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VOL. XXIV. NO. 19.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, 1891.
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The' St. Louis Star-Saying maintains
that the duy of gigantic farms is post.
A French astronomer has discovered
marked change iu Europe's weather dur
ing the past five years.
The Italian troubles have diverted
American travel from Home, and the
shopkeepers any their losses hove been
very large.
There are more women in British In
dia (124,000,000) thnn thero nro man,
women and children in Great Britain,
France and Germany put together, with
the population of several minor European
States cast in as well.
Quoon Victorio now rulos, subject to
the limitations of the British constitu
tion, over a population scattered in the
four quarters of tho globe and the Hands
of tho sea, aggregating 37(5, 000, OOOj a
greater number than has over acknowl
edged the sovereignty of ouo person in
ancient or modern timos.
German women, led by Fraulelu
Lange, have petitioned the Government
for gymnasiums for women students
which shall be empowered to grant di
plomas and honors equal to thoso granted
to men. This has been granted, the
headquarters beiug at Weimar. The sot
ting apart of spociul State institutions
baa been refused.
The Intcst reports from China are to
the effect that the native opposition to
nil work of railroad construction, if less
fanatical than it was a short time ago, is
still obstiuate and serious. When work
was begun, a short time ago, upon the
projected llu. at JCaping, the attitude ol
tho Cantonese was so menacing that more
than one-half of tho English workmen
Were compolled to retire.
Professor Elisha Gray remarks thai
electrical science has mado groutor ad
vance In the last twenty years than in
alt the 6000 historic years preceding.
More is discovered in one day now than
in 1000 years formerly. We find all
oris of work for electricity to do. We
make it carry our messages, drive out
engines, ring our door bell and scare the
burglar; we take it as a medicine, light
our gas with it, see by it, hear from it.
talk with it, and now we are beginning
to teach it to write. What will it not
yet be doing for ust asks the Boston
Tramcript.
Japanese immigration is disturbing
tho serenity of tho Californlan mind.
There are now 5000 Japanese in San Fran
cisco, with as many more scattered ovei
tho State. At tho present rate of arrival
they will number over 20,000 within fivt
years.' This immigration is considered,
asserts the Atlanta Constitution, a men
serious matter than that of tho Chinese,
for tho cheap labor of the latter com
peted only with unskilled industries,
whereas the Japanese are skilled trades
men carpenters, cabinot makers, shoe
makers, tailors, and the like, and thej
work and thrive at low rates of wages.
The Census Bureau has published
statement showing in detail tho receipti
aud expenditures of one hundred prin
cipal cities in the United States. Thi
citios mentioned contained an aggrogatt
population of 12,425,338, or about two
thirds of tho city population of tin
country. Tho total annual ordinary ox
penditures amouuted to $231, 620, 655, oi
nearly (19 por capita. Assuming th
expenses of tho remaining 331 cities oi
8000 and upwards containing the othei
third of our city population to bo in tht
same proportion, it costs $353,000,000
to run our cities. Jt must bo conceded,
says the Philadelphia Timet, that whilt
cities may be both necessary aud desir
able they are expensive.
The Omaha, (Neb.) Bee prints an ex
haustivs review of the commercial aud
financial condition of Nebraska by coun
ties, showiug remarkable development.
The most important phase of the exhibit
hi the showing of deposits in the State
atsu nauonai nanus, wmcn rcacn tne ag
gregate of .(50,507,043, or $47 per
capita, showing that iu spite of the
failure of crops iu the western part oi
the fixate last year aud low prices for a
series of years, tho people are in excep
tionally good financial conditiou, with
nlmtwt enough cash on deposit to liqui
date the entire farm mortgage indebted
ness of the State. In 18GS the value of
property was $32,000,000; tho actual
valuation in 1&91 is $1,635,100,300.
The estimated yield for this year in all
crops is greater than ever before. Sevou
years ago no cattle or hogs were slaught
ered. To-day Omaha is tho thiid pack
ing centre in the Uuion. The creamery
cupacity of the State is 50', 000 puindsof
butter a day. The educational System
comprises 5740 sohoolhouses, yaUed
with sites aud apparatus at $4,000,00.
The railroads operate 5345 milesof track.
Thf.re are yet over 13,00(1,000 acres of
unimproved laud, only 10.000.0UO ucre
uudur plow.
FAME, WEALTH, tIFB AND DE.TH.
