i ii . ; J i'jll t ;y i'lf ; ill Hi '? ft B. F. SCHWEIER, , THI CONSTITUTION THI UNION AND TBI KNF0KCXXX5T 07 THB LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXIX. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. SEPTEMBER 22, 1S75. NO. 28. IVESING S05G. Bt X. BKTHAV EUWAK1M. Close, little weary eyes The day at lmst is over. To-night no more surprise Shall they discover. Nor bird, nor butterfly, Kor unfamiliar flower ; Kor picture in the sky. Nor fairy in the bower. Rest, little weary feet. The woode are dark and lonely ; The little bird rest sweet. The owl is watching only ; No buttercup ia seen. Nor daisy in the meadow ; Their gold and white and green. Are turned to purple shadow. Fold, little bnay hands. Day is the time for doing ; The boats he on the sands. The mill-wheels are not going. Within the darksome miue Are hushed the spade and hammer ; The cattle rent supine, . The eock withholds his clamor. Still, little restless heart, 1 lie still until the morrow Till then thou bast no part In either joy or sorrow. To new and joyous day. Shall little birds awake thee ; Again to work and play. With strength renewed, betake thee. Gotxl H'uols. The Fair Hostess. "I don't like the temjier of these mmpiIo. They are hard to satisfy, never looked very kimlly iimii Americans since the war with their country, are jealous of oven a glance at their women, anil revengeful and treacherous to the la-t degree." "The Great American ami Continen tal liiiie" had drifted into Mexico. They were M-rforiiiiiig at one of the small frontier towns, hut at a little dis tance from where the fierce battle of tin- Alamo had Is-en fought, or rather tlie terrilile massacre, hail taken place, ami more than one slight disturbance had arisen, though fortunately quieted, lint it was evident to all that there was a -ccret lire linrning. that it would bike little to fan into a Hume, and the pro prietor but sok the feelings of all in the words lie had uttered. "You are right, Mr. Caison," replied one of the principal riders, w hoiil he had addressed, ''and 1 have w arned the men to lie very careful in their dealings to give no K ilile cause of ollctisc, and above all things to kee together when wa.idering aliout." "And, sir, I have noticed one circum stance that gives me more uneasiness thau I have felt liefore. There are several of I he half bandits ill town, w ho are none too good to create a disturlt auce williout cause." 'r wit your throat for a sixpence," laughed Harry Daniels, the "strong man'' ami "cannon ball" icrforuier, as he joined the little group. "1 know them of old. the miserable horse-thieves, Mage robbers aud midnight murderers." 'I never knew you were In the coun try liefore," "P.ut I was, though only a youngster at the time. Yes, sir, 1 had the honor of being a drummer boy under old Zack General Taylor, I mean and we found more thau one poor fellow stablicd w ith their cursed uiatchetes, and left in the chaparral for the coyoti-s to feast umiii. But I learned their lingo, and haven't forgotten it yet." "If such "were the i-ise with all it would the liettcr enable us to guard against surprise." "Pshaw!" and Harry Daniels seemed to literally blow scorn from lietw een his white teeth, hidden by the softest and blackest of mustaches," "I'shaw ! there isn't a brave man in an entire genera tion of Greasers. The Northern boys proved that well enough. In fact I look ii (on the scunritas as far the most dangerous of the two. At least I have so found tliem." "But the natural jealousy of the race guards them so that there is uo chance even of scecli." "Ikies?" and Ianiels laughed in his customary hearty and w holesouled manner. "iKies it? I've liecn in town only a couple of days, and have already had several flirtations. It is easy enough ben one knows the rojies " "And can talk their language." "That is a great assistance, certainly ; but it isn't absolutely necessary. They are fond of Northerners, and when one H-eps out from liehiud her fan or reliosa, if a fellow is ordinarily good looking, knows how to use his tongue, and plays his cards with the least skill, all lie has got to do is to fo in and win." "And more than likely arouse jealousy in the heart of some rival." "Well, he has to take the ehaiiocs cveryw here, as for that. But there isn't any fun without some danger. Tlie fact is, I've half a mind to settle in the coi i n t ry ." "In love again, Harry!" laughed his fellow performer. ''But that is nothing; the same thing apH-ars to hapcii in every place." "If the girls will lake a liking to me, bow can I help it?'' and Diniclsstrolled away w hisiliug a merry waltz. That lie was a favorite w ith the sex could not have lioeu denied. His was just the ligure and face to attract their auction the one lieing that of a per fectly molded Hercules; the other ever pleasant, with waving looks of jet, a most obliging disposition, a merry na ture, a fair knowledge, of music, ami a good Voice. He was In. Id as a lion, and wandered wherever fancy diet ated, sal is lieil that his play with iron balls none oilier could do' more thau lift, had made him an object of dread as well as wonder. But if he had no fears of molestation, and assed his time pleasantly with the dark-eyed senoritas, talking, singing, playing the guitar, and flirting, it was not so with others. Keapiug, as they were, a golden harvest after a not very pro.icrous season, they were loth to leave, and did all that lay ill their pow er to keep the Mpulace iii good humor, even to the putting up with insults that, under other circumstances and in another region, would have been quickly re-clltod. Yet. do wliat they would, there was something hit he air that secured to w arn them of some oraing danger, some not to be accounted for mesmeric influence, that comes to all, at times, w ith a pre monition of a not distant futility, Per has this arose from the fact that rumors hail reached their ears that some of the wild guerrilla roamers of the mountain and prairies had taken a fancy to their l-st stock and trappings, and having failed to secure them by purchase or barter, had determined to do so by less honorable means. Against this, of course, a guard was set, ami the men looked we I to everything connected with the concern. "We must get out of this," said tlie proprietor, uneasily. "If ft were not so late in the day I would lie off now ; and yet not to show, to-night would lie a great, loss. I w ish to Heaven thev would keep quiet and let me gather in the dollars the crowd seem so anxious to disose of!" . - ny not go to tlie Alcalde r ques tioned one oi me menr. "lie certainly could protect you." "But I don't understand a word of tlie language; don't know their ways, and shouldn't know how