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Our sails ol purest inow Bend to the blue bolow And to the blue abovo. ' Where shall we land? We drilt upon a th'e Shoreless on every Bid" Save where tho eye Ol fancy sweeps fur lands Shelved Hlnpingly with en mis Oi gold nud porphyry. Whcro shall wo land ? The lim y ixlos we bo IxKn up so mistily So vaguely lair, We do ii'.l cure to break Frrjh bubbles in oifr wake To bend our course lor there. Whore shall we land? The warm winds ol the doop Have lulled our rails to sloop, And so wu glido, Careless oi wavo or wind, Or change ol any kind, Or turn ol any tide. Whoro shall we laud T We droop our dreamy eyes Where our reflection liets Slcepod in tlio sua, And in an endless lit Ol lalTuor sniilo on it And its sweet mimicry. . . Wheic shall wo lundT . " Where shall wo land.?" Ood's giace! 1 know not tiny .!nco So fair as tni-! Swung hero bet w ren the blue Ol sua and sky, with you . To a.-k me, with a kiss, "Where shall wo land?" J. U'. liilnj, in Indianajioli ,Virs. THE MAN-EATER. Sorao years ago I was riding with :i friend through tho streets of Lucknow, when, in tho middle of tho road we came upon a bloody mass, apparently the 11 inains ot a woman, but bruised and lar ocrated, and crushed iilmoit out of sem blance t" humanity. ' Stopping the b 'J"iiwe looked around for sotno i-tplanntion, and then per ceived tliat the streets were utterly eh - serted of man, woman, chilil and beast, although a few scared and cautious face were to be seen peeping from the doors and windows, or over the parapets of tin houses. ' " There must have been nn attempt at a riot, nnd the soldiers have made anc.. ample or two for tho benefit of then nminder," said my friend, us we drove hurriedly on. A few rods further wo came upon 1 1 i corpse of a young mm similarly disli in ured and also lying in the middle of the rond. "This is rpally awful. They must have made the elephants kill him." mut tered my friend again, stopping the horse and gazing at the frightful spec tacle. At this moment a man appeared upon the top of an adjoining house, an. I looked anxiously down the street. To him my friend snouted, and he cried : 44 Pardon, sahibs, but the boy was my boy, and the house is desolate. By the teeth of Kali, but he lias turned this way again. Take care of yourselves, sahibs, lie is coming. The man-eater is upon r you !" 44 The (ub.xce kanawallah! the man eater! I have scenliim. He is a horse with the temper of a tiger and the cou rage of a man. He belongs to the king, who sometimes sends a slave who dis pleases him into the stable. They diag ' the body out with hook:s." As he spoke my friend was hastily turning his horse, while the terri licit syce, who had hitherto run beside the buggy, c campcrcd oil' to the side of the . road and disappeared, I know not where. At the foot of the hill we had just as cended both my friend and i had noticed a sort of park, of pleasure-ground, sur rounded with a high iron fence, its gates standing hospitably open. Toward these juntos we now drove at the top speed of V "horses while behind us, .on the road, fidered Ihe iron hoofs of our pursuer. Oftfc the sound ceased, and standing up, I looked over the top of the bugy to see if tie had left us. Hut he had only en countered a child, too young to know its danger or to escape it. and whenj caught sight of him, the savage beast was shak ing the poor little object in its mouth, precisely as a dog does a rat. Another moment and lis had dropped it, and was again in pursuit of us. That moment's pause, however, had lost him his prey, for just as he was about to overtake us, wo turned into the inclosure, my friend . leaped from the buggy, slammed the gates, and shot the heavy bolt securing . tiiem- As he did so the man-eater arrived and . hurled himselt against tne gates with a shock that must have shattered them had thev been of wood. Then he stood for an instant glaring savagely at us through the iron railing with distended nostrils and glaring eve- balls, his head covered with blood, Lis iaw streaming with recent slaughter, great clots of coagulated gore clinging to his cheeks, as horrible a sight as can well be conceived. At tlifl sound of his ferocious whinny ing aai5snortingthe horse we had been driving trembled and cowered as if at the roar of a lion. For a few moments the man-eater per eisted in his determination to assault us galloping up and down in front of the inclosure. dancing at the height of the fence, and raining a perfect battery of blows irom rus iron heels upon the gates. At last, however, convinced of