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VOL. XXIX.
MEFFLINTOTfN, JUNLLTA OOUNTT, PENNA., JUNE 16, 1S75.
NO. 24.
DOMESTIC DIPLOUCT.
She waa watching at lb window,
Aa I honied down the street,
la the aiatple brows friDO
That I faney looks ao nest.
And bar smile I thought portentions.
It was ao eioseding sweet,
Tben bIm BMt aaa at the thraaboU
With a ver; loving kiss.
That recalled the early stages
Of onr matrimonial bliss.
AndJ feH at otaoa a tremor
Waa there aa rttung amiaa ?
No ! Um childreo were ai) quiet.
And the hearth waa very bright.
And my pet our roguish Charlie
Waa quite featal la bis white ;
let I braced myself for something.
Be that something what it might.
My chair waa near the fire.
And my elippera by its aide
My pipe waa very bandy. '
And my papers open wide.
And abe wore the pretty breastpin
That I gare her when a bride.
The dinner waa perfection
It was bmeb without waste ;
The soap waa vermicelli.
And exactly to my taste.
While the dessert waa a triumph
Of artistic akill in pasta.
And when the meal was over,
Aad the inner man at rest
8bs drew bar chair beside me.
With the baby on her breast,
I felt, and ao I told her.
I waa oue among the blest.
Oh ! the smile of tender radiance
That illumined her face.
As I dssped her to my bosom
In a lover's fond smbraoa
It was lim she softly whispered
" Wont you let me bars that laee ?"
Eloise's Daughter.
BT PKE8LET W. VUKkU.
Slip u seated at the niauo. Low
tremulous throbs of music filled the
apartment. Sail, and sweet, and tender
were the sounds, while the woman,
though pale and pensive, was very fair
l look upon. Her brow was white;
her eyes brown and liquid ; her mouth
curved with red lips hiding teeth like
pearls ; her cheeks were pale and smooth
a- alanasier, yet once iiicy nau giowcu
continually with crimson that only
changed by becoming deeper at times.
Her form was evidently slender and
graceful. No one could look at her and
call her anything but fair and pure.
She had come a few days previous to
the country mansion of Judge Duncan
unit asked to be taken in as a boarder for
a short time. She gave her name as
Eloise Herbert. She was not alone, but
a little girl probably four years of age
auu-ompamed tier, ine child called ner
mamma."
Judge Duncan's family had never
taken boarders before, but the fair
ect face of Eli use Herbert won their
hearts so that they could not refuse
what he asked. Sow she hail been
with them a week.
Presently she ceased playing, and
walked to an open window. Sue lifted
the lace curtains and stepped outside
upon the piazza.
"Mamma." said a child's voice-
voice as sweet as the music Kloise hail
been ulaving .
What is Nina's wish ?" Eloise asked.
The child stepped from the piazza and
Siaiising for a moment, reached hack her
and toward her girl-mother. Then she
started down the avenue, saying: .
" 'nme, mamma."
Kloise followed. At Uie entrance to
the avenue they stopped. Eloise leaned
over a low side gate while her child
played at her feet. Nina was the image
f 'her mother, in miniature, a little
fairv, a beautiful creature.
The brandies of a huge tree shaded
them. The grass made a green carpet
fur their feet. They were on a gently
sloping hillside, and the landscape
spread out before them. A mile away
the sun's rays sparkled on the waters of
a hay. .Vo cloud dimmed the deep 01 lie
of 'lie skv. The air was laden with tlie
fratrrance of summer blossoms.
A buggy road, level, and smooth, and
straight, stretched out to the right and
left. Presently Eloise heard in the dis
tance the faint clatter of borsesl hoots.
Then the sound was borne to her ears
more distinctly. It beat, beat, uMu the
hard road. She glanced down to her
left, and beheld, yet in the distance, a
sw iftly approaching object. Nearer and
nearer. Eloise saw presently that it was
a frightened horse running away with a
buggy. Eloise could do nothing but
stand there and watch, with her hands
clasped over her bosom in terror, for
she ierceived that there was a clinging
human figure lu trie venirie.
4 In, on, came the maddened animal.
A huge dog, doubtless startled by the
noise, came leaping down the avenue,
lie sprang into the road. The catas
trophe that seemed inevitable, at any
rate, was hastened. The horse sprang
to one side with a great bound. The
buggy struck a tree standing by the
roadside, and there was a territic crash.
The horse reared, and plunged, and
fell.
With a wildly beating heart Eloise
oened the gate and passed nut quickly.
There was no danger for her, for the
struggles of the animal had ceased
almost instantly death had ended them.
The man was lying some distance
from the shattered vehicle. Eloise gavo
a glance at his face, and then it seemed
to her that her heart must cease its
beating.
The still figure before her was that of
her husband:
Her husband! Yet she had hoped
never to look upon his face again. He
had been her tyrant as well as the curse
of her womanhood. The fairest dreams
of her life had found an tnd in him.
Once, she had exalted him to a god; he
had proved himself to be a demon.
Once, she had loved him with All the
strength of her passionate heart; later,
she had hated him with an intensity so
great, that she had to pray daily to her
tl for forgiveness. Once, she had
waited for his coming with eager
anxiety; afterwards, the very echo of
his step had been perfect torture.
No wonder that Tournier Herbert's
face burst upon ber sight like a vision
of terror !
For a full minute she stood paralyzed.
For the time he had forgotten, as it
were, that he might be dead. But now
pitv took the place of fear. She felt
that she must bring help for him. Turn
ing, she seized her child in her arms
and rushed up to the house.
Luckily she found Judge DuncanTiim
self on the piazza.
"There is a man in the road who has
been thrown from his buggy," she
cried, breathlessly. "1 fear that he Is
killed."
Judge Duncan sprang into an apart
ment and rang a bell violently. Soon
half a dozen colored servants answered
his call.
Tournier Herbert av as brought to the
house. A physician was summoned.
Eloise had gone to her room, and j
locked herself in. An hour later she
crept out of it. She mutt know the fate
of this man. She found Judge Duncan.
"Will he liver" she asked.
"Yes," said the judge. "He is
severely bruised, but it might be far
worse with him. A couple of weeks
will bring him around."
