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B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE COXSTITUTIOS TUB CSIOX ASD THE ESFORCEMEST OF TEE LAWl
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXVIII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., SEPTEMBER 10, 1S74.
NO. 37.
Poetry.
THE VISIT.
-The sweeiest wotnn ever fate
Perverse dental a uaoacliuid ui ltv
Wairnsa.
Tin twilight of the day.
And twilight of the Tear;
The leaves are turning scar.
The preen is growing gray.
It is a littlo room.
So neatly dressed an J still;
Which foatered rosea fill
Vt'ilh subtlest of perfume.
A zepbrr larkiu; by.
Uetrars ths curtaiued bed
Did ever mort.il bead
Ou either pillow lie ?
That pantomimic fire
How clear its cozy glow:
It gestures ever so.
Btiiiud the woven wira.
But hash ! The Lady cornea.
As softly ss th haara;
Tia sweeter tbau her flow'rs
The melody lis hams.
S!iS deftly lock t'j bhnl.
And dravs ths uiht-hiia low;
While with her gown of snow
The kitteu toys behind.
Her hands are faultless fair.
Her movement, all of grajf
And hers a queenly air
For such a iowly place.
S'ai sit, an 1 bjws Iit nea-t
What do the aba l.jwa say ?
Her volume of the day
Lies opjn aad uurcai.
To s boa ity of her fare,
Where lives a drjatnv li ;bt,
NosiiEfer ni shall Might,
Nor wearing years erase.
Bhe ih now l.fti abjte
Ths woriUip of a t?ar:
And anls wait:o; near,
linear 1 a wounded love.
-SarPmer's.
3Iisooliiiiiy.
ftessaria.
In tale of history your beggar is ever
the jnf-t antipode to yonr kii'g. The
noets ami roniaueieal writers (as dear
Margaret Newcastle would call them),
when tiiey would most sharply au.l
feelingly paint a reverse of fortune,
never stop till tbey have brought down
their hero in good eniet to rags and
the wallet. The depth of .lie descent
illustrates tbe height he fall from
There is no nie"iiai which can le pre
sented to the invagination without of
fence. There is no breaking the fall.
Lear, thrown from his palace, must di
vest him of his garments, till he
answer "mere nature;" and Cresseid,
fallen from a prince's love, must extend
Ler pale arms, pale with other white
ness than of lieatity, supplicating lazar
alms with bell aud clap dish.
The Lncian wits knew this very well;
and. With a converse policy, when thry
would express sccra of greatness with
out the pity, they show us an Alexan
der in the Shades cobhliug shoes, or a
St mi rami s getting up fool linen.
How would it sound in Bong, that a
great mouarch ha t declined Lis ttff-c
tiuns upon the daughter of a baker !
yet do we feel the imagination at ali
violated when wa re .id the "true bal
lad," where King Cophetua woos the
beggar maid ?
Pauperism, panper, poor man, are
expressions of pity, bat Ity alloyed
with contempt. N one properly con
temns a beggar. Poverty is a compar
ative thing, and each d.'gree of it is
mocked by its 'neighbor grice." Its
poor rents aud coinings iu are soon
summed up aud told. Its pretences to
property are almost ludicrous Its
pitiful attempts to save excite a smile.
Every scornful companion can weigh
ita trifle bigger purse against it. Poor
man reproaches oor mau iu the streets
with impolite mention of his condition,
his own being a sha le lietter, while the
rich pass by ami j;r at both. No ras
cally comparative insults a bejgar, or
thinks of weighing purses wi:u him.
He is not in tue scale of comparison
He is not under the measure of prop
erty He confessedly hath none, any
more than a dog or a sheep. In o one
twittelh him with ostentation above bn
means. No one accuses him of pride,
or npbraideih him with mock humil
ity. Noue jost le with him for the wall,
or pick quarrels for precedency. Xo
wealthy neighbor seeketb to eject him
from his tenement. So man bues liiui
No man goes to la with him. If I
were not the independent a-eutleniai.
that I am. rather tiiau 1 would lie a re
tainer to the great, a led captain, or
poor relation, I would choose, out ol
the delicacy an I t.u greatness of m
xaind, to be a beggar.
Rigs, which are the reproach of pov
erty, are the beggar's robes and grace
ful' insignia of his profess-on, his tec
um, his fu I d . . ss, the suit iu which he
is expected to show himself iu public.
Sa is never out of the fashion or limp
eth awkwardly belaud it. He is iioi
required to put on conrt mourning
He weareth all colors, fearing none.
His costume bh undergone less
change than the Q taker's. Ha is tbe
onlv man in tbe universe who is not
obliged to stuly appearauces. The
ups and downs of the world concern
him no longer. He alone contiuuatb
in one stav. The price of stock or land
affecteth him not. The fluctuations ol
agricultural or commercial prosperity
touch him not, or. at worst.but change
his customers. He is not expected to
become bail or surety for any one. No
man troubleth him with questioning
his religion or politics. He is the only
free man in the universe.
jluilony.
A retired pbvsician writes: How
does it happen that amid tbe everlast
ing err against drunkenness we never
hear a word against its sister evil, glit
tonv ? I think I can assert with trntb
that, in a long practice, three have died
among my patients from overeating
where onehasdied from driuk. benoe
comes apoplexy, paralysis, dyspepsia,
and a host of other diseases, but from
too much rich food, taken under the
most imprudent circumstances? And
yet we hear of no society formed to pre
v. n". this growing vice. A msn eats
uutil he drops down and expires with
apoplexy by tbe roadside, when up
comes the coroner with a jary of twelve
gool men and true, who pronounce a
verdict 'Died from iutemperance. po
he did. but what kind of intemperance
was it ? I have beard more than one
minister in the pulpit expatiate with
great vehemence against the sin oi
drunkenness, whose very appearance
was proof positive that hewis pre-eminently
guilty of gluttony.
MIM. Cmv.H UPtKE ROOM.
"Are yon an re this is the place?-
asked Charles Ventnor, giving a look
of surprise at-the handsome brown
stone front In-fore which the carriage
slopped, "never kflew there was
boarding-house in this block."
"This must be the house," said his
sister glancing at the card she held in
her hand: "2S-yes. that is lhe num
ber Mrs. Daval gave me ; and, Charley,
I believe I will go in with you. and
then, if the room suits me, I cm engage
them at oice." And, si she said this,
Mrs. L-iring descended from the car
riage and followed her brother np the
long flight of steps.
