HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
NIL DESPERANDUM.
Two Dollars per Annum.
VOL. IV.
EIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1874.
NO. 45.
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The Old Farm-House.
At the foot of the hill, near the old red mill,
In a quiet, shady Bitot,
Just peeping through, half hid from view,
Stands a little moss-grown cot.
And straying through at the open door,
Tlio sunbeams play on the Banded floor.
The easy chair, all patched with care,
X placed hy the old hearth-stone (
With witching grace, in the old fireplace,
The evergreens are ntrewn.
And pictures hang on the whitened wall,
And the old clock ticks in the cottage hall.
More lovely still, ou the windo-il,
The dow-eyed flowers reHt,
While midst the leaves on the moss-grown
oaves
1'he martin biiiMn her nest.
And all day long the cummer breeze
n whispering love to the tended trees.
Over the door, all covered o'er
With a sack of dark green baize,
ljuyH a musket old, whoHe worth is told
In the event of other days j
And the powdor-Hank, and the hunter's horn,
Have huug beside it for many a mom.
for ;.ears have lied, with noiseless tread,
IJke fuiry dreams aw a v.
And lelt in their flight, all shorn of his might,
A father old and gray ;
And the si.fi wind plays with his snow-white
hnir.
Ami the old man "leeps hi his easy-chair.
Ini'ido the d'H,r, on the sanded floor.
Light, airy footsteps glide,
And a maiden fair, with flaxen hair,
Kneels by the old man's side
An old oak recked by the angry storm,
While the ivy clings to its trembling form.
M SY HOPE'S LESSOX.
" tf'm ! Well, I suppose opposition
would only make matters worse, but I
warn you Susy Maxwell is ft spoiled
ehilil ! I ihm't believe she was ever
crossed in her life."
This was Montague Hope's comrueiit
when his favorite nephew, Widter, told
him ho was engaged to marry pretty Susy
Maxwell, tlio daintiest, sweetest little
blonde fairy that evr charmed away a
man's heart.
" I ii'n sure I urn not going to marry
her to cross her!" was tlio warm reply,
and Uncle Montague shrugged his
bachelor shoulders and maintained a dis
creet silence.
For many ft long week after the honey
moon there was only peace and happiness
between Walter and Susy. The young
hu'iband having a good salary in a
wholesale house, where he was salesman,
had taken a handsome room in a fashion
able up-town boarding house, and while
Susy's handsome trousseau was new she
had nothing left to wish for. Had the
little wife been in a cozy home of her
own, were it ever so tiny, she might
liave found happy employment to keep
her still content. But in a boarding
house, Walter ftway all day, she soon
made friends with the other laches, un
fortunately for her, all possessing, wealth
sufficient to gratify an inborn love of
dress.
Walter opened his eyes a little at some
of the prices Susy insisted were requisite
to obtain finery, but as long as he could
afford it he gave liberally.
But Uncle Montague was right when
ho said that Susy, was never crossed. It
is true her demands in her old home
were somewhat more moderate, but she
had been the petted darling of nged
grandparents, an orphan from infancy,
and indulged in every wish. So, when
the demands for money became unreason
able, and were refused, Susy devehied
nn unsivmeeted capacity for pouting, and
wouia muii tor days together, iiuouwr
r new friends' opinions of Walter's
meanness.
Mutters grew worse and worse, till one
morning, being denied a lace shawl upon
which tha had set her heart, Susy tear
fully wished that she had never been
married, or had taken Wayne Russell,
who was heir to half a million. She was
sorry a minute later, when Walter turned
a set white face to her and said :
" You only love the money you cau
spend, then V'
A burst of hysterical tears was the
only answer, and" then Walter was gone.
Not to the store, but straight to Uncle
Montague's oihee.
" Uncle !" he said, abruptly entering
the room, " is that Western position
still open 1"
" The one I offered to you before you
were married l"
" Yes ! I want it ! Now, to-day !"
"But you cannot take Susy. The
salary is very large, and there are hnnd
soine commissions, but the travel in in
cessant !."
"I know! Can I have it?"
" What is the trouble, Walter t"
" I must have more money ! Susy
wants more than I can afford to give her,
and more than once has informed me
that she married to do as she pleased ;
no I am going to take myself off, and let
her have nil the money she wants."
Uncle Montague reflected,, and Anally
said slowly, " Well, you cau have it."
Preliminaries arranged, Walter went
to the store, resigned his position, and
hurried home to pack a trunk and start
for Pittsburgh. Even then a soft word
from Susy might have changed his re
solve, but Susy was out, " gone shop
ping, " the servant told liim.
When she came home a note upon her
dressing table greeted her sight. Brief
and harsh.
