HEMFIY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
NIL DESPERANDTJM.
Two Dollars per Annum.
VOL. TV.
ttlDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1874
NO, 33.
X
Me fore tlio Kaiu.
We fcre i it would rstin, for all the morn
A e . ' it on Blonder ropca of mint
Was iii. nriiig tlio gnlilon backets down
Into the vapory niiiothynt,
(Of marshes and Kirn'tips and ilimal fong,
Scorching tho dow thnt lay in the flowers,
. Dipping tlio jonc' i -ml uf tlio eea,
To.sprinklo tliom ovar tho land in fchowors.
Wo
Kiid loin, for tho poplars
know it
IjllOWCil
TUo white of thoir loaves, tlio ambor grain
Shrunk iu Mir. v.itiil-aixl tho lightning now
Ih ts.';,li J in tremulous skeins cf rain !
THE TELEGRAPHISTS' REVENUE.
(FROM TUB GERMAN).
There were eight of us belonging to
the telegraph department of tho German
army, and wo had had another long
and Laid day's journey. At a littla be
fore midnight wo arrive, Vith our two
K. wagons, at a pretty little town near Le
Mans.
As wo reached the outskirts of the
place, the couri er Te had sent ahead
met us with t10 billets for our quarters.
As he hand'dli them to us his face as
sumed at- expression that I knew only
too wel', how to interpret.
" C nr quarters are none of tho best,
sb ' I asked.
"Tliero have been some Bavarians
here for n vholo week," was his laconic
reply, which said quite enough. It was
only whin tiioy found a very great
nbnnjnncii and their stay was very short
that, onr blue-coated allies left anything
behind them.
Well, cur billets, in our respective
judgments, promised very little. I,
for example, was sent to the house of a
liut u-weaver. Now, at tho mere men
tion of the worl linen-weaver, a feel
ing of huugv-r and misery comes over
me, probably on account of my having,
in my boyhood, so often Bung the song
of "Tho 'Weaver of Silesia."
The others, being no better pleased
with their billets than I was with mine,
readily acceded to my proposition to
go to a hotel end pass the night at our
.own expense.
Tho mail had arrived only a day or
two previously, and consequently we
all ha d money ; not much, 'tis true, but
enor.gh to pay our reckoning for a
nip'lit at least.
The house to which we were directed
was called " The Shark." If the name
was somewhat ominous, we consoled
ourselves with the thought, or rather the
recollection, that.in the olden time, on a
certain ooension, a very distinguished
person found himself very comfortable
. iu n fish's belly.
Tho landlord, when onr troop enter
ed his house, made an awfully wry
face; when, however, he learned that
we Lad not been quartered upon him,
but cama as paying guests, his physi
' oguomy' assumed an entirely different
,"f "expression. V.Te Germans, despite the
4 hot rod of tho French for us, had a good
reputation among the landlords ; and I
,nm convinced that, if countrymen of
the proprietor of The Shark had pre-
"sented themselves, he would not have
been so well pleased as he was with. us.
But his suave manner did not 'please
us. There was something too fox-like
in his physiognomy. While tie tongue
... of the little man was giving utterances
to polite phrases, his little, sharp, dark
!, ,eyes seemed to say, " If I only had the
, gold in my pocket, you might go to the
deuce for all I caro 1"
Such-like lnndlor da were not new t0
us, and consequently the contradictory
expression of 1 ls WOrds and his mien
gave us no ueinea,,. He could in
dulge in or.j grimaces he pleased, pro
vided his larder was well filled and his
wine wf ,H good.
The jjjmj i;uew hi9 business, that no
on,,v could deny. He ran over the list
1f his culinary delicacies with wonder
ful volubility, and praised his wines
with an eloquence that even a Geneva
Calviuibt would have found it difficult
to resist. As for the former, they
tasted very like the remnants of a din
ner warmed over ; auil, as for the latter,
it had certuiuly been liberally watered.
But our stomachs had not been cloyed
with luxuries of late, and, especially
for the last three or four days, our fare
bed been so very plain, that we found
the supper The Shark landlord set be
fore us very palatable. Although we
had had a hard day, we were, neverthe
less, in a convivial mood, and, after our
host had persuaded us to take one bot
tlo of champagne, he did not find it
difficult to persuade us to take a second,
a third, and a fourth. So we sat drink
ing and merry-making until three
o'clock in the morning, when we sud
denly broke up and hastened to our
beds.
At six o'clock we were all assembled
again around the table, busy with our
coffee, when the Shark appeared, and,
with one of Lis friendliest grimaces,
handed me our reckoning.
Good Heavens I I thought I should
sink to the earth when I glanced at the
paper ! Such imposition I had never
before witnessed.
