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VOL. VIII.
KIDGWAY ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1878.
NO. 33.
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retitlon to Time.
Touch ai gently, Tim 1
Let ns glide (down thy stream
Gently ma we sometimes glide
Through a qniet dream.
Humble voyagers are we,
Husband, wife and ohildrea three t
One is lost an angel fled
To the azure overhead I
' Touch us gently, Time !
We've not proud nor soaring wings ;
Oar ambition, our content,
Lies In simple things.
' - Humble voyagers are we
O'er life's dim, unsounded sea,
Seeking only some oalm olime s
'-v, Touoh us gontly, gentle Time !
, Barry Cornwall.
The Silent Woman.
A LOVE STORT. FROM THE JAPANESE.
Oshikoji Nobutaro was a young noble
who found himself quite disillusioned,
' so that the gayeties of society, the va
riety of travel nor the achievement of
' literary diBtinotion were pleasing to
him, and he retired, a prey to unuttera
ble -weariness, to the anoestral abode on
the beautiful shores of Lake Biwa, hop
ing to find at least tranquility.
In the time of the second gathering
of the tea, the mildest and fairest of the
year, when the trees begin to fill with
little nests, and when all nature trem
bles and blushes with conscions warmth,
Iriye Ichigoro ordered a couple of nori
mono, and started off to Biwa to take
counsel with his exiled friend. He
found Nobutaro in the fields at the base
of Hi Yei Zan, practicing the enlivening
pursuit of hawking. The greetings of
the young men were polite and decoious,
and their conversation, which turned
upon various subjects, was at onoe ex
hilarating and instructive.
Toward the close Iriye introduced the
topio which most closely interested
him.
" Nebutaro, there is a maiden "
aid he.
' Alas, there are so many," said Nobu
taro. "If my amiable and well-conducted
friend would restrain for a moment his
noble impetuosity, his servant would
endeavor to make himself more plainly
understood."
"Pardon me, Ichigoro, I will listen
with the reepect which is due your ex
cellent character."
" There is a maiden, Nobutaro, whose
indescribable charms have for many
weeks afforded the youth of Kioto the
most pleasing sensations. Her father is
known to us all as eminent for riches
and refinement, and is, in truth, a mem
ber of the exalted house of Sanjo. As
for the girl, who has but recently
emerged from the rigid privacies of girl
hood, and been revealed to the eyes of
a few whose rank may claim so rare a
privilege, the incapable word of Iriye
Ichigoro can convey only faint and in
adequate ideas respecting her. Her
form is like the waving willow leaf, and
her face as full of beauty as the moon,
of which he is the younger sister.
Her eyes are like the brightest stars of
winter, and her feet, which have never
been spoken of without emotion, are
said to be wholly inoompetent to the
support of her delicate frame."
"And whut of her tongue?" asked
Nobutaro.
" Most accomplished, Nobutaro,"
answered Iriye, in some irritation, " you
talk like a person of vulgar birth and no
education whatever. Her conversation
is regulated by a wise discretion, and
modesty conceives every word that is
issued from her exquisite lips."
" Ah !" sighed Nobutaro, "if I could
hear of a beautiful woman who is not
possersed with the oni of speech."
" Nobutnro, my first and only broth
er !" exclaimed Iriye, " will you take
one of rav twrimono, and, after a
journey which we will all pray may be
disturbed by no unhappy misadventure,
gaze upon this fair and dazzling damsel,
and consider her for yourself ?"
" No, Ichigoro,"' said Nobutaro,
"that is entirely out of the question."
But the truth was, Nobutaro had al
ready found that his self-imposed exile
was not wholly a relief to him. Total
feminine abstinence had operated some
what to the increase rather thau to the
diminution of his weariness. At least,
in Kioto, he could exploit his grievance.
He keenly felt this, although his pride
would not suffer him to acknowledge it.
And now Ichigoro was very pressing,
and it became Nobutaro in due time to
gradually dispose of his scruples, and,
by slow degrees, to yield.
When Nobutaro first encountered the
maiden, Tama-ko, of whom his friend
had told him, his breast did certainly
quiver with a new and strange sensation,
and his self-oonfidence, which, until that
moment, had never known a variation
from its firmness, experienced an unex
pected shock. Her loveliness, he was
compelled to admit, was not to be dis
puted. The flash of her dark eyes kin
dled inextinguishable flames. The smile
of her ripe and deftly-gilded lips was
brighter than tie r limmeroi sunbeams.
Her whole countenance was elegantly
pale and full of sweetness, tier hair,
falling in blaok waves about her face,
added grace and symmetry to the move
ments of her head. Her dress was em
broidered with marvelous aocuracy, and
revealed as she moved twin feet of pro
portions too minute to be distinctly
measurable.
