Mi u V m 1 i :i'lJ to ! J 1 J i I Editor and Proprietor. B. F. SCHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THB UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. "- I . w ' V VOL. XXVIII. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., JULY 1, 1S74. NO. 2(5. Irpstteii. Poetry. THE ORItilX or DlirLEH. Mr nuarhief-loving maiden. Belle ! Kit here mid listen while I tell Awhile yonr saur-y tongne to tame A pretty tale without a name. Save this, of ' bow the dimplea came." A merry girl, the tory gora. With eyes of violet, cheekii of rone, (hie day with feet that noiuelexH eteped Behind her lover, tiptoe crept ; And peeped with many a bow and bend. While he, all unHunpertiug penned A timorous sonnet to the maid. Which donbt'd. hop'd. dexjiau-'d and pray'd. She peep'd, and read, too pleaxed by half. And amiled, and smiled, bnt dornt not laugh ; And so a strange event occurred ; It happened thus ao I have heard. The dainty mouth, too Htna.ll, I doubt, To i t too much of amiliug out. Became a prison moxt secure. And held the loving lepiona sure. Wearied, at length of durance vile. Impatient grew each captive smile ; Still, fain some outlets uew to seek. They wreathed and coiled in either cheek. Still at the ruby portals fast Vainly sought exit : at the last. Grown desperate, so the story closes. Cleft a new passage through the nisea. Love's kisses healed the tender harm, Aud gave the womtd its dearest charm ; Since not unthankful. Beauty keeps Her cheeks less sat-red thau her lips. And while they smile their prudent "No," So fair the deeeiriiig dimples show. That Iove, reminded of bis claim. May take the guerdon without blame ; And this is bow the dimples came. IXi. Without you. without you, my darling! Without you ! what more can I say. To show you how Iom-Iy my heart is. Whenever your heart is away ? I wait and I wab-h for you, dearest. With never a doulit or a fear. But that some to-morrow will bring you. Some day of all days in the year. How many to-morrows there have been ! How many to-morrows may be ! The longest but brings me the nearer. That day of all others to me. And often. I fancy I bear you. Tour baud on the latch of the d.ior. Tour voice in the halL and your footsteps Closer closer beside me once more. With glad eyes half shut, now I see you. A strong, and as brave, and as true; And eyes I know, even in darkness. Belong to no other tliau you. I know that, at last, it is over The wearyiug trouble and care: And courage and comfort come back, with The tom h of your baud on my hair. 3IiiM-ilnii'a Why I'oor People Are loor. What make poor people poor ? Such a question wonld natnrally be first an swered by a decisive laugh. How ab surd ' one class exclaims1 By following the scriptural precept, and taking no thonght for the morrow, iHly asserts the sceptic Banse th -re are too many too conscientious to disavow the claims of others connected with them by family or friendly ties, puts forth the self-righteous. Idleness and crime, declare the industrious and prosperous. Now, each or all of these reasons may. no doubt claim some consideration as means productive of poverty, bnt the simple and primary cause is, after all, more plainly and better stated in the latter part of the maxim which Micaw ler gives to his yonng friend David Copperfield, on the occasion of the farmer's engagement in the service of Uriah Heep. Said that philosophic worthy,"Annnal income twenty pounds, annna'l expenditure nineteen, six; re snlt. happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annnal expenditures, twenty pounds, ought and six; result, misery." This is the root of the whole matter poor people are always a little be-hiud-hand; otherwise they wonld soon cease to be poor, for prosperity begins with one penny laid by. Emerson says it originates in a tin roof, that keeps the wind and rain out; in a good pump that vields von plenty of sweet water; in two snits of clothes; in dry sticks to burn; in double-wick lamp; and three meals, &e. Now. the anestion arises, why do people live beyond their means ? Is it dishonesty or carelessness, or ignor ance ? We should say almost entirely from the latter cause. They do not think. They will not set themselves alHiut solving the problem of living. For the question rapidly resolves itself into an arithmetical one.wnicn involves the elementary principles of addition. subtraction, multiplication and divi- n.,n nimnlv. How many for instance, at the beginning of the year, calculate their receipts for the ensuing twelve months, and then limit their necessary expenses to a sum below it, leaving a margin for the contingencies of illness, accident or death ? Few indeed. The reckoning more frequently occurs at the end of the year, when the expendi tures are found u represent the larger figures. But oftener yet this casting up of accounts does not occur at all,and a knowledge of the debt side of the ledger is obtained rather from the fre quently pressed claims than from any inclination on the part of their contrac tors to discharge their obligations. This latter invulnerability to just de mands is bnt the moral effect of invari ably being in arrears. Constant anxiety about the ways and means ere long sinks to indifference, which in time, gives place to a determination to shirk, as far as possible, all financial responsi bility. Again, we affirm that the chief means of keeping poor people, does not lie in the fact that they receive small wages, bnt they do not know how to lay out these small wages judiciously. Do t.bev not always bny in small quanti ties navinc thereby several profits ? Do they not, too, buy poor or adulterated malitie8. the former of which is dear at any price, and the latter capable of being accomplished by themselves at less cost? Do they not purchase coal the on arte r ton. and pay as much. and often more for its carting than for a greater supply ? Do they not have to pay their rent in advance because they have no property so buow h ""-"""j that thov will not vanish in the night without settling these lawful dues? And do they not make one suit of clothes and one pair of boots do only one-half their rightful service, because when mending time comes there are no others to take their places, and hence they are doomed to prematnre decs v. It is surely jnst such management in all ont.lsvs of money as these that tend to keep down the impecunious. If they would emerge from their poverty, they must turn over a new leaf and study the elements of economic success. Its secret will not be found to exist in the amount of poases8ion,but, as previously stated "in the relation of income to wnirn was the coward. "Will yon bear that, Edward?" The young man to whom this was addressed stood facing another person about his own age, on whose flashed countenance was an expression of angry defiance. The name of the per son was Logan. A third party, also yonng man, had anted the question. jnst given, in a tone of surprise and regret. 