"Two hundred and thirty-three
francs !" I cried ; " that is impossible I
it cannot be 1"
" Si, hi, monsieur.it is quite correct,"
answered the Shark, blandly. "Mod
Dieu ! Messieurs les Prussiens have
made every thing so dar with us in
France what can we do ?"
" The rascal 1" I thought, and told
my comrades what the fellow demand
ed of us. They, very naturally, were
not less iucf-nsed than I was; but what
could we do ? There was no time to
enter into a discussion, for our wagons
were already waiting at the door ; so
we emptied our purses, and, with
"Muh und Nuth," made up the sum
the villain demanded, which he pocket
ed with a nonchalance that clearly
showed it was not the first time he had
preyed upon the unwary.
We went our way, all feeling very
savage, I particularly, for it was my
fault, if anybody's, that we had ialkn
intcj the jaws of the monster.
I" had no expectation of ever seeing
the little town or The Sbark landlord
again'; but Providence willed that it
should be otherwise, and kindly gave
me an opportunity to be fully avenged.
Nine days later we were ordered to
repair a short eonneoting-line near Le
Mans, , Again we took the road to the
littlo town of dearremembranee, which
we reached about nightfall and where
wi were to spend the night. We re
ported ourselves at the commissary
bureau, where I had the good fortune
to find a good-natured asquaintance in
the officer in charge. In tho Course of
conversation, I told him how I and tuv
companions had been robbed by The
biiarfc proprietor a few days previously.
"I know the fellow' Said he.
" There have already been a good many
complaints about lum ; but I have de
termined to send him as many of my
billets an 1 can with any show of jus
tice ; in that way one can, perhaps, get
even with the rascal."
" Ah, an excellent idea 1" I cried.
"Send me and my comrades to him-
that is, if you can."
"Why not? Eight luen yes, cer
tainly I can stud you to him. The fel
low is rich ; the other houses are full,
and he has only three or four Bavari
ans. Yes, I'll send you to him for to
night." Fifteen minutes later onr wagon drew
up before tno door of The Shark. On
the way I had unfolded a little plan to
my companions, with which they were
delighted.
When our Worthy host saw us he was
radiaut with delight, and his satisfac
tion was apparently increased when we
excused ourselves for troubling him
again so soon, and begged that he
would have our tired horses well at
tended to.
" Oh, you are yrry welcome, gentle
men," he replied, rubbing his hands
with a sort of satanic glee. " You do
my little house great honor 1" (" Here
I have the eight dunces again," he
thought to himself.)
We made ourselves as comfortable as
possible, and, in our endeavors in this
direction, we were ably seconded by
our host. When he asked us how many
rooms we wished, we modestly repliod
that we were by no means particular
how many we had ; whereupon he has
tened to allot to our occupancy eight
rooms in a row, up two flights of stairs,
which, ho assured us, were as comfort
able as any rooms in his house, and I
have no doubt that, in making the
statement, he was not very wide of the
truth. Of ordering our supper, we
made equally light work, leaving the
selection of the bill-of-fare entirely to
him. Yes, we even went so far in evinc
ing our confidence in his judgment and
discretion as to allow him to select our
wine for us.
"Perhaps I shall put a bottle of
oharnpagne on ice ?" he suggested. " I
hope Messieurs les Prussiens found my
wine to their taste the other evening.""
" If you choose, you may put two on
ice," I replied.
"Perhaps three, messieurs."
"Four if you like."
"Bon, lot us say six."
" You are very kind, monsieur."
" My duty, my duty I I think I know
what is due to such guests as you are,
gentlemen."
And so we continued to compliment
each other until our jaws were busy
with supper, which, thanks to tho gen
erosity of our host, was truly Lucullian
in its character.
Our host watched our glasses witn
Argus-eyes, and hardly were they empty
when the waiters, in obedience to his
wink, filled them again ; this we gave
him an opportunity to do very fre
quently, especially when he brought on
the diarnpagne, which, to do the Shark
justice, I confess was very good, and,
unlike his claret, had not been watered.
We swallowed with heroic courage
whatever was set before us and it is
astonishing what eight healthy, willing
fellows can accomplish in this direction
under proper encouragement, after a
hard day's march, especially if they
have been on plain fare for a few days.
We repeatedly drank the Shark's health,
an honor the significance of which he
was destined not to learn until the next
morning. Finally, at a late hour, with
heavy heads and limber knees, leaving
a formidable battery of empty bottles
behind us, we retired to sleep tho sleep
of the avengers.
The next morning, bright and early,
late as it was when we went to our
beds, we were all assembled round the
table enjoying our cafe au lait, and in
all the better humor in consequence f
the success of our little plot. It was
with a sort of triumphant satisfaction
that I watched onr host, as we drank
our eottee, making a copy of what
seemed to be an interminable list of
entries in a big account-book before
him.
