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B. F. SCHWEIER,
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Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXX.
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MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., JANUARY 19. 1S7G.
NO. 3.
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TWO CHRISTIANS.
Two Cbrietiana traveled down a road, '
Who wired the world with difeieo area ;
Tba one m pleased with aarth'a abode, ..
The other longing for the akiea.
Fur one. the heavens were ao Una,
They fiil'd hie numfwitb fancies fool ;
The other eyes kept piercing through
Only for that which liee beyond.
For km, enchanting wen the tree.
The rtintance waa divinely dim.
The birda that flattered on the breeze
Nodded their prettj heada for him.
The other actively aaw the So wen.
And never knew the treea war grand ;
Be did not count the lays and boon.
Till ha might reach the promised land.
And one a little kind career
Would to a tender rapture move ;
He only oped hia lipa to bleaa
The God who gave him thinga to tore.
The other Journeyed on hie way,
Afraid to handle or to touch ;
He only oped hia lipa to pray
Ha might not lore a thing too much.
Which waa the beat . Decide who can.
Tet why aboold wa decide twixt them ?
Wa may approve the mournful man.
Nor jet the Joyful man condemn.
He ia a Christian who haa found
That earth, aa well as heaven, ia sweet,
Nor leaa ia ha who. heaven-bound,
Haa apnrn'd the earth beneath hia feet
Good Word.
Caught In His Own Trap.
"Confound the boy! what doe he
UK-am? Does he think I am going to be
a father to uiin, and ilot be obeyed as a
father? Does he think I'm going to
give him my money to ciend in busi
ness, and take only ingratitude in re
turn! What can the young dog be
thinking of? Plague the youngster!
What business ha lie to go and fall in
love with a poor piece of trash ? I'll fix
him! I'll but here come the rascal,
tiie spurner of my counsels !"
And as Captain Jerry Pieman thus
spoke, he sank into a great stuffed chair,
and looked daggers; and twice lie
stamiied his dumpy foot vehemently to
keep up his stern purpose, lie was a
round-bellied, red-cheeked bachelor,
just five-ami -forty. Most of his life he
had spent at sea, and had lately settled
down ashore with an immense fortune,
for the purpose of euioyiiig the rest ol
his lavs "after his owu heart," as he
expressed it. His pare was just large
enough to carry his jolly face high up
over his brow, but vet lie had a good
quantity of dark etirfs clustering about
his short, fat neck. The only near rela-
tive he had in the lower world was
Jack Kendall, an only child of his only
sister. Jerry Pieman had loved his
sister fondly, and when she died, she
was a widow then she left a prayer
upon record that her brother would care
for her orphan boy. And Uncle Jerry
had done it faithfully, For ten years
he had provided for his nephew, keep
ing him at one ot the best schools for a
while, and then paying his way through
college. But now' that he had settled
down in a home, he had Jack come and
live with Mm.
"Ah, you are here, are you ?'' growled
the uncle, looking up with a dagger-like
expression.
Jack Kendall w as twenty-three, some
what taller than his uncle, but with the
same family look. He was a handsome,
good-natured, generous, affectionate fel
low, and loved his uncle Jerry with his
whole soul.
"Yes, uncle, I am here," he replied,
taking a seat, "and I know you are glad
to see me."
"Aye, I am glad, for I have something
to say to you, the bachelor resumed,
looking more daggers. "Have you seen
that baggage again ?"
"Baggage, uncle?"
'Baggage, sir. I said baggage. Have
you seen her?"
"Her, tincle? Baggage? Her? Why
what do you mean ?"
m'Va. L . u- - m-lit I niA.fi
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h.neron-that-that baViraae-tliat
that irirl !
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Oh. vou mean Lizzie Brown. The
srirl that"
Thinks to catch you, ami thus catch
my money!" interrupted lncle Jerry,
emphatically.
"It is hanllv fair to sav that, uncle,
seeing that I made all the advances my
self.
"Xonsense, don't you suppose I know ?
I sav she set the trap lor ye: But
won't have it. if lm to be a father to
ye, you must obey me. Xow I've got
vou "a good chance. ' I want you to
marry Susan Garland."
"But she's a widow, tincle."
"So much the better. She'll know
how to make a home ye."
"And she's older than I by a dozen
vears."
"Just five years. She's only twenty-
eight. It's all the betteror that.
'But I can't love her."
Can't love her!" cried the uncle,
looking an immense number of very
sharp-pointed daggers. '"Can't love
Susan Garland ! Can't love the woman
who was the wife of the most faithful
friend I ever had ! Let me tell you, sir,
that when the Gazelle was cast upon the
rocks of Barnegat. Bill Garland saved
iny life aud lost his own. He died in
these arms, sir, and the last words he
ever said to me were, Be kind to my
ioor Susan, and I will be kind to her,"
the captain added, wiping a big tear
from his cheek. "I'll give her a hus
land a graceless husband, jierhaps
but who shall have money enough to
keep us above w ant. You shall marry
her, sir."
"But suppose I should refuse?"
"Refuse! refuse your uncle! You
dare not do it, sir! I'll turn you out of
doors in an instant ! 111 see you starve
liefore I'll give you another penny. I'll
take away all I ever did give you.
"Ah, you couldn't do .tnat, uncle.
The education I have gained underjyour
noble, generous patronage, is a mine of
wealth, of which you caiftiot rob me;
and I would not to-day exchange it for
all the wealth you ever possessed. 1
can live by my own wits."
"Aha! you threaten me, do you ? You
mean to rebel, do you ? You mean to
disoliey me outright."
'You do not understand me, uncle.
Yon surely would not force me to be- i
lie my own heart. If you could but
know Lizzie Brown "
"Lizzie Fiddlestick ! I don't want to
know her. I know Susan Garland, and
that is enough. I've had this plan fixed
ever since I came home. 1 promised
Bill I'd take care of her, and I must do
it; and hew can I do it if you don't let
me have her for a niece?"
"Why not have her for a wife?"
asked Jack, quietly.
"Wife me! Why, you young ras
l! what do you mean? Me marry!
Zounds! Lo you think I am crazy ? I
am old enough to be her father."
"Only seventeen years, iincie Just
enough to Kive you character as a bus
hand." "Silence, villain. Would you have
"I make tooi f mvself, just as 1 am
settling down for comfort aud quiet?
