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ELK COUNTY TUE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
VOL II.
RIDGWAY, PA,. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1872.
NO. 33.
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FLOWERS.
DT MRS. t. I. OWE.
Tlio lovely blossoms springing up
In foroit and in mead,
A lesson of oontcntnent teach,
If we bnt rightly read.
Koch little bnd, each humble grim,
Ik suited with lie place,
Kor ever wilhes it had run
A more ambitious race.
Trro tint violet that (trows
Within the shaded doll,
Is ratified its quiet lot
Hath been apoointcd wH.
The modest da'sy lilts its faco
On yonder sunny hill,
And envies not the flow'ret fair
That nods beMde the nil.
A slender flower of beauty rare.
A lily of the Tale,
A portion of its fragrance plves
To oyory pasctnR Kale.
By scanning thus, with truthful eye.
Each lesson of the flld,
Not one we find will ever fall
. A noble thought to yield.
Not one but doth some precept loach,
To help us on our way.
And guide us upward to the l!j,ht.
Where shines unending day.
IHE STORY-TELLER.
THE SAYINGS BASK.
A TALE OF HARD TIMES.
Charles Ly nford was a youn g uiech an-
ic in good business. At the age of 26 he
had taken to himself a wife, Caroline
C.U8U8, tne daughter of a neighbor, who
had nothing to bring him but her own
personal merits, which were many, and
habits of thrift, learned in an economi
cal household, under tho stern teachings
It is well, perhaps, that Charles Lyn
ford should obtain a wife of this charac
ter. since he himself found it hard to
save anything trom his income.
It was not long before Caroline be
came acquainted with her husband's
railing, (she dl not feel quite easy in
tne knowledge tkat they were living
fully up to their income, foreseeing that
a time would come when their family
vuuiu Kiow innro expensive. Iinrl Tier.
haps her husband's business, now in so
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nourishing a condition, might be less
so.
Accordingly one day she purchased of
nu peuuier, wno camo to the door, a
little tin, sate, such as children frequent-
usb iur a savings Dank. 'J-his shi
placed conspicuously on the mantel
piece, so that her husband might be sure
to see it on entering.
" Hello, Carrie, what's. that?" he asked
curiously.
" Only a little purchase I made to
day, said his wife.
" But what is it meant for?" he asked
again.
" Let me illustrate," said his wife,
playfully. ' Have you iv ten-cent piece
witn you.
Charles drew o dime from his waist
coat pocket. His wife, taking it from
his hand, dropped it into the box
through a slit in the top.
Charles laughed.
" So you have taken to hoarding, Car
rie? Has my little wife become f
miser ?"
" No, only a little prudent. But serf.
ously, Uharles, that is what 1 want you
to do every night.
"What! drop a dime into this new
fangled arrangement of yours ?"
" Exactly."
" Very well ; that will be easy enough.
A dime a day is not a great sum. But
may I know what you are going to do
with this newly-commenced hoard f
" Lay it up for a rainy day," Caroline
answered.
Charles laughed merrily.
" And what will a dime a day amount
to r he inquired.
"In a year it will amount" com
menced his wife seriously
" O, never mind spare ine the calcu
lation ! It sounds too much like busi
ness, and I get enough of that during
the day."
" But you do not object to my plan ?"
" Not in the least. I have no doubt
it is very commendable, but you know,
Carrie, I never was gifted with such
prudonce."
This ended the conversation for the
time.
-The plan inaugurated by the young
wife wus steadily carried eut. She was
not one of those (of whom there are so
many) who enter upon a new plan zeal
ously, but soon tire of it. In the pres
ent case she was thoroughly satisfied of
the wisdom of her purpose, and resolved
to carry it through.
Every morning she called upon her
husband for a dimo, which was forth
with added to the accumulation.
Frequently he had not the exact
change, but would toss her twenty-five
cents instead. She would assure him
laughingly that this would answer her
purpose equally as well.
More than once Charlie would banter
her on the subject of her little savings
bank, which she bore gaily. But these
were not the only accessions the fund
received. Her husband had early ar
ranged to make ample allowance for
dress I say ample, though I dare say
some of my city readers might not have
considered it so ; but Caroline who was
in the habit of making her own dresses
provided herself with a good ward-'
robe at a much less expense than ouie
not so well versed in the science of man
aging could have done.
After considerable calculation she
came to the conclusion that out of her
daily allowance she should be able to
make a daily deposit equal to that
which she exacted from her husband.
Of this, however, she thought it best, on
the whole, not to inform Charles, enjoy
ing in anticipation the prospect of being
able, at some future time, to surprise
him with the unexpected amount of her
savings.
