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B. F. SCHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE CSION A5D THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE J.AW3. Editor and Proprietors
VOL. XXVIII. - MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., MAY 0, 1S74. NO. 18.
Pooti'y
I'tfBUET I LOVED Til EE
Then fc-li'st me crush it out,and liYe it down
6tanip out its mcm'rj from my aching brmin;
Fernet I love J, remove tae thorny crowa
That presses on my brow with maddening
Cost think there lurks within the hsmu
Irrast
So little of the holy fire of Love
That words cm quench it ? Thinkest thou that
rt
Caii come with year, or e'en in realms
above ?
1'il ttil thee, thon hast never felt the fire
Of Love's impassioned flame, or thou
wouldVt know
That hope deferred, the unattained desire,
Eiit fiiis the embers into brighter glow.
Fnr jet I loved thee ! Almost bid me cease
To dream of beav'n aa bury tuoajht of
thee;
Post think my heart can ever beat in peace
Apart from thine ? dtwt think that thou art
free?
I tell thee, while we hold our earthly sway.
My every pulse shall beat response to thine:
Ay. more, when from the earth we paaa away:
Thy spirit's haunt shall still be sought by
mine !
Tins' fjn' ill qazine.
IieeIIm.
A Gorniaoaizf n .'slcaiuf ion.
It is rather surprising that some
Yankee with a genus fur calculation
has not gone into an estimate of bow
ranch food is consumed by the ordinary
American individual in a day, and,
basing bis figures upon the result, dis
covered the amount of animal and vege
table food be gets rid of in a week, a
month, a year, or an average lifetime.
M. Saver, the culinary authority, the
cook of the London Inform Cinb, and
a great artist in bis line, goes into this
sort of calculation in one of bis books
the "Modern Housewife" and ob
tains results startling, if not alarming,
to jK-rsons who had never looked at the
sul ject from an arithmetical oint of
view. To take a boy of ten years to
the top of a bill, as be takes bis mythi
cal p: rsonage, and surround him with
the objects that in the course of bis
lifetime be will have to d vour, may be
tml v described as appalling.
First there are 30 cxen, then 200
slie p, 100 calves, 2iJ0 lambs, 50 pigs,
l.OOu fowls, 300 turkeys, 2G3 pigeons,
140 pounds of salmon, 120 pounds of
other fish, 30,000 oysters. 5,413 pounds
weight of vegetables, 211 pounds but
ter, 24,000 eggs, 4 tons of bread, about
3,000 gallons of tea and coffee, besides
tons of fruit, barrels of sweetmeats.and
hogsheads of wine.
This is, after all, only an outline, and
Saver assures bis readers that, so fur
from exaggeration, be baa, from expe
rience and observation, made up a scale
of food for the day, and for a period of
sixty years it amounted to 33 tons
weight of meat, farinaceous food, and
vegetables. This statement can neither
bo denied nor affirmed without going
into into the statistics, but it is par
tially corroborated by a gentleman who
states that for fifty years be has eaten
two eggs for breakfast, making 730 per
annum, or a total for half a century of
36,500 eggs. This goes, for a period of
only filty years, 12,500 better than
Sayer, and does not provide for the
quantity eaten in puddings, cakes, des
serts, and the like. Where does it all
come from ?
'TiaSweet for One's Country, Ac.
Happening one day in bis travels to
be belated, .Senator Collamer stopped
at a substantial and comfortable farm
house, and was entertained and hos
pitably invited to make himself com
fortable for the night. He accepted the
invitation; bad a good supper and very
luxurious lodgings. The next morning
Mr. Collamer made a survey of the farm
of bis host, and was much surprised at
the comfort and substantial thrift and
prosperity oi everything around. He
could not but congratulate bim on his
apparently bappy lot. His fields were
well fenced, bis barns were filled, and
bis crops most promising. Besides,
too, the farmer bad an industrious and
amiable wife and several bright and
healthy children. "A farmer's life,"
remarked Mr. Cjllamer, "is certainly
the bappiebt of all human lots, and 1
must say, my friend, that you are at
happily fixed as any farmer I ever
knew."
"Wall," remarked his host, "that's
vour notion, but 'tain t mine. I intend
to sell out and move next week."
"Whither are you going?" inquired
the inquisitive Yankee.
"Down into Texas."
"What, into that wild and disturbed
country, menaced by the whole Mexi
can army and by roving bands of Co
manches and marauding Greasers; leave
this peaceful and happy borne for sucb
a savage country.where you would have
to sleep every night on yonr arms, and
carry your rifle strapped across yom
shoulders whilst plowing in the field ?"
"Yaas, sir-ee," was theesger reply.
"Who would give a cuss to live in a
country where he couldn't fight for his
liLtrly" ?" JV". O. Picayune.
A Parisian ovelfy.
A novelty has been introduced at
Parisian dinner tables which we might
copy with advantage. Toi". is to have
on the back of the menu a short bio
graphical notice of the persons who
compose the company. This is a very
good idea, for there can be no one who
has not undergone the discomfort of
saying the wrong thing to the wrong
person laughing at "the man with the
teeth." to bis wife, and being exceed
ingly facetious about "the lady with
the shoulders" to her son. In the "Life
of Dickens" there are two instances of
this in one of which Dickens talked to
a young lady whom be took down to
dinner about the Bishop of Durham's
nepotism in the matter of Mr. Cheese,
and fonnd out afterward that she was
Mrs. Cheese; in the other he expatiated
to the member from Marylebone, Lord
Fernoy, generally conceiving bim to be
aa Irish member, on the contemptible
character of the Marylebone consti
tuency and Marylebone representation.
Now, by the aid of the biograpbically
indorsed menu, any contretcmpt of this
kind would be avoided.
Happy is the man who has that in bis
oul which acts upon the dejected aa
April airs upon violet roots. Gifts from
the hand are silver and gold, but the
heart gives that which neither silver
nor gold can buy. To be full of good
ness, full of cheerfulness, full of sym
pathy, full of helpful hope, causes a
man to carry blessings of which he is
himself as unconscious as a lamp is of
its own shining.