" Now he is slaughtering us," I
whispered to my comrades, just as one
of our drivers, a stalwart Pomeranian,
presented himself at the door, and
cried out, "The wagons are ready,
gentlemen 1'
Before our landlord could recover
from his astonishment, we were out of
his house and iu onr seats. But he was
close upon us with his bill, which could
have been measured with a yard-stick.
I glanced at the sum. It was, as we
intended it should be, larger than the
previous ona.
" What is it you wish ?" I asked with
all the naivete ! could command.
" The amount of my little bill, mes
sieurs, if you please," repeated 'the
Shark, in his blandest tone.
"Your bill! how? why, we were
quartered with you."
"Eh! wh what! qua quartered
with me ?" he stammered, and at each
syllable his under jaw fell lower and
lower.
" Certainly ! Is it possible that I
forgot last evening to give you our bil
let ? Why, here . it is now !" and I
drew the document from my pocket and
handed it to him. " I beg a thousand
pardons, raon cher monsieur ! Driver,
go on !"
And away we drove, laughing heart
ily. The Shark, however, did not seem
to relish the joke. As long as we were
in sight he stood still, " with murder
in his mien," looking now at us, and
now at his " little bill."
Wo, however, for the thousandth
time, struck up our favorite song, which
rang out merrily on the morning air :
" Lieb Yaterland, magat rnhig sein,
Feet fcteht and treu die W&cht am Rhein."
Does anybody doubt that the land
lord of The bhark looked after the
Quartierbilltte a little more closely
alter this adventure?
; Probably not I
Power of the Eye,
Cooley has got a new dog, says Max
Adler, and I am sorry to say th.at he is
exceedingly vicious ; indeed, that very
few of the neighbors have coiirago
enough to enter Uooley'B yard. J udge
Pitman, however. had to bo
in there the other day for the purpose,
of collecting a bill, and he told me that
he wasn't a particle afraid, because ho
possessed the power of holding a wild
animsi witn his eyes, when he looked
straight into the eyes of a. dog the
brute quailed before his glance, and
slunk away. He said it proved the su
periority of a human being with a soul
and a resolute will to the mere brute
creation. So he opened the gate and
went in. Cooley's dog heard him com
ing, and immediately flew to meet him.
The Judge fixed his eye on the animal
for the pnrpoe of holding it, but the
dog didn't seem to notice the circum
stance. But still the Judge looked,
and still the dog came on. Then it
seemed to occur to the Jndj'S that per
haps his kind of an eye might not hold
this kind of a dog, and he suddenly
moved toward the apple-tree, with the
dog close behind him. He became
panic-stricken, and made a furious ef
fort to climb up the trunk. He had
just reached the first limb when the
dog arrived, and made a Snap at him.
The dog's teeth caught in the lower
part of the judge's trouser-leg, and as
it is a bull-dog, he held on ; while the
Judge lay across the limb on his
stomach, out of breath, frightened and
uncertain what to do. If he dropped,
the dog would certainly eat him ; if he
climbed further up, we would have to
take the dog with him. Ho had just
made up his mind to stay where he was
while his strength lasted, when ho
thought he heard the limb cracking,
and then he yelled for help. Then
Oooley came out, and after making the
Judge promise to take 20 per cent, dis
count on of tho but, he pried open the
dog's jaws with tho kitchen poker, and
dragged him into the stable. The
Judge came down, hot, breathless and
mad ; and he has said to me since, pri
vately, that the next time he wants to
hold 1 dog with his eye he will impale
him on a hay fork first. That is a safe
way, anyhow.
Reproof of Foppery.
Dean Swift was a great enemy to ex
travagance in dress, and particularly to
that destructive ostentation in the mid
dle classes ' which led them to make
their appearauce above their condition
in life. Of his mode of reproving
those persons for whom he had any
esteem, the followiug instance has been
recorded : When George Faulkner, the
printer, returned from London, where
he had been soliciting subscriptions
for his edition of the Dean's works, he
went to pay his respects to him, dressed
in a lace waistcoat, a bag wig, and other
fopperies.
Swift received him with the same
ceremony as if he had been a stranger.
" And pray, sir, what are your com
mands with me ?" said he. " I thought
it was my duty, sir," replied George,
" to wait upon you immediately upon
my arrival from London." " Pray, sir,
who are you ?" " George Faulkner,
printer." " You George Faulkuer, the
printer ? Why, you are the most im
pudent, barefaced scoundrel of any
fellow I ever met with I George Faulk
ner is a plain, sober citizen, and would
never trick himself out iu laco and
other fopperies. Get you gone, yo
rascal, or I will immediately send you
to the House of Correction."
Away went George, as fast as he
could, and having changed his dress,
returned to the deanery, where he was
received with the greatest cordiality.
" My friend George," said the dean,
cordially, " I am glad to see you return
safe from Loudon. Why, here has
been an impudent fellow with me just
now, dressed in a lace waistcoat, and
he would fain pass himself off for you,
but I soon sent him off with a ilea iu
his ear."