At the close of every month the tin
box wag emptied, and the contents were
transferred to a bank of more preten
sions, where interest was allowed. When
the sums deposited there became laree
euougn, jvirs. lyntord, who had consid-
erable business capacity, withdrew them
and invested in bank and other stocks,
wjich would yield a large percent. Of
her mode of management her husband
remained in complete ignorance. Nor
did he ever express any desire to be
made acquainted with his wife's man
agemcnt. He was an easy, careless fel-
low, spending as ho went, enjoying the
present, and not 1'weling any particular
concern about the future.
At the end of eight vears. durin
which ho had been unusually favored
py Health, his books showed that ho ha
not exceeded his income ; but that, on
the other hand, he had saved nothmtr.
Twenty-five cents alone stood to his
credit.
"Running pretty close. Carrie?" ho
said laughingly ; " I take credit to mv-
self of keeping on the right side of the
une. xjut then i suppose you have
suvea up an immense sum.
'How much do vou think?' asked
his wife.
" Oh, perhaps a hundred dollars." said
Charles Lyrford carelessly, " though it
wouiu take a good many dimes to do
that."
His wife smiled, but did not volun
teer to enlighten him as to the correct'
ness of his conjecture.
bo tilings went on till at lenarth camo
tho panic of 18.r7 a panic so recent
that it will be recollected by many reati
era of this sketch. It will be remem
bered how universally business and
trade of every kind were depressed at
tins period among others the trade
which occupied Charles Lynford suf
fered.
One evening ho came home, looking
quito serious an expression which sel
dom came over his cheerful face.
Caroline, who had watched the signs
of the times, wis not unprepared to see
this, blie had expected that her hus
band s business would be affected.
" hat is tho matter, Charles ?" she
asked, cheerfully.
" Ihe matter is, that we snail have to
economize greatly.'
" Anythine unfavorable turned un in
business matters '("
" I should think they had. I shall
have but half a day's work for some time
to come, and I am afraid that even this
before long. You have no idea,
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Carrie, how dull business of every kind
nas Decome.
" 1 think I hav-?," said his wife. Quiet
ly, "l have read the papers careiullv.
and have been looking out for something
01 this kind.
110 you think wo shall bo able to
econonuzo t asked her husband.
" I think we shall bo -able to do so.
Both of us are well supplied with cloth
ing, and shall not need any mora for a
year at least. That will cut en consid
erable expense ; then there are a great
many little superfluities you are kind
enough to bring home to me frequent
ly, which I can do very well without.
Then we can live more plainly have
less pies and cakes, and I have no doubt
it will be an improvement so far as
health is concerned."
"What a calculator you are, Carrie!"
said her husband, feeling considerably
easier in his mind. " I really think,
after all you have said, that it won't be
so hard to live on half our usual income
for the present at least. But," and
his countenance again changed, "sup
pose my work should entirely fail I
suppose you couldn't reduce our ex
penses to nothing at all, could you ?"
"That certainly surpasses my pow
ers, said his wile, smiling ; " but even
in that case there is no ground for dis
couragement. You have not forgotten
our savings bank, have you ?"
" hy no, 1 didn t think ot that,"
said her husband. " I suppose that
would keep off starvation for a few
weeks."
His wife smiled.
"And in those few weeks," she added,
business might revive."
" To be sure, added her husband.
" Well, I guess it'll bo all right I'll not
trouble myself about it any longer."
Ihe apprehensions to which Charles
Lynfoad had given expression proved to
be only too well founded. In less than
a month from tho date of the conversa
tion just recorded, the limited supply of
work which he had been able to secure
entirely failed, and he found himself
without work 01 any kind thrown back
upon his own resources.
Although he had inticipated this, it
seemed unexpected when it actually
came upon him, and he again returned
home, in a fit of disappointment. Ho
briefly explained to his wife the new
calamity which had come upon him.
" And the worst ot it is, there is no
hope of better timca until spring."
Do you think business will revive
then ?" asked his wife.
" It must by that time, but there are
five, or six months between. I don't
know how we are to live during that
time."
" I do," said his wife, quiotly.
You !" exclaimed her husband, in
surprise.
Yes; your income has never been
more than six or seven hundred dollars,
and I have no doubt we can live six
months on two hundred and fifty dol
lars." " Yes, certainly : but where is that
money to come from Y I don't want to
go 111 debt ; but it 1 did, 1 shouldn t
know where to borrow.
" Fortunately, there is no need of it,"
said Mrs. Lynford. " You seem to for
get our little savings bank."
11 ut is it possible it can amount to
two hundred and fifty dollars ?" he ex
claimed, in surprise.
" Yes, and six hundred more, replied
his wife.
Impossible I"
" Wait a minute, and I will prove it"
Caroline withdrew a moment, and
then reappeared with several certificates
of bank and railroad shares, amounting
to eight hundred dollars, and a bank
book in which the balance was deposited
to her credit.
