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VOL. VII. RIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1877. NO- 27-
LIlllc Words.
A "POEM IN WORDS OF OMB HTIXABLK.
Think not that strength lici In tlio big ronnd
word,
Or that the brief and plain miiBt needs bo
weak;
To whom can this be true who once lms hoard
. Theory for help, the tongue that all men
speak
When want, or woo, or fear ia In the throat,
So that each word gapped out in liko a shriek
Pressed from the Bore throat, or atrange wild
note
Sung by soino fny or Bond ! There is a strength
Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine,
Which has more height than breadth, more
depth than length.
Lot but this force of thought and speech be
mine,
And he that will may take the fleck, fat
phrase
Wh'ich glows and burns not, though it gleam
and shine;
Light but not heat a flash without a blaze.
Nor is it mcro strength that the short word
boasts:
It serves for more than fight or storm can
tell
Tho roar of waves that clash on rock-bound
coasts;
Tho crash of tall trees when the wild winds
swells;
The roar of guns; tho groans of men that dio
On blood-stained fields. It has a voico as
well
For them that far off on their sick-beds lie;
For them that weep, for them that mourn tlio
dead;
For thorn that laugh, and danco, and clap the
hsiid
To joy's quick step, as well as grief's low
tread
Tho sweet, plain words we learnt at first keep
iinio,
And though tho themo bo sad, or gay, or
grand,
With each, with all, tbeso may bo mado to
c'.iime,
In thought, or spieoh, or song, or proso, or
rhyme.
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The Music of the Waters.
And so rl I had to do was to go iiit.i
tho cjuniry and enjoy myself for si:;
wo-jks Hint is what it came to.
Why, ir any one hud struck me with n
feathi'i- itt the moment the doctor uttered
his ve.Viiet I should certainly have been
knocked down ; fortunately no fucK
n-trucity was at tempted, ho I maintained
as eie:.'t o posture us my enfeebled
health would allow until the eminent
licentiate of tho College of Physicians,
whom I was consulting, begged mc to
resume my sent.
" You ore utterly smoke-dried, " he
said.
"London or tobacco?" I inquired.
" Both," ho answered. " No physic ;
fresh air is alj you want mountain nir,
if possible ; perfect rest and quiet ; ab
stemious habits, early hours and no to
bacco." " And then ?" I blankly inquired.
"Then? Oil, then," ho answered,
"get married and settle down."
It certainly was fortunate I was not
standing up nt that moment, for it would
not have needed a touch of the aforesaid
feather to have laid me low. As it was
I sank back in my chair aghast. " Get
married !" I thought ; I who was ntterly
insensible to female attractions, and who
had been always taught to have an eye
to the main chance, and regard rnatri-:
Tnnnv lis fl (Anrr iuiIprci nuaniintorl wif.li a'
great heiress. I get married on a salary-1
oi a year t wnew i
I left Savile row with scarco another
word, convinced that for real, downright,
unpractical men there were none to com
pare with doctors.
Thus I took the plunge, and within
five days found myself at a snug little
inn in North Wales, hard by a celebrated
spotkuown ns the "Devil's Bridge," a
few miles inland from Aberystwith.
The change soon refreshed me. I
was astonished at feeling neither dull
nor lonely for the tourist season hadf
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nanny set in, ami x uau me uiue inn
well nigh to myself. So I wandered
about and gazed wonderingly at all I
saw, especially at the deep, craggy,
wooded gorge or mountain river bed
across which his satauio majesty's en
gineering skill was supposed to have
been displayed.
As I stood looking down npon it from
the bridge near the inn, it certainly
seemed to me a wondrously romantic
spot. Steep rock-bound banks, crowned
with trees, hemmed in the rushiug foam
ing river, its channel becoming irregu
larly narrower and more precipitous as
it reached the head of the valley in the
depths of which it lay. . Here there was
a waterfall, as I then thought, of stu
pendous magnitude, and yet a little
higher up, a second, still larger. As I
made my way down to the river by a
well-worn path through a wood, the
sound of the descending waters, as,
wafted on the soft summer breeze, it
rose and fell in liquid cadence, fascinated
me from the very first.
The weather hitherto had been superb,
midsummer sunshine, and not a drop of
rain. ,
The sunshine glinting through the
troes; the pure 6ky above: the song of
' 1 " " , i.nu I'tt&w J ....... -, " """ti
birds, not yet all hushed, in the woods t
tho fresh breezy odors these all becam
such novelties aud charms as I had never
conceived possible. But seated on an
isolated rock, it was still, after all, out
of the'" music of the waters " that I got
my chief mental enjoyment.
At last there was a sudden change of
wind. Heavy clouds swept over the
landscape, hurrying in mist or occasional
showers all forms save those close at
hand.