to nroceed: and I don't like making a fool of mv- SCII. "Harry Daniels does." "True; the very man," and he went in quest of him. But Harry only laughed at their ner vousness; saw it was all moonshine; that everything would go well enough, and, as for himself, he had all lie could do in . making love to the Alcalde's daughter without bothering his brains about the old don. ; And so, even with the reverse of a pleasant prospect for the future, prcjia rations were made for the evening's entertainment. And this was rendered still worse when the news came that Daniels had quarreled with a lover of the Alcalde's daughter and had actually In-aten hi in. "How is this?" asked the "old man" ottlie concern as Harry came in late to change his drffs. "1 am sorry to hear Lum-h;ue bwn in difficulty." iMwieraiiuu; ' laugneu tlie young ffian t-T."" A Xftckfaced "Teaser had the Jmpudem.toTeai4king himself round w here he was not .wanted and 1 just made liim-walk oirt-on his ear. That's aJI." "But it-may bring down the vengeauce of thej-ntire town upon us." "NiTTear of that. The dog is too cow ardly. Let him but show bis teeth and I'll shake the life out of him," and those of Daniels were revealed in a manner that told of a dangerous temper when aroused. "All well enough, if only one man is concerned. But what would we do against a crowd, Harry?" "I don't anticipate any trouble, and never look for it until it comes." "Yet with the warnings we have bad it is best to le prepared." 'If you knew the greaser as weil as I do, you wouldn't think of such a thing. Give me a clear ring and no stabbing from behiud, and I can clean out all they can bring. But, seriously, I don't lielieve there w ill lie any trouble. There is a rabble, to be sure, w ho would like nothing belter and would kick up a disturbance, if only for the sake of the plunder. Yet Ihev dare not do it There is another element in town of pure t'astilian stock they both fear and resM-ct, that will keep them ill order, and iny word for it they w ill le prescut in force ti-night." His words proved true. Those who were inclined to disturbance were over awed, ami everything passed off pleas, antly. This decided the proprietor to remain, and he did so tor a week and his purse became plethoric. But in the meantime those who were longing for plunder and who ever looked upon Americans with hatred were recruiting their forces, stirred thereto by the man whom Daniels hail pitched as um-ere-moiiioiisl v out of his way as if he had liecn a dog. To more than one the grumbling and muttered curses were plain, and Harry was warned that his night adventures through the town were attended with great danger; but he only smiled as usual at the idea of fear, and made love to bright eyes, and sang to sweet laces, and murmured rapturously to every beautiful woman he met, the gallant salutation : 'Jh-no ;i tie ri,' ('I kiss your feet, lady,') and generally made himself as contented as if those around were the liest of friends. The time for a change in locality came as the patronage began to flag, and it was publicly announced that but one more exhibition would lie given, and that with increased attractions that the wrform.iiiee of the evening would lie the last, that the "grandees of the neighborhood would lie present," and at an early hour a crowd began to gather. Still, although bis presence was almost nlisolntelr ne-essarv. llarrv Daniels re mained basking in thesweet smiles, bril- j Hunt eyes and dangerous beauty of some senorita, as if determined bis hist hours should be pleasant ones, and it was late when be tore himself away ; but had be heard the deep cursesof a concealed and watching man, who, hidden by the dark folds of his rmj, saw the dainty little hand pressed by bis lips, bis mood would not have been so cheer v a one. But even as be was forcing bis way through the tangled mass that surroun ded the canvas, be suddenly became aware that the feeling apiinst the cou cern was rapidly reaching its climax. A few words he overheard recalled him from dreams of love to anticipations of evil, and bis teeth were set, lips com pressed, and blaek eyes flashing with stern resolution. Without awakening alarm, be put the others on their guard, saw that his revolver was ready for in stant and certain use, and placing it iHMieath the heavy kilt he wore w lieu in professional attire, determined to watch the temper of the audience from the very first moment. Though not usually taking bis place within the ring until called upon, be now entered, and leaning in bis usual careless attitude against the center pole, kept both his ears and his eyes oen. A buzz of admiration from the women greeted him, for the thin, flexible cover ing of silk revealed bis frame and muscles i'rfeetly, and Ids handsome faci', fresh check's, and black eyes did not fail to rivet their gaze. The iierformance liegan,and was con tinued for a time, without even a ripple of discontent, and yet Daniels saw that the antagonistic feelings were only smothered that it was but the treach erous yalui that precedes the earthquake that at any moment there might be an outbreak. "Ite careful," be whispered to the clown, who was accustomed to play practical jokes uon the audionce. "Be careful what you do and say. There is a set here who mean mischief,. and will seize upon the first pretext to make dist urlunce." His warning came too late. Before the sentcni-e had lieeil completed, some thing the clow n did gave otfense, and tlit verv man with whom Daniels bad a previous dilticulty, sprang into the ring, machete in hand. "JUulfm a Ins rirui!n (Kill the scoundrels.) "Enttirr i.nr.' tn prhnrnt " (Then ymi shall die first!) answered Daniels, as he felied him with a blow, and then, picking him up as if he bad leen au in fant, tossed him to his ootiiiianioiis. His understanding of the language and sudden movement did something to awe the rest, hut be did not depend upon that alone. Like a panther leaping iion its prey, he sprang into the circle of seotators, seized tlie 'beautiful daugh ter of the Alcalde, even from bis very side, returned sw iflly to tlie ring, bold her firmly with bis left hand, drew and placed his pistol to her bead with the other,aud shouted to the amazed lookers on : "Xow go on with your attempt at murder, if you dare!" Against so determined a man and so dangerous a situation of the highest man in the place, there could nothing be said, and the authority of the Alcalde was instantly used for ami bis word pledged to peace. All well, though, sen or," said Daniels, "but we will keep this fair gin as nostage," anil Dy tils direction a mimic throne was raised, covered with the stars and stripes, and she was placed niton it and sat as a Queen until the