B. F. SCHWEIER, THI COHSTIICTIOS THI TJHKW AHD THS MFOICMETT 07 THI LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. it VOL. XXIX. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., NOVEMBER 17. 1875. "?0. 46. OS THI STUBS. BT J. KKWTBH.. Sewing n over and oyer stum. Sitting upon the stairs. Yellow carls and apron white, . Boar lips, puckered ap tight. Such a frown aha w Such a long orer and over seam,' Such a weary way. Such little fingeia and kinky thread, o many shakings of wis little head, That achea to go to play. ' . ( . Seventeen stain, ao seventeen pins Mark off the aeam with care. ' For every atep ahe haa measured a space And when her needle reaches the place Down she elides one stair." So ahe aewa on to please mamma, Nor stops for anything ; The cat goes to sleep in the entry way, ' Waiting for Bessie to come and play ; ' ' Canary ceases to sing. The long seam done, the last atair reached, Needle and thimble and thread Drop from the tired little angers at last Slumber closes the eyelids fast, Down droops the weary bead. Mamma, asleep in the room above, Bonndly naps until She suddenly wakes to wonder where The child has gone ahe left on the atair. The house is quite too still. Looking over the banister, ' She sees what do yon guess? " . . The kitten rolled op in a little ball And both asleep on the floor of the hsll Pussy and tired little Bess, ' - - .- i - -JndependnL. The Ladies' Sculls. BT WALTER A. BORE. Muskquoge, which had the honor of brin 2 iny birthplace, is a pretty little village that nestles upon the shores of one or the numerous luieis wuicn are to be found ou the Long Island coast, upon the Sound side. It if a very conservative place even to this dav. for its inhabitants are confined to two classes only, and the line of de marcation is very tightly drawn. X Here are the gentry, wiio own fine houses and broad demesnes that have been handed down from father to son for many generations and there are the fishermen and their families who have also inherited their calling The store keepers and others were regarded as hybrids and were only tolerated, not recognized, by either of the hereditary clans. My childhood I spent at Muskquoge, very much as other children spend theirs when their homes are contingent to an arm of the sea. I was a perpetual source of anxiety to my brother, as I had an unfortunate habit of being brought home half-drowned about twice a year, and of great annoyance to the minister, whose orchard i usea to per sistently raid unon In the autumn. My boyhood was spent at a distant boarding school, with the exception of home visits during the holidays. My early man hood was wasted at college, wasted tn an educational sense. I mean, for during mv career at Y I managed to be come tolerably proficient in several accomplishments, snch as rowing, box ing, smoking and ralsingCain uot that from which saccharine matter is ex pressed, but a kind which must have an acidity about It. for it made the Dresident of the college very bitter against me, and finally resulted in my expulsion I rum s classic uaura. My father died during my collegiate career, and, when 1 returned under a cloud to Muskquoge, it was with, the determination to reform and aid my mother, whose only child I was, in the management or ner estate. Muskauoge was noted for miles around for being the possessor of more attrac tive girls than any place in that section of Long Island, and the fame was not undeserved, lor certainly aunoM. ecij eligible girl in our clan was not only decidedly "nice," but many of them had more substantial attractions than handsome faces. My maternal ancestor, peace to her manes, having wedded young herself, and won a prize in the lottery of life, was very naturally an ardent believer in otii.-arv of earlv marriages. She thought young people ought to settle down, and upheld her hands in holy horror when anyone hinted that young men should "see a little of lile" before they assumed the most responsible posi timi In it- r -' So the good old lady set her dear heart upon my taking a bride, and from our neighbor's dove-cots she selected such a number of beauties to whom she affirmed she would like to see me wedded before she died, that, If I had espoused them all, I should have cast Brighara loung into uio 1 was instinctively very fond of the society of young ladies, and, as I was .. . atrr in features, or an Abernethy in manners, and was possessed of a fair income and excellent expectations, they .i,.i nt innk nnon me with disfavor. As . ,-i ri.inir. I am conceited enough to believe that I was a favorite with the fair sex in Muskquoge. The love of boating which had been rmt in me il n rin ir early boyhood reinitiated while I was at college, and confess I was incipiently insane upon the subject of aquatics when I returned The adoloscenti of that village tiecame inoculated with the boating disease wlieu I gave them glow- hardly lost and dearly won, ..,.1 i,a ftrtnea.ted story of my victory over Roahr of n wh'n 1 wn. tne, champion sculls, was soon a good deal more familiar tn tne mourns oi iue jimui f Mimkniioire than all the household words that bad been banded down to them through many generations. We started rowing club, ot which I was installed president by acclamation, the liberal-minded fathers of some of our associates became honorary mem bers and sent in liberal subscriptions, and the young ladies of the village pre sented US Wltn a siiaeu vauiici, which was tastefully embroidered "Ar gonaut," surmounted by a worked scroll containing, !n gold letters, the motto of our club, "Or et amour." m. aepm-uo.. from the club visited Xew lork nd purchased a tolerably expensive outfit, including a second-hand eight-oared barge, built by Searle on the Thames, ..i i ti .hoot for three seasons by the "Harpies" on the Harlem, two six- oared racing sculls, nearly new, a coupie of cedar-built pair-oared wherries, and no less than five twenty-four-foot working-boats just out of the hands of the builder. Three of these last were pur chased by private members for their t. ...I ..oa lllUIIIUUdl - it. There was not an active mem ner or our club who was not weii-eauieu iu the use of an oar what boys bred by the seaside would not be f But the boats my companions had been used to pulling were very different craft to the gossamer attains purcnasea ny i" -"" gossauier anatrs purcuw - I was a king ror awniie, ior w - college oar, and knew all the mysteries and advantages of a sliding-seat, a quick stroke or a long, sweeping, steady one, as occasion demanded, the shallow dip, the clean feather, and the sport at the most opportune moment. - But I soon found that I bad to keep in constant