'A -v "C7 WW HENRY A. PAR8QNS, Editor: and Publisher. 1 , NIL DESPEBANDPM. - Two Dollars per Annum. VOL. VII. lUBGAV AY, ELK COUNTY, PAv, THURSDAYr JANFllY 10, 1878. NO. 47. I - i j. THE GOYERNOR'S MESSAGE. AS.nnar; .ro.mi.r ntirtranlVs Jin anare. QmUtmtn of th$ Bfnate and limine of Rrprttenta tint: Many Important and grave dnestions will ooenpy you during the coming session . Among thsse, the flnanoea of the State, being of first im portance, wiil claim a corresponding share of your Una and attention. Fortunately, the? are in such excellent condition, and the credit of the Btate so tilgh, that you will probably have little difficulty In readjusting the funds to meet the ordinary and ex traordinary expenses of the year without imposing additional taxation, TOTAL B.KCS1FTS AXI DJSBOHSSJ.MEXT.4. Ul'KIKO FISCAL 1KAH INtN NOTKMBKB 30, 1877. ItKtiptt. Balance (n treasury, November it, 187 General fund. Sinking fund, ordinary receipts.. . Sinking fund, new loan, five percent.. Sinking fund, premium on new loan . . Sinking fund, interest on sale of new loan rM,f7.f.2 .R2t,90'MS ,0C3,(H32 8,000,1X10,00 I.1A1.44 $1S,644, 6H0.06 VinburttmenlA. Ordinary expenses W,010,:M1.30 Loans redeemed 8,8J,196.8. Interest on loans l,41,fiM.CS Premium on gold 11,"iC.8 Compensation, Farmers and Mechanios' Nation al Bank 6,000.00 Coupon Interest, paid at treasury r a.iyj.w 13.4.S4.4IMU It Balance in treasury, Nov. 30, 1817, $2,102,046.87 The total founded debt on December 1, 1877, was 22,9I3,814.81. Deducting from this sum Penn sylvania railroad bonds, representing an Indebted ness, January 81, 1878, of 1 4,886,413.06: Allegheny Valley railroad bonds for (3.200,0110 anil a balanee In sinking fund, November 30, 1877, of f 1,71 5,014.87, there Is left an Indebtedness unprovided Tor of l;,3S2,386.38. NIW FIVt; FJCR CRNI LOAN. The new five per cent, eight million loan, for the redemption c-f the maturing loans of the Common wealth, authorized by act of March SO, 1877, was duly advertised and the bids therefor were opened on the 1st day of May, If "7. The bids above par amounted to over 7.000,000, and the premium realized was t'2fil,9M,33. Of the eight millions of bonds redeemed with the proceeds of this loan over fire millions were six per cent, currency interest bearing bonds, and the remainder were five per ennt. gold Interest bearing bonds. This reduction of the rate of interest will save the State mtTre than fifty thousand dollarsaimnaliy. The statement of the general fund shows a rieAcit of f 03,9i5.0 i, in regard to which the message suys: The depressed condition of the industrial interests forbida toe attempt to meet this deficit by Increased taXHtion. I therefore recommend that one-third of the revenue derived from the corporation tax be di verted from the sinking fund and paid into the geueral fund for the present year. There will still Iw ample funds, after payment of Interest, to more fisn comply with the constitutional provisions for the redemption of the debt. The one-third so di verted, will in part, psy the extraordinary expenses of the July riots, which are estimated to be about five hundred thousand dollars. The balance of Hie deficit can only be avoided by the closest scrutiny of all sppropriatton bills and the strictest economy in all departments of the government. SAVINGS BANES AND T&l'ST COMKINIH. u examination of the many failures of these In stitutions during tne year demonstrates th-jtto. low them to be uel as bauks of dic3iiut is fnt-il to ttn interests of the depositors, even where the bunt nea.i la coolujted with ordinary integrity aul pru dence. Binksof dirtcoaut aud exchange, although entitled sivings banks, must beconduted as x bad ness and cannot be managed as a trust. stingy must be loaned to business meu UKn business papir, subject to the fluctuationa of trade, and iu-vet-ted lu speculations, which, while perfectly legit imate for a busluess man, iuvolve risks which ouht not to be taken by a trustee. The law should Bejta. rate banks of discount for business pnrpo .es from Institutions designed for the safe keeping of (hn eirniugs of the people, and ought not to allow tnm to be deceived by the name of aavlnge banks, ap pl el to what are, In reality, simply banks of dis count and exchange. The Governor also favors " a national poMul saviugs fund,' and believes it would be 44 a wise provision to create a bank examiner or commissioner with duties analagoua to those of the insmance eommiPSioner." In regard to education the Governor fully recom mends the trial of the cautious system of compul sory educition uf vagaraut children proposed by the aupermtcndeiit of public instruction. THK JL'l.T BIOTS. The message gives a history of the July riots, and thru say: pasting from these secondary matters to the broader aud deeper lessons of the strike, while there is much to cause solicitude, there is much, tilso, to awaken confidence lu the final solution of the problem. While capital held labor in ignorance and bondage, strikes were rare. Their frequent occurrence is a proof that labor la growing, more and more, to an equality in strength and import ance to capital. Intelligence has spread itself among the laboring classes, they have learned to rcd aud write, and to interchange their views, and formed associations, according to their new lights, for their protection aud advancement. And if in tills, as in inauv other cases, "A little learning is a dangerous thing," it la yet better than no l-arnlng si au, ana is ine progressive step to nigner intelli gence. Ou the other luiud, uucler the Influence of civilization, wealth became more aud more diffused, aud corioratious grew up to collect the large and small amounts of unemployed capital, to build the giff:iutic works and conduct the great industries re quired by modern society. These two results are rue iuevitable consrqueucea ot increased