T : I! 1 M 14 o B. F. SCHWEIER, " " THE COXSTITCTIOS THE CSIOX AXD THE ESFORCEMEXT OF THE LAWS Editor and Proprietor. VQL1XXYI11 . MIEFLINTOWX. JUNIATA COUNTY, PEXNA., AUGUST 5, 1S74. NO. 31. Poetrv. A SWISS DAY IS SI MUCK. The following lines swmfd to be nvm.iVt. Will you please Insert tnein In rour columns? Tln-y came Into my bands mue forlv years since and were anonymous. I would be Kind if some one of your readers could Inform me of tlielr amnorslilp.-E. D. M.1 Tia Dawn; lovely Dawo! and the sky is all white. And the cattle in Tales 'on hill-sides are lowing, And the lake lies in Tapor, half morning, half night, And the breeze tlirongh the tops of the pine groves is blowing. the vineyards are shaking the dew from their leaves. And down urthe valley the Tillage roofs shine And the doves are all rustling their wings in the eaves. And the earth and the Heaven are cool, lovely, divine. "Tis Morning, rich Morning ! The yagers are out. And the rifles are ringing from Talley to hill; Hut the sun rises broad, and the horn and the shout Sink down, till we hear but the rush of the rill; And, far up the mountain, the roebuck's brown troop Are seen, with the nostril spread well to the wind, While the eagle above spreads Lis wings for a ewoop. And the yagers toil on through the forest be hind. 'Tis Noon, burning Noon ! and the far Tillage spire And the peaks of the mountain, are arrows of flame. The air is a fever, the sunbeam a fire. And the deer, like the hunter, are weary and tame; And the yazers by fountain and pine-tree are spread. Where the smoke of their meal curia up thro' the trees And the shepherd is slumbering in chalet and shed. And the fainting earth longs for the shower and the breeze. 'Tis Eve, balmy Eve ! and above the hushed world. Like a mother's red cheek o'er her soft sleeping child. On the east, with her pinion of crimson un furled The twilight is stooping, sweet, dewy, and mild; And the planet of Eve looks on mountain and lake. Like a sentinel spirit just glancing from hea ven : ih, thus may tee life and its trials forsake. And the hour of oar parting be calm as this even! From Vie Album at Die Inn at Zurich. IMi-s jeilany. The Orisin of Omnibuses. According to an article in Land and Water, omnibuses trace back as fur as 1GC2, in which year Lonis XIV. authorized a line of carrogHe a cinq tout for the special benefit of the middle classes. A company was forth with formed for working the new system, with the Duke de Boaues and other peers at its head, and in a short time seven omoibnsses started, each con structed to hold eight people. The terms of the concession to the company provided that they should run at fixed hoars, whether fall or empty, to and from different quarters of the city, for the benefit of the infirm and those en gaged in lawsuits, as well as for all who could not affjrd to hire a carriage. But before very long the new conveyances were diverted from their original pur pose, and became extremely fashiona ble. The Grand Monarque traveled in one to St Germain, and his example being followed by the aristocracy generally, the class for whose benefit they had been introduced were com pletely excluded. This fashionable whim appears, however, to have lasted only a short time, followed by the fail ure of the company, owing to the sub sequent refusal of the poorer classes to patronize the new vehicle. Nothing more was seen of omnibuses in the French Capital until 1827, when they were again introduced by a leading banker, who made a large fortune out of the speculation. It was not until two years after this date that they made their first appearance in London street?, when Mr. Shillibeer started two run ning between the Bank and the western extremity of the New road. These ponderous vehicles carried twenty-two passengers inside, the fare being one shilling for the entire distance. But in some respects they appear to have been greatly superior to the modern omnibus. The first conductors were sons of gen tlemen, which can scarcely be said of their successors, and the periodicals were provided gratis by the proprietors for passengers to read en route. Adulteration in Teas. Some interesting testimony has been taken by the committee of the English House of Commons to inquire into and suggest means to prevent the adultera tion of food. Mr. Beeves, who has been connected with the tea trade for half a century, said that gypsum and rrassian blue were used to color green tea. He had never heord of any irjury resulting from the coloring matter used. It was in his opinion as neces sary to mix tea to render it palatable to the consumers in England as it was to fertify wine with brandy. There was no such thing as a natural green tea. He believed that adulteration of tea in England was carried on only to a very small extent, for he thought the tea would not stand it. He did not know of any instances where iron filings were used for mixing, but a large quan tity of iron sand was made use of. His experience was that black tea coming from China was perfectly free from adulteration. Another witness said that tea did not grow in China as it was seen in England. The black was fer mented before it was roasted, and the green tea was not so highly roasted. The Americana gave preference to Japanese teas, which were nnoolored. Flowers. There is a refinement in flowers, in love of art and nature that follows the footsteps of their presence. He who ministers thereto fulfills s mission whose sermons are in the woodlands and the rocks, and its songs in breezes and the babbling brooks. Let no man sneer at the love of flowers and fronds, and tinge of leaf, which God has made and tinted, as too frivolous and femi nine to become the toughness of manly, athlete, mental fibre. He who derides them, knows not their meaning ; such tastes mark culture ana reiuicui., and diviner levels reached in the ascent of our race. From behind the flower that blooms and smiles in the wintry sunshine of some humble cottage win dow there looks a woman's soul, beyond the hard facts of life, toward that re finement and a higher tivilizstion Which comes with and follows that flower. HOW THE CVU WEST Ben had pulled lus boat up on shore, and swabbed it eut, so that his wife's new blue calico might not smell of fish when they reached Shark River. Then Dan came and took a turn at swabbing while his father went up to put on his Sunday clothes. Connoy set on the sand, watching him. "Take the crabs ont of the