J) f 5- k HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL IDE S PER ANDTJM . Two Dollars per Annum. VOL. IV. KIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THUKSD'AY, APltIL 9, 1874. NO. 6. Three I'.i'rs and One. Ears thoa hast two aud month but one ; The intent dost seek ? Thou art to listen much, it means. And little Bpeak, ' " t Eyes thou hast two and mouth but oue ; " Is the mystery deep t Much thou shalt see, it moans, and much Thy silence keep. Hands thon hast two nnd mouth but one , " Why ?" dost repeat ? The two nro there to labor with. The one to eat. TWO OF A TRADE. Maria Walker was usually allowed to be the beauty of a email town. Her father had originally practiced as a physician in that place, but circum stances uart caused ms removal to an other locality, which promised more profitable returns. The house they oc cupied was an ancient red brick man sion in the centre of the town, with a large bow window, always celebrated for its gerrniums, myrtles and roses. that with a couple of small orange trees were the admiration of the whole neigh borhood. Maria was twenty and I was not six teen at the time of "which I speak, but we were the best friends in the world In front of the house of the Walkers Lad been, a few years before, an open space, which now, thanks to the rapid march of improvement, was being chanced into a row of very good houses, There were a do7,cn of them, and they were disnined with the name of iseau cham Terrace. They were, about the time 1 speak or, all to let ; the last fin ishing touch had been pnt to them, the railings had been painted, the rubbish all removed, and they wanted nothing, save furniture and human beings, to make them assume a civilized and re spectable appearance. Icalled one morning on Maria Walk er, her father was out, she had been playing the piano until she was tired, bo we sat down in tho bow window and talked. " So the houses are letting ?" said I. whs took an interest in the ter race which I had seen grow under my eyes. "Two are let," she replied, "and both to private families ; papa is pleased, he looks upon these twelve houses as twelve new patients. "But," said I, laughing, " havo you read the advertisement: " 'Healthy and airy situation, rising neighborhood, and only one medical man. "Oh, ye3," smiled Maria; "but sick ness, I am sorry to say, is very apt to run about at some time or other, even in airy situations. , " But, Maria, youare mistaken ; there are three houses let," said 1 suddenly. " The bill is taken down opposite ; it has been let since yesterday." "Oh, yes, I recollect a very nice youncr man riding up there yesterday, and looking over the house for an hour ; I suppose he has taken it." " A nice young man," said I ; " that is very interesting I suppose a young couple just married. " Very likely," replied Maria Walker, laughing ; but whether at the fact of my making up my mind to its being an interesting case of matrimony or what else, I know not. It was a week before I saw Maria again, and when I did she caught me by the hand, drew me rapidly to the window, and with semi-tragic expres sion pointed to the house over the way. I looked. What was my astonishment when on the door, in large letters, I read the words, " Mr. Edward Rad Btock, M. D." At this instant tho sound of horses' footsteps was heard, and three vans full of furniture appeared in sight. They were coming our way. As I expected, the van stopped before the young doc tor's house, and in a few minutes the men began to unload. My friend turn ed pale as she saw that the vehicles were full of elegant furniture. ''The wretch has got a young wife, too," she exclaimed, as a piano and harp came to view, and then she added, rising, "This will never do ; they must be put down at once ; they are stran gers in the neighborhood ; we are well known. Sit down at that desk, my dear girl, and help me to make out a list.of all the persons we can invite to a ball and evening party. I look upon thetn as impertinent interlopers, and they must be crushed." I laughingly acquiesced, and, aided by her, soon wrote out a list of invitations to be given. " But now," said Miss Walker, after a few moments of deep reflection, "one name more must bo added ; they must be invited." "Who?" exclaimed I, in a tone of genuine surprise. " Mr. and Mrs. Edward Radstock," replied Maria, triumphantly, while I conld scarcely f peak for astonishment. The .rest of my narrative I collected from the lips of my friends, a little more than a year later. The ball took piece to the admiration of all the town. It was a splendid affair. - Mr. and Mrs. Radstock came, and were received with cold politeness by both father and daughter. The young man was good looking, with an intelligent eye, a pleasing address, and none of that pertness of manner which usually belong to those who have just thrown off the medical student to become the doctor. Miss Radstock, his sister, who kept house for him until he found a wife, was a charming girl