f ( ' r r V i ' HSN3Y A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL DESPERANDUM. Two Dollars per Annum. LZQL1Y' ' ' ItlDGAVAY, ELK COUNTY PA., THUllSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1875. NO. 28. (Jjp Tie, A very small boy wan little Gyp Tie, With a dnxky face and an almond eye, A queer, email voice, mot silvery sweet, And the busiest pair of noiseless feet That one could ever have wished to meet. A very hard lot had little Gyp Tie, Though his innocent face was never n . rfi He washed up the dishes, and did the chores, lie lilackoued tha stoves, and scrubbed the floors, And he never listened behind the doors 1 He sang at his work, did little Gyp Tie, , A sorrowful song that be wished to die, And go to the bright celestial land, An angel there with his mates to stnud, With "clown" ou his head, and "hop" In h's hand. ' We grew very fond of little Gyp Tie ; Tie never was known to cheat or lie He went to church, and he learned to read, And he prayed so hard, that we all agreed That he was a rescued " brand " indeed I" Ho felt very sad, did little Gyp Tie, And he wiped a tear from his almond eye, And he sang his eortowful song all day, When the silver spoons were Btolen away From the secret drawer where they always lay. But sadder yet was little Gyp Tie, When we hailed the big policeman nigh ; And he looked on Gyp as a child of ein, And he called his tears and prayers " too thin And he pulled out the spoons with a scornful grin From the folds of that blouse, sewed safely in. We want no more like little Gyp Tie ; We think of his prayers with a dreadful sigh, And his Borrowful song that was all of it " bosh !" But we want a youth to scrub aud to wash, Who has the profoundeet belief in Josh I Clara G. Dolliver. UNVEILED. " Poor thing ! I do feel for her. Though she is a person I never saw, yet hers seems a case of such oppression on the one bund, aud such patient suffering on the other, that one cannot but " " Oh, I dare Ray you'll see her in the morning, for she often steals out then, when the wretch, I suppose, is in bed." " But what could induce a girl to tie herself to such a man ? " Well, I don't know the old story, I suppose false appearances ; for no pill iu her senses would have married a man with his habits if she had known of them beforehand." " There is sometimes a kind of infatua tion abotit women, I allow, which seems to blind them to the real character of the man they are in love with ; but in this case I don't think she -could have known how he conducted himself, or she cer-, tainly would have paused in time. Oh", ..Ihe wretch ! 1 have no patience with him." This little dialogno took place in one of those neat, bright, clean widowed, gauzy curtained houses that formed so many pretty districts within a walking distance of the mighty heart of the great metropolis ; and between two ladies, the one mistress of the said nice looking cottage villa, and the other her guest a country matron, who had just arrived on a visit to her town friend ; and the object of the commiseration of both was the occupant of a handsome villa exactly opposite, but apparently the abode of great wretchedness. On the following morning Mrs. Bar ton aud her guest, Mrs. Kennedy, were at the window of the parlor, which com manded a full view of the dwelling of the unhappy Mrs. Morton, when the hall door was quietly opened and was as quietly shut again by the lady herself. "There she is, poor thing I" cried Mrs. Barton. " Only look how c irefully aud noiselessly she draws the gate after her. Sho seems ulways afraid that the slightest noise she makes, even iu the ' street, may wake that fellow, who is now, I dure say, sleeping off the effects of last night's dissipation. " Mrs. Kennedy, with nil the genial warmth of u truly womanly heart, looked wver, and followed with her eyes, as far 8 tho street allowed, this quiet looking, broken spirited wife, investing the whole figure, from the neatly trimmed straw bonnet to tho tips of the bright little boots, with a most intense and mysteri ous sympathy ; and then, fixing her anxious, interested gaze on the opposite house, she said : "And how do they live? How do people under such circumstances pass the day' It is a thing I cannot com prehend, for, were Kennedy to act in such a way, I'm sure I wouldn't endure it for a week." "It does seem scarcely intelligible," answered Mrs. Barton; i'u tell you how they appear to do. She gets up and has her breakfast by herself ; for, without any wish to pry, we can see straight through their house from front to back. About thi3 time she often comes out I suppose to pay a visit or two in the'neighborhood, or perhaps to call on her tradespeople ; and you will see her by-aud-bye return, looking up as she approaches at the bedroom window, and, if the blind is drawn up, she rushes in, thinking, I dare say, to herself : "How angry he will be if he comes down and finds I am not there to givo him his breakfast !' Sometimes he has his breakfast at twelve or one or two ; and I have seen him sitting down to it when she was having her