the use Itacil of his efforts, he turned, with an indignant neigh, and galloped off down the road. A little below us an archway hail been thrown from ono house to an other, and upon this arch a number of troopers stood awaiting the opportunity now presented, for as the horse, with head and tail erect, and wildly glaring eyes, searching upon every side for fresh victims, passed beneath the arcli, a rone skillfully llirown settled upon his neck, choked and threw him. The next day the king ordered the man-eater to be turned into the arena with Burrhea, his finest Bengal tiger. The arena was a courtyard about sixty yards square, surrounded by buildings, with a veranda below and a gallery above. -Tho front of this veranda was closed by a heavy bamboo railing, and behind it, in a space just below the royal bal cony, the ladies of the harem, or as they are called in Hindoostanee, the purdah beebees, meaning literally curtain ladies, as distinguished from tho poorer class of females, were allowed to peep as they could at the combat. The man-eater had been enticed into the inclosure by means of a country horse of small valua, to whom lie mani fested no animosity, but seemed to re gard with contemptuous indulgence as a creature not, indeed, of his own kind, but sulliciently near it to secure him from tho ferocious attacks lie reserved for the inferior race called man. While the horses sported together, IJurrhea's cage was brought into the veranda, just opposite where the king nnd his court were now seated, a door in the bamboo railing was thrown open, and tho front of the cage raised. Uurrhea, who had been kept without food or drink for tho last twenty-four hours, waited for no second bidding, but leaped at ono bound from'the cage down to tho middle of the courtyard, lashing his sides with his long tail, and glaring furiously at the horses, while his glossy and beautifully-striped coat shone lik? .atin, contrasting strongly with the frowsy tiair ot the tattoo, or native horse, and making even the man-eater's well kept hide look dull and rough in com parison. Glancing stealthily about him for a moment, tho tiger commenced stealing toward the horses. Admee-kanawallah fixed his eyes steadily upon tho eyes of his opponent, and not for an instant did lie take them oil. Standing in an easy attitude, one foot slightly advanced, his head lowered, his ears fiat upon his neck, he awaited the attack, but Burrhea, daunted, per haps, by that steady gaze, swerved from the direct line of his approach and sidled toward the tattoo, who, paralyzed with fear, seemed incapable of making the least ellort cither lor escape" resistance. Arriving at the proper distance, Bur rlna sprang, knocked his victim Hat, aligh ed upon his side, and, with hi teeth inserted in the poor creature's neck, greedily drank its blood. 44 It will only make Burrht-a the more s ivage," said the king, gleefully rubbing his hands, and the courtiers dutifully assented, exchanging glances of appro bation and pleasure before turning to en joy the further expected sport. At length Burrhea was satisfied, or else no more blood was to be had, and taking his claws out of the dead animal, and shaking himself ns he did so, tic be gan to creep stealthily around the court vard hke a cat stealing a niarcli upon a mouse. He made no noise whatever, ra;.ung and placing ins Huge paws as silently as a rose leaf flutters to the ground. It was not a scene to he lorgotten i'lio king, with his courtiers, both Ku ooean and Indian, about him in the gayly-deeorated gallery above, the eye s mil figures ol the servants uimiy soon epring through the railing ot the vo- anda below. Burrhea making his stealthy rounds, while in the center of the courtvard stood the man-eater.slow lv turning, as the tiger moved, so as al ways to keep his eyes fixed upon the giaring eves of his opponent, his foreleg still advanced and slightly bent, h mane bristling, and his ears now erect and defiant. The profound silence was interrupted onlv bv the grating sound of the iron loofs of the horse as he s.owly turned n exact concert with the movements ol t lin ti irni' At last, and without the slightest visi ile preparation. the tiger sprang, cutting the air like a flash of lightning, but the horse was prepared. It had evidently been Burrhea's inten tion to seize the bead and fore-quarters, but the man-eater was too quick for him, and by a tiudden diving motion of his head and shoulders, received his antago nist upon his muscular haunches instead. 