Hon the World Looks from Pike's Peak,
Eight hundred persons went to the
uummit of Pike's Peak Inst year, Bays a
writer in the Troy (H. x.) Timet, ana
as many more will aseend this year. It
is the one great feat that tourists in
this region are ambitions to accomplish.
This grand mountain was discovered
and named arter the adventurous old ex
plorer, Major Pike, in 1806. Lifting its
snow-covered head over 14,000 feet
above sea-level, and 8,000 feet above the
high plains of Colorado at its base, it
forms one of the great landmarks of the
State. There are two narrow horseback
paths leading to the summit. The
longer and easier one is called the
" government trail," though the govern
ment did not make it, and has nothing
to do with it but to use it. It was built
by Mr. Copley, of Colorado Springs.
The telegraph line to the summit runs
along this trail. Tne "new trail " by a
steeper climb directly np from Iilanitou
Ip rings, through Engleman's Canon, is
twelve miles long. Jb'rom Colorado
Springs by either trail it is seventeen
miles to tne summit. At nrst our path
way wound upward along the banks of
a beautiful, clear mountain stream and
among foot-hills which, anywhere else
would be called mountains j then again
the trail was nothing but a narrow zig
zag path up the almost preoipitous
mountain side, where a single misstep
of our horse would have sent us rolling
down into the awful ravine below. Now
we toiled on under towering cliffs
thousand feet high, then we crept
nervously along the edge of fearful
chasms, a thousand feet deep.
Now through dense forests of pine,
nr, spruce ana cedar; men among
shrubs, plants and violet flowers bloom'
wg along our pathway. JNow we were
in deep gorges that almost shut out tho
sunlight: then on some mount oi vision
from which we could catch a glimpse of
the wild grandeur aronnd and about us,
Five miles from the base we came to
"Jones's Park," a beautiful meadow,
v,uw feet above the level of the sea,
which the eccentric owner has taken
some pains to cultivate and ornament,
If you stop long enough Mr. Jones will
tell you some strange stories about his
twenty-six years of mountain life among
the Rockies. Toiling on and up, three
miles from the park we oome to a good'
sized log-house, which answers the
purpose of a hotel. It stands on the
borders of beautiful "Lake Moraine,"
which gives it its name of ''Lake
House." Here we rest for the night.
Bleeping at an altitude of 10,000 feet
above the sea.
In company with another, we were
early in the saddle next morning, for it
was five miles more to the summit, and
in that five miles we must mount up
a.uuu teet higher, it was a long, weary,
rugged climb. We were "tired to
death " several times over, still we lived
and pushed on. At an elevation of
12,000 feet we reached " timber line "
the utmost limit of tree life. This line
amoDg the Alps is at an elevation of only
5,000 feet. (By the way, they say out
heie, of a raau who is bald-headed that
'his head has got above timber line.")
up, up, up, over tne rough and rocky.
bleak and barren sides of the great peak
we climb. The atmosphere grows rarer
and respiraton more difficult. It seems
as if we would never reach the top,
Higher and higher, through the light.
thin air we urge our trembling, panting
horses, but we would pant worse than
the horses if, ont of sympathy to them,
we should undertake to walk. Some at
this great elevation suffer from dizziness
headache or nose-bleed. Others have
sensations similar to seasickness. As
we were resting our horses for a moment,
and looking out ou the gloomy desola
tion around us, wondering if any living
thing could exist in such a waste of
howling wilderness of rocks, we heard a
faint squeak or bark, coming, as we
learned, from the little conies. These
little animals are about the size aud
shape of a prairie dog, Thev are found
on these peaks of the Rocky Mountains,
and never below timber line: One won
ders how they subsist where there is no
vegetation, and if they are the same as
the "conies "of the Soripture, which
" make their houses in the rocks."
When we were about a hundred yards
from the summit the great snow-drifts
across the trail compelled us to dis
mount. After tying our horses to the
stones, we clambered up rock to rock
end boulder to boulder toward the crown
of the peak. At last we were at the
" United States Signal Service Station,"
a square stone house with flat roof,
built for the purpose of meteorological
observations. On this lofty watch-tower
" Uid irobaoiiities " has stationed hit
sentinels, whose duty it is to send to
Washington a telegraphio weather re
port every evening at sunset; also to
send a report by mail once a week. After
a few minutes' conversation with the
lonely watoher dwelling on this highest
inhabited spot on the globe, we went
out into the clear morning atmosphere
to view our surroundings. We climbed
over the rocks and around the snow
drifts, buttoning np our overcoats to
keep out the chill breeze, though down
on the plains, under the July sun, the
thermometer stood away np among the
"nineties." On the very summit is a
nearly level surface of about sixty acres,
but this space is so completely covered
with great boulders and fragments of
great ragged granite rocks that not an
inch of soil can be seen.
But look around and beneath yon from
this lofty spot if you want one of the
grandest panoramas this earth affords.
To the west, and far away, are the vast
mountains of the " Snowy Range,"
among the lofty peaks of which are
"Harvard," "Tale" and "Lincoln,"
crowned with perpetual whiteness. In
tervening between the mountain mon
arch we are on and the snowy Rockies
are many lower peaks ranging from 10,
000 to 13.000 feet high. To the north
are "James's," "Long's" and "Grey's"
peaks standing head and shoulders above
their fellows. Turning to the east, just
down to the foot of the peak is Maniton,
with its springs, and the Garden of the
Gods, and beautiful Glen Eyrie. Colo
rado Springs, out on the plain, five miles
from the base of the mountains, is so
far below us we cannot distinguish the
dwellings from each other. Beyond
the settlements, as far as human eye can
reach, we see the immense plains of
Colorado, bounded on the one hand by
the valley of the Platte and on the other
by the Arkansas valley. To the south
is the Greenhorn range, the Spanish
. peaks, and old Sierra Blaooo lifting its
white head nearer the stars than any
other peak in our stupendous surround
ings. ' The editor of the New York Advocate,
Walter H. Shnpe, has filed a petition to
be declared a bankrupt. His liabilities
are reported at 869 528.58 and his assets
8387. His principal creditor is Andrew
Luke, of 111 Fulton St., to whom he
owes $47 000 on two separate claims.