Iriye saw with friendly satisfaction
that Nobutaro was for a moment moved.
And the distinguished people of Kioto,
sot a few of whom were present on the
occasion, carefully watched the coming
together of tbe manliest of the manly
and the fairest of the fair. Nobutaro
approached Tama-ko, his hands folded
upon his breast and his body reverently
inclined. She knelt awaiting him, her
eyes cast in humility downward, and a
timid flush of expectation illumining
her brow.
" Health is with the daughter of the
stars," said Nobutarc.
"Thanks to your aooommodating
wishes," said Tama-ko.
" Tour air announces your goodness,"
said Nobutaro.
"Ab. sir," it is you alone who can
judge," said Tama-ko.
"Virtue and a contented mind are
painted npon your face," said Nobutaro.
'My acknowledgements should be
everlasting," said Tama-ko.
" It is a fine evening," said Nobutaro.
" It is a most fortunate and successful
evening, sinoe the noble gentleman
honors it with bis approval," saia xama
ko. " It is impossible to be sufficiently
respectful to you," said Nobutaro.
" How shall 1 dare to persuaae myseu
of what you say ?" said Tama-ko.
" well, well, said jNODUtaro, making
a grave obeisance and withdrawing, " I
have not treated you with sufficient dis
tinction." Tama-ko, less ridgidly cynical thau
Nobutaro. did not conceal from herself
the joy which this interview afforded
her. All that she had heard of the
agreeable Nobutaro was abundantly veri
fied. And she discovered, too, graces
and attractions of which she had not
been warned. "But alas," she said to
herself, " he loves not women, and each
day strives more and more to harden his
heart against our interior ana nupront
able sex."
Nobutaro feared to admit the sus
picion that his fancy had been touched.
He resisted with much coldness the im
putation of Iriye Ichigoro.
"Ah, Nobutaro." said that good
natured friend, " the refreshing Tama-ko
has inspired yon onoe more."
Acute Iriye, this time you are wrong.
If, now, she had the gift of silence with
her other visible advantages, there would
be something to talk about."
"Noble cousin," answered Iriye,
"yon are always sensible and well
informed, but this time yon are also
very absurd. Her language is the lan
guage of purity and evident propriety."
" I do not like the language of the
woman at all," said Nobutaro. " Better
a speechless daughter of the yeta than
the fairest and richest of the loose
tongned kuge."
"Estimable Nobutaro, yon have too
much ginger in your temper."
" Very well, Iriye, only I shall see
the beautiful but talkative Tama-ko no
more."
" Ob, Nobutaro 1"
"Precisely, my Ichigoro. As she
dazzles the eye, so might she confuse
the understanding. In time she might
destroy my principles and compel me to
endure the female tongue. No, Ichi
goro, my resolution is not to be unfixed.
Remember that a restless tongue is one
of the five causes allowed by the phi
losophers for divorce."
When Tama-ko heard this, as she
very speedily did, a gloom came like a
vail of chirimen over her face, and she
expressed a tear, as round and as pure
as the most priceless of the jewels of
which she was the namesake. Then it
was observed by her family that she
-ank iuto rever'y, out of which she
emerged an hour later, smiling and con
tented.
Two days after, the court circles of
Kioto were convulsed with the intelli
gence of a sorrowful calamity. The
beautiful Tama-ko, during a visit of
duty to the temple of iviomidzu, had
thoughtlessly ventured too near the
edge of its perilously exposed platform
and had fallen, not, fortunately, from
the xtremest height, but from an ele
vation sufficient to injure her in a gen
eral way, but principally in the region
of the head. For two entire days her
condition was deemed dangerous, ac
cording to report, but then her well
organized constitution triumphed, and
she began to recover. One startling
misfortune, however, clung to her. She
had lost the power of speech forever.
When Oshikoji Nobutaro heard this,
he was agitated with miDgled sadness
and delight. Ho could not. overcome
his gratification on finding that no im
pediment need now oppose the progress
of his affections ; and yet the conviction
of bis supreme selfishness was at times
too bitter for him. But one thing, at
least, was clear. . It would no longer be
posible for him to forego the presence of
the beantiful Tama-ko.
Bo, as soon as the cirenmstanoes of
her recovery would permit, he sought
an interview, and communed with her.
The language of her eyes told him all
that he most wished to know, and he
was thoroughly happy in her oral in
competency. Tama-ko was happy too.
For many weeks their course of com
panionship ran swift and smooth, and
all Kioto's nobility smiled sympathetic
and complacent. By day they were
never parted, and each night tender
chants, expressive of hopeful passion,
sustained by the throbbing koto, re
sounded in the dell which lay contiguous
to Sanjo no Nishi's garden ; that lovely
dell which in all ages has been the
moonlit resort of artist and poet ; where
the river rustles in harmony with happy
thoughts and tbe snipe sings soft en
couragement to youthful hearts.