close of the performance, when she was gracefully returned to the care of her father, he having given his word that the establishment should be fully pro- veoieu. "There is one thiux that mizzles me. said the proprietor, as be and Daniels sat talking over the matter. "The girl neither screamed nor showed signs of fear." "As to that," lauirhed narrv. "she is brave; knew I wouldn't harm one of her glorious black hairs for all the cir cuses in tle universe, for I love and am ffoin? to marrv her." And he did keeping her as a fair noscage lor me. Tall Talkls. Tlie Greeks were great inventors of these sayings. On Dioneces, the Sar tan being told the number of Xerxes's army was so great that when they shot forth their arrows ths sun would be darkened by their multitude, be an swered, "If the Medes darken the sun. we shall have our fight in the shade." The American humor partakes slightly of the same character and extravagance but it is, nevertheless, the growth of the soil, the vastness or the country, which is bounded on the east by the Atlantic ocean, on the north by the Aurora Borealis, on the west by the set ting sun, and on the south by the day of judgment, and the peculiar circum stances in which the people are placed can lie traced In most of the stories. The hyberbolical or tall species of Amer can uuinor was much in vogue some years ago, and such stories as the fol lowing were once very common: "A man was so tall that he bad to go tip a ladder to shave himself ; another was so strong that bis sneeze would kill a buf falo across the Mississippi river;" a Massachusetts pig was so lean that it was necessary to tic a knot in his tail to prevent his getting through the chinks of the palings "an American artist painted a snow so natur illy that he caught a bad cold by sitting near it with Ins coat off: some land was "so rich that a wpiash-viue, in its rapid growth, overtook a drove of pigs;" "the reason why cream is dear is that milk has risen so high that the cream can't reach the top; and a dog's tail curled so tightly over his back that he couldn't touch his bind feet to the ground." There is a capital story in which it is related that "a couch drove thro' the country so fast, that the milestones iassed so nuickly by, tiiat the passen gers thought they were in a church yard." This coach, however, wa; lieaten by the "skipicr which went so fearfully fast that in Killing around I-ong Branch she left her shallow three and a half miles behind her." Major N ., when asked if he was seriously injured by the explosion of a boiler on the St. IxHtuard steamer, replied that "he was so used to being blow u up by his wife that a mere steamer had uo effect upon him." The evidence of a witness in a life insurance case involved in the blowing up of a steaiiilsiat on the Ohio, is drell, just liecause it is characteristic. The witness knew the missing man, and saw him ou the deck of the steam boat before the explosion. When asked by the lawyer; "When was the last time you saw liim'f" be answered i "The very last time I set eyes on him was when the biler burst, ami 1 was going up. 1 met him ami the smoke pipe coming down." We all know that tlie American oysters are large, hut that one must have teeu of extraordinary size w hich required three men to swal low it w hole. British Oattrtri-I. WusIskkb1, PrrMMl 'lreter- The appearance of Washington atouoe captivated the soldiers and the people, it created confidence. On the occasion Thacher in his Milltura Juurmil wrote; "1 have been much gratified this day with a view of Genera,, n ashington. His Excellency was on horseback. In company with several military gentle men. It was not difficult to distinguish him from all others. He is tail and well-proportioned, and his personal appearance truly noble and majestic." A womanly pen that of the wife of John Adams presents us with a differ ently tinted, but still more attractive picture. "Dignity, ease, and complac ency, the gentleman and the soldier, look agreeably blended iu him. Modesty marks every line and feature of bis face. Those Hues of Dydou instantly occurred to me: Murt hi, mi'rMfa- fatirir ! He a temple Kmrrrd hy birth, and. built by hmml. diviue ; Bin sours the deity thai klRi there: Kor is the pile uuwtirthy of tlie Gud. The actions and letters of Washington at the iieriod show how just was the estimate of Mrs. Adams. The honors that were tendered to him, the cheering that surrounded him, only made his sense of responsibility wore iuteose. When he viewed the work liefore him aud the elements to work with, a mixed multitude of people, under very little discipline, order, or government, "scat tered in rough encampments over hill and dale, beleaguring a city garrisoned by veterans, with war shis in the har bor and all the regular iiarapheriialia of warfare guarding if, be could nut aud lid not overrate the iiuiuuiiso lak be. fore him. Y'et he did not desKinl. Neither did he boast. lie spoke with hie in the Supreme Tower. 'I'he cause of bis country had called him to active ami dangerous duty, but he said he trusted that Divluo Providence, which w isely orders the a Hairs of men, would enable him to discharge it with fidelity ami success." MnuhnlliiH Huulhhj. A Hitar-r sr the fmrn. A curious little volume has jut ap peared, giving the hjtury of fans among all nations aud t all periods. The author, M. Blo-idel, who has heeu able to examine many rare collections, states that it first came from the Kast, where it is always accompanied by a fly trap and parasol. The former is made of the tail of the Thilietan buffalo, white as inn w, , nd of which the extreme is a tuft of hair in I tin furni of a plun-c. Pans of feathers, receinlv i fasiH, date from the seventh century. Tituy were first used iu China, where thu Kmjieror Kso Tsoiig, having heard the cry of a pheasant, sipHed to he au auspicious sign, ordered a fan to be made shaped like the tail of that bird. According to the author of the Ktudes Aslatiques, that article bad more than one singular use. On it the rich de posited alms which lliey gare to the poor; the great ret-eiyed on it tlia dcU cacies offered to Ihem, it was lowered liefore superior as a mark of deference; the nobles carried it lo court, and it sorted to cool them from the heat of the day and to amuse them whiie waiting iu the ante chamber; it was the instru ment of punishniAiit of the school mas ter aud at the same time was given as a reward. A fan placed on a plate of a lieculiar form announced to criminal of noble family bis sentence, and It was at the moment in which be held out bis hands to receive the fatal present that the executioner was to accomplish his work. a l"es for In Swans aliounded at one time on the Ken net near Newbury, and