n o -1 B. F. SCHWEIER, THB COHSTITtmOS THI TO105 ATO IHI ESFOBCEMEKT OF TUZ LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXIX. MIFFLINTOWN; JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNAr. DECEMBER 1. 1875. NO. 48. MY VANISHED PAST. ! wQl write on the tomb of my vanished put Thie ia the "nevermore Hers lies the sunshine too bright to last, Thia was the golden shore. Thia was toe land of the poet'a song. Thia waa the artiat'a dream ; Here were the flowera love dwelt among. Here was life'a fairest gleam. Thia waa a heaven come down below. And in it waa left God'a smile ; Yet bow most the green grass orer U grow, It lired each a little while finch a htUe while, like an island bright. That has risen far oat at sea. Which on some morrow we find the night Has changed to a memory. A memory mine, one that sadly thrills ; And of times I wesnly pray That it may again, if it be God's will. Come back to my hfs some day. But it cannot come. Ob. my dead, dead past ! Too are ailent foreTer and still ; Bat the sunset glories that fade so fast Shell arise o'er the top of the hill ; And m touch the stone with a gentle hand, And train o'er it flowera fair ; For I think, when I wake in that other land. rerhaps yon will meet me there. Trap to Catch a Husband. Sunset in the tropics. Sunset on the outskirts of a Louisiana forest stately, solemn What A chaos of noble color, what an Eden of Blossom and of odor, what roval prodigality of untraninieled life. The spot where a party of tourist had encamped themselves for the night was at the height of some three or four hundred feet alove the level of the sea: and A glowing sweep of lowland coun try yellow maize fields, orchards, vil lages, and gardens stretcnea away league beyond league before them. The party which made up this en- camimieut consisted of four men Northerners on A tour of pleasure and observation. Three were gentlemen of wealth: but the fourth Jerrold Gray was a dcjiendeiit nephew of one of the rich trio. His uncle had educated him, and now. at the end of his collegiate course, had taken him on this tour. At its conclusion Jerrold was to choose a profession, and commence single-handed the battle of life. His uncle had a num ber of children, so that Jerrold could not reasonably exjiect to inherit Any thing, And his independence prompted hi in to decline further pecuniary aid. leaving his companions cooking the super, in true camp fashion, Jerrold strolled off to view the panoramA that was stretched beneath the surrounding hill. As he stood listlessly leaning against A tree, he broke out into A chance song. He was really A fine singer, possessed of A highly-cultivated voi.-c, and sang with all the Abandon of presumed solitude. He did not see the bright, black eyes that were watching him, nor the dainty ears that were listening, both of which Ulonged to one of the wealthiest heir esses in Louisiana. She sat on a splen did horse, And made a picture that, had Jerrold wen it, w ould have eclipsed the op)iosite landscape upon which he was gazing. She waited there, fascinated, and trusting to the shelter of the trees until he turned and retraced his steps. But suddenly, in the very height of his song, his glance fell on her, leaning gracefully forward upon the saddle, and regarding him w ith A face of mingled wonder and admiration that was so in tense as to be comical, the tali bushes and branches half veiling her. Never -inl.l he fortret the iicture. His voice abruptly ceased; and the next instant he burst into A ringing laugh that was so joyous, hearty, and irrepressible that it proved infectious, and catching by in stinct the humor of the moment, she laughed very heartily. Then, as if frightened by such familiarity with a stranger, she suddenly became serious. "I beg your pardon, sir, for listening," she said ;" "but it is so seldom we meet a human being up here on the hills, that you tempted me to listen." Never had Jerrold looked upon a countenance that so fascinated him. The girl's dark hair, and A face on which there always lived a bloom, but to which there never mounted a decided color, appeared the very embodiment of health and vitalitv. But it was the wonder ful mobility of the features that consti tuted their greatest charm ; their ex pressions were as shifting and various as the atmosphere upon an April morn ing. Every mood and pAssion they re flected changed them into Another face; now they w ere those or a laughing Hebe, now those of a simple child. Before Jerrold could reply to the young lady, a gentleman on horseback rode up. "So, Bertha," he said to her, "you ran away from me." And then, seeing Jerrold Gray, he bowed politely, And added, "It isu't often these w ild hills are vWted by strangers." A brief conversation ensued, ending in a visit to the temporary camp. The gentleman introduced himself as Mr. Kenshaw, A planter of the neighbor hood. And the girl as Bertha Fenshaw, his niece . "Do you intend to remain here to nMit?" he Asked, as he prepared to go. Yes." was the reply; "we are very lazily seeking pleasure, and we encamp wherever fancy dieUtes." "Then I shall insist upon receiving vou at my house. You see it yonder, he said, pointing to a plantation resi dence dimly visible in the distant plain; "and until then, good day." R,.rth mldel her invitation. And uncle And niece were sonu riding out of sight. . . , ... fc,.nuinc-bv experience the hospitality of Louisianian planters of the higher class, and certain that the invitation was iutended for actual acceptance, the tourists decided upon its accepUnce on rl.u Pa a tfc On that SAme morrow, towards after noon, BerthA Kenshaw sat iu her room, thinking .of Jerrold Gray She had ilreame d of him during the night. And .! ws wondering w hv. It was not becAuse of a dearth of young men .mnnir the circle of her Acquaintances. And all the region knew the pretty i,ires She was Acquainted with All the old men And women in the country, and their numerous complaints. She was god-mother to half the babies. 1 he young planters of all the Adjoining : .i .