fo'castle Dan," she ordered. Dan went to the bow, and peeped into the little black hole. Conny waded out at once, and threw them into the water. "Do you think my mother's agoing on a journey with a lot of shedJers and busters ? she scolded on, while Dan sat down contentedly, splash into the waver ana puncnea an toes lazily into the mud. Conney always had her own way. Presently, Ben and Mrs. Van Dirt came down, ready to set off. The children did not heed their father's going, for he started to the Barnegat fishing banks every morning before three o,clock, and seldom was back until dark ; but it was a great event for their mother to leave home. Twice a year Ben took her down to Shark ltiver, to bny calico and sugar and shoes and such "trade." These voyages were each a crisis in the family history. The children hung about her, stroking her white cotton gloves and looking ad miringly at the pink rose in her bonnet. "Come, hurry in, Jane," called Ben. "We'll have considerable of a blow be fore we reach Shark's lliver." But Jane ran back once more to kiss Conny and hug Dan. She tried to say "God bless you, children !" but the words would not come. Only the min ister onght to say solemn things, she thought. "Mind and say your prayers, Couney,' she whispered, "and take good care of Dan and baby." "One would thing yon are agoing to be gone a year," grumbled Ben. "Good-by, you young vagabonds," nodding as he pushed the boat out be yond the first breaker. It was a warm, clear day. The "Gull" danced over the low, sparkling waves, light as a feather. Conny could see the blue line of paint below her taffrail, and even the rose in her mother's bonnet, until they were ont quite into deep sea water. "I tell you. Din 1" she said. "Let's not go to bed to-night. Let's have supper ready for tbem." Dan nodded. -'R.'ckon I'll histe a lantern to light 'em in." "To light "father in 1" No! He's b'n a-coming in here every night 6ince he was a boy." "Mother hasn't then. It was her I was going to liqht in. Anybody'd hev knowed that I Dan went on composedly picking up great blobs of broken jelly-fish from the sand. "Throw them horrid things away, Dan'l Van Dort !" for Conny wanted to air her new authority. "Yon stuff 'em in yer pockets till I can't abear your towsera in the house at night," cover ing her nose with her apron. Dan sniffed at them with an air of relish. "They won't shine until ye keep 'em awhile. I've got my light-house most 'built, an I want these for lanterns. Better come and hely, Con. Here's a big nn you msy put in," holding it out to her. Canny ptiused wishfully o minute ; then tossed ber head. "Light house, indeed ! I've got to keep house and mind baby. I've no time for play." Baby was easily taken care of through the day ; she lay playing with Dan in the sand, as he built his light-house, and only kicked her fat legs when any body spoke to her. Conny had plenty of time to make ready the eupper ; she had plenty of things with which to make it ready, too. Not half so much money came into Ben's cottage as into many of the wretched rooms where beggars live in towns, but there was al ways an abundance of meat, potatoes, and fish in the cellar, and a Sunday suit apiece for the whole family np stairs ; and the house it-elf, with its rag carpets and big wood fires, and painted wooden chairs, and colored prints (a hundred years old) on whitewashed walls of King George and Queen Caroline, and the Animals going into the Ark, was as bright and clean and shining as the white sand or blue sea without. When a person has such fish ing and sea and weather and beach to think of out-of-doors, he really his no time to care for sofas or clothes or those unnecessary things. Conny set the table, and made hot cakes and put the soft-crabs down ready to boil ; and then she rocked baby to sleep until morning; so that Conny could shut the door and run down on the beach to see the Oull" come in. The evening was damp and bold ; but the sky and sea were one blaze of fierce yellow light. She stopped to look at it. ."I never saw anything like that be fore Dan." "It's mighty curious." Dan grunted, as if he could say a great deal more if he chose, and if Bhe were not a girL Tae white caps ware all gone. The sea was coming in, in deep, dark swells, with a dull threatening roar. Conny saw all the fishing boats dutteriag into the little cave, although it was an hour before time. Men were running down the village to help the fishermen haul them upon the shore. They worked quickly, but, like sea-coast people with out a word, lowered the sails, un shipped the masts. , "Now we're all in," said Captain Job, the wrecking-master, as the last was pulled up. "Van Dort weren't at the Banks to-day." "But he's at Shark's River, with Jane," some one said. Nobody spoke ; the men looked at each other, then out to sea, and, glancing at Conny, drew apart, and whispered. . "Is the "Gall" in danger, sir ? She pulled Captain Job's sleeve. He did not look down at her. "Danger, nonsense! Ton ought to be in bed, child. Go to the house, and take Dan. Go at once, I teil you 1" Conny did not go. She saw s sail close reefed, out in the gray distance, like the flicker of a bird's wing. "There's father now I" she cried. At that moment there was a sharp crackling in the air. The yellow light was gone. The sea rushed in as if driven by terror. . "It's come, men ! It s come J cried Cap'n Job. . . - v.. ,1 fcnard of a wind-squall which, fifty years ago. had strewed the shore with wrecks. She clung to an old spar, in the sadden darkness and the storm of spray and sand that drove over her, cutting ner nanus auu "It. wind-squall ; but it can t hurt mother it can't hurt mother I She "when the darkness passed with the heavy cloud, she climbed up the little headland, and, sheltering her eyes with one hand looked steadily out to sea. The fishermen were near the cove, watching her, and whispering together. One of them went to the village and brought down two or three women. Nanty Hepburn who was a friend of Jane Van Dort 'a went up to Conny. "Come home with me, dear," Bhe said. "Don't look out yonder," putting her hand over the girl's eyes. "It's growing clearer, and the sea's ngly to look at after a storm, weeds and wrecks and dead things are washed ashore, and " Conny quietly put down her hand. "I must see the "Gall" came in. Mother's a board." Nanty looked at the men, perplexed. She wiped her eyes once or twice, and then put her hands on Conny's