" Siuco you care for nothing but
money and fine clothes, I have accepted
an oiler to travel West, on a large salary
and commission, and can remit to you
enough, I hope, to mnke you happy. I
have refused the position before, as it
necessitated our separation, but now I
have no hesitation in accepting it. If
you con arrange it you had better return
to your grandfather's. Walter."
If Walter could have heard the moan
ing cry that greeted the letter, he could
never have carried out his hasty resolu
tion. But he was already on his way
Westward, and there was no one to com
fort Susy as she wept and grieved. More
than once she whispered in Iter sobbing ;
" And I meant to tell him to-day. Oh,
why didn't I tell him f He would never
have gone I"
All night the little blonde sorrowed,
and in the -morning she 'carried her
troubles to her grandmother, and whis
pered her secret there.
" You nust come right home, and we
will write to Walter," said the old lady.
But writing to Walter proved a matter
of difficulty. His new business kept
him incessantly moving, and there was
no certainty of a letter reaching liim.
Every month a short letter reached
Susy, containing a draft for money, and
she sorrowfully hid them away, the very
sight of them cutting her to the heart.
Home was not home to her, with Walter
away, the weary heart-sickness pressing
eore'ly upon her.
One morning when her husband had
beeu gono nearly six months, an uncle
of Susy's died and left her 20,000.
Montague Hope heard of the legacy with
a grim smile.
" I suppose madam will have a set of
diamonds, lie said, " or a fancy ward
robe from Paris."
j To his surprise, late in the day, Susy
I came into his office. She had never
I beeu a favorite with the old man, but
: his heart softened as ho looked in her
i sad, pale face.
"Mr. Hope," she said, timidly, "I
1 have come to ask a great favor of you."
" Well, my dear," ho answered
gently, " I should be pleased to grant
it, I am sure."
" Y'on have heard of my legacy i"
" I have."
I " You know of this miserable separa
tion; that is all my fault. I have a plan
to end it. I don't want to excuse my
1 self, for I know that I was foolish and
extravugant, but I am sure if we had
not lived in a fashionable boarding
house I never would have cared so
much for expensive clothing. I am a
good housekeeper, for my grandmother
; taught me how to cook and sew and
i keep a house iu order. What I want is
: to buy a small house, furnish it neatly,
and have a home of our own ; and then"
the blue eyes were lifted pleadingly
"won't you let Walter know how
sorry I am, and bring him back. I
would not troublo you about the house,
but grandfather is so old that any un
usual business troubles liim."
"You are a sensible woman," Uncle
j Montague said, emphatically, "nud I
j will help you with all my heart. I sup'
! pose you are anxious to get into your
j house as soon as possible '"
! "Indeed I am I"
" Well, I will cidl to-morrow and tell
you what I have done."
i Such a time as Uncle Montague gave
i upholsterers for the next fortnight ! He
j bought a gem of a two-story house,
j with all " modern improvements," nud
; every day he brought a carriage for
j Susy to go with liim to select car
' pets, furniture and household wares.
; Then he drove the workmen till every
j spot within the four walls was in shi-
ning order.
j " We won't write to Walter till every
thing is ready," ho said.
I And one sunny morisfeig he escorted
j Susy to the completely furnished house,
where a strong-armed servant was al
ready installed, and made a little speech.
" I am a rich bachelor, my dear, and
I Walter's my heir, and dear as a son to
me. I nave never given lam wealth,
because I think he will be a happier,
nobler man for leaning to depend upon
his own exertions. I disapproved of his
marriage because I thought you were a
silly, spoiled child, who would mar his
life's usefulness."
"You were right," said Susy, tear
fully and humbly.
" I was wrong. The last two weeks
have proved that. I had no business to
encourage him in this wild-goose expedi
tion, but as my atonement for my injus
tice to you I ask you to accept this house
and all that it contains. You will find
the piano a first-rate instrument, and the
pictures, though few, are good. Your
own money, if you will trust it to me, I
will invest in secure stock that will give
you a little income of your own."
"How can I thank you '" sobbed
Susy.
" By growing rosy and happv, and
giving me a corner of your fireside now
aud then. Now, my dear, I am going
home to write to Walter."
But before the letter had accomplished
it journey a telegram shot past it, carry
ing terror to Walter Hope.
" Come home at once; Susy is danger
ously ill."
Oh, the heart sinking, the bitter re
pentauce ! All the weary loneliness of
the last six months were as notliing to
this horrible fear. Susy, little, tender,
loving Susy, ill, perhaps dying 1 Walter
Hope had hardened his heart by saying
to himself -that Susy never loved
him. But he knew it was false; Susy had
loved him. He had taken her, a petted
child, from her tranquil, huppy home,
put her where every hour there was
temptation to some fresh extravagance,
aud theu, when she, like a cliild, craved
indulgences beyond liis means, had
roughly granted them while depriving
her of his protection and presence. And
she had fretted herself ill.