" Hegular Welsh weather, sir !" said
a fresh-colored elderly gentlemanlike
man in a tourist's suit, whom I found
the next morning in the coffee-room.
" My party will be house-bound for a
couple of days at least, if I know any
thing of this country; shocking place for
weather. Been here long, sir ?
I told him how long, and that I had
not had a drop of rain the whole time.
' Disadvantage in that, too," he went
on; "mountainous scenery wants mist
and rain to drift'round the peaks, fill up
the torrents and bring out the waterfalls.
This one here will present a fine sight
after another four-and-twenty hours of
such weather; it was a mere dribble last
eight when we arrived."
I was consoled by this gentleman's
words; for having to spend the best part
of the dny indoors, there was a new sensa
tion then yot in store for me; and I was
a little disappointed to find, when early
the following afternoon a lull in the
weather enabled me to go down to my
favorite rocky haunt, that there was very
little perceptible difference in the volume
of water coming over the fall.
So here I sat, I suppose, for more
than an hour in my accustomed state of
placid indolent enjoyment. With eyes
half shut I was saying over to myself the
first few lines of Southey's "Lodore,"
and trying to make " the music of the
waters " fit into them as an accompani
ment, when there suddenly sounded in
my ears a roar so loud, and increasing so
rapidly in volume, that I started, and
looking up perceived that now indeed the
fall had become grandly augmented. It
was swollen at least to twice the size it
had been ten minutes before; it looked
magnificent. I turned toward the step
ping stones by which I always regained
the precipitous bunk of the river. To my
horror they had all disappeared, and iu
their place a boiling, bubbling ferment
of brown water and frothy foam was
sweeping along at a tremendous pace.
Then in an instant I knew that the river
was rising rapidly. Anyone but a fool
would have forseen this as the natural
consequence of the increase in the water
fall. Bight and left and all around the
river had now become a boiling caldron
of broken water; I was cut off from all
hope of retreat, and should be trashed
away like a fly, I knew.
Helpless and scared, I stood irresolute
yet a moment longer.
I recollect in this dire emergency sud
denly oljserving a still further increase
in the volume- of tho fall, and almost
simultaneously with it feeling my legs
slip from under mo as the brown water
gurgled in my ears and glistened in my
eyes. Then there was a choking, help
less, tumbling pressure forward, several
sharp blows upon my legs and arms, ou
effort to strike out, met by coming in
contact with more rocks, and then a whirl
and twirl and spinning round as if I had
been a cork.
The swimmer's instinct, however, was
of some use after all, for, in the first
place, it enabled me to retaiu a little pres
ence of mind, and,' in the second, to
bring my head up to the surface after the
first plnnge. I saw I was already o long
way from the upper fall, and an addi
tional p.tcg was given to my sensations
by the recollection that I was being hur
ried on tiward the lower, over which if I
was carried I must inevitably bo drown
ed. Fortunately, just now I was carried
by a enrrent close in under one of these
sheer-down sides, and for the fiftieth
time sent spinning round in the eddy
like a cork.
I made a helpless grab at the smooth
and slippery surface, much as the drown
ing man catches at the proverbial straw,
for I was by this time getting exhausted
and suffocated by the constant rolling
over which the torrent gave me. I did
just manage to get a finger-hold in a
crack, and to steady myself somewhat ;
but the water was very deep just here,
and I could not lift much more than my
chin above it, whilst a foothold of any
sort was out of the question.
Yet to remain where I was much longer
was impossible. Could I but have raised
myself some tw;o feet I should have been
able to reach an overhanging bough of
one of the thickly growing young ash
saplings, the roots of which projected
from the earthly top of the rock a yard or
two above.
Oh, how I longed for a giant's arm, that
I might touch that bough I Twice I
made a futile effort to spring out of the
water at it, but only exhausted myself,
and had the greatest difficulty in retain
ing my support.
Was I sinking and losing conscious-
s t ana is this to be the end, I
light, with that music still in my ears ?
J, lo 1 what vision is that which I be-
id? Surely an angel's face looking
from amidst the leafy roof above
! Yes; my life must be passing awav
a dream of beautiful sights and sounds.
moment or two more such was the
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a law uuuuiumuii iiiiiiiuig mrougn my
W jpind, nor was it at once dispelled
by a perfectly audiblo and silvery voice
saymg:
"Sfj to reach it now: I think you can;
is can be no illusion: this is no
phantom born of a drowning man's
fancy; this is a sweet reality; and in
that bending branch, uow steadily de
scending to within my grip, I see my
life restored -to ue and my hopes re
newed. I have the Jili4e end of tho bough
in mv jiamii wesjisu
lffefijiiutomaticallv I
have
seized it, and'dfeady it helps to li
ft me
higher out olLtlie water.
