A HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL DESPERANDUM. Two Dollars per Annum. NO. 4. VOL. V. HIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., TIIUHSDAY, MARCH 18, 1875. He Peaceful Times. Fashion no more bloody weapons. Armorer i stay your active baud s IteHt now from your murderous labor : Calm and tranquil ig the land. You sball beat tbe swords to plowshares, Into priming-hooks tbe spears, For among tbe troubled nations l'eaco bor glorious standard rears. Stealing over land and ocean Like a stranger from afar j Quiet is tbe wild commption, Silenced is tbe cry or war. Tumult, etrife, and discord ending, Shrinking back before her glauca ; Harmony from heaven descending As her gentle steps advance. White-robed, she her watch is keeping, Olive branches hi her hand, And the dogs of war are sleeping Throughout all tbe weary land. . Now the natiou's mourning daughters liaise no more their bitter wails ; Bhips are sailing on the waters, Commerce spreads their snowy sails. Doves are flitting round your dwelling, Armorer ; let your labors cease : Music o'er the land is swelling, Whispering words of joy and peace. DOWX THE COLORADO. The Slorv of n Trip Tlironuli ihr nnvon. ns Tolil by .thijor l'owoll. When Major Powell and his party set out in their boats to descend the Colo rado liver, which dashed over falls and precipices and through a narrow channel, with walls of solid granite or marble, in some places fully a mile iu height, on each bank, tho expedition was looked npon as full of dangers. The Major nnd his party went through and the story is told by the leader of the party in Scribner's magazine. While told in a vein of exceeding modesty it is yet full of thrilling interest. Major Powell tells us that they encoun tered dangers along the whole route, but the men of the party showed no signs of holding back, however dark and dismal or full of terrors the new canyon they were about to enter might 'be, until the perilous voyage was near its end. Then they came to one canyon that was evidently more full of dangers than any they had passed. Capt. Howland, of the party, and three men declared that they would not attempt its passage. Major Powell fully comprehended the danger before him, but he felt that unless the passage of this canyon was attempt ed his long and perilous trip was not accomplished, and he determined to go on. The night before the leader did not and could not sleep, so important seemed the occasion, and so great the excitement within him. He made his preparations as though feeling that ho and his party were not to come out of the abyss alive. One set of the records was given to Capt. Howland and his men, who were to go around by land. Letters were given them to friends nt homo, and keepsakes were intrusted to Capt. Howland. Major Powell says, too, that some tears were shed nt parting, each party believing that the other was taking the most dangerous way, and that they would not meet again." Now let Major Powell tell the story of the trip: r.. ..t i i a i , . . -w iuy ui ooui nuvmg oeen deserted, 1 j went on board "The Maid of the Can- j yon." The three men climbed n crag1 that overhung the river, to watch us off. i The ." Maid " pushed out, we glided ! rapidly along the foot of the wall, just! grazing one great rock, pulled out a little iuto the chute of tho second fall, and i plunged over it. The open compartment ' was rilled when we struck the first wave j below, but we cut through it, and then the men pulled with all their power to ward the left wall and swung clear of the dangerous rock below. We were scarcely n minute in running it, and found that, ulthough it looked bad from above, wo had passed many places that were worse. The other boat followed without more diili- culty. We landed at tho first practicable point below, tired our guns as a signal to the men above that we had gone over in safety, and remained a couple of hours, hoping they would take the smaller boat i and follow us. We were behind n curve j in the canyrn and could not see up to where we left them. As they did not i eomo we pushed on again. Until noon we had a succession of rapids and falls, nil of which we run in safety. j Just alter dinner we came to another bad place. A little stream came iu from the left, nnd below there was a full, and still below another. Above, the river tumbled down over and among the rocks in whirlpools and great waves, and the waters were white with foam. We ran along the left, above this, and soon saw that we could not get down on that side, but it seemed possible to let down on the other, so we pulled up stream for t wo or three hundred yards and crossed. There was a bed of basalt on this north ern side of tho canyon, with a bold escarp- j ment that seemed to be a hundred feet high. We could climb it and walk along I its summit to a point where we were i just at tho head of the fall. Here the basalt seemed to be broken down again, nnd I directed the men to take a line to tho top of the cliff and let the bouts down nlong the wall. One man remained iu the boat to keep her clear of the rocks and prevent her line from being caught on the projecting angles. I climbed