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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
NIL DESPERANDUM.
Two Dollars por Annum.
EIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, ' FEBRUARY 28, 1878.
NO. 2.
VOL. VIII.
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The Way of the World.
Whene'er we see a man
Who's wise beyond the rule;
We ask who le there can,
We auk who Is there who'll
Take his place another day,
When his soul has passed away
Out of all this world of clay
When the weird fates his life-thread sever
And he is lost to us forever?
To ns it seems as though
The world oonld scaroely stand
The coarse of things scarce go
Without his guiding band;
Strong the wide world to d.rect,
Reconciling every sect,
Keeping evil courses cbeckod
A hand that's strong enough, and clever,
To keep the world's course straight forever.
But when he gains the bound.
When runs his earthly race,
Another man is found
Straightway to fill his place;
Just as though it were to prove
Others can the world make move
In its old accustomed groove
TheworW, that would survive him novor,
Still rolls on just the same as ever.
We learn a lesson here ;
We find we, after all,
Who thiuk onrnelves so dear,
Are only very small.
Though we do our best to-day
That our praises men may say,
And we remembered aye;
Yet, notwithstanding nur endeavor,
Our deeds and we. are missed eoarce evor.
Domettic Monthly.
Our Little Servant-Maid.
I never thought so little of Barbara
Darling as I dirt that July afternoon
when she stood by the window with
nout on her lips and a frown on her
brow, looking out on the road with eyes
that eaw nothing, and utterly obvious to
the fact that her dear, rosy-cheeked,
bright-eyed little sister was tugging at
her skirt with one small hand and hold
ing up her doll with the other, while
she piteoasly oomplained, " ThereV
sumfiu bory awful wrong er matter wil
my baby, Baba; her s broke in her inside,
an' can't cry any more to sabe her
life." until the speaker, as though tc
make up for this deficiency on the part
of her " baby," burst into a loud, long
and tearless cry herself, ana even then
Barbara only pulled her dress out of the
dimpled little hand, ana said, in
decidedly unamiable manner. " Oh
bother 1"
Barbara Darling was not pretty, that
is, not yery pretty at least there was a
diversity of opinion about her. The
young men, alluding to her eyes and
hair, spoke of violets and buttercups,
the young women, on the contrary
young women are so unpoetical when by
themselves ! sneered, "Blue china and
molasses candy:" the young women said
it was "awfully babyish;" the young
men called her "a fairy," the young
women "a dwarf.
She was the eldest of eight children
hod no accomplishment, unless singing
a ballad or two passably well could be
called one; was eighteen years old, poor
aud and well, to tell the honest truth
rather higb-tempered. And yet she had
lor a lover handsome, talented, proud,
wealthy Anthony Ditto, the match that
nil the girls in her circle had been mr.k
ing eyes at for a year before he. with
heart still untouched, had met " wee
Bab," as he called her.
How lie came to notice her at all
goodness knows, unless the comicality
of the introduction struck through the
dignity which enveloued him as a mantle.
and softening his heart, let her steal
into it, and then being a bnrry sort of
little body, he couldn't get rid of her
alter ward.
"Miss Barbara Darling," said the
provoking Ned Parker, " Mr. Anthony
Ditto ;" and we (yes, we I'm Bab
Darling) burst out laughing, the names
were so odd following each other in that
manner, you know ; and from that mo-
ment we were excellent friends until the
ilny we ceased to be friends and became
overs.
Papa and mamma were delighted with
the engagement, and so was I, for of
course 1 loved nun dearly : and vet
the life of me I couldn't stop what ho
called "flirting," though I'm sure I
didn't mean it for that. You see every
body is so very kind to a little woman
that it is almost impossible for me to be
dignmed. bue gets used to being
treated like a child, and accepts pet
names and bouquets and bonbons and
gloves and the best of every thing, and
talks and laughs and sings with pleasant
people of the opposite sex just as a child
would.
Now Anthony didn't like it absurd
fellow I wasn t X going to marry him
and he used to look, oh ! so very grim
and ogreish. and lecture me on the lm
propriety of my conduct, until I felt my
self the most miserable of sinners ; but
I don't know how to account for it I
always forgot the lecture as soon as it
was over, and was in disgrace again
immediately.
"Well, the other evening Fourth of
July evening it was a party of us young
folks went to the village green to see
the pyrotechnic (I had to consult the
dictionary before I ventured on that
word) display, and arriving there rather
late, found ourselves the lost comers,
and consequently on the outside of the
crowd. Ned Parker and I tried to push
our way to the front, but we couldn't
and I didn't see a thing, excepting
few rockets and blue-lights, until th
very last, when Ned lifted me in hi1
arms so that I might at last catch
glimpse of Washington blessing his
countrymen and women with one fiery
hand, while he pointed to a Roman
candle that bad just gone up with the
other.