'Before there was time for response, Logan said sharply, and in voice of stinging contempt ion are a poor, mean coward, Edward Wilson ! I repeat the words ; and if there is a particle of manhood about yon " Liogan paused for an instant, bat quickly added : "You will resent the insult." Why did he pause? His words had aroused a feeling in the breast of Wilson that instantly betrayed itself in uis eyes. The word "coward," in that instant of time, would have more fittingly applied to James Logan. But, as quickly as the flash leaves the cloud. so quickly faded the indignant light from the eyes of Edward Wilson. What a fierce struggle agitated him for the moment I "We have been fast friends, James, said Wilson, calmly. "But if this were not so I will not strike you. "You 're afraid." "I will not deny it. I have always been afraid to do wrong, "Pah I Can't and hypocrisy !" said the other contemptuously. - "You know me better than that. James Logan ; and I am sorry that, in your resentment of an imagined wrong, you should so far forget what is jnst to my character as to charge upon me such mean vices. I reject the implied alle gation as false. I here was an honest indignation in the manner of Wilson, that he did not attempt to repress. "Do you call me a liar ?" exclaimed Logan, in uncontrollable passion, drawing back his hand, and making i motion as if he were about to slap the other in the face. The eyes of Wilson quailed not, nor was the smallest quiver of a muscle perceptible. From some cause the course of Logan was not executed. Instead of giving a blow, he assailed his antagonist with words of deeper insult, seeting thus to provoke an as sault. But Wilson was not to be driven from the citadel in which he had en trenched himself. If I am a coward, well," he said. " wonld rather be a coward, than lay my hand in violence on him whom I once called friend." At this moment light girlish laughter and the nug of merry voices reached the ears of our excited yonng men, and their relation of antagonism at once chanced. Logan walked away in the direction from which the voices came, while the other two remained where they had been standing. Why didn't yon knock him down ! said the companion of Wilson. I he latter, whose face was very soler and very pale, shook his head slowly, lie made no other response. "I believe von are a coward !" ex claimed the other, impatiently ; and turning off. he went in the directum taken by Logan. The moment Wilson was alone, he seated himself on the ground, concealed from the party, whose voices had in terrupted them by a large rock, and covering his face with his hands, sat motionless for several minutes. How much he suffered in that little space of time we will not attempt to describe. The struggle with his indignant im pulses had been very severe. He was no coward in heart. What was right and humane he was ever ready to do. even at the risk to himself of lioth phy sical and mental snffenng. Clearly conscions was he of this, let the con scionsness did not and could not protect his feelings from the uninst and sting ing charge of cowardice so angrily brought against him. In spite of Lis better reason he felt humiliated ; and there were moments when he half re gretted the forlearance that saved the insolent Logan from punishment. They were but moments of weakness ; in the strength of a manly character he was quickly himself again. The occasion of this misnnderstaud ing is briefly told. Wilsou made one of a little pleasure party for a neighboring village, that was speuding an alternoon in a shady retreat on tue banks ol mill stream. Three or four yonng men aud a half a dozen maidens ; and, as it happens on such occasions, rivalries were excited among the former. These should only have added niiinancy Ui the merry intercourse of all parties, and would have done so, Dart not tue impa tient temjierament of Logan earned him beyond good feeling and a generous deportment towards others. Without due reflection, yet in no sarcastic spirit, Edward Wilson made a remark on some act of Logan that irritated him exceed-in&J- . . , An angry spot Durneu msiauuy ou his cheek, and he replied with words of cutting insult : so cutting that all present expected nothing less man a blow from Wilson as his answer to the remark. And to deal a blow was his first imDulse : and it required more courage to do this than to have stricken the insolent young man to the gronnd. A moment or two Wilson sirnggiea with himself, and then turned off and marched slowly away. His flashed and then paling face, his quivering bps and unsteady eyes, left on the minds of all who witnessed the scene an impression somewhat unfavor able. Partaking of the indignant ex citement of the moment, many of those present looked for the instant pnnisb ment for his unjustifiable insult. When therefore, they saw Wilson turn away without even a defiant answer; and heard the low, sneeringly uttered word "Coward !" from the bps of Logan, they felt that there was a craven spirit about the yonng man. A coward we instinctively despise ; and yet, how slow we are to elevate that higher moral courage which enables man to brave unjust judgment, rather than to do what he thinks to be wrong, above the mere instinct which in the moment of excitement, forgets all physical couse- quences. As Edward Wilson walked away from his compaaions he felt that he was re frarded as a coward. This was for him a bitter trial, and the more so, because there was one in that little group of startled maidens for whose generous regard he wonld have sacrificed all but t.nn It was, perhaps, half an hour after this unpleasant occurrence, that Logan, whose heart burned with an unforgiving spirit, encountered Wilson nnaer cir--t.7 tlint left free to repeat his insulting language, withont disturbing the rest of the party, who were