Iint you dare mention such a thing
aga;a. I shall go and see Susan to
morrow, and shall tell her you will have
lier. That's enough. I won't hear
any wore. By the big fish, I'll keep my
promise;
Jack knew it would be useless to say
any more at present, so he held his peace.
i muni uarianu lias oeen ms uncle s
first mate during his last two voyages,
anu tue aptain not only liked linn
much, but also thought much of Susan,
having stopped at her home while her
husband was living. When Captain
Jerry came home with the care of the
widow upon his shoulders, be had hit
Uon the happy expedient of niakiug
ner his niece or marriage, and thus
having the right to care for ber without
exciting scandal. Jack knew how his
uncle had cherished this plan, and he
feared it would be hard to thwart him.
The old fellow was as stubborn as he
was kind-hearted, and where he felt he
had authority he would not yield
Finally Jack retired to ponder upon
the subject, and before dark he resolved
to see the widow in advance of his
uncle, and he went that very evening,
Susan Garland was a very pretty
woman, witn a plump lorui. and
dimpled, cheerful face, over which the
sweet, genial smiles were continually
playing when she was happy, She bad
been alone two years. Sue welcomed
Jack kindly, and after some common
place remarks the young man came to
tne point, lie related the conversation
which passed between himself and his
uncle that afternoon, and expressed the
nope that she would help him.
'Surely you would not wisu'to take
me from the being I love," he said
Of course not," the widow replied.
with an earnest smile. "I should be
decidedly opposed to anv such thing,
know Lizzie well, and 1 know, too, that
she win make you a good wife. i ou
may depend upon my assistance, for I
can tell your uncle that I won't, and
that will be the end of it. '
They chatted a while longer, and then
Jack took his leave.
"He will be here to-morrow forenoon"
the young man said, as he reached the
aoor-stoue.
"I shall be ready for him," was the
reply, and a funny light twinkled in the
widow a eyes as she said so,
About 11 o'clock on the following dav
Lncle Jerry called upon the widow.
She had left off her weeds, and now
appeared fresh and fair as a maid of six
teen. She welcomed the captain with
one of her sweetest smiles, and Anally
took a seat close beside him. Br a dex
terous turn she got him engaged in re
lating wonderful stories or bis adven
tures at sea, and thus an hour slipped
away. Of course he must now stop to
dinner.
"Oh, no, I must go liome to dinner,"
said he. "But before I go, I have a
little business matter to touch upon."
"Then yon must wait, sir," pro
nounced the widow decisively. "It is
my dinner hour, and I must prepare it.
Wait and eat with me, and then I'll
listen."
And with this Susan drew out the
table, spread the snow-white table-cloth
and soon had the dishes in their places.
She finally went away to the kitchen,
and soon the captain heard the pots and
kettles rattling, the meat spluttering,
and a brisk culinary racket going ou
generally.
Egad," the old fellow muttered to
himself, "she's a splendid craft. What
a clean build. If I had come across
such a woman years ago, I believe I
should have made a fool of myself."
In due time the dinner made its
appearance, and the captain was invited
to partake of it.
"Xow make yourself at home," the
widow said, with a charming smile;
"for I look upon you as one of the dearest
friends I have."
"Egad, if she ain't a beauty," Uncle
Jerry said to himself, as he moved up
to the table.
The lamb chops were done as the cap
tain had never seen them done before.
So juicy, so rich, so delicately spiced
and so splendidlv cooked. And then
the little rt rrtera. and the pies, and the
cake, and the rich golden coffee. But
above all he was entranced hv the bright
?ral,e "nd Prkling wit of his fair
hostess.
"Zounds!" he muttered, while she
was gone away with the dishes, "ain't
she ('harming? T
Finally the widow came and sat down
by the side of the captain upon the sofa.
Her dimpled cheeks were all aglow ; her
bright eyes sparkling with a beaming
lustre; and over her white shoulder
flowed a wavy, curling tress, which
trembled ever aud anon, as though there
were some strange emotion in the bosom
beneath it.
"Xow, sir," she said, "I am ready to
listen."
"Well well," Uncle Jerry managed
to sav, after a prodigious effort at clear
ing his throat, "vou must pardon me if
1 come right to the point."
"Of course."
"Then here it is you know I promised
Bill that is Bill Garland my old
mate or I should say my young mate
that I would look a'fter you care lor
you; you know that."
"Yes, sir," continued Susan, with a
grateful look: "I know that. and I have
blessed you many times for your kind
ness to poor me. Alas: Idou tkuow
what I should have done but for your
generous bounty."
"Tut, tut, don't talk so. How could I
help being good to you ?"
"Ah, but everybody don't have hearts
like yours.
The captain rather liked the compli
ment; and then it came from an agree
able source, too. So be did not dispute
it. But he made another prodigious
effort to clear his throat, and then said :
"1 have tried to be good to vou. Susan
and 1 hope 1 have been ; but 1 can't do
all I want to do for you at present. I
am coming right to the point now."
(Another clearing of the throat.) x ou
know vou are a widow."
She did know it.
"And vou know you are yet young
and very beautiful.'
"Ob, no! not Deautitui; ana surety
not very young."
"But you are not oiu, anu you are
beautiful. Xow tills wou't do. Scandal
will rem h vou. I ahem am not so
old mvseif but that the shaft of scandal
might reach me, too."
"You old?" uttered Susan, looking
up reprovinglv, and yet admiringly.
"Whv, vou are right in the very prime
of manhood. A man at your age, anu
with your genial, happy disposition, has
Just reached the dawn of life at five and
forty."
Uncle Jerry rather liked this, so he
did not contradict it, as he had at first a
will to do.
"Then, of course," he returned, ap
plying the compliment to bis own pur
pose, "it is still more necessary that
there should be a new and nearer rela
tion between us. I love you too well to
have a single breath of suspicion rest
upon you. Would you object to such a
relation ?" , '
The widow's long lashes drooped, and
the dark tresses upon her bosom trembled
perceptibly. . ...
"If it is your isb, sir, I should have
no opposition to make," she said.
1 - ... i r ...1.1. ..m '
'Ana you II come ami n vr u .-
"Yes."