" Are you quite sure yon haven't had
a legacy ?" demanded Charles in amaze
inent. "A dimo a day surely has not
produced tnisf
" No, but two dimes a day has, with a
little extra deposit now and then. I
think, Charles, we shall be able to ward
off starvation for a time."
Charles Lynford remained out of em
ployniont for some months, but in tho
spring business revived, as he had antic
ipated, and he was once more in receipt
of his old income.
More than two-thirds of the fund was
still left, and henceforth Charles was no
less assiduous than his wife in striving
to increase it.
The little tin savings bank still stands
on the mantelpiece, and never fails to
receive a daily deposit.
Tho IJcnrd Question.
We read in tho English papers that a
certain reverend gentloman haB set him
self to attack the modern practice of
Clergymen wearing the beard and mus
tache. His principal point against
these hirsute appendages is, that, "while
beard and mustache interfere with dis
tinct utterance, impeding clear and
effective speech, both together, or even
one or the other separately obstructs tho
play and expression of the mouth, and
thus hides and hinders the manifestation
of feeling."
Ihe position taken seems to us to be
a false one. The gentleman will find it
diflicult to prove that tho wearing of
the beard affects tho utterance or im
pedes the speech. On tho contrary, we
believe it to be demonstrable that tho
muscles of the throat are stronger where
they are protected by their natural cov
ering, and tho bronchial ortrans are less
liublo to disease. If such be the fact,
the voice, also, must necessarily bo
stronger, and more capable of tha varied
enects which, taken together, go to con
stitute successful oratoiy. As to wheth
er the beard obstructs tho plav of the
features or not, that is a mere matter of
individual opinion. To us,' it adds to,
rather than detracts from, the expression
of the mouth ; but, even if it were other
wise, it would be of less consequence
than the reverend gentleman ascribes to
it. The mouth is by no means ot the
supreme importance he seems to imag
ine. Cicero was better advised when he
declared that the eyes bear sovereign
sway in oratory. It is a question, too,
whether the loss of the grave and rever
end appearance imparted by a full
beard would be compensated by the
more perfect exhibition ef the muscles
of the mout,h, even if the latter were of
the imputed consequence. A worthy
clergyman of Queen Elizabeth's timn
pave as a.vnnorm fnr wgarjnp: ,rt verv lotto
beard "that no act of his hie misrhtba
unworthy of the gravity of his appcar
ance."' We commend this sentiment to
the consideration of the author of tho
new crusade against man's natural orna-
m ext. -1 ; jHeton s Journal.
Dressing for the Hair.
Tho frequent use of "oils," "bear's
grease, " arcutusme, "rosemary wash-
Ac, ivc, upon the hair, is a practice
not to be commended. All of these oils
and greasy pomades are manufactured
from lard oil and simple lard. No
bear's grease " is ever used. If it could
be procured readily, it should not be ap
plied to tho hair, as it is tho most rank
and filthy of all the animal fats. There
are many persons whoso hair is natur
ally very dry and crisp, and in mcst
families there is a want of some innocent
and agreeable wash or dressing which
may be used moderately aud judicious
ly. Tho mixture which may be regard
ed as the most agreeable, cleanly and
safe, is composed of cologne spirit and
pure castor oil. The following is a good
formula :
Pure fresh castor oil, 2 oz. ; cologne
spirit (95 per cent.), 10 oz. Tho oil is
freely dissolved in the spirit, and tho so
lution is clear and beautiful. It may
be perfumed in any way to suit the fan
cy of the purchaser.
A cheap and very good dressing is
made by dissolving four ounces of per
fectly pure dense glycerine in twelve
ounces ot rose water. Glycerine evap
orates only at high temperatures, aud
therefore under its influence the hair is
retained in a moist condition for a long
time.
As a class, the vegetable oils nre bet
ter for the hair than animal oils. They
do not become rancid and offensive so
rapidly, and they are subject to differ
ent and less objectionable chemical
changes. Olive oil and that derived
from the cocoanut have been largely em
ployed, but they are inferior in every
respect to that from the castor-bean.
The Wonders of Astronomy.
New, or temporary, stars only make
their advent at long intervals, suddenly
blazing forth in the sky with a brilliant
light exceeding that of the brightest
planets, being plainly discerned in the
presence ot the noonday sun, and, after
short career, disappearing almost as
suddenly as they camo. A remarkable
fact in their history is the rarity of their
occurrence. Only twenty-two such stars
ave been recorded in the last two 7
thousand years, counting from the
Chinese catalogue of Mantuanlin, which
goes back to 150 B. C. The present
century numbers but two ox its records,
those of 1818 and 1806., Not only do
new or temporary stars make thair ap
pearance from time to time, but stars
recorded on ancient catalogues have
disappeared, from the heavens in such
numbers as to form a family called lost
stars. Therefore, the class of temporary
stars may be much larger than is gener
ally supposed, as only the most re
splendent ones have attracted notice.
