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VOL. XXIX.
MIFFLINTOW, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. OCTOBER 20, 1875.
NO. 42.
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8WKETHZ1&T, GOOD-BTL .
Sweetheart, good-bye ! Oar varied day
la closing into twilight gray.
And up from bar. Ueak wastes of sea.
The atom-wind rises mournfully ;
A mTitic prescience, Strang and drear.
Doth hannt the ahnddaring twilight air ;
It fills the earth, it chills the sky
Sweetheart, good-bye!
Sweetheart, good-bye! Our Joys are past,
And night with silence come at last
Old things moat end yea, even lore
Nor know we if re-born above.
The heart-blooms of oar earthly prime
Shall bloom beyond those bounds of time,
"Ah! death alone is sore," we cry
Sweetheart good-bye!
Sweetheart, good-bye! Through mist and tear
Pte the pale phantoms of oar yean,
Onoe bright with spring, or subtly strong
When summer' noontide thrilled with song ;
Now wan, wild-eyed, forlornly bowed.
Each rayles ea an atoms cloud
Fading on doll September's aky
Sweetheart, good-bye!
Sweetheart, good-bye ! The vapor roll'd
Across yon distant, darkening wold,
Are type of what oar world doth know
Of tenderest lores of long ago ;
And thos when all is done and said.
Oar hie lived oat, oar passions dead.
What can their wavering record be
But tinted mists of memory?
Ob ! clasp and kiss me ere we die
Sweetheart, good-bye!
Cheating the Gallows.
"Is there no hope, Charley ?'
"Alas ! Xellie, I fear not. The gover
nor has refused to interfere in your
brother's behalf, and unless his escape
can be effected, and the chances, you
know, are very faint, he will have to
"Don't Charlev, don't say that fearful
word. O, Gid ! My poor, poor, inno
cent brother I
"Be calm, Nellie. Despairing words
cannot help the matter. Your brother
Is yet alive, and two weeks will elapse
before his sentence will be carried into
effect. You know I have done all that
lay In my power, so far, to save him I
shall do more. Promise me to be calm
till you see me again. You can do this
through hope, and God on our side,
that hope may not be in vain."
"Whv what are you going to do.
Charley ? Is there the faintest glimmer
of hone ? I ell me, quickly,
"Jack Hoi by and myself have thought
of a desperate plan by which we may
Rave poor Harold. To one chance of its
succeeding, there is a grim dozen against
it. Still, if it fails, it will not be for the
want of earnest, perse veriug efforts on
our part. Harold is as innocent as you
or I. The wooden-headed jury who
pronounced him guilty would be his
murderers. We shall try and cheat the
gallows at the last moment. Until I
see you again, Xellie, pray that our
venture may succeed."
"How fervently I shall do as you
wish. There is another poor heart, be
sides mv mother's that Is terribly an
truished. I suppose. Poor Mary, how
she loves Harold. Have you seen her
lately?"
"Yes; I saw her last evening," re
plied Charley. "She is very pale and
down-hearted, hut has an unwaveriug
faith in Harold's innocence. I believe
she would die if he were to be fa-
Well, good bye, Xellie, keep up a stout
heart, girl."
Brave Charley! Xo friend had worked
harder for the salvation of another than
had he for Harold Vincent. Ever since
the fatal day Harold had been arrested
on the charge of murdering George
Pollock, he had been near him uttering
words of comfort or earnestly worsin
for his acquittal. And now that the
sentence of death bad been pronounced
and the dread day of execution appointed
he had not vet lost hope, and had set on
foot a brave scheme through which his
friend might escape his ignominious
fate. It was an almost forlorn nope,
hut when Charley Lawrence and Jack
Holbv put their heads together they
were a power at any time, but since
friend s life was at stake tney wouiu
work wonders.
Harold Vincent was deemed guilty by
the law of the murder of George Pollock.
The evidence was purely circumstantial,
The murdered man and the condemned
had been rivals in love. Pollock was
found dead in a suburban grove with
three knife-wounds in his breast. At
his side was found a button which cor
responded with those of Harold's coat.
There was a button missing from
Harold's coat! The prisoner was seen in
the vicinity of the murder on the even
ing it must nave ocenrreu. xnaiwas
all there was of it. The prisoner, when
charged with the crime, had scornfully
denied the charge, and all during his
trial he had conducted nimseu in a man
lier tht left a verv favorable impression
on the minds of the spectators. He had
never for once betrayed the slightest
evidence of guilt, and when the awful
sentence was Deing pronounccu uixu
him kent his blue eve on the judge's,
and at its conclusion bowed gracefully,
and was led awav. He saw he was at
th mmv of a train of fatal circuni
stances, and knew that nothing would
save him but executive clemency. nm
that was denied him. he exclaimed
"God help my poor mother, Xellie aud
darling Mary 1" and commenced prepa
rations for tne ia.-x scene.
When Charley left the presence of
Xellie, after the interview narrated in
the beginning of the chapter, he sought
his friend Jack noioy. e luunu mm
at his hotel, and together they repaired
tt liia mnm.
"I have been reconnoitering in the
r.-r nf the vacant house. Charley," said
Jack in aj undertone.
"Well, what success"
"We can obtain an easy eutrance
through a back-window."
fiond I Xo time must be wasted.
rmi m-iii attend to the matter of tools
and a lantern, I will sound the sheriff
this afternoon. The undertaking i
desperate one, Jack, but perseverance
may give us success. pof) grant that it
mav Ft so!"
"Have you intimate dour scheme to
Harold vet?" asked Jack.
"Xo," Charley replied, "I thought it
would not be best to do so until I had
intpriii th sheriff. A treat deal
depends upon him, you know. Snm,(2
I succeed in managing him as I wish I
shall then tell Harold what I mean to do
Here "the two friends shook hands
warmlv and separated.
Charley Immediately set out on his
search for the sheriff. This individual
w. .n .r-imina- fellow, always vecu
niarily embarrassed, aud always ready
to take a drink when an opportunity
offered. Ever since sentence was pro
nounced upon Harold Vincent, and it
became plain that it would soon be his
painful duty to place the noose about an
old friend's neck and spring the gallows
trn he lisd been vej-v much uepresaeu
and had kept bis room almost continu
ally Thither Charier went and was
admitted by the unhappy ofBcial him
self.
flnnA afternoon, sheriff" said Law
rence. "You don't seem to be yourself
of late. What's the matter; approach
ing duties trouble you, hey?"
