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B. F. SCHWEIER,
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Editor and Proprietor.
VOL.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. FEBRUARY 2. 1876.
NO. 6.
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BE CAREFUL WHIT TOO SIT.
ri MAKT JIKKISGS.
Id speaking of a person's faults,
rrmy don't forget jour own.
Remember those with homes of glass.
Should never throw atone.
If we hare nothing; else to do
Than talk of those who sin.
Yes. better we commence at borne.
And from that point begin.
We hare no right to judge a man -
Until he's fairly tried ;
Should ws not like hie company.
We know the world is wide.
Some may have f salts, and who has cot ?
The old a well as young.
Perhaps we may. for ou-ht we know.
Hare fifty to their one.
Til tell you of a better plan.
And find it wore full well.
To try my own defects to cure
Ere other's fault to tell.
And though I sometimes hope to be
No worse than some 1 know.
My own shortcoming bid me let
The faults of others go.
Then let us all, when we begin
To slander friend or foe.
Think of the barm otte word may do
To those we little know ;
Remember sometime cones, like
Our chickens, roost at home ;
Don't speak of other's faults until
We hare neue of our own.
The Pretty Plotters?
Or, a School Rsssi Flirtation.
"Pride, pride, pride! there you have
Charlotte Arden. Mischief, mischief,
mischief! there you have Lizzie Dane.
l.ook out for them both. Hart! And
now good-by. I'll pray for your suc
cess." With this my friend, by whose influ
ence I was installed in the academy of
Marlboro as principal, turned to leave
me.
'Wait a moment, Mr. Jeffries," I
said ; "how can 1 keep
"Clear of them," he added with a sly
laugh. "Draw your own inferences.
Handsome young men with light purses
must make light hearts. When you
catch a glimpse of your pupils you will
understand me. I haven't been a teacher
hero for five years for nothing.'
"Thank you! thank you!"
With this I gave my friend my hand,
and thus we parted. An hour later I
wag seated at my desk, in the pleasant
ost school room, looking about me with
no small degree of interest for the two
pupils of whom my friend had spoken,
and wondering in the mean time if his
kindly, well-meant caution would not
bring" me at once face to face with the
very danger which he had wished me to
avoid.
Smiling at my own conceit, and fail
ing to find, in the three score face be
fore me, one that was particularly
stamped with pride, or one that was
marked with mischief, I turned to my
books.
Something like a quick whisper broke
through the stillness of ttie room as I
did so. I glanced up. Kvery counte
nance bore unmistakable signs of de
mureness.Smilingagain at my thoughts,
1 turned a second time to my books, and
this time a big apple started I rom one of
the hack rents, and came rolling down
the aisle. The incident was slight, but,
taken in connection with my reflection,
a nd uiy friend's parting words, it an
noyed me.
1 picked np the apple, laid it on the
desk, and glanced iu the direcUon from
whence it came.
Coo lness! what a pair of bine eyes
were raised to mine at that inorucnt!
x.yes, saucy, daring, and almost wicked,
which wavered and brightened like two
beautiful stars. This was Lizzie Dane,
I was quite sure of that; the red mouth
was dimpled about by smiles, and the
white chin quivered with suppressed
merriment.
"A good beginning," I thought; "it
augurs well lor the future."
Just then the school room door was
darkened, and, looking up, I saw Char
lotte Ardeu. My friend's caution was
well. How like a beautiful picture she
was, as she stood there, her line head,
covered with pretty braids, perfectly
poised, her figure straight, round and
lerfect, brought out by the strong, clear
light. The very fall of the soft, w hite
robe, as well as of her slender, gaitered
foot, just visible beneath the folds of her
sweeping skirt, was artistic. She stood,
as if hesitating whether or not it was
liest for her to enter the school-room,
and her maimer was calm, quiet and
cool.
Miss Lizzie Pane telegraphed to her
with her sparkling eyes to euter. This
failing to have the desired effect, she
doubled up her white, chubby hands,
and held iheni to her mouth, trumpet
fashion. X suppressed the smile that
was rising to uiy lips, and turned to
Miss Arden, saying:
"Have you selected a seat?"
"No, sir, I have not," she answered,
without moving forward a single step.
'You may do so now, if you please,"
I said.
She glanced up and down the long
rows of seats several times, and theu
turned to a side desk but a short dis
tance from my table.
"This one, sir," she said, raising her
eves for a single moment to my face,
and then turning them, iudiflerently,
away. . .
I bowed, in approval of her choice,
though, at the same time, it did not
please me. I did not care to have her so
iiea.-, criticising everying 1 did, and I
felt ure she would.
At the quarter hour of intermission
Miss Arden and Miss Dane passed the
time in pacing, arm in arm, back and
forth on the blank space of floor before
mv desk. I could have wished, and did
wish, that they had chosen any other
promenade, but did uot know how to
help myself, unless I sent them out of
door to plav, like two little children in
pinafDres. J raised the lid of my desk
between their faces and mine, and ap
peared to be engaged in setting my
books and papers to rights.
Children in pinafores. I smiled
grimly to myself as the audacious
I hough t entered my head. Children
i hey were, I said to myself, nn ceremo
niously thrusting my head above the
temporary screen to confirm my opinion
by a good look at them proceeding
which made Miss Lizzie toss her curly
head in a disconcerted attempt at care
lessness, and brought a dash of exquisite
color to the one velvet cheek of her
companion's face which was revealed to
me.
"And as for pinafores," I said, sulkily
continuing my soliloquy, and drawing
in my head again like a turtle, "I'm
sure they'd be vastly more appropriate
and becoming than that little pinked
and scalloped and puckered affair of
plaid silk which Miss Lizzie wore under
rhp rlicrnifiMi nmp nf snron."
Such saucy little pockets, fixed off
with gimp and things tne coiner oi
tiny note and the profile oi a Dig,yei"
oranw revealed from the distended
mouth of one, and the lace edge of a
handkerchief, with a captivating rent
lnlt,hangingjauntinglyfromtheoth r;
such wicked, knowing tassels, such
lengths of variegated silk cord round.
round aud round her pretty waist, as
tnougn once started It bad lost Its way,
and had beeu traveling in a circle ever
since, instead of going straight ahead as
any sensible cord would have done that
been stout enough not to get becolled
on the road. It looked contented though,
as if it didu't care a whit for the pre
dicament it was in, or whether it ever
went straight again, as it could have
that charming route to travel round
aud round, and 1 began to wonder.
