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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr.y Editor and Publisher. NIL. DESPERANDUM. Two Dollars per Annum.
VOL. VII. KIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1877. . NO. 35.
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A Sudden Cure.
A melancholy woman lay
In sickness on her bed,
And in a faint and broken voioe
To her sad husband laid i
" Dear David, when my earthly form
Hai tnrned to lifeless clay,
Oh I wait and weep a little while,
Nor throw yourself away.
" I know a woman kind and true,
On whom you may depend,
Oh ! marry Aramilla Jones
She is my dcareBt friend."
" Yes, Hannah, I have wanted long
To speak of this before
For Aramilla Jones an' I
Have talked the matter o'er."
" Then you an' Aramilla Jones
Have been too smart and sly;
I tell you, David Wilkinson,
I'm not a-goin' to die 1"
Her dark eyes flashed; her strength returned;
She left her bed of pain;
A week had scarcely passed away
When she was well again.
UBERALL DU."
The girl wos as gay ns a lark ; the
ball had been a delightful one ; the
music still pulsed in her ear, until her
very heart kept the beat. Young, beau
tiful, beloved nnd wealthy, this little
Jennie of ours had the cream of this
world at her fett, and as she took off
her jewelry and flowers, nnd prepared
herself for sleep, it was with a smile on
her lips and a happy light m her dreamy
eyes.
One piece of jewelry she held in her
clasped hands lingeringly, as if it were
too dear to lay aside. It was a pretty
trinket, a gold clasp or bar, ana swing
ing from it bv two tiny golden chains a
polished 1 lorida sea benn, dark as ebonv.
mounted like a locket. A legend whs
engraved on the bar in it loreigu tongue
"Uberall Du."
Jennie's eyes scanned the words in
tently. "How stupid I am not to be
able to translate this German," thought
she. " It is something dear, I know, and
just the thing, or Royall would not have
had it. I wish I could sacrifice my pride
euougn to ask mm the meaning of it ;
but he thinks I can read it, and I am
ashamed to let him know I'm such a
duuee, after four years at boarding
school. Never mind, I shall discover
the meaning sometime," and, with a
blush and a smile she kissod the trinket
uad put it tenderly away in her casket.
I was a trifling thing, but even that is
precious from the man you love. Royall
Hamlin had been at her feet nil winter.
People sui 1 they were engaged, nnd
considered the match certain, as people
will hen the principals iu the game are
not at all sure. It was not so in this
case. He hnd not proposed to Jennie,
though he was all devotion, and, to tell
tho truth, Jennie felt a growing uneasi
ness lest she was becoming fond of him
too soon ; but she could not bear to dis
tress herself with the thought. So,
when this eve at the bnll he had pinned
her clasp upon her shoulder amid her
snowy laces, and murmured in her ear
iu their quiet nook in the window that
he would have something to say to her
when he returned to town next week,
Jennie's heart had given quite a leap
that hod dyed her sweet little face, soar
let ; and he, noting it, had gone off with
eyes full of triumph. No wonder her
locket seemed precious to her.
The next afternoon after the ball, as
Jennie was walking with Ella Stuart, on
the avenue, she asked her, as if it were
a sudden thought, if " she remembered
her German ?"
"Not well, Jennie pretty rusty!
What did yon ask lor ?"
" Because I have forgotten mine, nud
I saw a few German words in a love
love Btory " stammered Jennie, "and
I could not make out the sense of them,
and you know how aggravating that is I"
" What were the words ?"
"As near as I can remember the
words," smoothly said our dimple-faced
deceiver "they were 'Uberall Du"'
" Uberall Du m m m," murmur
ed Ella. "Why I I remember, it is a
line out of German poetry I and means
All is over with thee.' "
She looked round at Jennie, triumph
antly, just in time to catch a perfect ex
pression of dismay on a poor blanched
face, enough to make your heatt ache.
" Why, Jennie ! what is the matter 1"
sho exclaimed, catching her by the uriu,
Jennie just had strength loft to totter
into a shop near by, and sink into a seat,
whispering she "was faint," did not
feel well all day, etc., making nt th?
seme time a sign for her companion not
to attract attention, which one Ella was
quick to take, and carried out by an
euergetio chattering with madamo with
the friz, as to the quality of pink crash
roses, which rnadame insisted were
" French," as also her " whole stock of
ribbons," etc.
- Jennie grew better as suddenly as she
had fallen ill, and Ella thought it only
over-fatigue after the all. What would
she have thought had he seen our poor
Jennie an hour later, i bbing, face down
on her dainty bed, e locked iu the
sacred retreat of her c tmber.
Poor child I she had her battle to
fight, and well she fought it.
"So it is nil over with me, is it?"
thought she ; " and I imagined he loved
me as well as I did him I How ashamed
I feel, that I did not hide my fecliags
better. Now I know he wos iust triflintr.
I'll never love a mau again ns long as I
live I Never, never I and he shall never
speak to me again shall never ceo in
my face how badly I feel !"