Eloise asked Judge Duncan to go to
her room. Once there she poured out
her heart to the fatherly old man, and
told him all her story.
"1 bore all oatientl v." Eloise sobbed.
in conclusion, "until he began to tor
ture - in a, utue angel, to reach my
heart. The J hated him. I fled with
her, and for a year he has known nothing
of us. O, how could he be so cruel
without a cause "
''He was a tyrant for 'the sake of
tyranny," said Judge Duncan; "Uie
monster !"
"I will have to go away," Eloise
uttered ; "not for the world would 1
have him know that we are here."
"You need not go," the judge re
turned. He need not know of your
presence, i vu can nave a room in the
left wing, as remote as possible. He
shall leave the very moment that he can
endure moving."
"And will Nina and I be safe?"
"1 will see that you are. You can
keep yourself completely out of his
sight. I m ill take you under my charge,
and we will institute proceedings for a
uivorveas soon as possible. "
Eloise shook her head. "Tournier
Herbert is a villain," she said. "I can
prove nothing. He has my money as
wen as nis owu, ana could Day a dozen
witnesses if necessary. You perceive
mat am helpless in the matter, do you
not?"
"I fear so. Then he has your money ?"
"Yes. Fifty thousand dollars. Of
all my fortune, I have but a thousand
dollars and my jewels."
"And his owu fortune?"
"Is as great or greater than mine.
But, O, be could have it all, if be would
let me have my little Nina in peace."
And Eloise did not go. At the end of
ten days louruier Herbert could bear to
be taken away. He was anxious to
leave. He stated that urgent business
affairs demanded his attention. So oue
bright summer morning he was carried
out on a couch to a carriage that was
standing upon the avenue. He was just
being lilted in, when from around the
corner of the house appeared the figure
of a child. It was Nina, truant girl,
and she was thoughtlessly humming a
portion of a tune, the air of w hich she
had caught from her mother's singing.
At sight of the carriage she paused.
After she had gazed for a moment she
turned back.
But oue person had noticed her. That
person the oue of all the world whom
Eloise did not wish to behold ber. Tour
nier Herbert was lying with his face in
the direction from which the child had
come. Oue glance was sufficient.
"At last," he thought to himself, as
he clenched his hands. "1 never
dreamed of their being so near. Aha!
I'll have the brat, and then I'll be re
venged upon her for deserting me me,
her lawful husband. I'll let her fancy
that she is safe here till I get her brat
away, and then I will gloat over her."
And the carriage was driven away.
Nina was nearly back to the remote
corner of the left wing of the mansion
when she met her mother. The face of
Eloise was unusually pale, for how
easily was she frightened now !
"Nina, where nave you been? she
cried.
"No place, only in the yard," was
the answer.
"And why did you slip away from
mamma T"
"Mamma's Nina was only in the yard,'
returned the child.
And with that answer Eloise rested
content. Ah I if she had known all,
how would she have quaked in fear!
"Lo was with Nina, ' said the little
Kirl.
At mention of his name, a great dog,
huge in his dimensions, came out from
behind a bank, where be had been con
cealed from the sight of Eloise. He
walked to the side or Nina, and licked
ber with his tongue. His eyes seemed
almost human in their expression of
love. The little child had won the
strongest friendship of the shaggy
monster.
"Leo, poor Leo!'' said Eloise, caress
ine him.
Leo followed till they reached their
room. Then he stretched himself con-
tentedlv in the shade, near their door,
He bad got so lately that he would lie
there a great deal of his time, always
rising, however, when N itia would make
her appearance. He was the same dog
that had oaused Tournier Herbert's horse
to swerve from the road.
A week, two weeks, of fancied secu
rity passed. Once more we find Eloise
in the parlor at the piano. Nina is
seated close by her, listening, for she
loves music.
This evening her music is merrier.
Her heart is growing lighter day by
day, for she hopes that she has finally
escaped Tournier Herbert. Directly
she even plays a waltz. Finishing It,
her gaze wanders, as It chances, to the
door.
O heaven? a weightof deadly despair
sank upon her heart. Standing there
in the doorway was Tournier Herbert.
His cruel lips were curled in a scornful
smile. A light of baleful intensity
gleamed from liis eyes. His white teeth
gleamed upon her as a tiger's might. .
'ao vou tnougut l was ignorant oi
your whereabouts," he hissed, as the
woman shrank tterore mm. "toon to
think that I could not follow you up."
He paused, expecting a reply. But
he received none. Eloise had placed
Nina behind her.
'I have come to take you home,"
continued Tournier Herbert. "Hasten
and prepare."
Still not a word from iloise.
"Are you coming?" be asked.
"Does the antelope flee to the fangs of
the tiger?" spoke Eloise; at last. "You
know 1 will not come."
"Yes, I know it!" the man returned
angrily. "But hear me ! the child who
Is dearer to you than your life goes with
me. 1 bad tnougut to steal ner away
from you, but the law gives the custody
of the brat to me, and I shall tear her
bodily from your bosom."
Eloise spranr to her feet. Her slender
form seemed to expand. Her face set
in white anger. Her eyes blazed upon
him.
"Not till I die, w 111 you do that !" she
cried; "not till I die!"
He advanced a step. But Instantly
recoiled. The small gleaming barrel
of a pistol was looking him in the
face.
"Advance but a step," exclaimed
Eloise, "and your soul, unshriven of
Its stains, will be ushered into eternity !
You see I am prepared. I have antici
pated the possibility of this moment."
"Woman, would you defy me I" cried
Tournier Herbert.
"Defv vou !" she echoed. "Ay, more I
Before vou shall have my child to tor
ture her young life away to punish me,
I will slay you. Man, in the sight of
the law I mar be your wife, but d ire to
harm my child, and I will be mire
vengeful than the tigress whose young
you might destroy. O Tournier Her
bert I demon that you are, 1 know yoa.
O. I could have borne your aunts, your
curses, your stripes, your blows, your
torture forever, nut wnen u au ieu
nnnn Nina, it struck dee ner than my
life. And before heaven ! I would gladly
tee her cold in death, rather than that
she should fall into your hands."
She proceeded no further, for there
came a step along the hall, in a mo
ment Judge Duncan stepped into the
room
"Whit means this?" be ejaculated.