"And we'll be as happy as kings!"
"Oil, I should lie very baopy," sh"
liispered ; and as she did so, her head
rested upon the captain's shoulder, and
the bright tress fell npon his baud, with
several tear-jewels glittering amid its
curls.
"What a time we'll have!" Uncle
Jerry cried, winding his arm about her
plump form, and drawing her more
closely to him. "When vou are Jack's
wife, we'll
"Jack!" repeated Susan, .breaking
from his embrace, and springing to her
feet. " Jack's wife ! " she tittered,
dashing the tears from her eyes.
"Why, bless me, yes."
"Ami you have meant for me to marry
him?"
"Lord bless me, who should I mean?"
"And do you suppose I'd marry with
a mere boy r Are there not girls enough
for the youngster? Sir, you mistake me
you mistake my heart, you mistake
my love, if you think 1 could give my
heart to your nephew."
"But bless me ahem a-h-hem Jack
is-"
"I know, sir I know Mm well. He
is a fine youth, a worthy youth, and may
be a noble man if he lives long enough.
But I can say no more. I am sorry to
disappoint you. I am am deeply
gratified for all your kindness to me,
aud I will pray to God for his blessing
upon you continually. But we bad
better part now. You have spoken my
doom. Farewell !"
"But Susan. Here! Slop! Bless me!"
Susan did not stop, and Uncle Jerry
found himself alone. He said "Bless
my soul!" forty-three times, and then
left the house. All the way home he
muttered to himself ; and when he met
Jack at the supper-table he was moody
and silent. When he went np to his
chamber he commenced to mutteragain ;
and be kept on muttering and pondering
till he fell asleep. Finally he began to
dream. He dreamed that Susan Garland
became his wife, and be held her to bis
bosom and wondered that he could ever
have thought of such a foolish thing as
allowing Jack to have her. But as he
held her thus, who should appear In the
nuptial chamber, but Bill Garland, pale
and cold, with sea weed for hair, and
dark green ocean moss for raiment!
And the cadaverous presence said, '"Give
me my wife!" The dreamer awoke
with a sharp err of fear, and found the
suulight streaming into his room. He
arose and sat down by the window, and
finallr lie said, in a deep, fervent tone
"Thank xl; Bill Garland hasn't
come back J",
For three whole davs. Uncle Jerrv
was like a newly converted sinner. He
could not eat, he could not read, he could
not sleep, and the burden of his re
marks to Jack was :
"Clear out, you rascal !"
On the evening of the third day the
captain made an extraordinary toilet,
and then went up to see Susan Garland.
She welcomed him with a warm greet
ing, and finally, at his particular re
quest, sat down br his side upon the
sofa just as she sat before.
"Susan," said he he spoke bluntlv.
for his courage and determination had
been duly brought up to the sticking
point before he started ''you said the
other day that you should be very happy
to come and live with me. Did vou
mean that you would be willing to be
come my wife?"
There were a dozen tresses upon that
white shoulder now. and they shook
like aspens.
That s a curious question, sir, she
replied.
t, . . ,, , . . ... i
that?"
"If I mistook your meaning, sir, you
have no right to question mine."
"But, Lord bless me ! suppose I should
ask yon to become my wife? Answer
me that."
You never did ask me, sir."
"Then by the car of old Xeptnne, I
ask you now. Susan Garland, will you
be my wife?"
"Jerry Pieman I will !"
"What!" cried the captain, starting
back, and gazing into her blushing, tear
w et face, "do you mean that you can
love an old man like me that you can
love me always?"
"You are not old, and as for loving
yon, I have loved you for a long while;
and if you take me for a wife, I'll love
and bless you to my dying hour!"
"Then come here ! Come here, Susan !
Come right here; and if I ever cease to
love vou. to cherish you, and to lie true
to you, may may that sea-weed ghost
come back :
About ten minutes after this Uncle
Jerry made the following very sensible
remark:
"Why, bless my soul! we are acting
like two Tools .
The widow only smiled and said :
"Two very happy ones, ain't we?"
And Jerry said:
"Bless my soul- -we are !"
On the following day Jack happened
to pass near the widow's house, and he
dropped in. In a few moments he was
the happiest fellow imaginable.
"But," said Susan, earnestly, "don't
misunderstand me. I have loved vour
uncle loved him well and truly, and I
believe he loved me, but dared not say
so. Had it not been thus, I could not
have done this. I would have helped
you all the same,- by simply and flatly
refusing you, but I could not have toyed
or trifled with him. He is a good man,
Jack a good man."
"So be is," said Jack. And then Jack
went home.
The youth found his uncle in the
library, readings book said book being
bottom end up. He sat down and peejied
wickedly out of his eyes, while an ill
mannered smile kept playing around
the corners of his mouth.
"What are you winking and blinking,
and squinting and grinning at, you
young dog?" asked the old captain,
with tremendous ferocity.
"I was th inki ng of a story I once read,'
replied Jack, quietly.
'A story, eh ? What is it, you scape
grace?" "I'll tell yon, uncle," said the nephew
with the smile and the twinkle more
wicked than ever. It was a very funny
thing it is the funniest thing I ever
heard of. A man once went to set a
trap in which to catch a very respect
able and honorable young friend of bis.
He had got the trap all nicely set as ne
supitosed, when what do you think?"
" v nen, wnat, you graceless rascal r
"Why, uncle, when the tiling was all
fixed, there was the fuunlest thing hap
pened you ever heard of. Instead of
catching his respectable, high-minded
young trieod, tne old leiiow got canned
himself. In fact he got caught iu his
own trap. V asu't it
"Get out of my house, you young
scamp out with you, you reprobate!"
But, uncle, wnen i come race,
mayn't I bring Lizzie with roe, and
see and participate in your new and
deep felicity?"
It von 11 oe decent, yon aanng
young villain, you may bring the queen
of slatterns herself; but beware how
you offend me ! 1 can t bear everything
and 1 won't! 1 wou't put up with it:
I'll I'll kick you out of doors, you
ungrateful traitor!"
After this effervescence, Uncle Jerry's
soul settled down to a clear, placid j
,lm and when lizzie Brown finallr
I appeared before him, he actually kissed
her, ami said she was just the girl for
his rase illy nephew.