intelli gence and civilization. These great corporations, from the character of the enterprises, are of neces sity, in most cases, monopo ies. A. such the people have a right to demand that, while the proiits may accrue to private individuals, their management staill riso alKjve merely selflhli alms, and consult, also, the public utility and welfare. It has come to pass that in the couflict between capital and lalwr, tiie former is almost wholly represented by corpora tions, and tbo latter by various organizations. The message advocates a scientific and industrial education for the working classes, in additlou to the regular studies of the schools, and favora arbitra tion us a peaceful method of 41 adjusting the reia. Hons between capital and labor." TUB MILITIA. The message speak, of the juirl taken by the militia during the labor troubles, and closes on that subject as follows: Recognizing the exact conditions of the problem we have to solve, I invite your co operation In making some desirable changes lu the law to better prepare the troops for active duty. The staudiBg menace, in any future disturbance, that the railroads may be nselesa for transportation either by the absolute refusal of the engineers aud crews to man them, or from tracks being lorn up or bridges burned, makes it necessary to fully equip the militia for long marches and the field. Except In one or two Instances the troops, although in receipt of the regular yearly allowance of money, were found provided only with uniforms and arms, all the equipments for active, eoutiuuoua and inde pendent service--blankets, overcoats, haversacks, canteens, etc.-helug in part or wholly wanting. A modification of the liw is required to devote the fund to purely military purposes. The Executive has power by law to reorganize and reduce the National Ouard, in accordance with tne recom mendation of the adjutant-general, but the action of the Legislature will be necessary to re-apportion the annual appropriation among the organizations and confer authority upon the adjutant-general to issue the allowance in clothing and equipment, or in money, in hi. discretion, as the service require.. I earueety recommend that pension, be given to the widows and families of those of the militia who fell in the service of the State. The public welfare demanded the service in which these men lost their lives, and justice require, that the Slate, which profited by the sacrifice, should contribute to the support of those who have been deprived, for its sake, of their natural protection. I trust that, upon the broad principles of common justice, thia recog nition of devotion to duty will be universally con ceded, and that Pennsylvania, who ha. been so generous to the orphans of her volunteers will not be less than just to the widow, and children of tier militia. ' '- MIBGKLLANEOVs. I desire to-call your attention to several subject., which. If of lee. liniwrtance than those just dis cussed, are yet of sufficient moment to demand con sideration. The present act fixing the fees of coun ty officers, passed in 1SS8, has been so often modi fied by special provisions that there i. no longer any uniformity in fta application and a general revision ol the bill is advisable. I think, Indeed, that the salarv provision might advantageously b extended to all the ooantiea of the State whose populstlca falls below the constitutional limitation ol oue hun dred and fifty thooaand. The bonds of recorder, of deeds of the several counties, fixed by the act of March 14, 1777, ia now wholly dlsproportiauat. to Ihe bus neaa of the office, and I, therefore, recom mend that the security for the faithful performance of the d ul Ies of their office and preservation and de livery of the record, be readjusted and inoreeeed. In connection with the geological survey, it would be well to make arrangements for a topographical survey of the Bute, and the preparation of accurate rop?J:Vbe VnUed tiu,t survey corp.. It i. said there (ta great doubt of the correctness of the present location of the boundaries and point, of ih. State, and, as thi i expense would be .Tight and the results trustworthy-end valuable, and orobablr eeimbur! to the Bute b, the sal. of genlr?l anJ local minutely-detailed map. of the highest author!, tv. 1 think It would be wellto autboriaTth. work lu 1861 the price uf the phamphlet lawa waa raised from fifty cents to one dollar per volume, since the adoption of the uew constitution the volume use decreased In size, and much complaint is made at Uncharge. 1 recommend the pastaga ol an act fix ing the price, where the volume does not exceed Snt hnndred and fifty pages, at forty cents t where it exeeeila one hundred and fifty page, and does not exceed three hundred pages, at sixty cents ; and for all volume, containing over three hundred pages, oue dollar. In- conclusion, 1 beg leave to renew my reeom. mendation. of last year, concerning forests, exemp tion laws, poll taxes ud board of health--to pre serve the first, prevent the waiver of the second, to equslize the third and establish the last. , COMCLCsIOM. Assembling after the grave events of the year and confronted by the great questions to which they have given prominence, it is scarcely possible to exaggerate the Importance of your labors. I have endeavored to lay before you an authentic statement of facts, aud point out wherein, in my judgment, the machinery of govei nment can be Improved. Whether or not these views meet your approvsl, I heartily pledge, in advance, my cordial co-operntlon In any legislation that will give Pennsylvania a strong and just government, which can protect the good citizen in all hi. rights and open to the igno rant, the prejudiced and even the criminal the way to refinement and self-supporting industry. The Divine government that designs the salvation of the meanest of men should be our model, and we should earnestly strive to enlarge the circle of intelllKence and prosperity until it embraces all classes of the people. 