(flJHpn HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL desperandum. Two Dollars per Annum. KIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1879. VOL. IX. NO. 21. Mnstcr Johnny's ?icxt Door Neighbor. " It wtut spring tlio first time thnt I saw lior, for lior pupa mid mnmnm moved In Next door, just M skating was ovor, and mir- blos nbont to lcgin. r For tlio 1'onctr In our back yard Trns broken, nnd I saw ns I peeped through the slat, There wore ' Johnny Jump-ups ' nil around hor, nnd I know it was Bpring ust by thnt. " 1 never knew wholhor sho saw mo for eho didn't sny nothing tome, But ' Ma ! hero's a slat in the fonce broko, nnd the boy thnt is next door can so.' But tlio next dny I climbed on our wood shed, ns you know, mnmmn snys I've a right, And sho cnlls out, Well, pookin'is marinors !' nnd I answered her, ' Suss is porlite !' " But I wasn't a bit mad, no, papa, and to prove it tlio very next day, When she ran past our fonce in tho morning I happened to get in her way, For you know I am '.chunked ' nnd clumsy, us sho snys m e all Troys ol my size, And she nearly upset me, she did, pa, and luughed till tears came in her eyes. "And then we were friends irom thnt moment, lor I knew that she told Kitty Snge, And sbo wnsn't a girl thnt would flutter, ' thnt she thought I was tall for my age.' And I gavo her lour npples that evening, nnd took hor to rido on my sled, And ' What am I tolling you this for ?' V'liy pnpa, my neighbor is dead ! ' You don't hear one-half lam snying I really do think it's too bad ! Why, you might hnve seen crape on her dooi- knob, nnd noticed to-dny I've been sad. And they've got hor n coftln ol rosewood, and they sny llioy hnve dressed hor in white, And I've never once looked through the fonce, pa, sinco sho died at eleven last night 'And mn snys it's decent nnd proper, ns I was her neighbor nnd Iriond, That I should go there to the funeral, and sho thinks that you ought tonttend; But I am so clumsy nnd awkward, I know 1 shall be in the way, And suppose they should speak to mo, pnpn, 1 wouldn't know just what to say. " o I think I will got up quite early, I know 1 sleep late, but I know " I'll be snlo to wake up il our Bridget pulls the string that I'l! tie to my too. And I'll crawl through the fence and I'll gatiK-r the ' Johnny Jump-ups ' ns they grew Itound her foot tho first day that I saw licr and, papa, I'll give them to you. " For you'ro n big man, nnd you kuow, pa, can come and gojust where you choosp, And you'll lake the flowers in to hor, nnd sure, ly they'll novcr refuse; But, pnpn, don't sny they're from Johnny. They won't understand, don't you sec, But just 1 ly them down on her bosom, and, pnpa, she'll know they're from inc." Bret Ilurte. IN LOVE AND IN DEBT. "Who is that, Carrie?" "Dionysius Harrington. Is lie not handsome?'' " Handsome! I should think lie is. What a partner for the Lancers! or to take one sleigh-riding, or down to sup per, or, in fart, anywhere where a Iclc-a-tctc was a possible contingent." " He is sure to heat the Nevilles' ball to-night. Perhaps you may be able to lest voiiropinion on that subject." " If he. is there, I certainly shall." " Provided you have an opportunity. 'Handsome Dion' is in great request; hut then yours is quite a new face, and a debutante is always sure of a certain amount of attention." Carrie's tone was a little piqued, and pretty Margery Ileywood felt that il was just as well to drop tho subject. Fortunately Bi oadway affords plenty of conversational resources, and some mi ported costumes in a window supplied a topic of interest quite equal to hand some Dionysius Harrington. Perhaps in Margery's mind fliere was an unacknowledged connection between the two. Dion and dress were not so very far apart ; for a man who attired himself so elegantly was not likely to he indifferent to the toilets of the women whom he delighted or condescended to honor. This point settled in Iter own mind, Margery was full of confidence. She hatl been broucht up in a world where the milliner nnd tailor " Are throned powers, and share the general state." Her own dress was always perfect; her ribbons never chiffotme, her gloves new, her general costume like a morning glory before twelve o'clock it had no vestoi'day. Indeed, she considered neg ligence in dress one of the deadly sins among respectable people, ho that, un der nny circumstances, she would have prepared caroiuny lor mo Seville bull; but it was certainly worth extra trouble when she was hopeful of eyost'int could niinr.-ciate colors and combinations. I ler reward was with her, for sho had a great success that night. Her toilet was tho rarest and richest in the room, and Dion Harrington signified nig ap. m-oval bv the honor of three waltzes After such a mark of distinction. Margery could repose, as it were, upon the sense of her own perfections. They were sitting chatting together; and there was a look on Dion's face which absolutely indicated that lie had forgotten himself, and was admiring some one else. Margery was certainly doing her best to charm him, and she instinctively found out the best way she was making Dion talk in a manner that really amazed himself. Among men he was a sensible fellow, with plenty of his own opinions; but among ladies he generally relied on his personal ad vantages. Besides, his object was to conquer women rather than to amuse them, and he had generally found a few sighs nnd glances a very effective method