When the science of astronomy has
made further progress, it may be estab
lished that all temporary stars are vari
able ones whose changes extend orer so
vast a cycle that we are yet ignorant of
their true periods.
From New Zealand comes the intelli
gence 'that the administration of kero
sene has had a most decided effect in the
cure of chronio rheumatism.
A Long nnd Healthy Life.
Doctor Barnard Van Oven, a medical
writer of great talent, says :
" There can bo no doubt that health is
tho natural condition of man, and that
w9 ought to pass through lifo in a stato
of vigr, enjoying every day of our ex
istence. It is imperiously our duty to
study tho best means of promoting so
1 T 1 T 1' 1 1 . . .
""PPj n conumou. 11 wo i-uanK the
Great Creator of all for tho life He has
bestowed on us, we should endeavor to
retain His gift in the fullest perfection.
It would be well for mankind if tha
principles of physiology, and the laws of
hygiene as deduced therefrom, formed a
part of every course of education ; for
then men, being acquainted with the
groat causes of disease, and the best
means of preserving health, would so
conduct themselves as to secure the one
and avoid the other."
It will, porhnps, seem incredible to
many persons that health or length nf
nays should be at all under our own con
trol. Numbers of worthy people are so
disposed to look.upon everything that
happens as a dispensation of Providence,
that has to be submitted to whether or
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not, that they will hardly like to bo told
of laws which regulate health and life,
and by obedience to which the one inav
bo promoted and tho other lengthened.
There is, however, no reason to doubt
the fact : and every one may decide the
question for himself, by living strictly
111 accordance witn tnose laws, and
making tho satisfactory result.
Juan lives and grows by tho functions
of digestion, respiration, circulation, nnd
secretion. Tho food is converted into
blood, and becomes vitalized, and in this
state is propelled to every part of the
system, to nourish find renew, nnd to
remove such matters as. having Tir-
form'ed their functions, have become
effete, and would prove noxious if not
removed.
In infancy and childhood, the nutri
tive or building-up process is ceaseless
and rapid ; anything which tends to
check it, such as deficient supply or bad
quality of food, is not only to be care
fully avoided, but is highly blamablo.
Children require to be plentifully fed
with suitable food ; if the appetite be
cheated, there will be imperfect devel
opment, and disease, if not deformity,
through all after-life. When, howevt r,
all the organs aro fully developed, and
the body has attained "maturity, a dif
ferent relation of tho actios occurs. The
blood-vessels are only called upon to re
place what the absorbents remove, and
for a period the normal condition of the
frame may bo regarded as one approach
ing to a perfect equlibrium. During
nlmfr'ueHlHro Ab&fefflftr 8rlW
rorm, or vigor, except inasmuch as tho
continued exercise of some parts, or the
disuse of others, may occasion a greater
or less degree of development. Hence
it is that persons in middle life should
be caretul to control their appetite, and
rigidly refrain from eating too much.
Middle life is, however, tho period when
people are disposed to think that they
ought to indulgo in creature comforts,
their position in life is generally taken
by that time, and so a well-Bpread table
tempts them into the daily practice of
taking more than they want, and ill
health is the inevitable consequence.
At tho age ot titty there is usually an
increase in tho bulk of tho body, by da
posit of fat chiefly on tho trunk" ; but at
tho same time the face shrinks, the eye
lids become loose, tho crow's feet ap
pear, and hero and thero Time traces a
furrow on the countenance, which
henceforth ho will plow deeper and
deeper. Tho muscles, too, "fall away,
and tho skin becomes dry and harsh.
Except in rare cases, the hair turns gray
and loses its gloss, crixpness, and curl, or
becomes thin and falls off. As age ad
vances, so do these characteristics mark
themselves more Btrongly ; tho plasticity
which once gave freedom and ease to all
the movements of tho body aud limbs is
lost in a continually increasing rigidity
aud consolidation. The bulk diminishes,
in consequence of tho absorption of fat ;
the muscles become stringy and fibrour,
and often weak ; the voice fulls into a
piping treble ; the eyesight needs artifi
cial assistance, the hearing is blunted j
in short, all the senses lose more or less
of their delicacy with age.
There is something in this which makes
a long life appear undesirable ; yet we
have many proof's in ancient and mod
ern times that old age is not by any
means incompatible with cheerfulness
and a capacity for enjoyment.