"He's splendid, Lot; isn't he?"
Miss Dane's voice broke my wonder-
tngs. 1 was modest in those days, and
blushed easily. My wife told me so
yesterday, referring to that morning
that the tip of my ear, just visible at the
edge of my desk lid, grew red as a coal,
and that her friend threw a lozenge at
it and missed it by the sixteenth of au
inch. I wasn't aware of the circum
stance before.
"Say, Lot, don't you think he's splen
did?''came the loud whisper again.
"If I do, I don't intend to tell him of
it," she retorted.
Evidently, however much averse she
would have been to informing me on
such a point, she was nothing loath for
me to judge of her musical powers, for
she burst forth into a merry song, and
marbled like a bird in fact, like twenty
birds. Whether my ear looked like a
coal or not, it drank in that gay melody
and, when it ceased, longed for more.
What eyes he has."
"Rather too deep set for beauty."
"Deep set, indeed ! They are as pro
truding as a cow's, and as big."
"Mere difference of opinion, my love;
don't let us quarrel."
"Xo. Then, how much character
there is in his nose !"
"Iecidedly."
I had a large nose, reader.
"Koom for more "
I startled her there by dropping a
book. I was actually getting angry.
But she recovered from her fright
almost immediately, and went on in a
still louder tone:
"How do you think he will answer? "'
"Answer?"
Miss Arden spoke inquiringly, in a
puzzled voice:
"You speak as if you thought I in
tended to propose to him."
"And so, 1 dare say, you will, it be
ing leap year, and you so smitten."
A merry laugh followed this sally.
In that case I think he would answer
in the affirmative."
H) ! vou conceited creature, Ixt Ar
den !" "
"Hush ! "What if Mr. Eldridge should
overhear us?"
As if I hadn't overheard them.
"Who cares if he docs? It's nothing
to him."
"Xothing to me ! to sit there and hear
myself discussed in that way, O, noth
ing at all !
But, seriously, what do you mean?"
"Why, have 'you forgotten that I
prophesied a flirtation? I mean how
do vou think he would do for that?"
"Ah! a flirtation! Maybe I didn't
hold my breath for fear of losing the
answer, and then maybe
"O. passably, if he understands his
place aud stays in it. I hate presuming
men.
"Men! Boys!"
"Well. boys. then. Men in assurance,
boys in intelligence, are what we have
now-a-lay8."
She ske as if she had lived in the
age of her grand mother. 1 clenched my
hands, and declined Jupiter under my
breath in Latin.
"Do you think youH bring him
around?"
For shame. I'm sure I have nosuch
design on his peace."
"Now, really, I am aching to know
what you intend to do. Shall you flirt
with him?"
My lutentions were not consulted,
but I made them, nevertheless, biting
my linger nails viciously all the time.
"Oh, no matter."
"You're too bad. I got you apart
from the other girls on purpose to have
a confidential chat, and here the time is
almost up, and you haven't told me a
thing."
'Well I will now two things. Your
air is twisted out of your net, and your
collar is shockingly tumbled.
"Bother my collar! Shall you flirt
with him? 1 wouldn't mind, only that
hateful Sue Liscomb vows she'll get
ahead of you, and 1 don't want to see
her win. Xow. do tell me !"
I thrust my head up again and looked
at them. They were not minding me
in the least, though they had stopped
directly in Trout of me. Lizzie looked
flushed and anxious, Miss Arden cool
and self possessed.
I laid my hand on the bell and gave
It a very violent ringing. The two
girls started as if they were culnrits,
and glanced hurriedly up at me. What
they saw in my face, I cau't say, but
they both colored. Just then they sep
arated for their seats, but not before I
heard Lizzie whisjper desperately, "Shall
your"
"I shall," floated back the reply, low
and firm, as if determined not to be mis
taken. Should site? We'll see.
That afternoon, while I was engaged
with the French sTaintnar class, 1 was
startled by a sharp little scream, and by
Lizzie Dane springing np aim crjuig
out:
"O! a horse has bitten Charlotte Ar
den, Mr. Kldridge."
The whole school tittered. I scowled
very pedagogucly (to coin a word), aud
commanded her to resume her seat.
Lizzie flounced into her seat, very red
in the face, and I saw Miss Arden put a
book to her face to conceal a smile.
a fti-r school I went to her and in
quired politely for her arm. She showed
me her round, dainty wrist with a
large discolored swelling marring its
wuueuess.
"flood heavens!" I exclaimed, forget
ting mvself. "how it must have pained
you. "Whydidn'tyou go home? I would
have excused yov
She smiled anc" looked amused. That
smile recalled rrc to myself.
in. it's rw.thinir. It was slightly
painful at first, but 1 was not child
enough to run home for so slight a
hurt." , ' t j
lo spite of my anger at her, I envied
the very words that slipped through her
red, haughty lips.
"Had she already began her arte, I
asked myself. If that simplicity of look
and frankuess of voice were art, why,
confouud nature. Well, I walked home
with her, carrying her satchel of books.
Myexcusewasherarm. Asifsbehadn t
but one, and couldn't, by any possibility,
u.- n.n-iMl her hooks on the other.
U, the days that followed and the
eventful weeks. and months. M'ss A.r
deo wanted to flirt, aud we fliited ! Miss
Arden wanted me to make love to her.
and I did it- Of course 1 had no further
exposition of her wishes on the point
thanfhe overheard conversation of the
first day ; but that was enough. I too
..U uiirnMi lo me to play, and
plaved It with all my heart and soul.
V t..rl satisfaction OI aUUWlUK, ma
I stood by one of the long windows at
the close or me lasi usy,
scholars file out, that the whole village
was alive with the rumor that my beau
tiful pupil and myself were engaged.
Charlotte Arden lingered behind the
others as if wishing to speak to me.
