Ifiili
HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher,
NILi DESPERANDUM.
Two Dollars por Annum.
VOL. X.
UIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1880.
NO 38.
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Woman'B Work.
Dnrning little stockings
For restless littlo foet j
Washing littlo lacoa
To keep tliom clean and sweet i
Hearing Bible lessons,
Teaching catechism;
Praying for salvation
From horesy and schism
Woman's work.
Sowing on the buttons;
Overseeing rations;
Soothing with a kind word
Otliora lamentations;
Colliding clumsy Bridgets
And coaxing sullen oooks;
Entertaining oompany
And reading rocent books
Woman's work.
Burying out oi siht
Her own unhealing smarts;
Lotting in the sonahino
On other clouded hearts;
Binding up the wounded,
And healing of the s'ck;
Brarely marching onward
Through dangers dark and thick
Woman's work.
Lending l'ttle children,
And blessing manhood's years;
Showing to the sinful
How God's forgiveness cheers;
Scattering sweet roses
Along another's path;
Smiling by the wayside
Content with what she hath
Woman's work.
Letting fct.ll her own tears,
Where only God con see;
Wiiing oB another's
With tender sympathy;
Learning by experience;
Teaching by example;
Yearning lor the gateway,
Golden, pearly, ample
Woman's woik.
Lastly cotneth silence,
K day l! sweet repose
Uer lo-ks smoothly braided,
L"fm her breast a rose;
Lube, resting gently
Upon the umrblo cheek;
A io k rf bletaed p?ace
V,oa the Icrijhead meek!
I' e inn it s-":t!y lolied,
ll.e k Ld y pn'ees still;
1 r t h; s know no smiling,
The nob hear; no thrill;
K ret urn r.etcis no smoothing,
Sie cravtth lor no ca:e;
' IvV tende; est entreaty
U'sle i responses there.
F g-ove in the valley
T mri, i iiter soVs, regret;
O t n ore scieiun Weston
rfcut iiie may not regret;
r'w 'I'Ter hidden,
li c. 1 itver run
' Dust to dnxt " a v.ioe eaith,
And woman's work is done.
GRANDPA WEAVER'S BEAVER.
I shall never forget the rapture I felt
the morning I was pronounced finished"
and, with artistic taste, suspended upon
a pinnacle above rry less pretentious
companions in one of the showiest of
show-windows upon the popular
thorough fnre patronized by the wealth
iest people in iho great city where I
fir.teaw the light.
It is needless to dwell upon 'the cir
cumstances which preceded inv ("ebut,
and describe the process from which I
emerged ' a thingof beauty." Old as I
now am. I still recall with satisfaction
the admiration I elicited and the ejac
ulations of surprise and commendation
that greeted n.y first appearance before
the world of fashion.
" Every sweet has its bitter," and I
regret to say that my Eelf-complacency
was ruffled in some degree by the envy
ot my associates and the spiteful lemarks
I was forced to hear.
' The very thing to catch t he eye of a
sporting blackleg, or some brainless
swell," whispered an Insignificant
"Soft felt " to a smart-looking ' Darby,"
while a pert little "Nobby" remarked,
with a leer, " All's not gold that glit
ters." Disagreeable words like these I
confess caused some misgivings In ref
eret ce to my future, but I was not fated
to remain long in suspense, for notwith
standing the high price set upon me,
only a few days elapsed when an exceed
ingly aristocratic-looking, venerable
gentleman entered the store and re
quested the obsequious clerk to permit
him to inspect the elegant beaver, at the
same moment indicating my proud self
by a motion of his gold-headed cane.
After a minute examination of my
proportions he approached a mirror
opposite, and, placing me upon his head,
I saw instantly by the smile of intense
satisfaction which illumined his benev
olont countenunco that my destiuy was
sea'ed.
Very soon after I was incased in a
handsome box and sent to the almost
palatial residence of the retired mer.
chant, Mr. Weaver. I was carried up
several nights of stairs and deposited in
what I discovered afterward was the
dresning-room of my purchaser.
In my short experience I had heard
much of the vanity of ladies, and thought
this particular weakness was confined
solely to the female sex; but judge of
my surprise when suddenly I was
roused from darkness and silence by the
flash of g ts jets and the voice of my new
master, as he drew me from my snug
resting-place and, balancing me above
his brow, surveyed the effect produced
in the immense glass that reflected the
full length of his tall, commanding
form.
I was not long finding out that my
owner had a habit, when alone, of talk
ing aloud to himself.
" By Georgt I" he exclaimed, "I look
ten years younger 1 I had no idea a new
beaver could make such a difference."
"Nor did I!" cried a fresh young
voice.
The next ic slant a pair of white arms
were wreathed about his neck-
"It Is perfectly exquisite! What a
dear darling papa!" Then, with a ten
der caress. " But why won't he allow
his little Dolly to accept attention! from
an v of the young trentlemen who call on
usP And Mr. Dot-say, too! Such a
splendid beaut" The putty lips pouted,
and the laughing eyes looked inquiringly
into the face half shaded by my lustrous
brim.