HOBDTABO'S SERENADE.
There is a maiden.
There is a little maiden whom I love.
Her name it is easy to utter s
The night winds are always breathing it iu my
ear.
Something has been telling it to me all the
night.
But who shall convey the extent of her
beauties,
Or the graces of her mind ?
To others she is frigid.
But to me she is as the moonbeam, radiant and
warm.
Bhe is exempt from the ordinary weaknesses of
women.
Her piety is the theme of admiration among
all classes.
Her virtues are so lofty that they reach the
stars.
She reads all the sacred books and knows them
by heart
With strong moral principles she immingles a
cheerful spirit,
And her rioh black hair is involved in unctuous
gum.
Numbers of costly ornaments shine in her hair ;
They shine like clusters of stars relieved by a
j tit-black sky.
Soft silken scarfs encircle her throat
Oh ! enviable soft silken scarfs.
A radiant satin obi, of prinoely dimensions and
incalculable price enfolds her waist 1
Ob ! enviable satin obi of princely dimensions
and incalculable price.
Her oonntouanca needs not the additional slow
oi paiuv I
And her neck soomi the inferior luster of pow
- der.
Her form is enveloped in many colored marvels
of millinery ;
And her pettiooat is embroidered with a hun
dred butterflies fluttering among flowers.
Her feet are atoms of oelestial orisrin.
And her kedahsi is the pink cloud which pro
icou uiew.
To many her heart is hard and cold ;
To them it is very beautiful porcelain.
To me it is soft and warm ;
To me H is fresh-out velvet.
Her lips are sealed, and words proceed not
therefrom,
But in their place comes sighs of aromatic fra
grance. Her family are conspicuous for antiquity,
And her father is of the true blood of Fuji
wara. He possesses a great many tiger skins,
All brought from Chosen and very valuable.
Myriads of kohans glitter in the strong chests
of his kura.
But for me the greatest treasure
The treasure beyond all, for me,
Is the little maiden.
The little maiden whom I love.
As the loves of Nobutaro and Tama
ko advanced and prospered, an inde
scribable tinge of regret came over the
young Japanese nobleman. At first, to
his surprise, but presently to his con
sternation, he found himself longing for
a word of fondness from his affianced,
For a time he repelled his sentiment, as
unworthy of his firmnees,but it gradual
ly overcame him again and again, until
he became a prey to the deepest anguish,
He was forced to admit within himself
that his ideas on the subject of the
female tongue had been too dangerously
radical, and that experience had at last
taught him the value of a gift he had
once considered an excrescence. The
eloquence of the eye, he found, the
pressure of the hand, the assurance of a
caress, were insufficient to complete his
comfort Oh, for a word 1 he Sighed,
but signed in vain ; and it at Inst
appeared painfully evident that Nobu
taro had simply stepped from one un
satisfactory extreme to the other, and
that be was now almost as inconsolably
miserable as when he had started to
adapt himself to the seclusions of the
hawking box on the shore of Biwa.
It was natural that Tama-ko should
feel a deep concern at the returning un
happiness of her lover. She besought
him to explain it, and, indeed, succeeded
in drawing from him the reluotant truth.
And on learning the real condition of
things, she did nothing but smile with
great and persistent appearances of de
light, which Nobutaro thought the most
extraordinary circumstance that had tver
happened.
Nevertheless, as Kioto had expected,
the announcement of the impending
marriage ceremony was not long de
ferred. And in early autumn it came.
Festivities were profuse, and corre
spondingly brilliant. Everybody pal
pitated with sympathetic emotion ;
everybody was irrecoverably lost in ad
miration at the beauty of the loving
pair ; everybody mourned the affliction
of the bride, who, for her part, seemed
never so joyous.
Nobutaro raised the cup with which
he was to pledge his fair companion.
He spoke a few words indicative of his
intentions through life so far as Tama
ko wns concerned, and then an amazing
incident occurred.
Lifting her beautiful eves to her
lover's face, and opening her beautiful
lips, Tama-ko softly murmured :
" Tins is my dear aud only lord, the
master of my faith and duty 1"
" JVaruhoao ! cried everybody. No
butaro included.
The explanation was rapid and com
plete.
"Jiowcouldl help it 7 said Tama-
ko. "What they said was that you
scorned me for my tongue. Ob, hate
ful tongue, to bring me Nobutaro's
tcorn. I would have forever remained
your silent lover, but for your latter
words, impelling me to take once more
my gift of speech. Does Nobutaro for
give met"
" Oua ! domo : sweet Tama," whis
pered Nobutaro, " I am conquered."
a or awhile the entire upper class of
Kioto, excepting Iriye Ichigoro, the
faithful friend, laughed immoderately.