The coquette had her last snare set, I
thought bitterly.
I 1 stopped to bid you good-bye.
she said, falteringly, as 1 approached
her. How the proud face was bumbled
by iu blushing. "And to to give you
this."
She held out white rose a withered
white rose. It was one I had begged
from her hair, the night before at a
party, and she had refused it.
"Thank you. It will be a cherished
souvenir."
I spoke derisively, for all the bad
blood in ray heart was aroused by her
crowning artifice. The words were
scornful, but they were true, in spite of
me. She looked up with a shocked ex
pression, and made a hair angry motion
to snatch the flower from my hand.
"We have had a very pleasant flirta
tion have we not. Miss Arden 7"
Her face grew deadly white, then
nery red.
"Flirtation !" she faltered.
Y es. Th is w ill remind me of it when
I am far away."
I saw the mighty pride that struggled
in her face.
"I don't understand you, sir," she
said, with dignity.
"I refer ou for an explanation of
my words to the conversation you held
with Miss Dane about the first day of
the term."
She looked puzzled.
"I did not have any," she replied
after a momeut's hesitation.
"About flirting," I suggested to
prompt her memory. "You were to
win me away from Sue Liscomb, I
think."
She leaned her head on her hand a
moment, wondering and confused; then
she lifted it and broke Into a merry
laugh.
"What an absurd mistake ! And you
overheard ns, and have been laboring
under that impression all these mouths '(
O! Mr. Eldridge, how could you?"
And as though some sudden recollec
tion well-nigh maddened her. she hid
her face in her hands and broke into a
choking tempest of tears.
"WhatisiCCharlotte?" I inquired,
softening in an instant, and feeling that
I had been acting like a miserable tool.
"We were not talking about yon at
all, sir," and the hot, blinding tears
flowed afresh.
"Not talking of me! It was all my
own insufferable conceit, . then ! What
an"
"Idiot," I said aloud and "monkey,"
under my breath.
She drew up her head a moment
later, and would have left me, but
but
Pshaw! The scene won't bear re
hearsing. Charlotte Arden is my w ife
now.
Tfekla Toll.
A gentleman of an autobiographic turn
relates how he was instructed in the
custom of taking toll, by a sprightly
: J J ! i:-k .l.lk
W IUOW , UUriUg 1UWIII1M OlClgU-llUC
with a merry party. He says :
The lively widow L sat in the same
sleigh, under the same buffalo robe,
with me.
"Oh ! oh ! don't don't !" she exclaimed.
as we came to the first bridge, at the
same time catching me by tne arm ana
turning her veiled face towards me,
wHle her little eyes twinkled through
the moonlight.
"Don't what?" I asked. "I'm not
doing anything."
"Well, but 1 thought you were going
to take toll." replied the widow.
"Toll I rejoined, "w hat s tnati
Well. I declare!" cried the widow.
her clear laugh ringing out above the
music of the liells, "you pretend you
don't know what toll u!"
"Indeed I don't, then," I said laugh
ing; "explain, If you please."
'You never heard, then," said the
widow, most provokiugly "you never
heard that when we are on a sleigh
ride the gentlemen always, that is,
sometimes when they cross a bridge.
claim a kiss, and call it toll. But 1
never pay it."
I said that I had never heard of it be
fore; but . when we came to the next
bridge I claimed the toll, and the wid
ow's struggles to hold the veil over her
face were not enough to tear it. At
last the veil was removed, her round,
rosy face was turned directly towards
mine, and in tne clear ngnt oi a irosty
moon the toll was taken, for the first
time in my experience. Soon we came
to a long bridge, with several arches;
the widow said it was of no use to re
sist a man who would have his own
way, so she paid the toll without a mur
mur.
But you won't take toll for ever arch,
inn vou?" she said, so archly that 1
could not fail to exact all my dues; and
that was the beginning of my court
ship. Frm Literature of Kitting-
Bowks sussl Maaer.
There is still a popular belief that
it is less extravagant to snd $10
for a dinner than to spend $10 for a
book. A lestive person out on a holiday
will spend 3d cents for a quart oi pea
nuts which he did not need and which
he eats up in an hour or two (to his in
ward damage) who would never intiiK
of buying for the same money some
. ' .si r . I . I. -...!. .1.
Clieap euiuoil oi s siaimaru uwr m uiu
would lurnish him solid enjoyment for
many davs, and add materially to the
value of his lile. Such a reluctance is
thereto buy books, that a whole neigh
borhood, eager, perhaps, to read a new
work by a popular author, (hungry for
it,) will wait for months to borrow it,
and snatch the reading of it, rather
than speud half a dollar to own it, and
satisfy the intellectual appetite at once.
Every day, in the city, people spend $5
snd $10 lor elaborate lunches which
they do not need, when the money
would buy some nne edition oi a wore
that would entertain them for a month
or two, and enrich their minds forever
They are prodigal about eating and
drinking, spending liberally for dys
pepsia, but trust to cnance anu oorrow
in? lor what the mind wants. The
sample room is more attractive to them
than the news room, ami they pass by
the bookstore for the restaurant.
Hartford Courant.
A Wife's rawer.
A irood wife is to a man. wisdom.
strength and courage; a bad one is con
fusion, weakness anu uespaur. v con
dition is hopeless to a man where the
wife nossesses firmness, decision and
economy. There is no outward pro
priety which can counteract indolence
extravagance and folly at home. Xo
spirit can long endure bad influence.
Man Li strong; but his heart is not ad
amant, lie needs a tranquil mind ; and
especially if he is an intelligent man,
with a whole head, he needs its moral
force in the conflict of life. To recover
his composure, home must be a place
of peace and comfort. There his soul
renews iu strength, and goes forth
with renewed vigor to encounter the
labor and troubles of life. But if at
home he finds no rest, and there is met
with bad temper, jealousy and gloom,
or assailed with complaints and censure.
hope vanishes, and he sinks into de
spair.
4tek ts Isu
There is nothing which should be more
frequently impressed upon the minds of
young men than the importance of
steadily pursuing some one Business.