-.r in love with her. and proposed to her at regular intervals. But BerthA was roiuanuc. nc ---j happv as she w as, and if she did marry he must be more of a hero, to win her, than anv she had seen. 11...1 jerrold Grav seen the pretty heiress, and known that he was the subject of her thougnts, he might have been more flattered, but scarcely more in love than he really was. Her room ,...1 with all the simple taste of m well-bred girl. Her hanging book- nell-nlled with their row of poets, their row of useful works. The neat little writing table, with Its .riir inL-tiil. snd its orettv. costly nick- nacks, stood in the window; and Above it hung the cage oi ner pet. There was a piano too, and a well-filled Upon All the room was the impress and evidence of womanly taste and neatness, nothing was prim, but every thing was properly Arranged. . Above all, ueither in books, pictures, music, nor on the dressing-table in the adjoin ing room, was there the smallest sign of "fastness," that almost omnipotent drawback to the charms of the young ladies of the present day. But none of these things interested our heroine just now, and in the middle of her reverie she heard the arrival of the tourists, and the voice of her uncle welcoming them. Hastily finishing her toilet, she went down to the sitting room, where she found the gentlemen in conversation. Perhaps it was natu ral enough that the two younger mem bers of the quintet gravitated towards each other, aud were soon in an easy converse. Later, Bertha showed him the gardens, etc. The call proved so pleAsaut, And All were so pleased with the congenial intercourse, that the tourists complied with the planter's urgent invitation to siiend a week At his house. The week was spent Agreeably to All it was a week of elysium to Jerrold And BerthA. "Jerrold," said George Burton, one of the party, "yon Are getting desper ately in love with this Southern beauty.' "Yes," was the frank reply; "I love her as I had never dreamed I could love A woman." "And does sjie return your sudden passion ?" "Yes. I am certain of that." "Then you have spoken to her abont It?" "No, And shall not do so. She is rich I am poor. I will never marry under such conditions. The week ended, and the guests were about to bid adieu to their generous host. Bertha showed no s)iecial signs of emotion, but as Jerrold was about leaving her she said to him, "Sing to me something that will recall you to me." He went to the piano, and without thought, the strains of Schubert's "Adieu" came into his mind. The passion of a lifetime was concentrated ill its melody, and Bertha, hiding her eyes in her hand, listened, understand ing his love and farewell. They went, and time passed. The civil war broke out. Mr. Kenshaw, being a Federalist, was malignantly persecuted. His property, or such of it as was not invested iu the North was confiscated. Three vears after his first visit, Jer rold Gray was in New Orleans, a lieu tenant in the federal army, ueorge Merton. too, was in the same regiment. When the army advanced to the neigh borhood of the renshaw plantation, Merton proposed a visit to their former hosts: but Jerrold. for reasons, de clined, and Merton decided to go alone He found the plantation in a sad state, but its master as hospitable as ever. "This house is like a tomb," said Mr. Kenshaw; "no more music, no more sounds of joy. That piano has not been touched for two years; the last tiling played on it was the " Adieu" of that young menu Of yours, y-ine-way is he living? have vou heard of him?'' "Yes. Have you never had any sus picions about hi m?" "Suspicions ?" "Yes: concerning your iibre." "Coni-ernine Bertha let uie see. A light dawns in on me, do you know Have I been deceived? We fear she is losing her health and spirits." 'She is in love with Jerrold Gray.r Then Merton told him all that had passed; all his scruples; all his love; his resolve never to marry a woman so far above him in fortune. Come," said Mr. Kenshaw, "and repeat this to Bertha." The three were in a close consultation for an hour ; and when Merton set out on ins return, someuiuig oi uie oiu vivacitv had returned Pi Bertha. "Well." said Jerrold, when his friend returned, "have you seen them?" "Yes." "And is Bertha well?" Merton looked grave. "Yes," he said, "as well as could lie expected under the circumstances. The fortunes or war nave dean naruiy wun her. She has lost every penny of her fortune." Jerrold Gray's eyes sparkled. "You do not seem saddened by the ill-luck cf the girl you said you loved,, said Merton. "No," replied the young man ; "be cause uow she is on a level wun me, and I can oiler her my hand without loss of self resjiect." Obtaining leave of absence. Lieuten ant Gray started for the Fenshaws on the followiug day. l lie uncie receiveu him graciously the niece with a joy that found expression in her lustrous eyes, In the warm ciAp oi ner nana, and in the very eloquence oi ner sueuce. Berore his departure ne nau toiu ner ins love, and her trembling lips had clung to his in a betrothal kiss. Thev are married now, and happy, m spite of a piece of aute-marriage deceit on the part of the bride. "Gould you forgive me a great a very great deception, provided it was intended to make us both happy for lite ?'' Asked BerthA, soon After the quiet wedding. "Yes." "Then listen to my confession. Mr. Merton deceived vou when he told you that my fortune had been lost. He told me or your resolution never to marry a woman richer than yourself, And sug gested the plan of inducing you to pro ix.se by sepresenting me as penniless. I loved vou so well that I couldn't re fuse; and do forgive me, Jerrold." A kiss settled it, and Jerrold laugh ingly acknowledged himself caught in A t rap to tatcn a uumhuu. Haste mm Health. Tr la not at all wholesome to be in a hurry. Locomotives have been reported to have moved a mile a minute for short distances. But locomotives have often come to grief by such great rapidity. Multitudes in their h.iste to get rich are ruined every year. The men who do things maturely, slowly, delilierately, are the men whooftenest succeed In life; people w ho are habitually in a hurry generally have to do things twice over. The tortoise beat the hare at last. Slow men arldom knock their brains out against a post. Foot-races are injurious t health, as are all forms of competitive exercise; steady labor in the field is the h.t crninasiuiii in the world. Either lhnr nr exercise, carried to exhaustion or prostration, or eveu great tiredness, expressed by "fagged out," alwaysdoes more harm than the previous exercise has done goed. All running upstairsor to catch up with a vehicle or ferry boat, is extremely injurions loevery age, sex and condition oi life. Itoughtto be the most pressing necessity w hich should t..A.,..m m nriiiii over fifty to run over twelve or fifteen yards. Those live longest who are deliberate,whose actions . . A,,.iuslr ill nr are nieasurea, wno uvv -m w ithout "sleeping over it, and who perform all the every-day acts with calmness. Quakers are proverbi ally calm, quiet people; and they are a liiriuy iui, ww. w. The Democratic vote thrown in California is as large as the Republican and Independent votes taten logeuicr. Hall. BISTORT OF A KOBLK BCILPISO. ' Independence Hall, erected on Chest nut street, between Fifth And Sixth streets, was commenced in 1729 and finished in 1731; was build by