"Be very CSutious," says tho voice
once more. Jrijai great care, or it will
snap. Theriidt' so, whilst I pull this
strong one MLJ; and that will hold your
weight bettiWiiow, so;" and in another
minute I b3i grasped this stronger one:
I niaft3 it
and 5it t
the iuro of
raise myself by it a little,
the tips of mv toes into
tha rock bv wliicli T liml
SfjMyirg held with the tips of my fingers.
JTWen a soft, firm hand is held out, to
&, aud taking it I finally, by one su
cuui illJDCH well lip umoug
-the underwood and twisted roots at tho
1 top of the cliff.
preme eflort, pull myself well up among
Too exhausted to speak or think. I
threw myself down upon the steep hill
side among the long grass and ferns be
tween the trees, Then I think I did
really lose consciousness for a while,
for I do not remember seeing theprettv,
graceful girl who had saved my life until
I found her kneeling at my side, en
deavoring to raise my head as she wiped
the streaming water from my forehead
and hair.
" Wait here," she said, "and I will
run to the inn for help ; I won't be
long. There, lean against that tree
trunk."
"Pray, stop," I stammered, feebly;
" I shall soon be all right ; I am really
very much obliged to you."
' Oh,never mind that," she answered,
brightly; " if you can walk, so much
the better. Get up, and come along
at once; you must get your wet clothes
off." '
I rose and shook myself, feelinur verv
bewildered, sick and Beared.
Here up this way," she cried. " I
think we can get through the wood this
way xoiiow me."
I hod scarcely started after her,as with
a firm, light step she sprang up the slope
among the trees, when I heard from the
top a cry of:
" Hiliy-o 1 Lucy, hilly -o I where are
you ?"
"Here I am," she cried; "all right.
Come down, papa, and give this gen
tleman a hand. I have just helped
him out of the water he was nearly
drowned I"
"What? Eh, my dear? What are
you talking about ? Gentleman out of
the water nearly drowned?" said a
cheery voice; and looking up, I saw two.
or three figures coming against the sky
over the crest of the hill. Then there
was a little hurrried talk as they met my
preserver, and presently my middle-aged
friend; who had spoken to me about the
weather at the inn the day before had a
vice-like hold npon my arm, and was
lending me very material assistance in
my ascent.
"What a fortunate thing I Only to
think," he said, "of Lucy happening to
see you I We were wandering about,
and she hod gone on ahead by herself to
look at the fall; then all of a sudden we
missed her and wondered what had be
come of her; and then, lo and behold 1
all the time she was qualifying for the
Koyal Humane Society's medal.
We had stopped, when a second young
lady, evidently a sister of my guardian
augel, came running down toward us, ex
claiming :
"Oh, papa, do come up quick; Lucy
has fainted. She wur just beginning to
tell us all about it, when in a moment
she went quite off.
Whereupon I hastened up the re
mainder of the slope in company with
my new friends, to find the brave girl
quite insensible, her head resting on the
lap oi a may, evidently her mother.
Then all solicitude, very properly, was
turned from me to her; but she soon re
revived, and then, and not till then, I
allowed myself to be hurried off to the
inn to get dry clothes. These, and a
little hot fctimulant, soon put me to
rights, with no further damage from my
ducking thau a few superficial braises
and scratches.
But what was this tremendous internal
wound that I suddenly became conscious
of ? that had not been inflicted by pro
jeeting rocks or slippery crags or foam
ing water ! No; of a certainty that was
tlio result of a sympathetic glance from
a pair of bright brown eyes, which had
gone straight to my heart from the mo
ment they had looked down upon me in
my peril.
I now suddenly awakened to the possi
bility of what the doctor had called
" settling down." There absolutely ap
peared a chance of my taking to the
idea, and of so carrying out his prescrip
tion to the letter. What a wonderful
and beneficent effect it was working 1
"Why, there she is in the garden nt
this moment, - and how . beautiful she
looks ! Now that I have made myself
presentable," I thought, "1 will go down
immediately and thank her like a co
herent being and a gentleman."
She was sitting in a little arbor at the
end of the inn garden. As I approached,
a blush, the more evident from the pale
ness which her undue exertion and sub
sequent faintness had left, overspread
her sweet face that angel face, which I
had at first thought a dream, and which
to mo now, with my newly-awakened
poetical sensibilities, scarcely seemed a
reality.
I caunot describe it. Why should I ?
Other people would not see it with my
eyes ; there were hundreds and hundreds
of faces in the world doubtless far more
beautiful.