amusing themselves at some distance, and be yond the range of observation, ne aid not succeed in obtaining a personal encounter, as he had desired. Edward Wilson had been for some time alone with his unhappy thoughts, when he was aroused by sudden cries of alarm, the tone of which told his heart too plainly that some imminent danger impended. Springing to his feet he ran in the direction of the cries, and quickly saw the cause of excite ment. Keren t heavy rains bad swollen the mountain stream, the hurled waters of which were sweeping down with great velocity. Two yonng girls who had been amusing themselves at some distance above in boat that was at tached to the shore by a long rope, had, through some accident, got the fastening loose, and were now gliding down, far out m the current, with fear fully increased speed, toward the breast of a milldam some hundreds of yards below, from which the water was thun dering down a bight of over twenty feet, Pale with terror, the poor young creatures were stretching out their hands toward their companions on the shore, and uttering heart rending cries for succor. Instant action was necessary or all would be lost. The position of the young girls had been some distance above, and there Happening to De an other boat on the mill-dam and that nigh at hand, Logan and two other young men had loosened it from the shore. But. the danger of being car ried over the dam, should any one ven ture out in this boat, seemed so in evitable, that none of them dared to encounter hazard. Now screaming and wringing their hands, and now urging these men to try and save their com panions, stood the young maidens of the party on the shore, when Wilson dashed through them, and springing into the boat cried out "Quick, Logan ! Take an oar, or all is lost." Bnt, instead of this, Logan stepped back a pace or two from the boat, while his face grew pale with fear. Not an instant more was wasted. At a glance llson saw that if the girls were saved it must be by the strength of his own arm. Bravely he pushed from the shore, and with giant strength born of the moment and for the occasion from his high unselfish purpose, he dashed the boat out into the current, and. bending to the oars, took a direction at an angle with the other boat, toward the point where the water was sweeping over the dam. At every stroke tne light skiff sprung forward a dozen feet, and scarcely half a minute elapsed ere Wilson was beside the other boat. Both were now within twenty yards of the fall, and the water bearing them down with a velocity that a strong rower, with every advantage on his side, could scarcely have coutended against successfully, lo transfer the frightened girls from one boat to the other, in the few moments of time left ere the down-sweeping current would bear their frail vessel to the edge of the dam, and still to retain an advantage was for v llson impossible, lo let his own boat go and manage theirs he saw to be equally impossible. A cry of derpair reached the young mans ears as the oars dropped from - . . . his grasp into the water. It . 1 1 was en- dent to the spectators f -ri fearful scene that he had lost his presence of mind, and that now all was over. . . . so, however. In the next instant he had sprung into the water, which near the breast of the dam, was not more than two feet deep. As he did so he grasped the other boat, and bracing himself firmly against the rnshing cur rent, held it oised a few yards from the point where the foam-crested waters leaped into the whirlool below. At the same instant his own boat shot like an arrow over the dam. He had gained, however, bnt a small advantage. It required his utmost strength to keep the boat he had grasped from dragging him down the fall. The quickly formed purpose of Wil son, in thus springing into the water, had been to drag the boat against the enrreut. If be were to let the boat go he could easily save himself. Bat not once did such a thought enter his own heart. "Lie down close to the bottom," he said, in a quick coarse voice. The terror-stricken girls obeyed the injunction instantly. And now, with a coolness that was wonderful nnder all circumstances, Wilson moved the boat several yards tway from the nearest shore, until he reached the point where he knew the water Ik low the dam to be more ex panded and fr-e from rocks. Then throw ing his body suddenly against the Isiat, and running along until he was within a few feet of the dam, he sprang itito it and passed over with it. A moment or two the light vessel, as it nhot out into the air stood poised, and then went plunging down. - The fearful plunge was made in safety. The bout struck the seething waters bolow and glanced out from the whirlpool, bearing its live freight un iujnred. "Which was the coward?" "The words reached the ears of Logan, as he gathered with the rest of tne company around Wilson, and the pale, trembling girls he bad so heroically saved. 1 air lips asked the question. One maiden had spoken to the another, and in a louder voice than was intended. Not Edward Wilson." said Logan, as he stepped forward and grasped the band he had so wronged and insulted. N ot Edward Wilson ! lie is the noblest and the bravest !" Wilson made an effort to reply. But he was for some moments too much excited and exhausted to speak. At last he said, I only did what was right. May l ever have courage lor mat wtuie x live." Afterward he remarked, when alone with Logan. "It required a far greater exercise of courage to forbear when yon provoked and insulted me in the presence of those who expected retaliation, than it did to risk my life at the milldam. There is a moral heroism that few can appreciate. And it will usually be found that the morally brave man is the quickest to lose the sense of personal danger when others are in peril. Flax. Flax has been grown in India chiefly for its seed for some years, but of late the Bengal government has endeavored to encourage its production as a fibre. Ireland is the great country for flax spinning, and raises a good portion of the fibre used, but Russia has more acres nnder flax than all the rest of the world. The total area or all countries is 3,000,000 acres, of which Russia has 1,000,000, Ireland 129,432, and the United States 61,204 acres. Prussia, Austria, and France are the greatest flax-raisers, with the exception of Rus sia. The number of spindles in