Doctor V an Uven gives tables of 7,000
persons who lived ages from 100 to 185
years. A noteworthy instance of what
simple and regular living will effect is
afforded by Uornaro, the enetian, who
had almost killed himself by excesses at
the age of forty. He then became strict
ly attentive to his diet and course of life,
and lived sixty-four years longer to
the age of 104.
" How few really die of old age I" ob
serves Doctor Van Oven. " Parr's death
at 152 was premature, induced by a fool
ish change from the simple diet and
active habits of a peasant to the luxu
rious ease and exciting foods and drinks
of a country gentleman. Ilis body was
examined by the great Harvey, who
found all the organs in so sound a con
dition, that, but for intemperance and
inactivity, he would, in all probability,
have lived many years longer." An
English gentleman named Hastings,
who died in 1650, at the age of 100, rode
to the death of a stag at ninety. Thos.
Wood, a pariah clerk, lived to ICO, and
" could read to the last without spec
tacles, and only kept his bed one day."
J. Witten, a weaver, was " never sisk,
never used spectacles, hunted a year be
fore his death, and died suddenly," at
the age of 102. Francis Atkins " was
porter at the Palace Gate, Salisbury ; it
was his duty to wind up a clock which
was at the top of the palace : and he
performed this duty until within a year
of his death (at 102). He was remark
ably upright in his deportment, and
walked well to the last." Margaret
M'Dorval, a Scottish woman, who died
at 100, " married thirteen husbands, and
survived them all."
Cardinal de Salis, who died in Spain,
in 1785, at ths ago of 110, ussd to Ely
-.uyDeing 01a wuen 1 was young,
nnd myself young now I am old. I led
a sober, studious, but not lazy or eedon
iary me; my diet was ever sparing,
though delicate; my liquors tho best
wines of Xercs and La Maucha, of which
I never exceeded a pint at a menl.pxer.nt.
in cold weather, when. I allowed myself
a mira more ; 1 roae and walked every
day, except in rainy weather, when I
exercised for two hours. So far I took
care for the body ; and as to the mind,
I endeavored to preserve it in due temp
er by a scrupulous obedience to the di
vine commands, and keeping (as the
apostle directs) a conscience void of
otlense to Ood and man." J. Jacob, a
native of Switzerland, " wh&n 127 years
uiu, was sent as a deputy to tho Nation
al Assembly of France:" hn rliorl tVin
following year. Others might bo men
tioned, but wo have only room to add
that, within the past two centuries and
a half, ten well-certified cases of indi
viduals in England and Wales living to
""B'ug iiuuj iu iuu years, nave
occurred; and here, in modern times,
wo have repeated the length of divs
cuiumsuiy Doneved to belong exclusive
ly to tho patriarchal ages.
Doctor Van Oven points out the good
th at may be accomplished by a nroper
regimen iaitniuuy lollowed. This con
sists in certain general rules, which we
give in his own words :
1. Do not take food except when tho
appetito demands it; that is, do net re
cruit the Bystem but when the system
nas oecome exhausted.
J. Let the quantity of restorative
nourishment be proportioned to the
degree of exhaustion which previous la-
oors nave induced.
3. Select such food or foods, drink nr
drinks, as your own experience and tho
general usages of society nninr. nut.
best suited to your habits, and easiest of
digestion.
4. Let the food and drinks be varied
and mixed, and when in health do not
torment yourself by too close an atten
tion to any dietetic rule3.
0. Take vegetable infusions, as tea,
coffee, and fermented liquors, in moder
ation ; but avoid distilled spirits alto
gether, except under the guidance of the
physician.
6. Avoid active exertion or study im
mediately after taking food.
7. Let prudence govern the passions.
To which may be added, that it is es
sential to the health and strength of all
persons to have from six to eight hours
of sound sleep. A Bteady observance of
theso simple laws will insure the highest
health it is possible to attain.
A ifuutfcruus UNtior.
The City and Country, Nyack, N. Y.,
say3 : On Sunday morning of this week,
a hooded adder, of large size, was killed
near the well on the premises of Mr". E.
L. Wright, in this village. These ser
pents aro among the most poisonous of
all the reptiles, and are of the same fam
ily and almost identical with the Cobra
do Capello of India.
On the continent of America they aro
met with oh the dry and arid plains of
Texas and along the Mexican coast, but
are exceedingly rare this side of the
Mississippi river. After having been
wounded, this adder, finding that he
could not escape, reared his head about
a foot from the ground, inflated his hood
enormously, and then struck his fangs
into his own body three times in rapid
succession, and in less than five minutes
he, was perfectly dead and as rigid as a
stick. Miss Jhnnie Wright camo very
near treading on him, and ft was ex
ceedingly fortunate that ho did not
strike. The fangs were five-eighths of
an inch in length and exceedingly sharp.