What Is famer
Tls the sun gleam on th. mountain,
Spreading brightly nr. It flies,
Tls th. bubble on the fountain,
Rising lightly we It dies;
Or, If her. and thorn a hero -
Be remembered through the years,
Vet to him th. gain is aero,
Death has stilled hi. hope and fears.
Yet what danger men will dare
If but only in the air
May be heard some eager mention of their
name;
Though they heard it not themselves, 'tis
much th. same.
What is wealth?
Tls a rainbow, still receding
As the panting fool pursues,
Or a toy, that youth, unheeding,
Reeks the readiest way to lose;
But the wise man keeps due measure,
Neither out of breath nor base;
He but holds in trust bis treasure
For the welfare of th. race.
Yet what crime, somo men will dare
But to gain their slender share
In some profit, though with loss of name and
health.
What is lifef '
Tls the earthly hour of trial
For a lite that's but begun;
When the prize of self-denial
Hay be quickly lost or wont
Tls the hour when love may bourgeon
To an everlasting flower;
Or when lusts tbeir victims urge on
To defy immortal power,
Tet how lightly men ignore
AU th. future holds in store,
Spending brief but golden moments all in
strife;
Or in suicidal madness grasp the knife.
What la death?
Fast Its dark, mysterious portal
Human eye may never roam;
Yet the hope still springs immortal
That it leads the wanderer home.
Oh, th. bllsa that lies bofor. us
. IVUruhftjefiret shall J known, - -
And the vast angelic chorus
Hounds the hymn before the throne!
What is fame, or wealth, or lifer
Pant are pruiats, fortune, strife;
All but love, that lives forever, east beneath,
When the good and faithful servant takes
the wreath.
Academy,
A YOUNG MAN SAVED.
BY AMELIA E. BAHIt.
Julius May was lawyer that is, he
was going to bo one if spending more
or less hours every day in Heed & Tap
peu's offices could produo tho arranged'
for result. At first tho prospect had
been pleasant enough to him, but a
course of winter amusoments in Now
York must have some effect upon A
young man, ana tne effect in Air. May
case had not been, in a legal sense, sat
isfactory.
Music and the drama, libraries bound
in Russia, instead of calf; fine ladies and
fancy balls, London tailors and Fifth
avenue boarding houses these, and
many othor splendid things, had become
very agrecabbie to the newly-flcdgcd ex
quisite. But his little fortune was rap
idly disappearing, and his little salary
was so extremely small that was scarcely
worth counting as a meaus toward these
desired results.
What must he dot lie had asked him
self this question almost every hour late
ly, and had never got but one answer
"Marry I" At first he had met tho sug
gestion with a negative shrug, and a
muttered "Nonsense!" but it had come
back every time with a more persuasive
appearance. Finally, one cold, windy
night in March, he determined tc devote
an hour or two to a consideration of his
chances in the matrimonial market.
After a careful and honest review, he
was compelled to admit that among all
tne rich and splendid girls whom he had
habitually spoken of as crazy about him,
only two were likely to be crazy enough
to entertain the thought of marryiug
him pretty little licssie Bell and the ex
ceediugly clever Nora Bt. Clair. He was
quite sure both of these lovely creatures
adored him; tho only point to settle
was which he liked better; or rather,
which it would be best lor huu personal
ly and commercially to choose.
Bessie was the only child of a rich
widow, who lived in excellent style, and
who was perfect mistress of her income,
She was a sweet, dainty little blonde,
always irreproachably stylish in dress,
always ready to dimple into smiles, and
never at a loss for just the most agreeable
thing to say.
Nora was a close friend of Bessio's,
but in all respects a contrast. She was
uo tenderly nuturol heiress, but a poor,
brave' girl, who had by the force of in
tellect, study and hard work gained an
enviable position in the literary world,
llor income from her writings was very
handsome; she visitod in the mort aris
tocratic circles; she was charming iu
persou and man nets, aud dressed like
tho lest of the fashionable world. But
then Julius felt that in every sense she
would not only be the "butter half,"
but probably the four-fourths of the
house; aud that bis peisonality would
simply sink into "Mrs. May's hus
band." So Bessie won the decision, and he
determined, if his new suit came home
the next day, to offer Miss Bell the
handsome person which it adorned. For,
to tell the truth, he was a handsome
fellow; and if this work a-day world
had only been a great drawing-room,
with theutrical.alcoves and musical con
servatories, why, then Mr. Julius May
would have been no undesirable compan
ion through it.
