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B. F. SCHWEIER,
THS CGSSTITCTIOa THK CSION ASD THE ESFORCEIIEST OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor-.
YOL. XXIX.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., FEBRUARY 17, 1S75.
NO. 7.
THE TWO TRAVELERS.
BT WILIJAJI BEIiVT,
I'm evening, and before my ere
There lay a landscape gray and dim;
Fi-i J faintly seen and tmiliybt ekiea
And clouds tht bid the horizon's brim.
I nw-or was it that I dreamed ?
A waking dream ? I cannot nay;
For every hbape as real seemed
Ati those that meet my eye to-day.
Through leafless eh rut the cold wind hissed;
The air wan thick with falling snow;
And onward, through the frozen mist.
I saw a weary traveler go.
Driven e'er that landscape bare and bleak,
Jitfore the whirling gusts of air.
The snow-flakes smote his withered cheek.
And gathered on his silver hair.
Tet on he fared through blinding snows.
And muminring to himself he said :
"The ui'ht is near, the darkness grows.
And higher rise the drifts I tread.
"Ieep deep each autumn flower they hide;
F.ach tuft of green they whelm from sight.
And they who journeyed by my side
Are lost in the surrounding nihl
I loved tVtn; oh. no words can tell
The love that to my friends I bore;
We parted with the sad farewell
Of those who part to meet no more.
"And L who face this bitter wind.
And o'er these snowy hillocks creep
iliut end my journey soon and find
A fruity couch, a frozen sleep.
As thus he spoke, a thrill of pain
Shot to my heart, I closed my eyes.
And when I opened them again
I started with a glad aurpiisa.
Twas evening still, and in the West
A flush of glowing crimson lay.
I saw the morrow there and blest
That promise of a glorious day.
The waters, in their glassy sleep.
Shone with the hues that tinged the sky.
And rugged cliff and barren steep
Gleamed with a brightness from on high.
And one was there whose jonmey lay
Into the blowly gathering uighL
With steady step he held his way
O'er shadowy vale and gleaming height.
I marked his firm thongh weary tread.
The lifted eye and brow serene.
And saw no shade of doubt or dread.
Pass o'er that traveler's placid mien.
And others came, their jonrney o'er.
And bade good night with words of cheer;
' To-morrow we shall meet once more.
Tis but the night that parts us here."
"And I," he said, "shall sleep ere long
These fading gleams will soon be gone
Sliall sleep, to rise, refreshed and strong.
In the bright day that yet will dawn."
I heard; I watched bim as he went.
A lessening form, until the light
Of evening from the tirmoment
Had passed, and he was lost to sight.
Atlantis.
SIMKIXAST.
Tlie Telegraph in 1665.
Old books are generally simple curi
osities, but Mr. E. W. Buell hands ns
a book, printed in K,6o, by E. C. for
Henry Eversden, London, entitled,
"The Authors Defense of the vanity of
Dogmatizing." We 6nd the idea of
the teWraph, as finally invented by
Prof. Morse, suggested in the follow
ing ;
"lint (2) to advance another instance.
That Men suonld cover at very distant
removes by an extemporary intercourse
is another reputed impossibility ; but
yet there are tome hints in Natural
operations, that give us probability
that it is feasible.and may lie compassed
without unwarrantable correspondence
with the people of the Air. That a
couple of Secdlr equally touched by
the came magmt, being set in two
Dyals exactly proportioned! to each
other, and circumscribed by the Letters
of the Aljha'l, may effect thia Mag
nate, hath considerable authorities to
avouch it. The manner of it is thus
repiesented. Let the friends that
would communicate, take each Dyal ;
and having appointed a time for their
Sympathrtick conference, let one move
his impregnate Xcedte to any letter in
the AlphaM, and its effectual fellow
will precisely respect the same. So
that would know what my friend would
acquaint me with ; 'tis but observing
the letters are pointed at by my Seedle
and in their order transcribing them
from their sympathizing Index, aa its
motion directs : and I may be assured
that my friend described the same with
his : and that the words on ray paper,
are of his indicting. Now though there
will be some ill contrivance in a cir-j
cumference of this invention, in that
the thus impregnate Xecdlct will not
move to, but avert from each other (as
ingenious Dr. liroxene in bi Jeudo
duria Epidemica hath observed :) yet
this cannot prejudice the main design
of this way of secret conveyance : Since
tis but reading counter to the magnetick
informer ; and noticing the letter which
is most distant iu the Abecedarian
circle from that which the Needle turns
to, and the case is not altered. Now
though this pretty contrivance possibly
may not yet answer the expectation of
the inquisitive cjrjcritncnt ; yet tis no
despicable item, that by Borne other
such way of magnetick efficiency, it
may hereafter with success be attemp
ted, when Magical History shall be en
larged bv riper inspections : and tis not
unlikely but that present discoveries
might be improved to the performance.
Depth ot Quiet I'eople.
Some men draw upon you like the
Alps. They impress you vaguely at
first, just aa do the hundred faces you
meet in your daily walks. They come
across your horizon hke floating clouds
and yet you have to watch a while be
fore you see that they are mountains.
Some men remind you of quiet lakes,
places such as you have often hap
pened upon, where the green turf and
the field flower hang over you and are
reflected out of the water all day long.
Some day you carelessly drop a line
into the clear depths, close by the side
of the daisies and daffodils, and it goes
down, down, down. You lean over and
sound deeper, but your line doesnt
bring up. What a deep spot that is I
You think, and you try another. The
reflected daisies aeem to Btnile at you
out of the water, the turf looks as
green aa ever. You never thought of
it. bntyour quiet lake is unfathomable.
You are none the less impressed from
these facts that it is a quiet lake.
William Quarterly.
James Thorn, who died about twenty
fire vnara aeo. first received his grea
public notoriety upon the production
of "Tarn O'Shanter." His Subsequent
w jrk 'Old Mortality, es.aoii8nea mm
among the first rank of the world,
noted sculptors.
TOE ROUS D WOOD GHOST.
At last I had an habitation of my
"lupvuiuj reu-onci structure,
roomy enonirh to fnrniah ..- .
full score of demure little morula like
uiyseji.