Newspaper Reporter.
During 1877, 90,509,449 pounds of
sugar were, used by brewers in Great
Britain,
The British Parliament.
On the north bank of the Thames in
London, just above Westmister bridge
and nearly opposite Westminster Abbey,
is "Westminster Palace," more familiar-
known as the House of Parliament,
having the House or Commons on one
end and the House of Lords on the
other. It is the largest and most mag
nificent Gothic structure in the world.
Tuis vast construction is 900 feet long,
covers an area of eight acres, and cost,
with all its improvements and ornamen
tations, 820,000,000. It in said to have
two miles of corridors, 100 stair-oases
and 11,000 apartments, the latter embra
cing great halls, court rooms, queen B
chambers, libraries, lobbies, committee
rooms, vestibules, ouioial residences,
waiting rooms, dining rooms, clerks
offices, chapol and numerous other
apartments. In external architecture
the Parliament House is elaborate, im
posing and beautiful. Still it lacks the
massive grandeur of the oapitol at
Washington. In its interior decorations
there is a gorgeous profusion of orna
mentation. There are 300 carved statues
iu and about the edifice, and hundreds
of rich fresco and oil paintings, repre
senting important events in English his
tory. The building has two immense
towers, which add greatlv to the grand
eur of its appearance. ' Viotoria tower"
(named after the queen), at the south
west corner, is a marvellous structure.
seventy-five feet square and 840 feet
high. The "Clock tower," at the north
end of the building, is forty feet square
and 320 feet high. The clock in this
tower is probably the largest in the
world. It shows the time upon four
dials, each twenty-two and a half feet in
diameter. The immense bell on whioh
the hours are struck weighs over 16,000
pounds. The quarter hours are struck
on smaller bells, weighing from two to
fonr tons each. The pair of hands
weigh 200 pounds, the minute hand
being sixteen feet long, and the hour
hand nine feet. The space between the
figures which mark the hours, is six
feet, while the minute marks are four
teen inches apart, so that every minute
the point of the minute hand moves
fourteen inches. The pendulum, which
is fifteen feet long, weighs 680 pounds,
This great clock will run eight days, but
it takes two hours to wind it np. Be
sides the two great towers that adorn
the Parliament House, there is a grand
central spire 300 feet high, and a great
multitude of smaller spires and towers,
giving the building the appearance of
excessive ornamentation.
Remarkable Natural Provision.
In the struggle for life which is going
on perpetually throughout the whole of
animal creation, it is interesting to notice
the wonderful provisions which Nature
makes for the preservation of tne weaker
and more helpless animals, in many
cases the color of the creature is adapted
in a wonderful way to its mode of living
and place of concealment, and con'
tributes very materially to its safety
We know how difficult it is to distinguish
the grapthopper from the leaf or blade
where he is resting till he betrays him'
self by moving. Those birds that sing
in the hedge-row have feathers on their
backs which harmodze with the color of
the lea res about which they flit, while
the feathers on tbeir breasts borrow the
white line from the clouds above them.
The partridge can hardly be distinguish'
ed from the stubble where it makes ita
nest, while in northern countries the
winter dress of the hare and ptarmigan
is white, like the snow on which they
are seen. The same is the case with the
inhabitants of the water. The frogs
which live in the pools and muddy
ditches are known to vary their
color according to the nature of the sand
or mud in which they live. The tree
frog, on the other hand, is green, and
thus with difficulty is distinguished from
the tree to which it adheres. Fish,
especially those which inhabit fresh
water, are so like in color to the weeds
and stones among which they lie that it
is often very difficult to detect their
presence.
One of the most wonderful instances
of Nature's care iu providing for the
protection of more defenceless creatures
14 found in the apparatus for defence
with which the cuttle-fish is furnished
As soon as its quick eye catches a glimpse
of an approaching enemy, knowing the
impossibility of saving itself by night,
it prepares at once to seek safety in con
cealment. With this object it sinks
downwards and throws out from a vessel
with which it is prepared a black stream
of inky fluid. This entirely surround
and conceals it, and as it takes a con'
siderable time to disperse, the enemy is
generally baffled; if, however, the cuttle
fish is still in dauger, it pours out
another flood of ink, and remains quiet
until the danger is passed. Wonders
of JVature.
Monkeys at Supper,
This rather comical picture is from
the pen of an eastern traveler:
"There is a pretty grove of mangos
just out of Lucknow, called the Aish
Grove, or the monkey grove. In this
place there are hundreds of monkeys.
One evening I went out to see them.
At first as I rode under the big trees,
looking everywhere and not seeing one,
I was beginning to feel disappointed.
But presently I saw two or three in the
road, three or four on top of a house,
and all at once they were everywhere,
hanging from the branches of the trees
above my head, running across the road,
up the tree trunks, so I concluded there
were a few left.
"As I was watching these few, a man
came out of a small shop with a big bag
full of grain, and going np and down
the road in front of our buggies, began
calling out ao, ao, ao; whioh means
come, come, comet
"In a few minutes everything seemed
alive with the ugly, long monkeys.
They sat down on their hind feet and put
the grain into their mouths as fast as
they could; very greedy they were. Some
of the mother-monkeys took up their
babies in their arms, rooking them back
wards and forwards, just as you have
seen your mothers do with your little
brothers and sisters.
"Just as they were in the midst of their
big dinner, eating as fast as they could,
there appeared upon the top of a house
a very large black monkey. He sat a
moment and gazed upon the feast, then
sprang from the roof, seating himself in
the center of the assembly. There was
a general breaking np and squealing
fearfully, they all ran away to the edge
of the road.
