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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOI. XXVIII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PKNNA., DECEMBER 2, 1S74.
NO. 48.
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THE I'ROVSi l.WO..
iiv n abton iiii.t.
Vlioso endnreth to the end."
So. lon. a:;o, the word man spoVent
llcarU fail, and bowed head earthward liend,
Y t who i-hall nay the pledge in broken;
Uiave eyes maj read the promise Mi ill.
Though writ iu hues of pain and Iom;
The palli lies upward on the bill.
Though every tuill-etone be a ojwh.
Long a-o my onl and I
( on verse and roimwl lield toother.
Win n clear and liriit youth's morning hfcy
riiirluil rimy in the summer weather;
' SmL" said 1, 'many a pathway fair.
Waiting thy choice, before thee lie;
Think long, ehoose well, then proudly dale
Thine uuuost might to win the prize.''
And so we looVed, my1 nonl and I.
And uiaiij a fair, false joy refusing,
lie! f '.d at lat-t. wrcue and high
The crunu of her eupreiuewt ehooniu;
And ou it liied our steadfast K'e.
Whilu tlie bright. joyous wizard, Uoe.
Through all those hounteoiui Hummer days.
lrew one delicious horoscope.
l'.ut snnunrr hi. urn fade fact away.
And that dtuu crown, above my winning.
Here iu the twilight of mjr day.
t.lcanm far, as in my bright lpiiiiiinj;;
And now Hope's eyes are dim and cad.
And ix.ubt and tint f walk cke lei-ide.
And many a joy that trst I bad
In this long toil baa drooped arid died.
And yet I know my sonTa tme pond
I je still, lie ever, there before me;
I could not turn me if I would,
Thonyh clouds and darkness pather o'er me.
Ami, thoitfjli I fail audtbou;;ii I die
Far from my uoal, my ciown linwon.
No meatier star can Usiupt the eye
That once baa known the aleadfaxt huh.
Ko on I presu np that utecp slope,
iK-hind whose brow thatnuu iH ett;ng;
1 walk witb I'itb, and uot with Hope,
Ki npairinj; not and uot forgetting ;
l'.ut. wheu the lavt brief breath in ieL
I xhall not eritve if thin men wtite;
lie rtroe he failed and be in dea.L
True always is the huhet lilit."
ZI isfcllnn v.
Kilrxinaiirr.
A fashionable wedding, now-a-days,
is a verv expensive and extravagant
affair. IVHiaps it is no one's business
out-si, 1 of the family circles of the con
tracting parties aud their friends, aud,
if those who desire to c lebriite such a
matrimonial alliance, can afford the
"luxury" of one of t besecutertaiunients,
it is all well enough, so far as they are
concerned. lint such matrimonial
shows and on: cut at ions displays arc
hardly iu keeping with the simplicity of
the American idea of republican govern
ment, ami they oftentimes place bur
dens, though self-imposed, nion invited
guests, which these cau ill afford to
U-ar. There mnst be expensive toilets
aud expensive presents. Trne, these
are sometimes hired for the occasion,
lint no one, of course, except a shoddy
ite or a miser would resort to such a
disreputable trick.
Tho beauty and significance of the
custom of making wedding gifts is
acknowledged everywhere among en
lightened people. The money value of
the article is a secondary consideration
when the gift is liestowed from projier
motives ; but iu the brilliant displays
which accompany the modern fashion
able wedding, the motive seems to be
rather a desire on the part of the giver
to achieve notoriety. Thns the tender
expression of love aud esteem is sup
planted by the numistakable presence
of a Hellish and iguolile passion.
Now oue of the causes for this condi
tions of thiugs this false idea which
prevails iu society consists iu the de
bire ainoug people of wealth (or of re
puted wealth, at least) to ape the cus
toms of aristocratic circles iu Europe.
Among no class on this side of the
Atlantic is this desire so manifest as
with those who are called the "vnlgar
rich," the shoddy aristocracy. Orien
tations weddings among really refined
people, in this country, are quite rare.
Indeed, the glare and glitter of sump
tuous ullairs, where the most prominent
features are extravagantly dressed
women, a bride's tnmtHcati worth a
king's ransom, wedding gifts repre
senting, singly, thousands of dollars,
mrnu, and lastly, a score of Jenkinses
to air, in print, the whole affair, espec
ially the elaliorate and costly toilets of
the ladies ; these are things from which
men and women of culture aud true re
finement instinctively shrink.
Is it strange that young men sen
sible, cool-headed young men, who
have their way to make in the world
stand aghast at the thought of a matri
monial alliance? They know that their
incomes are utterly inadequate to snp
port the style which a fashionably edu
cated young lady expects, or, at least
desires to maintain. Is it to be won
dered at, that bankruptcy and crime
among bnsinees men are so prevalent ?
The evil from this unnatural, and un
wise condition of society, is two-fold to
yonng men. If they marry, the desire
to maintain a certain social position
subjects them to temptations which
many have not the moral courage to
resist, and hence they fail, making ship
wreck of their lives, and covering their
friends with shame.
On the other haul, in living single,
the allurements aud temptations which
beset young men are hurrying thousands
every year into dissipation and vice.and
withering them nieutally, morally, and
physically. The incentives to useful
ness and solid happiness are destroyed
by the prevailing folly of the day. It
is time, as another remarks, for fathers
and mothers to know that the extrava
gance they encourage, is destructive to
the virtue of their children, and that
all foolish expenditures are, instead of
answering that end, tending to destroy
the institution of marriage altogether.
Tbe Keck.
r .f.vt health demands that the
clothing abont the neck should ba very
moderate iu quantity, and worn so
loose as to prevent the slightest com
pression. The great error frequently
committed in clothing this part of the
liody consists in wearing such an
amount as to overheat and weaken the
throat, aud thus render it susceptible
to cold, or in wearing it so tight as to
retard the circulation of the blood to
aud from the head. Great care should
be exercised upon this point, as the ar
teries and the veins leading from the
lieart to the brain are situated in the
nock that slight compression there
serves to check the flow of the blood.
Many cases of congestion of the brain
aud headache are partially or wholly
caused by too tight collars and cravats.