of about twenty. She smiled at the manner of both 'Mr. and Mrs. Walker, but said nothing. Ytun? Radstock's only revenge for the lady of the house's coldness and stateliness of tone was asking her to dance at the first opportunity whioh certainly was vexatious, for his tone was no pleasing, his manner was so courteous, that Maria could not but feel pleased when she wanted to be irate, distant, and haughty. They danced together several times, and to tho as tonishment of many friends of the young lady, of myself ia particular, they - went down to supper the best friends in the world, laughing and joking like old acquaintances. - Next day, however, she resumed her original coldness of manner when the brother and sister called to pay their respects. She was simply polite, and no more ; and after two or three words they retired, Emily Radstock becoming as stiff and formal as her new acquaint ance. From that day Maria became very miserable. She was not avaricious, and did not fear her father losing his practice from any pecuniary motives, but it was pride that influenced her. Her father had for some years monopo lized the place, as his predecessor had for forty years before him ; and now to behold a' young, unfledged physician setting up exactly opposite, and threat ening to divide in some time the busi ness of the town, was dreadful. The physician of the town sounded better, loo, than one of the doctors, and alto-, gether it was a most unpleasant affair. Maria's place was now always at the bow window, to see if patients came, or if Edward Radstock made any at tempt to call about and introduce him self. But for some time she had the satisfaction of remarking that not a soul called at the house, save the butcher, the baker, and other contribu tors to the interior comforts of man, nnd Maria began to feel the hope that Edward Radstock would utterly fail in his endeavor to introduce himself. "She remarked, further, that the young man took it very quietly, and sat by his sis ter's side while she played the piano, or drove in his gig ; always, when he remarked Maria at the open window, bowing with provoking courtesy, noth ing daunted by her coldness of manner or her pretense of not noticing his po liteness. One day Mr. Walker was out (he had been called to a distance to see a patient who was very seriously ill) when Maria sat at the bow-window looking up the street. Suddenly she saw a boy come running down on their side of the way ; ihe knew him by his bright buttons, light jncket and gold lace. It was the page of the Perkinses, a family with a host of little children, who, from con stant colds, indigestions and fits of ill ness, caused by too great a liking for the pleasures of the table, which a fond mother had not the heart to restrain, were continually on Mr. Walker's books. The boy rang violently at the bell, and Maria opened the parlor door and listened. "Is Mr. Walker home?" said the boy, scarcely able to speak from want of breath. "No," replied the maid who had opened the door. " He will be home directly," said Maria, advancing. " Oh, but missus can't wait : there's little Peter been and swallowed a mar ble, and the baby's took with fits ;" and away rushed the boy across the road to the hated rival's house. Maria retreated to her room and sank down upon a sofa. The enemy has gained an entrauoe into the camp, it was quite clear. In a moment more sho rose, just in time to see Mr. E. Rad stock hurrying down the street beside the little page, without waiting to order tiis gig. This was a severe blow to the doctor's daughter. The Perkinses were a leading family in the town, and one to whom her father was called almost every day in the year. They had a large circle of acquaintances, and if young Radstock became their medical advi ser, others would surely follow. In iibout an hour the young man returned nnd joined his sister in the drawing room, as if nothing had happened. This was more provoking than his suc cess. If he had assumed an air of im portance and bustle, and had hurried up to inform his sister with en air of joy and triumph what had happened, she might have . been tempted to pity mm, but ne did everytmnfr in sncu a ouiet, gentlemanly way, that she felt considerable alarm for the future. Maria was in the habit of spending most of her evenings from home, her lather being generally out, and that urge house m consequence lonely. The town was famous for its tea and whist parties, and though Maria was uot of an age to play cards, except to please others, she sometimes conde scended to do so. une evening pne s invited to the house of a Mrs. Bruntou. who announced her intention of receiving company every Thursday. She went, and found the cirole very pleasant and agreeable, but horror of horrors there were Mr. Edward Rad stock and his sister Emily ; and worse than that, when a lady present volun teered to play a quadrille, and the ladies aooepted eagerly, up he came, of all others, to invite her to dance ! Maria offered her