The length of the reptile was about
three feet, by three and a half inches in
circumference ; color a tawny orange
with strongly marked black rings. It is
said that there is no antidote for their
poison, and that death ensues in from
thirty to forty minutes after having been
bitten.
Wedding Dresses.
A New York fashion writer says : The
wedding season is at hand and the mod
istes are busy with trousseau. At one
house seven dresses are ordered by a
bride.eight by another, ten by a third,
and the outfit ,ot' a fourth will have
twenty dresses ;' the bridal dress of the
last is now in tho loom at Lyons, and is
expected to be satin of marvellous rich
ness. In contrast to this is the refined
simplicity of a dress prepared for an
artist-bride in Philadelphia. Its grace
ful train of soft white faille falls in am
ple folds, unbroken by trimming, and
simply corded around the bottom ; the
overskirt of Malines tulle, doubled to
hide a defined edge, is draped on each
side by sprays of orange blossoms. The
basque with corded edges has antique
sleeves and Malines plaiting, without a
shred of lace. Coage bouquet and
chaplet of orange flowers. Long tulle
veil, the edge undefined by a hem. A
very handsome dress for a church wed
ding has a basque with puffed train
trimmed with a tablier of tulle plait
ings and a flounce of point lace that is
carried, up the middle of the train and
hold by a trailing spray of orange flow
ers. Long revers turned toward the
back are added on the train, and an
apron trims the front.
Pearl and Mutton are the fashionable
colors for brides' evening dresses. A
lovely pearl-colored dinner dress, made
with piincesee polonaise, has alternato
flounces of thread lace and pearl silk
richly embroidered with black. The
entire costume is wrought over with
i'et sprays, and a Watteau spiral of white
ace, with blocs velvet bows, extends
from the neck to the end of the train.
T wo years ago a Connecticut man re
ceived a gross insult from a neighbor
who lives a quarter of a mile or more
from him. After long meditation, he
has now purchased a peacock and a
jackass, and anchored them in a field
adjoining his neighbor' back yard. The
noighbor has advertised his house for
sale, and he is satisfied.
The Indian at Home,
A correspondent writing from Colnm
bus, beyond Omaha, on the Pacific Kail
way, says :
At Columbud. we found ' Lo," tho
" noble red man, the son of the forest."
ne was here in various forms warriors,
squ.iws, nnd pappooses. Tho "Pawnee
iseservation is only twenty miles from
tllia fnren nnrl tln'oamlaina n-li 1. I
...- vw .., . . . .jiii.iti 1 1 1 t - .In
dians are seen here in greater numbers
Al -1 ...
man in places more to tne eastward.
The TnrllATm fratVioe .i-niinil o n (pa-'n
and the squaws, each with a pappoose of
uvl uwii or a oorrowea cne, good-naturedly
solicit money. Thev nan but. W
1 V... "
wuius, uus inese tnev oiten repeat :
Pannoose thirt.v ontlta rritrn if tr.
her." " Pappoose thirty cents civn
toner- innjnmrm nniunra in hnf.
tcr advantago tho farther off you view
mm. instance icnas enchantment, Ac
At Tnrlinnd nnnont n nm avnunrl -n;l
- i-. . i-.uuiiM ion"
road stations, they are an unwashed and
un uucomoca exmoition ot humanity.
Many were encamped near by, and from
tllCSe tents r.mna t.linan flint, liniror
around our train. One little Indian
Cirl. fWArnnlv ton vnnra rx)A )mA .n,n1.4-
n 1 " j - - - j v - - - 11 1. v i v. n 11 1,
up a little child and tiod it upon her
ujvuu, mm, Hue, too, x suppose, might call
out to tho passengors, " l'appooss thir
ty ceRt3 give it to her." The Indians,
we find, are not held in very high esti
mation by the people in tho West, and
our conductor declares that he has been
unoblo to find the first man who could
toll what an Indian was good for.
The IndilinR IiRVA ppqunil tn nlmw nr-
hostility to the railroads. Only once, I
believe, have they attempted to throw off
the train nn tlinao nlaina flrw... .
i j ...... , uuja L 1 1 1
tore up the track, and thus threw off a
c.n: . a Aft. 1 j 1 11 . .
nt;Auu truiu, Aiierwarcis ine oiu cniel
who if. OTnlninofl Vf V,a
that if he tore up the track in one place
it, wuuiu pui iae raurona company un
der tho ner.PSsit.V nf trnini lmol onil ra.
laying tho whole track. But when ho
saw the trains running as usual the very
next, dav. hn niiiil " Whfto
J J , I. ULW U1WI1 WW lUU'lt
for Indian," and that he should not
irouoio me trains any more. There is
one ennrliip.tnr nn tVio lrti,-.. pnn;n ,i,rt
- v W...U..J.UV.1LV n uu,
about three years ago, was attacked by
a band of these red men, scalped nnd
left for dead. Ho had left his train a
freight train for a few moments, and
had gono only a short distance from the
Station. KortimntpW tin wna ennn f.-....l
J 'J VI U W 11 AUtlUll
by his men, tenderly cared for, ot length
restored to consoiousncas, and finally ho
fully recovered.