"You will loae yourself in thia great
barn of a h on ba kiil.inn j .
t bbiu anm
Jerusha, who had accompanied me to
Koundwood to be the ruling divinity of
wic "eCtv
"It would not be much of a loss to
the world in general if I should."
"Humph ! I have no predilections for
mistletoe bono-lia ami nM n.V .l,ut. t
want no such skeletons rising up to
murder mv rest."
"Trouble comes fast enough without
borrowing it."
"At any rate, I've spoken my mind,
and not without reason. It is doubtful
if you have heard all that 1 have con
cerning your new possessions."
Aunt Jerusha looked so solemn that
I quickly asked :
"What have you heard ?"
"Roundwood has a ghost. You
needn't laugh it may prove to be no
laughing matter. I got the story from
the servants. Not a soul of them but
is convinced the house is haunted."
"Tell me what they say."
"It is really quite dreadful, Madelon.
They declare that Madam Belgrave
can't rest quietly in her grave, but
comes back to her old room night after
night.and walks the floor until morning."
"Has anybody seen her ?"
"No ; but all of them have heard her
pacing up and down the apartment."
"Humph. The ghost must belaid.
I don't like the idea of being disturbed
at all hours of the night by any such
uncanny people."
"Nor L" drvlv. "But who will do
it?"
"I will," was my answer, as I caught
a sunbonnet from the wall, and darted
out into the harden tl eain Aunt
Jerusha's solemn visage while I rami-
uaiea upon me ways ana means.
However, the nrim nld fashioncl
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garden, with its quaint angular walks.
ana iunny mue Deus, irom which the
flowers lifted bright and smiling laces,
as if in welcome, soon drove all thoughts
of the ghost from my head.
I wandered up and down the box-
bordered natlm nwmintr i ti f r, ffMn.
i , i i r, ri"
arbors, and summer-houses, inhaling
th. t.-iiin;. ..u- 4i : i
nun uMmuiiv uuum ui iuo an, miu
bugging to myself the delicious sense
of noseasion nutil T irrew nnita inbilAnt
Of all my pleasures, that of proprietor-
snip was me Keenest just men. Ana
why, indeed, shouldn't a nice brick
house, with available grounds be a ' joy
ever.
I had reached the lower portion of the
grounds, and was looking around upon
my domain with quite the air of tine
grande princesxe, when my gaze
suddenly encountered a free aud.easy
figure leaning over a wicket in the
hedge-row. Starting at the vision, I
rubbed my eyes, looked a second time,
and exclaimed, involuutarily : "Law
rence Belgrcve !"
The figure lifted its hat and smiled a
cheerful good morning.
"I am no spirit. Miss Lane. Do,
pray, try to look a trifle lees startled
and dismayed."
My emotion was quite pardonable
and for his reason ; to this man I stood
iu the light of a usurper I had cheated
him out of his inheritance. He had
been nearer related to Madame Belgrave
in fact, a sort of protege of hers,
whom she brought up with the under
standing that he was to inherit her
coupon bonds and bank stock some day.
But, twelve months prior to this time,
there had been a violent quarrel between
the old lady and Lawrence, he had left
Koundwood in high dudgeon, and, to
retaliate, Madame Belgrave had made
a will, leaving all htr property to me.
The qnarrel was never made np, and
madame died very suddenly in a fit,
which found her incapable of expressing
any last wishes she might have had, so
the will in my favor was the one pro
duced at the funeral, and I found my
self suddenly transformed from a coun
try schoolma'am with one decent silk
and two merinos, to a very rich woman
with the means to supply her wardrobe
indefinitely.
So you will comprehend that if I felt
somewhat dismayed on seeiag that
vis on at the gate, I had abundant cause
for it. However.I mustered up courage,
and went and shook hands with him
quite cordially.
"You did give me quite a start, Mr.
Belgrave. and I might as well plead
guilty to it"
"1 am sorry, men lie stood looting
at me curiously a moment. "1 snppose
that I ought to congratulate you. Miss
Lane, on your recent good fortune.
Shall I ?"
If you can do so sincerely not
otherwise."
He laughed. "Then I'll keep my
breath for other purposes."
"Shall you ever forgive me for having
supplanted you ?"
"1 don't know, my 'great expecta
tions have turned out nearly as delu
sive as those of poor Pip. I ought to
hate you, Miss Lsue.but I don't quite."
"Thanks for the margin that saves
me from utter condemnation."
"I can't help thinking," he went on,
reflectively, "that Madame Belgrave
meant to restore me to favor finally, and
that only apportunity was lacking
Proud and obstinate as she was, I'm
sure she loved me."
"And so, on the strength of that
opinion which may or may net be
correct you expect me to abdicate in
your favor ?"
"I did not say so." Again his eyes
swept my face curiously. "Is it in your
heart to be so generous ?"
I shook my head.
"Remember, I've tasted the cup of
poverty and it is bitter to my palate.
It seems delightful to be rid of the toil
and anxiety attendant on earning one's
own living ; I don't think I could take
up the old burden again."
"1 knew you wonld like lotos-eating."
"Who doesn't, for that matter ? Be
sides it has all the zeal of a new sensa
tion just now. I may tire of it but
that seems impossible."
"Not to me."
"Appropos of this inheritance of mine,
I'll tell you what I am willing to do,
Mr. Belgrave. I'll share it with you."
He opened wide his eyes, as if sus
picious his ears had played him false.
"Are you serious ?"
"I never was more so."
Ah 1 conscience has begun to prick
you already."
"Not a bit of it"
There was ebght pause, and then
be said, with an amused smile : "And
so you are anxious Koundwood should
have a master as well as a mistress 7"
"You know I do not mean that," I
returned, blushing and speaking quite
angrily. "This inheritance more than
meets my luxurious notions you have a
sort of claim upon it I am quite will
ing to make over the half to you. In
deed, an idea of that sort has been in
my head all along "
"Thia is Quixotic.''
"No, it is making two people happy
and comfortable instead of one."