It is proosed iu Eugland to provide
separate cars for the accommodation of
ladies traveling alone.
;kkvii:vk-? peril.
11re w narrow utrcot, the name
of which I have forgotten, that dis
sected the Calie le la Data at right
anglm. On the Northeastern corner
Ux a howe of two stories, with iron
balconies projecting from the windows
on the nper door, while those below
wer securely gnanled by strong iron
bars, which reached from the bottom to
the top of the window castings, and
wre firmly imlxslded in the m'aaoorj
of which the honse was constructed.
A double door heavily plated with
iron knobs, was the only entrance to
the abexle, and this door was wide
enough to admit a pair of mnles and a
-arriitge. It opened into a K'Hd-Bzed
court-yard, in the center of which a
utoue fountain of rude workmanship
supplied eioellent water to the inmaU-s
of the munition. Entirely round the
four sides of the second story ran a
stone porUoo. On the lower or fourth
ide were three spacious chambers, all
connecting, in one of which sat a ven
erable man with gray hair, who was
busily engaged at his easel, for he was
a painter, and of no mean reputation.
All abont his stodio were scattered
prints and painting, some completed,
some only begun, while near his side,
reclining non a cushion on the tiled
floor, sat a beautiful jrirl, just ripening
into womanhood. The painter was
Donis Chauliert, and the girl was his
daughter Genevieve, .
Mono. Chnnlert had been a resident
of the city of Mexico some five years at
the time of which wo write. In the
line of his profession he hail been so
successful that be was ennnted a
wealthy man. Every lover of pictures
in the country had heard of Mous. i
tliaatiert, and those who bad a desire
to gratify their taste, had visited the;
painter's studio. But Mons. Chauliert j
had many visitors in the shape of young
coxcombs, who were attracted to his
honse more by the loveliness of his
daughter than a desire to pay homage
to his art.
Well acquainted with the sentiments
and manners of the great world, Mons.
Idiaubert strove to withdraw his daugh
ter as much as possible from the eaginr
gaze of these butterflies ; but still he
could uot prevent his being frequently
Mirpriscd in her presence by one or
another of them, who artfully con
trived, by- entering into conversation
with her, to detain her for a few mo
ments. Genevieve neither felt her
vanity flattered by the eoicplimeuts of
these dandies, nor a partiality for aty
of them entered her heart. AmoiiK
j some of these frequenters of Mous.
Chanlert's house, were some who were
both wealthy and connected witb dis
tinguished families, but that had no
effect on Genevieve Chaubert.
I was walking one evening with a
friend, a young Frenchman, by the
name of Ch.irh s Duraud, and as we
came to the gate of Helen and passed
out u jinn the canseway, wc &topcd and
gazed towards the west, to notice the
beautiful sunset.
"It will not be tfark for nearly two
hunrs yet," said Duraud. "Suppose
wo go on a pitee further. 1 would like
to get a few ond lilies."
Assenting to his propositions, I went
forward, looking down into the water,
which flowed each side of the road, iu
our search for the lilies. We had gone 1
aliout a half mile without discovering!
any, wnen we seated ourselves on a
stone beneath an arch of the acqneduct
aud began to converse on ordinary
topics. So tileasantlv had we enjoyed
ourselves, that we had not noticed the i
tltgtit of time, aud it was already grow
ing dark, wheu we began to retrace our
stet.
Scarcely had we set out on onr return,
when we snddeuly heard female voices
crying for help, just a little in our
advance, and on the otuer side of the
aqueduct. Hastening iu the direction
from whence the cries proceeded, we
found au elderly lady and a younger
one struggling with two Mexicans, who
were dragging them away by force in
the direction of a couple of mnles.
which (vidently belonged to the ras
cals. lMiaiul instantly drew his pistol
and fired at the scoundrels. As I was
uuarme.l, I could only watch the result
of his stn.t liefore determining what. I
could do to assist the niifortuiiates. My
indecision was only momentary, how
ever, for the ru Hi. ms, seeing tln-y were
discovered, rau quickly to their ani
mals, and iu auot iier minute were out
of sifiht.
We now hastened to the ladies, as it
as obvious how much both, particu
larly the elder, exhausted by their ex
ertions and fright, needed our support.
I offered my arm to the elder aud
I Iu rand to the vounger lady, when they
both thanked ns in Freuch for our
timely assistance. Pnrund was de
lighted when he found they were his
countrywomen, and at once began to
inquire into the cause of the attack.
"A!as ! we know nothing of tne mo
tives which caused the scoundrels to
try and capture ns," said the elderly
lady. "The fact is, we had no business
to wander so far out of the city unpro
tected, and had it not lieen that Gene
vieve hurt tier foot ami was delayed
more than an hour in resting, we should
hwve been inside the gat while it was
yet daylight."
"We our verv happy that we can offer
yon our protection," I replied.
"lou are very good, monsienr, she
replied. "You may be sure that this
will not happen again witu ns.
Then turning to the young girl, she
said :
"Louis will be very unhappy when
he hears of the peril which threatens
us. We must tell him for we have no
secrets in onr little family." Then
addressing me, she said : "Louis is
my brother, the father of Genevieve.
I suppose vou nave beard ol Jlons.
Chaubert?"
I bowed my head and replied that I
knew him by reputation only.
"Well, well," she answered, "he will
be glad to make your acquaintance this
evening ; after this service yon geutle-
mau have rendered ns, Mons. l.tiauoert
will always lie happy to consider yon
his friends."
"Truly the service was very trifling,"
I said ; "I only regret that it was not
in our power to appreheud the scoun
drels." "This is a queer conntry, monsienr,"
continued Mile. Chaubert ; "one never
feels safe unless well guarded. Louis
has promised to return to France next
winter, and Genevieve and myself talk
of scarcely anything else now. Only
think, we have been absent five years.
Once I thought it would be impossible
for me to live abroad so long, but I fiud
we can accommodate onrselves, to al
most any state iu life. Have you ever
been in France ?"
'Yes, mademoiselle," I replied, "I
spent two years there."
"And you were delighted, were you
not?" , ,
"Well, I liked the country and the
people, but I am not mnch of an en
thusiast, and must confess that I would
not care to make my Lome among your
countrymen.