the cliff and passed along to a point just over tho fall, aud descended by broken rocks, and found that the break of the fall was above tho break of the wall, so that we . could not land, aud that still below the river was very bad, and tliTe was no possibility of a portage. Without wait ing further to examine and determine what should be done, I hastened back to the t jp of the cliff to stop the boats from coming down. When I arrived I found the men had let one of them down to the head of the fall ; she was in swift water and they were not able to pull her back, nor were they able to go on with tho line, as it was not long enough to reach the higher part of the cliff which wub just before them; so they took a bight uround a crag, and I sent two men back fr the other line. The boat was in very swift water, and Bradley was standing in the open com partment holding out his gar to prevent her from striking against the foot of the cliffs. Now sho shot out into the stream and up ns far os tho line would permit, and then wheeling, drove headlong HgimiHt me rock; men out nnd bnck again, now straining on the line, now miming ugninsi me cnn. as soon as tho second lino was brought wo passed it down to him, but his attention was all taken up with his own situation, and he did not see what we were doing. I stood on a. projecting rock waving my hat to gain his ntteution, for my voice was drowned by the roaring of the falls, when just nt that moment I saw him tako his knife from its sheath and step forward to cut the line. He had evi dently decided that it was better to go over with his boat as it was, than to wait for her to be broken to pieces. As he lenned over, the boat sheered again into tho stream, the 6tern-post broke awny, nnd sho was loose. With perfect composure Bradley seized the great scull oar, placed it in the stern row-lock, nnd pulled with nil his power and he was a strong fellow to turn the bow of the boat down stream, for he wished to go bow down rather than to drift broadside on. Oue, two strokes were made, a third just ns she went over, and the boat was fairly turned; she went down nlmost beyond our sight, though we were more than a hundred feet above tho river. Then she came up again on a grent wave, and down nnd up, then around behind some great rocks, and was lost in the tumultuous foam below. We stood speechless with fear; we saw no boat; Bradley was gone. But now, awny below, we saw something coming out of the waves. It was evidently a boat; a moment more and we saw Brad ley standing on deck swinging his hat to show that he was nil right. But he was iu a whirlpool. The stern-post of his boat remained attached to the line which was in our possession. How badly she was disabled we knew not. I directed Sumner and my brother to run nlong the cliff nnd see if they could rench him from below. Rhodes, Hall nnd myself ran to tho other boat, jumped aboard, pushed out, nnd away we weut over the falls. A wave rolled over us and our craft became unmanageable ; another grent wave struck us, the bout rolled over, and tumbled, and tossed, J know not how. All I know is, that Bradley was soon picking us up. Before long we had nil light again, and rowed to the clilV and waited until Sumner nnd my brother camo up. After a difficult climb they reached us, when wo ran two or three miles further, and turned again to tho northwest, continuing until night, when we ran out of the granite onco more. At twelve o'clock on August 29th we emerged from tho Grand canyon of the Colorado, and entered a valley from which low mountains were sten coming to the river below. We recognized this as the Grand Wash. At night we camped on the left bank in a mesquite thicket. The sense of relief from danger and tho joy of suc cess wero great. When ho who has been chained by wounds to a hospital cot until his canvas tent seems like a dungeon, and tho groans of those who lie about him are nn increasing torture when such n prisoner at last goes out into the open field, what a world he sees! How beautiful tho sky, how bright the sunshine, what "floods of delicious music" pour from the throats of the birds, how sweet the fragrance of earth, and tree, and blossom. Tho first hour of convalescent freedom seems rich recompense for all the pain, tho gloom and the terror. Something like this was tho feeling we experienced that night. Kver before us had been on unknown danger heavier than any immediate peril. Every wak ing hour passed in the Grand cunvon hail been one of toil. We had watched with deep solicitude the steady disap pearance of our scant supply of rations, and from time to time when we were hungry had seen the river snatch a por tion of the little left. Danger und toil were endured in those gloomy depths where often the clouds hid the sky by day, aud but a narrow zone of stars could be seen nt night. Only during the few hours of deep sleep consequent on hard labor had the roar of the mud waters been hushed; now tho danger was over, the toil had ceased, tho gloom had disappeared, and the firmament was bounded only by the wide horizon. The river rolled by in silent majesty; the quiet of the camp was sweet, our joy was nlmost