Poor Jttnnie. The day orrived upon
which he had promised to be in town,
nnd also to take her to drive. Jennie
Wr b iu a fearful state of excitement nil
di .
int afternoon, late, a well-known
nun was heard at the door. Jennie's
heart gave a perfect surge ; but when
the servant looked at her inquiringly,
she answered his glance with a cool
" Engaged John," and hurried to her
room, to cry over her mortification.
Next day came a note in Mr. Hamlin's
well-known hand, bat she declined to
read it, and sealing it in another euvo
lope, sho returned it, nnd with it the
pocket, "Thinking Mr. Hamlin for his
kinduess in permitting her to inspect it,
:id pronounced it very pretty, and her-
and mio-lit.v "
o
She was horribly wretched the next
few weeks, and did not go in society.
She had a morbid idea her story might
be out, and, as it was, Lent came just
in time to give her an excuse for being
so quiet. .
She Dined so visih'v flint, hor trior. rlo
thought her health flagging, and sent
ner to visit some relations in another
State. She tried to bo hannv. Vint mn
not particularly successful, in fact, her
efforts were a miserable failure ; it was
hard to see which was preying upon her
most, disappointed love or a perfect
agony oi rnortincation, at the thought
how transparent her heart had been to
i.i iii. i . . . ...
mm, anu now ne naa treated it like a
toy. She was always seeking a solution
of his apparently gratuitous insult, and
she Could not find it, I ITdd nnmolm
been laughing about her patent devotion
to mm t uiu ne mean to taunt ner with
the utter honeleRsnenn nf lior lnvo ?
She ground these bitter questions over
in a hundred ways, and was like to break
ner nearc
Spring came and Jennie graduallv
gained a degree of her old serenity, but
sho did not wish to go home.
In the family of her friends was a
charming girl of her own age, and they
t A X - 1 1 A T ' i
wcio iudii iijt-uuB, uui uemiie never spoKe
of her mortification to her.
One dny they were talking over the
approaching marriage of Aunt Norah,
"Jennie," she said, "I never showed
you the dear little ring Leonard gave
mo last loll, did I V
"No: let me see it."
Norah brought it, it was a beautiful
turquoise in a heavy cold hoop, and
something was engraved inside the
hoop. Jenmo tried to read it; Norah
caught the glance. "Uberall Du.
Jennie, isn't that sweet in Len to tell me
so iu such a darling way. "
" What is it ?"' acked Jennie in a quak
ing, uncertain voice, feeling somehow
as if her life hung on a thread, thnt
thread the significance of the words,
" Uberall Du," words which hnd proved
uo mini to ner Happiness.
"Why, 'Thee, over all.' Jennie,
whore have your eyes gone to ? You
studied German at Madam Armnnd's
with me ; forgot so soon?"
" So that was it. ' Thee over all,' and
whnt a fool she had been, eh?" were
Jennie's last cheerful thoughts as she
slipped quietly down by Norah's side in
a dead faint.
Miss Norah was horrified by Jennie's
suddeu attack, but when Jennie re
vived she assured her cousin she was in
the habit of fainting nt actually nothing,
and tho parlor must have been too warm.
She deceived Norah thoroughly, but not
her own poor heart.
Then she went up Btairs nnd pondered
upon " the situation."
The more she pondered tho worse it
seemed. She was too proud to own her
mistake, nnd take back her hateful words
and manner, ond seek him in any wny,
and pride " carried the day."
Her father sent her into the mountains
that summer, and, with a few friends,
wandered about: but the trace and
charm of God's country, of rocky ledge,
and balmy whispering pino, and trickling
mountain brook, cold and clear, had no
charm for hor. One dav they plauued a
fishing excursion to a large forest stream
which crossed tho stage road a mile or
two beyond the hotel.
Jennie crept away from the others with
a rod aud line, aud strayed along the
brookside, through, quivering lights nnd
shades, among green leaves and shadowy
places, she went so far she was lost with
out perceiving it.
As she stood quietly on the bonk
watching a floating leaf, a voice behind
her made her start with astonishment;
so well knowu was it so dear.
" Can you tell me. miss, how far I am
from the stage road ?"
Jenuie turned deliberately and looked
into tho face of Royall Hamlin. She ac
tually relished his look of utter dismay
aud disconcertment.
" I beg your pardon. Miss Dane."
said the nmnteur sportsmau. stiffly : " I
did not recognize you, or I would not
have iutruded upon you."
"You did not disturb mo in the
least, Royall," said Jennie, quietly,
with scarlet face; "but I am sorry I
cannot tell you which way the road , lies.
I think I have come so fur I must be lost
myself."
He stood gnziug at her. speechless.
At last lie stammered: " Miss Dane
Jennie you called me ' Royall ;' you do
not seem angry now. Tell me, 'in the
name of God, what got you so furious nt
me last winter," aud lie pressed closer to
her side by the brook bank, j
Jennie hung her head.