"But I refuse to be made happy and
eomfortableatyourexpense. If Madame
Belgrave had wished me to share her
property, she would have left some
document expressing the desire."
"Perhaps there is a will that has not
come to light," said 1, laughingly.
He gave a quick start, and changed
co'or.
"I can't help thinking so, but is a de
lusive hope, I fear."
. "You are entirely too anxious to eon
sign me to obscurity and school keep
ing again."
"No, you should never go back to
that drudgery, if
He stopped suddenly, hesitated a
moment, then held out his hand.
"Rally. I feel like an intruder hem.
Miss Lane. I'd better eay good morning
ana leave you, before 1 am betrayed
intil ftflV fni4ha f ..1 1 w
He turned abruptly away. "Did yon
snow mere was a gnost 01 Koundwood 7
I caMed after him.
"No," looking back.
xuey say ALadame i5e!grave a sure
indication that she is displeased with
something probably the unjust dis
position she made of her wealth."
An expression I utter failed to com
prehend floated over his expressive
i ace.
"You have no occasion to be troubled
on that score," he answered, and went
his way.
I watched him until the windings of
the road hid his tall, stalwart figure
entirely from view, and then returned
to the house in a reflective mood.
"Aunt Jerusha," said L abruptly.
am going to sleep in the hauiited room
to night.
She stared at me utterly aghast
"You foolish child, you would never
dare
"Have the room thoroughly aired
and made comfortable," I interrupted.
in the brusque, decided tone of one
who does not wish to enter into any
argument. "1 shall occupy the apart
ment to-night, so the least said about
the matter the better.
Occupy it I did at least for a season
taking up the line of march about
e'even o'clock.
Aunt Jerusha followed me to the door
and there said good-by, with a face as
solemn and a tone as lugubrious as
though I were about to be hung.
"Scream if you are frightened.
Madelon, and we will all hasten to yonr
assistance. 1 hope you won t be a
raving maniac in the morning. I've
heard of such things."
"I'd rather be crazy than a fool," was
my impatient rejoinder.
Madame tielgrave s room as we
called it was a large chamber on the
second floor. The furniture was qn tint
and old fashioned, of some dark foreign
wood, with immense carved feet that
looked very odd and ridiculous to my
new fashioned eyes. The'walls were of
oak, thickly paneled, and over the
carved chimney piece was a raised figure
typical Heaven only knows of what
with a diminutive shield extended in
one hand.
I had barely glance J round at my
quarters when something flitted past
my head with a whizzing sound, and
lighted in the middle of the shield. A
quick, half frightened glance at the ob
ject in question brought a binile to my
lips. It was a bat ,
Now I had always a great antipathy
to these vampire like creatures ; so
catching up the poker from the fender,
I aimed a aeadly blow at the intruder.
The bat escaped unhurt through the
open window, being too quick for me ;
but the poker descended with considera
ble force on tie spot where he should
have been. The same instant I heard
a sharp, clicking noise, aud the shield
slid away, revealing to my astonished
gaze a small chamber constructed in
the massive chimney.
In this novel hiding place lay a pile
of pspers. Trembling a good deal, I
caught up the topmost one and hastily
examined it by the aid of the flickering
candle. Instantly I knew that my
startled conjecture was a shrewd one,
and that I now held in my hand Madame
Belgrave's true and last will and test -ment,
and Lawrence Belgrave, not I,
hs the rightful owner of Koundwood I
It was scarcely a pleasant discovery
to make. Thoroughly bewildered, i
dropped into one of the quaint easy
chairs, trying hard to command my
wandering senses sumeientiy to realize
it in all its bearings. My candle
sputtered and went out, presently, but
I still sat there quite oblivious to the
fact, thinking only of my loneliness and
the treadmill of poverty to wnicn l
must return. At last I was aroused by
a rustling sound, and a muffled step on
the balcony without With a sudden
thrill of horror I beheld a dark figure
rise np before the window, and slide
noiselessly over the sill. The next in
stant a dark lantern flashed its light
over the room. I started to my feet with
a shriek of uncontrollable terror ; in an
attempt to rush to the door, my limbs
failed utterly, and I crouched pale and
panting against the wall.
"Miss Lane 1 you here !" said a voice;
and the man put down the lantern and
came toward me. "I beg a thousand
pardons for giving yoa such start
It was Lawrence. I rose up again,
thoroughly ashamed of myself for
having manifested such extreme terror.
"My emotion was excusaDie, saiu i
with all the old sauciness, for I bad
grown bold as a lion again, now there
was no real horror to conironi. i uiu
uot expect to see you at Koundwood to
night hence my surprise,"
"The fact is, he replied, manifest
ing considerable confusion. "I have
come here every night for two weeks
back, hunting for Madame Belgrave s
wilL Lawyer Green has told me she
destroyed it afterward as it has not
come to light I hold to a different
opinion. The will was in my favor as
you must readily guess, ana i ueueve
it is hidden in some place which
Madame was prevented from disclosing
by the awful suddenness of her death."
"Then you were the ghost?" I gasped.
"I suppose I must have been."
"Well, it is laid forever. You have
no further need to haunt this apartment
Here is the missing document for which
you have been searching ; to-morrow I
will abdicate as graceiuuy as possioie,
and Richard shall have his own again.
And while he stood staring at me, as
if quite dumbfounded, I pushed the
will into his band, and made a second
effort to gain the door.
This time it was Lawrence who de
tained me foreibly.
"Don't go, Madelon," he whispered,
his arm gathering me close to his side.
"Now I can speak my mind freely. Ill
not be master here unless you consent
to be mistress, for I love you too dearly,
What aav von ?"
I will not repeat my answer. But if
aunt Jerusha had harried to my rescue
as she declaied she would do a few
minutes after I first shrieked for
assistance, she would have beheld a
tableau that might have given quite a
hock to her strict ideas of propriety.
The End of the Wrld.