hand to the young man, and walked away to the dancing room. Despite herself, that evening she was very much pleased with him. tie was well informed, had traveled, was full of taste and feeling, and conversed with animation and originality ; he sought every opportunity of address ing himself to her, and always found the opportunity witnout much diffi culty. For several Thursdays the same thing occurred. The young man began to find a little practice. He was popular wherever he went, and whenever he was called in was sure of keeping up the connection. He was asked out to all the principal parties in the town ; and had Mr. walker not; ueen very mucn liked, would have proved a very serious rival. One morning the father and daughter were at breaktast. Juaria, wno began to like her bow window better than ever, sat near it to scent the fragrance of her flowers, and always returned the young doctor's bow when he oame out. Mr. Walker had been called out at an early hour, and returned late. He was not iu the best of humors, having waited four hours beyond his time for his tea. " I shall die in the workhouse, said he, as he buttered his toast, with an irritability of manner quite alarming. ' This Radstock is getting all the prao- tioe. I heard of two new patients yes terday." ' Oh. papa, replied maria, gently. " I don't think he has got a dozen alto gether." "A dozen but that s a dozen lost to me, miss. It s a proof that a people think me old worn out--useless." " Nonsense, papa : the town is in creasing in population every day, and for every ono he gets, vou get two." " My dear," replied Mr. Walker, with considerable animation, I think you are beginning to side with my rival," A loud knooking came this instant to the door, and the man servant immedi ately announced " Dr. Radstock." Mr. Walker had no time to make any remark ere the young man entered the room, bowing most politely to the old gentleman and his daughter ; both looked confused, and tho father much surprised. He was in elegant costume, and looked both handsome and happy the dootor thought triumphant. " Pardon me, sir," said he, " for dis turbing you at this early hour ; but your numerous calls take you so much out, that one must take you when one can find you. My errand will doubtless surprise you, but I am very frank and open ; my object in visiting you is to ask permission to pay my addresses to your daughter." " "To do what, sir ?" thundered the old doctor in a towering passion. "Are yon not satisfied with trying to take from me my practice, but you must ask me for my child? I tell you, sir, noth ing on earth would make me consent to your marriage with my daughter." " But, sir," said Edward Radstock, turning to Maria, " I nave your daugh ter's permission to make this request. I told her of my intentions last night, and she authorized me to say that she approved of them." " Maria," exclaimed the father, al most choking with rage, " is this true ?" " My dear papa, I am in no hurry to get married, but if I did, I must say I should never think of marrying any one but Edward Radstock. I will not get married against your will, but I will never marry any one else nothing will make me." "Ungrateful girl," muttered Mr. Thomas Walker, and the next minute he sank back into the chair in a fit of apoplexy. " Open the window, raise the blinds," said the young man, preparing with prompitude and earnestness to make the necessary remedies. " Be not alarmed, it is not a dangerous attack." Maria quietly obeyed her lover, quite aware of the necessity of self-possession and presence of mind in a case like the present. In half an hour Mr. Walker was lying in a large, airy bed room, and tho young man had left, at the request of Maria.to attend a patient of her father's. It was late at night before Edward was able to take a .mo ment's rest. What with his own pa tients and those of his rival he was overwhelmed with business ; but at 11 o'clock he approached the bedside of the father of Maria, who, with her dear Emily now by her side sat watching. " He sleeps soundly," said Maria, in a low tone, as Edward entered. " Yes, and is doing well," replied Radstock. " I answer for his being up and stirring to-morrow, if ho desires it." " But it will be better for him to rest some days," said Maria. "But my dear Miss Walker," con tinued the young doctor, " what will hia patients do ?" " You can attend to them as you have done to-day," replied Maria. "My dear Miss Walker, you, who know me, could trust me with your father's patients ; you know that when he was nble to go about I would hand them all back to him without hesita tion. But you must be aware that for your father to discover me attending to his patients would retard his recovery. If I do, as you ask me, I must retire from town immediately on his convales cence." "No, sir," said Dr. Walker, in a faint voice, "I shall not be about for a month ; after making me take to my bed, the least you can do is to attend to my patients." " If you wish