Their ring was answered by a servant
in livery, aud they were ushered into a
small reception-room, which was so
perfect in all its appointments that
Mrs. Loring gave a little sigh or satis
faction as she glanced around saying.
"I believe, Charley, that I have at
list found a place which will suit me."
You onght indeed to be suited, if
all tbe house is like this," replied her
brother ; "lor this ia certainly charm
ing" It was indeed very pretty room.
The fl.Kir was eoverej with a carpet of
pale drab, dotted over with forget-me-nots
; the windows were hung with
ilraeries. over satin hangings of a per
feet forget-me-not hue ; the chairs and
ottomans were of the same color ; and
the few exquisite paintings on the wall
were framed in gilt, with border of
pale blue velvet : costly bronza adorned
the mantle ; a curiously c irved table,
in the centre of tbe room, held a golden
vase filled with rare bo'-hoase flowers,
and a little gleam of October sunshine
that stole in at the window, lingered
loving y on an exquisite marble cupid
which rested on a gilt stand.
Sjirijely had Charley Ventnor com
pleted his survey of the room, when
tl-e door iqiened, and a young girl en
tered aha looked as if she might be the
presiding genius of the place, for her
dress was soft drab material, relieved
by knots of pale blue at her throat and
iu her hair. S le was very attractive,
though there was not a singular feature
in her face; but it was so bright and
iutell gent, and she had that graoeful.
dain'y air, whinh is often as pleasing as
real beauty. Her hair was really liean
tiful, of that golden shade which is
often described and so seldom seen.
She advauced with graceful Jse, and
said iu a very sweet voice :
"I believe you wish to see try sister;
bnt as bhe is unfortunately not at home
I thought that perhaps you could leave
yiur message with me."
Mrs. Liring at one proceeded to
business, "J. came at Mrs. Duval's
suggestion, to look at your spare suit
of rooms," she said ; ''but if it is not i
convenient for yon to show them to
me, I will come in again when yjur
sister is at home."
"There is no need of tronbling you
to do that," the young laily replied,
"ffyon have heard of tbe rooms through
Mrs. Daval, and would like to see
them, I shall be very happy to show
them, though they are not at all re
markable." "I assure yjn," replied Mrs. Loring,
"that I do not rare for anything re
markable. All I wish is to find a
pleasant home for the winter."
A little surprised look came into the
girl's face as Mr. L iring said this ;
bnt she immediately rose, and saying.
"Come with me, tbe'n, if you please."
led tbe way from tbe room.
When they reappeared again after a
few tuiuutes, Charles Yeutuor knew by
tbe expre.ssiou of his sister's f.ic, that
she was much pleased with what she
had seen, but said nothing till they had
bidden the young lady good moruiug,
and were iu the carriage once more.
Then she began :
O Charley, tue rooms up stairs are
lovelv, even prettier than the one you
saw ! The two which she showed me
are furnished in crimson, and are in the
most perfect taste. I do hope I shall
be able to secure them."
I only wonder that such a remark
abli boarding house is not better
known. Did yon ever hear of it be
fore ?' asked her brother.
No.' replied Mrs. Lnring ; 'bnt then,
that is not ut all strange, for Mrs.
Duval told me that it had ouly been
open a short time. But will yju go
with me to-morrow ? I am to be there
at ten o'clock, to see Mrs. Gray, when
we are to make all the final arrange
ments." 'Certainly, I will with pleasnre. I
am anions to see more of this house,
Inch I legin to think is an enchanted
place, of which this 'yellow haired
lassie' is the princess.'
So the next morning fonnd them at
Mrs. Gray's door, punctually at ten
o'clock. The lady of the house proved j
as chrming in manner as her -sister ;
nit when, after a few compliments,
Mrs. L-jrniff- explained the object of
tier call, Mia. Gray seemed so much
istouisbed, that iu spite of her efforts
to conceal her amazement, Mrs. Luring
perceived it sufficient to rouse a sus
picion in her mind, as 6he went on
ooldlv :
'Perhaps your t-ister did not tell yon
that we weie here yet-terday looking at
your suit of spare rooms, of which I had
hear! through Mrs. Daval, and with
which I was so much pleased that I will
take them at almost any price,'
There must be some very great mis
take about this matter," Mrs. Gray said.
And with that she rose, rang the bell,
aud when the servant came in answer
to the summons, said : "Tell Miss
Bessie I would like to see her a mo
ment." A most awkward silence fell on the
trio after this, and it was a great relief
to all when the young lady at Jength
made her appearance. She came into
the room in such a hesitating wsy, and
with such a mingled look of sbsme and
fun in her face, that Charley Ventnor
thnnght her more ai tractive than ever.
Bibsie,' said her sister in rather a
grave tone, 'can you explain this txtra
ordinary proceeding to me?"
The girl blushed, hesitatingly a mo
ment, and then said frankly :
Yes, sister Kate, I can. It was all
my fault, aud 1 am perfectly ashamed
of myself ; but von see when this gen
tleman and lady called yesterday, I did
not undei stand at ttrat what they wanted
and though I thought it very strange
for Mrs, Duval to send any one to look
at our spare room-, yet still as she had
sent them, I did not like to refuse them
and it was not till me laoj Bwu
thing about wishing to hud a pleasant
bomf for the winter th.t I began to
understand tbe matter. Then thesp.rit
of fun possessed me, and I showed her
?he rooms, talking .11 the " '
we had kept boarding-honse for the last
twenty five years.
Really, Bessie. I am perfectly sur
prised,' 'began Mrs. Gray; but there
was no use endeavoring to reprove the
girl, for she looked so pretty as ahe
stood there before them, and th deep
look of contrition b had fW.
blended with the amnaement she coold
not disguise, was so irresiatable. that
Mrs. Gray's reproof ended in a lingh in
which they all joined. Bat in a moment
Besse grew serious again, and turning
to Mia. Loring. said :
'I cannot tell you bow ashamed I am
of my unladylike conduct. I only wish
I could do something to make amends
for it.'
'Pray do not think any more about
it, replied Mra. Liring ; though you
do not know what a disappointment it
is to me to give op my elegant snit of
rooms, she added langhingl v ; for I
am afraid I shall Mad great difficulty in
being suited now.'
