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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL DESPERANDUM. Two Dollars per Annum.-
VOL. VII. : EIDGAVAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1878. NO. 52.
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Miss Edith's Modest Reqnets.
My Papa knows yon, and he Bays you're a man
who makes reading for books t
Bat I never read nothing yon wrote, nor did
Papa I know by hie looks.
8o I gttefls yon're like me when I talk, and I
talk, and I talk aU the day,
And they only say : " Do stop that child !'' or
" Knrset take Miss Edith away."
Bat Papa said if I was good I conld auk yon
alone by myself
If you wouldn't write me a book like this llttlo
one np on the she'f.
I don't mean the pictures, of course, for to
make them yon're got to ba smart ;
But the reading that inns all aronnd them,
yon know jnBt the easiest part.
ton needn't mind what it's about, for no one
will see it but me
And Jane that's my nurse and John he's
the coachman just only ns three
Yon're to write of a bad liKle girl, that was
wicked and bold and all that t
And then yon are to write, if you pleat e, some
thing good very good of a cat 1
This cat shf was viituons and meek, and kind
to he r parents, and mild,
And careful and neat in her ways, though l.cr
mistress was sueh a bad child ;
And hours she would sit and would gaze when
her mistress that's me was so bad,
And blink, nst as if Bhe would say : " Oh,
Edith, yon make my heart cad."
And yet, yon would scarcely believe it, that
beantifu', ange'ic cat
Was blamed by the servants for stealing what
ever, they said, she'd get at.
And when John drank my mi k ?on't yon tc'l
me! I know just the wav it was done
They said 'twas the eat and she a tting and
washing ber face in the tun 1
And then there was Dick, my cauary. When. I
left its cage open one day,
Tboy all made be icve thit ebe ate it, though
I know that the bird flow away.
And why? Just because she was p'aying with
a feather she found on the flocr.
As if cats couldn't play with a fea'her without
people thinking 'twas more.
Why, once we were romping together, when I
knocked down a vase from the she'f.
That cat was as grieved and distressed 8 if
she had done it herself ;
And she walked away sadly and Lid herself,
i n 1 never came out till tea
So they say, for they sent nie to bed, and sat
never came even to mo.
No matter whatever happened, it was laid at
the door of that cat,
Why, once when I tore my apron the wat
wrapped in it, and I called "Rat ! '
Why, they blamed that on her. I shall nevei
no, not to my dying day
Forget the pained look that she gave mi when
. they slapped me and took mo away.
Of course, you know juBt what comes next
when a child is as lovely as that.
She waiuted quite loiy away it was good
ness was killing the cat.
I know it was nothing she ato, for her tas'e
w as f xoeedingly nice ;
But they said she stole Bobby's ica cream, and
caught a bad cold from the ice.
And you'll promise to make me a book like
that little one up on the shelf,
An 1 you'll call her "Naomi," because it's a
name that she just gave herself ;
For the d scratch at my door in the morning,
and whenever I'd call out : ' Who's
there?"
Bhe would answer "Naomi! Naomi!" like a
Christian, I vow and declare.
And you'll put mo aud her in a book. And,
mind, you're to say I was bad ;
And I might have been badder than that but
for the example I had j
And you'll say that she was a Maltese, and
what's that yoa ask ? " Is the dead ?"
Why, plca-esir, there ain't no cat f You're to
make ono np out of your head 1
Bret Uarte in the Independent.
A NOVEL GIFT.
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" So you won't bare me, Nellie ? You
are euro you won't marry me ?"
Pretty little Mru. Nellie Willard look
ed meditatively out of the window into
the quiet village street, as if among the
leafless trees on the frost-bound land
scape she could find the answer to Harry
Levison's questions.
Then, after a moment, she turned her
face toward bira a face as fresh and
fair in its peachy bloom as many a young
girl ten years her junior.
" I I am afraid I can't, Mr. Levi
son." Mr. Levison looked ber straight in her
bright bine eyeB such lovely blue eyes,
soft ns velvet, and the color of a violet
that had bloomed in the shade.
"You are 'afraid' you can't, Mrs.
Willard ? Answer me another question
yes or no do you love me ?"
She blushed and smiled, and looked
bewitchingly.
"Why, Mr. Levison, I mean Harry,
of course I lo like you I I always did,
ever since I first knew you, years and
years ago."
" When Will Willard won the prize
all we fellows were striving for I So you
liked me then, Nellie, and yon . like me
now ? Then why don't you marry me ?
You've been a widow for three years
now. Isn't that long enough to mourn
the virtues of the departed ?"
" You wicked man ! As if 800 years
could ever teach me to forget poor, dear
Wilson."