"Dolly I child! Don't you knowP
Can't you understand that you are the
very light of my eyes? It will be time
enough five yes, ten years hence to
think of encouraging the attentions of
beaux. Recollect, you are barely seven
teennot old enougli to know your own
mind ; he patient, little pusn, and when
the right one comes and I sanction, why,
then"
Alius! Iho right one had come, but
Papa Weaver was ignorant of the fact,
whiles I, unwittingly, was drawn into
this affaire d amour!
Dolly sighed soltlv, and shook her
wealth of shining hair a trifle defiantly
as her small white hand gently smoothed
my polished surface. Siio had removed
mo from her father's head, and was slyly
examining the sheeny lining that added
so mucii to my beauty. I saw a strange
light in Iter eyes as she continued to run
her slender fingers dcttly under the
pliant crimped silk.
"Oh!"6hc exclaimed, "I like this
beaver ever so much more than the old
one."
Then, as if frightened by her own
words, she quickly replaced me, and,
gliding an arm within that of her in
dulgent parent, drew him to the door,
as she rattled on :
"Come, papa: I will not wait a min
ute longer. You promised if I would
not ride with Mr. Dorsay you would
take me to the opera, and it is time."
It did not require much penetration
to find out the power this only child
wielded over her fond father, and it was
no wonder, with her winning, lovable
ways, reminding the bereaved merchant
as the did of the fair girl-wife who won
his heart in the long ago, and who died
m the zenitn ol tier promising woman
hood, leaving him Dolly, the sole pledge
of mutual love. Was it any wonder
that he worshiped his lovely daugh
ter P
After my first introduction to the
family of my master, 1 always accom
panied him, and soon became familiar
wi.h his habits. As I have said, fre
quently when alone in his own apart
ments he would express his sentiments
aloud. In this way I became acquainted
with the fears which beset him on
account of his child fears that some
polished sharper might win her affec
tions, and ultimately break her heart
and wreck her liie.
Many were the suitors that attempted
to ingratiate themselves, but so vigilant
wa. my master thus far his daughter
had escaped the wiles and snares of
scLeming fortune-hunters.
Among other things connected with
the affairs of my owner, I learned that
just before Mr. Weaver retired from
trade he had employed a private secre
tary, or amanuensis, to assist him in
the arduous task of winding up his
business.
George Errincourt was a young man
of distinguished appearance, and pos
sessed more than ordinary ability. By
hard struggling and prudence he had
finally secured a position in a banking
house, with a fair salary, sufficient to
support a wife comfortably; but in
suca comparatively humble circum
s'ances he dared not express open ad
miration for the daughter of the retired
merchant .
Long before my event, and during the
hours he aced as secretary to Mr.
Weaver, he was thrown often into
Dolly's fascinating presence, as such
was her devotion to her father it waa
seldom she remained long away from
his side, always expressing the deepest
interest In whatever concerned him.
Thu3 the young people frequently met,
and step by step a tacit understanding
was established, and although no word
of love was interchanged, they read in
each other's eres enough to satisfy them
selves of the never-dying passion that
existed between them.
But there came a time when the ser
vices ol the secretary were no longer
ne eded, and there was no longer an ex
cuse for Krrincourt's visits.
Then came the anxious hours that for
ever have, and for ever will disturb the
current of true love. There is, how
ever, nothing so inventive as this same
tender passion. In this case, as in thou
sands of a similar character, the woman
was first to discover a soothing remedy.
Dolly, pretty madcap Dolly, was not be
hind her sisters in this inventive faculty,
while I, poor innocent! was the silent
instrument in her hands to further her
woman's purpose.
Among the places my master often
frequented was the shop of a fashionable
hairdresser.
Soon after my entrance into the
Weaver mansion I saw and became fa
miliar with George Errincourt, and I
am quite sure I suspected the existence
of the love that sprung up batween
them before the two lovers were as
sured of it themselves, for soon after
I came pretty Dolly used me oftentimes
for a shield to hide her blushes and sly
glances from her watchful guardiau,
and, ere long, to my astonishment and
alarm, I detected the fact that the lit
tle hand which toyed with my silken
lining Was using my interior for a
strangely contraband purpose.
This caused me to be constantly on
the watch. I soon began to understand
when Mr. Weaver entered the hair
dresser's establishment why one of the
assistants was on the alert, and always
rea.ly to seize me and give rre a careful
brushing, and as soon as this was done
set me down near to the seat occupied
by George Errincourt, who also took
great interest in me, handling me with
(imagined) a loving tenderness.
But everything earthly must come" to
an end.