After a little more d -sultory conver
sation, the brother and sister left the
house but not without promises to con
tinue the acquaintanceship so unpro
pitiously began, and by way of finding
out more about the enchanting peo
ple, they drove to Mrs. Duval's. The
lady's merriment was very great when
she heard the story.
'Oh, mv dear I' said she to Mrs.
Loring, I told yoa the number was
381. not 281. Ouly think of jour going
there to look for rooms. Mr. Gray has
only recently come here, but he ia said
to be one of the richest men in New
York ; his wife belongs to one of the
oldest families in the country, and her
sister is heiress to an immense estate.
Bat there is no barm done after all."
she continued ; 'you will Bud them
charming acquaintances, and Charlie,
if yoa can come to my muxieale to
morrow evening, I will take care that
vou hava a formal introduction to Miss
Bessie.'
It is needless to say that Charley
Ventnor was one of the earliest guests
to arrive at Mrs. Duval's on the follow
ing evening, but that lady' promise
was destined never to be fulfilled, f r it
chanced that one of tbe first persous be
met on entering the room was the 'yel
low haired lassie.' She held out her
band to him in a most cordial manner,
saying
'I am very much obliged to
Mrs. Duval for giviug me an opportunity
of rooking my apologies to you agaiu,
Alr. Ventnor. 1 he more 1 think about
nij conduct the more ashamed I feel of
it ; bnt really I cannot help laughing
when I remember what a distressed ex
pression you all wore yesterday when I
came into the room.'
There was no resisting this girl, for
she had such a frank, unaffected way
bout her, that it was impossible to feel
like a stranger with her very long, aud
before the evening was over, she aad
Charley felt almost like old friends.
Late in the evening, Mrs. Duval re
membered her promise, but when, after
much search, she discovered them in
tbe conservatory, a single glance as-
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probably progress favorably without
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any assistance from her. ,th CUarl.e
it was clearly a case of love at brst s ghr
All through muter he was her loyal n
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devoted knight : the colors of bis shield
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henceforth were blue and golden, and
the scene of tournaments was the little
blue room. So one morning iu spring.
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when he came iu and found l.essie
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decking the marble enpid with forget-
me-nots. bine as her own ees, it seemed
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tbe most natural thing in the world for
htm to tell how a little winged arrow
from the little god had entered into his
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heart ; and when, a few mouths later.'. ,, " ...-' ;
the golden hair rested upon his ehoul-
.ler and thn awpet nine eves looKinir no
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so lovingly at mill, uo .ut-w mat mc
.T,.i., Lired !,. -M his furever
yellow haired lassie was his lurever.
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nirlb-IMare l oluinbu.
Tradition makes Cogoletto, a
town a few miles from Genoa, tbe birth
place of Columbus, aud there is an in-
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bcnption wu.cj uiaias uuuso vi uia ,
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reputed birth. Jt may be true, and ill
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may be lalse lor, in this land, ol iraoi-
turn and superstition, it is as easy to
fabricate a tVahtion as an inscription.
and credulitv is ready to believe that it
is as old as Adam. The house of his
father was in tbe suburbs of Genoa, as
issbownbythedd. Ha.himself, says
he was born iu Genoa, an expression
which mav well mean the territorv. and
not the city, of Genoa. There is. there
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fore, tome color for tbe tradition, and
it is not worth while to dig deeper to
find doubts. He was a Ligurian, aud
nothing could be more likely to sharp
en his curiosity, and suggest a life of
adventure, thati to look out from these
rocky highlands upouthe Mediterauean,
washing the field at its base, aud covered
with the little, but daring and cuter
piisiug corsairs of the Levant, the
Grecian Archipelago, and the African
cast.
How time sets things right I Brought
home in chains, robbed ia his lifetime
of his honors, and his profits, and the
name of another given to his discover
ies, time has written his name '-with
iron aud lead in the rock forever." His
jealons aud triumphant enemies, as well
as his royal patrons aud enterprising
followers iu the path of discovery are
remembered : but when we call them up
irom the land of shadows, there is al
ways in the midst of them, aud before
them, the great Genoese with a glory
about him, in the light of which tbey
sbiue with a pale ray. So it will be forever-He
went on, when every other would
have given up in despair. He gave a
New Woild to the kiugdoms of Castile
aud Aragi n. Bat Castile and Aragon
and all the progeny of their descendant
commonwealths, are dwindling aud fa
ding away, and a race, never akin to
the old Ligurian "the world-seeking
Genoese" is, from year to ar, devo
ting the New World to the great com
monwealth of freedom and mutuality.
Ilraiilirw ot Manxsood.
To the boy, the world beyond his im
mediate surroundings is only a picture.
He does not know how real are the sor
rows, the passions, the ambitions of
men. Its absorbing interests, its Le
roes and its martyrs, are heard of by
him without understanding or with in
difference. His sport, his lessons, his
home life, are alone real. But there
will come a change. The ordinary slow
growth into manhood, with its busiuess
or professional pursuits and widening
relations, or startling events, such as
the death of a parent, or some intellect
ual or spirtual appeal, striking out the
latent soul, will make vivid and ear
nest what was indistinct and uninterest
ing. Like a stereosoopio picture before it
is put in the Btereoscope, the life of man
has no body or reality ; bnt when tbe
boy awakens, as with the picture within
the instrument, so with him. a solidity
and naturalness will be acquired by the
external world, and he wM feel what it
is henoeforta to live and move amongst
these grander forms.
Many mistakes will he commit, false
estimates wid he form cf proportion
and perspective, the earnestness of his
new conceptions will hurry him into ex
travagances and generous errors ; bnt if
there is truth in his nature, and noble
ness in bis spirit, j tst viewa will be
formed, and the day in which it is given
him to wor will nua mm uo uuiuiuu
ful of the responsibility which arisea
from a knowledge of the coming night.
Old Tlmea ainit !ridera.
In tbe good old days, when the old
guilds were in full swing, quality was
as much - thonght of as cheapness is
now, and woe be to him. or rather came
to him, who played the sloven, or.
worse still, the rogue. Those were
days when shoddy was nndreamt of.
and insoles were composed of leather
and not rubbish, as is often the case
nowadays. Time works wonders, hut
wonders are not always to he looked
upon as blessings. Time has made
Ua'bet scarce and dear and time will
make it still dearer. Time has broken
down the good old rule of giving sound
material and sound workmanship
time, in fact, has play el a lot of tricks,
or tanght the present generation to
play them, that, if profitable, are cer
taiuly not over creditable. Time has
raised a wall of pride between masters
snd men. and they no longer meet to
gether to fix prices, but trust to look
outs and strikes. It would be a strange
thing if we were to go back to some
thing like the old order of things to
nonrta of arbitration and conciliation.