of subju gation. But this night he was actually talking to Margery on every kind of topic, and feeling, also, an obligation on himself to say the cleverest thing he ceuld think of at the time. After their first waltz he began his usual routine of remarks : "We have had very bad weather lately, have we notP" Margery did ot assent according to rule and precedent, but Baid, " Really, I wonder you should think so. It is always changing. What more would you have? There was once an old lady who uwd to tell her grumbling nephew that he ought to be thankful for any weather at all." ' I think nearly every one grumbles nt Hie weather." ' I have noticed that. If men arc not satisfied with a party, or if nnything goes wrong in their business or in their view of politics, they grumble at the weather. I don't believe that any two lovers, or any form of government, could stand six weeks of settled sun shine." , , Dion looked at this strange girl. She had a metaphysical, dreamy look in her eyes; there was no telling how she might turn the commonest subject. Ho re membered that he had another engage ment, and made his most graceful apolo gies. Still he was wondering, all the time he was away from Margery, what she was thinking about him. and tor menting himselt with the memory of soveral good things that ho might have said, nnd did not say. Perhaps that was the reason that lie called upon Margery the next day, and the next, and so on indefinitely. In a month the handsome Dionysius was no lontrer at the general service; he was devoted to Miss Ileywood. Then peo plo began to talk. Some very good peo ple, professedly anxious to repress mali cious rumors, propagated them; and though they declared tliem to be incredi ble, still, unfortunately, they believed them to bo only too true. It is easy to profess indifference to such ill-natured talk, but people cannot be indifferent to the results of it. In this case the rumors reached Margery's aunt at Ileywood, and she sent a pre emptory order for her niece's return home immediately. At this order Margery was very cross. Sho did not want to o back into the country, and she did think that, in some way or other, Dion might have prevented people's remarks. And his little effort to talk the matter over with her only made her more angry ; for her loving, anxious heart was waiting to hear something more sweetly personal than : " I cannot imagine. Miss Ileywood, what pleasure people find in gossip." "loti cannot f snapped Margery. "Well, then, let me tell you that all pleasures are short-lived except that of watching the mistakes of our friends. and comparing them with our own vir tues." " Where shall we meet again?" " I am no diviner." Sho was pale nnd angry, but the tears were in her eyes. hlie know that lie loved lier. hy could he not whv would he not say so? "Why?" She asked herself this ques tion all during the next summer, tor Dion, having discovered that Miss Iley wood was with her invalid aunt in a small village in the Pennsylvania moun tains, abandoned at once the delights of fashionable, hops ami drives, and de voted himself to Miss Ileywood and Miss Iloywood's aunt. It was a summer to date from all of life afterward. Such glorious mornings by the trout streams! Such evenings in the moon-lit hills! Such walks, nnd talks, and rides! "A young man so handsome so very hnnusomi a young man so clever end polite, and so respect ful to age," Aunt Ileywood had never seen. Forty years before, she had had a lover, who went to sea nnd never came back again, and she believed Dion to be exactly like him. Yes, she was certain that if ever sho had been mar ried, and Had children, all her sons would have been lust like Dion. The old woman loved him, in her way, quite as much us the young one. This fair and happy summer at length came to a close. Dion found the ladies one morning in the midst of trunks and toilets. A sudden frost had set in, and Aunt Ileywood missed the comforts of her own home. Dion lingered, silent and sorrowful, till after lunch, and then he asked Margery to go into the woods for a walk with him. He had a confes sion to make, he said, if Miss Ileywood permitted it. Miss Hevwood thought he might have spoken without her permission. "Too much courtesy, too much courtesy," she whispered her own heart; but she signi fied her assent by a littlo nod of her head and a set, steadfast look in the water, "Miss Ileywood Margery I want to confess to you what a foolish waste I have made of my life nnd fortune. Hitherto I have squandered them in the silliest of pursuits." Margery begau to tap her foot rest lessly. " I have been so vain of my good looks." She looked half slyly and half admir ingly through her eyelashes at him. " And I am sorry to say that, in order to do them justice, I have been very un just to others. I am very deeply in debt, and " " Deeply in debt !" Was that what ho had to confess? Sho colored violently, and rose. " Mr. Harrington, your debts do not concern me, unless unless " "I expect you to pay them? I suppose that is what you think I mean, Miss Iley wood. How can you misjudge me so cruelly? I beg pardon for presuming to imagine that you could feel any interest either in the past or future of so worth less a life as mine has hitherto been." He rose to go, and some dumb, evil spirit possessed tho girl. She longed to smile, to speak, to detain him; but she could not permit herself to do it. "Good-bye, Margery dear Margery. When I venture