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YQL, XXX. : MIFFLINTOAVK JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. FEBRUARY 9. 1876. NO. 6.
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AIT OLD IAS.
The hour far spent, the harvest in.
He goes aerene aloof; his ways.
Blessed with the sunshine that befalls
The Indian summer of his days.
A dear old man, whom all men lore,
ho lores all men and round Those head,
As round the brows of ancient saints,
The silver locks of nimbus shed.
Just as the sun eomes sifting through
The Tiolet Tapors on the hills.
Building a land of promise where
The vista with new glory thrills.
So shines his smile on all he meets,
A tender after glow and mild ;
He sees the other side of life.
And takes it sweetly as a child.
For genial as the autumn day
That spells us with its soft surprise.
Life seems to wait as waits the year.
Obeying his benignant eyes.
He dreams not of a dark unknown
So close at hand, so chill, so drear.
The ice cold and snow covered the grave ;
He only sees the sunshine here.
He lifts his eyes up to the hills
Whence cometh all his help and stays.
To bless as with the light that fills
The Indian summer of his days.
Harper' Bazaar.
End of a Feud.
BY 4. F. HILL.
la a certain quarter of the
noU-d for family feuds, there
West,
lived.
some years ago, a young man, named
Martin llazen. Unfortunately, the
Hazens had been through many years
at enmitv with a family named Morgan,
by a member of which Martin's own
lather had been killed in a desperate
encounter, while lie was yet a child.
Martin was now the only male member
of the family left, and he had grown up
to manhoodon the old homestead, under
ihe careful guardianship and teaching
of his widowed mother.
She had not taught him the lesson of
liatred. She had told him of his Im
petuous father's death that she hoped
to see no more wicked tragedies and
admonished him, although he might
never like the Morgans, to cherish 110
thought of reveuge.
The Morgans were four In number
Henry, a desperate and revengeful
man," by whose hand old Mr. Hazen
had fallen; his two sons, James and
Kphraim, much like him; and his
daughter Esther, who was not like him,
but who, with a lovely face, possessed
the sweet and gentle nature of her
mother, whom sorrow had years before
hurried to the grave.
The two families lived in the same
community- Martin and Esther fre
quently met in the village, at church
and at "social parties, and notwithstand
ing the feud that had cast a shadow on
lioih homes, they loved each other ; and
to the unbounded rage of Henry Morgan
and his sons, who hated Martin for his
father's sake they deliberately went and
got married.
Esther and Martin well knew that
she must not dare to visit her old home
again after that; so she went with him
to the honse of the Hazans, and they
did not see any of the Morgans for
mouths. '- .
Hut Martin, was warned that he was
in danger, and he knew the Morgans
too well to doubt it. While he desired
to live at peace with them, he deter
mined not to fall as his father had
fallen, if he could help it. Like most
people in that section, and at that time,
he went armed when away from home;
and besides being one of that class of
jiersons scarcely susceptible or fear he
was one of the best shots, with rifle or
pistols in the community.
One evening in autumit, just at dusk,
a few months after the marriage, he
was riding home from the village on a
spirited horse, when the Morgans sud
denly came into his mind. - He thought
over the strange history of the two
families, and liegan talking to himself,
as he rode leisurely along:
"How uufortunate how foolish it
is," he mused, "that this enmity should
exist through whole generations, merely
because remote ancestors quarreled over
a line of fence, or the ownership of a
truant pig! Thev hate me; 1 do not
fear them, vet I'd' like to be reconciled.
1 think 1 shall see them and talk it over.
I believe I could reason thera into fair
ness. How to approach them, though
He was then ruling by a nine grove
of timber, from which three men sprang
into the road. One grasped hi bridle-
rein, while two stood with rines leveled
upon him. It was not yet so dark but
that he recognized his assailants. They
were the Morgans. It was Ephraim
wlm held his bridle-rein, while his
father and James menaced hiui with
their rifles.
"Oh Il:i.en!" said the old man. with
an air of triumph, "we've got you!
You won't see the sun rise to morrow,
iron independent voung doe! You'll
lie with vour father before that. What's
more, you'll steal no more daughters of
mine. Stop that! don't offer to reach
for that shooter !" he said, as Martin s
hand moved toward his breast-pocket.
"At best, vou've but a minute to live,
while 1 tell you why 1 am going to
shoot vou, and how glad I am to wi
out the last Hazen ; but none of your
tricks or you won't live a second !"
Martin Hazen, sitting in the saddle
with the calmness ot tall trees Dy tne
roadside that looked, in the gathering
darkness, like grim spectres frowning
upon the terrible scene felt that it was
no time now to reason mi ins monra
and he dismissed the thought. He
waited, motionless, for Henry Morgan
to Sjieak again, for he knew that the
i aw.--refill man wouia love 10 giuai
over him before destroying him, and
that his sons would await Ins command
Henry Morgan, with rifle still leveled,
went, ou
"Y'es, young Hazen, the last of our
race '
Ouick as a flash, Martin snatched his
revolver from his pocket, and dropping
his faee upon his horse's mane, to con
fuse the aim of Henry ana James uor
mm. he fired at Enhraim, who fell to
the earth; and the horse, startled by
the crack of the revolver at his ear,
dashed away at full speed.
Almost simultaneously, Henry Mor
r!ii fired at Martin's head, missing
him ; and a moment later, James much
mnfused bv tne suuueu turn oi an airs.
fired almost at random, and the bullet
ierced Martin s left ttngn. lie Dad
not gone far before he discovered that
the shot had broken the bone, and he
began to suffer such excruciating pain
thlTtonlv the dancer which tie knew
was still behind him, and his realiza
tion of how important it was to reach
home prevented him from reeliug from
his saddle in a swoon. - . . '.
He succeeded in reaching home, to be
met at the gate by bis mother, wno torn
him that during his absence Esther had
been forcibly carried away by her father
and brothers. Martin lelL rawer man
dismounted from his horse, dragged
himself into the lawn, and with the
r...lu UTha Af Skffran. hvd stint Tn !"
.. V' 1 . . ilk .'.VI .UD MWV huw .v .
fell fainting upon the grass.