This, in reality, is what these old guilds
meant, and in Nottingham at least, if
nowhere else, they prevail at this hour.
Among other pranks which time has
played may lie mentioned a dislike to
productive industry. Everybody be
lieves in a chandler's shop, or a shop
of some kind. It is the buyers and sel
lers who make the money now, not the
honest toiler or the small manufactur
ing tradesman. A linen draper, for in
stance, often makes more by retailing
boots and shoes than a master who has
served bis time, is heir to generations
of experience, and conscientiously ex
erts mind and body for the comfort of
bis customers. It is tbe same in
America, at least with the American
portion of the population. She his
plenty of rv-li alluvial soil
that onlv
wants "tickling with the hoe to laugh
through the harvest." bnt the American
has a wholesome or rather an unwhole-
, some fear ol all such labor bis ambi-
tiou is to be a merchant, and, this be
yond his reach, lie will turn peddler
and sell Dutch clocks and wooden nut
megs. As we have pointed out in pre
vious numbers, this rage for exchange
is all very well for tboe engaged in it,
but tbe multiplying of shops increas-
in8 tlje total amount of rent, service.
Six, necessitates higher prices, and so
inn eases the cost to tbe customer. Oat
of curiositv, we once took a stroll down
the Strand at 11 o'clock in the morning.
Our object was to ennnt the customers
in each shop. Judge our surprise when
we found tbey did not average one
each. The conclusion we arrived at, a
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no donbt iu the eves
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iiii sown iier.soii. was tuub oue-nau me
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the Strand at less thau fifty per cent.
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over cost of production, or, rather, that
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1 thing is a perfect farce, and a libel on
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the common sense of the nmeteentn
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it. Wdtr tint tli4rA am thinffl wlli.h
competition cannot render cheap.
For
instance, houses in London are a
mo-
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ri 1 1 rxrv . v mm iinmii 1 1 1 r-n
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i ing rent, mcreases
them. Those oc-
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i c""7"18 ,I,em del"re Be,1 bnt tnP
, C4luot BtU at . t,,erefore the price
I charged to customers is calculated np-
on tm cost 0f conducting business and
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ll 1 necessarily uign. a irunerer iu j 'u-
vui warden 10m us oniy last wee a mat
the profits on most things sold in the
Uraud Hew are positively enormons.
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aud so are those, too, that are sold on
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afreet barrows. What think VOU of
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nt- c".nt-? Cent" r ?
hu' ? Pt:;"VCZer But X. is
! Kr"w,'r tbe con:nme'-.litf J'! n
: "? "amerl, th'n8?
JuJ ? ,befuren Ul..m
I hnJs ot t.he m, i h J.tiv;
I uo " tLat 'H6 ??rP ti
i pUnaad favor, when their promoter.
h.v i4rnt to iio mi tins lor xwo-anu-
a-half over the cost price ? Instead of
the distributor being a servant of the
manufacturer, he is his master. Ana
why ? because he belongs to a class
that is individually richer. We do not
all 11 le to tho mere shop keeper, but to
the wholesale trader, who directly in
tervenes lie'ween the manufacturer and
lower middle man.
What has this to do with boots and
shoes ? A ileal. It is the system that,
by means ot pnff .-ry and slop manufac
ture, has stamped out thousands of
country masters, and that will stamp
them out entirely. London St. Crit
pin.
C'hararler.
From the cradle to the grave the
character of an individual, like his
ImmIv. i.s undergoing constant change".
It giows, it developcs, it matures, it
ripens, until the frost of death gives it
the fixed lies of marble; then as tbe
tree fulls so it shall lie.
Character, like stature.trmperament,
temh-iH-v, i.s to 11 great extent inherited.
lireiits"oiitliiie their children In-fore
their birth.aud herein is a thought that
should give many a parent food lor relict-lion.
Great as is the influence of various
circumstances in molding character tbe
influence of one own will may lie
equally potent. "Thought and afflic
tion, passion, hell itself, she turns to
favor and to pix-ttiness," Laertes
of Ophelia when her reason was "like
sweet W-lIs jangled, and out of tune."
Even thus may the strong will compel
poverty, disaster, liereavemciit, no less
than prosperity and happiness, to be
come the miuistersof grace and Dorfect
ness to the aspiiiug, resolute patient
soul.
The comer stone of all noble charac
ter is truth, and as the virtues ever go
hand iu hand, with this will naturally
lie associated purity, justice, integrity,
reverence. Therefore, the first en
deavor of tbe parent should lie to
quii-keti iu his child's heart the love of
truth, the hatred of falsehood. The
first elibit of him who would turu
away from evil and love good is to cul
tivate in himself perfect sincerity and
utter truthfulness. With this as a
foundation there is no limit to the pos
sible growth of the human soul toward
absolute virtue and perfectness.
Just as the tendencies in the body of
disease and deformity may be modi
fied, aud sometimes erailicateu uy a
severe and skillful regimen, so many
fault iu character may be purged anil
smoothed away; flaws may lie itolished
out and virtues incorporated, if, while
it is pliant, the liirbt steps are taken to
make it symmetrical and well rounded.
A stngie element of weakness or of
vice mav taint the entire character.
For awhile it may seem firm and sound,
but as a little leaven leaveneth the
whole lump, so the outgrowth of one
virions thought may gradually under
mine the strongest principle and blast
the labors of a lifetime, it is not safe
n l..i-4 nn im-li of worm v timber in
the stoutest ship; it is not safe to bar-
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that is not wholly virtuous; for when
the fiery blasts of temptation try the
soul, if stubble ia found therein, it will
surely be consumed and leave behind
it a blackened, gaping chasm.
- Down deep in the inner man, where
no eye butOnd can see, and only the
consciousness of the individual ran
penetrate should lie laid away against
the day of trial solid liars and bullion
of gold, so that the "promise to pay"
rau all be made good, dollar for dollar.
We want no inflation here; here not
even "the best cnrreticy iu the world"
will answer the purpose. The image
of our virtue must be stamped in cur
rent gold.
Not by accident or chance does the
choicest fruit mature upon our trees.