"why, mopsienr!" exclaimed th
lady, "I am surprised to hear yon speak
uins. nurely you could not have
mingled ranch in society. People
rarely grow weiry in r ranee, t'ut here
we are at home. Now, gentieman,
pleaoe follow ns to the presence of
Mons. Chanltert."
We found the painter very nueasy at
the absence of his sister and daughter.
Wheu the ladies explained the services
we hail rendered thrni, the old man
took our hands wnrnilv in his own, and
thanked ns as only a Frenchman could.
"You must utay to snpjier," he sai.t
The meal consisted (.f imita, wine aud
ooffe, and we made ourselves very
Imppy over the frugal repast,
i'or the next to or three weeks,
Dnrand and myself talked nightly of
the beautiful Genevieve,' ss we sat be
side our lamp. I saw plxiuly that he
was iu love with the painter's danghter.
We called once or twice during this
time ou the ladies, and received a
hearty welcome. Mons. Chauliert had
forbidden his sister and daughter to go
ont in the city unattended, and Dnrnnd
or myself had the pleapnre of acting as
an escort wheu Mus. Chauliert did not
go himself.
Oue morning 1 was sitting in my
room, when Duraud entered in a terri
ble excitement.
"What on earth is the matter,
Charles ?" I inquired. -
"What do you think?" he cried ;
"that puppy Merido insulted Genevieve
and her aunt, as I was escorting them
from macs this mornintr." -.
"What. Senor Merido?"
"Yes, Senor Merido, as yon call him,
and now I am going to seek him, only
having btoppoJ to ask you to accompany
me."
"This sounds vt ry strange," I 'said,
'Angel Mcrido was aivava considered,
a gentleman. lie id the" last person I
should have snpposed who would have
committed such an act."
"lie's a villain," cried Duraud ; "I'll
tell you something, but it must not lie
' reiieated to Mons. Chaubert. Merido
had been pesteriug Genevieve some
tirvA tvitli Invd tttcit-fl mint, liv a amall
" " v. " - --j ..ib jew iura on, wiieu i ieiL m iiauu
girl. She wonid not inform her father, laid upon my shoulder, and on tnrning
tearing it would make him unhappy. round stood face to face with Charles
The wretch finding that Genevieve did . Hurand, who was holding a boy of
not respond, began to threaten her.
"nhe told you ail this ? I said.
"Yes, and more," replied Duraud.
"Come, let us be off."
After a long search, we found Merido
m'ttino t Fnn. k .l,w.f i.i.
friends. Thev were drinkine wine,
, ,; , ... . , with me for couple of years, and 1
Darand waited tip to the spot where neVer knew it nuti, t K, bim j went
he. was sUt.ng and siapped him iu the with uim dirPt.tlj nig house anJ the
face with his glove. surprise of Madame Dnrand and her
W ith the ferocity of a tiger Merido aunt at again beholding me was some
sprang at Darand. In an instant the j thing I shall never forget. I have had
Fonda was a scene of confusion, and , many hearty greetings in my day, but
uie lanuior.i ran to tae uoor ami called
for the police. The belligerent were
prevented from assaulting each other,
However, aim ainm tne commuuon, I
got Dnrand to retire. We weut directly
to our rooms, well knowing tiiat we
should bear from Senor Merido. Sure
enough, before the afternoon passed,
one of his friends bore a challenge,
which he piaced in the hands of Du
raud. "Now this is something I like," cried
the chivalric Frenchmen, "I shall kill
that reptile ; that will be a comfort at
U-itt."
"Aud for doing which, you will have
to leave the conntry," 1 replied.
"I don't know about that," replied
Dnrand.
"Hut I do," I replied. "Merido is
related to wealthy aud influential
people. If you kill him, they will
either have you arrested or assassinated;
that, is, if yon don't happen to run
away."
"I must fidit Lim ; that cannot be
avoided. "Will yon be my friend?"
said Darand.
"Ofconrse," I replied "though to
tell you the truth, 1 would not do the
same thing for any other frieud 1 pos
sess." It was in a grove of lime trees, with
the fruit Pfcill green on the boughs, tlist
Charl Duratid met Angel Merido to
fiht and kill him. The spot selected
was about a league outside the city.
The weapons selected were ' pistols.
This was a source of regret to me, for
I hirand was an excellent swordsman,
but I never had heard him speak of
pistols, and I was quite sure he had no
practice with them. -
Two friends accompanied Merido. I
alone was with Duraud. We went out
on horseliaclc. " ' ,
The gronud having lieen mcasnred
off, Merido won the first lire. My heart
tlirobled as 1 placed the weapon in
Ditrand's hand. He was as cm i as if
he was going to play billiards. He had
been eating a bnuch of grapes.
When all was ready, we took our
stations, and tbe word being given,
Merido fired, and I saw Duraud
slightly start. I sprang forward to bis
side, and asked him if ne was hit. He
replied in a low voice :
"The rascal has cut away part ol my
ear, clou't yon see it is bleeding. But
stand aside, his time is now coming."
I stepped backward and watched
Duraud us he took deliberate aim at his
antagonist. Then there came a ringing
report, and Merido, clasping his hand
to his side, staggered forward few
Upaces, aud was caught in tne arms ol
his fneuds, just as he wan falling to
the earth. He had been shot directly
through his lungs.
"I wish to see Dnrand," exclaimed
the dying man.
Charles went to his side, and Merido
gazed up into his face with a look of
batretl.
"Stoop down to me," he said.
Duraud knelt close beside him, when
the Mexican, by a strong effort, raised
himself on his elbow, aud spat in Da
rand's face,
Charles calmly took out Lib handker
chief and wiped his cheek. He could
not retaliate on a dying foe.
'Listen," cried Merido, gasping even
as he spoke. "You have killed me, but
I have five brothers, and my ancle is a
judge ; so I don't think yonr days will
be very long on earth. If the law failed
to convict you, they would hunt yon to
the deatlu And this is all for that
French girl. Hark, yon Frenchman,"
he continued, when yon rescued your
countrywomen by the aqueduct, they
were being carried off by my contriv
ance. I always hated yon for that in
terference. Ah 1 if I had but strength
to stab yon ere I die."