ecstasy. We sat till long ufter midnight talking of Grand canyon, of home, and, more than all, of the three men who had left us. Were they wandering in those depths, unable to find a way out i Wero they searching over the desert lands above for water t Or were they Hearing the settlements with the same feeling of relief that we ourselves experienced J He Had Jlis Revenge. Many years ago a rich man foreclosed a mortgage on a poor man, and, with contemptuous words and gestures, turned tho poor man into the street. The poor mau enme to Chicago and became a mil lionaire; the rich man went to St. Louis nnd bought a newspaper. Time nt last made all things even, and the St. Louis journalist came to Chicago Inst week with a linen duster, and by uccideut met his debtor of many years ago. The latter recognized his heartless creditor, but did not jeer ot his misery or refuse to help him. " Smith," he said kindly, "let by gones bo bygones. I will do whnt I cnu for you. Take this note to Mr. Webb and he will find you a berth n the Van Buren street cars ns driver." And Mr. Webb did, and Smith froze nine toe, eight fingers, two thumbs, his uoso, and both cheeks, that night. The debtor was avenged. A Scarlet Fever Coined". A Buffalo physician offers the following method of treating scarlet fever, which hs usserts is reliable, and if faithfully carried out will prevent deaths in four fifths of the case that might prove fatal. Scarlet fever should be treated by ad ministering to adults one teaspoonful of brewer's yeast in throe tablespooufuls of water, sweetened, three times daily; and if the throat is much swollen gargle with yeast, and as often as necessary they should apply yeast mixed with com meal as a poultice. Continue to give catnip tea freely for several days to keep eraptioa out of the ikin, English Servants. Mr. Conway, in his last Commercial letter, snys: There is no doubt that the English nobility have a wny of emp'oy ing servants which oilers grand opportu nities to rogues. Iu most cases the out side of the servants is tho chief thing. If the coachman or footman is good look ing in his livery and of the required di mensions his character is not inquired into. A well-known duke recently adver tised for a footman of exactlv live feet eleven nnd a half inches in height, whose sole business it would be to stand ot the back of his coach beside nnother of like station. A youth, now iu the employ of n lady of my acquaintance, applied for the advertised position, nnd says that liis character was not asked for; he was taken iuto the servants' hall nnd measured, and dismissed for lacking the half inch demanded by the duke. Thero is n pas sion for tallness in servants, and of one noble family at least it is a rule to admit no man servant under six feet. There are six of these eminent personages iu their tine mansion. The English ser vants are good looking, nent, nnd consti tutional flunkeys and lluukeyesscs. They are very shrewd, and have their class rules hs well defined as trades-unions. Downing street does not possess more pigeon-holes and led tape than a man sion of the wealthy. An upper house maid would dio nt the stake before she would do a bit of work that came within the province of the under housemaid. A swell butler would throw up his position in the face of the Lord Chancellor him self if he were expected to black his own boot. There are many boys of thirteen kept in brass buttons, and in many an instance tho solo duty of this boy is to brush the clothes nnd boots of tho but ler, the master of the house having his own separate valet. Of course it is not pride which has in ado the inflexible laws of etiquette among these servants, by which they refuse to step out of an offi cial groove of function. It is tho deter mination of their class to preserve the conventional number of the servants re quired for any first-class household. They particularly dislike servants from other countries, especially the Germans, because if well paid and well treated they will do anything requested of them. Death less Fearful than his Father. A paper published iu Oswego tells this story : A boy who lives iu tho extreme western part of the city spent nearly all afternoon nnd evening out in the snow, playing with n neighboring boy rolling in snow-banks, etc. with tho careless ness and disregard of clothes common to high-lifed boys. They played till after dark, and when thislad came to go home his clothes wero nearly soaked through. Ho hud been severely puuished a few days previous for coming home in that condition, and was told that if he came liome in that shape again ho would be whipped within an inch of his life. He knew that his father would be as good as his word, and as ho thought the mat ter over, ho made up his mind that ho would stay out till after the folks had gone to bed, and then crawl into a neigh bor's wood-house and stay through tho night, and ho carried out his plan. Some time during the night the owner of tha house was awakened by a noise sound ing something like groans; ho listened and again heard the sound, which seemed to come from the woodshed, but which he thought was probably n stray dog. The noise