But the lovers cared little for this. Far
away from the city's turmoil, once more
on the shore of Biwa. they lived only for
one another, and there, where nature is
ever the most fair, they found unending
happiness.
Most Wonderful Railroad in tbe World.
The Oallao, Lima and Oroya railroad.
generally known as the Oroya railroad,
now the Transandine railroad, is prob
ably the most wonderful railroad in
existence, according to so good an au
thority as the Bailwa yAae. It was con
tracted for by Henry Meiggs ia 1869,
at a cost of 821,804,000, or $27,000,000
in bonds. Work was begun in January,
1B7U. Ballasted witn cobble-stones, no
dust arises ; trains every half hour ;
fare forty cents ; four separate depots
accommodate different parts of the oity.
No one who makes a round trip on this
road ever repents it, and seldom desires
a second. The heights and distances are
so great that few heads are not affected.
From San Mateo to Anchi the road
passes through the "Inferrillos " (Lit
tle Hill). Nearly perpendicular walls
from two to three thonsand feet hem in
the river Rimao, having a width of from
two to four hundred feet. At first, it
was proposed to make a cut in the side
of these mountains, but, fearing the
falling of loose rocks, it was decided
to tunnel. Miners were let down with
ropes, one-quarter and one-half mile
long, to certain indicated points on the
rockv wall every 600 feet, more or less.
and, after they had entered a few feetr
began working to tne ngnt and leit,
using the entrance as a place from
whence to throw the excavated material.
About midway a bend in the river made
it necessary either to make a dangerous
curve or span the chasm. The latter
was chosen, and now a bridge unites the
tunnel about four hundred feet above
the river bed. Emerging from the sec
ond of these tunnels at Anchi, the
Bimao is recrossed, and the road follows
up the river Blanco a few miles, whioh
it crosses, and then enters a mountain,
where it turns around in a onrved tun
nel, and, emerging a few hundred feet
above, recrosses the river and returns,
passes Anchi and continues np the river
Bimao. At Chiola, a few miles further,
the road passes the town, crosses its own
track ana the Bimao, turns and passes
again, and, reversing, turns and again
doubles on itself, having passed Ohicla
five times. .. .. ma
The view from the summit, 15,608
feet, at the entranoe to the ttaiera tun
nol i. nnt. an imnosinar as at other points,
A plateau of a few miles square, with
lakelets and patches of snow and sur
rounded by peaks, many covered with
.'..ii niuuiH. Bnt the oppression
of breathing, the quickened pulse, 130
to 140 per minute, the dull, dizzy bead,
tbe cold, frosty air, make an impression
one never forgets.
THE BARON BELA.
Btranse Hue al H"aRrlaa Nableaiaa
whose Lire was Heavily Iasarea..
Several years ago a Hungarian no
bleman, well known in sporting oirclss
as a horseman and hunter, named Baron
Bela Olnyi, triumphed over a crowd of
rivals, and bore home as his bride the
rioh and beautiful baroness, Irma
P yi. Baron Bela was at that time a
wealthy landed proprietor, and was able
to indulge to the full all his inclinations
and whims. His married life was a hap
py one. Years followed one after the
other, but they were not all alike. The
beautiful baroness, as time wore on,
S resented her spouse with six of the
earest little barons and baronesses that
ever were seen, and Baron Bela began
to dabble in speculations. It was the
old, old story, that has been repeated a
thousand times. Toward the end of
1874, the baron's vast possessions,
which were worth nearly t wo millions,
had been sold, and the family mansion
in Pesth was mortgaged to its last
brick. Of all this the fair baroness wns
kept in complete ignoranoe, and the
family establishment was maintained in
its usual style.
When the baron realized that he was
completely ruined; and that all that was
left was his wife's property, which
could not be touched, he formed a
singular resolution. He got his life in
sured in five different companies for
one hundred thousand gulden in eaoh,
the terms being that this amount should
be paid over to his family in case he
Bhould die within a year. None of the
insurance companies objected to pock
eting the premium of two thousand
florins from a man just forty-five years
of age, in the full vigor of life and in
exuberant health.
The day, however, Baron Bela had the
last policy in his pocket, he entered
upon an entirely different course of life.
He had been a man who. never missed a
race or a hunt, who went to the club
every day, and regularly took his drive
or ride on horseback in the park; now
he was to be seen nowhere in company,
not even by his dearest friends. Nor did
he remain at home in the bosom of his
family. He left his house every morn
ing early, ana only returned in time for
dinner. After dinner he disappeared
again, and remained absent often until
midnight. During this time nobodv
knew where he kept himself secluded.