Then recognizing Tournier Herbert,
he took in the situation at a glance.
"ie would rob me of my child,"
cried Eloise, with a sob, breaking down,
now that her courage was no longer
"The child U mine as well aa hers,"
said Tournier Herbert, In a low tone,
half defiant, hall apologetic. He
realized that Judge Duncan was master
here.
"And I shall take the child with me,"
ne added.
Nina, half frightened out of her
senses, had been perfectly silent all this
tune. Now she broke out with a cry :
"Nina won't go. He hurt Nina. He
hurt mamma, too."
Tournier moved forward a step.
"Stop!" thundered Judge Duncan
"Herbert, I know your story. Leave
my house, you villain. And never set
your foot across its threshold on the
purpose for which you have come to-day,
or 1 will set my dogs on you and they
will rend you to pieces."
Tournier Herbert turned to go. "I
will see if there is no law in the land,"
be muttered.
"Listen, sir," continued Judge Dun
can. "By heaven, sir, you are welcome
to try your law. I tell you that I will
spend every cent I am worth before you
shall triumph over this woman. Try
your law, sir, I repeat, and yon will find
that you are ao longer warring upon a
defenceless girl. Aow go. "
And with bitter hatred raging in his
heart, and showing from his face, he
went.
. a S S- 1
There was no moou that night. Dark
ciouas were in the heavens, is wind
moaued through the branches of the
trees about Judge Duncan resilience.
All day long It had threatened rain.
Midnight came. A man stole out
from the shadow of a hedge. Slowly
ne worked nis way up to the mansion.
He paused. Then cautiously he moved
along. He had found the door that he
wished to find. It was kloise Herbert's,
and the man was Touruier. Five
minutes before Leo had got up from
before the door, and shaking himself,
nad walked leisurely around the corner,
Tuurnier Herbert had bee jfre uuuutes
earlier, hit fate would have bee different,
doubtless, fur Leo would hare warned Aim
atony with a growl. But the moments
passed. Swiftly and silently he labored
at the lock. Perspiration beaded on
his face. Still he worked.
Presently he pushed geutly. The
door opened noiselessly. Touruier Her
bert stepped inside. 1 urning the shade
of a dark lantern, he had a light. There
before biin, sleeping peacefully, was
cioise and ner cmid Aina.
But, outside, a huge form had come
and laid Itself down before the door.
loumer Herbert had bee two summ
later, Ai fate would hare bee different.
doubtless, for Leo would hare warned Aim
awnu with a growl.
Soon a subtle odor filled the apart
ment. Chloroform did its work. The
man reached down and took the child
from its mother's bosom. "Ha, ha!"
he muttered, "I wiU outwit them all."
W ith Nina in his arms he moved out
cautiously from the apartment. He
stepped out into the night.
leo arose with bristles erect, lie made
no eouud. As Tournier Herbert moved
off he followed with noiseless tread.
Ah ! Leo would be faithful to the little
friend he loved. The sagacity of the
brute was worthy or a human mind.
The cool night air revived Nina. With
a cry she awoke.
That cry of the innocent child was the
signal of doom for Tournier Herbert.
Leo's nostrils dilated; his red tongue
dropped out; his fangs gleamed, with
a low fierce growl, terrible in its Intense
anger, he sprang upon the neck of
louruier lleruert. ueep, deep went bis
fangs into the flesh of the man, till the
blood leaped out in spurts. Wild, aeon'
izing screams burst upon the midnight
stillness. ,Mna was dropped upon tne
grass, and Tournier Herbert struggled
with his doom. He was hurled down
to the earth, and then over and over
man and beast rolled, those wild cries
still beating upon the quiet of the night.
But they stilled at last.
And when Judge Duncan's aroused
household came out with lights search
ing, they round Leo with his teeth in
the man s throat, with those low fierce
Srowls escaping him. And Tournier
erhert was quite dead.
There is but little more to tell. Nina
was not injured, and being partially
under the iuflueuce of chloroform had
not comprehended that deadly struggle.
Tournier Herbert left no will. So
Eloise not only received her own money
but a portion of his. Nina was an
heiress, for the rest was hers.
' And Eloise had rest, and peace, and a
measure of happiness at last. But she
cannot think of Tournier without a
shudder. Leo still lives. American
Union.
bvssIbc aa Caw Wlatatowa.
You are sitting in the first tares of a
cold, or your wife at your side has a
little fever, and the car is warm ana
nden;ablv close. Saddenlv some per
son of either sex remark aadibty, what
everybody perceives ana deplores, that
the air if close. He or she add that
snch an atmosphere is unwholesome,
that it is DoaitivelT Doiaonons. that the
car is a Black: Hole, and that we are all
suffocating; and thereupon, the train
flying at thirty miles an hour, on a
bitter night or day, up roes the window
and the blast drive fall upon yow and
MSHSIO, uvaww UU lu, Wfm Mvv um atw
scape for you, all the neat being fall.
bat to go forward and stano. 1 he gooa
man or woman hnlda the rroand. insists
that the oxygen ia exhausted, that we
are all breathing carbonic acid gas. and
that all the book agree that apoplexy,
paralysis, softening of the brain, with a
vast train of occult maladies, begin
under jast such condition.
"And so, madam, to spare yourself
the chance of some remote disease you
expose my wife to immediate pleurisy
and pneumonia.
-sir, you Enow Doming ot me Hy
gienic law."
'Madam, you Know nothing or. com
mon sense."
It ia true that fresh air Is desirable :
bat will not these peripatetic philoso
phers learn that icV blast or sudden
chills may be fatal f When one of the
apostles of fresh air opened a ear win
dow under these cirenmstanee. a gray
beard aitting behind instantly arose
and closed it again emphatically. And
when the astounded lady, looking at
him severely, said, in a tone of exceed
ing wrath, ''Sir!" he answered blandly,
"My dear madam, a bird in the hand is
worth two in toe duso. one toocea
scornful, bat not in the least a if abe
understood hi meaning. "I mean
only," he said, "that the one illness
w hich yoa are Mr to aire sne may be
more fatal than th two r twenty
which vou think to prevent by opening
the window. Mada," he added, sol
emnly, "I have bee, there before."
