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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL DESPERANDTJM. Two Dollars per Annum.
VOL. IV. . MDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1874. NO. 17.
School "Called."
Don", you lieiir the childron coming,
Coming into school ?
Don't you bear the master drumming,
On the window with his rule ?
Master drumming, children coming
Into school.
Tip-too figures roach the catch,
Tiny fingers click the latch j
Curly-healed girls thronn in,
Lily-freu from toil and Bin ;
braozy boys bolt In together,
Bringing breaths of winter weather,
Dringiug baskets Indian-checked,
Dinners in them sadly wrecked,
Buddy-handed, mittens off,
Holdiers rush from the Malakoff
Built of snow and marble-white,
Bastions shining in the light,
Marked with many a dint and dot
Of the ice-cold cannon shot !
Hear the Inst assaulting shout 1
800 the gunners rally out
Charge upon the battered door
School is called, and battle o'er !
AUST CHARLOTTE'S YARN.
" Now, Ida, my dear girl, toko my
advice," said Aunt Charlotte to her
giddy young niece, "and don't imperil
your future happiness nor be guilty of
injustice by slighting the man to whom
you have given your troth, or by fool
ishly tensing him in order to test his af
fections. There is a story in my own
memory that I have never told you ;
and I could not'now bring myself to do
so only that I see you do not like me to
lecture you, and 1 wish you to learn
wisdom by an easier method than that
of bitter experience.
" When I was a young girl we lived,
as you 'know, in Canada, in one of the
small lake-shore towns between Toronto
and Kingston. Your grandfather was a
man of note in the town, and I was a
good deal sought alter. 1 was giddy,
too, and selfish, though I did not then
consider myself so. I had many ad
mirers and suitors, among whom the
one J. liked bebt was Harry Vane. From
my very infancy Harry hid been my
gallaut,' aud though I sometimes pro
tended to be, and sometimes really
was, jealous of hiui or otherwise offend
ed, aud ho the same with regard to me,
we nlways made tip again and were bet
ter friends than ever. There was not
really any engagement between us,
though . Harry had asked mo to form
one ; but my parents objected to long
engagements, and we were not ready to
marry. Matters stood thus when, early
one spring, we had an addition to our
list of beaux in the form of a dashing
young fellow,'an Englishman, sent out
by a wealthy firm of the mother coun
try for the purpose of establishing an
agency in their line of business. His
headquarters had been in Montreal,
but he now announced hia intention of
making our town his home during the
summer.
" He had a good deal of leisure, aud
spent no inconsiderable part of it at
our house, or in promenading the
streets with mo. I could scarcely set
my feet on the sidewalks without en
countering him. His name was Bowns,
and he claimed to be of aristocratic
parentage.. - He was handsome and
affable, though rather supercilious,
withul very distinguished in appear
ance ; so no wonder the girls ot our set
wished to attract his uttention, and
were envious of mo. Of course I was
proud of my conquest, and perhaps
thLn rinpnli rmrmnsfi-ntprl prpn nldfiri.
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peuVu J0 nmliy desisted from all
aB.artf. ni! Irtu rf 1iq nutfof anil
whenever we met ho treated me with
indifferent courtesy, nu 1 altogether
showed u manly self-command which I
did not fail to note aud admire. Still I
must confess that at that time I gave
very little thought to Harry or to any
of my old admirers ; it seems wonder
ful tn me bow completely I was fasci
nated by the prepossessing stranger.
" T be cure he flattered my vanity
not a little, and my empty head was
turned by his lavish, adulatory style of
compliments. He raved about my eyes
of heavenly blue, the golden glory of
my mermaid locks, my swau-like neck,
and an endless flow of bathos that
ought t ) have disgusted me, but did
not ; aud so I listened and he ranted.
About the middle of August we made
np among our set a picnic party to
drive out to llioe Lake Plains aud spend
the day in boating on the lake, gather
ing huckleberries, wild flowers, etc,
and cenerally amusing ourselves.
"You must know that there is an ir
regular cheiu of small lakes extending
transversely fiorn the Bay of Q unite,
near the eastern end of Lake Ontario,
to the eastern end of Lake Superior.
Bice Lake i the first of the chain count
ing from Ontario, and it lies at a dis
tance of from two to three hours' drive
from several small towns on the frontier.
We had an early breakfast, and set off
at eight o'clock, so that we need not be
on the road daring the heat of the day.
There were several carriages ; the one
iu which I rods was a handsome ba
rouche hired from a livery stable for the
occasion, and by my side sat the all
conquering Mr. Bowns.