Well, to tell the truth." said the
ofBcial, "I do dread what's coming
awfully. I wish it was over."
Well " replied Charlev. "It won't
help you any to sit around in a close
room all day, what d'ye say to taking a
walk around to Pendegrast's and trying
some of his fresh lager?"
Well. 1 don't mind." said the sheriff.
taking his hat ; "I believe a glass or two
would do me good."
1 he two were soon on the street and
pointed for Pendegrast's. Arriving
there, Charley w as gratified at finding
the place quite deserted. Seating them
selves at the remotest table they leisurely
enjoyed a couple of glasses of lager,
which improved tne snerurs spirits
wonderfullv.
"Sheriff," said Charley, after a little,
I have got a peculiar request to make
of you. I have always been a friend to
you, and if you comply with what I am
about to ask, I will be a still greater one.
wish you to nx the cord with which
you bang Harold V incent so that he
hall break it when the trap fails."
Why, Charley, are you crazy !" said
the official. "Do you wish to prolong
your friend's sufferings? Why do you
wish the rope to break I Do you con
template a rescue?"
It will not prolong his sufferings,"
replied Lawrence coolly. "The rope
must be weakened so much by some
means that a very trifling resistance
will break it. Allow Harold Vincent to
fall to the ground once, and then you
can select a perfect rope and hang your
victim effectually. I promise you that
there will be no attempt made at a res
cue In the court yard. There is no dis
turbance meditated whatever. My re
quest is a singular one, but 1 will ex
plain my motive alter the execution
takes place. Your compliance can in
no way damage you ropes frequently
break, you know. Promise me faith
fully that you will do what I have asked
you. and you shall receive five hundred
dollars on the eveuing of the day of the
execution."
The sheriff wavered. " "The reqnest
you make is a singular one," ne said ;
but, as you say, the fact oi tne rope's
breaking can not damage me. I am
awfully pushed for money.'
You have simply to weaken a rope
and allow Harold to descend to the
ground." interrupted Lawrence, "aud
live iiuuumi uvuais in uc jwii in
1 .1 1 1 : 1 1 W wm
ward five hundred dollars paid you
promptly when all is over."
I'll do it. Here's my hand. I
solemnly promise to do what you wish,
said the sheriff.
"Verv well." said Lawrence. "Where
will the gallows be erected; do you
know yet?"
Xear the northeast corner of the
courtvard same place where Dunkirk
was hung fifteen years ago. Mewui
put it up there this time, but somewhat
nearer the fence, so as to obstruct the
view from the roof of that vacant house
ofMcArdle's. That's the only chance
for a sight."
"Jast so," mused Charley. "Well, I
must be going I have an engagement.'
And directing the landlord to replenish
the sheriff's glass he went out.
When Harold Vincent was enlight
ened by Charley as to w hat was to be
attempted in his behalf, he was thunder
struck. "Your plan will fail at the last, I fear,'
he said, mournfully. Brightening up
after a little, however, he continued,
"but I do wrong to discourage you, my
brave friend. Depend upon it, that at
the critical moment I shall not be slow
to act. For the sake of those near aud
dear to me, rather than for my own, I
hoe the plan may succeed."
The two dread weeks intervening De-
twee n the day on wbicn tne doomed
man had received his sentence and the
time appointed for his execution passed
rapidly away. The morning of the 23th
dawned clear and bright, out on the
hearts of hundreds in the peaceful town
of L lay dark clouds of sorrow at
Harold Vincent's dreadful situation.
The soon-to-be executed sentence or
death was the subject of conversation at
every breakfast table, and sad -faced
people gathered in knots on tne su-eei
to discuss the awful scene about to
transpire.
Aside from the newspaper men of the
nlac. the town officials aud a specially
appointed police force, few were ad
mitted Wltnm tne courtyard mciosure
At half-past ten Harold Vincent was led
to the scaffold.
He ascended the steps briskly and
took his place on the trap, where his
arms were pinioned and his collar un
buttoned and thrown back to facilitate
the cruel work of the noose that dangled
above him. The minister made a touch
ing prayer, bade the doomed man rare
well, and stepped back. Had he 'any
thing to say?' nothing except that he
was innocent, ine snenn nervousij
affixed the noose and drew the awful
cap over the shapely head of the con
demned.
Then there was a rattlinz of bolts, a
sunnressed exclamation of horror, and
Harold Vincent shot like a bullet out of
sight in the earth beneath the scanold.
The -crowd stood transfixed witn
amazement. Xot a word was uttered
for more than a minute everybody.
excepting the sheriff, who had fainted,
stood watching the mysterious hole iu
the ground, not larger than a man 8
body, through wnicn iiioeut nau uis-
anneared. Then, suddenly, there was
a clamor of voices and great activity
anion p- the Dolice.
"Rrinir shovels tne prisoner uas
fallen into a cave he must be dug out!"
Shovels were brought and vigorously
used, and the workmen soon, found a
newly-opened subterranean passage
which they tremuiousiy loiiuwm a
ouite a distance, and emergeu mio um
of "McArdle's vacant house.
There they found a lamp burning, and
scattered on the ground, a -oiac. can,
some pieces of rope, among which was a
hangman s noose anu acoupiem n
Rn Dipt didn't find the prisoner no,
the psiiows had been cneaoeu ot its
Search was made for mceni, uui
vithniit success. As there was no re
ward offered for his capture, and the
lar feelinir was on his side, there
was out lltue uanger oi uu "
turned to confinement. m
A month passed away and a dying
man confessed to having been the mur-
f Pollock. And then naroia
Vincent returned and the names oi mt
authors of the escape were divuljred.
and Charley Lawrence and Jack Holby
were the lions of the hour. Shortly
mtnw v a double wedding, and
Harold married gentle Mary Holby, and
Charley Lawrence became blessed in
the matrimonial possession of Xellie
Vincent. Jack Holby of course was
nrMntL snd said to Harold after the
knot was tied : "Hope you won't regret
the step, old fellow; remember there
no tunneling a man oui """" '
The sheriff was preaent,and laugnuigiy
asked Charley Lawrence If be haunt
better bribe the minister to weaken the
tnatrimAnill knntl The affair passed oft
happily ; and may the parties lire long
to tell their children, and maybe their
t.;i.ir.Ta children, how thev "cneaiea
the fallow.".