Dnrirg this abuse, Dnrand knelt
with his arms folded, gnaing upon his
dying foe, while his friends had gone
to a farm house to search for a vehicle
to convey him to the city.
I put my hands on Duraud's shoul
der. Come, let us be off," I whispered.
"You have no time to lose."
Straightway we rode back to the city,
and ere the shade of night fell, Charles
Darand had taken his seat in the mail
coach for Vera Cruz. He did not even
stop to bid Mons. Chanbert's family
adien, but I carried his message and
explained to the painter what had taken
place.
The Meridos were one of the oldest
and proudest families of Mexico. Be
ing very wealthy, they had for a long
period been numerously represented in
government positions. They exercised
a great deal of power in certain way,
and to be a foe of the Meridos was
equivalent to knowing misfortune. On
the second day after Angel Mcrido'a
death his liody was committed to the
tomb with a degree of qnietness that
was not often witnessed among the in
fluential families of the conntry; but
there were reasons why there should be
no ostentation, aud chief among them
was the desire to have as little publicity
as possible aliout the manner of Angel's
death, lly this means they hoped to
lull - Unrand into a faueied security,
that he might more easily compass his
ruin. They little snpposed when they
were lowering the body of their relative
into the grave that Charles JJurnnd was
at that moment entering Vera Cruz in
disguise and seeking to escape from the
country. When they really did dis
cover the fact, their fury was nn
tionuded, and they swore that some
tiody must die, ' As Duraud was safe
Ixiyoud their reach, they turned their
hatred niton Louis Chaubert. His
dsnghter had been the innocent cause
of Merido's death, but beyond this she
was in no way responsible for what had
occurred. ' Mons. Chauliert had the
respect of the community generally,
but that would not insure him repose if
the Meridos desired to persecute him
and his family, and as their animosity
became more and more evident, Mons.
Chaubert was forced to seek the pro
tection of the French Minister and get
away from the city. Ho set out for
Vera Cruz, and I followed by the next
coach, for although, singularly enough,
my name had not been mentioned, I
thought it lietter to leave ere attention
was directed to me. When I got to
Vera Cruz, the vessel that bore the
Chauberts to France was yet in sight
with her white sails spread to the wind.
.Tea years had passed away, and I
was one dav standing on the Batterv.
j washing the ships coming and going
' V i 1 1 1 T fu - 1 3
about eight years of age by the hand.
Of course my surprise was great and
my happiness very sincere in meeting
him. He had married Genevieve, and
V118. was u,8,8on-. .on8- unauDeri nad
aieu soon alter uis return to r ranee.
aA Uurapd had been living in the city
j nothing like that I rec;-ived from my
French friends. I found madame but
little changed. She was still very
beautiful but a trifle too stout, M'Ue
Chauliert I never should have recog
nized. Her hair had become perfectly
white, and very little of it was left her.
She had grown very thin, and her eye
sight failing her, sue now wore specta
cles. Some time after the renewal of onr
acquaintance, Ijcullcd at Durand's house
and found him questioning Genevieve,
who had been crying.
"Yon are just at the right moment,"
cried Dnrand, addressing me. "My
little Louis is quite sick ; on one or
two occasions there has come to this
neighborhood a man who has en
deavored to coax my child to walk with
him. Failing to accomplish his pur
pose, he gave him to-day a box of
Ixmlum. The boy aha them and was
taken ill. We sent for a physician and
the child is out of danger ; but what do
yon think my wife says? The other
day as she was ont shopping, she no
ticed after awhile that a man had been
following her from place to place, and
she declares it was one of the Meridos."
"I'm snre of it," exclaimed Madame
Dnrand. "He is the image of that
dreadful man that my hnsbaud "
"Yes, I understand," I replied, as I
noticed her hesitate to finish the sen
tence, "But madam, this is a bail
place for any one to practice such acts
as you fear ; make yonrsell comfort
able. If yon are correct in your suspi
cious I think I can make yonr mind
easy. I know the hotel where those
speaking the Spanish tongue resort. If
any of the Meridos are iu the city they
have been to the honse in question. I
will investigate the matter."
It was eleven o'clock that night when
I left Durand's, and on my way home I
stopped at the Hotel Barcelona, As I
approached the door I saw there was
some excitement iu the honse. A few
words with gentleman I knew ex
plained the cause. A Mexican by the
name of Antonio Merido had been
knocked down by a stage on Broadway
and run over. He had just lieen car
ried into the house with his head fear
fully crushed. Before morning he died.
Fnry
Work with
Leaven.
Aafomn
The bright tints of antnmn leaves
are very lovely for ornamenting onr
parlors, boudoirs, and dining tables.
Brackets and picture frames can also
be adorned with them, and they add
greatly to the beauty of one's surround
ings. Collect a large quantity, com
bining every hue, from crimson to
scarlet, from scarlet to yellow, and
from yellow to green. The red beech
and the beautifully variegated sumach
are very desirable, as also are the oak
and ferns, but the maple exceeds them
all in the great variety of its tints, and
the various sizes of its leaves. Smooth
every leaf on the wrong side, with a
moderately warm iron, holding it npon
the leaf only minute. Then take a
camel's hair pencil, and a little olive
oil, and carefnlly brush over every part
of the leaf. I'lace them on a flat sur
face to dry, and let them remain until
the next day. For wiring these leaves
into garlands, &&, or for preparing
them for bouquets, take the fine-covered
reel wire, such as is always nsed
in manufacturing wax flowers and at
tach it around the stem, first laying it
so that it will extend the entire length
of the leaf to support it. Afterwards
wind around each stem to conceal the
wire, either narrow strips of green tis
sue paper, or brown Berlin worsted,
and join the leaves together in sprays ;
of course the individual leaves on each
spray must be of the same species.