" For some unexplained reason Harry
Va:.o did not go in any of the carriages,
but was mounted on horseback, and he
rode gayly by the side of first one ve
hicle, then another. When we had
gone a little distance out of town the
country air, eights and sounds were so
exhilarating that we in eur carriage
began to sing. Harry, hearing us, rods
up aud joined in the song, he being
particularly fond of singing. Shortly
we struck off into an old ditty whioh he
and I had sung together countless times
when we btood each first in the esteem
of the other and no gay stranger had
co mo between us. For a stanza or two
Harry sang bravely, but when we came
to the refrain suddenly his horse bolt
ed and he rode off, catching at bis bat
with one hand and seeming to draw
rein with the other. The remainder of
the party thought his horse had shied
and run away. with him, but I saw thor
oughly the whole manoeuvre, and a sud
den pang shot' through my selfish
heart.
" On reaching the lake at the point
agreed upon, we separated into little
companies, and wandered about at will,
but keeping within the vicinity of the
camp nntil the horn sounded for din
ner. We were all, as is usual at pic
nics, in a hungry mood, and we did not
dine mincingly.
" After dinner we lolled about on the
grass for awhile, then formed plans for
the afternoon's campaign. There were
near by several canoes or row-boats
that were kept for hire, and a fair pro
portion of our band decided in favor of
an excursion on the lake, some parties
going in one direction, somo in another.
Three boat loads, twelve individuals in
all, determined to pay a visit to the
tower on the opposite shore of the lake,
and about three miles farther np. As
we divided ourselves into parties of
four, I felt an irrepressible desire to
have Harry Vane, who had deolared for
the tower, in our boat, so I called out:
" ' Harry, are you coming with us ?'
meaning by us, Bowns and myself.
" I shail never forget the look of
mingled pain and pleasure with whioh
he replied : No, Charlotte ; Qeorge
Law is quartered in your boat.'
"It was half-past three o'clock when
we entered near the tower and drew the
boats up on the beach. This tower
was an octagon building throe or four
stories in height, consisting of only one
room to each Btory, with a narrow spiral
staircase leading from base to summit.
At the top was an observatory not much
larger than a good-sized bird-cage,
which had once been furnished with a
small telescope mounted on a swivel,
but was now reduced to a very common
place spy-glass. The basement was a
deep, dungeon-like hole, with a grated
door through which one entered a sub
terranean passage leading out to the
shore of the lake. This tower, with its
lean-to kitchen or, rather, cook-house,
was built on a hill at the distance of
about two hundred yards from the wa
ter's edge, and it was the product of a
quixotic Englishman, an old bachelor's
fancy. The whimsical man did not
carry out his original intention of mak
ing a complete miniature castle of the
feudal times, but suddenly abandoned
the enterprise and went as he came,
nobody knew whither. This odd little
tower had been surrounded on all sides,
save the deep bank next the water, by
a diminutive moat, which was now a
dry ditch filled with weeds and wild
flowers ; there, too, was the wreck of a
toy-like drawbridge, and within the en
closure were several quaint-looking
garden-chairs cut into the stumps of
trees. .There was a family residing in
the house, at least they made it an oc
casional residence during the summer,
but that day they were absent, and the
garrulous old servant in charge showed
us over the premises.
"We stole down by the light of a lan.
tern through the underground passage
to the opening on the lake ; we climbed
the steep stairs and peeped through the
old spy-glass ; sat in the grotesque
chairs, and gathered bouquets from the
quondam moat. All these vagariescon
wumed so much time that, before we
were aware, the sun was going down
the westward slopo in a way that, when
we noticed it, sent us to our boats with
speed. We were soon gliding over the
water in jovial spirits and at a fair rate
of motion toward the camping place on
the shore next home. The three boats
kept near together, and as we went we
sang Tom Moore's Canadian boat song.
Just as our voices were ringing out
" ' Row, brothers, row, for the stream ruus
fast,
The rapids are near and the daylight is
past,'
a sudden breeze almost took the light
umbrella with which I was screening
myself and companion from sun and
wind (we had left our bonnets at the
camp) out of my hand. The breeze
subsided for a moment, then came again
more vigorously than before, and held
on steadily. Generally or frequently a
stiff breeze rises on those lakes about
or soon after sunset, but now the sua
was certainly half an hour high. Sud
den squalls, especially when thunder
clouds are hovering neur, accompanied
by dangeruus disturbance of the water,
are unpleasantlyoften the concomitants
of boating on those shallow lakes,
" Looking around the horizon wo
discovered the cause of the suddenly
rising wind. A heavy pale of black
clouds cominsr up behind ns in the
northwest were spreading themselves
along the northern horizon and extend
ing upwara almost to the zenith ; and
at the same time we began to hear tho
thunder mutter aud see the lightning
pliy, though ni very near. The
weather-wise ons of our party said the
shower was spending itself north of us.
but we might get a sprinkling 'from its
skirts, and the wind was sure to be
troublesome.