The uew suit came borne, and fitted
perfectly; the tonsorial department was
equally effective in results; every pre
cautiou hud been takeu, aud he felt an
earnest of success in the very prosper
ity o theso preliminaries. He rang at
Mrs. Bell's door; before the footman
could open it, a geutlenmn came quickly
out, threw himself into Mrs. Bell's
carriage, and, in a voice of authority,
l'dcred iho coachuieu to drive to the
'nrf.
The incident scarcely attracted his at
tention until, Upon entering the parlor,
he saw pretty Bessie watching the dis
appearing vehicle with tearful eyes. She
glided into her usual beaming, pretty
manner; and very soon Mrs. Bell came
in, and asked him to remain to dinner.
After dinner, Mrs. Bell clergyman
called about some of the church's chari
ties, and aa the young people were sing
ing, they went into the library to discuss
them. Now was the golden moment,
and Julius was not afraid to seize it.
What do men say on such occasions?
Do they ever say what they intended!
Do they remember what they sayt I
don't believe Julius did; for before he
had done- right in the middle of most
eloquent sentence Bessie laid her hand
on his with a frightened little move
ment, saying:
"Mr. May, please, sir, please do stop!
Surely you know that I have been en
gaged ever since I was eighteen to Pro
fessor Mark Tyler. Everybody knows it
we had a betrothal-party he is just
gone to Europe for six months, that is
what I was crying nbout; why, all our
set knew about it, though he has been
away for nearly two years in the Rocky
Mouutalns and California. Mamma said
we were to wait until I was twenty-one,
but I love him just the same and I am
quite sure I never did anything to make
you think I could care for you in this
way, Mr. May;" and Bessie looked just
a little bit indignant.
"I have had the honor, Miss Bell, of
being your escort all winter."
"Oh, dear! Did you think I was go
ing to marry you for that In all our
pleasant little dinners and drives and
dances, is there matrimonial speculations!
That would indeed be dreadful 1"
She loved the professor too truly; she
had been simply pleasant and friendly to
him as she hod been to all her other gen
tlemen friends, who, however, had had
too much sense and modesty to miscon
strue her kindness. Then she walked to
her pretty little aviary and began cooing
T6 her birds. Julius hardly remembers!
what passed afterward, except that he
received a cool courteous "Good-night,
sir," in answer to his "Farewell," and
that he found himself walking round
Madison Square in a very unenviable
state of mind.
To this speedily succeeded the thought
ot Nora; he must see ber to-night; to
morrow Bessie would give her own ver
sion of his conduct, and then well, he
would not acknowledge that that could
make any difference in Nora's liking for
him. "And yet," he murmured, "wo
men are such uucertain creatures."
Where bis own interests were concerned,
Julius was not wanting in a certain
strength and decision of character, and
in less than an hour after his rejection
by Bessie Bell he had so far composed
and encouraged himself as to determine
upon a visit to Nora, though whether he
should offer himself to her or not was a
point he left to the development of cir
cumstances. Ho found Nora at homo, and, more
over, Bhe seemed disposed to welcome
him wih extra cordiality. He noted
with a admiration tho refined and cul
tured aspect of the room the luxurious
copies of her favorite authors tho
artist's proofs of rare engravings the
blooming ferneries and flowers the
coscy student's chairs the sofa, warm
rugs and carpet the dancing firelight
tho rich silk and lace that robed the
lithe, graceful figure of Nora all these
things had a fresh and delightful charm
in them. In a little while he managed
to make the conversation drift toward
Bessie.
Would she be married whon the pro
fessor returned from Europof
"Oh, dear, no; not till she is twenty
one." "Is it not rather a mesalliance!"
Nora's eyes grew dangerously bright.
"Certainly not. Professor Mark
Tyler is wonderful chemist and geo
logist a man of world-wide fame. It
is a great honor for Bessie to be loved by
such a great soul."
"Ah, indeed 1 I had not thought of
it in that light. People usually spoke
of a mesalliaucea with regard to money
affairi."
"Yes, I know," replied Nora, "and
just there they are frightfully wrong
there are worsa mesalliances than dis
parities in fortune but, however, here
there is none of any kind; the professor
has found chemistry a sufficiently rich
alembic with a residum admitting of no
kind of doubt."