Ireland is 909,490; in France, C20.000 ; bnt in Russia, the greatest producer, only 130,000. Great Britain and Ireland have 1,496,343 spindles, or nearly one half of all in the world, A Tea Plantation. On the following morning I visited the plantation in company with my host, who, speedily engaged in attending to his business, left me for a while to walk abont, thus giving me an oppor tunity, while I sauntered about, to en joy the cool morning air, and watch the coolies picking tne leaves lor manuiac tnre. The plantation was very extensive, many acres of ground being planted with healthy looking trees in uniform rows, about three or four feet apart somewhat resembling neatly-trimmed box-trees, every tree being carefully clipped, and perfectly flat on top, which imparted a unique regularity to the plantation. There are three kinds of tea-plant grown in Assam: the indigenous, the Chinese, ond the hybrid species. The first grows well, and is a small, bushy plant, cultivated to about eighteen inches in height, with a very thick fo liage of small leaves. The second is a taller and stronger-looking plant, about three feet in height, with a larger leaf, which, when manufactured, yields a dark, strong flavored brow. The third, or hybrid plant, is cultivated to a height of two feet, or thereabouts; is a very hardy plant, much in favor among the planters. The cultivation of tea requires great attention; constant hoeing is necessary to keep the plants free from weeds du ring the gathering season, for at that time of the year, from May ' to Septem ber, the constant rains saturate the earth, which, acted npon by the great heat of the sun, produces vegetation in a marvelous manner. Constant and judicious clipping is also of great im portance, so as to produce an abun dance of yonng, tender shoots, the leaves from which are those used in the manufacture of the best tea. During the making season the work people mnst be constantly on the alert, for a night's rain, with an hour or two of sunshine in the morning, is suffi cient to cause the young shoots to open out their leaves, which must be gath ered at once, twenty-four hours often being sufficient to impart a crispness to the leaf, which renders it useless for manufacture. Under these circum stances, it is easy to conceive how much the rjlanters have to depend on the honesty and willingness of their labor ers, who can, at any time, by refusing to tum out, inflict severe loss upon their employer: and yet one hears, from time to time, of strong laws being . DTj 8na tj,e cracking of the trees from passed to protect the cooly from the j tue effects of the cold sounded like a planter, as though the latter were not skirmish in the distance. The fright entirely in the hands of the coolies. erje)j ii0rses stopped and refused to ad An illustration of this, which occurred j Taneef ajjj jn wuut directum or how to during my visit, may show that this , go on wa8 tue qnestion. assertion is not too strong. A neigh-, ,- i;i i r..iw Hiring piauier uhuio m uuc uimiuis his way to the court at Debrnghur, whither he was bound, to procure war- . . i i : .. f . ranis lor tue it LiZV- KoC'J .co.-v had a tight among inemse.ves, auu -c- ml e- cordingly refused to work that mo- . iva . uirtAnfl inM u m( Tnnnff v , - i. i 7C was a sen ready to - - , . I would. DV me next morning, u uo- ... . i J . "0? i i rivr ao aw A. I nnnunmpni lit. iimi ur f r X .Z" .-u .u Ii.i l,., replied mat. k puu.su u himself several thound n!p 3 one day's iZ wXter Com It tu plain i .;n miniinnmnt thn uuiti, i conld nick no tea. in toa. After spending some time in waiKmg about the plantation, I was shown through the Godowns, where a number of people were busy manufacturing the leaf into tea. A short description of the mode o f manufacturing it may, perhaps.iuterest some of my readers. Outside Jie tea-honse were large mats on which fresh gathered leaves were spread, and these leaves, as they became slightly withered and tongu, were carried into a room in the tea house, where they were carefully ex amined, and all large and coarse leaves taken out. After this they were handed rollthem gently, in large handsfuls, on I iLJS n neT werf bmised with- ont being broken. Under this process, which requires great skill and delicacy of manipulation both hands being nsed very swiftly, with a peculiar turn of the wrist, the leaves exude a juice, and assume that peculiar twisted or rolled appearance to be noticed in the article when ready for consumption. As each handful of tea showed by the twist in the leaf that it had been sufficiently rolled, it was slightly pressed into a ball. and laid aside to ferment for longer or shorter intervals, according to the strength of the tea required. This roll ing and fermenting process occupies, perhaps, a couple of days, more or less, after which the balls are carefully bro ken up and spread on mats or iron pans, which are then placed in the sun, or over slow ovens, to dry off, this drying process also requiring the greatest care lest the leaf should be overbaked. Afttr this drying procoss the tea is again carefully picked and sifted; all large, discolored leaves and foreign substances, are removed generally by women or girls, whose deft fingers work with great rapidity. In the sifting procees, all the dust and grit is got rid of, and the tea rendered fit for packing in the large, lead-lined boxes in which it is exported to Calcutta. Here again manipulated, probably not to its ad vantage, or that of the EngUsh con sumer, for whom it is repacked in the familiar tea-chests. "The Mlhmre Jill," by T. T. OKijyer, (Lowlon). Lie Dowai ad Rent. Dr. Hall savs. the best medicines in the world, more efficient than all the potations in the medica materia, are warmth, rest, cleanliness and pure air. Some persons make it a virtue to brave disease, "to keep up as long as they can move a foot or wiggle a linger, and it sometime succeeds ; but in others the powers of life are so completely ex- nanscoa dj ii ma mo bjbkui um all power to recuperate, and slow and typhoid fever sets in and carries the patient to a premature grave. When ever walking or work is an effort, a warm bed and a cool room are the very first indispensibles to a sure and speedy recovery. Instinct leads all birds and beastu to quietude and rest the very moment disease or wounds assail the systeio. Man With Family. A man in Maine has discovered the