' Meanwhile we had crossed the lake
and were making our way down to the
landmg adioinmg. which was our camp,
keeping close in shore to avoid the
commotion of the water.
There is a peculiarity in that lake.
The wild rioe, from which it takes its
name, grows over almost the entire
bottom of the basin, and when at its
tallest the grain lies floating on the
surface of the water, and the Indians,
when it is ripe, paddle round and gather
it into their canoes. This, however,
makes navigation to ordinary rowers
rather diiScult ; and where the basin is
particularly shallow or when the waters
are agitated by storms the passage is
perilous.
"I soon perceived that Bowns and
Qeorge Law were by no means masters
of the situation ; and oh, how I longed
for the tried and trusty arm of Harry
Vane to steer our giddy little skiff.
Just then Harry, who was ahead, called
out to us to make for an islet, a little
way out in the lake, on one side of
which there was not much rice, a ad
which had been used by the Indians as
a landing-place, as it sloped gradually
into the water : he said we had better
land thero and wait for the squall to
pass over.
" The rowers turned the boat toward
the islet and pushed out vigorously, I
meantime holding the umbrella low
like a tent or awning over my own and
Nellie Morton's heads, for now it was
raining. Again Harry called to us to
shut down the umbrella, lest it should
catch the wind and npset our skiff, and
the next moment, Bowns, who had not
said one word to us girls since the wind
sprung up, snapped out, 'Yes, certain
ly, down with that umbrella 1'
" What with a sense of danger, and
whst'with sudden consternation at being
spoken to in such a tone and manner, I
had no self-command, and in shutting
the umbrella I somehow lost my bal
ance, and the next instant I was sinking
in the blinding waters.
" I must have risen very quickly, for
the boat was there and I laid my hand
on its side, but quick as a flash Down's
band came down on mine, and though
he afterward said that he tried to lty
hold of me to assist me, I know that be
dislodged my hand. True, I should
have upset the boat, and just as true he
flung me oil to perish. As I sank again,
even through the gurgling in my ears,
l heard the voice of Harry Vane,
' Courage, Charlotte, I'm coming.'
" Again I rose and again sank. Then
I ceased to struggle and the pain of
suffocation was gone. I knew that I was
dying, and like electricity all my past
life flashed before me. I had no terror
of death, but I louged to ask Harry's
pardon. Bowns I seemed to have for
gotten. The tall rice was all about me,
and I knew no more until a deadly
sickness and great pain woke mo to
consciousness. Was it the gurgling
water or human speech that rumbled
in my ears ? I did not know, I did not
care ; I only wished not to bo disturb
ed not to suffer.
" Slowly my comprehension returned
and I found myself on a bed in the log-
cabin of the man who kept the boats on
lure, and it was night, for candles were
burning. Some of my companions of
the picuio were there, but I was too ill
and weary to ask questions.
" When next I opened my eyes it wag
daylight and my father ana mother
were bending over me.
" Suddenly I remembered something
of the drowning and cried out, 'Where
is Harry ? Ho said he was coming.'
" Aliey hnBhed aud soothed me and 1
suppose administered a narcotic, for I
have only a faint recollection of lying
on a bed in a covered conveyance and
of being annoyed by the jolting.
"The next time I awoke my mind
was clear, I recollected all, and beggeJ
to ba told how I was saved. My friends
evaded this question, and my suspioions
being aroused, I demanded to see Harry
Vane. Finding they could no longer
put mo off, they told me that Harry
rescued me and swam with me toward
the islet, where one of the boats had
just landed. Another gentleman waded
out breast high to meet him. and drew
me to the shore, supposing that Harry
was following. But Harry did not
follow, and in the excitement about
me he was not missed until too late.
Whether he was exhausted or whether
he took a cramp no one could tell.
Thio only 1 knoir unci ncror oliall ffrtv-
get : Harry Vane was drowned in sav
ing my life. This also I know : I shall
livo and die Charlotte Kemp. As for
iiowns, 1 bated then, I bate still, tne
sound of his name. He left our town
almost immediately afterthe occurrence
and I never saw his face alter the day
of the picnic."
Typhoid Fever.
Tho British Medical Journal finds a
new text for its advocacy of good drain
age iu an outbreak of typhoid fever in
Lord Cadogan's family, in London.