it, sir " "I insist upon it ; and to prevent opposition yon can say we are going into partnership." " But " said Edward. " If you want my daughter," con tinued Mr. Walker, gruflly. "you must do as I tell you. If you wish to be my son-in-law, you must be my partner, work like a horse, slave day and night, while I smoke my pipe and drink my grog." " My dear sir," exclaimed the young man, "you overwhelm me," " Dear papa 1" said Maria. " Yes, dear papa 1" muttered old Walker ; "pretty girl you are ; give a party to crush the interloper; faint when he gets his first patient ; watch him from your bow window like a cat watches a mouse, and then marry him." " But, my dear papa, is this not the surest way to destroy the opposition ?" said happy Maria. - . " Yes, because we cannot crush him, we tnke him as a partner," grumbled old Walker ; " never heard of such a thing ; nice thing it is to have children who take part with your enemies." Nobody made any reply, and after a few more faint attempts at fault find ing, the old doctor fell asleep. About six months later, after a long journey which made me lose sight of Maria, I drove up the street, and eager to see the dear girl, never stopped till I was in her arms. " How you are grown 1" said Ehe with a sweet and happy smile. " Grown, indeed ; do you take me for a child?" cried I, laughing. "And you.Jiow well and pleased you look I always at the bow window, too ; I saw you as I came up." " I am very seldom there now," said she, with a strange smile. " Why ?" "Because I live over the wy," re plied she, still smiling. " Over the way ?" said I. " Yes my dear girl ;" alas for the mu tability of human things Maria Wfclk er is now Mrs. Radstock. A Tidt. One of the daintiest tidies I have seen in a long time hung over an easy chair in Mrs. Lester's parlor. It was of Swiss muslin, with designs in fern leaves on it. The leaves were placed on the muslin in graceful shapes, and the fabric not so covered was sprinkled with ink; the leaves were then removed, and lace sewed around the edge, with bows of ribbons at the corners.' This " phantom tidy," as it was called, elicited many exolamations of admiration for its simple and ex quisite beauty. DEATH LEAP IN A THEATRE. A Terrible Somerset From a Flying Trapeze. James Sylvester, one of the Sylves ter brothers, gymnasts, performing in the Thirty-fourth Street Theatre, New York, was killed. His first act on the trapeze was to swing with his might, and when he calculated that he had force enough he turned a somerset from the trapeze and caught a rope suspend ed from the ceiling in the back part of the auditorium. Under this rope was stretched a netting to shield the per former from injury in the event of miss ing the rope, and to protect the au dience over whom he takes the flying leap. Young Sylvester came out as usual and executed his various feats, until the last grand leap; then he swung himself until he thought he had gather ed sufficient force and let himself go. But he miscalculated and swung him self too far. With tremendous velocity he shot by the rope and struck against the boxes with an appalling thud. Thence he fell in a heap to the floor, striking on his head. The force of the fall was so great as to break the heavy iron chair upon which he struck. Ladies in the boxes fainted, and the spectators were transfixed. All was confusion. Two physicians were iu the theatre, and attendants from behind the scenes hurried to tho assistance of the injured. man. Sylvester was gently lifted and borne iuto a room. There the physicians found him to be alive, but without the least consciousness. A terrible gash in the back of his head marked where he had struck. The skull was beaten in, and large clots of blood and pieces of brains oozed out upon the slightest pressure. The play was hurried on, but the house soon thinned out, leaving the theatre empty. Sylvester lingered but a short time. His breath became shorter and shorter, and soon he died. He was 19 years of age. The body was then laid in a shell aud taken to the Morguo. There Sylvester's mother, who had been hastily summoned, saw the corpse of her son. She kissed the cold lips and threw herself upon the body, and in -endearing words entreated her boy to speak to her. Then realizing her loss, her grief found vent in loud la mentations. The mother said that her son had been a printer, but that his splendid physique led him to become an athlete. Lfis partner, with whom he had been ac customed to act under the title of Syl vester Brothers, was not his brother. Somo days ago, his mother added, her son had a dream of falling from a houBe-top. He had believed it to be a presentiment, and was much troubled by it. "Now the dream is realized. My poor darling 1 He was always good to me and never uttered an unkind word in his life. Oh, God I What have I done to be thus stricken," cried the broken-hearted mother, as she detached a bracelet from her son's wrist, and kissing him again was led away by her friends. The