1 ho claws of the tiger sank deep in the Ik sli, while his hind feet made a desper ate effort to secure a holding upon the horse's shoulders, but before this could be effected tho man-eater lashed out with his iron heels with a resistless vigor that, sent Burrhea sprawling upon the ground with a broken jaw. The king seeing this, frowned, and gave orders to let the tiger out and turn in another. Another came, but lie seemed unwilling to tight. All the ef forts of the keepers failed to arouse him. The king was furious. 4 Take away that fool of a tiger and bring in a lion!" screamed lie, bending over tho railing and menacing the tiger with his hst. The trembling attendants hastened to raise the doors of railing and cage, and the tiger bounded in with infinitely more alacrity than he nail shown in coming out. There was a brief pause, and than the attendant at the door announced tho keeper of the lions, who begged the audi ence of the king. 44 Bring hicn in!" ordered his majesty. Tho lion-master tremblingly advanced, and prostrating himself, announced that not ono of the royal beasts under his charge was in fighting trim, one of them being sick, and the rest just finishing an unusually large repast. 44 By the beard of my father, but you shall replace them yourself, wallah!" growled the king, whose ill-humor had reached its height. "Arm yourself with a tulwar and go in to tight the man-sattr. ! K1U him. or h .hall kill you," A profound silence followed this com mand, which all who heard it under stood as a sentence of death against the unfortun-ite man whose only offence consisted in having been too indulgent to the animals under his charge. But in Uude to hear was to obey, even more blindly than tn the East generally, and the lion-keeper, with his face blanched and tiis eyes rolling wildly, salaamed to the ground and withdrew. At the same instant a slight noise was tieard in the women's gallery below, and as some of us bent over to ascertain tho cause, we saw one of the bamboo railings torn from its fastenings and a light hgure nil tho opening and leap lightly to the ground. It was Numah, a nautcn girl,-wiom--tlre .king had just bought from the dishonest nautch wal lah, with whom she had agreiM to dance for a certain time. Her home, her lover, were now lost to tier forever, and she sought to save the poor man's life at the cost of her own. The king saw tier as soon as any of us, and an expression of terror crossed his face, but immediately gave way to fero cious satisfaction. 44 It is well done, Numah, shouted lie. Go and tell the admee-kanawallah your sorrows and your wrongs. He will console you." 1 he nautch girt turned and raised her eyes to the royal gallery. 44 Death wilj comfort me, () king," said she, salaaming low, with tho supple grace inseparable from her every move ment. Then she walked lirmly and fearlessly toward the man-eater, who watched intently tier approach, and with neck and tremulous nostrils seemed to question tier intentions. Arrived within arm s length ot mm, Numah paused and sank upon her knees. crossing her arms and bowing her head as in submission to her fate. A silence like that of death reigned throughout the place, broken at last by tho grating sound of the horse's hoofs, as, cautiously moving them, lie approached her step by step, and finally stood directly over tier, his head grazing her shoulder, while nostril, eye and ear were evidently alert to satisfy the mind of their master. 44 Ma halla! lie will not hurt her," ex claimed the king; and indeed the man eater had no intentions of so doing, for he was now resting his chin on the gin's shoulder, and whinnying with satisfac tion. Numah, more surprised than any one, raised tier head, looked in tho eyes of the animal, rose cautiously to tier feet, and laid her hand upon his mane. The man-eater whinnied again and rubbed his head against hr shoulder. An irrepressible burst of applause filled the royal gallery, raised by the European spectators. After an instant's hesitation it was joined by the king. "Shavnsh, Numah! Bravo, girl!" shouted he, clapping his hands. 44 You have conquered the conqueror of Burrhea and shall bo rewarded. Na wah, see that Numah receives five thou sand rupees and is sent back safe to her home with the horse." Words of Wisdom. He that pelts every barking dog must pick a good many stones. Fancy runs most furiously when a guilty conscience drives it. Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. Act well at the moment, nnd you have performed a good action to all eternity. Lavatcr. Speech is noble only when, like an honest money, it represents the gold of thought. IK.il. Jay lor. Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since fiction can only please us by its resemblance to it. Improve the wit you have bought at a dear rate, and the wisdom you have gained by sad experience. Mason. Don't despise the small talents; they are needed as well as tho great ones. A candle is sometimes as useful as the sun. Our striving against nature is like holding a weathercock in one's hand ; as soon as the force is taken ott it veers again with tne wina. The greatest evils in life have had their rise from something which was thought to be of too little import ance to be attended to. There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to betaken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. Our system of thought is often only th history of our heart. Men do not so much will according to their reason as reason according to their will. Feelings come and go like light troops following tho victory of the present; but principles, like troops of the line, are un disturbed and stand last. JCiclUer. Making the Deaf Bear. A new invention called theauiliphone has recently been perfected. It is a siui plo affair, consisting of a fan of vulcan ized rubber, sngntiy bent ami heal in tension by a silken cord, and placed in contact with the upper teeth. Tho thin rubber fan receives the vibrations and conveys them through the teeth. Hon. Joseph Medill, of the Chicago Tribune: sc ys of the invention in a recent number of thatl paper : 44 It is known that the editor of this paper lias been deal for a number of years, and that during that time lie has used all tho devices fur mi proving his hearing that he could hear of or that were brought to him. None of them were however, satisfactory. He lias tried the audiphone for some weeks. and finds that it not only improves his hearing, but restores the sense of hearing to him. Not merely does it answer when engaged in conversation with a person who is a foot, or a few feet from him, but it answers perfectly at a concert. Each note of the musician and each tone of the singer come as clearly and dis tinctly as they did before the sense of hearing was impaired. Others have ulso tested this instrument, and have ex pressed tnirase.'ves sxtisned with us workings. ' A Little Romance of Broadway. Three pretty young girls from Jersey City tiad left the ferryboat to walk up to tho Elevated road, says a New York let ter, and unluckily were provided with only one whalebone and silk covering for their heads The narrow sidewalk made it, almost Impossible for the three to walk abreast, and consequently one of them, who was addressed as Annie, re ceived all tho drippings from the eaves of the umbrella Upon her unselfish head. A gentleman walking just behind them noticed this, and tried, ns unob trusively as possible, to shelter her with his own. For a block or so she ignored the attempt, but finally was forced, in crossing tlie street, to accept tho cour tesy, which sho did with an embarrassed bow. It happened that the youth had been well brought Up, and understood tier fear lest tie should in any way take advantage ot his courtesy to be imper tinent, and being of a rather mischiev ous turn of mind, lie waited until he caught her eye, as she looked slyly up, when, assuming that " far " look so olten seen on the faces of the deaf and dumb. he pathetically touched his finger to his lips, and shook his head. The girl looked so immensely relieved that lie came near laughing right out; especially when announced that he was speechless she showed she wasn't by quietly observing to one ot her friends, 44 Oh, Mary, isn't it too bad this hand some young man is deaf and dumb?" Mary thought it was, and wondered how it Wiis he ever got along in the world, and, much to the amazement of this knight of tho umbrella, the three pro ceeded to discuss him girl-fashion, and from the color of his eyes to the cut of his clothes lie was fully criticised, Annie " deciding that, as a husband, ho would be sans rcproche, never swear ing, never scolding, making silence golden. When they reached the station the three girls bowed and smiled and grimaced their gratitude, when, to their profound horror, the youth, witha sweet smile, raised his hat, remarking, with painful distinctness, that he 44 was very nappy to have been of service." With a suppressed shriek, the merry maids rushed up the winding stairs, and the youth walked on, whistling 44 Beautiful Is-er-bellar." Cure for Dyspepsia. Milk and lime-water are now fre quently prescribed by physicians in cases of dyspepsia and weakness of the stomach, and in some cases are said to