advar tage of a large family. He lias ivirn ehihlrpn and recently. when he made arrangements for moving from one school district to another, thus transferring his school tax. Ins old neigh!xre offered to pay him something to rtmain among them. His new neighixirs, however, offered to move his furniture, etc, free of expense, and so prevaled. New York Commercial: The last song of the sea The lay of the cable. A Trooper's Prayer. Soldiers rarely pray, but sometimes eircn instances combine to wring from them a short, earnest appeal. Old John Fox, of General John H. Morgan's bri gade, was a qneer old bachelor, and nothing was more to his taste than a quiet sojourn of a week or two in some one of the many pleasant monntain coves of old Virginia, far away from the humdrum of camp life and the crash and din of battle. He was not a soldier who shirked his duty, bnt his age which was about 42 and his serious habits unfitted him for the toils and vexations of a soldier's life. In the winter of 1SC4, while Morgan's brigade was encamped near Marion, Virginia, Fox and a companion named Burton, succeeded in getting furloughs for six days each. Both of them had soldiered for many months in Southwestern Vir ginia, and had formed many pleasant acquaintances, with whom they had spent many happy hours. To visit these friends and spend two or three days was the programme they had mapped out, and the morning of the next day found them on their way. The day was clear and exceeding cold, and a heavy snow lay upon the ground. The Allegheny mountains loomed np in their front and their intention was to cross them before dark. Bnt the con dition of the roads interfered with their progress, and it was sun-down when they reached the foot of the lofty range that sweeps southwardly from Saltville. To save time they chose a by-path used by the mountain eers of that region by which to cross instead of following the public road. Their route was perfectly plain for some distance, being np the bed of a little stream that issued from the caves and springs high upon the mountain. After several hours of hard climbing, which began to tell npon their horses. they emerged npon a broad bench of i about thirty of their accomplices were land covered by a forest of huge pine I seized. The following paragraph ap trees, among whose branches were j peared in the Jennrh of yesterday with sighing the chilling winds of that upper region. It was now dark as pitch, and the snow was falling in huge drifts, blinding both men and beasts. The poor, tired horses staggered on in the winding path, np the steep, until all traces of a path had disappeared. Urged on by their freezing riders, they soon emerged npon a bold projection, or peak, at the top of the range. All was dark and cold and cheerless. The howl ing winds seemed like breaths from the icebergs of Greenland, as they swept i in an instant he was on the ground in snow three feet deep feeling about with , limb he had broken from a tree to as- , certain whether they were near a preci- : Pice.. In many places in that locality , tn fil.iP9 : iie Allecrbnnies are formed . . wrwml:enIlir waIll4 of 8tone.8ome of .i.f '.i i i i ; hnii, 1 lit' 111 L II I IP UUlIUiri! 1 ' IU uc'Rin, ..... . . Leading his home, Uurton began leei- Hilt uis wit taimuHj w nu mo " i .. - , -. ; .!-: i, i, by j ! the snow.and death by freezing seemed . , i I to pe staring them in the face, lurton i ; to 8 them in the face Bllrton ( called npon Fox to dismount and assist , " fln,liU?f w?y ' ?.f .t1,,e,f V"? i' ' -..yr-j j-- . : nnt ilismonnt if he wonld. iiurton ral- r. ... .. , . . ! ; lied him on his being Irozen stilt, and , told him if he did not get off and assist j and ra t ht jessing what they him in finding the way down the monn-j Jo not iiteraUy understand that the tain, that they would both certainly traveu3r no ionger requires an inter lKsriwh. This nictnre added to the al-, , f and b tat i , , t fortn in a loud earnest prayer to tue Lord for guidance and deliverance from the death which seemed impending over him. Long and earnestly did he wrestle with the spirit, and many promises of future works and saenriees did he make to the Lord of the storm. I.nrton in the meantime worked on, awed into silence by I ox s heart-rending appals ior aivine assistance, i.iru "P".1 .ne.n" T., tZ ! blighting, blasts of the storm, the noise of the icicles dropping irom me tTroanintr inues. me duuiiuw nun ouw tnde of the place, brought a feeling of fear and dread. But knowing that the lives of both depended np ju his exer tions, he plunged forward through the snow that lay in drifts here aud there to the depth of six feet For an inter minable time he groped and searched alont and at last begun to descend the mountain by a route that he thonght practicable. He finally struck a little ravine, ami following it down ot-tween the rows of lanrel Miat bent above it nnder their burden of snow.ho joyously discovered that his progress downward was assured. Down the bed of the ravine they traveled on nntil a fence a sure harbinger of civilization lay athwart their way. Cheered by the sign of life he gave a yell, such as Mor gan's boys alone could give. They both paused to hear the echoes floating far down into the caves below, and as the last faint murmurs died away, their ears canght the sound of the bark of a dog away down in the gloom beneath them. Following the fence th reached in an hour or so, a small hut, situated in a little sequestered glen at the western foot of the mountains. They were saved. Food and shelter was theirs and the blissful rest that sleep affords to a tired soldier. Fox claimed that bis prayer was answered, and that to the goodness of God they owed their deliverance. Burton did not desire to weaken Fox's faith, and did not qnes tion his assertion, but he always enter tained the idea that his own untiring efforts fonnd the way and brought them j Mtiv through. i pon their return to Burton told the tale.and regularly ; at mghtfall the boys called on brother ; pox , prav jjt yox had forgotten i uj8 vows anj wag neyer known to pray again. The soldier who needed the ai.;,,!.! nf nmver in combating the ele- ments never thought of it when facing bullets. A Band of Kobber. The Levant JfTatrt pnblishes the following letter, dated Damascus, April 4: "The topic of greatest local interest is the seizure of the robbers who have for many years infested