Mr. Burg
lar, you're where you 11 keep out of mis
chief a spell ! Ain't you ashamed of
yourself trying to rob three unprotect
ed women "r"
" I hain't tried to rob nobody,"
answered a voice from inside tue iron
closet. " It's all a mistake I"
" Of course," si.id Miss Parthenia.
" Charlena, you run for Mr. Brown, and
we'll have him took care of."
" Mr. Brown ain't to home," said Miss
Charlena. " And, Parthenia," very sol
emnly, " I wouldn't dare to go there, if
he was, and yarn know it, in the dead of
night ! I wouldu't step out doors for
anything!"
" Holler, then 1" said Miss Parthenia.
" Keep still in there, or I'll shoot you !"
to the man inside the closet, who was
pounding on the door.
"Oh !" shrieked Miss Charlena, "he'll
burst out, and kill us dead ! I know he
will ! Oh, dear !" and she wilted away
on the lower step of thai stairs, and be
came a perfect picture of helplessness.
" You run to the window and holler,
Tryphena !" commanded Miss Parthenia
"I hope you ain't such a fool as Char
lena is! Oh, there's Mr. Green. We
never thought of him ! Holler to him,
Tryphena !"
"Do listen to common sense, if you
can !'' came faintly through a crack in
the door. Whoever was in there had
been trying to make himself heard, but
in vain. " I'm Mr. Green ! I have
made a mistake and got into the wrong
house !"
"Mr. Green!" exclaimed Miss Par
thenia. Do you hear that, Tryphena P
Listen, and see if you call that Mr.
Green's voice and you should know, if
anybody !"
" No, that's not Mr. Green's voice !"
said Miss Tryphena, without any hesi
tation. " It's too gruin for him After
what has passed between us, I could
never be mistaken !"
" But I tell you it is Mr. Green !"
came rom the closet. " I've got cold,
and that makes my voice sound odd !
Let me out, for goodness' sake, and
don't make a row and raise the neigh
bors !"
. " Won't you hurt us if we let you out '
and will you give us back the spoons
and the butter-knife '(" asked Miss Char
lena, feebly.
" I hain't got any spoons, and I don't
know anything about your butter-
knife !" responded the prisoner. " I'll
buy a butter-knife for each one of you,
if you'll let me out, though !"
" Perhaps we had .better trust him !
suggested Miss Charlena.
"I hain't no notion of letting him
out!' said Miss Parthenia. "Are you
going to holler, Tryphena. or not'f"
Miss Tryuhena replied that she " was
goiugto holler," and, accordingly, threw
up the window, and thrust out her head,
shrieking :
"Thieves! Murder! Help!"
The sound of her shrill voice pene
trated the still air like a knife; She
heard windows thrown up in two or
three houses opposite, and renewed her
cries for assistance, until she was certain
somebody must hear where they came
from, and hasten to deliver them from
their awful situation.
The sounds at this junoture from in
side the closet bore a striking rest in
blanco to rather forcible language.
" Swear away, you wretch I" said Miss
Parthenia. " It won't do you a bit of
good 1 I hear some one coming now !
We'll soon have you out of that I" And
directly two men made their appearanoe
on the scene.
"Oh, Mr. Jenkins!" said Miss Try-
Ehena to the first one, ' we've got the
orridest burglar in there ! And he says
he's Mr. Green! I'm so glad you've
come I If Mr. Green was here, I ahoul3
feel safe, perfectly sate though, ot
course, you'll do as much (is he would it
he was here J but he seems more l;ke n
like a brother, you know, as is nat
urnl, considering what relation he will
assumo to the family so soon," she ex
plained, thus showing that she had re
doubt as to what the result of Mr.
Green's attention would be, though I
cenfess that such confidences seem tome
to have been a- trifle out of place just
hero.
However, as ,. lover was something
now to the damsel, it is not to be won
dered at that she should improve every
opportunity to make people aware f the
fact that the " coming man," had ar
rived. " Have you got a club '(" said Mr. Jen
kins, preparing for action.