But she turned ber back; and. a she
aid afterward, if there was lea fresh
air, there were lewer colds. Eai$
Chair, ia Harper't. -
Secretary Fish is worth two millions.
Can he be called a fold fish ?
Call
THKT SHOCLO BI MADE C8BFUL.
The energy some children manifest in
mischievous pranks may be made to sub
serve useful and instructive purposes.
Little odds and ends of employment may
be given them work suited to their
small capabilities may be assigned them
end under Judicious directions and
considerate encouragement their little
heads and bands can accomplish much.
and that gladly. The bright little ones
who would "help" should not be re
pelled with harsh words, but some slm
pie task should be devised for their oc
cupation, and some trifling thins; so
very great to them should be the re
ward of its performance.
As a general rule, give your children
something to do. A daily employment
or some sort win exercise tneir minas
healthfully, and develop elements of
usefulness and seir-reliance wnicu may
prove Incalculably valuable to their
manhood and womanhood. Miserable
ia the plea urged by some that they
"have not the time" to look after their
children. No such pretext can divest
them or the grave responsibilities which
the having of children imposes. The
laws of Ged and humanity demand of
parents the best care and training for
their children they can bring into exer
cise. How many poor wretches there
are taxing society with their mainte
nance, who owe their worthlessness and
sins to the negligence of their parents
in developing and directing good natu
ral endowments for lives of industry
and independence. Large firmness in
a child is a good thing; It contributes
to steadiness of thought and deed
Large self-esteem U desirable, in that it
considers the seuse or personal worth
and dignity. Large approbativeness is
most serviceable in its restraining and
stimulating ministrations. Large de
structiveness is a good heritage; under
proper control It contributes courage.
boldness and progression to the charac
ter. Large acquisitiveness, rightly
trained, supplements industry with
economy and thrift. But such qualities
in children need the guidance of a dis
creet parent. Mismanagement, neglect,
easily lead to their perversion and the
ruin of a life, which, otherwise, might
have been a splendid success. Annual
of rhrenoloyf and 'Aynuyaumy.
People Who yaasmtklae.
If you never had a mother you have
never known bow good it was to have
ber take you in her lap when you had
stubbed your toe, aud hear ber say:
"Poor one dou't cry !"
When my boy or girl comes home
from school, tears falling and chin
quivering because some one had snubbed
them, or because tne teacher had been
cross or the lesson hard, I know what
they want. I take them on my knee,
smooth their hair back, and say :
" I am sorry. It used to be so when
was a child, and I know how hard it is.
But, never mind ; some day we'll have
our horses and carriages, keep hired
girls, live coachmen, live in a palace.
and the sun will rise on our front stoop
and set in our back yard."
It helps them at once, and it isn t ten
minutes before Small Pica is playing
horse with the table-leg, and Long
Primer is singing "Yankee Doodle" to
her doll.
It does me good, man though I am.
to have ok! Mrs. Harrison come over to
our house. She hardly gets her nose
inside the door before she exclaims :
"My soul alive! Why, what ails
your"
"Nothing," I reply.
" But you look pale; you are writing
too much ; you poor man you'll be iu
your grave in a month if you don't take
better care of yourself!"
I know In my own nilud that my
health is good ; that I sleep well ; that
my ribs are accumulating rat, but never
theless it does me eood to hear her to
on as she does. If I were a boy of ten
or twelve, I'd fall from a tree or get
half drowned just for the sake or seeing
her wipe her eyes on the corner of her
check apron, and hearing her say :
" Poor boy ! I'd give a thousand dol
lars to take your pain away !"
Mr. Uooper Is one or my sort or men.
If a woman comes to him with tears in
her eyes, and says that her cow is dead,
or her boy is sick, or she can't pay her
taxes, lie doesn t lean back and go to
figuring the interest on fifty cents for
five years, or wondering if he can't take
an advantage and get a mortgage on her
little home. It would do you good to
see the dimple in his fat chin grow
deeper, and his big bosom swell as he
strikes his knee with his fist and ex
claims :
' I'm glad you came to me first. I'll
go right out this minute and see about
iu Go home, my good woman, and
don't you shed another tear !"
1 meet a lew sucn men. ir tiiey come
across a lad wailing over cold toes, or a
fall, or a beating, tbey will stop, pat
him on the head, and by speaking a
dozen kind words, they will make the
boy almost believe that he lives under a
new sun aud in a new country.
When sickness or fire or flood comes,
I like a man to knock at my door and
inquire if he can be of any use. If he
can do me a favor I shall ever feel grate
ful; if there is nothing ror him to do,
I feel grateful for his offer, and I almost
wish that he bad some trouble so that I
could offer my purse and my services.
I say hang a man who skulks along in
the feuce corners for fear that some one
will want to borrow a dime of him, or
will ask his strength for a moment to
help roll a log away. The Lord put us
here to help each other to work to
getherto lift each other over life's
stumbling blocks, and when I can't do
my full share of such work, I'm going
to take poison, and no on will care.
if Juad.
Tne HoMe-M rtssl
There lived once in Stockholm an old
man of nearly a hundred winters. He
was a tailor by profession ,and had twelve
sons, who all served under Charles XII.
Once they got a few days leave of ab
sence from their regiments, to go and
see their old father, whom they found,
on their arrival, without bread, and
nearly starving. ''Father has no bread,"
said one of them, "yet he has given to
Sweden twelve warriors! Our dear
father must be helped, but how?"
Can t we find somebody who would be
willing to lend us a little money?"
asked the youngest, who had a good deal
of faith in God and good-hearted people.
'Try to borrow money when we have
nothing to give in security ! What good
will that dor" asked another. nave
we nothing at all ?" asked the youngest.
My brothers, 1 will show you tnat we
have. Our father is a tailor, and has
carried on his trade a good many years,
and is now about to die of starvation.
This is sufficient proof of his honesty.
We. his sons, have served for many
years in the ranks of the Swedish amy,
and no one can yet show a stain upon
oar honor. Let us give this, our honor,
as security; 1 thins: we might norrow a
little money on such a pledge."
This idea won their swneral annroval.