3. V. Habikaskt. Habbiudiro, January S, 1878. The Arms of Great Britain. My young readers have doubtless of ten observed upon familiar objects, such ns books, china and steel ware, etc., the de vice of a lion and a horse (sometimes represented as a unicorn) supporting between them a shield, surmounted by a crown. On the shield are certain divi sions called "qnorterings," in one of which you will observe two lions and a horse. Attached to the whole is the motto, IHeu et tnon droit, French words, whose meaning is, " Qod and my right.'' If you inquire, you will be told that this device is the "coat-of-arms " of Great Britain, as the eagle, shield and olive branch is that of the United States, and that all articles thus marked are of British manufacture. In old times the national symbol of England was the rose, of Scotland the thistle, of Ireland the shamrock or clover. When England claimed Ireland and Scotland, these three were united on the British royal shield, as we find them in the time of Queen Elizabeth. On a victory over France, the symbol of France, a unicorn, was also added, the unicorn wearing a chain, to denote the subjection of France to England. When a new sovereign succeeds to the crown, he has a right to place his own family coat-of-arms on the royal shield of Great Britain. George the' First did this. The two lions and the white horse, which yon see on one of the quarterings is the coat-of-arms of the Guelphs, who vere dukes of Brunswick and Hanover iu Germany. It is therefore ci lied the arms of the House of Brunswick, and it is about this that I now design to tell you. We read in history that wheu the great Charlemagne conquered the northern countries, one of the Saxon leaders, named Wittikind, refused to submit to him, and that, in consequence, many bloody battles were fought, where in the Saxons bore in the van a tall Cole surmounted by a wooden horse's ead. This was their ensign; and wheu they afterward became more civilized, they retaiued the same emblem, a white horse painted upon a black ground which remains to this day the stand ard or banner of the little kingdom of Saxony. In the year 861, just about one thousand years ago, Bruno, the son of a Saxon king, founded a city in Saxony which he called after himself, Brnnonis Vicus, now known as , Brunswick. He retained as the standard of Brunswick the white horse of Saxony, And thus it remained until the end of the tliree huo- oeeding ocnturies. About that time the reigning prince of Brunswick was a cer tain Henry Guelph, a leader ia the Crusades, noted for his strength and daring which acquired for him the title of "Henry the Lion." This prince refused to own allegiance to the great Emperor of Germany, Frederick Bor barossa. He declared himself indepen dent, and as a token of defiance set up a great stone lion in Brunswick, and had the same symbol placed upon his stan dard, two tons supporting a shield be neath the white horse. Thus yon know the origin of the Brunswick coat-of-arms. But how oauie the banner of a small German country to be adopted on the arms of Great Britain ? This I will now explain. About the year 1650, the then reign ing Duke of Brunswick, afterward also Elector of Hanover, married the grand daughter of King James the first of England. Their eldest sou was named George Louis. When, on the death of Queen Anne, the English were in want of a successor, they looked about among those nearest of kin to the royal family, and decided to choose this great grandson of King James I. Thus it was that George Louis Guelph a Saxon German came to be King George the First of England, and this was how the lion-and-horse " arms of Brunswick and Hanover came to be also part of the arms of Great Britain. His suocesEors were George the Second, George the Third (against whose rule the American colonies rebelled), George the Fourth, William aud lastly Queen Victoria the present queen, who is grand-daughter to George the Third. Thus you under stand how Queen Victoria is descended from the princes of Brunswick ; how she happens to be of German instead of English blood, and why her name is Guelph. &t. Nicholas. Horse-Shoeing-. In the United States. England and Tranoe, the horse-shoer simply takes the horse's foot on his knee to shoe it. This depends to some extent on the nature of the breed. 01 horses, which in some coun tries are, on the average, more shy, and inoii oi mem coma not well be treated in this way. Thus, in the Netherlands. and in parts of Germany, the horse is placed iu a narrow stall, where short ohains are attached Co the uprights: then one of these ohains is placed around the horse's ankle and the foot lifted and tied np to a convenient height for the smith to do his work. In Turkey and Servia the norse neaa is neld by one man, an other holds the leg on his arm, while the third operates on the foot In Russia the horse is plaoed in a square cage, made of rough wooden planks, and ia g tract) ed around the bellw with wide leather straps attached to cross bars of framework; tus bead is also salelv tied, the foot is fixed to a stake in the ground and is held by an assistant, while the unmn nans on tne snoe. Break of Day. j Cruel white wave In sad nnder-tone Break at my feet with desolate moan. Far in (lie distance an eye can reach, Only a long strip Of sandy beach. Backward and forward, to left, to right, Blacker the darknesR upon the night. Bugged and silent the mountains loomt Pitiless shadow of corning doom I Is there no herald of dawning day Over the ocean bo cold and gray ? Waiting, I watch on the shore in valu t Fast throbs my heart with IU bitterest pom. Turn from the desolate moaning sea It hath no part in thy life or thee. Dreary the path where no flowers bloom