practice, if not absolute training, to retain my throne, for many of the Argonauts were muscular, and ft uiu not iase mem long to Decome accus tomed to the light boats. As soon as all hands were tolerably efficient, the club determined to have a grand regatta. followed, of course, by a ball and supper on the most extravagant and aristocrat ic scale, in the school-house, the only building available. Due preparations were uiaue, anu, ior weens oeiore tne event was to come off. the Grand Re gatta was the one sole topic of conver sation In Muskquoge. It was during those few weeks that I first became really susceptible to the blandishments of lovely woman. Being an Argonaut, I suppose, had something to do with it, for two sweet syrens en raptured me with the melodious caden ces that fell from their kiss-tempting lips, aud though I might have known my danger, from the manner in which they manipulated the ivory keys of the piano. I became enchanted by the spell of song they wove around me. It Is a oad thing to be In love and in training for a boat race at the same time, as biceps and stamina will deteriorate when indi gestion exhibits itself. I recognized this fact, and went to my mother. ! told her that at lengtn l nad deter mined upon obliging her, by taking uuto myself a wife, but that I really could uot tell which of the two young ladies 1 was "spoons ou 1 loved the most I would abide her decision. If she said lead Heleu Fawcett, the blonde, blue-eyed beauty, to Hymen's altar, I would obey; if she desired me to wed the dark-eyed houri, Ktta Curtis, her will should be my law. (It never en tered Into either my calculations or my mother's that the young ladies bad any voice in the matter at ail.) My mother, dear old soul, was over joyed, but she could not help me in my dilemma, lr I praised neieirs neauty and attributes, she said, "Yes; it would be such a comfort to her to have a daughter like Helen;" If I extolled Etta's virtues, she declared it had always, been the wish of her heart to see nie married to a girl like her. In my perplexity I tossed a quarter-dollar in the air to decide my fate. Etta was represented by Columbia, and she came right side up on the carpet. At that moment it flashed upon me that after all I thought Helen suited my fancy best; but I resolved to abide by the decision of the silver piece. I rigged myself out in my most elabo rate boating costume, and sought tne bonny brunette I intended to make my bride. She was a charming girl, was Etta, and she looked especially bewitch ing that autumn morning as she stood in her father's orchard with the sun beams glinting upon her through the foliage. I poured Into her attentive ear a passionate appeal, I grew eloquent for a man who had been living upon noui Ing but raw eggs and underdone beef for a fortnight, and I anxiously awaited an answer. I knew Etta too well to suppose that she would grow excited, faint, cry or do anything so foolish ; but, I confess, it did strike me mat sue was siiguuy too impassive : she seemed to accept my declaration of undying devotion as if she was accustomed to receive fifty of them every day between meals. - fehe was pensive only one moment after 1 concluded my set speech. I hen she raised her lustrous eyes and regarded me intently. "Charlie." she said, in melo-dra- matic tone entirely unusual to her.'the man who wins my hand must be a hero. Win the lilies' Sculls on the seventh, aud I will be your wife." "1 will do so or drown in the attempt," I replied, unconsciously Imitating her. J lien 1 ih-i , ' " done that liefore, I did not feel all that ri'i I. : 1 V . 1..., -a l.-.l ,if ll bliss which I presume the nrst kiss oi love imparts to most men. The eventful day came at last. Our club-house and landing-stage were gor geous with bunting aud every one as in the highest spirits, for the day, the lailies. and the attire of the latter were all equally beautiful. I was certain of winning the uuiies .-un, ircw.j badge presented by the maidens of Munmiosre for competitors, as I was in excellent condition, and had made a mile in better time than Sam Martin, the ouly man out of the four entered for the race wnom l ueemeu iucuiau worthy of my blades. Etta was standing with a numoer oi other girls on the landing-stage as i seated mvseli in tne irague vii I had ordered expressly for the occasion. As I settled my feet in the steering-gear the creek was narrow and we used rudders she came forward. "Remember, what depends upon your victory, sir, and do not prove a laggard. Here are my colors, I will place them in the stern, so that they may inspire you to conquer," she said. She stooped and stuck the shaft of a tiny flag, of the same color as her dress, through the canvas covering of my boat. It was an act easy of accomplish ment, but I remarked that it took her some time and that one of her hands was wet when site had performed her task. The race was in my hands I felt sure, and yet at that moment I would not have cared tr i nau iosi u, w still have retained prestige as King of the Club, for the fact was I had seen a good deal of Helen Fawcett since my semi-engagement to Etta, and I was half Inclined to mentally admit that I had made a mistake, or the quarter dollar bad, and that I really loved the blonde beauty while l mereiy rairr tained feelings of the highest regard for ihe young lady to whom I had proposed marriage. -I naddled Into the middle of the creek and got into line with my three oppon- ents. ine woru w ", started, or rather the other fellows did, far l miiht not dra? mv boat through the water at any respectable rate of speed at all, though 1 strained so vigor ously that I snapped a scull and had to ii.tX until a dinirv came to my assist ance and towed me to the landing just as a volley or cneers prociaimeu pui M.rtln winner nf the Drize. Mortified beyond expression, I was determined to ascertain the primal cause of the dis aster that had befallen me. Thinking weeds might have caught in the rudder, I riol the stern of mv boat out of the water. No vegetable matter was there at all, but loosely hanging between the stern post and the rudder was m lady pocket-handkerchief. The truth flashed m. in a moment. My cheeks burning with passion, I was about to proclaim tne tries mat i'w . , upon me, when I felt a tiuy hand laid gently on my arm. Etta was beside me. 6 ..iWh hrlie" she said, softly. "I did It for both our sak.es. It was better for you to lose that race than that we should both be made uuhappy for life. You love Helen Fawcett, both your manner and your mother, who U clearer think, have told me so. Helen Is my bosom friend and com- tdaute : you can have her hand for the asking: but I would not allow her to nr . to such a test as I did. cnariie.as r j- - . . 