Mrs. Hazen hurried to a neighbor's
house for assistance. A surgeon was
summoned. Martin was carried in and
laid upon a bed. He revived, and his
wound was properly attended to, with
appliances of spli-jts and bandages; and
the good doctor finally lea him that
night in great pain, with the consoling
remark that he would "keep his bed for
a good three months at least."
For many days several armed friends
of Martin llazen remained constantly
at the house, to defend him from a pos
sible attack of the Morgans. He began
to recover from his wound; but his
anxiety for Esther tormented him day
and night. He feared they might mur
der her; but his friends "assured him
that they would not dare do that; that
she was probably merely kept at her
old home under strict surveilance, and
that in due time she should be rescued
by some process or other. It was as
certained, meantime, that Ephraim
Morgan was not killed by the bullet
from Martin's revolver or the night of
tne attempted assassination; that the
missile had only plowed its way through
the scalp of his cranium, producing a
shock that had merely stunned him for
half an hour. Finally, when Martin
was able to get out of lied, and sit in a
chair for a few minutes at a time, the
Morgans not having made their appear
ance, the friendly neighbors, left, and
Martin was alone with Mrs. llazen.
It was the very next night after the
vigil ceased that the door suddenly
flew open, and Esther burst into the
room occupied try Martin. It was a
room on the ground floor, properly a
sitting-room, but a bed bad been placed
in it temporarily for the wounded young
man.
"Esther! Martin exclaimed, joy
fully. She ran to his bedside, kissed him,
then said, excitedly :
Oh, Martin, thev are preparing to
come to-night to kill you ! I overheard
their plans, and I escaped by jumping
from the wiudow or a room tliey had
locked me in. They don't know it."
"Eet us hasten for aid!" said Mrs.
Hazen, who came in from an adjoining
room at that moment.
"It is too late ! They may be here
in a few minutes. We must carry Mar
tin ont of the house. Oh, heavens !"
he exclaimed, trembling from head to
foot. "1 hear their horses' hoofs now.
They are not a hundred yards away."
"Be calm," said Martin. "1 will tell
vou what to do, and do it quickly.
Mother, vou and Esther help me, aud
I will get out and lie under the lied.
Then arrange the pillow under the
covers, so that they may think I am
lying in the bed. then both ot you get
iiito the next room. They will prob
ably rush in and fire, and I will crawl
out with my revolver. Here it i. Then
they with their empty rifles, will be at
my mercy. ,ow leave tne canuie nurn
ing on the mantel. When I rap three
times on the wall, come in."
These ' instructions were quickly
obeyed, and as the two women with
drew, Esther said : : ,
You won't kill them, if you can
help it?"
Xo; I promise you mat. v,,1CK
now: i hear mem :
The women withdrew, and bad just
closed the door behind them, hen the
front door flew, open, and the Morgans
rushed in.
"Ha! ha!" exclaimed the oM man.
"Give him no chance this time!"
Instantly the reports of three rifles
rang out, and the bullets perforated the
bed-clothes and the quiet pillows, and
the Morgans rushed to the tedside to
see if their victim was dead, while bits
of plastering, loosened by the concus
sion, rained from the ceiliug.
Martin, although it caused him con
siderable pain, noiselessly dragged him
self out at. the foot of the bed, which
stood in a corner of the room, and
placed himself in a low chair near the
door, an J just as he had attained this
favorable, situation, the Morgaus dis
covered the trick that h:id been played
upon them, and found themselves with
empty rifles, confronted with a large
revolver in the hands of a very cool and
brave man.
"Henry Morgan," said Martin, "you
and your sons are at my mercy. Ton t
move! You know how I handle this
revolver. Move but a hair's-breadth,
any one of you, and I fire to kill !"
They stood transfixed. They were
not cowards, but they did not possess
the cool moral courage of Martin, aud
the surprise to which they had been
treated completely unmanned them.
To complete their confusion, Martin
gave the signal, and Mrs. Hazen and
Esther came in.
Why. girl!" exclaimed Henry Mor
gan, "how in tne '
Xot a word!" Interrupted Martin,
sternly.. VI will do the talking now.
There are chairs near vou sit down.
Do you hear r" and he iKiuted the re
volver at each one in turn, with such
rapidity that he seemed to cover all
three at once.
They were so completely under his
control, that they obeyed his command
in the most submissive mauner.
"Mr. Morgan," Martin proceeded, "I
have all your lives in my hand. Our
families have been at enmity for genera
tions God knows for what. You cer
tainly have no reason to hate me. I
have never harmed you. I have only
offended you by marrying Esther. This
should rather have made us friends.
You killed my father, and have twice
tried to murder me. Sow I have you
in my power, but I'm not going to kill
you. 1 am willing to lorgive anu ior-
get the past. Allliougn you are a re
vengeful man, Henry Morgan, 1 believe
vou have a generous nature. Now at
tend ! If after this you try to harm me
I will not snare you ; but if you will be
reconciled, take mv hand and say so,
and 1 will trust you, for I know that
vou and your sons are not meu who
will Tie. ill you lo it, or win you
deart with the same old hatred in your
hearts?" -
Henry Morgan had lteen sitting w"irtj
downcast eyes, his empty rifle poised
upon one knee. He had trembled at
first, apparently with suppressed rage;
but now his better nature seemed to
possess him and after a moment of
thoughtful silence he arose, left his
rifle standing against the wall, walked
across the room, took Martin by the
band, and said :
'nazen. you make me ashamed of
myself. There's my haud. Let's for
get and forgive all round. Hereafter
you are my friend and son-in-law."
The younger Morgans, catching the
same true spirit, shook hands with
Martin, and between the brave youth
aud these rough men. there was a re
conciliation that was earnest and abid
ing. They had tried to murder him;
now they would have killed a dozen
men to defend him.
Martin tossed his revolver upon the
bed, for he knew he could safely do so.
Rough men as the Morgans has been all
their lives, there was fmr in them
Martin knew it. And the feud between
the Morgans and the Hazens was at an
end forever and ever !
' The Maysville Bulletin offers the
suggestion that patent medicine alman
acs for 1876 are rather green yet for
1 good kindling purposes.
Talafs Warta Kaoala. . ,
Keep tea In a close chest or cannister.
Keep coffee by itself, as its odor affects
other articles.