TatCLY NOBLE.
The long rammer day had come and
gone in a strange silence. Strange, at
least, in Marton Mill-house, where chil
dren's voices chattered from dawn to
dusk, and under the gateway of which
laden wagona so often rumbled, fi'led
with weighty flour sacks.
The children bad spoken all day in
quiet whispers, and the wagons had not
come near the mill, ont of respect for
Geoffrey Stone, the miller, who lay dead
upstairs ; the strong, hearty man, who
seemingly might have lived for Tears ;
and yet, by one false step on a ladder
which he mounted many times each day,
bad met bis end.
There was no mother to whom the
two startled children could rin, in their
first horror and grief. Mrs. Stone had
died at Etta, the baby's, birth ; but for
all that, the little ones were hiding their
faces, and moaning out their laments
for '-poor father," on a woman's breast
Gnor Morris was but seventeen, a
fair, alight, golden-haired girl ; no re
lation of the dead man, no kin to the
little weepers, yet, withal, a true
mourner.
Geoffrey Stone bad been good to her,
she would have told you, the while the
while she smoothed the hair of bis or
phan children had taken her, a little,
destitute orphan, and tended and cared
for her these thirteen years. He never
knew when be lifted the child off her
dying mother's bed that she was of
good, ay, noble birth, and that in after
years title! relatives wonld write to
bim, and offer money for the home he
had granted to the desolate babe. He
scorned the offers, and pressed the child
closer to bis side. Nevertheless, he did
not refuse for her advantages of educa
tion, such as be, a country miller, could
not fiad for the little girl; and Gsenor
went to school such as became her
station, but always spent her holidays
at the Mill-house.
She grew up graceful nay, lovely;
and by-and-bye the Honorable Mrs.
This, aud my Lady That, felt a twinge
of remorse about "poor Algernon's
child," their young connection, and
would write and ask her to their grand
London bouses ; but Gaanor, who by
this time knew a little of her own his
tory, would never go to them. They
had been cruel to her mother, a young
governess, whoa "poor Algernon" had
somewhat foolishly married, lived with
happily, though anxiously, in a cottage
at Marton, for two years, and then left
forever in this world, carried off by
fever. Algernon's wife and child were
totally ignored by bis family ; they
hardly took any notice of the mother's
death, and it was accident which dis
closed the fact at last, that the child
was living on the charity of a country
miller.
Negotiations then began, which ended
in Gsenor's being educated, and the
small sum of 100 a year being settled
on her, with the grudging permission
still to reside with her bumble friends.
And now came a new light into the
girl's life. Charles Cardonell, the rich
young artist, who for the last two
autumns had taken np bis abode in the
village inn at Marton, asked her to be
bis wife, Geoffrey Stone shook bis
head at first ; there should be no repeti
tion of her parents' story, he said to
himself : everything should be straight
forward. So letters were written and inquiries
made, and the Cardonell family gra
ciously signified full consent in Charles'
choice, and then Geoffrey sighed, and
gave bis word, too.
"You won't go empty-handed, my
girl," be had said to Gseuor ; "for, be
sides your own bit of money, yon are
mv eldest daughter, too, and will share
alike with little Geoffrey and Etta ; but
I wish they bad left yon to me a bit."
Matters had only just been arranged,
when that terrible day came which
changed everything, and turned Marton
Mill-house from the busiest, gayest
home in England, into a silent, sorrow
stricken dwelling.
Gsenor felt almost as stnpified aa the
children ; the death, the funeral, the
sudden sense of responsibility, seemed
to weigh her down ; the last shock of
all was light by comparison, though
told in awe-struck whispers to ber by
the old lawyer.
Geoffrey Stone, though he knew it
not, bad left his children almost penni
less. Some speculation, thongh secure,
had failed, and the day after his death
the tiding bad reached Marton.
Gsenor smiled.
"I am glad he never knew," she said.
The lawyer thought ber unfeeling.
"Ah I your hundred is safe," he said ;
"of course that could not be touched ;
aud your approaching marriage with
Mr. Cardonell will provide foryou ; but
the children I And the mill should be
kept on for their sakes ; but who to
put in charge I"
The lawyer paused, and Gsenor asked
timidly :
"Old Andrew, would he do?"
"Capitally, as working master," said
the lawyer ; but the books, they must
be seen to ; and then there is the bouse
to be kept, and the young children
looked after."
"Will yon come again to-morrow, Mr.
Scribe, and talk to me of all this?"
asked poor Gsenor, feeling quite bewil
dered. Her world had been shaken to its
foundation these last few days, and she
wanted time to collect herself.
And then she stole out of the house,
avoiding even little Etta and Geoffrey,
who vainly sought her, their one com
fort now.
Out into the fields, nnder great
hedces. in auiet copses she wandered,
alwavs thinking, and sometimes pray-
art si T. I MKT,. PTrninw i""""
standing on me uuia "
stream stiil thinking, but her thoughts
mnch more collected, so that it was
almost a relief for ber to see Charles
Cardonell approaching, for sba bad
much to tell him.
And the telling was very bard
He had come with sorrow on his
tongue for the dead man, but gladness
in bis heart that he could claim Gsenor
for his wife even sooner now than be
had hoped. And, perhaps, he was even
a little relieved that now Gasnor would
be totally severed from these good but
bumble people, among whom misfor
tune bad thrown her.
For young Cardonell was proud ; and
thongh he bad always loved Gsenor, he
would never have asked ber to be his
wife had not the certainty of her noble
birth and connection been made plain
to him: and as Mrs. Cardonell, he
meant to separate ber from these mill
folk, and restore her to her proper
8tHIheart waa light aa he lifted his
bat to her at the stile ; but it was very
heavy and angry when they parted.