Unresistingly, she permitted him to
gather the little hand up in his strong
ringers, and tuko a Beat by her side on
the moss, aud draw her down beside him
on the turfy bank ; there they sat like a
couple of idiots, for very gladness ; Jen
nie's fishing tackle, fly, line nud rod
went sailing leisurely off down stream ;
tieuuiu Btruggieu wim nerseir.ana It u ally
managed to answer :
I misunderstood something I
couldn't read that stuff on tho locket,
and Ella said it implied it was 'all over
witli me' and that would have been
abominably impertinent of you, Royall !
yon know it wo"uld," she flashed through
hertears at hira.smiliug in the most daz
zling manner tiie next minute.
"Good heavens I" he exclaimed ex
citedly, as a light dawned in upon him,
" you don't mean to soy my little Gor
man motto on that clasp whs misrepre
sented and the cause of nil this mitmu
staudiug J Why Jonnie !" ami Lis tone
was full of chagrin, " why I thought it
was so neat I"
So Jennie told aim all about it as they
nestled among the leaves, the hush, nud
drentuiness of the forest. The light and
air that surrounded them, thnt bathed
them in its wnves, wns net of heaven or
earth, it was rose-colored I Jennie could
complain no more of R'jyall's uncertain
ty, because he was very explicit iu his
remarks, and later, when they went,
hunting for the road, and found the rest
of the fishers, Jennie's health wns visibly
improved, judging by her beautiful
color and happy eyes.
It turned out II ynll wns due nf her
hotel, his baggage had already gone on,
and lift had left the stage for' a rmnlile,
iuteuding to cross the rood in time for
the evening stage. A it whs, he rode
home with the party. What need to tell
any more ?
Royall had " Uberall Du," engraved
on Jennie's wedding ring, with the laud
able intention of teaching her German
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boarding schools generally.
Fashion Notes.
The stylish costumes of dark blue or
green, trimmed with wide white braid,
occasionally intermingled with a thread
of gold, are very effective ; and the close
cut of the long polonaise, the princess
sweep of the small train addB grace nnd
beauty to the figure.
Dark green costumes will be fashion
ably worn, including dark green petti
coats, hosiery, felt lints and trimming.
The petticoats are enlivened with figures
of embroidery, in which all the bright
colors are introduced, and the hats have
pretty bright f enther and gilt ornaments,
Quite new in style and well adapted to
two materials is the " Camile." It sim
ulates a vest, hns a quaint and very
dressy snow, and may be used to odvan
tage in making over an old handsome
dress in combination with new materials.
But it is also most strikingly suited to a
stylish contrast of shades in new rich
fabrics.
Among the new basques suitable to be
worn, either for home or street, is the
" Delphine," which is long and tight
fitting, double breasted, having the
fronts lapped from right to left and worn
with a belt attached nt the side seams
and fastened in front. This design is
most enective when useclin combination
of different materials or colors and is
appropriate for a great variety of goods ;
it may, however, if desired, be made of
one material alone and the trimmings
varied to correspond with the goods se
lected.
A very handsome shawl of American
manufacture, is named " the Premiere."
It is of very fine texture, the same on
both sides, and is introduced in plaids
and checks, also in all shades of grey
and brown, with or without borders.
The material of these are of so fine a tex
ture that when the wearer becomes tired
of them they can be made into a polo
noise or into children's dresses. 1
Gloves are things thnt not only perish
with the using, but, aa every woman
says, " they aro gone before one knows
it." For evening wear pale colors aro
relied upon to bring out the effect of the
brighter portions of a toilet, and for the
street dark shades are advised; They
also reduce the size of the hnnd they
cover. Handsome gloves are brought
out iu dark shades, similar to those
which prevail iu silks and dress goods,
but at the same time it is more elegant
to wear a glovo brighter in tone than the
costume. For general wear, less than
three buttons are not considered stylish.
Sleeve buttons' of nil kinds are quite
large, the linked styles remaining the
most fashionable. For gentlemen's col
lar and sleeve buttons link buttons of
two flat disks of plain gold, about the
size of a dime, nnd with square edges,
are extremely stylish. Studs to match
are about the size of a half dime.
Flowers are not used on round lints
for city streets : they are confined to
shade hats for tho country.
A novel idea tor round hats is that of
covering the wing or one or two long
slender feathers with gilt or with silver.
All black hats are still shown, nud nre
always stylish. The most dressy materi
als for these will be black plush trimmed
with black satin.
Hc-lmet-shnped hats, like those worn
by gentlemen during the Bummer, are
offered for young ladies. Their only
trimming is a wide galloon band and a
slender wing.
The frame of the bonnet is plainly
covered with any of the fabrics with long
pile ; the plush cannot look too heavy
or too much like fur, and the velvets are
of the richest quality.
Words of Wisdom.
Upright walking is sure walking.
Virtue and happiness are near kin.
Small faults indulged are little
thieves.