to speak to you .'gain, I hope to lie more deserving ot a hearing." He put out his hand, and she would not gee it. Oh, it was hard that he would not understand the love and longing and Disappointment in her heart ! She had a right to be angry with a man so blind; and as she could not for very shame go into a good, womanly passion, slie gave vent to her feelings in a very unwomanly exhibition of sarcastic indifference. Hut when Dion had really cone, she fell with passionate sobbing upon the ground, until the pines talked sough fully among themselves, and wailed back to her those melancholy tones they learn I know not where. Aunt Heywood was as broken-hearted as her niece. She brooded on the loss of the gay, beautiful youth, with something ol both a mother's and a lover's anguish ; and when, a week later, they heard that he had sailed for the coast of Africa as supercargo of a friend's shin, all the sun shine died out of tho two lives at Iley wood Park. A year later old Miss Hevwood died, and Margery was left sole mistress of her person mid iortune. t here was some rumors of a strange will mode by Miss Ileywood in hor last hour, which it was thought Margery would dispute. But the rumor died, and the voting heiress apparently settled down to a monotonous life, in which nothing seemed left her but the " having oved. In the second vcar a little ripple was made in Ileywood by the advent of Harry Lake. Harry had been Dion's great friend, and was probably even then in correspondence with him. Margery had always avoided Harry's uncle hitherto; but now, with a sweet ness that no old man could resist, she in quired after his health, his crops, and whatever other subject seemed ot im portance to him. In fact, she quite won the old bach elor's heart. It was a great grief to him that he could not hope to wed her for himself; and lie half disliked his nephew for his chances. But at any rate ho de termined that such a nice girl and such a rich girl should not go out of the family ; and he soon let Harry know that the prospects of inheriting the Lake estate rested very much upon his mar riage with Margery. " But suppose the young lady will not have me, uncle?" "You are not to suppose failure, sir, in anything. You have no rivals here but me," the old man grumbled, not very pleasantly. Harry was in a dilemma, and he sat thinking long over it that night. But he was endowed with a nature singu larly honest, and . at this juncture it helped him better' than intrigue. He simply wrote a little note to Margery, asking permission to see her next day at noon, lie received, as he expected, a cordial nssent; an I so, putting Dion's last letter in his pocket, he went almost confidently over to Ileywood Park. It was a very pleasant meeting, but Harry was determined not to let their conversation drift into generalities. " Miss Ileywood," he said, " I am going to ask from you a very singular favor. 1 I want you. In short, I want you to refuse to marry me." Margery could not help a smile at Harry s awkwardness. She readily di vined.that he had something important to say to her, and that ho had, in his eagerness to be perfectly plain about it, begun nt the end instead of the begin ning. So she said. "Ishnll certainly refuse you when you ask me, Mr. Lake." "Oh, that of course! No follow like me expects to get a hearing, after poor Dion could not succeed. But the truth is just this: my uncle admires you so much that ho threatens to leave me noth ing unless I marry you." " And you prefer to be disinherited, of course?'' "No, no, no; but. Miss Ileywood, I am dead in love with the dearest little girl, nnd I am over head and ears in debt nlso; and if I vex uncle, he will give me no money and don't you see how the thingis?" " Not exactly. Now what am I to do ? Tell mo plainly." " Well, I shall write you alettor to morrow a real, old-fashioned Sir Charles Grandison letter and ask your permission, etc., etc., to pay my devoted duty, etc., etc., to you. And I shall show this letter to uncle, and get his suggestions and approbation." " Yes ; and then I am to " "To answer it, just in your loftiest style. Miss Ileywood. If you say a few words a little down on the Lakes, I don't mind it at all, and it will finish tho mat ter. Of course I shall be cut up and all that. If my poor Dion was here lie would find some clever way out ol the scrape; but I can never think of any thing but just going to headquarters, as I have come to you." " It is the best way. A straight lino is just as good in love ns in geometry." Then the affair was talked over, and Margery brought all her woman's tact and delicacy to its arrangement. Tilings were planned so as to proceed more leisurely; for the climax, instead of coming the next day, as Harry pro posed, was indefinitely put off. But Margery thought herself well paid for her complaisance; for in a verv short time Harry knew as well as possible the true state of her heart, and many a pre cious bit of news he brought her con cerning Di:n, nnd ono day lie managed to forget a photograph of liim and never afterward to remember its loss. So, with this fresh interest in life, time did not seem so heavy to poor Margery. She had Dion's pictured face, and every now and then a few words of informa tion about him, or else a long talk with Harry concerning the manifold perfec tions of one so dear to both. But though the final letter was de layed as long as possible. Uncle Lake at last got impatient. " Harry