By nigged shore through the mountains' gloom. Thine U the burden t with weary feet. Brave, not despairing, tby Fate go meet From pain no longer a coward shrink j Though the cup Is bitter, thy lips must driuk. Earthward no more turn thy tearful gaze : Who works in earnest, in earnest prays. The rough dark road thou wouldst fain forget? Upward and onward ! The end is not yet ho ! the mountain's crown, on the ebony night Glows with a glory of rosy light ! Dark in the valley ; the sea is gray ; But the hill-top burns, the beacon of day. ' A flrey shaft from the golden East Enkindles the niter where God is Priest Rosy lights creep down the mountain-side, Flushing the slow heaving, swelling tide. Rainbow of promise high overhead Tells the Day coming with silent thread. Slowly the curtain of night is furled Slowly the light of Qod blexses the world. Throngh the shimmering gold of breaking day A whito-winged sail is speeding its way. Ah, blessed Day, full of hope new-born, That brings my love in its happy dawn ! Hhine out in the sky t O glorious sun I The end is not yet. life has jiut begun. Ellis Gray in Harper' Magtvtint for Jmf tiw A DISEASE OF THE HEART. The days of my clerkship were ended; my examination was over; I was ad mitted; wrote myself "Xehemiah Hubbs, attorney;" put up my new, bright little sign, and in my native village began my professional career. No, I did not, either. I am mistaken. I intended to pursue the honorable profession to which I had dedicated my talents and learning in the place of my birtn; but never was a truer word penned than the time-honored Eroverb, "A prophet has no honor in is own country. I believe if I had remained in the village of Green Briar till my head was white, they would have thought of me as nothing but a boy, and would have feared to trust me. Even after my sign was put np nobody called me Mr. Hubbs; it was still " Ne," with old and young, and " Ne " I would have remained to this day had I remained in Green Briar. Only one case claimed my attention during the three mouths of my patient continuance in Green Briar, after being admitted to the bar, and that was the case of au unjustly impounded pig, "feloueously extracted, your honor, from the small but secure spot in which mv client had trustingly deposited him; and maliciously driven to a public enclosure called a ponnd, for the vile purpose, doubtless, of compelling my client, in his poverty and destitution, to pay the enormous fee that has been demanded of him, in order to extricate the animal I from his unpleasaut position aud restore him to the bosom of his family 1" By this I meant the client's family, the pig having none of its own. It was a figure of speech undoubtedly, the family not inhabiting an Irish cabin, but still it rounded off the period and sounded well to me as I repeated over and over again my maiden speech, pacing up aud down the floor of my little office. In this my first t'ase, I was successful so far as to rescue the impounded animal and save my client from the payment of an unjust demand; but it brought no silver to my pocket, neither, to my surprise, did it bring honor to my name. The eloquence of my speech did not form the theme, as I fondly hoped it would, of paragraphs in the village papers, or of discussion at the corner of the streets; neither did it bring to my oflioe the rush of clients for which daily I vainly made ready. It was plain that I should never rise to distinction in Green Briar, and so I came to the sudden determination to remove from that pleasant spot and settle in some city where nobody knew or heard of me; and where, above all, there was not a sonl to call me "Ne." There I was more successful, and soon had the opportunity of forming a very advantageous partnership. Business iucreased; money began to come in, slow at first, but after a time more plentifully, and all things seemed prosperous in my outward circumstances. But, alas ! as we are often told poetically, there is no sweet without its bitter, no rose without its thorn; and trouble came to me in the shape of disease, insidious and slow in its approaches at first, long feared and suspected, but at length betrayed itself so plainly that I could blind myself no longer to the truth. Yes 1 I was, without doubt, a victim to disease of the heart ; not metaphoric ally, dear reader, for never had the or gan beat with a quicker pulsation at the approach of mortal woman. So far as the gentle sex was concerned I was a perfect stoio ; but that there was organio disease about my heart I could not doubt, and if ever the symptoms dis closed themselves unmistakably they did so in my case. There was a fluttering, palpitating, irregular action, and at length, pain. I could not work. Life had lost its zest. The fear of sudden death was ever with me ; I could enjoy nothing. If I had anything to leave, or anybody to leave it to, I should have made my will, for I was quite sure now that I should drop some day lifeless in the street, or that the morning would soon come whenlhe power to rise from mv hfvl wonld have left me. I remained in my boarding-house and found no comfort in anything but my n.icar mwI mv dread disease rrew worse and worse. As yet I had consulted no physician, partly, i tnin, irom tne ap nrahenaion of having my fears con firmed ; but as I sat by my indow oue day. smoking as vigowasly an ever, gazing abstractedly, across the Btreet, my attention waa arrested by a modest n we Bign upon bu opposite blind "O L. -Todd, 11. D." ' While thinking whether or not it would be best to make a trial of the physician's skill, a sudden twinge and nutter decided me ; yes, I would send for Dr. Told and know the worst at once I , Summoning the only male servant belonging to the establishment, I told him to step over and ask Dr. Todd to come and see me as soon as possible, The boy grinned, What areyon laughing at ?" I asked. " Is not Dr. Todd a good physician ?" " Oh, yes, sir," he answered. I be lieve she is a very good physician, but she hain't never tended nobody here." "She!" said I to myself ( "the boy, surely, lifts Welsh blood ia hlsS vefns ; they always she every thing. The boy returned ' sayintf I ' "The doctor wasn't home, sir, but I left your name on the slate." ' . . ' , , In the course of the afternoon; as I lay upon the sofa, with myhane pressed upon my heart, to still its irregular pul sations, there was a soft tap at my door. " Come in," I called out, and, to my sur prise, in came the neatest, brightest, most cheerful-looking little woman it had ever been my lot to meet. "Yon sent for me, I believe, sir I" she said, in a brisk, pleasant way. "I, No, madam, yon are laboring under a mistake." " Ah ! I beg your pardon," said the little woman. I found on my slate the name of Mr. Hubbs, No. 14, Mis. Grey's boarding-house, with a request that I wonld call and see him." " Your slate, madame I" I exoloimed, my astonishment increasing every mo ment; "yon surely are not a" "Physioianl yee, sir," she inter rupted, quickly ; " I am a physician, Dr. Todd." " Extra ordinary1!" waa all I could say, for though I had heard at a distance of the existence of snsh b- .ngs, this was my first introduction t a female prac titioner of the Esculapian art. It was rather awkward, but since ehe had come, I determined to make the best of it, and acquaint the lady doctor with my case. She felt my pulse, asked numerous questions as to my symptoms, and then, in her quick, bright way, exclaimed : " Nervous 1 Nervous 1 that's all, de pend upon it. Excuse me, sir, but by the air of your room I suppose yon are much given to smoking.'.' "I plead guilty." " And how many cigars do you usually smoke in a day ?" .-' "I could not tell; I never counted; as soon as I threw away one I took another, usually." .ri' Hum I a cigar in yvurnouL pretty much all the time, eh ? Chew, too 1" Again a reluctant confession whs wrung from me. " I presume you sit up late, smoke all the time?" " Yes, ma'am, smoking and reading." " That's it. No disease of the heart at all, sir; nothing but tobacco. It will make you fancy anything : It'll drive you crazy, if you don't take core. Now will you promise to follow my advice closely? If not I will Uke my leave immediately." I promised, submissive as lamb. "In the first place then throw away all your cigars and tobacco and promise to buy no more." With a sigh given to my sole consola tions I said I would do as she directed. Many more directions she gave me as to diet, exercise, early hours, etc. Per haps, she saw, too, that cheerful com panionship was something I needed, so she remained awhile, talking with greut glee and spirit about matters and things in general ; aud, promising to call and see me the next morning, she left. I had not felt so well in a great while ; indeed, I had not given my heart a thought since the little woman entered the room. The next morning I found mvself watching impatiently for the arrival of my little doctor. She came bright and cheerful as the day before. What a per fect little sunbeam she , was I I could not help growiug better under her care. and the influence of her cheering pres ence, sua yet managea to contrive some ache or pain every day as an excuue for the continuance of her visits. At length I found that my heart, which had long been quiet, and apparently free from disease, began to flutter and palpi tate again ; but I observed it was only when I heard the little woman's tap at my door, or felt her soft Angers on my wrist. In short, as she had driven the disease out of my heart, that little woman herself hod walked into it. I could no longer blind myself to the fact; and when she one day told me that I was now off the sick list, and out of her hands, I determined that she should not so easily get out of mine. So I told her as she had now given ease to my heart in one respect, she must not leave till sue Had done so in another, or I should be worse off tkau I was before. The little woman looked perplexed. Then I stated my case and explained my symptons a second time, snowing her the distressed Btate of my heart, Sid she alone could cure it. The former disease she had removed by an occasional visit ; the latter could only be cured by her promising to come and take up her abode w ith me as a resident physician. She understood me now, and by the way she pressed her hand against her own little fluttering heart, one would have thought the disease was contagious : and I verily think it was. So now we are both to apply to a clergyman who is to form between us a life partnership as lawyer and physician. . . . . But one thing troubles me, of which I uaa no mougni nil now ; tnot it is necessary to have our cards engraved. Married people are usually "Mr, and Mrs. So and So," or "Mr. Such a One and Lady :' but will any one nlnus- toll me how I and my little wife are to be designated. Will it be " Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Hubbs V or " Mr. and Mrs Trv.Vtt... M.D. Y or, as the ladies are going ahea-i so fast in these days of woman's rights will I sink into still lesser insifirniflcanno' and shall we be " Dr. Todd and Gentle man r or must 1 arep the name of tiuDDs altogether ana become a Todd too ? Somebody please tell how to have tnoae cards engraveu, "CHINA rows." How Ike Chinese Live In Nasi Krftnclac). A Chinese eating-house, writes a gan Francisco , . correspondent, is usually three-stories. The first floor is for cook ing, and the apparatus is very extensive. The second floor has tables for common folks. The third story is for grandees and distinguished people. The princi pal living is pork and chickens. The food is prepared in small saucers, and sells "two bits" (three shillings) for three dishes. A grand dinner was in preparation. The