The old fat monkey sat upon his hind
feet and looked around; then, wisely
looking at me, seemed to say:
" 'I am monarch of all I survey)
My right there is none to dispute;'
and then, quietly settling himself to
work, began eating.
"Not one of them dared to oome near
him. I asked the reason, and they said
he waa the king-monkey, and all the
other monkeys were afi aid of him. After
he had eat en enough, be scampered back
upon the house-top, and sat watching
the others as they finished what he had
loft," '
FOR THE TOUNO PEOPLE.
Flshlna.
Tlie big white sail goes down at last;
The boat li "till the anchor's cast.
I'm pleased enough to think we've found
Our Journey's endthe fishing ground l
The aun'i grown warm, I'm foroed to state
Oh dear I what horrid slimy bait !
Poor thlngi t how very glad I am
I waau't born a soft-shell olam I
Bo down my book drops, baited well t
I hope it hae a tempting amoll.
To eit hero long and oatch no fish
Decidedly la not my wish I
What, you've oaught one so soon papa ?
now very fortunate yon are I
The boatman, too, has just oaught onet
It's now my turn to have some fun.
Oh, pshaw, you've each got one more nowl
Let me ait forward, at the bow;
I don't see what I do amies
That luok should pass me by like this I
It's too tormenting, Is it not?
I never knew the tun eo hot I
And, Oh my goodness! only look t
The bait's been taken from my hook I
AM BOmt AFTERWARD.
I've not yet had a single bite !
Still here I sit, despairing qnite t
Not one is mine from all that mass
Of black-fish, and four preoious bass I
It only one fish would agree
To have compassion on poor me I
No matter by whose hook he came,
'Twould have to hurt him all the same.
Edgar Fawcett.
'Johnny's Sweat Oven.
"I don't want to take a bathl I hate
to take a bathl" grumbled Johnny,
rubbing his eyes and shivering. "I
wish I was an Indian, so I shouldn't
ever have to feel a drop of water. I d
rather be a Nez Perces prisoner, I say,
at Fort Leavenworth, than a soap-and-water
white bov vou hear that?"
"A very mistaken wish, my untidy
little man." said Johnny s uncle Jack.
"If you were a Nez Perces prisoner
at Fort Leavenworth, yon d have to
take a sweat bath in an oven, and then
lean ont through the air and plunge into
the turbid waters of the Missouri river
every morning of your life, rain or
shine, hot or cold, sick or well, so long
as vou had strength enough to keep
yourself from sinking to the bottom of
the river."
Johnny exclaimed in amazement. "I
thonght Indians went awful unwashed,
Maybe, though, 'tis a torture ordered
by the government to pay 'em for scalp-
lug uinuj nmro iuikdi
"Not so." answered Uncle Jack.
" 'Tis a Nez Perces custom, old as the
tribe itself. When Chief Joseph and
his people were brought to Fort Leaven
worth after their capture by General
Miles, the first thing ordered was a
sweat oven, which the tribal architects
began to build at once."
"Is it a real oven? And do they heat
it np and then roast themselves in w
asked Johnny with a look of terror.
"Not exactly," answered TJnole Jack,
"This is the wav the oven is constructed
a deep hole is dug in the ground within
a few feet of the Missouri river, and
over this a roof of earth is formed mak
ing a mound the shape of an inverted
iron kettle. An opening is left in one
side, and in front of this a rousing fire
is built. Rocks are heated in the fire
and thrown into the hole in which there
is a supply of water sufficient to create
steam. The Indians then walk into the
oven and stand above the caldron until
they sweat profusely, after which they
leap into the river where the bath is
finished. Even the papooses are carried
in their mothers' arms and soused till
they spout water like baby whales, and
it agrees with them immensely, for the
Nez Perces Indians are a hardy race
and live to an astonishing old age. You
see that even the untutored savage sets
you a cleanly example which you will do
well to imitate; so run and take your
bath, my man. without anothe word of
grumbling, and next Saturday we'll
jump aboard the train, ride over to
Fort Leavenworth, and see the sweat
oven and obtain curiosities about Camp
Joseph.
Stimulated by Uncle Jack's promise,
Johnny spent the following hour bold'
ing his bath in a dark closet to produce
violent perspiration and floundering in
the bath-tub, playing that he was a little
Nez Perces Indian boy taking a sweat
bath.
Satnrdav he went to Fort Leaven
worth, and found Chief Joseph and his
people looking remarkably contented,
and seemingly enjoying the interest
which they excited as "Big Injuns" in
captivity.
To his surprise Johnny learned that
Chief Joseph was an industrious and
rather skillful artist. Upon a large
blazed tree in front of his tent the chief
had painted a historical panorama of the
Nez Perces war upon the whites which
had led to his captivity and transporta
tion to the banks of the Missouri. In
dian lodges, wolves, dogs, ponies, birds
and men mingled in the curious repre
sentation which the interpreter "Oharly"
proudly pointed ont as "Big Chief's Big
Story of tfig Campaign."
After looking at the pictures Johnny
went to visit Yellow Bull, a famous
warrior of the tribe, who looked so jovial
Johnny could not believe he bad taken
so many scalps upon the war path as had
been reported.
He answered Johnny's "How" with a
friendly nod, permitting him to examine
the many objects of interest which the
tent contained, and even to strut about
in the wolf skin cap once owned by
White Bird, who is now with Sitting
Bull in company with the remainder of
the Nez Fences who escaped captivity.
One of the rarest curiosities was a pipe
taken from the famous Pipestone quarry
described in Longfellow's "Hiawatha."
This pipe was smoked by Chief Joseph's
grandfather, wah-Ia-mut-fci, nearly
century ago.
Walking through the village Johnny
saw a group oi Indian boys and gins
playing ball, using clubs cut from
crooked timber made to resemble mam-
month spoons. The dusky little sports'
men were shooting at niokles with bows
and arrows, laughing uproariously, as
jolly a set of diminutive war prisoners
as one could wish to see.