1 you told me the other uav a man in love stands little chance of doing anything else severely well. Who could be angry with such an angel in petticoats t 1 couldn't ; I freely forgave her, and asked her pardon for my conceit and selfishness, and the dear girl was Ileleu's bridesmaid when soon after 1 became a Benedict, Oaur .spesMfMiiijr. BT. J. 8. INGRAM. Some years ago we paid a visit to a royal observatory in England, and hav ing the goid fortune to be previously acquainted with the assistant astrono mer in charge, he took particular pains in showing us the wonderful instru mental appliances and contrivances for obtaining with mathematical exactness the facts and data of his science a science which is one of the sublimest and most awe-inspiring that can engage the human mind. We are hot going into a lengthly ac count of the various instruments in an observatory, and their uses, for all this information can be easily obtained else where. Our special object now Is to relate a curious and striking incident which occurred during our visit, involv ing moral lessons which we have often remembered with advantage iu after life. In the course of our inspection, our friend, the assistant astronomer, pointed out to m a certain instrument which he called a mural circle, designed to ob serve the transit of stars across the me ridian, and to mark the angular dis tance of each of these stars when so crossing from the )ole of the heavens. "You observe," he said, "the large size of the instrument. It is a telescope some feet in length, in connection with a double wheel of wide circumference and of heavy spokes. One wheel is fixed ud the other you see, is movable with the instrnment, and the whole appara tus is firmly supported in the plane of the meridian, on a long and powerful axis, which axis is inserted deeply Into this great column of stone, front whence is derived the name of the instrument, 'mural (i. e., wall) circle.' It is of the greatest moment that this instrument should be steady; even the slightest vi bration would vitiate an observation and render It useless. To secure steadi ness, therefore, this column of stone, or rather of marble, is of the most massive construction. It rises, as you perceive, about seven feet from the floor, is sunk several feet into the earth, and the whole structure column, circles, and teles scope weigh together some one hun dred and twenty tons. "You see that vessel there," he said, while pointing to it. ' - It wa a large cup of mercury, resting on a brass stand, which had been set, like the axis of the mural circle into the marble column. "You observe," he continued, "the shadow of yonder window-sash upon the bright surface ot tne mercury. Yes" we replied; "anil it is very distinct, for the sun is clearly shining." "And that is so much the better for my purose," he observed. "Xow," he proceeded, "Keep your eye nxea u)ion the shadow of the window-sash, while I give a gentle blow to the marble column." We did as directed, and while gazing intently lipeu the shadow-mark. , our friend with his hand, gave such a Mow to the great marble pillar as boys in snort give to their playmates, and to our amazement, the shade ou the cup of mercury began ou the instant to move and tremble. "You see," said he "the effect of that little concussion. It has stirred and agitated the whole one hundred and twenty tons of solid stone, and the ef fect," he added, "will never le lost. The vibration given will continue in its results and effects forever. Ami no doulit," he went on to say, "from what you have seen, yon will now be prepared to believe the saying of one of our mod ern philosophers, which some in their ignorance have laughed at, namely this : That, ot rrrry ttra we bike, ire snake ine worirf.'" As we looked and pondered, we seemed never before to have seen so clearly, or felt so deeply, our resongi- bility as a moral agent in tne worm. No act or word of ours is without a result ; everything we do bears a relation value aud exercises an influence upon those around ns, and that not merely upon the material but uKn the moral, upon the lives and characters of our fel low men. Xo human deed, however trifling it may appear, can, with truth, be regar ded as insigiiificent. . Iu certain special circumstances, a so-called trifling act may be fraught with stupendous results for we read how, in passing through an Alpine ravine, a loudly sounded word of human speech had been known at times to bring down upon a band of travelers, by its vibration in the air, the overhanging avalanche. But here It was revealed, with startling evidences that every movement springing from the living forces of the human heart and mind is productive of no meau re sult. Maaacn ef 4jaeraJ JstkMS. m. mn.,M ii ronoral Japkson were remarkable for their elegance; though most dignineu, tuey erc w ., .-,- visitor nerfectlv at his ease. The courtliness of Old Hickory is a strong prool oi nis naviug ito nre ui uiMuiwii- for be lived all his youngest days amid the roughest scenes or America. ac iunu ma j told us, a few months siuce, oy a venera ble irentleman. whose word is a guaran tee for its truth. We publish it, for nothing concerning the personal cuar acterUUcs of so great a mau as General Jackson should be allowed to perish. Oue or the leauers oi lasuiun, mi iy years ago, in this country, was the beau tiful and accomplished Mrs. C , of Maryland. This lady spent some time in fcurope wnuewcswu aai ii:uh I w,n kar ennnection with One Of the most renowned families of the Brit ish peerage, she saw more oi tne aristo cratic world than falls to the lot of most American ladies. Just before her return home, she appeared at the English Conrt, and, as she took her leave, George IV. sent a message by her to General Jack son, which he charged her to deliver In person. Accordingly, wm wra c arrival, she went to Washington to Jll tha mnaanov nf the killZ. She I V . - had never seen General Jackson, but she had heard so mucn to nis uisacivan fm his nnlitica.1 adversaries that i m-aa not much prepossessed in his . t i ... 