table was set for fif teen persons. Around each plate woe a clnster of toy dishes, cups and glosses. The tea is steamed and then put into these tiny cups, and is said to ue deli cious. Amid the jargon of rude music the company, chattering like a oottou mill, sat ployiug cards and dominoes. Lodging-houses swarm with Chinese of the lower order, like bees. From ten to fifteen persons occupy each room. They sleep on shelves, anil are crowded into every imaginable place. The room reeks with tobacco and opium smoke. All sorts of labor are carried on in the room, where all people crowd. Chairs are mended, shoes soled, and the buzz of the sewing machine blends with other noises. Joss houses are numerous. The prin cipal temples are very costly. A carved, wooden image of Joss holds the place of honor over the altar. He squats a regular Mongolian, with a huge black bead covering his breast. He would not make a bad likeness of Bacchus. The likenesses of Joss are similar everywhere. The ornaments are gold, and the paint ings red and yellow wonld adorn a circus. The names of prominent donors are conspicuously posted up. . All Chinamen can read and write in their own language. They claim 30,000 words, and these are used as signs. An ordinary aooonntaut can easily keep the books of the heaviest merchant Thev count by means of a frame filled with buttons. It is something like a school frame for adding and multiplying. They Ubo no pen and no figures. They can odd up the heaviest sum with the veloc ity of thought on the machine. They run au account from 1 to 815,000 with surprising accuracy. Some of the local ities of Chinatown are positively danger ous, even with an officer. Among these is High Binder's Lane, where murders are often committed. It is the abode of the desperate and daring. Their num bers are countless. They have trap doors for the unwary and refuges iu which they hide from the officers of the law. They come upon their victim in droves, rob him, maltreat him, some times soai him witJi knives. They are ont of sight in a moment. They look so much alike that no one ram identify them. No Chinese was ever, know to betray another or testify against him in court." A Forgotten Fextlral. Little more than a couple of genera tions ago, the 25th of November was a holiday in many parts of the Midland agricultural districts in England. No matter what might lie the state of the weather, no interruption of the festivi ties was allowed, however great might be the discomfort of those taking part in tllft " fliitliiirin Pi'm.lnn " In llio I towns, those Utkiug part in the prwoes-1 sious were principally female children belonging to the work-honseK, who disi carded for the nonce their onstomnrv workhouse attire, nud appeared neatly dressed iu white, decorated with various colored ribbons, chiefly scarlet, the tall est girl being selected to represent the queen, or rather saint, for which purpose she was provided with a tinseled crown or sceptre. The procession invariably made a stop at the dwellings of the prin cipal townsmen, when the children sting a ballad beginning thus : "Here conies Quem Catherine, as iitio as anv queen. With a coach and nix liors a-voniitig U be seen s And a-.i.'iunlng we will go, will go, will go, Aud a-npinutng we will go !" While this was being suug, several of the children would beg for money at the neighboring houses, the proceeds being devoted to defraying the cost of the pro cession and providing the little ones with tne unwonted luxury of a good dinner. One of the most famous of these pro cessions was that at Feterborough, which was continued until the introduction of the new poor law, when the " Cotheriue .rrocesHious became tilings of the past. Previous to this, spinning constituted the principal occupation of the female inmates cf the work-houses, hence the origin of the festival, St. Catherino being popularly regarded as the patron saint of this particular industry. She was also regarded in a similar light by the Midland lace makers, many of whom signalize the arrival of " Kattern's Day" with a rump steak and onion dinner au example largely emulated by the North amptonshire shoemakers, who evidently think more of a " Kattern Supper " than of a "Crispin Dinner." But these festival meals furnish a poor substitute for the picturesque features which formerly marked the celebration of St Catherine's Day, which already displays indications of speedily becoming added to the lengthy list of forgotten festivals. . Water for the Eyes. A writer in Prater" a Mayaiine thinks that, whatever hesitation there may be justly called for in recommending one or another of the various lotions now so popular, there need be no such doubt in respect to cold water or pure water. He says in cases of much inflammation or difficulty in opening the eyelids in the morning, experienced by so many, the water should be warm, and it may be mixed with warm milk, but in nearly all other cases it should bo cold. All those who have been engaged in reading or writing during feveral hours at a stretch, and especially at sight, should carefully bathe the eyes with cold water before going to bed and the first thing In the morning's ablutions. AU artisans too, who work at a blazing fire ought often to wash their eyes with cold pure water, and so should all those who work in wool, particularly carders and spin ners, and those likewise who are em ployed in woolen and cotton manufac tures, the fine4Ht2'hich such works '"" iirfTTr oataroctH. oh. riimationH, swelled eyelids, Tko Fox Stratagems. In Oorlbncr'g Afayazine for January, B. E, Robiuson has an article on " Fox Hunting in New England," from which we make the following extract : But think not thus early nor with such suc cessful issue is every chase to close. This was ended before the fox had used auy other trick for baffling the hounds, but his simplest oue