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VOL. XXIX. : MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., MAY 12, 1S75. XO. UK
POETBT.
ROLL " LI, AFTER THE BATTLE.
Corporal Green !" the orderly cried,
"Here '." ni the ansner, load and clear.
From the lip of a soldier who stood near ;
And 'here" ra the word the next replied.
-Cyras Drew V then a silence fell ;
This time do answer followed the call,
Ol1; a rear-man has seen him fall.
Killed or wounded he eoold not telL
There they stood in the falling light.
These men of battle, with graTe dark looks.
As plain to be read as open hooka.
While slowly gathered the shades of night.
Ihe fern on the hillsides was splashed with
biood
And down in the corn, where the poppies
grew
Were redder status tbsn the poppies knew.
And iTimbOD-dyed was the river's flood.
I or the foe had crossed from the other side.
That day in the face of a mnrderous fire.
That swept them down in its terrible ire.
And their life's blood went to color the title.
Herbert Cline!" At the call there came
Two stalwart soIJiers into the line.
Bearing between them Herbert CI ice.
Wounded and bleeding to answer bis name.
"Ezra Kerr!" and a voire answered "Here!"
"Hiram Kerr !' but no man replied,
They were brothers these two, the sad wind
sighed.
Aud a shudder crept Uirongh the cornfield
near.
T.phraim Dean '." Then a soldier sjioke,
"Dean carried our regiment's colors,' he said
When our euoign was shot. I left him dead
J list after the enemy wavered and broke.
"Close on the roadside his body lies,
I iused a moment, and gave him a driuk ;
He murmured his mother's name, I think.
And death came with it and closed his eyes."
'Twas a victory, yes ; but it cost us dear.
For the company's roll when called at night.
Of a hundred men who went into the fight
Numbered but twenty who answered "Here."
imi:ixt.
The a-rller Carrier.
"Ye ma'am, we carriers read a great
ileal of history in our rounds ; and
since these postals ha' come np, you
see, it's somewhat plainer to ns than it
used to be. Sometimes we have to
wait so long at the doors that we have
plenty of time to pass away, and so, as
reading is an innocent way of passing
one's time, we pass it in that way,
ma'am.
"What was the most curious story
we ever read in onr letters ? Well,
about the saddest thing that ever came
under my notice was this : I had been
on the G. street ronte some two yesrs.
In that time I carried a great deal of
mail to No. 216. Every week there
was one neat little letter, postmarked
'Bethleham,' directed in a school-girl's
hand, and generally the day those let
ters came, the lady of the house was at
the window, anxions and eager like to
get them. About holiday time one
tore on the outside, in large letters,
Jast seventeen ! One week more, and
hurrah !' The lady took it from me at
the door, smiled when she saw the girl
lbh postscript, and then said to me,
" 'My daughter is glad to leave
school, you see. She don't know
school has jnst begun.
"Not very long afterward A rosy
cheeked bright eyed girl used to watch
at the window for letters ; and then,
the letters watched for were directed in
a bolder hand, and post marked 'New
Haven.' (College there, yon know.)
I used to find letters heavy ones, too
in a school girl hand, in the amall
box at the corner about that time. I
knew what it meant, and I nsed to like
to tease her a little, and pretended
there was none for her sometimes, jnst
to see her eyes light np, and the rose
blush come in her cheeks, w hen I
handed it to her at last.
"One day there was no letter. I felt
sorry myself when I remembered it was
the first time he had missed, and I
knew there would be no smile or blnsh
for me that morning. Bnt I do not
know what I was to see instead. As I
passed the window she saw my grave
face, and, looking out, laughed, and
gave a little toss of the head, while be
side her sat as handsome a young fellow
as ever I saw who bnt the writer of
her letters, to be sure.
"The next spring I carried away
from that house a great bundle of
white wedding looking invitations, to
post. 'Ha, ha 1' thought I, 'school is
begun, aud I know who the school mas
ter wiil be.'
"But I didn't ; for one morning, not
many days after, as I came np the street
I saw boy with a book and s yellow
envelope standing at No 216 ; and as I
passed the door, I heard a shrill scream
and saw my sweet, pretty little school
girl lying on her mothers bosom with a
telegraphic dispatch in her hand. -
"The papers next dav were full of a
terrible accident, by rail, on the New
Haven road, and among the list of
killed, I read the name I had so often
read on the letters I posted from the
mail-box on the corner. School had
liegun with a grim master for the pretty
little girl at No. 210.
"Postals, ma'am, are funny things,
I delivered a postal the other day,
written in a woman's hand. It said at
the close, 'Don't tell a soul,' and 1
knew all aliont when it was to come oft
We come across some sharp ones ooea
si onally ; for instance, 'Pay me my bill
or I'll expose yon ! I hope he paid his
bill to save exposure.
"It's curious to watch the receipt of
rejected MSS. I always feel sort o
sorry when 1 have a Daisy parcel io
deliver, with 'Harper Bros, or 'People's
Monthly,' on it. I know it means 'Un
available. 'Sorry to be obliged,' 4 a. ;
for, yon see, I've had some of them
come directed to nee and I know it is
myself.
"I once took such a package to a
house in a little street down town, and
I shan't ever forget the expression that
came into the girl's eyea who took it
from my hand it was such a disap
pointed, despairing, hopeless look. I
couldn't help it I jnst said to her
then, 'Never mind, little one ; try some
where else ; don't get discouraged.'
She looked np into my face and an
swered with a brighter look, 'Thank
yon, sir ; I will."
"It was not many weeks after, that I
carried a business looking letter to the
same party. 'Wait,' said she, when
she showed me a nice little check from
one of the generous paying publishing
. Co's. in this city. I felt as glad as she
did, and told her so. Little encourag
ing words don't cost much, and they go
a great ways sometimes. It is the little
things that count np in a long life ; And
so ma'am, I thank yon for tout kind
interest in my story, and I hope I may
bring yon lots of letters and good news
Always as long as I am on this ronte.
Good-morning ma'am." 1
X ROYAL LOVE-gTOKV.