Try as he would to shake her resolu-tiona-denorhad
told binj
she could not leave the mill-could not
as yet marry bim ; she must be mana
ger, book keeper, care-taker for these
orphan children. , , . . -
And Charles Cardonell had first im
plored, and then become indignant
v "It is not fit for jou," he said, to
occupy such a post to mix with rough
carters, and undertake the guidance of
a mill. I wonder yon wish it Gsenor :
a girl like you, of education and family."
Gsenor smiled feebly.
"Oh. Charles! can't you understand?"
she said, and then she sighed; but
more that Charles had disappointed her
than that ber lot waa bard. She had
thought be would have seen with her
that ber duty lay with these poor chil
li re n, ana yet nave given her some ten
der words of comfort over the deferred
marriage, to carry her through the task.
But this man a heart was shallower
than her own, and because Gsenor held
to her determination to remain at Mar
ton be left her in anger, and went home
to tell bis family that long years of
association with middle-class people
had so lowered the tone of Gteaor's
mind, that despite her noble birth, she
preferred remaining at the Mill, as
mistress and manager, to becoming at
once Mrs. Charles CardonelL
Poor Gsenor 1 she wept a little over
her vanished dream of life, and then
went to talk to old Andrew.
There was comfort in that, at all
events, for it was evident there was
work for her to do. Half in jest, and
half in earnest Gasnor bad learned the
greater part of the management of the
concern from poor Geoffrey, and often
looked through bis books, glorying in
the discovery of some slight error in his
calculations, or in his praise of her cor
rect adding-np of long trains of figures.
Now she had really to use this knowl
edge! i. here was actual pleasure in
the occupation ; aud even Andrew de
clared that Miss Gsenor managed nearly
as well as the noor master himself.
After the first few days of her changed
life, Gsenor had no time for regrets or
painful thoughts. 1 he bouse toman
age, the children to teach, the mill
business to look after, and all expenses
to be rigidly kept down lor the chil
dren's sake, was ber great business.
She wrote once to Charles Cardonell,
asking his pardon for any disappoint
ment she might have caused him, and
freeing him from his engagement
"It is not fair to ask you to wait till
I shall be free," she said, "for I cannot
tell when that may be. These children
must be my first care, in common grati
tude to Geoffrey Stone. Some day,
perhaps, you will see that I have not
acted ignobly in choosing the Mill in
stead or the Grange."
The Cardonells lived at the Grange,
and thither Charles was to have taken
her as his wife.
Gsetjor received no answer to this
letter ; but rumors reached ber after a
while that Charles Cardonell was en
gaged again.
For half a day she felt angry with the
world, and then her work and her two
bright-faced children consoled her.
But what would be the end ? That
disturbed her a little now and then, till
she learned to live from day to day
doing the duties lying before her, and
looking no further.
One real sorrow came. Etta, Geoff
rey's babv girl, died, rocked in Gsenor's
arms, and soothed by her caresses. This
shook poor Gsenor more than she knew.
She felt so dreary, that little Geoffrey
seemed to echo ber feelings, and moped
and mourned too, so that Gsenor
thought it best to send him to school
at the nearest town.
The mill was in full work, and the
books showed the business to be flour
ishing again ; so Gsenor had time for
her sorrow, and began to look very pale
and worn. She would have liked a word
or even a few written lines, from Charles
Cardonell in those days, but none came.
Something else, however, once again
changed the current of her life, running
just now slowly and sadly.
One gusty winter's night Marton Mill
took fire how, no one knew no Uvea
were lost ; but the mill was burnt to
the ground. It was insured to its full
value, people said, and Gsenor nodded
yes. to the same inquiry often repeated.
She was staying at the Rectory, where
the good people bad taken her in, and
insisted that she should remain. But
she felt all astray ; for it bad been set
tled by wiser heads than hers, she knew,
that Marton Mill should not be rebuilt,
bnt the money invested for the benefit
of little Geoffrey, who would bear of
nothing but going to sea, and who was
already in training for the royal navy.
Old Andrew had died a short time
since, and it seemed to GsBnor aa if no
one needed ber how.
And then, one day, she opened ber
eyes after a heavy doze on the sofa, for
she was ill and feeble from the late
shock and anxiety, to see Charles Car
donell gazing at her. The color rushed
to ber cbe k ; for he was asking her
pardon, and calling himself hard names.
"Oh 1 do not" "aid she, half fright
ened. "Yes, yes,' I forgive you if you
wish it indeed 1 do."
"And may I will you is it the same
as ever ?" he asked ; "indeed I never
acceded your freedom, dear GsBnor."
"But you are going to be married,
are you not ?" asked poor Gsenor.
"Never ! unless to you," said Charles
Cardonell.
And then the explanation of rumors
and realities quite roused Gsenor ; bnt
she was not allowed to speak again till
she had received a full confession of
Charles Cardonell's short-comings from
his own faltering bps.
"1 was ad arrogant fool to talk and
think of you as I did. Yes, you are
noble, indeed ; but it is not birth makes
you so ; it is yourself. How could 1
have wished yoa to act differently ? The
only thing is, you are too good to be
my wife."
"Oh! Charles, no," said poor Gsenor ;
"you will care for me now, for every
one is going away. The mill-house is
burnt ; Etta is gone ; and Geoffrey will
soon be at sea,"
And her voice choked.
So, to Charles's great relief, the self
reliant little mill-manager broke down,
and became the poor weeping girl he
alone could cherish and comfort as his
loving wife.
As Mrs. Charles Cardonell, of the
Grange, Gsenor once again began life ;
and although visited by Lady This, and
the Honorable Mrs. That and made
much of as "poor Algernon's child," her
husband cared little for this ; he had
fonnd out for himself that Gsenor was
noble by nature, and in that he gloried.
Gsenor's nobility had ennobled bim,
too ; for one can hardly live with the
good and noble without gaining benefit
to ourselves.
The Frog Barometer.
In some countries frogs are used as
barometers ; the species employed for
this purpose is the green iree frog.
They are placed in tall glass bottles
with Uttle wooden ladders, to the top
of which they always climb in fine
weather, and descend at the approach
of bad weather. This is a cheap and
highly interesting weather glass where
the green tree frog is to be procured in
its natural state.