Anthony was a few feet away, talking
to Netta Brooke; and when I joined him,
expecting to meet with a terrible frown,
he greeted me with a charming smile.
And all the rest of the evening he was
as amiable as possible, and though he
had several five-minute chances to scold
me, never said a reproving word never
even referred to the George W. episode
but he did worse he flirted himself. '
That I had never dreamed 'of, and I
must say that I thought at the time-
it was a real mean thing for a great tall
fellow like him to do to revenge himself
on a mite like me.
Yes. he flirted for two long, very long.
hours; and when (the party ended at
our house) the children proposed a kiss
ing game, ne, my naughty, reserved
lover, joined in with that bold Brooke
girl, and chose her for a "partner"
every time, kissing her on the mouth
and she has a pretty mouth as he did
so.
I should have liked to box her ears.
and his too. for that matter but I didn't
of course not. I sauntered about with
Ned Parker, and looked up into his
face as though every moment I discov
ered some new beauty in it ; and when
Netta bade me good-night (Anthony
could find no excuse for offering to walk
home with her, her brother Dick being
there j, I kissed her, and hoped she had
enjoyed herself.
" Oh I very much very, very much,
indeed," said she, flinging a look which
she meant to be tender, but it wasn
she has big, black, shallow eyes at
Anthony. " I never enjoyed myself so
much.
But as soon as the garden gate closed
behind them I took my engagement
ring from my finger and flung it upon
the ground, and X actually, 1 m ashamed
to tell it, but I did made my hand into
a fist and shook it at my promised hus
band. What would mamma, the dear,
meek darling I don't get my temper
from her have said if she had seen me 7
As for Anthony, he wasn't the least
bit frightened, but caught tue nst, and
shut it up in his strong right hand like
something m a box.
" I hate you ? I cried. " .Nobody
ever treated me so before.
"But how many have you treated bo ?"
he asked, with a smile; and I couldn't
help thinking how handsome he looked
in the silver moonlight.
" Everybody has always done what
ever 1 wanted them to do, 1 went on,
stamping my foot.
" And consequently spoiled you," said
he.
" What did you love me for, if I'm not
not nice r
" Because I knew the moment I saw
you, you wee thing, you were my fate,
I thought you were nice then, and want
ed to take you in my arms the moment
you smiled on me."
"Ami now ?"
"And now I think you a bad-tempered,
selfish, willful, unreasonable girl.'
" Indeed 1" and I wrenched my hand
away, but not before he had kissed it
with the most provokinsr coolness.
"Then we'll part.unless you change your
opinion immediately, and promise never
to speak to .Netta xsrooice again.
" I shall moke no such silly promise,
Barbara.?' Qood gracious 1 the idea of
his calling me Barbara 1 "I have prom
lsed to drive her to the depot to-morrow,
"You return to the city together ?"
" We return by the same train, as we
have done a dozen times before.
"Go," said I, almost beside myself
with rage. " I never want to see yon
again.
" Are you sure, Barbara ?" he asked
"quite sure? I think you had better
wait for a day or two before you banish
me. If by the day after to-morrow
your birthdoy you still ' hate ' me, send
me word to that effect, and I will, the
moment your note is read, accept a posi
tion offered me this morning, and start
for a home beyond the sea. Good-night,
juiss uariing.
"Good-night, Mr. Ditto."
And he strode away up the road, and
picked up my ring and stole into the
nouse, and cried as thONgn my heart
would break. It was so cruel of him to
be unkind to a poor little thing like me,
The next morning, as I sat on the
front porch darning the children's stock-
ings dear me I it seems to me every
time stocking-darning time comes around
that there never could be another family
with so many legs as ours Anthony
drove uast with Netta Brooke at his side.
I hid behind the stocking basket until
they were out of sight, and then I flew
to my desk and wrote as bitter a note as
a woman twice my size could have writ
ten, and I sent it to the village rjost-
office that very evening by our little
servant-maid.
Oar little servant-maid is a pretty lit
tle maid, with large honest gray eyes, a
smau red moutn, bright chestnut hair,
a pleasant smile, a neat, plump figure,
and a remarkably cheerful disposition.
And a clever little maid she is, too can
wash and iron and cook, and do a hun
dred other things; but she possesses
one taste which interferes sadly with
the performance of her domestio duties
the most insatiate Lunger for litera
ture, which she gratifies whenever she
finds an opportunity, in season or out of
season, morn, noon, or night.
Potatoes and stows are burned, bread
cakes, and pies baked to cinders, doors
left open all night, breakfasts delayed,
lunches forgotten, dinners served too
early or late all on account of this love
of reading which characterizes our little
servant-maid.