The frequent changing from one em
ployment to another ,is one of the most
common errors committed, and to it
may be traced more than half the fail
ures of men in business, and much of
the discontent and disappointment that
render life uncomfortable. It is a very
common thing for a man to be dissatis
fied with his business, and to desire to
change it for some other, which, it
seems to him, will prove a more lucra
tive employment, but In nine cases out
of ten it is a mistake. Look around you,
and you will find among your acquain
tances abundant verification or our as
sertion.
Here is a young man who commenced
life as a mechanic, but from some cause
Imagined that be ought to have been a
doctor; ana altera nasty ana snanow
preparation, he has taken up the saddle
bags only to find that work is still work,
ami that his patients are no more pro
fitable than bis work beuch.and the oc
cupation not a whit more agreeable.
Here are two young men, clerks; one
or them is content, wnen nis nrst term
of service is over, to continue a clerk
till be shall have saved enough to com
mence business on his own account; the
other can't wait, but starts off without
capital, and with a limited experience,
and bt Ings up, after a few years, in a
court of Insolvency, while his former
comrade, by patient perseverence, comes
out at last with a fortune.
That young lawyer, who became dis
heartened because briefs and cases did
not crowd upon him while he was yet
redolent of calf bound volumes, and
bad small use for red tape, who con
cluded he had mistaken his calling, and
so plunged into politics, finally settled
down Into the character oi a middling
pettifogger, scrambling for hHdaily
bread.
There is an honest farmer who has
toiled a few years, got his farm paid for,
but does not grow rich very rapidly, as
much for lack of contentment mingled
with bis industry as anything, though
he is not aware of it He bears the won
derful stories of California, and how
fortunes .may be had for the trouble of
picking them up: mortgages his farm
to raise money, goes away to the land
of gold, and, after many months of hard
toil, comes home to commence again at
the bottom of the hill for a more weary
and less successful climbing up again.
Mark the men in every community
who are notorious for ability and equal
ly notorious for never getting ahead,
and you will usually find them to be
those who never stick to any one busi
ness long, but are always forsaking
their occupation just when it begins to
be profitable.
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loungman, sue 10 j our vueiuctts.
It may be you have mistaken your call
ing; if so, find it out as quick as possi
ble, and change h; but don't tetany
uneasy desire to get along fast, or
dislike of your honest calling lead yon
to abandon it. Have some honest oc
cupation, and then stick to it; if you
ere sucking types, suck sway at mem ;
if you are at the law, hold fast to that
profession ; pursue the business yoa
hsve chosen, persistently, it"""Vstrious
ly, and hopefully, and if there is any
thing of you it will appear ana turn to
account in that as well as or better than
in any other calling; only, tf you are a
loafer, forsake that line as speedily as
possible, for the longer you stick to it,
the worse it ill "stick you.
Taw J
t T Paris.
Anv one who has ever attempted to
criticise anything with complete fair
ness may find in tne Greek fable of
"The Judgment of Paris'' a particular
iKnificne, and may be disposed to
rrcard the position of the shepherd of
Mount Ida witn serious sympatuy. it
was hard to be called anon to present
the golden apple to the most fair of
three divinities. The grosm r number
who at first ventured to contend for
the fruit flung upon the banquet table
by the shrewd Ate had. after a smart
scuffle, retired from the field, and three
loveliest among the lovely were left to
do battle for the prize. Sneer fighting,
however, could evidently not settle
the qneetion, the gods, alarmed, re
fused to speak, and summoned an nm
Diro. Paris, nurtured as a shepherd.
yet kingborn, whose life had been a
sweet dream, who had drawn nis inspi
rations of beauty from great Nature's
promptings, and who was associated
by bis descent with the deities of
Olympus, was well chosen for this
difficult task for what better qualities
can be brought to the appreciation of
beauty than perceptions refined and
quickened by the gifts of inheritance,
and practiced by long dwelling among
woods and streams ana on a moniam
height. Yet, with all these advanta-es-
Paris stood amazed' turned from
one to the other in trembling doubt,
and at last was decided by a bribe.
The hrihcu however, was in itself an
offering to bis aesthetic taste, he could
withstand the promise or a xtogaom
and of military renown, he could not
resist the suggestion of Helen's beauty,
for Helen's beanty was told him by the
goddess of love; the two existences
seemed commingled, and the vision of
the mortal woman was only a piece or
miraculous beauty of the goddess. The
influence rather than the offer of the
goddess worked upon the arbitrator,
whose judgement was never reversed,
and we may consider Paris as the first
line critic, who had to select not (he
fair from the ordinary, but the mast
admirable from the excelling. By the
enumeration of the Greek Shepherd's
qualifications for the office of delicate
criticism, it is evident uiai tne prize
drawn by the highest excellence de
pend noon the condition of the recipi
ents, as well as npon tbe merits of the
conqueror. Beauty has been aennea
as the "harmonious effect of nume
rous parts, allot which the eye is ca
pable of comprehending at tbe same
time;" but in reply to the definition
we have to ask this question. What
eye t does there exist in art or nature
any one object so perfect in all its
parts that every hnman eye shall at
once perceive its beauty t So long as
mankind is divided into sections of tbe
coarse and the delicate, tbe educated
and tbe ignorant, the ill taught ana
well taught, tbe affected and toe true,
such an universally acknowledged
perfection cannot be found. In the
first place, there is presumably some
little falling off or slight excess in
every work, and however considerable
the balance of excellence, there will
be eyes more struck by the shortcom
ing than by the attainment. An ap
proximation to a just appreciation
of beauty in art is all that thetnoet ex
quisite criticism can hope to arrive at,
and that mast be reached by long
stndy, careful habits of comparison.
and the most resolute canaor. l rmpte
Bar.
Ta MaTa Btart la LIS.
The Dig is an animal that has its wits
about it quite as soon after birth as the
chicken. 1 Were fore selected it as a
subject of observation. The following
are some of my observations: That vig
orous young pigs get up and search for
the teat at ouce, or wiuin one minute
after their entrance into the world.
That if removed several feet from their
mother, when aged only a few minutes
they soon find their way back to her,
guided apparently by the grunting she
makes in answer to their squeaking.