Oh, how the long journey tortured
him ! If ever he could reach Susy aud
hear her say she forgave him, he would
never leave her side again, If her life
was spared, and she still craved the ex
travagances of her friends, he would try
by love and gentleness to win her to more
reasonable wishes ! Over and over again,
in the long, tedious journey, he lived the
few short months of his married life,
every harsh word rising to torment him,
and all Susy's winning charms reproach
ing liim. If she died, he would never
know happiness again. Perhaps she
was already dead ! So the self -communing
went on. He had led a busy
life in the six mouths that poor Susy was
fretting her heart away iu self-reproachful
sorrow, and had had but few hours
for meditation. Long, hard-working
days found him utterly weary at night,
and in his rapid movements from place
to place, the frequent changes from hotel
to hotel, he did not miss home comforts
as he must have done in a more settled
life. Home Jiod indeed never been more
than a name to Walter Hope, who hod
boarded under his uncle's care since he
was a mere boy. The privacy of one's
own house, one's own table, were to him
misty possibilities when he should have
won a sufficient fortune to buy a house.
But he felt with bitter force what a
desolation life would be to him if Susy
died.
A very pale, anxious face greeted
Uncle Montague as he waited on the
plutforin of the depot for the earliest
Western train by which Walter could
return.
" She is out of danger I" he said, bo-
fore other words of greeting were ex
changed; i' very weak yet, so voi must
meet her as ctilmly as you can.
Then, as the two drove across the
city, Uncle Montague told Walter of
Susy's legacy, her present, nnd her good
resolutions.
" She is the dearest littlo woman in
the world," the old man said, " and
you must make her happy now. There
is a good woman in the house now to
keep it in order till Susy is well. Then,
Walter, let her have the care herself.
Even if her inexperience brings some
temporary discomforts, love will soon
teach her how to remedy defects, and
she will find her happiuess where truo
women seek for it ever, at home 1 Ood
help those who have no such heaven of
rest."
The carriage stopped bofore the pretty
stone house, but Walter scarcely saw
the cheerful halls ns he sprang up the
stairs to Susy's room. Once there, ho
remembered his uncle's caution; and,
opening the door softly, he went in with
a quiet step. A very weak but a very
I glad voice spoke his name, aud he bent
i over the pale face on the pillow, his voice
j low and tender, murmuring loving
words.
' " Our boy," S'Usy whispered. " I
j meant to tell you the day you went
away."
" What a brute I was ! Cun you for
give me, Susy i"
I "Hush,-love; it is I who should ask!
forgiveness. But vou will not go again,
Walter."
" Never I The wee darling I Sha him
ctu'l his fingers round mine. How old
is he, Susy !"
" A week old to-morrow. .Walter let
me call him Montague."
" I should have asked it."
So through sorrow and separation
Walter aud Susy found the road to hap
piuess, and it would be hard to find a
cozier home, a more gentle, loving wife,
or a sturdier boy than greet Walter
Hope every evening when he returns
from his day's business. He colored
with deep pain when Susy put into his
hands every draft he had sent to her un
cashed, but he has invested them for
the use of Montague Hope, Jr.,
while Susy wonders if ever again line
clothes or jewelry can tempt her to speak
a cross word to Walter.
The Jockey's Race.
San Francisco has this year been giv-
i ing the same experience that every lo
j cality does every year, where horse rac
i ing exists. A paper gives a detail of
how the thing is done : Two jockeys
put their small heads together and lay '
out a campaign. Jlere is ft iiorso that
I has no fast record, but is a good second
i to Goldsmith Maid. His want of . a I
record permits him to be beaten -without
exciting suspicion, thus reviving Call- I
fornia enthusiasm on their favorite horse, j
One jockey takes charge of Occident, the 1
ntlipr nf "Fnllnrfrm. 1 1rvilm,f. wirta 41, a !
first race, and up go the California hats.
The next is trotted to wagon. Occident
behaves badly and Fullerton wius, mak
ing very extnutrdinary time. A week
later the horses ore brought together
again. This time Occident behaves
splendidly, and Fullerton is the one that
cannot be managed. Occident wins to
sulky, only one heat being in less time
than Fullerton made to wagon the week
before. Everybody feels glad that the
gallant little brown horse won the race,
but few have moro confidence in his
ability to beat Fullerton than when they
went on the ground. The race hod every
appearance of being sold. It does not
follow that the owners of Fullerton and
Occident had anything to do with buy
ing and selling. Probably they had not.
Owners are not usually consulted by
jockeys in these littlo matters. They
arrange that among themselves. The
thing the public has to consider is, if it
is worth while to be victimized year after
year by jockeys for the sake of witness
ing a trotting race that is probably de
cided before either horse goes on the
track."
Awful for the Man.