On the 3Cth of August, 1819, a boy was
born at the Rosenau, the summer resi
dence of Ernest, Duke of Saxe Cobnrg
Saalfeld, who was destined to play An
important part in the world. He was
furnished at christening with a Ion list
of names, after the fashion of royalty
Francis Charles Augustus Albert
Emanuel but in the household was
known simply as Albert, and in later
years as Prince Albert, the consort of
the Queen of England. The birth of a
prince or princess At one of the in
numerable petty courts that once di
vided Germany between them, before
the nation had liecome consolidated
iii to an empire, was, as a rule, a matter
of very little importance to the great
world outside ; and but for the influ
ences that made him the husband of
Queen ictoria. Prince Albert would in
all probability have been reckoned with
the vast multitude of German royal
Dersonaeea who lived nndistinirnisliMt
but blameless lives, and whose record
is found only in the pages ot the
AlmanaiU tie (Jutha. A ditl'ereut and
happier fate awaited the amiable and
larjfe-hearted boy, whose story is so
well told in Theodore Martin's "Life of
the Prince Consort," the tirst volume of
which has been just published by Smith,
Llder Co., London. The work was
undertaken bv Mr. Martin in comnli
auce with the express desire of thai
widowed Queen, who placed very much
interesting material in his hands, liis
imii traiture of the Prince is most attrac
tive, and will enable the rrnmblinjr
Itritish pnblic to understand Ix-tter the
prolonged sorrow or the Queen, which
it lias viewed almost with resentment.
His was a rare and excellent nature,
royal not only by the accident of birth,
but by every moral and intellectual
quality which men deem admirable.
Americans have every reason to honor
his memory. It was his wise counsel,
almost the closing act of his life, that
averted war between this country and
England when the Trent affair roused
national passion to fever heat, aud
when the Queen's ministry were not
unwilling to precipitate hostilities.
Albert was the second son of his
Iiaixuts. His only brother, Ernest, now
uke of Saxe-t'oburjr-Gotlia. was lrn
a little more than a year before, IJoth
the young princes were distinguished
by their precocity. The lieauty, jfcn
tleuess and vivacity of Allsrt seem,
however, to have made him the favorite.
As a child his beauty was remarkable.
In IrcU the I owatfer Duchess of Coburg
writes of him to the Duchess of Kent,
the mother of Victoria: "Little Al
ltcriucben, with his large blue eyes and
dimpled checks, is bewitching, forward
aud quick as a weasel. He can already
say everything. Ernest is not nearly as
niettr. only his intelligent brown eyes
are very line : but he is tall, active, and
very clever for his ape." And agaiu, a
few weeks later: "The little fellow is
the pendant to the pretty cousin the
Princess Victoria, very handsome, but'
too slight for a boy : lively, very funny,
all good nature, and full of mischief.
The portrait, engraved by Dehl, is
stitlicient proof that the praise of his
beauty was not the exaggeration of a
grandmother's fondness. Like his
mother in person, and resembling her
also iu quickness, vivacity aud playful
ness, Alltert was her favorite child, and
she made no secret of her preference.
But this was not to last. The Duchess
was not only beautiful, bat exercised a
great charm through her intelligence
and- kindness of heart. With a habit
of viewing men and things in a droll
and humorous way characteristics in
which the Prince strongly resembled
her she was a general favorite in so
ciety. But her wedded life, which
commenced under the fairest auspices,
proved unhappy. In a separation,
followed by a divorce in lsCG, was ar
ranged between the Duke And herself,
bnt not before she had established A
hold upon the affections of her children
which, although they never saw her
again, remained with them to the last,
he died at St, Wendel, in Switzerland,
in IXil, at the age of thirty-two, after a
long aud painful illness. "The Prince."
writes the Queen, "never forgot her.
and spoke with much tenderness and
sorrow of his poor mother, and was
deeply affected in reading, after his
marriage, the accounts of her sad and
painful illness." All that conld be done
to compensate the loss of a mother's
presence and care was done by the
grandmother of the princes, who con
tinued to watch over them with a two
fold tenderness. Their education was
of the broad, general character best
suited to their position, and included
history, geography, mathematics, phil
osophy, religion, Latin, and the modern
European languages, relieved by the
study of music aud drawing, for both
ot which the Prince early showed a
marked inclination. His father was an
ardent sport ui an, aud the two brothers
as they grew up took an eager interest
in the sports ot the held and forest,
which in Germany are the prescriptive
pastime of their class. Albert, though
an excellent shot, enjoyed them, how
ever, chiefly for the sake of exercise
and for the pleasures of the scenery
into which they carried him.
The house of Cobnrg was intimately
related by marriage with the royal
family of Eugland. In 11 Prince
lipoid, the youngest brother of Prince
Alliert's father hail married the Princess
Charlotte, then presumptive heiress to
the English throne. After her untimely
death the Duke of Kent married the
youngest sister of the Duke of Cobnrg,
aud on the 34th of May, lMia, she pre
sented him with a daughter, who was
di stilled to become Queen of England.
But long In-fore it was known that she
would ascend the throne, the idea of
her marriage with one of her Cobnrg
cousins had taken such root in the
family that Prince Alliert's nurse was
in the habit of prattling to her infant
charge, when he was only three years
old, of his destined bride iu England.
In lxiKS there was no longer any doubt
as to the succession of the Princess
Victoria to the throne, and already
several aspirants for her liAnd were in
the field. King Leopold, her uncle and
loved adviser in all matters greatly de
sired her marriage to Prince Albeit;
but he also greatly desired that the
union should be one of affection, and
I l 1111 1 I I I ..1... ' . - f - --
I I . I I' ...ul n- i , V , t u I lllitllMU I
lie 1 1ICICIUIC lliau(m mm '
of Kent that she should invite the Duke
of Cobnrg and his sons to visit her at
Kensington Palace. The object of the
visit was kept strictly secret from the
Princess and the Prince, so as to leave
them completely at their ease. The
Prince's grandmother had, it is true,
often spoken to him years before of her
earnest desires on this subject; but he
had no reason to think this was more
than a family wish, and the Princess at
least was left freely to the impulses of
her own inclination. Her uncle. King
Leopold, saw that the impression was
favorable, and made her aware of his
wishes in the matter. Her answer made
it impossible to doubt how entirely
those of the Princess were in Accordance
with his own. In Juue. lSwi. soon after
Prince Albert's departure from England
she wrote the King: "I have only now
to beg you, my dearest uncle, to take
care of the health of one now so dear
to me, and to Uke him under your
special protection. I hope and trnst
that aII will go on prosperously and
well on A subject now of ao much im
portance to me."