From what is going on at present
nearly all over Europe, the present age
might well be called the pilgrim age.
Perilous Adventure.
The San Francisco Call gives the fol
loing particulars of the bursting of a
balloon in mid air near that city re
cently, one of its reporters having been
in the car, which carried five gentlemen
and two ladies. The ascent was made
from Woodward's Garden, San Fran
cisco, and for the first half hour the
voyage was a pleasant one. Then the
wind increased, and Mr. Buislay, the
assistant balloonist, decided to descend,
although opposed by the rest of the party.
The account continues:
About three miles directly east lay
the coast hills, and on the other side
stretched a large fertile valley. All
were certain that the captain would not
attempt to land on this side of the hills,
at the rate the bag was traveling, and
when Mons. Barbier announced his in
tention of landing on the bay side Mr.
Buislay protested very strongly, and
advised bim to go over the rauge of
bills. The advice was disregarded, anil
the captain having given orders for all
to sit in the bottom of the brisket.
dropped his one hundred and fifty
pound anchor over the side and passed
out about one hundred feet of the roie.
A pull at the valve cord brought the
monster down like an aerolite, and the
anchor dragged over a portion of the
Estudillo ranch for about a quarter of a
mile without retaining hold.
Our reporter peered over the side and
saw the balloon passing over a small
shanty, situated in the eastern portion
of the ranch. He shouted to bis fellow
voyagers to look out, and all crouched
down to be prepared for the shock-. No I
one except Mr. Buislay anticipated i
such a terrible hump as followed in a
few seconds. The balloon passed over
the house, and then the anchor struck
a light fence which did not in the least
impede its progress. One of the flukes
dragged against the house, and the
,.,.. t.- !! .1.0
a heap in the basket. They had hardly
time to recover from the concussion
when the rone narted. al.o..t three feet
from the anchor, and the balloon shot
almost perpendicularly up into the air.
Buislay shouted ' out that the anchor
had been lost, and to look out for a
landing. All instinctively felt the per
ilous tiosition they were placed in, and
the wind carrying the bag along at a
terrible rate. But the voyagers sat in
the bottom of the basket quietly, if in
susense, awaiting the swoop to the
ground, now impending. Into the air
it flew, until, four hundred feet up, a
quicv, sharp but slight report was
heard, followed by a tearing of silk.
The balloonists looked upward, and
saw the v. holo,centre of the balloon ex
posed, while the lower half was flapping
around in riblions. "Look out, the
balloon has burst." shouted Mile, Gau
guin. All clung tightly to the ropes
and sides of the basket. 1 he words excellent, firm and distinct, and he ex
had hardly been spoken, when in less ; presses himself with great flnency.with-
than a flash, what was left of the bal
loon was dashed to the ground at an an
gle of about forty-five degrees, and at
terrible velocity. The suspense was
almost momentary, for with a thud
which almost crushed the basket, it
was dashed against the ground about a
quarter of a mile from the spot where
the anchor had been left
The concussion was terrific and the
two ladies and five
gentlemen were
thrown together in a mass. JSot a
word was sjniken by the ladies or any
one in the car as they almost stared
death in the face. Ihe basket was
capsized as soon as it touched the ground
and it completely covered its occupants.
The lower part of the balloon by this
time was in ribbons, and it dragged the
car along the ground at fearful sjwed,
under which the struggling occuants
rolled along the ground without any
possible chance of freeing themselves
from the basket or the roes, the for
mer covering them as with a box, and
the latter preventing any possible
chance of the party falling out On
over the ground the car was dragged for
a distance of three hundred yards, the
voyagers with it, and coming in contact
with the land at every bump of the bal
loon. The inmates of the Alameda
County Hospital, where the balloon
struck, ran towards it to render assist
ance, and about forty willing hands
caught hold of the long rope attached
to the bas 'et The balloon, after a few
ineffectual tugs, at length settled down,
after doing all the damage it could.
When taven out, Captain Barbier
was unable to walk, and was carried to
the hospital close by. Miss Alice Bur
rington sustained a severe concussion on
the right side of the head, but was
otherwise uninjured. Mile, Gangain
escaped with a slight cut on the cheek,
and Mr. Guisoulphe with a badly cut
face and arms. Mr. Marratt was badly
cut about the scalp, and the right ear
was almost severed. The Call reporter
escaped with a cut lip.
I vrgjeiralnewn r Words.
Dr. Abercrombie records an instance
of a gentleman who uniformly called
his snuff box a hogshead. When re
minded of tbe error he probably recog
nized it, but bis tendency was, never
the ess, in this direction. His physi
cian hypothetically traced tbe oddity
to an early and long-continued associ
ation of ideas. The gentleman bad
been a tobacco merchant in Virginia,
and had bad his attention well occupied
with hogsheads of tobacco and boxes
of snuff. This may not be a sufficient
explanation, but it was the only one i
that suggested itself, as he made no
similar blunder with other words. Cer
tainly a greater difficulty was presented
by the gentleman who always called
coals paper and paper coals, systemati
cally, as it would appear, transposing
the meanings of the two words. Both
substances, i. is true, are used in light
ing a fire; but this fact does not suffice
to solve the puzz a.