dinner I" " Aud when does ho have his dinner ?" " Oh his dinner I. I dare say that it is a different sort of thing from hers, poor thing t He dines, no doubt, at a club, or with his boon companions, or anywhere, in fact, but at home." " Aud when does he come home generally?" " At all hours. We hear him open the little gate with his key at three, four and five in the morning. Indeed, our milkman told Susan that he had Been him sneaking in, pale, haggard, and worn out with his horrid vigils, at the hour decent people are seated at break fast." I wonder if she waits up for him ?" " Oh, no; for we see the light of her solitary candle in her room always as we are going to bed, and you may be sure my heart bleeds for her poor solitary soul ! I'don't know .that Pwaseverso interested about any stranger as I am about this young creature." "Dear, -.I'-ur; it is terrible !" sighed the sympathizing Mrs. Kennedy. "But does any one visit them have they any friends, do you think I" , " I don't think he can have any friends the heartless fellow; but there are a gr. at many people who call, stylish peo ple, too, in carriages; and there is ho the wretch ! often with his hnlf sleepy look, smiling and handing the ladies out as if he were the most exemplary hus band in the world." " Has she children ? I hope she has, as they would console her in his long absence." " No even that comfort is denied her. Sho has no one to cheer her her own thoughts must be her companions at such times. But perhnps it is a bless ing ; for what kind of father could such a man make ? Ob, I should like to know her I And yet I dread any acquaintance with her husband. Barton, you know, wouldn't know such a man." " My dear Mary, you have made me quite melancholy, Let ns go out. You know I have much to see, and many people to cnll upon; and here we are, losing the best part of the day in some thing not much removed from scan Jul." The ladies hereupon set out, saw all the "loves of bonnets " and "sacri fices" that were voluntarily being of fered up, bought a great many things for " less than half the original cost," made culls, aud laughed and chatted away a pleasant, exciting day for the country lady, who, happily for herself, forgot, in the bustle, the drooping, creft fallen bird who was fretting itself away in its pretty cage at Mertou road. Tho next clay a lady friend called on Mrs". Barton. "I find," she said, in the course of the conversation with that lady ami her guest, " you are a near neighbor of a friend of mine, Mrs. Morton." "Mrs. Morton 1" exclaimed both her hearers, pale with excitement and curi osity. " Mrs. Morton I Oh, how sin gular that you should know her poor, miserable creature I Oh, do tell ns about" " Poor miserable ! What can you mean ? You mistake. My Mrs. Morton is the happiest little woman iu town." "Oh, it cannot bo the samol" said Mrs. Barton. " I mean our opposite neighbor, in Hawthorn villa. I thought it couldn't be " "Hawthorn villa. The very house ! You surely cannot have seen her or her husband, who " " tfci, tho dreadful, wretched, gam bling follow !" interrupted Mrs. Barton. " I wouldn't know such a man." "He," in her turn, interrupted her friend, Mrs. Law " he a gambler ! He is the most exemplary young man in town a pattern of eery domestic vir tue kind, gentle, amiable, and passion ately fond of his young wife I" " My dear Mrs. Law, how can you.say. all this tof a mau whose conduct is the common talk of the neighborhood a man lost to every sense of shame, I should suppose who comes home to his desolate wife at all hours, whose only ostensible means of living is gambling, or something equally disreputable thn " "You have been most grievously mis led," again interposed Mrs. Law. " Who can have so grossly slandered the best of men ? He cannot help his late hours, poor fellow I That may be safely called his misfortune, but not his fault !" And the lady warmed as sho spoke, till she had to untie her bonnet, and fan her glowing face with her handkerchief. "His misfortune," murmured Mrs. Barton ; " how can that be called a mis fortune which a man cau help any day he pleases?" " But ho cannot help it ; he would be too phased to spend his evenings at home with his dear little wife, but you know his business begins when other people's is over!" " Then what, in Heaven's name, is his business ?" "Don't yon know?" said Mrs. Law, looking extremely surprised. "Why, he's the editor of a morning newspaper !" A Students' Duel. A Heidelberg correspondent describes one of those student duels that play so important a part in German university life. Tho sceno of tho affair was iu a room where there were forty or fifty students gathered iu groups at the dif ferent tables, some in white, some in green and some iu blue caps, these de noting by their color the different clubs to which they belonged. Some were drinking wine, some coffee and others breakfasting. None of them seemed at all excited, ind a strainer en tering the room would have supposed that this was no ordinary cafe, so little did tho munuer of those present, includ 'Tc tbe