Keep bread and cake in a tin box or
stone jar.
Cranberries will keep all winter In a
firkin of water In a cellar.
September and October butter is the
best for winter use.
Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped
in soft paper, and, if possible, laid iu a
drawer.
The standard adopted by the United
States is the Winchester bushel, 18,'
inches in diameter inside, 8 Inches deep,
and contains 2,1.10 42-100 cubic inches.
It is the legal bushel of each State hav
ing no special statute bushel of its own.
A half-bushel measure should contaiu
1,075 21-100 cubic inches.
To find the contents of a cylindrical
measure multiply the square of the
diameter by .78o',398 and theu by the
depth. Example: 18'xI8WH2.25;
342,25x.785,3!82G8,Sll3 f 268,X03x82,
150 42-100.
The United States standard gallon
measures 231 cubic inches.
A barrel contains 40 gallons or 9,240
cubic inches.
Five yards wide by ACS long contains
I acre ; 10 yards wide by 484 long con
tains 1 acre; 20 yards wide by 242 long
contains 1 acre; 40 yards wide by 121
long contains 1 acre; 60 feet wide by
72ti long contains 1 acre; 110 feet wide
byH! long contains 1 acre; 220 feet
wide by 108 long contains 1 acre.
Xo. 1 mackerel should be not less than
13 inches in length from the extremity of
the head to the fork of the tail, fat, free
from rust, taint or drainage.
Xo. 2 mackerel should be not less than
II inches in length, fat and free from Ac.
No. 3 mackerel should lie not less
than 10 inches in length.
Xo. 3 large should not be less than 13
inches in length and in quality are those
that remain after the selections of Xo. 1.
Xo. 4 mackerel comprise all not in the
above, and should be free from taint or
damage.
The above is the -standard established
by law in Massachusetts, and is generally
accepted by the trade elsewhere.
Mackerel should be kept covered with
brine and not exposed to the air, as it
becomes rancid or "rusty" in a few
days.
Mess mackerel The finest fish with
head and tail removed.
Extra number ones are selected fish.
Large number twos Fish over thir
teen Inches in length, and not good
enough in quality for number ones.
Scaled herrings should be fat fish,
free from scales and when smoked be of
a bright golden color.
Xo. 1 herring are generally small and
poor fish.
The best way to cook cod fish Strip
it of its skin and cut in pieces about the
size of one's hand; .place it in water and
allow it to simmer on the stove until it
becomes tender. It should never be al
lowed to boil. Boiling hardens and
darkens the fish, and deprives itof much
of its flavor.
Welsh firkins ars so called from the
fact of their being introduced by a Welsh
settlement in the northern part of X'ew
York State. A Welsh firkin contains
about 100 pounds, and a half-firkin or
tub 50 ioiinds on an average. A com
mon returnable firkin contains from 30
to 70 pounds of butter, and a common
firkin 00 to 100 pounds.
Mackerel comes in barrels, half
barrels, quarter-barrels and kits, con
taining full weight, respectively 200,
100, 00 and 20 pounds.
Pork, full weight, should contain 2i0
otinds, but the standard has been re
duced to 100 pounds; pickled beef bams
in barrels 30fi and 220 pounds; clear
sides In bulk, in boxes, 500 pounds, and
in hogsheads from )0 to 1,000 pounds.
Salt Ashton's, Marshall's and other
Liverpool brands comes in bags, 224
pounds; Xew Y'ork State in barrels and
bags, 240 and 20 pounds; cases table
salt contain CO boxes, about 2 pounds
each. Salt also comes in small packets,
put up in sack, three sizes; 2-", 10
pound packets; 40, 6 pounds; and 80, 3
pounds.
Oolong teas are very highly dried, of
wiry, brittle leaf, and valued according
to degree of strength and pungency,
and freedom from dust.
Souchongs are the strongest black
teas. The leaves are large, thin and
often broken. The infusion is clear,
golden and aromatic.
congou teas have suian, snort, gray
ish black leaves.
Gunpowder is a heavy tea, of a dark
green hue, and the leaves rolled in hard
balls.
Imperials are in larger grams trian
gunpowders, and in color a silvery
green.
Hysons have long, straight, fleshy,
grayish green leaves, rolled lengthwise
on themselves, with sweet aromatic
flavor.
Twankays, are known by the larg
yellowish.'badly-rolled leaves and strong
odor. The infusion is a deep yellow,
and of clear, sharp taste. American
hroeer.
latrrlar sfs Baddaist aaaaery.
As so good an opportunity might
have not occurred again of seeing the
interior of a Chinese or Buddhist nun
nery, I asked the abbess to show me
through it, and to explain the regula
tions of the order. She assented, and
frankly told me all about the institution
and its government, which is by no
means so strict as that of the Kotnish
convents. The candidates are not ad
mitted into full orders until they attain
the age of sixteen. Prior to this, and
from the commencement of their ascetic
life, they assume the garb peculiar to
the sisterhood. The chief apparent dis
timtion between the novices and those
in full orders is that the heads of the
latter are wholly shaven, while the for
mer have only the front part of the
crown shaven. The younger nuns
U . . 1 . 1 1 rrl si iiaiioo fl -'! n rr ilntrn Ita-
hind. The nuns mostly had large feet,
clumsy MtteavlQag. S-tocki-.g .ud gar
ters. full trowscrs, short jacket, and
wide sleeves, with liald pates and skull
caps, precisely as the priests have. But
the 4riestess "have smoother counte
nances, softer looks, sweeter voices,
and were more tidy. When the young
woman has bared, or shaved her bead
a sign of making religious vows very
diff erent from that of "taking the vail,"
adopted in the nunneries of Europe
she is required to lead a life of devo
tion and mortification. She must eat
and drink sparingly, and her diet must
consist of vegetables only. Strong
meats and drinks are to be avoided as
poison. The business and cares of this
world are not to engross her attention.
She has retired from it, and must be fit
ting herself for eternal canonization.