The Journal says : " Much sympathy
is felt iu London society at tho out
break of typhoid fever in Lord Cado
gan's family, and the circumstances are
not without an important public les
son. The conditions under which it
occurred resemble in a remarkable de
gree those which gave rise to the out
break of typhoid fever among the visi
tors at Londesborough Lodge, of whom
the Frince of Wales was one of the suf
ferers. There are six children in the
family, and they had been for a few
weeks in occupation of Lord Elcho's
town house, No. 23 St. James' place,
where three of them were seized with
typhoid fever within a few days of
each other. Lord Chelsea, who had a
sever attack, is progressing favorably,
although still very weak. The other
children are doing well. Tracing the
cause of the outbreak, it appears that
the house has the characteristic sanitary
defects of so many of our town and
country houses. The closets, situated
in the center of the house, enter on the
bedroom landings ; the soil-pipes are
not ventilated, and, as there are some
times downward currents through the
ventilating shafts of the closets, sewer
air easily finds its way into the house.
The wastes-pipes of the water cisterns
pass directly inty the soil-pipes. The
lessons of the most impressive events
are speedily forgotten, and so it would
appear that, in many of the most luxu
rious mansions of this country, ' the
teachings of the Prince's illness,' which
at the time were echoed by a thousand
tongues, nave passed unheeded."
Superficial Acquirements.
A writer says : " The boy or girl who
cau give tne name of every river and
the height of every mountain in Asia.
the age of every reigning sovereign in
Europe, the date of every battle in
America, can hardly be as well off for
all this burdensome knowledge as one
who knows tho elements of human
physiology and anatomy, who is taught
more of the knowledge useful in after
life, and can tell how to help himself or
another in case ot aocident or emer
gency. The boy who is to go into ac
tive life and the girl who is to become
head of a household, will have little
occasion and less opportunity to use
the greater part of the ' crammed les
sons so industriously accumulated dur
ing their school years. A fair knowl
edge of the rules that are at the bottom
of all healthful activity, a general ao
aquaintance with anatomy and well-
grounded taste for natural sciences.
will all grow into and become part of
their daily lives, and such things are
far less likely to make pretentious men
or women than that kind of smattering
memorized ' facts and dates and
words,' which is too often the penalty
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oi Bupernoiai siuay.
Transplant the early and medium
sorts of cabbage from the seed beds
and sow for lute. The cold-frame and
very early hot-bed plants will now be
fit for the table or lor market. When
the early crop is harvested the land
should be plowed and manured for
other crops.
THE DUNK EUS.
A Peculiar Set of People.
A correspondent of the St. Louis lie
publican gives some particulars about
the German Baptists known as the
Dunkers, who have been holding their
annual national conference: "They
teach the doctrine of general redemp
tion through our Lord Jesus Christ,
and hold that man is a free moral ngmt.
They also believe in the doctrine of in
fant salvation, but their leading bishops
have not decided at what time in lifo
accountability begins. They believe
that Christian regeneration will exhibit
itself externally, and heneo on becom
ing members of the church they e
nounce tho pomps aud vanities of the
world, manifesting their belief by plain
ness and uniformity of dress, both men
and women ; hence iu all the assembly
none of the sisters exhibited any
flounces, furbelows or jewelry, but in
stead are attired in plain modest colors,
many of them in cuhco, and all, both
old and young, wear sun-bonnets which
they remove while in church, each one
having on her head a plain cap of Swiss
mushn, made after the style of our
great-grandmothers. The men wear the
stylo of dress usually adopted by the
Quakers, and in meeting a brother
salute by shaking the hand and giving
tho kiss of brotherly love.
In their moral tenets they are op
posed to bearing arms, and will not re
soi t to the law to collect a debt. When
a brother is unfortunato financially,
they render him assistance, and never
permit any of their members to be sup-.
ported by county or State charities ;
are opposed to all secret societies and
will not receive any one into member
ship who belongs to them. Do not al
low members to make contracts with
persons, either members or otherwise
of the church, which they cannot fill.
Any member found guilty of this sub
jects himself to discipline of the church.
Preach temperance in everything, and
prohibit their members from dealing in
or manufacturing ardent spirits. Coun
sel their brethren not to hold office or
to vote, especially in time of war, and
advise not to vote or take any interest
iu State or political affairs, anil suggest
to the brethren not to read political pa
pers, on the plea that it has a tendency
to lead their minds astray on religious
matters, Their annual conference is
held alternately east and west of the
Ohio river, beginning on Pentecost day,
which is the seventh Sunday from
Easter. The principal churches of this
denomination are located in the States
of Pennsylvania, Virginia, North.Caro-
una, Ohio, Maryland, Delaware, New
Jersey, Indiana. Illinois. Michigan.