barmaids, evince any concern. When the duel was callo.l the students formed a semicircle. Tho combatants were already in place, faoing each other. and being armed, both of them tall youths of about twenty-one years of age. JJiey represented dinerent clubs, and had two or throe seconds apiece. Tho duelists were well fixed with guards for the eyes, neck, chest and stomach, and even the arms, so that no very serious wounil could be inflicted on those por tions of the body. Tho scope aud end of theso contrivances seemed to be to limit tho wounds to tho face. The swords were rather long, very slender, and were frequently bent by the clasuiug during tho encounter. The combat ba- gau with a good deal of energy, but no liuucauous oi rage or malice, and was frequently interrupted bv the warning of the swords, once by a wound on the loreneau, received by one of the com batants, and finally by the spraining of the wrist of the wounded party. Neither party to the fight seemed at ull ready to yield. The wound, though it bled freely, was ireatea as a mere trifle by every body, aud the doctor who stanched it did not apply any bandage or plaster. Every scar on the face is a badge of honor among the students. Finally the curtain was dropped, the reason being that the already wounded party had so sprained his wrist as not to be able longer to wield his weapan. He was obviously overmatched iu strength, but he was full of pluck and had not yielded one inch of ground. insure the firemen for $500 each iu cane of death, and 85 per week in case of sicL. ness or accident. - Secured Their Money. - , i There were some amusing incidents connected with the receipt of the intel ligence of the failure of Duncan, Sher man & Co., a Paris correspondent writes: Two gentlemen of my acquaintance heard the report about ten o'clock in the morning. They went at once to Roths child's agency (where it seems nothing was known of tho event of the day) and drew out all their money. At twelve o'clock tho cashier of Rothschild's went to their hotel, and found one of them in his room. The cashier was pale, and ex cited ; he rushed to the American with out waiting to say "Good morning," and shook the notes in his faco. " Dun can, Sherman & Co. have failed," said he, " and I want you to return that money." Then spoke tho American, who had locked the cash in his trunk : "I haven't the money about me, aud if I 1 wouldn't return it." , "You refuse then. " "9 the cashier s response ; " ou refuse. I will have you nrit-sted immediately." Ho went down tho stairs at a run. Soon he returned with an agent of police, and they threatened incarceration if the money was not restored. Tho American was firm, and was taken away, but not to prison. Ho was escorted to the Ameri can embassy, where Minister Washburne told the cashier that he could not arrest the gentleman, who happened to bo per sonally known to him. " You can only seize his baggage, and I advise you not to do that." The cashier concluded he would wait awhile, apologized, and de parted. The two Americans told me their story iu tho evening, and said that business of an imperative nature would take them to Loudon by the earliest train ; aud they have gone. I know of two others who drew their money at Rothschild's before that house received the news of the failure. They have been informed that they must re fund, and doubtless they will do so when they return to Paris. Accommodating1 Them All. The story is told how a skillful Long Branch landlord managed to accommo date the crowds from the city that rushed into his hotel late one hot Saturday night. Mr. Landlord had not a vacant place in which to stow away some dozens of weary guests, who clamored for beds. " I will accommodate you all," said he, "but you must keep quiet and do just as I soy. Take these bathing clothes, go down to the beach, and while you are bathing by moonlight I will prepare beds for you." Half an hour later Mr. Land lord appeared on one of the piazzas, where several families were enjoying the music of the band. He bqwed, add in broken tones said: " My4rrends, assist your fellow-beiugs who are' in distress. About thirty minutes agon steamer from .Charleston, South Carolina, was cast upon shore by theso lovely breakers, and there on the beautiful beach are over fifty half drowned men, women and children." Tho listeners uttered an ex clamation of sympathy. "You know my hotel is full," said Mr. Landlord, wiping his eyes, " but if you will help mo, I will give shelter to these poor suf ferers. " Aud then rooms were given up, friends crowded into each other's rooms, pillows aud blankets woro relinquished; and when Mr. Landlord had brought up the dripping bathers, aud the whole fifty stood in a row, their appearance caused great excitement, aud everybody wanted to do something for them. The sleepiug accommodations were all ready, aud Mr. Landlord happy as a king. Such is ono of the thrilling tales whose recital serves to while away the listless summer hours at fashionable watering places. A Dangerous Paper. The green paper used to wrap about lozenges sold in shops, railroad cars, aud at street corners, says the Journal of Chemistry, has long been suspected to contain arsenic ; and, with the view of ascertaining tho facts by analysis, we re cently purchased a roll of lozenges covered with this paper. A qualitative examination of the paper afforded all the characteristic reactions for arsenic and copper. Tho wrapper contained twenty square inches of paper. Of this, sixteen were taken for quantitative analysis. The result of tho examination showed that this portion contained "1516 grammes, or 2.34 grains of metallic arsenic. This is equivalent to 2. 