Xothing should occupy her thoughts or
engage Tier affections but the service of
the temple in the precincts of which she
lives. Daily exercises are to be con
ducted by her, - the furniture of the
small sanctuary that forms a part of the
convent must be looked after and kept
clean and orderly ; those women or men
who come to worship at the altars, and
seek guidance or comfort, must be cared
for and assisted.. When there is leisure
the sick and the poor are to be visited,
and all who have placed themselves un
der her special direction and spiritual
instruction have a large claim upon her
regard. That she may live the life of
seclusion and self-denial she must vow
perpetual maidenhood ; the thought of
marriage should never enter her head,
and the society of man must be shunned.
As far as I could see these rigid rules
were not seriously complied with, and
there appeared no great amount of de
votion at their religious exercises, es
pecially among the novices. Their sa
cred books consisted of many volumes,
printed iu large text on fine paper. For
these they had a profound respect. The
rapidity with which the pages and sec
tions of the books were hurried off at
their religious exercises was amazing.
Both the young and old nuns seemed
equally ex'pert at their recitations, hut
there was nothing of a devotional spirit
about them ; their demeanor was any.
thing but devout. I was shocked to see
the levity of the juvenile nuns in pay
ing religious homage to the goddess
Kwan-yiu: they were as merry and
tricky, as flirting and as frolicsome, as
any party of girls met to keep the birth
day one of their schoolmates.
Wra We Dat Wast a Meet.
The man who grunts and gasps as he
gobbles up the soup, and at every other
mouthful seems threatened with a chok
ing fit.
The man who, having by an accident
been once thrown into your company,
makes bold to bawl your name out, and
to shake your hand profusely when you
pass him in the street.
The man who artfully provokes yon
to play a game of billiards with him,
and, though he feigns to l a novice,
produces his own chalk.
The man who can't sit at your table
on any set occasion without getting on
his legs to propose some stupid toast.
The man who, thinking you are mu
sical, bores you with his notions on the
music of the" future, of which you know
as little as the music of the spheres.
The man who wears a white hat in
winter and smokes a pije when walk
ing, and accosts you as "old fellow"
just as you are hoping to make a good
impression on some well dressed lady
friends. " . - .
The man who, knowing that vour.
doctor faces him at table, turns the talk
so as to set him talking doctor's shop.
The man who, with a look of urgent
business, when yon are in a hurry,
takes you by the button-hole to tell you
a bad joke.
The man who, sitting just behind you
at the ojiera, destroys half your enjoy
ment by humming the air. -
The man who makes remarks on your
personal adornment, asks you where
you buy your waistcoats, anil what you
paid for your dress boots.
The man who lards his talk with little
scraps of French and German after his
return from a Continental tour.
The man who spoils your pleasure in
seeing a new play by applauding in
wrong places, and muttering in stage
wbisers his comments on the plot.
Aud, to finish witli the man who,
when you draw back slightly to appre
ciate a picture, coolly comes and stands
in front of you, and then receding, also
treaU uikiii your toes. 1'jihcIi.
A a Editor af 1775.
In 1775 there were four newspapers
published in Xew York. Kivington's
ViWrtZ Gazetteer was the subservient tool
of the British authorities. The Mereuni,
published by Uugh Gaine, was a time
server and trimmer. Anderson's Cun
ulitMtiowil Gnzeite was born and died in
1775, and had no influence whatever.
The - York Journal, published by
John Holt, was the sturdy and un pur
chasable organ of the Sons of Liberty.
Its editor fled the City after the disas
trous battle on Long" Island, and he
was heard of afterward as publishing
his newspaper at one and another of the
towns of the Hudson under circum
stances that would have apalled a less
determined man. In the month of Au
gust, 1777, while at Esopus, he printed
an advertisement, in which he proposed
to take any kind of country produce in
the way of trade. His prospectus reads
very quaintly: "And the printer, being
unable to carry on his business without
the necessaries of life, is obliged to af
fix the following prices to his work,
viz.: For a quarter of news, 12 lbs. of
leef, xrk, veal, or mutton, or 4 lbs. of
butter, or 7 lbs. of cheese, or 18 lbs. of
fine flour, or half a bushel of wheat, or
one bushel of Indian corn, or half acord
of wood, or 300 weight of hay or other
articles of country produce as he shall
want them, in iike proportions, or as
much money as will purchase them at
the time ; for other articles of printing
work, the prices to be in proportion to
that of the newspaper. All his custo
mers who have to spare any of the
above, or other articles of of country
produce, he hopes will let him know
it, and afford him the necessary sup
plies, without which his business here
must very soon be discontinued." It is
gratifying to be able to state that the
sturdy patriot survived the Kevolution,
and lived to revisit the city of which
he had been Postmaster in 1i3. His
patriotic labors and sufferings- justly
entitled him to the following epitaph :
"A due tribute to the memory of John
Holt, printer to this state, a native of
Virginia, who patiently obeyed death's
awful summons on the thirtieth of Jan
uary, 171, in the sixty-fourth year of
his age. To say that his family lament
him is needless; that his friends be
wail him, is useless; that all regret him,
unnecessary; for that he merited every
esteem is certain. The tongue of slan
der cannot say less, though justice
might say more." Such an epitaph, in
scribed over the dust of an editor, who
had also held commission as Postmaster,
opens a wide field of emulation to the
journalists and ollicials of these later
days. Seritmer.
Traveled Docs.
The Captain of a Xahant boat has a
fine, curly dog, which never misses
making a "trip with his master if he can
help it. He likes the bustle and little
excitement of getting under way, and
going on shore again, as well as old
sailors love Jie sea. tie is quite socia
ble, and well attainted with the reg
ular passengers, 'ivy know his pecu
liarities, and he knows some of theirs.
If he does not regularly "beg," he is
still sharp enough to "hang around"
those who are rather liberally disposed.
He generally gets his penny or five-cent
piece, and men on ne Dounds to tne re
freshment table, and lays it out in cake
as orderly as a boy. He-would scorn to
eat it off the floor like a dog, which had
never been taught good manners. He
hunts up his master and puts the cake
in his hand, rud then stands by deco
rously and eats it, piece by piece, as it
is broken off for him. Another smart
Y'aukee dog has a taste for visiting. He
goes down to the depot and steps aboard
the train, without the customary little
ceremony at the ticket office; and when
it reaches the right town he bounds off
and pays a visit to some family friend
of his master. He never makes a mis
take about the town or the train, and Is
such aline, intelligent fellow, he always
meets with a welcome. He usually
spends two or three days on his trips,
and no doubt picks up considerable dog
lore In his travels. I do not know
whether the mightier- dogs show him
any attention on his return, but he is on
good terms with thenj all. Prttbgterim.