Although there is now no danger from
the Indians, each train, as a preeoution
arv measure, is Tirnvirlnd with th
arms and a good supply of ammunition.
win uuv u"K iuuuu wuao iiumo uio
railroads and the activity of business
1 . .1 t 1
.ill 1 v 1 v. AT
wnicn railroads oeveiop.
"Vivo le" Humbug!
Mr. Barnum tells us that we like noth
ing so much as to be humbuggod, nnd
for ourselves we are disposed to think
that Mr. Barnum is right. Certainly
there can bo no question of the fact that
we constantly lend ourselves to tho de
ceptions practiced upon us by others
that we actively and often consciously
aid others in comfortably deceiving us.
Somebody wanted to make money in
the manufacture of base-ball goods a few
years ago, and to that end he set about
persuading people that the game was a
natienalono ahealthtul.manly.and sur
passingly agreeable pastime. Straight
way everybody put on the picturesque
cap and pantaloons that mark the base
ball player, and people by tens of thous
ands were ready possibly some of them
still arc to maintain the truth of the
manufacturer's assertion, despite their
own and others' breaks and bruises.
Skating rinks flourished for a time by
reason of a like voluntary self-delusion
on the part of the victims, and tho thous
ands of wretched people who persist in
thinking themselves happy at ultra
fashionable watering-places every sum
mer, are countless.
Wre all deceive ourselves in one way
or another at somebody else's behest and
tor somebody else s benefit, but we awake
from our self-delusions sometimes, and
growl or grin, lament or laugh over
them, as our humor happens to be.
.Perhaps alter all this willingness to
bo humbuggod and to help at our own
humbugging is a fortunate thing. Cer
tainly it is so to city people. Without
it wo who dwell in cities would find
life unendurable. The milk with which
we temper our chicoffee (if we may thus
adapt tho name to the thing), does it
need our help as expert humbuggers to
make it pass muster r And the rich yel
low butter we get in the markets we
know processes by which dealers can
deceive the very elect in the matter of
butter but our bread must be buttered,
and it is well if we can persuade our
selves, as most of us can, of the truth
fulness of the brand " Pure Orange
County," put on tho package by a deal
er whom we have caught in fibs innum
erable. After all, the milk ' we get from the
rascal at the door, and the butter we
buy of tho man whose brands are as
truly works of fiction as any poems or
novels ever were, are yellower and rich
er, and sweeter to the taste, than are the
unimproved milk and butter we iret
when, for certainty's sake, we run away
on a vacation and take country board in
Orange County itself, and actually see
the cows milked and see our host's
daughter do the churning. Let us make
the best ot it then, and instead ot growl
ing, let us cry, " Vive le " humbug I
Hearth and Home.
The meteorological records of the
Pennsylvania Hospital at Philadelphia,
which go back to 1790, show that the
Summer which has just closed with the
month of August has been the hettcst
ever known in the history of the city,
xaken together, we nnd an average
mean temperature for the three Summer
months ot 79.08 degrees, which is three-
quarters of a degree, above the figures
for the Summer of 1870, which hereto
fore enjoyed the distinction of being the
hottest known in Philadelphia,
Facts and Figures.
A littlo boy put a lighted match into
a nearly empty powder-keg to see what
would happen. He will not do so again,
as his curiosity is satisfied, but tho girl
who sits next him in tho school thinks
he looked better with his noso on.
Put not your faith in him who predicts
a hot season he sells ices ; nor in hiin
who predicts a cold one he owns a
cheap clothing establishment ;. nor yet
in him who declares a wet one he
vends umbrellas; nor a dry ono ho
sells beer.
Among the oldest relics at tho B( rks
COtintv. Pft.. fnir lnit.
belt three hundred years old, which
- 1 p -iii
servea ior iour weciaings; a dark glnss
bottle two hundred nml liituvnnii rA
a brass tca-kett!o two hundred years old,
and a German copy of the Now Testa
ment three huudred and forty-five years
Ulll.
According in TTiillnr. wntnin Ti.tnf.
n I " ...... .
hUllrrer loncer trinil man annr-r-rlinr frt
Plntarr.h. t.Viov nun vooict 4-tn ..(V..f. P
1 " . J - LI f L 1 1 V. (JUtVl. U 1
wine better ; according to Unger, they
grow older and never got bald ; accord-
lUS to riinv. t.'iev nv unlilnn nttorlro1
by lions (on the contrary, they will run
nftni llrtllCl T onrl n n n . ,1 .' A i I
" -v -.u.i.iy . ...ILL UbVIJUIIll I-J VI Ullll I,
they can talk a week.