The Prince, however, was still kept
in the dark; but his education was
ditected with a view to the possibility
of his marriage with the English Prin
cess. He And his brother were sent to
Brussels, where, under the care of
Baron W eichmann, a retired officer of
the English German Legion, they re
mained for a period of twelve months,
closely occupied with the study of his
tory, the modern languages, the higher
mathematics, etc. From Brussels they
went to Bonn, where they remained
eighteen months. While' they were
still at that university the death of
William IV., June 30, threw upon
the Princess Victoria, then only lrt years
old, the grave responsibilities of Queen
of England. Her accession to the
throne revived the rumors, which had
been for some time current, of a con
templated marriage with her cousin,
and it was thought expedient by their
citcle, with the view of withdrawing
public Attention for the time from the
young princess, that they should spend
the Autumn of 1:J7 in 'making a tour
through Switzerland and the north of
Italy. September and October were
accordingly spent in a thorough ex
ploration of Sw itzerland and the Italian
takes on foot a mode of traveling of
which Prince Albert was very fond.
But the time had arrived when the
question of the English marriage had
to lie settled. King Leopold desired
that some decisive arrangement should
be made for the year 159; but to this
the Queen demurred, for reasons which
her uncle considered conclusive. She
was herself, she urged, too young, so
also was the Prince, and, moreover, his
mastery of the English language was
still very imperfect. The Prince, on
being made aware of what was jiro
Hsed, and of the necessity of delay
very sensibly declared himself willing
to submit, if he had only some certain
assurance to go upon : "But," he said
to King Leopold, if after waiting per
haps three years I should find that the
Queen no longer desired the marriage,
It would place me in a ridiculous posi
tion, and wo ilL to A certain extent,
ruin all my piospects for the future."
This serious question was, however,
soon settled in a way entirely satisfac
tory to the Prince's mind, and in the
winter of 1NW he set out on a protracted
and interesting tour through Italy, re
turning to Coburg iu the following May.
Meanwhile political events in England
which it is needless to go into, made it
desirable that the question of the
Queen's marriage should again lie
pressed. Those who had her welfare
most at heart were anxious to secure
for her without longer delay a husband's
guidance and support. To effect this
was however, no simple matter. All
that the Queen had heard of the Priuce
was most favorable. Her inclination
toward him remained nnchauged and.
to use her own words, "she never had
an idea, if she married at all, of any
one else." Still she dettired delay ; and
the Prince, went to England with bis
brother in Uctolier, lxflt, under the im
pression that she wished the Affair to
be considered as broken o2, and that
for four years she could think ot no
marriage. Her reasons for delay were,
however.destiued to give way before the
irresistible feeling w Inch inspired the
Priuce when they again met. I he three
years which bud passed since tlje prin
ces were last in England had greatly
improved their personal appearauce.
Tall and manly as they both were.
In nee Allien was eminently nauusome.
But there was also iu his countenance a
gentleness of expression and peculiar
sweetness iu his smile, with a look of
deep thought and high intelligence iu
ins clear oiue eyes anil expansive lore
head, that added a charm to the ini-
Eression he produced in all who saw
i ill, far beyoud that derived from
mere tieauty or regularity ot tcatnres.
The Queen was most favorably im
pressed. On the second day after their
arrival she wrote to her nncle: "Al
bert's beauty is most striking, and he is
most amiable and uneffected in short,
very fascinating." The question was
soon settled. The Prince arrived at
Windsor Castle on the pith of Octolier :
on the 14th the Queen informed Lord
Mellmuriie of her decision. To Baron
Stockmar. her uncle's life-long friend
and confidential counsellor, to whom
she had recently and strongly expressed
her resolution not to marry for some
time, she wrote with a naive embar
rassment :
"Windsor Casti f. Oct. 13, 119.
"I do feel so guilty, I know not how
to begin; but 1 think the news it con
tains will be sufficient to insure your
forgiveness. Albert has completely
won my heart, and all was settled be
tween us this morning. ...I feel certain
he will make me very happy. 1 wish I
could say I felt as certain of making
him happy, but I shall do my best.
I'ncle Leopold must tell you all almut
the details, which I have not time to do
Albert is very much attached to
you."
The next day Pi ince Albeit wrote to
give Baron istockiuar what he knew
would lie "the most welcome news
possible." He added :
"Victoria is so good and kind to me
that I am often puzzled to believe that
I should lie the object of so mncb affec
tion. I kjow the interest yon take in
my happiness, and therefore pour out
ray heart to you More or seriously J
can not write ; I am at this moment too
bewildered to do so."
' 'Dm Aug sieht dt-n Hitumel offn,
r-a artmeijtlil laa llerz iu ?euskit."
; Ht-avn nppfui on the ravi-bd eye,
Tbe besrt w all rntraoced in blmn.J
While offering to the Priuce his
hearty congratulations on the happy
event, Stockmar coupled them with
earnest counsels as to the course which
must be pursued in laying the founda
tions of his future happiness, and in
fulhlling worthily the duties of Lis high
position. To this the Prince replied in
a strain of lofty aspiration, and with a
deep sense of the great part he was to
play in his new career, which evinced
true nobility of character, and promised
well for the future. Neither the hap
piness of love a happiness in his case
made more intense by the singnlar
purity and usefulness of his own na
ture, on which the devotion shown him
sccma to have come with a bewildering
strangeness cor the brilliancy of the
position into which this love had raised
him, blinded him for a moment to its
sterner features. "Tren nnd fest"
(True and firm) was the motto of his
house, and he was prepared to grapple
with difficulties and face opposition
with a manly heart. "With the excep
tion of my relations to the Queen," he
wrote to his step-mother, "my futnre
position will have its dark side, and the
sky will not Always be blue And un
clouded. Bnt life lias its thorns in
every position, and the consciousness
of having nsed one's powers and en
deavors for an object so great as that
of promoting the welfare of so many
will surely be sufficient to support me.-
The announcement of the lietrotbal
caused great rejoicings in England and
among the Prince's own people. But
when the question of the annuity to be
settled upon him on his marriage came
before Parliament there wasa squabble,
which mnst have been very disagree
able to him and to the Queen. Her
cabinet proposed 30.001) a year, the
same that had been granted to Prince
Leopold on his marriage with the Prin
cess Charlotte ; bnt after An Acrimoni
ous debate this sum was reduced to
jCTO.mxi. The Prince took it in a manly
manner, merely remarking to Baron
Stockmar that his only regret was to
find that his ability to help artists And
men of science, to which be had been
looking forward with delight, would be
more restricted than be had hoped.