shoulders. "There was wind-sqaull like this once afore, Conny." "I know." "And and of all the ships within two miles of the bar, not one lived through it. Not the big ships, dear ! are you listening ?' Conny after a minute drew away. "I wish you would go to Dan, Nanty. He's crying yonder. I I can't speak to him now." She put her hand over her eyea again, looking though the slowly lifted weight of mist. Htr lips moved. Dan pulled her by the skirt, after awhile. "Come away, Conny," he sobbed. "They say the "Gull" has gone down, and they're afeared for yon to stay here." "I couldn't go down. God wouldn't let it. I've been prayin'." But her far-e was like death as she said it. The mist has lifted now. Under the pale twilight lay the vast angry sea the waves rising outof fathomless darkness. Conney canght Dan fiercely by the arm, and pointed outward. Her lips were too perched to speak. "The 'Gull 1 The Gull!" shouted the men. Only sea-bred eyes could see the far off boat which was dashed to and fro like a bubble. "Ther's no chance ther fur a good boat," said Cap'n Job ; but for that old water log Take them children away, Nanty. Don't let 'em see their own mammy go down." The wind beat the masts of the "Gull" level with the water, once again. Conny clinched Dan's hand in hers. Tray, Dan I Pray! and God can't let them drown !" A great wave lifted the "Gull" taunt ingly into slight, and then it was goje ! Only a black hnll was washed above the yellow foam for an instant, and sank never to rise again. Nanty ran to the child as she fell on the sand, and carried her to her own house, but at the door Conny opened her eyes and straggled to her feet. "I must go home. Mother told me to take care of Dan and the baby till she came back." Nanty sobbed out loud then. She had been very fond of Jane. '-Child, didn't you see the Gull go down ?" she said. Yes," said Conny ; "but I was a pray ing. Mother '11 come back." She ran along through the darkness to the cottage. Dan was crouched, cry ing, by the lire. She kne" . down beside him. God wonld't take them when we was prayin'," was all she could say. And there came then a great shout ing and cries without, and the door burst open and her mother was on the floor and hi.d them both in her arms, sobbing and laughing all at once ; and Ben was talking to the neighbors, with a queer quiver in his voice. "Gull' went down? Yes, of course she must hev. She sprung a leak an hour afore the squall struck her and I knew it was no use to try to bring her in, and Jane and I got aboard the steamer putting into the inlet, and come over afoot. I'm glad I didn't see the old boat agoiu' down." "It was good lack as drove you nigh the steamer, Dan," said Cop'n Job. Lnck orGod," said Ben, taking off his old hat "Hillo ! give us a kiss, yon young uns." stooping to hide his wet eyes. t'ninflamuiable Wood. The rail Mall Gazette reports the re sults of a trial at Devon port dock yard, England, of a method of rendering wood uninflammable by saturating it with tungstate of soda. The prepared wood is under all circumstances much less readily inflammable than the ordinary wood, and chips and shavings of it, although they may be made to burn, will not by themselves set fire to sub stantial timbers of the prepared wood. The cost of preparing the wood, and its largely increased weight, however, are against these advantages. The patentee desires a large sum from the British Admiralty for the right to use his patent, but his offer will not be accepted until further tests are made. Two small vessels are to be built, alike in all par ticulars, except that one will be bnilt of prepared and the other of ordinary wood. These will be filled with com bustibles and set on fire, and from this experiment a decision will be made on the value of the invention in retarding the burning of ships. The prepared wood can be burned by great heat, but steadily resists mere flame without great heat, In building operations (apart from its cost and increased weight) it could prove of little value ex cept in retarding the spread of a fire in its early stages, and even then, with combustibles of other kinds piled up near the woodwork, it would be exposed to the heat which it cannot resist. A Xervoa Lot. imArifHin inpn and women are ner vous, and naturally have nervous chil- M alAYiflnr nliTsinnA- and easilv uicu, v . b.wuw- r . i . excited into precocious intel'igence, ... . . , T . 3 which is considerea genius, answau of letting the little creature suck its fists and grow fat it is jumped, and danced and confused, and made to re peat like a parrot The English method of placing yonr children in the hands of experienced nurses and making them responsible is much better. A large, airy nursery at the top of the house ; a good, clean, wholesome Belgian, Swiss, or Swedish woman to take charge of it ; breakfast of oat-meal porridge and milk ; dinners of roast or boiled beef or mutton, and rice pudding, tea of bread and batter, milk and fruit, with no confectionery or "pieces" between meals, and no late visits or rides with mamma. In such a quiet uneventful atmosphere the baby grows and thrives best, the child is subject to less excite ment and with healthy and regular k.i,;t. lava ilia fanndation of an excel- IMUIW J " lent constitution, while the mother is not worn out by ita constant presence, or made nervous by being constantly v.. ..ut with oivicaT directions to I ignorant and inexperienced nurses. Jules Janin wrote anywhere and any how in cabs, in the cafe, or amid the hubbub of the greenrooms oi lueatres. A Chinese Dinner. In Han Francisco recently the pro prietors of the Su Yuen Toug Theatre, the new Chinese place of amusement, Iened ou Jackson street, celebrated the event by a banquet at Sen Ching's Choy Van Low restaurant, on the cor ner of Jackson street and Washington alley. A limited number of invitations had been sent out. The gentlemen who accepted and at five o'clock sat down to partake of a Chinese dinner were Judge M. C. Blake, of the Municipal Court; T. G. Cockrill, Chief of Police: John L. Durkee, Fire Marshal; I IJuint, C. Ben Darwin, Judjre II. L. Joachiuisen, W. D. Sawver. D. J. Mur- iihy, llenry J. Iiowe.G.K.osenbauin, B. i. Newman, Lewis Locke and a repre sentative of the press. Dr. Li-Po-Tai, Ah Yon, ex Inspector of the Sam Ynp Conipanv; Ho Man, of the firm ot Kum Wo; Ah Jarck, of the tii-a of Pee Tuck; and Ah Yung, agent for Dr. Li-Po-Tai, the owners of the theatre, welcomed the guests