body was in blue and flesh color ed tights, with gold fringe. A pleas ant smile wreathed the lips, and there was no indication of suffering. The surgeon ol Bellevne Hospital said that the vertebral column had been dis located, and that there was also a frao ture of the skull at the base of the brain. He gave the opinion that Syl vester was utterly unconscious from the instant of the fall. A Graugcr Faneral. The Leavenworth (Kansas) Times gives the following account of the burial of Mr, Henry Bolm, a prominent granger, at Kickapoo, Kansas : On leaving the residence of the deceased, the hearse which contained the re mains was flanked on either side by three pall-bearers, who walked with un covered heads and regalia draped in mourning. Following the hearse canle the relatives of the deceased, and next marched the sisters of the order, clad in full regalia. The brothers came next, and following them tho vast con concourse of people who had come from fur and near to witness the ceremonies. The remains were first taken to the church, where a priest went through a service peculiar to the Catholic Church, of which the deceased was a member. When the exercises had been con cluded, the procession took up its march for the cemetery, where the granger funeral rites were performed. The coffin was placed on supports directly over the open grave, and re mained there until the impressive and interesting services were concluded. G. B. Coffin, Master of the Franklin Grange, conducted the ceremonies. When the brothers and sisters of the grange of whioh the deceased was a member had assembled about the grave, the Master read a selection from the burial ritual, followed by a second selection by the Chaplain, and then the members repeated slowly and solemnly the Lord's prayer, closing with a beau tiful and appropriate hymn. The brothers of the order then stepped to the grave and threw into the opening several boquets of flowers and ever greens. A short but powerful address was next delivered by the Chaplain. When the coffin was being lowered, a beautiful and soul-inspiring hymn was sung, and during the singing the sisters showered boquets of flowers upon the descending coffin until it reached the wooden box at the bottom of the crave. The Master then sprinkled a portion of dirt thrown from the grave over the coffin, and the services closed with the solemn benediction of the Chaplain. Taken throughout, the ceremonies were very beautiful and impressive. What is Wanted. The careful es timates made of the wants of England for this vear and next, bv the Mark Lane Express, are 42,000,000 quarters of wheat, equal to au.uoo.OOO bushels, an amount vastly beyond all that the united Estates can supply. The Mount Joy (Pa.) Star chronioles the existence, at that locality, of twin fish, joined together near the tail, but with perfectly developed heads and bodies. An Old Identity Case. A certain Colvinist family, named Caille, were living at a little provincial town in France named Manosque, shortly before the edict of Nantes was revoked. There were sons and daugh ters, nearly all of whom died. Com pelled to leave the country, their prop erty given over to near relations, the family established themselves at Lau sanne, where, in 1690, the eldest and last surviving child, Isaac, died, aged thirty-two. An aunt, Madame Rolland, to whom the forfeited property naa passed, had intended handing it over to her nephew, but on his death gave it all to the poor, making Bpecial mention in her will of the reason that prompted her to this disposition. There was something remarkable iu this unusual step, and it naturally attracted pnblio attention. Scarcely a year later, a common marine in the navy presented himself to the naval inspector at Toulon, and declared that he was the Isaao Caille who was supposed to have died. The marine professed a wish to abjure Cal vinism, placed himself under the hands of the Jesuits, and within three weeks made a formal recantation in the cathe dral at Toulon. Thenews spread abroad, and was communicated to his father, who simply wrote back that his son was dead, and enclosed a certificate of do cease. On this the naval inspector had the proselyte arrested, who boldly de manded to be examined. The legal proceedings that followed will be found interesting, as showing how the French law dealt with almost the same state of facts as arose in the late English cause celebre. The law officers directed that he should be taken to the town where the family had lived, and be confronted with all and every one who had a chance of recognizing him. Meanwhile the aunt had inquiries set on foot, which resulted in the discovery that he was one Peter Mege, sou of a convict. She now intervened, and demanded that the case should bo dealt with criminally. A degree was accordingly made that the soldier's civil suit and the aunt's crimi nal one should be joined, and both should go forward together. He ap pealed to tho provincial parliament, which decided that