1 1 a, vi. .... .... , mined to risk m visit, 6hc sent for James U..,kB..w.as e lntrinllllw tlfr. So James went with her to the presi dential mansion, and, having escorted her to the reception room, he went up stairs to see the General, whom he found in an old dressing gown, wun ins pipe in his mouth, and with his gray beard several days old. '.,, u. inrnnmxl him nf the elegant lady who hail called to see him and of the . u ..r hr dnins- so. nrd added pill M " ' - D "But, General, vti are not now In a trim to see ladies; you must w m. "BuchanAii," replied Old Hljkory, I once knew a man Wio sajeeeded very well in the world by attending to his own ousiness. -Upon tills Lint. James saiJ uo more, but went down into the rec-iptien room, to await the arrival of the Geaeral, and introduce him to Mrs. C In quite a short time, .the President came down,' well dressed and neatly shaved. Mr. Bucbaiiau introduced him to Mrs. C . Ift alone with old Andrew,' she, with some trepidation, delivered her message to the man whom slie had been taught to consider a sort of wildcat, but she was so much reassured by his capti vating manners, that she soon lost all dread of him, and entered into a con versation which lasted nearly an hour; after which she arose to leave, and the President escorted her to the door.where she found Mr. Buchanan waiting for her to hand her to the carriage. Wishing to find out what impression the General had made upon her, he asked her what she thought of him. She replied that she was most delighted with him, and completed her eulogy thus: "1 have traveled extensivt-ly, and have been at most of the courts of Europe, but at none of them have I ever seen a man who, In elegance of man ners, could compare with General Jack son." The Feaee Slerjr. A man who prided himself on his morality, aud expected to lie saved by it, who was constantly saying, "I am doing pretty well, on the whole ; I some times get mad and swear, but then I am strictly honest; I work on Sunday when 1 am particularly busy, but I give a good deal to the poor, and 1 never was drunk In my life," this man once hired a canny Scotchman to build a fence around his lot, and gave him very par ticular directions as to his work. In the evening, when the Scotchman came in from his labor the mau said. "Well, Jock, is the fence built, and is it tight and strongr" "I cannot say it is nil tight and strong replied Jock, "but it's a good average fence, anyhow. If some parts are a lit tle weak, others are extra strong. I dont know but I may have left a gap here and there, a yard wide, or so; but theu I made np for it by doubling the number of rails on each side of the gap. I dare say that the cattle will find a very good fence, on the whole, and will like it, though I canna hist say that it's jierfectiou in every part."' "What !" cried the man, not seeing the point, "Do you tell me that you have built a fence around my lot with weak places iu it, and gaps in it? Why you might as well have built no fence at all. If there is one opening or a place where an opening can be made.the cattle will be sure to flud it, aud will all go through. iKMi't you know, man, that a fence must be perfect or It is worth less? "I used to think so," said the dry Scotchman,- "but I hear you talk so much about averaging matters with the Lord, seems to ine that we might try it with the cattle. If an average fence wont do for them, I am afraid that an average character won't do in the day of judgment. When I was ou ship lioard, and a storm was driving us on the rocks, the captain cried : Let go the anchor!' But the mate shouted .Imck: There is a broken link in the cable.' Did the captain say. when he heard that; Xo matter,' it's only one link. The rest of the chain is good. Ninety nine of the one hundred links are strong. ' It's average Is high. It only lacks one per cent, of being perfect. Surely the anchor ought to resect so excellent a chain, and not break away from It?" Xo, indeed, lie shouted, 'Get another chain !' t He knew that a chain withone broken link was no chain at all. That he might as well throw the anchor overboard without any cable, as with A defective one. So with the anchor of onr souls. If there is the least flaw in the cable, it is not safe to trust it- We had lietter throw it away and try to get a new .one that we know is perfect. '" Odd Wajr ( Peppls tke We find in a recent novel a mode of popping the question," so singular in its way it is worth preserving: Miss Georgic answers a tap at the front door, and her lover, Mr. Fleet wood, proves to be the visitor. "Miss Gedge. I've come on an errand that makes me nervous. I've walked up to your door three times to-night before 1 uareu to kiiock, m now re m I've hardlv courage to say what I want to say. The fact is, when A man has got a "favor to ask, be doesn't know well how to begin, estiecially if he's a man of few words." ' Here Mr., Fleetwood stopiied, and an awkward pause ensued. "I'm sure If there is any favor we can do you, we shall only be too glad to to oblige so kind a friend," I began. "I can never reel graterni enougn ior all " . 'Ston. or you 11 be saylug more than you may wish. There is somethingyou can do something that will repay me a thousand times over, and make me the happiest man alive. You'll think me very abrupt, I in airaiu ; dih i warn u know if vou'll marry me? I'll make you a good and faithful husband by God's help, if you'll have me, Dorothy. There, I've doue It now, and A pretty mess I ve made or it: For I had sat down and covered my face with my hands, and I'm afraid I was beginning to sob. It had come upon me so suddenly. "1 oughtn't to nave oiuneu it out like that," said Mr. Fleetwood, in an uneasv voice. "I hope you're not offen ded with me?" I was still silent.. But it was from emotion, not anger or indifference. - "If you wish me to go, do sit as you sit now, with your face turned from ine ; but ir you only hnd It hard to say uie mord I want to hear, just lift up the bit of sea-weed there on the table by your side, and I II know what you mean, Dorothv." The words were uttered in a voice full of feeling. 1 looked up into the manly. modest face bending over me, and really I can t say whether 1 lilted up the seaweed or not. RatBset mmd Sawnse. The snn sets on some retired meAd- ow, where no bouse is visible, with All tbe glory and spienaor mat it uvnsnes on the cities. And perchance, as it has never set before where there is but a nlitATT marsh hawk to have his wings gilded by it, or only a musquash looks out from ins caoiu. anu mere is ouiy some little black-veined brook in the midst of the marsh, just beginning to meAnder.windingslowiyrouDUAaecay inir atnmn. We walked in so pure And bright a light, gilding the withered grass ana leaves, sosoitiy anaserenery brieht. 