Preparing FIsli for Winter.
It is estimated that at present there
are stored in .New lork city about U00,
000 pounds of valuable fish in a frozen
state for next winter. These stores will
not be touched while freshly caught
nsn can he brought to market. Terra,
pin is one of the luxuries of tho table,
Those who catch them have to hunt for
them as far south as Galveston, and
Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S. C
furnish supplies, and some very fiue
terrapin are caught in the Chesapeake
ISay, and are eagerly purchased at Ual-
timore, where they have been sold as
high as $15 per dozen. In order to get
anything like a supply for the New
York market, a leading wholesale fish
dealer found it necessary, several years
ago, to lay in a stock during the sum
mer, at which time, in consequence of
their voracity, tho terrapin are more
easily caught.' As it is necessary to
preserve the terrapin alive, he caused a
large pen to be constructed on the
shore of Pleasure Bay, near Long
Branch, about 1UU leet Equare, con
structed with a fence of planking 8
inches wide. 2i inches thick, and of or
dinarv length. The bottom and shore
was artificially constructed so as to give
it a gradual slope, and the shore was
made of white sea sand, wmie tne bed
of the pen was composed of ordinary
sea mud and snd. Hero for three or
four years past the fish dealer stored
his terrapin, sometimes having as many
as 10,000 terrapin in the pen at one
time. As the food they appear most to
enjoy can be easily had, tlie cost of
maintaining the pens is small ; while
the revenue, should the scheme prove
moderately successful, will be very
great, as even good fat terrapin bring
in this market from $3 to $15 per
dozen.
The most systematic method of put
ting an end to one's existence ocourred
at West Troy, N. Y. A mau fifty years
of age, Martin Supple, by name, left
his wife and children one evening, re
tired to a bedroom, took an old gun,
loaded it with a double charge, plaoed
the stock in a vice, pulled off his shoe
and stocking, tied the string to the
trigger of the gun, made a loop which
he inserted in his big toe, aimed the
gun at his heart, pressed his toe down
wards, and went into eternity,
Orphan Asylum Tortures,
An investigation of the stories of tor
ture in the Orphan's Home at Wormels-doi-f,
hear Beading, Penn., confirms
their truth. Boys of six or eight years
old were kept shoveling ooal until too
tired to continue, and then whipped for
stopping. In bitter weather they were
kept standing barefooted until their
feet Wero frozen. James E. More,
agent at the railroad station, among
other incidents related the following I
The superintendent, accompanied by
one of the orphan boys, came to the
station for some freight. The boy
drove the horses, and the animals back
ed pretty hard against the freight
house, as horses sometimes do even
with the best, driver. Ferryman said
to the boy " Don't jerk the horse so ;"
the little fellow simply replied " I
didn't jerk them," when Ferryman
said in an excited manner " Don't call
me a liar," jumped on the wagon and
with his fist struck the boy so violently
in the face that the blood gushed from
his mouth and nose. One of the little
fellows remarked that ho had been
kicked in the side so severely that the
blood came. To the question " Is there
any truth in the statement that Mr. Al
bright cut the finger-ends of any of the
boys?" the reply was "It is true."
" Well, how did he do it?" Here one
of the boys took a knife and showed
how it was done, by cutting the tips of
the fingers in one direction and then
cutting crosswise at right angles. A
phvsioian remarked " That was a hor
rible punishment, as the finger-ends are
very sensitive, as you may well think,
for the blind read by the touch of their
fingers, and a person can feel the slight
est particle npon which the fingers may
rest. In January last a boy named
John Lang left the Orphan's Home and
walked to Philadelphia, where his
mother is living. The constable at
Wormelsdorf was sent after the boy,
and when he met the mother she stated
that she had secured a situation for her
child in a factory, and begged the cou-
stable, with tears in ner eyes, not to
take her little son away from her ; that
he had come to her with ragged cloth
ing and torn shoes, and his back and
legs black and blue from the brutal
whippings, and she would rather see
him starve at home than to be taken
back and be so terribly abused at the
Orphan's Home. The constable was
mobbed while on his way to the depot,
and the little boy taken from him. He
then secured the services of a Phila
delphia policeman, who went with him
and explained to Mrs. Land that there
was no use resisting the officers of the
law, as the boy would have to be taken
back to Wormelsdorf. The little fel
low was then given up to the officers
and brought back to the Orphan's
Home. These are but specimens of
what is being brought out by an official
inquiry now in progress.
The testimony brought out the fact
that the children were choked with
nooses for punishment, kept lashed in
boxes for hours ; and that the teachers
were profane and brutal. Four of the
teachers are under arrest.
FRENCH BALLOONING.
American Religious Statistics.