" Here's the poker I" cried Miss Par
thenia. " Capital ! You take the coal-hod in
the corner there, Jones, and we'll have
the burglar out of his nest in no time !
Get a rope, Miss Smith. We shall have
to tie him."
Miss Parthenia brought a piece oi
broken bed-cord. '
" Now," said Mr. Jenkins, " I'll open
the door, and you be ready to help, Mr.
Jones, if he should attempt to escape!"
Accordingly, Mr. Jones took up hi.,
position near the door, with the coal
hod elevated threateninely.
" All ready," said Mr. Jenkins, ant)
slipped tho bolt. "Now, sir, corns out.
of that."
" Yes, come out right away !" sah
Miss Parthenia, " or it'll bo the worst;
for you."
" I'd a-como out a long time ago, il
you'd a-let me I" said the person inside
the closet, beginning to move, anil
making a terrible racket among the potr
and kettles. " Women is such foolf, awl
they won't never, be anything else.
Hang mo if I ever havo anything more
to do with 'em as long as I live '" And
who should step out of tho closet but
Mr. Job Green himself, covered with
soot and dust !
"Oh, Job'." cried Vliss Trypbeno,
making a rush toward him; "was it
really yo ? I'm so sorry. Why cidn't
you let us know '("
"Didn't I try my best to'f" inquired
Mr. Green, evidently highly disgusted
with the adventure. "Bat a person
might as well talk to the winds as to a
passel o' women when' they're bound to
make fools of themselves ! They'll do it
in spite of everything ! I made a mis
take, and thought this was Brown's
house they look so confoundedly alike!
A purty muss you've made wf it, a-rais-imr
the neighbors to take me for a
burglV !"
' Jenkins and Jones laughed till tonrs
ran flown their faces. "
Miss Parthenia looked mortified and
mad.
Miss Charlena didn't look anything
in particular.
Miss Tryphena looked lovingly at
Mr. Green j but Mr. Green made for the
door.
" You're not angry, Mr. Green '" in
quired Miss Tryphena.
"Yes I be 1" said Mr. Green. "To
think I made such a fool of myself ! I'm
glad I didn't mako a bigger one ! Catch
me having anything to do with women
again " and he succeeded including Mis?
Tryphena's grasp, and was off like a
rocket before she hardly comprehended
what ho was about.
"There!" exclaimed Miss Charlena,
from her position on the stairs, " you've
lost hin. See what a temper the
wretch had ! I was sure you never
could be happy with him I I told you
so ! Tryphena, I told you so !"
" buut up won t you t said Mist
Parthenia, sternly. " And bring me tho
camphor she's gqing to faint !"
And Miss lryphena did taint: but
even that failed to bring back the lost
Mr. Green. She never saw his face
again. Jiy daylight lie was steaming
out of Bayfield, and has fought shy of
women ever since.
Miss Tryphena is still young still ot.
the look-out for a husband. She often
gYows pathetic over the loss of her only
lover ; but that don t help the matter
any. L m atraid her tombstone will
have the name of Miss Tryphena Smith
on it when she dies,' though, if she
should live a hundred years, she will
want it marked, " Aged 2a.
All the blame of the adventure, which
scared the long " coming man " away
after he had made his appearance upon
the field of action, fell upon Miss Par
thenia, who bore it like a Trojan, re
marking that "she had tried to do her
duty and be a mother to them." But
Miss Tryphena was, and is, of the
opinion that she shoulal prefer a hus
band s care to a mother s : but I tear
she'll never get beyond the opinion.
What is Insanity ? At a murder
trial in Memphis, wherein an attempt
to establish insanity was made on the
part ot the defense, Dr. J. K. Allen was
culled as an expert, and testified thus
briefly and rationally : " I have" been a
practicing jjjiysician for nearly thirty
years ; I have had some experience in
cases of insanity, having been for 'ten
years medical superintendent of the
Kentucky Lunatio Asylum, and during
that time had over 2,000 crazy people
under my charge; I have heard the
hypothetical case read by Mr. Phelan ;
I .a in here as an expert, and before an
swering the question would like to. say
that the more I studied the question of
insanity the less I understood it ; and, if
you ask me where it begins and where
it ends, neither I nor any physician in
the world could tell you ; in fact, on oc
casions like this, lawyers, make fools of
themselves in trying to make asses of
doctors." The frankest professional
testimony ever given in court.