The twelve brothers wrote and signed
the following letter: "we twelve
Swedes, sons of a tailor who Is nearly
100 years of age, deprived of the neces
sary means of support, pray the directors
of the National Bank for the sum of two
hundred dollars to he used for the sup
port or our old and helpless father. . W e
pledge our honor as security, and
promise to pay the above named sum to
tne bank within one year." This letter
was handed to the directors. The sum
asked for was given to them, and the
letter torn to pieces; furthermore, the
directors promised to take care of their
old rather as long as be lived. Scarcely
had this happened before it was made
known throurh the entire citv. and rich
and poor paid visits to the old white-
neaoea man, and none went empty
banded. The tailor was thus placed in
good circumstances, and after his death
left a small capital for each of his sons,
a reward ror their fllial love.
The manufacture of paper barrels,
boxes, and similar vessels for use in
place of those generally made of wood
is rapidly increasing, seven patents and
an equal number of factories for pro
ducing the articles being now in opera
tion, all in the W estern States.
In the first of these patents, the paper
used in the fabrication is nrenared nrin-
cipally from straw, and is pressed, sev
eral sheets at a time, into a firm, compact
sheet, which when dry becomes tougher
than wood. The sheet is then bent into
cylindrical form, and its opposing edges
l-1 l , - i . . Vi
wuicu are previously cut liiiu uoveisiia,
fitted together. Double pointed nails
are drawn through the dovetailed ends
from the outside of the barrel, and are
clinched upon the inner surface of a strip
of wood placed vertically along the in
side or tne jot nu The beads are or wood,
fitted lute the ends with a flange resting
against the edge,and are secured by nails
driven through the sides of the barrel.
Hoops of wood or iron are added to pro
tect the latter rrom abrasion or wear,
and the paper is thoroughly water
proofed. Another mode of making the barrels
is to form tnem directly rrom tne paper
pulp, the latter being taken from the
cylinder of the wet paper machine and
carried round an expanded ryliuder
until it becomes or the requisite thick
ness. 1 he cvliiider is then contracted
and removed, leaving the barrel all
formed and ready for passage between
two rollers. These are so arranged that
one presses on the inside and the other
on the outside of the barrel, moving
the latter between them, aad at the
same time compressing and hardening
the paper. The vessel is then a joint-
less cylinder, aud nothing remains but
to insert the heads and secure the
hoops in place.
Securing the beads in paper barrels
appears to be a difficult portion of the
manufacture, and there are two patents
on this especial point. In one the In
vention consists in fastening nianilla
or other strong paper around the head
so as to form a flexible edge. This,
after the head is inserted, is crimped
so as to line the rim of the barrel,
over which it is bent and secured by
hoops.
The second inventor proposes either
to press one head Into shape from pulp.
at the time when the barrel is formed
about the cylinder, or else to make the
beat Is separate and turn up their edges
around the peripheries. This turned-up
portion serves the same purpose as the
flexible paper In the case just described.
but differs in construction, being riveted
to tne casa through iron noops.
Another plan for making barrels dif
fers essentially from those already de
scribed, in that each barrel is formed of
two cylinders Instead of but one. One
cylinder is placed inside the other, so as
to serve as a lining, and, being shorter,
to form shoulders on which the heads
are rested. Thick paper is interposed
between the cylinders, and all are pasted
firmly together. The interposing paper
is carried up above the rim and folded
over the edges. Paper packages for lard,
Dutter, and similar materials are com
posed of sheets glued together and
pressed into shape in dies. This is done
while the paper and glue are still moist.
and a sheet of muslin, placed under the
substance in the concave die, prevents
cracking or tearing at the joints.
There is one sin which it seems to me
is everywhere and by everybody under
estimated, tolerated with undue toler
ance, and quite too much overlooked in
our valuations of character. It is the
sin of fretting. It is as common as air,
as universal as speech ; so common that
unless It rises above its usual monotone
we do not even observe it. Watch any
ordinary coming together of people, and
see how many minutes it will be before
somebody frets that is, makes a more
or less complaining statement of some
thing or other, which, most probably,
every one in the room, or the stage, or
the car, or the street corner, as it may
be, knew before, and which, most prob
ably, nobody can help. Why say any
thing about it? It is cold, it is hot, it is
wet, it is dry ; somebody has broken an
appointment, ill-cooked a meal ; stupid
ity or bad I alto somewhere has resulted
in discomfort. There are always plenty
of things to fret about. The days will
always have more or less bad weather
inconvenient to somebody's fixed plan.
All men go astray, speaking lies and
making blunders, as soon as they be
born. It is simply astonishing how
much annoyance and discomfort may
be found in the course of every day's
living, even at the simplest, if one ouly
keeps a sharp eye out on that side of
things. Even Holy Writ says we are
born to trouble as sparks fly upward.
But even to the sparks flying upward,
in the blackest of smoke, there is a blue
sky above, and the less time they waste
on the road the sooner they will reach
it. Fretting is all time wasted on the
road. Independent.
Keep to the right as the law directs.
Keep from the world thy friend's de
fects. ,
Keep all thy thoughts on purest
themes.
Keep from thiue eyes the motes and
beams.
Keep true thy deed: Thy honor
bright.
necp arm my iaiui iu uuu ana rigut.
Keep free from every sin and stain.
Keep from the ways that bring thee
pain.
Keep free thy tongue rrom words or
ill.
Keep right thy aim and good thy will.
Keep all thy act from passion free.
Keep strong in hope, no envy see.
Keep watchful care o'er tongue and
hand.
Keep firm thy feet, by justice stand.
Keep true thy word, a sacred thing.
Keep from the snares the tempter's
bring. . i
Keen faith with. each you call a
friend.
Keep full In view the final end.
Keep from all bate and malice free.
Keep firm thy courage bold and
strong.
Keep up tne right ana aown the
wrong.
Keep wen ue worus.or wuaom s
school.
Keep warm by night, by day . keep
eooL
Th Mea
Tbe most deadly acute disease from
which the people of the United States
are to day suffering is pneumonia.
There are not lees than 2.000 cases at
this hoar in the citv of New York alone.
Many are nearly dowa with it who do
not suspect it, and these can bring it on
by a single act ef indiscretion. Ten
minnte on a street corner in the cold
wind ; a glass of brandy or whisky ;
late hoar and exposure at night ; ao
evening in a badly ventilated church or
theatre; any el these may permit the
latent disease to manifest itself.