Americans cannot but read with in
terest the statements circulated in Eu
rope as to tne increase of religious
bodies in the United States according
to the census of 1870, 1860 and 1850.
The Methodists count 21,000, 19,000
and 13,000 churches, in round numbers,
severally, at each of these dates, thus
showing an increase of eight-thirteenths
iu twenty years. The Baptists count
13,000, 12,000 and 9,000, er a gain of
four-ninths. The .Presbyterians, 7,000,
6,000 and nearly 5,000, or a gain of
about two-fifths. The Roman Catho
lics number 3,800, 2,500 and 1,200
churches at the three dates, or a gain
of twenty-six twelfths. Tho Christian
Connection (Union Baptists) number
2,800, 2,200 and 800, or a gain of
twenty-eighths, a remarkable increase.
lhe Lutherans count 2,700, 2,100 1,200
churches, or a gain of fifteen-twelfths.
The Congregationalists return 2,700,
2.100. 1.700, or a gam of ten-seven
tcenths. The Protestant Episcopalians
2,600, 2,100, 1,400 churches, or a gain
of eleven-thirds, an increase to be ex
plained partly by their missionaiv
movements at the West, or perhaps by
confounding German Reformed with
Dutch Reformed churches. The
Quakers. 600. 700 and 700, a de
cline of about one-seventh. The
Universalists, 60, 66, 53, a gain of
about one-seventh, which may be
wrongly reported. Tho Unitarians,
310, 264. 245 churches, a gain of 65
churches or a gain of about one- quar
ter. The Mormons are reported at 171,
24 and 16, a gain of more than ten-fold,
and the Jews at 152, 77 and do syna
gogues, or an increase of more than
fourfold. We have not taken these
figures directly from the census, but
from the official tables of a leading Eu
ropean Year Book, and we have only
calculated the average increase of each
denomination. According to this state
ment the Roman Catholics have gained
more, relatively, than any other leading
denomination, having more than tripled
their churches in twenty years. Next
to them come the Lutherans, who have
more than doubled, and next come the
Episcopalians, who have nearly doubled
their number of churches since loou
An Ascent from Cnlnl and a Plunge In
the North BeaJ)I. Jlnronf'l Ill.torjr
ol a Perllou. Voyage.
M. Duinof and his wife, who made
the perilous balloon ascent from Calais
have been rescued In the North Sea.
As one of the attractive features of a
publio fete given at Calais that day, it
was announced tna? ino aaveniurous
aeronaut and his wife would go up in
their balloon, the Tricolor, and if the
wind was favorable they proposed to
make an aerial voyage over the Channel
and land in England. The wind was
squally, and moreover blew in the
wrong direction. With a southeasterly
current the attempt would have been
made, but it blew variously soutn and
Bouthwest, and the only prospect be
fore the voyagers was a descent in the
German Ocean, unless they could reach
the distant shores of Denmark or Nor
way. The authorities forbade the as
cent, but part of the crowd, disappoint-
ed of tne sensational episode oi ins
day's amusement, taunted Duruof with
cowardice, and, stung by their taunts,
he and his wife made the desperate
effort to carry out their engagement,
and Le Tricolor was seen rising into
the clouds just as night was closing in,
and drifing over the FUraits of Dover
toward the open sea.
So it continued to tirnt lor ten nours,
when the gas being partly exhausted it
fell into the JNortli &ea.
Then they saw and were seen by a
Grimsby fishing smack ; the crew
hastened to their rescue, pursued the
car, which dipped into and rose out of
the water like a flying fish, and finally,
after a chase of two hours, saved the
half-drowned aeronaut and his wife in
the middle of the North Sea, some 170
miles from the Spurr Lighthouse.
According to these data it would
seem that tne uauoon naa iraveieu
about three hundred miles in a direct
line, its rate being between twenty-five
and thirty miles an hour, or about
twice the average horizontal motion of
the air.
Subjoined we publish facts taken
from M. Duruof's narration of his voy
ntre and rescue :
The balloon went up amid tne accla
mation of the crowd, and for the space
of 327 yards went in a northerly direc
r. .... .ti.
tion ; but upon attaining mat neignt
our course changed to the northeast,
and shortly afterwards we saw the
French and English lighthouses at sea,
and we seemed to be going more to
ward England than toward France.