Oateatatlaas Faaerala Haw ' Aaaert
eaaa Mlg-kt lasarava. ..
In one respect, at . least, Americans
might mend their manners in the pub
lic exhibition of reverence for the dead.
The passage of a funeral train through
our streets, whether of a greater or au
unknown man, elicits from the stolid
spectators no further recognition than
a stare. In Paris or anywhere in France
the presence of the mortal remains of
any fellow being is acknowledged even
by the humblest artisan with head
bared and bowed, while in Xew Y'ork
the dead body of a Vice President is
carried through miles of streets lined
with people all with their crowns cov
ered. They take off their hats to the
living, but never to the dead. There is
no more touching and graceful custom
than this bit of French reverence, and
none which onr people seem so slow to
adopt. It is just these little knacks of
politeness that the American gentleman
who fondly imagines himself the finest
gentleman in the world, is in need of.
Xo doubt in this and many other things
he represses his instincts for fear of
seeming sentimental. In the case of so
distinguished a public officer as Henry
Wilson the rudeness of the omission
was almost brutal, and the very dark
ness that threw an atmospnere of gloom
about his funeral procession through
the city seemed to lie a friendly shale.
There was something appropriate be
sides in the darkness. For a lonely old
man, dying almost without kith or kiu,
forsaken before his death by the men
who should have respected his counsels
after hisdeath,by bis own colleagues in
Ccngress, and hastily seized upon by
surgeons as a "subject"" almost before
the body was cold, it was fitting pall.
There is an unmistakable revolt
against these' funeral pegeants that
wind their way from city to city and
prolong the obsequies of a public man
until a careless and capricious public
weary of the mention of his name in
the newsapers. It seems like an af
front to genuine grief to make a dead
statesman the focus of staring crowds,
and withhold his wornout body from
the resting place which belongs to it.
There is too much unsuccessful striv
ing after display, too little simplicity
and sincerity, too much local and offi
cial vanity, too little genuine apprecia
tion and feeling about these mournful
processions not to cause us to feel that
this is treating the dead with indignity
rather than with honor. Those who
would resjiect a man's privacy when
alive ought not to insult it when dead.
A man has a right to be left alone In
his collin his last abode. The State
which claims him can take him to her
self and sorrow alone. But, as for the
oor clay, let that go to its long home.
Long before gloves were considered
as elegant necessities, they had their
part iu matters of ceremony and inves
titure, of which but one relic has re
mained to modern times. In old days,
when writing was little used, formali
ties were more common; thus, one of
the most usual ways of conveying land
was by means of what was called feof
feunt with liberty of seisin, and was
performed "by delivery of the ring or
liasjeof thedoore, or byatwlggeofa
tree, or a turfe of land." At the same
time when these formalities were need
ful to the effective conveyance of land
then the only real property giving pos
session by the delivery of gloves pre
vailed as a custom in other countries.
Thus in the eleventh century, some
bishops gained the actual tenure of their
sees by accepting a pair of gloves.
Gloves at that time were essentially an
Episcopal emblem, as the mitre con
tinues to be. When the old French
kings were crowned, one part of the
ceremony of the coronation consisted in
the blessing of the gloves; for a long
time investiture by glove remained a
practice in Eastern'countries. There is
a memorable scrap of Oriental history
to support the evidence of the existence
of this custom. When King Conradin
lost his crown through the successful
usurpation of Malnfroy, and the unfor
tunate king had to mount the scaffold,
he aiklressed the crowd round about
him, asserted his right to the crown,
giving as proof of his in vest it ute a glove
which he held in his hand, and then
flung down among the crowd, charging
whoever should pick it up that he would
convey it to some of his surviving rela
tions, who would reward the service
and avenge the usurpation. The glove
was picked up by some knight, who took
it to Peter of Arragon, and that king
was crowned at Palermo in virtue of the
investiture of this glove.
WmossI Islsrate,
Woman's Influence differs greatly
from that of man. Her power lies in
her gentleness. In her hand she holds
a more potent sceptre than that wielded
by the most potent monarch. In the
great social and moral reforms that have
been carried on from time to time, we
find that women have taken an active
part. We cannot fail to perceive in the
political history of France, how imjKir-
tant was the influence exerted ny
Madame de Stael, in the troublesome
convulsions of the age. Her star shone
brightly, and was not extinguished,
when the great conqueror jealous of
her power banished ner irom ner na
iv"'nl. As woman's influence is so great- her
resonsibility is great in proport.Ou.
Upon her devolves the duty of training
up the future men of the nation. It is
the mother who moulds the character ;
under her gentle influence the youthful
mind receives its first impressions. In
society she is queen, and too often lures
her subjects to destruction. Too often
the glass of sparkling wine proffered by
the fair hand of woman has proved the
utter ruin aud degradation of a man
strong in intellect ; but who could re
sist the tempting when accompanied by
a winning smile? It is true a man
should have stamina enough to refuse
t he temptation, but if he has not, woman
should not be the tempter. Many a
wife bitterly deplores the effects of that
first glass and many a child is cut to
the heart by the knowledge that his
father Is a drunkard.
A woman must be careful in her de
portment. By a word or even a look
she can encourage or effectually check
all attempts at familiarity. If women,
and esiieeially girls, would - do this if
they ould show their displeasure at
what they know is wrong, it would not
Sv reeated in their presence. Though
the, aggressor might feign anger, in Ids
heart he would feel more true respect
for one who thus reproved him than If
she passed his fault unrebuked.
Haw CaaJee Caawe ta fee ascd.
It is somewhat singular to trace the
manner In v h arose the use of the
winuiuu X. . ,
which few- any half or wholly
civilised cc world now make
breakfast. Columbus dis
covered Jul never been
known or u ( grew in Arabia
or Upper U 1 ' '
The discovc. as a beverage
is ascribed to the'snpernir of a monas
tery in Arabia, who, Ue-rous of pre
venting the monks front sleeping at
their nocturnal services, '-made them
drink the infusion of coffee J on the re
ports of shepherds, who observed that
their Docks were more iweiy alter
browsing' on the fruit of that plant.