"I hope you are feeling better," I
said. "Iam afraid that what you have
done for me has overtaxed your strength;
I shall never forgive myself if it has
mode you seriously ill."
" Oh, no," she answered, "I was only
a little out of breath with the running
and the scramble through the brush
wood and trees ; but I was sure that if I
was to be of any use there was no time
to be lost. Please don't say any more
about it."
" Oh, but indeed I must ; you must
tell me how you saw me and how you
were able to reach me."
" Oh, I had merely gone down to look
at the waterfall I knew it would be
very much swollen and the moment I
came upon it, to my horror and surprise
I saw you standing upon that rock in
the middle of the river. I felt sure that
you would be drowned ; but before I
could even call out you were washed off
it, and I saw yon carried away. . Well, I
don't know what it was that made me do it,
but I ran along through the wood by tho
side of the river as fast as I could; I
don't suppose I thought of being able to
save you, but it all seemed so dreadful ;
and then I lost sight of you. But I still
ran on to near the top of the second fall,
and got close down to try if I could seo
you ; tho trees were so thick up above
that I was obliged to get close to the
edge. I was looking all about for vou.
Jdheu I suddenly saw you just under-
neatn where l was standing, and trying
to reach that bough. Well, then I
pushed it down to you, that's all."
' All, indeed !" I cried. " Can I ever
repay you for that all !' .You simply
saved my life; I should never have got
c.it but for you."
"Hope you are not much the worse
for your ducking sir ?" here broke in
her father's voice. "I and my wife
hope that you will give us the pleasure
of your company at dinner this evening;
you must be a little dull and lonely here
by yourself."
Of course I would, and of course I did,
and of course, too, I spent the very
pleasnntest evening I had ever known in
my life. I told the family who I was
and all about myself; and they told me
a great deal about themselves father,
mother and two daughters and how
they had come out for their annual run,'
as they called it, and how they often
made very pleasant acquaintances on
their tours.
" But it's not often," said my host,
" that we make one in this fashion; it is
not to be wished. We don't expect to
become heroines of a domestic drama
every day. Ha, ha ! but, by Jove, it was
very lucky Lucy saw you.'
After this evening followed a succes
sion of the most delightful hours I had
ever known morning, evening and noon
were spent in the company of my new
acquaintances, and at the end of a very
short time those acquaintances had be
come fast friends. I was as completely
over head and ears in love as I had been
over head and ears in the turbulent
water, and I told her so.
" Save me once more," I said: " give
me that hand once again, and let it be
mine forever; otherwise it would have
been kinder to have left me to drown
outright."
She dropped her head, but held out
her hand, that hand which at this moment
has just touched my arm, as a silvery
voice says:
" Come, Billy, stop; I have been peep
iug over your shoulder. You need not
write any more; people can guess the
rest. I would rather you did not enter
into details."
" Very well, dear," I answered; " as it
is nearly twelve years ago since it all
happened, perhaps you are right. Yes,
settled down for twelve years; who would
think it 1 And in a week or two we must
be off, for the nineteenth time together,
on another holiday diversion. What
shall it be and where shall we find it ?"
" Oh, I am still all for the country,
you know," she cries. "I am never
tired of rural sights and sounds."
"Nor I," is my reply; "we'll go
where: i
' Geitle winds and waters near,
Make music to the lonely ear.'
as Byron says. Foncy my quoting By
ron I What a transformation in a man I
Only wo shall not be lonely, sjiall we t"
" Indeed, no," she says. " we will only
take care not to sit in the dry beds of
mountain streams when we want to listen
to the musio of the waters.' "
Words of Wisdom.
It is hard work to teach people who
can learn nothing without being taught.
Take atray from mankind their vanity
and their ambition, and there would be
but few claiming to be heroes or patriots.
There is nothing so easy nB to be wise
for otheis ; a species of prodigality, by-thc-bye
for such wisdom is wholly
wasted.
Most thoughtful men have probably
some drk fountains in their souls, by
tho side of which, if there were time,
and it were decorous, they could let
their thoughts sit down and wail in
definitely. Evry morning we enter upon a new
day, currying still an unknown future in
its besom. Thoughts may bo born to
day, vhich may never be extinguished.
Hope! may be excited to-dny which may
never expire. Acts may be performed
to-day, the consequence of which may
not bt realized till eternity.
An iustant decides tho life of man and
his wliole fate ; for after lengthened
thought the resolve is only the act of a
moment ; it is the man of sense that
seizes on the right thing to be done ; it
is ever dangerous to linger in your selec
tion of this' and that, and so by your
hesitation get confused.