There were no vessels to be seen at sea,
and night was coming on. I ielt that,
in case I should be obliged to make a
long voyage, I must economize my bal
last, and I decided to pass the night
watching tho extremity of the rope,
which was seventy-six yards long, and
every time the rope touched the water
I threw out a very small quantity of
ballast. At four a. m., just before sun
rise, 1 threw all the IigUt ballast out,
and 1 discovered that during the night
I had been driven in a northeasterly di
rection. Not knowing the distance I
was from the nearest land, and fearful
of being driven by another current to
the northward, I resolved to try to
lower myself to a vessel. I manoeuvred
so as to get down, and toward five
o'clock I succeeded. The lower cur
rent of tho wind was blowing north
west. It is impossible to describe my
extreme thirst. The sea was very
rough. Without any fear I opened the
valve, and descended until the ropes
were trailing in the water, and in an in
stant we were past a vessel. At seven
o'clock we again sighted the smack on
the horizon, and saw that she was pur
suing us, and by degrees we noticed
that she came closer to us. The cold
s very severe, and our limbs were
becoming benumbed, our strength was
failing us, and the hope of being over
taken by the smack was the only thing
that gave strength to our arms to hold
on. My wife s limbs were benumbed,
and at each jerk of the balloon she be
came weaker and weaker. The smack
continued to approach us. I pointed it
out to my wife, and it renewed her
courage. I saw the danger they were
in, and I began to cut the ropes that
trailed from the balloon. I had cut tho
greater part of them, when I was
dashed against the boat, and I let my
self fall into it. I, like my wife, lay
helpless in the bottom of the boat. The
men then let go the ropes or the. car,
and tne balloon started on witn a
mighty speed toward Norway. The boat
returned to the smack. We were put
on board and taken into tne cabin,
where a good fire did not fail to bring
us round.
A Miraculous Escape.
A Lucid Charge.
If the jury believe from the evidenee
that the plaintiff and defendant were
partners in the grocery, and that the
plaintiff bought out the defendant, and
Mint t.lm defendant paid note bv deliv
ering to the plaintiff a cow, which he
warranted not breachy : and the war
rantee was broken by reason of the
breaohiness of the cow, and he drove
the eow and tendered her to the de.
feudant, but he refused to receive her,
and the defendant took her home again
and nnt a heavy yoke upon her to pre
vent her jumping fences, and by reason
of her yoke she broke her neck and
died ; and if the jury believe that the
defendant's interest in the grocery was
worth anything, the plaintiff's note
worthless and the oow good for noth
ing, either for beef or milk, then the
iurv must find out for themselves how
they will decide this case, fer the oour1,,,
if she understands herself, and the
thinks she does, don't know ho euoh
a case ihould be decided.
Fashion Chlt-Chat.
All thlnss have their day and fash
ions come and go with meteof-like la
pidity.
Thus the Ions black lace scarfs with
out which a lady would have considered
her toilet incomplete last season have
now become too common to be worn by
the really fashionable. They are re
placed by lace collarettes composeu
generally of thread or Maltose lace
made on a silk foundation.
The latest style of linen cuffs are
trimmed with a double box-pleated ruf
fle at the wrist. Collars to match have
the ruffle only at the back and turned
down corners in front.
RufD.es of cripe lisse are much used
for evening Wear, but the high stand
ing fraise of silk and muslin Is very
little seen.
Pretty ornaments for the heck and
wrists are jabots of Maltese lace, with
colored ribbon loops between the full
ing and corresponding sleeve pieces.
Black lace capes are worn small and
without ends. They are usually of
thread lao4 or guipure. The little
tight-fitting black lace jackets are likely
to supersede them.
Very pretty jackets are made m the
zouave shape of small puffings of white
Swiss muslin, divided by rows of nee
dlework embroidery. These jackets
have no sleeves and are intended for
evening weat over high silk waists. A
still prettier zouave jacket is composed
of alternate rows of blue brocaded rib
bon and white Maltese lace insertion.
Some of the newest evening dresses
from Paris have tabliers of satin in
three pieces, each piece fringed and
looped back to form a sash. The waist
has silk sleeves, with deep satin cuffs,
and satin folds and bows trim tho front.
A pale mauve satin made in this way
over a blaok silk looks very handsome.
Birds are more used in hats than ever,
but wings are preferred for bonnets ;
they are usually placed npar the face.
Fans are of white or very slightly
tinted satin, with ivory and mother-of-pearl
handles. Clusters of flowers
worked in lace are placed on the satin
with good effect. Very elegant fans
for evening wear are tipped with mara
bout feathers.
Stylish walking dresses are made of
coarse, thick Irish frieze, trimmed with
bark silk bands and bows down the
front ; sometimes the waist has a silk
vest.
Very little fur naturally is seen on
the fall jackets. They are nearly nil of
black cashmere, beaded and braided,
long in the front and short at the back.
Few bonnets are entirely self-colored.
They are usually made of dark velvet
trimmed with a lighter shade of silk.
Black bonnets have a great deal of jet
and a good many ostrich tips on them.
There has been a great change in
buttons since last winter. They are
now as plain as they were then elabo
rate. Those which are worn on woolen
walking dresses are frequently of plain
black or brown bone. Oxidized 6ilver
buttons are seen on dark cloth polo
naises. A new fabric, with open work stripe,
is called Goaiy. It will be worn over
evening dresses, made up into over
Bkirts. Some sleeves are puffed from top to
bottom ; others are the straight coat
sleeve, with deep cuff.