Da mascus. Their exploits nave aireauy attained some fame, and deserved no thing less; for, of late, few Damascenes dared to interfere with them. Their skill and daring had gained them great respect and some admiration, and I am assured by a respectable Moslem that 1 people having occasion to go down to i lower rooms of their houses dnnng the night generally shouted down the stairs before descending, 'Ladies are going down stairs; if there is anybody there let him retire.' My informant assured me that this appeal was never uttered in vain, as the men always politely re tired, taking with them only the things that came first to hand, rather than in commode the ladies. Last week, how- ever, these proceedings were rudely interrupted. The robbers were paying a visit to the house of a Christian in the Meedan, called Farah. They had gathered whatever they wanted into a box, and were removing it from the E remises, when a woman in Farah's ouse most unbecomingly screamed out, and some Drnze neighbors, with their accustomed chivalry, came to the assistance of the lady. At the threshold of the house they met the burglars.and conrageonsly attacked them, but even Drnze valor could not withstand the impetuous rush of the robbers. One Drnze, however, with bull-dog courage, seized one of the robbers and only re laxed his grtsp when the arm by which he held him was pistoled. This act of courage led to the discovery of the robber chief, his colleagues, and their E lander, and was rewarded with the andsome gift of two Russian dollars, equal to 40p. In the scuffle with Drnze the robber dropped a crowbar. On the following day the instrument was taken to the smiths of the city.one of whom declared that he had made it for Sheikh Husein El Faoury. Then there was a pauae for Sheikh Husein , is reputed to be of holy descent, and w , one olthe dervneswnom ourymi ae- lights tononor. ine uiei pi u Police, however, resolved wact on nis ; own the house louse of Sheikh with a large force. He found the house full of banners and other religious emblems. He found also an enormous amount of plunder. One great sepulchre, overlaid with green coverlets and turbans, and which the Sheikh declared to be the resting place of one of his ancestors, was found nothing but a heap of stolen property. The articles stolen from the Greek Catholic Cathedral were found mingled with property stolen five or six years ago. The Sheikh and his two sons were marched off to prison, ana soon reference to the prisoners ? 'It is hoped that they will not escape with a slight punishment, as has of late frequently been the case, by means which are not unknown. ' It would be a lasting scan dal if this man, the chief of a robber band of unparalleled ferocity, should escape punishment through the Gov ernor's partiality, or through his as sumed sanctity. Indeed, I am assured bv some of the best Moslems in Da mascus that Sheikh Husein is an impos tor, and that even were he all he as snmes to be he ought not to escape just punishment. The EngliMh Lansuage. Bayard Taylor, in one of his recent letters says that he has noticed one striking change in Egypt. This is the astonishing spread of the English lan gnage within the last twenty years ; re- j suiting both from the numbers ol tng-1 lish and American travelers wno visu i the East, and the use of the language by travelers of other nationalities. French, which until within the last few years was indispensable, has been slowly fading into tne DacKgronnu, ana ia . w Lm. aval fth a man l-.nirllftn v """T J . . i " ' in liome at being was a ac- (..,, ,1V ...; boot-black with, ..shme boots?" In Naples, co. photo! ZVl". nd "hell-fish knows at least tins IS nomine 10 won one mrew in . tu i.-i. h bright-witted boys learn j i.- :,, raniditv. i.KPfc iuo uiiKuw--"-' ? J??', ii ii t, ui m itjiiiui uui om na nvmnn .1 na A 11 a llfllUT T All ! the come,, anj the shopkeepers are famiiiarwith the words necessary for thpir bnsine8a anj prefer to use them, even after th that yon are : inteJwitnItaiian or Arbic. The , Blmplef nataral structure of the English , lftnnae nndoubtedly contributes also iu eitenion It jB ready the lead- ; lanimaira of the world. STJOken DV ing language of the world, spoken ' ninet7 milUoa P80?'6 (donble the nnm; . bef o tjM French.gpeaking races.) and M eltendil,g jta conquests year by year that its practical value is in advance of that of any other tongne. An Australian Funeral. A writer in the Melbourne Town and Count; gives the following interesting account of a funeral among the semi savage natives of Australia. The body was first carried away some half a mile and covered over with leaves and branches, being watched by the lubras. Then fires were lit on high mountains, and made to emit large volumes of smoke, bidding the members of the tribe within sight to haste to the spot; they again, as I understood, thus tele graphing to the others further away. By the following morning many had ar rived, and shortly after sunrise arose and continued a long time those native wails, to which I know of nothing to liken them, and which we could dis tinctly hear wails of strange quivering cadence of most melaneholy sound, borne npon the keen morning breeze Which, ch"iag bark from moaat aad hill, Kollta oa U wuut air hi til. With Urift of drath o'.r aim ran. By wild and autaogui toicw muug. Then commenced after a while the to ns most revolting ceremony per formed by these blacks, of each eating a morsel of the departed one. This is almost, you might say, a spe cies of religious superstition, they vir tually believing that with the swallowed portion all harrowing regrets at the loss which death has brought them are dis sipated: and if they do not eat thereof they will grieve to such an extent as to cause their death, or some dire calam ity. Indeed, this belief is so strong among the wild ones, that its non-fulfillment produces a species of consump tion, or wasting away, and the being becomes haggard and emaciated, even tually often in reality dying. Some days after they had buried the remains a mob came np from the far country, and the bones were exhumed, the late arrivals smelling the poor clay, and denartiig again in peace and tran quility. Contentment. "Be content with little." There are many good reasons for this rule. We deserve bnt little, and so better is little with the fear of God than great trea sures and troubles