The race of mankind would perish did
they ceaso to aid each other. From the
time that tho mother binds the child's
head till the moment some assistant
wipes the death-damp from the brow of
tho dying, we cannot exist without
mutual help. All, therefore, that need
aid have a right to ask it of their fellow
mortals. No one, who holds the power
of granting it, can refuse it without
guilt.
The education of the human mind
commences in the cradle, and the im
pressions received there frequently exert
their influence through the whole of life.
Principles which take the deepest root
are those implanted during tho seasons
of infancy, childhood and youth. The
young pupil takes early lessons from
everything around him ; his character
aud habits are forming before he has
any consciousness of lus reasoning pow
ers. A Novel Sausage Skin,
A writer in Nature says: We may
mention a circumstance ot especial in
terest to scientific men, in connection
with the manufacture of this new food.
ine M,rowurst, or pea-sausage, was
produced by the Germans in such large
quantities during the ranco-Prussian
war that it was found to be absolutely
impossible to procure a sumcient mini
ber of skins and bladders to contain the
preparation. All sorts of substitutes
were tried. Oil fabric and vegetable
parchment, as well as waterproof mate
rials, were essayed in vain, for an en
velope was required which was elastic
and unaffected by boiling water. At
last a chemist stepped in and solved tho
problem. He proposed the use of gela
tine mixed witn bichromate of potash.
or in other words the process employed
by photographers nowadays in producing
what are termed carbon prints. It is
well known that if a solution of gelatine
and bichromate of potash is spread upon
paper and exposed to light, the gelatine
becomes insoluble in a very short timo.
and will effectually resist the action of
cold or hot water to dissolve it, this
principle being in fact that upon which
photographic) prints are produced, tho
portions of a surface which refuse to
wash away constituting a picture. This
same mixture was used for treating the
sausages. The food was pressed into
proper shapes and then dipped into the
bichroinated gelatine solution, after
which it was exposed to daylight for a
couple of hours, when the gelatine
formed a rough skin around it, capable
ot being boiled with impunity.
Definition of Bible Terms.
A day's journey was thirty-three and
one-fifth miles.
A Sabbath day's journey was about an
English mile.
Ezekiel's reed was eleven feet nearly.
A cubio is twenty-two inches nearly.
A hand's breadth is equal to three and
five-aight inches.
A finger's breadth is equal to an inch.
Shekel of silver -wo about fifty cents.
A shekel of gold was 88.
A talent of silver was $538.32.
A talent of gold was $13,809.
A piece of silver, or a penny, was thir
teen cents,
A mite was less than a quarter of a
cent.
A gerah was one cent
An epha, or bath, oontains seven gal
lons aud five pints.
A bin was one gallon and two pints.
A firkin was seven pints.
An omer was six pints.
A oab w4 three pint,
CALIFORNIA'S MONEY KINGS.
Enormous
Wenlth Acenmnlnted Within
Twenty Yearn.
The San Francisco Bulletin says:
No doubt the richest mining firm in the
world is that of Flood & O'Brien,
Mackey k Fair. Their interest in two
bonanza mines, at the present depressed
prices, cannot be less than $23,000,000.
They own the Bonk of Nevada, with a
paid-up capital of $10,008,000 and a re
serve fund of $2,000,000. They are re
puted to own $20,000,000 in United States
bonds. Their real estate and other
property in sight cannot be worth less
than $3,UUU,UUU. xJesiuos inese invest
ments they own a controlling interest in
several other mines, some of which, like
the Best & Belcher, are believed to be
on the line of rich deposits, and may at
Bome future day be classed in the list of
"bonanza mines." Add these items
together and we hove a total of $60,000,
000, which is on underestimate of their
wealth, but how much so we cannot soy.
The annual income on this property is
not less than $20,000,000. The indi
vidual interests cannot bo defined, but we
should hesitate to indorse the statement
of the German financiers in this particu
lar. It would not surprise us, however,
if satisfactory proof were offered, that the
entire assets of these four men would
foot up $100,000,000.
Next in order we should estimate the
wealth of the four principal owners of
the Central Pacific railroad and other
connecting roads of California Stan
ford, Huntington, Crocker and Hopkins.
These men are the largest owners of rail
road property in the world. Most of
this property ier encumbered by the issue
of mortgage bonds. But we suppose
that these four men have a clear margin
of rising $50,000,000. Besides raflroad
property they own a great deal of land,
town sites, alternate sections, country
seats, city real estate and so on. It is a
low estimate to say that they are worth
$12,500,000 apiece. Prospectively they
are worth vastly mate, It may, indeed,
turn out, with their nearly three thou
sand miles of railroad and their large
amount of real estate, that six or Beveu
years hence they may be, if not now,
the richest men in California, or in the
United States. For the present, how
ever, we adhere to our estimates, and set
down the men who are tho principal
owners of the Bank of Nevada and tho
great bonanza mines as the richest men
in this State, and set down the four men
who are the principal owners of the Cen
trid Pacific railroad and connecting roads
as ranking next in order, with the quali
fication that we do not hold ourselves re
sponsible for these calculations. They
have at least the merit of shrewd
guesses, with considerable data to fortify
the opinion.