1 thoacbt I bad never bathed in such a golden flood, without a ripple or a murmur in it. The west side of every wood And rising groustd gleAmed like the boundary of elysiam and tbe son on our daces seemea like a geniie herdsman driving ns home At evening. So we saunter toward tbe Holy Land, til!, one day, the snn bIiaII shine more brightly than ever be haa done ; shall perchance shine into oar minds and hearts, And light np oar whole lives with a great Awakening light, as warm and serene And golden as on a bAnk side in Summer. Thoream. Tke iMTtesAle At every resort this summer, sava Rebecca HArdinr Davis, from the crowded mountain hotel to the tent on the beach, whatever else . is wanting, there was always to ba found the ine vitable baby, with its retainers, the mother in the chief place of servitude. It was not ' by Any means, as ahe sop- KMed, regArded by the rest of tbe larders as a boon, a something drop ped from beAvenly places. There were growling And swearing enough in tbe other rooms when it shrieked all night with colic And the interest of tbe bach elors in its teething or pink toes was not IiaU so fervent as she fondly im Agined. Yet they, with everything else, crowded Aboat her when she came out on the porch with it in the morning. She was a homely little wo man, And the baby little else than a long sweep of muslin drapery, with a round baid head Atop ; bat there was a something in ber face as she looked At it which drew every passer-by neArer And warmer to his heart, just as a note from bis own home would have done, or a glimpse of the great mountains, or a sodden stirring song. It was the old picture of the mother And child, of which Artists never tire, And which did so much to humanize the world for many centuries. Xo matter who this young mother may be, whether LAara in silk or Dolly the washerwoman, it is the love in her insignificant face which makes it rich And rare for ns the love And Absolute faith in her child. Every woman gives to her sickly, dull baby the royal title which Germany found for her master thinker he is the Only One. Into whatever wrecks life may fall for her in the future, he is certain a rock to build upon, no sandy foundation. We All knew her a year ago. and laughed At ber, perhaps. She was i'ortia then, wooed by BassAnio or John, listening to folio's story of love over the barn yard gAte. W e laughed At her ; but there was a pathetic break in oar laugh ter. After All a remembrance that something which was very real And en nobling to this girl And her lover had once been ennobling and real to as. And was now bat a fantAstic, ailly dream. Like "all mankind" we loved a lover for the sake of what we ourselves had lost ; we jested with the girl, per haps, but tenderly. Since she was a baby, she never had seemed to need caie so much, to be so worthy of rever ence. We knew that her lover was no Bassanio or Colin : but a very ordinary, young fellow. And not At All the ideal paragon before whom she abased her self and worshipped. And we knew that some day she would be forced to look At him through our eyes. . .MlMa sad the tUwae-Catter. Xapolcon, when in the height of bis power, being once at Amiens, whilst traversing the square, in the midst of the acclamation of the inhabitants who had assembled around him, cast his eyes umhi the multitude, and perceived iu one of the corners of the square, a stone-cutter who had not been induced to quit his work by the curiosity which animated the crowd by whom he was snrroninlcd. The rndifference of this man excited the curiosity of Napoleon. He wished to know something about him ; and, passing through the crowd, urged on his horse until he arrived close to him. "What are you doiug there?" said XaoIeon. 'The workman raised his eyes, and recognized the Emperor, "i am cutting stone." "You have served under me," quickly observed the Emperor, who recognized an old soldier. "It is true, sire." "You were present at the campaign of Egypt you were a brigadier in such a corps? "Yes, sire." , Why have you quitted the service?" 'Because I had com pleted my time, and obtained my dis charge.!! "I am sorry for it; you were a brave man I shall be happy to do for vou any thing In my power: say what do you require from me?" "That your Majesty will leave me to cut my stone in quiet; my work suffices nie; I am tn want of nothing." This fact brings to mind the interview or Dioge nes with Alexander; but the modest pride of the Greek philosopher was not equal to the reply or tne stone-cutter. rlgla er the Ward uPrteelasil.' With the month of April is Associated the derivation and dissemination in a formal and official manner of the desig nation of Protestant. The Emperor Charles the Fifth called a diet at Spires in 1529 to request aid from the German princes against the Turks, and to devise means for allaylngthedisputes growing out of Luther's rebellion against Catho licism. The Diet condemned the re formers and Issued a decree In support of the doctrines of the ancient church. Against thisdecreesix Lutheran princes and the deputies of thirteen towns of the empire formally protested on April 17. 1530. From this act the designation of Protestant, which then was given to the followers of .Luther, is derived. The Calvinists were subsequently in cluded, and the title became general for all the sects outside the original I hrls tian church. The six protesting princes . . t were John and George the electors of Saxony and Brandenburg, Ernest and Francis, the two Dukes of Lunenburg; he Landgrave of Hesse, and the Prince of Anhalt. Cwstlj Perfsia Dr. Rebatel of Lyons, who traveled in 1874 in the regency of Tunis, makes mention in the narrative of his tour of two very costly perfumes that are man ufactured at Slakes, a Mediterranean coast-town of that country. These per fumes are the essence of rose and the essence of jessamine, the flowers being obtained from the gardens of the sur rounding region. An ounce of the for mer, even at the place of manufacture, sells from twenty to thirty dollars, while the same quantity of the jessa mine essence costs forty-nve dollars. Nearly two hundred and twenty pounds or roses and about nve nunoreu anu nity of jessamines are needed to make an ounce of these essential oils. The prin cipal markets for their sale are Tunis And Constantinople, where they are purchased for the use of the inmates oi the harems of those cities. Our belles, we fear, must continue to sigh In vain for these forty-dollars An ounce per- rumes. Tlasel Tlasel The small stones which All up the crevices have almost as much to do with making the fair and Arm wall as the great rocks; the right and wise use of . . . i : . . i spare moments coiiirmuies nut. a lime to the building up. in good proportion with strength, a man's mind. Mer chants and clerks may And fifteen minutes during a few intervals of the day to learn what goes on beyond the day-book and ledger. Merchants and artisans may find fifteen minutes occa sionally to gather a hint, a thought, a fact, an anecdote which they may ponder over while at work. Good housewives need not be so ignorant, as. alas, they too often are