The change in his external appearance
was not less remarkable. He had previ
ously been getting rather stout. He now
began to lose flesh. His cheeks, which
had been florid, chanced to an unhealthy
paleness, his eyes lost their brightness
and were surrounded with heavy circles
of blue, his face became haggard, and
his strong manly voice became cracked
and feeble. When these symptoms of
dangerous disease multiplied in suoh a
striking manner, the friends that occa
sionally visited turn and his wife endeav
ored to persuaae him to take medical
advice, and to explain his mysterious
absences, tiis answer was a positive re
fusal. Finally, in October, the physical
constitution, once so strong, could no
longer withstand tne agency so potent
for evil which was undermining ft, and
Baron Bela was compelled to take to his
bed. physicians were called in. They
shook their heads ominously, and de
clared that it was a case cf galloping
consumption; that tne disease bod al
ready reached a stage in which all human
aid was in vain. Hardly fourteen days
later, the sufferings of the poor baron
were in fact terminated by death. After
his death a will was found, by which he
bequeathed to his wife bis life insurance
policies, and acquainted her with the
fact of the lose of his entire fortune. No
other course was open for the baroness
except to prtfer her claims for the half
million due on the policies through her
solicitor. The solicitor, however, imme
diately ran against difficulties. It was
thought incredible that a man who had
been examined only ten nonths before
by fivo physicians, and pronounced in
good health, could have died of the
disease mentioned. The five companies
came to the conclusion that a plan of
slow suicide had been deliberately adopt
ed, ana tney ail retusea payment of tue
amounts demanded.
The oompanies interested went fur
ther, and undertook to penetrate the
mystery of the daily absences of the
Daron, of which they had previously got
wind. After long and extensive re
searches, they finally ascertained that
early in January the baron had hired a
small apartment in a dirty, narrow street,
in a remote quarter of the city, and
twice each day remained in it for a con
siderable time. The neighbors never
saw him hold any intercourse with any
one. The rent of the apartment had
been paid up to the end of December,
and after the baron's death it had been
looked up. To clear np the hidden mys
tery within that room, it was necessary
to invoke the arm of the law. Upon
proper evidence a warrant was issued,
tne fatal door was opened by a lock'
smith, aud, in breathless anxiety, the
room was entered. A comfortable sofa.
a table, two chairs and two chests con
stituted the entire furniture. Great was
the amazement when the two chests were
opened . The first contained a well -worn
dressing-gown, a pair oi louse Turkish
trowsers, a lez, and aoont ten or twelve
long tobacco pipes. The second chest
was divided into square compartments.
and there were left in it about two hun
dred foreign cigars, of the government
brand, costing two kreutaers each, and
about half a pound of what is known in
the trade as common smoking tobacco.
From the wrappers found in the lower
compartments, it appeared that the baron
had smoked np about three thousand
Ave hundred olthesetwo-kreutzer wears.
and about a hundredweight of the com
mon trade tobacco.
At the request of the representatives
of the insurance companies, a proper
record was made of the facts discovered;
and thereupon the companies, nnder the
circumstances, justified their refusal to
pay the amount insured by referring to
the provision in the policies by virtue
of which the contract was to become
null and void m tbe event of suioide.
The counsel for the baroness urged, in
reply, that smoking ten or fifteen two.
kreutzer cigars a day could hardly be
denominated an attempt at suicide.
Chemical and medical investigations
were instituted by both parties, aud tbe
managers of the royal tobacco factory
were called upon for an opinion. The
cause of his death is Daneved to nave
been due to nicotine, taken into bis
system in poisonous quantities through
the process of smoking.
Artemus Ward as a Practical Joker.
Browne and Uriawold. " the Fat Con
tributor," were on newspaper work at
the same time in Cleveland, and were
very intimate friends. One day there
came to the city a dramatic reader, a
man of some note, but of a very timid
disposition. These two worthies in
some manner discovered that he was a
person easily to be imposed upon, and
shortly after his arrival they paid him a
visit. It was an early hour in the morn
ing long after the man had retired
and they found it difficult to arouse him.
They told mm they were editors, ana
wanted to hear him read before writing
him np. They invited him to step into
a hall adjoining the hotel and give them
a specimen of his powers. At first tho
man refused to go with them, but when
they told him sternly that they were
editors, and would crush him if he did
not comply, he felt compelled to go.