Minnesota, Idaho, Oulifornin, Iowa,
Arkansas, Kansas, Oregon, Colorado',
and Missouri, with a scattering mem
bership in tho extreme Southern and
New Lngland States, but no church or
ganizations, the largest body being in
JUiarui valley, Uhio.
As to tho number of membership, it
is impossible to give anything more
than an approximate estimate, they
holding tho doctrine that the Scripture
forbids the numbering of the brethern.
Their ministry is divided into three
classes, the first being teachers or ex-
horters, and advanced when found
worthy to the authority to perform the
marriage rites, and eventually to the
office of bishop, by the lying on of
hand. They receive no salary, but
accept what the brethern voluntarily
bestow, and are at liberty to select.
with consent of the churck, their neld
of labor. Members are received by
vote, and only by trine immersion, and
aro not permitted to partake of the
sacrament with any other religious de
nomination. They consider marriage
by an officer of the civil law as valid ;
nre law-abiding citizens, except where
the civil law conflicts with their views
of the Bible doctrine, in which case
they prefer to suffer the penalties rather
than sacrifice their religious belief.
They observe the Lord's Supper in the
ancient manner, by washing the feet
and Kiss of brotherly love. The
churches are at liberty to observe this
ordinance six times during the year, or
only once, as they may elect. Industry
on the part of its members is strictly
required, and all lazy, indolent mem
bers soon find there is no support for
them if able-bodied.
He Would Not.
A young man entered the bar-room
of a village tavern and called for a
drink. " No," said the landlord, " you
have had too much already. You have
had delirium tremens once, and I can
not sell you any more. He stepped
aside to make room for a couple of
young men who had just entered, and
the landlord waited upon them very
politely. Tho other had stood bv sul
len and silent, and when they had fin
ished he walked up to the landlord and
thus addressed him : " Six years ago, at
their age, I stood where these young
men now are. I was a man of fair pros
rpctn. Knw. nt, rim noa of twentv-eicht.
I am a wreck, body ani mind, xouled
me to drink. In this room I formed
the habit that has been my ruin. Now,
sell me a few glasses more and your
work will be done. I shall soon be out
of the way : there is no hope for me,
But they can be saved ; they may be
men again. Do not soil to them. Sell
to me and let me die, and the world
will be rid of me but for heaven's sake
sell no more to them." The landlord
listened, pale and trembling. Setting
down the deoanter, he exclaimed, "God
helping me, that is the last drop I will
sell to any one." And he kept his
word.
Stop Us.
A man in a western town had a pet
cair, which he was training up in the
ways of an ox. The calf walked around
very peaceably under one end of the
yoke, while the man held up the other
end. But in an unfortunate moment
the man conceived the idea of putting
his own nook in the yoke, to let the calf
see how. it would seem to work with a
partner ; this frightened the calf, and
elevating his tail and his voioo, he
struck a "dead run" for the village, and
the man went along with his head down
and his plug hat in his hand, straining
every nerve to keep up, and crying out
at the top of his voice, "Hear we
oome Bead us somebody I"
The Iree that Destroys Malaria.
The eucalyptus globulus, or Austra
lian gum tree, is favorably known to all
residents ot Ualitornia, where probably
not less than l,000,000i trees are plant
ed. In San Francisco, in front of hand
some residences, you will find it with
its magnificent drooping brandies
making an effective and graceful shade
tree. In Oakland the broad avenues
are lined with them, eucalyptus forests
are planted in the country surrounding
Oakland, and, in fact, in every county
of California where the cold winter will
permit it to live, the eucalyptus will be
found growing.
The wonderful properties of this tree
have only within tho past few years
been discovered and appreciated. It
is justly claimed that when the tree
flourishes in low, marshy, and feverish
districts all miasma will cease. It de
stroys the malarial element in any at
mosphere where it grows, and is a great
absorbent of moisture, draining tho
subsoil almost ns thoroughly as a regu
lar system of piping.
The eucalyptus is an evergreen, and
is found in its native country (Tasma
nia) in boundless forests, both on the
hillside and in tho lowlandu, under ex
tremes of climates, both as to heat and
cold, ranging from 130 degrees to 20
degrees Fahrenheit. Whether it will
endure a greater degree of cold has as
yet been undetermined. It is, how
ever, worthy a trial.
J.ts remarkably rapid growth is a mat
ter of much surprise, attaining, as it
docs, a maximum height of about 300
feet, with a circumference of from thirty
to fifty feet. For timber and fuel it is
exceedingly useful, being hard and
easily worked, and very serviceable lor
such purposes as the keels of vessels,
bridges, etc., where strength and dura
bility are essential. It is estimated
thot from 84,000,000 to 85,000,000 in
value of this timber is exported annu
ally from Australia.