And, in a few weeks thereafter. Uncle
Jerry had a wedding party. He was
married first, and theu sat down ami
saw Jack married.
"There," said the happy old fellow,
after the thing was all over, as he ap
proached his nephew and handed him a
paper, "there is something to make op
for the loss you have sustained in letting
me rob vou of the best woman In the
world."
Jack opened the missive and read it
with tears in his eyes, for it was a certi
fied check for twenty-five thousand dol
lars, with a little note attached, saying
that if he behaved himself he might at
some Ornire time have more.
C-bIm
aiMra.
There are many carious ceremonies
nd observance connected with
child's early years, which it would be
impossible to describe in detail. The
following are among the more note
worthy aud iin)Krtaut: When the baby
is a month old its head is shaved for the
first time, and on this occasion a thank
offering ia made to a certain goddess ;
at the end of the fourth a family feast
takes place, and the maternal grand
mother is expected to make handsome
presents, including a species of chair
for the child's use; at the end of a year
there are more thank-offerings, more
feasts, and more presents; still later
on there is tne quaint
ceremonv of
passing through the door." These
and similar fauiilv customs have con
stantly to be observed until the child
"goes ont of childhood," an event
which takes place usually, though not
necessarily at the age of sixteen ;
at this period the child becomes an
adnlt. aud is expected to put away
childish things. But although sons be
come men at this early age, they are
by no means exempted from parental
authority, for, unless they happen to
be in the service of the state, when the
Emperor takes the place of their pa-
rruin, mey are oouuu io yieiu implicit
obedience to their fathers as long as
they live. The same rule, of co irte,
will be understood to apply with even
greater force in the case of daughters.
This is the strict theory of Chinese
customs, but the practice of every-day
lite is necessarily not quite consistent
with it. In cases of extremely nntilial
behavior, it sometimes, though not of
ten, happens that parents cite their
children before the magistrates and
get them punished. Cases of parricide
and matricide are treated in a very
strange manner among the Chiuese, for
the murderers are not only beheaded,
but cut up in to little pieces; their
houses are pulled down aud the foun
dations dug np ; punishment is even
indicted npon their neighbors, and the
very officials are degraded on account
of such horrible crimes having happened
within their jurisdiction. In reference
to some of the matters of which we have
just been speaking, it will not he with
out interest to notice what is laid down
in regard to the various stages of a
man's life in the Book of Kites, a work
which is held in the highest esteem by
the Chinese. From birth till 10 yeais
old, it is said, man is called a child, and
then begins to learn ; till 20 he is called
a youth, and is then capped; to 30,be is
in bis manhood, and may marry ; at 40,
he is of full strength, and may enter
the magistracy ; at 50. he becomes gray,
and may serve in the highest offices of
state ; at 60, he becomes advanced in
years, and may direct affairs; at 70, he
becomes an old man, and may retire
from the cares of public life ; at 80 and
SO. he becomes infirm and forgetful.
I Till
a m
, the child is an object of com pa s-
and 80 are not liable to punishment
when guilty of crimes. hen a mau
reaches 100 years, then he must be fed.
Sunday Magazine.
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Ski we a awe
Hlwta.
Frwetleal
Seal skin is pretty stuff. I can't deny,
and the man who had charge of the
work told us a nice story about its prep
aration. The skins are sent to the man
ufacturer packed in salt, and are first
of all washed, and then carefully freed
from all the fat that remains on the
flesh side. Then they are washed once
more, and after the grease and water
have been removed by a knife, they
are tacked on frames to keep them
smooth and carefully dried. After
another washing the fur is dried by
stove heat, the tielt being kept moist,
and then the picker puts the warm skin
on a beam, and removes the main coat
of hair with a dull shoe knife, being
careful to pull the hair without bieak
iog it ; after doing this thoroughly, he
goes over the skin again with another
knife and removes all the fine hairs,
not touching the for, dries the skin,
then dampens it on the pelt side, and
shaves it to an even surface. Then
the skins are stretched and worked
and dried, and are then softened in a
fulling-mill or sometimes trodden ont.
1 be wotkman Dings them into a hogs
bead from which one head has been
removed, puts in a little tine saw-dust
to absorb the grease, and dances on
them to break them into leather. After
this they are dyed, ten or twelve coats
being the usual number, and thev are
washed once more and the far is dried,
the nelt being left moist. Still they
are not ready to be made np, and so
tbey are shaved again and dried and
worked and softened in a hogshead.
and then run in a revolving cylinder
with tine saw-dust to clean them.
lAve-Mtwrlew.
For the average man and women a
true love-story never loses its charm.
Do we not like to live over again the
pleasures and the romances of our own
voutb. whether in the pages of printed
nooks or in tboseever-fresh voluuies.the
lives of our children I It ts a mistake
to let go our hold on any of the eas'ly
attained pleasures of life ; and of them
all what so easy of attainment as
books tit argues, indeed, a mind both
selfish and narrow, no matter with how
many historical facts it may be stored,
to lose interest in tlieold.evernew love
story with which the heart of the world
beats for ever. It is a lovely story too
the loveliest in the world.' The sky
is bluer, the flowers are more fair, and
the fields wear a softer green, when the
light of this one supreme experience
transfigures them. It was divine in its
day, for each of us in his tnrn ; and the
tales that recall the ancient rapture are
not without their charm tot the eves
that read them through the spectacles
of old age.
Iwrtjr Befwrw Perwow.
The following anecdote we recom
mend to the attention of our readers :
John Randolph's prejudices were so
bitter that wheu an enemy to whom he
had not spoken for years, was nomina
ted for some office, no one thought
Kandoiph would vote tor him, though
of the same party. In those days vot
ing was rin race, and when Randolph
name was called he cast his vote dis
tinctly for the party candidate. This
astonished everybody, and the candi
date himself was so agreeably surprised
that he hopped down from the stand
and thanked him for his vote. "I never
voted for you sir," replied the irascible
Randolph. "Why," said the candidate
"I certainly heard you pronounce mv
name at the ballot Iwx." 4Oh, ye,
said Randolph, "1 used your name, sir
1 used vour name; but I did not vote
for you ; voted for my party !
Til Tlrtwee er ailewee.