Prepare a large number of these sprays
mounted on wires, and then arrange
them in vases, about picture frames,
over mirrors, and as ornaments to lace
curtains, and yonr apartments will
present a festive appearance, although
the dreary winter weather has browned
the face of nature. Oak leaves, acorns,
and brightly-colored beans, gnmmed
npon a card-board frame, will make
handsome corner brackets, or wail
pockets and vases to hold yonr beauti
ful leaves. The acorns and beans
ought first to be cut in half, when nsed
for this purpose. Country UvntleuuiH.
Dreaming; In The
renin Ternary.
Kevrn
"Our old Euglish books of courtesy are
full of reference to the use of the comb.
It was a part of the page's duty to comb
his lord's hair ; directions for combing
your sovereign's hair are given by John
Ruswi in his "Boke of Nurture," also
by Wynkyn de Worde in 'The Boke of
Karvings." The dnty of combing, as
enltnre widens, begins to be treated by
writers on etiquette as a duty to one's
self, and not merely toward one's lord.
Andrew Borde, in 1.jo7, recommemls
the frequent use of the comb ; 'Kaynie
your heade oft, and do so dyvirs times
in the dav.' William Nanghin, in his
Fifteen Directions to Preserve Health,'
published in 1imJ2, prescribes the comb
ing for its intellectual benefits ; It
mnst be done 'softly and easily with an
ivory comb, he writes, 'for nothing re-
createlh the memory more.' Sir John
Harrington, iu his section on 'the dyes
for every dayof his 'School of Saterne,'
( l(i2t) gives ' the simple instruction
Uomuyour hair well with an ivory
comb from the forehead to tho back
part, drawing tlte comb some forty
times at the least.' It would seem the
preciseuess of his advice, that Enelish
gentlemen were still a little slovenly in
in their own treatment of their, hair;
when they wished it to be properly
treated they put themselves under the
hands of the barber. There is little
doubt that the close cropped hair of the
Presbyterian and Independent Round
heads was more cleanly than the long
hair of the cavalier with its artificial
lovelocks. It was part of the extreme
protest of George Fox, the fonnder of
(Quakerism, against all the fashions of
the earlier Puritan sects, who were
masters in England when he began his
mission, to wear his long hair. When
he was preaching in Flintshire in 1051
he says that 'one called a lady' sent for
him.
"She kept a preacher in her house.
I went to her honse, bnt found both
her and her preacher very light and
airy. Iu her lightness she came and
asked me if she should cat my hair.
But I was moved to reprove her, and
bid her oat down the corruption in her
self with the sword of God. He learned
afterward that this lady boasted that
she had gone behind him and cut 'off
the carl of his hair.' At Dorchester
the constable made him take off bis hat,
to see if he was not shaved at the - top
of his head ; they were sure that so
fierce an opioneut of the Puritan clergy
must be a Jesuit. The long hair of the
father of Quakerism, like that of the
Fraukish kings and chieftains, was ne
cessarily often in need of the comb ;
and it comes out incidentally, in his
journal of the year 1662, that George
1- ox was so careful of personal neat
ness as to carry a comb-case in his
pocket. When he was seized by Lord
Beaumont and the soldiers in Leices
tershire as a suspected rebel, that no
bleman pnt his hand in my pocket,'
says Fox, 'aud plucked ont my comb
case, aud then commanded one of his
officers to search for letters.' The cav
alier gentry who took the Quaker pa
triarch for a plotter, were great employ
ers of the comb. The huge peruke
came in with Charles II., and a fashion
arose among the pallants of combing
their huge head-dresses in public ; it is
often noticed by dramatists of the Res
toration. It is one of the stage direc
tiousin Killigrew.s 'Parson's Wedding,'
for a group of fashionable gentlemen of
the year lo6.'i : 'They comb their heads
and talk.' As ladies nse the fan in
their flirtations with gentlemen, so the
artificial swains of the period wielded
the comb in their languishing addresses
to the sheperdesses. Dodaley has a
long note on his custom in the eleventh
volume of his 'Old plays,' and cites a
nnmlier of illustrations. In his pro
logue to tlte second part of 'Almanzor'
and 'Almadide,' written in 1670, Dry
den refers to the ostentatious use of
the comb by tbe would-be wits in the
pit of the theatre. From the epilogue
to the Wraugliug Lovers,' 1667, it ap
pears that this free public combing was
a distinction which marked off the man
of the town from the dull conntry
consiu."
low auiur Men income Rich.
We maRH the following extract from
the recent lecture of the celebrated
biographer, Mr. James Parton, on
"Kings of Business." The honse of
Isaac Rich fc Co., of Boston, is now the
leading house in the fish trade of that
city, and has a reputation for fair and
honorable dealing co-extensive with tbe
Continent.
Isaac Rich, who left a million and
three qnarters a year or two ago to
found a college in Boston, began busi
ness thns : "At eighteen he came from
Cuite Cod to Boston with S3 or $1 in
his possession, and looked abont for
. . . , 1 1
sometning v ao, rising eariy, warning
far, observing closely, reflecting much.
Soon he had an idea. He bought three
bushels of oysters, hired a wheelbarrow
found a piece of board, bought six
small plates, six iron forks, a three cent
pepper box. and one or two other
things. He was at the oyster boat
buying his oysters at three o'clock in
the morning, wheeled them three miles,
set np his board near a market and
began bnsiness. He sold out his oys
ters as fast as he could open them, at a
good profit. He repeated this experi
ment morning after morning nntil he
bad saved $130, with which he bought
a horse and wagon, and had five cents
left
"How are yon going to board your
horse ?" asked a stable-keeper, who had
witnessed this audacious transaction.
"I am going to board him at your
stable."
"Bat you're a minor," replied this
acute Yankee, "And mind, I can't
trust you more than a week."
The next morning the lad, who had
established a good credit with the
oystermen, bought thirteen bushels of
remarkable fine oysters, which he sold
in the course of the day at a profit of
$17. So he was able to pay for his
horse's board. And right there in the
same market he continued to deal in
oysters and fish for forty years, became
king of that bnsiness, and ended by
founding a college, thus affording a
new illustration of Prof. Agassiz's the
ory that the consumption of fish is ser
viceable to the brain.
Tne Mount r Olives.