The leaves of this tree aro of a dark
blnish color, about ten inches long, an
inch wide, thin and oddly twisted.
They exhale a strong camphor-like
odor, quite agreeable and pleasant,
which, with the large absorption of wa
ter by the roots, cause the beneficial
influence of the tree. It bears a small
white flower, having no odor.
Too Much Enterprise.
An exchange has the story of a man
on the cars who was offered a newspaper.
He took it. looked at the heading, and
then threw it outside with disgust, and
then remarked :
' I don't want any news from that
paper.
" I supposed that everybody read it
in these parts," 1 answered. " Has it
been pitching into you ?"
" Pitching into me ? Great Cresar I
I should say it had. But just let me
meet tho editor of that paper."
" xou never make anything by strik
ing an editor, I said ; 'better grin
and hear it."
" Yes ; that's all right for you to say;
but just let me meet him ! I'll show
him how to run a paper."
"What did he do?"
"Do? He did a good deal. Here's
how it is : I often went up to Spring
field on the last train at night, did my
business in the evening, aud came borne
on the first morning train. Well, one
night I met an old crony nnd we went
to Music Hall to the theatre. When
i came out we met some friends,
They took us to their rooms. Of course
I couldn't get right out, so I treated
then Jim treated : and the others treat'
ed ; in fact we were having a pretty
good time, when some fellows came in
and began to raise a row. In less thou
no time the police were in aud had us
The next morning I was hauled before
the court and fined 87.40. I didn't
care much, because I gave a false name,
and I knew my wife couldn't find it
out ; but tho nest morning, I'll bo
eternully flunked if that" very paper
didn't have it all in and my own name
too."
" Did your wife see it?"
" I should say she did."
" Did she make a fuss ?"
"Fuss! Godfrey, iuisha ! Are you
married?
" Yes."
' Then you know how it is. I have
to go to Springfield in the daytime now,
Just let me see that editor ouse !"
" But." said I. feeling I ought to take
a newspaper's part, "you can hardly
blame him,. you know. It was only the
proper enterprise.
" Enterprise ! enterprise be hanged
There's such a thing as having too much
enterprise.
Postage on Newspapers.
The United States House Post-office
Committee have agreed to report a bill
providing that on all newspapers and
periodical publications mailed from a
known office of publication or news
agency, and addressed to regular sub
scribers or news agents, postage shall
be charged at the following rates :
Newspapers and periodical publica
tions issued weekly and more frequent
ly than onco a week, 1 J cents, and on
those issued less frequently than once
a week. 3 cents for each pound or frac
tion thereof. On the receipt of such
newspapers and periodical publications
at tho olhce of mailing they are to no
weighed in bulk and the postage paid
thereon by a special adhesive stamp.
Of newspapers, one copy to each aotual
subscriber residing within the county
where the same are printed, in whole
or in part, and published, is to go free
through the mails,- but the same shall
not be delivered at the letter-carrier
offices or distributed by carriers unless
the postage is paid thereon, as by law
provided. Newspapers and magazines
reciprocally interchanged between pub
lishers, not exoeeding sixteen ounces in
weight, to be confined to a single copy
of each publication, are to go free
through the mails. All mailable matter
of the third class may weigh not ex
ceeding four pounds for each package
thereof, and postage shall be charged
thereon at the rate of 1 cent for each
two ounces or fraction thereof ; but
nothing herein contained shall be held
to change or amend section 134 of said
act. Affidavits are to be made by pub
lishers or news agents to secure their
adherence to these provisions, for the
violation of whioh penalties are prescribed,,
Animal Teaching.
Long years before tho American
Itarey's name was heard as a " horse
tamer," a secret existed, as a family
heirloom, among a branch of the
O'Sullivans in the South of Ireland.
This family was known as " Tho Whis
perers," and they possessed the power
of rendering as quiet as a lamb the
most stubborn and unmanageable horse
that ever existed. Whether they did
anything more to a horse than breathe
into his nostrils we know not, but by
doing this, and by kind, soothing, and
other ways known to themselves, they
effected their purpose and retained
their fame. Putting the question of
drugs or stimulant or other fasci
nating means aside, and coming to the
point of pure and unadulterated domes
tication and teaching, perhaps there
has no person in modern times achieved
so much success in animal teaching as
'Bissett. This man was an humble
shoemaker. He was born in Scotland,
iu 1721, but he afterwards removed to
London, where he married a woman
who Jjrought him some property. Then,
turning to a broker, ho accumulated
money until the year 175'J, when his at
tention was turned to the training of
animals, birds, and fishes. He was led
into this new study by reading an ac
count of a remarkable horse shown at
a fair at St. Gcrmains.