. The disease attacks the lungs, hut is
not, as generally supposed, a species of
uaw.v consumption, i uere is very lime
expectoration in pneumonia, and in
many cases none at all. The cold set
tle on the lungs, the air jiassaice till
np with mucus, and death is due to the
imnoasibilitv of breadline, or to the
weakness which the disease brings on.
as cautious dieting is necessary. hen
the trouble in the lungs is overcome,
the patient is often left in so low a con
dition that it ia impossible to make him
rally. It is a rather singular phase of
this deadly disease that the percentage
of cases is aa four to one iu favor of
men. Women very seldom suffer from
it. This may be due to the greater
exposure to which men are subjected.
and to the more sedentary lifeof women,
who do not suffer from such coustant
changes and such shocks to the lungs.
Ihe best preventive against pneumonia
is to keep the mouth closed when going
from a hot place to a cold, and breathe
through the nose, it comes like a flash
of lightning ; there is no preparation or
means of averting it. One may go to
bed healthy, to all appearances, and
wake np with the disease in full blast.
Then it is simply a question of consti
tution. Medical skill avails but little,
aod physicians pursue but one course
to keep the patient in a warm, equal
temperature: to give remedies as much
as possible to clear the lungs, and to
seek to keep up the proper animal beat.
The patient ordinarily partly loses con
sciousness on the third day, anil the
crisis is reached on the seventh. If not
dead then, there is a small chance of
recovery, but all depends on the
strength of the patient.
Pneumonia is far more fatal with us
than it was years ago. We may attri
bute the increased mortality from this
disease to a multitude of cause. Alco
hol gives the disease more victims than
all else. Other causes are steam heat
ing devices, bail ventilation, and to
bacco smoke. The devitalized heat of
the steam pipes is most iujurious to the
lungs.' the action or the beat on the
iron coils sends off a deleterious gas,
which seriously impairs the lungs, and
renders the inhalation of cold air poii
tively dangerous. Tobacco smoke dries
un the mucous membrane of the throat
aud air passages, and dispels their ac
tion. Alcohol destroys the power of
the stomach, and so lessens vitality that
a simple cold speedily becomes pnen
mooia. These causes added to the
absurd custom of bundling up the
throat and leaving the feet uearly with
out protection are sufficient to account
for the enormous mortality from this
disease.
f the Castas ar
NMeUe-Aa-ed aad
Old
"It Is a mystery to me," said Eleanor
Jones, a young, pretty, lively, Welsh
girl, "why old women will persist in
wearing bright colors. V hy don t they
keep to grays and browns, and all such
tints becoming to their years?" This
remark was addressed to a clever, shrewd
man of about thirty-five, an artist of
repute, about whom it was surmised
that the fair Eleanor was trying to spin
the web-matrimonial, but who in society
was notable for paying his devoirs to
ladies long past their youth, and par
ticularly to one or perhaps middle ap,
remarkable in her dress for the rich
colors which harmonized well with her
charming, quiet manner. "One cannot
judge a woman's age who dresses in
such gay colors," remarked r.lranor,
almost snappishly. "My dear young
lady" said the artist, gravely, "you
have said the truth. When a woman
conceals her age by judicious material
and color she does a wise thing. 1 have
heard a great deal about the 'beauty of
old age.' I never could discern it in
itself alone, the charm or manner, the
grace of healthy old age, is another
thing both are worthy or revereniv,
but we don't reverence beauty, ami if
woman by judicious attire can make
herself beautiful even in her decline, no
man past youth can withstand the ad
miration she inspires. I look at it in an
artist's point of view, and in an artistic
manner every woman, young or old,
should attire herself should be taught
this in her early youth. Young ladies
of a past age, as well as of the present.
makes themselves pegs for hanging on
various devices of costume, which, taken
together( are grotesque. They, indeed.
load one artifice uisin another till all
shape of grace is lost; one cidifr usn
another, or a totality of oue color, with
out contrast, till the beauty of the f:u e
or dress is lost to view iu iaiufiil bew il
dermcnt. What does youth and beauty,
or youth without the latter, want with
all this perversion of taste? Is not a
healthy youth, with its peat h-blooiu
complexion or coral tint on the cheek
and lips of a brunette, beautiful ? Nay,
it is more; it is glorious, n hat neeii,
then, to deform this as absurdly as will
South Sea Islander his skin? All-
conquering youth may do as it pleases.
Somebody has said that tne history or
heroes is the history of youth.' I don't
think a hero was ever snared with
glitter; but some men, like moth', are
caught with it. So if a girl arrayed in
? litter catches a moth, let her be thank
ul and not grumble." Ladies' Treasury.
Hslcht ef Hasuui Belajcs.
M. Silbermann draws proof of the
equality of the sexes from a somewhat
novel mode or studying the human
species. He finds that the average height
of the individual in France, male and
female, is 1.6UU04 metres, w hen stand
ing with the arms hanging by the side,
and two metres when the arms are ex
tended above the head. Two rsons
lying extended would measure four
metres, which is to the earth's meridian
as 1 to 10,000,1100, precisely as one metre
ia to the earth's quadrant as I to 10,000,-
000. Four metres, therefore, or the
average measure of a wedded air, he
calls the base of the harmonic propor
tions of the human race, in which
woman fills one-half the measure, and
therefore is by right, equal to man. A
more interesting result of 31. Silber
mann' measurements and studies is his
conclusion that the average height of
the human race has not changed since
the Chaldean epoch, four thousand
years ago. This strangely confirms the
view of the substantial identity of the
races, into which the family of man is
now divided, with those which existed
in the beginning of the historic iierioil.
A Twrhlsa t.
A regular Turkish bed is something
different rrom ours, there is no bed
stead nor mattress, but about thirty
thickly padded quilts, covered with silk
or satin, laid one on top of the other en
the floor, until tbey are about two feet
deep. The sheets are invariably of silk.
embroidered, and the coverlid Is a mar
vel of gold and silver embroidery on
satin or velvet. The pillows are of pink,
blue or yellow satin, covered with beau
tiful lace. From the ceiling hangs a
large jewelled and gilded hoop, and
from this rich curtains, hich encircle
the bed.