as they arrived, anil according to Chinese cus tom, invited each one to partake of a small cup ot tea.iu token of hospitality. The table was set according to the cus toms of this country, and before each plate was a tumbler containing a tine bouquet, and an abundance of cut flowers were strewn on the table, be tween the plate and dishes. As those present sat at the table,they were informed that they must eut of what was on the table to begin with so that they might hare an appetite for lor what was to follow. The appetizer consisted of plums, cherries, bananas. Tim Sam (sweet meats), Sang Quor (dried fruit ),Tong (Juor (candied fruit) and Mut Chin Ton tjuor (fruit pre served in syrup). These fruits having been done just ice to, the waiters gave each of the guests a small Imwl of Yin Wall (bird's nest soup). "This soup," said the doctor, "is very rich, and the bird's nests cost from forty to sixty dollars a pound in this city. In China birds pick np moss on the sea, take it to ditt's and build nests with it. Men ate let down from the top of the cliffs by means of roiies, and they gather the nests before the birdssoil them." After the soup came a dish of Bah Kop (pigeon stew). This was a stew made of pigeons chopped into small pieces and stewed with green onions and peas in the pod. With this dish the waiters placed on the table Sam Pin (chaiu pague), Cherry Win (sherry ),aud Muey tiny Lo, a powerful liquor extracted from rice and flavored with attar of roses. Next in order followed Chin Ho (fresh oysters fried in batter), aud Too Yuen Ciiee (shark's tins in batter). But few of the guests partook of the latter dish, which. Dr. Li-Po-Tai remarked, was "very delicate." "You have some!" said Ah Yung, the Doctor's agent, ad dressing the reporter. "Thank yon," replied lie. "I never eat fish." "Oh, me see," said Ah Yung, "me 'spose you Catholic to-day, Friday; no can eat fish. All right.'' The next dish served up was Moo Goo, a stew composed of bamboo sprouts, ham, Chinese water nuts and mushroom. About this time Chief Cockrill remarked that he could enjoy the dinner much better if he had a small piece of bread. The Doctor heard this, and lieekoning one of the waiters said, "Min Bow," and in a mo ment the Chief was furnished with a slice ot bread. During the remaiuder of the time the guests were at the table, the Chief was heard to say "Min Bow" fifteen times, and each time be was handed a piece of bread. The next dish offered was Cum Chin Gye, of which all partook heartily. This was made up of a slice of lean ham, a slice of chicken breast, and a slice of ham fat, cut iu the shape and size of a dol lar, put ou a brochettc and fried, Foo Yung Ap succeeded a dish consisting ot pieces of duck fried in batter aud stewed with mushrooms, green onions and peas in the pod. 'I lien came a course of San Suey. This was a stew of what is known as Chinese soft-shell tcrrapiu. The shell cut in slices, was served with the meat. "Another nice dish," so the Doctor said.wasSam Chee Yee Chee, which consisted of stewed shark's tins, ham and chicken. Strange to say no one present agreed with the Doctor about the nicety of this dish, and when it was laid liefore him the tire Marshal was heard to say, "1 wish the Hall bell would strike now, sol could leave this untouched." His wish was, however, not gratified, and mus tering all the courage at his commana he managed to get down one mouth ful, after which he remarked with the utmost simplicity to the gentleman on his left. "1 have eaten finite enonirli. I don't thiuk 1 waut anv more dinner." Tempting dishes of Lin Chee Chuen Ap (Ikhicu duck stewed), and some sin Yew (boiled coocoo). were then placed on the table, but they were lelt un touched, except by Dan Murphy, who said that he had made np his mind to taste of everything: aud he was going to do it. lie carried out tns intention. Yee Chee. a stew made of rjike.funiois. eggs and ham. was then offered, and a plate of llooee (dried cninese oys trrs).was laid before each truest. These oysters, having a peculiarly rancid taste, did not agree witn inose who ex pected to partake of delicious bivalves. The course of stews was ended, with Lut Chee-kee. a very excellent dish of boued chicken, served with chestnuts. After this came Pak SaD Yee (plain boiled fish), Fang Wau (roast Chinese goose), Sau Bah Kah (roast pigeon), and Sen Chee (roast pig). Then the guests were served with auothercourse of sweetmeats and nuts, and a cup of Cha (tea) each. After which they were offered Lucy Lung Y'in (Havana cigars), and Yin Chay (Chinese cigar ettes.) At the expiration of three hours, the guests arse from the table, and, by in vitation of Dr. Li-Po-Tai. visited the new theatre, to witness the perform ance of a Chinese play, entitled, "Fung Sheong" (Consolidating six Empires). This play is founded on events which transpired three thousand years ago, according to tradition. Liberty. Among the sentiments expressed by Mr. Froude in his works, "The English in Ireland," we find the fol lowing on "Liberty," which it would be well for many to take seriously to heart; for on almost no subject is there mere vague or incorrect opinion: "There is no word in the human language which so charms the ear as Liberty. There is no word which so littlt pains have been taken to define. or which is used to express ideas more opposite. There is a liberty which is the liberty of a child or a savage, the liberty of animals, the vagrant liberty. which obeys no restraint for it is con scious of no obligation. There is a liberty which arises from the subjuga tion of self and the control of circum stances, which consists in knowledge of what ought to be done, and a power to do it obtained by patient labor and discipline. The artisan or the artist learns in an apprenticeship under the guidance of others to conquer the diffi culties of his profession. When the conquest is complete he is free. He has bto ime a master. It is with life as a whole, as with the occupations into which life is divided. Those only are free men who have had patience to learn the conditions of a useful and honorable existence, who have over come their own ignorance and their own selfishness : who have become masters of themselves. The first liberty is the libertv of anarchy, which to a man should be a supreme object of destina tion. J. he second liberty is the liberty of law, which has made the name the symbol of honor, and has made the thing the supreme object of