"Will you be glad whon she marries!"
"Very."
"YoUyou will lose your friend!"
"By no means. She will remain at
home, and the professor and I are very
old friends; he knew me when I was a
little girl."
"Indeed! Perhaps you may marry
before Miss Bell."
"I may do so. I have no specific
against doing such a thing eventually;
but I am quite sure 1 shall not do so im
mediately." "Why not!"
"Because I cannot afford it. I am
just one of those women who would be
likely to make a mesalliance iu money
matters and I repeat, I caunot afford it
just yet. I have at present another ex
travagance before me, a great deal nicer
than a husband."
"I should like to know what it is."
"A long European tour, with, per
haps, a peep at the Pyramids and a ram
ble about old Jerusalem."
"Oh, dear!" said Julius, in a tone half
serious and half mocking. "I should
have no chance, I suppose, against such
a temptation!"
"None at all," she said, positively;
and though she kept up the bautering
tone, it was quite evident to Julius that
if he asked her in sober earnest she would
answer just the same with a slightly dif
ferent accent.
But Nora, with a woman's ready tact,
turned the conversation, and gradually
led it into a very unusual aud practical
chanuel the nobility aud the necessity
of labor. The glowiug thoughts, the
plain yet hopeful truths that fair young
woman uttered, Julius heard for the first
' time iu his life that night. Never be
fore had h. realized the profit aud the
deep delight which might spring and
only spring from an honest career, no
matter how humble ot laborious, if it
was steadily pursued until success
crowned it. Bhe hid none of her own
early mistakes and struggles, and then
alluding to her assured position and com
fort, asked Julius "how he supposed she
had won it!"
"By your genius," he said, admir
ingly. "Not so, sir; but by simple, persever
ing, conscientious labor in the path I had
marked out for myself. Therefore," she
said, with a bright, imperative face, "go
home to-night, Mr. May, choose what
particular form of law you will study,
throw yourself with all your capacities
into that one subject, and success is suro
to come. Depend upon it, the world is
not far wrong in making success the test
of merit."
"You have made a new man of me,
Miss St. Clair," said Julius, enthusiasti
cally. "Whon I have proved this, may
I come in to see you again!"
He had risen to go, and they stood
with clasped hands "Then you may
come again." Nothing mote was said,
but they quite understood each other,
and Julius went out into the clear starlit
night, determined to make himself
worthy of good woman's acceptance,
before he offered himself again.
Next evening, Bessie and Nora sat in
the firelight, sipping their after-dinner
coffee; it was an hour for confidence, and
Bessie said, rather sadly:
"Poor Julius May he asked me to
marry him last night."
Nora turned quickly, but said nothing.
"That is, he wanted to marry my
money ; everybody knows that if he loves
anybody really, it is you, Nora."
"He called on me, too, last night,"
said Nora, "and I saw he was in trouble,
so I gave him something to do. Nothing
like that old, old gospel of Work when
you 're in trouble. When he had done
it, I told him he might come and ace
me again."
"Surely you would never marry him!
Youwui J'.12t have him to dress and take
care of."
"All men need women to care for
them; else why were women made!
But I think Julius will do very well yet.
These elegant carpet-knights sometimes
don armor and take the world by sur
prise." "We shall see."
"Yes, we shall see. Time proves all
things."
Time proved In this case what has
often been asserted, "that every woman
influences every mau she comes in con
tact with, either for good or bad."
Julius went steadily to work, used with
economy the remains of his patrimony,
became known among lawyers as a hard
reading, clear-headed, steady young
man and ia a little more than two years
he ventured to call again on Nora St.
Clair and ask her a certain question, to
which she answered, with pride and con
fidence: "Yes."
Another evening Bessie and Nora sal
sipping their coffee together in the gloam
ing of an early summer evening.
"Bessie," Mid Nora, "Julius May
asked me lost night to marry him."
"Goiug to do so, Nora!"
"Yes, dear, I am going to take care ot
him, and he is going to take care ol
me."
"That is 'all right,' I suppose."
"Yes. I am quite sure it couldn't bt
better."
Both girls sat silent a while, and then
Nora said, sadly:
"I have been wondering how many bad
husbands might have been good ones,
did women always uso their influence foi
noble ends. There ought to be a saving
power in love if it is true love and
thero is, fori have proved it; and whal
I have done other women can do uiso.'
The Ledger.