Bissett bought a horse and dog, and
succeeded beyond his expectations in
teaching them to perform various feats.
He next purchased two monkeys, which
ho taught to dance and tumble on a
rope, and one would hold a candle in
one paw and turn the barrel organ with
the other, while his companion danced.
He next taught three cats to do a great
many wonderful things, to sit before
music books and to squall notes pitch
ed to different keys. He advertised a
cats opera in the Haymarket, and
successfully carried out his programme,
the cats accurately fulfilling all their
parts. He pocketed some thousands
by these performances. He next taught
leveret, and then several ispecies of
birds to spell the name of any person
in the company, and to distinguish the
hour of the day or night. Six turkey
cocks were next rendered amenable to
country dance, and after six months'
teaching he trained a turtle to fetch
and carry like a dog, and having chalk
ed the floor and blackened its claws, he
made it trace out the name of any given
person in the company.
Condensed Milk Manufacture.
A factory for the production of con
densed milk has recently been estab
lished at Cham, canton Zug, on the
borders of the lake of the same name,
in Switzerland. Weflnd the following
description of the process : The milk is
furnished by peasants ; and as soon as
each person dalivers his supply, a
sample is taken from the pans, num
bered, and allowed to remain quiet
over night. The object of this is to
judge of the quality of the milk for the
rising of cream. Cares of fraud, how
ever, nre rare, as the peasantry are
generally honest, nnd tho penalties im
posed by law are extremely severe.
me urst operation is to weign tne
milk, which to this end is conducted
into a copper basin supported by a bal
ance. Its weight being obtained, the
milk is allowed to escape into huge
wooden reservoirs lined with zinc, and
located iu the cellar. Here a careful
examination is made wih the lac
tometer, and the fluid is drawn off into
large cj lindrical copper boilers, which
are placed in a vat furnished with a
false bottom, under which steam en
ters. The milk is thus slowly heated,
but not boiled. For the latter purpose,
it is ladled out into a separate boiler,
whence it is carried to another tank
containing a quantity of white sugar.
Iu order to facilitate tho solution of the
latter, the liquid is repeatedly passed
along a metal trough from one vase to
another. When the operation is com
pleted, it is drawn off into evaporating
chambers. These receptacles resemble
the similar apparatus used in sugar
manufacture, and have double bottoms,
heated by steam. They are united to a
column of condensation which com'
municates with air pumps. Under
thceo conditions the milk boils at 140
degrees Fahrenheit. Every little while
the workman takes out a sample from
which he judges according to its vis
cosity whether the condensation is suf
ficient. When the latter point is reached, the
liquid is led down into the cellar and
into a tin receptacle which is surround
ed by cold water. The milk -is thor
oughly agitated by hand for some time
until completely cool, wheu it is car
ried to other reservoirs and thence
drawn off into boxes and sealed. The
daily product is about 8,000 boxes, each
weighing about 13 '5 ounces. The milk
may be -diluted with five times its
weight of water.
Wants to Get Out.
A western paper says : ' " A lady in t
new spring fcilk takes refuge in a street
car from the shower. Wheu she reaches
her destination she pulls the bell-ttrap,
but the car goes ahead, because some
body else had just pulled it. The calm
expression leaves her face, and she
pulls it again. Then a man in the lower
corner rises and takes a tug at it,
' Idiot I' she mutters between her
clenched teeth, at the same time seiz
ing the strap with both hands and
clinging to it as if it were her only safe
ty from a watery grave, just as tne in'
furiated driver is bringing his horse to
a halt the conductor shrieks wildly at
her to let go. She lets go. Then he
tries the prentice hand, and once more
the car rolls merrily along, lave blocks
from her destination she tumbles out
with a demoniao look in her eyes, dashes
home turougn tne pelting rain, encoun
ters her husband enjoying hia slippered
ease in a cushioned chair, and then lets
loose upon the domestic circle a reign
of terror, which is all the more appall
ing since it does not involve the sweet
nepenthe ot death.
A novel petition was the other day
presented to the United States Senate
from a citizen of Minnesota, praying
for the abolition of the Lnglisu lan
guage in the United States upon the
ground that it is a " relio " of Great
Britain which this republic- is in duty
bound to get lU of.
Items of Interest.
119,000 Israelites live in Franco.
California exempts editors from jury
duty.
Iowa erected 1,200 school houses last
year.
Paris eats nearly 5,000 horses every
year.
Thero are fifty Episcopal Churches
in California.
Tho hydrophobia days are come, the
maddest of the year.