Nor would they allow him to put on his
clothes, bnt forced him to go in night
dress to a cold and dreary hall, where
they complacently smoked their cigars
while they listened to hiin declaim,
with chattering teeth and trembling
voice, for several hours. When they
finally permitted him to go, they told
him, by wayof consolation, that tbey had
always thirsted to hear a dramatic read
er in night-dress, and that they were
very much gratified with his perform
ance. Browne was a great lover of a practi
cal jokes. One of his maddest pranks
was in New York city, in 1863. He had
been at some benefit performance with
Dan Bryant and Nelse Seymour, and at
its conclusion he induced these two
to join him on a lark. Accordingly,
they went to Bryants property-room,
and each donned a oomplete suit of
armor. Then they armed themselves
with broadswords, and in the still hours
of the night went forth in search of de
fenseless citizens. Up and down tne
streets in grim array they marched, and
whenever they found a man alone and
unarmed, they would make him down on
his knees and pray for mercy. Then,
after having frightened him almost out
of his senses, they would permit him to
go on his way. Their fun, however,
after a while was brought to an abrupt
termination by the police, who marched
them off to the Tombs. They entered
fictitious names : but the iudore next
morning recognized the culprits, and
discharged them with an admonition.
On the same night they visited the
house of Tom Jackson, who had just
brought to this country the famous
Swiss bell-ringers. In response to their
violent ringing of the bell, Jackson come
to an upper wiudow, and not knowing
who bis visitors were, asked them in
tones of thunder what they wanted.
" We want an engagement," sa;a
Browne. " We ore the original beD
riogers."
Jackson then recognized them, and.
appreciating the joke, invited them in.
Scrlbner.
A Fight Between a Hindoo and a Tiger.
The man wore no clothing except
coarse linen trowsers, and was armed
with a poaderous knife and a small com
cal shield. The travelers accompanied
him to tue lair of the animal. As soon
as we reached the spot the man boldly
leaped into the hollow, at the same time
uttering a shrill cry, in order to arouse
his enemy from bis slumbers. Upon
seeing its resolute aggressor advancing,
the animal raised itself npon its fore legs
with a terrific howl.
As the little Hindoo continued to ap
Droach. which he did slowlv. and with
dark eyes keenly fixed npon the face of
his formidable foe, the tiger rose to its
full height and began to lash its sides
furiously with its tail; yet it evidently
appeared to be in a state of great em
barrassraent. Still the man advanced
deliberately and undauntedly j the un
easiness and rage of the excited beast
increased with every step. At length it
crouched, evidently with a determina
tion to make its terrible spring.
The man suddenly stopped, when the
tiger paused, turned np its head, and,
uttering a horrible noise between a snsrl
and a howl, made onj step forward and
sprang toward its victim, who instantly
Dent his uody, receiving the animal s
paws upon his shield, dashed the knife
into its body, and fell under, but almost
entirely beyond the extremities of his
wounded enemy. The creature turned
upon his back, the little Hindoo regain
ed his feet in an instant, striking the
prostrate tigor with astonishing quick
ness and precision a desperate blow
upon the throat, which completely
severed the windpipe, at the some mo
ment springing with the quickness of
thought beyond the reach of the mon
ster's claws. The tiger died almost im
mediately. Caucasian Greetings.
The etiquette of salutation in the Cau
casus is extremely elaborate and cere
monious. It does not by any means
satisfy all the requirements of perfect
courtesy to ask a mountaineer how he is,
or how his health is, or how be does.
You must inquire minutely into the de
tails of his domestio economy, manifest
the liveliest interest in the growth of his
crops and the welfare of bis sheep, and
even express a cordial hope that his
house is in a good state of repair and his
horses and cattle properly protected
from any possible inclemency of weather.
Furthermore, you must always adapt
your greeting to time, place and circum
stances, and be prepared to improvise a
new, graceful and appropriate salutation
to meet any extraordinary exigence. In
tbe morning a mountaineer greets an
other with: "May your morning be
bright I" to which the prompt le joinder
is: " And may a sunny day never pass
you Dy " a, guest he welcomes with
" May your coming bring joy I" and the
guest replies: "May a blessing rest
upon you. r
" When there's will there's a weigh.
as the pig said when it broke out of its
pen and upset the slop barrel. " When
there s swill there's a weigh," as the
farmer said, three months afterward.
i i t , . .
wucu ue cum ma pur.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Wisconsin's bonntv of 85 for every
wolf scalp cost the 'State 816,000 last
year, as the wolves are increasing, ana
it is suspeuiea iusi me woiveu mo murcu
for their scalps.
Philadelphia's permanent exhibition
is still open, occupying the main build
ing of the international exhibition of
1876. Concerts and balls are the chief
attractions, and the receipts for a year
have reached within about 810,000 of
expenses.
The Mennonitesare increasing rapidly
in Nebraska, Kansas and Minnesota,
owing chiefly to the immigration of the
Russian Mennonites, who are allowed by
the Russian government until 1880 to
leave Russia to avoid military enlist
ment. There are about 70,000 of this
sect in America, about one-tenth of them
being in Canada.
As an illustration of the prevalent ex
travaganoe of dress in our day, it is said
that bonnets are selling in Paris just
now at incredible prices. A lady can
easily procure one for 32, COO. They
are made in imitation of lace, but carved
in mother-of-pearl and decorated with
jewels. Such a figure as 81,250 is esti
mated as comparatively cheap.