The coming woman Annie Yeruary.
A LADY TOURIST'S
Three Honths in Europe
with
Professor Loomis.
KO. 2.
Flokexce, July 23, 1875.
Just one month to-day since we left
Xew York, and were we to measure
time by events it might seem six months,
so much ground has been passed over
and so many wonders of the Old World
have we beheld. The natural scenery
of the Swiss and Italian lake regions
has given a great stretch to our ideas
of the beautiful world God has made,
and the works of the old masters have
ennobled our views of art inspiration,
teaching ns the great lesson that pulpit
oratory is designed to teach, the near
ness of a truly aspiring soul to the
Source of all Inspiration. The Jkttj of
forty voices as we entered the Angelo
chapel of San Lorenzo this morning,
and our silent tribute to the works of
Michael Angelos, "Day and Xighf'and
"Morning and Evening," expressed
more than pen can describe the effect of
that miracle of art, the statue of Lorenzo
di Medici. I greeted that brooding
image as I would return to the last look
of a dear friend passed away. For seven
years it has been fixed in my memory,
and now my heart feels relief after the
pilgrimage is once more accomplished.
But I must return to the starting point
where my last letter closed.
At six o'clock A. M., on the 14th of
J une we left Brussels by rail for Cologne.
The journey of seven hours through the
richest valley of Belgium, passing many
important manufacturing towns, and
stopping at the Spas and fashionable
springs long enough to catch the spirit
of the places and frequenters, was a
most agreeable way of resting from the
wearisome walks and climbs we bad in
the city and through the old towers 'of
Brussels the previous days.
Indeed, the whole distance of our
hundred and fifty miles by express
seemed but a pleasant summer-morning
excursion, and when we reached the
Prussian frontier the custom-house offi
cers were so Impressed by our jollity
that they used their chalk pencils freely
on our forty bundles and forty trunks
without so much as loosening a strap,
The picturesque scenery through the
district covering the ground between
Liege and Cologne received a full share
of our admiration, and on our arrival at
Cologne we were in a lively condition
to enjoy the views of the Rhine,that lay
out before us, from the windows of our
airy hotel ; and after a most appetising
dinner, we followed a guide through
the great Cathedral with rapt attention
to bis descriptions of the many efforts
and discouragements, fresh struggles
and renewed energies, by which the
enormous Gothic structure has attained
to its present majesty. Six hundred
years of labor and thought are embodied
in this architectural monument, and
still workmen are to be seen lifting arch
on arch and stone on stone, while moon
light and sunlight fall with peculiarly
beautiful effect on the time worn base
of the grand old Cathedral.
Our devotions concluded here, we
filed through the narrow and prover
bially unclean streets of Cologne to the
church of St, Ursula, to see the sacred
bones of eleven thousand virgins. My
want of appreciation and reverence in
this multitudinous collection may be, per
haps, attributed to the whispered sug
gestion of one of our forty ladies, "I
wonder if the virgins had eleven thous
and trunks !" The terrors of the custom
house were still impressed on the mind
of this acute observer.
Photographers and print mongers suf
fered an astonishing innovation, and the
large family of Jean Maria Farinas were
in ecstacies at the orders for Eau de
Cologne, that dinned in their ears till
street lamps were glittering under the
boulevards of shrubbery and inviting us
to gardens where music soothed our
savage American breasts to a calm, and
aided considerably in the needful pre
paration for a quiet sleep preparatory to
our next days' never-to-be-forgotten sail
up the Rhine.
I am ashamed to say I was agreeably
disappointed in the Rhine. What right
had I to anticipate disappointment? ihe
songs of poets, the fables of geniuses,
the pencils of painters, the favorite
legends of historians have been exhaus
ted in descriptions of the Rhine, and yet
there are peoplo living who expect or
fear to be disappointed when they see
it! Oh, how far it exceeds all ideas
that poet, painter, historian or novelist
can conjure for the imagination. ben
we took the boat at seven in the morn
ing; sunlight and a delightful breeze
favored us, and the beautiful gay excur
sion steamer was soon filled with parties
of English, French, German and Ame
rican tourists. It was remarked on the
Rhine and lakes of Switzerland that the
Germans predominated and were some
times quite as enthusiastic as our own
party when outbursts of pent np emo
tion would occasion a general cry oi
admiration or delight. '
The banks of the Rhine are not to be
spoken of as the banks of any other
river. Grand old castles and villas
have terraced flower-beds and granite
embankments overshadowed by trees too
old for record. Towns, Tillages and
cities vie with each other in decorating,
with architectural and floral ornamen
tation, the streets that border on the
Rhine. The mountain sides are clothed
with vineyards from the sandy beach to
the very peaks of their lofty summits.
Islands and inlets look like the living
grottoes of fairy people of the Rhine.
A far off ruined tower caste its most
imnressive shadow on the Rhine. The
fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, the royal
castle of Stotzenfels on its proud rock
400 feet high, the Drachenfels, all were
made to honor tie river whose golden
legends are but echoes of charmed vic
tims of the beautiful Lurlel. TheRhein
fels burst on ns in a sun-shower Just as
a chain of mountains closed in upon us,
that seemed to bar ns from any lingering
regretful glances backward at the glo
rious scenes we had passed. "Still more
and mora of the beautiful!" was the
exclamation of one and all of us, and
the sunset that radiated that garden spot
of Poeto
memories. "Bingen on the
Rhine," w ill live in our memories when
the evening of life brings shadows and
brooding thoughts that still must yield
to the recollections of our pilgrimage
on the Rhine S
E. D. Wallace.
lVewMsJUn 1st rrtat-al.
In his "Travels in Portugal" Mr.