Edmund v ooley from the plan of KoDert Smith, architect. The Continental Congress first met in this building on the 10th of May, 1773. It is here that the represen tatives of the colonies met and, "appeal ing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of their intentions, did, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare: that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free And independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all connection between them and the State of Great Britain is and ought to be totally dis solved.". The work of restoring Independence Hall to the condition it was in, in 177C, and of bringing together again the scat tered memorials of iu history is ap proaching completion. This has been a work of no common difficulty. Inasmuch as the interior has been reconstructed since that time, and nearly the whole original equipment removed. To the Independence Chamber, since used for many years as a court-room, has been restored the dais aa it waa originally placed, and upon it are the President's chair, with its celebrated efligy of "a rising And not a setting sun ;" the table on which the Declaration oflndepend ence was signed; the silver inkstand used by John Hancock and his illus trious colleagues for that purpose, i covered after a disappearance of many vears; and thirteen of the member's chairs. The old wainscoting has also been restored, and the panels or the chamber are enriched with authentic portraits of "the signers" and others whose actual presence bad given them some claim to be remembered there. This collection, of Revolutionary por traits is said to be unrivalled since Mr. Peale first opened his museum there in 1802. Of tlie signers of the Declaration ten never sat for their portraits, and the . committees having this work in charge are in doubt how to eommemor ate them. They are : Matthew Thorn ton, of New Hampshire; John Morton, James Smith,' and -George Taylor, of Pennsylvania; Carter Braxton, or Vir ginia; Csssar Rodney, of Ielaware; John Hart, of New Jersey; John Penn, of North Carolina; Button Gwinnett n.l I vm.n If. 11 nf fwirfri.. and It ta feared Francis Lightfoot Lee, of Virgi nia. Many of the portraits are originals; the rest are copies by well-knowu artists interested in the work. , x . ...... The National Museum, to which the west or judicial chamber is devoted, is growing in beauty and interest. The celebrated painting (original) of 'Penn's Treaty with the inuiAns,' Dy Benjamin W est. is permanently deposited there. Here, also, is an original portrait of George 111., from lire, by Katnsey, and copies by the same hand of the most noted portraits of uueen .alary, uueen Anne, and of the first two Georges. The series is snpplemented not only by I n man's full-length portrait of William Penn, but by a head of the founder of Pennsylvania, taken from the me Dy an amateur artist named Francis Place, after Penn's second marriage. Many other portraits of great historical interest and artistic merit adorn this rare collec tion. Many articles illustrating the earlv history of Pennsylvania aud the country, besides these works of art, have been added to tne museum, to wniun the gentlemen in charge hope to give further interest by contributions from all the original thirteen States. Extra ordinary measures have been taken for their protection against roboery Ann nre Further on, towards tne uoors leading to the square, is the "Cracked .Bell which "proclaimed liberty throughout the land and to all the inhabitants there of." Tickets for Admission to Uie steeple of Independence Hail Are furnished free, by the superintendent of Independence Chamber: a nne view can ne ootaineu of the city from the steeple, which is reached by a stairway, ine nan is open free to all between the hours of nine a. m. and nve p. v. The Aerial Pstlaeo wher) Es lWee essery. In the Social Palace of Guise, in France the magnificent enterprise of a great capitalist accommodating some 1,500 people it is fully admitted that a woman who has no taste or uuiauni to Uie cares of nursing and housekeep Inir has a right to escape them. And occupy her time in some more profitable way; tor lUAl laoor in wuicu wc c no delight is never reAlly profitable. Not only may she escape them, but she may do so honorably and without in curring- the displeasure of any oue. There is the great cooKtngesiaDiisnmeni supplying nicely cooked food, which each family can bring or have sent to the private apartments; a splendid laundry, which provides a means for escaping the inconveniences of washing 1v in the small home, and A grand n . . . . . , . . nursery, scieiium;j " ganized, so that the tenderest mother cin leave her Infants in its charge with out the slightest Anxiety, but rather - - . : .a 11.. ..ldnnUil .,,,1 ail with the nerfect conviction tnat no nrivate home or nursery can so well meet the varied wants of the little ones. Tne fine schools, the libraries, the read- iiir-rnnms. baths of all kinds, tne care, restaurant, billiard-room, theatre, Uie oerfect nrovlsions ror sickness ana on age, the varied jnuusiries whucuku with the palace, the princely groves and gardens watered by a beautiful winding river, and a thousand otner advantages and delights, can not oe mentioned nere except in iuis suuiiuiu wr. to show some of the characteristics of the only place on the planet where women's rights are luuy ana praciicniij recognized even her right to distrac tions and amusements. Of mnrse. if any woman is already by the force of habit, a pure "Hannah Jane," or domestic drudge, she can keep her fnrant in ner rooms aim w an hr cnnkinir. washing, and Ironing there, for all is freedom iu the Social Palace. All the advantages for children from the nursery up, and many others also, re ineiuiled in the rent: wnue luou all nrooerlv cooked, is sold at the small wv.ihl advance upon its cost at wholesale. In the Social Palace over seventy women, thus freed wholly or partially from household duties, occupy salaried positions for certain hours of the day iu the nursery, schools, laundries, shops int all kinds occupying the ground floor), or in keeping the public parts of the palace in order, acco ruing w tuutea ami talents. - xverv huiumii therefore, able to earn her own "pin mnnn." which she may enjoy the luxury of spending without Accounting for Uie chAiige to Any one. There Are n.,r a few women, married even to mfwlel hnshands " who will Appreciate this luxury: And then the freedom that ...h . a social system Affords is Almost beyond belief. However many children . - ..rr-.n mav have, she is not tied for. ever at home, but may attend the vari ous societies, lectures, concerts, recep tions, or she may go to the theatre or aaei