A thousand times more vexations
were the questions as to the rank And
precedence be was to enjoy as the hus
band of the Queen. There is no pro
vision in the English constitution for
the title And precedence of the husband
of a queen regnant, while the wife ef a
king has the highest rank And dignity,
After her husband, Assigned her by law;
and while it is no doubt always in the
power of a queen regnant to give her
consort precedence at home over All her
subjects by placing him next her per
son, her power stops there. The status
ioi due to her personal favor Alone, And,
if Acknowledged by other royal per
sonages, it is so merely by courtesy. A
bill was introduced in Parliament giving
the Prince precedence for life next after
tne yueen in rarnaraeoi; or einewnere
as her Majesty might think proper;
but, after much debate. Parliament re
fused to give him any distinctive title.
And left the question of precedence to
the roval prerogative. It was not nntil
li7 that the title and dignity of Prince
Consort were conferred upon him by
royal letters patent. This omission gave
rise to endless vexations, especially
when the Queen and her husband were
abroad. Ihe position accorded to uiui
at foreign courts the Uueen always bad
to acknowledge as a grace And favor
bestowed upon herself by the sover
eigns whom she visited. everal sov
ereigns rjositivelv refused to gratify
her wishes in this respect, and the only
one who was courteous enough to do so
without An offensive show of doing a
favor was the late Emperor of the
trench. Even in England Annoyances
constantly arose from the want of par
liamentary action on this question.
The Prince's right to occupy the seat
next the throne wheu Parliament was
oM-nul or prorogued was questioned by
the Duke ot Sussex and others; but
the Queen, supported by the Duke of
Wellington, quietly ignored the inter
ference. "lA-t the Queen put the Prince
where she likes," he said. The great
Duke had not much toleration for the
traditions of conrt etiquette when they
conflicted with the dictates of common
sense. The late Lord Albemarle, when
Master of the Horse, was very sensitive
snout ins rigui iu iiimi capacity w sn iu
the sovereign's carriage on state occa
sions. "The Queen." said the Duke,
when annealed to for his opinion, "can
make Lord Albemarle sit at the top of
the coach, under tiie coach, behind the
coach, or wherever else her Majesty
pleases.
The marriage took place at the chapel
of St. James's Palace on the loth of
February, 1H4). It was very popular
with the people, Itecause it was not one
of political convenience, but of pure
affection, and thousands lined the roads
from Buckingham Palace to Windsor
Castle to see the Queen and her hus
band as they passed. The morning of
the day had been wet, foggy and dis
mal, but there was not wanting soon
after the ceremony the happy omen of
that sunshiue which came afterwards
proverbially to lie known as "Queen's
weather." Whatever annoyances came
to the Queen and her consort from that
day to the hour of the Prince's death
came from the outside. Their home
life was always happy. From the day
of his betrothal to the Queen, Prince
Albert held unwaveringly to the high
course of life he had marked out for
himself a course that gained him the
confidence and affection of the people
And the name ef "Albert the Good."
Hi ad Words.
Thete is an island in the Atlantic
beautiful and crowned with All of the
glories of a tropical climate. So mul
titudinous and fragrant are its flowers
and plants that the traveler's approach
to this fair land is known, by the deli
cious odor, which reaches him while
miles away. How pleasing to the tired
sailor mnst this indication be I How
charming to know that although yet
far away, anchorage ia at hand. To
such An one the language of these
flowers, acts as do encouraging words
sometimes, to one almost devoid of
hope.
We can estimate the power of a kind
word, a smile or pressure of the hand I
It ia Bayard Taylor, I believe, who in
one of bis interesting books, speaks of
the kindly greeting which falls from
the lips of the peasantry in Europe to
travellers and strangers. When read
ing of this class of people how our
hearts warm towarda them, how we
wish for the return of their "God
bless yon."
Daily, we read of and eulogize olden
time martyrs, Macariaa, offerings
upon the altars of sacrifice.
Yet, daily, are greater sacrifice
made, which bring no shouts of ap
plause ; no sympathetic tears. Many
an eve while reading the touching lines
of "The Song of the Shirt," "or Beau
tiful Snow," is blinded with tears, yet
turns coldly aside if brought into
actual proximity with the prototype of
either piece.
We know so little of the thousands
who wander this broad earth, friend
less and Alone. So little of the unend
ing labor, which does not Always bring
bread to the hungry.
We realize ao little the temptations
that beset the outcasts ; and, Alas still
less their want of power to withstand
these temptations. Yet how many of
ns ait in judgment. How many grudge
the world of sympathy, the friendly
smile. What matter if we stand up
right, towering far above the vast mul
titude of "suffering sad humanity."
Does not the oak, gray with moss
and grand in the strength, give deep
shade to the timid violet f Does not
its trunk support the clinging vine ?
Its strong branches afford safe resting
places for woodland birds ? .
Surely no man haa greater reason to
look with compassion upon the weak
and tempted, the nnsnooessfnl And dis
heartened, than be who, far beyond hia
fellows in the upward race of life, can
bravely resist the storms whioh sweep
around him, and from the height of his
superiority treat as trifles the gales
which make shipwreck of the lives of
other men. Gather around your gleam
ing hearthstones all that is bright And
beautiful ; but leave the windows un
curtained, and, perhaps, the light
which floods your home with bright
ness, may chase away the darkness
from the path of some wanderer.
Chlaeae Leger deoaala la
t'aakery.
The reports of the last annual banquet
of the Chinese residents of San Fran
cisco make entertaining reading. The
perfection to which the Chinese have
carried their cooking was a matter of
surprise to the American guests present.