But Johnny was most interested in
the "sweat oven," and it is safe to say
twill not soon forget the lesson which
he learned from the Nez Perces Indians.
Upon his removal a few weeks since to
Uncle Jack's farm, where he spends his
summers, he selected a spot close by a
creek and induced the hired man to
build thereon a "sweat oven" like that
at Fort Leavenworth, only upon a small
er scale. Hither Johnny daily repairs
in Indian costume, kindles his fire and
stands un in his oven, taking care to
place above the hole a screen which
Uncle Jack has cautiously provided lest
Johnnv fall into the caldron and come
out a boiled Nee Perces. Theodora R.
Jenness, in Wide Awake.
Why should a Wfttoh never be dry
Because it has a panning spring inside
Romance of a Wreat Bank.
A London correspondent writes: There
are only four streets, I am told, in all
London where verdure is not to be seen;
mat is to say, all the streets or, Aiondon
command a view of some growing green
trees or snrubs. This is rather startling
when yon oome to think of the hundreds
of acres of houses and narrow streets
this great city of cities present to the
view of the visitor. Take "the Old
Lady of Tbreadnnndle street." as the
citizens disrespectfully term the verer-
auie uiu migniv liana oi junsianii.
Within its strong walls is a garden, even
a delioate fountain, and a big tree, in
deed two trees and some numerous
plants. Fresh and attractive they stand
ont in charming contrast, smiling at
busyusSd ghe
tantalizing clink of gold. This garden
is more beautiful and attractive than
any I have seen in many towns in
America, a land of trees I You survey
th.s emerald spot, studded with floral
rubies and adorned with petalled tur
quoise, and yon look around at the to
paz innge oi guinea gold, ana exclaim:
"No garden in the world is so richly
environed." Millions of money per
month pass around this garden. Be
neath that tallest tree there is a story.
It is brief. Allow me to tell it for the
first time in print. Some years ago the
bank had a clerk whose height mea
sured nearly seven feet two inohes. He
was a marvel in more wavs than one.
He could add up I don't know how man v
columns of figures at one time without
an error; do subtraction and multiplica
tion simultaneously, and look noon
vulgar fractions " disdainfnllv. In a
word, he was a big figure. Nature has
given to big men gentle dispositions.
This figurative giant was most amiable
and a general favorite. The clerks in
the Bank of England are all gentlemen
by oirtn and education, not a few of
them being by blood ties allies to the
oldest families in the kingdom. Indeed,
I am told one of them is the lineal de
scendant of a king, and as that monarch
through this descendant proclaims Ire-
iana as weir domain, i will not lor a
moment stop to dispute the pedigree of
" the pretender." In good company the
giant labored and lived and died, for
giants cannot carry their lengthened
sweetness long drawn ont beyond the
period allotted to nan generally any
more than a dwarf. When the giant of
the Bank of England added up his last
figures and balanced his accounts with
this world, his olerkly oo npouions sought
to shroud him in the leaves of the ledg
er of their esteem sud bury him beneath
the tree I mentioned in the precincts of
the bank he loved so we 'J. There, in
this verdant oasis of the commercial
desert, his financial spirit is continually
rejoiced by the tinkle of gold and the
ever-moving millions, not a farthing of
wmcn ne can now reckon on.
Elevated Railroad Scenes In New Yrk.
x wo elevated railroads are now in
running order in New York one on the
east side and the other on the west side
of the oity. The former was the last
one finished, and a World reporter took
ride the nrst day, recording his in
pressions. The newspaper man says:
While the reporter was examining the
cars with a critical eye the train was
already on its way through the narrow
down-town streets. Through Pearl street
it ran, making a deaiening clatter with
the rattle of the road itself, the grinding
of the wheels and the reverberations
from the buildings. People in the street
oeiow, nowever, seemed to pay no at
tention to the engine and the oars and
the horses stood quietly in front of their
trucks and carts, without drivers near,
and munohed their fodder. In Third
avenue the horses of the surface cars
and of wagons jogged along, people
looked into shop-windows and not into
the sky, and the only difference was that
the train, having more room on each
side, did not make so muoh noise. By
this time, after one or two stops, the two
cars were comfortably filled, several of
the passengers being women. The re.
porter, for lack of anything else to do.
attempted to read the store signs as he
was rapidly carried along. Only the
big ones were readable. A woman knit
ting at a window was unpleasantly con
founded with a man pressing bats, and
a barber in the second story of a house,
leisurely shaving a customer, became.
by a sort of dissolving-view arrange
ment, a tat uerman woman energeti
caMy spanking a child. Cooper InstL
tnle suddenly loomed np a dark mass,
There was not much left of the
journey after this, nor much novelty,
There was the same round of women
sitting at windows, sewing and occasion
ally half lazily looking at the cars that
shot past their houses, and of people
quietly walking along the streets, until
the tram turned into Forty-second street.
frightened a team of horses attached to a
brewer's diay and then halted at the
Grand Central Depot.
Fashion Notes.
Fnr flowers have been fabricated for
the winter.
Cosaire. the new silk, is soft and
coarse looking.
Garnet beads are to be need by the
milliners una year.
A new stuff for vests has raised stripes
tnat look as if braided.
Old-fashioned claret and garnet color
will be much worn this winter.
Belted dresses will probably continue
laamonabie tnrougn tne winter. .
ijarge square belt buckles come in
engraved silver, pearl, jet and steel.
Chnddah cloths almost exactly like
Ghuddah shawls are imported for win
ter.
Silk and wool goods, in fine stripes of
brignt colors, are prepared for tne win
ter trade.
Felt bonnets embroidered with gold
are announced as awful possibilities of
tne future.
The silk fabrics with tufted stripes
and figures are to be imitated in wool
for winter wear.
It is said that the old style moire
antique silk will be more used for trim
ming hats and bonnets.