The last surviving Revolutionary
soldier has come to the surface again,
this time in Tennessee. Hi is 1 18 years
of age, and came to Nashville recently,
accompanied by, his four children, the
youngest being 75. He came after pen
sion money which had been accumula
ting for a long time, and he has now a
nice little sum to begin Lite with.
The Coal Famine lu England. .
A recant letter from London snya;
England has temporarily lost hor inter
est in everything exoept the price of
coi 1. This commonplaoe question has
suildenly jumped into tho first rank of
knotty problems, and the politioal econ
omists of the country are vainly trying
to solve it. Politicians are trying to
provo to themselves and their constitu
ent that the advance in coal of eighty
per cent. from twenty shillings per ton
to thirty-six arises from " strikes " and
otiter disorders in the labor market, and
is at best but ephemeral and transitory.
E en the Queen, in her speech closing
th i session of parliament, takes this
rot e-colcTcd view trf the matter. States
men, however, recognise tho facts that
England's coal is exhaustible, despite
tho report to the contrary of eminent
geologists a year or two ago ; that tho
be t mines, if not prospectively exhaust
ed, are so nearly so that the cost of pro
duction must be greatly enhanced some
time or other in the near future, and
that veins of inferior cool, heretofore
ne jlected, must be worked at once on
th'i score of economy.
Coal underlies England in more
senses than one, Her industries, direct
ly or indirectly, depend altogether upon
th'i price and supply of coal. All Eng
land feels that unless something is done,
and done at once, the greut monufac
tu ing interests of the country will not
nu rely suffer, but will be hopelessly de
sti:yec!, and England lose her proud
title of the workshop of the world.
So ne people are even beginning to cal
culate what population the British Isles
will be able to sustain in case the coal
famine and the manufacturing stagna
tion consequent thereon continue.
Meantime the cost of anything and
ev . ry thing, having the slightest connec
ts n with coal is s.nsibly increasing.
The fares by the " penny steamers " is
nor two pence a small matter, one
might say without reflection ; but it is
a I undred per cent, increase ; and if wo
ari compelled to stand that all around,
th:' cuso assumes gigantic proportions at
on :e. All the printed "shillings" in
th ' retaurants' bills of fare have had
"Id." or "2d." or "3d." neatly added
wijh a pen, because it takes coal to cook
chops and steaks. Bailvy fares and
tai ill's have foil wed suit, lialher, they
lec , and the others followed suit, and
English Railway fares were higher than
they were anywhere else in the world
beforo.
Those remarkablo specimens of busi
ness enterprise and rapid growth, which
find no parallel outside of the United
States, and which the average English
man is forced to pit against New York
and Chicago Barrow-in-Furness and
Staleybridge have received a harder
blow than Chicago did latt year, and
one which will apparently last longer.
Birmingham and Manchester are to-day
selling goods at a less price than it costs
to produce them, in the hope of seeing
their way clear soon. Many smelting
establishments have stopped, either part
ly or altogether, and auy iron manufac
turer knows how serious a thing it is to
" cool a furnace."
That wealthy corporation, the Lanca
shire and Y'orkshiro Kail way Company,
whose line connects Liverpool with
Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford,
&c, toe-k Time by the forelock weeks
ago, aud began the importation of an
inferior but cheap coal from Belgium.
The fiat has gone forth. Coals are car
ried to Newcastle a fact eo unexpected
and startling that we may now look for
all tho other old-time typical impossi
bilities briuks without straw, purses of
sows' ears and wh.stles of their tails.
Other corporations and firms have
emulated their example. The general
impression is that these ills are incura
ble that we have seen the last of cheap
ee 1. Notwithstanding the history of
Ei gland affords almost an exact paral
lel to this coal famine a hundred years
or so ago, far-seeing men point to cir
cumstances now that had no existence
th"n. England has never been so be
t humped with strikers as she has been
this year. But every strike has failed
except that of the coal and iron men.