they had become an abomination in the sight of the trout-tisher, who could not take a step along the banks without slipping here and there upon the grass thev bad destroyed by their splay-feet anil drop pings. iue larmers uau compiaiiieu in fain that uo creatures would leed w here they bad trodden, aud the luncheons of the ushers had been more than once In vaded by those impudent birds. One morning we were surprised to notice that only two swans were observable in the whole of the reach. These two had their heads under water for so long a time as to excite our curiosity, when by punting up to them we found that the heads of both were fast in au otter trap; and the rest of the flight, as we were told, after most carefully scanning out the cause of the quiescence of their mates, deserted the district for some seasons afterward. We have no reason to believe that the tras were laid for tbw swans; but when in other cases iu which their eggs would not hatch, and the time for incubation had long passed, small holes were found drilled through the shells, the same verdict of non-wil ful interference was not so readily ar rived at. swanneries were common at one time iu Kngland; the sw an herd w as an appointment of some conseutience. and ersons who executed the office of ' master of the King s swans in the Counties of Huntingdon, Cambridge, Northampton, and Lincoln may be traced on the Parliament rolls. There was a sw annery of some extent at Clar endon iu Wiltshire, and oneat Purbeck. There still exists a sw annery in Nor folk, but this is private; and one at Ilchester on the Pleet, formed by the Chesil "Beach, which joins Portland Island. Murray tells us that "this de coy and swannery forms a scene of great interest, almost uiiiiie tu f.uglaint, not to be missed by the visitor. The decoy is constructed for the wholesale capture of wild fowl, which are enticed into its mazes by live birds trained for the pur-' pose. I he swannery is an inlet like wise of the l icet, and affords a home to a flock of about six or seven hundred swans, which in the time of the alilxits were many times more numerous. Iu the winter they are visited hv wild birds of their sxi-ies." And Brotlerip says that "a noble siectuco even now is presented there; for the swans are not crippled in the pinion, and the sight of some eighty of those splendid birds, many of them on the wing together, will not be readily forgotten by those w ho have witnessed it." Although few doubt at present the depredations Tw hich swans commit iiHn the spaw n of lish, tin-re are many w ho deny that they eat the fish themselves, contending that the construction of the neck would not ier mit them lo swallow anything of a solid nature. The nft-allcgcd destruction of fish on the Thames by swans apcar3 to us a mere fancy. The. true source !' destruction has been the fetid condition of the river, owing .to the reckless in Muring of town sewage. ( 'Aiiw'r's J'wruiti. II ardofci I a sr A rl . A haid life that of an artist. There arc men .of Ii fly whose names are fa miliar who do not earn ten thousand francs a year. A Unit thirty, alter ten years' study, he liegius to produce some thing; thou sales must lw made, ami to make sales the artist must have the tact of a salesman. Some go fasting, and f ut in here and there a three-franc esMon but even that ia a chance. Some paiut back grounds for photo graphers, or large sign-boards. At forty, with real .merit, or friends in the newspapers, be may get into tut tice by constant exhibition and pull ing. About fifty he earns a little more and lias caught the rheumatism. Kaoh year the hiitiiUt of real artists grows less and less. Taste has de clined since the division of patrimonies lias broken fortunes into cinmbs, ami the groat profits of the Bourse soil so ciety with new aud vulgar wealth. Amateurs soil their trallcrics, bargain with picture dealers, speculate tipou their stores. To succeed three tilings are needful : The first, that at the ex hibition some rich bourgeois shall say, "There is a gay htintiug scene, which will do very well for the left-band of my diiiinK-room'"' the second, that be feels in the humor to spend bis money, that be has faitli in his own taste, that his wife does Dot say do, in short, that be buys ; the third, that his friends, having breakfasted before the pictures, order copies. But the five thousand pictures of the reposition distract the attention destroy all beauty. A woman is pretty alone by her Are side in an easy chair; put her among eighty ball dresses, and she ia lot. How do the two or three miles of pic tures which are gotten np each year in Paris lind salef Reply is impos sible. On this route the crowd is greater than on any of the others. Foi thirty years back the chief character of novels, whose heroes were formerly young geutleiuan, have been artists, especially painters. Thereupon a craze in this direction. Numbers of young fellows who would have made excel lent clerks have bought gaiters and let their beards grow. What are they to do for their dinners T Many a one is worn ont. This one takes a whole summer to liuish a study. lie rnbs out, paints over, rubs out again, ends in losing all true feeling, becomes cross, irritable, talks feverishly, and by fits and starts, Ijke a nian who lias had a nervous attack. Many have utterly thwarted their natures and, after fifteen years' struggle, find them selves powerless. Instead of an imag ination full to overflow and an impulse to pour out on the canvas the very superfinity of their brains, they re semble the dried-np spring which at long intervals leaks out in miserable drops. A friend comes in. He is stopped by a gesture. "Stand jnst as you are ; stretch out your arm. Per haps I have found the attitu.de I have been looking for," At last, by mere uhanoe. and after a bandied groping hesitations, they hang up something, and the creature thus brought into the world by a miracle, la a preten tions abortion. (.Talne. Tk ftaasiBaled l.are. A gentleman holding a high official lisition iu the courts of law in Paris, during (be long vacation, went, iu com pany with, hU wife, on a tor of pleasure into Belgium. After having traveled through this interesting country, they were returning home by the railway, the husband with bis miud quite at rest, like a man blessed w ith an untroubled conscience, whiie the lady felt that un comfortable sensation which arises from the recollection of some imprudence, or a dread of some approaching danger. When they were near the frontier, the lady oould no longer restrain her un easiness, J.eaniiig towards tier hits band, she w hisHired to blip,, "I hare lace in tny portmanteau take it ami conceal it, that it may not be seiznd," "What! act