John Latouche says:, "An American
gentleman of my acquaintance told me
that be bad never passed two rorra
ruese in conversation without hearing
out of two words spoken, Uttao or rnpa-
riga finance or love. There are not
even fashions for them to think about;
young men and old men dress alike,
but the younger ones wear exceeding
tight boots, and "when they take their
walks abroad" it is obvious that they do
so in considerable discomfort. The
young men, however, have one occupa
tion more important even than wearing
tight boots, and which almost, in fact,
goes with it, that of making the very
mildest form of love known among
men. The, process, indeed, is carried
on in so Platonic a manner, and with
so much propet feeling, that I doubt if
even the strictest English governess
would find anything iu it to object to.
The young gentlemen pay their addres
ses by simply standing in front of the
house occupied by the object of their
affections, while the young person in
question looks down approvingly from
an upper window, and there the matter
ends. Tbey are not within speaking
distance, and have to content them
selves with expressive glances and
dumb show; for it would be thought
highly unbecoming for the young lady
to allow billet-doux to flutter down into
the street, while the laws of gravita
tion stand in the way of the upper
flight of such a document unweighted
at least, with a stone, and this, of course
might risk giving the young lady a
black eye, or breaking her father's
window-panes. So the lovers there re
main, often for hours, feeling no doubt,
very happy, but looking unutterably
foolish. These silent courtships some
times continue for very long periods
before the lover can ask the fatal ques
tion or the lady return the final answer.
I heard a story of one such protracted
courtship which an ingenious novelist
might easily work into a pretty ro
mance. About forty or fifty years ago,
before the suppression of convents in
Portugal, a young lady was engaged to
be married. For some reason or other
the marriage did not come off, and the
girl was placed in a nunnery at Oporto.
Soon after came the abolition of con
vents; but while the monasteries were
absolutely dissolved and the monks scat
tered, the nuns who were already in
mates of religious houses were suffered
there to remain. The young lady ac-
jwirdincrlir An thp Sll tmrAKIAn OCCIir-
ing. di3 not leave the Benedictine con
vent. It is to be presumed, however,
that the rules of this particular estab
lishment were somewhat relaxed, lor
the young gentleman who had been en-
gageu lo tins nun was wusci tcu w mc
his constant stand before the barred
window of his former mistress's cell,
while she would become visible behind
the grating. Here the romance I have
imagined would perhais rather lack in
cident, and, except in a master's hand,
might grow monotonous, lor tnis nope
less courtship lasted no fewer than
four-and-thirtv years, till a bowed and
middle-aged man paced the pavement,
and looked ud to a grav-haired mistress.
It only ended with the death or tne
lady a few years ago. Many persons
have assured me tnat tney nave oiien
been eve-wituesses to what I have de
scribed, and I found that the fact was
quite notorious In uporio.
Tk Msjtewwrls Peasant.
There is no neasant In Montenegro
who has not some portion of land of his
own every one possesses soineming,
however small, and if this his little crop
should fail, or mifortune overtake htm.
he at once comes to the prince, who
gives him all he can spare. When all is
well, be pays tne prince a part oi nis
product. In fact, very much of their
laws continually reminded me oi tne
customs of the .Bedouins the trutn
being that both are entirely patriarchal
and primitive.
Thev have another virtue nesiues tnis
simplicity of life this is their perfect
honesty. I happened to mention that
1 had dropped a gold Draceiet in Aioa-
nia. "Had vou dropped it here, even
in the remotest corner of the Black
Mountains, it would have been brought
to me in three days," said the prince. I
am sure this was not mere talk, for I
heard it confirmed by enemies as well
as friends of the Montenegrins. I was
freouentlv told of a traveler wno len
his tent with the door open, on a Mon
tenegrin hillside, and returned after
three years' absence to find every single
thing as he had left it. It is the old
story of the devotion of a simple minded
people, and the just administration of a
Homeric chieftain all the more easily
carried out in such a country as the
Tserna Gora. because the prince can be
acquainted with his people as individu
als, and can set them a personal exam
ple, eagerly caugnt up Dy eacn oi nis
loving subjects. People tell, how
ever, a dinerent taie oi tne non
esty of the Montenegrins in Turkey
where they used to migrate annually
for field work, like irishmen to .ng
land, or Ionians to Greece.
The prince informed me that he had
latelv reckoned up bis people, and that
he believed there were now 200,000 souls
in Montenegro and the Berda. He was
more certain that he bad 20,000 fighting
men under his command. I inquired
about the finances of the country, and
the prince told me his income amounted
to 10,000 (depending much, of course,
uoon the state of the harvest), besides
an annual gift of 4,700 bestowed by
Russia in gratitude for assistance reno
ered by Peter I. in 1806 to the Russians
during their Joint campaign against the
hrench invaders oi iMumana, and as
an indemnity ior tneir losses. r i-
enuntrt Strang ford, Eastern Short of the
Adriatic.
KJstsw, the Cejedliav.
Listen, the famous comedian, was at
this time a member of the Durham Com
pany, and though be began bis career
there, by reciting Collins' Ode to the
Passions, attired in a pea-green coat,
buckskin top boots and powder, with a
scroll in his hand; and followed this
essay of his powers with the tragic ac
tor s battle norse, tne pan oi namia ;
he soon found his peculiar gift to lie in
the diametrically opposite direction of
broad farce. Of this be was perpetually
interpolating original specimens in the
e-ravest performances of his fellow-
actors; on one occasion, suddenly pre
senting to Mrs. Stephen Hembie, as she
stood disheveled at the side scene, ready
to go on the stage as Ophelia in her
madness, a basket with carrots, turnips.
onions, leeks and potherbs, instead of
the conventional flowers and straws of
the stage maniac, which sent the repre
sentative of the fair Ophelia on in a
broad grin, with ill-supp-essed fury and
laughter, which must have given quite
an original character of verisimilitude
to the insanity she counterfeited. On
another occasion be sent all the little
chorister boys on, in the lugubrious
funeral procession in Romeo and Juliet,
with pieces of brown paper in their
hands to wipe away their tears with.
r4lea1 rallies.
TBI WOMEN WBOSK SOLI AMBITION it IS
TO WEAK GOOD CLOTHES.