continuing, ho finally got up, partly dressed himself, took a light, aud on going iuto tho shed dis covered the boy crouched iu one corner, partly covered with some old rags of carpeting or something of that sort, nnd insensible with cold. He carried him into the house, sent for his family, and alter several hours of incessant labor the boy revived. Upon being inquired of why he went into tha woodshed, he said it was because he was afraid to go home. That family must be ruled with a severe rod. Tribulation of an Editor. The Charleston (Mo.) Courier says : Editing a newspaper is a pleasant thing. If it contains too much political matter people won't have it ; if it contains too little, they won't have it. If the type is too large it don't contain enough read ing matter; if the type is too small, they can't read it. If we have a few jokes, folks say we are nothing but rattle heads; if we omit jokes, they say we are old fossils; if we publish original mat ter, they blame us for not giving them original selections; if we publish origi nal selections, folks say that we are too lazy, for giving them what they have read in some oilier paper. If we give a man a complimentary notice, we are censured for being partial ; if we do not all hands say we are a hog. If we speak well of any act, folks say we dare not do otherwise ; if wo stay in our office and attend to business, folks say we are too proud to mingle with our fellows. If we do not pay all bills promptly, folks say we are not to be trusted; if we do pay promptly, they say we stole tho money. Destroying Insects In Frosty Weather. It is genendly thought that a severe winter is destructive to insect life, nnd so it probably is to some extent; but by far the greater number of our worst garden pests get sufliciently deep down iu the earth to be out of the reach of frost. There is, however, a means of effectually dealing with such as have taken up their winter quarters iu un cropped ground. On a hind, frosty day let it be broken up with a pick to the depth to which it is frozen, turning the lumps up as large as possible, so us to quite open, and thereby expose the un der surface still further to the influence of frost. Tliis will not only destroy thousands of slugs, Biiuils, wire-worms, and the lorvce of similar pests, but it will, at the same time, nerute and pulverize the ground to a depth that cannot be reached by any other means, thereby improving its condition for cropping. Aia'ehtisixg. Newspaper advertising may bo compared to a vigilant and watchful salesman, who not only iuvites business relations, but goes after the public, into its private walks aud ways, aud its effectiveness must depend largely on the skill employed in presenting the merits of any article to the public eye so as to produce the best results, A BURXIXGIGAS WELL. A AVnnilrr of tlie I'mimylviinln t'onl Itmluns I, lull t for a County. The following interesting description of a burning well iu Pennsylvania has been received by the United States Signal Office in Washington, from Mr. J. Cum mings of Tarentum, one of the volunteer observers for the signal service: On the night of tho 2d of February, 1875, I, in company with f-evernl others, paid a visit to the great gns well, Bitua ted about nine miles from Tarentum nnd fifteen miles south of Butler, at a place called Larden's Mill, on tho farm of Mr. William Hervey, nnd owned by a com pany consisting of Messrs. William Her vey, J. S. Vimdegrift, nud.T. McAllaster. Tho well was tapped recently, os I learn ed from one of tho proprietors, in their search after oil. They have gone down a distance of 1,145 feet, and have just struck tho first sand rock. The well is located in a holl w about three hundred feet wide, between nbrupt hills. Our party came in the vicinity of the well about nine o'clock nt night, having seen the vast light floating in the sky on many u dork night on previous occasions thir- toeu miles distant, but when we came in ! its immediate influence nnd fuw the : think nil renders devoid of Ustn, and j all the agonies of hope deferred, become trees on either hand lit up, nnd their j dull readers think witty writers devoid ' angry, get over your nnger to plunge trunks and branches silvered to their i of brilliancy. j into the depths of woe, make mire that tops by this burning torch, the scene j If you love others, they will love you. ' you are bereaved of your best-beloved was beyond descriptiou. Oil arriving at : If you speak kindly to them, they will ' relative, nnd wait in' calm despair to the ground we were met by hundreds of spe'ak kindly to you. Love is repaid ! know the worst, nnd when ho comes, be people from all parts of the country who, with love, 'nnd hatred with hatred, he brother, husband, or son, grandfather, like ourselves, flock nightly to see this ! Would you heor a sweet and pleasing ! uncle, or cousin, perchance a lover, ho great wonder. The first thing to strike j echo, speak sweetly and pleasantly your- j hasn't the slightest idea of your suffer the visitor on arriving is the great mass I self. . ' 1 ings, and inquires, " AVell, Polly, what's of fine white flame of intense heat and brightness and