prove beneficial. Many persons who think good bread and milk a great luxury frequently hesitate to eat it, for the rea son that milk will not digest readily; sourness of the stomach will often fol low. But experience proves that lime water and milk are not only food and medicine at an early period of life, but also at a later, when, as in the case of infants, the functions of digestion nnd assimilation have been seriously im paired. A stomach taxed by gluttony, irritated by improper food, inflamed by alcohol, enfeebled by disease, or other wise unfitted for its duties as is shown by the various symptoms attendant upon indigestion, dyspepsia, diarrhea, dysen tery and fever may resume its work, and do it energetically, on an exclusive diet of bread and milk and lime-water. A goblet of cow's milk may have fciir tablespoontuls ot lime-water added to it with good effect. The way to make lime-water is simply to procure a few lumps of unslaked lime, put the lime in a stone lar. ami water uniu tne nniei:-, slaked and about the consistency of thin cream; the lime settles, leaving the pure and clean lime-water at the top. ( treat care should betaken not to get the lime- water too strong. Keep to the direcnon as to the consistency, ana wnen tn water rises pour it off without obt aining any of the lime. The lime-water is also very good to apply to burns and scams. In slaking tho lime, particular can should be taken that none of the parti cles fly into the eyes. A Bill of Fare in Japan. The following is the bill of fare of a dinner given in honor of (loneral Grant i .i . ...ex ... 1. 1 I . DV ilie citizens oi iiK.-ua&i, .lau.in; The bill of fare was almost a volume. ami embraced over fifty courses, t in wine was served in unglazed porcelain wine cups on white wooded stands. The appetite was pampered in the beginning with dried lish, edible seaweeds and isinglass in something of tho Scandi navian style, except that the attempt did not take the form of brandy ana raw fish. Tho first serious dish was com posed of crane, seaweed, moss, rice bread and potatoes, which we picked over in a curious way, as though wo were at an auction sale of remnants, anxious to rummage out a bargain. The soud when it first came for it came many times was an honest soup offish, like a delicate lisli chowder. J hen came strange dishes, as ragout and as soup, in bewildering confusion. The first was called nainasu, ana einnodieii lisli, clams, chestnuts, rock mushrooms and ginger. Then, in various combina tions, the following: Duck, trullles, tur nips, dried bonito, melons, pressed salt, aromatic shrubs, snipe, egg-plant, jellv. boiled rue, snapper, shrimp, potatoes, mushroom, cabbage, lassfish, orange flowers, powdered fish flavored with plum-juice and walnuts, raw carp sliced, mashed lish, baked fish, isinglass, fish boiled with pickled beans, wine and rice again. This all came in tho first course, and as a finale to the course there waa a sweetmeat composed of whito ami ml bean jelly-cake ana boiled biacK mush room. With this came powdered tea. which had a green, monitory look and suggested your earliest experiences in medicine. The Mongols ascertained the nurubpr of the enemies slain by cutting off tho right ear eif each of the dead. In 12IIU they collected 270,000 of these from the plains of liussia, and after tin batt'o of Leignitz, in 1241, tilled with right ears nine enormous wicks. An oyster takes four years to grow to full size and have a furnished hemse to live Jn. Ficayunt. TIMELY TOPIC'S. 14 A great many novel articles havi! been placed under corner stones of pub lie buildings and other structures about being erected. But the most novel arti cle we have known to ke thus deposited," says the S-icnt.ifir, Amcriran, "was in laying the coi ner stone of an academy in Massachusetts the other day. It was nothing less than a strip of the human voice imprinted on tin foil by the phono graphic process. There is no compre hending the curiosity this bit of tin foil will be to the people of a couple of hun dred years hence, when tho corner stone shall'hc opened and the voice taken out, and found to. articulate the words and sentiments of one long since dead and forgotten." Thf! infiltration system of salt ing beef, by filling tho blood-vessels with brine, is attracting considerable attention in Australia. In some recent experiments at Brisbane, bullocks were treated as follows: At the instant of killing the animal's heart was laid bare, and in cisions were made in both ventricles. Into the orifice of the left ventricle a pipe was inserted, and a stream of