To be well-dressed woman, as this
world roes, is the great ambition of
every female who lays claim to social
distinction. To be flnely.yet not flashily,
to be elegantly attired, yet clad wttnin
the boundaries which divide respecta
bility from the followers of wordly
frailties; to cater to the aesthetics ef
dress, and not indulge in that which
outrages decency, is something which
the woman of fashion hopes to attain
and which requires the utmost caution
in assuming. The fashionable woman's
heart is given to dress ; sue is constantly
in a mind bordering on distraction lest
her neighbor shall eclipse her newest
toilet, or attract more admiration than
she does by some new fangled cut to
her cloak or an extra wrintie in ner
over-skirt.
It is an awful thing to be a woman of
fashion: it is assuming a grave femi
nine responsibility to step before the
world and play the part of the Woman
who Dreams. The woman who talks
leads a comparatively easy life; the
woman who dares to be bold and free
in the conventionalities of life guards
only her character; the woman who
dresses lives in a constant state of trep
idation lest she shall fail in some or
the essential points of her social exis
tence, and be found guilty of commit
ting the unpardonable sin of sporting
garments at least a month in arrears of
the prevailing style. Her object is to
please her friends, or rankle their hearts
with envy, at the display of some par
ticularly nobby specimen of women's
apparel, or dazzle of priceless gems.
She haunts the dry goods stores daily,
the terror of nervous clerks, and glides
mysteriously in and out at milliners'
shops, trving the patience of modistes
and putting them to Jhe limit of their
inventive genius in getting up novel
designs which shall eclipse everything
that nas oeen worn oeiore. i nesc are
ultra fashionable women, who have no
soul beyond clothes, whose highest
ideal is the perfect fitting garment and
costly toilet. She bursts forth in her
splendor on bright days when the
genial sunshine beats down upon the
city. The thoroughfares are full of
her. She saunters lazuy aiong ine
sidewalk drawing the attention of her
sisters and the eyes of staring men, or
rolls over the pavement in elegant lau
daulet ogling the passers by and mak
ing the world understand that there is
a vast gulf of social distinction between
her and the more unfortunate individ
uals who are compelled to look upon
her from afar off.
The woman who dresses is far from a
source of profit to her husband. When
she laughs his purse cries. She must
be dressed, at an nazarus, no matter
how short his bank account may be, no
matter how closely he may be pinched
in the latest gold corner. She always
has her mind upon a new silk, her op
tics on the latest Importation of velvet,
while she talks glibly about rresn soli
taires for her ears, or a costly mosaic
for her breast. She is persuasive in ner
pleadings, and dexterous in her manip
ulations of purse strings. At balls and
parties this woman fairly corruscates.
She scintillates with gems and rustles
with fine goods. She is versed iu the
formalities of the social world, and can
grace an entertainment with the bril
liancy or her sinning accompiisnmenis.
The woman whose lite is given to
dress, and who is called "loud'1 in her
attire, is verv common in the city. She
belongs to the upper circles of society,
and feels that her position is a certain
safeguard against any questioning tnat
mav be made against her. In the street
as well as the parlor, she indulges in
all the eccentricities which fashion dic
tates or human device can fashion. But
she sails gracefully along, unmindful
of the criticism which her dress may
evoke. Furs, furbelows, and feathers
are all well enough in their place; ai-
fected rarnislimeut not ouiy spoils ine
effect, but robs the object which it
clothes of much of Its natural beauty.
rhlaesa Farssars.
The heathen Chinee, in the role of
intelligent farmer, appears to be a suc
cess. Several years have elapsed, says
the Xew Orleans Time, since he became
an object of attentiou in this State,
Xumbers at that time were quite enthu
siastic concern! ng the guileless Celestial.
One old gentleman we know of sent a
near relative to San r ranclsco,contracted
for laborers, and transferred quite a
number to his plantation below the city,
It was not long ere they began to develop
many of the characteristics of their
prototype Ah Sin. Misunderstandings
arose over the hours of work, were de
veloped in the beans, and finally culmi
nated in fresh vegetables. After about
three months' experience, the planter,
entering his office one morning, an
nounced, with a sigh or satisfaction,
that they had folded their tents like the
Arabs and silently stolen away. He was
evidently glad to be rid of them, and
we have heard little of "Chinese cheap
labor" since.
The Xatchez Drmormt and Courier, of
a recent date, gives an interesting ac
count of a number employed in Chicot
county, Arkansas. Tbey appeared far
more serviceable as tenants tnan as em
ployes, and in the economy of time and
the facility with which their tasks are
performed display far more ability than
the negro. The terms usually made are
one hundred pounds oi lint cotton to
the acre, the planter furnishing a mule
with which to cultivate tne crop. At
early dawc the Chinaman has his break
fast and is iu tne neiu to do nis w ont.
At 11 o'clock one of their number is
sent to cook their dinner, the hour for
which is announced Dy the display or a
small penant. Half an hour is usually
consumed at the meal, and returning to
the field, they continue at work uutu
dark.
During plowing time planters are com
pelled to see to it tnat their animals nave
sufficient time to rest and eat, as the
Celestial appears to be blessed with no
compunction where mules are concerned
and would keep one unfed and at hard
work all day, did the opportunity pre
sent itself.
Their plowing is represented to be the
best, with rurrows straight as a rule.
Thev also seem to be adente in the cul
tivation of vegetables, all their gardens
being kept in the most perfect order. A
suddTv of the principal vegetables is
carefully dried and kept for winter.
Their houses are described as the per
sonification of neatness, every utensil
scoured as bright as silver, while their
clothes are always clean, and in personal
appearance they are never offensive.
Their time, too, is fully employed, it
being with great difficulty tbey can be
restrained irom working on funaay,
The intervals between the planting and
harvest of the great staple, are used for
gathering wood, planting fall crops, and
Wntd lo aiich odd ioba as thev can
secure. A Chinese house in St, Louis
furnishes them with their supplies. A
Celestial writes his order in Chinese
characters upon a strip of paper about
the size of a visiting card ; be takes it to
the postmaster and presenting a busi
ness card has an envelope addressed to
the firm and mailed. Xot a word is
spoken, but in season the goods arrive,
every article ordered coming promptly
to hand. If the statements conveyed ia
the foregoing be not exaggerated, the
inference is plain that the Celestial has
not heretofore been understood. With
even the fewest opportunities to become
Independent, he takes advantage or eacn
one. As a race tbey are said to possess
wonderful bowers of endurance, and in
addition a pertinacity unequaled even
by the Caucasian, fosslbiy some atten
tion to their desires might develop an
Immigration which would be very ad
vantageous. Every bale of cotton, by
whomsoever cultivated, added to uie
crop, increases our prosperity.