Morbid Wlnkiug by Miners.
Dr. Snell persists in his opinion thai
there Is no reason for supposing that ny
8tagmusr the nervous disease which
manifests itself in a morbid winking ol
the eye, so common among minets, is at
tributable to working by the imperfect
light of the safety lamp. Tho fact that
the complaint is found among the worker!
with naked lights is in itself sufficient to
throw doubt upon the lung-prevalent
theory. The Government Inspector of
Mines for the Midland District notes, os
Dr. Stokes's authority, the case of a man
who, after working with the Davy lam;
for fourteen years without injury, pro
ceeded to work at a pit where candles
were used. He had been employed three
three and one-half years, and during tht
last twelve months he experienced symp
toms of nystagmus, and had ultimately
to leave work and seek medical aid. Dr.
Snell has collected a moss of facts and t
record of a large number of instances of
men suffering from the affection, which
will, he believes, be very corroborative
of the views he has before set forth,
namely, that the prime cause of the affec
tion is to be found in the position as
sumed by the miner at his work. Lon
don Xitxoi.
Old Sailor. Get Sea Sick, Too.
"Seafaring men often suffer from sea
sickness," said a retired navy officer.
"I used to get a touch of it every voy
age. Not the long continued aud some
timos doatbly illness of the lundsmeu,
but decidediy uncomfortable, neverthe
less. It usually lasted A day with me
sometimes only a few hours. It would
repeat itself as soon as we left next port.
The only time I ever missed it was wheu
we were chasing a Confederate blockade
runner. I got so excited that I forgot
all about it. Curiously enough when the
excitement was all over I felt a tinge of
it, as usual.
"It is the bilious temperament. I've
been so humiliated over it that I could
shed tears. No, I wouldn't daro go ot
the coast fishiug because I know I'd be
sick. There is really no sure remedy for
seasickness, though thu best precaution
against a violent attack is to go without
eating or drinking on the day you sail.
Most people iuvite seasickness by over
loading the stomach with their frieudu
juat before sailing. "At 1'vrk JJcraU.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A locomotive has 6000 pieces.
A new apparatus throws fifty poundi
of dynamite three milos.
It is estimated that at least 1,000,000
pounds of rubber are usod annually for
bicycle tires.
A Detroit manufacturing firm will
make steel Kagon wheels, with hollow
felloes and spokes.
The big clock in the tower of Phila
delphia's new City Hall is to bo wound
by a steam engine.
A consolidation locomotive weighs
fifty tons, and will draw on a level about
fifty times its own weight.
A Japanese recommends cleansing the
hands with tartrate of ammonium to
void poisoning from white lead.
Steam pipes have been made in Eng
land from the ramie fibre. This ma
terial is subjected to tremendous hydraul
io pressure.
Electric light or power is now used in
nearly forty American mines, and with
uch success that a rapid extension of
electric mining is anticipated.
A new car of the Michigan Control
Railroad does the work of 300 men iu
scraping the dirt dumped on the sides of
the track to the edge of the fill.
An investigation in Switzerland shows
that mortality from orgauic diseases of
the heart decreases as the altitude of the
habitation rises, and that it is greater ia
towns than in the country.
Cork covering for steam- pipes has
proved very successful in England, and
In some cases it has been found to make
a difference of 100 -to 124 degrees from
the temperature of uncovered pipes.
Two Austrian engineers have invented
a new explosive which is called ecrasite.
Its power, as oompa'ed with dynamite,
is-as 100 to seventy, and it may be car
ried from place to placo with perfect
safety.
An electric typewriter is being con
structed which will write letters iu New
York as they are transmitted from Bos
ton, and vice versa, the communications
being transmitted simultaneously ovei
four separate Tikes.
Twelve thousand Ellkworms when
newly hatched scarcely wefgl.one-quar-ter
of aa ounce, yet in the cbor&i ol
their life, which only lasts about thirty
five days, they will consumo between 300
and 400 pounds of leaves.
An English inventor has constructed a
novel device to do away with the enor
mous pressure of water against the bows
of ocean steamers. It consists of one ot
more screws on each side of the bow
which throws the water aside aud createi
dry well in front of the vessel.
One of the recent inventions for life
saving apparatus is the Irvine pneumatic
gun for throwing a lino to ships iu dis
tress or to persons in a burning house.