spend a part of the evening in the reading-rooms, or run into the cafe, where she is sure to meet friends ready for a social chat over an ice-cream or enp of chocolate. To all these places she may go without a male escort, for they are a part or tne paianai nome proviueu uy M. God in for his employes. Wsy I Hate Schawls Yes I do bate children and primary schools. I hAve CAnae to, tboaph my dislike occurred rather later in life than usually happens. I will tell yon why, and then you wont wonder at my deep-rooted dislike. Yon see, when I lived in Salem 1 nsea to meet neaxiy every morning tne sweetest youna schoolmarm in all Yankee laud, and that Ain't saying a little. She bad snch hriirht black eves, snlendid complexion. cherry lips. And wore such killing hats. perched on masses ot UATa Drown nair, that I fell dead in love with heron sight. How I used to wAtch for her every morning as I walked through Blubber Hollow on my way to the train. I could detect iier blocks away in her gray waterproof with the cater pillar fringe on it. You see I am minute in my description, old boy, for the impression made on me was by no means light. Of course 1 was wild for an introduction ; finally it came. 1 made my best Iww, and she well she just blushed divinely, ion may be sure 1 laid myselt out to ao tne agree able and went to churches, etc., like a dutiful cavalier. Then I would stop At the school as it was closing, And see my charmer home. Once, oh! fatal day I reached the schoolhouse some ten minutes before Uie closing exercises. And WAtcbed with increAsiog Admira tion ber patience in teaching the little wretches. Five minutes of two and the sweet voice gave the order "Put away your books ; fold your arms. "Now James, come forward and I will punish you." Poor little Jim. he set up an awful howl, and moved my pity to such an extent that I interceded for him and went so far as to offer to take his punishment myself in order to save bis youthful bide. Alas ! I f Ancied that the school marm was as spooney as my self, and my self-love and innate va nity told me she would but tap my palm with her taper fingers. Well, my me diatory efforts were successful. The sacrifice waa accpted. James was re manded to his seat and I, poor fool, took his place. The children sat with wide, open eyes, wstcbing this, to them, wonderful Action on my part. Then came the order,"Take down your (I blushed and put my hands on my ansnender fastenings) feet from on top of that desk, you Millie Tuba." Then turning to me my lair enslaver re marked. "Hold ont your hand. Sir." I held it out. and heard whistling in the Air, And felt, oh yes, felt a band of red hoi. tire from the tips of my lingers to my wrist, as a strap some four feet Ion it and two inches wide left its mark on my dexter tin. The laughter of these imps and their teacher rang in my ears as 1 tore out of that schoolhonse, and held a piece of ice in my flaming hand, while with the other raised to Heaven I swore eternal enmity to schoolmarms and primary schools. - Haw ta Eajay Ike Aea-slde. The haimiest mode of enjoying the sea is to put on an old coat and thick boots, and then, . -pncni niic"i, Vt prints genu niortliuni," ta give oneself up to thorough indolence and receptivity of seaside influences. Telegrams should be strictly Interdicted and only the most unimportant letters forwarded. The holiday snouia oe sei apart for some intellectual treat read in? the Laureate's last poem or ieorge Eliot's latest story. Some study, how ever, out of the ordinary Hue of a man's business ought to De proiesseo say geology, or Investigations into the ma rine zoophytes to redeem idleness from the charge of being idle; or a big book may be taken to the sea, a history or a stiff theological treatise, to be able to put the amiable sophism upon ourselves that we intend to work, to give, in short, backbone to a molluscous purpose. We lately met a clergyman on a six weeks' tour In Scotland" who had thus taken with him Butler's Analogy and the Judicious Hooker, for much the same reason, we suppose, as the ancient Egyptians were wont to Introduce a skeleton at their feasts. Solitude at the seaside is a great mistake. lurervery suitably introduced Uie sea as the back ground of his "Melancholia." The im mensity or the sea overwhelms ine per sonality; but let a man have wife, sis ter, or friend with him, and then the nresence of a kindred soul, and the ordinary every-day remarks upon the sea, vanqulsn tne unvanquisneo. anove all. no oue should seek the sea for en joyment who is compelled to economize and strictly scan the uav s expenses. Butchers have a trick at tne sea-siue oi not supplying the finest joints and of charging unconscionaoie prices, uik landladies proverbially must make nay while the sun shines. Unless a man can wholly fling base domesUc cares to the winds when ne visits tne sea, lei him snend. say three weeks, there en tirely free rrom anxiety, insieau oi tne month he at first purposed, which would demand nice calculations and unsleep ing thrift. Nothing so soon mars a holiday as care. It is the . bunch of hyssop in our Autumnal cup of joy.- ComkilU Wild Baar ftbaatlac la Jaaaalra. A cry of "Wake, massa, wild pig in the grain!" caused myself and my worthy and much-esteemed friend to spring up off our beds one wet October morning, wiin buijuik " ,u doned estate somew here in the very centre of Jamaica A short time before, a wild boar had had the effrontery to penetrate, on a moonlight morning, into the very yard surrounding the "great houx,"'and more than that, to poke his nose into an outhouse. An eArly-rising bov saw the animal steal in, and very quietly shut the door upon him. "JJusha" (Anglice overseer; was away at the time. And nobody had a gun. So the negroes crawled in at a hole in the roof, angled for a time, and succeeding in noosing the intruder, who was hoisted p, till he stood on his hind legs, and then despatched by means of crowbars, by other negroes who entered at the oor. We were not long in getting ready, and, taking our guns, loaded with slugs, and accompanied by the three or four mongrel dogs, which are generally to be seen about a Jamaica country house, off we started after our euide. The path was narrow, zigzag, and steep. All paths used by negroes are narrow; ror they never walk aureast of each other, but always in single nie. It often surprises one. on following i thin, but well-beaten track in the bush, to come suddenly upon a populous villace of huts, which probably will have no other outlet. We were led up the side of a steep limestone hill, covered with virgin forest, and. therefore, for tunately free from underwood. On the ridge were situated the provision grounds in which we expected