During the first course an orange was
laid at the plate of each guest. The
orange itself seemed like any other
orange, but, on being cut open, was
found to contain within the rind five
kinds of different jellies. One was at
first pnzzled to explain how the jellies
got in, and, giving np that train of
reflection, was in a worse quandary to
know how the pulpy part of the orange
got ont. Colored eggs were also served,
in the inside of which were found nuts.
jellies, meats And confectionery. When
a celestial was asked to explain this
legerdemain of cookery, he expanded
his month in a hearty laugh, ana shook
his head and cbucklingly said : "Meli
can man heap smart ; why he not findee
outT" Every luxury of the "MelicAn
man's market" waa served turkey,
chicken, quail goose, dock, pigeons,
prairie chicken, deer. Antelope, And
numberless other game were served,
together with the usual Allowance of
champagne.
Kills, aad
fBrea,"
Cwaeelt
BT A!r5A H0LT0KK.
Some years ago a young man, who
had been studying medicine with an ex
cellent physician whom we will call Dr.
X., began to think of practising what
he had learned on his own account. As
he waa bidding farewell to hia old tutor,
the old doctor said to him :
"There is one thing my young friend
that I have never told yon. It is an
important secret whioh but few physi
cians fully understand, "
"What is it ?" asked the young doc
tor, "I want to know everything in
medicine worth knowing."
"The secret is so valuable," replied
Dr. X., "that I cannot Uke less than
30 for it,"
"Very well," replied the young man,
"I agree to pay you that sum when yon
shall make it known to me."
"This then is the secret," said Dr.
X., "Conceit kills. And conceit cures."
Dr. O. was somewhat chagrined At
what seemed to him something of an
imposition ; bnt stifling his indigna
tion, he paid the fee and quietly went
his way. Several years passed and Dr.
O. during a very successful practioe
often found occasion to remember the
saying. He worked hard, made money
and went abroad for a vacation. After
spending some years in France he re
turned to his native land, where his
reputation as "the skilled French doe-
tor" found him plenty of patients and
high fees.
In one of his long rides through the
country he chanced one day to pats the
honse of his former instructor. Dr. X.
The old gentleman was walking in his
garden at a little distance from the
honse, and did not see his former pupiL
who seeing him reined his horse up to
the gate, and said in a very decided
though low tone to a bright-eyed grand
daughter of eighteen who sat knitting
on the door step, "Take that gentleman
into the house immediately, and take
care of him, if you have any regard for
his life, uo yon not see bow ill he
looks ? He has every symptom of a
serious, And 1 fear dangerous illness,
And 1 warn yon to obtain medical ad
vice for turn without delay or I will not
answer for the consequence." So say
ing he galloped away And was soon out
of sight.
The family was soon alarmed, as the
young girl communicated what had
been said, to her mother, and others of
the household. They did not like to
tell the old doctor what had been said,
but telling him he did not look well,
they feared he was ill, etc., and per
suading him to lie down, he soon began
to think he was really ill, and the more
he thonght of it the worse he felt, nntil
it was at last determined to send at
once for the celebrated French doctor
of whose wonderful cares they had
heard.
The doctor arrived shook his bead in
an ominous manner, examined the
tongue and pulse, shook his head again,
and pronounced it a bad case ; bnt said
he would do all be could for him. JJr.
O. was so changed in personal appear
ance that Dr. X did not recognize his
old pnpil who now gave hie name a
French pronunciation and had alto
gether a foreign aspect.
Dr. O. ordered first a hot bath for
his patient, and then leaving him two
or three kinds of medicine to be taken
every hour, left him, ordering perfect
quiet and rest. Next day he called and
pronounced his patient a little better
but in a very critical state. Day after
day he renewed his attentions and pre
scriptions, and Dr. X. as well as his
family had begun to think this his last
illness when one day Dr. O. pronounced
his patient decidedly better. He now
gained ranidlv and was soon finite re
stored to health.
'Now Dr. O. ." said Dr. X. one morn
ing, "let me express to yon the grati
tude I feel for your devoted attentions
daring my illness. I feel that yon have
saved my life." So saying he handed
him a check for 50.
Dr. O. took it And hAnding back 20
said, "Dr. X , I will Uke 30, which ia
jnst the sum I paid you some years ago
for an excellent piece of information
whioh yon then gave me, viz. : "Con
ceit kills, and conceit cores.'
A Delia-htlal Lesread.
There is a charming tradition con
nected with the site on which the
temple to Solomon wss erected. It is
said to have been occupied in common
by two brothers, one of whom had a
family ; the other had none. On the
spot was a field of wheat. On the
evening succeeding the harvest, the
wheat having been gathered in shocks,
the elder brother said to his wife :
"My younger brother is unable to bear
the burden and heat ot the day. I
will Arise, take of my shocks and place
them with his, without his knowledge.
The brother being Actuated by the
same benevolent motives, said within
himself: "My elder brother has a
family. And I have none. I will eon
tribute to their support ; I will arise,
Uke of my shocks snd place them with
his, without his knowledge."
Judge of their mutual Astonishment
when on the following morning they
found their respective shocks undimin
ished.
This course of evenU transpired for
several nights, when each resolved in
his own mind to sUnd guard, and solve
the mystery. They did so, when on
the following night, they met each
other halfway between their respective
shocks with their arms full.
Upon ground hallowed by such Asso
ciation as this was the Temple of King
Solomon erected so spacious, so mag
nificent, the wonder and admiration of
the world. Alas ! in these days how
many wonld sooner steal their brother's
whole shook than add to it a single
sheaf I
Gather-las; Samphire.
This perilous trade is extensively
practiced in the Isle of Wight; it is a
small succulent plant, found in abun
dance in the hollows of the cliffs, and
is much nsed throngbout Lngland as a
nickle. The chief inducement its coll
ectors have to follow the risky calling
is, we are told, the hopes of At the same
time securing the eggs and feathers of
the various sea birds which build their
nests on the ledges and in the crevices
of the cliffs, from the sale of which a
good profit is derived. In order to get
At either samphire or eggs, the men fas
ten a rope to An iron bar.which they bare
driven firmly into the ground, and then
placing themselves on a a rude seat
formed of two pieces of wood placed
one Across the other, they lower them
selves by meAns of a second rope down -
the face of the cliff. The practice
seems to oe extremely, aangerous, ana
matiw narsAna hava inaf. t hi r 1 1 v
while engaged in it. Myriads of eider
ducks, gulls, cormorants, daws, razor
bills, pnilins, guillemots, etc., haunt the
cliffs. And when a gun or pistol is fired
they rise suddenly from a thousand
cavities until tbe very sir is darkened
with them.