They have had everything as they would
have it, and what is tho result '( Per
haps it will not be too much to say that
one result is that America will have an
immense increase in her immigration of
British operatives within a year.
A Nution of Liars.
Tho island of Ceylo i-r'very beautiful,
the scenery lovely, and the soil produc
tive in spices and many kinds of fruits ;
indeed, it is said that it alone might
produce suiEciemt coffte for the con
sumption of the entire world. The na
tives, however, are far from pleasing ;
they are generally of short stature, very
effeminate-looking, apathetic, and such
liars, that it is impossible to depend
upon their word. If they may but re
pose for hour after hour under a tree,
with a piece of bread fruit beside them,
they seem to care for little else. The
men wear their hair turned up behind
with a comb, the height of the comb
denoting the rank ot the wearer. This,
and the small features, gives them al
together such an effeminate appearance,
that it is difficult for an European to
distinguish them from the females.
A visitor lately entered one of tho
schools, and seeing a row of boys sitting
with their backs towards him, and each
with a comb in his head, unconsciously
asked if boys and girls were educated
together. One of the natives of high
rank was lately called to give evidence
at a trial, and swore such complete false
hoods that he was imprisoned for per
jury. He applied to the English gov
ernor, and, with surprise, asked why he
should be punished for what his people
did.
" My father," he said, " was a liar,
aud my grandfather was a liar, and my
great-grandfather was a liar, .and we
are all liars. It is the custom of my
country. Why should I be punished 'f"
A Japanese scholar in one of the New
Haven schools, having been insulted by
a schoolmate, recently, sent a note to
one of the instructors, requesting per
mission to kill the offender.
Mormon Iinm jrrants Their Peculiar
Ecllff ous Views.
Tho Mormons who arrived in tho
steamship Minnesota number GOO, and
include English, Swedes, Danes, some
Germans, a few Irish and Sootch, and an
occasional Frenchman. They have much
the same appearance es ordinary emi
grants; are poorly dressed, and have
little property. A few days' notice was
given in England that a company of
Mormons would sail, which accounts for
the unusually large number on board
the Minnesota, which left Liverpool
Sept. 4. All of them depart for Utah
immediately. They express much im
patience to reach that promised land,
and to be about their father's business.
An intelligent looking man told a re
porter that he had been for moro than
30 years a believer in the faith ; ho con
scientiously believed it to be tho work
of God. The Mormons were strangely
misrepresented every day; were Mor
monism all that it is often represented
to be, the speaker would leave it in a
moment, but its enemies were very bit
ter against it. The Mormons were quite
numerous in the Ojd World, but widely
scattered. They believed that America
was the destined country given to their
forefathers, and that there the snints
were to be delivered in the last days
from the plagues and pestilence let loose
on the nations, as all the prophets had
foretold. They believed that Ohrist
would come before the present genera
tion had passed away. This must be
the case, continued the emigrant, if the
Scriptures could be depended upon, for
it had been said that the generation
which witnessed the Jews gathering to
tho Holy Land should not pass away
till the Savior had appeared, and the
Jews were now flocking there in great
numbers. Jerusalem must bo built iip
on its old ruins, and in the same way
would Zion be built upon this continent
in Utah. The speaker believed that
Joseph Smith was a great apostle, and
had revelations and visits from angels.
His puople held to the apostolio Gospel.
Faith, repentance, baptism, and the lay
ing on of Lmndsfor the gift of the Holy
Ghost, were tho foundation principles of
their religion. Polygamy he believed
to bo instituted und approved by the
Creator. It was sanctioned and prac
ticed by the patriarchs. Although it
was not sanctioned by the JSew testa
ment, yet a recent revelation to Joseph
emith had shown conclusively that it
had the Divine sanction at the present
day. Polygamy, however, could only
be practiced in one place: that was
Utah; elsewhere.it was a sin. The
elders, he said, went about preaching
without purse or scrip. They never had
a salary, but trusted that God would
raise up friends to teed and clothe them.