The air is admitted from a reservoir to
the chamber behind the projectile at a
pretsure of 2400 pounds on the squan
inch.
A peculiar case of increase in coal con
sumption is reported from France. An
official engineer, having been called tc
investigate the cause of a considerable
augmentation of the consumption of fuel
by a large battery of boilers, discovered
that the phenomenon was due to the
pressure of water in tho smoke shaft.
The measures which were taken to ex
clude tho water have resulted in a sav
ing of sixteen per cent, ia the auuual
coal 'bill.
Tho King of Spain's Foibles.
The Paris Figaro thus describes tht
Kli.g of Spain: "He is small, very smalli
but sinewy, restless, full of fun, and pre
cocious. He dreams of uniforms, flag!
and battles. He will notiave toy horses
but for two years has desired a livt
horse, in order to run races. He sayi
'thou' to all people. He likes to nick
name the old Generals. For instance
Marshal Martinez Campos, chief of the
military cabinet, is called 'Campitos' bj
the child. When he does not get what
he wishes at once he grows exceedinglj
angry and can be quieted only by the sofi
words of the Queen Regent. He is stub
born. He speaks excellent Euglish al
ready. Whut offends him especially ii
the knowledgo thut he is still a child
He would like to grow large at once, lx
a mau with a great mustache without de
lay. - He caunot understand how tht
King of Spain can bo so small."
The Wars. Smell ia the World.
MM. Baumau aud Fromm, experi
menting in Freiburg, Bresgau, on tin
organic derivations of sulphur, caused
hydrogen sulphide to act upon acetone.
They obtained trithio-acetone aud a now
compound, non-volatile and crystalliuo,
aud at the same time a very volatile sub
stance was given off, to whose odor all
tho most ill-smelling substauces hitherto
known were ai attar of roses. The dis
coverers think this gas is monosul
phureted acetin, but they have yet boec
unable to isolate it. Their efforts is
thut line, although they used the most
perfect apparatus at their command to
prevent the escape of the smallest quan
tity of the gas, brought an iudiguaut
storm of protest from the whole city.
The stench was uuendurable withiu s
radius of 700 metres. I'icuyuna.
The Thumb Ring-.
"And do they wear them on tbeit
thumbs!"
"Yes, miss, and they are right pretty,
too."
A jeweler's clerk was displaying hit
new stock of thumb rings.
"May I try one on!"
"Certainly," he replied, and stooped
low over the pink-tipped liugers, slip
ping on a tiny circlet of pearls.
"It doesu't look so bad after all." i
said she, "you tee the baud is so nar
row aud the pearls so small that tho
effect is not awkward, as I expected it
would be. I'll take thut one."
The adreut of this unique little orna
ment is greeted with rullier more luvor
thuu was ut first expected by the jewel
rs. Ji'ci York llccvi der.
TIIE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.
QTJAINT MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
AMONO EARLY 8KTTLER3.
They Were In Healtty German From
BavarlaConrtlng and Wedding
Custom. Cnrlotu Beliefs.
Many interesting things respecting the
Pennsylvania Dutch have been raked up
and put together by the Bureau of Eth
nology. In reality they are not Dutch
at all, but Germans, who came over from
Rhenish Bavaria mostly, being invited by
Queen Anne for purposes of colonization.
They arrived by way of England and it
hanced that a large part of tbem settled
in the neighborhoods of Philadelphia,
Chester, Allentown' and other places
which are at present centers of a popu
lation supplied by their descendants.
During their early days iu America many
of them lived under very primitive con
ditions, often lodging in the forests,
in caves, and even in hollow trees. Later
on small houses were erected upon clear
ings, usually with two rooms, the win
dows being merely square openings with
sliding boards on the inside for shutters.
Furniture of all kinds was home-made,
and every description of garment was
manufactured by the women. Squirrel
skin moccasins were considered a luxury
and the young girls wheu they went to
church on Sunday in order to make them
last as long as possiblo walked barefoot
until within sight of the building before
putting them on. Nearly every fattner
raised flax and hemp for the consumption
of his own family. Dyes were produced
from the bark 'of trees and from plants.
From the loose skin of old onions a light
yellow was obtained.