Her bright eyes reproved him sharply,
and he accepted with good grace.
"Granting the tiuth, Nellie, that
your deceased husband was a good fel
low and a loving partner, I still cannot
see! why you refuse me. That is the
subject under consideration at present,
Nellie 1 Why don't you marry me ?"
Then Mrs. Willard's face grew a lit
tle paler, and her plump, lair bauds
trembled.
" Because, Harry, because Wilson
Willard made me promise never to mar
ry again."
" Stuff and nonsense ! What if he
did. A bad promise is better broken
than kept."
Mrs. Willard twisted her riug uneas
ily, and looked at the illuminated shield
of the stone.
"I know it is," she said, slowly,
"but"
Mr. Levison looked earnestly at hur.
leih-'baf what, NelJi t U oil reJ
epectl say it poor Will is dead and
gone; and you've been true to his mem
ory all these long years, and what has
he to do with you now ?"
"I know," she sail meditatively,
"but but, Harry, he modo me
solemnly promise never to marry again
under penalty of his everlasting dis
pleasure. And don't be angry with me,
Harry, will yon f But I almost know
he would appear to me I"
The lovely blue eyes were lifted in
such piteous appeal to his, and the
pretty little widow made such a ner
vous little move nearer to him, that it
was the most human thing in the world
for Mr. Levison to put his arm protect
ingly around her and assure her he
was not angry with her.
" So you believe he would haunt you,
Nellie, if you broke your promise r A
sensible little woman like you to verita
bly believe in such superstitions fol
derol 1 And, after having waited for
you ten years of your married-life, and
three years of your widowhood, you con
demn me to hopelessness for the sake
of such a chimera for the sake of such
a shadow as your husband's ghoet !"
And Nellie looked imploringly at him
again, and her lips quivered, and the
tears stood in great crystals on her
long lashes.
"Oh, Harry, how cruel you are 1 Yon
know I love' yon better than alj the
world, only I dare not marry again 1
Don't be angry please don't be angry
with me I"
And Mr. Levison looked down at her
lovely face, and assured her he never
could be angry with her, and then went
away heaping maledictions on the head
of the defunct husband who had been
tyrant enougb'to burden his young wife
with such a promise.
The last sunset rays were flinging
their golden aud scarlet pennons on the
pale, blue-gray sky, when Mr. Levison
opened the door of his cozy sitting-room
nt home, to be met by the laughing face
and gay welcome of a young gentleman,
who had evidently been making himself
ut home while he waited. .
"Heigho, Levison I Surprised to
see me ? How ore you old fellow how
are you ?"
Mr. Levison stared a second, then
greeted him warmly.
" Fred Willard 1 Where in Rename
of goodness did you spring from? Why,
I thought you "were not to sail from
Engloud for a long six months yet. Old
boy, bless yon, I'm glad so see yon, al
though for the instant I confess I was
startled you are the living image of
your brother Wilson. We've been dis
cussing ghosts, yon kuow "
Young Willard's eyes gleamed mis
chievously, as he interrupted irrever
ently: "'We' is good, Lev. You mean my
pretty little sister-in-law. I know she
religiously believes in 'em. I know I
am impi tient to see her for the first
time since Will's funeral."
Mr. Levison had been looking thought
fully at the embers glowing, like melted
rubies, behind the silver bars of the
grate; now he turned suddenly to Fred,
and hud his hand persuasively on his
shoulder.
"See here, Fred; you are a friend of
mine; and I am about to put your f riend
ship to the test. 1 want you to do me a
very great favor; will you?"
Fred laughed.
"Willi? Of course I will. What's
up ?"
And Mr. Levison turned the keys of
the doors, and the consultation lasted
until the housekeeper rang the dinner
bell.
Five hours later the moon was just
creeping over the tops of the trees,
making a perfect flood of silver-gold
glory on the quiet scene, and Mrs. Wil
lard, with fleecy-white zephyr shawl and
her crepe brown hair, was standing at
the kitchen door, on her return from a
tour of inspection to the snug little born
and carriage house, which she had per
sonally seen was secure for the night,
ever since her husband's death.
Her cheeks were flushed to the tint
of an oleander flower by the keen kiss
of the frosty air, and her eyes wero
glowing like blue fires as she stood there
one moment in the broad band of white
moonlight that lay athwart the floor
like a silent blessing. Then, with a
little involntary exclamation at the per
fect beauty of the night, she went in,
locked the door after her, for her three
servants were all retired for the night,
and then gave a little shriek, for stand
ing in the self-same accustomed place
he was wont to occupy, and looking as
natural as if it were himself in the flesh,
was her husband. She stifled her shriek,
and tried bravely to feel brave, but
her heart was tearing around very un
disciplinedly as she realized that she
was looking upon a bona-Jide ghost a
veritable inhabitant of the land of
eternal shadows.