Haalta mt eiaatsawkers.
A distinguishing featareof the Capri-
mulgina, or goatsuckers, ia the comb
like appendage to the middle claw. The
feet of these birds are so short as to
forbid perching in the usual way,
that is, with the toes clasping the
branch, and the body sitting above it
crosswise. The whippoorwilL night
hawk, and other goatsuckers, will al
ways De seen sitting leopuwue un a
boairh. or crouched on the ground. But
the middle toe of their feet is finely
divided on the inner side, after the
manner of a comb, and what purpose
this unique attachment was meant to
serve, it has always puzzled the ornitho
logists to decide. Wilson, one of the
earliest observers of this family of
birds, gravely suggests that it is proba
bly put to the uses of a tine-tooth
comb, viz.; to rid the head of vermin !
Knots of down are often fonnd ad
hering to the pectinated claw, and what
more natural supposition than tnat tne
bird nulled them out of its tangled poll
as little boys and girls tear the snarls
out of their disheveled heads. But the
goatsuckers have never been caught in
the act of dressing their locks in the
style peculiar to civilized man, and
therefore we may infer that their combs
are devoted to some other object.
Certain naturalists contend that the
appendage is used to clean the bristles
at the base of the bill from the frag
ments of wings of insects that may ad
here to them. Yet the bristles are
coarse and some distance apart, whereas
the teeth of the claw are fine and very
close. Others think the claw may be
pectinated in order to assist the bud in
holding on to its perch. Others, again,
suggest that it is used to grasp large
insects with a safer clutch, but the birds
almost invariably catch their prey with
the mouth, and thus this supposition
falls to the ground. One writer ad
vances the idea that the claw may be
nsed for disengaging the honked feet
of beetles from the bill. This view of
the service of the comb-like claw is
favored by Gilbert White, who states,
in his Natural History of Selborne, that
he has distinctly seen the whippoorwill
raise its foot to the mouth while hawk
ing for insects on the wing. The goat
suckers feed npon moths, beetles, and
other nocturnal insects, which they
capture while flying, the capacious
mouth, widely distended, proving an
excellent insect trap. The name goat
sucker was given to the birds from the
nonular tradition that thev suck the
niiik of goats, suspending themselves
from the udder. The superstition took
its rise from the habit of the birds to
hannt pastures and the places where
cattle are kept and insects are to be
met with in abundance.
Electricity
Life.
Electricity about which so little is
really known, the wonderful possibili
ties of which have scarcely begun to be
developed has been lifted, by scientific
investigation, high above the region of
charlatanism and placed npon the list
of positive remedial agents. Why the
electrical current, when passed from
the nerve-centres along the various
branches, is competent to reduce irrita
tion and allay pain, we can only con
jecture. The fact exists, however, and
the sufferer Is more nearly interested in
the fact than in the cause. Xo pheno
mena are more closely Investigated than
the electrical and none are the subjects
of wider discussion. The question, "is
Electricity Life?" has been answered
afiirmatively by many of the leading
scientific minds of Europe; and the re
searches of the most eminent electricians
substantiate the fact that a current, pre
cisely akin to that generated by the de
composition of metals, exists in our
muscles and nerves; and further, that
in disease this electrical force is essen
tially diminished. The unavoidable con
clusion from this state of tilings is,
therefore, that electricity is not only
life, but life at its best; life, vigorous
and unimpaired ; and that this energetic,
vigorous life, can only be maintained
by supplying whatever of electrical
force has been displaced or exhausted by
incorrect habits of life, by exposure or
exhaustion. The one problem to be
solved is this: Shall this subtle fluid,
so potent for good if wisely employed,
be applied through the poles of the
batterv. as an electrical "shock," so-
called, or shall we seek the benefit de
sired, through the continuous current,
by wearing upon the portion to be
revitalized such a combination of metals
as shall Insure a constant though mild
electrical action? The truth is, each
method has its specific place a fact well
understood by many medical men. That
the simnle form the primary. Induced
not oy tne posture uecuinpvMuiiu ui
metals, but rather moist contact pos
sesses certain advantages, we are con
vinced ; that it is safe in unskilful hands
is a fact established. Ihe advantages
rest in the fact that the current never
ceases so long as the appliance is worn
and therefore that the result is cumula
tive rattier than interrupted and -
modic and that no unpleasant sensations
attend its use.
Faa as a Prafeaslasu
The business of making people laugh
ia no joke. Punsters and wits, whose
specialty it is to set the table in a roar,
are generally, when off duty, a chop
fallen tribe. Writers who produce
largely in the humorous style, are, in
at least three cases ont of five, gloomy
and taciturn. Comic actors, as a class,
have always been notorious for their
melancholv bearing behind the scenes.
Laston, tne comedian, tne expression vi
whose face, even in repose, was so
ludicrous that it provoked shouts of
laughter, was one of the most confirmed
hypochondriacs of bis day; and Wil
liams. Tor veara tne leaainar rcDresenui-
tive of broad farce in America, nsed to
cry like a whipped schoolboy whenever
anvthins went wrong witn mm. n nen
Domininne- the French comedian, was
? i n : :,l V. : A 11 :
ConTUlsinif an rani wiiu uim uiuuciiro,
a physician of that city was one day
who asked what he should do to get rid
of a horrid desire to commit suicide
which continually hannted him. "Go
and bp Dominique," said the doctor.
"Alas !" replied the unfortunate wretch,
"I am Dominique." Forced humor is
indeed a sorry business. There is a
reactionary principle in baman nature
which renders depression the inevitable
consequent of over-strained merriment.
The philosophy of all this is, that al
though wit and humor are cheerful
faculties when suffered to develop
themselves) spontaneously, tbey are
Suite the reverse when compelled to
rudge. In fact, no one faculty can be
overworked except at the expense of
all the others. To keep the body in a
healthy, vigorous, elastic condition, all
iu attribute must be properly exer
cised. It is the same with the mind.