04 grains in the wholo of the wrapper, a quantity sufficient to destroy life in an adult per son. Children in all parts of the coun try are allowed to purchase the lozenges covered with this poisonous paper, and the rolls are often put into the hands of infuuts as a plaything. As everything goes into tho mouth of young children, it is easy to see that no more dangerous substance can pass into a family than these packages of confectionery. It is quite probablo that instances of poison ing have occurred from this cause, vhich have been of a serious or fatal character. There should be laws prohibiting the use of poisonous papers for any purpose. Feeding the Hugs. Tho mild dogma of Buddhism, which inculcates respect for all life, including that of insects, sometimes necessitates painful sacrifice. Two natives, says a Calcutta" paper, were the other day found quarreling in the Burra bazaar. On the police inquiring into the cause of the disturbance, one of them said he had been "feeding bugs" for a baboo (a Marwaree merchant), who had given his servant (the other native) two annas to pay him, and the man wished to deduct half an anna from that sum. As the po lice officer could not understand what was meaut by "feeding the bugs," the man explained that, that though the Marwarees were verv much disturbed by bug, stili they would not kill them, as they considered it was sinful to take the lifo of any insect. The baboo paid him to sleep on bedding daily for a couple of hours before nightfall, in or der to give the bugs a feed, so that they would not disturb him at night. The baboo was so very particular, that he would not allow him to kill a single bug, and took care to strip him of his clothes before he went into the room where the bediliiig lay, I buve been tortured for two hours," said, the mau, " and now tho baboo's ser vant wants me to share oiy remuneration with him." . . A HAUY IX A TREE TOP. A singular rttory Told In flood Faith by the Rending (Fa.) Papers. A Reading (Pa.) Eagle correspondent writing from Morgantown, sends" the fol lowing strange account of the affair, which reads like a weird story of leger demain, or like a romanoe of hobgoblins or witches. The letter reads as fol lows : i I read in the Eagle an account of a singular noise at the Ringing rocks, near Pottstown, but we have a something on i he summit of the Welsh mountains, midway between Morgantown and Waynesburg, and about one-fourth of a mile in from tho main road connecting the above places. For the past two weeks tho cries of a child could be hoard by persons passing along the road, and at first nothing was thought of it, but o Sundiw "iekt.as Robert Gorman. re" siding north of Xowuiuiown, iu com pany with another gentleman and two ladies, were passing the point the cries became heartrending, and they thought Bomo one was treating a child shame fully. Mr. Gorman proposed to his friend to walk into tho woods and ascer tain the cause the ladies to remaiu in the carriage. As Mr. Gorman thought it only a short distance to the house tho child was thought to be in, the ladies concluded to go with the gentlemen, and the horses were secured to a tree, and the company started tho cries still in creasing. After walking a short dis tance, ono of the ladies, a Miss Elbe Parker, who resides noar Paoli, stopped suddenly, and told tho party to look up near tho top of a larga tree just iu front of them, and there was seen a baby seat ed in a small basket, swinging back and forth, with but faint cries. The ladies became frightened at tho sight, and begged one of the gentlemen to try and get up the tree uud bring tho child down. The distance up to tho first limb was some twenty feet, and the gentleman found it impossible to get up. Whilo the conversation was going on as to how the child could be brought down, the child gave ono scream, and as if by magic, tho basket fell half the distance to the ground, causing the ladies to scream and the entire party to be more or less frightened. In less time than it takes to write this, the bosket and its contents were back in its place again, the child crying all tho time. This movement struck terror into the party. They watched the movements of the basket and saw the baby plainly for five minutes afterward, and all at once the basket with its contents suddenly disap peared. The party-state that the whole atlair is one of the greatest mysteries they have ever met with. Mr. Gorman said it was child's play, but