How carefully we prune them; Mow
closely we watch to destrnv their ene
mies; how skillfully we cultivate them,
and how we rejoice when success
crowns onr labor ! Not by accident or
change did Charles Sumner become the
noble man he was. How diligently
did he cultivate art. literature, and the
virtues that made for him the spotless
character he wears so proudly ana will
wear forever.
Our laliorsof aspiration and conquest
must last until the breath leaves the
IhhIv. It ia never safe to rest upon our
oars until we are anchored in the har
bor. Life is full of adverse currents
that even when we are almost ashore
may drift us away -from the desired
haven.
A youth devoted to thecnltivation of
essential virtue, a middle life spent in
the exercise of whatever is ennobling
and lieiielicciit, an old age showing the
ripe trim of integrity and honor what
higher aspiration ran a human beiug
have than to realize these in succes
sion. 1 he life which is lived rightly
has made provision for the life that is
to come, for immortality
Tbe .tpotheeary'a Oath.
The Sfutlcnt and Surgical Reporter
has unearthed a singular bit of med
ieval cursing architecture, bavs that
journal : Who is tbe guardian saint of
tbe apothecaries we do not know, bnt
somebody has disinterred an ancient
oath, which formerly had to be taken
by every French pharmaceutist. It runs
thus :
"I take to witness, before all, God,
the Creator of the universe, in three
persons, that daring the whole of my
life 1 will observe that which follows:
"I will live and die in the Christian
faith. I will honor my parents. I will
honor the physicians and masters under
whom I have studied. I will never say
anything that shall be injurious to the
seniors of our order to others. I will
adorn with my beet the dignity of my
art, and I wtll not reveal its secrets. I
will d nothing imprudently nor
through hope of gain. In acute sick
ness I will not give purgatives without
the order of the physician. I will keep
the secrets of the patients. I wi!l ad
minister no poison, neither will I allow
it to be administered, even to my ene
mies. I will not alter prescriptions of
physicians. I will neversubstitn'e one
remedy for another witbont their know
ledge. I will discourage tbe fatal prac
tice of empirics. I will refuse to no
person my legitimate assistance. 1
will not keep in my pharmacy stale or
badly prepared medicaments. In mak
ing and observing these rnles.may God
assist me. Auim noil tl !
That is not such an antiquated oath
bnt that wo should like to see it revived
aad respected.
The Peril or 1'racllraJ Joker.
A respectable person, says the Pall
Mall Gazette, was arrested the other
day in Pans on tbe charge of picking a
pocket under circumstances which must
command the sympathy of the most
rigid moralist. He was returning home
from a social gathering when tbe natu
ral convulsion to which Lord Dandreary
used to be so sadject overtook him, and
be sneezed in tbe most uncompromising
manner. This usually satisfactory op
eration is not, however, entirely so to a
civilized person unless he can command
the assistance of a po?ket handkerchief.
The subject of this crisis, therefore, felt
wildlv in his pockets fortbedesired arti
cle, bnt his faithful companion had dis
appeared. Suddenly au emotion of joy,
such as that with which a shipwrecked
sailor espies a distant sail, lighted up
bis tearful eye. lie saw depending irom
the iocket of a friend walking a few
paces in advance of him a red silk hand
kerchief, large, soft and lustrous. a
few seconds more and he had bui ie 1
bis still auivering and wasteful nose in
those delicious folds, when the hand of
a police agent was laid on his shoulder,
and the owner of the handkerchief turn
ed round, revealing the countenance of
a complete stranger, lhe pickpocket
malgrclui was about to be led off to the
station, when certain papers found on
his person established his respectability
so conclusively that he was suffered to
go home, duly provided with a pocket
handkerchief obligingly lent him by a
police officer.
Where it all cornea from.
a OT.-tsr nn "liair" SATS : "Though
the day for tbe best bargains has gone.
it is still not uncommon 10 ooiaiu a
lnm from a Breton
peasant for a gaudy cotton handkerchief
or a twenty sous pair of earrings. Tying
his horse to a spreading tree, tne iiair
monger, armed with a formidable pair
of scissors, soon attracts a crowd of
village maidens, who. sfter a little hag
gling, submit to be sheared like so
mrw .tioAiv After dexterously and
gracefully clipping tbe locks, he de
posits them, neatly iieo, in uis uasaet,
and Jeannie is liberated, to be greeted
itk knnii ami lanehter from bet
companions, for so well has the work
been done that ner neaa nas tue appear
ance of being shaved. Nowhere but in
Rrittnnv will the trirls submit to this
wholesale cropping, insisting upon pre
serving a lew tnin locas, at ieas, 01
nature's fairest gift. In that province,
hnnr whore the enstom is for women
to wear hideous, close-fitting caps, bair
which would be the glory 01 American
ladies is useless and it ia there that tbe
bair merchant reaps bis richest har
vest." An Enormons Cistern.
The foundation is now being laid ol the
new Palace Hotel for the biggest cis-
. .1., n,l.l ThoM am nnward
of a hundred men engaged in laying
li.. hn.tL.mnM man miiiiuu 111
nnmK4 Tha fnnndation ia laid in a
cement, and the engineer in charge
says it will be one of the finest pieces
of engineering on the continent. "How
much water will 11 noiu r avaeu a
Chronicle reporter recently of Warren
Leland, who was watching the men at
work. "Lemme see," said Warren,
t.kinir a aimrt atnb of a Dencil snd a
pink enveb pe out of his pocket. "Sixty
times 30.110; ougnt irom ougn you
Mn't twin nnirht is onshtv ought and
divide it by sine; four from seven is
three, and add that to six and then
we'll have it 6.300, 000. That's it. I
guess. Yes. 6,300,000 gallons. Big
cistern that?" ana Mr. Leland returned
the atub of the pencil to his eapaaoaa
pocket. Sua FrancUoo ChronicU.
Deceit of Song Writer.
BY TRB raT COSTarBCTOR.
Ta was wba wrote " K m f. Sweet Qmt" 44
No, of course not. All his folks at
borne say he dida't. Nobody who
writes about anything ever had it, Tf
a man is out of anything be immedi
ately goes and writes about it. .o man
writes so many "headings" as the man
who is ont of his head.
Certainly he didn't ever have any
home. The man who wrote tbe "Old
Arm Chair" never had an arm chair in
all his life, lhe best he had was an
old split-bottom chair without any back
to it."