If the body's death seems to teach
the lesson that modesty is becoming to
the scientific speculator, what shall we
say as to the prospects of that material
frame which is bevona ourselves the
general orderly frame of the universe
as we see it around us ? People would
suppose, from the way in which you
hear men talk now, that there was not
the slightest chance of any great organic
change ever coming across the outward
world in which we live. No doubt God
works by fixed laws. No doubt the
world goes on morning and evening,
and summer and winter ; but what rea
son have you to suppose that it will so
go on to infinity? Have no great
catastrophes befallen the world before
now ? Does not physical science itself
speak of these catastrophes ? What is
there to prevent other catastrophes,
produced by the operation of laws of
which at present we are very ignorant,
coming athwart the globe on which we
live, and a complete change taking
place in the relations in which things
even in the on t ward world stand at
present, so that in the scriptural sense
of the word there may be an end to the
world, as there is certainly to be an end
of our earthly life ? To be sure, things
have gone on for a long time in the
same way, but is that any proof that
they are to go on in the same way for
ever ? You arise morning after morn
ing in good health and strength, and
seem to say to yourself for a time that
this will last for ever ; but one morn
ing something happens, you cannot ex
plain what ; the best physician in the
world cannot tell you what ; but some
thing has happened that lays you on a
bed of sickness, and in two days Bends
you off to your grave a corpse. Will
the experience of the reality of the way
in which everything has gone on since
you were young, till you have attained
maturity, save you from that great
mischance ? Again, men for centuries
had ranged over the mountains in
Campagna : they thought that all
would go on there, herds and flocks
feeding and vineyards growing as they
had done for centuries ; and suddenly
there was a strange sound heard, and a
volcano burst forth, and the greatest
philosopher of the age came to look at
it, and lost his life whe was looking.
But neither he nor any of the men who
had speculated with him ever expected
that these great cities were to be swept
to destruction, and their beautiful pas
tures to become fox a time an arid wil
derness. I do not say such instances
explain or tell us distinctly that aucU
catastrophes will befall the whole globe;
but at all events, I think they ought to
make ns modest, seeing that the wisest
know so very small a portion of the
laws that regulate Ood's creation.
Surely we may not dogmatically as
sume that such catastrophes are beyond
the range of possible or probable
events. It is true, I say, things have
gone on for a long time, and men say :
"Where is the promise of His coming,
for all things continue as they were
from the beginning of the world ?" But
still with Him, with whom one day is
as as a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day, there may be changes
maturing which no philosopher of the
present or of any previous age has ever
dreamed of, which will bring this great
catastrophe to the globe, which will
answer, on the whole outward creation.
to something as great as is our passage
from life to death, and what is beyond
it. I do not think there is anything
fanciful in such an expectation. I be
lieve that a man, of that modest mind
which is the characteristic of true sci
ence, will hesitate before he pronounces
with any assuranco that such a change
may not come over the world as has
been distinctly predicted in the Scrip
tures. Dr. Tail. Archbishop of Can'
tcrbury.
Weeping After Klsing.
Mr. ranch has derived great amusement
lately reading the commentaries of sages
of the English press on the following pas
sage;
'And Jacob kitted Rachel, and lifted up
hit head and Kept. Gen. xzix, 11.
The following are the dinerent explana
tion :
"If Rachel was a good looking girl, and
kept her face clean, we cannot see what
Jacob cried for." Daily Telyrapk.
'How do you know but Kacbel slapped
his face for kissing her, and he cried in con
sequence." Ladict' Treatuty.
'n eeping is frequently caused by excess
of pleasure, joy and over-happiness ; per
haps it was to in the case of Jacob." Hard
Kick' l Science Oottip.
"The reason wby Jacob wept was Kachel s
refusing to let him kiss her the second time."
Xonconformitt.
"We are of the opinion that Jacob wept
because he had not kissed Rachel before,
and he wept because the time was lost."
Lily iT-ctt.
The young man wept becane the damsel
kissed him." Pall Mall Gazette.
Jacob wept because Rachel encouraged
him to kiss her twice move, and he was
afraid to do it" Methodist Recorder.
"Jacob wept because Rachel threatened
to tell her ma." Sunday Gazette.
"He wept because there was but one
Rachel for him to kiss." Clarkenirell Aetrs.
"He wept for joy; it was delicious."
Jcieuh ChronicU.
"We believe that Jacob wept because
Rachel had been eating onions. Brttuh
Standard.
'We believe that Jacob wept because he
found that kissing was not half so fcood as
it was said to be." Xcw Zealand Examiner.
"A mistake it was not his eyes but bis
mouth that watered." Ladief ChronicU.
"He was a fool, and wept because he did
not know what was good for him." Englith
n oman t Advuer.
"He wept because it was not time to kiss
her again." Ezprett.
"Peace, all of you I Is there anything be
neath the starry firmament or the golden
orb of day, in nature or in art, equal to
the first kiss in sweetness and entrancing
falicity T Our word for it there is not ; and
as Jacob had never kissed a pretty girl be
fore, his first enjoyment of the most delight
ful pleasure of life fairly overcame him, and
he wept for joy and blissful happiness.
Honey Hornet.
The Advantage wf Winter.
Winter makes nations mainly by
driving men into social unities, and
obliging them to live with each other
and devise ways for their amusement
and instruction. In a mild climate,
where there is no necessity for men to
dwell under a roof, they wander
abroad, and in great measure dis
perse with each other's society, so that,
although they may have a certain
amount of cursory enjoyment, tney are
comparatively nninstructed. But, in a
severe climate like this, wheal the cold
season shuts men out from the field
and they retreat from their ordinary
avocations, and the days are snort ana
the evenings are long, the dwelling be
comes a school-house, and there must
be conversation and reading. Under
such circumstances the family is a
centre of knowledge ; and, if there be
anv leaven in it centre of Christiani-
1 zation.
"Plaiai" rplc.
Robespierre, the "Incorruptible,"
with his green red-spotted eyes, and
Marat, the hideous Friend of the Peo
ple were fully qualified by queernees of
aspect for admission into tne ranks of
the Lgly Club, supposing that ill-
favored fraternity ever existed out of
the pages of the Spectator; but if it had
come to a contest Robespierre would
have been run hard by the cadaverous
complexioned singer of the "Pleasures
of Memory," who, when he sported a
yellow coat, was dubbed the "dead
dandy ;" and to whom Lord Alvanly
once said, "Rogers, you are rich
enough ; why don't yoa keep yonr
hearse ?" Another likely candidate for
a seat under .loop's portrait was Mr.