of running iu cir cles. An hour or two Inter, an old fox finding the dogs still holding persistent ly to all the windings of his trail, would have sped awoy to another hill or wood a mile or so off, and would have crossed newly p'owed fields, the fresh earth leaving no tell-tale scent ; would have taken to traveled highways, where dust and the hoofs of horses and the foot steps of men combine to obliterate the traces of his passage : or have trod gin gerly along many lengths of the top roils of a fence and then have sprung off at right angles with it to the grouud, ten feet away ; and then, perhaps, have run through a flock of sheep, the strong odor of whose feet Wots out the eceut of hia. These artifices quite bewilder aud baffle the young dog, but only delay the elder who knows of old the tricks of foxes. Nothing can be more admirable than the manner of his working, as he comes to the edge of the plowed field. He wastes no time in useless pottering among the fresh-turned furrows, but with rapid lopes skirts their swarded lsorder, till, at a far corner, his speed slackens as his keeu nose catches the scent again iu the damp gross ; he snuffs at it an mutant to assure himself, then sounds a loud, melodious note, aud goes on lmying at every lope till the road is reached. Along this lie zigzags till he finds where the fox has left it. And now comes the puzzling bit of fence. The old dog thiuks the fox has gone through it ; he goeB through it himself, but finds no scent there ; puzzles about rapidly, now trying this side, now that ; at last he bethinks himself of the top, to which he rlaralwrs and there finds the missing trail. But his big fe-t cannot tread the "giddy footing' of the rail as could B'ynard's dainty pari, m down he goes and" tries on either aide for tie point wh:re the fox Mt the t'-nr. Haniring np and down, too near it, t hit the spot where Keynarl tvoik. tLe ground he fails to recover the cMcf, stop) raifcie his dcm and uMn Vx.st, mournful how!, Llf vexiifon, hall de spair. Now he climbs to th top riii further ou and snuffs it thT. "J' taint of a fox's foot is her," ao b r-4-sons, " and he must hive jii3itci fr"jTU the fence betwtto her and tL pla.: where I found it," nd artie cu this logical conclusion, he cireies wi.lelr sill ne can picsed up Uye tnui o&c m.:?, t aud goes merrily oa to the sheep-pumre. ! Here, sat'sf ying Linrs!f of the character I of this trick, he adopts the same plan employed at the plowed field, and after a little, finds the trail on the other side and follows it to the hill, but more slowly now, for tb.3 fox has been gone some time ; the frost has jielted, the mointure is exhaling and die scent grow ing cold. The fox bas long since reached the hill nud half encircled it, aud now hearing the voices of the hounds so far away ond so slowly neoring, has bestowed himself ou the mossy cunluou of a knoll for rest aud cogitatiou. Here he lies abalf hour or more, but always alert i ,U1'1 while the dogs draw slowly on, now almost losing the trail on a dry Huge, now catcuiug n in a moist, propi tious hollow, till at lust a nearer burtt warns poor sly-boots that he mut again up and away.' A Mini Oiisiiiued in a ltlit Furnace. 1 A frightful accident occurred at the works of Messrs. William Whit well & Co., piff iron manufacturers, South Stockton, Eugland. About eight o'clock the hopper of No. S furnace was charged with ironstone, etc., by a mau mi mod James Uiggins and other woikmen, aud iu order to allow the material to fall into the furnace au attempt was made to lower the bell a largo conical-shaped apparatus, which tits hit j the ring or bottom of the hopper about two feet into a broader space. Iu consequence of having beeu raised too rapidly c'u the previous occasion the bell had become tightly jammed in the upper port- of the ring, and could not bo moved. Two or tliree exjiedients were tried without effect, aud ultimately Higgins procured a largo hummer, Lleaped on to the bell, and ttruck it a blow. The apparatus immediately sank into the broader space, and Higgins unfortunately weut with it. A groan was heard, but nothing could be seen of the poor fellow, he having t muted with the material beneath the )t-ll into the furnace. The blast was at once thrown off, and a powerful current f air forced in, but the horrible smell which rose proved that the poor fellow's body was being rapidly consumed, and not the slightest portion, ef course, was recovered. The burial service of the Roman Catholic Church, to which the deceased belonged, was read by ihe Rev. Mr. Shanahan ou the top of the furnace shortly after the accident. The deceased was a married mau, and leaves a widow and severtd children. Comparative Value of Woods. It is a great convenience to know the comparative value of different kinds of wood for fuel. Shellbark hickory is re garded as the highest standard of our forest trees, and calling that 100. other trees will compare with it for real value as fuel for house purposes as follows ; Shellbark hickory, 100 ; pignut hickory, i)5 ; white oak, 84 ; white ash, 77 ; dog wood, 75 ; scrub oak, 73 ; wliite hazel, 72 ; apple tree, 70 ; red oak, 67 ; white beech, i ; black birch, 6!i ; yellow oak. 60 ; hard maple, 59 ; white elm, 58 ; red oedar, 56 ; wild cherry, 55 ; yellow pine, 54 ; chestut, 52 : yellow poplar, 51 ; butternut and white birch. . 