it neverthe less was a reality. The ladies state that the child w.as alive, for they saw itploinly inove when it fell down toward them A party numbering some twenty repair ed to the place and all saw the same thing. What it is is a grand mystery, as too many reliable persons saw it to be a hoax.. Mr. J. S. Peters, residing south of Lancaster City, was ono of the party, and ho says ho saw the baby in the bas ket, saw it move, and saw the falling and tho disappearance. How long this will continue I am unable to say. A num ber from Churchtown are going over to witness the mystery. If the affair can be explained I'll write you again. Detroit Free Press Coinings. A Kentucky post-office payiDg a salary of $23 per year is sought after by four teen different men. They don't want the money, but aro after the " big feel ing " which every postmaster has. When a Marquette woman gtts a spite at a neighbor she drops a mourning en velope into the post offico, addressed to her, aud then chuckles at the thought of how that woman will faint away at the sight of that envelope. Mobile people judge of a man's wealth by tho size of the cigar stub he throws away. If ho smokes it down close ho is looked upon as a follow of no account. The man who will deliberately get his family up at four o'clock a. m. to go off on a steamboat excursion lasting until midnight is a greater fool than he who conquers a whole army. When a Pennsylvania farmer sold his farm to an oil company he went to town the day he got his cash and bought his wife two hundred dozeu clothes-pins and tweuty-five clothes lines. Ho said he'd had growling and jawing enough around that house. There are no peaches or cream or soda water in Lapland, but then when 'a fel low goes home with a girl from church he is expected to sit up all night with her. An Illinois farmer is determined that his children shall all learn the printer's trade, so that they can havo free tickets to circuses. Chinese almanacs do not predict the weather, nor do they have any jokes about red-headed women. It's an ill wiud, and so forth. So many people burn a light all night that bur glars are hardly ever obliged to carry dark lanterns. A Wild Bin!. A touching story i3 that of the little wild bird which flew into tho great din ing hall of the Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga, and could neither find its own way out nor be lured to safety by the kindly endeavors of the servants, though the entrances and the lower part of tho windows were nearly always open. The heavy npholstery of tho upper half of the windows prevented its only chance of escape, so after fluttering bewildered among the forest of chandeliers for six days, guests all the time feasting at the tables bolow, it at length died of starva tion and was picked up on the floor. "Papa, did you see thoso nice little guns down to the store?" asked a little them. But I have so many children to 1 i 1 1 1 i. T A IV 1. ieea ana cuotue mat j. uuuuod anora to buy you one," replied tho father, Beri- in the cradle with no loving expression 1 . ." . . f l.'i ..,,11.. I.a r. ; .1 . t ( 11'. .11 uu ULB 1UU1J. X U1U1JJ aowuyi v Cll, papa, J '11 tell you what you can do j you con swap little Tommy lor a gun," Varieties In Fashion. Black velvet ribbons are being manu factured at St. Etienne in great quanti ties for trimming whiter dresses. They are used on rich brocades and silks, but are especially designed for cashmere, vigogne, and other fine woolens. Three or four rows are sewed plainly around the skirts of the dress instead of flounces ; perpendicular lines of velvet trim the basque. Knife plaitings will bo worn again on winter dresses, and even more abundant ly than at present. Some few French dresses have one deep gathered flounce around the bottom, on which are placed five narrow plaited ruffles. Tho French arrangement of mixed costumes is a plain basque with plaid sleeves, and a plaid lower skirt with plain apron. A quaint now suit has a lMVtV rw,"irl " ' - , , 1 Lomsiue sleeves of roso and brown plaid. Tho apron is plain brown, with a bias plaid bnnd on the edge ; the lower skirt of plaid plnitings of fabrics, tho plaid flounce being placed between brown plaiting. ' Pockets aro again placed on plain long basques. ' When iu front and on the sides, they are flat and square ; when on the back of tlio basque, they are gathered like old-fashioned reticules, aud have a bow for ornament. The Louis XV. basquo, with tho back quite short behind, long on the hips, and meeting across tho chest over a vest, will be worn with winter suits. This pretty basquo has been worn during the summer, and finds great favor. The vest is sharply pointed, or else slopes uway iu two points. This is a pretty fashion for drosses that are made of two materials, one of which is figured and the other plain. Advices from modistes are contradic tory about 1 dress skirts, but there i3 a general desire to shorten tho skirts of suits for tho fall and winter. Tho novelty in lingerie is collars of solid color, polo rose, blue, ecru, and mauve. The fabric is percale, and