The author of "Take Me Back to
Switzerland" never was in Switzerland.
The nearest he ever came to it was sit
ting in the William Tell saloon eating
Switzer kase kass why, that was the
best he could do.
"Mother, I've Come Home to Die,"
has not spoken to the old womsn for
years, and wouldn't go near the house.
Besides, he is of that class of spiritual
ists who don't believe they will ever
die. His health was never better. His
mother is nothing bnt a mother-in-law,
and sbo is dead, anyhow.
There is snthor of "Old Odten Buck
et, too. 1 here wasn fa Packet on
the old farm, water being drawn with a
tin pail and cistern pole.
"If I Had But a Thousand a Year"
stated privately to his friends that he
would be content with half that sum, as
he was doing chores for his board and
three months' schooling in the Winter.
The author of "Champagne Charley"
never drank anything but It) cent
whiskey.
The man who wrote "Mary Had a
Little Lamb" knew very well that it
was nothing but a little lamb fry.
"Shells of Ocean" is a bnmbng. The
plaintive poet who represents himself
as wandering, one Summer eve, with
sea-beat thought, on a pensive shore,
was raised in the interior of Pennsylva
nia, and never was ten miles away from
borne in all bis life. ''Gathered shells,"
did he? All the shells he ever gathered
were some egg-shells back of his moth
er's kitchen.
"Hark I Hear the Angels Sing."
spent all his evenings in a beer saloon.
Angels, indeed I
lhe man who wrote tue " Song of the
Shirt" hadn't a shirt to his back, wear
ing a wampus for the most part.
' Oft in the sully Aight nsed to get
on a spree and make the stilly night
bowl till daylight.
doe author of "We jiet by Chance
knew very well it was arranged before
hand. He bad been weeka contriving
it and she admired his coutrivanre.
Tbe author or "I Know a Bonk,"
etc, did not know one where he could
get his note discounted. The ouly
check he ever held was a white check
at a faro bank. He never held a red
check in all his life.
"What are the Wild Waves Saying ?"
knew very well tbey were reproaching
him for running away from Long
Branch witbont paying los hotel bill.
"Who will eare for M itber Now ?"
Who, indeed ? You took tbe old wo
man to tho poorhouse just before writ
ing the song, and there is nobody but
the poormaster to care for her now.
"Hear Me, Xarma. was deaf and
dumb. He couldn't make his pa hear,
nor ma.
"Mr Mother. Dear " used to thrash
the old woman within an inch of her j
life.
Theanthorof "Rain on the Roof
always slept in the basement, except
when he slept ont. of doors.
L-t Ma Kiss Him for His Mother
got mad because his mother wouldn't
have him, aud whipped her little boy
within an inch of his life.
"I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halla"
nsed to cheat at marbles when a boy.
and his dream was a horrid nightmare.
brought on by the remorse at the re
collection of frandnlent marble bands.
"I'm Saddest When I Sing" was
tickled almost to death if invited to.
"Happy Be Thy Dreams sold ben
zine whisky, lou can fancy what kind
of dreams were produced.
The Ring finger.
We have already noticed the niode
of procedure adopted by bridegrooms
1 ,1 : 41 r . -.1. :
in placing tue riiiif upon iiw immu lin
ger of the left lutud. Though it was
reached simultaneously with the con
cluding "Amen." a far weightier reason
prevailed with many of our forefath
ers for selecting this finger te ltcar the
matrimonial tokeu. "the linger on
which the ring is to lie worn is the
fourth linger of the left hand, next to
the little linger; lierause by the re
reived opinion of the learned and ex
perienced, in ripping np and anatomiz
ing ImmIics, there is a vein of blood.
which passeth from the fourth linger
to into tbe heart, called vena anioiis,
Love's vein; aud so tbe wearing of tbe
ring on that linger sigiiitieth that the
love should not le vaiu or feigned, but
that as they did give hand each to the
other, so likewise they should give
heart also, whereiinto mat vein ex
tended." Swinburne's Treatise of
Sinusal. This idea seems to have
aiiseu in Egypt as early as the second
century. Appian, an Alexandrian
historian, says thar, in tne opinion 01
the anatomists of Kgypt, a rertain
most delicate nerve" passed from the
ring-finger to the iieart. But the
sauncbest upholder of this theory was
Lxviuu Lcuniius, a celebrated sage of
Zealand, who lived in the sixteeuth
century. In Ins metlirai practice ne
had often taken advantage 01 tins con
necting artery to restore fainting wo
men to consciousness. "The small ar
tery is stretched forth from the Iieart
unto this finger, the monon wnerem
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you may perceive ruiieuuj io i .
ntlcrt the heart in womeu by the
touch of your forefinger. I nsed to
raise such as are fallen mtoa swoon by
pinching this joint, anil by rubbing the
ling of gold with a little saffron; for.
by this a restoring force that is in it
passeth to the Iieart, and rcfresheth
the fountain of life, unto which this
linger is joined. Wherefore antiquity
thought lit to com pa -s it about with
gold." He also states that this finger
was termed "niedicus," since, if any
venom entered it, notice was given to
the heart liefore it was too late to use
an antidote. Tho gout, also, never
afflicted this finger until the attack
bail assumed a fatal character. This
he had observen iu Gallia Belgica, the
land par excellence of podagrbl suffer
ers, no Belgian, however long bis ex
perience of gout may have been, ever
suffering in this linger till death wasi
nigh at hand. f Canadian Monthly
The wife of Bismarck, over sixty
. . i , . r . t
years ol age, yet irean ana ueautuui
directs her household affairs, earriee at
home a bnnch of keys ia her belt, and
is nrond of tne many emoroiuereu oov-
era and curtains, the work of her own j
industrious hands.
TnfT air, nri 4a itil n a an n flower
plant ten feet high, and nearly four ! jet which have beoome the yogue in
feet in diameter at tbe part where the Paris have restored prosperity to the
leaves are largest. It now contains working classes of Venice who were in
more than fifty fall blossoms, besides ! a state of great duitresa before the re
number of promising buds. 1 wal of the taste for jet trimming.
Yontlis' Column.
Lit il a it t drops. Was thtt a
dream I had, or was it somebkly's
voice, that seemed to me like the rain
drops talking. Now, perhaoa my little
friends can tell,
Yoa see, thera had been some show
ers, and while I stood at my window
looking ont, I could not help thinking
how beautiful the drops of water locked
as they bung glistening, like diamonds,
from every branch and twig, and how
tbey had fallen from heaven, drop b
drop, instead of in great sheets of
water each one coming to do good.