"Will," she said, faintly, with her
hand tight on the handle of the door.
" Will, is it you ?"
His voice was precisely as it had been
in the old days mellow, musical, a little
domineering Will's undeniably, unmis
takably. "Who should it be but I, Nellie, aud
come on purpose to communicate with
you."
"Yes?" she gasped, "but what for?
I have tried I have done everything
that I thought you oould wish. There
is nothing wrong, Will !"
-The pale, moon-lighted face, the
speckless black suit, the spotless linen,
the very same in which he had been
buried, the low, familiar voice it almost
paralyzed Nellie, and yet, aided by the
very material contact of the doorknob,
ebe stood her ground and listened.
"Nothing wrong with you, Nellie,
but with me. I come to bring you a
present."
Nellie was startled, and looked at him
curiously, wondering what he had
brought from the other world.
" I present you," he said, " with your
liberty, for I can't rest in mv crave
knowing the wrong I unintentionally
committed in binding you to perpetual
widowhood for my sake. I oome to re
voke my decision to give you my full
permission to marry again, and my ad
vice WJ marry uuruue iievison. .promise
me you'll do it, and I will rest peacefully
forever."
" Oh, Will I if you will say so if you
think it best yes ! yes, I will 1" .
tier lace was paie enough now to have
patted, for ghoul hersolj,
" Go look at the big clock in the din
ing-room, Nellie, and see if it is near the
stroke of twelve."
She. went dumbly, mechanically, at his
behest ; and, when sho came back, he
was gone, and the moonlight streamed
in on an empty room.
Then the reaction followed, and Nel
lie flew up to her bed room, and locked
the door, and covered her head with a
shawl, and sobbed and cried hysteri
cally, until her over-wrought nerves
found relief in sleep.
The next day Mr. Levison sent a little
note over, apologizing for his seeming
discourtesy in not coming to bid her
good-by on his sudden departure for an
indefinite time, and telling her that her
cruel decision never to marry again had
been the cause of it, and that they might
never meet again, etc., eto.
To which Nellie, all pale, alarmed and
crimson with confusion, penciled an
answer, assuring him she had changed
her mind, and begging him to come over
to lunch, to see her, and meet her
brother-in-law, who had only jnstarrived
from abroad.
Of course Mr. Levison came, and it
didn't take two minutes to settle it, nor
did he laugh at her when she solemnly
related her experience of the night be
fore. "For it was his ghost, Harry, just as
true as I am alive and speaking to
yon 1"
"A jolly old I mean a thoughtful,
pains-taking spirit, Nellie! Bless his
ghostship. we'll hold him in eternal re
membrance." Nor did his countenance change a fea
ture, even when he and Nellie and Fred
Willard discussed the marvelously
obliging kindness of the departed.
Nor did pretty, blooming, blushing
Mrs. Nellie ever for a moment dream
that her visitant was Fred himself, as
sisted by a wig and false whisker nor
was there any need she should know, for
her lioppiness was secured, her con
science at ease.
An Indian War Dance.
The Leavenworth (Kansas) Times
thus describes a general war dance, exe
cuted in Chief Joseph's camp above
Fort Leavenworth : Chief Joseph and
his brethren were decorated in the most
gorgeous style, their dresses being
something new and iu the most varied
colore. The dance was given as a token
of respect to the memory of one of the
most valued chiefs of the tribe, who was
killed at the battle of Bear Paw Moun
tain. Tho chief was a leading brave,
and was one of high position in the
tribe. Joseph made the occasion of
great importance at the camp, and was
himself arrayed in magnificent style.
Several fine horses, borrowed frem the
officers of the garrison, were used on
the occasion by the warriors, and each
animal was decked in all that can be
imagined in the way of Indian notions
of beanty. Some were almost covered
with skins of various animals, while
around their necks were long strings of
bells and bead work, which would have
Ent a circus to shame. The tails of the
orses were artistically decorated with
eagle feathers. Among the horses used
was a handsome black steed owned by
Captain C. S. Ilsley, which was made
attractive by being caparisoned in
elegant style, and rode by a grandson of
the late survivor of tho original tribe.
The latter left bis "tepee "with quiet
dignity, aud, after mounting his horse,
joined the procession which circled
about the same in concert witn the
loud cries and wails of the women
within.