The number of incn who are million
aires in this Stato was never so great as
uow. None of them were rich twenty
years ago, and very few had fortunes
even ten years ago. Quite a number of
those who had large fortunes five or six
years ago do not now figure in the list of
millionaires. The nps aud downs of
mining interests have made the principal
difference. A considerable number.also,
who were not rich five years ago, have
largo fortuues to-day. Finaucial "ruin"
in this State only means that men in tho
hazards of business have lost, with the
strong probability that thrv will more
than make their losses good in the fu
ture. If it is a land of " nps and
downs," there never was a country where
men got up so soon as in this. Thftre is
spring, untiring energy men who have
faith in themselves, in the country and
in the good Providence which is on the
side of all who honestly try to help
themselves. There is not another coun
try under the sun where bo many men
have made large fortuues iu so short a
timo without capital for a start. There
is not another young city in the world
which contains so largo a population of
wealthy men. These facts illustrate in
a striking way the wonderful resources
of this coast. The men whose fortunes
have been enumerated are only middie
aged. It is more than probable that
some of their heirs will be the richest
men in the world.
He Smelted Smoke.
When the railroad excitement was at
its height iu Newark, Ohio, a stalwart
citizen felt the necessity of bracing him
self up. The mayor had ordered the
closing of all saloons and drinking
places, and the police had enforced the
regulations rigidly. But there was a
back door in Gingerbread Row, and be
hind the bar there was long range light
ning whisky. The stalwart citizen
crept in, got his drink and beat a retreat.
Soon he was overwhelmed with burnine
sensatious in his stomach. Something
seemea to be blazing there, and he bnrst
imo a uocior 8 omco exclaiming:
Heaven's sake rmtnn urn nut nniW
"What is wroner with vou?" innnired
the doctor. " Get tho pump ready while
T fllYI foiling Will T'lw Klll.iil.ifv nn 4.ioi. 1
Hurry. I took a drink down on Gincer.
bread Kow. They have put a job up on
me. I am poisoned." The doctor sud
denly interposed : ' Why, I smell some
thing burning myself;" and opening the
patient's waistcoat found a hole three
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tuques iu uiuiuemr uurueu in me snin
irOUt. While thn nfnlwnrt-. mfivovi Trna
taking his drink ho had dropped a cigar
- i' "umviii Alio niunivolll UU1A dill 1 I.
" Didn't you smell smoke ?" asked the
uocior. xoure right 1 aid; but
thought it was coming out of my mouth
All One to Him.
ASchleswig correspondent writes: A
little time back a country woman was
uuymg various articles at a shop here.
ii i i i . i. '
uu oi wuiuu seemea to indicate a pro
jected immigration to America. The
tradesman asked the woman if such was
the case, and received the following reply
"You see I have two daughters and one
of them was engaged to a man who is
gone out to America, and who promised
that as soon as he made enough money
to support a wife, he would send out
money for the journey, and then they
should be married. ' But several years
had passed, and my daughter had found
another sweetheart, when one day a let'
ter comes from America with money
enough to pay the passage. Well, now,
I made up my mind to send my second
daughter instead of the' Hder. The tw
lasses are as like as two blades of grfNftj)
and it will be all one to mm. whfo.hr vf
'em he gets lot rife,"
The King and the Stable Boy.
During the visit of George the Third
to the royal stables a boy belonging to
the grooms took his attention. There is
no accounting for fancies J but there was
something about the boy that won his
royal master's favor, and tho king treated
him kindly iu many wayB. ' But a timo
of temptation came, and the poor lad fell
into disgrace : lie had stolen some oats
from the royal bins, and, being detected,
the head groom discharged him. Tho
fact that he was noticed by the king
may hove aroused tho envy and dislike of
others and it may be that the occasion
was gladly seized by the groom to have
him turned away. There Boemed to be no
idea of speaking to the poor lad about
the wickedness of taking tho oats, and
abusing theconfidence of his master, but
only determination to treat him as he
deserved. Who knows what a kind
word might have done for an erring boy,
who gave way to wrong doing in a mo
ment of temptation ? But such was not
the case ; ho was turned adrift, with a
stain upon his character, to the great
grief of his parents.
Not long afterward, when the King
again visited the stables, he observed the
absence of the boy, and asked one of the
grooms what hail become of mm. xiie
man, fearing to tell the truth yet not lik
ing to tell a falsehood, said he had left.