Another ot the new arrivals said al
though he liked the religion and could
conscientiously perform his religious
duties, he would not persuade any one
else to attempt it. He thought it tho
ouly tr jo religion, and it was gaining
ground rapidly. Still another thought
polygamy " an integral part of tl'e sal
vation ot the human lamim Uhrist
would soon appear, but first there was a
great work to be done. The persecution
und abuse which Morinonisui received
helped far more than it hindered the
cause. Lrolygamy, a part and parcel ot
the religion, was thoroughly believed in
by young and old, rich aud poor, man
and woman. Another founded his be
lief in tho justice and right of polygamy
on the fact that the proportion ot women
to men in the world was as five to one,
a statement which he actually believed.
He thought Joseph Smith oue of the
greatest men that ever lived, and that
Smith's mantle had fallen on Brigham
Y'oung.
Tite Great Suspension Bridge Between
New York and lJrooklj n.
Work on the East River bridge is pro
gressing rapidly. The caisson on the
New York Bide is now completed, aud
tho superstructure or tower has reached
the hight of twenty-four feet above high
water, eight hundred cubio yards of ma
sonry being laid every week. There are
about fiity men employed on the struc
ture, and they are under tho personal
supervision of four engineers, headed by
'Joloncl Ltoebling. Mr. Martin, one ot
his assistants, has the present control of
the work. Everything possible is done
by steam. The stone conies from Maine,
and is stored at Red Hook, Long Island,
immediately opposite Governor's Island.
A scow plies between the structure ana
the island every day. From the scow,
the stone is lifted by steam to the dock,
where, at a certain point, two tracks
come together. Tho stone is placed on
two cars and conveyed to the structure,
to the top of which it is raised ann
placed in its proper position by meads
of steam derricks. Then the spaces are
filled up with concrete composed of ce
ment, saud, and gravel. Even this is
mixed by machinery. A revolving shaft
is used to perform this operation, which
is found to be much more thorough and
economical than it could possibly be
if done by hand.
After this structure is completed, the
next step will probably be the building
of anchorages on the New York and
Brooklyn sides. These will each be 800
feet inland from the towers, the New
York one at the corner of Water and
Dover streets, and the Brooklyn anchor
age at the corner' of James and Mercein
streets.
Thk Hop Chop. The tetal yield ef
the new hop crop in the United States
is now estimated at 14,000,000 pounds,
or about 70,000 bales. The yield in Wis
consin is twice what it was last season.
The total supply in this country is less
thau it was last year, and as the demand
from manufacturers will be greater than
ever before, the brewing business con
stantly. increasing, foreign hops will be
needed, but at what price remains to be
determined.
It is said that the only way to get
pure Port wine is to go to Oporto, raise
the grapes, press the wii.e, put it into
the cask yourself, and ride on it all the
way home,
Jfacts and Figures
California wheat growers will this
year realize nu oggregato proflfc of
520,000,000.
A young Connecticut lady waa lately
taken back when her swain got upon hi
knees before her and read a declaration
of love which he had nicely written off.
The hospitality of Peoria in entor
taining a religious convention was re
vengod by the offering of special payors
" for this place, abounding in wickedness
and infidelity."
There are on'y about a half-a-dozen
pin factories in the country, but they
succeed in -making over two million
packages a year. One Boston factory
produces eight tons of pins per week.
Georgia has a hale and hearty citizen
who has been struck by 02 minio balls,
one mortar shell, one shrapnel, one three
inch conical, struck by lightning, bitten
by a rattlesnuke and chased by a mad
dog.
A very modest young lady, who was a
passenger on board a packet ship, it i
said, sprang out of her berth and jumped
overboard, on hearing the captain, dur
ing a storm, order the mate to haul down
the sheets.
A company sinking an oil well near
Pittsburgh, Pa., after penetrating to tho
depth of eight hundred feet, struck a
vein of hard coal. Going through this,
they struck a vein of genuine brimstono,
and for prudential reasons stopped bor
ing. An Indiana paper describes tho feast
of a legislative delegation at a railroad
dinner. The reporter is a little reckless
in his language, but ho narrates the facts
in the case very pointedly : " Tho dele
gation set at two r. M. They upset at
live."