The finest beaver ever made, no mat.
ter how carefully it may be treated, in
the course of time will grow rusty and
need ironing. In spite of the sedulous
notice given by the officious assistant,
and even pretty Miss Dolly herself, I
began to show the lavages of usage.
My master at last observed this, and
one morning I heard him mutter:
" I must have my beaver renovated."
This was some time after our first
connection. The very next evening.
instead of going as usual to the hair
dresser s, he sought a first-class hatter
and stated the case.
The hatter turned me over and over
wkh his huge hands, and finally said to
my owner:
JThis beaver is ."too large for you,
' No J" replied Mr. Weaver, in 'sur
prise. "Why do you ask P"
"Sin ply." returned the workman.
" because you put paper in the inside."
" Paper !" echoed the merchant.
"Paper, did you say P You mistake
The hatter with some difficulty ran
his broad finger under the lining and
urew lorin a neai-iooxing obimits,
"Don't you call this paper P" holding
the note to view.
Mr. Weaver had not been the success
ful man of business without learning to
control sudden emotl n. Ho reached
and took the paper as he said, carelessly:
"Ah, I see! That's all right! It
slipped there by accident. My Lat is
none too large."
lie was prudent enough to wait until
he was safe from interruption in his
own apartments before he examined the
mysterious note. Placing his glasses
upon his nose he opened it and read
aloud :
"Dablui Gkome: Do not be
downnuarted, dear, my father is good
and generous, and wo must tell him
openly ot our love. When lie finds you
lovo me for myself and not the odious
fortune which kept you so long from
declaring your truo sentiments, and that
we intend to make his old days happy, I
am sure ho will consent to our union
He must know all. lam tired of this
clandestine correspondence, and cannot
feel happy in carrying on any deception,
knowing how fondly ho loves mo, and
how implicitly he trusts mo. Besides,
I have almost ruined his fine beaver pre
tending to brush it while I slipped our
letters in and out of the lining. Yours,
"DoU.."
My master dropped the note, and sat.
with clasped hands, absorbed in
thought. At last lie pcrsucd the mis
sive once more, then smiled as he re
placed it within my lining.
"The cunning littlo iadeP" he mur
mured; "who duo Dolly would have
resorted to such means to carry on a
courtship P"
Ho paused a moment, then resumed,
with a sigh:
' I've been expecting something of the
kind well it might be worse I" Again
lie smiled. " But, through it all she is
loyal to me, and her conscience hurts
her for deciving her father. H-o-m! I'll
watch the novel correspondence until 1
find if Errincourt is not after my money,
and that his love formv littlo madcap is
sincere, then " Here ho laughed.
" Bsed papa's beaver! but it is a capital
joke! I'll see, and if "
He did not conclude tho sentence, for
that instant Dolly entered, and, with
usual frankness, caressed her father with
as much fervor as if she had never been
guilty of dividing her affection .
My master never again gave vent to
his thoughts 'in my presence upon the
important subject, although I knew lie
read the letters on both sides . Tho last
one he trcuscd must have been very
despondent, for he immediately sought
his dnughter and won from her by de
grees the whole story.
It is scarcely necessary to add that
Mr. Weaver was convinced in regard
to Errincourt's intentions, for it was not
long before the household was a scene
of confusion, the confusion that alwnjs
precedes a brilliant wedding. I will Bay,
however, that the day previous to the
one appointed for the , marriage, my
master, who was seated betweeen his
daughter and her betrothed, remarked,
as his eye fell upon me :
" I must get a new beaver before to
morrow." My heart sank ; but I was only ex
periencing what thousands before me
have felt, namely, the consciousness of
unrewarded kindness, for bad I not been
the medium through which the now
happy lovers had gained the consumma
tion of their most ardent hopes, and I
was to be cast aside as a worthless thing
in the hour of triumph! 1 must have
given some expression to mv wounded
feelings, as, at this moment, Dolly sprang
from the sofa and taking me in her white
hands kissed me and said :
"Indeed, papa, I think it would be
the basest ingratitude to throw aside
this dear old beaver, when I am indebted
to it for the greatest happinesi of my
lite. Besides, since it was renovated, it
looks as good as new. I must insist
upon your wearing it to the chvrch to
morrow." I not only witnessed the union of the
two lovers, but when at last I grew too
old to be of further usj to my master
Dolly insisted upon claiming me as her
exclusive property, and though years
have passed I watch with pleasure from
the e'evated position I hold in my lady's
dressing-room the gambols of the littlo
ones that gather on a winter's evening
about the knees of their beautiful mother
to listen to the oft-repeated story of
Grandpa Weaver's beaver.
Robin Dinners.
Three years ago the editor of a Lon
don journal wrote a Christmas carol,
the purpose of which was to remind
well-to-do, happy young people how
many children were shut out. like the
robins, from all the cheer and bright
ness ot the day.
Following the publication of the
song, came the proposal that the for
tunate young people should give their
pennies to supply a dinner ana evening's
amusement to their poor little brothers
and sisters.