the criminal trial should go on, at least so far as sentence, which should be regulated by the result of the civil process. This was accord ingly done, and a number of witnesses came forward to prove that he was Peter Mege, to the satisfaction, it would seem, of 'the judges, who now only awaited the progress of the civil trial. After seven years delay the case closed. A vast number of witnesses had been examined, and the parliament decided that he had proved his case, and was the son of Caille. He was at once put in possession of the property. Within three weeks' time the marine had married a woman whose family were believed to have furnished money to carry on the proceedings. The public were presently to have another surprise. On the news of this marriage, a woman came forward to make a declaration that she was the wife of Peter Mege, who had thus de serted her and married another, and she asked for justice. She gave all necessary details. This, it will be seen, complicated the matter still further, and threw upon the family the burden of proving three questions: first, that this claimant was not Caille ; secondly, that he was Peter Mege ; thirdly, that he was the husband of the woman who claimed to be his wife. The Rollands were all but mined by the litigation ; but, on this new turn, they raised some money and appealed to the Court of Cassation at Paris. This tribunal quashed the proceedings, and ordered a fresh investigation. Then the case was gone iuto with more regularity than had attended the proceedings of the provincial court. At every torn the reader is surprised to find how the ele ments of this case correspond with those of the interesting one lately tried at Westminster. The truth is. infill such matters the claimant has a singu lar advantage, very much akin to that possessed by tho tradesman who claims payment for a bill where the receipt has been lost, in tact, it might be broadly asserted that the most contradictory statements can be made about any transaction which took place eight or ten years ago. The soldier's case seemed, indeed, a very 6trong one. When he went down to the family place there were people who recognized him at once, and were filled with joy and delight on seeing him. No less than three hundred and ninety-four witnesses were called on his behalf ; and no less than one hundred and ten swore to, or believed, the fact that he was the young heir of the Cail les. Four nurses came forward to de clare that they nursed him when an in fant. One of these nurses declared that the infant Caille had certain marks on his person, the same as were found upon the soldier. The latter were ex amined by doctors, and it was discov ered that he had a scar or cicatrice on his left eyelid, and a cautery on his left leg. There was also found a mark which seemed to be that oi a closed issue. Various gentlemen of the neighbor hood came and talked with him, and were satisfied with his answers. In this reinvestigation a little difficulty arose as to his description the family resented,, his calling himself by the name of the person he professed to be, and it was settled by the court that he should be spoken of as " the-soldier-claiming-to-be-Caille. " When, however, he came to be ex amined as to his recollections, he broke down completely. He was asked about the names of people in the place, the furniture of the house, descriptions of persons, color of their hair, etc., and could give no information. It was found that he was stupid, utterly un educated, oi rougn, savage manners, and could hardly read or write. On the other hand, it was shown that the deceased young man was accomplished, was particularly well read in mathe matics, a good scholar, and had the manners of a gentleman. Then, as to appearance. . The . soldier wug tall. stout, heavy, and corpulent ; the young man was slight and small : had long hands, light-colored hair, and aquiline nose. He had always lived with his family in Switzerland till the day of his death. The soldier said that he had run away from his father, who treated him harshly because he wished as he added artfully to conform to the re ligion of Franoe. n But very soon his opponents had their case complete, including the most diffi cult part of it namely, the identifying him with Mege. No less than one hun dred and thirty witnesses were found to swear that he was Mege, and thirty flye to say that he was not Caille. A house-book fortunately turned up, in whioh the names of the real nurses were entered. The career of the con vict's son, Mege, was followed up, and this man was then identified in the different callings of a valet, a hawker, workman, soldier, etc. It was, indeed, on this part of the case that he made shipwreck ; and it was he himself, by the marriage, that brought Peter Mege on the scene. He was thus forced to construct a new case, and make his life inconsistent with that of Mege. Other wise he might, without this disturbing element, have established his claim, for he had