She nearly drowned baby once, while
giving her ner bath, by letting the dar
ling s head slip under the water, while
she devoured a story in a Harner',
Weekly she had taken from a table near
by. She let my canary escape while she
removed his empty seed cup with one
hand, and held Helen's Babies in the
other, her eyes being fixed on the book,
She spilled the soup one dinner-time
over papa's immaculate white vest while
trying to peep at the magazine he was
glancing over. She set the hot flat-iron
on our best damaBk table-cloth, and left
it there to indelibly imprint its triangu
lar portrait, wnue sue hastily read
murder ease in the morning paper.
She could scarcely be got out of bed
mornings, because she was tired and
sleepy from reading the book she had
abstracted from the book-case the night
before, and when she did get np she
actually sat before the dreary-looking
stove for half an hour or so, intently
perusing the various scraps of newspaper
with which she should have been light
ing the fire.
In short, if she had not been the most
devoted, sunny, unselfish, fond-of-us-all
little creature, it would have been utterly
impossible for us to have stood the many
mishaps and disasters that sprang from
our servant-maid a devotion to literature.
As it was, papa said to her when she
drenched him with soup: "Another
occurrence of this nature, and you go. "
And mamma said to her when she neorly
drowned the baby : " Really, Eleanor,
if any thing as dreadful as tins nappens
again, we must part." And I said to
her when she freed my song-bird: "The
yery next wrong thing you do while
reading " and I made a significant
pause and looked.
"Yes, miss." said Nellie, meekly,
ith the tears in her gray eyes, which
didn't prevent her, as soon as she reached
the kitchen; bursting out with "Why,
why, why didst thou leave me? to a
tune made np of a strange combination
of "Old Dan Tucker " and " The Rus
sian Hymn."
But with the exoeption of a turkey
nicely roasted and sent to table retain
ing its crop and one or two other super
fluous appendages to a inrney wnen
roasted, on account of "Red as a Rose
is She." nnd forgetting to put the yeast
in the bread one night because " East
Lynne lay beside the bread bowl,
Nellie had got into no trouble for several
months, and had gladly said to me, the
morning of the very day I sent that hor
rid letter : " So, miss, I shall be with
you another birthday, after all ; and
isn't that " Monarch of Minking Lane "
lovely ? I read a little bit of it when I
was dusting tue parlor, miss,
Well, to go back to naughty Barbara,
standing by the window, and gazing out
into the street.
Oh, how my heart ached 1 How sorry
was for quarreling with my dear,
good, splendid Anthony I The first
thing this morning, my birthday morn
ing Last year I was scarcely through
my breakfast when
me the lovliest set
breakfast when he came, bringing
the lovliest set of pearls he will
get my cruel letter, and then, before I
can send another to beg him to forgive
me, he will have started for that dread
ful place away off goodness knows
where.
What possessed me." I said to my
self, wringing my hands in despair,
" silly, wicked little thing that I am, to
break my own heart and wound him
so deeply ? He loves me, I know he
loves 'me dearly, and he never, never.
never would have flirted bad 1 not set
him the example ;" aud I heaved a deep
sigh, which was immediately echoed
behind me, and turning, I saw Nellie
laying the table for dinner, with a most
woe-begone expression on her round
rosy f aco ; and as I turned toward her,
two frightened imploring gray eyes met
mine. For a moment I forgot my own
trouble.
"Why, Nellij, what is the matter
with you ?'' I asked.
"Oh dear I oh dear 1 how can I tell
yon ? And out of this house I must go
as soon as you know. And x love your
ma, and I almost love your pa, and I
adore all the rest of you. Oh 1 oh 1 oh 1"
bursting into sobs and tears,
wj nu uui nxiu UUfl I
said I, firmly, " and tell me what you
have been doing this time."
" Well, miss," said Nellie, giving a
great gulp, and coming and standing
before me, "yon Know, miss, last eve
ning I went to the village, and it was an
elegant moonlight night, miss ; and, oh!
miss" twining and untwining her
fingers nervously "I can't bear to go
out into a cold and heartless world.
What shall I do ? what shall I do ?"
" Go on," said I.
"Audi got my paper The Weekly
Roarer Avis, you know, where they're
printing The Vow of the Gloss Fiend :
And oh I miss, what shall I do t
"Go on." suid I.
" And I opened tlie paper in the store
just to see how Stephanyer Alveretter
got out of the enchanted cave, and I
came out into the rood a-reading it.
Oh, miss, it's most awful interesting 1"
And Nellie, completely carried away by
her subject, unclasped her hands, and
continued in as bass a voice as she could
assume, "The dragon belched forth
streams of fire." And then suddenly
changing to a hign, snrau tone, "Xtu
dolfer sprang between her and the mon-
ster-r-r. 'Saved, saved, saved,' she
cried," cried Nellie, at the top of her
voioe, entirely lost to everything but the
" most awful interesting " story.