You never lose by doing a good turn.
The boughs that bears most hang
lowest.
One hour to-day is worth two to-mor
row.
Not to hear conscience is a way to
silence it.
Zeal without knowledge is fire withomt
light.
Proud looks make foul words in fair
faces.
Learning makes a man fit company for
himself.
From the lowest depth there is a path
to the loftiest height.
We often hate for one little reason.
when there are a thousand why we
snoum love.
As indiscreet person is like an un
sealed letter, which every one may read,
but which is seldom worth reading.
Gold is but a poor legacy in compari
son with immortal thought. The one is
human, worthless ; the other divine, in
valuuble. Lost, Yesterday, somewTiere between
sunrise and sunset, two golden hours,
each set with sixty diamond minutes. No
reward is offered, for they are gone for
ever !
A Tarantula's Nest,
The nest of a tarantula (spider) has
been found in California of the most
singular construction. It is about three
inches in length by two in diameter,
built in adobes, the wall being nearly
half nn inch thick. Inside of this is a
projection, which nearly divides it into
two npnrtments, about an inch in diame
ter. The iuside is lined with a white
downy substance, not unlike velvet, and
presents one of the cleanest and most
tidy little households imaginable. But
the most curious part of it is a door,
which fits into an aperture, and closes it
hermetically. The door is secured by a
hiuge, formed of a like fibrous substance
ns the lining of the house, and upon
which it swings with freedom. The nest
is oeoiipicd by a dozen little tarantulas,
which seem to subsist on a yellow secret
ed substenee, that appears upon the
wills of the front apartment The ar
rangement of the door for the protection
of the little inmate indicates great in
stiiu'tive architectural knowledge,
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Some Common Ailments of Horse.
Ringbone is of two kinds true and
false. The false ringbone is an enlarge
ment situated above the middle of the
bone. When very large, it may cause
lameness. As a rule, however, it never
gives inconvenience to the animal.
The true ringbone is quite another
matter. There are two kinds the high
and the low. It is called liigh when it
involves the bone immediately above the
joint.
Ringbone, whether high or low, varies
in size ; but the degree of lameness does
not depend upon the size of the forma
tion. An animal may be very lame with
but little deposit, and another may show
but little lameness with a very large
ringbone. Very often the circle of the
ring is defective, and the deposit appears
only on one side of the limb, or on both
sides, and none in front. Whdh at the
sides they do not cause the same degree
of lameness as when in front.
Ringbones are not the cause, but the
result of disease, being the result of an
inflammation originating in the bone.
Shoulder Slip. This is a sprain or
laceration of the fibres of the spinatus
muscles, together with, probably, the
abductor magnus and teres exturnus.
The humorus, lacking the tension of
these muscles, rotates outward at every
step with unusual freedom. Pain is
expressed in recent cases, nnd wasting of
the, muscles just nnmed. In the majori
ty of cases actual lameness does not oc
cur. There will be a hollow space upon
either side of the scapular spine, extend
ing its whole leugth.
Shoulder Lameness. The gait of
shoulder lameness is indicative of the
seat of disease. The patient does not
carry his limb straight forward, but with
a rotnry motion, the limb being thrown
outwards, nnd the toe made to form the
segment of a circle ; in other words, he
brings the leg forward, with a sort of
sweep, and the toe is dragged or trailed
on the ground.
In shoulder or knee lameness, the
signs of pain are more discernible during
the elevation of the foot from the ground ;
whereas, in foot aud other diseases below
the knee, the converse is the rule.
Stringhall. An involuntary, convul
sive motion of the muscles of one or both
hind legs.
Speedy cut Is the name of an injury
to the kuee. It is inflicted by the horse
striking his knee with the opposite foot.
The symptoms nre inflammation nnd
swelling of the skin, collection of fluid
in the sub-cutaneous areoler tissue, con
stituting a serious abscess.
Seedy Toe. This term is applied to a
perverted secretion of horn at the lower
margin of the ospedis (lower bone of the
foot), by which the crust becomes de
tached from the horny laminar. -
'.thorough Pin. Thorough pi is n
bursal enlargement situated on the lower
part cf the thigh and upper nnd back
part of the hock.
'1 hr nsh. A discharge of f cetid material
from the trog.
Spavin. A violent twisting or strain
ing of the soft parts around the joints.
According to tho degree of tho sprain.
the fibrous parts of the joint may be sim
ply stretched, or they may bo ruptured.
The symptoms nre swelling around the
sprained part, attended by lameness.
Sprain of the Metacarpi Internus.
This is visible over the trapexinn on tho
inner and lower part of the knee.
Sprain of the Metacarpi Extensor Mac-
ntis. Indicated by a swelling in front of
the knee and above it.
Sprain of the Metacarpi Externus.
This is made visible by an enlargement
on the outside of the knee, over the
small metacarpal condyle.
Sprain of the radical Ligaments Is
manifested by lameness, a difficulty in
flexing the knee, with swelling, heat and
tenderness immediately above the knee.