ton na our quarry. And. indeed, the dogs soon gave tongue. and scampered helter-skelter down the other side of the hill. "Him gone to de cotton tree down a bottom," said Sambo, and we had to follow. But to do this was no easy matter; it is simply im possible to make rapid way in A straight line down a wooded noneycomo lime stone mountain. For not only Are the occasional bushes of wait-a-bit likely to remind you not to be in a hurry, but immense boulders of the honeycomb rock lie scattered About, and jumping from one to the other, or climbing over them, requires time And rare. e elected to go down to the cotton tree by the rouudabout but easier way. Just then a slight rustle was heard among the plantains. Sambo informed us it was the "field male and piccaninnies" running away. It seems that, wuenever a boar and his family are disturbed, if they cannot All get away unpereeived, the boar shows ngnt and leads away tne enemy, while the sow and young ones make off iu a different direction, ixing before reaching the spot we could bear that our friend was well at bay. Ap proaching cautiously, we at last saw him. within range, standing between the buttress-like roots of the tree w ith his stern to the trunk, and the dogs yelping in front. We both fired, and evidently hit him. He instanUy burst through the dogs, and mane in our di rection. It is unnecessary to say Samlio was up a tree in no time. One of the dogs fortunately caught the animal by the flank, and turned him again to the tree. Another shot in the shoulder then finished him. He proved to be a tine russet-brown six-year old, with tusks eight Inches long, of which three inches projected from the lip. Wild pigs are by no means uncommon in Jamaica. There are very few "mango-walks" which are not visited nightly during the fruit season, by two or three of them, though during the day they keep in Uie most inaccessible woods. They are not indigenous, Dut are a'l descended from the domestic pigs of the old Spanish colonists, or from others which have since become feral. In the time of Uie Buccaneers, it appears that Jamaica was a great provisioning station for pork. Large herds of semi-wild pigs were kept, allowed to roam and feed themselves in the woods during the day, and recalled by the sound of a horn at night. Later on, the "Maroons," descendants of run away slaves, principally gained their livelihood by hunting pigs in the bush roughly pickling and smoking the flesh to form the so called jerked jiork. The wild pigs now in the island have nearly all acquired a reddish tinge, al though varying in color from light brown to almost black. Land and Water. m i i A Last Metaael af Eaaresslasu It has been too much the fashion of late to decry this department of the work of housekeeping as useless and menial, and to insist that money ought to buy its result, leaving to the wife and daughter time for self-improvement and higher duties. There can be no doubt that the average American housekeejer often becomes a slave to her store-closet, one-third of the year being spent in pre paring food for the remainder; canned vegetables, salted meat, pickles and preserves are often the millstone which drags her soul and body down to a very low level. But there is another side to the subject, and we may strike the just middle-ground on it as on any other. Nobody wants a George Eliot, or Flor ence Nightingale, or Jessie Fremont, to give her time to coniRunmig picca lillies or preserves. But, while one woman is a leader in society, literature, or philanthropy, ninety-nine adopt some smaller way to make themselves useful aud helpful in bettering and brighten ing the little world ahout tiieni, and these smaller ways in city life are fre- auently incessant devotion to visiting, to music, to making horrible and ex hausting enorte at house uecorauoii We confess that when we have sat down to feAsts where the vegetables smacked too strongly of the professional can tier's art, where the meats were iu-cookeo. the offense of Uie pickles was rank with vitriol, and the desserts bore that inex tinguishable flavor of the confectioner's shop, and when, after dinner, we have been called on to listen to leeuie strum ming of the piano, or weak criticisms on the last exhibition, or to admire works of art in the shape of spatterdash, or Persian emhrolderiet on lurkisii towel ing, we have remembered the busy Pennsylvania kitchen and the bountiful tables of old Virginia matrons; the delicious flavor, idiosyncrAsy, if we may call It so, of every dish; the care with hlch the lather's taste In soups, and the boys' fancy for certain jams, were remembered from year to year; the thousand ways in which skill and good taste and affection were shown In Uiis base art of cookery ; the genuine, home made flavor of the dishes, the talk, the very fun we are not at all sure that women in ignoriug this ancient craft so utterly, have not slighted one of their strongest modes of expression. Strib- A Dessert Here lee. To persons who are thinking of col lecting old china we are almost inclined to give the well-known advice of Fnnrh to persons anout to marry mm i. Prices are almost pronioitory just now, except to people with very long purses indeed, bull there are Dargains to ne got, and there is china to be bought. though not at lasnionanie orw-a-orar shops, or at the great auction marts of the metropolis, ao one, tor instance, can go far wrong who buys for a pound or so a pretty tea-cup aud saucer wnicu has a well-painted group or nowers upon it, or a tine fandscape; the paint ing is worth all the money, and such things do turn up occasionally at out- of-the-way auctions and iu small coun try towns. The writer was not long since at the house ot a country clergy man in a remote county, where he ob served some apples usin a dish or old Worcester china the square-marked Worcester painted with exotic birds. Upon inouiry whether the owner knew of. its value, he was informed that it was a part of their common dessert ser vice, which had been in family use for two generations, and was thought to be nice, but not more valuable than other china, lie examined the plates and dishes, however there were about dozen altogether and told Ins host that this little service was worth probably A couple of hundred pounds, a commu nication winch was received wun general laugh of amazement and in credulity. However, this dessert ser vice was sent to Christie's, and sold for a little under two hundred pounds : Fratr'i Magazine. i . . ' m m m Cellar Dralaaare. If the ground be at all inclined, even in the wettest seasons, to be wet or springy, whatevei other precautions are taken, a drain should be laid all roup the cellar inside of the wall, and at least a foot