It was a cool Autumn day ; yet the
air was so fine I wanted to enjoy it. So,
wrapping a shawl around me, and
taking my knitting, I walked towards a
grove in the rear of the bouse and
seated myself in a rustic bower, with
work in hand. This is the talk which I
heard or thonght I heard perhaps
while dreaming :
I m tired of living ia this dark,
chilly place." said a rain-drop, as it lay I
in the hollow of a great leaf. "I dou t
see why that big bush was put there, so
aa to hide the sun from me ; aud I don't I , A ""arse, drawn by two horses fol
see whv I was out here at alL I was!Iowe, b7 tew servant, was all the
made to float abont in a cloud. I have
not seen tbe sky these manv davs. It
. a. .1 1 i 1 w.
1 ia getting awful cold too; I shall bei
frozen to death, if I stay here much
longer. O. if I were only np in that
big tree ! This morning I heard some
ladies pass, and one said. 'Oh. see how
pretty the raindrops look, as they hang
on the branches, iu the sunlight ! Tnen
I said to myself, I could look bright
and pretty too. if I were only ther.
"1 don't eare abont looking bright
and pretty." said a little drop, as it fell
from a leaf into a tiny stream that was
trickling down a rock. " HVre all got
to help in a great work ; and each one
must do something, if ever so little,
and just as much as he possibly can."
Patter, patter I I heard the sound of
little footsteps tripping through the
grove. Soon a little giil appeared, and
I wondered if she bad beard tbe talk of
the raindrops, for she sang,
"Not mighty dWJ. mat np 13 tain
or bapjjiirf tvl m.
But I tlx u of kiutla
It lueli axijr iliUU ui4 huw.'
She sat down behind some bushes ,
snd then I could not see her plainly ; I
but could hear her talking to herself.
while arranging mosses ; for as she
could not see me, she probably thonght
hers. If unolmerved and unheard.
"I n glad mother taught me that
verse," she said, "and I'm glad Mrs.
Somers gave me that orange. I'm glad
"l
! too, that I thonght to give
it to sick
Kitty ; for she said, 'O, it s
inst what '
I'v. lun lin(t-ifT fikr V anil I Ittit m.tlM
I
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me feel so happy! And now, 1 pave
some pretty mosses to take to ht r. She
does so delight to see something greeu.
And when 1 go there, mormugs, to
comb her hair and sing a little song,
she says, 'VVhat a comfort yon are to
me, Nelly ! W hen she says such things
I don't care if 1 don't live in a big1
bouse. Our dark lane looks bright ;
noir. And tbe minister said something ;
one day abont Jesus beiug the Sun of
Righteousness, aud shining into sueh j
dark homes, and making even the chil-1
dren feel his love. He said too, tuat
he has put them here to do some good,
and doing so makes them happy. Vet '
once, I ui-ed to grumble and wiah I were
a rich little girl that COUld nave any-
thing she wanted.
. . .
Thb rnsoraErid Dawpuop. V deli-1
rate child, pale aud prematurely wise, i
was complamiug ou a hot morning that j
the poor dewdrops had beeu too hastily '
snatched away, and not allowed to 1
glitter on tbe flowers like other bapp er j
dewdrops that live the whole night !
through the morning onwards to noou- j
day. "The sun, said the child, "has
chased them away with his heat, or has
swallowed them up iu his wrath." Soon
after came rain aud a rainbow, where
upon his father pointed upwards.
"See," said he, "there stand the dew
drops gloriously reset a glittering
jewelry in tbe heavens ; and the clown
ish foot tramples on them no more. By
this, my child, thou are taught that
what withers non earth blooms again
in heaven." Thus the father spoke,
and knew not he spoke prefiguring
words ; for soon aft-.r, the delicate
child, with the morning brightness of
his early wisdom was exhaled, like a
dew-drop, into heaven. Jtan I'a'il.
IifcV. Joh Bbows. when a poor
shepherd boy, conceived the idea of
learning Latiu and Greek, and having
procured a few old books, actually
accomplished the task while tending
his catile on the hills. Ou one occasiou
he went to Edinburgh, plaided and
barefoot, walked into a bookseller's
store and asked for a Greek Testament,
"What are yoa goiug to do with a
Greek Testament ?" said the bookseller,
"Read it," was the prompt reply.
"Iliad it!" exclaimed the bookseller,
with a smile : "ye may have it for
nothing if ye'll read it." Taking the 1
book, he quietly read off a few verses j
and gave the translation ; on which be
was Lrmitted to carry Iff the Greek !
t i ,k !
Testament m triumph. j
t, ,(Tr, . - 11 !
H0RSIABBP0WEKa.-"Wbat EJ
reason. Auntie, inai 11 1 1 lenow taaes .0
norses, luey an tuiua no
all thiuk he is
straight to tbe bad ? What is there so
abominable about them ?"
"Nothing," said Miss "On the
contrary, everything grand and spleu-
did,-iu type, jou snow uorse. to check a Iran 1 which might iuciden
powers ; meu are made to handle pow- in!l,rlH . mv father' mem-
-ra .ml to nA ttiAm ? it is the verv
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loves them.
, them. Ouly he la terribly -
D if he stops there,-playiug with
taken
m.l. . w-ll r .1a .
iu. s ... -" i I
SUCB. or drive m cuair wi.u vui.to;
reins, as the little ones do, all his life.'
Dids't Wast his E.sns Pcli-ed. Sir
Humphrey Davy when a child was pale (
aud frail, but a witty little fellow j me raruita visitors .o u. ,.
withal. At the age of six he was sent 1 to remit all punishments for slight
to the grammar school, the master of ! military offences. In consequence of
which was incompetent for his work. this rule, a distinguished F rench gen
aud celeorated oulv for his severity to : eral was recent.y enabled to give bia
tbe boys. L-.ttle Humphrey oiten had j 'roops a high opinion of his regard for
..h nniiuii -n.i A..-..-v bA went to discipline without incurring the re-
school with a large plaster on each ear.
. . , . J ,
"What does that mean?" asked the
master, with his usual barbarity. The
child looked np with an archly grave
face, and said, "Piease, master. I put
on the blasters to rreveut mortification.