" Good heavens I Nell," said I, "you
will nave ma tumbling down stairs,
thinking it's tramps. Forget the ' Glass
Fiend,' or whatever it is, for a few mo
ments, and finish your own story."
The frightened look came back into
Nell's face. "Well, miss," she said,
slowly, "I got my paper, and, ohl
miss
"Go on !" said I, stamping my foot.
I had made up my mind never to stomp
my foot again, but the girl was so pro
voking.
"And, miss" with desperate calm
ness "I forgot to post your letter."
I flung my arms around her and gave
her a hug and a kiss, promised her a
whole year's subscription to the village
circulating library, and left her with
round eyes and month wide open in
wonder, while I flew to the door to
answer the ring of
"Barbara Darling," said he.
"Anthony Ditto," said I. Harper's
Weekly.
Cast a Line for Yourself.
A young man stood listlessly watching
some anglers on a bridge. He was poor
and deiected. At last approaching a
basket rilled with wholesome-looking fish,
he sicrhed:
If now I had these I would be happy,
I oonld sell them for a good price, and
bnv me food and lodgings."
" I will give you just as many, and iust
as good fish." said the owner, who had
chanced to overhear his words, " if yon
will do me a trifling favor."
" And what is that ?" asked the other,
" Only to tend this line till I come
back. I wish to go on a short errand,
The proposal was gladly accepted. The
old man was gone so long that the young
man began to be impatient. Meanwhile
the hungry fish snapped greedily at the
baited hook, and the young man lost all
his depression in pulling them in; and
when the owner of the Line returned, he
had caught a large number. Counting
out from them as many as were in the
the basket, and presenting them to the
young man, the old fisherman said:
" I fulfill my promise from the fish you
have caucht. 10 teach von whenever yon
Bee others earning what yon need, to
waist no time in fruitless wishing, but
cast ft line for yourself."
THE UESTLE CRAFT."
Miocn, Ancient and Modern Nhormnkrr
Who Have become Famona.
Shoes date from a very remote period.
and the shoemaker is a relio of antiquity
who lived and had his being in very
early time. The Jews wore wooden
shoes long before the age of Augustus,
and sometimes leather snoes are men
tioned. The Jewish soldiers covered
their feet with copper or with iron. The
shoes of the Egyptians were of papyrus;
the Chinese and the Xndiais manufac
tured theirs of silk, of bark of trees, of
brass, gold or silver, according as their
fortune permitted or their fancy dic
tated. At Rome, as . in Greece, leath
er was the material which covered
the feet of most every one. In classical
times the Xtomans wore cork soles in
the shoes to secure their feet from water,
especially in winter, and as high heels
were not then introduced, the lioman
ladies, who wished to appear taller, put
plenty of cork under themselves. The
Roman ladies wore white shoes; the
common people wore black, and the
magistrates and those of exalted rank
set their feet off with -red shoes and em
ployed the crescent as an ornament;
they were often very costly. The cus
tom of making shoes right and left was
common in classical times. Only one
instanoe is drawn of an ancient monu
ment exhibiting shoes with separate
heel pieces. The streets of Rome in the
time of Domitian were blocked np by
cobbler's stalls, which he therefore
caused to be removed.
The fashion of boots and shoes has
undergone innumerable changes. Under
William Rufus, son ef the Duke of
mormanay, wno conquered at Hastings
in 1066, a fashion was introduced by
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turned toes curved like a ram's horn
and stuffed with tow. In the fourteenth
century they connected these points
with the knee by chains of gold and sil
ver they were called cracows. Buckles
were also worn in this century. The
laboring classes wore them of copper,
Other persons had them of gold and
silver. Not long after shoe rosettes
came in fashion. In the last century.
the high heels of ladies' shoes became a
monstrosity. In our day the general
disuse of the shoe proper, and the in
troduction of short ankle-boots, form
the chief change of fashion.
About a century ago it was no uncom
mon practice on the part of " fast men ,j
to drink bumpers to the health of a lady
out ot ner siioe. The Xiiarl of Cork, in
an amusing paper in the Connoisseur,
relates an incident of this kind, and to
carry the compliment still further he
states that the shoe was ordered to be
dressed and to be served for supper,
The cook set himse" seriouslv to
worn upon it; ne puued tue upper part,
TTU.UU " v. AUAV uiiiuu.a, lulu puinio.
and tossed them up in a ragout, minced
whion was of tine damask, into shreds.
the soles, fried them in batter, and
placed them round the dish for garnish.
The company testified their affection
for the lady by eating heartily of this
t-xijuinue impromptu. wumn tue last
score of years, at a dinner of Irish
squires, the health of a beautiful girl,
whose foot was as pretty as her face.
was drunk in champagne from one of
her satin shoes, which an odmurer of the
lady bad conttived to obtain posses
sion 01.