These " robin dinners" were not In
tended to be a permanent relief to thn
starving: they were "invitation feasts."
The little paupers were for once in
their lives to know the supreme delight
of being guests at a party, and to have
for one evening in the year a thoroughly
merry, jolly time. The idea proved to
be a popular one. The children, whose
previous enjoyment at Christmas was
limited to their own gifts and amuse
ments, sang the carol, and went eagerly
about finding poor little hungry
" robins," and making their hearts glad
by bidding them to the feast. Kind
fathers and mothers, uncles and aunts,
we may be sure, lent their aid. .
At the first dinner, on Christmas,
1877. between 300 and 400 children were
entertained and made happy, who
otherwise would have gone dinnerless
on mat gracious Holiday.
The next year the number increased
to 3,oou, and on last Christmas, over
10,000 little ones, in London alone, sat
down to the " robin dinners." It is
proposed that the plan shall be adopted
in all the larger towns throughout
England next Christmas. The author of
tue carol still directs the whole matter.
He prefers to remain nameless. Surelv
a man of so gentle, kindly a nature must
be mad a nappy by seeing now tar nu
little candle has thrown its beams
Perhaps some of our American readers
may find a suggestion in this article.
and be led to plan robin dinners for
next Christmas.
Newspaper editors, as a class, are
obliged to keep cool under all circum.
stances, and, to provide against contin
gencies,! every well-regulated establish
ment has a composing room where they
can retire when under great mental
cxoiUment,
FOB THE FAIR SEX
The Origin of Rom Fashions
Most of the fashions of past times
were due to the anxiety of some reign
ing beauty either to conceal a blemish
or to display a charoi. La Belle Fer
ronniere had the misfortune to burn her
forehead. The accident left an awk
ward scar which the famous beauty
craftily covered with a gem, and from
that time all the ladies of the French
court who were not ugly and veno
mouswore precious jewels in their
brows. Anne of Austria had lovely
arms and shortened her sleeves to show
her charms, and all the artists of the
day had to paint wrists and elbows as
well as hands and faces. Mme. de
Pompadour was little, and so she
thought it best to weir high heels.
But Mme. de Pompadour was also a
great invalid, and so she introduced
those beautiful dressing gowns knotted
with laco and ribbon which soon were
worn at every court in Europe. Poor
Maria Antoinette, in her anxiety to dis
play her lovely blondo chevclure, piled
tier flaxen locks upon a cushion and
woro tho crown of France several inches
abovo her head, while the Empress
Josephine, "to exhibit her figure, at
once Greek and Creole," invented cacho
miro and brought its use into fashion.
Tho Princess of Wales wears on her
swanlike neck, as tho new fashion,
ruches of laco and velvet collars orna
mented with silver carvings.
Fashion Notes,
Bonnet strings aro very wide.
Plush lints aro very fashionable.
Skirls aro worn fuller than last
sc son.
Frogs aro made in very elaborate
designs.
Surah silk Is much In use for bonnet
slriniiH. Tho Tam O'Shanter is tho loading
large hat.
Pale blues are much used in evening
costumes.
Handkerchief crown hats aro coming
into favor.
Poko bonnoU will continue to bo
worn this season.
Velvet fruits aro used as trimmings
for plush hats.
Ivisy simplicity U tho characteristic
ol most coiffures.
Fashionable coiffures mako tho head
look very small.
Ostrich feathers are lavishly used for
bonnet trimmings.
Navy blues appear frequently among
new importations.
Tassels of all kinds, including lace
ones, are fashionable.
Mull and lace fichus of every descrip
tion remain fashionable.
For outdoor garments the largest
sizes of buttons will be worn.
Oriental textures and effects will be
very fashionable this season .
Larze hats and bonnets, as well as
very small ones, are much worn.
The demand for diamonds is unpre
cedently great this year.
Small square-shaped bonnets, fitting
close and flat in front, are much worn.
Embossed velvet on satin is used in
many reception and evening costume
Buttons in novel shapes, decorated
with genre designs, are frequently
seen.
Rich shades of purple are used in
combination with heliotrope and pale
lilac.
Cardinal red has given way to a
shado several tones brighter, called
caroubier.
Basques of figured or brocaded fabrics,
with skirts of plain goods, are very
popular.
Plush bands are seen on t he bottom ot
some plain skirts oi satin or velvet
brocade.
Fancy combs headed with balls of
si.ver, gold, jet ana tortoise sueu re
main in vogue.
Gold effects, in dots or figures, appear
. r l i I 1 1 I I 1
on tue most lasutonaoie rioouna anu
brocades.
Prune or plum color, in dark shades,
is a favorite witu mtaaie-agea ana el
derly ladies.
Flannel suitings in handkerchief pat
terns are seen in quantities on all the
New York dry goods counters.