In instances, and many might be men
tioned. silence is chiefly used as a pro
tective power, and that is no doubt its
most obvious, though by no means its
only use. In former davs the Fellows
of Trinity College, Dublin, were for
bidden bv statute to marry; but the
violation of the rule, which in fact thev
seldom observed, was connived at so
long as they maintained a discreet re
ticence on their connubial arrangements.
aud their wives bore their maiden names
in public. One of these wedded celi
bates was asked by a friend, who had
been much perplexed ou discovering the
state of the case, how he managed to
hold bis fellowship. "My dear sir,"
was the reply, "a man can hold any
thing who can hold his tongue." It
follows, of course, that a man who
wears his heart on his sleeve will let
everything slip through his finger'.
This gift o' silence is characteristic ot
the "canny" Scot. A Scotchman will
never "tell a lee," but he will make it
next to impossible for you to discover
what he wishes to conceal. The surgi
cal operation which is said to be so requi
site for getting a joke into him is equally
required for getting anything out of
biin when he prelers, as he very fre
quently does prefer, to keep his own
counsel. He is an adept at beating aliout
the bush, v. Inch is another way of say
ing that he knows how to bold his
tongue. But silence is not merely a
protective power. If it often serves to
conceal what there might be an indis
cretion in betraying, it may also prove
positive means of influence
The
Greeks thought it so dilllcult to "sneak
good-omened words that they used the
phrase as equivalent to what the Romans
more directly termed a "sacred silence."
And, great as is the repute which their
philosophers, oratots and poets have
won by their writings, it is difficult to
determine how much of the stiil grander
reputation of Socrates is due to his hav
ing written nothing. In one sense
certainly he was the reverse of silent,
but he did not commit his thoughts to
paper, and he has been credited we do
not say undeservedly with more than
the highest wisdom of those who under
took to report his utterances,, while
their weaknesses are attributed to them
selves. How much gain of influences
and reputatiou in ordinary life is due
to a judicious silence. We have all heard
of Lord Thurlow's awful noil, but there
are other professions than the law here
a sententious silence has proved the se
cret of success. How many medical
reputations have been built on a capa
city for looking wise and saying noth
ing! A doctor who knows bow to
insinuate by tone and face and gesture
his perfect command of the situation,
without committing himself to specific
assertions, may make a little skill go a
long way, aud may even make serious
mistakes with impunity. It does not
seem so eay for a preacher to trade upon
his capacity of reserve, yet even in the
clerical profession many have gained
the reputation of profound divines and
able guides in the spiritual life bv a
judicious management of platitudes. Xor
would it oe naru to snow, on tne other
hand, bow lofty reputations and bril
liant prospects have been blighted by
too open-mouthed frankness. It matters
little what opinions an aspirant for poli
tical or clerical promotion may hold, so
long as he understands wheu to hold
his tongue about them; but a single
slip may mar a whole caieer.
atawtMage wad a Ckeae AatwnanJwa.
So far as we know, no really auto
matic player of games of skill has yet
been constructed. Babbage devised a
machine for playing the lively game
called "noughts and crosses," 'which,
however, can hardly be called a game
of skill. But it is noteworthy that
Babbage believed in the possibility of
making a really automatic chess player.
His reasoning was sound, so far as ab
stract possibility is concerned ; though
he certainly did not succeed iu showing
how the feat was practicady to be ac
complished. The argument for the the
oretical possibility may be thus presen
ted : A chess-board has sixty-four
squares and there are thirty-two men.
Hence, the actual number of arrange
ments of the men Is limited, aud would
be so even if each man might stand on
any square, ami if there could lie any
disproportion between the two forces
in poiut of numlier. Bur in reality the
number of possible positions is consid
erably reduced by the peculiarities be
longing to the nature of the game.
Thus, a pawn never stands either on
the first or eighth rank, while many
positions in which the piece might be
set up cannot possibly be brought about
in actual play. For example, a jiosi
tion in which a bishop is anywhere ex
cept at bis own square, while the two
pawns which prevent bis leaving that
square are unmoved, is impossible in
actual play, and there are many other
positions which cannot result in a real
game, tven, however, with all such
deductions the number of possible po
sitions must be counted by millions.
Xow, suppose we take any position
whatever, and that it is white's turn to
play. There must be some move which
is better for him than any other, or to
be more exact which is not surpassed
in strength by any other move. And
It must be possible, by playing a sntli
cient number of games from that posi
tiou, to find out w hat that move is. We
say possible, not meaning practicable.
Thousands of games might be played
from that position ; still, if thousands of
players were set to work to go through
these games teriutim, the consequences
of every possible line of play from that
position could be determined with cer
tainty. Xot however, to make the task
of the Inventor more arduous than it
need be, let us simply suppose that any
such selected position - is submitted to
the analysis of twenty players of the
first class. Then, doubtless, either the
very best or, at least, a very effective
move would be found for white. Sup
pose this done in succession for all the
possible positions. (TI.e task of finding
a winning move would be in many cases
exceedingly easy) This done, aud the
results carefully recorded, the bisk of
the mechanician begins. What he has
to do is to provide that on the formation
of any given position by the move of a
black piece, mechanism should be star
ted which would cause the automaton
to make the proper move, already as
signed, for white. This Babbage pro
nounced to be mechanically. feasible.
V'THkill.
Peace la the Fa
ally:
The following excellent rules for pro
viding peace in the family have been
given :
1. Remember that our will Is likely to
be crossed every day, so prepare for it.
3. Evervbody iu the house has an
evil nature as well as ourselves, and
therefore we are not to expect too much.
3. To learn the different temper and
disposition of each Individual.
4. To look on each member or the
family as one for whom we should have
a care.
5. When anv good happens to anv
one to rejoice at it.
6. n hen inclined to give an angr
y
tnw0r tA ftror.MitTi vil m I r K mml
" I
7. If by sickness, pain or infirmity
we feel irritable, to keep a very strict
watch over ourselves.
8. To observe when others are so suf-
fering, to drop a word of kindness and
sympathy to them.
9. To watch for little opportunities
of pleading, and to pot little anuoyances
out of the wav.
10. To take a cheerful view of the
weather aud of everything, and to en
courage hope.
11. lo sMak kindly to the servants;
to praise them for little things when
yon can.
12. In all little pleasures which may
occur; to put self last.