desire. But the enthusiasm for true liberty has in these modern times been trans fered to its opposite. With a singular inversion of cause and effocu, men have seen in liberty not the exercise and the reward of virtues which have been acquired under restraint but some natural fountain, a drangbt from which is to operate as a spell for the regeneration of our nature. Freedom, as they picture it to themselves, is like air and light condition in which the seeds of excellence are alone able to germinate. Who is free? asked the ancient sage, and he answered his own q uestions. The wise man who is master of himself. ho is free? asks the mod ern liberal politician, and he answers, the man who has a voice in making the laws which he is expected to obey. Does the freedom of a painter con. sist in his having himself consented to the laws of perspective, and light and shade? That nation is the most iree where the laws by whomsoever framed. correspond most nearly to the will of the Maker of the universe, by whom, and not by human suffrage, the code of rules is laid down for our obe dience. That nation is most a slave which has ceased to believe that such divinely appointed laws exist, and will only be bound by the acts which it places on its statute-book." The old Settee. Settee, lonnge or sofa, it matters not which, it is the same the world over. All the children know it every man and woman grown remembers its in viting, persuasive look in childhood, for we have all been there; its sedative influence we have all felt and ac knowledged, while its growing unpopu larity we deplore. Over its cushions Morpheus reigns, and will reign for ever more. 1 suppose '-here is a great similarity in onr experiences, but here is a sample. Mother leaves the room an instant with the light; thereupon ensues a general scramble for the set tee. You know said sc ttee is very com fortable for one person, but unless we are playing "lion," with one under neath to personate that terrific beast who snatches and snarls at all over hanging hands, feet or clothing we prefer to be alone: so the best fellow secures the lounge, while the other in revenge grasps and claims the pillow, with which he speedily makf-s a bed on the floor. This is forbidden, and mother's entrance makes ihe boy "get." but the pillow gets with turn, and. though the night be a melting one iu July, he sits on it as compla int ly as though it were January. ltepeatea nods soon tell the story, and after throwing the pillow (a not unwelcome missile) at the face on the lonnge, he goes reluctantly to bed. Mother says : Come. dear, vou bad bttter co too. But we are talking with volubility and do not care to hear. The truth is, be fore we approached that lounge we I were wiae awaxe; now it is as mucn as we can do to keep our eyes open. We close them for relief, and find the relief i so pleasant; think of continuing it, but j suddenly, in a semi-conscious state, we i hear : "Come, you will Bet asleep if I yon lie there; get up immediately 1" 'Mother, let me stay nere a nine longer; I don't feel a bit sleepy;" and to corroborate this statement we drum on the back of the lounge with one hand, and hum a tune, which oc casionally ends abruptly : "Harry ! do you hear me ?" "Yes, in in a min ute, xiere we swing one loot to anu fro (slow time), and turn over, ask sud den questions with jerks, and stare at the ceiling as best we can. Then comes a blank, and we are in dreamland. If going to sleep is pleasant, the awaking is detestable. By and by, after pro longed calls which elicit no response, or only groans on our side, mother shakes ns and lands us at the foot of the stairs. We ascend with ind.ffer- ence, stopping at each step to gather strength for the next int. xne room is reached and our sleeping weight socxed on the floor; the head falls on the knees and the bands grope around lor those hateful shoe-strings; we take short naps by way of diversion, then go at the knots again with redoubled energy. The first shoe always comes off without trouble, but will the last ever come united? We fumble and grumble work always goes betfer with emphasis and then as we are about to put stock ing No. 1 throngh,and break the string, mother makes her appearance. Mother, who hears every noise in the house, from the clock tick to the child s croupy couch that fills her motherly heart with alarm. Six to one she administers a j little wholesome correction as she pa tiently unties the obstinate knot, and we mentally vow not to go to sleep on the lounge again; but if we do to un lace the shoes first Then we are tucked in bed. kissed rood night, and our good mother vanishes. And would j you believe it, tne next nigni nnus us on the iounge again ! Do you know of a minor pain that settee cannot cure 7 No. Come home from school with a long-drawn face, and complain of an "awful pain" below the region of the heart Forthwith we are sent to the settee, the room is darkened, and pres ently the odor of peppermint pene trates the pillow and olfactory organs. No need to look np; we know Annt L. is at our side with "two nice swallows," for don't she believe that peppermint is the "cure all" for "all the ills that flesh is heir to ?" That lounge allays the most excruciating tooth ache, as sisted by a bit of cotton dipped in laudanum. Do you remember, after the long illnecs, how we were carried down stairs in father's strong arms and deposited on the beloved old lounge? How kind every one seemed, and the neighbors bring us delicacies. The small stand from the corner is moved up bf side us, a waiter placed on it and a spotless napkin over this. The first article that is ever pat on that waiter is mother's old-fashioned sugar bowl she had when a girL Bless you, we will always remember it the cemented knob on top and the knicked edges; it invariably contains pulverized or "mouth-full" lump sugar, of unexcep tionable quality. Then there is a slice of crisp brown toast that smacks of cream and butter (only mother can make such), and a little glass of jelly, saved by the same person for these extra occasions, vnd a small plate of chipped beef complete the invalid fare. The children stand around admiringly and envyingly, too, it must be con fessed. As we grow older the lonnge still has attractions for us. "Keep still, dearies, let mother sleep a little. Perhaps it will cure her headache." And the poor, tired mother sinks back on the lounge for rest. She need not "court the balmy;" it comes of its own