therewith. Two men were determined to be rich, but they set about it in different ways ; for the one strove to raise his means to his desire, while the other did his best to bring down his desires to his means. The result was, the one who coveted much was always repining, while he who de sired but little was always contended. A dear old Yankee lady being asked if she had ever had her ears pierced by the wail of distress, said she couldn't just exactly remember, bnt she believed it was done with shoemaker awl. Youths Column. Cftkaf Labor. "I only wonder," aid Phil, to Uncle Clarence, "that even an eastern king ever had money enough to build a pyramid. JnBt think of this statement of Heroditus I One hundred thousand men worked on the great pyramid, uninterruptedly, for twenty years ! How could one man afford to keep such a number of workmen ?" "It would cost something in om country, to carry on such a work, it is true. Let us make a rough estimate, at a dollar and a half a day which is a low price for a laboring man." Uncle Clarence and Phil each took up a scrap of paper and ciphered away silently for a few minutes. . "Over one billion of dollars for the men's wages," said Phil, "to say noth ing of the other great expenses." "Yet these poor Egyptian warkmen probably got nothing for their labor bnt the most meager supply of the coarsest food that would sustain life. They were worked by cruel task-masters, who wrung from them the greatest If overwork and underfeeding, 0Vnce ,wei)t them off b. b d -t j nQ 9nce A ' Mmr,. were immediately or- dered filf Men anJ haman life were so cheap in those days, that despots could perform any work on which their minds were bent. "The Pasha of Egypt once desired to make a canal from the Nile to Alexan dria. He sent out his commands, and swept np from the Delta, two hundred and fifty thousand men, women and children. They were commanded to dig the canal in one month. Their implements of labor were few, but there was only one month's provisions fur nished them, and death br starvation was their only outlook, if they failed to i accomplish their task. They must j work till the last man died at his post, unless the work was done. Ibe men worked with the energy of despair. The children carried away the earth in their tiny hands. Mothers laid down their suffering babes, to toil at the rough work. If they paused to quiet their cries, the scourge drew blood from their bared shoulders. The work was not done in time, and then the famine The graves of xwty'fiT. thou-! came. nd people were me on the line of, this canal which is only an atom of i . . space on your map. Do you wonder i that the pyramids could be built in I such a land ? "A little canal, of twenty -three miles, was wanted in China in nmeiyants. huds daily illustration. Old must be precious there, though life is so cheap. Only six weeks were given ' in which to dig it, though it went , lady interrogated by well meaning wait through great forests, and over exten- i ress. "Will she have some squash V sive marshes. Twenty theusand men Old lady irresponsive, bnt extends ear worked npon it night and day, and over ; trumpet toward waitress, who deposits seven tnonsand died 01 langue. ; -au meuj jw " ' V"" k-".u" . 7 . . 1 11 1 IUI b lid KIIICIU1UCUI UUUC1 1111 11 uc , . . r i lives, is hardly deserving of his bless- " noT preserved at borough - , ' p. ' - pi.;i y I House, of silver enriched with garnets. mgs. Do n t you say so Phil ? , which t Qe famou 1rnal " " ! sale for fifteen pounds sterling. It is Bexsik. One bright winter's morn- jointed, and moves on a hinge, elabo ing, two tiny fists went rub-a-dnb-dnb, i rately chased all over with raised work on Aunt Kate's kitchen door, and a j of St. George and the dragon, angels, voice cried : ' and the Prince of Wales' feathers. On "Ope de door ! ope de door, I say !" j the top of tke handle a figure kneels in "Who is there ?" asked Aunt Kate. ! prayer. "I 's Bennie, and I wants to turn in !" j A c for formed funerals has So aunty threw the door wide open, , in Ldo,,, to 8npply . and in came Bennie. want wuich naJ lon been felt by the "How do you do Benme? said uion of hearse and carriages of auutj, io ' "It's awful cold," wis Bennie's only I answer, ami he stared solemnly at hl8 , own chubby fingers, as he held them ; before the hre to warm them. , ,-nn,,HWa8 Tei7 y 8t'mr,K ; little fellow, and his tongue usually rattled and chattered away, from morn- ing till night ; but to-day he was very ' quiet, distressingly so, thonght aunty. "Why, Bennie !'"' said she, "yon are ! as grave as a deacon, and do n't talk a , bit. What is the matter?" "What's a deacum?" inquired he. "Never mind, now." replied aunty, "Bnt just tell me what troubles my little man." I "Oh, dear ! lots o' tubble. Dot ) sompin at our house." And he kicked . disconsolately at tne stove-neann. "Something new i iear me, wnai can it be 1 A new rocking-horse, per haps?" " T aint neiver ! It's a dirl baby, and he heaved a great sigh. He looked mournfully at old Towser, who was I 13 corsets, 2i pairs of shoes, and other trying to coax him into a frolic. goods in proportion. Unlike many "A doll baby, did yon say ?" cried fathers who have only one daughter, he aunty. "Surely you don't play with paid cash for all his purchases. Though dolls." ! an old man, ho has never bought a "Xo !" roared Bennie, in disgust, i bushel of corn or pound of meat, but "It's alive, and it yells and sleeps wiz raises them himself. He has never mamma all de time." 1 sworn an oath, and does not owe a dol- "Why, Bennie Ray ! and you come : 'ar here with such a solemn face, when you j Louisville man proposes to do have got a dear little baby-sister to away with the use of ice in his family play with, and to love with all yonr j this summer by the following progress: heart ?" He will gather his family abont him "I ta n't be mamma's baby anymore." ; daily and speak to them thus of a And two tears chased each other down Spitzbergen winter : "Stones crack his rosy cheeks, although he winked ! wjth the noise of thunder ; in a crowded hard to keep them back. j hut the breath of the ocenpant will fall "Xo," said aunty, taking him in her , in Hakes of snow ; wine and spirits turn arms, "But you can be mamma's little j to ice ; the snow burns Uk caustic ; if man ; won't that do as well ? Of course , iron touches the skin it brings the flesh it will," she added, as