Sprain of the Psoa Muscles. Inability
to rise when down ; a knucking over at
the fetlock joints when standins : when
made to walk he drags his legs or trails
them. There is scarcely any elevation
of the foot or flexion of the joints, and a
great tendency is shown to knuckle over
at every step.
Sprain of the Fetlock Joint. In in
flammation of the fetlock joint, from
whatever cause, the lameness is charac
terized by inability to flex tho joint, by
heat, swelling, pain or pressure.
Wounds. A wound made with a clean
cutting instrument is an incised wound.
A wound inflicted by some blunt object,
without perforating the skin, is a con
tused wouud. When the skin is divided
and torn, with ragged, uneven edges, it
is called a lacerated wound. -Vu'cavo
Field. :
Itecipee.
From Mini Corson'. "Fifteen Cent Dinner lor
vvorKingmen-e famine. "j
Homemade Bread. Put seven pounds
of flour into a deep pan, and make a
hollow in the center ; into this put one
quart of luke-warm water, one table-
spoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of
sugar, and half a gill of yeast ; have
ready three pints of warm water, nnd
use as much of it as is necessary to mnke
a rather soit dough, mixing and knead
ing it well with both hands. When it is
smooth and shining strew a little flour
upon it, lay a large towel over it folded,
and set it in a warm place by the fire for
four or five hours to rise ; then knead it
again for fifteen minutes, cover it with
the towel, and set it to rise once more :
then divide it into twe or four loaves, j
and bake it in a quick oven. This
qunntity of flour will moke eight pounds
of bread, and will require one hour's
Daking to two pounds of dough. It will
cost about thirty cents, nnd will last 1
npout two days and a ball lor a family of
nix. In cold weather, the dough should
be mixed in a warm roam, and not al-
hi won ii cooi wiuie rising ; 11 11 uoes not
rise well, set the pan containing it over ;
a large vessel of boiling water ; it is !
nest to mix the bread at night, and let it
rise till morning, in a warm and even
temperature.
Pea boup. Use half a pint, or seven
ounces of "dried peas, for every two
quarts of soup you want Put them in
three quarts of cold water, after washing
them well ; bring them slowly to a boil ;
add a bone, or bit of ham, if you have it
to spare, one turnip, and one carrot
peeled, one onion stuck with .three
cloves, and simmer three hours, Stirling
occasionally to preveut burning ; then
pass the aoup through the sieve with tho
aid of a potato masher and if it shows
any sign of eettliuff ptir into it ouo
tablespoonful each of butter and flour
mixed together dry, this will prevent
settling ; meantime fry some dice of
stale bread, about two slices, cut half an
inch square, in hot fat, drain them on a
sieve, and put them in the bottom of the
soup tureen in which the pea soup is
served ; or cut some bits of very hard
stale bread, or dry toast, to use instead
of the fried bread. By the time the
soup is done it will have boiled down to
two quarts, nnd will be very thick and
good.
Stewed Lentils. Put a pint of plain
boiled lentils into a sauce-pan, cover
them with any kind of pot-liquor, add
one ounce of chopped onion, two ounces
of drippings, quarter of an ounce of
chopped parsley, and stew gently for
twenty minutes ; serve hot. This dish
costs about ten cents.
Stewed Tripe, Cut in small pieces
one pound of tripe, half a quart each of
potatoes and onions, and put them in
layers in a pot, seasoning them with one
tablespoonful of salt, and one level tea
spoonful of pepper ; mix quarter of a
pound of flour with water, gradually
using three pints of water, and pour it
over the stew ; put the pot over the fire
and boil it gently for an hour and a
half.
Rice Pudding. Put in an earthen
pudding dish quarter of a pound of well
washed rice, (cost three ce,nts,) three
pints of milk, (cost twelve cents,) four
ounces of sugar, (cost three cents,) and
n little spice, or flavoring ; bake it in a
moderate oven about an hour and a
half. It costs about eighteen cents.
"The Champion Idiot."
Most of these incurable idiots nre
unable to speak says a writer iu the
New York Herald, speaking of a recent
visit paid by him to the asylum for idiot
children on Rnndnll's Island, New York
incapable even of learning more thau
a few words or, nt most, sentences. The
"champion" among these is unques
tionably Johnny Rouse. He is "now
thirty-eight years old, and has been in
the Idiot nsylum fifteen or twenty years.
Johnny was born in the Sixth ward in
this city, and it may be said that he
never had an idea in his life. His only
sense seems to bo that of seusntion. He
has been blind for some years, but his
hearing is not impaired, and he possesses
a faculty which is something like memo
ry. "What time is it, Johnny?" asked
Mr. Osborne. He renched oitt for the
steward's watch chaiu, and, not finding
it, he seemed puzzled. When the watch
wns put in his hand he placed it to kis
ear and, after listening to it awhile, he
exclaimed : " Two." With Johnny
Rouse it is always two o'clock, and
" two " is perhaps the only word he can
utter, except "boom," with which he
accompanies a rillo practice in which he
is constantly indulging. "His mother
was here to see him last week," said the
nurse, "and she said she wished he was
dead. But it's tho way with all of them.