his hundred witnesses, the nurses, etc., against which could only be set other witnesses and the house book. If the nurses were suborned, he might reply that the house-book might have been fabricated. To the laBt the relations rejected the man ; and the father, dying during the trial, made a solemn declaration, in presence of the Swiss magistrates, that his son was dead, and the claimant an impostor. The court, considering the whole case, at last gave a decision in the year 1712, and decided against the plaintiff directing that he should be arrested and prosecuted for bigamy, it is to be presumed, as being the charge most easily proved. But he died in prison before being brought to trial. In all the stages of this curious case, even down to this prosecution on a collateral point, the reader will And the strangest likeness to the great Tich borne case of our own time. Bceclier on Ills Love for Nature. Oh, let me tell you a little bit about myself once in a while. I wonldn't take all the books of the Alexandrian library for the comfort I get out of nature. Nay, I had almost said, I would rather lose my Bible than my world. There is no sunlight that does not speak to me of God. I sit down on the hill-side in the summer afternoon, and the grasshopper jumps over me freshman like, jumping first and looking where he will land afterward. I sit so still that the birds forget me, aud sing as though I was not there. The ants creep all over me. I am in fellowship with all. I am never so near to Him. This earth is a cathedral, whose windows are painted with rare beauty. Every day is a leaf in God's outside Bible. I did not once enjoy all this, but I owe to Ruskin more than to any theologian. Eyes I had, but saw not, ears 1 had, but didn't hear. I have become Hebra ized. I have gone back to the noble stock, to the people who learned to dis cover the invisible God by the use of things seen. The Lumber that is Left. The Northwestern Lumberman gives the following as the pine supply alone in the several States named, but of course the best half. The total, it will be seen, is 325,000,000,000 feet, to which may be added several thousand millions: Maine haB now. feet 4,000,000,000 Pennsylvania 7,000,000.000 Michigan 60,000,000,000 Wisconsin 60,000,000.000 Minnesota 25,000,000,000 The Carolinas, Virginia, Florida and Georgia aggregated 15,000,000,000 West Virginia 7.000,000,000 MiHBonri .- .. 7,000.000,000 Arkauuas 7,000.000,000 Tennessee 4.000,000,000 Mississippi 4,000,000,000 Alabama 2,000,000,000 Texas 25,000,000,000 YellowHtouo Valley 10,000,000,000 New Mexico 8,000,000,000 California 100,000,000,000 Terrible Result of a I)ualn Explosion. Speaking of the terrific effects of a recent dualin explosion, t ie Montreal Witness says of two participants in the affair: "Their mangled corpses lay spread over many rods of ground, here a piece and there a piece, while on the limbs and bushes, and in the tops of tall trees, might be seen dangling rem nants of the clothing they wore. The scalp of one of them was found in the top of a birch tree, many rods from the scene of the disaster. In every direc tion pieces of flesh and bowels might be seen hanging on the bushes.. Their bodies were ground into fragments, and not a vestige of the limbs can be found." Meats. The best roasting piece of beef is the sirloin ; then rib roast ; then rump of beef. Beef is much bet ter to be hung up a few days, which mokes it more tender. It should be washed and wiped before dressing, Twenty minutes of time to each pound of meat is a good rule for roasting, Put boiling water into the meat pan. and have the oven quite hot when it is put in to roast, otherwise it will be dry and tough. When nearly done, salt, flour and baste it from the dripping pan ; not Dei ore. A Tale of Revenge. A singular tale of malice comes from Philadelphia. One of the hotels there turned away a guest for bad behavior, and he swore he would have his re ventre. Shortly after, the New York papers al stated that an actress had the small-pox, and had contracted it at the hotel in question from occupying room in whioh a man had died of the disease. Moreover, a circular, detail' ing the story, was sent to prominent hotels all over the oountry. In fact, however, neither the actress nor the hotel in Question had the small-pox, and detectives are after the supposed libeler. Boarder "What large chickens these are ?". Landlady " Yes, chickens are larger than they used to be ; ten years ago we couldn't pretend to get chickens as large as these." Boarder (with an innocent air) "No, 'I suppose not; these must have grown a good deal in I that time." Items of Interest. It is impossible to have the last word ' with a chemist, because he always has a retort. Duluth has a city ordinance whioh prevents a man from keeping more than two tame bears. State prisoners are expensive luxu ries. It takes ninety-five men to guard Marshal Bazaine. A deaf and dumb man belongs to the Baltimore fire department, and is one of