43 : wliite pine, 80. It is worth bearing iu mind that in woods of the same species there is a great difference, according to the soil on which they grow. A tree that grows on a wet, low, noh r round will be less solid and less durable for fuel. and therefore of less value than a tree of the same kind that grows on a dry and poor soil. To the ordinary pur chaser oak ia oak and pine is pine, but for home nae, the tree grown on dry up land and standing apart from others is wortn a great neat more. Items of Interest. All the best fashions in cloaks and dresses are originated in this country. Cincinnati claims to hove originated the first baby show, and the youngster who took the first prize is still living. New Mexico has discovered an iron mountain lO.CViO feet high, but it is so for from market that she will trade it foi an old shot-gun and a dog. , The fishermen of Venice have licons. to fish in any citizen's cellar after 10 o'clock at night. See what too much water would do for this country. Here is a problem for scientists: Why is it that in winter overshoes are called Arctic, while they keep us warm; ond in summer soda water is called Arctic, and keeps us cool ? Kate Field writes: " The best friends I have in the world are American men, and if I have not married one it is be cause I love too many of them." The customs returns at New York show a large increase in the imports of Japanese goods, the trade between the United States and Jopau having grown nearly three hnndred per cent, since the Centennial exhibition. A man may elude a disagreeable creditor for a long while sometimes, but there's one thing in this uncertain vale of tears he cau't dodge. When a sneeze has business with a fellow, it alwoys finds him at home. Cincinnati Break fast Table. Workmen employed iu digging for the foundations of the areheH of tbo Brook lyn bridge approaches recently, came npou on old English bayonet, fourteen feet under ground, which wos much eaten by rust, but in which the crown of England was still traceable. The organization .formed iu New York fourteen years ago to protect working women from unscrupulous and rascally employers has douo un immense amount of good. It has brought six thousand (k-fruiil;rn of helpless women to justice, and ha-H Hnt many of them to prison. The ayrfipfctLftc na t,i ihrt Burliug U,n il'i'jrhtyt m.tv "(k.a f,i 'h most pitifat frA-:i(s ia. fliv.n trl wiuttr riStr i 41 tMfoS '! i.Trix.g wj, wlio f.ji"uii mvjir-nt iu rairt act: run !7in:iuia Tarsi ku Utmurt vm- tli for fui i)ii"ju.r u'.it Hit Ici'-iirfi irt -mitont a A SVy York ftilliin-'I ntl-x. was en ter! hj SiiitiT c-.n isro. Their ' fcnai;! fcy tie appear Ui'.' uf! fry j fcir. wi were supposed 5c b tiuiiitii. fcS vLo walked into the aIi-.i.u a.bjil tl taii time as the burg U. Ta tx made by the bruins WiCAid Trvbodv in the house, and the bargUrs escaped into the street at once. a STOBT OP CUUiEKE IOVE. The festive Ah Goo And Too Hay, the fair They met, and' the two Concluded to pair. They " spooned " iu the way That most lovers do, And All Goo kissed Too Hay, And Too Hay kisued Ah Goo. Said the festive Ah Goo, hia heart swelled with pride, " Me heap likee you Yon heap be my blide." J... : 1. More Marine Monster. Whatever may be ultimately decided as to the existence or non-existence of the sea serpent, it seems plain that there exist at the bottom of the sea monsters quite equally worthy of the name of le viathan. The most hideous and gigantic of these denizens of the deep sea of which tradition speaks belong to the starfish or octopus species, and it was the bodies, or rather fragments of bodies, of creatures of this Bort which were col lected and placed in the museums at Utrecht and Amsterdam after the storms of 1639 aud 17!. Professor Steeustreep, who is au authority in these matters, describes a sea monster which was thrown ashore in 1853, the head of which was as fat as that of a robust child. Eigh years later, the captaiu of a small Freiicli vessel claimed to have Been off the coast of Teueriffe another of these creatures, more than fifteen feet long, without couuting its huge arms. This hist was swimming or floating at the time on the top of the water, and a chase ensued, but without any further success than that of tearing oft' and securing some morsels of the fins and skin. Laet year, however, during the tremendous storm of September, it seems that a complete specimen of a similar prodigy was cast ashore in Newfoundland. A description of it is given by the Journal Illuntre, whereby it appears that it was no lens than nine feet long and six feet in circumference, and had the arms or feelers covered with some 2,000 suckers of an inch esch in dinmeter, two of the arms being as much as twenty-eight feet long. Wheu the brute was first found it was still alive, and was glaring sav agely with eyes which were literally like, those of the fabulous dogs, as big as saucers, measuring five or six inches across. It was at this time of a darn red color, but ia a very few minutes after being left high aud dry it died, aud the color both of its body and of its limbs at , once faded away to a dull white. Only ' one thing is wanting to the account in the Journal JlltnUe, and that is a state ment what became of the fish when captured, and where so valuable a curi- . ' . a i- . i. : t .: OMiy is now kj ue neeu uu tmuiuiLiuii. The Electric Light. The first experiment with the electric light iu Berlin, was made recently, in the new synagogue iu Oranienbuig street, before a large crowd of people. Iu the court-yard of the building a sta tionary apparatus furnished the light, wiiicii was conducted over the roof into two of the five round windows, whence the light streamed down on the syna- . gogue below. The effect was astonish ing. The light was so brilliant that it illuminated the gallery and the remotest corners of the edifice. The splendor of the light was vivid, but not offensive to the sight In comparison with gas, the result is as follows : Qas, per hour, $15 ; the electric light, SI for the same time. The apparatus costs several thousand marks. The synagogue waa also lit up outside by the electric light, bringing it out as bright as day, and producing a most magical effect. Qas burned along side of the electric light looked pale, and was, as it were, thrown into the shadow f
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