Among these primitive people many
very original aod surprising customs ex
isted, none ot which were more curious
than those which related to the process
of courting. No young man was con
sidered a desirable beau unless he owned
a horse and buggy, so as to be able to
take hi sweetheart to church and to local
gatherings on holidays. Saturday even
ing was thought the proper time for
making love, though the delightful pas
time was apt to extend over the whole of
Sunday. Inasmuch as the distance trav
eled by the lover was often too great for
him to return homo the same night, tho
matter was frequently compromised by
-ulfcicaisinicj over until the next day, so
as to be at the" service" "ot AAi i2morata
for the Sabbath.
The marriage ceremony was usually
performed at the clergyman's residence,
and it was he who furnished the refresh
ments. All household linen and bed
ding were suppliod by the bride, the
husband providing the house. Care
was taken never to carry an old broom
into a new house, lest bud luck follow;
the broom must be new, and it was nec
essary that it should first be conveyed
across a meadow. It was usual for the
wife to devote- much attention from
spring until autumn to the gathering of
herbs, barks and roots supposed to pos
sess medicinal properties. Garden seeds
were also selected for the next year's
planting, and the packages and bags of
theso commodities, suspended from the
rafters, formed quite nu interesting col
lection. Whatever was purchased at the
country stores was paid for with butter
and eggs. If the housewife found diffi
culty in her butter-making the
"spell" was believed to be the
work of ' a witch, every locality
boasting the possession of some such ne
cromuueer iu petticoats. Tho remedy
was to plunge a red-hot poker into the
contents of the churn. It was among
these peaceful and virtuous folk that
"husking parties" were first in vogue,
the custom being that the finder of a red
ear could kiss any girl present. If a
girl found such a ear and wished to
avoid being kissed she would hide it
quickly, though, if discovered, the first
youug man to reach her was entitled to
the osculatory privilege.
They believed that nightmares might
be caught if tho person alUicted were
sufficiently nctive and ingenious. A
hostler employed by Dr. Hoffman's
father secured one in a bottle aud de
stroyed it by buruing. He believed it to
have bcon the spirit of a black cat,
which was under the control of a hostile
witch. AVill-o'-the-wisps were ghostly
demons which haunted marshy ground
or dump woods, aud numerous narrow
escapes from them have bceu recorded.
-Wathington Star.
Carious Epitaphs.
Whilo strolling in the fields near
small hamlet not thirty miles from Ro
chester, I came across an antiquated
graveyard overgrowu with ivy and
mosses, the stones of which bore dates
between 1690 and 1620. I scraped the
mold from a few ol the stones and
brought to light these inscriptions. This
one is modest...
"My body to the crave I give,
My soul to Uod I hope ia tlod;
When this my ehildruu
You do sue, remember me."
This, on a child's grave, is not without
pathos :
'This lovely bud so young and fare,
C'ald hence by erly dooiue.
Jusl caught to show how aweot a flower in
Paradise would bloom,"
This one also preserves tho phonetic
method :
"Youth like a nioruiiij; flour,
Cut down aud withered iu au hour."
Notice the unexpected word-division
iu theso:
"To worlds of ipwita I am gone,
AuJ left uiy fiiuutls beh
ind to mourn.
My body iia here iu the dust,
My auul is stationed wi
th the blest.
''Hark, my gay friends, to you my voice hai
lioeti,
Kefraiu I rum folly und forsake your in;
Bull from the duad 1 fuiu would sen 1 my
eriea.
K Trust iu (lie baviour, dou't His graee de
spise.
''.This ia as good as any I have seen:
i'A thouuitd ways cut short our Jays,
None are exempt from Ut-alh,
A lionny-lieu by Hiuiiiijr me
InJ stop my mortal breath."
liuckteter l-V. .) Union.
A BONO OF REST,
Oh I sing m. a song of evening, '
A aong of peaoa and rest,
When, weary with useless flying,
Th. wild birds seek th. nest ;
When th. lamps of home are lighted
And thow we love draw nigh,
And overhead the kindly stars
Are nliing in th. aky .
flis day baa been dark and dreary.
1
I
The shadows fall thick and fast,
a.nd my limbs and my heart am weary
From battling with th. blast;
fcnd now as the shades of evening
Creep darkly o'er the land,
t sigh for a breath of peace and rest
And the touch of a friendly hand.
Ky thoughts turn back in the twilight,
To scenes long passed away,
Whan, free from the thrall of labor,
I wandered in childish play;
i sea the vine-clod doorway.
Where oft my mother stoo.1,
.nd the thoughts of a homo I know no mon
Com. o'er me like a flood.