The Chicken in the Eg?.
William Baum, son of David Baum.
of East Urandywine township, l'a.. de.
scended to the bottom of a thirty-nve
feet well on the premises of Mr. Baum.
to get an axe which had fallen in, there
being but eight inches of water in it
When within one foot of the bottom
the wall began to cave in. A man at
the top looked down, only to see a mass
of stone settling down and "literally
squasnmg tne pump staiK, wnicn was
a cucumber one. After the noise had
ceased, he called to the young man to
know if he was living, to which the
young man replied, " Yes, I'm alive,
and not much hurt." The man ut the
top of the well gave the alarm, and by
that time the young man s father was
seen coming. When help arrived they
had not tne proper macniuery lor re
moving the stone, juep.sengers were
dispatched to secure windlass and well
buckets a distance of one and a half
miles. While they were gone, those
who were there removed several feet of
stone by hand. A.fter the machinery
came, and while removing stone, the
young man called to them that he had
giv&n up all hope of being rescued,
The men eno juraged him, and after five
and a half hours of terrible labor, dur
ing which time 200 windlass buckets of
stone wore taken out, he was found
partial' v wedsred among the stone.
nearl- frozen. Great was the joy and
surprise of those at the top when the
tilings reached them that Wilmer had
sustained no serious injury.
When a man reminds you that you
owe him. iust make a note of it. He
will take more interest in the matter if
you honor him in that way.
The hen has soarcely set on her eggs
twelve hours before some lineaments of
the head and body of the chicken ap
pear. The heart may be seen to beat
at the end of the second day ; it has at
that time somewhat the form of a horse
shoe, but no blood yet appears. At
the end of two days two vessels of
blood lire to be distinguished, the pul
sation of which is visible ; one of these
is the left ventricle, and the other the
roof of the great artery. At the fifti
eth hour one auricle of tho heart ap
pears, resembling a noose folded down
upon itself. The beating of the heart
is first observed in the auricle, and af
terwards in the ventricle. At the end
of seventy hours tho wings are'distin-
guishable ; and on the head two bub
bles are seen for the brain, one fr the
bill, and two for the fore and hind part
of the head. Towards the end of the
fourth day, the two auricles already
visible draw nearer to the heart than
before. The liver appears towards the
fifth day. At tho end of seven hours
more, the lungs and the stomach be
comes visible, and four hours after
wards the intestines, loins, and the
upper jaw. At the one hundred and
forty-fourth hour, two ventricles are
visible, and two drops of blood instead
of the single one which was seen be.
fore. The seventh day, the brain be.
gins to have some consistency. At the
one hundred and nineteenth hour of
inoubation, the bill opens, and the flesh
appears in the breast. In four hours
more, the breast-bone is seen, in six
hours after this, the ribs appear, form.
ing from the back, and the bill is very
visible, as well as .the gall-bladder.
The bill becomes green at the end of
two huudred and thiity-six hours ; and
if the chicken be taken out of its cover
ing, it evidently moves itself. At the
two huudred and sixty-fourth hour, the
eyes appear. At the two hundred and
eighty-eighth, the ribs are perfect. At
the three hundred and thirty-first, the
spleen draws near the stomacU, and the
lungs to the chest. At the end of three
hundred and fifty-five hours, the bill
frequently opens and shuts ; at the end
of lhe eighteenth lay, the first cry of
tho chicken is heard. It afterward gets
more strength and grows continually,
till at lenetk it is enabled to set itself
free from its confinement. Sturm's
Beflectiona,
MARK TWAIN'S NEW PLAY.
The Olldrd Ae A Sjrnopala of the Plot.
Mark Twain has taken a hand at
play writing, and " The Gilded Age" is
the result. The plot deals with a fam
ily, the Hawkinses, who have emigrated
from East Tennessee to Missouri, in
obedienco to the advice of Colonel Sel
lers, n visionary Southern gentleman
with a very large heart, an active brain,
and a sanguine disposition, but without
any money or any practioal executive
ability.
The plfy opens with a scene showing
the Hawkins family in the new country
discussing their prospects and plans.
Si Hawkins, tho head of this family,
has two children, Lafayette and Emily,
and an adopted son and daughter, Clay
and Laura. The other members of his
family are Mrs. SI Hawkins and an old
negro servant, Uncle Dan'l. Tlio act
deals entirely with the domestic affairs
of this family. 'Colonel Sellers has in
vested a large portion of Si Hawkins's
money in a new steamboat which is ex
pected up the river momentarily, and
Lanra has a lover in the person of Col
onel Selby, an ex-rebel officer. Tho act
closes with the approach of tho steam
er, which is snen to be racing with an
other botit, For a few moments the in
terest of tho party is entirely engrossed
in the speed of the vessels, and Colonel
Sellers becomes inordinately enthusi
astic about his investment. Suddenly
the favorite explodes, and the curiam
falls upon a scene of consternation.