The Mount nf Olives has changed
hands. The Countess de hi Tour
d'Auvergne, who lives nt Jerusalem,
has lMiught and handed it over to the
French Government. She is now erect
ing a convent on the spot where our
Saviour prayed. The prayer is in
scribed on the stone wall around the
court yard iu thirty-two languages.
The Countess is a lady of immense
wealth. ami lsasnuecr as she is wealthv
She lives in an old cottage of oriental
style, with only a tortoise-shell cat aud
a blow n uog lor her companions.
When dors a man have to keep his
rord ? W hen no one will take it.
Hair
Pnnnlnr riellonn.
The human mind is so constituted
that it lovea to trace great effects to
simple causes ; but in the endeavor so
to explain momentous events it often
displays a clinging devotion to fables
that is really touching. Take, for ex
ample . the first great fire in Chicago.
What numbers of guileless people
believe, - ana will ever believe, that
the fire was caused by the widow Molo
ney's cow, which, indulging a fractions
impulse, kicked over a lamp in its hum
ble stall, setting fire to the. surround
ing straw, and thus eventually desola
ting the city. Of course, this interest
ing little fiction has frequently been
contradicted, but that makes no differ
ence. The cow has been accepted as
the heorine of the occasion, and its
loyal adherents have little patience with
gainsaying investigators. The remark
able cow, whose hind legs exerted such
a controlling influence on the destinies
of the western metropolis, has been ex
hibited by several euterprising show
men ; and it will, no doubt, continue to
bo exhibited (occasionally iu two or
more places at one time) for many years
to come. The extraordinary care be-1
stowed npon it will, of course, account I
for its unusual longevity. A silent
story was also readily seized on as ac
counting for the more recent fire. We
were told that tho conflagration was
caused by a Polish Jew, who set fire to
his honse in order to obtain an insu
ranee which he had effected on some of
his goods. It is now positively af
firmed, after thorough investigation,
that the said Jew was a loser bv the fire.
and that his insurance was not equal to
a month s rent. Nevertheless, we have
a misgiving that the Polish Jew will be
adhered to, and will inherit a frame co
extensive with that of the widow Malo
ney's cow.
"Oiauioud 1'nt Diamond."
A very comical conclusion to a verv
ordinary theft took place in Paris re
cently. A sneak thief entered a gentle
man s apartment one afternoon by
means of false keys, and proceeded to
ransack drawers and closets in search
of valnables. To his disgust, he found
neither jewels, money, nor any portable
valuables : so he finally concluded to
treat himself to a new suit of clothes.
Accordingly, he selected a nice outfit,
including shiits, Btockings, and under
wear, laid them ont on the bed, and
proceeded to remove his own garments.
Just as he got to the critical point,
when his own clothes were off and the
new ones were not on, he heard some
one open the onter door of the apart
ment. He scrambled nuder the bed in
all haste, and while lying jterda there
he heard the new comer prowling round
tho room, opening drawers, etc., and
finally heard him depart. He then
crept out, bnt what was his horror to
find that the second individual bad been
a brother thief, and that not only tbe
clothes he bad been about to pat on
were gone, but his own suit as welL
While he was in the midst of a search
for some other garment, he was again
disturbed by the opening of a door, and
this time he popped into a closet. This
last arrival proved to be the owner of
the apartment, who, finding his furni
ture in disorder and his wearing apparel
gone, proceeded to search for the male
factor, and soon discovered the poor.
shivering criminal in the closet. He
summoned the police and gave him into
custody, and the unfortunate fellow
was conveyed to tha Btation-house,
wrapped in a blanket, and piteonsly
declaring that he had stolen nothing
that, on the contrary, he had been
robbed, basely robbed, of all his cloth
ing. A Tame IIerrlna;-nll.
A clergyman in County Tyrone. Ire
land, thns records his observations of
the habits of a tame herring-gull in his
possession ; "He is now 2 years old,
having been taken from the nest,
pinioned, and kept in a garden until
last Spring, when I brought him into
the fowl-yard, where he took up with
tho poultry. He was at first rather
shy, and screamed whenever they ap
proached him, bnt now he has become
bolder, and is able to lieat the turkey-
cock, seizing him by the tail. Tn fact,
be has quite cowed the fowl. His food
is rather peculiar ; being naturally a
lover of fish and worms, he seems to
have lost bis taste for the former. I
may here observe, as it has been often
said that gulls keep gardens free from
Blngs, that this bird would not look at
one, though they were offered to him
coutinnally. He threw them abont
with his beak, which he washed imme
diately, showing his utter disgust. His
favorite food is tbe inside of rata aud
mice, which he dissects nicely, leaving
only the skin ; he also eats whatever is
given to tbe fowls, picking up the grains
of corn which are scattered for them.
His latest performance is to catch spar
rows, which he kills and swallows
whole ; his way of catching them is
like a cat ; crouching down, he silently
pounces on his victim, which he imme
diately kills, holding it by the neck and
shaking it violently. He is partial to
eggs, devouring them whenever an
opportunity presents itself."
NoaKS) of Soeiel j.
It is unjust to suppose that a people
does not possess a thing because its
language has no name for it. Perhaps
the French, like their language, know
not "home" perhaps the Romans, like
the Latin, could not imagine the exist
ence of such a thing as a "f omale friend'
but certainly we English-speakers can
suffer from "ennui" without being able
to give it an ezact equivalent in onr
own tongue. Certain it is that we have
no word in English for what the French
call rrr de tociette, and yet, with the
possible exception of the French, there
is no literature as rich in these most de
lightful of poems. Pope, Prior, Praed,
Swift, Suckling, Frere, Byron, Moore,
Thackeray, Landor, Locker, Saxe, Hal
Ieck, and Holmes have all written vert
de tociette and written them well yet
for their witty verse we have no native
name. It will not do to translate the
French name, and call them "society
verses;" true, ter de tocicte are
worthy of a far better title than that.
Insolent Manner.
A haughty tone, a rude address
bruises no muscles, causes no physical
pains like the pangs of hunger or tha
misery of draught ; bnt it hurts all the
same : and if, as the proverb says, hard
words break no bones, they none the
less wound that sels-esteem which lies at
the root of half onr sentimental griev
ances. Subordinates feed this domi
neering insolence of manner a great
grievances when they are subject to it
so do sufferers when they have to en
counter the pertness of those whom
they consider their inferiors. Bat the
grievance in either case is based on ex
actly the grounds, and to those who re
gard the physical as the sole real thing
in life ought to count for nothing.