lower than its lowest bed-stone. And CArred away to a free and sufficient outlet. I his dram may be made of gravel or broken stones. bnt ordinary laud-drainage tile with open joints ia usually cheaper, always better, especially as preventing the iu ores of vermin. For the largest pri vate house, the smallest sized land drain tile will be sufficient. If the soil is nnduly wet. At any season, similar drains should cross the cellAr At inter vals of not more than fifteen feet. All of these drains should be seenreiy covered by having earth well rammed over them, the whole cellar bottom being then coated with concrete. For small houses, where cobble-stones or aravel are plenty, if the foundation rests on a layer of this porous material a foot or more deep, and U a good out let be provided at the lowest point, the tile is not need rul. A iianivc aioniiuy. rartaa-weae Hswspaasrs. . . The Portuguese are not a newspaper- reading people. The lower classes do not read at all. and the middle and untie r classes make no account of a daily journal. . The ladies rarely take up a newspaper or any sort, aud tne gentlemen glance over it merely for the sake of the home gossip, which is of the lightest and most trivial sort, and for the reports of political affairs abroad. Literature, science, religion, art, find no place in the Portuguese newspaper, which devotes its scanty space to foreign political news, mostly of a vague and unsubstantial character, and toagrimly humorous account of current "Accideuts and Offenses."- Domestic affairs of the highest consequence are passed by with the faintest recognition. The speeches of the Portuguese Parliament are crudely reported, momentous argu ments in tne law courts are seiuoin alluded to, and earnest discussion of any matter of vital interest is carefully avoided. In fact, the small, trivial sheet that answers for the Portuguese newspaper of to-day is very like the .Yew Letter and Oazette that in the infancy of journalism furnished our roreratbers with harmless occuation while coquetting with their matutinal toast and lea. As a result of this dearth of news papers the Portuguese are obliged to cast about for material wherewith to kindle the daily fire. They have no heap and proline press to provide them with an ever-renewed supply of the very best kind of inflammable fuel. To remedy this deficiency they resort to the fields and waste lands, where, in the poorest soil with little or no cultivation, grows a leguminous plant, gtrritUt bidenr tata, called canpuja. This is cut and dried in the sun, and everywhere sold for kindlings at a farthing tor three bundles. Faraser Fear-la- (la as. Early In the present century four-ln- hand clubs were in. fashion, but very different were .the turnouts in those days to what they are now. The coaches were heavy, the horses were heavy, and the drivers aped the dress and manners of professional coachmen. Bright yel low was Uie favorite color for the car riages, or lake picked out with red; the harness was neither neat nor elegant, it being generally ornamented with silver or brass mouutings. The horses were strong but underbred, the gentlemen drivers in dress did all they could to follow the worst taste of the old-fash ioned stage-coachman. A drive to and dinner at the Bedfont was the order of the day, where a considerable quantity of fiery port was "drunk upon the premises," as vere some of the imbibers of it. Bacchanalian and sporting songs followed, and the orgies were kept up till a late hour. What a contrast is the above to the Four-in-hand and Driving Clubs of the present time. The "drags" are perfect in shape, make, and appear ing; the harness neat, "when una dorned adorned the most;" V.v horses nearly all thoroughbred, splendid in action; while the gentlemeu carefully avoid anything that is stagey or horsey. A lunch at the Alexandra alace, whitebait at the Trafalgar or Ship, Greenwich, after parading and driving around Hyde Park, form the club day's amusement. One great improvement of the - present system is that ladies grace the meetings with their presence; and nothing can be a prettier sight than a neatly apioiiited "drag" wiUi a party of well-dressed ladies on the box-seat and roof. The presence of the Prince of Wales has given much eclat to the driving clubs, and as bis Koyal High ness is a thorough English sportsman, riding forward to hounds, shooting well, and devoted to yachting, we hope the day will not be far distant when the Prince w ill drive a team of his own. Land and Water. , A 3aad Betert, The creation of woman: A prince once said to Rabbi Gamaliel: "Your God is A thief; he surprised Adam in his sleep and stole a rib from him." The Kabhi's daughter overheard this speech, and whispered a word or two iu her father s ear, asking his permission to answer this singular opinion herself. He gave his consent. The girl stepped forward, and feign ing terror and dismay, threw ner nanus a loll in supplicaitoii, and cried out "My lieire. mv liege, justice : revenge : 'What has happened? asked the prince. 'A wicked theft lias taken piace, she replied. "A robber has crept se cretly into our house, carried away liver goblet, and left a golden one In its stead. "What an upright thief," exclaimed the prince. "Would that such robberies were or more frequent occurrence:" "Behold, then, sire, the kind or tniei our Creator was; he stole a rib from Adam, and gave him a beautiful wire instead." "Well said!" avowed the prince. Talmud Sanhedrim. Slrls risalac. A tells us how ladies fish. lie says he saw four of them who had succeeded in landing a little flounder. No sooner had the oor fish struck the ground than all exclaimed in one voice : "Ouch! Murder! take it away. Igh, the nasty thing!" Then they bold np their skirts and s-ather about that tisb. and all the time the one who caught the fish is holding the line in both hands, with her foot on th. a t i . .i i 1. el... Kuil an fvil- disposed'goat at the other end, which she expected to butt her at any moment. then they talk over it: "However will we get it off?" "Ain't it pretty?" "liouk bow it pants." "Wonder if it ain't dry?" "Poor little thing, lets put it back." "How will we get the hook from it ?' "Pick it up," says a girl, who backs rapidly out of the circle. "Good gracious! I'm afraid of it. There, it's opening iu mouth at me.' Just then the fish wiggles off the hook and disappears into Uie water, and the girls try for another bite. Laaa-hter. Laughter has often dissipated disea- and preserved life by a sudden effort of nature, we are told mat ine great Erasmu laughed so heartily at a satiri cal remark that he broke a tumor, and recovered his health. In a singular treatise on "laughter," Joubert gives two similar instances. A patient being very low,the physician. ho had ordered A dose of rhubarb, countermanded the medicine, which was left on the table. A men key in the room, jumping up, discovered the goblet, and having tasted it, made a terrible grimacei Again putting only his tongue to it, be per ceived some sweetness of the dissolved manna, while the rhubarb had sunk to the bottom. Thus emboldened, heswal lowed the whole, but found it such a nauseous potion that, After many strange i of horseshoes. 