A tune holds good until an organ
grinder gets hold of it.
The estimated damage by the Missis
sippi floods is 820,000,000.
The average reoeipts of one Sandusky
fish house are six tons a day.
Over 600cabin passengers sailed from
New York to Europe, one week.
Over- 30,000,000 acres of land in the
Southwest has been overflown.
Over 200.000 pounds of wool have
been delivered in Lebanon, N. H.
A Pittsburgh newspaper calls the
debt items of that city " due drops."
The New York State tax this year is
seven and one-fourth miles on the dol
lar. A sewing machine agent was shot
half a dozen times, but his cheek was
bft intact.
If you want to make a bustle in the
world take five newspapers and a piece
of tape.
An Orange county farmer has been
stabling his cow in an ice house to make
her give ice cream.
Why might carpenters believe there
is no such thing as stone ? Because
they never saw it.
A matter-of-fact old gentleman thinks
it must be a very small baso ball that
can be caught on a fly.
A monster hotel is being erected in
San Francisco, to cost 81,200,000 and
accommodate 1,200 persons. '
One hundred and fifty-five days of
sleighing were enjoyed in some parts
of Wisconsin during the past season.
A boy, having heard of sailors heav
ing up anchors, wanted to know if it
was seasickness that made them do it.
Iu Middletown, Conn., a magistrate
has lately deoided that a woman has a
legal right to get drunk iu her own
house.
A Wyoming paper delicately announ
ces that its charge for marriage notices
is "just what the ecstasy of the bride
groom may prompt."
The number of failures in the United
States for 1872 was 4.0R9 ; total liabili
ties, 8121,056,000. For 1873, 5,183;
total liabilities, 8228,409,000.
A Minnesota clergyman has sued
thirty-five members of his church, who
refuse to pay pew rent because he al
luded to them iu one of his sermons as
" empty heads."
A San Francisco man has been
sued for 820,000 by another man whoso
wife he allured away from hira. 'ihe
idea seems to be that he may keep the
woman if he will pay the money.
Prepare well -manured hills for ciicnm-
bers four feet apart each way, and use
plenty of seed, and manure in tho hill.
there are many devices lor Keeping ou
the "striped bug," but somo simple
covering answers.
The poultry propagator writes to
our contributor " to ask, "When is
hen most likely to hatch ?" We have
devoted considerable attention to this
branch of flue arts, and answer unhesi
tatingly, " When she is iu 'earnest.
At a recent meeting where there was
much religious interest, an old man
gave expression to his joy by shouting,
nd continued it until it began to inter
rupt the service. Brother H. said to
Brother W., "Uostop that oia mans
ise." He went to seo him, and spoke
few words, and tho shouting man at
once became quiet. " rsroiuer a..
asked brother W., "what did you say
to the old man that quieted him down
so promptly?" Brother W. replied,
' I asked him for
a aoiiar lor toreigu
missions.
Dangerous.
A voung lady, passing through a hall
in her father's house, perceived a sug
gestion of fire, a smell of something
burning, sufficiently out of the common
course to arrest her attention. Finding
the furnace fire and soft coal sitting
room fire with nothing unusual to ac
count for the smell of lire, she coutinued
to the front drawing-room. Now the
forenoon was bright, the curtains and
shades withdrawn, so that the rays of
the sun wera streaming in at the win
dows in full blaze upen the centre-
table, where rested a common round
top glass paper weight, under whioh a
mass of papers lay. Here was the fire.
ihe papers were burning smartly, oue
disposed of them in the grate, and
taking up the glass found it burning
hot ; acting as a uurmug giass, it iiau
concentrated the rays of the sun suffi
ciently to cause combustion. It should
be told that tne paper Doitom oi inis
glass was for some reason gone either
worn off or torn off. Moral : Be care
ful in the use of these dangerous trifles.
How la Fight Hard Times
The Christiansburg, Va., Messenger
says : " We once rode up to a larm
house in this county to spend the day.
We found the farmer's wife alone in the
kitchen preparing dinner. The farmer
l LI. a a i j .1 l- nu.
was ac nig lan-yuru uuu nu ui. inn
two eons were in the field gathering
corn and running the farm. One
daughter was in the weaving room ma
king materials lor famny wear. The
other daughter cleaning up the house,
and then to the sewing. There was no
hiring upon the farm, no man servant
nor maid servant, no boy or girl. The
work of the whole farm and family was
done without paying anything to others.
This is the way to get out of debt and
get along. This is the way to have
thrifty farms and yoemanry. This is
the way to live and be happy. Were
this the rule, instead of a remarkable
exception in this State, Virginia would
soon become as rich as any Northern
State."