The Detroit Free J'rcss is responsible
for the following :
Be you on the police force ?" in
quired a dilapidated man, as he entered
the Central Station, recently, and ad
dressed a sergeant. He was imformed
that such was the case, when he con
tinued : " I'm clean tuckered out. It's
that wife of mine. I'm a fool a blasted
old fool, sir ! I'm fifty, and she's
twenty. She wants to gad about, and I
want to stay ut homo ; and if I say a
word, it's the teapot, flatiron, or what
ever eomes handy. I've argued and
scolded, aud scolded and fit, and here I
am. Look at this block eye t Look at
mo all over, mister police force ! Once
I was happy ; now I am busted. She
wants me to go to every picnic, and ex
cursion, and festival, and douce, and it's
killing me by inches. Then she wants a
new dress to-day, a bonnet to-morrow,
and so on, and I've got to get 'em, or
have a fight. I've stood it all along, but
I'm broken now. See that 'ere arm
see where she put her teeth in thor this
morning, when I would not let her
have money to buy a pair of high-heeled
shoes. Just lay yer eyes on that air
scar, mister police force !
" It's pretty tough," said the sergeant,
as he looked.
" Tough 1 Great heavens 1 its' awful !
perfectly awful ! to bite in that way !"
continued the old man. " But the end
has come. I've got relashuns over
thar who wouldn't see me abused, and
she's welcome to what's in the house.
If any one comes around here sayin'
I've committed suicide or disappeared,
just tell 'em how it is, niistqr -police
force tell 'em I suffered and suffered,
until I had to leave her to die. Tell
everybody to beware of her; she looks
nice, but she's a varago, a hippercrit a
regular yaller fox, behind the currant
bushes 1
The sergeant promised, and the old
man rolled down his sleeves and pur
sued his journey towards the ferry.
A Hypocrite. A young man was re
cently reading aBible lesson in his Sunday-school
class, at Ipswich, when the
word hypocrite occurred. " What does
it mean 1" asked the teacher. "Well, I
don't know," was thereply, "but I've
heard that Mr. ' was one," naming a
leading man in thejchurch, with tlio air
of ana bestowing praisei
Something About Earthquakes.
Though far away from volcanoes, and
in the sober temperate eone, New Y'ork
and her neighborhood is not wholly de
prived of the peculiar sensation by which
an earthquake demonstrates the lack of
absolute stability even in real estate.
That locality can boast of no houses
thrown down or cities destroyed by
terrestrial tremor, but her history has
yet its positive record of several shakes
within the period since the acquisition
of California. It might be miggosted
that we had taken her tendency to up
heaval when we conquered our entire
Republic of Mexico, and that we did not
entirely surrender that when the forces
of General Scott left her scorching
plains. More likely, however, earth
quakes have happened here before the
era of the Shaw press and the lightning
telegraph. A shock was, felt in New
York city on the 8th of September, 1848,
which, though distinct, did no further
damage than to crack a few walls and
nauseate some sickly stomachs. North
ern New York felt a little quake ou the
18th of March, 1853. At Buffalo and
some other places a shock was felt Oc
tober 23, 1857. New England was
shakeu in quite ft lively manner October
22, 1809. Ou Saturday evening, June
25, 1870, after a mild day, the thermonie
tor rose suddenly. Presently a low
rumbling noise was heard, like a heavy
distant blast : houses trembled nnd wiu
dows rattled in the eastern part of New
Y'ork city, belowF ourteenth street. Peo
ple thought n gas house had blown up or j
some such accident naa occurred. It
was a genuine earthquake, though in
very confined spoce. Next morning,
about seven o'clock, a similar shock was
felt in Brooklyn. The whole region
from Cleveland to New Y'ork, Montreal
and Bangor was quite thoroughly shaken
October 20, 1870. The tremor seemed
to progress from south to north, accord
ing to the majority of the reports, though
some observers thought it had its motion
in the opposite direction. In New York
furniture was upset by the shock and
solid brick buildings tottered as though
they might full. Long and Staten Islands
and New Jersey had a similar experience.
On the 19th of Juue, 1871, the farmers
heard the sound as of heavy trains of
wagons driven rapidly over cobble pave
ment, and their houses were violently
shaken, in some places breaking china
and glass ware. Westchester, Long
Island, Connecticut and Maine had an
other shake, with a northward current,
July 11, 1872. So late as November 25,
Essex county, Massachusetts, had its
shake, perhaps the response of mother
earth to the lute political convulsion.
The late earthquake shock on the Hud
son culls to the mind of a New Y'ork
paper the above incidents.
,
A Boy's Composition.
the cow.
The cow has littler fun in 'em than all
other auimels roled into one. A cow
wouldn't laugh if she dide, but cows moo
wen they wants their cafs. The milk
we gits for our to is pull out of cows, and
then pumpt at with a pump til it is
euoughf more. They give chees too,
but weather a cow gives more than one
chee to each cow isn't none to the
other.