The patron saints of shoemakers are
bt. Crispin and his brother Crispian.
who supported themselves by making
snoes wnue tney preached to the people
of Gaul and Britain. In compliment to
these saints, the trade of shoemaking is
called "the fentle craft." The craft is
rich in names which have become in
greater or lesser degree household prop
erty, among which may be found Hans
Sachs, the poet of Nuremberg and the
menu ot Jjuther, the eccentric Lacking
ton, vho, in the title page of his auto
biography, says that he came to London
with $5 in his pocket, and rose to be a
bookseller, having on annual sale of
100,000 volumes : Richard Savage, the
poet Bloomfielc and his brother, and a
wnoie constellation of rainor bards,
headed by James Lacking ton, of the
Temple of the Muses : Sir Clondeslv
Shovel, the redoubtable admiral ; Sir
William Reed, the powerful Gifford of
the Quarterly ; the radical Hardv and
the astrological Partndere. Sir Simon
Eyre, Benedict Bandora, Jacob Boeh
man, Samuel Drew, George Fox, the
real original XJriend, William Hunting
ton, John Pounds, John Brand, Haua
unnstian Andersen, Xr. Carey, Dr.
Morrison, Dr. Ebenezer Henderson. Dr.
Marshman, Dr. John Eitto and many
others ajjj shoemakers before they
turned their thoughts and energies into
literary cnanneis.
AmoDg the Anglo-Saxons the trade of
shoemaker was somewhat comprehensive,
ne manufactured and supplied ankle
leather, shoes, leather hose, bottles,
bridle-thongs, trappings, flasks, boiling
vessels, leather neck pieces, halters,
wallets and pouches.
In the United States the manufacture
of shoes has attained the highest per-
iectien, chieny in Massachusetts, and in
Philadelphia, also, the shoe manufacture
una tttuiinea consiaeraDie importance.
and the sole leather and the morocco of
I'hiladelphia are far-famed.
The antiquity of the art of leather-
dressing uates far oacK. xne seven
teenth book of Iliad speaks of tanners
preparing skins to moke leather of them.
Uver three hundred years ago the tan
ners composed a very important body in
jngiana. An account is given of a
furious quarrel whioh broke out in
Queen Elizabeth's time, between them
and the shoemakers. Troy Times.
British India.
A statistical abstract relating to Brit
ish India, just issued by order of Parlia
ment, shows that tho area under British
administration is 909,834 miles, with a
population of 191,065445. The native
states comprise 573, 052 mites and a popu
lation of 48.233.978. Including the
French and Portuguese possessions, the
total area of all India is 1,484,150 square
miles, with a population of 239,970,595
Of the 191,000,000 inhabitants of British
India, the religions denominations are
given as follows: Hindoos, 139,343,820;
Sikhs, 1,174,430; Mohammedans, 40,
867,125; Buddhists and Jama, 2,832,851;
Christians, 879,682; others, 5,417,804,
and " religion not known," 632,227.
A Receipt for Muffins,
As we all know, there are some women
who are natural cooks. The "natural
depravity of inanimate objects " seems
charmed away when they get hold of
bowl and spoon. Their ovens always
bake on both top and bottom. Soups
never scorch, nor biscuits sour. They
always carry their recipes in their beads,
With what exasperating indefiniteness
do they answer you when you ask them
bow they matte any particular imng
muffins, for instance. .
"Dear me. I never have much of a
rule about such things,
" But con t yon give me a little idea t
John has so often spoken of your muf-
finB since we took tea with you, and I
really should like to learn how to make
them.
TT7a11 T bC . r nvnU . ft V l,nt(n.
depends something on how many folks I
have to tea,"
X)o you use mux ?
Yes. if I have it; if not, I take
water."
" Any eggs ?"
Well, if eggs are cheap, I break im a
couple, if they are dear, X don t always.
" You use some butter r
" Oh yes, a piece about as big as an
egg.
She pauses, as if it were all. You
timidly suggest;
Cream tartar or soda t
A look of surprise creeps over her
face, as if she would say, " What does
the woman mean by asking so many
questions ? but she says
" Well, if x nave sour mnic, j. aon i
da MVAnm 4-a.4.ai. it flia milk 'a Bnropt T
put in a couple of spoonfuls of cream
tartar and one of soda.'
Yon wish yon dared ask whether it's
table or tea-snoonfuls she means, but if
yon are a novice, think it must be table-
spoonfuls, tue mumns are so very ligm,
She evidently now considers the thing
complete,
" Yon haven't said anything about the
flour ? yon inquire with inward trem
bliug; but you really do wish to please
John.
The look of surprise changes to a wide-
eyed amazement.