the hollow rumbling noise heard nstheout-rushing gas plunges iuto the atmosphere and lights all around by its imposing brilliancy. The flame of this natural torch is nbout forty feet long nnd fifteen wide, and keeps ot these dimensions night and day with striking regularity. Hence the light is both regular and constant. The heat emitted by so large a body of flame is very great. The trees all around, at proportional distances, nre budding, and tho grass that has not been trodden down by tho throng of visitors is growing finely, and considering that this is mid-whiter, this circumstance will give you some idea of the great heat. I approached within sixty feet of tho flame, and supposed it to be at that distance about 140 degrees. Tho place has the character of a camp meeting at night in consequence of the mighty crowds who congregate there. The light is grand. You can see to read with ease a quarter of a mile from this enormous gas jet, and if uninterrupted by trees and the wind of the road read ing could bo done at the distance of a mile and a half. The noise as the gns rushes out and is consumed is wonderful. Damages from k1ooi ii.vpvo. A German named Heilmau, who lived near Evansville, In., went to that town, became intoxicated, was placed in his wagon by the saloon keepers, and a neighbor hired to drive tho team. Standing upright in tho wagon was a barrel of salt that Heilmau had purchased iu the city and was takiug home. While driving along the rood, the night being dark, tho wagon was driven over a log that lay in the road, causing it to jolt, and overturning tho barrel of salt upon ii ,.i . v. ir,,;i, i some' means a hoop became detached ! from the barrel, and the end of it entered Heilmau 's ear. The constant jolting of the wagon only helped to drive it in deeper, and when they hnd reached Heilmau 's houso it was found necessary to draw it forth by main force. Heilmau lay in the wagon, insensible from pain and loss of blood. He was carried into the house, and placed in bed, from which he never rose alive, the wound causing his death iu about a month ufter the oc currence. Tho widow was theii thrown upon her own resources for a livelihood. The farm, with no one to look after it, became valueless, and was sold nt a sacri fice. By the advice of friends she ; brought snit against the parties who had tmues the boy, carelessly. Isold her husband tho liquor, lying! "Where when what street J" j damages at 85,000. Tho case, while i "And she was a perfectly lady !" adds I being tried, attracted great attention, it i the boy. : being the first of the kind that has ever j "Come on half a dollar other coro j been tried in Indiana, and was considered nor get a hack !" calls the coroner, got ! in one way a test case. After consuming ting into his overcoat. three days iu hearing tho testimony and "I was speaking of Mirie Antoinette, listening to tho arguments the case was Queen of France in 171W regular put submitted to the jury, who returned a up job !" demurely replies the lad. "If verdict giving the widow three hundred i you want to read the particulars of tho ; twenty-live dollars, me advocates of ! temperance consider the verdict a victory ( ! for their cause. Fashion Xotcs. The cool, fresh-looking linen lawns, says a fashion journal, are the lowest priced, most durable and tasteful of all cheap fabrics. These cost from twenty five cents to forty cents a yard. The designs are waved stripes of coral, blue, or black. There are also many plaids iu color, aud the usual dots, dashes, stars and lozenges. Pin-head checks cut to form bias bands will be much used for trimmiug goods of solid color. Ihis will be especially popular lor uiue and white summer silks, brown and white, and black with white. When the dress is made of these small checks, largo blocks ure used for borders. Brown and white check silks, trimmed with larger checks, will make pretty traveling dresses for j periment iu my elly closet, and killed at i Lomartiue still owes money; he owes to brides. j least a hundred the first morning. Have workmen and to farmers, and they are New square shawls for early spring ; set the trap ugain, and shall continue to j waiting for all those accounts to be iiqui days have plain centres, with lighter do so while one nut remains. Rod pep- t dated, because it is not desirable to erect band for borders, ana are reversible, Ihus a light gray shawl witu darn gray border on one side will have the other center of dark gray with light border. Tho fringe is richly tasseled. The broad-barred Mexicaiues intro - duced last summer became very popular, I and now w re-appear iu wider open squares ripes. These are of thin, why id ore to be made up over blue, ! and str ' uillr nn.l ecru, pink, black, violet, and, indeed, cardinal red silks, for watering-place dresses. These Mexicaiue goods are also shown in plaids of two colors, such as marine blue with eeru, or mauve and ecru, or else pale pink, The twilled plaid silks introduced by exclusive modistes last summer nre now largely imported for sea-side costumes. The prettiest patterns are lavender grounds barred with ruby, ecru with nnvy blue or prune, pale pink with (lark