Its reputation spread tnrougn tne ad
jacent countries, and in about two hun
dred years it bad reached fans.
A single plant, brought mere in ii n,
became the parent stock of all the
French coffee plantations in the West
Indies, and the French and Spanish all
over South America and the . West
Indies. The extent of the consumption
now can hardly be realized. The United
States alone annually consumes it at
the cost, on iu landing, of from fifteen
to sixteen millions of dollars.
' Fraads Haasc-faralsalaa;.
We are just putting behind our backs
the time when furnaces were all the
rage, and the doctors in consequem-e
were rattling round In their gigs with
no end of business, and it required a
steady stream of rich men's kist-will-and-testaments
to keep up the supply
of hospitals that were made necessary
by this, the devil s last, best gin to man,
as much as by anything. It really be
gan to seem as if the hearth-stone were
a dead institution; and yet it was pa
thetic to see how men and women still
held on to the idea, and instead of logic
ally leaving chimneys ont of their
houses, or building the piers up solid,
kept on putting in expensive make-believe
fire-places, and erecting mantel
pieces over them, as if they couldn't
bear to give up the memory of what
bad once been so pleasant. In those
days, the kitchen came near be.ng the
only cheerful room in the house, for
there, at least, there was a real nre
place with a real fire in It, giving out
heat that was actually warm. Poorisb
people had to give up burning wood, of
course, because it was too dear; but
rich people who might have kept up
the delightful luxury, didn't, of course,
dare to, when all the world took to
burning hard coal. However, some few
of them did, and there were others who
wanted to. and so made a compromise
by employing that funniest of all the
fashionable humbugs of our time, fun
nier than wedding presents, than fu
neral flowers, or dinner parties with
borrowed silver, the fire-place with its
make-believe andironssupporting make
believe logs with pieces of asbestos
stuck between them, and made red-hot
by lighting the gas discharged by pipes
hidden behind the fraudulent heap.
Still, even this, vulgar or babyish as it
was, was a concession to the god ot
hospitality, who really does not know
how to make people sociably happy un
less he can bring them round a lire,
and, as a concession,- it had an air of
respectability about it. But the "fur
nace register" that puffed out its dusty
heat at von from behind the so-called
summer blower" was not a concession
at all; it was a pretense, and deserved
no fair words. It was and is honester
to frankly make a hole in the floor and
warm yourself at that, than to pretend
you still have something left of the be
loved old-time fire-place with its hos
pitable warmth and eye-and-heart-de-
ightmg glow. fscnbner Muttlily. .
ald aad silver.
Many people have the desire to know
the value of gold and silver in bulk.
Ihe following statement from rrof. r.
L. Schirmer, Superintendent of the
Branch Mint at lenver, may be relied
mon as correct. The firmness of Colo
rado gold, and the calculation of value
of gold and silver, are also given. It is
a matter of considerable value, and
should be carefully preserved for refer
ence: One toH (2,000 pounds avoirdupois) of
gold and silver contains 2!,l'i3 troy
ounces,, and, therefore, tlie value of a
ton of pure gold is f 002,700 21, and a ton
of silver 37,704 is.
A cubic foot of pure gold . weighs
1,518 74 pounds avoirdupois: a cubic
foot of pure silver weighs 556,25 pounds
avoirdupois.' . ' i
If there Is one per cent, of gold
or silver in a ton of ore, it contains
2!l-63 -ounces troy of either of these
metals.
The average fineness of the Colorado
gold is 781 in 1,000, ami the natural alloy,
gold. 781; silver, 2Wi copper, 10;
total, 1,000.
The calculations at the Mint are made
on the basis that 43 ounces of standard
gold, or 00 fine, coin, is worth $800,
and 11 otinces of silver, 900 flue, coin, is
worth $12 80.
Vaad for Paajr Jla Wood for Warrior.
Colonel Stevens, an officer with much
experience of savage life, was employed
on the plains as Government Engineer,
to build a number or stone houses for
the Indian chiefs. These tenements
were designed as baits to catch their
tribes. In six months all his tenements
were gone, sold to the white men for a
few kegs of whiskey. One big chief,
Long Antelope, kept ins nouse, and
Stevens rode to see this chief, as being a
man of higher hope than others of his
race. He found Long Antelope smoking
in a tent pitched near the window of his
house, "Why living in a tent, Long
Antelope, when you have a good house ?'
I xing Antelope smiled. "House good
for pony, no good for warrior ugh !"
Stevens went in. and found Long Ante-
loie's pony stalled in the dining-room.
"A house," says Stevens, is too much
for a full-blood Indian s brain, ine
only notion you can get into such a
fellow's head is, that to settle down
means to wrap his shoulders in a warm
blanket instead of in a skin, to loaf about
the Agency, instead of going out to
hunt, and to spend his time in smoking
and oriuking instead of taking scalps."
' . Old SasMS.
The ierversion of names of localities
is sometimes very curious. Thus we
read this morning in an official dispatch
that "the Lighthouse Board gives notice
that on aud after Xovember 10th, a
first-class steam siren will be sounded
at Skilligalee Isle, Lake Michigan." It
would be no wonder if this bad spelling
had become official, for nobody for many
years has called that singularly lonely
and dangerous island near the straits of
Mackinaw M ich ill mackinac any other
name than Skilligalee. Traced to its
origin it is one of the old and always
terse and descriptive t rencti names leu
by Father Marquette. It is IIe fins
Unlets, the island of small stones washed
no by the sea. But as Skilligalee is a
little farther out of the world than any
other place of equal importance, it
makes small odds what they call it. It
is the most "dissolute" island in the
world. And so of other of Father
Marquette's fine designations. The
head land or Bois iilanc nas Decoooe
Bobolo, and the beautiful Marais des
Cygnes, the Marsh of Swans, has been
corrupted to Marysine. But the Gov
ernment records, at least ought to spell
these historical names correctly.
Okaervatlaa sfs Wsaaa.