Florida hopes to market a million
pine apples this fall.
lornr coi.ro.
Castor Oil She had her mind made
np for two or three days that the boy
needed some castor oil. but she knew
that she must approach him gently.
She placed the bottle where he could
see it, and when he turned up his nose
she said :
"It's just like honey, my darling."
He seemed to doubt her word, and
she continued :
"If you'll take some 111 let you go to
the circus."
"How ninchf" he cautiously inquired.
"Ob, only a spoonful, just one spoon
ful," she replied as she uncorked the
bottle.
"And youll give me some sugar, be
sides T" be asked.
"Of course 1 will a big lump."
He waited nntil she began pouring
from the bottle, and then asked :
"And you'll give me ten cents, too T"
"Yes, of course."
"And you'll buy hie a shoo-fly kitef
he went on, seeing bis advantage.
I guess so."
"Xo kite no ile,n he said, as he drew
back.
"Well. Ill buy yon the kite." she re
plied, filling the spoon clear np.
"And a velocipede f
"IU think of it."
"You can't think no castor oil down
me ' he exclaimed, looking around for
his hat.
"Here I will, or 111 tease father to.
and I know he will. Come, now swal
low it do wd."
"And youll buy me a goat V
"Yes
"And two hundred marbles f
"Yes. Xow take it right down."
"And a coach dog!"
"I can't promise that."
"All right no dog, no ile !"
"Well, I'll ask your father."
"And youll buy me a pony P
"Oh, I couldn't do that. Xow be a
good boy and swallow it down."
"Oh. yes, I'll swallow that stuff, I
will !" he said, as he clapped on his bat.
"You may tool some boy with a cir
cus ticket and a lump of sugar, but it'll
take a hundred-dollar pony to trot that
castor ile down my throat !"
And he went out to see if the neigh
liar's cat bad been caught in the dead
fall he set for her.
The Coach anil the Mitotan. "ffe
travel Air and travel ." said the
Coach, one day to his wheels, stopping
near an old Milestone by the side of
the road, calling to which it said with
alangh: Aren't you tired of always
standing in one placet"
"If you are not tired of running, why
should I be of staying tn answered the
old Milestone, gravely.
"Ah, but 1 am on wheels, and my du
ties require nimbleneas," remarked the
"Granted," replied the Milestone ;
"but I don't see there is so great a dif
ference between us after all. Yon
would be as motionless as myself with
out your horses, and as to usefulness,
milestones have their duties as well as
have stage-coaches. If yours are to
carry passengers from place to place,
mine are to afford travelers informa
tion on their way ; besides, boast as
von mav. I have sometimes heard of
coaches upsetting, and breaking down,
and wearing out, and being stopped
and robbed ; but 1 never heard ot such
things happening unto milettone.
"Therefore, friend, taking all into
consideration, I fancy I am the safer if
the a meter of the two : aud it you are
happy in running, I am content in stay
ing humbly to do the duties of my sta
tion, and perhaps as honorably as your
self, although you are a Fast Coach,
and myself am Dot a poor Milestone on
h mad."
All have their places in uie world,
and duties to perform, and
Tbey also serve tnat ODiy suna sua win.
MaM and her Friend Carlo.- Mabel
lives on a lull, ouite near a beautiful
lake, and is very fond of going with her
papa to uiKe a raw uu mic waicr. oimic
times thev visit the woods on the other
side of the lake, and pick wild flowers,
or go where the water-lilies grow, near
the shore, and gather a buncn ot tne
pretty white blossoms.
Bui 1 must tell auout Jiaoei s inenu
Carlo. He is a large shaggy dog,
owned by a gentleman who lives near.
Although quite a yon tig dog, be knows
a great deal. He is verv fond of water,
and is wild with delight at the pros
pect of a swim.
His master owns a large sau-Doat,
and, as the water near the shore is not
deep, he has to use a small boat to
reach it. When Carlo sees him take
down the oar from its place in the yard,
he runs np, and takes it in nis montii,
as much as to say , "Let me carry that
for you, master." Then he trots down
the bill with the oar, feeling very
proud that he is allowed to carry it.
One day, Carlo took hold of the rope
with his teeth, and drew the small boat
to the shore ; so that his master, who
was in it, did not have to use the oar.
Mabel loves Carlo very much ; and.
although he is a large dog, he knows
that he must play gently with uttie
boys and girls, and not hurt them with
his great paws.
Who Can Count the Stan t Did you
ever try to count the stars T I nsed to
try to do so myself, bnt somehow I al
ways feel asleep liefore I could get
through, and when I woke up 1 could
not tell where I left on. 1 m told,
though, that it has been done, and that
there are only about 8,000 visible to the
naked eye. Don't they make a great
show for a number no larger than that!
Bat the Raven tells me that the astron
omer says that those we can see with our
eyes alone are but a very tnne com
pared with the number that be can see
with his telescope. He savs. for in
stance, that there are eighteen million
ot stars in tne aiiiay nay. .uw
of no use ! 1 can't even think of such
a number as thst. My head isn't big
enough to hold them. "Jack-in-the-Fulpit,n
St. A iehoUufor Oct.
A lulu asked her little boy, "Have
vnn called vonr srandma to teat" 'Yes
When I went to call her she was asleep.
snd I didn't wish to halloo at grandma.
nor shake her ; so 1 kissed her cheek.
and that woke her softly. Then I ran
into the hall, and said pretty loud.
"Grandma, tea is ready. And she never
knew what woke her up."
Odd fleas.
Brougham defending a rogue charged
with stealing a pair of boots, nnable to
gainsay his client's guilt, demurred to
bis conviction because the articles ap
propriated were half-boots, and hair-
boots were no more boots than a half-
guinea was a guinea, or half a loaf a
whole one. The objection was over
ruled by Lord Estgrove, who, with be
fitting solemnity, said : "I am of opin
ion that boot is a nomen generate com
prehending a half-boot; the distinction
is a half-boot and half a boot; the moon
is always the moon, although some
times she is a half moon." Had Broug
ham proved the boots to be odd ones,
his man would probably have come off
as triumphantly as a tramp tried at
Warwick for stealing four live fowls.