"Coaeelt
Ia Goadela.
Susan Coolridge writes: "Would you
know how gondolas are 'ordered in
Venice V You step ont on the balcony
and call 'Giscomo !' Instantly from be
low comes the response. 'At your ser
vice, Signora V And the gondola, your
little private carnage, shoots to the
door. W e are fond of our Giscomo,
who was a stout, handsome fellow, with
face and arms dyed by the sun to a
beautiful umber brown. He affected
bright colors, and his orange And red
awning, his yellow shirt and scarlet
sash. made, when taken in connection
with his brown face, a vivid bit of
moving color which was joy to see.
This evening, my evening, we were
without awning, And I was glad of my
parasol as we shot into the Grand
Canal, which was all a dazzle of gold
And red from the sun, as yet a good way
above the horizon. 'Where will you
go, Signora V 'To the sunset, Giscomo.
Go to the other side of the Giudecca,
and 1 11 choose a place. Another secoud
and we were gliding towaid the Gli-
deccA, which is the wildest of All the
enetian canals. I he motion of a
gondola is nnlike any other motion in
the world. Smooth, swift, effortless.
without jar or quiver, without apparent
motive power (.tor the oarsman is tie
bind and out of view), it is a very bliss
of movement ; like a bird's flight, like
a darting fish, or better still, like pro
gress by volition, turning, swerving to
right, to left, by the power of thought.
Giscomo has poetry in his nature. He
rowed softly, and did not speak to
break the spell of silence as we moved
on. Leaning over the side of the gon
dola I could see the swaying figure re
flected in the blue canal, a distinct red
And yellow shadow. On the other hand
was the sun, a ball of fiery gold floating
in an intense pink sky. The light was
too void ; 1 could not look and closed
my eves, but still the color pursued me
and danced in almost painful brilliancy
upon my brain." .
Nerve-.
The scene ooenred on a railroad car
on the Union Pacific Road, in which
two men were gambling, while the rest
of the passengers looked on. One of
the gam esters waa a type of the pro
fessionals who "work" the road a de
sperate trickster, sleek and ngly ; the
other was a rough, grizzled miner, fresh
irom tne mountains, and carrying
abundance of money. The game
draw poker was for large stakes, and
played silently and watchfully. Finally
a nuge pot accumulated, .bach man
had evidently a good hand, and was re
solved to stand by it, Each man raised
tne other, nntil finally the miner
"called." The gambler shewed his
hand three aces and two queens at
the same time covering the money with
his hand. The miner uttered not a
word ; he merely took two of his five
cards snd laid them down. They were
aces. This meant five aces in the pack.
The gambler had dealt. Then the
miner reached back like lightning,
drawing a hnge navy revolver. He
cocked it and placed the muzzle between
the eyes of the gambler. Not a word
was spoken, bnt each of the two men
looked steadily into the eves of the
other. Soon the gambler's hand upon
the iiioney began to draw back, and the
gambler's form as well. The revolver
followed. The gambler steps into the
aisle, and at this point passengers in
the car seemed to lose their interest in
the game, most of them trying to get
under the seats. The gambler backed
down the aisle toward the door, and as
he passed out the muzzle of that huge
revolver still stared him in the face.
Then the miner pat up his pistoL
pocketed the money, lit his pipe and
was as other men. Not a word had been
spoken from the time the "call" was
made. It was merely one of the rare oc
casions where a gambler on the Union
Pacifio mistakes his man.
HnwbaadA
aad IIoaae-Maae
Skirts.
A day or two ago, while crossing the
ice, we overheard two ladies talking
about a new dress, and one of the ladies
remarked that, "When I tried it on, I
asked Rob if it was a good fit about the
waist," and he replied, "When, I should
say not. It fits about as well as a home
made shirt." There was a volume in
Rob's reply. As a rule, home-made
shirts don't fit at all. They will draw
in at the back and over the shonlder to
that extent that A fellow don't know
whether he is incased in a shoulder
brace or a strait-jacket.
The neck-band may not go twice
around and tuck in behind, but it
usually laps about three inches, or else
it is cut so low in the neck that a twenty
four inch collar is required to reach the
collar-button. In leaning forward when
sitting, the bosom crushes in at the
sides and projects in the middle, look
ing more like a badly demoralized dust
pan than anything else. The sleeves
are so short that the large, twenty-five
oent pair of cuff-buttons, selected with
great care,, either tickle a fellows
elbows, or dangle around his finger
nails, never arriving at the extreme.
The skirts are generally of an ab
breviated character, making the affair
resemble an overgrown roundabout.
Men do not like to find fault, knowing
that their wives meant well enough, and
worked bard in making the garments,
bat, when away from the house, they
do not hesitate to say that the desire of
their hearts is that their wives should
go ont of the business. Troy Time.
The Swaree of Salt.
The ses depends on the disintegra
tion of rocks on land for salt. It does
originate in oceans And seas. Kains
wash it and hold it in solution as par
ticles are liberated by violence, decom
position, and gradual action of many
natural forces. All. streamlets and
rivers, therefore, are constantly trans
porting salt to the sea. If there is
more than can be held in solution then
it accumulates in masses at very deep
points. Thus the salt mines ot Port
land and the vast horizontal beds of
pure salt in Texas, as well as that moan-
Uin of rock salt in St. Domingo, were
collected at the bottom of Ancient sess
whioh Are now dryland remote from
water. There are places in Africa
where the process of disintegration of
salt from rock is regularly going on,
bnt there is not water power enough to
force it onward to sea. Hence the par
ticles Are spread abroad And mixed
with the aoiL The negroes of North
ern Africa having discovered its distri
bution where there is no water to dis
solve in the ground, leach it. In that
wsy they separate the salt. Salt per
vades the earth. It exisU ia the
grasses and most vegetable prod nets
on which animals feed. In that way
they derive enough in most countries
to meet the demands of their natures.
, They require as mnch as civilized
humAnity. With them salU is neces-
; ur- ..-.. ,nr h
J ln,h
of vision in good condition.