sweet wilL The tired look passes from her face, the tense lines from her mouth, and we know that when she wakes the beadaohe will be gone. Iatr Honrs. It it not merely a popular prejudice which cast suspicion on the character ot those who keep late hours. Bad hours and bad deeds are believed to be generally found in company. That they who sleep should sleep in the night is a truism in harmony at once with the order of nature and good society. If the regulation, once enforced in Eng land, that every light ahould be extin guished at the ringing ot the curfew bell, or nine in the evening, was a little arbitrary, it must have imposed a valu able restraint on the practice of vice. We are reminded, by the result of a recent trial in this city, how deeply these impressions have rooted them selves in the popular mind. The ac cused was in that case not proven, by direct evidence, to be guilty of the charge preferred against him; but the fact that he was seen about the prem ises of his paramour about three o clock in the morning.turned the scale against him, and secured his conviction. Late hours are incompatible with successful business. The trader, the banker, or the manufacturer who keeps late honrs.never succeeds. This is the rule, and the exceptions only prove its truth. There are plenty of reasons for this; and every man of experience knows how to attach to them their pro per weight Late hours unfit a man for business. First, On account of the physical effects. In these days of sharp com petition, nothing but good abilities, applied with the most unyielding en ergy, will achieve success. The trader who comes to his office half exhausted for lack of nature's sweet repose," with j his brain mudc led, his step heavy, his eye dull, and his neives irritable, is ! pretty sure to be crabbed with his clerks and his customers; he is behind j with his work, spends his short and hurried day in a state of fretful anxiety, j augmented by the harassing surround-1 ings of a neglected business; has no time to look ahead to trace out his fu ture course, and justly weigh the pros pects; his fevered brain cannot as calmly take in the situation as his cool headed neighbor, who has full eight hours of dreamless, sober slumber; he forgets his notes, his debts, his prom ises, and his engagements generally, which results in quarrels and suits. He seeks his friend's sympathy and conso lation, by declaring how terribly he is overworked. He bewails his lot, and thinks it will kill him; and so it will not the work, but his bad habits. It will be found that nine ont of ten of these "overworked" people are the victims of some exhausting habit It j is when the vital forces begin to slacken, and the nervous system flags, that the I worst mischief of late hours sets in. I Stimulants and a higher pitch of ex citemeut become indispensable, and the result is soon reduced to one or two alternatives reformation or ruin, j Second. The moral effects are uot less important in considering this dan gerous vice. To keep up the unnatural j excitement, which sets at defiance the course of nature, whisky, tobacco and cards are the chief agencies. It is not often that topics of science, art, morals or religion are discussed till break of day with sober sense, and for the pur poses of mutual Improvement These are midday topics, they do not intoxi cate, but edify. "Those that bedrnnken are drunken in the night" "Rioting in the davtime" is represented in the Bible as the last stage, when all self respect is gone when the bottom round in the ladder of degradation is reached. Late hours make the small beginning, "the parting of the ways," the point at which the path of vice is entered upon. Wedded to bad com pany, as they are apt soon to be, an endless progeny of vices, follies, fail ures and troubles spting up to plague their victim. It is the fitting occupa tion of bats, owls, and hungry wolves, to squeak, and screech, and howl in the dead hours of night; but the young man who wonld achieve any success in business life must go to bed early must work in the day and sleep in the night Effect of Chrmiral yi an n fact a re Ipon Health. The Lancet points out that the alkali manufacture, which has its chief cen tres in Newcastle, Widnes, St. Helens and Runcorn, has attained to enormous msgnitude of late years. One factory, the Newcastle Chemical Works, now covers 137 acres of land, of which CO acres consist of bnildings aud railways. The works find employment for 2,600 hands, consume every year 8o0 ship loads of raw material and 1.10,000 tons of coal, and turn out more than 50,000 tons of chemicals. The leaden cham bers for the manufacture of sulphuric acid are 175 feet long, 21 feet broad, and 20 feet high, and no less than 30 of these chambers are in use. It has long been suspected that serious injury is done to the health of workingpeople by some parts of the manufacture. Chlo ride of lime.or bleaching powder,which is one of the staple articles of toe trade, is prepared by passing chlorine gas over slacked limn in large chambers of lead or stone. When the lime is satu rated with the gas the doors are opened, nd workmen enter the chambers, their months and nostrils swathed in nannel respirators, to remove the powder and shovel it into casks. The flue dust is extremely irritating to the lungs, and it is asserted by some that the men suffer more than mere temporary in convenience from the exposure. It appears, however, impossible to obtain decisive evidence upon this interesting point, for the medical authorities seem to bold diametrically opposite opinions, and there are no statistics which throw any light upon it It could be effec tually solved only by the simultaneous exertions of all the medical men of a manufacturing town. A Tease Udf With a Heart "as Valceiinai a a PI Cushion.'" The following letter, received from a young lady who had previously ad dressed one to the same young man, beginning, "You concentrated lump of sweetness," caused the latest suicide in San Francisco : "You know as well as I that women are fickle the best of them so do not blame me more than the rest Full well I know by my own sad experience that weak human beings as wo are, we cnnot command our hearts or their affections. I will return you your ring by Wells & Fargo as soon as convenient and with the exception of rings please consider that golden cord (which I at one time thought bound two loving hearts together) bro ken. I awaken to the stern