weak brine was forced through the blood vessels, washing out ali the blood. Pressuic was obtained by having tho brine in an elevated tank. After the ex pulsion of the blood the right ventricle was closed by a clamp, and stronger brine was forced in until all the blood vessels were full. In this way the dis tribution ot the brino through every part of the meat is said to be complete md the curing perfect. In the commissioners' report of the test of the Oshkish steam-road wagon for the reward offered by the Wisconsin Legislature of $10,000, they say the wagon has hauled loads, plowed and otherwise accomplished successfully every test mentioned in the law or sug gested by the commission. They are not, however, satisfieel that this machine is, in the language and spirit of the law, a cheap and practical substitute lor the use of horses and other animals on the highways anil larms. As at present constructed, it is unquestionably of great advantage in plowing, threshing and hauling heavy machines from one farm to another, for heavy teaming on the highway, etc. ; but the commission is not prepared to sav that a machine re quiring an outlay of $1,000, with a daily expenditure of from two to six dollars, is a cheap or practical substitute for farm animals. . The sixth annual convention of the nited States Hay Fever Association at Bethlehem, N. 11., was the source of much good sense and good humor. Mr. .Muckle, in his address, gave tins dismal picture ot victims to hay fever: "Ihe most unfortunate thing about it is that the soberest man under the heavens is mistaken for a chronic drunkard when he gets about halt-way through with his attack, and no protestations will convince his intimate friends that tie has not had an attack of the lim-iams. He is shunned like a leper: his terrible spasms and agonies oi sneezing on tne public streets make mm an object oi ridicule and contempt; and if he is en gaged to a girl it is very certain that she will let him drop." isut he aaaou " lhat a remedy, and an adequate rem edy, exists for the hay fever there cannot be a shadow of a doubt. Some man will stumble upon it sowie day accidentally. It is to be hoped that he will stumble soon." A noble bloodhound in Philadelphia made a savage iissauit upon a citizen, and the owner under bonds to answer for keepiug so vicious an animal. The circumstance leads the Philadelphia Bulletin to these righteous reflections 4i t is a characterist ic of persons who keep dogs to have a firm and illimitable faith in their amiability. If a visitor to the house of such a man has his nervous sys tem completely unstrung by two or three dogs dashing at him savagely as soon as he rings the eloor bell, the owner in vaiiablv comes out smiling with the assurance that the animals are as harm less as kittens; lie always regards it as a jood joke that anybody should be afraid of beasts so gent le, so amiable and so fond of play. If one of the dogs liaji pens to bite a piece eiut of somebody's leg, or chew up a child or two into mince nii'at, the owner regards the perform ance with painful surprise, and is wholly unable to account for the singular con duct of his pets upon any other theory than that the victim must have done something of a peculiarly outrageous character to irritate the noble animal." Water and Disease. A hook lias recently appeared in Lcip- sic in which the autlior.Profcesor Jagor, maintains that an increased proportion of water in the tissues and huni.rs of the body is ono of the most essential conditions of liability to disease. We guard against e'.iseoso it we attend to making the body yield as much water as possible through skin and lungs, ana avoid all that favors the accumulation of water. Jager recommends: 1. Wearing close-fitting woolen clothing throughout tho year. 2. From time to time engaging in bodily movements which promote perspiration, on which account tie regards vigorous gymnastic exercises in schools as an important preventive of disease among children 3. On an outbreak of disease, the use of vapor or sweating baths, of drinks that excite perspiration (tea, collet' etc.), and of food that does the same f.itrono'lv seasoned, especially with SnunMi nennerl. 4. Constant ventila' lion ol sitting and bed-rooms, so that the moisture of the air may not become great. Tho author holds that the spe i ilic gravity of a living body is an :u: ( ni HtH criterion for tho st length of con (dilution of a man or a domesti1! animal. t. e., for its capability of resistance to causes ofdIsea.se (chills, Inlee tion, tic; nnd it power of work, bodily und mental Never Despair. 