Idleness. It is a mistake to imagine
that only tbe violent passions, such as
ambition or love, can triumph over the
rest. Idleness, languid as she is, often
masters them all ; she, indeed, influ
ences all onr designs and actions, an I
j insensibly consumes and destroys both
i B union and virtues.
There is scarcely a fashionable ev
tht doesn't do ffood to some one.
i Thus tbe ornaments of white and black
nneTios.
For what port is a mau bound for du
ring courtship? B tna.l to Havre,
Aim high, but not so hih a not to
be able to hit anything.
Tbe person who will not help himself
has no one bat himself to blame if
others do nt help him,
M h1- 1 wiv,s formerly took a stitoU
io time ; now. with the aid of sewing
machines, tiity take one iu no time.
An escaped convict who wants employ
ment advertises that he has had con
siderable experience iu the "hide busi
ness." The New Zealand gold fields during
the three months ending June 30 pro
duced about 21.5Sd ounces of gold,
valued at 134,000.
One of onr freshmen, lately, in giv
ing the divisions of an oration, called
the last "Perforation." "That is right."
sail the professor, "'if yoa intend your
oration u. h a hnr "
ceremony attending the funeral of Bo-
n in Anilm fvikthiliili1
1011 Anseim ttoiuseniid. me wea.in 01
a Danker is estimated at
A female cs,arch.g;ler ia Xoleilo MTS
that ,.vUe0 gh8 8aw the sll3srl4 of th)s9
SlJlilll anii tnen thori!;ht of the things
her owa irf h , t(J w if ,
I wasa't for t!l9 cja,0ution of religion
I .1., ,1:1 ... tni, h .. -u.,. ,
Tightly fitting dresses an 1 tha Sara
toga wriggle are all the raga at the wa
tering places. AicorJing to a Troy
ltdy, who has let the secret out. the
S.ratog.i wriggle is pro lit J by so
tying tbe legs that tbey oau ouly be
moved six or eight inches at a time.
The shorter the tie, the more exqtiiaite
the wriggie.
Who wouldn't be a b.iohelor, when
one saith this: "The number of per
sous who take a warm iuterest in me
is astonishing and troublesome. There
are homes where, unless dissimulation
be carried to the height of genius. I am
i,T, . elnnmA wnest m l aiT.tion-
utelv treated br trie oi l an 1 young.
mistress aud maid."
A young rcai was cnv'.ug a goose at
a tiiuner-table oue i'y. wheu by an
awkward move he kn ck -d it into the
lap of a lady who was sitting opposite,
in all the glory of a green satin dress.
.- . -i ,T. Y- 1 1
msieau 01 snowing uis ver.iancy oj
proiuse spoiogies aud a eonfused man-
ner. he simply said : "I'll trouble yoa
. . . . ! , . i 1 .
K njias x iu iur.uu.
of society furuish an example of self
possessiou more sublime ?
Not having been sufll -iently thrashed
wheu a boy, U bert U. Johusoa now
writes to bis mother:
Hereit!i, my deir mother,
1 semi you some birch in
Iwturu for the oilier
I got when an urchin.
Y u c ' now see, at your age.
What tha difference is ;
From that came a blue ridge.
From the Bine Itidge caina this.
Cayuga Like ia reported to yield
bull-frogs weighing as mu as fifteen
p-Jiiu is caeu ; urn urr is a mnpiDua
that tbe statement emanated from a
leal estate ageut in thit quarter, who
wishes X attract F.-en?h emigrants to
the district. Perhaps he heard the
alory of the G-r.uia ventriloq iist who
hrag that, wueu serving iu tlit late
Franc o-frussian war, ha shot eleven
Fi-euch sentries by squatting in the tall
rushes and imitating the croak of a
frog, and so decoying the:a within
range.
A San Francisco woman, whose hns-
baud was in the habit of whipping her.
read one dav the story of Samsou and
Delilah. When next her consort was
prone in sleep, she sheared him so
completely that every spear of hair dis
appeared from face and head. Bousing
from his s'nmlier like a giant refreshed
from luger, he speedily comprehended
the situation, aud reached for her.
S.ich a csressmg as she then received,
she never dreamed of before. She did
not even have the usral grip 0:1 him.
Qe was fiue.l, and she d-clared her
utter dislielief in those bible yarns.
A singular fish is found in great nuni-
bers iu the coast rivers of Alaska. It
is about eiht inches long, transparent
snd the fattest of all the finny tribe,
This fat, however, has not the oily,
rancid taste of other fUh. but is like
fresh lard. When these fish are dried
the Indiana often turn them to a novel
snd practical account burn them in
pl.ee of candles. They give a clear,
brilliant light, and are not liable to be
blown out by the wind. Mr. Manson,
Superintendent at Fort Si mpson. aays
that the tail should be lighted, instead
of tbe bead, and each fish will barn
about fifteen minutes,
Thackeri7 publishes the fol-
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low,u w"u,u't to tu? Pat.l,e,: b
recently come to my knowledge, by the
kiuJnc of , fneuJ tbat ,ette-
manuscripts are beiug freqnently of-
tga,A ft, autopriplj. f my
Some of w
bich I have seen are
v.nmsv lorceries. but thv were
siiffieiently well executed to impose
upon persons already familiar with my
father's handwriting. May I therefore
beg yoa to publish this letter, ia order
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ory ? 1 1 oue case.
letter attributed to
fM.B.nt frotn . magazine" article
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him had been manufactured by copy-
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signature ; and I should much regret
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that correspondence so compiled should
be attributed to him.
It is customary after a great revies
ncb i as that whicu recenuy ueiigntea
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proach of unnatural harshness. He was
walking through the ranks, praising
tbe appearance of the men, whose bear
ing was all tbat could be wished, when
he came to a company of volunteers,
among whom was his son. The young
man stood motionless nnder arms till
the general stopped before him. when
he said, 'How is mamma ?" "What?"
replied the general severely. "How is
mamma?'" repeated the soldier. The
general called the captain of the com
pany: ' You will put that man under
arrest for four days. He has spoken
in tbe ranks." Tue inspection weut on,
and, with the exception of this inci
dent, the general foanJ only ground
for approbation in the behavior of tbe
troops. "I am much gratified," said
he to the old oflloers, "you may convey
this to tbe men. and." tnraing to the
captain of volunteers, "add that I re
mit all punishments." Thus discipline
was preserved at little expense to the
feelings of this very modern BruttU.
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