It's seldom they come to see their chil
dren here, nnd when they do come they
say I wish the poor thing was dead.' '"
A more remarkable curiosity than
Johnny Rouse cannot be found tho
world over. He is diminutive iu size,
beiug scarcely four feet nine inches in
height, with n face of corresponding
meagreuess. His head and face nre of
the true idiotic type, nud both together
nre not much larger than nn ordinary
baseball. There is no brow and only en
excuse for n forehead. 1 he top of the
head measures less than two inches in
any direction, nud the coal block hair,
which seems stuck on like a wig on the
bock part of the cranium, only adds to
the absurdity of this pitiful freak of
nature. When the Herald reporter saw
Johnny Rouse ho was in high spirits and
seemed intent upon going somewhere on
a picnic. He frisked and capered like a
child, and " boomed " away tho happy
moments which to him make up the
span of nn aimless existence. An emi-
neut New York physician, the reporter
was told, has made Johnny's organiza-'
tion and history the subject of a learned
paper nnd has made a plaster cast of that
wonderful head.
A Strange Theft By a Mouse.
A very amusing incident occurred one
night recently at the residence of H. A.
Bennett in New Preston. Mr. 0. C.
Kenney nud wife, of New York, were
staying there for a short time, and on
the night iu question they retired to their
room at au early hour. .Mr. Kenney took
the precaution to place a large roll of
bills in the heel of his boot. The out
side bill happened to be a ten-dollar note.
Accordingly, after arranging his money
carefully in the boot, and thinking no
burglar could nnd it, he retired for the
night. What was his astonishment in
the morning to find the ten-dollar bill
was gone ! Search was made throughout
the apartment, but no trace of the miss
ing money could be found. It was cer
tainly very mysterious; Only one of the
roll of bills was gone. After spending
many hours in the search, Mrs. Kenney
removed a stand and noticed one corner
of the lost bill protruding from a small
mouse hole. The little burglar had en
tered the apartment aud succeeded in
(bragging the bill the whole length of the
room to its hole, where it luckily caught
on a nail. The hole was so small that
the bill could only bo extracted iu small
pieces. The burglar is still at large, al
though the owner of the house offers a
large reward for his apprehension.
Litcttflekl (Conn.) Enquirer.
People or Weight.
The champion fat mau of North Caro
lina is Captain James F. Jones. He is
six feet one inch and kicks the beam nt
647 pounds. Barnum has been after
him.
A pair of boot lasts have been made
for Leonard Wilcox, of Rome, N. Y.,
who is seven feet in height and weighs
GOO pounds. The lasts are twenty-two
inches in length, seven iu height aud
eighteen around the instep.
Near Avon, Mo., is a MissEvais, who
is a curiosity. She is only ten years old,
but is, probably,the largest girl of her
age iu the world. Her height is about
five feet, and she weighs 148 pounds.
Her features are even and pretty, and
her manner fa lively. One would take
her to be about eighteen. She can do
more werk, notwithstanding her super
abundance of flesh, than most girl? a t
twice her age, ; -
TAKING A SWORDFISH.
Terrible Striwrte with nn Alr.tlnht Barrel
Attached to a Harpoon.
It was some time before we could dis
tinguish the speck, rising and falling
with the sea, which had attracted the old
whaleman's attention. Soon he pro
nounced it a" fish," and after putting
us on the other tack to run down partly
to leeward of it, went below to bring up
the irons. When we had worked perhaps
a mile before it, we lay to for our final in
structions, the skipper took the wheel
to "keep her head on if yercan,"and
the one who held the air-tight barrel
was told "When y're sure I've struck
him, over with it.
He was as cool as a cucumber, as he
took the harpoon and cutting spade for
ward, coiling the line (one end of which
was fast to the harpoon, the other to the
barrel) carefully on deck, with the cau
tion : "Ware when it flakes out," and
taking only enough with him to his roost
on the bowsprit end to give him ample
elbow room. His station reached, he
fixed the shade in the support ready to
receive it, laid the iron in front of him
acrosB the cage, waved his hand, and we
filled away, close hauled. Never was a
mile more slowly sailed by the little
group in the pit of the White Cloud.
Never had our hearts beaten faster
than as we neared the fifteen feet fish,
rolling, asleep, in the trough of the sea.
Now the pilot is almost over him ; slow
ly he raises the iron, braces himself,
and hurles it with all the strength of
sinewy arms. The iron sinks deeply
into the sleeping fish ; there is a mighty
surge, the line flakes overboard as quick'
ly ns thought, the flont splnshes as it
disappears beneath the water, then all
is still. We luff and wait. Presently
up bobs the float. The fish finding the
strain of the air-tight barrel too severe
is coming to the surface. Now the water
bubbles and boils just under our lee,
and the swordflsh breaches himself
savagely, and swims nt lightning speed
for the barrel. He strikes it again and
again with his sword, but it rests so
lightly on top of the water that he can
not injure it. Then he stops, looks at
us nn hiBtnut, nnd darte toward the boat.