Toms' coiru.
Crginafor the 3fao. There waa a
nitie gin once wno wantea tne moon.
It was so bright and large and beauti
ful that she fairly broke ber heart
yearning for it. Ail the toys in the
world were nothing to that round gol
den thing that shimmered and shone so,
and she begged everhody to get it for
her. First her papa, because he was so
tail that if he went out on the roof be
could nearly reach it- Hut he declared
the thing could not be done, and advis
ed her to be contented with a doll, a big
one with blue eye that opened and
shut, and real yellow hair a doll
instead of the moon. But be did not
understand ; she could not make him
see that it was the moon she wanted.
not a doll.
Then she went to her mother. Best
and dearest mother, who wonld do any
thing for her. She was kind. She said
site remembered wauling the moon her
self; but no one ever got it for her. It
was a beautiful moon. If one had it
one could go about lighting up the
places where one went, so beautifullv ;
but as it was, it shone very prettily.
Could she not not look at it. admire it.
lie content, and have instead ever so
ninny pieces of blue and pink and yel
low, silk, and a needle, and make some
pati-h-work or bonnets for her doll.
Mamma was kind, but she did not
quite understand either. Oh. no.
Then there was her big brother, who
grinned and teased her; aud big sister
w ho begged her not to cry, gave her a
great sweet sugar plum. The moon
was not to be liad, tliey said : but she
knew better.
That night when she went to lied she
asked the uurse, old Dinah, whether it
was true that she con Id never, never,
never reach the moon : and Dinah con
sidered, under the red and yellow tur
ban, like a small conflagration, aud,
after considering, she said :
ell. honey, reckon you can t reach
lie iiiiMin. no wavs 4iw-i-k dat'a iniiMis-
sible ; but 1 tell ye what, when dat yar
moon gets ready it will come ilowu to
vou. ies. chile, de moon will come
down to you when it gets ready. So,
go to sleep and dou t bother me no
more."
The little girl was happy, and said
her prayers and weut to sleep on her
little white pillow, thinking of the hap
py time when the moon should come
down to hur.
Late in the niiilit, after every one
was sleeping, she awoke. The moon
had gone behind the house, and site
could see it no longer.
"What if it has come down," she
said, and she got up and went to the
window, pattering softly over the floor
iu her little bare feet, so that she awoke
no one.
Outside of the window lay a little
pond, and there on its breast was the
reflection of the moon she could not
see. The beautiful yellow moon.
"It has come down to me," she said.
"The moon has come down its own
self and she danced for joy. Then,
knowing a way out of the bouse, she
crept down stairs, not even waiting for
her shoes, and out into the cold, still
garden, where all the flowers bloomed
and the grass was wet with dew. She
went down the path, and opened the
gate.and ran down to the pond. Far out
in its very center the moon that had
come down to her floated on its back.
"Come here," said she ; but the moon
did not come,
"Don't you hear me V she cried.
The moon made no answer.
There was nothing for it but to wade
out and bring it in. She tucked ber
little night-gown up and started.
The moon smiled at her. She waded
in. Her feet were wet : now her little
knee ; bat she almost touched the moon.
She took one step more ; it was on
water. As she weut down she caught
at the golden shimmer with her little
white hands.
".Moon, I have got you f she cried :
and then her head was under water.
Somebody in the house heard her
scream, and came out--i a terrible
fright. Papa, big and strong, walked
into the water and brought the little
girl out. She was choking with uioutli
lulsof dirty water. She was all over
mud and mire. Oh, her pure white
gown, the little baby, maiden dress,
how dirty it was! The tinv feet were
as black as Dinah's, and in the small
dimpled hand were clasped twoor three
long pieces of very rank, lll-stuelling
water-weeds, and she was nearly dead,
but as soon as she could speak this was
what she said :
"The moon came down to me. and I
went to get it ; and then she pulled me
down and drowned me, and dirtied me.
the nasty, wicked moon.
Moral All the strong-minded little
girls that wantthe moon, beware. You
cannot reach her, and if she does come
down you'll have to wade through dirty
water to get her. Your feet aod white
garments will be soiled, aud you mnst
tonch evil weeds, and perhaps yon will
be less lucky than our little girl ; for no
one may come to your rescue, and you
mav be unite drowned, not only parti-
t wily so, by that wicked, treacherous
moon, forwhicb you pine and speechify.
Hemie I tlie Kittens. Oh cats and
kittens, what an interesting family !
Did vou never see a body knitting
before, old puss t Why do you stare
at me so with your sly cat-eyes ? This
stocking is not for yon. you good-for-
nothing, unless you can pay for it in
money. You must . go barefoot all
winter.
Kittens, drop my ball of yarn, if you
please. Are you learning how torateh
mice T You liegin by chasing a ball of
yarn, do you ? Well, it is good prac
tice for you.
I'lay on : and yon, old cat, stare on,
if yon will. I've beard it said, the cat
may look at the king, yes. or theuueen.
either: there's no law against it. Ouly
behave yourselves ; and when I kneel
down to stroke vour warm, soft fur, do
not spit and scratch, as some bail cats
do.
"Brlihtivj all it ran. The day had
been dark and gloomy, when suddenly,
toward night, the clouds broke, and
the sun's ravs streamed through, shed
ding a Hood of golden light upon the
whole country. A sweet voice at the
window cried out in joyful tones:
"Look! O look, papa! the sun's
hri'jlititij all it can."
"Krighting all it ran T so it is," an
swereupapa; "and yoa can be like the
snn if you choose."
"How papaT tell me how T'
"By looking happy, and smiling on
na all dav. and never lettimr ail v tear
ful rain come into the blue ot those
eves ; only be happy and rood ; that is
all.
npley fai matsiliste.
Alexander Dumas once received the
following note signed by a French
Count: 'Monsieur I have the honor to
propose to you to associate yourself with
me in tne composition or a drama.
Your name will figure by the side of
mine; you alone composing the drama,
and I alone defraving all the expen.'
of the first representation. You shall
have all the profits, for I work only for
glory. Dumas replied: Monsieur
have never been in the habit of harness
ing together in my carriage a horse and
an ass. I regret, then, not to be able to
accept your very kind proimsition.