His majesty was not satisfied with the
groom's answer, and suspecting wrong,
called the head groom to him, and mode
the inquiry again. " I have discharged
the boy, sire."
" H ot what reason t asKed tne King.
" Ho was discovered stealing tho oats
from one of the bins," wis tho reply,
" and I sent him away."
Tho king felt sorry for the poor boy
who had disgraced himself thus, but de
termined not to give him up, and ordered
him to be sent for immediately. The
order was obeyed, and without loss of
time tlio boy was brought to the king.
What a scene was this -face to face with
the king of England stood the boy, a con
victed thief 1
"Well, my boy." said his maiesty,
when the poor lad, trembling and look
ing very pale, stood before him, not
knowing what awaited him ; "is this
true that I hear of you f "
The lad could not look up into the
king's face, but with his head bent down,
his only answer to the kind inquiry was
a flood of tears. He had not a word to
say for himself ; his month was stopped,
for he knew he was guilty ; ho had not a
word of excuse. The king, seeing the
poor boy was sorry on account of his sin,
spoke to him of tho evil how he had not
only taken what was not his own, but
abused tlio confidence reposed in him.
"Well, my lad," said his majesty, put
ting his hand kindly upon tho boy's
head, "I forgive you." Then, turning
to the head groom, said : " Let the boy
have his former place, and let him be
cared for. "
What a thrill of joy did the lad's heart
feel as the king uttered those three
words: "I forgive you." Instead of
being ordered off to prisou and punished,
and disgraced, ne was restored to favor,
and restored to the place he had lost.
What gladness this gave the boy's
heart 1 It seemed almost too good to be
true. Yet who could dispute it ? The
king himself had forgiven him, and then
the highest judge in the land had not a
word to say against it ; he was a guilty
one, but now was forgiven, and that by
the king himself. Will our young read
ers learn the beautiful lesson contained ?
Age of Vegetables.
The species of vegetables we now cul
tivate have been raised and eaten for
centuries. Even before the Christian
era many of them were in use.
.Lettuce has been used at the table for
thousands of years. Herodotus tolls us
that it was served at the royal table cen
turies before the Christian era. and one
of the noble families of Bome derived its
name from this plant.
Spinach, asparagus and celery have
been cultivated and eaten among the
eastern nations thousands of years.
Jesus took the mustard seed as the ex
ponent of a parable.
itadishes were known and grown by
the Greeks, and were offered at Apollo's
shrine wrought in precious metals.
Parsnips were raised and brought
from the Rhine to add to the luxuries of
Tiberius' table.
Beets were most esteemed centuries
ago, and carrots were in such reputo iu
Queen Elizabeth's reign that the ladies
of her court adorned their huge strac-
tions of fulse hair with their feathery
piumes.
Peas' at Elizabeth's court, were verv
rare, and were imported from Holland
as a great delicacy.
Uruits, also, were in great reputo
among the ancients.
The currant was cultivated centuries
ago in European gardens, aud was called
the Corinthian grape.
iwelyn in his charming diary, speaks
of his berries as Corinths : hence the
name of currants.
The damson plum was extensively cul
tivated at Damascus, whence tho name.
The cherrv came f row Cosns. a citv of
Pontus, ajid the delicious peach, king of
fruits, was first known in Persia.
The quince was a holy fruit, dedicated
to the goddess of love, and was called
Cydonian apple.
Pears were as ancient as apples, and
are mentioned among tho Parodisal
fruits.
Grapes were known at a very remote
period, and are often mentioned in the
Bible. .
Removing Birthmarks.
"Professor," in the Tribune, says
that birthmarks or moles may be removed
by the following means:
For removing moles or birthmarks,
croton oil under the form of pomade or
ointment, and tartar emetic, under the
form of paste or plaster. The following
is the mode for using the latter: Take
tartar emetio in impalpable powder, fif
teen grains; soap paste, one drachm;
and beat them to a paste. Apply to
nearly a line in thickness (not more) and
cover the whole with strips of rummed
paper. In four or five days eruption or
suppuration will set in, and, in a few
days after, leave a slight scar. Croton
oil ointment effects the same, but less
completely unless suppuraed. bv pro
ducing a pustular eruption, which, how
ever, do not permanently mark the
K1U,
A Proverb.
I'm not a superstitious man,
With any bUnd belief in fate,
But through my veins a shiver ran
At something which I read of late.
I glanced a book of proverbs through,
To pass some moments spent alone,
And there the saying met my view,
That " Soon or late all things are known.
I laid the book aside and thought
About tho secrets of my life,
A wild career, with failings fraught,
And long-ropentod errors rife.