Veils of dotted black net, lined with
white illusion, are worn this autumn.
They are very deceptive.
White India muslin over silk is fash
ionable still. The silk dress is trimmed
with a frayed ruche; the muslin with
lace.
The new fall drees goods are of bright
colors curiously blended. Olive, pale
ujuo, gariic suu yeiiow are seen in one
la brio.
Uhoodas, caravan cloth, and fulled
caenmere are tne varieties of India cash-
At. - A. 1 . a .
uirro uiim, tare Buown lor tne coming
uay colored belts are worn with all
costumes, bnt esDeeiall with hiow
Ladies who have a taste for embroider!
1n IDAak- iVVan! - I a a .
" moix own Delia: others wear
the gaily woven ribbons in the Oriental Thia preoious relio haa now been con
aeaigu8 go much in vogue. yeyed to Prague, and is to be deposited
YILL1UE IMPROYEMEHT. '
Tke Laurel Hill Aaseclatloa, ef Steekbridare
Berkshire !. Mae.
This association had its beginning in
the year 1853, and was set on foot en
tirely by the efforts of one devoted lady
now Mrs. J. uooariou wuubo
personal and untiring labors to aronse
tne people resulted m u wkhuimbuu
which has not only secured to the town
incalculable benefits, but has become
the iuspirer and the model oi similar
associations in other States. An ac
count of a more recent effort of this
kind was given in February.
After a thorough canvass oi an por
tions of the town, by way of prepara
tion, a meeting was held in August,
JTt
Besides its Own citizens, many sons of
the town, settled elsewhere, were
E resent, or responded by the proxy of a
beral subscription. All the prelimin
aries of a regular organization under
the General Statutes of the State, were
transacted. By its constitution mem
bership was obtainable by an adult on
the payment of $1, and of twenty-five
cents by a child, or, on the part of the
latter, by the planting ot a tree under
direction; and every child was en
couraged by this means to erect a
memorial of him or herself, to bear
thereafter the name of the planter.
A remarkable knoll, where magnifi
cent rocks are overhung by a forestry of
oaks and pines, was purchased some
years previously aud presented to the
village as a pleasure ground, oy a puo-lie-spirited
citizen. An abundant nn
growth of Laurels, suggested a name for
the locality, and also the name of the
association. An aggregate of about
$1,400 in cash and available subscrip
tions enabled it to commence operations
with vigor. Its attention was primarily
direoted to improvements upon this
hill; then extended to the village oeme-
tery, whose ruinous fenoe was replaced
by a tasteful structure of marble and
iron, within which, a year or two later,
was set a hedge of Norway spruoe.
The latter is now kept fifteen feet in
height, and is a superb wall of perennial
green. Within this enclosure walks and
drives were constructed, shrubbery and
trees planted, leaning monuments set
perpendicular, and provision made for
repeated mowings. Then the streets of
the village were taken in charge; side
walks straightened, trimmed and grav
eled; crossings laid; gutters constructed
with regard to thorough drainage, and
shade trees set along the sides of every
street. Year after year these improve
ments were pushed farther, aud along
the roads leading into the town, and the
opportunity for pedestrian exercises
greatly enlarged. Jn undertakings
involving more expensive labor such as
grading and working the roads through
aud near the village the association
has acted in concert with the munioipal
authorities, adding its own to the town's
appropriation, and thus securing a di
rection in t'ie enterprise. The two have
thus enjoyed mutual aid, to the invalua
ble advantage of both.
The question is often asked ns: Ware
there uo opponents of this crusade of
improvement? Yes but they were not
numerous, and no long time was reqoir
ed to conciliate them entirely. It is not
in human nature, when one puts his
premises in order and beautifies them
with taste, for his next neighbor to en
dure for long the contrast suggested by
the negleot and dilapidation on his own
premises, and the chanoes are that he
will not only fall in with the prevailing
spirit, but become a formidable rival in
betterments with the other. The little
labor and trifling expense necessary to
effeot a change in his surroundings, of
which, when made, he can not but be
proud, ere long convert him from i
brake to a spoke in tne wheel of pro
gress, particularly when he comes to find
as he will that there is money in the
operation.
Ouoe a year, in the month, cf August,
our Association noids its festival on
Laurel Hill A turf rosttum built
against a huge overhanging cliff is the
nucleus of operations. On that rural
platform sit the officers and invited
guests. Around and in front, beneath
the shade of the oaks, on the level plat
that once formed the Council-ground of
the Housatonio Indians, stand or sit the
town's people: the numerous summer
sojourners and visitors from the neigh
boring towns, whom the occasion
attracts, forming an appreciative audi'
ence, sometimes of several hundreds
After prayer (.and often musio also), the
choice of officers, and the annual Report
of the Executive Committee, an oration
is pronounced usually by some distiu
guished native of Stockbridge whioh in
supplemented by brief offerings in prose
or verse, and extempore speeches from
visitors. After some two hours of these
pleasant exercises, the occasion is closed
at times with a dance by the young
people on the verdant sod, to the musio
of the band. This is peculiarly the vil
lage festival, and tends to keep alive and
transmit the influence of the institution
to whioh so much pleasure and profit
are due. In the course of its existence
of twenty-five years, the records of the
L. H. Association show an expenditure
of $6,692, with the following as some of
the results:
1. The acquisition by legacies of more
than 84.1KX), most of which baa been in-
vested in pnblio funds; tbe revenue from
this, with the annual subscriptions, af
fords available means and secures the
permanency of the association,
'i. The setting ot l.bso trees, besides
several hedges. These, from mere sap
lings have become magnificent speci
mens to anort a grateful shade and be
the joy and pride of coming generations,
3. Well ordered streets, sidewalks,
gutters, and crossings, rendered locomo
tion convenient and agreeable at all
seasons.