Dunning, afterward Lord Ashburton.
Lord Tbnrlow, looking in at Nando s
one evening, when Dunning was play
ing whist there, asked the waiter to
take a note up to his friend. The
waiter said he did not know Mr. Dun
ning. "Take the note up stairs," said
Thurlow, "and deliver it to the ugliest
man at tiie card-table to him who
most resembles the knave of spades."
The waiter had no difficulty in execu
ting his mission.
Heidegger, King George II. 's master
of the revels, whose furrowed face was
likened to a map with a great many
rivers on it, had the repntation of be
ing the ugliest man of his time. Of
course he afforded rare sport for the
caricaturists, but he wisely took all in
good part, and was ready enough to
jest at himself, even to witgering that
such another set ot features was not to
be found in London. Jolly, the fash
ionable tailor oi that day, once pressed
a noble customer for a settlement of
his little account "Begone 1" ex
claimed his ducal debtor ; "I'll not pay
you till yon bring me an nglier fellow
than yourself." Jolly knew of but one
man uglier than himself, and wrote to
Heidegger to say his Grace wished to
see him next morning upon part:cular
business. Heidegger was there at the
appointed time, and so was the tailor.
The Duke acknowledged himself
beaten, and paid np like a man. Jolly
mut have felt as grateful to Heidegger
as Soderiui the singer was to Fanar the
ballet-master. The first time the latter
appeared at rehearsal Soderiui, after
contemplating the new comer for a few
moments, accosted him with : "Let
me thank you a thousand times for
coming among us ; command me in any
way, for I can nver sufficiently repay
you for the happiness yoj have con
ferred upon me." Astounded by such
a welcome from a man he had never
seen before, Fanur iaqnired to what he
was indebted for it lo your uupar.u-1
leled ugliness, my dear sir," -said
Soderiui ; "for, before your arrival, 1 1
was considered the ugliest fellow in '
Great Britain." A still better story is )
told of a Delaware Justice of the Peace
who bad Song been regarded by com
mon consent, his own included, to be !
the ugliest man in the country. While j
out shooting one day, the Justice met
a man beyond all qnestion, even worse
looking than he was, and immediately !
leveled his gun at the astonished pe-
destrian, who cried out to him not to .
shoot. "Stranger," gravely said the'
Justice, "I sw. re ten years ago, that if
ever 1 met a man nglier than myself,
I'd shoot him. and you're the first I've
come across." Surveying his odd as-!
sailaut from head to foot, the stranger I
answered, "Well, Captain, if I do look 1
any worse than yon do; shoot ; I don't i
want to live any longer 1" How they
settled matters is not recorded, but' no!
doubt the arrangement was amicable. I
In 18:15 a yonng Frenchman was so!
foolisli as to kill liimsclf iu disgust ot
his own unhasdsomeness, leaving be
hind him a letter, saying, "I leave my
remaius to my father and mother, re
gretting that they Bhould hsve allowed
the growth and development of a crea
ture of so disagreeable a conformation
aa their son." liojal Mirabeau, as
Carlyle calls him, who wrote, "Imagine
a tigsr marked with the smallpox, and
my portrait is complete," like our own
Wilkes, fouud no difficulty in making
headway with the fair st x. Every one
knows how the fair Dauphiness kissed
the ugly Alain as he slept In much
the same spirit Sir Joshua's sister,
although she considered Goldsmith to
be the most ill-looking man of her ac
quaintance, after hearing the "Trav
eler" read aloud, declared she should
never think the Doctor ugly again.
She was more generous than Soame
Jenyns, who wondered that anybody bo
ugly as Uibbon could write a boos ; a
strange thing for him to say, consider
ing that he, too, was a writer of books,
although he bore an immense wen
nnder his head, and had eyes protrud
ing like those of a lobster, yet allowing
room for another wen between them
and his nose. Chambers' Journal.
The Power of So nil.
Rudolph Yon Gardentield, chief phy
sician in the Bavarian array during the
Napoleon wars, tells the following :
"Once I was gathering plant3 in a
small forest near Moisen. Suddenly
I came upon a man who was lying on
the ground, and whom I at once sup
pesed to be dead. On drawing near
to him, however, I perceived he was
still alive, but in a fainting state.
Vigorously I shook him ; at last he
opened his eyes, and asked me, iu a
lamentable and scarcely audible voice,
whether 1 had any onuff with me.
When I gave in a negative answer he
fell back into his former condition. I
now went in search of snuff, and was
fortunate to meet a peasant, who kindly
came with, me to the fainting man, and
gave him some pinches of snuff. The
man soon recovered, and then he tolJ
me that he had io go a certain distance
as messenger, and on starting in the
morning, had forgotton to take his
snuff hex. As he went along so violent
became his craving for snuff, that he
was completely exhausted, and had
fallen down in a swoon at the spot
where I found him. Bnt for my op
portune arrival, he Said that he must
surely have died."
A anions l'ainter at Work.
A Paris correspondent of T7te Aca
demy writes an entertaining letter con
cerning Charles Dnrand and his man
ner of painting. When sketching for
his picture of "Dew," which represented
a nude figure of a young girl standing
in a meadow, he had a cage built en
tirely of glass, about thirteen feet
.nava in tlia narV nnder the trees, in
which his model could mndress without
fear of catchintr cold, while he could
see the human flesh in full light and in
its exact relations of color with the
leaves of the trees, the verdure of the
. . . . i. . . i
grass-plots, and me nowers oi me
borders. The correspondent describes
Durand as "an agreeable man with a
fine tenor voice. He stops short in the
midst of his work as soon as he feels
tired, takes a guitar, and hums Spanish
airs, accompanying himself in a style
that would bring to the balcony all the
pretty girls in Granada or Seville.
rnlse of the Basilisk.