13. To try for "the soft answer which
turneth away wrath."
14. When we have been pained by an
unkind word or deed, to ask ourselves:
"Have I not often done the same and
been forgiven?"
15. In conversation not to exalt our
selves, but to bring others forward.
IB. To be very gentle with the young
ones, ami treat them with respect".
17. Xever to judge one another
liarshlv, but to attribute a good motive
when we can.
Market la a Hawaii ftfanwlete Tow.
The market was held in a tiny, open,
oval space in front of the church, ami
under the shade of two crumbling old
houses, which had once, as the heaw
cout-of-arms over their portals showed.
lieen the riwi of some good SftanLsh
fauiilv. The market consisted of two
stalls; on one lay buuw-l:,, or oil-cakes,
the operation of frying bein then and
tnere carried on by the vendor, and a
few round crakes of coarse bread; ou the
other lay a few shapeless lumps of pork
and a basket ot salted sardines this
last, fried in oil, being almost the piere
d rvxixtaiic of every meal of the Span
ish poor. As in every Spauish market,
the marked feature was the abundance
of succulent, savory vegetables from the
tew neighboring Irrigated gardens. The
Spaniard, whether rich r iioor, is
a vegetarian, vegetables and. fruit form
the staple of his diet. The vegetables
were piled on the ground iu he:i)s, the
women squatting on a rug behind them,
the scales lynirf close at baud. Ile.-i
were bright carrots aud turnips; here
smalt green onions, iull-grown onions,
and garlic; here cow-cabbages of fabu
lous size; here huge Vularn, or
pumpkins, with a skin like the bark of
a gnarled oak-tree, and sold in lumps
of one pound each for two farthings,
the rich deep orange of the flesh look
ing quite luscious; here lay a heap of
the enormous, but tender llmntmn, or
radishes, of Spain; or a heap of fine
Ktatoes, and the bright-colored i-i'miV?-!",
or cai-ietinis. The scene was strik
ing for its simplicity ; even the gentle
men of the town were there, draped in
their abundant c';wtrji, or cir, carry
ing home their tiny bit of meat and
their wealth of vegetables for the day's
consumption. A lew words were ex
changed here and there, but the yltiza
was soon stripicd of its wealth, and as
the last onion was carried off in tri
umph, "clang, clang," went the bell
from the old church tower above ns,
aud we, with some half dozen ladies, in
deep mourning, and five or six men,
went in to join in the early witn, and
ask for a blessing on "the day that lay
before us. TeMj-le lMrr.
Stew Www Kkwald Xwt Saawfce.
1 here are two men who should never
smoke where they can be seen the
little, lean man, aud the handsome.
wen proportioned man. ine large tat
man can smoke publicly with some
propriety. His cigar Scemsasthe glow
ing of the small iutelleet'ial fire within
hi ui. which the waters of his dropsy or
the tricklins of beer through his vast
frame nilht speedily extinguish if there
were no nrti tidal beat and light from
the ouL-lde. I be handsome well pro
iiortioned man alwavs apiiears ridicu
lous in smoking, because the addition
of the tobacco a flection makes him look
ill-balanced and imitative of inferior
men. The little, lean man should never,
under any circumstances, allow him
self to be visible while he is taking his
smoke. A small thin man, with small,
thin legs, smoking on the street in the
early morning, is one of the most dis-
tres.ing Mghis that the human eye can
look iiMn. The iierson behind him is
constantly apprehensive that the fragile
body just ahead is about to evaiorate;
that the small frame mav dissolve ami
ascend in the eiirling ghostly tobacco
smoke; that the little smoker may be
some belated spirit, and that prcsenllv
a faint shriek or a rushing sound will
be heard and the disapjiearauce be ren
dered complete. The tobacco habit Is a
curious aud appalling thing at times,
aud it has its mysterious terrors as w ell
as its trivial annoyain-es. Linitrillt
VuHner-Jimmnl.
Tke Ktwcljr wf Ewallak C'waapMltiww.
The I-ord Chief Justice, in distribu
ting prizes at the Birkbeck In.-tiutioii
the other day, made some seasonable
remarks on the danger of neglecting
our own tongue in our zeal for various
kinds of cull nre. "May I be allowed
to suggest," he said, "that in. the exam
inations English composition has not
quite so prominent a place as it ought
to occupy? Xoone bow with a more
profound ami reverent worship at the
shrine of science than I do; no one
values more highly than I do classical
attainments. .Nevertheless, allow me
to say tiiat 1 know of no study more
valuable to an Englishman than the
study of Englinh. Xothing is more val
uable than the power of English com
position, English oratory and English
elocution ; and greatly as I value clas
sical knowledge and the knowledge of
foreign languages, I still say that the
English language and English couiio
sitiou are of the first importance to
Englishmen." A warning voice such
as this is needed. If the only effect of
the present zeal for education is to ex
tend bad precedents, it w ill bind the
land in educational fetters from which
there will be no after possibility of es
cape. Our educationists should give
more thought to the subjects taught.
L"H-t"H Examiner.
t'rllirls
We should imagine that any person
who has had much to do with the writ
ing or the reading of criticism would be
glad to go to heaven. If it is not one of
the good points of that place of the de
sire of hearts, that it is exempt from the
mortal necessity of forming an instant
opinion npon every subject in nature
aud art, then it is not what It has been
represented to be. The necessity of de
cision as to the intrinsic and relative
merits of all things nnder and aliove the
it it is not a necessity felt only by those
who are associated as critics or creators
with matters of art ; the taint is in the
atmosphere. People in or near the cities,
at least, do not enjoy pictures or books
any more; they form an opinion about
them. The main thought in the mind
of even a young person wheu you put a
book into his band is not, Is it interest
ing and enjoyable? but, What ought,
could, would or should I think about it?
Let us hope that somewhere on the
Western prairies, or dow n among the
V irgiuia mountains, or among the Xew
Jersey pines, there are people who can
read books and look at pictures
k at pictures like
human beings. Srrihner'e Monthly.
The citizens of Xatick propose
erect a monument to Henry Wilson.
lotrrnr colchx.
A Seiitatio Among the FToxvrt.
Dear Jack," writes a little maid, who
signs herself "Kulerbood',' "may I tell
what I an? almost sure happened last
summer?'