We have not time to bring her head
around, nud if he strikes it will be amid
ships. The pilot comes quickly eft,
bringing his long-handled, three
cornered spade, nnd, as the fish comes
within striking distance, nims one swift,
unerring blow full nt his forehead. The
terrible sword drops harmless, the up-
Eer muscles at its base are severed, nnd
e passes under us, jarring the boat
nnd splashing us with water ns he
sounds.
Again the float goes under nnd is out
of sight a longer time thnn before.
Again the fish throws himself out of
water, showing his sword down nt nn'
nngle of forty-flve degrees. He swims
once or twice nround the barrel, then
starts to windward ut too furious n speed
to last with the float ploughing behind
him. When we beat up he is feebly
fighting it. He sounds lor a short tune,
but comes up exhausted. Once or twice
he rolls over on his side, but recovers
himself nnd swims on iu frhoit tacks.
We press him too closely, and he charges
us again, but we make no effort to avoid
him, knowing that now ho is powerless
to injure us, nor does he try to strike,
apparently realizing that his weapon is
useless, but goes undei, coming up the
other side.
Aud so he sounds and swims, fights
and runs, until fit lust, ho succumbs to
exhaustion and lies still. We work up
alongside, nnd us wo luff tho pilot puts a
lance into his very life. There ib a
shudder nlong his whole body, his fins
work convulsively a moment, nnd then
he lies motionless and dead. We rig a
tackle to our mainmast, and after con
siderable labor get him aboard, where
we can examine at our leisure his pecul
iar shape, and admire his graceful
" clipper build." Our Nantucketer esti
mates his weight at between 500 nnd 600
pounds. His sword is over three feet
in length, its broken point and nicked
edges proving that its owner was nn old
as well as a fighting fish.
Our fish is on board, and after reserv
ing a few choice cuts, turned over to our
pilot, who asks that we run into Martha's
Vineyard that he may dispose of him bo
fore he spoils. And so we set gaff nnd
lib topsails, haul off before the wind,
nnd lay our course northward. Forest
and Stream.
Chariots of Ancient Britons.
When Caesar first landed in Britain,
the most flourishing branch of the manu
facturing industry was the coach, or
rather the chariot, building business.
The Romans had seen pretty samples
of chariot work in Gaul nnd Belgium,
but the British car, or chariot, was a
big improvement on the continental arti
cle. It wns to the foreign enr ns the
curricle is to the gig. When the Ro
mans captured Casuihelaunns, they took
with them no less than six hundred cars,
and the British car, soon after it was
known, beenme the fashion for people
who could afford to keep one.
Cicero thought there wns Jittle iu the
island worth transporting to Rome, ex
cept those masterpieces of workmanship
nud painting, the British war chariot.
" May I trouble yon," he writes to a
friend in Britain, "to bring me over one
nsapnttern!" There can be 110 ques
tion thnt when a dozen or so distin
guished gentlemen in Rome first ap
penred on the highway in the novelty of
novelties, a British chariot, with its
coachman on the pole, aud half a dozen
grooms running by its side, there was a
sensation in polite circles only to be
paralleled by a meet of the four-in-hand
at Central Park, New York.
What He Sighed For.
A young gentleman hearing a young
lady sigh, asked her : " Whnt. do you
sigh for?" She replied: "Nothing,"
upon which he wrote and handed her the
following :
O o o, but I o thee
O o do o, but O o tue ;
O let not my o o go,
But give o o I o V to.
And here is the solution :
You ilgh for cipher, but I aigh for tbea ;
O nigh for no cipher, but O sigh for m ;
O let not my tigb for cipher go,
But give rgu for nigh, for I eigb for you 10.
Turkisk general to Turkish colonel :
Colonel, the day after to-morrow is
pay-dav. xou will take care that to
r.iorrow we have a warm engagement,"
Strikes.
Strikes are quite proper, only strike right t
Strike to aome purpose, but not for a fight t
Strike for yonr manhood, for honor and fame ;
Strike right and loft, till you win a good name
Strike for your freedom, from all that is vile
Strike off companions who often beguile s
Stiike with the hammer, the sledge and the ax
Strike off bad habit with burdensome tax j
Strike out unaided, depend on no other 1
Strike without gloves, and your foolishness
' smother ;
Strike off the letters of fashion and pride ;
Strike where 'tis best, but lot Wisdom decide ;
8trike a good blow while the iron is hot ;
Strike, keep striking, till you hit the right spot.
Items of Interest.
Japan has 33,000,000 inhabitants.
A sincle county in Michigan has stand
ing pine equal to 2,311,120,000 feet of
lumber.