the shape is that called English, with points turned down in front, and a standing bnnd behind. Telegraph Office Experience. A correspondent writing from Pal myra, Mo., says : Tho other day a col ored man walked into our office and re quested us to send a message to a town about thirty miles from here. After much questioning wo succeeded in get ting tho address, what he wished to say, and the signature. He said he wanted to " see it go." " All right, we replied, and calling up tho office for .which the message was destined, inside of two minutes we in formed him that it had gone. " Gone?" he said. "Yes." ' . He studied awhile, then said t " How long before it wili got there ?" " Why, it's there now," we answered. "Oh, 1 1 guess not," he replied, in credulously. " Yes, it is," wo replied; "it was there the minute wo sent it." " Oh," ho said, " I reckon it takes somo little time on the way." Then ho fell into a brown study, finally saying : " I reckon I couldn't ever learn that business." " Maybe not," we said. " Was you raised in Missouri ?" " Oh, no," we replied, " wo aie from New York." " 1 reckoned ro," he said. " Why ?" " Cause you're so smart ; they don't raise folks like you in Missouri. " And he picked up his carpet-sack and took his leave, doubtless fully convinced that we had been trying to humbug him. Two old farmers were talking at the counter a few days ago. " One remarked: " Tho telegraph is wonderful." " Yes," relied tho other, " it's tho most sub limest improvement that I know of." Full Bonnets. Bonnets of regular shape, with strings, says a fashion journal, are provided by French milliners almost to the exclusion of round hats. The strings aro not neces sarily tied in front, but may bo fastened behind or passed around the neck in the way tulle is now dono. Thero is a fancy for making the bonnets of tho demi-sea-son of volvet and silk, without flowers or feathers. This is a natural reaction after the prolusion of flowers worn during the summer, and will not last after the gay winter season begins. Thero are other imported bonnets for autumn completely trimmed with birds' wings. Sometimes six wings are on each side of the bonnet. These are tho small wings of larks, star lings and blackbirds, and are sold in pairs, as tho right and left wing must be placed iu.naturid position. Still another capricious trimming is wings a la Mer cure a pair of wings arranged at tho back just as they are on Mercury's cap. Birds will also be much used for trim ming. These are qnite largo birds, such as pigeons, the bird-of-tho-isles, the lo phophore, and various others with bronzed, shaded plumage. French mil liuers poise these in most fantastiways. Thus a large bluebird is placed low on the back of the bonnet with outspread wings, as if flying down ; in his beak he catches up tho long ribbon strings that are tied behind. Sometimes a gray pigeon nestles close against the right side of the bonnet ; iu others, iily the head and breast of the pigeon ar." used ; a bandeau is made of seven or eight tiny humming birds. Xot a Philosopher. On a Baker street car the other day, a woman having a sleeping babe in her arms uncovered its hoad and turned the little one around so that the breeze blew in through the open window full upon it. Auol lish man, probably tho father of several children, moved about un easily for some time and finally said : "Madam, don't you know that your babe will catch its dtath-cold there ?" "No, sir," she promptly responded, " Well, it's just such carelessness as that which fills our cemetery with little graves," he continued. " While all the old fools continue to live !" sho snapped, looking hint in the eve. ; , "Ho saw. that she didn't understand natural philosophy, and he turned and looked out of the window Thoughts for Saturday Night. Beware the fury of a patient man. To bo great is to be misunderstood. Kindness is virtue itself. Have your cloak made before it begins to rain. Think of the ills from which you are exempt. Sorrow turns the stars into mourners, and every wind of heaven into a dirge. The vacant skull of a pedant gen eraUy furnishes out a throne aud temple for vanity. ne who cannot contract the Bight of his mind as well as dilate it, wants a great talent in lifq. Let us fill our urns with rose leaves in onr May, and hive the thrifty sweetness for December. to'mnv",1' ferity con Ap, js make them converts. Without tomperance, there is no health; without virtue, no order; without re ligion, no happiness. Framo thy mind to mirth and merri ment, which bar a thousand harms and lengthen life. What is defeat ? Nothing but educa tion ; nothing but tho first thing to some thing better. I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character if he was habitually unfaithful to his appoint ments. We affect to laugh at the folly of thoso who put faith in nostrums, but we are willing to see ourselves whether there is any truth in them. The movement of the soul along the Eath of duty, under the influence of oly love to God, constitutes what we call good works. True virtue, when she