supposing the world of books Is not for them. One and all of you, one and all of us let as take care of tbe minutes and the hours will take care of themselves. It has been well said that industry is of little avail without punctuality. This is the spirit that watches the minutes, and turns tnem to account. f Travel. ' Another Illusion of travel is the fancy that you have entered the realm of per petual holiday. Ixtoking at the surface of things only as you pass along, you reio.se to iook oeiow tne aunace. jo sombre shadows fleck the gay scene. Your mood resembles that of the fine lady who did not know that poor people existed, and who regarded aged paupers In the light or picturesque specks in a landscape which required to he enli vened by red cloaks. To you all people and places seem in festival. Some ma gician has gone before to create an Arcadia along your path, like that with which Potemkin gratified the eyes of his imperial mistress In her journey to the Crimea. You flash by hamlets which seem to you like tbe painted villages of a child's toy-box. The groups of peasants belong not to the gross race of horny-handed, weather-lieaten sons of toil. They are idealized Into Elvinos and Masettos, and it would hardly sur prise you to hear them burst into reci tative, or to see them join in a rustic dance. An air of almost operatic levity envelopes them. They are actors in a pre-arranged pageant. And the same Illusion haunts you in gray old cities redolent of tbe middle ages. It never occurs to you, as you thread their quaint alleys, that business in all its ramifica tions Is going on around you with tne same prosaic routine which attends it in far-off England, or that within a stone's throw of you clerks are docket ing accounts, tradesmen selling their wares, clients consulting their attor neys, attorneys revolving bills of cost, farmers puffing their samples, doctors going their rounds, priests tending their nocks, students assembled in their classes, professors enlightening them from the chair, aud, above all. hundreds of artisans engaged in ail the varieties of manual labor. Jo tbe holiday-maker all around him seems a holiday; his own contentment is contagions, ami infects all his surroundings. 11 is capa city for realizing the fact that the new world into which he has strayed nas its labors, its cares, and its sorrows is tem porarily suspended. In a few weeks his sympathies with working humanity will revive, and he will re-awaken to a C roper sense of his responsibilities to is fellow-men. But for the present he contemplates them as the pup-iets of a theatric show of which he is tbe r pell bound and impassive spectator. Lonib tvHnrdny y.Vriew. .Three Degrees ef Lve. There is a lovelv coincidence over in Warren county. A young lady, whom we will call Thompson, is liandsome, cultivated aud lovable. Some time ago she had a lover whose name was Good love. So Assiduous was he In his atten tions to Miss Thompson that it came to be reiorted that they were "engaged." But one day a bright, smart young gen tleman appeared in the village. He was a telegrapher, and his name was Xewlove. lie soon made the acquaint ance of Miss Thompson, and it was not long before he sujierseded Mr. Good love, and gossip made the new-comer a suitor for the young lady's hand. Leonard, the wide awake merchant, returned home from N'ew York, some time ago, and brought with him, among some other extras, a smart voting yankee clerk, who was a wonderful salesman was such a smooth talker that he could induce people to purchase whether they needed anything or not, and. strangely enough his name wAsTruelove. It was uot a week until all the young ladies of the village had been shopping at I -cow ard's, and they were delighted with the captivatiug clerk. He was . such a charming fellow, and it was a pleasure to deal with him. or course 1 rnetove met Miss Thompson, the village belle. by odds; audit was soon evident that he had made an Impression ujion her. Aewlove was made nalnrnlly aware or the fact. He soon traveled the way of Goodlove, and then gossip said that the new clerk would wed Miss Thompson, because, you see, be was her third lover aud the third was the charm. And, besides, the very name was ominous. Goodlove was good enough, for the time, until a new love was lound; but, you see Truelove appeared, and then the conditions were met, and they were married. After all, true love is the best, if it can be found; but it is not often that A young lady has so smooth a thing oi it as .Miss ihompsoii has. Ihiftun, ., Itrmnrrat. arrlasrea Arewrdlew t Eaelid. - At York Convocation, England, re cently, a very enlightened and mathe matical discussion took place on mar riage. ' For instance, a suggested amendment by the committee in the rubric as to the publication or the banns of marriage was that if the banns of more than two persons were published the curate should say, "Why these per sons should not respectively' be joined together." The Archbishop submitted that this could not be adopted. He could not see how personscoiild be respectively joined together. The Bishop of Carlisle laughingly defended the expression as strictly mathematical, being, in fact, in tbe language Of Euclid, "each to each and together respectively." It they had a number of couples they could not join ail together. John wanted to be married to Mary, and romp to Ann, and so on. The Archbishop had uo objection to introduce ?be mathematical form if it wa deemed desirable to in trodtu the Euclid Into the marriage services, but he should never think of using the expression "respectively." Archdeacon Cust asked if it would uot settle ths difficuliy to say, "Why these parties " The Archbishop: "Oh, no, no! Then we should have the whole male party marrying the whole female party." The Archdeacon of Lindisfarne said that be thought John and Philip might be allowed to take care that they got their own wives. They would be quite capable oi looking after themselves. The amendment was rejected. Take Care er the Lasahs. Let teachers and parents weigh well the significance of the following ex tract : "A gentleman in England was walking over his farm with a friend, exhibiting his crops, herds of cattle and flocks of sheep, with all of which his . - . L! .Ll I - I 1 . irienu was nigniy pieaseu, uui im nothing so much as his snleudid sheen. He had seen the same breed frequently before, bat bad never seen such noble specimens, and with great earnestness he asked to know bow be bad succeeded in producing such flocks. His simple answer was, '1 take care of my laiubs, sir.' Here was all the secret of his large, heavy-fleeced, fat sheep he took care of them w uen they were