brown plaids. Dewdrops of Wisdom. Most people would succeed in small things, if they were not troubled with greut ambitions. It is far easier to acquire a fortune like a knave, than to expend it liko a gentleman. Where true fortitude dwells, loyalty, bounty, friendship and fidelity may be found. Never despise humble service when large ships run aground, little boats may pull them off. If you are n coward, and friends com mend you for your courage, it isn't of you they speak; they take you for an other. In seeming opposition to tho natural course of things, some men rise by their gravity, and others sink by their levity. Buy not, sell not, whore self-respect is bartered, for that once lost, the main spring of honor is rusted and decnyed. It is so ungeniol to the Unman mind to do nothing, that if a good occupation bo not provided, men will occupy them selves perilously, as in gaming and drink ing. Plain men tliink handsome women want passion, and plain women tliink young men want politeness; dull writers Fortune aud futurity nre not to be , guessed at. A wise man aims nt nothing out of his reach. A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. Begin nothing until you have con sidered how it is to be finished. A Famous French Surgeon. A Paris correspondent tells the follow ing anecdote: Dupuytreu was a famous surgeon, but brusque and unpolished a oulraiw. One day, ns he re-entered his house, he found installed in the ante room mi old priest who had long been waiting his return. "What do you want of me i" growled Dupuytreu. "I wish yon to look nt this," meekly replied tho priest, takiug off nn old woolen cravat, which revealed upon the nape of his neck n hideous tumor. Dupuytreu looked at it. "You'll have to dio with that," he coolly remarked. "Thanks, doctor," simply replied the priest, replacing his cravat; "I am much obliged to you for warning me, as I can preporo myself, ns well ns my poor parishioners, who love me very much." The surgeon, who was never astonished nt great things, looked j upon thispriest, who received his death I sentence unmoved, with amazement, 1 aaa, o . m., ,.T. n j o'clock to tho Hotel Dieu, and ask for mo." The priest was prompt. The I surgeon procured for him a special room in the hospital, OHd in a month's time , the man went out cured. When leaving ! he took out of n sack thirty francs in j small change. " It is all I can offer you, doctor," he said; "I came here on foot from It in order to save this." The doctor looked at the money, smiled, ad, j drawing a handful of gold from his pocket, put it iu tho bag along with the tnirty irancs, saying: "it is jor your V1' ,Tl f 18 v Some years later the celebrated doctor, feeling death to bo near, bethought himself of tho good cure and wrote to him. He : came, and Dupuytreu received from him tho "last consolations" und died in his arms. An Unhappy Coroner, He is a solemn looking boy about ten years of ago, and he wears a long face os he drops into the coroner's otlice and re marks : "Shocking murder, wasn't it?" "What! What's that!" exclaims the coroner J springing up. "Chopped her head clean off!" eon- case 1 11 fetch over the book. Tho coroner sits down and contem plates the steaming end of the stick of cordwood protruding from the stove, nnd the clock on the desk goes ahead with its labor of ticking time iuto eternity. How to Destroy Ants. A chalk mark at least half an inch in depth, around the upper edge of sugiu buckets, barrels, etc., will not admit one ant into the interior. The same mark drawn on the edges of shelves will also prevent the approach of an ant, ns they nre not able to erawl tver the chalk. But I if they are numerous among jam and jelly pots, take a large sponge, wet it in I cold water, squeeze it nearly dry, aud j then sprinkle lino wliite sugar over i. ' Place it on the infested shelf, and next , morning dip it qnickly aud carefully into i a bowl of boiling water. I tried the ex- j per dusted over their haunts will also de - stroy them, but the sponge is the surest method. I An Imitation. i At a meetingof the directors of a ferry company in New lork, Mr. Cyrus P. Smith read an editorial from the New j York Journal of Com merer, in which j the mauogement of tho ferries during j the recent ice blockade was severely criticised. After the reading, Mr. Smith offered a resolution requesting that the writer of that article be invited to tako nny position he tliought best, at either side of tho ferry, and that he should . . . . j take charge of oue of the boats, and that during his stay the pilot of the boat should take the editorial chair of the Journal of Coimneree. It was also re solved that a similar offer should be made to the editorial corps generally. The resolutions were pawed unanimously. Met a Fellow. There is a being who ha caused more troublo to womankind than any other. It is the "fellow" who is always being "met," and thereby keeps anxious females on tho watch nt windows nt nil sorts of unholy hours. How many years of her life does a woman spend looking out of tho window for men who nro overdue ! tho Ledger says. I have not lived half of my threo score aud ten years yet, and I am sure I have