errs, needs not the eyes of men to excite her blushes; sho is confounded at her own presence and covered with confusion of face. Cool Impudence. A gentleman in Cleveland, Ohio, had the misfortune to lose his only child re cently, and not many days after the notice of its death oppeared in the local papers he received by mail from Phila delphia a roll containing a card with the name, age, and date of death of his child printed in the center, and having in the upper part of the card an oval space, and in the lower part a couple of obituary verses. Accompanying tho card was the following impertinent circular: The recipient of this will recognize at once a memorial to a dear departed, something that in years to come will be looked upon with a gentle rominder of the happy days prior to tho call of Him who rules all things. It cannot be ex pected that tho inclosed can be distrib uted gratis, therefore the price is placed at fifty cents. Inclosed please find an envelope to our address; fold tho amount in a piece of paper, mention the name, and mail it. Should you wish more than ono copy, please inclose twenty-five cents for each additional ono, giving the name aud date of death of the deceased, aud we will forward by mail. If you should not have a photograph of the do ceased, hair or flowers can be inserted iu tho oval with very good result. To in sert a photograph cut out the blank space iusido tho oval, and fasten the photograph on the back of the memo rial, so that the picture shall appear ex actly in tho center of the oval. Should you not desire to retain the card, please return to us, but before doiug so, please take iu consideration our expense of time in getting up tho form, material, mailing, etc. Following a Witness. Apropos of the O'Connell centennial, a DiAlin correspondent tells an anecdote of the liberator which aptly illustrates his wonderful acumen. O Connell was defending a prisoner who was being tried for a murdor committed in the vi cinity of Cork. The principal evidence was strongly against the prisoner, and one corroborative circumstance mention ed was that the prisoner's hat had been found near the place where tho murder was committed. A certain witness swore positively that the hat produced was the one which was found, and that it belonged to the prisoner, whose name was James. "Jiy vntue of your oath. said O'Connell, " are you positive that this is the same hat " les, was tho reply. " Did you examine it carefully before you swore in your information that it was the prisoner's?" " Yes." " Now let me see it." said O'Connell. as he took up the hat and began to ex amine the inside of it with the greatest care and deliberation, and spelt aloud the name or James slowly thus: " J-a-m-e-s." "Now, do you mean those letters were iu the hat when you found it?" demanded O'Connell. "I do," was the answer. "Did you see them then ?" " I did." "This is the same hat?" "It is." "Now. my lord," said O'Connell, holding the hat up to the bench, "there is an end to this case ; there is no name whatever in scribed in the hat." The result was the instant acquittal of the man. Cold Water Day. Cold water day is the grand day of the year for tho people of eastern New Jer sey. Stalwart youths and blooming maids, whose cheeks were like " fresh blown roses washed with dew," at this season hold high holiday. Half a cen tury ago some farmers of Middlesex county, New Jersey, having collected their crops aud finding their purses fuller than usual, determined on having grand " harvest home " festival. South Amboy, on Raritan bay, was the nearest town on the bay side, so thither they went. That picnip has been yearly re peated ever since, the second Saturday iu August beiug the day for its occur rence. This year over 15,000 persons took part in the festival, aud it was one of the most enjoyable gatherings that has been witnessed lor many a year. A country girl, near Utica, N. Y., a few days ago, mistook tho meaning of a young man wuo was looking up pickers for his father's hop yard, and when asked if she wns engaged, sweetly said : Not yet, but I always thought it would be pleasant." The young man rode home quickly, and dreamed ull night of "breach of promise trials, " Items of Interest. Tho total drive of Texas cattlo last year was 1GG.000 head ; but it will bo larger this year. The fallacy of the statement that ani mals prefer green food was abundantly shown at Chicago when a hungry horso bit a largo seotion out of the Panama hat of a succulent young mau who was sitting on tho traffrail of a street car and did not harm a hair of the wearer's head. A scorpion was caught by some rail road men in California the other day, and tormented so by them nutil, in its rage, it struck itself on its back with its poisoned dart. Immediately after doing so it grew quiet, and in less than ten minutes died from tho effects of its own sting. ..TheBeanLdvC'lKeouTo' JUePkriTOCo two fourteen-inch shells thrown from tho British ships of war during tho bombard ment, one of which was found to be un exploded. They have been placed on posts at the