The fowU had been "lifted" in Staf
fordshire; still the indictment was de
clared good, it being held that a man
committed a felony in every county
through which he carried stolen prop
erty : but when it came out in evidence
that the fowls were dead when the thief
was taken, he was at once set free, on
the ground that he could not be charged
witn stealing iour live iowis in War
wickshire. the Year Round.
HIWS ET BMH
Crusading has commenced again in
Manchester, X. II. .
The bell punch has been. Introduced
on street cars in Elmla and Baltimore.
me of the fortv-nine sons of Brig-
ham Young is studying medicine in
t aris.
The London Police have the names
of 117.000 habitual criminals on the
register.
Last year the French people con
sumed 2,800,000 pounds of horse, mule
and ass meat.
The state geologist of Indiana has
discovered gold in small quantities in
the northern part of the state.
Thirty-five lives were lost on Xew
Orleans steamers during the first half
of this year, twenty-one by fire.
An American girl won the gold
medal at the recent examination at the
College of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
John Sartain, the engraver, has
been appointed chief of the tine art de
partment of the Centennial Exhibition.
Entries for the colored nurses of
Andrew Johnson are now closed, and "
it apiears that he had seventy-three of
them.
In some parts of Texas the people
are complaining because their cotton
crops are so large they cannot gather
them:
Capt. Richard Pope, who lights the
street-lamps in Plymouth, Mas-, to 73
years old, but regularly goes his rounds
involving a daily walk of eight miles.
Miss Charlotte Cushman Is confined
to her bed at Xewport, and her physi
cians have forbidden visitors, ller
ageuts have canceled her engagements.
Only two duels have ever been
fougnt in Illinois. In the first both of
the principals were killed, one dying
in connection with a sheriff and a rope.
District Attorney Brit ton has pre
pared to withdraw the libel Indictment
against Moulton. Beecher has consen
ted, but Moulton insists upon a trial.
An applicant for a license to teach
in Allen county, Iml., named "Franklin,
Demosthenes and Cicero" as the lead
ing war orators of revolutionary times.
Miss Clara Davis, a beautiful and
accomplished young lady of Charlestou
S. C, has just'inarriod Mr. Ah Lang, a
high-toned beatheu of the same locality .
An Odd Fellows' Asylum is to be
built by the brethren of Jacksonville,
Fla., for the benefit of those In the
order who seek the State for their
health.
The students of the Middlebury,
Vt., College proose to get up a rifle
team. The project is looked upon
favorably by President Ilulbert and the
faculty.
Xewburyport has had one house
burned during the last 51 years. Y'et
reckless insurance companies keep on
doing business there, notwithstanding
the hazard.
Hannah Cabbage wants a divorce
from J. F. Cabbage, who lived in Osage
county, Kansas. He probably has no
heart, and says she's not as fresh as ha
took her for.
The new census of Charleston, S.
C, shows that there are in the city 5,
622 white voters and 6,822 colored voters.
This is an increase, since 1870, of nearly
COO in favor of the negroes.
Marti u Harris, one of Joseph
Smith's twelve apostles of Mormonlsm,
died, recently in Utah at an advanced
age. He married the widow of William
Morgan, of anti-Masouic fame.
It is reported that P. T. Barnnm
has bought the Olympic Theatre block
on Broadway .near Houstou street, Xew ,
York, and prooses to build a superb
hotel. The ground cost $7-V),000.
Edward Coxzens, proprietor of Coz
zens' Hotel at Highland Falls, south of
West Point, Xew York, has failed.
His liabilities are $30,000. The failure
resulted from the dullness of the season.
Mr. Tilton expects to receive $20,-
000 during the coming lecture season.
lie is to p-ak on "Ihe 1 roblem oi
Life." and has secured over 300 invita
tions of which 200 have been accepted.
Atlanta. Ga.. is said to have more
doctors than would be needed If a pes
tilence was raging, ami more lawyers
than could be employed if every man
were plaintiff or defendant in a suit at
law.
Durinz the month of August there
were upward of $13,000 worth of East
ern and Western tickets sold at the
Central Pair! lie office in Reno, Xevada.
The largest sale in any one day was
about $2000.
The oldest bell in the State hangs
in the church tower at Wetherslleld,
Conn., where it was placed in 1787,
the members of the church being taxed
two and one quarter bunches of onions
each, to pay for it.
The Xorth Carolina law-makers
propose the re-estaiiiisnment oi tne
whipping post for the reliei oi tne pen
itentiary, which is now becoming so
full as to make its support a great
burden to the State.
iHtvid Mayer, the Hartford diamond
merchant, has just imported from Paris
probably the finest solitaire diamond to
lie found in this country, for a lady
who already has over $30,000 worth of
diamonds in her possession.
K. A. Procter, the astronomer, be
gins his new tour iu this country with
a course of 12 lectures liefore the Lowell
Institute In Boston. He will go as far
west as San Francisco, south to Xew
Orleans, and north to Quebec.
Sahwangunk, Ulster County, has a
church which is one hundred and
twenty-two years old. There is one
head-bine in the graveyard which bears
date list. Where it came from or when
it was placed there nobody knows.
The short-horn cattle fever bids
fair to eclipse the Dutch tulip mania.
At the sale of these animals going on at
the various fairs out west fancy cows
bring $2,000, $3,500, and $4,000, accord
ing to pedigree and appearance.
Mr. James Lick has settled upon
Mount Hamilton, in Santa Clara County
as a desirable place to build the Cali
fornia Observatory which is to contain
the largest telescope in the world. The
amount set apart for this purpose in
his bequest is $8uu,uu0.
A little Chinese girl about eight
years old, and born in California, has
been admitted to one of the primary
schools of the City of Sacramento.
This Is the first time that a Chinese
parent has made application for the ad
mission of a child to the public schools.
The number of American colleges
is reported by the Xational Commis
sioner of Education to be 232: male
students attending the same, 25,010;
female students, 2.349. The benefac
tions to colleges and professional schools
in 1873 amounted to eleven millions and
a quarter.
An old man named Wm. Tately
has just died at the alinshous In Trenton
X. J., who had not tasted food for 27
days. During that time he subsisted
on' small dose of whiskey given to him
periodically. He was an inmate of the
institution for 2 years. He died from
thorough exhaustion.
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