X1 lour r w ny, x supposed any goose
would know about that. A good bowl
ful, of course. I always use my own
ludgment about the flour,
lou retire from the he'd discomnted,
but not being easily discouraged, try to
follow these "directions. The result
is something very different from Mrs.
Handy's delicate muffins. John breaks
one open yery suspiciously, and, after a
minute's inspection, pushes back his
plate with that expression of huge
patience which men assume when they
want to say something severe but don t
and says:
"ttavent yon any bread, Mary?
Don t let the children touch these,
They are as tough as leather. Why
don t you ask Mrs. Handy how she
makes her muffins ? They're something
like,
You nerve yourself and pleasantly ask
if he wouldn t like a slice of dry toast.
(Such a comfort as dry toast is und?r
such circumstances I) Xn a week or two,
after a series of experiments, yon finally
evolve from your inner conscious
ness," and flour and eggs, some very
creditable mufhns but you don t call
your ' experieace judgment. Mary
J Hake m Senbner,
Wonders of the American Continent.
The American Enquirer thus cata
logues a few of the wonders of the
American continent: The greatest cata
ract in the world is the Falls of Niagara,
where the water from the great upper
lakes forms a river of three-fourths of a
mile in width, and then being suddenly
contracted, plunges over the rocks in
two columns to the depth of 175 feet.
The greatest cave in the world is the
Mammoth cave, of Xtentucky, where any
one can make a voyage on the waters of
a subterranean river, and catch fish
without eyes'. The greatest river in
the world is the Mississippi, 4,000
miles long. The largest valley in
tho world is the valley of the Mis
sissippi, xt contains a,uuu,000 square
mues, and is one of the most fertile re
gions of the globe. The larsrest citv
park in the world is in Philadelphia. It
contains over 2,700 acres. The greatest
grain port in the world is Chicago. The
largest lake in the world is Lake Supe
rior, which is truly an inland sea, being
430 miles long and 1,000 feet deep. The
longest railroad at present is the Pacific
railroad, over 3,000 miles in length. The
greatest moss of solid iron in the world
is the Pilot Knob of Missouri It is 350
feet high and two miles in circuit. The
best specimen of Greoian'architectnre in
the world is the Girard college for orph
ans, X'nuadeiphia. The largest aqueduct
in the world is the Croton aqueduct.
New York. Its length is forty and one
quarter miles and it cost 812,500,000.
The largest deposits of anthracite coal
in the world are in Pennsylvania, the
mines of which supply the market with
millions of tons annually, and appear to
be inexhaustible.
A Bad Fit.
The doctors of Detroit don't take a
joke as kindly as they might. The
other evening a citizen of Woodward
avenue went a block out of his way to
put nis head into a doctor s oinee and
call out :
"Man at the corner of Woodward
avenue and Elizabeth street got a bad
ntr
The doctor put on his hat and hast
ened to the corner indicated, hoping that
he might not be too late to save human
life. There was no crowd and no excite
ment, and as the M. D. leaned aeainst
the lamp-post to catch his breath, he saw
a man sitting on the curb-stone bathing
his feet with cold water. . The boot
which he had drawn off stood beside
him, and the man was saying
" Blame that shoemaker; blame -that
boot ah yes, blame 'em 1.
It was a bad fit. After two or three
minutes the doctor saw that it was. What
h a thoughts were no ope will never know
put as a boy came n.-r runninar a
velocipede against him, he growled ont:
" About ten thousand nieq in this
town ought to be taken ont ami ehot t1
Detroit tree tress.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Dairy Intercut
From the address of Mr. J. Refill, of
New York, before the annual convention
of the American Dairymen's Association,
we present this extract: Mr. Reall con
trasted the prosperity of the dairy in
dustry with other branches of farming,
business and manufacturing which had
ontrivaled all. Cheese and butter were
now bringing relatively higher prices
than ever before. The export last year
to Great Britain, our chief customer, had
amounted to 110,000,000 pounds worth
over $13,000,000, a large increase over
the post, and susceptable of still greater
enlargement. Butter had also been ex
ported,' to the amount of 14,000,000
pounds. It was a known fact that the
home consumption is not commensurate
with the foreign demand for cheese, but
it is because the best grades were sont
abroad and the poorest quality forced
upon our own people. If the American
consumer were given a fine full creora
cheese instead of an article skimmed to
death, it would become popular as a
wholesome and nutritious food. It was
the skimmed cheese which naturally lies
like a grindstone on the stomach, and
give our people the opinion that cheese
was indigestible. A mild rich kind
was demanded by the home trade and
wo Id be appreciated as highly here as
in England. In reference to butter a
stale article, however fine, was no longer
wanted. The publio taste had become
so well cultivated that fresh flavored
butter was demanded at all seasons of
the year. To meet this demand the sys
tem of winter dairying, so success! uny
practiced in Illinois where the finest
stock is made at all seasons of the year,
must be extended. Creameries or the
associated plan of butter making must
take the place of private dairies, because
a much higher price is realized for the
product and much waste and labor is
saved the dairyman. Besides, all classes
should have the opportunity to enioy
fine butter, at reasonable prices, as well
as all other articles of food.