The ceremony was kept up for a long
time, and each one of the warriors
seemed in earnest. During the cere
mony Chief Joseph told Captain Ilsley,
who was present, through the inter
preter, Mr. Chapman, that the feeling
of the tribe had always been favorable
towards the white men, and that their
good will had always been looked for,
and that if his heart was taken out it
would show the truth of the assertion ;
that the tribe had the same feeling now
they always had, and that he hoped
when, if he should ever return to his
own country, he would be able to show
he had told the truth. He then, on
behalf of the tribe, presented Captain
Ilsley with a handsome buffalo robe as a
token of good faith. The ceremonies of
the dance were then begun and lasted
until a late hour iu the evening.
Shakespeare and the Bible.
Bead the following curious parallels
between Shakespeare and the" Bible.
They will be found interesting :
Bible "But though I be rude in
speech." 2 Cor. xi. 6.
Othello " Rude am I iu speech."
Bible " Consume thine eyes aud to
grieve thine heart." Samuel ii. 35.
Macbeth " Show his eyes and grieve
his heart."
Bible "Thou hast brought me into
the dust of death." Psalms.
Macbeth "Lighted fools the way to
dusty death."
Bible "Look not upon me, because
I am block, because the sun hath looked
upon me." Solomon Song i. 6.
Merchant of Venice " Mistake me
not for my complexion ; the shadowy
livery of the burning sun."
Bible "What is mau that thou art
mindful of him ! For thou hast made
him a little lower than the angels, thou
hast crowned him with glory and honor.
Thou madest him to have dominion over
the works of thy hands." Psalms viii.
i, 5. 6.
Hamlet "What a piece of work is
man I How noble in reason, how infinite
in faculties t In form and moving how
express and admirable I In action, how
like an angel ! In apprehension, how
like a God I The beauty of the world,
the paragon of animals."
A Paste fob Family Use. The Drug
gists' Circular gives the following re
ceipt for making a paste similar to that
used on postage stamps and gummed
labels: Dextrine, two ounces; acetio
acid, four drachms; alcohol four drachms;
water, two and a half ounces. Mix the
dextrine, acetio acid and water, stirring
until thoroughly uixed; then add alco
hol. For attaching labels to tin, first
rub the surface with a mixture of muria
tio acid and alcohol; then apply the
labels with a very thin coating of the
paste, and it will adhere almost p well
MOQ glMS. '
FAlOf, G Alt DEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Batter Making.
The American Farmer thus sums up
the various modes of making butter in
different parts of Europe : " Denmark
and Sweden, along with France, are the
countries which supply England, Brazil
and the east with butter. The prepara
tion of butter in the first two countries
is altogether the opposite of what takes
place in Franoe ; yet the products of
France appear, from market notes, to
realize the higher prices. In Denmark
and Sweden the butter is prepared from
cream skimmed from milk cooled in ice
the moment after the cows are milked;
it is churned at a similar low tempera
ture, well-worked to expel the milk ;
never washed, and salted at the rate of
four to six per cent. The French admit
this plan enables the butter to resist
rancidity and a hot climate, but at a loss
of its consistency, flavor and aroma. It
is the opinion of excellent judges, that
by adopting the Swartz process of but
ter making, viz. : cooling the milk by
means of ice or well-water, aud churn
ing the cream before it becomes at all
acid, bIbo at a low temperature, then
washing the bntter with water, salting
it once and for good, working it slightly
and rapidly, the most perfect butter for
exportation could be obtained. In
France butter is sent nnsalted to the
market, and hence its aroma and flavor
can be fully tested; the wholesale buy
ers then salt and barrel it np immediate
ly for exportation to Brazil, the most
important market after England. In
the case of the extreme east, Denmark,
however, beats Franco iu the market ;
but France is the first in the preparation
of fresh butter. It is admitted that
when a dairy is suitably fitted np, it is
advontageons to place the milk, immedi
ately on being drawn from the cow, in
pans cooled by ice or well-water ; this
secures a better throwing np of the
cream, and a more profitable yield of
butter. It is still a curious fact that
experiments made by M. MnisoDhante,
according to the Swartz process, foiled
to secure aroma and flavor in the but
ter, while in perfumery manufactories it
is by tho agency of cold that the volatile
and essential oils are fixed iu fatty sub
stances." Sweden seems to have orig
inated the plan of using deep cans,
which are set to the rim in water made
as cold as possible by the use of ice.
For the taste of many, the Swedish but
ter salted at the rate given above (from
a half to an onuce of salt per pound)
would be too salty. Our best dairymen
URe about one ounco to three pounds.