The famoas gem-mining projectors of
California and Arizona, it is thought,
have claimed rather too much, inas
much as diamonds, rubies and sapphires
have never yet been found in the same
earth, any more than pineapples and
russet apples in the same gardens.
A Western exchango proposes that tho
seats in tho churches be arranged on
pivots, so that the devotional portion of
the congregation, who enter the church
at a reasonable hour, may conveniently
turn around to examine the elaborate
toilets and decorations of the new com
ers Lemuel Scores, of Terre Haute, Ind.
who had courted a lady with considera
ble pecuniary loss to himself, found, in
going to fulfill the marriage contract,
that she had eloped with another man.
He is Bilcntly waiting for them, vowing
they shall pay " old Scores " on their
return.
An old carpenter who has been em
ployed at job work by an old lady, was
asked why people of his trade always,
charged more in proportion for coffins
than they did for chairs aud tables.
"Well, you see, ma'am, it's just because
people won't bring Collins back to us to
bo repaired."
The great primeval northern forest of
Maine contains about 20,000 square
miles of the 30,000 which composes tho
wnole area ot the otato. There are about
1,800 lakes in the State, covering nearly
3,000 square miles. The estimate of the
total water power is equal to the com
bined woAing of 34,000,000 men, all.the
year round, night and day.
A singular accident occurred recently
upon the White Mountain Notch Road,
N. H. A stage-coach on its wav from
Ammonoosuo station to Crawford House
was struck by lightning during a storm.
the horses thrown down but not killed,
and two passengers sitting on the top
of the vehicle were somewhat injured.
Their clothes were scorched, their gold
watches ana watch-chains melted in
their pockets, and one of the men was
burned upon the breast, the lightning
also completely eiftircling his body.
The crops in Western Europe this
year have turned out very favorably.
Franco, Germany, Belgium, and Switzer
land have been favored with an abund
ant harvest, and the little land culti
vated in Spain has yielded well. Italy
forms an exception, and advices from
(Jenoa are to the effect that in two-thirds
of th country such a bad crop has never
been seen since 1853. In Hungary, the
Danubian Principalities, aud Russia, the
results are generally unfavorable, and
the exportations from Turkey are ex
pected to be smaller than usual.
Rev. Geo. Rodgers, a leading Inde
pendent or Congregational minister of
Dorsetshire, bouth of England, accom
panied by a number of tenant-farmers,
has recently made a tour of inspection
through Minnesota for the purpose ot
selecting lar.ds for a colony of 2,000
persons well-to-do farmers, possessing
a capital of from 2,000 to $10,000 each.
and who are among tho most successful
agriculturists in the world. The dele
gation selected eight townships in Clay
county, Minnesota, on the line of the
Northern Pacific Railway. A railroad
town, to be namod Yeovil (in honor of
the district from which many of the
colonists came), has been set apart near
the centre of their t-act. Two hundred
families will leave England in April for
tuis coiony, ana the remainder, with
their pastor, will follow during the
season.
The San Franeiaro nnnnna tntst f Vinf.
the vintage of 1871 is the best ever pro
duced by the State, and that the one of
the present year will probably excel
even that. The current prices for last
year's growth, in cajk, are given as fol-
1 . T : r ;
lows . uiy wiue iroiu illusion grapes,
40 to 50 rents: rlrv wina from tha Una
varieties of foreign grapes, S3 to 85
. . .1 U.....1 0S a- ut i . itr
ecu i.o , ury Ju-uavab, uj vo OJ ecu us ; illlh-
sion Port, 73 cents to $1 ; sweet wine
from Muscat, Tokay, and other choice
varieties, f 1 to 11.60; native wines, two
years' old or older, are held at SO to 63
cents, dry Mission ; 63 cents to for
dry foreign ; sweet foreign, $1.23 t? $2.
The Win Urmoa,$ Circular regrets the
shipment of wines lees than a year old,
and advises producers to hold them a
few months longer, aa the added flavor
t age would warrant a higher price.