as a smuggler f ex. claimed the busliand, with a voice lie. tween astonishment and affright. "it is beautiful Maliiies lace, ami bus cost a great deal," replied the lady. "We are near thacustotu bouse; hasten ami conceal it!" "It is impossible; I cannot do it!" replied the gentleman. "On the contrary, it Is very easy. was the reply. "The lace would fit in the bottom of" your hat." "But do you recollect," rejoined the gentleman, "the position I occupy r "But recollect," said the w rife, "that there is not an instant to be lost, an this lace has cost me I ,.VK) francs ('.)). During the conversation, the tram rapidly approached the dreaded station. Imagine the consternation of tlie worthy magistrate, who had always been in the habit of considering things with calm and slow deliberation, thus unexpec tedly placed In a position so embarrass ing and so critical. Overcome and l'r plexed bv his difficulties, and losing all presence of mind, he allowed bis wife to put the lace in his hat, and, having placed it on his head, he forced it dow n almost to his ears, and then resigned himself to his fate. At this station the travelers were in vited to come out of the carriage, and to walk into the room where the custom house agents were assembled. Tlie gen tleman concealed his uneasiness as best he could, and handed his passport with au air of assumed indifference. When his position of a judge became known, the officials of the custom house immediately hastened to tender their respects, and declared they considered it quite unnecessary toexamine the lug gage lalieled with the name of one w ho occupied such a high and Important situation in the State. Never bad the magistrate more sin cerely valued the respect attached to nis position ; and if a secret remorse tor a moment disturbed his mind, at least he breathed more-freely when be recollec ted the danger was passed, andthat the violation of the revenue law s lo Jrad committed would escape discovery? With this comforting assurance, and while a severe examination was passing on the proierty of other passengers, the head of the custom house ami the com mander of the local gendarmerie, having heard of the arrival of so distinguished a person, came to ofl'er their resccts. Nothing could be more gracious than' their maimer. To their profound salu tation the judge responded by immedi ately raising his hat with the utmost politeness. Could he do less? But, alas, in his isdite olieisance. so rapid ami involuntary, he had forgotten the con tents or his hat. He had scarcely raised it from bis head when a cloud of lace rushed out, covering him from head to loot, as with a large marriage veil. What language can describe the con fusion of the detected smiiffgler. the despair of the wife, the amusement f the spectators, or the astonishment of the custom house officers, at this scene? The offence w as too public to be over looked With manv expressions of regret on the part of the authorities, the magis trate was detained till the matter was investigated. After a short delav he w as allow ml to resume his journey to 1 ai ls, ami w e can easily believe that tlie adventure formed a subject for much gossip aud amusement in that g.iy capital. Raisins; Trrraplas for Market. fine of tlie sights at Pleasure Bay, at tracting the attention of most icoplc w ho drive to that nearby resort, is a turtle m-ii, w herein the ordinary small turtles terrapins are hutched and grown for the New Y'ork market. The M'ii is a large, rquare inclosure, w ith aUuit two-thirds of the area under water, and the rest sandy beach. It now contains seven thousand turtles, and in the sand are eggs estimated to iiumlier thirty thousand. If the visitor ap proaches silently on a sunshiny day, UHu eering cautiously over the" foni-o, he sees an odd scctacie. The unsub merged spuii- in the m-ii is so thickly covered with turtles sunning themselves that only a little of the w hitu sand is left in sight. They are as inert as sloues unless disturbed, but the slighlest noise frightens t hem. Then a ludicrously grub-stiiic scene eii.iies. The turtles stil t tu a mass for the water, and their gait U as comical as the gambols ofabiH siKitaiuus. They Jostle each other stretch out their long necks, and attain a surprising rate of shiiI. At the edge of the water they tumble in with a suc cession of splashes, like a scattering volley, and soon seven thousand heads are projecteil almve the surface. They seem to float without exertion, but are lazy in their movements. Their se.rs'iit like heads and beadish eyes, their bodies being out of et'bt, give the pond the aiiearnnce of a writhing mass of snakes, A raft in the center of the sn slowly liecomes covered, and after a while the turtles begin to return to the sand. The turtles witli which this ien was originally stocked were brought from Texas, but subsequent breeding made a further supply from that source unneces sary. They lay their eggs in the sand, w here the heat of the sun suffices to hatch them. The young turtles are re moved to a smaller pen as soon as they are out of their shells, and a (tool pro vides for them tho requisite water. etting is draw n over this ikmi as a pro tection against cats, who find young turtles suited to their taste. Cats thus battled may often lie seen sitting on posts of the inclosure, looking longingly down iin the unattainable delicacy. The turtles, when half grown, are trans ferred to the large en. Their food is live fish, which are put itito tlie water In large numbers. The turtles grow-slow)-, aud attain a sue of about ten inches long liy seven wide. Thou they are sent alive to the New Y'ork market, to go finally into the spular soup and steaks. To most palates they are not distinguishable from the larger Key v est turtles. 