An inability to remember the names
of things sometimes presents itself in a
remarkable way: A gentleman engaged
in extensive agricultural affairs could
not remember the spoken names of
things, bnt recognized them directly
when written. He arranged his daily
duties accordingly, with a degree of
success that could hardly be expected
under such circumstances. He kept
before bim in his business room a list
of the words which were most likely to
occur in his intercourse with bis work
men. When any one of his men wished
to communicate with bim on any sub
ject the master listened attentively to
what was said; the sound of the words
did not convey to bis mind the idea of
tbe things or commodities signified,
but it did suggest to bim written words
which he, therefore, proceeded to con
sult; the sight of the letters forming
those words at once gave him the ne
cessary clue to the meaning. The pro
cess was noteworthy; the sound of a
word, when spoken,Buggested the shape
of the word when written, and this
shape suggested the idea or mental pic
ture of the thing signified. This ap
pears to have been a permanent pecu
liarity of mind, or, at least of long
continuance, unconnected with any par-
Aa laeldeat of the Chlsr-lhnrst
ticular malady. In another case.w licii
came under the notice of Dr. Greg ry,
a lady, consequent on an apople :tic
nt lost her memory of names, but re
tained it for things. Although a goof
housewife, she could only direct ber
servants and tradespeople by pointing
to the things concerning which she
meant to speak. All went on well in
regard to the other words of the sen
tence, but when she came to the names
of things memory failed her, and she
could only convey her meanirg by
pointing. All the Year Round.
Tbe Bonapartli at CLiiselhurst.
I found the Empress looking older
than when I last met her, as a matter
of course, after her great sorrows and
trials, but still a very beautiful woman.
She has that clear complexion which
shows too plainly the ravagtsof time
and of care, but ber blonde and still
Inxuriant hair, and the charmiDg oval
of her face, will never grow old. It
waa only after hours of most fatiguing
work that she showed the signs of age
j which some remarked, but her sweet
and winning smile, and the sympathetic
glance which she gives from ber limpid
blue eyes, make one forget to notice
other details, remarked only on close
inspection. If not an Empress she
would still be called as handsome a
woman of her age as can be found at
Anv ivinrt Anil tsi thi m net lw .li'.l
the charm of her manners, which capU-
vate all nearts. Ilia impress was
dressed in black, wore no ornaments
whatever, and had a black bounet, ele-
gant in appearance, bnt yet very simple
aud unpretending. Her dress being
short, she looked much smaller than
usual, and less tall when seen in the
long robes of the court. The portraits
of the Empress give one the idea that
she is much taller than she really is.
uer son uas aireauv grows a (line
j -ve her. bnt when standing side by
?,dth eV 9. .to .no
I !n their he,8ht- Tbe Prince Imperial
is a manly young fellow, with good
shoulders, an elegant form, and very
clear, expressive blue eyes. His leg
are precisely like his father 's,short and
a trifle bent, precisely like the legs of
old cavalry officers who have spent their
lives in the saddle. The thigh bone
being comparatively short, tbe Prince
looks taller when sitting than when
standing, and every one remarked at
once this peculiarity in the Ltnperor. I
It is a peculiarity of this branch of the i
family only, for frince Charles, son of
Lncien Bonaparte, who was present, is
one of the finest formed and handsomest
men I ever saw. He is a famous sports
man and one of tbe best fellows in the
world. He came all the way from Italy
to pay bis respects to his young consin.
Prince Jerome refused to come from
Paris. The Prince Imperial's voice is
out ever being at a loss for words. His
manners are a bttle stiff, according to
French ideas, and more like those of
an English lad of his age, but he is al
ways good-natured, amiable and ready
to render any possible service to his
friends. He has one quality possessed
by his father a faculty of remembering
faces and names and on more than
one occasion on Monday he astonished
his friends by remembering persons
whom he bad not seen for years. This
is, perhaps, the most important quality
a man in his position can possess. After
the deputations came the general pnb-
be, and the Empress and the Prince
stationed themselves in the hall for the
defile. Both were worn out with fa
tigue before this was half over, the
Empress showing great signs of wcari-
ness. Think of shaking hands with
live tnousana persons in a single alter
noon ! But the public was not yet
satisfied. Lunch had been provided,
and when the people had eaten they
again came upon the lawn aud shouted
for the Prince. He went out witn his
mother, but bad barely gone twenty
paces when the crowd pressed upon
him, and a frightful scene of confusion
prevailed for an instant But for the
energy of the friends aud of the police,
the Empress would have met Q leen
Olga's iate.and had her dress torn from
her back. I saw M. Ron her giving
some beautiful bunches right and left
as the crowd, in its enthusiasm, pressed
upon the Prince. The latter laughed
heartily, bnt seeing that his mother
was frightened (reports had been circu
lated that an attempt upon the Prince's
life would be made), seized her in his
arms, lifted ber from tbe ground, and
ran into the hall, laughingly holding
her foi a moment, and then sitting ber
down where I was standing. She raised
ber hands and tried to smile, bnt ber
fright was too great and she hastily
dragged the Prince into the saloon.
Then her own friends repea'ed the
scene in a smaller way, and Madame
had to fly to her chamber as the only
means to escape from this fond enthu
siasm. The crowd still called for the
Prince, and he went out upon the bal
cony, but the Empress refused to ac
company bim.
Tbe Strength of rtaterial.
Gold mav lie hammered so that it is
only l-3tiu,000of an inch thick. A grain
of iron may be divided into 4,0(J0.lot)
parts. Still chemistry tells us that
there are ultimate parts called atom or
molecule?, which are absolutely indi
visible. These atoms are attracted to
each other by the attraction of cohe
sion and retailed by the force of repul
sion. By the net ion of both these forces
the atoms are kept in a state of rest.
The solidity of a solid depends upon
the fact that each pair of atoms are iu !
this state of equilibrium. These atoms ;
are snpjiosed to be of ou oblate, sphe-
roidal form. An iron bar would sup-
port its own weijrht if stretched out to i
a length of 3i miles. A bar of steel ;
was once made which would sustain its
own weight if extended to a length of
13y miles.
Our ideas of great and small are no
guide to be used iu jiuliug of what is.
truly great aud small in nature. The
Bunker Hill Monument might be built
to over a mile in height without crush
ing the stones at its base. When liars
of iron are stretched u itil they break,
those which are the strongest increase
in length less than the weaker ones. A
piece of wood having a breadth and
thickness of three inches and a length
of four feer, if supported at its ends,
would be lx nt one-inillon h of an inch
by a weight of three pounds plaeed on
its centre, and a weight of one-tenth of
an ounce would l-nd it one-seven-mil-1 A mescal correspondent of an Eng
honth of an inch. Professor Norton ligh Jonrnal BaT9 tnat the advantages
riadonf "ticks of wood The VwUive ot "Vgn are not aufficiently appro-
trived that the amount of weight matism and gout Slight cases of
brought to bear upon the stick can be rheumatism are cured in a few days by
accurately measured, anil the variation i feeding on this delicious esculent ; and
of a stick from a straight line can lie ' more chronic cases are much reheved,
measured even though it do not exceed ,
one-seven-millionth of an inch.