had spent part of every day nt Ileywood for four months; it boys and girls did not know their own minds in that time, they never would." So the old gentleman wrote the proposal himself, stated frankly what lands and money he intended to give Harry, and solicited for the young man the hand of Ins fair neighbor. The answer had been caiefullv pre' pared by the two young people. It was exquisitely polite, but yet it contrived to hit delicately several points on which L'ncleLake was very sensitive; and, in fine, it absolutely declined nny alliance with ins house. Tho effect was better than thev had dared to hope. Uncle Lake was greatly offended, and for Margery's sake recalled the very worst of the stereotyped flings at women and women's ways so gener ally laminar to bachelors young nnd old. " However, he was sorry for me, Margery," said Harry, one day, a week afterward, "and he has shown it in way that I thoroughly appreciate." "A check?" " Yes, for ten thousand dollars." " Did von nine much. Hiirrv?" "No, I could not manage it; and, do you know, that pleased uncle. He praised mv spirited behavior, and said that was just tho way lie took a saucy woman's No thirty years ago ; and then he gave me the cheek, and told me to go to Paris lor a season. " And vou go. I suppose?" "Just as soon as the dearest little girl is rendv to eo with me." "Will you have enough, after paying your debts?" " I shall naturally consider my wife's comfort before mv creditors'." "Oh. Harrv! Harry!" " Well, Margery, I never could keep out of debt and out of love. The men I trade with nnd the girl I love always have a lien on nie." After Harrv left letters were long de laved. Addresses were lost or changed and week after week nnd month after month passed without bringing any word from Dion, about whom ho had promised to write. In the third summer Margery was so lonely that she deter mined to join some friends in a European trip; Lr'shewas sure by this time that Dion had quite forgotten her. So she wandered all summer in the sunniest places of the earth, nnd was so ( harmed and happy that she really be lieved her love and her regrets were buried deeper than nny memory could reach for tliein. She was sitting, one lovely afternoon, cn the top of Richmond Hill. As she sat musing some one suddenly stood be tween lior and the sunshine. She looked up, and instantly put out nor two hands with a joyful cry to Dion. Oil, Margery I Margery I Mareerv! Oh. mv y own love! my dear love! my dar- ingr while m a minor tone Margery vassobbinc: "Dion! Dion! Dion! Ymi have nearly killed me! How could you, Dion? You don't know that von have nearly broken my heart. Yes, you have, sir." Then there was such an exnlnnntinn to be gone through that at ten o'clock thnt night they had only got as far as their unfortunate parting. And this seemed to remind Dion of something, for he said: "Oh, Margery darling, I am afraid I must tell you the samo old story. I have worked very hard, and all that, but I am still in debt." . "No, you are not. I have something to tell you, also. Aunt Ileywood left you all hor money provided you claimed it within five years after her death; if not, it was to be mine." " It will still be yours, Margery." " No, I do not want both you and the money; I have enougn of my own." I hen I shall get out of debt at last." No. vou will not. sir. You own mo the price of three years of my life. You wiM never be out of mv debt, nnd vou will never be out of my love." " I don't want to, sweet Margery! nnd they who are deep in love can afford to spend twenty out of nn income of nine teen; lor you know the old proverb: lliere was a couple who loved one an- other, and they always took what they Weekly. Early Morning Market Scenes in New Tort. Although a vast retail business is done n AVasliington nnd Fulton Markets, says i New York co-respondent, not one householder in a thousand goes there for supplies, llie householders buy of the green-grocers and butchers who keep stores convenient to dwellings. The green-grocers and butchers come down town for their supplies. But there is. especially at this season of the year, an immense market business done in the tlown-town streets. This is a compara tively unknown business, except to those who carry it on, nnd niany..people have never even suspected its existence. It is entirely a vegetable market and is well worth looking nt as a curiosity. A visitor who wants to explore its mysteries should come here nt five o'clock in the morning. Landine at Liberty or Cortlandt street a few steps will bring him into the midst of its ac tivity. Many a hurrying stranger, who has been rushing for a midnight train out of the city, hag wondered why long and solemn rows' of covered wagons. with slcenv-lookinir horses, are then standing along some of the streets through which he passes, lie would tsk, had lie time to stop nnd think about- it, why the drivers do not drive to livery stables and stay there until morning, or it least why thev do not, if thev want the wagons to remain the street, take the horses out and put them in comfortable shelter. To which it must be answered, first. that these wagons are placed in position during the night in order to have the choice places which their owners fancy. lor some stands are far hotter than others; second, that there are not enough stables in lower New York to shelter this great army of horses. There are hundreds and hundreds ol wagons. Thev stand on