wasted time enough in the fruit less operation to have made myself mis tress of all tho hieroglyphics ever dis covered. One thing only have I learn ed, that men, like the peasant woman's "watched pot that never boils," never comes when ho is looked for; and that hasn't done me any good; for, still, whenever I have occasion, I invite the iiillucnza by sitting in a strong draught with my eyes fixed on tho furthest point possible, with visions of hospital ambulances and woeful telegrams before my eyes, whenever any one from my grandfather to my little nephew doesn't " arrive himself "' in proper time. All woman do it. and many thanks they get ! eyes weak and your nose red, go through. lor their anxiety, lou mav cry vour the matter You look solemn ? Solemn ! Well, you know enough not to lling yourself into his arms and cry, "The sen has given up its dead," or anything of thnt sort. You say "Ah !" iu an offended tone, or on unnaturally calm one, and perhaps remark that " dinner was burnt to a crisp four hours ago;" or that you havo "sat with your bonnet on ready for the concert from seven until nine,'' and wait for some ex planation. It is sometimes vouchsafed, ond then generally proves to be " Met a fellow." Yes, meeting " a fellow " is reason enough for any amount of staying out. Who is " a fellow," I wonder, that ho should outweigh wife, mother, and sweetheart, daughter, niece, and aunt i Why should " a fellow" have such in fluence? No one oversees "a fellow," or hears his whole name. Ho is never produced. Ask after him, and you hear that hu is not tho sort of fellmv to be in troduced. He is never brought homo. Apparently he U not good enough; but ho is important enough to upset a house hold, to keep meals waiting, to keep people up until midnight; to havo met him is ample exousa for anything for getful or neglectful. There was a minister deprived for in- i nonformity, who said to some of his i friends: " That if they deprived him, j it should cost nn hundred men's lives." The party understood it os if, being a I turbulent fellow, he would have moved I sedition, and complained of him. hereupon being con ventcdnnd apposed upon tho speech, ho said : " His mean ing was, that if ho lost his benefice, he would prootico physic ; and thou he thought he should kill an hundred men in time." Cicero was at dinner, where thero was on ancient liuly that spake of her years, and said: " She was but forty years old." One that sat by Cicero rounded him in the ear and said: "Sho talks of forty years old, and sho is far more, out o'f question." Cicero answered him again: "I must believe her, fori have heard her say so any time these ten years." There was a soldier thnt vaunted be fore Julim Cic-uir of hurts he had re ceived in his face. Julim Ciesar, know ing him to be but a coward, told him: " You wero best take heed, next time you run away, how you look back." One of the fathers snith: "That thero is but this difference between the death of old men and young men; that old men go to death, nnd death comes to young men." Augustus Ciesar would say: "That he wondered that Alexander feared he should want work, having no more to conquer; as if it were not as hard a mut ter to keep as to conquer." Xo Statue While Iu Debt. It is rather hazardous to name n child after or to build a monument to a living man. Ho may not turn out as well ns was expected, nnd then tho name nnd monument will bo somewhat mortifying. Jiut there is a village in i; ranee where ! they will not build a monument to a great man even when ho is dead, unless his debts ore paid. A recent French ' traveler who visited Milly says A pedestal which awaits it'j monument ; stands nt the entrance of a square iu , Milly village. : I asked, "What is that i" I was told, "It is thepedestul of Mons, ' do Lumartine's statue." " I inquired, " litis that statue not ' been made yet I" The question was scarcely out of my mouth when an old peasant, with : weazel-shapod face, came up to me and said, w ith the ilryuess of a legal writ: " Business has not yet been settled : a statue t a man in debt.1 A Man who Always Finds Water. Capt. John S. Godfrey of New Hump shire will shortly visit California on a professional tour for the pitrpose of lo- , eating living streams und springs of j water, and also mineral bodies of every i description. Capt. Godfrey claims no snpcmutural power iu tho accomplish ment of Ira work, but declares it to be simply a sensitive organism or powerful current of electricity in himselt, so pow erful as to attract him irresistibly to liv- i"g streams and miueial deposits beneath i.ii 1 . it. 1 i . l the surface. During tho lute war he located all tl e wells for the use of the amy under Gen. Howard's command. aud at Hampton F'ulls, N. II., where laud was rendered valueless for want of water, he located Btreams which now supply all needed demands, Items of Interest. Old time rocks Ricking the cra dle. How to signal a bark Pull a dsg's tail. A good excuse for borrowers It's Lent. Benjamin Franklin was a printer, and ho said: " My son, deal only with men who advertise." A young man has sued his barber for cuttiug off his mustache. The barber says he didn't