Then sing ma a song of evening,
Of peacofut lova and rest;
I am weary of usolem striving '
And I long for the sheltering nest.
The rugged shadows of evening
Are ailing all the land, ' '
And I sigh for a breath of love and rest
And the touch ot a mother's hand.
Mortimer C. Brown, in Yankee Blade.
HUMOR OF TliE DAY.
Dear little things Diamouds. Puck.
Because you feel good is no reason you
are. Pittsburg Post.
You can buy a fine S kt. diamond for
$500, if you have the 500.
Every married man is a hero to some
bachelor. Buffalo Eipress.
The laborer is worthy of his hire,
the student of his lore. Bingliamton
Leader. .
The undertaker is a gambler who
usually wins tho die. liinghamton Re
publican. I
The man who is master of Jhitusclf
always has "help" that ho cau dspeud
upon. PucJc.
It is when straws are mado up into
hats that they show which way the wind
blows. Life.
The deed of an incendiary is correctly
referred Jo as a "burning shame." At
lanta Journal. -
The deaf mute should express tftrSeU
in musical language; ho uses-a hand or
gan of speech. -Puck.
Always hope for the best. You will
j never get it, so there will bo no excuse
lor abandoning hope. Puck.
Though "make hay while tho sun shtnerf1
la a proverb neglected.
"Make love whUe the moon shines"
Is forever respected.
Washington Fast.
Girls should bear iu mind that haul
ing young men over the coals docs no)
tend to make them pop. Detroit Fret
Prtss.
Handsome is as handsome docs. A
five-cent fan will give as good a breeza
as one all gold and feathors. Bolton
2'ranscript.
When a man wears an air of resigna
tion, he may bo suspected of being a
bank officer about to visit Canada.
Toras Sijtingi.
Capital and labor could get on well
enough together if thero wero not sa
many men trying to get capital without
labor. Texai Sif tinge.
Ho loved her, but her scornful laugh
Embitters now his lot;
lie tried to take her photograph
And showed her what he got.
H'ttshi'iijfoii Post.
When we come to reflect how hard it
is to keep down the natural instincts,
isn't it a lucky thing there ure no Indiun
hair-cutters or barbers? PhiladelphU
'Timet.
"It is very strange," said the amateut
gardener; "I planted radishes there, aud
nothing but a lot of green stalks havi
come up, with not a radish or sign of s
blossom on 'em." Puck.
I)u.haway "I hear that you upscl
some soup on Miss Palisade's dress at tht
diuner lust night." Stuffer "Yes; aud
I was fearfully put out about it. You
know it isn't polite to ask for sou
twice." Cloak lletiete.
Gentlemen "But I'm afraid ht
wouldn't make a good watch-dog."
Muu with Pup "Why, bless yer 'art,
it was only las week that this 'ere werj
animal held a Lurglur down by tht
throat and beut his brains out with his
tail.'" Brooklyn Life.
'You couldn't guess my age, now,
could you?" said Miss Passiegh to Hilly
Bliven. "No," was the reply, "1 am
sure I could not." "I have seeu just
tweuty-five years." "I say, Hilly," mut
tered Dick Sniggens, at his elbow, "ask,
her how many years she was blind."
Wtultiwjton Putt.
"I say," said Gus De Jay, as ho laid
tho paper ucros his knees, "this article
says that a flood of intelligence is going
to sweep the country." "Well, tleah
boy, dou't let it worry you," replied
Willie Washiugton. "You're no: likely
to be any flood-sullerer, you know."
Waikinqton Pott.
"How did your revival over at Apucht
Gulch pau out?'' "Will," answered the
Arizona evangelist, "it wasn't exactly a
success. At the third meeting 1 hap
pened to say that 1 believed Apachu
Gulch was tho wickedest place of its size
ou earth. After that my words fell lint.
It was the first time the town had been
rated as lirsl-i-lass in anything, UUJ they
didu't care to loe tho distinction." in.
liiannjiUit Journal.
A little girl who is just learning to
read short words, tukes great interest in
the big letters she sees in uouspupcrs.
The other eveuiug, ufler she had kept
her muruiuu busy readiug the udvertisu
meuts iu the newspapers to her, she kucl'
down to say her prayers. "Lord"
lisjied, "niuke ina pure!" Thou ''
tated aud went ou, with fe'
limit latter, "Mske mo '
like baking powder '"
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