the best members. It cost London four lives and twenty four broken bones to do honor to the royal bride and groom. Peach growers are already beginning to complain of the effects of the cold upon the coming crop. The total weight to the window weights to the United States Hotel, Saratoga, is thirty tons. Rhode Island has passed the law giving discharged convicts one-tenth of their actual earnings. Only so far as a man is happily mar ried to himself is he fit for married life and family life generally. Michigan has a Mormon revival, in which some of the most wealthy fami lies have been converted. Nevada expects to get forty million dollars' worth of the precious metals out of the ground this year. A couple of lovers at Cairo were married by telegraph the other day, the clergyman being in Memphis. Nature provides no reserved seats for the rich and dainty. When there is ice on the pavement they sit where they can. There are said to be more false alarms of fires in cities, and mistakes about storms predicted by Old Proba bilities. A Kansas rocking chair broke down the other Sunday night, severely in jured a young lady and broke a young man's leg. A new simile. The Jenkins of a western paper describes one of the belles at a recent party as a " graceful little toad." M. Digno, a French billiardist, in a recent game at Bordeaux, '.' jawed" the balls nnd made the extraordinary run of 2,300 points. The whole production of the precious metals throughout the world during 1773 is estimated to have been worth $219,000,000. The women in tho West have accom plished more for temperance in the past six weeks than have previously been ef fected in six years. Two thousand square miles of su perior yellow pine timber, now wholly untouched by the axe, are about to be opened to market in Florida. A ju9ge of one of the St. Louis courts recently delivered a very wholesome lecture to his bar on the needless repe tition of words in their pleadings. They found some land in Iowa, the other day, of which the owner was not known, and in twenty-four hours every tree on that land was cut down and hauled off. Let us carefully observe those good ' qualities wherein our enemies excel us ; and endeavor to excel them by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them. The Boston Pilot admonishes Irish en that the man who " drowns the shamrock " on St. Patrick's day does his best to drown the teachings of his church and the good name of his coun try. Eli Love, of Wayne county, Ohio, recently climbed a tree to shake down a coon. Eli, however, fell down him self, and his dogs mistaking him for the game, tore him badly betore tuey discovered their mistake. A New York man living on a farm in Alabama was ordered by the Ku-Klux to leave, but instead of so doing he re mained and shot three of them. His neighbors expressed their gratification by electing him County Clerk. At a juvenile party, one little fellow, rejoicing in the splendor oi ms new clothes, went up to another with the triumphant remark: "Jcou am t dressed as well as I am." "Well," retorted the other, "I can lick you, anyhow." The castle from which the capital of the Gold Coast takes its name, is not a very formidable affair. . It is feared that a discharge of the immovable guns with which its ramparts are armed would result in a tumble-down of the whole edifice. The Committee on German of the Washington School Board recommend the study of that language in the pnb lio schools, on the grounds that it will render the nation more homogenous, allure German youth to our excellent schools, and promote business. In Colorado, the jails are built of adobe sun-dried bricks and spades are furnished to the prisoners bo that they can out their way in at night with out disturbing the guards. The plan is particularly useful where convicts are in the habit of keeping late hours. A little girl ran out to meet her fath er, as ho was on ms way nome 10 din ner, exclaiming: " Pa, I declare some body has broken kitty all to pieces." An examination disclosed the tact mat fourteen little Thomases and pussies had been added to the feline family. A Mr. Nicholls advertises in a Lon don paper, " I tried your application for total deafness oi tne leit ear ana it took it away;" and he adds that his daughter tried it for toothache and it took the tooth out. Wonderful medi cine ; that is to say, if Mr. Nicholls's statement is not tooth in. A bill reported favorably to the Penn sylvania Senate, aiding the enforcement of the marriage laws, empowers clergy men and others having authority to join persons in wedlock to swear the parties and witnesses in order to as certain whether the candidates are eli gible. In the Yuba coanty hospital, Califor nia, interesting experiments have been made with a magnet for the cure of rheumatism and paralysis. A large horseshoe magnet is used, and one case of paralysis has been almost cured and several cases of chronic rheumatism re" lieved,
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