Washington and Green wich streets ns far up ns B'.cecker and as far down as Dey, which is next to Cort landt. New Church street, under the shadow of the elevated railroad, is full of th. "in. Thev nro most, numerous on Saturday mornings, but Ion every morn ing except Sunday a goodly number may be found. Having stood all night thev are at daylight ready for business. Some of tho drivers have reposed on their loads, while others have ttrotched them solves out on soft granite steps or luxuri ous wooden cellar doors. If tho night has boon storm v, it is rough work for all concerned. Ihe business is at its height between live and six o clock, and pre. sents a sight worth coming a long dis. tance to see. Not a moment is to be lost. Ihe whole caravan must come out of the way by eight o'clock, for every one of these wagons is in front of some store or warehouse, and the resi dent business men havo the right to clear away all such intruders when their own bnsiness hecrins. Each wniron nnva twenty-hve cents tor the privilege ot the room it occupies, xiiis goes iu uie cjiy, or is supposed to. A collector conies around each morning, and must have his cosh. All transactions are for cash. and every vegetable dealer who brings a good and fresh stock sells his whole wagon load and takes the equivalent cash home with him. Rules of Health. Nothing is so essential to health at this seiison of the year as a proper observance ot sanitary rules, l he lollowing sugges tions in this line will bo valuable : Drainage A thoroughly drained soil is all important. Sewers should bo prop erly located and frequently examined, so as to insure cleanliness and effectiveness. Houses, cellars and yards should be clenned. Water supply" Water, next to nir. is the chief necessary of life." We may even place it before food, because all food is largely composed of it. Cisterns should he constructed of suitable material; its water ought to be frequently examined and kept free from color, odor and other indications of impurity. .Wells are the most dangerous sources of water supply. for few wells are free from surface pollu- tion. They should be properly located, to avoid all possible risk of eontamina- tion from their surroundings, carefully built with elevated curbs and covered tops. The water they contain should be examined at short intervals. A simple method of examination is by dissolving a lump oi loin sugar in a quantity ol sus- pected water in a clean bottle, which should have a close-fitting glass stopper. oei tne bottle m a window ol a room where the sunlight will fall upon it. If the water remains bright and limpid niter a week s exposure, it may be pro nounced .lit for use. But if it becomes turb id during the week it contains enough impurities to ne unhealthy, such water should not be used for drinking purposes uuui ii nun iiui-ii uuiiwi nu niu'reu. Dwellings Ihe prime condition of health in a house depends upon cleanli- ness, pure air and unpolluted water, Good ventilation is absolutely necessary, Rooms should be frequently aired and a daily visit from Dr. Sunshine encouraged, Overcrowding is a fruitful source of air- pollution In dwellings. TIMELY TOnt'S. A Russian paper gives an account of n plaeue of locusts near Elisabcthpol, which forced a detachment of troops on tho march to retrace their steps. The insects settled so thick on the soldiers' faces, uniforms and muskets that the commander, driven to desperation, or dered firing at them. This was done for half an hour, but produced no effect, and the soldiers were obliged to march back. The swarm covered an area of twenty two square miles. The Louisville Courier-Journal bundles together its advice to profane men in this wise : " To all who are afflicted with tho habit of profanity, and who are desirous of curing themselves of it, wo would sug gest that, ns a beginning, they resolve, and rigidly adhere to the resolution, that whenever they feel adisposition to swear they will take no other name in vain ex cept that of the Aztec god of war. Huit zilopochtli. That will give their anger a chance to cool and to disappear before they get to the other end of the word, and they will not thus be guiltv of the sin of a complete oath. And if Iluitzilopoch tli won't break them, then their cases are hopeless." The trade in glass in the United States within the last few years has reached enormous proportions. Pittsburgh, Pa., is the great glass center of the country. More than half of all the glass produced is made there. Tho productions ncrirre- gate over $7,000,000 annually, employing chinory and erounds. of nearly, if not quite, $3,500,1)00. There are soventy tliree factories, containing in nil 690 pot's. Each year $3,000,000 is paid in wages to the hands employed, who number some 5,248. One can form some little idea of the magnitude of the business by ascer taining tho amount of material consum ed annually. Last year there were con sumed 2,925 tons of German clay, 300 tons of lead, 250 tons of pearl ash, 2,700 barrels of salt, 6,055 tons of straw. 