The new Gatling gun shoots 1,000
rounds a minute faster than a profes
sional gossip can talk.
If our country should become ns
densely populated as Holland, it would
contain 1,000,000,000 inhabitants.
Three nre a mob nccordiug to law.
This is what a young fellow thinks when
he nnd nnother chnp nre courting the
same girl.
Many men regard a newspaper as they
do a brick-bat ; they like to have one
handy when they are mad, but pay no
attention to it at any other time.
A Prohibitionist estimates that about
$100,000,000 more is expended yearly in
this country for rum than the total gross
earnings of all our railroads amount to.
A blighted female in San Francisco,
65 years old, has brought a suit for
breach of promise of marriage against a
gay deceiver of 70, the damages being
laid at $15,000.
Baron Rothschild, of Paris, and his
Germnn cousin, Adele, who were recent
ly married. " begm housekeeping with
the snug little sum of twenty million
dollars.
Archibald Forbes, war correspondent
of the London JVew, receives a salary
of $5,000 a year, war or no war. There
fore we should infer that the voice of the
JVet's is much louder for war than that
of Mr. Forbes, says the Norristown
Jcrald.
QhOKY.
What is glory V What is fnie ?
The echo of a lone-lost name :
A breath, au idle hour's brief talk ;
The fhadon- of an arrant naught ;
A flower that blossoms for a day,
Dying next morrow ;
A stream that hurries on it way,
Hinging of sorrow.
Martha's Vineyard, Mass., has nn ec
centricity in Nancy Luce. Born, no
body knows where or when, she lives en
tirely ulone with her liens, and when
they finally depart she has them decent
ly interred in a graveyard nt the back of
her house, and erects marble stones over
their graves. Her support is gamed
from the sale of her "book," which, in
mixture of proso and verse, is about her
self nnd hens. 1
The com husks nre thin, indicating a
mild winter ; tho woods are full of masts;
there nro myriads of spiders, mild win
ter ; ncrss of caterpillars, hard winter ;
the squirrels are idle nud listless, mild
winter ; the squnrrelsare noisy aud busy,
hard winter ; the gooso bone is white
nnd gray, mild" and hard winter ; the
woodchuck has gone in, mild winter ;
the woodchuck stays out, hard winter.
It is indeed, only a question of time
when the system of weather prognosti
cation will become one of the exact
sciences.
" Cross nnd Crescent" in a Buck Yard.
Few persons suspect the interest whioh
the yoiuiger portion of our population
feel in the progress of the European
struggle, ond the familiarity with its de
tails which they evince in their daily
conversatiou and intercourse. An up
town gentleman on reaching home the
other afternoon found his wife out and
the house nil upside down. The beds
hnd been stripped of blnnkets nud coun
terpanes, the tables denuded of their
covers,-table cutlery, broomsticks, and
various kinds of household hardware
were strewn over the stairs and floors;
in short, it looked as if burglars had been
through the establishment nnd left in a
hurry.
Just as he contemplated the devasta
tion, Bridget, the cook, came risking up
stairs with despair depicted on every
lineament of her face. "Och, Mifther
B " she gasped out, " I'm so glad
yiz have come home. Shnro thim boys
is a mnrtherin' each other in the back
yarrud."
In an instant he threw open the back
window, and the Bight that met his eyes
showed the situation at a glance. All
the boys in the neighborhood, from six
teen down, were there engaged in set
tling the Eastern question in a style that
would have made Von Moltke howl
with envy. For a moment the Turks,
ledTou by one boy in baggy trowters
(which proved to bo his father's red
flannel drawers) nud aimed with a cheehe
kuife in one hnnd nnd a dirty white
towel on a stick (representing the banner
of the Prophet) in the other, appeared
to have the advantage, nnd had cornered
the Russian army, composed of six boys
with rakes nnd pitchforks, between the
hen house and the back fence. Several
other boys with bloody noses ami black
eyes sat on the grass-plot, persouating
the Christian victims of the atrocities in
Bulgaria. The czar had already lost one
of his front teeth, and the Khedive of
Egypt was to be seen seeking safety by
iuglorions flight through a back lot, car
rying off the parlor table cloth, rolled
up on his bend as a tnrbnu. Just at
this moment Englnnd interfered in the
shape of ten boys, who had been con
cealed in tho bnck area, but ho now
charged forth with rolling bticks, flat
irons and pokers, simultaneously with a
grand onset of Cossacks and Mamelukes
who hnd lain in reserve behind the fence,
the manoeuvering was superb, the con
tending hosts described flank movements
around the clothes posts which would
have outwitted Sherman himself, and
there is no telling but that the Crescent
would have wave victorious over all J'.u
rope had not Mr. B- suddenly cp
peared on the scene, scattered the armies
like ckaff, and ended the contest by
sending the Sultan off to bed, and in
terviewing the Duke of Cambridge with,
the flirt Ride of a Single,
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