L A general tidying np of all the
private dwellings and premises through
out tbe community, rendering onrs, ex
ternally, the finest village in Western
Massachusetts the subject of admira
tion by all visitors and sojourners.
o. The crrowina education of onr peo'
pie in the beautiful in nature, aided by
art, tending to diminish rudeness, ana
to the promotion of morality.
6. An increased value oi real estate oi
from twenty to one hundred per cent,
Trt St planted bv the association in its
infancy in front of some nnmoie prem
. . ... - . . , ,
isea, hi ve, on the acknowledgment of a
later purchaser, added $500 or $1,000 to
his offer therefor. Seldom is a larger
,-nrr. tnm (mm ao am9.ll an out.
lav.
7. n example whion cas been copied
by scores of communities that have ob
tained our constitution as the founda
tion of similar organizations in distant
localities. Such applications continue
of freauent occurrence. E. W. B.
Canning, in American Agriculturist.
Thev have Ions' preserved with tell
pious care in Germany a fragment of the
rock to which John Hubs was chained
v;a .IqqUi at. tVi a b full A
in the National M oseiim l -pobemja.
Two Courting.
Tint It la the story of Ursula's court
ship, as she herself once told it to a
teasing and favorite child, that the read
er shall have as that of another "woman
who dared."
It happened in this wise. Mr. Mat
thew Griswold, tall, shy and awkward,
but scholarly and kind, early in his life
wooed a ladv In a distant town, wno naa
Bnotner gtring to her bow in the person
of a village doctor. For a long time
she had kept her Lyme lover in a State
of uncertainty, in the hope that she
might draw ont a proposal from his pro
fessed rival. After some months of this
dallying Mr. Griswold determined to
have the matter settled, and so one day
rode to town, entered her house, and
once more tendered heart and hand.
'Oh, Mr. ' Griswold, you must give
me more time," said the lady.
"I give you vonr lifetime, miss," was
the indignant reply; whereat the youth
bowed himself out, flung into the saddle
and galloped away forever, leaving the
maiden who maiden was forevermore, as
her bird in the bush was never caught.
To Matthew, disconsolate at his beau
tiful home amid that magnificent grove
of elms that still shelter the old Gris
wold homestead at Black Hall, on the
shore of the Sound, just east of the
Connecticut river, appeared soon after
his consin Ursula, a little his senior in
years, but inheriting the beauty, pride
ana ready wit of ner grandmother,
Martha.
She "came, saw, conquered:" but.
warned by his past experience, Matthew
was slow to speak, though his looks and
actions betrayed his feelings toward his
pretty cousin.
m, , .
xnings ran on wis way ior a space
until one stormy day near the close of her
visit, Ursula, descending the dark, old
oaken staircase, suddenly encountered
her cousin ascending. Meeting him
more than half way, she, stopping sud
denly, said sweetly:
" What did you say, consin Matthew? '
" Oh. I didn't speak; I didn't say
anything?"
" High time you did, cousin ; nigh
time you did."
The future Uovernor was not slow to
take the hint, and speedily found his
tongue; and this is how Ursula Woloott
became Ursula Griswold, and for twenty-
five years always had a near relative in
the Governor's chair in Connecticut.
Wanted a Patent for a Chalk-Mark.
The Washington correspondent of the
Hartford Times writes: Several days
ago an application readied tne patent
office from J. J. ntrong ana Jlate M,
Strong, of Talladego, Ala., for a patent
for an ant guard. J. tie petition, wnicn
was a very funny one, set forth that the
Strongs, wbo are man and wife, nod
jointly put their heads together and had
invented the most wonderful thing ever
beard of. to wit. an 'ant guard, which
they went on describe at great length
They cLiimed that it was patentable, as it
was new and useful, two things that art
necessary to secure a patent. The guard
consisted of drawing a chalk-mark
around a table ot other place, by which
it was claimed the approach of ants was
stopped. Mr. Strong says, and Mrs.
Strong swears it is true, that an ant
oannot walk over a chalk-line, and all
that is necessary to keep ants away from
anything is to draw a chalk-line around
it It appears that chalk makes an ant's
legs slip up, as soaping a track prevents
a railroad eDgine from starting. The
petition was novel, and caused consider
able fun. At last the commissioner of
patents looked over the precedents and
uirected his law clerk to write a decision
refusing the application on the gronnd
that there was nothing new in the in
vention claimed, that chalk had been
used for such purposes heretofore, and
winding no with the general statement
that such ideas are not patentable. This
decision was sent to the Strong family,
but it tailed to satisfy them. They had
made np their minds that there was
millions in their invention, and they did
not intend to be cheated out of it by
any such decision. As they have money
they can pay lawyers, and they nave filed
an appeal from the decision of the com
missioner of patents. This appeal will
be tried in the circuit court.
See here, mist her," said a lad of
seven summers, who was driven up
tree by a dog, " if yon don't take that
dog away i ll eat np all yonr apples."
A Tried Retneriv for Rlllonaneaa.
Those wbo suffer from disorder or inaction
of the liver will never get the upper hand ot
the nnrnly organ so long as they use snch
irrational remedies as bine pill, calomel and
podophyllin But from tbe tried and popular
medicine, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, they
may expect relief with a certsintv of obtainine
it. The influence of the bitters upon the great
uiuai j kioiju is uuwi, puwuriui iuu specially
felt. The relief afforded la not spasmodio, bnt
complete and permanent. The sallownesa of
the skin, furred appearance of the tongue,
indigestion, ooBtiveness. headache, nausea.
pains through the right side and shoulder, in
fact every accompaniment ot the obstinate
oomplaint are entirely and promptly removed
T " ? ia inestimable medicine, in
behalf of whioh testimony is oonstantly ema- I
naung irom every quarter and from au classes
Ta HnmlMnwn
The attention of heads ot families la reaneet-
fall? invited to the anperior auahtv in everv
respect, of Dooley's Yeast Powder. It is en
tirely free from adulteration of any kind, and
everv paoaaee oo mains absolute Tun weiebL
ConBnmera should bear in mind the fact that
a stnotly pare, full weight baking powder, al
thongh it costs a little more than the adulter-
ated, cheep, light weight or bulk powders, is
by far the ohespest, both in purse and health.