4,025 cords of wood. 4.525.60 bushels of coal. 793.500 bushels of coke. 1.218 tons ot nitrate of soda, 48,340 tons of sand and 150,000 lire brick. Of the successful pedestrian, E. P. Weston, the Rev. J. C. Fletcher, of Indr. apohs, says that when a child Wei t in was the cleanest, sweetest lit tle blorie boy he ever knew. Ho always had his Sunday-school lesson perfectly, and was well trained at home, in Provi dence, by his small, slender mother. "Hut," added Mr. Fletcher, " E. P. AVeston was the most uneasy bright boy I ever saw. There was no keeping him still. His father was a man restless in his brain, and finally died insane. The mother of E. P. W. was a woman of ntellectual parts, nnd at her husband s death, in order to support her family, she wrote a number of interesting books for children. These were printed and then, instead of being published, were hawked about Providence and elsewhere in the State of Rhode Island by Edward Payson, who walked from bouse to house all over tho State, and thus early iiequired tho habit of walking." Sergeant John P. Finloy has investi gated the cyclones that swept over Kan sas in May. Ho traveled in a wagon and rode altogether live hundred miles, visiting thirty-live towns and villages 1 started out in making observations by first finding the center ol Ihe track ol the storm, and then making correspond ing observation on botli sides to ascertain the oilect ol the wind on each. I found after a great deal of questioning that these tornadoes were always heralded by tho nppoarance ot hailstones and rain. which onlv ended when tho tunnel dis appeared. The funnel, which resembles a water spout, was generally seen ap proaching irom me nortnwesi and soui n west, and has the embodiment of the air currents coming irom both tho direc tions. The northwest clouds always re sembled heavy vain-clouds, while those in the southwest were a light. Hooey color, indicating wind. After their ap- fiearance the inhabitants would notice ictwecn the two, near the apex, a terri ble commotion, and in a few moments this would be followed by the funnel ex tending gradually from the clouds. It was this funnel-cloud that always did the damage. The majority of these storms travel about thirty miles an hour, and 'while they are on the ground their force is great enough to destroy everything within their reach." Troops Attacked by Locusts. A detatchment of Russian troons. bound for General LazerefTs expedition against the lurcomans, met with a curious misadventure near the Georgian town ol l'iisabetlipoi. At a tew versts the' soldiers encountered armv of locusts reputed Irom the town the wine ol an armv ot locusts ren to be twenty miles in length and broad in proportion. The officer in charge did not like to turn back, repelled by mere mseccs. and, pushing on, soon became surrounded by the locusts. I hose ap pear to have mistaken the soldiers lor trees, nnd swarmed by thousands around them, "crawling over their bodies lodging themselves inside their helmets penetrating their clothes and their knap sacks, filling the barrels of their rifles. and striving to force themselves into the unlortunate men s ears and noses." 1 ho commander gave orders for the troops to push on doiiblftquiek for Elisabcthpol, nut the road was so Diocked with lo custs that the soldiers grew fright ened, and, after wavering a few min utes, a regular stampede took mace. .Led by a non-commissioned oflicer of keen vision, who had observed a few huts a short distance from the road, tike troops dashed across the fields, "slipping about over the crushed and greasy bodies of the locusts as though they had been on ice." Tho huts were soon reached, and the oflicers rushed inside, but the refuge proved to bo of little value, as the premises wei e al- radv in the possession of the enemv. The peasants told the correspondent of . i . 7 .... I . i , r j 1 i uiu jujrun uinti lor uays nicy Iiau been hesieged by the vermin, the in sects tilling the wells and tainting tho water, crowding into the ovens and snoilincr the bread, and prevenlinn1 anv food being cooked or stored. At in tervals tho villagers issued from their houses, and made onslaughts on the lo- I cusis, Killing ineiu ny mousanus, aim carting them away afterward to tho fields for manure. The soldiers were detained prisoners by the insects for forty-eight hours, and on their maich to Elisabethpol, in the rear of the lo- cust army, tliey found every blade of grass antf green leaf destroyed and the peasants reduced to beggary. Visit to the Znlu King. On the following evening, writes nn English correspondent, I again visited the king, who had especially invited me to witness a review of his troops, two regiments of which, one of "white shields" nnd the other of "black shields,-" were stationed nt Nonduengu. These troops formed a large circle in the open central space of the kraal, while the king walked, or rather trotted, about ns well as he was able, within the circle, closely followed by hissliiold-bcarer nnd other attendants carrying his snuff nnd his beer. The shouts that arose from his assembled warriors became deafening as the king, calling upon one or other of his more distinguished soldiers by name, and pointing toward him, summoned him to perform his feats of agility. Every arm was extended and every finger pointed toward the man thus hon ored, who leaped from his place in the ranks, and commenced running, jump ing, springing high into the- air. kicking his shield, flourishing his weapons and performing the most extraordinary man euvers imaginable. All this time the " imbongas, ' or praisers, recounted the deeds of the king amid the shouts of the multitude. After his majesty was tired of moving about for his extreme obesity rendered it no easy matter his chair of state was brought to him, in which he sat and regaled himself with a copious draught of " ourchualia," or