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VQL1XXYI11 . MIEFLINTOWX. JUNIATA COUNTY, PEXNA., AUGUST 5, 1S74. NO. 31.
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A SWISS DAY IS SI MUCK.
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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,
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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-
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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.