To develop healthy and harmonious action
among the organs of secretion, digestion and
evacuation, take Dr. Mott's Vegetable Liver
ruis, wnicn ftealtnfuiiy stimulate tne liver,
give tone and regularity to the Uver. oonnter
aot a tendency to oostiveness, and purify the
blood. Their cathartic action is unaccompanied
by griping and ia never violent or abrupt but
always gradual and natural. These pills are of
tne greatest assistance in overcoming scroru
lous tumors and eruptive maladies. All Drug-
guts sou it.
CHEW
The Celebrated
"Matchless"
Wood Tag Plug
Tobaooo.
Thi Fioneeb Tobaooo Company.
New York, Boston, and Chioago.
For upwards of thirty years Mra. WIN8LOW8
BOOTH ING SYRUP has Uen used for children
with never-failing sucoesa. It oorreoU acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind oolio, regulates
tbe bowels, euros dysentery and diarrhoea,
whether arising from t e thing or other oausea.
An old and well-tried remedy. 36 ota. a bottle.
Amy Anthony, wife of Mirk Anthony, resid
ing at No. 6 Locust Street, Fall River, Mass.,
waa afflicted with a severe felon on her fluuer
nl w" induced to try Oraoe'a Salve. Almost
tUDMiusij asuw vaviiuuuvu a uuu a aa uui UiV fIMU
which had been almost unendurable.
Every
other remedy proved unavailing.
A arentleman in a neighboring town who had
suffered two yeara with chronio diarrhma and
was ao reduced that he oould not walk, waa
cured and restored to sound health by John
son a anoayne uuimenc. -jnis Liniment ia
worth its weigbt in gold.
The blighting effects of impure blood are sad
to behold in those we meet day by day. Thia
ought not and need not be ao. Parsons' Pur
gative Pills make new rich bloody taken one a
night for twelve weeks will change the blood in
tue entire system-
To oleanse and whiten the teeth, to sweeten
the breath, use Brown's Camphorated Bapona-
oeooi pentifrioa. Twenty-aye oeuta a bottla,
IMPORTANT MOTICE.-Fraier, Vani
lla and Othara ean pureheae no Ranted? equal to Dr.
TOBIAS' VKNKTIATI MNIMRNT for the ear ef
Cholera, Dlerrhoae, Dyaantry, Oronp. Oolio and Baa
eiokneae, taken Inmrnally Ot i perfectly barmlae m
oath aeonmpenyina eaoh bottle) and eiternelly for
Ohronla Rhaomatlam, Haadaoha, Toothaoba, Sora
Throat, Oota, Burn", Swelllnaa, Brniaaa, Morqnito
BitB,01d Soroa. Paint In Limht. Baok and Ubaal
Tha VRNRTI Alt LINIMRWT waa fntrodnoad In 1M7,
and no ona who baa aaad It bat oonttnnaa to do ao.manf
atatlns 11 It waa Tan Dollar a bottla thor would not k
without It. Tbonaandt ol OartiSoatoa oan b Man a
tha Dapot, apaakina of It wondarfol anratlr propar.
tiaa. Bold br tha HDrwtata at U eta. Dapot 49
Marrar St., Saw Tort
Tne Markets.
BW 0.
Mf otitis.
Native OS tt
Texas and Cherokee.. 10
aril.t. Ami SI 00 flSOO 00
Bobs I Lrfr 04( 04 V
Dressed' .....
Sheep.
Imba... ....
nnttnn Mlririltnff.
WH& 0SK
08 04X
Do tie 06
Flour Western Good to Oholo.. . ,
State Fair to Oboloe......
as t oo
9 too
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lit
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9 It
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se
Bnokwheat per owl... ,
111
1 01
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81
78
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80
Thaat Red Western......
Ho. 1 iuwauea...
Rye Stale -
Barley State.. . .Ma..
Barley aiait.....a. .. ...
L'nokwheat.....
Gats Mixed Western..........
torn Mixed Western .
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fS
Rav. per owl
M
80
Straw per owl
Rnna ..Oood to Prime.
9 M
0
(Bll 7
018 00
aiM
10
Pork mess 11 w
Lard Olty Steam 07
Fish Mackerel, No. 1, new 18 00
do. a, new 11 uu
Dry Ood.perowt 4 00
Herrlno, Soaled.per box
m is
eetrolenm Ornde 0H9'8)i
Benned,
10K
Si
S4
48
44
18
11
18
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OtX
08
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19
ool California rieeoe.
30
Texas .......
10
Australian ' 8
State XX 88
Batter State ' is
Wee tern Choice to
Western Oood to Prime ... 18
Western Firkins 18
oaves Ptate Faotoi?...... OS
State Skimmed..... us j
Wattern 06 M(
Eifga State and PenniylTanle.-.. 18 t&
aotTAiiO.
flour 878
998
9 138
B 46
4
0 88
9 SI
0 80
Wheatt Ho. 1 Miiwanxee. ......... l iu
Oornt Mixed.............. 41
Oats 88
Sr so
Barley 70
Barley Malt.
80
rmuDiLreu,
BsefOattlai Bxtra 08 0 08X
iheep 0 0 07
Soxs: Dressed 08 0 10
Timr 1 rennayivama extra a i.v
t:et I Bed Western...... 1 03 0 114
'ire 47 0 69
'Virni Tallow M 40 0 61
Mixed 48 0 8)a
Oats: Mixed 14 9 14
Petrolenm t Crude 0b 0wX BeOned.. .11
Wool Colorado a 0 is
Texas 18 0 so
OaUfornia.. 30 0 80
sniQHios, aaas.