American cigars have recently been
advertised in London at very low rates.
They have proved to be the cabbage
leaf and brown paper brands not un
known this side of the water. Says a
London newspaper : " These precious
commodities are known to be largely
formed of a peculiar description of straw
paper steeped in tobacco juice, which is
manufactured in the United States for
this express purpose, and largely ex
ported to the Cuban and other markets."
M. D. Conway writes from London
that " Frank Millet, who, from being a
drummer boy in the late American war,
became an earnest art student at Ant
werp and at Rome, has a charming lit
tle chalet near Honfleur, from whose
summer house in the garden he can
gather figs aud cast their rinds into the
sea. Millet bad enough interest iu the
battle-field left to lay down his pencil
for a time and go off as a war correspon
dent iu the East with poor MacGahan,
and he has brought back captive a fine
specimen of that region a certain
Greek-Turk, one Panlo, who, having
been his guide out there for a timo, re
fused to leave him, and followB him
wherever he goes. Paulo is a matchless
servant, is able to do anything at all :
already since he has been in France he
has mastered its best culinary art. and
the way he makes up seaside delicacies
tor luiuet r lauio is uuca as mjgui m
spire even French cooks with envy.
An incident of a recent flood in Texas
is thus described by the Austin Reveille:
A man was carried down by the flood,
but managed to get up a swiftly-dissolving
bank of earth. He called to his son,
who was on high ground above, to bring
a rope, and the boy hurriedly obeyed
the request, and when be arrived at the
edge of the bank and threw the rope
over to his father the old man took it in
bis hand, aud in a cool tone said to the
boy: "Now listen to me, and do as I
tell you. If you find you can't hold on
when I commence to climb, let go.
There's no use in both of us being
drowned; I'm here iu the water, and
you are safe up there on the bank, so
don't let me pull you down. If you find
you can't hold the rope, drop it, and
run down on the flat and grab for mo as
I float by." Tbe boy braced up firmly
on. the ground and told bis father to
come on, and the old fellow went up the
rope like a cat going np a back-yard
fence with a bootjack in pursuit.
One Hundred and Fifty Years of Law.
An intricate suit for the possession of
an estate 8 tan field Hall, in Norwich,
England, for nearly a century and a half
in dispute has just been decided, the
trial traversing many strauge experi
ences, including a horrible tragedy.
xne estate came into the possession of
William Jermy in 1735 through mar
riage. Mr. Jermy made a will, bequeath
ing it in succession to Jacob Preston
and his heirs and to Thomas Preston and
his heirs, and in default of issue by
either of them, to such relative of the
name of Jermy nearest akin to the tea
tator, and to his heirs forever. These
Prestons were relatives of his second
wife, and not of the wife through whom
he aennired the nroDertv. William
Jermy died a year after making the will.
and the father of the Prestons, who
were both minors, sought out the two
Jermys next of kin and prevailed upon
them to relinquish all claims upon the
estate for 8100 each. The sons dying
without heirs, the elder Preston claimed
possession by virtue of his purchase,
aud entailed it by will npon his son, the
Rev. George Preston, and his heirs,
forever. The affair became the talk of
the country, and pamphlets were printed
explaining and attacking it ; but as the
Jermys made no attempt to recover the
property the matter was forgotten, and
for eighty years the Prestons enjoyed
the fruits of the bargain. At length
one of the Prestons made a bitter enemy
of one of his tenants named Rush by a
quarrel and lawsuit, which left Rush
financially mined, Rush revived tbe
old story of how the Prestons (who had
adopted the name of Jermy) came into
possession of the estate, and made a
written agreement with two other claim
ants that ke should have the farm at
low rates if he put them in possession.
Being hard pressed for money, Rush
masked himself and went over to the
hall one night and murdered Mr. Pres-ton-Jermy
and his son, and .severely
wounded the son's wife and her maid.
The murderer, in spite of the scheme to
fix the crime npon the two Jermy claim
ants, was brought to trial and hanged.
But lately a new claimant appeared,
who based his claim npon the assertion
that he was a descendant of a Jermy
nearer related than the two whose
claims were bought by the elder Pres
ton. The defendants feet up the statute
of limitation, npon which plea they
won the case ; and thus, after 150 years.
the title is for the first time legally settled.
In the Fall.
In the fall a silent sadness to the drooping
In the fall the woodland's dreamy with the
frou frou of tbe leaves
And the whir of the partridge, &o.
n the fall the hazy gloaming with a purple
slorv burns.
In the fall Miss Ooorgiana In the Bible plaoes
ferns
If she has a youDg man to help her
gather them.
In the fall above the valloy snowy cloudlets
stretch for miles,
In the fall the Broadway windows are profues
with I'aiin styles
Much to the joy of the ladies, be it
said.