Lorraine has a new mohair wool lace,
as fine as thread in texture, and filled in
by hand. It is very beautiful, and will
be largely used this season for trim
mings. Collars and peleraines of Lor
nine lace will also be used.
The Experleaee of a Craaader,
I read in the Gazette from day to day
of the victorious march of the crnsa
ders, and I longed to do something for
mankind. Tbe movement reached here,
and I entered into it I went to the
prayer meetiag, and for the first time
1 prayed in public Increasing in tbe
spirit and in confidence, I spoke in
meeting. Inspired by this success 1
I continued to speak at every opportn
nity, and to seek opportunities. The
infectious enthusiasm of these meet
ing?, the fervor of the prayers, the
frankness of tbe relations of experi
ences, ana tbe magnetism that pervaded
all wrought me up to such a state of
physical and mental exaltation that all
other places and things were dull and
unsatisfactory to me. I began by going
twice a week, but 1 soon got so inter
ested that I went every day, and then
twice a day and in the evening. I tried
to stav at home to retrieve my ne
elected honseholJ, but when the hour
for the morning prayer meeting came
ronnd 1 fonnd tbe attraction irresisti
ble. My household grew more and
more dilapidated. My husband, an in
dustrious man, too faithful in provid
ing for bis family to spend bis earnings
for drink, found his home a scene of
neglect, his children uncared for, and
his wife making the bouse her sojourn
ing place only between meetings, and
her mind absorbed in one subject al
most to the point of monomania. Then
j ue .P311. to ,ook elsewhere for qniet
and comfort, and mental variety. His
remaining in the even tenor of bis way
while I was lifted up by this excite
ment, made him appear to me so un
sympathizing and wicked that I almost
hated him. But in the morning, and
afternoon, and evening prayer and con
ference meetings, and crnsades and sal
lies, I crowned my consciousness and
conscience. It was a daily dissipation
from which it seemed impossible to
tear myself. In tbe intervals at home
I felt as I can fancy the drinker at the
breaking down of a long spree.
At length one of my children caught
the scarlet fever, and compelled me to
stay at home. 1 bis brought me to my
senses, and I realized my situation. I
now wonder at the excitement in which
I have lived, and at my neglect of duty
to my husband and children. I now
feel that woman has an important mis
sion in the saving of her own family
which no undertaking for mankind will
justify her for neglecting, and that
thoueh she try to save the whole world.
yet if she lose her own husband's soul
by the effort, she will make a shipwreck
! of herfelf. I perceive that she cannot
maae up ior neglect oi ner promise 10
love and chtrish him by diffusing ber
love over mankind. In fine, I now feel
tbat ber mission is first to her own
household. I am now a chastened cru
sader. My sympathies are with the
cause of temperance reform, but I am
less intemperate in the work than I
was, and I believe that I and mine are
better for it, while the world has lost
nothing by the change to moderation.
Cincinnati Gazrttr.
I'ilzriiiiage.
There vas one incident connected
with the file at Chiselhurst which is
worth recalling. In the tent nar the
spot occupied by the Prince was a very
old woman dressed in antique costume,
and looking like a peasant woman of
other days. As the Prince began to
read she was greatly moved. '"That's
so. my son,"' she cried; ''that's true,
Monseigiieur, every word of it I Just
listen to them And when the speech
ended she swung her bonnet and cried,
1'i're I'Ennitmir ! Then she wanted to
fcjss the Prince, and, when stopiied, she
pushed every one aside, and said it was
her right. '-Let me go," she said, ''I
am Mine. Lebon, dean of the women of
les Ilalles." This was enough, and her
rights were immediately recognized.
She kissed the Prince and embraced the
Empress, and was loudly applauded.
Mm.-. Ia-Ikui is the oldest huckster of
the Central Markets, and the doyenne of
the association. On the return of Xa
IMileon I. from Elba she was charged
with the presentation of the bouipiet in
the midst of the demoiselles of the
Halle, a traditional ceremony with this
iwwerful corioration. To-day she is
the oldest living, and finds herself at
the head of a fortune of two millions.
She owns three houses in the Bue de
Tuibigo. She has always believed in
the star of the Xapoleotis, and called
her son XaioIeon Lebon. After the
fall of the tire t Emeror she became
greatly interested in Napoleon III., and
visited him several times when in exile.
When he died she put on mourning. It
was Mine. Lebon who organized the fa
mous Kill of the Ilalles, after the 2d of
December, or the roup d'etat, for which
5,0'W invitations were issued. The Em
peror did not come to the ball, but his
representative embraced her publicly on
entering, and took her hand to opeu the
dancing. On the birth of Napoleon
IV. she presented the traditional bou
quet, and claimed the right of kissing
the child when baptized in May, ISoO,
in the Church of Notre Daine, a cere
mony I saw, and that I shall never for
get. One can now understand the rea
son Mine. Lebon was heartily embraced
when her name w.is heard. She said
that she hoped to present a bouquet to
a son of the Prince, but at any rate she
should not think of dying before she
hud presented one with a kiss on bis
coronation.
The Keys.
luere is a tradition of I'ope Sextus
Q iiutus, that when he died he went to
hell; bnt by pood lack the porter wonld
not let bim in. though he richly de
served to enter and to remain. For he
nad not behaved himself over-well as a
man among men. In tbe conf asion con
sequent to dying, he was sent toward a
place under bis own jurisdiction. Par
gatory. This midway realm he sought
diligently and long, but could not find.
