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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.