lambs." aa la a law sa His sIC A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; bis next to escape the censures of the world. If the last Interferes with the former. it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public. A man is more sure of his conduct, when the verdict which he passes upon his own labors is thus war ranted and confirmed by the opinion of all that know bira. Tm 111 ionH coin. A Potato Ston, nU k Beaim With a Beam - 1'ole. Mr. JtorkAway, .being Asked to begin one of his"ten-minuter stones, said, "If it will content yon. I will tell yon a potato story which be gins with a bean pole : "Once there was a bean pole which was stock into the side of a potato hill. "Iear me f cried a young cabbage growing near, 'what a poky thing that is ! Aud of no earthly - use. standing there doiug nothiug." "Bat very soou a ScaiVt Bean, ron ning about in search of something to cliiub npou. found this same I lean-pole. - 'AH rijcht !' cried the happy little Bean. ou are the very thing I want. Now 111 begin my Summer's work.' - "'Well to be sure V cried young Cab bage. 'Everything comes to some use At last. Uut'wlio would have thought itf The Scarlet Rean was A spry little thing. Mie ran np that pole just, as eAsy f Being of a lively turn, she be gan At last to make fun of the I'otato plant. " 'How suiter yon are ! said she. 'Why don't you try to brighten up And be more blooming f The poor Potato-plAiit. thongh doing her best, could only show a few Kile blooms. 'Vou don't mean to call those thing, flowers f cried the frisky Bean ! 'Just look at my beautiful blimsonis V and she held np a spray of bright scarlet. The Potato plant kept quiet. "What stnpid. useless things those Potato-plants aie !' said a yonug Cab bags, 'aud how much room they take up.' Summer passed : The Bean began to till her pods, and proud enough, too, she was of them. " 'Why don't you do something T' she cried to the Potato-plant, down below. 'Only see what I've done ! There's a Summer's work for you ! and sure enough she had hung her pods all up and down the pole. " 'Yes, why don't you dosomethingr cried Cabbage. 'Your Summer is gone, and nothing done. Why don't you come to a head? Anything bnt idleness. The Potato-plaut still kept quiet. But when digging time came, and the hill was opened, and the pile of Long Reds' appeared, her neighbors eonld hardly believe their sense. . . " 'Dear ine. hat a surprise ' cried the Bean. 'St we cau't always tell by appearances !' " 'I declare !' cried Cabbase 'Then yon were at work all that time ! Bnt how could I kuow ? There's that Bean he hung her pods up hi-'h, so that everbody could see them. Well, well ! After this I'll always say of a plant which makes but little show. "Wait ! Potatoes inside there, may be. " there are a great many scarlet Beans among the people 1 know," said Mr. Kockaway, "and some Potato- plants too.'. ' - "And nerhaDs a few young CaMtage- lieads," said Uncle Peter, looking slily arouud at the children. Jutelliitmt of Inturrtx. One day. while watching a column of foraging ants, Eaton humuta, I placed a stout on one of them to secure it. The next that Aniiroached. on discovering the situation of an assnciate.ran back in an exc ited man iter a n d com m un ica ted w ith the others, when all rushed to the res cue. Some hit at the stone and tried to move it, others seized the prisoner by the legs, and tiiggtfl with a force which threatened to separate them from its ImhIj-; but they persevered un til thev got the captive flee. I next covered one of the ants with a piece of clay, leaving only the needs of its an tenna; projecting. It was soon dis covered by its li Hows, which set to work immediately, and by buing on nieces of the clay soon liberated it. On Another occasion a vrry few ants were passing Along At intervals. On of these was confined under A piece wf clay. At a little distance fnwn the trail, with its head projecting. ?eveTat ants went by withont seeing it. but At lust it was discovered ; iy A snarp-eyeu friend, that at once undertook to pull it out. Failing in this, it immediately hunted off for assistance, aud soon re tnrned with a dozen or more compan ions, all evidt uuy fully informed of tbe circ imitttnDceft of the case, for they made diicctlv for their imprisoued comrade, and shortly set him free. Can such aetious be regarded as in stinctive ? They seem rather to Iw the result of sympathy, the Ants rendering to their fellows such assistance as man is in the habit of rendering to his kind. Th excitement and ardor with whH-li the ants carried ou their unflagging ex ertions for Ihe rescue of their comrades, could not have been greater if they had been human beiugs ; and this to meet a danger that can be only of the rarest occurrence. A Stiurrniriif AutUnen. As soon AS the mourners and friends had left tbe church where Ai derseu lies buried, cumbers of poor people rushed in to gather the flowers And leaves wincn had fallen from the coffin, in memory of the dear old man. Perhaps the most touching incident or this never-to-be-forgotten day. was that of a poor woman who, siur..ly dressed in a peas Ant's garb, timidly Advanced toward the Altar. And, after eagerly, but in vain, searching alt round tor a nower or fallen twig, ninronred sadly, half tn herself. "Too late they're all gone.' as the teArs rolled down her cheeks. "Do you want a nower. my good mo ther V Asked A bystander, moved to pity At the woman's evident distress. "Ah. yes. good Sir ! My boy at home will break his heart if I don't take him just a leaf. Yon ace. Sir, that dear de parted angel oiten came n see hhu when he was ill, two Winter ago, and told him a story. And . the docters say those beautiful stories saved his life ; and he's my only one. Sir, and he just worshipped dear Andersen, and he does miss him so terribly, and cries so now the old gentleman is dead, that I promised to bring him A flower, as 1 heard bis coffin was to have some on it He is lame and can't come himself." "Take this one. I picked it np from the spot as it fell." "AIl. vou are irood. dear Sir !" Aud the woman teuderly kissed the little sprig, as, reverently And gratefully laying it in her bosom, she turned away. Itmplt lur. "Aunty, did God make tliAt man V l.i.n.tai m tittli fitltr-v;,r-mil III I1IM Companion, IU llir. aiuai. i im e . , ... i. oar, AS ue iookuu askance w. r. i u Lee. one of the new lanmlrymen from the flowery kingdom, who sat opposite. Mi , i Iu . l wdii tliM nid " "unil whv do vou ask such a quest ion f "Because, aunty, lie didu't make the hinges to his eye on straight," said onr little incipient niechauical engi- r 1 1 . rgr . neer. immiom lramxcrifH. Tit MeauiM of"Hurrak.n The pret