1 he producer realizes from them $12 to (14 a dozen. f.imy iiritAr Letter. trrlares DeswIdorsTaad her Dlaatowd. The old Princess Demidorff used to wear the Sauey diamond as a ahaw I pin. One day she went with her hus band snd Jules Juniu to visit the Louvre and taking off the shawl because the gallery was very hot gave it to Janiu to carry, at the same time asking biintu put the diamond pin In bis vnst pocket until she should ask him for it. Now yon know the Saucy is worth l,.1OO,0iJ francs, and janiu put it in his vest pocket w ith the same amj frM as if it were a new piece of glass. On getting into her carriage the Princess asked for her shawl, but forgot to inquire for lief diamond, and drove off. The net l:y she sent round to Jauiu for btr pM'i ioos stoim. But uo diamond could be found. The vest, a white one, bud gone to the wash ami with it the Saucy. Off went Jauiu in Trepidation to the domicile of his washerwoman. In or der to avoid suspicion, he asked her quietly if she bad found anything in the ixicket of 1U vest, "No," said she, "Quite sure?" asked be again becom. iug lividly pule. "Ah! yes 1 did, by the way; a big pletm of glass. My little boy lias it now ; lie is nlaying with" it iu the yard." Jautn rushed out to reeovr the gem, the brilliant colors of w hich were de lighting a batch of dirty urchins, w ho were even theu discussing the propriety of shattering the jewel into a thousand sparkling fragments. All the furnaces in Ironton, Ohio, are named after celebrated volcanoes, as Ktna, Yesuviua, Hecla and the like. Faults r Temper. Few men have sweet toniiiers, or ho! such as they possess under steady, in variable control, though there are men who, without this sweetness of nature, however much tried, never seem to lose their self-command. No public man can get on long who has not his temper well in hand ; nut with tlie same ainmint of inflammable particles, men differ verv much on the occasions that set tire to them. Some people, who are all com posure when we might reasonably ex jiect aud justly excuse an explosion. will break down into peevishness or passing trenzy on slight provocations. Wje have known men, quite remarkable for a well-bred serenity, be uureasonably and childishly testy at some transient annovance ot a sort thev are not used to. Highly sensitive organizations and in tellects, kept on the stretch, are always irritable. De Quincey, who has no heroes, says that Wordsworth, with all his philosophy, had tits of ill-temper. though the unexampled sweetness ofhis wife's temper made it impossible to quarrel with her. Nor does the field in which teinM-r exercises itself make much difference A divine defending his favorite views is as peppery as any layman; while he flushes and his eve gleams and scinti lates w ith less consciousness of the spirit that rouses the glare than the disputant iu secular matters the distinction be tween zeal and tenier being more easily drawn by his opponent or observer than by himself. How often we read of ineetinsrs between reli-ric"s and nhilan- thropic leaders, looked forward to as a great occasion Qv tliew followers, leav ingonlijli.iiufuf regrets through some accMcmaIsiaT&Mttiir unoff the com bustible elements iu the composition of one or Doth. the two srreat tivmu- writers aud Christians, Newton and Toplady, met but once, and but for a few minutes, yet something passed a trifling jest which upset Toplady's equanimity, and made bis parting words, wcare told bv the Irieudlv bvstaudcr. ITot very vunrleous. - -- " - Tbsmtk WsrkMB. - Says an' exchange: "There is no" more liouoralile iswitiou in lile thau that of a good craftsman in a successful occupation. His horny hand is a more honorable badge of public service than the la-jeweled dignity of the dainty clerk or man milliner. His labor-begrimed face or greasy working dress an- proofs of the exaltation of bis rank among men. An honest, competent workman has eers, but no siiieriors. But to deserve all his honor he must be couiM-tent skill.il in the mysteries of his craft. And it is no use for eople to say that their sticrior intelligence makes up for everything; for a man with the wisdom of a Solomon could not constitute himself a crfect artisan w ithout the practical exM-rience w hich makes a man such. Journeymen are turned out iu multitudes day by day, who have hardly an idea of the tirt principles of their trade; and many young men, hardly yet of age, are found Is.ld enough to profess a thorough knowledge of two or more handicrafts, any and all of which they really know little or nothing about. Ask employers from whence they have their most skilled laliorers, and thev will tell you that they come from those workshops j nere long apprciiciccsiiips served to turn out thorough workmen; where engineering is not learned iu a year, dioemukiug iu a month, or printing in a few days. There are many reasons why this w hole subject of mechanical training should be nressed iimui our young men w ho expect to live by me chanical lalsir. The great enemy of the workingiiian is the crowd of hud workers w ho are admitted to his status without the proper exM'rlein-e, for w hich be has paid year of effort. Maaarra ar the rank. When G1 made the earth, it shook to and fro till lie put mountains on it to keep it firm. Then the angels asked, "O God! is there anything iu Thy crea tion stronger than these mountains?" and God replied, "Iron is stronger thau the mountains, for it breaks them." "And is there anything in Thy creation stronger than iron?" "Yes, tiro is Stronger than iron, for it melts it." 'l there anything stiongi'r than fire?" "Yes, water, for it quenches tire." "Is there anything stronger than water?" "Yes, wind, for it puts water in mo tion." t , our Sustaiuer, is there any thing iu Thy creation stronger than wind?" "Yes, a good man giving alms; if he give it with his right hand and conceal it from his left, he over comes all things." Kvery good act is charity; your smiling iu your brother's face; your putting a wanderer in the right road; your giving water to the thirsty is charity; exhortation to an other o do right" is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he has done lu this world to his fellow men. When he dies eoplo will ask. What property has he left behind him? But the angels will ask. What good deeds has be sent before him? The riloli ar the stars t'aaal. It strikes everyliody as a little singu lar, that out of the twenty-six pilots iu the Canal Comany's employ, only three should be Kiiglishmen, the re mainder Is-ing of Italian. Austrian, and French nationality. This, at a time when seveniy per cent, of tbo vessels using the canal fly the British flag, seems inexplicable, and sometimes le.els to curious complications. A tragic in cident is related of one of these pilots, a Frenchman, who ran the vessel be w as in charge of aground, and, every other means having failed to. limit her of)', applied to the Kngllsh Captain to dis charge his cargo, which consisted of a telegraph cable. This be sitively re fused to do, and the pilot having ex hausted every argument up-n him w ithoiit effect, retired, to bis cabin and committed suicide by cutting his throat. His grave may still lie seen on the kinks of the canal, and bis countryman, the chief of the department at I-muilia, in relating tlie occurrence, added, in a tone of admiration, "After all, was it not a heroic death?" T' ''. " 1 he Africa rarest. Nature is so prodigal of her charms, the European sees but little of them, for to loiter in the wooded solitudes means sickness and perhaps death. The bounty of an African forest cannot iie described, (iiirantic trees, with but tresses seven or oiiilit feet in thickness tower far above the feathery froudage of the palm and haniltoo; creeping plants sif the most delicate tracery, and covered with flowers of evetT hue, en twine each tree and bush ; birds of briflit-coored pliimae dash liefore the eyes, and the shrill cry of the par rot and the never-ceasing chirrup of the grasshopper alone wake the still ness of the woods. There is an ever lasting twilight in the African forest ; the air is cool, and tbe perfumes of a tliousand flowers invite the nssor-by to seek a shelter from tbe bnmiiiir rays of the sun. But the air, though coid, is also heavy anil moist, and emits an odor of decaying vegetable matter : and at night a thin white mist gradu ally creeps, spectre-like, from every hollow and dell, till the whole land scape is effaced. This ia malatia. Good Wonh, KM THW COLCH. Tltt Spider am1 Ihf G raxshiifr. 