"Certainly you may, answers your
iacK.
But the little maid, without waiting
to bear the gracious permission, goes
on :
The roses in the nrettv schoolmis
tress's garden blushed deeply at their
own lnsinincance ; the violets, sorrow
ing. hung their heads: and the snow
white lilies trembled with desnair on
the day the gardener sowed the new
seed witn the big names.
"Oh. dear, dear !" said th rose, "the
gentle schoolmistress will not care for
us plain, old-fashioned flowers anv
mere, after the agrostemmacoeli-roaea
aud tne mnaiuiie jalapa bloom."
"The gardener often writes their
names with capitals, while he begins
mniewiin a nine sain the lily.
ue niignt at least r rencnify yours
wmi au icy- repiiea tne wall-nower
"but I suppose we must inst be nre
pared to accept the unenviable nouirmn
of neglected flowers : no doubt we shall
henceforth .waste our sweetness on the
desert air."
But Summer came, and with it the
blossoms of the fearfully and wonder
fully named agrostemma eoeli-ru:i
and the mirabilis jalapa grandinora.
aiiu aura me ecuooimisiress walked
in the garden, she said :
These weeds are so troublesome;
I w ill pull them up, so that my dear
violets may have more room to rn."
and she threw the agrostemma cocli
rosea superbum over the fence !
Xext she saw the mirabilis laLini
giandittora in full bloom.
'Dear me." she exclaimed. "I wonder
what Hans planted more four o'clocks
for! I bad plenfv in the back a? irden
already. But they are sweet, old-
fashioned flowers, ana I will let them
grow here, if thev don't overrun mv
jewels the roses, lilies, violets and
the dear old wall-flowers."
Then the rose smiled, and the wall
flower sent forth its sweetest fragrance,
the violet peeped ont shyly from its
green leaves, anu the snow-white lily
ur uivo aiivcr iu tue seiUDg sun.
Of. .1 ICHOUIS.
rater Ploff. know a little bov
whose real name we will say is 1'eter
Parsons; but the boys call him Peter
Putoff. because he haa such a way of
puriiug on ootn business and pleasure.
He can learn his lessons well, but he
is almost always at the bottom of his
class, because he has put off learning
ins uisk irom one nour to another nntu
it is too late, He can walk or ran aa
fast as any boy in town ; but if he is sent
on an errand the errand never gea
done in season, because he puts off start
ing irom one minute to another; and
for the same reason he is almost always
late at Renvoi, because he can never lie
made to see that it is drawinir near to
o'clock.
If tetters are given him to post they
never get in in time for the mail : and
if he is to go away by the boat or train.
the wnoie family lias to exert itself to
nurry 1'eter ont of the house, lest he
should defer sarrting nntil the hour be
past.
He procras'inates in his play as in
his woik. He puts off reading his li
brary book until it is time to send it
back ; he waits to join the game till it
ia too late, and generally comes up a
little behindhand for everv thing, from
Monday morning till Saturday night,
and then begins the new week by Ite
ing too late for Church and Sunday
School. Peter is quite conscious of his
own fault, aud means to reform some
time; but be puts off the date of refor
mation so constantly that I fear man
hood and old age. which do not know
bow to put off their seasons, will over
take this boy and find him still only too
worthy of the name of Peter Pntoff.
Chil,l W orld.
A Humming-Bird Story. Summer
betore last, a humming-bird new into
the sittingroom of a lady who loves
birds and flowers very much. She
talked to it in a gentle, pleasant tone ;
but, alter a short call, it Hew away.
Son, ater, it rame again for another
fashionable call.
The third time it rame, it brought its
mate; and they were so well pleased
with their kind reception, that they
continued their visits all through the
snmmer.
How do yon thiuk the lady fed themT
With sweetened water fiom a petunia
blossom, which she held in her hand.
They would sip from it again and again,
ami seemed to relish it greatly.
Daring the winter, of course their
visits ceased: but, in the spring, the
bints again appeared at the window.
The lady ranted it, and in they tie w;
showing as much delight as it was pos
sible for such little things to show.
A few days since, there were no less
than live humming-birds in the room
at one lime. So, it seems, the birds
that rame first told their frieuds where
they would be welcomed, and enter
tained with "refreshments at all hours."
The Alpine ra. The Alpine horn
is an instrument made of the bark of a
cherry tree, and, like a speaking trum
pet, is used to convey sounds to a great
distance. When the last rays of the sun
gild the summit of the Alps, the shep
herd who iuhabil the highest peak of
these mountains takes his horn, and
cries with a loud voice, "Praised be the
Lord. As soon as the neighboring
shepherds hear him, they leave their
huts, and repeat these words. The
sounds are prolonged many minutes,
while the echoes of the rocks repeat the
name of God. Imagination cannot
picture anything more solemn and su
blime than such a scene. Dnring the
silence that succeeds, the shepherds
bend their knees, and pray in the open
air, then repair to their huts to rest.
The sunlight gilding the tops of these
stupendous mountains, upon which the
vault of heaven seems to rest, the mag
nificent scenery around, and the voices
of the shepherds sounding from rock
to rock the praise of the Almighty, fill
the mind of every traveller with en
thusiasm and awe.
""Cause If Sunday." This same lady
waa eu tei taming the Bishop of the State
at her house as he was an old and val
ued friend of the family and was al
ways their guest on the occasion of bis
visitations to the parish.
On Sunday morning after bis arrival
the lady's little son sidled no to him
just after breakfast.
"tsishop ' said be, won Id you like to
look at my piggie book V
"Why, yea,1 replied the church dig
nitary, anxious to please the little fel
low. "Well." whispered the child. "Ill
show it to yon, but yon'll have to look
at it on the sly.canse it's Sunday."
The idea of the "very reverend father
in God" aiding and abetting one of bis
flock in a breach of the Sabbath was so
amusing to the good prelate that, of
course he could not keep the joke to
himself. jienj lark MaiL
As Detroit man was disrsrinir in hU
garden his wife appeared at the door.
and shouted : "Come, you old fraud
coae in to dinner?" Ashe did not
come she opened the door nrettv anon
and yelled: "H-lirt you eominsr to
1 dinner, you blasted" she saw a neigh
to bor iu the garden along with her hu-
band, and finished "old darling you !