The Count responded : 'Monsier Dumas
I received your note of refusal to
unite our literary labors. You are at
liberty to understand your own interest,
but do not allow yourself in the future
to call me a horse.
KXWS EI BRUT.
Twelve Indian students are heinged
ucated in Drury College, Springfield,
Mo.
Pacific coast sailors say that the
winter in Alaska has been as balmy as
in Florida.
As a reform the Constitutional Con
vention of Nebraska has dispensed with
the services of a chaplain.
"Old aud New" and Srrihmer's
Jfoulhlf have been consolidated, the
latter absorbing the former.
The net earnings of the Erie Rail
road last year were $H47,ooO less than
the interest ou its houiled debt.
Six Chinamen have become deacons
in the Maine Methodist t'hurch. In
time this will be a great country.
A slight decrease is noticed in the
receipts of grain and flour at Baltimore
during the four months eudiuic May 1st.
Baltimore has a new marble rity
Hall, which occupies au entire block.
It was furnished at a ctxt of f:t,0l),000.
The Cashier of the Farmers'
national bank at Mansfield, Ohio, has
been arrested for emliezzling $-J3,iKS.
The Cincinnati May Musii-al Festival
was one of t he most successful enter
tainments ever given in this country.
The grashoiers have aei-oni-plished
wonder In Missouri. They
have Induced the Mopl to fast ami
pray.
Beet sugar is made in California at
seven cents a ( und, including every ex
pense. There are two beet sugar mills
in the State.
Hartford claims to he one of the
healthiest cities in the coiintrv. That's
on account of its dotirishin-r life Insu
rance business.
The Peunsvlvauia railroad comiian y
ami its dependent lines have subscribed
half a million of dollars to the Centen
nial celebration.
The Chicago Times calls the late
whisky raid of Secretary Bui row,
"Bkistow's cocktail." It is" more prop
erly a "whisky sling."
The commissioner of customs esti
mates that irisimnofdutialile merchan
dise is smuggled into this country lu a
year as imssengcrs' Iwggage.
Now it aiuiears that the Maryland
Mach crop is to be so unusually large
that the steaiulioat lilies are increasing
their facilities for transportation.
The New York Evening Mail sav
that the spring hoiiuet of this year is
more ridiculous than any that has heeu
in vogue since the d:ivs of Mrs. Noah.
There are eight-millions oftiernian-
seakiug ieople in the L'niteil States,
and they have three hundred newspa-
ers anil periodicals in their own
anguage.
Hon. David Sankey of Newcastle.
Penn., is the father of the revivalist
Sankey, and feels as if he were the pro
genitor of a whole regiment of ordinary
ministers.
San Francisco iiroisises to obtain
drinking water from the Calaveras
river, about fifty miles in the interior.
the estimated rust of the undertaking
being 1 11, W 10,000.
Baptism has Its styles as well as the
spring Is in net and the nobby tiling
nowadays Is to do it with tepid water.
although we should think that would
make the ceuverts lukewarm.
The Board of Managers of thu
Adams Express company have voted
1,000 in gold to George II. I'rtce, who
recently killed a roblier in his car ou
the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne road.
Mr. E. D. Wir.slow has bought a
three-quarters interest in the Boston
Post for S.IOO.OIKI. This does not Include
the building ami machinery which era
held at an additional valuation or ll".
000.
San Francisco has just organized a
Fire patrol with elegant accommoda
tions, such as a reading room, bath
room, billiard-room, smoking-room.
etc. The boys will doubtless have a
good time.
An old house in iHiubiiry. Conn..
built in 1771, has been sold for two dol
lars. As it was the house In which
Jen. Wooster died after the battle of
Kidgetield, the price Is considered
rather low.
The new building of the Vew York
Trihnne. is nine stories high. When a
man comes in and wants to know who
wrote that article, he is told that the
author is ou the top lliMir with the ele
vator broken.
The Massachusetts Legislature lias
voted the immense sum of $23,0110 to
secure that State a representation at the
I hiladelptua eiiteniual. Ill lan-
kees are proverbially economical w ith
their own money.
A living tree toad was found em
bedded in the heart of a gigantic syca
more near lxington, Kv.. the other
lay. He came out of the tre quite
ively, although he hail been Impris
oned there for 300 years.
Jefferson Davis, in an add res at
Houston, Texas, to the Texas Veterans
of the Mexican War, entreated them to
lie as loyal now to the stars and stripes
as they hail been zealous and brave in
the defense of their first flag.
Now is the time to subscribe for the
Imperial Chinese Kncyclopa-dia. There
will lie one hundred and sixty thousand
volumes of it, but vou can pay fifty
cents a week and not feel the expense.
for further particulars, let an able-
bodied book agent see you for an hour
and a half.
For several reasons the date of the
coming regatta of the tirand Haven
and Spring Ijike (Mich.) Kowing As
sociation has been changed from July t
and 7 to August 10 ami 11, at which
time present indications promise an af
fair ou as successful and extensive scale
as has everbeforeiM-eurred in the North
west.
Mrs. Appletoii, of New York, a
daughter of General Artni-teod, the
brave tit-lender OI rort .Mcllenry, at
Baltimore against tlie Kritisb in 1SU
has possession of the identical dag
which floated over the spot, and of
which Keys, the nct sung: "Oh, Say,
Hoes the Star spangled Banner el
Wave?"
Prize fighters seem to enjoy almost
as much Immunity in Nevada as
gamblers do. A bloody contest took
place recently near irgiina t ity, the
stake being JJJ.OOO and the gate money
which amounted to about 1700 in addi
tion. The fight was witnessed by about
..SHI people, including some forty or
fifty boys, aud loo or more of the most
prominent and respected citizens of the
State capital.
Mr. Alexander Agassi has pre
sented tlie Peahody Museum, at 4 am
bridge. with a valuable archa-ological
collection of several hundred specimens
which he gathered in 1 eru during a re
cent visit. It contains a large number
of mummies, and articles found with
them, taken from the great burial place
at Ancon ; a very rare and valuable lot
of ancient pottery, obtained from the
coast and from I-ake Titicaca, arid many
articles of clothing and implements in
daily use by the Indians of Pern.
r,