Suy the supply, and blindness wonld
ensue.
To hold the truth and fight for it is
one thing. To be sanctified through it
is another,
iocthv roirsv.
C'a alia the Fiagert.
Darr, d.-ar. vTir Stiffen hUJ ;
l.it-u till njy Mitry. told.
Thumb's a rogue, and wbiwper, 'Come;
a. -! tb- AwetV his Thumh.
M straight Flnrt Kinf-r KmhU to tnr ;
She', rogu wtu-u Tbumb ia urar.
" Hfcnnd Fingpr -. 'I'll go :
iri Third Finger, t'ouut me.tuo.'
" Little Finger Mauri akn.
Hav., Tht .wti ire nn onr own.'
Thumb Mti 'I.M no linger tmr .
Whr the wffi bare goue to .lav.
Klngrr Ftrrt tbew uwi out. 'So !
N a word frois mt ntiali go.'
Hrcood I'mger aliaken hr uVad ;
sh- would attnVr death inttil.
'lngir iltird ia lu'l ol ftr.
It th nnrkft of giiilt a)ar.
" Little r'inger enes. -yor banu-! . .
I filiall tell where Ilea the nlaroe.
" If we all are made to smart.
With the reiw I'S hear my part.
"Ami I think that thr-mgh aud tlirougb
Little Finder's right doul yon
Up, Dows, asd Ox. A A'ory for
Sleepy Three-Year O'd. Once there
waa a ship, a large beautiful ship, sail
ing over the bine sea. The ship had
tall tapering masts, and white and
glistening sails. And the wind's blew
against the sails, snd the sails bore
against the masts, and the masts lore
npon the ship, and the ship glided
along through the waves, on and on
and on and on.
Down in the water, nuder the ship,
there was a great fish swimming along.
While he was wondering what . that
black bottomed thing was, moving
through the water above him, a sailor
let down a line. On the end of the line
was tied a sharp hook, and on the
sharp hook was a piece of bait, and tha
baited hook floated right before the
fish's mouth. Then the fish gave a
bite, bnt while he eaught the bait, the
book canght him, and the sailor began
to pull him np And he pulled and
pulled and pulled and pulled ;
up and np and np -and up ;
higher and higher aud higher
and higher
Are you asleep yet ?
No? Not yet?
Well, up in the air above the ship
there was Dying a bird, a great heavy
bird, with monstrous flapping wings,
and a long hooked beak. While he
was a wondering what that white-!
capped thing was, moving over the
water below him, a sailor on the deck
leveled his gnn and fired. Whiz went
the bullet through the air and s'mck
the bird and down ihe began to fall,
. . i . , ua , ,
and fell ; down and down and down
and dowu ; lower and lower and
lower and lower
Asleep yet ':
No?
Not qnite.
XI' .1 1 : i i .... . i . i
mi, uo Bsueu sue sum. on auii on :
blown by the winds. rked by tL
waves; first this wsy and then that
way now np and now down
over here and over there ; rolling
and rocking ; pitching and plnng -
in on and on an,! nr. ....I n
Now are yon asleep ?
lea.
Hush h b, then. Congrrsjn
things, bnt within the sonl ; we msy
A Mercifll Friend. An elephant ' preserve it in the midst of the bitter
belonging to an English garrison in ; e8t pain, if onr will remains firm and
the Indies, was one day amusing him-! submissive. I'eace in this life springs
sell with his chain in an open part of j from acquiescence even in disagreeable
the town, when a man who had com- j things, not an exemption from snffer
mitted a theft, and was pnrsned by a ' iDg. t'tttelun.
great number of people, despairing of j ' ,,, , -ti -.ua
all other means of safety, ran under I Spectacle frames, furnished with fine
the elephsnt Apparently delighted ! TV ,D9teJ f P?' .'V6'5
with the poor man s confidence? the ! IU2 the "'I fastened to the
creature instantly faced about and met b7 anm he been found
the crowd, erected his trunk, and threw i by Kuhn to answer perfectly for the
his chain in the air, as is the manner of j Protection of the eyes from dust, solid
these animals when engaged with the rrt'el.. etc. in various occupations,
enemy, and became so furious in de- j " rt8J1,U1' 0U",D(? Btonfi..f-' "'
fence of the criminal that, notwith- the ihe V"" Permlt neces
standing all the gentle arts made useof i arT acce.S9 of air -to tbe W amI P"
by the surrounding multitude, neither j dnc no "" whatever to the
they nor even his mahout, or driver, to I wearer-
whom he was fondly attached, and who I The vast coal fields of China are at
was sent for to manage him, conld pre- 'ast be utilized by the Uovernnient
vail with him to give up the malefactor. t 'bat country. Although within
The animal's wonderful kinduess met
with reward. After three hours' con
test, the governor heard of this strange
rebellion to the laws of the land, and
eame to the scene of struggle. He wss
so much pleased with the generous
perseverance of the honest quadruped,
that he yielded to the elephant's inter
position and pardoned the criminal.
Tbe poor man, in an ecstasy of grati
tude, testified his acknowledgement by
kissing and embraced the proboscis of
his kind benefactor, who was appar
ently so sensible of what bad happened
that, laying aside all his former vio
lence, he became perfectly tame and
gentle in an instant, aud Snffi red his
keeper to conduct him away without
the least resistance.
Seeing ran Point. A boy returned
from school one day, with a report that
bis scholarship had fallen below the
usual average.
"Well." said the father, "you've
fallen behind, this month, have yon ?"
"Yes, sir."
"How did that happen?"
Dont know, sir."
The father knew, if his son did not.
He bad observed a number ot cheap
nnwlf ReattArAil aHwt tha linnae Hiifc
ha ha1 not thnno-l.t it wnrth wk.l.
say anything nntil a fitting opportunity
should offer itself. A basket of apples
stood upon the floor, and he said :
"Empty those apples, and take the
basket and bring it to me half-full of
china. And nnw' bamnli'nitml "nnt
Ihnas artrdaa hodr inln tho h.alroi -
those apples back into the basket.
When half the apples were replaced,
the son said :
"Father, they roll off. I can't put
in any more."
"Put them in, I tell yon."
"But, father, I can't put them in."