Manv evenine bonnets are in white or
cream plush, with pearl or crystal orna
mentation.
Ribbon is not so much used for bonnet
strings as satin serge and soft crushable
damassee siiks.
Polonaises, jackets, basques, over
skirts, trimmed skirts and princesse
dresses are equally in favor.
Short sashes, very wide, and many of
double material, are mucti used with
plain lound waists.
Satin screens, in band embroidery, are
among the most fashionable articles of
household decoration.
Garnet is to be seen in much brighter
shades than hitherto. One of the light
est varieties is almost red.
Millinery trimmings ot bronze and
olive green, combined with gold or gar
net, produce a very rich effect
Bonnet strings are shirred at the ends
and trimmed with tassels, balls, lace
and fringe according to fancy.
To muffle the throat in several yards
of black or white tune, a la Sarah Bern
hardt, will be very fashionable.
Buttons exceeding a trade dollar -in
diameter are to be seen on many fash'
ionable surtouts, jackets and ulsters.
How It was Proved He was Innocent.
At one of the sessional divisions of
Dorsetshire, a certain well-known
tradesman was last week summoned for
"killing and taking" a pheasant. He
was defended by the George Lewis of
the neighborhood, and acquitted, the
magistrates re narking that it was dis
graceful to subject a respectable man to
such a prosecution. So delighted was
tne deiendant at tue result, that he in
sisted on his advocate dininar with him
In due course a pheasant was put on the
table, and it was pronounced to be
most excellent bird. "Yes," said
the host. " this is the bird which it haa
been clearly proved to-day I did not kill
or take.' London iruin.
Three persons have been suffocated at
Bassano, in Italy, by the fumes from a
vat of wine in fermentation. The first
had descended the vat, and the others
peruneq id endeavoring to resent mm
LIFE AM0S8 LIONS.
A Talk With a Noted Tamer ot the Klna
of Beasts,
"1 began with lions about 1865. I
was bossing the animals in John
O'Brien's circus in Girard, Pa. Felix
McDonald, the lion man, got a bite that
ut him for two months in the hospital,
omebody had to go into the cage, and I
went. I'd seen him often, and I knew
the animals pretty well. I didn't have
much difficulty till the next spring in
Pottsville. I was tantalizing t he lions
four of 'em with raw meat, and one of
the females got behind me and, quick as
a flash, bit through my calf. I kept
quiet and turned around and hammered
her until she let go."
" How do you train themP" v
" We treat green ones those captured
In Africa and tame ones born in menag
eries ver" much the same. The wild ones
are better and safer. This is because a
lion used to a cage, and to being poked
and teased, is less afraid of you. I'd
sootier handle tea green lions than one
that's used to the public. Besides, the
green ones have a great deal more play
and Bpirit in 'cm. we begin with them
when they're two 'n a half or three
years old. When I first go into a cage
of untamed ones I have a fire near by,
with three or four iron rods in it, red
hot. If the beasts go for me the men
stand ready to Jib the irons in their
mouths and make 'em let me go. I have
been roughly handled sometimes, but
never badly hurt. It takes two years to
train one perfect, because you have to
go slow with 'em. Not one lion in live
is good for tricks, anyway.
"Just as soon as you find one that
don't act right you have to throw him
out. Some of tliem are too excitable.
Others are sulky, and lie down in the
comer, and if you go behind them you
take big chances. You want to ki'rp
your face toward 'cm all the time. I've
worked on one for five months the
third one there and all he'll do is to
jump a little."
" How do yon teacu "
" We teach 'cm to jump over a stick
by having aboard lence in the middle
of tho cage and driving them over it.
To mako 'em stand up in the corner,
wo have a tackle hitched to their n.;c!t
and pull 'cm up. Then we pet 'em,
and they finally get used to it. We
make 'cm lie down by whipping them.
When they're triced up in the corner
wo catch 'cm by the mouth and nos
trils, and teach 'em to keep their mouth
open by so doing it. Then we git to
sticking our heads .in."
"That's rather risky, ain't it?"
" Hot very. You can tell in an instant
when they are g.dng to close, and jt-rk
your head out. I saw one man killed in
that way, thuush. His name was
Whittle Joe Whittle. I broke him
in Marvland. and he took four lions
(two of 'em were FraDk and George that
I am using now) and worked 'cm for
three years. Finally, in Frankfort.
Perm., Joe was nervous one day and
thought he woald have a rehearsal before
the show. Hb nut his head in Frank'i
mouth and the beast closed on him, bit
ing clean through his face and partly
through his head, so that his lower j iw
fell down on his breast. They tried to
get him out, but Frank grabbed his leg
witnuis teetn and lie was badly cuewed
before they got him. He died a few
days after."
uo tney get up any affection for
youP"
"No, they ain't much on auection.