In the case I observed the old sow rose
in less than an hour and a half after
pigging, and went out to eat; the pigs
ran about, tried to eat various matters,
followed their mother out, and sucked
while she stood eating. One pig 1 put
in a bag the moment it was born and
kept it in the dark until it was seven
hours old. when I placed it outside the
I sty, a distance of ten feet from where
the sow lay concealed inside the house.
I The pig soon recognized the low grunt
ling of Its mother, went along outside
tbe sty struggling to get under or over
the lower bar. At the end of five min
utes it 'succeeded in forcing itself
throegh under the bar at one of the few
places where that was possible. Xo
Kioner in than it went without a pause
into tbe pig-house to its mother, and
was at once like the others in its beha
vior. Two little pigs I blindfolded st
their birth. One of them I placed with
its mother at once: it soon found the
teat and began to suck. Six hours later
I placed the other a little distance from
the sow: it reached her in half a min
ute, after going about rather vaguely;
in half a minute more it found the teat.
Xext day I found that one of the two
left with tbe mother blindfolded, had
got the bliuders off; the other wasquite
blind, walked about freely, knocking
against things.. In tbe afternoon I un
covered its eyes, and it went round and
round as if it had had sight, and had
suddedly lost it. In ten minutes it was
scarcely distinguishable from one that
had had sight all along. Wbeu placed
on a chair it knew the height to require
considering, went down on its knees
and leaped down. When its eyes had
been unveiled twenty minutes l piacea
it and another twenty feet from the
sty. The two reached the mother in
five minutes and at the same moment.
Popular ikitnee Monthly.
A rraetleal Jsas Msary ciaj.
The Carlisle (Ky.) Jferevry has this
story : "A relative of Governor Met
calfe has furnished us with the follow
ing incidents, which will illustrate tbe
habit Oid Stonehammer' bad of play
ing practical iokes . Some time before
the introduction of railroads Governor
Metcalfe represented in Congress a dis
trict of which Nicholas county was a
part. Mr. Clay was Secretary or State
under President Quincy Adams. It
was the custom to make the trip to the
National Capital in private conveyance.
It was in advance of Mr. Clay's great
est popularity that the two distin
guished politicians agreed to travel to
Washington in Governor - Metcalfe's
carriage, and all the arrangements per
fected . they started together rrom tne
latter's Forest Retreat' home in this
county. While passing through the
State or l'ennsjivania Jlr. Clay told
Governor Metcalfe that he had received
intimations that In a certain town tbey
were approaching he w ould be honored
with an ovation ny the citizens (they
like thousands of his fellow country
men, loved him, but bad never seen
him.) Just before coming to town
Governor Metcalfe, who bad au along
been driving, suggested to Mr. Clay
that he take the Hues and drive, as he
himself was tired. Mr. Clay readily
consented, whereupon the Governor
took the back seat in the carriage. The
honored statesman drove the team suc
cessfully into the town and they were
met by a large coucourse of people.
Governor Metcalfe alighted from the
carriage and being asked whether he
was M r. Clay answered yes, that he
was glad to meet them, etc., ; and at
this the crowd fairly hoisted him upon
their shoulders and triumphantly
started with him to the place of recep
tion. Looking back at Clay, who still
sat In the carriage, somewhat non
plussed, tne Governor cried, 'Driver,
take those horses to the stable and feed
them.' "
Cases af Mistakes Ideality.
One of my inquiries was for anecdotes
as regards the mistakes made by near
relatives, between the twins. Iliey are
numerous, but not very varied In char
acter. When the twins are children,
they have commonly to be distinguished
by ribbons tied round their wrist or
neck; nevertheless, theone is sometimes
fed. physicked, and whipped by mistake
for the other, and the description of
these little domestic catastrophe is
usually given to me by the mother, in a
phraseology that is somewhat touching
by reason of its seriousness. I have one
case in which a doubt remains whether
the children were not changed In their
bath, and the presumed A is not really
B. and rice reran, in another case an
artist was engaged on the portraits of
twins who were between tnree ana lour
years of sge; be had to lay aside his
work ror three weeks, ami, on resuming
it. could not tell to which child the re
spective likenesses he had in hand be
longed. Tbe mistakes are less numer
ous on the part of the mother during
tbe boyhood and girlhood of the twins,
but almost as frequent on tne part oi
strangers. I have many in'tances of
tutors being unable to distinguish their
twin pupils. Thus, two girls used
regularly to impose on their music-
teacher when one of them wanted a
whole holiday: they had their lessons
at separate hours, ana tne one gin sacri
ficed herself to receive two lessons on
the same day. while the other one en
joyed herself. Here is a brief and com
prehensive account: "r.xactlv alike in
all, their school masters never could
tell them apart; at dancing-parties they
constantly changed partners without
discovery; their close resemblance is
scarcely diminished by age." I he fol
lowing is typical school-boy anecdote :
Two twins were fond of playing tricks,
and complaints were frequently made;
but the boys would never own which
was the guilty one. and the complainants
were never certain which of the two he
One head-master used to say he
would never floe the innocent for the
guilty, and another used to flog lxtli.
Popular Science Monthly.
raraettjr af W alts Mire.
There is a cage containing three w liitc
uiiceat the Iteltasaloon, Virginia, which
are quite a study. After seeing their
inanti'uvres for an hour or two, one is
not at all surprised at the racket made
by mice generally, for during the early
part of the evening they take constant
and violent exercise. They consume a
great deal of water, taking a drink every
ten minutes or oftener. it wouiu oe
supposed that such a small animal as a
mouse would not be at all ferocious and
aggressive; but such appears to be the
case with the white species at least. A
chipmunk that was put into the cage
with those at the Delta was attacked by
them all and very quickly despatched,
without one of the mice being injured
in the least by the unfortunate victim.
A rrav mouse, which was subsequently
put into the same cage, was very roughly
handled, being attacked by two of the
white mice, who took bold of him likes
couple of bull dogs, and repeated the
attack again ana again, snaaing mm bt
the throat and biting his legs and taiL
tbe latter being nearly severed from his
body. Perhaps white mice, like red
ants, are a peculiarly ferocious species
of the genus to which they belong.
nrytsta Vat.) t,roiue,
Queen Victoria Is quite a farmlst.