"Put them in ! No ; of course yon
can't pnt them in. Dj you expect to
fill a basket half full of chips, aud then
fill it with apples ? Ton said yoa didn't
know why yoa fell behind at school,
and I will tell you. Your mind ia like
that basket ; it will not hold more than
so much, and here you have been the
past month filling it up with rubbish
worthless cheap novels."
The boy turned on his heel, whistled,
and said, "Whew I I see the point."
A BRiiirr little boy, jnst three years
old. is. Uke most little chaps ot his age,
fl- a t 7- la i ... 'nipleof regenerated hnmanity. nn
enrb him And make him a good little ; .".., .....i. .i..... ..'
A : I A . 1 A.
boy his mother often threatened him " ? , "m". "
with a peAch-tree "persuader." Tbe 1M C,PIWJ-
little fellow has come to understand The deepest well iu the world is in
sny allnsion to the peach tree, and : the village of Speremberg, twenty miles
usually subsides when it is spoken of. j from Berlin, Prussia, It was bored by
A day or two ago, since the flowering the German government for a supply
of the fruit trees, a slight reference ; of rock salt. Operation! were eom
was made to this same tree, when the menced five years ago by sinking a
little fellow made peace for that day hg j shaft sixteen feet in diameter, and salt
looking np and saying, "Why, mamma, j was reached at tbe dep'b of 287 feet,
the switches are covered with roses." i In order to find bow thick the salt was
- boring was commenced at a diameter
A LiTTLS girl on being asked what is . of thirteen inches, to a depth of 9dt
faith, replied : "It is doing what Ood ' feet farther, always boring into ro:k
wants ns to do, and ask no questions ' salt. Knconraged by this, a steam en
abont it." j gine was erected, and the boring eon-
mm I tinned by its help nntil the present
It often happens that those are the , time, when a total depth of ll'4 feet
beet people whose characters have been j has been atUined, without having gone
most injured by slanderers ; as we through the salt deposit, which is here
usually find that to be the sweetest at least 3'.t07 fet thick, while it is not
fruit which the birds have been peck- j known how muh thicker it may yet be
ing at. I found to be.
TiBirmx
Trials are often the pivoU of oar
b'ves.
A man is successful when be makes
life give him what he wants.
Nature gives ns volumes of fruit,
which she always prefaces with dowers.
Life is a sum ; And it becomes ns to
do it properly, as it can be alone bnt
once.
Few consider that enjoyment mnst
have its uoaitmts of rest' as well as
labor.
Pleasure is certainly made up of
something finite and something induite
meeting together. Pfato.
Teach your children to help them
selves but not to what doesn't belong
to them.
Our passions are like convulsion-Eta,
which, though they make ns stronger
for the time, leave as the weaker ever
after.
A msn of large experience said his
acquaintances would fill a cathedral,
but a pulpit would hold all ot his
friends.
It is impossible that an ill-natured
man can have a public spirit ; for bow
shonld he love ten thousand men who
never loved one
The spores of ferns have been known
to germinate After being shaken oat of
fronds that have been preserved in her
bariums for many years.
It is said that a school for artists in
Mosaio is abont to be erected at Sevres
the object being to give French Archi
tecture that powerful aid in decoration.
What is life? A gulf of troubled
waters, where the soul, like a vjxed
bark, is tossed upon the waves of pain
and pleasure by the wavering breath of
passion.
"Human felicity," said Benjamin
Franklin, "is produced not so mnch
by great pieces of good fortune that
sMom. happen as by little advantageai
that occur every day.
A French patent has recently been
i i,, n, i.n.nti.,. Lth.
from tri, intestines And other animal
membranes. The substance thus
I 'wned " to be nsed for glove making.
,s0- , .
' "My husband was poetical." said ths
widow, "and often expressed a wish to
die in the eternal solitudes, soothed by
I the rhythmic melodies of nature's
unutterable harmonies, and yet he was
: t,-,, it.i i- . .
! ly the explosion of a can of ker-
E'Rhty years hence, when a yonth of
fourteen sn miners asks his great grand -
' father if he ever saw such a cold winter
' and so mnch snow, "the oldest inhabi-
i tant win piace nis nana on tne ooy s
I head and reply : "My son, yon shonld
; have Uved in the winter of 1874-75 1"
i Fence does not dwell in outward
lurty miles ot l ekia there are extensive
deposits of excellent steam coal, equal
in quality to the bent Welsh coal, China
does not contain a single coal mia
which is worked on scientific principles
or which is furnished with a steam en
gine or a pnmp. The Viceroy of the
Province of Chihli, within whose do
main these deposits occur, has deter
mined to commence mining operations
in a locality rich in coal, iron and lime
stone. In an Iudianoplis street car the other
day a lady pulled the strap for the
driver to stop at tbe first crossing of a
street, but the bell did not strike.
She did not notice this, bnt rushed to
the door and began to ne her tongue
lath on the driver qnite freely. She
wanted to be set otT at the first cross
ing, and he hail driven to the second.
Without a word he promptly stopped
his car, hitched bis horses to the rear
end and pulled it back to the first
crossing ranch to the amusement of
the other panseners and the chagrin
of the virago.
Many years ago, in Paris, Miss Porter
of Niagara Falls, was asked if she knew
much abont the r alls. "ies, she re-
nlicui - 'T sifwn aham . Thia waa anli.
stantiaUy true, ax moat of the laud on
i tu American side, along the rapid
j n'' down to the cataract it.lf. was
tu P'ope'ty of the p,ur.te fa"1"';
I Recently one i eighth of all the lands and
I premises on doat Island waa sold by
' Jane Townsend to Eliztbeth lorter
! for .j1,.125. Sad One-sixt'nth part Of
the same property was sold to George
M. Perth for J.",V,..V(. At this rate
Goat Island is worth a'out lial.UNI.
llnryer ':rl'u.
There is no surer soul-death, no more
I inevitable paralyzing of worth and
foree than self exaltation and self
praise. The shadow ot self blights
growth, maims power, cripples influ
ence. There are men in some aspects
almost great, in others pitifully small,
because they will not stand ont of their
own shadow. Tuere are men who
have the ability and the will to per
form the most valiant service for one
and another great cause, who are wise
brilliant, eloqnent ; who yet have been
of little or no worth to their fellow
beings, simply because they are willing
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