In tbe fall the merry songster leaves his
pretty summer leas,
In tbe fall the politician Is divoroed from rolls
or v s
For reasons which require no explana
tion. In tbe fall all breaBts with reverie are buoyant
and elate,
In the fall a man will fondly kiss his pretty
cousin Kate
Or Mary Anne, as the case may be.
Ia tbe fall the soul of beauty dwells within the
e&rdcns sere.
In the fall we are all positive that winter s
drawlug near
The other fall happenings are too
numerous to mention.
R. K. Munkittrick in Graphic
Items of Interest.
Fail ures in England have been hea vie
this year than last.
" These are the davs." says the Phila
delphia Chronicle, " when the man with
two hands goes out hunting, ana comes
home without any game, and with only
one hand."
"How long are you going to stay
here?" "Why, my little dear?"
" Cause i n hungry; ana mamma says
we shall have dinner as soon as that
dreadful nuisance goes away."
The captive balloon, whioh is one of
the attractions of the Paris Exposition,
is said to have cost nearly 8150,000, and
the proprietors pay a ground rent of
83,000. The price for a twenty minutes'
ascension is $4 a head.
An inquiring man thrust his finger
into a horse's mouth to see how many
teeth he had. Tho inquiring horse
closed his mouth to see how many
fingers the man had. The curiosity of
each was fully satisfied.
This is how James Ferguson, of De
troit, came to swim for twenty-one hours
among the perilous billows of Lake
Ontario: Ferguson was second mate of
the Bay Leaf, a lake schooner. One
night recently he was knocked over
board and, though he shouted lustily
for help, the vessel left him in the dark
ness. One by one he divested himself
of coat, vest and shoes. A soft light in
the horizon told him where tue east was
and that the moon was rising. Two
hours later, when nearly exhausted, he
saw a piece of board floating in the
moon's glitter. After a long swim this
was reached and he got partial rest. He
buffeted the waves all night. Next day
the sun came out hot on his bare head,
but Ferguson never gave up his plank,
working toward what he knew must be
tbe blue line of tho shore in the distance.
He landed safely, but much used up,
near tho village of Niagnra.
Henry Faxon, of Buffalo, is said never
to have reoovered from a fright that
Blondin gave him, his nervous system
receiving a lasting shock. Blondin was
about to start on one of his walks on a
rope across the chasm below Niagara
Falls. Faxon stood laughing and jest
ing on the edge of the precipice over
looking the river 1-10 feet below. Blon
din, motioned to the bystanders for
silence, seized Faxon under both arm
pits from behind, and held him for a
second or two over the verge. Faxon's
countenance when Blondin laid hold of
him was irradiated with mirth. Wheu
Blondin drew hiin back and dropped
him on the green sward, he sank in a
heap, horror-stricken. In the next
instant, Blondiu, grasping his heavy
balancing pole, danced out on his rope
beyond the precipice, cud, turning to
enjoy the effect of his maneuver, saluted
his collapsed friend with a comical ges-
Rattlesnake's Bites,
As to the remedies for the bite of the
rattlesnake, a physician in western
Pennsylvania says that whisky is a
specific. Ho treats twenty or thirty
persons a year for rattlesnake bites.
The bites rarely prove fatal when whis
ky is used in season. The rattlesnake
always strikes at the neck, or as high
up as he can get. Iu experiments in
Indianapolis every animal put into the
snake s cage was strucK iu tue necic.
The snake's fang makes a very small -wound,
and but little blood escapes. In
flammation sets in at onee. The animal
struck seems to suffer very little pain,
but to be rather in a stupefied condition.
Human beings are said to suffer acute
pain from the wound. It is not known
whether or not the rattlesnake poisons
the animals that it desires for food, but
it is known that it can swallow its own
poison with impunity. It is said also
that a human being may swallow rattle
snake poison with perfect safety if there
is no wound ubout tho mouth. There
is one animal invulnerable so far as the
rattlesnake is concerned, and that is the
hog. The hog wages war upon all
snakes, innocent and poisonous, and de
stroys them with eagerness.
A Mother's Influence,
The late Thomas H. Benton, who was
so long in public life and surrounded by
temptations, paid the following tribute
to his mother : " My mother asked me
never to use tobacco, and I never touched
it from that time to the preaent day ; she
ttFked me not to game, and I bave not ;
and I cannot tell who is winning or who
is losing in games that can be played. '
She admonished mel too, against hard !
drinking, and whatever usefulness I may
attain in life, I attribute it to having
complied with her pious and correct
wishes. When I was seven years of age
she asked me not to drink, end then I
made a resolution of total abstinence, at
a time when I was sole constituent mem
Ikt of my own body, and that I have
adhered to it through all the time I owe
to my mother."