Cows is lots of kines, or veryities, like
dogs, and horses, and hens. Some don't
have no horns, and these is moolies wich
cau't tos dogs like the one iu the house
wich Jack bilt. If I was a cow Ide rather
be a horse, for horses don't have to be
milkt.
Ones there was n feller, and he had a
cow wich got burs in her tale, so it was
all tangle, and he went to pick 'em out. I
He put his fingers threw the tarsel of the j
ole cow's tale like a cobm, and was a
goin' to begin wen the olo cow she got
afrade and b?gun to wakl uway. The J
fall.... 1.., 1.1 1,1 .,.! i. l..l .
go too, a trvue all the time to pull his
fingers out but coudln't for .they was cot.
Then he said wo, and he said holt, and
steddy there, and no 'casion to hurry,
and everything he coudl think of, but
the ole cow she jus kep goin' round the
faster and him a follerin'. Pretty soon a
big dog come wich he knew was a sub
bage dog, and after lookin' a niinnit it
jined the percessiou wile studdin' how it
ot to act.
So they kep a goin' aud a goin' round
the ole cow, and the man, aud the dog,
the dog a sineln' the man's cafs nnd a
maken' up its mine. The feller he didn't
kuo wether he'd rather have the dog bite
him or bite the cow. But luter on n
other man he see 'em, aud fecht a pail of
slops wich he set down, nnd wen they
come round to it the ole cow she stopt to
have some, and wen her tals was slack
the man's fingers come loos. Then he
turnd roun to the dog, wich was a settiu'
down a grinuiii', and he shook his fist
at the dog, aud he says, says he, thinkin'
to fool the man that fetch the slops, you
wuthless brute you mus take 'em by the
tales. I never see such a awkward dog.
If it's a goin to take hafl a day to teech
you how to drive a genteel cow like this
un He sell you.
But it was the man that fecht the
slop's dog.
Decisions in Grange Law.
1. No subordinate grange can sub
scribe stock to a joint stock company
and afterwards assess its members for the
purpose of paying the same ; but cun
subscribe to the extent of its funds on
hand in the treasury.
2. There is no distinction between a
(limit card and a withdrawal curd a
party holding a dimit is amenable to any
subordinate grange in whose jurisdiction
found.
3. Past Masters and their wives who
are matrons may be tried in the subordi
nate grange to which they belong, or in
whose jurisdiction found.
4. Applications for dimit should be
voted on by the grange, and a majority
vote gives consent under the constitu
tion. 5. Trading cards must be surrendered
on application for dimit.
6. Dues can only be remitted to those
who are unable to pay.
We must take things as they come,
as the man said when Bridget, who was
scrubbing the front door, let fly a pail
of suds at it just as he opened it to
step.. forth," arrayed like the bride
groom, into the morning sunlight
Five Children Drowned.
' A disaster so harrowing and unpre
cedented ns to shock every sensitive heart
occurred near Preakness, N. J., about
four miles beyond Paterson. The small
pond there wns covered with ft sheet of
ice nbont nn inch thick, nnd five children
of Mr. John Dotterich, the proprietor of
n large dairy establishment, vontured
upon it with a sleigh. They were four
girls, nged respectively sixteen, fifteen,
thirteen nnd eight years, nnd a boy, six
years old, nil healthy and blooming chil
dren, petted and beloved by their par
ents and relatives, nnd who, m their gay,
rollicking mirth on the ice, little thought
of the awful fate that awaited them. The
pond was within sight of their home, nnd
their mother was lovingly looking nt
their innocent sport when, nt a spot nenr
the center of the pond, thejice gave way,
and children nnd sleigh were plunged
into the water. They struggled des
perately for their lives, but their heart
rending shrieks were of no avail, and
they were in a few minutes buried ill the
icy water. The eldest child, a bright
girl of sixteen, gave a last agonizing cry
of " Oh, mother, save me !" ns she dis
appeared from her mother's sight. Three
of the children had been in the sleigh,
and the other two were pushing from
behind, but it seems that they nil met
the same cruel fnte. Boats were got
ready and nil possible efforts were made
to save them, but iu vniu, nnd for several
hours none of the bodies could even be
recovered. The agony of the mother, lis
she saw her children engulfed in the icy
pond beyond all human aid, may well bo
lningiued. The neighborhood was in n
feverish state of excitement, and the
most intense sympathy for the nfllieted
family is felt everywhere.
That Peculiar Coroner.