beor made of fermented millet, often taking pinches of snuff. Then every soldier passed in single file before the king, each one bowing to the dust, and lowering ms shield as he passed the august presence. This ended the re view, and the king was borne back to his harem amidst the shouts and din of the multitude. Nothing can be imagined more truly savagel yet picturesque withal, than the appearance of these Zulu soldieis when arrayed for battle. With kilts formed ot tne tans oi the leopard and other wild animals, their heads adorned with the plumes of the crane and the ostrich, with long stream ers of goat's hair nttached to their arms and legs, and holding in lront their huge bucklers of hide, which almost cover their bodies, and above which protrude the bristling points ot their well-sharpened assegais, they present a most strik ing aspect, and one not easily forgotten. The costume of the king consisted of a copious kilt formed of leopard's tails and the skins of the green monkey. Un his forehead he wore a large ball of closely- cut feathers of the blue roller, and round his neck hung a quantity of very large white beads. His arms were nearlycov- ered with bracelets of brass and gold. le fillets of beads encircled his body and his legs, in aspect no was tiignitigd, and his skin was of a lighter color than that of most Zulus. Mnkiiig Them Ent Their Own Flour. Relating his Indian experiences. Colo nel Meadows Taylor tells of his being beset by hundreds ot pilgrims and trav elers, crying out against the bunnias or Hour-sellers, who not only gave their customers short weight, but adulterated the Hour so abominably with sand, that cakes made of it were utterly uneatable. The colonel determined to punish the cheats: and this is how he did it. I told, says he. sonic reliable man of my escort togoquietlyiinto the bazaars and each buy hour at a separate snop, Do ing careful to note whose shop it was. The Hour was brought to me. I tested every sample, and found it full of snnd as 1 passed it under my teetn. i men de sired all the persons named m my list to be sent to mo, with their baskets of Hour, their weights and scales. Shortly afterward they arrived, evidently sus pecting nothing, nnd were placed in a row on' the grass before my tent. " Now," said I, gravely, ' each of you is to weigh out a seer (two paunds; ot your Hour; which was done. " Is it for the pilgrims?" asked one. " No," said 1, quietly, though I had much difficulty to keep countenance. " You must eat it yourselves." Thev saw that 1 was in earnest and offered to pny any tine I imposed. Not so," I returned; "you have made ma:;y cat your Hour; why should you object to cat it yourselves?" They were horribly frightened: and amid the screams of laughter and jeers of the bystanders some of them actually began to eat. sputtering out the hall- moistened ;ilour, which could bo heard crunching between their teeth. At last some of them Hung themselves on their faces, abjectly beseeching pardon; nrd so, with a severe admonition, they were let off. Ao more was heard of the bad flour. Vegetable Ivory. The Colonies and India furnishes some interesting particulars respecting the so-called " vegetable ivory," which is now so much used as a substitute lor ivorv. The vegetablo ivorv nut is the product of a species of palm found wild m b,ou4' SITS llie Ij.liu blltril la iiiu wiiia'Wiiiri, w mi.n heme softer than ivory and easily carved. as well as readily dyed, nnd being less brittle than bone, is largely used in making buttons, etc. Tho unripe fruit consists of a green shell, containing a waterv fluid, which as tho nut ripens gradually thickens until it becomes a pulpy mass, and eventually hardens into solid mattoi. The water, though hitter to the taste, is wholesome, and often renders invaluable service to travelers, who cannot otherwise obtain water to drink. Tho tree on which the fruit gtows is unlike an ordinary palm, hav ing little or no stem and drooping down ward, especially when tne weak branches are overwoighed by the six or seven bunches of nuts, each containing six or seven seeds, inclosed in thick heavy shells and outer sheath, and weighing altogether irom twenty to twenty-four pounds. Three Things. Three things to do Think, live, act. Throe thinus to cherish Virtue, good ness and wisdom. Three things to teach Truth, industry and contentment. Three things to govern Temper, tongue nnd conduct. Three tilings to love Courage, gentle ness and affection. - Three things to contend for Honor. country and friends. Three things to hate Cruelty, arro gance and ingratitude. Three things to delight in Beauty, frankness anu freedom. Three things to admire Intellect, dig nity and gracefulness. Three things to avoid Iilness. lociua- city and flippantjesting. Three things to like Cordiality, good humor and cheerfulness. Three things to wish for Health, I mends and a contented spirit. ITEMS OF INTEREST. After dinner A hungry man. The sleeper reposes in tho lapse of time. New York reoplc. The roads and inns in Spain arc as bad as they have been for centuries. It is forbidden in England to tako costs of the heads of executed criminals. The amount of money already rxprn ded on tho bridge between New York and Brooklyn exceeds $10,500,000. The United States uses up 1,000,000,000 paper bags annually, nnd several manu facturers report increasing demands, A gentleman in one of the Western towns is so much opposed to capital pun ishment thnt