At last the Pope took courage and went
direct toward heaven at a venture. Ar
riving at tbe gate, he knocked with fear
and trembling for admission. St Peter
appeared, and asked Sextos why he
knocked, since he professed to have the
keys. He replied, "Because the wards
have been altered, and the keys are not
quite the fit"
Medical Value of Asparagus.
especially u tne patient avoids all acids.
whether in food or beverage. The
Jerusalem artichoke bas also a similar
effect in relieving rheumatism. The
heads may be eaten in the usual way,
bnt tea made from the leaves of the
stalk, and drank three or four times a
day, is a certain remedy, though not
equally agreeable.
"Youths Column.
A Fraomext fob thu Torso. Are
there any among you, my young friends.
wbo desire to preserve health and cheer
fulness through life, and at length to
reach a good old age ? If so, listen to
what I am about to tell yon.
A considerable time ago, I read in one
of the newspapers of the day that a
man bad died near Londou at the
advanced age of 110 years : that he had
never been ill. and that he had main
tained throngh life a cheerful, happy
temperament I wrote immediately to
Loudon, begging to know if, in the old
man a treatment of himself, there had
been ny peculiarity which had ren
dered his life so lengthened and so
happy, and the answer I received was
follows :
"He was uniformly kind and obliging
to every one ; he quarreled with no
one : be ate and drank mere! that be
might not suffer from hunger or thirst ;
and never beyond what necessity re
quired. From his earliest youth be
never allowed himself to be unemployed.
These were the only means he used."
I took a note of this in a little book
where I generally write all that I am
anxious to remember, and very soon
afterwards I observed in another paper
that a woman had died near Stockholm
at 115 years of age, that she never was
ill, and was always of a contented,
happy disposition. I immediately wrote
to Stockholm to learn what means this
old woman bad used for preserving her
healtb, and now read the answer :
she was alwavs a preat lover of
cleanliness, and iu tbe daily habit of
washing her face, feet and bands in
cold water, and as often as opportunity
offered, she bathed in tbe same ; she
never ate or drank any delicacies or
sweetmeats ; seldom cotieo, seldom tea,
and never wine.
Of this likewise I took a note ia my
little book.
Some time after this again I read tbat
near St Petersburg a man had died
who had enjoyed good health till he was
1JU years old. Atram 1 took my pen
and wrote to St Petersburg, aud here
is the answej :
"He was an early riser, and never
slept beyond seven hours at a time ;
he never was idle ; he worked and em
ployed himself chiefly in the opeu air,
and particularly in his garden. Whether
he walked or sat in his chair, he never
permitted himself to sit awry, or in a
bent posture, but was always perfectly
straight The luxurious and effeminate
habits of citizens he held in great con
tempt" Aud having read all this in my little
book, I said to myself, "You will b a
foolish man indeed not to profit by the
example and experience of these old
people,"
I then wrote out all tbat I had been
able to discover about these bappy eld
people upon a large card, which I sus
pended over my writing-desk, so that I
might have it always before my eyes to
remind me what to do, and from what I
should refrain. Every morning and
even;ng I read over the contents of my
card, aud oblige myself to conform to
its rules.
Aud now, my dear young readers, I
can assure yon, ou the word of an hon
est man, that I am much happier and in
better health than I used to be. For
merly I had headache nearly every day,
and now I suffer scarcely once in three
or fonr mouths. Before I began these
rules, I hardly dared venture ont in
rain or snow without catching cold. In
former times, a walk of half an hour's
length fatigued and exhausted me ; now
1 walk miles without weariness.
Imagine, then, the happiness I expe
rience ; for there few feelings so cheer
ing to the spirit as those of constant
good health and vigor. Bnt, alas !
there ia something in which I cannot
imitate these old people, and that is,
that I have not been accustomed to all
this from my youth.
Oh that i were young again, that I
might imitate them in all things, tbst I
might be happy and long-lived as they
were 1
Little children who read this, you are
the fortunate ones who are able to adopt
in perfection this kind of life ! What,
then, prevents yoa living henceforward
as healthily and happily as tbe old
woman of Stockholm, or as lon and a,
usefully as the old men of Loudoa and
SU Petersburg.
Thk Cbiseso make candles ont of
trees. On wbat is called tbe tallow
tree, or jwing in China, are little berries
yielding a fatty sub-dance mnch like
taliow. With this tbey put tbe wx
which comes from the berries growing
on still another tree in great clusters
like grapes, and make beautiful cat-
dies, which are sent into ail parts of the
world.
Another variety of wax comes to us
from China and is the product of a little
white winged insect which deposits it
on tbe bark and branches of trees. The
natives scrape off this coating, which
looks like frost, melt and strain it, and
send it to us in America for various
uses ; to the French for polishing the
bare h" xrs so common ia French house
holds, and to all Citholio countries in
great abundance, for the many candles
used in their churches and cathedrals.
Little Corporal.
How Dm Us Tell Him In Charles
ton, recently, a large dog gave cha-e
to a poor little "black and tau" whose
hind leg had been injured, but, failing
to overtake bim, turned about, and
trotted back. In a abort time the small
dog returned, followed by a large New
foundland, who. upon reaching the
corner, "seemed to be looking for some
thing," when the little dog gave "vo or
three sharp barks, as much as to say,
"That's the dog," at tne same time in
dicating by his actions the large black
dog, wbo was then at some distance.
Whereupon the little dog's all imme
diately attacked and severely punished
tbe aggressor. After this Utile affair
tho small dog and his friend went down
the street apparently much pleased.
How did the small dog tell the big one?
If buds must be buds just so long in
order to make fit leaves and flowers and
fruit, so our tender buds, the children,
in order to make strong men and women,
ought too stay children just so long,
and not "come out" before their proper
time. There is no advantage in trying
to be men and women too toon. It spoils
them for being true men and women at
alL We should not push children into
studies, duties, feeling, or enjoyments
beyond their years. They must grow
to them. That is God's way.
Chabaok.
Without my 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 1 am an animal.
Without my 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 1 am a boy 'a
nick-name.