a faint smile J away with it ; the soles of yonr stock stole over the little discontented face. I inn may be burned off yonr feet before "And what a help yon will be, taking care of the wee little girl, all for mamma. Oh, a man can do wonders, bnt a baby can do nothing. Bennie remained quietly, meditating npon the subject, just five minutes by the clock, and then he said, decidedly, "I'll be a man I" And straightway be gan to wiggle and twist, to get into that overcoat. "Where are you going?" inquired Aunt Kate. "Going to take care of de baby." And he crushed the cap over flaxen curls and departed. his Thk pretty nee paper that looks so pnre and delicate, is made in China from the pith of a great tree ; not at all as we make paper from poplar wood, bnt by simply entting it into thin slices. And thousands of years before Moses was born the Egyptians made rperlperate forays. He lives to enjoy his from the great papyrus, or paper reed, ! by carefully peeling ont the thin layer between the bark and the fleshy stem, and pressing and drying the pieces into sheets. Many a story of ancient times i i i 1 nn u;- UBS uwu lliuuu wiiiwu via iuui ',p 1 , 1 . ; , and stored away among the linen wrap- j tared I at Reedy Inland, in the l'' pings of the Egyptian mummies, just as The Delaware County AV well preserved and as legible as if it that this spot is the had been written last year? gronnd of these birds, and that towards 1 nightfall they .congregate there by ' " : thousands. "When darkness over- Cork is the bark of an evergreen oak, j spreads the island the catchers enter that grows in the south of Europe and : among the low trees with bags and cap north of Africa, near the sea eoas. tnre any desired number, simply pluck- Removing the bark does not injnre the tree, and a new crop is produced every ten years. A whale, GO feet in length and 10 feet in diameter, was recently captured in the Raritan river, near Perth Amboy, X. J. The fish accidentally ran aground, and was shot bj a farmer. aneties. He who gives advice to a self -conceited man, stands himself in need of counsel from another. Think before yon speak, and think before whom you speak ; think why you speak, and think what you speak. Poverty, like other bullies, is formi dable only to those who show that they are afraid of it. One great difference between Byron and Burns in early youth was that the one was a Harrow boy and the other a plowboy. I hava often been told that the best way is to take a bull by the horns ; but I think in many instances I should pre fer the tail hold. The celebrated Cold Air Cave, at the Delaware Water Gtp, is one of the strangest places on the globe. On the hottest day a current of air as cold as ice issues from its mouth. One evening at a Paris cafe a group of idlers were discussing politics and people who change their opinions. "Well," said one, "I've never cried, 'Long live anybody !' " "Quite so," remarked another ; "but then you're a doctor." Dog thieves are very judicious and discriminating in their tastes; and know the value of canines they can raise the most money on. King Charles Spaniels, Spitz, Skye and Scotch terriers, all fancy breeds, are what they go for. They seldom try a mastiff or a bull dog, as there is danger of injury and detec tion. A negro girl at Brncetown, Ky., aged 9, has displayed an extraordinary reten tive memory. A man reading in ner presence for some length of time was astonished to hear her repeat, word for word, what he had said, 21 hours later. She has been proved capable of repeat ing 50 lines from a book after hearing them once read. A good wife is like a snail. Why Because she keeps in her own house. A good wife is not like a snail. Why? Because she does not carry her all on her back. A good wife is like a town flock. .Why ? Because she keeps good - yg - she doV"not " , J. , . o,.,a tz ast I, ri i that nil rhA tivn enn near toer- How much our home comforts are dependent upon the capacity of our ser- ady at a dinner party Old lady deaf and provided with ear trumpet Old squa.su therein and passes on. Tbm ;9 a fork of the 8ixteenth cen- Want construction and appropriate- w Ann war if It annk orm tvnl i4 1 lTrt TTtat) f S Q NUUultn Arrive the snr- K f deatn of tUeir uagtl aml re lsi featares, anil to assist in the inspiration of bright hopes and elevating thought of the future, Monntain Lake, Virginia, near the Green-brier Springs, is pure fresh water, abont a mile and half in circuit and three qnarters of a mite long, sunk iu the mountains at an elevation of 4,300 feet above the level of the sea, and is fed by no visible stream. It is withont fish, and though some were placed in it they have disappeared, Among its mysterious attractions is its unfathomable depth. A line 300 feet in lungth touched no bottom. There ig gentleman living on the Southwestern Kailroad near Columbus, Ga., who has thirteen daughters. He bnvs clothing for them by the whole sale. Thus, when last in Columbns, he ! bought 370 yards of calico, 100 of lawn. I y0n can feel the slightest warmth from the fire : linen taken ont of boiling water instantly stiffens to the consistency of a wooden board, and heated stones will not prevent the sheets of the bed from freezing." A bull-dog, who already bore about his muzzle some not inglorious scars, accompanied his master, who carried on his breast the Victoria Cross, to the Ashantee campaign. Having from his breed a natural turn for fighting, he , distinguished himself throughout the campaign. In one instance he rushed into the enemy's ranks, and singling ont one of his naked foes, so bit and worried him that he actually brought in his prisoner in triumph. He was such a favorite with the men that in a heavy engagement their fire was sus pended a few minntes to allow of his uninjured retreat Irom one oi nis ues- return and his honors, and is one of the greatest pets of Belgravia. In some portions of the country crows are substituted at .shooting matches for t Ditreons. The birds are principally cap- I iDg them from the limbs hke so much fiuit. The birds cannot fly in the dark ness, and even if shaken from their roosts, they cling to the first object which comes within reach. It is said that a man standing beneath a tree from which the birds are shaken, with out stretched arms, will soon fee covered with crows. i 4 outgo." Exchange. 2?
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