see it. Gentlemen who talk incorrectly nro tho ones who make the largest fuss if they are not reported correctly. Samuel W. Allen of Nevada is believed to be the greatest herdsman in tho world. His ranch is eight y miles long, and he owns 225,000 head' of tattle. Tho Sultan of Turkey is iu the en joy ment of an income of ten millions of dollars a year, and his entertainments ore fabulous for their splendor, variety ond quantity. The man who predicted a mild and open winter, because the hair on squir rels' tails were not as thick us usual, had his ears fro sen four inches deep the other morning. The other day the town clerk of Fuir port, IU., advertised that "all persons not having licensed dogs must call on tho undersigned within thirty days ond ob tain one." Tho commerce of France is passing beyond any period in its history. , Tho exports anil imports of 1874 amounted to over 61,500,000,000, largely exceeding any former year. Since the suspension of specie pay ments in 18(12, theStateof Massachusetts has paid for premium on gold to meet its liabilities up to January 1, 1875, the sum of $2,917,703.07. Mrs. Jepson, who lectures in and around Boston, was born deaf aud dumb. From girlhood she has gradually acquired the faculty of hearing and speaking, un til now there are only a fesv letters which sho cannot utter distinctly. Seldom in the natiouul history has there been so general a release of old stagers from the cares of public life. Of the twcnty-livo Legislatures in which ections have been held, only four havo eturned the present Senators. The hunting for Indians' skulls and thigh-bones on the plains is reported to be very profitable business. The skulls nre worth 1.25 for combs, and the thigh of the red man makes kmte-hundlos that are equal to ivory in appenrancc. A French traveler arrived in Paris tho other day from tho Cape of Good Hope, bringing with him a diamond larger and more beautiful than tho celebrated Re gent's diamond. It is of the purest water, nnd is worth more than $1,-100,000. Jfiiratte'iiev'il's Table. ' " ",1 It is said that kerosene and rats have no affection for each other. The kero sene is not particularly sensitive, but tho rats ore, and ret use to live in the sumo liar or shod where kerosene is kept. A great quantity of kerosene is not neces sary, as they only require a steady odor t it tor a briot season to le looking up another boarding-house. David Crockett, after returning homo from his first trip to New York, gave lii-s ackwooils audience his idea ot the nrs5 gentleman in tho metropolis: "Philip Hone is tho most gentlemanly man m New York, boys, and I'll tell you how I know it. When he asks you to drink ho don't hand you a glass ho puts the de cantor on tho table, and walks off to the window and looks out until you have finished." Gibbs, of Helena, Colorado, is a mur derer who has escaped convictii in through a legal quibble. Thirty vigilantes snr- ounded hU house iu the night and com manded him to eomo out to bo hung. Ho of used. They sot fire to tho house. When tho flames had grown too close for a longer stay inside, Gibbs sprang Kiid denlyout of a window with a revolver in each baud, and began firing rapidly at his assailants. Three of them were killed, two wounded, and the rest lied, leaving a coil of rope behind them. Hints to Horse Fanciers. If your horse is in the habit of kick ing, use a low Hoard and your norse win soon got over it. Keep your horse tat; ilont allow any one to get a lien on him. When your horse reluses to take up an oat, consider mm os having failed. Te make your horse very fast, tio him with halters. Look carefully after the bits of your horse, or you may soon be looking after the bits of your wagon. If vou have the proper address you may receive a couple of lines from u horse, but on no account drop a line. However well you may be attached to your horse, you must bo certain that your horse is well attached to your car riage. hen you tell a horse to "got up, look well to his "get up." Some- horses get up within the buggy, but, like deep sorrow, " leave their truces behind." Lands Giving Out. The inhabitants of the United States have thought the vast territories of the West almost boundless, and capable of giving homes to immigrants for a cen tury to come. It is startling, therefore, to be told that the boundary for profit able immigration is nearly reached, and that the new-comers from Juirope must seek a home in the older States. Gen. Hazeu, in an interesting article iu the Norlh American Jtrvirw on " The Great Middle Region of the Uni ted States," declares that a large part of this great middle region is worthless for cultivation, and can never Biipport a set tled population. It will not answer even for profitable grazing. Ho pronounces most of the railroad schemes through this region to be frauds on the public, as no large settlements can ever be formed along the routes. The chief difficulty lies in the want of water. Thwre are uo streams, springs are hard to tiud in dig ging, and tho water is very impure. The soil is very fertile, but this is of uo avail while water is wAuting,
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