All have heard of the coroner who
seized nn Egyptian mummy that was
brought into town, summoned n jury,
held an injuest ou the mummy, brought
in a verdict of " Death from causes un
known," and charged the county with
the usual fee, with compound interest
from the time of Moses. Well, that
coroner is still in office, Max Adeler
says, and he is still enthusiastic about
his profession. Last Sunday night he
was at church. The minister preached
n very solemn sermon upon Noah's
flood, and after it wa3 over I met the
coroner in the nisle and said to him :
" Very impressive discourse, Mr.
Wheeler, wasn't it?"
" Beautiful, sir ! Beautiful," replied
Wheeler. " And yet it seems to be
kinder niom'uful, too."
" Indeed ! Why it didn't strike me
in that way. It was solemn, of course ;
but its tendency certainly should bo to
fill tin heart of every truly good man
with cheerfulness nnd hope."
" Oh, I know all that," said Wheeler ;
" but didn't he say there were several
million people drowned in that flood i"
" I believe he did."
" Well, then, I say that wheu I think
of all that mortality, and remember that
I wasn't coroner then, and ain't likely to
be when there's another such a fresliet,
it makes mo sick. There ain't nothing
cheerful about such reflections. I feel 's
if I hadn't been treated right; 's if I'd
been robbed."
I would like to know how Wheeler
feels when he reads the story of the de
struction of Sennacherib.
Terrible Cruelty.
A correspondent of the Levant Herald,
writing from Constantinople, complains
of the unaccountable clemency of the
judges in the criminal courts, aud states
that, although more than a hundred
murders have been committed within
the past twelve months, not one of the
murderers have beeu punished. An ex
employee of the Cnstom House named
Said has lately taken advantage of this
state of things to perpetrato the follow
ing act of ntrocity : A young lady of
Bethlehem, newly married, was walking
alone in a vineyard near the village,
when she was met by Said with a knife
in his hand. Said, who is an impulsive
character, having put out her eyes and
sliced off her ears, mercifully cut off her
hend, and theu took to flight, carrying
off as a memento of the deceased every
article of value ho could rind on her
body. In the meantime some children,
having witnessed this hasty proceeding
from a distance, gave notice of the affair.
The operation of tlio law was swift, for
the mndir of Bethlehem nt once im
prisoned the artless infants, and also the
master of the vineyard. This action on the
part of the mudir did not, however, meet
with the npproval of the Governor of
Jerusalem, who caused the prisoners to be
released. Said is still at large, and there
is no immediate prospects of his capture,
as nobody knows what has become of
him; but the police think that " they
have a clew."
How the Sun Moved a Bridge.
During the recent building of a bridge
in Holland, one of the traverses, four
hundred and Bixty-five feet long, was
misplaced on the supports. It was an
iueh out of line, and the problem was
how to replace it. Experiments proved
that the iron work expunded a small
fraction of nu inch for every degree of
heat received. It was noticed that the
night nnd day temperatures differed by
about twenty-five degrees, and it was
thought that this might be made to move
the bridge.
In the morning one end of the piece was
bolted down securely, and the other end
left free. In the heut of the sun the iron
expanded, and toward night the free end
was loosened. The contraction then
dragged the whole mass the other way.
For two days this experiment was re
peated, and the desired place- reached.
We find no record that the heat of the
sun has ever been employed in this way
before; the contraction and expansion of
iron bars by fire heat has frequently been
used to move heavy weights over short
distances. Broken walls and strained
roofs and arches have been brought into
place by simply heating iron rods till
they expanded, then taking the slack by
screws and nuts, and allowing contrac
tion by cold to pull the wall or roof into
place.
The United States Agricultural Bureau
estimates the average value of hortes in
this country at $71.45.aahead.
Transfusion of Blood.
A highly interesting nnd delicate sur
gical operation was performed in Bing
hamton, N. Y., the Time says, by Dr.
J. G. Ortou, upon Marcellus A. Hayes,
aged twenty-eight years, who had been
suffering from disease of the lungs dur
ing the post four years, nnd hnd become
much emaciated and enfeebled. The op
eration known as the direct transfusion
of blood from a healthy animal to the
human subject having boon ngreed upon,
Dr. Orton prepnred nn npparatus which,
though simple in its construction, was
well adapted for the purpose, securing
safety to the patient, and facility in the
execution of the delicate operation. A
healthy six months' lamb, having been
securely inclosed in a sack, was placed
I upon a table by the side of the patient's
bed, nud the c'nrtoid nrtery exposed for
about two and a half inches, nud a ngn
turo applied to this, arresting the blood
current. About two inches below this a
strong poir of forceps were applied,
which securely compressed the nrtery. A
small opening was then made in the sec--tion
of the vessel, thus secured, nnd n
small glass tube of about one-eighth of
an inch bore, three ineh-s long, slightly
bent, was inserted, and the artery care
fully tied to it by a strong silk ligature.
To the other end of the glass tube was
attached some twelve inches of elastic
tubing, to the other extremity of which
was secured another glass tube, similar
to the one just described.
