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VOL. VII. lUBGAV AY, ELK COUNTY, PAv, THURSDAYr JANFllY 10, 1878. NO. 47.
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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
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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