reality I do not love you. You no longer awaken the spirit of love within my breast, and I think marriage without loves mock ery and sin. Forgive me, Ernest snd seek one more worthy of your affections and too sincere love than L There are many, many girls in this world more suitable to you and would make a bet ter wife than L I am not capable of loving. I have no heart, or eUe if I have, it is as unfeeling as a pincushion." "Yontli' Column. The Mi He reople. bt johx o. wnrrrita. A m'TpliC wonld b thi srth Wre tbvre no httir e la u : Tli' onir nf life wotiid lelt m r?h. w ere toer. no children, to bwtf ui Ik Jfo littlp f-rnw 11 bn J. !o ffrow. A d mk the tliuir.n.tf httrt iUTea-'.er ; V lit fe tisntl-. r ttvmt or brow. To Keep tUe tarl.uug love:liord tender. The eterne- mnnt wwi' l emw more I' cm. t'nft-euriff utt'ire m re mhtl'iutu. And m ,n to et lc e tl Id-vh turti. Aud wo. nail would t.' ie. tue woman. Lif-" eonsf. imlee-l. woa'd 'owe tt ru&m. Were theie no hbii to ikx a it. A d tletul p i-e thie w rld w m.d be. Were tuvre no UUle peovl ui A. Tas First Stbawbebrie). A little ffirl once had a bed of strawberries. Very anxious was she tuat they should ripen and be fit to eat The time came. "Now for a feast," said her brother to her one morning, as he picked some beautiful ones for her to eat. "I caunot eat these," said she, "for they are the first ripe fruit." "Well," said her brother, "all the more reason for our making a fcaot, for they are the greater treat." "Yes ; but they are tho fir.tt ripe fruit." "Well, what of that ?" "Dear father told ns that he usod to give God the first out of nil the money he made, and that then he always felt happier in spending the rest ; and I wish to give God the first of my straw berries, too." "Ah but," said her brother, "how can you give strawberries to God ? Aud even if you could. He would not care for them." "Oh ! I have found out a wsy," said she. "Jesus said, 'Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these mv brethren, ye hnvedone it unto me,' an j I mean to go with them to Mrs. Perkins' dying child, who never sees a strawberry, they are so poor." Away went the chil.lren to give them to the dying child, and when they saw her put out her thin arms aud take the ripe, round fruit in her shrivelled fingers, and when they saw her eyes listen, and her little faded lips smile, they felt as if they had a richer treat than if they had kept the ripe fruit for themselves ; and something within them told them that God had accepted their little offering. Thb Book of Thanks. "I feel so vexed and out of temper with Ben," cried Mark, "that I really must" "Do something in revenge ?" inquired his cousin Cecilia. "No ; look over my Book of Thanks." "What's that?" asked Cecilia, as rhe saw him turning over the leaves of a copy-book, nearly full of writicg, iu a round text hand. "Here it is," said Mark. Then he read' aloud : " 'March 8n Bn lent mo his bat.'" "Here again : 'January 4 h When I lost my shilling Ban made it up tome kindly.'" "Well," observed tho boy, turning down the leaf, "Ben is a good boy, after all." "What do you note down in that book ?" asked Cecilia, looking over his shoulder with some curiosity. "AH the kindnesses that are ever &hon me ; yon woul l wonder how many there are. I find a great de.d of good from marking them down. I do not forget them, as I might do if I only rusted to my memory, so I hope that I am not often ungrateful ; and. when I am cross and out of temper, I almost always feel go Kl-numoreJ again if I only look over my book." Children's IUxes ron Homs : 1. Be careful to shut the door after yon, without slamming it. 2. Never shont, jnmp, or run in the house. 3. Never call to persons np stairs, or in the next room ; if you wisn to speak to them, go quietly where they are. 4. Always speak kindly and politely to the domestics, if you would have them do the same to you. 5. When told to do or not to do a thing by either parent, never ask u:'i yon should or should not do it 6. Tell of your own faults and mis doings, not of those of your brothers and sisters. 7. Carefully clean the mud or snow off your boots or shoes before entering tne house. 8. Be prompt at every meal-hour. 9. Never sit down at the table or in the parlor with dirty hands or tumbled hair. 10. Never interrnpt any conversation but wait patiently j onr tarn to speak. 11. Never reserve your good manners for company, but be equally polite at home and abroad. 12. Let yonr first, latf, nni brat con fidant be yonr mother. Hrtp. An old Scotchman was taking his grist to mill in sacks thrown across the back of his horse, when the animal stumbled, and the grain fell to the gronnd. He bad not strength to raise it, being an aged man, but be saw a horseman riding along, and thonirht be wonld appeal to him for help. But the borsemau proved to be the nobleman who lived in the castlo hard by, and the farmer con 11 not muster courage to ask a favor of him. But the nobleman was a gentleman also, and, not waiting to be asked, he quickly dismounted, and be tween them they lifted the grain to the horse's back. John for he was a gen tleman too lifted his Kilmarnock bon net, and said : "My lord, how shall I ever thank yon for yonr kindness? "Very easily, John," replied the noble man. " Whenever you see another man in the same plight as you were in just now, help him, and that will be thank ing me. Tbk false shame which fears to be detected in honest manual employment; which shrinks from exposing to the world a necessary and honorable econ omy, which blushes more deeply for a shabby attire than for a mean action, and which dreads the sneer of the world more tban the upbraiding of conscience this false shame will prove the ruin of every one who suffers it to inSaence his thoughts of life. A Limt boy and girl had been cautioned never to take the nest-egg when they gathered the eggs ; but one evening the girl reached the nest first seized the egg, and started for the house. Her disappointed brother fol lowed crying: "Mother! mother; Susy she's been and got the egg the old hen measures by." It seems like bearing of an elephant waltzing, to be toll that Napoleon I. was the author of verses, bat imii i the fact snd among his poetic tl effort was a fable entitled, "Le Chien, le Lapin et le Chasseur." The "little corporal" had a good deal or sentiment in him, and could write a love letter with the dreamiest sophomore who ever allowed his heart to ran away with his imagination. A good motive Locomotive. Tuoreau sagaciously remark that "the oue modern improv.