The return of the majesty's ship
Basilisk to England, after a commission
of nearly" four years, deserves more
then a passing notice, on account of the
Maritime discoveries made by the ship
discoveries whose extent can only be
appreciated after a comparison of the
latest existing charts of Torres Straits
and Eastern New Guinea with the charts
issued, by the Admiralty containing the
results of the Basilisk's survey. To
put the matter shortly, we may state
that the officers and men of her Majestv's
ship Basilisk have surveyed about 1,2
miles of coast line, added at least 12
first class harbours, several navigable
rivers, and more than 100 islands, large
and small to the chart ; and, lastly,
have been able to annonuce the
existence of a new and shorter route
between Australia and China. It may
be generally k flown that till these
Basilisk discoveries were made a large
Archipelago of islands some as large as
the Isle of Wight, and densely popu
lated), a rich.fertile country, intersected
by navigable rivers, and inhabited by a
semi-civilized Milay race, remained un
known to us. After the news of this
ship's discoveries reached England.
L'eut Dawson, R N. (Admiralty Sur
veyor), was sent out to join her, and
she was ordered to complete and follow
them up. This has beeu done with per
fect success, and the whole of the
previously known shores of Eastern New
Guinea have bean carefully surveyed,
and the route above referred to opened
op.
The principle of this work of dis
covery and surveying has been per
formed by the captain and flk-ers in
small open boats, detached from the
ship in some instances for many weeks,
and among savages wno had never be
fore Been a white face. The relations
established with the natives we.-e al
wavs most friendlv. . and sneh st will
form m ffnrvl hasia fnr fnpma, intu.. '
course. The health of the ship's company
was satisfactory indeed, surprisiugly
good, when we consider the life of con
stant exposure in a tropical climate and
the anxions and arduous labonr re
quired. The ship was in constant
danger of loss on the treacherous coral
reefs which surrounded her, aud officers
and men alike may be congratulated on
their safe return, as well as on the sac
Cess which has attended their enter
prise. We understand that two lofty moun
tains, about ll.OiNl feet high, facing
each other on the north-east coast of
New Guinea, have beeu named "Mount
Gladstone" and "Mount Disraeli."
English Paper.
A Case of Absenl-Miiideiliies.
Gnstave Planche was poor, s liter
ary geninses generally are. He sub
mitted to his poverty half through a
stocial disinterestedness and hall
through a carelessness which came from
his temperament, treating questions of
interest with the disdain of a poet and
the simplicity of a child. The editor
of the "Revue des Deux Mondes"
tried to clothe and feed him without
alarming his pride, but with indifferent
success. Ou several occasions be en
tered into conspiracy with the hirer of
Planche's lodgings to steal the critic's
worn-out clothes and replace thera with
new, made after the pattern and color
of the old. Planche being absent
minded, did not remark the substitu
tion. This absent-niindeduess was one
of his most striking traits. One day
some one remarked a black stain on his
trousers, and spoke to him of it, adding
that it was the more cocspicnons being
on pray. "What gray ?" asked Planche.
"My breeches are brown." "What, do
you call that brown ?" The critic
looked down at the article in qnestion,
and saw that it was indubitably gray.
"Yet I wonld have sworn that it was
brown," said the wearer. He evidently
thought of a garment he had worn in
time past
In his wanderings he sometimes did
not return to his lodgings for two or
three days at a time, when the landlord
took advantage of these absences to
rent his room for a night or two. Two
or three times Planche returned unex
pectedly, when the landlord persuaded
him tbat be ocenpird another room
than his own. At first Planche, on
these occasions, thought there wa.
some mistake, but when the man of the
honse repeated with an air of convic
tion that the room into which he was
ushered belonged to him, and pointed
to his books and papers for which he
had a quick memory, he allowed himself
to be persuaded.
Through love of isolation or the fear
of being assisted, he kept his address
secret For a long time even the editor
of his magazine,M. Buloz, did not know
it, and only discovered it by accideri.
He saw him in a little hnt shop having
his reddish brown hat, in txtrt lias, put
under the iron, and drew near ana over
heard the address. It is hardly necec
sary to say that a new hat found its
way to his lodgings, and that he did
not note the difference between it an 1
the old one. The Galaxy for February.
A Remarkable Pedestrian.
A remarkable pedestrian feat has,
according to the Einanza of Alexandria,
been lately performed by an Italian
named Giuseppe Bicci, who seriously
seems to have taken rather a long con
stitutional. Having come some months
ago from Alexandria to Constantinople
in search of employment, but being un
successful in his object, K;cci resolved
to reiurn to Alexandria. A slight diffi
culty, howeve-, at the very commence
ment of his journey, owing to the fact
of his having no money a serious
drawback to a bona fide traveler, for,
notwithstanding the "wretched impo
tence of gold," it is uncommonly diffi
cult to travel comfortably without it.
Kicci at first tried to work his passage
back in a steamer or ship, but failing
also in this endeavor, be set his face
resolutely southward and determined
to work or beg his way to Eypt He
accordingly started off "with a light
heart and a thin pair of breeches," aud
after marching for one hund.od and
fifty-eight days across the peninsula of
Asia Minor, and along the coasts of
Syria and Palestine, he arrived at Alex
andria, where, by latest accounts, he
was enjoying the repose he was justly
entitled to after his fatiguing walk.
Iloplua: .4gaiut Hope.
Hoping for a servant who will be sat
isfied with half the work being pnt out
and all the wages doubled. Hoping
for a friend to lend you fifcy pounds
without interest or security. Hoping
for another friend to pay the fifty
pounds you lent him on the same con
ditions. Hoping for the horse to win
that you've backed with money en
trusted to you for something else.
Hoping the man you asked to dinner in
a moment of enthusiastic want of re
flection won't come. Hoping when he
has come that hell go away again
soon. Hoping the landlord won't come
for his rent just yet Hoping there's
another bottle left in the cellar.
Toms cruris.