They would go for me if I was outside
just as quick as they would anybody.
lliey're deceiving brutes, and very
q .lick. I recollect in Galveston one of
I tie boys, who was a littlo drunk, swo-e
they would not hurt a fly, and went up
to the cage. In a minute one of them,
I don't know whether it was Frank or
George, had him, and his right shoulder
and the right side of his head weren't
worth much when they got him away
l ve on.v had live accidents that
amounted to anything. Once, one of
them clawed off my shirt and most of
the meat on my chest along with it, but
my scratchrsare mostly little ones."
in evidence, lie suowea a r.air ot
hands that had evidently seen linri
usuage, having been gaslied iu all di
rections. An Obstinate Conscript.
Last vear. writes the Rome corre
spondent of the Philadelphia Bulkt.n,
tb' re was a youth who declared he might
draw the bad number or not, he woul 1
not be a soldier; he did draw the b.td
number, and still he declared he would
not be a soldier. After having drawn it
he returned home, and there he stayed
until he was fetched by force. He fol
lowed the sergeant who had been senT
for him, declaring all the time that it
was useless to force hiui, because ho
would not be a soldier. He passively
allowed himself to be stripped for the
examination, without helping the oper
ation by a finger. When he was told to
put on his uniform he refused, saying he
would not be a soldier, tie was stmt up
alone in a room with the uniform, but
when they went to see how far th-i
toilet had progressed, thev still f uti i
him standing. Adam-like, in the middl j
of the room, with the uniform where
they had laid it They could not leave
him there, as you may imagine, so they
dressed mm: lie remaining quite pas
sive as usual; but when they put the
gun into his hands he sternly refused to
touch it, saying that it was contrary to
his convictions to carry any murderous
weapon. In vain they tried to reason
with him; they might as well nave ap
pealed to a stone, i hey took him to the
captain, where he repeated the same
thing, that he would never touch a gun
wouia never toucu a gun
" You may do what you
e," he said: "I aji not
l, but I will kill no man!"
in his lite.
will with me.
afraid of death
They put him into prison, they kept
him on bread and water, they threatened.
they coaxed, they did all they could to
persuade him, but it was useless; he
only repeated : "I will never hold or use
a gun, I will kill no man, I will not be a
soldier!"
I was never able to learn what thev
inally did with him, although I had the
story from the prefect's secretary.
caargea witn drawing tue conscnp
tion.
The Fatal Palace.
On leaving the Tuileries. according
to a late writer, the Empress Eugenie is
said to have exclaimed t " Fatal palace !
It is, then, the destiny of all royalties to
leave you thus!" Marie Antoinette left
it for the guillotine ; Josephine, divorced
and wretched, left it for the solitude of
Malmaison; Marie Louise fled from it
at the approach of the allies ; the Duch
esse d'Angouleme and the Duchesse)de
Berri were driven from it; the same
inie kbiiu ilb vueen juane adu-miu
tne .vuonesse a Orleans and the tmeresi
fcugsnie.
k REMARKABLE MAN.
The Private Soldier Who Could I)oAII
Sorts of Wonderrnl Tilings That No
Other Man Gould Io,
One of the most remarkable private
soldiers on either side In the late war
was a young man named lorn rweiiey, a
private in the Second Michigan in
fantry. The remarkable began with his
build. He had arms a full hand longer
than any man who could be found. He
had no more backbone than a snake,
and could almost tie himself in a knot.
He could tell the date on a silver Quarter
held up twenty feet away, and he could
hear every word of a conversation in a
common tone of voice across an ordinary
street. He could run half a mile as fast
as any officer's horse could gallop, and
there was a standing offer of tlO to any
man who could hold him down. On a
bet of a box of sardines he once passed
six sentinels wiitiin an Hour, un an
other occasion he entered the colonel's
tent and brought away that officer s
boots.
When Tom's remarkable Qualifica
tions were discovered he was detailed as
a scout and spy, and was changed from
one department to another. In the capac
ity of spy he entered Kiciimona inree
times. He entered Vicksburg ana
preached a sermon to the soldiers a
week before the surrender. He was in
New Orleans five days before that city
was taken. He was a man who firmly
believed that he could not be killed by
an enemy, and he governed his move
ments accordingly.
While under tue orders of General
Hooker, Kelley proved on several oc
casions that he could see further with
the naked eye than any officer could
with a field-glass. It he could get a
place of concealment within fifty feet
of a picket he could catch the counter
sign He visited Lookout Mountain,
intending to spike as many of the Con
federate guns as possible. His disguise
was that of a farmer who had been
driven from home by the Union forces.
The enemy somehow got suspicious of
him, and he was placed in the guard
house for the night. There was a sen
tinel at the door, and others near by
standing guard over guns and stores,
but it was all the same to Kelley.
With an old tin plate for use as a shovel
and bcood he burrowed out at the back
end ol the building, and walked up to
two pieces of artillery, and spiked both
before any alarm was raised. When
the sentinels began firing at him he ran
out of camp, but In fore he was clear
of it he had been fired on fifty times.