-ment most aecde.l is a better stylj of men and women." Charles Larjb, ia speakirg of oue his rides on horseback, remarked that "all it once the horse stopped, but he kept right on." Why are the la-lies the H rest thieves in existence t Bamusk they steel their petticoat, bone their stays, crib their Dallies aal hook their dresses. Walter Scott's novels are now sold at thrr-e-peuL-e apie-e iu London, and tho lealers say that his books are read now only by the humblest class of buyers. A shaft, weighing uO.O.V) Tt., and ome rrauks that wemh Sl.lfcH) lb, each, lavdjust been mado at Bri.lgewater, Uassa.-hnnetts, for the Fitohburij water corks. Turkish women now wear thoir vei!a -to thin that their feature are distinctly visible through them. This is a great improvement on the thick wra;iius behind which they used to hido their faces. In the Crvpt of Canterbury Cathedral. a large and valiablo collection of antiqie charts and manuscripts hat been found. A royal coranmsion hai been appointed to examine ttiem and to report upon their contents. Aa enterprising firm iu London lately p-iid 6'llX) rupees for the privilege of collecting the hair shorn from the hetuls of pilgrims at the Magh Mela, at Allaaadbad, and the whole capillary harvc.-vt has been shipped off to L oddou, to be made into chignons. In a suit before the United States Court in New York, counsel stated that the so-called "I'russiaii nee He gnu" is the invention of aa A-norican named Smith, and patented three years before it whs used in 1'rmsia, to which country the Uui'ed St.ites p iteut was taken as proof of the invention. A mm must not only desire to be right he must If right. You may say, 1 wish to sou l thU ball so as to kill the lion crouching yoadcr. rea.ly to spring upon me. My wishes are all right, and right, aud I horw Providence will direct the ball. Providence won't. You must do it ; and if you do not, you aro a dead man. tiecehfr. A bachelor one day set the table in his lonely abode with plates for himself and an imaginary wife and five children, lie then sat down to dine, and as o'ten as he helped himself to food he put the same quantity on each of thu oilur plates, and surveyed the prospect, at Hie sme tim-i commuting tue cost Ha is still a buL-ue'.ur. A correspondent of an Eaglish paper, writing from tho sceue oi the late Africau war, savs : ! suppose voii heard that the Ashantces could uot understand our telegraph, and so they. iu imiFUtiou, carried a line of wuita cotton from tree to tree all along the road, passing it hero and there turougu rags of white calico." The manufacture of cast iron nails and slioe pins is peculiar to the Sjuth .Staffordshire (Caij. ) district, althoa'i, curiously e-JO'igii. tho Jem iu 1 for ouo description, known as lath ua;U, is al most entirely for S-otI an-.!. Hie small est nail niado is J inch ia length, and of thete a g'o.l workman will mold up wards of 75 ),0 1 1 iu a day. Ihe largest measure 2j luciies lou, aa 1 of thes a good day's work is about oJ.f'O). Tile veurly (.rod nation of cast nails is about i.OOO tuns. Ladies who imagine themselves mar tyrs to tyraauical h;isbands should pity their sisters ia India. Among other restrictions, the Hindoo Bblo forbidi a woman to see dancing, hear music, wear jewels, blacken her ec. eat daiuty foo I, sit at a window, or view herself in a mirror during tho absence of her husband ; and it allows him to divorce her if she injures his property, scolds hira. onarrels with another womau. I thiuk of that ') or presumes to cat be fore ho has huishe.1 Lis m:-al. The curious manner iu whioh tho su perstition of witchcraft still lingers in the human mind is shown by the case of a farmer named Bar'oier, living at Connors' Creek, Mich., who has led a terrible life during the past five years, having been bewitched, as he asserts, by au old woman who once called at his house to beg. He regarded her as an impostor, au l addressed her in lan guage which broueht down her curses upon him. Since that time he has been atllicted at regular intervals with fits of screaming and shouting. Ihe last one commenced two weeks ago,and he made no pause until he was unable to open his month for weakness. This clear case of insanity his friends persistently attnbuto to witchcraft, and are making efforts to Cud the old woman in orJe' to induce her to remove the curse. Tho fenrful snd continuous rolling of the vessel wa3 the cause of painful and and ludicrous accidents, of course. The intellectual man, with long brown over coat that touched his heels, and sharp iuquiring eye, that seemed to reach into everything, was knocked off his feet by a wave, aud, besides being drenched to the skin, was driven out of siKht by a lifeboat Baily enjoyed that trip better than he did. Oae of the stewards a bald-headed gentlemen was "teeter ing" aloug the deck with a plate of highly seasoned beef in one hand and a enp of hot tea in the other, when a sudden lurch of the vessel bfted him into the air, and drove him with great violence against the guards. The spiced beef "and a fork were never heard A aain, bat tae tea ne saved Dycatcn ing it under his collar. Oae ldy was cut in the head, aud one gentleman broke a number of his legs, but was out again in an hour eating a Welsh rarebit. "His Highness the Trinee Imparial, savs the Paris Fiyiro, "wa born in 1h5 j; these figures a Ideal together make IS. HiaUaiued his majority ia 1974; and these figure? a ided together mtke also 20. It is, then, when he is twauty years old that his fate will te decidod that is to say in llTiJ. Tue sum of 1376-1 plus 8 plus 7 pin 6 equts 22. twenty-two ! The exa.-t dura-ioo (from 1918 to 1870) of thereignof his father!" Now, any one can figure out coinci dences of this kind with a little ingen uity. Take George Washington for example. Hi family emigrated from England to Virginia in 1633 the sum of these figures is 13. He was born in 1732, which figures added together make 13; the French war, in which he won his first laurels, broke oat ia 1750 13; there were 13 Slates, which con stituted the Kpublio which elected him to be its first President ; and he died iu 170J 2d, which is just twice 13. Or take President Graut for an other example. II j was bora in 1322, and 1 plus 8 pins 2 plus 2 also make 13. But that is the only coincidence we can rind in bis history.
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