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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.
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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,