Beef Cattle vH 04 X
Sheep Oo 0 09H
Lamba....... "' xu
160
WITSKTOWtl HISS.
deef Cattle I Poor to Cbolue 4 60 0 6 60
Sheep . 7 00 0 7 00
l.imtia. ........... ...... T in m t an
SAPOMIFIEIg
Is the Old Reliable Concentrated Lye
FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING.
DirtMHnna o 430m Dan Tin eaob ovn for making Hard.
Soft and Toilet Soap quickly
IT IS FULL WEIGHT AND STRKNOTB,
Th marktfa flooded irith fso-oalled) Concentrated
Lye. whioh it adulterated with salt and roam, and eon!
make toap.
OA r Hi M D. I A IV t At LJ I t a a
APONIFIEfFI
MADE BY THB
Pennsylvania Salt Manuf g Co.,
PHf fjAltF.I.I IIIA.
Kill''
3ft
taowws Bbohohial TaorHPa.for cooed? h:o colds
2Q a day to Airenta to pell a Houeehold Articled
ta Addreas Bnrkfyf iM'Pa t:., Marion, Ohio.
BOOKS, iar
aibchixp, liollintx Pruirie, Wia.
OLD HLACK J'VR-wordsanrt mufliofor lOcti.,
pot-p:tid. J. CHADSICV, Chat-trim Cpntr, N. Y.
MKADVIM'K Tbe 'logical Sohool, Unitarian, not
sectarian, aids wor hy nmn Hegina Kept. S3.
Addreas Pres. Livarmort, MeadviUe, Pa.
WANTED
Men for one year, to begin work at
once. ISalm-v fair. 11 11 hi 1 1 chm flrt. clou.
sjMoNiToaULAaa WoKKa,CmciMNATi(Omo.
PORT CII'WTKIt (N. .). WMiTAHY
INSTITUTE.-O. WINTHROP STARR, A.M.,
Principal. Limited to 25 hoyg. Terms moderate.
$7
A DAT to Agents oanTasstntr for the Ptrefttd
Vleltor. Terma and Outfit Free. Address
P. O. VIUKKRY, Aognata, Ma,n
null price t2SOorj!r PIANOS
retail prioe M5IO odIt IS 1 33. Ureal
bargain.. B RATTY, Waahingtoo, N. J
$10 to $1000
infested in Wall St. Stooka makes
fortonea ever? month. Book aeat
fra. .11,1 iinin. ..whlna
Addreee BAXTER A OO., Bankere, 1 7 Wall St.
N.T
DR. FOOTE'H HR4I.TII MONTHI.V.-16
ootaTO Daffea Rditad bv Dra. K. R. Knur. Nr.
andjB. Rent on trial for aix months f.r FOUR 3c.
STAMPS 1 Murray Hill Pub.Oo.,1 29 B. gHth8t.,N,Y.
CLOCKS
K. INHKAIIAAI Ac I'O.'H
Superior in design. Not eqnalad
in quality, or aa timekeepers.
A.k yonr Jeweler for them.
Agepoy 8 Oortlandt St., N. Y.
rflfT A G, The oboioest in the world Importers
JL Ali x Ll. Drioes Larareet Oomoanv in Amnrioa
staple article pleases everybody Trade oontinnall
increasing; Agents wanted everywhere beet induce
ments don't waste time send for Oiroolar to
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$1 0 2 $25 S':L4r;;; Novelties
S!S&? Outfit Free 3
J. U. BUFPORD'8 8ON8. Mannfaotnrins; PnbHshert,
lilt. I IT l,i: 1?. a D a " U
Established nearly ttfty years. '
fi,,.., Tlwanenoia TnJi.t)
J'UreS Uyspepsia, indigestion,
oour atomacn, sick neadacne.
GRACE'S SALVE.
JOnXSTTLLB. Mioh.. Dao. 97. 1877. Mtrt. ratmlmM, 1
sant fon 60 ota. for two boiaa of Oraoe'a Salve. I have
had two and have and thorn on an nloar on mr toot, and
It ia almoat wall. Reapeotfollr joara, O. J. Vaa Masa.
Pries 85 cents a box at all druggists, or sant by man
n raoalDt of 3A oanta. PreDArari bv NHTII lar.
FOWL.K oV HONS. 86 Uarriaon Ava.,Bo.ton,Maaa.
ti ; t- j n tt
ir3,liltS lvGdCiy lOT US6
Tor Farmers and Manufacturers.
Thar ara uniform in .had, and tha aaIo .iw&va
ba matobed. Any ona oan paint with thm. They have
rary aupaiior oovanng proprrtiea.and do not, lika the ao
Mllao pataut painu, oontain either water, Dentine or
llaali. Thaaa DAint. AM in T.inniH V.,pm .nH ar. wild
in Oallon Oana and Bimla They are alao pnt op in
am. II aane of ona to five pnnndv Send fnr aample oaid
ahowing different ahadea. F. W. PKVOR A CO., oor.
Fnlton and William St , N York.
BOSTOH TRANSCRIPT,
Daily and Weekly, Quarto.
BOSTON, MASS,
Tha uraaat. Oheaoeet and Bmt VmUv W & .
in New England. Kdited with apeoial raferenoe to tha
vanea laatea and requtramenta of tl)a home oirola. All
.ue ivrviKn auu luoai new. uuuu.uea promptly.
naMrTranapript, f 10 par annum in advanoe.
( oopiaa in ona aaareas,) K7.BO pet
annam in advance,
SEND FOR SAMPLE COPT.
WHO WANTS A FARM
WHERE FARMING PAYS THE BEST?
FOR SALE.
MflUnfliSL8 farming
OUUfUUU hAfHalW.811 JSf141 to Miohiga?.
at from 8 it ia uer acre, oo aaaf
tarma of unn,t A
9(1(1 fl (1(1 far.fta Kf Choice Pine
tr Band for illustrated Pamphlet, full ot faots.
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