The foot is the point of departure for
the whole toilet She who can prettily
dress her feet is very easy to costume
elegantly, but a woman who dreads to
expose her feet can never be well at
tired. The German who has generally
big feet, is always badly dressed. The
American has a little foot, so she is elegant.-
The Russian is ravishingly at
tired, for she has little feet. The Span
lard is elegant her foot is small, but
she dresses it badly. The French wo
man has a little foot, and her boot is the
height of perfection.
Tomnr coixn.
Airiet Graiit. "klow do Toa build
your nest, sir f asked the crow of the
rook. 1 am going to ouuu a new one,
and should like to improve on the
last."
"Much as yon do," replied the rook,
"only I think yon don't make yours
quite deep enough."
"Thank yon sir," said the crow.
"How do yon build your nest, sir T"
asked the crow of the raven.
"In your fashion, but larger j yours
was too smalL Make the nest at least
two sizes larger.
"Thank yon sir," said the crow. -
"Mag, how do you build your nest V
he asked of the magpie.
"Oh, any how," said Mag. "Ijnst
pack the sticks all together, much as
you do, only I make a cover. You
shonld make a cover." -
"Yes Mag. 1 should," said the crow.
"How do you build your nest. Jack f
the crow asked of the jackdaw. -
"Oh, I use sticks, as yon do, bat I
like' a nice soft liaing, and I choose a
snug chink to build in. Take my ad
vice, friend, if you want to be quiet aud
safe from weasels and other enemies,
settle in the old tower, or in yonder
stone qnarry."
"Thank yon, Jack, I certainly will,"
said the crow. ' '
So tiie rook ami the raven and the
niaenie and the iackdaw all gave the
crow credit for being humble minded,
and willing to learn, and felt much in
terest in her work, and went in a body
to see the new nest, each expecting to
find improvements after his own sug
restion : but lo ! they found it to be in
size, in form, in lining and in position,
precisely like the old one.
"Ah !" cried the raven, "I am not
surprised ; I never knew advice valned
that cost nothing P . ...
A Xire Utile Hme AiuMxement.
Many very pretty little chemical ex
periments may bo made by the young
people, which will amuse and astonish
those around them. As for instance,
with so simple an article as red cab
bage, a very beautiful effect can be
rendered in the following manner: Cut
three leaves of cabbage into small
pieces, and after placing them in a ba
sin, pour a pint of boiling water over
thera, letting them stand an hoar ; then
pour off the liquid into a decanter.
Then take four wine glasses: into one
put six drops of strong vinegar ; into
another, six drops of solution of soda ;
into the third, the- same quantity of a
strong solution of alum ; and let the
fourth glass remain empty.
Fill up the glasses from the decanter,
and the liquid poured into the glass
containing the acid will quickly be
come a beautiful red ; that in the glass
contaiuing the soda will be a tine
green ; that poured into the empty one
will remain unchanged.
By addtnir a little vinegar to the
green, it will iramediatdly change to
red ; aud on adding a little of solution
of soda to the red it will assume a tine
green, thus showing the action of acids
and alkalis on vegetable blues.
Content lo Shine 'y A llefleettd Light.
"What a lazy fellow you are, Tom,"
said the rat-trap to the old cat, who lay
dozing before the tire. "Here 1 am at
work, day after day, and night after
night, and I've caught rats without
end. The cook says now I've cleared
the granary, she must have me in the
larder, for the mice take no more notice
of you than if you were stuffed, like
Tobv, and they know it. Keally, I
should be ashamed of such a charac
ter." Tom got on his legs, arched his back
very high, stnek out his tail, and gave a
tremendous yawn.
"What are yon talking about V lie
asked at last. -
The rat-trap began his oration over
again.
"Shut np," said Tom ; "it's quit of
fensive to hear the tuss people make
about their own doings, l ow talk of
character, indeed ! Why for one rat you
catch, my poor mother would have
caught a score ! Poor mother ! she irn
something to be proud of; the very
smell of her cleared a house of mice ; 1
only wish I were like her ; but then it's
a comfort to think of the honor of be
longing to her."
So saying, he went nnder the dresser,
out of the way of the trap, and curled
himself up for another doze.
"Hiaft 'for.." "Toodle," a little
poodle, lielonged to Mrs. P., of Cincin
nati. This lady was in the habit of
talking to her favorite, and thought
from the roll of his eye, the wag of bis
tail and the expressive movements of
bis ears that he knew what she was
talking about. One day, on her return
home, after au absence of some hours,
"Toodle" came to her whining and
looking very sorrowful. She asked,
"What's the matter I" At which he
pulled her skirt, then ran to the maid
servant and barked. This he repeated
several times, then it occurred to Mrs.
P. that the girl, who was not fond of
animals, m lght have ill-treated 1 oo
dle" in her absence, and she said Lu
cinda. vou have been doing something
to the dog; you have been abusing
him ; at which the dog gave several
emphatic "bow-wows," that his miss
tress interpreted by "Yes. that's what
1 wanted to tell you." The lady re
buked her maid, threateninir to dismiss
her if "Toodle" again complained of
1 11-treatment, at which she replied
"Laws, Missus, that's no dog, that's
folks." Onr Dumb A mimnh.
The Land ofutao."lt is a common
thing tor cbildien to live in some world
of their own, apart from their daily
duties and belongings. In one house
hold of my acquaintance.two little jrirls
IMhisess a private fairyland named
"Blab." All their play hours are passed
in it; its secrets are known to them
only: even their parents are not ad
mitted ; but their baby sister, not yet
two years old, is by birthright a citizen
of the realm, and acts with great dig
nity her part in its pageants. They
have invented for this enchanted land
a language, both spoken and written,
their father, it should be said, is an
eminent linguist. and they have de
vised novel combinations of letters, to
express sounds not represented in the
English tongue. Scribner.
Mailt Taar Waata.
From the nature of thing, the In
come of most of the inhabitants of the
earth must be limited, and, indeed,
within very narrow bounds. The pro
duct of labor throughout the world, if
equally divided, would not make the
share of each individual large. It is
impossible that every one should be
what is called rich. But it is by no
means impossible to be independent.
And what rs the way to compass this
'glorious privilege?" The method is
very simple. It consists in one rule.
Limit your wants; make them few and
inexpensive, lodo tins would inter
fere but little with your real enjoy
ment. It Is mostly a matter of habit.