. Kelley was once captured when asleep
by Missouri guerrillas. When he opened
his eyes he was surrounded by five or
six men on foot and others in the saddle.
It was under a tree in an open field, and
he iiad been tracked by a dog. As he
rose up at their command he resorted to
his wonderful skill as a gymnast. By
dodging a:id twisting and jumping he
got out of the crowd, pulled a man off
his saddle, and would have escaped had
not the dog fastened to His leg. He
was then put under guard m a log
house with onlv one room. Two sen
tinels sat at the door with revolvers in
their hands and kept watch of nis every
movement. After an hour or two
Kelley approached as if to offer them
tobacco, and jumped clear over their
heads like a deer, lie Had nait a mue
of open field to cross, and he crossed it
uader the tire of a score of muskets and
revolvers without being hit.
During his three years and a bait in
tho service Kelley captured hfty-two
Confederates, and turned them over as
prisoners. He himself was captured
and escaped five tim.s. As a spy he en
tered more than thirty Confederate
camps aud forts. He was fired upon at
least 1,000 times, ana yet was never
wounded. He had said that he would
never die by the hand of an ememy, and
his prcpli"cy came true. in tne ja
year of ttie war, wnne bringing a cap
tured uonreaeraie sjoui into camp,
both were killed within forty rods of the
Union lines by a bolt of lightning.
Ve'roii Free Press.
A Faithful Dog.
K. M. Cobb, the possessor of extensive
pastoral interests in this section, has a
shnnherd dosrthat discounts the majority
of the canine familv for faithfulness and
studied care to please a master. The
rlnff. it. seems, has no higher ambition to
satisfy tnan to grainy uer master, anu no
sensitive is she that any manifestation
or displeasure on her master's part at
her behavior appears to annoy uer ex
riPfidinirlv. About six weeks ago Mr.
Cobb left for California, leaving this dog
with othnrs in the care of the Herder.
He also turned his muie out on tue
rnnffH tn nnsture at leisure until he re
turned. When his sheep were gathered
about the camD at night the dog dis
covered that tier master was aDsent, ana
seemingly over this lact she grew very
The herder ob
served this restlessness on the part of
thn Una. hut RiinnoaeQ tnat sue wouia
rte i ritrtii next moruinic. tv ucu
morning came, However, tue vox w-
gone. A few days subsequently he
d scovered her on the range with the
. . . j
mule and succeeded in inducing her to
fol ow him to camrj. where he ted ner
She apain disanneared. Mr. Cobb was
absent about five weeks, and when he
returned he repaired to the range to get
his muie. which was also a dutiful
aiiimal, and to his amazement and relief
he found thn faithful dog in comp iny
with his faith'ul donkey lar out on tue
range, apparently contented and happy
r " . i . it,. rt kcmiiui.
UUUipUUlUUS. All fje OlfcUV Ji uv
however, the dosr became perfectly
frantic with ecstasy and manifested her
unalloyed rapture by aotions tuai were
ai easily com Dre bended by him as
though thev had been spoken in words.
OLaU Line Vol.) wraia.
The Montenegrin.
The Montenegrins have customs tuat
miizht teach civilized nations a lesson
Thev never a a to law. Lawsuits, costs.
fines, damages, fees, replevins, mort
saees. atDeals. decisions, etc., are un
known to these simple children of
nature. If a Montenegrin has a dispute
with a neighbor about a piece of land.
do they hire surveyors, and then go to
court about itP Not they. They quietly
and peaceably take their tines, and a
couple of swords like scythe-blades, and
have a frkndly discussion about the
matter on the edge of a cliff half a mill
or so high. One gets cleft down into
his boou, and the other, or perhaps
both, tumble down the half-mile, and
the whole matter is lorever settled
Yet so-called civilized people would
haggle years and years about the thing
a coanoery. -sr mil.
Franklin as a Writer.
His pen was as ready ns his purse in
the service of all human kindness. And
what a pen it wes! It could discourse
metaphysics so clearly and lucidly as to
make them seem plain moralizing. It
could tear a sophism to pieces by a mere
query. It could make a simple tale
read like a subtle argument. He could
be grave and he could be gay in a
breath. He could spend as much wit
and humor on a Craven Kreet Oaeetle
which was meant only to amuso an old
landlady away from home, and probably
out of joint before her return from
Rochester as on a state paper designed
to tire America and sting England. Sin
another tone, he translates into human
language, for the amusement of a court
lady, the reflections, in the garden of her
house, of a gray-headed ephemera, full
seven hours old, on the vanity of all
things. His ".Petition of the Left Hand"
might have been composed by Addison.