As a sequel to the above we clip the fol
lowing from the London Fanner: "A
Copenhagen paper states that importa
tion of American butter into Denmark,
which commenced some months ago, has
now attained considerable proportions,
many huudred packages being frequent
ly delivered in the same week. The
majority of it appears to come from
Canada, via Scotland, and, as at present
delivered, cannot for a moment compete
with the better class of Danish butters,
though it may do fairly well for pastry -making
and for cooking purposes gener
ally, and so prove a formidable rival to
the home-made butters of iuferior qual
ity. It is sold' retail at 5d. to 7?d.
per pound. The original quality of the
outter appears to be superior to that of
the Galncian butter formerly used in
Denmark, Its general get up,' too,
is good, audit is well packed; but the
long journey aud the tedious delay in
Scotland have a very injurious effect
upon it. In the colder season of the
year it may, perhaps, arrive in better
condition, more especially tinder better
arranged and accelerated service, in
which case a very keen competition with
home production must ensue."
.Medical Hints.
Acidity op the Stomach. This nu
be corrected by using alkalies. Borax
is good, if used properly. Take a small
pinch every day; too muoh might cause
nausea.
For Dyspepsia. Burn alum until the
moisture in it is evaporated; then take
as much as you can put on a dime, about
half au hour before eating. Three or
four days probably will answer; but take
it until cured.
Sprains. Cold fomentations ore use
ful in sprains, but not until the active
inflammation has subsided, and it is re
quired to give tone and strength to tho
part. The best way of applying them
is to put a thick bandage upon the part
and keep pouring cold water over it.
Cold in the Head. This can be cured
f,t once if taken in time. Dissolve a
ublespoonful of pulverized borax iu a
pint of hot water; when tepid, snuff
some up the nostrils two or three times a
day, or nse the dry powdered borax like
snuff, taking a pinch as often as re
quired. Baking. Baking is a more economi
cal mode of cooking than roasting, es
pecially iu small families where econ
omical stoves, or ranges with side ovens
are used. In baking there is less loss of
weight than in roasting, as the first is
much less dried; then again, it roquires
far less attention m the process.
Great Muscular Power.
Mr. Gosse relates the following anec
dote in The World of Wonders, of a
three-homed beetle, which is not larger
than an ordinary English stag-beetle :
"(This inseot has just astonished Jrae
by a proof of its vast strength of body.
When it was first brought to me, having
no box immediately at hand, I was nt a
loss where to put it until I could kill it;
but a quart bottle full of milk being on
the table, I clapped the beetle for the
C resent under that, the hollow at the
ottoin allowing him room to stand up
right. Presently, to my surprise, the
bottle began to move slowly, and glide
along the smooth table, propelled by the
muscular power of the imprisoned insect,
and continued for some time to peram
bulate the surface, to the astonishment
of all who witnessed it.
" The weight of the bottle and its con
tents could not have been less than three
pounds and a half, while that of the
beetle was about half an ounce ; so that
it readily moved a weight 112 times ex
ceeding its own. A better notion than
figures con convey will be obtained of
this feat by uupposing a lad of fifteen to
be imprisoned under the great bell of St
Paul's, which weight 12,000 pounds, and
to move it to and fro on a smooth, pave.
nt by pubing within." r
Juvenile Jack Sheppnrds.
At Hawick, England, recently, Wil
liam Laidlaw Emers Hemsley, aged six
teen years, and John Turnbnll, aged
fourteen years, had been detected in the
act of shoplifting, aud were appre
hended. After their apprehension,
Superintendent Morrison searched the
house in Tiviot orescent, where Hems
ley lives with his fnther. In the closet
in the house he found a large quantity
of various articles, supposed to have
been stolen. Two M8S. were found, in
which the young culprits had made most
business-like records of their transac
tions. One of the books is a sort cf
journal. It haj been only a few days iu
use, and on the title page is written, in
a clear, bold hand, " W. L. Emers and
John Turn bull's secret and memorandum
book, Tuesday, Jan. 1. 1878. United
Order of Outlaws." It is understood
that the entries are all in Hemsley's
handwriting. The first page is headed.