The vein usually opened in venesec
tion at the elbow was now exposed by
dissection for about one inch, nnd a
compress and bandage applied wound
the nrm below the incision. A small
opening was made iu tho vein exposed,
and a funnel-shaped glass tube inserted
into it and the vein Becured to it by a
ligature. This f unnel-shaped tube thus
arranged was filled with a wak solution
of soda in water at the temperature of 98
degrees.
In order to determine the amount of
blood to be transfused tho blood from
the lamb was allowed to flow through
tho tube into a graduated glass, four
seconds being required to obtain nn
ounce of blood.
Everything being now ready, the for
ceps upon the lamb's artery were relax
ed, aud after all air was removed from
the tubes and the blood flowed briskly,
the fore end of the glass tube was insert
ed into the one connected with tho vein
of the patient's nrm, aud immediately
the pure blood of the lamb coursed
freely into the system of the sick man.
By timing the flow it was estimated that
eight ounces of blood were thus intro
duced. The patient experienced at the termi
nation of the operation n peculiar
warmth over the whole body, and a sen
sation of fullness ; this was succeeded by
a slight chill, and this was soon followed
by a decided reaction, his pulse becom
ing full and slightly accelerated. Dur
ing the remainder of the day and up to
lust reports, the patient continued to
feel very comfortable, and is encouraged
to think that he will derive permanent
benefit from this novel operation to
which he had voluntarily submitted him
self. '
A Printers' Tournament.
A printers' tournament, being a con
test in type-setting, took place in Wash
ington, with the following result. There
were eight entries in the first class, the
type nonpareil. Time, three hours :
The first prize, a solid gold compos
ing stick, won by S. N. Bennernian, who
set 5,070 ems ; second prize, a solid sil
ver composing stick, full newspaper size,
won by K. A. McLean, who set 4,998
ems ; third prize, Menamin's JJiwtvlo
poedia of Printing, won by W. W. Me
Collum, who set 4,720 ems.
Second Class Time one hour and
thirty minutes W. W. Malloney was
awarded a silver composing-stick, news
paper size, haviug set 2,278 ems. Frank
A. McGill, a German silver composing-
stick, full size ; 2,250 ems. H. W. Hart
man, Jlarpcl'n Tgpoyraph ; 2,187 ems.
Long Primmer Class Time one hour
and thirty minutes J. R. McBride was
awarded the first prize, a solid gold composing-stick,
breast-piu size, having set
2,128 ems. G. J. S. Hunnicutt, Ameri
can Encyclopaedia of Printing ; 2,037
ems. H. C. Turleton, a thermometer
1,988 ems.
Tho tournament took place in the
National Jirpubliean office. The de.
cisions were made in accordance with
rules previously established, uud none
were present except the judges, referee,
ami proof-readers.
Resources of Alaska.
Alaska promises to be a profitable bar
gain after all. 200 miles down the coust
is Kodiae I Jand, where immense pas
tures htretch out on every hand, uir
balmly, and temperature even nil the
year. The bay swarms with codfish and
the brooks aud small lakes with trout
and salmon. Game is abundant and
ducks and geese so plentiful that they
can be killed with a club. Wild elk are
plentiful on the main land, and several
fur agencies established on the island
have a profitable trade in bear, fox, otter
and white ermine skins. Two tribes of
Indians occupy the island the Aleuts,
who show a mixture of Russiun blood,
and the Koyuks, who possess all the
traits of the genuine -North American
Indians. The former are thrifty nnd in
telligent and seem pleased with the
idea of a civilized settlement. The Ice
landers found a true Arcadia in this
region which has been regarded both in
hospitable and uninhabitable. It is not
unlikely that the Icelandic race, ufter a
thousand years of hardship and suffer
ing upon a cold and barren island, will
choose this new territory as their future
home.
Luster Sheep, a Jiew Breed.
At a recent exhibition in Bremen a
fleece was exhibited from South Australia
of a yearling ram, which was remarkable
for its fine silky luster and softness, and
the unusual length (over live inches) of
the smooth, fine wool, as well as for its
beautiful, almost dazzling whiteness. All
were satisfied that a fine, firm yarn, and
very superior cloth could be made from
it. It was stated that it was a result of
in and in breeding of Negretti sheep
with Leicester (Lincoln) rams ; the num
ber of generations required was not
stated, however.
Items of Interest.
The construction of the Panama rail
road cost 81,000 human lives, destroyed
by malaria or one for every yard of tho
track.
An exchange says t If you have n boy
and want to know what's in him, send
him West with just money enough to
get him there.
When ft man cannot drive ft horse
well, he makes up the deficiency of edu
cation in that respect by severely
pounding the poor animal.