steamboat depot, aud in scribed : "Relic of August 10, 1814." A tramp called at a houso in Norwich, Ct., the other day, and after being fed, ho asked if tho man of tho house wiw at home. " No," replied she who had served him, "but I'll let you know mighty quick that the womau of tho house Is at home," and taking down au old sword, she started for him, but ho escaped. Laura Bowling, of Maysville, Ky., is only fifteen years old, yet she has a lover living in Covington who is distasteful to the uncle with whom she lives. Thi3 uncle intercepted letters sent by tho lover to Laura, and is in jail in conse quence, the young lady having had him arrested for opening them. When Raoul Ricault was at tho head of the communistic police department in 1'aris. an old friend came to request the favor of the release from prison of a'man supposed to be a reactionary. " Impos sible," said Riganlt, " impossible. But d be happy to do yon any other favor ; and if there s any other man iu Paris you want locked up you have only to name him." Senor P. C. Armijo, the mutton mil lionaire of New Mexico, sold over 200,000 pounds of wool last year. With his father and a business partner he owns nearly 2,000,000 head of sheep, scattered over a range of country nearly 300 miles square. He has had two losses by Indian Taids, one of 3D.UUU head and the other of 15,000, "but," ho says, "I hnrdly missed them." A man who had been feeding a thrash ing machine iu McMinville, Tenn., tho other day, felt his pantaloons catch in the machinery, and had had just timo to brace his feet and hands against somo firm object near by iu order to save his life. Fortunately the pantaloons were of thin material and gave way easily; tho shirt followed, and he was left standing with nothing on but his shoes. An Iowa girl has a chest containing two feather bods, a dozen cotton sheets, two dozen pillow-cases, six bed quilts and comforters, three dozen towels and six tablecloths, and her father has given her two cows and ton sheep. And yet tho young Patrons around thero liesilato about marrying her, because sho is cross eyed, and they cannot tell which sho means when sho smiles at tho crowd iu church. A curious conscience caso occurred at Newport, R. I., tho other day. A man from tho country, who had supplied a town grocer with eggs for several years, which the latter had not taken tho trouble to count, called upon him and confessed that he had cheated him out of $5 by short measure, whereupon tho grocer also acknowledged having cheated tho seller by passing a counterfeit 10 bill upon him. Durinpr the panic which ensued when the Algerian struck on Split rock in tho St. Lawrence rapids, a Southern gentle man called ins son, a boy ot ten, to him and endeavored to fasten a life-preserver round his body, telling him if the boat capsized to strike out for shore. Tho boy, however, obstinately refused to let him attach it, insisting that his father, who was helplessly crippled whilo serving iu a Louisiana regiment, should keep it for himself. A casehas recently occurred at Goshen, Mass. , that seems to confirm the popular belief that beech trees are never struck by lightning. A beech aud maple stand ing near together, with branches inter locking each other, received an clectrio bolt from a passing cloud which shattered the maple and passed into the earth through a prostrate hemlock tree lying near, which was stripped of its bark nearly the whole length. No trace of tho lightning was left upon the beech. A Chicago gentleman invited a number of friends to dinner, and they accepted the invitation, but nono of them appear ed, and the dinner was spoiled. Accord ingly he sued them for the value of tho viands wasted tlirough their lack of courtesy. Tho lower court gave him judgment for the amount claimed, but the superior tribunal reversed the deci sion, remarking that if the principle first affirmed were correct the risk of accept ing invitations would be very serious, indeed. At Biloxi Bay, Miss., an alligator seized a two year old daughter of Eluni R. Blackwell from the arms of its sister, while they were bathing, and was mak ing off with the child, when Mr. B., hearing the other girl's screams, hasten ed to the spot and at once rushed into the water iu pursuit of the reptile, and, as the water was very shallow tor a long distance, overtook the alligator, which became frightened and dropped the child, and she was saved uninjured ex cept some bruises on her foot made by the teeth of the monstor. . A gentleman wont into a bath house in Sharon Springs aud prepared for a bath. He had six thousand dollars in a cloth, which he threw down on the floor of the bath room. When he came to dress he forgot the rag which contained the filthy lucre and left it in the bath room. Several persons used the room after Lis departure, but, having no occa sion to use a rag, allowed the one he left to remain undisturbed. When ho un dressed for the night he missed his money. He went to the bathing house .nd fouud it just where ho had left it.
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