Nothing, however, can discourage
tho hopeful and enthusiastic Sellers.
He sees a fortune in mules, in hogs, in
land improvements, and devises magni
ficent schemes involving millions.
Hawkins, involved and almost desti
tute, struggles on hopefully. Aul
Laura is discovered to be the wiffl of
Colonel Selby, seoretly married. The
arrival of her brother Clay exposes
Selby's real character. He already haa
a wife in New Orleans. The discovery
of this secret and its attendant miseiy
end the second act.
We then have an episodical scene in
Colonel Sellers' house.a scene of in
finite character and humor. The place
is ehabbily furnished, indicating the
proprietor's poverty. The rickety stove
has a lighted candle in it.doing illusive
service for a fire, and the broken door
is propped up with a poker. In the
midst of this distress, Colonel Sellers
preserves his grandiose hopefulness and
his show of pecuniary ability. His
hospitality is boundless, though thera
is nothing in the house to eat. His
plans are princely, but he is without a
cent. Clay Hawkins has called upon
him in tho interest of tho family, and
his practical, doubting disposition
comes out in strong contrast with the
effusive and visionary character of his
host. He knocks down the poker and
exposes the candle. But the Colonel is
equal to the emergency, and explains
the circumstance away with easy ex
travagance. He even invites Clay to
dinner, and Mrs. Sellers announces that
there is nothing in the house but raw
turnips and water. The gracious in
genuity of Sellers at this discovery is
inimitable.
" Oh, never mind," he exclaims,
" raw turnips and water will do, if it's
a good artiole of water. But provide
the best. Provide the best the market
affords, Polly, It's a close place, but
cheer up, girl, cheer up. Providence
will tide us over the scrape somehow.
Don't let us weaken on Providence,
Sweetheart.
" We always dine simply on Thurs
days," he says to Clay, as they sit
down. " But it's a healthy diet. Let
me tell you, Clay, things are working
pretty bright now. The air is full of
money, 1 wouldn t take tnree lortunes
for one little operation I've got on
hand now.
"Anything from tho casters? Iio?
You're right, perfectly right. Some
Eeoplo prefer mustard with turnips,
ut I take them plain. None of your
embellishments for Mulberry Sellers.
High living kills our best men. lake
some more water. How does tho fruit
strike you 1"
The scene then shifts to the national
capital. We are given to understand
that Colonel Sellers has projected a
vast scheme by which the Government
is to purchase a large tract of unavail
able land in East Tennessee belonging
to the Hawkinses, and there found a
national university and farm lor ue
emancipated negroes. To hasten the
appropriation all the family nave gouo
to Washington. Laura has become
the belle of the town. Senators and
Cabinet officers dangle in her train.
She is using all her influence to work
the appropriation. But her passion for
Colonel Selby interferes with all her
plans. Iu an angry altercation with
him bhe discovers his coldness, and in
a fit of rage and despair draws a pistol
and shoots him. The nith set furn
ishes a trial scene, in which Laura is a
prisoner. There is nothing distinctly
novel in the scene except tne cuaracier
of Colonel Sellers. His actions, his
testimony, his sincere emotion, and nis
whimsical earnestness and humor are
evenly preserved and stand out vividly
in an otherwise barren finale.
Making Statements. The New York
Herald in referring to a Brooklyn
slander case says : ' Everybody has
made a statement about somebody else
I, thou, he, we, you and they, he, she
and it, have or bast made statements.
There are almost as many statement
makers as there are candidates for the
Vioe Presidency, and they constitute a
large percentage of the population.
Now, this is our statement. Having
read all the statements of the other
statesmen, is it not time to state that
any further statements are a bore?
We twnk so,
The Sun Does Not Set.
Camobell.in hij Norway travels.says :
The ocean stretched away in silent vast
ness at our feet ; the sound of its waves
scarcely reached our airy outlook ;
away in the north the huge old sun
swung low along the horizon, like the
slow beat of the pendulum in the tall
clock of our grandfather's parlor corner.
We all stood silent, looking at our
watohes. When both hands came to
gether at 12, midnight, the full round
orb hung triumphantly above the wave
a bridgo of gold, running due north,
spanned the water between us and him.
There he shone in silentmajesty, which
knew no setting. We involuntarily
took off our hats ; no word was said.
Combine, if you can, the most brilliant
sunrise and sunset yon ever saw, and
its beauties will pale before the gorge.
oub coloring which now lit up the
heaven and mountain. In halt au hour
the sun had swung up peroeptibly on
his beat, the colors changed to those
of morning, a fresh breeze rippled over
the flood, one songster after another
piped up in the grove behind us we.
had slid into another day,