1 lain would impress on The weary and sad The truths oi a lo?on In metaphor clad. Still in life's jouine.y tho Bravest do best Still on lifoV journey we Hanker for rest. Innocent merriment Shortens tho mile; Try the experiment Once in a while. Face your foes lonrlossly, " Never say die" Trials, tak'n tearleH!y Lightsomely lie. Our tear drops are lenses That ningnilv ills ; Thoy cozen our senses Till hillocks soem hills. And faces grow wrinkled, Whilo tresses with gray Grow speedily sprinkled When woe has her way. Horrors may haunt you, but Foul may grow fair; Dangoi s may daunt you, but " Never desjmir." Verily, verily, Judge as you may, He who toils merrily Carries the day. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A ship ruled by women Courtship. A doughmestic difficulty Heavy bread. - Bat shooting is the popular pastime a Richmond, Va. Three lumber miills at Apoka, Minn., pay $12,000 a month in wages. A meteor weighing 300 pounds lias been found on a llockford (111.) farm. A Monroe county (Wis.) woman gave birth to a fourteen-pound babe, and the next day worked in the harvest field. An illicit still lias been discovered in fnll operation in the fashionable part of Washington, and within two squares of the White House. The Lumberman's Gazette estimates the annual consumption of railroad ties sleepers in the United States as 40, 00, or thirty years' grovth of 75,000 aires. "That's capital ale," said a beer- drinker to a teetotaler; "see now long it. keeps its head." " Aye," was the reply, " but consider how soon it takes away yours." 44 Now yoi; will admit you are licked r yelled tho upper man in a street tight. " No, sir," replied the under chap, 44 1 ain't licked, but but I'm satisfied." Dirri'k. There are still over 8,000,000 acres of unoccupied lands in Illinois. The total number of acres under cultivation is 25, 431,108, the average value of which is $14.38 per acre. James Bullock, of Walton county, Ga., while hoeing in a cotton field re cently, found concealed in a stump $10, 000 in gold and silver and a pile of green backs. The paper money had rotted. It is- pretty nearly time for some old resident to examine thethickncss of the corn husk and predict a hard winter. Tlie goose bone will not be heard from until Thanksgiving. Middktown Tran- gr.fipt. A Parisjournal wants the space now occupied by the Tuileries, together witli the aeljoining gardens and grounds, to be converted into a "Park Central," 44 analogous to the Central Park of New York." There are live families living near New Jerusalem, Berks county. Pa., who have among them no less than eighty-live children. One family numbers twenty one children, and others, which have had but one mother, number eighteen, seventeen and fourteen respectively. Ata re-cent session of the Anthropolo gical Society of Paris, a debate took p.ace on the origin ot the blonde race of mankind. Sonic of the speakers consid ered that the region of Turkistan was their original seat while others main tained that they had originated in Eu rope. "I t'uu Swim, Sir." Durihg a terrible naval battle bet ween the English and Dutch, the English llag ship, commanded by Admiral Nar- borough, was drawn into ino uiukcm oi the light. Two masts were soon shot away, and tho mainmast fell with a fear ful crash upon the deck. Admiral Nar- borough saw that all was lost unless no could bring up his sliips from the right. Hastily scrawling an order, he called loi volunteers to swim across the boiling water, under the hail of shot and shell. dozen sailors at once oiiered meir i i 1 . I so vices, and among inein a caom iy. 44 Whv." said tho admiral, " what can you do, my fearless lad ?" "I can swim, sir," the boy replied; 44 if I bo shot, 1 can bo easier spared than any one else." Narborough hesitated, ms men were few, and his position was desperate. Tho boy plunged into tho sea amid tho cheers ot the sailors, and was soon lost to sight. The battle raged fiercer, ana as the time went on defeat seemed in evitable But just as hope was fading a thundering cannonade was heard from the right, and the reserve were seen bearing down upon tho enemy. By sun set the Dutch fleet were scattered tar and wide, and the cabin boy, the hero of tho. hour, was called to receive the honor due him. His modesty and bear ing so won the heart of the old admiral that he exclaimed : 44 1 shall live to see you have a flag ship of your own " ,.,,,, The prediction was fulfilled when the cabin boy, having become Admiral Cloudsley Shovel, was knighted by tin kti2
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