How Nelly Saw th Old Ykab Go
Oct. Little Nelly Neal couldn't quite
understand it She heard folks talk
about the Old Year "going out" and
the New Year "coming in," and she
wondered to herse'f where the Old Year
went to, and if any one ever saw him go
and where the New Year eame from.
and if anybody ever saw him come. It
was a puzzle, sue determined, How
ever, that she would watch thii season,
and see for herself the Old Year "go
out with her own eyes. Therefore,
when she overheard mamma say to
Aunt Josie one night, as she undressed
the children, "When Nelly goes to
sleep we'll go down to 'Trinity watch-
meeting' and see the Old Year out,"
Nelly just made up her mind she
wou'dn t "go right to sleep" as mamma
bade her, but she would stay wide
awake ever so long instead, and then,
may 'be she would see the Old Year go
too.
But pfter mamma and auntie had
kissed her good night, and she heard
mamma say to papa, "You sit up for
ns, the girls are tired, and look at the
children once in a while, Nelly felt very
sleepy. Her eyelids felt so heavy they
wouldn't sty open at all, not even when
he tried to hold them apart with her
i w .. V..II- I r 1
beautiful couutr of childhood's dream-1 3') ?"ala1',14 millty. ,J
land. She must have beeu there wme! , r""1
time, for she had been having some real i f England it is proposed that the
good times with her dollies, who always I "Pper class shall for a while diseoa
conTtrsed with her in real voices in that ' tluUe eating oyster, in the hope that
happy land, when suddenly with a little j tbey m7 tlm be had some day for less
start Nelly opened her eyes, and, sure t,ian $l dozen.
enough, there stood the Old Year, At the Vistula, after vain attempts
right by mamma's Lureaa. He was a , for many years to improve the natural
dars, cross-looking, old man, to be
sure, and he seemed to be roving
around very cautiously. Nelly saw him
open the top draw and take out mam
ma's new watch that p.ipa had given her
Christmas. She fnpposed, in a sleepy
sort of way, tiiat must be Time he was
taking along with him. She did not
stir or make any noise, but just watched
him J ut things in a bag he held in his
hand, and waited to see where he'd
"en" to.soassliA ronlil tell Dolliu Dean
aud Susy Silver all about it next day.
She lav very Mill until she saw hira j
move over toward the crib, where Baby
ci 'ii Id u t let hira take the baby too.
Why, the New Year only brought him
to them last wiuter : aud no, no the
Oid Year should not "go out" with
their baby !
Just thea a verv shrill, piercing
scream startled paua. "No. no! " it i
shrieked ; "von shan't have my baby have increased only from 5.0UO.OOJ to
brother!" From the library to the 1 7,(HHJ,tH pounds, while those of Japans
nursery was but a step, and papa rushed nave increased from 8.000,0l!0 to 17,
wildly over to discover the cause of the j 00tV"O pounds, and those of greens
outcry. Ou the stairs he met a figure j f"""Ui 5,0iH),(HXt to 10,000,000.
which pushed past hiin swiftly and ; At Ostia in aa old tower and fort that
rushed rapidly dowu the stairs and out j were built under the papacies of Sex
of the door, dropping a package as he t us IV. and Julius IL Lately they
ran. have found around the tower ninety-
"Whst is it, Nelly? Speak, my j five cannon balls buried deep in the
darling ! Are you hurt ?" cried papa, I earth. In the middle agns, and for
with pale lips, as became towards the some years after, Ostia was the scene
Uttle white-robed figure that stood be-I of many bloody combats. These pro
side the crib. jectiles belong probably to that epoch.
"No, papa, but he was going to take Russia spends her money as follows :
Luun too, and I wouldn't let him and l everT io roubles of the revenue
l bate mm. and 1 11 never watch to see
another Oi l Year go out," and Nlly
Durst into a passion of tears.
Papa understood now. and. seeing
his l.ttle ones were unharmed, he bade I instruction, 2 roubles ; department of
V .11 . . I. f v - I 1 1... .
-yriiy euro oi oaoy, wuo opeueu ,
his brown eyes and seemed to quite
enjoy the excitement and dissipation of
the hour, while Le should go down
stairs to see if there were any traces
left of the burglars.
It was too lute, however, to catch the
thief, but all his spoils were secured,
for the bundle he had dropped in bis
haste to escape contained all the valu
able booty he had selected.
Mamma hngged her darlings close to
her bosom when she came home and
heard the story, and declared she would
never leave them again to go to "watch
meeting." Nelly felt herself quite a
heroine when papa to'd eceybody next
day how brave she had been to give the
alarm and frighten off the burglar. But
Nelly still declares when she tells the
story to her playmates that it was the
Old Year she saw "go out I" Hearth
and Jl'tme.
Usk of Cat's Whiskers. Every one
mn-,t have observed what are usually
called the whisters on
mm uj't' I
lip. The use of these in a state of na
ture is very important. Ihey are
organs of touch. They are attached to
a bed of close glands under the skin,
and each of these long hairs is con
nected with the nerves of the lip. The
slightest contact of these whiskers with
any surrounding object is thus felt
more distinctly by the animal, although
the hairs of themselves have no feeling.
They stand out on each side of the lion
as well as of the common cat, so that
from point to point they are equal to
the width of the animal's body. If we
imagine, therefore, a lion stealing
through a covert of wood in an imper
fect light, we shall at once see the use
of these long hairs. They indicate to tribes under bis charge observed a
him through the nicest feeling any custom of making N;w Year's calls
obstacle which may present itself to the the squaws calling on tho warriors,
passage of bis body ; they prevent the j All the American savages formerly ob
leaves which would give warning to its ; served the same custom. The Dutch
prey, if he were to attempt to pass settlers of New York adopted the
through too close a bush, and thus, in custom from them, with a slight modi
conjunction with the solt cushion of 1 tication the gentlem iu calling oo the
his feet, and the fur upon which he ; ladies. So the social cutora which re
treads, they enable him to move towards ' quires gentleman to bnve the wintry
his victim with a stillness even greater j buffeting of the el ' en -t and call upon
than that of a snake, which creeps along , the ladies has as r-v-j e. lible parentage
the glass, and is not perceived until it ; as the F. F. V.
is coiled around its prey. These aui- j h.xperiments witTi petroleum as fnel
mala are ail beasts of prey, and thus . for locomotives hv iateiy been made
we see how even these seemingly use- jn Canada, the r suit being that, with
less hairs become great helps to them, an average consumption of four gallons
and how wisely God prepares every 1
creature for its work.