IXWS IS BSHT.
Scab root, X. II., has a log house
built In 1038. . .
The Baltimore and Savannah Steam
ship Company is bankrupt.
Shingle-makers take courage ! Vice
President Ferry used to work at the
same trade.
Pronouncing bees" take the place
of spelling schools in the West. They
are pronounced a success.
A seven hundred pound meteorite
found in Gn enland, is on the way to
Philadelphia for the centennial
During the last week of last year, '
there were suspended in this country
and Canada, eleven newspapers.
Among the items of expenditure iu
the United States is the slight one of
$iO0,0OO,OOO annually for iutoxicating
drink.
A Xewburg (X. Y.) female teacher
whipped 35 boys and girls in a row.
the other day, for missing a lesson iu
geographv.
A Massachusetts clergvman re
duced his own salary 1,0W). It is
scarcely necessary to sav that his name
is not given. -
It is estimated tnat 80,000 qnart of
fresh milk aud 4000 quarts of condensed .
milk are consumed daily in Brooklyn, ;
at an expense of about $9000. ,
A Duluth assessor savs it Is posi- '
tivelv amazin? how cheat) nronertv be- :
comes as he passes up or down a street. '
It falls seven per cent, whenever he
enters a house.
Our railways are rapidly destrov- :
ing onr forests, the wood for ties alone :
requiring the leveling of 2.J,0J0 acres i
of forest annually. '
Cleveland, O., gives tramps their '.
choice between leaving the city bv the
shortest road and cleaning the streets
to pay or their meals.
A couple of Bridgeport. Conn.. '
families have built a tweuty-foot hoard
fence between them, so as lo keep from
tearing each other's hair out.
The Lynn shoemakers have revived '
the order of Kuighu of St. Crispiu.am!
called a national convention to revive ;
the order through the U. S. and Canada.
Since the 1st. of Octolier twentv- ;
five deer have been taken on the hills '
of Steuben county, between the Caiiis-
teo and Cohocton rivers, ew ork
state. -
There have been twentv seven '
Speakers of the national House of Ret- .
rescntatives, of w hich Massachusetts i
has had three, Yaroum, Winthrop ami t
ianas. , -r.--.-i
Maj. Gen. Custer, the Indian fighter i
has been visiting Major Barn urn iu
Bridgeport ; and the showman has nre-
sen ted the fighter with a uuiuher of -
English fox hounds. '
It may not be generally known but "
it is nevertheless true, that ex-Speaker
Blaine's ancestors were natives ol" I .un
do n County, Va.. where manv of his
distant relatives reside.
The sheriff at Rochester doesn't :
ask a reiiomination. He refused atiotit
13.000 people permission to see Clark
hung, and he knows that each one
would vote against him.
Judge Cole, of the Supreme Court
of Iowa, has resigned his sent because
the pay Is too small to provide for bis
family and the labor too severe to per
mit him to perform extra work.
There w ill be at least 1,200 French
exhibitors at the Centennial, two-thirds
of whom are Parisian merchants.
Thirty thousand articles of merchan
dise will be forwarded to the Exhibi
tion.
The Inniau steamship comnanv. it
is said, will soon order two yery large
new steamers and will have them built
in this country so as to be able to fly the
stars and stripes in the Centennial
year.
The Catholic Total Abstinence
Union, of Philadelphia, have resolved
not to parade on the 17th of March, but
instead, will make everv effort to render
the parade on the 4th of July next
worthy of the Centennial.
The amount of capital I.ivested iu
manufacturing enterprises in Louis
ville, Ky., is about f-J),00,000; the
number of workmen emnloved Iti.Ono:
the total wages paid S,000,000, and the
annual product 155,000,000.
The Raleigh Sentinel savs there is
a negro Iu that city 100 years old. His ;
name Is John Hunter. He reiuemliers
seeing Tarleron's dragoons passing the
place during the great Xortli Carolina
campaign of the Revolution.
The American members of the 1
Byron memorial committee, at the head
of whom is Mr. Wm. Cullen Brvant.
will receive and acknowledge subscrlu- !
tions of one dollar and upward. About
$500 have already been subscribed here, i
The-rresident of the Boston and '
Providence Railroad has been disco v- '
ered in a freak of ecceutricitv which
has been the occasion of much talk.
Before reducing the wages of the work- '
men on the road he has authorized the
reduction of his own pay.
The H'Ma' Jimrmtl claims that .
women printers were known half a '
century before the Revolution. A wo
man, Margaret Draper, of Boston, con
ducted the first newspaper in America.
ue original Declaration of Indenen- :
denee was printed by Mary Catharine
fJoddaroV ' " -
The Sacramento Vallev Beet Huarar
Company have nearly completed their
manufacture tor the year, having ob
tained about 300,000 pounds from about
i.iwu tons or beets, lhe ground planted
this year yielded four and a half tons to
the acre; the beets eleven and a half
per cent of sugar.
The vital statistics of the present
freshman class at Amherst, as just taken
by Dr. Hitchcock, present the follow
ng averages; Aze.VJ.)J years; weight
134,944 pounds; height, 5,584 feet;
best girth, 3a,oSl inches; arm girth,
1,270 inches; forearm. 10.779 Inches:
lung capacity, l'J.317 cubic inches.
Jacob Kyle, a miserably old apple
and peanut peddler of Rochester who
has scraped together about $100,000 had
little nve-year obi boy arrested aud
brought into court the other day for
stealing a board worth one rent to play
shinny with; but the Judge discharged
the youthful criminal with a mild lec
ture. A large New foundland dog belong,
g to the keeper of the lighthouse at
Bear Island, Me. is of great value to
the captain of the steamer Lewiston in
foggy weather, when the light cannot
be seen. He barks from the time he
rst hears the paddle-wheels until the
engineer salutes him with the whistle.
wnen ne waits on witn great satisfac
tion. Col. John Hav. of Cleveland, for
merly of the Xew York Tribune, has
been appointed by the United State
entennial Commission, at Philadel
phia, to deliver, on the ill of Jul v next.
an oration on the life and character of
Richard Livingstone, a prominent
signer of the Declaration, of American
Independence. It will not only . be
worth listening to, but worth remeiu-
bering,