he refuses to hang his own gate. Have you ever thought how exceed ingly kind it is of the average murderer to forgive everybody before he is swung off? Puck. The evening the young man hasn't money enough to talie his girl into an ice-cream saloon ho sends her a note stating he is sick. The valuation of personal property in New York city for 1870 is $197,532,075, a decrease of $'21,597,120 over last year. The real estate in 1879 is valued nt$918, 134,340, nn increase of $17,722,910 over 1878. A story is going the rounds of the press called " A son turns up after twenty-five years' absence." We have seen a son turn up after nn hour's absence, often, and never thought anything of it. Griswold. The name "tabby cat" is derived, from Atab, a famous street in Bagdad, inhab ited by the manufacturers ol silken stuffs called Atabi, or taft'eta, the wavy mark ings of the watered silks resembling pussy's coat. When two women meet at the fence there is no harm as long as the talk is loud and the tones firm, but the moment the head begins to nod, the voice drops to a murmur, and tho tones sound hushed and muflled, then you may know that scandal, or some ono s character, is made a sweet morsel for tho occasion. Every good man sits down and weeps. Doohy. Two Arizona miners. Freeman nnd Hill, recently played a huge hoax upon their fellows. They represented that in the country 400 miles to the north of Prescott could be found large quantities of gold. Fifty six men, with 112 ani mals, banded together and followed the two from Prescott. Water could not lie procured, and the whole party nearly nearly died from thirst. Freeman and Hill finally admitted that tlio affair was a joke. They were hung in just 100 seconds. How a Great Silver Mine Was Found. Two miners sat down in tin A'ilder ness of Southern Utah a few months since to munch their bread and then pursue their wanderings and their search for wealth. They were "prospectors" who, havimr left tho beaten track of treasure-seekers, wandered oft', lo tho amusement of their fellows, into tho comparatively level country, where months of searching had revealed noth ing. We had better get back into the mountain country, Jim, said his "pard." as nespokc ins tool t truck something a few indies under the sand nnd tho prospector found a fracture on tho rocks nnd picked up a small, yellowish piece of stone. What's that?" said Tom, as ho saw with what feverish earnestness his " pard " examined the piece. " 1'igadi l tiniiK it s horn silver: ' Thev were out of provisions nnd clothes; they had not means with which to pay the fee lor securing their " lind." Alter opening up their prize snllieicnlly to show that a vein of ore existed, they offered it to Mr. Ben Morgan, ol Pitts- hurgh.who is operating smelting works a few" miles below Salt Lako City, for 18,000. Mr. Morgan sought the advice of tho superintendent of tho Ontario mine. Together they carefully examined tho new " find," and unfortunately lor tlio genial Ben they decided it was not worth risking the money on. Tho miners continued to open their veins, but soon again were stranded, when ono of them wrote to two Irish friends, who had already lost money on supposed "finds," and besought them to try their luck once more. After much importun ing tliey invested enough money to give the miners a good start, when tho de velopment of the mine proceeded rap idly. Four shafts were sunk and a num ber of intermediate galleries run which connected the shafts. The work was pushed solely witli a view to show the magnitude of the deposit. It was the marvel of the whole country. Conserv ative old engineers measured the ore- bodies actually in sight, taking nothing for granted, nnd made numerous analy ses in all parts of the mine to delermino its richness, nnd the most cautious cal culated the silver in sight as worth $27, 000,000. Jay Cooke, hearing of tin's prize, secured an option of a one-half interest for $2,500,000 for a short time, and hastening Eastward ho induced a number of Englishmen in New York to invest, and they took it nt this price, tho lour original owners declining to sell tho remaining half at any price. This is the now bullous "Horn buyer Mine" or New Bonanza." nround which a town has in a few months clustered called " Frisco," nnd to winch one mine tho Utah Southern Railroad will this sum mer be extended nearly three hundred miles. Cholera Medicine. Tlio New York Jourtml oj Commerce says: More than twenty years ago, when it was found that preventionof cholera was easier than cure, a prescrip tion drawn up by eminent doctors was published in the'New York Hun, and it took the name of tho Sun cholera medi cine. Our contemporary never lent its namo to a better article. We have seen it in constant use for nearly two score years, and found it to be the best remedy for looseness of the bowels ever yet devised. No one who has this by him, and takes it in time, will ever have the cnoiera. We commend it to all our friends. Even when no cholera is anticipated it is an excellent remedy for ordinary summer complaints, colic, diarrhea, dysentery, etc. Take equal parts of tincture of Cay enne pepper, tincture of opium, tincture of rhubarb, essence of peppermint and Rpirits of camphor. Mix well. Dose, fifteen to thirty drops in a little cold water, according to age and violence of symptoms, repeated every fifteen or twenty minutes until relief is obtained.
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