There is a dog belonging to a Con
cord fire company which always takes
it upon herself to spread a fire-alarm,
ami makes a great ado about it. When
a fire broke out, a few days ago, she
rushed to a sleeping fireman and, seiz- ,
ing him by the throat, waked him. She !
then went to the house of another fire
man, and, having called him out by her
loud barking, fastened upon his clothes
and tried to hurry him up.
Thr Bible promises blessings to the
i i . v n iu vv v
merciful, but we hardly think the bene-
i; . t ii !,. kn -.tv.
diction will fall on tbat man who, with
, , . .i ; 1
nis near ana purse open w
M r7M heed-
i S
.1 "Sfs
all liis crea-
U13 llUEUaU UCIUWI, .111
lessly by the mute agony
animal : for are we not
tares, and the work ot His hands.
Whvtevbb bustlings and trouble,
tumults and outrages, quarrels and
strife, arise in the world, keep out of
them all ; concern not yourselves with
them.
A peep behind the curtain "mother
don t sret me mad now r tiarry is
coming, and I shall be all of a flush."
The keys of the new Paris Opera
House number 9742.
VARIETIES.
It is murder to drown your sorrows
or kill time ?
Chairs should never be covered with
silk, but sat-in.
A cash system is one where a man
pays for all he g"ts, and runs the
chances of getting all he pays for.
The Santa Cruz Sr ntinel compares
that town to "the dimple on beauty's
cheek." More cheek than dimple,
probably.
If you want t- ex'erminate a family,
don't get up a vendetta to do it A re
cipe for making miuoe pies will do the
business for you.
A"witches cave" has been discovered
near Parma, Italy, containing skulls,
caldrons, vases, etc, and a tripod ex
quisitivtly carved.
An Irish editor remarks, impres
sively, "Anonymous communications
rejected unless accompanied by the
name of the author.
Faria has a graveyard which is en
tirely devoted to deceased inmate of
the Jardin des Plantea. Over seven
hundred defunct animals have been
buried there.
Paris has "91 periodicals, of which
113 are political, scientific, 73 reli-
1 gions, 58 devoted to fashiou. 42 legal.
, niontu, the nver formed a new outlet,
' aud the old one, turned into a lateral
caual, has long given the needed water
way to the important port of Dantzio.
The clumsy style of daucing now in
vogue in which people merely shnlBe
alwut the floor, pushing one foot after
the other, seem to have come from
Taris ; for thev have it there, and they
call these ambitious young gentleman
"tloor polishers."
Oil snd salt fi-th, immoderately used.
? r?u" the poorer luhabi-
tants ' the Island of Grete especially
not being in favor with the rich, thd
wealthy families are almost exempt
from this loathsome disease.
From a table of the exports of teas
from China and J ipan to the United
States during the past t iro seasons it
appears mat tne shipment oi blacks
there are paid, for interest on the trab-
lic debt 17 roubles ; financial adminis
tration, lt roubles ; department of war.
32 roubles ; navy, 4 roubles : public
tue interior. roubles: roads. Aj.. 6
roubles ; aud from one to two roubles
eaeh on a number of other minor de
partments. The London Timos prints a list of
the brokers of that city. Persons who
have been inclined to think that Dick
ens manufactured his names, may find
the following gems worth examination :
Clement Coney Butlin Morris : John
Alexandria Petrocoshino ; Tom Edward
Wilkins Thomas ; Temple Hillyard
Hicks Soanes ; Edward Hudson Blower
Smith ; Norman Percy Miles Troson
and Soiridion Stamati Zula.
The rabbit forms an important article
of food in G'at Britian and Ireland.
In addition to the very large number
imported from the continent, it is esti
mated there are annually bred for food
27,000 rabbits. The flesh is sold at an
average rate cf twelve cents (gold) per
ponnd, which is fully a third less than
the price of beef, and considerably un-
jer tuat 0f ch0jcpr proportions of
thD sheep, llie value of the annual
supply is estimated to be $7,97o,000.
The end of December and the begin
ning of January constitute what may
well be called the great maariage season
of the year in some parts of f-otlaud.
Why this should lie so it is difficult to
imagine, uuless it be that the brides
and bridegrooms wish to make their
new festivities one aud the same thing.
Ou a recent Sunday rooming the bans
for frty six weddings were proclaimed
in the music hall in Aberdeen, and at
the same time the bans for thirty wed
dings were proclaimed iu Oidmacbar
CathedaaL
A former Indian agent states that the
per miie. the engiue steamed quite
freely, and made good time with a train
of thirty cars being about a barrel
for every ten miles. It is stated tbat
the most simple contrivance for burn
ing petroleum if either by means of a
jet of steam or compressed air, passed
at right angles ov t the orifice of a pipe
: . . . manor that the oil will
be
sncked and thrown into the furnace in
the form of a fiue spray, where, if
properly adjusted, it will undergo per
fect combustion. Tue cost of the ap
paratus is but tridiug.
Take the potato awav from Ireland,
, . . T" .1
and starvation comes, x amiuereceuny
" : , . . , , . -i
had its hold on Bengal ou account of a
: , . ,, ;
1 failure of a nee crop. Bread Iruit is
j Wegt india both iofA anJ clothing.
1 West India fo01 nJ cIotn'D-
1 Hesven sends it and causes it to grow,
I d inhabitants ask for nothing
, . . , ..n.ij.itk.
further. And yet all these yield to the
despised bamboo. W e go hshing with
these poles; the Chinese eat them.
The uses to which it is put render it a
national benefaction. Houses, Doais,
,n)i wattfr wheels are made of
, gfier with fences, ropes.furniture
jhits, umbrellas, aud all varieties of
I weapons, lamp wicks, pencils, brushes,
I pQg Maeducts, telescopes, and a
. thnan.i other thines of daily use.
We might almost say that were the
bamboo to perish suddenly off the
earth the whole Chinese Empire would
collapse.