Without my 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1 am a tree.
Without my 1, 3, 4, 7. 1 am the end.
Without my 1, 6, 7, 8, 1 am a cripple.
My whole ia the name of a vine.
Answer : Clematis,
varieties.
Spirit of the press A glasa of cider.
Trout have been grown near Atlanta,
Ga., twelve inches long.
Tbe new style of note paper called
"celestial" ia appropriate for writing
sermons on.
Time cuts down all. both great and
smalL How about the provision and
grocery bills?
God hath promised pardon to Him
that repenteth, but he has not promised
repentance to bim that ainneth.
A minister walked six miles to marry
a eouple lately. He said he felt a sort
of fee-bill like, Tbe groom saw it
It takes twenty-five cents worth of
ice to keep ten cents worth or beef from
spoiling until dinner time in Texar.
The Italians have a proverb tbat "He
who takes an eel by the tail or a woman
by the tongue is sure to come off empty,
handed.
The Missouri papers say that hemp
crops in tbat State being no longer pro
fitable, the farmers are turning their
attention to j ate.
There is no policy like politeness, and
a good manner ia the best thing in the
world either to get a good name or to
supply the want of it
Tbe gross receipts from British rail
ways have increased from SUO.000.000
in lSo8toS-256.000,000inl372, having
mora than doubled ia 14 years.
A St Paul woman who used to keep
tiree girls, now does ber own work
cheerfully. She found her husband
throwing kisses at tbem.
An obitnary notice of a much res
pected Louisville lady concludes with,
"in tier life she was a pattern worthy to
be followed, and her, oh I bow consoling
to htr friends.
One of the most eminent public men
of the State of New York, in declining
high position, declared that he was
too much interested and too busy ia
growing potatoes.
A St. Johnsville man, on L's dying
bed, remembered that his wife waa
smoking some hams, and he said, "Now
Henrietta, don't go snuffling around and
forget those hams.
Trinity Church, which was founded
in New York in 1696. The first edifice
was destroyed by the great fire of 1776.
The present structure was seven years
in building, and was completed in 1846.
A gentleman remarked to a friend the
other day that it would be pretty hard
to tell his wife everything tbat happens.
"That is nothing," said the friend. "I
tell my wife lota of things that never
happen at alL"
To wish that others should learn by
onr experience is sometimes as idle
as to think that we can eat and they
be filled ; but when we find that we have
ate poison, it is doubtless mercy to
warn them against tho dish.
Dr. Newman Hal! is eloquent on the
dignity of labor that everybody believes
in for other people, and sentimental on
tbe doctrine ot prayer that so many
people are sceptical about He thinka
it belongs to the order of things, and is
as mnch a condition of grace as eating
is of nutrition.
An ambitious young lady was talking
very loudly about her favorite authors,
when a literary chap asked her if she
liked Lamb. With a look of ineffable
disgust she answered that she cared
very little about what she ate, compared
with knowledge.
A discovery which evidently admits
of wider application has been made
recent'y. It has been found that a
small quantity of lime in the bilge-water
wholly prevents tbe corrosion oi the
iron plates of ships. Tbe lime neutral
izes the acid of the water.
A papyrus manuscript found in an
Egyptian tomb has lately been trans
lated by a scholar of Heidelberg, who
pronounces it to be the address of Ram
ses III. to all the nations of tbe earth.
detailing minutely all the causes which
led to the exodus of tbe Jews from the
land of Pharaohs.
The sardine fisheries in France at
prerent employ 20,000 sailors and some
la.lrH) men, women and children on
land to prepare the fish for market It
seems that the catch is now diminishing
every year, and tbe almost complete
failure of the hsh may be anticipated
at no remote period.
We commend to the consideration of
ministers who are given to preaching
long sermons the anecdote of the little
boy who kept awake in church as long
as he could, bnt finally want to sleep.
bad bis nap, waked op to had tbe min
ister still preaching, and innocently
whispered: "Mother, is it this Sunday
night or ia it next Sunday night?"
Don't forget to take off your hat when
yoa enter the house. Gentlemen never
keep their bats on in the presence of
ladies, aud if yoa always take yours off
when mamma and the girls are by, yoa
will not forget yourself or be mortified
when a guest or stranger happens to be
in tbe parlor. Habit is stronger than
anything el.-e, and yoa will always find
that the easiest way to make sure of
doing right on all occasion is to get in
the habit of doing right Good manners
cannot be put on at a moment'a warn
ing.
A strange death is reported to have
ocunrred in Iudia recently. A native,
while citchi'ig fish in a tank pnt the
head of one iu bis month and bit it aa
the fish was rather troublesome in the
matter of wriggling. Suddenly one of
tbe sharp points ia the back fin stock
ia his band ; be opened his mouth to
call for help, and the fish, giving a
quick plunge, jumped down bis throat
and there firmly stack. It was only
taken out d by small pieces, after he
had been carried to the hospital. He
was so exhausted that he died as soon
as it was removed.
Ihe Republic of Chili has, through
its representatives, formally notified
oar government that an international
exposition will be held at S-tntiago, to
open in September 16, 1S75. Some
valuable genera! concessions are to be
made to exhibitors at the exposition.
There will be a reduction of fifty per
cent in the price of freight from Valpa
raiso to Santiago and on lines belonging
to the government Articles, excepting
such aa relate to dress fabrics, furniture,
housedecoration, jewelry, glass, earthen
ware, and similar products of manafae
tnrs, together with those of mining
industry, will be admitted free of duty.
Those excepted will not be charged in
ease they are reshipped. Forty dollars
will be allowed for tbe payment ot tbe
passage of any special workman or me
chanic in charge of, conducting, or
directing exhibited machines or indus
tries, such workmen to be duly accre
dited with passports certified by the
Chilian Consul at the port of their em
barkation, A redaction is also to be
made on the freight of goods on the
way to tbe exhibition from the different
lines of steamers running to Valparaiso,
tbe amount of which will be made
known shortly.