"What I have stolen in money." The
first theft recorded is one of one penny
"from mether." There are trifling
sums entered as taken from neighbors,
obtained by altering the figures in a
shopkeeper s pans-book, and abstracted
from the till -of an office where he was
formerly employed. Ahother pnge has
the heading "How many loeks I have
stolen," and then follows a list of the
places where they were taken from,
such as stables, garden and field gates,
with the owners' names when they were
known, and in other cases the locality
where the theft was committed is min
utely described. Next comes, " What I
have stolen out of shops," which list in
cludes, besides many of the articles re
covered, tins of beef, jars of jam, shop
weights, twenty-eight keys from one
ironmonger's shop, etc., etc. Under
the heading " What I have stolen from
persons and places," there is a list of a
number of places, including factories,
schools, and the theatre, whera thefts
had been committed. The booty in
cludes half a barrel of ale from a hotel
door. The MSS. volume also contains
sketches of plans and operations for the
future. Lists of "What I have to
steal," " What I have to bny and make,"
including a variety of articles, useful and
ornamental, from a steam engine aud
boiler to a musical-box. And then there
is a memorandum of "What I have to
write for." This includes, singularly
enough for such apparently cool hands,
" A cure for the nerves," besides several
medicines and cosmetics, aud a volume
of poetry. Further on in the book is an
inventory of their ill-goton possessions,
aud another of " Tools for housebreak
ing," nniong which are enumerated
seventy-seven skeleton keys. The other
headings, " What I got by housebreak
ing," and " What Tnrnbull has got by
housebreaking," have no entries ap
pended, tho interference of the police
having suspended the bookkeeping as
well as other contemplated operations.
Fashion Note.
Everything is to be beaded iu the
spring.
Bronze-browu and bronze-green are
two leading colors.
A handsome feather for a dress hat 's
made of India game-cock's tails and
lophomore tail feathers combined.
Skirts are worn short in front and grow
longer aud longer in the back.
Russia leather fans, mounted with silk
or satin, in all the new dark, rich colors,
are very popular.
The latest novelty in scarfs are of Iudin
crepe, embroidered with silk in all the
Oriental shades.
The latest fashion for handkerchiefs
is to have them made to match exactly
the collars and cuffs worn.
Feathers arranged in bands form a
beautiful trimming. A fringe of Mura
ocut tips is exquisite on an evening silk.
Clasps, such as are worn to fasten
wraps, are now used in holding drapery.
Insects are also worn in the hair. They
seem almost to flutter on their velvety
couches.
Gilt and enameled emblems of birds
have been introduced ou velvet head
gear, some pinnioned down by minute
arrows, somewhat bent, to show that
the missile was light and the prey heavy
hearted.
The very latest in hosiery is black silk
stockings elaborately embioidered with
clair-de-lune beads, presenting quite a
sparkling appearance. Many ladies,
however, object to these beads, because
they hurt the foot, and the pattern gets
tntooed ou it; for these there are inser
tions of black lace insteps.
A pretty model of a capote bonnet is
quite seasonable in appearance. It is of
bronze felt, trimmed with a wreath of
thistles, and diminutive fircones, grasses
and moss of every conceivable shade of
green, a few loops of satin ribbon at the
back, and a double ruche of tilleul silk
under the border.
Lace will, if possible, be used eveu
more than ever. While it is always de
sirable to have it real, there is not an
absolute necessity for it. Those who can
afford them still oling to real thread and
guipure, but for those to whom the real
is unattainable, the Rench is pretty and
within reach, aud allowable by fashion
The luce used for undergarments is all
of one kind, although it is distinguished
with a number of names, a few of which
ore Clevis, Mirecourt and Torchan.
(a unities of Land Travel.
M. Gartiaux has published some curi
ous statistics on the dangers of traveling
by laud. He says that in the old dili
gence days a man had one chance of be
ing killed in 800,000 trips, and one
chance of being injured in 30,000. On
the railway, between 1835 and 1855,
theie was one chance of being killed in
2,000,000 journeys, and one chance of
being injured in 600,000. From 1855 to
1875 one chance of being killed in mak
ing 6,000,000 journeys, aud one chance
of being injured in 600,000. Now the
chances of being killed are as one to
45,000,000, and of being injured one to
1,000,000. Consequently, a person
traveling ten hours a day at the rate of
forty miles an hour would, in the firtt
period, have had a chance of escaping
destruction dining 821 years; during
the second period during 1,014 years,
and between 1872 and 1870 during 7,43i)
year. " 4." '
THE UNITED STATES MINT.
Item of Interest to Hnslnpss Men n ml the
iPeople Uencrnlly.
The two cent pieces were abolished
five years ago.
There are five times as many one cent
pieces used as threes.
Less than $10,000 of one cent pieces
were coined last year.
No fives or threes (nickel) were coined
last year for circulation.
The old-fashioned silver dollar has
not been made for five year.
The shipping of silver coins from the
mint began about a year ago.
Silver is purchased at the mint to a
limited extent. It is paid for in gold.
Nickle and bronze coins are only mode
in the United States mint in this city.
The Eastern, Middle, and Western
States take most of the nickle and bronze
coins.
Double eagles are being made for the
depositories because they are more sala
ble. No silver is coined in subsidiary coin
for depositors. The government coins
for itself alone.
In the South the people are now us
ing one cent pieces and threes and fives
very extensively.