10. The sand blast (for and fantastic grimaces, he ground his ! carving). 11. The gabe lathe. 1J. The teeth in agony, and in a violent fury j grain elevator. 13. The artificial man threw the goblet on the floor. The ufacture of ice on a large scale. 14 The whole affair was so ludicrous that the ' electro-magnet And lu practical apnli- skk man burst into repeated peals of laughter, and the recovery of cheerful- ness led to health. locnup counu. The Otrl that Thomaht Jit Could Sing. "What can bring Uie people into the groves to hear those nightingales singf said an owlet to his mother. The old owl didn t know, neither aid she careshe was very busy watching A bat. "I am snre I have as fine a voice as a nightingale, and far stronger. Stronger, certainly, my son," aaia his mother, with a blink, for the bat bad escape!. "Well, I shall go into the grove to night, and give them a song," said the owlet. The owl opened her iound eyes very wide, bnt said nothing. Accordingly, when night came. Ana the hour for the sweet trilling of the singing birds drew near, he flew heav ily along, and placed himself in a con spicuous part of the grove, that he might be seen and heard to a proper advantage. iNrnr. the nightingale did not or Any means Admire the prospect either of his company or his co-operation in their concert; so those wno were pent on singing sought anotiier grove, while those that were content to be quiet for the night kept snugly at roost. "Where can the nightingales be to night f said the people who came to hear them. L Don this the owlet set np a hoot so loud that it nearly frightened them into tits. "That creature has terrified them. and scared them AWAy. said one. "I'll soon dispatch him ; w here's my gun P Bat the owlet took the bint, and be fore the gun came he had got back to bis mother. l our feathers are raffled, my son. Have you been singing I" 1 he owlet reluctantly related his disgrace and narrow escape. It is just what I expected. And I Am glad you are safe back. 1 ben why did you let me go I said the owlet, angrily. Because 1 was snre it was a point on which nothing bnt experience could convince you. I dont understand mu sic. And cannot tell why people should take the trouble to go and hear night- n galea sing, and At the same time shoot owls for hooting, but 1 know it is so. There is much difference in our voices, which I can myself discern every time I hoot. Oars may be supe rior, for anything 1 know; but as the prejudice of the public mind is strongly on the other side. I shouldn't think of disputing the point. And, probably, now that yon have experienced the ef fect of your performance on their ears, you will be satisfied, with me, to leave them Alone in their mistake." Just mv Luck. "Did yon get the place, John 1" Asked his mother Anx iously. No, ma am : just my usual luck : air. Adams had engaged a boy half an hour before." I am sorry you did not apply last evening, or very early this morning, as I Advised," she said sadly. "Well, but, mother, I did not sup pose Any other boy knew of the va cancy," he Auswered as he started for school. When he reached there it lacked ten minntes of nine, And the boys called him to come And play ball. All right ! he replied ; here, girls. pat my Arithmetic on my desk, will you" And he hastily threw it at the open window. Crash went the glass. John stopped in dismay. He knew just bow much those broken panes would take out of his mother's scanty earnings. Just my luck," he muttered sullenly. "No. not your luck, my dear, but your carelessness," said a voice behind him, and he turned, aud saw the teacher coming. "ion are too apt. John, toshield your neglect and haste under that expres sion. Some one says, that every man is the architect of his own fortune, and if yoa would only grow careful and prompt, yoa would not complain so often of ill lack." They are a great many Johns in the world, and 1 hope they will remember this too. The Magic of Silence. You have of ten beard "it takes two to make a quarrel." Do yon believe it T I'll tell you how one of my little friends man- Aged. Home never came to see Mar- jone that there was not a quarrel. Mar jorie tried to stieak gently, but no mat ter how bard she tried, Dolly made ber so angry that she soon would speak sharp words too. "Oh, what shall I do f' cried poor little Marjorie. "Suppose yoa try this plan," said her mamma; the next time Dolly comes in, seat yourself in front of the fire and take the tongs in your hand. When ever a sharp word comes from Dolly, . 1 . 1 : . t . I. genuy snap ute touirs wimout speaa iug a word." Soon afterward in marched Dolly to see her little menu. It was not a quarter of An bonr before Dolly's temper was raffled and her voice was raised. And as usual she be gan to find fault And scold. Marjoire tied to the heArth And seized the tongs. snapping them gently. More Angry words from Dolly. Snap. by don t yoa speak I" cried Dolly, in a fury. Soap went the tongs. "Speak " said she. bdad was the only Answer. I ll never, never come Agaiu, never !" cried Dolly. Away she went. Did she keep her promise I No indeed. She came the next day. but seeing Marjorie run ror the tongs, she solemnly said ll sue would only let them alone, they would quarrel uo more forever And ever. Jvhnny'iCoMpotition.-Oart. th Air wax a loy woodent mind hiz payronuj, And vn eee what bee am ov him. His kine father and mother, which he had one nv each, tried to get him ta have his fotygraff taken to remember him by wen he grode up, but wen the pickter man pointed the kimera obscurity at him, he got skeered and jumped down and run off an plaid in the water an got the knowmouia and died, so hiz folks don't know tha ever had a little boy enny more. This mAiks me eri to tbink nv it. If he wood set still An let Mr. Hayfle taik him, be wood now be a old grA heded nutn which we is Downed to respeck wether tha got Any sense or not. some ole codjers don t kno enny thing cent what tha dun wen tha wnz a bov wich I don't beleeve ever hap- pined. Bat this other boy I knode mi self an it is troo. I wood not live al wais, bat i want to gro np an be a de- kin furst, so i obey my payrenta; ana git Hayfle to take my pickter, an my days are gettin longer in the land. Johnny. "-Vo, dolly." said a little) girl to her chinA baby, as she was going out, "I tan't take 'on down town 'id me 'oa ain't dot no Yin-back !' " cries iBveatleas. The great American inventions, whk-h have been adopted all over the world, are the following: 1. The cotton gin without which the machine spinner and the power loom would be helpless, z. The planing machine. 