1 ake rare there, Mr. Giaesuoppor, l in afraid you don't see where you are o iiiir. - You'll tret raticht in that spider's web, the next yon know. But he kept on jumping as carelessly as ever a grasshopper could, and never minded a word 1 said. I'p he'd go without any thought as to how or whore be would come down. There was a good spider's web in tlie tall glass just before him under the apple tree where I sat. Down he came a?ain into the grass close In-side the web. "Take care Grasshopper, you'll get into trouble. Don't vou see that Bid der's wob !" He winked at me saucily and said, "You just -attend to your books.'' (For 1 was getting a lesson in geometry.) 1 guess I know how to keeu out of a spider's web." 1 be words were hardiv out of Ins mouth when up he weut again, as heed lessly as ever. A shiver in the web, and the (tending of the grass, told the story. One of his feet had caug!:t, and with an awkward curve be bail come around to bang with bis head down- wants and his onck to the web. there." said I. "didu't I tell vou f Hut the KrSHhoticr's Dertuess was not diminished. "There's onlr one foot caucht." said he. There are live free yet. I'll show yon. Just see here, and he turned half way over, and gave a push with his free hind foot. But, instead of pushing his other foot free, the one he pushed with was-raught, and he was worse oil' thau ever. "There !" said I atrain. But be inter rupted me, and said, iu the midst of another convulsive struggle. W ait a minute, 1 have fonr free yet." lint tlie only effect of his effort 1 wits to get all his limbs entangled in thede- ceptivti snare. Anil now was the spider s opportu nity. Out he o.nie from his billing nlaoe. and rail backward and forward over the body of bis victim, spinning each time a thread that made more fruitless the desm-rate struircles of the grasshopper. It was the work of a moment, and every limb of the head strong, silly gr.isliopiM-r was Imiiiu1 fast, and a web bad twt n spread so thick over his head that I could not see it alL 'his a true storv, children ; I saw it with my own eyes. I am older now than 1 was thou. That was a great many years auo. Since then I have seen children as reckless aud foolish as that grusshopiM-r, and have seen pa rents anil teachers waste more advice. ami waste it to less purpose than I did then. Heme Journal. Ctinthi Mtkei Hie L Ifft " hh . "f.it us all toll something," said May ; "and he one who makes the others lanifh i he loudest shall have this pear. Cally. yon are the oldest, so you must liegin.' I ally screwed up her eves a minute. and said, "l!i!"' Then she ttezan : Once a Chinaman in California was Mitherod with grasshopper on his melon-vines. He wanted some Dotting o cover t hem : so be took np a bijr green grasshoper in his fingers, and aid it on the counter, saying to the shopman. 1 oo much l-oppee : me no stoppee." Ami he smiled very blandly w lten the shopman Ix tran moasu ruii; oil' the netting." This story was a failure. XoImxIv laughed. Ciillv said, "Weil, Joe what is your story f' "Mine isaliout an Irishman," cried Jim-. "He never sua- a wasp till be came to this country. He caught one, anil looked at. him attentively, seyiug. "Ye are mighty spry little baste. Ye've got a mighty lona Imdy. and, by the bowers, ye an bite too!" And that Irishman jeiked his hand hack its quick as li'litnini;. ' There was quite a hearty laugh at this. "Xow, May," said Joe, "it's your turn." Little May said, "Tlie mosquitoes in Florida ate so large, that a great many of them weigh a pound ; and they sit up on the trees atid bark, when people pass by." "That's a tough story," said mammi. "Now, shall I take my turn I" "Yes," said May. "Well," said mamma, "I have a big eoenanut in the storeroom, and some sugar ; aud we will make a dish of cocoa tint candy this evening." Oh, what a merry shoot the children cave ! All voted that mamma should have tbe prize. But I dont think she niiirht to have bad it, for she cheated a little. -4 Acs? lo le litaHliful. Master Frank was in a brow n study. He had been taken up stairs into the drawing room to see his new aunt that is to say. tiie wife of bis L'nole William, who was recently married ; and this was her first visit alter the wedding tour. Master Frank had l have d with great propriety during the interview, but had tone awuy so grave and thoughtful that bis nurse was a little liistnrlied by such au unusual state of affairs. Vhy, Frank, what are you think ing alsiut V said she ; "don't yon like yonr new auntie f" "Not much," replied tbo matter-of-fact Frank. "And why n.rt, Krankie V "Because she is not pretty like, main m a." "'h, but my dear, you on):lit not to dislike your auntie for that. I'm sun- vonr aunt was very good to you, aud it is letter to be good than pretty any day." "Is it f" asked Frank, wondcriivl.v. "Certainly, dearie, for one may be pre-ty outside and n?ly inside one may have a pretty face and an ugly temper." (Tlie worthy old party, yon will ob serve, was rather awkward in her modes of t-xpressioii.) "Well, but." said Frank "to, slowlv--" well, but is auntie pretty inside, do you think? Because " Here Frank stopped. " if course, she is, dear. But 'lie cause' what I" "Why, In cause " and bore an intelligent look darted into the boy's blue eyes, "because why don't they turn her inside out then T (. Crttmh of CkttritH "I can give you but a crumb or two," said the bog gar to the hungry decs ; "wlutt good w ill a few crumbs do you " "Good 1 why you know by experi ence what it is to be famishing, so you are no stranger totho vslueof acriimb.' answered the dotrs. "Take it ; but it grieves me to see you so thin and to give you no more." said the begtrar, sorrowfully. Grieve yon what, 'that out of vonr little you can give but little t lear kind heart, don't lie troubled ; the rrnmlm thus lovinirly given are so sweet that they will do us far more