Her Christinas sale of fat cattle amoun
ted to tbe handsome sum of f 15,935.
Tis a rule of manners to avoid exag
geration. A lady loses as soon as she
admires too easily and too much. In
man or woman, the face and the person
lose power when they are on the strain
to express admiration. A man makes
, his Inferiors his superiors by heat. When
need you, who are not a gossip, talk as
a gossip, and tell eagerly w nat tne
i neighbors or journals say? State your
opinion without apology. The attitude
' is the main point, assuring your com
panion that, come good news or come
bad, you remain in good neart ana good
mind, which is the best news you can
possibly communicate Self-control is
tbe rule. You have in you there a noisy,
sensual savage, which you are to keep
down, and turn all his strength to
beauty, r or example, what a seneschal
and detective is laughter ! It seems to
require several generations of education
to train a squeaking or a shouting habit
out of man. Sometimes, when In
almost all expressions the Choctaw and
the slave have been worked out of him,
a coarse nature still betrays itselt in its
contemptible squeals of joy. The great
gain is, not to shine, not to conquer
your companion then you learn noth
ing but conceit but to Unci a companion
who knows what you do not; to tilt
with him and be overthrown, horse and
foot, with utter destruction of all your
logic and learning. There is a defeat
that is useful. Then you can see the
real and the counterfeit, and will never
accept the counterfeit again, lou will
adopt the art of war that has defeated
you. You will ride to battle horsed on
the very logic which you found irresist
ible, l ou win accept the reruie truth,
instead - of the solemn customary lie.
When people come to see us, we fool
ishly prattle, lest we be inhospitable.
But things said for conversation are
chalk eggs. lHn't say tilings. What
you are stands over you the while, and
thunders so that I cannot bear what you
say to the contrary. A lady of my
acquaintance said, "1 don't care so much
for what they say as I do for what makes
them say it-'" The law of the table is
beauty a respect to the common soul
of the guests. Everything is unreason
able which is private to two or three or
any portion of the company. Tact never
violates for a moment this law ; never
Intrudes the orders of the house, the
vices of the absent, or a tariff of expen
ses, or professional privacies; as we say,
we never "talk shop" before company.
IiOvers abstain from caresses, and haters
from insults, whilst they sit in one par
lor with common friends. Would we
codify the laws that should reign in
households, and whose daily transgres
sion annoys and mortifies us, and de
grades our household life we must
learn to adorn every day with sacrifices.
Good manners are made up of petty
sacri flees. Ealph mer$on.
Eacllsk Faaerals.
The British funeral arrangements ars
it must be admitted, in an unsatisfac
tory condition. It is not only the opin
ions are divided on the questions of cre
mation, burial in wicker coffins, aud
other modes of sepulture, but there is
an agitation to be observed in the burial
classes which is unusual aud, to a cer
tain extent, alarming. We hear of
gravediggers suddenly throwing flow n
their picks and shovels and refusing
to work without higher remuneration,
and now a strike of undertakers is re
ported from Gateshead. This "rather
serious occurrence" as it is termed by
the relieving officer in a report to the
guardians of the union took place un
der the following circumstances, it
seems that the Gateshead undertakers
have hitherto, for a fixed charge, re
moved all corpses irom the workhouse
to the cemetery, but they now complain
that the weight of some of the bodies
which they have to carry is so unreas
onably heavy that they cannot do it for
the price. They therefore threaten
that, unless the guardians make new
and better arrangements, they will be
compelled to refuse carrying any more
bodies. The gnardians have resolved
to leave the matter In the hands of the
relieving officer, with the view of com
ing to some compromise with the un
dertakers, aud here the matter rests for
the present. In the meantime, if it i
really the intention of the undertakers
to charge in future on the burial by
weight system, persons w ith any con
sideration for their families should
avoid as far as possible eating them
selves to death. There can be little
doubt that the dinner-table as a rule
is more deadly than the battle-field,
and that, if the history of the world
were truly written It would be found
thst gluttony has been far more fatal
than patriotism. rail MU (rnzriu.
raisaaaws Wlasts la ladla.
A paper has been read before the
London Meteorological Society ou the
Kisonous winds of India. - The author
Cook, remarks that there are cer
tain days in which however hard and
violent' winds may blow, little or no
dust accomiaiiies it, while at other
times every little ptiffof air or current
of air raises up and carries with it
clouds of dust, and at these times the
individual particles of sand appear to
be In such an electrical condition that
they are even ready to reicl each other.
But tbe wind most deadly in iu influ
ence is the simoon, its presence lieing
made manifest in the sudden extinc
tion of life wherever protection from its
influence fails to be afforded. Dr. Cook
says of this phenomena that itisMiddeu
in its attack, and is sometimes preceded
by a cold current of air, but occurring
in the hot mouths, and taking place by.
night as well af by day ; its course is
straight and defined, and its pa.-age
leaves a narrow, "kutfe-like" track.
It is atteuded by a well marked sulphu
rous odor, and the current of air iu
which it passes is evidently greatly
heated is, in fact, like the bR-t of a
furnace.
. Patleaee.
It is much easier in some cases than
others to produce what looks like pa
tience. There b a constitutional iin
latienee which is the natural result of
the delicate nervous system, aud the
quick, active brain which always ac
company high talent and cultivation.
Some people, again, seem naturally pa
tient. They are not easily fluttered and
excited. They are phlegmatic and co
matose, the result mainly of a dull
brain and a slow circulation. Extremely
stupid people often seem remarkably
patieut. The truth is, the more patient
men seem, the less patient they often
are. That quietude of manner, which
is the outward sign of patience in one
striving against anger may be the out
ward sign of mere stolidity in another.
It is not patience to be composed under
what another would feel keenly, if the
reason is that you do not feel It at all.
To comprehend a man's life it is n-.-.-sary
to know not merely what be does,
but what he purposely leaves undone.
There is a limit to tbe work that can be
got out of a human being and he I a
wise man, who wastes no energy on
pursuits for which he is not fitted, and
he Is a still wiser man who, from imoiij;
the things he can do well, chooses and
resolutely follows the best.