Dairying gives its followers both
physical and intellectual food. No class
think more or discuss more. This was
attested by their conventions which
should continue to be encouraged. They
had been of vast benefit not only to their
members but to the entire dairy com
munity. An important feature of the dairy in
dustry has been the successful estab-1
lishment of two distinct dairy fairs the
past year. One at Meadville, Pa., and
the other at Chicago, the results of which
would be of lasting benefit. Dairy fairs
were of long establishment in lingland,
where two hadjalso been held within the
year. In that country the leading men
of the nation took a pride in participa
tion m meetings of dairymen. At the
fairs, dukes and lords and members of
Parliament officiated. The Prince of
Wales prides himself on having the
finest dairy in England.
ilfedlcnl IlintH.
Fob Invalids. Crust coffee is an ex
cellent substitute for tea and coffee;
brown the crusts in the oven, pour hot
water on, aud let it stand for an hour on
the baok of the range; vise milk same as
for other coffee.
Fon Dyspepsia. Burn alum until the
moisture in it is evaporated ; then take
as much as you cm put on a clime,
about half an hour before eating. Three
or four days probably will answer; but
take it until cured.
Diphtheria. Sulphur used as a gar
gle is said to be a sure cure for diph
theria. This disease is only an accumu
lation of fungus in the throat, and
sulphur is a specific for every species of
fungus. Xf the patient cannot gargle,
put the sulphur on a live cool and let it
burn under ins nose,
AM-'uAiii j ax iuci xivoav 1 .a. j a ivJ
bleeding at the nose, says an exchange,
Bleedino at the Nose. To stop
exercise the jaws as if in the act of mas
tication. In the case of a child give it
something to shew a piece of paper,
for instance. The motion of the jaw
will soou stop the flow of blood. It is a
sure remedy, simple as it seems.
Cure for Incipient Consumption.
Live temperately, avoid liquor, take a
daily sponge bath, wear flanuel next the
skin, and take every morning one-half
pint of fresh milk from the cow, mixed
with a wineglass of the expressed juice
of green horehound. A person who has
tried this remedy says: lour weeks
nse of the horehound and milk, relieved
the pains of my breast, and gave mo
the ability to breathe deep, long and
free, strengthened and harmonized my
voice, and restored me to a better state
of health than I had enioyed for years.
The remedy to bo effective must be con
tinued for some time.
To Clean Black Thread Lace Teila.
Many a person has sioiled a compara
tively good black tnread lace veil in try
ing to clean it. Such a veil can be made
almost as good as new if you mix bul
lock's gall with sufficient hot water to
make it as warm as you can bear your
hand in, and pass the veil through it.
It must be squeezed, not rubbed ; and it
will be well to perfume the gall with a
little musk. Rinse the veil through two
cold waters, tinging tho last with a
little blue. After .drying, put it into
some stiffening mode by pouring boiling
water on a very small piece of glue;
squeeze it ont, stretch it, and clap it.
Afterward pin it out on a linen cloth to
dry, laying it very straight and even,
taking care to pin the edge very nicpiy.
When dry iron it on tbe wrong side.
having laid a linen-cloth over the iron
ing blanket. Any article of black lace
may be washed in this manner. Some
people prefer to nse spirits of ammonia,
and it cleans very well.
Cooking by means of solar rays has
been tried successfully at Bombay, and
an apparatus has been contrived to cook
chops and steaks in the open air as well
and expeditiously as over an ordinary
fire. The apparatus consists of a copper
vessel, tinned inside aud painted black
outside, with a glass -cover enveloping
the vessel with an inch of hot air, and
fixed on to the bottom of a conical re
flector lined with oommon silvered sheet
class. If rroner!v covered over it will
retain the heat for full three hours and ft
half.-
Items of Interest.
The rabbit is timid, but- no cook can
make him quail. This is a fact in natu
ral history.
" I canH undertake, wife, to gratify all
your whims; it would be as much as my
i 1.1. t uni. MAii.;..yw "
me is worm. nix , ui a uutumg,
'Twas ever thus ) from childhood's hour
We've eeen our fondest hopes decy
The fire went out, the batter sour
We can't have buokwheat cakea to-day !
The first hours of slumber are the
sweetest. If ever a man sleeps the
sleep of the just, it ia when he's just
asleep.
Immense beds of copper have been
found at Blue Hill, Me., and in the
neighboring town of Sedgwick silver
veins of much promise have been un
covered, the ore assaying from $100 to
$300 a ton.