Cornhill Magazine.
'VontliM Column.
Cbiln'a Prayer.
FatbY. the day la part.
Oti thy child thi hi-f.uiif cmnt ;
Nar tur pillow. aal IB baud,
Kerp th guardian anirel Uali.l.
And throughout tue darkeuiuK night
Hi m with a rbverfnl litfht ;
l--t uiv rim- at B ro again
Frw from rmry tairht nf pain;
1'rviMuK thpsinb life', tnuruy war,
kep umo, aUmt. daj by day !
Oowfkb's Threk Hares. Cowpfr's
uiree historic hares. Pass, Jiney, and
Bess, are among the most interesting
of domesticated creatures. These hares
differed in their dispositions one from
tbe other. Tiney was reserved and
surly ; Bess was full of frolic and drol
lery, bnt did not live long. Here is the
poet's own account of Puss, who evi
dently became a privileged character :
1 nss grew familiar, would leap into
my lap, raise himself from his hinder
feet, and bite the hair from my temples.
lie would sutler me to t ike him abont
in my arms, and has more than once
fallen fast asleep npon my knee. He
was ill three days, during which time I
nursed him, kept him apart from his
fellows that thev might not molest him
for, like many other wild animals.
they persecute one of their own species
that is sick and by constant care, and
trying him with a variety of herbs, re
stored him to perfect health. No
creature could be more grateful than
my patient after his recovery, a senti
ment which he most significantly ex
pressed by licking my hand, first the
back of it, then the palm, then every
finger separately, then between all the
fingers, as if anxious to leave no part of
it unsaluted ; a ceremony which he
never performed bnt once again npon a
similar occasion. Finding him ex
tremely tractable. I made it my custom
to carry him always after breakfast into
the garden, where he hid himself gene
rally nuder the leaves of a cucumber
vine, sleeping or chewing the cud until
evening ; in the leaves also of that vine
he found a favorite repast. I had not
long habituated him to this state of
liberty before he began to be impatient
for the time when he might enjoy it.
He would invite me to the garden by
drumming npon my knee, and by a look
of such expression as it was not possi
ble to misinterpret. If this rhetoric
did not immediately succeed, he wonld
take the skirt of my coat between his
teetn and pnll at it with all his force.
Thus Puss might be said to bo per
fectly tamed, the shyness of his nature
was done away, and, on the whole, it
was visible by many symptoms, which
I have not room to enumerate, that he
was happier in human society than
when shut np with his natnral com
panions." Where Bots Marbles Come From.
Not far from Salzburg, Austria, is a
great mountain, which consists of
nothing but beautiful marble. The
stonemasons cat oar blocks and columns
of it, take them to the great city, and
build palaces and fine houses of them.
Bnt what becomes of the little pieces
which are broken off, and which are so
small that the great people cannot nse
them? These are for the children 1
Out of them are made the little marble
balls playing marbles. How this is
done, let me tell you : From this same
mountain several brooks flow down into
the valley below. Their waters rush
down from one shelf of rock to another
and from countless little waterfalls. By
the side of these little falls numerous
small mills have been placed. In each
of these the water drives a little flying
wheel. Underneath the barrel of the
wheel is a round grinding-etone. This
millstone turns in a stone trough, into
which fresh water is constantly splash
ing. Tbe larger bits of marble are
broken with a hammer into ragh,
angular pieces abont as large u wal
nuts. No child would care to play with
these stones ; they are sharp-cornered,
j gged, anil gray and dusty besides,
fbey are thrown into the stone mill-1
trongh with water, and the millstone
begins to turn. Now the angular stones
have a long, merry dance ; they hop
and skip and stumble over one auother,
and whirl aronnd in a circle; they
crash and lieat and grate upon each
other all day and night long. At last
they become so small that the mill
stones in the trough takes no more hold
of them, aud the little mill stands still.
The little stones are ready. The mill
stone is lifted ttiero they lie, a hun
dred or more, all together, aud oue just
as pretty as auother. They are er
feetly round ; all corners aud roughness
are gone. The marbles now ouly need
poUshing. Then the child gets them
aud plays all kinds of games with them.
PsETTL HINTS TO Yoi-NO WrITERI
I!ohiiu.( is a French word ; IxxHt t is
not.
MiJirl'jurf is a French word ; riifri
iurt is not.
Jlurx dr. coinl,at is a correct French
expression ; hor du nunlmt is not.
Illy is not an English word. To say
that a person is itlif adapted to any
employment is as incorrect as it would
be to say that he is wttly adapted to it.
atliiitrd is the proper expression.
Firstly is not an English word ; ftrtt
should be nsed. SKcmdly, thirdly,
etc., are correct.
The use of the word mnnt instead of
almost is a vulgarism of New England
origin.
Nouns ending in ey form their plural
regularly by adding $ ; as key, keys ;
monkey, monkeys ; journey, journeys ;
attorney, attorneys ; money, moneys.
Ignorance leads some persons to write
attitrniet and monies, instead of the
correct spelling.
The word u kiky has no in it, and
its plural is whUkie not whUkey.
The Saw of CosTEimo. "O, Frank,
come and see how hot my saw gets
wfcen I rub it. When I draw it through
the board awhile, it's almost hot enough
to set fire to it"
"That's the friction," said Frank,
with all the superior wisdom of two
years more than Eddie boasted.
"Yes," said sister Mary, who was
passing, "it's the friction ; bnt do yon
know what it makes me think of?"
"No, what ?'' asked both the boys at
once.
"Of two little boys who were quarrel
ling over a trifle this morning, and the
more they talked the hotter their tem
pers grew, nntil there was no knowing
what might have happened, if mother
had not thrown cold water on the fire
by sending them into separate rooms."
The boys hang their heads, and Mary
went on.
The Vermont Legislature is sorely
pnzzled over the question of the dispo
sal of Senator Morrill's back pay, which
he placed to the credit of the State
treasury. The latest proposition is
that it be appropriated to the founding
of a fish-breeding establishment near
tbe centre of the State.