3. The grass mower and grain reaper. 4. The rotary printing press. 5. Navigation by steam . The hot-Air (caloric) engine. 7. The sewing machlu?. 8. The India-rubber industry. 9. The machine manufacture cation by Henry and Morse. 15. The only successful composing machine for printers, IXWS 21 BRUT California has 140,000 marriageable girls. The London police force consists of 9,293 men. Iowa City is to have a new butter factory which is to be run by steam. You can ride all day in Arizona and not see a baldheaded man or any other man. The uniform of the Shelbyvllle (Tenn.) militia company is blue and gray, mixed. Senator Anthony owns two-thirds of the Providence Journal, which cleared $70,000 last year. Foxes are so plentiful in the vicin ity of Richmond, Ind., that they are sometimes seen in the streets. Twenty-five hundred men and 2j0 teams are at work on the construction of the Southern Pacific railway. Two hundred and fifty fishing smacks are constantly employed sup plying Fulton market, New York. Joseph Foster, who recently died at Keene, N. II., made the first reed organ ever used in the United States. A narrow gauge railroad is to be constructed from Shelburne Falls to North Troy, Vt., a distance of 246 miles. The Michigan University has, in the first quarter of the college year, eleven hundred and ninety-three students. The Government receipts last year were $288,000,000, and the expendi tures $274,000,000, showing A surplus of $14,000,000. Von Moltke says Generals Sherman. McClellan, Lee and Johnston were the only real geniuses of the late war in the'United States. Twenty-flve thousand pounds of grape sugar are manufactured in Dav enport, Iowa, every week, and a ready, sale is found for it. Josh Billings' alminax have brought in $30,000 to the publishers iu a few years, though the price for a single number is 25 cents. There are said to be 1,000,000 bees in California. There may be one more or less, but for ordinary stinging he wouldn't be missed. Pittsburg is going to erect a monu ment in memory of the author of "Old Dog Tray." The organ grinders should contribute liberally. The Detroit Fret Prts figures that a political speech four hours long, with a brass band, etc., changes exretly 1, 556,784 votes to the other side. An Indianapolis philanthropist dis tributes a barrel of apples to the jail prisoners every day, and wishes he could live near the jieniteutiary. . An old resident of Portland, Me., has selected a rock, weighiiig forty tons as a monument for himself, and will have it placed in Forest Hill Cemetery. Increase Mather wrote 88 books, and Cotton Mather wrote 387. In their stormy times there were no big daily newspapers to write communications to. A subterranean passage is being constructed leading from the county jail in Indianaolis to the new court house, through which prisoners are to be taken. Sewing has been taught iu the public schools of Boston, for 23 years, and it is just now discovered that it is illegal to exieiid public money for that purpose. , Mr. B. F. Buck, of Clayton, Lena wee county, Mich., recently killed a genuine porcupine weighing 18 pounds and measuring 2 feet ! inches. Some of the quills were three inches long. It is related of a Wisconsin editor that he appemkxl to his notice of a con cert by the Mendelssohn (juiutet club the statement that Mr. Mendelssohn himself would jiositively appear In a solo. Three railroads have been ordered to Ik sold in Iowa by decree of court within as many weeks. If things go on in this way no person in Iowa w ill be respectable unless he owns a rail road. Hon. Gideon Welles is hale and hearty, and appears to bear lightly his seventy odd years. He lives In a de- ightfiit part of Hartford and sur rounded by all the comforts and luxu ries of life. William Cullen Bryant. Whitelaw Reld, and George William Curtis, will again he the judges of the intercollegi ate oratorical contest which take place at the New York Academy of Manic, January 4. Mr. Wvlie. the noted checker player, has just finished a trial of his powers at Kutland, Vt., where be won one hundred and fifty-seven games and lost only one. lweuty-rour games were drawn. Springfield, Vt,, has a co-operative factory. The forty-five people live al together in one house. Men are re- iiured to save one-fourth their wages and women one sixth. The capital in creases $5,000 a year. There is a two-faced pig at Waco, Texas, preserved in alcohol by the Ex aminer man. It has two heads, two tongnes, two separate and distinct sets of teeth, and three eyes, one being In the middle of the forehead. The boundary line in the farTforth- west is being marked by cast-iron pil lars, 8 feet high, set in the ground 4 feet, at distances of a mile from each other. The English and American Governments set the posts alternately. There are 1,703 fewer saloons in Michigan than there were a year ago. Michigan whisky Is too- much like vaulting ambition, that o'erleaps itself. It kills the consumer too soon, and thus cuts off the demand and ruins the busi ness. Africa annually consumes 100,000 bottles of champagne; Spain, 3U0,0(K Belgium, 500,000; Italy, ouo.ow; Hol land, tiOU.000; Germany, 1,500,000; En g- laml, 6,000,000; Kussia' 2,000,000; France, 2,000.000, and North America, 10,000,000. General W. J. Washburn, of Min neapolis, Minn made an assignment of all his property for the benefit of his creditors a year ago, and now the as signees, after paying all debts in full. have restored to tne uenerai assets u the amount of $300,000. If a man must fail, that's the way to do it. It is not generally known that Uie Treasury department employs two learned and skilful cnemists, one oi whom is constantly engaged In fabrica ting indelible inks, while the other de votes his talents to wAhing out the inks, and, thus far, chemistry has de vised no ink which chemistry cannot efface. A one-armed employe of the car works at Jeffersonville, Ind., has in vented a combination, knife and fork for the use ef people with only arm. This is very desirable, but if he would invent a knife which would cut a man's throat every time he attempted to shovel food into his month with it, he would be conferring an everlasting benefit upon people with sensitive feelings oa this point. 1 . 1 i f r I i I' ll t I ..b . aa? iaksasSJta&OM
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