There are now 157 rlmrr-lia nivl
chapels in the city, of which tho Con
gregational Unitarian denomination
have 20. tho Concrrep'at.innnl Trinitarian.!
24, tho Baptists 19, the Roman Catholics
18, the Episcopalians 10, tho Presby
terians 7, the Universalists 6, Jews
uorman .Lutherans 2, Swedenbormans
Adventists 2. and Swedish T .ill Vinr-
ans 1.
That was not n bad reply Eriven re
cently at a barn-raising in Pennsylvania
to a young man who had been relating
his nioro than wonderful exploits in
various quarters of the slobe. At the
close of ono of theso narratives he was
not a littlo set back by the remark of
an old codger : " Young man, ain't you
ashamed to talk SO when there are older
liars on the ground ?'' '
Sovcral days since a Chinaman enter
ed the Western Union Telegraph oilico
at San Francisco, at noon, with the fol
lowing despatch to a friend at Dutch
Flat : " Ah Jim ; Ah Foo die at ten o'clock.
He under ground now." Tho operator
sent the message, and sat him down to
muso upon the celerity practiced by tlio
Celestials who bury their relatives in
less than two hours after death.
Au old woman, who died thn ntVinr
day at Lowell, was giving orders for her
-.1 -.-.J . -al
black Bilk gown, nnd they must not take
out the back breadth as they did when
Sally Smith was 1 lid out. "For," said
the old lady, deprccatingly but seriously,
" what a hgger tally will cut at the
resurrection without any back breadth
in her gown."
A gentleman from Alabama, whilo
riding to South Decrfield, Mass., on tho
Ashfield stage, a few mornings ago, had
an example of woman's rights that must
have astonished him. Ho was seated on
tho top of the stage, and as it stopped in
Conway was filling his pipe with tobac
co for a quiet smoko. At this point a
lady, ris sho may bo called by courtesy,
got aboitrd, choosing also an outside
seat, and her first movo was to snatdi
the pipe out of tho Alabamian's hand
and throw it away.
Texas is an active, pushing and flour
ishing State. Railroads are T-rojected
that will give it tho proper lacilities for
reaching the seaboard, where, in time,
increased shipping accommodations will
give the wealth of its rich interior coun
ties to tho world. The chief interest of
the Stato will always rest, in all proba
bility, in its agricultural and stock rais
ing. We notice the formation there re
cently of agricultural, stock raising and
industrial associations, which is a step
in the right direction.
A Tapyrus has been found in a tomb
by Mr. Harris, editor of tho London
Jlieroglyphical iXaiuhml. As described
it forms a roll 131 feet in length and 1
foot 4 inches wide. It dates from tho
reign of Rameses III. (tho llamsinit of
Herodotus) and contains valuablo infor
mations relative to the political and ro
ligious civilization of Egypt at that dis
tant period. It is written in hieratic
characters a mixture of hieroglyphics
and signs for letters and syllables. The
text is an allocution from llameses III.
" to his people and all the men on earth."
Rameses therein recounts how he re
established the ancient Egyptian wor
ship, rebuilt the temples, and endowed
them with munificence. The religious
movement alluded to relates to the peri
od of Moses, to the monothesistic wor
ship founded or restored by him, and
comprises all the events which termina
ted in the ruin of monotheism in Egypt
and in the exodus of the Jews. This
papyrus is, consequently, hold to be of
the highest interest for tho study ef the
Mosaic religion and legislation.
The monopolists in California are de
termed to kill tho gooso that laid their
golden egg. The entire wheat crop of
the State is estimated to be worth $27,
000,000 to the farmers, but it has fallen
at the mercy of a combination of interi
or freighters, San Francisco speculators
and a shipping monopoly. It costs less
to ship a car load of wheat from Coun
cil Bluffd, la., or St. Paul. Minn., to New
York, 1500 miles, than it does over the
.Central Facifio lines, 200 miles. And
when the cargoes are lauded at Vallejo
or Oakland, it costs from five to six dol
lars per ton more to ship it by way of
Cape Horn to Liverpool than it did five
years ago. The wheat crop of Califor
nia in past years has been conveyed to
Europe at less than the average of f 17
per ton. This year freights are kept up
to $23 and $21 per ton, and only so be
cause a combination has monopolized
the shipping. The effect of this on the
farming interest must be more disastrous
than a season of flood or dreught. It
sweeps away from the profits on this one
crop 5,000,000, at the lowest estimate,
and puts that sum into the pockets of
the combination who are robbing them.