Tomcp ro ix ax
Truthful. Twocountry lads came
at an early hoar to a market town, and.
having arranged their stands, sat aown
to wait for customers. One was furn
ished with fruits and vegetables of the
bov's own raisiasT. and tbe other sun-
plied with fish. The market hours
passed along, and each little merchant
saw with pleasure his store steadily de
creasing and an equivalent in silver
bits shimog in bis little money cup.
The last melon lay on Harry's stand.
wnen a gentleman came oy, anu, piac
insT bis hand noon it, said
"What a tine melon! What do you
ask For it, my boy f
"The melon is the hut I have sir :
and, thoutrh it looks very fair, there is
an unsound spot en it," said tbe boy.
turning it over.
"So there is." said the man : "I think
I will not take it. 'But', he added,
looking into the boy's open counten
ance, "is it very business-like to point
out the defects of your fruit to custom
ers r
"It is better than being dialionest.
sir," said the boy, modestly.
"Yoa are rieht my little fellow : al
ways remember that principle, and you
will find favor with God, and man also ;
I shall remember your stand in future.
Are those fish fresh)' he continued,
turning to Ken W ilsoo s stand.
"Yea sir: fresh this morning. leaurbt
them myself," was the reply, and, a
purchase being made, tbe gentleman
went away.
"Harry, what a fool you were to
show the gentleman that spot in the
melon ! Now, you can take it home for
your pains, or throw it away, now
much wiser is he about the fish I
caught yesterday T Sold them for tbe
same price as 1 did the tresn ones.
He would never have looked at the
melon until be bad gone away."
"Ben, I would not tell a lie, or act
one either, for twice what I bare
earned this morning. Besides, I shall
be better off in the end, for 1 have
gained a customer, and you have lost
one."
And so it proved, for the next day
the gentleman bought nearly all his
fruits and vegetables of Harry, but
never spent another penny at the
stand of tis neighbor.
No lieautu im a Rivl. "Have you
seen this wonder t" asked Poppy, the
poodle, rushing into the conrt in great
agitatioo.
" onder! whoT what 7 asked Ne
ro, the Newfoundland, waking up.
"Why, my lady's new favorite. Bus
tle," said Poppy.
"Un : ' said .ero, lying down again.
"A sporting dog? ' asa.ed Koe, the
pointer.
"No. no ! a pet. a plaything, and such
a fright !' answered Poppy, spitef ally.
"Fright! What is be like r asked
several, gathering around her
"A great head. Tittle body, short legs,
broad paws, black nose, and long hair
all in a friz,"" replied Poppy, with an
air of disgust.
"Then he a skye," said Koanah. the
Blenheim : "and though I prefer my
own kind, I know ekyet are greatly ad
mired.
I see no harm in a black muzzle.
said Toby, the pug, squinting down ap
provingly at his own ; and all tne com
pany, one after the other had a word to
say m vindication of the charge against
Bustle, but Popov grew more angry at
each apology, and at last Hew off in
high disgust. 1 hey declared, wnen sue
was gone, that always having consider
ed her to have good taste, they were
much surprised at her judgment in the
matter, as, from her own showing, the
favorite must be a genuine skye. and
therefore unquestionably handsome,
"Don't puzzle your heads." said Nero,
looking up again, "remember that this
new comer has out Poppy's nose out of
joint, and who ever saw beauty in a
rival r
We r,eUere in Fortune Telliito.''Do
yoa believe in fortune telling f" asks a
young correspondent. Yew. certainly
we ao, ana practice it, too. . omu yu
like a few trials of onr skill? Well,
then give attention. When a boy with
black hair and eyes always tells the
truth, he will be believed and respected
as long as be lives, and as people would
prefei to keep him alive, tie will stand a
good chance to arrive at old age. A girl
with brown hair and blue eyes, who
obeys ber pa rentals good tempered .ami
industrious, will have many admiiers,
particularly among sensible men, and
she will therefore be in the way of get
ting a gtfod husband. If a girl with ;
rosy checks and curiy nair, win aviuu
late hours, tight dress, too many nice
things to eat, will take plenty of exer
cise in the open air, and keep good na
tnred.she will probably be a good-looking
and happy lady, and if she obtains
a good education .ane win iwim wne
for a Governor or President. In all
these cases the hair sad eyes are of no
great importance, bat the other requis
ites mast be strictly observed to have
the good fortune come out right.
"1 think tiie ram is very provoking.""
said Bessie Jones, looking out of tbe
window with an angry fiown on her
brow. "It is very provoking; it always
rains when I don't want it. It is spoil
ing the slides, and there wont be an
inch of ice left in an hour to skate ou.
Now where s any fun this afternoon, 1
should like to know V
"Yoa can stay at home and sew.
said ber aunt.
"I want to skate . said Bessie. "1 his
rain is very provoking,"
"The provoking is all in your own
heart, Bessie," said her brother. "If
yoa only had blue aky inside, you
would not mind the ram outside.
Yes, it is so. Blue sky inside that
is. a sweet, serene tem iw-takes all
the little disappointments of life with
out fretting.
Tiro Ruatmua Whu. While some boys
were skating on oneof the slips np the
river a gentleman noticed one on the
bank who looked longingly but who
had no means of enjoying the sport.
"Well.bub, haven't ym any skates V
asked the man.
"No, sir."
"Why notr
"Cause mother savs I ain't prepared
to die, and father says he needs the
money to bay him some undershirts 1"
was the lonesome reply. tree i re.
The little Hartford girl who gave ut
terance to tbe following idea was puzz
ling her mind with a problem that nas
bothered the world for aires. She was
reproved of or some childish act ; and
seating herself on tbe floor at her
mother's feet. reflecting foralong time,
and then looking up, said : "Ma, why
is it that naughty things are so nicei
Meallk want laallal.
Any healthy man may easily in this
country make himself thoroughly inde
pendent oi capital, aim noni niuiseu
indifferent to tbe f-ite of labor. For be
need ask no man for employment to keep
the wolf from the door. The time wasted
in standing on street corners, waiting
for work, or In traveling from store
house to factory, and town to city, begg
ing employment, applied to the pro
duction of the necessaries of life would
support most men and their families
beyond the fear of freezing or starving.