ty schoolina'Ain says it originated among Eastern nations, where it was used as a w at -cry, from the belief that all who died went to heaven. "To Paradise l" knrrag !) men shou ted to one another, by way of encour agement in the thickest of the tight; and so. in time, came our word "hur rah !" which means Almost anything yon choose, so that it he of good cheer. St. Nicholas. Skaneateles boasts an armchair over two hundred years old, which came over iu the Jfny.fxwer. KKWS Dl BRUT Live bears retail at per head in West Virginia. An Ohio man uid $27,000 fire in surant and never had a lire. Connecticut is unhappy because her apple crop i short, and there will be no cider. ..... - r : The Delaware cninsula dries iil ton of peaches and cans 3.21,1)00 three pound cans. It is said that a Rubens picture has been recently discovered among some old paintings in Rochester, X. . The total value of hooks exported from the I' n ited States during the past year amounted to nearly $t;no,0ii0. A Xew York clergyman has just received an urgent call to settle in Sing Sing three years' hard labor for grand larceny. One hundred and ten woodchncks have been shot during the summer In Xew Iterlin, X. Y., by Ijmls Graves, aged (l years. Boston ate three million frogs last season. Oue firm in Xew huryport sup plied most of them, hiring men to hunt the swamps for them. A Xew Jersey preacher named weeks, has been sent to the penitentiary for one hundred and fifty ix weeks for receiving stolen gis. A Scotch gentleman is almut to start iu Florida a factory for the pro duction of marmalade, a delicacy little known in this country. A resident of Bloomington, III., has enrol himself of the asthma and several other diseases by an application of clothes-line to his throat. A son of Hon. Dmiel W. Voorhecs will soon make his appearance upon the stage In the character of Hamlet. which he is now studying. The sheep breeders of Ohio and Western Peuiisvlvania have formed a permanent association, which will hold meetings regularly hereafter. Xine Democratic and seven liepub- licau states have declared for hard money, and four liemncnitic and four Kepiiidican states tor inflation. -Colonel ArtTTiir Giun has a ten- acre orange grove on Lake Monroe, r la., which contain ,uu trees, yielding from 10,lHsJ to Si:l,UUU per year". ISostou papers report that Commo dore Vauderbilt has instructed his agents to purchase $I.MH,imm worth of productive r:al estate iu that city. General Holt, a miner and iiro pee ler, writes to the Srcnctary of the Treas ury that, in his opinion, Alaska is a vast gold field another California. . A Cincinnati husband who firmly contemplated suicide as soon as dinner was over, got fearfully mad because his wife spilled some hot cottee on his knee. There was a good deal of hive mak ing at Saratoga this vear, aud it was solid affection. One hotel nsed -10.0UO pounds of beef and :Hhk) harrrls of (iota- toes. Madam Ristori lately played an en gagement at Sydney, in New South v ales, one week or which yielded her. it is said, a net protit of about f IO.inni in gold. There have Ix-en rafted down the Pen obscot river in Maine, this season aliout U5,0OO.UU feet ot logs, and the Imk.iiis are now clear for the first time iu eigh teen years. During the past vear the grangers of Hampshire comity, Massachusetts, boii-'bt l.ooo tons ot coal, on which they Saved oir an average IS jt cent, from the market price. A gentleman in Xueces county. Texas, has a field of sixty thousand acre within- one fence. He recently filled an order bv telegraph I'ortwentv- six thousand Ix-cves. Two hundred passenger cars are to he erected at A IbMHia during the com ing fall and winter. These cars will lie used for Iransimrtiiig visitors to ami from the Centennial. A California gentleman has deiiosi- ted a $11X1 gold note in a bank in Sail Diego, and announces that It shall le the property of any Spiritualist who can t.-ll liim the iiiiiiiImt of it. A large lake has been discovered alxrtit forty miles west of Ijiramie, W. T.. in the bottom of winch is a thick layer of sulphate of magnesia or ej-Miii salts in almost a pure i-tate. A white heahil eale alighted on the gilded uc!l of tlte .-.late house llag- tatf at Hartford, Conn., a few days ago and remained there for nearly an hour, a large crowd gathering to see him. Ex-Presiilent Mat-lean, of Prince ton, X. J., continues to enjoy moder ately good health, ile is now engaged upon a history of tbe I ollege ot Aew Jersey, which is well advanced towards completion. All the sovereigns of Germany Invc their private lieer saloons, but his Majesty of w nrtemiierg lifts one for the public, and turns a considerable ienny from it, as a!so from a couple of restaurants. The trouble nlx.ut the resective ri-'hts of Xew Y ork and Connecticut in the water of Long Island Suind has been taken up in tne L. S. Court for solution. Heavy pecuniary interests are involved. Sheep raising has paid better in Walla Walla and I inatilla counties, Oregon, than any other enterprise. There are now over 2.l0 head or sheep grazing there, worth from f2.."iO to :i per head. Ix-lano is the tenth memlier of the Cabinet that has resigned since Oraut became President. There has been less fixity of tenure iu tho Cabinet depart ments than has characterized any pre vious administratio:i. They talk of ercii a monument to Stephen V. Foster. In Pittsburg, Pa., in the hoie of per pet u .: ng the fame of the writer of "Oln Folks at Home," "Old Dog Tray," "My ld Kcntucky Home," and other J-opul ir airs. Professor James I.aw, of Cornell fniversity, has applied for the skeleton of American OirC to be placed iu the L'niversity museum as fiat of a typh-il trotting horse. It is thought that the Professor will fail to sec-tire the relic. ('apt. Ostrom, off nrnell L'niversity has already liegnti to coach a crew for the regalia or l7t, and the Ithaca Jimnxit intimates that tiie lioatillg world may meet with another surprise, if the "ivy-entwined college" tin nt get l work. The man who spoke of the Indians as a dying race nliould emigrate. In IStU they cost the country i2,2,J,!)7.".'.H; ; la-t year lft,b.T2..r2.!i:l was required t support them. Either the funeral ex penses are luconeeivaniy iiijjii or me man erred. The issues of three and five cent fraction notes ceased in April !;. At that time there had been issued Vr,l of the denomination of three cents and $.,700,0"0 "f the five cent series. Al though mote than six years have elapsed there are still outstanding )'.f2,uuu in thr?5 cent notes, and more than !,"' MM) of the five cent Issue, which for the nxMt part have leen lost or destroyed. n i V -
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