A Texas man who died tho other day
left " the sum of five thousand dollars
as a fund to defend persons who kill
Southern railroad baggage smashers."
In a teachers' meeting in Ipswich,
Mass., three hundred nnd forty words
wer , given out to be spelled. The only
one Bpelt correctly by all was Tuesdny.
The name of His Majesty of the Sand
wich Islands is not pronounced King
Calico, as some people suppose. Tho
right pronunciation is King Kalakow-ah.
Many men in New York have express
ed themselves as ready to work for a
mere living this winter. There are men
m this section not willing to uo that
much.
The advertisement of a Western
stone-cutter reads: "Those who buy
tombstones from us look with pride and
satisfaction upon the graves of their
friends."
A New Orleans gentleman, writing
from San Francisco, speaks of thnt city
as overrun with clerks nnd bookkeepers
out of employment, although mechanics
of various sorts command fair wages.
A man wlioso wife hung herself in
his presence, on being asked why he did
not prevent the tragedy, replied: " I cut
her down three times last week, nnd
I can't be always cutting her down."
A 'Memphis jury having convicted a
man of murder, now finds that the sup
posed murdered man is living. The
question is whether the verdict shall be
rescinded, or the man allowed to murder
his victim.
At a recent " cheese fair," in England,
the judge decided that American factor
ies cannot produce cheese equal to tho
best cheese made m iiiiigland, nltnongn
thev successfully compete with the
medium qualities.
At a recent cattle sale at Puris, Ky.,
twenty-one cows were sold at nn average
of $1995 a head, nnd fourteen bulls at
ou average of 81,195. One cow sold for
$6,000, another for $5,400, nnd still an
other for 4,100.
A richt ana a wrung wuv r aomg
things, thus : A ball of twine, if opened
from the inside, will run off easily
enough, and give no trouble in the un
twining ; but, if begun trom tue out
side, will speedily get tangled and into
confusion.
During the late bathing season an in
dividual walked up to the office of a
seaside hotel, and with a considerable
flourish signed the book nnd exclaimed :
1 m .Lieutenant Governor ot .
That doesn't make any difference,"
savs tue landlord, " you u ue treateu
just as well as the others."
Lady FrankKn has announced that tho
reward of 2,000, made some years ago
by her for the recovery of tho official
records oi lier nummou n l-ah;uiuuu,
still holds good, and that over and above
she will be prepared to remunerate any
one who may succeed in recovering them
for any outlay to which his research may
subject him.
An English farmer who has " usod
wheat as food for his horses for some
time," tells the Mark Lane Express
thnt he allows " ninety pounds per horse
for the week, soaked in a cistern for
forty-eight hours, in cold water. The
water is theu run off, and the grain al
lowed to remain twenty-four hours to
create fermentation."
" How much is your candy stick ?" in
quired ft boy of a candy deider. "Six
sticks for five cents." "Six sticks fer
five cents, eh ? Now lem'me see. Six
fer five cents, five fer four ef..its, four
fer three cents, three fer two cents, two
fer one cent, one fer uothiu'. I'll tako
one." Aud he walked out, leaving the
candy man in a state of bewilderment.
A Xceded Railroad Reform.
The news that the great American
deadhead has driven to despair all the
managers of all the railroads, and com
pelled them to recognize him as a bellig
erent, is rendered less alarming by tho
further information that one great lino
has struck a blow at the sleeping-car
monopoly and reduced its rates from $2
for each berth to 81.50. Sleeping and
palace cars are always running and earn
ing money, their life is longer than that
of other rolling stock, and they nre al
ways filled to their utmost capacity, so
that there is no earthly reason why their
occupants should be charged at the rate
of 82 a night, plus 50 cents or $1 to the
porter. Great as is their convenience for
the business traveler who desires fully
to economize his time, their expense is a
tax by no means light on his pocket, and
if so desirable a reform as a reduction
can be brought about and made general
the traveling public, east and west, will
be deeply indebted to the Illinois Cen
tral Company.
What is Thy Name I
It is often the case that persons who
write on the whole a legible hand sign
tneir mame so carelessly that a stranger
can scarcely make out what it is. Our
editorial experience has given indubita
ble evidence of this. Any of our read
era who may have fallen into such a habit
would do well to learn a lesson from the
anecdote told of Rev. W. S. Potts, D.D. :
When a clerk in Philadelphia, he took
a bill to a Quaker, and had signed tho
receipt with one of those hieroglyphio
cartouches, sometimes seen on bank notes
now. The Quaker, taking up the paper,
said, blandly :
" Friend, what ia this at the bottom ?"
" Thai, sir, is my name."
" What is thy name 1"
"William 8. Potts."
"Well, William, will theeplease to
write it down under here plainly, so that
a wituess in court could know it."
Ever after Dr. Potts wrote and lived
so that no man could mistake a word or
letter.