What a beautiful example of simplici
ty in dress is shown some of the follow
ers of fashion by that domestic animal
the cat, which rises in the morning,
washes its face with its right hand, gives
its tail three jerks, and is ready dressed
for the day !
Gilmanton, N. H.,has a lady farmer,
Mrs. J. D. Piper, who, though over sixty
years of age, ownB and manages a farm
of seventy-five acres. The past sum
mer she has herself done all her farming,
planting, hoeing, harvesting and other
farm work, with the exception of hay
ing. TWO REASONS.
When I kiss thee on thy lips,
'Tis my own love to impart j
For between those sweet rose-bi
ndi
Lies the doorway of thy heart,
When I kiss thee on thine eyes,
'Tis to bid thy love-tides roll
For beneath those velvet lids
Are the fountains of the soul.
A schoolboy being requested to write
a composition upon the subject of pins
produced the following : " Pins are very
usefnl. They have saved the lives of a
great many men, women and children
intact whole families." "flow so?"
asked the puzzled teacher. The boy
replied: "Why, by not swallowing
them."
In 1876 snakes and wild animals in
India killed 19,273 persons and 54,830
head of cattle. There were slain 23,549
wild animals and 212,371 snakes, rewards
to the amount of $G2,287 being paid for
their destruction. There were killed
by snakes 15,946 persons, by elephants
52. bv ticrers 917. by leopards 156, by
bears 123, by wolves 887 and by hyenas
49. The animals destroyed were : Ele
phants 4; tigers 1,693; leopards 3,768;
bears 1,352; wolves 5,976 and hyenas
1,585.
WalterS. Harley and Robert Fish-
burne, of Walterboro', S. C, were
brothers-in-law. They quarreled in
consequence of some opprobrious lan
guage addressed by the former to the
latter. Fishburne sought to make Har
ley withdraw the offensive words. He
declined to do so, and a challenge fol
lowed ; they met at a point a few miles
from Savanah; Harley discharged his
Eistol in the air, and Fishbnrne sent a
ullet into Harley's body, inflicting a
mortal wound.
A narrow escape from a singular acci
dent occurred in the hunting field in
England the other day. The Atherstone
hounds, a celebrated pack, were in pur
suit of a fox, which tried to escape by
leaping into a stone quarry, eighty feet
deep, bnt was killed by the fall. The
leading dog of the pack also leaped in
and was dashed to pieces, nnd the others
would have followed had not the men
employed in the pit, seeing the danger,
formed a line upon the brink aud driven
tho dogs back.
For many years past in an eastern
city a letter addressed to "Philip
Gregory, Esq.," has been dropped every
day into the mail, with no indication of
the place of residence of the person for
whom it was intended. All began, "My
own darling Philip." and en Jed, " Your
faithful aud affectionate Mary," and ex-
pressed the writer's undying love and
confidence that her lover would return .
Now suddenly the letters have ceased,
and the clerks in tbe dead letter office at
Washington really feel lonesome and
Bird.
Mrs. Angela Podesta-Onetta died re
cently in Cincinnati at the remarkable
age cf one hundred and nine
years and one day, after being confined
to her bed only 'three days. For about
three months previous she had been
ailing somewhat, bnt she did not take to
her bed until the Wednesday preceding
her death. Her last hours were painless,
and her death came as calmly as if she
were going to sleep. Mrs. Podesta
Onetta was born Jan. 10, 1769, in the
village of Vignoio, Itily. At the ago of
twenty she was married to Podesta, by
whom she had eight children, four boys
and four girls. Her second marriage
was to a wandering musician named
Onetta, when she was eighty-six years
of age. When 100 years old she danced
all night at a ball in Cincinnati.
Fashion Notes.
The decadence of clinging skirts is an
nounced.
White fur robes are used by ladies in
their carriages.
Newest furs for the neck are Corrick
capes, instead of boas.
Good news forlbriinettes : Spanish
styles ore coming in this spring.
Roses covered with dew-drops are the
new trimming for ball dresses.
Feather fans are used with evening
dresses almost to the exclusion of all
other styles.
Wedding dresses are mostly in the
princesse style, made plain, with very
little trimming.
Pretty new handkerchiefs are of sheer
lawn, with a rnfile embroidered in pale
pink or blue silk,
V New artificial roses are closed as budn,
and by a spring open as full-blown "
rosea while being worn.
New veils are dotted with beads, and
have a delicate fringe of the same on the
edge. These are always in mask shape.
A very sensible bangle (that still holds
ita own), is plain band of silver with a
patent coin-holder attached by a strong
silver chain.
' Ladies iu mourning wear wide crape ,
collars below the standing crepe lisae '
raoha. . Crape cuffs over the long tight
sleeve match the collar.'
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