stimmI than the finest bone thrown at us grudiringly." The fatal f.mduess for indulging in a spirit of ridicule, and tlie injurious and Irreparable consequences which some times attend the too severe reply, ran never be condemned with more asperity than it deserves. Not to offend is the first step towards pleasing. To give pain is as much an offence against hu manity as against good-breeding, and surely it is as well to attain from an action because it is sinful, as because it is impolite. HEWS El BRIEF ' New Orleans has Sij.ODO inhabi tants. During the past year "00 divorces were granted In Maine. It took the American rille team just eleven weeks to become famous. The theatrical benefits for Ian Bryant's family reached $lti,0l0. A u extensive show of dogs w ill be held iu Chicago in January next. Massachusetts skins out well. Her leather product is valued at $i1,Uii0,lH)t. There are fourteen Democratic can didates for the governorship of Georgia. A white mocking-bird has been caught and caged at Charleston, S. C. The Graphic company has scoured the Government contract for printing check stamps. lawyers have a clear majority in the Indiana Senate, and fanners a quo rum in the House. Oregon Is a great flax-producing State, having now 41, 000 acres of the plant under cultivation. The Adams and American Express companies employ SUl men who travel over ltiO.OtH) miles a day. . A company has been formed to build a narrow gauge railroad from Omaha tu the Black Hills. Giliuore proioses to celebrate the Centennial by having lOo.OHO persons sing the one hundredth psalm. Additional discoveries of extraor dinarily rich gold, silver and copjier mines are reported in Arizona. Solomon Fa ton, of Irasburg, is said to have the largest hop-yard in Ver mont. He has S,0ii0 hills," covering ten acres. Since the failure of Duncan, Sher man A t o. ew rents In Brooklyn have dropied 20 s-r cent, and arc still g'ing down. Shroedor, the Baltimore balloonist has been engaged by Bariiuni. and w ill he the next sacrifice to a-ronantic ad vertising. The (Mirtrait of Jefferson Davis, -.-secretary of ar under President Pierce, has been added to the War le partmeiit Collections. Jefferson Davis declines to accept the gift of a homestead in Texas, which it was proosed to pay for by dollar subscriptions. The church at Bethlehem Heights, X. II., is many feet higher than any other ecclesiastical establishment in the United Slates. Horatio Seymour, Jr., has it is said lieen offered the ssitloii of Division Kiigineer of the Erie Canal, but has not yet accepted. Tbe indications now are that the gnqx- crou in t all'ornla this year will be considerably the largest that has ever been produced. Arizona is tired of greenlweks. and seeing tbe prosperity of her hard money neighbor, California is thinking of adopting the gold standard. San Francisco w ill shortly ship to tbe Mikado of Japan a state cariiage valued at f.'S.OOO, four horses worth iJ.V OtlO, and harness costing $1,74)0. I in migration into the United State hows a decrease of MI.OoO for the year ending June Ulth, 1S7", as compared w illi the year ending June th, 1S74. Memphis proposes to build an ele vator at the river, with the view of building up a trade wild Georgia, Ala bama, the C.irolinxs, etc., for grain in bulk. The new national bank notes are to be printed on silk-tibre apcr, the Treasury officials believing this mate rial to lie a good devii-e against counter feiting. A Massachusetts suuff taker calcu lates that during the past forty years be has titillated his nostrils with two thirds of a ton of the pungent dust, valued at $:,:! Ml. Governor Stanford, the railroad s tentate of.Califoruia, is erecting a splen did mansion in San Fran -isco, that will cost from $.m,IHMi to f"sHy. It is to Is- earthquake proof. The statement of the condition of savings Banks of the State of New York shows a gain of t,2no,0no in dcMiis since Jan. 1, and a gain of over '.Ui.ixnt iu the n u in 1st of dcositors. A migratory sheep raiser in Beat rice, Neb., has a thick of wmi. He lives iua house on wheels and with his family and flocks, migrate from plai-eto place in search of grasl grazing grounds. SonielsMly suggests that Hannibal Hamlin's head ought to be put on the Kstage-stamps, so that everybody may have the pleasure of punching it when a transient new sniper is to lw mailed. The new Cathedral at B-wton w ill lie dedicated on the Feast of the Immac ulate Conception, Deccmlicr S, and the occasion w ill lie the most hit resting iu the history of Catholicity in New Eng land. Mr. Samuel Langh-y, of New Dur ham, X. II., is a school law unto him self, as thirteen of the fourteen children that attend the district school are his, ami he is keeping four others in re serve. The American Bridge Company has under construction this year an aggre gate length of Ki,us;t feet of iron bridges. a little more than three miles, :,!).S) feet of w hich is for tlie Cincinnati .Southern Bailway company. Andrew Johnson is the sixth mem- ls-r of the new Congress who has been buried. I he others are Billhnton, of Massachusetts; Ilersey, of Maine; Allen, of New York; Head, of Tennes see, and I -l Imw, of i Iregon. The Winnipiseogee Mills, at Frank lin, y. II., have the heaviest paper ma chine ever built, which runs a sheet of aH-r 'JO inches w ide, about 100 feet a minute, splits it into two sheets, and rolls it into rolls about live miles long. In an agricultural convention at Dillon, Ga.. a few days ago, a gentle man called upon all present w ho owned sheep and no dogs to rise, and thirteen rose up. He then called upon all who owned dogs and no sheep to rise, and sixty or seventy rescinded. A mii-ket which Aaron Burr ea lured while serving under Benedict .Arnold, at the at tempted storming of thtebec, ou the night of Deconils-r 31. 177-". is on exhibition in lswcgo. The gun is of the IJuecn Anne pattern, and weighs twenty-seven pounds. When Andrew Johnson w as Gover nor of Tennessee, ami an ex-blacksmith was Chief Justii-e of the Supreme Court, the Governor with his own hands made a vest for the Chief Justii-e, while the Chief Justice went to the forge and inaile a shovel ami tongs to present to the Governor. Two meiuls-rs of the English Par liament have made a novel wager; thev have agreed to meet each other at Yo kohama on the 27tli of September, at 2 p. in-, one to travel by way of the United States and sail from San Fran cisco, the other to go by way of the Isthmus of Suez ami India, and ifeither fails to keep, the appointment he is to pay the other tlouo. ;:i ..5 I ': t ! 5 4 - s i j t i Mi n ; ; 5 ill i : ' i : ', s i -i i i j rf '. : "' ; . I - ' i -'I ii ill ni . -II ! ' l . ii- Hi'
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