Five times as many five cent pieces as
ones are sent away, and five times as
many ones as threes.
There is no coinage charged in gold.
The only charge is for parting, refin
ing, audtoughening.
No silver is exchanged for notes at
the mint. This is done by transfers
which come through Washington.
Two weeks ngo nearly $300,000 in
gold dollars were made for the sub
treasury department of New York.
There are lying in the depositories
and vaults of the sub-treasury in this
city nearly $300,000 in five cent nickel
pieces.
Five cent pieces are circulated con
siderably in New Orleans. Pennies
were recently sent to that city, which
were the first ever called for.
The largest number of early orders for
small coins came from the southeast.
Kecent orders are chiefly from this sec
tion of the country.
A largo amount of the $38,000,000 in
small coins circulated within the year
were manufactured during the same
period, and consequently the coins are
new.
The government has issued over $38,
000,000 of small silver coins since the
redemption of fractional currency began,
and the market is fairly glutted with
them.
The demand for one ceut pieces has
increased within tho last three or four
months, and the demand for fives has
decreased. This is due to the issue of
so mny dimes.
Iu brisk times the mint pays out from
three to five thousand dollars a ilay for
the accommodation of people making
change and for shipment through the
country.
No trade dollars have been made this
year. Several millions wero coined iu
1877. Their coinage was suspended in
Dect-mber. They were only coined to a
limited extent for circulation.
Nickel and bronze are kept at par by
redeeming them in greenbacks. They
are deposited in the mint in sums of not
less than twenty dollars, receipted for,
and checks sent to the depositor.
No silver five cent pieces have been
made for five years. In fact, they have
been abolished as well as the silver three
cant piece. The nickel threes Bre still
issued, 'although but few are used.
From five to ten thouaand dollars of
eagles, half eagles, and three dollar
pieces are made every year in order to
keep up the history of the coin. About
$2,000 of ones are n. ade for the same
purpose.
The mint shipped over the country
in 1876 about $500,000 in small coins,
consisting of one, three, and five cent
pieces. They went chiefly West and
East. In 1877. only about &38G.000 jn
these small coins were Bhipped.
The authorities at tho mint can foel
the pulse of business by the amount of
coin sent in for redemption. If busi
ness is falling off the redemption is
larger. When it is steady tho redemp
tion moves along at the rate of about
$500 a day.
The greatest demand for silver coins
is for the half dollar. The quarter dol
lar is the second favorite and tho dime
is the third and last in the list. The de
mand for half dollars is twice as great
as for quarters, and live times mere
halves are required than climes.
When business is brisk iu the city
about seven or eight hundred dollars a
clay in change is required for nickel and
wonze. The railroad companies are de
manding more than usual on account of
the six-cent faros. This demand, how
ever, has ftdlen off somewhat within the
past few days.
More trade dollars were coined from
April, 1873, to December, 1S77, than
there were coined of the dollar of the
fathers for the eighty-one years preced
ing. Tka trade aollar was intended for
the China trade, and nearly all that
have been coined have gone to China,
Japan, and India. Philadelphia North
American.
A Mayor's Fif ecu Ceut Dinner.
Miss Juliet Corson, of the New York
cooking school, recently gave a test
dinner at No. 8 St. Mark's place to his
honor Mayor Ely and a select company
of invited guests, the object being to
show what could be done for fifteen
cents for each person. The following
bill of fare was figured up accurately,
aud was found to have fallen within the
financial limit by two cents :
Puree of Pens, with Croutons.
OHve3. Celery. Chow-chow.
Perch, with Fine Herbs.
I3ass a la Chambord.
Maitre d'Hotel Potatoes.
Salmi of Duck, with Olives.
J lentils Saute.
Maocaroni a la Milanaiue.
Roast Tenderloins.
Lettuce and Water Cresses.
Salad. Celery Fritters.
Brouchees, with Preserves.
Mexican Chocolate.
Apples. Nuts. Roquefort Cheese.
Coffee.
The table wag set for twelve ueorjle.
and eleven were present. The mayor
expressed doui his wooder and cratiflca-
Items of Interest.
If money is tight, avoid it it ought
to know better.
"Man wants but little here below,"
and ho generally gets it, too.
Riches will never take wings and fly
away, if you sprinkle a little economy
on its tail.
A man recently knocked down an ele
phant, a lion and a rhinoceros. He was
an auctioneer,
Horace Greeley's estate, which was
inventoried at $206,000 shortly after his
death, yields little more than $20,000 on
the final settlement.
"Do they miss you at home?" he
asked, as she folded and put away a let
ter she had just received from her
mother. " Never," she answered; "they
always call me sis."