The best guardian of a woman's hap
piness is a husband's love ; of her honor,
her own affection.
"Vn i-i't it's.
The gem rauuot be polished without
friction, nor man perfected without ad
versity. The love of heaven and the love of
earth are like scales of a balance when
one rises the other falls.
After the sting of folly has made meu
wise, they find it too bird to consider
that others can be as foolish as they
have been.
The Mormon Temple at S ilt Likn
was commenced twenty voors ao. and
the walls arrt now ouly fourteen feet
above ground.
At Billingsgate. Loudon, last month.
no less than 1 l'J tons of fish exposed
for sale them was seized and destroyed
as nntit for human food.
It is easy for a mm who sits idle at
homo, aud has noliody to plcuse but
himself, to ridicule or censure the com
mon practices of mankind.
The world nea 2-1f.0(10.iVlrt nonnds
of tea and 7ia.nit.n(lt pounds of coff.s
each year. China furnishes nearlv all
the tea and Brazil the coffee.
An extraordinary lanra turnip wis
dug iu a garden at Salt Lake the other
day, which, on being cut open, turned
np a large sized frog, well and hearty.
He who does (rood t another man.
does also good to himself ; not ouly in
tne consequences, but in the verv act
of doing it ; for the conscience of well
doing is an ample rewar.L,
Germany has jnst adopted a law by
Inch the holder of a railroad ticket
may stop at any point on his jonrney,
for an hour or ten years tho ticket re
maining good until nsed.
Six establishments, with an aggre
gate capital of Sl.Snn.OX) are reported
to be making a good thing ont of it
manufacturing oil and oil cake from
cotton seed, in New Orleans.
It is proposed to call the infant son
of the Duke of Edinbnrg the Prinee of
Feejee, inasmuch as the annexation of
the Feejee Islan Is to the British Crown
was almost simultaneous with bis birth.
A scientific acrieulturist reports that
he has found as high as 30 per cent of
cream in the lust pint of milk drawn
from a cow, when the first pint from
the same cow yielded ouly !M per cent
Usefulness is confined to no station,
as it is astonishing to see how mnch
good may be done, and what may lie
affected by limited means, united with
benevolence of heart and activity of
mind.
The negroes of the West India Islands
shut np their cabins at night as tight
as a drum to keep out the wandering
spiritd of darkness. Their belief in
fetichism is aimost incredible, and the
Obeah men drive a thriving business.
The leading English brewers are com
plaining of the nse of sulphur in the
drying of hops. The object appears to
be to give the hops a more attractive
color, but the sulphur injures the beer,
and is said to produce pre judical effects
npon the health of those who drink it
The ruins of old friendship are even
a more melancholy sjieetaele than those
of desolated places. They exhibit the
heart that was once lighted np with joy
all damp aud deserted, aud haunted by
those birds of ill omen that only nestle
in rains.
One's age should be tranquil, as one's
childhood should lie playful ; hard work,
at either extremity of human existence,
seems to me out of place ; the morning
and the eveuing should lie alike cool
and peaceful ; at midday the sua may
burn, and men labor nuder it V.
Arti'ild.
George Francis Train once more
breaks a temporary silence. He says :
"All my delusions are now concentra
ted in one, and this is, that at no late
day, my ideas will control their action.
When the progressing atmospheric
changes make the country's mind suffi
ciently receptive to bring the people np
to my psychologic plane I shall le
forced, whether I ilcsiro it or not, to
exercise the Miwer I know I possess, a
jiower far beyond Christianity, Infidel
ity, Paganism, or Spiritualism 1"
A well dressed man iu Chicago at
tracted considerable attention the other
day by sitting iqion the edge of the
sidewalk for some, time with his head
lietween his bands, as if iu deep medi
tation. At last a sympathetic stranger
approached him and said : "Friend,
yon seem to tie in trouble ; can I assist
yoa in any way ?" Tho man sprang to
his feet, and taking off his hat, parted
his hair carefully, and said : "Stranger
do yon see that cut ? My wife did it
this morning with a flat-iron, aud then
sent me down town to buy her a new
lion net, and I have been sitting here
for an hour trying to decide whether I
will buy it or uot, aud blame me stran
ger, if I haveu't alnitst decided to get
it"
The summer trip of a provincial geo
logist iu Newfoundland has resulted in
the discovery of a fertile tract of land,
espnhle, it is alleged, of snpjortiiig
lUO.IKX) people with ease, situated iu
the vicinity of Gander Bay. iu the
northeastern part of the island. The
soil is rich, aud the tract contains piue
forests of large growth and great value,
the amount of cultivable land being es
timated at 5DO,0ilO square acres. There
is a fascination aliout all newly discov
ered lands, and it is therefore not sur
prising to find the beauty and attrac
tiveness of the tract pictured very mnch
as General Custer told of the Black
Hills. The discover's name is Murray,
but he is no connection of the Adiron
dack explorer.
A party of three, two Americans and
an Englishman, have ascended the vol
cano of Popocatepetl. They started
for Amecameea and passed between the
lakes of Texcoco on the left and Chalco
on the right, the one salt and the other
fresh, with nothing bnt the road over
which they were traveling to separate
their waters of such different natures.
The first night was spent on the cold
side of tbe mountain. At five in the
morning the ascent commenced through
deep black sand. Ou reaching the
snow line far beyond thick clouds were
piled npon esch other in the valleys of
Puebla and Mexico. To the north
stood the snow-clad heights of Ixtaci
hnatl, and far to the east the peak of
Orizaba hooded with perpetual snow.
After reaching the top over eighteen
thousand feet above the level of the
ocean they descended into the crater
which is three miles across, and at the
bottom of which little wells of snlphnr
and smoke were bubbling np. The
crater is a mine of sulphur and nearly
pure, and meu are in it daily amid the
sickening fumes, and they have all the
appliances, windlasses, for descent, and
other machinery of a regular mine.
The ascent of the mountain took four
hours. The descent to the snow line
was made In seven minutes by sliding;
down behind an Indian guide.