In it, the left hand bewails the partiality
which educates the right hand exclu
si vcly
Some of Franklin's fables and tales
have been so absorbed into the thought
ot the world that their source is abso
lutely forgotten. Only in this way can
we account lor what was doubtless an
unconscious plagiarism by an eminent
sanitary authority, last year, of Dr.
t rankl n's " Economical project for Di
minishing the cost of Light .' The
economy consisted simply in rising at
six o'clock instead of nine or ten. Ideas
such as Franklin's never become super
annuated. Not every one who uses the
expression, "to pay dear for one's
whistle," knows that the dear whistle
was a purchase made by Franklin, when
several years old, with a pocketful of
pence.
Franklin's store was too abundant fa
him to mind, though some of his fame
went astray. "You know." he tells his
daughter, "everything makes me recol
lect some story." But it was not recol
lecting so much as fancy. His fancy
clothed every idea in circumstances.
When the illustration had served its
turn, he was indifferent what became of
it. Franklin did injustice to himself
when he fancied he wanted any
such mechanical aid. His English
had been learned from the "Pilgrim's
Frogress " and the " Spectator." It had
the force of Bunyan without his rugged-
ness. It bad tue serene ngnt oi Aaaison
with tenfold his raciness and vigor. It
sparkled with sarcasms as cutting as
Voltaires's, but all sweetened with
humanity.
Many of his inventions or adaptions
such as "colonize" have been stamped,
long since, as current English. But he
did Dot covet the fame of an inventor
whether in language, in moral or in
politics. In language, he was even de
clared a foe to innovation. Writing to
Noah Webster, in 1789, he protests
against the new verbs "notice,"
"advocate" and "progress." He had
cs litMe ambition to be a classic as to be
an innovator in English. He wrote be
cause he had something at the moment
to say, with a view to procuring that
something should at the moment be
done. Edinlurg Eeviiio.
The Oreat Alhamhra.
Although shorn of its ancient splen
dors, the city of Granada still boasts of
much to Interest nnd admire. Its situa
tionon an outlying spur of the snowy
range high above the lovely vega or
plain, which no neglect can rob ot its
fertility is impressive and picturesque.
But of all its glories, past or present,
none can compare with tho great Al-
hambra, the world-renowned palace of
the Moorish kings. There are within
the city many memories of the long
departed Moors the great square of the
Bivarrambla, the suburb of the Albay
cin, the narrow Oriental shops of the
thronged and crowded Zacatin but
nothing in Granada or in all Spain is
irore characteristic ot ttie exiled owners
of the land than this gorgeous world-
renowned palace which so many caliphs
and princes helped to beautify and
adorn. It was founded by Ibu-l-Abmar,
the first great ruler of Granada, upon
the site where a palace and fortress had
always stood; but the new building
was intended to outrival in extent ana
magnificence anyt iiiu erected in Spain
or in the East His treasures and those
of his successors were freely expended
upon the great work. One of these em
ployed such vast resources for the pur
pose that he was commonly supposed
to be an alchemist, who relied upon the
occult sciences to supply himself with
silver and gold.
Under sucii continuous ana extraor
dinary efforts the Albambra became a
marvel of splendor. Its architecture is
said to belong to the third Moorish
period, one ol decadence compared to
the times which produced the mosque
of Cordova; but if the Alhambra misses
the massive simplicity and singleness of
purpose which mark tne products oi
the two curlier periods, it possesses in
its ornate picture queness, in the deli
cacy and wealth of its decoration,
charms and beauties an its own.-nc-turesqut
Europe.
Debilitated Digestion.
In the "Memoirs of Count Segur'
there is the following anecdote: "My
mother, the Countess de Segur, being
asked bv Voltaire concerning her health,
told him that the most painful feel
ing she had arose from the decay ot her
stomach and the difficulty of finding
anv kind of aliment that it could bear.
Voltaire, by way of consolation, assured
I .or that, lift was on cp for nearlv a vear in
her that he was once for nearly a year in
the same state, and believed to be in
curable, but that nevertheless a very
simple remedy baa rcstorca mm. it
consisted in taking n otner nounsu
ment than yolks of eggs beaten up with
flour of potatoes and water." Though
this circumstance took place as far back
as fifty years ago, and respected so ex
traordinary a person as Voltaire, it is
astonishing how little is known, and
how rarely the remedy lias been prac
ticed. Its efficacy, nowever, in cases of
debility, cannot be questioned, and the
following is the mode of preparing this
valuable articie oi looa as recommenaea
by Sir John Sinclair : Beat up an egg in
a bowl ana men aaa six taoiespooniuis
of cold water, mixing the whole well
together; then add two tablespoontuls
of farina of potatoes; let it be mixed
thoroughly with the liquor in tne bowl.
Then pou in as much boiling water as
will convert the whole into a jelly and
mix it well. It may be taken alone or
with the addition of a littie milk, in case
of stomachic debility or consumptive
disorders. This dish is light and easily
digested, extremely wholesome and
nourishing. Bread or biscuit may be
taken with it as the stootAch gets
stronger.
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