What mattered that above thaheap
The lapse of years a mound had thrown,
Tho ax of Fate goes straight and deop,
And " Soon or late all things are known."
Nay, gentle reader, do not start
And picture me the man of crimo,
Because I'm faint and sad at heart,
To think of what may come in time.
Lot him be first to raise bis hand
Atid cast at me the cruel stone,
Who foels he can unflinching stand
Where " Boon or late all things are known."
Items of Interest.
Give the tramps no quarter.
When is a chair like a lady's dress?
When it is satin.
It is said that the pen is mightier than
the sword. Neither is of much uso without
tho holder.
The strikers resemble the Russians be
cause they have been endeavoring to
wreck Ears.
Several newspaper men have been
swindled by the new counterfeit five thou
sand dollar bill.
Six thousand children have been taught
to swim in two years by the London
Health Society.
It takes the Russian provost-marshals
four minutes to convict and shout a spy,
and the czar loudly complains of lost
time.
An intelligent paper in Switzerland
says that "Jliss Mollio Maguire, of
Pennsylvania, has been huug for misbe
having." Tho empress of Brazil has but SGOO,
000 worth of diamonds, and some tmo
ought to feel like heading a subscription
for her benefit.
'A landlady said that she did not know
how to make both ends meet. "Woll,"
said a boardpr, " why don't you make one
end vegetables?"
A German dairy maid in Jefferson
county fell head first into a tank of soft
switzer cheese last week. Here it is
again. A woman in the kase, as usual.
Much lias been said about feats of
strength ; but it is an actual fact that a
man of but ordinary stature recently
knocked down an elephant. lfio jier
former of tlio great feat was au auction
eer. "This summer, ladies are going to
dress their hair as they did tluoo hun
dred years ago," says an exchange' news
paper. This makes some of the ladies
pretty old.
In Grass Valley, Col., thero is a snake
lying around loose which is forty loot
long. The editor ot tne local paper
there was informed that this snake, with
one stroke of its ponderous tail, smashed
o largo Newfoundland dog to jelly.
" My articles do not receive 'a very
worm reception of late," wrote a lady to
the conductor of a monthly magazine:
" Our fair correspondent is mistaken,"
replied the editor; "they meet with tlio
warmest reception possible. We burn
them all."
It wasn't such a bad notion on the part
nf o glove dealer who advertised as fol
lows iu largo typo: "Ten thousand
hands wanted immediately !" And un
derneath it was printed in very small
characters : " To buy my gloves, the best
quality."
A novelist tells of two lovers, who
agreed to wave their hands toward each
other, at a certain hour, across the At
lantic ocean. One might suppose thero
might be waves enough between them
without their trying to make any more
with their hands.
More than 5,000,000,000 cans of corn
are now packed in Maine, annually, and
sold in every part of tho world, yielding
a business to that State of about $1,250,
000, and giving profitable employment to
from 8,000 to 10,000 people during the
packing season.
Constantinople has a circumference of
about thirteen miles. Its harbor, tlio
"Golden Horn," is a long capacious inlet
of the Bosphorus running olong the
northeast sido of the city, with sufficient
depth for the largest vessels and capablo
of receiving 1,200 sails of the line.
There is a question of veracity betwoeu
a Chicago Times reporter and a rioter.
The reporter says he shot the rioter dead,
and the latter stoutly denies tlio story,
and says ho can prove the negative, it
is manifest that the rioter lies, and other
pajjers congratulate tho reporter on his
prowess and pluck.
Killing Disabled Horses with Dynamite.
An English paper says: An interesting
experiment was made last week at a horso
slaughtering establishment at Dudley,
with tho view of testing a new system of
slaughtering cattle by meuuK of dyua-
mito, and thus putung them out of exist
ence more speedily mid with less buffer
ing than by the ordinary pole-ax. Two
liu'go powerful horses and a donkey (dis
abled for work) were ranged in a line
about half a yard apart under a shed,
the donkey being placed in tho center.
A small primer of dynamite, with an
electrio fuse attached, was then placed on
each of their foreheads and fastened in
position by a piece of string under tho
jaw. The wires were then coupled up in
circuit, and attached to the electrio
machine, which stood about five yards in
front. The handlo of the machine being
then turned, an electrio current was dis
charged, which exploded the three
chitrges simultaneously, and the animals
instantly fell dead without a struggle. The
whole affair was over in two minutes,
and the experiment appears to have been
a perfect success. It was conducted by
Mr. Johnson, agent for Noble's Explo
sive Company, Glasgow, assisted by Mr.
Harris, one of the dynamite instructors.
By this means, it is stated, any number,
even a hundred or more cattle, may be
instantly killed by the same curreut of
electricity.