A general reduction has been made
in the salaries of the employes of the
New York Post-Otfice. Ev;ry depart
ment, with the exception of the carri
ers, whose pay is established by Con
gress, is affected by the reduction.
RWS JJI BKHT.
Stonewall Jackson's first and real
name was Thomas Jonathan.
There are 11,333 blind men and 8,
77 blind women in the United States.
Over 500 students are registered at
the opening of the Wisconsin univer
sity. General Butler is to deliver the
Fourth of July, 187, oration at Lowell,
Mass.
At the uuiversity of Heidelberg
this winter there are :e American stu
dents. An attempt is being made at Bruns
wick, X. C, to raise Angora goats for
their wool.
Since 1865 the Suite of Alabama
has bought, at tax sales, no less than
4,N),0U0 acres of land.
A Masons' Congress with delegates
from all parts of the world, will be
held in London in 1H77.
Mrs. Coffin and Mrs. Comrtock,
two Quaker Evangelists, are stirring
tilings up in the St. Louis churches.
The flower mission of Providence
sends a bouquet to each patient In the
Khode Island hospital every Saturday.
Nine jurors in a nel of twelve
will be permitted to return a verdict
according to the new constitution of
Texas.
I-ord DutTeriu wants the dominiou
to erect a vice-regal palace or summer
residence for him at ilnebec, at a cost
of100,0no.
Brooklyn has paid 3.!ioo,0(i0 to
wards the great bridge so far, and the
bridge has not come very far towani
Brooklyn yet.
Postal cards are a German iuveu -
tloo, and were first introduced by the
German government during the Franco
l rnssian war.
The New York city schools are to
be furnished with New Jersey sfeel
pens. They will have 50,000 gross, or
7,200,000 pens.
Ex-Gov. John C Browu.of Tenues-
see has been appointed vice president
of the Texas Pacific railroad, and has
accepted the position.
Mr. James Lick, the Calif or uia
philanthropist, is bored with innumer
able letters asking for pecuniary aid to
all sorts of enterprises.
The new- Odd-Fellow's Hull in
Lawrence, Mass., cost 101,OUO. It will
accommonate three lodges, ami is said
to be the finest in the State. . -
It is estimated that there are about
1,400 young men from the United States
pursuing their studies at the universi
ties and colleges of Germany.
That school girls are willing letter
writers is shown in the fact that - one
day no less than 1,300 letters were
mailed from Vassar College.
Philin Clancy, an Irish laborer, of
Portland, Me., has just been adjudged
heir to '.J,000, left by his grandfather,
Charles Clancy, in Dublin, Ireland.
A species of red granite has lately
beeu discovered in Minnesota, said by ,
competent judges to be superior to the
famous Scotch granite of Aberdeen.
According to the Boston Globe,
Harvard is going to row an eight-oared
race with Yale, next summer, as well
as send a six-oared crew to Saratoga.
Henry Robert- Marcus, who de
vised the excursion train In England,
was killed recently, at the age of 72, by
Is'lng run over by one of these trains. .
No house was ever yet large enough
for two families to dwell in peacefnlly
yet there are 3-"8.iSl families in Massa
chusetts, and only !,.1S dwelling
houses.
Friends 'of Fit John Porter say
they have reason for believing the Ex
ecutive authority will take no action on
the request of Gen. Porter for a review
of his case. .
The State of New Jersey declared
herself an Independent and sovereign
State on July 2, 1770, and it is proposed
to bold a State Centennial on July 2
of this year.
It is said that Nebraska is to have
the figure of an antlercd deer placed on
the dome of its capital. If it can't have
a horn of plenty. It is determined to
nave plenty or horn.
George L. Rnffin, ' esq., a well
known colore 1 lawyer has been elected
a member of the Boston Common Coun
cil. He is the first citizen of African
descent who has ever lieen elected to a
municipal office in that city.
On the north of Mount Helena.
Moutina, there has been discovered an
extensive quarry of marble of fine
quality. Specimens have been sent east
and it is pronounced the only quarry of
that kind iu the United States.
A monument is to le erected in
Lexington, Ky., over the tomb of W.
T. Kerry, the first postmaster general
of the I nitcd States, who received his
appointment under the administration
of Jackson when the office was made a
cabinet position.
Waupaca, Wis., U the only town
it the H ct which doesn't want to be a
citv. The residents have called a meet
ing to consider the propriety of secur
ing the repeal of the city charter of
171 and the rclncororation f the
place as a village.
The Harvard Art Club proiHses t
establish a Scholarship, the bolder of
w inch shall travel tor the benefit or the
Club, and make explorations in ili-tant
lands. I'resldent Kliot, C. K. or ton.
II. W. lmgfcllow. ami James Kussell
Lowell head the subscription list.
The San Francisco presbytery re
cently expelled a member from the
church ami then tried to snbject him to
discipline. The civil rourt very prop
erly enjoined the presbytery from m
lestiug a stranger. This is the whole
of the case of 1 wsoii vs. San Francisco
presbytery.
Norwalk, Conn., feels happy over
the declaration of the historian Ban
croft, that it is a well authenticated
historical fact that Norwalk did more,
per capita, for liberty, in contribution
of men, money,, aud material, during
the revolutionary period than any other
town in New England.
Chili leads off among the nations
for woman suffrage, the question of the
registration of women for voting at the
coming presidential election having
been decided favorably, and a large
number of the gentler sex, it is said,
will avail themselves of the opportu
nity to exercise their right.
Some of the seutences iiu posed upon
criminals by the California justices
would astonish eastern malefactors.
For a simple assault and using vulgar
longuage, a fellow recently gut a nn
or f 750; another small thief got 2
days for petit larcency, and a wife
striker was mulcted in $300.
John Scannel, the New York mur
derer who was acquitted on the ground
of insanity and sent to the Utica asy
lum, shows no signs of his derange
ment, and his friends already put for
ward the theory that his three years of
quietude In the Tombs cared him of his
mental malady, and expect his release
before a great while.
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