" My dear," asked Mrs. J of her
husbunil, ou coming home from church -the
other day, "what was the sweetest
thing yon saw in bonnets ?" " The
ladies' faces," was the bland reply.
"This is meat and drink," said the
sailor, who sat on the gunwhale sipping
his grog following his remark by tumb
ling backward into the water. " Aye,
and there's washing and lodging," said
his messmate,
YouugGreen: "Hot, isn't it?" Young
lady (tired of the subject): " So yon
said just now." Y. G. (nervously):
" Yes, but don't you think it has got
hotter ?" Young lady gives young
Green up as a bad job.
A family of four persons ho been
poisoned at New Orleans, and Mrs.
Lambert, one of its members, aged
sixty-two years, fatally, by eating oys
ters fried in corn meal with which
arsenic had been mixed by Mrs. Lam
bert's son-in-law to kill rats.
Coming back from a little trip to
Havre a Parisian bewails his misfortune
to his railway companion. " One thing
is certain; you won't catch me on any
more of these pleasure excursions. I
lost my wife and my cane." And then
he adds with tears in his voice, " A new
cane, too."
A steer in Piermont, N. H., lost its
life in a singular way a few days ago. Its
owner had chopped a hole through the
ice in his trough to allow the cattle to
drink, and os the water was low the
steer had to force its nose to the bottom.
Iu so doing it caught its horns under
the ice, aud after it had drunk its fill
the water ran in ond drowned it.
A funny incident receutly happened
at a sumptuous dinner giving bya Welsh
society in liverpool. An old stonemason
of eighty years was called upon to enter
tain the company with a song, for which
he waR noted, but instead of giving tho
one desired, he launched forth into a
dismal, wailing measure, composed some
sixty years before upon tho occasion of
a street murder. This refreshing pro
duction contained no less than eighty
verse, uud the droning bum-bum of the
melody went on for over half an hour
bofore the end was reached.
The late Commodore Hollius was once
sailing with an American commodore,
who. used ofteu to insult his inferior
officers and apologize to them afterward.
After such au insult had been offered to
him Hollins was called to the cabin of
the commodore, who said: "I am a
mau of a ery passionate nature and
have treated you as I should not have
done, and now I wish to apologize."
Hollius replied: "I too, am a passion
ate man, but I notice, Commodore, that
I never get into a passion with my su- .
perior officers, always with those beneath
me."
BEAUTIES OP OIVrnOGRAPHY.
A pretty deer is dear to me,
A hare with downy hair,
A hart I love with all my heart,
But hardly love a hear.
'Tin plain that not one take a plane
To have a pair of peare,
Although a rake may take a rake
To tear away the tares.
Hoi's lws raido thyme, time razes all,
And through the whole hole wears.
A irribe in writing rbsht may write
To Wright and still be wrong
For write and rite are neither right,
And don't to right belong,
fleer often brings a tier to man,
(' jiighin a collin liingx,
And :oo mm h ale will make ns ail.
As well an other things.
The person lies who say he lies
When he in not reclinug j
And when consumptive folks decline,
They a'l decline declining.
Quail do not quail before a storm,
A bow will not bow before it ;
We cannot roin the rain at all,
No earthly power re'gus o'er it.
The dyer dyes awhile, then dies
To dye he's always trying ;
Until upon his dying bed
He thinks no more of dyeing.
A sou of Mars mars many a sou ,
All Deys must have their days ;
Aud overy knight should pray each night
To Hint who weighs bis ways
'lis meet that man should mete out meat
To feed one's fortuue's sun ;
The fair thould fare on love alone,
Else one cannot be won.
A lass, alas, is sometimes false ;
Of faults a maid is made ;
Her waist is but a barrea waste
Though stayed she is not staid.
The springs shoot forth each spring, and
shoots,
Shoot forward one and all ; "
Though summer kills the Sowers, it leaves
The leaves to fall in fal.
I would a story here commence,
Bat you migkt find it stole :
oo we 11 suppose that wa have reached
The tail-end of onr tale.
Tit for Tut.
Would-be wita are upt to have the
tables turned on them. At a dinner iu
honur of Nick Denton, one of the stiff
ot the Illinois Central railway, his friend
Jack Wallace, intrusted with the toast
of the evening, proposed it in this wise :
"The two nicks Old Nick and Nick
D nton 1" Denton rose to respond, say
ing he appreciated the honor conferred
upon hiui by connecting him' with Mr.
Wallace's most intimate friend, and
scarcely knew how to reeiuite the com
pliment, but us one good turn deserves
another, he would give "Tb two Jaekq
Jack WaJlwe I$ Jaokaeg "
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