You require more, or you are satisfied
with less just as you have accustomed
yourself to one or the other. Limit
your wants, estimate their cost and
never exceed it, taking pains to keep it
always inside of your income. Thus
yon will secure your Listing independ
ence. Young men, think of this. A
great deal of the happiness of your lives
depends upon it. Alter naving tnaue
your money, spend it as you choose,
honestly ; but be sure you make it first
B1W8 El BRUT
Illinois has a uniformed and equip
ped militia force of 3 256 men.
California's wool clip is expected ,
to reach 50,000,000 pounds next season.
The right to sell pop-corn at the
Centennial exposition has been sold for
13,000.
A Corry (ra.) jeweller claims to
have a clock that was made in the year
1411.
The exports of Boston last year ex
ceeded in value those of the preceding
year more than seventeen per cent.
A mongrel yellow dog is the mail
carrier between Minnesota aud Dakota, .
Michigan, a distance of sixty miles.
The carpet manufactures of Phila
delphia are looming np proudly, aggre-''
gating twenty million dollars a year.
The members of the Xatlonal Re
publican Convention will be called to
meet at Chicago on the 15th . of June.
A piano voted to a popular Indian
apolis man at a ladies' relief bazaar was
immediately seized oy the Mieriff to
satisfy a debt.
The number of men called under
arms by the United States government
for the suppression or tne rebellion
lion amounted to 2,752,04!.
Duncan. Sherman & Co. have been
adjudicated involuntary bankrupts on ,
a petition signed by over 2ix creditors, '
whose claims aggregate 2,los,oou. . ,
Estimates of pork packing at the
West indicate a falling off last year of
about 570,000 hogs, as compared with
1874, a decrease or nearly ten per cent.
The Boston Commercial Exchange
has voted adversely upon a proposition
to invest $10,000 in the Poughkeepsle
bridge ami direct Western route pro
ject.
Petitions ' are being circulated :
throughout Iowa praying the legisla
ture to introduce honifopathy into the
medical departments of the State Uni
versity. Early in the year Mrs. Henry Ward
Beet-her will resume the management
of a department of the Chritin I'nion,
to be conducted in the interest of house
keepers. . .. .
Inventive progress. From a thou- .
sand patents a year in 1S50, the average
yearly number of patents granted in
this country lias grown to thirteen .
thousand.
The second trial of Piper for the
murder of Mabel Y'oung, at Boston, has
been pu down for February 1, the
press of isiness preventing an earlier
hearing. ....
Wabash College forbids gambling
among the students, and the boys plain
tively inquire how they can be ap
pointed .Minister to England without a
knowledge of poker.
The mercantile tonnage of all
nations foots up 19,&!;,3'Jt tous, the
number of seagoing vessels being 57,-
258 under sail and 5,519 under steam.
making a total of 2,777 vessels.-
Somebody who is curious in refer
ence to the statistics of horse-racing,
estimates that 8S) races were run in
this country during 1875, and $300,000
changed hands on that account.
The degree of LL I. has been con
ferred on Governor Bedle of Xew
Jersey, and the degree of 1). D. on Prof.
BriggsofXew Y'ork "Union Theologi
cal Seminary, by the trustees of Prince
ton College.
General Sherman is authority for
the statement that there Is one officer"
for every sixteen men iu the effective .
force of the army. Is there no occa- .
sion for demanding a reduction la the :
number of officers ?
"The Silver Thimbles" is. the
rather neat title of a young ladies' so
ciety at Dechora, Iowa. The society's
success is more than sew-sew, too, for
at a late fair it realized several hun
dred dollars for charitable purposes.
John Montgomery Sears, son of
the late John Sears, of Boston, came of
age Christmas Day. He owns more
than 14,000,000 of real estate in Boston,
and is worth manr millions more lit
mortgages and bonds of various kinds.
The favorabte impression made
iiKn travelers by the Philadelphia
line of steamships is shown by the
fact that during the past year, the
American and Ked Star lines carried
20JS5 passengers, against 1(3,071 for
1874.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, who has
been in Springfield, 111. since her stay
iu the insane asylum, continues to im
prove in health and spirits and visits
among her friends. She lives with the
family of Mr. Xinian Edwards, her
brother-in-law.
The co-education of the sexes has
been practiced at Cornell College, Iowa,
from the start, and the teachers and
trustees of the institution are well sat
isfied with the workings of the system.
Of the 145 members of the alum:ii fifty
six are females.
A. L. O. E. (Miss Charlotte Maria
Tacher), well known In England and
America as a writer of entertaining
Sunday school books, has gone from
Knglaud to India to engage in Zenana
mission work. Miss Tacher is a grand
niece of James Bos well, Dr. Johnson's
famous biographer.
Wyoming Territory has a new
county named Crook, not named after
crooked whiskey, but after Gen. Crook,
who commands the Department or the
Platte, and who has done more effective
and judicious work among the Indians
during the past few years than all the
brigadiers on the frontier combined.
Alanson Palmer, who a few years
ago, owned some of the finest steamers
on the great lakes, and whose great
wealth, made linn one or the powermi
citizens of Buffalo, died the other day
in an insane asylum, iieuniless and
crazy, at the age of eighty-one years.
He lost his wealth in reckless specula
tion. -Miss Anna Louise Cary, the prima
donna, has made an engagement to go
to ieuna in the spring. She will re
turn to America late in the summer,
and will probably give a concert in
Portland, Me. In beptemDer. ne win
sing in opera in this country next sea
son under the management of Max
Mrakosch.
A Washington correspondent who
has been examining the literary tastes
of prominent senators, finds that Bay
ard is given . reading constitutional
l.iw and .Modern History; 1 nurman
to light French works; Edmunds to
LKngiish poetry and fiction; Gordon to
English oratory; lonkiingto the whole
range of literrtnre; Morton, Schurz
and Logan to cramming on particular
subjects.
A sheriff at St. Albans, Vt. having
two insane persons to convey from the
St Albans jail to an asylum for the in
sane at Brattleboro, VU, called one of
the lunatics aside and asked his aid in
keeping watch on his companion during
the journey, and then did the same
with the other- The two lunatics sat
side by side, silently evelng each other
through the whole route, and they have
continually kept guard over each other
in the asylum ever since.